145th birth
anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
celebrated
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JAMMU, Jan 12 : Minister
for Health and Medical Education,
Mangat Ram Sharma has said that
best tribute to Swami Vivekananda
into follow his teachings for
strengthening the nation and
upholding its secular character.
Addressing
at a function organized by
Vivekananda Kendra Jammu to
celebrate his 145th birth
anniversary here today, the
Health Minister said Swami ji
always stood for truth and
welfare of poor, adding that this
great saint showed the right path
for strengthening the bonds of
love and amity. He said great
Swami ji always thought about a
great nation full of love,
sincerity, good motives, truth
and purity.
He
exhorted upon the youth to join
the great saints mission in large
scale to make his dream a
reality. He also called opon them
to acquaint themselves with moral
and religious education besides
bringing excellence in academics.
Mr.
Sharma appreciated the work being
done by the Jammu chapter of
Swami Vivekananda Mission for
strengthening communal harmony,
tranquility and brotherhood in
the State and assured all
possible help in this endeavor
from the Government. He stressed
upon the functionaries of the
organization to work with
dedication for the upliftment of
the poor to realize the dream of
Swami Vivekananda for making
India a strong nation.
Joint
Director Information S. K. Sharma
in his address threw light on the
life and teachings of Swami ji
and said "if we follow the
path shown by this great saint we
succeed on all fronts". He
stressed upon the members to
spread the message and teachings
of Swami ji among the masses to
bring spiritual awakening as
envisaged by this great saint.
Mr.
Sanhotra Vibhag Pramuk of North
states, Additional SP Jammu city
Shakti Pathak and other
dignitaries also spoke on the
occasion and expressed their
views about the teachings and
workings of great saint. They
said it was the need of hour to
follow the path shown by him for
making India state.
On
the occasion, a debate
competition was held on
significance of, "Swami
Vivekananda’s teachings in
present day context" in
which 10 educational institutions
participated. Kanika Chauhan of
Oriental Academy was adjudged as
first,Regzin of DBN as 2nd and
Shweta Sharma of Vimal Public
School as 3rd.
Earlier,
a Shoba Yatra comprising of
contingents of youth and
prominent citizens was also
passed through various markets of
the city and culminated at
Nekchand Memorial Hall Rani
Talab.
Meanwhile,
Pradesh Congress Seva Dal under
the chairmanship of Balvinder
Singh Sambyal organized a
function to celebrate birth
anniversary of Swami Vivekanand
at a function at Bari Brahmana.
Speaking
on the occasion Balvinder Singh
Sambyal exhorted the youth to
follow the path as shown by Swami
Vivekanand. He said the youth
should abstain from drugs, wine,
tobacco and become a total
vegetarian and also adopt way of
life with truthfulness, Godliness
and remain struck to total
humanity. He said educated youth
should spare some time for making
the society literate.
Other
prominent seva Dal leaders who
spoke included Anil Sharma, S S
Jamwal, S Harinder Singh, Yudhvir
Singh, Munish Gupta, Vipin
Nischil, Hardev Singh Billoria,
Junir Anil Sharma, Babbal,
Prempal Sharma, Capt Uttam Chand
Sharma, Rakesh Gupta, Col Sham
Singh and Ramesh Badyal.
Bill aimed at
grabbing Shiv Khori shrine’s
land: Mahant
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JAMMU, Jan 12: Strongly
condemning the Government for
introducing Shiv Khori Shrine
Bill in the Legislative Assembly,
Mahant Omkar Giri of Shiv Khori
Muth Sanghar said that the Bill
was aimed at grabbing the land,
property and temple with the
ulterior motives.
"Shiv
Khori Muth is in existence since
time immemorial and the
administration of the Muth is
governed by the Mahants of
"Zoona Akhara" Marhee
13 Girinaamaa of Dashnaam and the
Government has no right to take
control of such a shrine",
he said,
Mahant
Omkar Giri alleged that MLA Reasi
Jugal Kishore Sharma has an eye
on the income and property of the
Shiv Khori Shrine and has
purchased big chunk of land of
shrine on the name of Benami
associates by managing wrong
entries in the revenue record
with the connivance of revenue
officers.
He
said that Government has no right
to grab the land of the Muth
donated by the people of the
local areas to the Gupha Shiv
Khori Muth. "The act of
Government amounts to the
infringement of fundamental and
legal rights as well as hurts the
sentiments of local people and
entire Hindu community and Sadhu
Samaj", he added.
Mahant
Omkar Giri urged upon the Chief
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to
withdraw the bill which got
framed and introduced at the
behest of Jugal Kishore Sharma.
Workshop on
"Better Policing in
J&K" at JU
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JAMMU, Jan 12: The
Commonwealth Human Rights
Initiative (CHRI) and Yakjah
Reconciliation and Development
Network in collaboration with
‘The Law School’,
University of Jammu (JU)
organized a workshop on the topic
"Towards Better Policing in
Jammu and Kashmir" in
university here today.
