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have first drive-in tourist centre Excelsior Correspondent Lavdora (Qazigund) July 17: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today laid the foundation of the State’s first ..........more Constitute
Development Excelsor Correspondent BARAMULLA, July 17: Minister for Finance & Planning, Muzaffar Hussain Baig has called for constituting Development Committees at village and mohalla level in rural and urban areas respectively, which, he said could project the developmental needs of their ...........more Industrialists
of IGC Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17: To protect their interests and rights, industrialists of the Industrial Growth Centre (IGC) Samba today constituted an eleven members .........more |
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Children Theatre Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17: Children’s theatre festival celebrating ‘childhood’ concluded here today with performance of play-" Mere Hisse ki Dhoop Kahan Hai". .......more CM proposes ‘Kashmir Willow’ as brand name for cricket bats Excelsior Correspondent Sethar (Bijbehara), July 17: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called for a brand name for cricket bats manufactured in Kashmir saying it would standardize the local product and ensure better market............more Milk,
poultry produce Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, July 17 : In order to provide the awareness to the cattle breeders about the latest know-how of live-stock development and convert local breed into crossbreed, the Animal Husbandry department Baramulla organised a cattle show-cum-awareness camp at Wagura, Sangrama ................more New
Colleges to function Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17: With a very thin roll of students and almost negligible infrastructure, the newly opened Government Degree colleges in Jammu division ............more |
PKM holds demonstration, rejects dialogue with Hurriyat Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU , July 17: Panun Kashmir Movement (PKM) held a demonstration at Dogra Chowk here today to protest against what it called the anti Pandit policies of the State Government. The demonstrators warned the Government that Pandits will accelerate the struggle in case the Government does not change its attitude towards the hapless people who have been forced to flee from the Valley by militants. Earlier the organisation held its Youth convention for 2005 in which a large number of delegates participated. In his address PKM chief Ashwani Kumar Chrangoo termed the contact exercise being made by Hurriyat Conference with displaced Pandits as an effort to seek representation and throw a curtain on the genocide and ethnic cleansing of minorities in Kashmir. He made it clear that the Pandits can not trust the conglomerate as they know Hurriyat’s agenda is to seek separation from India. He said the Pandits have rejected the return formula of the Government to clusters and with the same voice they reject the dialogue with Hurriyat leadership. He said the Pandits are well aware about the root cause of exile. "The Hurriyat wants to seek separation from India through political means as the terrorist gun has failed to drive out India from Kashmir", he added. Mr Chrangoo said that an indigenous group of homogeneous population, Pandit community has claim on territory of Kashmir and by virtue of this claim, the community treats the accession of J and K to India as final and complete. Pandits are also first and natural party to any dialogue with the Government of India on the future political set up of the state within Indian Union, he added. He urged the community to be vigilant and keep the on going developments concerning Kashmir under constant watch. He also warned those community members who on the behest of separatists blame the former Governor Jagmohan for the migration. He said the recent spate in the terrorist violence in the Valley against the civilians including school going children and the security personnel has made the security situation quite alarming. The infiltration of the armed terrorists from across the border is a continuous process and Pakistan has backtracked from its word of not allowing terrorist structures to function on its land against India, he added. The PKM chief said under these circumstances demands made by various leaders in the Valley for reduction of security forces and the declaration of unilateral internal cease-fire as an ingredient of confidence building measures to strengthen the so called policies of healing touch and peace process. He also accused the State Government of being hell bent to destablise the community by forcibly evicting the members from quarters, stopping their relief and putting them to unnecessary trouble. "This attitude of government is hostile regime for the Pandits", he added. Mr Chrangoo alleged that by denying the jobs to the Pandit youth the government was forcing them to leave the state. He appealed the youth to get ready for struggle to achieve their rights. Among other who addressed the convention include S N Dulloo, P N Raina, Vijay Qazi, Virender Kaul and Nanaji Dembi. The programme was conducted by P K Bhan and Upinder Kaul while the welcome address was made by Prof. H L Jalali, vice president PKM. |
