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Cabinet
Sub Committee discusses
issues
related to Rehbar-e-Zirat
Excelsior
Correspondent
Jammu
Jan 24: Cabinet
Sub Committee met here
today under the
chairmanship of the
Minister for Health and
Medical Education, Mangat
Ram Sharma to discuss the
issues related to
Rehbar-e- Zirat.
Among
others, Minister for
Agriculture, Abdul Aziz
Zargar, Minister for PHE
and Horticulture,
Mohammad Dilawar Mir,
Minister for R&B,
Jugal Kishore, Chief
Secretary, B.R. Kundal,
Financial Commissioner,
Agri Production,
S.S.Sahani, Financial
Commissioner, Planning
and Development, S.S.
Kapur, Principal
Secretary GAD, Khurshid
Ahmad Ganai, Principal
Secretary Law,
Commissioner Finance,
Secretary Agriculture, MD
JK Agro Industries
Development Corp were
present in the meeting.
The
committee discussed the
problems of un-employed
agriculture technocrats
and decided to formulate
a sustainable scheme to
absorb them under
Rehbar-e- Zirat scheme in
a phased manner. It was
decided to frame a 5
member committee headed
by the Chief Secretary.
The committee will come
up with a comprehensive
plan for the agriculture
graduates engaged under
Rehbar-e-Zirat scheme to
pave the way for their
absorption on regular
basis, thereby saving
their future career. The
committee has been asked
to submit its report
within one month to
Cabinet Sub Committee.
The members put further
their opinions and
suggestions on the issue.
It was given
out that at present more
than 3000 agriculture
technocrats have been
engaged and an amount of
Rs.4.90 crore has been
earmarked for this
scheme. The Secretary
Agriculture was asked to
convene the DPC and clear
the promotions which can
explore the vacancies.
The Agro
Industries Dev.
Corporation (JKAIDC)and
JK Horticulture Produce
Marketing Corporation
(KJHPMC) also came up for
discussion in the
meeting. In view of
increasing cost of the
management is increasing,
it was decided a golden
handshake offer would be
extended to more
employees to overcome the
problem. The meeting
decided that certain
portion of the assets of
the JKAIDC would be sold
out to clear the
liability of the
corporation, which has
accumulated to Rs.10.23
crore including the
salaries of the
employees. There are 326
employees working in the
Corporation, the meeting
was informed.
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KPs
to return Kashmir soon: Vakil
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Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24 : Minister for Social
Welfare Abdul Gani Vakil has expressed
hope that Kashmiri Migrants would
willingly return their homes in Kashmir
soon as nearly complete normalcy has been
restored there. They can no longer resist
the urge to live in charming environs of
their motherland, he said.
He was
addressing Kashmiri migrants of Wachi
constituency at Chinore here.
The
Minister of State for Social Welfare,
Education and Forests G. M. Saroori was
also present on the occasion.
The
Minister said that Muslim community of
Kashmir longs to see their Pandit
brethren back in valley as both the
communities have lived in perfect harmony
for centuries. He said it was in this
backdrop that Mahatma Gandhi had seen a
ray of hope emanating from Kashmir when
the entire sub-continent was engulfed by
communal frenzy.
Vakil said
the garden of Kashmir nurtured by great
saints and seers can’t bloom and
give its full fragrance unless the flower
it has lost grows again in it with the
return of Pandits. He said Hindus,
Muslims and Sikhs of Kashmir had a common
cultural heritage too strong to be broken
by vagaries of times.
The
Minister said 6500 new Anganwari centres
envisaging employment of 13000 women
would be opened in the state to extend
and augment supplementary nutrition to
all children, expectant and nursing
mothers. Transparent process of their
engagement would start after the end of
budget session. In addition, Government
would pursue for opening more such
centres with central Government, he
maintained.
Vakil
directed DSWO Jammu to cover all the left
over widows, old aged and handicapped of
Purkhoo, Muthi Phase-I and II camps under
Social Security schemes within 10 days.
He was also asked to identify women
beneficiaries of these camps for
distribution of free sewing machines
speedily.
Mr.
Saroori assured to establish 5 Anganwari
centres in the migrant camps under the
new quota. He eulogized the Pandit
community for their contribution in
education, economic and social progress
of Kashmir.
MD
JKPCC explains position
Excelsior
Correspondent
Jammu, Jan 24: Speaker Legislative
Assembly Tara Chand today convened a
meeting in his office chamber and
discussed the matter relating to
Privilege Notice brought by MLAs Mian
Altaf Ahmed and Ghulam Hassan Khan in
their capacity as Chairmen Public
Accounts and Estimates Committees against
the Managing Director JKPCC Dileep Thussu
for showing lukewarm attitude towards the
Committees.
In their
Notice, the MLAs have alleged that the
Managing Director, JKPCC did not
participate during the inspections of
some important ongoing projects
undertaken by JKPCC and embarrassed the
Committee Members. They have stated that
House Committees function as Mini Houses
and it was mandatory on the part of every
department and officer to attend its
meeting on priority and provide any
information called by the Committees.
