Dignitaries alongwith participants of CME posing for photograph.
JAMMU, Aug 5: A Continued Medical Education (CME) on “Pediatric Hematology; Update on Thalassemia and Hemophilia” was organized by the Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College in New Pediatric Block of SMGS Hospital.
It was accompanied with a two day free check up camp for children suffering from Thalassemia and Hemophilia. Pediatric Hematologist of international repute Dr Anupam Sachdeva, Director Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and Head Paediatric Hemato-oncology Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Delhi and Dr Nita Radha Krishanan, Consultant Paediatric Hemato-Oncology deliberated on Current guidelines for management of Thalassemia and Hemophilia respectively.
Speaking on this occasion, Dr Rekha Harish, Professor & Head Department of Paediatrics highlighted the services being provided to 72 registered patients with Hemophilia and 245 registered patients with Thalassemia in the Department of Pediatrics, besides taking care of a huge workload of the 400 bedded indoor wards.
The experts from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital lauded the quality of care being provided to patients of Hemophilia and Thalassemia and appreciated their clinical evaluation being maintained in the Department of Paediatrics by Dr S Digra and Dr Rekha Harish.
The audience included Senior Faculty Dr K Koul, Prof & HoD Pathology, Prof Dr G S Saini, Dr Sanjeev Gupta, Asstt. Prof. Orthopaedics, Dr R Gupta, Dr Sanjeev Digra Asstt Prof, Dr Ashu Jamwal Asstt Prof, Dr Sunil Dutt Sharma, Dr Javed Iqbal, Dr Deepak, Dr Ritu Abrol, Dr Pooja Kawte, Dr Narinder, Dr Sarfaraz, Dr Amjed, Dr Rajesh Koul, Dr Subash Chander, Dr Kishour Kumar and Dr Sushil Sharma besides other prominent IAP members who were also present on this occasion.
Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Aug 5: Marvi Slathia, a student of University of Jammu has brought laurels for entire State, by making it to the top slot across country, in the entrance examination for M Phil programme, in Center for Russia and Central Asia (RCAP) in School of International Studies at Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Daughter of Kumari Rita and Sunil Singh, resident of Ward No 13, Hatli Morh Kathua, a student of MA Political Science in University of Jammu, Marvi Slathia was among the 125 students selected from across the country for viva-voice, held on July 14.
Only 40 students were selected for M Phil course in RCAP, out of which Marvi Slathia of Jammu University has topped in merit list with registration number 55180. Expressing cheerfulness over the achievement, Marvi Slathia thanked the Jammu University administration, faculty members of Political Science Department, her parents and friends for this achievement.
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MENDHAR, Aug 5: Former Minister and MLA Mendhar, Sardar Rafiq Hussain Khan meeting the long pending demand of general public of Chajjla Village inaugurated motorable bridge of 105 m span, here today.
While dedicating the bridge to public, Khan said that he has fulfilled his commitment by naming the bridge on the name of Peer Hyder Shah Chajjla.
The MLA was accompanied by senior citizens of the village namely Sardar Abdul Khan, Sardar Mohd Akbar Khan, Sharief Khan, Sardar Waseem Khan, Younis Dar, Dr Aslam Khan, Waqar Khan, Yakoob Ahmed Khan, Sultan Ahmed Khan, Kafeel Sudan and others.
People raising slogans during protest at village Chiralla in Tehsil Thathri. -Excelsior/Tilak Raj
BHADERWAH, Aug 5: The residents of Chiralla area of tehsil Thathri held a massive protest against Government for sanctioning tehsil headquarter at Seava area by ignoring the centrally located place Puneja.
Large number of people blocked Doda-Chiralla road and staged protest against the Government for not granting tehsil headquarters to centrally located place Puneja. Hundreds of vehicles got stranded due to road blockage.
“The order for grating Tehsil headquarters at Cheralla is a conspiracy. We demand immediate revocation of the order”, said Ramesh Manhas, Sarpanch Bhalara Panchayat of Chiralla area.
Swami Raj, Sarpanch Puneja, Krishan Singh Sarpanch Jagota, Gandarb Singh Sarpanch Rokali and protesters said that they were assured that central place Puneja would be given Tehsil status but Seawa was declared as tehsil headquarters instead of Puneja which is the central place of 8 Panchayats of the area.
The protestors demanded tehsil status for centrally located place Puneja and warned the Government to launch indefinite strike and hunger strike if their demand of tehsil status to Puneja is not redressed.
NEW DELHI, Aug 5:
President Pranab Mukherjee today said while there may be need for new institutions to fight corruption, the solution lies not merely in creating more institutions but in strengthening and reforming the existing ones to deliver results.
In an e-interaction with faculty and students of 1,172 Central universities and institutions from Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President cited progressive legislations like the Right to Information, education, food and employment to empower citizens and said novel legislations can work only with a robust delivery mechanism.
“Corruption leads to denial of equitable distribution of benefits. Complexity and opacity of rules and procedures, discretion in the exercise of power and weak enforcement of legal provisions are factors contributing to corruption.
“While we might need some new institutions to fight corruption, the solution lies not merely in creating more institutions but in strengthening and reforming the existing institutions to deliver results,” the President said while interacting with the teachers and students using the National Knowledge Network.
The President said the subject of today’s interaction is ‘Democracy and Governance’ because good governance is a mechanism to establish order, pursue social and economic progress and promote welfare of the people.
“As developing countries grapple with a multitude of socio-economic objectives, standards of governance have come into sharp focus in recent years. In this backdrop, I have chosen to speak to you today on an issue of contemporary relevance,” he said.
