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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: With a motive to provide apparels at low prices with best quality to men, women and kids, Reliance Group opened its first showroom at Jammu in Janipur area which was inaugurated by BJP State president and MLA Jammu West Sat Sharma (CA). Officials of Reliance Group, local residents and political activists of the area were also present during the inauguration ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, Sat Sharma appreciated the efforts of Reliance Group and the land owner Jaidev who has provided space for the showroom and said that their effort has brought a major change by giving employ- ment to around 50 local people which in turn will benefit 50 fam- ilies as well. He said that here variety is available for all segments including men, women and kids and that too at a very cheap price which can be afforded by every segment of the society and that too under a major brand of Reliance Group. He stated that a major relief has been provided to the locals by opening of this showroom as many products are available here under one roof and now people don't have to go to distant places for shopping as many areas will be covered through this showroom which is a big relief for the locals of Jammu West. He also appealed to the masses to promote the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of build- ing a clean and green nation by involving in cleanliness activities and also directed the staff of Reliance Trends to keep a strict vigil on the same by not throwing the garbage of the showroom on roadside. State treasurer BJP Arvind Gupta, Praduman, Sanjay Sawhney, Karan Sharma, Raju, Jaidev, Dalbir, Joginder, Atul Bakshi and staff & officials of Reliance Trends were also present on the occasion. Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Fate of the contesting candidates was sealed in ballot boxes as elections for the first-ever Jammu University Students Union (JUSU) were held today on the varsity's main campus. Counting of the votes will be later on as the Court has restrained JU from declaring the results. The next date of hearing in the case is October 9 and till then, there will be no counting of votes while on October 10, JUTA elections are scheduled to be held. The JUSU elections were con- ducted only for posts of president, vice-president and joint secretary as JU decided to postpone the elec- tions for the post of secretary fol- lowing the court's direction in favour of an aspirant to con- test. This was second and final phase of the elections and there were 12 candidates in fray for the three posts. In the first-phase, the elec- tions were held for Class Representatives (CRs) and Department Representatives (DRs) on September 25. An Executive Council of 70 members comprising 46 CRs and 24 DRs was constituted and they formed the Electoral College for the elections to office bearers of JUSU. According to a JU spokesperson, there was 100 percent polling in the second phase of elections, which were held peacefully. The ballot boxes were sealed in front of contesting candi- dates and the decision on counting of votes will be decided after the court decision. Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: As part of Senior Citizen’s Week being observed at Salal Power Station from October 1 to October7, a workshop on ‘Awareness about common diseases among senior citi- zens’ was organ- ized at Jyotipuram today. The work- shop was inaugu- rated by Rakesh Goel, Chief Engin- eer (Civil) in the presence of Sera- phina Lakra, Senior Manager (HR), Dr. Naveen Kumar, ACMO, Dr. Dheeraj Sharma, ACMO, Dr. P.L. Sharma, B.B.Kalyan, Manager (Law) and senior citi- zens of Village Bidda, Village Agharballian and Reasi. Speaking on the occasion, Goel said that information shared by doctors of NHPC about the common diseases prevalent among senior citizens and adapt- ing a life style to keep away such diseases need to be adhered to for overall fitness of the participants. He further said that aim of this workshop during observance of senior citizen’s week at Salal Power Station as to apprise the participants about the common diseases like Diabetese, Blood Pressure, Heart related diseases etc. and suggesting simple tips to remain away from such disorders as far as possible with an appropri- ate life style. Earlier, Dr Dheeraj and Dr. Naveen apprised the participants about the common diseases and suggested simple tips to live a healthy life whereas B.B. Kalyan, Manager (Law) threw light on the appropriate life style, senior citi- zens should maintain to remain fit and happy. President, Sanatan Dharam Sabha, BrahmSwaroop, Madan Lal Sharma, Advocate and Karan Dev too shared their experiences during the Workshop and thanked Salal Management for organising the Program. Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Speaker Legislative Assembly and MLA Gandhi Nagar, Kavinder Gupta today said that special focus has been laid for upgradation of roads, power and other infra- structure in Gandhi Nagar Constituency. The Speaker while interact- ing with the various delegations who called on him during his tour of Trikuta Nagar, Nanak Nagar, Channi Himmat, Deeli, Marble Market and other areas today. He inspected the ongoing works for blacktopping of roads at these places and directed the executing agencies to maintain the quality and ensure cent per- cent coverage of the area. Addressing people at these places, the Speaker said the quality of life of the Gandhi Nagar residents have a seen a positive change with the improvement in the basic facil- ities of the area. "Upgradation of road con- nectivity is the priority of the Government'', he said. ``The aim is to improve the living standards and make best possi- ble use of the funds provided by the Union and State Government", the Speaker asserted. The Speaker informed the people that the Government is making all out efforts to pro- vide basic facilities at the door steps of the people. He also inspected the work for newly created electrical substations, replacement & installations of new conductors and poles; the funds for which were provided out of his CDF. The locals expressed their gratitude to the legislator for addressing the long pending demands of the area by installing upgraded transform- ers & poles and expediting the development activity in the area. He