13Sunday November 25, 2018

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STATE TIMES NEWSSRINAGAR: After making two-wheeler drivers to wear crashhelmets, the Traffic Police City Srinagar on Saturdaylaunched another drive to enforce the seat-belt rules.

A crackdown on four-wheelers, flouting the seat belt rulebagan at Batmalloo, Jahangir Chowk, Hyderpora, Dalgate,Boulvard Road, Panthachowk, Radio Station Chowk, SMHS,Hazartbal in the summer Capital and caught various violatorsand fined. Moreover, DySP (T) City North, Farooq Ahmedalone realised fine above Rs 1 lakh from the violators. SSP,Traffic City Srinagar, Al-Tahir Gillani, who supervised the drive,said that this is not a new norm and it existing in the rulebookfor a long time. Only, drivers are too casual about it and don'tadhere it. He further added those violating the norm were finedon the spot as per the Motor Vehicles Act.

"Wearing seat belts while driving reduces fatalities by about 60per cent and injuries by nearly 50 per cent during mishaps, itdoubles the chances of survival in a serious accident and pre-vents occupants from being thrown out from the vehicles in caseof an impact," said ASP Traffic, Sonam Dechan.

This special drive was headed by DySP (T) City North,Farooq Ahmad Reshi, DySP (T) City South Sajjad Ahmed andDySP (T) West Raies Ahmad under the supervision of ASP (T)City Srinagar, Sonam Dechan and under the overall supervisionof SSP Traffic Al-Tahir Gillani.

The drive was closely monitored by IGP Traffic J&K, AlokKumar. DTI Dalgate Inspector, Mushtaq Ahmad, DTIBatmalloo Inspector Mohd Baqir; DTI Boulevard RoadInspector Rajesh Thappa; DTI Residency Road InspectorRakesh Kumar; SO's SI Altaf Ahmad, SI Irfan and SI ZahoorAhmad were part of this drive.

Traffic Police to enforce seat-belt rule

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: North EastCentre of NationalAcademy of Music Danceand Drama has invitedNatrang DirectorBalwant Thakur to par-ticipate in NationalChildren TheatreSeminar being held inTezpur, Assam fromNovember27 to 30, 2018.

Top practitioners ofchildren theatre in Indiahave been invited to delib-erate on various aspectsof children theatre.Prominent amongst theminclude KironBhatanagar, V.K Sharma,Latif Khatana, K.GKrishnamurthy, BhaskarGoswami, Nipam Kumarand Supriti Gosh includ-

ing Balwant Thakur. Balwant Thakur is one

of the most celebratedplaywright and TheatreDirector of India whogave a new dimension tochildren theatre in India.His children plays MereHisse Ki Dhoop KahanHai and Aap HamaareHain are as of now themost sought-after andlongest running plays inIndia.

In this NationalChildren Seminar beingheld in Tezpur, BalwantThakur will reflect uponthe theatre scene in Indiaand will deliberate on hisvision of children theatreand the emerging globaltrends in children theatreexperiments.

Balwant Thakur invited to NationalChildren Theatre Seminar

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: "Urdu is not only alanguage but is also a culturehaving a rich cultural heritageto its credit. It is an Indianlanguage which has played avital role in promotion ofIndian culture, heritage andcivilisation. It has also playeda vital role in the freedomstruggle of India."

These words were spoken bythe illustrious speakers at theinaugural function of the two-day international seminarbeing organised by theDepartment of Urdu,University of Jammu on topic'Composite Culture and UrduLiterature'.

In his inaugural address,Prof Manoj K Dhar, ViceChancellor, University ofJammu, said Urdu is a cul-tural language with built insophistication and is highlysuited for expression of emo-tions and variegated descrip-tions.

"Urdu language is a productof India and its literature isrich showcasing the passion,sentiments of Indian peopleregardless of the religion.

Urdu is not only a compositelanguage in itself but hasplayed major role in keepingthe fibre of composite cultureintact in India," Prof Dharsaid, adding that Urdu lan-guage has a cosmopolitancharacter as it has assimilatedwords from Sanskrit, Hindi,English, Punjabi, Portuguesebesides Arabic and Persian.Urdu has given many newthings to India such asMushiras, Ghazals andNazams." It has been saidUrdu reflects and representsIndian history, its movementsand depression," he said.

Vice-Chancellor expressed

hope that the two day interna-tional seminar will not onlyput forth the richness of Urdulanguage but also the role ithas played in developing com-posite culture.

While presenting hiskeynote address the renownedUrdu critic and researcher DrTaqi Abedi from Canada indetail threw light on the com-posite culture of Urdu poetryas well as of Urdu prose.

Prof Khawaja Ekram-ud-Din from JNU, New Delhiwho presided over the func-tion said that Urdu languageis being spoken in almost allthe countries of the world.

