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Friday June 16, 2017 13 TSEWANG RIGZIN LEH: In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength. 'With this words of former President A.P.J Abdul Kalam, former Senior Registrar - AIIMS and Senior Medical Oncologist and Hematologist, Cancer Chemotherapy Super Specialist, from the SPS Hospital, Ludhiana, Dr. Navdeep Singh, asked the countrymen to fight cancer till India becomes a cancer free place. Dr Singh was interacting with Ladakhi doctors and citizens on how to prevent common cancer from head to toe. Since cancer has become one of the killer diseases in Ladakh over the years, the interaction on prevention of cancer was orginased in the confer- ence hall of the Grand Dragon on Tuesday by VKV Almuni Association, Leh as a part of the ongoing yearlong 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche's birth centenary celebrations to spread awareness among the public. Former Chairman LAHDC Rigzin Spalbar, who is a member of VKV Almuni Association, said that since they owe deep gratitude to late 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, the aware- ness on cancer was organised for the benefit of many and the society will continue to organise such health camp in future for the benefit of general public. Dr Navdeep Singh gave a presenta- tion on different kinds of cancers and measures that can be taken to prevent the spread of cancer. Talking about the need of collective efforts to making India a cancer free nation, he said by collective efforts we can make India cancer free in another 30 years. Don't just think of 2017 but think with a vision to make India cancer free by 2047," Dr Navdeep said. Senior Physician Specialist, Dr Tsering Norbu, while sharing his life- long experience in the health sector in Ladakh, gave a summary of health status in Ladakh and its rural areas. "There has to be will power with the politicians and bureaucrats to reduce diseases like cancer in Ladakh," he added. While acknowledging Dr Norbu's for contribution in the health sector in Ladakh, Rigzin Spalbar expressed gratitude to Dr Navdeep Singh for spearing time to give his advices to Ladakhis. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Natrang is going to create a history for being the first theatre group to perform in the world cultural destination 'Kingdom of Dreams' on 17th of June, 2017. This history is being created through William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night', the premiere show of which is being presented by Natrang under the direction of Aarushi Thakur Rana who has also translated, adapted and designed this presentation. The 'Kingdom of Dreams', popularly known world over as the best entertainment place and tourist spot in India-the ultimate entertainment and leisure destination, sprawling across acres of land in Gurugram. The show is being presented with the support of Kunwar Viyogi Trust. This play is believed to have been performed for the first time in 1961 in front of Elizabeth I even before it was published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death. The cast of the play include Mahikshit Singh, Gauri Thakur, Jyoti Kant Sharma, Brijesh Avtar Sharma, Gopi Sharma, Goutam Sharma, Abhi Bargotra, Vrinda Sharma, Moses Marton, Haq Nawaz, Afaque Khan, Akshit Koul, Sachin Saini, Aadesh Dhar, Aryaman Gupta, Sanket Bhagat, Mihir Gujral and Shruti Sharma. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: State President BJP and MLA Jammu West Sat Sharma (CA) directed Chief Engineer System and Operation Wing PDD, Shiban Zutshi to immediately start the 33/11 KV 10 MVA Subash Nagar Power Station within days. Sat along with officials of Power Development Department (PDD) inspected newly constructed power station in order to review its status and to know that when the department is going to commission the same for public convenience. Pertinent to mention, commissioning of this station will provide relief to areas including Patoli, Rehari, Subash Nagar, Sarwal, Vikas Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Shiv Nagar and other adjoining areas. Sat stated that earlier there was only one power station for whole area on which there was a dou- ble load and after commissioning of the same, a major load will be shifted to the new power station which will provide a major relief to residents residing in the above mentioned areas. The Chief Engineer assured the BJP leader that the station will be started as soon as possible and that too with- in days. