Choudhary inaugurates Jan Gan Man in Baramulla after30 yrsas 'Militant' and Rahul Singh as 'Friend'....
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DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015 (PAGE 7) Choudhary inaugurates community centre Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 4: MLA Suchetgarh Sham Choudhary today inaugurated construction work of community facility centre at village Biaspur Parlah in his Constituency. Constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 21.7 lakh, the commu- nity facility center would cater to village Biaspur Parlah of Suchetgarh Constituency. MLA was accompanied by Mohinder Singh-BDO, Satvinder Singh-JE and Tarsem Singh- Sarpanch. While addressing the gather- ing, MLA said, “I saw the villagers were missing a place to perform religious functions or festivals during the rainy session and that’s why I proposed to construct a community hall at Biaspur vil- lage,”. The MLA added that peace, education and unity are the back- bone of development while encouraging the gatherers to incul- cate the spirit of spreading peace and harmony. The inauguration programme was attended by Tarsem Singh Sarpanch, Swarn Singh Chib Mahamantri BJP, Sat Pal Pappi and local populace of village Biaspur Parlah. He said “when we have the determination to solve anything, there is always a way out and once I made a promise, I will definitely keep my words,” said MLA Sham Choudhary. Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 4: Bishnah police arrested four absconders including a woman, who were evading their arrest for the past two years. As per police sources, to work out a case registered under FIR Number 124/13 under Section 324, 326, 341, 323, 147 and 148 RPC, a special team of Zone RS Pura was constituted. Soon after directions from sen- ior officers, a strategy was formu- lated and the team members were sinned in the different directions, as a result of which they have managed the execution of warrant issued under Section 512 CrPC by arresting four absconders includ- ing a woman. The accused have been identi- fied as Behari Lal and Om Parkash, both sons of Kaka Ram, Bishan Kumar, son of Behari Lal and Gharo Devi, wife of Om Parkash, all resident of Chak Miean Sahib Singh, Bishnah. The arrest was made by SHO Bishnah Inspector Surinder Pal Singh under the supervision of SDPO RS Pura Harjeet Singh, SP Headquarters Jammu Randheer Singh and SSP Jammu Uttam Chand. NSF accuses JU of forcing closure of Human Genetics Centre Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 4: The National Secular Forum (NSF) has flayed the Jammu University administra- tion for forcing closure of various PG courses and said that latest in the line is prestigious Human Genetics Centre, which is also on the verge of closure. Addressing a press conference here today, NSF senior vice-presi- dent Surjit Choudhary revealed that Human Genetics Centre which got established due to sincere efforts of Prof Subash Gupta, leading expert from J&K on the subject matter, has been on the verge of closure. "All the JRF scholars have been shown doors besides several employees who were engaged under the project scheme have also been asked to hang their boots as the University authorities instead of pursuing the funding matter with the State Government and other institutions, have decided to shut down the same," he added. During the last few months, four courses namely B.Ed, M.Ed, M.A Political Science and M.A Economics have been closed in Directorate of Distance Education which is very shameful on the part of University administration as people of Jammu, in general, have been the losers altogether due to this maladministration, Choud- hary said. The NSF leader said "Institute of Human Genetics that had emerged after systematic progress and achieved the stature of a research hub has been closed on the plea that the funding agency is not releasing the required funds. University administration has failed to speak reality about this institution." He further said that to cover their inefficiency, JU immediately confirmed the employees and then in haste over ruled their own order. He accused the JU administration of indulging in contempt of court and misleading the judiciary and setting the University towards the total anarchy by violating the norms. The NSF also asked Ministry of Science and Technology to fulfill the commitment regarding the agreement governing the Human Genetics Institute. Among those who were present in the press-conference, included, Abhishek Bhagat, Atul Sharma, Jagdish Raj, and Suraj Kumar. Screening camp for children with special needs held Excelsior Correspondent DODA, Oct 4: Rashtriya Rifles Battalion under Delta Force in collaboration with Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), Kanpur and District Health Officer, Doda organized a health assessment camp for children with special needs aged between of 6 to 18 years in Gundoh, today. The aim of this camp was to screen patients and recommend them for assistive devices (pros- thesis as well as eye refractive/ cataract devices). The doctors screening the patients included Specialists from ALIMCO, ENT and Ortho spe- cialists from District Hospital Doda and Army Medical Officers from Sohanda Rashtriya Rifles battalion and Military Hospital, Doda. The camp was organised in synergy with the Central Govern- ment Umbrella Programme of SSA which has been operational in Doda district since 2002 which aims to universalize elementary education with special focus on girl child and children with spe- cial needs. Approximately 227 children with special needs and other affected patients were screened in the camp out of which 90 patients stand recommended for distribu- tion of assistive devices. The process of physiotherapy and operations to recommended persons would be done through Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India in near future. BFDC reviews arrangements for Navratras Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 4: Bahu Fort Development Committee (BFDC) today held its urgent meeting with the officers of Governments Departments at Bawe Wali Mata Temple and reviewed arrange- ments for forthcoming Navratra festival. The meeting was held under the leadership of Baldev Raj Nargotra, Chairman, BFDC and President Rajeev Charak. The meeting was attended by Government officials from various departments including SDPO East Rafiq Manhas from J&K Police Department, DySP Security Aarti Badyal, DySP Traffic Khaliq Choudhary, JE PHE Rajinder Singh, Floriculture Officer Bharat Bushan Sharma, SHO Bagh-e- Bahu RS Rakwal, Sadha Anand from Fire and Emergency Services Department, Civil Defence Jammu Head Constable Ram Dayal Saini, PP Incharge Mandir Sohal Lal, etc. Speaking on the occasion, Rajeev Charak urged Police Department for 24x7 hours moni- toring to avoid any disturbance during holy festival. Charak also urged Municipal Department for sanitation and