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STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: Pankaj BasotraAdvocate, General SecretaryJ&K Pradesh YouthCongress on Friday accusedthe present government inthe state and the centralgovernment for their utterfailure in tackling the situa-tion in Kashmir.

In a statement issued herePankaj said that the situa-tion in Kashmir is worseningday by day and the junior tohigh powered leaders of theruling party at the centre aretaking divergent stands.

He said that the braveJawans of our Army arebeing martyred daily but theleaders of the ruling politicalparties are politicizing therole of the security forcesand the army by speaking onthe electronic media to getthe credit.

He accused the then ParjaParishad (now BharatiyaJanata Party for the presentproblem in the State whohad boycotted the election ofthe State assembly during1951.

He said that if the thenPraja Parishad contested theelection during 1951 thenNational Conference couldnot get the 72 seats out of 75unopposed. During 1951 the

Praja Parishad provided bigopportunity to the then fun-damental pro Pakistan andcommunal forces by boy-cotting the election evenafter so many appeals madeby the then Sadre-e RiasatDr. Karan Singh and Pt.Jawaharlal Nehru.

Pankaj further alleged thatthe same party has repeatedthe same mistake by makingfalse, frivolous and commu-nal propaganda against theformer Chief Minister of theState Ghulam Nabi Azad in2008 who was working forall the three regions of thestate and now third mistakethe alliance with the PDPwho has contested the elec-tion against the BJP and tostop the BJP from the powercorridor as the whole coun-try knows that the people ofKashmir does not want BJPin power in the State.

He further said that someleaders and Ministers ofUnion Government areclaiming that the solution ofthe Kashmir problem is inthe hands of the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi butthey are unaware about thebasic problem of the peopleof the Kashmir and have noknowledge of past history ofthe Kashmir.

He said that such leadershave been guided by some socalled BJP workers in thevalley for their petty inter-est but they don't know thereal picture and result ofthe same is the present tur-moil.

He urged the people of thestate particularly the youthof the Kashmir Valley not tobecome the scape-goats ofthe communal, fundamentaland pro Pakistan forces andmain stream for their futureand good education.

‘Govt failed in tacklingKashmir situation’

STATE TIMES NEWSRAJOURI: Senior BJP leader andMLC Vibodh Gupta lauded NIA fordeciphering true face of Hurriyat fol-lowing array of raids curbing cores ofPakistan funded money.

He asked Kashmiri youths thatthey must know about the real face ofHurriyat and are liberating them-selves from the clutches of sepa-ratists.

Refering towards situation inValley, Gupta said that peace is veryimportant for development as noth-ing can be carried forward in tensezone.

Making an appeal to Kashmiriyouth to shun the path of violenceand take part in development ofState, Vibodh said that maximumpeople in Kashmir don't want vio-lence and they believe in develop-

ment. Vibodh was speaking at function

organised after cleanliness drive heldby BJP Urban Mandal Rajouri.

A large number of people includingofficials of Municipal Corporation,local residents and many politicalactivists were also present on theoccasion.

MLC urged the people to createhealthy competitions on cleanlinessand take the movement forward.

He urged people to make Rajouri anOpen-Defecation Free (ODF) town.

"Every citizen should contribute inmaintaining cleanliness and also edu-cate the people about it," he said.

Prominent persons present on theoccasion were senior BJP leaderKamal Bakshi, Atam Gupta, KamalGupta, Ranjeet Tara, Koushal Gupta,Ashwani Kocchar, Raddish Sharma,Vicky Dutta, Raja Rattan Singh,Shivam Bakshi and Babloo Sharma.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: BJP NationalGeneral Secretary (Org.)Ram Lal on Friday said thatdue to the unique workingsystem of party, today BJPis boasting of being thelargest political outfit ofworld in terms of primarymembership.

Ram Lal held series ofmeetings on the occasion ofPt. Deen Dayal UpadhayayBirth Centenary year pro-grammes and celebrationsof three years of good gover-nance by Narendra Modi ledCentral Government inSamba District.

