Friday September 29, 201710 DISTRICTS

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: In the ongoingState Football League, threematches were played at PoloGround and Synthetic TurfTRC venues on Wed(September 27) .

In the first A-Divisionmatch, played at Polo

Ground, Islamic University(ISU) FC defeatedMohamadan FC by two goalsfor nil. Mosin and Musaibwere the scorers for the win-ning team.

In a second A-Divisionmatch played at SyntheticTurf TRC, Fort View beat

FC Biscoe XI by 1-0. Both the teams played

aggressively throughout thematch, but it was Fort ViewFC which could sustain thepressure till the end andemerge victorious. JavedAhmad was the scorer for thewinning team. FC Biscoemissed two three open netchances.

In Premier-Division matchwas also played at SyntheticTurf TRC, between JKSPDC XI and State FootballAcademy. Both teams triedhard to take lead but no onewas able to score the goal tillthe final whistle.

Both the teams missedchances one after other. Thematch ended in a draw.Touseef feom SFA wasdeclared as Footballer of theMatch for his best perform-ance.

State Football League 2017

Fort View FC, ISU emerge winners

Participants receiving prize from Chief Guest, MLAKokernag, Abdul Rehim Rather at Kokernag in Anantnag.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Various educational institutions celebratedDussehra, Ram Navmi, Gandhi Jayanti with religious fervour.

DDeellhhii PPuubblliicc SScchhooooll ((DDPPSS)) JJaammmmuu organised a specialassembly on the occasion of Dussehra festival and GandhiJayanti.

The assembly began with the floral tributes paid to theFather of Nation 'Mahatma Gandhi' who preached peace,truthfulness and non-violence and finally achieved India'sindependence after great struggle with Britishers.

On the auspicious occasion of Dussehra festival, the studentanchors of class II Jeena Nuryn and Shaunish Vaid spokeabout the importance of this festival and stated that it was thevictory of good over evil.

A group dance was also presented by the Pre-Primary stu-dents depicting the mythological characters of Ram Chandra,Laxman and Mata Sita with Hanuman which attracted theattention of the audience. A scene from Ramayana was enact-ed by class II students which ended with Ravana-Dahan andreinforced the message that 'good always triumphs over evil.'

While highlighting the importance of these festivals,Principal, DPS Jammu, Ruchi Chabra blessed the partici-pants and students, inspiring them to follow the path of truth,beauty and goodness. Headmistress, Meenu Gupta blessed thestudents for their bright future. The event culminated underthe supervision of co-ordinators, Sangeeta Jain, Preeti Abroland teacher incharge, Pooja Sharma.

The vote of thanks was presented by Shabana Rahil whichwas followed by the recitation of National Anthem.

DDPPSS LLeehh conducted special-assembly to celebrate Ramnavmiand Dusshera for the Pre-Primary and Primary Wing of theSchool. The students came in different attires and make-up tomatch with the character of Shri Rama, Lakshamana, SitaMata, Bharat, Veer Hanuman, Ravana and many more.

The students of the Pre-Primary Wing of the school per-formed and acted upon the different scenes taken from theEpic Ramayana depicting the life of Shri Rama, the prince ofAyodhya.

The students of Primary Wing also spoke in length about thelife history of Shri Rama.

Principal, Subhash Kumar Baldotra asked them to followthe teachings of their respective religions as every religionteaches us the lesson of goodness, love, fraternity, truthful-ness, kindness ,honesty, etc.

Pro-Vice Chairman T.P Singh also conveyed his best wishesto the staff and students of DPS Leh on the eve of Ramnavmiand Dusshera.

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celebrated Ram Navami, Dusshera and Gandhi Jayanti. The programme started with the Kanjak Pujan by

Principal, Rameshwar Mengi. Students presented various cultural programme represent-

ing the significance of celebrating Dusshera as well as depict-ing the scene of Ramleela and Gandhi Jayanti

Rameshwar Mengi appreciated the rites and rituals and cus-toms of the society which make a person to lead a moralisticlife.

