By King RJ

Bhadarwah: With an aim to inculcate sense of belonging for the nation and promote communal harmony among youth beside to boost adventure tourism in Chenab region, Indian Army’s 4 Rashtriya Rifles in collaboration with Bhadarwah Campus organising 5 day’s Chenab Valley Youth Festival ‘SANGAM-2022’ at Bhadarwah, which commences on Monday.

The 5 days mega youth festival SANGAM-2022 was inaugurated by Lt Gen Manjinder Singh, YSM, VSM, Corps Commander, 16 Corps, who was the chief guest, in presence of Maj Gen Ajay Kumar, GOC, CIF (D), CO 4RR Col Rajat Parmar, Prof Rahul Gupta Rector Bhadarwah Campus by lighting of traditional lamps and releasing pigeons.

The festival with theme of ‘National Integration and Harmony’, in which 1200 students from 34 Colleges, universities and satellite Campuses are participating is being organised at Bhadarwah Campus of Jammu University.

ADC Bhadarwah Dil Mir Choudhary, DFO Bhadarwah Chander Shekhar, ERO Bhadarwah Campus Arif Khateeb, SDPO Bhadarwah Meer Gafoor, SHO Bhadarwah Jatinder Singh, officials of Civil Administration, Police Department, CRPF, Prominent Citizens of Bhadarwah, Principals and Teachers of Colleges/Schools were also present on the occasion.

Students present cultural items depicting culture and tradition of Chenab Valley, beside a skit on Army, depicting their determination for the nation on the opening Ceremony of the event.

  GOC 16 Corps Lt Gen Manjinder Singh while lauding the role of Army and Bhadarwah Campus said that it's a iconic festival and involve our youths in a positive activity. He congratulated the Army and Bhadarwah Campus for resuming this colourful bonanza.

“The cultural programme presented by the students depicted mutual harmony and brotherhood which is an integral part of the culture of Chenab region,” he said adding that the people of this region especially youths should rise above the communal politics and secure a bright future for themselves and for this region.

“Youth festival is an appropriate platform to showcase talent. We hope the festival is successful and every year we can increase the stature and scale of the programme. The university has put in all efforts to make the programme successful,” Singh added.

He while emphasising on youth of this region said that the youths of the Chenab valley should play a vital role in making this region a hub of higher learning.

 Rector Bhadarwah Campus Prof. Rahul Gupta in his welcome address congratulated the youth for resuming of SANGAM-2022.

He also highlighted the role of youth in developing the Nation and importance of Army in one’s life. 

‘SANGAM’ is the iconic youth festival of Jammu and Kashmir and this used to be the most important and eagerly awaited event of the annual calender of Jammu University. But due to unfavourable circumstances which emerged due to pandemic it remained suspended for three years.

The youth festival provides a suitable platform for the youth to showcase their talent across domains of sports, culture and fine arts with an aim of spreading the message of peace & communal harmony.

The participants will also get an opportunity to try their hands at various adventure activities like Paragliding, River Rafting, Rock Climbing, Rappling & Zip Lining.

This unique festival also provides students with an opportunity to interact with one another and learn good values and experience the local cultural heritage.

A total of 40 events (outdoor and indoor activities) including Debate, Sketching, Clay Modelling, Photography, Athletics, Chess, Badminton for girls, Quiz,Painting, Marathon, Volleyball and Cricket etc will be conducted during the 5 days of Youth Festival. 

The traditional folk dance and other cultural programs performed by students mesmerised the audience with their talent. An attractive ‘Chho Dance’ was performed by Adivasi soldiers from army. The enthusiasm and motivation of the participating students was very encouraging.

Such cultural and sporting events are a great media towards aligning the perception of youth towards a positive end and portray an overall image of the Indian Army as a harbinger of peace.

Jammu, November 2

To attract investments and also give a boost to the industrial sector, the J&K government on Tuesday rolled out several services with designated officials to ensure the processing in stipulated time.

The step is a part of ease of doing business in J&K.

Most of the services rolled out by the government have general managers of district industries centres (DIC) as the designated officers for providing services and the Director of Industries and Commerce as the first appellate authority while the Administrative Secretary of the same department as the second appellate authority.

A senior official said the measure would also help check corruption as it would be the responsibility of the designated officers to provide the required service in stipulated time period after a person applies for the same.

The services under the Directorate of Industries and Commerce include assessment of raw material and finished goods, prior permission for substantial expansion, additional line of activity, change in location, merger of units, subsidies on diesel generator and installation of pollution control devices among others.

While the J&K government claims that it has received investment proposals worth over Rs 51,000 crore since last year, the Opposition has often criticised the administration for “doing little” for the industry and business.

For small vendors, the government has also extended certification of verification of weights and measures under these services. The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumers Affairs will also register manufacturers, packers and importers under Packaged Commodities Rules within 30 days.