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5 k oil black-marketers arrested by police Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17: Police have arrested five persons for indulging in black-marketing of kerosene oil in Rehari Colony, Sarwal and Jhullaka Mohalla. SSP Jammu Mukesh Singh said a City police party led by SHO Bakshi Nagar Inspector Sajjad Khan under the supervision of SP City Manohar Singh arrested three factory owners for purchasing kerosene oil in black-market. They have been identified as Ashwani Gupta of Sarwal, Pawan Anand of Rehari Colony and Satnam Singh of Resham Ghar. A kerosene oil depot holder Anil Kumar Chibber son of Om Prakash Chibber R/o Rehari Colony was arrested along with 600 litres of kerosene oil. He had dumped kerosene oil at a hideout instead of his depot for selling it in black-market. Another kerosene oil depot owner Rakesh Kumar Sharma of Jhullaka Mohalla was arrested along with 1200 litres kerosene oil.Police arrested a purse snatcher within minutes after he snatched a purse from a woman Ranjeet Kour of Gole Gujral from outside the MA stadium this afternoon. He has been identified as Gurminder Singh son of Satnam Singh R/o Rahimpur, Jalandhar The woman raised an alarm after she was robbed of her purse. Police parties of Nowabad police station, deployed outside the stadium, immediately swung into action and arrested the purse snatcher. Police said he has also disclosed identity of his associates during questioning. Efforts were on to apprehend them. |
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to have first drive-in tourist centre Excelsior Correspondent Lavdora (Qazigund) July 17: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today laid the foundation of the State’s first drive-in tourist reception centre here. Named as the Gateway of Kashmir- Tourist Complex Lavdora, the modern facility would be constructed on the National Highway at an estimated cost of Rs. 3.65 crores. The Central Government would provide Rs. 1.65 crores under the approved tourism circuit. Following the increase in the tourist inflow, the need was felt to raise a modern tourist complex at Qazigund, 74 km from capital Srinagar, the entry and exit point in Kashmir and also known as the gateway to the Valley. The elaborate wayside tourist infrastructure would comprise tourist information centre, restaurant and shopping centre, parking and public conveniences, amphitheatre, water bodies and landscaped area. Setting July 13 next as the target date for inauguration of the tourist complex, the Chief Minister, at a largely attended public meeting held here after the inauguration, said it would be an all inclusive tourist facility and the show window of Kashmir tourism. He said the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is the most frequently used road by tourists to enter and leave Kashmir. He said out of 7.75 lakh tourists and pilgrims visiting the valley last year, 7 lakh travelled through this road only. He said it was felt to have a wayside modern tourist facility at Qazigund which would be a byword for Kashmir tourism. Deputy Chief Minister, Mangat Ram Sharma, Minister for Tourism, Ghulam Hassan Mir, Minister of State for Home, A. R. Veeri, Minister of State for Industries and Commerce, Raman Mattoo, Minister of State for Tourism, Jugal Kishore and MLA, Devsar, Sartaj Madni and senior officers of tourism department were also present.The Chief Minister said his Government has taken various steps to revive tourist activity in the Valley and raising of infrastructure facilities is one of the most important measures. He said tourist places have been given facelift and facilities added. He said side by side with the government initiative, private individuals have also started investing in tourism infrastructure. The concept of tourist villages is catching up with the public in view of the insufficient tourist accommodation available in the Valley, he said adding last year many tourists had fanned into adjacent villages in Pahalgam and Gulmarg to seek accommodation. Responding to the demands of local population, the Chief Minister announced upgradation of Lavdora Middle School to high school. He said the demand for flood protection bund would be explored. Addressing the gathering, Deputy Chief Minister, Mangat Ram Sharma said the proposed reception centre would be a multifacility counter where all the background information about the tourist places of Kashmir would be made available. He said the setting up of TRC at the place would give boost to local economy. Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Tourism, Ghulam Hassan Mir said the tourism sector has the potential of addressing the unemployment problem in the State. He said the tourism industry in the State has been revived after a long pause and hoped that next year the tourist arrivals would touch a million mark. Minister of State for Tourism, Jugal Kishore said the Government has accorded top priority to the development of basic infrastructure at tourist spots for which development authorities have been established at various tourist places. Minister of State for Home, Abdur Rehman Veeri said the day marks an important development for Qazigund. He said the TRC would spearhead a wave of development and progress for the Levdora village. |
