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Rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits:
Pak cannot dictate its agenda: Jitendra Singh
‘ J & K I S I N T E G R A L PA R T O F I N D I A ; U N R E S O LV E D I S S U E I S P O K N O T J & K ’
Jammu, May 1 (PTI)
Rejecting Pakistan's stand that creation of "dedicated" townships in
Kashmir Valley for displaced Kashmiri
Pandits would change the demographic
makeup of the state, Union Minister
Jitendra Singh today said Narendra Modi
led-government would not let anybody
dictate its agenda.
"No, I think India is capable enough
to decide on his own terms and agenda. As
far as India is concern about how to go on
these issues-- whether it is the issue of terrorism or issue of displaced people returning to their homes, I do not think the
government would let anybody dictate its
agenda", Singh told reporters here today.
He was replying to a volley of questions about the Pakistan's statement opposing "dedicated" townships in the
Valley for displaced Kashmiri Pandits.
On the issue of whether Government
of India would lodge a protest against
Pakistan over interference in its internal
matter, he said,"There are mechanism in
place for that. We have Ministry of
News Digest
Jammu Srinagar
highway reopens for
one-way traffic
Jammu, May 1:
Jammu-Srinagar
National
The
Highway, which was closed due to landslides, was reopened for one-way traffic on
Friday. The highway, the only all-weather
surface link connecting Kashmir Valley
with the rest of the country, was closed due
See JAMMU on page 11
Man allegedly beaten
to death in Mendhar
‘Family stage demo, block
Mendhar-Bimber Gali road
for six hrs’
Jammu, May 1:
Family members and relatives of a person whose was allegedly beaten to death by
some unidentified persons in Mendhar has
prompted massive demonstrations in the
See MAN on page 11
Snatching of cash: three
police constables
arrested in Janipur
Jammu, May 1:
Police today claimed to have arrested
its three men and also placed them under
suspension for allegedly snatching cash
from a person in Janipur. Police said that
Janipur police station received a complaint from Nirmal Bhuia where he alleged
that during the intervening night of April
30-May 1, three police men in uniform
See MNATCHING on page 11
Civilian injured in mine
blast
Jammu, May 1:
A civilian was wounded in the explosion of a landmine in Mendhar of Poonch
district. Sources said that Mohammed
Bashir son of Gulab Din of Golad inadvertently stepped on a landmine leading to explosion in which he wounded critically.
The injured was evacuated from there and
was shifted to the hospital for treatment.
See CIVILIAN on page 11
Weather
JAMMU
CYM K
Maximum :
20.6 Degree
Minimum :
14.4 Degree
KASHMIR
Maximum :
16.6 Degree
Minmum
8.4 Degree
Today`s Weather Forecast
JAMMU:RAIN/THUNDERSHOWER.
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE
AROUND 31 DEG CEL.
Today`s Weather Forecast
SRINAGAR: RAIN/THUNDERSHOWER.
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE
AROUND 18 DEG CEL.
External Affairs and Home and they take
an appropriate positioning each time".
On the issue whether the government will still go ahead with the twin city
concept for rehabilitation of KPs in
Valley following opposition from Pak and
separatists, Singh said "I will not like to
engage in this discussion because the
Home Ministry is taking the cognizance
of all the options and to the best of its wisdom, it will decide".
On the issue of UN resolution &
change of demographic concern, the
Union Minister said, "as far as we in India
are concerned, we go more by the resolution of 1994, which is passed in the
Parliament unanimously by all the political parties which upheld that Jammu and
Kashmir is an integral and inseparable
part of India and there is no issue left to be
resolved".
"As far as J&K is concern, if at all
there is an issue left to be resolved or unresolved that is the issue of how to retrieve back the part of erstwhile Jammu
and Kashmir which continues to remain
under the illegal occupation of Pakistan
which is otherwise as Pak Occupied
Jammu & Kashmir", he said.. Hitting out
at separatists and other political leaders
in Kashmir for opposing the composite
townships in the Valley, Singh, who belongs to Jammu, said "God forbid if tomorrow, I also start laying down conditions
how they (separatists and leaders) should
live (in Jammu), What will be the consequences that the statesmen of the country
and the political parties have to take a
view of it". "Those people, those organisations and those parties (in Kashmir), who
are opposing your (KPs) return to your
places in Kashmir... ask them this question, if KPs will start opposing or raising
question on you what will happen", he
added. "If you are not snatching the right
of other people where they are going to
live outside Kashmir, therefore no body
has right to oppose where do you want to
construct your houses and settle in
Kashmir," he said. On the issue of
Pakistan's allegations that India is engineering demographic change in Kashmir,
Dr Singh said "I think that this argument
does not hold any logic or any merit for
the simple reason". "On the other hand
such a question could be raised in context
of those separatists who go and settle
across the country and try to disturb both
the demography and critical mileau
there", he added.
Dr Singh said "the government is
time and again retaliated that it is committed to the safe return of KPs and I must
feel it is part of their birth right and part of
the constitutional right".
"The return has to take place of
course with dignity and with security", he
added. The Union Home minister
Jitender Singh said that "demographic
See PAK CANNOT on page 11
Roll out cameras, show J&K's splendour:
CM to Bollywood Filmmakers; meets bigwigs of Mumbai Film Industry
MUMBAI, MAY 01
Extending warm invitation to the doyens and bigwigs
of the Mumbai film industry to
the captivating charms of the
State’s scenic beauty and hospitality, Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed today
urged the country’s premier
film fraternity to roll out their
cameras again and renew their
romance with the ‘Paradise on
Earth’. He said J&K’s greatest
tourism marketing will be
through the Bollywood film industry, which will find the
State the most ideal location for
shooting its films. Mufti
Sayeed, who also holds the
charge of Tourism Department,
was speaking over a dinner
thrown for a galaxy of leading
Top HM operative
gets seven year jail
New Delhi, May 1 (PTI)
Banned terror outfit Hizbul
Mujahideen's top operative Mohd
Abudulla, a Pakistani national who
had opened fire at a police team here
in 2010, has been sentenced to seven
years in jail by a Delhi court.
The court convicted Abudulla,
who was Hizbul Mujahideen's district commander of Rajouri in
Kashmir, for offences under various
sections of the IPC, Unlawful
Activities
Prevention
Act,
Foreigners Act and Arms Act after
he pleaded guilty. Besides the jail
term, Additional Sessions Judge
Reetesh Singh also imposed a fine of
Rs 1.79 lakh on Abudulla, who was
lodged in jail after being arrested by
Special Cell of Delhi Police here in
November 2010. "The accused
(Abudulla) in his statement under
See TOP on page 11
film stars, producers and directors, here Thursday night. All
major movies through the
Sixties till late Eighties where
India, China troops
hold meet along border
Udhampur (J&K), May 1 (PTI)
Weeks ahead of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's visit to China,
Indian and Chinese troops held the
third meeting in a fortnight, in
Ladakh sector of Jammu and
Kashmir and batted for maintaining
peace and tranquility along the border. "A ceremonial Border Personnel
Meeting (BPM) was held today at
Chinese side in Chushul Sector in
eastern Ladakh (in Jammu and
Kashmir)," Public Relation officer
(PRO), Jammu, Col S D Goswami
said.
The delegations were led by
Brigadier J K S Virk from the Indian
side and Senior Colonel Fanjun from
the Chinese side. This is third meeting of neighbouring troops on the two
sides of Line of Actual Control (LAC)
in Ladakh sector in the past fortnight.
The earlier meetings took place on
April 14 and 24.
Prime Minister Modi is expected
to visit China on May 14-16.
The meeting was composed of exchange of greetings, and reflected the
mutual desire of maintaining and improving relations of functional levels
on the border. A cultural programme
showcasing vibrant Chinese culture
and traditional grandeur was organised, followed by sumptuous lunch.
Goswami said that both sides also expressed commitment to build on
the mutual feeling of upholding the
treaties and agreement signed between the governments of the two
sides, to maintain peace and tranquility along the LAC."Both the delegations interacted in a free, congenial
See INDIA on page 11
shot in Kashmir, which enjoyed the numero uno position
in the country's tourism sector.
Some of the biggest names
of Bollywood film industry including Vidhu Vinod Chopra,
Imtiaz Ali, Sudhir Mishra,
Ramesh Sippy, Anupam Kher,
Madhur Bhandarkar, Rishi
Kapoor, Pooja Bhat, Boney
Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Kunal
Khemu, Soha Ali Khan,
Gulshan Grover, Sanjay Suri,
Gul Panag, besides several others attended the dinner. Asking
the big production houses of the
film industry to come back and
experience the beauty of J&K
again, the Chief Minister said
anyone who visualizes an idea,
Fresh snowfall
witnessed in
Bhaderwah
Bhaderwah (JK), May 1 (PTI)
Fresh snowfall was witnessed at
several places along the upper reaches of the mountainous Doda district
last evening. "Several areas in the
Bhaderwah tehsil of Doda district
witnessed fresh snowfall last
evening. At several places 2-3 inches
of snow was recorded," an official of
the meteorological department said.
The areas where fresh snowfall
was witnessed included Kansar,
Shalkhoja, Padri, Katyara, Thanala,
Khamitop, Alpatri and Kenthidhar,
he said. "The fresh snowfall has
brought down the temperature in the
area forcing many people to take out
their sweaters and jackets from the
closets," he said. Meanwhile, the
fresh spell of snowfall will have a negative impact on the agriculture and
See FRESH on page 11
Rescuers struggle to locate survivors
Kathmandu, May 1 (PTI)
Even as Nepal struggles to
come to terms with its worst earthquake disaster in over eight
decades, rescuers from around the
world, including India, are scrambling to locate survivors and bring
succour to the needy.
Humanitarian efforts have
poured in from all parts of the
world, from the day the disaster
struck the Himalayan nation,
killing over 6,200 people. Nearly
14,000 people have been injured.
Capital city Kathmandu, otherwise filled with foreign tourists,
is teeming with uniformed international rescuers, who battle
against all odds, sifting through
mountains of debris to look for survivors, still feared trapped beneath it, on the sixth day since the
tragedy struck. A 7.9 Richter scale
earthquake and succeeding after-
shocks tore through Nepal last
Saturday, leaving a trail of deaths
and unimaginable devastation.
Besides neighbouring countries like India, China and
Pakistan, helping the battered nation restore to normalcy, the US
has sent in its team. Poland and
several other nations have pitched
in with special teams to save pre-
cious human lives.
And, miraculous survivors,
like a five-month-old baby or a
teenage boy pulled out of the rubble only provide a glimmer of hope
in this hour of darkness and stand
testimony to the feats of human
strength -- physical and mental.
And as rescue workers held
the little baby up in air, gloomy silence, momentarily gave way to
loud cheers, as people acknowledged the Herculean efforts of
these rescuers, many of whom
have put their own lives at risk, besides, sweating day in and day out,
only to beat death staring people in
the face. Stories of miraculous survival became the defining images
of the day. Adding muscle to the
humanitarian effort are relief
workers from Geneva-based institutions International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC), and
Doctors Without Borders
See RESCUERS on page 11
Dy CM says law will take its own course
Srinagar, May 1:
In a repeat of last month's defiance, Pakistani flags were
once again raised at a rally held by separatist leader Syed Ali
Shah Geelani in Kashmir Valley.
TV visuals showed crowds waving Pakistani flags at the
rally held in Tral. Last month too, Pakistani flags were
raised at a rally organised in Srinagar by Geelani. Separatist
leader Masarat Alam, who was released from jail in March,
was present at the rally where anti-India slogans were
raised. Following a hue and cry, Alam was later detained
and subsequently arrested under the Public Safety Act under which the separatist leader could be jailed for at least
two years. The Centre had categorically stated that waving
of Pakistani flags or raising of anti-India slogans will not be
allowed under any circumstances.