Pushap Vatika a unit of Shiksha NIketan also celebratedRam Navmi, Dussehra and Gandhi Jayanti in the schoolground.

Shiksha Niketan High School Gandhi Nagar celebratedRam Navami and Dusshera with great zeal and enthusiasm.Vaishno Mata's Darbar was set up with children playing therole of all nine goddess, Ramchandar, Sita Mata andLakshman.

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Dussehra and Gandhi Jayanti in the school premises.Students were dressed up as different characters of Ramlila.

They also celebrated the birth of Mahatama Gandhi, LalBhadur Shastri and Bhagat Singh . Colour was brought to theoccasion with children from primary wing dressed in clothesresembling Mahatama Gandhi and the students also present-ed a skit on the theme of 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.

Principal, Sanjeev Pradhan the fest the students a lot formaking the occasion lively and appreciated them for theirefforts.

Competition was held in GGoovveerrnnmmeenntt DDeeggrreeee CCoolllleeggeeJJiinnddrraahh on Truth and Non-voilence. The programme waspresided over by Principal Prof. Rita Bhagat who highlighted

the contribution of Ghandian philosophy of truth and non-vio-lence in the present scenario.

Prof. K.K. Mangotra, Prof. Paramjit Singh and Dr. Mohd.Majeed, acted as judges of the competition. Thirteen studentsparticipated in the debate competition out of which three stu-dents i.e. Deepi (Vth Sem), Chakshu (1st Sem) and Sharuti(Vth) and Sapna (Vth) were adjudged as first, second andthird respectively. The function was concluded with the distri-bution of consolation prizes to all the participants and vote ofthanks to the organising committee.

HHuummaanniittyy PPuubblliicc SScchhooooll organised a colourful fest in itspremises with great fervour and enthusiasm.

During the fest variety of programmes on Ramnavmi,Dussehra and Gandhi Jayanti were held by the students.

Students performed skit, sung songs, delivered speeches andpresented colourful items.

Principal, Gaurav Singh Charak appreciated the efforts ofstudents and teachers for the smooth conduct of the pro-gramme. He said that all of us must follow the path of truthand always fight against the evil.

Dussehra was celebrated at RRiicchh HHaarrvveesstt SScchhooooll,, BBaarriiBBrraahhmmaannaa.. Various activities including speeches on Dussehra,

poetic Ramayana and a dance on Hanuman Chalisa glorifiedthe occasion.

The effigy of Ravana was burnt and side by side studentspieces of papers mentioning one bad habits, which they prom-ised to shun.

Trustee, Ruchi Charak and Principal Anita Bhatia blessedthe participants and students while inspiring them to followthe path of truth. It was urged by the Trustee Ruchi Charakthat we must celebrate eco friendly Dussehra and Diwali.

Students, teachers and parents of MMaayy FFaaiirr SScchhoooollss CChhaannddNNaaggaarr,, CChhiinnoorree aanndd JJaanniippuurr Branches joined together to cel-ebrate the festival of Dussehra.

Dressed in traditional Indian attire, the students performednarrative, choral speaking, drama and dances to portray howthe people of each region celebrate this important festival.

Pre-primary students focused on how the people of southernIndia celebrate Dussehra. They dramatized the story of LordRama and Sita and the defeat of Lord Ravan.

Depicting traditional celebrations from the Eastern parts ofIndia, students from Classes III and IV used dramatic move-ments set to a poem entitled Good Versus Evil, to perform anenergetic and powerful piece of choral speaking.

Traditional celebrations from the North of India were illus-trated by students from Class I and II. Grade II studentsshowcased their language skills by speaking in English andHindi to describe how the stories surrounding the Dussehrafestival teach us to overcome evil in our own lives today.

KKIIDDZZEEEE,, aa pprree--sscchhooooll ooff ZZEEEE LLeeaarrnn LLiimmiitteedd celebratedRamnavmi, Dussehra and Gandhi Jayanti at its Anand NagarBohri, Gandhi Nagar, Channi Himmat, Talab Tillo andTrikuta Nagar branches with religious fervour and enthusi-asm.