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Development Committees to Excelsor Correspondent BARAMULLA, July 17: Minister for Finance & Planning, Muzaffar Hussain Baig has called for constituting Development Committees at village and mohalla level in rural and urban areas respectively, which, he said could project the developmental needs of their respective areas at the appropriate forums for focused attention. Addressing public meetings at Kitchhama and Singhpora today, Mr Baig said the Development Committees, once constituted, could serve as a link between the Government and the masses and such a mechanism could help achieve the objective of equitable development. He said that such a system could also save the people from the trouble of making rounds of the civil secretariat and visiting the residences of the Ministers to put across their demands. He said these Committees could route their demands to the Government through the Panchayats, District Development Commissioners or directly bringing the same into the notice of the political executive. Mr Baig said the Development Committees could also become public watchdogs by keeping an eye on the works being executed in their respective areas. "If the Committee comes across compromise of quality in the execution of works by the executing agencies, they could immediately bring the same into the notice of the Government for appropriate action," he said. Acknowledging the support the Government getting from the Centre for the economic development of the State, Mr Baig said the Centre has been more than forthcoming in ensuring and facilitating adequate flow of funds to the State for development. He said education and health sectors have especially achieved landmarks in expansion, and the upgradation of education and health institutions on such a large-scale has taken place after more than five decades. He said the next revolution would be in road communication and power sectors as huge funds are being pumped into these sectors for upgradation and reforms. Asking the Government functionaries, especially the officers in the field to keep their doors open for the public, Mr Baig said the officers must instead of closeting themselves in their office chambers, reach out to the people to redress their grievances. Expressing grief over the continued spate of killings, especially the youths, Mr Baig said, "I fail to understand why our young generation continues to become the cannon-fodder for vested political interests." He urged the gun wielding youth to shun the path of violence and work towards negotiated settlement of the issue. Earlier, laying the foundation stone of Model Village project for Kitchhama, Mr Baig said work on upgradation of the village under the project would be taken up for execution within two days. He said Rs 1.20 crore would be spent on upgradation of roads, lanes and drains in the village under the project besides providing adequate sanitation and hygienic facilities. Responding to the demands of the locals, the Minister assured upgradation of Middle School Kitchhama to High School. He also assured to provide a water supply scheme for supply of safe potable water to the village. Laying the foundation stone of a tourist guest house at picturesque landscapes of Singhpora village, Mr Baig said the two-storied guest house would be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 40 lakh. He also announced upgradation of Kanispora-Singhpora-Khaitangan, Dardpora-Fatehpur and Delina-Singhpora-Katianwali roads. |
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Industrialists of IGC Samba constitute adhoc committee Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17: To protect their interests and rights, industrialists of the Industrial Growth Centre (IGC) Samba today constituted an eleven members adhoc committee for constituting new body. The existing body was dissolved by the general body meeting of the industrialists. Addressing a press conference, Azab Singh Wazir, who has been appointed as convenor of the adhoc committee, said that industrialists of State in general and Samba in particular have been facing lot of hardship and it was need of the hour to constitute fresh association to highlight these problems. Giving reasons for constituting the adhoc committee, Mr Wazir said that existing association was virtually ‘non-existance’. "Instead of protecting interests of the industrialists, the members of the existing body was just furthering their own personal interests", Mr Wazir alleged and pointed out that the existing team was only on papers and industrialists were even not aware of office bearers of the association. Azab Singh Wazir further stated that industrialists were of the view that new association should be formed which will protect their interests. Keeping in view the wishes and aspirations of the members, industrialists have decided to dissolve the existing body and adhoc committee was constituted. Pointing towards hardships being faced by the industrialists, Mr Wazir said that the State Government has announced many incentives for the industrialists but red tapism still prevailed in the administration. "There is rampant corruption in the departments concerned to the industry and business", he alleged and pointed out that biggest problem being faced by the industrialists was subsidy. Notwithstanding announcements of the State Government, officers at the helm of the affairs have been creating problems in granting subsidy. He drew attention of the State Government towards this red-tapism. Eleven members of the Committee are Vinod Rishi, Bharat Bhushan, Jaswinder Singh, Ashwani Abrol, Raman Thappa, B B Gupta, Sushil Mahajan, Sunil Mahajan, Harjeet Singh, Manoj Podar and Tariq Banerjee. Member of the adhoc committee Raman Thappa said that the adhoc committee will nominate an expert committee of the industrialists to form the by-laws and constitution of the Association. The adhoc committee will announce fresh elections for constitution new association and elections will be held very soon. |