Under pressure, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had also said that there was no
place for such acts. Washing off its hands over the identity of
youth and their proximity spokesman of the Hurriyat
Conference was quick to add, “They were not our Hurriyat
See PAK FLAGS on page 11
Omar targets BJP over its
silence on surfacing of Pak
Flags again
Jammu, May 1
While sitting idle and watching the developments from
the sidelines National Conference working President Omar
Abdullah Friday attacked BJP for maintaining silence over
waving of Pakistani flags during a rally by separatists in
Tral area of Kashmir.
As ususal Omar took to the virtual world of Twitter to
vent his ire against the BJP. Soon after the reports of waving
of Pak flags surfaced Omar wrote on the micro blogging site,
See OMAR on page 11
See CM on page 11
Nepal quake:
From Kunal Dutt
Pak flags surface again
in Geelani’s Tral rally
Masarat Alam got 50 calls
from Pakistan, Indian spy
agencies tell Mufti Govt
SRINAGAR, May 1:
Indian security agencies have
reportedly told the Home Ministry
that nearly 50 phone calls from
Pakistan were made to Kashmiri
leader Masarat Alam after his release on March 7. The Intelligence
inputs were later shared with the
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government in Indian-held Kashmir.
Alam was arrested last week
under the Public Safety Act.
Indian spy agencies suspected
that most of these calls were made
by Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders, including Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed. “The calls were
made by militants also, but they
(central security agencies) had no
proof whether Hafiz Saeed had
made a call to Masarat,” said a senior police officer in held-J&K.
Saeed has been accused by India of
See MASARAT on page 11
Pak intervention on Kashmir
unacceptable: Mukhtar Abbas
‘Kashmiri people want
to live with India in
peaceful atmosphere’
Srinagar, May 1:
A day after Pakistan issued a statement that creation of “dedicated” townships in Kashmir Valley for displaced
Kashmiri Pandits would change the demographic makeup of the state, senior
BJP leader and Union Minorities
Minister Mukhtar Abas Naqvi Friday
said that India will not accept Pakistan
intervention on Kashmir.
“Pakistan has no right to dictate to
us what we should do and what not in
Kashmir. They should stop their intervention in the internal issues of
Kashmir. The people of Kashmir are
with India and want to live in the peaceful atmosphere,” BJP’s senior leader and
union minorities minister Mukhtar
Abbas Naqvi told KNS over phone from
New Delhi. He said that Pakistan should
understand that whatever means they
use, they will not get any part of this
state. “One thing I will make clear is that
all people living in the Kashmir want
democratic and development rights of
India,” he said.
The Union Minister said that the
people of Jammu and Kashmir have displayed their faith in BJP and the Prime
Minister Narendra Modi. “Kashmiri
people have seen tough times from past
many decades. Now they have shown the
trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and Prime Minister is committed to
make Jammu and Kashmir the number
one state in the country in terms of development,” he added.
It is pertinent to mention here that
Pakistan Thursday said the proposed
“Composite Townships” in Kashmir valley in order to settle migrant Kashmiri
Pandits is a violation of UN Security
Council resolutions. Spokesperson of
Pakistan Foreign Office, Tasneem Aslam
See PAK INTERVENTION on page 11
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CHOUBARSI
Four years have passed since your departure, we miss you and remember you
in each and every moment of our life.
Choubarsi of our beloved Late Smt
Krishna Gupta W/o Sh Joginder Mohan
Gupta R/o 236/3 Channi Himmat,
Sh Rajinder
Jammu will be performed on 2nd May
Basotra
Parsad
2015 at our residence at 12.00 Noon.
IN GRIEF
Sh Joginder Mohan Gupta -Husband
Daughters-in-law & Sons
Dr Deepti and Dr Aman Gupta
Dr Sonia and Dr Amit Gupta
Grand Sons : Daiwik and Rishit Gupta
9797456114, 9906902330
10TH DAY/KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we
inform the sad demise of our beloved
Sh Rajinder Parsad Basotra S/o Late
Sh Chat Ram Basotra R/o W.No. 1
Chagli Chowari Ramnagar who left
Sh Rajinder
for heaven on 23-04-2015 and Tenth
Day will be performed on 2- 05-2015 Parsad Basotra
at our residence W.No. 1 Chagli
Chowari Ramnagar at 10 AM & Kriya on 03-05-2015
(Sunday) at our residence at 11 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Usha Sharma -Wife
Smt Shakuntla Devi -Bhabi
Sh Nand Kishor & Smt Sushma Devi -Brother & Bhabhi
Smt Jai Rani & Sh Raj Paul -Sister & Brother-in-law
Sons & Daughters-in-law
Sh Arvind Kumar & Smt Sunita Devi
Sh Rahul Sharma & Smt Shaweta Sharma
9797363509, 9419809622
10TH DAY/UTHALA
With profound grief & sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved
Sh Om Parkash Sethi R/o W.No 8,
Hiranagar, Jammu. 10th Day will be
performed on 2nd May (Saturday)
Sh Om
2015 at 11 am. Uthala will be perParkash Sethi
formed on 6th May 2015 at 12 PM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Santosh Sethi -Wife
Son & Daughter-in-law
Sanjay Sethi & Samriti Sethi
Daughter & Son-in-law
Anuradha & Bharat Bhushan Verma
Anita & Kapil Abrol
Ranjana Sethi
Brothers & Bhabhis
Ramesh Sethi & Lt Geeta Sethi
Subhash Sethi & Chanchala Sethi
Lt Kamal Sethi & Chand Sethi
Vijay Sethi & Makhni Sethi
Udhay Sethi & Kusum Sethi
Rajesh Sethi & Renu Sethi
Mob: 9086226175
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief & sorrow we inform the sad demise of our beloved
Smt Jyoti Koul W/o Vijay Koul (Bittu
Jee) of Hawal Pulwama A/p Quarter
No. 18, Block 4D and Lane No. 07 at
Jagti Township Nagrota. Tenth Day Smt Jyoti Koul
Kriya will be performed on 08- 052015 (Friday) at Muthi Ghat Near
Directorate of School Education at 8.00 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sh Vijay Koul - Husband
Smt Lalita Koul - Aunty
Sh T N Koul - Uncle
Ayushi & Aryan - Daughter & Son
Contact No: 9596846769, 9419148141
And All Koul Parivar
FIFTH DAY
With profound grief and sorrow, we
inform the sad demise of our beloved
Smt. Champa Sahni W/o Lt. Sh. G. L.
Sahni on 29th April, 2015. Fifth day
will be performed on 2nd May
(Saturday) 2015 at our residence W. Smt. Champa
Sahni
No. 10 H. No. 89 Lambi Gali Near
City High School Udhampur at 11 a.m.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sh. Bansi Lal Nargotra (Brother)
Sh. Chaman Lal Nargotra (Nephew)
Sh. Ashok Kumar Nargotra (Nephew)
Sh. Vijay Kumar Nargotra (Nephew)
Mob. No: 9419160342
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, it is
to inform that Smt Yashoda Devi
Bhat (Payari) W/o Sh V N Bhat originally R/o Village Umanagri,
(Brariangan)
Distt
Anantnag
Kashmir, presently resident at Flat Smt Yashoda
Devi Bhat
No. 328, DDA, Pocket No. 1, Sector
No. 23, Dwarka New Delhi - 110075, left for heavenly
abode on 27th April 2015.] Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 6th of May 2015 (Wednesday) at Baldli
Industrial Area, Sector 18, Rohini, New Delhi.
IN GRIEF
Sh V N Bhat - Husband
Sh & Smt Gangadhar Bhat - Brother-in-Law
Sh & Smt Vijay Bhat - Son
Renuka Bhat - Daughter
Tanya Bhat - Daughter
Ph No: 9868908382, 9868090403
CHOUBARSI
Choubarsi of our beloved Smt. Krishna
Devi W/o Lt. Sh. B.D. Sharma will be performed on 2nd May, 2015, Saturday at 12
Noon at our residence Khajuria Street,
Dhar Road, Udhampur.
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:
Smt. Krishna
Sarla Sharma -Devrani
Devi
Rattano Devi -Nanad
Daughter-in-law & Son
Bimla Sharma & Rajinder Sharma
Darshna Sharma W/o Lt. Sh. Sudesh Chander
Chander Sharma W/o Lt. Sh. Mahesh Chander
Sandhya Sharma & Raman Sharma
Daughter & Son-in-law
Suman Magotra & M.M. Magotra
Mob: 9796245788, 9419184787
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we
inform the sad demise of our beloved
Late Shri Mohan Lal Zutshi S/o Lt.
Shri Anand Ram Zutshi (Qanoongo)
resident of Karapora Rainawari
Srinagar Kmr. A/p F-22, Vishal Nagar Shri Mohan Lal
Zutshi
Talab Tillo, Jammu on 27th April
2015. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 6th May
2015 (Wednesday) at Muthi Ghat near Director School
Education Jammu at 7:30 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt. Mohini Zutshi -Wife
Geeta Ji and Shiban Zutshi
Bubli and Ashok Zutshi
Shama and Sanjay Zutshi
Smt. Renu Zutshi
Kalpna and Ashok Bhat
Girja and Mohan Lal Thusu
Sushma and A.K. Bhat
Sunita and Vijay Thusu
Rohit, Akin, Avin, Ambica, Suvidha and Aryan
Mobile : 9419153363, 9419357784
FIFTH DAY
With profound grief and sorrow, we
inform the sad demise of our beloved
brother-in-law Sh S K Gupta (Retd
Xen) S/o Late Sh Om Prakash
Bangathia (Ram Nagar Wale) R/o
183, Kanak Mandi, Jammu. The Fifth Sh S K Gupta
Day will be performed on 2-5-2015
(Saturday) at 10:30 AM at Mahajan
Hall, Shalamar Road, Jammu.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Brothers-in-Law & Sisters-in-Law
Ram Dev Gupta
Dr Ghanshyam Dev Gupta
Smt Mamta Gupta & Sh Parshotam Dev Gupta
Dr Sandhya & Dr N D Gupta
Smt Rama Gupta & Sh Rishi Gupta
CHOUBARSI
CHOUBARSI OF OUR BELOVED LATE
SH ASHUTOSH SADOTRA, WILL BE
PERFORMED ON 3RD MAY 2015, AT
H.NO. 10, EXT 4, TRIKUTA NAGAR, AT
11.00 AM.
DEEPLY MISSED BY:SH VISHWANATH SADOTRA - FATHER SH ASHUTOSH
SMT SHEELA DEVI - MOTHER
SADOTRA
DR K C SADOTRA - CHACHA JI
SMT USHA DEVI - CHACHI JI
SH MOHAN LAL SADOTRA - CHACHA JI
SMT SUSHMA DEVI - CHACHI JI
SMT RANI DEVI - WIFE
SH VIRENDAR SADOTRA - BROTHER
SH SURENDAR SADOTRA - BROTHER
SH RAM LAL & SMT ARCHANA DEVI BROTHER-IN-LAW & SISTER
PHONE NO: 9796493721
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief & sorrow, we inform the
sad & untimely demise of Sh. Davinder
Bamzai AEO (Agriculture Deptt) S/o Sh.
Laxmi Naryan Bamzai original resident of
Purshyar Habbakadal Srinagar (Kmr)
presently at Flat No : 202, Plot No. 361,
Sector 4, Vaishali (UP) on 28-04-2015.
Sh. Davinder
TENTH DAY KRIYA will be performed on
Bamzai
6th May 2015 (Wed) at Haridwar.
IN GRIEF
Laxmi Naryan Bamzai - Father
Suneela Bamzai - Wife
Aparna & Yoginder Bamzai - Bhabhi & Brother
Jyoti & Kuldeep Zutshi - Sister & Brother-in-law
Tishi - Daughter
Tuboo, Swami, Deepu & Bulbul
(ZARABI FAMILY & ALL NEAR & DEAR ONES)
M: 9871886474, 9419300550, 9868535205
10TH DAY/RASAM PAGRI
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and untimely demise of Prof
(Dr.) Mohan Lal Babu, S/o Late Shri Ram
Chand Babu, on 25th April 2015 at his
Bangalore Residence. Dr. M.L Babu was
original resident of Bagh-e-Mehtab,
Srinagar, Kashmir and later has been re- Prof (Dr.) Mohan
Lal Babu
siding at C-39, Village Enclave (Mattoo
Colony), Trikutanagar Extension East,
Jammu. The Tenth Day is on 3rd of May 2015, Sunday and will
be performed at Srirangapatna, Mysore Road, Karnataka. Dr.
