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2 killed, 29 injured inroad mishap in KathuaJammu, Jul 25 (PTI)

Two persons were killed and 29others injured, 21 of them seriously,when the vehicle they were travel-ling in turned turtle in Kathua dis-trict of Jammu and Kashmir, policesaid today. The incident occurredlast night when the matador, whichwas on its way to Billawar fromKathua, overturned near Pintharkilling two persons on the spot andinjuring 29 others, a police officersaid. Twenty-one people with seri-ous injuries were rushed to theGovernment Medical College andHospital, Jammu, whereas rest 8 ofthe 29 injured, were admitted to dis-trict hospital, Kathua, he said. Thedeceased have been identified asSahil (16) and Subash Chand (30),both residents of Billawar, the

See 2 Killed on page 11

Devotees payingobeisance at Amarnathshrine cross 2 lakh markSrinagar, Jul 25 (PTI)

Over two lakh pilgrims have sofar paid obeisance at the Amarnathcave shrine and the yatra which wassuspended thrice due to unrest inthe Kashmir Valley is now continu-ing smoothly, officials said today. Sofar 2,04,146 pilgrims have paid obei-sance at the cave shrine which hous-es the naturally-formed ice-shiv-lingam. 1646 pilgrims performed'darshan' at the holy cave till 1 PM to-day while 3175 yatris visited thecave during the day yesterday, theysaid. The 48-day yatra commencedfrom the twin tracks of the 42-kmPahalgam route in Anantang dis-trict and the 12-km shorter Baltalroute in Ganderbal district on July2. It is scheduled to conclude on

See Devotees on page 11

Jammu, July 25

With peace returning gradually indifferent parts of Kashmir valley thestate govt authorities Monday eveningrestored the mobile internet servicesafter a gap of more than 15 days inJammu. The services will continue toremain suspended in Kashmir valley.The mobile internet services weresnapped in Jammu after violent clash-es were reported across Kashmir val-ley in the aftermath of killing of HMCommander Burhan Wani on July 8.The news was greeted by youngstersby hooking on to their social network-ing sites and exchanging notes witheach other. The local administration inJammu had decided to suspend the mo-bile internet services to check mush-rooming of rumour mongers on the so-cial networks at a crucial time. Duringthe period the local authorities took pe-

riodic review and extended the ban asthey were awaiting improvement inthe law and order situation in parts ofKashmir valley as well. According toofficial sources no untoward incidentwas reported during the period and sit-uation remained under control. Thedecision to resume the mobile internetservices was taken during the fresh re-view meeting and overall assessmentof the security situation across thestate during the two day long visit ofUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh.The student community also heaved asigh of relief after the services were re-stored as they were required to com-plete admission formalities and paytheir fees online to complete the admis-sion formalities in different colleges.Though broad band services werefunctional in Jammu but it was not suf-ficient to cater to the growing demandof net users in the state.

Drass (Kargil), Jul 25 (PTI)

Army Chief Gen DalbirSingh Suhag today paidhomage to martyrs ofOperation Vijay on the 17thKargil Vijay Diwas at theWar memorial in Drass.Accompanied by Lt Gen DSHooda, Army Commander,Northern Command, andGOC Fire and Fury Corps,Gen Suhag also interactedwith the widows and rela-tives of the martyrs and oth-er awardees during theevent. He paid tributes tothe sacrifices and expressedhis gratitude to the martyrs,their next of kins. The pro-gramme which started onJuly 21, will come to a closewith formal wreath layingceremony by ArmyCommander, NorthernCommand on July 26.

New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI)

Amidst growing strain inIndo-Pak ties, India today ad-vised its diplomats and offi-cials posted in its HighCommission in Islamabad tomake arrangements for edu-cation of their wards outsidePakistan from this academicsession, virtually downgrad-ing it as a "non-school-goingstation". The announcementcame after a government's re-view of staffing and relatedpolicies for their diplomaticmissions as also prevailingcircumstances at the station.External Affairs MinistrySpokesperson Vikas Swarupsaid, "It is a normal practicefor all countries to reviewstaffing and related policiesfor their diplomatic mis-

sions, including in view ofprevailing circumstances atthose stations. "With effectfrom this academic session,officials posted in the HighCommission of India inIslamabad have been advisedto make arrangements for ed-ucation of their wards out-side Pakistan, till further no-tice." According to officials,there are about 50 school-go-ing children of Indian offi-cials, who are currently post-ed in Indian mission inIslamabad. This develop-ment amounts to "down-grade" of Pakistan as a "non-school-going station", an offi-cial said. India and Pakistanare witnessing growing bit-terness after Pakistan and itsPrime Minister Nawaz

See Govt Asks on page 11

Kathua (J&K), Jul 25 (PTI)

All India President ofShiromani Akali DalSimranjeet Singh Mann and50 party activists were todaydetained and stopped fromgoing to Kashmir at an inter-state toll plaza in Jammu andKashmir's Kathua district.The activists, led by Mann, inhalf a dozen vehicles, were ontheir way to Kashmir fromAmritsar and were detainedat Lakhanpur of the district,police said. The activistsstaged a protest atLakhanpur while raising slo-gans to restore peace andstop atrocities in Kashmir."We are going to Kashmirwith a message of peace andwant to talk to all sections ofsociety, government, public,hurriyat conference and oth-er parties as other politicalparties have failed to restorepeace in the state," Mannsaid. He also condemned theusing of pellet gun on protest-ers in Kashmir.

New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI)

Congress leaderMallikarjun Kharge todaysought a statement fromDefence Minister ManoharParikkar on the fate of theIndian Air Force AN-32 air-craft which went missingover Bay of Bengal with 29defence personnel on boardfour days ago. "It is an im-portant matter. Entire coun-try is watching... DefenceMinister should have spo-ken in Parliament becausefamilies are concerned,"Kharge said in the LokSabha. ParliamentaryAffairs Minister AnanthKumar said theGovernment, DefenceMinistry and Air Forcewere working to locate theaircraft and rescue the

See Defence on page 11

New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI)

With a series of terroristactivities being reported inJammu and Kashmir and theNorth East region, the Centretoday said such acts have af-fected tourism "locally" butruled out its impact on theoverall industry in the coun-try. In a written reply to LokSabha, Tourism MinisterMahesh Sharma said,"Though terrorist activitieshave to some extent affectedtourism locally, they havenot had an impact on overalltourism in the country."

He was responding toqueries whether the "grow-ing" incidents of terrorist ac-tivities in the North Eaststates and Jammu andKashmir were causing "enor-mous" loss to tourism. InJammu and Kashmir,Domestic Tourist Visits(DTVs) fell about 3 per cent to91.45 lakh last year from 94.38

lakh in 2014, while ForeignTourist Visits (FTVs) de-creased by about 32 per cent to58,568 in 2015 from 86,477 in2014, Sharma said. He said theDTVs to different states andUnion Territories recorded agrowth of 11.6 per cent in 2015,while FTVs increased by 4.4per cent. Media reports haveclaimed thousands of touristswere fleeing violence-hitKashmir and bookings werebeing cancelled due to unrestand consequent curfew in theValley following the killing ofHizbul commander BurhanWani in an encounter on July8. North Eastern states also ac-count for casualties due to ter-ror attacks, with a report stat-ing that 413 people died in theregion in 2014, with Assam be-ing worst affected. Sharma al-so listed out various state ini-tiatives to boost tourism inJammu and Kashmir, includ-ing special campaigns on the

See Violence on page 11

Jammu, July 25

Branding the separatists"stooges of Pakistan," BJP to-day said there was no need tohold talks with the Hurriyatleadership which has beenworking hard to keep the"Kashmir pot boiling."

"No talks should be heldwith the separatist leaderslike Syed Ali Shah Geelani,Mirwaiz Umar Farooq andYasin Malik who are not onlyresponsible for the presentsituation in Kashmir Valleybut are acting as stooges ofPakistan to keep Kashmir potboiling," BJP statespokesman Virender Guptasaid. He said separatists wereworking for the benefit ofPakistan and against the in-terests and integrity of India.There are a snumber of casesagainst them for committingmurder of army, security per-

sonnel and pro-India ele-ments and were instrumentalin migration of KashmiriPandits and other minoritycommunities. Gupta saidthese leaders have waged awar against India at the be-hest of Pakistan and favourKashmir becoming a part ofPakistan. He said there was aneed to vigorously pursue thepending cases against theseparatists as "this is essen-tial to restore normalcy andpeace in the Valley."

"The stakeholders forwhom the talks can be heldfor resolving the issues ofJammu and Kashmir are thepeople of Jammu region,Kashmir valley, Ladakh re-gion, Kashmiri Pandits, dis-placed persons of PoK andpeople of various religiousand ethnic groups," he said.

He said people of Jammuand Ladakh regions have suf-

fered discrimination and po-litical neglect since Jammuand Kashmir acceded toIndia and the displaced peo-ple of PoK need more atten-tion in any negotiation to beheld. "Granting of greater au-tonomy would harm the na-tional interest and aspira-tions of the people of Jammuand Ladakh regions as itshall further empower theValley elite and subject thepeople of these regions tomore neglect," Gupta said.

He said Kashmir was notentire Jammu and Kashmir, itis merely 15 per cent area of thestate which is under Indian ju-risdiction and constitutesabout 45 percent of the state'spopulation. There is more than60 per cent silent majority inthe Valley which has nothingto do with the present turmoiland wants to remain part ofIndian democracy.

Srinagar, Jul 25 (PTI)

Curfew and other restric-tions continued in Kashmiras authorities on Mondaystepped up security in view ofa march called by separatiststo Anantnag district, whichhas seen the highest numberof deaths during the unrest inthe Valley.

"Curfew is in place inAnantnag, Baramulla,Kulgam, Pulwama andShopian districts of theValley as a precautionarymeasure in view of the callgiven by some elements for amarch to Anantnag districttown," a police official said.

He said areas falling un-der the jurisdiction of 11 po-

lice stations Srinagar were al-so placed under curfew."Restrictions are in place infour districts -- Bandipora,Budgam, Ganderbal andKupwara and remaining ar-eas of Srinagar city," he said.

The official said the situa-tion in the Valley was so farpeaceful with no untoward in-cident reported from any-where. Clashes had brokenout between protesters andsecurity forces after HizbulMujahideen commanderBurhan Wani and his two as-sociated were killed in an en-counter with security forceson July 8.

So far 47 people includingtwo policemen have beenkilled and over 5,500 injured

in the violence.Mobile telephony, mobile

internet services and trainservices remained suspendedfor 17th day while schools,colleges and other education-al institutions also remainedclosed due to a strike calledby the separatist groups toprotest the civilian deaths.

Separatist groups, whichare spearheading the protestsin the Valley, had called for amarch to Anantnag onMonday.

More than 15 personshave died in Anantnag dis-trict alone during the unrest.They have also extended thestrike call till July 29 with acall to march to Kulgam dis-trict on Wednesday.

From Jaishree Balasubramanian Bangkok, Jul 25 (PTI)

Advocating outright re-jection of state-sponsored ter-rorism, India today said it isvital to construct a strong in-ternational legal regime onthe principle of "zero toler-ance" for terrorism and iso-late those who harbour, sup-port or sponsor terrorists."Countering terrorism is animperative, in the face of ris-ing terrorist attacks acrossthe globe, including in our re-gion, notably in Jakarta,Bangkok, Pathankot, Dhakaand Kabul in recent times,"Minister of State for ExternalAffairs V K Singh said at the14th ASEAN-India ForeignMinisters' Meeting inVientiane, Lao People'sDemocratic Republic.

"It is vital to construct astrong international legalregime, built on the principleof 'zero tolerance' for direct orindirect support to terror-ism, adopting an 'extradite orprosecute' standard and en-suring obligatory collabora-tion by countries in the inves-tigation of terrorism relatedcases," he said. Singh assert-ed that deepening of securitycooperation must be based onan "outright rejection" ofstate-sponsored terrorism,isolating those who harbour,support or sponsor terroristsand bringing the perpetra-tors, organisers, financiersand sponsors of terror tospeedy justice.

Noting that today's reali-ties warrant that nations act

for urgent finalisation of theComprehensive Conventionon International Terrorismat the UN, he called onASEAN countries to supportits early adoption. Singh saidIndia would also like to hostan ASEAN-India Conferenceon preventing radicalisationand promoting de-radicalisa-tion, to share India's experi-ence and benefit from the ex-perience of ASEAN coun-tries, notably Malaysia, inthis important area.

In addition, India will co-cost with Indonesia, anASEAN Regional Forum in-ter-sessional meeting oncounter-terrorism, he said."Politico-security coopera-tion between ASEAN andIndia is on the upswing.Reflecting our commitmentto strengthen cooperation toeffectively deal with tradi-tional and non-traditional se-curity challenges, the first G-2-G ASEAN-India CyberDialogue would be held inIndia in August 2016," he not-ed. "We have also offeredASEAN countries a 'spe-cialised programme' on re-ducing cyber crime throughknowledge exchange and ca-pacity building" and a semi-nar on "e-governance", asjoint activities under infor-mation and communicationstechnology cooperation,Singh said. He stressed thatIndia's relationship withASEAN is one of the corner-stones of its foreign policyand the foundation of the 'ActEast Policy'. "We look for-ward to working closely with

you to realise the full poten-tial of our relationship as anenabler for the sharedprogress and development ofour countries and region,"Singh, who also attended theseventh Mekong GangaCooperation MinisterialMeeting here, said.

Mekong GangaCooperation member states,including India, have strong-ly pitched for ASEAN inte-gration and increased con-nectivity to help narrow thedevelopment gap and calledfor collaboration with a"sense of urgency". Thepledge was made at the sev-enth Mekong GangaCooperation MinisterialMeeting held here yesterday,that was attended by foreignministers of the memberstates, including Singh andMayanmar's ForeignMinister Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Mekong GangaCooperation (MGC) was es-tablished on November 10,2000 at Vientiane at the FirstMGC ministerial meeting. Itcomprises six member coun-tries -- India, Thailand,Myanmar, Cambodia, Laosand Vietnam. They empha-sised four areas of coopera-tion, which are tourism, cul-ture, education and trans-portation linkage.

"The Ministers endorsedthe Senior Officials MeetingReport and emphasised thatcollaboration under MGCmust be given a sense of ur-gency since it actively sup-ports the initiative for

See Isolate on page 11

Srinagar, Jul 25 (PTI)

A case was today registered against threegovernment officials by Jammu and KashmirState Vigilance Organisation (SVO) for allegedmisappropriation of public money to the tuneof over Rs 12 lakh. The case was registered fol-lowing investigation into allegations that for-mer Executive Engineer Roads and Buildings(R-B) division Bandipora, drew funds from gov-ernment treasury for purchase of furnishingitems for Mini-Secretariat/Guest House atBandipora and other work by misusing his po-sition, an official of the SVO said.

Rajander Kumar Bhatt, former ExecutiveEngineer, Manzoor Ahmad Malla, formerAssistant Accounts Officer and Nazir-ud-dinBaba, Senior Assistant (former Store Keeper ofR-B Division Bandipora) abused their officialposition and hatched a conspiracy with a sup-plier Rakesh Bhat, proprietor of M/s ShalimarFlooring Bari-Brahmana Jammu, he said. Hesaid the omissions and commissions on thepart of these public servants constitute

See Govt on page 11

Govt officials bookedfor misappropriationof public money

Isolate those whoharbour terrorists: Indiato intl community

Curfew, restrictions remains in KashmirGeelani arrested fordefying restrictions

Srinagar, Jul 25 (PTI)

Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed AliShah Geelani was today arrested by police after he tried todefy restrictions and march towards Anantnag district ofsouth Kashmir.Geelani was arrested by police at NewAirport Road outside his Humhama residence, a Hurriyatspokesman said. He said the separatist leader, whom thepolice had kept under house arrest, was then taken toPolice Station Humhama. The separatists had called for amarch to Anantnag district, which has seen highest num-ber of deaths in the ongoing unrest in the Valley. Geelani

See Geelani on page 11

Devotees offer prayer to god Shiva during the first Monday of the Hindu month of Shravan in Jammu. GGOOFF PPhhoottoo

Army Chiefpays homage toKargil martyrs

Separatists 'Stooges of Pakistan',No Talks Needed With Them: BJP

Mann, SAD activistsstopped from goingto Kashmir

E-curfew lifted fromJammu after 15 days

Violence in J&K, affecting'local' tourism: Sharma

DefenceMinister shouldapprise LS ofmissing AN-32

Govt asks its diplomatsin Pak to send wardsoutside for studies

obituariesGlimpses of Future

JAMMU TUESDAY JULY 26, 20162

TENTH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow, we inform

the sad demise of our beloved Smt

Shashi Prabha W/o Sh Ranjan Raina

original resident of Ganpatyar, Sgr (Kmr)

presently at 28/4 Baba Sidh Goria Lane

Opp. Govt dispensary Paloura Jammu on

18.7.2016. Tenth Day will be performed at

Muthi Ghat near Dir. Education Deptt. on

27th of July at 10 AM.

GRIeF STRICKeN

Sh Ranjan Raina -Husband

Daughter & Son-in-law

Smt Richa Raina & Sh Anuj Verma

SAMAST RAINA PARIVAR

MOB: 9419124305, 09717638277, 9419204005

Smt Shashi prabha

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we inform

the sad and untimely demise of our

beloved Sh. Bushan Lal Pandit (Boba Ji)

S/o late Sh. Govind Ram Pandit O/R

Village Akhran Kailam, Distt Kulgam A/p

Flat No 120, Q. No. 14, Lane No 21, Jagti

Township on Monday, July 18. 10th

(Tenth) Day Kriya will be performed at

Muthi Ghat Near Director School

Education on Wednesday, July 27 at 8 AM.

GRIeF STRICKeN

Smt. Sheela Pandit -Wife

Daughter-in-laws & Sons

Smt. Komal & Sh. Kamal Ji Pandit

Smt. Sheetal & Sh. Sanjay Pandit

Smt. Neetu & Sh. Sunil Raina -Daughter & Son-in-law

Brothers & Bhabies

Smt. Pyari & Sh. Chuni Lal Pandit

Smt. Usha & Sh. Shadi Lal Pandit

Smt. Basanti & Sh. Brij Mohan

Sisters & Brother-in-laws

Smt. Sheela & Sh. Jager Nath Raina (Chowgam)

Smt. Mohan Jigri W/o Late Sh. Jager Nath Bakshi (Anantnag)

Smt. Shanti Ji & Sh. Nand Lal Koul (Gund Jaffar)

Smt. Shakti Ji & Sh. Pushkar Nath Bhat (Chak-Vessu)

GRAND CHILDREN & SAMAST PARIVAR

Mobile : 9596804117, 9796204526

Sh. bushan lalpandit

10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief & sorrow, we informsad demise of our beloved Sh Kashi NathS/o Late Shamboo Nath on 17-7-2016O/R/o Bona Devsar Teh Kulgam present-ly at Block A-9, TRT Camp, Nagrota, NearToolpost. 10th Day / Kriya will be per-formed on Tuesday 26th July at TRTCamp, Nagrota at sharp 8 AM.Deeply MOURNeD by:-Smt Doora Jee - WifePrincy, Munny, Sunny - DaughtersSh Bansi Lal, Dr R K Bhat, Sh Ashok Kumar - BrothersSmt Ratni Jee & Smt Jeeta Jee - SistersAnd All Nearest & DearestPh No. 9596531903, 9469008777, 9796645669

Sh Kashi Nath

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we

inform that our beloved mother Smt.

Somavati Pandita (Mata Ji) W/o Late

Sh. Sham Lal Pandita of Lalpora,

Lolab, Kupwara Kashmir attained

Nirvana on 19-07- 2016, at our resi-

dence Flat No-13, Block - 108, Lane

No.-20, Jagti Township, Jammu.

Tenth Day Kriya will be performed at Muthi Ghat near

Director School Education Office on 28-07- 2016

(Thursday) at 08 AM.

GRIeF STRICKeN

Sons & Daughters-in-law

Sh. Ramesh Pandita & Smt. Girja

Sh. Sanjay Pandita & Smt. Pammy

Daughters & Sons-in-law

Smt. Phoola & Sh. B.N. Kaw

Smt. Jaikishori & Sh. Sohan Lal Bagati

Smt. Basanti & Sh. Chaman Lal Bhat

Smt. Bimla W/o Late Sh. V.L. Pandita

Smt. Kirni & Sh. Hari Krishan Bhat

Smt. Daisy & Sh. Bindoo Ji Bhat

Ph : 9469278904, 9796854361

Smt. Somavatipandita

10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we inform

the sad demise of our beloved mother

Smt. Meenawati W/o Late Shamboo Nath

Pandita R/o Kriri Uttersoo Anantnag at

present Sharika Vihar, Sec- II, Lower

Roop Nagar Opposite Khajuria

Electronics, Muthi Jammu. TENTH DAY

KRIYA will be performed at Muthi Ghat,

near Directorate Education Office on 29th

July 2016 at 8.30 A.M.

GRIeF STRICKeN

Sons & Daughter-in-laws

Sh. Pawan Ji & Shashi

Sh. Muna Ji & Nisha Ji

Daughters & Son-in-laws

Smt. Aasha Ji & Sh. Rattan Lal Tickoo

Smt. Vijay Ji & Sh. Autar Krishan Hakoo

Smt. Babli Ji & Sh. Bushan Lal Koul

Smt. Basanti Ji & Sh. Vir Ji Pandita

Grand Childrens: Rajat, Rahil, Ronak, Priya, Preina, Vinod, Jai

Krishan, Pooja, Vikey, Sandeep, Vineet, Amit & Vipen

Contact No: 9419116465, 09811735947

Smt. Meenawati

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief & sorrow, we informthe sad demise of Smt. Rupa Raina W/oSh. Shamboo Nath Raina originally resi-dent of Baghi Sunder Bala ChattabalSrinagar at present 147-D, Lane - 2,Sector - 1, Durga Nagar Jammu on 21-07-2016. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed atMuthi Ghat on 30th July 2016, 7.30 am.GRIeF STRICKeNShamboo Nath Raina -HusbandDaughter-in-law & SonVeena & Kuldeep RainaSushma -DaughterDaughter & Son-in-lawPushpa & Ravinder RazdanGrand Daughter & Grand Son-in-lawKaruna & Amit NehruGrand Children : Sherry, Rahul, Nitin, ChilluCell No. 9796459947, 9796359947

Smt. Mala-labroo

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we regret

to inform the sad demise of our beloved

Father Sh. Poshkar Nath Bhat S/o Lt. Hari

Chand Bhat originally resident of Rangar

Chadora Budgam (Kmr) at present H.No

36, Ext. Vinayak Nagar Muthi Jammu.

Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 29

July (Friday) at 8 am at Muthi Ghat near

Director School Education Jammu.

In Grief:-

Smt. Shanta Devi -Wife

Son & Daughter-in-law

Sh. Manoj Kr. Bhat & Smt. Shashi Bhat

Daughter & Son-in-law

Smt. Sunita Pandita & Late Sh. T.K. Pandita

Daughter & Son-in-law

Smt. Anita Bhat & Sh. T.N. Bhat

Grand Children : Priya, Varsha, Satyam, Shivam, Paras, Aditya

Ph. 9086004135, 0191-2598503

Sh. poshkar Nathbhat

10TH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, we re-gret to inform the sad and untimely de-mise of Sh. Ganga Dhar S/o Late Sh.Dina Nath R/o Uma Nagri (Brariangam)Distt Anantnag presently residing atH.No. 19 Lane No. 12 HazoriBaghBohri Talab Tillo Jammu on 20th July2016. The TENTH DAY KRIYA will beperformed on 29-07- 2016 at 7:30 AMat Muthi Ghat Near Directorate ofSchool Edu. Akhnoor Road, Jammu.GRIeF STRICKeNSheela Jee - WifeV.N. Bhat - BrotherRenuka Bhat - DaughterSh & Smt Vijay Kumar Bhat - Son & Daughter-in-lawSmt Girja & Vinod Raina - Daughter & Son-in-lawRishab, Riya & Tanya (Grand Children) MOB : 9419113397

Sh. Ganga Dhar

TENTH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow, we informthe sad demise of Karamyogi Sh. OmkarNath Bhat S/o Lt. Sh. Narayan Bhat ofNew Quazi Bagh Anantnag Kashmirpresently at H. No. 331, Sector 1, VinayakNagar near Govt. Girls Middle SchoolMuthi, Jammu. TENTH DAY will be per-formed on 30th July 2016 Saturday atMuthi Ghat, near DSE Muthi, Jammu at8.00 A.M.GRIeF STRICKeNSmt. Nancy Bhat-WifeDaughters & Sons-in-lawSmt. Sanju & Sanjay BhatSmt. Beenu & Naresh ChrungooSmt. Anita & Munoo Ji KoulBrothers & BhabiesSmt. Arundatti Bhat W/o Lt. Sh. Moti Lal BhatSmt. Mohnini Bhat & Sh. Ashok Ji BhatSmt. Usha Ji & Sh. A.K. BhatSh. A.K. Raina & Vijay Raina-Brother-in-law & SisterAnugrah, Aaradhya, Achuttum, Achentyah, Aditya-Grand ChildrenMob: 01912598105, 9596905954, 9697522125, 9469044170,9419160311, 9419106113

Sh. Omkar Nath bhat

MOURNING/10TH DAYWITH PROFOUND GRIEF AND SOR-

ROW, WE INFORM THE SAD DEMISE

OF OUR DEAR SISTER SMT UMA DHAR

(EX. EMPLOYEE OF RADIO KASHMIR

SRINAGAR) D/O LATE SHRI BALJI

DHAR PRESENTLY AT 142, PREET NA-

GAR PLOURA JAMMU AT BANGALORE

ON 19 JULY 2016. TENTH DAY KRIYA

WILL BE PERFORMED ON 28 JULY 2016

AT ARYA SAMAJ HALL BANGALORE.

