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An Army jawan was killed in amine blast along the Line ofControl (LoC) in Keran sector ofJammu and Kashmir, police saidtoday. Nihal Gorang was injuredin the blast when he was on pa-trol duty in Keran sector inKupwara district of northKashmir late last night, a policeofficial said. He said Gorang wasrushed to a medical facility butsuccumbed to the injuries.

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The Pakistan Army violatedceasefire tonight by firing smallarms along the Line of Control inJammu and Kashmir's Poonchdistrict, Army sources said. ThePakistan troops fired on forwardposts along the LoC in Poonchsector around 8 pm, they said.The firing lasted for five min-utes, they said, adding that therewas no loss of life or injury.

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A special police officer (SPO) to-day allegedly decamped with anAK-47 rifle from a police stationin Jammu and Kashmir'sShopian district, an official said.SPO Showket Ahmed Shiekh, aresident of Harmain area in thedistrict, decamped with an AK-

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Over 400 cases were settled todayat a Lok Adalat held in theDistrict Court Complex premis-es here, an official spokesmansaid. Eight benches took up a to-tal of 422 cases, out of which 407

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Police today claimed to have re-covered a missing boy withintwo hours in Samba. Police saidthey received a complaint at po-lice station Bari Brahmana fromRameshwari Khute wife ofSahibram of RaigarhChattisgarh at present Teli Bastiin Bari Brahmana. In their com-plaint, police quoting the com-plaint said, the woman went

Srinagar, Aug 25:

The Jammu and KashmirChief Electoral OfficerSaturday said the StateElection Commission ispreparing to hold theMunicipal elections and thatall the stakeholders of thegovernment are working to-gether to conduct these elec-tions in a peaceful and fairmanner. “We are preparing tohold the municipal elections.These Urban Local Body elec-tions will be held on party ba-sis. However, the same yard-stick will not be applied forPanchayat polls, which will

take place on non-party ba-sis,” J&K Chief ElectoralOfficer Shaleen Kabra told.When asked about the

schedule of these polls, theCEO said that within few daysall will be cleared. Regardingthe security arrangements,he said that all the stakehold-ers of the government areworking to conduct theseelections in a peaceful man-ner. “The security concernswill be taken care of,” theCEO maintained. Municipalelections were last held in theState in January 2005 andelected Municipal bodies hadcompleted their five-year

term in 2010. Elections toMunicipalities haven’t beenheld for the last about eightand a half years. SimilarlyPanchayat elections were lastheld in April-May 2011 andthe elected Panchayats hadcompleted their tem in July2016. Elections to Panchayatshave also not been held sincethen. Meanwhile sources toldthat the authorities are selec-tively clubbing the highlyvolatile constituencies in theKashmir Valley with peacefulones from the Jammu regionand the border districts to fi-nalise the urban local bodies

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Peoples Democratic Party got a shot in thearm when a leading legal luminary of PirPanchal region and former MLC, AdvocateMurtaza Khan rejoined the Party here to-day. Considered as one of the founding mem-bers of PDP, Khan had left the Party before2014 Assembly elections. However, describ-ing PDP as the beginning of his politicalstruggle and absence from it as nightmarish,Murtaza Khan reposed full confidence in theParty leadership and vowed to work underits leadership. Welcoming Murtaza Khanback into the Party, PDP President,Mehbooba Mufti described it as his homecoming and expressed the hope that theParty would get further strengthened with

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Police today claimed to have arrested threepersons with counterfeit Indian currency inGandhi Nagar. Based on a complaint, policesaid, they started investigation, when theygot a written complaint from Dr. Amir Qaziof Quarter Number C-91 Govt EstateQuarters in Gandhi Nagar (Jammu). In hiscompliant, police said, the complainantclaimed that he want to sell his I-Phone-X toa person whom he met through OLX App.“On August 22, 2018, the victim went to meetthe persons (three persons) who showedtheir interest in buying the I-Phone-X at

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Governor, Advisors,CS greet people onRaksha Bandhan���������������� ���������������

Governor Shri Satya Pal Malik hasfelicitated the people of the State onRaksha Bandhan and has expressedhope that this auspicious occasionwould usher a new era of peace, amity,harmony, progress and prosperity inJammu and Kashmir. In his message of greetings,

Governor observed that RakshaBandhan is a unique representation ofIndia’s cultural ethos, symbolizing thespecial bonds between brothers and sis-ters. “The gesture is not a mere ritual,but a powerful act that obligates every-one to ensure the safety and security ofwomen,” he said. Governor said the fes-tival has a special significance for

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Groups of women in-cluding students todaythronged the various se-curity installations inJammu to tie rakhis onthe wrists of jawans andofficers on the eve ofRaksha Bandhan festi-val, officials said.The women visited

camps in the border dis-tricts of Rajouri andPoonch and tied rakhis tothe security personnelposted away from theirhomes, they said. Several

NGOs too visited the se-curity installations atSamba, Udhampur andJammu, they added.Members of theBharatiya Janata Party(BJP) State MahilaMorcha led by its presi-dent Rajni Sethi tiedrakhis to BSF jawans atGadkhal, Akhnoor bor-der and prayed for theirlong life, a partyspokesman said. Thebrave jawans are alwaysready to lay down theirlives for our safety, so wealso take it as our prime

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Union HealthMinister J P Nadda to-day said 22 new AIIMSare coming up across thecountry and admittedthat there was a shortageof skilled human re-source in the health sec-tor. He also said ensur-ing the highest stan-dards of medical educa-tion was a top priorityfor the government."Twenty-two new AIIMSare coming up across thecountry under thePradhan MantriSwasthya SurakhyaYojana to reduce region-al imbalance in thehealthcare and tertiaryfields," Nadda said whileaddressing the first con-

vocation of the All IndiaInstitute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS),Bhubaneswar.Admitting that therewas a shortage of skilledhuman resources in thehealth sector at all lev-els, the health ministersaid the Centre hasplanned for a rapid ex-pansion of medical edu-cation. Nadda said as

medical education formsthe apex of the health-care pyramid, it is thequality of graduatingdoctors and specialiststhat will determine thequality of services in thecountry for generationsto come. Many initia-tives such as increasingthe retirement age ofdoctors to 65 years, set-ting up of more medical

and nursing schools,multi-skilling of doctorsto overcome the shortageof specialists, have beentaken by the Centre toimprove medical educa-tion, he said. To ensurebetter standards of med-ical education, theCentre has undertakensuitable amendments inthe Graduate MedicalEducation Regulationsand the Post GraduateMedical EducationRegulations for makingcommon counselling foradmission in medicalcolleges mandatory,Nadda said. Since 2014-15, post-graduate seatshave been increased byover 8,500 and under-graduate seats by over16,000, Nadda said,

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The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar nation-al highway, the only all-weather roadlinking Kashmir with the rest of thecountry, was closed today asovernight rains triggered a landslidein Ramban district, officials said.The landslide occurred near theBlock Development Office at Ramsooin the wee hours, blocking the arteri-al road, Senior Superintendent ofPolice, Ramban, Anita Sharma said.She added that the landslide leftscores of vehicles stranded on bothsides. A road-clearance operationwas launched and efforts were on torestore the road in the shortest possi-ble time, Sharma said. A traffic de-partment official said at least fivemore hours were required to restoretraffic on the highway.

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A parliamentary paneladopted a report on theDoklam issue today recom-mending that India shouldencourage Bhutan to deploymore soldiers on the north-ern parts of the sensitive re-gion.Troops of India and

China were locked in a 73-day stand-off in Doklam inthe Sikkim sector from June16 last year, after the Indianside stopped construction of

a road in the disputed tri-junction by the ChineseArmy. Bhutan and Chinahave a dispute over Doklam.Congress president

Rahul Gandhi is a memberof the ParliamentaryStanding Committee onExternal Affairs, headed byparty MP Shashi Tharoor.Gandhi was not present inthe meeting today.Earlier this month, the

panel could not adopt thedraft report as most of theBJP members skipped themeeting and the quorum

could not be reached, ac-cording to sources.Some members of the

panel who were present intoday's meeting said the re-port was adopted with mi-nor modifications.The draft report, circu-

lated among the panel'smembers on August 6, didnot clarify whether the com-mittee was favouring in-creasing the deployment ofIndian troops in the region.BJP members of the pan-

el had demanded that state-ments recorded before the

committee by the defencesecretary and the incum-bent and former external af-fairs secretaries not bemade public.A member of the com-

mittee said today that "noth-ing sensitive and crucial in-formation" shared with thepanel by officials has beenmade public. The committee mem-

bers had travelled to Sikkimand Arunachal Pradesh totake stock of ground situa-tions and meet senior offi-cials there.

It has been briefed sev-eral times on the issue bythe former and current for-eign secretaries and otherofficials.The foreign ministry of-

ficials had informed thepanel that Bhutan was firm-ly with India on the issue.During earlier discus-

sions, Rahul Gandhi hadquestioned External AffairsMinistry officials on China'sobjective and why Beijingchose Doklam to create aconfrontation, the sourcesearlier said.

Parliamentary panel asks govt to encourageBhutan to deploy more soldiers in Doklam

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Four over-ground workers (OGWs) ofmilitant outfits were arrested and threehideouts of the ultras busted in Pulwamadistrict of Jammu and Kashmir, aspokesman said today. The police, alongwith security forces, busted a hideout inRajpora Litter area and arrested an over-ground worker, he said. Incriminating ma-terial along with improvised explosive de-vice (IED) material was recovered from thehideout, the spokesman said.In another incident, two hideouts were

busted in Khallen and Tahab villages ofPulwama district. The magazine of an AK ri-fle, an INSAS magazine and one UBGL wereseized, the spokesman said. Three people,who were allegedly working for militant out-fit Hizbul Mujahideen group, were arrested,the spokesman said. Cases under relevantsections of the IPC were registered againstthem, he added.

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Jammu and KashmirPolice is fighting a proxywar for the last 30 yearsand its personnel havegiven supreme sacrificeswhich have earned re-spect of people across thecountry, DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP) SP Vaid said here today.He said a number of

jawans and officers of theforce have scarified theirlives for the security andintegrity of the nationand the force is still strug-

gling for peace in thestate. "Jammu andKashmir Police is fight-ing a proxy war for last 30years and by its supremesacrifices the force hasearned respect of peopleof the country. "A number of jawans

and officers of the forcehave scarified their pre-cious lives for the securi-ty and integrity of the na-tion and are still strug-gling for peace in thestate," Vaid said, address-ing an attestation-cum-passing out parade of 5thbatch of recruit consta-

bles at CommandoTraining Centre (CTC)Lethpora in southKashmir's Pulwama dis-trict.Vaid advised the new

790 recruits to work withdedication for peace inthe state. "Police service is a

noble service and thepassing out recruits havea pride to join the familyof Jammu and KashmirPolice for the service ofthe nation," he said.B B Vyas, Advisor to

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JAMMU SUNDAY AUGUST 26, 2018OBITUARY2 Glimpses of Future

OBITUARYWITH PROFOUND GRIEF & SOR­ROW, WE INFORM THE SAD ANDTRAGIC DEMISE OF OURBELOVED SH SACHAN TRISAL(PDD) S/O LATE SH DWARIKANATH TRISAL R/O LANE NO. 1,SHARDA VIHAR, SANTRA MORHJAMMU ON 17­8­2018. TENTH DAYKRIYA WILL BE PERFORMED ON26­8­2018 (SUNDAY) AT MUTHI GHAT.GRIEF STRICKENSMT DULARI TRISAL ­ MOTHERSMT SUMITRA TRISAL ­ WIFEKARUNA TRISAL ­ DAUGHTERSMT RENU & SH MANESH TRISAL ­ BHABI & BROTHER& SHIVAM

SH SACHANTRISAL

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow we re­

gret to inform the sad demise of our

beloved Sh. Soom Nath Suri S/o Late

Sh. Jeewan Lal Suri originally resi­

dent of Bhori Kadal Srinagar

(Kashmir) at present H.No. 110

Colonel’s Colony Bohri Jammu on17­

08­2018. 10th Day Kriya will be per­

formed on 26­08­ 2018, Sunday at

Muthi Ghat near Directorate of

School Education.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt. Soom Rani Suri­ Wife

Mrs. Asha & Mr. Ashok Suri­ Daughter­in­Law & Son

Mrs. Rajni & Mr. Rajinder Suri­ Daughter­in­Law & Son

Mrs. Kaki & Mr. R.L. Mattoo­ Daughter & Son­in­Law

Smast Suri, Raju, Nathoo, Mattas and Zutta Parivar

Ph. No.:9650297197, 9650297198, 9419144118,

8713092822, 7006901106

Sh. Soom NathSuri

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of ourrevered father Mr Rattan Lal SapruS/o Lt. Pt. Shamboo Nath Sapru of21/1 Khankhai, Sokhta, NawaKadal Srinagar at present 18­A,Tirath Nagar near Sai Baba MandirTalab Tillo, Jammu on 18­08­2018.Tenth Day Kriya will be held at nearDirectorate of School Education,Muthi Ghat Jammu at 8 am on 27­08­2018.GRIEF STRICKENSwasth Saproo Parivar9871668097, 9811417388, 9873192326

Mr Rattan LalSapru

OBITUARYWith profound grief & sorrow, we

regret to inform that Smt Chand

Rani Kachroo W/o Late Sh

Shamboo Nath Kachroo R/o

Mangalpora Zangalpora, Devsar

(Kulgam) A/p Q.No. 2­3, Block­87,

Lane 17, Jagti, has left for her heav­

enly abode on 19­8­2018. Tenth

Day Kriya will be performed on 28­

8­2018 (Tuesday) at 8:30 AM at

Muthi Ghat, Near Directorate of

School Education, Jammu.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt & Sh Vinod Kachroo ­ Son & Daughter­in­Law

Smt & Sh Jagger Nath Kachroo ­ Devar & Devrani

Smt & Sh Chuni Lal Kachroo ­ Devar & Devrani

Smt & Sh Prathvi Nath Kachroo ­ Devar & Devrani

Smt & Sh Maharaj Krishan Bhat ­ Son­in­Law & Daughter

Smt & Sh Ramesh Dhar ­ Son­in­Law & Daughter

9622235900, 7298419880, 9796033368, 9796267253

Smt Chand RaniKachroo

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad and untimely demiseof our beloved mother Smt.Rukhmani Koul, H. No. 92, LaneNo. 1, Sector No. 1 Sharika Vihar,Lower Roop Nagar, Jammu on 19­08­2018. TENTH DAY KRIYA willbe performed as on 28.08.2018(Tuesday) at Muthi Ghat near(DSEJ) at 8.00 A.M.GRIEF STRICKENSons & Daughters­in­lawSh. A.K. Koul & Smt. Krishna KoulSh. Rajinder Koul & Smt. Kiran KoulDaughter & Son­in­lawSmt. Asha Handoo & Sh. V.K. HandooAnd All Koul FamilyMobile: 9622014370, 9906247860, 7006756515

Smt. RukhmaniKoul

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, weregret to inform the sad and untime­ly demise of our beloved Smt RozyLamba W/o Sh Pawan KumarLamba originally R/o Mattan Distt.Anantnag Kashmir at presentH.No. 705, Sector­3, VinayakNagar, Muthi Jammu on 21­08­2018. Tenth Day Kriya will be heldon 30­08­2018 at 8.30 AM at MuthiGhat near Director of SchoolEducation Muthi Jammu.GRIEF STRICKENSAMAST LAMBA PARIVARM.No. 7006742446, 9086992541, 9596729888

Smt Rozy Lamba

10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow weregret to inform the sad and suddendemise of our beloved father Pt.KAMAL NAIN S/o Late Sh. DINANATH (THEIN WALE), A/P WardNo. 16 Kathua on 16th AUGUST.2018, TENTH DAY will be per­formed on Saturday 25th August at11.00 A.M at our residence atKathua. KRIYA will be performedon Sunday 26th sAugust at our res­idence at Kathua at 11.00 A.M.GRIEF STRICKENPitamber Dass & Kiran Bala : Son & Daughter in LawParshotam Dass & Shashi Bala: Son & Daughter in Law(Information Deptt Kathua) Rajiv Kumar & Renu Sharma : Son & Daughter in LawSneh Lata & Vijay Kumar : Daughter & Son in LawSudesh Kumari & Lekh Raj : Daughter & Son in LawGrand Children : Parmodh, Sahil, Nerraj, Ayush,Ramayana & Malvika Sharma (M) 9858­676556; 94192­07989

Pt. KAMAL NAIN

OBITUARYWith profound grief we inform thatMrs. Rani Harkar (Jaya) W/o LateAutar Krishen Harkar has left forheavenly abode at 11 pm on August20, 2018 at her residence, H.No 247,J­2, Durga Nagar, Sec ­ 2, Bantalab,Jammu. Tenth Day Kriya will be heldat Muthi Ghat on August 29, 2018 at 9am.In Grief:Anil Harkar & Veena ­ Son & Daughter­in­lawSumrati & Deepak Moza ­Daughter & Son­in­lawM.K. Harkar & SantoshB.L. Mattoo & GirijaMadan Mohan Koul & NeerjaAnkush, Suhas & Anmol ­ Grand ChildrenMobiles: 9055653107 / 9419182814 / 9871801991 /9910339567 / 9419795328

Mrs. Rani Harkar

UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, weregret to inform the sad demise ofSmt Chander Kanta W/o LateDharmpal Chadha R/o F­27Krishna Nagar, Jammu. Uthala willbe performed on 27 Aug (Monday)at Guru Ravi Dass Mandir KrishnaNagar, Jammu from 3.00 to 4.00pm.GRIEF STRICKENJung Kumar Chadha ­SonRajesh Chadha ­SonAjay Chadha (Grand Son) Anil ChadhaSachin, Shikha, Sushmita, Sajna MukeshP.No. 9622111775, 9906075290

Smt ChanderKanta

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved Smt. Late Jyoti Gupta W/oKuldeep Kumar (Ballu) R/o RamNagar W.No.12, Distt. Udhampur.10th Day will be performed on 26­08­2018 at our residence W.No.12,Rgr. at 11 AM and Kriya will be per­formed at our residence behind po­lice station Rgr. On 29­08­2018(Wednesday).GRIEF STRICKENSh. Kuldeep Kumar ­ HusbandFather & Mother­in­lawSh. Roshan Lal & Chanachla DeviBrothers & Sisters­in­lawSh. Kewal Kumar & Smt. Kamini DeviSh. Joginder Kumar & Sh. Neetu GuptaAll Kalsotra FamiliesSonali & Divya ­ DaughtersAkshu & Ritvik ­ NephewsLakshika & Vanshika ­ NieceMob.No: 9906275622, 9419335847, 9419273897,9596917628

Smt Jyoti Gupta

SHADMOS/MASWARSix months have passed sinceyou left us. Your loving memorieswill remain in our hearts forever.We are missing you in every mo­ment of life. Shadmos & Maswarof our beloved Late Sh MakhanLal Sher S/o Lt. Gawesh Lal Sheris being performed on 25thAugust and 26th August 2018 re­spectively at our residenceH.No.7, Sector­6, Trikuta Nagar,Jammu.DEEPLY MISSED BY:Samast Sher Parivar9419145051, 9419135051, 9815905316

Sh Makhan LalSher

OBITUARYWith profound grief & sorrow, we

regret to inform the sudden and

sad demise of our beloved Smt

Krishna Kaul W/o Late S N Kaul

R/o 57 ­1/B, Anuradhapuram,

Barnai, Jammu on 20­8­2018 at

Bangalore. The Tenth Day Kriya

will be held on 29­8­ 2018 at Muthi

Ghat, Jammu Near Director

School Education at 8.30 AM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Mrs & Mr V N Kaul

Mrs & Mr Mohanjee Kaul

Mrs & Mr Rajinder Kaul

And All Near & Dear Ones

Ph: 9419101434, 9419220618

Address: 26, 1/B, Anuradhapuram, Barnai, Jammu

Smt KrishnaKaul

10TH DAY KRIYAA loving mother with a golden heartwho always wished the best for oneand all. Carrying an unstoppable zealand passion for living Sensible,Sensitive, with an Aesthetic refine­ment. Warming our hearts with an af­fectionate smile while leading a sim­ple, selfless, determined life. Offeringgenerous blessings to one and allwhile being a shining example of a lifewell lived. Mummy, you've touched somany lives and hearts You shall con­tinue to live in loving memories wehold as you walk gracefully and joy­fully with the angels who've come toguide you to heaven's door. TenthDay Kriya of Mrs Krishna Kaul W/oLate Dr. S.N Kaul R/o No. 57­1/BAnuradhapuram, Barnai, Jammu willbe held on 29­08­2018 at Muthi Ghat,Jammu at 8.30 am near DirectorSchool Education.Ph.No. 9900988655, 9796872777, 9419184924REMEMBERED WITH LOVE:­(Daughters and Sons­in­law)Mrs Archana and Vishwanath NayakMrs Aparna and Dipendra TikkuEeshu and Suchu ­Grand Sons

Mrs Krishna Kaul

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform about the sad demise of ourbeloved Sh. Som Nath Jotshi(Originally from Mallapora, BanaMohalla, Srinagar) resident ofKharghar, Navi Mumbai on 22­8­2018. TENTH DAY KRIYA will beheld on 31­8­2018 at CBD Ghat,Navi Mumbai.GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Pushpa & Sh. A.K. Jotshi­Daughter­in­law & SonSmt. Meena Jotshi­Daughter­in­lawMrs Krishna & AVM A.K. Zadoo­Daughter & Son­in­lawMrs Veena Raina­DaughterMrs Usha & Rajendra Zadoo­Daughter & Son­in­lawAnd Grand ChildrenContact Nos: 09867914060, 08355956908

Sh. Som NathJotshi

BHOG/ANTIM ARDASWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform that our beloved S.Gurbachan Singh S/o Late S. BanaSingh R/o Flora (R.S.Pura) passedaway on 18­08­2018. ANTIM AR­DAS will be perfromed on 26­08­2018 as per PROGRAMME.BHOG SRI SEHAJ PATH 26th Aug18 at 8 AM at residence. KIRTANAND ARDAS from 9 AM­12 Noon atresidence.GRIEF STRICKENSardarni Rawel Kour ­WifeS. Avtar Singh & Sdn. Jaswant Kour ­ Son and Daughter­in­lawS. Harbans Singh & Sdn. Tarsem Kour ­ Son and Daughter­in­lawS. Gurjit Singh & Sdn Gurmeet Kour ­Son and Daughter­in­lawSdn. Jaspal Kour & S. Swinder Singh ­ Daughter & Son­in­lawSdn. Surjit Kour & S. Ranjit Singh ­ Daughter & Son­in­lawMob : 9596868448, 9796803222

S. GurbachanSingh

TENTH DAYWith profound grief & sorrow, we regret

to inform the sad & sudden demise of

our beloved Smt. Santosh Kumari W/o

Sh. Ram Paul Sharma R/o Moutlian

Kalan (At present R/o Om Colony,

Vijaypur, who expired on 17­08­2018.

