Chhari Sthapana performed, 2800 pay obeisance at holy cave

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July 31, 2014

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Mahant Deependra Giri performing Pooja of holy mace at Amareshwar Temple, Srinagar on Wednesday. -Excelsior/Amin War

JAMMU, July 30: On day 33rd of yatra today, 2,864 pilgrims performed darshan at cave shrine of Swami Amarnath in South Kashmir district of Anantnag today.
With this the total pilgrims paying obeisance in last 33 days of Shivlingam at holy cave has touched 3, 53,059 since the 44 day long yatra started on June 28.
According to an official spokesman the yatra proceeded smoothly on both the tracks. He said 956 pilgrims left from Baltal base camp to holy cave this morning. Out of them 424 pilgrims left by foot and 532 by air, he added.
He said 500 pilgrims left from Nunwan (Pahalgam) base camp via traditional Chandanwari track under tight security early this morning. Besides the yatris camping at various camps also left for their onwards sojourn this morning under tight security arrangements.
The spokesman said one pilgrim died of heart attack at holy cave late last night due to cardiac arrest. He was identified as Vishaw Mohan Gupta, 41 of UP. With this the total pilgrims who died during ongoing yatra has touched 34. They included two pilgrims and two sewadars who were killed in cylinder blast in a langar at Dumel last week.
The spokesman said 409 pilgrims left for holy cave from Bhagwati Nagar Jammu Yatri Niwas under tight security early this morning in a cavalcade of 12 vehicles.
Meanwhile, in connection with annual pilgrimage of Chhari-Mubarak Swami Amarnathji, Chhari-Sthapana ceremony was performed chanting Vedic hymn at Shri Amareshwar Temple Akhara Building Budshah Chowk Srinagar this morning by Mahant Deependra Giri Ji.
Chhari-Mubarak (holy mace), one depicting Lord Shiva and another Goddess Parvati shall be kept in the Temple at Akhara Building Srinagar for Darshana till the commencement of main course of pilgrimage on August 6.
The True Trust, founded by Mahant Deependra Giri Ji a decade ago, has made all the necessary arrangements like yester years for Sadhus and needy from the general public coming from across the country to join Chhari-Mubarak Swami Amarnath Ji yatra for their food, accommodation and transportation during the yatra.
Traditional Chhari-Pujan will be performed at Dashnami Akhara, Srinagar on the occasion of Nag-Panchami falling on Friday the of August Ist this year.

Sikh deputation meets Dr Jitendra over Saharanpur incident

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Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh receiving a memorandum on Saharanpur incident from a Sikh deputation led by Delhi State BJP President Satish Upadhyay, MLA R P Singh and others at New Delhi on Wednesday.

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NEW DELHI, July 30 : A Sikh deputation led by Delhi State BJP President Satish Upadhyay, MLA Sardar R.P. Singh, Secretary Delhi BJP Prof. Gurmohinder Singh, Secretary Delhi BJP Sardarni Amarjeet Kaur, Convener Sikh Cell of Delhi BJP Sardar Kulwinder Singh and other prominent leaders today called on Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, MoS in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Space & Atomic Energy, and handed over to him a memorandum expressing their concerns and views over the incident of violence against the Sikh community in Saharanpur and requested that the same memorandum be placed before the Prime Minister and other senior members of the Union Ministry.
Dr Jitendra Singh gave them a patient hearing and assured them that Government stands for communal harmony and disapproves of the violence against any community. He said that the Government and the Home Ministry have already taken cognizance of the episode and taken necessary steps in the matter.
While the Government has urged upon Uttar Pradesh Government to promptly bring the situation under control, Dr Jitendra Singh also appealed to all sections of society to exercise restrain and called upon different social groups, and community leaders to cooperate in restoring calm.
Mutual co-existence and brotherhood is the greatest hallmark of Indian society and should under no circumstances be allowed to get compromised, said Dr Jitendra Singh.
In the memorandum submitted to the MoS (PMO), a judicial probe has been demanded into the incident by a sitting High Court judge. The memorandum further states that three precious lives were lost and 25 people were seriously injured whereas another 200 persons from Sikh community suffered from business loss because of their shops getting burnt or looted.
The memorandum further alleges that the Akhilesh Yadav Government in Uttar Pradesh has always tried to absolve a particular community from the responsibility of creating riots as a result of which in the last two years there have been 100 incidents of communal flare ups.
Referring to the causes of riots on July 26, the memorandum claims that there has been a long standing dispute of possession of a piece of land between two local communities and the Allahabad High Court had settled the matter of possession in favour of Sikh community, only after which the members of the community started construction of Gurudwara at the site. The memorandum accused the Akhilesh Yadav Government of appeasement towards another community of the area resulting in discrimination against this community.