said that in case people face any problem regarding the development they can directly come to his Gandhi Nagar Office and get their issue resolved at the earliest. SDM South, Sonu Pargal, Tehsildar South, Anil Magotra, BDO Satwari, Shahid Mughal, Executive Engineer PWD (R&B), Rajan Mengi, Executive Engineer PHE, J.P Singh, Executive Engineer PDD, Sanjay Sharma, political workers and field staff of the departments accompanied him. Excelsior Correspondent SAMBA, Oct 6: Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash today inaugu- rated Mega Job Fair organized by District Employment and Counseling Centre in collabora- tion with Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India and National Career Service. The programme was attended by MLA Samba, Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal, DC Samba Sheetal Nanda, SSP, Anil Magotra, Director Industries and Commerce, Rajinder Singh, Joint Director Employment Jammu, Anu Behl, GM DIC V.K Manyal and AD DE&CC Naresh Kumar. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that such initiatives bring together employers, recruiters and job seekers on one common platform. He informed that recruitment for 10000 posts in various Government offices has been identified to be fast tracked by JKSSRB. He added that 41050 cases for PMEGP, KVIB, KVIC sponsored cases have been sanc- tioned by the Central Government which will lead to creation of 30000 jobs per year. He said that mega honey clusters worth Rs 50 crores each for Jammu and Kashmir provinces will be sanctioned soon which will greatly boost employment opportunities in both the regions. MLA Samba, Dr D K Manyal urged recruiters to show consid- eration towards candidates while asking for past experience. He also asked participating candi- dates to seek benefits of various Government schemes and explore new opportunities by being 'Entrepreneurs'. The job fair saw participation from seven companies that offered salary packages ranging from Rs 8000 to Rs 30000 depending primarily on skill set of candidates. The career fair gave opportunities to aspirants having qualification like 10th, 12th, ITI (2 years), BA, MBA, BSC (Chemistry), B. Pharmacy, Diploma/Degree in Engineering and to Ex-Servicemen. DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2017 (PAGE 11) CE, Salal Power Project, Rakesh Goel and Managers of the project at a workshop at Jyotipuram on Friday. SKUAST-J Scientists with forum at field day programme on Friday. SKUAST-J Agrometerology Section organizes field day programme Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Agromete- orology Section of the Sher-e- Kashmir University of Science and Technology (SKUAST) Jammu organized field day pro- gramme on “Weather Manag- ement in Farm Operations”, here today. The programme was organ- ized at Research Farm of SKUAST Jammu, under National Innovation on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA-AICRPAM) Project, sponsored by CRIDA (ICAR), Hyderabad, under the guidance of Prof J P Sharma, Director Research, SKUAST-J. Dr Mahender Singh, P I of the project, briefed about the impor- tance of the field day and weather observations and forecasting in relation to various farm opera- tions during the visit to Agrometeorology Observatory. During Field day programme, farmers also visited Integrated Farming System Model, Mushroom Centre, Mega Seed Processing Plant and Technology Park of SKUAST-J. Dr B C Sharma, Head of Agronomy, exhibited latest tech- nologies developed by the SKUAST-J for kharif crops. During the field visit to AICRP- Weed Management, Dr B R Bazaya and Dr R Puniya demon- strated the latest weed manage- ment techniques in direct seeded rice. Dr Sachin Gupta and Dr Vijay Khajuria explained inte- grated farming system model for marginal farmers to get maxi- mum profit. Dr Vishal Raina dis- played seed processing unit and explained farmers about quality seed production of different crops. Dr Charu Sharma, SRF, AICRPAM-NICRA presented the vote of thanks to the participants. In this programme, farmers from NICRA adopted villages, viz, Sherpur and Chhapaki, par- ticipated. DIG Central Kashmir G H Bhat addressing a press confer- ence on Friday. — Excelsior /Shakeel Braid chopping: DIG appeals people to cooperate with police Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 6: Deputy Inspector General of Police, Central Kashmir, G H Bhat today appealed to the general public in particular and the families of victims of braid chopping incidents to cooperate with the police for proper investigation into the incidents. Briefing the media persons, DIG said that although there have been no formal complaints into the braid chopping inci- dents from the victims, the police has filed the cases after taking cognizance of the reports. Giving details, he said that 23 cases, all from central Kashmir, have been registered and investigation is underway in all the cases. Giving details of the braid chopping incident reported from Gulberg Colony in Srinagar, the DIG said that a female maid, a minor, has owned up to braid chopping of the victim and has been arrest- ed. He said the police depart- ment has constituted a special team headed by a lady inspector to examine the victims and investigate the case. Saying the law and order sit- uations resulting from braid chopping incidents have pre- vented the Police Department in examining the cases, the DIG appealed the people to cooper- ate and let the police investigate the incidents properly. JDA officials sealing a shop. JDA seals 61 shops in day long operation Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: In a day long operation, the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) sealed 61 shops despite tough resistance from the defaulters. As per the details, JDA has launched the crackdown on the defaulters and got the survey com- pleted wherein chronic rent defaulters have been identified who owe lakhs of rupees as out- standing rent and have also violat- ed the terms and conditions of lease deed. As a sequel to it, the Vice Chairman JDA Rajesh Kumar Shavan ordered for the closure of defaulting establishments and the team of khilafwarzi section headed by Tehsildar Farooq Khan and assisted by Chief Khilafwarzi Officer Narinder Singh sealed around 59 shops at Ware House. Majority of shops were being misused in illegal manner, without paying any rent to the JDA. In cer- tain