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stopped Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Stressing the need for strengthening the forces of nationalism and saving democracy..........more Excelsior Correspondent SAMBA, Oct 6: In its one day conference, the Internationalist Democratic Party expressed deep concern over day.....more Mangat,
Mir seek vote for Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Deputy Chief Minister, Mangat Ram Sharma said that the coalition Government........more Bhim Singh
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witness By Dinesh Manhotra AKHNOOR, Oct 6: Akhnoor Ass-embly segment may witness a tough electoral battle in the coming bi-elections , as there are 13 candidates in fray and the main fight is between four major contestants, who have been utilising their all might to surge ahead.......more Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 6: ‘Su Yee’ the Kashmiri adaptation of Sumuel Backett’s world famous play ‘Waiting for Godot’.............more Jammu Law
College holds Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: An extempore co-mpetition was held in the premises of Law College here yesterday. A large number of students keenly participated in the programme..........more Passing
out parade Excelsior Correspondent REASI, Oct 6: The passing out parade of 6th batch of Recruit Constable of STC, Talwara from executive, Police, Armed, IRP and Auxiliary Police was organized here today.............more |
BSNL ties up with JK Bank for telephone, Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Chief General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) J&K Circle, K C Jindal today said that Company has entred into an arrangement for revenue collection with 64 branches of Jammu and Kashmir Bank for land line telephones and 33 branches for Mobile billing besides 280 number of Post offices in the State. Talking to media-persons here today, Mr Jindal said that BSNL in its attempt to provide wider and better mobile coverage has installed a large number of towers and by the end of this financial year the number would go up to 280. In fourth phase, the Company has planned to issue 2,80,000 mobile phone connections. " We have already issued 2,90,670 land line and 1,13,416 mobile phone connections by the end of Sept, 2004. The number of WLL connections has gone up to 7733, " he maintained. Referring to the areas covered so far under this network, the CGM said that BSNL has provided Mobile phone service in Jammu, Srinagar, Kathua, Udhampur, Rajouri, Doda, Anantnag, Pulwama, Sopore, Kupwara, Badgam, Kargil, Leh, Pahalgam, Gulmarg, Katra and all along the National Highway and Railway track up to Jammu. Service is also beingprovided in Kishtwar shortly, he added. Introducing a new scheme, Mr Jindal said now SMS will be possible from Land line phone to BSNL Mobile phone anywhere in the state and the country and that too, free of charges. A customer has to get ID caller facility and install new digital land line phone set which costs from Rs 1200 to Rs 2000. ID caller facility is available free of cost. The company has already made roaming facility free of cost besides announcing several concessions to its customers. Under another new scheme, customers whose phones have been disconnected, can reconnect the same without paying any charges only during the month of October. The Company will also be providing new 25,000 wire-line connections through WLL and for this new ten new exchanges have been installed. From Kargil to Srinagar, OFC media link is being established and it is likely to be commissioned by July 2005. Drass will also be covered under it shortly, he maintained. The CGM further pointed out that STD facility has been improved and for it 12 K lines of TAX capacity has been added in Jammu, Srinagar, Udhampur, Rajouri and Leh. Online cash counters have been opened for providing better services to the customers. Such counters are 29 in Jammu, 24 in Srinagar , five in Udhampur, two in Leh and one in Rajouri. At present there are 358 telephone exchanges in J&K Circle and 6652 villages have been connected through telephone service. The BSNL has a waiting list of 30,903 as on Sept 30, 2004 and 11,422 number of STD/PCO booths in the state. Responding to a question in connection with mobile phone recovery from an ultra in Doda recently, the GM Mr Chopra said that BSNL issues mobile phone connections after the completion of all the required formalities and if it goes to wrong hands from a genuine customer, it is not their responsibility. He further claimed that no body has come forward with any complaint in this regard and no agency has approached BSNLin this connection. It appeared in newspapers only. General Manager, R K Koul and GM V K Chopra were also present in the conference. |
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stopped development works launched Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Stressing the need for strengthening the forces of nationalism and saving democracy , the former Union Minister of State for Defence Prof Chaman Lal Gupta said that Congress was operating under a dynasty and its fellow travellers are posing a serious threat to all the set norms and the constitution. Addressing election meetings at Nazala Chak in Akhnoor constituency in favour of Party candidate Ram Saroop, Prof Gupta said that Parliament has adopted for limiting the size of the ministries to check wastage of public funds by putting brakes on the greed of power crazy politicians but in Jammu and Kashmir the constitution is being over looked on the plea of special status. He further pointed out that High Court has