He was accompanied byMember Parliament JugalKishore Sharma, Ministerfor Industries andCommerce, ChanderParkash Ganga, Seh-Parbhari Samba Rakesh

Mahajan, District Secretary(Org.) Samba NareshSharma and DistrictPresident Samba JungvirSingh.

During his interactionwith the Vistaraks, Ram Lalsaid that the role ofVistaraks attains more sig-nificance in the present sce-

nario so that the ideologyand the policies of the partyare kept in high and positivespirits and asked them towork to extend their reachto the public.

During his meet with thebooth level and other promi-nent workers of BlockRamgarh at Village Raika

Lawana in Vijaypur, heasked them to work forexpanding the base of theparty to every householdand take the policies and theschemes of the CentralGovernment to the needypopulation.

He asked them to makethemselves a symbol of puri-ty and service, during hisinteractions.

Jugal said that with theaim of Sabka Sath, SabkaVikas, BJP is committed tothe development of all.

Chander Parkash Gangasaid that the State ofJammu and Kashmir is onpath of development underthe PM Modi led NDAGovernment.

Modi has given liberalfunding for the developmentof trade and industry in thisborder Statem he said.

Make yourselves symbol of purity, service: BJP leader

BJP National General Secretary (Org.) Ram Lal interacting with party workers.

MLC Vobodh Gupta taking part in cleanliness drive.

NIA raids exposed real face of Hurriyat leaders: Vibodh

STATE TIMES NEWSBHADARWAH: To expresstheir gratitude to the govern-ment for appointment of direc-tor, who is from technical back-ground, Department ofAgriculture under the bannerof Agriculture EmployeeCoordination Committee(AECC) Doda, here on Friday.

The meeting in which tech-nocrats of AgricultureDepartment and other allied

wings participated was held inthe premises of ChiefAgriculture Office Doda.

During meeting, employeescongratulated H.K Razdan forhis appointment as DirectorAgriculture Jammu.

Alyas Akhter Gattu, MohdAshraf Beg, Yogi Raj Rakhwal,M P Singh, Hans Raj, NaseebSingh, Shakeel Qazi, WaseemAbdullah and Bhushan Kumarwere present in the meeting.

Technocrats hail Razdan’s appointmentas Director Agriculture

AECC Doda members posing for a photograph.

AJKLTF announces Reasi unit STATE TIMES NEWS

REASI: A district working Committee of All Jammu, Kashmir andLadakh Teachers Federation (AJKTF) affiliated with AkhilBhartiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahansang was held under the chair-manship of State Vice President Pardeep Kumar and StateSecretary Manjeet Singh at Reasi.

Various issues related to teaching community were discussed on theoccasion. New District body of the Federation was also declared onthe occasion. Narinder Kumar was unanimously elected as newlyDistrict President, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Surinder Kumar andRajinder Kumar-Vice Presidents, Annie Raghuvanshi-Female VicePresident, Brahm Dutt Sharma-District Secretary, Bansi LalShastri and Daleep Kumar- Joint Secretaries, Rajay Kumar-Cashier, Ashok Kumar Sharma-Organising Secretary, KashmirSingh-Press Secretary, Ramashwar, Daleep Singh, ManzoorHussain and Naresh Kumar as Executive Members.

Newly elected President, Narinder Kumar assured the executivebody that he would work hard to work as per the expectations of theorganization and teaching community of Reasi.

STATE TIMES NEWS SAMBA: On Kabir Sahib's619th Avtaran Divas, a grandSatsang was organised at SantAshram, Ranjri. Madhu ParamHans Maharaj, the spiritualhead of Sahib Bandgi panth,while delivering sermons to hisfollowers at Satwari Chowk,threw light about the messageof the saints. After all, whathave the saints talked about? Towhich religion they belonged?What was their aim? WhichSuper power they have talkedabout and wherfrom did theline of saints appear? Theteachings of Sahib Kabir are ofa rare kind. It was he who pro-duced a line of saints & is, assuch, described as the first SantSatguru.

So far as the Sant Matt isconcerned, he spoke altogetherdifferently from other religiouspreachers. Regardubg his iden-tity, some call him as BhagatKabir while others call him as

Sant Kabir. In fact, both thesewords are not suitable for him.It is just calling an inspector asa clerk. He was a great Santsatguru who had appeared tospread the movement of Bhakti(worship). He was not a saintbut a creator of the line ofsaints.

