JAMMU & KASHMIR THE HIMALAYAN MAIL QJAMMU …
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JAMMU, JUNE 30: SKUAST-Teaching Associ- ation Jammu (SKUAST- TAJ) accorded an emotive / warm farewell to Dr. RK Arora Professor (Entomol- ogy) and Associate Director Extension on his superan- nuation after rendering dis- tinguished services of 40 years. VC SKUAST-Jammu Dr. JP Sharma while appre- ciating Dr. Arora's contribu- tions in teaching, research and extension selflessly wished him a very healthy post-retired life. President Teaching Association Dr. Vikas Sharma while listing Dr. RK Arora's achieve- ments as an administrator and contributions in the discipline of Entomology wished him a prosperous life after retirement. The ad- visors / office bearers of teaching association - Prof. RK Samnotra, Prof. Susheel Sharma, Dr. PK Rai, Dr. Ro- hit Sharma, Dr. Puneet Choudhary, Dr. Sanjay Koshal, Dr Jai Kapoor, Dr. Vinod Gupta, Dr. Biswajeet Brahma also wished him luck. The proceedings of the programme was conducted by Dr. Vivak M Arya while formal vote of thanks was presented by Dr. Pawan Sharma. Besides, all the Ex- ecutive Committee of SKUAST-TAJ, the function was attended by Dr. RK Gupta Director Research, Dr SK Gupta Director Ex- tension, Sh. Rajesh Talwar Registrar and President Non Teaching Sh PDK Up- pal. 3 THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU WEDNESDAY JULY 01, 2020 JAMMU & KASHMIR HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS DODA, JUNE 30 The Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) unit Doda under the leadership of Sheikh Mujeeb Ali, presi- dent district Congress Com- mittee Doda lodged a strong protest against the unprece- dented price hike in petro- leum, Diesel and LPG and demanded its roll back. As part of Nation Wide programme launched by the All India Congress (AICC), the JKPCC has or- ganized district wise protests in the entire Jammu and Kashmir against the unprecedent hike in petroleum, diesel and LPG, describing it as anti-people measure adopted by the Modi Govt. According to statement issued to this correspon- dent, The District Presi- dents of the Party also sub- mitted memorandum to DDC Doda Dr. Sagar D. Doifode, demanding that price escalation of diesel and petrol must be stopped very immediately. Sheikh Mujeeb said that during the last three and half month, the BJP Govt has increased 21/ petrol and Rs. 26 on diesel putting heavy burden on the people, which is absolutely unjusti- fied and deserves strong condemnation. Mujeeb further said that the wrong polices adopted by the government was re- sponsible for the hike in petrol, diesel and LPG de- spite the price on crude oil constantly remaining less than 50 percent for the last six years, ironically the pe- troleum and diesel prices are skyrocketing, as a result, common people especially transporters, farmers and other sections of the people are bearing the brunt of price hike. The excise duty was 9.20 per litre on petrol and Rs. 3.46 per litre on diesel whereas in six years after assuming power Modi Govt has increased it to Rs. 23.78 on petrol and Rs. 28.37 on Diesel per litre increasing it to 820 % on diesel and 258% on petrol, they said. Congress Party demands immediate roll back of price hike to ensure that common people were not forced to stop their day-to -day activ- ities due to the unprece- dented hike, they added. party workers including Mohd Shafi Ganaie , Asger Hussain khangi, Asif Gattu, Haneef Shah, javed lone , Naresh Manhas, Master Mathura Das, Salim Jahn- gir, Ayaz Ganaie and Mum- taz Batt were present while handing over memoran- dum to DDC Doda . Congress protests against oil price rise, submitts memorandum to DC JAMMU, JUNE 30 (JNF): J&K High Court is- sued notices in a Public In- terest Litigation restraining respondents to opne new wine shops in Jammu a City of Temples. In a Public Interest Litiga- tion filed by Care Nature and Environment Society through its Secretary Ruchi Chauhan Khan, seeking di- rection to respondents not to issue any new licenses for opening bars/liquor vends etc for serving intoxicating drinks /liquor in Jammu Division of the Union Terri- tory of J&K, A Division Bench of J&K High Court Jammu Wing Comprising Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul after hearing Adv Ankur Sharma for the PIL, issued notice to Union Terri- tory of Jammu and Kash- mir Through