Babu , a great scholar was best of Friends, best Husband, best
Father & best Grandfather and we all MISS Him.
GRIEF STRICKEN:
Smt. Nancy Babu ( Wife)
Smt. Krishna Babu & Family ( Sister-in-law)
Ms. Jyothi & Rajiv Ranjan (Daughter & Son-in-Law)
Ms. Minakshi & Dr.Sanoj Suneja (Daughter & Son-in-Law)
Kak's,
Jogi's,
Kachru's,
Challu's,
Fotedar's,
Raina's,Wangoo's, Wali's and Hali's
Dearest Rachel Ranjan & Dearest Arnav Suneja
(Grand Children)
Current Address:
703 A, Veracious Rosedale Apartment, Whitefield
Opposite -Columbia Asia Hospital, Bangalore- 560066.
Mo: + 91 9008279091, +91 9880283891
OBITUARY
With profound grief and sorrow we inform
the sad and untimely demise of our beloved
Ravi Kumar Koul S/o Lt. Sh. Mohan Lal Koul
R/o Uttersoo (Koul Pura) Anantnag Kmr.
Presently at H. No. 572, Lane 5,
Suryavanshi Nagar Muthi Jammu on 29-042015. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed at
Ravi Kumar Koul
Muthi Ghat near Dir. School Education
Muthi on 08-05-2015 at 8:30 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt. Shanta Devi -Mother
Smt. Saitha Koul -Wife
Rahul -Son
Rashi -Daughter
Bhabi & Brother
Smt. Shanta & Sh. Pran Nath Koul
Smt. Beauty & Sh. Vijay Kumar Koul
Smt. Sheri & Sh. Jitendhar Bhat -Sister & Brother-in-law
Smt. Sweety & Sh. Tej Krishan -Sister & Brother-in-law
& Samast Koul Parivar of Uttersoo Ang.
9419101531, 9419439042
10TH DAY/KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and untimely demise of Smt.
Nirmal Dhar/Bhat W/o Mr R.C. Bhat, who
left for heavenly abode on 23rd April
2015, at Flat No K-0, Suhanbhava
Appartments,
Bangalore.
Tenth
Day/Kriya will be performed at Triveni
Smt. Nirmala
Srinangapatnam, Mysore on 2nd May
Dhar/Bhat
2015 at 6:30 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
R.C. Bhat -Husband
Swastik Bhat -Son
Shwetha & Deepak Korti -Daughter & Son-in-law
M.K Bhat & Asha Bhat -Brother-in-law & Sister-in-law
Usha Dhar W/o Late Sampooran Dhar -Sister-in-law
Santosh & Ashwani Moudgil -Sister & Brother-in-law
Twisha -Grand Child
Mobile : 0963230691
10TH DAY/KRIYAKARAM
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of our beloved mother Smt.
Kamlawati Raina (Ama Jee) W/o Late Sh.
Saroop Nath Raina erstwhile resident of
Hawanad Chowalgam (Kulgam) Kashmir
presently at Flat No. 14 Block 135, Lane-22
Jagti Township Nagrota) Jammu on 23-042015. TENTH DAY KRIYA will be performed Smt. Kamlawati
Raina
on 02-05- 2015 at TRT Nagrota Ghat
Opposite Toll Post Nagrota at 8.30 a.m.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Son & Daugher-in-law
Sh. Roop Krishen Raina & Smt. Santosh Raina
Smt. Nancy Raina W/o Late Sh. Soom Nath Raina-Daughter
Smt. Phoola Raina W/o Late Sh. Moti Lal Raina-Daughter
Miss Meghna and Master Ritesh-Grand Children
Samast Raina Pariwar
of Hawanad Chowalgam (Kulgam)
094191-69688
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and untimely demise of Sh
Chaman Lal Dhar S/o Late Sh Lassa Kak
Dhar originally resident of Hera Mohalla
Anantnag Kashmir at present H.No. 45/2
Pamposh Colony, Janipur, Jammu on
27th April 2015. Tenth Day Kriya will be Sh Chaman Lal
Dhar
performed on 5th May 2015 at Muthi
Ghat Near Directorate of School
Education Jammu at 9 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Asha Ji Dhar - Wife
Sh Badri Nath Dhar - Brother
Sh Kanya Lal Dhar - Brother
Sister & Brother-in-Law
Smt Phoola Ji & Sh Rattan Lal Raina
Brothers-in-Law
Sh R K Pandita, Sh Brij Lal , Sh B K Pandita, Sh A K Pandita
Smt Pami & Sh Amit Koul - Daughter & Son-in-Law
Smt Preeti & Sh Prahlad Ji Koul - Daughter & Son-in-Law
Nisha Dhar - Daughter
And Samast Dhar, Koul, Raina, Pandita Parivar
Con: 8803372697, 9086084731, 9018808942, 9419130930
CHOUBARSI
Choubarsi of our beloved Sh Babu Ram S/o
Late Sh Ram Dass will be performed on 2nd
May 2015 Saturday at our residence village
Dhara, Tehsil Akhnoor at 12 Noon.
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:Smt Kanta Sharma - Wife
Daughters & Sons-in-Law
Sh Babu Ram
Bimla Sharma & Bansi Lal
Meena Sharma & Ganesh Lal
Santosh Kumari & Rakesh Sharma
Shashi Bala & Shashi Bushan
Grand Childrens: Meemu, Oshav, Abhi,
Nanu, Khushi, Kamaksh, Gudia, Tabhi.
Mob: 9419671491, 9469748397, 9469233189, 9419283583
UTHALA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Sh S
K Gupta (Retd. Ex.En) S/o Late Sh Om
Parkash Bangathia (Ramnagar Wale) at
present Kank Mandi Jammu H.No. 183.
Uthala shall take place at Mahajan Sabha
Sh S K Gupta
Shalamar Road Jammu on 2-5-2015 at
5.00 PM (Saturday).
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Krishna Gupta -Wife
Son & Daughter-in-law
Smt Vaishali & Sh Rohit Gupta
Mr Mohit Gupta
Chacha & Chachi
Sh Krishan Lal & Shanti Devi
Smt Raja Kumari (Tai Ji)
Bhabhi & Brothers
Smt & Sh K R Bangathia (Retd. Agriculture Off.)
Smt & Sh Som Nath Bangathia (Retd. Lect.)
Smt & Sh Joginder Bangathia
(President Behopar Mandal Ramnagar)
Smt & Sh Ram Parkash Gupta (AE) -Sister & Jija Ji
Sister-in-law & Brother-in-law
Sh Ram Dev (Retd. Chief Manager)
Dr. Ganshyam Dev Gupta (Principal GMC Jammu)
Smt & Sh Parshotam Dev Gupta (AEE)
Smt & Sh N D Gupta (Doctor)
Smt & Sh Rishi Gupta
94191-10731, 94198-79419
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2015, PAGE 2
OBITUARY
“Memories are the treasuries which no
one can steal but separations are the
wounds which no one can heal.” With
profound grief and sorrow, we inform the
sad demise of our beloved mother
Karamyogni Smt. Sheela Kumari D/o
Smt. Sheela
Late Ganesh Lal original resident of
Kumari
Anantnag at present H.No. 102, Lane
No.1 Pragati Nagar-Upper Barnai (Near
Dr. Sanjeev Dingra). Tenth Day will be performed on 07-052015 (Thursday) at Muthi Ghat near Director School
Education at 8:30 AM.
IN GRIEF:Daughter-in-law & Son
Smt. Pummy & Chand Kumar (BSNL)
Master Sahil & Master Sachin - Grand Children
Nears & Dears
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved mother Smt Kishni Bakaya (Babi) W/o Late Sh
Radha Krishan Bakaya originally R/o
Sathu Barbar Shah, Srinagar presently at
H.No. 469, Sector-2, Vinayak Nagar
(Near KS Public School) Muthi, Jammu
Smt Kishni
on 26-04-2015. Tenth Day Kriya will be
Bakaya
performed at Muthi Ghat on 05-05-2015
at 8.30 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sons & Daughters-in-law
Roop Krishan Bakaya & Shyama Bakaya
Davinder Bakaya & Nancy Bakaya
Ravinder Bakaya & Reeta Bakaya
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Phoola Zutshi & Rattan Lal Zutshi
Sarla Zutshi & R L Zutshi
Basanti Moza W/o Late Sh V K Moza
Grand Children: Samast Bakaya, Koul & Tickoo Parivar
Ph. No. 9419120050, 9419211636
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief & sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of Smt Kanta Kaul
(Naquib) W/o Sh Girdhari Lal Kaul
(Naquib) R/o C- 6/80 A Lawrence Road
(Keshavpuram) New Delhi-35 on 28th
April 2015 at 12.30 PM. Tenth Day will be
performed at New Delhi on 7th May 2015 Smt Kanta Kaul
GRIEF STRICKEN:Aunty
Smt Lalitashuri Kaul W/o Late Sh Niranjan Nath Kaul
Sh Girdhari Lal Kaul - Husband
Son and Daughter-in-law
Sh Arun Kaul & Smt Parveen Kaul
Daughter & Son-in-law
Smt Anju Barwa & Dr Surendra Barwa
Sister & Brother-in-law
Smt Shanta Rafiz & Dr R Hriday Nath Rafiz
Sh Hira Lal Kaul & Smt Rajni Kaul - Brother & Sister-in-law
Smt Phoola Kaul & Sh Naresh Kaul - Sister & Brother-in-law
Grand Childrens: Sarthak, Saksham, Dipankar and Khushi
Contact : 011-27153188, +919654903844, +919899779142
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we regret to
inform that our beloved father Sh Laxman
Koul S/o Lt. Sh Sudarshan Koul of (Akura
Mattan) presently at H.No. 251, Sector F,
Sainik Colony Jammu, who left for heavenly
abode on 29-04- 2015. May his soul rest in a
peace. Tenth Day Kriya will be held on 8th
May 2015 at 8.00 AM at Muthi Ghat (Near Sh Laxman Koul
Directorate of School Education).
GRIEF STRICKEN
Brother & Bhabi
Sh Ram Krishan Koul & Smt Phoola Koul
Sons & Daughter-in-laws
Sh Daljeet Koul & Smt Phoola Koul
Sh Suneel Koul & Smt Subashni Koul
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Smt Phoola Pandita W/o Lt. Sh Bushan Lal Pandita
Smt & Sh Omkar Nath Pandita
Smt & Sh Ashok Ji Bhat
Smt & Sh Deepak Bamzai
Grand Childrens: Kallhan, Billhan, Annu, Mannu, Shannu,
Shivam, Meetu, Sonu, Vinnu and Sonia
Mob. No. 9419884885, 9419141282
10TH DAY/KRIYA
10th Day Kriya of Late Sh. Mohan Lal
Braroo S/o Late Shamboo Nath Braroo,
who left for heavenly abode on 23-4-15 will
be performed on 2nd May at Muthi Ghat
(near Director School Education Complex)
at 8:00 am.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sh. Mohan Lal
Samast Braroo Parivar
Braroo
147, Lane 4, Anand Nagar,
Bohri Jammu
Mob : 09419183386, 0191-2555244, 09599106236
KRIYA/RASAM PAGRI
With profound grief & sorrow we inform
the sad demise of our beloved Smt Nanki
Devi W/o Late Sh Sardar Singh Manhas
R/o Paloura Dhok Ward No. 60. Kriya /
Rasam Pagri will be on 4-5-2015 Monday
at 10.00 AM at our residence.
GRIEF STRICKEN
All Manhas Family Members
Mob: 9086710429, 9018630397
BARKHI
Smt Nanki Devi
One year has passed since you left us but
your memories will be always with us.
