Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: The'Festival of Lights' commonlyknown as Diwali was celebrat-ed with great enthusiasm byvarious educational institu-tions across Jammu region.

To celebrate the occasion, aRangoli and Flower arrange-ment competition was organ-ized in Dogra Degree College.The BBA/BA/BCom studentsof the College participated inthe competitions and displayedtheir skills. A total of seventeams (one from each class)participated in the competitionand three teams were awardedprizes for their designs.

GD Goenka Public School,Jammu organized a specialassembly on the eve of Diwali.Students participated in vari-ous competitions like Rangolimaking and Class decoration.The quadrangle, where the cul-tural extravagance was held,came to life with festivitiesthat captured the essence ofDiwali. Every class displayedtheir talent and came with a lotof innovative ideas which werevisible in the designs made bythem.

The celebration of theFestival of Lights came alive atKC International School whenthe whole school wore a fes-tive look with Diyas andlanterns adorning the corri-dors. The students talked aboutthe significance of the festival.The students showcased thespirit of Diwali through a mes-merising dance performance.The Pre-Primary students per-formed a puppet show to cele-brate the joyous occasion. AnInter-house Rangoli and Diyaarrangement competition wasalso organized.

Diwali was also celebratedwith great pomp and show atStephens International PublicSchool Jammu. The colourfulRangolis made by studentsadded the perfect setting to thefestivity. Wisdom house stood1st in the Rangoli competition.The programme started with askit depicting the importantphases of Rama's life. Studentsalso talked about the signifi-cance of the festival.

Rich Harvest School, BariBrahamana celebrated Diwaliwith great pomp and show inthe school premises. The cele-bration started with the light-ing of earthen lamps amongstchanting of mantras. The mainattraction of the programmewas the Rangoli competition.

The students put up their artis-tic acumen on display.

Diwali was also celebratedby students and staff membersof Dogra Higher SecondarySchool, Shastri Nagar, Jammu.Students decorated the schoolbeautifully with flowers andbuntings. An inter-houseRangoli and Candle decorationcompetition was held in theschool premises and prizeswere awarded to first threewinners. Sweets were distrib-uted among the students by theschool management.

British International Schoolcelebrated Diwali with greatenthusiasm and fervor. Thefunction was presided over bychief guest, Rafeequal Hassan,DIG Jammu, Kathua andSamba Range. The program-mer started with the traditionallighting of lamp. The studentsperformed various culturalitems including a symbolicdance with diyas, group songon Diwali in English and a skiton "Ramayana".

The Festival of Lights wascelebrated with true spirit byJammu Sanskriti School,Jammu by lighting the claylamps. Special assembly beganwith songs and dance perform-ances which left the entireschool ensorcelled. This wasfollowed by a meaningful skitenacted by Sanskritians of theschool highlighting the mes-sage of Diwali and invokingGod's blessings.

The Festival of Lights camealive at APS Kaluchak. Thewhole school wore a festivelook with earthen lamps andlanterns adorning the corridorsin bright colours. A specialassembly was organized tomark this crucial occasion. Theskits on mythological charac-ters enacted by the studentsadded the perfect setting to thefestivity. The celebration cul-minated with a gripping groupsong by the little bloomers inthe special morning assembly.

RM Public School celebrat-ed Diwali with fervor. Theschool was decorated withdiyas and colourful lights.Teachers of the school present-ed two dance performances.Students of RM College ofEducation also presented asong performance. An inter-house competition of decorat-ing diyas, candles and thaliswas also organized on theoccasion.

Diwali was celebrated withgreat enthusiasm in all thethree branches of May Fair

School in Jammu. The colour-ful Rangolis made by the stu-dents added the perfect settingto the festivity. An inter-houseRangoli making, diya decora-tion and card making competi-tion was organized in differentwings. The students were sen-sitized on the ill-effects of thecrackers and guidelines onbursting them safely wereshared with them.

The Festival of Lights wascelebrated in a unique way inKartar Public School, Barnoti.The programme began with ameaningful prayer highlightingthe message of Diwali andinvoking God's blessings. Thestudents then went back totheir respective classes andenjoyed themselves by singingsongs, tuning themselves todance and shared sweetsamong themselves. Variousinter-house competitions wereorganized on this occasion.