directed to bring to an end the obnoxious approach of discrimination against the women folk on the issue of state subject but amazingly the coalition government ignored the decision of the High Court and continued to put the seal of " Valid Till Marriage" on the certificates of the daughters. It strange to note that poor daily wagers and consolidated employees are being denied their emoluments on the plea of paucity of funds but crores are being drained on the luxury of certain politicians by having a brigade sized ministry. Referring to the problem of unemployment, the BJP leader said that coalition government has no plans to absorb youths and remove their sufferings. They continued to misuse the huge central funds which are ment for various development works. He alleged that all major schemes launched by Atal Behari Vajpayee including Highways projects have been stopped by the Congress led UPA Government. He appealed the people of Akhnoor to ensure victory of BJP candidate Ram Saroop. Ved Parkash Bhagat, Chaman Lal Knathia and, Jugal Dogra also spoke in the rally. |
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Excelsior Correspondent SAMBA, Oct 6: In its one day conference, the Internationalist Democratic Party expressed deep concern over day-by-day degrading moral values in all spheres of life particularly in political arena. The party explained that its goal was to make the world a better place for living of human beings, which could not be achieved without high standard of moral values. "We should say what we think and we should do what we say" was the resolve of the IDP. The party selected its main slogans to aware the people viz ‘Social justice and Social Equality’, ‘Switching over from representative democracy to people’s participatory democracy’, ‘Participatory administration from village level to highest level’, ‘Trilateral solution of J&K problem’, More production and fair distribution’, ‘Globalization on environ-human basis’, Decentralization from UNO to village level’ and ‘Basic infrastructure of development in every village’. The IDP also decided to raise various demands which included getting its full share of water out of Ravi river, declaring Kandi and Marel areas of Jammu and Kashmir as most favou-rable areas for fruit growing, directing field staff of all the offices to open their offices in the areas of their duties and optimum use of water available in the area and inventing the methods of rain water harvesting. Conference was presided over by Messrs Des Raj, Master Prakash Singh and Master Adam Singh while, State president of IDP I D Khajuria, Advocate Subash Singh, Des Raj Sharma, Inderjeet Singh Slathia, Harbans Lal Sharma, Dhuni Chand Bhagat, Chatter Singh, Babu Din, Mohan Singh, Tarun Pargal and Shamsher Singh expressed their views. Mr Hoshiar Singh, general secretary IDP was the chief guest. |
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Mangat, Mir seek vote for Cong candidate in Basohli Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Deputy Chief Minister, Mangat Ram Sharma said that the coalition Government has achieved the great success in creating a conducive atmosphere for restoration of lasting peace in the state. Addressing series of election rallies at Bani Basta, Ghati, Lakhanpur and Hattli in Basohli Assembly Constituency today, the Deputy Chief Minister said that the mandate of the people in last Assembly elections for bringing normalcy is being sincerely and seriously translated into reality by the concerted efforts of the coalition Government. A drastic change is visible in the ground situation in Kashmir valley and that led to the carrying forward the peace process, he said, adding the credit for creating a sense of security and the confidence among the people goes to present coalition Government. Mr Sharma said the process of dialogue that has been initiated is directly linked to the improvement in the ground situation in the state. He said the people gave their mandate to the present coalition Government in a transparent manner without any threat and fear,because they want to rid themselves of the miseries of 14 year long Pak sponsored militancy. He said the people rejected both National Conference and BJP as these parties were exposed for their politics of exploitation by dividing people on the regional and religious basis for their vested interests. The unholy nexus of these forces has been fully exposed which resulted into their worst defeat, he added. Appealing the people to vote for the Congress nominee Mrs Kanta Andotra, he said she is a dedicated woman and would effectively redress the problems of the people and raise her voice for the rights of the women. Addressing the rallies Minister for R&B, G A Mir said the vote for Congress and PDP would be a vote for restoration of peace and progress. This would lead to overall development of the state, he added. He said the Congress is committed to the development of all the three regions and providing of every sort of facility to the people in rural and far flung areas. Mr Mir lashed at NC for its utter failure in providing the basic facilities to the people especially in rural areas during . He said the Congress led UPA Government at Centre has been taking special care of J&K keeping in view the numerous hardships and miseries faced by the people. The Central Government has initiated sincere steps for a meaningful dialogue and there is a significant change in the attitude of Pakistan, he added. |