Commis- sioner/Secretary (Financial Commissioner) Finance Department, Excise Com- missioner J&K and Deputy Excise Commisisoner Jammu. In the PIL, petitioner also seek declaring clauses 3.2.3 and 3.2.4 of the J&K Excise Policy issued vide SRO 128 dated 25.02.2019 as uncon- stitutional as the former provides for the grant of new licenses in un-served and under-served areas of J&K U.T and the latter, for the purposes of grant of li- censes, declares Tehsil (ba- sic unit for Rural areas) and Municipal Ward (basic unit for urban areas) ; as both are violative of Articles 21 and 19 of the Constitution of India. In the PIL it has been submitted that there is un- even distribution of wine shop licenses vis a vis Jammu and Kashmir provinces. Out of a total of 224 wine shops in J&K Union Territory Jammu Di- vision has a share of 220 such shops whereas Kash- mir Division has only 04 such shops. Out of a total of 319 bars in the Union Terri- tory of J&K, there are 311 such bars in Jammu Divi- sion whereas in Kashmir Division there are nearly 08 such bars and the Excise Policy in question provides for grant of new licenses for such shops and bars. The Excise Policy issued vide SRO 128 dated 25.02.2019 provides for the issuance of more licenses for wine shops and bars to the deter- ment of the culture, health, moral and spiritual values of the people of Jammu Di- vision. During the course of hearing Adv Ankur Submit- ted that Jammu is called the City of Temples as this ancient city has thousands of big and small temples and the people of Jammu Division are deeply reli- gious in nature and the bravery of Dogra Soldiers finds place in the Military history of the World in golden letters, having taken part both in First War and the second World war. World famous Cave of Vaishno Devi is not far from the city. DB issues notice to FC, EC, others HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS JAMMU, JUNE 30 All India masih Seva Dal President Camres David (Babbloo), Advisor Sunil kumar and Parshotam Mehra along with Vice President Titus Gill Youth President Ayub Khokhar said that the front line Corona warriors like health workers, district administration, police personal employees on es- sential duties, journalists are serving for the better- ment of society and de- serve to be honoured for their dedication and hard work. While intiating a com- paign to hounour conona warriors ,All India masih Seva Dal saluted the work of Frontline warriors who are fighting against Covid 19. In this regard President AIMSD, Giving certificate of Mr Puneet Arora Edi- tor-in-chief Early Post Newspaper Jammu token of respect on the Direction of Rev. Shoukat Peter chief patron All India masih Seva Dal and Presi- dent j&k joint churches fellowship Jammu, Rev. Issac Bhatti chairman All India masih Seva Dal and President J&K Christian Bradri north jammu, Mr feastus sotra vice chair- man All India masih Seva Dal and Pr John Roques Bhatti chairman Bethel charitable trust. Masih Seva Dal honours frontline Corona warriors HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS JAMMU, JUNE 30 Two day training on Computerization of Regis- tration System (CRS) through National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) orga- nized by Inspector General Registration, J&K, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, concluded, here today. Registrars/ Sub Regis- trars of District Jammu, Samba, Udhampur, Kathua and Srinagar participated in the online training, im- parted by the Software De- velopment Unit (SDU), NIC, Pune in collaboration with Registration Depart- ment and NIC Jammu & Kashmir. For the convenience of the citizens, the Depart- ment of Registration is go- ing to switch over registra- tion of the documents work, which is presently being done manually, to online computerization in the Union Territory of J&K, to make it hassle free, smooth and time saving. In this regard, it has been decided to start the regis- tration through National Generic Document Regis- tration System (NGDRS) as being done in few other states of India. The SDU, Pune has al- ready developed the soft- ware as per the require- ment of the UT of J&K, for which trial launch was done by the Advisor to Lieu- tenant Governor of J&K, K.K.Sharma on June 15, 2020. The infrastructure re- quired for the Rolling out of Computerization Registra- tion System (CRS) through National Generic