Sunrise Public School cele-brated Diwali with religiousfervor in school premises. Thestudents made colourful rango-lis with the help of teachers todecorate their classes. All thestudents were presented aNotepad as well as a pencil bythe school management.

Ragersville Preschool,Bhavani Nagar, Janipur(Jammu) celebrated Diwaliwith great enthusiasm. Thefunction commenced withlighting of the lamp by SchoolDirector, Sandeepa Gupta andRajesh Tuli, which was fol-lowed by Sarasvati Vandana.Tastefully decorated schoolcampus added charm to theatmosphere as the little onesdressed up as different charac-ters made beautiful rangoliswith the help of teachers.

Diwali was celebrated withgreat joy by Mount Litera ZeeSchool, Tarore (Samba). TheSchool was decorated by theteachers with Diyas and lights.A special morning Assemblywas conducted and various funactivities like Musical chair,Find your Partner, Treasurehunt, Passing the ball, etc wereorganized in which the stu-dents enjoyed to their heart'scontent.

Tiny toddlers of MadhuvanKids Playway School &Daycare celebrated Diwaliwith great fervor and enthusi-asm. The school was decoratedwith beautiful Rangolis, houseboards and diyas. The celebra-tion started with the lighteningof diyas and candles byPrincipal Amrit Choudhary. Asmall theatrical act 'Ram- leela'was also presented by littlechamps.

Dewan Devi PlaywaySchool celebrated Diwali inthe premises of the school.Various cultural programmeswere organized and all the tod-dlers actively participated inthese programmes to enjoy thefestival.

The Festival of Lights wascelebrated with great joy atTiger Pre-Primary School,Domana. A special assemblywas organized whereinPrincipal of the school spokeabout the significance of cele-brating Diwali. The skits onmythological characters enact-ed by the students added theperfect setting to the festivity.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: Aakash-deep Singh brought laurels to theState of Jammu and Kashmir by

winning first prizein his categoryduring 2nd DCAOpen FIDE RatedChess Tournamentin New Delhi.

The event wasorganized by

Delhi Chess Association under thebanner of All India ChessFederation at New Delhi.

A total of 481 players fromacross the country participated inthe tournament which included 2Grandmasters, 8 InternationalMasters and 419 Internationalrated chess players.

In tough fought battles with a

better tie break score, AakashdeepSingh emerged as winner whileTrinabh Bhatnagar of Delhibagged second prize in the samecategory. Aakashdeep has beenlisted as the fastest growing chessplayer in 2016 by Asian Chessfederation, when he secured 227points in a single Grand MastersTournament held in New Delhi.

The cash prizes and trophieswere distributed by Anurag Garg,Joint Director Central Bureau ofInvestigations and Bharat Singh,Secretary, All India ChessFederation in the presence of AKVerma, Secretary Delhi ChessAssociation and GrandmasterMircea Parligras.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: ParasCricket Club Faridabad andSharda Cricket Club Gurugramemerged winners in the sixth edi-tion of Kashmiri Pandit CricketLeague (KPL-VI), organised byKashyap Kashmir Sabha,Gurgaon in association and sup-port from likeminded associationsand Sabha’s of national capitalregion.

The event also saw participa-tion of Vomedh Rangmanch,which super hit play “Ek AurBirbal” for the audience of Delhi-NCR. The play written by RakeshRoshan Bhat and was directed byRohit Bhat.

The matches for the Sixth edi-tion of Kashmiri Pandit CricketLeague commenced on October10 and finals for both men andwomen editions were held atBaliwayas, Gurgaon-FaridabadRoad, Gurugram.

Twenty teams from differentparts of the country participatedwhich included teams fromKashmir valley, Jammu, Punjab,Chandigarh, Ghaziabad, Noida,Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon andPune. Some of the players evencame from Bangalore,Hyderabad, Jaipur and differentparts of the country to be part ofthis sporting extravaganza. Thestar attraction of the final day waspresence of famous IndianCricketer Murli Kartik.

