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STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: NationalMazdoor Conference(NMC) urged upon theFinance Minister, DrHasseb Darbu to allocateprovision of funds forimplementation of SeventhPay Commission recom-mendations in the State inthe ensuing annual budgetfor year 2018-19 fulfillingthe promise to extend thebenefits to StateGovernment employees andpensioners made on thefloor of the House whilepresenting last yearBudget proposal on 11th ofJanuary 2017.

Addressing NMC workershere, President NMC,Subash Shastri pointed outthat without the provisionof budgetary allocation foryear 2018-19 budget, theextension of the benefitswill not be possible toimplement the decision

already announced. "As aproactive action, theFinance Minister wasrequested to apportion aseparate budget, so thatthe benefits of the SeventhPay Commission startreaching to the salariedclass and pensioners formApril 1, 2018 without anyhick-up, this will help thegovernment to solve thelong pending demands ofsalaried class smoothly," hesaid.

While pleading the causeof 61,000 daily rated work-ers working in the variousdepartments of the StateGovernment, Shastriexpressed satisfaction overthe recent decision by theState Cabinet for prepar-ing a road map for the reg-ularisation of these dailyrated workers to displaysincerity to the StateGovernment headed byMehbooba Mufti.

"Finance Department isrequested to start andexpedite the process tomeet the aspirations of thesuffering class of thesedaily rated workers so as tostart the regularisationpolicy from January1,2018 as a new year gift toworking class," he added.

Reiterating his demand ofenhancing MedicalAllowance from Rs 300 toRs 2,000 per month,Shastri urged the FinanceMinister to take an earlydecision in this regards sothe employees and pension-ers would get a sigh ofrelief.

Among others who werealso present on the occa-sion included Rajan BabuKhajuria, B.S Jamwal,Sunil Kochar, Ram Singh,Pran Nath, Sham LalGupta, Mohammad Shafi,Surinder Kumar andJaipal.

Allocate funds for implementation of 7thPay Commission recommendations: NMC

STATE TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR: DistrictAnantnag WrestlingAssociation organisedDistrict WrestlingChampionship under theaegis of Jammu and KashmirWrestling Association atSports Stadium, here onSunday.

The championship in which32 wrestlers of various weightcategories participated wassponsored by J&K StateSports Council.

In the closing ceremony,Arfat Hussain, DeputySuperintendent of Police(DySP) Operations was theChief Guest who distributedprizes, medals and certifi-

cates to the wrestlers.Anil Kumar, Director

Galaxy Enterprises J&K andA.R Ahangar PresidentDistrict Anantnag WrestlingAssociation were the Guestsof Honour.

The event was organisedunder the supervision ofRakesh Khajuria, GeneralSecretary JKWA.

Speaking on the occasion,the Chief Guest asked theplayers to stay healthy byinvolving themselves ingames and sports likewrestling which is the oldestindigenous sport of humancivilisation.

The event was officiated bythe technical panel compris-

ing Sanjeev Kumar Sharma,Fayaz Ahmed Sofi and AayazAhmed.

Results:55 Kg: Khalid (Gold),

Aakib (Silver) and Sahil(Bronze). 61 kg: Rashik(Gold), Aarif Ahmed (Silver),Suhaib Nadir (Bronze). 67kg: Shahid Rehman (Gold),Muzamil (Silver) and FaaizAashaq (Bronze). 74 kg:Danish Rashid (Gold),Shahid Ahmed (Silver) andMohd Ashraf Reshi (Bronze).86 kg: Syedd Shahwaz(Gold), Raja Nasser (silver)and Adnan Ahmed Mir(Bronze). 97 kg: Aayaz(Gold) and Showket (Silver).

District Anantnag Wrestling Championship held

Winners with officials posing for a photograph at Srinagar.