GRIEF STRICKEN

P.N. DHAR

USHA DHAR

AADHAR DHAR

CONTACTS: 9018825059, 07087352825, 0191-2464907

SMT UMA DHAR

SHADMOS & MASWARSix months have passed since you left in

pain and tears. We have no words to ex-

press how much we love and respect you

and miss you every moment of life.

Shadmos & Maswar of Late Makhan Lal

Waza S/o Late Mohan Lal Waza will be

performed on 26th & 27th respectively at

our residence H.No. 307 Hazuri Bagh

Road, Bohri, Talab Tillo, Jammu.

GRIeF STRICKeN

Smt. Prabha Waza- Wife

Daughter & Son-in-Law

Smt. Girja Koul & Mr. Rajinder Koul

Sons & Daughter-in-Laws

Sunita Waza & Ravi Waza

Reva Waza & Ramesh Waza

Grand Children: Nikhil, Neha, Mehul, Mohit

Mob.: 9419133621, 0191-2501439

Makhan lal Waza

TENTH DAYFor the sad demise of Surrinder Ji

Mahaldar, Tenth Day Kriya will be done on

27-7-2016 (Wednesday) at Akhnoor.

Assembly on behalf of Mahaldars & Aimas

will be held at 76- Patoli Mangotrian,

Jammu between 9.30 am to 10 am.

IN GRIeF

Smt Uma Shori Mahaldar -Aunt

Sh Pushkar Nath & Smt Roopa Mahaldar -Cousin

Sh Girdhari Lal Mahaldar -Cousin

Sh K.L Mahaladar & Girja Mahaldar -Brother & Bhabi

Sh M.K Kaul & Anita Kaul -Son-in-law & Daughter

Sh Abinesh Khashu & Anupama Khashu -Son-in-law & Daughter

Sh Sanjay Wattal & Antra Wattal -Son-in-law & Daughter

Sh Akhil Kaul & Anishinee Kaul -Son-in-law & Daughter

Sh Hopeson Mahaldar & Vijyta Mahaldar -Son & Daughter-in-law

Sh Nishchint Mahaldar & Kajal Mahaldar -Son & Daughter-in-law

All Grand Children: Aima’s, Khashu’s, Safaya’s, Tukra’s, Razdan’s,

Dhar’s, Wattal’s, Kaul’s

(M): 09501455161, 09849145151

Surrinder Ji Mahaldar

10TH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow we inform

the sad demise of Smt. Lakshmi Jalali W/o

Late Shri Kashi Nath Jalali, originally from

Naidyar Rainawari, Srinagar, presently re-

siding at HNo. 120-B, Sector 37-A,

Chandigarh, who left for heavenly abode

on July 21, 2016. Let's pray for peace to

the departed soul and strength to the be-

reaved family to bear this irreparable loss. The Tenth Day Kriya will

be held on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Ghaggar River Ghat,

Panchkula.

GRIeF STRICKeN:

Jalali's (9914995979)

Ganjoo's (9417046824)

Bhan's (8408886319) &

Parimoo's (9711632887)

Smt. lakshmi Jalali

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief & sorrow, we informthe sad demise of Smt. Rupa Raina W/oSh. Shamboo Nath Raina originally resi-dent of Baghi Sunder Bala ChattabalSrinagar at present 147-D, Lane - 2,Sector - 1, Durga Nagar Jammu on 21-07-2016. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed atMuthi Ghat on 30th July 2016, 7.30 am.GRIeF STRICKeNShamboo Nath Raina -HusbandDaughter-in-law & SonVeena & Kuldeep RainaSushma -DaughterDaughter & Son-in-lawPushpa & Ravinder RazdanGrand Daughter & Grand Son-in-lawKaruna & Amit NehruGrand Children : Sherry, Rahul, Nitin, ChilluCell No. 9796459947, 9796359947

Smt. Mala-labroo

TENTH DAYWith profound grief we inform the sad

and sudden demise of our beloved

mother Smt Sushila Kotwal W/o Late

Sh. Tej Ram Kotwal of Gatha

Bhadarwah on 17th of July 2016. The

Tenth Day will be performed on 26th of

July (Tuesday) at our residence Gatha

Bhadarwah. The 13th Day Kriya will be

performed on 29th of July (Friday) at our

residence.

GRIeF STRICKeN

Sons & Daughters-in-law

Sh R.P Kotwal & Smt Suman Kotwal (9596955678)

Sh Desh K. Kotwal & Smt Meeta Kotwal (9419105868)

Daughters & Sons-in-law

Smt Asha & Sh Negash Parihar (9419224585)

Smt Sushma & O.P Chandail (9419168205)

Smt Sushila Kotwal

TENTH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved father Sh. Badri NathQasba S/o Late Sh. Sham LalQasba R/o 9-Shalla Kadal Srinagarpresently residing at Jalvayue ViharSector-29 Faridabad left for heav-enly abode on 23 July. TENTH DAYKRIYA will be performed at ChotaHaridawar (Gang Nehar U.P) on IstAug. at 8 a.m. GRIeF STRICKeNDulari Qasba-WifeM L Qasba & Kishni - Brother & BhabiDeepak and Kiran Qasba-Son & Daughter-in-lawRakesh and Puneeta Qasba-Son & Daughter-in-lawRajesh and Ariti Qasba-Son & Daughter-in-lawAshish, Abhinav and Megh-Grand ChildrenPhone No: 01294144238, Mob No: 9968261296, 9990093500, 9821775300

Sh. badri NathQasba

10TH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved

SH. HARI KRISHAN GANDOTRA

S/o Late Dina Nath Gandotra R/o

18/2, lndra Nagar Udhampur

(Opposite ICICI Bank) on 19th July.

TENTH DAY on Wednesday, 27th

July at 11:00 AM at our residence.

KRIYA on Saturday, 30th July at 11:00

AM at our residence. UTHALA on

Saturday 30th July at 5:00 PM at

Parshotam Dham Dhar Road Udhampur.

GRIeF STRICKeN:

Sons and Daughters-in-law

Late Joginder Parkash Gandotra & Geeta Gandotra

Ravi Gandotra (Xen-PDC) & Renu Gandotra

Daughters and Sons-in-law

Sarla Devi & Ravinder Sharma

Kiran Devi & Ram Kumar Gupta

Grand Children: Anubhav, Surbhi, Ankush, Lokakshi and

Harshit

Mobile :- 9419215916, 9419647123, 9419704313

SH. HARI KRISHANGANDOTRA

UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of Gourav Puri

(Ashu) S/o Late Sh. Y.R. Puri & Smt.

Shasi Puri R/o Chandan Vihar Muthi

(Near Education Office) on 18-7-16.

UTHALA shall be performed on 27-7-16

(Wednesday) at Gurudwara Kalgidhar,

Rehari Chungi Jammu from 12.00 p.m.

to 1.00 p.m.

GRIeF STRICKeN

Grand Parents

Late Sh. M.L.Puri & Smt. Padma Puri

Brother-in-law & Sister

Sh. Rajesh Sekhri & Smt. Vaneeta

Brother & Sister-in-law

Dr Vikram Puri & Smt. Pooja

Puri, Chopra, Wahi, Anand, Kohli

Ph. No: 9086070221, 9906391793

Gourav puri

CHOUBARSIFour years have passed since you left

us. We feel your presence in every mo-

ment of life and you will alway be in our

memories forever. CHOUBARSI of our

beloved Late Smt. Santosh Gupta W/o

Sh. Om Parkash Gupta shall be per-

formed on 26.7.2016 at 87/4, Trikuta

Nagar, Jammu.

Deeply ReMeMbeReD by:

Sh. Om Parkash Gupta-Husband

Brother-in-laws & Bhabis

Mr. Satish Gupta & Mrs Sushma Gupta

Mr. Sham Lal Gupta & Mrs Shakuntla Gupta

Mr. Ravinder Gupta & Mrs Veena Gupta

Sons & Daughter-in-laws

Mr Naresh Gupta & Mrs Radhika Gupta

Mr Neeraj Gupta & Mrs Rimple Gupta

Mr Vikas Gupta & Mrs Neetu Gupta

Grand Children: Supriya, Riya, Janvi, Manvi,

Madhav, Tanuj, Ashree, Manan

Om Parkash Naresh Kumar

K.V. Jandial & Co.

Om Parkash Satish Kumar

Kishan Chand Sham Lal

Gupta Cloth House

Mob : 9419181044, 9419141539, 9419199136, 9419168083

Smt. SantoshGupta

10TH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow ,we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved Smt

Gunwati Dhar W/o Late Sh Raghu Nath

Dhar originally resident of Arreh Kulgam

Kashmir at present G-108, Vivekanand

Apartment Sector-5, Dwarika New

Delhi, who left for heavenly abode on

23rd of July 2016 and was cremated to-

day on 24th of July 2016. The Tenth Day

will be held on 01-8-2016 (Monday) at

Kashmiri Ghat, Sector-18, Rohini, New-Delhi.

GRIeF STRICKeN

From Samast Dhar Parivar Arreh Kulgam Kashmir

Contact No: 09821378500, 09971922001

Smt Gunwati Dhar

10TH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved Shri

Krishan Chand S/o Late Shri Ram Lal

R/o H. No. 164, Panjthirthi Jammu on

17-7-2016. TENTH DAY will be per-

formed on 26-7-2016 at 10.00 A.M. at

Rani Park Jammu.

GRIeF STRICKeN

Smt. Kiran-Wife

Mr. & Mrs Ram Gopal-Brother

Mr & Mrs Lakshman Das-Brother

Mr & Mrs Lt. Ashok-Brother

Mr & Mrs Vijay Kumar-Brother

Mr & Mrs M L Balgotra-Sister & Brother-in-law

Mr & Mrs Vishal-Son & Daughter-in-law

Mob: 9858061284, 9419119492

Shri Krishan Chand

CHOUBARSIFour year passed since you left us. We

feel your presence every moment and

fragrance of your love and care is still

alive in our hearts. We miss you every-

day on every occasion with broken

hearts. Choubarsi of our beloved S.

Satnam Singh Ghai (Rinku) S/o S.

Pritam Singh Ghai will be performed on

27-7-2016 at Sheromani Dera Nangali

Sahib Poonch.

Deeply ReMeMbeReD by:

S. Pritam Singh Ghai -Father

Sdn Kulwant Kour -Wife

Muskaan Ghai -Daughter

Sdn & S. Hardeep Singh Ghai -Brother

Sdn & S. Gurcharan Singh Ghai -Brother

Sdn & S. Prithpal Singh Ghai -Brother

Mob.No. 9469070658, 7051013810

S. Satnam SinghGhai

CHOUBARSIFour years have passed since you left us

but your memories will always be with us.

May your noble soul rest in peace.

CHOUBARSI of our beloved Late Sh.

Amar Singh Charak S/o Late Sh. Devi

Singh Charak will be performed on

26.07.2016 at 55/Sec-1, Laxmi Nagar,

Muthi Jammu at 12.00 Noon.

GRIeF STRICKeN

Mr. & Mrs. Harnam Singh Charak-Brother & Sister-in-law

Mr. & Mrs. Rajinder Singh Charak-Son & Daughter-in-law

Mr. & Mrs. Devinder Singh Charak-Son & Daughter-in-law

Mrs. Romesh Singh Charak-Daughter-in-law

Mr. & Mrs Prem Singh Charak-Son & Daughter-in-law

Mr. & Mrs. Rajan Singh Charak-Son & Daughter-in-law

Mr & Mrs. Raghubans Singh Manhas-Son-in-law & Daughter

Phones: 8493858485-9797422231

Sh. Amar SinghCharak

CHOUBARSIChoubarsi of our beloved mother Smt.

Shanti Devi W/o Lt. Sh. Govind Ram R/o

H. No. 269, Bharat Nagar, Rehari

Colony, Jammu will be performed on

26th of July, 2016 at our residence and

lunch at Kotli Bhawan Rehari near Hari

Mandir.

Deeply ReMeMbeReD by :

JANDYAL FAMILY

9419147409, 9419764039

Smt. Shanti Devi

ADH-BARKHISix months have passed since you left,but your memories will always by withus. Adh-Barkhi of our beloved Late (Mr.Sandeep Kumar) S/o Sh. Mangal Dasswill be performed on 26-07-2016(Tuesday) R/o Band Wazirian PouniChak Akalpur, Jammu 26-07 2016.Deeply ReMeMbeReD byFather & MotherSh. Mangal Dass & Smt. Darshna Devi-Vikash Bhagat- BrotherSakshi Devi- SisterContact No.: 9622192796

Mr. Sandeep Kumar

Glimpses of Future

JAMMU TUESDAY JULY 26, 2016 LOCAL3

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, July 25:

JKNPP state presidentBalwant Singh Mankotia, to-day met Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh in Srinagar to-day to discuss the prevalentsituation in the State. This wasdisclosed by him in the pressconference held in the partyheadquarters in Jammu today.Mankotia while interactingwith the media disclosed thathe had submitted to the UnionHome Minister that ever sincethe BJP-PDP had forged an al-liance to form the government,ugly subversive incidents hadbeen continuously takingplace thus vitiating peace andtranquility in the State. Hesaid that the two parties wereopposite poles and their subse-quent coalition had betrayedthe aspirations of the people.He further added that it wasone of the factors which led tothe turbulence in the valleyand several agitations besidesprotests in Jammu region aswell. Mankotia also brought tothe notice of the HomeMinister that during the pres-

ent regime of the coalition gov-ernment, open space and free-dom were given to the seces-sionists and anti-national ele-ments which had emboldenedthem to rebel against the stateand the country. He said thatthere were several incidentsduring the holy month ofRamadaan where ISIS and Pakflags were brazenly waved bythe miscreants in Kashmir toflare up tension and the delib-erate negligence and gross fail-ure of the State government to

control the situation were re-sponsible for the prevalent cri-sis in the valley. Mankotia di-vulged that Pakistan had beenpersistently pushing terror-ists in the State and unleash-ing false propaganda againstIndia via electronic and socialmedia. He submitted to theHome Minister that hostilePakistan had waged a full scaleproxy war against India as itwas evident from the obser-vance of ‘Black Day’ on July20th in Pakistan against the

elimination of dreaded Hizbcommander Burhan Wani inKashmir. Mankotia urged theUnion government to rein- inPakistan by diplomatic meansto prevent the rogue country tospread terror on our soils. Hesaid that it was a high time forIndia to take up the issue ofdeclaration of Pakistan as aTerrorist State besides politi-cal banishment of the roguenation from the internationalcommunity. He further sub-mitted that the NDA govern-

ment had shown non-chalantapproach towards the aspira-tions of the people of JammuPrade He added that the elec-torate of Jammu region washoodwinked, cheated and be-trayed by the heavily mandat-ed BJP leaders who had suc-cumbed to the dictates of its al-ly and the secessionist forcesfor the loaves of power.

He apprised the HomeMinister that the seethingfury among the Jammu mass-es would erupt explosively iftheir demands were not con-ceded sooner which werepromised by the BJP duringelection campaigns. He fur-ther maintained that the inci-dents of violence and man-handling of Jammu driverson the Highways by the felonsin Kashmir would further ag-gravate the situation andwith cross- plying of commer-cial vehicles between Jammuand Srinagar coming to halt,it would severely hit the econ-omy of the State. Mankotiasaid that imposition ofGovernor Rule only couldsave the State from furtherdeath and distruction.

Freedom given to secessionists by BJP-PDPhas led to chaos in State: Mankotia

NC Unit Kargilholdscondolence meetfor former MLCGOF Staff Reporter

Kargil, July 25:

A condolence meetingwas held in the office ofJammu and KashmirNational conference unitKargil to condole the ulti-mate demise of senior partyleader and former MLCKargil Haji Mohd Aziz Qari.Former Minister and SeniorVice President KashmirProvince Qamar AliAkhoon, District PresidentHaji Ghulam Hassan Khan,Former Minister of StateFeroz Ahmad Khan, VicePresident Kargil andExecutive CouncillorGhulam Rasool Naqvi,Executive Councillor SyedAbass Rizvi, Councillors ofNational Conference, Officebearer and large number ofparty worker attended thecondolence meeting. Theparty leaders and workershailed the struggle and com-mitment of the late leader inprosperity and developmentof Kargil and termed thedeath as great loss to the dis-trict. A session of prayerwas also held seeking heav-enly abode (Jannat) for thedeparted soul and for pa-tience and strength for thebereaved family members tobear the irreparable loss.During the condolence meetQamar Ali Akhoon also con-demns and expressed hisgrief over the killing of inno-cent people in Kashmir bysecurity forces and extend-ed heartfelt condolences tothe bereaved families.

Rotary Clubholds dentalawareness campfor childrenGOF Staff Reporter

Akhnoor, July 25:

Rotary Club Akhnoororganised dental aware-ness camp at ShemrockApple Orchid SchoolAkhnoor. As per press re-lease the camp was held un-der the presidentship of RtnAshish Mahajan. Duringthe camp, expert doctorsaware the students aboutimportance of oral hygienecleanliness of teeth.

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, July 25:

In a meeting held atTribute Nagar Office, chairedby BJP State President andMLA Sat Sharma CA and at-tended by State GeneralSecretary (organization)Ashok Koul, State GeneralSecretaries Dr. NarinderSingh and Pawan Khajuria,MLCs Ramesh Arora andSurinder Ambardar andKashmir Displaced DistrictPresident Chandji Bhat,threadbare discussions wereheld on the situation inKashmir and the role of partyleaders of valley in contribut-ing towards bringing peaceand normalcy besides helpingthe Amarnath yatris. Themeeting focused on the issuerelated to the migration ofKashmir employees in viewof the turmoil in the valleyand their security.\ All thefour members of BJP commit-tee, which was recently con-stituted to apprise the partyabout the day to day develop-ments in Kashmir and com-prised of Ramesh Arora, Dr.Narinder Singh, SurinderAmbardar, Chandji Bhat

were authorized to meet theKashmir employees who haveshifted to Jammu because ofthe prevailing conditions andprepare a detailed report to besubmitted to the party and theas well to the union govern-ment. Sat Sharma, whilespeaking in the meeting, reit-erated the party’s commit-ment towards the security ofthe people and said that theKashmiri Hindus who hadbeen living in Kashmir forthe past quiet sometime toperform their duties in dif-ferent departments have lefttheir places as they werefeeling insecure.

He said that the party aswell as its ministers in thestate coalition are seriouslykeeping vigil on the develop-ments in the valley andevery effort is being made toensure that there is no loss oflife and the people are pro-vided an environment whereno one has to leave due to ac-tivities of anti national ele-ments. The committee has de-cided to meet the representa-tive of employees to restoreconfidence among them in pre-vailing circumstances, he said.

BJP discuss the issueof Kashmir employees

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, July 25:

A meeting of BJP MahilaMorcha District Jammu held at Pt.Prem Nath Dogra Bhawan KachiChawni Jammu. The meeting waschaired by District PresidentBaldev Singh Billawaria whospeaking on the occasion said thatsaid that BJP Mahila Morcha willhold the office at BJP District of-fice and interacts with people re-garding their problems. BJPMahila Morcha District Jammupresident, Rekha Mahajan ad-dressing the meeting said thatMorcha will work hard to strength-en the party in Jammu district andwill work hard to implement theschemes of Modi Ji.She said thatthe people have realized it is onlyBJP which can lead the nation tonew heights of development,progress and prosperity."PrimeMinister Narendra Modi is com-mitted for the development andwelfare of the people of the countryand the state," she said. She saidthat several welfare schemes, in-

cluding Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana, Atal Pension Yojana, BetiBacho Beti Padhao scheme andSwachh Bharat Abhiyaan havebeen launched by the Central gov-ernment for the welfare of commonmasses. Mahajan further said thatNDA government was committedto the welfare of women and haslaunched a series of programme tomake them financially independ-ent and strong. “In last two years,it has launched schemes that notonly empowers women financiallybut also helps them to bring themin the main streamline of the socie-ty. Other who spoke on the occa-sion Vinay Gupta GeneralSecretary Distt , ParshotamSharma District Vice President,Savita Anand General SecretaryMahila Morcha. Prominent amongthose who were present in themeeting include Shailja Gupta,Geetanjali Mahajan, PoojaChouhan, Sangeeta Anand, VinitaArora, Sharda Ji, Saroj Ji,Surinder Kour , Geeta, Indu,Raksha Jerath, Neelam Rathorebeside others.

BJPMM district team assumesoffice at Kachi Chawani

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, July 25:

Prof. R.D. Sharma, ViceChancellor, University of Jammu,today inaugurated “OrganicWaste Composting Unit” atSwami Vivekanada Boys Hostel,University of Jammu. The unithas been installed by M/s SiddhiIndustrial Co., Ahmadabadthrough State Pollution ControlBoard (SPCB), Jammu in BoysHostel initially for a period of onemonth and based on its successshall be extended to other parts ofthe University later on. MaloveShah, Nilesh Doshi from M/S.Siddhi Industrial Co, Ahmadabadand Nishank Shah, Duro Green(Towards Zero waste)Ahmadabad, demonstrated theworking of the composting Unitand apprised the authorities thatthe process of waste managementshall be completely odour free, costeffective and requires no addition-al man power. Also, the compostgenerated as the end product of thecomposting process has high NPK

value and carbon content and canbe used to maintain the lawns andnursery of the University. The ini-tiative of making University ofJammu “Zero Waste Campus”has been taken by Green CampusTask Force-JU under the aegis ofDepartment of EnvironmentalSciences, University of Jammu.Green Campus Task Force(GCTF-JU) is Jammu University’sroad map for building a eco-friend-ly and sustainable campus with anobjective to create environmentalconsciousness/awarenessthrough student activism and par-ticipation. Vasu Yadav, MemberSecretary, State Pollution ControlBoard, J&K applauded the initia-tive of GCTF-JU in particular andUniversity in general to makeUniversity ‘Waste free Campus’and appealed that other education-al institutions of the State shouldalso take such initiatives to makeJammu a waste free city. EarlierProf. Anil K. Raina, Head,Department of EnvironmentalSciences, University of Jammuformally welcomed the digni-

taries and explained the impor-tance of installing the OrganicWaste Composting Unit in the uni-versity campus.

Among the other present dur-ing the occasion were Prof. K. K.Sharma, Dean Life Sciences; Prof.J.S.Tara, HOD Zoology; Dr. NeerajSharma, Sp. Secretary to VC;Madan Dogra; Prof. RajeevRattan, Provost Hostel; Wardensof the Hostels- Dr Satinder, DrGurudev, Dr Jaspal, Dr. Sandeep,Dr. Bodh Raj; Sh S.K. Pandita,XEN and Rajeev, AE ofUniversity works Deptt., AmanSharma, Executive Health Officer;Ajmer Singh, Arboriculture; Dr.Vishavraksha, Coordinator NSSunit; Officers and staff from worksdepartment, Health Department,Sanitary wing, Faculty members –Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Dr. PiyushMalaviya and Dr Deepika Slathiaand Scholars from the Departmentof Environmental Sciences, mem-bers of GCTF-JU, Ms AnuradhaSharma, Scientist, State PollutionControl Board, scholars, studentsand boarders of the hostels.

Waste composting unit inaugurated atSwami Vivekananda Boys Hostel JU

GOF Staff Reporter

Poonch, July 25:

Rich tributes werepaid to former MLA anda senior NationalConference leader MrGhulam MohammedJan on his ninth deathanniversary, with lead-ers cutting across party-lines recalling his con-tribution towards up-liftment of weaker sec-tions and people livingalong-side borders.Describing late G M Janas a secular, progres-sive and dedicated polit-ical leader, ChairmanLegislative Council MrJehangir Hussain Mirsaid that he worked tire-lessly in strengtheningunity between varioussegments of society be-sides highlighting thecause of poor and downtrodden. Mir said thatbefitting tribute to Jan

will be to work for bet-terment of the Poonchdistrict and to strength-en the bonds of brother-hood and amity. Payinghis homage to the lateleader, former MLC andVice Chairman GujjarDevelopment Board ChBashir Ahmed Naz saidthat Jan worked forsteering the Pooncharea to faster develop-ment and progress. “Healways pleaded thecause of poor andworked for their eco-nomic empowerment”,he said, adding that Janrepresented his con-stituency ably and hiscontribution will al-ways be remembered.The office bearers of thelocal unit of NationalConference also paidrich tributes to GM Janand recalled his contri-bution in the develop-ment of the area.

