Thursday January 26, 20174 DISTRICTS

STATE TIMES NEWS KATHUA: Seventh NationalVoters’ Day was celebrated inGovt. Degree College Kathuato encourage the participa-tion of young voters in theelectoral process. A colourfulfunction was organised inwhich students from differ-ent colleges and higher sec-ondary schools put forth var-ious cultural items. A sympo-sium on Electoral Reformswas also organised in whichfive students share theirviews.

Deputy Distt. ElectionOfficer Chand KishorSharma welcomed the youngand future voters and otherdignitaries. The Distt.Election Officer RameshKumar in his address exhort-ed upon the non enrolledyouth to register their namesin the electoral roll andbecome a part of Indiandemocracy. New Voter ID-Card were also handed overto the newly enrolled youngvoters.

Earlier a rally was flaggedoff by the Distt. ElectionOfficer Kathua in which hun-dred students took part withzeal and enthusiasm. NVDpledge was also administeredto the participants. Amongothers SSP Kathua PawanParihar , Addl. DC DrBharat Bhushan and otherDistt Officers attended theNVD function. AAKKHHNNOOOORR: NationalVoters Day 2017 was cele-brated in Assembly con-stituency Akhnoor onWednesday at GHSS(B)Akhnoor. Number of newlyenrolled voters were presentin the function. ElectoralRegistration Officer, SunainaSharma (SDM Akhnoor)presented EPIC cards to theyoung voters. Speaking overthe occasion, she said thatthe youths are the backboneof our nation and the partici-pation of youths in democra-cy is very necessary andappealed to the youth of AC79 to enroll themselves in thevoter lists. She further saidthat objective of NationalVoters Day is to increaseenrollment of voters so as tomake universal adult fran-chise a complete reality andthereby enhancing the quali-ty of Indian democracy. Shealso explained the differentactivities completed underSVEEP in A C-79, Akhnoor.Prizes to the winners ofpainting competition anddebate competition were alsogiven.

AERO, AC-79, (Tehsildar

Akhnoor), Naib TehsildarSohal, Dy.CEO Akhnoor,ZEO Akhnoor, PrincipalGHSS(B) and PrincipalGHSS(G) Akhnoor were alsopresent in the function.NNOOWWSSHHEERRAA:: Like otherparts of the State, SeventhNational Voters Day was cel-ebrated in Nowshera tospread awareness amongstthe general public about theirmost important right-theright to vote, with a view toensure their larger participa-tion in the electoral process.

While addressing afunction at Sub DivisionHeadquarters, SDMNowshera and TehsildarNowshera highlighted theimportance of the day andsaid that objective of the daywas to aware general massesto increase the enrollment ofvoters so that maximumnumber of voters could par-ticipate in the electoralprocess.

The SDM NowsheraHarbans Lal sharma, in hisaddress, laid stress on thevalue of their vote and saidthat voters who are backboneof democracy should exercisetheir right to vote in all theelections, i.e Parliament,State Assembly or Panchayatand local bodies' elections.

A pledge was administeredto the voters by the AERO,

Nowshera Mohd Raiyaz touphold the dignity of elec-tions and vote in the electionswithout any fear, inducementor influence. RRAAMMBBAANN:: The main func-tion of the Seventh NationalVoters' Day in RambanDistrict was organised by theDistrict administration,Ramban at Maitra.

Marking the dayas the foundation day of theElection Commission ofIndia, the theme of thisyear's National Voters'Day(NVD) was'Empowering Youth andFuture Voters'.

At the onset of thecelebration many a newyoung voters were handedover their new Voter IdentityCards by the Chief Guest,Additional DeputyCommissioner(ADC),Ramban, Angrez Singh Rana inpresence of Tehsildar,Ramban, Gurpreet Singh,Principal, GovernmentHigher Secondary School,Ramban, Ashok Sharma,Election Naib-Tehsildar,Hasham Din, many a teach-ers and students.

The ADC, also gave a prizeof Rs.100 each to a boy and agirl for answering the rightquestions during a brief quizrelated to the IndianConstitution held on theoccasion.