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Public Health Engineering (PHE) Workers Welfare Association on Thursday held a protest in sup- port of their long-pending demands. A large number of PHE employees and daily rated work- ers assembled in premises of Chief Engineer, PHE Department Jammu and raised slogans against the anti-worker policies adopted by the con- cerned authority. They demanded regularisation of all daily rated workers (DRW) on the basis of length of service, completion of bio-metric system, disbursement of wages month-wise, release of pending wages and withdrawal of impugned order No. 227 of dated 8th June, 2010. Bakshi Singh appealed to the State Government to speed up the regularisation process of daily wagers to avoid the further confirmation. Subash Verma, Provincial General Secretary of the Association warned that if the demands of the employees are not settled within 15 days, association will resume the sus- pended strike soon and for that State Government will be held responsible for the conse- quences. Later, a charter of demands was submitted also to the Chief Engineer PHE Department Jammu by the sen- ior leadership of the association. The prominent office bearers of the association who addressed the gatherings were Chuni Lal, Surjeet Singh, Kuldeep Sharma, Rajinder Kumar, Bansi Lal, Ravinder Singh, Ram Labhaya, Kulbushan Nanda, Kuldip Kumar, Chain Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Lal Chand and Vikram Kerni. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: The government continues to remain indiffer- ent towards the plight of patients suffering due to strike by health employees in all hos- pitals in Jammu region. On strike called by Jammu and Kashmir Medical Employees Federation in favour of Female Multipurpose Health Workers (FMPHWs), health employees of various cadre including Ministerial Staff, X-Ray Technicians, Pharmacists, Dental Technicians, Ophthalmic Technicians, Basic Health Workers, Lab Technicians, OT Technicians, Drivers and Cleaners (SHTO), Class-IV and NHM employees observed strike in respective institu- tions. Health employees of various cadres assembled at Shashi Bala Memorial Park here in support of protesting FMPHWs. A complete shut- down was observed in Jammu Division except emergency services. All revenue generat- ing counters remained closed, even the OPD Slips are not issued. Sushil Sudan President JKMEF criticized the govern- ment for not addressing the grievances of 2211 Head employees who have been struggling for last many years for the same. STATE TIMES NEWS R.S PURA: MLA R S Pura on Thursday emphasised that the border area of Ranbir Singh Pura has huge potential for promotion of horticulture sec- tor and till date, two efforts have been taken to tap this aforesaid potential. While distributing the cer- tificates among participants of training cum awareness camp organised by the Fruit and Craft Centre, Department of Horticulture here, Gagan called upon the fruit-growers of the area to develop their fruit- orchards on modern lines after proper sensitisation and train- ing from the Horticulture Department, so that it becomes a money-fetching vocation for them. Gagan said that he is com- mitted to propel Ranbir Singh Pura on trajectory of qualita- tive growth and vision-based development. Pertinent to mention here, that a month-long training cum awareness camp was organised by the Fruit and Craft Centre, Department of Horticulture, in which Dr. Gagan Bhagat MLA Ranbir Singh Pura was the Chief Guest who distributed certifi- cates among 125 girls who were benefitted the camp. On the occasion Additional Director Horticulture Tejinder Singh, Deputy Director Horticulture, Gul Sayeed, Tehsildar R. S Pura Sohan Rana, CDPO R.S Pura Jasmeet Singh and District Manager J and K Women Development Corpor- ation Sunita Rani were also present. We can make India cancer free by 2047: Navdeep Singh Natrang creates history presenting Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' at Kingdom of Dreams PHE employees raising slogans during a protest. Participants posing for a photograph with Dr Navdeep Singh. MLA R S Pura, Dr Gagan Bhagat handing over certificate to a participant. Natrang group of artists which is going to perform at Kingdom of Dreams under the direction of Aarushi Thakur Rana. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: The hunger strike by Contractual Lecturers entered into 122nd consecutive day on Thursday while Sanjay Kumar, Zabir Hussain Shah, Rakesh Kumar Khajuria and Balvinder Kour sat on chain hunger strike today. These contractual lecturers are demanding their regular- ization as per the Civil Services Special Provision Act 2010, a policy framed for the regular- ization of all the Ad-hoc/ Contractual/ Consolidated employees after rendering seven years of services. Arun Bakshi, President of the Contractual Lecturers Association, said that they were engaged vide order no. 1584-edu. of 2003 and vide order no. 1328 of GAD, according to which all the contractual lecturers are to be continued till their regulariza- tion. Bakhshi said that they will continue the chain hunger strike till their case for regular- ization is settled. He appealed to the govern- ment not to harass them fur- ther and issue necessary instructions for their regulari- sation. PHE employees protest, seek regularisation Health employees strike continues as medical services remain crippled STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: All India Confederation of SC/ST/OBC Organisations, J and K, appre- ciated the laudable action of Tassadaq Hussain Mufti, Coordinator, J and K Government Grievances Cell, who intervened timely and gave directions to Lateef-u- Zamaan Deva Chairman JKPSC to disclose the official answer keys of recently declared result of KAS