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As onions are in news all over the countryover their steep price now at Rs100, storiesare doing rounds from Kashmir to KanyaKumari. Chiding the government over itsfailure to curb the prices of this crucial'pealy' bulb without which the cuisine of thenation is hard to survive, many have applied for onion loans. Back in the vall ey, gossip ononion has assumed a new dimension. Many

people in Kashmir feel that onion exportsfrom Pakistan have brought down the ratesof onion by a good margin. When peoplecame to know about Pakistani onions,curiosity caught their fancy. Purchases start-ed apace with Pakistani onions being givena special place in the Kitchen. Valley cui-sine, too like the Indian cuisine cannot sur-vive without the onion. Called in Gande

Bagare, the fried onion on vegetables or meat makes average Kashmiri tingle histongue. However in a little while, Pakistani

onion lost its place of pride because valleyhouse wife and the merchant, both found itsub standard. The onion dealers and housewives vouch for the quality of onions com-ing from Nasik and Karnataka. Hoping for drop in the prices of the domestic onions,they look expectantly to the Indian onionagain to rule in their kitchen. Interestingly,only few truck loads from Pakistan havearrived, compared to 550 tons that have

been impo rted from Afgh anis tan .Curiously, the onion gossip in Kashmir has placed one earthly fact to the fore-if Pakistani onions are not tasty how manyother things can be. Firings across the bor-der, export of terrorists in Kashmir and false promises made by Islamabad too are

bound to meet the fate their onions have

met. With Indian onion showing the way, i tis only matter of some time.

RANASAHIB

Onion gossip from Kashmir!

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ROHIT SINGH RANA

Two drum beaters go to a village.Their drumming attracts people whocome out of their misery holes towitness the Tamashsa. As a sectionof people is drawn towards onedrummer, the other tries had to out-wit him. Soon the two drummers,who had come to the village togeth-er, fall apart. Enemies now, theycurse each other for spoiling the

prospect of get ting a good amount of grain from the villagers, in lieu of their drum beating. Soon curseschange into a violent verbal spat.Together they had come as friends,enemies now they leave on their dif-ferent ways. Eye witnesses say thatafter travelling on different coursefor a while, the two drummers wereseen together beating their drums inanother village.This is the script which the voters of the state are being forced to witness.Congress and National Conference(NC), the two poles in political parl-ance came together to form an alche-my. Like the medieval alchemists,they wanted to turn everything into

gold. Now leave alone gold, daily barbs hu rled at each othe r tell a dif-ferent story. It began with peoplelike Mustafa Kamaal, NC’s wilder-ness politician who without a real

job has found one. Ogle daily theCongress, suspect its policies and attack even its philosophy and good intentions, is the common fare thatthe NC leader has dished out for thecoalition partner. The oldest political

party in Kashmir in a poor show,with heads down, meekly submitted itself to NC innuendoes. When thelimit was crossed, some determined attack from Congress spearheaded

by Sham Lal Shar ma, and Mohan LaSharma restored a little parity to the

NC’s sear ing attack. Now Cong ressMLA from Inderwal GhulamMohammad Saroori too has joined the NC basher’s camp by attackingthe senior coalition partner on itsfailure to carry forward the “equi-table development agenda” thecoalition had agreed to work on.Saroori is considered a big wig of Congress and close to Ghulam NabiAzad.It is another matter, whether

Saroori’s attack will do anythingsubstantial to the working of thecoalition but it leaves a lot to be

explained. The coalition partners areattacking each other as a routine and will this augur well for the coalitionis any body’s guess. It may not affectthe political fortunes of the twoalliance partners but it has brought tothe fore, gross inconsistencies in thealliance, which have undermined theequitable development of the threeregions of the state as per the mini-mum aspirations of the people.There is truth in Saroori’s statement,which was echoed time and again byother Jammu based Congress lead-ers. The issue of development on thesouth side of Banihal Tunnel is a bigthorn, which will not go unlessremedial measures are undertaken toaddress Jammu sentiment on a war footing. Roads, medical facilities inthe premium Government MedicalCollege, traffic woes, mismanage-ment of municipalities all over theregion, electrical outages, employ-ment opportunities and disinterest todevelop Jammu have not beenaddressed. Tourism is a pointer tothe fact that there is a widely held

percept ion that NC is either notinclined to develop the province or is

treating it like a back yard of Kashmir.On political front Delimitation is a

big disap point ment. Recen tlyreleased Ganai Committee report for formation of new administrativeunits in the state is favoured towardsKashmir than Jammu. The antiJammu mindset is one deriding fac-tor that has not allowed the coalitionto function with full steam. Jammu

based Congress leader s have notasserted as they should have.Criticising and cribbing does nothelp only effective opposition makesthings click. Unfortunately that hasnot happened. With only a year leftfor the coalition to rule, it is unlikelythat the Jammu based Congress lead-ership will do anything stormy tounbalance the NC’s apple cart. Theytoo have stakes to continue in power.Rest is understood, their noises areonly for public consumption other-wise they had opportunities to walk out of the government. ThusCoalition will stay but noises will beheard. In the meantime, the explo-ration for new partners is on thecards and who knows Congressmight have finalized its strategy tochange its partner. In all its politicalmarriages, unfortunately it is bound

to play a second role the lead will goto either NC of PDP while Jammuwill continue to suffer.

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SHOPIAN, OCT 26: Atleast one militant waskilled while a civilian wasinjured during a gunfight between Army and Lashkar Toiba militants inHushanpora, Nagabal areaof South Kashmir'sShopian district.Deputy Inspector General

South Kashmir VijayKumar identified the slainmilitant as Abbas Reshiand said that he was thedistrict commander of Letoutfit and was involved invarious militancy related incidents.Reports said that after receiving inputs about the

presence of three militantsfrom sources inHushanpora hamlet, Army personnel from 62 RR,SOG Imam Sahab and CRPF party jointly cordonoff the village and started asearch operation.Sources said that duringsearch operation, militantsfired upon joint party and during the ensuing gun-fight one militant waskilled. Reports said thattwo militants managed toescape soon after the joint party of Governme ntForces cordoned off thearea. However, DIG,South Kashmir said thatthere are apprehensionsthat one non-local militantis still present in the vil-lage and all resources are being utilized to neutral-ize him.During the gunfight, onemilitant Abas Reshi son of

Bashir Ahmed Reshi resi-dent of Alishapora waskilled.Police said that the slainmilitant was directlyinvolved in Awnera inci-dent where militants dur-ing an attack had killed aCRPF jawan."We have pressed sniffer dogs into service to tracethe militants and allresources are being put toneutralize these Lashkar militants," one of the police offici al told.During the gunfight, onecivilian from AlishaporaShopian was injured whowas shifted to evacuated and rushed to hospital.The injured civilian has been identified as GhulamMuhammad Para son of Muhammad Akram Para.Search operation wasgoing on when this newsreport was being filed.

LeT District commander killedin gunfight; one civilian injured NEW DELHI, OCT 26:

Taking strong exception to Narendra Modi address ingRahul Gandhi as "shahzada"(prince), Congress onSaturday did some toughtalking as it threatened thatits workers were capable of stopping such "undignified"language but were restrained due to respect for laws and the Model Code.The ruling party said its vice-

preside nt should beaddressed in the same man-ner in which he addresses

people with respect as use of words like "shahzada" willnot be tolerated.Defending Rahul Gandhi'srecent election speecheswhere he had invoked Muzaffarnagar riots, theCongress said the motive

behind Gandhi' s remark sshould be understood as hesaid communalism in any

form should be opposed and condemned."The way Rahul Gandhi is

being addressed and criti-cized by the use 8Contd p2

Congress attacks Modi over describingRahul Gandhi as Shahzada

Rajasthan cop gave Rahul "Information"on ISI contacting Muslim youth: Modi

JAIPUR: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modion Saturday claimed a Rajasthan police officer, who want-ed to contest elections, had given Congress vice-presidentRahul Gandhi "information" on Pakistani spy agency ISIcontacting Muslim youth victims of Muzaffarnagar riots."I tried to gather information who gave him (Gandhi) thisISI story ... I came to know that a Rajasthan-based policeofficer who wants to fight elections on a Congress ticket

passed this information to him and he in turn used in hisspeech," Modi said while addressing a rally in Udaipur.This was the second time the Gujarat chief minister target-ed Gandhi on the issue after asking the 8Contd p2

JAMMU, OCT 26: On theoccasion of 66th AccessionDay of the State, BJP cele-

brated the accession day byorganizing ceremonial pro-gramme at the venue of Maharaja Hari Singh statueoverlooking Tawi Bridge.The programme started bylaying wreaths at the statueand obeisance by BJP leadersand workers. Several peoplefrom also joined the party

programme as a mark of their respect to late Maharaja. Itwas organized by JammuDistrict BJP under itsPresident Rajesh Gupta.BJP National ExecutiveMember & Leader of Legislative Party Ashok

Khajuria, who presided over the function, said that it isirony that while BJP observesthis day at the statue of Maharaja Hari Singh everyyear, his own family mem-

bers shy away from doing soand keep themselves busy inother functions. He alsomocked Rahul Gandhi for

publica lly shedding tearsover the deaths of his grand mother and father thus mak-ing fool of himself. He said that the dynastic rule in NewDelhi and in the state is dan-gerous, which needs to bereplaced by parties like BJPwith Narendra Modi as PrimeMinister.BJP National Executive

Member Dr. Nirmal Singhsaid that Act of Independencewas concluded after longdeliberations with unanimousassents by the all stake hold-ers. He said that whenPakistan raises question onaccession, its very own exis-tence comes under question.He appealed that we should not get into the involved indebate over issues whileaccession and merger whichalready stand settled forever adding that the governmentshould also focus on thedevelopment and welfare of its citizens instead of makingaccession an issue.BJP National ExecutiveMember 8Contd p2

BJP celebrates 66th accession day of StateJAMMU, OCT 26: DeputyChief Minister, Tara Chand,on saturday said that concert-ed efforts are being made bythe government to exploit thewide-ranging tourism poten-tial of Jammu region.

The Minister was address-ing a huge gathering after flagging off a cultural rally of students drawn from variousschools of Jammu city here atMubarak Mandi complex as

part of three day long Duggar festival organized by Duggar Vikas Manch.The event has been organized

by the Manch to highlight therich Dogra culture and her-itage, besides commemorat-ing the accession of theJammu and Kashmir state

with union of India.MLAs Ashok Khajuria,Ashwani Sharma, former Mayor Narinder Singh, CEO,Jammu Mr. T.L. Mulnivasi,President of the ManchDaneshwar Singh, prominentcitizens, members of civil

society and scores of schoolchildren attended the event.Calling for exploitingtourism potential of theregion to its fullest, TaraChand said need of the hour is to promote heritagetourism and to take the visit-ing tourists beyond Katra. Hesaid mega-projects have beenlaunched to upgrade tourisminfrastructure in places likeShiv-Khori, Budha Amarnathand other such places of tourist interests and all outefforts have been afoot to

bring the region up ontourism map.He said prestigious projectslike Mubarak MandiHeritage Complex, ArtificialLake and 8Contd p2

PDP to join electoralfray with positive

agenda: MuftiSRINAGAR, OCT 26:Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) patron MuftiMohammad Sayeed has said the PDP will go into the elec-tions with a positive agendathat would usher in a new eraof political stability, devel-opment and an assured spaceof dignity for our future gen-erations. "We have to leave

behind the political bicker-ings and blame-games of the

past and respond to the enor-mous problems facing peo-

ple of the state with unityand wisdom", he told a largegathering of 8Contd p2

NEW DELHI, OCT 26: Inindirect praise for Gujaratchief minister NarendraModi, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind's general secretaryMaulana Mahmood Madanion Saturday said more riotshave occurred in Rajasthanand Uttar Pradesh than inGujarat. The number of Muslim youths in the jails of Maharashtra and Rajasthanexceed those in Gujarat, headded."In the past 10 years (sincethe 2002 Gujarat riots), morethan 48 communal clasheshave occurred in Rajasthanwhile 102 have been reported in the past one-and-a-half years in Uttar Pradesh.Please tell me, who is rightand who is wrong?," Madani,indirectly lauding Bharatiya

Janata Party's prime ministe-rial candidate NarendraModi, told Rajat Sharma onhis show "Aap Ki Adalat" onIndia TV."I don't say any such thing in

private or in public t o sho wthat I support Modi. But if I

compare Gujarat withMaharashtra and Rajasthan,then people will say I supportModi," he said."More Muslim youths are inthe jails of Maharashtra and Rajasthan than in Gujarat,"he said.

Noting that "there are twolines of thinking in India -one inclusive, the other divi-sive", Madani said: "Weexpect from the Congress to

promote inclusive thinking, but unfortunately, some of their leaders have created such a situation that theyappear to be divisive."Asked about Congress

party's charge that he is supporting Modi, Madani said the party should introspect."Those who are raising suchquestions 8Contd p2

HYDERABAD, OCT 26:Lashing out at Congress

president Sonia Gandhi for "playing with the lives of Telugu people" and "murder-ing democracy in broad day-light", YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddycalled on Telugu people onSaturday to give 30 Lok Sabha seats to his party in

general elections, so as tostop the division of AndhraPradesh."Do you know the history of Andhra Pradesh? You are

playing with the future of our children only to make your son Prime Minister. Is it jus-tified?" Jagan said referringto Sonia, at his first rally hereafter release on bail lastmonth. He called upon the

people to unite and thwartthe politics of "divide and rule" and "votes and seats"."This is a fight betweenDelhi's arrogance and Telugu

people' s self-re spect," theKadapa MP said. "Let us win30 Lok Sabha seats. We willthen see who will and whocan divide Andhra Pradesh.If we win 30 8Contd p2

Neonate deaths:

Central Team tosubmit final report

SRINAGAR: Prof N K Arora, Pediatrician and Chairman of NationalAdverse Events FollowingImmunization (AEFI), onSaturday said that CentralTeam would submit itsreport within a week toJammu and Kashmir Government. The CentralTeam headed by Prof

N.K.Arora had visite d Kashmir after neonate deathsin G.B.Panth 8Contd p2

Moderate quakestrikesDoda-Bhaderwahbelt,triggers panic

BHADERWAH OCT 26 :One more fresh tremor rocksBhaderwah and its adjoiningareas early in the morningtoday. As per reports tremor of low intensity at about 5 AM and it was of about 3.5 on

Richter scale. After thetremor people rush out of their houses in the morningcold for shelter and spend few hours in the open skywith their families and chil-dren. One of the 8Contd p2

Handloom depttorganises awareness camp at Chatroo

Avail maximum benefitfrom the schemes: SarooriKISHTWAR, OC 26:Department of Handloomorganised one day awarenesscamp for the weavers here atChatroo whereat they wereeducated about variousschemes offered by the hand-loom department for promo-tion of the craft.G M Saroori, MLA Inderwalas the chief guest inaugurat-ed the camp wherein a largenumber of weavers, local

people in cluding s arpanchesand panches of 8Contd p2

NEW DELHI, OCT 26:Arya Samaj Scholar and Human Rights activistSwami Agnivesh on Saturdayasked Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to stop behavinglike a war-monger and think twice before passing anysuch comments which could flare up the situation.

"We should look at theother side of the coin as well.

It is not only Indian media but Pakistani media is alsoclaiming that Indian soldiersare violating the ceasefire. Sowe should condemn theattacks of both Indian and Pakistani soldiers and should ask politicians especially theChief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir not to indulge inhate speeches," Agniveshtold Srinagar based news

gathering agency adding that politi cians are giving toomuch hype to border skir-mishes.

"I fail to understand whatOmar Abdullah and other war-mongers would get bytargeting Pakistani establish-ment. These politiciansshould remember that love

begets love. It is not desirablefor the 8Contd p2

Omar should not behave like a war-monger: Swami Agnivesh

Govt keen to tap tourism potential of Jammu: Tara Chand

SONIA PLAYING WITH LIVESOF ANDHRA: JAGAN REDDY

More riots in Rajasthan, UP than in Gujarat: Maulana Madani

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Congress attacks ...of language - words like 'shahzada'and alike, this conduct is not digni-

fied in a democracy."Congress workers are not reacting

out of respect for the model code of

conduct and laws of the country andare thus quiet. Otherwise, the use of

such words can be stopped in two

days. We don't want such a situation

to arrive," Congress general secre-tary Janardan Dwivedi said, without

naming Modi.He said the way Rahul Gandhi andCongress leaders address people

with respect, it is expected that oth-

ers also use similar words to

address them.The Congress leader was reacting to

Narendra Modi's remarks made on

Friday in Jhansi where he attackedGandhi for saying that ISI was in

touch with Muslim youth of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar and dared

himto reveal the i dentity of such per-

sons or apologise publicly for level-ling "serious allegations" and

"defaming" the entire community.

Modi has also been using "shahza-

da" to address Gandhi publicly in therecent past.

Dwivedi said fundamentalism of any

form gives rise to communalismwhich is not good for the country and

no one should rake up such issuesirresponsibly in national interest.