He also stressed for adequate decentralisation of power which includes giving financial autonomy to Panchayati Raj Institutions. “Reforms in this third tier of governance are necessary for sharing of real power with the people,” he said.
Calling upon the students to make governance of the country their passion, the President advised them that they should “choose to engage” with “beautiful but sometimes noisy democracy” so that the institutions of democracy perform their duties with responsibility.
The President said good governance has to be nurtured by carefully developing institutions of democracy and highlighted that in case of failure by one or more institutions in democracy, people, especially the youth, should try and strengthen and re-invent them to meet the needs of the time.
Mukherjee said good governance is critically dependent on pre-requisites like inviolable adherence to rule of law, existence of participatory decision-making structure, responsiveness, transparency, accountability, corruption-free society, equity and inclusiveness.
The President pointed out that governance implied involving the civil society as an equal collaborator and one must, therefore, be conscious of duties and responsibilities, besides rights.
“Intolerance and acrimony in public discourse has to be avoided. Our country needs constructive partners rather than privilege seekers,” he said.
Highlighting the role of good education, he said the institutes of higher learning are “the cradle of future administrators and policy makers.
“The seeds of progressive thinking have to be sown and nurtured here. The core civilisational values of love for motherland, performance of duty, compassion for all, tolerance for pluralism, respect for women, honesty in life, self-restraint in conduct, responsibility in action and discipline have to be inculcated in these institutions,” he said.
The President said the Constitution of the country was a living document which has evolved with time and within its spacious provisions, accommodated the changing needs of a growing democracy.
“It is a constant reminder of our civilisational values, which we at times tend to forget. We will do well to remind ourselves, at least occasionally, that these values are sacrosanct in the functioning of our democracy,” he said.
He complimented all the first-time voters who had cast their ballot in this year’s general elections. “This election has provided majority to a single party for the formation of a stable Government after 30 years, with a mandate to provide good governance,” he said. (PTI)
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RAMBAN, Aug 5: Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parshad (ABVP) organized one-day district Abhyas Vargh in Ukhral district in which large number of students from different areas of Ramban participated.
The motive behind this Vargh was to expand the work of ABVP in Ramban and to prepare students for good leadership and make them aware about their problems. On the occasion, ABVP declared city unit in which Dilhar Singh was elected as district president, Gurdeep Singh as secretary, Rangail Singh and Ashish Anthal as vice presidents and Diljeet Singh, Mohinder Singh and Anup Singh elected as joint secretaries.
The district executive members included Pavinder Singh, Kuljeet Singh, Nasib Singh, Suresh Singh, Anchal Singh and Zia-ur-Rehman.
A rally was taken out by ABVP and they also highlighted the demands faced by the students.
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JAMMU, Aug 5; In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Advocate Parimoksh Seth highlighting slaughtering and sale of bovine, which is rampant in some parts of the State in connivance with the authorities, who are otherwise supposed to check this practice, Division Bench of High Court comprising Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat today issued notice to Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary Home and Director General of Police returnable within six weeks.
While issuing notices, Division Bench directed Divisional Commissioner Jammu province as also Kashmir Province to submit a report by or before the next date of hearing indicating the steps that have been taken with a view to prevent either slaughtering or sale of such slaughtered animals in various areas falling under their jurisdiction.
The DB further directed Divisional Commissioners to obtain inputs from Inspector General of Police Jammu as well as Kashmir range, to find out as to whether the activities of slaughtering of bovine animals and their sale is being undertaken as commercial level on regular basis. “If so, what steps have been taken with a view to bring the guilty to book”, the DB directed.
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SRINAGAR, Aug 5: A girl of Bandipora committed suicide by consuming poison at her home.
She was shifted to Sub District Hospital, Bandipora for treatment where doctors declared her brought dead, a police spokesman said.
He said police has registered a case in this regard.
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JAMMU, Aug 5: Led by Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary Constituency Incharge Yudhvir Sethi, a large number of local residents of Pakki Dhakki Mohalla of Jammu East Constituency, called on PHE Assistant Executive Engineer, Panjtirthi, to brief him about the problems being faced by them for the last one year.
While expressing resentment against non-seriousness on part of the PHE Department despite repeated representations and complaints regarding supply of polluted water,overflowing of muddy water from main holes of sewerage pipes and leakage of water supply pipes.
Yudhvir Sethi, while tabling the brief note of the public grievances, said that it is indeed very unfortunate that PHE officials have turned a deaf ear to the long pending grievances of the people suffering on account of irregular supply of clean drinking water, timely repair of water pipes and supply of contaminated water to the consumers.
The PHE Assistant Executive Engineer assured that the problems will be solved within next 2-3 days to the satisfaction of the local people of the area.
Jagmohan, Raman Kumar, Rinku Sharma, Sunny Kumar, Davinder and others also accompanied Mr Sethi.
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SRINAGAR, Aug 5: Sixty people from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) arrived here and six from Kashmir were among 123 who cross sides at Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of PoK since April 7, 2005 was suspended last week in view of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
Official sources said here today that 60 PoK residents, including 22 women and 12 children, arrived at Kaman post after crossing the Aman Setu, peace bridge on foot on the LoC to meet their relatives, separated in 1947 due to partition.
They said nine Kashmiris, who had crossed over to PoK, also returned to their homes after completing stay across the LoC. They included four women.
Sources said only six Kashmiris crossed over to other side of the LoC to meet their relatives. They included two women and a child.
They said 48 PoK residents, who had arrived here in previous buses and celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr with their relatives, separated in 1947, here also returned to their homes. They included 15 women and 17 children.