Tenth Day shall be observed on 26­08­

2018 (Sunday), 10 a.m. at our resi­

dence (Om Colony Vijaypur).

GRIEF STRICKEN

Sh. Ram Paul Sharma ­ Husband

Daughters & Sons­in­law

Sh. Narinjan Sharma & Monika Sharma

Sh. Raghunandan Sharma & Anju Sharma

Son's & Daughters­in­law

Sh. Arvind Sharma & Jyoti Sharma

Sh. Gulshan Magotra & Sonika Sharma

Contact Nos. 9419239758, 9419127394, 9419026492

Smt. SantoshKumari

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved mother Karmyogni Smt.Poshkuji W/o Late SarvanandPandit (Watal) R/o AkingamBonapora Anantnag at PresentBlock No. 173, Flat 14 Lane 27,Jagti expired on 24­08­2018.Mourning will be held in mourninghall Lane No. 9 Back Side nearGovt Ration Depot Jagti Townshipand 10th Day Kriya will be per­formed at Muthi Ghat on 2­ 09­2018at 8.30 AM.GRIEF STRICKENDaughters­in­law & SonsSmt. Soni & Sh. Harikrishan PanditSmt. Komal & Sh. Jai Krishan PanditSmt. Nancy & Dr R.K. Raina ­Daughter & Son­in­lawGrand Daughter & Grand Son­in­lawSmt. Kanchan & Sh Profil BhatSh Dileep Pandita ­Grand SonMiss Moksha Raina ­Grand DaughterShivu ­Great Grand SonMob. : 8717065963, 9419890030

Smt. Poshkuji

MASWAR/VAHARWARMemories are the treasure of life,but some of them are very painful.Departure of our revered mother isone of such memories we are con­stantly feeling the pain of yourphysical separation from us. Ourhearts still ache with sadness andmany tears still flow. It has beenone year since you left this worldand set for a peaceful journey to­wards the abode of Lord Shiva. Ourfamily is missing you for your guid­ance, courage and dedication. Youwere an epitome of love and affec­tion. Masvar/ Vaharvar of ourrevered mother Late SmtKamlashori Koul W/o Late Sh BalBader Koul will be held at our resi­dence N­337 Sector­2 DurgaNagar (Bantalab) on 26th and 27thAugust 2018.DEEPLY REMEMBERED BYSamast Koul ParivarChildren, Grand Children & Great Grand Children9419139482, 9419155907, 0191­2592095

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Press TrusT of IndIaGandhInaGar auG 25 :

Karnataka ChiefMinister HDKumaraswamy has writ-ten a letter to PrimeMinister seeking an inter-im relief of Rs 2000 crorefor relief and rehabilita-tion work in the flood-hitareas of the state.

In his letter,Kumaraswamy stated thatthe damages caused by therecent floods to the infra-structure, public propertyand crops were estimatedto the tune of Rs 3,000 croreas the final assessment oflosses was not done yet.

The JDS leaderclaimed that there was alarge scale destruction ofagricultural crops. Coffee,spice, aracanut and otherplantations estates werecompletely damaged bythe landslides and mud-slides. In order to rebuild

Kodagu – the most hit byfloods – the Chief Ministersaid an interim relief of Rs2000 crore was needed forthe state government tostart the relief and rehabil-itation work. TheKarnataka ChiefMinister's appeal to theCentre came hours afterDefence Minister NirmalaSitharaman visited theflood-hit areas in Kodagudistrict of Karnataka. Shealso interacted with chil-dren, youth and their fami-lies sheltered in Kodagu inthe wake of recent torren-tial rains that lashed thedistrict, bordering Kerala,claiming at least 17 livesand leaving a trail of de-struction. Sitharaman as-sured to take up withPrime Minister NarendraModi and other centralministers concerned aboutthe restoration work ofroads, telecommunicationnetwork and other infra-

structure, badly affectedby the heavy rains thattriggered landslides andfloods in the district. ARajya Sabha member fromKarnataka, she is the sec-ond Union minister to visitthe flood-ravaged district,after D V SadananadaGowda, who hails from thestate. More than 5,000 peo-ple have been renderedhomeless in Kodagu dis-trict where rescue and re-lief operations are under-way in full swing. Districtin-charge Minister Sa RaMahesh and local MPPratap Simha, officials ofthe district administra-tion, government depart-ments and Defence person-nel attended the reviewmeeting.

Officials informed thatthe district received excessrainfall of 150 percent thanthe normal quantum.Talking to reporters,Sitharaman said the

Centre's relief and rehabil-itation package would beannounced after assess-ment by a team of officialsand the state's governmentestimate of losses. She de-clined to make any guesson how much relief pack-age was expected from theCenter. "It would not bewise on my part to secondguess what Centre can giveand what it cannot ...Butonce the team comes andmakes an assessment intowhich all your (state) in-puts will also be taken, andwith your inputs, the cen-tral assessment team cancome up with a figure," sheadded. The Minister laterannounced a Rs 1 crore aidfrom her MPs constituen-cy development funds andRs 7 crore from CorporateSocial Responsibilityfunds of Defence PSUs forflood and landslide reliefwork, her office said in atweet.

Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy writes to PMModi, seeks interim relief of Rs 2,000 crore

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Army Provides Sports Kit ToGovernment Middle School,Sankari In Rajouri DistrictJammu: 25 aug 2018

In order to promote the culture ofsports in the region, Army presentedsports kits to the students ofGovernment Middle School, Sankari inRajouri district on 25 August 2018.During the event, Army providedCricket Kits, Basketball, Volleyball,Badminton racquets and other sportsitems to the School for utilization bythe students. During the event, Armyofficer also explained to the students,benefits of regular exercise and sportsfor all round development. The stu-dents expressed their appreciation forproviding sports kits.

32 youth joinPanthers PartyJammu, aug 25

Reposing faith in the PanthersParty scores and over 32 youth intro-duced by Mr. Robin Sharma, DistrictPresident Kathua joined PanthersParty in the presence of Mr. Harsh DevSingh Chairman JKNPP and otherleaders in a grand function held atParty Headquarters in Jammu today.Mr. Gagan Pratap Singh StateSecretary, Mr. Shakti Singh and Mr.Rashpaul Singh were also present onthe occasion. Prominent among thosewho joined JKNPP included MintuSharma, Abhinav Sharma, LuckySharma, Munish Dogra, SahilSalgotra, Bushan Sagotra, RahulRajput, Abhey Sharma, Lalit Singh,Shiv Darshan, Naresh Mehta, AbhiMehta, Rohit Kumar, Varun Pangotra,Romal Chand, Manohar Lal.

Amid completeshutdown in Mendhar,Javed Rana leadsprotest march infavour of Article 35AMendhar auGusT 25-

Senior National Conference leader andMember Legislative Assembly JavedAhmed Rana today cautioned againsttinkering with Article 35A of theConstitution, saying this proviso ispride and identity of the people ofJammu and Kashmir. Leading aprotest march, amid complete shut-down in the border township ofMendhar, Mr Javed Rana said that di-lution or scrapping of Article 35A willhave serious ramifications. Mr Ranahit out at the BJP, saying that clandes-tine attempts were being made to settlenon-state subjects in the State in a bidto dilute the unique identity of its peo-ple, irrespective of cast, region or reli-gion. He said repealing of this provi-sion will lead to serious problems foreveryone. “We will fight tooth and nailfor retention of the Article 35A”, MrRana said, amid huge applause by thepeople. He said the elements inimicalto peace have been working overtimeto create instability and commotionacross the State and asserted that allsuch machinations will be foiled by thepeople by maintaining unity and tran-quility. Referring to the Instrument ofAccession and the Delhi Agreement,Mr Javed Rana said these emphasizethe special status and unique identityof Jammu and Kashmir and its people.He described Article 35A as manifesta-tion of the permanent resident laws,which are imperative for upholdingthe rights and preserving the identityof the people of Jammu, Kashmir andLadakh regions.

Local Brief

Jammu aug 25

BJP State Mahila Morchaled by its State President RajniSethi tied Rakhis to “Jawans”at Gadkhal, Akhnoor border onthe occasion of RakshaBandhan on Saturday. MLAKhour Dr. Krishan Bhagat wasalso present on the occasion toboost the morale of the braveIndian soldiers. Rajni Sethi,while tying Rakhis, said thatthis is in-fact an honor andhour of pride for BJP State

Mahila Morcha team to cele-brate the festival among thebrothers deployed at the bor-der. She said that the festivalreaffirms the strong bond oflove and affection betweenbrothers and sisters. She saidthat the brave Jawans are al-ways ready to lay down theirlives for our safety, so we alsotake it as our prime duty to con-tribute in any possible forcesfor the forces of our country.There is a lot of work for the so-ciety and Nation, that we can

do, living in Civil Society whiledoing our daily chores, shesaid.

All the members of MahilaMorcha state team tied‘Rakhis’ to the BSF Jawans andprayed for their long and pros-perous life. The Jawans inturn, also promised to protecttheir sisters. They urged thecitizens to dedicate themselvesfor the Nation and also calledupon the society to uphold thedignity and respect of womenin our country. Mahila Morchamembers prayed that mayRaksha Bandhan symbolizingthe virtue of love, affection andmutual trust bring happinessand prosperity to all the peopleof our country. SushmaManhas, Kunti Jasrotia,Shakuntla Gupta, Anju Dogra,Neena Gupta, Sunita Gupta,Chand Bhagat, Sanjita Dogra,Shailja Gupta, UpdeshAndotra, Neeru Anand, AnuGupta, Monika Sharma,Anuradha Sharma, Anu TonyBhasin, Geetanjali Mahajan,Neena Gupta, Prerna Nanad,Pooja Chouhan and others tiedRakhis on the occasion.

BJP Mahila Morcha tie Rakhito BSF jawans at Akhnoor

nowshera aug 23

With a mission to winMuncipility elections, sen-ior BJP leader and MLCVibodh Gupta on thursdayconvened a party meetingat Nowshera city. MLCalong with party menmulled strategies and vari-ous aspects to winMunicipal elections with ahuge margin. MLC alongwith party men also ob-served two minute silenceand paid rich tribute to themartyred young BJP leaderShabir Ahmad Bhat andtwo policemen in Kashmir."Sepratist belongs to no re-ligion other than the reli-gion of voilence and ha-tred", stated Vibodh. "Ourmission is not only to winelections but also to deliver

services to the citizens. Weshould organise publicmeetings and interactionsto bring various welfareschemes of BJP govern-ment in the the notice ofcommon masses. BJP'swork and services to poor,downtrodden and commonpeople is its real strengthand the same will help us inwinning elections", said

MLC Vibodh while address-ing party workers here. Heasked them to gear up andfoster the campaigningahead of Muncipility elec-tions. Vibodh lauded the ac-tive and positive responsefrom Party men and said,"Workers of BJP are socialwarriors who are alwayswilling to defend nation andprovide service to country-

men". Expressing pain andanguish over the killing ofyoung BJP leader ShabirAhmad Bhat and two po-licemen MLC said thattheir martyrdom will not goin vain and we firmly standwith their family members.MLC further said thatkilling of Shabir AhmadBhat was an act of cow-ardice and terrorist willsoon receive befitting replyfrom Indian soldiers.Separatist can't restrainyouth of Kashmir from opt-ing the right path as theirtrue face is well exposed,stated Vibodh. He furthersaid " Extremism has al-most extincted fromKashmir, therefore, theirleaders stoped so low thaton Eid they heckled FarooqAbdullah in the pious

shrine of Hazratbal whileoffering Eid prayers. Thiswas a disrespect to Islamand pious shrine ofHazratbal, he added.

Addressing Party menBJP Nowshera Seh-Prabhari Neena Sharmaasked party worker to workhard ahead of Municipalityelections to bring more andmore people into party fold.He further asked them to re-main in touch with the is-sues of common people andconvey the same to partytop-leaders. Other seniorBJP leader who attendedmeeting were Vivek Anand, Narinder Sharma ,Surinder Kumar Anand ,Anu Bhasin , Vishal Gupta,Dev Raj , Babu Gumble ,Vishal Gupta , Ajay Anandand others.

Vibodh chairs party meet at Nowshera ahead of Municipality electionSeparatists belong to no religion other than the religion of violence and hatred: Vibodh

Jammu aug 25

Former Dy. CM and MLAGandhi Nagar, KavinderGupta laid foundation stonefor the construction ofNursing College at Gangyalhere in Jammu. The NursingCollege building is being con-structed by J&K PoliceHousing Corporation at an es-timated cost of 349 Lakhs forthe first Phase. On TheOccasion MedicalSuperintendent Rajiv GandhiHospital Gangyal, Dr.Poonam Gupta, XEN J&KPolice Housing Corporation,Joint Director PlanningHealth Madan Lal were alsopresent. While addressing theGathering of the locality, theStaff from Rajiv GandhiHospital and the officials fromJ&K Police Housing

Corporation, Gupta said thatAvailability of affordable,safe, and effective health serv-ices is the right of every citi-zen. Union Government hastaken many initiatives for theimprovement of Healthcaresystem in Rural and Urban ar-eas. Medical colleges andNursing colleges help tostrengthen and improve

healthcare delivery. He saidthe that there is dire need ofsuch type of Nursing educa-tional Institutions where thetrainees can get the knowl-edge of caring services makethem aware of the diseasesand get the knowledge how toget rid of the seasonal dis-eases. It is seen that maternalhealth, child health indices

like maternal mortality rate,infant and child mortalityrate are high in the northernIndia. These types of collegescan play a vital role in reduc-ing such rates by the way ofproviding best educations tothe trainees. He further saidthat the Modi Government isserious in Improvement of theHealthcare facilities in ourstate. To boost the health sec-tor of the state, two AIIMSwould be set up in Jammu’sVijaypur and Kashmir’sAwantipora town at the cost ofRs 4,000 crore under theGovernment of India’sPradhan Mantri SwasthyaSuraksha Yojana. The UnionHealth Ministry had an-nounced five new medical col-leges, one each in Baramulla,Anantnag, Rajouri, Doda andKathua districts.

Former Dy CM and MLA Gandhi Nagar KavinderGupta lays foundation of Nursing college

Jammu: 25 aug 2018

Lt Gen YVK Mohan,GOC Rising Star Corpsinaugurated the“Veterans SahayataKendra” at DamanaMilitary Station on 25Aug 2018. The GOC felic-itated disabled soldiersas part of "The Year ofthe Disabled Soldier”.The facility at Damanahas been established toextend services to in-clude a special“Grievance RedressalCell” which will enableall ex servicemen to op-timally utilize various

welfare schemes thatare available. A total of3500 ex servicemen andtheir dependents willbenefit from the facilitywhich will function un-der Damana MilitaryStation. During his in-teraction with the exservicemen the GOCurged the Veterans tooptimally exploit the fa-cility and assured themof full support from theformation. The ex ser-vicemen were highlyappreciative of the en-deavor being undertak-ing by the “TigerDivision”.

JaMMu, aug 25:

Member ParliamentRajya Sabha, ShamsherSingh Manhas todaydistributed free LPGconnections among BPLfamilies at a function or-ganized by HidustanPetroleum at VillageFlian Mandal, BlockMarh, Jammu accompa-nied by FormerMinister & MLA MarhCh. SukhnandanKumar. More than 100free gas connectionswere distributed on theoccasion.

While speaking onthe occasion, the MPsaid that Central andState Governments arecommitted to provideevery basic amenity to

the rural population. Itis a great responsibilityof the NDA govt. to pro-vide basic amenities tothe weaker section ofthe society, so that weable to give strengthand make themstrengthen in every sec-tion. He further saidthat providing free gasconnections in thename of the female headof a household underPradhan MantriUjjwala Yojana (PMUY)

is a step to empowerwomen besides protect-ing their health. He fur-ther said that schemeenvisages to provide 8crore free LPG connec-tions to poor familiesacross the country in 5years. On this occasionSarpanch BhadroreRaghubir Singh,Ex-Sarpanch Nehal Singh,Sukhdev Sharma,Jagdish & prominentpeople of the area werealso present.

MP & MLA distribute free LPG connections among BPL families

srinagar aug 25:

Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) StateGeneral Secretary(Org.) Ashok Koul alongwith MLCs Adv.Ramesh Arora and SofiYousuf on Saturday vis-ited the family of slainShabir Bhat to extendtheir sympathies to thebereaved family. AshokKoul, While expressinghis sympathy to the fam-ily, assures full supportto the family membersat the time of grief. Kouladded that assured theslain Shabir Bhat's that"We are with you andwon't let you down.Spending nearly 1 hourswith family, Ashok Kaulalong with senior lead-ers of Kashmir encour-aged his parents thatjustice will met soon, hiskillers cannot hide longand shared their grief.Sofi Yousuf and Adv.Ramesh Arora said that

Shabir Bhat was the realicon of Kashmiri youth,the nation is with the be-reaved family and weare ready to provide fullsupport to the family at-tacks on our workerswill no way hamper ourgoal that is developmentand prosperity in thestate, we are stick to ourplans and strategies tostrengthen our partythe valley and militantscan't threat us or devi-ate us for which we arelooking in near future tostrengthen our party inthe state, they added.

Ashok Koul also de-nied the news that anystone pelting incidenthas taken place duringtheir visit to ShabirBhat's residence thismorning, earlier somenews channel reportthat there was stonepelted on BJP vehicleswhen they were going toPulwama to visit ShabirBhat's residence. Ashok

Koul also denied thenews that any stone pelt-ing incident has takenplace during their visitto Shabir Bhat's resi-dence this morning, ear-lier some news channelreport that there wasstone pelting on BJP ve-hicles when they weregoing to Pulwama to vis-it Shabir Bhat's resi-dence. We visitedShabir Bhat's house forthe condolence meetingand right away went toPulwama party office,for an hour whereintribute were paid to thedeparted soul andaround 500 Party work-ers joined this activitywithout any hickups.We did all these activi-ties in a peaceful man-ner. He further addedthat such coward actscan't stop us from thepath we have chosen I, epeace and prosperity ofthe state and won't Letworking for BJP.

Jammu: 25 aug

A unique UltraCycling Expeditionchristened JAIBHARAT as part ofCorps of EME‘Platinum Jubilee’ cel-ebrations. The teamcomprising of sevenultra-cyclists underLieutenant ColonelVishal Ahlawat, aMount EverestSummiteer and a pas-sionate adventuristembarked on grueling25,000 Kms journeyacross the length andbreadth of the coun-try. The journey is tobe completed in threephases from Leh toKanyakumari, Teju to

Koteshwar and finallythe GoldenQuadrilateral: Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata-Delhi. Theteam plans to coverthe entire distance injust 120 days to set fournew world records.

The expeditionwas flagged off fromMilitary College ofElectronics andMechanicalEngineering,Hyderabad on 15 Aug2018 and is expected tobe completed on 02 Dec2018 at Delhi. The ex-pedition team arrivedat Chandimandir on24 Aug 2018 after ninedays of continuous cy-cling covering a dis-

tance of nearly 2000Kms fromSecunderabad toDelhi. The team wasfelicitated byLieutenant GeneralSurinder Singh,General OfficerCommanding -in-Chief, WesternCommand. The ArmyCommander flaggedoff the team for theironward journey to Lehand complimented theteam for undertakingthis extremely chal-lenging missionwhich symbolizes theforces’ indomitablespirit and resolve toovercome all odds toaccomplish the as-signed task.

‘Jai Bharat’ Cycling Expedition Flagging Off By LtGen Surinder SinghJammu auG 25

A four day’s Training Programme for Employees of KandhariBeverages Pvt. Ltd. Samba, Bharat Petroleum Corporation,Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Jammu & Commercialvehicles drivers/ conductors commenced w.e.f. 20th Aug, 2018concluded here today. All the trainee participants were taughtabout that in case of accidents and medical emergencies “WHATTO DO & WHAT NOT TO DO” besides basic tit-Bits. Main focuswas on the Time Management say they were explained “ HOW &WHY A STICH IN TIME SAVES NINE.” They were also motivat-ed to observe the standard Traffic Rules & Regulations and to be agood citizen like. The Training was imparted by the Sr.Consultant namely Dr. Rajinder Thappa, assisted by Smt.Kanchan Devi, Supervisor Pharmacist and Sh. Vijay Magotra,Social Activist. The exam was conducted by Dr. Rashmi Sharma,Medical Officer, Red Cross Dispensary, Jammu. Sh. DineshGupta, Hony. Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, JammuRegion briefed the participants about the functioning of RedCross Society and how they can also be of big help to others dur-ing any medical emergencies/accidental victims and can saveprecious lives of others by applying the knowledge acquired dur-ing the Training. He also appealed them all to be associated withRed Cross and share the benefits of having the First-Aid TrainingProgramme among their friends/relatives.

Four Day’s first - aid training concludes

Slain Shabir Bhat was a hard core party worker, doesn't need anyintroduction: Ashok Koul

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According to the Executive EngineerWater Supply Master Plan DivisionSrinagar, due to a drowning incidentin District Ganderbal, PowerCanal/Sindh Extension Canal wasshut down for 5 hours yesterday on24th August. It has again been shutdown since 5.30 AM today for retriev-ing the body. Being the raw watersource for major Water TreatmentPlants of Srinagar City like Rangiland Aulesteng besides small plantsfrom Beehama to Shuhama toHadoora, the water supply to the ar-eas fed from these plants will remainaffected for today and tomorrow. Thebeneficiaries of water supply fromthese plants in districts Srinagar,Ganderbal and Budgam are advisedto use water supply with austerity. Incase of any emergency, the provin-cial control room of PHE Departmentmay be contacted on telephone num-bers 2452047, 2477207.

Lt Gen Yvk Mohan, GocRising Star CorpsInaugurated VeteranSahayata Kendra At Damana

Water supply toremain affected

JAMMU SUNDAY AUGUST 26, 2018LOCALGlimpses of Future4

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Advisor to Governor BB Vyas today lauded therole of the police force forupholding professional-ism amid challenging situ-ation.