The
workshop was inaugurated by
Director SKPA, IGP Ram Lubhaya.
Secretary State Women Commission,
Hafiza Mazaffar and Additional
Advocate General, Seema Khajuria
were also present during the
inaugural session of the
workshop.
While
speaking during the workshop, IGP
emphasized over the importance of
better policing and said, "
State police is also working
towards the modernization and
steps are being taken towards
this, as it has become necessary
to bring reforms to keep pace
with the changing time and needs
of people".
Meanwhile,
Hafeeza Muzaffar and Seema
Khajuria emphasized upon the need
to bring the reforms in policing
with an immediate effect, as it
was the need of the hour to make
it more people friendly.
Pushkar
Raj from CHRI also spoke and
detailed about the directives of
Supreme Court on police reforms.
He apprised that only few
selective States brought about
police reforms, but the State was
lagging far behind in this
aspect.
Earlier,
Prof V K Kapoor, Director
‘The Law School’
presented the welcome address and
introduced the topic of the
workshop. SSP Rajesh Kumar,
Advocate D C Raina, CBI Inspector
Kamal Sangra, Ranjit Kalra and
Ashima Koul from Yakjah also took
part in the workshop and
presented their thoughts on the
topic. The arrangements were made
by Shah Nawaz Choudhary.
Hurriyat must
participate in elections: Bhim
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JAMMU, Jan 12: National
Panthers Party chairman Prof Bhim
Singh has said that Prime
Minister Dr Manmohan Singh should
show some courage to announce
conduct of free and fair
elections under Governor’s
rule in the Jammu and Kashmir
State.
Addressing
a press conference here today,
Prof Singh said that Hurriyat and
other Kashmiri leaders like Yasin
Malik and Shabir Shah should come
forward to contest next Assembly
elections. The NPP leader said
that he met with some Kashmiri
leaders including Mirwaiz Umar
Farooq and talked to them on the
issue. He said referendum issue
has been left behind. NC is for
autonomy and accepts accession of
J&K with the Union of India.
PDP stands nowhere and things
have considerably changed in
Pakistan. That country can not
stand on the legs of democracy
for atleast ten more years.
Prof
Singh claimed that Panthers party
will provide a window for the
Hurriyat and other Kashmiri
leaders for participating in the
coming Assembly elections in the
Jammu and Kashmir. These leaders
must participate in the polls and
work for the welfare of people of
the Jammu and Kashmir State.
Their wisdom and initiative is
needed for the development of the
State, he maintained.
The
NPP supremo further said that the
New Delhi must give assurance to
these leaders from Kashmir that
elections will be held in a free
and fair manner under independent
observers. He further demanded
that elections be held in J&K
under Governor’s rule. It
will ensure that there is no
political interference from the
parties in power during election
process.
He
also congratulated his Party
legislators for their impressive
performance in the State Assembly
and said that they forced the
Government to succumb to the
Panthers’ demand of moving a
bill on Delimitation in the
House.
Commenting
on serious allegations raised by
a young MLA ( Mr Lone) against a
Congress Minister regarding
demand and acceptance of Rs
40,000 from him as graft for a
genuine work, Prof Bhim Singh
said that now the ball is lying
in Azad’s court. It has to
be seen how the Chief Minister
who claims to be deadly against
corruption reacts over this
issue.
Several
institutions celebrate National
Youth Day
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Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12:
The birth
anniversary of great social
reformer Swami Vivekananda was
celebrated with great enthusiasm
and fervour across several
institutions today.
The
NSS units of Directorate of
Distance Education, University of
Jammu (JU) celebrated the
occasions with the inmates of Bal
Niketan, Ambphalla. They also
celebrated the festival of Lohri
with the children. Divisional
Commissioner Jammu, Sudhanshu
Pandey was the chief guest in the
programme.
While
speaking, Pandey asked the
children to follow the teachings
of Swami Vivekananda and never
feel weak. He said, "Youth
are the great power in India and
they have to be channelized in
the right direction to use it
effectively for the betterment of
the society".
Dr
Jasbir Singh, NSS coordinator,
Tilak Raj, president Bal Niketan
were also present on the
occasion.
The
Udhampur unit of Akhil Bhartiya
Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)
organized a programe at Bhartiya
Vidya Mandir, Udhampur to
celebrate Youth Day. Students,
teachers and the members of the
civil society attended the
programme.
Later,
the members of parishad took out
a rally which passed through
bazars of Udhampur and culminated
at Indira Chowk, Udhampur. Dr
Renu Sharma, Principal BVM
Udhampur and Dr Rakesh, ABVP
state president flagged off the
rally. Earlier, Dr Rakesh Sharma,
while speaking threw light on the
life and contributions of
Vivekananda.
Luthra
College of Education, Talab Tillo
also held a function in college
to celebrate National Youth Day.
On the occasion, an essay writing
competition was also organized on
the topic " Contributions of
Swami Vivekananda Towards
Renaissance of the Society".
