13Wednesday October 31, 2018

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: St. Peter's HighSchool, Jammu on Tuesdayreverberated with joyous cel-ebrations as the Diocese ofJammu-Srinagar EducationSociety felicitated the posi-tion holders of classes X andXII for the academic year2017-18 in JKBOSE andCBSE Board examinationsand honoured teachers andsupporting staff who ren-dered 25 years of continuousservice in schools owned bythe Society.

Sanjeev Verma, DivisionalCommissioner Jammu andRajeshwar Singh, AIG(Personnel) PHQ, J&K werethe Chief Guest and Guestof Honour respectively.

Rt. Rev. Ivan Pereira,President of the Societypresided over the function.

Welcoming the dignitariesand guests, Rev. Fr. T.SJacob, the Chairman ofDiocese Education Boardhighlighted the history of

missionary endeavor in edu-cation in the State ofJammu and Kashmir that isdated back to the 19th cen-tury.

The first Catholic Schoolwas established inBaramulla in 1905 andsince then the Church hasbeen playing a lead role intaking education to themasses.

In his address to theachievers, Chief Guest of theday, Sanjeev Verma, praised

the contributions of the mis-sionaries in providing quali-ty education to the people ofthe State. He also appreciat-ed their commitment to goto the farthest pockets of theState to spread educationand together with it lessonsin high moral values.

He urged the Society toconsider opening moreschools in rural areas whileat the same time upgradingthe existing schools toaccommodate the demand.

Congratulating the stu-dents, Rajeshwar Singh,exhorted them to choosestudies and careers based ontheir aptitude and not mere-ly on pressures and pullsfrom the families.

Rt. Rev. Ivan Pereira con-gratulated the position hold-ers and hoped that suchevents will inspire more andmore students to excel intheir studies.

Emphasising on the com-mitment, he said that theDiocese has truly been achampion of not only edu-cating the children, but alsoempowering and enrichingtheir lives based on moralvalues.

The top achievers includedPratham Sarngal, son ofKuldeep Raj Sarngal fromFatima Convent HighSchool, Bishana andAnuradha Devi, daughter ofSansar Singh from SacredHeart Convent High School,Phinter-Billawar (Kathua)

who stood first in theJKBOSE examinations heldin March 2018 with 496marks (99.2 per cent).Contributions of ManmeetSingh, an office staff at St.Peter's High School, B CRoad (Jammu) and HamamDass, a supporting staff atHoly Family Convent HighSchool, Nagari-Parole(Kathua) over 25 years intheir respective schools wereacknowledge during theAwards Ceremony.

Students of St. Peter'sHigh School laced the color-ful event with soulful cultur-al programmes. The pro-gramme also witnessed par-ticipation of students, par-ents and teachers from vari-ous units of the society inJammu as well as Kashmir.Fr. S. Joseph, AcademicDirector, proposed the votethanks and the event cameto a close with the movingrendition of the NationalAnthem.

Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar Education Society felicitates position holders of board exams

Div Com Jammu, Sanjeev Verma presenting trophy to a student.

STATE TIMES NEWSKATHUA: JK Public School (JKPS) Kathuashined in Khelo India TaekwondoCompetition organised by the J&K StateSports Council under Khelo India scheme.

JKPS Kathua won 14 medals including fivegold, four silver and five bronze.

Gold medal winners were Aryan Sharma ofclass 9th, Anamika of class 10th, VedanshiRajput of class 3rd A, Ayush Nirankari ofclass 4th B, Krish Singh of class 5th A whilesilver medals were won by Ayush Sharma of

class 9th, Nehal Jasrotia of class 10th,Shivdeep Salaria of class 9th and Janvi Singhof class 9th and Vastavi Dubey of class 2nd A,Manik Sharma of class 3rd B, Akhil Abrol ofclass 6th, Prachi Sharma of class 9th, SakshiDevi of class 9th won bronze medals.

The Principal, Anil Pathania and the schoolmanagement congratulated the achievers fortheir outstanding performance.

The efforts of the Coach Anchal Sharmawere also appreciated in training the stu-dents.

JKPS Kathua excels in Khelo India Taekwondo C'ship

Medal winners posing for a photograph with faculty members.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: HDFC Bank,India's leading private retailbank, recruited ten final yearMBA students from theMIET School of Managementat an annual package of Rs4.32 lakh per annum.

Further, 20 first year stu-dents received offers ofinternship with stipends dur-ing the day-long placementdrive conducted by officials ofthe HDFC Bank at MIETcampus, here on Tuesday.

