Jai Mata Di
WEDNESDAY
10 June
2015
Jammu-India
We are what our thoughts have made
us; so take care about what you think.
Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they
travel far.
- Swami Vivekananda
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WORLD
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Japan
aiming to
send patrol
aircraft to
Philippines
for exercise
GLEANINGS
Geneva: The WHO on Tuesday
asked countries to ensure better
surveillance and remain on alert
against any possible outbreak of the
deadly MERS, amid a spike in cases
in South Korea over the weekend.“We
have advocated for better surveillance
and more attention to this disease
even if this is not a sexy, interesting
disease, it is a very serious one,” Dr
Peter Ben Embarek, scientist at the
World Health Organization, said.“It
is really important that the global
health community is alert on this, in
particular, at a time when there are a
lot of travellers coming in and out of
the affected countries whether related
to Hajj in Saudi Arabia, for instance,
where you have millions moving back
and forth of the country.
Pak jets kill 12 militants
in the north-west
Islamabad: At least 12 militants
have been killed in aerial strikes by
Pakistani fighter jets in the country’s
restive north-western tribal region
close to the Afghanistan border, the
army said today.The militants were hit
this morning in the Khyber district.
Pakistan Army did not give any
details about the identity of those
killed and the toll could not be verified
through independent sources.The
Khyber region bordering provincial
capital Peshawar was stronghold of
Mangal Bagh who overlords Lashkare-Islami militants.Bagh is an ally of
Taliban and is regularly targeted by
the security forces.
Tomar quits, resignation accepted
New Delhi: Delhi Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar, who was arrested
on the charge of possessing fake degrees, resigned tonight, capping a day
of dramatic developments involving
him.Tomar sent his resignation letter
from the lock-up to Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal who has accepted it.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish
Sisodia said “Tomar has sent his
resignation to the Chief Minister a
while back. And the Chief Minister
has accepted the resignation. It will
be sent to the Lt Governor tomorrow
morning.”He said that “after today’s
events, Tomar has sent the resignation on his own.”Asked why Tomar did
not step down earlier, Sisodia said
“Jitendra Tomar will only say that.”
Two killed, five
injured in mishap
Jammu: Two persons died and
five others got injured when the
minibus they were traveling in
turned turtle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said here
on Tuesday. The incident occurred
last evening when the minibus, on
its way to Kakryal from Katra in
Reasi district, turned turtle near
Chak Bhagta due to rash driving,
they said. The victims, identified as
Prabhu Dayal (60) and Anil (17),
died on the spot and five others got
injured, they said adding that the
injured were rushed to hospital.
Meanwhile, the driver of the
minibus fled the scene after the
incident, police said, adding that a
case was registered and investigation has begun.
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Indian Army strikes back
inside Myanmar, 20 killed
AGENCIES, JUN 09|15
New Delhi: In the first such
cross-border operation, Special
Forces of the army in coordination with the air force today carried out a surgical strike inside
Myanmar, killing nearly 20 insurgents of the groups believed
to be responsible for the deadly
ambush in Manipur that killed
18 soldiers.
Elite commandos of the army
went a few kilometers inside the
Myanmar territory to destroy
two camps of insurgents hiding
there after their attacks in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh
last week by NSCN (K) and
KYKL outfits.
The operation was guided by
“specific and precise” intelligence input, highly placed
sources said.
About 15 to 20 insurgents were
killed in the assault, the sources
BJP, PDP hoodwinking
electorate: Congress
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Jammu, Jun 09|15: Terming
its alliance a mere piece of paper
and eyewash to hoodwink electorate, the state Congress today
slammed the BJP-PDP coalition,
which completes 100 days in
power in Jammu and Kashmir,
charging it with creating more
problems than resolving them.
“The hundred days of the BJPPDP government have proved
that it has created more controversies, problems and issues
rather than solving any problem
or resolving any issue”, Jammu
and Kashmir Pradesh Congress
Committee (JKPCC) president
Ghulam Ahmed Mir said.
“This government created
more uncalled for and avoidable
controversies than settling the
existing ones and created more
wedge between different sections and regions than bridging
the gaps.
“The agenda of alliance is a
mere piece of paper and eyewash to hoodwink their electorate, as both the partners continue slogans and rhetorics on core
issues vitiating the atmosphere
in the state”, Mir said while addressing party workers in Doda.
The JKPCC chief said the coalition partners stood exposed
within a very short span of time
and people were feeling cheated
by the false propaganda and politics of lies and exploitation. Mir
said his party would continue
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said, adding there were no casualties among the Indian soldiers.
The Indian Army on Tuesday
said it had carried out joint operations with Myanmar against
the militants responsible for
the June 4 deadly attack on a
convoy of 6 Dogra Regiment in
Manipur.