Rich tributes paid toformer MLA GM Jan

Glimpses of Future

JAMMU TUESDAY JULY 26, 2016 LOCAL4

bHARTIyA pUblIC HIGH SCHOOl DHAR ROAD UDHAMpURlIST OF MeMbeRS OF MANAGeMeNT COMMITTee FOR AppROvAl

S.No Name of the members Address Qualification Occupation Designation

1. Mr. B.S. Ratan S/o Dharam Singh Dhar Road Udhampur M.A,B.Ed Pvt. Service President

2. Mrs Nandika Devi D/o Bansi Lal R/o Sattani Udhampur B.A Business Vice President

3. Mr. Sat Paul Sharma S/o Om Parkash R/o Jaganoo Morh Udhampur MCA Pvt. Service Secretary

4. Ms. Reva Devi D/o Baldev Singh R/o Karoha Udhampur M.A Teacher BPHS Member (Staff Dhar Road Representative)

5. Mr. Ashani Kumar S/o Ishar Dass R/o Dhar Road Udhampur M.A,B.Ed Teacher BPHS Member (Staff Dhar Road Representative)

6. Sh. Mohinder Lal S/o Dharam Chand R/o Roun Udhampur B.A Pvt. Service Member (Parents Representative

7. Sh. Kesri Chand S/o Hero Ram R/o Daya Bagh Udhampur Matric Pvt. Business Member(Parents Representative)

8. Mr. Prithu Pal S/o Bishan Dass R/o Jaganoo Udhampur 12th Contractor Member

9. Principal Govt. HSS Girls Udhamur Department Representative

Objection if any may be conveyed to the Director School Education Jammu within seven days after the publication of this Manage-ment Committee

SecretaryManagement Committee

bhartiya public HS Dhar Rd. Udhampur

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, July 25:

All Jammu Civil SocietyForum (AJCSF) comprising ofvarious religious, social, in-dustries and trade organisa-tion was today launched here.As per the press release, thecivil society of Jammu repre-senting various social, reli-gious, industries and trade or-ganizations of the province,showing their concern overthe present unrest and tur-moil prevailing in the State,held various meetings on 14th,16th and 22nd of July, 2016 re-spectively authorizedGulchain Singh Charak for-mer Minister and presidentDogra Sadar Sabha, J&K andAbdul Majid presidentMuslim Federation to formadhoc committee comprisingof 25 to 31 members giving rep-resentation to the various or-ganizations and communitiesof Jammu province for fur-thering the aims and objec-tives approved by the CivilSociety. Consequently, todaya meeting of the adhoc com-mittee was held under thechairmanship of Annil Suriformer president Bari-Brahmana IndustriesAssociation which was com-prised of the followingGulchain Singh Charak-(Former Minister and presi-

dent Dogra Sadar Sabha,J&K), Abdul Majid-(PresidentMuslim Federation), Y. VSharma- (Former PresidentCCI), Yash Paul Gupta-(President F.R.A.J), S. Peter(President Christian DalitSociety Jammu), NeerajAnand –( President CTFJ),Rajesh Gupta- President WareHouse Traders Federation ),Major Gen Goverdhan SinghJamwal- (President J&K Ex-Services league), Amanat AliShah- (President Anjuman-e-Imamia Jammu), G. AKhawaja DC (Retired) (gener-al sec DSS), Rajiv Chuni-(Chairman S.O.S), Annil Suri-(Ex. President IndustriesAssociation Bari Brahamna),Amit Jandyal-( PresidentApsara Road TradersAssociation), Sr. Attar Singh-(

President DistributorsAssociation RaghunathBazaar, Jammu province),Vijay Gupta-( PresidentKanak Mandi AssociationJammu), Krishan Lal Gupta-(Chairman Rajinder BzrAssociation), Kuldeep Wahi-(President Bar, Restaurantand Hotel Association Jammu), Anan Sharma-( PresidentPetroleum Tankers unionJammu ), Baldev Khullar-(President Raghunath BazaarBusinessman Association),HA Siddiqui-( FormerAdditional Advocate general),Prof. M.A Wani -(Educationist), Ch. AkhtarHussain ( Gen. Sec GujjarBakarwal Islahi Committee),Mohd. Aslam Qureshi-( DC (Retd.), Parveen Gupta-( Sr.V/P CTFJ) , Raman Suri-

(President Sarafa AssociationJammu), Sr. BalwinderSingh-( President ClothMerchants Association GaliKhilonia Jammu & TreasurerCTFJ) & OM Parkash Gupta-(President Jammu HeritageSociety Jammu). After thread-bare discussion the followingdecisions were taken thename of the organization willbe All Jammu Civil SocietyForum (AJCSF). The houseunanimously electedGulchain Singh Charak andAbdul Majid as Convener andCo-Convener respectively ofthe Forum and they were toauthorized to nominate otheroffice bearers and members ofthe working committee of theForum (AJCSF). It was alsodecided that the adhoc com-mittee be converted into the

working committee of theForum. They further decidedthat the working committeebe further expanded by givingrepresentation to all the dis-tricts of Jammu region. In theend, the participants’ thankedAnnil Suri for convening themeeting in a most cordialmanner wherein YV SharmaFormer President Chamber ofCommerce and IndustriesJammu dwelt in detail theAims and Objects of theForum so launched, the newlylaunched Forum appealed toall sections of Civil Society tocome forward to maintainpeace and tranquility in theState in view of the prevailingcircumstances. The partici-pants pledged to work tireless-ly for the furtherance of theAims and Objects of theForum. On this occasion theConvener and the Co-Convener were also author-ized to tour all the districts ofJammu province and consti-tute district bodies as well. Onthis occasion Maj GenGoverdhan Singh Jamwal,Mohd. Aslam Qureshi, BaldevKhullar, Neeraj Anand, OMParkash Gupta & Sr.Balwinder Singh also spoke,concluding the proceedingsAnnil Suri thanked the partic-ipants for their co-operationin the smooth conduct of theproceedings.

All Jammu Civil Society Forum launched

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, July 25:

25th show of the programme series‘J&K Cultural Show’ organised by IndianCouncil for Cultural Relations (ICCR),Ministry of External Affairs, Governmentof India with the support of J&K Tourism,Jammu presented here today at an exclu-sive stage at Yatri Bhawan, Jammu.Exclusively meant for the visitingAmarnath Yatra pilgrims, this uniquebouquet of variegated variety of differentcultural flowers and essences of J&Kshowcases the varied dance traditions ofthe state of Jammu & Kashmir. ICCRJammu started this show series on 1st ofJuly, 2016 and since then over fifty thou-sand pilgrims had the occasion to witnessthis scintillating spectacular cultural bo-nanza which they term as one of the mostmemorable thing which they have wit-nessed during their Yatra. Majority of thepilgrims could be seen, recording the en-tire cultural presentation of ‘J&K CulturalShow’ on their video cameras, still cam-eras and smart phones with the objectiveto disseminate this most prized culturalsouvenir back home amongst their rela-

tive and friends. Giving details about thiscultural presentation, Regional DirectorICCR, Balwant Thakur informed that forthe first-time total professional approachhas gone into creating this unique bou-quet of varied cultural flowers.Imaginative designing, electrifying per-formances by total professional artistsbacked with the power-packed music andlights adds the ultimate colour to this the-matically well conceived presentation.Balwant Thakur further added that all hasbeen possible due to the personal involve-ment of the Director Tourism JammuSushma Chauhan. Her entire team ofTourism officials have been on toes tomake this altogether professional happen-ing possible. The programme begins withJammu’s traditional folk dance Kud andtransports the audience to a mesmerizingjourney of the entire state while showcas-ing, Kashmiri, Dogri, Ladakhi, Gogari,Pahari, and Bhadarwahi cultures. Thisamazing bouquet of rarest dance tradi-tions beautifully unfolds the mesmerizingartistic traditions of this part of the world.Each dance presentation despite being dif-ferent from the other in rhythm and pacehas been artistically blended with each

other so as to present their wonderful har-mony and co-relation. The programmeculminates through the presentation of amega performance, bringing before audi-ences the laudable and admirable ‘Unityin diversity of J&K’, exclusively designedand composed to portray the harmony andthe cultural co-existence of the people ofJammu and Kashmir. This presentationalso represents the vision of the new gen-eration of the artists of Jammu andKashmir who are not only reviving thewonderful dying artistic expressions intheir own way but also believe in strongintegration of the state through culturaland artistic initiatives. A team of twenty-five artists, technicians and artistic coor-dinators are making this fantastic culturalhappening possible. They include RakeshKumar, Sunny Mujoo, Vinay Sultan,Ankush Bhasin, Nikhil Manhas, AshaKotwal, Jyoti Kumari, GeetanjaliKhajuria, Ruchika Khajuria, Mona,Simran Kaur, Khushi, Simran Chauhan,Deepali Sharma, Nishu Pandita,Meenakshi Thakur, Razia Akhter, GautamKumar, Gautam Sharma, Mohit Kaul,Shivam Singh, Brijesh Avtaar Sharma,Tilak Raj Gupta and Ankush Lakhnotra.

ICCR Jammu completes 25 shows of ‘J&K Cultural Show’ at Yatri Bhawan

Kala Kendra remains ‘neglected’by Govt: Shri Ram Sena

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, July 25:

The Union HomeMinister, Rajnath Singh, hasbeen seemingly compelled tospurn suggestions on reopen-ing of channels of dialoguewith Pakistan. Both NationalConference leadership and thePDP leader and chiefMinister, Mehbooba Mufti,have been in favour of reopen-ing the doors of dialogue withPakistan so that the valleywitnessed peace and normal-cy. Inside reports said that re-cent statements fromPakistan including those fromPrime Minister, NawazSharif, have miffed RajnathSingh because Sharif and oth-ers have announced that theywill not ditch Kahsmiris and

one day Kashmir will get in-corporated with Pakistan. Inaddition to this continued PakArmy’s assistance to militantsin sneaking into Kashmir forraising the level of violencetoo has forced New Delhi toshut the doors for dialogue.During his visit to KashmirRajnath Singh was expected toannounce reopening of chan-nels of dialogue with Pakistanin order to promote peace buthe has found that Pakistan hasbeen behind the incidents ofviolence and hence there wasno purpose for holding talkswith Islamabad. Expressinggrief over the killing of civil-ians, Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh has appealed toall sections to work towardsrestoring peace in the Valleythrough “constructive sugges-

tions”. He was addressing apress conference at the end ofhis two-day visit to Jammuand Kashmir during which hemet more than 30 delegations.He also met Governor NNVohra and Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti and visitedAnantnag, which has wit-nessed fresh trouble in thepast two weeks. In a memoran-dum to the Home Minister, theOpposition NationalConference asked the Centreto initiate a sustained dia-logue with Pakistan as well asseparatist groups to arrive at amutually acceptable solutionto the problem. While reach-ing out to the Kashmiris,Rajnath ruled out third partymediation. “We don’t wantjust need-based ties, but wishto build an emotional relation-

ship with Kashmir. Disputes,if any, can be sorted outthrough dialogue. There is noother alternative,” he said.Reiterating that terrorismwould not be tolerated, heblamed Pakistan for foment-ing trouble in the Valley. Heasked the neighboring coun-try to change its approach to-wards Kashmir. Rajnath ap-pealed to the people not to in-dulge in stone-pelting. He saidthe security forces had beentold not to use pellet guns, un-less absolutely necessary.Expressing sympathies withthose with pellet injuries, hesaid an expert committee hadbeen constituted to suggest analternative to pellet guns. Thecommittee was expected tosubmit its report within twoweeks (KIP)

Rajnath Singh snubs NC for demanding reopening of channels of dialogue with Pakistan

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, Jul 25:

Pointed out the plight ofthe art and culture lovingpeople within the State andothers parts of the countrywho wants to exhibit theirart exhibition in KalaKendra Jammu, StatePresident Shri Ram Sena,Rajiv Mahajan said “TheKala Kendra, a state-of-artmuseum in the heart ofJammu remains ‘neglected’by the government, which isevident from the conditionof the building, once estab-lished to preserve, conserveand showcase rich culturalheritage of the State. “Youcan see the condition of thebuilding. It was meant forshowcasing artifacts related toculture of the State, but hereone can find only dust which isunfortunate,” he said. Headded that in the recent pastthe government sanctionedhuge funds for its renovation,but there are no signs of devel-

opment in the building, whichis evident from the non avail-ability of transformer for prop-er electricity, besides air con-

ditions. “The condition of thiscenter is pathetic. No ministeris ready to take responsibility.They only appear to inaugu-rate exhibition at the KalaKendra,” he asserted. He cau-tioned the State governmentparticularly BJP leadershipthat artists and visitors needcomfort and proper electricity

and cooling machinery and notjust building. Taking a dig atBJP MLAs, Rajiv Mahajansaid it is unfortunate that huge

funds were allocated to therenovation of Kala KendraJammu but they havefailed to install a generatorfor proper power supply inthe building in summerseason. He added there isnot a single air-conditionsinstall in the building.Rajiv said an artist comingfrom outside the State ex-hibited his art works in theexhibition recently at KalaKendra also regret that fa-mous building of Jammu isset up without proper elec-tricity and cooling infra-

structure. “Kala Kendrashould have its unique identi-ty and be a centre of excel-lence in the field of art andculture,” he said and stressedon the government to ensureproper power supply and therequired infrastructure tomeet the needs of the artistsfor their exhibition.

GOF Staff ReporterJammu, July 25:

July 26, 1999 will go downin the annals of Indian historyas a day when the determinedIndian forces achieved a glori-ous victory over the retreat-ing Pakistani army. It was onthis day that the Indian victo-ry over Pakistan was com-plete. True to its character de-spite having to pay a heavyprice for fighting a war withinits territory, the Indian forcesallowed the Pakistan to re-turn across the Line ofControl (LoC). It was a gesturewhich depicted the greatIndian tradition of forgivingeven the enemy, when itpleads for it. For Pakistan, itwas another lesson which itwould probably not forget fora long time. It would also putPakistan to shame, for itchose to torture and kill theIndian prisoner of War(PoWs), rather than handingthem over safety as was done

by Indian through the inter-national Committee of theRed cross (ICRC) Fightingagainst all odds in the icyheights of Kargil, a remote re-gion in the state of Jammuand Kashmir, the Indianforces ensured that thesupreme sacrifice made bytheir gallant soldiers did notgo waste. As the nation stoodlike a rock behind the menfighting a war forced uponIndia by Pakistan, the pleafrom Islamabad to allow a safepassage to the trappedPakistan soldiers was an ulti-mate proof about the capabili-ties of the Indian defence. Thesuccessful eviction ofPakistanis by the concertedaction of the Indian ArmedForces clearly demonstratedthat while India remains avotary of peace. It has the willand the capability to fight andwin a war. The advancingIndian forces left no stone un-turned to ensure that not evenone Pakistani soldier re-

mained on the Indian soil.With the backing of theIndian Air Force (IAF), theIndian Army achieved a featwhich would be hard for anyof the armies around theworld to match. It was also amilestone in the history ofmilitary aviation, as it was forthe first time that air powerwas deployed with such effec-tiveness in such a hostile en-vironment. The lessons fromKargil would also be applica-ble to all Air Force for theworld. Though Indian forcesinitially suffered some losses,they were able to gain controlof various heights very quick-ly. From Batalik to Chorbatla,from Valdor to Shangruti, theIndian soldiers were victori-ous everywhere. FromKashmir to Kanyakumarithere was an outpour of emo-tion for the valiant Indian sol-diers. Every time a body re-turned from the battlefield,entire nation shed tears andonly vowed with further re-

solve to show no mercy for thePakistanis. The nation alsodid not lag behind in lendingthe much needed financialsupport for the families of thesoldiers who has laid downtheir lives protecting theIndian sovereignty. It was aneffort to show India was notdivided as the enemy was hop-ing. Viewed against the back-ground the historic initiativetaken by Prime Minister, AtalBehari Vajpayee to visitLahore in February 1999 andthe signing of the LahoreDeclaration, which clearly re-flected India’s willingnessand determination to resolveits differences with Pakistanthrough a process of dialogueand confidence building, thePakistan intrusion in Kargilwas a betrayal of trust. Evenwhile accepting India’s ex-tended hand of friendship inLahore Pakistan was plan-ning its clandestine, unpro-voked full-scale intrusionacross the LoC.

Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrated

Army launchesafforestationdrive in RajouriGOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, July 25:

Army today organised atree plantation drive atVillage Dalogra in Rajouridistrict, today. 200 Saplingshave been planted at theHigh School, Pir Baba andsurrounding areas. A largenumber of villagers took ac-tive part in the tree planta-tion drive. The event was or-ganised as part of environ-ment protection initiativetaken by the Army. Schoolchildren from variousschools of Dalogra plantedsaplings alongwith vil-lagers and soldiers. Thechildren also gave a talk in-sisting on the need to avoidpolythene bags and newmethods of garbage dispos-al. Army is also encourag-ing farmers to follow organ-ic farming to increase agri-cultural production.

SeekingGovernor Rule inJ&K, SC to hearNPP petition onJuly 29thGOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, July 25:

Supreme Court of Indiashall hear PIL (WritPetition) filed by NationalPanthers Party on Friday,29th July, 2016. This was an-nounced by Justice TirathSingh Thakur, Chief Justiceof India when this matterwas mentioned by SeniorAdvocate, Prof Bhim Singhthis morning. ThePanthers Party filed writ pe-tition on 21st July, 2016 witha prayer that the SupremeCourt should direct theGovernor of J&K to imposeGovernor Rule in J&K by in-voking Section 92 of theConstitution of J&K. It is tomade clear that the affairs ofthe state of J&K are admin-istered under the authorityof the Constitution of J&K.BS Billowria, Advocate,National General Secretary

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, July 25:

Interaction Forum-Jammu Province after hold-ing public consultations andInteraction sessions inKathua, Rajouri, Udhampurand Reasi districts held an in-teractive meet at Ramban.Intellectuals comprising allsections, shades from alltehsils of the Ramban districtparticipated. The session waspresided over by seniorAdvocate of Ramban ARMushtaq, whereas AshokSharma Ex-MLA, MLC andAdvocate of J&K High Courtwere the chief guest. Abouttwenty five persons expressedtheir views on economic, so-cial, developmental and politi-cal issues discriminatingJammu province and local is-sues of Ramban district. Theparticipants also made sug-gestions to make the"Interaction Forum" more vi-brant, responsive, strong andmeaning full voice of Jammuregion. The persons whospoke on the occasion includeCh Mohammad FarooqSecretary Gujjar and

Bakarwal conference J&K,Advocate Arjun Singh Raju,President Bar AssociationRamban, Mustaq AhmadSohail, Sub. Jagir Singh,Choor Singh, formerHeadmaster Naseer AhmadSohail, Mohan Singh Darora,former Chief Manager J&KBank, Shaqeel Bhagat formerCorporater, Naseeb Singh,Dharam Chand, EminentEducationist Govind Sharam,Tariq Saleem, AdvocateAbrar Khan, Major (Dr.) U.K.Sharma, Advocate S. S.Parihar, Advocate ArunSingh Raju, and ParshotammSingh Raju. Other prominentpersons who attended includ-ed Purab Singh Budyal, Ex.Bank Manager, Thakur KunjLal Katoch, Ganesh KumarAD (Pig), Kridhan Lal emi-nent educationist, KeharSingh and Dilawar Bahast,The speakers stressed upongiving top priority to educa-tion sector in the district asninty percent of the popula-tion resides in the rural areasand Ninety nine percent of thearea of the Ramban district ishilly and presently the districthas only thirteen Higher Sec.

Schools for boys, one Hr SecSchool in the entire district.Problems like drinking waterscarcity, lack of road connec-tivity and lack of livelihoodopportunities despite threemega projects going on in thedistrict. They stressed uponthe endeavors in terms of hor-ticulture, medicinal cum eco-nomical utility plants andtourism in the area. They em-phasized upon forgoing broad-er unity among the people ofall sections, shades and areasof Jammu province for equi-table development and to con-front discrimination. CaptLalit Sharma IFS elaboratelyspelled out the aims and objec-tives of the forum. SubashShastri, president of NMC,stressed upon the governmentfor early regularization of six-ty one thousand daily ratedworkers. He said that the em-ployment opportunities avail-able in the three major proj-ects in the district should go tothe local youth. B.S. Jamwalformer Dy. Commissioner,emphasized upon projectingthe problems logically sup-ported with proper facts andfigures. Ashok Sharma, Ex

MLA/MLC recalled the obser-vations of Mahatma Gandhithat I see a ray of hope inJammu and Kashmir and saidthat Ramban is the epicenterof secular harmony, peace andbrotherhood in the state andgains significance as it joinsthe two major reasons of thestate. We need to go to otherareas exemplifying Rambanas secular area as per its trackrecord. We should educateyounger generation for har-mony and bring back over oldtraditions. He observed thatgreat personalities like D.D.Thakur and Sann-u-allahBanhali are great sons of thesoil. Forum will prepare a"Vision Document forJammu" with holostic ap-proach including all the areasof Jammu region. The prevail-ing "Trust deficit" need to beremoved among us, he said.AR Mustaq in his presidentialaddress said that wondershappen when intellectualsmeet and deliberate. He saiddistrict is proud to have sonsof the soil TS Thakur as ChiefJustice of India, which provesthat this land is intellectuallyfertile.

GOF Staff Reporter

Jammu, July 25:

Chief SpokespersonJKPCC Ravinder Sharma(Ex-MLC) stressed the need tocreate infrastructure for pil-grim-tourism and promotingreligious tourism to createproper facilities for the devo-tees’ at important religiousand historical places.Interacting with local peopleand large number of devoteesat Dandesar to attend func-tion at Baba Bhiaro DevSthan, Sharma said that cre-ating of adequate facilities atimportant religious placeswould increase tourism and

economic activities besidesbringing religious and socialharmony and peace. He saidthat there are numerous suchreligious and other historicalplaces which lack facilitiesfor the pilgrims and tourismin Nowshera-Sunderebaniarea enrouite BudhaAmernath. The devotees andlocal people expressed grati-tude to former MLC for con-struction of hall at Dandesarfor the pilgrims out of hisMLC CDF. Sharma had pro-vided funds to the tone of Rs.9lacs out of his CDF for the con-struction of hall, which hasbeen constructed now. Hesaid that creating of such type

facilities in Jammu-PoonchHigh way right fromSunderbani was aimed at pro-viding shelter accommoda-tion to local devotees, socialgatherings and more particu-lar for the pilgrims visitingBudha Amernath Shrine. Hedisclosed that he had provid-ed funds to the tune of 19.50lacs for Amernath Yatri Hallwhich is nearing completionat Sunder Bani which is agate way to Rajouri-Poonch.Sharma urged the Govt. topromote and provide facili-ties for the pilgrims at vari-ous important shrine andplaces in Nowshera-Sunderbani area.

Interaction Forum holds interaction withpeople across Jammu division

Congress appeals Govt to promotereligious tourism, provide facilities

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Sher-e-Kasmir Universityof Agricultural Sciences andTechnology - TeachingAssociation Jammu(SKUAST-TAJ) has expresseddisappointment overGovernment’s decision to de-fer the implementation of 7thPay Commission recommen-dations for another two yearsin the Sate.

The issue came up for dis-cussion in the meeting of theassociation held here todayunder the chairmanship ofSKUAST-TAJ President Dr.Vikas Sharma. Questioningpresent CoalitionGovernment Dr. Vikas saidthat late implementation of6th pay commission by threeyears has already created amess in different StateVarsities and Departments asthe pay anomalies of 6th CPCare not yet removed leading tofinancial liability inEducational Institutions ofState and this timeGovernment is again commit-ting same mistake. He also de-manded grant of HRA at equalrates / at par with Jammu cityfor scientists who are working

in Research Stations andKVKs in far flung areas for thebetterment of farming com-munity as per 7th PC.

Speaking on the occasion,SKUAST-TAJ President saidthat the attitude of Govt.shows double standard as onone side, the salaries of legis-latures were doubled in a sin-gle stroke and now in case ofemployees the Govt. is giving

excuses of financial crunch.He further said that no prob-lem that Government haspassed the bill to double thesalaries /allowances of legis-lators from Rs 80,000-160,000/month, but at thesame time the coalition Govt.should take care of Sate Govt.Employees regarding 7th PayCommission.Dr. Vivak. M.Arya, General Secretary of

TAJ said that the implementa-tion of 7th Pay Commission bythe Central Government is alaudable step, State Govt.while taking a cue from thisdecision needs to implement7th PC report in letter andspirit and its benefit be ex-tended to the Employees since2016, as early as possible. Hefurther hoped that the bene-fits of 7th PC this time will

available without much strug-gle as has been the norm withprevious Governments. “TAJpins high hope on young CMMehbooba Mufti to vigorouslytake up the issue of fundingwith Centre by arranging pro-vision of proper budget andother financial grants so thatthe J&K becomes the firstState in the country to providebenefits of revised salary.”added Dr. Vivek.Dr. P.K. RaiJoint Secretary stressed thatthe Govt. should rethink onthe issue of implementation of7th Pay Commission in theState as employees cannot af-ford to wait for long in thesehard times. He said State dis-pensation divesting the em-ployees of their long awaitedsalary benefits under the pre-text of fiscal liabilities is high-ly discriminatory in naturethat leads to the path of agita-tion /protest which will not inthe favour of Govt. as well aspublic.The meeting was at-tended by Dr. Rajeev Bharat,Dr Devinder Sharma, Dr. AnilBhatt, Dr. Poonam Parihaar,Dr Amitesh Sharma, Dr. JaiKapoor, Dr Vinod Gupta, DrPuneet Choudhary, Dr. VijayBahadur Singh and other ex-ecutive members of TAJ.

