STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: The GoverningCouncil meeting of Jammuand Kashmir Ex-ServicesLeague (JKESL) was heldhere on Sunday at Zila SainikWelfare Complex Amphalla.

During the meeting, manyproblems facing by the Ex-Servicemen were discussed asthey feel totally ignored in theState for the last 70 years.

"The issue of Sainik ColonySrinagar was highlightedwhich was accepted by theformer Chief Ministers andeven the area allotted nearthe airport at Srinagar.However it was denied by theformer Chief Minister,Mehbooba and till date thereis no progress. Similarly twohousing colonies sanctionedat Jammu by the then ChiefMinister Dr Farooq Abdullahin1997 have not seen thelight of the day even after 20years," the veterans said.

"The Ex-Servicemen areharassed for issue/renewal ofweapon licenses, six percententitled reservation in jobsare not given particularly inthe police. Not a single soldierhas found enrolment in thepolice for the last 35 years

when the police force hasincreased from 35,000 tonearly one lakh. No Statelevel facilities like job andeducation reservation forwards are available to warwidows, war wounded and thebrave warriors who are paidpoor annuities far lower thanthe other states like Punjab,Haryana and HimachalPradesh," they said.

Finding no hope in theelected leaders, the ex-ser-vicemen are now pinningtheir hopes on the GovernorSatya Pal Malik who has

taken some hard decisionsrecently and implementedthem with speed.

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STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Private SchoolAssociation (PSA) on Sundayheld a meeting under itsPresident Kamal Gupta inwhich issues related to privateschools affiliated to theJKBOSE were discussed.

The members present in themeeting briefed the executivemembers of central bodyregarding forthcoming compi-lation, counter-signature ofresults of schools which areaffiliated to the JKBOSE asall of them are still deprived ofrecognition on the basis ofaffiliation by the educationalauthorities of the State. Theyalso highlighted the problemof private schools of districtKathua in depositing RedCross and Games Fund as theadministration of DistrictKathua is putting whimsicaldemand of 100 per cent con-tribution from the privateschools functioning in the dis-

trict.To comfort the sufferer

members, Ajay Gupta,General Secretary ofAssociation said that associa-tion has approached toEducation Department timeand again for the issuance ofrecognition letter to all schoolswhose affiliation is extendedby the JKBOSE since 2018."Education Department hasgranted recognition to only101 private schools ofKashmir division on the basisof affiliation on February 5,2019 but still more than 250schools are in the line andstand deprived," he said.Quoting the reference of allorders since 1986 to till date,he said it is unjust for the pri-vate schools of district Kathuaas elsewhere there is uniformi-ty in percentage to be collectedby the department for as RedCross and Games Fund in alldistricts of the entire State.

Kamal Gupta demandedimmediate issuance of grant ofrecognition letters on the basisof affiliation to all privateschools to eradicate corruptionand promote single windowclearance system. He alsodemanded the correction ingovernment order no 108Education of 2018 datedFebruary 1, 2018 which wasissued by the Secretary to theGovernment School EducationDepartment for the govern-ment schools regarding collec-tion and deposit of games andRed Cross funds. It was unan-imously demanded to extendthe same order to the privateschools too.

Among those who attendedthe meeting includeRameshwar Mengi VicePresident JKPSA, VishwaMohan Sharma, AshwaniSharma, Krishan Singh, AjaySingh, Rajeev Malhotra andNazia Bano.

Grant recognition letters on basis of affiliation to all private schools: PSA

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: National MazdoorConference (NMC) appealed toall mainstream political partiesto clear their stand regardingimplementation of recommen-dations of Ashok LavasaCommittee in their mani-festoes, which is likely to bereleased shortly for ensuingLok Sabha polls, scheduled tobe commenced from April 11.

While addressing a meetingof NMC workers here onSunday, President NMC,Subash Shastri said thatLavasa Committee had pro-posed a minimum-scale of Rs21,000 for lower-class employ-ees and pensioners. The com-mittee was constituted in wakeof implementation of theSeventh Pay Commission bythe Central Government forremoval of pay anomalies inpay structure of lower class

cadre of both the State andCentral Governments, Shastrisaid, adding that it will be amajor issue in upcoming polls."The Government employeesand pensioners constitute asizeable voter constituency andthis constituency can be adetermining factor in the elec-toral considerations," he said.

He further appealed to theGovernor's administration toensure timely disbursement oflong pending wages of daily

rated workers, facilitatingthem to celebrate upcomingfestival of Navratras withpeace of mind.

Shastri urged the adminis-tration to set up separate wageheads for regular disbursementof monthly wages of daily ratedworkers till their regularisa-tion, besides amendment inSRO 520, issuancee of regular-isation orders of daily ratedworkers working in RuralDevelopment Department etc.