cases the monthly rent of Rs 37 per shop fixed has not been revised due to the deep rooted nexus and even this petty amount has not been paid to the JDA by the shopkeepers. In a statement, the Vice Chairman said that certain shop- keepers who were supposed to vacate the shops at Nehru Market owing to their shifting and allot- ment at Narwal Bus Stand have been illegally allowed to have unauthorized possession at Ware House. He said that some of the shopkeepers have sold the JDA property at their own by taking crores of rupees without the con- sent and approval of JDA. Thus the private persons have been allowed to transact business over JDA property without seeking any permission or paying the requisite fee. Tehsildar JDA Zone A, Kusum Chib also sealed two shops in her jurisdiction one belonging to Ashok Balgotra at Grid Station Janipur and another that of Pankaj Kumar at City Commercial Complex. The entire operation stands carried out as off-shoot of operation "Flash Out" to drive out illegal occupants and cleanse the premises as part of "Swacch Bharat Mission". 2nd phase of JUSU elections held Salal Power Station holds workshop for senior citizens PNB GM addressing customers meet at Jammu. PNB organizes customers meet Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Punjab National Bank, Jammu circle organized customers meet in Hotel Cygnett Asia, which was presided over by Dr Rakesh Gupta, General Manager (HP & J&K). A large number of valuable clients of the bank attended the meet and were addressed by Dr Rakesh Gupta, who deliberated upon the rich his- tory and strong financial cre- dentials of the Punjab National Bank. Dr Gupta also informed the gathering that the Punjab National Bank is the 2nd largest and the strongest bank of the country with business of more than 10 lakh crore and the customer base of more than 10 crore. The bank is having its presence globally also with footprints in UK, Hong Kong, Dubai, China, Nepal, Bhutan and other places, he added. Punjab National bank is a leading technological bank having a large number of digi- tal products in its bucket. The GM also informed the gathering about the role played by the bank in commer- cial business and social role in upliftment of the poor segment of the society by its flagship schemes viz PNB Laadli, PNB Kissan Balak Protsahan scheme. Customers were also made aware of the latest technologi- cal, digital initiatives taken by the bank to make the banking a pleasant experience to its esteemed clients. Circle Head B S Raina also spoke on the occasion and detailed about the brand PNB. The question answer ses- sion was also taken up in which the questions by the clients were replied by the bank officials to the satisfac- tion of the customers. Dy Circle Head Pawan Kohli presented the vote of thanks to the clients. People protest, block road in Sunderbani Excelsior Correspondent RAJOURI, Oct 6: The peo- ple from Baja Bain and Kangri area of Sunderbani today held protest demonstration and blocked Sunderbani-Seri Road for about two hours. The villagers were protesting against the shifting of newly cre- ated Tehsil office from Beri Pattan to some other location at Seri. This tehsil was created by adding five Panchyats from Sunderbani and two Panchyats from Nowshera. Agitated over the decision of some people in the Administration following politi- cal pressure, the people from Sunderbani area held strong protest against the move and blocked road for more than two hours. A long traffic jam was cre- ated there. Several locals of the area including Capt (Retd) Rattan Singh, Capt (Retd) Roshan Lal and Ramesh Chander addressed the gathering. Later, Tehsildar Sunderbani, Vijay Sharma and local SHO reached the spot and they paci- fied the agitating villagers. Tehsildar assured the agitating people to take up the matter with the Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri. The public then sus- pended agitation. Framing of W ater Policy DB directs CS to comply with directions or appear in person Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: In a con- tempt petition, Division Bench of State High Court comprising Justice Tashi Rabtsan and Justice MK Hanjura has granted final four weeks time to the State for formulation of Water Policy with the direction that Chief Secretary shall appear in person on next date of hearing in case of non-compliance. During the course of hearing, Advocates A K Sawhney and Aseem Sawhney, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that Division Bench had directed the respondents to frame the Water Policy within 2 months in February 2016 and till then maintain status quo with regard to Gair Mumkin Khad lands. "However, despite lapse of more than one year the respondents are have failed to comply with the directions on one excuse or the other", they added. After hearing both the sides, the DB observed, "affidavit in terms of order dated 25.08.2017 has been filed by Chief Secretary contending that it was decided in the meeting convened on 19.09.2017 that concerned departments will furnish their comments in light of discussions held in the meeting, within a period of one week positively. It is further contended that on receipt of comments, same will be placed before Cabinet Sub Committee in its next meeting for consideration". Accordingly, Division Bench granted final opportunity to comply with the directions fail- ing Chief Secretary shall appear in person on the next date of hearing. Mobilize all resources to supplement water supply in Jammu: Sham Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control Sham Lal Chaudhary convened a meeting of senior functionaries of the Department of I & FC here today. Taking depleting water sources of River Chenab into consideration, the Minister directed the officers to mobilize all the resources like draught stations, lift irrigation schemes, tube wells and other irrigation systems to supplement the water deficiency in Jammu region. The Minister asked the con- cerned officers to spread aware- ness among the public and farm- ers regarding judicious use of water and appealed to the public to use the available water amica- bly without any wastage. Pertinently, due to dry spell, the water sources of irrigation have depleted considerably to an unprecedented low level affect- ing drawal of water in Ranbir Canal, New Pratap Canal, Ranjan Canal and Pargwal Canal. The Minister