I don’t see
any diminution in my status in BJP: Dr Murli
Excelsior
Correspondent
MUMBAI,
Oct. 11: He has been painted as a communal
Hindu hard- liner, as a conservative who is
antireform, anti- liberalisation while there are
those who consider him a potential successor to
Vajpayee, there are others who believe there has
a diminution of his stature in the last few
years.
In this episode of
Star Talk (On October 13 at 7.30 pm) on Star
Channel, the Human Resources Development (HRD)
Minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi puts up his best
defense against several allegations that have
been leveled against him. Excerpts of interview
with Vir Sanghvi:
A communal
hard-liner
People try to
portray me as a die hard communal minded person,
which I think is a very uncharitable portrayal of
my whole attitude towards life. I have been
Vedantri, a scientist and I believe that the
resolution of modern world’s conflict can
only be achieved through a synergy between
science and spirituality.
Not Made FM
because of his
antireform
views
I don’t think
it’s been held against me. There may have
been compulsions for Prime Minister that he knows
better. l had certain views and l am sure those
views are still valid today. I wouldn’t say
that I stand rigidly at a point but I have a
direction and I still feel that the direction
that the country should take is the same which I
used to say and people now say the same.
Remarks against
Narendra Modi, a softening of stand
1 do
believe that respect of institutions is necessary
because democracy functions on the strength of
institutions. I respect my own universe
institutions. I don’t interfere with them
even though I am the Education Minister. Ask any
Vice Chancellor. What I believe, I say.
Anti-Reform,
anti-liberalisation
Nobody is against
liberalization, against reforms. The only thing
is the direction,the speed with which it should
be done. My concern is we have taken this
approach to liberalization for more than a decade
certain objectives, certain goals were set that
time. It is time now to have a review.
Diminution of
status
I don’t
see any diminution in my status in BJP. I am in
my organization where I was. As a Minister I am
performing my work my happiness lies in the
correct direction, whether it is in the interest
of the people, in the interest of the country,
and if I feel "yes," then I am happy.
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8 per cent vote swing
against NC eroded its support
SRINAGAR, Oct 11: An eight per cent vote
swing against the National Conference steeply
eroded its voter support in the Jammu and Kashmir
Assembly elections costing the ruling party 29
seats leading to its defeat after a two-decade
rule.
According to an
analysis of election results, the voter share of
the ruling party slumped to 26.64 per cent from
34.78 per cent in the 1996 elections which saw
the party get a two-third majority of 57 seats in
a House of 87. It could secure only 28 seats this
time.
The NC got a
beating in the Valley where it lost 23 seats
after getting 42 out of 46 seats in the last
elections. It polled 31 per cent in the Valley
and could get only 19 seats.
The fledgling
People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which made
its electoral debut, garnered nearly 19 per cent
of the overall votes in the state to help Mufti
Mohammed Sayeed’s party get 16 seats, almost
all of which were at the cost of the National
Conference.
The PDP got all
its seats from the Kashmir Valley and
particularly did well in its stronghold of South
Kashmir-Anantnag and Pulwama— winning 10 of
the 16 seats from here.
Making significant
gains, the Congress with just a three per cent
additional voter support got 13 seats more to bag
20. The party polled 22.75 per cent of the votes
as against 20 per cent in the previous elections.
The BJP was almost wiped out of the Jammu region
which is considered its stronghold after it
bagged only one seat losing seven in the process.
The huge loss came after its voter support shrunk
by four per cent to eight per cent.
Independents, who
put up a sterling performance to gain 10 seats to
touch 12 were helped by a four per cent increase
in voter support.
The Panther’s
Party, another impressive performer at the
hustings, saw a 1.5 per cent increase in voter
share to help it get three more seats to bag
four.
Interestingly, the
CPI-M was the only party which bagged an
additional seat after seeing a slight decline in
voter support. It got two seats even though the
vote share decreased to 0.53 per cent from 0.96
per cent.
In the Jammu
region, the Congress was the number one party
both in terms of number of seats and votes
polled. It won 15 seats, gaining 11 with a vote
share of nearly 30 per cent.
The National
Conference got 24 per cent votes to get nine
seats.
In Valley, NC got
31 per cent votes for its 19 seats followed by
the PDP with 18 per cent votes for its 16 seats.