Barkhi of our beloved Late Smt Kushla
Gupta W/o Sh Sat Pal Gupta will be performed at our residence Ward No. 2, Near
Arya Samaj Mandir, Samba at 11 AM on
Saturday 02-05-2015.
Smt Kushla Gupta
GRIEF STRICKENS
Sh Sat Pal Gupta - Husband (Retd Principal)
Sisters-in-law & Brothers-in-law
Smt Sushma Gupta & Sh Govind Gupta
Smt Veena Gupta W/o Late Sh Madan Lal Gupta
Daughter & Son-in-Law
Smt Rachna Gupta & Sh Sudhir Gupta (Manager J&K Bank)
Daughter-in-law & Nephew
Smt Summy Gupta & Sh Prashant Gupta
Gourav Gupta, Rahul Gupta & Arun Gupta
Grand Children: Praney, Shobit, Sumaira & Medhavi
Contact No: 01923-243733, 9419899009, 9697022026
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY 2 2015, PAGE 3
Div Com reviews major
development projects in Jammu
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
Divisional Commissioner
Jammu Dr. Pawan Kotwal today
chaired a meeting of senior officers to take stock of various major development projects being
executed in Jammu city.
The meeting had a detailed
review of updated status of work
on Multi-tier parking at Bus
Stand
Jammu,
Suriansar,
Mansar Water Supply Scheme,
Seed Multiplication Farm under
Agriculture sector, Industrial
Estate Jammu, New Legislature
Complex, Bahu-Mubarak Mandi
Ropeway Project, Artificial
Lake in Tawi river, Mubarak
Mandi Heritage Complex, Golf
Course, Sewerage system,
Chenab water supply scheme,
four laning of Satwari-Kunjwani
Road and Convention Centre
Jammu. Emphasizing on maintaining professionalism which
is vital for timely and quality
completion of any project,
Divisional Commissioner exhorted upon the executing agencies to further speed up the pace
of progress on their respective
projects so that these could be
completed within the stipulated
time frame. He also asked them
to ensure qualitative and quantative improvement in these major projects which will enhance
the beauty of the city of temples.
He also had a detailed review of the physical and financial achievements registered in
these projects so far. He asked
the officers to redouble their efforts besides keep their men and
machinery on toes so as to complete the projects in a fixed time
Vibodh Gupta for
making Pir Panjal an
economic Zone
Inaugurates show room in Rajouri, call on
youth to come forward in business activity
GOF Staff Reporter
Rajouri, May 1:
Pledging to initiate new era
of development in Pir Panjal districts, Member Legislative
Council and State Vice
President of Bhartiya Janta
Party Advocate Vibodh Gupta
has said that business activities
can boost the economic condition of the people of this area
and youth must come forward
and get the benefit of subsidies
on initiating business establishments. After inaugurating
Show Room, Ganga Tiles &
Fittings
near
Sanitary
Hamilton Bridge, Advocate
Vibodh Gupta said that there
are various schemes of government under which 30-35 percent
subsidies are being given for establishment of business units.
He said that it is unfortunate
that very less people are coming
forward and taking benefit of
these schemes. He said that
every educated youth should approach Employment office or
Industries office to get the
knowledge of these schemes.
Terming these schemes as
fate changing schemes, Gupta
said that every educated youth
cannot be adjusted in government service so youth must
come forward and utilize his/
her potential in the field of business. “I want to make Pir Panjal
area a business hub and this is
possible but youth must come
forward” Gupta said adding
that business cannot only
change the fate of youth but also
make Pir Panjal districts an economic zone . He said that economic activities will attract attention of visitors and tourism
will automatically started.
Gupta has instructed
Deputy Director Employment
of both districts to create an
awareness regarding these
schemes and make counseling
of youth to engage them in business activities, He said that he
will also sought details of these
activities every month from the
Employment department.
Meanwhile appreciating
Mohin Gupta for opening MultiStorey Show, Gupta said that he
dream is being realized and
there was a dire need of such
show room of construction material so that people may not run
towards Jammu or other places
for the material. He said that
youth must learn lesson from
Mohin Gupta and establish
such business units. Gupta said
that Prime Minister Narender
Modi is also sincere to empower
youth and initiate a new era of
economic activity and he also
want such era in Rajouri
Poonch. On the occasion, Gupta
was accompanied by other leaders viz Bansi Lal Gupta, Kamal
Gupta, Parshotam Gupta,
Dinesh Sharma, Rajinder
Gupta,Vijay Gupta, Sudesh
Sharma and Ranjeet Tara.
period and use resources as per
the requirements besides removing bottlenecks if any hampering these projects. He laid
stress on maintaining financial
discipline by utilizing funds in
appropriate manner and must
ensure water and power supply
to these projects on top priority.
Among other the meeting
was attended by District
Commissioner
Development
Jammu, Ajeet Kumar Sahu, Vice
Chairman JDA, Mubarak Singh, ,
Jammu
Commissioner
Municipal Corporation, Soujanya
Kumar Sharma, Chief Engineer
PHE Sushil Aima, Additional
Commissioner Rehana Batul,
Project Manager ERA, Shakti
Sagar besides other senior officers of all concerned departments.
Kohli exhorts
youth to work for
betterment of society
MLA applauds party activist
for record membership
GOF Staff Reporter
GOF Staff Reporter
Exhorting upon the youth
to follow the teachings of the
great saints and work for the
betterment of the society the
Minister for Transport Abdul
Ghani Kohli said that youth
play a vital role in shaping the
future of any nation. The
Minister was speaking at a
organized
at
function
B.N.College of Education here
today Kohli said that it is imperative that we rise above the
barriers of religion caste and
creed and take pride in being
Indians. He apreciated the vision and dedication of the
Prime Minister for taking the
nation forward on the path of
development He said that rising above materialism we
should contribute in bringing
about social reformation and
adopt the righteous way of living for a better tomorrow.
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA from West Assembly
Constituency Sat Sharma (C.A)
applauded the efforts of Mandal
Vice-President Jaswinder Kour
for registering more than 5300
new members.
In a simple programme held
at party headquarters on
Friday, Sat Sharma received the
forms
from
membership
Jaswinder Kour in presence of
State Spokesperson Balbir Ram
Rattan,
Janipur
Mandal
President Praduman Singh,
Talab Tillo Mandal President
Ayodhya Gupta, party leaders
Bansi Lal Bharti, Bharat
Bhushan Sharma, Jagdev
Singh, Yashpal Singh Sudan,
Bippan Dubey and others.
Sat Sharma, while appreciating the work of Jaswinder
Kour, said that the female activist of the party has set a
Jammu, May 1:
Jammu, May 1:
Red Cross imparts first aid training to Special Police Offi-
GOF Staff Reporter
SRINAGAR, May 1:
Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement has the distinction to
be the largest First-aid provider
in the World and is internationally recognized for providing
trainings in First-aid. Indian
Red Cross Society, J&K State
Branch, besides other humanitarian activities, is also the lead
agency to impart First-Aid trainings in the State of J&K.
In recent times, a significant development in this regard
has taken place as some corporate houses and other agencies
have started utilizing the highly
skilled human resource of the
Red Cross for imparting First
aid trainings to their officials.
The need is felt nowadays that
first-aid skills must be developed
among the people in every field
so that they respond to emergen-
cies in their communities as well
as at their work places in an effective manner.
As part of the trainings to
other agencies, a special first-aid
training was imparted to 30
Special Police Officials (SPOs)
by the Master trainers of Indian
Red Cross Society, J&K State
Branch. The training programme was organized by
Indian Hotel Management,
Srinagar where the SPOs are being deputed to undergo training
in soft skills for dealing with
public especially tourists.
During the training, the participants were trained in handling
Cardiac
and
various
Respiratory emergencies, injuries, wounds and fractures,
head and spine injuries, burns
and electric shocks and safe handling and transportation of injured. Advocating the services,
Roma Wani, General Secretary
JWAM holds protest against
hike in Petrol, Diesel prices
Jammu, May 1:
IRCS, J&K State said that Red
Cross over the last two years has
developed a team of National level trainers and special courses
on First-aid and Disaster
Management have been developed. She further said that these
Sunil Dimple president
Jammu west assembly movement held protest demonstrations against the huge hike in
the petrol, diesel prices
protestors,
Addressing
Sunil Dimple alleged the failure
of the BJP Govt to control the
hike in the petrol diesel prices.
He said this hike in the diesel
petrol price is a bomb shell of the
Narinder Modi Govt on the people of the country and the state,
He said in the international market the diesel petrol is much
cheaper and the Govt after all
taxes and surcharges cost petrol
only 20/- Rs and the diesel 18/- Rs
only and it is selling at so high
rates in the country. He said
Modi should see this. Dimple demanded NDA Govt to exempt
sale tax and VAT on the sale of
Petrol, diesel, kerosene oil, LPG
in the country so the promise of
Narinder of Achey din can become true. He demanded cut of
petrol and diesel prices. Among
others who participated in the
protest were S Randhir Singh
Bali, Dev Raj, Sonu Kapai,
Kulwant Sharma, Dass Ram,
Dev raj, Vipan, Mukesh,
Rakesh, Ishar das, Hans Raj,
Rajinder Gandotra, Sanjay
Sethi, Joginder Kumar, Brahma
Datt Sharma and others.
Fulfill peoples’ expectations, work with
dedication & commitment: IGP Kashmir
An awareness rally and
Cleanness drive regarding
Swachh Jammu University
Abhiyan was organized by the
of
Students
Department
Welfare, University of Jammu.
Swachh Jammu University
Abhiyan is a part of Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan which was officially
launched
in
the
University Campus on 25th of
September, 2014 and University
of Jammu has been declared as
Polythene Free Zone as per the
direction of Hon’ble High Court.
Prof. R.D. Sharma, Hon’ble
Vice Chancellor, University of
Jammu, was the Chief Guest on
this occasion. Addressing the
gathering on the occasion, Prof.
Sharma, called for generating
awareness among the masses for
cleanliness and also sought societal support for the cause.
He further said that outer
cleanliness can be achieved only
when our inner selves are clean
and that can be achieved by
changing our habits.
He
stressed on having self introspection so as to achieve overall
cleanliness. Vice Chancellor exhorted upon the University fraternity to devote at least one day
in a month towards the cause of
cleanliness. Prof. Sharma after
flagging off the rally led the campaign and took a complete round
of campus. Vice Chancellor also
announced best worker award
for cleanliness.
The rally was divided into
five groups and each group had
the round of various teaching departments and their surrounding area which they have allotted to clean under the supervision of their conveners. A Nukad
Natak was also staged by the students of the KC Public School,
Jammu and a group song on
Swachhta Abhiyan was also presented by LMB Public School,
Jammu. They were highly appreciated by one and all present.
After taking round of the
campus the Faculty Members,
Employees,
Scholars
and
Students under the leadership of
Prof. P.k.Srivastava, Prof. Renu
Nanda, Prof. Yash Pal, Dr.
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar, May 1:
To come up to the expectations of the people we should
work with dedication and commitment, this was emphasized
upon by IGP Kashmir Shri SJM
Gillani during his addresses and
interactions with officers and
jawans during day long visit to
Sopore,
Bandipora
and
Baramulla. SJM Gillani during
his visit to Bandipora, police district Sopore and district
Baramulla took stock of security,
law and order besides day to day
policing of these districts. IGP
Kashmir first visited Bandipora
and chaired a senior officers
meet which was attended by DIG
North Kashmir Sh. Garib Dass,
Deputy
Commissioner
Bandipora Sh. Shah Faisal, SP
Bandipora Sh. Shabir Ahmad,
Addl. SP Bandipora.Mohammed
Yusuf and all SDPOs and SHOs of
the district. IGP in his address
stressed upon the officers to display utmost professionalism and
to brief the deployments on the
ground to exercise maximum re-
Sopore with DIG North Kashmir
Range Sh. Garib Dass , Shri
Abdul Qayoom SSP Sopore and
all SDPOs and SHOs.