Ravi Dass Sabha elects office bearers

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JAMMU, July 30: Guru Ravi Dass Sabha, Janipur today elected its office bearers in its general body meeting held here at Mandir Hall, Old Janipur.
Tej Ram Bangotra and Piyara Lal Angural were elected as chairman and president of the Sabha, respectively while Raj Kumar was elected as senior vice-president, Dr Des Raj Menia as general secretary and KR Chadgal as deputy general secretary.
Ranjeet Kumar was elected as organizing secretary, Jag Pal Menia as assistant secretary and Charanjeet Lal as treasurer.

Bengaluru Bulls beat Bengal Warriors 46-30

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Kolkata, July 30: It was a sour home-coming for Bengal Warriors as they failed to open their account going down to a mighty Bengaluru Bulls 46-30 in a one-sided affair of the Pro Kabaddi at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here today.

Ajay Thakur stole the limelight for the winners with 10 raid points followed by Rajesh Mandal with five points as they put up a spectacular show without giving an iota to the local side.

Korean recruit Jang Kun Lee and Nitin Mandane with four raid ponts each impressed for Bengal Warriors but their poor catching along with a defensive approach led to their downfall.

With victory margin of 16 points, Bengaluru Warriors logged five points for the win as they now have 15 points to close in on leaders U Mumba (18).

Thakur won the Best Raider of the match, while Dharmaraj Cheralathan was adjudged Best Defender.

Having lost to U Mumba in the Mumbai leg, the Big Bazaar owned franchise had pinned all their hopes on the beginning of the city leg in the carvan league with a strong crowd support but Bengaluru Bulls were more compact with their approach.

It was Bengal Warriors only second match as the team looked disjointed as they trailed 13-25 in the first half.

Lee and Mandane tried their best but the margin just got bigger and by 34th minute the Bulls stretched the lead by 15 points and it was just a formality thereafter.

The Kolkata franchise will take on Delhi in the second match tomorrow while Jaipur will lock horns against Vizag in the first match. (PTI)

J D Institute conducts Internal Jury for upcoming Fashion Show Awards

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JAMMU, July 30: Internal Jury was held today at JD Institute Jammu for its upcoming Fashion Show Awards to be held at Bee Pee Greens on August 9, 2014 in Jammu. The theme for the show is responsibility towards our arts and crafts.
The budding designers of JD Institute have all picked up arts, crafts and images related to the State of Jammu and Kashmir and then developed them into designer collections.
In today’s proceedings the students faced the first round of jury that was conducted by Centre Director Maansi Gupta and her team including Lakhwinder Kaur, Pooja Pandoh and Pooja Sethi Sagar.
The students today gave presentations on their theme interpretation and also had their garments and accessories evaluated by the jury.
A variety of themes like Copper Kandkari, Kashmiri carpets. Ladakh masks, Basohli paintings, Gota work of Jammu and Tilla work etc have been worked upon by the students.
This was the first round of jury and another round of external jury would be conducted next week in which prominent faces of J&K will judge the design collections of the students on the basis of which awards would be given for best design collection, most commercially viable collection, most innovative design idea, most contemporary collection etc.