"We have been seeing for a long

time nowthat some people do poli-tics even on very sensitive issues,"

Dwivedi stressed, adding that

Gandhi had said communalism in

any formshould be opposed. Attacking the BJP, the Congress

general secretary said issues whichdo not have any meaning are beingblown out of proportion in a bid to

seek political mileage. The BJP haspetitioned the Election Commission

for Rahul Gandhi's attack against it

and for accusing the saffron party of spreading hatred in society by flaring

up communalism."If a Hindu spreads communalismand hatred and suspects everyMuslim, then he is supporting cross-border forces which are anti-India."Similarly, a Muslim fundamentalistis also strengthening the hands of those organizations which arespreading communalism and hatredin the country, though I do not wishto name them," Dwivedi said whileseeking to explain the context of Gandhi's hatred remarks.He said anyone who thinks in nation-

al interest and about the country,should not "irresponsibly" rake upsuch issues. "Is there anyone, even

those who instigated riots, havingthe moral courage to say that com-

munalismis a good thing and claim

that thay have indulged in riots," he

said, questioning if there was any-one who was not ashamed of

Muzaffarnagar riots or other similar incidents.

Accusing Rahul Gandhi of "inciting

riotous behaviour" through his

speeches at poll rallies, BJP has

lodged a complaint with the Election

Commission seeking action againsthim and Congress for "willful and

blatant" violation of Model Code. The

EC is currently scanning Gandhi's

speeches and have sought their copy alongwith a report from poll offi-

cials.

In a no-holds-barred attack on theBJPin rallies in Churu and Alwar in

poll-bound Rajasthan, Rahul allegedits "politics of anger and hate" was

fanning communal tensions and

damaging the country's secular fab-ric. The Congress vice-president

also invoked the recent

Muzaffarnagar riots in Uttar Pradesh

in which 62 people were killed to tar-get the saffron party, saying such

communal violence causes terror-

ism.

Rajasthan cop ..Congress leader to either apologize

publicly or name those allegedlycontacted by the Pakistani intelli -

gence at his rally in Uttar Pradesh's

Jhansi on Friday.Gandhi had made the remarks at a

rally in Indore on Thursday.

Modi said the "shehzada" (prince) is

busy talking about family serials in

his speeches, thinking these kind of things will help the party.

"Shahzada came to Rajasthan. Even

his party men did not understand

what he spoke, why he spoke, for whomhe spoke," he said.

Turning his guns on the Ashok

Gehlot government, he asked whypeople should vote for a government

not trusted by its own party.

Citing Gandhi's speeches on com-

munalism, Modi said the Congress istrying to teach his Bharatiya Janata

Party (BJP) lessons, but questionedif it had faith in Gehlot government,and if it did then why did Gandhi visit

an area hit by communal riots in2009 without informing the state gov-ernment.

"If he trusted their government, whydid he come to visit Gopalgarh with-

out telling anyone, without telling the

CM?" he asked

Gopalgarh in Bharatpur had seencommunal riots in 2009 in which 10

people were killed."Do you have faith in a governmentin which the Human Rights

Commission and MinoritiesCommission do not have trust?

Minorities Commission said that thisstate government cannot protectminorities. So can you trust this state

government?" he said."The governor of Rajasthan who isfrom Congress ... what did she say?

If you cannot implement tribal wel-fare schemes, then let me do it.

Would you like this type of govern-ment to stay in the state. They haveruined Rajasthan," he said.

Taking a dig at the Gehlot govern-ment on the number of inaugurationsof projects recently, Modi said that

no scissors were available in the lastfewmonths as the state governmentwas busy in cutting ribbons.

Accusing the United Progressive Alliance government of misusing the

CBI, he said that when it became

clear that party leader and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje willwin in Rajasthan, the agency

became active against BJP's GulabChand Katara, the leader of opposi-tion.

He said a senior official directlyblamed Prime Minister ManmohanSingh for the coal scam, referring to

former coal secretary PC Parakh,who reacted to his name figuring in a

FIRby saying that if he was indicted,then the PMshould be too."If this kind of allegations would have

been levelled against me,

Vasundhara ji or (Madhya Pradeshchief minister) Shivraj ji (Singh

Chouhan), we would have run intoproblems.Modi also accused the central gov-

ernment of fooling people by attribut-ing the rise in onion prices to decline

in production."In fact, onion production hasdeclined by only five percent and

prices on the other hand have goneup nearly by 1,500 per cent ... onionis grown mainly in three states -

Maharashtra, Andhra andKarnataka, all Congress-ruledstates," he claimed.

"Congress is not concerned with ris-ing prices, all they are concerned is

with corruption in 2G and coal," hesaid, urging the people to throwoutCongress from Rajasthan.

BJP celebrates ...Shamsher Singh Manhas said thatthe people should not get misled by

the false propaganda of NC andsilence of Congress over the acces-sion. He said that statement issued

by NC leaders are threat to nationsecurity. He said that every nationloving individual should take pledge

on this day to defeat the designs of such forces which pose threat to the

integration of the state.National Executive Member & J&KChief Spokesperson, Dr. JitendraSingh, demanded that the"Accession Day" on 26 October

should be declared a state holidayand in lieu of it, a notification beissued cancelling the holiday of so-called Martyrs Day on 13 July, whichis unconstitutional because whenIndia's official Martyrs Day on 30January marking death anniversaryof the father of nat ion MahatmaGandhi is not a holiday, how hasNational Conference govt. declared13 July a Martyrs Day holiday. Hesaid those who say there was acces-sion but no merger of J&K, are notclear in their concept becauseInstrument of Merger did not apply toJ&K.State General Secretary & former Mayor Kavinder Gupta said that

every activists of the party, irrespec-tive of his or her post, should get well

acquainted with the legal and consti-tutional parameters of the accessionand reach the masses to present the

real facts of the same. He said that

the BJP's commitment for the hon-our of people like Maharaja Hari

Singh can be well judged from thefact that its leader who became first

Mayor of JMC took the initiative to

get installed the statues of greatDogra rural in Jammu.Prof. Hari Om, who was the main

speaker on the occasion, narratedthe sequence of events which finallyculminated into signing of historic

Instrument of Accession. He saidthat this day is only celebrated inJ&Kand we need to go through the

roots to knowthe logic to celebratethe same. He said that the issue of

accession is being raised time andagain just to divert the attention of the people fromreal issues, which

speaks of the incompetence of the

government in providing a peoplefriendly administration. He said that

Congress is deliberately creatingconfusion over the issue for politicalgains but the BJP will not allowthis

to happen.Rajesh Gupta said that in viewof the

general elections in near future theKashmir centric political parties likeNCand PDPare trying to misled the

people raking irrelevant issues with asole motive to arouse them.

Amarnath Gupta, Col. UttamSingh,

Ramesh Arora (Adv.), UshaChoudhary, Mamta Singh, RajniSethi, Munish Sharma, Yudhvir

Sethi, N.D. Rajwal, Balbir RamRattan, Naresh Dogra, Subash

Gupta, Subash Jandial, Priya Sethi,Kamla Gupta, Varinderjit Singh,

Amreek Singh, Vikram Randhawa,

Vinay Gupta, Jaideep Sharma,Pardeep Sharma, Rajiv Charak,

Arvind Gupta, Praduman Singh,

Neeru Anand, Dinesh Gupta, Ayodhya Gupta, Kuldeep Kandhari,

Sangeeta Gupta, Sheela Handoo,Sunil Dogra, Sat Pal Choudhary,TarseemChoudhary, Indu Bhushan,

Anju Dogra, Parveen Arora, SoniaGupta, Karan Sharma, Vijay

Sharma, Gulshan Mahajan, BalwanSingh, Ajay Vaid, Ishant Gupta,Omkar Singh, Ashwani Khosla alsolaid wreaths.

Govt keen ...Cable Car projects have been under-taken to add to the tourist attraction

of the city."Dogra land has a rich cultural histo-ry and the same needs to be pre-served for the next generation andattract the tourists," he stressed.Remembering father of the nationMahatma Gandhi, the Deputy Chief Minister said the nation is indebtedto the great leader who foughtagainst the British and won freedomwithout fighting any war, adding thatpath of non-violence shown by theMahatma is being followed all over the world for peacefully settlingmutual differences.

He said with the efforts of great visionary leaders of India hun-

dreds of smaller states were unitedunder one flag and the state of J&Kalso become a part of the dominion.

"Our nation is one among themighty powers of the world and inthese years we have achieved

greater heights in the areas of edu-cation, science, power, IT, comput-

ers, agriculture and other such

fields," he added.Stressing on promoting regional lan-

guages and culture, Tara Chand said

besides English due care should be

taken to preserve and encouragelocal dialects of the three regions of

the state. He said Dogri, Kashmiri,

Pahari, Ladakhi, Gojri and other

local cultures are unique in their ownway and the state has fragrance of

these composite cultures in it,

adding that all out efforts need to bemade to ensure that the coming gen-

erations are well aware of their richculture and heritage.

Appreciating the efforts of the stu-

dents, the Deputy Chief Minister announced a cash prize of Rupees

Fifty Thousand for the participating

students.

On the occasion, the participatingstudents from government and pri-

vate education institutions of the city

presented a scintillating cultural pro-gramme.

PDP to ...political workers from Beerwa who

joined the party today.

Mufti said the state is poised for a

change for better and the comingLok Sabha elections will be a trend

setter for a positive turn of events in

the state. He said the doors of PDP

are open for all sections of the peo-

ple especially the youth, intellectualsand professionals who will have a

crucial role to play in shaping the

destiny of the state.

Mufti said the days of emotive slo-gans are over and we have to work

systematically for addressing the

problems of the state on political,psychological and development

fronts.

Mufti said any isolated effort atdevelopment will not succeed unless

the political aspect is also addressed

and concrete steps taken for resolu-tion of the Kashmir problem. He said

PDPhad entered the political arenaof the state with an agenda for peaceful resolution and dismantle-

ment of the instruments of repres-sion that had taken away basic rightsof people. The elections in 2002, he

said, had resulted in a new processof reconciliation, resolution and

reconstruction. But, unfortunatelythe process suffered because of thesubsequent change in the govern-

ment.He said PDPhas since then further developed its agenda with inputs

from people and experts and takenits massage to the people of allregions of the state and we hope that

our vision which is backed by a solidevidence of outstanding perform-

ance will receive an endorsementfromthe people.He said it is of crucial importance

that this agenda receives supportfrom the people in all electoral bat-tles so that the state is able to push

for a resolution with legitimate publicapproval. He said the state has suf-

fered on many fronts one of which

has been the representation deficit

at the centre and we will have toovercome it by sending credible,

honest and articulate representa-

tives to the parliament."We have to engage meaningfully

different shades of opinion at the

national level to safeguard the rights

of the state and for that the state willhave to send credible and honest

representatives into the parliament"

added Mufti.

Mufti said people especially theyouth joining PDPin large numbers

is a positive sign and generates

hope about a bright future for thestate. He said PDP on its track

record of a brief stint in governmentand its role in opposi tion has made a

mark across the state and people

look upto it as a party that will bringthem out of the uncertainty of the

past and misgovernance and corrup-

tion of the present.

"Democracy is the best way toaddress aspirations to the people

and to involve people in the gover-

nance", he remarked but regrettedthat democracy was never allowed

to flourish in this region. It was onlyafter formation of PDPthat an alter-

native emerged in the state which

provided a choice to the people with-out which the system could have

remained hostage to a single option.

He observed that formation of PDP

on July 28, 1999 was turning point inthe history of Jammu and Kashmir

because party has emerged as cred-

ible and real voice of the people.

Sonia playing ...seats, we can make someone who

will keep Andhra Pradesh united thePrime Minister."

He also exhorted the national politi-

cal parties to stop the bifurcation. "If you remain silent now, a similar thing

may happen in your state in future .. .

it could be West Bengal, Tamil Nadu,

Odisha, Karnataka and even Punjab.don't know if (Prime Minister)

Manmohan Singh will accept divisionof Punjab," he said.Jagan also came down heavily on

governor ESL Narasimhan and chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy for "backstabbing the state" on the bifur-

cation. "We repeatedly appealed toboth of them to convene a special

session of the assembly to pass a

resolution against the proposed

bifurcation ... If the resolution ispassed, Delhi will be forced to back-

track.

"But our pleas fell on deaf ears." Hewas also critical of Telugu Desam

Party president N ChandrababuNaidu for seeking "packages" over the state division.

More riots ...should themselves introspect, thenthey won't have the courage to ques-

tion me. Since 2002, I was the onewho opposed Modi the most," he

said.

He alleged most Congress leaders inGujarat "are on the payrolls" of Modi.

"Most Congress leaders there (in

Gujarat) do not work for Congress

but for Modi. There were manyCongressmen involved in the

Gujarat riots. My father gave a list of 17-18 such people to Sonia Gandhi,"he said.

The 2014 Lok Sabha polls is not

Rahul Gandhi versus Modi, he said.

"This is not a contest between indi-

viduals. Modi speaks good, but this

should showin his actions too," headded.

Omar should ...Chief Minister of Jammu andKashmir to speak such language

which emanates hatred," he said.

Swami Agnivesh said that Pakistanwants peace with India and there is a

need to defeat those elements that

are hell-bent to disturb the peace

between the two countries."We have to stand united against

vested interests who don't want

peace should prevail between Indiaand Pakistan. Leaders of both coun-

tries should sit across the table andend all these skirmishes. People to

people contact, cultural exchange

and free trade between the twocountries will certainly make it possi-

ble," he said.

Swami Agnivesh said that both coun-

tries are beset with so many prob-lems and cannot afford war. "Let the

politicians stop behaving as war

mongers and talk peace. Peace isthe source of development and peo-

ple of the Subcontinent yearn for

peace and not war," he said.

Moderate quakestrikes ... person of a family Amarjeet

Singh said that it is the routine of

the tremors which often comes

after the three or four days . Our

houses are cracked and we are

living in the crack houses from

the first earthquake of May Ist

this year of 5.8 on richter scale

and from that these are continue

till date . we are terrified and if

one more earthquake of mild or

high intensity come there will be

huge loss of lives in the erstwhile

doda because maximum number

of houses are damaged including

govt buildings .Ajay Kumar said

we are forced by the administra-

tion to live in our damaged and

cracked houses because no facili-

ties has been given by the Govt or

local administration but Govt has

given assurance to the effected

people that central govt has given

334 crore relief package to the

erstwhile DisstDoda.But reality

only 150 tents are distributed

only to the those which are not

fully effected and to the political

people . he further said that if a

team of the revenue officers

should be formed only for the

purpose of to find the actual data

whether the benefitted people

who has got tents are living in the

tents or in their houses and no

relief was given to the effected

peoples till date.

Avail maximum ...the area p articipated.

The MLA Saroori, while address-

ing the participants, asked them

to come forward and take maxi-

mum benefit from the schemes of the department. He stressed upon

them for introducing new and

modern techniques in the area of

handloom for benefit of weavers.

Saroori directed the Lead Bank Manager, Satish Gupta, who wasalso present in the camp, toensure maximum coverage of

weavers of Chatroo under theweaver's credit card scheme of

the department.Assistant Director, Handloom,

Vishavjeet Singh, made theweavers aware about the schemesmeant for them, including theweaver's credit card under whichan individual Weaver can availloan facility from the bank up to

Rs 1 lakh and interest subsidy of 7 percent on a margin money of

Rs.10000.

Among others present wereDirector RSETI, Kishtwar,Vachaspati Sharma, AssistantLabour Commissioner, Kishtwar,ZakirHussainWani, BDOChatroo, SeemaParihar and other employees of the department.

Neonate deaths: ...Hospital allegedly caused by

Pentavalent vaccine.Arora told that though the team

has already submitted its prelimi-nary report in which it has given

clean chit to Pentavalent but, "thefinal report which is almost com-

plete would be submitted toJammu and Kashmir governmentwithin a week's time," he said.He said nothing would be kepthidden and the facts would bemade to public.

Meanwhile, Family WelfareDirector, Dr Baldev Sharma told

that they were expecting the finalreport last week but that has not

been submitted yet. "As far myknowledge goes, there would benothing in Final Report. Theexpert committee has alreadyassigned the cause of neonatedeaths to blood infection and not

pentavalent vaccine," he said.

Sharma further said the claims of G.B.Panth Hospital authoritiesthat Penvalent vaccine was the

cause of deaths is based only onsuspicion and not on facts."Finally it is the job of ExpertCommittee to ascertain the factsand hopefully everything would

be in public domain after the

Central team submits its report,"Sharma said.

The pentavalent vaccine simulta-

neously provides protection

against the five life threatening

diseases - Diphtheria, Pertussis,

Tetanus, Hepatitis B and Hib

(Haemophilus influenza type b).

This vaccine, which was recom-

mended by NTAGI in 2008, was

introduced in a phased manner

since 2011 in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry,

Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu

& Kashmir and Delhi.

It is worth to mention that a PILwas filed in the Supreme Court

seeking ban on its use, which the

Court had

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RAJOURI, OCT 26:-Minister of State for Health,MR Shabir Ahmad Khan onSaturday inaugurated bridgesat Thanamandi and Kangodkassin Rajouri.The construction work of these bridges has been com-

pleted at a commutative costof Rs 1.09 crore. These

bridges now provide better connectivity to dozen of vil-lages and hamlets of the area.Addressing public meetingsafter inauguration of these

bridges, the Minister said thatall- round development of

border and hilly areas werereceiving focused attention of the government. He said thatState witnessed unprecedent-ed development during lastover four years of theCoalition government addingthat focused thrust was givento improve basic amenitiesacross the State during this

period.The Health Minister said thegovernment has flagged health sector as one of themost important sectors in theState's development policyand attention has beenfocused to universalize mod-ern healthcare facilities acrossthe State. He said that growthand development of health

sector in rural and hilly areasis one of the priority concernsof the government and devel-opment of delivery on thisfront would relieve the pres-sure on the hospitals in thecities and towns, as such, thegovernment has highlighted this aspect as a thrust areas.The Minister reaffirmed that

being the local representativeequal development of all theareas was my priority and noinjustice would be done to anyarea of the Constituency onthe developmental front. Heassured the people that alltheir genuine developmentalneeds would be carry out in a

phased manner. Shabir said

that primary responsibility of the public representatives is togo to the people for determin-ing and addressing their prob-lems through Governmentagencies. He asked people toknow their rights and seek dueshare in development processlaunched by the Governmentacross the State.Referring to various revolu-tionary initiatives taken by thegovernment during the pastfour years for bringingaccountability, transparencyin the administration besides

providing good governance tothe people, and empower the

people at gross root level, theminister said.