In these meetings IGP
stressed upon the field officers to
take steps to tackle crime in the
district and directed for speedy
and transparent investigations.
IGP also chaired Darbars of all
ranks of Baramulla and PD
Sopore and gave patient hearing
to the grievances and problems of
the personnel. The IGP Kashmir
assured that problems being
faced by the men will be looked on
merits and every step will be taken to mitigate the problems on
priority. IGP also emphasized upon all officers to work with dedication and commitment to come
up to the expectations of people of
providing them better services of
policing. Before this the IGP had
visited Kupwara last week.
Shabana Azmi and Dr. Deepika
Slathia, divided into five groups
to clean the whole University
Campus. More than 25 garbage
bags were filled and disposed off
at proper places.
Prof. Pankaj K.Srivastava,
Dean Students Welfare and
Convener, Swachh Jammu
University Abhiyan Committee,
University of Jammu, delivered
the welcome address whereas
Prof. Renu Nanda, Swachh
Jammu University Abhiyan
NSUI continues signature campaign against Recruitment policy
Visits Bandipora, Sopore and Baramulla
straint while dealing with any
law and order situation. He said
that the security apparatus
should be tightened to deal with
militancy related incidents. The
IGP was briefed by SP Bandipora
regarding the security and law
and order situations in the district. Later, IGP visited police
District Sopore and district
Baramulla and discussed all the
issues pertaining to the day to
day policing and welfare of men
with the district officers. Gillani
chaired officers’ meeting at
District Police office Baramulla.
The meeting was attended by DIG
Baramulla Sh Garib Dass,
Deputy
Commissioner
Baramulla Sh Peerzada Mushtaq
Ahmed,SSP Baramulla Sh Sohail
Munawar Mir, Commanding officers of CRPF, SSB and IRP Bns,
SDPOs and SHOs of Baramulla..
IGP also chaired a meeting at
A quiz competition was organized by PG Deptt. of
of
Jammu
Kayachikitsa
Institute of Ayurveda and
Research Nardni, Raipur,
Bantalab on Ist May 2015 in the
institution’s auditorium hall
under the guidance of Dr Atal
Bihari
Trivedi
Associate
Professor, Dr Twinkle Gupta
Associate Professor, Dr Nitin
Mahajan Assistant Professor.
BAMS 3rd Prof. Junior students participated in the quiz
competition. Five teams having
3 students each team, from
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
In the issue pertaining to
the revocation of recruitment
policy in Jammu and Kashmir,
today students from government women college Gandhi
Nagar Jammu under the banner
of NSUI vows to struggle for
such anti-youth policy by conducting signature campaign at
women college Gandhi Nagar
under the leadership of Anu
Bhagat
NSUI
state
vice
President. The students participated in the campaign with
brusted mood and totally opposed the policy made by J&K
government. Anu Bhagat State
Vice President NSUI said that
government should understand
the consequences of such policies which are made behind the
door without consultation with
job seekers, and warned to immediately revoke such policy
which have become punishment
to the youths otherwise youths
of the state will not tolerance
such mishappening with their
future. She added that playing
with the carier of youth will lead
to serious mishappening in the
state and govt will be responsible for that.
Neeraj Kundan State president NSUI J&K under whose supervision the agitation is going
on, in an aggressive mood, said
that the agitation will continue
till the government nood their
head for revocation of ANTI
Youth Recruitment policy.
Other who actively coordinated the campaign included
Avijot singh state Gen sec,
Sunny
Parihar
District
President jammu, Punnet kaur
and Pooja Bhagat
Police public meeting organized at Celebration held on Armoured Corps Day
Talab Tillo Police Post
GOF Staff Reporter
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
In order to strengthen the
relation of Public and police
Keshav Chopra District General
Secretary BJYM (West) along
with Mohalla Welfare committee and Chowki Officer Talab
Tillo Police post organised
Police and Public Meeting at
Talab Tillo Police Post. The residents of Lane No-1A, Lane No 1,
Lane No 6, Suraj Nagar of Talab
Jammu, May 1:
Tillo (Ward No. 30) participated
in that. Chowki Officer Sumit
Sharma urged upon the residents to Co-operate and
strengthen the hands of Police.
The residents highlighted the issue of Drugs, Chain snatching
and other issues like security of
the residents. And also requested the police to increase their
routine movement in streets and
organise nakkas so that the culprits should be booked. Chowki
officer assured them to take ac-
tion on this and also thanked the
residents for giving their valuable suggestions. Dr R.K Gupta,
Puneet Gupta, Swami Mahadev
Giri,
Kanhaiya
Sharma,
Narinder
Khanna,
Kapil
Kapoor, Pawan Gupta, Dinesh
Gupta,
Parshotam
Gupta,
Harbans Verma, Tarsem Gupta,
Romesh Gupta, Ram nath
Sharma, Sourav Gupta, Manoj
Tandan, Abhi Verma Abhishek
Gupta and several other prominent were also present.
The Armoured Corps Day is
being celebrated by Western
Command with zeal from 1st to
3rd May 2015 to commemorate 77
years of the mechanization of
Indian Cavalry Regiments. It
was on 1st May 1938 that the
Scinde Horse became the first
Regiment to shed its horses and
was equipped with Vickers Light
Tanks and Chevrolet Armoured
Cars. This was the beginning of a
new era of valour and sacrifice
by the tankmen. The Armoured
Corps has acquitted itself with
which team E comprising
Akshat, Prakriti and Priyanka
won the quiz.
College
students
and
Faculty members were present
there including Chairman Dr.
Roop Lal Sharma, Principal and
and Vice Principal.
Speaking on the occasion
Chairman Dr. Roop Lal Sharma
appreciated the efforts of Deptt.
for organizing such quiz competition. He said the students acquire latest knowledge of suspect o and a sense of competition
by organizing such quiz competition. Principal delivered a
vote of thanks and distributed
prizes among the winners.
Swachh Jammu University Abhiyan:
Awareness Rally taken out at JU
Jammu, May 1:
Jammu, May 1:
trainings are useful to everyone
and gives them both the skills
and confidence to improvise the
material whatever is available
at the site of an emergency especially when no standard first-aid
material is available.
now achieved the distinction of
being the largest political party
of the world leaving behind
Communist Party of China by
registering more than ten crore
members across the country and
the contribution of J&K state too
has been splendid. He expressed
hope that the other activists of
the party will get inspiration
from Jaswinder Kour to achieve
the target set up for our state.
PG dept scholars of
JIAR organizes quiz
competition
GOF Staff Reporter
GOF Staff Reporter
GOF Staff Reporter
record of registering such a
large number of members by
reaching out the people in different areas of Jammu West district. He said that more and
more people are becoming members of BJP and it is due to people
friendly principles and policies
of the BJP and the acceptance of
PM Narendra Modi’s slogan of
Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas.
Sharma said that BJP has
distinction in all wars. The deployment of armour on the Zojila
Pass in the 1947 Indo Pakistan
War proved to be decisive and
the turning point of the conflict.
The Indian Armoured Corps
gave a sterling performance in
the 1965 war, wherein the sophisticated and advanced Patton
tanks of Pakistan Army were
decimated to form the famous
graveyard, “Patton Nagar” near
Khemkaran in Punjab. It was also in the 1965 war that Lt Col AB
Tarapore was posthumously honoured with the Nation’s highest
gallantry award, the Param Vir
Chakra for his gallant action in
the Shakargarh Bulge. The
Corps proved its mettle yet again
gloriously in the 1971 war wherein tanks were at the forefront of
action on the both Western and
Eastern front and infact spearheaded the offensive of ground
forces into Dhaka.2nd Lt Arun
Khetrapal led by example to stall
the Pakistan counter attack in
the battle of Basantar and was
posthumously honoured with
Param Vir Chakra.
Apart from proving its mettle
in the domain of conventional operations, the Armoured Corps has
contributed substantially and significantly to the Counter
Insurgency Operations in Jammu
& Kashmir and North East. The
Corps is also contributing a contingent at United Nation’s mission in Lebanon, apart from individual representations. Dignity
and nostalgia marked the celebrations of the Armoured Corps Day
at
Headquarters
Western
Command. In the morning on 1st
May, a solemn wreath laying ceremony was held at the “Veer
Smriti” where Lt Gen KJ Singh
Army Commander, Western
Command laid the wreath to pay
homage to the gallant martyrs
who laid down their lives defending the Nation.
Committee, presented the Vote
of Thanks.
The programme was comby
Zain-ul-Abdeen
peered
Bandey. Among others Prof.
Neelam Saraf, Dean Academic
Affairs, Prof. Posh Charak, Dean
Research Studies, Rectors,
Directors, Officers, Teaching
Faculty, Staff of JUTA, JUNTEA
and JUNGEA, Scholars and
Students, also took part in the
rally and Cleanliness drive with
great enthusiasm.
Army conducts
join Indian army
campaign
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
In an effort to generate
awareness & provide employment opportunities for the students of Ramban, Rashtriya
Rifles battalion under Delta
Force organised a “Join Indian
Army Campaign” to educate
students with respect to various opportunities to join
Armed Forces.
This seminar facilitated in
generating
awareness
amongst over 400 students of
Ramban Degree College and
Government
Higher
Secondary School, including
girls on the life in Armed
Forces and the benefits associated with it and also various
avenues available, for joining
the Armed Forces.
Besides this, information
was also imparted to students
on various selection procedures available including a
glimpse of Service selection
board procedure and methods
of preparation in brief.
The highlight of the event
was presence of young Army
Officers who spoke about the
life in Army and career aspects
for women as an Army Officer.
Consequently Delta Force
is planning to coach students
for written exams conducted
by Union Public Service
Commission every year as also
guidance will be provided to selected students for interview
conducted by various Services
Selection Boards.
Besides the students, the
event was also attended by
teaching staff of respective
Schools and Colleges of
Ramban.
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2015, PAGE 4
World Labour Day observed
across Jammu
Labour class is backbone of dev,
economic progress of Nation: Mir
NC has always espoused cause of Labour class: Mustafa
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 01:
International Labour Day was observed here in
Jammu by various social, educational and political institutions today. Ghulam Ahmed Mir (Former
Minister) & JKPCC Chief has described labour class
as back bone of the development and economic
progress of the country and said that Congress is committed for the welfare and to protect the rights of
labour class people of the country. Addressing an impressive function in connection with May Day here at
PCC Headquarters Shaheedi Chowk, Jammu today,
PCC Chief said that Congress party has its existence in
more than six lack villages of the country and represents all sections of the society and is always committed to protect the rights of the working class who are
the back bone of the India’s economic progress and
overall development of the country.
Mir said Congress party has always advocated the
welfare of labour class in the economic and socio
progress of the country. He said that UPA Govt. had
brought land mark legislation to the benefit and protect the rights of labour class in the organized and unorganized sector. He reminded that all beneficiary
labour laws were applied in J&K during the Congress
regime under the chief minister-ship of Shri G.M.
Sadiq. He extended full cooperation to their struggle
for acceptance of genuine demands. He asked partymen to take care of labour class and ensured their support to the employees in government, semi government and private sector in order to accelerate of economic development and equal participation of labour
class in the economic activities.
The function was organised by the J&K INTUC
led by its President Shiv Kumar Sharma. A large number of labour leaders of the organization affiliated to
the Indian National Trade Union Congress were present on the occasion and participated in the deliberations. Former Ministers Sham Lal Sharma-Senior
Vice President PCC, Shri Raman Bhalla-Vice
President PCC and others addressed the gathering
and threw light on the contribution of labour class in
the country. Saying that National Conference has all
along stood by the labour class, Additional General
Secretary and former minister Dr Sheikh Mustafa
Kamal on Friday recalled the crucial role played by
labourers in shaping the public movement launched
decades ago. Speaking at a function held at Sher-eKashmir Bhawan here this morning, held in observance of the May Day, the Additional General
Secretary said the party will strive for seeking restoration of labour rights and implementation of welfare
schemes tailored for them in order to uplift their conditions economically and collectively.
