Download - Choudhary inaugurates Jan Gan Man in Baramulla after30 yrsas 'Militant' and Rahul Singh as 'Friend'. The music was operated by Shivam Singh. The show was coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen

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.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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