advisormeets tata randhawa kick-starts sons chairman...

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JAMMU, Mar 20: Bravingfrequent shelling by Pakistanalong the Line of Control(LoC) and inclement weather,about 11,000 people participat-ed in the Army’s recruitmentrally in the last 10 days inJammu and Kashmir’s Poonchdistrict, a defence spokesmansaid today.

As many as 198 candidateshave been selected for writtenexamination during the rallywhich started at Surankote onMarch 11 and ended onWednesday, the spokesmansaid.

He said the rally was con-ducted to recruit soldiers fordifferent categories to includeclerks, general duty and trades-man.

“Despite inclement weathercondition and security situa-tion in the region for pastmonth, the youth turned up inlarge numbers for the recruit-ment... About 11,000 candi-dates from Poonch, Rajouri,Sunderbani and Akhnoor par-ticipated in the rally,” thespokesman said.

He said the enthusiasm andspirit of the candidates reflect-ed their desire for personalprogression while having faithin the governance.

A total of 198 candidateshave been selected for writtenexamination which is sched-uled to be conducted on April7, the spokesman said.

He said employment beinga major cause of concern forthe youth of Jammu andKashmir, the rally has receivedoverwhelming response andsupport from the districtadministration for smooth con-duct of the event.

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JAMMU, Mar 20: SpecialSecretary, Transport DepartmentAmit Sharma today reviewed thefunctioning of J&K State RoadTransport Corporation, at a meet-ing here today.

MD J&K SRTC Bilal AhmedBhat, FA Vivek Atri, GMOperations Jammu, GMOperations Kashmir, GMEstates, DGMs, Under SecretaryTransport Chandeep Singh, SOTransport Sanjay Bhat and otherswere present.

During the meeting, IndianOil Corporation team headed byRajiv Yadav also attended themeeting. IOCL agreed to providesix electric charging stations toJ&K SRTC, three each forJammu and Srinagar for chargingof upcoming fleet of 40 electricbuses which shall be run in dif-ferent routes of Jammu as well asSrinagar capital cities.

Special Secretary also visited

SRTC transport yards whereinfew workshops of theCorporation were checkedincluding oil and lubricants,buses and vehicles parked inyards apart from holding spotinteraction with SRTC staff pres-ent there. The staff was directedto maintain cleanliness andhygiene inside the yards and pro-vision of congenial atmosphereand facilities to the drivers andcleaners of the commercial vehi-cles.

Sharma laid emphasis onimplementation of SRO 157restraining FCS&CA departmentfrom hiring vehicles from openmarket, filling-up of vacant slotsespecially drivers and cleaners,submission of plans for revival ofnon-utilised SRTC Yards atBikram Chowk Jammu and TRCSrinagar, total automation andimplementation of e-Governancebased plans in the Corporation tobring total transparency and pro-fessionalism in the Corporation. Deputation meets Director

School EducationExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 20: A deputa-tion led by Dr Khem Raj Sharma,President Sarna Nehru YouthClub Samba met Director SchoolEducation and submitted a memo-randum regarding necessaryaction for teaching Dogri subjectin all Government as well as pri-vate schools of Jammu Division.

The deputation urged theDirector to implement the courtorder regarding teaching of Dogrisubject in all the Government andprivate institutions in the JammuDivision.

While speaking, Dr Khem RajSharma said that Dogri languageviz language failed to get appro-priate place and has been ignoredby the higher authorities inJammu and Kashmir.

He said that in the year 2017,Government issued an order thatDogri will be taught as compulso-

ry subject in 9th and 10th classfrom the session 2018-19, butnothing has been done till today.

"Government recently orderedto make an arrangement to hirethe contractual lecturer for the ses-sion 2019-20 of all subjects, butignored Dogri", he said andappealed to the Director to issueorder for all the schools of theJammu Division to implementDogri as compulsory subject.

Mohan Singh, PresidentDuggar Manch Samba, Dr.Sushma Rani, member DuggarManch, Chhajju Singh Katal,Dogri Singer and Writer fromSamba, Bishan Singh Dardi,Singer and Writer from Samba,Kemat Raj Research ScholarDogri, Kuldeep Raj ResearchScholar Dogri, Ajay Sharma and anumber of Dogri scholars ofJammu University were presenton the occasion.

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JAMMU, Mar 20: BharatiyaJanata Yuva Morcha (BJYM),district president, Samba,Narinder Pratap Singhannounced district office bearerteams here today.

