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Ensure ban on corporal punishments, schools told
Jammu DC inaugurates Jan Aushadhi store in Udhampur
Haphazard growth sounds death knell for birds, animals
Memo given to CM
Trust felicitates students excelling in education, co-curricular activities
Workshop on capacity building for teachers begins at JU
893 examined at med camp by Army
Innovations, needs of present day teaching deliberated upon
Ecological awareness campaign concludes
Importance of career counselling discussed
VC flags off cycle rally
SOS school students win medals in judo championship
Himalayan school excels in science exhibition
GDC Kathua, PG Arts in hockey final
600 examined at Army medical camp
Barkulia congregation on Nov 17
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Encroachments removed
Jammu, November 13 Four truckloads of material, including grinding machines, electrical items, gas "bhatties", blankets, garments, bundles of PVC pipes, weighing scales, loudspeakers, microphone stands, counters and wooden platforms were seized. The team also warned shopkeepers against keeping their goods in temporary structures on footpaths. The drive was conducted with the help of police. The Raghunath Bazaar and surrounding markets are about 150 years old and were established around the famous Raghunath temple constructed by
the erstwhile Dogra rulers. Till Partition of the country, it was a major commercial hub of the state for traders from as far as Lahore, Sialkote and
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Problem yet to be addressed in Rajinder Bazaar
Jammu, November 13 The menace is not only posing inconvenience to pedestrians, it is also exposing them to risk considering heavy flow of traffic on the road, especially during peak hours. With pedestrians on the road, vehicles, too, are left with little space to ply on leading to slow movement of traffic. Moreover, all these encroachments lead to fights between shopkeepers themselves for want of more space. Two shopkeepers of the market quarrelled on the issue this afternoon and it was only after the police intervened that the matter was solved. “Most of the traders in Rajinder Bazaar have encroached upon the footpath, which is meant for pedestrians. These shopkeepers display their goods outside their shops to attract customers, which leads to various problems,” said Ishtiaq Ahmad, a shopkeeper of the Shaheedi Chowk area. Rajinder Bazaar separates from the Residency Road at Shaheedi Chowk and links to the Talab Khatinkan area where Jamia Masjid is located. One side of this road
is linked to Kanak Mandi, which makes this area important in terms of trading. Due to narrow lanes, movement through this market has been a
problem for a long time but now with encroachments galore, the situation has worsened. In the absence of continuous monitoring by the civic body, their anti-encroachment drives, too, prove futile. “We conduct anti-encroachment drives and even penalise traders. However, as soon as we leave, they stack up their goods outside their shops again,” said Satish Khajuria, chief enforcement officer, JMC. He said his team would remove the encroachments again. |
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Ensure ban on corporal punishments, schools told
Jammu, November 13 The CBSE letter circulated in all its schools stated that there was no scope for corporal punishments in a learning environment. It stated that teachers should adopt healthy strategies instead to make a learner realise his
mistake, if any. "Schools need to adopt methods by which a learner develops a sense of confidence and self-dependence,” the letter read. “As per the provisions of the Right To Education (RTE) Act, 2009, corporal punishment may be identified as physical punishment, mental harassment or discrimination. As you are already aware, corporal punishment to students and insulting them by referring to their parentage, caste etc by staff has been strictly prohibited in all the schools,” it stated. Sources said despite
frequent instructions issued in the past, cases of corporal punishments to students of CBSE-affiliated schools frequently came up, in which teachers justified their act as an immediate response to indiscipline
by students. Sources said taking serious note of the issue, the CBSE had sent a letter to all the principals to ensure that such incidents do not occur in future. “Everybody needs to realise that children are more sensitive than adults. They need to be provided with a caring atmosphere. It is necessary to ensure that they are not subjected to violence or hurt in
any way. The responsibility to safeguard children lies with schoolteachers and the school administration at all levels,” the
letter claimed. The schools have also been asked to ensure that children belonging to weaker sections or disadvantaged groups are not discriminated against with regard to sports, mid day meals or other facilities in schools such as toilets and drinking water. The letter suggested that confidence to complain against any such discrimination or corporal punishment should be instilled in children. The CBSE letter said a box to put in complaint letters, even if anonymous, should be put up in schools. |
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Jammu DC inaugurates Jan Aushadhi store in Udhampur
Udhampur, November 13 It will cater to the needs of the common masses and sell 103 types of drugs, including life saving and cancer drugs at 70 to 80 per cent less price. “I purchased a cough syrup and ten tablets
of Paracetamol. I paid Rs 15 for the syrup. It is too cheap as the same drug would have cost
me around Rs 80 in the market,” said the Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Yasha Mudgal who was the first customer at the Jan Aushadhi shop. “The Union Health
