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| Children’s Art competition held at Gopinath Ashram Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: In order to promote talent and Bhagavaan consciousness, Bhagavaan Gopinath Ashram, Bohri organized a Children...more Yatris
rush on low ebb Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: The success of Indo, Pak summit will have a bearing on the Amarnath pilgrimage and the Government will......more Motorcyclist
killed in mishap Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: A motorcyclist was killed and pillion rider sustained critical injuries when their motorcycle fell into gorge at .....more Expressions
launch Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15 : Expressions offers its consumers a unique opportunity to present their loved ones memorable gifts alongwith a card......more Gandhi
Nagar church Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: To pray for the success of the today’s much awaited summit between Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani President General Parveez Musharraf.....more |
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Tehsildar
visits Excelsior Correspondent UDHAMPUR, July 15: Tehsildar Udhampur alongwith Naib Tehsildar and other revenue staff of Udhampur district visited the Rehambal areas which is disturbed after receipt of notification that no further construction......more Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: NIIT today launched its high end portal, CATS (Curriculum for Advanced Technology Studies), at its Bahu Plaza Centre. The NIIT Bahu Plaza Centre becomes.....more IGNOU inducts students through interactive teleconferencing Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: Regional Centre Jammu of Indira Gandhi National Open University has added yet another feather to its innovative approaches in reaching the un-reached. On July 14, 2001.....more Sachdeva
College holds Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: The popular VST’s of Sachdeva New P T College were held on June 24, July Ist, 8th and 15 this year. As per a release, 1400 students participated in each of these four tests, traditionally popular with the young aspirants for engineering and medical professions. Besides serving as tools..........more |
Children’s Art competition held at Gopinath Ashram Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: In order to promote talent and Bhagavaan consciousness, Bhagavaan Gopinath Ashram, Bohri organized a Children Art Competition at Ashram premises today. The aim of such activities before the Trust is to provide opportunities to young children to express themselves through colours. Colours have no caste creed and religion, they speak emotions , feelings and providing joy and pleasure. A Trust handout issued here today said that expression through colours speak the language of the Lord. Such experiences at Ashram aims at providing opportunities to young children to bloom the inner colour light, within their tender hearts. It is an exercise to provide opportunities to children to be in the holy and spiritual atmosphere which is the need of the hour in this exhausted -tolerance state of atmosphere we are living in. Prof T S Batra , Principal, Institute of Music and Fine Arts was the chief guest. He appreciated the efforts put in by the Trust to promote the talent and Bhagavaan in the youth. Miss Jaya Patwari, president of the Trust while welcoming chief guest and the young children and their parents stressed on organising such activities in the Ashram to inculcate moral and spiritual values in the youth. Mr T K Shishoo, designer was one of the judges. Two hundred children participated in the competition under three categories. Certificates along with bal point pen were awarded to the participants. Trophies were given to those who secured first, second and third positions. Shweta Chirvi bagged the first position, Rohit Raina second and Summit Razdan the third in the category A. The consolation prizes in this category were given to Naveen Rayou and Anshita Koul. In the category B, Neeraj Verma, Anushuman Bhat and Shikha Raina were given first, second and third prizes respectively. The consolation prize in this category were given to Megha Lahori. |
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Yatris
rush on low ebb Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: The success of Indo, Pak summit will have a bearing on the Amarnath pilgrimage and the Government will remove the restrictions imposed on the number of pilgrims to be allowed for daily darshan due to security reasons if the talks end on goodwill note. This was revealed by Minister of Tourism Miss Sakina Ittoo while talking to Excelsior today. The Minister who showed optimism over the success of summit said let us pray that the talks between Indo-Pak leaders open a new chapter in the history and a new era of peace and prosperity to begin. She said the N C Government has the earnest desire that the number of Yatris should increase every year as this will promote the state economy. She said it gives me immense pleasure to see today hundreds of yatris who have the darshan of Holy Cave via Baltal visiting Mugal Gardens .But we are constrained to restrict the Yatra number due to security reasons as yatris welfare is our prime concern, she added. Miss Sakina said since the N C Government came to power in 1996 the number of pilgrims increased considerably but the last years carnage at Pahalgam has hurt us all. Such an act has send a wrong signal throughout the country and this is the reason that Government has restricted the number. She said during her visit to Jammu last time she saw about 700 stranded yatris at TRC who had come from Mumbai and far flung areas for darshan of Holy Cave. These yatris had staged a dharna in front of TRC and after I reached there I issued directions for their registration. Meanwhile, the number of pilgrims from rest of the country reaching here has reached to a low ebb during the last two days. Keeping the past figures in consideration, the decline in yatris number on July 14 and 15 has been over 40 per cent. The main reason as the sources put it was the apprehension of militants strike on the eve of Agra summit between the heads of Indo-Pak governments. Even the Yatris who reached here in groups from the different parts of the country today and yesterday admitted that many members of their groups scheduled to perform the darshan on the eve of Pervez