Meanwhile, the NVD wasalso celebrated at Batoteunder the chairmanship ofTehsildar,Srinath Sumanwherein as many as 800 newvoters were given their newVoter Identity Cards besidesholding an oath prominentlyin presence of Naib-Tehsildar,Saifullah Shah andsenior local officers, promi-nent citizens, leaders, teach-ers and students.UUDDHHAAMMPPUURR:: The SeventhNational Voters day wastoday celebrated with greatzeal and enthusiasm atUdhampur. Various aware-

ness programmes wereorganised by the DistrictElection cell under the theme'Empowering Young andFuture Voters' all over thedistrict on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion,District Election OfficerNiraj Kumar said that themain objective of celebratingthis day is to strengthen ourdemocratic system by creat-ing awareness among theyoung and future votersabout the importance of theirvote and hence involvingtheir greater participation inthe whole electoral system.He said that a large number

of awareness programmeshave been organised underSVEEP and the celebrationof National Voters' Day isalso one of the initiativestaken by the ECI under thisprogramme.

Chief Planning Officer ,Rakesh Jamwal, ACRSubhash Chander Dogra,CMO Dr. Chander Prakash,CEO Bishan Singh, DSWORachna Sharma , principalsof various schools, teachersand a large number of stu-dents were also present onthe occasion.

At Ramnagar, a debatecompetition was held on the

occasion of 7th NationalVoters Day in which studentsof various educational insti-tutions participated andexpressed their views on theimportance of the day. Thestudents also threw light onvarious types of forms likeForm 6, Form 7, Form 8(A)etc. Tehsidar , RamnagarRomesh Singh was the ChiefGuest in the debate competi-tion.

Later, the Chief Guest alsofelicitated the winners of thecompetition.

Among others, variousBlock Level Officers,Principals of GovernmentSchools, Teachers and a largenumber of students attendedthe programmeTTHHAANNNNAAMMAANNDDII:: Voter'sDay was celebrated is GDCThannamandi on Wednesdayin which Principal of theCollege Dr. Shakeel AhmedRaina was the Chief Guestwho advised the students toactively participate in theelectoral process and gettheir names registered in thevoters list, if not yet.

Dr. Abbas WaniHoD Pol. Science who wasResource Person on thisoccasion spoke at length onthe topic. Earlier the pro-gramme started with thecitation of few verses of HolyQuran by Mr. Khalid a stu-dent of the college. Prof.Saleem Ayaz Rather HODZoology presented the wel-come address and Dr. UmarFarooq HoD Botany present-ed the formal vote of thanks.A large no of students andthe staff were present on theoccasion. The programmewas conducted by AshfaqAhmed Lecture History.Mohd Latief and Shafqat

Qazi assisted the pro-gramme. BBIILLLLAAWWAARR:: Govt. DegreeCollege, Billawar in collabo-ration with Sub DivisionAdministration, Billawar cel-ebrated the National Voters'Day in the premises of GovtDegree College, Billawar.The celebration started withthe assembly of students tak-ing National Voters' Daypledge and distribution ofEPIC card to the newlyenrolled young voters. Latera symposium was organiSedon the topic Right to Vote asthe Root of Democracy.Rajesh Basotra, SDM

Billawar was the Chief Gueston the occasion and the func-tion was presided over bySuresh Kumar Sharma,Principal of GDC Billawar.In all, eight students fromGDC Billawar participatedin the symposium. Their per-formances were adjudged bythe jury comprising ProfAmit Kumar Sharma ,Lecturer Mukesh Kumari,Assistant Lecturer RupaliGupta on the bases ofContent, Presentation andPronunciation. Mohd Bilal ,Sem IV was adjudged as thebest speaker while the secondand third positions weresecured by Shivani of Sem IIand Arti of Sem-IV respec-tively.

At RRAAJJOOUURRII the mainfunction was chaired byAdvisory Board for theDevelopment of PahariSpeaking People KuldeepRaj Gupta.

