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darbar move
Partial response to J&K government staff protest call
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INTACH Team visits Poonch Fort
DDC convenes meeting to review land acquisition cases
Youth Congress activists meet JU Vice-Chancellor
Naman clinches U-14 badminton title
J-K enters handball semifinals
SP Angral takes charge of JKP cricket team
Essay writing competition held at Jammu University
Students get tips on comm skills
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darbar move
Jammu, October 10 “We are ready to welcome the Civil Secretariat employees, their families and other people shifting from Kashmir to Jammu during the annual Darbar Move. The city hotels and lodges will register nearly 60 per cent more occupancy during the Darbar Move and it will also increase the business activity across the city,” Inderjeet Khajuria, president, All J&K Hotel and Lodges Association, told The Tribune. According to estimates, Civil Secretariat employees from Kashmir valley and their families, apart from putting up in Estates Department quarters, stay in 30 hotels located in the city, said Khajuria, adding the traders would also see a “significant change” in the business activity during the Darbar Move. Every year, Civil Secretariat, with about 7,000 employees, moves to Srinagar in summers and to Jammu in winters. Official records like thousands of files are transported in buses and trucks on the 300-km long Jammu-Srinagar national highway. The entire exercise costs the cash-strapped state a whopping Rs 100 crore every year. There are around 3,500 quarters of Estates department in Jammu, while the number of quarters in Srinagar is just 1,250, which are meant for accommodation to Darbar Move employees. The remaining employees are accommodated in hotels and lodges. The government pays the rent for this accommodation. Yashpal Gupta, president Association Chamber of Traders Federation (ACTF), however, said the shifting of “Darbar offices” should not be viewed just from “business” point of view. “The shifting of capitals has great importance in bridging the regional gap between the two regions, viz Kashmir and Jammu. The practice was started when great resentment was witnessed among people who had alleged discrimination due to functioning of the capital at a particular place,”
Gupta said. The ACTF chief said the Darbar Move would bring about an “overall change” in Jammu city as the people would get proper sanitation facilities and good roads owing to movement of VIPs and more beautification in different parts of the city for the next six months. “The traders will definitely witness an increase of 15 per cent in their business activity for the period,” he remarked. Ahead of Darbar Move to Srinagar in May, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had, on April 19, written on the micro-blogging site Twitter: “Do I think the “Darbar Move” (shifting of the capital) is a waste of money? Yes I do. Is there an alternative? I haven’t seen a viable alternative suggested.” He had also termed the practice as “escapist”. “I agree. We run away when people need us most and (they) face the most difficulty. The Darbar move is escapist,” he had tweeted. Similarly, the Panthers Party had been raising the demand to truncate the practice of Darbar Move. |
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Partial response to J&K government staff protest call
Jammu, October 10 Differences between 4.50 lakh government employees were quite visible, as a number of unions did not join today’s protest. Employees today held a demonstration in front of the Divisional Commissioner’s office against allegedly anti-worker policies. Speaking on the occasion, senior members of JCC, Muhammad Gafoor Dar, Ganesh Khajuria and Kulwant Singh addressed the gathering and urged the government to implement the points of agreement signed about two years back. Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) had major disagreement on the October 10 strike call. Despite efforts to bring both of them closer on a single platform in
recent years, they have levelled allegations against each other, those of workers
being misled. Sources said factionalism within the employees’ unions has meant the government could be using the situation to its “advantage”. The strike call has been given to protest the delay on part of the government in implementing the recommendation of a high-level committee headed by Chief Secretary Madhav Lal on enhancing the retirement age of employees and ending the pay anomaly within the clerical cadre. Enhancement in the retirement age is one of the key demands of the union, which had negotiated with the sub-committee on a number of issues, including release of arrears on account of implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission report, removal of pay anomalies, conversion of the cost of living allowance (COLA) into dearness allowance (DA) and regularisation of daily wagers. “Some unions are just misleading the employees and have signed agreements which are against the interests of the workers. There is need to expose them,” said Kulwant Singh. Muhammad Gafoor Dar claimed that a number of unions have supported them. “We have support of dozens of unions and protests will be organised at all the district headquarters in the state against the delaying tactics of the Omar government in implementing the July 8, 2012 agreement,” he said. |