Prelims Exam 2016 for which all the candidates were showing resentment. "Intervention like this was the need of the hour as it reflects that administration has finally taken to notice the genuine grievances of aspi- rants which were left unad- dressed since quite long," R.K Kalsotra, State President of the Confederation said in a statement issued here on Thursday. It gave a clear signal not only to recruitment agencies but also other government depart- ments as well to ensure trans- parency and accountability in their functioning, so that talent and hard-work of students do not go unrecognized. Kalsotra condemned the irre- sponsible and immature atti- tude of JKPSC of committing repeated errors, discrepancies over and over, and said that such indiscipline and chaotic functioning of PSC cannot be tolerated any more. Kalsotra even suggested of disbanding whole of the Board to set an example to restore the lost faith in such institutions and to ensure that spirit of justice and honesty prevails in the State. SC ST OBC Confederation flays JKPSC for repeated errors Contractual lecturers hunger strike enters 122nd day Contractual lecturers staging protest. STATE TIMES NEWS NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North- Eastern Region (DoNER) and MoS PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh expressed confidence that GST rollout will be smooth in Northeast. He was speaking to the President, Federation of Industry and Commerce of North Eastern Region (FINER), Pabitra Buragohain who met him here today to discuss certain GST related issues in the context of the eight North Eastern States. During the meeting, the sub- ject of GST rollout from July was discussed in detail. Pabitra Buragohain expressed his views on the GST and on the tax provisions relating to certain North Eastern indus- trial products. He also also sought certain clarifications. He, however, assured the Minister that the industry will fully cooperate in the Government's decision of rolling out GST in Northeast. Addressing some of the con- cerns raised, Dr Jitendra Singh disclosed that there may be certain relaxations and adjustments in the initial phase of GST rollout. He said , the connectivity / internet issues in Northeast are also being adequately addressed for successful implementation of GST in this region. Singh said, GST will surely contribute to the development and overall growth of the economy of the country including the remote areas like North Eastern Region by pro- viding 'One Nation, One Tax' regime. Jitendra confident of smooth GST rollout in Northeast Union Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh with President FINER, Prabitra Buragohain at New Delhi on Thursday. Printer, publisher and owned by Raj Daluja, Printed and published at STATE TIMES PUBLICATIONS, Plot No. 110, 111, 112, Phase-II, Gangyal, Jammu. Ph-2579290, 2573691, Fax: 0191-2562657. 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R S Pura has huge potential for promotion of horticulture sector: Gagan STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Accusing the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) of selecting candi- dates on regional and reli- gious lines while ignoring the deserving and competent candidates, State President, Shri Ram Sena, Rajiv Mahajan lambasted State Government and BJP in particular for responsible in discrimination against the educated youth of Jammu. In a statement issued here on Thursday, Mahajan said that JKPSC is adopting biased and unfair process to select candidates for govern- ment jobs. He added that such dis- crimination with the educat- ed candidates of Jammu and Ladakh has forced the BJP, which is the ruling alliance partner in the State Government and adopt a silence over the issue, to voice its concern against the discrimination. He said that if State Government particularly BJP is not capable to end such discrimination then it should make separate Public Service Commissions for Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh regions to deliver justice to the educated youth of all the three regions. BJP responsible for discrimination with Jammu youth: SRS STATE TIMES NEWS LEH: To help kick-start the dreams of aspiring entrepre- neurs and to start a movement of entrepreneurship, Himalayan Institute of Alternatives Ladakh (HIAL), an Alternative University for Mountain Development, organ- ised a week-long entrepreneur- ship skill development pro- gramme for the youth of Ladakh under the guidance of entrepreneur stalwarts who have experience of interacting, teaching and guiding thousands of businesses in India. The weeklong programme held last week at SECMOL Campus Phey was participated by 25 young aspiring entrepre- neurs from Ladakh and 25 established and successful entrepreneurs across the nation. After completing the course successfully 13 young entrepre- neurs from Ladakh pitched their business venture plans before the jury during the 'Pitch Competition' on the concluding function held at Hotel Grand Dragon recently. Jury members, who were also resource persons of the pro- gramme, present included co- founder and Chairman of ENAM Group and Founder and