cleanliness situation for the betterment of yatris and local surroundings. He briefed them that the toilets were already made inside the fort, but all are not in running condition, so he urged department to make them run as early possible because the festival is going to start within few days. He urged for proper cleaning of water tanks inside the temple premises for healthy health. Charak briefed Traffic Department to control traffic and ensure smooth running of vehicles and also urged the Fire Department to depute fire control teams and fire brigades. He urged PHE for regular water supply, PDD for 24 hours electricity, PWD for widening of road, Security Department and all other departments to complete their work and ensure to fulfill their bit of responsibility. Ishant Gupta, spokesman, BFDC urged CMO to ensure proper medical facilities, ambu- lance and first aid facility during Navratra festival. Baldev Raj Nargotra while speaking highlighted the role of BFDC volunteers who work 24 hours during Navratras to provide all type of assistance to yatris. The meeting was also attended by General Secretary BFDC Raghav Mahajan, Vice Presidents BFDC Krishan Lal Sharma, Hardesh Khokher, Sourabh Sethi, Shatrujeet Singh, Eshant Mahajan, Captain Moti Lal, Ashwani Sharma, Ankush Khajuria, Rahul Sharma, etc. MLA Sham Choudhary addressing a gathering at village Biaspur Parlah on Sunday. Natrang presents ‘Dard Apna Apna’ Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 4: Natrang pre- sented a very impactful perform- ance of N.D. Jamwal's Dogri play 'Dard Apna Apna' at its Studio Theatre in Sunday Theatre Series. The play was directed by Rahul Singh. Mr Jamwal, an eminent multi-dimensional art personality, himself witnessed the perform- ance and expressed his apprecia- tion on watching the performance and also congratulated the partic- ipating artists and technical coor- dinators; he also interacted with the artists. Director Natrang, Balwant Thakur informed that Natrang is going to present its popular chil- dren play 'Aaap Hamare Hain Kaun' on October 5 and 6 at 6 pm at Police Auditorium, Gulshan Ground, Jammu. The play 'Dard Apna Apna' opens in the house of one writer who lives there along with his elder sister and just a few months old nephew. Though he is living in poverty (what else could be the circumstance of a writer in a soci- ety where there is not appropriate appreciation of art) yet he is full of zeal and has the courage to face the hardships of life and his art is his inner strength. As life was running at the regular pace amongst the daily chores, sud- denly an armed man (listed as a militant) barges into his house as he is being chased by the police. The peaceful atmosphere of the home turns out to be nightmarish. The unwanted guest scares them and threats of dire consequences if they do not cooperate in giving shelter to him. But the brother and sister were not as unwelcom- ing as he thought them to be. They offer him food and empathy which was much needed by him. After spending some time at their place, the person who was appearing dreadful in the begin- ning, turned emotional and remorseful. Looking at the sor- row in the life of brother and sis- ter who was abandoned by her husband, he relates their story to his own life as he also had a sister who was ill-treated by her hus- band and in order to take the revenge he picks the way of vio- lence and got tagged as a militant. While leaving their place, he thanked them for the humane treatment which they offered to him as this was the only thing which was missing in his life. After he is gone, the life again runs at the previous speed for them where amidst the harsh realities of life, the writer finds solace in his creations. Natrang actors who per- formed in the play included Pawan Verma as 'Writer', Sunita Gupta as 'Sister', Rajan Thakyal as 'Militant' and Rahul Singh as 'Friend'. The music was operated by Shivam Singh. The show was coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen and Neeraj Kant did the presenta- tions. Artists of Natrang presenting the play ‘Dard Apna Apna’. Jan Gan Man in Baramulla after 30 yrs Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 4: After 30 years of gap, National Anthem was sung with all respect and glory in Baramulla town of North Kashmir. Baramulla remained the hub of terrorism in Kashmir and even today terrorists movement is fre- quently seen in the area but the BJP MLA Ravinder Raina paid tribute to the great martyr Mohammad Maqbool Shervani, the saviour of Baramulla. In 1947, when Pakistani troops attacked Kashmir and Indian security forces were not present there. Maqbool Shervani was the one who alongwith his col- leagues challenged the Pakistani invaders with all mighty power and didn't allowed them to pass Baramulla to reach Srinagar oth- erwise Pakistani forces could have captured the Srinagar, the Summer Capital of Jammu and Kashmir Later on Maqbool Shervani attained the martyrdom in Baramulla. Ravinder Raina is the first BJP lagislator who paid tribute to Shaheed Maqbool Shervani. Raina alongwith the local BJP Workers paid floral tribute to the Samadhi spot of the martyr and sung the National Anthem in Baramulla town and also waved National Flag during the func- tion. It took about 30 years to organise a function in open where Jan Gan Man Adiynak...... was sung by a large number of local public and raised the slo- gans like ""Bharat Mata Ki - Jai"" and "Azad Hindostan- Zindabad Zindabad". Addressing the workers, Raina recalled the supreme sacrifice made by Shaheed Maqbool Shervani and his colleagues. He said it was the supreme sacrifice of Shervani that saved Baramulla and Srinagar from Pakistan in 1947. Raina urged the Kashmir youth to adopt the path of Maqbool Shervani so that peace and pros- perity may be achieved and nationalism can more strength- en. He assured the locals that BJP will do the justice with all the nationalist people living in Jammu and Kashmir and can never allow anybody to pursue the Pakistani agenda in Kashmir. He asked the misguided Kashmiri youth to shun the path of Sallaudeen and adopt the path of Maqbool Shervani to attain peace and prosperity in Kashmir. BJP MLA Ravinder Raina during func- tion at Baramulla. AVM’s concern over SSB's selection procedure Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 4: Aarakshan Virodhi Manch (AVM) held a meeting under the chairmanship of its president of Ram Paul Seth. During the meeting, Seth raised serious issue on the selection procedure of SSB Jammu, which had recently announced the selec- tion list of post of teacher in the Education Department, District Cadre Jammu. He said that State Government has made a huge partition between Sanskrit scholars and other stream students. Referring to the present teaching list, he added that Sanskrit scholars despite being qualified in written test, the Government has sidelined their teaching abilities and prefer other stream students, which has crated