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Entry of Sayeed infuses interest in upcoming by-polls SRINAGAR, Oct 3: Entry of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in the fray for election to the State Assembly after 17 years has infused interest in the upcoming by-poll to four Assembly segments in ......more Goodwill delegation of judges, lawyers returns from tour Excelsior Correspondent NEW DELHI, Oct 3: A high profile 15 members goodwill mission delegation of Supreme Court and High Courts judges (retired) and............more Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Renowned scholar, Dr. Ved Kumari Ghai has fully endorsed the Pir Panchal demand that the Hindu pilgrims be .....more Bhim assures to protect symbols of Dogra identity in Akhnoor, Basohli Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Holding Kashmiri leaders and representatives of Basohli and Akhnoor Assembly constituencies responsible for the ......more Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: A meeting of executive body Medical Officers Indian Medicine Welfare Forum under the chairmanship of Dr V S Manhas ...more |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Fifteen persons were injured, some of them critically in separate road accidents. Police spokesman said that 12 persons were injured when a bus bearing registration number JK02J-1857 met with an accident at Tiranga Nullah under the jurisdiction of Arnas Police Station.. .............more Central Mahajan Sabha organises Rangoli, Pagri competitions Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Jammu Central Mahajan Sabha today organised Rangoli and Pagri competitions as a part of celebrations of 138th ...........more CM for more facilities in district hospitals Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, Oct 3: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has highlighted the need for dispersal of health facilities to district hospitals so that the rush of patients at the core institutions ..............more Panthers Party leaders launch campaign in Akhnoor, Basohli Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: The Panthers Party has launched a vigorous campaign in Akhnoor and Basohli constituencies, the by-elections of which will be held on October 13............more |
Entry of Sayeed infuses interest in upcoming by-polls SRINAGAR, Oct 3: Entry of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in the fray for election to the State Assembly after 17 years has infused interest in the upcoming by-poll to four Assembly segments in Jammu and Kashmir as this could be considered a severe test of popularity of the two dominant ruling coalition partners, Congress and PDP. Sayeed, a member of the upper House, is seeking election from Pahalgam constituency, where by-poll was necessitated following election of his daughter and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti to Lok Sabha in May Parliamentary elections. Sayeed had last contested and won election to the Assembly from R S pura in Jammu also in a by-election held in 1987. He is locked in a four-cornered contest in the constituency including opposition National Conference (NC) candidate Rafi Ahmed Mir, who lost to Mehbooba in 2002 Assembly elections. Sayeed is likely to romp home without much resistance as PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is more popular than other leaders in the constituency. However, the battle of ballot would be witnessed in Batmaloo constituency in Srinagar where PDP would be facing a stiff resistence from NC. PDP has fielded party’s general secretary Tariq Hamid Karra from Batmaloo where he is facing NC’s Irfan Shah and 11 others including a woman, Shameema, put up by National Panthers Party. PDP has left two other seats, Akhnoor and Basholi in Jammu region to its partner, Congress which has also not put up candidates against PDP in the Valley. Batmaloo seat fell vacant due to death of former leader of the opposition and veteran NC leader Ghulam Mohiuddin Shah while by-poll was necessitated in Akhnoor and Basholi seats due to election of two sitting Congress MLAs , Lal Singh and Madan Lal, to Lok Sabha. The by-poll has also assumed importance for the separatists who have called for boycott of the exercise saying elections were no solution to the Kashmir issue. Karra, a kin of former Chief Minister Ghulam Mohammad Sadiq, wields considerable influence in the constituency. However, he lost to Ghulam Mohiuddin Shah in 2002 Assembly elections by a narrow margin. While NC has nominated Shah’s son, Irfan Ahmed, to keep its sway on the voters, which has provoked a lot of resentment among the party leadership. One of its senior leader Abdul Rehman Sheikh, considered a key figure in galvanising support in favour of the party during last elections, has defected to the PDP. Sheikh was an aspirant for nomination but NC president Omar Abdullah and party patron Farooq Abdullah preferred Irfan. Sources in the PDP said Sheikh had been promised a seat in the Legislative Council once its candidate Karra wins the seat. Karra is presently a member of the upper House. PDP, which is yet to make its entry into Srinagar, is trying its utmost to win the seat in order to gain foothold in the city. Its win in Batmaloo would certainly strike a deadly blow to the political monopoly of the NC in Srinagar, as it won seven of the eight Assembly seats in the city in 2002 elections. The prestige of separatists is also on acute test. Batamaloo has been the