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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 16: Shiksha Niketan Sr. Secondary School, Jeevan Nagar organized a Farewell Party for outgoing students in its premises, here. lt was an enthusiastic func- tion not only to bid valediction but also to boost the outgoing students to be the meritorious as usual. The chief guest of the func- tion was the Principal of the school, Rameshwar Mengi and other dignitaries present on the occasion were from R.M. College, R.M. School and SNS Gandhi Nagar. The students of 10th class who were invited as guests were colorfully dressed. The programme com- menced with the lighting of the lamp by the chief guest along with other guests. Then there was a bouquet presentation to the chief guest and sapling presentation to other guests. The programme was pro- ceeded by the Vandana Presentation by the students of 9th class. lt was very mar- velously performed filling the atmosphere with the religions thoughts. PK Dhar, Principal RM College and Kiran of SNS Gandhi Nagar addressed the students on the occasion. A skit staged by the stu- dents of 9th class based on the theme of "Avoiding discrimi- nation of the girls". Then a Western dance item was performed by the boys and Girls of 9th class in a thrilling way, which was followed by Bhangra, wherein both the boys and the girls danced in a very energetic way. They rocked on the stage. Finally, Rameshwar Mengi blessed the students. He encouraged them by giving the examples of the previous meri- torious students. Excelsior Correspondent RAJOURI, Feb 16: Socio Service Art Socio Group, Delhi conducted a 15 days Innovative Art Workshop/programme with the border children and youth attending Army Good Will Public School in Rajouri . In the programme about 100 children and youth hailing from different parts of state participated. The programme concluded here today. During the programme men- tal exercises, group analytical drama, visual art, Music, Creative writing, Mask Making, Clay moulding and Cultural History activities were incorpo- rated which improved the imag- inative skills and proved helpful in building confidence among the participants. On the concluding function the participants performed 2 short plays, musical items paintings, masks and clay mod- els were also exhibited on the concluding function. Shabir Ahmad Bhat, D.C Rajouri, was chief guest on this occasion. He lauded the per- formances done by the partici- pants and also lauded the efforts of Socio Service Art Group for holding these programmes in border areas and other areas in J&K continuously for the last 16 years. He also distributed awards and certificates among the participants at the end of the programme. Col. Ranjan Prabhu was also present on this func- tion. He appreciated the per- formances done by participants on concluding day. The programme was con- ducted by experts namely, Anil K Razdan, Gulshan Walia, Jasleen Singh, Swatantra, Pervaiz Malik, Ashfaq Mir, Vishal Pahari , Atul Gupta and Mustafa. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Yuki bows out of Delhi Open NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Top seed Yuki Bhambri looked a pale shadow of his usual self as he exited from the singles event of the Delhi Open with a first round defeat but advanced to the doubles quar- terfinals with seasoned pro Mahesh Bhupathi here today. It was the fourth successive first round defeat this season for the Delhi lad, who lost 4-6 6- 7(4) to Belgium's Joris de Loore, ranked 302 as to Yuki's 99. Yuki, who played with a lot of authority towards the end of 2015 season and broke into the top-100, was nowhere near his best, making many unforced errors in the match that lasted one hour and 40 minutes. (PTI) Shiksha Niketan accords farewell to outgoing students Girls Athletic meet, mega cultural event under PAHAL gets massive response *Medals, Certificates distributed among best girl performers Excelsior Sports Correspondent KATHUA, Feb 16: The final competition of dedicated 'Girls Athletic meet' under 'PAHAL: Ek Kadam Nari Samman Ki Aur' ini- tiative of the District Administration to implement 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' flag- ship programme was held today at Sports Stadium here where MLA Kathua, Rajeev Jasrotia was the chief guest. In the final competition long jump, shot put 200m race, kabad- di and kho-kho events were organized at sports stadium Kathua where in girl of block Barnoti, Marheen, Hiranagar, Basholi and Billawar participat- ed under the supervision of District Youth Services and Sports Officer (DYSSO) Sunil Kumar. In ShotPut Jamila Begum of Marheen block bagged 1st prize while Priya Hansa of Block Marheen stood 2nd and Saleema Bano of block Billawar clinched 3rd position. In Long jump Parveen Bibi of block Kathua bagged 1st position while Munisha Devi of block Marheen stood 2nd and Bandu of block Barnoti stood 3rd. In 200 mt race Parveen Bibi of block Kathua bagged 1st while Santosh Devi of block Barnoti stood 2nd and Jyoti Devi of block Billawar stood 3rd. Similarly, prizes were distrib- uted among winning teams of Kho-Kho and Kabaddi events. Later, a district level cultural programme under PAHAL initia- tive of the District Administration was organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra Kathua at Government College for Women Kathua where Deputy Commissioner Kathua Ramesh Kumar was the chief guest. The mega cultural events fea- turing folk dance, nukkad natak, skits, group songs, mimes, poems and solo songs perform- ances on the theme of 