Jammu and Kashmir postal department organised the “Chillai Kallan Cricket Match” at Amar Singh College ground on T-20 pattern between Shining Srinagar Stars and Jovial Jammu team in which Jammu Jovial lifted the golden cup.
The match was organised by the Postal Department as a welfare measure for the staff members. Which Shining Srinagar Stars team was having players from Srinagar and Baramulla also and Jovial Jammu Team comprises players from Jammu, Udhampur and Rajouri divisions.
Team Srinagar won the toss and decided for batting and scored 130 runs in 20 overs. The score was well chased by Jovial Jammu and they made 131 runs in 19.1 overs after losing only five wickets. Sanjay Kumar from Jovial Jammu was declared man of the match for his all-round performance who scored 55 runs and also claimed two wickets.
Prof Bashir Ahmad Rather Principal Amar Singh College was a guest of honour during the Cricket match and presented the trophies and mementoes to the players of both teams during the closing ceremony.
Col Vinod Kumar PMG appreciated both the teams for showing sportsmanship, team spirit and a high sense of friendship during both innings. He informed that the officials are feeling a little low as long duration COVID did not allow big social mixing and generally people remained captive in four walls of residences.
Night temperatures recorded a fall at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday with Pahalgam being the coldest place in the Valley.
Quoting a meteorological department official, a local media outlet reported that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.2°C against the previous night’s minus 2.4°C. While the mercury was around 1.7°C below normal during this time of the year, it was four notches less that than this season’s lowest of minus 3.6°C recorded on Friday, the official said.
Qazigund recorded a low of minus 2.8°C against minus 2.6°C on the previous night. The temperature 1.2°C below normal for the gateway town of Kashmir, he said.
He said that Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 4.5°C against minus 4.3°C on previous night and it was 0.1°C below normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Kokernag recorded a low of minus 0.7°C against minus 0.6°C as on the previous night and it was 1.0°C above normal for the place, he said.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 1.5°C against minus 2.0°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 3.3°C above normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the official said.
In Kupwara town, the mercury settled at minus 3.7°C against minus 3.8°C on the previous night, the official said. It was 1.3°C below normal for the north Kashmir place, he said.
Jammu recorded a low of 7.2°C, the same as on the previous night. It was 1.7°C below normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said. Banihal recorded a low of 0.4°C (below normal by 1.1°C), Batote 4.6°C (1.2°C above normal), Katra 7.8°C (0.2°C above normal) and Bhadarwah 2.3°C (1.9°C above normal).
Ladakh, Leh recorded minus 10.2°C and Kargil minus 10.6°C, the official said.
The MeT department has forecast mainly dry weather for now and said that there was no major weather activity expected till December 25.
Jammu, Dec 18: Jammu and Kashmir president of BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) Ravinder Raina yesterday said that anyone involved in Rajouri firing incident would have to face action as per set procedures of law of the country as it (law) reigned supreme.
He also stated, “We have full faith in the army. Given its (army’s) high professional standards, recognised at the international level, people, too, have great expectations that it will conduct a free, fair probe in a time bound manner and will take action against those involved in the incident.”
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Mr Raina was talking to media persons during cremation of both the victims of Rajouri firing incident.
“Whosoever is involved in the act will have to face action as per law as India is governed by law which is applicable to everyone. No one is above law,” Raina said.
“I spoke to the Union Home Minister as well as the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor. Both the dignitaries expressed grief and shared condolences with the families. Both assured investigation into the matter. The government and the people of J&K are with both the victim families in their hour of grief,” Raina said.
The infrastructural promises in government schools fall flat as at least 3093 public institutions in Jammu and Kashmir are without toilet facilities for the female students.
The official figures reveal that among the total government run schools in Jammu and Kashmir, at least 3093 government schools that amount to nearly 20 percent of the institutes are without toilet facilities for the female students. Only 12,265 government schools were availing the facilities.
The case of toilet facilities for the female students in private schools in Jammu and Kashmir is worse than the government schools as the official figures reveal that at least 45 percent of functional private schools in Jammu and Kashmir san the toilet facilities for its female students.
It reveals that out of the total number of private schools of Jammu and Kashmir, only 55 percent private educational institutes were having the toilet facilities for the female students.