The placed students includeRashi Mahajan, MrighanshBadyal, Rajat Khanna, AditiGupta, Kanwalpreet Kour,Mehreen Rafiq, AkshatMahajan, Bazila Fayaz,Manpreet Kour and PrateekGupta.

The twenty first year stu-dents selected for internshipshall also receive opportunity

to be placed at HDFC Bankdepending upon their per-formance during the intern-ship.

Chairman MIER Dr. ArunK. Gupta and ViceChairperson Dr. Renu Guptaextended heartiest congratu-lations to the students fortheir outstanding perform-ance and blessed them forsuccessful corporate careersgoing forward. Director,

MIET Prof. Ankur Guptaextended his congratulationsto the students, Prof. B.CSharma Dean Training andPlacements and Prof. P.NSharma Head of the MIETSchool of Management. Hereiterated the commitment ofMIET to ensure that the stu-dents are industry-ready andthat the right placementopportunities are created forthem.

HDFC Bank recruits 10 MBA Grads from MIET

HDFC Bank representatives and selected students.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Delhi PublicSchool (DPS) Panthersdefeated DPS Tigers andwon the handball matchorganised by DPS Nagbaniin the school premises, hereon Tuesday.

Earlier, The Principal of theSchool, R.K Verma, who wasthe Chief Guest on the occa-sion, interacted with both theteam captains and the play-ers and wished them all thebest. The toss was won bythe DPS Panthers and decid-ed the goal post. Both theteams have nail biting finish

and DPS Panthers won byfour goals.

The principal appreciatedthe efforts of the players andtheir Coach Rohit Charakunder whose guidance thematch was played.

C h a i r m a n / Tr u s t e e ,Ajatshatru Singh, RituSingh-Sole Trustee,Adhishree Singh-Trustee,Ranvijay Singh-Trustee andS.S Sodhi-Director of theschool also congratulated thewinning team and conveyedtheir best wishes and goodluck to all the players fortheir bright future.

DPS Nagbani organiseshandball match

A handball match in progress.

Roll Ball trialsfrom Nov 3

SPORTS REPORTERJAMMU: Roll BallAssociation of Jammu andKashmir shall be holdingtwo-day selection trials toname the State team for theforthcoming 15th SeniorNational Championship to beheld at Belguan inKarnataka from November30 to December 2.

The trials shall take placeat Skating Rink, MAStadium, here on November3 and 4. The selection shallbe followed by the coachingcamp beginning onNovember 5, a handoutissued by the association hereon Tuesday informed.

Those interested playershave been advised to report toMadhu Sharma(9419148556) and SudhirSingh (9419109609) as alsoAshraf Dujoo (9419179740).

SPORTS REPORTERJAMMU: The PostGraduate (PG) Departmentsof Arts and GovernmentDegree College (GDC)Hiranagar as well as GDCKathua won their respectivematches on Tuesday toadvance in the ongoing Inter-college Men's HockeyCompetition, organised bythe Directorate of Sports andPhysical Education,University of Jammu (JU)on the campus, here.

However, GDC Paloura gotwalkover after their opponentfailed to report. The Results:PG Arts beat MAM College2-1; GDC Paloura gotwalkover; GDC Hiranagardefeated MBS College 1-0;GDC Kathua blanked GDCPoonch 3-0.

Today's matches were offi-ciated by the technical panelincluding Dalvinder Singh,Jagjeet Singh, Jagjeet SinghREEN, Joginder Singh,Matinder Pal Singh, RanveetSingh, Harinder Pal Singhand Harmik Singh.

KABADDI: In the Inter-college Women's Kabaddi

Tournament which startedon Tuesday on the campus,here, Government College forWomen GCW) Kathua wonthe opening match beatingTrikuta Degree College 63-52. The technical panel com-prised Ajay Gupta, AnilSharma, Ankush Gupta,Keshav Singh, AmandeepSingh and Gagan Kumar.

WRESTLING: AnnualInter-college Men's WrestlingCompetition of JU gotunderway at Gymnasium

Hall on the JU Campus, hereon Tuesday. A record number

of 90 wrestlers representing22 affiliated colleges of theJU are taking part in thiscompetition.

The semifinals and finalbouts have been scheduledfor tomorrow at the samevenue. Today's bouts wereofficiated by the technicalpanel comprising Jai Bharat,Sahil Sharma, Bansi LalTidyal and Mulkh RajSharma.