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'( BBBP) was held which enthralled the jam packed auditorium of women college. Deputy Commissioner Ramesh Kumar in his address said that administration has rolled out calendar of activities to educate people of every walk of life to improve the declining trend of child sex ratio under PAHAL initiative. He informed that to make PAHAL initiative a successful campaign, provision for celebrating 'Laadli Diwas' on 19th of every month has been devised out. He further high- lighted that sex ratio in identified districts are very alarming and Kathua district is among 100 dis- tricts of country with adverse sex ratio. He appreciated NYK for spreading Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao messages through Culture activities through Youth Ambassador. Principal, Govt. College for Women Satinder Singh presided over the function. District Youth Coordinator NYK Kathua, Som Datt Zard highlighted the aims and objec- tives of District Culture Festival. In Folk Group Song, Lal Bhadur Sashtri College stood 1st, Girls Hr. Sec. School 2nd and Surya College of Education 3rd. In Folk dance, Surya College of Education bagged 1st and Rajiv Gandhi College of Education clinched 2nd Position. In Poem competition, Zehanvi Sharma stood 1st and Shafalli Verma 2nd and Shruti Verma 3rd. In Skit Nav Adarsh, Hr. Secondary School stood 1st; Little Angels 2nd and Lal Bhadur Shastri College bagged 3rd position. In Solo Songs, Neha secured 1st position, Sharmila 2nd and Davinder Sarmal clinched 3rd position. Later, DC Kathua also gave away mementos to the winners and participating organizations and institutions. Amir's battle with fate inspires his peers Excelsior Sports Correspondent BIJBEHARA, Feb 16: The captain of Jammu and Kashmir's disabled cricket team who lost both his arms to a tragic acci- dent in his childhood and holds his bat innovatively between neck and shoulder, is aiming to make his entry into national team. Amir Hussain, 36, of a remote Waghama village, in South Kashmir, was studying in 2nd Standard, when he lost his both arms to the blade of a machine at his father's bat man- ufacturing factory in 1997. Most of his flesh was taken apart from his shoulders and arms by the machine. With Sachin Tendulkar as his role model, Amir's unique way of holding his bat is catching attention of everybody who sees him playing. Besides, he bowls leg breaks by holding the cricket ball in his toe and finger. Not letting his disability to hinder his dream of becoming a cricketer, Amir Hussain, did hold his nerves and worked with enthusiasm to train himself as a cricketer. With the aim to play cricket, he started writing, eating food, bathing and other daily activities too with his foot. Amir's story is full of strug- gle for existence and fight against society that looks down upon the disabled and instead of encouraging discourages them. He is courage personified as despite all odds, he never gave up and is today a role model for many disabled in Kashmir. Rameez Raja, Amir's brother, wrapped him in a tarpaulin and took him on his shoulder and cried for help. "I knocked every door on way but everyone was scared to see the blood. No one helped me. A woman went to a nearby army camp and got an ambulance and we took him to Srinagar for treatment", he said. Amir was operated upon in Bone and Joints hospital, Srinagar where his arms were cut. He spent next three years in various hospitals before returning home. "When I was brought home, neighbours suggested my par- ents to eliminate me", said Amir. However, Amir's parents made it a point that their son makes a mark in his life. "I had to sell major portion of my agri- culture land and sawmill to make sure that my son is treated well. I even took loan from bank", said Bashir Ahmad Lone, Amir's father. "We wanted to divert his mind from the tragedy and sent him to school," said Raja, his brother. "At school, the kids would taunt him and the irony was teachers were reluctant to teach him. They would often advice him not to waste time and sit at home. But Amir's stoic nature and dedication helped him to stay there and learn", he said. "When teachers suggested me to leave the school, I did, but my grandmother encouraged me and sent me school again", said Amir. As his quest for knowledge increased, Amir looked for an innovative ways to pursue it. He trained himself to write with his foot. "Initially I found it very hard to write with the foot but I had no other option. I wanted to prove myself," Amir said. Amir became his own mas- ter. He would struggle a lot in doing routine work like going to toilet, combing his hair, putting up his clothes. But he refused any help from friends or family members. "It took me two years to learn all things myself. Now I do thing easily without anyone's help," Amir says proudly. Despite difficulties, Amir passed his class 10th and 12th examination. He took every dif- ficulty he faced in life as chal- lenge. He learnt swimming from ducks. He took inspiration from Sachin Tendulkar to become cricketer and from M F Hussain to become a painter. Amir's talent caught the eyes of experts when he joined the Degree College Bijbehara and there he stunned everyone with his precision. "Everyone was stunned to see me playing crick- et in college. Within few minutes everyone was applauding me and I became an icon in Degree College Bijbehara," Amir said. But his life as cricketer changed once his talent was spotted by one of the faculty members in the College who later helped him to join J&K National Para team. Looking at his extraordinary performance, he wasn't only selected