resentment among Sanskrit scholars. On behalf of Sanskrit scholars, Seth urged the Government to look into the matter and conduct an enquiry in order to provide sigh of relief to the Sanskrit scholars. Youth commits suicide, lady sets herself ablaze Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 4: Police today said a youth committed sui- cide here in city while a lady in south Kashmir's Anantnag district set herself ablaze. A police spokesman said here that a 23 year-old Jabreel Jameel was found hanging in his room at Barzulla area. "He was shifted to hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Police have initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 CrPC in this regard," the spokesman said. The spokesman said a 30 year-old lady (name withheld) of Chinigund in Dooru area of Anantnag district sprinkled kerosene oil on her body and set herself ablaze. "The lady was immediately shifted to the SMHS Hospital for treatment. Police have registered a case in this regard," the spokesman added. Bandh, protest in Rajouri Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 4: The members of majority community held protest and observed bandh in Rajouri, Thannamandi, Darhal and Kotranka area on the second con- secutive day today. The agitating people were demanding arrest of the miscreants allegedly involved in beating up of a Selection Grade Constable from Nerojal village in Rajouri town few days back and beating up of 2- 3 more people near Rajouri when they were carrying some milch animals. Alleging harassment, the peo- ple alleged that Constable along with his wife was carrying domes- tic milch animal to his house when the youth intercepted him in Jawahar Nagar area during night and beat him up. He was also thrashed in police station by some cops. They demanded that youth involved in beating up of SGC be arrested and FIR be lodged against them. The shops and other business establishments of one community remained closed in Rajouri town while protests were held at Kotranka, Darhal and Thanna- mandi. They demanded that justice be done. They also raised slogans against Police and local adminis- tration when a police party led by SP intervened and not allowed a group of people to forcibly close down the market near Panja Chowk in Rajouri town. The administration held meet- ing with some prominent persons of the town from both the commu- nities and tried to resolve the issue and defuse tension. Hi-Speed Digital Communications launches set top box with MPEG-4 technology Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 4: First time in the history of Jammu, Hi-Speed Digital Communications has launched high quality set top box with MPEG-4 technology here in which the consumers would get digital technology. The set top box has been pre- pared by Jainhits, which is a satel- lite-based Digital Cable TV Distribution Platform which pro- vides digitized and encrypted satellite TV signals directly to the Cable Network Owners. This is the only Direct-To- Network (DTN) service in India. This system has an advantage of having a centralized Conditional Access System (CAS) and Subscriber Management System (SMS). Jainhits has partnered with Motorola - world's leading tech- nology solution provider as its Technology Partner and Intelsat - world's largest Satellite Company, as its Satellite Partner. Jainhits offers Triple Play Service throughout India - Video, Data & Voice. It delivers more than 250 digital channels (includ- ing SD & HD), Broadband Services, Interactive and other Value Added Services. While giving details about the set top box, partner of Hi-Speed Digital Communications, Harjeet Singh informed that the customers have to pay Rs 1600 as subscrip- tion charges. He further said the company has been providing two plans i.e Fix Plan and Make my Plan. Under Fix Plan the customer has to pay Rs 150 per month in which 250 channels will be avail- able and in Make My Plan, the customer has to pay Rs 100 as compulsory charge in which the customer get 176 plus channels along with have an option to choose channel as per their choice @ Rs 4/ channel only. As a launching offer in the City of Channel, the company has also another offer in which if the customer will pay Rs 3000 he/she gets set top box along with free annual subscription. Harjeet informed that about 16 channels will be telecast from Jammu in which 8 local channels including Gurbani, Punjabi songs, English songs, Hindi songs, Hindi movie, English Movie, Punjabi movie and one city entertainment which are being currently telecast- ed. Harjeet further said that at present the company has been pro- viding 250 channels and 103 more channels will be added upto December 2015. He further men- tioned that the company will com- plete its target of 500 channels in a year. When Govt fails, a devotee of Mata takes onus to reconstruct Jawala Ji temple Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 4: Taking onus to himself a staunch devo- tee of Mata Jawala Ji has taken up in hand the construction work of the holy temple at Khrew in South Kashmir district of Plasma which gutted in dev- astating fire nine months back. The sacred place is buzzing with the reconstruction activity started by the devotee with the help of some Karsevaks after the Government and all stakehold- ers failed come forward and ren- der help for construction. Badri Nath Bhat, a devotee of the Mata of nearby village Zewan took the onus to himself and started the reconstruction of the holy shrine which is the presid- ing deity of Kashmiri Hindus. He did this all out of his own resources with active support of local Karsevaks led by a social activist RaviJi Bhat of Ladhoo. A local contractor Bashir Ahmad Chopan has executed an agreement to complete the work in stipulated time before onset of Winter and funds for the same were provided by Badri Nath Bhat. A team of engineers/archi- tects from Delhi headed by Ravi Bhat of Khrew are providing their valuable technical guid- ance. The Asthapan is one of the revered Shakti Peets in the Valley and Mata Jawala Ji, Ishtdevi of Kashmiri Pandits has special religious significance. Badri Nath Bhat while talking to reporters along with all Karsevaks said he is indebted to Mata’s greatness for providing a chance to serve at the lotus feet of Jawala Ji. Ravi Ji Bhat of Village Ladhoo beaming with confi- dence assured that most of the work of temple (main compo- nent) will be completed before the onset of winter. He has planned to reconstruct the other damaged temples of the area. Reconstruction of Mata Jawala Ji temple in full swing at Khrew. HC organizes training programme on e-Court Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 4: On instructions of Chief Justice, Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, Chairperson e-Court, High Court of J&K , Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar and Justice Tashi Rabstan Members e-Committee, High Court of J&K, "Ubuntu Linux Awareness