Besides the Cultural troupe“Vomedh Rangmanch” fromJammu, prominent singers ofcommunity including DalipLangoo mesmerized the crowdwith his voice. Local artist popu-larly known as nightingale ofGurugram Purnima Raina andGaash Tarakh winner Ritika Rainaalso performed and enthralled theaudience. Young artist from Jaipurnamely Krishna also performedalong with the other artists. JaiKrishan Bali from Jammu was athis best with solo performance ofLadishah. At the end famouscomedian of Anil Kaul alias AnilChingari created the magic withhis teasing mimicry in Kashmiriand Hindi.

In the men final, Paras CricketClub, Faridabad defeated ChinarCricket Club by just 3 runs,whereas in women final, Sharda

Cricket Club Gurugram emergedwinner by defeating KheerBhawani team of Delhi by 9 wick-ets.

The Best Batsman award inmen section was presented toNikhil Raina of Roots of Chinar,Gurugram, Best Bowler award toAman Zutshi of Chinar CricketClub, Noida, Best Wicket-Keeperaward to Rakesh Raina of ParasCricket Club, Faridabad,

Upcoming Player award toUtkarsh Kakroo of Chinar CricketClub, Noida, maximum sixesaward to Nikhil Raina of Roots ofChinar Cricket Club, Gurugram.Player of the Tournament awardto Susheetal Dhar of Paras CricketClub, Faridabad, Man of theMatch award in first semis toVishal Kanth of Chinar CricketClub, Man of the Match award insecond semis to Ajay Dhar of

Paras Cricket Club, Man of theMatch award in final to Ajay Dharof Paras Cricket Club, Faridabadand Team contributing maximumfor KMECT Cause award waspresented to Roots of ChinarCricket Club.

The Best Batswoman award inwomen section was presented toManisha M Koul of KheerBhawani team, Delhi, Best Bowleraward to Asha Sharma of Sharda

Cricket Club, Gurugram, BestWicket-Keeper award to PummyMattoo Pandita of Sharda CricketClub, Gurugram, UpcomingPlayer award to Anglena Lahori ofKheer Bhawani Cricket Club,Delhi, Maximum Fours award toManisha Mukku Koul of KheerBhawani team, Delhi and Womanof the Match in final to RitikaRaina of Sharda Cricket Club,Gurugram.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

BHADERWAH, Oct 17:Government Girls HigherSecondary School (GGHSS)Bhaderwah won the last ballthriller by hitting a massive six toclinch the title trophy of the firstever Girls Cricket Tournamentorganized by Bhaderwah Policeunder Civic Action Programme(CAP) at Government HigherSecondary School Boys, here.

The high octane final matchplayed between Atkhar PublicSchool (APS) and GovernmentGirls Higher Secondary School(GGHSS) Bhaderwah kept hun-dreds of spectators on toes as withevery ball, the momentum kepton changing.

After winning the toss, APSelected to bat and posted animpressive 83 runs in stipulated10 overs. GGHSS started thechase nervously as they could notcope up with the tight bowlingand extraordinary fielding ofAPS.

In the last over, it looked thatAPS will win the match easily asGGHSS needed 15 runs, in thefirst 2 balls, 2 fours were hit fol-lowed by 2 dot balls. On the sec-ond last ball, a single was takenmaking it more difficult for PriyaBhagat as her team needed 6 runson the last ball, but she hit a mas-sive six to win the match and cov-eted trophy for her team.

Although APS loss the matchbut every spectators and distin-guished guests were all praise fortheir energetic performance.

Later, prize distribution func-tion was held in which DFOBhaderwah Vivek Verma was thechief guest, while Additional SPBhaderwah Rajinder Singhpresided over the function.Beside winners and runners-uptrophies, cash prizes were alsogiven to both the teams.

Among others present wereSDPO Bhaderwah BrijeshSharma, SHO Bhaderwah MunirKhan and Principal ShabnamNigar.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: RS PuraGame Changer registered win overNCC Kathua by a huge margin of8 wickets and sailed into the nextround of the ongoing Ball BustersCricket Tournament, being organ-ized by Aditi Welfare IndiaCharitable Trust (AWICT), atParade ground, here today.

