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JAMMU, Apr 17: Zonal Level Symposium on the topic “Role of Community for the Promotion of Elementary Education”, was held at Government Middle School, Kachi Chawni, in which students from various GMS participated and expressed their views.
In the competition, first prize was bagged by Mansi from Government School, Rehari while the second and third positions were conferred to Simran from GMS Kachi Chawni and Shokat Ali from GMS, Sarwal.
The programme was organised under the chairmanship of Sushila Sharma, incharge ZEO whereas Sham Sharma, Charan Dass, Aditya Honda, Joginder Kumar, Sikander Lal, Rifat, VEC member Parshotam Mengi and staff members of the participating school were also present.

Inter Departments Men Tournament at JU

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JAMMU, Apr 17: Department of Physical Education thrashed Law School in the final of the Volleyball event of the Inter Departments Men Tournament at the Volleyball ground of University of Jammu here today.
On the occasion, Prof Dhian Singh Bhau, Director, Directorate of Sports and Physical Education, University of Jammu, was the chief guest. He presented trophies and mementos to the winning and runner up teams.
While speaking, Prof Bhau, highlighted the importance of sports in day today life. He said that sports play pivotal role for the development of the body viz mentally and physically.
Among others present were Ramesh Magotra, Dr Brij Baloria, Raj Kumar, PD Singh, Jai Bharat with other spectators.
Earlier, during the final match, Physical Education Department outplayed its opponent Law School by straight 3-0 sets, the score being 25-11, 25-08 and 25-08.
The Physical Education Department team players were Rakesh Singh, Irshad Naik, Ajay, Sahil Jamwal, and Gotam Sharma whereas the Law School players included Mohd Israr, Suraj Jasrotia, Gourav Pathania, Navdeep and Mohd Jameel.
The match was officiated by Shashi Sharma, Mulkh Raj Khajuria, Dr Rajinder Sharma and Waseem Malik.

JAIPUR, Apr 17:
T20 specialist Brad Hodge played an excellent cameo to guide Rajasthan Royals to their fourth victory in the Indian Premier League, pipping Deccan Chargers by five wickets in a thrilling finish, here today.
Hodge smashed an unbeaten 48 off 21 deliveries as the home team successfully chased down a daunting target of 196 with two balls to spare.
It was glovesman Dishant Yagnik, playing his first match of the tournament, who hit successive boundaries off Dale Steyn to clinch the issue on a belter of a track at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Royals required 25 runs in the last two overs and it became all the more difficult after Johan Botha was caught in the deep off Anand Rajan’s first delivery of the penultimate over.
However, Hodge — who is the highest run-getter in the history of T20 cricket — had other ideas.
First, Hodge (6×4 2×6) smashed Anand Rajan to long-on for a boundary and then hit a magnificent six over wide long-off to bring down the equation to 11 in the last over.
First ball by Steyn was hit for two runs by Hodge before he gave the strike to Yagnik with a quick single.
Yagnik smacked the third ball past the off-side field and down to deep cover and then smashed the next delivery past the diving cover fielder to set off wild celebrations in the Rajasthan camp.
Earlier, Jean-Paul Duminy provided the late onslaught with an unbeaten 26-ball 58 after a solid opening stand as Chargers posted an imposing total.
After skipper Kumar Sangakkara (44) and Shikhar Dhawan (52) laid the platform with a 94-run opening stand, Duminy took the opposition bowlers to the cleaners, piling up 53 runs in the last three overs.
Duminy, playing his first match in IPL-V, struck five sixes, which included two off Pankaj Singh’s penultimate over, and as many off Amit Singh’s last over. (PTI)

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JAMMU, Apr 17: Wrestler Kamaljeet of Doomcherri, Punjab, outplayed wrestler Jagroop of Amritsar, Punjab, and lifted 28th Salora Kesari title organised by Salora Dangal Committee under the aegis of J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association.
On the occasion, Kuldip Sharma, senior PDP leader, was the chief guest, who distributed prizes among the winner and runner up in presence of Shiv Kumar Sharma, president, J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association.
Managing Director Bawa Construction Company Hardeep Singh, district secretary NC Jammu rural Noor Ali, Rtd SP and treasurer India Style Wrestling Association, District Horticulture Officer and Virender Sharma were also present.

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JAMMU, Apr 17: The Business School (TBS) of Bhaderwah Campus, University of Jammu, secured first position in National Level Business Fest “TATVA” held at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, recently.
In the fest, fifteen students from TBS, Bhaderwah Campus, University of Jammu participated in eight events and bagged first prize, three-second prizes and one-third prize and stood overall winner of the “TATVA”.
Sunil Bhardwaj, Training and Placement Coordinator, said that besides academics and corporate exposure, they are imparting an education to the students not devoid of moral, ethical and social values, which play a pivotal role for the success of an organization, which is clearly visible from their performance in “TATVA”.
During the fest, about 100 participants contributed to the success of events like Jingle Making, Ad-Mad Show and Launch of Product, Smart Sim, Recycle Bin, Business Quiz, Welcome to Hell, Future CEO and Barter King.
This programme provided twin benefits where participants not only enjoyed but also learnt many management skills.
Though the students of COM, SMVDU, did not compete in the events yet they acknowledged the platform of “TATVA” for showcasing their managerial competence.