Docu- ment Registration System (NGDRS) is being devel- oped in the offices of In- spector General Registra- tion , J&K, Addl. Inspector General Registration Jammu/Kashmir and all the (20) Registrars and (77) Sub Registrar offices in the UT of J&K. Similar, training shall be conducted for the Regis- trars/Sub Registrars of other districts of the Union Territory shortly. Dr. Pawan Kotwal, In- spector General Registra- tion, J&K, emphasized upon all the Deputy Com- missioners/ Registrars/ Sub-Registrars to have sta- ble connectivity in the of- fices of Registrars/Sub Reg- istrars Offices and also submit the required Master Data to SDU Pune immedi- ately, which is the pre-requi- site for shifting to National Generic Document Regis- tration System (NGDRS). Rishpal Singh, Addl. In- spector General Registra- tion, Jammu supervised two day training pro- gramme held on 29th & 30th June 2020. Registration deptt conducts 2-day online training programme HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS JAMMU, JUNE 30 Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) has de- manded financial package for the businessmen and hoteliers of Jammu’s Old City areas and Katra known for religious tourism hub. In a press statement, J&K Apni Party, senior leader, Vikram Malhotra and for- mer minister Manjit Singh said that the business com- munity and hoteliers have suffered financially due to the lockdown period and they have yet not recovered as the restrictions continue on religious tourism. Under this prevailing situ- ation, both the leaders said that the shopkeepers at Raghunath Bazaar and Ka- tra needs financial support from the Government espe- cially when the religious tourism has come to stand still in Jammu and Kashmir due to covid threat. They said that “Hundreds of families associated with the religious tourism and associated businesses are facing tough times. The Government must extend their full support and come out with a financial package for them.” In their joint statement, they have appealed to the Government to waive off electricity bills of people in Jammu and Kashmir due to covid lockdown. “The private and Govern- ment offices remained closed in Jammu and Kash- mir. Many people lost their jobs and the business estab- lishments also suffered set- backs causing financial crunch to the common masses,” said the JKAP se- nior leaders. Meanwhile, former min- ister Manjit Singh, senior leader, Vikram Malhotra, senior leader, Namrata Sharma, senior youth leader, Raqeeq Khan, Madan Lal Chalotra, Sandeep Gandotra, Anuj Manhas, Amandeep Chopra, Vaibhav Mattoo, Janmeet Singh Bali and others were present on the occasion. Besides, Sohan Singh (Sony), Shardeesh Rana, Nitin Gupta facilitated join- ing of Romesh Mehra, Anik Shivgotra, Mahir Sharma Veerji Kachroo, Sahil Ku- mar, Ravi Kumar, Satdev Singh, Rakesh Sharma, Jyoti Saroop, Bishan Dass, Nir- mal Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Parveen Kumar, Ajay Ku- mar, Yogesh Kamal and others in the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party. Waive off electricity bills in J&K during lockdown period: JKAP HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS JAMMU, JUNE 30 The J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu, orga- nized a Shardanjali Samaroh in the premises of High Court of J&K at Jammu, to pay homage and rich tributes to late Sh.B.S Slathia, Senior Ad- vocate and former Presi- dent, J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu. The Shardanjali Samaroh was attended by Hon’ble Chief Justice Miss Gita Mittal, alongwith companion Judges namely Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal, Hon’ble Mr. Jus- tice Tashi Rabstan, Hon’ble Mr. Justice. San- jeev Kumar, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vinod Chatterji koul and Hon’ble Mr. Jus- tice Puneet Gupta includ- ing Judges from the subor- dinate Judiciary namely Mr. Sanjeev Gupta, Learned Pr. District & Ses- sions Judge, Jammu and other Judges of Subordi- nate Judiciary, Registrar General Jawad Ahmed along with his staff also at- tend the Samaroh. Learned Advocate Gen- eral Sh D. C. Raina along with the Law Officers and staff of A.G office also paid homage to the departed soul . Many Advocates includ- ing former Presidents namely Mr. D.K. Khajuria Adv., Mr. D.S. Saini Adv. S. Surinder Singh Adv. Sr. Advocates Mr.