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Former Fiji Timesproductions super-visor age 20 by

which time Azam hadalready made his markas an umcoming youthartis in Fiji. He took partin a talent quest held atthe Suva Civic Centerand won the tateltn show.

Later he took classesin light classical singingat at the Indian CultutralCenter under ProfessorShri Gharde of PuneInstitute India.

Azams popularitysoared when he joinedEmpire Old Boys of Suvaand sang with KarnaNair, krishna Reddy,Baba Chandra andDurga Reddy.

Having moved to SFOBay Area, Azam contin-ued his passion for ghaz-

al and took furtger train-ing from Ustad Ahmadand took playing harmo-nium.

An admirer of late FiiiQawal Abdul GhaniAkhtar, Azam sang a fewpouplar Kalu Qawal nun-bers at his home duringthe interview with closefriend and table playerJayant Lal.

At Fiji Times, Azamtook interest in trainingand obtained his his cer-tification with Fiji NationalTraining Council tobecome an industry train-er. As a keen ghazalsinger, Azam has helpedseveral fundraiser pro-grams and said his serv-ices are available eventoday.

Azam's passion forghazal at age 14

Fremont SymphonyIs symphony a dying art among the youngsters?

Performing for Gading Mosque fund raising.

(Media team with Dr. Romesh Japra at Ohlone College at the Fremont Symphony show)

Judging from the audiencecomprised mostly of seniorcitizens, we took the oppor-

tunity to ask if the art was as pop-ular among the younger viewersand participants. Many seniorviewers lamented that it was notas sought after among todaysyouth as it used to be 40 or 50years ago during their time. TheFremont Symphony puts tirelessefforts into keeping the art aliveand enourage the art among theyounger viewers.

Maestro Morgan conducting the symphony at the Ohlone College.

Produced and directed by Rakesh Kumar.

HAYWARD- about 60 people attendedthe private screening of the movie inwhich Kumar plays as plays as doctorNik Patel with a cancer-stricken daugh-

ter. Dealing with a popular theme deadly

diseases in this 90 minute maiden effort,Kumar hopes to take his AFTER EVERAFTER to Cairns Film Festival forrecognition and award.

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Nik Patel is trying toexplain the meaning ofhappily ever after to his

9 year old terminally sickdaughter - Sara. Once anaccomplished doctor, now Nikis a troubled soul with Alcoholproblem. Nik has been hit bytwin tragedies- his wife Katedied from Leukemia and nowhis daughter has the same dis-ease. There is no happily everafter in Nik's life. Nik has achance encounter with DonnieJ- a jazz superstar of his times,but now an Alzheimer patientwith most of his memory gone.Donnie J doesnt remember hisglorious past, his friends oreven his music. But there is onething Donnie J remembers veryclearly! When Nik figures outthat last memory, he under-stands the true meaning ofHappily Ever After.

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Young sailors andcoaches from six nationsare preparing for the firstclinic of the 2015 ISAFYouth Sailing WorldChampionship EmergingNations Program (ENP) setto be held in Suva, Fiji from24-30 April 24 30.

Representatives fromhosts Fiji, the CookIslands, Samoa, PapuaNew Guinea, Vanuatu andGuam will attend the sevenday clinic to be delivered atthe Royal Suva Yacht Club.

The Emerging NationsProgramme will createopportunities and betterprepare young sailors asthey build up to the 2015ISAF Youth Worlds set tobe held in Langkawi,Malaysia from December27, 2015 to January 3,2016.

Through a seven dayintense program, whichculminates in a two dayregatta, the ENP sailorsand coaches will be work-ing on development ofskills both on and off thewater. Alongside traditionalsailing skills and coachingtechniques, they will be

fronted with an ISAF mediapresence to further theirmedia skills and enhancesailings profile within theirnation.

Two ISAF NominatedExperts will be responsiblefor the delivery of theOceania regional clinic withtheoretical and practicalaspects within the clinic.Joining them will be repre-sentatives from theOceania Sailing Federation(OSAF) including threeOSAF RegionalDevelopment Officers, two

of whom are graduates ofthe ISAF TrainingScholarship Course. Thesupported class of equip-ment for this clinic is theLaser Radial.

The Youth Worlds ENPclinic, hosted by ISAFmember the Fiji YachtingAssociation (FYA), is thefirst of five regional clinicsto be delivered in the build-up to the 2015 YouthWorlds in Langkawi inDecember. Over 50nations are expected tobenefit from attending the

regional clinics. One of thekey targets of this yearsENP is to have 80 nationspresent at the 2015 ISAFYouth Worlds (11 morethan in 2014) and the ENPhas been identified as keyto achieving this outcome.

ISAF will be providingregular updates from theclinic on all social mediaplatforms and using a ded-icated #YouthSailing hash-tag on Twitter andInstagram in order to pro-mote ENP.

The aims of the ISAF

Youth Worlds EmergingNations Programme are:

- to help Narrow theperformance gap betweennations attending the ISAFYouth Worlds through theprovision of pre-eventtraining opportunities forsailors and coaches;

for ISAF to activelyengage with ISAF MemberNational Authorities(MNAs), encouraging agreater attendance ofnations at the ISAF YouthWorlds;

to enable ISAF

Member NationalAuthorities (MNAs) accessto a development pathwayfor young sailors and theircoaches, linking the YWENP to similar projectsbeing developed for the2018 ISAF WorldChampionships;

to provide ISAF MNAswith the opportunities tobenefit from further devel-opment support throughIOC Olympic Solidarityfunded programmes;

to empower ISAFMNAs to develop nationalsail training programmeswhich will enable inde-pendent, un-subsidisedattendance at future YouthWorlds events.

Upon completion ofeach regional performanceclinic, attending nations willbe encouraged to apply forup to two ISAF YouthWorlds ENPScholarships. ISAF willprovide successful candi-dates with additional finan-cial support for attendanceat the 2015 ISAF YouthWorlds, including travelcosts, entry fees andequipment charter.

Popular reggae bandfrom Hawaii Kolohe Kaiand one of the biggestPolynesian artists of ourtime, the legendary Fiji.Both talents performingunder one roof along withother amazing artists? Youcan only get that thisweekend with The MusicLife Series "The Exodus".

Kolohe Kai's lead singerRoman De Peralta sayshe's glad to be back inGuam since the band's lastvisit to the island fouryears ago. He says he'sready to perform the olderhit songs like Cool Downand Ehu Girl, but he's alsostoked to see how Guamreacts to their newersongs. He says, "We gotsome new songs hereplaying in Guam, such asParadise and He'e Roa.

Most importantly, a medleyof the old hit songs andputting that together readfor all the fans. I'm excitedto play the new stuffbecause I went to Tahiti,got some new songs thereand bring the Aloha fromTahiti to Guam." Not a

stranger to the islandeither, Fiji says his missionis not only to entertain, butas a pioneer of the PacificIsland sound, he wants toconnect with fellowislanders. He says,"Hopefully music can beone of the tools we use to

unite one another and alsoencourage speaking andsinging in your native lan-guage." Fiji says, "It'salways been a goal for meto come to Guam and givethem a wonderful concert,give them my all, and that'swhat's going to happen thisweekend. I'm going to givethem a show they won't for-get." De Peralta says,"They're going to expect agood energetic show forsure." Catch Fiji, KoloheKai, along with up andcoming artists Siaosi, NakiiMoala, Kiwini Vaitai andDrew Deezy this Saturdayat the Guam GreyhoundPark. Doors open at 4. Getyour tickets at any Shellstation, Jamaican Grill,The Joint or if you want tobe in the VIP, get your tick-ets at Autospot.

InterContinental HotelsGroup (IHG), one of theworld's leading hotel

companies, has signed amanagement agreementwith Fiji-based propertydevelopment companyAvoser Ltd to open the firstHoliday Inn Resort in Fiji.The 173-room resort willopen its doors to guests in2018. Located adjacent tothe entrance to DenarauIsland, Holiday ResortDenarau is well positionedfor access to Port Denaraumarina gateway to therenowned Mamanuca andYasawa Island groups and Nadi Town, just fiveminutes away. The resortwill also be a short ten-minute drive from the inter-national Airport via a newexpressway which is due toopen next year. Holiday InnResort Denarau Island willbe the company's thirdproperty in Fiji, joiningHoliday Inn Suva andInterContinental Fiji GolfResort and Spa. With 152

rooms and suites and 21specially designedKidSuites and FamilySuites, the resort willaccommodate the growingdemand for leisure andfamily travel in Fiji. Guestscan lounge and relax atany of the three outdoorresort pools, rejunevate atthe day spa and then beentertained at the resort'snightclub in the evenings.At the all-day dining restau-rant and bar, young trav-ellers can enjoy all inclu-sive meals during their stayas part of the Holiday Innbrand's 'Kids Eat & StayFree' programme* beforeheading off for an after-noon of fun at the dedicat-ed Kids Club.

Fiji's police commis-sioner has launchedan official investiga-

tion into claims a man wasbadly beaten by police infront of his family in a drug-related case. SakiusaNiulala was allegedlybashed by police after theyfound a small of amount ofmarijuana at his home onthe northern island of VanuaLevu. Residents at theNaibalebale settlement inViani Bay reportedly alsowitnessed last month'sassault. His wife LanietaBaleiwasawasa told RadioAustralia's Pacific Beat shewas angry and frightened atthe way police treated him.