Earlier in his welcomeaddress, Prof Shohab InayatMalik, HoD Urdu and DeanFaculty of Arts highlightedthe aims and objectives oforganizing of seminar on thevital topic. He said thatpapers which would be pre-sented in the seminar will bepublished in a book form forthe benefit of new generation.

Dr Mohd Reyaz Ahmed,Associate Professor of theDepartment of Urdu present-ed vote of thanks.

On the occasion, Dr TaqiAbedi was also presentedRasa Javedani MemorialAward.

A short story collection titled'Mehndi Lahoo Ki' written bySyeda Tabassum fromMumbai was also released bythe dignitaries.

Later, various papers werepresented by various scholarson the theme of the seminar.

An Urdu Mushira in collab-oration with State Academyof Art, Culture andLanguages was also organ-ised in which various poetsrecited their Urdu verses andentertained the audience.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Gearing up forParliamentary and J&KAssembly elections, BJPState President RavinderRaina, chaired meeting ofconvenors and members ofState teams of all cells ofBJP at its StateHeadquarters, Jammu.

State President was alsoaccompanied by BJP StateGeneral Secretary YudhvirSethi and State InchargeBJP's All Cells VarinderjitSingh.

Ravinder Raina, whileaddressing the meeting,laid stress on present sce-nario in the State of J&Kwhich has emerged afterthe discontinuation ofalliance government andafter words dissolution ofJ&K Assembly byGovernor. Stressing uponthe importance of cells incoming months, he saidthat the leaders of cellshave an important role inapproaching Lok Sabhaelections as well as assem-bly elections.

Raina prompted cells to

gear up their work betweenthe common masses facili-tating ideological link ofparty with targeted popula-tion and claimed that theprocess will maximiseparty's vote share.

Raina asked them to takeall the schemes initiated byPrime Minister NarendraModi to their respectivefields and strive to generatewarm contact with theprominent persons of socie-ty. He asked the leadersthat they also have respon-sibility to counter anti-national propagandaspropagated by other par-ties. He added that theymust act as the strong bas-

tion of party.Yudhvir Sethi, while

speaking in the meeting,asked cell leaders to followall the party programmesstrictly which will help instrengthening of their cells'structures.

He prompted them toconduct regular meetingsof their respective cells toaware all the members ofthe cells of their responsi-bilities towards the partyand more importantly theircommunities.

Varinderjit Singh, whilespeaking in the meeting,asked cells' convenors towork extensively in thefield. He said that the ded-

icated work by the cell lead-ers will make benefit theparty in approachingParliamentary elections bymaking the organizationstronger.

Later, all the StateConvenors of Cells present-ed overview of working andprogrammes undertaken bytheir respective cells inrecent months after briefsession of introduction bymembers of their stateteams. State ConvenorBJP's Human Rights CellHunar Gupta conductedstage proceedings.

State Cell Convenors alongwith teams present in themeeting were Refugee CellVikas Sharma, CooperativeCell H. S. Pammy, WeaverCell B. K. Kaul, TransportCell Darshan Singh, Ex-Servicemen Cell Brig. UttamSingh Chib, Teacher &Employee Cell Arun Gupta,Sanskriti Cell BaratBhushan Sharma, SeniorCitizen Cell Dr. NirmalKamal, Local Body CellDeepak Gupta and LegalCell Ranjit Singh Jamwal.

BJP State Chief, Ravinder Raina addressing party workers.Vice Chancellor JU, Prof Manoj K Dhar along with others

releasing a book during the programme at Jammu.

Seminar on Composite Culture & Urdu Literature begins at JU BJP gears up for Parliamentary, Assembly elections

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: The ChiefExecutive Councilor,LAHDC, Leh, JamyangTsering Namgyal visitedLadakh Girls Hostel Muthi,Jammu, and took stock of thefacilities available there. Hediscussed various issues per-taining to the students stay-ing there and assured to solvethe problems at the earliest so

that they do not face any dif-ficulty while pursuing theirhigher education at Jammu.

Namgyal advised stu-dents to convey their prob-lems to him telephonically,SMS or Whatsapp anytime and assured that hewill try his best to come upto their expectations. Headvised students to studyhard and put their best inutilizing their crucial time,energy and efforts in shap-ing their career sincerelyand become an ideal forother students to follow.

Reminding studentsabout the rich cultural andmoral values of their moth-erland, Namgyal urgedthem to keep themselvesrooted to their real identitywith modern education.

It was the first visit of CECJTN to Girls Hostel MuthiJammu after becoming CECbut he often visited this hos-tel as Councilor and BJPleader in past. At present,about 60 girls students areresiding in the hostel and allare very happy with the pres-ent facilities at the hostel.