STUDENT AGE

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2013 3STATE

JAMMU, OCT 26- Seeking peoples cooperation toaccomplish governmentdetermination to reach outthe neglected and ignored areas of the state, Minister for PHE, Irrigation and

Flood Control, Sham LalSharma asserted that the

present regime to keen todevelop hilly and rural areasso as to fulfil its commitmentwith the people.This was stated by theMinister while inspecting thewidening work of FowahoraChowk Akhnoor, Jio PotoGulab Singh Library sewer-age work construction work near Radha Swami Satsang,100 bedded newly construct-ed hospital, OHTs in thecomplex of Dakbanglow and Sub District HospitalAkhnoor and constructionwork in the right bank of river of Chenab of Dussheraground Akhnoor. AtFowahora Chowk Akhnoor,the Minister review the

widening work which would be completed and instructed the execution authorityGREF to complete all theremaining work within onemonth period. He visit theconstruction site of Jio PotoGulab Singh Library near Government Boys Higher Secondary School Akhnoor to be raised at an estimated cost of Rs. one crore. He alsovisited the newly construc-

tion site of Sub District 100 bedded hospital, overhead water tank and constructionDusshera ground Akhnoor.Sham stressed upon the need for bring in more accounta-

bility and transparency intimely utilization of fundsand completion of the ongo-ing projects within stipulated time frame. He asked thelocal administration as wellas watch on the implementa-

tion of developmental and welfare schemes in theAkhnoor town as it will helpenforcing accountability inthe public affairs.The Minister said thatAkhnoor tehsil has wit-

nessed massive developmentin all sectors because of aneffective planning addingthat various schemes under PHE, R&B, PDD, Health,Tourism and Education have

been initiated to achieve bal-anced development in thetown.He asked the PHE authori-ties to complete two over-head tanks in time bound manner to provide safedrinking water to theAkhnoor town.He also described Akhnoor tehsil as water scarcity zoneand said that the governmentwas paying focused attentionan khandi areas to augmentdrinking water as well asirrigation facilities. Hedirected the concerned engi-

neers/officers to undertakenrepair, cleaning and augmen-tation of existing dug well aswell as tube wells of theareas.Later, the Minister visit thesub district hospital Akhnoor

and review the facility pro-vided to the patients. He alsovisited the emergency ward Gyne/OBST ward, childrenward, ENT ward, OPD unitetc and instructed the med-ical fraternity to provide the

best treatment to the rural patients.He said after completion of the newly constructed 100

bedded sub district hospitalAkhnoor, the sufficientspace and other modern typemedical facilities availableto the rural population.Among others SE Hydraulic,Rajeev Malhotra, ExecutiveEngineers of PHE, Irrigationand Flood Control, PWD,(R&B) and senior officers of various departments alsoaccompanied the Minister.

Adequate infrastructural facilities in rural,hilly areas forms Govt's priority: Sham

Reviews development works at Akhnoor

JAMMU, OCT 26:-Minister for Planning,Labour and Employment,Ajay Kumar Sadhotra visited several border villages in

block Marh and took stock of extensive damage and situa-tion arisen due to shelling byPakistan.The Minister was accompa-nied by senior officers of dif-ferent departments besides

panchs and sarpanchs duringhis tour of Lalyal Camp, BeliAzmad, Panjor, Dub Sudaan,Dab Karamd and adjoiningvillages in Marh Block of

border belt to review the situ-ation.Assessing the situation alongthe border areas, the Minister stressed for making immedi-ate arrangements for safe stayof villagers. Moreover, thestate government has also

prepared a comprehensivecontingency plan to cope upwith the situation, he main-tained.Sadhotra said that people liv-

ing close to IB and LoC arefacing severe difficulties and as it was its prime responsi-

bility of the government to protect the citizens.The Minister said that UnionHome Minister and Chief Minister also visited the bor-der areas and took stock of situation so that early rehabil-itation measures would beensured. The Minister said that adequate compensationfor the damage would be pro-vided in view of mountingtension along borders.Sadhotra urged the peoplenot to leave their homes fol-lowing rumors until the civiladministration makes alter-nate source for their halt atsafer places.The people of bordersdemanded special assistance

by government for loss of crops and property. TheMinister assured that their demands and grievanceswould be given due consider-ation at concerned quarters.

Sadhotra visits border area villages

KATHUA, OCT26:Minister of State for Fisheries,Cooperative, Finance and Planning Dr Manohar LalSharma on Saturday said thatgovernment was striving hard to ameliorate the socio-eco-nomic condition of the peopleof neglected areas, adding thatPanchayats are proving instru-mental in bringing a dis-cernible change in the ruraldevelopment profile.The Minister was addressing a

public meeting at villageKalunta of tehsil Billawar after laying the foundationstone of a Panchayat Ghar atvillage Derly, to be completed with an estimated cost of Rs20 Lac. He also laid founda-tion stone of for three roomadditional block at the newlyupgraded Government MiddleSchool Nallani. The buildingwill be constructed under SarvShiksha Abhiyan( SSA) at anestimated cost of Rs 7.45lakh.The minister appealed the

people not to fell prey to thenefarious designs of antisocial elements who want todisrupt the secular democraticfabric, communal amity and religious harmony of the state.Dr Manohar Lal Sharma alsoattended Public Grievancecamps at Kalunta and Nallanand listened to the problemsof the people. Representativesof Lakhdi, Aglidhar, Sialana,Derly, Kunnu and Jungle pro-

jected their problems and

demanded immediate redres-sal. The main demands raised included early completion of water supply schemes,increase in ration quota, dig-ging of horticulture borewell,

payment of MGNREGA payments. Completion of PMGSY roads, opening of Anganwari centre at Uppar Kunnu, health centre for Derly, Animal and SheepHusbandry centres and 4 hand

pumps.

Panchayats helping a lot to acceler-ate rural development: Dr Manohar

Launches various development works in Billawar villages

RS PURA OCT 26-Asserting the commitment of

National Conference to com- bat unemployment,Provincial President Mr Devender Singh Rana onSaturday said that Chief

Minister Omar Abdullah hastaken up with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh theissue regarding special pack-age for recruitment in armed and paramilitary forces for the border youth living alongInternational Border and Line of Control from Kathuato Gurez.The Provincial President wasspeaking at a function held inconnection with ShaheediDiwas of Sepoy SubashChandra of 10 Dogra whooffered supreme sacrificewhile fighting elements inim-ical to nation at Budhal in theRajouri sector this day in2000.While Mr Rana was the Chief Guest on the occasion,Inspector General of Police,Jammu Mr Rajesh Kumar was the Guest of Honour.Mr Rana paid glowing trib-utes to the martyr and said hehas left an indelible mark of heroism for others to emu-late. He said he has not onlymade his valiant parents

proud but brought glory tothe State as well.The Provincial Presidentexhorted the youth to comeforward and play their usefulrole in nation building. "This

can be done by dint of deter-mination and dedication", heobserved.Referring to the problemsfaced by the border people inthe wake of shelling fromacross the border for past few

weeks, Mr Rana said this is asituation that was not expect-ed as India had engaged Pakistan in a meaningful dia-logue. The ceasefire agree-ment of 2003, he said, had worked well for almost adecade bringing cheer in thelives of the people. He hoped good sense to prevail uponPakistan so that this night-marish era ends which hascreated uncertainty amongthe border dwellers. At thesame time, he urged the peo-

ple not to get panicky and stay put in their areas as thesecurity forces and the gov-ernment was well poised tomeet the situation.Mr Rana referred to the visitof Chief Minister to theaffected areas twice thisweek and said that he hastaken up this issue withappropriate level. He said continued tension on bordersis not in the larger interest of the people of border areasand sagacity demandsPakistan to see reason and

end it forthwith. "This has been unequivocally empha-sised by Omar Abdullah timeand again", he maintained.The Provincial Presidentlauded the valour of border

people for facing the bruntwith high degree of fortitudeand said that wherever he metthe sufferers, either in thetemporary shelter places or inthe hospitals, he found their morale high. He said the

administration is taking allnecessary measures to miti-gate the problems of the fir-ing affected people and called for united effort tomeet the situation.Mr Rana expressed solidarityof his party with the affected

people and assured them that National Conference workerswill work as volunteers to

provide whatever assistanceis required.He complimented the organ-isers of the Shaheedi Diwasand said this is prized privi-lege to remember the valour of martyrs who give their today for tomorrow of their compatriots.Earlier, the speakers paid glowing tributes to martyr Subash Chander and high-lighted various facets of hisheroic life.Mr Rana led the people and his party leaders in payingfloral tributes to the greatmartyr. He also met the fami-ly members of the great sol-dier, who were present on the

occasion.Among those present on theoccasion included Mr Taranjeet Singh Tony and the

prominent citizens of thearea.

Glowing tributes paid to Martyr Subash Chander

NC for special recruitment pack-age for border youth: Rana

BARAMULLA, OCT 26:Taking administration virtu-ally to the doorstep of people,Chief Secretary, Muhammad Iqbal Khanday on Saturdayvisited Baramulla and inter-acted with people from dif-ferent sections of the society.In separate meetings, hesought their feedback aboutworking of the administra-tion and listened to their demands.Divisional Commissioner,Kashmir, Mr. ShailendraKumar also accompanied theChief Secretary.Deputations from Beopar Mandal, Baramulla led byPresident, Ishfaq Ahmad Qazi, Auqaf-e-Islamia,Baramulla led by AbdulRehman Shalla, NationalConference, Baramulla led

by Ghulam Hassan Rahi,Congress, Baramulla led byMir Mushtaq Nowshehri metthe Chief Secretary and

apprised about variousissues.The deputations brought tohis notice day to day prob-lems being faced by the peo-

ple and sought their redressalespecially strengthening of staff at District HospitalBaramulla, decongestion of old town, availability of tim-

ber and firewood during win-ter months, rationalization of

power curtailment scheduleand billing besides, distribu-tion of ration as per 2011 cen-sus among consumers, sani-tation facilities in the townand beautification of Jhelum

banks in the town.A deputation of TradersFederation, Sopore also metthe Chief Secretary and demanded early completionof Sopore Bye Pass bridge,completion of Sopore hospi-tal, beautification of thetown, shifting of bus stand,shifting the present waste

dumping place near schoolsand identification of a new

place for dumping solid waste, construction of a minisecretariat and providingmore space to girls higher secondary school.The Chief Secretary listened to the demands patiently and disposed off many of them onthe spot.Taking sectoral review, Mr.Khanday asked the Districtadministration to redoubletheir efforts to increase theliteracy rate in the District.He said this year elaboratearrangements have beenmade to provide hassle free

power supply to the con-sumers adding a transformer

bank has been established atPampore and one each would

be set up in North and SouthKashmir to reclaim and repair the non-functionaltransformers during winter months.

Chief Secretary tours Baramulla, Kupwara,listens to people, reviews dev activities

SRINAGAR, OCT 26: As a part of ensuring the sustained development of the Rural and far flung areas of the state,Minister for RuralDevelopment and PanchayatiRaj, Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar on Saturday announced one Model village per block of the state, besides Rs.75000 per Panchayat, Rs.50000 for repair and renova-tion of the existing PanchayatGhars in addition to thealready released funds and asa part of National Rural

Livelihood Mission(NRLM), Rs. 10 lakh toevery Panchayat of the statefor developmental initiatives.The Minister was addressinga huge public gathering atRajouri on Saturday. Minister of State for Health, Mr.Shabir Ahmad Khan,Minister of State for

Technical Education, Power,Mr. Vikar Rasool, MLAs,Rashpal Singh, MLC ShamLal, Bhagat, Director RuralDevelopment Jammu, Mr.Shafiq Raina, DeputyCommissioner and senior officers of district adminis-tration were present on theoccasion. Mr. Sagar said thatthe government has ensured empowerment of people atgrass root levels by putting in

place a vibrant PanchayatiRaj system which hasensured that the people at

ground level are empowered and included in day to daygovernance. He said now cer-tain parties are getting frus-trated by the achievementsregistered by coalition insocial, economical and politi-cal fields and are now tryingto spread rumours for mis-leading the people.

BUDGAM, OCT 26: DDCBudgam, Mr. Khursheed Ahmad Shah on Saturdayurged upon the officers for speedy implementation of developmental activities sothat the works are completed well before winter season inthe district. DeputyCommissioner was review-ing implementation of cen-trally sponsored flagship pro-grammes in a meeting here,attended by legislators fromvarious constituencies of Budgam district besides,Director Rural Dev Dept,concerned District Officers,

Block Development Officers(BDOs) and District heads of Engineering depts also par-ticipated. It was given out inthe meeting that against anavailability of Rs. 1757.83lakhs under MG NREGA Rs.1623.92 lakhs have beenexpended thereby generating546279 mandays of work and

completion of 1668 workswhereas under Indira AwasYojana total expenditure of Rs. 2.9 crore has been

booked and 1710 houseshave been taken up out of which 894 have been com-

pleted till date.Member Legislative Council fromBudgam, Mr. Ali Mohammad Dar informed the meetingabout various activities dove-tailed with ConstituencyDevelopment Fund. MLAChadoora, Mr. Javed MustafaMir also highlighted variousdevelopmental issues includ-ing issuance of job cards.

BDOs briefed the meetingabout the status of work intheir respective blocks. D RDasked the officers of thedepartment to work in syn-chronization with concerned legislators and village Panchsand Sarpanchs for the overalldevelopment of their respec-tive blocks.

JAMMU, OCT 26-Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Culture Mr. Raman Bhallahas said that Bharat VikasParishad (BVP) has played vital role in promoting thecomposite culture of Indiaand its culture heritageamong the people.This was stated by theMinister at a National GroupSong Competition held atauditorium of RegionalResearch Laboratory inwhich eighteen teams from

Jammu, Samba, Katha,Udhampur and Reasi districts

participated.Founder Trustee Jammu YatriBhawan, Haridwar Mr.Mr.Ram Langer, PresidentChamber of Commerce Mr.Y V Sharma, NationalSecretary Samagra GramVikas and Central Observer

Mr. Radhe Sham Mahajan besides other representativesof BVP were present on theoccasion.Mr. Bhalla appreciated theefforts of BVP in inculcatingthe spirit of patriotism amongthe youth. He appealed theteacher fraternity to impartquality training to students inco-curricular activities so thatthey can compete on interna-tional level and bring laurelsfor the state. He said that edu-cation sector is priority sector

of the Government, for this purpose, scores of newschools were opened and upgraded besides scores of colleges even in the far-flungareas of the state for the ben-efit of students.The Minister said that educa-tion should empower youthand imbibe in them virtues of

humanity and the spirit tofight against the evils con-fronting the society today. Hesaid the emphasis laid by hisgovernment on the expansionof education has resulted intothe higher education reachingto the doorsteps of the peopleeven in the remote areas of the State.Mr. Bhalla said aim of theBVP is to organise the eliteand intellectual citizens and to motivate them to serve our

poor, disabled, illiterate and

ignorant brethren not as anact of charity but in the truespirit of our cultural traditionof service as duty. Earlier,the students of variousschools of Jammu region pre-sented 10 Hindi and 3Sanskrit items which werehighly applauded by the audi-ence.

BVP plays vital role in promoting compos-ite culture of India among people: Bhalla

Progress of centrally spon-sored schemes of Rural devel-opment reviewed at Budgam

SRINAGAR, OCT 26: AState Level Rugby 7s festival2013 was held at GindunSports Centre, Srinagar onSaturday. The event wasorganized by the Jammu and Kashmir Rugby Associationin collaboration with Jammuand Kashmir State SportsCouncil. Minister of State for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Mr. Nazir Ahmad Gurezi was the Chief Gueston the occasion. About 300Boys and Girls of under 17and under 19 age groupsdrawn from Jammu, Poonch,Bandipora, Budgam,Srinagar, Baramulla,Kupwara and Ganderbal dis-tricts participated in theevent. A large number of sports lovers and officials

were present on the occasion.Speaking on the occasion, theMinister said that talent is

present among the students of State but need is to channel-ize it in a proper way so thatthey can compete at Nationaland International levels. Heappreciated the organizers for organizing such events and asked them to organise suchevents in other parts of theState so that hidden talent of the budding youth isexplored. He said Government under thedynamic leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah isdetermined to promote thesports activities in the Stateadding that, in this regard sufficient funds have beenearmarked and special focus

is being given to strengthenthe sports infrastructure.The Minister asked the play-ers to hone their skill whichwill enable them to partici-

pate and compete at Nationaland International levels.Interacting with the players,the Minister said that organ-izing such events provides a

befitting platform for theyouth to interact with eachother and display their skills

besides improving their over-all personality.Belmount Rugby Srinagar U-19 lifted the title, whileJammu district team wasdeclared runner up.Later, Mr. Gurezi distributed

prizes and mementos amongthe participating players and officials.