The attack in Manipur’s Chandel’s district had killed 18 Indian
soldiers and injured 15 others.
Two militants were also reportedly killed in retaliatory fire.
The Army said the operations
were carried out along the IndiaMyanmar international border.
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Employee close to
Geelani shot dead
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Srinagar, Jun 09|15: A middle-aged government employee,
who was affiliated to Syed Ali
Shah Geelani’s Hurriyat, was
shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the restive Sopore town
of Jammu and Kashmir.
Altaf Rehman, 46, was shot
multiple times from a close
range by unknown gunmen
in New Colony area of Sopore.
The gunmen managed to escape
from the area.
Deputy Inspector General of
Police (North), Gareeb Dass said
the slain worked in the health
department but he had no information about the circumstances
that led to the killing.
“A police team has reached the
spot and we have started
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Modi ordered
hot pursuit!
New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi gave the go ahead to
the Indian Army for a “hot pursuit”
of militants into Myanmar and in a
major operation, two militant camps
were completely annihilated, Union
Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
said today. Hours after the Army
announced that it had engaged with
militant groups in two locations on
the Myanmar border and “inflicted
significant casualties”, Mr Rathore, a
former Armyman said,
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Jammu, Jun 09|15: Girls
continue to grab lion’s
share in academic results
in the state as girls again
outshined boys in BA/BSc/
BCom/BBA and BCA Part-III
results declared here today by
university of Jammu.
Girls have been topping the
merit list in almost ball the
results decalred till date from
10th upto the graduation level
indicating that boys are taking
less interest in academics than
girls.
In today’s result the overall
pass percentage was 61 percent
with girsl grabbing 44 positions
among the 55 listed in all the
five streams.
Girls from the prestigious
Government College for Women
(GCW), Parade claimed top slots
and maximum positions thus
leavi n g
behind
the
SPMR College of Commerce and
Government Gandhi Memorial
Science College.
GCW Parade made a clean
sweep in the merit lists in the
BA/BSc/BCom/BBA and BCA
Part-III examinations.
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Modi to launch India’s biggest
labour overhaul in decades
AGENCIES, JUN 09|15
New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi is preparing to
launch India’s biggest overhaul
of labor laws since independence in a bid to create millions
of manufacturing jobs, at the
risk of stirring up a political
backlash that could block other
critical reforms.
Three officials at the federal labor ministry told agencies that
the ministry was drafting a bill
for the upcoming parliamentary
session that proposes to loosen
strict hire-and-fire rules and
make it tougher for workers to
form unions.
The changes, if approved by
parliament, will be the biggest
economic reform since India
opened its economy in 1991, but
it is likely to meet stiff opposition in parliament and from la-
bor activists.
The Indian leader enjoys a
majority in the lower house of
parliament, but not the upper,
hobbling his ability to pass politically contentious measures.
That handicap has stymied his
efforts to make it easier for businesses to buy farmland and convert Asia’s third-largest economy into a common market.
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Govt’s humiliation of flood
victims unforgivable: Omar
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Srinagar, Jun 09|15:
National Conference Working
President and MLA Beerwah,
Mr. Omar Abdullah Tuesday addressed a party workers’ meeting at Gagerpora, Narbal in his
constituency and said that the
PDP-BJP Mufti Government
had completely failed in its responsibility towards compensating and rehabilitating flood
victims even as nine months
had passed since the September
deluge. The NC Working President said there was an acute and
widespread ration crisis in the
State and the governance defi-
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Girls secured 44 out of total 56
positions in all the five streams
while boys claimed 12, including one in science,
two in commerce, one in
arts and seven in BBA
and one in BCA.
Out of the 18360 students appeared in the examination
, a total of 11340 students were declared
qualified while 4625
fell into reappear category and 936 students
declared as not qualified.
In Science stream, out of 10
positions, eight positions were
shared Government College
for Women Gandhi, Nagar and
Government College for Women, Parade.
Sipak Jain of GCW, Gandhi
Nagar topped the merit list by
securing 85.57 percent marks
followed by Riya Gupta of Gov-
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ernment College for Women,
Parade, Jammu with 84.36 per
cent, who secured second position.
Priyanka Sharma of Government Degree College, Hiranagar
bagged third position with 84.6
percent while Roopali Arora
of GCW, Gandhi Nagar bagged
fourth position with 83.81 percent. Jarry Raina of Government College for Women secured fifth position with 83.75
percent marks while Surbhi
Chalotra of GCW, Gandhi Nagar
bagged sixth position with 83.51
percent. Surbhi Sharma (82.96
percent) of GCW, Gandhi Nagar,
Surinder Singh of GDC, Udhampur (82.90 percent), Indu Bala of
GCW, Udhampur (82.84 percent)
and Radhika Jandial of GCW,
Parade (82.66 percent) bagged
seventh, eighth, ninth and
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cit was growing by each passing day as the Administration
stood completely paralyzed due
to political inefficiency and ineptness.