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Exorbitant school fees a pain
Jammu, October 10 According to data available, there are total 2,485 educational institutions in the Jammu district,
out of which, 1,519 are government while 966 are private. Though the parents are aware of the fact that the cost of education in government institutions is very less than that in private institutions, they prefer to admit their children in private schools, in keeping with the standard notion that the standard of education there is high. According to sources, despite guidelines issued by the authorities to private institutions as regards fixing of fee structure, the institutions continue to fleece parents. “The authorities have failed to keep a check on these private institutions, which are engaging in money-minting through steep hike in fees,” one of the aggrieved parents said. “At present, it is almost impossible for the common man to afford the education expenses for his child,” he added. “No doubt, there are more experienced and highly qualified teachers in government institutions, but these schools have failed to deliver. Private schools, on the other hand, show better results, but the fees being charged nowadays is a real worry for a common man who is struggling to manage even his meals in the present scenario,” another parent said. Managements of private institutions have justified their decision of hike in fees, saying they have spent huge amounts to set up infrastructure on the school premises. “It is not easy to run an educational institution nowadays because there is a lot of competition not only on the academic front but also in terms of providing facilities to the students,” an owner of a private institution said. “In fact, parents are very particular about the facilities being provided to their wards in the schools like good playfields, swimming pool, libraries and extra-curricular activities. For providing such facilities, we need money. We are thus forced to increase the fees,” he maintained. When contacted, Chief Education Officer (CEO) Jammu, Natha Ram Dingra, told The Tribune, “We have already circulated a notice regarding the fee structure to all the private schools, but unfortunately, it has not been implemented properly.” “The additional facilities being provided by these private institutions to their students for recreation is also a reason behind the steep fees hike,” the CEO added. |
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INTACH Team visits Poonch Fort
Poonch October 10 The Centre has sanctioned Rs 8 crore in the first phase to conserve and protect an important landmark of the historical Poonch city, the Poonch Fort. For this, renovation work had started last year. The history of the fort dates back to the 16th century. Raja Rustum Khan got the fort built in the second half of the 18th century. Many legends are associated with the fort’s construction. The construction was planned by Raja Abdul Razzak Khan; however, he could not get the structure built. His son Raja Ali Gohar Khan (also called Raja Rustum Khan) got the work on the fort started; the construction took place over many years. There were some changes made in the central block of the building, which incorporated Sikh architectural style during the Sikh rule, with Raja Moti Singh, who hired a European architect, getting the present structure of the fort’s front block constructed. The devastating earthquake in 2005 had partly damaged the fort. Some blocks collapsed totally. These include the district library. Prior to the 2005 earthquake, many government offices were running in the fort complex. |
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State government allows one LPG refill each till re-verification process is completed
Jammu, October 10 Further, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department (CAPD) has been asked to conduct regular checks in the city to curb black-marketing of cylinders and depute their staff to monitor distribution. The decision was taken during a high-level meeting chaired by Minister of Consumer Affairs Qamar Ali Akhoon and representatives of oil companies in Srinagar. A roster would be distributed in Srinagar and Jammu city at least for a week in the first instance, so that those consumers who have still not completed the verification process could get one refill. Since enforcement of the cap put by the Central Government on the issuance of subsidised cylinders to six per year and new verification process for the consumers, allegations have been levelled that distributors are selling cylinders in black while the common man is suffering. Even the All Jammu Hotels and Lodges Association (AJHLA) had alleged that distributors, in connivance with government officials, had caused artificial scarcity of non-subsidised LPG cylinders in the city and were manipulating things to capitalise on the situation as far as hotel and restaurant businesses were concerned. “We have directed the CAPD officials to depute staff and monitor distribution of cylinders and take action against any complaint,” said Consumer Affairs Minister Qamar Ali Akhoon. Akhoon said the home delivery of the LPG will start when the process of re-verification is completed. Many consumers allege that in view of delay in submission of documents, distributors are not issuing them refill, which has forced many families to use electric heaters or buy LPG from black market. “What can we do? Distributors at times talk rudely and they don’t provide us proper information. I have been waiting for LPG for the last two weeks,” said Gulshan Sharma, a local resident of Janipur. |