Ministry, in collaboration with the State Health Department and Red Cross societies across
the state, would launch such Jan Aushadhi stores where everybody can purchase medicines at a cheaper rate,” the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, said. |
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Haphazard growth sounds death knell for birds, animals
Jammu, November 13 In residential colonies such as Sunjawan, Bhatindi, Sidhra, Roop Nagar, Bantalab, Upper Janipur, Udeywala, Muthi, Patoli-Paloura and the surrounding areas of Gandhi Nagar and Trikuta Nagar, there was a thick green cover with sparrows, parrots, rabbits and vultures, but experts say they have slowly disappeared. There was a time when wild parrots could be seen often but now we seldom spot them. Same has happened to other species of birds. Some say they have disappeared due to cell phone towers but urbanisation is also a reason. In surrounding areas of the city, "neel gai" and jackals roamed about freely in the Bahu Rakh, Ramnagar forests and in the Kot Bhalwal area, but now they, too, have vanished. Most of the residential colonies have come up in violation of the Big Landed Estates (Abolition) Act/Agrarian Reforms Act, which restrict the use of forest land for human settlement. "Green patches have slowly disappeared from the scene to make way for a concrete jungle. The problem is that the administration has failed to formulate any policy to save environment and there has been rapid expansion of habitation," said Bushan Parimoo, an environmentalist. "Trees absorb pollutants and their destruction affects the ecology. We have seen a rapid rise in temperatures during the past two decades as concrete retains heat," said a former weather scientist at SKUAST-Jammu, Dr MK Khushu. Environmentalists say the lack of coordination between the Pollution Control Board (PCB) and the traffic police has also led to delay in action against vehicles flouting pollution norms in the city. |
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Calm on LoC boosts agricultural activities
Poonch, November 13 "We have faced a lot of hardships during the past six months. Firing by Pakistan not only kept us away from agricultural activities but also compelled us either remain inside our houses ormove to far safer places," said Ghulam Hussain, a resident of the Shahpur sector. "The continuous firing from the Pakistani side has compelled most of us to quit work on our fields. Some of us, who took risk, produced meagre grains." he said. "Peace on the LoC for the past about two weeks has brought cheer and the clear sky has boosted our morale to complete agricultural activities on time. If there is more delay, winter rains may cause huge loss to the harvested maize," said Jagan Nath of Jhullas. "The prevailing situation on the LoC is good for people of both the countries. We appeal to the Indian and Pakistani leadership to respect the ceasefire for the welfare of people living along the LoC," said Fazal Hussain, a resident of Gulpur. |
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Memo given to CM
Jammu, November 13 Agri Technocrat Association president Surinder Randotra has claimed that the government had promised them of fulfilling their genuine demands by absorbing them as per batch-wise scheme, but merit would now be considered for their regularisation. Under the banner of Rehbar-e-Ziarat (ReZ) scheme hundreds of agricultural graduates were engaged by J&K Government in 2011. “Under the plan, the government had decided to start regularisation of eligible, selected ReZ candidates from April 1, 2014 (Phase -I), April 1, 2015 (Phase-II) and April 1, 2016 (Phase III). But the process would leave behind hundreds of youth who were overage as there would be no batch-wise engagement,” the technocrats said in a memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister. It is pertinent to mention here that after a nearly six-month-long agitation in 2011, the government had constituted a high-level committee, headed by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, to prepare a comprehensive proposal for absorption of unemployed agricultural technocrats. The proposal was later cleared by the Finance Department and the Planning Department and by the Cabinet on August 4, 2011. Dr Muhammad Imran, District General Secretary said the state government should consider the case of the agri technocrats who could play an important role in the development of agriculture and its allied sectors. |
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Trust felicitates students excelling in education, co-curricular activities
Jammu, November 13 Parul Verma, who stood first by securing 96.9 per cent marks in matriculation examinations of the JKBOSE in Kathua district got the ‘Uttam Vidyarthi Award’ while Vivek Sharma and Achhri Devi won ‘Laksh merit’ and scholarships, respectively. Mahima Sharma, the class XII topper among local area schools, bagged a special cash reward. Financial help was also extended to deserving students to enable them pursue further studies. Students excelling in extra - curricular activities were given mementos and certificates. Sambhav Kerni was honoured for excelling in sports, Vishav Jamwal for debating, Aman Verma for socio-environment activities and Rohit Sharma was awarded for being all rounder. While paying rich tributes to late Lala Kanhaiya Shah and the late trustees, the chief guest lauded their initiative to promote literacy in the rural areas. Various educationists who spoke on the occasion emphasised upon the
need of hard work, punctuality and discipline in the students. Earlier, while welcoming the chief guest and others, managing trustee J L Gupta informed that so far, more than 200 students and teachers had been honoured by the trust and library books and other infrastructural assistance had also been provided to them. |