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Bhim Singh flays Cong for betraying Jammu people Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Addressing a public rally at Akhnoor, Prof Bhim Singh appealed the people to vote for Panthers Party candidate Ashok Kumar Mahajan, a dedicated young man who can assist the movement of JKNPP to liberate Jammu Pradesh from corrupt rule of Kashmiri leaders, supported by Congress leaders. In his one hour speech Prof Bhim Singh held Congress leaders responsible for discrimination with Jammu people. he said it were the Congress leaders who created refugee problem, made Jammu a slave of Kashmiri rulers, prompted corruption and militancy in the State. he added that Jammu’s interests were bartered by Congress leaders. He accused the BJP of carrying on legacy of Congress in corruption and nepotism. He asked BJP leader as to what happened to their slogan of Article 370 and one constitution-one flag. The BJP sold out the interest of India and of course the very identity of Jammu. They bargained with every Kashmir ruler to promote their business and trade. Prof Singh declared to raise status of Akhnoor to international level as far as Dogra heritage is concerned and promised tunnel bridge for Akhnoor for national security and defence. JKNPP candidate Ashok Mahajan pledged to work for welfare and interests of Akhnoor and that it he entered Assembly, he would ensure that Prof Bhim Singh is next Chief Minister. Others who also addressed were Ms Anita Thakur, Daljit Singh, Milkhi Ram, Ashok Kumar and Rakesh Gupta. |
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Akhnoor to witness tough contest By Dinesh Manhotra AKHNOOR, Oct 6: Akhnoor Ass-embly segment may witness a tough electoral battle in the coming bi-elections , as there are 13 candidates in fray and the main fight is between four major contestants, who have been utilising their all might to surge ahead. National Conference candidate Baldev Singh Bhau and Kuldeep Raj Sharma of Shakti Dal are also in fray for this by-election and may make a difference in the election on October 13. Although the Akhnoor constituency has emerged as citadel of Congress for the last one decade, party candidate Sham Lal Sharma has been facing a tough fight from rebel party candidate Govind Ram Sharma, who has been contesting as independent candidate, Ram Saroop Sharma of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Dr Gafoor Ahmed of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Besides, Congress candidate has also been confronting with infighting within the party. Govind Ram Sharma has won this seat twice while as BJP candidate Ram Saroop Sharma lost elections in 1996 by a narrow margin of 232 votes. As far as BSP candidate Dr Gafoor is concerned, he is also emerging as a strong contender. Prestige of Lok Sabha member, Madan Lal Sharma is at stake as his brother Sham Lal Sharma is contesting from Akhnoor seat. Sham, who has first time joined electoral battle, is not naive in politics. He used to coordinate elections of his elder brother apart from actively participating in the activities of the Congress party. Sham Lal is banking on development works initiated by his elder brother as Minister of Roads and Buildings. "Development of this constituency is our poll plank", said Congress candidate and promised to develop Akhnoor as a model constituency. Madan Lal Sharma had won this seat in last Assembly elections by a small margin. He had to quit the seat after he won Lok Sabha elections. Govind Ram Sharma, who had represented this constituency twice, is asking for people support in the name of development works initiated by him during his tenure as MLA as well as Minister. "I have done a lot for the development and upliftment of the constituency. Voters of this constituency cannot forget my works", he claimed. Govind Ram has raked up the ‘local candidate’ issue to put Sham Lal on ‘backfoot’. Before filing his nomination papers as independent candidate, he made it clear that had Congress given mandate to local candidate he would support him whole heartily rather than contesting as independent. But the supporters of Congress candidate have categorically rejected the allegation of being outsider. "All the contesting candidates have their houses in Jammu. Govind Ram Sharma has four houses in Jammu", said a Congress supporter and added that it is Govind Ram who is an outsider. Govind Ram’s rivals have been dubbing him as ‘turn coat’. "What is the standing of that man who usually changes parties like any thing", asked a vice-president of BSP Tulsi Dass Langeh. It is most crucial battle for Govind Ram, rather it is a battle for ‘political survival’ for him. In 1987 Assembly elections Govind had won this seat as independent candidate while in 1996 he emerged victorious as National Conference candidate. BSP candidate, Dr Gafoor Ahmed, who secured about 10,000 votes in 2002 Assembly elections, this time leaving no stone unturned. BSP, which had completed ground work much before other parties, is fighting the battle with full force. So serious is the BSP for this election that party’s national president and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mayawati came all the way from Lucknow to address a public meeting in support of Dr Gafoor. While other political parties facing dearth of leaders for this by-elections, Mayawati’s visit has boosted morale of the BSP cadre. Although the party claims to get large chunk of votes of Upper Castes, BSP is largely depending upon about 30,000 votes of SC,ST, OBC and minorities. BJP candidate Ram Saroop Sharma is a grass root worker of the party. Unlike previous elections, this type BJP has jointly fighting the electoral battle and senior leaders have been campaigning in far-flung areas of constituency. Raking up the issue of under-development, BJP candidate has been shifting blame on both Madan Lal Sharma and Govind Ram Sharma for backward of this constituency. Mr Sharma, who had lost 1996 Assembly elections just by 232 votes, is claiming that he is the only choice before the voters. With total votes touching 90,000 and 87 polling stations, veteran Congress leader Dharam Pal Sharma had won this seat for four straight times in 1967, 1972, 1977 and 1983 Assembly elections. In 1987 and 1996 elections, Govind Ram Sharma had won election from this seat. In 2002 Assembly elections, Madan Lal Sharma defeated Govind Ram, who had contested as NC candidate. |
