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Justice for Himachal’s braveheart, first M A R T Y R of Kargil war Saurabh Kalia remains ‘Political Gimmick’

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A person who suffers very much or is killed because of their religious or political beliefs, and is often admired because of it.

According to Cambridge Dictionary this is what a “martyr” is.

May it be NDA or UPA, the Govt. failed him. Mr. Modi made huge promises during his election campaign in 2014 and one of it was that his government will approach The International Court of Justice, in Hague against Pakistan for the injustice done to a brave son of India. Till now it has just proved out to be a ‘Political Gimmick’.

SHIMLA- It was May of 1999 when winter was about to end, and snow had started to melt down on the mountains of Kargil. Due to extreme temperature at such high altitude of 14000 feet all the check posts and barracks of Indian army were seized by snow. In first two weeks several patrols were conducted by different patrolling teams in Kaksar Langpa area of Kargil district by Indian Army to check whether the snow had retreated enough for the summer positions to be re-occupied.

First patrol team who observed and reported large-scale intrusion on Indian side of the Line of Control(LoC) at Kargil was of Captain Saurabh Kalia and his men. It was 15th of May when patrol team of Captain Saurabh Kalia with his men from 4 Jat Regiment were on regular patrol of Bajrang Post in Kaksar sector, where they had an encounter with intruded Pakistani Army. Five Indian Soldiers faced nearly 200 Pakistani rangers with very limited ammunition.

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Before Indian reinforcements could reach them, they ran out of ammunition and were captured alive by Pakistani Rangers. And as well planned incident, no trace was the patrol was left by Pakistan. After this incident that India discover hundreds of guerrillas had established fortified positions on the peaks of the hills deep inside the Indian Line of Control, with sophisticated equipment and supply lines back to Pakistan Controlled Kashmir.

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Captain Saurabh was searched by Indian army in rugged, treeless Ladakh Mountains but there was no sign of the missing troop. After 22 days from the first encounter between two nations in Kargil area, Pakistan Army handed over dead body of Captain Saurabh Kalia to Indian army commanders at the Kargil sector. The injuries on their body clearly revealed the horrible torture they had faced before being murdered. After the Post-mortem examinations the result shocked the whole nation. It was one of the most inhumane and extreme cases of torture in the history of wars. The Geneva Convention was ripped apart and Captain Saurabh was tortured for 22 days and killed after he was captured at Kaksar.

According to post-mortem report there were several burn marks on the body which seems that they were BRUTALLY BURNT with cigarettes all over the body. Their eardrums were PIERCED with hot rods, their eyes were PUNCTURED and removed with knife. Most of the teeth and bones were BROKEN. The skull was HAMMERED and FRACTURED. Lips and Nose was CHIPPED. Limbs and Genital were CHOPPED OFF. And finally he was shot DEAD.

This death was first casualty of the Kargil war which saved lives of other soldiers and we won Kargil war because Captain Saurabh Kalia opted to bear all this torture rather than revealing secrets of Indian Army to enemies.

Mr. Modi made huge promises during his election campaign in 2014 and one of it was that his government will approach The International Court of Justice, in Hague against Pakistan for the injustice done to a brave son of India. Till now it has just proved out to be a ‘Political Gimmick’.

 

The government of India has failed to do justice to this martyr, may it be NDA or UPA all are the same.
It is the sole responsibility of a nation to ensure the respect and justice to its martyrs, which has been denied in this case. Captain Saurabh Kalia is a martyr and he is still with us in our thoughts and hearts, because a martyr never dies.

By Vaibhav Gupta

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Shimla City – Private Bus Operators Seen Creating Nuisance by Blocking Road

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Shimla-In yet another instance, two private bus operators in Shimla city were seen creating a nuisance for the public by jamming the traffic. A reader clicked some pictures at the BCS bust stop in Shimla city on February 19, 2022, at about 8 PM and shared them with us. The reader alleged that two private bus operators, namely ‘Komal’ and ‘Chadda’, indulged in a verbal spat, most probably over their schedule. While the drivers argued, one of the buses remained parked in the middle of the road, choking the traffic. The staff of these two buses indulged in a verbal spat for about 5-10 minutes during which the general public faced a huge inconvenience. The reader has requested the Traffic Police Shimla to take action against such operators and discourage them from adopting such a bullying attitude that they don’t even hesitate to block the entire road.