The function started with the special assembly in which theteachers gave demonstration regarding the occasions in whichstudents and staff also delivered speeches.

Educational institutions celebrate Dussehra, Ram Navmi, Gandhi Jayanti

DPS Jammu students presenting skit on Ramleela.

DPS Leh students posing with faculty members.

Shiksha Niketan School students posing with principal.

JKPPS Miran Sahib presenting a skit.

Government Degree College Jindrah faculty speaking at a programme.

Humanity Public School students presenting a skit on Ramayan.

Rich Harvest School making effigies of Ravan and others.

May Fair Schools students posing for a photograph.

Kidzee students during Dussehra celebrations.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: State VicePresident, BharatiyaJanata Party, YudhvirSethi, on Wednesday saidthat Khadi is recognised asan international brand andevery effort must be put into promote, facilitate andassist in establishment anddevelopment of Khadi andVillage Industries in ruralareas.

He said the UnionGovernment through itsMinistry of Micro Smalland Medium Enterprisesalso offers a number ofschemes for the holisticdevelopment and promo-tion of Khadi in India and

abroad.Yudhvir Sethi was speak-

ing at a function organisedby school children andmanagement ofNightingale Pre-School tocelebrate Gandhi Jayantiwhere he was the ChiefGuest. Social activistKewal Wadhera presidedover the event.

Yudhvir Sethi lauded theschool management inorganising an impressivecultural programme underthe guidance of schoolPrincipal Sonia Jainwherein children highlight-ed the life of MahatamaGandhi in different events.

He said we must live tothe expectations of our fel-

low citizens and try to becourteous towards eachother. He said the valuesand principles of MahatmaGandhi are quite relevanteven today which must befollowed with conviction.He said if we promoteKhadi like MahatamaGandhi did while launchinghis 'Quit India Movement,we can not only adopt to'Swadeshi' products butalso generate enoughemployment in our owncountry. The union govern-ment, he said is workinghard to strengtheninginfrastructure of existingKhadi Institutions and pro-viding assistance for mar-keting infrastructure byproviding Khadi sales out-lets.

The youth, he added mustget into this venture andseek interest subsidy meantfor developing Khadi

Village industries.Wadhera appreciated the

school children for theirscintillating performanceand said that studentsmust be caught young whenit comes to imparting moralvalues to them. He saidthat such programmesenable students to knowour country's icons and alsohelp them learn our histori-cal facts that helped shapea new and strong India.Earlier, school childrendressed as MahatamaGandhi gave messages ofpeace and prosperity. Theyalso presented differentskits and musical pro-grammes.

Yudhvir Sethi along withschool management lit thetraditional lamp to beginthe programme and waslater presented with amemento as a token ofremembrance by the school.

Yudhvir for holistic development of Khadi, village industries

State Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Yudhvir Sethialong with others at a programme.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: As a part of'Swacchta Hi Sewa' cam-paign from September 15 toOctober 2, 2017, PHEDepartment, Jammu onThursday organised skatingchampionship at MAStadium, here.

The championship wasinaugurated by AshokGandotra, Chief Engineer,PHE Department, Jammu.Gagan Jyoti SE PHE Mech

Urban Circle, Jammu alongwith Executive Engineers,Assistant ExecutiveEngineers and other offi-cers/officials from PHEDepartment, SportsCouncil and Youth SportsServices, players/partici-pants from different schoolswere present during theevent.

The closing ceremony willbe held tomorrow with prizedistribution.

PHE Deptt organises skating championship

Particpanting skaters posing for a photograph with officials. STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: GovernmentWomen College (GCW)Parade clinched the InterCollegiate Basketball(women) 2017-18 Title bydefeating PG Department by32-29 in a nail biting finalmatch played at UniversityBasketball Court, here onThursday.

The tournament was organ-ised by the Directorate ofSports and PhysicalEducation, University ofJammu.

Earlier, in the final match

GCW Parade took the lead infirst two quarters by 20-05but in third and fourth quar-ters Abhileen Kaur,Kanupriya Dubey and ShivaliKumari showed their experi-ence and came close to 29-28points with 40 secondsremaining in the last quarter.