Dr Mustafa Kamal, who was chief guest at the
function, extended full support to the labour class and
hoped that both state and central governments would
work for their empowerment and economic emancipation by restoring their rights. He referred to the background of this day and said it is being observed on May
1st all over the world to highlight the need for restoration of labour rights with a view to bridge the gap be-
tween haves and have nots for harmonious growth of
the society. Speaking on the occasion, Senior State
Vice President and former minister Mr Surjeet Singh
Slathia recalled the great role played by Sher-eKashmir Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah for weaker
sections of society especially the labour force and said
history of National Conference is replete with steps
taken from time to time for overall welfare of the
labour class. Extending revolutionary greetings and
solidarity to the working class and toiling masses,
Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) today held a
massive rally at S K Park Srinagar on the international day of working class. Hundreds of workers of different sectors carrying banners, placards and shouting
slogans in favour of their demands marched from the
venue to the historic Lal Chowk. CITU State President
Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami while addressing the
rally said that the onslaught on labour class is too severe to get rid of it, adding that labour laws across the
state are being brazenly flouted and the destitute engaged in government and private sector as ad-hoc, casual, seasonal, need based, contingency paid workers
and contractuals are facing its brunt. He said isolated
efforts of workers can’t be effective and appealed the
trade unions to be united and bold enough to safeguard the democratic rights of the workers. May Day
celebrations should not be symbolic but a commitment to resolve for defeating the anti-worker policies.
Former Minster Thakur Randhir Singh NCP
chief J&K state a veteran Trade Union leader while addressing the May Day rally at main stop Janipur
which was organised by NCP’s Frontal organisation
National front of Indian Trade Union- (NFITU) said
NFITU is a Trade union like INTUC which is recognized by the Ministry of Labour Govt of India whose
chief patron is Sh Sharad Pawar , National President.
On this day several labour unions across the US went
on strike , demanding a standard workday of eight
hours when the workers were being used by the rich
people and industrialist without working hours, holidays and with less wages resulting workers used to fell
sick .The workers employed by the Govt as well as private concerns were treated as worst than animals so it
was a big awakening and revolution of working class
throughout the world . BJP State General Secretary
and MLA Kathua, Rajiv Jasrotia has greeted the
Workers of state on the eve of International Labour
Day. In a message he reiterated the Government’s
commitment to establish the dignity of labour, to
bring transparency and accountability in the enforcement of Labour Laws and to promote workers’ welfare
through good governance initiatives. “I extend my
warmest greetings and best wishes to the workers in
the country. Government of India in its endeavors is
guided by the mantra of “Shramev Jayate”.
Labour Day in Army Public School, Akhnoor was
celebrated in special assembly with full aplomb to appreciate the tireless, hard working workers of this institution. Paying a befitting tribute and thanking them
for making the life of others comfortable day- after-day
by accomplishing the jobs assigned to them. Pradeep
delivered a speech; the comparing was being done by
Talitha Philip. The junior students talked about
‘People who help us’ prepared by Mrs Jaswinder Kour
and the senior school students presented a skit ‘Salaam
Majdoor ‘ which was being prepared by Mrs Vini Singh
depicting how the absence of a maid could spoil the
morning and cause the whole routine to go topsy-turvy
unnerving the family members totally and the absence
of a peon in an institution is almost unthinkable as it
means a lot of mismanagement and chaos because they
are the ones who run errands the whole daylong to
keep things going. The Management appreciated their
services. At last the Principal Mr K. C. S. Mehta distributed a small token of appreciation on behalf of
Chairman Brig Rajendra Joshi and honoured the
workers of this institution. Principal addressed the
students and highlighted the need, importance and significance of the role of these workers in our life.
A massive May Day State Rally was held by J&K
Panthers Trade Union at District Headquarters,
Ramban in J&K. Prof. Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of
PTU who was Chief Guest on the occasion called on
the working class, labours and farmers unite for the
implementation of Labour Laws including Minimum
Wages Act which have not been enforced till date.
Prof.Bhim Singh declared a war against the government if failed to grant all those civil liberties, right to
wages and work for the labourers and farmers in J&K
by the August 1, 2015. He warned the government to
face the PTU from the road to the Supreme Court from
August 1, declaring 2015 as ‘Youth Year’.
A strong resolution was adopted at the rally demanding, among other things, implementation of
Minumum Wages Act, release of all the pending scholarships and arrears of SC & ST students till 31st
March, 2015, regularization of services of 60,000 casual
labourers, regularization of 28,000 SPOs, 3000 SSB
Volunteers, 5000 homeguard volunteers, about 5000
contractual employees, free uniform, books (including shoes to the students upto 8th class--this concession was sanctioned by Shri Harsh Dev Singh,
Panthers Party MLA as Education Education of 2003
to 2005). Panthers Trade Union also demanded a respectable and honourable treatment to the students in
Govt. schools as it was pointed out, that several village
schools have no sitting arrangements for students nor
there is any mid-day meal served at all. It was felt that
there are 55,000 regular posts in the Govt. departments
and demanded to fill all the posts on regular basis
through a due process and procedure.
A ceremonial Border Personnel Meeting (BPM)
on the occasion of International Labour Day was conducted on 01 May 15 at Chinese Side in Chushul Sector
in Eastern Ladakh. The Delegations were led by
Brigadier JKS Virk from the Indian Side and Senior
Colonel Fanjun from the Chinese Side.
The ceremonial border Personnel meeting was
commenced with saluting of the National flag of
China by both delegations. This was followed by the
ceremonial address by both delegation leaders which
was composed of exchange of greetings, wishes and
vote of thanks and reflected the mutual desire of
maintaining and improving relations of functional
levels on the border. Thereafter, a cultural programme showcasing vibrant Chinese culture and
traditional grandeur was organised , followed by
sumptuous lunch. International Labour Day was celebrated in Air Force School, Jammu on the theme ‘
There is no work too big or small’. Gifts were distrib-
uted to the MTS. It was an endeavor on the part of the
school to sensitize students towards all the members
of the community. Vikesh Sandhal, Principal appreciated the efforts of all the MTS employees for undertaking all the assigned task with painstaking excellence.
The NSS wing of Government Polytechnic,
Bikram Chowk Jammu celebrated the World Labour’s
Day in the college. The Chief Guest of the function was
Er. Arun Bangotra, Principal of the college who in his
inaugural speech appreciated the efforts of all Class IV
and labour class for their sincere efforts in performing
their duties with full dedication and their contribution towards the society. He further said that to
achieve a common goal everyone from bottom management to higher level should be involved and work
hard in one direction. Er Ajay Thapa, Programme
Officer of NSS wing through the light on the importance of the Labour Day. He said that the main motive
to organise this program was to aware the importance
of Labour people in achieving any target. On this occasion a cultural programme was organized by students
of NSS, in which all the Class IV workers and labour
class of the college participated and enthralled the audience with various dance items, singing etc. The
games were organized like passing the parcel etc. At
the end of the program all the labours were facilitate
with a momento as a token of appreciation. Others
who were presented in the programme was Er.
Inderjeet Singh, Er. K. S Manhas, Er K.S Bhatia along
with other HODs and staff member of the college. The
student volunteers who organised the program are
Arjun Rajput, Mahima Sharma, Himanshu Badyal of
2nd semester. To commemorate the achievements of
the workers and recognize them, the Labour Day was
Dr. Jitendra pays rich tributes to Late Sarvanand Koul Premi
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
Jammu and Kashmir
Academy of Art, Cultural and
Languages today organized a
function in memory of Late
Sarvanand Koul Premi on his
25th death anniversary at K. L.
Saigal Hall. Union Minister of
State, (Independent charge)
Development of North Eastern
Region, Prime Minister’s office,
Ministryofpersonal,Publicgrievances and Pension, Department of
Atomic energy and Department
of Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh was
the chief guest on the occasion.
MLA, Jammu West, Sat Sharma,
was the Guest of Honour. Swami
Kumar Ji, Rajinder Premi and Dr.
Arvinder Singh Amn, Additional
Secretary, JKAACL were also
present in the presidium.
Paying rich tributes to
Late Sarvanand Koul, Dr.
Jitindra Singh said that the
writer was always connected at
the grassroot level and worked
tirelessly for upliftment of
downtrodden and weaker sections of the society particularly
weaker students during his entire life. Late Sarvanand has
written 18 literary books in his
life and also translated the
Bhagwat Gita and Ramyana in
Kashmiri language.
Dr.
Jitindra Singh said that India is
known for its unity amidst di-
have to strengthen the bonds of
unity and brotherhood to take
the Country on the path of
progress. He said that the State
of Jammu and Kashmir has
overcome a long period of turmoil and ushering into a new
era of peace and development.
He said that as a poet and writer
Sarvanand Koul contributed in
the field of Kashmiri, Urdu,
English and Hindi literature
and spread the message of national integration, patriotism
and humanity. He said that the
community concerned with
late Sarvanand Koul Premi in
particular and society in general should follow the messages of
the great writer with convic-
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tion and courage.
Earlier, floral tributes
were also paid by Dr. Jitendra
Singh and other dignitaries to
the legendary writer.
On the occasion, a musical
tribute was also paid by presenting Shaloks from Bhagwat
Geeta by Swami Kumar Ji and
Bhajans from Ravi Bhan,
Shweta
Saproo,
Monika
Sharma, Neha and Shiv. Rajiv
on Tabla and Rajat on Synth
were the accompanists. The programme was composed by Ravi
Bhan. Among others G.R Hasrat
Gadda, Ashwani Charangoo,
J.L Saroori, Dr. Rajinder
Tickoo, A.K Naaz, Avtar
Hugami were also present.
Air Marshal BBP
Sinha takes over as
new administrative
head of IAF
New Delhi, May 1:
Air Marshal BBP Sinha took over as the new
Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA) of IAF
at Air Headquarters, New Delhi today. Prior to the
present appointment, he was Director General
(Works & Ceremonials) at the Air Headquarters. He
was commissioned in the Administration branch of
the IAF in June 1979. During his career spanning
more than 35 years, he has held many important appointments which include Chief Administrative
Officer at two major flying bases, Principal
Director (Pay, Pension & Regulations) at Air
Headquarters,
Senior
Officer-in-Charge
Administration (SOA) at HQ Western Air
Command, IAF. He is a recipient of Ati Vishisht Seva
Medal (AVSM). He was also commended by the Chief
of the Air Staff in 2001 and twice by Air Officer
Commanding-in-Chief in the years 1994 and 1997. It is
a matter of pride for the IAF that his sibling Air
Marshal SBP Sinha is also serving at Air
Headquarters as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS).
celebrated in the premises of JK Public School
Kunjwani during a special assembly. On the occasion,
the Principal, S K Singh, appreciated the work of the
ground staff and on behalf of the school management,
gave them special gift packs for putting up their best of
the duties. He also encouraged the students to imbibe
the dignity of labour in themselves and not to look
down upon any work. The tiny tots of Toddlers’ World,
a unit of the school, also expressed their love and gratitude by presenting gifts to the helpers.
Activists of National Mazdoor Conference today
celebrated “ May Day” as Sankalp Diwas with enthusiasm and fervor. In this connection a rally was held
here, where the large number of NMC activists participated it. Addressing a well attended rally of NMC activists President of the National Mazdoor Conference
(NMC) Subash Shastri emphasizing the need to adopt
a comprehensive policy to regularize the services of
61000 daily rated workers working in the various departments of the State Govt. till March 2015 so that
new regularization could become operational from
June 1, as a Gift” to the families of the working class,
hoping that a decision in this regard would be taken in
the first cabinet meeting in summer capital after
Darbar move. Shastri appealed to the Chief Minister,
Dy. Chief Minister and Finance Minister to sympathetically consider their genuine demand for regularization of services on priority basic.
While expressing grave concern over the non disbursement of long pending wages of daily rated working PWD, PHE , irrigation and flood control department, floriculture and other departments of the state
Govt., Shastri urged upon the State Chief Minister to
ensure the release of all pending wages at the earliest
so that working class could get sigh of relief.