directed proper distribution of water to stabilize the current situation. He asked the officers to reallocate some proportion of water in distribu- taries with adequate water level to other distributaries facing scarcity at the moment. Chief Engineer I&FC, P.N Bali, S.E Hydraulic Jammu, K.K Magotra and Executive Engineers attended the meeting. Industries & Commerce Minister Chander Parkash Ganga inaugurating Mega Job Fair at Samba on Friday. Ganga inaugurates Mega-Job Fair Speaker, Kavinder Gupta interacting with people on Friday. Kavinder undertakes extensive tour of Gandhi Nagar Nanda inaugurates school building Excelsior Correspondent REASI, Oct 6: Minister of State for Finance and Planning, Ajay Nanda today inaugurated newly constructed building including four additional class rooms of High School Kotli Manotrian during the day long tour of area. The Minister was accompa- nied by XEn R&B, Zonal Education Officer, other offi- cers, Headmaster, staff mem- bers, Ex. Sarpanches, Panches and prominent citizens. The additional class rooms have been completed with an estimated Rs 25.50 lakh under the scheme RMSA. While speaking on the occa- sion, the Minister said there is a need to develop infrastructure equipped with all basic facilities so that children get good quality education in a planned way. Acknowledging the role of teachers in building a better society, the Minister said that the teachers are playing great role in providing better education to the students despite numerous hard- ships and problems in the schools. On the occasion, delegation of people from the area met the Minister and informed him about various problems faced by them. After giving patient hear- ing to the people, the Minister assured them of early redressal of their genuine grievances. Earlier, the Minister also inaugurated toilet complex worth Rs. 13.50 lakh at Reasi which was completed by Municipality Reasi on fast track basis. DG Prisons inaugurates ICS at Mishriwalla Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: The Director General of Police, Prisons (J&K), SK Mishra inaugurated the Institute of Correctional Services at Mishriwalla near Jammu today. The Institute shall provide basic training to the Jail staff and pre- promotion, refresher course and short-term training programmes shall also be organized in the Institute. Earlier, the Department did not have its own training institute for the staff and the subordinate staff was trained at PTA Udhampur. The DG Prisons also set open the first training pro- gramme for newly promoted Assistant Superint-endents and Head Warders which will last for two weeks. The programme will help the officers to meet the demands of the department in positions of higher responsibili- ty. The methodology that shall be adopted for conducting the course shall employ both aca- demic training as well as field training. Active pedagogic diver- sified methods such as brain storming, roles plays, case stud- ies, orientation talks and work place exercises shall be applied for training as informed by the Principal of the Institute. Speaking on the occasion the DGP Prisons, J&K emphasized that training plays a pivotal role in staff development and is the key to organizational success. He said that the nature of duties of prison staff is different compared to the Police personnel as such there was a need of having a training Institute for Jail staff to equip them with better prison management skills and also to acquaint them with recent trends in correctional services for effec- tive implementation of reforma- tion programmes for the inmates. He informed that the Department is soon going to con- duct national level residential training programmes of for Prison Officers of different states in collaboration with BPR&D. Prominent among others who were present on the occasion were Senior Superintendent Jail, Javid Masood Fazili, Dinesh Sharma, Principal ICS Mishriwalla Mirza Saleem Ahmad Beig, Superintendent Jails Harish Kotwal and Lazar Khandyaray. DG Prisons, SK Mishra, inaugurating Institute of Correctional Services at Mishriwalla on Friday. A member of Electoral College casting vote in 2nd phase of elections for JUSU on Friday. Sat Sharma inaugurates Reliance Trends showroom at Janipur BJP State President, Sat Sharma inaugurating Reliance Trends showroom at Janipur on Friday. * Watch video on www.excelsiornews.com * Watch video on www.excelsiornews.com Dr K C Sharma invited to present paper at London Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 6: Dr K C Sharma, Chief Consultant Surgeon from Udhampur, widely known as master rural surgeon, has been invited by World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society London to present his paper on “Innovation of a rural sur- geon,” in Annual conference being held with effect from 27 – 29 October,. 2017. Dr Sharma has number of innovations in mul- tiple fields that include surgical devices, tech- niques, new structures in the body, new drug formulations and author of 8 books, which he successfully achieved while working and serving all along in remotest rural areas of J&K.
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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: With a motiveto provide apparels at low priceswith best quality to men, womenand kids, Reliance Group openedits first showroom at Jammu inJanipur area which was inauguratedby BJP State president and MLAJammu West Sat Sharma (CA).
Officials of Reliance Group, localresidents and political activists ofthe area were also present duringthe inauguration ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, SatSharma appreciated the efforts ofReliance Group and the landowner Jaidev who has providedspace for the showroom and saidthat their effort has brought amajor change by giving employ-ment to around 50 local peoplewhich in turn will benefit 50 fam-ilies as well.
He said that here variety isavailable for all segments includingmen, women and kids and that tooat a very cheap price which can beafforded by every segment of the
society and that too under a majorbrand of Reliance Group.
He stated that a major relief hasbeen provided to the locals byopening of this showroom as manyproducts are available here underone roof and now people don't haveto go to distant places for shoppingas many areas will be coveredthrough this showroom which is a
big relief for the locals of JammuWest.