“There is no sign of a Relief
and Rehabilitation Package
for the flood victims from the
Center. The State Government,
through its Finance Minister
opposed the 44,000 crore Flood
Relief Package on the floor of
the Assembly. The Deputy Chief
Minister has now said that a
mere 3,600 crores was ‘sufficient’ for the cause of rebuilding the lives of flood victims
and reconstructing thousands
of damaged homes as well as
public infrastructure that was
devastated. As a fixed-match, a
Cabinet Minister in the
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BJP high command asks
PDP to tame its ministers
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Jammu, Jun 09|15: The BJP
high command is said to have
suggested to the leadership of
the PDP and senior BJP functionaries to abide by the Common minimum Programme and
avoid raking up issues that had
the potential of threatening the
survival of the alliance.
Party sources said that the BJP
high command has conveyed
to Chief Minister, Mufti Mohd.
Sayeed, its displeasure over
the remarks made by the PWD
Minister, S.M.Altaf Bukhari,
against the Deputy Chief Ministers views on the amount of total
compensation needed flood victims. The party high command
has stated that Bukhari should
have not reacted publicly to Dr
Nirmal Singh’s statement.
The BJP high command wants
the Chief Minister to tame the
PDP ministers so that in future
there was no conflict of opinion.In case some PDP ministers
had any grievance against some
BJP ministers the PDP minister
should discuss the matter with
Mufti Mohd.Sayeed.
The party high command has
pulled up Dr Nirmal Singh for
having made a statement without seeking confirmation from
the centre or from the World
Bank which too had sent its
teams to assess the flood losses
in Jammu and Kashmir.
Reports said that both the top
functionaries of the PDP and the
BJP are worried over the latest developments which could
threaten the very survival
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Mansar Lake: The most sacred of the twin lakes of Jammu
ry. Even as we have discussed
how the twin lakes came into
existence it is imperative that
we discuss it briefly once again
Shivang Satya Gupta to make this article complete.
Editor-in-Chief Apart from being one of the
most popular tourist destinations of Jammu Mansar lake is
also considered holier than its
ansar is the seccounterpart Surinsar.
ond lake among
Mansar Lake is situated 62
the two interconkm from Jammu, Mansar is a
nected lakes of
lake fringed by forest-covered
Jammu and is also considered
hills, over a mile in length by
as the holier of the two which
half-a-mile in width.
is also evident from the fact
Besides being a popular exthat many important temples
cursion destination in Jammu,
exist here with many believit is also a holy site, sharing
ing that it was Surinsar from
the legend and sanctity of Lake
where the Babruvahana shot
Mansarovar. On the Eastern
the arrow and emerged out
Bank of the Lake there is a
from Mansar.
shrine to Sheshnag, a mythoMansar and Surinsar date
logical snake with six heads.
back to Mahabharata period
The shrine comprises a big
and both share the same histo-
M
boulder on which are placed a
number of iron chains perhaps
representing the small serpents waiting on the tutelary
deity of the Sheshnag. Two
ancient temples of Umapati
Mahadev & Narsimha as also
a temple of Durga are situated
in the vicinity of the Mansar
Lake. People take a holy dip in
the water of the lake on festive
occasions.
Newlyweds consider it
auspicious to perform three
circum-ambulations (Pari-
karma) around the lake to seek
the blessings of Sheshnag, the
lord of serpents, whose shrine
is located on its eastern bank.
Certain communities of
Hindus perform the Mundan
ceremony (First hair cut) of
their male children here.
There are also some ancient
temples on the lake’s shores,
which are visited by devotees
in large numbers. Mansar is
also ideal for boating for which
the Tourism Department provides adequate facilities.
With all religions belief and
heritage behind the Mansar
Lake is also picking up its fame
among the tourists with all
its flora & fauna. The lake has
cemented path all around with
required illumination, with
projected view decks to enjoy
flickering of seasonal birds,
tortoise and fishes of different
species. There is a wild life
Sanctuary housing jungle life
like Spotted Deer, Neelgai etc.
besides other water birds such
as Cranes, Ducks etc. One can
also witness the traditional and
typical distinct life style of Gujjar and Backarwals wearing
ethnic costume, living in open
Kullhas around on the hills of
Mansar Lake.
This Mansar lake road joins
to another important road
that directly links Pathankot
(Punjab) to Udhampur (Jammu
& Kashmir, Jammu
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