Likewise, 50 percent of the aided schools functioning here were also lacking the toilet facilities for the female students. “In aided 8978 schools did not have the toilet facilities for its female students while only 8979 such schools were providing the facilities to the student’s.”
It also states that in an overall situation of all schools of Jammu and Kashmir, 11 percent of the schools were lacking the toilet facilities for the female students and staff that includes all the government, private, aided and other schools.
A class 5 student in a Delhi school was allegedly hit with a pair of scissors by her teacher who then chopped her hair and flung her off the building’s first floor, fracturing her facial bone, officials said yesterday.
According to the police, the teacher locked herself inside a classroom with students and “violently” threw water bottles before she picked up the girl and tossed her from the balcony.
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According to doctors, the girl, aged around 11, has sustained fracture in a facial bone.
Police said the accused teacher, identified as Geeta Rani Deshwal (26), has been arrested.
The incident took place at around 11 am at the Delhi Nagar Nigam Balika Vidyalaya. Papers, books and bags lay scattered in the classroom as students ran out of the classroom in panic, as she allegedly even threatened to harm some of them, police said.
Police said Deshwal was arrested, adding that the motive behind the incident is not clear yet.
The girl’s father said that his daughter was bleeding after she was thrown by the teacher, and she sustained injuries to her jaw and legs.
“We received information from the school about the assault. The teacher picked up my daughter and threw her from the balcony. She also cut my daughter’s hair,” he told media.
He alleged that teacher allegedly beats up other children and even uses belts to harass students. However, there was no confirmation from the police to these allegations.
A senior doctor at the Hindu Rao Hospital said the girl, aged around 11, has suffered “small injuries in the scalp region”.
“We conducted a CT scan of her skull and brain which has come normal, and the ultrasound too has come normal. But, there is swelling on her face, so we repeated the CT, and found that she has sustained a fracture in a facial bone. Hence, the patient has been referred to the maxillofacial department of the Safdarjung Hospital,” he told a National news agency.
The girl, otherwise, is stable and further treatment is on, he added.
The tests and scan reports of the girl are “normal, and the child is safe, stable and responding well”, according to the municipal corporation. Deshwal was suspended by the civic body.
Narrating the sequence of incident, DCP (Central Delhi) Shweta Chauhan said that Deshwal came to the class first, then locked the door from inside and started threatening students.
“She also broke bottles. She then caught hold of a girl and hit her head with a pair of small scissors. She then…threw her off the balcony,” Chauhan said.
When asked if the teacher harmed any other student, the officer said that no such information or complaint has come to the fore so far.
“One more teacher who tried to stop the accused from doing so was pushed by the accused but it is not confirmed if she sustained injuries when she went to intervene,” the DCP said.
Police, however, didn’t give details as to how the door of the classroom, which was locked from inside, was opened.
Asked whether the teacher is mentally-ill, Chauhan told reporters that doctors can confirm this.
According to the police, the accused suffered a miscarriage in October 2021 when she was five-month pregnant. Her husband lives in a Haryana village and is a truck driver.
Soon after the incident, a huge crowd gathered at the school in central Delhi’s Model Basti area. The police reached the spot and brought the situation under control.
“We don’t know what led to the incident. Why did this teacher do this to my daughter? She even harmed her classmates. I never received any complaint against my daughter. What happened today was very shocking and I fear sending my child to school again,” the victim’s father told the media over phone.
Parents of many students gathered outside the school and lodged a protest.
The victim’s mother burst into tears and was inconsolable when she got to know that her child had been thrown off the first floor of the school building.
Another woman who consoled the victim’s mother said, “This teacher should be punished severely for her act. Just because we come from a poor background does not mean our children can be harmed.” Some of the classmates of the victim also alleged that the teacher threatened to harm them.
A parent of another student of class 5 in the same school alleged that the “head master did not even speak” to the parents about the incident and questioned the education system of MCD schools.
He also accused this teacher of intending to harm other students of the class as well, and alleged that “none of the higher authorities have come to school for inspection till date”.
“Is this the way the school is educating children, by beating and harming them with scissors? Do we send our children to school for this? Who will take responsibility for this,” he asked.