Cloudburst causes floods

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SRINAGAR, July 30: Due to a cloudburst at higher reaches of Rajnoor and Pathan Daban areas in Hirpora, Shopian a flash flood was caused which washed away two cattle.
Reports said that Rambi Ara Nalla of Shopian witnessed heavy flood and the authorities suspended water supply to the town however it was resumed later.
However there was no loss of human life.

6 injured in road accidents

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JAMMU, July 30: Six persons were injured in road accidents at different locations.
As per reports, two couples of Himachal Pradesh received injuries when the car they were traveling in turned turtle near Samba.
The injured identified as Parshotam Lal, son of Gola Ram, his wife Vimla, Puran Chand, son of Sheru Ram and his wife Chanderkanta, all residents of Himachal Pradesh were shifted to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for treatment, where their condition was stated to be stable, when reports last came in.
In another incident a minor among two received injuries in a car-truck collision at Sunjwan.
The injured were rushed to GMCH, where they were responding to the treatment, when reports last came in.
The injured have been identified as Owais (16), son of GR Malik and Shahbad Ahmed (28), son of Mohammad Arif, both residents of Sunjwan.
Cases under relevant Sections have been registered at concerned police stations and investigation started.

Mahajan Sabha provides financial assistance to needy

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JAMMU, July 30: With the aim of community development, Jammu Central Mahajan Sabha has disbursed an amount of Rs 60, 050 as financial assistance to the old aged, widows, students and other needy persons of the community.
The disbursement was made under the supervision of president of the Sabha, Vinod Gupta, in a function held here at Mahajan Bhawan.
All the office bearers of the Sabha including Bushan Pargal, Sat Paul Gupta, Rattan Lal Gupta, Om Parkash Gupta, Vimal Gupta and Ved Gupta were present on the occasion.

Absconding cash snatcher nabbed

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JAMMU, July 30: An accused, involved in cash snatching case registered with Nehru Market Police Post in the year 2013, was arrested from City Chowk area of the winter capital.
As per police sources, a team from Nehru Market Police Post while searching for an accused involved in cash snatching case registered with Nehru Market in the year 2013, was nabbed near City Chowk.
The accused has been identified as Deepak Raj, son of Kalu Raj of Nepal, presently residing in Patta Chungi.
The accused along with his associates had snatched Rs 30,000 from Kamal Kishore, son of Parshotam Dass near Nehru Market on August 30, 2013 and was still at large since then.
In this regard, a case under FIR number 217/13 already stands registered against the accused at Nehru Market Police Post.
Further investigation into the case is going on to ascertain the involvement of the accused in other theft related cases.
Police team headed by Incharge Police Post Nehru Market SI Mohammad Iqbal Chagatta made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO Gandhi Nagar Harjeet Singh, SP South Rahul Malik and SSP Jammu Atul Goel.

Lok Sabha congratulates medal winning Indian contingent of CWG

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New Delhi, July 30: Lok Sabha today congratulated the Indian contingent for their remarkable performance at the 20th Commonwealth Games at Glasgow in Scotland.

“I am sure all of you will join me in extending our heartiest felicitations to the Indian contingent for their remarkable performance at the ongoing 20th Commonwealth Games being played at Glasgow, Scotland,” Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said.

The Indian contingent has so far won 35 medals — 10 gold, 15 silver and 10 bronze.

Lok Sabha congratulated Sanjita Khumukchan, Sukhen Dey and Sathish Sivalingam for winning gold in weightlifting, Abhinav Bindra, Apurvi Chandela, Jitu Rai and Rahi Sarnobat for winning gold in shooting and Amit Kumar, Vinesh Phogat and Sushil Kumar for winning gold medals in wrestling.

“The House also congratulates other athletes who have won silver and bronze medals at these games,” she said.

The Speaker wished the Indian contingent to keep up their commendable performance for the remaining events in the games and bring further laurels to the country. (PTI)