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Modi govt attacking rights of SC/ST: Selja

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Chandigarh, Feb 16:  In the backdrop of an apex court ruling that states are not bound to provide reservation in appointments or promotions, the Haryana Congress on Sunday held a protest, accusing the Narendra Modi government of attacking rights of the STs/SCs and OBCs.

The Supreme Court had given the judgment last week, upholding the contention of the Uttarakand BJP government.

The protest was led by state Congress president Kumari Selja, who alleged that the Constitution of the country and its principles were “constantly under attack” by the BJP government.

“Once again, the BJP has attacked the fundamental right of reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and backward classes,” she said during the protest in Yamunanagar, a party release said here.

The Rajya Sabha MP also accused the BJP and the RSS of “conspiracy to end reservation”.

“They have betrayed the people who belong to the SC, ST and backward classes,” she said, slamming the BJP government.

CAA was brought out of humanitarian considerations, oppn politicized it: BJP

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CAA was brought out of humanitarian considerations, oppn politicized it: BJP

Patna, Feb 16: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday asserted that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was brought in by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre out of “humanitarian considerations” and lambasted the opposition for “politicizing the issue”.

The partys national general secretary in-charge for Bihar and Rajya Sabha member Bhupendra Yadav also told reporters that denial of a scheduled meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah to a delegation of Shaheen Bagh protesters was “a decision taken by the administration and police in Delhi taking into account the situation on the ground”.

He, however, declined to comment on a video purportedly a two-month-old CCTV footage – viral on social media wherein police personnel can be seen storming a library inside the Jamia Millia Islamia and baton charging the students engrossed in books.

“I am not sure about the authenticity of the video and hence it would not be proper for me to comment on it,” Yadav said.

The BJP leader was here to take part in a meeting of the partys office-bearers in Bihar which was attended, among others, by state unit chief Sanjay Jaiswal and the latters predecessor and Union minister Nityanand Rai.

“I must say that the CAA was a decision taken out of humanitarian considerations (maanavata ke aadhar par). It is deplorable that the opposition has politicized the issue to the hilt,” said Yadav whose party is facing the heat of country-wide protests against the contentious legislation as well as the NPR which many fear would be followed by country- wide implementation of NRC despite statements to the contrary by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“It is about granting citizenship to people, not snatching it away from anybody,” said the BJP leader about the law that aims to provide Indian citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis who entered India on or before December 31, 2014 from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, having fled religious persecution in their countries.

 

Divorce cases more in educated, affluent families: Bhagwat

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Ahmedabad, Feb 16: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said the cases of divorce are found more in “educated and affluent” families nowadays as education and affluence brings arrogance along, which results in families falling apart.

He also said that there is no alternative to a Hindu society in India.

Bhagwat was addressing RSS workers here, who were present there along with their family members.

“Nowadays the number of divorce cases have increased a lot. People fight over trifle issues. The cases of divorce are more in educated and affluent families, because with education and affluence comes arrogance, as a result of which families fall apart. The society also falls apart because society is also a family,” Bhagwat was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the RSS.

“We expect swayamsevaks to tell their family members about their activities in the Sangh, because many times women members of the family have to carry out more painful work than us to ensure that we can do what we do,” he said.

He said confining women to homes has resulted in the condition of the society that we see today.

“The condition of the society is because of the customs that have been practising here for the last 2,000 years. Women we have here were confined to homes. This was not the case 2,000 years ago. That was the golden age of our society,” Bhagwat said.

“Hindu society should be virtuous and organised, and when we say society, it is not only men. A society is the one which gets its identity due to its sense of belonging,” he said.

“I am a Hindu, I respect the places of reverence associated with all faiths. But I am firm regarding my own place of reverence. I have got my sanskar from my family, and it is ‘matru shakti’ which teaches us so,” he was quoted as saying in the statement.

“There is no society without a household, and women, who comprise half of the society, should become more enlightened. But if we do not care about our society, then neitherwe will survive, nor our family,” he said.

“India has no option other than a Hindu society and Hindu society has no option but to behave like a family,” the RSS chief said.

 

 

Div Com bans construction activity in parks, gardens

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Div Com bans construction activity in parks, gardens

SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 15: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed concerned officers that no construction activity shall be carried out in the existing parks and Gardens in and around the vicinity of Srinagar city till further orders as per court directions.

The Divisional Commissioner made these directions while reviewing directions issued by the High Court in PIL No. 9/2017.

While taking note of the High Court directions, the Divisional Commissioner asked Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) and other agencies to stop construction activities at the sites identified in the PIL.

The Divisional Commissioner asked the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar to look into various issues including the allotment of land to the JKCA for construction activities.

