Monday September 25, 2017 13 STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) urged upon the Chief Minister to release the salary and pension in respect of State Government employees, pensioners and daily rated workers in view of Dussehra Festival before 29th September 2017. "This is necessitated by holidays on account of Mahanavami and Dussehra festivals, State Government has been gracious enough to release salary in respect of its employees before Eid- ul-Azha and the working class pensioners also expect similar gesture to enable celebration of this festival," said President NMC, Subash Shastri while addressing workers meet here on Sunday. He also demanded an early release of seven per cent release of DA in favour of the employ- ees of the State Government and pension- ers, so that employees and pensioners would get a sigh of relief. Those who participated in the meeting were Rajan Babu Khajuria, B.S Jamwal, Sunil Kochar, Ram Singh, Pran Nath, Tarsem Sharma, Jai Pal Sharma, Sukh Dev Singh, Sham Lal Gupta, Ramesh Sharma, Surirder Kumar, Darshan Bawa, Suraj Parkash, Darshan Lal, Madan Lal Bhagat, Anmol and Bhupindar Singh. Release salary, pension before Dussehra: NMC STATE TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR: Governor N.N Vohra and Usha Vohra, First Lady, participated in the Yusmarg Festival organised by the Chinar Corps of the Army at Yusmarg. The festi- val was inaugurated with release of Doves and balloons by the Governor and other dignitaries. Welcoming the participants at the festival, Governor observed that such occasions provide a joyous opportunity for the youth and their par- ents to get and enjoy the var- ied entertaining activities. He congratulated the Chinar Corps for providing a day long outing not only to the students of the Army Goodwill School, Balapur but to nearly a thousand boy and girl students from various schools in Budgam district. Appreciating the natural beauty of Yusmarg which is endowed with lush green sur- roundings and a beautiful meadow, the Governor prayed for the restoration of a sustained peaceful environ- ment which will enable the youth to prove their potential in every arena of life. Governor and First Lady complimented the students who presented several attrac- tive programmes and very impressive martial skills. Governor emphasised the importance of youth being groomed to emerge as future leaders and thanked the Chinar Corps, particularly Major General Raju, GOC Victor Force, and all officers of 44 Sector for organising such a gala youth festival. In the context of boosting tourism through organisa- tion of such Festivals, Governor suggested to Mohd. Harun Malik, Deputy Commissioner Budgam and Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, Chief Executive Officer of Yusmarg Development Authority to examine that no construction activity was allowed which did not confirm to the approved Master Plan and harmonised with the local scenic beauty. A scintillating cultural pro- gramme comprising Kashmiri and Punjabi dances, Pahari song and Sqay martial art was pre- sented by the Sqay martial arts team from Shopia. Governor and First Lady visited the stalls put up by the Army and the civil departments and interacted with the visitors. Major General B.S. Raju, GOC, CIF (V) presented the Welcome address while Lt Gen. J.S. Sandhu, GOC 15 Corps gave a vote of thanks. Mohammad Harun Malik, Deputy Commissioner Budgam and Tejinder Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police Budgam and other senior civil and Police officers were present on the occasion. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: The sixth day of Display Your Talent-2017-18 organised by the Department of Students Welfare, University of Jammu, was dedicated to fine-arts and lit- erary activities including sketching, cartooning, essay writing and short story writ- ing which were conducted at different venues at University of Jammu. Before the commencement of the events, Dean Students Welfare, Prof. Satnam Kour informed about the demise of Prof Dhian Singh Bhau who had a prolific career at University of Jammu under various capacities and presently he was Director, Directorate of Distance Education. Two minutes' silence was observed for the peace to the departed soul. In essay writing competi- tion, around 60 students from different colleges, institutes and departments of the University of Jammu partici- pated. Dr Padam Dev Singh was the Teacher Incharge of the event. The topics given to the students for essay writing were 'How can India becomes a Global Superpower' and 'Rivers are the Lifeline of India'. In short story writing, 40 students participated. Dr. Sandeep Arya was the Teacher Incharge of the event. The participants were sup- posed to write a story on the topics including changing meaning of friendship, respect for elders and child- hood memories. The results of both the literary events would be declared at the valedictory function. In sketching, Ranju Kumari from Institute of Music and Fine Arts (IMFA) was declared first, Pallavi Gujral from Department of Zoology and Durga Shivam Sandhya from The Law School, JU stood second and third respec- tively. Certificates of Merit were awarded to Shubham Dogra from Yogananda College of Engineering and Technology and Deepanshu Thakur from MIET. Bhushan Kesar, M.A Alnasir and M.A Almansour were the judges and Dr. Meenakshi Chowdhary was the Teacher Incharge of the event. In cartooning, the topics given to the participants were traffic jam, rising prices of petrol and GST. Mehak Sharma from Department