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JU teachers to suspend classes on Oct 9, 10
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As staff deputed on National Population Register enrolment, school studies hit
‘Baba Jitto’ tugs at heart strings
Tension escalates in Rajouri town, Section 144 imposed
Debate contest witnesses poor audience turnout
A student participates in a debate competition at the University of Jammu on Monday. Tribune photo: Anand Sharma
Patchy BSNL services irk Jammu residents
Handball
tourney
Members of Panun Kashmir release a newsletter during a press conference in Jammu on Monday. Tribune Photo: Inderjeet Singh
BJYM slams state govt for ignoring Ladakh
Curb dengue spread in Samba: Assembly Speaker
NC youth leader lauds efforts of grassroots workers
Single-laned overhead rly bridge causes chaos on highway
A traffic jam in the morning hours on the Jammu-Srinagar bypass. Tribune photo: Anand Sharma
'Saffron brigade communalising Rajouri episode'
Eye camp organised
'Vote on Wheels' bus flagged off Army donates cricket kit to school 51 take part in civil defence awareness
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JU teachers to suspend classes on Oct 9, 10
Jammu, October 7 “The university, while adopting a negative and proactive approach, is making a deliberate attempt to introduce a new capping system for appointments and promotions of teachers and it is secretly taking up the matter in the meeting of the university council scheduled for October 11 for its implementation. It will stall the promotions of teachers and professors,” Prof J P Singh Joorel, president, JUTA, told reporters here. He said the entire teaching fraternity of the University of Jammu would hold a protest on October 9 and 10 against the move and suspend class work to pressurise the varsity administration that it should reconsider its decision. Flanked by his team comprising vice president Kavita Suri, general secretary Rakesh Vaid, joint secretary Vijay Saigal and treasurer Vivek Sharma, the JUTA chief alleged the university administration was adopting a “pick and choose policy” and regulations which hurt the interest of the teaching community were being introduced. “The teaching faculty is struggling for effective implementation of the UGC guidelines 2010. The UGC has now issued fresh guidelines which introduced capping system for appointments and promotions of teachers in the university. The varsity has adopted a negative approach towards implementing these guidelines,” said Prof Joorel. He said the issue of implementation of “stringent capping guidelines” would be taken up in the university council without any deliberations within the university itself and without giving any time to the faculty members whose teaching and research had already suffered because of the introduction of the API (annual performance indicator) scheme. The JUTA president said the capping guidelines of June 2013 would further affect teaching and research in the university as the teachers would focus on just gathering the points by running here and there. “The guidelines, if implemented without giving proper time to the university teachers to adopt and prepare for the same, will affect the careers and promotions of all the teachers in the university system,” he said. He said the UGC 2010 guidelines had not been implemented in toto so far and the teachers are still deprived of benefits like age of superannuation, child care leave, pensionary benefits, conveyance allowance and children’s education allowance. |
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‘Peace & harmony keys to development’
Rajouri, October 7 He advised people to maintain communal harmony. Sharma asked the panchayat members to link the people with social protection and development schemes as the government had opened the gates of treasures especially for J&K. Elaborating further, Sharma said the Food Security Bill will provide subsidised ration to 75-80% people of the country. Sharma also informed people about the provision whereby land of a farmer can’t be acquired without his consent. He appealed to the state government to ratify these bills and implement them in J&K on top priority for benefit of the poor and needy. He also emphasised on the need for holistic development of under-developed rural pockets as water, sanitation, education and health are the basic rights of all sections of society, irrespective of any distinction of caste, creed or colour. He asked the people to avail benefits under various central and social protection schemes run by the government. He also directed the sectoral officers to guide people and ensure that they get the benefit of such schemes. He also laid stress on social audit and asked the community leaders to monitor and keep a close vigil on these programmes.
