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Excelsior Correspondent

LEH, Aug 25: EDP forPMEGP programme conductedby SBI Rural Self EmploymentTraining Institute (SBI-RSETI),Leh concluded today at its

premises.A large number of candi-

dates from different areas of Lehparticipated in the programme.On this occasion, a small butimpressive function was organ-ized in which certificates of par-ticipation were distributed byDirector, SBI-RSETI, Leh,Yangchan Dolma.

Madam Dolma also assuredthem that every possiblehelp/guidance will be extendedto them for addressing the diffi-

culties faced by them in start-ing/running their business ven-tures. A representative fromKVIB was also present on theoccasion who interacted withthe candidates.

Dolma maintained that manymore training programmeswould be conducted by RSETIdepending upon local require-ments. She said SBI RSETIwhich is aimed at skill buildingof prospective small entrepre-neurs/borrowers specially forrural youth, is unique as it isintensive short term residentialself employment training pro-gramme with free food andaccommodation designed espe-cially for unemployed youth.

Gupta kick starts construction work Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Aug 25:Minister of State for Financeand Information Technology,

Pawan Kumar Gupta today vis-ited some areas of Udhampurtown and kick started construc-tion work of lanes.

On occasion, the Minister

gave necessary instructions tothe concerned department togear up its men and machineryand complete the project withinstipulated time frame. He said

Government hasresolved to createdurable assets in theState.

Mr. Gupta assured thepeople for the redressalof their other genuinedevelopment relatedproblems. He said thatevery possible stepwould be taken for miti-gating their demands in aphased manner. He fur-ther added that theGovernment is commit-ted to provide allimproved basic facilitiesto the people at theirdoorsteps.

Among others,Engineers of the concerneddepartment, senior officers,prominent citizens and people inlarge number were also presenton the occasion.


WEST BENGAL, Aug 25:Babul Supriyo, Minister ofState for Urban Developmentand Housing & Urban PovertyAlleviation, Government ofIndia, today said that the ESICorporation was committed towork for the welfare of workers.

He was addressing the gath-ering during the foundationstone laying ceremony forextension of ESI Hospital,Asansol, West Bengal.

In order to provide socialsecurity benefits and for provid-ing the best medical services tothe insured persons and theirfamilies of Asansol area, theESI Corporation decided toextend this existing 100 beddedESI Hospital to 150 beddedHospital.

After extension, thisHospital will have all the mod-ern amenities and equipped withstate of the art equipments. Itwill be a multi-speciality hospi-tal which provides indoor, out-door, emergency and diagnosticservices to the ESI beneficiar-ies. The construction cost forextension of the Hospital will beRs 50 crore.

Babul Supriyo laid the foun-dation stone in the presence ofChinmay Bose, Regional

Director, ESIC, Kolkata, Dr MN Roy, Sr State MedicalCommissioner Incharge, WestBengal and A Majumdar, JtDirector Incharge, Sub-Regional Office, ESIC,Durgapur.

Pertinent to mention that theEmployees' State InsuranceCorporation is a pioneer SocialSecurity organization providingcomprehensive social securitybenefits like complete MedicalCare and a range of CashBenefits in times of need suchas employment injury, sickness,death etc. The ESI Act appliesto premises/precincts where 10or more persons are employed.The employees drawing wagesup to Rs 15,000/- a month areentitled to Health insurancecover and other benefits, underthe ESI Act. The Act nowapplies to over 7.23 lakh facto-ries and establishments acrossthe country, benefiting about2.03 crores family units ofworkers. As of now, the totalbeneficiary population of ESIScheme stands over 7.89 crores.Ever since its inception in 1952,the ESI Corporation has, so far,set up 151 Hospitals, 1418/140Dispensaries / ISM Units, 812Branch/Pay Offices and 61Regional & Sub-Regional/Divisional Offices.