governing body member Flame University Vallabh Bhanshali, Director Finance Petronet LNG Limited KR Garg, Director Programmes SP Jain School of Global Management Prof Parimal Merchant and founding mem- bers Future Institute Ashish Bhalla - an Urban Designer and Development professional and Suparna Bhalla- Principal Architect at Abaxial Architects Pvt. Ltd. Young aspiring entrepreneurs presented interesting business venture ideas before the jury such as yak cheese making, chain of local cuisine restau- rants, construction of passive solar building, water filter plant, coffee restaurant, luxury home stays, eco-friendly heating solu- tion, library, local wood produc- tion, setting up of Independent Ladakhi villa for tourists, poul- try farms, opening moun- taineering institute and dogs training centre. Out of 13 pitches five were short listed and in the second round two selected entrepreneurs were given Rs 2 lakhs each as seed money to start up their ventures. Two selected entrepreneurs were Stanzin Norboo from Shara Village for starting a Mountaineering Institute and Thinles Norboo from Drubuk village for scaling up Yak Cheese project. Three runner ups in the pitch competition were given an award of Rs 15,000 each while the other participants who pre- sented their entrepreneurial projects were given Rs 5,000 each. HIAL and SECMOL Founder, Sonam Wangchuk said that this is first initiative of its kind by HIAL to encourage local youth to start up their own business ventures rather than waiting for government jobs in queues. Besides reducing unem- ployment issues the initiative will also find solutions to local problems at local level, he added. Vallabh Bhansali in his inspir- ing talk shared how he played crucial role in success of number of business ventures including Infosys and Zee TV. HIAL hosts Ladakh Entrepreneurship 'Conclave' An entrepreneur speaking at the programme. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Three days training programme organised by J&K Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Devlopment (IMPARD), Regional Office, on topic Swachh Bharat Abhiyan con- cluded here on Thursday. A total of 23 participants of different departments and NGO's took part. On this occasion Dr Neena Bhalla, Associate Professor, Head, Centre for ID&UD was the Course Director. While speaking on the occa- sion, she explained the vision of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan espe- cially in terms of urban overview. Dr Anuradha, Scientist PCB said there is dire need of mobi- lization of public awareness on this issue through different ways so that pollution can be reduced from the atmosphere. Manju Kapoor educated the trainees by showing animated films on SBM. Dr Zaffar Iqbal, expert SLRM, DC Office as a resource person, gave a presentation on solid liquid and resource man- agement. He said "if we initiate from our own houses and start segre- gate the waste material putting into separate containers which could be disposed off scientifi- cally rather than hand over to scrap dealer who have no idea to re-use it or to dispose-off prop- erly," he said. He took on visit all the partic- ipants at SLRM Centre, Lalle Chack, Bishnah where govern- ment funded unit is functioning and garbage of nearby village is changed into profitability. Dr Bhawan, GMC Jammu explained how hospital waste is being removed and problems connected to the issue. D.K Dhar, Consultant Centre for ID&UD spoke on smart cities and Jammu in particular and distributed questionnaire for feedback. Pardeep Dutta, Beauru Chief, Times Now, Jammu, sensitized the trainees on positive use of media especially social sites. He cited many examples of both- sides, uses and abuses of social media. He emphasized that if we use it positively we get positive result and same can be tested for Swachh Bharat Mission making groups after uploading the problem. Finally, training certificates were also given to participants by Dr Reeva, Director General, IMPA. Those received were Prabha Salatia, Yog Raj Salathia, Rampaul Dogra, Harjeet Kour, Nisha Sharma, Dheeraj Bharatwaj, Gopal Krishan Sharma, Ravi Kant, Mohinder Singh, Tariq Parvez, Sanjay Gupta, Ramesh Singh, Sunil Matto, Indu Bhusan, H.L Khajuria and Dr Mohan Snehi. Training programme on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan concludes Waste management starts from home: Dr Zaffar Iqbal Expert SLRM, DC Office, Dr Zaffar Iqbal briefing students about the functioning of SLRM Lalle Chack, Bishnah. Sat directs for commissioning Subash Nagar power station Female multi-purpose health workers raising demands while staging protest at Jammu.
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TSEWANG RIGZINLEH: In this world, fear has no place.Only strength respects strength. 'Withthis words of former President A.P.JAbdul Kalam, former SeniorRegistrar - AIIMS and Senior MedicalOncologist and Hematologist, CancerChemotherapy Super Specialist, fromthe SPS Hospital, Ludhiana, Dr.Navdeep Singh, asked the countrymento fight cancer till India becomes acancer free place.
Dr Singh was interacting withLadakhi doctors and citizens on howto prevent common cancer from headto toe.