Mr. Thussu
explained his position and said that
there was no intentional lapse on his
part. He said that directions of House
Committees were taken at the highest
esteem. He, however, assured the Speaker
that he would be more conscious and
careful towards the directions of the
Committees.
MLA Mian
Altaf Ahmed, Secretary Legislative
Assembly Mohammad Ramzan, Additional
Secretary Assembly G.N.Mir were present
in the meeting.
Parts
of Dal again freezes
SRINAGAR, Jan 24: Parts of
the world famous Dal lake were again
frozen this morning after the Kashmir
valley recorded second coldest night of
the winter with mercury dipping to minus
5.8 degree celsius.
People in
Leh, Kargil and Drass continued to shiver
as there was no improvement in the night
temperature. However, the day was
relatively warm.
Parts of
Dal lake were again partially frozen this
morning near banks after the minimum
temperature dipped to minus 5.8 degrees,
four degree below normal.
However,
the frozen parts melted as the day
progressed and the day temperature rose
to one degree above normal.
Today was
the second coldest morning, a weather
office spokesman said adding that the
coldest night was on January 2 when the
temperature dipped to minus 7.4, and
major parts of the lake were completely
frozen.
Water taps
in many areas were also frozen, affecting
normal water supply.
The
minimum was recorded at minus 7.9 degrees
when the lake was totally frozen and
people, mostly children, were playing
cricket and ice hockey on its surface in
1986. However, in 1998 the minimum dipped
to minus 7.5.
However,
the lowest minimum was recorded on
December 13,1964 when water in the lake
was totally frozen and a vehicle crossed
the water body from one end to another.
The water
level in the River Jhelum and its
tributaries has slightly increased as
snow on the upper reaches had started
melting due to above normal temperature
during the day.
The upper
reaches in the Valley had experienced
five to 10 feet of snowfall in the first
fortnight of this month, generating a
hope of sufficient water during summer
months.
However,
experts said snow was not enough to last
summer months.(UNI)
438
Forest fire incidents reported in
2007-08: Saroori
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Jammu, Jan 24: Minister
of State for Forests while replying to a
deferred question of Ashok Kumar Sharma
said, "the most common hazard in
forests was forest fire. Forest fires are
as old as the forests themselves. In the
Himalayan region, every year forest fires
leave a significant impact on the
landscape, affecting flora, fauna, human
livelihoods, and the local climate.
He said
Jammu and Kashmir being part of the
Himalayan region, also experiences forest
fires regularly. During the year 2005-06,
forest fires occurred 334 affecting
1461.6 hectares of land where as in
2006-07, 1172.3 hectares of land were
affected in 227 fire incidents and in
2007-08 up to ending December the total
number of fire incidents was registered
438 affecting 1747 hectares of land.
Besides, 118 fire incidents took place in
Wildlife Protected Areas affecting 162.13
hectare area during the last three years
up to December 2007".
He said
that the fire occurred at various places
was of two kinds namely surface fire and
crown fire adding that surface fire was
controlled by conventional method of
beating and the crown fire was controlled
by the method of aerial spray, etc.
The
Minister said, "nearly 50% of the
fires are caused intentionally by men
with the objectives of burning of the
under-growth and grass to collect MFP,
scaring away wild animals from near by
villages, to get good growth of grass in
the following season and to clear
under-growth with the ultimate aim of
cultivating and encouraging the area. He
said that fires are also caused due to
carelessness while as the natural fires
are extremely rare caused by lightning
and rolling stones".
He further
said, "in sub-tropical area of the
State which comprises mostly Chir
forests, the dry needles being very
inflammable in nature catch fire very
easily in dry weather. Chir being fire
resistant species is generally not
affected with the normal fires except
when it is in the seedling stage.
He said,
"Forest fires have both harmful and
beneficial effects depending upon
duration and intensity of fire and
species effected. In any area, forest
fires can be beneficial to some species
and detrimental to others".
"Every
forest fire incident is registered with
the concerned Range Officer
(Territorial). The cases are enquired
into by the concerned Block Forest
Officer and further action is taken as
per his report. The loss is assessed by
the Block Forest Officer and duly
compounded. If the culprit is identified
as responsible for fire, action as per
the provisions of the J&K Forest Act
is taken by challenging the case in the
court of law", Mr. Saroori added.
Mr Saroori
said, "Forest fires are managed by
the territorial staff of Forest
Department in traditional manner by
heating the ground fire and spraying the
water from nearby streams and springs.
Cooperation from local people residing in
the area who avail various concessions
from the forests is also solicited.
Control Rooms have been established in
all the territorial divisions.
The Forest
Department is not having adequate
infrastructure for control of forest
fires. A forest guard in our state has
the task of monitoring about 5 to 10 sq.
kms of area. The movement of security
forces and other people inside the
forests during the dry spell can not be
controlled by the department. The aerial
backup for control of crown fires is not
at all available.