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NSF seeks adjustment of DDEstudents in regular departments


JAMMU, Aug 25: TheNational Secular Forum (NSF)has castigated the authorities ofJammu University (JU) for play-ing with the future of students whoare enrolled in PG courses inEconomics and Political Scienceat Directorate of DistanceEducation.

Addressing a press conferencehere, district president RishikeshRana, condemned the JU authori-tative stand of closing PG coursesof Economics and PoliticalScience in the mid-session leavingthe students in utter dismay. "Thestudents have completed first andsecond semester studies and theywere about to take admission inthird semester when order of clo-sure was issued by the Varsity

authorities," he said."It is the criminal negligence

and ignorance on the part ofUniversity authorities particularlyCoordinator of both the courses”.Who failed to prepare study mate-rial of the their respective coursesand also to fulfill the criteria ofUniversity Grants Commission(UGC), he elaborated.

The NSF demanded actionagainst the erring CourseCoordinators and adjustment ofthe students in the regular depart-ments of the University so thatinnocent won't suffer. The stu-dents' body also sought interven-tion of Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor into the matter to safe-guard the interests of the studentcommunity who are suffering dueto negligence and incompetenceon the part of University officials.

Panasonic launches its premium smartphone


JAMMU, Aug 25: PanasonicIndia today launched its premiumsmartphone, Eluga Switch, bring-ing the best in Japanese industry,technology and userexperience to theIndian consumer.

The Eluga Switchhas been engineered asa leader in its classwith a 5.5-inch fullHD reversible display,which orients the dis-play to face the user,even when held upsidedown.

The 4G/LTE network enableddevice boasts unparalleled pro-cessing power with a Qualcomm1.5GHz Octa Core Snapdragon610 Processor, enabling fluidmulti-tasking between apps. Thecrystal clear 13 MP rear camera iscomplimented by an 8 MP front-facing camera with a 84 degreewide viewing angle to capture sin-gle groupie shots. The 5.5-inchFHD screen possesses an assertivedisplay with contrast and lightadjusting sensors that operate inreal time to provide a comfortableviewing experience. With audiotechnology unprecedented in asmartphone, the Switch featuresJBL powered 1.2W dual frontspeakers topped off by Hi-Fisound quality. The high-end soft-ware is packaged in a 7.5mm

super sleek gun metal gray metal-lic frame, weighing a mere 141gm.

The Switch features animpressive 2 GB RAM with 32GB internal memory, supported by

a 2910 mAh Li-ionbattery.

The invertible userinterface orients itselfat any angle at whichthe device is turned, asthe dual front speakersand mic enable a userto answer calls upsidedown. The Fit Homeinterface offers singlet h u m b - o p e r a t i o n

access to apps, with various gesturebased features such as smart awake- double tap to wake-up the screen.

The full HD display offerssuperb rendering with ColourEnhance optimization technology,which presents realistic skin tonesand natural pigments.

Sharing his thoughts, PankajRana, Business Head, MobilityDivision, Panasonic India, said,"The Eluga Switch does exactlywhat it was imagined to do, offertwo vertical screen orientations inone handheld device. A user caneffortlessly 'switch' between anupright and inverted smartphone.The switch is the epitome of con-sumer preferences, designed bykeeping into consideration exten-sive customer feedback and experttechnology."

Union Minister Babul Supriyo addressing gathering duringfoundation stone laying ceremony for extension of ESI Hospital,Asansol, WB on Tuesday.

Foundation stone laid forextension of ESI Hospital

Jugal seeks youth participationin nation building


JAMMU, Aug 25: BJP StatePresident & Member ofParliament Jugal KishoreSharma along with MLASamba, Dr Davinder Manyalparticipated at YouthParliamentary function organ-ized by Jawahar NavodyaVidyalaya School Samba.

The Member of Parliamentand MLA Samba were wel-comed by Principal SukhrajKour and administrative staff ofschool.