epicentre of Kashmir’s separatist movement. It "overwhelmingly" voted in favour of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin in the 1987 elections. The 1987 elections, which were believed to be rigged, were considered as a watershed in Kashmir politics as it was only after that polls the gun replaced the entire political system in the Valley. Batmaloo threw up top militants including Mushtaq-ul-Islam, supreme commander of Hizbullah, who is behind the bars for the last 14 years and Sheikh Abdul Hamid of JKLF, one of the five militants who introduced the gun in Kashmir and at one stage served as polling agent of Salahuddin. Out of 104213 electorate, only 4171 votes were polled in 2002 Assembly elections. Ghulam Mohiuddin Shah of NC polled 2065 votes as against 1223 by Tariq Hamid Karra of PDP, giving victory to Shah by 842 votes. (PTI) |
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Goodwill delegation of judges, lawyers returns from tour Excelsior Correspondent NEW DELHI, Oct 3: A high profile 15 members goodwill mission delegation of Supreme Court and High Courts judges (retired) and elected representatives of Indian Bar, returned back from Pakistan under the chairmanship of Adish C Aggarwal, convenor of Indian Council of Jurists and chairman of All India Bar Association. The other members of the delegation include Justice Faizan Uddin, Justice D S Tweatia, Justice A N Divecha, Justice Mohammed Shamim, Rameshwar Neekhra, John Fermino, Yatin N Oza, B M Vinayak, Shailendra Dube, Khalid Noor Fakruddin, Navtej Singh Toor, Vivek Sheel Kathuira, Krishan Chander Garg and Anil Kumar Shastri. The delegation was welcomed at Wagha border by 150 elected representatives of Pakistan Bar including the office bearers of Pakistan Bar Council, Supreme Court Bar Association, Punjab Bar Council, Lahore High Court Bar Association and Lahore District Bar Association and judicial officers. Separate receptions were hosted by Mian Muhammed Soomro, acting president of Pakistan, Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, chief justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan and others. The leader of the delegation Adish C Aggarwal, while addressing different gatherings of judges and lawyers, asserted that the legal fraternity of India and Pakistan can play a major role in resolving disputes, including Kashmir between the two countries since they enjoyed higest respect among the general public. There is general feeling among one million lawyers of India that the two countries would get nothing out of war. The delegation met more than 5000 judges and lawyers of Pakistan during their visit. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Renowned scholar, Dr. Ved Kumari Ghai has fully endorsed the Pir Panchal demand that the Hindu pilgrims be allowed to visit the Holy Shrine of Mata Sharda in Pak Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Addressing a function organised by Alakh Sahiba Trust in collaboration with Pir Panchal CESES here, today, she said we should strongly keep this demand before the Government of India. Recalling the contribution of Kashmiri Pandits to the Indian culture and civilisation, she said Kashmiri scholars have made a lot of contribution to Sanskrit literature. Showing solidarity with the exiled community, she said it is in great distress and turmoil at present. She however, expressed confidence that the day will not be far away when the community will return to their homes and hearths in the Valley with honour and dignity. She said the old civilisations and cultures like that of Pandits never die with such upheavals and the KPs will withstand this turmoil too as history is witness that they have faced such exodus many times in past as well. Giving his exhaustive lecture on Mata Alakh Ishwari Roop Bhawani, Dr Bhushan Lal Koul, a renowned scholar regretted that no concrete work has been done on the life and teachings of Mata since 1983. But some books were written on her before that, he added. He described the Mata Roop Bhawani a great Yogni who enriched the Kashmiri culture during the Mughal period from 1621 to 1721. He said Roop Bhavani was the incarnation of Goddess Durga who in a dream had promised her father Birbal Dhar who was a great devotee of Goddess that she will take birth in his house. Dr Koul however regretted that only 146 Vakhs of Mata are presently available while the rest are missing. He urged the Trust to get those vakhs located. He said some Kashmiri scholars including Shiv Ram Shastri, Dr T N Ganjoo, Triloki Nath Dhar and Som Nath Pandit have written books on the life and spiritualism of Mata Roop Bhavani. Besides Prof Neerja Mattoo has written research paper on her, he added. Addressing the function Pir Panchal chief Ramesh Hangloo said his organisation will continue work for enrichment of Kashmiri culture. This mission will be continued without politicking, he added. Highlighting the contribution of his organisation, he said keeping the enrichment of culture as its prime objective our organisation took an onus to celebrate the Jayanti of Jyotshi Prem Nath Shastri the doyen of Kashmiri culture. He said every Hindu in the country craves to visit the Sharda Temple and Pir Panchal will take the matter with the Union Government. He also announced that prestigious Abhinav Gupt Award will be conferred to Dr B L Koul by his organisation this year in recognition of his services to literature. Earlier Raj Nath Dhar, president Alakh Sahiba Trust threw light on its working. He said the Trust was framed in 1934 in Kashmir Valley and after the mass migration of the community a grand complex of the mata was constructed here also. He also congratulated the Pir Panchal for taking the initiative to bring the cultural revolution in the community. P N Koul Sahil a well known writer and poet who has reproduced the Vakhs of Mata Roop Bhawani also spoke on the occasion. Earlier Dr Ved Kumari Ghai, Mr Sahil, Dr Koul and Rajesh Khar a renowned music composer and singer were felicitated. The vote of thanks was proposed by Ravi Dhar general secretary of the Alakh Sahiba Trust while the programme was compered by ManoJ Jad, cultural secretary, Pir Panchal. |