Baloria XI winsopening tie of

Ravi Charak T20SPORTS REPORTER

JAMMU: Baloria XImade it a huge nine-wick-et victory against KachaTalab Cricket Club(KTCC) in the openingmatch of the fifth RaviSingh Charak MemorialTwenty20 CricketTournament, organisedby Cantonment CricketClub at High SchoolSatwari Grounds, here onSunday.

Earlier, batting first,Baloria XI made 128runs for the loss of fivewickets. Raju andPardeep remained topscorers with 24 runs eachwhile Sunil contributed21. For KTCC, SahilSharma and Pawan Duttashared two wickets each.

In reply, KTCC chasedthe total, rather easily,making 130 runs in just10 overs losing one wick-et. Sahil Sharma hit bril-liant half century with 56runs coming off 28 deliv-eries. Surya (35 off 20balls) and Amrit (22 offeight balls) also did a finejob. For Baloria XI,Kawaljeet took the onlywicket.

STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Young StarHockey Club won OpenHockey Tournament organ-ized by District PoliceJammu under CivicAwareness Programme(CAP) at GovernmentHigh School, SimbalCamp, near here onSunday.

In the final played today,Young Star Hockey ClubSimbal Camp outplayedMahant Bachittar SinghHockey Club by three goalsto two.

For scoring 11 goals inthree matches, GagandeepSingh of Young StarHockey Club was declaredMan of the Tournament.

In the closing ceremony,Senior Superintendent ofPolice (SSP) Jammu VivekGupta was the chief guestwho distributed trophiesand medals among winners.

Speaking on the occasion,Vivek Gupta said thatsports activities keepyouths physically and men-tally fit and helps in keep-ing them away from socialevils like drugs etc.

He added that such tour-naments will be arrangedin future also so that moreyouth take benefits of theopportunity.

Ramesh Kotwal, SP HQJammu, SurinderChoudhary, SDPO R SPura, Inspector RavinderRakwal, SHO Miran Sahib,Prith Pal Singh, SHOBishnah and InspectorSunil SHO Arnia were alsopresent.

Young Star Club wins Open HockeyTournament trophy

Inter-school QuizCompetition conducted

STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: RM Public School(RMPS) organised Inter-school Quiz Competitionwhich was inaugurated by theChief Guest, Rita Mengi,Trustee of the School.

Others present werePrincipal Ravinder Kour, VicePrincipal Magan Grover,Amita Sharma, Trishula andM.L Vaid Members of BharatVikas Parishad.

Quiz was hosted by Retd.Principal M.L Vaid andTrishula Gupta of BharatVikas Parishad, supported byGurpreet Kour and Rasmeet,Teachers of the School. InJunior Wing, RM PublicSchool stood first, Tiny TotsSchool Sainik Colony stoodsecond and Shiksha Niketanstood third whereas in seniorsection Tiny Tots SainikColony stood first, RM PublicSchool stood second and TinyTots City School stood third.Rita Mengi presented tro-phies to the winners

SSP Jammu, Vivek Gupta presenting trophy to a winner.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: The newlyappointed employees underSRO 202 of various depart-ments staged protest againstthe government here onSunday.

The newly recruitedemployees assembled nearDogra Chowk and demandedabrogation of SRO 202 inthe larger interest of educat-ed youth.

The SRO 202 of 2015states that an employeeappointed in services will getonly basic salary for first fiveyears, which is considered asprobation period, whichmeans the appointees have tosurvive on just Rs 7000-8000 per month, even with-

out any sort ofincrement.They criticized theState Government for givingstep motherly treatment tothe educated youth of J andK State.

"The person appointedunder this rules shall be enti-tled to annual increment all

allowances (HRA, DA &CCA) after successful com-pletion of their five yearsservice on consolidatedsalary but, considering therising prices of essential com-modities it is appalling thatgovernment has framed sucha policy which is sheer injus-

tice to the qualified youth ofthe State. Multiple appealshave been made for the revo-cation of new recruitmentpolicy but to no avail,” theyresented. They appealed tothe government to look intothe matter and revoke SRO-202 at the earliest.