The change of land use that was earlier a hectic exercise will now be completed within 30 days with the district collector as the designated officer and divisional commissioner and financial commissioner (revenue) as first and second appellate authorities.

The Forest, Ecology and Environment Department will register dealers under the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules 2001 within 60 days. A fresh licence for wood-based industrial units will be issued within 120 days under the new scheme.

As per the order, a no objection certificate (NOC) for obtaining commercial water connection can be availed in 30 days.

JAMMU, Nov 2: The Meteorological department here predicted light rain and snow at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours.
“Light rain/snow at isolated places is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said on Wednesday.
The weather was mainly cloudy in the union territory during the last 24 hours.
Jammu had 15.3, Katra 15.5, Batote 9, Banihal 7.2 and Bhaderwah 5.3 as the minimum temperature.
Srinagar had 5, Pahalgam 0.2 and Gulmarg minus 1.0 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature.
Drass in Ladakh region had minus 3.5, Kargil minus 3.2 and Leh minus 2.6 as the minimum temperature. (AGENCIES)

Jammu Tawi, Nov 02: The first Raising Day of State
Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir
Police was celebrated on Tuesday at Miran Sahib,
Jammu. Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh
was the chief guest and Spl. DG CID J&K R R Swain
was the guest of honour on the occasion.
The DGP congratulated Spl DGP CID and all the officers
and Jawans of SIA on completion of an eventful first
year. Normally somebody celebrating its first birthday
would be walking with difficulties but this wing is rather
running that shows the energy and enthusiasm of the
officers and the leader of the SIA, the DGP said.
“A year ago we were having NIA as National
Investigation agency to supplement the investigation
process in terror related cases in Jammu and Kashmir
but today it is a pleasure to say that we have SIA,” he
said, adding that it is itself an achievement that this wing
has been able to earn name in very short period of time.
He said that during its first year of working, the SIA has
investigated 450 cases of special nature with the overall
disposal rate of 65% for which he complimented all the
officers of the unit. He said that in addition to this J&K
Police has created new investigation units at district
level called SIUs (Special Investigation Units) and added
that these units too would complement and supplement
the investigation process of UAPA cases.
In his address, the Spl DG CID R.R Swain thanked the
DGP J&K for gracing the event. He complemented the
enthusiasm and energy of the SIA teams who he said
are doing excellent job with extreme dedication &
professionalism.

He said that the proposal of highlighting and underlining
the good work of SIA is an initiative to remind ourselves
about our responsibilities and reach to the wider family
of J&K Police to boost the morale and energy of the
organization.
He said that the spirit behind the entire exercise was to
underline that the extreme hardwork, valour, courage
and the raw energy which J&K Police displayed over the
last 30 years where the military ability of enemy has
been degraded.
Spl DGP Crime J&K A K Choudhary, ADG Security J&K
Dr SD Singh Jamwal, ADGP Jammu Zone Mukesh
Singh, ADG Railways Sunil Kumar, ADG (Coord) PHQ
Danesh Rana, Director SKPAU Garib Dass, Director
ACB Anand Jain, IGP BSF Jammu D K Boora,, IGP
Hqrs PHQ BS Tuti, IGP CID J&K M N Tiwari, IGP Traffic
Vikramjeet Singh, DIG JSK Vivek Gupta, DIG BSF S P
S Sandhu, DPT Shridhar Patil, SO to IGP Tech Sargun
Shukla, AIGs of PHQ, SSPs, Senior Prosecution officers
and other gazetted and Non-gazetted officers of different
wings, units, and CID attended the function.

Srinagar, November : Apni Student’s Union on Tuesday organised an important meeting over the whooping increase in drug addiction cases across Kashmir division especially among the students who are becoming its soft targets.

The meeting of the Students Union functionaries was headed by Apni Students Union Provincial President Kashmir Ibrahim Javid alongwith Apni Party’s Social Media Analyst Tariq Mohiuddin as special invitee.

Speaking on this occasion, Ibrahim stressed on the need for taking necessary measures on all fronts to stop the rapid growth of drug abuse in the society while keeping a special focus on students.

“The most vulnerable to fall into the trap of drug addiction are youngesters especially students who lack requisite exposure & have minimal counselling available to them where they could be pre-emptively warned against the vices & harms of drugs that slowly devastates their mentally and physical health simultaneously,” he said.

Ibrahim said that Apni Party with the help of its strong reach to the people & youngesters through social media platforms will launch a extensive campaign against the virulent drug abuse under the title “Choose To Refuse Drugs” across the valley.

During this meeting Party’s Social Media Analyst Tariq Mohiuddin termed the baleful spread of drugs among the youth and students a matter of great concern which needs to be dealt with effective measures.