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Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 6: ‘Su Yee’ the Kashmiri adaptation of Sumuel Backett’s world famous play ‘Waiting for Godot’ was staged today. The production programme was organised by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages in connection with annual district drama festival, Srinagar. The play has been directed by prominent theatre director of Valley, Aarshad Mushtaq. The presentation was highly appreciated by the theatre lovers, artists, writers and other dignitaries present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, N A Mir, additional secretary, Cultural Academy told that the theatre festival is being organised by the Academy to encourage experimental and growth in the theatre with special reference to traditional folk theatre of Kashmir, which is one of the most living traditions of threatre in Northern India and the groups hardly find any chance to experiment with the modern contemporary playwriters/directors. In the play, Raja Maqbool performed as Doggal, Mohammed Shafi Ahmed as Goggul, A Rasheed as Pa-cho, G R Lone as Qasmat Wal, Mushtaq Dar as Ledke, while as Abdul Samad, M Maqbool and Masoom Ramzan and others participated in chores. The set and costume of the play ‘Su Yee’ were designed by Abdul Samad. Kingi Singh and Tariq were on lights. Kashmiri adaptation of Summel Backett’s world famous play ‘Waiting For Godot’ done by Arshad Mushtaq and Raj Maqbool, the lyrics were composed by Memood Gami and Raja Maqbool. Music of the play was designed by Masoom Ramzan. |
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Jammu Law College holds extempore competition Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: An extempore co-mpetition was held in the premises of Law College here yesterday. A large number of students keenly participated in the programme. The competition was based on some interesting topics related to Gandhiji’s life and his lofty principles. The topics were given to the student on spur of the moment and they came out with their ideas and information. The participated extensively quoting from Gandhian literature stressed relevance of values and principles of the Mahatma even in present times and pleaded for adopting them. The programme was arranged by the cultural incharge, Neena Sharma, Lecturer of the college. First prize was bagged by Dinkar, second position was secured by Airaas Wani while third prize was jointly shared by Javed and Sonali Verma. The chairman of Jammu Law College, Dr Roop Lal Sharma, while speaking on the occasion, laid emphasis on living Gandhian ideals in personal lives by all students and others. The programme concluded with vote of thanks by Dr Gayatri Gupta, Principal of the college. |
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Passing out parade held at Reasi Excelsior Correspondent REASI, Oct 6: The passing out parade of 6th batch of Recruit Constable of STC, Talwara from executive, Police, Armed, IRP and Auxiliary Police was organized here today. The Director General of Police, Gopal Sharma who took salute and inspected the parade was the chief guest on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the DGP recalled his association with the institute and said that a number of facilities have been introduced in the training centre. He congratulated the new trainees and hoped that they would discharge their duties with dedication and sincerity. Mr Sharma also inaugurated a police building at STC Talwara on the occasion. Earlier, Principal STC Talwara delivered oath to the new recruits Around 20 contingents of new recruits participated in the march past ceremony. Additional, DG Police, Kuldeep Khuda also spoke on the occasion and thanked the chief guest for his participation in the programme. |
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Education Minister teaches education Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 6: Minister for Education Harsh Dev Singh exhorted upon the young officers to provide good governance by inculcating the sense of honesty, sincerity, dedication and truthfulness. The Minister was delivering a lecture to young KAS Probationers on the topic "Education-Scenario in J&K-Progress & Challenges" at Institute of Management and Public Administration (IMPA) here today. Singh while interacting with the probationers underscored need for initiating concerted and collective efforts to progress and prosper to the limit of zenith, the basic need-based education, which, he said is imperative to achieve the cherished goal. He said quality education activates the dormant faculties of man and ignites in him the flame of single minded devotion, responsibility, determination and a burning desire to progress in the life. The Minister said the education in the State has passed through great turmoil for the last many years but despite of facing many hurdles, the Government introduced very innovative steps and has come out with a very encouraging improvements in the field of education and it has received accolade from the Union