Batting first, NCC Kathuascored 104 runs in 20 overs.Avinash made 29 runs, whileSanam Singh and Aquib made 17runs each.

From RS Pura Game Changer,Kamal scalped 4 wickets, whileAnil took 2 wickets.

In reply, RS Pura GameChanger chased the target and wonthe match by 8 wickets. Anil made10 runs, while Aryan Dograchipped in 24 runs.

From NCC Kathua, Avinashtook 1 wicket.

On the occasion, MLA RSPura Dr Gagan Bhagat was thechief guest, while MLA HiranagarKuldeep Raj was guest of honour.They distributed trophies and cer-tificates among the players.

The tournament is being organ-ized under the chairmanship ofAditi Sharma, chairpersonAWICT, while Mukesh Sharma,Physical Education Teacher Jammuis coordinating the tournament.

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Charumati, D/o Shakti KumarKakar, W/oAnkush Anand,who has beendeclared qualifiedfor the award ofDegree of Doctor

of Philosophy (PhD) in Hindiby University of Jammu. Sheworked on the topic “HindiLekhakon Ka Diary Sahitya:Vaicharik Anusheelan”, underthe supervision of Dr RajniBala.

Devs Kids World School celebrates 13th Annual Day

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: Devs KidsWorld School Kundorian, Katracelebrated its 13th Annual Dayfunction at The Spiritual GrowthCentre, Shri Mata Vaishno DeviShrine Board Katra auditorium.

Krishan Singh, Retd DirectorFinance was the chief guest, whileSurinder Singh BDO was guest ofhonour and Ajay Gupta, GeneralSecretary Private SchoolAssociation Jammu Province wasspecial guest.

The function began with light-ing a lamp by the chief guest inpresence of the special invitees,Shiv Kumar Sharma, JointSecretary Sports Council J&Kand President J&K Indian StyleWrestling Association), SunilAbrol, Manager J&K Bank, VipanKumar, Vice PresidentManagement Committee DevsKids World School, Ram Parkash,Ghansara Singh, Laddi Sharma,

Jatinder Heera, Ramnik Sharma,Arvind Sharma, Sharda Devi,Principal of host school and AjaySingh Director of host School.

Meenakshi Mahajan presentedwelcome address and annualreport and highlighted the aca-demic and athletics achievementsof the year which includes race,Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Wrestling,Cricket and Shooting.

A colourful cultural pro-gramme was presented on theoccasion with the aim to in incul-cate the dedication, sincerity andduties of citizens besides folksongs representing local cultureand unity in diversity.

The chief guest gave away theprizes to the position holders of8th class namely Annany DevSingh and Aryan Sharma and win-ner of different events.

Anupam Sharma conductedthe proceeding of the function,while Sharda Devi presented voteof thanks. Aakashdeep brings laurels to J&K, bags

first prize in National Chess C’ship

2nd Diwali Cricket C’shipJammu Rising Stars registers emphaticwin Over Jammu Challengers Eleven

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: JammuRising Stars registered emphaticwin against the JammuChallengers Eleven in the "2ndDiwali Cricket Championship forUnder-16 boys", being played atMA Stadium Cricket Ground heretoday.

Today, in the third match ofthe Championship, Jammu RisingStars defeated JammuChallengers Eleven by 30 runs .

Batting first, Jammu RisingStars scored 170 runs for the lossof 7 wickets in 30 overs. Abhinavwas the main scorer who made 33runs, Musaif also made valuable30 runs and Thathagya con-tributed with 23 runs to the total.

From Jammu ChallengersEleven, Sachin took 3 wickets,Akshit took 2 wickets whilePraful took 1 wicket.

Jammu Challengers Eleven inreply could not achieved the targetand made 140 in 28.2 overs forthe loss of all wickets and thus lostthe match by 30 runs .Sachinscored 66 runs, Shivansh andPraful made 14 runs each.