The people had a little infor-mation about him. That is whyeveryone spoke in his own way.Let's give a thought as to whatdoes sant Matt stand for.Among the saints there have

been the Hindus, the Muslimsas well as the Christians. Whowere these people? To whichreligions they belonged? Theycame from different religionsbut were called as saints. Whatdid the great saints like PaltoSahib, Miran Bai, Baba Farid,Ravi Dassji or Nanak Dev jipreach? Did they talk about theformless (Nirakar). The era ofsaints began with the appear-ance of Sahib Kabir. Nirakarwas very much there prior tohim as well. Did he talk of the 5words which were there earlieras well. These have been theresince the Vedic era. We find a

mention of the words like 'Satt'Shabad, 'Soham' & the like.Which way is the wave ofBhakti moving? Even theNirgun worshippers talk aboutthe inner world. They speakabout the 5 postures as well.The word 'Aunkar' has beenthere since the Vedic era. Wholeof the world has been lost inAunkar. But the Sar Nam is ahidden one.

Had the Sar Nam (the realNam) been one among the 5words the Sidhs, yogis & otherworshippers have been reciting,there would have been no needfor Sahib Kabir to talk aboutthe Satya Nam that is farahead of the 5 words. He saysthat even the Vedas throw nolight on Amar lok that is therarest place.

In fact, those whom SahibKabir took to the 4th loka &enabled them have the holyvision of Param Purush, cameto be called as saints.Afterwards, they also talkedabout the lokas that lay beyondthe 3 lokas.

Army holdsamity meeting STATE TIMES NEWS

RAJOURI: Army organ-ised Amity Meeting at vil-lage Hanjanwali in Rajouridistrict. The meeting washeld to have constructiveexchange of views with thevillagers which in turnwould facilitate cordial rela-tion amongst all sections ofsociety and enhance peacein the area. Such interactions are also

a source of feedback fromthe locals on various pro-grammes and welfare meas-ures being run by differentGovernment agencies. Thefocus of the interaction wasconstructive engagement ofthe youth in the area.Information on various wel-fare schemes being run bythe Government, especiallyby the Army was providedto the locals.

Satsang organised on Kabir's Avtaran Divas

Madhu Param Hans Maharaj delivering religious sermon.

STATE TIMES NEWSRAMBAN: A loaded tanker on its way from Jammu toSrinagar, rolleddown from theroad nearShabanbas, andcaught fire onFriday. Driver andconductor of thetanker were seri-ously injured.

Immediately onreceipt of the infor-mation the SDM,SDPO, SHO withpolice team andfire tenders rushed to the spot. After tedious efforts the firewas brought under control.

Meanwhile locals protested against HindustanConstruction Company for dumping debris on the NH44thereby making the road too narrow to pass two vehicles at atime. They threatened of agitation if road is not cleared.

Tanker rolls down, catches fire

Fumes coming out from the tanker.

STATE TIMES NEWS BHADARWAH: Hundredsof tourists are throngingeveryday to Padri meadowon interstate Bhadarwah-Chamba Road in Jammuand Kashmir, as when theplains are experiencingscorching heat, visitorsare finding solace in coolbreeze while playing onsnow at this emergingtourist destination ofBhadarwah Valley.

Padri meadow, which isjust 40 km fromBhadarwah town has late-ly emerged as the darlingof visitors because of it'sproximity with the snowfilled Asha-Pati glacier,

mighty Kailash hills andeasy access of snow thattoo in the month of June.

Domestic touriststermed it as the mostamazing and unbelievablemoment in their life, whenthey for the first time sawand touched snow at Padrimeadow that too during apeak summer afternoon.Tourists captured thesebeautiful moments in theircameras and were spotteddancing and sledging onthe snow out of thrill andexcitement.

A tourist from Pune,Kalyani Digay said thatthis is like a dream cometrue as cool breeze is blow-

ing and I am touchingsnow for the first time inmy life. I have never seensuch a beautiful valley inthe lap of mesmerizingsnow peaked mountains.It's like a fairy tale and Iwould love to come hereagain and again.