Shun excuses, implement 7th pay commission recommendations: SKUAST-TAJ

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Alleging large scalebunglings and frauds in therecent transfer orders ofMasters in Jammu Division,Harsh Dev Singh ChairmanJKNPP and FormerEducation Minister hassought a high level probe intoall such transfers in view ofcomplaints of serious naturepouring in from various quar-ters.

He said that besides me-dia reports of irregularitiesand violation of stipulatednorms, several deputationshad called upon him and ap-prised of the extraneous con-siderations that had gone intothe issuance of the said trans-fer orders. He expressed hisdismay that the transfer list ofMasters revealed that dozensof Masters had been trans-ferred against non-existentposts while several otherswere transferred againstposts which were to becomeavailable in Dec. 2016 andJanuary 2017. He furtherpointed out the large scale ‘ze-ro’ km transfers of Masters inblatant violation of transfernorms which were reported tohave been made on monetaryconsiderations which howev-er needed to be investigated.

He said that such zero kmtransfers besides advancebookings for transfers had ful-ly exposed the hollow claims

of the Education Deptt. wheretransfer mafia still ruled theroost. He said the list of trans-fers of Masters issued lastweek and available with himindicated that the much trum-peted transfer policy had beenblown into smithereens by thereckless officers with no re-gard whatsoever for the pre-scribed guidelines.

Making a mention of thehigh drama created by theEducation Department of con-ducting ‘Transfer Melas’ ofteachers and masters requir-ing the latter to furnish theirrespective choices for post-ings, Mr. Harsh Dev Singh re-gretted that the said prefer-ences given by the teachers insaid ‘Melas’ were thrown intothe dustbin and transfer or-ders were issued on whimsand fancies of helmsmen be-sides upon other extraneousconsiderations.

Making a particular men-tion of District Udhampur,Harsh Dev Singh pointed outthat when the Masters ap-proached the CEO Udhampurand expressed their indigna-tion over the non considera-tion of the proposals of trans-fers finalized in transferMelas, they were told by theDistrict Education Offices ofUdhampur that transferswere issued by theDirectorate of SchoolEducation without seeking orconsidering such proposals.

He said that it was highly

intriguing that while theDistrict Level Officers andMasters were engaged intransfer Melas by the govt. formaking proposals and recom-mendations for transfer, theDirector School EducationOffice was busy issuing or-ders in blatant circumventionof the much proclaimed trans-fer norms.

Singh said that there wereseveral other instances wherepre-mature transfer ordershad been issued by DirectorEducation without approvalof administrativeDepartment which is an es-sential concomitant of trans-fer policy thus rendering thewhole exercise illegal. He saidthat transfer policy with re-gard to single parent and re-tiring employees was alsobeen blatantly violated. Hefurther pointed out transferorders having been issued onmedical grounds without ful-filling the mandatory require-ment of certificate from stand-ing Medical Board. Never be-fore had the EducationDepartment witnessed suchmischievous, manipulativeand fraudulent transfers, saidthe Former EducationMinister.

Urging upon the ChiefMinister to take cognizance ofthe large scale irregularitiesin such transfers, Singh calledfor a vigilance or STF probeinto the whole gamut of trans-fers.

Hold vigilance probe into recenttransfers of masters: Harsh

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In a meeting held atTribute Nagar Office, chairedby BJP State President andMLA Sat Sharma CA and at-tended by State GeneralSecretary (organization)Ashok Koul, State GeneralSecretaries Dr. Narinder Singhand Pawan Khajuria, MLCsRamesh Arora and SurinderAmbardar and KashmirDisplaced District PresidentChandji Bhat, threadbare dis-cussions were held on the situ-ation in Kashmir and the roleof party leaders of valley in con-tributing towards bringingpeace and normalcy besideshelping the Amarnathyatris.The meeting focused onthe issue related to the migra-tion of Kashmir employees inview of the turmoil in the val-ley and their security. All thefour members of BJP commit-tee, which was recently consti-tuted to apprise the party aboutthe day to day developments inKashmir and comprised ofRamesh Arora, Dr. NarinderSingh, Surinder Ambardar,Chandji Bhat were authorizedto meet the Kashmir employ-ees who have shifted to Jammu

because of the prevailing con-ditions and prepare a detailedreport to be submitted to theparty and the as well to theunion government.SatSharma, while speaking in themeeting, reiterated the party’scommitment towards the secu-rity of the people and said thatthe Kashmiri Hindus who hadbeen living in Kashmir for thepast quiet sometime to performtheir duties in different depart-ments have left their places asthey were feeling insecure. He

said that the party as well as itsministers in the state coalitionare seriously keeping vigil onthe developments in the valleyand every effort is being madeto ensure that there is no loss oflife and the people are providedan environment where no onehas to leave due to activities ofanti national elements. Thecommittee has decided to meetthe representative of employ-ees to restore confidenceamong them in prevailing cir-cumstances, he said.

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Bhartiya Kala Sangam Jammu (BKSJ) today immersingunlimited dance programme and specially prepared for enter-tainment of Audience at Abhinav Theatre Jammu today inwhich large numbers of Audience attended the function.

In this programme Yudhvir Sethi Vice President of BJPwas the chief guest Balwant Thakur Director ICCR Jammu,and Leela Jamwal President Gorkha Nagar Bahu Fort Jammuwere also present as guest of honour.

While speaking on the occasion Yudhvir Sethi VicePresident of BJP appreciated the efforts of Bhartiya KalaSangam for organizing such wonderful programmes involvingthe dance childrens. She said that it is necessary that such pro-grammes for promotion of Art and Culture should be held regu-larly. He assured that every help shall be extended to such or-ganization in future.

Welcoming the chief guest and audience, Ramesh SinghChib Director Bhartiya Kala Sangam Jammu gave a brief ac-count of cultural activities. The programmed has been pre-pared Sunil Sharma unique dance institute who has preparedyoung generation in the field of dance. Vote of thanks was pre-sented by T.R. Sharma KAS (Retd) Chairman Bhartiya KalaSangam Jammu. The programme was conducted by RajniSharma.

Promotion of Art & Cultureshould be held regularly: Yudhvir

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ERA has been providing con-sultancy support to MunicipalCorporations and Urban LocalBodies in Jammu andKashmir.Meeting for officers ofERA, M/. PSP Finance ConsultantsPvt. Ltd and JMC officials was heldin the meeting hall of JMC on23.07.2016, ERA is providing consul-tancy support to MunicipalCorporations and Urban LocalBodies of the State of J&K, underAsian Development Bank - J&KUrban Sector DevelopmentInvestment Programme-Project-3 –Urban Sector DevelopmentProgramme.For the purpose, M/s.PSP Consultants Pvt. Ltd has beenhired by ERA. The CapacityBuilding Programme structuredby the Consultants shall be runningthrough this financial year and isaimed at doing assessment ofMunicipal Operations, develop-ment of 5 years business plan forJMC, preparation of action plan forimproving urban services, prepara-tion of training plan for all officersand employees of MunicipalCorporations and providing hand-holding to them, so that they be-come more effective and capable inperformance of their functions .

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By : deepak nayyar

It is 25 years since July 1991, etchedin memories as a watershed, when eco-nomic liberalisation began life in India.The story starts earlier. I lived throughthat era as Chief Economic Adviser tothree successive governments in a spanof two years marked by economic crisesand political uncertainties. During the1980s, the competitive politics of pop-ulism led governments into a spendingspree. But it was not possible for the gov-ernment, or the economy, to live beyondits means year after year. The fiscalregime was unsustainable. The in-evitable crunch did come. The minor oilshock of 1990 following Iraq’s invasion ofKuwait was the last straw that broke thecamel’s back. The balance of paymentssituation became almost unmanageable.

We simply could not default on ourinternational payments obligations. Itwould have turned us into a basket case.It was firefighting day by day, survivingmonth by month, while working at solu-tions, whether borrowing from theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF), im-posing massive cash margins on im-ports, or selling gold confiscated fromsmugglers. This provided breathingtime, enabling us to strategise for whatneeded to be done when an elected gov-

ernment assumed office. This happenedin late June 1991. Meeting the challenge Itwas the worst crisis in the economy of in-dependent India. The prospect of defaulthung over our heads, much like theproverbial Sword of Damocles, for al-most 12 months. The continuing politicaluncertainties compounded difficulties.

Yet, there was a strong determination tomeet the challenge. It is mirrored inthree stories. In mid-October 1990, amonth before it fell, the V.P. Singh gov-ernment decided to approach the IMF fora loan. This step was recognised as essen-tial despite caricature perceptions of theIMF as a moneylender in the Shylock tra-

dition. The successor Chandra Shekhargovernment, hesitant to begin with,quickly endorsed the idea. Over the nexttwo months, I led our negotiations withthe IMF for borrowing under the firstcredit tranche and the Compensatoryand Contingency Financing Facility (de-signed to help meet the increased cost ofpetroleum imports). It was a toughprocess, but we obtained $1.8 billion withminimal conditions in late January 1991.The resolve of the government to avoiddefault and the stature of the Republic ofIndia, even in deep crisis, helped us drivea hard bargain.

The comfort did not last long. TheCongress party withdrew support andthe Union Budget could not be presentedin February 1991. We had a caretakergovernment and a general election tocome. But the liquidity crunch was on.Foreign exchange reserves were per-ilously low. There was capital flight fromnon-resident deposits. In this milieu,restoring international confidence wasimperative. In the midst of the electionprocess, the caretaker government de-cided to ship 20 tonnes of gold, confiscat-ed from smugglers, to raise $200 millionfrom the Union Bank of Switzerlandthrough a sale-with-a-repurchase option.

How the economy found its feetGlimpses of future

Pakistan is fomenting trouble in Kashmir by pumping“hawala money” through separatist leaders. It becomes clearwhen no less than PM of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, while ad-dressing a public gathering after the PML-N’s PoK electoralwin, said that Pakistan is waiting for the day when Kashmirbecomes its part. A leading Pakistan Newspaper was quicklygrilled Nawaz Sharif and want that his country may land introuble by such statement. The statement of Nawaz hascleared one thing that his country is interested in creatingtrouble in Kashmir and they are least bothered about thelives of Kashmiris. When youth of Kashmir die in mindlessviolence unleashed by some agents of Pakistan who provokeKashmiri youth to stones on security forces, Pakistan PrimeMinister feels happy and dreams about increasing its geo-graphical area. It has really become a norm for Pakistanipoliticians to make unrealistic claims and repeat popularphrases for getting votes. The newspaper termed the state-ment as “wishful thinking “ and suggested Nawaz Sharief tosit back and think with a cool mind the ways to resolve the re-gional issues. History shows that wars or war like tactics donot help resolve the conflict. Rather the masses continue tosuffer due to this mentality. India has always extended a handof friendship to its neighboring countries but in wake of state-ments like this it becomes difficult to remain friends forever.He is the Prime Minister of Pakistan and a cheap statementlike he said was not expected from him this time though Indiahas got many unexpected actions like Kargil from Pakistan.Political equations in India too have changed and country isin better position to deal with trouble makers. Instead of in-terfering in India’s internal affairs Pakistan needs to makePoK a better place to live. Many areas of the PoK are still fac-ing neglect where people have no access to basic needs of life.Law and order in cities like Karachi of Pakistan is worse.People don’t feel safe in road, they are hiring gun wieldingguards to survive in Karachi, Armored cars reinforcementbusiness has gone very high in Pakistan where people fear oftheir lives. Even doctors and dentists hire gunmen to reachtheir clinics in Karachi. So Pakistani PM should set his housein order rather indulging in mindless statements onKashmir. India is a strong nation and knows very well, how toprotect its mother land. By planting few agents in KashmirPakistan is dreaming to make Kashmir a part of Pakistan.This is a dream of Nawaz Sharief and this dream will neverfulfill. “Sapne agar sach ho jate, to ye sapne keon kehlata”.

Nawaz’s dream

By : ramakant tiwari

Nalanda Mahavihara arya vikshusanghasya”. These words were inscribedon several plaques, discovered while ex-cavating a huge mound covered withwild vegetation in Bargaon, an obscurevillage of Bihar in 1861. Thus was estab-lished, beyond doubt, the existence of anelite educational institution at Nalanda,that had also been mentioned by Chinesetraveller Hiuen Tsang in his famous trav-elogues. The legendary British Directorof the Archeological Survey of India, SirAlexander Cunningham, had declaredthe travelogues as an authentic chronicleof history and not merely a figment ofimagination. Today, the historic site atNalanda has been included as a WorldHeritage Site by United NationsEducational, Scientific and CulturalOrganisation. It is a great honour andtribute for all that the site carries in it-self. ‘Nalanda’ is a syntax of ‘Nalam’ iethe lotus of wisdom and ‘Da’ ie the deliv-

erer. True to its name, the fourth centuryNalanda Mahavihara was the first majorresidential university in the world, fi-nancially and otherwise, supported notonly by native monarchs but also byoverseas patrons from place such as Javaand Sumatra. After flourishing and dis-seminating world-class education formore than 600 years, it was finally burntinto ashes by a Muslim barbarian-in-vaders who had no respect for otherfaiths, talent and achievements, in 1193.

Sixth century monarch Kumarguptaof the Gupta dynasty was the founder-pa-tron of the Mahavihara. During the reignof King Harsa of Kannauj, in 606-647 AD,the university evolved into a dynamic,international institution, enjoying pa-tronage from all over. The royal patron-age ended with the Pal dynasty that ruledover Bengal and Bihar of today. Threemore contemporaries viz Vikramsilaand Odantapuri in Bihar and SomapuraMahavihara in Paharpur (now inBangladesh), were also supported by the

Pal dynasty. Of these, Vikramsila posedtough competition for Nalanda with re-spect to academic excellence and re-search. Hindu and Buddhist monarchswere equally disposed towards these in-stitutions in terms of financial supportand patronage. With 10,000 students oncampus, 2,000 teachers fromBharatvarsa, China, Tibet, Siam, Persia,Korea, Java, Sri Lanka, Japan, Sumatra,Nepal and Greece, Nalanda Mahaviharaspread across a 50 square kilometre areahad mind-boggling infrastructural facili-ties. Revenue collected from 200 villagesunderwrote all expenses, and campus ed-ucation was completely free.

Nalanda also had an interesting ad-mission procedure. With four gates onfour sides, every student aspirant was re-quired to outdo the learned gatekeeperswith his intellectualism and answers atthe gate itself, before being allowed to en-ter into the campus for admission. Withone Nagarjuna being the first Principal-Master of the Mahavihara, it had very

eminent scholars like Vasubandhu,Asanga, Silabhadra, Dharmakriti andAryadeva as faculty teachers. The entireMahavihara was always pulsating withscholarly discussions, debates, intellec-tual arguments and intellectual rejoin-ders with advanced education offered indisciplines like theology, geography, log-ic, mathematics, philosophy, grammar,metallurgy, metaphysics, aviation, ar-chitecture, chemistry, cosmology, astrol-ogy and astronomy, tantra, medicine andsurgery, ayurveda, and the languages. Itproduced scholars like Aryabhatta,Varahamihira, Kalidasa andVatsayayana. Hiuen Tsang too taught forsometime after completing his educationtherein. The Nalanda campus, the firstresidential university in the world, wasequipped with 108 units with every unithaving 30 well-furnished rooms, centralassembly hall, various prayer halls andnumerous stupas scattered around.Parks, pavements, rest-halls, water canalflowing through the campus, excellentdrainage system and a gigantic centralkitchen adorned the campus. Every stu-dent-room had a stone-bed, locker, book-

Seize the momentBy : Uttam gUpta

In its previous incarnation under A B Vajpayee, the BJP-ledNDA dispensation (1998-2004) had vigorously pursued “strate-gic” disinvestment of Union government’s shares in public sec-tor undertakings (PSUs), some of the high profile cases beingModern Food Limited (MFL), Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL),Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) etc. The UPA govern-ment which took charge in 2004, abandoned this route. Thepresent NDA regime under Modi may have resurrected theidea. Looking at the budget for current and previous year, itwould appear so. For these years, Finance Minister ArunJaitley provided for Rs 28,500 crore (2015-16) and Rs 20,500 crore(2016-17) as proceeds from strategic route out of total divestmentproceeds of Rs 69,500 crore and Rs 56,500 crore, respectively.

But, so far, the outcome has been rather disappointing.Whereas, during 2015-16, not even a single case of divestmentthrough strategic route was pursued (in fact, the overall pro-ceeds by itself was less than half of the target), during the cur-rent year, at best, there is a possibility of the government takingup only one such case. Meanwhile, Jaitley asked Niti Aayog tocome up with options for divestment of government’s equity inPSUs. The Aayog has already submitted two reports viz, (i) onedealing with loss making PSUs and other (ii) for undertakingswhere strategic sales can be made. In category (i), it has recom-mended that their assets especially land and buildings (in manycases, these are in prime locations and can fetch tremendousvalue) should be sold. For category (ii) cases, it opines that thegovernment can enhance value by bringing in a strategic part-ner (this may also include some loss making PSUs).

Under this concept, the intent is to transfer a sizeable por-tion of ownership and management control to an investor (callhim ‘strategic’ investor) by selling commensurate shares.Apart from the much needed capital, he/she can bring in tech-nology, management skills, intellectual property and other re-sources that can help transform the way a PSU is run, make itgrow faster and enhance its competitiveness in an increasinglychallenging world. What should be the extent of divestment –10%, 20%, 25%? There cannot be “one-size-fits-for-all.” The levelcould vary depending on the area of operation, size, market cap-italisation, net worth, profit, potential to grow etc. In a transfor-mative sense, the government could also relinquish majorityownership and control by reducing its holding to below 50% orprivatisation in plain words. So, what is the stance of the gov-ernment? To get a sense of which way our policy makers couldmove, it may be worth navigating through the mindset of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi. From the day of taking charge (May2014), he has been chanting the mantra of ‘minimum govern-ment and maximum governance’ to ensure that development isspeeded up and people’s problems are solved promptly.Towards this end, he has removed bureaucratic hurdles, simpli-fied procedures, streamlined processes, and expedited ap-provals and clearances. Most crucial, in each of these areas, hehas put the entire machinery in to e-governance mode.Extrapolating from here, Team Modi has a sense that gover-nance reforms will percolate to PSUs as well. If it feels confidentof transforming the PSUs concerned without a strategic part-ner, why would it look for one? Forget shedding majority con-trol (that Jaitley has categorically ruled out), there is littlechance of the government divesting a good chunk of its holdingsay, 15-20% to a single investor. In the case of loss making PSUstoo, driven by the same logic, it seems unlikely that the govern-ment would pursue sale of assets. Thus, last year, the cabinetapp-roved revival of sick plants of Fertiliser Corporation ofIndia Limited (FCIL) at Sindri (Jharkhand) and Gorakhpur(UP) besides Barauni (Bihar) of Hindustan FertiliserCorporation Limited (HFCL). These plants have been sick formore than two decades even as attempts to revive them in thepast failed. Yet, the government is in no mood to relent. Apartfrom the confidence in its capability to turn around things on itsown, the government does not want to invite the displeasure ofentities affiliated to BJP (Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh) whichhave opposed attempts for share sale in PSUs even in small bits.The opposition to stake sale in Coal India Limited (CIL) from

By : Shiv viSvanathan

One of my friends, who is an anthropolo-gist, argues that the middle class Indian doesnot need to be psychoanalysed on a couch. “Acrowd,” he claims, “is a better method ofanalysing Indian repressions.” India’s politicsof anxiety emerges more at the level of thecrowd. “Crowds,” he adds, “are for negativedemocracy, the public for citizenship.” Forhim, the psychology of India unravels at twolevels. The first is at the level of the family, andwhere violence is more patriarchal. The sec-ond is at the level of an imaginary Jajmani sys-tem a socio-economic system more predomi-nant in rural areas and of its interaction be-tween the upper and the lower castes. In thiscaste bundle, there is constant shuffling whichprovides a sense of order and disorder. But thefact is that what looks like order at one levelmight be mayhem at the second level. For thishe uses the example of the cow and the politicsaround it which are very much in the news. Atthe domestic level, the cow is a god and repre-sents something sacred. Simultaneously, it isthe embodiment of an agricultural way of life.The cow is Gau Mata representing man’s one-ness with nature and is embodied in histotemic relation with the animal.

Now, a symbol of social fissuresBut this domestic arrangement acquires

political overtones. The nature of the symbol,the cow, changes and it soon comes to representthe worst in the caste system. The political bat-tles around the cow soon become deep. Let me

put it this way. The cow expresses the socialtensions within an agricultural society that isturning urban in its ways. Here, local panchay-ats disrupt what is normal by becoming vigi-lantes. Ironically, the cow becomes a symptomof the deep fissures within a society. Brahmins,Muslims and Dalits are fast losing their moor-ings in agriculture and the cow becomes asource of violence. Ironically the cow, insteadof representing the best of agricultural values,embodies the tension between a changing castesystem and the ideals of a constitutional India.As a result, we are soon inundated with imagesof and reports about social violence. In suchmoments of change, the Constitution becomesan empty document. Neither the rule of law norlaw and order is maintained. Vigilante groupsplay kangaroo courts while the rest of the na-tion can only watch. It is this sociology of vio-lence that we must confront. One thing is clear.The Government of India is blissfully deep inslumber as this process plays out. As victimsprotest the violence, the regime plays a game ofbeing indifferent. I must add that I am not re-porting one singular event but a cascade ofevents. As the urban social landscape flares up,one even begins wondering whether the muchtalked about smart cities of the future will havea civic place for the cow, even as imagination.Given the nature of Twitter and the Internet,every act soon goes viral. Events in even the re-motest corners of the country soon become aglobal spectacle. They become a part of the ecol-ogy of everyday memory and are difficult toshrug off.

It is not as if these “cow protection” groupsprotect the cow. They are not like the Jaingoshalas where there is deep respect for animallife and cattle are given shelter. These groupssee little connection between the cow and thefuture of agriculture. In fact, the cow, which isan icon, honoured in festivals, and consideredas a totem, becomes a symbol that leads to irra-tional violence. The high caste Hindu, insteadof seeking harmony between nature and cul-ture in which the cow is cosmologically repre-sented, now brutally disrupts both.

Minorities at the receiving endI go to the incident which lies at the heart of

all this. It was a scene that even went viral,which is perhaps how the world got to knowabout it. Mota Samadhiyala, 20 km from Unatown in Gujarat, is a village of around 3,000,comprising the upper-caste Patidars, and othercastes such as Kshatriyas, Kolis, Valand andDalits. While there are no visible lines that de-marcate the upper caste areas from this basti,the divide runs deep. People in the basti mostlywork as farm labourers and supplement theirincome by skinning dead cows. On July 11, a“cow protection group” attacked a group ofDalits who were skinning a dead cow in MotaSamadhiyala. Four of them were then brutallybeaten with steel pipes and iron rods, stripped,tied to a sport utility vehicle and paraded in themain market near the local police station inUna by members of local cow vigilante group,Gau Raksha Samiti. The flogging was filmedand posted on Facebook as warning to otherDalits were they to repeat such acts. The inci-

dent has since led to an eruption of protests andunrest across Gujarat, and even political tur-moil. What has added to the brutality is the so-called piety of the cow rakshak who is pretend-ing to be protecting the ideals of a fading socie-ty. It is not as if gau rakshaks do not understandthe Jajmani system or the political economy ofa society where the lower castes play a scaveng-ing role. In this case, the four Dalits were tak-ing away a dead cow to be skinned. This hasbeen a part of tradition and is a social function.What is worse is that these vigilante groupshave been further encouraged by the rhetoricof government spokespersons who periodical-ly announce elaborate plans for cow protec-tion. Stopping illicit cattle trade between Indiaand Bangladesh is understandable, but usingthis as a pretext to inflict atrocities on Dalits isnot. Such atrocities have been recurring withimpunity and Dalits are deeply frustrated.Some have even gone to the extent of endingtheir lives. In all this, one realises that vigi-lante-sponsored violence is not sporadic but in-volves organised networks. They even patrolhighways looking out for trucks ferrying cowsand then attack those in the vehicle, usingweapons to mete out instant justice. In turn, theCentre remains silent, almost tacit in what itconsiders an informal validation of govern-ment policy. It is not sacred cows that theregime is protecting. What it is tacitly desacral-ising is the Constitution. The so-called rights ofa cow are getting precedence over the rights ofDalits. The very sacred idea of a cow which

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By : Joginder Singh

There is an old saying, every man for him-self and god for us all. This is equally true forterrorism and terrorist attacks all over theworld, including India, Turkey, the US,France, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistanand even for the recent terrorist attack in Nice,France, where a terrorist, Mohamed LahouaiejBouhlel, drove his lorry through crowds of peo-ple who were celebrating national day. TheIslamic State (IS) claimed responsibility forthe attack. An IS-run media outlet said that theman who drove his truck into a crowd in theFrench coastal city of Nice was a "soldier" ofthe group. Aamaq news agency cited a securitysource saying that the attacker "carried out theoperation in response to calls to target the citi-zens of coalition countries, fighting the IS."The trucker was a French-Tunisian citizen.According to the Soufan Group which closelytracks jihadi organisations, Tunisia accountsfor the highest number of foreign fighters —6,000 — in Iraq and Syria. About another 6,000fighters have gone to war-torn countries fromEurope. In Belgium, on March 22, twin bomb-ings at Brussels airport and a subway stationkilled 30 people and injured at least 230. This,apart from a dozen of attacks in the US and theUK where a number of citizens have been

killed by terrorists. India has since long beentalking about Pakistan's role in terrorism.However, the Western nations simplyshrugged their shoulders and left it at that.Now, they are realising the danger of keepingtheir doors open in the name of liberalism tothe terrorists and many countries have beensponsoring them. As far as our country is con-cerned, it will be suffice to say that trouble inJammu & Kashmir is inspired by our neigh-bour, Pakistan. It does not realise that it is do-ing great disservice to the Muslims by killingtheir own people.I am saying this based on per-sonal knowledge. After the killing of IndiraGandhi, more than 3,000 Sikhs were massacredin Delhi and other places. While many hadnothing to do with the crime, they were killedand looked upon as terrorists. A Sikh friend ofmine, who was holding a top position in theGovernment of India, went to see one of his rel-ative who was a Hindu. His daughters, whowere less than 10-year-old, innocently askedhim whether he had come to kill them. And myfriend was shocked. Despite his being overcourteous, none of them came near him.