"The
Forest Department has submitted a
proposal under ‘Integrated Forest
Protection (IFP) scheme’ with
financial outlay of Rs. 29.13 crores to
Government of India for implementation
during 11th five year plan. The project
proposal has ‘Fire Management’
as one of the in-built components",
he added.
He said
that Jammu and Kashmir State Forest
Corporation (SFC) the sawn timber stocks
are lying in forests and transit depots
has been viewed as soft target by
anti-social elements especially in the
inaccessible areas of erstwhile Doda
district since 1990. He said 98 fire
incidents took place from 1990 till date
in SFC coupes and operational areas
gutting 47877 lakh cft timber. The cost
of gutted stocks has been estimated to
the tune of Rs. 4201.303 lakh. He said
cases of loss of SFC stocks in fire
incidents were registered with the police
and departmental enquiries where also
conducted. Almost all the cases of fire
incidents were proved as handiwork of
anti-social elements. However, he said
that SFC has recovered Rs. 21 crore as
claim from insurance companies and Rs.
4.50 crore is pending claim with the
insurance companies.
The
work of young artists fascinates
By Ravinder Kaul
It is an
effort unprecendented in the art world of
J&K State. A group of young artists,
without any official or corporate
patronage, deciding to hold an art camp
on their own steam denotes the confidence
of these artists in their own creativity
and their will to keep the art in them
alive against all odds. This virtual act
of defiance reminds one of a couplet in
Urdu:
Tum hata
lo apne ehsanaat ki parchhaiyaan
Mujhko
jeena hai to apna saaybaan ban jaoonga
The ten
artistes, all of them alumni of the
Institute of Music and Fine Arts,Jammu
organised a ten day camp in Kala Kendra
and the works of art created by them in
the camp were exhibited by them in one of
the galleries of the Kala Kendra for
public viewing. The initiative of these
artists received due appreciation from
the officials of the J&K Academy of
Art, Culture and Languages and Dr. Rafiq
Masoodi, Secretary of the Academy, came
forward to provide the venue for the camp
and the space for the gallery to these
artistes without any charges.
The art
works displayed by these artists in the
Gallery are a sure sign of the fact that
the art scene in Jammu has come of age.
These young artistes, who are just
embarking on their journey towards
finding their moorings in the art world,
already display a rare maturity in their
works. There sure are certain rough
edges, but with time these will get
smoothened as they etch their name on
canvas of time.
The
painting done in pastel colour by Hriday
Kant is strangely reminiscent of
Ardhnarishwar, half woman and half man.
Kanchan Verma has an abstract work in
acrylic on canvas that is quite
interesting. Banita Bhau’s
‘Satisfaction’ has a a group of
women sitting with their back towards the
viewer and a woman sleeping in the
foreground, all of them basking in the
golden rays on an evening sun in the
winter, while the mountain in the
backdrop reflects the sun rays. It is a
beautiful work.
Arjinder
Kumar, who has recently completed his
post-graduation from Shanti Niketan in
West Bengal, has painted ‘Pigeon
Holes’ in all the three of his
works. He works in spherical forms and
his paintings contain black, white and
gray tones. Vikas Sumbria has five works
on display and he has painted a series on
‘Nature’ in his own inimitable
exercise in abstraction. Seema Sharma has
also painted 'Nature' in abstract with
Dry Pastel colours. Another of her
paintings has yellow as the prominant
colour with a brown and red sun
dominating the canvas. She has another
small but quite interesting work in blue,
yellow and black color tones on display
in the exhibition.
Amarjit
Singh’s work in waterproof ink on
canvas has vibrant colours. All his
paintings are replete with interesting
arrangements in attractive colours. The
rich texture of one of his works in
Acrylic is also captivating.
The
sculptors in the group have also come up
with some very interesting creations.
Mukesh Kumar’s work Faith has a
spiritual aura surrounding it. Banita
Bhau works on Mechanical Forms and her
interpretation of a Sewing Machine in the
exhibition is quite interesting. Sudhir
Kamal’s ‘Childhood
Memories’ is a very mature work and
provides the viewer an opportunity to
peep into his or her own childhood. Rajni
Slathia’s ‘Corn’, is also
a very good piece of sculpture. She
exhibits a confidence of a master in her
work.
Despite
the defiant mood of the artists, it must
be said that the artists can not survive
without the support of the society in
which they live. It is the bounden duty
of all the members of the society not
only to appreciate these artists but also
to acquire their works. The corporate
sector has its own role to play in this
regard. They have to take over the
responsibility that was once shouldered
by our royal courts.