“I congratulate the po-lice force for continuouslyworking for the welfare ofthe people with dedication.I am proud of the Jammuand Kashmir police forproving its mettle in thedifficult times,” he saidduring his address at theattestation cum passingout parade of 5th BRTCbatch at CommandoTraining Centre, LethporaPulwama.Vyas said thereare many more challengesahead for the police forcein view of a series of up-coming elections. “Wehave decided to hold localbodies polls and police hasto deal with this challengeand fulfill its role,” he said.Saying that nation salutesthe courage of JK policepersonnel, Advisor Vyassaid that everyone paystribute to their supremesacrifices.On the occasion,

the Advisor felicitated thebest performing recruitsin various disciplines.

Advisor Vyas who wasthe chief guest on the occa-sion took the salute of themarch past and conductedtraditional inspection ofthe parade. In all, 790Jawans today completedthe training course for re-cruitment as Constables.Complementing the newlytrained Constables forgraduating into a new fieldof duty, Advisor Vyas

asked them to performtheir job with sincerityand dedication.Earlier inhis address, DGP S P Vaidwelcomed the Advisor toGovernor and congratulat-ed the recruits for success-fully completing the train-ing. He welcomed the fami-ly members of jawans whohad come in large numbersto witness the graduationceremony for becomingpart of the policefamily.DGP in his addresssaid that people from

across the country praisethe JKP for working inchallenging times and up-holdingprofessionalism.ThePrincipal of the trainingcollege Muhammad ArifRishu gave a detailedoverview of the differenttraining modules impart-ed to the cadets during thetraining course for dealingwith differentsituations.The functionwas attend among othersby ADsGP Shri Abdul Gani

Mir, Shri Muneer AhmedKhan, IsGP Shri JagjitKumar, Shri J. P. Singh,Shri Surinder KumarGupta, Shri Anand Jain,Shri S. P. Pani, DIDG(SKR) Shri Amit Kumar,Deputy CommissionerPulwama GhulamMohammad Dar, senior of-ficers of police, army andCRPF besides senior offi-cers of divisional and dis-trict administration werealso present on graduationemony.

Passing Out Parade of 5th BRTC batch at CTC Lethpora

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Advisor to theGovernor, K Vijay Kumartoday urged the Bollywoodfilm producers to rediscov-er the J&K as a favoritedestination for film shoots.

He said this while in-teracting with Bollywoodactor John Abraham inSrinagar. The actor is inthe valley for shooting afilm. The advisor wel-comed the actor in the val-ley for shooting and urgedthe country’s premier filmfraternity to return toKashmir for film shootingsto revive the old connec-tion of Bollywood withKashmir valley. He said allmajor movies through theSixties till late Eightieswere shot in Kashmir,which enjoyed the top posi-tion in the country’stourism sector. He saidState was eager to reviveits association with theBollywood and assured all

the possible facilities tothem.He assured theBollywood’s big produc-tion houses of StateAdministration's full sup-port in facilitating theirshooting plans and itiner-aries in the State.

John Abraham on theoccasion narrated his ex-perience in the valley dur-ing his stay and hoped thatproducers will return toKashmir for shooting as itis the best place for the pur-pose.

Advisor K Vijay Kumar interactswith John Abraham

Urges film fraternity to revive its ‘old connection’ with JK

BANDIPORA, AUGUST 25:District Development CommissionerDr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary reviewedthe Special Development Plan forHajin town aimed at improvement incivic amenities and infrastructure de-velopment in a time-boundmanner.ADDC Mohammad Qasim, JtDirector Planning Abdul MajidKarnai, ACD Jahangir Ahmed, SDMSyeed Naseer, CMO Dr Bilquis Mir,ExEns of PWD, PHE, Irrigation, FloodControl, Mechanical, PDD, Housing,Urban Local Bodies, UEED, TehsildarHajin and other officers of line depart-ments attended the meeting.

The DDC outlined time-bound de-velopmental interventions to redresspublic grievances related to powersupply, potable drinking water, roadsnetwork, improvement in lanes anddrains, health, irrigation and floodcontrol sectors. He also dwelled onspecial projects for development ofsports infrastructure and Librarycum Counselling centre for stu-

dents.The meeting decided to provide200 dust-bins and 100 street lights forMunicipal Committee Hajin apartfrom completion of 4 CommunitySanitary Complexes. An amount of Rs25 Lakh additional amount was ear-marked for development of lanesapart from Rs 17 Lakh already sanc-tioned for 7 works. Deadline ofSeptember 15 was fixed for completionof remaining 168 IHHL.A comprehen-sive review of all the sectors was con-ducted wherein the departmentsmade detailed presentation about de-velopmental works under progress,public demands, funding gaps and fi-nancial support required. It was de-cided that to further fine-tune the de-velopmental process a public interac-tion will be organised for prioritisa-tion of works and participatory devel-opment process.PWD will take up im-provement in major roads to be com-pleted by October end meanwhilePMGSY Division has been directed forexpeditious completion of tendering

process. Hajin-Ajas road will be com-pleted upto Metaling stage while 2KMstretch on Hajin-Sumbal road hasbeen taken up for resurfacing.Tenders have also been floated forHajin-Madhvan-Makhdoomyar andManasba, Hajin-Ajas road which willbe taken up in September. Meanwhile,work is being started in constructionof Mini Secretariat at Hajin.ALibrary-Cum-Counseling Centre wassanctioned for Hajin in view of de-mand projected by students for com-petitive examinations. Apart fromthis, 18 playfields have been approvedfor Hajin block to be constructed innext 3 months.

A number of works related topotable drinking water supply includ-ing 3 filtration plants, protection workalong river / roads, augmenting liftschemes, development of power infra-structure, ITI, Tehsil Complex, pend-ing education buildings and otherprojects were also finalised in themeeting.

DDC Bandipora finalises specialDevelopment Plan for Hajin

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CommissionerSecretary AgricultureProduction Department,Manzoor Ahmad Lone, to-day flagged-off a group of16 progressive farmers ofdistrict Leh and GurezTehsil for an exposure-cum–training programmeat Himachal Pradesh onorganic farming.

J&K State AdvisoryBoard for Development ofKisans arranged the tourof the farmers for the train-ing programme which willalso focus on ‘How to dou-ble the income ofFarmers?’ at CSKHimachal PradeshAgriculture UniversityPalampur.On the occa-sion, the CommissionerSecretary said that thegovernment is striving tomake the farmers of thestate prosperous and self-reliant by ensuring overallsustainable agriculture

development. He stressedpublic-private partner-ships to change the face ofthe agricultural sector inthe state.He also laid em-phasis on farm manage-ment and advised thefarmers to make the bestuse of the exposure tour.J&K State Advisory Boardfor Development of Kisansarranged the tour of thefarmers for the trainingprogramme which will al-so focus on ‘How to doublethe income of Farmers?’ atCSK Himachal PradeshAgriculture UniversityPalampur.DirectorAgriculture KashmirAltaf Ahmad Andrabi,Director FloricultureKashmir MathoraMasoom, Secretary StateAdvisory Board AbdulHamid Wani, ManagingDirector Agro IndustriesDevelopment CorporationBawani Rakhwal and oth-er concerned were alsopresent on the occasion.

Commissioner SecyAgriculture flags-off

farmers’ exposure tourPrivate coachingcentres asked toregister by Sept10

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Directorate ofSchool EducationKashmir (DSEK) todayissued a notificationasking for fresh regis-tration/ renewal of pri-vate coaching centresoperating in theKashmir province.

“Interested partieshave to submit their ap-plications either forfresh registration or re-newal, as the case maybe, up to September 10,2018, on the given formatavailable at theDirectorate's websitewww.dsek.nic.in,”DSEK notificationreads. The applicationsare to be submitted tothe concerned offices ofDeputy Commissioners/ADCs. To get registra-tions or renewals done,DSEK has asked the pri-vate coaching centres topublish class-wise/ sub-ject-wise fee structure ina leading newspaper ofKashmir. Besides, pub-lishing of details of thefaculty members to behired by thecoaching/tuition centreincluding their Aadhaarbased biometric details.While as reservation of10% in-take quota forBPL /Orphan/ destitutestudents to be selectedby the Directorate hasalso been made manda-tory.

DDC Budgamtakes review ofprogress underSBM in districtBudGaM, auGusT 25:

DistrictDevelopmentCommissioner Budgam,Dr Syed Sehrish Asgartoday chaired a meetingto review the progress ofwork done under theSwachh Bharat Mission(G) in the district. At theoutset, DDC stressed onthe concerned to ensurecompletion of the workswithin the time boundmanner to ensureBudgam as a districtachieves ODF status atthe earliest. Stressingon launching of aware-ness campaign on ODFacross the district par-ticularly in rural areas,the DDC urged the con-cerned to involve stu-dents, religious schol-ars, masajid committeesand civil society mem-bers for better results ofthe campaign.

District Adminis-tration LaunchesPilot “HaraBhara” GanderbalGanderBaL, auG 25:

With an objective tocreate clean and greenGanderbal, the DistrictAdministration has start-ed a planned strategywhich comprises of IEC(Information, Educationand Communication)Campaign coupled withpractical process. In thefirst stage, GanderbalTown has been preferredand work will start on twowards viz Duderhama “A”and “B”, where waste willbe segregated at source,and if need be stored inseparate bins anddumpers. The Wet wastecomprised of KitchenResidue and other wetspecies will be convertedin domestic manure. Thedry waste comprising ofdifferent components i.e.Cardboard, Paper,Plastic, Metal Pieces,Building Material will becollected, segregated, re-cycled .

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In order to provide the besttechnology solution for houseboatwaste management and to improvethe quality of the Dal and NageenLake waters, the Department ofTourism is preparing a DetailedProject Report, which envisagesproviding customized bio-digestertanks to the houseboat owners.

In this regard, SecretaryTourism Rigzian SamphealSaturday held a meeting here todaywith a team of scientists fromDefense Research andDevelopment Organization (DR-DO) to discuss waste managementproposals with them.

While laying emphasis on theimportance keeping the Dal Lakeclean and maintaining its hygiene,Secretary Tourism said the Lake isnot only important for tourism butis also the state’s identity whichneeds to be protected.

He said under Swachh BharatMission, the Department ofTourism has taken upon itself totackle the sanitation issues in and

around Dal Lake by finding a holis-tic solution to the issue.

The DRDO team is on a visit toSrinagar to conduct a feasibilitystudy of all aspects of the wastemanagement. “On the basis of theirreport, a DPR encompassing solu-tions to the proper waste manage-ment and on installing bio-digestertechnology will be formulated,” theSecretary said.

Director Tourism KashmirTasaduq Jeelani informed themeeting that over 900 houseboatsare registered with the Departmentwhose eco-friendly waste manage-ment is very necessary.

Deputy Director RegistrationWaseem Raja, Deputy DirectorPublicity Riyaz Ahmad Shah,Deputy Director KashmirMassarat Hashim, Deputy DirectorRecreation Mohammad Sarfaraz,SP Enforcement Amarjit Singh,Accounts Officer Sajad Ahmadwere also present in the meeting.

Pertinently, the formerGovernor N N Vohra, at a meetingconvened recently to discuss Dalconservation measures, had called

for adopting a multi-pronged strat-egy, employing both traditionaland modern methods, for time-bound restoration of Dal Lake.

While recognizing that DalConservation involves sewagetreatment, lily extraction, de-weed-ing, skimming, water treatment,dredging, prevention of encroach-ments etc Governor expressed dis-satisfaction over the pace of conser-vation measures and called for im-mediate strengthening and re-vamping of the Enforcement Wingto ensure against any encroach-ments in or around the Lake.

He had also called for settingtimelines, monitoring the progressof cleaning of the lake and removalof encroachments on day-to-day ba-sis.

He had also called for takingmeasures to plug sewage disposalinto the lake from the entire catch-ment area and directed Vice-Chairman LAWDA to submit dailyreports on the extent of surfacearea of the lake cleaned and howmany encroachments have been re-moved.

Governor had also directedFinancial Commissioner Housingand Urban DevelopmentDepartment, to urgently (i) formu-late the separate sanitation propos-als for the House Boats anchored tothe shoreline and those moored inthe open water expanse; (ii) doublethe number of labourers presentlyengaged in the operation of Lily ex-traction and de-weeding/skim-ming activities to at least improvethe visual aspect of the Lake; (iii) todeploy all available machines indouble shifts for speeding up workby ensuring adequate incentiviz-ing of the machine operators; (iv)the tenders for hiring of Lake clean-ing machines should be finalizedwithin 7 days so that the hired ma-chines are pressed into service im-mediately for speeding up theprogress of de-weeding/Lily extrac-tion; (v) enforcing strict anti-en-croachment measures to ensurethat no illegal structures are raisedaround the Lake; (vi) DivisionalCommissioner Kashmir shall over-see the rehabilitation of Daldwellers.

Secy Tourism discusses waste managementmeasures with visiting DRDO team

‘Houseboats to get biodigester tank system soon’

KaThua, auGusT 25:

Speaker, J&KLegislative Assembly, DrNirmal Singh today em-phasized upon improvingroad connectivity to give afillip to the economic de-velopment of the area.

“Roads are imperativefor economic upliftmentand growth of tourism sec-tor in the state”, theSpeaker stated this afterlaying the foundation forthe up gradation of roadfrom Phinter to Billawarhere at Phinter today.

Speaking on the occa-sion, Dr Singh informedthat the road has been tak-en up under CRF at Rs 22.74crore to upgrade 10 km ofthe length passing throughimportant areas ofBillawar which is to be exe-cuted by PWD(R&B) de-partment in three years.

Dr Singh asserted thatdurable roads and en-hanced infrastructure topsthe development agenda ofany area and focus is beinglaid on upgrading and im-proving the road networkin rural and remote areasof Billawar which is evi-

dent from the fact that sev-eral roads are being laidunder different schemes.He further said that em-phasis is laid on improvingroad network by linkinginternal roads withNational Highways to givefillip to development activ-ities in the area. TheSpeaker stressed on regu-lar quality checks at bothpre and post constructionstages to ensure adherenceto quality standards. He al-so assured the locals thatproper employment oppor-tunities will be provided tothose whose structureswere removed.Earlier, theSpeaker inaugurated freemedical check-up camp atGovernment HigherSecondary School,Billawar where senior citi-zens and locals were exam-ined by the Doctors andPara-medicos. Free medi-cines were also distributedduring the camp.

ADC Billawar,Joginder Singh Rai, SSPKathua Shridhar Patil,BDO Joginder Sharma, SD-PO Billawar and other offi-cers were present on theoccasion.

Roads imperative for economic uplift, growth oftourism sector: Nirmal Singh

4-day First Aid training programme concludesJaMMu, auGusT 25:

A four-day Training Programme on First-Aid concluded here today. Employeesfrom Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd Jammu be-sides Commercial vehicles drivers and conductors participated in the programme.

During the training period, all the participants were taught “WHAT TO DO & WHATNOT TO DO” in case of accidents and medical emergencies. They were also motivated to-wards time management and to observe the standard Traffic Rules & Regulations.Hony.Secretary, Indian Red Cross Society, Jammu Region, Dinesh Gupta briefed the partici-pants about the functioning of Red Cross Society and how they can also be of big help toothers during any medical emergencies/accidental victims and can save precious livesof others by applying the knowledge acquired by them during the Training. He also ap-pealed them to be associated with Red Cross and share the benefits of having the First-Aid Training Programme among others.

srInaGar, auGusT 25:

Department ofTourism assisted a groupof 31 tourists from Keralawho were stuck at JawaharTunnel during the inter-vening night of 24th – 25thAugust 2018 due to a heavytraffic jam. “On the in-structions of SecretaryTourism, the tourists wererequested to move to JKT-DC huts at Banihal for the

night stay to ensure thatthey relax and spend theirnight comfortably,” a state-ment of the Departmentsaid. Their boarding andlodging was arranged bythe Tourism Departmenton complimentary basis asa goodwill gesture to helpprovide seamless servicesfor the tourists, make theirtravels memorable and al-so improve tourist footfallto the state.

Tourism Deptt assistsKerala tourists

JAMMU SUNDAY AUGUST 26 , 2018LOCAL5 Glimpses of Future

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEERELECTRIC MAINTENANCE AND R.E. DIVISION AWANTIPORA

Email:edawantipora@gmail.com TelNo.01933­247157 FaxNo.01933­247157

NOTICE INVITING TENDERe­NITNO EDA/16 of 2018­19 dated 22.08.2018

For and on behalf of the Governor Jammu and Kashmir state, e­Tendersare hereby invited from Companies, Firms, con­tractors having Valid A­Class Electrical Contractor License issued by any State Govt. or Central Govt. and meeting eligi­bility Criteria for Rural Electrification works of Pulwama district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir under SAUBHAGYA(PradhanMantriSahajBijliHarGharYojna)The scope of work includes site survey, planning, supply, loading, transportation, unloading, carriage, insurance, deliv­ery at site, handling, storage, installation, testing, commissioning and documentation of all items/material required tocomplete the Electrification work which inter­alia include construction of 11 KV lines, 11/0.415 kV Substations, LT linesand allied works (as per scope of the bid) on partial turnkey basis with Key material like Steel tubular/PCC poles,Transformers, Conductor, AB Cable and consumer meters to be supplied by JKPDD.The details are as under :

S. Description of Material Estimated Cost Earnest Money Cost of tender Last date for No (Rs. in Lacs) (Rs. in Lacs) document submission of e­Bid

1. Rural Electrification works of 22.00 Rs. 44000/­ Rs. 1000/­ 06­09­2018 Pulwamadistrict in the state Lacs of Jammu and Kashmir under Saubhagya at Malangpora (Chairwani B, Major Bagh), Awanpora(New Colony Awanpora), Tokuna(Nadbal Beighpora, Wani Mohalla Gulzarpora)

1. The tender document is available at website http://jktenders.gov.in Interested bidders may view, download the e­Bid document, seek clarification and submit their e­ Bid online up to the date and time mentioned in the table below:

A Date & Time of downloading of Standard The Standard Bidding Document can be downloaded over Bidding Document http://jktenders.gov.in from 24.08.2018:1300 Hours

B Clarifications start date 24.08.2018: 1300 Hours

C Clarifications end date 28.08.2018: 1600 Hours

D e­Bid submission (start) date & time 31.08.2018 : 1600 Hours(Submission of e­tender fee, EMD and other supporting documents in PDF/XLS format)

E e­Bid submission (end) date & Time 06.09.2018 : 1400 Hours

F Online Commercial and Technical e­Bid 07.09.2018 : 1400 Hoursopening date & Time

G Online financial e­Bid opening date & time Will be communicated to the Technically Qualified Bidders(Only of the technically qualified bidders)

H Cost of e­Bid document INR 1000.00 (Rupees One Thousand only)

I Amount of Earnest Money Deposit INR 0.44 Lacs(Amount to be mentioned Approx 2 % of estimated Cost of work)

J Time of Completion 20 days from the date of issuance of key material from the department

1. The bidders need to upload the cost of e­Bid document as stated in the above table through e­challan, treasurychallan/receipt in favour of Executive Engineer, EM&RE Division, Awantipora, JKPDD, J&K.

2. All the e­Bidders must upload the scanned copy of EMD in the form of CDR/FDR/Bank Guarantee only, pledged tothe Executive Engineer, EM&RE DivisionAwantipora, JKPDD,J&K. No Interest would be payable on EarnestMoney deposited with theDepartment.

a. Hard Copy of original instrument of EMD shall be submitted to the office of tender inviting authority before allotmentof the work.

b. The date and time of opening of Financial­Bids shall be notified on Web Site http://jktenders.gov.in. This is con­veyed to the qualified bidders automatically through an e­ mail message on their e­mail address. The Financial­bids shall be opened accordingly online on the same Web­Site.

3. Intending bidders are requested to upload their offers along with technical specifications forming part of the tenderdocument.

4. The e­Bids will be electronically opened in the presence of bidder's representatives, who choose to attend at thevenue, date and time mentioned in the above table or any subsequent day to the convenience of the TenderOpening Committee. An authority letter as bidder's representative will be required to be produced

5. The Department reserves the right to cancel any or all the e­Bids/ thee­Bid process without assigning any reasonthereof. The decision of department will be final andbinding.

6. In the event of date specified for e­Bids opening being declared a holiday for department’s office then the due datefor opening of e­ Bids shall be the following working day at the appointed time andplace.

7. All the required documents excluding Price Schedule/BOQshould be uploaded by the e­Bidder electronically inthe PDF format, whereas Price Schedule/BOQ should be uploaded electronically in the same BOQ sheet provid­ed with theSBD.

8. To participate in e­bidding process, bidders have to get ‘Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)’ class III(b)as perInformation Technology Act­2000, to participate in onlinebidding.

9. Turnkey material shall be made available to the partial Turnkey contractor at the Departmental Stores and the peri­od of completion for the work shall start from the date of issuance of key material to the contractor from the division­al stores.

10. All other terms and conditions as laid down in the PWD Form 25 shall also apply.

Executive EngineerE.D. AwantiporaDIP/J­5197/18

srInaGar, auGusT 25:

Calling for enforcing strictpollution check measures for ve-hicles, Transport Commissioner,J&K, Saugat Biswas today askedthe Pollution Checking Centres toensure computerized testing andcertification with minimum lev-els of human interface.TransportCommissioner was speaking at ameeting convened today throughVideo-Conferencing with RTOs,ARTOs and owners of thePollution Checking Centresacross the State.

Biswas said, in accordancewith the recent instructions of theGovernor, foolproof certificationof Pollution Control and its strictenforcement should be ensured.He enjoined upon the owners ofthe Pollution Checking Centresnot to deviate in any manner fromthe pollution checking norms.

Transport Commissioner in-structed the Regional TransportOfficers and Assistant RegionalTransport Officers to conduct sur-prise checks, and monitor theworking of the PollutionChecking Centres in their juris-diction strictly, and also submitmonthly report in this regard. Hefurther instructed theRTOs/ARTOs to check all aspectsof the working of PollutionChecking Centres includingavailability of Pollution checkingequipment of approved specifica-tions, availability of trained andtechnical manpower to operatethe machines, updated softwareand requisite computer infra-structure, back-up facility, updat-ed calibration and AnnualMaintenance Contract.

It was decided in the meetingthat the Pollution CheckingCentres shall, henceforth, issue

Pollution Under Control Stickersdisplaying the PollutionChecking Certificate validity onthe windscreen to the vehicleowners. “The department willmake the stickers available atnominal cost to the PollutionChecking Centres” Biswas said.

The owners of PollutionChecking Centers assured theirfull cooperation and also ex-pressed their gratitude for en-hancing the rates of the PollutionChecking Certificate and bring-ing them at par with other States.