Since cancer has become one of thekiller diseases in Ladakh over theyears, the interaction on prevention ofcancer was orginased in the confer-ence hall of the Grand Dragon onTuesday by VKV Almuni Association,Leh as a part of the ongoing yearlong
19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche's birthcentenary celebrations to spreadawareness among the public.
Former Chairman LAHDC RigzinSpalbar, who is a member of VKVAlmuni Association, said that sincethey owe deep gratitude to late 19thKushok Bakula Rinpoche, the aware-
ness on cancer was organised for thebenefit of many and the society willcontinue to organise such health campin future for the benefit of generalpublic.
Dr Navdeep Singh gave a presenta-tion on different kinds of cancers andmeasures that can be taken to prevent
the spread of cancer. Talking about theneed of collective efforts to makingIndia a cancer free nation, he said bycollective efforts we can make Indiacancer free in another 30 years. Don'tjust think of 2017 but think with avision to make India cancer free by2047," Dr Navdeep said.
Senior Physician Specialist, DrTsering Norbu, while sharing his life-long experience in the health sector inLadakh, gave a summary of healthstatus in Ladakh and its rural areas."There has to be will power with thepoliticians and bureaucrats to reducediseases like cancer in Ladakh," headded.
While acknowledging Dr Norbu's forcontribution in the health sector inLadakh, Rigzin Spalbar expressedgratitude to Dr Navdeep Singh forspearing time to give his advices toLadakhis.
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Natrang is going tocreate a history for being thefirst theatre group to perform inthe world cultural destination'Kingdom of Dreams' on 17th ofJune, 2017. This history isbeing created through WilliamShakespeare's 'Twelfth Night',the premiere show of which is
being presented by Natrangunder the direction of AarushiThakur Rana who has alsotranslated, adapted anddesigned this presentation.
The 'Kingdom of Dreams',popularly known world over asthe best entertainment placeand tourist spot in India-theultimate entertainment and
leisure destination, sprawlingacross acres of land inGurugram. The show is beingpresented with the support ofKunwar Viyogi Trust.
This play is believed to havebeen performed for the firsttime in 1961 in front ofElizabeth I even before it waspublished in 1623, seven yearsafter Shakespeare's death.
The cast of the play includeMahikshit Singh, GauriThakur, Jyoti Kant Sharma,Brijesh Avtar Sharma, GopiSharma, Goutam Sharma,Abhi Bargotra, VrindaSharma, Moses Marton, HaqNawaz, Afaque Khan, AkshitKoul, Sachin Saini, AadeshDhar, Aryaman Gupta, SanketBhagat, Mihir Gujral andShruti Sharma.
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: State President BJP and MLA Jammu West SatSharma (CA) directed Chief Engineer System andOperation Wing PDD, Shiban Zutshi to immediately startthe 33/11 KV 10 MVA Subash Nagar Power Station withindays.
Sat along with officials of Power Development Department(PDD) inspected newly constructed power station in orderto review its status and to know that when the departmentis going to commission the same for public convenience.
Pertinent to mention, commissioning of this station willprovide relief to areas including Patoli, Rehari, SubashNagar, Sarwal, Vikas Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Shiv Nagar andother adjoining areas. Sat stated that earlier there was onlyone power station for whole area on which there was a dou-ble load and after commissioning of the same, a major loadwill be shifted to the new power station which will provide amajor relief to residents residing in the above mentionedareas. The Chief Engineer assured the BJP leader that thestation will be started as soon as possible and that too with-in days.
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Public HealthEngineering (PHE) WorkersWelfare Association onThursday held a protest in sup-port of their long-pendingdemands.
A large number of PHEemployees and daily rated work-ers assembled in premises ofChief Engineer, PHEDepartment Jammu and raisedslogans against the anti-worker
policies adopted by the con-cerned authority.
They demanded regularisationof all daily rated workers(DRW) on the basis of length ofservice, completion of bio-metricsystem, disbursement of wagesmonth-wise, release of pendingwages and withdrawal ofimpugned order No. 227 ofdated 8th June, 2010.
Bakshi Singh appealed to theState Government to speed up
the regularisation process ofdaily wagers to avoid the furtherconfirmation. Subash Verma,Provincial General Secretary ofthe Association warned that ifthe demands of the employeesare not settled within 15 days,association will resume the sus-pended strike soon and for thatState Government will be heldresponsible for the conse-quences. Later, a charter ofdemands was submitted also tothe Chief Engineer PHEDepartment Jammu by the sen-ior leadership of the association.