State Level Rugby 7s festival 2013 held

J&K Sports infrastructure being upgraded: Gurezi Belmount Rugby Srinagar U-19 lifts title

Sagar announces one modelvillage per block, Rs. 10 lakhunder NRLM per Panchayat

JAMMU, OCT 26- JammuLPG Plant on Saturday con-ducted "Mock Fire Drill"

based on Disaster ControlManagement Plan whichwas witnessed by officialsfrom IOCL, J&K FireServices Deptt., J&K Police,ESIC Hospital and other Mutual Aid Partners.The drill was conducted atTank Truck Gantry withteam officials and workersfighting fire from all the cor-

ners with the help of state of art technology safety equip-ments and auto fire fightingsystem of the plant. FireFighting Teams were led byHindustan PetroleumCorporation Limited (HPCL) Officers while J&K Fire Services men and ESICHospital Medical staff alsocontributed in the Drill.Plant Manager, HPCL,Jammu, Goutam Sarkar explained the importance of

conducting the Mock FireDrills, which equips the per-son with complete confi-dence fighting the actualfire.He also appreciated the par-ticipation of the Fire Servicemen helping out the firefighting with the help of their Fire Tenders and emphasized the immediateresponse within first fewminutes of Fire which wasexcellent in this Mock Drill.

HPCL conducts m ock fire drill at Jammu LPG plant

Shabir inaugurates bridges at Thanamandi, Kangodkass'Development of health sector in rural, hilly areas priority of the government'

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Pune, owned by Sahara,would leave the IPL an eight-team affair for the time

being."Given Sahara's continued

position that it would notdeliver the bank guarantee,the working committee unan-imously determined to termi-nate the Sahara franchiseagreement while takingwhatever action was neces-sary to protect the BCCI

position," BCCI secretar ySanjay Patel said in a state-ment after the meeting.The Board said Sahara wasdue to furnish the guaranteeof Rs 170.2 crore in Marchthis year but has failed to doso despite five reminders."The BCCI working commit-tee today discussed the situa-tion regarding default by

Sahara Adventure Sports(Sahara) in not submittingthe bank guarantee for the the

Pune franchise of IPL for the2014," the statement read."As per terms of this fran-chise agreement this bank guarantee was due for deliv-ery in March 2013, more thansix months ago."Over the last six months, theBCCIs advisors have writtento Sahara on five separateoccasions (in April, May,June, August and October)requesting that the bank guarantee be put in place,with the final letter being senton October 8, 2013," itadded.

The Pune Warriors have beenon collision course with theBCCI after the Board

encashed its bank guaranteefor the 2013 season due tonon-payment of franchisefee. After that, Saharaannounced its pull-out fromthe IPL even though it is yetto formally convey this to theBCCI. Sahara has beendemanding the completion of the arbitration proceedingson the issue of franchise fee,which, it feels, should belowered since the BCCI did not deliver on its promised number of IPL matches for the team.The arbitration process has

not yet started because of thedifferences between BCCIand Sahara over the judges to

be appointed for it.The BCCI said the pending

proceedings could not comein the way of termination."In August 2013 and pendingarbitration, Sahara moved theHonourable Bombay highcourt, seeking an injunctionon the BCCI's rights to termi-nate the franchise agreementas a result of Sahara's defaultin not delivering the bank guarantee," the BCCI said."In its order of September 5,2013, the high court has con-cluded that only if Saharagave the bank guarantee as

required by the franchiseagreement, could BCCI notterminate the agreement," itexplained."In response, Sahara againrefused to put in place theguarantee as per the franchiseagreement."IPL governing council mem-

bers were also present inworking committee meetingwhere the Board decided toterminate the contract of Pune Warriors.The BCCI said the termina-tion of Sahara was required to start the preparations for the next IPL season."In order to proceed with the

preparation for the 2014 sea-son, it is important that theBCCI now has certainty as towhether the Pune franchisewill comply with the terms of its franchise agreement," theBCCI said. Pune, bought bySahara for $370 million(approx Rs 1702 crore) in2010, was the most expen-sive franchise on the IPL ros-ter and its termination would cause substantial financialloss to the BCCI.

Sahara defaults despite reminders, BCCI ousts Pune from IPLCUTTACK: The fifth one-day international betweenIndia and Australia was offi-cially called off without asingle ball being bowled after a formal inspection by theumpires on Saturday.The Orissa CricketAssociation had given uphopes on Friday only and

announced the dates of ticketrefunds as there was no let upfrom rain for five days

because of a low pressureformation in the Andhra-Telengana region.Umpires Nigel Llong, S Raviand C Shamsuddin inspected the ground at 11 a.m. as therewas some sunshine after fivedays of incessant rains butwith the outfield still soggyand damp patches at several

places, the duo officiallyabandoned the match."After inspection umpires intheir report submitted that theoutfield is not fit for play and no play is possible," OCAsecretary Asirbad Beherasaid.Both the teams, who are putup in state capitalBhubaneswar, did not turn up

at the venue as only thematch officials came to makethe announcement.Anticipating that the matchwould not be possible, nospectator turned up even astickets for the 45,000-capaci-ty stadium was almost sold out.This was the second consecu-

tive match to be abandoned due to rain -- both in the EastZone -- as the Aussies contin-ued to lead 2-1 in the seven-match bilateral series.Winning the series has now

become more difficult for India who have to win boththe remaining matches in

Nagpur (October 30) and Bangalore (November 2).Later making a formalannouncement, OCA secre-tary Asirbad Behera said:"Pitch is fit to play however the outfield is still wet and not fit and the umpiresannounced it at 11.15 p.m.With deep regret, I announcethe cancellation of thematch.""We knew it from yesterday

but as per the ICC guidelineswe had to wait for the

umpires' inspection on thematch day."Behera further announced that the three-day practicematch between touring WestIndies and Uttar Pradesh CAscheduled on October 31 wastoo shifted to Mumbai."Such is the condition of theground that it would require

about four days of sunshineto make it match ready. The board has already shifted the practice match to Mumbai."The venue turned out to be a

jinxed for both the teams asthe last match between Indiaand Australia was too aban-doned without a single ball

being bowled exactly about17 years back on October 27,1996.Having learnt a lesson, theOCA secretary further said next time onwards theywould not host any match inOctober."It normally rains throughoutOdisha in this month becauseof the low pressure forma-tion. Next time onwards, wewould try not to bring anymatch in October," Beherasaid.

Fifth ODI between India and Australia called off

GREATER NOIDA(INDIA): Red Bull'sSebastian Vettel put himself

on pole position for a fourthsuccessive Formula One titleafter lapping the IndianGrand Prix circuit faster than any driver ever beforeon Saturday.The German, whose light-ning lap of one minute24.119 seconds maintained his record of being on polein every Indian race sincethe first in 2011, will havecompatriot Nico Rosbergalongside for Mercedes onthe front row.It was the 26-year-old's 43rd career pole and seventh in16 races so far this season.Ferrari's Fernando Alonso,90 points behind in thestandings with four races togo and the only driver whocan put Vettel's title celebra-tions on hold, qualified onlyeighth on a hazy afternoon.Lewis Hamilton will line upthird for Mercedes, with

Vettel's Australian teammate Mark Webber startingin fourth place after he and Vettel had been one-two inevery practice session.However, Webber was theonly driver on the front tworows to have set his best lapon the slower but moredurable medium tyres withthe other three opting for softs and sure to pit earlier."Obviously Mark is on a dif-ferent strategy so we'll see

what the race brings tomor-row," said Vettel, who ischasing his sixth successivewin as well as an Indian hat-trick at a circuit where hehas led every race lap todate.Alonso, who must finish inthe top two to have any hopeof staying mathematically incontention after the week-end, also qualified on themedium tyres.The big loser was Romain

Grosjean, who led the previ-ous race in Japan and hasfinished on the podium in

the last two Grands Prix butfailed to get his Lotusthrough the first phase of qualifying.The Frenchman paid a heavy

price for going out on themedium tyre when otherswere lapping on the softsand will start back in 17th."We just missed the cut-off time, everyone went quicker than we thought. Today, for some reason, the mediumswere not quick enough. It's adecision we took together,we were confident we could do enough with them but wegot it wrong," he said.Teammate Kimi Raikkonenwill start sixth, with Ferrari'sFelipe Massa in fifth and Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg astrong seventh for Sauber.The two McLaren driversJenson Button and SergioPerez rounded out the top 10

behind Alonso.

Vettel takes Indian Grand Prix pole faster than ever

DUBAI: South Africa kepttheir seven-year unbeatenaway record intact with aninnings and 92-run win over Pakistan in the second and final Test in Dubai onSaturday, squaring the two-match series 1-1.It was a thorough and pro-fessional comeback by theworld number one Test teamafter going down in lastweek's first Test by sevenwickets, but the Proteas out-

batted and out-bo wled Pakistan at Dubai stadium.The win was completed with

a day and 9.5 overs to sparewhen Pakistan were bowled out for 326 in their second innings after they conceded a big 418-run lead in the firstinnings.But Pakistan did not godown without a fight as Asad Shafiq (130) notched hisfourth Test hundred and,along with skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (88), frustrated theSouth Africans during a 197-run stand for the fifth wick-et.Leg-spinner Imran Tahir fin-ished with 3-98 and took a

total of eight wickets in thematch, while part-time right-arm offbreak bowler Jean-Paul Duminy took Shafiq'swicket on the way to career

best figures of 3-98.Pakistan were left to ruetheir low score of 99 in thefirst innings which never allowed them to add to their only series win over SouthAfrica in 2003 and, after their rivals piled up a mam-moth 517 runs in reply, thewriting was on the wall.But when it looked likeMisbah and Shafiq would

guide Pakistan towards safe-ty, the Pakistani skipper fellto a smart move by his coun-

terpart Smith, who broughton part-timer Dean Elgar,and the left-hand slow

bowler did not ta ke lo ng tomake an impact.Misbah's miscued drive off Elgar was well caught byJacques Kallis, ending a349-minute vigil in which hehit six boundaries and a sixoff 218 balls.Shafiq reached his hundred with a superb on-drive off Duminy for his 11th bound-ary to complete his second hundred against SouthAfrica.In the morning, Misbah and Shafiq had added injury toSouth Africa's insult by bat-

ting with a resolve to fighthard after they resumed at132-4.Shafiq, who scored 54 inPakistan's seven-wicket winin last week's first Test inAbu Dhabi, reached hisninth Test fifty when heguided Duminy towardsthird man.In all Shafiq batted for sevenhours, hit 15 boundaries and a six in a 320-ball knock,improving on his highestscore of 111 made againstthe same opposition in CapeTown earlier this year.

Misbah followed Shafiq,reaching his 22nd half-cen-tury at Test level with a sin-gle towards third man off

paceman Morn e Morkel.The highlight of the matchwas Smith's epic 234 and ABde Villiers' 164 during their all-time South African Testrecord stand for the fifthwicket of 338.The two teams now play afive-match one-day series,the first of which will be inSharjah on Wednesday. Theywill also play two Twenty20internationals.

2nd Test: South Africa thrash Pakistan to level series

BASEL: Juan Martin delPotro became the first manfrom Argentina to win 300career matches as hemarched into the semifinalsof the Swiss Indoors onFriday with a 6-4, 6-4 winover Paul-Henri Mathieu.The top seed and defendingchampion crushed the Frenchqualifier in 78 minutes and will next face a second French opponent after Edouard Roger-Vasselin beatGermany's Daniel Brands 6-3, 4-6, 6-3."I played a good match," said

the South American, whosent down 11 aces and never faced a break point."I was solid from the base-line and served well. "I've

been working a lot of myserve," added the Tokyo tour-nament champion and Shanghai finalist from earlier this month."I'm playing better and better with each match. "I did havea double-fault so I still have alittle work to do. I'm lookingforward to tomorrow and I'llhave to lift my level evenmore." he said.

Del Potro joins 300 club in Basel

VALENCIA: World number three David Ferrer reached the semifinals of the ValenciaOpen for the fourth consecu-tive year with 6-4, 4-6, 6-0win over fifth seed JerzyJanowicz. Ferrer broke the

big-serving Pole f or the firs ttime this week on his way totaking the opening set, butJanowicz responded with theone break of his own enoughto take the second.However, Ferrer, the three-

time champion in his homeregion, took control at thestart of the decider as theerrors flowed from theJanowicz racket to racethrough the set without thelose of a game."It was a very hard game, heserved very well," Ferrer told Spanish TV stationTeledeporte."He doesn't allow you to gainrhythm with his huge serveand it is very difficult.

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Tamils in Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincehave struggled for over five decades tosecure grassroots devolution of power. SriLankan Tamil leader SJV Chelavanayakamwas able to negotiate agreements withPrime Ministers S Bandaranaike and DSSenanayake in 1957 and 1965. In the 1965Agreement, Sri Lankan Tamils agreed tothe devolution of limited powers to DistrictCouncils, with use of Tamil permitted inDistrict Courts. But, even these expecta-tions were not fulfilled. It was only after direct Indian involvement and facilitationthat meaningful powers were devolved toProvincial Councils in Sri Lanka under the13th Amendment of its Constitution. A per-sistent Indian diplomatic effort and grow-ing trust and confidence between NewDelhi and Colombo, eventually led toProvincial election being held in NorthernProvince last month.The ostensibly separatist Tamil NationalAlliance was swept to power. Thereafter,on October 7, the highly respected Tamil jurist and former Supreme Court Judge,Justice CV Wigneswaran, was sworn in asthe Chief Minister of Northern Province, inthe presence of President MahindaRajapaksa. It is, however, still imperativeto replace manifestations of Sinhala tri-umphalism in the ethnic conflict, by states-manship and reconciliation. The election inSeptember was considered internationallyas free and fair, despite efforts by the SriLankan Army to intimidate voters and can-didates. Moreover, the TNA has shownstatesmanship in the aftermath of the elec-tion. TNA spokesman MA Sumanthiranrejected separatism and reaffirmed com-mitment to a united Sri Lanka, whereTamils can live in freedom and dignity.Justice Wigneswaran made it clear that hedid not share objections of others aboutPrime Minister Manmohan Singh attendingthe Commonwealth Summit.

Interestingly, there are differences now between views in Jaffna and in Tamil Nadunot only regarding participation in theCommonwealth Summit, but also on theissue of fishermen from Tamil Nadu. Thereare still protests about the action taken bythe Sri Lankan Navy against Tamil Nadufishermen, intruding into Sri Lankan terri-torial waters, adjacent to Tamil-dominated Northern Province. But, Chief Minister Wigneswaran blames Tamil Nadu fisher-men for inflicting misery on Sri LankanTamil fishermen. He bluntly asserted thatfishermen from Tamil Nadu, using bigtrawlers “came early into Sri Lankanwaters, caught all the fish and left the (SriLankan Tamil) people high and dry.” Headded that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister “has a crucial role in addressing the issue

of Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankanwaters”. There now appears to be good prospects f or dialogue between f ishermenin Tamil Nadu and Jaffna to address mutu-al concerns. The Jaffna Tamils and the SriLankan Government are making commoncause to deal with what they believe areillegal intrusions by fishermen from Tamil Nadu.External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid paid a brief visit to Jaffna recently after talks in Colombo. He exchanged viewswith Chief Minister Wigneswaran on the

substantial Indian assistance being chan-nelled to Northern Province, primarily for relief, rehabilitation and infrastructure.India has extended credits totalling $960million for upgrading rail communicationsand renovating and extending rail servicesfrom Colombo and across NorthernProvince. As part of the rehabilitation effortin the war-torn Province, India is renovat-ing the Palaly Airport and theKankesanthurai harbour. It is also financ-ing construction of 50,000 houses and has provided medical assistance, one millionroofing sheets and agricultural implements,for displaced Tamils. While in Colombo,Mr Khurshid finalised details for construc-tion of a coal-fired power plant in Sampur,through a joint venture between India’s National Thermal Power C orporation and

the Ceylon Electricity Board. The primaryinterest of the regional leadership in Jaffnais to secure effective and enhanced Indianassistance and prepare for hard bargainingfor promised devolution of powers.India’s primary commitment to Sri LankanTamils is the implementation of the 1987Rajiv Gandhi-Jayawardene Accord, under which Provincial Councils were estab-lished and empowered under the 13thAmendment of the Sri Lanka Constitution.Sri Lanka has not fulfilled its commitmentsto India, as it has not empowered the

Provincial Government to administer keyareas like law and order and lands.Moreover, the massive presence of the SriLankan Army and its propensity to intimi-date the population, as it did during the provincial election, is a matter of s eriousconcern. Quite obviously, these are issuesthat can be addressed only if India missesno opportunity to get Sri Lanka’s partner countries and more importantly, it’s neigh- bours, on occasio ns like theCommonwealth Summit on November 15-17, to persuade Colombo to move in theright direction.The 53-member Commonwealth of Nations is committed to discussing issuesincluding “democracy, human rights, good governance, and the rule of law, individualliberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilat-

eralism and world peace.” TheColombo Summit is a forumwhere only one (Canada) outof 53 member Governmentswill not be participating. Theother Heads of State willmeet privately at a ‘retreat’,which will be a useful occa-sion to collectively persuadePresident Rajapaksa to fulfilhis commitments on the eth-nic issue. New Delhi faces a peculiar dilemma in the PrimeMinister attending the

Commonwealth Summit. Not only is the Sri LankanGovernment keen on Mr

Singh attending the Summit, but Chief Minister Wigneswaran and his colleaguesin Jaffna are keen that he visit Jaffna, after the Summit, to discuss their concerns and developmental needs. A visit by India’sPrime Minister to Jaffna, symbolisingIndia’s commitment to the Tamil welfare,will boost the morale of the people of Northern Province. But, strong voices inTamil Nadu, some influenced by well-endowed expatriate Sri Lankan Tamils,would like the Prime Minister to boycottthe Commonwealth Summit.In Sri Lanka, India’s commitment has con-sistently been towards securing the devolu-tion of powers to Northern Province inaccordance with the 13th Amendment of the Sri Lankan Constitution, and to thesecurity and welfare of displaced Tamils inSri Lanka. Emotive and partisan electoralconsiderations, rather than rational reason-ing about what really the Sri Lankan Tamilleadership in Jaffna wants from India,should not guide the conduct of India’srelations with Sri Lanka.More importantly, India’s policies in itsneighbourhood must be guided by its larg-

er national security interests and the pre-vailing regional and global realities. SriLanka is strategically located and Indianeeds a policy of diplomatic and economicengagement and not self-inflicted estrange-ment with Colombo, as China increases itsinfluence and naval presence across IndianOcean Region.