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Natrang’s Children Theatre festival concludes Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17: Children’s theatre festival celebrating ‘childhood’ concluded here today with performance of play-" Mere Hisse ki Dhoop Kahan Hai". As a part of Natrang’s Sunday Theatre series, it was 34th such programme staged by the group with the initiative of director Balwant Thakur. Divisional Commissioner, Jammu B R Sharma was the chief guest, who also honoured the children for their excellent performance. The Divisional Commissioner congratulated Natrang for creating a new cultural and intellectual environment in Jammu. The thrilling performance of the play kept everyone spellbound with a powerful theme and excellent acting by young artists. The play, " Mere Hisse Ki Dhoop Kahan Hai" , deals with the hazards of population explosion and every subtly highlights every deplorable aspect of population explosion. The irony which children have to live with, the obstacles they have to face , are brought out in an intrepid manner. Beginning with malnutrition inadequate food and clothing to seeking admissions in schools and every crowded classes with no jobs and glaring shortcomings, practically every damaging result of over population is dealt with. The play warns one and all with imminent threat of disaster and destruction if this malady is not immediately arrested. The play ends with thought-provoking questions by children, " why we were brought into this world ? Where is our share of sunlight ? " The performance of children was appreciated by the chief guest. Music of the play has been given by Sanjeev Gupta and is assisted by Satish Lalotra. The play is assisted by Neeraj Kant and lights were designed and executed by Anil Tickoo. |
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CM proposes ‘Kashmir
Willow’ as brand Excelsior Correspondent Sethar (Bijbehara), July 17: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called for a brand name for cricket bats manufactured in Kashmir saying it would standardize the local product and ensure better market. Addressing a function here after laying the foundation stone of a common facility centre for cricket bat industry, the first of the kind in the state, the Chief Minister said cricket bats produced in Kashmir are made of the fine quality willow. He said the Government is keen to promote the bat industry in Kashmir and ensure that poor quality cricket bats are not sold in the name of Kashmir products as has been the case with Kashmiri shawls. He proposed ‘Kashmir Willow’ as the brand name for locally manufactured cricket bats. The Chief Minister also stressed on the need for scientific seasoning of willow clefts and said a seasoning plant would be set up within three to four months. He said the manufacturers depend on natural seasoning which is time consuming. The proposed plant would save time as also enhance the quality of the cricket bats. Setting July 13, 2006 as the deadline for completion of Rs 5.72 crores project, Mufti Sayeed said additional 300 kanals of land would be acquired to raise a cricket bat cluster here where tourists and visitors could have live demonstration of bat manufacturing process. He said an exhibition of cricket bats would be held next week at the project site itself. He said the J&K Bank branch would also be set up in the cluster for the convenience of unit holders. Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Chief Minister, Mangat Ram Sharma said the common facility centre would have all modern trading facilities like showrooms, market, banking and communication facilities for the benefit of bat manufacturing community. He said in order to encourage the local manufacturers the government has stopped export of willow clefts from the Valley. Mr. Sharma assured all help in the expansion of the cricket bat industry. To have a more enhanced view of the industry, he proposed a visit of bat manufacturers and industries department officials to Jallandhar and Meerut, the two reputed sites of cricket bat manufacturing in the country. Minister of State for Industries, Raman Mattoo, in his speech, said the cricket bat industry directly or indirectly provides employment to about 50, 000 people. Minister of State for Home, Abdul Rehman Veeri, who represents the area in the assembly, thanked the Chief Minister for setting up the facility centre at Sethar. Earlier, in his address, Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, A. Sahasaranaman said quality control labs would be set up at the centre and the designing of bats would be done as per the market requirement. He said efforts would be made to get samples of English willow from Britain for its propagation here. Architect Vikas Bhala of Dhaneshwar Dimensions also explained the architectural features of the cluster to the Chief Minister. |