Pratibha Tagotra andHarman Kour were the starperformers and ended thematch with final score on theboard was 32-29 points.

The final match was officiat-ed by the Technical Panelincluding Rajesh Bandral,

Shubham Sharma, KunalGupta, Rishabh Bakshi andRomesh Singh.

Prof. Avtar Singh Jasrotia,Director, Directorate ofSports and PhysicalEducation, University ofJammu was the Chief Guestin the closing ceremony whoawarded the winning trophyto GCW Parade.

Others present were SumanLata, Ramesh Magotra,Ramesh Singh Jasrotia, RajKumar Bakshi, Ravish Vaid,Gagan Kumar, Vikas Karlopiaand Harinderpal Singh.

GCW Parade wins inter-collegiate basketball trophy

Winner GCW Parade team receiving title trophy from the Chief Guest, Prof. Avtar SinghJasrotia, Director, Directorate of Sports and Physical Education, JU.

Medical camp byJIAR concludes

at Bahu FortSTATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: To provide free med-ical aid facilities to devoteesduring Navratras, a nine-daylong Free Medical Camp byJammu Institute of Ayurvedaand Research (JIAR)Hospital, Nardani concludedat Bahu Fort on Thursday.

A Medical checkup of total168 patients was carried out onconcluding day.

The Camp was attended bydoctors of different specialtiesfrom the College.

Doctors from college havingvast experiences in their respec-tive specialization examinedpatients seeking remedies forvarious ailments.

Patients of various diseasesrelated to joint disorders,Hyper acidity, hyper tension,skin disorder, joint pain, pilesand Fistula etc were examinedand free medicines distributedto them. Doctors who exam-ined the patients today includ-ed Dr. Twinkle Gupta-Associate Professor, Dr.Bhawna- Assistant Professorand Dr Nitin Mahajan- VicePrincipal and PG Scholars ofJammu Institute of Ayurvedaand Research.

On conclusion of the campthe Chairperson JIAR -Suman Sharma assured toorganise such camps in futurealso for the benefit of poor andneedy people.

STATE TIMES NEWSRAJOURI: DistrictAdministration, Rajouri onThursday convened one-dayLok Adalat and decided overone hundred cases related toselection of Anganwari workers,helpers and service related mat-ters.

A total of 113 cases pendingfor the last 8-10 years weretaken up and decided by a teamof officers.

Deputy Commissioner Dr.Shahid Iqbal Choudharychaired the proceedings of LokAdalat which was attended byProgramme Officer ICDSMohammad Rashid, ACR A QMir, DSWO Dr. Abdul Khabir,DIO Mohammad Shafait,SDMs Kartar Singh, KhalidHussain, Gopal Singh, AfzalMirza, Tehsildars, CDPO, NaibTehsildars, Advocates, petition-ers and respondents apart fromconcerned Halqa Patwaris andofficials of various relateddepartments.

The Lok Adalat for disposal ofAnganwari cases considered 81cases related to selection ofworkers pending in variouscourts and offices for last 8-10

years waiting for adjudicationand decision. Apart from these,32 cases related to functioningof centres, location and man-agement were taken up anddecided.

DC Dr. Shahid reprimandedthe concerned officials for pro-longed delay in deciding thecases and emphasized that foravoiding delay the State Govthas laid down mandatory guide-lines that first appellate author-ity in all such cases is DeputyCommissioner and secondappellate authority is DivisionalCommissioner, with decision oflater being final.

The cases decided include 23of Tehsil Rajouri, 10 ofSunderbani, 5 of Manjakote, 20of Budhal, 8 of Kalakote, 5 ofNowshera and 10 ofThanamandi.

Meanwhile SDMs, Tehsildarsand CDPOs have been directedto closely monitor the function-ing of Anganwadi centres andprovision for ration and educa-tional aids in. He directed theofficers to terminate the servic-es of Anganwadi workers andhelpers if the centres are foundclosed during inspections.

DC Rajouri decides 113 Anganwaricases in Lok Adalat