Speaking at the YouthParliamentary function, JugalKishore Sharma stressed uponthe role of youth in nation build-ing and to strengthen the secularcredentials of India. "Youth ofcountry is a driving force andthey should have strong follow-er of those secular credentialsand also to spread secular phi-losophy among masses so as tofurther strengthen the mission ofPM Narendra Modi to makeIndia a great and world destina-

tion", he emphasized.He mentioned that India has

largest number of youth in theworld and there is dire need tochannelize the energy in direc-tion of development and nationbuilding. He asked the youth ofthe Jammu and Kashmir to par-ticipate in nation buildingprocess and make use of variousyouth friendly initiatives andschemes of NDA led CentralGovernment and BJP-PDPCoalition Government in theState.

He emphasized over intro-duction of job oriented coursesin all educational institutionsalong with extra-curricularactivities. MP Sharma praisedall the students of the school andon the occasion sanctioned Rs 5from his MPLAD fund for thedevelopment of school.

BJP District presidentKashmira Singh, Jangbir SinghChiku, Narsingh Dayal, Ankush,Sonal and others were alsoaccompanied Jugal KishoreSharma.

Nimbhorkar felicitates ‘Veer Naris’Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 25: ArmyWives Welfare Association(AWWA), Nagrota celebrated its49th anniversary today. A weeklong activities, finally culminat-ing to a family meetorganised in Nagrotagarrison wherein allthe families of theserving Soldiers ofWhite Knight Corps,Stationed at Nagrota,attended with fullZeal & enthusiasm .

The AWWA daycelebrations spreadover the week weremarked by lectures ondifferent subjects,competitions involv-ing all groups, planta-tion drive and othersuch activities. Today, during thefamily meet Sheela Nimbhorkar,Zonal President, AWWA, WhiteKnight Corps inaugurated thefunction with "Deep-Prajwalan"amid applaud by happy families

of Nagrota garrison. In her message to the mem-

bers of AWWA - one of thelargest registered NGO of thecountry, Mrs Nimbhorkarexhorted the fraternity to look atthe positive side of every aspect

and touched upon the beauty ofdiversity of the nation. She elab-orated as how to know eachother as AWWA members andmake friends among people fromall over the country is somethingwe all should be proud of.

The Zonal President,AWWA, White Knight Corpsfelicitated Veer Naris during thefunction and other selectedladies for their outstanding con-tribution to the organisation.During the function, a lecture onpension, financial and other ben-efits to Next Of Kin of deceasedsoldiers was also given whichwas appreciated by all present. Adocumentary on the theme ofchild abuse was also screenedwith the aim to spread awarenessamongst all on this sensitiveissue prevailing in the society.During the function children ofserving soldiers presented adance programme which wasapplauded by all the audiences.The function was concludedover tea with all the AWWAmembers of the NagrotaGarrison.

DGP tells officers to restrict tobaccoadvertisements at point of sale


SRINAGAR, Aug 25: DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP) KRajendra Kumar today directed alldistrict police heads to restricttobacco advertisements at the pointof sales (POS) across the State.

In an order issued here, theDGP directed all district policechiefs to implement the rules relat-ed to section 5 of COTPA (restric-tion of tobacco advertisements atpoint of sale), an official said here.

The copy of the order has alsobeen marked to all IGPs includingDirector Police Academy, all DIGsand other senior police officers, hesaid.

"The order issued by the DGPhas asked all district heads to col-late the violations for strengtheninginstitutionalization of the mecha-nism and to forward the details onmonthly basis to theSuperintendents of Police of theDistricts," the official said.

"It has also been emphasized

that violation of COTPA 2003should be incorporated as one ofthe agenda items in the monthlycrime review meetings at the dis-trict level," the order issued by theDGP further said.

The move initiated by thepolice is aimed at strengthening thepublic health measure at the districtand sub-district level, the officialsaid, adding: "Importantly,COTPAAct 2003 says that the sizeof the board used for the advertise-ment of cigarettes and any othertobacco products displayed at theentrance of a warehouse or a shopwhere cigarettes or any othertobacco product is offered for saleshall not exceed sixty centimetersby forty-five centimeters."