Another tourist fromBihar, Neeta Kumari saidthat we came straightfrom 45 degree tempera-ture and we were beingtold that it's practicallyimpossible to find snow atthis time of the year but toour pleasent surprise, wenot only touched the snowbut we are playing with itsince three hours and for

this I can't believe myluck. It's amazing "I wantto stay here for ever."

The officials ofBhadarwah DevelopmentAuthority (BDA) statethat inflow of backpackershas increased by around20 per cent during lastfortnight due to scorchingheat in mainland and alsoattribute rise in touristarrivals to various factorsincluding sustained pro-motional campaigns anddiscount in tariffs offeredby BDA and private guesthouse owners.

"This season has startedwith a positive note, as wehave been receiving a min-

imum of 50 tourist bussesevery day, which is reallyunprecedented and anoth-er positive thing is that weare receiving guests fromevery nook and corner ofIndia, that clearly showstourism industry is grow-ing leafs and bounds inBhadarwah Valley, " saidCEO BDA, Bal Krishan.

"All the Hotels andguest houses are runningpacked as I have beenreviewing the progressevery day. By God's gracethings are moving in rightdirection and efforts ofstake holders are havestarted yielding results,"CEO BDA added.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATRA: SSP RailwaysKatra Ranjit SinghSambyal held a meetingwith SDPO RailwaysKatra, SDPO RailwaysUdhampur, SHOs/ l/CPolice Posts and otherofficers of GRP Katra inview of forthcoming ShriAmarnath Yatra.

The officers were briefedfor taking all the preven-

tive and security measuresat the Railway Stationsand tracks to ensuresmooth and incident freeyatra besides adequatesecurity arrangements,strengthening of checkingand deployment of quickaction teams.

The SSP directed theofficers to ensure personalsupervision and regularbriefings to the jawans.

They were also directedto ensure proper accesscontrol and proper Anti-Sabotage Check at all theRailway Stations. Two

special teams shall be con-stituted with lady offi-cials, which shall becamped at RailwayStations Katra andUdhampur for providingguidance/information tothe passengers and pil-grims during ShriAmarnath Yatra, SSPinformed.

Further all the officerswere directed to maintainalertness and vigilance atthe track and RailwayStations so as to ensurethe safety and security ofpassengers and property.

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Bhadarwah becomes tourists’ favourite destination

Shobha Yatramarks 2nd day ofAghar Jitto MelaSTATE TIMES NEWS

REASI: The second-day ofAghar Jitto Mela witnessedheavy rush of the tourists anddevotees from various parts ofthe State and country here onFriday.

As per the prevalent rituals,Shoba Yatra was taken out andthe chains and other antiqueobjects of Baba Jitto werebrought in Palki from holyplace Raja Mandlik to templein front of main Aghar market.

In the Shoba Yatra severaldevotees took part amid chant-ing of Bhajans and beating ofdrum. A Yatra was held in themarket temple in which severalpeople took part.

The sounds of drum and tra-ditional Karks (ballads)amused the audience.

The devotees also took holyshower in water stream whichis considered very pious

The people also took keeninterest in stalls which were setup by the district administra-tion in which several schemesand department programmeswere displayed for the benefitsof the public.

The children were seen play-ing games and enjoying otherrecreation activities.

DC accordedwarm adieu

STATE TIMES NEWSRAMBAN: Mohammad Aijaz,Deputy CommissionerRamban, who has been trans-ferred as DeputyCommissioner Shopian wasaccorded warm farewell by theofficers of the district adminis-tration. The officers recalledthat Mohammad Aijaz duringhis tenure of almost one year asDeputy Commissioner initiat-ed a number of steps aimed atdevelopment of the district.

Speaking on the occasion, thedistrict officers lauded outgo-ing DC for his contributiontowards welfare and develop-ment of the district.

Ajay Nanda kick-startsblacktopping of

Kanda-Ransoo RoadSTATE TIMES NEWS

REASI: Minister of State forFinance and Planning AjayNanda on Friday startedblacktopping of 4 km Kanda-Ransoo Road in Pouni area.