Government. He said now our State has best colleges in the country as rated by the NAAC. The Minister expressed his optimism that the future of the education in the State is very bright as the Government is providing a need based quality education. Also more than 9000 primary and EGC were opened in very short span of two years. He further said more than 27000 local candidates have been appointed in these schools in a very transparent manner. The Minister further said the Government is committed to develop the human resource on the priority so that it could contribute to the progress and prosperity of the nation. Singh said, due to privatization and globalization the English language has emerged the langue Franca, so it has been introduced in all the schools right from the nursery classes. The Minister also answered the queries of the young enthusiastic officers who felt satisfied with the reply of dynamic Minister. Earlier, Course Director, Dr. Sheikh Khurshid-ul-Islam gave the resume of the training programme being imparted to 21 KAS probationers. He said 13 officers belong to Social Welfare cadre, 6 from Community Development and National Extension Services, 1 from Excise and Taxation and 1 from Information cadre. Later, Fayaz Ahmad Fayaz one of the probationer presented affectionate vote of thanks and assured on behalf of all his colleagues to work with sincerity and dedication, hoping to come up to the expectation of the people. |
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agitation, AIKS Youth Wing asks Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: The Youth Wing of All India Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS) warned Central and State Governments that it will be forced to launch the agitation in case the demands of the displaced Pandits in general and youth in particular were not solved. Talking to the mediapersons here, this evening, R K Bhat president of the organisation said that during their recent Padh Yatra to Delhi they submitted the memorandums to President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, All India Congress Committee (AICC), chief, Ms Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, L K Advani, Home Minister, Shiv Raj Patil and Chief Justice of India highlighting their plight. He said, while Mrs Sonia Gandhi assured us that she will take up the issue with Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh after his arrival from foreign tour, the President of India gave us assurance that our problems will be redressed. Terming the meeting with these leaders as cordial and positive, he however regretted that Home Minister, Shiv Raj Patil was a bit reluctant and tried to ignore us. Mr Bhat said that his organisation is also going to file a PIL in Supreme Court of India that why the cognizance was not taken about the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley and killing of hundreds members of the community by the terrorists. He said a hue and cry was made against the Gujarat riots but a complete silence has been maintained on the plight of the Pandits who were hounded out from the Valley under a game plan. Mr Advani also favoured filing of a PIL in this regard, he added. He said even the visiting Pakistani delegation realised our plight but unfortunately the national press which expressed concern over the Gujarat riots did not attach much importance to the atrocities committed on Kashmiri Pandits by terrorists in the Valley who were forced to live an exiled life in their own country. T K Dhar of United Displaced Community whose organisation has also supported the Padh Yatra of AIKS Youth Wing said besides the employment package, we demand compensation for left over properties and proper utilisation of Central funds earmarked for the welfare of displaced people. "Our Padh Yatra was the part of Mission Kashmir the objective of which was to apprise the Central leaders about the plight of displaced Pandits languishing in various camps at Jammu and other places of the country for last 15 years. He said through this Padh Yatra we succeeded in mobilising the public opinion about our problems and seek the support of the various Pandit organisations. He said besides the national leaders the Padh Yatris met the SGPC chief and Head of Durghani Temple at Amritsar and submitted memorandums to them. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Pradesh Youth Congress president Amin Bhat has reconstituted PYC with immediate effect. Surinder Gupta, Pawan Gupta, Vikram Malhotra, Uttam Singh, Balwant Kumar, Waqar Banihali, Ashok Bakshi, Badal Gupta and Ashwani Puri have been appointed as vice presidents, Kamal Anand has been made general secretary and spokesman of Pradesh Youth Congress. Other general secretaries of PYC are Raj Kumar, Tirath Ram, Nirdosh Sharma, Abdul Qayoom Khan, Jahangir Sheikh, Narinder Gupta, Pyare Lal Shan, Thomas Khokhar, Surinder Khajuria, Ravi Singh, Shokat Khokhar (Tinu) and Shiben Raina. The secretaries of PYC are Prem Singh, Shamsher Singh, Ashok Gupta, Rajesh Sharma (Isher), Ashan Mirza, Narinder Kumar (SC), Rajan Charak, Pintoo Mishri, Rohit Mattoo, Ashish Sharma, Vijay Tagotra, Aslam and Varinder Singh. Tariq Sheikh has been made district president for Doda while Ronak Singh and Tariq Saleem are working presidents to assist him. Pawan Kumar Gupta has been made district president of Youth Congress for Udhampur. Kalim-ullah has been appointed as president for Poonch who will be assisted by Ravinder Kumar Bitta as working president. Chander Mohan Sharma has been made district Rajouri president of PYC. Naresh Chowdhary and Surinder have been made working presidents for Jammu (rural). All these appointments were made after the recommendation by Manmohan Singh, senior vice president, J&K Pradesh Youth Congress. |