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Bhim assures to protect symbols of Dogra identity in Akhnoor, Basohli Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Holding Kashmiri leaders and representatives of Basohli and Akhnoor Assembly constituencies responsible for the pitiable plight of the symbols of Dogra rule in these areas, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) today assured to promote such symbols as Dogra Heritage Monuments and bring them on the map of tourism. Talking to media-persons, supremo of the party Prof Bhim Singh said "preservation of symbols of Dogra identity is the main point in our manifesto for by-election to Akhnoor and Basohli constituencies. We will initiate all possible steps to restore lost glory and status of forts and palaces in Akhnoor, Basohli and Billawar to keep alive Dogra identity". What to talk of Kashmiri leaders, who always tried to remove the symbols of Dogra rule, even the representatives of these Assembly segments never paid any attention towards them, the JKNPP chief alleged and said despite being aware of the fact that Basohli paintings are famous all over the world no step has been initiated to revive the old glory of the area in the field of art and paintings. "The JKNPP would leave no stone unturned for the preservation of all symbols of Dogra identity and a unique international school of arts and painting would be established in Basohli", Prof Singh assured. The JKNPP manifesto also assured to vigorously take up construction of tunnel bridge under the River Chenab in Akhnoor with the Centre for the security and defence of the area. The party has promised the migrants to grant them permanent ownership rights, ensure speeding construction of Basohli bridge over Ravi River, start private boat service from Basohli to Satwani Naka, regularisation of services of Rehber-e-Taleem teachers and SPOs, general amnesty to political prisoners, permanent settlement of border migrants and reasonable compensation for persons whose land came under Thein Dam. Prof Singh reiterated to provide Chief Minister from Jammu if his party wins both the Assembly seats and appealed the people to strengthen the party by ensuring the victory of JKNPP candidates from both the seats so that voice of Jammu can be aired more vociferously. He said that JKNPP would also ensure that all unemployed youth get allowance of Rs 2000 per month as is given to the ex-militants. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: A meeting of executive body Medical Officers Indian Medicine Welfare Forum under the chairmanship of Dr V S Manhas discussed the problems being faced by ISM doctors in the field. It was stated that Government should pay attention to the condition of ISM Dispensaries which are mostly located in rented buildings and called funds for construction of new ISM dispensaries with residential quarters for the staff and also for repairs of existing constructed under IPP VII so that they do not collapse due to non-maintenance. Forum also demanded staff for ISM dispensaries being run by the lone Doctor in most adverse circumstances for the last twenty years. Members expressed concern over non-filling of posts of District officers of Jammu, Udhampur, Rajouri and Poonch and demanded filling up of posts in the Department including post of Assistant Director (Central) and medical Superintendent, Government Ayurvedic Hospital, Jammu. Members also demanded safe-guarding of promotional avenues of Medical Officers, Assistant Controller Stores, Assistant Directors and Superintendent Ayurvedic Hospital while finalizing the recruitment rules for gazetted officers so that seniority was not sacrificed to give undue benefit to the junior officers, which would affect the smooth functioning of ther Department. Those who attended the meeting included Dr Manjeet Singh, Dr Shashi Kant, Dr Romeshwar Dutt, Dr Randhir Dubey, Dr Varinder Gupta, Dr Govind Ram Gupta, Dr Pritam Singh, Dr K S Reen and Dr Arun Jandial. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Fifteen persons were injured, some of them critically in separate road accidents. Police spokesman said that 12 persons were injured when a bus bearing registration number JK02J-1857 met with an accident at Tiranga Nullah under the jurisdiction of Arnas Police Station. All have been hospitalised and their condition was stated to be out of danger when reports last came in. In another accident, three Army personnel received severe injuries when an Army vehicle bearing number JK02K-2510 which was on its way from Kishtwar to Jammu collided with a hill at Malhori. They were immediately rushed to Command Hospital Udhampur and their condition was stated to be serious. The injured have been identified as Captain A V Kosak, Niak Dharamvir Singh and Sepoy Romesh Kumar. |
