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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.