Musharaf’s visit to New Delhi cancelled the programme. While considerably a low number 2,608 pilgrims left the M A Stadium Base Camp here for the Holy Shrine of Amarnath today. The figure was much low yesterday. This paved the way for authorities to clear the remaining stranded pilgrims at Jammu and they during the late night hours yesterday registered over 500 yatris. Confirming this the Director Tourism, Mr S S Bhalla said 500 yatris were registered during the late night yesterday as the arrival of pilgrims from the other parts of country was much less than the fixed number of 3,500. However, he denied that the registration was officially opened at Jammu and said this was done for yesterday only. The 2,608 yatris who left in a cavalcade of 110 vehicles for the Holy Cave today from here include 1,965 male, 377 female, 243 Sadhus and 23 children. An official spokesman from Anantnag said that all the pilgrims have reached Nunwan Camp by the evening. He said the track from Pahalgam to Holy Cave was open and the weather was pleasant throughout the day. Meanwhile, two more Yatris have died in the late night hours yesterday at Pahalgam and Sheshnag respectively. They have been identified as Tejesh Moti, Son of Baba Moti of Ahmedabad Gujarat. He died of cardiac arrest at Pahalgam. While another pilgrim Ramni son of Shanta Ramni of Prakash Nagar, Chennai died of heart attack at Army Hospital Sheshnag. With this the death toll in the month long Amaranth pilgrimage has reached 11 so far. |
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Motorcyclist
killed in mishap Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: A motorcyclist was killed and pillion rider sustained critical injuries when their motorcycle fell into gorge at Jhajjar Kotli while as two persons including a house-wife committed suicide by consuming some poisonous drug in separate incidents. According to police, one person was killed and another seriously injured when their motorcycle fell into gorge while negotiating a curve near Jhajjar Kotli this morning. They were rushed to Government Medical College Hospital where one of them was declared brought dead. The condition of injured was stated to be critical. The deceased has been identified as Manoj Kumar, son of Subash of Mast Garh. The identity of the injured has been established as Rakesh Kumar of Janipur. Meanwhile, a youth identified as Rampal, son of Jagdish Raj of Arnia committed suicide by consuming some poisonous drug at his residence. He was rushed to hospital when spotted unconscious by family members. Doctors attending on him immediately washed his stomach but he could not fight for his life and died. The body was handed over to family members for last rites after post-mortem. The cause behind this extreme step could not be immediately known. A house-wife identified as Balwant Kour, wife of Prithpal of Kathua ended her life by consuming poison at her residence. She was rushed to Kathua Hospital where doctors washed her stomach followed by other medicare but her condition continued to deteriorate resulting into her death. Some family problem was stated to be reason behind this extreme step. Meanwhile, four persons were injured when a matador in which they were travelling skidded off the road while negotiating a curve at Raipur under the jurisdiction of Domana Police Station this evening. All the injured were rushed to hospital and their condition was out of danger till reports last came in. |
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Expressions launch Lucky contest Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15 : Expressions offers its consumers a unique opportunity to present their loved ones memorable gifts alongwith a card. The ''How Lucky is Your Loved One'' contest will give away prizes amounting to over Rs 8 lakhs ranging from a Hyundai Santro to a holiday in a few select destinations in India and many more attractive gifts. Says Mr Chand Das, CEO- Greeting Cards Business of ITC ''How lucky is your loved one is a unique contest in the way it works. Unlike other promotions where the participant has a chance to win. How Lucky is your loved one gives the participant an opportunity to gift a prize to someone special. Our card buyers can now gift not only a card but also a prize which can be cherished forever.'' When a consumer buys an Expressions card, a gift voucher is presented along with it. All one needs to do is fill in details of your loved one. The promotion will conclude on August 5th 2001. Winners will be decided on the basis of Mini Draws to be held on 16th July, 31st July and 15th August 2001. The Grand Draw will be held after August 25th 2001. This scheme is not applicable for the state of Tamil Nadu. One of the lucky loved one will be the proud owner of a Hyundai Santro Car. Prizes also include Mcrowaves, Timex wristwatches and Crew Neck T-shirts. The Mini draws incloude a stay for 2 at the ITC WELCOMGROUP Hotel and World Space Hitachi Receivers. |
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Gandhi Nagar church holds inter-faiths prayer Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: To pray for the success of the today’s much awaited summit between Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pakistani President General Parveez Musharraf, the St. Mary’s Catholic Church Gandhi Nagar today organised an inter-faith prayer meeting. Religious leaders from all the religions attended the meeting and prayed for the success for the Agra summit so that the miseries of the masses of this inhabitants of this region should be minimised. The inter-faith prayer meeting was held under the presidentship of Rt. Rev. Dr Peter Celesline, Bishop of Jammu and Kashmir who prayed the God for the peace and tranquillity in the region. Speakers while speaking in the meeting said that it was need of the hour to get the people rid from violence and blood-shed. Speakers were of the view that ruling elites of both Pakistan and India should have to realised that violence was no solution of any problem. "Instead of adopting adamant attitude both the chief of the two neighbouring countries should have to adopt flexible attitude and hold dialogue with open-mind", speakers said and prayed for the success of the summit. Religious leaders hoped that this summit will prove to be historical even which will help in containing blood-shed and violence and spread a message of brotherhood and peace in the entire sub-continent. Religious leaders appreciated Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee for the bold step by inviting Pakistani President General Parveez Musharraf to India for dialogue. "Despite being the fact that India is a big and strong country but Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has behaved like elder brother by inviting Parveez Musharraf", the religious leader observed. Rt. Rev. Dr Peter Celesline, Bishop J&K, Rev C M Khanna, CNI, Rev. Father Joseph K Dhar Vicar-General Catholic Diocese Jammu-Srinagar, Mr Joginder Singh Soodan, Kulbir Singh, Nazir Ahmed, Sukhvinder Singh, J P Raina, R K Raina, Bharamrishi Jagan Nath, president World Religious Parliament, Ram Lal, S K Khushu, Ajit Singh and others attended the prayer. |