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Central Mahajan Sabha organises Rangoli, Pagri competitions Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Jammu Central Mahajan Sabha today organised Rangoli and Pagri competitions as a part of celebrations of 138th Birth Anniversary of Sher-e-Duggar Lala Hans Raj Mahajan. A total of 39 girl students between the age of 10 to 20 years participated in Rangoli competition and 13 male persons participated in Pagri competition. The panel of judges to decide position holders in Rangoli competition included Reeta Bhasin, Rama Gupta and Veena Jain while panel of judges in Pagri competition included Rajinder Gupta, Mohan Lal Gupta and Jagmohan Khanna. The high-light of the Rangoli function was that the girl students by using multi-colours material produced marvelous and wonderful rangolies which were highly appreciated by judges and other viewers. There were two groups in the Rangoli competition. The junior group was of the girls between the age of 10 to 15 years while the senior group was of the girls between the age of 16 to 20 years. Anchal Gupta, Ria Gupta and Charu Mahajan got first three positions in the junior group while in the senior group Aditi Gupta, Preeti Gupta and Rubi Gupta clinched first three positions. In the junior group, Ira Gupta, Divya Gupta, Vasundra Gupta, Avni Gupta and Tanya Gupta bagged consolation prizes while in the senior group the consolation prizes were given to Neha Gupta, Mahna Gupta, Arti Gupta, Bhawana Gupta and Payal Gupta. The supervisors in the Rangoli competition were Veer Kanta, Krishna Gupta, Neetu Jamwal, Raj Kerni, Pooja Gupta and Suneeta Gupta. The highlight of the Pagri competition was many personalities of different age groups appeared for competition with different attractive styles of pagries on their heads which depicted rich culture of Mahajan community. As per the decision of the judges, Romesh Gupta got first position, Banarsi Dass Gupta and Sham Lal Gupta got second positions and Mohan Lal Gupta got third position. Vansh Mahajan and Sonu Gupta got consolation prizes. |
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CM for more facilities in district hospitals Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, Oct 3: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has highlighted the need for dispersal of health facilities to district hospitals so that the rush of patients at the core institutions was diverted. He said patients usually converge on major hospitals for seeking specialised treatment and consultation for ailments that could be easily handled at district or sub-district health institutions. Mufti Sayeed was talking to a group of prominent doctors led by the Director General, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), Dr. N. K. Ganguly, that called on him here this morning and discussed the health scenario in the valley. Director, SKIMS, Dr. S. Jalal was also present. The group is here in connection with the 3-day national multi-disciplinary infection control and clinical microbiology conference that was inaugurated by the Chief Minister on September 30. The Chief Minister said that while the reputation of an institution draws patients in large numbers it was necessary to have the dispersal of facilities. He said that major hospitals like the SKIMS were flooded with patients, attendants and visitors, straining the existing facilities and infrastructure. He said the Government had to charge admission fee for regulating the flow of visitors to the SKIMS. He said major hospitals should be exclusively meant for specialised treatment and the residual rush of patients should be borne by peripheral institutions. Making a mention of the measures taken by his Government to streamline the health sector, the Chief Minister said that diagnostic and treatment facilities were strengthened at health institutions including in remote areas. He said that infrastructure facilities at district hospitals were being upgraded and doctors posted in remote areas but attached with institutions of their choice were detached and asked to report at their places of posting. This, he said, had improved health services particularly in far off places. He said the Government was setting up trauma centres on the national highway to take care of emergencies. The Chief Minister welcomed the suggestion of Dr. Ganguly to have some health centres set up outside the SKIMS and connected to the Institute through tele-medicine and asked the Director SKIMS to explore the possibility of implementing the suggestion. Earlier, Dr. Ganguly and his team appreciated the healthcare facilities available at the SKIMS saying that several departments of the Institute compete with the best in the country. He specifically mentioned the departments of cardiology, gastroenterology and radiotherapy. Dr. Jalal told the visiting doctors that SKIMS was the third hospital in the country after the AIIMS and Apollo Hospital to have the facility of tele-medicine. |