He also appealed to the massesto promote the vision of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi of build-ing a clean and green nation byinvolving in cleanliness activitiesand also directed the staff ofReliance Trends to keep a strictvigil on the same by not throwingthe garbage of the showroom onroadside.
State treasurer BJP ArvindGupta, Praduman, SanjaySawhney, Karan Sharma, Raju,Jaidev, Dalbir, Joginder, AtulBakshi and staff & officials ofReliance Trends were also presenton the occasion.
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: Fate of thecontesting candidates was sealed inballot boxes as elections for thefirst-ever Jammu University
Students Union (JUSU) were heldtoday on the varsity's main campus.
Counting of the votes will belater on as the Court has restrainedJU from declaring the results. Thenext date of hearing in the case isOctober 9 and till then, there will beno counting of votes while onOctober 10, JUTA elections arescheduled to be held.
The JUSU elections were con-ducted only for posts of president,vice-president and joint secretary asJU decided to postpone the elec-tions for the post of secretary fol-lowing the court's direction in
favour of an aspirant to con-test.
This was second and finalphase of the elections andthere were 12 candidates infray for the three posts.
In the first-phase, the elec-tions were held for ClassRepresentatives (CRs) andDepartment Representatives(DRs) on September 25. AnExecutive Council of 70members comprising 46 CRsand 24 DRs was constitutedand they formed the ElectoralCollege for the elections tooffice bearers of JUSU.
According to a JUspokesperson, there was 100
percent polling in the second phase
of elections, which were heldpeacefully. The ballot boxes weresealed in front of contesting candi-dates and the decision on countingof votes will be decided after thecourt decision.
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JAMMU, Oct 6: As part ofSenior Citizen’s Week beingobserved at Salal Power Stationfrom October 1 to October7, aworkshop on‘Awareness aboutcommon diseasesamong senior citi-zens’ was organ-ized at Jyotipuramtoday. The work-shop was inaugu-rated by RakeshGoel, Chief Engin-eer (Civil) in thepresence of Sera-phina Lakra, Senior Manager(HR), Dr. Naveen Kumar, ACMO,Dr. Dheeraj Sharma, ACMO, Dr.P.L. Sharma, B.B.Kalyan,Manager (Law) and senior citi-zens of Village Bidda, VillageAgharballian and Reasi.
Speaking on the occasion,Goel said that information sharedby doctors of NHPC about thecommon diseases prevalentamong senior citizens and adapt-ing a life style to keep away suchdiseases need to be adhered to foroverall fitness of the participants.He further said that aim of thisworkshop during observance ofsenior citizen’s week at Salal
Power Station as to apprise theparticipants about the commondiseases like Diabetese, BloodPressure, Heart related diseasesetc. and suggesting simple tips toremain away from such disorders
as far as possible with an appropri-ate life style.
Earlier, Dr Dheeraj and Dr.Naveen apprised the participantsabout the common diseases andsuggested simple tips to live ahealthy life whereas B.B. Kalyan,Manager (Law) threw light on theappropriate life style, senior citi-zens should maintain to remain fitand happy.
President, Sanatan DharamSabha, BrahmSwaroop, MadanLal Sharma, Advocate and KaranDev too shared their experiencesduring the Workshop and thankedSalal Management for organisingthe Program.
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JAMMU, Oct 6: SpeakerLegislative Assembly and MLAGandhi Nagar, Kavinder Guptatoday said that special focus hasbeen laid for upgradation ofroads, power and other infra-structure in Gandhi NagarConstituency.
The Speaker while interact-ing with the various delegationswho called on him during histour of Trikuta Nagar, NanakNagar, Channi Himmat, Deeli,Marble Market and other areastoday.
He inspected the ongoingworks for blacktopping of roadsat these places and directed theexecuting agencies to maintainthe quality and ensure cent per-cent coverage of the area.
Addressing people at theseplaces, the Speaker said thequality of life of the GandhiNagar residents have a seen apositive change with theimprovement in the basic facil-ities of the area.
"Upgradation of road con-nectivity is the priority of theGovernment'', he said. ``Theaim is to improve the livingstandards and make best possi-ble use of the funds provided bythe Union and State
Government", the Speakerasserted.
The Speaker informed thepeople that the Government ismaking all out efforts to pro-vide basic facilities at the doorsteps of the people.
He also inspected the workfor newly created electricalsubstations, replacement &installations of new conductorsand poles; the funds for whichwere provided out of his CDF.
The locals expressed theirgratitude to the legislator foraddressing the long pendingdemands of the area byinstalling upgraded transform-ers & poles and expediting thedevelopment activity in thearea.
He said that in case peopleface any problem regarding thedevelopment they can directlycome to his Gandhi NagarOffice and get their issueresolved at the earliest.
SDM South, Sonu Pargal,Tehsildar South, Anil Magotra,BDO Satwari, Shahid Mughal,Executive Engineer PWD(R&B), Rajan Mengi,Executive Engineer PHE, J.PSingh, Executive EngineerPDD, Sanjay Sharma, politicalworkers and field staff of thedepartments accompanied him.