Had it not
been for the heads of the tiny
principalities of Jasrota, Basohli and
Poonch, would we have been the inheritors
of the rich treasure of miniature
paintings that makes us feel proud of our
heritage today? Our gratitude for the
chieftains of these small kingdoms is
today an indicator of the fact that how
even ‘not very rich’ people can
help in keeping our heritage alive. Will
our future generations be proud of our
industrialists, businessmen and corporate
sector of Jammu in the times to come for
helping in keeping the art and culture of
this land alive in their own time? The
history will not judge them by the
mansions built by them but by the art
works retrieved from their buildings when
these are dismantled for making way for
more modern and more lavish houses. Their
acts today will determine the manner in
which history will judge them. Is anyone
listening?
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R-Day full dress
rehearsal conducted
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Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: Final dress
rehearsal for Republic day
function was held in the premises
of M.A Stadium, Jammu here today.
The
Divisional Commi-ssioner Jammu
Sudhanshu Pandey, District
Development Comm-issioner Jammu
Hirdesh Kumar Singh, General
Officer Comm-anding 26 Inf
Division Major General Sanjeev
Loomba SM, IGP S.P Vaid, Joint
Director Information S. K.
Sharma, Senior Officer of Army,
Police and many other departments
were present on the occasion.
During
the programme, Army equipments
display was performed which was
followed by various cultural
items performed by different
schools. The programme which
included Army Equipment display,
cultural items, Card display back
pavilion and in the end Dare
Devils was appreciated by the
Divisional Commissioner Mr.
Sudhanshu Pandey and other senior
officers.
Department
of Youth Serv-ices and sports
arranged the programme. Various
participating scho-ols exhibited
their items which include
patriotic song by Army School
Domana, Dogri Song by M.H.A.C
School Nagbani, Mass Physical
Display by different school,
Kashmiri song by Girls Higher
Secondary School Canal Road,
Dogri song by D.B.N Talab Tillo
Jammu, Bartyam by different
school, Punjabi Song by Girl
Higher Secondary School Rehari
and item by J&K Public School
Miran Sahib.
Meanwhile,
the Deputy Commissioner Jammu
Hirdesh Kumar Singh said that
utmost efforts have been made for
comfortable transportation of
public to the venue to ensure
maximum participation. For the
first time, there are no traffic
restrictions in the entire city
except in and around the main
venue. For Parking of private
vehicles, proper parking slots
have been kept at Jammu Haat,
Exhibition ground and cultural
Academy which can accommodate
about 4500 vehicles. Traffic cops
have been deployed to guide the
public vehicles to appropriate
parking places.
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Charak for
research oriented higher
education
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Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: Higher
education should aim at building
a firm edifice for carrying out
research and scientific pursuits
necessary for expanding knowledge
about vedic, philosophy,
‘nature’ and its
phenomena.
This
was stated by Minister for Higher
Education Gulchain Singh Charak
at the inaugural function of
‘Series of Lectures on
issues related to Higher
Education’ here at
Government College for Women
Gandhi Nagar.
Commissioner/Secretary
Higher Education, Pramod Jain,
Director Colleges, Dr. N.D Wani
were also present on the
occasion.
The
Minister said that Higher
Education has expanded manifold
in the present globalized
scenario with increasing number
of scholars seeking
specialization in different
fields of education.
Congratulating the Principal of
the college for creating a new
cell relating to vital importance
of higher education presently
headed by Prof Veena Rani of
Economic Department, Mr Charak
said that this will fulfill the
need for incorporating new and
creative ideas for the betterment
of students, teaching, fraternity
and mankind at large.
Earlier,
Prof Veena Gupta Principal
Government College for Women
Gandhi Nagar, Jammu gave a brief
account about the innovative
programme under Internal Quality
Assurance Cell (IQAC) wherein a
series of lectures will be
delivered by the faculty. The
inaugural lecture in the
‘series of lectures’
was delivered by Prof Veena Rani
of the Economics Department on
the topic "Relevance of
Vedic Philosophy" to the
subjects taught in the
educational institutions in
present scenario and its
application in day to day life
events.
The
lecture was followed by lively
interactive session in which
Director Colleges and
Commissioner Secretary apart from
the faculty and students posed
questions to the speaker, Dr.
Hemla Aggarwal, Convenor IQAC
presented the vote of thanks.
JK Minerals
workers without wages for 7
months
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JAMMU, Jan 24: A
delegation of J&K Minerals
and Coal Mines, Kalakote workers
led by president Indian National
Trade Union Congress Shiv Kumar
Sharma met the Minister for
Industries and Commerce Nwang
Rigzin Jora and apprised him of
their problems.
Accompanied
by J S Thakur, chairman J&K
Mineral Workers Coordination
Committee the delegation members
discussed their burning problems
with the Minister and sought
immediate redressal. It was told
to the Minister that workers have
not paid their salaries for the
last seven months. Due to this
attitude of the department,
employees’ families were
facing starvation. The retiring
or retired employees were not
getting gratuity and other
terminal dues. They also demanded
release of COLA immediately.
The
Minister gave patient hearing and
assured that their genuine
demands will be redressed
shortly.