The teams were announced inconsultation with BJP State pres-ident, Ravinder Raina, State gen-eral secretary (Organization),Ashok Koul, BJYM J&K Statepresident, Vikas Choudhary,State secretary & Prabhari BJYMJ&K Ajay Pargal and districtpresident Jangbir Singh New dis-trict office bearers of BJYM areKaran Singh, Yash Manhas,Sikander Singh, Rajkumar, AnilSharma, Arif Malik, SurinderSingh, Dwarka Nath Sharma asvice presidents. Sandeep Sharma,

Rahul Vaid and Ankush Jamwalas general secretaries.

Varun Sharma, SidharthSlathia, Ashok Singh, SanjeevRandahawa, Randhir Kumar,Sahil Sharma, Rakesh Kumar,Sham Lalotra and SurinderThapa were nominated as secre-taries, Mukul Padha & ArunSharma were nominated as socialmedia secretary & additionalsocial media secretaries, AbhiKumar & Ghanshyam Sharma aspublicity secretaries, Arun DevSingh as office secretary RamanSharma as treasurer, AmitShirikul as social media incharge,Nancy Choudhary as mandalpresident, Ramgarh MandalSusheel as Mandal president,Sumb Mandal and RonitSambyal as Mandal presidentSamba.

Advisor meets TataSons Chairman

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MUMBAI, Mar 20: Advisorto Governor J&K State, KSkandan today met Tata SonsPrivate Limited Chairman N.Chandrasekaran at Mumbai toworkout modalities for involve-ment of the Corporate sector fordevelopment of IT and othersectors in J&K.

He was accompanied byVice-Chancellor of the KashmirUniversity, Prof Talat Ahmad,Secretary IT, Saugat Biswas andManaging Director JK IT ID &SIDCO, Ravinder Kumar.

The Advisor invited TATACompanies to make investment

in the Jammu and Kashmir toprovide employment opportuni-ties to the youth of the State.

He informed the Chairmanabout various advantages andfacilities available in the Statefor investment in multiple sec-tors viz Information Technology,Industries, Tourism and Crafts.

The Vice ChancellorKashmir University also men-tioned that both Jammu andKashmir universities have var-ied training centres for skilldevelopment of youth whichmay be required by industry.

The Advisor assured the TataSons Chairman of the full sup-port from the State Government.

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JAMMU, Mar 20: VidushiAbrol, Research Scholar,Department of Biotechnology,

Shri Mata Vaishno DeviUniversity (SMVDU) bagged1st prize in Oral Presentation

for her paper in the nationalconference, held at JammuUniversity.

The paper, titled“Improvement ofTolypocladium inflatumThrough ChemicalMutagenesis for theHigh Yield ofCyclosporine”, was pre-sented at NationalConference on FungalBiology: Recent Trendsand Future Prospects &44th Annual Meeting ofThe MycologicalSociety of India.

Vidushi Abrol hasbeen pursuing her PhDunder the joint supervi-sion of Dr SundeepJaglan, Scientist, CSIR-

IIIM, Jammu, and Dr SharadaM Potukuchi, AssociateProfessor, Dept ofBiotechnology (SMVDU).

Dignitaries during cultural-cum-painting competition atJammu.

Vidushi Abrol receiving Ist Prize inOral Presentation.

ICCR holds cultural-cum- painting competition

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JAMMU, Mar 20: Under itsmonthly programme “HorizonSeries”, Indian Council forCultural Relations (ICCR),Jammu today organized a cultur-al cum painting competitionbased on theme “Vidhya DhanMahan Dhan” in the premises ofKala Kendra, Jammu.

The event was organized incollaboration with Pt SansarChand Baru MemorialCharitable Trust. The wife of KK Sharma, Advisor to Governorof the State, graced the occasionas chief guest. Besides, RajBharti (social worker), T RSharma (Retd KAS), AnuradhaRishi (president, Sansar ChandBaru Trust) and other distin-guished guests were also pres-ent.

Children of Nagrota PrimarySchool and Viraj Bal BhawanSchool were invited on the occa-sion to demonstrate their talent.Besides showcasing their paint-ing skills, the students also pre-sented some dance items.

Speaking on the occasion,Mrs K K Sharma expressed herhappiness to witness the talent

of students who kept the audi-ence spell bound during the pro-gram. She also interacted withchildren and distributed prizesas an incentive to children wish-ing them bright future.

Earlier in his welcomeaddress, NK Shil, RegionalDirector of ICCR, briefly high-lighted the various activities car-ried out by the Council inJammu region ever since itsinception way back in July 2012.He said that besides holding cul-tural and other events, the mainaim of the ICCR is to bring theentire country together throughcultural initiatives.