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As staff deputed on National Population Register enrolment, school studies hit
Batote, October 7 In the first phase, the campaign has been going on in Batote, Balihhote and Gool areas of the district since June 1. According to a source, "With the deputation of the only teacher at the New Primary School, Dhak, Batote, Balbir Singh, on NPR enrolment (NPRE) duty, the school was closed and another teacher from a nearby middle school at Rakhjadokh, was sent to resume the classwork there." Out of the total of seven teachers of Rakhjadokh school, two were deputed for the NPRE, leaving only four teachers to teach eight classes. Two teachers out of the three from Primary School, Mainal, were deputed, leaving only one teacher in the school. Only the male teachers have been deputed for the said campaign. After the deputation of one teacher each from the primary school at Ranji and Dhamtali, only two teachers were left behind in the schools. The two male teachers out of seven each at Dharmoond and Rakhjadokh middle schools were deputed on this job, leaving behind only five teachers each in these schools. Sources said that in the entire district, the Batote education zone is the worst affected due to these arbitrary and haphazard deputations. "I didn't have any say in it as after demanding the staff statement from us, the SEO had deputed the teachers without having the knowledge of ground realities. I still don't have the details," said Chief Education Officer, Ramban, Vinod Kumar Soni. "Ultimately, the students are the worst sufferers. Yet it being a national duty, we always comply with the orders," he added. The District SEO, Arun Jain, refused to speak on the issue. |
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‘Baba Jitto’ tugs at heart strings
Katra, October 7 Dr M K Bhandari, Addl ECO Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, was the chief guest on the occasion while Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, DDC, Reasi, presided over the function. Representing the true essence of the cultural ethos of the region, the play 'Bawa Jitto' is based on the supreme sacrifice of a great devotee of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi who used to offer prayers at the shrine every morning, climbing the hills all the way from the village Aghar Jitto (Katra). The play 'Bawa Jitto' is set in a rural backdrop. The 15th century story of Bawa Jitto portrays the age-old saga of exploitation of landless farmers by landlords. Due to the constant and persistent pressure of relatives, with a piece of land as bone of contention, Bawa Jitto, a hard working, farmless farmer, is forced to leave his native village. Accompanied by his nine-year-old daughter, he takes shelter in the house of a friend in Shamachak, a nearby village. The efforts of his friend Rullo result in a land grant from a landlord in Shamachak and one-fourth of the produce is fixed as land revenue. The hard work put in by him, the sweat and toil of Jitto, turns a barren land into prolific treasure. This prompts the avaricious landlord to go back on his word and ask for a major share of the crop. Helpless Jitto, unable to endure injustice, kills himself. The agony becomes boundless when Gauri, his little daughter, immolates herself on her father's pyre. Arvind Anand, who played the role of Bawa Jitto and Renu Sharma who played the role of Jojan kept the audience spellbound through their most outstanding acting versatility and histrionics. Sanchita Dubey as Bua Gauri, Vijay Bhatt as sarpanch, Sanjeev Gupta as Malli and Neeraj Kant as Mehta Bir Singh won the appreciation of the audiences. Rahul Singh as Isso, Pawan Verma as Rullo and Sajra Qadir as Jeuni gave remarkable performances. The traditional Karkan performers Girdhari Lal and Harbans Lal were at their best as usual. Those who acted well included Mohd Yaseen, Uplaksh Singh Kotwal, Ashwani Bali, Susheel Raina, Ankush Lakhnotra, Juhi Singh, Mahikshit Singh Sambyal, Bhupesh Malhotra, Syed Mudassir Ali, Sachin Saini, Anita Dhar, Vineet Sharma, Shivam Manhas, Pankaj Verma and Shekhar Sharma.
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Tension escalates in Rajouri town, Section 144 imposed
Rajouri, October 7 The Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF) and Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel have been deputed across the town to prevent any eventuality. Protesting against the alleged discrimination with the minority community, a ‘Black Day’ has ben observed using black strips and black flags. There was a demand that the police should stop the harassment and revoke the FIR registered against four youth including a class X boy. According to unconfirmed reports, the police has also prepared a list of eight persons for the arrest, while till now, it has arrested one youth. In a press release, the Superintendent of Police, Rajouri Mubassir
Latifi, has been slammed for creating trouble in the town. President Sanatan Dharam Sabha Rajouri Dinesh Sharma said the biased attitude of the local SSP caused trouble and instead of taking action against the real culprits who attacked the minority community youths, the SP booked innocent youth and created an atmosphere of terror among the minority community. He said it is a ploy to force the minority community to migrate from border districts of