‘Clear stand on Ashok Lavasacommittee recommendations’

NMC President, Subash Shastri briefing media persons.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Shiv Sena BalaSahib Thackeray, J&K unitorganised a Nukkad Sabhaat Marh and Muthi areashere on Sunday and listenedto the problems being facedby the people.

General Secretary ManishSahni said that Shiv Senaunder the leadership of StatePresident Dimpy Kohli willwork to get the rights ofJammuites who are beingneglected since long.

On the occasion, severalyouths joined the party fold.While, Sikender Chib andBalwant Singh Chib from

Muthi appointed as VicePresident of Jammu YouthWing and President of Block66 unit where as LakshmanDass and Ram Pal Sharmawere appointed as BlockPresident and Vice President

of Marh Block respectively. Vice President Harsh

Kumar Gupta, SurjeetSingh Chib, Secretary RajSingh, Vikas Bakshi, ManguRam and Ganesh Lal werealso present.

Shiv Sena organises Nukkad Sabha

Shiv Sena leaders along with newly joined members.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: A three-dayMultimedia Exhibition onSystematic Voters Education &Electoral Participation(SVEEP) organized byRegional Outreach Bureau(ROB), Ministry ofInformation and Broadcasting,Govt. of India concluded here onSunday at Kala Kendra with amusical evening.

The objective of the exhibitionwas to educate voters about theelectoral process in order toincrease their awareness, partic-ipation in electoral process andencouraging new eligible votersfor their enrolment in the elec-toral rolls.

On the concluding day, aworkshop for sensitization ofregistered private troupes was

organized in which Dr AzizHajini Secretary JKAACL wasthe Chief Guest. Neha Jalali,Chand Kishore Sharma, SDMChauki Chaura and MumtazAhmad trainer from CEOOffice Jammu were also pres-ent.

Hajini urged the artists ofROB to enlighten each and

every elector to become a voter.He also visited the DisplayGallery and Audio VisualSegment of the exhibition andtook his photograph in the selfiebooth of the exhibition. He alsovisited the Stalls put up by ChiefElectoral Office, Jammu. LiveDemo of EVM and VVPAT wasthe main attraction of stalls.

Mumtaz Ahmad from CEOOffice Jammu gave live demon-stration of EVM and VVPATmachines for the audience.

Chand Kishore spoke on thetopic New Initiatives of ECI forbetter turn out of voters. RajeshSharma, FPO, ROB, Jammuin his welcome address enlight-ened the audience regardingworking and organization ofROB and regarding aims oforganizing this exhibition.

Three-day multimedia exhibition ends

Secretary JKAACL, Dr AzizHajini speaking at

the programme in Jammu.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: In J&K, Brahminsare in minority, so theGovernment should accordminority status to Brahminswith immediate effect. This wasdemanded by R.C Sharma,State President, BrahminOrganisation of India, whileaddressing a Northern RegionDelegation convention ofBrahmins Organisation ofIndia. Exhorting all Brahminsto get united in present era, theNational Chief Patron,Brahmin Organisation of India,Pt Sukhbir Sharma said thatthe Government is workingagainst Brahmins by ignoringthem on every front. Sharmasaid that it is the time to think

about the conspiracy beingunleashed by the Government todiscourage and dishonourBrahmins at all levels.

Dr Kuldeep Sharma, NationalGeneral Secretary; R.CSharma, State President; DrRavi Dutt Gour (NationalGeneral Secretary), Madan LalSharma (State Vice President),Kuldeep Sharma (State GeneralSecretary), Ashwani Sharma(State General Secretary), CaptK.L Sharma, BhushanSharma, Darshan Sharma andTej Krishan Saproo were alsopresent. Anita Chandpuri con-ducted the proceedings of theprogramme while Dr M.LSharma, General Secretary pre-sented vote of thanks.

‘Accord minority status to Brahmins in J&K’

Dignitaries lighting a lamp during theprogramme in Jammu.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Central Working Committee of Amar Kshatriya(Rajput) Sabha J&K discussed various issues, in a meeting heldhere on Sunday.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of NarayanSingh, President of the Sabha, J&K in which various issues relat-ed to declaration of Gazetted Holiday on September 23 each yearon the Birth Anniversary of Late Maharaja Hari Singh; installa-tion of Maharaja Gulab Singh statue at Kunjwani ChowkJammu; rotation of reserved Assembly seats; organisation mat-ters, formation of Shakha Sabhas and renewal thereof were dis-cussed. The Sabha members unanimously resolved that they willtake up their demands with the Governor Satya Pal Malik forconceding these genuine demands.