Meanwhile, the order issued bythe police has been appreciated byJ&K Voluntary HealthAssociation, VHAI and membersof civil society in the state andtermed it a people friendly meas-ure.

Establishment of Tribal Research InstituteZulfkar discusses

modalities with academicians Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Aug 25:Minister for CA&PD and TribalAffairs, Choudhary Zulfkar Alitoday convened a meeting withRegistrars of various universi-ties to workout modalities forestablishment of TribalResearch Institute (TRI) inState.

The meeting dwelt in detailon various aspects for establish-ment of the institute, its finan-cial implications and proposedfaculties etc.

Addressing the meeting,Zulfkar said the move is aimedat studying Tribal Culture, lan-guages holistically and toexplore the possibilities for bet-ter economic growth of the trib-al communities.

"Tribal Research Institutewould study all aspects of tribalsholistically so that quality inter-vention and sustainable devel-opment is ensured through dif-ferent Government initiatives'',the Minister added.

Elaborating the features ofthe institute, the Minister saidcreation of TRI would play asignificant role in the researchon tribal issues besides synergiz-ing the efforts and activities ofvarious departments and organi-zations on the subject of tribalaffairs. He said the studies con-ducted by the institute would goa long way in guiding the policymakers while formulating any

programs for the welfare of thisunderprivileged section of thesociety.

Seeking Detailed ProjectReport (DPR) from all the uni-versities participating in the dis-cussion, the Minister said focusshould be on intensive study ofeducation, health, elimination ofmalnutrition, and generation ofawareness by organizing work-shops, training programmes toensure inclusive development atall levels

Zulfkar said that althoughseveral initiatives have beentaken at different levels for over-all emancipation and welfare ofthe community but need of thehour is to put extra efforts inimplementation to plug anydiversion so that only deservingget benefitted. He said require-ments and development needs oftribals living in different areasvary and conduction of such aresearch will help in deliveringas per their requirements.

Earlier, Registrars of differ-ent universities gave powerpoint presentation about theirpreparation for establishment ofTribal Research Institute.

Commissioner SecretaryTribal Affairs, Secretary TribalAffairs, Director Tribal Affairs,Registrar Kashmir University,Registrar Jammu University,Registrar Islamic University andother officers of concerneddepartments attended the meet-ing.

Minister of State for Finance,Pawan Kumar Gupta kick starting con-struction work at Udhampur onTuesday.

Ganga reviews progress ofindustrial sector in Leh


LEH, Aug 25: Minister forIndustries and Commerce,Chander Parkash Ganga todayreviewed the functioning ofindustrial units and alliedGovernment departments in Lehdistrict.

Minister for Cooperative,Chering Dorjey, officers andentrepreneurs of small industrialunits were also present in themeeting.

Speaking on the occasion,the Minister said that CoalitionGovernment is giving specialattention to industrial sector andis in the process of bringing anew industrial policy very short-ly. He said all issues withrespect to improving the facili-ties for setting up of industry inLeh will be addressed on priori-ty.

Minister for Cooperative,Chering Dorjey said that due toinadequate supply of electricity,establishment of industrial unitssuffered in Leh. He said now thesituation has vastly improvedand it is expected that the indus-trial units will grow more.

Earlier, the Industries andCommerce Minister along withthe concerned officers visitedindustrial Estate Phyang,Oxygen Plant at Phyang, KangriFloor Mill at Chushot and officeof Manager SICOP at Leh.

Later, the Minister held ameeting with Yoga Guru BabaRamdev here and urged him toestablish Patanjali industry inthe State.

Mr Ganga said that estab-lishment of industry will benefitthe people of the State as besidesproviding the Ayurvedic medi-cines and food items to them, it

can boost the economy of thepeople also as they can producethe raw material and sell it to theindustry.

Baba Ram Dev while accept-ing the suggestion said the deci-sion can boost the economy oflocal farmers as the State due toits climatic conditions has a lotof potential in producing the rawmaterial for the industry.

