August 15: On the occasion of 76th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hoisted the national flag and delivered the customary address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi.
Prior to that, he inspected the Guard of Honour which was positioned directly in front of the National Flag across the moat below the ramparts.
The GoC Delhi area conducted the Prime Minister to the Saluting Base where a combined inter-services and police guards presented the general salute to him, following which PM Modi inspected the Guard of Honour.
On his arrival in the Red Fort, the Prime Minister was received by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt and Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar.
Later, a combined Inter-Services and Delhi Police Guard presented a general salute to the Prime Minister. Thereafter, PM Modi inspected the Guard of Honour.
Meanwhile, people are enthusiastically taking part in the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
The ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign commenced on Saturday and will run till Monday.
The programme envisages inspiring Indians everywhere to hoist the national flag at their homes. The aim of the programme is to make the relationship with the national flag a more personal one rather than just keeping it formal or institutional, said the Union Ministry of Culture.
Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of independence and the glorious history of India’s people, culture and achievements.
This Mahotsav is dedicated to the people of India who have not only been instrumental in bringing India thus far in its evolutionary journey but also hold within them the power and potential to enable Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of activating India 2.0, fuelled by the spirit of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
The official journey of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav commenced on March 12, 2021, which started a 75-week countdown to our 76th anniversary of independence. (Agencies)
PM Modi inspects Guard of Honour, hoists national flag at Red Fort
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hoists national flag at his residence
With the nation echoing with zeal and enthusiasm on the 76th Independence Day, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hoisted the tricolour at his residence in the national capital on Monday.
“Unfurled the National Flag at my residence on the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence,” tweeted Singh. Earlier Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the customary address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi after hoisting the national flag.
Prior to that, he inspected the Guard of Honour which was positioned directly in front of the National Flag across the moat below the ramparts.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the government has created a foolproof security apparatus to ensure that no anti-India element can cast an evil eye on the sovereignty, unity and integrity of the country.
Rajnath Singh unveiled the statue of renowned Marwari warrior Veer Durgadas Rathore in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
He asserted that the Government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi accords top priority to the safety and security of the people of India and assured the nation that a befitting reply would be given to anyone who tries to disturb peace and harmony in the country.
He stated that the Armed Forces are being equipped with the latest weapons/platforms, adding that they are ready to deal with all future threats and safeguard national interests.
The Raksha Mantri underlined the importance of achieving self-reliance in defence production to build a strong military and said that the Ministry of Defence has undertaken a number of reforms to manufacture indigenous weapons/platforms for the Armed Forces under the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
He listed some of the reforms, including earmarking 68 per cent of the capital procurement budget for the domestic industry in 2022-23 and allocating 25 per cent of the domestic capital procurement budget for private industry.
The Defence Minister added that due to the measures taken by the Government in the last few years, India has leapfrogged to find a place among the top 25 defence exporters of the world.
“By the end of this decade, India will not only make defence equipment for itself but also fulfil the needs of friendly foreign countries. ‘Make in India, Make for the World’s’ is the new mantra of our Department of Defence Production.
Our resolve is to make India a net exporter of defence equipment in the times to come,” he said.
The Raksha Mantri paid glowing tribute to Veer Durgadas Rathore on the occasion, terming him as the symbol of social harmony, honesty, bravery and devotion.
He stated that people, irrespective of caste or religion, should take inspiration from Veer Durgadas Rathore, who strived for peace and harmony against divisive elements in society.
Jammu-Srinagar National highway blocked
Aug 15: The Jammu-Srinagar National highway has been closed for vehicular traffic due to shooting stones and landslides at Ramban, officials said on Monday.
“Jammu-Srinagar (NH-44) blocked at Cafeteria, Mehar, Ramban due to mudslide and shooting stones. Also SSG road blocked at Drass due to cloud brust. However, Mughal road through for vehicular movement,” Jammu and Kashmir Traffic police said.
The highway is the lifeline of the Kashmir and the main road link connecting valley with the rest of the country.
Kashmir bound trucks laden with essential supplies and other vehicles pass through the highway and fruit carrying trucks from the valley head for rest of the country through this road.
J&K Police’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign gets overwhelming response across UT
Officers and personnel of J&K Police led by DGP Dilbag Singh on Sunday morning participated in Tiranga Walkathon in Srinagar. Hundreds of Kashmiri civilians also joined the programme.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha was the chief guest on the occasion. The Walkathon started from Lalit Ghat, Dal Lake, and culminated at Botanical Gardens.
Meanwhile, the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign organized by Jammu and Kashmir Police across the union territory is witnessing an overwhelming response from people.
Har Ghar Tiranga programmes were organized by District Police Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, Budgam, RPHQ-Baramulla, Awantipora, Kupwara, Samba, Reasi, Sopore, IRP 3rd Bn. IRP 12th Bn Samba and IRP 5th Bn.