Employees demand abrogation of SRO 202

Employees raising slogans during a protest at Jammu.

STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Jammu KashmirTeachers Forum (JKTF)discussed various issuesbeing faced by the teachingcommunity includingadjustment of leftover mas-ters promoted in 2014.

In the meeting held hereon Sunday, GaneshKhajuria, State GeneralSecretary said about 580teachers of JammuProvince who were promot-ed as Masters in DPC heldin February 2014 were notadjusted as Masters on thepretext of B.Ed Degreesacquired through DistanceMode.

He raised the issue of thelaboratory assistants whohave completed their sixyears service and have beenpromised repeatedly to bepromoted as teachers. Inthe past the LaboratoryAssistants of three yearsservice were promoted, this

delay in DPC is causingfrustration among thesecadres, he added. Heasserted that the teachers /masters of other districts ofJammu Province and evenof Kashmir province areadjusted in DistrictJammu by violating all thenorms of recruitment andtransfer in SchoolEducation Department.These Teachers / Masterswho are recruited and pro-moted in their native dis-tricts but adjusted inDistrict Jammu should besent back to their home dis-tricts. “These teachershave occupied the posts ofJammu District causingdislocation and harm to theJammu Teachers /Masters,” he said.

Khajuria stressed uponthe education authorities toresolve these issues on fasttrack by taking immediateand corrective steps in this

regard. He sought immedi-ate adjustment of theseleft-out masters. Theforum warned that if thesedemands are not concededupto November 10, 2017,the forum will be compelledto resort to struggle andgovernment will be respon-sible for this confrontation.

Among those who attend-ed the meeting include YogRaj Singh Slathia,Darshan Sharma, SubashSharma, Ravinder Singh,Bharat Bhushan, KuldeepBandral, Mir Ali, KuldeepVerma, P.D Singh, GoutamSingh, Karan Singh, ShakilAli, Abdul Majeed, PammoKoul, Poonam, Arti,Anjana, Bandana,Manohar Lal, HakikatSingh, Manpreet Singh,Sachin Amla, Shiv Kumar,Chanchal Bhushan,Sanjeev Sharma, AbhishekKhajuria, Raj Singh andRajesh Slathia.

JKTF seeks adjustment of leftovermasters promoted in 2014

Tera Saath videosong shooting

concludesSTATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: AS Productionscompleted the shootingschedule of video song TeraSaath at Dal Lake andBoulevard Road, Srinagar.

Featuring renownedsinger Paras Chrungooand Actress SonaliPandita, the aforesaidsong was written byAkshit Sharma and sungby Paras Chrungoo. Themusic was composed bythe Music ComposerKuldeep Saproo.

The song was producedby A.S Productions,Jammu, to explore thenatural beauty of KashmirValley with the help ofModern Cine - Techniquesviz, Drone. The song wasdirected by Director, RohitPandit.

Asha Kiran WelfareSociety organises

yoga camp

STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Two-day yogacamp organised by AshaKiran Welfare Society(AKWS), Janipur Colony, incollaboration with BhartiyaYog Sansthan, Jammu, con-cluded here on Sunday.

The camp was inauguratedby Dharam Vir Gupta,District President BabaJitto, Jammu.

In this camp, various YogaAasans and Pranayam tech-niques were performed anddemonstrated among theparticipants by Yoga expertsnamely Girdhari Lal, S.KRaina, Arun Pachnanda,Puran Chand, Kewel Abroland Vinod Mattoo.

Dr Vikrant Sharma, VicePresident of society gavedetails of various activities ofthe society.

Dr. J.P Gupta Chairmanpresented vote of thanks.

Ved Parkash Chibber,President of Society,Jaswant Manhas, HariChand Sharma, VinodKumar, Sunil Vaid, SubashDutta, Ramesh Lal, RomeshChander, Om ParkashSharma and Manoj KumarGupta were also present.

STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Seva SansthaJagran Committee, AshokNagar, Nai Basti, Satwariorganized Sixth VishalJagran here on Sunday.

On the occasion, RamanBhalla, former Minister wasthe Chief Guest. A grandShobha Yatra of Maa Chandi(Kali Mata) was also takenout from Main Bazaar ofNai Basti which culminatedat the venue of Jagran at9:00 PM. A Langar was alsoserved among the devotees.

The singers who presentedBhaints were Subash Sufifrom Punjab, Mani Ladlafrom Amritsar, Parul and

Sona Dogra from Jammuand Vikram Natraj.

During the Jagran, Bhallafelicitated Ashok KumarGupta, President SevaSanstha Jagran Committee,Govind Sharma Recipient of

National Award for BestTeacher, Dr SunniyaAshkoor Wani, In-chargeSHO Gandhi Nagar, VijayKumar, Rinku, RakeshGupta, Dr Vinod Shastriand Sunny Mehra.

Former Minister, Raman Bhalla felicitating a participant.

SSJC organises Jagran CM condolesGuru's demiseSTATE TIMES NEWS

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister,Mehbooba Mufti has con-doled the demise of promi-nent businessman and socialactivist, Abdul Hamid Guru,who passed away yesterdayafter a brief illness.

In her condolence message,the Chief Minister describedthe deceased as a person withall humanitarian qualitieswho was also a leading lightin the social circles of theValley. Mehbooba Mufti hasconveyed her sympathies withthe bereaved family andprayed for peace to thedeparted soul.

STATE TIMES NEWSSRINAGAR: Minister ofState for Education,Technical Education,Culture, Tourism,Department ofHorticulture, Floricultureand Parks Priya Sethi onSunday said that the Stateis one of the world's bestand most sought aftertourist destination that pos-sesses immense potential,adding floriculture and hor-ticulture are other key areasthat are contributing tostate's economy and needmore fillip.

The minister was speakingat an impressive award andfelicitation ceremony ofJ&K Tours and TravelOperators - 2017 here. Shesaid that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi hadannounced Rs. 80,000 crorerupee development packagefor Jammu and Kashmirout of which tourism hasbeen allocated Rs. 2241crore to develop new proj-ects and tourist circuits,and setting up of 50 touristvillages. The Minister saidthat these projects whencompleted will automatical-ly improve the image of theState on world tourism

map. MLC Chranjeet Singh

Khalsa was also present onthe occasion. The pro-gramme was organized byhotel Royal Batoo.

On the occasion, theMinister said that undermassive and liberal centralfunding UrbanDevelopment sector of J&KState has been allocated Rs.2312 crore with whichSmart Cities will be devel-oped and Swachh Bharatmissions and infrastructurein towns of Jammu andKashmir will be completed.She added the infrastruc-ture development will fur-ther help in tapping tourismpotential. Besides, theMinister informed light andsound shows, Adnan Samishow is Srinagar by union

home ministry are all aimedat giving peace a chance.

Seeking active from all thestakeholders, Priya Sethisaid that in days to comeshe will be attendingtourism promotional ven-tures in Gujarat and otherplaces only to ensure thatdomestic, as well as foreigntourists, arrive in our statein good numbers. TheMinister asked tourismdepartment to stay activeon social media and empha-sized on the need to exploitmore such ideas for promo-tion of beautiful locations inthe State.

Later Priya Sethi gaveaway the awards to thosewho had excelled in theirfields and encouraged themby assuring all possible helpfrom the government.

J&K most sought after destination onworld tourism map: Priya Sethi STATE TIMES NEWS

BARAMULLA: Taking herpublic outreach programme fur-ther, Chief Minister, MehboobaMufti on Sunday visitedBaramulla to convene a publicgrievances redressal camp herein which scores of deputationsand hundreds of people from thedistrict apprised her of theirproblems.