This past week, Rahul Gandhi addressed

campaign meetings in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. He brought up a wholerange of issues — his mother, father, grand-mother, the assassinations of 1984 and 1991, religious violence and terrorism, theMuzaffarnagar riots and the allure Pakistanapparently holds for sections of Muslims inUttar Pradesh, the BJP’s alleged commit-ment to “capitalism”, the Congress’s soli-darity with the poor, mosquitoes, stomachinfections and so on. Before moving into anassessment of Mr Gandhi’s speeches and his possible motivations, it has to be madeclear that, at least on the basis of evidenceavailable so far, his interventions inRajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are irrele-vant to the elections there.This would sound commonplace. After all, both of those States — as well as Delhi,Chhattisgarh and Mizoram — are preparingfor Assembly elections that will be contest-ed by local leaders on provincial issues. Anational leader has a limited role here, and cannot repel or attract voters more than his party and State-level colleagues. As such, if the Congress loses Rajasthan, the defeatwill be that of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlotand not of Mr Gandhi or of Mr ManmohanSingh. However, that is not the point beingmade here.The fact is Mr Gandhi’s interventions and speeches are not just unlikely to influencevoting decisions — which is to be expected in a set of State elections — they actuallyhave nothing to do with the campaign. Theyare on a tangent to immediate currents and political discussion and debate. Quitefrankly, to use a colloquial expression, he ison his own trip.What is his trip? A facile analysis of Mr Gandhi’s several references to the assassi-nations of his grandmother and father, and to his recollections of October 31, 1984,and the run up to the murder of IndiraGandhi, would suggest he is trying to gar-ner sympathy. This may be unfair and

untrue. Nobody believes, and certainly Mr Gandhi and his political confidants would be strange to believe, that a tragic event in1984 will lead to an outpouring of sympa-thy and overtake all contemporary public

issues in 2014. Politics doesn’t work likethat.What Mr Gandhi was perhaps attempting todo was introduce himself to his voter, or would-be voter, with the 2014 election inmind. Of course, it is possible his timetableis different. In the past few days, admirersof Mr Gandhi and sections of the Congresshave helpfully pointed out that, “He isfocusing on the election after the next one.That is what he is playing at.” If true, this ismystifying. The general election after nextmay come in 2015 or may come in 2019; before that, there is a big, challenging elec-

toral battle in 2014. If Mr Gandhi is notconcentrating on this task, as some of hisacolytes argue, then it defies logic.Why is Mr Gandhi trying to introduce him-self to the voter? He recognises he is theleader and face of the Congress in 2014,even if not formally declared prime minis-terial candidate. He sees himself as some-one who is in politics for the long haul. Hesees it as useful and even imperative toestablish a connection with his voters and listeners. As such, he wants to tell themabout his thoughts and feelings, his emo-tions and inspirations, his hopes and hisfears, his personal background and hissocial experiences. Inevitably, family mem-ories come into the mix.

As a template, this is unexceptionable. Takea parallel political phenomenon. Mr Narendra Modi is travelling around thecountry, introducing himself to voters. Hetoo is talking of his hopes and fears; he too

makes references to his personal back-ground, the struggles of his childhood, thefact that he sold tea in railway compart-ments as a young boy. So what then iswrong with Mr Gandhi taking a leaf fromMr Modi’s book and making emotional ref-erences to his adolescent years?The problem lies elsewhere. At a stage inMr Gandhi’s narrative, his story stops beinginteresting and mildly emotive or evencringing and banal. It ends up being just ter-rifying. That stage is reached when the lis-tener realises Mr Gandhi has almost noth-ing to say between the bookends of his

engagement with India: Between the storiesof two assassinations and a boyhood full of innocent tales of not eating spinach; and thetop-down poverty tourism of the past fiveodd years that reveals itself in homilies — ‘There are two Indias, rich and poor’; ‘I meta poor woman, she wanted her son to become an IAS officer’; ‘I met a youngman on a train, he had dreams’; ‘I slept in avillage’; ‘I drank water from a well’.When Mr Gandhi resorts to simplisticaxioms — ‘India is a country of inequality’;‘A few hundred people run political partiesin India’ — he actually says nothing thatthis listeners don’t already know or thatisn’t already patently obvious to them.Presuming Mr Gandhi means well and gen-

uinely wants to be liked and understood,why is this happening?The roots of the problem go back p erhaps tothe tragic assassinations of his early life. Itis never easy to lose a loving grandmother and a father in the manner in which Mr

Gandhi did. One would not wish that grief and trauma upon one’s worst enemy. Thoseevents left Mr Gandhi with a sense of lega-cy and duty to the Congress and to India ashe imagines it. Paradoxically, they also cre-ated circumstances that left him unprepared for public life.The assassination of 1984 ended all hopesthat Mr Gandhi had of a semblance of anormal life in India. Security concerns shuthim in an ivory tower, surrounded by asmall peer group, many of whom were chil-dren of his parents’ friends. The paranoia of his grandmother — one that defined her politics and was born of her conflict withher aunts, and memories of the condescen-sion with which Jawaharlal Nehru’s sisterslooked upon his wife Kamala — sublimat-ed itself, in Mr Gandhi’s case, into an ivory-tower aloofness.As a result, he perhaps honestly believes hisgrandmother and father were spotless politicians and victims of conspiracies, and that Kashmir and Sri Lanka and Punjabwere not of their making. This could well be his heartfelt perception, a centrepiece of the part-paranoiac, part-epic family legend he has embraced.To add to this is a long absence from India,from the time he left to study abroad to hiscoming into politics in 2004. It is not that people who study abroad don’t understand India. Yet, in Mr Gandhi’s case his engage-ment with India was peripheral between hischildhood — when he was engaged with asmall aspect of India — and his recent political ventures. The latter have amounted to a rapid-speed attempt to come to gripswith and sort of ‘invent’ an engagementwith India. This engagement has obviouslynot been organic. At its best, this ‘invented’engagement can be charming; at its worst itcan appear stilted and artificial. In a nut-shell, that is Mr Gandhi’s principal handi-cap.

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War is no solution Dear Editor,It is time that India and Pakistan move on. Wecannot live according to history otherwise allthe Jews would be against Germany. We must bring forward our educate d individuals who sitdown to actually find a solution. There will beno solution till military is involved. The prob-lem with Pakistan is that the military has theupper hand. Pakistan is paying the price for General Zia's Islamic doctorination of the

whole generation. Look at the rest of the world-small countries like Korea and Japan haveachieved so much and we are still not able tomeet the basic requirements of our people. War is worthless- there is no winner. After all , allwe need is 2 yards to be buried.Action not emotions are needed to upgrade theconditions in both counties, who are con-demned to live and die together. There have

been several Indian civilisations before and they all disappeared without leaving a trace tolearn about the causes of their demise.Education is the key for human progress and noreforms have been carried out in both countriessinced the end of colonisations.

Yours faithfully,Sarthi Luthra,

Jammu..

Border tensions Dear Editor,With the intensification of the cross-border fir-

ing, the life of people living on the borders has been adversely affected. So has the cross-LoCtrade that was a much needed goodwill gesture.Already the shortcoming in the system of tradeincluding the barter arrangement for exchangeof goods including rice, jewels, sandals, fruit,carpets, shawls, dried fruits and spices was tooless and achievement. Added to that theincreasing size of the negative list for trade was

adding to the woes of the traders. Far fromresolving these tricky issues, the governmentson the two sides are not even doing much toresolve the ongoing tensions. Allegations and counter allegations have been used and over used by leaders from both sides and while thisis fanning the dangerous fires of jingoism and leading to a war frenzy, it is also not helping tocool the heat on the borders, the brunt of whichis being borne by poor soldiers and civilians onthe borders. This is sheer waste of precioushuman lives and time which is unproductive for everyone. However, long the hostilities last, atthe end of it India and Pakistan will have to sitat the table for a dialogue since the tricky issues between the two sides cannot be resolved mili-tarily. So, the sooner, this is understood, the bet-ter it is. Both sides must ensure that ceasefireviolation is respected so that people to peoplemovement and trade can be given a fillip.

Yours faithfully, Parvez Hussain,

Jammu.

READER’ SPACE

PM M UST V I SI T COLOMBO

As the campaign by so-called pro-Tamil groups to

dissuade Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from

participating in the Commonwealth Heads of

Government Meeting in Colombo gains strength, South

Block must remember that such a boycott will do noth-ing to either promote the welfare of Sri Lankan Tamils

or further Indian interests in the region. Up until now,

the Ministry of External Affairs has maintained a diplo-

matic quiet on the matter, choosing only to say that itwill take into account all issues raised by all parties

before deciding on the Prime Minister's trip.

Such a considered approach is fine as long as it does not

become an excuse to allow the parochial interests of a

few to hijack the country's foreign policy. Unfortunately,

this has already been the case twice — first in 2012 and then again earlier this year. Both times, New Delhi gave

into pressure from powerful Tamil groups and human

rights organisations to publicly censure Colombo at the

UN Human Rights Council for its supposed failure to

integrate its Tamil minority population in the post-LTTE

years. Like the proposed boycott of the CHOGM, theseare all symbolic gestures that achieve little else apart

from embarrassing Sri Lankan President President

Mahinda Rajapaksa globally. Yet, it is he who has to

take steps to help his country's Tamil minority popula-

tion. Alienating President Rajapaksa, therefore, serves

no purpose. Anybody who is serious about the welfare

of Lankan Tamils will recognise that the key to success

lies in supporting and encouraging — not undermining

— the Government in Colombo to deliver on its promis-

es to the Tamil community.The Sri Lankan regime has already made significant

progress. For instance, September's Provincial Co uncil

election, that was held for the first time in a quarter cen-

tury in the Tamil-majority Northern Province, is a big

step towards reconciliation, although this is hardly

acknowledged by the international community. The elec-tion swept to power in Jaffna the Tamil National

Alliance, which was once the de facto political arm of

the band of separatist elements that called itself the

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, but is now a moderate

political grouping committe d to a united Sr i Lanka. As

Jaffna and Colombo seek to reset their relations, New

Delhi must tread cautiously. While it must continue

helping Sri Lanka with post-war reconstruction work in

the Northern Province, it mustn’t forget that the welfare

of the Tamils is, ultimately, an internal matter of SriLanka. Also, New Delhi should remind detractors that

the Lankan Tamils have their own democratically elect-

ed representatives to take care of their interests.

The world is watching how India handles the issue, and

that’ll determine if the latter has the potential to be more

than a regional leader. The beleaguered Congress-led UPA regime at the Centre has to date put up a poor per-

formance in this regard. It has capitulated before politi-

cal allies at home, given into the demands of bullies

abroad, let down friends in the neighbourhood and ceded strategic space to a regional powerhouse. While it

may not be possible for the Prime Minister to undo allof this with one high-profile visit to Colombo, Mr

Singh’s trip is nonetheless necessary to contain the dam-

age.

PAK ISTAN HOPED FOR MU CH

If Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif thought hecould persuade the United States to intervene in theKashmir dispute and overlook Islamabad's poor

record in punishing the perpetrators of the 26/11Mumbai attack, he was pushing his luck too far. Hiswish-list remained just that, since, in his meeting withUS President Barack Obama, the Pakistani PrimeMinister failed to convince Washington, DC, on hisdemands. The United States, even before the meeting between the two leader s, had categorically said thatthere had been not an “iota” of change in the US's policytowards the Kashmir issue — which is that the matter isfor Pakistan and India to resolve bilaterally withoutthird-party intervention. Mr Obama seized the occasionto question Mr Sharif on the delay in bringing to book the culprits of the terror attack in Mumbai in November 2008. The US President also raised the matter of exportof terror, leading the Pakistani Prime Minister to agreethat no country's territory must be used to destabilise itsneighbours. It's a different matter that Mr Sharif, like his predecessors, does not appear to follow up on thoseassurances, since his Army continues to violate theceasefire along the Line of Control in a bid to providecover for militants to enter India. Having recentlysecured a generous military and non-military aid fromthe Obama Administration, despite continuing with its policy of ‘bleeding India with a thousa nd cuts',Islamabad must have thought that the atmosphere wasconducive to push the demand on third-party interven-tion in Kashmir. If that didn't happen, it's because theUS is aware of India's firm opposition to the idea. It'salso because Washington, DC, knows about Pakistan'sdevious game to destabilise India through the Kashmir route. The realisation has not, unfortunately, alwaysreflected in the continuing support that the US givesPakistan even when the latter needs ticking off. Perhapsthings will change post-2014 withdrawal of the US-led Nato troops from Afghanistan.Mr Sharif faced more embarrassment on another front inhis meeting with the US President. Mr Obama told himthat drone attacks would continue inside Pakistani terri-tory as long they were needed. Drones have become atouchy issue in Pakistan. While its politicians from theruling party and in the Opposition have been spewingvenom on the attacks, claiming that they impinge upontheir country's sovereignty, leaked reports in sections of the US media have gleefully pointed out that Islamabad has for long given tacit though secret approval to theattacks. During the presidentship of both General PervezMusharraf and Mr Asif Ali Zardari, US drones struck targets within Pakistan with regularity in the full knowl-edge of Pakistan's senior leadership. It is unlikely thatthe US will oblige Islamabad by halting the campaign,although it may curtail the frequency of such attacks asa minor concession.

EDIT-OPED

ED I TOR I A L

Ashok Malik

G Parthasarathy

Why is Rahul Gandhi trying to intro-duce himself to the voter? He recognises he

is the face of the Congress in 2014. Inevitably, family memories come into t hemix. To that limited extent, his attempt is

understandable

The election result in the Northern

Province redefines relations between Jaffna

and Colombo. India should use it as an

opportunity to strengthen ties between

Colombo and New Delhi

DISCONNECTED WITH REALITY, HE FIGHTS ON

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NEW DELHI, OCTOBER

26: Union Minister ManishTewari on Saturday launched an attack on BJP, accusingthe party of polarising and radicalising the people fromthe time of MahatmaGandhi’s assassination to theGujarat riots.“From Gandhi’s assassina-tion to Gujarat pogrom,RSS/BJP responsible for

polarisati on and radicalis a-tion -- allows frenemy’s tofish in troubled waters,” Mr.Tewari said in a tweet onSaturday on micro-bloggingsite ‘twitter.com’“Frenemy” is described as

someone who is both a friend and an enemy.Mr. Tewari’s comments cameagainst the backdrop of Mr.Rahul Gandhi’s controversialstatement about Pakistaniintelligence agencies beingallegedly in touch with thevictims of the Muzaffarnagar riots, which BJP hasslammed.Slamming Mr. Gandhi for theabove remarks, BJP had asked him to either provide

proof to back his statementsor apologise.Mr. Gandhi, the Congressvice-president, had earlier alleged that BJP was playing

d i v i s i v e politics for e l e c t o r a lgains.G u j a r a tC h i e f M i n i s t e r

Na re nd raModi, whois BJP’s

prime min-i s t e r i a lcandidate,during arally atJhansi in Uttar Pradesh, had dared Mr. Gandhi to either reveal the identities of thosewhom he had claimed were

in touch with ISI or apologisefor levelling “serious allega-tions” and “defaming” theentire community.

MUMBAI, OCTOBER 26: Mumbaicity police has chargesheeted billionaire

builder Chandru Raheja and his twosons, Ravi and Neel, in a cheating casefiled by industrialist Nusli Wadia, whoclaimed to have suffered losses worthcrores of rupees because of the trio,

police said on Saturday.A chargesheet in this case was filed bythe Economic Offences Wing (EOW) onOctober 22, Joint Police Commissioner

(Crime) Himanshu Roy said.According to police, Mr. Wadia, in hiscomplaint in 2008, had alleged that hehad suffered monetary losses in theredevelopment of a land in suburbanMalad (W).In 1995, Mr. Wadia, who is the soleadministrator of the estate of the lateE.F. Dinshaw, has entered into an agree-ment with Rahejas through their compa-ny called Ivory Properties & Hotels Pvt.Ltd. for development of the lands inMalad. As per the agreement, theRahejas had taken possession of 1,70,656 square feet of land for develop-ment. The accused were required to con-struct Ivory Towers and sell or transfer

the developed property to “third parties”and hand over 12 per cent of the sale

proceeds to Mr. Wadia, police said.The agreement has also stated if theRahejas did not develop the property,then Mr. Wadia should be paid Rs. 3.75crore in the form of “minimum guaran-tee assurance” in 1997.Rahejas had been given permission bythe administrator to construct an eight-floor commercial building called ‘IvoryTowers’ but it was never built.The Rahejas have subsequently trans-ferred about Rs. 3.89 crore in Mr.