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Students stage protest at JU
Jammu, October 10 As many as 250 students and scholars, under the banner of Jammu University Students, Scholars Joint Action Committee, assembled near Fountain Plaza on the campus and raised slogans against the state government. Extending full support to the demands made by the JKDF activists, the scholars and the students demanded that the government should immediately release the youth. "We express full solidarity with the JKDF activists who expressed their resentment against the growing unemployment in the state. Instead of detaining the youth, the government should take serious steps to deal with the alarming situation," said Kapil Shastri, a PhD scholar. Students also staged a demonstration at Government Gandhi Memorial Science College and demanded release of the JKDF activists. Over 200 students of GGM Science College assembled at the college complex and held an anti-government demonstration against the arrest of JKDF activists. |
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DDC convenes meeting to review land acquisition cases
Katra, October 10 Additional Deputy Commissioner Sardar Rajinder Singh Tara; Sub Divisional Magistrate Mahore
Sher Singh; Divisional Forest Officer Mahore; Deputy Chief Engineer Northern Railway; Tehsildar Reasi; engineers of PWD, PDD, PHE, irrigation departments attended the meeting. Discussions were held on the various issues which mainly included compensation on land acquisition, dumping and disposal of mulba in natural nullahs, restoration of public utilities, particularly damages in Dhanour area, enhancement of wages of the staff engaged in railway works, compensation for the damaged crops and matter related to water supply schemes and resources. The DDC asked the officers concerned to be prompt and responsive towards their duties for the salvation of the problems of the public,
especially living in the rural and inaccessible areas of the district in a time frame so that they may not suffer more besides early disposal of land compensation cases. She directed the engineers of the departments concerned for the restoration of roads and irrigation water canals. She gave necessary instructions to the officers of PHE and railway for restoration of drinking water and asked them to take necessary steps to avert further depletion of drinking water resources. |
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Youth Congress activists meet JU Vice-Chancellor
Jammu, October 10 The members of the delegation led by Nadeem Sharief, youth president, IYC, Bhaderwah, also requested the Vice-Chancellor for the early settlement of compensation cases of the people of Bhaderwah whose land was acquired by the Jammu University. He also demanded more reservation for the people of Bhalesa, Bhaderwah and Chirala in the post graduation departments of the campus. He also invited the Vice-Chancellor to the forthcoming youth cultural function organised by the Youth Congress. Among others Neeraj Kundan, national delegate, NSUI; Feroz Khan, national delegate, NSUI; Ajay Kumar, general secretary were present on the occasion. — TNS |
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PDD daily wagers hold protest
Katra, October 10 They raised slogans against the state government for not fulfilling
their demands. The leaders of PDD daily wagers appealed to the PDD daily wagers to completely halt the work by observing a complete tool-down strike to pressurise the state government and department concerned to concede their demands. The protesting employees alleged that government was keeping an indifferent attitude towards their demands and this was demoralising the daily wagers, who had been working round the clock to maintain power supply in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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Naman clinches U-14 badminton title
Jammu, October 10 In doubles event, the pair of Jasleen and Amisheka of Jammu thrashed Shaguna and Shivani of Udhampur by 21-7 and 21-9. In U-14 boys’ badminton final match, Jammu defeated Udhampur by 2-1 while in U-17 girls’ title clash; Jammu defeated Udhampur by 2-1. In U-19 boys’ football match, Jammu will take on Udhampur in the title clash tomorrow. Earlier, in the semifinals played; Udhampur thrashed Rajouri by 3-0 goals whereas Jammu beat Samba by 3-1 goals. The fencers of Reasi district clinched a rich haul