The prominent office bearersof the association who addressedthe gatherings were Chuni Lal,Surjeet Singh, KuldeepSharma, Rajinder Kumar,Bansi Lal, Ravinder Singh,Ram Labhaya, KulbushanNanda, Kuldip Kumar, ChainKumar, Ravi Kumar, Lal Chandand Vikram Kerni.
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: The governmentcontinues to remain indiffer-ent towards the plight ofpatients suffering due to strikeby health employees in all hos-pitals in Jammu region.
On strike called by Jammuand Kashmir Medical
Employees Federation infavour of Female MultipurposeHealth Workers (FMPHWs),health employees of variouscadre including MinisterialStaff, X-Ray Technicians,Pharmacists, DentalTechnicians, OphthalmicTechnicians, Basic Health
Workers, Lab Technicians, OTTechnicians, Drivers andCleaners (SHTO), Class-IVand NHM employees observedstrike in respective institu-tions.
Health employees of variouscadres assembled at ShashiBala Memorial Park here insupport of protestingFMPHWs. A complete shut-down was observed in JammuDivision except emergencyservices. All revenue generat-ing counters remained closed,even the OPD Slips are notissued.
Sushil Sudan PresidentJKMEF criticized the govern-ment for not addressing thegrievances of 2211 Heademployees who have beenstruggling for last many yearsfor the same.
STATE TIMES NEWS R.S PURA: MLA R S Pura onThursday emphasised that theborder area of Ranbir SinghPura has huge potential forpromotion of horticulture sec-tor and till date, two effortshave been taken to tap thisaforesaid potential.
While distributing the cer-tificates among participants oftraining cum awareness camporganised by the Fruit andCraft Centre, Department ofHorticulture here, Gagancalled upon the fruit-growers ofthe area to develop their fruit-orchards on modern lines afterproper sensitisation and train-
ing from the HorticultureDepartment, so that itbecomes a money-fetchingvocation for them.
Gagan said that he is com-mitted to propel Ranbir SinghPura on trajectory of qualita-tive growth and vision-based
development. Pertinent to mention here,
that a month-long trainingcum awareness camp wasorganised by the Fruit andCraft Centre, Department ofHorticulture, in which Dr.Gagan Bhagat MLA RanbirSingh Pura was the ChiefGuest who distributed certifi-cates among 125 girls whowere benefitted the camp.
On the occasion AdditionalDirector HorticultureTejinder Singh, DeputyDirector Horticulture, GulSayeed, Tehsildar R. S PuraSohan Rana, CDPO R.SPura Jasmeet Singh andDistrict Manager J and KWomen Development Corpor-ation Sunita Rani were alsopresent.
We can make India cancer free by 2047: Navdeep Singh
Natrang creates history presenting Shakespeare's'Twelfth Night' at Kingdom of Dreams
PHE employees raising slogans during a protest.
Participants posing for a photograph with Dr Navdeep Singh.
MLA R S Pura, Dr Gagan Bhagat handing over certificate to a participant.
Natrang group of artists which is going to perform at Kingdom of Dreams under the direction of Aarushi Thakur Rana.
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: The hunger strike byContractual Lecturers enteredinto 122nd consecutive day onThursday while SanjayKumar, Zabir Hussain Shah,Rakesh Kumar Khajuria andBalvinder Kour sat on chainhunger strike today.
These contractual lecturersare demanding their regular-ization as per the Civil ServicesSpecial Provision Act 2010, apolicy framed for the regular-ization of all the Ad-hoc/Contractual/ Consolidatedemployees after renderingseven years of services.
Arun Bakshi, President ofthe Contractual LecturersAssociation, said that they
were engaged vide order no.1584-edu. of 2003 and videorder no. 1328 of GAD,according to which all thecontractual lecturers are to becontinued till their regulariza-tion.
Bakhshi said that they will
continue the chain hungerstrike till their case for regular-ization is settled.
He appealed to the govern-ment not to harass them fur-ther and issue necessaryinstructions for their regulari-sation.
PHE employees protest, seek regularisation Health employees strike continues as medical services remain crippled
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: All IndiaConfederation of SC/ST/OBCOrganisations, J and K, appre-ciated the laudable action ofTassadaq Hussain Mufti,Coordinator, J and KGovernment Grievances Cell,who intervened timely andgave directions to Lateef-u-Zamaan Deva ChairmanJKPSC to disclose the officialanswer keys of recentlydeclared result of KAS PrelimsExam 2016 for which all thecandidates were showingresentment.