District Election OfficerShabir Ahmed Bhat, seniorofficers of various depart-ments, representatives ofvarious political parties andprominent citizens were pres-ent on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion,Vice chairman appealed thepeople to participate in theelectoral process, by enrollingthemselves and exercise theirfranchise to strengthen thedemocratic system.

District Election Officeradministered National VotersDay pledge to the partici-pants and distributed EPICsamong the new enrolled vot-ers

Similar functions were heldat all the Subdivisions; tehsiland Booth level where AEROadministered pledge and dis-tributed EPICs among the

newly enrolled voters.Himalayan Degree College

Rajouri celebrated NationalVoter's Day in the multipur-pose hall of the College inwhich a sizeable number ofstudents alongwith collegestaffers partook with greatzeal and enthusiasm.

Prof Wasim Raja Malik andProf Abdul Mabood gavespeeches to the students andstated that it's a fundamen-tal right of every citizen ofthe country to vote and beingconscious and responsible cit-izens of the greatest democ-racy of the world must active-ly participate in the selectionof genuine leaders and repre-sentatives for both parlia-ment and state assembly.Speaking on the occasionPrincipal of the college Dr.Ayub eulogised the vibrantand prolific democracy ofIndia and reminded that onthe same day in 1951 theElection Commission ofIndia had come into existenceand in 2011 on the same dayNational Voter's Day wasobserved throughout thecountry. Event was then fol-lowed by a Pledge ceremonyin which Teachers along withthe students made promisethat they will franchise theirvote for the betterment ofthis geographically isolated,educationally backward andeconomically weaker, borderhilly belt of Rajouri withoutany consideration of religioncaste, creed, region and lan-guage. The event ended witha vote of thanks by SyedMehran.

At KKIISSHHTTWWAARR the mainfunction was held atGovernment Boys HigherSecondary School whereAdditional DeputyCommissioner Kishori Lal

distributed EPICs amongthe new voters and asked theparticipants to take part indemocratic process in freeand fair manner. He alsoawarded BLOs for their bestperformances in field.

Chief Education Officer, AH Fani, District YouthServices and sports officerDiwan Thakur, DSWOPhulail Singh, TehsildarIrshad Butt, NT Election cellbesides other officers werepresent on the occasion.

At DDOODDAA District Electionofficer Doda Mr BhupinderKumar distributed EPICsamong the first time regis-tered voters . While high-lighting the significance of

the day the DEO said thatthe day is observed to encour-age young voters , who havereached the age of 18 to par-ticipate in the electoralprocess, by enrolling or regis-tering themselves in electoralrolls and to exercise theirfranchise.

Later prizes were distrib-uted among the winners ofPainting competition organ-ised on the said theme byElection cell Doda.

Momin Islahi of ShaheenPublic HSS was awarded 1stprize whereas Iqra Balwanand Junaid bagged 2nd and3rd prize respectively.

Besides BLOs were felici-tated for carrying out purifi-cation of the electoral rolls.

Additional DeputyCommissioner MohammadHanief Malik, CPO YoginderKatoch, CEO Mohd AshrafRather, Tehsildar Nasir Ali,DRCS Anoop Kumar besidesother district officers werepresent on the occasion.

At SSAAMMBBAA the main func-tion was held at BhargavaDegree College where theDistrict Election OfficerSheetal Nanda administeredNational Voters Day Pledge

to the participants and dis-tributed EPIC's among thenew voters .

DDC while speaking on theoccasion impressed upon thevoters to ensure greater par-ticipation in the elections forstrengthening the democracyin the country. DDC alsofelicitated booth level offi-cers Qasim Ali, RameshKumar,Sohanu Kumar andVijay Kumar ,senior voters ofthe district, Shiv Ram aged98 years and Madan Mohanaged 88. Prizes were also dis-tributed among TrinayniManyal , Chetan Sharma andAnkita Sharma who stoodfirst , second and third in theSlogan writing competition.