Cum Training Program under Change Management" for Judicial officers of districts of Baramulla, Bandipora, and Leh was conducted in High Court Complex Srinagar & for Judicial Officers of Kishtwar, Bhaderwah and Ramban at State Judicial Academy, Jammu. Judicial Officers of these dis- tricts were imparted training on use of Ubuntu Operating System customized by e-Committee, Supreme Court of India. The train- ing was conducted by proficient Master Trainers Malik Shabir, Central Project Coordinator e- Courts and Mir Wajahat ,Munsiff at Srinagar and by Parvez Iqbal & Safraz Nawaz, Munsiffs at Jammu. Registrar Judicial Srinagar and Jammu wings of the High Court & Pawan Kumar Kotwal, Director State Judicial Academy had made suitable arrangements for the train- ing programme at both the places. The Judicial Officers were made aware about various advan- tages of Ubuntu Linux 14.4 Operating System and various functionalities it carries. They were imparted practical training on the system as a whole. The officers were attentive & showed eagerness to learn new concepts in the tech- nology adoption - a process under- taken by the High Court. ReTs to protest on Oct 12 for their regularization Excelsior Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Oct 4: Up in arms against unprecedented delay in their regularization, All J&K ReT Teachers Forum has announced to organize a massive protest dharna at the Directorate of School Education Jammu on October 12. Decision in this regard was taken during a meeting of the Forum, held here today under the chairmanship of State president Vinod Sharma and district presi- dent Lekh Raj Parihar. The meet- ing was attended by delegates of ReTs Forum from all the eleven Zones of the district. While speaking on the occa- sion, Sharma announced that ReTs Forum will hold one day peaceful protest dharna against delay in the process of regularization of ReTs who have completed their five years service for last one and half years. On the name of so called verification, the authorities are harassing the Teachers who have been working in the far-flung areas with dedication, he said. Mr Sharma also highlighted the grievances of regularized ReT Teachers under SSA, who are without salary for last 4 to 6 months. The Department of School Education has failed to streamline their salaries for the reasons best known to them, he lamented. Others, who also spoke in the meeting, included Sukhdev Singh, Sham Sharma, Sukesh Khajuria, Ashok Seth, Pritam Goswami, Bhupinder Singh, Ravinder Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Viney Sharma, Surjit Singh, Bhushan Khajuria, Rekha Rani, Vandna, Nitu Kumari and Neha Sharma. ReTs holding a meeting at Udhampur on Sunday. BJP kick starts party election process Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 4: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today kick-started the party orga- nizational elections in Srinagar. The election process was start- ed by party State secretary and spokesperson, Dr Darakhshan Andrabi, who is the party election In-charge for Srinagar, from Batmaloo constituency. In this connection special election convention of all the party delegates and active mem- bers was held at Magharmal Bagh today. Batmaloo constituency In- charge, Zubair Nazir Wani, con- vened the proceedings of the process under the supervision of Dr Andrabi. Party leader Neelam Gash was also present on the occasion. During the convention, a block level body of the party was elected by majority vote. The party also elected eighty (80) Booth committees of the con- stituency. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Andrabi said, "BJP believes in the democratic constitution of the party from the gross root level and similarly in the coming days all block level bodies will be consti- tuted and they will ultimately choose the District bodies in whole of Kashmir valley. Similar exercise will be completed simul- taneously in Jammu Division and then new State body will be elect- ed". "We hope that these elections will be paving way for strengthen- ing the ground base of the party in Kashmir province too where we just introduced the party at a big- ger scale. Now it is the time to expand the ground support-sys- tem in Kashmir so that in future party does well here too as it did in Jammu Division," said Dr Andrabi. BJP State secretary, Dr Darakhshan Andrabi along with other party leaders during a convention in Srinagar. Students posing alongwith the organizers during a 3-day workshop conducted by Satchel. Satchel organizes 3-day workshop Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 4: Satchel, Centre for promotion of Music, Art and languages in colaboration with Gandhi, Peace Foundation organized a 3-day workshop on the topic, “Gandhi’s Concept of Integrated Personality of an Individual through Education”, here. The title of the workshop was suggested by eminent education- ist, Prof Phoola Chowdhary. The workshop began with Sarswati Vandana followed by recitation of Bhagwat Geeta by Surma Devi, Anita, Punam Anuragi, Sangeeta and Nisha. In the first session, a sympo- sium was held on the topic of the workshop, in which the speakers included Muskan Mehra, Anshu Bhat, Parth Gupta, Taruna Jagotra and Khushi Rajput. The session was supervised by Vandhna Bhagat and Komal Gupta. The next session included pic- torial presentation by Surbhi Marhata, Akshit Singh and Kajal Raina. The session also included group discussion titled ‘Role of Students in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ and the participants included Shilpa Bali, Riya Koul and Sumit. Patron of Satchel, R K Mahaldar threw light on Gandhi Ji’s Philosophy and its relevance in modern era. Sandhya Pandita, student of Camp School Muthi coordinated the proceedings of the pro- gramme. Among other presnt on the occasion were Anupma Kaushal, Simme Mehra, Vishal Bhat and Princy Raina, while the vote of thenks was presented by Sarita Raina. Woman among four absconders held
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DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015 (PAGE 7)
Choudhary inauguratescommunity centre
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: MLASuchetgarh Sham Choudharytoday inaugurated constructionwork of community facility centreat village Biaspur Parlah in hisConstituency.
Constructed at an estimatedcost of Rs 21.7 lakh, the commu-nity facility center would cater tovillage Biaspur Parlah of
Suchetgarh Constituency. MLA was accompanied by
Mohinder Singh-BDO, SatvinderSingh-JE and Tarsem Singh-Sarpanch.
While addressing the gather-ing, MLAsaid, “I saw the villagerswere missing a place to performreligious functions or festivalsduring the rainy session and that’s
why I proposed to construct acommunity hall at Biaspur vil-lage,”.
The MLA added that peace,education and unity are the back-bone of development whileencouraging the gatherers to incul-cate the spirit of spreading peaceand harmony.