in the National Para-cricket team of J&K, but also appointed its Captain. In Delhi, Amir impressed every one. "We won a lost match against Delhi when batting at 10, he stood like a rock", said Zahoor Ahmad, one of his team- mates. Rasool, Rahul move to RCB from Sunrisers NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Batsman Lokesh Rahul and all-rounder Parvez Rasool have joined Royal Challengers Bangalore from Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2016 Indian Premier League. IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla, said: "The Royal Challengers Bangalore have made strong moves ahead of the season. KL Rahul is one of the talented young batsmen in the Indian circuit while Parvez Rasool is an asset to any team with his all-round abilities." "The duo will join a dream line-up at RCB with India's Test Captain Virat Kohli leading them," he added. Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya, said: "Given his multiple skills, KL Rahul has a lot to offer RCB in terms of batting and wicket keeping. It's a good feeling to get a prominent local Karnataka boy back home and in the RCB fold again. "Parvez offers us a spinning all rounder option that we were targeting to compliment Chahal and Iqbal. I hope to see him con- tinue his good form in this forth- coming IPL season," he added. The IPL will be played from April 9 to May 29. (PTI) Students of Government Degree College Samba, who brought laurels to the institution in the Inter-Collegiate Annual Athletic Meet, organized by the Directorate of Sports and Physical Education, University of Jammu. Pardeep got gold medal in high jump, while Ripu Devi clinched silver in triple jump and Neha Choudhary won silver in high jump. Also seen in the picture are Principal of the College, Dr Romesh Chander, Convenor Sports Committee, Prof Jagdish Kumar and Neelam Chalotra. Principal GD Goenka Public School, Dr RP Singh interact- ing with the players while inaugurating Under-15 Football Tournament. Students of Vishwa Bharati Public Higher Secondary School, Akalpur Morh, Jammu, who brought laurels in International Olympiad of Maths by winning 4 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals. The competition was organized by the Silver Zone Foundation in the month of November, 2015. Vishwa Bharatiyans performed well in the test and have won medals. Drishti Raina, Vabhavi Parihar, Bhavishya Saraf and Surya Dogra won gold medals, while Ayush Koul, Khushi Bhat, Shilpa Saini and Khushvinder Singh won silver medals and Vikrant Saini, Pratibha Manhas and Khushi Sharma won bronze medals. School Principal, Prof Annapurna Koul lauded the efforts of the students for this achievement. Students of JKMS namely Nitika, Kanika, Nishika, Pallvi, Khushali, Disha and Simran posing for a group photograph along with the Management, Vice Principal and Dance Instructor after winning 3rd prize in group dance competition organized by National Health Mission. Students of Delhi Public School, Jammu, who excelled in Debate Competition held at Dogra Law College, Bari Brahamna and brought laurels to the School by winning 1st position. Sarash Irshad of class XI-E of the school won 1st prize in 5th Matushri Inters-School Debate Contest, during their Golden Jubilee celebration, while Niharika Sharma of class XI-F bagged a 'Certificate of Merit'. The topic of the Debate was 'Qualified Legislatures shall be Conducive for Democracy and Good Governance'. Prizes were given away by the Former Minister and Chairman, Dogra Law College, Thakur Gulchain Singh Charak. Physically challenged Amir in action with bat and ball. -Excelsior/Sajad Dar U-15 Football Tournament commences at GD Goenka Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 16: GD Goenka Public School, Jammu governed by Om Prakash Bansal Charitable Trust is organizing Under-15 Football Tournament, which got underway in the School premises, here yesterday. The event is being organized in collaboration with SAI for the promotion of sports. Ten teams from different schools are participating in the said event, which will be con- cluding on February 19, 2016. The first match was played Jodhamal Public School and Dewan Badrinath School, wherein Jodhamal Public School emerged winner by a big margin of 11 goals (11-0). The second match was played between G.D Goenka Public School, Jammu and DBN School. The Goenkans won the match by (9-0). The Principal of the school, Dr RP Singh while interacting with the players, advised them to play with sportsmanship spir- it. Winner being felicitated during Innovative Art Workshop organised by SSAG at Rajouri. SSAG organizes Innovative Art Workshop New Challenger outplays Shastri CC to enter finals Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 16: New Challenger Cricket Club defeated Shastri Cricket Club by 6 wickets in the ongoing KC Sports Club T20 Cricket Cup 2016 to enter finals at KC School ground, here today. Earlier, winning the toss and electing to bat first, Shastri Club made 132 for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. From bat- ting side, Chander made 35 runs and Amit and Rompy con- tributed 27 and 22 runs respec- tively. For New Challenger Club, Aakash, Vijay, Manjeet and Sumit shared 1 wicket each. New Challenger CC, in reply, chased the target in just 19.1 overs by losing 4 wickets, thus won the match by 6 wick- ets. Vijay Dogra made 34 runs while Pranav and Bansi Lal contributed 31 and 27 runs respectively. For Shastri Club, Arvind, Vishal, Vicky and Amit shared 1 wicket each. Vijay Dogra of New Challenger CC was adjudged as man of the match. The match was