Earlier a special enrollmentdrive was organised on 22ndJanuary at all the pollingbooths of the district while'Interactive SchoolEngagements sessions werealso organized in variousschools.

At RREEAASSII DistrictElection Officer RavinderKumar administered theNational Voters Day pledgeand distributed EPIC'samong the new voters .

Speaking on the occasion,Kumar called upon the par-ticipants to spread awarenessand educate the masses onthe value and meaning ofelectoral enrolment and itsrole in strengthening thedemocracy. .

Additional DeputyCommissioner Babu Ram,ACR Abdul Satar, DeputyDistrict Election OfficerSurjeet Singh, officers of var-ious other departments,BLOs, representative ofpolitical parties, students andlocal people were present onthe occasion. Later, DeputyCommissioner also visitedGovernment Degree College,Girl Higher SecondarySchool and some other insti-tutions to inspect variousevents and activities includ-ing training sessions, paint-ings, mock poll drills held tomark the celebration ofNational Voter Day.

Whereas, Voters Day wasalso celebrated great enthusi-asm in Tehsil Thakrakote, inwhich Tehsildar Rajesh Barumake the voters aware oftheir right and asserted intheir massive participation indemocratic process. Besideslocals, Talwara migrants werealso present on the occasion.

At PPOOOONNCCHH the mainfunction was held atGovernment Degree Collegewhich was attended by theDistrict Election Officer,Mohammad Harun Malik,Assistant CommissionerRevenue Ashraf Chowdhury,ACD .Mohammad. ZabirHussain Shah,ARTO PoonchSh Jehangir Khan, besidesother officers , prominent citi-zens and students.peaking onthe occasion, the DistrictElection Officer highlightedthe importance of NVD cele-brations to increase enrollmentof voters, especially the newvoters and to spread aware-ness among people.

National Voters’ Day celebrated across region

Kathua administration officers taking pledge during National Voters’ Day.

SDM Sunaina Sharma giving away voter ID to a new voter.

DC Sheetal Nanda felicitating an official at Samba.

Tehsildar Rajesh Baru administering oath to voters at Talwara.

A Resource Person addressing the students at Himalayan College.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATRA: "There is justone rule of this universe -Survival of the Fittest. Ifyou can't be a lion, make

sure you have leverage overit. The universe acceptsand responds to a personwho refuses to be denied"-these were the words ofArush Mahajan, a youngCEO (Chief ExecutiveOfficer), Director ofElysium Net Solution Pvt.Ltd and COO (ChiefOperating Officer) of INRDeals while delivering aguest lecture on" E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p ,Business Development andInternet Marketing" to alarge number of studentsand faculty of School ofBusiness and Departmentof Economics at Shri MataVaishno Devi University.

Mahajan who is success-fully running these twoStart Up companies andhad a national presence

gave some useful tips tothe students about devel-oping online business andbranding opportunities anddigital Infrastructure. Hiscompany ENS has con-ducted over 100 free digi-tal marketing awarenessevents. The company hasoffered consultancy to over10,000 students acrossIndia.

He addressed the stu-dents by giving the exam-ples of Great Giants ofInternet in the likes ofGoogle, Facebook, Youtubeand also said how we'dmake full use of them bygenerating more and morerevenue instead of hits andlikes.

During delivering his lec-ture he told students tofind out their hidden talentin them and to use theplatforms like Youtube,Facebook, Snapchat,Whatsapp, Pinterest andstart making money out ofit. Arush also told studentsto use the social mediafirmly and learn to gener-ate more and more revenuefrom it.

Earlier Prof. D.Mukhopadhyaya, Dean,Faculty of Managementaccorded the warm wel-come to Arush Mahajanand Dr. Kakoli Majumdar,Head, Department ofEconomics presented himthe bouquet of thanks.

SMVDU conducts guest lecture

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A Resource Person addressing the gathering at Katra.

Theft case solved; 1 held STATE TIMES NEWS

NOWSHERA: Police on Wednesday solved a theft case by

arresting a thief and recovering stolen goods on his disclosure.