of Physics, JU, Priyanka from GDC Akhnoor and Rishav Vaid from Dogra Law College were declared first, second and third respectively. Certificates of Merit were awarded to Diksha Andotra from Department of Lifelong Learning and Ajay Kumar from IMFA. Manoj Chopra, Chander Shekhar and Kuldeep Raj were the judges and Dr Sunita Gupta was the Teacher Incharge of the event. The events were coordinated by Sumeet Sharma (Drama Instructor). Anjali Sharma, Namrta Chib, Suhail Ahmed, Suvidha Khajuria, Sonika, Ramneek, Aarti Devi and Divya Sharma managed the events. On Tuesday, events includ- ing Mime, Mimicry and Mono Acting would be conducted at Brig. Rajinder Singh Auditorium, University of Jammu from 10:00 AM onwards. Governor, First Lady participate in Yusmarg Youth Festival Display Your Talent:Ranju from IMFA wins in Sketching, Mehak from Physics Deptt in Cartooning STATE TIMES NEWS BHOPAL: Amit Sharma, Regional Director, Survey and Land Records, Udhampur/Reasi termed cycling or biking as a healthi- est way of maintaining a per- fect lifestyle especially in the modern world as a key speak- er during first-of-its-kind innovative National Expo- cum-Workshop organised by Bhopal Smart City Corporation Limited in collab- oration with WRI India Chapter held here. Amit was sharing his per- spective on routine biking to be incorporated in daily rou- tines as a way of healthy lifestyle along with other key speakers during their session on sharing user perspectives. He specifically mentioned about numerous advantages of cycling which Amit has been doing since childhood till date like no pollution, natural exercising, recreation, com- mutation, mental agility, fuel saving for nation's self- reliance, etc. Amit also talked about his wonderful experiences and challenges while cycling to his office located in Civil Secretariat during past few years. He appealed to the youth through this forum to join mission of cycling and become icons by doing rever- sals of converting from motor bikes and motorcars back to bicycles while appreciating Public Bike Sharing concept which is picking fast in Smart Cities like Bhopal itself. Nikita Lalwani, an Electronics Engineer, who has been declared as first Biking Mayor of India for Baroda city by an International NGO of Netherlands for the unique initiative of biking to her office and encouraging lot of such conversions with her inspiring biking practices also spoke on the occasion. Mysore Smart City Corporation also gave a pres- entation on similar Public Bike Sharing model. After the closing of formal sessions and visit to various stalls installed by International Bike Companies and Service Providers, Amit Sharma joined a real-time visit to the long red bicycle tracks at Hoshangabad Road. AGENCY UNITED NATIONS: In a major goof-up, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi on Sunday flashed a pic- ture of an injured Gaza girl with no connection to India while alleging she was a victim of pellet guns in Kashmir. Exercising her right to reply hours after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj blasted Pakistan for its support to terror- ism, Lodhi, on the floor of the UN General Assembly, held up a photograph of a woman whose face was peppered with alleged pel- let gun wounds. "This is the face of Indian democracy," Lodhi claimed. The picture of 17-year- old Rawya abu Joma'a of Gaza, an alleged victim of an Israeli attack was actu- ally taken by award-win- ning American photo jour- nalist Heidi Levine in July, 2014. The picture is available on multiple news websites. "Rawya abu Joma'a, 17, at the Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Rawya was wounded when two Israeli air strikes hit her family's apartment. Three of her cousins and her sister were killed in the strike," says the caption of the photo on the website of the UK's Guardian newspaper. Quite evidently, the pic- ture has no connection with Kashmir. Lodhi, who is quite active on social media, including on Twitter, was silent after it emerged that she posed a fake picture during her right of reply at the UN General Assembly. The Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN also did not immediately respond to a PTI query on Lodhi's apparent use of such a picture. Amit terms cycling healthy way of life Pak’s UN envoy tries to pass off Gaza image as Kashmir STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: All J&K Civil Engineering Graduate Association (CEGA), Jammu Province, on Sunday announced general executive body by nominating Niaz Ahmed Banday, SE (R&B) as President while Pradeep Sharma, Executive Engineer, JKPCC and A.U Naz, GM Estates JKSPDC (AEE) as Vice Presidents of the Association. The general executive body was framed in the meeting held here under the chair- manship of Mohammad Ayub Wani, Convenor JKCEGA to discuss the issues of the cadre including regularisation, confirmation of engineers at all levels, release of ACP (Assured Career Progress), running grades in favour of in-service Engineers, renew of cadre, filling up of vacant posts of all cadres and strict imple- mentation of J&K Engineering (Gazetted) Service Rules. In the meeting, an interim body and executive commit- tee (core group) was framed unanimously for carrying out the day to day affairs/ activities of the association and to readdress the genuine grievances of the engineers till the General election of association are held. Other General Executive Body members were Rajesh Sharma, AEE (R&B) as General Secretary; Zulfikar Ali Choudhary, AE (Hyd) as Joint Secretary; Pooja Wazir, AEE (R&B) and