FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Capt Shivani conferred with MoS Rijiju, LG Mathur inaugurate Zanskar Raksha Mantri Commendation Winter Sports & Youth Festival 2021 Excelsior Correspondent and coordinated various welfare works in the favour of villagers. Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 21: Captain A six month Skill Shivani Sharma of 2 J&K Girls Development Course in KARGIL Jan 21: Union Battalion and Associate NCC Tailoring was also organised by Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Officer Gandhi Nagar College her for the women in the village. Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju for Women of NCC Jammu & During pandemic, she also moti- in presence of Lieutenant Kashmir and Ladakh vated the women of Self Help Governor, Ladakh R K Mathur Directorate, has been awarded Group to make masks for them- and Member Parliament (MP) with Raksha Mantri selves and for sale as well. Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Commendation along with a In December 2020, three Namgyal inaugurated Zanskar cash award of Rs 20000 by Awareness Drives on Separation Winter Sports and Youth Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Festival 2021 at Zanskar Ski School Padum, here today. Medal winners pose with distinguished guests at the valedictory function at Bhagwati Nagar, Chairman and Chief Jammu on Thursday. Executive Councillor, Leh Advocate Tashi Gyaltson, Executive Councilor for Jammu lifts overall trophy in Tourism and Zanskar Affairs Er Phunsog Tashi, Secretary Sports MoS Kiren Rijiju, LG R K Mathur during inauguration of UT Ladakh Ravinder Kumar, Zanskar Winter Sports and Youth Festival at Kargil on Thursday. J&K Taekwondo C’ship Deputy Commissioner/CEO, culture and identity that people winter tourism festival to boost Excelsior Sports Correspondent event of Poomsae there were 44 graced by special guests includ- LAHDC, Kargil Baseer ul Haq will realize its full potential and tourism in Zanskar. He said that pattern performances. ing Subash Shastri (president Choudhary, SP Kargil Anayat benefits in the coming years. his idea of trekking on the JAMMU, Jan 21: District Commissioner/Secretary, NMC), DS Jamwal (retired Ali Choudhary, Councillors, The Minister assured to pro- Chadar Trek was to promote the Jammu lifted the overall cham- Higher Education, Talat Parvez District Commissioner), representatives of religious and vide sports infrastructure in all route for tourists and also to pionship trophy of the 23rd J&K was the chief guest, who along Himanshu Sharma (legal advisor social organizations, PRI mem- villages of Ladakh and said that physically visit the villages and UT Taekwondo Championship, with senior BJP leader, Abhijit JKTA), Ramesh Sharma (joint bers, district and sub divisional Ladakh will be developed as the inspect the roads on this route. which was organised by J&K Singh Jasrotia presented the secretary JKTA), Shiva Ram officers, participants and large largest center of Ice Hockey in Executive Councillor Taekwondo Association at medals and overall champi- Sharma (executive member number of sports lovers were the country. He further said that LAHDC Kargil, Er Phunsog Bhagwati Nagar Indoor onship trophies to players. Brahman Sabha). Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh awarding Raksha Mantri present on the occasion. both sports and adventure activ- Tashi while addressing the gath- Complex, here today. Sham Lal (KAS, Additional The technical penal, led by Commendation to Capt Shivani Sharma at New Delhi on Kiren Rijiju in his address ities are necessary for this region ering raised various issues of The overall second position Mission Director JKRLM), Sarbjeet Singh (Chandigarh) had Thursday. said that the winter sports and to boost the economy and cul- Zanskar viz; district status etc. was bagged by District Poonch, Tarun Uppal (chairman Nirbhay a tough time to meet the dead- of Plastic Wastes were conduct- youth festival under Khelo India ture and the Ministry of Sports, Earlier, DC Kargil Baseer ul whereas third place went to Bharat Foundation) and lines of the laid down schedule. in presence of DG NCC ed under her guidance and col- has been conducted with the GoI in close coordination with Haq Choudhary gave the wel- District Doda considering the Sukhdev Singh (District officer Ankit Upadhyay (Delhi), Lieutenant General Tarun lected plastic waste was deposit- twin objective to promote winter the UT Administration Ladakh come speech and briefed the points earned out of the medals DYSS) were among guests of Akshish (Delhi), Vivek Prasad Kumar Aich. ed to Swachhta Kendra. Being a sports activities and adventure will take concrete steps to devel- dignitaries about various events won during the three days event. honour during the closing cere- (Delhi), Kamlesh Kumar Bairwa The award was conferred voracious worker, meticulous activities besides to provide op sports sector here in the com- to be held during the 13 days In Kyorugi, around 100 fight mony. The closing was also (Rajasthan), Bilal Ahmed Dar during investiture ceremony, planner and a skilled mentor, she ideal platform