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State’s first civil institute-cum-officer club inaugurated at Reasi
Katra, November 13 The first such facility for officials at the district-level, the institute having a library, gymnasium, indoor sports complex, outdoor sports, lounge, internet cafe, library, pantry, coffee shop and other facilities was completed in six months. The CSI is registered as a society and will be headed by the DDC as president. The initiative was taken to foster interpersonal relations between officers of various departments for a healthy teamwork to ensure quick and better public service delivery. Accommodation for officers is being taken up in the Phase-II of the institute. The Divisional Commissioner took a round of the sports facilities and the gymnasium. He was also apprised about the library having more than 2,000 books, an internet hub and recreational facilities. The DDC thanked the Minister for Revenue Ajaz Ahmed Khan, Reasi MLA Baldev Raj Sharma and MLC Jugal Kishore Sharma for supporting the infrastructure development through their Constituency Development Fund. The inaugural ceremony ended with a message from Governor N N Vohra. He complimented the efforts of the DDC and his entire team of officers and hoped it would help instill team spirit in the district officers. SSP Sharief Chouhan, ADC Rajinder Singh, ACR Tilak Raj, ACD Joginder Singh and district officers of all departments attended the function. |
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Workshop on capacity building for teachers begins at JU
Jammu, November 13 The workshop will conclude on November 25. It is being sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi. The main objective of the workshop is to develop research capabilities among the young faculty. Other specific objectives of workshop include developing analytical and report-writing skills, to enhance and to develop capacity skills in writing research proposals, conducting research and writing research paper for publication in journals or edited books. As many as 25 applications were received and accepted. The selected participants were from different universities and colleges from Odisha, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan and J&K and belonged to different disciplines such as management, commerce, psychology, sociology, economics and history. The first session of the workshop was addressed by Prof Rekha Chowdhary, ICSSR national fellow and former Dean, Research Studies, University of Jammu. She shared her views on the relevance of research to academia and also talked about the important issues related to research. The post-lunch session lecture was delivered by Prof Kulwant
Kaur, Dean, Research Studies, University of Jammu, on research design and research proposal. Earlier, workshop director and HOD Commerce, Prof Hardeep Chahal welcomed the resource persons and participants in the morning session while Dr Jeevan Jyoti, co-director, delivered the vote of thanks. |
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893 examined at med camp by Army
Rajouri, November 13 The camp was inaugurated by Abdul Kaliq, sarpanch of Gala. The civil paramedics, along with a team of Army doctors, examined 893 patients, which included 393 males, 307 females and 193 children. The patients were also provided free medicines. The local populace was enlightened about water-borne diseases and the importance of personal hygiene. Kaliq said people of Gala were grateful to the
Army for extending medical comfort to the local populace residing in the remote areas. He assured whole hearted support of locals in all the endeavours of the security forces. |
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Innovations, needs of present day teaching deliberated upon
Jammu, November 13 During the programme, resource persons delivered lectures on various innovations and necessities of the teaching-learning process in the present. The resources persons were O P Bhagat, Shadi Lal Tainglu, Kamini Javeri, Manisha Chandrashekher, Parve Rajindera, Tilekar Lata, Prof G L Koul, Prof Satish Talashi, Prof Hema Koul, Prof Meenakshi Sudeshi, Prof Seema Mattoo and Prof Bindya Tikoo. While addressing the valedictory function, Anil Dhar, President, Hindu Education Society, Kashmir, emphasised upon the importance of such collaborations between inter-state private-public and private-private institution partnerships to bring forth a change in the present educational patterns. A K Raina presented the vote of thanks. |
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Ecological awareness campaign concludes
Jammu, November 13 A total of 50 students of the environment unit
of the college, along with in charge Monika Bajaj, went to Shahpur and Bishnah village. The aim of the visit was to create awareness regarding creation and maintenance of a seed bank among the villagers involved in agricultural practices. The group also interacted with the villagers. Dr Renu Gupta, Director of MIER, appreciated
the efforts of the environment unit for taking the initiative of educating and creating awareness among the rural population involved in agricultural activities. |
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Importance of career counselling discussed
Jammu, November 13 Prof Priyadarshni talked about the importance of such programmes. The resource persons were Dr Ashok Kumar, associate professor, PG Department of Hindi, Dr Lalit Sen from PG Department of Computer Science and IT, Maruti Sharma, psychologist and international counsellor and Dr Reva Khajuria, counsellor, Department of Life Long Learning, JU. The vote of thanks was presented by Dr C L Shivgotra.