“At the same time, ICCRtries to provide platform to bud-ding local talents especiallythose hailing from far flungareas also and disadvantagedbackground so that they canshowcase their talent in the fieldof dance, music, drama and artcompetition thereby motivatingthem for achieving higher levelin these fields,” he added.

The function was coordinat-ed by Reena Slathia, CulturalOfficer of ICCR and conductedby Rajni Anubhav, renownedRadio and TV anchor.

A scene from the Dogri play Mangoo Di Shabeel staged bySvaraj Productions at Abhinav Theater on Wednesday.

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Listless adaptation of Dinu Bhai Pant’s‘Mangoo Di Shabeel’ disappoints

Lalit GuptaJAMMU, Mar 20: The list-

less presentation of Dinu BhaiPant’s long poem ‘Mangoo DiShabeel’, staged by Greenhornsunder banner of SvarajProductions, not only raisedmisgivings about the impartiali-ty of the selection process, butput a kind of damper on themuch hyped ongoing DogriTheater Festival, at the AbhinavTheater, today.

‘Mangoo Di Shabeel’,adapted by Rajneesh Gupta, anddirected by Kumar Binny, is ascathing critique of moneylenders, who in Pre-Independence India, tookadvantage of misfortunes of thepoor and the downtrodden andkept them and their coming gen-erations in perpetual state ofdebt through the institution ofusury.

Notwithstanding the wel-

come fact that the cast of youngactors hailed from moufassil,today’s production bankingupon cliched and hackneyedtechniques, fell short of repre-senting an artistic rendering ofthe pathos and helplessness ofthe gullible masses so admirableportrayed in the progressivepoetry of Dinu Bhai Pant, one ofthe stalwarts of modern DogriRenaissance.

The cast of the play includ-ed Ajay Kumar, Mohit Sharma,Aman Baghat, Ravi Kumar,Aman Kumar, Sanju Nandan,Kannu Baghat, Divya Sharma,Deep Mala, Deepakshi Nandhi.Music was designed by AjayRajapuri, lights by RavinderSharma, and make-up byDivya.

Next production of the festi-val; Jagdip Duvey’s Dogri play‘Amma’ will be staged by TheKalakar on Friday, March 22,2019.

BJP activists during a meeting at Talab Tillo on Wednesday.

Cong, other parties ignoredcommon masses: Sat Sharma

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JAMMU, Mar 20 : To garnersupport for party candidate inthe ensuing Lok Sabha elec-tions, Talab Tillo Unit of BJP'sSC Morcha organized a meetingwhich was attended by a largenumber of people belonging tothe community . The meetingwas presided over by formerState president of the party andex Minister, Sat Sharma (CA).

Speaking on the occasion,Sat Sharma highlighted theachievements of Narendra Modiled NDA Government at Centreand the exemplary work done bypresent MP, Jugal KishoreSharma for people belonging toall communities. He stated thatCongress and other political par-ties have always ignored thesentiments of masses of Jammu,Kashmir and Ladakh but it is theonly Prime Minister, NarendraModi who took out Jammu andKashmir from shambles and it isfor the first time in the history ofJammu and Kashmir, develop-ment on such a huge scale wastaken up in last five years.

Ayodhya Gupta, districtpresident in his address said that

people have trust in the partyand like they have put faith inthem during Municipal andLocal Body election, the publicwill show it again during LokSabha elections. He expressedconfidence of winning all seatsin the State.

Jeet Angral, corporator saidthat Mahagathbandhan of oppo-sition parties is a mirage and itwill not come in the way of BJPreturning to power again at theCentre. He appealed everyonepresent to work at grass rootlevel to ensure victory of BJPcandidates.

District president, SCMorcha, Raghunandan Kumaralso addressed the meetingwhich was organized by SCMorcha president Talab TilloUnit, Anil Angral.

Mandal vice presidentDeepak Kumar, Rajinder KumarRaju, Bunty Kumar, Madan Lal,Bablu Chand, Surjit Singh,Bansi Lal, Madan Lal, Keshi,Tej Ram, Varinder Dogra, LabhaRam, Ravi Kumar, TarunKumar, Gourmet Kalsi, VishalKumar, Bishan Lal and severalothers were also present in themeeting.

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JAMMU, Mar 20: BJPMahila Morcha Jammu districtpresident, Rekha Mahajan todayalleged that though Congress hasruled the country for decades butit never showed concern for thesocio-economic upliftment ofthe women, whereas BJPGovernment under the leader-ship of PM, Narendra Modi felttheir plight and pain andlaunched a number of welfareschemes for them.