Rajouri-Poonch. Addressing the meeting, senior BJP leader Kuldeep Raj Gupta lambasted the local police and the civil administration for harassing youth who belong to Ramleela Committee. He said that it is very unfortunate and undemocratic that during
Navratras, when Hindus perform Durga Puja, police and the civil administration created trouble by harassing the local youths engaged in organising Ramleela during the holy
Navratras. Beopar Mandal president Vijay Gupta said the arrogant attitude of the local SSP shows that there is political conspiracy against the minority community to force its members to migrate like the migration of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley. He extended support to the indefinite bandh call and added that trouble had been created while the minority community was celebrating Navratras and Ram
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Debate contest witnesses poor audience turnout
Jammu, October 7 A majority of the chairs in the Brigadier Rajinder Singh Auditorium, the venue of the contest, were empty. Very few students from the university and different colleges reached the venue to encourage the participants. “It was a dull and lacklustre affair as only a limited number of students were the audience in the contest. It was boring. Had there been an impressive gathering in the hall, the participants would have enjoyed the event,” said one of the participants. The team from Government Women College, Gandhi
Nagar, Jammu, consisting of Numana Ibrahim and Tabasum Choudhary, lifted the Dr Jagmohan Singh Memorial Trophy by securing maximum marks in the debate
competition. Kritika Sethi from the Law School, University of Jammu, got the first prize, while Polina Singh Kala from the Department of English and Aproova Jamwal from the Department of Economics, University of Jammu, bagged the second and third prizes, respectively. The certificates of merit for the individual performance were awarded to Atika Sharma of Government Degree College (boys),
Kathua, and Tabasum Choudhary of Government Women College, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. The topic of the debate was ‘Only legislation enactment is not enough for the security of women in India’. Each participant was given five minutes to speak in Hindi or English on the given topic. The competition was conducted under the supervision of Vishva Raksha from the Department of Sociology, who was the teacher in charge for the event. Professor Neeru Sharma, chairperson, Campus Cultural Committee, was the chief guest on the occasion and gave away prizes to the students. Eminent educationists Jagdish
Chander, Dr Anupama Vohra, Associate Professor in English, and Dr ML Sharma, cardiothoracic vascular surgeon, were among the adjudicators for the contest. |
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Patchy BSNL services irk Jammu residents
Jammu, October 7 Mahajan said the subscribers have been facing problems due to frequent call drops and poor
network and connectivity, adding that they had to redial the number several times to get the call connected. He maintained that
most of the calls disconnected due to network problems. Mahajan said the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited service is extremely poor and the people of Jammu city have been facing lots of problems and many a time, he raised the issue with the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited authorities, but they have failed to improve the services. He said the government seems the least concerned about the welfare of people. "We are a part of the 21st century, which is Information Technology-driven, but poor Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited services have returned
us to the 19th century," he added. He said the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited communication system has totally collapsed and the subscribers are forced to switch to private cell phone companies which provide better services while the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited authorities have never bothered
to upgrade their services to the satisfaction of the subscribers despite charging huge rent and call charges. Mahajan said if necessary action is not taken immediately, they would lodge a protest against
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Army school BD Bari emerge victorious
Tribune News Service
Jammu, October 7 As many as eight teams from different Army Public Schools, including APS Kaluchak, APS Damana, APS Samba, APS Sunjawan, APS Jammu Cantt, APS Ratnuchak, APS Miran Sahib and APS BD Bari, are participating in the tournament. The inaugural match was played between APS BD Bari and APS Miran Sahib, in which APS BD Bari won 14-4. The second match was played between APS Damana and APS Samba, in which APS Damana won 22-2. In the third match, APS Ratnuchak beat APS Kaluchak 12:11. The fourth match was played between APS Sunjawan and APS Jammu Cantt, in which APS Jammu Cantt won 29-2. The fifth match was played between APS BD Bari and APS Samba. APS BD Bari won the match 27-5. The sixth match was played between APS Damana and APS Miran Sahib in which APS Damana won 25-13.