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Nirmal campaigns for Sapolia in Basohli Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: State BJP president Dr Nirmal Singh today addressed a number of election meetings at Dhani Bakhta, Ghatti and other Kandi areas of Basohli Assembly constituency and appealed the people to vote for party candidate Jagdish Raj Sapolia. He exposed anti-people performance of Congress-supported PDP Government in the State and said that the present Government has not implemented till date the High Court direction not to stamp "Valid Till Marriage" on the State subject certificates of daughters of the State. He said Congress has a long history of opportunistic politics and un-principled conduct to perpetuate the vote bank politics. Simultaneously the BJP candidate for Basohli Jagdish Raj Sapolia campaigned in Dhanore, Dhana, Kutler, Basantpur and Thein in Kandi areas. He addressed many largely attended public rallies and exposed the failure of the State Government. He said that earlier the National Conference and now the Congress supported PDP Government have utterly failed to layout any roads, provide drinking water and electricity in these areas. The all the above election rallies, Prabhari of Kathua district of BJP Satish Sharma highlighted the achievements of BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre and said all good and welfare schemes initiated by it were ignored by the State Government and funds received from Centre were diverted to other un-productive and non-beneficial purposes. Jagdish Raj Sapolia claimed that the public was now aware of the opportunism of Congress which would be rejected in the elections. Bishamber Singh, Prithvipal Singh and other prominent BJP leaders also accompanied Sapolia during election rallies. |
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Rajouri Police recovers Rs 55,000 stolen from Army jawan Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: The Rajouri Police today recovered Rs 55,000 cash which was stolen from an army jawan Jaiten Srnhr of six Assam Rifles from a PCO at Rajouri Bus Stand yesterday where he had gone to give a call to his home. The Rajouri Police team led by Chowki Officer, Ashwani Kumar under the supervision of SHO, Rajouri Sajjad Khan on a tip off raided the house of Shabir Ahmed, son of Riaz Ahmed of Kore, Manjkote and recovered the bag containing the money from him. The police has taken him into custody and registered a case under section 317 RPC against him. According to reports Jatin Srnhr had kept his bag containing Rs 55,000 on the table in the PCO near Bus Stand while making a call to his family in Assam and after completing the talk he saw the bag missing. He lodged an FIR in Rajouri Police Station and the police while investigation got the clue that the bag along with money was stolen by Shabir Ahmed. The police swung into action and arrested the culprit and recovered the cash from him. |
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Migrant teachers’ concern over denial of promotions Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: The Migrant Teachers Welfare Association in a meeting here today , under the presidentship of A K Sadhu has urged the Government to issue the promotion orders in favour of senior displaced teachers as masters. The meeting expressed concern that the deserving and seniormost displaced teachers have been deprived of the promotion benefits as masters while their counterparts in the Valley have been promoted as masters, headmasters, principals and ZEOs. It maintained that the displaced teachers due for promotions are willing to serve in Ladakh region. It alleged that the Director School Education Kashmir despite repeated requests has not placed many deserving displaced teachers. He has not also placed the senior most teachers in the seniority list. The meeting also demanded immediate release of HRA and CCA in favour of displaced teachers and other employees. It also sought the immediate attention of Chief Minister, Finance Minister and Education Minister in this regard. |
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Mir calls on Union R D Minister, seeks special concession Excelsior Correspondent New Delhi Oct 6: More than Rs 91 crore are being utilized for 67 schemes under Prime Minister’s Gram Sark Yojana for Jammu and Kashmir State under phase 3rd by Roads and Buildings Department. This was disclosed during a meeting between Union Minister for Rural Development Raghuvansh Prasad Singh and Minister of State for Roads and Building G. A. Mir when the later called on Singh here in the last evening. The meeting which lasted for more than half an hour discussed in detail the implementation of phase 3rd (PMGSY) which is being implemented by PWD in J&K State. Earlier two phases i.e. phase 1st and 2nd are being implemented by the Rural Development Department J&K itself. Mr Mir brought the attention of Union Minister for Rural Development towards certain problems, which the State Government is facing with regard to the finalization of contract for allotting the works for construction of rural roads under phase 3rd of the scheme. The Union Minister agreed that as a special case for J&K now the tenders for works can be called upto a minimum of Rs 50 lakh instead of one crore as applicable earlier so that the local contractors can also submit their tenders. Singh clarified that Union Development Ministry fully appreciate the difficulty being faced by the State Government and assured that all possible measure would be taken to mitigate these problems so that the programme is implemented fully and connectivity of un-connected villages is ensured. Commissioner Secretary R & B R. K. Jearth, Chief Engineer R & B Srinagar/Jammu and Managing Director JKPCC were also present in the meeting. |