While reviewing the progressachieved in “Mission ZeroFootfall” initiated by the MotorVehicles Department (MVD),Transport Commissioner con-gratulated the RTOs/ARTOs andthe Postal Department for suc-cessfully launching the PostalDelivery of Driving Licenses andRegistration Certificates to theconcerned applicants.RTOs/ARTOs were issued in-

structions for maintenance of da-ta on daily basis to ensure that noover-the-counter delivery ofLicenses/RegistrationCertificates be made availablehenceforth.

All the proposals for attaining“zero footfall” in RTO, ARTO of-fices were deliberated upon in themeeting. Timelines were set forsimplifying processes for vehiclepermits, vehicle transfer/ hypoth-ecation, fitness of vehicles andpassenger tax, among other serv-ices.

Transport Commissioner alsodeclared that from now onwardsonline slot booking will requiresimultaneous fee submission on-line. This will reduce mass book-ing of slots by agents, therebymaking slots for preferred daysavailable to the general public.“We shall ensure that the servicesector that the MVD attends towill utilize all means of e-gover-nance and process simplification

to make availing of services easi-er for the residents of the State.We have started on the missionand hopefully achieve successservice by service steadily withina few months,” he said.

Various other issues were dis-cussed in the meeting includingissuance of Identity Cards for au-thorized representatives ofTransport Service Licenses hold-ers.The meeting was attended byAjaz Abdullah, AdditionalTransport Commissioner; VikasSharma, Joint TransportCommissioner, J&K; RakeshGupta, Scientist, NIC; Deep Raj,Regional Transport Officer,Jammu; Raj Kumar Thapa,Regional Transport Officer,Kathua; Dr Zubair Sultan,Account Officer; WajahatQayoom ARTO, BoI Srinagar; ArifParvaiz, ARTO Srinagar; and oth-er ARTOs, senior officers andowners of Pollution Centres ofJ&K through video conference.

Transport Commissioner for strict complianceof Pollution Control norms for vehicles

Biswas reviews progress on ‘Mission Zero Footfall’ for issuance of driving licenses

KuLGaM, auGusT 25:

DDC Kulgam DrShameem Ahmad Wani to-day launched sports actionplan 2018-19, under "KheloIndia”, programme inPolice stadium H C GamKulgam.Giving details ofthe event, District YouthServices and SportsOfficer said that in this

event total 80 teams willparticipate in cricket tour-nament and same numberof teams will participate inother major games whichinclude volleyball, foot-ball, Kabbadi, athleticsand other games and theevent will continue for twomonths in thedistrict.Speaking on theoccasion DDC said that the

event, which organized byDYSSO Kulgam, is meantfor all round developmentof the youth of the district.He also added that sportsinfrastructure in districtwill be developed on mod-ern lines to provide bestplay fields to the youth ofdistrict and 116 play fieldshave been identified andwill be developed soon .

DDC Kulgam launches Sports Action Plan 2018-19

KarGIL, auGusT, 25:

Deputy Commissionerand Chief ExecutiveOfficer, LAHDC Kargil,Vikas Kundal Saturdayasked the officers ofRevenue department and55 RCC Project Vijayak toassess the encroachmentson National Highway fromZojila to Kargil and put allout efforts to ensure thatencroachments onNational Highway is re-moved forthwith and di-rected the concerned tosubmit a detailed report inthis regard.

This instruction wasgiven by the DeputyCommissioner during ameeting convened to dis-cuss and review the pace ofprogress on various devel-opmental works under exe-cution in different sectorsin district Kargil here to-day. The DC asked the con-cerned to take measuresfor safety on accidentalBlack Spots from Zujila toKhangral and also atShataan Nallah andShilkacy areas. He alsoasked the R & BDepartment to install

crash bearers on NH03.The Superintendent of

Police, Dr Pawan Kumarwas asked to upgrade theTool Free NO 100 at vari-ous places includingSankoo, Drass, Hanskote,Shargole and Kargil Town.He also asked him for in-stallation of hoardings.

Taking stock of the fa-cilities of ambulance onNational Highway, theChief Medical Officer,Mohd Ibrahim was in-structed to ensure earlyfunctioning of Blood UnitCentre at Drass. The DCstressed for exploring ofpossibility for two CriticalCare Ambulances atWakha and Drass stations.

The DC also directedthe 55RCC to develop thePark of Kargil WarMemorial on priority. Healso asked them to con-struct toilet unit at Wakhavillage.

The Assistant RegionalTransport Officer (ARTO)Kargil was asked to up-grade the cell number ofnew Superintendent ofPolice Kargil in a road safe-ty Application.

The DC also asked the

ARTO to cancel licences ofthose who are done wrongparking. The DC also askedhim for reviewing the chal-lans also.

Threadbare discussionwas held on various trafficissues including DC Officeroad, Kannor to Sapi road,Zanaskar road and IqbalBridge to Petrol PumpKargil.

The DC directed theconcerned to expedite theconstruction on approachroads of Kannor Bridgeand complete the samewithin a fortnight.

The meeting was at-tended by the Superintendof Police, Kargil Dr PawanKumar, AssistantCommissioner Revenue,Sonam Chasjore, EE (C)OC 55 RCC Project Vijayak,Bijay Kumar, ChiefMedical Officer, MohdIbrahim, ExecutiveEngineer R&B, AbdulMutalib, ExecutiveOfficer, MunicipalCommittee Kargil, Zargar,Assistant DirectorInformation, Abdul AhadBhat and other concernedofficers of revenue, R & B,Disaster Management.

DC Kargil calls for early removal ofencroachments on National Highway

srInaGar, auGusT 25:

Administrative SecretaryAgriculture Production Department,Manzoor Ahmad Lone, chaired a maidenintroductory-cum-review meeting ofAgriculture and allied departments aftertaking over the charge of Agriculture de-partment, here today.

On the occasion, AdministrativeSecretary took a detailed review of thefunctioning of Agriculture and allied de-partments, including status of spendingunder different schemes and pilot proj-ects, interventions introduced and trans-lated into the socio-economic develop-ment of farming community besides mat-ters concerning the judicious use of fundsunder different programmes in infra-structure development.

Lone stressed on maintaining closecoordination among different allied de-partments including Agriculture,Horticulture, Sericulture, CommandArea Development Department for get-ting the desired results and achieving theset targets.

He said Agriculture sector is a coresector and its progress is the symbolic in-dicator of overall development of thecountry’s economy. He advocated forclose monitoring, effective and simulta-neous implementation of reforms at allthe levels. He highlighted the need thatfarmers should be well equipped with in-

novations and technologies that are beingadopted and practised by the developedAgriculture economies of the world. Heimpressed upon the officers to explore av-enues of value addition of different agri-culture commodities so that they couldsupport the economic sustenance of farm-ing sector.

Earlier, Director AgricultureKashmir Syed Altaf Aijaz Andrabi ap-prised the Administrative Secretaryabout the funds availability and theachievements registered in the current fi-nancial year. He was briefed about theprogress on various programmes andschemes including Rashtriya KrishiVikas Yojna (RKVY), ParamparagatKrishi Vikas Yojna (PKVY), NationalFood Security Mission (NFSM), NationalMission on Saffron, soil Health Cards,Kissan Credit Card Scheme being imple-mented in the state by the department.

The Meeting was attended by DirectorAgriculture Jammu H.K Razdan, DirectorCommand Kashmir M. Haroon Malik,Director Command Area JammuRajinder Singh, Representative ofSericulture Department and ManagingDirector Agro Industries DevelopmentCorporation Bhawani Rakhwal.

Later Secretary APD had a meetingwith the representatives of different fer-tilizer companies operating in the valley.He assured them that their genuine de-mands will be fulfilled at an earliest.

Secy Agri for value-additionof agriculture produce

srInaGar, auGusT 25:

The DivisionalCommissioner Saturdaysaid that government isworking round-the-clockto provide better and unin-terrupted electricity sup-ply to the valley con-sumers.

The DivisionalCommissioner made theseremarks while chairing ameeting regarding ROW(right on way) and con-struction of transmissionlines of Power GridCorporation of India

Limited PGCIL).The meet-ing was informed that thetransmission lines associ-ated with Kishen-GangaHydro Electric Power arerunning from Baramulla-Budgam-Pulwama dis-tricts under Double andMulti-Circuit transmis-sion lines. On the oc-casion, the DivisionalCommissioner stressed onspeedy completion of landtransfer to the PDD for ex-pediting department’s de-velopmental projects.Hestressed upon the engi-neers of PDD .

Efforts afoot to provide uninterrupted electricity supply to consumers: Div Com

srInaGar, auGusT 25:

Chief Secretary, BVRSubrahmanyam today said thatevery child in conflict with lawhas the right to humane andcompassionate treatment andthe J&K Government has takenvarious measures in this regard.

“J&K Juvenile Justice (Careand Protection of Children) Act,2013 provides a comprehensivelegal framework guaranteeingprotection of the basic needs ofchildren through proper care,protection, development, treat-ment and social reintegration,”Chief Secretary said whilespeaking at the 2nd Roundtableon “Implementation of JuvenileJustice System” organized joint-ly by the J&K High Court, J&KGovernment, Juvenile JusticeCommittee of the SupremeCourt of Indi and UNICEF atSKICC here. Khurshid AhmadGanai, Advisor to Governor;Justice Madan B Lokur, Judge,Supreme Court of India andChairman Supreme CourtCommittee on Juvenile Justice;

Justice Gita Mittal, ChiefJustice, J&K High Court; JusticeAli Mohammad Magrey,Chairman, Juvenile JusticeCommittee, J&K High Court;BVR Subrahmanyam, ChiefSecretary, J&K; Astha Saxena,Joint Secretary, Union Ministryof Women and ChildDevelopment; Dr S P Vaid,Director General J&K Police;VK Singh, Special DGP andNodal Officer on Child Welfare;Justice Hasnain Masoodi (Retd),Chairman of the ‘Selection-cum-oversight Committee’ for moni-toring and evaluation of ICPS;Dr Farooq Ahmad Lone,Secretary Social Welfare, J&K;Abdul Rashid Malik, Secretary,Juvenile Justice Committee ofthe J&K High Court and AguilarJavier, Chief, Child Protection,UNICEF also addressed the con-ference.Judges of the HighCourt, Secretary Law, AbdulMajid Bhat, senior officers of thecivil administration, Advocatesand other dignitaries were pres-ent in the conference.Making adetailed presentation in the sec-

ond session of the Roundtable,Chief Secretary said conveningsuch an important conference inJ&K would go a long way in fur-ther strengthening the JuvenileJustice System in the State. Helisted several steps taken by theState Government in light of theprovisions of the JuvenileJustice Act and the directions ofthe Committee of Supreme courtfor the welfare of the Juvenilesin the State.

He further said that in alldistricts of the State, JuvenileJustice Boards have been set upalong with necessary manpowerand infrastructure which willfurther facilitate putting inplace a robust Juvenile JusticeSystem in J&K.He also high-lighted the welfare schemeslaunched by the StateGovernment for the bettermentof the Juveniles and destitute.He assured the forum to takemore appropriate measures asper the requirements of the JJAto improve system onground.While stressing the needfor rehabilitation .

2nd Roundtable on Juvenile Justice System

JK Juvenile Justice Act encompassesinclusive child rights framework: CS

269 matches played onsecond day of LadakhSchool Olympics in LehLeh, auGusT 25:

On the second day of LadakhSchool Olympics the tournament got akick start with great enthusiasm andwinning spirit among the students of111 schools across the district partici-pating in different games at respectivevenues in Leh today. DC Leh AvnyLavasa and SSP, Leh Sargun Shuklatook round of the venues and wit-nessed some of the matches with themotive to encourage the students andalso to ensure proper arrangements ofsporting facilities and refreshments.The officers’ incharge, staff of YouthSports and Services Department andPT teachers of all the schools wereequally prepared and participatedwith charged energy in making everymatch fair and interesting. DC LehAvny Lavasa and SSP, Leh SargunShukla took round of the venues andwitnessed some of the matches withthe motive to encourage the studentsand also to ensure proper arrange-ments of sporting facilities and re-freshments. Around more than 269matches were played today including26 boxing matches, 27 Judo, 6 games offootball, 52 rounds archery, 43 volley-ball and 26 Table Tennis matches.

JAMMU SUNDAY AUGUST 26, 2018EDIT/OPINION6 Glimpses of Future

Glimpses of Future

By : KrIshna KuMar

Its importance in shaping our politi-cal ethos is undiminished, but the sub-ject has no place in the competitive edu-cation culture. Why is history such animportant school subject? And why doesit not receive the importance it deserves?These two were among the major ques-tions debated at a conference recentlyheld in Kolkata. A brief answer to thesecond question is that history cannotcompete with science subjects in themarket that shapes and controls educa-tion today. Yet, history is an importantsubject because it moulds the outlook ofthe younger generation. By turning thepast into a narrative, history creates apublic ethos and influences culture.From architecture to film, and from an-cient India to Partition, the Kolkata con-ference, organised by the History forPeace initiative of the SeagullFoundation for the Arts, covered a broadcanvas to trace the complex relationshipbetween history and culture.

I can think of few other gatheringswhere school teachers got a chance todiscuss their classroom experience withscholars of history and culture. The out-come was a richer understanding of theconstraints that a poorly functioningsystem of education places on a society’scapacity to cope with its present difficul-ties and imagine sustainable solutions.Debates over texts. The history syllabusand textbooks have been at the heart of adeep political controversy in India. Indiais not alone in this respect. No country inthe world is immune to debates about thepast and how it should be presented toschool children. To take just two in-stances, America’s discomfort withHiroshima and Britain’s discomfort

with Gandhi continue to be reflected intheir school syllabi. The main reasonwhy portrayal of the past in school text-books arouses controversy is that a pub-licly shared past imparts a collectivememory and identity. Textbooks areviewed as officially approved documentseven if they are privately produced andhave no official sanction and are there-fore believed to be associated with statepower. Significantly, they do shape theperceptions of the young because chil-dren are impressionable. Children intro-duced to a certain version of the past atschool acquire a disposition which canbe politically mobilised in the future.

Debates over school textbooks sel-dom take into account the significance ofcurricular design and the preparation ofa syllabus. When criticising poor qualitytextbooks, people do not recognise thatthe problem may be at the level of syl-labus and curriculum. Similarly, whengood textbooks are appreciated, people

seldom realise the effort required in re-designing the curriculum and syllabus.

The new history textbooks broughtout by the National Council ofEducational Research and Training(NCERT) from 2006 onwards are a case inpoint. They have survived the change ofgovernment. One reason for theirlongevity is their professional quality.They have no single authors. Teams ofeminent historians worked through de-liberation and dialogue, first drafting anew syllabus and then the text itself.They represent the spirit of the NationalCurriculum Framework, 2005, which isstill in place, which gives precedence toinquiry through direct exposure to evi-dence. The textbooks based on it do notnarrate a long story. Instead, they enablechildren to explore different, often diver-gent, themes, such as lives of peasantsand women, architectural styles, etc.Archival material is cited as evidence,and debates among historians are high-

lighted to demonstrate the difficulties ofinterpreting evidence.

Problem of perceptionThese books mark a major step for-

ward in the teaching of history, but olderways of teaching and conventional text-books have persisted. As a presentationat the Kolkata conference pointed out,the history teacher at school is oftensomeone who has not studied history orenjoyed it. So, despite a shift in historiog-raphy, old problems continue to affectthe system. One of these is the perceptionthat history is all about wars, kings anddates. Another is the tenacity of dividingIndia’s past into three long chunks: an-cient, medieval and modern. These cate-gories flatten out the complexity andrichness of India’s history, wasting theopportunity of studying it with the aimof arousing curiosity and impartingtools of inquiry. The examination sys-tem also reinforces flat perceptions byasking questions that are best answeredwith the help of guidebooks. The 2005curricular revolution has made little im-pact on this wider scene. In most States,the use of history to build collectivememory and identity continues. Assam-like situations suggest that education isnot perceived as a means of resolving aproblem. The fear that incoming mi-grants would push the regional languageinto minority status or hurt the State’scultural identity shows how poor theState’s trust in education is.

On the contrary, schools are activelyengaged in creating a delusion of an on-going collective ‘self’ which thrives on amonolithic ‘other’. Teachers of socialsciences work in an atmosphere of re-lentless regimentation of children’s bod-ies, thoughts and emotions. Fear per-

By : rInKu Ghosh

When we celebrate women’s equalityday on August 26, we must pledge to enddiscrimination at home and offices.Gender equality is not just about money orrespect, it goes beyond that. I was in a funkbecause I felt like I was not a good mom.”So said ace tennis champion SerenaWilliams, a woman whom we associatewith great accomplishments, the power ofprivilege, relevance as a creator of wealthand a benchmark of individual excellence.Yet when it came to motherhood, sheslipped into the perennial guilt syndromeof readjusting her life around her child de-spite the fact that she could afford an alter-native support system, an extended familyand the comfort of workarounds. Still shefelt that the time she gave for her child wasnot enough. Working women around theworld are debating the same question asSerena and given the added issues of gen-der pay gap, the lack of paid maternityleave and the struggle to claim reproduc-tive rights, they have decided to step offthe ramp. A survey of 1,000 qualifiedwomen in Delhi/NCR found that only 18-34 per cent of married women continuedworking after having a child. Some otherestimates indicate that nearly half of ur-ban working women quit their jobs mid-career for maternity leave or to bring upchildren. In fact, the career dropout rate ofurban educated women is higher than thatof their rural counterparts in cases. Evenin successful and high profile double in-come units, once the “achieving” thresh-old is crossed, it is the woman who is step-ping back, succumbing to the geneticallyconditioned mindset of a nurturer and

care-giver, giving the necessary thrust tothe domestic economy as it were by someextra-constitutional power and then slip-ping back to the normalcy of expectation.In the process, women tend to strengthenthe stereotype of a man as the bread-win-ner and an architect of a goal-oriented ca-reer. Though a man is equally responsiblefor fathering a child and is emotionally ca-pable of being the protector, he has themantle of a career performance lumpedupon him. Even when mid-retiree womendevelop a sense of stability with theiryoung ones growing up, they scarcelymake it back to their original trajectorybut take up some part-time ventures or de-velop a passion-oriented home business.“Women who have family support or canafford to pay for child care have a lot ofguilt. This is because of social condition-ing,” says leading businesswoman AnuAga. The biggest decline in employmenthas been among two groups illiteratewomen and post-graduates according to a2017 World Bank report. Most successfulmale CEOs have spouses who are comple-mentary CEOs in home management. Yetgiven their multi-tasking and adaptiveabilities, working women could give aboost to the country’s GDP by about 30 percent if certain policies are in place and amindset changes. Even when they haveexited corporate jobs to forge out on theirown, transit professionals have helmedboutique enterprises and start-ups withhandsome turnovers.

The first of the stereotypes begins athome. Without taking away credit frommetrosexual men, “fathering” is yet to de-velop as a concept equivalent to “mother-ing,” the former limited to a biological

function, the latter encompassing multi-ple and undefined role responsibilities.Even childless women are assigned the“mothering” role in team managementroles at work. It is both prized and abusedat the same time. Till mothers, and most ofthem are educated and enlightenedenough today, tell both their sons anddaughters that nurturing a life is gender-less and a necessary and purposeful hu-man activity, there will be no change inthe home dynamics. Till the grandfather,who revels in child care simply because heis at home after a perceived “successful”career run, asks his son to pick up the tabat home, there won’t be a change in mind-set. Till fathers spend an equal time withtheir kids, they will no longer complainthat the children naturally gravitate to-wards mothers. Here is a factoid: Thoughmothers are intimately bound to the ba-bies physiologically for nine months, dadscan bond with them even before they are

born as they recognise both parents’ voic-es from 32 weeks. As for skin-to-skin con-tact, warmth has no gender and the childrecognises that first. Mothers, too, admit-tedly in their rush for perfection in role-playing, must cede that territorial space tofathers, who will be willing if allowed to.Also, emphasis should be laid on doubleparenting. Neither the mother, nor the fa-ther needs to step back. And there is noneed to glorify what need not be a sacri-fice, be it of a stay-at-home mother or ahouse-husband. Next come workplacepolicies, which continue to be shaped bytraditional mindsets. Malini Saba, a cor-porate herself, has found that on an aver-age, women today earn just 78 cents forevery dollar that men earn, an increase ofonly 17 cents on the dollar, and that preg-nancy discrimination, more than guiltpangs, has pushed women out of thequeue. Pregnancy taboos are the reason

By : sheKhar GuPTa

The following day, its editors came upwith the reasoning: many more readersnow access the newspaper on their mo-biles than the desktop; we adore our re-porters, but their bylines on top of thesummary isn’t the best way to display astory digitally. Good point, you mighthave said. But only if you missed the factthat the op-ed writers’ bylines are there asbefore. The newsgatherer We bring thisup in this tribute to Kuldip Nayar becausereporters/newsgatherers versus editori-alists is the oldest power tussle in thenewsroom. The latter, with their superiorintellect, weighty arguments and fineturn of phrase, have mostly won it. Theirdomination was total in India, untilNayar broke it in 1970-80.

He was Indian journalism’s first rockstar in an era when any editor would havetaken umbrage at being described assuch. Nayar’s rise as India’s pre-eminentbyline came when there was no news TVor glossy magazine profiles and decadesbefore Twitter. And for my journalismschool, in prison and out of it that year,Nayar’s was the most inspirational storyever. More stirring than even the then re-cent Bob Woodward-Carl BernsteinWatergate exposé. He is India’s greatest“scoop-man” ever, our teacher, B.SThakur, would say to his pupils, most ofwhom had strayed into his journalismclass after failing to get into somethingmore worthwhile, to teach them that

“scoop” also meant something sweeterthan a mere dollop of ice cream. Therewere classroom debates on what theEmergency meant for the press (nobodysaid ‘media’ then) and especially for ouremployment prospects. The Indian presshad caved in, but some had shown that afight-back was possible. After all, Nayar

had even gone to jail.A golden eraAfter the end of the Emergency began

the first golden era of Indian journalism.Pre-censorship had sensitised the peopleto how much a free press mattered tothem. If The Indian Express was theEmergency’s shining star, Nayar was its

face. Never mind that in the Express’s for-midable editorial star-cast, he featuredthird, after editor-in-chief S. Mulgaonkarand editor Ajit Bhattacharjea. Nayar waseditor, Express News Service. But he wasthe paper’s real masthead. His earlierbooks, Between The Lines, India: TheCritical Years, Distant Neighbours, hadalso brought him greater intellectual heftthan those above him, “in spite of being amere reporter”. His presence in the news-room was electric and his network of con-tacts the stuff of legend. “Arrey kya,George (Fernandes), why are you bent onbreaking the (Janata) Party,” you’d over-hear him admonishing the great socialist.Or, “hello, Idris (Air Chief Marshal IdrisHassan Latif), I hope you and Bilkeesknow Chandigarh is such a boring place.”Later, around midnight, he walked in togive her a post-prandial tour of the news-room and its hot-metal press underneath.His human rights/civil liberties phase al-so began in these heady post-Emergencymonths. He was a key member of theJustice V.M. Tarkunde Committee prob-ing the killings of Naxalites in fake en-counters in Punjab.

