JAMMU, June 27: Jammu University SC/ST Employees Assocation accorded warm and affectionate send off to Rattan Lal Lalotra, Section Officer on his attaining age of superannuation.
Prominent among those present on the occasion included Surinder Kumar Shavotra, Dharam Pal, Om Parkash, Surjeet Singh Heer, Des Raj Nandan, Kuldeep Raj, Mohan Lal, Paras Ram, B R Angral, Sukh Dev Bhagat, Kunj Lal Bhagat, Manzoor Ahmed, Kartar Chand, Bikram Magotra, Pardeep Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Noubat Ram and Vijay Kumar Bhagat.
Association president R L Kaith and others spoke high of the retiring officer and presented him with gifts.
JAMMU, June 27: Teaching Association of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J) in an executive committee meet today appealed to the Government to release 10 per cent Dearness Allowance due from January last in favour of the employees.
President of the association, Dr Vikas Sharma said that the salaried class is facing a lot of economic hardships due to price hike of all day to day needed commodities and release of due DA installment well in time is a genuine demand of the employees.
The employees also made an appeal to the University authorities and to the State Government that Dearness Allowance earlier used to be released to the University employees with the Central Government employees but for the last few years the same is released with the State Government notification. They requested the authorities to resume the previous system of releasing the DA hike to the University employees at par with the central employees.
The association made appeal to the State Government to take immediate decision for the release of 10 per cent DA and to increase the medical allowance in favour of employees from the immediate effect.
The meeting was attended by Dr Vivak M Arya, Dr PK Rai, Dr Devinder Sharma, Dr Rajeev Bharat, Dr Poonam Parihar, Dr Vinod Gupta, Dr Vijay Bharti, Dr Mahital Jamwal, Dr SP Singh, Dr AC Jha, Dr Magdeshwar Sharma and Dr Jai Kapoor and University employees mass.
JAMMU, June 27: A delegation of artists including N D Jamwal, O P Sharma, Anil Saraf, Sahil Bhardwaj, Akram Khan, Subhash Anand and Sarvesh Sharma called on Raman Bhalla, Minister for Youth Services and Sports, Horticulture and Culture, here yesterday. The delegation apprised the Minister of the problems and hardships faced by the artists of the State and raised some important issues related to infrastructure and general facilities being provided to the artistic community. The Minister was informed that due to one pretext or other, Kala Kendra has stopped working and no exhibition, workshop, camp or competition has been organized for quite a long period. The delegation also emphasized that the artists above the age of 65 years need extra attention and care on the pattern of the facilities being provided to the Senior Citizens. The Minister was also told that the subsidy which was given by the Cultural Academy to the artists earlier was Rs 15,000 and there was a practice of the Academy to provide art gallery free to the artists. But now as the cost of everything is on the rise, the artists have been made to pay rent of the art gallery etc. which is contrary to the desired objectives of the art promoting organization. The Minister assured the delegation that the concerned authorities will be directed to look into the matter and expedite the process of resolving the issue at an earliest.
UDHAMPUR, June 27: Under mysterious circumstances, a middle aged man committed suicide by hanging himself with a tree in forest area of Panchari, here today.
The deceased, identified as Parkash Chand (50) son of Dhani Ram of Chulana Panchari, was found hanging with a tree in forest area, about one kilometer from his house.
On being informed by the locals, Police reached the spot and shifted the body to hospital for postmortem.
A case in this connection has been registered at Panchari Police Station for further investigation.