The inauguration programmewas attended by Tarsem Singh
Sarpanch, Swarn Singh ChibMahamantri BJP, Sat Pal Pappiand local populace of villageBiaspur Parlah.
He said “when we have thedetermination to solve anything,there is always a way out and onceI made a promise, I will definitelykeep my words,” said MLA ShamChoudhary.
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: Bishnahpolice arrested four abscondersincluding a woman, who wereevading their arrest for the pasttwo years.
As per police sources, to workout a case registered under FIRNumber 124/13 under Section324, 326, 341, 323, 147 and 148RPC, a special team of Zone RSPura was constituted.
Soon after directions from sen-ior officers, a strategy was formu-lated and the team members weresinned in the different directions,as a result of which they have
managed the execution of warrantissued under Section 512 CrPC byarresting four absconders includ-ing a woman.
The accused have been identi-fied as Behari Lal and OmParkash, both sons of Kaka Ram,Bishan Kumar, son of Behari Laland Gharo Devi, wife of OmParkash, all resident of ChakMiean Sahib Singh, Bishnah.
The arrest was made by SHOBishnah Inspector Surinder PalSingh under the supervision ofSDPO RS Pura Harjeet Singh, SPHeadquarters Jammu RandheerSingh and SSP Jammu UttamChand.
NSF accuses JU of forcing closureof Human Genetics Centre
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: The NationalSecular Forum (NSF) has flayedthe Jammu University administra-tion for forcing closure of variousPG courses and said that latest inthe line is prestigious HumanGenetics Centre, which is also onthe verge of closure.
Addressing a press conferencehere today, NSF senior vice-presi-dent Surjit Choudhary revealed thatHuman Genetics Centre which gotestablished due to sincere efforts ofProf Subash Gupta, leading expertfrom J&K on the subject matter,has been on the verge of closure.
"All the JRF scholars have beenshown doors besides severalemployees who were engagedunder the project scheme have alsobeen asked to hang their boots asthe University authorities instead ofpursuing the funding matter withthe State Government and otherinstitutions, have decided to shutdown the same," he added.
During the last few months,four courses namely B.Ed, M.Ed,M.A Political Science and M.AEconomics have been closed inDirectorate of Distance Educationwhich is very shameful on the partof University administration aspeople of Jammu, in general, havebeen the losers altogether due tothis maladministration, Choud-hary said.
The NSF leader said "Instituteof Human Genetics that hademerged after systematic progressand achieved the stature of aresearch hub has been closed on theplea that the funding agency is notreleasing the required funds.University administration hasfailed to speak reality about thisinstitution."
He further said that to covertheir inefficiency, JU immediatelyconfirmed the employees and thenin haste over ruled their own order.He accused the JU administrationof indulging in contempt of courtand misleading the judiciary andsetting the University towards thetotal anarchy by violating thenorms.
The NSF also asked Ministryof Science and Technology to fulfillthe commitment regarding theagreement governing the HumanGenetics Institute.
Among those who were presentin the press-conference, included,Abhishek Bhagat, Atul Sharma,Jagdish Raj, and Suraj Kumar.
Screening camp for childrenwith special needs held
Excelsior Correspondent
DODA, Oct 4: RashtriyaRifles Battalion under DeltaForce in collaboration withArtificial Limbs ManufacturingCorporation of India (ALIMCO),Kanpur and District HealthOfficer, Doda organized a healthassessment camp for childrenwith special needs aged betweenof 6 to 18 years in Gundoh, today.
The aim of this camp was toscreen patients and recommendthem for assistive devices (pros-thesis as well as eye refractive/cataract devices).
The doctors screening thepatients included Specialists fromALIMCO, ENT and Ortho spe-cialists from District HospitalDoda and Army Medical Officersfrom Sohanda Rashtriya Rifles
battalion and Military Hospital,Doda.
The camp was organised insynergy with the Central Govern-ment Umbrella Programme ofSSA which has been operationalin Doda district since 2002 whichaims to universalize elementaryeducation with special focus ongirl child and children with spe-cial needs.
Approximately 227 childrenwith special needs and otheraffected patients were screened inthe camp out of which 90 patientsstand recommended for distribu-tion of assistive devices.
The process of physiotherapyand operations to recommendedpersons would be done throughArtificial Limbs ManufacturingCorporation of India in nearfuture.
BFDC reviews arrangementsfor Navratras
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: Bahu FortDevelopment Committee (BFDC)today held its urgent meeting withthe officers of GovernmentsDepartments at Bawe Wali MataTemple and reviewed arrange-ments for forthcoming Navratrafestival.
The meeting was held underthe leadership of Baldev RajNargotra, Chairman, BFDC andPresident Rajeev Charak.
The meeting was attended byGovernment officials from variousdepartments including SDPO EastRafiq Manhas from J&K PoliceDepartment, DySP Security AartiBadyal, DySP Traffic KhaliqChoudhary, JE PHE RajinderSingh, Floriculture Officer BharatBushan Sharma, SHO Bagh-e-Bahu RS Rakwal, Sadha Anandfrom Fire and Emergency ServicesDepartment, Civil DefenceJammu Head Constable RamDayal Saini, PP Incharge MandirSohal Lal, etc.
Speaking on the occasion,Rajeev Charak urged PoliceDepartment for 24x7 hours moni-toring to avoid any disturbanceduring holy festival. Charak alsourged Municipal Department forsanitation and cleanliness situationfor the betterment of yatris andlocal surroundings. He briefedthem that the toilets were alreadymade inside the fort, but all are not
in running condition, so he urgeddepartment to make them run asearly possible because the festivalis going to start within few days.He urged for proper cleaning ofwater tanks inside the templepremises for healthy health.
Charak briefed TrafficDepartment to control traffic andensure smooth running of vehiclesand also urged the FireDepartment to depute fire controlteams and fire brigades.
He urged PHE for regularwater supply, PDD for 24 hourselectricity, PWD for widening ofroad, Security Department and allother departments to completetheir work and ensure to fulfilltheir bit of responsibility.