officiated by Sadiq Hussain Malik, Madan Lal and Vinod. Now, New Challenger CC will take on Simula Cricket Club in the finals. National Netball players posing alongwith Principal KCPS, Amarendra Kumar Mishra on Tuesday. KCPS students represent J&K at National Netball C'ship Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 16: Three stu- dents of KC Public School rep- resented the State of J&K at the 21st Sub-Junior (U-16) National Netball Championship (Boys & Girls), organized by Haryana Netball Association at Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Kharkhoda, Sonipat from February 4 to February 7, 2016. Akshit Arora, Eriman Singh and Arjun Gandotra of KCPS were among 11 players of the State taking part in this national level competition. The J&K team performed well and reached the quarterfi- nals stage in this prestigious sporting event. In a special morning assem- bly, Amarendra Mishra, Principal of the school, congrat- ulated the students on their selection for a national level championship and gave away participation certificates received from the organizers. Triangular Football Series at KC Sports Club Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 16: In the Triangular Football Series for the members of KC Sports Club third match was played today between the Morning Risers and the Evening Dudes. The teams were led by Manohar Lal Babber and Randhir Mehta as Captains respectively. It was a well contested match in which the players of both teams displayed extraordi- nary soccer skills and the moves were a mixture of defence and offence. Sourav Sabharwal and Manoher Lal Babber scored a goal each for the Morning Risers whereas the solitary goal for Evening Dudes was netted by Narinder Gupta. Morning Risers won the match by two goals to one (2-1). India sign off with triple ton of medals at SAG SHILLONG, Feb 16: India's regional supremacy went unchallenged as the hosts were crowned overall champi- ons for the 12th consecutive time after notching up a record- breaking haul of 308 medals, dominating the final day of competitions as well in the South Asian Games here today. With women boxers scoop- ing all the three gold medals on offer and the judokas also bag- ging two gold and two silver on the last day of the Games, India's final tally came to 188 gold, 99 silver and 30 bronze medals. It was a massive jump in medal count for the Indians, who had won 175, including 90 gold, in the previous edition of the Games in 2010. At the distant second spot were Sri Lanka with a haul of 186 medals (25 silver, 63 silver and 98 bronze). Pakistan held on to the third spot with a final count of 106 medals (12 gold, 37 silver and 57 bronze). On the final day of competi- tions, action was restricted to this hill town where women boxers and judokas fought their summit bouts. First off the blocks were pugilists, who ensured that India scored a 'Perfect 10' in boxing. After the men had scooped all the seven gold medals on offer yesterday, the women made a clean sweep today. London Olympics bronze- medallist M C Mary Kom (51kg), former world champion L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Asian Games bronze winner Pooja Rani (75kg) picked up the top honours in their respective cate- gories. On a comeback trail after recovering from a shoulder injury, Mary Kom packed a powerful punch against her sea- soned Sri Lankan rival Anusha Kodituwakku Dilrukshi to be adjudged winner via Technical Knockout (TKO) in a bout last- ing less than 90 seconds. With Mary landing some powerful blows, Anusha lost her balance and injured her right knee. This forced her to take a medical break before attempt- ing a comeback. (PTI) ‘Feeling great to be part of RCB’ Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 16: On becoming part of the new team, Jammu and Kashmir's iconic cricketer, Parvez Rasool said that to be part of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) gives him ecstatic feeling as the formidable RCB team, having Indian Test Captain, Virat Kohli as its skipper, was targeting him from last three seasons, adding that the time was ripe to be part of this team which has been performing well since the inception of IPL. The ace all-rounder thanked Sunrisers Hyderabad for their support and said that he did not get much opportunity in the scheme of things in Hyderabad team for last two IPL seasons, adding that it was the right time to be part of RCB. "After consulting my childhood coaches Rajesh Dhar and Abdul Qayoom, besides my well wishers including my parents and my brother, I have joined Royal Challengers Bangalore from Sunrisers Hyderabad for 2016 IPL season," informed Rasool. "With the blessings of Almighty and good wishes of the peo- ple of Jammu and Kashmir, I hope to perform well for my new team," Rasool added.
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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 16: ShikshaNiketan Sr. Secondary School,Jeevan Nagar organized aFarewell Party for outgoingstudents in its premises, here.
lt was an enthusiastic func-tion not only to bid valedictionbut also to boost the outgoingstudents to be the meritorious
as usual. The chief guest of the func-
tion was the Principal of theschool, Rameshwar Mengi andother dignitaries present on theoccasion were from R.M.College, R.M. School and SNSGandhi Nagar.
The students of 10th classwho were invited as guestswere colorfully dressed.
The programme com-menced with the lighting of thelamp by the chief guest alongwith other guests.
Then there was a bouquetpresentation to the chief guestand sapling presentation toother guests.