The best and the fairest tribute toNayar would be that he made the reporterthe prince of the Indian newsroom. TheIndian Express itself produced a stellarteam of young reporters under him, manyof whom rose to editorships later. Threeother young editors who emerged in thatera, Arun Shourie, Aroon Purie and M.J.

Why history matters so much

India far from achieving True equality

India’s greatest ‘scoop-man’

By : Kn PandITa

As the new Governor ofJammu & Kashmir, SatyaPal Malik must prioitisehis tasks. Crucial amongthem is to provide for aclean administrative sys-tem. In all probability,stalemate in Jammu &Kashmir is heading to-wards an end. Legislators,hitherto hibernating insuspended animation, aregearing up for resumptionof normal function of law-making. Political scenarionow unfolding in Srinagarand New Delhi shows thatstakeholders were silentlyworking on a formula tobreak the impasse. It seemsthat good wisdom pre-vailed and re-alignment offorces is round the corner.Political parties were giv-en adequate time to cobblea Government that is capa-ble to deliver. Analysingthe sequence of events, wenotice that the UnionGovernment upheld thedignity of the office of theGovernor by allowing NNVohra complete threemonths of extended term.He demitted office grace-fully. Hopefully, from hernearly three years' stint inoffice, Peoples DemocraticParty (PDP) chiefMehbooba Mufti musthave learnt at least one far-reaching lesson viz, nocovert conciliation or es-pousal of anti-national ele-ments is going to separatethe State from the IndianUnion. The hardcore of hervote-bank carved out ofradical ideologues was thelast arrow in her quiversthat is now standing ex-hausted. Not only that, ow-ing to her political short-

sightedness and flawedconviction, she graduallyand recklessly paved theway for the disintegrationof the PDP, a party whichshe had built with tacitsupport of Jamaat-e-Islami. Cracks in the partybecame visible soon afterthe PDP-BJP coalitionGovernment fell. She lostthe strength which other-wise she would have madeuse of in projecting her par-ty, to retrieve her image.The question of horse trad-ing, an inevitable conse-quence of suspendedAssemblies, did not arisefor her when she found herherd in total disarray.

For NationalConference (NC) chiefOmar Abdullah, too, thereis a stark lesson: That hecannot extract unjustifi-able concessions from NewDelhi by dramatising situ-ations and handing outsubtle threats to known orunknown adversaries. Heseems to be euphoric abouta fair chance of returningto power, something forwhich he has an in-scrutable penchant.However, he needs to re-alise that sometimes hisunpredictable wayward-ness can become ruinousfor him. Now that he isagain pandering to nation-alist politics after briefhoneymooning with a fac-tion of the Hurriyat, he willbe faced with the challengeof re-building his and hisparty's credibility alongold parameters. One istempted to argue that oldparameters have collapsedand there is no escape fromlooking at Kashmir politicsthrough the prism of prag-

Ending impasse in Kashmir

Accused of bank frauds, Vijay Mallaya,an Indian Konkani businessman andformer politician is hiding in United

Kingdom and extradition effort by the IndianGovernment to return him to India from the UKto face charges of financial crimes are still go-ing on. It is surprising for a common Indian citi-zen who has to run towards police station ifeven a constable give message at his home that“Sahib is calling”, but it is true that Barrack No.12 of Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail, the cell wherefugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya is likely tobe kept will have facilities like TV, a personaltoilet, a washing area. He will also be providedwith clean mattresses, blankets and pillows andhis cell will be east-facing with horizontal barson the window so that he gets natural light andventilation, an eight-minute video submittedby the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ina London court. Earlier, Vijay Mallya had op-posed his extradition on the ground that the cellwhere he is likely to be lodged has no naturallight and ventilation. The CBI is trying to bringMallya to India to face the law for defaulting onbank loans. One wonders why he should be pro-vided all these facilities, which even an honesthard worker dream about. The video-documen-tary shows the cell where Mallya is likely to bekept will have a courtyard where he can take astroll. CBI has also said the court that the bar-rack is in a separate compound that can take sixinmates and with no danger of overcrowding, amedia report says. It may be noted that this isfor the first time the barrack in the high-securi-ty prison has been filmed with prison officersexplaining the facilities provided. Last month,the UK court asked the Indian authorities tosend a video of the barrack where the 62-year-old could be kept. Money has a great power,even if ill gotten. It can turn jail into comfortzone. Paisa Khuda Toh Nahi Par Khuda KiKasam Khuda Se Kam Nahi.

Ill gotten comfort

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matism. These realisations of current politics in Kashmirby mainstream parties have to be counted as signals for apositive change in Kashmir's political scenario after threedecades of violence and blackmail. In 1975, when SheikhMuhammad Abdullah returned to power after signing theAccord with Indira Gandhi, a correspondent asked himwhat the achievement of his long years of political exilewas. He quipped that for all those years, they had done onlyawaragardi. Farooq is known for his whimsical state-ments and comments. It is difficult to assign him any spe-cific category in the game of politics. Nevertheless, he hasnever been ideologically comfortable with the Jamat-i-Islami or the Ahle-Hadith factions. True, these rabid com-munal groups did succeed in diluting some of NC's con-stituencies in previous election, yet Farooq retains the ca-pability of retrieving the lost ground with some meaning-ful input when he means it. NC and the BJP have the histo-ry of working in unison at the Union level. Farooq's recentstatement that while the nation has progressed and movedforward, the State of Jammu & Kashmir remains stagnant,at least gives the impression that the stagnation must cometo an end. He candidly holds the separatists and the Jamatresponsible for the sordid phenomenon of destruction.Maintaining the pace of development in the State with therest of the country is possibly only when there is peace andthe State's relations with the Union are smooth and con-genial. The credit of fostering a re-think of ground situa-tion in the State should actually go to the Jammu BJP elec-torate that sent in a solid team of the national mainstreamparty to the State Legislative Assembly. For the first timein the history of the State, Jammu has played the crucial

balancing role. Its results will be known after some time.Good deal of spade work has been done behind the curtainduring the last couple of months to bring about politicalstability. The BJP's top leadership was throwing subtlehints to that effect intermittently. One can find the ration-ale in Modi Government taking Farooq into confidencewhile contemplating a thorough shake-up in the groundsituation in the State in general and Kashmir Valley inparticular. A new chapter in current Kashmir politicsopens with the appointment of new Governor Satya PalMalik, who has essentially a political background and isnot a bureaucrat or a retired Army officer. His friendFarooq was the only Kashmiri leader present at the airportto receive him. The new Governor has to prioritise histasks. Restoring the rule of law and denying politicised andpolarised bureaucracy the freedom of defiance with im-punity, thanks to the intransigence of PDP's pro-Jama'at pro-clivity, is of immediate importance. Entire State Administrationmust go through a purge of anti-national moles that have creatednetworks and dens. Clean administrative system is largelydependent on improving and strengthening of democraticinstitutions like Panchayats for which elections are over-due. Developmental works have come to a standstill andpublic services have become farcical owing to widespreadcorruption. Yet another area that must receive the atten-tion of the new Governor andthe in-coming Government bothis that discriminatory treatment of Jammu and Ladakh regionshas to be done away with. Disgruntled Jammu and Ladakhare the source of instability of the State and noGovernment, with the well-being of the entire State at itsheart, can afford to become a prey to regionalism.

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Akbar, then made Nayar’s reporter-prince the king.Ramnath Goenka had a great eye for editorial talent.

He brought Arun Shourie into journalism from scholarlyactivism as executive editor in 1979. Suddenly, from num-ber 3, Nayar was 4, despite his stardom. More importantly,Shourie was more accessible, less distracted, brimmingwith ideas and energy. Younger reporters gravitated to-wards him. Goenka wanted to modernise his paper. He sawShourie, 37, as the man for it, not Nayar at 55. Plus, as is of-ten the case with owners, he wasn’t particularly dazzled,but impatient with Nayar’s new fame. Soon enough, all ofthe editors were sidelined and some, including Nayar,were let go. It’s a different matter that within three yearsGoenka grew insecure with Shourie as well and dismissedhim peremptorily. Several of us reporters too left inShourie’s wake. With regrets Nayar returned to theExpress newsroom in the summer of 2014 “for the first timeafter 1980” (1981, actually) for a conversation with the edi-torial team while promoting his memoir, Beyond TheLines. He began that conversation by ruing that he hadbeen fired by Goenka because Indira Gandhi returned topower in 1980 and he wanted to make peace with her by sac-rificing him. This part of the recording has been re-pub-lished by the paper with its report on his passing away.This was untrue. It simply isn’t in that paper’s DNA to fireeditors to please governments. Some of us did, respectful-ly, say this to Nayar.

Nayar also said, in the same recorded chat, that he re-gretted that “nobody offered me any job after 1980”. It ran-kled with him. As did the fact that many who worked at en-try levels under him, and who he believed were way lesserjournalists than him, rose to be editors of newspapers, a ti-

tle that eluded him. He had the innocence and honesty tosay this often to many of us. He later became HighCommissioner in London, a Rajya Sabha member, but allthis new eminence wouldn’t compensate for the title hehad missed. The Express did make it up to him, at leastsymbolically, by conferring the Ramnath Goenka LifetimeAchievement Award to him in 2015.

What he missed by way of an editorial title, Nayarmore than made up in fame, as a columnist and a subconti-nental peace activist. Critics joked about him being the ‘ne-ta’ of the ‘mombatti’ gang (candle-light marchers at theWagah India-Pakistan border crossing). But he was un-fazed in his commitment to India-Pakistan rapproche-ment. This peacemaking became his new calling and tookhim away too early in his career from the kind of journal-ism he was best at. He was indeed never offered a job after1980, but it isn’t because he had become unemployable. Hehad chosen a more varied life, and excelled in it. From theparochial point of view of us reporters, it is a loss that hegave up so soon. Or he would have risen as India’s finest re-porter-editor and its most influential and insightful colum-nist too. Today’s generation of reporters could’ve donewith a figure like him, just when the trend of reporter-edi-tors that he pioneered is being reversed in India, with own-ers either becoming editors themselves, or preferring dili-gent, sharp but non-threatening back-room choices. Orwhen the venerableNew York Times junks its reporters’bylines from its home page, while retaining the colum-nists’. As that eternal newsroom tussle is again being lostby us, we will greatly miss Nayar for the reporter-editor hewas and equally rue that he was denied what he could havebeen.

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that most corporate women are bypassed for a promotionor a special project simply because employers think that amaternity break reduces the woman’s ability to maintaincontinuity of functions or bounce back to original efficien-cies. Fact is, most new mothers, given the flexibility ofhome operations, manage not only to deliver but make theperfect pitch at the workplace when required to stand in.Career women are multi-taskers themselves, juggling be-tween family chores and deadlines, an ability that empow-ers them with adaptability, innovation, change, fluidityand creativity, mantras that every corporate aspires for.Few employers realise that women, as much as they cher-ish moments with their new-born, do not want to give upwhat they have invested their self-worth in their careers.The same pregnancy/motherhood concerns have becomebarriers for women in physically-oriented jobs like facto-ry floors while there is some headway in the armed forces.Yet for all demonstrable abilities, companies become sex-ist and archaic when it comes to the muscularity of a givenrole. They would rather employ a man in his 20s and 30sover a woman of the same age for fear of maternity leaveand family roles. They usually think twice about hiring awoman with a child for a senior role, assuming she cannotgive her 100 per per cent. If she works reduced hours, theytend to equate it with a financial cost to the companyrather than counting the efficiency she packs in her limit-ed hours or that she can be more productive if allowed a bitof flexibility. In fact, more women opt out of jobs because ofthe sluggishness of their career progression and the as-

sumption that they will be passed over. They may be con-sidered super operators but will always be a step behindthe big chair. They yield to the unhappiness at work ratherthan the imperatives of home duties. Most importantly, ifall offices introduced child care services or crèches wheremothers could check in on their young ones, the immenserelief would automatically lead to more focus at work. Wemust realise that this is a tiny cost to pay considering thatsocietally care-giving or home-making is an unpaid ac-knowledgement. Couple this with balanced education; forexample women continue to figure extremely low, nothigher than 20 per cent, in engineering and other disci-plines of merit and excellence. Far too many girls are stillmaking a “manageable and practical” choice of humani-ties rather than tough specialities. We don’t need role mod-els of women fighting against the odds and conquering theunthinkable in unheard of circumstances. We need every-day examples of girls challenging prescribed choices andmainstreaming themselves instead so that they can standshoulder to shoulder on the factory floor. It is a myth thata woman’s biological processes or a familial orientation isan impediment to a realization of her many talents.Women never bring their family issues to work becausethey have always had to prove they can do as much as aman if not better. Which is why they are more committed,sorted, detailed and specific. If corporate India wants to ac-quire the edge, then it must help rid mothers of their guiltsyndrome, consider them assets and creators rather thanliabilities and procreators.

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vades life at school, taking many forms. It forms the coreof the intensely competitive environment that ourschools, including the most reputed ones, love to sustain.In that environment, the teacher’s attempt to make chil-dren reflective and sensitive to details gets drowned in the dinof everyday life. The importance of history Schooling adds a di-mension to culture that we do not quite understand. Aspublic institutions, schools carry many burdens the soci-ety is not always aware of. Government schools cope withbureaucratic norms and private schools cope withparental pressure to maintain heightened competition.The natural sciences bear the brunt of this pressure. Forthe growing middle class, including the vast multitude offirst-generation educated, science and mathematics rep-

resent the golden route to high income jobs in medicineand engineering, including information technology. Thesocial sciences and humanities do not figure in this land-scape, yet they also suffer the consequences of the com-mand that the entrance test culture wields over schools.Although history has no place in the competitive cultureof education, its importance in shaping the larger politi-cal ethos of the country remains undiminished. Childrendepend on adults to learn about the past, and that is whatmakes history the most challenging school subject.Ironically, poorly taught history matters even more thanwell-taught history, simply because when history doesnot arouse curiosity or impart the tools of analysis, it cre-ates an emotional barrier for further inquiry.

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newly-appointed haryana Governor satyadev narayan dev arya being greeted by haryana chief Min-

ister Manohar Lal Khattar

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Outgoing HaryanaGovernor Kaptan SinghSolanki was accorded awarm send-off at theHaryana Raj Bhavan heretoday, an official releasesaid. Solanki has beentransferred to Tripura re-placing Tathagata Roy whois shifted to Meghalaya.Satyadev Narayan Arya re-places Solanki as the new

Haryana governor. Earlierin the morning, HaryanaRaj Bhavan officials gavefarewell to Solanki and inthe evening, the state gov-ernment organised a spe-cial function to mark the oc-casion, the release said.Speaking on the occasion,Solanki said he would al-ways remember the memo-ries of his tenure inHaryana. He prayed forgreat prosperity for the peo-ple of Haryana. Solanki was

sworn in as the Haryanagovernor in July 2014.Those present on the occa-sion in Raj Bhavan here to-day included HealthMinister Anil Vij, Ministerof State for Labour andEmployment, Nayab Singh,Speaker, Vidhan Sabha,Kanwar Pal, ChiefSecretary, D S Dhesi,Director General of Police,B S Sandhu and state'sAdvocate General, BaldevRaj Mahajan.

Outgoing Haryana Guv Solankiaccorded warm farewell

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The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) on Friday arrestedManipur MLA Yamthung Haokipfrom Imphal in connection with themissing arms case. Haokip hasbeen arrested for his involvementin procuring police pistols illegallyand distributing them to differentterrorist groups to wage waragainst the state. A total of 56 pis-tols and 58 magazines from the DGPool Armoury located within thepremises of 2nd Manipur RiflesBattalion, Imphal went missing be-

tween 2016 and early 2017. Haokipwas produced before an NIA

Special Judge in Imphal. He hasbeen remanded to judicial custody.

Owing to his recent illness, thejudge ordered the jail authorities toadmit him in the government hos-pital. The NIA has recovered 14weapons till now. An investigationis underway. During the investiga-tion, on July 30 one of the missingpistols was recovered fromHaokip's residence at Imphal'sMantri Pukhri after the NIA con-ducted a search. Besides this, otherincriminating articles, sufficientmaterial and other evidence werecollected, that have established thecomplicity of Haokip in the case.Haokip is an MLA from SaikulAssembly Constituency.

NIA arrests Manipur MLA Yamthung Haokip in missing arms case

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To pay tribute to former primeminister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,Jharkhand government on Friday de-cided to rename several places acrossthe state following the demise of theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stal-wart. Here are the places which willbe renamed: - Under the Health Careand Family Welfare Department,Medical College Palamu will be re-named as Atal Bihari VajpayeeMedical College, Palamu. UnderTransport (Civil Aviation) Dept.Jharkhand and Shipping MinistryGovernment of India, SahibganjHarbour will be renamed as AtalBihari Vajpayee Harbour Sahibganj.Under the Transport Dept. Jharkhandand Civil Aviation, Government ofIndia, it has been recommended thatthe under-construction DeogharAirport is named as Atal Bihari

Vajpayee Airport Deoghar. UnderHigh Technical Education and SkillDepartment, Professional CollegeJamshedpur is renamed as AtalBihari Vajpayee Professional College

Jamshedpur. Under UrbanDevelopment and HousingDepartment (under construction)Convention Centre Ranchi is to be re-named as Atal Convention CentreRanchi. - Under IT and GovernanceDept. Jharkhand Innovation Lab willbe renamed as Atal Innovation Live.

The 8-lane road from GOI Buildingto Kako Math in Dhanbad district willbe named as Atal Marg. It is to be not-ed that the 20-kilometre long stretchworth Rs. 413 crore will be construct-ed in collaboration with World Bank.Uttar Pradesh too had earlier decidedto immerse the ashes of Vajpayee inall the holy rivers of the state, in a bidto pay respect to the five-time Memberof Parliament (MP) from Lucknow.The rivers included Ganga, Yamuna,and Tapti. 10th prime minister ofIndia, Vajpayee, breathed his last onAugust 16. He was cremated the nextday with full state honour at SmritiSthal in the national capital.

Jharkhand government to renameplaces after Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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Protest over the allegedrape of a girl in Delhi'sVasant Kunj area hadturned violent with demon-strators damaging cars andpelting stones at police per-sonnel, forcing them to use"mild force" to disperse thecrowd, during which 10 po-licemen were injured.Police said they have de-tained over 20 protesters,while the injured personnelincluded two assistant com-missioners of police. A largenumber of people belongingto a Jhuggi cluster ofRangpuri Pahari area hadon Friday night gathered toprotest the rape of a 11-year-

old girl, DeputyCommissioner of Police(southwest) Devender Aryasaid. o inspectors, an assis-tant sub inspector, a headconstable and four consta-bles sustained injuries, theDCP said.

During the protest, 11private cars and a police ve-hicle were damaged, policesaid, a case has been regis-tered and investigation isunderway. On August 22,the 11-year-old girl was al-legedly raped when she haddone to relieve herself in aforest area in RangapuriPahari area. On Friday, a34-year-old man, identifiedas Prakash, was arrestedfrom the area in connectionwith the incident.

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Protest over the al-leged rape of a girl inDelhi's Vasant Kunj areahad turned violent withdemonstrators damagingcars and pelting stones atpolice personnel, forcingthem to use "mild force" todisperse the crowd, dur-ing which 10 policemenwere injured. Police saidthey have detained over 20protesters, while the in-jured personnel includedtwo assistant commission-ers of police. A large num-ber of people belonging toa Jhuggi cluster ofRangpuri Pahari area hadon Friday night gatheredto protest the rape of a 11-

year-old girl, DeputyCommissioner of Police(southwest) DevenderArya said. Police werealerted about a traffic jamnear Ryan InternationalSchool at Vasant Kunjarea following which theyrushed to the spot, the offi-cer said. The protestershad blocked both the car-riageways of ChhatarpurMahipalpur road near theHoti camp Jhuggi. Despitebeing informed that theaccused in the rape casehas been arrested, the pro-testers pelted stones onthe police party, he said.The officer said that evenafter repeated warningwhen the crowd did notdisperse, police had to usemild force to maintain law

and order. In the process,10 policemen, includingtwo assistant commission-ers of police, two inspec-tors, an assistant sub in-spector, a head constableand four constables sus-tained injuries, the DCPsaid. During the protest,11 private cars and a po-lice vehicle were dam-aged, police said, a casehas been registered andinvestigation is under-way. On August 22, the 11-year-old girl was allegedlyraped when she had doneto relieve herself in a forestarea in Rangapuri Pahariarea. Yesterday, a 34-year-old man, identified asPrakash, was arrestedfrom the area in connec-tion with the incident.

10 policemen injured as protest againstminor's rape turns violent in Delhi

Press TrusT of IndIanew delhi, aug 24

Delhi today joined globalcities using a common cardfor commuting in publictransport, with Metro smartcard becoming a valid modeof payment for travel in DTCand Cluster buses. The Delhigovernment and the DelhiMetro Rail Corporationagreed to authorise the Metrosmart card as common mobil-ity card for paying fares inDTC and cluster buses. "Thescheme that was delayed dueto several reasons for the pastmany months has been rolledout today covering all publictransport buses," a govern-ment official said. DTC andcluster scheme buses havebeen readied for acceptanceof Delhi Metro smart card as amode of payment for purchas-ing tickets, the official said.

Electronic ticketing de-vices for 1,650 cluster and3,965 Delhi TransportCorporation (DTC) buseshave been equipped with se-cured access module chips toswipe smart cards of passen-gers, he said. The trial forcommon mobility card wasstarted in 100 buses inSeptember last year. Again inJanuary, trials in 250 buseswere launched by CM ArvindKejriwal. It was said that thescheme will cover all busesby April. Bus conductorshave been trained for issuingtickets to passengers usingsmart cards. However, the num-ber of passengers using theirMetro smart cards for buyingbus tickets is very low due tolack of information.

Now, Delhi Metrocard valid for travel

in DTC buses

On Onam, PrimeMinister says nationstands with KeralaPress TrusT of IndIanew delhi, aug 25

PM Narendra Modi to-day expressed hope that thefestival of Onam will givenew strength to the people ofKerala to overcome the ad-vertises in the aftermath ofthe floods. He said the coun-try is behind the people ofthe state. "May this Onamgive further strength to thepeople of Kerala to overcomethe adversities they havebeen facing for the past fewdays," he wrote on Twitter.