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Milk, poultry produce touches new heights in Baramulla Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, July 17 : In order to provide the awareness to the cattle breeders about the latest know-how of live-stock development and convert local breed into crossbreed, the Animal Husbandry department Baramulla organised a cattle show-cum-awareness camp at Wagura, Sangrama yesterday. The camp was inaugurated by Minister of State for Education Dr Ghulam Nabi Lone who inspected the exhibition in which about 100 locally breaded jersey cows of Wagura and its adjacent villages were kept for exhibition, besides he also inspected the medical stalls set up by the Department educating the farmers how to promote highbred cattle population. Hundreds of progressive farmers attended the camp. The experts of the concerned department educate them about the development of livestock. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Lone said that cattle breeding have tremendous scope and employment potential provided it is practiced on modern lines. He said today new hybrid of cattle, sheep and goat can bring great dividends to the farmer. A wide network of veterinary centers spread over in Baramulla district have resulted in a considerable increase in cross breed population touching about 1 lakh against 45,000 in the year 1995, the Minister said. Similarly, the milk production has reached to over 1.35 lakh Mts. Generating revenue of Rs 1.50 crore per annum. Likewise, poultry production has reached to over 28 lakh kgs annually in the district. |
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New Colleges to function today
with thin Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17: With a very thin roll of students and almost negligible infrastructure, the newly opened Government Degree colleges in Jammu division are going to start class works alongwith other colleges from tomorrow. Already puzzled over the very poor response of admission seekers in these newly designated colleges, which are accommodated mostly in existing local Government higher secondary schools, incharge of these institutions are in a dilemma as minimum infrastructure required to start the class work has not yet been provided to them. At Government Degree College (Girls), Kathua, there is no sitting arrangement for the students as desks have not yet been provided while the teacher for ‘Computer Applications’, which is one of the four regular subjects being offered by the college, is also not made available by the Education authorities. Further, except the Degree Colleges at Ramnagar and Akhnoor, the strength of students in all these newly established institutions is thin as a very poor response of admission seekers was drawn due to lack of counselling, non-availability of popular and traditional subjects and alleged indifferent attitude of Education authorities in providing infrastructure to these institutions. Only seven admissions have been made in Kathua College (Girls) while the number of students is 17 and 27 at Hiranagar College and R S Pura College, respectively. The admission seekers were not provided counselling and awared about the subjects, which have been introduced in these newly opened colleges. Except Ramnagar Degree college, all the newly opened colleges have been sanctioned subjects like Applied Mathematics, Computer Application, General English and one optional subject. However, the response was encouraging in Ramnagar and Akhnoor Colleges where the number of admitted students has touched 200 and 100 mark, respectively. In Samba, 76 admissions have been made. It is pertinent to mention here that only Ramnagar college has the privilege to start all streams, including Arts, Commerce and Science with traditional as well as new subjects. |
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Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar, July 17 : Minister of State for Health and Medical Education Abdul Gaffar Sofi inaugurated Allopathic Centre at Dalwan and laid foundation stones for Sub-District Hospital Pakherpora and an additional block of In Patient Department (IPD) at SDH Chrar-e-Sharief the other day. The Sub-District Hospital at Pakherpora would be constructed by PWD R&B TT Division, Srinagar at an estimated cost of Rs. 5.70 crore. The hospital expected to be completed within two years and would have 30 bed capacity. Similarly, Rs. 1.30 crore will be spent on 90 bedded 3 storey additional In Patient block for Sub-District Hospital at Chrar-e-Sharief having patient wards, laboratory and operation theatre. Meanwhile, the Minister inaugurated a two bedded Allopathic Centre at Dalwan. The centre comprises of four rooms including doctor’s room, ward, laboratory and staff room. Addressing a series of gatherings during his tour, the Minister said that with the completion of these projects a large chunk of population of about 50 villages of Pakherpora and Chrar-e-Sharief area would get benefit. He said the pressing needs of healthcare, management in the State have been adequately taken care of by the present Government and added that services and facilities at hospitals have been improved. The locals of the area projected some demands which include establishment of Primary Health Centre at Dalwan, upgradation of Dalwan boys middle school and girls primary, macadamization of streets, adequate water and power supply, erection of school building into double storey, government bus service from Srinagar to Pallipora etc. Later, the Minister visited Primary Health Centre, Pakherpora. Members of Legislative Council Ghulam Nabi Lone and Ved Parkash Mahajan also accompanied the Minister and addressed the gatherings. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17 : Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Raman Bhalla today conducted an extensive tour of Gandhinagar constituency to take stock of various ongoing development works. The areas inspected where development works are in progress include Shastri Nagar, Basant Vihar, Trikuta Nagar, Nanak Nagar and Sanjay Nagar. On the beautification of posh Gandhinagar area, the Minister said that over Rs. 1 crore is being spent on major and minor works in the locality besides upgrading civic amenities there. Mr. Bhalla said that Gandhinagar area received focused attention with reconstruction and renovation of old and dilapidated buildings, augmentation of power and drinking water supply system, installation of new tube-wells, transformers. Earlier, the Minister also inspected work of covering of open nallahs, construction of several lanes and drains, installations of new transformers and blacktopping of various link roads. The Minister informed that a colony is coming up in Rajiv Nagar area exclusively for the poor and downtrodden sections of the society and on its completion the residential problem of these people would be solved to a larger extent. Mr Bhalla said that work on repair and renovation of park and gardens as well as planting of saplings is going on full swing. Enroute, a number of deputations and individuals met the Minister and apprised him of their problems. |
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NC workers protest, stage dharna at Chanderkot Excelsior Correspondent RAMBAN (DODA), July 17: Activists of National Conference led by MLA Ramban, Dr Chaman Lal held protest demonstration and staged dharna at Chanderkot today. The residents of villages namely- Rajgarh, Kastigarh, Desa and Sarajgarh were protesting against the apathetic attitude of the Government in mitigating their sufferings. While addressing the gathering, provincial president of the Party, Ajay Sadhotra strongly criticised the Mufti Sayeed Government and alleged that it has lost its human face in mitigating public sufferings. He said these villages have been cut off from rest of the country after the only foot bridge washed away in rising water level in Chenab river. People are without ration and other essential items for the days together. They are facing starvation and the Government has shut its towards their plight. It is very unfortunate that the restoration works on the washed away bridges, foot bridges and roads have not been taken in hand as yet and the people are apprehending that Government was deliberately delaying the restoration of these roads, because this constituency is represented by National Conference MLA, Mr Sadhotra maintained. The NC leader asked the Government to be just with the people of these remote areas and take up restoration works at the earliest and provide ration to the poor people of these areas. He further asked the people of these areas to remain cool. He warned if the Government failed to restore power house, Rajgarh road, Bhopa Pul Kashtigarh road, Dhandi Padri road, Trungal bridge and Masru bridge with in one month, there will be mass blockade of National Highway by the residents supported by National Conference. Dr Chaman Lal said that Ramban college is being opened only with the initiative of Dr Farooq Abdullah and Government agreed only after Dr Abdullah offered Rs one crore support for construction of building of Degree college. PDP-Congress can not take credit for it. MLA Kishtwar Sajjad Kitchloo also spoke on the occasion. |
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APEDA to provide financial assistance for Pack House Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar July 17 : A memorandum of understanding for setting upon 'integrated grading house' at Shopian was signed by the Agricultural Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) and Incharge Horticulture Produce, Marketing and Processing Corporation (JKHPMC) at New Delhi the other day. As per the MOU an advisory committee comprising of representatives of the APEDA and JKHPMC, fruit growers and fruit merchants will monitor the functioning of the facility. On this occasion the Commissioner Secretary, Agriculture Production Department, Khursheed Ahmad Ganai asked for financial assistance from APEDA for setting up of integrated Pack Houses in Sopore and Srinagar. It was decided during the meeting that a two day workshop will be organized for the fruit growers and fruit merchants of the valley from August 5, 2005 to educate them about various schemes of APEDA. Besides, an awareness camp will be organized from August 30, 2005 for the Agriculture graduates of the State. |