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SAMBA, Oct 6: Minister forIndustries and Commerce,Chander Parkash today inaugu-rated Mega Job Fair organized byDistrict Employment andCounseling Centre in collabora-tion with Ministry of Labour andEmployment, Government ofIndia and National CareerService.
The programme was attendedby MLA Samba, Dr DevinderKumar Manyal, DC SambaSheetal Nanda, SSP, AnilMagotra, Director Industries andCommerce, Rajinder Singh, JointDirector Employment Jammu,Anu Behl, GM DIC V.K Manyaland AD DE&CC Naresh Kumar.
Speaking on the occasion, theMinister said that such initiativesbring together employers,recruiters and job seekers on onecommon platform.
He informed that recruitmentfor 10000 posts in variousGovernment offices has beenidentified to be fast tracked byJKSSRB. He added that 41050cases for PMEGP, KVIB, KVIC
sponsored cases have been sanc-tioned by the CentralGovernment which will lead tocreation of 30000 jobs per year.
He said that mega honeyclusters worth Rs 50 crores eachfor Jammu and Kashmirprovinces will be sanctionedsoon which will greatly boostemployment opportunities inboth the regions.
MLA Samba, Dr D K Manyalurged recruiters to show consid-eration towards candidates whileasking for past experience. Healso asked participating candi-dates to seek benefits of variousGovernment schemes andexplore new opportunities bybeing 'Entrepreneurs'.
The job fair saw participationfrom seven companies thatoffered salary packages rangingfrom Rs 8000 to Rs 30000depending primarily on skill setof candidates. The career fairgave opportunities to aspirantshaving qualification like 10th,12th, ITI (2 years), BA, MBA,BSC (Chemistry), B. Pharmacy,Diploma/Degree in Engineeringand to Ex-Servicemen.
DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2017 (PAGE 11)
CE, Salal Power Project, Rakesh Goel andManagers of the project at a workshop atJyotipuram on Friday.
SKUAST-J Scientists with forum at field day programme onFriday.
SKUAST-J Agrometerology Section organizes field day programme
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JAMMU, Oct 6: Agromete-orology Section of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Scienceand Technology (SKUAST)Jammu organized field day pro-gramme on “Weather Manag-ement in Farm Operations”, heretoday.
The programme was organ-ized at Research Farm ofSKUAST Jammu, under NationalInnovation on Climate ResilientAgriculture (NICRA-AICRPAM)Project, sponsored by CRIDA(ICAR), Hyderabad, under theguidance of Prof J P Sharma,Director Research, SKUAST-J.
Dr Mahender Singh, P I of theproject, briefed about the impor-tance of the field day and weatherobservations and forecasting inrelation to various farm opera-tions during the visit toAgrometeorology Observatory.
During Field day programme,farmers also visited Integrated
Farming System Model,Mushroom Centre, Mega SeedProcessing Plant and TechnologyPark of SKUAST-J.
Dr B C Sharma, Head ofAgronomy, exhibited latest tech-nologies developed by theSKUAST-J for kharif crops.During the field visit to AICRP-Weed Management, Dr B RBazaya and Dr R Puniya demon-strated the latest weed manage-ment techniques in direct seededrice. Dr Sachin Gupta and DrVijay Khajuria explained inte-grated farming system model formarginal farmers to get maxi-mum profit. Dr Vishal Raina dis-played seed processing unit andexplained farmers about qualityseed production of differentcrops. Dr Charu Sharma, SRF,AICRPAM-NICRA presented thevote of thanks to the participants.
In this programme, farmersfrom NICRA adopted villages,viz, Sherpur and Chhapaki, par-ticipated.
DIG Central Kashmir G H Bhat addressing a press confer-ence on Friday. — Excelsior /Shakeel
Braid chopping: DIG appealspeople to cooperate with police
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 6: DeputyInspector General of Police,Central Kashmir, G H Bhattoday appealed to the generalpublic in particular and thefamilies of victims of braidchopping incidents to cooperatewith the police for properinvestigation into the incidents.
Briefing the media persons,DIG said that although therehave been no formal complaintsinto the braid chopping inci-dents from the victims, thepolice has filed the cases aftertaking cognizance of thereports. Giving details, he saidthat 23 cases, all from centralKashmir, have been registeredand investigation is underway
in all the cases.Giving details of the braid
chopping incident reportedfrom Gulberg Colony inSrinagar, the DIG said that afemale maid, a minor, hasowned up to braid chopping ofthe victim and has been arrest-ed.
He said the police depart-ment has constituted a specialteam headed by a lady inspectorto examine the victims andinvestigate the case.
Saying the law and order sit-uations resulting from braidchopping incidents have pre-vented the Police Departmentin examining the cases, the DIGappealed the people to cooper-ate and let the police investigatethe incidents properly.
JDA officials sealing a shop.
JDA seals 61 shops inday long operation
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: In a day longoperation, the JammuDevelopment Authority (JDA)sealed 61 shops despite toughresistance from the defaulters.
As per the details, JDA haslaunched the crackdown on thedefaulters and got the survey com-pleted wherein chronic rentdefaulters have been identifiedwho owe lakhs of rupees as out-standing rent and have also violat-ed the terms and conditions oflease deed. As a sequel to it, theVice Chairman JDARajesh KumarShavan ordered for the closure ofdefaulting establishments and theteam of khilafwarzi section headedby Tehsildar Farooq Khan andassisted by Chief KhilafwarziOfficer Narinder Singh sealedaround 59 shops at Ware House.