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Panthers Party leaders launch campaign in Akhnoor, Basohli Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: The Panthers Party has launched a vigorous campaign in Akhnoor and Basohli constituencies, the by-elections of which will be held on October 13. A team of the Party leaders led by its national chief Prof. Bhim Singh has started campaign in Akhnoor Assembly segment while the another team led by Party MLA Balwant Singh has started campaign in Basohli Constituency. The team led by Prof. Singh include S. Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, state president, S Bhupinder Singh, vice president, Bansi Lal Sharma and Miss Anita Thakur, general secretaries, S Daljit Singh, Rakesh Gupta, district Jammu Youth president, Ashok Kumar, Sanjay Sharma, Milkhi Ram, Kamal Singh Jamwal and Ashok Mahajan the Party candidate for Akhnoor. They addressed several meetings in Garhar, Amba Ram, Lehar, Balan Da Bagh, Jourian, Devi Pur and Aknoor. They appealed the voters to defeat the opportunist, corrupt and outdated leaders and the parties who have sold the interest of Jammu to Kashmiri rulers. Addressing the election meetings Prof. Singh said his Party alone can liberate the people of Jammu from the corrupt and criminal rule led by Kashmiri leaders. Addressing poll meetings in Basholi Balwant Singh appealed the voters to defeat the family and corrupt rule of Congress who have sold the people of Jammu to Kashmiri rulers. |
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10 kg poppy husk seized, 2 arrested Excelsior Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Oct 3: Police today seized 10 kilograms of poppy husk which was being smuggled from Srinagar to Jammu and arrested two persons. Police sources said that during routine checking at Joint Check Post of Army and Police at Kral Nullah Kud, a police team headed by DySP Goverdhan Singh Jamwal and SHO Rohit Chib, under the supervision of SSP Udhampur Vijay Singh Sambyal stopped a State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) bus number JK01Y-181 and subjected it to thorough checking. During the course of checking and frisking, two passengers attemped to escape alongwith their gunny bags but their attempts were foiled by the alert police personnel. From their possession, police recovered a total of 10 kilograms of poppy husk which they were smuggling from Srinagar to Jammu. Both were immediately taken into custody and contraband seized. Later, a case under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPSA) was registered against them. The drug-peddlers have been identified as Maysore Ahmed Khandey, son of Khazar Mohd and Shahnawaz, both the residents of Baripura. |
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Nirmal, Parmanand tour Akhnoor constituency Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: State president of BJP Dr Nirmal Singh, former Governor of Haryana, Babu Parmanand and senior leaders of the party today undertook a whirlwind tour of Akhnoor constituency and visited various Panchayat segments. Addressing series of public meetings, Dr Singh said that Congress supported PDP Government has failed on all fronts and has not fulfilled even one election promise that had been made with the people of Jammu in general and people of Akhnoor constituency in particular during the last Assembly elections. He said that Congress has not made any effort to mitigate the hardships that the people of this constituency had been facing. The plight of border migrants putting up in camps in Akhnoor constituency is pitiable. Whatever the assistance and facilities that they are being provided by the Government has been due to the hard struggle of the BJP at State level and NDA Government’s genuine concerns for them. BJP president appealed to the general public of the constituency to vote for BJP candidate Ram Saroop Sharma and see the differences that he would make to their day to day life. Babu Parmanand, while addressing the meetings, stressed on the need to change the party that had represented the constituency in the Legislative Assembly previously. He said that the plight of weaker sections of the society remains unchanged inspite of the 50 years of democratic rule by the Congress and NC. The general public has been silently suffering the hardships and depredations of the post rulers and time has come that they are administered a decisive defeat, he added. He further said that BJP candidate shall take special pains and care for the weaker sections of the society. He said that his by-election is a golden opportunity for the people of the constituency to strike a milestone blow for their welfare and well being by voting for BJP candidate Ram Saroop Sharma. Bharat Bhushan (Bodh Raj), member national executive of BJP Anusuchit Jati Morcha, and others leaders of BJP also addressed the meetings. |
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BJP to file suit as contempt of HC order continues: Hari Om Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Vice president and spokesman of Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party, Prof Hari Om has said that his party was contemplating to file a suit in the court as State Revenue authorities continued to indulge in contempt of J&K High Court orders regarding removal of ‘ Valid till marriage’ term from the Permanent Resident Certificates of the girls. In a press conference organised at Party headquarters here today, Prof Hari Om said that this historic order of Sept 24 is being violated by various district administrations including Kashmir valley and several districts of Rajouri. Even some have stopped issuing PRCs to the daughters of the state. Quoting some newspaper reports, the BJP leader pointed out that in Rajouri district, the authorities are still issuing PRCs to the girls alongwith the endorsement of " Valid Till Marriage" even after Sept 24. It shows that Congress and its allies are determined to make mockery of the Indian Judicial system. The BJP is