The entire nation standsshoulder to shoulder withKerala and prays for the hap-piness as well as prosperityof its citizens, he said. Thestate has been witnessing itsworst floods in a century.

CBI arrests railway engineer while taking5 lakh bribePress TrusT of IndIanew delhi, aug 25

The CBI has arrested anexecutive engineer of theNorth Central Railways forallegedly accepting a bribeof Rs 5 lakh from a contrac-tor for processing paymentsand granting other favours,officials said today.

The alleged bribe wasthe first installment in thetotal of Rs 19 lakhs demand-ed by Panna Lal Sailani, anexecutive engineer (con-structions) posted in Tundla,a major railway junction inUttar Pradesh, they said. Itwas alleged in the complaintthat Sailani was demandingRs 19 lakh for making en-tries in the measurementbook, a record of measure-ments of construction workdone by a contractor, and toprocess contractor's duepayments, the officials said.

JAMMU SUNDAY AUGUST 26, 2018WORLD8 Glimpses of Future

Japan's players celebrate after beating Spain during the final of the FIFA U20 Women's Soccer World Cup in Vannes.

united nations, aug 25 (PTI)

Significant progresshas been made in protect-ing hundreds of thousandsRohingya refugees inBangladesh since they fledviolence in Myanmar, butlives "will once again be atrisk" if funding is not ur-gently secured, UN officialshave said on the eve of thefirst anniversary of a mili-tary crackdown that forcedthem to flee their country.

Nearly 700,000Rohingya, most of themMuslims, have been dis-placed from Rakhine sincethe military began a crack-down on militants lastAugust. Most have crossedthe border intoBangladesh, joining the200,000 refugees alreadythere.

Deputy Director-General of EmergencyPreparedness andResponse for the UN World

Health Organisation(WHO) Peter Salama toldjournalists in Geneva thatdeadly disease outbreakshad been held at bay inBangladesh's Cox's Bazardespite "all the conditionsbeing in place for a massiveepidemic".

Outbreaks of measles,diphtheria, polio, choleraand rubella have been con-tained, he said, noting that"thousands of lives" hadbeen saved so far, thanks tothe joint efforts of theBangladesh Government,WHO and partners.

"We need to sustain thevigilance for early warn-ings of infectious diseases,"Salama said. "That is still amajor risk due to the envi-ronmental situation, thepoor sanitation, the mas-sive overcrowding, the waythese people are beinghoused and we need tomaintain our ability toscale-up outbreak response

as required." His call to scale up help

was echoed in Geneva byIOM, the UN migrationagency, spokesperson JoelMillman.

"This was the fastestgrowing refugee crisis inthe world and the chal-lenges have been immense,he said, highlighting com-ments by the agency's Chiefof Mission in BangladeshGiorgi Gigauri. Countlesslives have been savedthanks to the generosity ofthe Government ofBangladesh, the local com-munity and donor s and thehard work of all those in-volved in the humanitarianresponse. But we now facethe very real threat that ifmore funding is not urgent-ly secured, lives will onceagain be at risk."

One year on from theexodus sparked by a mili-tary operation likened toethnic cleansing by UN hu-

man rights chief Zeid Ra'adal Hussein, more than720,000 Rohingya peoplehave arrived in Cox's Bazarin southern Bangladesh.

They have joined an es-timated 200,000 Rohingyarefugees who were previ-ously displaced.

One of the camps,Kutupalong, shelters morethan 600,000 refugees, mak-ing it the largest and mostdensely populated refugeesettlement in the world, ac-cording to the Office of theUN High Commissioner forRefugees (UNHCR).

In addition to the chal-lenge of providing people'sbasic needs shelter, waterand sanitation and health-care the agency has carriedout huge engineering workto reduce the risk of land-slides and flooding. This al-so involved mobilizing andtraining hundreds ofrefugee volunteers to serveas first responders in the

event of a natural disaster,although the camps havelargely withstood the ad-verse weather.

Another key area ofconcern is the health ofsome 60,000 pregnantRohingya women in thecamps. Many of them suf-fered gender-based vio-lence either prior or duringthe course of their flightfrom Myanmar, WHO'sSalama said, adding thatonly one fifth of them willgive birth in a suitablehealthcare facility.

Partner agency UNHCRalso underlined the calls forthe international commu-nity to step up support forthe Rohingya, who arestateless and unable to re-turn to Myanmar. This isdespite the UN's signing ofan official Memorandum ofUnderstanding with theGovernment of Myanmarin June, to help establishconditions conducive for

the safe, dignified and sus-tainable repatriation of theRohingya.

According to OCHA,the UN Office for theCoordination ofHumanitarian Affairs, themainly Muslim Rohingyacommunities that havestayed in Rakhine state re-quire urgent and in somecases lifesaving - help.

Some 660,000 people arein need across Rakhinestate including more than176,000 in NorthernRakhine, OCHA spokesper-son Jens Laerke said.

"We stand ready to gothere as soon as access al-lows," he added.

"Most humanitarian or-ganisations that have beenworking in NorthernRakhine state for yearshave still not been able toresume programmes andservices for these popula-tion which are some of themost vulnerable in the

Rohingya emergency one year on: UN says thousands of lives saved, but challenges remain

18 killed as fire breaks out athotel in ChinaBeijing, aug 25 (PTI)

At least 18 people were killed and 19 others in-jured after a fire broke out at a hotel earlier today innortheast China's Heilongjiang Province.

The fire started at 4:36 am at Beilong Hot SpringLeisure Hotel in Songbei district in the city and wasput out at 7:50 am, according to Global Times.

During the search, firemen cleared the areatwice and the injured were admitted to a hospital, itsaid.

The Ministry of Emergency Management hasurged all-out efforts in the rescue and investigation,and sent a work team to Harbin to guide the sitework, the daily said.

The rescue work is underway, it said, adding thatthe cause of the fire is not known.

Suicide bomb attack killstwo in eastern AfghanistanJalalabad, aug 25

An suicide bomb blast outside killed at least twopeople today outside an election commission officein the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, officials said.

The latest attack in the war-torn country target-ed a protest camp outside the building in Nangarharprovince, where a group of people were rallying insupport of a candidate disqualified from parliamen-tary elections due in October."It killed two people,and four others were wounded," provincial governorspokesman Attaullah Khogyani told AFP, addingthat a suicide attacker was responsible for the explo-sion.

Provincial health director Najib Kamawal con-firmed the two deaths.An eyewitness said the blastwas caused by a suicide bomber who detonated ex-plosives near a tent full of protesters outside the elec-tion commission's office in Jalalabad, sending peoplefleeing as security forces cordoned off the area."Itwas very big blast and it shook our home," said wit-ness Mirza Amin, who added she lived 50 metres (160feet) from the site of the explosion.

The blast comes nearly a week after PresidentAshraf Ghani offered a conditional three-monthceasefire to the Taliban, a move welcomed by theUnited States and NATO after nearly 17 years of war.

The Taliban have yet to provide an official re-sponse to the offer. (AFP) KJ

Palestinians: US aid cutlooks to pressure Jerusalemstanceramallah(west Bank), aug 25

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas'spokesman says the US decision to cut more thanUSD 200 million in aid is meant to force thePalestinians to abandon their claim to Jerusalem.

Nabil Abu Rdeneh tells The Associated Press to-day the move is part of continuing political and fi-nancial pressure on the Palestinian leadership. Hesays the Americans must be fully aware that therewill be no peace without east Jerusalem as capital ofa Palestinian state.

The Palestinians were outraged by PresidentTrump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capitaland his moving of the U.S embassy there.

The Trump administration says it's cutting bilat-eral aid to the Palestinians after a review of fundingfor projects in the West Bank and Gaza and will redi-rect the money to "high priority projects elsewhere."(AP) SMJ

Miranda Lambert is 'happily single'Los angeles, aug 25 (PTI)

Country star Miranda Lambert has revealed thatshe has split from boyfriend Evan Felker.

In an interview with The Tennessean, the 34-year-old singer said she is "happily single" and readyto move on to happy parts of her life.

"Love is a hard road sometimes and it's been aroller-coaster ride for me, but I'm definitely thankfulfor all the ups and downs because I've had some real-ly good songs come out of it," Lambert said.

"You've got to take the bad parts and put them onpaper and then move on to the happy parts," sheadded.In May this year, there were reports thatLambert, who had broken up with Anderson East, isdating Felker of the Turnpike Troubadours band.

The country singer was previously married toBlake Shelton for four years. PTI RB

Man shoots dead 17-yr-oldsister for 'honour' inPakistanLahore, aug 25 (PTI)

A 17-year-old girl was shot dead by her brother ina suspected case of "honour killing" in Pakistan'sPunjab province, police said today.

Samina Bibi's family suspected of her having arelationship with a man in Bahiwal village, some 200kms from here, senior police officer Mudasar Awansaid."Her brother Habib had earlier caught her withthe boy and thrashed both of them. He warned herthat if she does not stop seeing the man, he would killher," the officer said."When Habib came to know thatSamina had met the man on Eid, he thrashed herwith the help of his father and then shot her deadfrom a point blank range yesterday," he said.Both theaccused fled the spot. A murder case was registeredagainst them.According to the Human RightsCommission of Pakistan, nearly 1,000 women andgirls in deeply conservative Pakistan are being mur-dered every year for allegedly bringing shame ontheir family.The rights group says that the womenare killed for being accused of having illicit relationsand marrying without the family's consent.

Most of the women are killed by their brothers

and husbands, the group said.

dublin, aug 25

Irish premier LeoVaradkar urged the popeto ensure justice for abusevictims worldwide in ablistering criticism of theChurch's legacy inIreland where Francis be-gan a two-day visit today.

"Wounds are still openand there is much to bedone to bring about jus-tice and truth and healingfor victims and survivors.Holy Father, I ask thatyou use your office and in-fluence to ensure that thisis done here in Irelandand across the world,"Varadkar said standingnext to the pontiff."Wemust now ensure thatfrom words flow actions,"he said.Vardkar referredto multiple abuse scan-dals in Ireland, callingthem "stains" on theCatholic Church, the stateand society as a wholethat had left "a legacy ofpain and suffering".

"This is a shared his-tory of sorrow andshame," hesaid.Varadkar, who isopenly gay, also referredto Ireland's reform of lawson divorce, same-sex mar-riage andabortion.Ireland under-stands "that marriages do

not always work, thatwomen should make theirown decisions, and thatfamilies come in manyforms including thoseheaded by a grandparent,a lone parent or same-sexparents or parents whoare divorced," he said.

He called for "a newrelationship betweenChurch and state inIreland -- a new covenantfor the 21stcentury"."Building on ourintertwined history, andlearning from our sharedmistakes, it can be one inwhich religion is perhapsno longer at the centre ofour society, but in whichit still has an importantplace."

In his speech,Varadkar also praised therole of the CatholicChurch in helping the vul-nerable in Ireland.

"Even today, as westruggle with a housingshortage and homeless-ness, Catholic organisa-tions and people inspiredby their Catholic faith filla gap in providing servic-es," he said.Varadkar isdue to meet with abusevictims and visit aCatholic-run centre forhomeless families inDublin later today. (AFP)SMJ

Irish PM asks pope to ensure justicefor abuse victims worldwide

Taipei, aug 25

Six people have been killed byfloodwaters in Taiwan, officials saidtoday, after days of heavy rain forcedthousands to evacuate their homes.

A tropical depression has beendumping torrential rain in centraland southern Taiwan since Thursday,with some districts receiving close to1,000 millimetres of rainfall.

Six have died in the storm so far,according to government figures, in-cluding three who were killed by afalling scaffold in the southern city ofKaohsiung. Almost 100 more were in-jured.

More than 6,000 people were evac-

uated with more than 1,100 still inshelters on Saturday morning, offi-cials said.A tropical depression hasbeen dumping torrential rain in cen-tral and southern Taiwan sinceThursday, with some districts receiv-ing close to 1,000 millimetres of rain-fall.

Six have died in the storm so far,according to government figures, in-cluding three who were killed by afalling scaffold in the southern city ofKaohsiung. Almost 100 more were in-jured.Images showed residents inKaohsiung and nearby Tainan wad-ing in knee-deep water, as well as sol-diers in central Chiayi county carry-ing elderly residents and children

from their flooded homes.Television footage also showed

scooters and cars half-submerged inwater and roads blocked by land-slides.

Although the depression has al-ready moved northwest away fromTaiwan, floods have yet to recede inmany areas.

Taiwan's weather bureau said theseverity of the downpour was "ex-tremely rare".

The island is frequently hit by ty-phoons in the summer. Last year morethan 100 people were injured whenTyphoon Nesat battered the island,causing flooding and widespread pow-er outages.

washington, aug 25

The United States has saidthat it had cancelled more thanUSD 200 million in aid for thePalestinians in the Gaza Strip andWest Bank, leading their ambas-sador to accuse President DonaldTrump's administration of being"anti-peace".

A senior State Department of-ficial said yesterday that the deci-sion, made "at the direction of thepresident", came after a review ofaid programs to the Palestinianterritories. The funding previous-ly allocated for programs in theWest Bank and Gaza will "now ad-dress high-priority projects else-where", said the official.

The move "takes into accountthe challenges the internationalcommunity faces in providing as-sistance in Gaza, where Hamascontrol endangers the lives ofGaza's citizens and degrades an al-ready dire humanitarian and eco-nomic situation," he said.

In January, the United Stateshad already made drastic cuts toits contribution to the UN agencyfor Palestinian refugees UNRWA.Relations between the US admin-

istration and the PalestinianAuthority took a nosedive afterTrump announced the US deci-sion to recognise Jerusalem asIsrael's capital.

The Palestinians have sus-pended contacts with the adminis-tration and consider that it can nolonger play a mediation role in theMiddle East peace process. "Thisadministration is dismantlingdecades of US vision and engage-ment in Palestine," HusamZomlot, head of the PalestinianGeneral Delegation to the UnitedStates said in a statement.

"After Jerusalem and UNR-WA, this is another confirmationof abandoning the two-state solu-tion and fully embracing (IsraeliPrime Minster Benjamin)Netanyahu's anti-peace agenda."

The decision to cutPalestinian funding comes amid ahumanitarian crisis in Gaza,which has seen a surge of violencesince Palestinian protests beganin March. At least 171 Palestinianshave been killed by Israeli fireduring demonstrations near theborder with Israel. The US admin-istration is pressing on with workon a peace plan that has been un-

der discussion for months, leav-ing a vacuum in the Middle East inthe meantime.

"Weaponising humanitarianand developmental aid as politicalblackmail does not work," Zomlotsaid. "Only a recommitment fromthis administration to the long-held US policy of achieving peacethrough the two-state solution onthe 1967 borders with EastJerusalem, the capital of the stateof Palestine, and respecting inter-national resolutions and law willprovide a way forward."

Democratic Senator PatrickLeahy accused the White House ofengaging in a "series of provoca-tive and harmful acts" instead ofcoming up with a coherent policyto address the Israeli-Palestinianconflict.

Trump has tasked his son-in-law Jared Kushner and lawyerJason Greenblatt to draft thepeace proposals, saying earlierthis week that there would besomething "very good" for thePalestinians.

The Palestinians see the east-ern part of the disputed city as thecapital of their future state. (AFP)HMB

US cuts more than USD 200 millionin aid to Palestiniansunited nations, aug 25

Two Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen have killed atleast 26 children, UN officialshave said, renewing calls for anindependent investigation ofattacks targeting civilians inthe three-year war. At least 22children and four women diedin an attack on Thursday whilefleeing fighting in the Al-Durayhimi district, south of therebel-held city of Hodeida, UNaid chief Mark Lowcock saidyesterday. In addition to thatstrike, four other children werekilled in a separate air strike inAl-Durayhimi, also onThursday."This is the secondtime in two weeks that an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalitionhas resulted in dozens of civil-ian casualties," Lowcock, theundersecretary-general for hu-manitarian affairs, said in astatement. A coalition attack ona bus in the northern rebelstronghold of Saada on August9 killed 40 children, promptingUN Secretary-General AntonioGuterres to call for an inde-pendent investigation.

Lowcock renewed the UNappeal for "an impartial, inde-

pendent and prompt investiga-tion" and said "those with influ-ence" over the warring sidesmust ensure that civilians areprotected.The rebel-run Sabanews agency said the air strikeon Thursday hit a bus and ahouse but the United ArabEmirates, a key partner in thecoalition, blamed the Huthirebels for the attack. Al-Durayhimi lies some 20 kilome-ters south of Hodeida, and hasseen two weeks of fighting be-tween the rebels and pro-gov-ernment forces backed by theUAE."I had hoped that the out-rage that followed the Saada at-tack in Yemen two weeks agowould be a turning point in theconflict. Yesterday's reportedattacks in Al-Durayhimi,killing 26 children, indicatethat it was not," said HenriettaFore, the director of the UNchildren's agencyUNICEF.Fore urged the war-ring sides, their foreign back-ers and the Security Council to"take action and end this con-flict once and for all".Afterwidespread condemnation ofthe August 9 bus attack, thecoalition announced that it wasopening an investigation.

26 children killed by coalitionstrikes in Yemen: UN

Six dead, thousands evacuated in Taiwan floods

JAMMU SUNDAY AUGUST 26, 2018SPORTS9 Glimpses of Future

Japan's players celebrate after beating spain during the final of the fIfa u20 women's soccer world cup in Vannes.

Jakarta, aug 25 (PTI)

India's medal chances in golfsuffered a big jolt today as all fourplayers shot over-par in the thirdround of the men's competitionhere. Rayhan Thomas (73), AadilBedi (74), Kshitij Naveed Kaul(76) and Hari Mohan Singh (77) allhad disappointing outings todayand were left fighting on the backnine to salvage their rounds.

India, who had a total of 12-under from three best cards to besecond after first two days, todayslipped to tied fifth place with atotal of seven-over from the threebest cards. After today's disap-poinment, India now has an out-side chance to clinch a medal inteam event.However, there is abetter chance in individual,where both Thomas and Bedi areonly four shots behind secondplaced Sadom Kaewkanjana ofThailand and Oh Seungtaek.

In team standings, the consis-tent Keita Nakajima followed uphis 68-68 with 70 and his col-

leagues Daiki Imano (69) andTakumi Kanaya (73) ensuredthere was no disaster as Japanmoved five shots ahead of second-placed South Korea, who were 17-under.China, on the strength of

Yuan Yehchun (65), Chen Jing(65) and Chen Yilong (68), hasmoved from +2 to -14 are placedthird place. Ironically, China'sbest placed Andy Zhang, hasmanaged only 72-73-73.Even in in-

dividual standings, Thomasdropped from tied fifth to tied10th and is now three-under 213,while Bedi, tied third overnight,also slipped to tied 10th. Kshitij isnow one-over 217 and is tied 21st.Nakajima, the reigningAustralian Amateur champion,who is expected to turn pro any-time, maintained his pole posi-tion with a steady card of two-un-der 70 that repaired his roundwith three birdies in last fiveholes.He opened a three-shot leadover China's Cheng Jin, who afterwinning the 2015 Asia-PacificAmateur Championships playedthe Masters the followingyear.Tenth tee starter Cheng, af-ter modest 70-72 on first two days,had seven birdies and a double inhis 67, and rose from tied 13th tojoint second spot with SouthKorea's Oh Seung Teak (67) with atotal of seven-under. However,the low card of the day came fromYuan Yechun, who shot seven-under 65 after 72-72 on first twodays when he was tied 40.

Starting from 10th tee, his thirdround had eight birdies, includ-ing three from 16th to 18th, and herose to tied 10th.Thomas and Bedisaid they hitting was fine but itwas on the greens that they let goof too many opportunities andmissed a lot of 5-7 footers forbirdies and pars. "That's golf, youhole out from the fairway andthen miss four footers," saidThomas with a wry smile.

In the women's section,India's trio had another disap-pointing day with RidhimaDilawari shooting a second suc-cessive round of even par 72 tofinish with a total of five-over 221with rounds of 77-72-72 and wastied 20th.Sifat Sagoo, theyoungest in the squad, carded 75in the final round for 222 afterrounds of 75-72-75 and is tied 23rd,while Diksha Dagar was tied 26thafter finishing with 74 for a totalof 226.

They still have one more dayto improve their scores and ninthposition in the team standings.

India's medal hopes in golf take a hit;outside chance for Thomas, Bedi

Bengaluru, aug 25 (PTI)

Mayank Agarwal con-tinued his sublime formwith yet another ton, despitebeing ignored for the seniorIndian team, to guide IndiaB to a comfortable seven-wicket win over India A in aQuadrangular Series en-counter, here today.Chasing a modest target of218, Agarwal smashed 112off 114 balls with the help of14 boundaries and three six-es to help India B romphome in only 41.1overs.Besides Agarwal,Shubman Gill scored 42,while Ishan Kishan andskipper Manish Pandeymade 25 and 21 respectively.Left-arm pacer KhaleelAhmed (2/33) picked up twowickets for India A.Earlieropting to bat, India A wiltedin front of M PrasidhKrishna's (4/50) openingspell before being bowledout for 217 in 49overs.Shreyas Gopal alsochipped in with two wickets,giving away 38 runs.AmbatiRayudu top-scored for India

A with 48 off 75 balls, whileKrishnappa Gowtham andSanju Samson made 35 and32 respectively.Meanwhilein another match of the se-ries, Australia A defeatedSouth Africa A by 32 runs ina high-scoringencounter.Electing to bat,Australia A rode on TravisHead's 110 MarnusLabuschagne's 65 to post animposing 322 for five.Besides the duo, D'ArcyShort (49) and MattRenshaw (42 not out) alsomade useful contributionswith the bat. Chasing the im-posing target, KhayaZondo's 117 went in vain asSouth Africa fell short by 30odd runs. Openers GihahnCloete (50) and Sarel Erwee(37) got South Africa A'schase to a good start stitch-ing 89 runs off 12.5 overs forthe first wicket before losingtheir plot despite Zondoholding the fort from oneend. Legbreak bowlerMitchell Swepson (3/40) andHead (2/25) were the mainwicket takers for AustraliaA.

Agarwal's ton guides India B tocomfortable win over India A

Jakarta, aug 25 (PTI)

India's squash singles campaignin the Asian Games yielded threebronze medals after Saurav Ghosal,Dipika Palikal and Joshna Chinappalost their respective semifinal clasheshere today.

Saurav Ghosal frittered away atwo-set advantage to lose the men'ssingles semifinal after Dipika PallikalKarthik and Joshna Chinappa suf-fered defeats in the women's singlessemifinals earlier in the day.

Irrespective of the defeats, this isIndia's best ever show in the AsianGames in squash singles. In the 2014Asian Games, India won two singlesmedals -- Ghosal had a silver andDipika a bronze.

