 Early Times Report
Poonch, Oct 22: Highlighting the importance of media in 21st century, former Union Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah, yesterday said that media has played a big role in the development of nation and in 21st century, media has to face huge challenges because technology has taken a new twist.
Dr Farooq Abdullah was speaking on the occasion of 3rd anniversary of "POONCH TODAY" newspaper at Poonch. Various speaker spoke on the occasion and lauded the contribution of Salil Raina, the owner of the newspaper for bringing reforms in the field of journalism with his bold and truthful writings. Senior NC leader Dr Mustafa kamal, MLA Nagrota Devinder Rana, former Minister Ali Mohd Sagar and senior NC leader Sajad Shaeen were also present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Devinder Rana also appreciated the contribution of the newspaper and advised the editor of the news paper to be impartial and constructive in projecting the issues of far flung areas of twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri. Dr Farooq Abdullah, said, "publishing a newspaper is a very difficult task and it requires a huge dedication and courage to publish the truth. Media industry is full of challenges and I am happy to know that POONCH TODAY is coming upto the expectations of the people of this Pir Panjal region and I want to see this paper excel to high level in state during my remaining life". On the occasion, various journalists of reputed newspapers were honoured by Dr Farooq Abdullah. Those who were honored included Harbhajan Singh, JB Singh, Munish Sharma, Rajesh Tandon, N.S Talwar, Nipun Khajuria, B.K Khajuria, Tilak Raj, Sarfraz Chak, Nadeem Qazi and others. |