of medals. In foil U-14 girls’ event in fencing, Bharti of Reasi district claimed gold while Shaheen and Vidushi of the same district bagged silver and bronze medal, respectively. The other bronze medal in this event went to Neha of Reasi. In sabre U-14 girls’ event, Koeffika Kofi of Reasi clinched gold medal. Bhargavi of Jammu claimed silver while Himani and Shivanshi of Reasi had to settle for a bronze medal each. In epee U-14 boys’ event, Rakesh of Udhampur bagged gold medal, Vikas of Reasi won silver and the bronze medals went to Abhishek of Reasi and Ankush of Udhampur. In sabre U-14 boys’ event, the gold medal was fetched by Vishaw of Reasi. Nikhil of the
same district won silver medal while Umesh and Himanshu of district Udhampur clinched bronze medal each. As many as 126 boys drawn from seven districts of Jammu division namely Rajouri, Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Udhampur, Poonch and Kishtwar are competing in the sporting event. A total of 100 boys and 50 girls drawn from three
districts of Reasi, Udhampur and Jammu are participating in the fencing competition. The competitions are being conducted by the Department of Youth Services and Sports under the overall supervision of Ashok Kumar, deputy director, Youth Services and Sports, Jammu. Earlier, Dr Swaran Singh Chib, District Youth Services and Sports Officer, Reasi, declared the fencing and badminton competition open. Other results: Football U-19 boys’: Udhampur beat Kathua by 4-1 goals. Animash Bakshi scored two goals For Udhampur while Lalit
Verma scored the lone goal for Kathua. Samba beat Poonch by 5-0 goals. Mohit was the top scorer with two goals while Amandeep, Anubhav and Vikas chipped in with one goal each. Badminton U-17 boys’: Poonch beat Kishtwar by 2-0; Gorav beat Dheeraj
by 21-19, 21-8 and Asib beat Sarabpreet by 21-14, 16-21, 21-11. In another match, Jammu thrashed Udhampur by 2-0. Divam defeated Dhananjay by 21-9 and 21-18 while the duo of Lalin and Parth overcame the challenge of Dhananjay and Manpreet by 21-9 and 21-13. U-17 girls’: Udhampur outplayed Kishtwar by 2-0; Shefalika beat Stanzin Dolma by 21-14 and 21-9 and Shefalika/Malti beat Priya/Stanzin by 21-18 and 21-13. |
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hockey tourney
Jammu, October 10 Both the goals were scored by Chandni Sharma in the 30th and 41st minutes, respectively. Professor Naresh Padha, registrar, University of Jammu, was the chief guest in the inaugural match while Dr Yudhvir Singh, Principal, GWC Udhampur, was the guest of honour. Earlier, Professor Dhian S Bhau, director, sports and physical education, University of Jammu, introduced the players of the teams and officials to the chief guest. Romesh Sharma, Romesh Magotra, Raj Kumar, Sham Lal Sharma, Dr Sonam Angchok, Jai Bharat and PD Singh were also present on the occasion. |
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football tourney
Jammu, October 10 The goal scorers for the winner team were Aditya, Praveen, Aman, Rahul, Abhinav and Visharat. For GCET, Navdeep, Sahil, Abhishiek, Rohit and Walid scored goals. In another match, Bhargawa College got a walkover. In the third match, GDC emerged victorious against Kathua College. The goal scorers were John Singh and Harnam Singh. MAM College got walkover Rajouri College. The matches were officiated by Gagan Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Pardeep Katoch, Vijay Kumar and Herman Jeet Singh.. Ramesh Sharma, Narayana Jamwal, Jai
Bharat, Raj Kumar and Dr Brij Baloria were also present on the occasion. |
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J-K enters handball semifinals
Jammu, October 10 In the girls’ semifinals, J&K will take on Delhi in the first semifinal match while Haryana will face Kerala in the second semifinal match. In the boys’ quarterfinals, Delhi will take on Rajasthan and AP will lock horns against UP. Maharashtra will face Bihar and J&K will take on West Bengal. Earlier, in the girls’ section, Kerala defeated Karnataka by 30-11, Haryana beat Odisha by 18-17 and Delhi thrashed Maharastra by 26-14. In boys’ section, Delhi thrashed |
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SP Angral takes charge of JKP cricket team
Jammu, October 10 The police team comprised of SP Pawan Parihar; Rajesh Gill, senior prosecuting officer, Inspectorate; Akshay Mahajan (wicket-keeper); Inspector Sunil Sharma; Sub-Inspector Deepak Pathania; Sub-Inspector Jatinder Raina; Sub-Inspector Amit Koul, Shamsher Singh; Naresh Kumar; Shashi Kumar; Mohammad Shabir; Rafiq; Farooq; Amit; Sohan Lal And Ashwani. SP Angral also discussed many aspects regarding the upgrade of JKP XI. |
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Essay writing competition held at Jammu University
Jammu, October 10 The certificates of merit were awarded to Subrath Sharma from Government Degree College (Boys), Udhampur; Radhika Mahajan from Government Women College, Parade, and Manu Sharma from Zorawer Singh Memorial Degree College, Reasi. |
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Students get tips on comm skills
Jammu, October 10 The principal of Government College for Women Parade, Jammu, Dr Hemla Aggarwal; HOD PG Department of Home Science Dr Shashi Kaul and Assistant Director DLL Dr Kavita Suri; were present on the occasion. Later, Dr Hemla Aggarwal apprised the students regarding the importance of such workshops.
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