Jai Mata Di
MONDAY
30 March
2015
Jammu-India
To succeed in your mission, you must
have single-minded devotion to
your goal.
-A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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WORLD
P-8
NATIONAL
Kerry cancels
trip in
honour of
Ted Kennedy
as Iran talks
intensify
GLEANINGS
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P-7
KASHMIR
Volume: 2 Issue: 206 
STATE
P-5
Bukhari
convenes
high level
meet to
review
situation
AAP removes
Ramdas as
internal lokpal,
Bhushan from
disciplinary panel
Jerusalem: A 5,000-year-old
brewery has been unearthed in Tel
Aviv, the Israel Antiquities Authority
said on Sunday. The find includes fragments of ancient Egyptian-made pottery vessels that were used to prepare
beer. The site is currently being uncovered in salvage excavations, ahead of
the construction of skyscraper office
buildings in Israel’s financial capital.
“So far, we have found 17 pits, which
were used to store agricultural produce
in the Early Bronze Age I (3500-3000
BC). Among hundreds of pottery shreds
that characterise local culture, a number
of fragments of large ceramic basins
were discovered that were made in an
Egyptian tradition and were used to
prepare beer,” Diego Barkan, director of
the archaeological excavation on behalf
of the Israel Antiquities Authority, said.
12 dead in
Indonesian landslide
Jakarta: Twelve people were killed
and 11 houses buried after a landslide
triggered by heavy rain in Indonesia´s
main island of Java, an official said
Sunday. The landslide hit Tegal
Panjang village in Sukabumi district
in west Java late Saturday after a particularly heavy downpour, according to
national disaster agency spokesman
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. “We found
all 12 bodies,” he said in an update,
revising the earlier death toll of 10
and two missing. He said heavy rain
caused a cliff to collapse and hit the
village, burying 11 houses. Landslides
triggered by heavy rain and floods are
common in tropical Indonesia during
the rainy season. The national disaster
agency estimates around half the
country´s 250 million population lives
in areas prone to landslides.
AGENCIES, MAR 29|15
Melbourne: ustralia completed
its climb from the depths to the
heights of world cricket on Sunday when it won its fifth World
Cup, defeating New Zealand
by seven wickets in the final at
the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Less than two years ago, many
of the same players departed
the Champions Trophy, the last
global tournament in the OneDay International format, winless and in disarray.
“We’ve had an amazing journey the last couple of years,”
all-rounder James Faulkner
said after receiving the Man of
the Match trophy on Sunday.
The team, coached by Darren
Lehmann, who was appointed
shortly after the Champions
Trophy debacle, and led by cap-
tain Michael Clarke, displays
the traditional Australian virtues of toughness, confidence
New Delhi: A day after sacking
four senior leaders from its National
Executive, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
removed Admiral L Ramdas as its
internal Lokpal on Sunday. The former
Navy Chief, who is seen by many in AAP
as being close to Yogendra Yadav and
Prashant Bhushan, issued a statement
expressing disappointment that he was
not “accorded the courtesy” of being
informed before the decision was made
public. The party National Executive met
on Sunday and, building on decisions
taken on Saturday, removed Bhushan
from the disciplinary committee, of
which he was thus far the head.
Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo and around
60 senior civil and police officers have been indicted by the
Justice R C Gandhi Commission
looking into the 2013 Eid communal violence which left three
dead and an over 80 injured.
During the nine-hour-long
free-for-all during Eid on August
9, 2013, a large number of houses
and commercial establishments
were reduced to ashes prompting the then Omar Abdullah
Woman jumps
into Chenab
Jammu: A married woman who
was missing since yesterday ended her
life by jumping into Chenab. Identity
of the deceased has been established
as Neha Naraina (26) wife Arjun Singh
of Sarwal. Some locals noticed a body
floating in the bank of river Chinab at villager Sangrampur and after getting the
information, police team immediately
reached the spot. The body was fished
out and was shifted to the mortuary
of Government Medical College and
Hospital. Police sources said that she
was missing since March 28 and she
was being reportedly being harassed
by her in-laws. Police have registered a
case under section 306 and 498 of RPC
at Bakshi Nagar police station.
Weather Report
No need to panic: Dy CM
Jammu: Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh on Sunday
assured there was no need to panic in the wake of heavy rains
in the Kashmir, as the government was on full alert.