The Divisional Commissioner directed concerned officers to ensure that no construction activity is carried out at identified sites and stadiums till further orders from the Court.

Additional Commissioner Kashmir, VC SDA, SSP Traffic Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Director Floriculture, Joint Commissioner SMC, Sports Officers and other concerned officials were present in the meeting.

DDC Srinagar inaugurates special handloom exposition 2020

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DDC Srinagar inaugurates special handloom exposition 2020

SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 15: This year’s special exposition of handloom products organised annually by the J&K Handloom Development Department began here Saturday.

The exposition which is being held at Kashmir Haat in Srinagar was inaugurated by District Development Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary.

Several handloom cooperative societies and registered handloom weavers and artisans have set up their stalls of genuine handloom products at the special exposition.

The DDC visited all stalls set up at the exposition and interacted with handloom weavers and artisans having set up their stalls at the exposition. He urged the weavers to produce GI certified pashmina products to preserve this world famous heritage art.

Speaking on the occasion Dr Shahid who is also the CEO Srinagar Smart City Limited or SSCL said the district administration in association with the SSCL will help develop a platform for online marketing of handloom products of registered weavers and artisans of the district.

Some 30 cooperative societies from both Kashmir and Jammu divisions participated in the special exposition which will be held for two-weeks upto February 29.

The annual exposition is an attempt to provide marketing opportunities and a platform to weavers for selling handloom products produced in J&K. It also provides opportunities to customers to buy the world famous products – like kani, pashmina and raffal shawls among other handloom products – directly from producers and at genuine prices.

Director Handloom Development Department Babila Rakwal, Joint Director (Kashmir) Dr Nargis Suraya and Assistant Directors Shazia Rehman, Hakim Tahir and Kashif Altaf were also present on the occasion.

On the occasion the Handloom Development department highlighted implementation of government’s various developmental schemes for the weaver community.

It was informed that so far during the current fiscal the department has released around 270 lakh rupees to around 2700 weavers under the Interest Subsidy scheme, around 25 lakh to 21 societies under the Promotion & Marketing Intervention scheme, around 13 lakh under the 10% Special Rebate scheme to 19 societies and around 5 lakh to 39 societies under the Purchase, Renovation and Modernisation of Looms scheme.

It was also informed that during the said fiscal the department has also sponsored some 1200 cases of handloom weavers for providing them bank loans under the MUDRA scheme.

Cluster University Srinagar felicitates players, coaches

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SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 15: Cluster University felicitated Winners and Runner-up in Cricket, Football and Hockey (Men & Women) Teams of Cluster University Srinagar for their outstanding performance in recently held Chancellor’s Trophy at Jammu University in which 11 Universities participated in various events. In the tournament Cluster University Srinagar lifted Cricket (Men) and Football (Women) titles and were declared Runner-up in Cricket (Women), Football (Women), Hockey (Women) and Hockey (Men).

Vice-Chancellor felicitated all participating players and Coaches of the University. The felicitation function was organised at Gogji Bagh Campus of the University.

On the occasion, the Vice-Chancellor interacted with the students and assured all possible support to the teams for their participation in tournaments at various levels. He stressed that Educational Institutions should pay more attention on extra-curricular activities as students learn team-work to achieve common goal from engaging in these events.

The event was attended by Dean Academic Affairs, Registrar, Deans of all Faculties, Assistant Registrar and Physical Training Instructors of the University.

Div Com reviews action taken on LG’s decisions

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Div Com reviews action taken on LG’s decisions

SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 15: To review the implementation of the decisions taken by the Lieutenant Governor in recently held meeting, the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today chaired a meeting to review Action Taken Reports (ATR) from Deputy Commissioners and other concerned officers.

Threadbare discussion was held regarding Kissan Credit Card, Ayushman Bharat, Languishing Projects, Single Use Plastic, Pre & Post Scholarships, Grievance Redressal Mechanism, Back to Village, Crop damage Compensation, Audit of Hospitals, Development of Sports Facilities, Installation of CCTVs in all Educational Institutions, Development of Border Areas, Social Welfare Schemes and District Salary Audits in the meeting.

To stop the use of Single Use of Plastics, the Divisional Commissioner directed DCs to install check posts along the roads leading to districts to curb the menace effectively.

He asked Deputy Commissioners to maintain a register for effective grievance redressal. He said that every officer should tour the district to redress the grievances.

Div Com said that DCs should identify suitable land for development of Play Grounds for the Panchayats which lack sports facilities.

Regarding installation of CCTV cameras in Educational Institutions as ordered by the Supreme Court, he directed the DCs to ensure installation in a time bound manner.

Besides, DCs were asked to conduct surprise inspection of hospitals and to ensure punctuality of doctors and paramedical staff, besides checking food quality in hospital canteens on regular basis.