Wadia’s bank account, saying that IvoryTowers was ready. It was sold to a third

party and the amount transfer red was 12 per cent of the s ale amount as agreed, police said.“Rahejas have also fraudulently pre-

pared nin e release deeds and signed asowners,” an officer said.On the same area, Rahejas then went onto construct a mall currently known as‘Hypercity’ in 2006 and also transferred

the possession of the mall to HypercityRetail India Pvt. Ltd., without theknowledge of the administrator by false-ly claiming to be the “owner” of the said land, police alleged.The reason for suppression of facts relat-ing to construction of Hypercity wasonly to deprive the administrator of itsland. By doing this, Rahejas caused loss-es to the tune of crores of rupees to Mr.Wadia in between 1997 and 2006, policealleged. The Malad land is now a major commercial hub, comprisingMindspace, InOrbit mall and HyperCitystore. In 2008, Mr. Wadia filed a civilsuit in the Bombay High Court and lodged a complaint with the EOW.

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NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 26: Takingstrong exception to Narendra Modiaddressing Rahul Gandhi as“Shehzada”, Congress on Saturday did some tough talking as it threatened thatits workers were capable of stoppingsuch “undignified” language but wererestrained due to respect for laws and theModel Code.The ruling party said its vice-presidentshould be addressed in the same manner in which he addresses people withrespect as use of words like “Shehzada”will not be tolerated.Defending Mr. Gandhi’s recent electionspeeches where he had invoked Muzaffarnagar riots, the Congress said the motive behind MR. Gandhi’sremarks should be understood as he said communalism in any form should be

opposed and condemned.“The way Rahul Gandhi is beingaddressed and criticised by the use of language -- words like ‘Shehzada’ and alike, this conduct is not dignified in ademocracy.“Congress workers are not reacting outof respect for the Model Code of

Conduct and laws of the country and arethus quiet. Otherwise, the use of suchwords can be stopped in two days. Wedon’t want such a situation to arrive,”Congress general secretary JanardanDwivedi said, without naming Mr.Modi.He said the way Mr. Gandhi and Congress leaders address people withrespect, it is expected that others alsouse similar words to address them.The Congress leader was reacting to Mr.Modi’s remarks made on Friday inJhansi where he attacked Mr. Gandhi for saying that ISI was in touch withMuslim youth of Uttar Pradesh’sMuzaffarnagar and dared him to revealthe identity of such persons or apologise

publicly for levelling “serious allega-tions” and “defaming” the entire com-

munity.Mr. Modi has also been using“Shehzada” to address Mr. Gandhi pub-licly in the recent past.Mr. Dwivedi said fundamentalism of any form gives rise to communalismwhich is not good for the country and noone should rake up such issues irrespon-

sibly in national interest.“We have been seeing for a long timenow that some people do politics evenon very sensitive issues,” Mr. Dwivedistressed, adding that Mr. Gandhi had said communalism in any form should

be opposed.Attacking the BJP, the Congress generalsecretary said issues which do not haveany meaning are being blown out of pro-

portion in a bid to seek political mileage.The BJP has petitioned the ElectionCommission for Mr. Gandhi’s attack against it and for accusing the saffron

party of spreading hatred i n societ y byflaring up communalism.“If a Hindu spreads communalism and hatred and suspects every Muslim, thenhe is supporting cross-border forceswhich are anti-India.“Similarly, a Muslim fundamentalist isalso strengthening the hands of thoseorganisations which are spreading com-munalism and hatred in the country,though I do not wish to name them,” Mr.Dwivedi said while seeking to explainthe context of Gandhi’s hatred remarks.He said anyone who thinks in nationalinterest and about the country, should not “irresponsibly” rake up such issues.“Is there anyone, even those who insti-gated riots, having the moral courage tosay that communalism is a good thingand claim that they have indulged inriots,” he said, questioning if there wasanyone who was not ashamed of Muzaffarnagar riots or other similar incidents.Accusing Mr. Gandhi of “incitingriotous behaviour” through his speechesat poll rallies, BJP has lodged a com-

plaint with the Election Commissionseeking action against him and Congressfor “willful and blatant” violation of Model Code.The EC is currently scanning Mr.Gandhi’s speeches and have sought their copy along with a report from poll offi-cials

Villagers help an elderly woman to safer ground after crossing floodwaters in Khurda district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

Cong asks Modi to address Rahul with respect

Businessman held for faking own kidnappingGURGAON: A 29-year-old businessman and his accom-

plice were held in Gurgaon, Haryana, for plotting to extort aransom of Rs 50 lakh from his father after staging his own"kidnapping", police said Saturday. Ankit Shrivastava, withan MBA degree from Pune and a resident of the posh VatikaCity in Sector 49 of Gurgaon, was arrested for conspiring in"kidnapping". His father Mahesh Shrivastava, who is thevice president of a multinational firm in Sector 32, Gurgaon,lodged a complaint with police on Friday that his son had

been kidnapped. He said that t he kidnappers had demanded a ransom of Rs 50 lakh. "A team headed by crime branchSector 46 chief Yashwant Singh was given the task of solv-ing the case," joint commissioner of police Vivek Sharmatold reporters. Ankit Shrivastava was arrested from Palwal-Sohna Road. He had been waiting in a car there for the ran-som amount to be delivered. Police said that the young manwas under a debt of Rs 45 lakh and had hatched the conspir-acy to pay off the debtors. "Ankit, a cement dealer, was run-ning a loss but pretended to be very successful in business,"

Sharma said, adding that he often held parties for friendsand gave expensive gifts to his wife. Two years ago he had received large sums of money from his father to clear hisdebts, the police officer said. Mukesh, 27, a resident of Alipur village in Gurgaon district, was also arrested alongwith Ankit Shrivastava. Mukesh, a security guard, had helped in the conspiracy and made the ransom call. He had

been promised Rs 1.5 lakh for his part in the cri me. The twomen were produced in court and sent to judicial custody onSaturday.

Delhi Metro gets Chinese-made rail carsBEIJING: A Chinese train manufacturing firm today said

it has sold 21 rail compartments to the Delhi Metro RailCorporation (DMRC). CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, asubsidiary of major Chinese train manufacturer CSR Corporation, has supplied 21 cars to Delhi's metro rail sys-tem, the company said. The sale marked the company's sec-ond order from India as it had exported 15 metro cars to theDelhi Metro in 2010, state-run Xinhua news agency report-ed on Saturday. The locomotive company said the trainswould be more energy-efficient and be an industry model inIndia, which is affected by power shortages. CSR is theworld's largest manufacturer of electric locomotives and isChina's leading bullet-train maker.

Woman gang-raped in moving car in GhaziabadGHAZIABAD: A woman was gang-raped in a moving car in Sahibabad area of Ghaziabad on Friday night between

Arthala Peer and Hindon Bridge. Police said the woman, 22,who resides in Nand Nagri area of Delhi, lodged a complaint with the Sahibab ad police station in which s he said she came to offer prayers at Arthala Peer on Friday. Whenshe was waiting on the Grand Trunk Road for a tempo toreturn home, four people dragged her into a car and gang-raped her in the slow moving vehicle. They dumped her near the Haj house under construction and sped away fromthe spot. After regaining her senses, she rushed to the policestation and lodged a complaint in which she said Hemantand Lala, sons of Chandra Pal (the woman's landlord) and two other unidentified people outraged her modesty. "Wehave registered the complaint and sent the woman for med-ical examination but no external injury was found.Regarding sexual intercourse, she was found to be habitual.The married woman used to live in the house of the accused on rent," said Sahibabad police station officer UpendraYadav.

Flesh trade racket bust ed inBangalore, cop suspendedBANGALORE: A series of raids on PG accommodations inwest Bangalore has unearthed a flesh trade racket, exposingthe nexus between police and human traffickers. A constableattached to Mahalakshmi Layout police station has beensuspended for failing to inform his seniors.The suspension came in the wake of raids on PG accommo-dations in Nandini Layout and Vyalikaval, from where 35women were rescued. Constable Manje Gowda was told to

gather intelligence on the illegal activities, said DCP (north)Sandeep Patil. Police sources said three men were arrested in this connection, while four others, including the kingpinof the racket, are still at large. Cops said a diary has beenrecovered from one of the arrested which has entries on themonthly payments (bribes) made to Mahalakshmi Layout

police. Patil said he had recommended action against theinspector of the police station and submitted a report tocommissioner Raghavendra H Auradkar.

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 26: Indiawill have to bear with China’s policy of issuing stapled visas for people fromArunachal Pradesh while both sides seek to build on the momentum generated byPrime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visitto Beijing earlier this week, diplomaticsources said on Friday.Before 2009, when China decided torelax its policy of not issuing travel doc-uments to Arunachal Pradesh residents

and issue stapled visas, it was impossi- ble for Indians from the State to travel toChina.China has stopped giving stapled visasto people from Jammu & Kashmir. Butit won’t be possible to accommodateIndia’s request to do away with stapled visas for its people from Arunachal

Pradesh, the sources said.India had decided not to go ahead with amemorandum of understanding on fur-ther simplifying visa procedures duringDr. Singh’s visit after the controversygenerated by the inability of two youngarchers from Arunachal Pradesh to go toChina to take part in a junior world championship last month because of their stapled visas.“The two archers are of my children’s

age. It broke my heart that they couldn’tgo. It is being said [by former BharatiyaJanata Party MP from ArunachalPradesh Kiren Rijiju] that the archerscould not go because of China’s policy.It is the immigration authorities [atDelhi airport] who stopped them. Chinaissues stapled visas to citizens from

some other countries as well,” diplomat-ic sources said.Beijing took New Delhi’s decision not tosign the MoU in its stride, arguing thatthe move to allow visa-free entry tospouses of diplomats was anyway asmall step.“We can live with that,” the sourcessaid, pointing out that Beijing too waslooking to ease norms. Six lakh Indiansvisited China last year as against one

lakh Chinese to India. To encouragemore travel to India, China wants Indiato ease a two-month bar on second entryapplied to all foreigners after David Coleman Headley was found to haveentered India several times in quick suc-cession to conduct reconnaissance for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

‘India has to live with China’s stapled visas’

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER26: The Supreme Court onFriday expressed reservationin framing of guidelines for restricting hate speeches by

politi cians and leaders of social and religious organisa-tions.“How can we stop peoplefrom making derogatoryspeeches? How can it beenforced? If it is an offencethen file a complaint under the Representation of People’s Act against the

politicians,” a bench headed by Justice B.S. Chauhan said.

The counsel appearing for petiti oner NGO PravasiBhalai Sanghatan pleaded that the apex court should

pass order in this regard as noaction is taken on the com-

plaint and referred t hat it had filed a plea in Maharashtra

but nothing was done on it.The bench then asked the

petitioner to file a copy of thecomplaint before it and adjourned the case for threeweeks.The apex court had earlier issued notices to the govern-ments of Maharashtra and

Andhra Pradesh which wit-nessed incidents of alleged speeches. It had also soughtresponse from the ElectionCommission on the issue.The EC in its reply said that ithas no power to de-register a

party on the ground of complaints of violation of the provisi ons of theConstitution.“Law in its present form doesnot empower theCommission to withdrawrecognition of a recognised

political party or to de-re gis-ter a party on the ground thatone of its leaders indulged inhate speech, particularlywhen the hate speech is notmade during the period and in place where Model Codeof Conduct is in force,” it

said in its response.The PIL said therewas a need for guidelines as hatespeeches destroythe fabric of democracy and violate the provi-sions of theConstitution.The PIL named

Maharashtra and AndhraPradesh as respondents as thetwo states witnessed inci-dents of alleged hate speech-es.It referred to the alleged hate

speeches made byMaharashtra NavnirmanSena Chief Raj Thackerayand claimed that no FIR wasregistered about them in thestate.The PIL had said that inAndhra Pradesh, All IndiaM a j l i s - e - I t t e h a d u lMuslimeen leader Akbaruddin Owaisi had allegedly made hate speechesand was arrested for them.But after being released on

bail, he had again made simi-lar speeches in Nanded,Maharashtra, it alleged.

B A N G A L O R E ,OCTOBER 26: The two-daynational executive of JanataDal (Secular), which con-cluded here on Fridayresolved to maintain equidis-tance from Congress-led United Progressive Alliance(UPA) and Bharatiya JanataParty-led NationalDemocratic Alliance (NDA)and extend “all-out support”for the planned Left-led Third Front.Presidents of 18 State unitsacross the country, besidesheads of district and taluk units of Karnataka attended the session. The session rati-fied election of Krishnappaas state president, replacingH.D. Kumaraswamy.Party’s general secretaryDanish Ali has been autho-rised to participate in the con-vention organised by Left

parti es on October 30 atTalkota Stadium of NewDelhi to cobble up a Third Front opposed to both theCongress and BJP.Party’s national president and former Prime Minister H.D.Deve Gowda said that the JD(S) was totally committed tothe secular, democratic and

socialist values and would play a major role in r eunitingall those parties and organisa-tions cherish those values inthe country to put up a jointand committed fight against

both NDA and UPA.In the same breath he clari-

fied that he was not con-tender for any top post, incase of the Third Frontopposing both the Congressand the BJP coming to power at the Centre. He also called upon the Left, socialist, dem-ocratic and secular parties totake recourse to values prop-agated by Mahatma Gandhi,Lohia and Jayaprakash

Narayan and provide a strongalternative platform to the

people in the coming electionto the Lok Sabha.Referring to the JD (S) form-

ing governmentwith the BJP inKarnataka in2006, Mr.Gowda said that the JD (S)had no hesita-tion to declarein this contextthat “past is

past.” Therewas no ques-

tion of having either direct or indirect connection withcommunal, undemocratic and corrupt parties including theBJP or the Congress infuture. “The JD (S) is totallycommitted to the secular,democratic and socialist val-ues and would take lead rolein reuniting the entire social-ist, democratic and secular forces in the country”, Mr.Gowda added.Disclosing that, he was intouch with all leaders of many regional and national

partie s, includi ng, PrakashKarat, A.B. Bardhan,Mulayam Singh Yadav,Sharad Yadav, Lalu Prasad,Chandra Babu Naidu, Mr.Gowda said that he would appeal them to become partof the Third Front.

Hate speech: Bench expressesreservation in framing guidelines

JD(S) to support Left-led ‘Third Front’

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER26,: The ElectionCommission on Fridayissued a series of instructionsto political parties and candi-dates on utilising the Internetand social media websites for

poll campaign and advertise-ments, asking them to strictly

abide by the model code of conduct. This regulation hascome into force in the interestof “maintaining transparencyand a level playing field dur-ing polls.”In a letter sent to Chief Electoral Officers of theStates and the UnionTerritories, and recognised national and regional politi-cal parties, the Commissionmade it clear that the order would be applicable to socialmedia sites such asWikipedia, blogs, microblogssuch as Twitter, content com-munities like YouTube, socialnetworking sites such asFacebook, and virtual game-worlds (Apps).As per the new order, everycandidate, at the time of fil-ing the nomination, has togive their e-mail Ids and accounts of their social net-working sites, if any, for monitoring by poll/expendi-ture officials. Contents of theadvertisements issued by par-ties/candidates in such web-

sites should be pre-certified by the appropriate authoriti esand all expenditure madetowards suchcampaign/advertisementwould be included in theelection expenditureaccounts of candidates/par-ties.

The Commission clarified that the provisions of thecode of conduct and related instructions issued by itwould apply to the content

being posted on the Internet,including the social mediawebsites, by candidates and

parties. “As far as the content

posted by persons other thancandidates and political par-ties is concerned, theCommission is consideringthe matter in consultationwith the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology on

practical ways to deal withthe issue, in so far as theyrelate to, or can be reason-ably connected with, theelection campaigning of

political parties and candi-dates,” the Commission’s cir-cular said.Payments made to socialmedia websites — for carry-ing advertisements, expendi-ture on development of con-tent, and spending on salariesfor staff hired to maintain thesocial media accounts of the

parties and t he candidates — would be included in pollexpenses.The Commission’s order issignificant in view of theongoing election process for the Assembly polls in Delhi,

Chhattisgarh, MadhyaPradesh, Mizoram and Rajasthan. The SMS facility,availed of by candidates and

political parties during campaign, is already under thescanner of the Commission’s

poll expenditure monitoringofficials.

EC regulates poll advertisements,campaign on Net, social media

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JAFFNA, OCTOBER 26:

The Northern ProvincialCouncil (NPC) will take updemilitarisation and land rightsas issues of top priority while pursuing its goal of democraticgovernance, said C.V.Wigneswaran, Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s NorthernProvince here on Friday.Addressing the inaugural ses-sion of the Council, formed after the Tamil National

Alliance (TNA) recorded animpressive victory winning 30out of 38 seats in the recent NPC polls, Mr. Wigneswa ranurged the Sri Lankan govern-ment to confine the military to barracks.Attired in traditional costume — off-white silk kurta, whiteDhoti and angavastram (shawl) — Mr. Wigneswaran, in wh atcolleagues later termed “a powerful speech ”, said the NPC was willing to lend ahand of friendship to the

Centre and hoped that it would cooperate with the newly-elected Council.All the 38 Councillors, thechairman and secretary, senior leaders including TNA’s R.Sampanthan were seated insidethe red-carpeted assembly hallof the NPC complex. The NPCcomplex in Kaithady, near Jaffna, had been renovated for this important day — the his-toric, first ever NPC session.