Around 3000 police personnel, employees of various departments, members of civil society, and school students participated in the rally at Rajouri.
The rally received wide applause from the general public. DIG R-P Range Dr. Haseeb Mughal, DC Rajouri Vikas Kundal, SSP Rajouri Mohammad Aslam, ADDC Rajouri, ASP Rajouri, and other senior officers of Police, CAPFs, and civil administration also participated in the rally.
In Doda, a joint mega rally was organized from Sports Stadium to Old Bus Stand in which civil administration, district Police, IRP-5th Bn Doda, Police Band DPL Doda, CRPF-33 Bn, SSB-7th Bn, NCC Cadets, Home Guards, and nearly 1000 students of various schools of Doda participated. Tiranga rallies were also organised at Bhaderwah, Thathri, Gandoh, Assar Kastighar, Bhalla, and Goha.
Led by SSP Poonch, Rohit Baskotra, District Police Poonch organized a Tiranga Rally from DPL Poonch and covered the whole of Poonch town.
Rallies and cultural events were also organised at Baramulla, Awantipura, Budgam, and other places in Kashmir.
Courtesy : The Statesman
World’s highest Chenab railway bridge inaugurated today
August 13: The golden joint of the world’s highest Chenab railway bridge was inaugurated on Saturday.
For the first time ever since independence, Srinagar will be linked to the rest of India after the overarch deck on the world’s highest single-arch railway bridge over Chenab River will be launched.
From the two ends of the Chenab River valley, the bridge superstructure on the arch was being gradually pushed, and it will eventually connect at the Center of the arch.
Sanjay Gupta, Chairman and MD, Konkan Railway said, “This has been a long journey. The term ‘Golden Joint’ was coined by civil engineers… It’s the world’s highest railway bridge.”
Chenab Bridge was a famous bridge with intricate engineering that had to overcome several challenges. The geology, the harsh terrain, and the hostile environment were just a few of the challenges that the engineers and railway officials had to overcome to get to this point.
“We can confidently state that the bridge would be roughly 98 per cent complete after the golden joint is finished,” said Giridhar Rajagopalan, Deputy Managing Director of Afcons.
“When we completed the arch closure project last year, we felt a great sense of relief about our ability to complete the project accurately so that there was no mismatch. And that gave us a great deal of confidence to easily handle the project’s balance portion. We are excitedly anticipating the upcoming golden joint milestone with NR and KRCL,” Giridhar continued.
The world’s highest railway bridge is now being built, and when it is finished, it will be 35 meters higher than the Eiffel Tower.
Afcons is building 16 additional railway bridges for Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) in the dangerous terrain of Jammu and Kashmir in addition to the Chenab Bridge. All the bridges are part of the Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project.
Afcons recently finished the main deck slab concreting of a bridge that is even higher than the Qutub Minar as part of the 16 KRCL bridges project. In under 70 days, four levels of concreting totalling over 1,550 cum were completed.
The entire event took place in Jammu and Kashmir’s steep Sangaldan at a height of more than 90 meters above the surrounding countryside. (AGENCIES)
Full dress rehearsal for Independence Day held with verve & patriotic spirit in Rajouri
ADDC unfurls Tricolour; urges public to ensure maximum participation to make the occasion a grand & successful event
Rajouri, August13: Full dress rehearsal was held on saturday ahead of Independence Day celebrations in Rajouri.
The event was held under the overall supervision of the Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal at District Police Line Rajouri where Additional District Development Commissioner, Pawan Kumar hoisted the National Flag and took salute from the contingents.
The contingents including Police band, CRPF, IRP, JKP, FPF, NCC school squads took part in the parade.The ADDC inspected the parade and observed the band drill,contingents March Past and expressed satisfaction over the arrangements made by various departments for smooth celebrations of I-Day.
In his address, ADDC highlighted the various achievements registered by different departments in the district during the current financial year.
He also called upon the people to maintain peace and communal harmony to facilitate all-round development of the district.
He also appealed to the public to celebrate Har Ghar Tiranga campaign with patriotic spirit by hoisting tricolour on their houses.
ADDC also expressed condolence on the death of the Jawans who died in Darhal encounter with militants
ADC Rajouri,Sh.Sachin Dev singh ASP, Vivek Shekhar; ACR Imran Rashid Kataria,PO IWMP Sheraz Chauhan,DSEO Sandeep Sharma,DySp Headquater Vinod Sharma,Dr Majid CAHO, Dr Alam Dar ,AD Planning Mohd Rafi,CDPO Naseer,Nitu sharma Administrator OSC & other senior officer of civil and police Administration were also present on the ocassion.
CUET-UG phase 4 postponed for 11K candidates to accommodate choice city for exam centre
Aug 13: The CUET-UG for more than 11,000 candidates who were scheduled to appear in the fourth phases has been deferred to August 30 to accommodate their choice of city for exam centre, officials said Saturday.