J&K Bank holds
awareness camps in
Barmulla and Kupwara
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar, May 1:
J&K Bank conducted various financial literacy camps at various
places in Baramulla and Kupwara
which include villages Wagoora and
Shrakwara in block Wagoora, village
Odina in Block Sumbhal, Tujjar
Sherif in block Zaingeer and Chail
Patti Kupwara wherein a large sections of the society participated.
The bank’s FLCC Baramulla center organized an awareness and
couselling camp reagarding Prime
Ministers Jhan Dhan Yojna and other
schemes of the bank in collaboration
with Reserve Bank of India and the
bank’s business unit Wagoora at
Government Higher Secondary
School in Wagoora village.
Led by the Vice-Principal of the
school, students and faculty members
attended the camp. aFacilitataor
FLCC Baramulla Mohammad Sultan
Dar spoke about the basics of financial
planning, budgeting, essential and
non essential expenses, advantages of
savings with banks, concept of
Business Correspondents, ultra small
branches, khidmat centres and different types of borrowings.
He also educated the audience
about Education Loan besides Kissan
Credit Card and various income generating loan products of banks.
He dwelt in detail on the Prime
Ministers Jhan Dhan Yojna and its objective of comprehensive coverage of
all the financially excluded households in the country by a six pillar approach in two phases.
Since the overdraft facility under
PMJDY is preferably to be allowed to
the females the facilitator urged upon
the audience to open two accounts
both for male and female heads of the
family. He also spoke about Electronic
Benefit Funds Transfer (RTGS &
NEFT). Lead District Officer (RBI)
Ashok Kumar spoke about the role
and functioning of Reserve Bank of
India at length. He urged upon the audience to remain cautious against various telephone calls and messages received from various agencies asking
for bank account details and advised
them not to disclose such information
to any of these bogus and fraudulent
agencies/persons. LDM Barmulla also spoke on the occasion besides a faculty member from Rural Self
Employment Training Institute
(RSETI) Baramulla.
Certain clarifications were
sought by the audience regarding
Jhan Dhan Yojna and various products of bank which were duly clarified
by the speakers on spot. The camp concluded with a vote of thanks.
Meanwhile, FLCC Kupwara organized a financial literacy camp in colloboration with Lead Bank Office and
the Bank’s B.U Drugmuulla at Chail
Patti Kupwara which was attended
by senior citizens, farmers, businessmen and traders along with a good
number of women. Facilitator FLCC
Kupwara informed the audience
about opening of different accounts
particularly the savings bank, other
deposit accounts with the banks and
educated them about management of
money, importance and advantages of
savings with and borrowings from the
banks for better and safe future.
He also spoke about the importance of financial inclusion for overall
development of economy of the society and urged the people to establish relationship with financial institutions
by opening accounts with them at
least one account for one family and
avail the benefits under various people friendly schemes in general and
PMJDY schemes in particular.
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2015, PAGE 5
Complete renovation
and desilting works on
war footing: Sukhnandan
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 01:
Minister for PHE, Irrigation
and Flood Control, Sukhnandan
Kumar today visited various areas of Jourian and Khour to inspect the irrigation facilities and
ongoing renovation and desilting works on the canal and its
distributaries. MLA Akhnoor,
Rajeev Sharma, MLA Khour, Dr
Krishan Lal and senior officers
of Irrigation and Flood Control
Department also accompanied
the Minister during his visit.
While expressing satisfaction
over the progress of desilting
works, the Minister directed the
executive agency to speed up the
pace and complete the ongoing
works of all major and minor distributaries and clear the canals
within two days. The Minister
during his visit also met the local
people and took stock of their prob-
DDC holds PRIs & public
meet at Arnas, Dharmari
GOF Staff Reporter
Reasi, May 01:
District Development Commissioner Reasi,
Sushma Chauhan convened a meeting of PRIs
and locals at Arnas and Dharmari to take stock of
public grievances and review various developmental works being executed in the Panchayats.
SDM Dharmari-Naresh Kumar Sharma, DSWO
Reasi-Rafiq Ahmad Jaral, sectoral officers of various departments, Sarpanchs, Panchs and
prominent citizens from Panchayats of Arnas
and Mahore blocks attended the meeting. Issues
related to health, roads, schools, compensation,
shortage of staff and doctors were discussed in
the meeting. Shortage of ration for uncovered
families and under-staffing schools apart from
frequent transformer damages remained main
issues for which decisions were also taken.
Chauhan called upon the Panchayats to actively participate in the development planning
process and assured the people that all their genuine demands will be conceded in a phased manner. PRIs appreciated the proactive role played
by district administration in prompt grievance
redressal and taking Panchayats on board for
planning and development process. They also
lauded the capacity building of Panchayats
through frequent meetings and e-Panchayat
project launched successfully in the district.
Chauhan asked PRIs to continue their efforts for
development at grassroots adding that the feedback of the civil society can be very helpful in creating a people friendly administration. Later
Chauhan also convened a meeting of all sectoral
and block officers at Arnas. She called upon the
officers to make people aware of various
schemes for improving their socioeconomic status and ensure redressal of the grievances in
time bound manner.
lems and directed the concerned
officers to ensure timely redressal
of their problems. While interacted with the people, the Minister
appealed them to desist from
dumping of garbage into the
canals and directed the department to take action against those
who are involved in such acts . He
requested the locals to cooperate
with the Government and the departmental functionaries in keeping the canals clean . Reiterating
commitment
of
the
the
Government to provide better irrigation facilities to the people of
the states, the minister exhorted
upon the officers to redouble their
efforts and work for the betterment of the people and said that
any laxity in this regard would not
be tolerated. The minister also directed to the I&FC authorities for
immediately take up restoration
works to plug the breeches on the
bunds along River Chenab.
Darakhshan submits Kashmir
BJP membership dossiers of
first phase to Party
Jan Sampark Abhiyan in Srinagar to begin by May 15
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
After completing the first round of
mass reach-out programme in Kashmir
valley by BJP senior
leader and Executive
Committee member
and spokesperson Dr
Darakhshan
Andrabi today submitted the first membership dossier comprising of five thousand primary members of Kashmir valley to the State
Membership
Campaign In-charge
& State Secretary
Munish Sharma at
Party office in
Jammu. Dr
Darakhshan became
the first BJP representative from
Kashmir to submit her membership
dossiers to the state party headquarters.
Meanwhile Dr Darakhshan Andrabi has
been entrusted the job of supervising and
co-ordinating the Public Contact
Programme “Jan
Sampark Abhiyan”
in Srinagar district
which she is going to
begin in the next fifteen days. Speaking
on the occasion Dr
Darakhshan Andrabi
said that Kashmir
has begun to welcome the Bhartiya
Janta Party ideology
now because the mist
of misleading propaganda against the
BJP by its political
opponents has stated
evaporating and real
secular and peace
loving positive face of
BJP has stated coming to the fore front
everywhere. “Youth
are enthusiastically
joining our mission
of political change in
the valley and we are hopeful of a very
bright future in Kashmir in the days to
come,” said Dr Darakhshan.
MILITARY ENGINEER SERVICE
Garrison Engineer 865 EWS, C/O 56 APO on behalf of President of India invites applications from eligible enlisted Contractors of MES and
enlisted/unlisted Contractors working with other Government Departments meeting eligibility criteria for selection of Contractors for issue of
tender of under mentioned work
Notes : 1. Application not accompanied by requisite value DD/Bankers Cheque towards Cost of tender shall not be considered for issue of tender.
2. Contractors not enlisted with MES will be required to enclose necessary documents to prove their eligibility as given above including
Affidavit for no recovery outstanding.
(Appx ‘A’ to GE 865 EWS letter No 8004/NIT/ /E8 dt. 17 Apr 2015
Ser
No
1
(a)
Name of Work
2
CA No. 865/EWS-84/2015-16
Estimated Cost
of work as per
market (Rs. in
Lakhs)
3
Rs. 25.00
Repair and painting of steel
Lakhs
furniture and modernization
of charpoy GI pipe under GE
865 EWS.
(b) CA No. 865/EWS-85/2015-16 Rs. 25.00
Repair and polishing and misc Lakhs
repairs to sofa set and wooden
furniture including bazaar
supply under GE 865 EWS
(c) CA No. 865/EWS-86/2015-16 Rs. 25.00
Maintenance to bldgs in Transit Lakhs
Camp, 406 PFD, 360 ASC Sup
(Coy), 14 Corps Single officers
accomodation under AGE
B/R-II of GE 865 EWS
(d) CA No. 865/EWS-87/2015-16 Rs. 25.00
Maintenance to bldgs in 105
Lakhs
Engr Regt, 153 GH, 404 Sata
Wksp, 14 COSR under AGE
B/R-II of GE 865 EWS.
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Completion
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money/standing
security deposit for
contractors not enlisted with MES (Rs)
5
Rs. 50,000/-
Eligibility Class
and category
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bid online. All other terms and conditions, instructions to bidders regarding e-tendering process etc. may kindly see Notice Inviting
Tenders (NIT) available on the above noted web site. The department reserves the right to reject any or all tenders without assigning any
reason(s).
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Major
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Faculty should apply for research
projects: JU VC visits Chemistry Dept
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
The
Kashmir
Chamber
of
Commerce & Industry (Inc) has expressed its appreciation to the Hon’ble
Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Syed
for having accepted its request to spare
time and lead a tourism promotional
delegation to Mumbai and Ahmadabad
raising the hopes of tourism stakeholders in regard to revival of the tourism
business in the State in its full gusto.
The Chief Minister’s interaction with a
large number of MICE tourism promoters, tour operators & travel agents of
the country in Mumbai is expected to
help a long way in revival of the tourism
business lost due to unprecedented
floods in Kashmir. His reassurance to
the tour operators seeking their support to restore kashmir tourism to its
original glory of being tourist destination is a step in the right direction. It is
again a result oriented effort on the part
of the Chief Minster as he recalled the
attention of the cine sector of the country for film shooting in Kashmir. The
Kashmir Chamber of Commerce &
Industry has expressed its hope that the
Hon’ble Chief Minister will continue to
lead similar delegation to Kolkata and
Hyderabad in future to see the tourism
business revived fully. In the meantime
while in Mumbai with the Chief
Ministers tourism promotion delegation the President KCC&I, Mr. Sheikh
Ashiq Ahmad has been working on a
“MOU” with M/s Touch Down
Aviation Pvt. Ltd. to help provide modern healthcare solutions, Air ambulance and Medical Tourism which is
lacking in the valley.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
Prof. R.D. Sharma, The
Vice Chancellor, University
of Jammu visited the
Department of Chemistry.
While interacting with the
faculty, Prof. Sharma said
that the Dept. is one of the premier institutions in the country in so far as the teaching
and research expertise is concerned. Prof. Renu Sachar,
Head, Department of
Chemistry informed that the
Department is UGC-SAPPURSE-FIST funded and besides involved in quality
teaching, many faculty members are handling a number of
Projects funded by various
agencies like UGC, DST, DRDO etc. Most of the Ph.D. research scholars are earning
fellowships sponsored by various national agencies including UGC-CSIR, INSPIRE-DST,
Rajiv Gandhi National
Fellowship and others said
Prof. Sachar. Facilities like
Thermal Analyzer, CHNS
Analyzer, FTIR
Spectrophotometer, Faraday
Magnetic System, Crytogenic
System for measurement of
superconductivity, Atomic
Absorption
Spectrophotometer, Mettler
Hotstage microscope, microwave synthesizer, Cyclic
Voltameter, Flash
Chromatograph, Ion
Chromatography, UV-Vis
Spectrophotometer, Magnetic
Susceptibility Balance,
Digital Density Meter,TGA,
NMR etc. are available for
carrying out research. The
quality of research is reflected in the form of publications
in referred National and
International journals with
good impact factors. The
Department continually updates and supplements the
teaching and research with
latest vistas in various off-
shoots of Chemistry. As an
outcome of the concerted efforts of the Department, many
students have been placed at
prestigious positions in premier organizations and institutes of the country. Some of
these include ViceChancellor, University
Professors, Scientists, IAS,
IPS, IFS, KAS, College
Teachers, 10+2 Lecturers etc.