convinced that the Congress is anti-women and that it has no respect for the Indian constitutional framework. There are convincing reasons to say that Congress has the audacity to please the certain fundamentalist forces belonging to a particular religious denomination by amending the Indian Constitution to nullify the Supreme Court judgement in the Shah Bano case. It has again adopted a similar line to please the PDP and its constituents, he maintained. In response to a question, Prof Hari Om said that PDP is already exposed due to its pro-Pakistan and pro-militant stance. Its approach is highly sectarian and anti-democratic. Congress always fought elections on the issues pertaining to Jammu region and captured most of seats in this region but everytime watched the interests of Kashmir valley and duped the people of Jammu ad Ladakh regions. The people must understand its game plan. Again on Wazir Commission, it has tried to befool the people of this region and from their statements their ill conceived designs are being exposed. Party vice-president, Lalit Moza also spoke in the conference and claimed that state unit would be filing contempt petition in the court against the State Revenue authorities for not accepting the court directives. |
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NC constitutes campaign committee for Akhnoor Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has constituted campaign committee for Akhnoor constituency. According to a press release, the campaign committee comprised of Rachpal Singh, MLA, Kalakote, Haji Mohammed Hussian, MLC and Brij Mohan Sharma, MLC. Other members of the committee included Rattan Lal Gupta, Jugal Mahajan, Vipal Pal Sharma, Behari Singh, Jagjeev Lal, Radhey Sham Sharma, Satpal Lakhotra, Bimla Luthra, Ram Chand Bhagat, Gurdeep Singh Sasan, Bhagat Ganga Dutt, Balbir Singh Manhas, Ch. Rehmat Ali, Chander Mohan Sharma, Taranjeet Singh Tony, Tarlochan Singh Wazir, Dr Kamal Arora, Master Bhola Ram, Bhramanand Singh, Krishan Lal Tak, K L Sharma, Jawahar Singh, Subash Chander Sharma, Ganga Singh, Baldev Singh, Kasturi Lal, Rattan Singh, Abdul Gani Kohli, Ch. Arshad, Sangram Singh, Naryan Dutt, Ch. Sian Khan, Ch. Anwar, Master Noor Hussain, Master Hashim Ali, Ch. Kulbir Singh, Mohinder Kour Jagga, Kuldeep Kour, Randhir Singh, Ramnik Singh Bijral, Surdesh Singh Sarpanch, Ravi Dogra, Shyam Mehra, Rattan Singh Chib, Bawa Parshotam, Kamal Kumar, Surinder Singh Jamwal, Suraj Mahajan, Bibu Shah, Madan Lal and others. |
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‘Reeva’ launches modern kitchen appliances Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Rewanshi Impex Overseas Private Limited, dealing with the kitchen appliances in India, has launched a bunch of modern kitchen appliances and kitchen storage accessories. The products include Electric Chimneys, Hobs, Cooking Ranges, Built-in-Ovens, Cook Tops and Modular Kitchens. The new range of eco-friendly and smoke free modern kitchen products were formally launched here today during an impressive launching ceremony. Managing Director of Rewanshi Impex Overseas Private Ltd, Retesh Kumar, who announced the launching of new products, said that ‘Reeva’, popular name of the Rewanshi Ltd, was planning to capture major share of market in India from Kashmir to Kanyakumari by December 2004. "Reeva provides world class European mix bunch of electric chimneys, built-in-hob, cook tops and kitchen storage accessories and our products are meant for those who love to make good food in safe, eco-friendly and smoke free environment," he said. Sandeep Gupta, AGM, informed about the ‘Reeva’ and its different range of products. "There are 13 to 14 companies that offer electric chimneys in the domestic market and Reeva is one of the upcoming brands in these segments," he said. The AGM also informed that primary focus of the company was electric chimneys which have price range starting from Rs 4,750, inclusive of installation, after sales service and a lifetime warranty. Sammer, superstockist of Reeva products in J&K, Rajoo Kak, Regional Manager, Yati Marwaha, Area Manager, Vinod Krishen and some other representative of the company were also present on the occasion. |
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Gupta addresses meetings in favour of Sapolia Excelsior Correspondent KATHUA, Oct 3: The former Union Minister and senior leader of the BJP Prof Chaman Lal Gupta has expressed his anguish that after change of the Government at the Centre and with resuming power by the Congress, most of the development works in the State have come to a halt and coalition partners of the State Government have been emboldened to play foul in various spheres of life. Addressing the election meetings in favour of BJP candidate Jagdish Raj Sapolia at Basohli and its adjoining areas, Prof Gupta listed the number of development projects which were executed and initiated new schemes for welfare of the people but mysteriously many of these schemes have been halted further execution and even those are not being commissioned which were hanging fire for decades but were completed by the BJP led NDA Government at the Centre. In this regard, he particularly referred to the construction of bridge at river Ravi in Basohli area and commissioning of the Basohli-Bhaderwah road. Prof Gupta recalled that the respective government of the Congress, National Conference and even those of the coalition of these parties promised repeatedly for the construction of bridge at Basoli but every promise was broken. He regretted that the Jammu-Udhampur Railway line is not being commissioned and the traffic is not being opened on much delayed project of Basohli-Bhaderwah road although these were completed with great efforts months back. |