Fake currency
worth Rs 2000 seized
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POONCH, Jan 24: The police
arrested a Forest Department
employee with fake currency worth
Rs 2000 in Poonch town here
today.
A
police spokesman said that the
employee identified as Mohd
Farooq, son of Afra Saif,
resident of Sagra had gone to LIC
office to deposit his premium
against the LIC policy taken by
him. He had this fake currency in
the shape of Rs 500 denomination
notes. The LIC officials called
police, which seized the currency
and took this employee into
custody. They have started
investigation to know the source
of this fake currency. A case was
also registered in this
connection.
Rehman blames
coalition Govt for mess in State
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JAMMU, Jan 24: Stating
that ideological differences
among the partners in the
coalition Government has hindered
the administrative working,
Sheikh Abdul Rehman, Samajwadi
Party (SP) state president said
that the government has failed to
deliver its promises.
Addressing
a press conference here today
after an induction function,
Sheikh Abdul Rehman said
Government is saving its skin by
safeguarding its ministers from
corruption and scam charges. He
added in Accountability
Commission cases were filed
against 15 ministers of the
Government but instead of taking
action against them Government
was trying to save them by
adopting surrogate routs.
He
asked Chief Minister to resign
and pave the way for assembly
elections, as people are devoid
of this Government and want to
bring change. He further said
that SP has come out as a great
option for the people of the
state.
Meanwhile,
among those who joined the SP
included Mehraj-ud-din Budoo,
Aijaz Ahmed Kissu, Fayaz Ahmed
Wani, Muzaffar Ahmed Kissu, Gh
Nabi Parray, Parvaiz Ahmed Malik,
Ab Rashid Najar and others
Rehbar-e-Khail in
offing
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Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: Physical
Education Trained Graduates and
undergraduates would be
accommodated in Government
service Rehbar-e-Khail teachers
on the analogy of Rehbar-e-Taleem
in Education Department. In this
regard, the matter would be
discussed in cabinet meet to be
held soon. Minister for Technical
Education Sports and Youth
Affairs Haji Nissar Ali said this
while discussing the matter with
the representatives of unemployed
Physical Education graduates and
undergraduates.
The
deputation of unemployed graduate
physical teachers led by MLA
Hiranagar and chairman SC
Advisory Board Girdhari Lal today
called on Mr. Haji.
The
Minister assured the delegation
that besides their regularization
the Government would also
consider giving relaxation in
terms of age for all those who
have crossed the age bar.
Besides,
others the deputation included
Sanjay Sharma, Mohammad Azeem,
Ravi Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Asha
Rani, Neelam Sharma, Ghulam Nabi
and others.
4-day children's
music competition concludes
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Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: The
four-day long Children's Music
Competition being organized by
J&K Academy of Art, Culture
and Languages, concluded here
today.
On
the last day today, 35 children
in the age group of 16-21 years
in amateur group, in the
discipline of Vocal (light/folk),
Vocal (classical) and
Instrumental performed, which has
witnessed by large number of
people including parents and
teachers of children.
The
children who were declared
winners in their respective
categories and age group were, in
Infant Group in Vocal
(light/folk) category, three
equal prizes were awarded to
Nandini Kapoor of Jodhamal Public
School, Dharma Dhar of K C Public
School and Mir Ehsan of JK Public
School Jammu and certificates of
merit went to Rachel Desire and
Primrov Princi of Presentation
Covent School, Zara Zulfikar,
Akshat Sharma and Ashish Pandita
of Jodha Mal Public School and
Pratima Gupta of JK Public School
Jammu.
In
Vocal (classical) category, three
equal were awarded to Vineet Puri
of Sharda Sangeet SAdan, Peral
Victor of Presentation Convent
School and Shilonika of KC Public
School. Whereas certificates of
merit went to Approva Amla of
MHAC Nagbani, Nikshap Pandita and
Suneha Koul of SOS Herman Geriner
School, Akshat of Deepak Sangeet
Vidyalaya, Riya Rastogi of Yuva
Sangeet Sadan and Adharika Handa
of Modern Music Institute Barnai,
Jammu.
In
Instrumental category, three
equal prizes were awarded to
Masnandan Singh and Gurjot Singh
of KC Public School and Shrayan
of Trinvenee Sangeet Kala Kendra.
Whereas certificates of merit to
Nitish of KV Bantalab, Naman
Sharma of Modern Music Institute
Barnai and Sushant Sathoo of
Trivenee Sangeet Kala Kendra
Jammu.
In
the Junior Group in the Vocal
(light/folk) category, first
prize went to Sanveer Singh of
Air Force School and second prize
shared by Ragini Gupta of KC
International and Falguni Katoch
of Presentation Convent School
Jammu. Consolation prizes were
awarded to Vidushi Vasisth of
Presentation Convent School,
Aneesh Khullar of Deepak Sangeet
Vidyalaya and Niharika Sharma of
St. Peter's HSS Jammu.