It is a sad truth that for the actions of a fewmisguided people, the entire community suf-fers, as the Sikhs did. It is now for the Muslimcommunity's political and religious leaders toguide and make it sure that no wrong impres-

sion goes in the minds of others aboutKashmiris and other Indian Muslims.

To foment trouble, Pakistan has declared amilitant, who was recently killed in an en-counter, as a martyr. He is really a murderer,and not a martyr, if his contribution to killingsof Indians, which includes Kashmiri Muslims,as well as the Indian Army and the paramili-tary and the police, (mostly Muslims) is takento account. Most terrorists forget the fact thatthose who live by gun, die by gun. It does nothappen only in case for terrorists, but also inmurder cases. Some circumstances will exposeit, just as it happened in the case of a motherkilling her grown-up daughter in Mumbai. Thekilled terrorist may be ac martyr in the eyes ofPakistan, but for a common man, both in Indiaand Pakistan, he was nothing more than a mili-tant. Such people bring an evil name to thecommunity as that of the terrorists. At thesame time, Sikhs have been extremely liberal.Just to remind that the foundation of the HolyGolden Temple, in Amritsar, was laid by aMuslim holy man, Mian Mir. Terrorism inPunjab in the 1980's was controlled by the Sikhpolice and the paramilitary forces. A reportsays that Pakistan was humiliated on theworld stage after it attempted to crank up inter-national pressure on India on the Kashmir is-sue. A range of lawmakers, analysts, and diplo-

mats called Pakistan a terrorist entity, andsaid that it should be denied foreign aid, andproposed that its leaders, including its mili-tary generals, be sanctioned and stopped fromtraveling to the US for consistently cheatingthe world community on terrorism. A congres-sional hearing in Washington and the UnitedNations General Assembly were the forums forPakistan's public shaming after its representa-tives tried to rake up the Kashmir situation inthe wake of the violence in the Indian State. Itwas a well-planned strategy by Pakistan and itssupporters in Kashmir to throw out the non-Muslims from the valley in the 1990's. Insteadof Jammu & Kashmir and the UnionGovernment stopping the out flux, fromKashmir of non-Muslims, the thenGovernment of India and the Jammu &Kashmir Government turned Nelson's eyes. Inthe name of mollifying the situation, even legalaction, which should have been taken, was ig-nored. The result is the present situation inKashmir. It is another name if appeasementthat the then Government is willing to talk toanybody. Despite a number of visits by the thenPrime Minister, nobody came to discuss theKashmir situation. All thanks to the incite-ment of Pakistan. It is not that every IndianMuslim is a fanatic. I had the privilege of work-

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ing with Muslims, as the District Police Chief in Bidar dis-trict of Karnataka. I found them to not only be loyal towards theircountry, but they were more than keen to deal with the anti-Indian elements and I happily trusted my life in their hands andwould do so now. One of my best bosses was Abid Hussain, when Iwas Director at the Commerce Ministry. Of course, there will al-ways be people in every country and religion, who think differ-ently and negatively. Gullible people, instead of doing their ownwork, do other’s biddings. But it is for us to guard ourselves andour interests, instead of swallowing of hook, line and stinker. As

one swallow does not make a summer, a few fanatic Muslim ter-rorists cannot make the Indian Muslims as a lot, terrorists. Infact, the ideal course will be to follow Punjab example. I am surethat you would find Muslims finishing such elements, providedthe Government goes hole hog, and give a free-hand to them inKashmir. If necessary, the property and life of such people in fore-front of the battle against such elements should be protected bythe Government. Not only the Kashmiri Muslims, if given en-couragement not only finish terrorism, but also their supporters,both inside and outside India.

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In a society where only a bankrupt household would mort-gage its gold, it was a brave decision that was also high risk. Theshipment process had a script that could match a thriller. It waskept secret. And it bought us most valuable time. The electionprocess, prolonged by the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, wascompleted in June 1991. The situation was dire. P.V. NarasimhaRao was Prime Minister designate but had not yet been sworn in.Late at night on June 20, 1991, Cabinet Secretary NareshChandra, Finance Secretary S.P. Shukla and I met him at 12,Willingdon Crescent. For the meeting, I had prepared a note onthe crisis in the economy with a handwritten annexure on a strat-egy outlining measures that needed to be announced before theBudget, plus what needed to be done in the Budget, setting out al-ternatives and their implications. He read the note and spentsome time with us in discussion. The resolve to do whatever wasessential came through clearly. Making tough decisions Theseevents do highlight the resilience of the political process despiteall its flaws and warts. Two short-lived governments that inherit-ed an economic crisis made tough decisions instead of postpon-ing the day of reckoning. The governmental system and its insti-tutions did everything to avert default even when there was noelected government that could make policy decisions. A minoritygovernment that had not yet won a vote of confidence inParliament acted promptly and decisively. Cynics might think itwas the crisis that focussed minds. But there was more. In theeventful month that followed, between June 24 and July 24, 1991,critical decisions were made: sharp depreciation in the exchangerate of the rupee, using gold held as reserve assets by the Reserve

Bank of India (RBI) to borrow, announcing dramatic changes ineconomic policies, presenting a Budget that delivered the much-needed fiscal adjustment, inter-alia by slashing subsidies andraising prices of petroleum products. The decision to negotiate aStand-By Arrangement with the IMF and a StructuralAdjustment Loan from the World Bank was also made aroundthen. I led these negotiations, which were concluded in lateSeptember 1991. In my view, any government that came to powerin mid-1991 would have done almost the same. The blueprints ex-isted. There was little choice. Even so, the outcome was possibleonly because we had an elected government after months of polit-ical instability, and a Prime Minister, Narasimha Rao, who wasmost decisive in this crisis situation and quietly persuasive in po-litical management. There were dissenting voices, rather thanconsensus, both in the Congress Party and in the Opposition. Butthere was recognition of the deep crisis in the economy amongpoliticians across parties. And no one was willing to bring downthe minority government to force yet another election on people.Effective governments . At this juncture, 25 years later, it must bestressed that reforms are means, not ends. The essential objectiveis the well-being of our people. In this quest, markets and govern-ments are complements, not substitutes. There are many thingsthat only markets can and should do. However, there are somethings that only governments can and must do. If governmentsperform these tasks badly, it is not possible to dispense with gov-ernments and replace them with markets. Governments must bemade to perform better. Indeed, efficient markets need effectivegovernments.

Seize the moment ..................................................trade unions including BMS – by just 10% – is a case in point.

Grant of autonomy Unwillingness to go for strategic sale wouldbe a tactical blunder. True, good governance and government’scommitment not to interfere in working of management willhelp improve performance of PSUs. But, problem of resourcesand access to technology would still remain. This void can onlybe filled by inducting a strategic partner. Modi also needs to pon-der that grant of autonomy will sustain only as along as he re-mains at the helm. It cannot be guaranteed eternally. On the oth-er hand, if the present government pursues strategic disinvest-ment seriously (relinquishment of majority control would bestill better), giving proportionate weightage to the strategic part-

ner (read a private company including MNC) in taking deci-sions, then even with someone else at the helm, the undertakingwill remain impervious to political interference. Likewise, pres-ent will be a good time to take prompt decisions in regard to thesale of assets of PSUs which have been making losses for decadesand it makes absolutely no sense to keep them on the ventilatorpouring more and more good money yet, without any certaintythat they will come in to black. The government should seize thecurrent feel good factor (courtesy, its pro-reform image) andpromptly act on the recommendations of Niti Aayog for strategicdivestment in PSUs to unlock value and selling assets of thosewhich are beyond redemption.

seeks harmony between nature and culture now standsemasculated. It is here that fundamentalist movements get someof their energy from. It appears that the Modi government is oper-ating on split levels, with one entity suggesting modern proposalsfor policy, while the other wants all of this to be anchored to a fun-damentalism. It is this which makes the violence so overt. Oddly,the function of policing is being handed over to these groups andthe regime sees them as arms that are helping to consolidate theideology of the government. A structure of violence Let me lookat another incident which happened last year where a 50-year-oldman, Mohammad Akhlaq, was beaten to death and his 22-year-oldson severely injured in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, allegedly by resi-dents of Bisara village, after rumours spread in the area about thefamily storing and consuming beef. In fact, if one looks at thelynching of Akhlaq and the attack on the four Dalit men for skin-ning a cow, one sees similarities. There is a third incident I willlook at. This time it is on a video that emerged in late June thisyear which showed volunteers of the Gau Raksha Dal forcing two“beef smugglers” to eat cow dung and drink cow urine. Accordingto reports, their leader admitted that his group had forced the twoMuslim men to eat cow dung on June 10. The man claimed thatvolunteers, acting on a tip-off, intercepted a vehicle transporting“700 kg of beef from Mewat to Delhi” on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway. He said the group chased the car for a fewkilometres before stopping it near the Badarpur border. “Whenwe caught them, they had 700 kg of beef in their car. We made

them eat panchgavya, a concoction of cow dung, cow urine, milk,curd and ghee, in order to teach them a lesson and also to purifythem,” the man said. Thus there seems to be adequate evidence ofa new fundamentalist rule of law. The sad part is that the politicalOpposition, especially the Congress party, is reading all this assporadic events rather than as an emerging structure of violencethat does need to be confronted.

We must understand that there is a style to the violence andits staging. In one way it is plain bully boy brutality, where brutemajoritarianism seeks to make a point to some minority group,be it Dalit, Muslim or tribal and that “they must be taught a les-son”. Vigilante and policeman literally mirror each other even asthe government appears to be instructing the victims to be re-strained! The unending sequence of probes being demandedmatches the widening cycle of violence. It is almost as if it takesonly one sacred cow to kill another —in this case, democracy. Inall this, middle class India watches silently as it is overcome by“atrocity fatigue” and wants to get back to “aspiration and desiremode”. In the end, the Muslim and the Dalit are violated twice.Riots first displace the Muslim, and vigilante groups then forbidhim from pursuing his occupation. In the case of the Dalit, he hasto face never-ending atrocities. Thus in the roster of democracy,both Muslim and Dalit are less than equal. What needs to be ex-posed is the sanitised hypocrisy behind these acts of brutality.The cow rakshak syndrome needs to be analysed and exposed as athreat to Indian democracy.

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Re-discovering ....................................................shelves and a place to pursue meditation. Ratna-Sagar,

Ratna-Ranjika and Ratna-Uday were three huge libraries. Thenine storied Ratna-Sagar central library was the largest of itskind in the world, had some of the finest manuscripts in theworld and the collection of books was so huge that the maraud-ers, when they attacked the place, had to spend a whole sixmonths before they could burn down the whole place. The cam-pus was a marvel of architecture, and reflected the amalgama-tion of two different architectural schools ie the Gupta and thePal. In its town planning too, Nalanda was marvellous. When oth-er contemporary civilizations were struggling to becomecivilised human beings, Nalanda offered wisdom and lifestyle ofthe highest order. The gradual decline of Nalanda began with theaugmenting influence of Buddhist tantra, and the final nail in thecoffin was struck by Bakhtiyar Khilji, one of the generals of Qutb-ud-din Aibak, in the year of 1193. The Mughals destroyedNalanda and Vikramsila Mahaviharas in one go, they beheadedand burnt alive most of the students and teachers, vandalised en-tire campus beyond wildest imagination, set the library buildingwith invaluable manuscripts on fire — the ugly dance of destruc-

tion continued for days together. A glorious intellectual history of 700 years was destroyed in

the most despicable and brutal manner. Nalanda was re-discov-ered in the early 19th century. After the area was deserted, it be-came a dense jungle. A new village with the name Bargaon cameup on the same location later. When British geographerBuchanan Hamilton wrote a study on several Hindu andBuddhist images scattered around the village, Sir Cunninghamconducted a scientific excavation in 1861. With the study of alarge number of inscriptions, coins, copper plates, idols etc re-covered from the site, the amazing splendour of Nalanda came tothe fore. There were several subsequent rounds of excavations —in 1872, then from 1915 to 1936, and even between 1974 and 1982,which revealed artifacts like images, murals, plaques, theMahavihara seal and the finest terracotta. Most of these are pre-served in museums in Patna, Nalanda and Kolkata. Today,Nalanda is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and hopefully this tagwill bring tourists from around the world to this ancient institu-tion and compel the authorities to protect and preserve this im-portant piece of our civilisational history.

NEW DELHI, July 25 :

In an ‘unprecedented’move, the NDA governmenthas sacked as many as 111lawyers appointed during theUPA regime to represent theCentre in indirect tax cases be-fore various judicial bodies.Ina June 18 order, the CentralBoard of Excise and Customs(CBEC) cancelled their ap-pointment as its standingcounsel, overturning its ownJune 9 order, where these ad-vocates were included in anappointments list of 251 sen-ior/junior standing counselfor the Board. As per the origi-nal order, the tenure of these251 standing counsel, includ-ing the 111, was to expire onlyon June 8, 2019.The Board,however, did not assign anyreason for the removal of the111 lawyers.The position ofstanding counsel of the CBECis considered prestigious in le-gal circles as they are appoint-ed by the President of India, af-ter the CBEC — including itsChief Commissioner ofCustom/Central Excise — ex-amines their “expertise inhandling indirect tax mat-ters.”A detailed questionnairesent to CBEC Chairman NajibShah on July 20 elicited no re-

sponse till the time of going topress.The June 18 order stat-ed: “…it is informed that theorder of the 111 counsel [as perlist enclosed] who were on thepanel as on 14.10.2014 is herebyrescinded.”In its June 9 order,the CBEC had said, the ap-pointments were made withthe concurrence of theMinistry of Law and Justice.Sources privy to the develop-ment told The Hindu that the111 counsel were reappointedafter the Chief Commissioner(of Customs) found their per-formance to be satisfactory —following which the Board haditself approved the renewal oftheir appointment. The 111

were among the standingcounsel appointed on October15, 2011 for a three year-termending on October 14,2014.Fresh panelOn June 24,the CBEC — in a letter to allthe Chief Commissioners ofCentralExcise/Customs/Service Taxand the Director General ofthe Directorate of RevenueIntelligence (DG, DRI) — saidit has been decided to consti-tute a fresh panel of senior/ju-nior standing counsel againstthe existing 111 slots.Elaborating on the criteria forselection, it said theCommittee (of ChiefCommissioners) should “in-

terview all the applicants.”This meant, the CBEC did notspecifically bar the 111 fromreapplying.The CBEC alsosaid the Committee shouldnote the communication skillsand make an overall assess-ment of the applicant keepingperformance as the key crite-rion. It added that theCommittee should “discretelyexamine the applicant’s repu-tation/standing.” It asked theCommissioners and the DG,DRI to publish advertisementsregarding the vacancies byJuly 10 and send their recom-mendations (after scrutinyand interview) to the Board byAugust 20.A legal expert toldThe Hindu on condition ofanonymity that the June 18 or-der could be considered “arbi-trary” and “against the princi-ples of natural justice” as it didnot assign any reason for thescrapping of the appoint-ments. Pointing out that the111 counsel were appointedduring the UPA government’stenure, one of them said oncondition of anonymity, thattheir removal was due to “po-litical” reasons.The develop-ment comes when the govern-ment is attempting to bringdown indirect tax litigationgiven the huge backlog.

Centre sacks 111 lawyers hiredby UPA government

HYDERABAD, July 25 :

A gory accident that involved a car hitting a lorry from be-hind on the national highway in Mahabubnagar district led to afour year-old year girl, her mother and grandparents, all nativeof Kurnool dying instantly, just ahead of noon on Monday.

The grandparents - Naseer Ahmed Khatun (62), who was atthe wheel of a Honda car, while his wife Rizwana (50) was seatednext. Both of them died instantly despite the air bags opening,said Alampur Insepector P. Venkateshwarlu, adding that thispossibly indicated the car at high speed. Naseer’s daughterFarzana (26) and four year-old Hania who were seated at theback, also died instantly.The only survivor, with grievous in-juries, is six year-old Aleena who is Farzana’s other daughterAleena. It was heart-rending for the police when they spoke torelatives, only to be told that all of them were returning toKurnool after seeing off Naseer’s son-in-law off at Shamshabadon board a flight to Dubai.

Coming up with what could be a close-enough-to-the-truth,reconstruction of the sequence of events, the Inspector said ittook place at what is known as Jallapur bus stage at the 187 km-stone on the NH-44. The Manopad police, led by the AlampurInspector are still working it, talking to eye-witnesses and oth-ers.What the police believe is that Naseer could have wanted toovertake the slow-moving truck and tried to do so from the left.In the impact that took place at high speed, the car hit the truckfrom behind and swerved left, down an incline off the highway.

Four killed in Highway accident

Jodhpur, Jul 25 (PTI)

Bollywood actor SalmanKhan was today acquitted bythe Rajasthan High Court intwo cases related to poaching ofChinkaras in Jodhpur in 1998.The court held that the pelletsrecovered from the Chinkaraswere not fired from Khan's li-censed gun.The driver of thejeep that was used by Khan andhis co- stars on their allegedhunting mission has been miss-ing, weakening the prosecu-tion's case against the moviestar.Khan, 50, was jailed in 2007for nearly a week for shootingan endangered gazelle in1998.Appeals of Khan againstsentence in the two cases relat-ing to poaching of Chinkaras inBhawad and Mathania was al-lowed by the high court whichacquitted him in both the cases.

Justice Nirmal Jit Kaur reject-ed the plea of the state govern-ment against the actor.Two sep-arate cases had been registeredagainst Khan under section 51of Wildlife Protection Act forpoaching of two chinkaras invillage Bhawad on 26-27September, 1998 and onechinkara in Mathania (GhodaFarm) on 28-29 September,1998.The trial court (CJM) hadconvicted him in both the casessentencing him to one year and5 year imprisonment onFebruary 17, 2006 and April 10,2006 respectivel.The convic-tions were challenged by Khanin the sessions court, which dis-missed appeal in Mathania’scase and transferred appeal tohigh court in Bhawad’s case,where already two appeals bythe state government had beenpending.Hearing on both these

petition in high court had be-gun on November 16, 2015 andwere completed on May 13, 2016,after which justice Nirmal JitKaur had reserved her judge-ment.While arguing the case inthe high court, defence counselMahesh Bora had contendedthat Khan had been falselyframed in these cases, merelyon the statements of a key wit-ness Harish Dulani, the driverof the vehicle, which was al-legedly used in poaching in boththese cases.Bora argued thatDulani was never available tothem for cross examination andhence his statements could notbe relied upon in conviction ofKhan. He also argued that bothof these cases have been built oncircumstantial evidences andthere was no eye-witness or anymaterial evidence againstKhan.Besides this, the majorobservation by the court wasthat it did not find the pellets re-covered from the vehicle match-ing with those, recovered fromthe possession of Khan.Defencealso strongly argued that thesepellets had been planted sincethey were not found in the vehi-cle during forest department’sinspection and were foundthere surprisingly by the policelater.Similarly, the defence alsoargued that Khan was not inpossession of weapons allegedlyused in poaching and werebrought to Jodhpur fromMumbai only on demand of theforest department.

Salman Khan acquitted in Chinkara poaching cases

Bhadohi (UP), Jul 25 : (PTI)

In a tragic incident, eightchildren were killed and 14 oth-ers injured when a school mini-bus was hit by a train at an un-manned railway crossing thismorning due to alleged negli-gence of the bus driver who ig-nored warning.The mini bus ofTenderheart school in Ghosiyatownship, carrying students ofsix villages in the age group ofsix to 14 years, was hit byVaranasi-Allahabad passengertrain at gate number 26 betweenKatka and Madhosingh Railwaystations, police said.The mini-bus was thrown up in the air due

to the impact of the crash andlanded in an agriculture field,police said.A 'Gate Mitra' wasavailable at the time of accidentbut sadly the van driver ignoredhis warning which resulted inthis tragic incident, RailwayMinister Suresh Prabhu said,while expressing grief over theloss of lives.According to the'Gate Mitra', he tried to show ared flag to the driver to warn himof the approaching train.Policesaid that the driver, who had ear-phones on, did not pay heed tothe warning.The children, whosurvived the mishap, also saidthat they tried to draw the dri-ver's attention but he was in a

hurry to clear the crossing, po-lice said.Seven children and thedriver who were injured havebeen admitted to different hospi-tals. Those suffering serious in-juries have been referred to BHUhospital in Varanasi, police saidadding that senior administra-tion and police officials were onthe spot.Superintendent ofPolice Arvind Bhushan Pandeysaid that an FIR will be lodgedagainst the school manage-ment.Seven of the deceased havebeen identified as Naitik (6),Abhishek (10), Shubham (6),Pradumn Tewari (14), SwatiMisra (10), Sakshi (7) and Rinku(8), police said .

8 children killed as train hits van,driver ignored warning

Shimla, Jul 25 : (PTI)

Police today recoveredthe car in which an Israeliwoman was allegedly rapedon Saturday and detainedtwo suspects for questioning.

"The car, in which the 25-year-old woman was offereda lift and allegedly raped at asecluded place near Manali,has been recovered fromKullu and two persons havebeen detained for question-ing," SP, Kullu, PadamChand said.

"Police are scanning theCCTV footage. As it wasdark, the visuals are notclear, but we are hopeful ofarresting all the accused," hesaid.

"Due to non-availabilityof a specialist gynaecologistin Mandi, the victim hasbeen sent to Civil Hospital,Bilaspur, for a detailed med-ical examination. Primarytests suggest that the womanwas sexually assaulted,"Chand said.

The victim had in a po-lice complaint alleged the ac-cused offered her lift in theircar while she was waiting fora cab to get to Lahaul to re-unite with friends who hadalready left for the nearbytown.

She said there were sixpersons in the car and two ofthem allegedly raped her.

Israeli womanrape case:Police detain 2forquestioning

KANPUR, July 25 :

An 18-year-old girl alleged-ly committed suicide as shewas “disturbed” for not beingable to pay her school fee due topoverty, police said here onMonday.Yasmeen, a Class XIstudent at a private school, hadon Sunday consumed somepoisonous substance. She wasrushed to a nearby hospitalwhere she died later,Kalyanpuri police station in-charge Santosh Singh said.Thegirl’s father Yaqoob, a truckdriver, alleged that the schoolhad been mounting pressureon his daughter to pay the dueamount of Rs 1,500.

Unable to pay schoolfee, teenagercommits suicide

New Delhi, Jul 25 : (PTI)

Vijay Mallya has not disclosed his full assets including USD 45 mil-lion received by him from a British firm, Attorney General MukulRohatgi today told the Supreme Court which issued notice to the liquorbaron.The Attorney General said that Mallya has not disclosed full de-tails of his assets and he is accountable to the public money."This gen-tleman (Mallya) has not complied fully with the orders of the court andhe has not disclosed all the details about his assets. He has also not dis-closed the amount of USD 45 million received by him from Diageo(British liquor major)," Rohatgi told a bench of Justices Kurian Josephand R F Nariman.The apex court, after noting the submissions byAttorney General, issued notice to Mallya and asked him to respondwithin four weeks on the plea of consortium of banks led by State Bankof India seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against him.OnJuly 14, Rohatgi claimed that Mallya had provided wrong details of hisassets in a sealed cover to the apex court.He further said a lot of infor-mation had also been concealed, including a cash transaction to thetune of Rs 2500 crore, which amounted to contempt of court.Earlier, thecourt had sought details of assets from Mallya in a sealedcover.Recently, the consortium of banks had alleged that Mallya wasnot cooperating in the investigation of cases against him and wasaverse to disclosing his foreign assets.In a rejoinder affidavit toMallya's reply, the banks had said that disclosure of overseas assets byhim and his family was significant for recovering the dues.