The Congress gained three seats to bag five on
the strength of a 11 per cent voter share. (PTI)
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Angry young man turns 60
Amitabh wished a happy
birthday
MUMBAI, Oct 11: The ‘Angry young
man’ of Hindi cinema, who catapulted to
unprecedented fame and whipped up mass hysteria
as he essayed various roles, Amitabh Bachchan
turned 60 today.
A demure gawky
looking youth, Bachchan, who was turned down by a
film maker and dubbed a ‘sure failure’
for his lanky looks, today cut his 60th birthday
cake in the presence of family members, media and
host of fans, who waited patiently to wish the
star on his birthday and for retaining his
reigning position in the film industry for three
decades.
The birthday
celebrations began with the star, who arrived
from Tirupathi this morning, personally coming
out of the house to accept bouquets, mementoes,
laminated portraits and warm handshakes of scores
of die-hard fans, who thronged his suburban
residence.
The celebration
mood at ‘Prateeksha’, the Juhu
cesidence of the star became apparent as fans
shouted and cheered aloud wishing him a long
healthy life even as a series of flower baskets,
birthday cards and personal messages poured in
from all over the country to wish the ‘angry
young man-turned senior citizen’ many happy
returns of the day.
The festivity
continued through the latter half of the day as
Amitabh’s wife jaya presented him with a
coffee table book ‘to be or not to be
Amitabh Bachchan’. His son Abhishek,
daughter Shweta and grandchildren joining in the
birthday revelry.
Recounting the
various sleepless nights and moments of nostalgia
in the making of the book, Jaya said the concept
of the book arose out of a desire to present an
‘Apt gift’ to the mega star on his
birthday.
The book launch
and the cutting of the book-shaped chocolate
birthday cake in a suburban five-star hotel held
many emotional moments as the entire Bachchan
family recounted their association with the actor
with Moist eyes.
Actor Abishek
recounted how his expected one-page essay on his
father turned out to be 50-page article before it
was crisply edited to a few paragraphs.
Daughter Shweta
recollected the various precious moments she had
shared with her star-father who never let go of
his human element. ‘He continues to be an
important figure in our lives, influencing us at
every turn’, she said.
The touching
moment of the evening was when the ‘Birthday
Boy’ broke down while talking about the
unconditional support lent to him by his family
and his close friend Samajwadi Party leader Amar
Singh in moments of ecstacy and tribulations.
An emotional
Amitabh also expressed his heartfelt gratitude to
his fans who remained loyal to him in both his
high and low phases.
‘It is
difficult to hold back tears in moments like
these...It is difficult to explain what all my
fans mean to me and why they shower me with such
love. But I continue to reciprocate to their love
and affection everytime I come before the
camera’, he said.
‘At 60 there
are challenges to be faced. It is important for
an artist to keep moving, to keep creating...And
I want to continue working’, he added. (PTI)
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VC releases magazine
Excelsior
Correspondent
Jammu,
Oct.11: A monthly magazine Hindi-English
titled ‘Abhaygyan’ released by the Vice
Chancellor, Jammu University, Dr. R.R.Sharma
today. The author of the magazine is Mr. Abhay
S.D.Rajput, a local student of B.Sc. The magazine
is dedicated to various aspects of science
particularly bio-technology, psychology,
astronomy etc. In addition, the topics of the
spirituality, destiny, general knowledge and
humour were also included in the magazine.
Speaking on the
occasion, the Vice Chancellor lauded the efforts
of the author for publishing the magazine despite
other engagements in studies. He said that
magazines were an affective medium of educating
the people and that best use should be made by
the students as well as other people out side the
University.
Referring to the
contribution of magazines and other literary
books, Mr. Sharma said that these books are very
helpful in enriching the knowledge of the
students. He asked them to get benefit from these
books after spending their time in text book
studies. Mr. Sharma said that education can make
a person free of all one’s child-like
dependencies. He said in general one must acquire
a minimum standard of educational values that can
make a person independent in one’s life.
Mr. Lalit Magotra,
DEAN of Jammu University and scholars were also
present on the occasion.
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JTC
Industries launches new product in Jammu
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Oct 11: The JTC Industries, a major
company in tea production and other products,
launched its new tea product ‘Khushboo
Royal’ at a function held here this evening.
The Executive
Director—Mr Amit Jain and Managing Director,
Mr Anil Jain who were present on the occasion
launched company’s new product. A large
number of dealers and others connected with the
trade were present on the occasion.