"They handcuffed his handsand punched him when theysaw a little bit of drugs," MsBaleiwasawasa said. "Mytwo children were havingtheir breakfast and theywere ready to go to schoolwhen police came andpunched him. "It was very,very serious. They punchedhim and threw him into thewindow ... my children werecrying all that day. Theywon't go to school." Policecommissioner BenGroenwald said it was a seri-ous matter and an internalinvestigation was underway."We only learnt about thiscomplaint through themedia," he said. "When I

read the news report I imme-diately sent my people up tothe north to investigate. "Infact, [the Police InternalAffairs Unit] are investigatinga few other cases and Iinstructed them that theymust also include this." MrGroenwald said people withconcerns about the actionsof police must lodge an offi-cial complaint as soon aspossible to ensure medicalreports and forensic evi-dence are not lost. "If you filea criminal case it will be acriminal investigation, andlinked with the investigationwe always have an internaldisciplinary investigation,"he said.

Children coun-selled in Fiji afteralleged bashings

Concerns over police brutalityin Fiji have sparked again, follow-ing reports that several childrenwitnessed an alleged beating.Police confirm they are investigat-ing the alleged incident in Viani, inthe Cakaudrove province onVanua Levu. The education min-istry says 10 school children had tobe counselled after witnessing thealleged assault on a father ofthree, during a drug raid earlier thisyear. The the ministry's divisionalcounsellor for the north, IsikeliDrevacu, says nothing can bedone about the memories, and thechildren were clearly distressed."We listened to those who wereaffected, especially for these chil-dren who were shocked at thethings that happened.

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First Holiday Inn ResortSet to Open in Fiji

Fiji investigation underway into alleged policebeating of man in front of 'frightened' family

Fiji and Kolohe Kai to Take Over Guam Greyhound Park This Saturday

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SUVA, Fiji . Fiji has longenjoyed a connection withNew Zealand football, and thatlink is set to be indeliblystrengthened next monthwhen the Melanesians maketheir historic bow at the FIFAU-20 World Cup.

Fijis appearance at NewZealand 2015 will mark thefirst time a side from the coun-try has featured at a FIFA tour-nament. While Tahiti havebeen stealing some of theregions limelight in recentyears, Fiji boast a lengthy andproud football tradition which,in FIFA World Cup terms,pre-dates all other Pacificislands nations. Indeed their1981 debut was appropriatelyenough against New Zealand -an iconic All Whites side enroute to creating their ownslice of history by qualifying forSpain 1982.

Now in the modern era,Fijis football pin-up RoyKrishna has helped put hisnation on the map with a

goalscoring performance atthe 2013 FIFA Club World Cupfor Auckland City and, morerecently, in the colours ofWellington Phoenix NewZealands only professionalclub. In the space of a singleseason Krishna has gone frombeing a bit-player to an integralmember of the Phoenix for-ward line with the club current-ly honing in on their best-everA-League performance.

Few Pacific-born playershave reached professionalranks, adding further credenceto Krishnas achievements.Only retired star Esala Masi,who won Australias formerNational Soccer League,stands out as an equal. AndKrishna is hoping that his star-dust rubs off on his youngcompatriots when they takethe field at New Zealand 2015in a colourful group containingGermany, Honduras andUzbekistan.

It is a special moment fornot only Fiji, but also for

Oceania, Krishna says aboutNew Zealand 2015.

I hope the team do welland make Fiji and Oceaniaproud. Hopefully fans comeout and support the team, andthe young players show theirability. We have some goodyoung up-and-coming playersand, if they do well, hopefully itcan open the door for moreplayers to get a professionalcontract. I think there is bigpotential for players acrossOceania, and I hope more canplay in the A-League.

Fiji are undertaking signifi-

cant preparation for NewZealand 2015. They havespent the past few months inSuva at the national trainingcentre, and will soon head toSydney for several internation-al matches, before arrivingearly in Christchurch ahead oftheir opener against Germany.

The fact they have qualifiedfor a FIFA tournament on theirown doorstep adds yet anoth-er layer of excitement.Unusually for an Oceaniateam, the travel is minimal,there will be no time differ-ence, and Fiji can also expect

to earn support from the NewZealand-based Fijian commu-nity which is said to numberaround 60,000. Adding to thatsupport will be New Zealand-Fiji Football, a body estab-lished to promote and encour-age football within NewZealands Fijian community.

One such local Fijian isMohammed Khan, who is setto feature at the heart of theMelanesian sides backlinewhen they take to the field inChristchurch. Originally fromSuva, Khan, whose familyboasts strong footballing pedi-gree, has spent the past fewyears plying his trade forAuckland powerhouseWaitakere United.

Indeed Khans arrival at thewest Aucklanders briefly over-lapped with that of Krishnasjust prior to the latters depar-ture to Auckland City and aprominent role at the ClubWorld Cup. The WellingtonPhoenix star is certainly aninspiration to many of his

younger countrymen.I have talked to some of

my friends who say they wantto be like him, and also play atthe top level, Kahn says.

He is definitely a rolemodel. I look up to him and heis one of my Fijian idols. But heis actually someone that everyIndian-Fijian looks up to.That's down to his playinglevel, his skill and also the facthe is such a nice guy off thefield, always willing to offeradvice. A cultured ball-playingcentral defender, who studiesmechanical engineering inAuckland, Kahn says NewZealand 2015 will be unique inmany ways. It will be a specialatmosphere, he said. I willhave a lot of my family comingfrom overseas just to watchme play, and make themproud. My dad, my uncle, mydads dad all played at the toplevel in New Zealand andoverseas, so Im very excited.It will be nerve-wracking, butgood.

Police have confirmedthe body of a woman foundin the boot of her car is thatof 35-year-old missing publicservant Daniela D'Addario. A27-year-old man, believed tobe her boyfriend, has beencharged with her murderafter fleeing from officerswhen they stopped the carand made the grim discov-ery on Wednesday night, inBermagui, on the NSWsouth coast. Ms D'Addario, aformer teacher at CanberraHigh School, had been in avery tumultuous relation-ship with Josaia 'Joey'Vosikata, 27, for about fourmonths friends say. Shefound out a month ago thathe had a secret wife andchildren back home in Fijiafter he moved into herapartment in Canberra.

Ms D'Addario and MrVosikata were reportedmissing by her concerned

family members in the ACTon Monday. Ms DAddariosfriend Chris Reid told theDaily Telegraph: When shefound out he had a wife andkids in Fiji she left him butthen, unbeknown to us thereasons, she got backtogether with him.' Mr Reidtold the Canberra Times MsD'Addario was as 'a beauti-ful girl'.

'She's funny, she's witty,she's always the life of theparty. She's gorgeous - withbeautiful big eyes. Alwaysgenerous and caring and abig animal lover,' he said. A27-year-old man was arrest-ed in the Bermagui area atabout 4.30pm on Thursdayafter fleeing into bushland ataround 8.30pm onWednesday. He was takento Batemans Bay police sta-tion and has since beenextradited to the ACT. AnACT police spokesperson

confirmed to Daily MailAustralia that he has beencharged with Ms D'Addario'smurder and will face the ACTMagistrates Court on Fridaywhere bail will be opposed.One of Mr Vosikata's rela-

tives wrote on Facebook inFijian on Friday: 'Stand firmsmall bro. What are you wor-ried about. We all know you.The people of naibati ispraying for you.'

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tured the moment when hewas finally arrested bypolice. Officers were shownchasing the man into bush-land and over a fence beforepouncing on him. Webelieve there may have

been some sort of domesticrelationship that had soured.As a result of that informa-tion we were on the lookoutfor that vehicle, DetectiveSuperintendent PeterO'Brien said earlier onThursday.

Police stopped the manin a blue Hyundai Getz caron the Bermagui to TathraRoad in the Bega Valley -the same car that MsD'Addario was reported tohave been driving when shewent missing with MrVosikata on Monday. Thecouple were believed tohave been staying in theBermagui area after lastbeing seen on Sunday.Detective Acting SergeantJason Taylor previouslydescribed her car saying:They may have been travel-ling in Danielas car whichwas a silver or light blueHyundai Getz.

Missing 35-year-old public servant Daniela D'Addario has been found dead in her car. (Right) Ms DAddario's body was found in the boot of her blue Hyundai Getz just after 8.30pm on Wednesday

A Fijian governmentdelegation has said in aUN meeting that theindigenous people of Fijiare firmly in control oftheir destiny. The 14thsession of United NationsPermanent Forum onIndigenous Issues is cur-rently underway at theUN Headquarters in NewYork.

Permanent MissionsFirst Secretary, Gene Bai,advised the Forum thatFijis 2013 Constitution isconsistent with the UnitedNations Declaration onthe Rights of Indigenous

People.He spoke about the

relevant provisions in theConstitution of Fiji thatspecifically protect therights of the i-Taukei.

The Forum heard thatthe i-Taukei enjoy fullrights to land, culture,institutions and religion,with all these rights firmlyprotected within the con-stitution and the nationswritten laws and regula-tions.

In no way, the FijianDelegation affirmed,should these rights of thei-Taukei be perceived to

be under threat.Bai said the constitu-

tion affirms that the own-ership of all i-Taukei landshall remain with the cus-tomary owners and that i-Taukei land can never bealienated by sale ortransfer. He explainedthat for the first time, theconstitutions Bill ofRights sets out the rightto a fair share of royaltiesfor the landowners of anyminerals found undertheir land or under theseabed in which theyhave customary fishingrights.

