June 24, 2018 13 State Kho Kho Association celebrates...
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13 Sunday June 24, 2018 SPORTS REPORTER JAMMU: Hockey Poonch and Hockey Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday observed Olympic Day by holding exhibition friendly matches respectively at Sports Stadium Poonch and KK Hakku Stadium, here. At Sports Stadium Poonch, Stadium Yellow defeated Stadium Orange 2-0. Amandeep and Jagmeet were the scorers who netted the ball in the 15th and 39th minute of the match respectively. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Mohan Choudhary was the Chief Guest while DySP DAR, Mohan Sharma and DySP CID, G.R Bhardwaj were Guests of Honour. Among others special guests were Narjeet Singh, Narinder Singh and Nirdosh Kumar (Manager Sports Stadium). Among others present were Rajinder Singh Toofan, Dr Bhubishan Kumar, Mustaq Ahmed, Ravinder Singh, Tanveer Dar, Vijay Kumar, Sanjeev Sharma, Sourab Sharma, Matinderpal Singh, Ram Prakash, Ranveet Singh, Sunny Sharma and Vikas Sharma. The event took place under the technical supervision of Vijay Kumar (PEM) while Pawan Kumar Sharma coor- dinated. Meanwhile, Olympic Day was also celebrated by Hockey Jammu and Kashmir at KK Hakku Stadium, here. In Sub-Junior Category match in boys section, MBS Simbal Camp defeated Bandurakh Club 2-0. In girls section, Jammu Red out- played Jammu White. Dr Taran Singh was the Chief Guest who enlightened the players regarding importance of Olympic and its motto. Also present were General Secretary Hockey J&K, G.S Bakshi, veteran player R.P Singh and other members of the Hockey J&K. Hockey Poonch, Jammu observe Olympic Day Young hockey players posing with officials at Sports Stadium Poonch and KK Hakku Stadium Jammu. SPORTS REPORTER JAMMU: J&K State Kho Kho Association organised friendly kho-kho matches as a mark of celebration of the Olympic Day on Saturday. President of the Association Manmeet Singh and Treasurer of Kho-Kho Federation of India (KKFI) B.S Tirthi told the players regarding importance of Olympic Day and its motto. The players also took oath to carry the val- ues and principle of Olympic movements with true spirits of sportsmanship. Vice Chairman J&K Kho Kho Association, CEO of JK Amateur Kabaddi Association and Joint Secretary Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India, Kuldeep Gupta also appreciated these type of events and insisted with more zeal and zest. The Secretary of the Association, Harjeet Singh expressed thanks to all the players and coaches Ajay Gupta, Dheeraj Sharma, Deepak Thapa and Vishal for making a the day memorable. He also congratulated Pankaj Malhotra who recently represented India in Indo-Nepal Test Match Series and won gold medal for Country. State Kho Kho Association celebrates Olympic Day STATE TIMES NEWS BILLAWAR: Shamsher from Dina Nagar clinched Sarn Kesari Dangal title which was organised by Modern Dangal Committee Sarn under the supervision of committee members at Gurah Kalyal area of Tehsil Billawar in dis- trict Kathua, here on Saturday. In the main bout, Shamsher defeated Amit from Chandigarh. Shamsher was awarded with cash prize of Rs 51,000 by the Chief Guest, Rahul Basotra, Tehsildar Ramkot in the presence of Guests of Honour, Vijay Kumar Sharma SHO Billawar, Pawan Singh lncharge Police Post Ramkot and Sanjeev Kumar Naib Tehsildar Gurah Kalyal. A total of 75 bouts were played in the day-long event. The second main bout went to Gurjant from Amritsar, who beat Kulbir from Jammu. Gurjant was awarded with cash prize of Rs 31,000. Rakesh from Billawar, Benia Min from Jammu and Viku from Billawar also gave out- standing performance in the event. All the members of the Modern Dangal Committee Sarn expressed thanks to all the participating wrestlers and invited dignitaries for making the event successful. Shamsher from Dina Nagar wins Dangal title Players posing with dignitaries during Olympic Day celebrations. Chief Guest, Rahul Basotra, Tehsildar Ramkot introducing wrestlers of main bout. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: International bronze medalists from Jammu and Kashmir, Rajinder Singh and Pradeep Kumar have been selected to represent India in the Seventh Pars Cup to be held at Iran from June 23 to 26, June. Rajinder Singh and Pradeep are among the 14-member team which was sanctioned by Sports Authority of India. The team left for Iran yester- day. The Chief Coach of India, Kuldeep Handoo gave best wishes to to the Indian team for the championship. The office bearers of Wushu Association of J&K, S Owais, H.K Lohia, Vijay Saraf, Ranjeet Kalra, Deepak Handa, Sunil Sharma and Sohit Sharma congratulated both the players and wished best of luck to them and the Indian team. J&K players to represent India in 7th Pars Wushu Cup Selected wushu players Rajinder Singh and Pradeep Kumar. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Congress on Saturday said that BJP Chief Amit Shah has candidly admitted total failure of his government in the State as well Centre thus BJP's betray- al with the electorate of Jammu region, on all commit- ments, especially poll promis- es, upon which Jammu gave huge mandate to BJP in 2014. In a brief reaction to Shah's address, in Jammu today, Chief Spokesperson JKPCC Ravinder Sharma said that BJP Chief's entire speech was admission of total failure of BJP in the State on all fronts especially with regard to curb- ing terrorism and ensuring the promised special focus on developmental needs of Jammu region. BJP Chief instead of answering to the questions lurking in the minds of Jammu people regarding total surrender of BJP and bartering the interests of peo- ple of Jammu region, for the sake of power, was noticed counting his party's failures thus open betrayal with the electorate which gave BJP a massive mandate, to represent their aspirations. "It was quite funny to hear from the national president of the ruling party to express total helplessness in ensuring delivery of the government in the State despite being equal partner, especially when it is also ruling at the Centre", he said adding that it is BJP style to remain glued to the chair for over three and half years with PDP, despite such a state of affairs of BJP in the coali- tion and now has the cheeks to shift the blame solely to PDP and escape the entire responsi- bility, under the slogan of patriotism, commitment of ending injustice to Jammu. His address has vindicated the opposition charge that BJP betrayed Jammu electorate during four years rule and their alliance with ideologically opposite PDP was unholy. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Former Minister Sham Lal Sharma on Saturday flagged off 6th Yatra for Baba Sidh Goriya Swankha from Baba Kaliveer Devsthan Kangrail, Raipur Domana. Being organised by Baba Kalu Chib, the Yatra is observed every year in which hundreds of devotees partic- ipate with great religious fervour and gaiety. Speaking on the occasion, Sham Lal said that religious events like this spread the message of brotherhood and peace. He further said that such celebrations also help in preserving rich cultural and traditional ethos. "It also helps in acquaint- ing our youth with their age old culture and traditions," he said and hoped that divine blessings will strengthen the bonds of amity and bring peace and prosperity in the State. The former minister, while inter- acting with the devotees, asked them to motivate their children to take part in reli- gious activities as such pro- grammes will motivate them to stay away from anti-social activities like drugs which is spoiling the younger genera- tion. IGNOU Entrance Test for Management Programmes today STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is conducting entrance tests for Management Programmes (OPENMAT-XLIII), on Sunday, 24th June, 2018 (10:00 AM to 1:00 PM). The test is being organised at 67 examination centres including one jail centre at Ahmedabad accommodating 6,930 candi- dates. Under Jammu region, there is only one Examination Centre (Code:1201) for which the examination would be held in the Directorate of Distance Education, University of Jammu, New Campus, Jammu. "The hall-tickets have already been uploaded on the university website www.ignou.ac.in . The candi- dates are advised to download the hall ticket by entering their name / date of birth and report to the examination centre. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: About 200 masters and teachers of various zones of Jammu district joined the Jammu Kashmir Teachers Forum at a function held here on Saturday. The function was organised on the directions of Ganesh Khajuria, State General Secretary of the Forum. The speakers highlighted their grievances like salaries delinking under SSA/RMSA, benefit of 7th Pay Commission, DPC of all cadres, salary issues of surplus masters, etc. While speaking on the occa- sion, Khajuria stressed upon the newly joined members of JKTF to work with devotion for the welfare and upliftment of students' community. He appealed to them to strengthen the Forum at grass root level by highlighting the achievements made in last 20 years for the welfare of teaching fraternity. Prominent new members who joined the Forum include Kapil Sagotra, Asim Gupta, Vikram Singh, Amzad Choudhary, Vikas Sharma, Goldy, Mithun, Mukesh Kumar, Rajkumar, Varsha, Meena, Younis, Sulekha Begum, Raju Tak, Ranjit Singh, Renuka Sharma, Raman Kohli, Vishal Anand, Jyoti Sharma and Dr Dharam Pal. The newly joined members pledge to fight for their rights under JKTF banner and assured full cooperation in future. Gopal Singh, Yog Raj Slathia, Soorat Singh Toofani, Rajinder Gupta, Mohd Iqbal, Ravinder singh, Darshan Sharma, Narinder Chib, Kuldeep Bandral, Sham Badyal, P.D Singh, Goutam Singh Ashok Kharyal Balraj Singh, Davinder Singh, Shanti Saroop, Meera Sharma and Bharat Bhushan were also present. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: National Conference State Secretary Rattan Lal Gupta on Saturday lashed out at the PDP and the BJP for engi- neering communal divide and sowing seeds of hate in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the unholy alliance pursued the path of divide and rule as per their sinister agenda. In an interaction with party workers, Gupta said the two opportunistic parties hob- nobbed with each other for lust of power and created political instability after fail- ing on deliverance front. The present situation is the manifestation of the unholy agenda the two parties car- ried out, as a result of which the state is at the cross roads of history. He said the PDP and the BJP has pushed the state to the wall and both the parties were now shedding crocodile tears in a vain bid to make themselves political- ly relevant. "The PDP and the BJP are exposed before the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh", he said and cau- tioned the maintain vigil against their machinations. He said the two parties were terribly desperate after los- ing the power. Gupta urged the Governor's administration to address the problems of the people which have accumulated dur- ing the past three and half year's misrule. He said the power and drinking water supply is erratic in the Jammu Division and the people were at the receiving end, especial- ly during the current scorch- ing summers. He said the utility services are also in dis- array as the anti-people gov- ernment have virtually left the entire population in the lurch. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: On the inaugural day of two-day concluding function of 20-day Children Summer workshop organised by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) in Theatre, Painting and Dance, a play 'Chhoti-Si-Bagawat' in Hindi was staged by the par- ticipating children. Sunaina Sharma, Secretary Municipal Corporation Jammu was the Chief Guest. The play was directed, con- ceived and prepared by Neeraj Kant, renowned and senior theatre artist. The play was assisted by Bhupinder Singh Jamwal, choreographer and Anil Tickoo, Assistant Culture Officer. Earlier, Sunaina Sharma inaugurated the painting exhi- bition organised by academy prepared by the children of painting workshop. A total of 144 children participated in the painting workshop and 36 students in the theatre. Amarjeet Singh, renowned painter and Shashi Bala, sen- ior visual artist were the instructors. Sunaina Sharma said that academy deserves appreciation as through the regular activity of Children Summer workshop a platform to the youngsters is being pro- vided since last few decades. She further said that to catch them young this is the right time to strike and boost the hidden talent of the youth. While appreciating the per- formance of the play she said that the children who were trained in two weeks displayed their talent in an efficient and effective manner and they deserve great applause. She also complimented the chil- dren in painting workshop for the best part of their creating through the medium of paint- ings In this welcome address Dr. Arvinder Singh Amn, Additional Secretary JKAA- CL informed that the experts from the field of Dance, Painting and Music were engaged so that the best of the youngsters can be portrayed. He further informed that academy is going to organise such workshops in other dis- tricts of Jammu region and on the spot music and painting competitions of the students is also in the pipeline. The pro- ceedings of the programme were conducted by Shivani Anand young Hindi writer while vote of thanks was pre- sented by Popinder Singh, Editor Punjabi. The children who participat- ed in the play include Gurpreet Singh, Krishna Gupta, Neeharika Dixit, Arihant Sudan, Yashita Khajuria, Siya Abrol, Suneha Attri, Sunakshi Devi, Ekairra Gupta, Kritarth Suri, Agam, Swaranjali Sambyal, Aadhishwar Gupta, Arpit Kaila, NikshayMahajan, Trivid Mahajan, Saksham Mahajan, Tatvagya Bhargav, Shrenya Sharma, Manasvi Gupta, Samiya Singh, Aditya Sharma, Rajan Hatagaday, Ansh Gupta, Pragun Gupta, Suhana Sindhi, Kunta Kumari, Aarti kumara, Samiya Singh, Ayaana Kotwal, Aarav Raina, Prasan, Sukanya Singh, ArchesiaPathania, Aradhya Anthal, HimanshuPandita, Harshil Raina, Aarav Dixit, Saruchi Verma, Dharya Singh Jamwal, Arihant Sudan, Sunakshi Devi and Agam Menia. The children who participat- ed in the painting include Lagan Verma, Arpit Kaila, Trivid Mahajan, Saksham Mahajan, Krishna Bhasin, AtulayaDogra, Devika, Aryan Pandita, Aaradhya Koul, Shivandika, Samrat Sharma, Alisha Malhotra, Mahima Gupta, Divyush Gupta, Nidhi Majotra, Bhavesh Mahajan, Stuti Sharma, Shrenya Sharma, Ujwal Manyal, Bhakti Manyal, Aradhana Manyal, Vishu Gupta, Pallavi Malhotra, Samiya Singh, Lakshay Sharma, Pragun Gupta, Shivanshi kalsotra, Sukanya Singh, Ananya Sharma, Haryansh Gupta, Medha, Aadhishwar Gupta, Divyani Bhagat, Anika, Kislaya Upadhay, Lakshya Gupta, Atharv Gupta, Yogesh Sharma, Siya Sharma, Arshia Jain, Jashanpreet Singh, Prabhleen kour, Atishay Jain, Ayaan Dutt, Archesia Pathania, Aradhya Anthal, Divyanshi Jasrotia, Mahika Jamwal, TarkishVerma, Anjali Pandita, Soham Jain, Himanshu Pandita, Sagun Gupta, Mavish Gupta, Kriyaansh, Virat Verma, Harshil Raina, Aarav Dixit, Neeharika Dixit, S. Harjot Singh Hira, Vansh Sharma, Naman Mahajan, Raghav Gupta, Lakshita Gupta, Nakshtrika Gupta, Hansikaa Jyotshi, Radhika Gupta, Aniket Kumar Verma, Adhyan Gupta, Chhavi Gupta, Agrima Raina, Aarav Raina, Nandni Bhagat, Hemadri Anand, Urvika Anand, Annanya Gupta, Harikaa Jyotshi, Vibour Gupta, Yaksh Sharma, SavishVerma, Manya Abrol, Aaradhya Dewan, Siya Abrol, Aryan, Aradhyaveer Singh, Atulya Sharma, Manayta Kaith, Saanvi Gandotra, Abhinandani, Harshit Gupta, Krish Pargal, Pavani, DevinaTickoo, RimJhim, Bhavik , Chatwal, Ekairra , Sukriti Singh Jasrotia, Amrita Sharma, Suzanne Albert, Kritarth Suri, Madhvan Bhalla, Vasundhara, BhanuPratap Singh, Jayashahta Verma, Soniya Verma, Deepika Bala, Menu Kumari, Nisha Kumari, Agam, Kevin Albert, Vedaanti Mahajan, Manisha Kumari, Krish Mahajan, Syna Jain, Palkin Jain, Shreyas Kalra, Agrim Kalra, Archit Kumar, Anahita Sharma, Swaranjali Sambyal, Vansh Rakwal, Sonakshi Sharma, Anirudh Gupta, Agrim Sharma, Sehaj Preet Singh, Kaushika Mahajan, Samaira Mahajan, Ansh Suri, Sneha Mahajan, Ibrahim Khan, Gulal Londe, Manish Kumar, Aadarsh Gupta, Aksh Mahajan, Samiya Singh, Riddhi Sharma, Kritika Sangotra, Shivansh Sharma, , Adhiraj Singh and Veenika Bhagat. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: National Conference on Saturday described threats to media by a BJP legislator as most disgusting and disturb- ing, saying the journalists were working in most difficult situa- tions in Jammu and Kashmir and any act of browbeating or regulating freedom of speech or to suppress the press is con- demnable. "The BJP should rein in opportunistic loose cannons, who are demonstrating most uncivil behaviour after losing the power", NC Provincial Spokesperson Madan Mantoo said while describing the threats to media by Choudhary Lal Singh as unfortunate and outrageous. Mantoo said that a threat to journalists is not only an attack on the freedom of expression but also against the people's right to be informed. "It is an attack on democra- cy", the Spokesperson said, adding that silence of the BJP and failure in taking action against the MLA will be con- strued as its endorsement to such kind of intimidation to the media fraternity. STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: J&K Ex-Services League (JKESL) paid tributes to Rifleman Aurangzeb of 4 JAKLI posted in 44 RR at Pulwama Srinagar who set an example of courage and bravery for emulation. In this connection, a meeting was organised here on Saturday. The meeting was presided over by President JKESL, Goverdhan Singh Jamwal. The participants observed two min- utes silence and paid homage to Rifleman Aurangzeb. The veterans of the State welcomed the dissolution of the government as it was not functioning as it should have in the most sensi- tive border State of the country. In fact the PDP-BJP Coalition had started with the rejection of our approved Sainik Colony at Srinagar Airport for which the pro- posal had been approved by Dr Farooq Abdullah, the then Chief Minister in the Rajya Sainik Board Meeting presided by the Governor N.N Vohra with Joint Vice Chairman, Army Commander Northern Command and finally the land was allotted by Omar Abdullah the then Chief Minister, in the Rajya Sainik Board Meeting on January 31, 2012 and yet without any reason the then Chief Minister, Mehbooba immediately turned down the proposal and there is no progress and no colony for the Veterans of the State particular- ly for Kashmir region for whom the colony was meant and approved as Jammu had a Sainik Colony. The Ex-Servicemen hoped that the BJP will take care of their chronic issues like the revival of the Sainik Vanaspati lying closed since 2004, release of six per cent vacancies to the veterans in police as in other states of the country. Maj Gen G.S Jamwal, Air Commodore Kamal Singh, Col Kulbir Singh Jamwal, Col Virinder Sahi, Col Rajinder Singh, Col SA Qureshi, Lt Col D.S Salaria, Lt Col K.S Samyal, Lt Col M.S Salaria and Capt Yudhvir Singh Chib attended the meeting. MSS dissolves district bodies STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: To reconstitute the district bodies, All Jammu and Kashmir Mahasha Sadar Sabha (MSS) on Saturday dissolved all the existing district bodies at a meeting held here. Sabha President, Dr. M.L Rao said that the Sabha will soon conduct the tour of all the districts of the State and appoint ad-hoc bodies who shall function as caretakers till the fresh elections are held within the three months. He appealed to all the people of the community to co-operate in this regard for conducting fair elections in all the districts, so that the Sabha and the new dis- trict bodies could work together for the overall socio- economic upliftment of the community. Amit Shah admits total failure of BJP Govt: Cong JKESL pays tributes to Rifleman Aurangzeb JKESL members paying tributes to Rifleman Aurangzeb. Sham flags off 6th Baba Sidh Goriya Yatra Former minister Sham Lal Sharma along with others during the Baba Sidh Goriya Yatra. Gupta slams PDP-BJP for dividing people, sowing seeds of hatred Children's summer workshop in Theatre concludes Secretary JMC Sunaina Sharma along with children during the summer workshop. Threat to journalists Rein in opportunistic loose cannons: NC tells BJP 200 teachers, masters join JKTF
Transcript of June 24, 2018 13 State Kho Kho Association celebrates...
13Sunday June 24, 2018
SPORTS REPORTERJAMMU: Hockey Poonchand Hockey Jammu andKashmir on Saturdayobserved Olympic Day byholding exhibition friendlymatches respectively at SportsStadium Poonch and KKHakku Stadium, here.
At Sports Stadium Poonch,Stadium Yellow defeatedStadium Orange 2-0.