Certificates of merit goes to
Aparna Bhat of KC Public School
Jammu, Arunav Arora of Swar Kala
Sangam, Chetna Raina of MHAC
School Nagbani, Shimona Chib of
KC International School Jammu and
Janvi Mahajan of Kalpana Kala
Kendra Jammu.
In
Vocal (classical) category first
prize went to Pallavi Mahajan of
Sharda Sangeet Sadan and second
prize to Sourav Sharma of Swar
Sangam Sangeet Vidyalaya. Three
consolation prizes were awarded
in favour of Sharv Raina of
Sharda Sangeet Sadan, Disha
Jamwal of Presentation Convent
School and Manik Wanchoo of
Trivenee Sangeet Kala Kendra
Jammu. Whereas certificates of
merit were awarded to Ankita
Satpathy of Yuva Sangeet Sanstha,
Jammu, Mayatri Sharma of Deepak
Sangeet Vidyalaya Jammu, Amandeep
Singh of KC Public School, Shagun
of SOS Herman Geminer School and
Adweta Sharma of MHAC School
Nagbani Jammu.
In
Instrumental category, first
prize goes in favour of Bonney
Kandley of Alankar Uma Sangeet
Vidyalaya Jammu and second prize
shared by Saishate Gupta of
Trivenee Sangeet Kala Kendra and
Bhavya Jain of Sharda Sangeet
Sadan Jammu respectively.
Consolation prizes awarded to
Shivohm Gupta of Indian Institute
of Classical Music, Abhay Kumar
of SOS Herman Geminer School and
Abhey Sharma of Alankar Uma
Sangeet Vidyalaya Jammu and
certificates of merit awarded in
favour of Amber Gandotra and
Arshdeep of KC Public School
Jammu.
In
the senior group in Vocal
(light/folk) category, first
prize bagged by Approva of
Presentation Convent School and
second prize goes to Isha
Balgotra of GGHSS Rehari.
Consolation prizes has been given
to Joy Augustin of St. Peter's
High School, Suniti Sharma of KV
NO 1 and Vandana Kumari of
J&K Police Public School.
Whereas certificate of merit
awarded to Ayushi Koul and
Urvashi Koul of KC Public School,
Anika Wattoo of St. Peter's HSS,
Ravi Kumar of Love Birds Public
School and Ramanjeet Singh of Air
Force School Jammu.
In
Vocal (classical) category, first
prize goes to Mukteshi Sharma of
Lawrence Public School and second
prize give to Rishabh Raj of
Trinvenee Kala Kendra Jammu.
Consolation prizes has been
awarded in favour of Shweetaanshu
of Trinvenee Sangeet Kala Kendra,
Priya Khar of Kalpana Kala Kendra
and Opinder Bhat of Mukti Youth
Club Udhampur. Whereas
certificates of merit given to
Nausheen Padha of Army School
Kaluchak and Swati Satish of
Modern Music Institute Barnai
Jammu.
In
Instrumental Category, first
prize goes in favour of Mithlesh
Wanchoo of Trivenee Sangeet Kalla
Kendra and second prize given to
Niyanta Talwar of Institute of
Indian Classical Music Jammu.
Consolation prizes bagged by
Ashim Dhar of SM Jain HSS and
Ankit Verma of Alankar Uma
Sangeet Vidyalaya Jammu.
In
the Amateur group in the Vocal
(light/folk) category, first
prize goes to Priyanka Langeh of
Government College for Women
Gandhinagar Jammu, second prize
goes to Pryas Tukra of Prem
Sangeet Niketan Jammu and third
prize given to Pallavi Rajput of
Government College for Women
Parade Jammu. Certificate of
merit awarded to Rahul Kumar of
Institute of Music and Fine Arts
Jammu and Rekha Devi and Bandana
Kumari of Government GHSS Rehari
Jammu.
In
the Vocal (classical) category,
first prize given to Nidhi Kaila
of Government College for Women
Parade Jammu while certificate of
merit goes to Swati Sharma of
Sharda Sangeet Sadan Jammu.
In
the Instrumental category, first
prize bagged by Karan Malhotra of
SM Jain HSS Jammu, second prize
shared by Munish Sadhu of
Trivenee Sangeet Kalla Kendra and
Rohit Sharma of Saraswati Sangeet
Kala Mandir Jammu and third prize
goes to Neha Talwar of Institute
of Music and Fine Arts Jammu.
Certificates of merit awarded to
Varun Sumbria and Pooja Sumbria
of Institute of Music and Fine
Arts Jammu and Amit Bhat of
Trivenee Sangeet Kalla Kendra
Jammu.
Panel
of experts who adjudicated for
four day including Ashutosh
Sharma, Brij Mohan, Ravi Sharma,
Bahadur Singh, S Charan Singh, V
N Kohli and Yash Pal Yash and
Jahan Ara Janbaz respectively.