Vodafone Fijioffers mobile datatop-up bonuses

Vodafone has introduced abonus top-up promotion for itsmobile data customers in Fiji. 3Gservice users topping up FJD 6will receive a bonus of 200 MB formobile data traffic, customers top-ping up FJD 11 will get a bonus of500 MB, while for top-ups of FJD15, and FJD 35, users will receive900 and 4,000 MB mobile datatraffic bonus, respectively.Furthermore, 4G customersrecharging by FJD 6 will get 250BM bonus, and customers top-ping-up FJD 11, FJD 15, and FJD35 will get bonuses of 650 MB,1,100 MB, and 4,650 MB, respec-tively. Customers can rechargevia hard cards, electronic vouch-ers, M-PAiSA Web Top-UPs,ATMs or TXT Top Up Fiji-wide.The promotion runs until 25 April.

S A M S U N GElectronics Co Ltd plansto invest at least another10trillion won ($F18.5b)to boost capacity at anew South Korean chipplant, news serviceMoneyToday reported onThursday without citingsources. Samsung hasalready announced a15.6tn won ($F28.95b)investment to build theplant in Pyeongtaeksouth of Seoul, itsbiggest commitment to asingle production facility,as it ramps up its semi-conductor business to

offset slowing smart-phone earnings. Theplant is scheduled tobegin production in 2017,but MoneyToday did notspecify when the addi-tional investment wouldtake place. The reportalso said Samsung, theworld's top memory chipmaker, will produceDRAM memory chips atits South Korean chipcomplex but could alsomake mobile processorsdepending on marketconditions. Samsung didnot immediately com-ment on the report.

Boyfriend of young public servant found dead in the boot of her car charged with murder as it's revealed she recently found out about his secret double life in Fiji

Fiji aim to maximise Kiwi link

Firm plans to investin chip plant

Indigenous people of Fiji are firmlyin control of their destiny-Bai

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Moga : After the four-day longhigh-decibel agitation, finally, thebereaved family of the 13-year-oldgirl Arshdeep Kaur agreed toreceive the ex-gratia (compensa-tion) worth Rs 30 lakh along withthe job to the girls injured mother.

Later on Sunday evening, thebody was cremated in their nativevillage Landeke, located few kilo-meters from Moga town, followingthe autopsy conducted at GuruGobind Singh Medical College andHospital, Faridkot.

Before leaving the CivilHospital here along with his injuredwife, the bereaved father SukhdevSingh gave his version to media,Avdi Dhee nu ghar le ke jaanachahunda haan, usda sanskaarkarna chahunda haan ek aaminsaan di tarah, mainu maaf kardeo (I want to take my daughterhome and want to perform her lastrites like a common man. I amsorry). An emotional Sukhdev,breaking into tears, also added, Jokujh mainu sarkar ne de dita, bahothai, mainu maaf kar deo, mai basapni mari hoyi dhee da sanskarkarna chahunda haan ate apnijakhmi gharwali nu ghar le ke janachahunda haan (Whatever the gov-ernment has done for me isenough. I just want to cremate my

deceased daughter and take myinjured wife back to home).

After speaking to media atroom number 3 of the general wardat the hospital, Sukhdev along withhis wife and son left for Singhawalamortuary where the body of hisdaughter was lying sinceWednesday. Receiving the bodyfrom there, they all under policeprotection left for Guru GobindSingh Medical College andHospital, Faridkot where the boardof doctors conducted the post-mortem, in accordance with thedemand of the bereaved family.

Earlier before announcing his deci-sion, Sukhdev and his kin held adetailed meeting with the seniorcivil and police officials includingthe ADGP I P S Sahota, NRI wingIG Gurpreet Deo, Bathinda IG P SUmranangal, IG InvestigationNageshwra Rao, Moga DC P S Gilland Moga SSP J S Khaira at roomnumber 4 in the patient ward ofCivil Hospital Moga, whereSukhdevs injured wife was lyingadmitted.

Arshdeep Kaur had died afterbeing allegedly pushed out of a pri-vate bus, belonging to ruling family

of Punjab, late on Wednesday,while resisting an alleged molesta-tion bid. The body was lying in themortuary located at nearby villageSinghawala since the incident tookplace on Moga-Kotkapura road. Inthe incident, her mother too hadsustained multiple injuries as shewas also pushed out of the movingbus. Sensing the gravity of the sit-uation, Moga police had hurriedlyseized the bus in question andarrested all four involved in thecrime, including the bus driver,conductor and helper.

They were all booked undervarious sections of the IPC includ-ing murder (302 of the IPC) and SCST (atrocities) Act. Besides,Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal onSaturday also ordered all Orbitbuses to go off roads till the staffundergoes proper orientationcourse. While speaking to mediapersons, Moga SSP J S Khairasaid, Family had apprehensionsregarding investigation. Therewere numerous rumours like policearresting persons who were not theactual culprits but to satisfy themwe at first showed them the copy ofthe FIR. Then, we showed the fam-ily (of Moga incident victim) entireinvestigation we have done so farin a fair and transparent manner.

According to rules of thefund and tax exemp-tion granted to donors,

the fund can be used to pro-vide relief only to citizens ofIndia Faced with a flood ofenquiries and donations fromIndians wishing to help theearthquake-affected people inNepal, the government isworking on a mechanism toextend the Prime MinistersNational Relief Fund toNepalese citizens as well.

A team of senior officials,including National SecurityAdviser Ajit Doval and ForeignSecretary S. Jaishankar whovisited Kathmandu on Friday,met on Saturday to review therelief operations and to decideon this matter, sources toldThe Hindu.

The meeting of the CrisisManagement Committee,chaired by the CabinetSecretary, discussed the

ongoing relief operations inNepal launched by the Indiangovernment. The governmentwill now move from sendingsupplies by air to using theland route, and is discussinghow to change the rules of thePMNRF to help more Nepalicitizens.

According to the rules ofthe Prime Ministers NationalRelief Fund and the taxexemption granted to donors,the fund can be used to pro-vide relief only to the citizensof India.

The PMNRF website(pmnrf.gov.in) says contribu-tions wherein the donor men-tions that the amount is meantfor the foreign citizens/calami-ties abroad, are not acceptedin the fund. Official sourcestold The Hindu that this hashampered the governmentsplans to use the fund to helpin the reconstruction and

rehabilitation work in Nepal.The confusion deepenedwhen Prime MinisterNarendra Modi announced onApril 27 that he would donateone-month salary for assis-tance to those affected by therecent earthquake.

The Prime Ministers deci-sion spurred hundreds ofIndians to follow suit, includ-ing Members of Parliamentwho too donated a monthssalary to the fund. Shiv Senaleader Aditya Thackeraytweeted, All Shiv Sena MPswill give their 1 month's salaryto the Prime Minister's relieffund for the Nepal earthquakerelief. As the rules stand now,however, the PMNRF moneycan only be used for the earth-quake victims in India, wheremore than 50 were killed, orfor affected Indian citizens inNepal, where at least 70 werekilled.

An Afghan businessman isbelieved to be allegedlyindoctrinating youth fromMaharashtra to join dreadedISIS, claims NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA)which has sent its first judicialrequests in the case toAfghanistan seeking details ofthe person.

The Afghan national,whose name has been with-held, was running business ofdry fruits in India and alleged-ly approached the four youthsfrom Kalyan area neighbour-ing Mumbai and brainwashedthem to join ranks of ISIS ter-ror group, official sourcessaid. The man had mysteri-ously disappeared after NIAarrested Areeb Majeed whenhe was deported from Turkeyto India last November. Theport of exit of the Afghannational was found out to be

from Delhi in December lastyear, the sources said. Theysaid Letters Rogatory, sent toAfghanistan, has beencleared by the Home Ministryand will be issued by the com-petent court this week.

The NIA request to theAfghan government includesverification of his address, hiscomplete bank accountdetails, associates in thatcountry and the Gulf and calldata records, they said.

Majeed was arrested byNIA upon his return from Iraqand booked under sections16, 18 and 20 of the UnlawfulActivities Prevention Act andSection 125 of the IndianPenal Code. The three UAPAsections stand for commis-sion or conspiring to commit aterrorist act and for being amember of a terrorist organi-sation, while Section 125 of

the IPC relates to waging waragainst a nation which is inalliance with the government.Majeed landed in Mumbai onNovember 28 after spendingnearly six months in Iraq, fol-lowing which he was immedi-ately detained by the securityagencies and later arrested.Last May, four youths fromKalyan, including Majeed, hadleft the country to visit holyplaces in West Asia but disap-peared thereafter. They weresuspected to have joinedISIS. According to police, thefour engineering students hadflown to Baghdad on May 23as part of a group of 22 pil-grims to visit religious shrinesin Iraq. The US has alreadygiven preliminary evidence ofthe Internet Protocol addressused by Majeed beforeallegedly joining the outfit andthe mails shot off by him.

Kashmiri Pandits onSunday staged aprotest demanding

that the State and theCentre take the communitymembers into confidencebefore any decision on theirreturn to the Valley.

Members of the commu-nity, who converged in largenumbers at Jantar Mantar,demanded that Jammu andKashmir governmentreopen prosecution casesagainst all those involved inthe killing of KashmiriPandits in the Valley follow-ing the outbreak of militancy.Many of the protestersshouted slogans against

Hurriyat Conference andseparatist leaders. The gen-eral secretary of JammuKashmir Vichar Manch,Manoj Bhan, said:Whatever decision theCentre or the State govern-ment takes, they must talk tothe Kashmiri Pandits first.No separatist should beallowed to intervene in mat-ters relating to KashmiriPandits.

Disapproving of com-ments made earlier by ChiefMinister Mufti MohammadSayeed that only 10 to 15per cent Kashmiri Panditswill choose to return to theValley as most are well

placed in various parts ofthe country, Mr. Bhan saidthat every member of thecommunity wants to returnto their homeland.