“The shocking reality lies in the fact that narcotic substances are easily accessible to the youngesters which poses a looming threat for the whole society to lose the future generations. Apni Party has remained vocally on the forefront to fight this menace and with the launch of this online initiative I am hopeful we will be able to connect to the people & youth in Kashmir and raise awareness among them about the evil of drugs,” he observed.

The members including Provincial Secretary ASU Haadi Zahoor, Provincial Additional Secretary ASU Syed Nafia Shah along respective ASU College Presidents were present in the meeting and resolved to participate in this online campaign where the target audience will be predominantly students. They also provided their valuable suggestions which were readily accepted by the heads of the meeting.

Vigilance Awareness Week is being organized at Dulhasti Power Station from 31st October 2022 to
6th November 2022 on the theme “Corruption free India, for a developed Nation”. Shri M.K. Kashyap,
Group General Manager (Incharge), Dulhasti Power Station inaugurated the Vigilance Awareness Week on
31 st October 2022 by administering the integrity pledge to the officers and employees in the administrative
building premises. Speaking on the occasion, Shri M.K. Kashyap, Group General Manager (Incharge) urged
everyone to do their official work in a sincere and transparent manner and to also create awareness about the
vigilance week among their family and friends.
Various vigilance awareness programs and competitions will be organized in the power station during the
week to create awareness about the ill effects of corruption. The winners of the competitions will be
felicitated in the concluding ceremony.
An Essay competition on the topic “The ill effects of Corruption on the development of the nation and
measures to make India corruption free and developed nation” is also organised on 01.11.2022 for creating
awareness among the employees. Wherein, employees participated in the program with enthusiasm and zeal.
On this occasion, Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh, Deputy General Manager (Finance), Shri Diwakar Prasad
Awadhiya, Group Senior Manager (IT)-Project Vigilance Officer, Shri Ashok Kumar Dhanwal, Senior
Manager (HR) alongwith officers and staff of Dulhasti Power Station were present.

JAMMU, NOVEMBER 01, 2022: Apni Party Provincial President Jammu and Ex-Minister S. Manjit Singh has said that Apni Party will form the next Govt in Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a monthly party workers meeting in Vijaypur, the Former Minister said that the Apni Party has gained support from the people who were fed up with the traditional political parties and their policies of divide and rule.
“The Jammu and Kashmir has remained the victim of divisive politics and the people have suffered badly with no development. Now the situation has arised that the non-locals are being provided employment in the private sector especially in industrial sectors and the local youth are ignored and it has given rise to the unprecedented unemployment,” he said.
He referred to the BJP, Congress Party, NC and PDP for misleading the people for their political gains and generating a vote bank out of the politics of hate.
“Apni Party does not allow any kind of hate politics. We believe that everyone should get equal rights and their rights should not be compromised for the sake of politics,” he said.
He further referred to the issues of the people living close to the Jammu Pathankot Highway in Vijaypur and adjoining areas of the highway.
“The people are being uprooted from their native places along the highway to widen the highway but they are being given compensation in a very small amount. With this amount, the uprooted businessmen cannot re-start their business after losing commercial land and residential structures. The issue is grave and the NHAI should release compensation at par with the present market value in favour of the land owners including the commercial places,” he said.
He said that the people who failed to get jobs had opened their shops and now the NHAI has taken over the business and made those unemployed again. Therefore, he said that the NHAI should give compensation at par with present market value so that the people can earn their livelihood and resettle and construct their homes again. He said that the NHAI should stop acting like the East India Company.
Meanwhile, he also highlighted that the Apni Party will launch social security schemes and other public friendly schemes for the needy and marginalized section of society.
“We are confident that we will form the next Govt in Jammu and Kashmir and accordingly will launch the public welfare schemes in favour of the general masses of the two regions without discrmiantion and will protect the rights of the people,” he said.
He said that they will not allow non-locals to grab the natural resources and employment in J&K. “Apni Party will work for the protection of the rights, resources and employment of the local unemployed youth,” he added.
Prominent among those who were present on the occasion include District President Samba, Raman Thappa, ST State President Saleem Choudhary, Apni Trade Union State President, Ajaz Kazmi, Provincial President Jammu, Youth Wing, Vipul Bali, District Vice President, Ram Lal, Block President Ramgarh, Choudhary Bachan Lal, Block President Vijaypur, Capt Mohan, District President Legal Cell and candidate Ramgarh assembly constituency, Sahil Bharti, Block President Rajpura, Raman Sharma, Block President Purmandal, Choudhary Masoor Hussain, Shivam Choudhary, District Youth President Samba, Mangat Ram, Block President Youth Bari Barmana¸ Irshan Choudhary, Yaqoob Choudhary, Adv Rajinder Bhagat and many others.