Mr Anil Jain while
speaking on the occasion introduced the invitees
about the new product and claimed that it was one
of the best selling product in the market. Mr
Jain said that company which commenced its trade
in the state about two years back, has 35
products and is becoming popular. He sought the
cooperation of the traders to make the new
product more successful. He also lauded the
efforts of C&F agents for Jammu M/S Attar
Singh & Sons in the region.
On this occasion,
three leading traders from Kishtwar, Ram Parkash
Ghai from Poonch and Vaishnodevi Traders from
Katra were felicitated by the Company.
A lucky draw was
also held by the company representatives which
comprised of gift item—a Scooter which was
won by M/S Sanjeev Kumar & Sons of Poonch.
Five colour Televisions of Oscar went in favour
of coupon Nos. 095, 590, 242, 267 and 580. Ten
Wrist watches went in favour of coupons—217,
599, 178, 571, 595, 099, 579, 247, 264 and 593.
Thirty walkman sets and 15 electronic toasters
were also included in the lucky draw items. For
toasters/ snadwich coupon Numbers are: 042,233,
575, 039, 663, 668, 247, 097, 670, 669, 287, 219,
073, 032 and 224.
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100
Pak infiltrators killed during polls
SRINAGAR, Oct 11: The Border Security
Force (BSF) today said about 100 Pakistani
infiltrators were killed in several encounters
near the Line of Control (LoC) after the election
process was set in motion in Jammu and Kashmir.
"About 100
Pakistani infiltrators have been killed near the
LoC after the election process was set in
motion," Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of
BSF R S Bhullar told reporters here.
He said maximum of
the infiltrators liquidated belonged to the
banned Lashkar-e-Toiba while few were drawn from
Jaish-e-Mohammad, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Al Badr
and Hizbul Mujahideen. Mr Bhullar said these
militants were killed in 35 separate encounters.
The DIG said there
was no let-up in intrusions from across the
border and the level of infiltration went up
considerably during the elections.
He said 26 BSF
personnel also sacrificed their lives and 19
others injured during the elections. Of these 19
were killed in the Valley alone, he added.
Mr Bhullar said
the BSF killed ten militants, including three of
the LeT and apprehended 38 ultras from the
Srinagar city during the elections.
The DIG said the
BSF successfully neutralised two fidayeen attacks
in the city during the elections. He said a large
cache of arms and ammunition was also seized,
including ten assault rifles, 44 magazines, 1050
rounds, 8 pistols, one rocket launcher, five
wireless sets, 46 grenades, 4 grenade launchers,
12 IEDs and 155 kg explosive. (UNI)
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Panthers
Party to announce its
decision today
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Oct 11: Executive committee meeting of
the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party
(JKNPP) will be held tomorrow to chalk out future
course of action. This was disclosed by JKNPP
chief Prof Bhim Singh while addressing a press
conference at Jammu.
Delighted over
performance of party in the Assembly elections,
Prof Singh said that JKNPP has yet not take any
decision to any support to any group or party.
"Our executive committee will sit tomorrow
to discuss the prevailing situation before taking
any decision", he disclosed, adding,
"JKNPP have to play an important role in
formation of the new Government".
Replying to a
question, Prof Singh said that it was necessary
that his party will support any group.
"Other groups can support JKNPP to form
Government on its merits", he said while
pointing towards the formation of Chander Shekher
Government in 1990 when former Prime
Minister’s party had very small number of
MPs.
Expressing his
gratitude towards people of Jammu region for give
whole hearted support his party, Prof Singh
assured the people that JKNPP will leave no stone
unturn to highlight woes of the masses.
"People have expressed faith in our party
and we will not allow people to be let
down", he said.
Listing priorities
of his party, JKNPP chief said that
reorganisation of the Jammu and Kashmir State was
their top priority. "Policies and programmes
of our party are guided by the wishes and
aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir
and creation of Himalayan Jammu State is on the
top agenda of our party", he said and
asserted that JKNPP will continue its sincere
efforts for the creation of Himalayan Jammu
State. Congratulating people of Jammu and Kashmir
for throwing out corrupt National Conference
Government, Prof Singh said that Farooq Abdullah
Government had crossed all limits of corruption
and NC leaders deserved such type of humiliating
defeat. He said that Farooq regime was worst ever
corrupt Government the State has witnessed so
far. "Residents of Jammu and Kashmir has
given a befitting reply to National Conference
Ministers and leaders, who were responsible for
their woes", he said.