The walls wore a new coat of white paint and tall posts withflags swaying in differentcolours surrounded the nowfamous building. With classi-cal music by Nagaswaram and Thavil artistes and cheerful flo-ral decoration, the venue was asite of celebration. The speechof Mr. Wigneswaran alsoreflected the significance of theday — which laid the long-awaited platform for the rightsof Sri Lanka’s Tamils.Urging the government to

ensure that the army stopped taking over private land in thenorth, he said: “It is importantto draw a time-frame for themilitary to return the land taken over in such a manner tothe rightful owners.”n 13th AmendmentThe NPC elections, Mr.Wigneswarn said, was an out-come of the 13th Amendment — the constitutional amend-ment that followed the Indo-

Lanka Accord of 1987 — butthe 13th Amendment wasclearly inadequate to addressthe aspirations of the northern people. “It [13th Amendment]is like a vessel with a hole and seems good for nothing,” hesaid.It is also a matter of concernthat it did not pave way for theindependent functioning of theProvincial Council, he said.However, he expressed hopethat the Centre would work with the NPC towards peace

and reconciliation.Reaching out to the South — populate d by Sri Lanka’sSinhalese majority — he said they must understand that theTamils have rejected sepa-ratism as an option. “We areagainst any form of violence,”he emphasised.Outlining some of the major tasks lined up for the NPCadministration, he said theCouncil would work towards

rehabilitating the Muslims whowere forcibly evicted from thenorth in the early 1990s.He called for a civilian to beappointed as Governor of theProvince — the presentGovernor was a Major Generalin the army. Mr. Wigneswaranalso urged the Centre toappoint Tamil-speaking police personnel in the north, whowould understand the people’saspirations, language and cul-ture.

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER26: State-owned NeyveliLignite Corporation (NCL) onFriday reported 28.3 per centfall in net profit at Rs. 240crore for the quarter toSeptember due to higher expenses.The company’s net profit dur-ing the corresponding quarter last fiscal stood at Rs. 334.84crore, the company said in afiling to BSE.The total income from opera-tions of the company, however,went up to Rs. 1382.82 crore in

July-September 2013 over Rs.1349.21 crore in the samequarter of the last fiscal, it said.The total expenses of the com-

pany in the second quarter this

fiscal stood at Rs. 1107.03

crore, registering an increase of

14.7 per cent over Rs. 964.51

crore same quarter last year.“Employee benefit expenses

for the current quarter include

Rs. 35.80 crore towards provi-sion for pay revision and other

benefits in respect of non-exec-

utives,” the company said.

Wockhardt Q2

net plummetsMUMBAI, OCTOBER 26:

Pharmaceutical major

Wockhardt, on Friday, reported

a 70 per cent drop in its net

profit for the second quarter of

2013-14 at Rs. 138 crore (Rs.

453 crore). The company’s

sales, during the period, was

down 11 per cent at Rs. 1,197

crore while the operating profit

declined by a huge 62 per cent

to Rs. 196 crore. The company

said that while its U.S. busi-

ness declined by 19 per cent, it

contributed 44 per cent of

global revenues during the

quarter. T

In the recent past, the major

export markets of U.S and

Europe have been pulling up

Indian drug manufacturers for

compliance issues and

Wockhardt has been witness to

some of these actions.

In a statement, Dr. Murtaza

Khorakiwala, Managing

Director, Wockhardt said, “the

current performance has beenimpacted due to the recent reg-

ulatory actions. However,

Team Wockhardt is committed

to raise the bar across all func-

tions and revert with better

performance in all areas of

operations at the earliest.”

NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 26: Gold and silver prices climbed in the national capitalon Saturday on frantic buying by stockistsand jewellery fabricators for the approach-ing Diwali festival amid firm global cues.Gold prices gained Rs. 170 to Rs. 32,570 per ten gram, w hile silver spurted Rs. 450to Rs. 49,900 per kg on increased offtake by jewellers and industrial units.Bullion merchant said frantic buying bystockists and jewellery fabricators to meetupcoming festivals like Dhanteras and Diwali mainly led to rise in precious metal.A firm global trend on speculation that theUS Fed might maintain stimulus to boosteconomic growth also supported the senti-ment, they said.Gold in New York, which normally sets price trend on the domestic front, rose by0.2 per cent to USD 1,352.50 an ounce, thehighest since September 20.On the domestic front, gold 99.9 and 99.5 per cent purity climbed Rs. 170 each to Rs.32,570 and Rs. 32,370 per ten gram,respectively, while sovereign held steady

at Rs. 25,300 per piece of eight gram.Silver ready rose Rs. 450 to Rs. 49,900 per kg and weekly-based delivery by Rs. 50 to

Rs. 49,700 per kg. Silver coins, however,remained flat at Rs. 88,000 for buying and Rs. 89,000 for selling of 100 pieces.

CHENNAI, OCTOBER 26:

Sundaram BNP Paribas HomeFinance has reported 12.16 per cent increase in net profit at Rs.70.17 crore for the six month period ending September 30,2013.The company had reported net profits at Rs. 62.56 crore for the same period of the previousyear, Sundaram BNP ParibasHome Finance said in a state-ment.The company, the homefinance subsidiary of non- banking finance companySundaram Finance, said homeloan disbursements during the period April to Septembe r 30,2013 grew by 7.63 per cent toRs. 1,338.73 crore from Rs.1,243.77 crore registered dur-ing the same period of the pre-vious year.“The overall negative senti-ment in the economy, coupled with the recent agitation inAndhra Pradesh has been slow-ing down the pace of the over-

all home loan growth”, it said.“We believe that with leading

real estate players moving toTier II and III cities of Tamil Nadu, the long-term outlook remains positive”, SundaramHome Finance ManagingDirector, Srinivas Acharyasaid. “..despite the opportuni-ties in the real estate sector, the

immediate and near termgrowth outlook is expected to be sluggish on account of eco-

nomic slowdown, weak employment scenario and highinflation”, he said. On future plans, he said the companywould continue to strengthenits presence in the south mar-ket.“We are hopeful that the

Andhra Pradesh market, whichis an important driver for our growth, will recover in the sec-

ond half of the year.Simultaneously, we will con-tinue to explore opportunitiesto increase our presence in cen-tral and western India”, headded. Sundaram BNP ParibasHome Finance is a 50.1 per cent and 49.9 per cent Joint

Venture between SundaramFinance and BNP Paribas of France, the statement added.

DHAKA, OCTOBER 26: TheBangladeshi opposition coali-tion has called a 60-hour hartalacross the country from six a.m.Sunday, handing the govern-ment a two-day ultimatum toinitiate dialogue on a neutral

poll-time government.According to reports, five people were killed in as policeopened fire on opposition protests across the country.Leader of the main oppositionBangladesh Nationalist PartyKhaleda Zia announced the har-tal move at a massive rally inDhaka on Friday. She repeated-ly termed the Sheikh Hasinagovernment “illegal” allegingthat its tenure had expired onThursday based a legal provi-sion that requires a neutral care-taker government to be set upthree months before electionsslated for January 24, 2014.But the ruling Awami Leagueabolished the provision in 2011,handing the job of overseeing polls to a reformed ElectionCommission. The rulingalliance, meanwhile, decided tocontinue the current session of Parliament till November 7.“There will be no election in

Bangladesh with[Prime Minister Sheikh] Hasina in power,” said Ms.Khaleda Zia leader who said her proposal of a neutral

caretaker govern-ment during theupcoming generalelections must beaccepted, even byamending theConstitution. “If thegovernment comes up with pos-itive proposals for a dialogue,we will continue the negotia-tions,” she said adding “bothmovement and negotiations cancontinue simultaneously.”n war crimesHundreds of activists of theJamaat-e-Islami and its studentwing Islami Chhatra Shibir par-ticipated in Ms. Khaleda Zia’srally, calling for the release of their leaders who have beenconvicted or are undergoingtrial for war crimes.However, in her speech Ms.Khaleda Zia, for the first time,supported the trials of war crim-inals “on principle” even as shealleged that the war crimes tri-

bunals were selectively pickingJamaat and BNP leaders.iolenceAP adds:Two protesters were killed and several injured by bullets in thesouthern resort district of Cox’sBazaar when border guardsopened fire at several thousand BNP supporters. Two morewere killed by bullets in thecentral district of Chandpur and another in the northern town of Jaldhaka.Fearing clashes, police banned all political rallies and street protests in major cities. But onThursday night they decided toallow the BNP to hold theFriday rallies after the partyvowed to defy the ban.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER, 27, 2013

NEW YORK, OCTOBER26: Billions of people fromcountries like India and Chinaare striving hard to “out-edu-cate” Americans in mathemat-ics and technology, PresidentBarack Obama has said whilestressing on education reformsto prepare Americans for aglobal economy where “jobscan go anywhere.”“In previous generations,America’s standing economi-cally was so much higher thaneverybody else’s that we did not have a lot of competition,”Mr. Obama said.“Now you have got billions of people from Beijing toBangalore to Moscow, all of whom are competing with youdirectly. And they are -- thosecountries are working everyday to out-educate and out-compete us,” Mr. Obama said in his remarks to students at thePathways in Technology EarlyCollege High School inBrooklyn on Friday.“And every year brings moreresearch showing them pullingahead, especially in some of the subject matter that this

school specialises in -- mathand science and technology. Sowe have got a choice to make,”he said.He said if the workforce is noteducated enough, it will be left behind and find it hard to get a job that pays a living wage.“We live in a 21st centuryglobal economy. And in a glob-al economy, jobs can go any-where. Companies, they arelooking for the best-educated people, wherever they live, and they will reward them withgood jobs and good pay,” the president said.“We can just kind of shrug our shoulders and settle for some-thing less, or we can do whatAmerica has always done,which is adapt. We pull togeth-er, we up our game, we hustle,we fight back, we work hard,and we win,” he said.Mr. Obama joked that he had asked students at the Brooklynschool if they could help himhelp his daughter Malia withher math homework.“I don’t know if some of youhave experienced this whereyou get to the point where your

children ask you for help and you suddenly realise you haveno idea what’s going on,” hesaid amid laughter from hisyoung audience.The President said America hasto educate its young people and prepare them for the globaleconomy. With the cost of higher education escalating,Mr. Obama said he is workinghard to reduce the burden of student loans on young people.“We need to bring down thecost of college and give moreyoung people the chance to go

to college. So a couple of months ago, I put forward anambitious new plan to do that,to reduce the cost of college,”he said. Mr. Obama stressed that America needs a budgetthat is responsible, fiscally pru-dent and one that “cuts whatwe don’t need, closes wastefultax loopholes that don’t create jobs, freeing up resources toinvest in the things that actual-ly do help us grow -- thingslike education and scientificresearch, and infrastructure,roads, bridges, airports.

ISLAMABAD, OCTOBER

26: Pakistan on Saturday said the trial in the Mumbai attackscase would be carried forward based on the informat ion brought by a judicial commis-sion that had visited Indiarecently.“Based on the information brought by the judicial com-mission, our courts will pro-ceed further,” Foreign Officespokesman Aizaz Chaudhrysaid.Mr. Chaudhry had said in hisweekly press conference thatthe Pakistan would need moreevidence from the Indian sidewith regard to the Mumbaiattacks case.Asked what he had meant by“more evidence” he had said,“I do not have the details. The point is that the two cou ntriesneed to work together in acooperative manner so that tri-als take place with proper evi-

dence“.Replying to queries on kind of evidence needed, since thePakistani judicial Commissionhad a successful trip to India,Pakistani officials didn’t elabo-rate and had said they will haveto check on the latest develop-ments.Incidentally, Mr. Chaudhry’scomments about need for addi-tional evidence was missing

from the official transcriptsreleased to the media later.Replying to a query on if theslow pace of Mumbai terror attack was discussed betweenPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Barack Obama,he said issues relating to count-er-terrorism were discussed.“The Prime Minister made itclear that the issue of terrorismis of as much concern toPakistan as for India if notmore.“In fact we are the victims of terrorism. The answer lies in

working jointly to defeat thiscommon enemy,” he said.Asked on Saturday, whether Pakistan still needs more evi-dence from India, Mr.Chaudhry said, “Please check with the Ministry of Interior”.Meanwhile, Advisor to PrimeMinister on National Securityand Foreign Affairs Sartaj Azizsaid Pakistan would take action

against Mumbai attacksaccused Hafiz Saeed if they get“concrete legal evidence” to doso.“We told them that the trial of Mumbai suspects will startsoon...we will take actionagainst Hafiz Saeed if we haveconcrete legal evidence to doso,” Mr. Aziz said in an inter-view to Dawn daily.

Obama calls on education reforms to out-smart India, China Mumbai case trial to proceed on judicial panel’s information: Pak

Five killed in Bangladesh violence

Sundaram BNP Home Finance Q2 profit rises 12.16% Gold, silver jump on Diwali buying, global cues

Neyveli Lignite drops 28% to Rs. 240 crore in Sept quarter

Crowds pay

respect at ex-Yugo

first lady's burialSERBIA: Former

Yugoslavia’s first ladyJovanka Broz was laid to restSaturday near the grave of her husband Josip Broz Tito,mourned by a throng whoremembered his ex-commu-nist federation as a haven of

peace, prosperity and equalitymore than 20 years after it

broke up in bloodshed.Carrying roses, wreaths and symbols of the past era, manywept as they lined up sinceearly hours Saturday at amemorial complex where thetomb of Tito, the former communist leader, is located.“Today, we don’t just bid farewell to Jovanka Broz, we

bid farewell to Tito’s era,”Serbia’s Prime Minister IvicaDacic said in a speech.“Today marks the departureof the last icon of the former Yugoslavia.

Sri Lanka Northern Council holds historic first session

M A D U R A I ,OCTOBER 26: Theimpact of the ‘revolu-tionary’ education loanscheme of the United Progressive Alliancegovernment would befelt in another 10 years,Finance Minister PChidambaram said onSaturday.Participating in a loanmela organised byCanara Bank at nearbyTirumangalam, he said Tamil Nadu is anadvanced state in manyways due to the vision of late Chief Minister K Kamaraj, who had developed schools and introduced noon-mealschemes, encouragingchildren to go to school.“Similarly the educationloan scheme introduced by theUPA government is a great rev-olution and will have its impactin another 10 years and makeIndia an advanced nation in thecoming years,” Mr.Chidambaram said.

The Finance Minister pointed out that backwardness in edu-cation was the reason for manystates not being developed,despite having natural wealthand industries.The Minister said one out of four education loans given inthe country had been received

by students from Tamil Nadu.Its impact would also be feltafter 10 years when one outfour persons employed in bigcompanies and governmentservices would be from thestate.He said the recent meet-ing of Bank Chairmen at Delhi

had been informed that Rs.58,000 crore worth educationhad been sanctioned and the balance of Rs. 12,000 crorewould be given in another fivemonths. Mr. Chidambaramalso praised the ‘farsighted’vision of former PrimeMinister Indira Gandhi for

nationalising banks.“But for that act, it would nothave been possible for the poor to avail of loans,” he said.Without mentioning the name,he said some people appear like magicians and claim tohave a magic wand to develop

the nation. “I don’t respectsuch people. There is no way todevelop the nation usingmagic. The only way is tointroduce schemes that willhelp the next generation.”“Congress does not think aboutnext elections... we think aboutthe next generation,” he said.

UPA’s education loan scheme has

unleashed revolution: Chidambaram

WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 26: Amajor organisation advocating for whistleblower rights in Washington pres ented its“Whistleblower of the Year” award toDinesh Thakur, the former Ranbaxy exec-

utive who exposed wrongdoing at the company that le d to its cough ing up a $5 00-million fine in June 2013.This week the Taxpayers Against Fraud Educational Fund (TAF), a public interestgroup combating fraud against the U.S.government, recognised Mr. Thakur’swork over eight years in uncovering evi-dence showing that “certain lots of specif-

ic drugs produced [at multiple Ranbaxyfacilities in India] were defective, in thattheir strength differed from, or their purityor quality fell below, that which they pur- ported to possess”.

Speaking to The Hindu TAF co-executivedirector Patrick Burns argued that whileIndia had aspirations to be a “first-world power”, it had not yet put in place “first-world regulation and oversight” for the pharmaceut ical industry and laws that“incentivise integrity”, in particular anequivalent of the U.S. False Claims Actthat protects and rewards whistleblowers.

Mr. Thakur, who joined Ranbaxy in 2003and was compelled to resign in 2005 whenhe brought to Ranbaxy’s notice certainirregular practices with regard to drug test-ing data, said that it was initially the “per-fect data” produced by the facilities thatgot his attention.This data, which investigators by the U.S.Food and Drug Administration discovered to be fraudulent, along with “false, ficti-tious, and fraudulent statements to theFDA” in 2006 and 2007 regarding stabili-ty tests for certain drugs, led to sevenfelony charges, all of which Ranbaxy pled guilty to.

Ranbaxy whistleblower honoured

CAIRO, OCTOBER 26: An Egyptiancourt on Saturday rejected a breach of trust petition against Mohammed ElBaradei,who resigned as vice president more thantwo months ago to protest a deadly crack-down on Islamist protesters, state-run tele-vision reported.The court did not give an explanation for its ruling, which was in response to a law-

suit filed by a law professor at the state-runHelwan University.The claimant argued that the Nobel PeacePrize winner was appointed vice presidentas a representative of the opposition National Salvation Front and should havereferred his resignation to the the bloc.ElBaradei, a pro-reform campaigner, quitin mid-August to protest a clampdown on

two main protest camps held in Cairo by backers of president Mohamed Morsy,who was overthrown by the military inJuly. Hundreds of supporters of Mr Morsy’s Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups were killed in the crack-down. Mr ElBaradei, a former head of theVienna-based U.N. nuclear watchdog, has been living in Austria since his resignation.