“The state administration is on full alert in the wake of heavy
rains in the Valley. The situation is being monitored continuously,” Singh informed the Assembly here after members from
different parties raised the issue of the flood threat. “People
should not panic and assured that all precautionary measures
have been put in place,” he said.
Kumar, Minister for Finance,
Dr. Haseeb A. Drabu, Minister
for R&B, Syed Altaf Bukhari,
Minister for IT, Technical
Education & Youth Services &
Sports, Imran Raza Ansari and
Minister of State for Health &
Medical Education & Social
Welfare Asiya Naqash. While
reviewing the steps taken by the
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AGENCIES, MAR 29|15
Indore: The NDA government
will try its “level best” to bring
in a countrywide ban on slaughter of cows by evolving a consensus, Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh today said.
“Cow slaughter cannot be
accepted in this country. We
will make all-out efforts to ban
slaughter of cows and will also
try hard to have a consensus for
this purpose,” he told a gathering of spiritual leaders of Shwetambar Jains, a prominent sect
of Jainism.
Referring to the cow slaughter
ban in the BJP-ruled Madhya
Pradesh and Maharashtra, the
senior BJP leader said nobody
should doubt the government’s
commitment to prevent slaughter of cows.
“Nobody can question our
commitment to ban slaughter
of cows. The BJP government
in Madhya Pradesh has enacted
a tough law for this purpose so
has the Maharashtra government. We didn’t spare time to
send a bill passed by Maharashtra government to President for
his assent,” Singh said referring to the Maharashtra Animal
Preservation (Amendment) Act
which also extends the ban on
slaughter of bulls and bullocks.
On the occasion, Acharya
Shivmuni wanted the Centre to
bring in legislation in the current Budget Session for banning
slaughter of buffaloes besides
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government to impose a curfew
in Jammu province.
Minister of State for Revenue
and R&B Sunil Sharma said the
indicted officers include former
Jammu zone IG Rajesh Kumar,
Ramban-Doda-Kishtwar range
DIG Ashkoor Wani, Kishtwar
Deputy Commissioner M. Saleem Choudhary and SP Sunil
Gupta among others. The government is examining the final
report of the inquiry commission, said Sharma.
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LeT set up terror
camps near IB
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Jammu, Mar 29|15: The
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), backed
by the Pakistani forces, has
set up new launch pads within
striking distance from the International Border (IB) to ensure
that fidayeen attacks are swift
and deadly, intelligence inputs
have revealed. The recent attacks on security establishments, especially in Jammu,
have been part of this strategy.
A number of inputs gathered
by the Intelligence Agencies indicate that these terror camps,
virtually lining the Jammu border, have been frequented by
LeT founder and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
Based on the recent infiltra-
tion attempts, the reports- which
have been prepared by the Border Security Force (BSF) and
submitted to the Union Home
Ministry -- mention that the terror launch pads have been set
up within three km from the
Jammu border.
Some of these reports, say
that eight to 10 camps have
been identified in the border
areas where trained terrorists
are housed while awaiting final
instructions and a suitable opportunity to launch attacks on
India. Bada Bhai Masroor, Abhial Dogra, Chaprar, Sukhmal
and Charkbhura in Pakistan,
close to the Jammu border, have
been identified as the launch
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BJP, PDP attack
NC in Assembly
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Jammu, Mar 29|15:
Members of ruling BJP-PDP
combine on Sunday attacked
opposition National Conference in the J-K Assembly
demanding arrest of former
Minister of State for Home in
Cong-NC government Sajjad
Ahmed Kitchloo in connection
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Minibus
turns turtle,
6 injured
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Jammu, Mar 29|15: Six persons sustained received injuries
today when a speedy minibus
they were travelling in turned
turtle opposite near FSL gate at
Vikram Chowk.
As per police, accident took
place when a minibus bearing registration number JK02BE-1886 was on its way from
Bathindi to Amphalla Chowk
and while reaching near
Vikram Chowk, the driver lost
control and the vehicle turned
turtle owing to which six persons received injuries. Police
sources said that minibus was
over-speeded due to which it
turned turtle. The injured have
been identified as Gulshan (40)
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Instead of opening numerous schools Govt should involve the private sector to improve educational scenario
Jammu, Mar 29|15: The government
51%
Will try to bring
nationwide ban on
cow slaughter: Rajnath
Does J&K need an Education Policy or Educational reform?