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VC flags off cycle rally
Jammu, November 13 Professor Ishar said it was a matter of great pride that the students, through this cycle rally, would try to sensitiseand create awareness among people about the crimes against women. The 37-member team, comprising 25 students from Jamia Millia Islamia University, is participating in the cycle rally which will pass through Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. The rally will culminate at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. Among others present on the occasion were Prof Jasbir Singh, Chairman, NSS, Dr Vishvaraksha, NSS Coordinator, Jaikumar Sharma, Special Secretary to Vice-Chancellor, scholars and
students. — TNS |
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Athletics, cultural items mark MHAC Nagbani sports day
Jammu, November 13 The ceremony commenced with the welcoming of the chief guest, Ashok Kumar, Director Sports, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) and Shrine Board. Captain Dewan Singh, administrator of the school, was the guest of honour. It was followed by a march past by the four house contingents of the school and a contingent of DAV Schools. The students presented colourful cultural items to mark the occasion. A fancy dress competition for the tiny tots of the school was also held wherein 120 students participated. Snigdha Sharma and Vir Bhaskar jointly bagged the first prize in class I category, while in class II, Mohin Gupta and Aanya Tandon secured the top slot. In class III and IV group, Soumil Manhas and Athrav Mahajan secured the first position. The jury members for the event were Sangeeta Chopra and Mansi Gupta. Later, principal of school Alok Betab read the sports report highlighting the achievements of the students at the state and national level. In1,500m race for boys, Manpreet of Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, stood first while in girls’ category, Amrit Kaur of MHAC School bagged the top honours. Medals were awarded to the winners of sports and other activities. Trophies were also given to the meritorious students. The vote of thanks was presented by the principal. |
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SOS school students win medals in judo championship
Jammu, November 13 Principal of the school R K Dhar congratulated the students for winning the medals and bringing laurels to the school. He also lauded
the efforts of teachers Sunita Raina, Jagjeet Kaur and coach Aman Gupta. |
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Himalayan school excels in science exhibition
Rajouri, November 13 In higher secondary category, a working model, namely ‘Hydroponics’, presented by Heena Choudhary and Aabir Bhat, students of class XI of Himalayan School, stood 1st where as in the elementary category, working model ‘Wind Energy Generator’, presented by Nimrah Firdous and Utkar Sharma of Himalayan School bagged the 2nd prize. Both the models have been selected for the state-level competition to be held in Jammu. One model of the same school, ‘Eco-Friendly Car’ presented by Noreen Sikander, Umar and Saba Anas, was highly appreciated and also bagged the consolation prize. |
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GDC Kathua, PG Arts in hockey final
Jammu, November 13 In the first semifinal, GDC Kathua edged
out GDC Poonch 2-1. Akshay Sharma and Vivek Sharma scored goals for GDC Kathua in the 28th and 48th minute, respectively. The only
goal for GDC team was scored by Tarvinderpal Singh in the 23rd minute. In the second semifinal, PG Arts toppled MAM
College by a solitary goal. The only goal for PG Arts was scored by Charanjeet Singh in the 18th minute. The matches were
officiated by Joginder Singh, Jagjit Singh, D Singh, Jasbir Singh, Mahesh Sharma and P D Singh. The final will be played tomorrow at 11 am at the same venue. |
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600 examined at Army medical camp
Jammu, November 13 On the second and the final day of the camp, a large number of people thronged the camp from far off places. More than 600 patients benefited from the camp. Specialists like a gynaecologist, dentist and optician provided their services at the camp. Specialist medical equipments, including an ECG machine, a dental chair and a pathology lab were also made available during the camp. Army doctors also organised lectures on women and child health care during the camp.
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Barkulia congregation on Nov 17
Jammu, November 13 The organisers have arranged free transport for devotees from Purmandal Morh to Dati temple . The organisers said a prize distribution function to honour the meritorious students of the community would start at 11 am, followed by a general body meeting at 12 am.
— TNS
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