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Admissions begin for IBS MBA programme Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysis of India (ICFAI) Business School (IBS), a constituent of ICFAI University, held a seminar on " Careers in Management and the Changing Environment" and also an interactive session, here this evening. A large number of enthusiastic students and parents attended it. Prof Arindam Basu, Director, IBS while speaking at the seminar spoke about the opportunities open in the management sphere in the global market. The seminar has provided a focus and scope on various careers in management. Prof Love Raj Takru, Dean, Dehradun also spoke about the 2-year MBA course (2005-07) and answered queries from the aspiring admission seekers. ICFAI Business Schools, a network of 16 across the country, is one of the major B-school in the country providing quality education and training in various fields of management. IBS offers two year full time MBA programme with 11 elective streams such as management finance, HRM, Operations Management, Banking, Insurance, Investment, Accounting and Control, International Business, IT & Systems and Entrepreneurship at 16 centres in India. The speaker informed that the ICFAI Business School admission test will be held on December 19, 2004 at nearly 75 test centres country-wide, including one at Jammu. |
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Kitchloo’s plea to start work on sapphire mines Excelsior Correspondent DODA, Oct 3: National Conference MLA from Kishtwar, Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo has urged upon the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed that work on sapphire mines of Paddar be resumed at the earliest. In a press statement issued here today, Mr Kitchloo pointed out that despite assurance of Mufti Mohd Sayeed that global tenders will be called for extraction of Sapphire, the process could not be initiated on the proposed project. The NC leader demanded that drawing and disbursing powers to the newly created blocks of Nagsina and Dachhan of Kishtwar be given to the concerned BDO’s so that speedy work could be executed in these blocks. He further demanded that construction work on Karthali Hydro-electric project should also be started immediately as its survey work has already been completed. He said due to severe drought the crops of the whole tehsil have been damaged and farmers be provided six month’s free ration . The MLA also released Rs one lakh in favour of Naigad people for water supply scheme. Meanwhile, Mr Kitchloo inaugurated two model villages of Hullar and Bagna Nagsina in Kishtwar. He stressed for the speedy development of remote and rural areas Gandhi Jayanti celebrations reports continue to pour in Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Reports about celebration of Gandhi Jayanti, with great fervour and gaiety continue to pour in from different parts of Jammu region here today. Gandhi Jayanti was celebrated with enthusiasm at Kalakote under the chairmanship of Ex-MLA Ashok Sharma, general secretary Pradesh Congress Committee who paid rich tributes to father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and also to Late Lal Bahadur Shastri on their respective birth anniversaries falling on October 2.He Appealed the people to adopt footsteps of Gandhi and Shastri. Prominent Congress and Youth Congress leaders were present on the occasion. Narayan Shishu Kala High School Reasi organised a programme to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti under the chairpersonship of Mrs Satya Sharma. A debate on "Gandhiji and his teachings" was organised. Sweets were also distributed among the students. Those present on the occasion included Romesh Banathia, Kuldip Singh, Imtiaz Ahmed, Arun Sharma, Miss Tripta and Rattan Sharma. Desmesh Educational Research Institute, Bishnah conducted oath ceremony of 3rd School Council Members on Gandhi Jayanti day. MLA Ashwani Sharma presided over. Participants singing patriotic songs also participated in cleanliness drive in the premises of the institute. Later MLA administered oath to 31 members of the 3rd School Council. Government High School Kalsian (Nowshera) organised a symposium wherein the speakers eulogized the achievements of Gandhi in Independence struggle of India. Archana Sambyal was declared first, Mamta Choudhary as second and Sunny Sharma got third positions respectively. Satyam Institute of Education and Training, Ambphalla Jammu celebrated Gandhi Jayanti with fervour and gaiety. Mrs Alka Sharma was the chief guest in the function in which Ms Gitika and Mr Takshan threw light on the life of Mahatma and MK Singh spoke about achievements vis-s-vis freedom struggle of the country. Executive director of School R C Gupta appealed the students to follow foot-prints of Mahatma Gandhi. Mahila Bal Vikas Kender organised a programme at Janipur Colony under the presidentship of Mrs Darshana Bandral, who asked women folk to come forward and fight out social evils which would be befitting tribute to father of the nation. Mrs Asha Pathania, Rekha Pawar, Sabita Sharma, Sushma Verma, Romesh Banathia, Kuldeep Singh, R S Pathania, Arun Sharma, Mrs Shakuntla Mahajan and Vijay Sharma