NOWSHERA, June 27: As a precursor to the Jhangar Day celebration, two month long singing and dance competition organised by the Indian Army in Nowshera culminated with a thrilling grand finale named ‘Jhangar Idol’, today. The event was spread over a span of two months which started with auditions for solo singing and group dance performances. The solo singing competition was divided into two age groups, below 15 years and 16 to 30 years. The auditions were conducted in various locations of Nowshera, Lam, Jhangar, Seri, Kalsian and Gagrote. Four finalists in each group for singing and four dance groups were selected. The winner and participants in each category were felicitated with prizes by the chief guest, General Officer Commanding, Ace of Spades Division. In below 15 years age group, Reena Sayal from Bareri village, while in 15 to 20 years age group Kritika Suri from Nowshera grabbed the first prize. Amongst the dancing Bhangra group won the hearts of the audience and stood winners. Consolation prizes were awarded to rest of the participants. General Officer Comm-anding motivated the participants and complimented the efforts of all those who were involved in this talent search, while carrying out interaction with large number of civil and military dignitaries. Talent hunt ‘Jhangar Idol’ was conceived to discover and project the hidden dancing and singing talent present amongst the locals.
JAMMU, June 27: A deputation of J&K School Education Officers Associations (SEOA) met Tara Chand, Deputy Chief Minister and apprised him of the grievances confronting the Education Officers (Headmaster cadre) and projected the demands.
They demanded that all the incharge officers i.e. Headmasters, Principal, ZEOs and equivalent be regularized till date, officers render their service during vacation be treated as non vocational at par with their counterparts, grade of 9300-34800 with grade pay 5400 be given to Headmasters at par with +2 lecturers by removing anomaly, increase in promotional quota of Headquaters from 20% to 50% while promoting as Principal, Change of nomenclature from Headmaster to Principal Secondary School as there is no burden of Government exchequer.
The other demands included that the post of senior Headmasters be increased to 33% at par with +2 Lecturers. Before 30.12.2010 the posts of DEPOs and Deputy CEOs were given to officers, who were promoted from the cadre of Headmaster, the same be restored back and posts of DEPOs and Dy CEOs be given to them who are promoted from Headmaster cadre, new posts of ZEOs be sanctioned to fill up the vacant posts, Vide Government order no 544-Edu of 2006 dated 28.12.2006, 77 officers, the officers from senior Lectures cadre are regularized, but officers from ZEOs cadre are not regularized, thus creating the disparity.
The minister gave a patience hearing and assured the deputationists for early redressal of their grievances in near future.
The executive body comprising of S Paramjit Singh, president, S Kulwant Singh, chief organizer, Ram Pyari, Paramjit Kumar, Sushila Sharma, Rajinder Singh, Himmat Rai, Darshan Kumar, Romesh Chander and Rafiq Khan were the deputationists who met Deputy Chief Minister.
Cultural item being presented by the students while celebrating annual day at KV Bhaderwah. -Excelsior/ Tilak Raj`
BHADARWAH, June 27: Kendriya Vidyalaya Bhadarwah celebrated its annual day with pomp and show, at Community Hall, here today.
Bhupinder Kumar, SDM Bhadarwah (Nominee Chairman VMC, KV Bhadarwah) was the chief guest, while Aani Kotwal, Principal Girls Higher Secondary School Bhadarwah was the guest of honour on the occasion.
The programme started with lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the chief guest. The students recited Sanskrit Shalokas during this ceremony. Sarsvati Vandana was presented by the students of the Vidyalaya.
Principal S K Srivastave read out the annual report. He highlighted the achievements of students as well as the teachers.
Speaking on this occasion, chief guest appreciated the efforts made by the students to put up a very good show of cultural items with the essence of values.
A cultural programme, comprising of Patriotic Song, Dance, Krishanavtar, Folk Dance, Nari Shakti item, Western Dance, Bhadarwahi Dhaku Dance and Bhangra, was presented by the students. Meritorious students in different fields of activities, as well achievers of CBSE Exams with Grade A and teachers with excellence in their performance in education and other fields were honored on this occasion.
Leicester, June 25:
Inclement weather played spoilsport as it prevented a single delivery from being bowled during the second day’s play in the opening tour fixture between India and Leicestershire, here today.
India were comfortably placed at 333 for four at the end of first day’s play with Shikhar Dhawan (60), Gautam Gambhir (54) and Cheteshwar Pujara (57), all scoring half-centuries.