\ P.N. Raina, Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta, Mrs. Surinder Kour also paid their respectful homage to late Mr. Slathia. The atmosphere become very emotional when the daughters of Mr. Slathia joined the Shardanjali Samaroh, all the persons present on the occasion shared their condolence with the daughter namely Mrs. Kaife Slathia Chib, Miss Meenakshi Slathia Advocate & Mr. Kunal Chib (son-in-law). All present on the occa- sion with one voice appreci- ated the contributions of Mr. Slathia and his con- cerned towards the legal fraternity particularly members of J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu. It is worthwhile to mention herein that Mr. Slathia was role model for many young Advocates. The learned Judges also remembered the zeal and conviction with which Mr. Slathia use to put-forth his arguments before the court. Mr. Slathia who is well known for his helpful attitude and social activi- ties in the society. Mr. Abhinav Sharma Adv. President J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu while briefing the media has thrown the light upon the contributions of Mr. B.S.Slathia. He also re- membered with reverence to the life and contribu- tions of Mr. Slathia to the legal fraternity as well as to Jammu as a whole. He also highly appreciated his commitment to the cause, clarity in thoughts and consistency in actions which made him to be- come President of J&K High Court Bar Associa- tion three times. J&KBAJ pays tributes to BS Slathia SKUAST bids adieu to Dr Arora PHOTO: ANKUR SETHI HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWS JAMMU, JUNE 30 As part of its Covid-19 special training program, J&K Skill Development Mission (JKSDM) today or- ganized an online program on the topic “Stress Man- agement During Crisis. Renowned Psychiatrist, Professor and Head of the Department, IMHANS, GMC, Srinagar Dr. Arshad Hussain was the resource person of the program in which he stressed on the importance of managing stress and anxiety during times of crisis. While highlighting the various aspects of stress management, Dr. Arshad said, “Covid-19 has already increased the stress level in the lives of the 21st century, it becomes imperative for us to inculcate positive out- look in such scenario and in this regard stress manage- ment plays a pivotal role.” Dr. Arshad further added, “In times of crisis such as Covid-19, we should talk to relatives and friends and talk good, positive things. One must not overreact or over-research and follow the advice of the experts.” Under the Covid-19 spe- cial online program, JKSDM through different batches has already pro- vided online training to 1061 candidates on various skill sets such as cyber secu- rity, GST, tailoring skills (Masks & PPEs), internet web designing, front office operations in hospitality sector, beauty makeup etc. Candidates including professionals, homemak- ers, unemployed youth and students pursuing profes- sional courses are receiving training for these courses in JKSDM affiliated institu- tions. Besides the daily class by instructors, the candi- dates are also getting an op- portunity to interact with reputed industry experts. Since Covid-19 had closed all academic & tech- nical institutions including skill training centres as such online training courses were initiated by the Mission aimed to make productive use of time of people of J&K during cur- rent lockdown viz-a-viz im- parting skills beneficial to the people. J&KSDM holds online programme on stress management
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JAMMU, JUNE 30:SKUAST-Teaching Associ-ation Jammu (SKUAST-TAJ) accorded an emotive /warm farewell to Dr. RKArora Professor (Entomol-ogy) and Associate DirectorExtension on his superan-nuation after rendering dis-tinguished services of 40years. VC SKUAST-JammuDr. JP Sharma while appre-ciating Dr. Arora's contribu-tions in teaching, researchand extension selflesslywished him a very healthypost-retired life. PresidentTeaching Association Dr.Vikas Sharma while listingDr. RK Arora's achieve-ments as an administratorand contributions in thediscipline of Entomologywished him a prosperouslife after retirement. The ad-visors / office bearers ofteaching association - Prof.RK Samnotra, Prof. SusheelSharma, Dr. PK Rai, Dr. Ro-hit Sharma, Dr. PuneetChoudhary, Dr. SanjayKoshal, Dr Jai Kapoor, Dr.Vinod Gupta, Dr. Biswajeet
Brahma also wished himluck.