CBFC board memberAshoke Pandit, who hadflown in from Mumbai to par-ticipate in the protest, said

that the Centre believing thewords of Mr. Sayeed wasthe biggest problem forKashmiri Pandits.

When I see all the terror-ists on the streets ofKashmir, then what is thedifference between the pre-vious and this CentralGovernment. The biggestproblem is that the centralgovernment is trusting theChief Minister....who sayshe is thankful to Pakistanafter the peaceful elections,Mr. Pandit said.

He also demanded thatSyed Ali Shah Geelani,Yasin Malik and other sepa-ratist leaders be arrested.

'The packagingdoes not bear writingssuggesting that the drugensures birth of a malechild.' RamdevsPatanjali YogpeethTrust on Sunday soughtto clarify the controver-sy over Putrajeevak Beejmedicine manufactured by theyoga guru-owned DivyaPharmacy, saying that the drugwas meant for dealing with theproblem of infertility in womenand termed as false and mis-leading the notion that it prom-ises a male child. The trust in astatement said, The idea that

the medicine helpsdetermine the sex of achild is false and mis-leading since it is con-sumed by women andas per science, malechromosomes deter-mine the sex of a child.

The trust argued that the pack-aging of the medicine does notbear writings suggesting thatthe drug ensures birth of amale child. The packagingmentions that the PutrajeevakBeej helps treating infertilityand other related problems inwomen, the trust said in thestatement.

LONDON: NorthernIreland's first-ever Sikh can-didate contesting the UKgeneral election has com-plained that he wasallegedly forced to removehis turban by police atDubai airport.

Amandeep SinghBhogal, a Conservativeparty prospective parlia-mentary candidate for theMay 7 polls, was on his wayback to Belfast when hewas allegedly made toremove his turban and'kara' (bracelet). Singhexpressed his angerthrough a series of tweets

and retweets - "My Sikhfaith being grossly violatedat @DubaiAirports by@DubaiPoliceHQ as notbeing allowed leave until Itake off and leave my Sikhbangle". An official state-ment from the ConservativeParty is awaited as UKauthorities got involved totry and resolve the situa-tion. Bhogal, who was bornin Jalandhar, has made hismark on the campaign trailfor the Conservative partyin his trademark blue tur-ban.

The 31-year-old repre-sents the Upper Bann con-stituency in the heart ofNorthern Ireland, which is54 per cent Protestant anddeeply Christian andchurchgoing.His candidacyis attracting widespreadmedia interest though he isnot expected to win theseat, which is currently heldby David Simpson of theDemocratic Unionist Party(DUP).

Sikh leader 'forced toremove turban' in Dubai

Family accepts ex-gratia, cremates girl after autopsy

Drug meant for treating infer-tility in women: Ramdevs trust

NIA looking for Afghan nationalin ISIS case of Mumbai youths

PMs relief fund may extend to Nepal

Kashmiri Pandits stage protest over issue of return to Valley

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Just days after Indiaearned widespread praisefor mounting the largestrelief mission in earth-quake-hit Nepal, the Indianmedia faced brickbats fromthe Nepalese on Sundayfor its coverage of the dis-aster and its aftermath.

By Sunday afternoon,#GoH#GoHomeIndianMediaomeIndianMedia was thetop trending hashtag inNepal, with more than56,000 tweets on the topic.

People in Nepal took tosocial media in droves tocomplain about what theydescribed as the Indianmedias insensitivereportage on the April 25temblor that killed morethan 7,000, devastatedinfrastructure across thecountry and left tens ofthousands displaced.

The development coin-

cided with the observanceof the World PressFreedom Day. Many con-tended the Indian mediawas treating its coverageof the quake and its victimsas a public relations exer-cise on behalf of the gov-ernment in Delhi.

Indian newspapers andTV channels have provid-ed wall-to-wall coverage ofthe worst earthquake to hitNepal in more than 80years and scores of Indianjournalists have fanned outacross the country in arace to unearth the nextbig story.

But the criticism onsocial media will not bemusic to the ears of Indianmedia personnel now inNepal. "Some Nepalis, notall, feel Indian media is abit patronising in their atti-tude and that is perhaps

why such sentiments arebeing expressed. That ishow a section of Nepalimedia also feels," saidKunda Dixit, a veteranjournalist and editor ofNepali Times. There is afeeling among Nepalesethat the Indian media isonly highlighting the plightof Indians in Nepal andrescue efforts by teamsfrom the Indian militaryand the National DisasterResponse Force (NDRF).

Twitterati accused theIndian media of beinginsensitive to survivors,asking them irrelevantquestions such as "Howare you feeling?" and nothelping those needingimmediate medical aid.Many tweets reminded theIndian media that Nepal isa sovereign country andnot a satellite state.

An Indian-origin Gujaratiwoman working at a gas station inthe US state of South Carolina wasshot in the face in an attemptedarmed robbery and succumbed toher injuries on Saturday.Mradulaben Patel was the co-owner of a store at a gas station inPowdersville. An unidentified manis believed to have shot Patel in theface Thursday night. Police hasasked for help to identify theassailant.

Officials of the IndianConsulate in Atlanta have spokento her husband. Her family has notsought any assistance from theIndian mission, they added. Policewere quoted as saying that videofootage shows a man walking intothe store and buying a pack ofcigars. Authorities are reviewingthe surveillance footage thatshowed the suspect, momentsbefore, asking for cigars and then

shooting Patel. A man namedMichael Wheat saw Patel lying onthe floor as he walked into the storelate at night and called the police,Fox Carolina reported. "I saw herlying there on the floor, bleedingpretty bad," said Wheat, addingthat Patel had blood all over herhead and on the floor. Wheat saidhe left the store and got in his truckfrom where he called emergencyassistance number 911. He said heran back into the store withoutknowing whether or not the shooterhad already left the scene of theincident. "She was kinda moaningas she was breathing," said Wheat.Customers of the shop remem-bered Patel as a friendly woman."She always asked how everybodywas, their day was, (and) sheasked how my daughter was everyday that I came in here," ShalynnZarczynski, a frequent customer ofPatel's, said.

Supporters of hardlineHurriyat chairman Syed AliGeelani waved Pakistaniflags during a rally in thevolatile town of Tral in southKashmir on Friday, about afortnight after authoritiesbooked separatist leadersfor a similar occurrence at aprotest in Srinagar. Photosof the rally in Tral, 45 kmfrom Srinagar, showed sev-eral persons, includingsome who flanked Geelani,waving Pakistani flags.

Geelani, 85, gave the slipto the security establish-ment and addressed therally. The hardline leaderhas remained mostly underhouse arrest since his sup-porters waved Pakistaniflags and shouted pro-Pakistan slogans at a rally inSrinagar on April 15.Geelani and his aideMasarat Alam were bookedafter that rally.

He is believed to haveleft his residence at HyderPora in Srinagar before sun-rise to avoid security restric-tions. A Pakistan flag wasalso seen flattering insidethe Tral Jamia Masjid,where Geelani addressedsupporters after Fridayprayers. Several supportersalso shouted pro-Pakistanslogans.

Appealing to people to

strengthen the freedomstruggle, Geelani warnedagainst extending the dura-tion of the Amarnath Yatra.The yatra should be eitherfor 15 days or up to a month.It should not be beyondthat, he said. He reiteratedhis opposition to the settingup of separate townships tohouse Kashmiri Pandits dis-placed by the militant vio-lence of the 1990s. We

welcome Pandits to theirhome and hearth but wontallow townships...We arenot opposed to any religionbut any ploy to changedemographics in Kashmirwill be foiled, said Geelani.

He criticised chief minis-ter Mufti MuhammadSayeed, saying: Sayeed isa powerless puppet. Histhreads are pulled in NewDelhi. The statements liketurning Gulmarh into IndiasDavos only expose him.Geelani met the family ofKhalid Muzaffar, the brotherof Hizbul Mujahideen com-mander Burhan Wani, whowas killed in a controversialarmy operation in Tral onApril 14. The youngstersdeath had triggered violentprotests in the area.

In the past, severalattempts by Geelani to visitTral were foiled by the stategovernment.

India also pointed out thatLakhvi can neither receivenor give money since all

his assets and financialresources have to be frozen.A United Nations SecurityCouncil (UNSC) committeehas assured India that it willtake up the issue of Mumbaiterror attack mastermindZaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi at itsnext meeting, after Indiaexpressed concern that theLeT commanders releasefrom a Pakistani jail violatesthe provisions of the globalbody.

Indias Ambassador to theU.N. Asoke Mukerji had writ-ten a letter to the Chair of theUNSC al-Qaeda SanctionsCommittee Ambassador JimMcLay expressing concernover Lakhvis release andsaid it violates the provisionsof the committee concerningal-Qaeda and associatedindividuals and entities.

India also pointed out thatas a listed terrorist, Lakhvican neither receive nor give

money since all his assetsand financial resources haveto be frozen. Any bail moneyposted for Lakhvi is also aviolation of the provisions ofthe sanctions committee

since he is listed terrorist.Acknowledging Indias

concerns, Mr. McLay hasresponded to Indias letterand assured that the matterwill be discussed at the nextmeeting of the committee,sources here told PTI. Thenext meeting of the commit-tee is expected to take placein the next few days.

The committee had listedin December 2008 Lakhvi asa terrorist associated withLeT and al-Qaeda for partic-ipating in the financing, plan-ning, facilitating, preparing orperpetrating of acts of activi-ties by, in conjunction with,under the name of, on behalfor in support of both entities.

As a listed terrorist,Lakhvi is subject to assetsfreeze, travel ban and anarms embargo.