Namgyal visits Ladakhi girls hostel

CEC LAHDC Leh, J.T Namgyal addressing inmates of Ladakh Girls Hostel in Jammu.STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: Jammu KashmirBrahman Sabha staged aprotest here on Saturdayseeking immediate construc-tion of Ram Mandir inAyodhya.

Led by President, J&KBrahman Sabha, AtulSharma, the activistsassembled near Press Cluband raised slogans in sup-port of Ram Mandir.

Speaking to media per-sons here, Sharmaexpressed serious concernover the delay in construc-

tion of Ram Temple. Hesaid that Ram Temple atAyodhya should be builtwithout any further delay.

Sharma urged upon theBJP led Government at theCenter to fulfill its promisemade with the people of thecountry duringParliamentary electionsregarding the constructionof Ram Temple in Ayodhya,which was its main agenda.

"We appeal to the CentralGovernment to enact a lawto clear the way for build-ing a Ram Temple at his

birthplace in Ayodhya,"Sharma asserted.

Sharma appealed to allpolitical and social organi-sations and the people ofthe country to come underone umbrella so that theRam Temple in Ayodhya isbuilt at the earliest.

Among those who joinedthe protest include SahilBanotra Vice President ofthe Sabha, Vansh Sharma,Varun Sharma, BhuvanSharma, Akash Shanna,Pritam Sharma and RahulSharma.

JK Brahman Sabha seeks people's supportin construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

Jammu Kashmir Brahman Sabha members staging protest at Jammu.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Classical dancerDeepak Dutta has beenselected for national levelcultural festival 'HimalayanParvatiya Samaaroh' whichis going to be organised byNehru Yuva Sangathan,Talwara in association withShabnam Youth andDevelopment Centre andAasam Cultural MissionDadra Powered by FriendsClub (Rey) Kangra.

In this four-day festivalscheduled to held fromNovember 29 toDecember 2, 2018, a total24 selected teams from allover India are going toshowcase their culturalextravaganza and DeepakDutta is going to attendthe event as Head of Juryof Cultural Events com-

prising solo dance, groupdance, cultural proces-sion, choreography andduet dance in both juniorand senior categories.

Deepak to get HimalayanCultural Award

DGP sanctionsmeritorious

scholarship for22 police wardsSTATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP),Dilbag Singh grantedscholarship of Rs1,36,800 in favour of 22wards of serving policepersonnel, who havesecured eighty percentand above marks in annu-al examination of Class12th, during the academicsession 2017-18. Thescholarship of Rs 7,200each have been granted infavour of four wards forsecuring above 90 percent marks and Rs 6,000each have been granted infavour of 18 wards whohave secured 80 per centand above marks in theclass 12th examination.

The scholarship hasbeen granted out of theCentral Police WelfareFund. PoliceHeadquarters has beensanctioning scholarshipsand rewards under differ-ent heads for the wards ofmartyred and servingpolice personnel to boosttheir morale.

STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: Amit Sharma,Director Food, CivilSupplies and ConsumerAffairs (F,CS&CA), JammuDivision on Saturday con-ducted a surprise tour ofdistrict Samba especiallyRamgarh, a border town-ship, wherein, specialemphasis was on perform-ance and usage of electron-ic Point-of-Sales (PoS)machines in various fairprice shops located in dif-ferent villages and areas ofthe district.

He was accompaniedwith Kulraj Singh,Deputy Director Food &Rationing, DevinderSingh Bilowria,Assistant DirectorSamba, YashwantKumar, Manager M/sLinkwell Systems (POSMachines providers),TSOs and other officialsof FCS&CA department.

Director FCS&CA Amit

Sharma conducted thetour primarily to assessimplementation of onlineAadhaar authenticationas Samba is one of theleading districts inAadhaar Seedingamongst all districts ofJammu division whereinit has crossed 85 percent.

During the checking,Director himself pointedout few challenges while

operating ePOS devicesand directed the serviceproviders to improvefunctioning and carry-out necessary exercisesto ensure its smoothfunctioning. However,during the randomchecking especially withtechnically specialisedteam of M/s Linkwell, itwas discovered that still,lot of FPS shops areworking on offline rather

than online mode forfeeding of transactionsbut Director AmitSharma issued spotdirections to his team topoint out major reasonsfor same and take imme-diate necessary correc-tive measures to ensuretotal implementation ofreal-time Aadhaarauthentication mode forissuance of ration ticketsto the beneficiaries infuture.

Director FCS&CA AmitSharma further directedthe heads of M/sLinkwell Systems to sendtheir teams immediatelyin all the districts ofJammu division to famil-iarise the departmentalofficials and FPS ownersabout 100% usage ofePOS machines throughonline Aadhaar authenti-cation which is the basicpurpose and focus ofePDS and Supply Chain

Management System. During the visit, it was

informed by the concernedAD to Director FCS&CAAmit Sharma that rationsupplies and K.Oil supplieswere adequate in all theborder areas of the districtincluding far-flung loca-tions and there is totalemphasis on ensuringsame in all FPS and Storesof the department locatedin Samba district.