The proceedings of theprogramme was conductedby Dr. Vivak M Arya whileformal vote of thanks waspresented by Dr. PawanSharma. Besides, all the Ex-ecutive Committee ofSKUAST-TAJ, the functionwas attended by Dr. RKGupta Director Research,Dr SK Gupta Director Ex-tension, Sh. Rajesh TalwarRegistrar and PresidentNon Teaching Sh PDK Up-pal.
3THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU WEDNESDAY JULY 01, 2020
JAMMU & KASHMIR
HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSDODA, JUNE 30
The Pradesh CongressCommittee (JKPCC) unitDoda under the leadershipof Sheikh Mujeeb Ali, presi-dent district Congress Com-mittee Doda lodged a strongprotest against the unprece-dented price hike in petro-leum, Diesel and LPG anddemanded its roll back.
As part of Nation Wideprogramme launched bythe All India Congress
(AICC), the JKPCC has or-ganized district wiseprotests in the entireJammu and Kashmiragainst the unprecedenthike in petroleum, dieseland LPG, describing it asanti-people measureadopted by the Modi Govt.
According to statementissued to this correspon-dent, The District Presi-dents of the Party also sub-mitted memorandum toDDC Doda Dr. Sagar D.Doifode, demanding thatprice escalation of diesel
and petrol must be stoppedvery immediately.
Sheikh Mujeeb said thatduring the last three andhalf month, the BJP Govthas increased 21/ petrol andRs. 26 on diesel puttingheavy burden on the people,which is absolutely unjusti-fied and deserves strongcondemnation.
Mujeeb further said thatthe wrong polices adoptedby the government was re-sponsible for the hike inpetrol, diesel and LPG de-spite the price on crude oil
constantly remaining lessthan 50 percent for the lastsix years, ironically the pe-troleum and diesel pricesare skyrocketing, as a result,common people especiallytransporters, farmers andother sections of the peopleare bearing the brunt ofprice hike.
The excise duty was 9.20per litre on petrol and Rs.3.46 per litre on dieselwhereas in six years afterassuming power Modi Govthas increased it to Rs. 23.78on petrol and Rs. 28.37 onDiesel per litre increasing itto 820 % on diesel and258% on petrol, they said.
Congress Party demandsimmediate roll back of pricehike to ensure that commonpeople were not forced tostop their day-to -day activ-ities due to the unprece-dented hike, they added.
party workers includingMohd Shafi Ganaie , AsgerHussain khangi, Asif Gattu,Haneef Shah, javed lone ,Naresh Manhas, MasterMathura Das, Salim Jahn-gir, Ayaz Ganaie and Mum-taz Batt were present whilehanding over memoran-dum to DDC Doda .
Congress protests against oil pricerise, submitts memorandum to DC
JAMMU, JUNE 30(JNF): J&K High Court is-sued notices in a Public In-terest Litigation restrainingrespondents to opne newwine shops in Jammu a Cityof Temples.
In a Public Interest Litiga-tion filed by Care Natureand Environment Societythrough its Secretary RuchiChauhan Khan, seeking di-rection to respondents notto issue any new licenses foropening bars/liquor vendsetc for serving intoxicatingdrinks /liquor in JammuDivision of the Union Terri-tory of J&K, A DivisionBench of J&K High CourtJammu Wing ComprisingChief Justice Gita Mittaland Justice Vinod ChatterjiKoul after hearing AdvAnkur Sharma for the PIL,
issued notice to Union Terri-tory of Jammu and Kash-mir Through Commis-sioner/Secretary (FinancialCommissioner) FinanceDepartment, Excise Com-missioner J&K and DeputyExcise CommisisonerJammu.