Amandeep and Jagmeet werethe scorers who netted the ballin the 15th and 39th minuteof the match respectively.Divisional Forest Officer(DFO), Mohan Choudharywas the Chief Guest whileDySP DAR, Mohan Sharmaand DySP CID, G.RBhardwaj were Guests ofHonour. Among others specialguests were Narjeet Singh,
Narinder Singh and NirdoshKumar (Manager SportsStadium).
Among others present wereRajinder Singh Toofan, DrBhubishan Kumar, MustaqAhmed, Ravinder Singh,Tanveer Dar, Vijay Kumar,Sanjeev Sharma, SourabSharma, Matinderpal Singh,Ram Prakash, Ranveet Singh,Sunny Sharma and Vikas
Sharma.The event took place under
the technical supervision ofVijay Kumar (PEM) whilePawan Kumar Sharma coor-dinated. Meanwhile, OlympicDay was also celebrated byHockey Jammu and Kashmirat KK Hakku Stadium, here.In Sub-Junior Categorymatch in boys section, MBSSimbal Camp defeated
Bandurakh Club 2-0. In girlssection, Jammu Red out-played Jammu White. DrTaran Singh was the ChiefGuest who enlightened theplayers regarding importanceof Olympic and its motto. Alsopresent were GeneralSecretary Hockey J&K, G.SBakshi, veteran player R.PSingh and other members ofthe Hockey J&K.
Hockey Poonch, Jammu observe Olympic Day
Young hockey players posing with officials at Sports Stadium Poonch and KK Hakku Stadium Jammu.
SPORTS REPORTERJAMMU: J&K State Kho Kho Associationorganised friendly kho-kho matches as amark of celebration of the Olympic Day onSaturday.
President of the Association ManmeetSingh and Treasurer of Kho-Kho Federationof India (KKFI) B.S Tirthi told the playersregarding importance of Olympic Day and itsmotto.
The players also took oath to carry the val-ues and principle of Olympic movements withtrue spirits of sportsmanship.
Vice Chairman J&K Kho Kho Association,
CEO of JK Amateur Kabaddi Associationand Joint Secretary Amateur KabaddiFederation of India, Kuldeep Gupta alsoappreciated these type of events and insistedwith more zeal and zest.
The Secretary of the Association, HarjeetSingh expressed thanks to all the players andcoaches Ajay Gupta, Dheeraj Sharma,Deepak Thapa and Vishal for making a theday memorable.
He also congratulated Pankaj Malhotra whorecently represented India in Indo-Nepal TestMatch Series and won gold medal forCountry.
State Kho Kho Association celebrates Olympic Day
STATE TIMES NEWSBILLAWAR: Shamsher fromDina Nagar clinched SarnKesari Dangal title which wasorganised by Modern DangalCommittee Sarn under thesupervision of committeemembers at Gurah Kalyalarea of Tehsil Billawar in dis-trict Kathua, here onSaturday.
In the main bout, Shamsherdefeated Amit fromChandigarh. Shamsher wasawarded with cash prize of Rs51,000 by the Chief Guest,Rahul Basotra, Tehsildar
Ramkot in the presence ofGuests of Honour, VijayKumar Sharma SHOBillawar, Pawan Singh
lncharge Police Post Ramkotand Sanjeev Kumar NaibTehsildar Gurah Kalyal.
A total of 75 bouts wereplayed in the day-long event.
The second main bout wentto Gurjant from Amritsar, whobeat Kulbir from Jammu.Gurjant was awarded withcash prize of Rs 31,000.
Rakesh from Billawar, BeniaMin from Jammu and Vikufrom Billawar also gave out-standing performance in theevent.
All the members of theModern Dangal CommitteeSarn expressed thanks to allthe participating wrestlers andinvited dignitaries for makingthe event successful.
Shamsher from Dina Nagar wins Dangal title
Players posing with dignitaries during Olympic Day celebrations.
Chief Guest, Rahul Basotra, Tehsildar Ramkot introducing wrestlers of main bout.
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Internationalbronze medalists fromJammu and Kashmir,Rajinder Singh and PradeepKumar have been selected torepresent India in the SeventhPars Cup to be held at Iranfrom June 23 to 26, June.
Rajinder Singh and Pradeepare among the 14-memberteam which was sanctioned bySports Authority of India.The team left for Iran yester-
day.The Chief Coach of India,
Kuldeep Handoo gave bestwishes to to the Indian teamfor the championship.
The office bearers of WushuAssociation of J&K, S Owais,H.K Lohia, Vijay Saraf,Ranjeet Kalra, DeepakHanda, Sunil Sharma andSohit Sharma congratulatedboth the players and wishedbest of luck to them and theIndian team.
J&K players to represent Indiain 7th Pars Wushu Cup
Selected wushu players Rajinder Singh and Pradeep Kumar.
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Congress onSaturday said that BJP ChiefAmit Shah has candidlyadmitted total failure of hisgovernment in the State aswell Centre thus BJP's betray-al with the electorate ofJammu region, on all commit-ments, especially poll promis-es, upon which Jammu gavehuge mandate to BJP in2014.