Minister for TechnicalEducation, Youth Services andSports, Moulvi Imran RazaAnsari; legislators, JavedHussain Beigh; MuhammadAbbas Wani and Yawar DillawarMir were present on the occa-sion.

The deputations in generalthanked the Chief Minister forcoming to their place which hasbeen neglected by the successiveregimes and listening to theirgrievances and problems.

A deputation of GreaterBaramulla Forum sought exten-sion of municipal limits of thetown, construction of youth hos-tel, sewerage treatment plantand solid waste managementfacility for the town besides pac-ing up work on the FootballAcademy at Ushkoora. Theyalso demanded devising ascheme for meeting the drinkingwater needs of the town besides abus terminal, declaring the townas forest city and proper utilisa-tion of old hospital premises.

Another deputation of civilsociety members sought pacingup of work on BaramullaMedical College, creation ofparking slots and rest rooms inthe centre of the town. They alsosought beautification of Jhelumbanks in the town, decongestionof the old town, proper mainte-nance of parks and creation ofcircular roads and widening ofroads to overcome frequent traf-fic jams.

A deputation of BaramullaCollege Alumini Associationdemanded a special package formaking the North Campus ofKashmir University vibrant.They also demanded grant ofautonomous status toBaramulla Degree College, givenits high rating by the UGC. Thedeputation also demanded set-ting up of an exclusive college forEarth Sciences at Uri or a collegefor metallurgy at Kupwara.

A deputation of residents of oldtown, Baramulla sought setting

up of a housing colony for theresidents, round the clock opera-tionalization of health centre atBagh i Islam besides construc-tion of community halls in themain town. They also soughtimprovement of power cables inthe town, drug de addiction andcleaning of flood nallahs in oldtown.

Several deputations fromRafiabad demanded setting upof a health centre and playfieldat Achabal besides widening ofroads in the area. They alsosought an ambulance for theDangiwachi medical block andestablishment of a cold store atBehrampora. Augmentation ofgrid stations at Watergam,Hadipora, Achabal andNowpora besides projection ofKiterdajji and Bosian on thetourist map of the State werealso demanded.

A deputation of girl studentsfrom Sopore sought upgrada-tion of local library, extension of

scooty scheme to the area,sports facility and coachingcamps for competitive examina-tions for the youth of the town.Appreciating the demands, theChief Minister instantly direct-ed release of Rs. 10 lakh forbuying books for the Soporelibrary.

Mehbooba Mufti directedidentification of land for con-struction of sports stadium,announced two buses for theboys and girls colleges anddevelopment of public park atthe available space.

Principal Secretary to ChiefMinister, Rohit Kansal; seniorofficers from the ChiefMinister's Secretariat andPlanning Department; heads ofseveral Departments; Chiefs ofmany Engineering wings;Deputy Commissioner, Dr.Nasir Naqash; SSP, ImtiyazHussain and officers of Districtadministration were present onthe occasion.

Mehbooba conducts public redressal camp

Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti speaking at the grievances redressal camp.

MoS Education, Priya Sethi presenting award to an achiever.

ABVP unveilsChalo Kerala

movement poster STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: Varsha Jandial,ABVP State Secretarylaunched the poster ofChalo Kerala Movement-an initiative of ABVP atnational level to marchtowards Kerala onNovember 11, 2017against the killings of theinnocents that don't followan ideology of existing gov-ernment.

She further stated that itis a matter of great con-cern for all that the Keralagovernment itself seemsinvolved in killing of thepeople who speak ofnationalism and believe inideology which is differentfrom that of the existinggovernment.

"We are with the national-istic youth of the Keralastate who are continuouslyfighting to keep the democ-racy and nationalism alivein the Kerala," she added.

She appealed to the youthof the State to participatein this historical movementviz Kashmir seKanyakumari Tak BharatEk Hai.

Bhavana Bharti, StateJoint Secretary, Sairamand Deepak Gupta werealso present.