The committee said thatas chief of operations andmilitary commander of LeT,Lakhvi has directed its oper-ations, including in Iraq andSouth-East Asia. The release

of Lakhvi had also raisedconcerns in the U.S., U.K.,Russia, France andGermany with Washingtoncalling for him to be rearrest-ed. Lakhvi and six others Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal,Hamad Amin Sadiq, ShahidJameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmedand Younis Anjum havebeen charged with planningand executing the Mumbaiattack in November, 2008that left 166 people dead.

Lakhvi, 55, a close rela-tive of LeT founder andJamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chiefHafiz Saeed, was arrested inDecember 2008 and wasindicted along with the sixothers on November 25,2009 in connection with the26/11 attack case The trialhas been underway since2009. A Pakistani court hadon April 9 set free Lakhvi, amove which India said erod-ed the value of assurancesrepeatedly conveyed to it byPakistan on cross-border ter-rorism.

An assistant sub-inspector(ASI) of Mumbai police shotdead a senior inspector beforeturning the gun on himselfafter a heated argument insidethe police station, police offi-cials said on Sunday.

While senior inspectorVilas Joshi died late onSaturday at Lilavati Hospital inBandra, ASI Dilip Shirke diedon the spot. A wireless opera-tor, Balasaheb Aher, wasinjured in the incident. Thepolice said the incident tookplace at 8.30pm at the policestation at Vakola in suburbanMumbai, when Joshi waswalking out of his cabin to gohome. Mumbai police commis-sioner Rakesh Maria, who vis-ited the police station, said,Shirke was absent on Friday.He was assigned duty in thenight and when the night

inspector went to check onhim at 2.30am and later at6.30am, Shirke was not there.On Saturday, Shirke walkedinto Joshis chamber and hadan argument with him, claim-ing he was on duty on Friday.Sources said during the argu-ment, senior officers presentin the station allegedly usedabusive language, whichenraged Shirke. He fired atleast five rounds, of whichthree hit Joshis back andabdomen and one hit Ahersthigh, the police said.

In this January 1, 2015 photo,Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, the

main suspect of the Mumbai ter-ror attacks in 2008, raises hisfist after his court appearance

in Islamabad.

Indian media faces flak in quake-hit Nepal, 'insensitivity' complaints

Desperate scenes in Kathmandu as people dig through rubble looking for survivors after huge earth-quake hits Nepal.

UN assures India of taking up Lakhvi release issue Indian woman dead after being shot at duringattempted robbery in US

J-K: Pak flags waved at rally addressed by GeelaniMumbai cop guns down senior,kills self inside police station

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On Saturday, March 28,2015, Devansh Vaid, anIndian American studentjust completing his junioryear at Deer Valley HighSchool (DVHS) in Antioch,California, received a third-place award for a project heand a classmate submittedto the Contra Costa CountyScience and EngineeringFair (CCCSEF).

CCCSEF, in its eleventhyear, is an Intel-affiliatedevent. Winners advance tothe Intel InternationalScience and EngineeringFair. The prestigious com-petition, which is the largesthigh school scientificresearch event in the world,brings together more than1,500 students from about70 countries and territoriesto compete for collegescholarships, including onefor $75,000.

For their science project,Devansh and his classmateundertook a study entitled,Simple Calculus: TheTransformation of anOxymoron into a Reality.One of 262 projectsentered in the competition,Devansh and his lab part-ner, who are both taking APCalculus AB this year, cre-ated a new Calculus nota-tion for basic principles,such as limits, derivatives,and integrals, that havevisual connections to thelogical concepts that theyare taken from.

As Devansh explained,We tackled the problem ofmaking calculus easier,more aesthetically pleas-ing, and more approach-able. We wanted to simpli-fy the hardest things aboutCalculus and we found thatit was the transition fromlogic to mathematics that

made it so daunting. A lotof time, with traditionalnotation, things get lost intranslation, and success isdependent on the studentsanalysis of that translationrather than comprehendingthe problem. The idea fortheir project was bornewhen Devansh saw howmany of his classmatesstruggled with the Calculuscourse. He said, Nobodywill deny that Calculus isdifficult, but I saw no reasonwhy that great, and almostmagical, thing couldnt besimpler. The science fair

award is just one in a grow-ing list of impressive aca-demic accomplishments forDevansh. Earlier in theyear, he garnered a third-place finish in the CaliforniaMath League competition.He was recently electedVice President of the newlyformed Robotics Club at hisschool, and is helping towrite a curriculum for a newrobotics class to be imple-mented there.

Devansh, a young manwith a keen intellect and analready impressiveresume, is quick to laud his

parents for their supportand encouragement inhelping him achieve somuch at such a young age.His father, Dr. Pramod Vaid,is well-known in the localcommunity as an educatorand businessman, and forhis work on the countylibrary commission. Hismother, Madhu Vaid, hasbeen a teacher for 25years. In an interview con-ducted earlier this month,Devansh spoke at lengthabout how his parents haveinspired, supported, andencouraged him. Besides

instilling in him a strongwork ethic, Devansh saidthat, since he was veryyoung, his parents gavehim more advanced mathe-matics and English les-sons, before he was taughtthe concepts they coveredin the classroom. It paidoff immensely, he said. Iwas able to skip first gradeafter only a few weeks. Myparents constant pushtoward my academic suc-cess helped drive mysense of curiosity, and con-tinually propelled me tonew heights.

Beyond his academicachievements, Devanshstrives to put his learning togood use. Concern for oth-ers, just as it inspired hisscience fair project, hasprompted him in otherundertakings, as well. Myfather grew up inRajasthan, said Devansh,a state in India that is blan-keted by sandy deserts andis barren, and thereforelacking in many resources.According to the youngman, this lack of resourcesmakes life difficult for thoseabiding in the region.

Devansh related that hisfather confided in him atone point that he hoped toopen a school in India forunderprivileged youthwhen he retired. We bothsaw the power of educa-tion, he said, and I dedi-cated myself to this cru-sade. We go to India everyyear and, since the ninthgrade, I have been teach-ing children English andMathematics in the ruralareas of Rajasthan. Headded, I also spend a lot ofmy free time exploring thevast and diverse nation andgetting in touch with my cul-tural roots. With anotheryear at DVHS before hegraduates, Devansh plansto continue striving forexcellence. I do what I dobecause I love knowledge,he said. In the words ofTalib Kweli, Knowledgeitself is like life after death.That being said, I pursue asmuch knowledge as I canwhile trying to put thatknowledge to good use. Indoing so, I feel that I amhonoring not only that idea,but my parents, who havebeen such an inspiration tome.

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New Delhi: Pakistan hasrefused to sign the motorvehicle agreement and toopen up the road link forIndia and Afghanistan.Instead it has asked Indiato conduct trade via theKarachi port, sources said.Sources within the Indianestablishment saidAfghanistan PresidentAshraf Ghani has toldPakistani leadership if theydo not open up the road to

India, it will deny Pakistanaccess to Central Asia.

Speaking exclusively toCNN-IBN, Chief ExecutiveOfficer of AghanistanAbdullah Abdullah said,"Pakistan want to expectAfghanistan to be open asfar as their access toCentral Asia is concernedand its very natural forAfghanistan to expect fromout Pakistan neighbours toopen up."

DADU: At least 11 people,including seven womenand three children, werekilled and 34 otherswounded as a bus carryinga wedding party burst intoflames at the KhairpurNathan Shah bypass uponimpact with a high-voltageelectric cable, police say.

Of the 11 who died,seven were women andthree were children.

The men who were onthe bus were able toescape before flamesengulfed the vehicle. Thebride and the groomremained unharmed asthey were travelling in aseparate vehicle. Thirtytwo are critically injuredand being treated for burnsin various hospitals in thearea. Two who were less-critically injured are beingtreated at the KhairpurNathan Shah Hospital(KNSH).

According to hospitalsources, KNSH did nothave doctors in emergency

today, and has no burnward. Those who were crit-ically injured had to beshifted to other hospitalsas adequate arrangementswere not available atKNSH. Fifteen injuredwere shifted to CivilHospital Dadu which doesnot have a burn ward, butdid have doctors available.

Fifteen were shifted to

Larkana MedicalUniversity Hospital wherethere is a burn ward.

Two were shifted toPeoples MedicalUniversity Hospital,Nawabshah. PresidentMamnoon Hussain andPrime Minister NawazSharif expressed grief andsorrow over the casualties.

Nawaz Sharif asked

concerned authorities toensure such incidents donot happen again. He alsodirected for provision of thebest medical treatment tothe injured. In January, afatal bus accident claimedthe lives of at least 62 peo-ple when the bus caughtfire after an oil tanker col-lided with it off the NationalHighway in Malir.

RAWALPINDI : NepalArmy Chief, GeneralGaurav SJB Ranaexpressed his gratitude forthe support extended byPakistan through thePakistan Army in the after-math of a devastatingearthquake in Nepal thathas claimed thousands oflives. The Pakistan Army'searthquake relief effortswere praised by GeneralRana during a visit to thePakistan Army field hospi-tal on Sunday.

General Rana saidPakistan would be remem-bered by the people ofKathmandu because theyprovided medical care andsupplies to affecteesaround the clock.

The hospital, which isset up in Bhaktapur, is themain source of medical aidfor affectees. The armychief also met Pakistanirelief workers and appreci-ated their help in providingrelief to victims of theearthquake which hit Nepalon April 25.