In a brief reaction to Shah'saddress, in Jammu today,Chief Spokesperson JKPCCRavinder Sharma said thatBJP Chief's entire speech wasadmission of total failure ofBJP in the State on all frontsespecially with regard to curb-ing terrorism and ensuring thepromised special focus ondevelopmental needs ofJammu region. BJP Chiefinstead of answering to thequestions lurking in the mindsof Jammu people regardingtotal surrender of BJP andbartering the interests of peo-ple of Jammu region, for the
sake of power, was noticedcounting his party's failuresthus open betrayal with theelectorate which gave BJP amassive mandate, to representtheir aspirations.
"It was quite funny to hearfrom the national president ofthe ruling party to expresstotal helplessness in ensuringdelivery of the government inthe State despite being equalpartner, especially when it isalso ruling at the Centre", hesaid adding that it is BJP styleto remain glued to the chairfor over three and half yearswith PDP, despite such a stateof affairs of BJP in the coali-tion and now has the cheeks toshift the blame solely to PDPand escape the entire responsi-bility, under the slogan ofpatriotism, commitment ofending injustice to Jammu.His address has vindicated theopposition charge that BJPbetrayed Jammu electorateduring four years rule andtheir alliance with ideologicallyopposite PDP was unholy.
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Former MinisterSham Lal Sharma onSaturday flagged off 6thYatra for Baba Sidh GoriyaSwankha from BabaKaliveer Devsthan Kangrail,Raipur Domana.
Being organised by BabaKalu Chib, the Yatra isobserved every year in whichhundreds of devotees partic-ipate with great religiousfervour and gaiety.
Speaking on the occasion,Sham Lal said that religiousevents like this spread themessage of brotherhood andpeace. He further said thatsuch celebrations also help in
preserving rich cultural andtraditional ethos.
"It also helps in acquaint-ing our youth with their ageold culture and traditions,"he said and hoped thatdivine blessings willstrengthen the bonds ofamity and bring peace andprosperity in the State. Theformer minister, while inter-acting with the devotees,asked them to motivate theirchildren to take part in reli-gious activities as such pro-grammes will motivate themto stay away from anti-socialactivities like drugs which isspoiling the younger genera-tion.
IGNOU EntranceTest for Management
Programmes todaySTATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Indira GandhiNational Open University(IGNOU) is conductingentrance tests forManagement Programmes(OPENMAT-XLIII), onSunday, 24th June, 2018(10:00 AM to 1:00 PM). Thetest is being organised at 67examination centres includingone jail centre at Ahmedabadaccommodating 6,930 candi-dates.
Under Jammu region, thereis only one ExaminationCentre (Code:1201) for whichthe examination would be heldin the Directorate of DistanceEducation, University ofJammu, New Campus,Jammu.
"The hall-tickets havealready been uploaded on theuniversity websitewww.ignou.ac.in . The candi-dates are advised to downloadthe hall ticket by entering theirname / date of birth and reportto the examination centre.
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: About 200 mastersand teachers of various zones ofJammu district joined theJammu Kashmir TeachersForum at a function held hereon Saturday.
The function was organisedon the directions of GaneshKhajuria, State GeneralSecretary of the Forum.
The speakers highlightedtheir grievances like salariesdelinking under SSA/RMSA,benefit of 7th Pay Commission,DPC of all cadres, salary issuesof surplus masters, etc.
While speaking on the occa-sion, Khajuria stressed uponthe newly joined members ofJKTF to work with devotion forthe welfare and upliftment ofstudents' community. Heappealed to them to strengthenthe Forum at grass root level byhighlighting the achievementsmade in last 20 years for thewelfare of teaching fraternity.
Prominent new members whojoined the Forum include KapilSagotra, Asim Gupta, VikramSingh, Amzad Choudhary,Vikas Sharma, Goldy, Mithun,Mukesh Kumar, Rajkumar,Varsha, Meena, Younis,Sulekha Begum, Raju Tak,Ranjit Singh, Renuka Sharma,Raman Kohli, Vishal Anand,Jyoti Sharma and Dr DharamPal.
The newly joined memberspledge to fight for their rightsunder JKTF banner andassured full cooperation infuture. Gopal Singh, Yog RajSlathia, Soorat Singh Toofani,Rajinder Gupta, Mohd Iqbal,Ravinder singh, DarshanSharma, Narinder Chib,Kuldeep Bandral, ShamBadyal, P.D Singh, GoutamSingh Ashok Kharyal BalrajSingh, Davinder Singh, ShantiSaroop, Meera Sharma andBharat Bhushan were alsopresent.
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: NationalConference State SecretaryRattan Lal Gupta onSaturday lashed out at thePDP and the BJP for engi-neering communal divideand sowing seeds of hate inJammu and Kashmir, sayingthe unholy alliance pursuedthe path of divide and rule asper their sinister agenda.
In an interaction with partyworkers, Gupta said the twoopportunistic parties hob-nobbed with each other forlust of power and createdpolitical instability after fail-ing on deliverance front.
The present situation is themanifestation of the unholyagenda the two parties car-ried out, as a result of whichthe state is at the cross roadsof history. He said the PDPand the BJP has pushed thestate to the wall and both theparties were now sheddingcrocodile tears in a vain bid
to make themselves political-ly relevant.
"The PDP and the BJP areexposed before the people ofJammu, Kashmir andLadakh", he said and cau-tioned the maintain vigilagainst their machinations.He said the two parties wereterribly desperate after los-ing the power.