The Results (PreliminaryRound): 57 Kg: Satvir Singh

(GDC Paloura) beat NarvindSingh; Mohd. Arif (GDCBasholi) defeated RajeshKhajuria (GDC Ramnagar).61 Kg: Arun (GDC Jindrah)trounced Bhanu Partap(Science College); BaghHussain (GDC Hiranagar)outplayed Mohd Guffar(GDC Bishnah). 65 Kg: AmitManhas (GDC Khour) beatAjay Kumar (GDC Reasi);Anil Sharma (GDCRamnagar) defeated RamSaroop (GDC Akhnoor). 70Kg: Vishwajeet Singh (GDCKathua) downed Bunty

Kumar (GDC Khour);Arshad Ali (GDC Kalakote)beat Arif Khan (GDCBasholi). 74 Kg: JavedSheikh (GDC Basholi)trounced Rahul Sharma(GDC Hiranagar); SahilSharma (GDC Akhnoor) out-played Vinod Kumar (GDCRamnagar). 79 Kg: MohitSharma (GDC Mahanpur)downed Rahul Singh (PG).92 Kg: Ajay Kumar (GDCKhour) beat Daleep Singh(GDC Kathua); Hem Raj(GDC Basholi) outplayedAbhimanyu (PG).

PG Arts, GDC Hiranagar advance in hockey

Participating kabaddi teams posing with dignitaries.

Director Physical Education, JU, Dr Daud Iqbal Babaintroducing wrestlers before bout.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Students of DelhiPublic School, Jammubrought laurels to the schooland their parents by win-ning medals in Khelo IndiaWrestling Championship-2018 for boys and girls inU-17 category organised byJ&K State Sports Councilat MA Stadium, Jammufrom October 24 to 25,2018.

The winners were SohiSharma (X-F)-gold in 44kgs; Iqra Malik (VII-I)-goldin 55 kgs; Saima Itoo (VII-I)- silver in 44 kgs; RijulKaul (VII-I)-silver in 55kgs; Mrinalini Jamwal (X-F)- bronze in 55 kgs;Tushar Khajuria (IX-J)-bronze in 74 kgs;

Jahaandeep Singh (VIII-B)-bronze in 60 kgs andTehmour Javaid (X-C)-bronze in 66 kgs.

Principal DPS Jammu,Ruchi Chabra congratulat-ed all the winners and theirparents for the victory.Headmistress, Meenu

Gupta also applauded theentire team.

President RCT,Ajatshatru Singh, Pro ViceChairperson, Ritu Singhand Director, S.S Sodhi alsoextended their best wishesto all the winners and theirparents.

DPS Jammu wins medals in Khelo India Wrestling C'ship

Medal winners posing with faculty members.

SPORTS REPORTERJAMMU: State SportClimbers gave a creditable per-formance by winning fourmedals including gold and twosilvers in the Second IMF AllIndia Sport ClimbingChampionship which conclud-ed at Indore, the other day.

Whereas Shivani Charak, aninternational climber, baggedthe gold and silver medal inLead and Speed climbingrespectively in the women cate-gory, Ajay Deep Singh, anoth-er good climber, also baggedtwo medals including a silverand a bronze in Lead andSpeed climbing respectively inthe Junior Boys category.

Arun Deep Singh, anothertalented climber of J&K nar-rowly missed medals both inLead and Speed climbing andfinally finished fourth in boththe categories.

Since it was a ranking com-petition Shivani Charak with agold (100 points) and a silver

medal (80 points) in her kittyincreased her points tally to360 points and has nowbecome the top ranked womenclimber in the country.

Meanwhile, Shivani Charakleft today for Chongqing,China along with 10 othermembers of the Indian team toparticipate in the Asian YouthChampionship being held therefrom November 1 t0 4.

The other J&K climbers alsoexcelled in various categoriesbut somehow remained medalless. Ritesh Sharma in theJunior Boys category andRandeep Singh in Sub Juniorcategories who had raisedvision of a medals by enteringthe knock out round of thespeed competition, could notprogress beyond the quarterfi-

nal stage. Over all it was an excellent

performance by the eight mem-bers team with six climbersentering the final rounds invarious forms of competitionsand two climbers winninggold, two silvers and onebronze medal in their respec-tive categories. Manik Slathiaaccompanied the State team asManager-cum-Coach.

On return from the All Indiacompetition, the team alongwith the Manager cum Coach,Manik Slathia called on theSecretary, MountaineeringAssociation of J&K (MAJK),Ram Khajuria and ArtiSharma, Principal Apple Kids,Bantalab, Jammu.

Both congratulated theclimbers for their brilliant per-formance in the NationalCompetition and hoped thatthe climbers would work morehard and win more medals forthe state. Arti Sharmaassured the climbers that theSchool shall provide the neces-sary infrastructural andcoaching facilities and all otherpossible help for the promotionof the game. Satish Bhan andSonam Sidharth, an executivemember of MountaineeringAssociation of J&K wereprominent among others pres-ent on the occasion.