A Pakistan Army urbansearch and rescue team

was also involved in con-ducting rescue operationsday and night. Last week,Under-Secretary-GeneralHumanitarian Affairs andEmergency ReliefCoordinator Valerie Amosand European CommissionHumanitarian Aid andCrisis ManagementChristos Stylianides visited

the Bhaktapur PakistanArmy field hospital andpraised the field camp, andthe army's rescue andrelief efforts by army per-sonnel. One week on fromNepal's deadliest quake inover 80 years, hope of find-ing any more survivors hasdiminished. Over 6,621were killed and 14,023

injured in the 7.9 magni-tude earthquake.

While multiple teams ofrescuers from more than20 countries have beenusing sniffer dogs andheat-seeking equipment tofind survivors in the rubble,no one has been pulledalive since Thursdayevening.

Islamabad : An Indianplan to resettle tens ofthousands of Hindus innew townships in thedisputed Muslim-majori-ty region of Kashmir is aviolation of UN SecurityCouncil resolutions, aPakistani governmentspokeswoman said onThursday. The dividedHimalayan region isclaimed by both Hindu-majority India andIslamic Pakistan and thenuclear-armed neigh-bours have gone to wartwo times over the terri-tory since independencein 1947.

Pakistan has longpressed for the imple-mentation of decades-old UN resolutions call-ing for a ballot for theregion to decide itsfuture. India says theUnited Nations has norole in Kashmir.

India's nationalistgovernment said in earlyApril it planned to reset-tle tens of thousands ofHindus in three newtownships in its part ofKashmir. Pakistan's for-eign ministry spokes-woman said that wasunacceptable.

"Any effort to createspecial dedicated town-ships or zones, or anyother step to alter thedemographic make-upof Jammu and Kashmir,is in violation of the UNSecurity Council resolu-tions," the spokes-woman, TasneemAslam, told a regularbriefing.

"We have alreadyseen how the people ofJammu and Kashmir areresisting it," she said.

She did not elaborate,but was apparentlyreferring to recentprotests in IndianKashmir.

Between 200,000 and300,000 Hindus are esti-mated to have fledKashmir after an armedrevolt against NewDelhi's rule erupted in1989. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi'sBharatiya Janata Partyhas long vowed to returnthem to their homes.

Kashmiri separatistssay the plan for town-ships for Hindus is anIsrael-style policy of cre-ating settlements inoccupied territory.

About 100,000 peo-ple have been killed inthe separatist revolt inIndian Kashmir thatIndia says is financedand aided by Pakistan.

Pakistan denies theaccusation, saying itonly gives moral anddiplomatic support to theKashmiri people facingrights abuses at thehands of the Indianarmy. After years of anti-insurgency operationsby Indian forces violencehas ebbed in Kashmirover recent years. Thenuclear-armed neigh-bours occasionally holdrounds of talks aimed atimproving relations butthere has been no signof any compromise onKashmir.

Islamabad: FourPakistani Taliban terror-ists were on Thursdaysentenced to 25 years injail by an anti-terrorismcourt for their role in the2012 attack on MalalaYousafzai, the teenagechild rights activist wholast year won the NobelPeace Prize.

Te h r e e k - i - Ta l i b a nPakistan (TTP) terroristshad claimed the responsi-

bility of the attack onMalala in October 2012as she was returning fromher school in the Mingoratown of Swat district.

Pakistan Army said inSeptember, 2014 that itarrested ten men involvedin the attack on the 17-year-old activist whobecame the youngestNobel Peace Prize winnerin October, 2014. Dawnreported that the court in

Swat valley announcedthe judgment after trial ofthe accused, finding four

guilty and handing down25 years imprisonment toeach of them. The activistsurvived the gun shotsand recovered after treat-ment first in Pakistan andlater in the UK, where shelives with her family.Malala won worldwideacclaim for standing upfor the right to educationof girls in Swat valley in2007 when Taliban con-trolled the region.

Pak refuses to open India-Afghanistan road link, saysconduct trade via Karachi

11 dead, 34 injured in wedding party bus fire

Nepal will remember Pakistan's efforts : Army Chief Pakistan says Hindu settlements in Kashmirviolate UN resolutions

Four sentenced to life for attackingNobel laureate Malala Yousafzai

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Islamabad : Pakistanon Saturday lodged aprotest with India over thealleged killing of anunarmed civilian whoaccording to Pakistani offi-cials had inadvertentlycrossed the border to theIndian side.

Amanat Ali was cuttingwheat in his field inShakargarh at the WorkingBoundary when hestepped across the borderand was killed by theIndian troops, according toPakistan Rangers.

Pakistan Foreign officesaid a protest has beenlodged with India over theincident. "First Secretary ofIndian High Commission

was summoned to ministryof foreign affairs to lodgeprotest over killing of anunarmed Pakistani inad-vertent crosser," ForeignOffice SpokeswomanTasnim Aslam tweeted.

"Pakistan strongly con-demns BSF's violation ofBorder Ground Rules.Firing at an unarmed civil-ian demonstrated theintent to kill. India mustrespect lives of civiliansand refrain from suchprovocations," she said.

The BSF had held a flagmeeting with PakistanRangers at around 1 pmon Friday and handed overthe body of Amanat Ali,who was 40-years-old.

New Delhi: Pakistan's"implicit bid" to fuel separatismin Kashmir is keeping theIndia's border with the neigh-bouring country "alive anddangerous", the top com-mander of Border SecurityForce (BSF) said in New Delhion Thursday.

"Pakistan's strategy ofwaging proxy wars, neigh-bouring areas flourishing asmarkets for arms and drugs,systematic use of fake Indiancurrency notes for funding ter-rorism and an implicit bid tofuel separatism in Kashmirhas kept this (Indo -Pakistan)border alive and dangerous,"BSF Director General DKPathak said. At a BSF confer-ence organised on, 'BorderManagement in India-Challenges and Options', headded that the "slow with-drawal of NATO forces,

increasing interest of China inboth Pakistan andAfghanistan and the ever-changing jihadi landscape ofthis region and beyond haschallenged us to review ourstrategies". BSF guards theInternational Border (IB) alongPakistan as a fully-indepen-dent unit but works under theoperational command of theArmy at the Line of Control

(LoC) in Kashmir.Pathak said that similar

challenges, but of a differentnature, were facing the coun-try's largest border-guardingforce in the eastern theatre,where it is responsible forsecuring the 4,096-km-longIndo-Bangladesh borderentirely on its own. "Thedimensions of challenges onIndia-Bangladesh and India-

Pakistan borders are dynamicand diverse in an attempt tocurb cattle smuggling (alongBangladesh frontier), ourjawans sustain injuries almostevery other day. "We exerciseutmost restraint in usingfirearms. If the situation sowarrants, our troops firstresort to the use of non-lethalweapons. But the problemsare so intricately linked thatwe have to constantly renewour strategies," he said.

That, Pathak said, requiresBSF to update "not only itstraining and skills but also itsattitude". The DG of the about2.5 lakh-strong force said hispersonnel, both men andwomen, are deployed in someof the most inhospitable ter-rain since the time it wasraised in 1965. The force iscelebrating 50 years of itsestablishment this year.

Islamabad: PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif onWednesday said that thebillions of dollars beingpumped-in by close allyChina in Pakistan is not aloan or grant but an invest-ment. "The money beingspent by China in Pakistanis not a loan or grant but aninvestment", the state-runRadio Pakistan websitequoted Sharif as saying.Talking to reporters inLondon, before leaving forIslamabad, he said thatChina's investment inPakistan under a USD 46-billion 3,000 km-long eco-nomic corridor project cov-ers construction of motor-ways and installation ofenergy projects.

He said new Gwadarcity in Balochistan will bebuilt with the cooperationof China and its benefitswill be reaped by the entirecountry. During PresidentXi Jinping's maiden visit toIslamabad earlier thismonth, China had cement-ed its "all-weather ties"

with Pakistan by agreeingto build the China-PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC)through Pakistan occupiedKashmir, expanding thecommunist giant's influ-ence in the region.

A total of 51 agree-ments were signed in dif-ferent fields, includinginfrastructure projects,energy generation, agricul-ture, education, telecom-munications and research.

Of the 51, 30 agree-ments were linked to thestrategic corridor, regardedas the biggest connectivityproject between the twocountries after Karakoramhighway built in 1979.

Karachi : Gunmen shotdead a Pakistani humanrights activist on Friday aftershe hosted a talk on the pol-itics of Baluchistan province,where security forces arefighting a separatist insur-gency, police and associ-ates said.

Sabeen Mahmud wasleaving her Karachi restau-rant, where she also holdsexhibitions and talks, whenthe gunman attacked her inher car. Her mother, whowas with her, was wounded,police said.

"Two gunmen on amotorcycle shot her. Shewas taken to hospital whereshe was pronounced dead,"

senior police official TariqDharejo said, adding policewere investigating thekilling. Mahmud had justhosted a seminar called

"Unsilencing Baluchistan",focussing on the disappear-ance of political activists inthe southwestern province.

The talk was originally

due to be held early thismonth at a university inLahore but authoritiesblocked it, media reported atthe time. Rights activistsaccuse the security forces ofcarrying out extra-judicialkillings of separatists in theprovince. Hundreds of peo-ple have disappeared andlater been found dead inrecent years. The securityforces deny any role in thekillings. The army hasvowed to end theBaluchistan insurgencybeing waged by separatistswho say their province'smineral and gas resourcesare unfairly exploited byPakistan's richer provinces.

Islamabad : Pakistan onSunday condemned the useof force by security forcesagainst protesters inKashmir and said the arrestof separatist leaders in theValley is a matter of con-cern.

"Pakistan is deeply con-cerned at the increase insystematic human rightsviolations in Kashmir. Wecondemn the brutal use offorce by Indian securityforces against peaceful andunarmed protesters, result-ing in the killing of twoKashmiri young men,"Foreign Office spokes-woman Tasnim Aslam saidin a statement.