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One
killed, 2 injured in road mishap
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU,
Oct 11: One person was killed and two
others were injured in a mishap while as a dead
body was recovered from railway track in Kathua.
According to
police, one Ishia, wife of Tarsem Lal of Mundian
was killed and two others were injured when a
truck bearing registration number 1911/HR51G hit
a scooter number 8524/JK08 at Barnoti under the
jurisdiction of Kathua Police Station.
The injured have
been hospitalised and their condition was stated
to be critical when reports last came in.
Meanwhile, General
Railway Police (GRP) today recovered a dead body
of a woman from Magar Khad Railway Bridge under
the jurisdiction of Kathua Police Station. The
woman was reportedly run over by Super Fast Train
at bridge. The body has been lying in the
hospital for identification.
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Cultural
procession draw big crowds in Katra
Excelsior
Correspondent
Katra,
Oct.11-Katra
town is humming with festive activities during on
going Navratra Festival organised by Shri Mata
Vaishno Devi Shrine Board. Tourism Department in
co-ordination with other departments and local
associations of Katra town.
In order to
highlight the original culture, heritage and
tradition of our region, Cultural Association of
Katra has done remarkable job by presenting
number of tableaux in the cultural processon
which is taken out daily in the evening. Last
evening on the occasion of 4th Navratra, the
procession started from Asia Chowk, Katra by
lighting the jyoti by the Joint Director Tourism,
Mr. M.M.Handa. The 1 km. procession after passing
through main bazars of the town culminated at the
Higher Secondary School, Katra.
Large number of
prominent citizens including OSD Shrine Board,
Senior Officer, Tourist Officer, Katra, President
Travel Association ,President Employees Welfare
Association ,President Shiv Khori Mandli, Members
of Navratra Festival Celebration Committee and
large number of devotees of Mata Vaishno Devi Ji
also participated in the procession.
In another event
of the Navratra Festival, an all India Devotional
Song Competition which is being held daily in the
Chintamani temple Katra, Mr. Surpal Singh of
Jallundar, Miss Asha Kalotra and Miss Sarita
Jalal of Jammu were declared Ist, 2nd and 3rd
prize winners respectively.
Prize worth Rs.
5000, Rs. 3000 and Rs. 2000 were distributed by
Vice Chairman, Navratra Festival Committee among
the winners in order to their merit. In all 30
singers from within and outside the state
participated. Earlier the competition started
with lighting the jyoti.
Various Handloom
and Handicraft Societies are selling their
products in the exhibition through number of
stalls and to boost their sale. As part of
Navratra Festival, the Song and Drama Division
GOI is also presenting various type of cultural
programmes daily in the evening in Higher
Secondary School, Katra.
Another quality
religious and cultural function is being held
daily in Raghunath Mandir, Katra where Devki
Nanadan Thakur, learned Pandit from Vrindavan
recited Geeta Paath today.
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Only
one militant- turned-politician
in new J&K Assembly
SRINAGAR, Oct 11: The ninth Jammu and
Kashmir Assembly will have only one
militant-turned-politician as its elected member
as most of them have been rejected by the
electorate in the just-concluded elections.
There were at
least two militant-turned-politicians in the
outgoing Assembly, Kuka Parray and Abdul Gani
Naseem of National Conference (NC).
Mohammad Yousuf
Parray alias Kuka Parray, who has the distinction
of being the first militant shunning violence and
winning the people’s mandate, was humbled by
the electorate from his home constituency of
Sonawari this time.
He lost to an NC
candidate by a huge margin.
Parray had floated
a political outfit, J & K Awami League, after
winning the elections in 1996.
His party
colleague, Liqayat Ali, who tried his luck from
Anantnag constituency, also lost to an NC
stalwart, Mehboob Beig.
Javid Hussain
Shah, an MLA who was given a ticket by NC from
Bandipora, failed to enthuse the electorate and
lost to Parray’s colleague Usman Majid.
Naseem, another
MLA who had abandoned insurgency, failed to
retain Khansahib constituency of Budgam district
which has gone to Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen, an
independent.
Yaseen beat his
closest rival Bilal Lodhi of PDP.
Ghulam Rasool Shah
alias Imran Rahi, a former "divisional
commander" of pro-Pakistan Hizbul
Mujahideen, contested as an independent from
Lolab constituency but failed to make an impact.