Gold among 4 medals for J&K in climbing

State Climbers posing for a photograph with Principal ofApple Kids, Arti Sharma and General Secretary MAJK,

Ram Khajuria at Jammu. STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: Chairman, DograEducational Trust, GulchainSingh Charak, while sharinghis vision with the youngaspiring graduates of DograDegree College, on Tuesdaybriefed them about thevaliant history of the'Dogras' and how this insti-tute stands as an epitome ofquality education and right-eousness.

He emphasised on theneed to enhance knowledge,skills of the studentsthrough use of various facil-ities provided by the college.

He also highlighted thatthe students should not con-fine themselves to acquiringnew knowledge and skillsbut should be able to developthem continuously for learn-ing and professional growth.

Dogra Degree College inkeeping up with its traditionof holistic and comprehen-

sive development of its stu-dents organised this interac-tion and orientation sessionwith its diligent manage-ment in the college premis-es.

Earlier speaking in herwelcome address thePrincipal DDC, BelaThakur gave a brief insightabout the college achieve-ments and also shared infor-mation regarding the aca-demic rules and regulations

of the college.Following the traditional

feature of college to electCRs and the elected repre-sentatives were pinnedbadge on this occasion.Donning the mantle ofresponsibility, they pledgedto dispense their duties tothe best of their abilities.

The Annual CollegeMagazine "Nostalgia, ARewind…" was also releasedby Gulchain Singh Charakin the presence of SamarDev Singh Charak,Secretary, DograEducational Trust, BelaThakur, staff and students.

Also, the meritorious stu-dents, who had participatedand shone bright in variousevents, were felicitated.

Vote of thanks was pre-sented by Arushi Salathia,Lecturer in Management,Dogra Degree College.

Dogra Degree College holds induction programme

Dogra Degree College faculty and management membersreleasing a college magazine.

STATE TIMES NEWSRAJOURI: In a major initia-tive to promote sports culturein the district, the Rajouriadministration on Tuesdaydecided to provide sportsequipments to all 1,924 gov-ernment schools in the district.

Deputy CommissionerMohammad Aijaz Asadannounced here at meetingconvened to review availabilityof sports equipments in educa-tional institutions across thedistrict.

The district has 43 HigherSecondary Schools, 135 HighSchools, 435 Middle Schoolsand rest are Primary Schools,the meeting was told.

It was also informed thatthere is an immediate require-ment of sports material in theschools.

Addressing the infrastruc-ture deficit issue, the DDCdecided that district adminis-tration shall provide the neces-sary sports material to all theschools as per the requirement

projected by the Departmentof Youth Services and Sportsand School Education depart-ment.

The sports material shall beage and class specific and shallinclude sports like cricket, foot-ball, volleyball, badminton,kho-kho, rope skipping,wrestling, etc.

The DC impressed upon theofficers to encourage the schoolgoing students to participate insports activities for their bettermind and body and to earn lau-rels for themselves. "We arecommitted to provide the bestfacilities and sports logistics toour young talents across thedistrict" he said.

The DDC also impressedupon the officers to projecttheir requirements for thesmooth conduct of sportsevents. He stressed on register-ing maximum number ofsports persons and directed theblock level officers to updatethe office on weekly basis aboutthe activities being undertaken.

Rajouri Admn to provide sports equipments to all 1,924 Govt schools

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: To establish andpromote the importance ofgood oral care habits, freeoral dental check up campwas organised atInternational Delhi PublicSchool (IDPS), here.

The camp was initiatedwith dental awareness talk,educating students aboutcommon dental ailments,especially stressing on toothdecay and gum diseases andmeasures to prevent them.

The students were briefedabout the eating patternsand food choices which causetooth decay. The camp gavethe opportunity to assess theoral health awareness amongthe students and learn aboutthe oral hygiene practiceswhich are of great impor-tance in day to day life.

Moreover free samples oftooth pastes and oral hygienecare were distributedamongst IDPIAN's and thestaff.

IDPS organises oral dentalcheck-up camp

Doctors examining a student during a camp.

STATE TIMES NEWSPULWAMA: DeputyCommissioner PulwamaGhulam Mohammad Dar onTuesday distributed serviceorders among variousNational Youth Corps(NYCs) volunteers in a func-tion organised byDepartment of YouthServices and Sports

Department at district officecomplex here.

On the occasion, DDCurged upon newly appointeesto work for the betterment ofsociety and channelise theirenergy in a positive direction.

District Youth Services &Sports Officer and other con-cerned officers were presenton the occasion.

DDC distributes service orders among NYCs