Ghosal was going great guns butlost 12-10 13-11 6-11 6-11 6-11 to ChunMing Au from Hong Kong in an in-tense semifinal.

In the first game, Ghosal trailed 4-9 at one stage but made a remarkablecomeback to snatch the lead. In thesecond game, he had a 4-0 lead butChun Ming was not in a mood to throwin the towel and stretched the Indian.

It was neck and neck at 8-8, 9-9 and11-11 but Ghosal found a winner atcrucial time to take a 2-0 lead in thematch. However, in the third set, froma lead of 6-5, Ghosal lost six points in arow to allow Chung Ming make acomeback. The momentum had shift-ed and Ghosal was now finding ittough to get going and meekly lost thefourth and fifth set.Ghosal said he suf-fered an injury in his left leg towardsthe end of the second set and that tookaway the "intensity" from him."I don'twant make excuses but it's hurtingbadly. Against this player, you need tohave high intensity. Towards the endof the second game it flared and I lostmy intensity. But credit to him forfighting back after losing two sets,"Ghosal said."A lot of things go into awin. The body did not hold today but Ihave played good squash here," hesaid.

Dipika lost her semifinal toMalaysian great Nicole David, one ofthe most formidable players the gamehas seen. Dipika led 5-2 and 4-1 in thefirst two games but three-time defend-ing champion Nicol had enough expe-rience to run away with a 11-7 11-9 11-6win.Nicol's agility, movement and an-ticipation was too good for Dipika.

"She is experienced and knowshow to handle every situation, thrownat her. She was world number one for10 years for a reason. I am happy I

played well. It's unfortunate that I wasin top-half to play with Nicol," Dipikasaid after her match.Joshna was alsoup against a Malaysian in SivasangariSubramaniam, who emerged a 12-10 6-11 11-9 winner in the second semifi-nal.It was her maiden singles AsianGames medal for Joshna, who re-turned empty-handed in the previousthree editions.

"The umpiring was dodgy. I havealways felt like this when this refereeis there. Anyway, Siva really playedwell. I have waited for this for long. Icompeted in three Asian Games butnever won a medal," she said.Dipikasaid she would try to forget the defeatand get focused on winning the gold inwomen's team event."We have a goldto achieve in team event. you can'tthink much about what has happenedin the singles. It's hard to regroup andcomeback but we have to do it. Wedon't want to celebrate as yet, we havea bigger target to achieve."

The women team had won a silverin the 2014 Asian Games.Asked if afew calls which went against her per-turbed her, Dipika said, "We are used

to it. It's part and parcel of the game.She has been playing Asian Games fora long time, she is very experienced. Ithink you have take positives out of it.I am only 26, I have few more AsianGames to go. Hopefully I welcomeback strong." Nicol is 35 years old andstill going strong. Dipika said it'sNicol's era and she will have to waitfor her time.

"Squash is about how fit you are,how much you enjoy the game. We canse she really enjoys the game. This isonly my third Asian Games. Let theolder one win here and we will come-back after four years and win." Thesquash players have trained without aregular coach for some time.

The SRFI had sent Cyrus Ponchaand Bhuvneshwari Kumari as coach-es with the contingent but Dipika saidthe players prefer helping each other.

"All of us like to be coached by theplayers. Only the player will talk tothe players, it works like that for us.It's a silent decision taken by the play-ers. Harry (Harinderpal Sandhu),Saurav (Ghosal), we are all trainingtogether." PTI AT PDS

All three singles squash players settle for bronze medalsJaMMu, august 25:

All Jammu andKashmir ChessAssociation (AJKCA) shallbe organising a mega Rs 22lakh prize money chessevent—Senior NationalChess Championship—atJammu in second week ofDecember.

This 10-day eventwhich has been clubbedwith A and B Nationals bythe All India ChessFederation (AICF) for thefirst time shall take placefrom December eight toDecember 18 at GurjarDesh Charitable Trust inthe Channi Himmat ByePass area of the city.

This was disclosed bypresident of theAssociation and chairmanof organising committee,Atul Kumar Gupta in an in-teraction with media heldhere today.

There are total 10 cashprizes with first prize be-ing Rs five lakh, followedby four lakh and threelacks. The sixth, seventhand eighth prizes shall car-

ry Rs one lakh cash. Thoseninth and 10th positionholders shall be given Rs75,000 each.

“Around 300 selectedplayers and officials fromalmost all the states ofIndia are expected to par-ticipate in this event. Theparticipants includedabout 150 Internationalplayers including manyGrandmasters (GM) andInternational masters

(IM), informed Atul.All states can field four

entries each while hostsJ&K has the liberty of addi-tional four entries. Besidesselected players all GrandMasters, InternationalMasters and WomenGrandmasters and worldand Asian champions andother top players as decid-ed by AICF can participateas seeded entries. Playerswhose FIDE rating is above

2000 only can apply as adonor entry. Winners fromthis event will representIndia in various forthcom-ing international events .

The event circular isavailable on www.aicf.inand www.alljkchess.comAJKCA. The main sponsorof this event will be J&KState sports Council and itwill also be supported byAICF and Sports Authorityof India.

Jammu hosts mega prize money Chess event in Dec

JaMMu, august 25:

Jammu and Kashmir Tug-of-WarAssociation today named the Stateteam for participation in the 31thSenior (men and women) NationalTug-of –War Championship to beheld from August 29 to August 31 atChinchani Beach and GoandeviSports Ground, Palghar inMaharashtra.

Earlier, the team underwentscreening conducted by the J&KState Sports Council officials at

Green Fields ground, here compris-ing under the guidance ofAssociation president, HardeeepSingh Anand.

The teams selected by the penalcomprising Hardeep Singh Anand(president), Jodh Singh Isher (work-ing secretary) and Jasvir Singh (jointsecretary). The screening conductedby Divisional Sporst Officer of theSports Council, Ravi Singh.TheTeams: Men 640 kg: Manpreet Singh,Zahoor Gulzar, Aadil Hussain,Antriksh, Shadad, Sukgvinder,

Navjot, Aftab, Irfan and Bilal Ahmad.540 kg: (Mix 4+4): Reetu Jamwal,Prerna Kotwal , Vasvi Gupta,Gurleen Kour, Yasmeen Fatima,Manpreet Singh, Paaras Kotwal,Mudasir Hussain , Umer Mehraj andZahid. Gourav Kumar Dubey andRobin Singh accompanying theteams as coach while Sourav Kumarhas been named manager.

The kits distributed by HardeepSingh Anandand sponsored by TransAsia Hotels Pvt.Ltd. Unit CygnettPark Asia, Jammu.

Tug of War team named for Nationals

JaMMu, august 25:

Government GirlsHigher Secondary SchoolMiran Sahib clinchédboth Kabaddi and Kho-Kho titles in the under-19girls inter-school zonallevel competitions of R SPura and Miran Sahibzone held here today un-der the banner ofDepartment of YouthServices and Sports(DYSS).In the Kabaddi fi-nal, GHSS Miran Sahibtrounced GHSS R S Puraby a big margin of 26points. Similarly, in Kho-Kho title clash, GHSSMiran Sahib defeated thesame opponent in GHSS RS Pura 3-1. The event held

under the guidance ofKiran Jyoti (ZPEO) MiranSahib and Chander Kanta(ZPEO) R S Pura.In theKabaddi final, GHSSMiran Sahib trouncedGHSS R S Pura by a bigmargin of 26 points.Similarly, in Kho-Kho ti-tle clash, GHSS MiranSahib defeated the sameopponent in GHSS R SPura 3-1. The competitionofficiated by the technicalpenal comprising KulbirSingh, Vijay Kumar,Ravinder Kumar,Gonvind Singh, VinodKumar, A Singh, UmeshSharma, Anil Singh, JugalKishore, Kuldeep Kumar,Darbari Lal, RavinderKumar and Anil Kumar.

Miran Sahib girls win U-19Kho-Kho, Kabaddi titles

BSF Ankur Schoolorganises Athletics meet JaMMu, august 25:

The BSF Ankur Play School started a three-dayathletics meet on the eve of National Sports Day, thebirthday of Dhyan Chand, here at the BSF SchoolCampus today.The event was declared open by HeadMaster of the BSF Primary School, Gaytri Kotwal andwitnessed young boys and girls running for top posi-tions in 50 meters and 100 meters races.The competi-tion officiated by the technical penal includingRameshwar Singh (Sports Incharge), Shilpa Chouhanand Neeraj.The Results: GIRLS: 50 mts: Pakhi (PreNursary-A), Ist; Shubagya (Pre-Nursery-A), 2nd andTrisha (Pre Nursery-A), 3rd. 100 mts: Kanisha Kamal,Praguni Langeh and Saavi Sharma (all from KG-B),Ist, 2nd and 3rd respectively.BOYS: 50 mts: RudraPratap Singh, Naman Sharma and Aradit (all fromNursery-B), Ist, 2nd and 3rd respectively. 100 mts:Parteek Anand (KG-B), Ist; Ashish Singh (KG-A), 2ndand Manas Januja (KV-A), 3rd. Green Paper Walk:Arshit (Pre-Nursery A), Ist; Shivansh (Pre-NurseryA), 2nd and Kavish (Pre-Nursery B), 3rd.

JAMMU SUNDAY AUGUST 26, 2018ENTERTAINMENT10 Glimpses of Future

Sushmita Sen finally reactsto Nora Fatehi’s Dilbar andhere’s what she has to say

After announcing her pregnancy, Neha Dhupia returns to Mumbai with Angad Bedi hand-in-hand

Going Viral! A smilingAlia Bhatt at her maid’swedding will make yourheart flutter with joy

POOJA BHATT : Sanjay Duttproposed the idea of Sadak 2

Exclusive! Milap Zaveri on Satyameva Jayate: It is avery angry film; I was very angry when I made it

Sonam Kapoor ditches herstraight silky hair to plungeinto curls for The Zoya Factor

In recent times, we have seen thatmany filmmakers are opting to make amovie for the multiplex audience as theybring in a huge chunk at the box office.And in between the clutter of these films, Isaw Satyameva Jayate, which was a com-plete massy entertainer and after a longtime I saw people cheering, shouting,whistling on John and Manoj’s dialogueand their reaction on the Dilbar song wasjust epic! After watching the movie, manyquestions came to my mind. I eventhought it was similar to Deewar andShakti. Talking about Milap, this is justhis second film as a director afterMastizaade. He is known for penning dia-logues of hits like Masti, Kaante, EkVillain, Shootout At Wadala and manymore. I got a chance to interview Milapand here’s what he replied. What was yourreaction on Satyameva Jayate becoming amassy entertainer and a huge box officesuccess? I am overwhelmed, grateful,humbled and so happy because I made thismovie for the masses. In recent times, wehave stopped making a movie for the com-mon man. The namaaz scene is myfavourite and it has become a cult scene,where people are whistling and clapping

nonstop for 10 minutes. Even during the Moharam scene, they

were clapping nonstop. I feel grateful tothe audience that they made this film sucha huge hit. It is the biggest hit of John’s ca-reer, Nikkhil’s company and T-Series. In

my career, it is my biggest hit ever. And itis my first hit as a director so I am veryhappy right now. Were John Abrahamand Manoj Bajpayee your first choice forthe film? Yes, I always wanted John andManoj sir for the film but I wasn’t sure if

they would work with me. I first narratedthe script to Monisha Advani, who isNikkhil Advani’s sister and co-producerin Emmay Entertainment. She heard thescript and loved it. She was the one whogave me the courage and said we will pro-duce the film for you. I didn’t know if Johnwould give me a nod since my last film had notworked. I had worked previously with bothJohn and Manoj sir as a dialogue writer inShootout at Wadala. So, Rohit Dhawan, heis David sir’s son, spoke to me and said,‘Milap, John is someone who doesn’t careabout your past. He is someone who seesmerit in the script.’ So, Rohit Dhawan getsa lot of credit because he convinced me tomessage John. Soon I messaged John andthen his manager, Meenakshi, who dideverything she could to get me that nar-ration. When I narrated the script toJohn, he loved it and then he spoke toRohit Dhawan again. The Senior Dhawansaid you must watch Milap’s short filmRaakh that he has made. That is verygood and you can see his talent in that.Then John called me within 48 hoursof my narration and said I am doingthe film. So, it was a very big momentfor me.

Actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt, who is gear-ing up for her forthcoming film “Sadak 2”,said that her co-star from “Sadak” Sanjay Dutttook the initiative to make the sequel. Pooja,who is the co-owner of Delhi Hoopersm was in-teracting with the media at the press meet of 3x 3 Pro Basketball League (3BL) along with herfilmmaker father Mahesh Bhatt and LeagueCommissioner Rohit Bakshi on Friday here.The 1991 romantic thriller “Sadak” washelmed by Mahesh Bhatt and featured Poojaand Sanjay Dutt. The makers of “Sadak 2” re-cently announced the film’s release date butthere were no disclosure of the cast and crew.On this Pooja said: “The production house ofthe film will announce the cast and crew. All Ican say is that it is happening and I also wantto mention that it was Sanjay Dutt who initiat-ed it. “He was the one who came to me and said‘why were we not making Sadak 2?’… On hisrequest, I went to tell them (Mahesh andMukesh Bhatt) about Sanjay Dutt’s urge anddesire to work in this film… They have a con-nection which I don’t think anybody has”When asked if she would return to acting with“Sadak 2”, Pooja said: “I was spoiled because Ihad the best of Mahesh Bhatt and I had no de-sire to really act when he quit direction. But Ithink with this film, we are going to go back tothe 90s where filmmaking was more organicand the learning was greater.”

Sonam Kapoor is one fashionista of tinsel town, whomakes heads turn with her unique stylish outings. After hergala wedding with Anand Ahuja, the actress is back to work.While her movie, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga with dad-dy Anil Kapoor is all set to show the daddy-daughter duo forthe first time, the actress is prepping for her upcoming movie,The Zoya Factor. The movie will star Malayalam heartthrobDulquer Salman, who charmed his way into Bollywood withKarwaan. The actress has started working on her looks andthe first thing is her hair. Sonam has bid farewell to herstraight silky hair and gone for a curly look for the role ofZoya. Based on Anuja Chauhan’s book, the story revolvesaround a girl names Zoya Singh Solanki who meets the IndianCricket Team, headed by Nikhil Khoda through her job as anexecutive in an advertising agency. Soon she ends up fallingin love with Nikhil and becoming the lucky charm for theteam who goes for the Cricket World Cup. The actress sharedpictures from her prep and it seems a tad daunted by the newchange. The novel is optioned for a film by Red ChilliesEntertainment, helmed by Shah Rukh Khan. The movie is allset to start shooting soon.

If you have somehowmissed the memo, NoraFatehi’s scintillating Dilbarfrom Satyameva Jayate hasbeen ruling the roost sinceits inception and it has onlygrabbed eyeballs to themovie. In fact, with the songbecoming and maintainingthe number one position, noperson is not grooving to it.A pub-anthem, if we may,the song has also boostedNora Fatehi’s career in theright way. However, haveyou wondered what the orig-inal Dilbar girl SushmitaSen has to say about it? Well

you aren’t the only one. AndGod is kind, because the di-va has finally reacted to allthe hype. Speaking at theLakme Fashion Week whereshe was a showstopper for aChennai based designer,Sush said, “Nora was ab-solutely fantastic in it andmy favourite part of thissong are the first two lines,which they added and isvery well done. The remix isalso very well done.”Buthey, that’s not all. Now,while she has given Noraand the rehashed versionher thumbs up, she has re-

served the right to pick herfavourite. Yep, that’s rightshe’d still prefer that overthis. “Nora has absolutelykilled it but I still like theoriginal version more,” sheadded.

Earlier, when wequizzed the SatyamevaJayate cast about theirfavourite between the origi-nal and revamped version,all the three actors con-fessed that they like the newone better. In fact, Aishawho made her debut withthe film went on to explainwhy the song hit a chord

with the masses and said, “Itis one of those remixeswhere they have actuallyliked the remix better thanthe original and that theoriginal has not been de-stroyed for worse; it’s madebetter. When you do thatthen people automaticallylike and love the song.” Ifyou’re not in the know, theremix version has been sungby Neha Kakkar, DhvaniBhanusali and Ikka. Themusic is composed byTanishk Bagchi and thelyrics are penned by ShabbirAhmed and Ikka.

Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedimake a point to surprise their fansevery time. Earlier by announcingtheir marriage and now by declaring

Neha’s pregnancy. For a long time,Neha’s pregnancy has been makingheadlines but it was not until yester-day that the couple made it official.

They both took to social me-dia to announce the newsand boy oh boy, congratula-tions and love started pour-ing in. After announcingthis great news, the couple isback to Mumbai and obvi-ously, paparazzi couldn’tstop snapping them at theairport. Neha’s oversizeddresses fueled the rumoursbut being the diva she is,Neha knew how to keepeverything under wraps.The actress can now flaunther baby bump and bidfarewell to those baggy out-fits. The duo looked happyand smiling at the airport.While Neha donned a lightblue ensemble matched withglares and showed her babybump, Neha looked ubercool in the nay blue shirtpaired with black denimsand glares. The would-beparents walked hand-in-hand and made us gush overthem. Neha and Angad tiedthe knot on May 10 this yearin a private ceremony. Theduo will be walking theramp today for the first timetogether at Lakme Fashion

Week Winter/Festive 2018. They willbe the showstopper for designer PayalSinghal.

Alia Bhatt‘s pictures from Priyanka Chopraand Nick Jonas’ engagement went viral last week.The actress kept it simple yet classy in her blackCinq A Sept dress paired with clear stilettos and avery basic pink sling bag. The photos from the par-ty literally broke the internet and fans went crazyover her simple yet stunning look. After those pic-tures, another picture of the actress has gone viral.A recent photo emerged on the web in which Aliacan be seen smiling and posing with another newly-wed couple. This picture is shared on Instagram byInstant Bollywood and the caption claimed that thewoman in the click is none other than Alia Bhattwith her maid who was dressed as a bride. While weare not sure about the authenticity of the image,this is undeniable that the lady with Alia is her do-mestic help. Moreover, the picture looks a little oldand Alia also looks a lot younger in it. Kudos to theactress for such a heartwarming gesture. We hard-ly see celebs gracing events of their domestic help.Meanwhile, on the work front, the actress is busyshooting for her upcoming flick. Brahmastra. themovie also stars Ranbir Kapoor, AmitabhBachchan and Mouni Roy in lead roles. The moviedirected by Ayan Mukerji is a trilogy and until re-cently, the team was shooting in Bulgaria. Alia willbe also seen in Gully Boy opposite Ranveer Singhwhich will release on Valentine Day 2019.

JAMMU SUNDAY AUGUST 26, 2018LOCAL11 Glimpses of Future

Preparing

polls in J&K. A top official told that the situation in theState warranted “a calibrated” approach to hold the much-awaited polls for urban local bodies and panchayats, as allmajor regional parties still find it hard to hold any publicactivity in the Kashmir Valley, especially in southKashmir. “We are in the process of identifying both highlyvolatile and peaceful constituencies. These elections willbe held in peaceful constituencies in the first phases with afew volatile constituencies along with it. The only way tobuild a tempo for the polls would be to start from a peacefulnote,” said the official. Both the civil administration andthe security agencies have identified the Jammu regionand the border districts in Kashmir Valley like Karnah,Uri and Gurez as “peaceful constituencies” for the polls.“Such constituencies will be the first to go to the polls in themulti-phase,” said another official. Fresh panchayats pollswere supposed to be held in 2015. However, these electionswere deferred on many occasions due to unrest inKashmir. (KNS)

Murtaza

his return back to the party fold. She said PDP, allalong, has remained a platform for the right thinking peo-ple who seriously wish to take Jammu & Kashmir out of thedifficult situations it is presently in. Senior leader and MP,Muzaffar Hussain Baig, senior leaders Abdul Haq Khan,Abdul Rehman Veeri, Ch Zulufkar Ali, Syed BasharatBukhari and Syed Altaf Bukhari welcomed Murtaza Khaninto the Party fold. (KNS)

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printer, fake currency of face value Rs 82,000 wereseized from them.

Governor

Jammu and Kashmir as the annual Shri AmarnathjiYatra concludes on this day and devotees pay obeisance atthe Holy Cave Shrine on Shravan Purnima. While prayingfor the well-being of the people of the State, Governor ex-pressed the hope that this festival will strengthen theState’s traditional and social values. Meanwhile, Advisorsto Governor, B B Vyas, K Vijay Kumar and KhurshidAhmad Ganai and Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyamhave also extended warm greetings to the people of theState on Raksha Bandhan. “The auspicious festival ofRaksha Bandhan, not only depicts unbreakable love ofbrother-sister, but also brings the message of caring forfamily and the society,” they said in their felicitation mes-sage.

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adding that 70 existing medical colleges are being up-graded by setting up super speciality blocks. "We are ex-panding the network of our medical colleges in a big way byupgrading 58 district hospitals to medical colleges."Twenty-four new medical colleges have been announced

in this year's budget. Twenty state cancer institutes and 50tertiary cancer care centres are also being set up," he said.The health minister said the AIIMS will soon introducecampus recruitment in order to retain students passing outof the institutes. He said AIIMS pass-outs are acquaintedwith the culture of the institute. The attempt is aimed at re-taining the best brains of AIIMs in the institute, Naddasaid. "Dear students, young doctors and faculty, I inviteyou all to join my ministry in further building upon thiscommitment of our prime minister to upgrade the health-care access of the common man, thus taking the well beingof our nation to greater heights," the Union minister said.Noting that it is a great challenge to produce high qualityhealthcare providers at all levels, Nadda said "We need theteachers and academicians to develop such human re-sources in health. In this regard, the country has a lot of ex-pectation from all of you." No patient should be deniedtreatment on account of being poor or belonging to lowerstrata of society, he said, adding that the Centre has recent-ly launched the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri JanAarogya Abhiyan' programme to provide assured univer-sal healthcare to over 50 crore people from the vulnerablesections. "My message to the graduating students on thisoccasion is that you should always keep in mind that medi-cine is not just a profession, but a vocation. Never forgetyour humanity, or that of your patients...," he said.Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister DharmendraPradhan, addressing the gathering, urged the health min-ister to install a statute of former prime minister AtalBihari Vajpayee in the premises of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar,to which Nadda readily obliged. Odisha Governor GaneshiLal and Odisha's Health and Family Welfare MinisterPratap Jena also addressed the gathering. Vice-PresidentM Venkaiah Naidu and Nadda laid the foundation stonesfor two buildings at the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, campus.One 560-bedded night shelter building (Rs 26 crore), fundedby the National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco),will be constructed in the AIIMS premises for the require-ment of patients and their attendants. Similarly, a founda-tion stone was also laid for construction of a BurnsTreatment Centre at the cost of Rs 14.82 crore funded by theNTPC. It will have comprehensive treatment for burns pa-tients.