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Republic
Day celebration
RKJ
presents melodious music concert
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: As part of
the Republic Day celebrations,
Radio Kashmir, Jammu organised a
special live musical concert
before the invited audience at
Abhinav Theatre, here this
evening.
About
two-hour muscial, which was being
broadcasted live on Yuv Vani FM
channel of Radio Kashmir, Jammu
available on 100.3 nhz, was
applauded repeatedly by the
audience present in the
auditorium.
The
function started with lighting of
traditional lamp and welcome
address by Dr K C Dubey,
Director, Radio Kashmir, Jammu.
In his speech, Dr Dubey promised
the audince that many innovative
and entertaining programmes will
be put out in future as well by
the Jammu station. This
programme, Dr Dubey said is in
connection with the Republic Day
celebrations.
In
tune with the occasion, the
musical programme commenced with
a patriotic group song by the
young artists of Yuv Vani service
of the Jammu station.
The
main attraction of the programme
was the performance by Ral Lal
Tuli and party as also famous
Kohinoor Langa and party from
Rajasthan. Presentation of their
folk songs and dance items were
highly appreciated.
Among
others the melodious Dogri songs
and hillarious dance appealed
those present at the programme.
The Kud dance, Punjabi Gidda, lok
geets and western music item were
presented to the delight of the
audience.
The
evening was made memorable with
professional folk singers from
Jodhpur, Rajasthan and Shimla in
Himachal Pradesh.
The
compering and announcement by
Madhvi Sharma and Ravi Kant as
also Amit Sharma Sharma was
professional upto the mark.
The
function was attended by a large
cross section of society.
Director, Doordarshan Kendra,
Jammu, Mahesh Chopra; Maj Gen (
retd ) G S Jamwal, Kashmira Singh
( both ex-MLCs) and other
prominent citizens were present.
Timber traders
discuss demands
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: The
Association of Timber Industries
(ATI) under its president Thakur
Jai Singh appealed the Forest
Minister to fulfill the long and
out-standing demands of timber
traders and wood based Small
Scale Industries.
Their
demands pertained to sanction of
SSI quota to concerned units at
concessional rates to make it at
par with existing SSI units in
Kashmir valley; availability of
sufficient quantity of timber for
sale in SFC depots to make full
requirement of local consumers
and stoppage to transportation of
timber for sale at Pathankote.
The
ATI also demanded sorting and
segregation of rotten timber in
SFC sales depots and its sale
through a special auction to
avoid mixing up with serviceable
items; holding of only two
auctions in a month one each for
East and West divisions; and
Restriction on issuance of timber
for sale to fair price shops and
malpractices at various levels,
so that timber could go to the
actual beneficiaries.
Mini buses would
ply on all routes on Jan 26
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: Mini Bus
Workers Union (MBWU) in its
meeting under the chairmanship of
Anil Chopra for plying of
vehicles on all routes as there
will be no restrictions on any
route as assured by State
authority in a meeting chaired by
Divisional Commissioner Jammu.
The
Union also passed the direction
to all route presidents to check
their vehicles properly and keep
a strict eye on passengers, and
if they notice any anti social
activity of any passenger, the
police be informed immediately.
Others
who participated in the meeting
included S Niranjan Singh,
Darshan Mehra, Vijay Singh Chib,
Ch Raj Kumar, Suresh Mahajan,
Jatinder Khajuria, Onkar Singh,
Kamal Singh, Piare Lal, Om
Parkash, Bikram Dogra, Ranjeet
Singh, Ravinder Singh, Tilak Raj
and Ashok Ohri.
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Misappropriated
ration recovered, 4 arrested
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: Continuing
its drive against hoarding,
profiteering and
misappropriation, Doda Police
today recovered misappropriated
ration and arrested four persons.
Senior
Superintendent of Police (SSP)
Doda Manohar Singh said that on a
tip off that ration of Integrated
Child Development Scheme (ICDS)
Thathri was misappropriated by
the employees of the concerned
department and sold to some
shopkeepers, a case was
registered at Thathri Police
Station.
A
special team was constituted to
investigate the case. During
raids, police recovered 200
kilograms of grains and 60
kilograms of Moong dal meant for
ICDS Thathri from the shop of one
Pawan Kumar, son of Krishan Lal
of Thathri.
The
record of the office of ICDS
Thathri was also seized and
accused shopkeeper alongwith
concerned staff of ICDS were
arrested.
The
arrested employees of ICDS
Thathri have been identified as
Baljeet Singh, Statistical
Assistant, Mohan Lal, Senior
Assistant and Ghulam Hussain,
Chowkidar.
ReT Forum’s
district unit holds meeting
Excelsior
Correspondent
DODA, Jan 24: The Doda
unit of Rehbar-e-Taleem Teachers
Forum was held today a meeting
under the chairmanship of its
president Sajad Malik to discuss
long pending demands.
All
the zonal presidents of the Doda
district participated in the
meeting and highlighted the
problems being faced by the ReT
cadre.