Ishant Gupta, spokesman,BFDC urged CMO to ensureproper medical facilities, ambu-lance and first aid facility duringNavratra festival.
Baldev Raj Nargotra whilespeaking highlighted the role ofBFDC volunteers who work 24hours during Navratras to provideall type of assistance to yatris.
The meeting was also attendedby General Secretary BFDCRaghav Mahajan, Vice PresidentsBFDC Krishan Lal Sharma,Hardesh Khokher, Sourabh Sethi,Shatrujeet Singh, Eshant Mahajan,Captain Moti Lal, AshwaniSharma, Ankush Khajuria, RahulSharma, etc.
MLA Sham Choudhary addressing a gathering at villageBiaspur Parlah on Sunday.
Natrang presents ‘Dard Apna Apna’Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: Natrang pre-sented a very impactful perform-ance of N.D. Jamwal's Dogri play'Dard Apna Apna' at its StudioTheatre in Sunday Theatre Series.The play was directed by RahulSingh. Mr Jamwal, an eminentmulti-dimensional art personality,himself witnessed the perform-ance and expressed his apprecia-tion on watching the performanceand also congratulated the partic-ipating artists and technical coor-dinators; he also interacted withthe artists.
Director Natrang, BalwantThakur informed that Natrang isgoing to present its popular chil-dren play 'Aaap Hamare HainKaun' on October 5 and 6 at 6 pmat Police Auditorium, GulshanGround, Jammu.
The play 'Dard Apna Apna'opens in the house of one writerwho lives there along with hiselder sister and just a few monthsold nephew. Though he is livingin poverty (what else could be thecircumstance of a writer in a soci-ety where there is not appropriateappreciation of art) yet he is fullof zeal and has the courage toface the hardships of life and hisart is his inner strength. As lifewas running at the regular paceamongst the daily chores, sud-denly an armed man (listed as amilitant) barges into his house ashe is being chased by the police.The peaceful atmosphere of thehome turns out to be nightmarish.The unwanted guest scares themand threats of dire consequencesif they do not cooperate in givingshelter to him. But the brotherand sister were not as unwelcom-ing as he thought them to be.They offer him food and empathywhich was much needed by him.After spending some time at theirplace, the person who wasappearing dreadful in the begin-ning, turned emotional andremorseful. Looking at the sor-row in the life of brother and sis-ter who was abandoned by herhusband, he relates their story to
his own life as he also had a sisterwho was ill-treated by her hus-band and in order to take therevenge he picks the way of vio-lence and got tagged as a militant.While leaving their place, hethanked them for the humanetreatment which they offered tohim as this was the only thingwhich was missing in his life.After he is gone, the life againruns at the previous speed forthem where amidst the harshrealities of life, the writer findssolace in his creations.
Natrang actors who per-formed in the play includedPawan Verma as 'Writer', SunitaGupta as 'Sister', Rajan Thakyalas 'Militant' and Rahul Singh as'Friend'. The music was operatedby Shivam Singh. The show wascoordinated by Mohd. Yaseenand Neeraj Kant did the presenta-tions.
Artists of Natrang presenting the play ‘Dard Apna Apna’.
Jan Gan Man inBaramulla after 30 yrs
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 4: After 30years of gap, National Anthemwas sung with all respect andglory in Baramullatown of NorthKashmir.
B a r a m u l l aremained the hub ofterrorism inKashmir and eventoday terroristsmovement is fre-quently seen in thearea but the BJPMLA RavinderRaina paid tribute tothe great martyrM o h a m m a dMaqbool Shervani,the saviour ofBaramulla. In 1947,when Pakistanitroops attackedKashmir and Indiansecurity forces werenot present there.
Maqbool Shervani was theone who alongwith his col-leagues challenged the Pakistaniinvaders with all mighty powerand didn't allowed them to passBaramulla to reach Srinagar oth-erwise Pakistani forces couldhave captured the Srinagar, theSummer Capital of Jammu andKashmir Later on MaqboolShervani attained the martyrdomin Baramulla.
Ravinder Raina is the firstBJP lagislator who paid tributeto Shaheed Maqbool Shervani.Raina alongwith the local BJPWorkers paid floral tribute to theSamadhi spot of the martyr andsung the National Anthem inBaramulla town and also wavedNational Flag during the func-tion.
It took about 30 years toorganise a function in open
where Jan Gan Man Adiynak......was sung by a large number oflocal public and raised the slo-gans like ""Bharat Mata Ki -Jai"" and "Azad Hindostan-
Zindabad Zindabad". Addressingthe workers, Raina recalled thesupreme sacrifice made byShaheed Maqbool Shervani andhis colleagues. He said it was thesupreme sacrifice of Shervanithat saved Baramulla andSrinagar from Pakistan in 1947.Raina urged the Kashmir youthto adopt the path of MaqboolShervani so that peace and pros-perity may be achieved andnationalism can more strength-en. He assured the locals thatBJP will do the justice with allthe nationalist people living inJammu and Kashmir and cannever allow anybody to pursuethe Pakistani agenda in Kashmir.
He asked the misguidedKashmiri youth to shun the pathof Sallaudeen and adopt the pathof Maqbool Shervani to attainpeace and prosperity inKashmir.
BJP MLA Ravinder Raina during func-tion at Baramulla.
AVM’s concern over SSB'sselection procedure
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: AarakshanVirodhi Manch (AVM) held ameeting under the chairmanship ofits president of Ram Paul Seth.
During the meeting, Sethraised serious issue on the selectionprocedure of SSB Jammu, whichhad recently announced the selec-tion list of post of teacher in theEducation Department, DistrictCadre Jammu.
He said that State Governmenthas made a huge partition betweenSanskrit scholars and other streamstudents. Referring to the presentteaching list, he added that Sanskritscholars despite being qualified inwritten test, the Government hassidelined their teaching abilitiesand prefer other stream students,which has crated resentmentamong Sanskrit scholars.