Rakesh Chandan, AE (Hyd) as Secretaries, Mohd Ayub Wani, AEE (R&B) as Convenor; Vikram Sharma, JE (R&B) and Arshad Wani, AE (Hyd) as Publicity Secretaries; Rampal Gupta, AEE (R&B) as Treasurer and Vikram Singh Sangral, AE (R&B) as Joint Treasurer. The executive committee members were D.K Rampal, Executive Engineer (R&B); Rajan Mengi, Executive Engineer (R&B); Rajinder K Sharma, AEE (R&B); Abhinandan Singh, AEE (Hyd); Rajesh Gupta, AEE (Hyd); Seema Manhas, AE(R&B); Amit Sharma, AEE (R&B); Mohd, Faryad, AE(R&B); Vikas Sharma, AE (Hyd); Ravi Sharma, JE (R&B) and Anshu Sharma, JE(R&B) Guidance Council of the Association was also framed in the meeting with the due consent of senior most Chief Engineer (Retd) A.S Wazir, Alok Mengi, serving Chief Engineer, PWD (R&B) Jammu, Sudheer Shah, Chief Engineer, PHE Jammu, Ashok Gandotra and SE (R&B), Nasir Goni. It was decided in the meet- ing to complete the enroll- ment drive at the earliest, so that General Election of the association shall be held soon. Among others who spoke on the occasion include Rajinder K Sharma, Mohd Ayub Wani, Rampal Gupta, Arafat Choudhary, Rajesh Gupta, Rakesh Chandan, Zulfkar Ali Choudary, Mohd Fariyad, A.U Naz, Sunil Tagotra, Pooja Wazir, Seema Manhas, Vikram Sharma, Sardar Khan, Arshad Wani, Mohd Farooq, Vikas Sharma and Vikram Singh Sangral. CEGA frames general executive body STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta on Sunday called for providing better opportunities to specially- abled persons to enable them to achieve their aims and goals. He was speaking after handing over modified Scooties to two specially abled persons. The tri-wheel bikes were provided by the Speaker to the beneficiaries out of his Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Further emphasising on public contribution, Speaker said that every individual must volunteer himself in the noble service. He said proper guidance, encouragement and better opportunities will help them to become self-depend- ent. "To develop a sense of security among them, the society should assist their spe- cial needs", the Speaker asserted. Kavinder assured that every possible measure will be taken for immediate redress of the grievances of special persons. The Speaker called upon the volunteers, social workers, civil society and NGOs of the state to come forward and help them to live with honor and dignity. The Speaker stressed on the need of raising massive awareness among the people about the welfare schemes and programmes of the Government, especially for the specially-abled persons. Kavinder asked the con- cerned officials to prepare a list of physically challenged persons and draft a report on the cost for their treatment and providing different kinds of aid appliances. He said that every possible help will be provided to them through var- ious schemes. Pertinently recently the Speaker had provided 40 wheelchairs to the persons with physical disabilities out of his salary. The residents of the area hailed the noble gesture of the Speaker for helping the needy. Later, the Speaker convened a public grievance redress camp at Nanak Nagar and listened to the problems and demands projected by the locals. Responding to the issues, the Speaker assured the locals that all their genuine demands would be looked into on priority. He directed the concerned officials to take all necessary measures to address their issues at the earliest. Speaker announced that upgrading work of lanes in Sector 14 will commence in a week's time while new power transformer for the area has already being sanctioned. Kavinder hands over modified scooties to specially-abled STATE TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR: Continuing its efforts to strengthen the police public relations, a meeting was held at Circuit House in Shopian District of South Kashmir. A large number of people including prominent citizens, members from fruit growers association, traders federa- tion, transporters, Numbardars, Chowkidars and youth leaders of Shopian District participated in the meeting. A number of issues like drug abuse, traffic manage- ment, water scarcity, electric- ity issues etc were discussed during the meeting. The par- ticipants were assured by the police officers that their grievances will be taken with the concerned authorities for immediate redressal. ASP Shopian Ifroz Ahmad, DySP Hqrs Shopian Ashiq Tak, SHO Shopian Gulzar Ahmad, SHO Hirpora, Salfi Arshad, In-charge Police Post Keegam, Jazib Ahmad, Incharge Police Post Imamsaheb, Javed Ahmad, SI Muzamil Showket and other police officers and offi- cials were present and inter- acted with the participants. Meanwhile, police commu- nity partnership group meet- ings were held at Police Post Magam and Police Post Langate in Handwara. Police Community Partnership Group meeting at Police Post Magam was chaired by Division Officer, Mohsin Ahmad while at Police Post Langate, the meeting was chaired by Division officer, Jhon Mohammad. During these meetings, many issues and problems of public importance were high- lighted. The officers present assured the participants that their issues pertaining to police will be solved in short- est possible time and the rest will be taken up with the civil administration for redressal. Besides, people were appealed to report the cases of drug addiction and anti social activities in their areas, in order to make the society better and drug free. JSC mourns demise of Director DDE JU STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Jammu Scholar Council (JSC) mourned the demise of Prof Dhyan