From bowling side Musaifwas the main bowler who took 3wickets, Stephan took 2 wicketswhile umar, Abhinav, Dhruv andAbhay took 1 wicket each.

Musaif was adjudged as theMan of the Match award.

Sandeep Manchanda andShugal were the umpires intoday's match.

GGHSS Bhaderwah wins last ball thrillerto clinch Girls Cricket Tournament title

R S Pura Game Changer team posing for a group photo-graph.

Ball Busters Cricket TournamentRS Pura Game Changer registerswin over NCC Kathua by 8 wkts

Winner team receiving KPL-VI title trophy from dignitaries.

Paras & Sharda Cricket Clubslift KPL-VI title trophies

‘Festival of Lights’ celebrated with fervorby various educational institutions

GOVERNMENT OFJAMMU & KASHMIRURBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

(U.E.E.D)INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

Date of Issue: 12-10-2017Dead line of submission of Bids: 23-10-2017Bid Identification No. Fresh E-NIT NO: - 74 OF 2017-18(3RD CALL)1. The Employer [Superintending Engineer Sewerage & Drainage Circle Jammu] on behalf of Governor of Jammu & Kashmir

invites bids from bidders [Class A & Special Class] registered with the State Governments and bidders of equivalentGrade/Class registered with Central Government / MES / Railways for the construction of works detailed in the table below.The bidders may submit bids for any or all of the following works:

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2. The Bid documents consisting of instructions to Bidders (ITB), Bid Data Sheet (BDS), Qualification Criteria and Documents tobe furnished with the Bid, General & Special Conditions of Contract, Contract Data, Drawings, Specifications, the schedule ofquantities and set of terms and conditions of contract and other forms will be uploaded on the website: www.jktenders.gov.inon [12-10-2017 at 1800 Hrs] The Bidders can download the bid documents after the due date and time for sale.

3. Bids shall be received “on line” on or before [ 23-10-2017 at 1800 Hrs]. The bidder must possess Compatible Digital SignatureCertificate (DSC) and proper user ID.

4. Hard Copies of Bids shall be received in the office of the [Superintending Engineer Sewerage & Drainage Circle Jammu] on orbefore [24-10-2017 at 1600 Hrs].

5. A Bidder requiring any clarification of the bidding documents may ask questions on line in the e-procurement portal using his /her DSC provided the questions are raised within 10 days prior to the deadline for on-line submission of bids.

6. Bids received on line as well as in hard copies shall be opened at 1300 Hours on 25-10-2017 in the office of the SuperintendingEngineer Sewerage & Drainage Circle Jammu in the presence of the bidders or their authorized representatives, who wish tobe present. Bidders can witness the opening of bids after logging on to the site through their DSC. If the office happens to beclosed on the last date of opening of the bids as specified, the bids will be opened on the next working day at the same timeand venue.

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Parth Gupta, S/o Sunil Gupta,a student of DPSJammu, who wonSilver medal inSub Junior CadetNational FencingChampionship ,

which was held at Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh, recently.

Jasvinder Singh, S/o TarlokSingh, R/o WardNumber 4, SimbalCamp, Tehsil RSPura, who hasbeen declaredqualified for the

award of Degree of Philos-ophy(PhD) in Hindi by BarkatullahUniversity Bhopal. He workedon the topic "Bal Kavi BairagiKe Sahitya Mein Mulayabodh",under the supervision of DrSudhir Kumar Sharma.

Lakhvinder Singh, S/o CharanDass and KamlaDevi, R/o Bishnah,who has qualifiedthe Junior Resea-rch Fellow-ship(JRF) in Life

Sciences, the result of whichwas declared by Indian Councilof Medical Research (ICMR)recently.

Savit Andotra, D/o Rashpal SinghAndotra, W/oAshish Kotwal, R/oChanni Himmat,who has beendeclared qualifiedfor the award of

Degree of Philosophy (PhD) inChemistry by University ofJammu. She worked on the topic"Syntheses and Characterizationof O-Tolydithiocarbonates ofTransition Elements of Group IVand V”, under the supervision ofProf SK Pandey.