On behalf of Sanskrit scholars,Seth urged the Government to lookinto the matter and conduct anenquiry in order to provide sigh ofrelief to the Sanskrit scholars.
Youth commits suicide,lady sets herself ablaze
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 4: Policetoday said a youth committed sui-cide here in city while a lady insouth Kashmir's Anantnag districtset herself ablaze.
A police spokesman said herethat a 23 year-old Jabreel Jameelwas found hanging in his room atBarzulla area. "He was shifted tohospital where doctors declaredhim brought dead. Police haveinitiated inquest proceedingsunder Section 174 CrPC in thisregard," the spokesman said.
The spokesman said a 30year-old lady (name withheld) ofChinigund in Dooru area ofAnantnag district sprinkledkerosene oil on her body and setherself ablaze. "The lady wasimmediately shifted to the SMHSHospital for treatment. Policehave registered a case in thisregard," the spokesman added.
Bandh, protest in RajouriExcelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: The membersof majority community heldprotest and observed bandh inRajouri, Thannamandi, Darhal andKotranka area on the second con-secutive day today.
The agitating people weredemanding arrest of the miscreantsallegedly involved in beating up ofa Selection Grade Constable fromNerojal village in Rajouri townfew days back and beating up of 2-3 more people near Rajouri whenthey were carrying some milchanimals.
Alleging harassment, the peo-ple alleged that Constable alongwith his wife was carrying domes-tic milch animal to his house whenthe youth intercepted him inJawahar Nagar area during nightand beat him up. He was also
thrashed in police station by somecops. They demanded that youthinvolved in beating up of SGC bearrested and FIR be lodged againstthem.
The shops and other businessestablishments of one communityremained closed in Rajouri townwhile protests were held atKotranka, Darhal and Thanna-mandi. They demanded that justicebe done. They also raised slogansagainst Police and local adminis-tration when a police party led bySP intervened and not allowed agroup of people to forcibly closedown the market near PanjaChowk in Rajouri town.
The administration held meet-ing with some prominent personsof the town from both the commu-nities and tried to resolve the issueand defuse tension.
Hi-Speed Digital Communications launchesset top box with MPEG-4 technology
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: First time inthe history of Jammu, Hi-SpeedDigital Communications haslaunched high quality set top boxwith MPEG-4 technology here inwhich the consumers would getdigital technology.
The set top box has been pre-pared by Jainhits, which is a satel-lite-based Digital Cable TVDistribution Platform which pro-vides digitized and encryptedsatellite TV signals directly to theCable Network Owners.
This is the only Direct-To-Network (DTN) service in India.This system has an advantage ofhaving a centralized ConditionalAccess System (CAS) andSubscriber Management System(SMS). Jainhits has partnered withMotorola - world's leading tech-nology solution provider as itsTechnology Partner and Intelsat -world's largest Satellite Company,as its Satellite Partner.
Jainhits offers Triple PlayService throughout India - Video,Data & Voice. It delivers morethan 250 digital channels (includ-ing SD & HD), BroadbandServices, Interactive and otherValue Added Services.
While giving details about theset top box, partner of Hi-SpeedDigital Communications, Harjeet
Singh informed that the customershave to pay Rs 1600 as subscrip-tion charges. He further said thecompany has been providing twoplans i.e Fix Plan and Make myPlan. Under Fix Plan the customerhas to pay Rs 150 per month inwhich 250 channels will be avail-able and in Make My Plan, thecustomer has to pay Rs 100 ascompulsory charge in which thecustomer get 176 plus channelsalong with have an option tochoose channel as per their choice@ Rs 4/ channel only.
As a launching offer in theCity of Channel, the company hasalso another offer in which if thecustomer will pay Rs 3000 he/shegets set top box along with freeannual subscription.
Harjeet informed that about 16channels will be telecast fromJammu in which 8 local channelsincluding Gurbani, Punjabi songs,English songs, Hindi songs, Hindimovie, English Movie, Punjabimovie and one city entertainmentwhich are being currently telecast-ed.
Harjeet further said that atpresent the company has been pro-viding 250 channels and 103 morechannels will be added uptoDecember 2015. He further men-tioned that the company will com-plete its target of 500 channels in ayear.
When Govt fails, a devotee of Mata takesonus to reconstruct Jawala Ji temple
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 4: Takingonus to himself a staunch devo-tee of Mata Jawala Ji has takenup in hand the constructionwork of the holy temple atKhrew in South Kashmir districtof Plasma which gutted in dev-astating fire nine months back.
The sacred place is buzzingwith the reconstruction activitystarted by the devotee with thehelp of some Karsevaks after theGovernment and all stakehold-ers failed come forward and ren-der help for construction. BadriNath Bhat, a devotee of theMata of nearby village Zewantook the onus to himself andstarted the reconstruction of theholy shrine which is the presid-ing deity of Kashmiri Hindus.
He did this all out of his ownresources with active support oflocal Karsevaks led by a socialactivist RaviJi Bhat of Ladhoo.
A local contractor BashirAhmad Chopan has executed an
agreement to complete the workin stipulated time before onsetof Winter and funds for the samewere provided by Badri NathBhat. A team of engineers/archi-tects from Delhi headed by RaviBhat of Khrew are providingtheir valuable technical guid-ance.
The Asthapan is one of therevered Shakti Peets in theValley and Mata Jawala Ji,Ishtdevi of Kashmiri Pandits hasspecial religious significance.Badri Nath Bhat while talking toreporters along with allKarsevaks said he is indebted toMata’s greatness for providing achance to serve at the lotus feetof Jawala Ji.
Ravi Ji Bhat of VillageLadhoo beaming with confi-dence assured that most of thework of temple (main compo-nent) will be completed beforethe onset of winter. He hasplanned to reconstruct the otherdamaged temples of the area.
Reconstruction of Mata Jawala Ji temple in full swing atKhrew.