Singh Bhau, Director DDE Jammu University here on Sunday. A condolence meeting was held under the chairmanship of Parduman Singh in which the participants observed two minutes silence. They prayed to Almighty to grant eternal peace to the departed soul and give courage to the family mem- bers to bear this irreparable loss. Others who were present in the meeting include Dr Ajay K Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Ajay Prasher, Dr Manoj Heer, Anil Singh Bhau, Dr Sunil Dutt Sharma, Shiv Khajuria, Satish Verma and Mohinder Singh. Police-public meetings held BSNL launches VIJAY offer STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: On the eve of Dusshera Festival, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched VIJAY offer by offering 50 per cent Cash Back on recharge of Voice Special Tariff vouchers (STVs) for prepaid mobile customers for 30 days with effect from September 25, 2017 on PAN India. The special attraction of VIJAY offer are 50 per cent 'Cash back' in main account in the form of talk value on recharge of voice STVs of Rs 42, 44, 65, 69, 88 and 122 from September 25 to October 25, 2017 and full talk time on top-up of Rs 30 through 'BSNL online recharge portal' and 'BSNL App' from September 25 to October 25, 2017. TSEWANG RIGZIN LEH: Local NGOs includ- ing LEHO, LEDeG, Ama Tsogspa, Amchi Sabha, SECMOL and Go Green Go Organic in association with Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh are organ- ising Ladakh Organic Farmers Meet on Monday at Leh Polo Ground. United Nations Ambassador for Mountain Development, Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpochey will be the Chief Guest while Minister for Ladakh Affairs, Chering Dorjay, CEC LAHDC, Leh, Dr. Sonam Dawa, MP Ladakh Thupstan Chhewang and MLA Leh Nawang Rigzin Jora will be the Guests of Honour. The Organic Farmers Meet is organising to pro- mote sustainable agricul- ture development and to make Ladakh Organic Capital of the world. Flowering Dharma, a youth based NGO dedicat- ed towards preservation and promotion of Nalanda Philosophy, cultural, her- itage and tradition of the Himalayas with prime focus on youth in associa- tion with LAHDC and Central Institute for Buddhist Studies (CIBS) Leh, is organising an annual Trans Himalayan Youth Cultural Festival in Leh- Ladakh from Monday. The festival is being organised to cele- brate the Culture of Kindness and Compassion which they call as the true legacy of the region and believe that it is this cul- ture that binds the high- lands of Ladakh to the deep forests of Arunachal Pradesh. "The festival is unique in the respect that it is a youth endeavour and first of its kind, with a prime focus on the entire Trans- Himalayan Region. Deputy Commissioner /CEO, LAHDC, Leh, Avny Lavasa, is scheduled to inaugurate the Youth Cultural Centre on Monday afternoon. Ladakh Organic Farmers Meet, Trans Himalayan Youth Cultural Festival to begin today STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Members of vari- ous Sikh organizations under the banner of Sikh United Front J and K took out a candle light march against the killing of Sikh youth in road rage in Delhi after he objected to smok- ing. Led by President (SUF) Sudershan Singh Wazir, the Sikh community mem- bers assembled at Gurdwara Digiana Ashram and took out a candle light march demanding stern action against the culprit under Section 302 IPC. The Sikh organisations of J and K extended full sup- port to Manjit Singh G.K President Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee for his efforts in taking up the issue with the Home Minister and other government authori- ties. Dayal Singh Wazir, Mohinder Singh, Gajan Singh, Paramjit Singh, Kulwant Singh, Ravinder Singh Sarpanch, Surinder Singh Kala, Raja Singh, Ramnik Singh, Dabinder Singh, Fateh Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Harpreet Singh, Surjit Singh Kuku, Tej Pal Singh, Rasbir Singh, Manmohan Singh, Dharminder Singh, Charanbir Singh Laad and Rajinder Singhwere also present. Candle light march against killing of Sikh youth Amit Sharma, Regional Director, Survey and Land Records, Udhampur/Reasi being felicitated during the programme. Jury members displaying a best Cartoon during the competition at Jammu. Governor N.N Vohra witnessing cultural programme at Yusmarg. Speaker Kavinder Gupta handing over Scooty key to a beneficiary during the programme at Jammu.
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STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: NationalMazdoor Conference(NMC) urged upon theChief Minister to releasethe salary and pension inrespect of StateGovernment employees,pensioners and daily ratedworkers in view ofDussehra Festival before29th September 2017.
"This is necessitated byholidays on account ofMahanavami and Dussehrafestivals, State Governmenthas been gracious enoughto release salary in respectof its employees before Eid-ul-Azha and the workingclass pensioners also expectsimilar gesture to enablecelebration of this festival,"said President NMC,
Subash Shastri whileaddressing workers meethere on Sunday. He alsodemanded an early releaseof seven per cent release ofDA in favour of the employ-ees of the StateGovernment and pension-ers, so that employees andpensioners would get a sighof relief.
Those who participated inthe meeting were RajanBabu Khajuria, B.SJamwal, Sunil Kochar,Ram Singh, Pran Nath,Tarsem Sharma, Jai PalSharma, Sukh Dev Singh,Sham Lal Gupta, RameshSharma, Surirder Kumar,Darshan Bawa, SurajParkash, Darshan Lal,Madan Lal Bhagat, Anmoland Bhupindar Singh.