As per the details, on 24th January 2017, a lady namely

Rajni Bala wife of Bal Raj resident of Rajal Nowshera lodged

a written report at Police Station Nowshera mentioning there-

in that on 21st Dec 2016 she along with her family members

had gone to Delhi to attend the last rites of her mother-in- law

at Delhi after locking main door of her house.

On the same day during night hours some unknown bur-

glars entered into her house and stole some golden ornaments

which include two golden chains, two ear rings, one nose pin

including cash worth Rs 4,000 and an ATM card of the com-

plainant from her house. After that cash worth Rs.11,500 was

also withdrawn from the A/C of the complaint through stolen

ATM card.

In this regard a case vide FIR No. 09/2017 under section

457/380 RPC was registered at Police Station Nowshera and

investigation was taken up by SHO Police Station Nowshera

Haji Mohd Bashir.

During investigation some suspects from the area were

rounded up and during sustained interrogation one suspect

namely Mohd Rafi son of Mohd Bashir resident of Rajal con-

fessed about the theft and stolen property worth rupees

73,500 was also recovered from him.

One held with 4.8 gms heroinSTATE TIMES NEWS

KATHUA: Police on Wednesday arrested a car driver and

recovered 4.80 grams heroin from his possession.

According to a report, on specific information a police team

of Lakhanpur Police Station laid special Naka at Lakhanpur

and intercepted a maruti Swift car (JK01 P/8707) coming

from Punjab side.

During checking , police recovered 4.80gms of heroin from

the possession of one Daljeet Singh son of Trilok Singh resi-

dent of Langate Morh Kathua.

A case vide FIR No 12/2017 under section 8/21/22 NDPS

Act was registered. Whole operation was conducted by Insp

Kulbir Singh Choudhary SHO Lakhanpur under the supervi-

sion of Dysp Kuljeet Singh, Addl Supdt of police Khalil

Poswal and SSP Kathua Pawan Parihar.

STATE TIMES NEWS RAJOURI: A special cul-vert at Bathuni, Rajouribuilt with an estimatedcost of Rs. 14.30 lakh wasinaugurated onWednesday by BJP seniorleader and MLC VibodhGupta. The funds for theconstruction of this cul-vert were provided byMLC Vibodh through hisCDF.

Latter addressing animpressive function at thesite, MLC Vibodhdescribed that betterroads as a key gateway todevelopment. He said thatthis is the main reasonthat present governmentin the State as well as inthe Centre is accordingtop priority to good quali-ty linear infrastructurespecially the roads. Heappreciated the efforts of

Minister for RuralDevelopment Abdul HaqKhan and said that as aresult of his seriousefforts the conditions ofmany roads in the PirPanjal region hasimproved a lot.

Prominent among otherswho were present on the

occasion included seniorofficials of RuralDevelopment Department,Sarpanch and members ofthe local Panchyat, DineshTara, Kewal Sharma,Rakesh Sharma, AmrikSingh, Jaswant Singh,Mohd. Hussan and MohdYaqoob.

Better road connectivity a gatewayto development : Vibodh

MLC Vibodh Gupta inaugurating the culvert at Rajouri.

Akhnoor girl to participatein Republic Day Parade STATE TIMES NEWS

AKHNOOR: RiyaSharma daughter ofRattan Lal Sharma, stu-dent of Sixth semester andNSS volunteer of Govt.Degree College Akhnoorhas been selected for RDParade New Delhi. She is the lone candi-date selected for the 26th Jan. paradeamong the college of Jammu Division.

RR upgrades women empowerment nodeSTATE TIMES NEWS

RAMBAN: With a view to empower and impartskill to the local women of Gool Tehsil, DistRamban, the Gool based Rashtriya Rifles initiat-ed up-gradation of Army Women EmpowermentNode. The upgradation focuses on procuring equip-ments and raw materials for imparting qualitytraining on tailoring, stitching and embroidery.Over 24 local women from adjoining areas areattending the development programme and areacquiring the skills to earn their livelihood.