This seat was won by Qaiser Lone, an NC candidate
who is nephew of slain Minister Mushtaq Ahhmad
Lone. (PTI)
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BSNL
announces lucky draw scheme
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Oct 11: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(BSNL) has announced Lucky Draw Scheme at Jammu
SSA level, state and national level. The Scheme
will carry attractive prizes. The lucky Draws are
covered under two schemes.
Under Scheme 1,
those subscribers are eligible who have paid
their telephone bills including the ones issued
in the months of August, September and October,
2002 (as per billing cycle) latest by October 31,
2002 viz, the date of closure of the scheme.
Under this scheme, the prize values ranges from
Rs 5,000 (five thousand) to Rs 3,00,000 (three
lakh only) in cash.
Under Scheme II
which is for the payment of arrears, the
subscribers who have paid all telephone bills
issued prior to August 2002 alongwith any
outstanding arrears ranging from Rs 10,000 (ten
thousand) to Rs 1,00,000 (one lakh only) are
eligible for 20 percent (subject to maximum of Rs
25,000/-) of the amount paid up to 31st October,
2002 as prize money in the Lucky Draw.
On All India Basis
Customers can also earn a prize of Rs 2.5 lakh or
one Maruti-800 Car through Lucky Draw in addition
to above prizes. The Lucky Draw Scheme carries
some terms and conditions. A lucky draw among the
entire eligible telephone subscribers at Jammu
SSA level, J&K Telecom Circle level and All
India Level will determine the winners. The
winner of each competition/prize draw will be
notified by phone and winners name will be
published on the Website of BSNL within 24 hours
after identifying such prize winners.
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HC
directs Edu Dept to release
salaries of Class-IV employees
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Oct 11: Justice T S Doabia of Jammu and
Kashmir High Court, Jammu wing in a writ petition
has directed the Education Department that they
would pay the amount to the petitioners for the
period they have worked.
The Court further
directed that in case payment is not released
within a period of one month, then they would be
entitled to interest 9 percent and this would be
payable by the person on whose account the delay
occurs.
This court
direction have been passed in a writ petition
filed by Ashok Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Beerbal, Anil
Kumar, Rajeev Kumar, Rampaul and Sham Lal through
advocate, Dinesh Singh Chauhan, in which it was
submitted that the petitioners were appointed as
Class-IV in the Education Department by the
orders of the Chief Education Officer, Kathua on
the basis of recommendations of Selection
Committee in the year 1999. But vide Government
order dated 24-4-2000 and Government order dated
5-7-1999, the appointments of the petitioners
were cancelled. Salary from the period June 22,
1999 to May 23, 2000 have not been disbursed to
them.
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JKNPP
workers burn effigy of Sushma
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Oct 11: The National Panthers Party workers
burnt the effigy of Union Minister for
Information and Broadcasting Mrs Sushma Swaraj in
protest against partial coverage and clubbing
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party victory
in the Assembly elections with
"others".
The activists of
the Party led by state president, Mr M A Khan
today held protest demonstration in the old Jammu
city and later burnt the effigy of Mrs Swaraj. Mr
Khan said that the party is registered and has
resereved symbol Bicycle with the Election
Commission of India.
Later a delegation
led by Mr Khan met the Station Director Radio
Kashmir Jammu and lodged a complaint regarding
ignoring the name of JKNPP. They charged Mrs
Swaraj for considering Doordarshan and Radio
Station as her own property.
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Thakeray
dissolves Sena J&K Unit
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Oct 11: In a sudden and dramatic move,
the Shiv Sena, supremo, Mr Bala Sahib Thakeray
has dissolved the Jammu and Kashmir Unit of his
organization and stripped of its state chief, Mr
Kalki Ji by announcing a 32 member Provisional
Committee.
This was announced
by Mr Rajesh Gupta, the newly appointed
co-chairman and spokesman of the state unit while
talking to media persons here this afternoon
along with Messrs Rakesh Gupta and Vipin Hindu
the other leaders of the organization.
He said the state
unit has received a communique from the Rajya
Sampark Parmukh of Shiv Sena, Lt. Gen (retd ) P N
Hoon today.
He said the
Provisional Committee will be responsible to run
the day to day affairs of the Party in J&K
and also decide about the future strategy.