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BJP workers take out march in Basohli Excelsior Correspondent BASOHLI, Oct 6: In the wake of by-election to Basohli constituency, a road march by the BJP workers, youth and public from all walks of life was organised in support of contesting candidate Jagdish Raj Sapolia. The participants in the march on hundreds of two-wheelers, four wheelers and other light vehicles with BJP flags atop started from Basohli town and passed through the villages Ghagrose, Nagrota, Preta Punda, Plassi, Karanwara, Haripur, Mahanpur, Banhore, Palale, Dambra, Damlare and Savar. The people enroute shouted slogans in favour of Jagdish Sapolia and BJP. The young and old were carrying small flags of ‘Kamal’ in their hands to greet the march. Mr Sapolia addressed the people at each and every village for a short stint and termed the eight year tenure of Congress MLA Lal Singh as the period of hatred, apartheid and vengeance and a period during which the progress of the Basohli constituency came to a grinding halt. Mr Sapolia asked the people to thwart the evil plans of creating division among people on the name of caste and creed and enjoined upon them to neglect family rule. He called upon the public to elect a man who is of their own constituency and very well known to them. He assured them that if voted to Assembly, he will not disappoint them at any costs. J&K Bank opens branch at Pouni Excelsior Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Oct 6: The Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd today opened its 487th branch at Pouni (Reasi) to provide the banking facilities to the inhabitants of the area . The Branch was inaugurated by Ashok Parmar, District, Development Commissioner, Udhampur. In his inaugural address, Mr Parmar lauded the role of the Bank in the overall development of District Udhampur. He thanked the authorities of the Bank for opening its branch at Pouni which was a long pending demand of the people of the area. He stressed the need for spreading the credit to all the needy people in the district as per requirements and advised the Bank to increase its credit Deposit (CD) ratio which at present, is at a very low ebb in Udhampur district. He assured full cooperation of the administration in the smooth working of the Branch and assured that treasury will soon be opened at Pouni as the employees and pensioners of the area have to draw their salary and pension from Reasi Treasury. Sanjeev Verma, SDM Reasi was also present on the occasion. In his welcome address S C Sharma, Deputy General Manager of the Bank thanked the District Development Commissioner, Udhampur for his cooperation. He said opening of J&K Bank Branch at Pouni was the long pending demand of the people of the area which has been fulfilled. He also informed that with the opening of this branch the total number of J&K Bank branches has gone upto 25 in Udhampur district. The vote of thanks was proposed by C L Bhat. Pradesh Youth Cong announces new
Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Pradesh Youth Congress president Amin Bhat has reconstituted PYC with immediate effect. Surinder Gupta, Pawan Gupta, Vikram Malhotra, Uttam Singh, Balwant Kumar, Waqar Banihali, Ashok Bakshi, Badal Gupta and Ashwani Puri have been appointed as vice presidents, Kamal Anand has been made general secretary and spokesman of Pradesh Youth Congress. Other general secretaries of PYC are Raj Kumar, Tirath Ram, Nirdosh Sharma, Abdul Qayoom Khan, Jahangir Sheikh, Narinder Gupta, Pyare Lal Shan, Thomas Khokhar, Surinder Khajuria, Ravi Singh, Shokat Khokhar (Tinu) and Shiben Raina. The secretaries of PYC are Prem Singh, Shamsher Singh, Ashok Gupta, Rajesh Sharma (Isher), Ashan Mirza, Narinder Kumar (SC), Rajan Charak, Pintoo Mishri, Rohit Mattoo, Ashish Sharma, Vijay Tagotra, Aslam and Varinder Singh. Tariq Sheikh has been made district president for Doda while Ronak Singh and Tariq Saleem are working presidents to assist him. Pawan Kumar Gupta has been made district president of Youth Congress for Udhampur. Kalim-ullah has been appointed as president for Poonch who will be assisted by Ravinder Kumar Bitta as working president. Chander Mohan Sharma has been made district Rajouri president of PYC. Naresh Chowdhary and Surinder have been made working presidents for Jammu (rural). All these appointments were made after the recommendation by Manmohan Singh, senior vice president, J&K Pradesh Youth Congress. Annual conference of Indian
Society for Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Three-day annual conference of Indian Society for Buddhist Studies, was held at Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur. A galaxy of eminent scholars from different parts of the country participated in the conference which was inaugurated by Madan Lal Khurana, Governor of Rajasthan. More than eighty scholars from across the country, including twelve from Jammu, participated in the academic deliberations. Scholars from Jammu, included; Prof Anita Billawaria, Dr V N Labh, Dr Kidarnath Sharma, Dr Sushma Gupta, Shiv Nirmohe, Lalit Gupta, Gurmet Dorjay and Kamal Kishore. They presented their papers on various aspects of Buddhist studies. Dr Vidya Niwas Misra, Padma Bhushan and former Vice-Chancellor of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, highlighted the importance and increasing glory as well as popularity of Buddhism