The programme was pro-ceeded by the VandanaPresentation by the students of9th class. lt was very mar-velously performed filling theatmosphere with the religionsthoughts.
PK Dhar, Principal RMCollege and Kiran of SNSGandhi Nagar addressed thestudents on the occasion.
A skit staged by the stu-dents of 9th class based on thetheme of "Avoiding discrimi-nation of the girls".
Then a Western dance itemwas performed by the boys andGirls of 9th class in a thrillingway, which was followed byBhangra, wherein both theboys and the girls danced in avery energetic way. Theyrocked on the stage.
Finally, Rameshwar Mengiblessed the students. Heencouraged them by giving theexamples of the previous meri-torious students.
Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Feb 16: SocioService Art Socio Group, Delhiconducted a 15 days InnovativeArt Workshop/programme withthe border children and youthattending Army Good WillPublic School in Rajouri . In theprogramme about 100 childrenand youth hailing from differentparts of state participated. Theprogramme concluded heretoday.
During the programme men-tal exercises, group analyticaldrama, visual art, Music,Creative writing, Mask Making,Clay moulding and CulturalHistory activities were incorpo-rated which improved the imag-inative skills and proved helpfulin building confidence amongthe participants.
On the concluding functionthe participants performed 2short plays, musical itemspaintings, masks and clay mod-
els were also exhibited on theconcluding function.
Shabir Ahmad Bhat, D.CRajouri, was chief guest on thisoccasion. He lauded the per-formances done by the partici-pants and also lauded the effortsof Socio Service Art Group forholding these programmes inborder areas and other areas inJ&K continuously for the last 16years. He also distributedawards and certificates amongthe participants at the end of theprogramme. Col. Ranjan Prabhuwas also present on this func-tion. He appreciated the per-formances done by participantson concluding day.
The programme was con-ducted by experts namely, AnilK Razdan, Gulshan Walia,Jasleen Singh, Swatantra,Pervaiz Malik, Ashfaq Mir,Vishal Pahari , Atul Gupta andMustafa.
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Yuki bows out ofDelhi Open
NEW DELHI, Feb 16:
Top seed Yuki Bhambrilooked a pale shadow of hisusual self as he exited from thesingles event of the Delhi Openwith a first round defeat butadvanced to the doubles quar-terfinals with seasoned proMahesh Bhupathi here today.
It was the fourth successivefirst round defeat this season forthe Delhi lad, who lost 4-6 6-7(4) to Belgium's Joris deLoore, ranked 302 as to Yuki's99.
Yuki, who played with a lotof authority towards the end of2015 season and broke into thetop-100, was nowhere near hisbest, making many unforcederrors in the match that lastedone hour and 40 minutes. (PTI)
Shiksha Niketan accordsfarewell to outgoing students
Girls Athletic meet, mega cultural eventunder PAHAL gets massive response
*Medals, Certificates distributed among best girl performersExcelsior Sports Correspondent
KATHUA, Feb 16: The finalcompetition of dedicated 'GirlsAthletic meet' under 'PAHAL: EkKadam Nari Samman Ki Aur' ini-tiative of the DistrictAdministration to implement'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' flag-ship programme was held todayat Sports Stadium here whereMLA Kathua, Rajeev Jasrotiawas the chief guest.
In the final competition longjump, shot put 200m race, kabad-di and kho-kho events wereorganized at sports stadiumKathua where in girl of blockBarnoti, Marheen, Hiranagar,Basholi and Billawar participat-ed under the supervision ofDistrict Youth Services andSports Officer (DYSSO) SunilKumar.
In ShotPut Jamila Begum ofMarheen block bagged 1st prizewhile Priya Hansa of BlockMarheen stood 2nd and SaleemaBano of block Billawar clinched3rd position.
In Long jump Parveen Bibi ofblock Kathua bagged 1st positionwhile Munisha Devi of blockMarheen stood 2nd and Bandu ofblock Barnoti stood 3rd.
In 200 mt race Parveen Bibiof block Kathua bagged 1st whileSantosh Devi of block Barnotistood 2nd and Jyoti Devi ofblock Billawar stood 3rd.
Similarly, prizes were distrib-uted among winning teams ofKho-Kho and Kabaddi events.
Later, a district level culturalprogramme under PAHAL initia-tive of the DistrictAdministration was organized byNehru Yuva Kendra Kathua atGovernment College for WomenKathua where DeputyCommissioner Kathua RameshKumar was the chief guest.
The mega cultural events fea-turing folk dance, nukkad natak,skits, group songs, mimes,
poems and solo songs perform-ances on the theme of 'BetiBachao Beti Padhao'( BBBP)was held which enthralled thejam packed auditorium ofwomen college.