Speaking at a meeting here inWard 55, She said that in view ofthe forthcoming elections of LokSabha, opposition parties will betrying to win the faith of womenfolk but they would not succeedthis time in view of their pastrecord.

Rekha Mahajan said thatModi Government came topower in 2014, and since then, ithas launched several schemesand initiatives for the benefit ofwomen across the country.

Elaborating on the pro-women schemes of NarendraModi Government, Rekha saidthat Beti Bachao Beti Padao is toprevent gender-biased sex-selec-tive elimination and ensure theeducation, survival, and protec-tion of the girl child. It alsoaimed at to celebrate the birth ofgirl child.

Sukanya Samridhi Yojana isalso a part of Beti Bachao BetiPadao scheme, she said, addingthat it encourages parents withgirl child to set up a fund forthem which will take care of hermarriage and future educationexpenses.

Ujjwala scheme is the mostsuccessful scheme of the ModiGovernment. Under this scheme70 million families were givenfree gas connections, after whichthe quality of life of the womenhas improved, Rekha said.

Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojna that fructified into 29crore bank accounts, 47% ofthem were women

Mission Indradhanushscheme is aimed at to immunizeall kids under the age of 2 yearsand also the pregnant womenagainst diseases which can beprevented by taking timely vac-cines.

Rekha said that these are fewof such schemes which havebrought smile on the faces ofwomen and they want NarendraModi to be repeated as PrimeMinister.

Number of women alsojoined BJP Mahila Morcha onthis occasion.

District general secretaries,Savita Anand, Indu Bala andAsha Gupta also spoke in themeeting.

Gupta SSP candidate for Jammu-Poonch LS seat

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JAMMU, Mar 20: Newlyfloated Sainik Samaj Party (SSP)has announced Dr Karan Gupta,a retired government employee

presently a social activist, as itscandidate for Jammu-PoonchLok Sabha (LS) seat.

In a press conference heretoday Colonel S.S Pathania,(retired), Chief Convener and

President of SSP said his Partywas launched last year and it hadalready participated in local bod-ies elections in Jammu andLadakh divisions.

He further said that his Partywill address the issue ofregional discriminationwith Jammu and Ladakhregions apart fromworking for PoK dis-placed families.

He also said thatthey will also fight forreservations inGovernment jobs for ex-servicemen on lines ofPunjab and HimachalPradesh.

Talking to reportersCol Pathania said thathis Party will also fight

against the menace of drug addic-tion, return of Rohingyas etc.

He appealed the public tovote for Sainik Samaj Party can-didate.

Colonel S.S Pathania, (retired), ChiefConvener of Sainik Samaj Party address-ing a press conference at Jammu onWednesday. -Excelsior Rakesh

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SRINAGAR, Mar 20: HighCourt issued notice to telecom-munication authorities for filingof response to the plea seekingremoval of installation of mobiletower which has been installed inclose proximity of Public HealthCenter in Kargil.

The Division Bench of ChiefJustice Gita Mittal and JusticeRajesh Bindal issued notice toSecretary Telecommunication,New Delhi, Chief GeneralManager Bharan Sanchar NigamLimited Jammu,Telecommunication DistrictManager Leh, Chief ExecutiveOfficer LAHDC Kargil, ChiefMedical Officer Kargil and othersfor filing of response to the PIL.

"The removal of the tower isbeing sought over the possiblehazardous health effects viz, can-cer and other diseases by theemission of harmful radiations

from the said tower. "The actionof the respondents is illegal and isadversely affecting the health ofthe locals who are not in a posi-tion to protect their own intereston account of poverty, incapacityand ignorance", reads the PIL

Direction is being sought par-ticularly on SecretaryTelecommunication New Delhi,Chief General Manager BharanSanchar Nigam Limited Jammu,Telecommunication DistrictManager Leh to remove themobile tower which has beeninstalled in close proximity ofNew Type of Public HealthCentre Batalik Kargil and rein-stalling the same as per the normsand guidelines.

It is further submitted thatCMO Kargil and Bharti AirtelLimited be restrained frominstalling the tower in close prox-imity of the health center situatedat Batalik Kargil.