throughout the world. During the conference, the Society declared three awards for young scholars (below 40), who present best paper in the field of Buddhism as well as on the writing of Mahapandit Rahul Snakrityayam. The conference was graced by Education Minister, Rajasthan, Ghanshyam Tiwari as special guest while the key note address was made by Prof N H Samtani, ex-Director of Mayana Buddhist Studies, Nagarjuna University. Excelsior Correspondent RAJOURI, Oct 6: A grand rally was organised at Town Hall here by BJP in which a large number of people from the Rajouri as well from adjoining areas, took part. The function was chaired by Kuldip Raj Gupta, a senior leader and member of National Council of the BJP. In his presidential address, Mr Gupta welcomed the visit of Pakistan journalists to India and hoped that this delegation would prove helpful to a great extent in translating the feelings of the people of this side of LoC and consequently work for sustainable solution to this enigmatic problem of terrorism, which has engulfed the peace, progress and prosperity of both the countries. Mr Gupta asked the Pak media to visit Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir which has been bearing the brunt of worst turmoil. This area has witnessing killing of number of innocent persons. He called the media to highlight the problems of the people in this part of the State. Referring to local problems, Mr Gupta expressed grave concern over the condition of roads and sanitary system in and around Rajouri and urged the authorities to improve these expeditiously. If early steps are not taken in this regard, an agitation will be launched by the party, he warned. He also demanded construction of community hall in Rajouri. Others who spoke on the occasion included: Nirmal Devi, Lal Din and Harjeet Singh. Education is necessary for socio-economic upliftment: Sofi Excelsior Correspondent Handwara, Oct 6: Saying for achieving the target of cent percent literacy rate in the State, Minister for Forests and Environment Ghulam Moh-ud-Din Sofi stressed for upgradation of Educational infrastructure with quality education in rural and far-flung areas. The Minister was addressing Parents, Staff and Student’s of the Higher Secondary School (Girls) Handwara during its Annual Day Function celebrated yesterday afternoon. Sofi said that the coalition Government has given main thrust to provide better education facilities in every nook and corner of rural areas of the State as they have been ignored by the previous Government. To provide adequate Staff to the rural Schools, all the attached teachers were detached for utilizing their service in their respective areas, he added. The Minister said as a Member of Legislative assembly (MLA) I gave top priority to education in my constituency as the education is the main tool for socio economic upliftment and rural transformation. He said for this year 15 primary schools have been upgraded as Middle Schools, 3 Middle Schools to High Schools and 2 High Schools to Higher Secondary Schools in alone in my constituency. He said that steps have also taken for better Sanitation in the schools, for which Rs. 5 lakh would be spent in 6 higher secondary schools during the current year. Referring the demands putforth by the principal of higher secondary school A. R. Afaq, Minister gave on spot instruction to the concerned authority for speed up in the already taken renovation work and said that other demands would be looked on priority. On the occasion a colourful variety programme was also presented by the students of the institution which was highly appreciated by the Minister and audience. Homeopathic Medical Association elects adhoc committee Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: To gear up its activities and give a new shape to the organisation, J&K Homeopathic Medical Association elected an adhoc committee for six months. Dr V P Sethi was nominated as working president while Dr R S Dhar and Dr K L Sharma have been appointed as general secretary and vice-president, respectively. The adhoc body was elected during a meeting of the Association members under the chairmanship of Dr V P Sethi. Sadhotra addresses public meetings in Akhnoor Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Canvassing for the party candidate in Akhnoor by-election, National Conference provincial president Ajay Sadhotra alongwith some others senior leaders of the party, addressed a series of public meetings at Akhnoor, Chowki Chowra, Rai Sialot and Ghre Majhoor in the Assembly constituency. Mr Sadhotra alleged that the State Government has totally neglected Akhnoor during the last two years. Whatever development has been done in the constituency, was done by the previous NC Government, he said claiming that various road projects and watershed programmes were sanctioned and executed in Akhnoor constituency during NC regime. Charging the coalition Government with failure on all fronts, the NC leader alleged that the Congress was misleading people to get votes. He also cautioned people of Akhnoor against the false propaganda of the ruling coalition partners and appealed voters to vote and support NC candidate Baldev Singh Bhau to give him a chance to work for them. MLA Rachpal Singh and Pt Chander Mohan Sharma, youth NC leader, who were accompanying Mr Sadhotra, called upon the party workers to fan in their respective areas and work unitedly for the victory of Baldev Singh Bhau. They stressed that National Conference will soon return to power in the State and re-start developmental works which have been stopped by the coalition Government. |
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