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Tehsildar visits Rehambal area Excelsior Correspondent UDHAMPUR, July 15: Tehsildar Udhampur alongwith Naib Tehsildar and other revenue staff of Udhampur district visited the Rehambal areas which is disturbed after receipt of notification that no further construction, additions or alternations to the existing structure be made till issue of gazette notification by Army authority for proposed area of 457.20 metres required by an ordinance depot at Rehambal. As per a release, a deputation from Rehambal area under the leadership of Mr Mool Raj Sharma, president Development Committee for United, Rehambal met the visiting officers and apprised them of the grievances faced by the inhabitants. The Tehsildar also visited the whole area which included Mandir, Gurudwara, schools and other religious places which come under the jurisdiction of this 457.20 metres area. The president of the Development Committee for United Rehambal expressed that the area around 2000 metres which was got vacated in 1965 by Army administration for the same reason. This area has only been occupied by fencing and no structure or shed inside the perimeter have been constructed. Only a residential colony namely Chhiber Enclave have been constructed to accommodate families of Army personnel. Tehsildar Udhampur after listening the grievances of public in general assured that a meeting is being organised with the military authorities on the issue and the detail information will be made known to the public after the meeting. However, it is assured that no injustice will be made with any citizen of this area. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: NIIT today launched its high end portal, CATS (Curriculum for Advanced Technology Studies), at its Bahu Plaza Centre. The NIIT Bahu Plaza Centre becomes the only IT institute in the entire J&K state, to offer quality job-oriented and globally-recognised education, in technical collaboration with IT giants, like Microsoft, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Computer Associates and Red Hat. Some of the many credentials of the institute include training through internationally certified faculty and online-project experience, for the students. Mr Jagdaman Singh, Centre Director NIIT CATS, Jammu Centre, while speaking on the occasion said, "inspite of the much published US slowdown, the Indian IT industry has, for the first time, crossed the $ 10-billion mark during 2000-2001. NIIT, in particular, has continued with its steady growth and its last year’s turnover stands at Rs. 1,375 crores. The post-US slow down will see only professionals, with some specially technical skills, surviving in the world arena. NIIT’s CATS portal exposes the masses to such specialised and technical courses". The centre provides courses in MCSE 2000 Track, C #, NET, Oracle 8i, Linux Red Hat, E-Commerce, Visual Basic and Advanced Java. The certification of these courses, is undertaken directly by their respective US companies. |
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IGNOU inducts students
through interactive Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: Regional Centre Jammu of Indira Gandhi National Open University has added yet another feather to its innovative approaches in reaching the un-reached. On July 14, 2001 the students of July academic session in the region were inducted through live teleconferencing programme on J&K Channel Jammu. The unique and innovative induction meeting was inaugurated by Divisional Commissioner, Mr Anil Goswami, by lighting the traditional lamp. During his inaugural talk he applauded the efforts of IGNOU to the quality higher education to the reach of un-reached in the country. He appreciated and commended the efforts of the Regional Centre Jammu for arranging such an innovative approach and providing an opportunity to the people of Jammu to take up highly acclaimed the recognised courses of IGNOU while sitting at their homes or work place. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Lalit Magotra congratulated IGNOU and its regional centre for reaching the people in their houses through such an unique programme which could be treated as one of the one of the most modern technological utilisation in the field of education by any institution in the region. The Regional Director incharge Dr S Srinivas while inducting the newly admitted students into the system provided glimpses of IGNOU and its achievements. Valuable suggestions and information to the students was provided so that they can comfortably and conveniently pursue their academic courses and excel. |
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Sachdeva College holds pre-entrance test Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 15: The popular VST’s of Sachdeva New P T College were held on June 24, July Ist, 8th and 15 this year. As per a release, 1400 students participated in each of these four tests, traditionally popular with the young aspirants for engineering and medical professions. Besides serving as tools for self evaluations for these students, these have generally served as fairly useful dress rehearsal for these enthusiastic and brimimg with confidence. The authorities were predictably all smiles, bubbling with happiness, reflecting the justification of the students placing their confidence in these tests. Madan Mohan Nanda , Principal of Sachdeva New PT College Jammu summed up the total impression and said that this kind of test is a sort of final gift to the students who preparing to sit in the final entrance test to be held on July 21 and 22. " We expect them to feel encouraged by conducting such VST’s. It removes any lingering inhibition or nervousness, " Mr Nanda maintained. |
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