Addressing
the cadre, Sajad sought the
enhancement in the salary of
cadre members, as promised by the
School Education Department. He
also demanded the inclusion of
service period as ReT in their
service period after
regularization.
Sajad
urged the members to attend the
mass rally of ReTs and EVs on
February 4 at Jammu, as decided
by the State body of the
association.
Others
also present were Fida Hussain
Bhat, Irshad Malik, Zaker Butt,
Satish Kumar, A A Natnoo, Falail
Singh and Altaf Bandey etc.
Finance
Commission holds meeting with
economic experts
Excelsior
Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 24:
The 13th Finance
Commission held its first meeting
with economic experts and
administrators of the country
under the chairmanship of Dr.
Vijay Kelkar today.
The
Members of the Commission, Dr.
Indira Rajar-aman, Prof. Atul
Sarma and Shri B.K. Chaturvedi
had detailed discussions with
eminent economists such as Dr.
Amaresh Bagchi, Dr. M. Govinda
Rao, Dr. Tapas Sen, Dr. Pratab
Bhanu Mehta, Dr. Haseeb Drabu as
well as Pro-fessors and
economists from University and
reputed institutes such as The
Energy and Research
Institute(TERI), Pub-lic Health
Foundation of India (PHFI),
Indian Institute of Public
Administration (IIPA), etc.
The
day long discussions focussed on
the terms of reference of the
commission, its mandate, scope as
well as suggestions for improving
the fiancés of Centre and
States. The Commission held wide
ranging discussions on the review
of the finances of the Centre and
the States and measures for
maintaining a stable and
sustainable fiscal environment
consistent with achieving
equitable growth. The operations
of the States’ Debt
Consolidation and Relief
Fac-ility introduced on the basis
of the recommendations of the
Twelfth Finance Commission also
came in for discussion in
addition to the present
arrangements regarding financing
of disaster management through
the National Calamity
Contin-gency Fund.
The
commission will hold a series of
meetings at the regional level in
various parts of the country in
the coming months. As part of its
efforts to elicit views and
suggestions, the Commission has
launched a website http://
fincom-in-dia.nic.in. It would be
an interactive website where
general public and stake holders
can submit their suggestions to
the Commission online.
The
13th Finance Comm-ission was
constituted to give specific
recommendations on the sharing of
tax receipts between the Centre
and States and also for outlining
the principles for providing
grants- in- aid to the States out
of the Consolidated Fund of
India. The Commission will also
suggest measures to augment the
Consolidated Funds of the States
to supplement the resources of
the Panchayats and
Municipalities. The Finance
Commission is expected to submit
its final report by October 2009.
BJP activists
stage protest demonstration
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: Activists
of the state unit of Bharatiya
Janata Party staged a
demonstration against the hike in
the price of essential
commodities here today.
The
protest demonstration was held
outside Raj Bhawan at Panjtirthi.
They raised anti-Congress and
anti UPA Government slogans.
State unit chief of the Party
Ashok Khajuria was leading the
protest programme which was
organised under the leadership of
District secretary, Karan Singh.
Former JMC Mayor Kavinder Gupta,
MLA Jugal Kishore and senior BJP
leader Yudhvir Sethi also
participated.
Displaying
large empty cooking Vessals, they
staged demonstration and shouted
slogans against UPA Government
and the Coalition alliance in the
State. Mr Khajuria and Mr Gupta
also addressed the gathering and
alleged that Gover-nment has
totally failed to control the
rising prices of essential
commodities especially the rice,
flour, edible oil etc. They
alleged that Congress was
hand-in-gloves with the big
business houses and was
encouraging black marketing and
hoarding.
Mr
Khajuria urged the party leaders
to reach up the masses and expose
the Congress led government as
its has totally failed to check
price hike of essentials.
Balbir
Ram, Krishan Lal Gupta, Subash
Jandial, Mohan Singh, Jaideep
Sharma Indu Bhushan and Pawan
Khajuria also participated in the
programme.
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List
of unemployed Engineers, ITI
diploma
holders sought by Govt
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan
24: The
sub-committee of the Cabinet for
employment today called the
representatives of unemployed
Engineers and ITI diploma holders
in the Civil Secretariat and held
a meeting with them.
The
meeting was presided over by
Minister for Health and Medical
Education Pt Mangat Ram Sharma
while other committee members
including Jugal Kishore Sharma,
Dillawar Mir and Abdul Aziz
Zargar were also present.
In
the meeting, representatives of
both Engineers and ITI diploma
holders were asked to submit the
detailed list of the registered
members of their associations
before February 15 for devising
the way out for their absorption
in Govt departments in next
Cabinet meeting.
The
Engineers Association was
represented by Vishal Sharma and
Gagan Singh while ITI diploma
holders were represented by
Rakesh Sharma and Vimal Dev
Sharma.
Meanwhile,
both the associations later held
meeting with their members to
discuss the situation and
appealed to stay united and
submit the said documents at an
earliest at dharna site.
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