Rohit Sharma (43 batting)and Ajinkya Rahane (47 batting) also were close to 50-run mark
Heavy overnight and morning showers put paid to any chances of the game starting on time during the morning session.
The weather did improve during the post-lunch session as the ground staff tried their best to get some play on the day.
But more rain later in the afternoon made sure that the second day was abandoned robbing the Indian bowlers a chance to get some quality match time like their batsmen got on the first day.
The tour game was not accorded First-Class status as the visitors named all 18 players for the match.
Eleven batsmen were nominated to bat and the top-order made good use of the dry conditions as also an ordinary Leicestershire attack to spend time in the middle.
Only, Dhawan’s retirement was forced in comparison to others’ as he was hit on his right arm by left-arm medium-pacer Atif Sheikh and went off as a precautionary measure.
But there was no further cause for concern as the left-handed opener was up and about on the second day and took part in the indoor net session even as rain prevented any on-field action.
India will be hoping for dry weather on the third and final day of the game, allowing their young and inexperienced attack get a feel of the English conditions. However, the forecast for Saturday is a mix of dry and wet weather-spells throughout. (PTI)
JAMMU, June 27: Suman Gupta, Jammu’ s well known contemporary artist’s paintings have been included amongst the selected artists for a major group show at Helsinki in Finland.
The prestigious international exhibition titled “Aavikon Tuoksua Kietaalla” (Deserts smell) shall open for three weeks at “Galleria Fogga” in Helsinki, Finland on July 1, 2014. Suman Gupta is the lone participants from India amongst the 12 artists from Finland and other European countries that has been handpicked from all the major disciplines of contemporary art and have created special art works for this prestigious show.
He shall be displaying three of his recent works titled “The Night Bath” Acrylic on canvas “Fish and the Bird” and “Night Halt” both dry brush on paper.
Suman Gupta’s canvasses and dry brush become evocative renditions of the artist’s preoccupations with the surreal realities of a lived idiom. The canvas speaks in the language of stark surrealism, but it is the landscape with the figure in “Fish and the Bird” that becomes the hallmark of his reflective handling of virtuoso technique in symbolism.
The quality of quietude in these works is a rippled silence that comes from within, a manifestation of the inward journey that seeks to bring in an order of timelessness to the studied portal of observations. The show closes on July 20, 2014.
It may also be mentioned that Suman Gupta has been offered a one man show by a leading gallery in Pittsburgh, USA which shall be opening on September 1, 2014.
RAMBAN, June 27: Minister of State for Technical Education, Information, Parliamentary Affairs, Social Welfare, CAPD and Rural Development, Vikar Rasool Wani today laid the foundation of additional accommodation for Govt High School Buzla Khari Banihal. The project is coming up at an estimated cost of Rs.49.17 lakh under Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan (RMSA).
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that the education and health are priority sectors for the present Government and during its regime all efforts have been made for development of new and upgradation of existing infrastructure in both the sectors in the area.
The Minister said that over 300 educational institutions have been established and upgraded and an equal number of ReTs have also been engaged in areas like Khari, Shagan, Trigam, Chapnari, Amkote, Chachihaal, Chamalwas, Checknarwah, Senabati and Maligam.
Under the health sector, Mr. Vikar said that an additional complex at Sub District Hospital Banihal is being developed at an estimated cost of Rs. 22 crore which is expected to be completed soon for delivery of health services to the people of the area. He said that large number of dispensaries have been established in the area to provide better health care to the people at their doorsteps, adding that the work on the recently announced Nursing College at Banihal will commence soon.
Responding to the demands, the Minister said that transformers for Maran and Kharal villages will be installed shortly, besides 600 pipes from PHE will be provided to the people of Buzla to address the power and water supply problems in these areas. He also assured the people of Chaipal and Haran for opening of primary schools at these hamlets.