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LUCKNOW: Though theenrollment in UP govern-ment's technical colleges ishigher, when it comes to qual-ity, private colleges take thelead. This year, majority of meritorious students, accord-ing to Gautam BuddhTechnical University(GBTU), are from private col-leges. The toppers listannounced by GBTU showsthat 80% of the rank holdersin the top 20 students of each branch are studying in privatecolleges, 20% come fromgovernment institutions.Except for the UP TextileInstitute in Kanpur, no student

from any government collegehas been able to make it to thetop three positions in any of the 15 branches*, shows thetopper list. In fact, state's pre-mier government institute,Harcourt Butler Technological Institute(HBTI), Kanpur and Instituteof Engineering and Technology (IET), Lucknowhave taken backseat in pro-ducing toppers. Ironically,these are institutes in whichcandidates who top the state

entrance examination (SEE)take admission. Government-run institutions have, over theyears, emerged the first choiceof top SEE rankers.GBTU officials say the pref-erence is primarily for tworeasons-low fees and qualityeducation. The failure of gov-ernment institutions' studentsto secure the top positions,however, puts a question mark on the quality of education being imparted here. UP'sonly government Architecturecollege too seems to be losingthe medal this year with thetop two positions in B Arch being secured by students of

private colleges. The third comes from Faculty of Architecture, Lucknow - theonly government college inthe state. Gender-wise, thetoppers list shows girls taking

the lead in comparison to their male counterparts. Not only inthe traditional streams of edu-cation, girls show mettle inengineering sector too.Considering top three studentsin all 15 braches, i.e. 30 out of 45 students are girls, 11 of the15 gold medals were bagged by them, despite the ratio of girls and boys in engineeringinstitutions in UP being 22:78.Academics attribute substan-dard education and lack of resources for poor perform-ance of government institu-tions. Officials said peopleoften point out quality educa-tion in private colleges.

Private colleges not only fightto fill their seats, they also putin extra effort to improve their teaching and results, a clear reason why they are at the topin most branches.

SRINAGAR, OCT 26:Deputy Chief Minister, Mr.Tara Chand awarded onethousand education volun-teers with promotion ordersas Teacher at an impressive but simple function, organ-ized by Directorate of SchoolEducation, Kashmir in con-nection with EducationalConference here on Saturday.The function was attended byDirector School EducationKashmir, Mir Tariq Ali, StateProject Director SSA, S.C.Sawhney, AdditionalSecretary Education, R. AInqulabi, Joint Director Education Mrs. Suraya and Chief Education Officer Srinagar Munshi Mohammad Javeed, all Chief EducationOfficers, Zonal EducationOfficers and other func-tionaries of the departmentwere also present on theoccasion.President EJAC, AbdulQayoom Wani, VicePresident and ChairmanSENTEF, Nusrat A. Beighand Vice Chairman, ImtiyazHussain were also present inthe Conference.Addressing the function,Deputy Chief Minister said that Teacher is builder of nation adding that Teacher deserves great respect and honour. Stressing upon theteaching community to main-tain the status and dignity,Tara Chand asked the frater-nity to be disciplined, dedi-cated, sincere and hard work-

ing while dealing with stu-dent community.Deputy Chief Minister onthis occasion announced thata Teacher who has shownexcellent performance for last three years shall be given

special increment and award and the other one who iscareless and irresponsible

towards his duties shall haveto face the music.Giving resume of theachievements of EducationDepartment, Tara Chand said that Government issued pro-motion orders to thousands of Teachers, Masters,Headmasters as well asLecturers during last finan-cial year. Hundreds of classIV employees were promoted as Junior Assistant and todayone thousand education vol-unteers were promoted asteachers after seven years of dedicated service.Speaking about the status of Education Policy, Tara Chand said that the government con-stituted education board,comprising of noted educa-tionists from all the threeregions of the state to formu-late new education policy sothat the new generation is provided with latest and modern education in all thegovernment and private insti-

tutions of the state.He said two committees, oneheaded by Secretary, SchoolEducation shall formulatedraft for Right to EducationAct and another committeeheaded by Prof (Dr.) Farida

of Delhi University shall d raft education policy.Appealing all to admit their wards in governmentschools, Deputy Chief Minister said that govern-ment has posted qualified and trained staff in governmentschools and parents should take maximum benefit of these facilities.Earlier, in his welcomeaddress, Director SchoolEducation, Mir Tariq Ali said that government introduced moral education in all thegovernment schools and every school starts its daywith morning prayers. Hesaid that the department of education is all set to fill theavailable vacancies at war footing basis to fill the gapand to provide quality educa-tion to the students.SPD, SPA, Mr. S.C Sawhneyin his address gave a resumeof SSA which serves peoplein length and breadth of thestate with elementary educa-tion.

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JAMMU, OCTOBER 26-Minister for Housing,Horticulture and Culture Mr.Raman Bhalla on Saturdaysaid that the government hastagged the education as prior-ity sector and massive expan-sion during past years havetaken education to doorstepsof people of far off areas.The Minister was addressinga huge audience after inaugu-

rating National Group SongCompetition organized byBharat Vikas Parishad (BVP)here at Regional ResearchLaboratory auditorium.A s many as eighteen teamsfrom Jammu, Samba, Katha,Udhampur and Reasi districts participated in the competi-tion. Founder Trustee JammuYatri Bhawan, Haridwar Mr.Ram Langer, PresidentChamber of Commerce Mr. YV Sharma, National SecretarySamagra Gram Vikas and Central Observer Mr. RadheSham Mahajan besides other representatives of BVP were present on the occasion.Listing the achievements of the government, he said that

education has been tagged as priority sector adding thatscores of new schools and colleges have been opened and upgraded to provide edu-cational facilities at thedoorsteps of far-flung areas of the state. The Minister said that education should empower youth and imbibe inthem virtues of humanity and the spirit to fight against theevils confronting the societytoday.

He appealed the teacher fra-ternity to impart quality edu-cation to students in co-cur-ricular activities so that theycan compete at internationallevel and bring laurels to thestate.Mr Bhalla appreciated theefforts of BVP in inculcatingthe spirit of patriotism amongthe youth and said that it has played vital role in promotingand preserving the compositeculture and Heritage of India.

Mr. Bhalla said aim of theBVP is to organise the eliteand intellectual citizens and to motivate them to serve poor, disabled, illiterate and ignorant brethren not as an actof charity but in the true spir-it of cultural tradition of service as duty. Earlier, thestudents of various schools of Jammu region presented 10Hindi and 3 Sanskrit itemswhich were highly applauded by the audience.

Education tagged as priority sector by govt : Bhalla Inaugurates group song competition

SRINAGAR, OCT 26: Toensure transparency in theconduct of Entrance

Examinations for admissionto professional colleges,Board of ProfessionalEntrance Examinations(BOPEE) contemplates tointroduce immediatereforms in the conduct of Entrance Examinationswhich will be in the interestof public in general and stu-dents in particular.After a thorough exerciseon the issue, theCommission recommendsconsideration of theGovernment to streamlinethe screening/examinationset up by the BOPEE byway of checking integrity of the officials before transfer-ring or posting them toBOPEE besides duration of stay of posted officialsshould not exceed twoyears.Short term orientation train-ing should be imparted tothe BOPEE officials toacquaint them fully with procedur es of conducti ng

Entrance Examinations fair-ly and in a transparent man-ner. For this purpose assis-tance of National Board of Examinations can be takenwhich has gained reputation

in the conduct of EntranceExaminations over theyears.

Videography for entireduration of exams at theexaminations centres vizSrinagar and Jammu should be done and preserved onthe pattern of exams con-ducted various reputed agencies at National and International Level. This procedure is being f ollowed by National Board of Examinations (NBE) for conduct of All India PostGraduate Medical EntranceExamination (AIPGMEE)and Diplomat of NationalBoard (DNB) Examinationetc. throughout the country.CBSE also ensured Videography of entire dura-tion of Medical EntranceTest (NEET) conducted throughout the country.Digital photographs of thestudents be taken at theentry points of the examina-tion centres for proper screening on the lines of NBE and CBSE;Steps are taken to gradually

shift to online examinationon the pattern of GMAT/NEET/DNB/AIPG-MEE for admission toMBBS, MD & Engineeringetc.

SVC for reforms inBOPEE EntranceExams

SRINAGAR, OCT 26:Describing educational insti-tutes and teaching fraternityas the fountains of prosperi-ty and development, theMinister for Higher Education, Mr. Mohammad Akbar Lone said that educa-

tional institutes have pivotalrole in reforming and shap-ing of the society.The Minister was addressingthe Annual Day function of Women College, M.A Road here on Saturday.MLA, Amira Kadal, Mr. Nasir Aslam Wani, SecretaryHigher EducationDepartment, SheikhMushtaq Ahmad, DeputyCommissioner Srinagar, Mr.Farooq Ahmad Shah,Director Colleges Kashmir,Prof T.A. Kawoos, DeanCollege DevelopmentCouncil, Prof. M.M. Shah,Principal GovernmentCollege for Women, Prof.Shaheen Altaf, Principals of various Degree Colleges,education illumines, facultymembers and large number of students of the Collegewere present on the occa-sion,While appreciating the roleand contribution of theCollege, Mr. Lone said that

this prestigious collegeholds special status and hashistoric importance in theeducational background of

the State disseminating and imparting quality educationto the students especially tothe women folk, besides pro-ducing educationists, scien-tists and nation builders for last several decades. Heurged upon the present col-lege authorities to maintainthe tempo of past achieve-ments of the College so thathistoric image of this presti-gious college is sustained.The Minister urged upon allthe college heads and facultymembers to utilise their experience and skills for channelizing the potentialand capability of the stu-dents in proper direction sothat they can exhibit their talent in all the spheres of

life and lead the State to newhorizon of success and prosperity.Mr. Lone underscored the

importance of extracurricu-lar activities and modernelectronic revolution and said extracurricular activi-ties are important for mentaland physical development of the students, adding that useof modern technology ineducation system is signifgi-cant for better results.Mr. Lone said that Chief Minister Mr. Omar Abdullahis keen for the upliftmentand upgradation of the edu-cation sector of the State and revolutionary steps have been initiated by the govern-ment in this regard.MLA Amira Kadal Nasir Aslam Wani also spoke onthe occasion and highlighted the contribution of the col-

lege in producing galaxy of luminaries besides providingeducational platform to thefemale folk of the Valley to

empower them.Secretary Higher Education,Sheikh Mushtaq also high-lighted the policies and achievements of the higher education department on theoccasion.On the occasion, the

Minister also released Annual College Newsletter "The Harbinger" and released various booksauthored by the College fac-ulty membersVarious mesmerizing and colourful programs werealso presented by the collegestudents, highly applauded by the audience.Later, the Minister distrib-uted medals, trophies and certificates of appreciationamong the students of theCollege for their excellent performance in the curricu-lar and extra-curricular activities. Earlier, thePrincipal of the College,Prof. Shaheen Altaf present-ed College Annual Reportand highlighted the achieve-ments and issues of theCollege. Mr. Lone assured College Principal that their genuine demands and issueswill be redressed in a phased manner on priority. He alsoassured the College authori-

ties for every possible helpand support for the develop-ment and upgradation of theCollege infrastructure.

Women College M A Road celebrates Annual-Day

Educational institutes, teachers are fountainsof prosperity and development: Akbar Lone

Says educational institutes have pivotal role in shaping society

ANANTNAG, OCT 26: Oneday state seminar on employ-ment awareness for rural

youth was on saturday organ-ised by Degree CollegeLarnoo Anantnag in collabo-ration with J&K StateInformation Commission and Kokernag DevelopmentAuthority at Town HallKokernag. The seminar wasattended by student of DegreeColleges of Vailoo and Kokernag. Inaugural addressChief InformationCommissioner G.R .Sofi said that the employed youth of the rural areas should avail of the benefits of Governmentsponsored schemes likeUdaan and the commissionwill provide every kind of information with regard toschemes, financial assistanceand other facilitates. He said the youth belonging toKokernag can avail benefitsof for setting-up their incomegenerating units under Tourism sector. He said theofficers should provide everykind of information either onweb site or on notice boards

upto the Panchayat level. Hesaid that the mind set belong-ing to rural should be changed as the world has become aglobal village by connecting

with internet facilities.He further said that govern-ment cannot provide cent per-

cent government jobs to theeducated un-employed youthand advised the youth to comeforwarded in private sector.Earlier the DDC Anantnag Dr.Farooq Ahmad Lone present akey note address to the partic-ipants and advised the youthto come forward for generat-ing employment, Agricultural,Horticultural, Fisheries,Floricultural besides inHandicrafts and Handloomsector. He also informed thatunder District Action Plan of different Banks and other financial institution, the tar-gets of achievements have been fulfilled and the DistrictAdministration will ensureadditional amount under theDistrict Credit Action Plan.The DDC ensured local youthfor every possible assistancefrom the district administra-tion. The InformationCommissioner, Er. Nazir Ahmad also spoke on theoccasion. He said under sec-tion 4 of the RTI Act every

department is committed to provide every kind of infor-mation about various welfareand employment schemes 2tothe un-employed youth.

Dy CM awards 1000 education volunteerswith promotion orders as Teachers at SKICC

Govt School starts its day with morning prayers: DSEK

One day Seminar on EmploymentRural Youth held at Kokernag

SRINAGAR, OCT 26:Urging upon authorities of Kashmir University to work out the modalities and draft a proposal for the establish-ment of a Scientific ResearchInstitute in the campus on thelines of premium researchinstitutes/centres of nationalrepute Minister for RuralDevelopment and PanchayatiRaj J&K State AliMuhammad Sagar said thatthe move will help in retain-ing top-notch scientists of valley and at the same timecheck the brain drain of intel-ligentsia."The University of Kashmir has produced great and tal-ented biochemists and biotechnologists in the past.However, due to limited jobavenues and dearth of research infrastructure they

move out for better career opportunities. It would begreat if the KU administra-tion works out a proposal for the establishment of Scientific Research Instituteto check this brain-drain and somehow get back these NRK scientists," said Sagar while maintaining that thestate government would pro-vide all the support for theestablishment of such presti-gious institute at KU campus.The Minister was addressingthe Deans, Heads of thedepartments, PrincipleInvestigators and other facul-ty members of University of Kashmir during the inauguralsession of "Ist InceptionWorkshop of All India Network Program onSaffron" organized byDepartment of

Biotechnology, KU and sponsored by Dept of Biotechnology (DBT),Ministry of Science &Technology New Delhi.Admitting that despite the priority given by the stategovernment to saffron culti-vation through its 'SaffronMission Project' in the valleyscientific interventions aremust to increase the produc-tion without compromisingon the quality of the yield Sagar said "Saffron is a prior-ity sector for the governmentand we all know that saffrongrows only in few parts of theworld and in India it growsonly in Kashmir. Therefore,realizing its importance thestate government launched the Saffron Mission Projectto provide the irrigation facil-ities, fertilizers, manure and

other support to the cultiva-tors.""However" the Minister added "that is not enough and there is a need for scientificinterventions and it is herewhere the biotechnologists ingeneral and the University of Kashmir in particular can play a great role by roping in NRK scientists, Bio-technol-ogists and other experts of DBT and utilize their expert-ise in increasing the produc-tion of Kashmiri saffronwithout affecting its qualityfor which it is known all over the world." Sagar said that asscientists and academiciansthe faculty and researchers atthe University have a moraland professional responsibili-ty to research on pressingissues and problems concern-ing the state of J&K.

KULGAM OCT 25: Tomeet the challenges of unemployment and to develop the professional skills amongunemployed educated youth,Minister for Social Welfare,ARI Trainings, Ms. SakinaItoo on Saturday inaugurated the two days EmploymentFair at High SchoolChimmer in Damal HanjiPora Kulgam.Speaking on the occasionMs. Itoo impressed upon theofficers to dedicate them-selves to encourage theunemployed youth to set uptheir income generating unitsso as to become self reliant."The endeavour of thegovernment is to impartawareness of entrepreneur-ship skills among the unemployed youth so that rather relying on the govt jobs theycan earn their livelihood,"she added.While addressing the hugegathering of people, theMinister appealed them to

visit the stalls to get informa-tion about different incomegenerating schemes to get benefited "The present govt.under the dynamic and charismatic leadership of Chief Minister Omar

Abdullah is committed to provide good, transparentand accountable governanceto the public", she said.The two days employmentfair is being organised by thedepartment of Employmentand Counselling CentreKulgam in collaborationwith Department of Education. As many as 23stalls have been installed bydifferent departments to edu-cate the unemployed youthabout the various incomegenerating units.The Minister inspected thestalls established by variousdepartments and wasinformed that theHandicrafts department havetill now registered 1250 arti-sans in Noor Abad Constituency under differentschemes and Kulgam is lead-ing district in the valley toissue craft loan to achievethe targets well in time.Responding to the demandsof the public, the Minister

assured them that Chimmer village will soon get thehealth centre upgraded to thelevel of primary health cen-tre besides that a centre of Animal Husbandry will work on internal arrangements.

Stresses for developing entrepreneur-ial qualities among unemployed youth

Sakina inaugurates 2-days Employ-ment Fair at D.H Pora Kulgam

Sagar for establishment of a prestigious

Scientific Research Institute at KU

In UP, private tech school studentsfare far better than govt institutions

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