Release salary, pension beforeDussehra: NMC
STATE TIMES NEWSSRINAGAR: Governor N.NVohra and Usha Vohra, FirstLady, participated in theYusmarg Festival organisedby the Chinar Corps of theArmy at Yusmarg. The festi-val was inaugurated withrelease of Doves and balloonsby the Governor and otherdignitaries.
Welcoming the participantsat the festival, Governorobserved that such occasionsprovide a joyous opportunityfor the youth and their par-ents to get and enjoy the var-ied entertaining activities.He congratulated the ChinarCorps for providing a daylong outing not only to thestudents of the ArmyGoodwill School, Balapur butto nearly a thousand boy andgirl students from variousschools in Budgam district.
Appreciating the naturalbeauty of Yusmarg which isendowed with lush green sur-roundings and a beautifulmeadow, the Governorprayed for the restoration ofa sustained peaceful environ-
ment which will enable theyouth to prove their potentialin every arena of life.
Governor and First Ladycomplimented the studentswho presented several attrac-tive programmes and veryimpressive martial skills.Governor emphasised theimportance of youth beinggroomed to emerge as futureleaders and thanked theChinar Corps, particularlyMajor General Raju, GOCVictor Force, and all officersof 44 Sector for organisingsuch a gala youth festival.
In the context of boostingtourism through organisa-
tion of such Festivals,Governor suggested to Mohd.Harun Malik, DeputyCommissioner Budgam andGulzar Ahmad Bhat, ChiefExecutive Officer of YusmargDevelopment Authority toexamine that no constructionactivity was allowed whichdid not confirm to theapproved Master Plan andharmonised with the localscenic beauty.
A scintillating cultural pro-gramme comprisingKashmiri and Punjabidances, Pahari song andSqay martial art was pre-sented by the Sqay martial
arts team from Shopia.Governor and First Lady
visited the stalls put up bythe Army and the civildepartments and interactedwith the visitors.
Major General B.S. Raju,GOC, CIF (V) presented theWelcome address while LtGen. J.S. Sandhu, GOC 15Corps gave a vote of thanks.
Mohammad Harun Malik,Deputy CommissionerBudgam and TejinderSingh, SeniorSuperintendent of PoliceBudgam and other seniorcivil and Police officers werepresent on the occasion.
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: The sixth day ofDisplay Your Talent-2017-18organised by the Departmentof Students Welfare,University of Jammu, wasdedicated to fine-arts and lit-erary activities includingsketching, cartooning, essaywriting and short story writ-ing which were conducted atdifferent venues at Universityof Jammu.
Before the commencementof the events, Dean StudentsWelfare, Prof. Satnam Kourinformed about the demise ofProf Dhian Singh Bhau whohad a prolific career atUniversity of Jammu undervarious capacities andpresently he was Director,Directorate of DistanceEducation.
Two minutes' silence wasobserved for the peace to thedeparted soul.
In essay writing competi-tion, around 60 students fromdifferent colleges, institutesand departments of the
University of Jammu partici-pated. Dr Padam Dev Singhwas the Teacher Incharge ofthe event. The topics given tothe students for essay writingwere 'How can India becomesa Global Superpower' and'Rivers are the Lifeline ofIndia'.
In short story writing, 40students participated. Dr.Sandeep Arya was theTeacher Incharge of the event.The participants were sup-posed to write a story on the
topics including changingmeaning of friendship,respect for elders and child-hood memories. The results ofboth the literary events wouldbe declared at the valedictoryfunction.
In sketching, Ranju Kumarifrom Institute of Music andFine Arts (IMFA) wasdeclared first, Pallavi Gujralfrom Department of Zoologyand Durga Shivam Sandhyafrom The Law School, JUstood second and third respec-
tively.Certificates of Merit were
awarded to Shubham Dografrom Yogananda College ofEngineering and Technologyand Deepanshu Thakur fromMIET. Bhushan Kesar, M.AAlnasir and M.A Almansourwere the judges and Dr.Meenakshi Chowdhary wasthe Teacher Incharge of theevent.
In cartooning, the topicsgiven to the participants weretraffic jam, rising prices of
petrol and GST. MehakSharma from Department ofPhysics, JU, Priyanka fromGDC Akhnoor and RishavVaid from Dogra Law Collegewere declared first, secondand third respectively.
Certificates of Merit wereawarded to Diksha Andotrafrom Department of LifelongLearning and Ajay Kumarfrom IMFA. Manoj Chopra,Chander Shekhar andKuldeep Raj were the judgesand Dr Sunita Gupta was theTeacher Incharge of the event.
The events were coordinatedby Sumeet Sharma (DramaInstructor). Anjali Sharma,Namrta Chib, Suhail Ahmed,Suvidha Khajuria, Sonika,Ramneek, Aarti Devi andDivya Sharma managed theevents.