SC notice to Vijay Mallya on pleaof consortium of banks

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Source of arms usedin Bangla cafe attacktraced: policeDhaka July 25:

Bangladeshi police on Monday said theyhave succeeded in tracing the source of the not-so-modern weaponry used by terrorists to attack anupscale cafe here that killed 22 people, includingan Indian girl. The police said they were now try-ing to arrest the suppliers of the weapons andhave sought "help of the general people". "Wehave been able to trace the source of the weapons.We are trying to arrest those who supplied theweapons," Inspector General of Police AKMShahidul Haque told reporters. "The arms used inthe attacks were not very modern. We have foundthe source from where the attackers got them[arms]. The mastermind of the attacks has beenidentified and they are under surveillance,"Haque was quoted as saying by the 'DhakaTribune'. He said the police were trying to combatmilitancy by awareness and prevention andneeded "help of the general people" in bringingthe masterminds of the 12-hour-long carnage tobook. "We are preparing a list of missing people. Itwould be published after verification," Haquesaid. Educational institutions of the country areunder surveillance as the militants identified be-hind some recent attacks including that at HoleyArtisan were students, Haque said, adding thatthey are yet to ascertain any "concrete" interna-tional link into the attack.

Dancing, drugs,extremism: The multiplelives led by Nice attackerParis July 24

A 31-year-old father of three obsessed with fit-ness and sex, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel ledmultiple lives. His darkest side appears to havebeen his best-kept secret: a calculated, committedjihadi ready to kill scores of people in a FrenchRiviera rampage. Information emerging from au-thorities and people who knew him suggestsBouhlel concealed his different worlds from eachother, and may have been following Islamic Stateguidance to blend in and hide his radicalismwhile he plotted violence. There was his familylife, three children under 6, including an 18-month-old born just after his wife split withBouhlel, accusing him of frequent abuse. Thenthere was his erratic social life: smoking pot withacquaintances in the Tunisian immigrant com-munity; martial arts training and possiblesteroid use to bulk up muscle; salsa dancing topick up women; and a reported male lover in his70s. And now, it appears that Bouhlel had an ex-tremist life, too, built up over months as he pre-pared for the Bastille Day attack. His parallelworlds are complicating investigators’ efforts tofigure out who he was, who might have helpedwith the attack, whether other violence wasplanned. They may never have a definitive an-swer: Bouhlel was killed by police after ramminghis truck through a family-filled crowd enjoyingfireworks. Authorities initially said Bouhlel hadradicalized very quickly. Family and neighborsdescribed him as indifferent to religion, volatileand prone to drinking sprees. But on Thursday,Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said investiga-tors found images in Bouhlel’s phone suggestinghe was premeditating an attack as far back as ayear ago.Molins said Bouhlel studied Captagon, adrug used by some jihadis before attacks. He hada screenshot of a previous vehicle attack in acrowd. He obtained weapons through a string ofacquaintances. Authorities say Bouhlel drew in-spiration from IS propaganda, though there is nosign the attack was commandeered by the ex-tremist group’s bases in Syria or Iraq. Yet histurn to extremism went unnoticed by relatives,neighbors and acquaintances. And police andprosecutors investigating Bouhlel for a road rageincident in early 2016 saw no reason to flag him asa potential risk.

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Ankara July 25:

Turkish authorities onMonday issued arrest warrantsfor over 40 journalists in a newphase of the controversial legalcrackdown after the failed coup,as President Recep TayyipErdogan was to host oppositionparty chiefs for an unprecedent-ed meeting. Over 13,000 peoplehave been detained so far in avast sweep in the wake of theJuly 15 coup bid, which the au-thorities blame on the reclusiveUS-based Islamic clericFethullah Gulen. Istanbul anti-terror prosecutors issued arrestwarrants for 42 journalists aspart of the investigation into thefailed coup, the state-runAnadolu news agency said.Among those targeted by thewarrants were prominent jour-nalist Nazli Ilicak who was firedfrom the pro-government Sabahdaily in 2013 for criticising min-isters caught up in a corruptionscandal, it added. There was noindication any of the journalistshad been detained so far. Thegovernment blamed the 2013 cor-ruption scandal on Gulen, withsome officials at the time callingit a coup bid aimed at ousting thepresident. Erdogan's govern-ment had been under fire evenbefore the failed putsch for re-stricting press freedoms inTurkey, accusations the authori-ties strongly deny.

Military academy raidedIn new raids on Monday, po-

lice detained some 40 suspects atthe army's military academy onthe European side of Istanbul,Anadolu reported. A female

fighter pilot detained over theplot, Kerime Kumas, has con-fessed to landing a helicopterwith rebel soldiers on board onthe pitch of Besiktas football sta-dium during the coup night butinsisted she had no idea a putschwas in progress, the Dogan newsagency said. AmnestyInternational in London claimedit had "credible evidence" of thebeating and torture of post-coupdetainees but a Turkish officialvehemently denied the accusa-tions. Turkey has undergone aseismic shift since the night of vi-olence when renegade soldierssought to topple Erdogan butwere stopped by crowds of civil-ians and loyalist security forces.At least 270 people were killed onboth sides. The authorities haveannounced they will disband the2,500-strong Presidential Guard,almost 300 of whose membershave been detained. The lengthof time suspects can be held incustody without charge has been

extended from four days to onemonth under a state of emer-gency that has caused alarm inthe EU. Erdogan's governmenthas also sacked thousands ofteachers, professors and civilservants and closed schools anduniversities. The governmentsays the stringent measures areneeded to clear out the influenceof Gulen from Turkey's institu-tions, claiming that he has creat-ed a "parallel state" insideTurkey. Gulen, 75, who lives in acompound in ruralPennsylvania and whose founda-tion runs a global network ofschools, charities and media in-terests, has strongly denied theaccusations.

No to coupErdogan, whose Justice and

Development Party (AKP) holdsthe majority in parliament, wasto host the leader of theRepublican People's Party (CHP)Kemal Kilicdaroglu andNationalist Movement Party

(MHP) chief Devlet Bahceli from1100 GMT. The talks at his presi-dential palace, the first suchmeeting during his term in officecomes after thousands of Turksof different political stripesmassed in Istanbul on Sunday todenounce the coup in a rare showof unity. However, in a sign thatthe harmony is not complete, thehead of the pro-Kurdish Peoples'Democratic Party (HDP)Selahattin Demirtas has notbeen invited But the fact themeeting is taking place at all sig-nals a major turnaround in thepolarised world of Turkish poli-tics, in particular forKilicdaroglu who had vowednever to set foot in Erdogan'snew palace, which he had de-nounced as illegal. The CHP hadon Sunday called the mass rallyin Istanbul's Taksim Square and,to signal a united stand againstthe coup plotters, the demonstra-tion was also backed byErdogan's AKP. "No to the coup!"said the headline in the Hurriyetdaily above a picture of manythousands filling the vast urbanspace. Erdogan supporters lateSunday kept up a "vigil" fordemocracy ordered by the presi-dent by filling city squaresacross the country.The presidenthas told his supporters to remain inthe streets until further notice, warn-ing of the danger of another coup. Inthe northwestern city of Edirne, staroil wrestler Recep Kara went direct-ly from winning the country's mostfamous annual wrestling champi-onship where competitors do battlesmeared in olive oil to take part inthe democracy vigil, Dogan said

Turkey targets media after coupas Erdogan meets opposition

NEW YORK, July 25

Citing clean chit to Hillaryon the email issue, Gaddafi'skilling and the way he wastreated by the U.S. Presidentas reasons, Malik Obama, along-time Democrat, believesthe tycoon 'speaks from theheart.' United States PresidentBarack Obama’s half-brotherMalik Obama, a long-timeDemocrat, has switched alle-giance to the Republican Partyand intends to vote for DonaldTrump because he believes thebusiness tycoon “speaks fromthe heart.” Mr. Malik (57), anaccountant in Kenya, used tolive in Maryland in the U.S.and is still registered to votethere. He plans to travel backto the U.S. to cast his ballot forthe Republican presidentialcandidate in the November 8polls. “I like Donald Trump be-cause he speaks from theheart. ‘Make America Great

Again’ is a great slogan. Iwould like to meet him,” Mr.Malik told the New York Post.Sore with Obama administra-tion Mr. Malik, a long-timeDemocrat, said his “deep dis-appointment” in his brother’sadministration has led him torecently switch allegiance to“the party of Lincoln.” Thelast straw, he said, came earli-er this month when FBIDirector James Comey recom-mended not to prosecuteDemocratic presidential can-didate Hillary Clinton overher use of a private e-mailserver while she wasSecretary of State. “Sheshould have known better asthe custodian of classified in-formation,” Mr. Malik said.Lately, the U.S. President’sfamily ties seem to be frayed.He was best man at Barack’swedding Mr. Malik, who wasbest man at Mr. Obama’s wed-ding, said he spoke to his

brother a year ago and wasmiffed that Mr. Obama didnothing to help his own forayinto politics when he ran forgovernor of the south-westernKenyan county of Siaya in2013. Mr. Trump was quick topoint out the news on Twitter,saying that Mr. Malik wasprobably treated badly by thePresident. “Wow, PresidentObama’s brother, Malik, justannounced that he is votingfor me. Was probably treatedbadly by President — likeeverybody else!” the 69-year-old tycoon said. ‘Barack,Hillary killed friend Gaddafi’Mr. Malik is also annoyed thatMs. Clinton and Mr. Obama“killed Libyan leaderMuammar Gaddafi”, whom hecalled one of his best friends.He dedicated his 2012 biogra-phy of his late father toGaddafi and others who were“making this world a betterplace.” But what bothers him

even more is the DemocraticParty’s support of same-sexmarriage. “I feel like aRepublican now because theydon’t stand for same-sex mar-riage, and that appeals to me,”he said. Malik has 3 wives Mr.Malik currently has at leastthree wives. The President’sand Malik’s father, BarackObama Sr., left Kenya in 1959when Mr. Malik was a year oldand his mother was pregnantwith his sister Auma. ObamaSr. enrolled at the Universityof Hawaii, where he met andmarried the President’s moth-er, Stanley Ann Dunham.They first met only in 1985 Mr.Malik did not meet hisyounger half-brother until1985. Mr. Obama (54) has sevenhalf-siblings from both sides ofhis family. Mr. Malik, the eld-est, is the director of theBarack H. Obama Foundation,a controversial Virginia char-ity named after his father.

Miffed with Obama’s rule, his half-brother donsthe Republican hat, says he will vote for Trump

LONDON, July 25

Britain’s Prince Harry has ex-pressed regret that he did notspeak about his mother PrincessDiana’s death until years later.The 31-year-old fifth in line toBritain’s throne spoke out aboutthe loss of his mother in a car crashin Paris in 1997 at an event he host-ed at Kensington Palace in Londonlast week for the mental healthcharity, Heads Together. “I reallyregret not ever talking about it.For the first 28 years of my life, Inever talked about it,” he told for-mer England captain RioFerdinand in a programme airedin the United Kingdom onMonday.

His experiences as a lessonFerdinand, a father of three

who lost his wife to cancer lastyear, said of the prince: “He’s gone

through different stages in his lifethat my kids are going to be goingtowards. So to get some of his expe-riences is very rewarding for meand very educational in manyways.” Harry was just 12-year-oldwhen Diana — Princess of Wales,died suddenly in the tragic acci-dent, leading to an outpouring ofpublic grief. On 31 August 1997,Diana was killed in a car crash inParis, which also caused thedeaths of her companion DodiFayed and the driver.

For a causeThe royal told the BBC the

charity event was an opportunityto highlight that anyone can sufferfrom mental health issues. “It isOK to suffer, but as long as you talkabout it. It is not a weakness.Weakness is having a problem andnot recognising it and not solvingthat problem,” he said. Prince

Harry had formed Heads Togetherin May this year with his brotherWilliam, Duke of Cambridge, andsister-in-law Kate, Duchess ofCambridge, to bring together lead-ing mental health charities. Theevent was attended by a number ofBritish sports stars, including ath-letes Dame Kelly Holmes and IwanThomas, and cyclist VictoriaPendleton, to show that “unflap-pable” sporting personalities cansuffer from mental health prob-lems like everyone else, includingmembers of the royal family.

Life is beyond affluence“A lot of people think if you’ve

got a job, if you’ve got financial se-curity, if you’ve got a family,you’ve got a house, all that sort ofstuff, everyone seems to think thatis all you need and you are ab-solutely fine to deal with stuff,” theprince said.

Prince Harry regrets beingmum on Diana’s death for long

Beijing, July 25

The U.S. on Monday called for “can-dour and openness” ahead of NSA-level

talks with China in Beijing, the firstsuch high-level political dialogue sincean international tribunal rejectedBeijing’s expansive claims over the

strategic South China Sea. U.S.National Security Advisor Susan Ricebegan her visit in Beijing by holdingtalks with her counterpart Yang Jiechiafter China’s outright rejection of thetribunal, questioning its legality.Welcoming Ms. Rice, Mr. Yang saidahead of their talks that the U.S. andChina have been cooperating moreclosely on global issues such as nuclearnon-proliferation and the Ebola epi-demic and both sides should carefullymanage their differences.Acknowledging that U.S. and Chinafaced other “global issues and chal-lenges”, Ms. Rice said “to the extentthat we are able to surface those chal-lenges in candour and openness, I’mconfident that we will be able to workon them as we have many others in thepast.” The Permanent Court ofArbitration in The Hague on July 12noted there was no legal basis for

Beijing’s claim to nearly all of the wa-terway. While quashing China’sclaims, it also upheld the Philippines’rights over the area. China claims sov-ereignty over almost all of the SouthChina Sea. The Philippines, Vietnam,Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan serious-ly differ with Beijing’s claims and ac-cuse China of illegally reclaiming landin contested areas to create artificial is-lands with facilities that could poten-tially be for military use. On July 15,Mr. Yang said the sovereignty issue isChina’s bottom line. “Though China islarge, we cannot lose one centimetre ofinheritance left by the ancestors,” Mr.Yang, who is the State Councillor, hold-ing a rank higher than ForeignMinister, said in an interview rejectingthe tribunal verdict. Earlier, the com-mander of the People’s LiberationArmy Navy Wu Shengli told U.S. coun-terpart Admiral John Richardson dur-

ing their meeting here that “we willnever stop our construction on theNansha (Spratly) Islands halfway... theNansha Islands are China’s inherentterritory, and our necessary construc-tion on the islands is reasonable, justi-fied and lawful.” Besides discussingthe management of tensions in theSouth China Sea after the tribunal ver-dict, Ms. Rice also was expected to focusher talks on the preparations for theU.S. President Barack Obama visit totake part in the G20 summit to be heldin the Chinese city of Hangzhou inSeptember this year. She is also expect-ed to call on top Chinese leadership.The South China Sea, rich in naturalresources, is also a major shippinglane. Over half of the world’s com-mercial shipping passes through theIndo-Pacific waterways - includingone-thirds of the world’s liquefiednatural gas.

US, China hold NSA-level talks after South China Sea verdict

New York July 25

Republican presidentialnominee Donald Trump onSunday said that France,Germany and other nationshit by terror attacks recentlyhad only themselves to blame“because they allowed peopleto come into their territory.”Trump, who has been infavour of suspending immi-gration from what he calls

countries “compromised byterrorism” until vettingmechanisms are in place,said, “We have problems inGermany, and we have prob-lems in France” during an in-terview on NBC’s ‘Meet thePress’. “They have been com-promised by terrorism, theyhave totally been. And youknow why? It’s their ownfault. Because they allowedpeople to come into their terri-

tory,” he said. The candidatehas repeatedly called for ‘ex-treme vetting’ to be put inplace for such nations to pro-tect the US from the risk of at-tack. Trump denied the policyamounted to backing awayfrom his previous call for atemporary ban on Muslim im-migration. “I actually don’tthink it’s a rollback. In fact,you could say it’s an expan-sion. I’m looking now at terri-tory,” he said.“People were soupset when I used the wordMuslim. Oh, you can’t use theword Muslim. Rememberthis. And I’m okay with thatbecause I’m talking territoryinstead of Muslim,” he added.“Just remember this, ourConstitution is great. But itdoesn’t necessarily give us theright to commit suicide, okay?Now, we have a religious, youknow, everybody wants to beprotected.

Donald Trump says attacks onFrance, Germany their own fault

Muslim teacher told to remove'Islam' hoodie by pub in UKLondon July 25:

A 32-year-old Muslim teacher in the UK was asked to remove hisschool jumper as it had his surname 'Islam' written on the back andwas making pub customers "feel uncomfortable". Nurul Islam, whowas wearing a school sweatshirt which all have teachers' last nameson them outside the Coach and Horses near Hertford last week, wastold by a barman to remove his jumper and claimed it was offendingpeople because of the Nice attack. "A staff member came outside andasked if I could take off my jumper because it was making some cus-tomers feel uncomfortable 'after what happened last night'," saidIslam, a technology teacher at the Thomas Alleyne Academy. "I didn'tknow quite what to say, and at first I didn't link what he'd said withthe lorry attack in France, but when it sank in I was shocked," Islamwas quoted as saying by the BBC. Islam was waiting for a group ofpupils from the Academy in Hertfordshire, who were on a Duke ofEdinburgh assignment and the pub was the agreed meeting point. "Iwas being discriminated against because of my surname so I was leftreally upset after the incident. We all have surnames on the backs ofour hoodies, which is the responsible thing to do," said Islam, whohelps run the school's Duke of Edinburgh award scheme. "I'm not apractising Muslim but I am a Muslim. It makes me feel terrible thatmy name is the cause of such contention when all it means is peace. IfI had the word 'peace' on there, would he still have asked me to leave?"he said. A police hate crime officer is investigating the incident. "Aspecialist hate crime officer is investigating to establish whether of-fences have been committed," Hertfordshire Police said. The pub,however, has not commented on the issue.

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Glimpses of Future

SPORTS MINISTER VIJAY GOEL UNVEILS T SHIRTS FOR RIO OLYMPIC 2016 DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN NEW DELHI.

DUBAI, July 25 :

Australia may have justwon the ICC TestChampionship mace butIndia can topple them fromthe number one spot if theyare able to blank the WestIndies 4-0 in the ongoing se-ries and results in the othertwo marquee series go as pertheir wish.If India win 4-0,England-Pakistan series endsin a draw and Sri Lanka winby 1-0 or better, then India willjump to the number one posi-tion, the ICC said in a state-ment on Monday.Indiathrashed the West Indies byan innings and 92 runs in thefirst Test in Antigua.To per-manently shut the door ontheir nearest rivals India,Australia need to beat Sri

Lanka by 1-0 or better and atthe same time hope thatEngland win, at least, one Testagainst Pakistan.Meanwhile,Australia captain Steve Smithon Monday received the ICCTest Championship mace and$1 million in prize money forleading his side to the numberone ranking on the MRFTyres ICC Test TeamRankings on the annual April1 cut-off date.ICC ChiefExecutive David Richardsonmade the presentations toSmith in Pallekele, who cap-tained Australia to 10 Test vic-tories over the 12-month peri-od.“The mace is a symbol ofexcellence and recognition ofa side’s outstanding achieve-ment in the toughest format ofthe sport. Australia’s winningperformances have been ex-

ceptional and they thorough-ly deserve to be awarded themace,” saidRichardson.“These are excit-ing times for Test cricket asthe top four ranked countriesare involved in high profileseries across three differentcontinents showcasing thevery best this format of thesport has to offer. I am surethe incentive of achieving thenumber one ranking will fur-ther motivate them, bringingout the best in the players,”added Richardson.

Smith paid tribute to hisside, saying: “It is a huge hon-our to be the number oneranked Test side in the worldand the credit should go to allthe work the players and sup-port staff have put in over thelast 12 months.“I am really

proud of our young team andwhat we have accomplishedso far but there is still morewe would like to achieve. Wenow need to put in consistentperformances, both at homeand away, to continue to besuccessful and keep the num-ber one ranking.

“Winning away fromhome has often been a chal-lenge for us, especially in sub-continental conditions, butthis is something we are look-ing to change in this upcom-ing series against Sri Lanka,”concluded Smith, who wonthe Sir Garfield SobersTrophy for the ICC Cricketerof the Year in2015.Competition for the num-ber one ranking this year re-mains extremely tight as only10 points separate the top four

sides.Second-ranked India,third-ranked Pakistan andfourth-ranked England have achance to move into the topspot, depending on how WestIndies-India, England-Pakistan and Sri Lanka-Australia series pan out.IfPakistan beat England andSri Lanka defeat Australia,then Pakistan will claim thenumber one ranking for thefirst time in their history, ir-respective of how the WestIndies-India seriesfinishes.England too can topthe Test rankings.

But to make it happen, itwill have to win the remain-ing three Tests againstPakistan and hope WestIndies win, at least, one Testagainst India and Sri Lankabeat Australia.

India can topple Australia from No.1spot with clean sweep over Windies

ANTIGUA, July 25 :

India’s off-spinnerRavichandran Ashwin, whosebowling master class of sevenfor 83 enabled the visitors torecord an emphatic winagainst the West Indies, is hap-py that he has been finally ableto break the deadlock of gettinga coveted ‘five-for’ outside thesub-continent.“It has taken mefive years to repeat (record)this feat (five wickets in an in-nings) outside the sub-conti-nent, that is something I al-ways wanted to break. Gettinga five-wicket haul away fromsub-continent is something Ihave worked earnestly to-wards and I am really pleasedfor myself,” Ashwin told to theBCCI.TV.Having emulated IanBotham, who scored a hun-dred and recorded a seven-wicket haul in a Test match,the Tamil Nadu off-breakbowler said that he would cher-ish the game for years tocome.“It was a very memo-rable game for me. I shared agreat partnership with Virat.Wonderful to get a hundredand also getting a five-wicket

haul. It’s one of those games,which I will be cherishing for avery very long time,” said theman, who now has 183 wicketsand 1317 runs from 33games.The 29-year-old, whoscored fantastic 113 in the firstinnings said was pleasantlysurprised when the skipperVirat Kohli asked him to bat atnumber 6.“To be batting at No6 was a complete surprise forme. Virat told me on the morn-ing of the match and I reallyliked what he said. He told me“We trust you and want you to

bat at No.6 and see how itworks,” said Ashwin.Ashwinbecome the first Indian toscore a century and pick up afive-wicket haul on two occa-sions in Tests.The exponent ofcarom-ball felt that the pres-ence of head coach AnilKumble has helped him tobowl longer spells.“In the firstinnings, I went wicketless forabout 25-25 over’s that I bowledin the match. In the past, thatwould have definitely troubledme as I am a bowler who likesto keep getting wickets.

Getting five-wicket haul outside Asia issomething I worked for: Ashwin

North Sound, July 25,

Fast bowler Umesh Yadav,who took four wickets in the firstinnings to help India enforce thefollow-on, said considering theslow nature of the pitch, bowlingas many maiden overs as possi-ble was their plan to create pres-sure on the West Indies’ bats-men.West Indies were bowledout for 243 in their first inningsin response to India’s 566 foreight declared and then wereasked to follow-on. Of the 103.2overs India have bowled, 34 havebeen maidens.“It is all about

planning. Before the game weplanned about bowling as manymaiden overs as possible andfrustrate the batsmen. We didn’twant to give them easy runs andwe stuck to our plan, and the re-sults came,” Yadav said onSaturday.“On such wickets a lotof hard work is needed and youneed to hold on to half chances. Ifwe don’t, then wickets won’tcome and it would be difficult totake 20 wickets, as the pitchwould slow down even more. Sothe plan was to be consistent andbowl maiden overs, and force thebatsmen into playing bad shots,”

he added.Skipper Virat Kohli setsome attacking fields and theyworked wonders as Yadav (4/41)and comebackman MohammedShami (4/66) shared eight wick-ets between them.“We decidedthe field placements beforehandbecause there wasn’t anythingin the wicket for fast bowlers.Even the wind was affecting ourbowling, sometimes it was mov-ing the ball a bit more and some-times it was not reversing aswell. So we were talking continu-ously as to what we should do tograb half chances even if theycome to us,” said the pacer.Talking about his pace colleagueShami’s impressive return toTest cricket after sitting out fornearly 18 months owing to an in-jury, Yadav said, “He (Shami) isa natural bowler. He is not strug-gling after injury and he is com-pletely fit now. He doesn’t needto be told where to bowl. He is asmart bowler and he has in-swing, outswing and a goodbouncer. He is a complete and avery talented bowler.”Yadavlauded the chemistry among thebowling group.“Our chemistryis very good. We always give con-fidence to each other and pusheach other through tough timeson such wickets.