Several separatist lead-ers, including Syed Ali ShahGeelani and Mirwaiz UmerFarooq, have been putunder house arrest byauthorities in Kashmir to foiltheir plans of holdingprotests against the killingof a teenager in Budgamdistrict. A teenager, waskilled on Saturday whensecurity forces fired upon

demonstrators in Budgamas they were protestingagainst the killing of twoyouths in an army operationin Tral area of Pulwama dis-trict on April 13. Aslam saidthe arrest of All PartiesHurriyat Conference(APHC) leaders "on falsecharges is matter of con-cern".

"Brutality and coercionhave not and will not suc-ceed in suppressing theaspiration and struggle ofKashmiris for their right toself-determination, prom-ised to them by the UNSCresolutions," she said.Aslam said Pakistanrepeatedly stressed theneed for peaceful resolutionof the Kashmir issuethrough sustained andmeaningful dialoguebetween Pakistan and Indiaand in accordance with thewishes of Kashmiris. Thespokeswoman said thatPakistan will continue toextend political, diplomaticand moral support toKashmiris.

waving pak flag inSrinagar shows lovebetween Kashmir andPakistan : Says pak

Islamabad: Pakistan onThursday said people wav-ing its national flag on thestreets of Srinagar is the"manifestation of deep andlasting emotional bonds"between the Kashmiris andthe Pakistanis. Reacting topro-Pakistan slogans andflags being waved at a rallyaddressed by hardlinerSyed Ali Shah Geelaniagainst whom an FIR wasregistered for "unlawful"activity, Foreign Officespokesperson TasnimAslam said it was a regret-table move.

"What we witnessedyesterday on the streets ofSrinagar is the manifesta-tion of the deep and lastingemotional bonds betweenthe people of Kashmir andthe people of Pakistan,"she said in response to aquestion. Aslam assertedthat India chose to useexcessive force againstpeaceful demonstratorsexercising their right topeaceful assembly.

Pakistani Talibanclaims to havesuccessfully testfired indigenousmissile Omar -1Islamabad: As Pakistan wasTuesday celebrating Chineseinvestments worth $46 billionin the country, the militantTehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP) reported it has success-fully test-fired its first indige-nously developed missile.

The TTP issued a state-ment and posted a videoshowing the launch of the mis-sile, named "Omar 1". Thevideo, released on Monday,showed different parts of themissile being assembledbefore its launch, the onlinePakistan Defence reported onTuesday. The TTP said that aspecial feature of "Omar 1"was its design. "It can be eas-ily assembled and dissembledin accordance to the situa-tion," said MuhammadKhurassani, the TTPspokesperson. Khurassanisaid the effectiveness of thespecially designed missilewould certainly surprise thetargeted enemy. "With thegrace of God, you'll soon seeour enemies on the run," headded.

Pakistan lodges protest withIndia over civilian's death

Pakistan activist shot dead after she hosteda talk on politics of Baluchistan province

Pk bid to fuel separatism in Kashmir keeps border hot: BSF

Pakistan condemns arrest ofseparatist leaders in Kashmir

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Police rescued a 101-year-old man from under therubble of his home on

Saturday, one week after anearthquake hit his country, NepalPolice spokesman Kamal SinghBam told CNN. The elderly manis in stable condition and policedo not know how he survived orthe extent of his injuries. He wasrescued in Nuwakot district, justnorthwest of the capital,Kathmandu. The death toll fromthe devastating magnitude-7.8earthquake that struck Nepal lastweekend stands at 7,250, andthe number of people injured is14,122, according to the NationalEmergency Operation Center. ANepalese government ministerwarned Sunday that the death tollis expected to climb "much high-er." "There are still villages wherewe know that all houses havebeen destroyed, but have not yetbeen able to reach," FinanceMinister Ram Sharan Mahat saidat an event in Baku, Azerbaijan.Mahat portrayed a desperatelybleak situation in his comments

at an event on the sidelines of anAsian Development Bank meet-ing. "It is with great pain and sad-ness that I stand before you topresent the case of my countryNepal which now remains devas-tated," he said, according to atranscript of his remarks postedon the bank's website. Mahatsaid the quake had caused"incalculable human loss and suf-fering, with millions of people ren-dered homeless."

More than 25 millionyears ago, India, oncea separate island on a

quickly sliding piece of theEarths crust, crashed into Asia.The two land masses are stillcolliding, pushed together at aspeed of 1.5 to 2 inches a year.The forces have pushed up thehighest mountains in the world,in the Himalayas, and have setoff devastating earthquakes.

Experts had warned of thedanger to the people ofKatmandu for decades. Thedeath toll in Nepal on Saturdaywas practically inevitable giventhe tectonics, the local geologythat made the shaking worseand the lax construction of build-ings that could not withstand theshaking. GeoHazardsInternational, a nonprofit organi-zation in Menlo Park, Calif., thattries to help poorer, more vulner-able regions like Nepal preparefor disasters, had noted thatmajor earthquakes struck thatregion about every 75 years. In1934 81 years ago morethan 10,000 people died in a

magnitude 8.1 earthquake ineastern Nepal, about six milessouth of Mount Everest. A small-er quake in 1988 with a magni-tude of 6.8 killed more than1,000 people. Brian Tucker,president and founder ofGeoHazards, said that in the1990s, his organization predict-ed that if the 1934 quake were tohappen again, 40,000 peoplewould die because of migrationto the city where tall, flimsily builtbuildings would collapse. In anupdate just this month,GeoHazards wrote, With anannual population growth rate of6.5 percent and one of the high-est urban densities in the world,the 1.5 million people living inthe Katmandu Valley were clear-ly facing a serious and growingearthquake risk. The organiza-tion helped set up a local non-profit to continue preparations,including the reinforcement ofschools and hospitals.

Saturdays earthquakeoccurred to the northwest ofKatmandu at a relatively shallowdepth, about nine miles, which

caused greater shaking at thesurface, but at magnitude 7.8, itreleased less energy than the1934 quake. Roger Bilham, aprofessor of geological sciencesat the University of Coloradowho has studied the history ofearthquakes in that region, saidthat the shaking lasted one totwo minutes, and the faultslipped about 10 feet along therupture zone, which stretched75 miles, passing underKatmandu. The earthquaketranslated the whole city south-ward by 10 feet, Dr. Bilhamsaid. Aftershocks as large asmagnitude 6.6 have occurredmostly to the northeast ofKatmandu. It is possible that theSaturday quake is a preface toan even larger one, but Dr.Bilham said that was unlikely.

Katmandu and the surround-ing valley sit on an ancientdried-up lake bed, which con-tributed to the devastation.Very, very soft soil, and the softsoil amplifies seismic motion,Dr. Tucker said. Steep slopes inthe area are also prone to ava-

lanches like the one that thequake triggered on MountEverest on Saturday. Katmanduis not the only place where adeadly earthquake has beenexpected. Dr. Tucker saidTehran; Haiti; Lima, Peru; andPadang, Indonesia, were simi-larly vulnerable. In those places,nearby tectonic faults are understrain, and building standardsand disaster preparations areseen as inadequate. But noteverywhere has been compla-cent. Over the past 76 years,many earthquakes haveoccurred along a fault in north-ern Turkey, starting in the east-ern part of the country and pro-gressing west, toward Istanbul.An earthquake in 1999 killedmore than 17,000 people, most-ly in the city of Izmit, east ofIstanbul. The expectation is thatthe epicenter of the next bigearthquake will be in or aroundIstanbul. Istanbul is the placethat has been most aggressivein enforcing building codes, Dr.Tucker said. I think Istanbul hasbeen doing a good job.

Nepal ruled out the possi-bility Saturday of findingmore survivors buried in

the rubble from a massive earth-quake that killed more than 6,700people and devastated vastswathes of one of Asia's poorestcountries.

One week on from Nepal'sdeadliest quake in over 80 years,hopes of detecting more signs oflife among the ruins of the capitalKathmandu had all but disap-peared and the focus was shiftingto reaching survivors in far-flungareas who have yet to receiverelief supplies.

The UN children's fund Unicefwarned of a race against time toavert an outbreak of diseaseamong the 1.7 million youngstersestimated to be living in the worst-hit areas, with monsoon rains justa few weeks away.

The 7.9-magnitude quakewreaked a trail of death anddestruction when it eruptedaround midday last Saturday,reducing much of Kathmandu torubble and even triggering adeadly avalanche on MountEverest. "It has already been oneweek since the disaster," homeministry spokesperson LaxmiPrasad Dhakal told AFP.

"We are trying our best in res-cue and relief work but now I don'tthink that there is any possibilityof survivors under the rubble." Aswell as updating the death toll to6,621, Dhakal put the number ofinjured at 14,023. While multipleteams of rescuers from more than20 countries have been usingsniffer dogs and heat-seekingequipment to find survivors in therubble, no one has been pulledalive since Thursday evening.

More than 100 people were alsokilled in India and China. Theexact scale of the disaster wasstill to emerge, with the mountain-ous terrain in the vast Himalayannation complicating the relief

effort.The numbers of foreigners

who have died was also unclearwith around 1,000 EU citizens stillunaccounted for in Nepal, accord-ing to diplomats.

Missing Europeans: TheEuropeans had mostly beenclimbing in the Everest region ortrekking in the remote Langtangrange in the Himalayas near thequake epicentre. "They are miss-ing but we don't know what theirstatus is," EU ambassador toNepal Rensje Teerink toldreporters, confirming that 12 EUcitizens are known to have diedso far. Another EU official said oncondition of anonymity that themajority were likely to be foundsafe, but given the difficulty of theterrain and poor communications,their whereabouts were currentlyunknown. Rameshwor Dangal,joint secretary of Nepal's NationalDisaster Management Division,said many people were waiting to

either receive emergency aidsupplies or else be airlifted tosafety.