Baba Ramdev said that he isearnestly looking for the estab-lishment of industry andGovernment should take earlydecision regarding allotment ofland for the same. He said thisdecision will also provideemployment to a large numberof youth in the State.

Meanwhile, CEC, LAHDC,Leh Rigzin Spalbar today held abrief meeting with the Ministerfor Industries and discussed theissues related to industries in thedistrict.

During the meeting, CECstressed on the need to providepower, water, road and fencingfacilities for setting up of indus-tries on the lands already allot-ted to selected candidates whichis lying waste in absence ofthese facilities.

Emphasising on job creationand sustainable development inthe region, Spalbar pointed outthe need to engage youths inentrepreneurship consideringthe availability of rich resourcesand the need to do value addi-tion of the existing raw prod-ucts. For this, CEC urged theMinister to increase incentive,interest subsidy and to set a timeframe for the banks to pay loanwhich is one of the biggest hur-dle for the youths to start withtheir job.

Estates employeessuspend strike


JAMMU, Aug 25: TheEstates employees who were onstrike for the last one week,today suspended their agitationon the assurance of the DirectorEstates, J&K today.

A spokesman of theCoordination Committee ofEstates Employees Unions saidthat employees' ongoing strikewas today suspended as theDirector Estates, directed bothDy Director Estates JammuSatish Sharma and ExecutiveEngineer Estates, JammuProvince, Rajesh Abrol to holdnegotiations with the Unionleaders. On this assurance, theagitation has been suspended.

Peaks Auto announces luckywinner of ‘Alto Jeeto’ contest Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Aug 25: PeaksAuto Private Limited(Authorised Maruti Dealership),Kaluchak, Jammu announced itslucky draw winner of Gaadi

Khareedo Alto Jeeto contest. Romesh Chander Sharma, a

resident of Channi Kartholi,Sarore, won “Bumper Prize”Alto 800. He had purchasedWagon-R VXI in the month ofMarch 2014 under the ‘AltoJeeto scratch card contest’.

JD Singh (vice president,Peaks Auto) handed over the

keys to the customer in deliveryceremony held on August 24 inthe presence senior DGMs —Kulvir Kotwal, Vikram Mehtaand Rajiv Vats, and GowherAslam (SM) and Veena Goel(CCM).

JD Singh, vice-president ofPeaks Auto Private Ltd, whilespeaking on the occasionassured best possible service tothe users of Maruti SuzukiProducts.

The delivery ceremony ofBumper Prize “Alto 800” wasfollowed by photographs cere-mony and distribution of gifts tothe guests.

Vice-president, Peaks Auto, handing over keys to the winnerof ‘Gaadi Khareedo Alto Jeeto’ contest at Kaluchak in Jammu.

Rajesh Gupta inauguratesSulabh toilet


JAMMU, Aug 25: MLAJammu East Rajesh Gupta inaugu-rated the Sulabh Sochalya atQasim Nagar, Ward No. 19 today.The estimated cost of the project is15 lakhs and is projected to be

completed in a record time. Inauguration of Sulabh

Sochalya forms a part of SwachhBharat Abhiyan of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and is also in tunewith the philosophy of "DevalyaNahi Sochalya".

MLA Rajesh Gupta whilespeaking on the occasion said thatclean India is a project that is veryclose to the heart of the PrimeMinister and is one of his pet proj-ect. He also said that in our scrip-ture we find mention of the factthat "cleanliness is next toGodliness"".

MLA Rajesh Gupta was

accompanied by MunicipalCommissioner Soujanya Sharma.Ever since MLARajesh Gupta hastaken charge of his Constituency,there is a visible change on theground in terms of developmentand beautification of the area.

Many important Bazaars in theConstituency have been declaredas heritage Bazaars. Lot of addi-tional facilities have been provid-ed by way of installation of elec-tric transformers, water coolers, upgradations of lanes- drains andothers.