Majority of shops were beingmisused in illegal manner, withoutpaying any rent to the JDA. In cer-tain cases the monthly rent of Rs37 per shop fixed has not beenrevised due to the deep rootednexus and even this petty amounthas not been paid to the JDAby theshopkeepers.
In a statement, the ViceChairman said that certain shop-keepers who were supposed tovacate the shops at Nehru Marketowing to their shifting and allot-ment at Narwal Bus Stand havebeen illegally allowed to haveunauthorized possession at WareHouse. He said that some of theshopkeepers have sold the JDA
property at their own by takingcrores of rupees without the con-sent and approval of JDA. Thusthe private persons have beenallowed to transact business overJDA property without seeking anypermission or paying the requisitefee.
Tehsildar JDA Zone A, KusumChib also sealed two shops in herjurisdiction one belonging toAshok Balgotra at Grid StationJanipur and another that of PankajKumar at City CommercialComplex. The entire operationstands carried out as off-shoot ofoperation "Flash Out" to drive outillegal occupants and cleanse thepremises as part of "Swacch BharatMission".
2nd phase of JUSU elections held
Salal Power Station holds workshop for senior citizens
PNB GM addressing customers meet at Jammu.
PNB organizes customers meetExcelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: PunjabNational Bank, Jammu circleorganized customers meet inHotel Cygnett Asia, which waspresided over by Dr RakeshGupta, General Manager (HP& J&K).
A large number of valuableclients of the bank attendedthe meet and were addressedby Dr Rakesh Gupta, whodeliberated upon the rich his-tory and strong financial cre-dentials of the Punjab NationalBank.
Dr Gupta also informed thegathering that the PunjabNational Bank is the 2ndlargest and the strongest bankof the country with business ofmore than 10 lakh crore andthe customer base of more than10 crore. The bank is having itspresence globally also withfootprints in UK, Hong Kong,Dubai, China, Nepal, Bhutanand other places, he added.
Punjab National bank is a
leading technological bankhaving a large number of digi-tal products in its bucket.
The GM also informed thegathering about the roleplayed by the bank in commer-cial business and social role inupliftment of the poor segmentof the society by its flagshipschemes viz PNB Laadli, PNBKissan Balak Protsahanscheme.
Customers were also madeaware of the latest technologi-cal, digital initiatives taken bythe bank to make the banking apleasant experience to itsesteemed clients.
Circle Head B S Raina alsospoke on the occasion anddetailed about the brand PNB.
The question answer ses-sion was also taken up inwhich the questions by theclients were replied by thebank officials to the satisfac-tion of the customers.
Dy Circle Head PawanKohli presented the vote ofthanks to the clients.
People protest, block road in Sunderbani
Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Oct 6: The peo-ple from Baja Bain and Kangriarea of Sunderbani today heldprotest demonstration andblocked Sunderbani-Seri Roadfor about two hours.
The villagers were protestingagainst the shifting of newly cre-ated Tehsil office from BeriPattan to some other location atSeri. This tehsil was created byadding five Panchyats fromSunderbani and two Panchyatsfrom Nowshera.
Agitated over the decision ofsome people in theAdministration following politi-
cal pressure, the people fromSunderbani area held strongprotest against the move andblocked road for more than twohours. A long traffic jam was cre-ated there. Several locals of thearea including Capt (Retd) RattanSingh, Capt (Retd) Roshan Laland Ramesh Chander addressedthe gathering.
Later, Tehsildar Sunderbani,Vijay Sharma and local SHOreached the spot and they paci-fied the agitating villagers.Tehsildar assured the agitatingpeople to take up the matter withthe Deputy Commissioner,Rajouri. The public then sus-pended agitation.
Framing of Water Policy DB directs CS to comply with directions or appear in person
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: In a con-tempt petition, Division Benchof State High Court comprisingJustice Tashi Rabtsan andJustice MK Hanjura has grantedfinal four weeks time to the Statefor formulation of Water Policywith the direction that ChiefSecretary shall appear in personon next date of hearing in caseof non-compliance.
During the course of hearing,Advocates A K Sawhney andAseem Sawhney, appearing forthe petitioner, submitted thatDivision Bench had directed therespondents to frame the WaterPolicy within 2 months inFebruary 2016 and till thenmaintain status quo with regardto Gair Mumkin Khad lands."However, despite lapse of morethan one year the respondents
are have failed to comply withthe directions on one excuse orthe other", they added.
After hearing both the sides,the DB observed, "affidavit interms of order dated 25.08.2017has been filed by ChiefSecretary contending that it wasdecided in the meeting convenedon 19.09.2017 that concerneddepartments will furnish theircomments in light of discussionsheld in the meeting, within aperiod of one week positively. Itis further contended that onreceipt of comments, same willbe placed before Cabinet SubCommittee in its next meetingfor consideration".
Accordingly, Division Benchgranted final opportunity tocomply with the directions fail-ing Chief Secretary shall appearin person on the next date ofhearing.
Mobilize all resources to supplementwater supply in Jammu: Sham
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: Minister forPHE, Irrigation & Flood ControlSham Lal Chaudhary conveneda meeting of senior functionariesof the Department of I & FChere today.