"In many areas people are notgetting relief and it is natural thatthey are unhappy about it," hetold AFP. "We estimate that theremay still be around 1,000 peoplein Sindhupalchowk and Rasuwaareas who need to be rescued.This includes the injured and thestranded people, including theforeigners."

AFP journalists who reachedpart of Sindhupalchowk on Fridayreported scenes of utter devasta-tion. "Almost every house in myvillage is destroyed, and 20 peo-ple died. We lost our cattle andour sheep," said KumarGhorasainee, amid the ruins of

his hometown of Melamchi.The 33-year-old English

teacher said the school had col-lapsed and there was nowhere forthe children to go. "No one hascome to help us -- the cars andthe aid trucks just drive by... Howwill we manage now?"

In Melamchi, shops andrestaurants were closed andstreets were mainly deserted. Innearby rice-farming communities,almost all the houses had beenso severely damaged that theywere no longer habitable, andlocals were sleeping in makeshifttents.

Disease fears: The Nepalesegovernment has acknowledgedbeing overwhelmed but the UN'shumanitarian chief defended itsperformance.

"The scale and devastationwreaked by the earthquake andthe aftershocks would have chal-lenged any government," ValerieAmos said on Friday.

Unicef said the health andwellbeing of children affected bythe disaster were "hanging in thebalance" as so many had beenleft homeless, in deep shock andwith no access to basic care.

"Hospitals are overflowing,water is scarce, bodies are stillburied under the rubble and peo-ple are still sleeping in the open.This is a perfect breeding groundfor diseases," said Rownak Khan,Unicef's deputy representative inNepal. "We have a small windowof time to put in place measuresthat will keep earthquake-affectedchildren safe from infectious dis-ease outbreaks, a danger thatwould be exacerbated by the wetand muddy conditions brought onwith the rains," added Khan.

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BALTIMORE: Hundreds ofprotesters broke the city ofBaltimore's curfew onSaturday and several werearrested, a day after sixpolice officers werecharged over the death ofan African-American manin their custody.

Police in riot gear metcrowds of demonstratorsas the 10:00 pm to 5:00 amorder to stay indoors wentinto effect.

For several nights in arow protesters have defiedthe curfew, imposed follow-ing riots, prompting numer-ous arrests.

Despite the curfewarrests that included scuf-fles with police, tensionhas subsided considerablyin the city. Baltimore hasseen days of protests overalleged police racism andexcessive force followingthe death of 25-year-oldFreddie Gray who was inpolice custody.

A spontaneous streetparty of thousands of peo-ple erupted in Baltimoreduring the day Saturday aday after charges wereannounced against the offi-cers involved in Gray'sarrest. People marching,singing and dancing in thestreets cheered the sur-prise charges of the offi-cers -- three of them black.

They face a range ofcharges, including second-degree murder andmanslaughter. "Peace andcalm is always better thanviolence," PoliceCommissioner AnthonyBatts told reporters. "Myhope is that we worktowards a new level ofpartnership in all parts ofour community as wemove forward." TheMaryland National Guardsaid on Twitter it had nearly3,000 soldiers and airmenready to help "keep thepeace" in the city. But incontrast to the violenceand looting that flared afterGray's funeral on Monday,

there was a festive atmos-phere in Baltimore, asdemonstrators -- white andblack -- gathered at CityHall, the focal point of ral-lies in recent days. "I amso inspired and encour-aged by what I see," MayorStephanie Rawlings-Blaketold CBS television affiliateWJZ. "I think that there's alot of hope that in peace wecan seek justice." After therally, protesters marchedtoward the neighborhoodwhere Gray was arrestedon April 12. He died a weeklater from his injuries."Whose streets? Ourstreets!" they chanted. "It'sbeen a frustration, what's

going on. Now we want tostop police brutality, wewant peace," AutumnHooper, a 25-year-oldAfrican American woman,told AFP. The death ofGray at the hands of policehas reignited simmeringresentment in the UnitedStates over law enforce-ment tactics, particularly intheir dealings with AfricanAmericans. In videorecorded of the incident inBaltimore, Gray appearedto be in pain as he washustled into a police van.He died seven days laterwith 80 percent of his spinesevered at the neck,lawyers for his family have

said. Demonstrations haveerupted daily in Baltimorethis week over the death.There have also been ral-lies in many other majorAmerican cities, includingNew York, Philadelphiaand the capitalWashington, in echoes ofthe protests that broke outacross the United Stateslast year over the fatalpolice shooting of anunarmed black teenager inFerguson, Missouri. Inrecent months a string ofkillings of unarmed AfricanAmerican men by thepolice have ignited protestsacross the country. Themedical examiner foundthat Gray's death was ahomicide. That determina-tion, along with the findingsof an independent investi-gation "have led us tobelieve that we have prob-able cause to file criminalcharges," Maryland stateprosecutor Marilyn Mosbyannounced Friday. Mosbysaid Gray "suffered asevere and critical neckinjury as a result of beinghandcuffed, shackled byhis feet and unrestrained"inside a moving police vanfollowing his arrest. Mosby-- an African-Americanwoman who is the daugh-ter, granddaughter andniece of police officers --

said Gray had been "ille-gally arrested" as "no crimehad been committed."Baltimore's police unioncondemned what it called"an egregious rush to judg-ment," as it defended theofficers and expressedconfidence they would becleared. While someexpressed relief that thepolice officers had beencharged, others cautionedthat it was only the firststep in a process that onceagain casts a damningspotlight on race relationsin the United States.Lawyer and activist MalikShabazz pressed Mosby:"don't (back) off" as headdressed a calm, mostlyyoung, crowd under sunnyspring skies. He leddemonstrators in a chant of"No justice, no peace!"Shabazz also urgedMaryland Governor BobHogan to end the curfew inBaltimore, which businessowners say is hurting themseriously, and to order outNational Guard troops.

"I ask respectfully,Governor Hogan, back upyour troops," he said.Maryland's branch of theACLU, the largest US civilrights organization, alsosaid "the curfew no longerserves its intended pur-pose," in a statement.

Protesters again defy curfew in Baltimore after officers charged

WASHINGTON: Afterthe White House andPentagon and mushroom-ing of several studiosacross the nation, Yogahas conquered the lastbastion in the US - theCongress. Ahead of thefirst International Yoga Dayon June 21 - a move initiat-ed by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi andendorsed by the UnitedNations General Assembly- a group of US lawmakersand hill staff have cometogether to form the firstever and one-of-its kind"Congressional YogiAssociation". The inaugu-ral event at the historicCannon House OfficeBuilding of the USCongress was attended bya number of top Americanlawmakers. Prominentamong them were TimRyan, Charles Rangel and

Barbara Lee. Organised by the

Congressional YogiAssociation with support ofthe Indian Embassy here,the first-ever "Yoga on theHill" on May 1 was attend-ed by Brennan Mullaney(Team RWB- veterans'welfare organisation) andTom Voss (Iraq War veter-an). Around 60Congressional officialsparticipated in the yogaand meditation session.

Congressman Tim Ryanfrom Ohio, who performedyoga and meditation alongwith others, said an impor-tant issue faced byAmericans is extremelyhigh levels of stress.

"I have found that mind-fulness and the practice ofyoga help to reduce stress,improve concentration,and increase feelings ofwell-being," he said.

"I am happy to supportthe first annual Yoga onthe Hill event and theCongressional YogiAssociation in raisingawareness for the manybenefits a yoga practicecan bring to individualsacross the country," Ryansaid. "As a Korean WarVeteran, Yoga on the Hill'smission to promote well-ness among the veterancommunity is close to myheart," said CongressmanCharles B Rangel.

Congresswoman andMember of HouseSubcommittee on VeteranAffairs Barbara Lee said,"As we begin MentalHealth Awareness month, Ihope that today's eventincreases awarenessabout the benefits of prac-ticing yoga, especially forour veterans."

Yoga fever reaches Capitol Hill in US

WASHINGTON: USPresident Barack Obamaand First Lady Michellehave wished Prince Williamand wife Kate Middleton"much joy and happiness"on the occasion of thearrival of the newest mem-ber in their royal family."Michelle and I are delight-ed to congratulate the Dukeand Duchess ofCambridge, her Majesty theQueen and the royal family,and all the people of the

United Kingdom on thebirth of the Royal Princess,"the White House said in astatement after Kate gavebirth to a baby girl onSaturday.

"On behalf of theAmerican people, we wishthe Duke and Duchess andtheir son George much joyand happiness on the occa-sion of the arrival of thenewest member of theirfamily," the statement quot-ed the Obamas as saying.

The new Princess ofCambridge, who weighed3.7 kilos, comes after bigbrother George in the lineof succession. Princess ofCambridge is the first touse the title princess sincePrincess Eugenie, 25,younger daughter of theDuke of York. The lastPrincess of Cambridge wasPrincess Mary Adelaide,George III's granddaughter,born 182 years ago inHanover, Germany.

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Floyd Mayweather outboxed and outmaneuvered Manny Pacquiao to claim aunanimous points victory in the most lucrative boxing match in history Saturday,taking his unblemished professional record to 48-0 and cementing his place asone of the greatest fighters of all time. After 12 high-intensity and often tacticallycautious rounds, the judges' scorecards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas read118-110, 116-112 and 116-112 in favor of Mayweather.

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