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administration to quell the threat
emerging from continuous rains,
the Chief Minister directed the
Divisional Administration to
secure the lives and properties
of the panic-stricken people so
that they don’t face any problems
which they experienced during
the devastating floods of 2014.
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Pune
golfer Arvind
storms into
Mercedes
Trophy final
One-Man Commission indicts
ex-MoS Home, 60 others
Jammu, Mar 29|15: Former
Srinagar, Mar 29|15: Heavy
rains pounded several areas
of Kashmir damaging many
houses and led to closure of Srinagar-Jammu national highway
because of landslides with water
level in Jhelum river also rising
fast. Cancelling all his prior engagements at Jammu, the Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today rushed to Srinagar to
review the situation first-hand
that has arisen due to incessant
rains which have continued to
lash Kashmir Valley from the
last two consecutive days.
Immediately after landing
here, the Chief Minister rushed
to the Banquet Hall to chair a
high-level meeting which was
attended by the Minister for
PHE, I&FC, Ch. Sukhnandan
P-10
Kishtwar Communal Violence
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
P-11 YOUTH
How
vitamin D
deficiency
hits
women
harder
and aggression.
Its triumph was spearheaded
by hugely effective bowling.
The final lasted 499 deliveries,
but the likely winner was clear
after only four. That was when
New Zealand’s captain and batting catalyst Brendon McCullum had his off stump surgically
removed by a delivery from
Australian’s left-arm paceman
Mitchell Starc.
“It was a little lucky”, said
Starc, later named Man of the
Tournament. Luck had only so
much to do with it: Starc also
explained that he and the Australia bowling coach, Craig McDermott, had planned
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CM rushes to Sgr, asks Admn to take all measures to safeguard people
Flood threat looms large as heavy
rains lash Kashmir; NH closed
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SCIENCE&TECHNOLOGY
Aus blows away Kiwis to win
5th Cricket World Cup title
AAP rejigs panels,
sacks Lokpal
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P-3
Coalition
keen to see
J&K become
self-reliant in
power generation: Dy CM
Clarke dedicates triumph to Phil Hughes
5,000-yr-old brewery
found in Israel
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educational sector in Jammu and
Kashmir is in shambles and is dealing
with a mafia known as transfer-mafia
which has been ruling the roost for the
past many years leaving the student
and teacher community in lurch.
Had there been any doubt it was set
to rest by none other than the new
Minister for Education Naeem Akhtar
on Saturday when he said that the
previous government has handed over
a completely shattered and disturbed
system to the new dispensation and
has vowed to restructure the sector
with his own vision.
The PDP-BJP coalition government
has flagged education as top priority
and if the new Minister for Education
is to be believed the government is
soon going to introduce a new education policy in the state which aims at
GROUND
REALITY
improving the deteriorating condition
of the government schools, planned
transfer policy and other slew of
measures to bring a sea-change in the
educational sector of the state.
The Minister for Education who himself has been a seasoned bureaucrat
seems to mean business this time and
has hinted to close down the transfer
industry in the state allegedly introduced by the previous regime.
The minister has also announced
some new measures which include
repositioning of teachers, rationalizing of transfer policy, formulation of a
charter of duty, GPS monitoring of the
education officers on tour, revisiting
curriculum for promoting creativity
among students, toilet facilities in all
schools, more academic training programmes, vocational courses bedsides
providing laptops to the headmasters
etc.
The million dollar question is does
J&K need a new education policy or a
complete educational reform?
There have been numerous talks
of new policies and turn-arounds
whenever a new government takes
over but the fact is that this sector has
remained neglected, abused and corrupted by the successive governments
as it has become not only a transfer
mafia to earn huge bucks but also a
political battlefield for the politicians.
However the new minister sounds
sincere and determined as well as
‘emotional’ but the question is will he
be able to clean the mess and bring it
back on tracks?
The observers feel that the new
minister should not focus only on the
government schools but involve the
private sector as well to clean the system, bring accountability and increase
competition so that the student community benefits. The observers and
the stake holders also want the
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