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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.