On Tuesday, events includ-ing Mime, Mimicry and MonoActing would be conducted atBrig. Rajinder SinghAuditorium, University ofJammu from 10:00 AMonwards.
Governor, First Lady participate in Yusmarg Youth Festival
Display Your Talent: Ranju from IMFA wins inSketching, Mehak from Physics Deptt in Cartooning STATE TIMES NEWSBHOPAL: Amit Sharma,
Regional Director, Survey andLand Records,Udhampur/Reasi termedcycling or biking as a healthi-est way of maintaining a per-fect lifestyle especially in themodern world as a key speak-er during first-of-its-kindinnovative National Expo-cum-Workshop organised byBhopal Smart CityCorporation Limited in collab-oration with WRI IndiaChapter held here.
Amit was sharing his per-spective on routine biking tobe incorporated in daily rou-tines as a way of healthylifestyle along with other keyspeakers during their sessionon sharing user perspectives.He specifically mentionedabout numerous advantagesof cycling which Amit hasbeen doing since childhood tilldate like no pollution, naturalexercising, recreation, com-mutation, mental agility, fuelsaving for nation's self-reliance, etc.
Amit also talked about hiswonderful experiences and
challenges while cycling to hisoffice located in CivilSecretariat during past fewyears. He appealed to theyouth through this forum tojoin mission of cycling andbecome icons by doing rever-sals of converting from motorbikes and motorcars back tobicycles while appreciatingPublic Bike Sharing conceptwhich is picking fast in SmartCities like Bhopal itself.
Nikita Lalwani, anElectronics Engineer, who hasbeen declared as first BikingMayor of India for Barodacity by an International NGO
of Netherlands for the uniqueinitiative of biking to her officeand encouraging lot of suchconversions with her inspiringbiking practices also spoke onthe occasion.
Mysore Smart CityCorporation also gave a pres-entation on similar PublicBike Sharing model.
After the closing of formalsessions and visit to variousstalls installed byInternational Bike Companiesand Service Providers, AmitSharma joined a real-timevisit to the long red bicycletracks at Hoshangabad Road.
AGENCYUNITED NATIONS: In amajor goof-up, Pakistan'sPermanent Representativeto the UN Maleeha Lodhion Sunday flashed a pic-ture of an injured Gazagirl with no connection toIndia while alleging shewas a victim of pellet gunsin Kashmir.
Exercising her right toreply hours after ExternalAffairs Minister SushmaSwaraj blasted Pakistanfor its support to terror-ism, Lodhi, on the floor ofthe UN General Assembly,held up a photograph of awoman whose face waspeppered with alleged pel-let gun wounds.
"This is the face of Indiandemocracy," Lodhiclaimed.
The picture of 17-year-old Rawya abu Joma'a ofGaza, an alleged victim ofan Israeli attack was actu-ally taken by award-win-ning American photo jour-
nalist Heidi Levine in July,2014.
The picture is availableon multiple news websites.
"Rawya abu Joma'a, 17,at the Shifa hospital inGaza City. Rawya waswounded when two Israeliair strikes hit her family'sapartment. Three of hercousins and her sister werekilled in the strike," saysthe caption of the photo onthe website of the UK'sGuardian newspaper.
Quite evidently, the pic-ture has no connectionwith Kashmir.
Lodhi, who is quite activeon social media, includingon Twitter, was silent afterit emerged that she posed afake picture during herright of reply at the UNGeneral Assembly.
The Permanent Missionof Pakistan to the UN alsodid not immediatelyrespond to a PTI query onLodhi's apparent use ofsuch a picture.
Amit terms cycling healthy way of life
Pak’s UN envoy tries to pass offGaza image as Kashmir
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: All J&K CivilEngineering GraduateAssociation (CEGA),Jammu Province, on Sundayannounced general executivebody by nominating NiazAhmed Banday, SE (R&B)as President while PradeepSharma, ExecutiveEngineer, JKPCC and A.UNaz, GM Estates JKSPDC(AEE) as Vice Presidents ofthe Association.
The general executive bodywas framed in the meetingheld here under the chair-manship of MohammadAyub Wani, ConvenorJKCEGA to discuss theissues of the cadre includingregularisation, confirmationof engineers at all levels,release of ACP (AssuredCareer Progress), runninggrades in favour of in-serviceEngineers, renew of cadre,filling up of vacant posts ofall cadres and strict imple-mentation of J&KEngineering (Gazetted)Service Rules.
In the meeting, an interimbody and executive commit-tee (core group) was framed
unanimously for carryingout the day to day affairs/activities of the associationand to readdress the genuinegrievances of the engineerstill the General election ofassociation are held.
Other General ExecutiveBody members were RajeshSharma, AEE (R&B) asGeneral Secretary; ZulfikarAli Choudhary, AE (Hyd) asJoint Secretary; PoojaWazir, AEE (R&B) andRakesh Chandan, AE (Hyd)as Secretaries, Mohd AyubWani, AEE (R&B) asConvenor; Vikram Sharma,JE (R&B) and Arshad Wani,AE (Hyd) as PublicitySecretaries; Rampal Gupta,AEE (R&B) as Treasurerand Vikram Singh Sangral,AE (R&B) as JointTreasurer.