Moreover, the
Committee will recommend the names of new office
bearers for the organization to Sena Parmukh Mr
Bala Sahib Thakeray, he said.
Gupta also
maintained that all previous appointments stand
canceled with the issuance of this notification.
No member of the
newly appointed committee will have the authority
to nominate and dismiss any office bearers
without the approval of Sena National chief, he
said,adding this decision was taken by the Party
leadership to revamp the organization and set up
its regional office at Chandigarh.
To rejuvenate the
Party, the Sena is also going to reorganize all
its units in Northern India, he informed.
In response to a
question he said the Sena is not satisfied with
its performance in the Assembly elections and the
Party will gear up from today for future
elections by setting up units at each and every
place in J&K.
He expressed the
hope that Sena will emerge a force to reckon with
in the next elections.
He said the 32
members of the Provisional Committee will be
headed by Divender Krishan Shastri as its
chairman while Messrs Rakesh Gupta and Rajesh
Gupta will be its co-chairmen.
Avinash Bhatia,
Shashi Abrol, Dimpy Kohli, Ranjeet Singh Bali,
Jagdev Singh, Ashok Kumar, Vipan Hindu, Kuldeep
Luthra and Sanjay Mahay will be the deputy
chairmen in the new set up.
Devinder Pathania,
Naresh Sharma, Mohan Lal, P P Singh, Rajinder
Gupta, K L Verma, K B Mohtra, S S Manhas, Rakesh
Sharma, Anan Sharma, B B Kotwal, J I Singh,
Ashwani Gupta, Baldev Raj, Hit Bandhu, Sanjay
Gupta and Pawan Kumar will be the members.
Besides Yash
Gupta, Mohinder Khajuria and Darshan Jasrotia
will be also the members of the new Committee, he
informed.
Later in a faxed
message released to press in the evening the Shiv
Sena said that Mr Kalki Ji had gone abroad for
the treatment of his ailing father and hence this
arrangement was made.
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Student
elections held at Govt SPMR
College of Commerce
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Oct 11: As a continuation of the policy
to involve students into the development and
decision making process of the college, elections
for Students’ Development Council were
conducted in Government SPMR College of Commerce
today to elect the various CRs under the
supervision of all the college teachers.
An elected and
nominated representative based on merit from each
section elected the chairman, Mr Sukhjinder Singh
of B.Com part III, who secured 17 votes against
11 polled in favour of Mr Parminder Singh of
B.Com part-III.
Election for the
posts of vice-chairman, general secretary, joint
secretary namely Tanvir Singh of B.Com part III,
Jagdeep Singh of B.Com part-I and Neha Narang of
BBA part-II respectively were nominated.
According to a
press release issued by Prof Ajeet Angral, Dean
Students Welfare, the election was conducted in a
smooth and well organised manner under the
supervision of Prof Rita Munshi, Principal of the
College and other committee members consisting of
Prof Vijay Kotwal, Prof J R Bharti, Prof Yudhvir
Singh, Prof S S Bhalwal, Prof Twinkle Suri and
Prof G R Sharma.
The elected
representatives sought the blessings of the
college Principal and other senior members of the
staff and assured all of their instented
co-operation in the development of the college.
On the occasion, Prof Rita Munshi, Principal of
the College, asked the students to contribute in
academic and on-going overall development of the
institution and also thanked the teaching and
non-teaching staff members and also the law and
order authorities for maintenance of discipline
and congenial atmosphere.
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Gupta
salutes people of J&K
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Oct 11: BJP leader and Union Minister of
State for Defence, Prof Chaman Lal Gupta has
saluted the courage of the people of State for
defeating the bullet through the ballot and
demonstrating their faith in Indian democracy.
In a statement
issued here today, he said that fairness marked
in these elections was first of its kind in Jammu
and Kashmir. He praised the leadership of Prime
Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee for keeping up his
assurance for free and fair elections in this
State.
BJP leaders
thanked the voters who have voted for his party
and said that success and defeats are the part of
the system. He appealed to the partymen not to
lose their heart by the set-back in the elections
and said that BJP was a movement and in Jammu and
Kashmir it always played its important role in
fighting out terrorism and secessionism.
He pledged that
BJP would continue its path of struggle and
sacrifice to defend Jammu and Kashmir as an
integral part of India and justice to all regime
and its people. He said that this was the path
shown to us by late Pandit Prem Nath Dogra and Dr
Prashad Mukherjee.
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