Gupta urged the Governor'sadministration to addressthe problems of the peoplewhich have accumulated dur-ing the past three and halfyear's misrule.
He said the power anddrinking water supply iserratic in the JammuDivision and the people wereat the receiving end, especial-ly during the current scorch-ing summers. He said theutility services are also in dis-array as the anti-people gov-ernment have virtually leftthe entire population in thelurch.
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: On the inauguralday of two-day concludingfunction of 20-day ChildrenSummer workshop organisedby Jammu and KashmirAcademy of Art, Culture andLanguages (JKAACL) inTheatre, Painting and Dance,a play 'Chhoti-Si-Bagawat' inHindi was staged by the par-ticipating children.
Sunaina Sharma, SecretaryMunicipal CorporationJammu was the Chief Guest.
The play was directed, con-ceived and prepared by NeerajKant, renowned and seniortheatre artist. The play wasassisted by Bhupinder SinghJamwal, choreographer andAnil Tickoo, Assistant CultureOfficer.
Earlier, Sunaina Sharmainaugurated the painting exhi-bition organised by academyprepared by the children ofpainting workshop. A total of144 children participated inthe painting workshop and 36students in the theatre.
Amarjeet Singh, renownedpainter and Shashi Bala, sen-ior visual artist were theinstructors. Sunaina Sharmasaid that academy deservesappreciation as through theregular activity of ChildrenSummer workshop a platform
to the youngsters is being pro-vided since last few decades.
She further said that tocatch them young this is theright time to strike and boostthe hidden talent of the youth.
While appreciating the per-formance of the play she saidthat the children who weretrained in two weeks displayedtheir talent in an efficient andeffective manner and theydeserve great applause. Shealso complimented the chil-dren in painting workshop forthe best part of their creatingthrough the medium of paint-ings In this welcome addressDr. Arvinder Singh Amn,Additional Secretary JKAA-CL informed that the expertsfrom the field of Dance,Painting and Music wereengaged so that the best of theyoungsters can be portrayed.
He further informed thatacademy is going to organisesuch workshops in other dis-tricts of Jammu region and onthe spot music and paintingcompetitions of the students isalso in the pipeline. The pro-ceedings of the programmewere conducted by ShivaniAnand young Hindi writerwhile vote of thanks was pre-sented by Popinder Singh,Editor Punjabi.
The children who participat-ed in the play includeGurpreet Singh, KrishnaGupta, Neeharika Dixit,Arihant Sudan, YashitaKhajuria, Siya Abrol, SunehaAttri, Sunakshi Devi, EkairraGupta, Kritarth Suri, Agam,Swaranjali Sambyal,Aadhishwar Gupta, ArpitKaila, NikshayMahajan,Trivid Mahajan, Saksham
Mahajan, Tatvagya Bhargav,Shrenya Sharma, ManasviGupta, Samiya Singh, AdityaSharma, Rajan Hatagaday,Ansh Gupta, Pragun Gupta,Suhana Sindhi, KuntaKumari, Aarti kumara,Samiya Singh, AyaanaKotwal, Aarav Raina, Prasan,Sukanya Singh,ArchesiaPathania, AradhyaAnthal, HimanshuPandita,Harshil Raina, Aarav Dixit,Saruchi Verma, Dharya SinghJamwal, Arihant Sudan,Sunakshi Devi and AgamMenia.
The children who participat-ed in the painting includeLagan Verma, Arpit Kaila,Trivid Mahajan, SakshamMahajan, Krishna Bhasin,AtulayaDogra, Devika, AryanPandita, Aaradhya Koul,Shivandika, Samrat Sharma,
Alisha Malhotra, MahimaGupta, Divyush Gupta, NidhiMajotra, Bhavesh Mahajan,Stuti Sharma, ShrenyaSharma, Ujwal Manyal,Bhakti Manyal, AradhanaManyal, Vishu Gupta, PallaviMalhotra, Samiya Singh,Lakshay Sharma, PragunGupta, Shivanshi kalsotra,Sukanya Singh, AnanyaSharma, Haryansh Gupta,Medha, Aadhishwar Gupta,Divyani Bhagat, Anika,Kislaya Upadhay, LakshyaGupta, Atharv Gupta, YogeshSharma, Siya Sharma, ArshiaJain, Jashanpreet Singh,Prabhleen kour, Atishay Jain,Ayaan Dutt, ArchesiaPathania, Aradhya Anthal,Divyanshi Jasrotia, MahikaJamwal, TarkishVerma,Anjali Pandita, Soham Jain,Himanshu Pandita, SagunGupta, Mavish Gupta,Kriyaansh, Virat Verma,Harshil Raina, Aarav Dixit,Neeharika Dixit, S. HarjotSingh Hira, Vansh Sharma,Naman Mahajan, RaghavGupta, Lakshita Gupta,Nakshtrika Gupta, HansikaaJyotshi, Radhika Gupta,Aniket Kumar Verma,Adhyan Gupta, ChhaviGupta, Agrima Raina, AaravRaina, Nandni Bhagat,Hemadri Anand, Urvika
Anand, Annanya Gupta,Harikaa Jyotshi, VibourGupta, Yaksh Sharma,SavishVerma, Manya Abrol,Aaradhya Dewan, Siya Abrol,Aryan, Aradhyaveer Singh,Atulya Sharma, ManaytaKaith, Saanvi Gandotra,Abhinandani, Harshit Gupta,Krish Pargal, Pavani,DevinaTickoo, RimJhim,Bhavik , Chatwal, Ekairra ,Sukriti Singh Jasrotia,Amrita Sharma, SuzanneAlbert, Kritarth Suri,Madhvan Bhalla,Vasundhara, BhanuPratapSingh, Jayashahta Verma,Soniya Verma, Deepika Bala,Menu Kumari, Nisha Kumari,Agam, Kevin Albert, VedaantiMahajan, Manisha Kumari,Krish Mahajan, Syna Jain,Palkin Jain, Shreyas Kalra,Agrim Kalra, Archit Kumar,Anahita Sharma, SwaranjaliSambyal, Vansh Rakwal,Sonakshi Sharma, AnirudhGupta, Agrim Sharma, SehajPreet Singh, KaushikaMahajan, Samaira Mahajan,Ansh Suri, Sneha Mahajan,Ibrahim Khan, Gulal Londe,Manish Kumar, AadarshGupta, Aksh Mahajan,Samiya Singh, RiddhiSharma, Kritika Sangotra,Shivansh Sharma, , AdhirajSingh and Veenika Bhagat.