The executive committeemembers were D.K Rampal,Executive Engineer (R&B);Rajan Mengi, ExecutiveEngineer (R&B); Rajinder KSharma, AEE (R&B);Abhinandan Singh, AEE(Hyd); Rajesh Gupta, AEE(Hyd); Seema Manhas,AE(R&B); Amit Sharma,
AEE (R&B); Mohd, Faryad,AE(R&B); Vikas Sharma,AE (Hyd); Ravi Sharma, JE(R&B) and Anshu Sharma,JE(R&B)
Guidance Council of theAssociation was also framedin the meeting with the dueconsent of senior most ChiefEngineer (Retd) A.S Wazir,Alok Mengi, serving ChiefEngineer, PWD (R&B)Jammu, Sudheer Shah,Chief Engineer, PHEJammu, Ashok Gandotraand SE (R&B), Nasir Goni.
It was decided in the meet-ing to complete the enroll-ment drive at the earliest, sothat General Election of theassociation shall be heldsoon.
Among others who spokeon the occasion includeRajinder K Sharma, MohdAyub Wani, Rampal Gupta,Arafat Choudhary, RajeshGupta, Rakesh Chandan,Zulfkar Ali Choudary, MohdFariyad, A.U Naz, SunilTagotra, Pooja Wazir, SeemaManhas, Vikram Sharma,Sardar Khan, Arshad Wani,Mohd Farooq, Vikas Sharmaand Vikram Singh Sangral.
CEGA frames general executive bodySTATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Speaker,Legislative Assembly,Kavinder Gupta on Sundaycalled for providing betteropportunities to specially-abled persons to enable themto achieve their aims andgoals.
He was speaking afterhanding over modifiedScooties to two specially abledpersons. The tri-wheel bikeswere provided by the Speakerto the beneficiaries out of hisConstituency DevelopmentFund (CDF).
Further emphasising onpublic contribution, Speakersaid that every individualmust volunteer himself in thenoble service. He said properguidance, encouragement andbetter opportunities will helpthem to become self-depend-ent. "To develop a sense ofsecurity among them, thesociety should assist their spe-cial needs", the Speakerasserted.
Kavinder assured that everypossible measure will be takenfor immediate redress of thegrievances of special persons.The Speaker called upon the
volunteers, social workers,civil society and NGOs of thestate to come forward andhelp them to live with honorand dignity.
The Speaker stressed on theneed of raising massiveawareness among the people
about the welfare schemesand programmes of theGovernment, especially forthe specially-abled persons.
Kavinder asked the con-cerned officials to prepare alist of physically challengedpersons and draft a report on
the cost for their treatmentand providing different kindsof aid appliances. He saidthat every possible help will beprovided to them through var-ious schemes.
Pertinently recently theSpeaker had provided 40wheelchairs to the personswith physical disabilities outof his salary.
The residents of the areahailed the noble gesture of theSpeaker for helping the needy.
Later, the Speaker conveneda public grievance redresscamp at Nanak Nagar andlistened to the problems anddemands projected by thelocals.
Responding to the issues,the Speaker assured the localsthat all their genuinedemands would be looked intoon priority. He directed theconcerned officials to take allnecessary measures toaddress their issues at theearliest.
Speaker announced thatupgrading work of lanes inSector 14 will commence in aweek's time while new powertransformer for the area hasalready being sanctioned.
Kavinder hands over modified scooties to specially-abled
STATE TIMES NEWSSRINAGAR: Continuing itsefforts to strengthen thepolice public relations, ameeting was held at CircuitHouse in Shopian District ofSouth Kashmir.
A large number of peopleincluding prominent citizens,members from fruit growersassociation, traders federa-tion, transporters,Numbardars, Chowkidarsand youth leaders of ShopianDistrict participated in themeeting.
A number of issues likedrug abuse, traffic manage-ment, water scarcity, electric-ity issues etc were discussedduring the meeting. The par-ticipants were assured by thepolice officers that theirgrievances will be taken withthe concerned authorities forimmediate redressal.
ASP Shopian Ifroz Ahmad,DySP Hqrs Shopian AshiqTak, SHO Shopian GulzarAhmad, SHO Hirpora, SalfiArshad, In-charge PolicePost Keegam, Jazib Ahmad,Incharge Police PostImamsaheb, Javed Ahmad,
SI Muzamil Showket andother police officers and offi-cials were present and inter-acted with the participants.
Meanwhile, police commu-nity partnership group meet-ings were held at Police PostMagam and Police PostLangate in Handwara.
Police CommunityPartnership Group meetingat Police Post Magam waschaired by Division Officer,Mohsin Ahmad while atPolice Post Langate, themeeting was chaired byDivision officer, JhonMohammad.