J-K Police

Governor, who was the chief guest on the occasion,lauded the role of the police force for upholding profes-sionalism amid challenging situation. "I congratulate thepolice force for continuously working for the welfare ofthe people with dedication. I am proud of the Jammu andKashmir police for proving its mettle in the difficulttimes," he said. Vyas said there are many more chal-lenges ahead for the police force in view of a series of up-coming elections. We have decided to hold local bodiespolls and police has to deal with this challenge and fulfillits role, he said. The Advisor said the whole nationsalutes the courage of J-K Police personnel and everyonepays tribute to their supreme sacrifices. Complementingthe newly trained constables for graduating into a newfield of duty, Vyas asked them to perform their job withsincerity and dedication.

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doda aug 25:

Jammu and KashmirPradesh CongressCommittee (JKPCC) presi-dent G A Mir today allegedthat the PDP-BJP govern-ment was direction lessdue to absence of any com-mon point in their respec-tive agenda. They onlygave rise to a situation ofuncertainty, chaos andconfusion, Mir said herewhile addressing partyworkers of Doda,Bhaderwah and Kishtwarin Doda. Prominent amongthose who spoke on the oc-casion include formerMinister Raman Bhalla ,M.S.Niaz, Naresh Gupta,Ashok Dogra Ex-MLA, Th.Manmohan Singh, DCCPresidents Farooq katoch,and Sheikh Mujeeb, AslamGoni, Javad Azad, ArunSingh Raju, Shariq Bhatti,Nadeem Niaz, and others.He said the state was pass-ing through the "worstever misrule. There was to-tal policy paralysis due toinherent contradictionsand divergent vested polit-ical interests among thetwo diametric opposite rul-ing partners, PDP and BJP,in the state, he said. Hesaid for over three yearsnot a single promise madeto the people by the BJP inJammu and the PDP inKashmir was fulfilled. Heclaimed that the two par-ties were divided on thesensitive issues facing thestate. The state govern-ment had failed to live upto the expectations of thepeople and address theproblems of border resi-dents, farmers, youths, em-ployees, casual labourersand traders. "Every sec-tion of the society was suf-fering as their grievanceswere not addressed. Theywere only concerned aboutwelfare of their families.Large scale favouritism,nepotism and corruptionprevailed in the state un-der BJP-PDP Rule, he al-leged.

Mir said it neither hadmade any compromise onsecularism for the sake ofpower nor would do so infuture, as it was in thecountry's interests.TheCongress has never madeany compromise on secu-larism and will never do soin future. To keep the coun-try integral and united, the

Constitution refers to secu-larism and this ideology isin the interest of the na-tion," he told gathering.Targeting the BJP, Mirsaid the Congress nevercompromised on its idealsand ideology to attain pow-er unlike the BJP.He al-leged that the BJP hadcompromised on its ideolo-gy in Jammu and Kashmirby aligning with the PDP,which it had accused of be-ing "separatist sympathis-ers."Mir said that theessence of democracy wasspoiled by the BJP (NDA)and BJP/PDP Govt in theentire country. Mir saidthat Agenda of theCongress has always re-mained development of theState and prosperity of thepoor people of the State.

Mir said, "At the timeof forming the coalition,PDP had claimed that itwould bring the regionscloser and secure massivefinancial support from theCentre." "It miserablyfailed on both these frontsand as a result people ofthree regions were made tosuffer," he said.PCC chiefsaid that the party alonecan ensure equitable de-velopment of all the threeregions — Jammu,Kashmir and Ladakh —with special attention to-wards neglected, remoteand backward areas.Mirsaid that Congress repre-sents each and every sec-tion, region and religion ofthe society and has the vi-sion, policies and pro-grammes for welfare andunification of people of dif-ferent shades."The partyalone can ensure justice inevery sphere of life and eq-

uitable development of allthree regions and the back-ward and remote areas inthe state," the stateCongress chief said. Mirsaid that during the UPA-led government's rule atthe Centre, there was amassive financial supportfor Jammu and Kashmirwhich saw large scale de-velopment."However allthe development worksdone earlier came to astandstill because of thewrong polices of the PDP-BJP Govt in the state andCentre," he said.Mir askedparty workers and peopleto maintain secular fabricand traditional brother-hood at all costs and defeatthe mischievous elementsin the border belt andthreats posed by commu-nal and divisive forces inthe state.

Speaking on the occa-sion, Bhalla taking jibe atthe ousted PDP-BJP dis-pensation for gloating onthe achievements, unfortu-nately, they have nothingto speak about”, he said,adding that the gover-nance deficit, developmen-tal inertia and policy paral-ysis have brought the stateto morass, exit from whichappears to be remote. Hesaid the government failedon all fronts, with poor peo-ple and working class suf-fering adversely.He de-cried the ousted PDP-BJPdispensation for makingliberal promises and in-dulging in exploitative pol-itics but failing to deliveron ground. He said as a re-sult of wrong policies andlack of vision, the state fac-ing a crisis like situationwith each segment of socie-

ty feeling abjectneglect.Bhalla slammedPDP-BJP asserting thatthey both failed to cementbonds of unity and peaceand created political un-certainty in the state.Hesaid that PDP-BJP respon-sible for creating socialdisharmony and politicaluncertainty in the staterather than cementing thebonds of unity and peace.

He cautioned the peo-ple about the designs ofcommunal, divisive forcesand vested political inter-ests who are trying to cre-ate wedge in the society inorder to achieve their po-litical goal at the cost ofbroader interests of keep-ing the secular fabric andsocial harmony intact.Otherwise, the troubledstate would further landinto deeper turmoil andchallenges.Bhalla said thatthe treachery and deceit ofthe BJP is hauntingJammu people who re-posed their unflinchingfaith and supported it withthe hope that Jammu mayperhaps get a better deal asduring the days of itswilderness in the opposi-tion, the BJP leaders werecrying hoarse over dis-crimination andneglect.He slammed theBJP for putting Jammu’sinterests and developmentsubservient to the pleasureof PDP for remaining gluedto power. The formerMinister said the partner-ship of the alliance partiesand cohesion as a result ofwhich people of the state ingeneral and the Jammu re-gion in particular were suf-fering on account of devel-opment.

Ousted PDP-BJP govt failed to cementbonds of unity: JKPCC Chief

Kishtwar, aug 25:

Asserting that Delhiwill have to chose betweenArticle 35 A and Kashmir,Member LegislativeCouncil Firdous Tak hassaid that people of Jammuand Kashmir will safe-guard their constitutionalposition with their lives.“The Bhartiya Janta Partyhas made the issue as apoint of prestige. The nar-rative is being set for theupcoming general elec-tions and Kashmir is onceagain been made as a pollplank”, he said adding, “Itwas now upto Delhi tochose between the specialstatus of Jammu andKashmir and the state it-self. In case they fiddledwith the status they willcertainly lose Kashmir”He was addressing a partyconvention at Marwaharea of Kishtwar district.

“Those who are nowopposing the legal validityof the amendment made inthe Constitution of Indiathrough a presidential or-der to give state assemblythe powers to make lawsregarding permanent resi-dence, special privileges,employment, and acquisi-tion of immovable arechallenging the very ba-sics of the accession ofstate with union of India.In case the procedure isheld to be bad all theamendments made since1953 have to go”, he said.Emphasizing on the needfor reconciliation and dia-

logue Tak said that recentstatement by the PrimeMinister Narendera Modiabout Kashmir was wel-come but at the same timethe Government of Indiahas to move beyond therhetoric. “PDP has whilein opposition and in poweremphasised the need to en-gage not only people ofJammu and Kashmir butalso the neighbouringcountry in order to find asustainable solution to thevexed issue. With changeof government in theneighbouring country itwas the right time thatDelhi responds with posi-tivity”.

“People of Kashmirwant peace. We want tolive with dignity and hon-our. The PM has from timeto time publically ac-knowledged the PDP’s ap-proach towards Kashmir.We hope that somethingpositive and concrete is

done on the ground”. Hesaid that it was the largerobjective of peace andprogress that PDP enteredinto an alliance with BJPafter emerging as thelargest political party in2014 assembly elections.“Mufti sahib was opti-mistic and was ready totake all risk in order tobring people out of the sit-uation, which has beenforced upon the state dueto continuous misgover-nance. The risk wasgreater but the objectiveswere more important”, hesaid adding, “Despite sev-eral challanges the formerChief Minister Ms.Mehbooba Mufti did notcompromised with the ba-sic objectives of her partyand struggled to achievewhat was promised and as-sured to the people”. Tak]said that the strength ofPeoples Democratic Party(PDP) lies in its agenda

and cadre, who have stoodup against the regionaland national political es-tablishments with a hopeof peace, prosperity anddevelopment.

“Initiation of thought-process for a peaceful reso-lution of Kashmir issuewas the biggest achieve-ment of PDP and the par-ty’s this contribution hasbeen admired even by itsopponents as well”, hesaid. “The formation ofgovernments at two occa-sions, first in 2002 and sec-ond in 2015, in J&K was notour achievement as attain-ing power was never thebasic focous of the partybut only means to achievethe goal”, he added. Hesaid the PDP was not onlya political movement but apeople’s movement whichcame into being only to re-store peace and start athought-process to achievethis mission.

Will safeguard special status with our lives: TakSays PM must move beyond rhetoric on Kashmir

KIshTwar, auGusT 25:

Newly appointedDistrict CongressCommittee (DCC),Kishtwar President Shri.Mohinder Singh Pariharwas accorded grand recep-tion by a large number ofDCC and Block CongressCommittee (BCC) workershere at Kishtwar. A largenumber of Congress lead-ers, Youth Congress ac-tivist, Mahila, NSUI andothers were also present onthe occasion and accordedgrand welcome toMohinder Singh amidstraising of slogans in favourof Congress party. Themain function was held atDak Bungalow Kishtwarwhere JKPCC VicePresident and MLAInderwal, GhulamMohammad Saroori andThakur Balbir Singh(MLC), PCC Members,Block Presidents,President DCC Kishtwar,senior leaders addressedthe gathering. PCC viceChief G. M Saroori whileaddressing the gatheringtermed Congress Party asthe only unifying force rep-resenting aspirations of allthe three regions and theparty has legacy of uniting,serving the people to thebest of its ability. He saidCongress will continue to

strengthen the people andwork for their progress ofthe state through the equi-table development of allthe three regions. Saroorisaid “Three and a half yearrule of PDP-BJP govern-ment will be rememberedas an era of monumentalfailures. The state is goingthrough an unprecedentedphase of uncertainty, fearand anxiety. While the sit-uation in Kashmir is dete-riorating with every pass-ing day, in Jammu thedark clouds of communalhatred are on a rampage.”“In recent history, state ofJammu and Kashmir is go-ing through the darkestphase. All this is happen-ing under the very nose ofBJP who for long seem tohave forgotten about theproblems and miseriespeople are going through.

JKPCC Vice Presidentasked party cadres to gearup to face the challengeposed by opportunistforces and ensure victoryof the party in any elec-toral exercise in the state,as people in three regionsare in a mood to elect con-gress to power. He also con-gratulated MohinderSingh on being appointedas a President DCCPresident Kishtwar andsaid appointment of

Mohinder Singh clearly re-flects the vision of RahulGandhi who has openedthe door of politics to thepeople of common familyand Mohinder Singh is thesource of inspiration for allother people. MLC ThakurBalbir Singh in his addresssaid Modi government hasproved to be utter failureon all its poll promises likebringing back Black mon-ey and depositing 15 Lac inthe account of every citi-zen, 2 crores jobs per yearto the youths, bring downthe prices of all commodi-ties, end corruption andfor working for the welfareof poor, downtrodden,farmers and labour class.He said prices havetouched all time high, gov-ernment fleecing the con-sumers on petrol, dieseland gas rates, jobs arenowhere as promised,while money from bankshave been looted and loot-ers of white money andbank Loans allowed to flyoutside country, instead ofbringing Black Money,Refale deal is the biggestexample of the Modi govt’stransparency in one of thebiggest defense deals, de-monetization is example ofthe Modi’s concern forpoor and it shows how richand capitalist were benefit-

ted in the process.Balbir Singh said BJP

gave slogan of IndiaShining in 2004 but lostelections, the mood is simi-lar in the nation now asevery section feels de-ceived by Modi Ji’s“Jumlasbazi” and BJP’spolitics of divide and rule.The people in the countrywant change. PresidentDCC Kishtwar MohinderParihar extended grati-tude to Sonia Gandhi,Rahul Gandhi, GhulamNabi Azad, GhulamAhmad Mir, GhulamMohammad Saroori whohave given him a responsi-bility to led the Congressparty in Kishtwar district.He said that he would tryhis best to come to the ex-pectations of all and wouldlike to move forward forthe common goal ofCongress to strengthenparty along with his teammembers. He said the pri-orities of the Congressleaders are common andnew team will function col-lectively to strengthen par-ty at grass-root level. He al-so thanked PCC, AYC,Mahila and NSUI activistwho whole heartedly sup-ported and gave warm re-ception.

New District President Congress Kishtwar accorded warm reception

Congress representing aspirations of allthe three regions: Saroori

Jammu, august 25;

S. O. S. International - AnOrganization for PoK (Pakistan occu-pied Kashmir) Displaced Persons,yesterday moved an application forimpleadment in the ongoing WritPetition filed in the Hon’ble SupremeCourt of India in the year 2014 withrespect to constitutional sanctity ofArticle 35 - A, which came into forcein the year 1954 by PresidentialOrder. In its intervention applica-tion filed by Chairman of S. O. S.International, Rajiv Chuni, the appli-

cant has urged the Hon’ble Court toconsider the plight of the PoK DPswho have been victim then and nowalso. The applicant has drawn thekind attention of the Hon’ble Courton the petty relief package sanc-tioned by the Central Government,benefit of which cannot be taken bythose who don’t possess domicile ofJ&K. The Chairman of S. O. S.International also highlighted theplight of 12 Lakhs persons represent-ed by the applicant at different junc-tures and of approximately more

than 1.5 lakh families who are still re-siding in transit camps and living de-plorable/miserable lives. The appli-cant also stated that PoK DPs who gotsettled in the states other than J&Kcould not take the benefit of the pack-age which the applicant got sanc-tioned from the Government of Indiadue to embargo/restrictions which isa glaring example of clear infringe-ment of the rights of the class. The ap-plicant Rajiv Chuni urged in its ap-plication that,“India a sovereigndemocratic republic”.

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No pilgrim has arrived orleft the base camp here to-day for the AmarnathYatra that is scheduled toend tomorrow, officialssaid.The annual 60-day pilgrim-age will end with the ar-rival of the holy mace, pop-ularly known as 'CharriMubarak', at the 3,880 me-tre-high holy cave shrine ofAmarnath in southKashmir Himalayas.No pilgrim has arrived

at the base camp here forthe yatra and accordingly,yesterday's batch of 137 pil-grims was treated as thelast batch from Jammu, theofficials said. They said af-ter remaining suspendedfor three days due to non-availability of pilgrims, theyatra resumed fromJammu yesterday after the46th batch of 137 pilgrimsleft for Kashmir to under-take the pilgrimage.Till last evening, a total

of 2,84,332 yatris (pilgrims)had paid obeisance at theshrine. The pilgrimagehad commenced from the

twin routes the shorter 12-km Baltal route inGanderbal district and thetraditional 36-kmPahalgam route inAnantnag district - on June28.The 'Charri Mubarak',

which was taken from itsabode at Dashnami Akharain Srinagar by a group ofsadhus, led by its custodianMahant Deependra Giri,has reached Panjtarni, thelast stop along Pahalgamroute. It will be taken to theshrine for special prayerstomorrow morning, mark-ing the conclusion of the

yatra on the occasion ofRaksha Bandhan. The offi-cials said the yatra was go-ing on smoothly from boththe routes with a batch of162 pilgrims leaving thetwin base camps in theKashmir Valley for theshrine this morning. While 93 pilgrims,

mostly Sadhus, leftPahalgam for the caveshrine, another group of 69pilgrims were allowed totake the Baltal route, theysaid. The early melting ofthe naturally formed ice-shivlingam at the shrinehas resulted in decline in

the number of pilgrimsover the past few years.Last year, the total numberof pilgrims, who visited theshrine, was 2,60,003 in 40days, whereas in this yearthe pilgrimage crossed thisnumber in 33 days. In 2016, as many as

2,20,490 pilgrims visitedthe cave shrine, but it washighest in 2014, with3,72,909 pilgrims. It was3,53,969 in 2013 and 3,52,771pilgrims in 2015, the offi-cials said. The ShriAmarnathji BarfaniLanger Organisation(SABLO), in a presentationto Shri Amarnathji ShrineBoard, which manages theyatra, made a strong pleafor reducing the yatra peri-od to one month. TheSABLO made the plea at ameeting convened by theboard's chairman to re-view the yatra. Supportingits demand, the SABLOsaid the pilgrimage datafor the past five yearsshows that more than 90per cent of pilgrims per-form 'darshan' at the cave-shrine in the first 30 daysof the yatra.

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Stepping up attack on thegovernment over the Rafalefighter jet issue, seniorCongress leader PChidambaram today ac-cused the Centre of ignoringthe defence procurementprocedure and "bypassing"several committees to se-cure the deal.He also called for a de-

tailed inquiry into the con-tract. Chidambaram de-manded that there should bea public debate on how theprices negotiated for eachaircraft by the Congress-ledUPA government "havegone up by three times" inthe deal negotiated by theBJP-led NDA dispensation."We think the matter is

serious enough that thereshould be a public debateand a detailed inquiry intoit. That is why the Congresspresident (Rahul Gandhi)has raised it," he said. Theformer finance minister al-leged that the CabinetCommittee on Security wasnot taken into confidence bythe government before sign-

ing the deal."There are several ques-

tions, which need to be an-swered. There is a defenceprocurement procedurethat was completely by-passed. There was aContract NegotiationCommittee that never metfor this deal. There is a PriceNegotiation Committeewhich was never called tomeet. "Above all, there is aCabinet Committee onSecurity, which has to ap-prove any defence purchaseof this size. None of thesecommittees were involved,the ministers didn't knowabout it," he told reporters atthe Congress office here.The contract was an-

nounced in April 2015 bykeeping everybody in thedark, Chidambaram al-leged. "The UPA contractpriced the Rafale jets at Rs526 crore per aircraft and theNDA contract priced themat Rs 1,670 crore per aircraft.If these numbers are cor-rect, will someone explainwhy the prices jumped threetimes? The government saysit is a secret agreement. Buta Dassault Aviation report

has already quoted theprice," he said.Chidambaram said the

deal was made by statingthat the aircraft were beingbrought in a fly-away condi-tion on "emergency pur-pose" as the squadrons of theIndian Air Force are deplet-ing, but "not a single air-craft" has arrived in India sofar. "If they wanted the air-craft on an emergency pur-chase basis, they wouldhave ensured that the firstaircraft lands in the countrywithin a few months. So,this is certainly not an emer-gency purchase," he said.During the UPA deal, he

said, there was a clause thatoffset obligations ofDassault Aviation would beperformed by state-ownedHindustan Aeronautics Ltd(HAL).But, under the new con-

tract by the NDA govern-ment, Dassault was giventhe opportunity to choose itsoffset partner and it hadpicked a private companyfor this purpose, the seniorCongress leader said."Under the UPA govern-ment deal, technology was

to be transferred to HAL andit was to make 108 aircraft...But, under the NDA con-tract, there was no transferof technology and HAL hasbeen completely kept out ofthe agreement,"Chidambaram alleged."Why didn't the governmentask Dassault to choose HALas its offset partner and whythere is no transfer of tech-nology? There are no an-swers to these questions," hesaid.Chidambaram said the

charge by the BJP that pre-vious governments, too, didnot disclose the price of de-fence acquisitions is com-pletely baseless, as the UPAgovernment had "time andagain" disclosed the pricesof such deals. "We had re-vealed the prices of INSVikaramaditya, the Sukhoiand Mirage aircraft on thefloor of Parliament. "All ofthese taken together leads togreat suspicion. Why is thegovernment so secretiveabout the price and why arethey refusing to answerquestions and coming upwith lame excuses?" heasked.

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Continuing its efforts to extenda helping hand to the needy, theArmy distributed 200 more solarlights among the nomadic commu-nities living in the high altitude ar-eas here in Jammu and Kashmir.The Army's Rashtriya Rifles

unit based in Bhadarwah has so fardistributed over 17,000 such lightsamong the Gujjars and Bakerwalsunder its 'Project Roshni'(light).In the latest initiative, the

troops distributed 200 solar lightsamong the floating population re-siding in 'Dhoks' (mud houses) onhigh altitude meadows, includingNaag lootan, Padri, Bhal Padri,Qatari, Machora, Satlad, Biddi,Qatari Gali, Chipli and Bashot ofBhaderwah Valley, an Army offi-cer told PTI. He said troops of the four

Rashtriya Rifles led by second-in-command Major AmbreshMahanta after trekking nineKilometres reached Satlad mead-ow, 49 km from Bhadarwah town,

to distribute 90 solar lights amongthe people, followed by distribu-tion of 110 lights at Bhal Padrimeadow this week.Village head and imam of

Jamia Masjid in Bhal Padri,Choudhary Sadiq, said this gestureof the Army would go a long way incementing the bond between thetribes and the forces.About 30,000 Gujjar and

Bakerwal people migrate to thehigh altitude meadows of the re-gion and dwell there for summermonths.

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Jammu Aug 25

Vikram Foundation, atrust in the name of LateVikram Padha organized afunction at Sunrise Public

School Jammu. TheVikram Foundation hasbeen set up by the parentsof Vikram Padha, who leftthis world at very youngage. According to a press

release, GR Padha andNirmal Padha, parents ofVikram Padha said thattrust will work for uplift-ment of needy people of thesociety in the field of

health, education, cultureactivities and for impart-ing training for employ-ment generation. SunanaSharma, secretary JMCJammu was the chief guestand the programme wasconducted by Lalit SharmaIFS. Speakers spoke atlength on the life of lateVikram Padha and high-lighted the achievementsmade by him in securinggood position in telecomsector in a very young age. The Sunrise Public

school that is impartingfree education to 180 chil-dren is run by social ac-tivist Rajesh Sharma andother likeminded people.The Vikram foundationprovided fans and inverterto the children of SunriseSchool.

Vikram Foundation provide fans, invertor to school