Among others who were present include Raj Kumar from TehsilRajput Sabha President Billawar, Jagdish Singh, Sunderbani,Capt. Inder Singh Samyal, Samba; Surjeet Singh SamyalGeneral Secretary Rajput Sabha Samba, Capt. Kabla SinghBogal President Bogal Biradri J&K, Kulwant Singh PresidentRajput Sabha Akhnoor, Goverdhan Singh Retd DySP, Advisor,M.S Jamwal Retd Chief Engineer Advisor; B.S Jamwal RetdDeputy Commissioner, Advisor; Sham Singh Bhau, Advisor;Shamsher Singh Parihar Retd DySP, Advisor; Randhir SinghRaipuria Working Committee Member, Mangleshwar SinghChairman Youth Wing, Pavitar Singh Working CommitteeMember and Capt Mohinder Singh, Sarpanch Sunderbani.

Amar Kshatriya Sabha reiterates demands

Amar Kshatriya (Rajput) Sabha members during a meeting.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Prof Bhim Singh,Chief Patron of NationalPanthers Party has decided tofight the electoral battle withthe cooperation of people tocombat corruption, commu-nalism and divisive forces toensure Indian Flag, funda-mental rights and IndianConstitution in J&K.

Briefing media persons hereon Sunday, Bhim Singhannounced that he will con-test the Lok Sabha Polls fromJammu - Poonch, Harsh DevSingh from Udhampur -Doda, Abdul Rashid Ganiefrom Srinagar - Budgam andJahangir Khan fromBaramulla - Kupwara con-stituency.

Bhim Singh reiterated thatmission of the Party is to pro-

tect and preserve endangeredidentity and secular culture ofJammu & Kashmir Statemore so, Jammu Pradeshwhich has been vitiated by thetraditional ruling parties likeNational Conference,Congress, BJP and PDP thatare sailing in the same boat ofloot, plunder and chaos.

Singh stressed that theaforesaid political parties'main manifesto are to grabpower and fill their pockets atthe cost of neglected poormasses.

Harsh Dev Singh,Chairman JKNPP, BalwantSingh Mankotia, StatePresident JKNPP, P.KGanju, Masood Andrabi,Advocate Bansi Lal Sharma,Anita Thakur and JagdevSingh were also present.

War veterans resolve to meet GovernorJKNPP to fight electoral battlewith people's cooperation

JKNPP leaders addressing media persons at Jammu.JKESL members during the meeting at Jammu.

Seminar on'Update of Nursing

Research' heldSTATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: Rajiv GandhiCollege of Nursing, Jammuorganised a state level seminaron 'Update of NursingResearch' here on Sunday.

Prof Mehmooda Regu,Principal MMISR SKIMS wasthe Chief Guest while ProfDilshada Wani, Vice PrincipalMMISR SKIMS and DrMuneera Bashir, AssociateProfessor MMISR SKIMSwere the Guests of Honour.

The subject experts discussedoverview of Nursing Research,review of literature, researchmethodology, conceptual frame-work, methods/techniques ofdata collection, interpretationand dissemination. The facultypresented their research papersas well. Principal Rajiv GandhiCollege of Nursing; ChairmanM.S Katoch, Tariq AhmadDev, Organizing Secretary andAnkita Sharma and RaginiSharma Co-organizers werealso present.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: A meeting ofDistrict Congress Committee(DCC) Jammu Urban, com-prising functionaries of Blocksand Wards, was held here onSunday under the chairman-ship of District President,Vikram Malhotra.

The meeting held threadbarediscussion about strategy forparty's campaign in Jammudistrict and decided to reachmasses at grass roots level withachievements of UPA-I andUPA-II Governments alongwith history of sacrifices ofCongress and its leaders.

Malhotra entrusted duties toUrban District functionariesand asked them to work hardfor strengthening booth com-mittees in their respectiveareas. He further asked themto maintain close rapport withmasses at grass roots levelbesides making them aware ofpolicies and programmes ofCongress in order to garnermaximum support for party

candidate, Raman Bhalla inLok Sabha elections.

Others present in the meet-ing included Dr Rama KantKhajuria, Madan LalMalagar, B B Gupta, PawanDev Singh, P S Chouhan,Thomas Khokhar, Jyoti VaidNazir Ahmed, PadmaniLangeh, Prabha Salathia,Chanchal Popli, RituChowdhary, Deepak Mehra,J L Koul, Vijay Sharma,Manmohan Sharma, PawanSharma, Nasir Masih, VijayMalhotra, Rajinder Singh,Balbir Thakyal, RamParkash Magotra, GouravKapoor, Puneet Arora,Camres David, ParshotamMehra, Manu Jamwal,Chander Shekhar, MaqboolAhmed, Janmeet Bali,Nageshwar, Anoop Gupta,Suresh Bargotra, VaibhavMattoo, Sushant Gupta,Parvez Fazli, Karuna Devi,Jugal Kishore, Shivani, AntimRathore, Suman Lata, AnilKohli and Ajay Sawhney.

DCC discusses strategyfor poll campaign