MUMBAI, Apr 17:
Underdog Sourav Kothari of ONGC shocked India No 2 Kamal Chawla 5-4 in an absorbing contest to storm into the final of the Bombay Gymkhana Strokes Snooker Invitational Open Tournament today.
Kothari won the five-hour marathon best-of-nine frames semi-final 69-60 53-22 55-64 39-63 55-77 57-20 61-29 21-65 65-36 to make a surprise entry into the championship round.
He awaits the winner of the other semi-final between India No 1 Aditya Mehta and double Asian champion Yasin Merchant in the final, to be held tomorrow.(PTI)

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LEH, Apr 17: Tourism Minister Nawang Rigzin Jora today inspected the progress work on the world’s highest Golf Course which is being developed on 1520 Kanals of land at the shore of Indus at Shey. This Golf Course which is of International standard having 18 holes would be completed by the October 2013 at a cost of Rs 12 crore.
The engineers apprised the Minister about the salient feature of this Golf Course saying that it will be ready for practice by end of this working season.
Jora also inspected the Sindhu Sanskriti Kendra at Ti-suru Leh today where finishing works and final touching of the auditorium and other infrastructure are going on with full swing.
It is to mention that the major events of upcoming Ladakh International Film Festival would be held in this complex in June this year. Mainly in the 400 capacity auditorium of this complex, the international films will be screened in the competition section. Jora urged the engineers speed up the execution works so that the auditorium will be ready in time.
Jora also inspected the progress work at Himalayan Cultural Centre at Gonpa area of Leh which is coming up at a cost of Rs 30 crore under Tourism sector.
Jora said that the model of this Cultural Centre is already completed as such the need of the hour is to focus on early completion of this Centre.
He also inspected the construction work of Ladakh Convention Centre and the Food Craft Institute at Takski-thang Leh and urged the engineers for early completion of these important infrastructures.
Deputy Commissioner Tsering Angchok who was accompanying the Minister apprised in detail about the progress of works at these sites. The Engineers and District Officers also accompanied the Minister during his inspection.

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JAMMU, Apr 17: Audition team of the famous wrestling television show of Colours “Ring Ka King” under the aegis of Indian Professional Wrestling (IPW) today reached Jammu to take auditions among the Jammuties which will be held on April 18 at Jammu Polytechnic, Bikram Chowk.
Various famous faces associated with the show including World Champion of “Ring ka King” Mahabali Veera alias Aman Randwa, Jwala alias Tyagi and Shera alias Harjeet Singh also reached Jammu today for the said audition.
While addressing a press conference, Founder of IPW Tiger Rapta said that the team from the Mumbai has reached Jammu to conduct the audition among the peoples of Jammu so that they can also prove themselves on an international platform.
He further said that last time they had conducted the same audition in Jammu in which none of the participant was selected but this time he has full hope that maximum number of candidates would get selected for the show as the people of Jammu region have keen interest in the wrestling.
He also said that last year audition was conducted in Delhi and Punjab also in which Mahabali Veera, Jwala, Shera and Pagal Parinda were selected who proved themselves as international wrestlers.
He disclosed that this is a golden opportunity for the people of Jammu region as after getting selected in the show they could perform in international wrestling events outside the country.

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JAMMU, Apr 17: Jammu Premiere League Tawi Cup Cricket Tournament organised by Army under Operation Sadbhavana in collaboration with Department of Youth Services and Sports commenced today at Zorawar Singh Stadium, Reasi this afternoon.
The tournament was inaugurated by Governor NN Vohra in presence of RS Chib, Minister for Youth Services and Sports; Mubarak Gul, Advisor to Chief Minister; Baldev Raj Sharma, MLA Reasi, Lieutenant General AS Nandal, Corps Commander, 16 Corps, Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary to the Governor and Chief Executive Officer of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Jagjit Kumar, DIG, Udhampur-Reasi, Dr Mandeep K Bhandari, Additional CEO, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Sheetal Nanda, Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, Atul Goel, SSP Reasi, JP Singh, Director, Youth Services and Sports, Kiran Watal, Secretary, J&K State Sports Council, senior Civil, Police, Army officers and sports lovers.
Speaking on the occasion, Governor congratulated the Army and the Youth Services and Sports Department for organizing Jammu Premiere League Tawi Cup at Reasi.
He said that the organization of such events, particularly in the districts, provide an exciting opportunity to the youth to test their talents for sports. He wished the participating teams good cricket matches in the next 8 days.
Governor unveiled the Trophy, performed the toss and released pigeons to mark the inauguration of the Tournament.
RS Chib, Minister for Youth Services and Sports, dwelt on the various initiatives being taken by the Department for the promotion of sports activities in the State. In this context, he gave details of the cricket tournaments organised in the Kashmir Valley and at other places in the State last year and those sports activities planned for this year.
Lieutenant General Nandal, in his welcome address, gave details of the various initiatives being taken by the Army under Operation Sadbhavana. He added that to boost sports activities, particularly in the remote areas, Army has been creating sports infrastructure and organizing the various sports activities. He also gave details of the Jammu Premiere League Tawi Cup.
The inaugural match of the Tournament was played between Reasi Royals and Jammu Riders.