In the PIL, petitioner alsoseek declaring clauses 3.2.3and 3.2.4 of the J&K ExcisePolicy issued vide SRO 128dated 25.02.2019 as uncon-stitutional as the formerprovides for the grant ofnew licenses in un-servedand under-served areas ofJ&K U.T and the latter, forthe purposes of grant of li-censes, declares Tehsil (ba-sic unit for Rural areas) andMunicipal Ward (basic unitfor urban areas) ; as bothare violative of Articles 21
and 19 of the Constitution ofIndia.
In the PIL it has beensubmitted that there is un-even distribution of wineshop licenses vis a visJammu and Kashmirprovinces. Out of a total of224 wine shops in J&KUnion Territory Jammu Di-vision has a share of 220such shops whereas Kash-mir Division has only 04such shops. Out of a total of319 bars in the Union Terri-tory of J&K, there are 311such bars in Jammu Divi-sion whereas in KashmirDivision there are nearly 08such bars and the ExcisePolicy in question providesfor grant of new licenses forsuch shops and bars. TheExcise Policy issued videSRO 128 dated 25.02.2019
provides for the issuance ofmore licenses for wineshops and bars to the deter-ment of the culture, health,moral and spiritual valuesof the people of Jammu Di-vision.
During the course ofhearing Adv Ankur Submit-ted that Jammu is calledthe City of Temples as thisancient city has thousandsof big and small templesand the people of JammuDivision are deeply reli-gious in nature and thebravery of Dogra Soldiersfinds place in the Militaryhistory of the World ingolden letters, having takenpart both in First War andthe second World war.World famous Cave ofVaishno Devi is not far fromthe city.
DB issues notice to FC, EC, others
HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JUNE 30
All India masih Seva DalPresident Camres David(Babbloo), Advisor Sunilkumar and ParshotamMehra along with VicePresident Titus Gill YouthPresident Ayub Khokharsaid that the front lineCorona warriors likehealth workers, districtadministration, policepersonal employees on es-sential duties, journalistsare serving for the better-ment of society and de-serve to be honoured fortheir dedication and hardwork.
While intiating a com-paign to hounour cononawarriors ,All India masih
Seva Dal saluted the workof Frontline warriors whoare fighting against Covid19.
In this regard PresidentAIMSD, Giving certificateof Mr Puneet Arora Edi-tor-in-chief Early PostNewspaper Jammu tokenof respect on the Directionof Rev. Shoukat Peterchief patron All India
masih Seva Dal and Presi-dent j&k joint churchesfellowship Jammu, Rev.Issac Bhatti chairman AllIndia masih Seva Dal andPresident J&K ChristianBradri north jammu, Mrfeastus sotra vice chair-man All India masih SevaDal and Pr John RoquesBhatti chairman Bethelcharitable trust.
Masih Seva Dal honours frontline Corona warriors
HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JUNE 30
Two day training onComputerization of Regis-tration System (CRS)through National GenericDocument RegistrationSystem (NGDRS) orga-nized by Inspector GeneralRegistration, J&K, Dr.Pawan Kotwal, concluded,here today.
Registrars/ Sub Regis-trars of District Jammu,Samba, Udhampur, Kathuaand Srinagar participatedin the online training, im-parted by the Software De-velopment Unit (SDU),NIC, Pune in collaborationwith Registration Depart-ment and NIC Jammu &Kashmir.
For the convenience ofthe citizens, the Depart-ment of Registration is go-ing to switch over registra-tion of the documents work,which is presently beingdone manually, to onlinecomputerization in theUnion Territory of J&K, tomake it hassle free, smoothand time saving.
In this regard, it has beendecided to start the regis-tration through NationalGeneric Document Regis-tration System (NGDRS) asbeing done in few otherstates of India.
The SDU, Pune has al-ready developed the soft-ware as per the require-ment of the UT of J&K, forwhich trial launch was doneby the Advisor to Lieu-tenant Governor of J&K,
K.K.Sharma on June 15,2020.