Earlier in the day, a team of Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights visited the girl in Hindu Rao Hospital. Later, the child rights body directed the local SHO to inquire into the matter under serious violation and submit an action taken report by December 20.
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal demanded strict punishment for the accused teacher.
NEW DELHI, December 17 : Union Minister for Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh, who is also the Vice President of CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research), today announced the launching of “One Week, One Lab” countrywide campaign from January 6, 2023. In this, each of the 37 premier Laboratories/Institutes of CSIR spread across the country will, one after the other in every successive week, showcase their exclusive innovations and technological breakthroughs to the people of India.
Addressing the 200th Governing Body Meeting of CSIR at the Science Centre in New Delhi, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the “One Week One Lab” theme-based campaign is expected to ignite the minds of young innovators, students, StartUps, academia, and industry to look for opportunities through deep tech ventures.
Dr Jitendra Singh recalled that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is President of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), had chaired the meeting of CSIR Society on 15th October, 2022 and appreciated the efforts of CSIR in the past 80 years.
The Prime Minister had urged CSIR in the Society meeting to develop a vision for 2042 when CSIR turns 100 years old and also highlighted the significance of documenting the journey of the past 80 years, which can help take a review of progress achieved and identify areas of lacunae which can be addressed. He also suggested that a virtual summit of all labs can be held regularly in which they can learn new things from each other’s experience.
At the 200th Governing Body Meeting of CSIR today, Dr Jitendra Singh announced a Special Call for Research Grant Proposals for Women Scientists. The call for research grant proposal is for women scientists including those who have taken a career break and are interested in returning to research and reestablishing their career. Keeping in tune with the transformations happening in CSIR, the Minister of Science and Technology also released the new tagline, “CSIR-The Innovation Engine of India”.
The implementation of paperless E-office across all labs with effect 01 April 2023 and E-performance appraisal system for admin cadre staff for Reporting Year 2022-2023 was also approved.
CSIR was established on 26 September 1942 and was registered as a CSIR Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The first meeting of the Governing Body was held on 09 March 1942 that framed the Bye Laws for the Council amongst other agenda items.
Dr Jitendra Singh informed the Governing Body Members that he will soon write to Union Minister for Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and all the Chief Ministers of States to evolve a mechanism for wider sharing of CSIR technological breakthroughs and innovations in schools for students and aspirants who want to pursue fundamental science and research as a strong career option.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, the legacy of CSIR is built on the cumulative contribution of its several national laboratories and institutes. He said, each laboratory of CSIR is unique and specializing in as diverse areas as genomics to geology, material technology to microbial technology and food to fuel.
Dr N Kalaiselvi, Director General, CSIR gave a presentation on CSIR activities and achievements from the 199th to the 200th GB meetings.
Members of the present GB include Prof Ajay Sood, PSA to the Government of India; Dr Samir V Kamat, Secretary, DoD and Chairman, DRDO; Gurdeep Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, NTPC; Dr Srinivasa Reddy, Director, CSIR-IICT; Dr N Anadavalli, Director, CSIR-SERC; Finance Secretary and Secretary (Expenditure); Shri Baba A Kalyani, Chairmand & MD, Kalyani Group; Prof K VijayRaghavan, Former PSA to GoI; Dr Vijay Bhatkar; Dr K N Vyas, Secretary, DAE and Chairman, AEC and Dr N Kalaiselvi, DG-CSIR.
Dr Jitendra Singh recalled how the laboratories came together during the COVID pandemic last year and developed several technologies that helped India’s fight against COVID. The Minister said, the success stories of each lab must be brought to the fore of the country through a massive mass media campaign.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, CSIR breakthroughs in areas like Drone, Heliborne technology, state of the art Sewage cleaning machines, Aroma Mission has opened up huge opportunities for developing meaningful and equal stake partnership among Research, Academia and Industry. The Minister said, the state-of-the-art Heli-borne survey technology with cooperation from Jal Shakti Ministry was applied last year in States of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana and this could play an important role in positively contributing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Vision and Mission of “Har Ghar Nal Se Jal”. Similarly, the mechanised sewage cleaning system developed by CSIR for wider dissemination will help in achieving the target of Swachh Bharat Mission, he added.