Plan was to frustrate batsmen: Yadav

NEW DELHI, July 25 :

Union Sports MinisterVijay Goel, on Monday, said"wrestler Narsingh Yadav isunder provisional suspen-sion. The other 119 athleteswill represent India inOlympics."Earlier, a defiantNarsingh Yadav demanded aCBI probe into the dopingscandal which has jeopar-dised his participation in theOlympics, alleging that a con-spiracy has been hatched toscuttle his Rio dream.“Thereshould be a CBI inquiry. Thewhole episode relating to myselection had gone to court.There was a CID report thatmy life is under threat. All thismakes it clear, I have beenframed so that I am stoppedfrom going to Rio,” Narsinghsaid.“I have given my com-plaint to the federation inwhich I have made it clear thatsomething could have been

mixed in the food that was pre-pared at the mess. It is a con-spiracy against me,” headded.Narsingh has returnedpositive for a banned sub-stance barely 10 days beforethe start of the Olympics andthat has cast a doubt on his

participation in the RioGames.

The 26—year—old, whowould be pleading innocencein front of the NADA panelthat is scheduled to meet onWednesday, is hopeful that hewould be able to convince the

committee membersthat the entire episodeis a conspiracy.“I amhopeful that every-thing will be clearsoon. I have got the 100per cent backing ofeveryone.

I am still hopeful ofgoing to Rio,” 26—year—old wrestlersaid.Interestingly,Narsingh was selectedfor the Rio Olympics incontroversial circum-stances as doubleOlympic medallistSushil Kumar had alsostaked his claim to rep-resent the country in

74kg freestyle and demanded atrial.But Narsingh was cho-sen by the WrestlingFederation of India as he hadearned the Olympic quota inthe World Championshipslast year with a bronze medalfinish.

Narsingh is under provisional suspension, says Vijay Goel

GoF Staff ReporterJAMMU, July 25 :

The three-member J&K SportClimbing team gave a creditable perform-ance to win six medals, including threesilver in the 1st Women North Zone SportClimbing Competition which was organ-ised by Indian MountaineeringFoundation (IMF) North Zone Committeeat IMF Complex, New Delhi.KumariBindia Sharma of Udhampur baggedthree silver medals while, AmbreenFatima of Kargil, at present studying atJammu, clinched three bronze medals inLead and Speed climbing and Bouldering.The first place in all the three forms ofclimbing was secured by Luxmi of Delhi,a national medalist. The third J&Kclimber, Sakshi Magotra also performedwell but could not win a medal.“It was anexcellent performance by the state teamconsidering the fact that our state lacksthe required climbing infrastructure,”while congratulating the team, generalsecretary of Mountaineering Associationof J&K, Ram Khajuria said.The competi-

tion held at the 50 ft high internationalstandard Lead and Speed climbing wallwith star holds and Bouldering gym inIMF complex under the overall supervi-sion of Chairman IMF, North ZoneCommittee, S. Bhattacharjee, who keenlywatched the performance of womenclimbers.Whereas Amit Sharma, a na-

tional judge in sport climbing was thepresident of jury, another National JudgeMitra Ghosh, judged all the competitions.Naveen Arya, a national Route Setter wasthe chief route setter of the competitionwho was supported by Lohia and Lucky ofDelhi and Shashi Kant of J&K asBelayers, informed Khajuria.

J&K women win 6 medals in NZ Climbing

North Sound, July 25 : PTI

West Indies opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite has com-mended the Indian bowlers for their brilliant show on a slowpitch on day three of the ongoing first Test, saying the visitors“bowled with a lot of discipline”.“I think I haven’t seen anybowlers bowl so well in the early stage of the innings. Theybowled with a lot of discipline.

They also set attacking fields and really backed it up withgood disciplined bowling. They were in a good position with abig first innings score, and so they could set attacking field, andbowled to their field,” said Brathwaite, who top-scored with a de-fiant 74 in the first innings.A Herculean task now awaits WestIndies as they need to bat out of their skin to save the match, andBrathwaite believes his team-mates had the wherewithal towithstand the Indian bowlers’ pressure in the second in-nings.“Today (Day 3) was not the best day for us as a batting unit.Now we have to do that tomorrow (Day 4), go out there, startfrom the beginning and assess the conditions. It won’t be easy.But we believe in ourselves and want to go with a positive mindset,” he said.“As a batsman, you have to know when you have tocurb your aggression and defend, or when to attack. I think it’sall about individual batting as a whole. It’s about having confi-dence in what you do and building partnerships and batthroughout the fourth day. We have some really good batsman.Today (Day 3) it didn’t go well but tomorrow (Day 4) we shouldcome back and bat really well and put some runs on the board,”Brathwaite sig¬ned off.

Kraigg all praise for Indian pacers

GoF Staff ReporterJAMMU, July 25:

Jammu mountaineer, Sumit Khajuria has experienced un-derwater activity by attending to a brief Scuba diving course atDimna Lake Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.The course was super-vised by Sub-Inspector (Security) with Tata Steel and interna-tional diver, mountaineer and social activist of Jamshedpur,Mazharul Bari.A visiting instructor in Tata Steel AdventureFoundation, Bari taught the basics of Scuba diving and thentook those beginners in under water activity to Dimna lake forthe practical training. Sumit also participated in the clean lakecampaign along with instructor, Mazharul Bari.“It was a longcherished dream to undergo Scuba diving. The opportunitycame and I did not miss it. Though we were fully protected withall the necessary equipment required for the activity, still it waschallenging to go deep into the water for a long time,” sharinghis experiences, on return to Jammu, Sumit told SAN.Sumit hasalready done Basic, Advance and MOI (Method of Instruction)courses in mountaineering from Atal Behari Institute ofMountaineering and Allied Sports, Manali in HimachalPradesh. In addition, this Jammu mountaineer has to his creditspecialized training in Water Sports, Rafting and Skiing (BasicCourses) from the same Institute.Sumit has climbed toughpeaks of J&K, Stok Kangri (20,186 ft) and twice Gulap Kangri(19,356 ft) in Ladakh. In neighboring Himachal, Sumit has to hiscredit Chow Chow Kang Nilda (21,356 ft) in Spiti, Shitidar peak(17351 ft) in Manali and Hanuman Tiba (19,450 ft).

Jammu mountaineer attends Scuba diving course

New Delhi, Jul 25 : (PTI)Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar today said the

dope scandal surrounding fellow wrestler Narsingh Yadav, whowas picked ahead of him for the Rio Olympics, is "unfortu-nate".Reacting to the controversy, which has jeopardisedNarsingh's participation in Rio amid allegations that thewrestler might have been framed by rivals, Sushil said he will al-ways support his fellow grapplers."very unfortunate 2 see theWrestling go through this. I hv given my life to ot (sic) & wl al-ways support fellow wrestlers," Sushil tweeted above a 20-sec-ond video message.

Without referring to the incident, Sushil said, "I wanted towin a third medal for India but for the past one month, I havebeen away from preparations for Olympics. I have instead beensupporting my fellow wrestlers in the hope that they wouldbring a medal for the country."Narsingh has tested positive formethandienone -- a banned anabolic steroid. The 26-year-old hasmaintained that the substance was mixed in his food byrivals.Narsingh has already given a written complaint to theWrestling Federation of India, which has backed him on claimsof conspiracy.Narsingh, who won the 74kg Olympic quota berthwith a World Championships bronze medal last year, was select-ed for Rio in controversial circumstances after Sushil's de-mands for a trial were rejected both by the WFI and the DelhiHigh Court.

What wrestling is goingthrough is unfortunate: Sushil

SAMBA, July 25:

Baba Balak Nath High School Vijaypur and BhargavaPublic School Supwal won under-14 and under-17 boys titles re-spectively in the inter-school district level Roll Ball competi-tion held under the banner of Department of Youth Services andSports (DYSS) at Kristu Jyoti Convent School, here today.Earlier, in the under-14 final, Baba Balak Nath High School out-played Kristu Jyoti Convent School by a margin of eight points.Similarly, in under-17 category, Bhargawa School defeated BalBharti High School by seven points.In all, three teams in under-14 age group and two teams in under-17 category turned up forthe competition thus making it just a formality. AssistantDirector District Employment and Counseling Centre, NareshKumar was guest of honour. Among others, who witnessed thefinal were Principal of hosts Kristu Jyoti School, SisterArchana,Pardeep Singh and B D Sharma.The event was offici-ated by the technical penal comprising Raj Kumar, DevinderSingh (Danu), Arjun Kumar, Mukesh Sharma, Zorawar SinghSambyal, Parveen Kumar, Narinder Singh, Vishal Gupta andKamla Sambyal.

Baba Balak Nath, BhargavaSchool excel in Roll Ball

Katrina Kaif is single and ready to mingle it seems.The Jagga Jasoos actress posted this picture of herselfwith Twilight star Robert Pattinson on Facebook andasked fans for their opinion. Well, we think that Kat andRob look picture perfect. they even looked colour coor-dinated as Pattinson’s blazer matched with Ms Kaif’sred hair. Early this year fans of the actress wereshocked to hear news of her split with boyfriend RanbirKapoor. Katrina might have been affected on personalfront but she didn’t let that come in the way of her pro-fessional commitments and went all out for promotionsof Fitoor. Many believed that the couple had taken asmall break, however the news of their break up was of-ficial when stories from both parties leaked in the me-dia. RK Jr moved on quickly and seems to have foundlove again in a Delhi based model. Katrina we hear ishappy to be single and stays focused on work. In a recentinterview Kat opened up about Bollywood and friend-ships in tinsel town, she said, “While you work togetherin a movie for a span of three months, your personal andprofessional life gets mixed. So directors become yourfriends but then you might not work in their nextmovie. Then the friendship takes a toll and it becomesdifficult to move on for anyone be it the actor, directoror anyone who is the part of this industry.”

Rajinikanth’s Kabali mayhave taken over box officeeverywhere but Sultan is stillgoing strong. Salman Khan‘smight made sure that the filmcontinued to make the goodbucks on its third week as well.After a decent second week, thethird week started on afavourable note. In its thirdweekend, the film has earned

11. 09 crore to take the total to289. 05 cr. Trade Analyst TaranAdarsh tweeted, “Sultan gath-ered speed yet again on Sat andSun… [Week 3] Fri 2.14 cr, Sat3.81 cr, Sun 5.14 cr. Total: 289.05cr. India biz.” Those are reallygood numbers for a film whichis in its third week. Mostlyfilms are on their fag end to-wards the end of their second

week but Salman Khan’swrestling drama is still goingstrong. It has finally managedto move past Dhoom 3 (284. 27cr) which it has been aimingfor quite some time now.Although the chase has beensluggish, it did manage to top-ple Aamir Khan‘s film. Andthat makes it the third highestgrossing film ever, behind P.K.

and Bajrangi Bhaijaan.Beating BB’s record seems likea long shot but it’s not impossi-ble. The film has been doinggood despite witnessing aslump since the second mon-day. Even when numbers aredeclining, the trade was posi-tive about it since such num-bers are never seen for a filmwhich is in its week 3

Sultan box office collection:Salman Khan film earns Rs. 289. 05

crore to beat Aamir’s Dhoom 3!

Deepika Padukone and Kangana Ranaut are farfrom patching up for they strategically avoidedbumping into each other at a recent film screening.Yes! We are talking about Irrfan Khan’s Madaari tri-al. If you noticed, both the actresses attended the tri-al but on different days. While Ms Ranaut watched itfirst. Deepika only attended the screening the nextday with Ranveer Singh in company. Reveals an in-sider close to DNA, “That was by design. Deepikamade enquiries about who was attending thescreening that day and chose another day for her-self. Interestingly Kangana Ranaut was present atthe previous screening.” So maybe that is who Dipswas really avoiding! However, contrary to this be-lief, word is that Deepika could have possibly evendone this to avoid facing Amitabh Bachchan consid-ering the two had fallen out during Piku. Well, wedunno what’s happening in the tinsel town but ifthese recent happenings are anything to go by thenwe definitely can’t decide who’s real, who’s fake.Your thoughts? Tell us in the comments below andwe’ll be back with more updates on this hot story,right here only on BollywoodLife!

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In this era of practicality, whirl-wind romances are a thing of the past.

But when one happens, the wholeworld talks about it. One of the best

fairy-tale love stories in recent times isthat of Divyanka Tripathi and VivekDahiya. When the first reports of thetwo seeing each other ‘surfaced’ theydenied the buzz. Two months later, wegot a shock when engagement picturesof the two went viral from their cere-mony in Chandigarh. Since then, theyhad been quite open about their loveand showered each other with affec-tion. This continued till their lavishwedding ceremony earlier this monthin Bhopal. However, we really did notknow much about what sparked offsuch intense love in their hearts foreach other. The second teaser of RangDey reveals that. A glowing Divyankasays that Vivek brought back the mu-sic in her life. She heard so manysongs that she had missed out on lis-tening to on their long drives together.The eternal La Ja Gale Ke Phir fromWoh Kaun Thi sung by LataMangeshkar was one of the numbersused by Vivek Dahiya to serenade theTV diva. What is more striking is theunmistakable look of love and confi-dence in Divyanka’s eyes when shesays that Vivek used music to connectto her heart. We hear the two singingin the video as well. As we know, theRang Dey film will be out on July 29. Itis a special endeavour from TheWedding Story to make their beautifulwedding even more memorable. Thecouple says it is a gift from them fortheir fans who have showered so muchlove and made ‘DiVek’s wedding’ sospecial. It’s monsoons and love is inthe air and how!

Chocolate chip cookies and fitness don’t really have anything in com-mon, do they ? Chocolate is bad for those wanting to show off their wellchiselled six pack abs. But Ranveer Singh just changed this for us! ThePadmavati actor took to his social media page to share an unbelievablyhot picture of him flaunting his killer abs! Not just that, but knowingRanveer’s wicked sense of humour he compared them to….chocolate chipcookies! Ranveer who is prepping for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s biopicPadmavati shared a throwback moment when he was shooting for AdityaChopra’s Befikre that he recently wrapped up in Paris. He tweeted the pic-ture to his personal trainer Steven Lloyd and we can be he too couldn’thelp but chuckle at the post. The actor is a self confessed Nutella lover, butwe reckon he had to make some sacrifices and stay away from hisfavourite sweet craving for getting in this mad hot physical shape.

Renuka Shahane is only fa-mous for one reason, or maybetwo if you belonged to the 90’s eraand watched her then popular TVshow Surabhi. Her biggest claimto fame is playing Salman Khan’sBhabhi in his mega blockbusterHum Aapke Hai Koun. The sac-charine sweet Renuka thoughdoesn’t have any soft corner forher HAHK co-star. In a oddlyworded rant on her Facebookpage Renuka has questioned theclean chit Salman received in theBlack Buck case. She writes, “In1998 a Black Buck & 2 Chinkaras(that are endangered species &therefore cannot be killed) wereallegedly killed on a hunting tripthat included Salman Khan, SaifAli Khan, Amrita Singh, Tabu &Sonali Bendre. Somehow whilethe ‘mor’ was ‘naaching’ in their‘hivdas’ they wanted to shootsome endangered animals. Andthey did & ate them too.” So notjust Salman the actress also tooka dig at everyone else who were involvedin the case. Well this seems like a legitquestion as no other news surroundingthe other accused ever made big head-

lines. she further added “But did they? Outof all only Salman was charged for killinga black buck & a chinkara. He also servedtime for the same in Jodhpur jail. No

charges were framed against the others.The case carried on & on & on as our casesdo for two main reasons 1) Having bigbucks (sometimes even black bucks….dif-

ferent from the Black Buck whopassed) or 2) Not having big bucks.Salman of course falls in the 1stcategory of big bucks ( I don’tknow their colour & we should notbe racist by commenting) So nowafter 18 years he has been acquit-ted of charges in both cases. Somequestions come to mind 1) Whokilled the Black Buck & theChinkaras? 2) Did the driver killthem? 3) Did nobody kill them? 4)Do judges decide according toBuckworth-Lewis method? (What? Er…it’s Duckworth-Lewis?) Sorry! 4) Who will pay forthe mental torture that Salmanhas had to go through now that hehas been declared not guilty? 5)Doesn’t the nation want to knowthe truth? ( preferably very loud-ly) What? If your patience didn’twear off reading this random post,let us tell you that Renuka basical-ly is against any relief that Salmangets from the judicial system. Inthe past she was also upset that the

jury let Salman out on his hit and drunkcase. Maybe the actress should study lawand become a lawyer if she wants to giveout her personal verdicts on others!

Divyanka Tripathi and Vivek Dahiya’s Rang Deysecond teaser out and it is eternally romantic!

Deepika Padukoneavoided KanganaRanaut at Madaariscreening!

Katrina Kaif has found her match,but she wants your opinion

Renuka Shahane is tripping on SalmanKhan’s fame, here’s why we think so!

Ranveer Singh just comparedhis six pack abs to chocolatechip cookies

Glimpses of Future

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IsolateASEAN integration, and the master plan on ASEAN

Connectivity, that helps the narrowing of the development gap,and contributes towards the implementation of the ASEANCommunity Vision 2025," a joint statement issued after themeeting said. The ministers adopted the Plan of Action toImplement Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (2016-2018), which con-tains the future direction of Mekong Ganga Cooperation for thenext three years. "Recognising the significance of maritimeconnectivity between the MGC countries, the ministers in-structed SOM to consider the establishment of an MGC JointWorking Group to explore ways to enhance maritime cargotransportation and related issues amongst MGC countries," thestatement said. In his remarks at the ASEAN-India ForeignMinisters' Meeting, Singh made a strong pitch for regional con-nectivity. "India remains committed in its support for imple-mentation of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity as wellas and the Post-2015 Agenda for ASEAN Connectivity," Singhsaid. "Even as we work assiduously to enhance our physicalconnectivity and explore the extension of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway into Lao PDR, Cambodia andVietnam, I urge Thailand and Myanmar to join hands and findcreative solutions for the early conclusion of the MotorVehicles Agreement and I would also like to invite ASEANcountries to participate in the Sittwe Economic Zone," he said.

"In the economic sphere, we are happy that the ASEAN-India Trade Negotiation Committee is working to review theASEAN India Trade in Goods Agreement in order to realise thefull potential of the ASEAN India Free Trade Area. I am alsoconfident that the ASEAN-India Economic Ministers' Meetingand the RCEP Ministerial meeting scheduled in early Augustwill pave the way for smoother and deeper economic engage-ment, to the satisfaction of all parties," he added. Singh saidIndia looks forward to pursue energy security, production anduse of renewable and alternative energy sources with ASEANmember states. "In this regard, we will be training 100 ASEANpersonnel in Solar Technology, Wind Energy and Bio-Energy atthe earliest," he said. The Association of Southeast AsianNations is comprised of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia,Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Geelanitried to march towards Anantnag and participate in a rally

to be held at Lal Chowk there to express solidarity with people,the spokesman said. Meanwhile, chairman of the moderate fac-tion of Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was takeninto custody by police when he tried to take out a march. "TheMirwaiz was arrested from outside his residence in Nigeen," aspokesman of the Hurriyat said. He said the Mirwaiz tried to de-fy restrictions and march towards Anantnag district of southKashmir when police arrested him and took him to Nigeen po-lice station.

Govt AsksSharif made provocative statements on the Kashmir situa-

tion in the wake of Burhan Wani;s killing on July 8. Wani was awanted terrorist Commander of the banned terrorist organisa-tion Hizbul Mujahideen. Not only did Sharif praise Wani but healso remarked that "Kashmir will one day become Pakistan", acomment which evoked a sharp reaction from External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj, who said his dream of the state be-coming a part of his country "will not be realised even at the endof eternity". Last week, India had asked Pakistan to ensure fullsafety and security of Indian officials and their families there inview of the threats of marches and protests at the HighCommission after the observance of 'Kashmir s Accession to

Pakistan Day" and "Black Day" last week.

Defencepeople. "Entire country is concerned... I will convey your

message to the Defence Minister," Kumar said. The AN-32plane, with 29 personnel on board including four officers, wentmissing on Friday over the Bay of Bengal on its way from nearChennai to Port Blair. Raising the matter during zero hour,Kharge said the Defence Minister should apprise the House asto what steps are being taken to locate the aircraft and whosemistake it was that the aircraft went out of radar coverage. Asseveral other members, including Deepender Singh Hooda(Cong) and Anurag Thakur (BJP), sought to speak on the issue,Speaker disallowed them saying everyone was equally con-cerned and there was no need for everyone to speak.

Govtoffences punishable under various sections of anti-corrup-

tion act as well as Ranbir Penal Code. A case has been registeredand further investigation taken up, the official added.

Violenceaffected regions on TV channels, and allowing government

employees to convert their home town Leave TravelConcession (LTC) to all India LTC for visiting these regions.

2 Killedofficer said. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal

Singh expressed grief over the incident and directed thePrincipal Medical College, Jammu to provide necessary med-ical facilities to the injured.

DevoteesAugust 18. The officials said the yatra was going on smooth-

ly from both the sides with fresh batches of over 1500 pilgrimsleaving for the holy cave from the twin base camps of Baltal andNunwan-Pahalgam this morning. A total of 18 persons, includ-ing 15 yatris and a CRPF jawan, have died this year during theongoing pilgrimage with cardiac arrest being the major causefor most of the deaths. Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB)has appreciated the progressively increasing number of pil-grims who are securing advance registration with a correspon-ding decrease in on-spot registration. The Board also notedwith satisfaction that the Union Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare has deputed a good number of doctors from AIIMS,PGIMER, Safdarjung and RML Hospitals to assist the medicalarrangements, the officials said.

The officials said the planned laying of optical fibre- cablealong both the yatra routes will further strengthen the telecom-munication facilities during the future pilgrimages. As part ofcontinuous efforts to improve facilities provided to the pil-grims, the remaining work would be taken up immediately af-ter conclusion of the yatra, officials said. Various measures forsolid waste management and removal of garbage in a scientificand environment friendly manner are also in the pipeline, theofficials said. In a related development, the officials said au-thorities have decided to directly hold future registrations atVaishnavi and Saraswati Dhams without tokens from SangamHall in Jammu region. The token system was started this yearin order to regulate the influx of yatris to the registration cen-tres during the days when the quota for spot registration wasmuch less then the demand. "Since that situation no more ex-ists, hence the decision was taken to end the requirement ofseeking tokens for the yatra," the officials said.

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Wakf Board distributesration packetsSRINAGAR, JULY 25:

To provide relief in formof edible items to the people inthe valley, the J&K WakfBoard on Monday initiated re-lief distribution process out ofBaitul-Mall. In the first phaseof the process, the Wakf Boarddistributed 1000 packets of edi-ble items to the residents ofSrinagar City. Each packetcontains 10 kg of rice, 1 kg edi-ble oil, 1 kg Moong Dal and 250gms of Namkeen Tea. On theoccasion, the Vice ChairmanWakf Board, Peer MohammadHussain said that the Boardhas initiated the process onthe directions of ChiefMinister and ChairpersonWakf Board, Ms MehboobaMufti so that poor people couldbe provided some relief. Hesaid the packets would behanded over to the concernedMohalla Committees so that itis ensured that deserving fam-ilies are provided such relief.Secretary, Mohammad Rafiand Chief Executive, FayazAhmad Lone and other offi-cers of Wakf Board were pres-ent on the occasion.

SRINAGAR, JULY 25:

The Deputy ChiefMinister Dr Nirmal Singh to-day directed the officers to en-sure early completion of vari-ous developmental projectsbeing under taken in theHousing & Urban develop-ment sector so that people getthe requisite modern housingfacilities and the state comesup as one of the model statesof the country. The DeputyChief Minister was speakingat a review meeting convenedto discuss the status of vari-ous developmental initia-tives being undertaken by thegovernment. CommissionerSecretary Housing & UrbanDevelopment, Mr HrideshKumar, VC, SDA, MrTehseen Mustafa,Commissioner SMC, MrBashir Ahmad Khan,Director Urban Local Bodies,Mr Tufail Mattoo, SecretaryJK Housing Board, MrRampaul , Chief TownPlanner Mr Iftikhar Hakeemand other senior officers werepresent. Dr Singh directedthe officers to ensure that thedevelopmental projects un-

dertaken by the departmentsare completed within the stip-ulated time and they shouldalso explore the possibility ofcompleting these by doingdouble shifts. He said that thetimelines set for differentprojects should be strictly ad-hered to in order to save thecost escalation and other re-lated things. The DeputyChief Minister also directedthe Commissioner SrinagarMunicipal Corporation to un-dertake necessary sanitationmeasures especially in viewof the prevailing situation.He said that people should beactively involved in the exe-cution and implementation ofvarious programs especiallythe Swachh Bharat Mission(SBM) as the program hastremendous scope of ensur-ing the overall cleanliness ofthe city. He also asked for un-dertaking a massive cam-paign for educating the peo-ple about the benefits of thisprogramme.TheCommissioner SMC gave abrief overview of the steps un-dertaken for the timely dis-posal of garbage and sanita-tion measures besides check-

ing the un -authorized and il-legal structures in view of theprevailing situation. DrSingh also asked the VCLAWDA to ensure that theprocess of deweeding of DalLake is speeded up and askedfor exploring the possibilityof involving local youth in en-suring restoration and check-ing the encroachments of theworld famous water body.