The infrastructure re-quired for the Rolling out ofComputerization Registra-tion System (CRS) throughNational Generic Docu-ment Registration System(NGDRS) is being devel-oped in the offices of In-spector General Registra-tion , J&K, Addl. InspectorGeneral RegistrationJammu/Kashmir and allthe (20) Registrars and (77)Sub Registrar offices in theUT of J&K.
Similar, training shall beconducted for the Regis-trars/Sub Registrars ofother districts of the UnionTerritory shortly.
Dr. Pawan Kotwal, In-spector General Registra-tion, J&K, emphasizedupon all the Deputy Com-missioners/ Registrars/Sub-Registrars to have sta-ble connectivity in the of-fices of Registrars/Sub Reg-istrars Offices and alsosubmit the required MasterData to SDU Pune immedi-ately, which is the pre-requi-site for shifting to NationalGeneric Document Regis-tration System (NGDRS).
Rishpal Singh, Addl. In-spector General Registra-tion, Jammu supervisedtwo day training pro-gramme held on 29th &30th June 2020.
Registration deptt conducts 2-day online training programme
HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JUNE 30
Jammu and KashmirApni Party (JKAP) has de-manded financial packagefor the businessmen andhoteliers of Jammu’s OldCity areas and Katra knownfor religious tourism hub.
In a press statement, J&KApni Party, senior leader,Vikram Malhotra and for-mer minister Manjit Singhsaid that the business com-munity and hoteliers havesuffered financially due tothe lockdown period andthey have yet not recoveredas the restrictions continueon religious tourism.
Under this prevailing situ-ation, both the leaders saidthat the shopkeepers atRaghunath Bazaar and Ka-tra needs financial supportfrom the Government espe-
cially when the religioustourism has come to standstill in Jammu and Kashmirdue to covid threat.
They said that “Hundredsof families associated withthe religious tourism andassociated businesses arefacing tough times. TheGovernment must extendtheir full support and comeout with a financial packagefor them.”
In their joint statement,
they have appealed to theGovernment to waive offelectricity bills of people inJammu and Kashmir due tocovid lockdown.
“The private and Govern-ment offices remainedclosed in Jammu and Kash-mir. Many people lost theirjobs and the business estab-lishments also suffered set-backs causing financialcrunch to the commonmasses,” said the JKAP se-
nior leaders.Meanwhile, former min-
ister Manjit Singh, seniorleader, Vikram Malhotra,senior leader, NamrataSharma, senior youthleader, Raqeeq Khan,Madan Lal Chalotra,Sandeep Gandotra, AnujManhas, AmandeepChopra, Vaibhav Mattoo,Janmeet Singh Bali andothers were present on theoccasion.
Besides, Sohan Singh(Sony), Shardeesh Rana,Nitin Gupta facilitated join-ing of Romesh Mehra, AnikShivgotra, Mahir SharmaVeerji Kachroo, Sahil Ku-mar, Ravi Kumar, SatdevSingh, Rakesh Sharma, JyotiSaroop, Bishan Dass, Nir-mal Kumar, Vijay Kumar,Parveen Kumar, Ajay Ku-mar, Yogesh Kamal andothers in the Jammu andKashmir Apni Party.
Waive off electricity bills in J&Kduring lockdown period: JKAP
HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JUNE 30
The J&K High Court BarAssociation, Jammu, orga-nized a ShardanjaliSamaroh in the premises ofHigh Court of J&K atJammu, to pay homageand rich tributes to lateSh.B.S Slathia, Senior Ad-vocate and former Presi-dent, J&K High Court BarAssociation, Jammu.
The ShardanjaliSamaroh was attended byHon’ble Chief Justice MissGita Mittal, alongwithcompanion Judges namelyHon’ble Mr. Justice RajeshBindal, Hon’ble Mr. Jus-tice Tashi Rabstan,Hon’ble Mr. Justice. San-jeev Kumar, Hon’ble Mr.Justice Vinod Chatterjikoul and Hon’ble Mr. Jus-tice Puneet Gupta includ-ing Judges from the subor-dinate Judiciary namelyMr. Sanjeev Gupta,Learned Pr. District & Ses-sions Judge, Jammu andother Judges of Subordi-nate Judiciary, RegistrarGeneral Jawad Ahmedalong with his staff also at-tend the Samaroh.