During these meetings,many issues and problems ofpublic importance were high-lighted. The officers presentassured the participants thattheir issues pertaining topolice will be solved in short-est possible time and the restwill be taken up with the civiladministration for redressal.Besides, people wereappealed to report the casesof drug addiction and antisocial activities in theirareas, in order to make thesociety better and drug free.
JSC mourns demise ofDirector DDE JU
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Jammu ScholarCouncil (JSC) mourned thedemise of Prof Dhyan SinghBhau, Director DDE JammuUniversity here on Sunday.
A condolence meeting washeld under the chairmanshipof Parduman Singh in whichthe participants observed twominutes silence.
They prayed to Almighty togrant eternal peace to thedeparted soul and givecourage to the family mem-bers to bear this irreparableloss.
Others who were present inthe meeting include Dr AjayK Sharma, Rajesh Sharma,Ajay Prasher, Dr Manoj Heer,Anil Singh Bhau, Dr SunilDutt Sharma, Shiv Khajuria,Satish Verma and MohinderSingh.
Police-public meetings held
BSNL launchesVIJAY offer
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: On the eve ofDusshera Festival, BharatSanchar Nigam Limited
(BSNL) launched VIJAYoffer by offering 50 percent Cash Back onrecharge of Voice SpecialTariff vouchers (STVs) forprepaid mobile customersfor 30 days with effectfrom September 25, 2017on PAN India. The specialattraction of VIJAY offerare 50 per cent 'Cash back'in main account in theform of talk value onrecharge of voice STVs ofRs 42, 44, 65, 69, 88 and122 from September 25 toOctober 25, 2017 and fulltalk time on top-up of Rs30 through 'BSNL onlinerecharge portal' and'BSNL App' fromSeptember 25 to October25, 2017.
TSEWANG RIGZINLEH: Local NGOs includ-ing LEHO, LEDeG, AmaTsogspa, Amchi Sabha,SECMOL and Go GreenGo Organic in associationwith Ladakh AutonomousHill Development Council(LAHDC) Leh are organ-ising Ladakh OrganicFarmers Meet on Mondayat Leh Polo Ground.
United NationsAmbassador for MountainDevelopment, KyabgonChetsang Rinpochey willbe the Chief Guest whileMinister for LadakhAffairs, Chering Dorjay,CEC LAHDC, Leh, Dr.Sonam Dawa, MP LadakhThupstan Chhewang andMLA Leh Nawang Rigzin
Jora will be the Guests ofHonour.
The Organic FarmersMeet is organising to pro-mote sustainable agricul-ture development and tomake Ladakh OrganicCapital of the world.
Flowering Dharma, ayouth based NGO dedicat-ed towards preservationand promotion of NalandaPhilosophy, cultural, her-itage and tradition of theHimalayas with primefocus on youth in associa-tion with LAHDC andCentral Institute forBuddhist Studies (CIBS)Leh, is organising anannual Trans HimalayanYouth Cultural Festival inLeh- Ladakh from
Monday. The festival isbeing organised to cele-brate the Culture ofKindness and Compassionwhich they call as the truelegacy of the region andbelieve that it is this cul-ture that binds the high-lands of Ladakh to thedeep forests of ArunachalPradesh.
"The festival is unique inthe respect that it is ayouth endeavour and firstof its kind, with a primefocus on the entire Trans-Himalayan Region.
Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC, Leh, AvnyLavasa, is scheduled toinaugurate the YouthCultural Centre onMonday afternoon.
Ladakh Organic Farmers Meet, Trans HimalayanYouth Cultural Festival to begin today
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Members of vari-ous Sikh organizationsunder the banner of SikhUnited Front J and K tookout a candle light marchagainst the killing of Sikhyouth in road rage in Delhiafter he objected to smok-ing.
Led by President (SUF)Sudershan Singh Wazir,the Sikh community mem-bers assembled atGurdwara Digiana Ashramand took out a candle lightmarch demanding sternaction against the culpritunder Section 302 IPC.
The Sikh organisations ofJ and K extended full sup-port to Manjit Singh G.KPresident Delhi Sikh
Gurdwara ManagementCommittee for his effortsin taking up the issue withthe Home Minister andother government authori-ties.
Dayal Singh Wazir,Mohinder Singh, GajanSingh, Paramjit Singh,Kulwant Singh, RavinderSingh Sarpanch, SurinderSingh Kala, Raja Singh,Ramnik Singh, DabinderSingh, Fateh Singh,Sukhwinder Singh,Harpreet Singh, SurjitSingh Kuku, Tej Pal Singh,Rasbir Singh, ManmohanSingh, Dharminder Singh,Charanbir Singh Laad andRajinder Singhwere alsopresent.
Candle light march againstkilling of Sikh youth
Amit Sharma, Regional Director, Survey and Land Records,Udhampur/Reasi being felicitated during the programme.
Jury members displaying a best Cartoon during the competition at Jammu.
Governor N.N Vohra witnessing cultural programme at Yusmarg.
Speaker Kavinder Gupta handing over Scooty key to a beneficiary during the programme at Jammu.
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