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Littering – A Grave Threat to Sundernagar Lake and Its Aquatic Life

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Sundernagar-Many people visit the Sundernagar lake in Mandi district and litter along the road. Winds carry all those packets and plastic bottles into the lake. This practice of littering is unlawful because it costs millions in clean-up projects. It portrays a bad picture of an area. Littering is a huge threat to the aquatic life too. In my view, the solution is awareness, responsibility, sensibility and concern for nature. We as a society need to play a big role. At least, dustbins should be installed along the lake. Otherwise, the negligence in the present will affect us in near future.

-Blog and Picture By Divya Acharya, Sundernagar

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Shimla-Based IT Start-Up Scaling Global Market in Short Span of Time

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Shimla-A youth from a small town of the Mandi district – Sarkaghat- started as a freelancer and went on to launch his own start-up in 2014. By 2021, the start-up grew into a company that has garnered international clients  and also designed and developed websites and web apps for several Departments of the Himachal Pradesh Government.   

Netgen IT Solutions Pvt Ltd- a young agile company- has, so far, developed websites for the Department of Information Technology,  Women & Child Development, Rope & Rapid Transport Development Corporation, HP Milk Federation Cooperation,  and the HP AIDS Control Society.

Besides, it also developed  HimSuraksha Abhiyan App (National Health Mission) and the website of the Department of Tourism & Civil Aviation along with a  Services Portal.

Further, the website of the Department of Information & Public Relations and the single window system was also developed by NetGen.

Having developed over 2500 websites, Netgen IT Solutions has an imprint of having worked for clients spread over 25 countries in Europe, America, Asia and Australia.

Bootstrapped as a Start-Up on 7th July 2014, the company has evolved to offer a diverse set of services for web, e-commerce and mobile solutions that have enabled Global and Indian business to adapt to a Digital First environment. In seven years, this Shimla-based company has carved out a niche for itself.

The company started with a small team of just four people, and today it employs strong-heeled 25 IT professionals. The skillset of web developers, designers, networking specialists, social media marketers and others is expanding with the growth of the company.

To mark the NetGen Foundation Day, the company hosted a live inter-action of the team members with some clients to understand the need for future technologies and solutions for a fast-changing business environment in the shadow COVID pandemic.

Mr Rajneesh Rana, Founder and Managing Director of the company, is a computer science graduate. Speaking about the company’s journey, Rana’s says, “Stepping out from working as a freelancer at the small township of Sarkhaghat, in Himachal Pradesh, to launching a start-up company, was my first step in entrepreneurship. The company was founded on a shoe-string budget with a small capital outlay. After overcoming the initial hesitancy, we’re on the firmer ground today.”

With the growth in demand for IT Services, the company in the initial year faced manpower shortages. The management took to train and equip freshers in a mentorship program to meet its needs for IT Professionals and also to equip others to find gainful employment elsewhere. Netgen till date has trained over 50 freshers with essential and advanced IT skills. Most of them for the first time in their careers got exposure to the IT Industry.

The company’s IT Technical Team today is professionally equipped to work in 20+ technologies that can be deployed across a vast network of industries. 

The Netgen team of IT professionals has expanded the services that the company now provides. A multitude of projects employing creative website design-development; customised software products; e-Commerce solutions; server administration – web security – networking services; mobile application design – development; social media marketing; stand completed.

“There is a growing demand for many other IT and IT-enabled services that the company has successfully delivered for Global and Indian clients,” said Rajneesh. 

“Since the breakout of the COVID pandemic, the demand for online services has increased. It created an environment that demands moving things onto digital platform, bringing more opportunities for the IT sector ,” added Rajneesh.  

“Take the case of the Government of Himachal Pradesh, India. To secure baseline health data of the over 70 lakh residents in the state and to prepare effective strategies for countering the spread of the pandemic in challenging hilly terrain, the state government needed a simple but effective IT-enabled solution to capture the data as fast as possible,” he said.   

“The ‘Him Suraksha Abhiyan’ application designed and developed by NetGen IT Solutions was used by thousands of teams spread under 2300+ sub-centres. In just over a month, the software solution created successfully captured the data of over 68 lakh residents of Himachal Pradesh,” he added.

The 70:30 Percent (%) Global – Domestic revenue stream of Netgen has prepared the company to expand both its export and domestic service portfolios, said Rajneesh. 

Mr Ravinder Makhaik, Director of the company says, “growing steadily, Netgen is a debt-free, profit-making company. A healthy mix of domestic and international businesses, with sound financials, gives the company strength to take up more challenging projects. Our portfolio of government projects is making good progress.”

Founded as a 1 lakh authorized capital company and with annual revenues rising at a 25 % compounded annual growth rate, the Netgen Board of Directors has decided to expand the authorized capital of the company to Rs 10 lakh to meet future growth needs.

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