The Director Urban LocalBodies gave an overview ofthe measures undertaken forensuring the cleanliness andsanitation undertaken byvarious municipal commit-tees and councils especiallyin view of the prevailing situ-ation. He said that majority ofthese committees are fullyfunctional and work on vari-ous developmental initia-tives is also underway. TheDeputy Chief Minister alsodirected the Chief TownPlanner to fast pace the workon the Srinagar master planand said that it should becompleted within the short-est possible time and put inthe public domain for invit-ing suggestions from the peo-ple.

Attention:CET aspirantsof BudgamBUDGAM, JULY 25:

According to DeputyCommissioner Budgam, allthe aspiring candidates whoare appearing in the upcom-ing Common Entrance Test(CET) on July 31, 2016 can ob-tain their admit cards for thesaid Examination from theNIC office at DC officeBudgam, District TreasuryOfficer Budgam, TreasuryOffice Chadoora andMunicipal CommitteeBeerwah. The Nodal officersfor the purpose of providingrequisite assistance are Mr.Abdul Rouf and Mr. TariqAhmad cell No 9419076136,01951-255258, DistrictTreasury Officer Mr.Mushtaq Ahmad 9419068788,Treasury Officer ChadooraPh No 01951-257238 andExecutive Officer MunicipalCommittee Beerwah Ph No01951-275340, 9419000448. Thecandidates shall bring thedetails about application Noand date of birth with them.

AttentionRamban HajjpilgrimsRAMBAN, JULY 25:

The vaccination of Hajjpilgrims of district Rambanshall be conducted on July26, 2016. As per notificationof Deputy CommissionerRamban, the selected Hajjpilgrims belonging to TehsilRamban and Batote shall bevaccinated on July 26, 2016at District HospitalRamban, while as Hajj pil-grims of Tehsil Banihalshall be vaccinated on July26, 2016 at EmergencyHospital Banihal.

KISHTWAR, JULY 25:

To review the physicaland financial progress of vari-ous departments, Minister ofState for Transport, Revenueand Public works (R&B), MrSunil Sharma convened ameeting of district and sec-toral officers here today. DDCKishtwar Mr G.N Balwan,SSP Kishtwar Mr SandeepWazir, ADC Kishtwar MrKishorin Lal, ACR KishtwarMr Khalid, ACD Kishtwar MrGarbi Rashied Dar, CPOKishtwar Mr Yasir Balwan,Xen PHE, PDD, R&B besidesother district and sectoralheads of various departmentsattended the meeting.

During the meeting theMinister took a comprehen-sive review of the physicalstatus of ongoing works. Hedirected the RuralDevelopment Department tosubmit their convergenceplan to DDC Kishtwar byAugust 2nd for its approval.

ACD briefed the chair aboutthe physical progress regis-tered under MNREGA andsaid that the position of worksis better than the last fiscal.The minister directed theACD to formulate a projectunder IAY in consultationwith all the BDO’s and sentthe proposal seeking addi-tional funds under the proj-ect. He further exhorted uponthe ACD to organise aware-ness camps at different placesand inspect the blocks underhis jurisdiction regularly formonitoring quality of work.

Laying stress upon theconstruction of Airstrip inKishtwar, the Minister saidthat it can be a lifeline forKishtwar and will bring achange in the district. XENR&B informed the chair thatDPR has been submitted andthe tendering process has alsobeen initiated. Regardingblacktopping of the roads inthe city, concerned officer in-formed the chair that out of

12km target, 3 km have al-ready been finished while thework on remaining stretch isexpected to be completed byAugust 10. Mr Sharma askedthe CEO to designate land inconsultation with the XENR&B for the construction ofschools as the compensationamount has already been re-leased by the government.Expressing satisfaction overthe pace of works the Ministerstressed on maintaining thesame tempo to ensure tangi-ble results are achieved in atime bound manner. He askedthe officers to work with sin-

cerity and dedication to comeupto the expectations of thepeople and said that all depart-ments should ensure efficien-cy and promptness in publicservice delivery. He main-tained that no laxity in this re-gard will be tolerated and theconcerned officers shall haveto perform with utmost hon-esty and accountability toachieve the set targets. TheMinister asked the officers towork with dedication andadopt a proactive approach toredress the grievances of thepeople and ensure overall de-velopment of the area.

SRINAGAR, JULY 25:

DivisionalCommissioner, Kashmir, Dr.Asgar Hassan Samoon todaychaired a meeting of officersof line Departments to reviewthe law and order situation,pace of various developmen-tal works and smooth func-tioning of schools in the val-ley. The DeputyCommissioners of other dis-tricts of the Valley participat-ed in the meeting throughvideo conference. TheDivisional Commissioner di-

rected that the concerned dis-trict administrations will pro-vide every possible supportfor the smooth functioning ofthe schools in their respectivejurisdiction, adding that theconcerned ZEOs will monitorthe functioning of the schoolsin their respective zones.Stressing upon the concernedofficers for completion of de-velopmental projects withinthe stipulate time frame, theDivisional Commissionerasked them to utilise thefunds judiciously with strictadherence of quality control.

Dr. Samoon asked the con-cerned for smooth supply ofration, LPG, K.oil and otheressential commodities for theconvenience of people. Heasked the concerned for unin-terrupted power and watersupply in all areas. He alsoasked SMC authorities for en-suring cleanliness and sanita-tion in the city. The meetingwas attended by DeputyCommissioner, Srinagar,Director, School Education,Kashmir, Director, CAPD,Kashmir and officers of PDD,PHE, I&FC, ERA.

SRINAGAR, JULY 25:

Minister for Industriesand Commerce, ChanderParkash Ganga today chaireda meeting to review the pro-posals and progress of vari-ous projects of Industries andCommerce department. TheMinister expressed empathywith the grieving families ofpeople killed in recent unrestand hoped for speedy recov-ery of those injured. He fur-ther directed the officers toensure attendance in the of-fices thereby keeping them ef-fectively functional. Gangareviewed the proposals ofProject Implementation Unitconstituted within Industriesand Commerce Departmentunder the World Bank assist-ed Jhelum and Tawi FloodRecovery Project (JTFRP).

The proposals includeupgradation of Kashmir Haat,skill training for flood affected inhandicraft sector, PG profes-sional education, developmentof handicraft clusters, handloomdevelopment, weavers liveli-

hood and skill rebuilding, cre-ation and maintenance of e-com-merce portal for J&K handi-crafts, establishment of marketcentres for cocoon growers, reel-ers and sheep rearers. TheMinister also took stock of theproposals under TheAggregative Macro Economicand Infrastructure RebuildingPlan (TAMEIR). TAMEIR is aRs. 80,000 crore Prime Minister’srelief package for the state to as-sist the state in rebuilding infra-structure in the state which gotdevastated in the floods of 2014.To be completed by March 2017,TAMIER plan covers projectsworth Rs.200 crore to be complet-ed by March 2017 and includesup gradation of industrial es-tates in Anantnag, Anchidoora,Bijbehara, Pulwama, Poonch,Udhampur, Kathua among oth-

ers. The Minister said that theprogress on these projects will beevaluated on a monthly basis toensure adherence to time sched-ule as well as quality standards.

The Minister further di-rected the heads of variouscorporations to begin compi-lation of data and vision docu-ments along with businessplans to be presented in re-spective board meetings to beconducted next month. Themeeting was attended byCommissioner SecretaryIndustries and CommerceDepartment, ShailendraKumar, Director Industriesand Commerce DeprtmentKashmir, Nazim Zia Khan,MD JK Industries, JavedIqbal, MD HandloomsShowkat Zargar, MD JK EDIM.I Parrey and others.

SRINAGAR, JULY 25:

Minister for RevenueRelief & Rehabilitation, SyedBasharat Bukhari todaycalled for timely completionof World Bank funded floodrestoration and managementprojects in the State. TheMinister called for expeditingpreparation of DPRs for floodrecovery and managementprojects for Jhelum and Tawito be executed under WorldBank funding. The Ministerwas addressing officers dur-ing a review meeting con-vened here to discuss themeasures being undertakenfor the effective and speedyimplementation of Rs 1500crore World Bank fundedFlood Recovery andManagement projects forJhelum and Tawi rivers.

Financial CommissionerPlanning & DevelopmentDepartment, Mr B B Vyas,Commissioner Secretary,Industries & Commerce , MrShailendra Kumar,Commissioner SecretaryHousing & UrbanDevelopment Department,Mr Hridesh Kumar,Commissioner SecretaryHealth, Dr M K Bandari,Commissioner SecretaryIrrigation & PHE, SanjeevVerma, CommissionerSecretary Revenue, Relief &Rehabilitation, Mohammad

Afzal Bhat, Commissioner,Srinagar MunicipalCorporation, Mr BashirAhmad Khan, CEO ERA, MrVinod Sharma, SecretaryHigher Education, MrHemant Kumar, MD, JKPCC,Director Finance, Revenue,Relief & Rehabilitation andother senior officers werepresent in the meeting.

The Minister directed theofficers to ensure that DPRsmeant to be submitted to theWorld Bank be prepared with-in the shortest possible timeand in consonance with the pa-rameters laid down in the WBguidelines. He said specialcare should be taken to in-volve the experts of the relatedfields in order to make theseDPRs broad-based and in tunewith the measures to be takenin view of any eventualitywhich may arise due to floodsand other natural calamities

in future. The Minister also di-rected for taking the necessarymeasures for making the StateDisaster ManagementAuthority (SDMA) fully func-tional and also ensuring prop-er staffing for the same. He al-so said that the state execu-tives, divisional and districtexecutives of the authoritiesshould be put in place withinthe shortest possible timepreferably within one week.He said necessary measuresshould also be taken to ensurethat the structures which areto be constructed should bedone keeping in view the seis-micity of the area and othervulnerability analysis shouldalso be done. Syed BasharatBukhari also directed for expe-diting the study for carryingout river morphology and em-bankment assessment ofJhelum, Tawi, other riversand water bodies. The meeting

also discussed the projects pre-pared by the Industries &Commerce department underRestoration of Livelihood inthe state. Besides the drainageprojects of the Srinagar city toaddress the water loggingproblem being undertaken bySMC were also discussed. Themeeting also discussed theprojects being undertaken un-der the Health, Education andR&B sectors. It was given outthat the detailed project re-ports have already been pre-pared and would be taken upwith the World Bank for theformal approval which wouldbe followed by execution ofthese on fast-track basis. It wasalso decided that regular meet-ings would be held on weeklybasis in order to monitor theprogress registered in theseprojects, so that bottle necks ifany can be removed and neces-sary measures taken.

Basharat for timely completion of WorldBank funded flood management projectMinister for expediting formulation of DPRs

Ganga reviews ongoingindustrial proposals, projects

Projects worth Rs. 116.41 cr to beundertaken with World Bank assistance,Rs. 200 crore under TAMEIR

Div Com reviews law,order situation in Valley

JAMMU, JULY 25:

Speaker LegislativeAssembly, Kavinder Guptatoday inspected the pace ofwork on various road andsanitation projects in hishome constituency GandhiNagar. The Speaker visitedChanni Rama and took stockof the work on the localNallah and adjoining roadtaken up to upgrade connec-tivity to various localities ofarea. The project aims at de-vising a permanent solutionto the problem of frequentdamage to the road duringmonsoon by construction ofan underground covered nal-lah to make it all weatherserviceable road providingconnectivity to various local-ities of the area. The project isbeing executed by UrbanEnvironmental EngineeringDepartment (UEED) underthe Atal Mission forRejuvenation and UrbanTransformation (AMRUT).Noting that this stretch ofwhich is damaged every yeardue to flashfloods, theSpeaker said the after com-

pletion of this project, the res-idents of the area will have tono longer suffer due to thelack of connectivity. With thedevelopment of the area intoa residential colony over theyears, the exit lane for rapidrun off of rain water getsblocked leading to frequentwashing out of the road, theSpeaker was informed.

Earlier, the Speaker alsovisited village Khawas Khan,of Satwari block- the villagesituated at the periphery ofGandhi Nagar Constituencyand launched constructionwork for a link road to con-nect the village with JeevanNagar - Maraliyan.Predominantly inhabited by

the farmers, cattle and sheeprearing Gujjar populace, thepeople of the area have longsuffered to have their voiceheard. Addressing a publicmeeting in the area, theSpeaker said that he consis-tently strives to ensure thatno area remains untouchedfrom development under hischarge and that people areable to avail the basic ameni-ties without any hassles.

The Speaker announcedthat plans have been formu-lated to solve the problem ofelectricity shortage in the vil-lage with an independentelectric transformer and in-stallation of electric poles.“Plan has also been formulat-

ed for betterment of thedrainage systems in the areaand works for both these proj-ects will be taken up soonand completed in stipulatedtime frame” the Speaker as-sured. “In our horde for de-velopment, the little nooksand crannies are often left be-hind, neglected and at the endof the day affect the growthindicators. No nation can re-ally develop unless every sec-tion of the society is looked af-ter”, Kavinder Gupta added.The Speaker was accompa-nied by SDM Jammu SouthSonu Pargal. The publicmeeting was attended byAEE, JE, Sarpanch, Panchsand locals.

Speaker conducts tour of Gandhi Nagar ConstituencyInspects pace of work on road, sanitation projects

Sunil Sharma reviews progress of developmental works

Dy CM for early completion of the dev projects, fast pacing SBM

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SRINAGAR, JULY 25:

The residents of Jammuand Kashmir working out-side the state and the stu-dents hailing from the state,studying in various parts ofthe country, have been askedto contact the DeputyCommissioners of their na-tive districts in case theyneed of any help or assis-tance.

Such persons can contactMr Farooq Ahmad Lone, DCSrinagar on phone number:0194-2452182/2472580 and cellno: 9419008004, Mir AltafAhmad, DC Budgam onphone no: 01951-255203/255205/255204 and cellno: 9419042651, Syed AbidRashid, DC Anantnag onphone no: 01932-222337/223164 and cell no:9419000090/9469000090, MrMuneer-ul-Islam, DC

Pulwama on Phone No.01933-241243/241306 and CellNo. 9419002903,Dr. NasirNaqash, DC Baramulla onPhone No. 01952-234210/234005 and CellNo.9419013122, KumarRajeev Ranjan, DC Kupwaraon phone No.01955-252130/253335 and Cell No.9419080222, Mr. SajadHussain Ganai, DCBandipora on Phone No.01957-226085/226084/226051and Cell No. 9419040369, Mr.Tariq Hussain Ganai, DCGanderbal on Phone No.0194-2416142/2416433/2416141and Cell No. 9469562000, Mr.Showkat Aijaz Bhat, DCKulgam on Phone No. 01931-260500/260499 and Cell No.9419453888 and GhulamMohammad Dar, DCShopian on Phone No. 01933-260987/261910 and Cell No.9419150994.

Jammu, Jul 25 (PTI)

Branding the separatists "stooges of Pakistan," BJP todaysaid there was no need to hold talks with the Hurriyat leader-ship which has been working hard to keep the "Kashmir potboiling." "No talks should be held with the separatist leaderslike Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and YasinMalik who are not only responsible for the present situation inKashmir Valley but are acting as stooges of Pakistan to keepKashmir pot boiling," BJP state spokesman Virender Guptasaid. He said separatists were working for the benefit ofPakistan and against the interests and integrity of India.

There are a snumber of cases against them for committingmurder of army, security personnel and pro-India elementsand were instrumental in migration of Kashmiri Pandits andother minority communities. Gupta said these leaders havewaged a war against India at the behest of Pakistan and favourKashmir becoming a part of Pakistan. He said there was a needto vigorously pursue the pending cases against the separatistsas "this is essential to restore normalcy and peace in theValley." "The stakeholders for whom the talks can be held forresolving the issues of Jammu and Kashmir are the people ofJammu region, Kashmir valley, Ladakh region, KashmiriPandits, displaced persons of PoK and people of various reli-gious and ethnic groups," he said. He said people of Jammu andLadakh regions have suffered discrimination and politicalneglect since Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India and thedisplaced people of PoK need more attention in any negotia-tion to be held. "Granting of greater autonomy would harm thenational interest and aspirations of the people of Jammu andLadakh regions as it shall further empower the Valley eliteand subject the people of these regions to more neglect," Guptasaid. He said Kashmir was not entire Jammu and Kashmir, itis merely 15 per cent area of the state which is under Indian ju-risdiction and constitutes about 45 percent of the state's popu-lation. There is more than 60 per cent silent majority in theValley which has nothing to do with the present turmoil andwants to remain part of Indian democracy.

SRINAGAR, JULY 25:

Minister for Education, MrNaeem Akhtar today reviewedthe arrangements for counselingfor the Prime Minister’s SpecialScholarship Scheme (PMSSS),which will begin at Srinagar andJammu simultaneously on 26July 2016 from 9.00 am. InKashmir, the counseling will beheld at Amar Singh College,Srinagar while in Jammu, thecounseling will be held at Govt

College for Women, GandhiNagar. The list of the provision-ally eligible candidates forPMSSS is available in the finalmerit list at AICTE website:http://www.aicteindia.org/downloads/JnK. The candidateshave been asked to report at therespective Counseling Centres,one hour ahead of the scheduledtime with all the requisite docu-ments. The Minister said for thecurrent financial year Rs 75crore scholarships are available

to J&K students under PMSSSand the number of supernumer-ary seats in the recognized engi-neering colleges across the coun-try has been increased from twoeach to 10 each this year. He saidin addition two seats each will beavailable in recognized HotelManagement Institutes andthree seats each will be availablein the Nursing Colleges acrossthe country. The Minister saidthat only NBA (National Boardof Accreditation) accredited col-

leges are available for admissionas the State Government and theAICTE have worked out a fool-proof mechanism to ensure ad-mission of the students only inthe best colleges of the countryunder PMSSS. The Ministersaid role of the touts, who earliermisused the scheme and fleecedthe students, has been complete-ly done away with and the stu-dents will only get admission torecognized colleges through agenuine selection process.

New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI)

The National GreenTribunal (NGT) has directedJammu and KashmirGovernment and state pollu-tion control board to file acomprehensive report beforeit about the hospitals whichwere not complying with bio-medical waste rules and theaction proposed to be takenagainst them. A bench head-ed by NGT ChairpersonJustice Swatanter Kumarsaid that report filed by thestate pollution control boardin relation to the collection,transportation and disposalof the bio-medical waste bydifferent hospitals was not inaccordance with law and itsaffidavit was inadequate.

"Normally, we wouldhave directed coercive stepsagainst the erring authori-ties," the bench said andgranted a final opportunity tothe government and Jammuand Kashmir pollution con-trol board to comply with thedirections without any delay."A complete and comprehen-sive report shall be filed, stat-ing the actions taken againstthe hospitals in the entirestate which are operatingwithout obtaining consent ofthe board. It should also bestated as to how many hospi-tals including the big hospi-tals catering to large numberof patients of Jammu andKashmir are not complying

with the bio- medical wasterules and what action is takenor proposed to be takenagainst them," the tribunalsaid. "The report shall alsodeal with the status of bio-medical waste dumping sitesand whether they are ade-quately prepared for thedumping of the bio-medicalwaste," it said. The tribunalobserved that authoritieshave not "acted properly" indealing with the issue ofwaste to energy plant."Srinagar alone generates 400metric tonnes of waste everyday indicating as to what fa-cilities are required beforethe entire city is converted in-to a dumping ground," it said.The counsel appearing for thestate told the tribunal thateven after extending the timefor submission of tender, theyhave not received any tenderfor waste to energy plant.

During the hearing, thestate pollution control boardfiled its affidavit in which itstated that a joint inspectionteam comprising of officialsand a representative ofCentral Pollution ControlBoard had inspected differ-ent sites. The bench has post-ed the matter for hearing onAugust 11. The tribunal hadearlier directed concernedauthorities to conduct a jointinspection regarding hospi-tals and disposal of bio-med-ical waste in the entire city ofSrinagar and Jammu.

JNF ServiceJammu, July 25

State High Court holds that any water source/talab/pondexisted in the State as on 10.11.2010 would be deemed to be theproperty of the Government and not before that. This signifi-cant judgment has been passed by Justice Tashi Rabstan in apetition filed by one Ajay Singh seeking quashment of orderdated 06.08.2014 passed by the 2nd Additional District Judge,Jammu, whereby the status-quo order dated 03.07.2014 passedby the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jammu, with respect to theconstruction being raised upon a Talab approximately 13kanals 12 marlas comprised in Khasra No.178(Old) 320(new),Khata No.115/120 and khewat No.1, situate at Thanger, ChanniBye Pass, Jammu, has been vacated. Justice Tashi Rabstan ob-served that the next contention of petitioner is that in terms ofWater Resources Act, any proprietary and ownership rights ofany person in any water source, talab/pond in the State shall bedeemed to have been terminated with the commencement ofthe Act and vested with the Government and quote Section 3(1)of Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation andManagement) Act, 2010 in which it has been submitted thatEvery water source in the State is, and ammu and KashmirWater Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010 cameto be enacted on 23.10.2010 and it came into force on 10.11.2010vide SRO 415 when the Government notified the same in theGovernment Gazette; meaning thereby, Section 3(1) of the Actwould apply only with effect from 10.11.2010. Therefore, as perthe Act, any water source/ talab/pond existed in the State as on10.11.2010 would be deemed to be the property of theGovernment and not before that.ownership, or any riparian orusage right, on such water resources vested in any individual,group of individuals or any other body, corporation, companysociety or community shall, from the date of commencement ofthe Act, be deemed to have been terminated and vested with theGovernment.” The Act provides that any proprietary or owner-ship rights of any person in any water source in the State shallbe deemed to have been terminated and vested with theGovernment with the commencement of the Act. JNF

JNF ServiceJammu, July 25

Crime Branch Jammuunearth a scam in which mi-grated Pak Persons getsPermanent ResidentCetificate. According to theCrime Branch Jammu a com-plaint lodged by Renu BalaW/o Brij Mohan R/o AzadColony Lower Roop Nagar,Jammu, duly endorsed byMunsiff, Jammu was re-ceived in Crime Branchwherein the complainant hadalleged that one AshokKumar S/o Sant Ram R/oUdhaywala, Near MatadorStand, at present Shiv Nagar,

Jammu being a resident ofPakistan was not entitled tobe the Permanent Resident ofthe state but he in connivancewith the revenue officials pro-cured a reserved category cer-tificate in-terms of SRO-294by forging the records and thedocuments, vide File No.946/SC/BCE dated 04-09-2010.It was also alleged that hisname was shown in the voterlist of 1984 as Ashok KumarS/o Sant Ram whereas, in thecaste certificate it was shownas Ashok Kumar S/o AnantRam. It was further allegedthat Ram Lal S/o Late. AnantRam, Kamal Kishore S/o RamLal and Brij Mohan S/o Ram

Lal also applied for the is-suance of SC category certifi-cate by projecting and refer-ring said Ashok Kumar to bethe real brother of Ram Laland uncle of Brij Mohan andKamal Kishore whereas, saidAshok Kumar was neitherthe real brother nor the uncleof the accused persons.However, all the accused per-sons obtained the categorycertificates in their favour onthe basis of fake and forgeddocuments in connivancewith the revenue officials etc.

SSP Crime BranchMubassir Latifi said that dur-ing the course of verificationit was found that Ashok

Kumar, Ram Lal, KamalKishore and Brij Mohan gotthe PRC certificates issued intheir favour by using the rev-enue documents of onePishori Lal S/o Anant Ramwhereas the said Pishori Lalwas not even remotely con-nected with them. The ac-cused in furtherance of acriminal conspiracy obtainedthe PRC and other relateddocuments viz. Ration Card,Voter list etc. pertaining toPishori Lal and used the samefraudulently and procuredthe PRC in their favour inconnivance with the revenueofficials. It was further re-vealed that Ashok Kumar was

son of Sant Ram who migrat-ed from Pakistan and startedliving in Batala, Punjab andthereafter, in the year 1979-80he came to Jammu and mar-ried one Smt. Sudesh Kumariand started living with his in-laws and that all the docu-ments viz voter card, rationcard etc. used for procuringthe PRC belonged to the realfore-fathers of Smt. SudeshKumari. Similarly, SC catego-ry certificates were also pro-cured by the accused personson the basis of fake docu-ments as the accused fraudu-lently prepared fake and ma-nipulated records in conven-ience with the revenue offi-

cials in order to secure unduebenefits for themselves andtheir family members.

The omissions and com-missions, therefore, on thepart of Ashok Kumar S/oSant Ram R/o Udhaywala,Near Matador Stand, AtPresent Shiv Nagar, Jammuand Brij Mohan S/o Ram Lal,Kamal Kishore S/o Ram Lal,Ram Lal S/o Lt. Anant RamAll residents of H. No. 360,Main Chowk, Shakti Nagar,Jammu, prima facie, consti-tute offences punishable u/s420,465,467,468,471,120-B RPC.Accordingly, a formal case isregistered in P/S CrimeBranch, Jammu. JNF

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Migrated Pak Persons gets PRC; CB registers case

NGT directs J&K to file reportBio-medical waste disposal:

Any water source as on November,2010 property of Government: HC

No need to hold talkswith separatists: BJP

Govt sets up help-linesin DC offices

Counseling for PMSSS begins on July 26