were also present. Old Students Welfare Association, Government High School Jullaka Mohalla in a meeting paid tributes to Father of the Nation. President Subash Gupta and general secretary Arun Sharma recalled the services of Bapu Ji for upliftment of society and mankind. Participants included Chattar Singh Bhau, Sat Pal Bhola, Vinod Ambardar, Rajnish Sharma, Uttam Singh Uttam, Nirbhay Singh Slathia, Shatrughan Jamwal, Chander Mohan, Raman Joshi and Riaz Ahmed. Gandhi Jayanti was celebrated at Government High School Kallar (Rajouri). Function was presided over by Commanding Officer 219 Med Regiment Chingus. Students and staff of GHS Kallar, GHS Chingus, Middle School Chingus, High School Dalogra, , Army Good Will School Rajouri and St Joseph Public School, Jawahar Nagar, participated. Viraj Kala Kendra celebrated Gandhi Jayanti with great enthusiasm, fervour and gaiety. A painting contest was held followed by Gandhi's Prarthana Sabha. Children of different schools like DBN Vidya Mandir, JK Public School, Sunshine Public School, Kawa Institute, Airforce School, Vijay Bal Bhavan participated in the function. A colourful cultural programme was also presented on the occasion. The function was presided over by Mr Raman Bhalla, MoS Transport & CAPD. Committee framed to monitor private schools working Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, Oct 3: A Committee of officers has been constituted to categorize and the quality of education in private institutions and recommend the fee structure, other incentives. The Government is also determined to encourage schools in private sector. This was stated by the Minister of State for education. Dr. G. N. Lone while addressing a function organized to celebrate annual day of the Shah Rasool Welkin educational institute, Sopore yesterday. The Minister said that private institutions have been asked to reserve 20 per cent seats and full fill all the basic requirements. Lauding the functioning of welkin public school the Minister said that this institution is providing quality education besides all basic facilities made available to students within shorts period of four years. Responding the problems confronting people in Sopore, Mr. Lone assured that these would be mitigated in phased manner. He said during current financial year Rs. 2 crore has been provided for Shrakwara and Zangar water supply schemes to ensure supply of potable water in the area. Besides, Rs. One crore have also been earmarked for construction of drain and link roads of the town. The J&K Bank would be asked to identify the site for construction of Ammusement Park in Sopore, he said. Police-public meeting held at Phallain Mandal Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: A police-public meeting was held at Phallain Mandal wherein Sarpanches and Panches of six Panchayats and inhabitants highlighted their grievances. From the Police Department’s side the meeting was attanded by Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) South Shiv Kumar Chouhan, SHO Satwari and Incharge Police Post Phallain Mandal. In the meeting, the people highlighted their grievances with regard to law and order and urged the police officers to bring their grievances to the notices of senior authorities particularly the Transport Department and Traffic Police. Mir inspects JDA's VAMBAY quarters Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: Minister for Housing and Urban Development Ghulam Hassan Mir today visited Khanpur near Nagrota and inspected the construction of VAMBAY quarters taken up by the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) under the centrally sponsored schemes to remove slims in Jammu city, .JDA has constructed 252 one room quarters and work on other 135 quarters is in progress. In all, 557 quarters are being constructed at Khanpur, Rajiv Nagar and Bhagwati Nagar. Accompanied by Deputy Commissioner, Jammu Dr. Pawan Kotwal, Vice-Chairman JDA, K. B. Jandial, the Minister also discussed with JDA authorities the plan for creating a colony for economically poor sections of the society. He was told that in the first phase 125 plots each of 3 marlas would be developed. Since JDA has sufficient land in the areas, more plots would be carved out in due course of time. The Minister was told that the area would be given environment friendly touching with proper landscaping, parks with children corner. Mr. Mir directed that vocational centres of JUDA would be created where women of the families living in VAMBAY quarters would be given training in traditional trades. Later, the Minister discussed various new schemes and projects with JDA authorities for Jammu city. Retired Officers Forum holds meeting Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 3: A meeting of the executive committee of the Retired Officers Forum was held under the chairmanship of Prof S C Anand, senior vice-president. According to a press release, it was resolved in the meeting to request the Finance Minister to immediately issue orders for the merger of 50 percent DA and release of pending installments of DA in favour of pensioners. It was also decided to request the authorities to ensure continuation of Medical Insurance Scheme without further delay so that elderly retired citizens do not face hardship. The Forum appealed to the members/pensioners to apply for option to the Finance Department in the prescribed format appearing in news paper on September 29th before 9th October. |
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