Deputy CommissionerRamesh Kumar in his addresssaid that administration hasrolled out calendar of activities toeducate people of every walk oflife to improve the decliningtrend of child sex ratio underPAHAL initiative. He informedthat to make PAHAL initiative asuccessful campaign, provisionfor celebrating 'Laadli Diwas' on19th of every month has beendevised out. He further high-lighted that sex ratio in identifieddistricts are very alarming andKathua district is among 100 dis-tricts of country with adverse sexratio. He appreciated NYK forspreading Beti Bachao, BetiPadhao messages throughCulture activities through YouthAmbassador.
Principal, Govt. College for
Women Satinder Singh presidedover the function.
District Youth CoordinatorNYK Kathua, Som Datt Zardhighlighted the aims and objec-tives of District Culture Festival.
In Folk Group Song, LalBhadur Sashtri College stood1st, Girls Hr. Sec. School 2ndand Surya College of Education3rd. In Folk dance, SuryaCollege of Education bagged 1stand Rajiv Gandhi College ofEducation clinched 2nd Position.In Poem competition, ZehanviSharma stood 1st and ShafalliVerma 2nd and Shruti Verma3rd. In Skit Nav Adarsh, Hr.Secondary School stood 1st;Little Angels 2nd and LalBhadur Shastri College bagged3rd position. In Solo Songs,Neha secured 1st position,Sharmila 2nd and DavinderSarmal clinched 3rd position.
Later, DC Kathua also gaveaway mementos to the winnersand participating organizationsand institutions.
Amir's battle with fateinspires his peers
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
BIJBEHARA, Feb 16: Thecaptain of Jammu and Kashmir'sdisabled cricket team who lostboth his arms to a tragic acci-dent in his childhood and holdshis bat innovatively betweenneck and shoulder, is aiming tomake his entry into nationalteam.
Amir Hussain, 36, of aremote Waghama village, inSouth Kashmir, was studying in2nd Standard, when he lost hisboth arms to the blade of amachine at his father's bat man-ufacturing factory in 1997. Mostof his flesh was taken apart fromhis shoulders and arms by themachine.
With Sachin Tendulkar as hisrole model, Amir's unique wayof holding his bat is catchingattention of everybody who seeshim playing. Besides, he bowlsleg breaks by holding the cricketball in his toe and finger.
Not letting his disability tohinder his dream of becoming acricketer, Amir Hussain, didhold his nerves and worked withenthusiasm to train himself as acricketer. With the aim to playcricket, he started writing, eatingfood, bathing and other dailyactivities too with his foot.
Amir's story is full of strug-gle for existence and fightagainst society that looks downupon the disabled and instead ofencouraging discourages them.He is courage personified asdespite all odds, he never gaveup and is today a role model formany disabled in Kashmir.
Rameez Raja, Amir's brother,wrapped him in a tarpaulin andtook him on his shoulder andcried for help. "I knocked everydoor on way but everyone wasscared to see the blood. No onehelped me. A woman went to anearby army camp and got anambulance and we took him toSrinagar for treatment", he said.Amir was operated upon in Boneand Joints hospital, Srinagarwhere his arms were cut. Hespent next three years in varioushospitals before returning home."When I was brought home,neighbours suggested my par-ents to eliminate me", said Amir.
However, Amir's parentsmade it a point that their sonmakes a mark in his life. "I hadto sell major portion of my agri-culture land and sawmill to makesure that my son is treated well. Ieven took loan from bank", saidBashir Ahmad Lone, Amir'sfather.
"We wanted to divert hismind from the tragedy and sent
him to school," said Raja, hisbrother. "At school, the kidswould taunt him and the ironywas teachers were reluctant toteach him. They would oftenadvice him not to waste time andsit at home. But Amir's stoicnature and dedication helpedhim to stay there and learn", hesaid.
"When teachers suggestedme to leave the school, I did, butmy grandmother encouraged meand sent me school again", saidAmir.
As his quest for knowledgeincreased, Amir looked for aninnovative ways to pursue it. Hetrained himself to write with hisfoot. "Initially I found it veryhard to write with the foot but Ihad no other option. I wanted toprove myself," Amir said.
Amir became his own mas-ter. He would struggle a lot indoing routine work like going totoilet, combing his hair, puttingup his clothes. But he refusedany help from friends or familymembers. "It took me two yearsto learn all things myself. Now Ido thing easily without anyone'shelp," Amir says proudly.
Despite difficulties, Amirpassed his class 10th and 12thexamination. He took every dif-ficulty he faced in life as chal-lenge. He learnt swimming fromducks. He took inspiration fromSachin Tendulkar to becomecricketer and from M F Hussainto become a painter.
Amir's talent caught the eyesof experts when he joined theDegree College Bijbehara andthere he stunned everyone withhis precision. "Everyone wasstunned to see me playing crick-et in college. Within few minuteseveryone was applauding meand I became an icon in DegreeCollege Bijbehara," Amir said.
But his life as cricketerchanged once his talent wasspotted by one of the facultymembers in the College wholater helped him to join J&KNational Para team. Looking athis extraordinary performance,he wasn't only selected in theNational Para-cricket team ofJ&K, but also appointed itsCaptain.