The meeting was informed that welfare schemes will be rolled out for border districts for the upliftment and development of border areas besides, construction work on community bunkers will also be started soon.

Regarding Languishing Projects, Khan directed executing agencies to remove all bottlenecks and complete the works in a stipulated time frame.

The Divisional Commissioner also reviewed the progress of Kissan Credit Card, Ayushman Bharat, Back to Village schemes,  crop damage compensation to affected orchardists and District Salary Audits of the government employees.

Additional Commissioner Kashmir, Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Chief Engineers of PHE, MED & PMGSY, Directors of Industries, Commerce, RDD & Urban Local Bodies, Principal GMC, Joint Commissioner SMC, Joint Directors of Education, Tourism & Agriculture, Horticulture, Deputy Director Fire, Emergency Services & Sheep Husbandry, Superintending Engineers of UEED, Hydraulic, Assistant Commissioner (Central) with Div Com and other concerned officers were present in the meeting whereas nine Deputy Commissioners of various districts participated in the meeting through video conferencing.

 DGP visits National Police Memorial pay rich tribute to the martyrs

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 DGP visits National Police Memorial pay rich tribute to the martyrs

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 15: Director General of Police   Dilbag Singh today visited the National Police Memorial Chanakyapuri New Delhi and paid tributes to the policemen who laid down their lives while serving the nation.

On his arrival the DGP was presented Guard of Honour. The J&K Police chief laid wreaths and paid tributes to the martyrs of the central and state police forces, who have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.

Penning down his thoughts in visitors’ book the DGP wrote that it was an honour to be here today to pay tribute to over 35000 brave sons and daughters of this county who laid down their lives for integrity and security of Nation. JKP has in its own way contributed to this cause and will continue to do so and that J&K Police shall stand firm and committed to the sovereignty and integrity of our great country for all times to come, the DGP added.

DGP while speaking to the media said that in recent month there has been surge in cease fire violations as also in infiltration attempts. He said that our forces are making all efforts to minimize terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir and foil the evil designs of the elements bent to disrupt peace and order. He said that in recent past the security forces in J&K foiled a number of planned terror incidents effectively. He informed that all the terrorists who directly or indirectly were involved in the Pulwama terror incident have been neutralized.

The DGP then visited National Police museum and also interacted with the student from Ramban who are on Bharat Darshan Tour arranged by J&K Police.

While interacting with the students, the DGP advised them to avail the opportunity to enrich their knowledge by visiting historical places and also the modern marvels of India. He advised the students to move out, meet people and see how much beautiful, diverse in fauna and flora and in culture our country is.  He further advised the students to meet people during this tour with open heart and spread love and understanding. He said these interactions help in fostering brotherhood and harmony as the basic thinking and nature of all the people throughout the world is same.

Pertinent to mention here, Jammu and Kashmir police under its civic action programme has been organizing Bharat Darshan tours for students of different parts of Jammu and Kashmir and during these tours visiting National Police Memorial and National Police Museum has been essential part of every tour programme.

He was accompanied by   Ajeet Singh Salaria, SSP, CID Cell, New Delhi, Ms Monica Sagar, SSP and Ms Preeti Verma, DySP IR18th and Ms Shaheea Parveen DySP CID Cell New Delhi.

Commissioner SMC reviews status of street light installation work

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SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 15: Commissioner SMC, Gazanfer Ali today convened a meeting of officials and reviewed status of work on installation of street lights in Srinagar City.

Joint Commissioner (Adm.), Syed Kasim, Joint Commissioner (Works), Ishtiyak Ahmed Shah and other concerned were present in the meeting.

On the occasion, Commissioner asked the electric and engineering wings to conduct survey of poles in Srinagar city for installation and repairing of street lights, within a week’s time.

Commissioner SMC also took stock of civil works of the Corporation and instructed the concerned to strictly adhere to the work norms.

Later, Commissioner visited press colony where he interacted with the journalists who appraised him about certain issues including de-clogging and covering of drains, installation of street lights, dustbins and removal of concertina wire in the Press Enclave.

Commissioner assured them that their grievances will be redressed on priority. He directed the concerned officer to identify space for construction of Public Convenience for males and females in the Press Enclave premises.

Sarwar reviews physical, financial progress of RDD

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SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 15: Director, Rural Development Department (RDD) Kashmir, Qazi Sarwar today chaired a meeting to review physical and financial progress of various developmental projects under centrally sponsored schemes, flag-ship programs and Capex budget 2019-20.

The meeting was attended by District Officers, ACDs, DPOs and Executive Engineers of the department.

The director asked the concerned officers to expedite pace of work on these projects to ensure timely completion.

 

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