Learned Advocate Gen-eral Sh D. C. Raina alongwith the Law Officers and
staff of A.G office also paidhomage to the departedsoul .
Many Advocates includ-ing former Presidentsnamely Mr. D.K. KhajuriaAdv., Mr. D.S. Saini Adv. S.Surinder Singh Adv. Sr.Advocates Mr.\ P.N.Raina, Mr. Raj KumarGupta, Mrs. Surinder Kouralso paid their respectfulhomage to late Mr. Slathia.
The atmosphere becomevery emotional when thedaughters of Mr. Slathiajoined the ShardanjaliSamaroh, all the personspresent on the occasionshared their condolencewith the daughter namelyMrs. Kaife Slathia Chib,
Miss Meenakshi SlathiaAdvocate & Mr. KunalChib (son-in-law).
All present on the occa-sion with one voice appreci-ated the contributions ofMr. Slathia and his con-cerned towards the legalfraternity particularlymembers of J&K HighCourt Bar Association,Jammu. It is worthwhile tomention herein that Mr.Slathia was role model formany young Advocates.The learned Judges alsoremembered the zeal andconviction with which Mr.Slathia use to put-forth hisarguments before thecourt. Mr. Slathia who iswell known for his helpful
attitude and social activi-ties in the society.
Mr. Abhinav SharmaAdv. President J&K HighCourt Bar Association,Jammu while briefing themedia has thrown the lightupon the contributions ofMr. B.S.Slathia. He also re-membered with reverenceto the life and contribu-tions of Mr. Slathia to thelegal fraternity as well asto Jammu as a whole. Healso highly appreciated hiscommitment to the cause,clarity in thoughts andconsistency in actionswhich made him to be-come President of J&KHigh Court Bar Associa-tion three times.
J&KBAJ pays tributes to BS Slathia
SKUAST bids adieu to Dr Arora
PHOTO: ANKUR SETHI
HIMALAYAN MAIL NEWSJAMMU, JUNE 30
As part of its Covid-19special training program,J&K Skill DevelopmentMission (JKSDM) today or-ganized an online programon the topic “Stress Man-agement During Crisis.Renowned Psychiatrist,Professor and Head of theDepartment, IMHANS,GMC, Srinagar Dr. ArshadHussain was the resourceperson of the program inwhich he stressed on theimportance of managing
stress and anxiety duringtimes of crisis.
While highlighting thevarious aspects of stressmanagement, Dr. Arshadsaid, “Covid-19 has alreadyincreased the stress level inthe lives of the 21st century,it becomes imperative forus to inculcate positive out-look in such scenario and inthis regard stress manage-ment plays a pivotal role.”
Dr. Arshad further added,“In times of crisis such asCovid-19, we should talk torelatives and friends andtalk good, positive things.One must not overreact or
over-research and followthe advice of the experts.”
Under the Covid-19 spe-cial online program,JKSDM through differentbatches has already pro-vided online training to1061 candidates on variousskill sets such as cyber secu-rity, GST, tailoring skills(Masks & PPEs), internetweb designing, front officeoperations in hospitalitysector, beauty makeup etc.
Candidates includingprofessionals, homemak-ers, unemployed youth andstudents pursuing profes-sional courses are receiving
training for these courses inJKSDM affiliated institu-tions. Besides the daily classby instructors, the candi-dates are also getting an op-portunity to interact withreputed industry experts.
Since Covid-19 hadclosed all academic & tech-nical institutions includingskill training centres assuch online trainingcourses were initiated bythe Mission aimed to makeproductive use of time ofpeople of J&K during cur-rent lockdown viz-a-viz im-parting skills beneficial tothe people.
J&KSDM holds online programme on stress management