In Delhi, Amir impressedevery one. "We won a lost matchagainst Delhi when batting at 10,he stood like a rock", saidZahoor Ahmad, one of his team-mates.
Rasool, Rahul move toRCB from Sunrisers
NEW DELHI, Feb 16:
Batsman Lokesh Rahul andall-rounder Parvez Rasool havejoined Royal ChallengersBangalore from SunrisersHyderabad for the 2016 IndianPremier League.
IPL Chairman RajeevShukla, said: "The RoyalChallengers Bangalore havemade strong moves ahead of theseason. KL Rahul is one of thetalented young batsmen in theIndian circuit while ParvezRasool is an asset to any teamwith his all-round abilities."
"The duo will join a dreamline-up at RCB with India's TestCaptain Virat Kohli leadingthem," he added.
Royal ChallengersBangalore owner Vijay Mallya,said: "Given his multiple skills,
KL Rahul has a lot to offer RCBin terms of batting and wicketkeeping. It's a good feeling toget a prominent local Karnatakaboy back home and in the RCBfold again.
"Parvez offers us a spinning
all rounder option that we weretargeting to compliment Chahaland Iqbal. I hope to see him con-tinue his good form in this forth-coming IPL season," he added.
The IPL will be played fromApril 9 to May 29. (PTI)
Students of Government Degree College Samba, who broughtlaurels to the institution in the Inter-Collegiate Annual AthleticMeet, organized by the Directorate of Sports and PhysicalEducation, University of Jammu. Pardeep got gold medal in highjump, while Ripu Devi clinched silver in triple jump and NehaChoudhary won silver in high jump. Also seen in the picture arePrincipal of the College, Dr Romesh Chander, Convenor SportsCommittee, Prof Jagdish Kumar and Neelam Chalotra.
Principal GD Goenka Public School, Dr RP Singh interact-ing with the players while inaugurating Under-15 FootballTournament.
Students of Vishwa Bharati Public Higher Secondary School,Akalpur Morh, Jammu, who brought laurels in InternationalOlympiad of Maths by winning 4 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronzemedals. The competition was organized by the Silver ZoneFoundation in the month of November, 2015. VishwaBharatiyans performed well in the test and have won medals.Drishti Raina, Vabhavi Parihar, Bhavishya Saraf and SuryaDogra won gold medals, while Ayush Koul, Khushi Bhat, ShilpaSaini and Khushvinder Singh won silver medals and VikrantSaini, Pratibha Manhas and Khushi Sharma won bronzemedals. School Principal, Prof Annapurna Koul lauded theefforts of the students for this achievement.
Students of JKMS namely Nitika, Kanika, Nishika, Pallvi,Khushali, Disha and Simran posing for a group photographalong with the Management, Vice Principal and DanceInstructor after winning 3rd prize in group dance competitionorganized by National Health Mission.
Students of Delhi Public School, Jammu, who excelled inDebate Competition held at Dogra Law College, Bari Brahamnaand brought laurels to the School by winning 1st position.Sarash Irshad of class XI-E of the school won 1st prize in 5thMatushri Inters-School Debate Contest, during their GoldenJubilee celebration, while Niharika Sharma of class XI-Fbagged a 'Certificate of Merit'. The topic of the Debate was'Qualified Legislatures shall be Conducive for Democracy andGood Governance'. Prizes were given away by the FormerMinister and Chairman, Dogra Law College, Thakur GulchainSingh Charak.
Physically challenged Amir in action with bat and ball.-Excelsior/Sajad Dar
U-15 Football Tournamentcommences at GD Goenka
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 16: GDGoenka Public School, Jammugoverned by Om Prakash BansalCharitable Trust is organizingUnder-15 Football Tournament,which got underway in theSchool premises, here yesterday.The event is being organized incollaboration with SAI for thepromotion of sports.
Ten teams from differentschools are participating in thesaid event, which will be con-cluding on February 19, 2016.
The first match was playedJodhamal Public School andDewan Badrinath School,wherein Jodhamal PublicSchool emerged winner by a bigmargin of 11 goals (11-0). Thesecond match was playedbetween G.D Goenka PublicSchool, Jammu and DBNSchool. The Goenkans won thematch by (9-0).
The Principal of the school,Dr RP Singh while interactingwith the players, advised themto play with sportsmanship spir-it.
Winner being felicitated during Innovative Art Workshoporganised by SSAG at Rajouri.
SSAG organizesInnovative Art Workshop
New Challenger outplaysShastri CC to enter finals
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 16: NewChallenger Cricket Clubdefeated Shastri Cricket Clubby 6 wickets in the ongoing KCSports Club T20 Cricket Cup2016 to enter finals at KCSchool ground, here today.
Earlier, winning the tossand electing to bat first, ShastriClub made 132 for the loss of 5wickets in 20 overs. From bat-ting side, Chander made 35runs and Amit and Rompy con-tributed 27 and 22 runs respec-tively. For New ChallengerClub, Aakash, Vijay, Manjeetand Sumit shared 1 wicketeach.