to the local youth ing years. long festival. bouts took place while in other (Srinagar), Burhan Ud Din Khan organized at DG NCC Camping has played a pivotal role in men- to explore their hidden talent in LG Ladakh R K Mathur in Meanwhile, 13 days Zanskar Red carpet welcome for Rahane; (Doda), Jagpreet Kour Ground New Delhi, today. toring and shaping the career of modern as well as traditional his address said that Zanskar has Winter and Youth Festival 2021 (Jammu), Shanaz Parveen The officer was conferred her cadets. games and sports. huge potential in winter tourism will continue till 30th of (Ladakh), Aman (Delhi), this award for her commitment, She was awarded with ADG The Minister congratulated and need of the hour for the January, in which various cultur- Siraj heads straight to father’s grave Deepak Yaduvanshi (UP), Ankit dedication and devotion to NCC Medal and Commendation the UT Administration Ladakh local people of this area is to al and sports activities like ice duties and selfless social service MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI, Jan national anthem was played Mer (Uttarakhand), Priyanshu Certificate along with eight and people of Zanskar for organ- change their mindset of migrat- hockey, snow skiing, horse rid- 21: before the Sydney Test. Bisht (Uttarakhand) and Suhel in the adopted village Sehora. cadets of her college for her izing such a grand event suc- ing to other places during winter ing, yak riding, ice climbing, Chants of 'aala re aala He made his Test debut in (Delhi) were also part of techni- Capt Shivani Sharma has devotion to duty and her cessfully. months and work hard here to snow sculpture, archery match- Ajinkya aala' headlined a red the second match in Melbourne cal panel. been associated with NCC since emphatic outlook in reaching The Minister said that the bring economic prosperity. es, local food festival, yoga and carpet welcome for Ajinkya and finished the Border- Earlier, Anuj Sharma organ- 1996 as a cadet. She has been out to kith and kin of Kargil Government of India under the MP Ladakh Jamyang Tsering meditation sessions and other Rahane on his triumphant return Gavaskar series with 13 wick- ising secretary presented wel- working as an Associate NCC Martyrs during Kargil Vijay leadership of Prime Minister Namgyal also spoke on the related activities are being held. from Australia with some other ets - the most by any Indian come address, whereas vote of Officer for the last nine years. Diwas in last year. Narendra Modi is committed to occasion and said that on the Around 700 people from var- teammates but the mood was bowler. thanks was given by Technical She along with her cadets Dr Sangeeta Nagari, bring changes in the life of the pattern of this ongoing event, he ious different parts of Zanskar sombre in Hyderabad as one of T Natarajan, who was origi- Director of JKTA, Atul worked in the adopted village Principal of Gandhi Nagar people of Ladakh and the grant had initiated the proposal for are participating in the event. his warriors, Mohammed Siraj, nally picked as a net bowler but Pangotra. Sehora for the last three years College for Women and Col of UT status is a major step to headed straight to his father's became the first Indian crick- Satvinder Singh, Commanding achieve this goal, adding it will grave. eter to make his international Officer, 2 J&K Girls Battalion protect the basic character of The chants (meaning here debut across all three formats applauded her achievement. Ladakh including its language, comes our Ajinkya) were heard during the same tour, landed in amid the beating of the tradition- Bengaluru and then took off for Nawaz becomes 1st Ranji al dhol tasha and showering of his village in Tamil Nadu's flower petals at Rahane's resi- Salem. dential complex. Once he reached his native player of Poonch Besides stand-in captain Chinnappampatti village, Excelsior Sports Correspondent wicket keeper award in a Rahane, also arriving in Natarajan was accorded a fes- National level wicket keeping Mumbai were coach Ravi tive welcome, complete with POONCH, Jan 21: Nawaz camp at Delhi in the year 2020 Shastri, star batsman Rohit garlands and a chariot ride Rather has become first player where many renowned wicket Sharma, pacer Shardul Thakur through the streets where peo- from District Poonch who keepers took part. and opener Prithvi Shaw, while ple gathered in good numbers played both Ranji Trophy (2019- Selected wrestlers posing for a group photograph along with It is an honour and proud for Divisional Sports Officer, Ashok Singh at Jammu. Brisbane Test hero Rishabh to acknowledge the new star. 20) and Syed Mushtaq Ali District Poonch that the son of Pant landed in the national cap- The players from Chennai, Trophy (2018-19). ital early this morning. including veteran off-spinner He had played only one Wrestlers selected for 65th Siraj, who decided to stay Ravichandran Ashwin, rookie match against Punjab in Syed Rehbar-e-Khel Physical Education Teachers staging protest out- put in Australia with the team Washington Sundar and bowl- Mushtaq Ali Trophy but he side BJP Headquarter Trikuta Nagar on Thursday.