"Intervention like this wasthe need of the hour as itreflects that administrationhas finally taken to notice thegenuine grievances of aspi-rants which were left unad-dressed since quite long," R.KKalsotra, State President of
the Confederation said in astatement issued here onThursday.
It gave a clear signal not onlyto recruitment agencies butalso other government depart-ments as well to ensure trans-parency and accountability intheir functioning, so that talentand hard-work of students donot go unrecognized.
Kalsotra condemned the irre-sponsible and immature atti-tude of JKPSC of committingrepeated errors, discrepanciesover and over, and said thatsuch indiscipline and chaoticfunctioning of PSC cannot betolerated any more. Kalsotraeven suggested of disbandingwhole of the Board to set anexample to restore the lostfaith in such institutions and toensure that spirit of justice andhonesty prevails in the State.
SC ST OBC Confederation flaysJKPSC for repeated errors
Contractual lecturers hunger strike enters 122nd day
Contractual lecturers staging protest.
STATE TIMES NEWS NEW DELHI: UnionMinister of State(Independent Charge)Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER)and MoS PMO, Dr JitendraSingh expressed confidencethat GST rollout will besmooth in Northeast. He wasspeaking to the President,Federation of Industry andCommerce of North Eastern
Region (FINER), PabitraBuragohain who met him heretoday to discuss certain GSTrelated issues in the context ofthe eight North EasternStates.
During the meeting, the sub-ject of GST rollout from Julywas discussed in detail.Pabitra Buragohain expressedhis views on the GST and onthe tax provisions relating tocertain North Eastern indus-
trial products. He also alsosought certain clarifications.He, however, assured theMinister that the industry willfully cooperate in theGovernment's decision ofrolling out GST in Northeast.Addressing some of the con-cerns raised, Dr JitendraSingh disclosed that theremay be certain relaxationsand adjustments in the initialphase of GST rollout. He said, the connectivity / internetissues in Northeast are alsobeing adequately addressedfor successful implementationof GST in this region.
Singh said, GST will surelycontribute to the developmentand overall growth of theeconomy of the countryincluding the remote areas likeNorth Eastern Region by pro-viding 'One Nation, One Tax'regime.
Jitendra confident of smoothGST rollout in Northeast
Union Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh with President FINER,Prabitra Buragohain at New Delhi on Thursday.
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R S Pura has huge potential for promotion of horticulture sector: Gagan
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Accusing theJammu and Kashmir PublicService Commission(JKPSC) of selecting candi-dates on regional and reli-gious lines while ignoringthe deserving and competentcandidates, State President,Shri Ram Sena, RajivMahajan lambasted StateGovernment and BJP inparticular for responsible indiscrimination against theeducated youth of Jammu.
In a statement issued hereon Thursday, Mahajan saidthat JKPSC is adoptingbiased and unfair process toselect candidates for govern-ment jobs.
He added that such dis-crimination with the educat-ed candidates of Jammuand Ladakh has forced theBJP, which is the rulingalliance partner in the StateGovernment and adopt asilence over the issue, tovoice its concern against thediscrimination.
He said that if StateGovernment particularlyBJP is not capable to endsuch discrimination then itshould make separate PublicService Commissions forKashmir, Jammu andLadakh regions to deliverjustice to the educatedyouth of all the threeregions.
BJP responsible for discrimination with Jammu youth: SRS
STATE TIMES NEWS LEH: To help kick-start thedreams of aspiring entrepre-neurs and to start a movementof entrepreneurship,Himalayan Institute ofAlternatives Ladakh (HIAL),an Alternative University forMountain Development, organ-ised a week-long entrepreneur-ship skill development pro-gramme for the youth ofLadakh under the guidance ofentrepreneur stalwarts whohave experience of interacting,teaching and guiding thousandsof businesses in India.
The weeklong programmeheld last week at SECMOLCampus Phey was participatedby 25 young aspiring entrepre-neurs from Ladakh and 25established and successfulentrepreneurs across thenation.
After completing the coursesuccessfully 13 young entrepre-neurs from Ladakh pitchedtheir business venture plansbefore the jury during the 'PitchCompetition' on the concludingfunction held at Hotel GrandDragon recently.