The fourth phase of the Central Universities Entrance Test-Undergraduate was scheduled from August 17-20 and a total of 3.72 lakh candidates were set to appear.
The National testing Agency (NTA), which is responsible for conducting the exam, had announced earlier all phases of the exam will conclude on August 28.
“The exam for over 11,000 out of 3.72 lakh candidates has been postponed to August 30 accommodate their choice of city for exam centre. NTA has increased the capacity at centres and also added more exam centres besides making efforts to ensure that the quality of the centres is enhanced,” UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said.
“It has also been decided to station additional technical manpower by deploying the facility of Associate Professor level as technical observor at every centre to ensure smooth conduct of examination,” he added.
The second phase of Common University Entrance Test (CUET) was marred with glitches prompting the agency to cancel exams at various centres.
Kumar had last week said the exam was cancelled at various centres following indications and reports of “sabotage”. (AGENCIES)
Dozens join Apni Party from Chinta, Bhaderwah
Apni Party committed for equitable development: Vikram Rathore
DODA, AUGUST 12, 2022: Dozens of people have joined the Apni Party in Bhaderwah’s Chinta area.
The joining programme was organised by Apni Party Legal Cell Vikram Rathore in Sarol Bagh, Naska in Chinta, and Panwara in Manthala area of Bhaderwah tehsil in Doda district in which dozens of people joined the Party and expressed their faith in the leadership of Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari.
While welcoming the new entrants into the Party fold, Rathore said that the Apni Party is committed to the development of the society without discrmination and equitable development of all the regions.
He said that “More and more people are joining the Apni Party due to the policy and agenda of the Party which propagates development, employment and equality.”
He said that the Apni Party is committed to improve the living standard of the people and provide equal developmental opportunities in the rural and far-flung areas. He also raised issues of growing unemployment despite having opportunities in hydro electric projects to provide employment to the skilled and unskilled youth.
Dry weather with partly cloudy sky likely in J&K
Aug 13: Weather remained cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours as the Met Office said on Saturday that dry weather with partly cloudy sky is likely for the next 24 hours.
Srinagar recorded 18.9, Pahalgam 12.2 and Gulmarg 11 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Saturday.
Drass in Ladakh had 9.2 and Leh 12 as the minimum temperature.
Jammu had 26.7, Katra 23.9, ABatote A17.4, Banihal 16.2 and Bhaderwah 15.9 as the minimum temperature.
PM Modi calls Tiranga Shikara rally at Dal Lake wonderful collective effort
Aug 13: rime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called the Tiranga Shikara rally at the Dal Lake in Srinagar a “Wonderful collective effort”.
On Friday, the Youth Services and Sports Department of Jammu and Kashmir organised a Tiranga Shikara rally at Dal Lake.
Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said, “Wonderful collective effort on the Dal Lake! #HarGharTiranga.”
‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ is a campaign under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to encourage people to bring the Tiranga home and to hoist it to mark the 75th year of India’s independence.
The rally was flagged off by the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory, Manoj Sinha under the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
As India celebrates its 75th year of Independence this year, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav has brought a wave of celebration to the country. ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ is the campaign launched by the Government of India to encourage every citizen of our great nation to bring home the tricolour and hoist it with pride.
The ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign’ under the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mohatsav is a big hit in Jammu and Kashmir with a large number of people joining the celebrations to mark the 75 years of India’s Independence.
Various activities are being conducted by different departments and schools across the Kashmir Valley as part of this initiative.
Women and young girls in the Baramulla district of North Kashmir are contributing to this initiative. Women from self-help groups established by the Indian Army in far-flung villages of Trikanjan and Bernate in Boniyar Tehsil close to the Line of Control (LoC) have volunteered to stitch Tiranga for the houses of these inaccessible villages. This effort by women of Kashmir will facilitate in providing Tiranga to every household.
A large number of students recently took part in a painting competition held under the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign organized by Hamdaniya Mission High School Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Earlier on August 5, J-K LG Sinha flagged off ‘The Great India Run’ from the iconic Lal Chowk Srinagar, where the marathoners were supposed to cover a distance of more than 800 kilometres from Srinagar to New Delhi with the message of peace and national integration. This run was also dedicated to the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign to mark ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
Earlier on Wednesday, PM Modi had said the Indian national flag does not contain only three colours in itself but is a reflection of the pride of our past, our commitment to the present and our dreams of the future.
Addressing a Tiranga Rally in Surat via video conferencing, PM Modi recalled that in a few days’ time, India is completing 75 years of its independence and said that all of us are preparing for this historic Independence Day as the Tricolour is hoisted in every corner of the country.
The Prime Minister expressed happiness that the Tiranga Yatras being held across the country are a reflection of the power and devotion of the Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan.
“From August 13 to 15, the Tricolour will be hoisted in every house of India. People from every section of society, every caste and creed are spontaneously joining with only one identity. This is the identity of the conscientious citizen of India,” he said. (Agencies)