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JKAC highlights burning demands Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17: All Jammu and Kashmir Ayurvedic Congress in a meeting under the presidentship of Dr B R Sharma, while hailing the opening of new Ayurvedic dispensaries, has impressed upon the Government to get said dispensaries regularized under respective District Plans, instead of running on internal arrangement basis. The meeting held that system of withdrawing staff from sanctioned dispensaries to manage these 20 new dispensaries is counter productive and against collective interests of the system. They demanded that recruitment of Medical Officers be made through Public Service Commission on regular basis. The speakers reiterated their demand of upgradation of Government Ayurvedic Hospital to 100 bed hospital in place of 25 bed hospital. The speakers included Dr T R Gupta, Dr Shiv Dutt Sharma, Dr H N Patwari, Dr Shri Niwas Gupta, Dr Ashok Gupta, Dr Vipan Sharma, Dr A K Chowdhary, Dr Satya Gupta, Dr Kamlesh Sharma and Dr R L Sharma. |
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KP organisations stage
demonstration against Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17: The activists of All State Kashmiri Pandit Solidarity Conference (AKPSC), its women’s wing and Geeta Satsang Ashram Muthi Camp held a demonstration at Trikuta Nagar against an engineer and his family who have not only tortured their daughter in-law but also got remarried their son despite his first wife. The demonstration was led by Rajni Bhat, president Women’s Wing AKPSC and among others it was addressed by O N Trisal and Swami Kumar Ji. The, demonstrators who included a seizable number of women while shouting slogans against the family and the second marriage by the engineer in presence of of his wife demanded action under law against him. Addressing the demonstrators Swami Kumar Ji expressed grave concern over the growing trend of divorces and marriage disputes among the Kashmiri Pandit families. Addressing the demonstrators Ms Rajni Bhat said her organization will launch a crusade against the growing social evils in general and torturing of the house wives by their husbands and in-laws in particular. She said that another demonstration will be held at Bantalab where also one young house wife has been allegedly thrown out from her house by the in-laws and her husband. |
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Two free asthma treatment camps organised Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17: Two free medical camps for Asthma patients were conducted yesterday and today at two different places in the vicinity of Jammu city. The first camp was organized yesterday in Justice Mehar Chand Mahajan Charitable Hospital, Gandhi Nagar by eminent physician Dr Vijay Gupta in which around 60 patients were examined and free lung test was performed with the help of spirometer. Free inhalers and rotacaps with rotahalers were given to the patients. Patients were also shown patient education CDs on laptop and a Jeetange Hum CD on Asthma was also shown. Booklets were also distributed amongst the patients and they were given free anti-biotics and cardiac drugs. Second free medical camp for Asthma patients was held today in Muthi area by eminent physician Dr T K Moza, in which free inhalers, Rotacaps, Rotahalers, antibiotics and cardiac drugs were distributed besides conducting free LFTs.
Asst Information officer passes away Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU,July 17: The Joint Director of Information, S. K. Sharma alongwith its officers and staff members today visited at the native village of Late Narinder Singh, Assistant Information Officer, who passed away due to cardic arrest at his residence in Hiranagar this morning. Mr. Singh, 56, is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son The Vice Chairman Jammu Development Authority, K. B. Jandial also joined the last journey of Late Mr. Narinder Singh. Large number of journalists, friends and prominent citizens too attended the funeral of Mr. Singh. The Joint Director Information and officials of information department have expressed sympathies with the bereaved family and prayed to Almighty to give eternal peace to the departed soul as also impart courage to the near ones to bear this irreparable loss. Meanwhile, Director Information F.A. Renzu has expressed his shock and grief over the passing away of Mr. Narinder Singh. In his condolence message, Mr. Renzu recalled the qualities of head and heart of Mr. Singh and said that he was an asset to the department. Death anniversary of Jathedar Harnam Singh observed Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, July 17: Eleventh death anniversary of Late Jathedar Harnam Singh, president SAD J&K was observed in a function held here today. The state unit of SAD in a function organised at Gurdwara Kalgidar here paid tributes to the late Akali leader. After the Bhog of Sri Akhand Path Sahib, Shabad Kirtan and Gurmat Parchar was recited by eminent Ragis and preachers. The speakers while paying tributes recalled the services of late Akali leader and urged upon the government to resolve the murder mystery. Those who spoke on the occasion included— Bhai Ajitpal Singh, Bhai Tejwant Singh, Bhai Balbir Singh, Surinder Singh, Makhan Singh, Harjinder Singh Raina, Mohinder Singh, Tarlochan Singh Wazir (MLC & president SGPB) and Jagjit Singh Jagga. |
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