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, said the Minister, that Science & Technology has got enhanced budget and a very special impetus in the last 8 years and the scientific pursuits and endeavors are now being assigned special importance. He said, the ultimate goal of all Scientific Innovations is to bring “Ease of Living” for the common man.
Dr Jitendra Singh called upon a pool of over 4,500 CSIR scientists to reorient and revitalise the organization to emerge as Global Centres of Innovations in the Amrit Kaal. He said, they must focus on emerging innovations in areas like Hydrogen in the energy transition, Carbon capture and storage, Accessible solar power, Plastic recycling and Cheap energy storage.
BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit staged a protest here on Saturday against Pakistan Foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto over his personal remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP workers raised slogans against Bhutto and demanded an apology from him. The protest was taken out from the party’s office in Jawahar Nagar area here. ”This march is part of the country-wide protests by BJP against Bhutto’s shameless comments against our beloved Prime Minister.
This protest is against Pakistan which is a terror state,” party’s Kashmir media incharge, Manzoor Ahmad, told reporters. The party said the protests will continue till Bhutto tenders an apology. ”This is a protest against the Pakistan government.
We appeal it to hang Bhutto and until he apologies to the people of India, protests will continue,” party activist Mohammad Yusuf Dar said. Bhutto made the comments following India’s External Affairs minister S Jaishankar’s sharp attack on Pakistan over its support to terrorism at the United Nations Security Council meeting.
As many as 14 Jammu and Kashmir bowlers have registered for the upcoming Indian Premiere League (IPL) mini-auction. Overall, 21 players from Jammu and Kashmir will go under the hammer.
The fast bowler from J-K Umran Malik has already made a mark for himself by debuting for Team India after featuring in the IPL.
As the auctions are just a week away, more players from J-K can look forward to making it to the IPL. The likes of Mujtaba Yousuf, Basit Bashir Sharukh Dar, and Yudhvir Charak are some notable pacers from the J-K region participating in the IPL auction.
Most of the seamers in the list have attended multiple trials and the likes of Basit Bashir and Sharukh Dar have already served as net bowlers for Punjab Kings and SRH respectively in the previous edition.
The J-K players in the auction list include, Shubham Khajuria, Vivrant Sharma, Mujtaba Yousuf, Abid Mushtaq, Yudhvir Charak, Basit Bashir, Rasikh Dar, Waseem Khanday, Avinash Singh, Aman Sharma, Fazil Makaya, Ateev Saini, Shahrukh Dar, Lone Muzaffar, Auqib Dar, Asad Jamil Ahmed, Aashish Bhatt, Gourav Koul, Rajeev Singh, Mohd. Wasim, Sampark Gupta.
The Jammu and Kashmir police have attached property of an LeT militant in Thathri area of Doda district after obtaining a court order for the same.
Quoting a police statement that the property, which has been attached, belongs to Abdul Rashid, an LeT commander operating from Pakistan.
The statement reads he went to Pakistan in 1993 for getting arms training with the intention to carry out subversive activities and after getting arms training, he infiltrated and remained active in District Doda.
“He along with other militants was found involved in number of attacks on civilians and security forces and other incidents of arson, blasts etc in the region. Apart from that, a number of youths of Doda were instigated and recruited by him to join militancy in the nineties,” it reads.
It reads he has also been declared as proclaimed offender by the orders of Court and presently he is operating from Pakistan and are alluring the youth of Doda through various means of social media and virtual mode to join militancy.
“He is involved in case FIR No. 23/1997 U/S 364, 302, 121 RPC, 7/27 Indian Arms Act. He was declared as absconder and subsequently proclaimed offender by the order of court. His warrant of attachment of property was forwarded by SSP Doda and consequently a team was constituted by District Magistrate Doda to execute the order and land measuring 04 Kanals and 2½ Marlas situated at village Khanpura was attached by a joint team of Revenue and Police,” it reads.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the Next of Kin of those who killed In Rajouri Firing.
“The incident in Rajouri is very unfortunate. Condolences to the bereaved families. The price of a life cannot be set in monetary terms but still I announce an ex-gratia relief of Rs five lakh for each affected family”, tweets Office of LG J&K.