Jury members, who were alsoresource persons of the pro-gramme, present included co-founder and Chairman ofENAM Group and Founderand governing body memberFlame University VallabhBhanshali, Director FinancePetronet LNG Limited KRGarg, Director Programmes SPJain School of GlobalManagement Prof ParimalMerchant and founding mem-bers Future Institute AshishBhalla - an Urban Designer andDevelopment professional andSuparna Bhalla- Principal
Architect at Abaxial ArchitectsPvt. Ltd.
Young aspiring entrepreneurspresented interesting businessventure ideas before the jurysuch as yak cheese making,chain of local cuisine restau-rants, construction of passivesolar building, water filter plant,coffee restaurant, luxury homestays, eco-friendly heating solu-tion, library, local wood produc-tion, setting up of IndependentLadakhi villa for tourists, poul-
try farms, opening moun-taineering institute and dogstraining centre. Out of 13pitches five were short listed andin the second round two selectedentrepreneurs were given Rs 2lakhs each as seed money tostart up their ventures.
Two selected entrepreneurswere Stanzin Norboo fromShara Village for starting aMountaineering Institute andThinles Norboo from Drubukvillage for scaling up Yak Cheese
project. Three runner ups in the pitch
competition were given anaward of Rs 15,000 each whilethe other participants who pre-sented their entrepreneurialprojects were given Rs 5,000each.
HIAL and SECMOLFounder, Sonam Wangchuksaid that this is first initiative ofits kind by HIAL to encouragelocal youth to start up their ownbusiness ventures rather thanwaiting for government jobs inqueues. Besides reducing unem-ployment issues the initiativewill also find solutions to localproblems at local level, headded.
Vallabh Bhansali in his inspir-ing talk shared how he playedcrucial role in success of numberof business ventures includingInfosys and Zee TV.
HIAL hosts Ladakh Entrepreneurship 'Conclave'
An entrepreneur speaking at the programme.
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Three days trainingprogramme organised by J&KInstitute of Management,Public Administration andRural Devlopment (IMPARD),Regional Office, on topicSwachh Bharat Abhiyan con-cluded here on Thursday.
A total of 23 participants ofdifferent departments andNGO's took part.
On this occasion Dr NeenaBhalla, Associate Professor,Head, Centre for ID&UD wasthe Course Director.
While speaking on the occa-sion, she explained the vision ofSwachh Bharat Abhiyan espe-cially in terms of urbanoverview.
Dr Anuradha, Scientist PCBsaid there is dire need of mobi-
lization of public awareness onthis issue through differentways so that pollution can bereduced from the atmosphere.
Manju Kapoor educated thetrainees by showing animatedfilms on SBM.
Dr Zaffar Iqbal, expert
SLRM, DC Office as a resourceperson, gave a presentation onsolid liquid and resource man-agement.
He said "if we initiate fromour own houses and start segre-gate the waste material puttinginto separate containers which
could be disposed off scientifi-cally rather than hand over toscrap dealer who have no idea tore-use it or to dispose-off prop-erly," he said.
He took on visit all the partic-ipants at SLRM Centre, LalleChack, Bishnah where govern-ment funded unit is functioningand garbage of nearby village ischanged into profitability.
Dr Bhawan, GMC Jammuexplained how hospital waste isbeing removed and problemsconnected to the issue.
D.K Dhar, Consultant Centrefor ID&UD spoke on smartcities and Jammu in particularand distributed questionnairefor feedback.
Pardeep Dutta, Beauru Chief,Times Now, Jammu, sensitizedthe trainees on positive use of
media especially social sites. Hecited many examples of both-sides, uses and abuses of socialmedia.
He emphasized that if we useit positively we get positiveresult and same can be testedfor Swachh Bharat Missionmaking groups after uploadingthe problem. Finally, trainingcertificates were also given toparticipants by Dr Reeva,Director General, IMPA. Thosereceived were Prabha Salatia,Yog Raj Salathia, RampaulDogra, Harjeet Kour, NishaSharma, Dheeraj Bharatwaj,Gopal Krishan Sharma, RaviKant, Mohinder Singh, TariqParvez, Sanjay Gupta, RameshSingh, Sunil Matto, InduBhusan, H.L Khajuria and DrMohan Snehi.
Training programme on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan concludes
Waste management starts from home: Dr Zaffar Iqbal
Expert SLRM, DC Office, Dr Zaffar Iqbal briefing studentsabout the functioning of SLRM Lalle Chack, Bishnah.
Sat directs for commissioningSubash Nagar power station
Female multi-purpose health workers raising demandswhile staging protest at Jammu.