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Rehab schemes a sham: PK
Jammu, October 7 Addressing a press conference here today, PK president Ashwani Chrangoo expressed concern over the implementation of recommendations of the 137th Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs. "Prime Minsiter's special employment package is mired in all kinds of difficulties and youth belonging to the community have aged in the process. The government has admitted that not a single displaced Pandit has returned to the valley under the rehab package of Rs.1,600 crore," said
Chrangoo. He said at a meeting with the Union Home Secretary on September 19, community members were surprised to find press reports that read that the government was planning to construct clusters for the rehabilitation of Pandits in Kashmir. "When no such issue was discussed at the meeting with the Union Home Secretary or in the Parliamentary Committee, how can the government make such claims?" he said. He further said it was unfortunate that the government was making false promises to the displaced community. " |
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BJYM slams state govt for ignoring Ladakh
Jammu, October 7 He said the Ladakh lacked basic amenities and most of the people were facing hardships even to get ration and other essential commodities. He said like Jammu, Ladakh had also been subjected to discrimination and the long-pending demand of granting the Union Territory status to it was the only solution to end this discrimination. He expressed anguish over the ignorance of educated youth of Ladakh and demanded special employment package for them. He asked the government to immediately establish an examination centre of the Service Selection Board in Leh. On the occasion, BJP national executive member and former MP Thupstang Siwang asked the people to get united to achieve the status of Union territory for Ladakh. |
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Curb dengue spread in Samba: Assembly Speaker
Jammu, October 7 The direction was passed by Gul during the Question Hour in the Assembly in Srinagar after the members raised their concerns. The Speaker said that Jammu and Kashmir being a state receiving a large number of tourists, there should be immediate response from the agencies concerned when it comes to dealing with dengue threat. Gul also directed the government to take necessary steps to ensure proper dumping of solid waste of Srinagar city. The Tribune has extensively reported about the spread of fever in Jammu, where three people have died so far in the past one month while 317 persons reportedly suffering from dengue are admitted in Government Medical College (GMC) and its associated hospitals. The worst affected is Samba district where more than 200 cases have been reported, which has set off panic among the people who recently attacked the office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) after the death of a 24-year-old girl. The weather conditions in Jammu are said to facilitate breeding of 'Ades Egypti', a mosquito carrying the Dengue virus, and August to mid November is a period said to be largely associated with the contagion. |
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NC youth leader lauds efforts of grassroots workers
Jammu, October 7 Addressing a meeting at greater Kailash here today, Bunty said the NC was the only political party in the state that had a strong cadre base in all the three regions. The all-round development in the state under the leadership of Omar Abdullah spoke volumes about his commitment and visionary leadership, he said. He called upon the youth to generate awareness among the people of the state on the welfare schemes started by the government for their empowerment and economic emancipation. He said the government had taken various measures to ensure transparency in the working of administration by bringing the Right to Information (RTI) Act and Public Service Guarantee Act that were aimed at making the administration responsible for the people. Bunty urged the youth to come forward and extend full support to the NC in the upcoming elections while cautioning the party to remain aware of the divisive forces that are hell bent upon dividing people on the communal and regional
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Single-laned overhead rly bridge causes chaos on highway
Jammu, October 7 Sham Lal Sharma, a shopkeeper near the highway, said, “This jam has become a daily routine nowadays. Commuters get stuck here for hours together just because of the narrow road near the overhead railway bridge near Sainik Colony.” “It affects our health as well as our business, with noise and air pollution creating problems for us,”
he added. R P Singh, Project Director, Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, NHAI, said, “The bridge was left as it is due to the delay by the Railways, but now, we have got clearance from them and the project report is being prepared.” “It will take around six months to start construction work and around a year is required to complete the widening of this bridge,” he added. |
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'Saffron brigade communalising Rajouri episode'
Rajouri, October 7 In an emergent meeting held under the chairmanship of Muslim Welfare Association president Mohd Aslam, members criticised the role of the saffron parties for communalising and manipulating the situation for vested interest. Aslam said the clash in Rajouri was a minor issue and it had nothing to do with the Ramlila or Shakha ground. It was blown out of proportion just to save the skin of influential miscreants who attacked and seriously injured two brothers. The Muslim Welfare Association members said law should take its own course and those involved in causing trouble should be dealt with strictly.
They also said they were peace loving, but the saffron brigade parties were trying their best to communalise the situation for their vested political interests. The Members also condemned the allegations levelled by the saffron brigade in some sections of media that they
were not in favour of peace and were trying to divide the society on the communal lines to safeguard their nefarious designs. The members pledged to defeat the nefarious designs of the communal parties and appealed to the state government to take steps to maintain peace in the region. |
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Eye camp organised
Jammu, October 7 Dr Satish K Gupta, Associate Professor, GMC, Jammu, Dr Payal Gupta (eye specialist), Dr. Aditya Aseem and their team examined as many as 156 patients suffering from various eye problems. Ten persons identified with cataract will be operated free of cost this week. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Satish said most of the people living in rural setups did not now that most of the eye problems could be solved by simple operations. |
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The inter-collegiate and department debate contest under the ongoing ‘Display Your Talent’ today witnessed a poor turnout of audience.
The event is being organised by the Department of Students Welfare, University of Jammu.
A majority of the chairs in the Brigadier Rajinder Singh Auditorium, the venue of the contest, were empty. Very few students from the university and different colleges reached the venue to encourage the participants.
Jammu, October 7