New Challenger CC, inreply, chased the target in just19.1 overs by losing 4 wickets,thus won the match by 6 wick-ets. Vijay Dogra made 34 runswhile Pranav and Bansi Lalcontributed 31 and 27 runsrespectively. For Shastri Club,Arvind, Vishal, Vicky and Amitshared 1 wicket each. VijayDogra of New Challenger CCwas adjudged as man of thematch.
The match was officiatedby Sadiq Hussain Malik,Madan Lal and Vinod.
Now, New Challenger CCwill take on Simula CricketClub in the finals.
National Netball players posing alongwith Principal KCPS,Amarendra Kumar Mishra on Tuesday.
KCPS students represent J&Kat National Netball C'ship
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 16: Three stu-dents of KC Public School rep-resented the State of J&K at the21st Sub-Junior (U-16) NationalNetball Championship (Boys &Girls), organized by HaryanaNetball Association at KanyaMahavidyalaya, Kharkhoda,Sonipat from February 4 toFebruary 7, 2016.
Akshit Arora, Eriman Singhand Arjun Gandotra of KCPSwere among 11 players of the
State taking part in this nationallevel competition.
The J&K team performedwell and reached the quarterfi-nals stage in this prestigioussporting event.
In a special morning assem-bly, Amarendra Mishra,Principal of the school, congrat-ulated the students on theirselection for a national levelchampionship and gave awayparticipation certificatesreceived from the organizers.
Triangular Football Seriesat KC Sports Club
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 16: In theTriangular Football Series forthe members of KC Sports Clubthird match was played todaybetween the Morning Risers andthe Evening Dudes. The teamswere led by Manohar LalBabber and Randhir Mehta asCaptains respectively.
It was a well contested
match in which the players ofboth teams displayed extraordi-nary soccer skills and the moveswere a mixture of defence andoffence. Sourav Sabharwal andManoher Lal Babber scored agoal each for the MorningRisers whereas the solitary goalfor Evening Dudes was nettedby Narinder Gupta. MorningRisers won the match by twogoals to one (2-1).
India sign off with tripleton of medals at SAG
SHILLONG, Feb 16:
India's regional supremacywent unchallenged as the hostswere crowned overall champi-ons for the 12th consecutivetime after notching up a record-breaking haul of 308 medals,dominating the final day ofcompetitions as well in theSouth Asian Games here today.
With women boxers scoop-ing all the three gold medals onoffer and the judokas also bag-ging two gold and two silver onthe last day of the Games,India's final tally came to 188gold, 99 silver and 30 bronzemedals.
It was a massive jump inmedal count for the Indians,who had won 175, including 90gold, in the previous edition ofthe Games in 2010.
At the distant second spotwere Sri Lanka with a haul of186 medals (25 silver, 63 silverand 98 bronze). Pakistan held onto the third spot with a finalcount of 106 medals (12 gold,37 silver and 57 bronze).
On the final day of competi-tions, action was restricted to
this hill town where womenboxers and judokas fought theirsummit bouts.
First off the blocks werepugilists, who ensured that Indiascored a 'Perfect 10' in boxing.After the men had scooped allthe seven gold medals on offeryesterday, the women made aclean sweep today.
London Olympics bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom(51kg), former world championL Sarita Devi (60kg) and AsianGames bronze winner PoojaRani (75kg) picked up the tophonours in their respective cate-gories. On a comeback trail afterrecovering from a shoulderinjury, Mary Kom packed apowerful punch against her sea-soned Sri Lankan rival AnushaKodituwakku Dilrukshi to beadjudged winner via TechnicalKnockout (TKO) in a bout last-ing less than 90 seconds.
With Mary landing somepowerful blows, Anusha lost herbalance and injured her rightknee. This forced her to take amedical break before attempt-ing a comeback. (PTI)
‘Feeling great to be part of RCB’Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 16: On becoming part of the new team, Jammuand Kashmir's iconic cricketer, Parvez Rasool said that to be partof Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) gives him ecstatic feelingas the formidable RCB team, having Indian Test Captain, ViratKohli as its skipper, was targeting him from last three seasons,adding that the time was ripe to be part of this team which hasbeen performing well since the inception of IPL.
The ace all-rounder thanked Sunrisers Hyderabad for theirsupport and said that he did not get much opportunity in thescheme of things in Hyderabad team for last two IPL seasons,adding that it was the right time to be part of RCB.
"After consulting my childhood coaches Rajesh Dhar andAbdul Qayoom, besides my well wishers including my parentsand my brother, I have joined Royal Challengers Bangalore fromSunrisers Hyderabad for 2016 IPL season," informed Rasool.
"With the blessings of Almighty and good wishes of the peo-ple of Jammu and Kashmir, I hope to perform well for my newteam," Rasool added.