The blacktopping workwould be completed with anestimated cost of Rs. 1.86crore by Public WorksDepartment.

The minister said this roadis major connectivity forrevered Shiv Khori Shrineand during blacktoppingwork of the road, the vehicleswould be diverted throughTeryath route.

He said that all possiblemeasures are under way toincrease tourists' influx to theHoly Shrine by providingenroute facilities to thetourists to make their pil-grimage comfortable. Hesaid since the launch of livetelecast of Holy Aarti, theShrine has gained much pop-ularity countrywide andworld too. The minister saidthe area has vast potential toattract the tourists andefforts are being made todevelop this destination withenhanced facilities.

SSP briefs officers on ensuing Amarnath Yatra

SSP Railways Katra Ranjit Sambyal chairing a meeting.

STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: DistrictInformation CentreUdhampur on Fridayorganised a colourful cul-tural programme in SudhMahadev Mela which wasthe main attraction duringthe second day of three-dayMela.

Various artists partici-pated in the cultural pro-gramme that highlightedthe important welfareschemes being run by thegovernment besides pre-senting rich Dogra culture.

Thousands of people vis-ited the Mela on secondday of the event and haddip in the holy PaapNaashini spring and paidobeisance to Goddess

Parvati and Lord Shiva.Besides, many temporary

sweet shops and other eat-able corners, stalls of vari-ous useful items were setup by the local vendors.District administrationUdhampur also installedawareness stalls of differ-ent departments on theoccasion.

District Youth Servicesand Sports organised manyactivities in which studentsfrom different educationalinstitutions participated.

Among others, SDMChenani DavinderSharma,Tehsildar PardeepSingh, SDPO Chenani C.DSingh, Naib Tehsildar ,SHO and ZEO attendedthe Mela.

Thousands throng SudhMahadev Mela on 2nd day

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: The celebration ofthree years of BJP Governmentas MODI fest is nothing but abundle of lies as party is tryingto make people believe throughpropaganda using all availablemeans that plethora of its whitelies are true. This was stated byDr Manohar Lal Sharma, for-mer Minister during a publicmeeting held here at VillageDashanu in Panchayat DingaAmb-B of Block Dinga Amb ofKandi area of Billawar con-stituency.

Recalling BJP's slogansincluding Ache Din, Ek Sar KeBadle Das Sar, Dr ManmohanSingh's Love Letters ToPakistan, Baap Beta and BaapBeti Ki Sarkar, Na KhayungaNa Khane Doonga, Sau DinMain Kala Dhan Layunga, etc,Manohar raised serious concernover the betrayal of BJP and

his leaders towards people ofcountry for his commitmentsand promises made during elec-tions.

Manohar pin pointed plungein GDP from 7.1 per cent to 6.1per cent post demonetisation.He said that similarly eightmajor core sectors are continu-ously sinking, service sector is inbad position and no growth inemployment generation haspulled India out from the cate-gory of the fastest growingeconomy of the world.

He also showed deep anguishover the present condition ofIndian farmers who are beingforced to commit suicides due toburden of loans by virtue ofwrong policies of Government.He slammed BJP for takingthe issue lightly as more thantwenty five formers are suicideper day in country which isshameful for whole nation.

Dr Sharma said that theunemployed youths of State aswell as country are in the stateof suffocation under present dis-pensation and they are feelingcompletely betrayed and cheat-ed by BJP Government both incentre and State.

Dr Sharma remarked thatboth the Central and the StateGovernments miserably failedto create new employmentopportunities for the unem-ployed youth who are feelingcheated and brewing with anger

and resentment. Dr Sharmawarned the BJP Governmentnot to test the patience of peopleof country. He said that the peo-ple are watching their every mis-deed and will respond at righttime.

The prominent people whowere present in the meetingwere former MLC and DistrictPresident Subash Gupta, Capt.Tara Chand, Capt. Tharu Ram,Kuldeep Gupta, Rtd. HeadMaster Chimal Singh, SurinderSingh and Jagdish Dogra.

MODI fest bundle of lies: Manohar

Senior Congress leader Manohar Lal Sharma addressing a public meeting.