The prominent who accompa-nied MLA Rajesh Gupta areSubedar Gurucharan Singh,Surinder Anand, Shiv Kumar,Gulshan Mahajan, RameshSharma, Ashwani, Rajesh, KaranSingh, Amit, Raj Kumar, HariOm, Kuldeep, Balraj, GobindSareen, Girdhari Lal.

MLA Jammu East Rajesh Gupta inaugurating Sulabh toiletcomplex at Ward 19 on Tuesday.

Mudgal lays stress on jointefforts for holistic development


BARAMULLA, Aug 25:Stressing for a team based effortfor the cause of sustainable devel-opment and good governance,Deputy CommissionerBaramulla, Yasha Mudgal today

chaired a meeting of officers.Additional DeputyCommissioner, Joint DirectorPlanning and all District andSectoral Officers were present.

The Deputy Commisionertook a comprehensive account ofthe functioning and constitutionof the different departments in thedistrict. The Dy.Commissionerstressed for joint working mecha-nism and a positive approachfrom various sectors. She said,"education, sports, health, con-

nectivity and other essential facil-ities must be the main motive ofthe administration." Sheimpressed upon the officers forcreating positive atmosphere andhealthy interactive way of work-ing.

The DC asked officers to keepup with the hopes and demands ofthe people and improve on theiraccountability perspective.

Additional DeputyCommissioner, meanwhile,briefed the Dy. Commissionerabout the profile of the district.He informed the Dy.Commissioner that being one ofthe largest districts, Baramullaconsists of four sub divisions, 16Tehsils, 26 CD Blocks, 40Naibats and 523 Revenue vil-lages.

Deputy Commissioner, Yasha Mudgal chairing officers meet-ing at Baramulla on Tuesday.

Sheela Nimbhorkar felicitating a ‘VeerNari’ in Jammu on Tuesday.

EDP for PMEGP program concludes

Participants of PMEGP programme posing with certificatesat SBI-RSETI, Leh on Tuesday.

JKEEGA seeks audience withPrincipal Secy PDD


JAMMU, Aug 25: J&KElectrical Engineering Graduates'Association (JKEEGA) hasaccused the Principal Secretary toGovernment, Power DevelopmentDepartment, for not sparing sometime for a meeting with the associ-ation, which time and againapproached the officer.

The association said that it isvery unfortunate on the part of theadministration which seems to beleast concerned about theimprovements to be made in thedepartment and the problemsfaced by the engineers in the pres-ent scenario accordingly.

In a reminder letter submittedto Principal Secretary, the associa-tion said that instead of solving thegenuine matter of engineering fra-ternity like non-regularization ofengineers and maintaining seniorlists, the administrative depart-ment is busy in makingtransfers/postings of engineers andthat too prematurely withoutadhering to the standingGovernment's transfer policy.

The association further saidthat Department is turning blindeyes towards officersposted/deputed to other depart-ments even when posts are lyingvacant in the PDD itself. "Now-a-days a new trend has been set upby the Administrative Departmentwhere officers are promoted on incharge basis but are not postedafter the lapse of six months oreven one year. If this is the sce-nario of planning from our topbrass then what they can expectfrom their subordinates", it added.

It further alleged that due todelayed decisions and scarcity offield staff, the power network sys-tem has deteriorated to such anextent that electrical accidentshave become a routine matter andengineers are made scapegoatswhere they are kept at the mercyof the civil administration andgeneral public.

The association urged the offi-cer to spare some time for an earlymeeting so that various pendingissues may be discussed andredressed as early as possible.

Villager's dead body recovered Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Aug 25: Mystery shrouds the death of a 50-year-old villager, whose dead body was recovered from the forest areanear his house in Nowshera area today.

The police identified the deceased as Wali Mohd, son of AbdulAziz, resident of Baruti village. He went missing since Mondayand the family members were searching for him. Today his deadbody was recovered under mysterious circumstances from thenearby forest.

The police party when came to know about the matter, rushedto the spot and shifted it to SDH Nowshera for postmortem. Thepolice registered a case and started investigation. The police saidthat possibility of murder can not be ruled out.

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