Principal
Prof Vijay Laxmi and Rajiv
Luthra, director of the college
were also present during the
programme.
B
N College of Education, Sunjuwan
also celebrated the birth
anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
The occasion of Lohri was also
celebrated simultaneously.
A
colourful programme was organized
by the students to mark the
occasion. Principal Prof Phoola
Choudhary and Er A G Kohli,
chairman of the college also
witnessed the programme.
A
programme was organized in NITL
Hr Sec School, Udhampur to
celebrate Youth Day and Lohri
festival. Principal Ajay Gupta
and Jia Lal Gupta (former Jt
Director Education) spoke on the
occasion and threw light on the
teachings of Vivekananda.
Rama
Krishna Mission Jammu organized
an impressive function to mark
146th birth anniversary of Swami
Vivekananda as National Youth Day
(NYD) at Rama Krishna Vihar
Udhowala Jammu today.
Divisional
Commissioner Jammu Sudhanshu
Pandey, who was the chief guest
on the occasion paid floral
tributes to Swami Vivekananda.
Various school children delivered
speech on the teachings of Swami
Vivekananda and also presented
National song.
Speaking
on the occasion, Mr. Pandey
stressed upon the youth to follow
teachings and principles of Swami
Vivekananda and adopt the path of
determination, truthfulness and
honesty to achieve success in
life.
Pir Panchal
organizes Kashmir Day
Peerzada
for nurturing Kashmiri culture,
language
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Correspondent
Jammu, Jan12 : Minister
for Education Peerzada Mohammad
Sayeed said "Government is
making all out efforts for
preservation of rich Kashmiri
culture and traditions and
reputed institutions like J&K
Academy of Art, Culture and
Languages (JKAAC) are nurturing
it by many ways". Stressing
on propagation of Kashmiri
culture among new generation, Mr.
Sayeed said "Kashmir is
incomplete without Kashmiri
Pandits and Kashmiriat symbolizes
love, brotherhood, amity and
tolerance".
The
Minister was addressing function
on Kashmir Day at Abhinav Theatre
here today organized by Pir
Panchal Secretary JKACC Dr.
Rafeeq Masoodi presided over the
function.
Dr.
Rafeeq Masoodi in his address
highlighted role of Academy in
propagation of State’s rich
culture and languages. He asked
the organizers to organize such
programmes across the state.
Later,
Minister awarded meritorious and
artists of repute with trophies
and certificates.
President
of the organization Ramesh
Hangloo in his welcome address
stressed on propagation of
Kashmiri culture among new
generations, making of proper
policy for enrichment of culture
among the displaced Pandits and
introduction of Sharda script in
camp schools.
He
also demanded a Sharda University
be set up in J&K and
pilgrimage to Sharda Shrine to
PoK be restored.
On
the occasion, Dr Arjan Dev
Majboor a renowned scholar was
presented Abhinav Gupt Award
2008. The other awards were
presented to Vinod Koul, Relief
Commissioner and Neeraj Santoshi,
journalist. Deepali Wattal,
Rajesh Khar and Manik Wanchoo
enthralled the audience with
their songs.
The
Coventry Scholars Jammu, SOS,
Gole Gujral, Presentation
Convent, Abhay Public School and
Public School Mishriwala bagged
the first five prizes
respectively.
The
programme was compered by Manoj
Jad while Vijay Koul, Mukesh
Kumar, Adarsh Anand and Kuldeep
Koul organised it.
Khajuria asks
Partymen to strengthen booth
committees
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JAMMU, Jan 12: Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP), state
president, Ashok Khajuria has
stressed upon his Partymen to
strengthen the booth committees
in order to bring the Party in a
commanding position in the next
Assembly elections.
Addressing
a workers meeting at Gajansoo,
organised by BJP Marah block,
today, he said the polling booth
committees are the real strength
of the Party and maximum efforts
are needed to ensure that the
services of these committees are
utilized in a proper way.
Charging
the State and Central Governments
of surrendering before the
anti-national elements, Mr
Khajuria said that the soft
approach towards militants and
their supporters in and outside
the Government has encouraged
these elements and demoralized
those who have been sacrificing
their lives in order to bring
peace and normalcy in the State.
He
made a strong dig at Finance
Minister, Mr Tariq Hamid Qarra
for demanding separate currency
for the state and said that this
Government has lost the moral
right to remain in power as its
ministers preach sedition.
He
said the state has witnessed huge
loss of precious lives and
property during last 18 years of
militancy. But Government is not
serious in curbing the terrorism.
He
also took the coalition to task
for its failure in providing jobs
to the unemployed youth, grant of
citizenship rights to the
refugees from West Pakistan and
the refugees of 1965 and 1971,
containing sky rocketing prices
and curbing militancy.
Others
who attended the Party meeting
included Col. (retd) Utam Singh,
BJP president District Akhnoor,
Ch. Sukhnandan, president Kissan
Morcha of BJP, S Hardeep Singh,
Rajinder Singh, Sardari Lal and
Ram Lal.
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