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: National Conferenceon Saturday described threatsto media by a BJP legislator asmost disgusting and disturb-ing, saying the journalists wereworking in most difficult situa-tions in Jammu and Kashmirand any act of browbeating orregulating freedom of speechor to suppress the press is con-demnable.
"The BJP should rein inopportunistic loose cannons,who are demonstrating mostuncivil behaviour after losingthe power", NC Provincial
Spokesperson Madan Mantoosaid while describing thethreats to media by ChoudharyLal Singh as unfortunate andoutrageous. Mantoo said that athreat to journalists is not onlyan attack on the freedom ofexpression but also against thepeople's right to be informed.
"It is an attack on democra-cy", the Spokesperson said,adding that silence of the BJPand failure in taking actionagainst the MLA will be con-strued as its endorsement tosuch kind of intimidation to themedia fraternity.
STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: J&K Ex-Services League (JKESL)paid tributes to Rifleman Aurangzeb of 4JAKLI posted in 44 RR at Pulwama Srinagarwho set an example of courage and bravery foremulation.
In this connection, a meeting was organisedhere on Saturday. The meeting was presidedover by President JKESL, Goverdhan SinghJamwal. The participants observed two min-utes silence and paid homage to RiflemanAurangzeb. The veterans of the State welcomedthe dissolution of the government as it was notfunctioning as it should have in the most sensi-tive border State of the country.
In fact the PDP-BJP Coalition had startedwith the rejection of our approved SainikColony at Srinagar Airport for which the pro-posal had been approved by Dr FarooqAbdullah, the then Chief Minister in the RajyaSainik Board Meeting presided by theGovernor N.N Vohra with Joint Vice
Chairman, Army Commander NorthernCommand and finally the land was allotted byOmar Abdullah the then Chief Minister, in theRajya Sainik Board Meeting on January 31,2012 and yet without any reason the then ChiefMinister, Mehbooba immediately turned downthe proposal and there is no progress and nocolony for the Veterans of the State particular-ly for Kashmir region for whom the colony wasmeant and approved as Jammu had a SainikColony.
The Ex-Servicemen hoped that the BJP willtake care of their chronic issues like the revivalof the Sainik Vanaspati lying closed since 2004,release of six per cent vacancies to the veteransin police as in other states of the country.
Maj Gen G.S Jamwal, Air CommodoreKamal Singh, Col Kulbir Singh Jamwal, ColVirinder Sahi, Col Rajinder Singh, Col SAQureshi, Lt Col D.S Salaria, Lt Col K.SSamyal, Lt Col M.S Salaria and Capt YudhvirSingh Chib attended the meeting.
MSS dissolves district bodies STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: To reconstitute thedistrict bodies, All Jammuand Kashmir MahashaSadar Sabha (MSS) onSaturday dissolved all theexisting district bodies at ameeting held here.
Sabha President, Dr. M.LRao said that the Sabha willsoon conduct the tour of allthe districts of the State andappoint ad-hoc bodies whoshall function as caretakerstill the fresh elections areheld within the threemonths. He appealed to allthe people of the communityto co-operate in this regardfor conducting fair electionsin all the districts, so thatthe Sabha and the new dis-trict bodies could worktogether for the overall socio-economic upliftment of thecommunity.
Amit Shah admits total failure of BJP Govt: Cong
JKESL pays tributes to Rifleman Aurangzeb
JKESL members paying tributes to Rifleman Aurangzeb.
Sham flags off 6th Baba Sidh Goriya Yatra
Former minister Sham Lal Sharma along with others during the Baba Sidh Goriya Yatra.
Gupta slams PDP-BJP for dividing people, sowing seeds of hatred
Children's summer workshop in Theatre concludes
Secretary JMC Sunaina Sharma along with children during the summer workshop.
Threat to journalists
Rein in opportunistic loose cannons: NC tells BJP
200 teachers, masters join JKTF