Army’s recruitment rally seeshuge response in Poonch

BJP opens office at Karan Bagh Randhawa kick-starts

election campaign for JugalExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 20: MemberLegislative Council (MLC) andsenior BJP leader, Ch. VikramRandhawa, today inauguratedelection office at Karan Bagh inGandhi Nagar for the forthcom-ing Lok Sabha elections sched-

uled to take place on April 11. While inaugurating election

office for Jammu-Poonch LokSabha seat, for which BhartiyaJanata Party (BJP) had declaredJugal Kishore Sharma as candi-date, Randhawa asked the cadresto gear up for the ensuing pollsand make public aware about thewelfare schemes launched by theCentral Government under PrimeMinister, Narendra Modi.

Pertinent to mention thatJugal Kishore Sharma had wonthis seat in the 2014 Lok Sabhaelections and Randhawa asked

the cadres to enlist the achieve-ments of the Member Parliamentfor the development and uplift-ment of the people and area ofthis Lok Sabha seat.

MLC said that Government atthe Centre has ensured all rounddevelopment in the State andonly BJP has the capacity to keep

all the three regions ofJammu and Kashmirunited and maintaincommunal harmony. Hesaid that people shouldremain vigilant againstthe divisive forces andsupport BJP in elections.He appealed the peopleto ensure the victory ofJugal Kishore Sharmafrom Jammu- PoonchLok Sabha seat.

Randhawa said thatthe nation has achievedmany milestones underthe rule of BJP and thededicated and honest

team led by Narendra Modi hasforced the world to acknowledgethe nation at various platforms.He said that BJP Government hasdefeated the enemies of thenation and unprecedented devel-opment that took place in the lastfive years is before us.

Prominent among otherspresent on the occasion includeRasvir Singh, Pitambar Lal,Girdhari Lal, Inder Sharma,Gurdayal Singh, Gurdev Singh,Diljit Singh, Shashi Sharma andothers.

MLC, Vikram Randhawa inaugurat-ing BJP election office at Karan Bagh onWednesday.

Spl Secy Transport reviewsfunctioning of JKSRTC

HC seeks response onremoval of tower near PHC

BJYM announces district team for Samba

Modi Govt concernedfor women: Rekha

Vidushi of SMVDU bags 1stprize in Oral Presentation

Artists posing with police officers after a cultural function inKargil on Wednesday.

Cultural prog organized Excelsior Correspondent

KARGIL, Mar 20: DistrictPolice Kargil today organisedcultural programme atAuditorium Hall under thetheme 'Kargili Rpaho'.

Large number of peopleincluding theatre loving localpeople and many others of allthe age groups attended thefunction.

The cultural programme wasinaugurated by Dr. VinodKumar SP Kargil. The pro-gramme started with recitationof poems by well known poetsin Kargil.

It was followed by songsfrom young and talented singerswho mesmerised audience bytheir melodious voices. The lastpart of the cultural programmewas creative presentation of ideaof communal harmony through a

skit by Ranthak Theatre Group. In his address, Dr. Vinod

Kumar cordially welcomed thegathering. He said that the aimof the programmes is to bridgethe gap between police andpublic and to create strong bondthrough community policing.

He informed audience thatDistrict Police Kargil will do itsbest to ensure such programmesare organised in future also toprovide platform for artists toshowcase their talent.

Mujahid-ul-Haq, DySPKargil presented vote of thankswhich was followed by presen-tation of cash rewards to theparticipants.

Among others Khalid AminAdditional SP Kargil, Ali TakAssistant DirectorInformation,Kargil and otherofficers from District PoliceKargil were also present.

JU VC releases Dogri book Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Mar 20: A Dogri book, titled “Dogri Ch Vartman ShodhChintan”, compiled and edited by Parduman Singh, a ResearchScholar of PG Department of Dogri, University of Jammu, wasreleased here today by the JU Vice-Chancellor Prof Manoj K Dhar.

The book contain 26 research papers contributed by Researchscholars of Dogri Department on different genre based on LokGeet, Lok Viswas, Lok Sanskriti, Dogri Kavita, Dogri Kahani,Natak and Upanyas, etc.

While speaking on the occasion, Prof Dhar appreciated the effortof Parduman Singh for this valuable book. He said that this kind ofactivity augers very well for growth and popularity of Dogri literature.He laid stress on the need of making Dogri popular among the youngergeneration, so that this sweet language may continue to thrive.

Among others, Dr Meenakshi Kilam, Registrar; Prof ShivDev Singh Manhas, Dr Daud Iqbal, Director, Physical Education;Dr Vinay Thusoo, Official Spokesperson, JU; Dr Neetu Kumar,Asstt. Professor, Dr Sunil Dutt Sharma, Dr Manoj Heer, KailashMohan Bhanotra, Jyoti Thappa, Anu Devi and Satish Arora werealso present on the occasion.