Taking depleting watersources of River Chenab intoconsideration, the Ministerdirected the officers to mobilizeall the resources like draughtstations, lift irrigation schemes,tube wells and other irrigationsystems to supplement the waterdeficiency in Jammu region.
The Minister asked the con-cerned officers to spread aware-ness among the public and farm-ers regarding judicious use ofwater and appealed to the public
to use the available water amica-bly without any wastage.
Pertinently, due to dry spell,the water sources of irrigationhave depleted considerably to anunprecedented low level affect-ing drawal of water in RanbirCanal, New Pratap Canal,Ranjan Canal and PargwalCanal.
The Minister directed properdistribution of water to stabilizethe current situation. He askedthe officers to reallocate someproportion of water in distribu-taries with adequate water levelto other distributaries facingscarcity at the moment.
Chief Engineer I&FC, P.NBali, S.E Hydraulic Jammu, K.KMagotra and ExecutiveEngineers attended the meeting.
Industries & Commerce Minister Chander Parkash Gangainaugurating Mega Job Fair at Samba on Friday.
Ganga inaugurates Mega-Job Fair
Speaker, Kavinder Gupta interacting with people on Friday.
Kavinder undertakes extensivetour of Gandhi Nagar
Nanda inaugurates school buildingExcelsior Correspondent
REASI, Oct 6: Minister ofState for Finance and Planning,Ajay Nanda today inauguratednewly constructed buildingincluding four additional classrooms of High School KotliManotrian during the day longtour of area.
The Minister was accompa-nied by XEn R&B, ZonalEducation Officer, other offi-cers, Headmaster, staff mem-bers, Ex. Sarpanches, Panchesand prominent citizens.
The additional class roomshave been completed with anestimated Rs 25.50 lakh underthe scheme RMSA.
While speaking on the occa-sion, the Minister said there is aneed to develop infrastructureequipped with all basic facilities
so that children get good qualityeducation in a planned way.
Acknowledging the role ofteachers in building a bettersociety, the Minister said that theteachers are playing great role inproviding better education to thestudents despite numerous hard-ships and problems in theschools.
On the occasion, delegationof people from the area met theMinister and informed himabout various problems faced bythem. After giving patient hear-ing to the people, the Ministerassured them of early redressalof their genuine grievances.
Earlier, the Minister alsoinaugurated toilet complexworth Rs. 13.50 lakh at Reasiwhich was completed byMunicipality Reasi on fast trackbasis.
DG Prisons inaugurates ICS at Mishriwalla Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: TheDirector General of Police,Prisons (J&K), SK Mishrainaugurated the Institute ofCorrectional Services atMishriwalla near Jammu today.
The Institute shall providebasic training to the Jail staffand pre- promotion, refreshercourse and short-term trainingprogrammes shall also beorganized in the Institute.
Earlier, the Department did nothave its own training institutefor the staff and the subordinatestaff was trained at PTAUdhampur. The DG Prisons alsoset open the first training pro-gramme for newly promotedAssistant Superint-endents andHead Warders which will lastfor two weeks. The programmewill help the officers to meet thedemands of the department inpositions of higher responsibili-ty.
The methodology that shallbe adopted for conducting thecourse shall employ both aca-demic training as well as fieldtraining. Active pedagogic diver-sified methods such as brainstorming, roles plays, case stud-
ies, orientation talks and workplace exercises shall be appliedfor training as informed by thePrincipal of the Institute.
Speaking on the occasion theDGP Prisons, J&K emphasizedthat training plays a pivotal rolein staff development and is thekey to organizational success. Hesaid that the nature of duties ofprison staff is different comparedto the Police personnel as suchthere was a need of having atraining Institute for Jail staff to
equip them with better prisonmanagement skills and also toacquaint them with recent trendsin correctional services for effec-tive implementation of reforma-tion programmes for the inmates.
He informed that theDepartment is soon going to con-duct national level residentialtraining programmes of forPrison Officers of different statesin collaboration with BPR&D.
Prominent among others whowere present on the occasionwere Senior Superintendent Jail,Javid Masood Fazili, DineshSharma, Principal ICSMishriwalla Mirza SaleemAhmad Beig, SuperintendentJails Harish Kotwal and LazarKhandyaray.
DG Prisons, SK Mishra, inaugurating Institute ofCorrectional Services at Mishriwalla on Friday.
A member of Electoral Collegecasting vote in 2nd phase of electionsfor JUSU on Friday.
Sat Sharma inaugurates Reliance Trends showroom at Janipur
BJP State President, Sat Sharma inaugurating RelianceTrends showroom at Janipur on Friday.
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Dr K C Sharma invited to present paper at LondonExcelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: Dr K C Sharma, Chief Consultant Surgeonfrom Udhampur, widely known as master ruralsurgeon, has been invited by World Scientific andEngineering Academy and Society London topresent his paper on “Innovation of a rural sur-geon,” in Annual conference being held with effectfrom 27 – 29 October,. 2017.
Dr Sharma has number of innovations in mul-tiple fields that include surgical devices, tech-
niques, new structures in the body, new drug formulations andauthor of 8 books, which he successfully achieved while workingand serving all along in remotest rural areas of J&K.