HC organizes training programme on e-Court
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 4: Oninstructions of Chief Justice,Jammu and Kashmir High Court,Justice N. Paul Vasanthakumar andJustice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir,Chairperson e-Court, High Courtof J&K , Justice Muzaffar HussainAttar and Justice Tashi RabstanMembers e-Committee, HighCourt of J&K, "Ubuntu LinuxAwareness Cum Training Programunder Change Management" forJudicial officers of districts ofBaramulla, Bandipora, and Lehwas conducted in High CourtComplex Srinagar & for JudicialOfficers of Kishtwar, Bhaderwahand Ramban at State JudicialAcademy, Jammu.
Judicial Officers of these dis-tricts were imparted training onuse of Ubuntu Operating Systemcustomized by e-Committee,
Supreme Court of India. The train-ing was conducted by proficientMaster Trainers Malik Shabir,Central Project Coordinator e-Courts and Mir Wajahat ,Munsiffat Srinagar and by Parvez Iqbal &Safraz Nawaz, Munsiffs atJammu.
Registrar Judicial Srinagar andJammu wings of the High Court &Pawan Kumar Kotwal, DirectorState Judicial Academy had madesuitable arrangements for the train-ing programme at both the places.
The Judicial Officers weremade aware about various advan-tages of Ubuntu Linux 14.4Operating System and variousfunctionalities it carries. They wereimparted practical training on thesystem as a whole. The officerswere attentive & showed eagernessto learn new concepts in the tech-nology adoption - a process under-taken by the High Court.
ReTs to protest on Oct 12for their regularization
Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Oct 4: Up inarms against unprecedented delayin their regularization, All J&KReT Teachers Forum hasannounced to organize a massiveprotest dharna at the Directorate ofSchool Education Jammu onOctober 12.
Decision in this regard wastaken during a meeting of theForum, held here today under thechairmanship of State presidentVinod Sharma and district presi-dent Lekh Raj Parihar. The meet-ing was attended by delegates ofReTs Forum from all the elevenZones of the district.
While speaking on the occa-sion, Sharma announced that ReTsForum will hold one day peacefulprotest dharna against delay in theprocess of regularization of ReTswho have completed their five
years service for last one and halfyears. On the name of so calledverification, the authorities areharassing the Teachers who havebeen working in the far-flungareas with dedication, he said.
Mr Sharma also highlightedthe grievances of regularized ReTTeachers under SSA, who arewithout salary for last 4 to 6months. The Department of SchoolEducation has failed to streamlinetheir salaries for the reasons bestknown to them, he lamented.
Others, who also spoke in themeeting, included SukhdevSingh, Sham Sharma, SukeshKhajuria, Ashok Seth, PritamGoswami, Bhupinder Singh,Ravinder Singh, Sandeep Sharma,Viney Sharma, Surjit Singh,Bhushan Khajuria, Rekha Rani,Vandna, Nitu Kumari and NehaSharma.
ReTs holding a meeting at Udhampur on Sunday.
BJP kick starts partyelection process
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 4:Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)today kick-started the party orga-nizational elections in Srinagar.
The election process was start-ed by party State secretary andspokesperson, Dr DarakhshanAndrabi, who is the party electionIn-charge for Srinagar, fromBatmaloo constituency.
In this connection special
election convention of all theparty delegates and active mem-bers was held at Magharmal Baghtoday. Batmaloo constituency In-charge, Zubair Nazir Wani, con-vened the proceedings of theprocess under the supervision ofDr Andrabi. Party leader NeelamGash was also present on theoccasion.
During the convention, ablock level body of the party waselected by majority vote. Theparty also elected eighty (80)
Booth committees of the con-stituency.
Speaking on the occasion, DrAndrabi said, "BJP believes in thedemocratic constitution of theparty from the gross root level andsimilarly in the coming days allblock level bodies will be consti-tuted and they will ultimatelychoose the District bodies inwhole of Kashmir valley. Similarexercise will be completed simul-
taneously in Jammu Division andthen new State body will be elect-ed".
"We hope that these electionswill be paving way for strengthen-ing the ground base of the party inKashmir province too where wejust introduced the party at a big-ger scale. Now it is the time toexpand the ground support-sys-tem in Kashmir so that in futureparty does well here too as it didin Jammu Division," said DrAndrabi.
BJP State secretary, Dr Darakhshan Andrabi along withother party leaders during a convention in Srinagar.
Students posing alongwith the organizers during a 3-dayworkshop conducted by Satchel.
Satchel organizes 3-day workshopExcelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: Satchel,Centre for promotion of Music,Art and languages in colaborationwith Gandhi, Peace Foundationorganized a 3-day workshop onthe topic, “Gandhi’s Concept ofIntegrated Personality of anIndividual through Education”,here.
The title of the workshop wassuggested by eminent education-ist, Prof Phoola Chowdhary.
The workshop began withSarswati Vandana followed byrecitation of Bhagwat Geeta bySurma Devi, Anita, PunamAnuragi, Sangeeta and Nisha.
In the first session, a sympo-sium was held on the topic of theworkshop, in which the speakersincluded Muskan Mehra, AnshuBhat, Parth Gupta, Taruna Jagotraand Khushi Rajput. The session
was supervised by VandhnaBhagat and Komal Gupta.
The next session included pic-torial presentation by SurbhiMarhata, Akshit Singh and KajalRaina. The session also includedgroup discussion titled ‘Role ofStudents in Swachh BharatAbhiyan’ and the participantsincluded Shilpa Bali, Riya Kouland Sumit.
Patron of Satchel, R KMahaldar threw light on GandhiJi’s Philosophy and its relevancein modern era.
Sandhya Pandita, student ofCamp School Muthi coordinatedthe proceedings of the pro-gramme.
Among other presnt on theoccasion were Anupma Kaushal,Simme Mehra, Vishal Bhat andPrincy Raina, while the vote ofthenks was presented by SaritaRaina.
Woman among fourabsconders held