Director Amit Sharmainformed that surprisechecks and tours will con-tinue at the highest level infuture and FCS&CADepartment must keepfunctioning around theclock in winter months sothat uninterrupted rationand essential commoditiessupplies under NFSAmust reach to the peopleand any kind of deviationin this behalf would not betolerated by theGovernment.

Director FCS&CA assesses ePOS working during Ramgarh-Samba tour

Director F,CS&CA, Amit Sharma interacting with officials during visit to Samba.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: A delegation ofJ&K College TeachersAssociation (CTA) led by itsPresident, Prof D.S Manhasmet Dr Jitendra Singh, UnionMinister and discussed vari-ous issues related to collegeteachers

The delegation soughtimplementation of UGCguidelines in toto includingenhancing age of superannua-tion of college teachers to 62 atpar with the state universities,creation of post of professor incolleges, separate Directoratesof Higher Education forJammu and Kashmir, changeof nomenclature of PTI, payanomaly in implementingSixth Pay Commission.

The association had adetailed discussion on all theseissues with the Union Ministerand stressed that the aforesaid

demands should be looked intoimmediately. It sought person-nel intervention of the UnionMinister in implementingUGC regulations in toto in theState.

The Union Minister gave apatient hearing and assuredthat he would look into thematter and intervene in resolv-ing the genuine issues of thecollege teachers.

The delegation comprised ofDr Anil Ganjoo, General

Secretary, Dr Twinkle Suri,Vice-President, Prof NarayanDutt, Organising Secretary,Prof Rakesh Singh, PublicitySecretary, Dr Jagjit Singh,Joint Treasurer, Dr NarinderSharma, Joint PublicitySecretary; Dr Sanjay Kotwal,Prof Mala Bhasin, Dr RevikaArora, Prof Rahul Kaith JointSecretary; Dr Vishal Sharma,Dr Davinder Kour, Prof VipulSaraf and Dr Lokinder Singh,executive members.

J&K College Teachers delegation calls on Jitendra

CTA members presenting a bouquet to Dr Jitendra Singh.

FCS&CA squadimposes Rs 3,500 fine

on shopkeepersSTATE TIMES NEWS

SRINAGAR: TheEnforcement squad of FoodCivil Supplies and ConsumerAffairs (FCS&CA) onSaturday collected a fine of Rs3500 from 8 shopkeepers forviolation of the EssentialCommodities Act, during itsmarket checking here at vari-ous areas in Srinagar district.

In a statement, thespokesperson of the depart-ment said that the enforcementsquad headed by AssistantDirector Enforcement, Northand South Zones conductedmarket checking at LDHospital market, Gogjibagh,Jawahar Nagar, Iqbal Park,Lal Chowk and other areas.During the market checking 55business establishments wereinspected and a penal sum ofRs 3500 was collected as finefrom 8 erring shopkeepers forviolation of the EssentialCommodities Act, 1995.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: State President, AllIndia Confederation ofSC/ST/OBC Organisations,R.K Kalsotra said that theSC/ST/OBC's are the worstsufferers during the Governor'srule.

"The Constitution ofJammu and Kashmir grantspolitical reservation to theSCs and as per the past prac-tice at least two cabinet berthshave been given to them asper their population," he saidin a press conference here onSaturday.

Although there has been nopolitical reservation to STsand OBCs in J&K, he said,yet the representatives ofthese communities have beenholding 3-4 cabinet berths inthe past due to their majorityvote banks. He said that it isvery unfortunate that inGovernor rule, there has beenno representation from thesereserved communities.

At present about 40 depart-ments are being handled byfour advisors but none ofthem represents SC/ST/OBC

even when they have constitu-tional entitlement of repre-sentation, he said.

He further added that dueto nil representation the voiceof these communities is beingcrushed. He raised allega-tions against present dispen-sation of being selective oncaste basis discriminatingwith the reserved categoriesand alleged that out of the 22districts, no KAS officerbelonging to SC communityis posted as DeputyCommissioner and no KPSofficer belonging to SC com-munity is posted as SSP inthese districts and likewiseother categories also.

Kalsotra appealed to theGovernor to immediatelyappoint at least two advisorsfrom these communities sothat the requirement of rep-resentation is meted out.

He further appealed toreview the postings of allDCs, IGPs, SSPs and otherHoDs and to ensure due rep-resentation to SC/ST/OBCofficers to restore the confi-dence of these communities.

SC/ST/OBC worst sufferersin Governor's rule: Kalsotra