Vice Chancellor Prof. Sharma
took round of the Dept and also visited Departmental
Library and directed that visitor register should be maintained in the library which
will help to evaluate the reading habits amongst the students.Prof Sharma directed
the HOD to auction under the
norms the junk material lying
at various corners of the Dept
. Head of the Department requested the Vice Chancellor
that there is an urgent need
for the creation of more teaching positions. Later, The
Vice Chancellor had a round
of the newly constructed multi-storeyed building of the
Department which is housing the laboratories of modern facilities. Among others
Mr. J.K. Sharma, Special
Secretary to VC, Prof. Meena
Sharma, Prof. S.K. Pandey,
Prof. R.K. Bamezai, Prof. K.K.
Kapoor, Prof. H.N. Sheikh,
Prof. Satya Paul, Dr. G.D.
Bajju, Dr. D.S. Sambyal, Dr.
Monika Gupta and Mr.
Ashawni Kumar were also
present on the occasion.
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PWD (R&B) DIV. KATHUA
SHORT NOTICE INVITING TENDER
e-NIT No. 07 of 2015-16/628-702 Dated 29-04-2015
Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Division Kathua on behalf of Governor of J&K State, invite tenders by e-tendering mode from approved and
eligible contractors registered with J&K State Govt./CPWD and Railways upto 1600 Hrs on 11-05-2015 for the following work.
S.
Name of work
Name of Estimated Cost of
Earnest
Time allowed
Time and
Class of Position of
No
Divn.
Cost
docuMoney
for completion date of
contrac- funds
(in lacs)
ment
(in Rs)
opening
tor
(in Rs)
of tender
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1.
Upgd. of roads by
PWD
144.54
6000
@ 2% of 02 Months
14-05-2015
Hot mix Demanded
way of providing and (R&B)
the Esti(1200 hours)
Plant
laying 30mm thick
Division
mated
holders
SDBC including cost Kathua
cost
of Bitumen on :1.01 Janglote link road km 1st to 6th
1.02 P.J Road to Hiranagar 1st to 4th
1.03 Hiranagar Bazar road km 1st to 3rd
1.04 Daylachak-Hiranagar-Jandi road 1st to 11th
1. Date of Publishing from 30-04-2015
2. The Bidding documents can be downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 0900 Hrs on 30-04-2015 to 11-05-2015
(1600Hrs).
3a. The Bids shall be deposited in electronic format on the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 07-05-2015 to 11-05-2015 upto 1600 Hrs.
The bids received will be opened at 1200 Hrs on 14-05-2015 on line.
b The complete bidding process will be on line.
c A Pre-bid meeting will be held on 07-05-2015 at 1200 Hrs in the office of the Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu Kathua Circle
Jammu to clarify the issues and to answer question on any matter that may be raised at that stage as stated in Clause 9 of instruction to
bidder of the Bidding documents.
d Technical bids of bidders shall be opened on line in the office of Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu Kathua Circle Jammu on
14-05-2015 at 1200 Hrs
4 Bid documents can be seen at and downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in Bid documents contain qualifying criteria for bidder, specifications, bill of quantities, conditions and other details.
5 The site for the work is available
6 Bids must be accompanied by bid security and cost of Tender Document as specified in column 5 & 4 of the table payable at Jammu
Pledged in favour of Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu Kathua Circle Jammu Bid security will have to be in any one of the
forms as specified in the bidding documents and shall have to be valid for six months or more after last date of receipt of Bid.. The cost of
downloaded tender documents in form of DD shall be in separate envelope with cover marking cost of document pledged in favour of
Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu Kathua Circle Jammu
7 The original instruments in respect of cost of Documents, EMD/Bank Guarantee and relevant technical bid documents etc must be delivered to the Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu Kathua Circle Jammu Lok Nirman Bhavan, Rail Head Complex Jammu
w.e.f. 12- 05-2015 to14-05-2015 upto 1100 Hrs. If the office happens to be closed on the date of receipt as specified, the EMD
Documents fee will be received on the next working day at the same time and venue.
8 Bids will be opened in the office of the Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu Kathua Circle Jammu. If the office happens to be
closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bids will be opened on the next working day at the same time and venue.
9. The bid for the work shall remain open for acceptance for a period of 90 days from the date of opening of bids. If any bidder/tenderer withdraws his bid/tender before the said period or makes any modifications in the terms and conditions of the bid, the said earnest money
shall stand forfeited.
10 No Engineer of Gazetted rank or other Gazetted Officer employed in Engineering or Administrative duties in an Engineering
Department of the State Government is allowed to work as a Contractor for a period of two years after his retirement from Government
service, without permission of the Government. This contract is liable to be cancelled if either the contractor or any of his employees is
found any time to be such a person who had not obtained the permission of the Government as aforesaid before submission of the tender or engagement in the Contractor’s Service.
11 Other details can be seen in the bidding documents.
12 Instruction to bidders regarding e-tendering process
a The interested bidder can download the NIT/bidding document from the website http://jktenders.gov.in
b To participate in bidding process, bidders have to get (DSC) “Digital Signature Certificate” as per Information Technology Act-2000, to
participate in online bidding. This certificate will be required for digitally signing the bid bidders can get above mentioned digital certificate
from any approved vendors. The Bidders, who already possess valid (DSC) Digital Signature Certificates, need not to procure new
Digital Signature Certificate.
c The bidders have to submit their bids online in electronic format with Digital Signature. The bids cannot be uploaded without Digital
Signature No Proposal will be accepted in physical form.
d Bids will be opened online as per time schedule mentioned in Para 3(a).
e Before submission of online bids, bidders must ensure that scanned copy of all the necessary documents have been attached with bid.
f The department will not be responsible for delay in online submission of bids whatsoever reasons may be.
g All the required information for bid must be filled and submitted online
h Bidders should get ready with the scanned copies of cost of documents & EMD as specified in the tender documents The original instruments in respect of cost of documents, EMD and relevant documents be submitted to the Tender Inviting Authority by Registered
post/courier as per time schedule specified.
i The details of cost of documents, EMD specified in the tender documents should be the same, as submitted online (scanned copies)
otherwise bid will not be accepted.
j Bidders can contact the undersigned for any guidance for getting DSC or any other relevant details in respect of e-tendering process.
k The guidelines for submission of bid online can be downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in
13 The key constructional material viz bitumen of grade 60/70 shall have to be used and purchased by the executing firm, all the requisite
test of the bitumen i.e Ductility, Penetration, Striping value and Elongation etc. shall have to be got done by the firm at its own cost and
submit the same to the concerned Executive Engineer/Nodal Officer before the start of work. In case the firm intends to buy bitumen
from the Department, the same shall be supplied at the stock issue rate of Rs. 61000/Per M.Ton.
14 Bitumen issued if any by the Department shall be accounted for 30mm thick SDBC layer only.
15 As per Circular No. CEJ/G/9993-10017 dated 04-10-2014 issued by Chief Engineer, PW (R&B) Department Jammu, qualification criteria required for the work is as under :S.No Particulars
Amount
Financial Turnover
Similar Nature
1.
2.
1500 hrs
Notes:1. Further details can be seen from the e-Procurement portal www.eprocuremes.gov.in
2. The brief advertisement is also available on MES web site www.mes.gov.in
3.
CCI-K hails CM for
leading tourism
promotional delegation
All Civil Works
All Civil Works
Upto Rs. 100.00 Lacs
Nil
Should have at least completed one
upto Rs. 200.00 Lacs
work of similar nature 1/5th of Advertised amount as a prime contractor
in any one year in last five years
Above Rs. 200.00Lacs As per terms & conditions of
As per terms & conditions of Notice
Notice Inviting Tender (NIT)
Inviting Tender (NIT)
3.
Bituminous Work
Only registered plant holder can participate in tendering process, subject to fulfillment of other
eligibility conditions.
16 5% extra bank guarantee shall have to be given by the successful bidder to whom the work is allotted for minimum period of 03 Years
(Defect Liability Period). It will be the responsibility of the firm executing the work to maintain the road surface during the Defect liability
period. Any pot holes/patches/bleeding developed or any other type of failure on the road shall be repaired by the contractor, failing
which the bank guarantee shall be operated upon and repair shall be done at risk and cost of contractor / Firm.
17 The design mix formula shall have to be got approved from the concerned Executive Engineer/Nodal Officer before the start of work.
18 Labour for Traffic control/watch and ward as per necessity at site shall be supplied by the firm and nothing extra shall be paid in this behalf by the Department.
19 No payment shall be made without the required test from the PWD lab for density test as well as bitumen quality test.
Executive Engineer
No. DIP/J-781/2015
PWD (R&B) Division Kathua
Dated : 30-04-2015
Above Rs. 100.00 Lacs
Nil
40% of the Advertised
Amount in any one year in
last five years
Glimpses of Future
CYMK
Glimpses of future
“Kashmir ke Kali”
C
hief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has taken
initiative to make Kashmir a favourite destination
for Bollywood Directors. He met leading Bollywood
filmmakers and actors in Mumbai and requested them to
rediscover the state as a destination for the film shoots. The
film “Kashmir ke Kali” was named after this beautiful land.
But after the onset of terrorism, Kashmir lost its craze in
Indian film Industry. Now things are altogether different
in Valley. People have rejected the politics of separatism
and given mandate to popular government led by BJP and
PDP. Beauty of Kashmir is again getting importance among
Bollywood Directors. The snow clad mountain peaks, picturesque sights and people of the Kashmir allure Bollywood. The Jammu & Kashmir state was a regular feature
on the Bollywood screen till the 1970s. However, terrorism
drove out all film aspirations in the decades that followed
making Switzerland their next fix. Although cinema halls
in Kashmir still remain closed, Bollywood has returned to
shoot films once again. Numerous films are being shot in
Kashmir this year, and a few have already showcased the
state. Infact major blockbusters like 3 Idiots, Yeh Jawqani
Hai Deweeni, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Highway and Haider have
brought out the former glory. Despite various obstacles,
Bollywood directors have been true to their love for Kashmir. The love for this ‘paradise on earth’ is such that even
after the devastating floods, tourists with Kashmir tour
packages and shooting of films has resumed. If you haven’t
been to this breathtaking destination so far enjoy the
glimpse of Kashmir through the silver screen. From
Sharmila Tagore to Alia Bhatt, Shammi Kapoor to Shah
Rukh Khan, we have seen them all romancing in the beautiful backdrop of Kashmir. Now Salman Khan makes his
maiden trip to Kashmir to shoot ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’. After
Aamir and Shah Rukh, Salman is third megastar to shoot in
Kashmir.Recalling the days when no movie would be complete without being shot in Kashmir, actor-turnedpolitician Vinod Khanna says that his party would help
restore that “lost glory” to the state. Khanna had stated that
the state was once a favourite destination for the Bollywood
and now he felt pained to see “lack of development” there.
“There was a time when no Bollywood movie was complete
without being shot in Kashmir, the Prime Minister has resolved to bring back the film industry to Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir was always synonymous with romance.
During the 60’s and 70’s the scenic valleys and picturesque
locations of Kashmir were the preferred place for outdoor
shoots, until the time the situation started becoming turbulent there. Some of the most romantic films of the sixties
have been shot in Kashmir, which is also known as the
“heaven on earth”. Perhaps “Roja” was the only popular
non-romantic film shot there, which reflected the turbulent
times that had hit Kashmir. There was a time when even
films from south used to be shot at the various scenic locations of Kashmir. But now, after a long break, movies are
being shot at Kashmir. Even big stars like Salman Khan are
okay with shooting in Kashmir, Bollywood is no longer
worried or stressed about working in the Valley, which
should be great news for the people of Kashmir. Director
Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Highway’ was shot in this region recently, in
some of the upper reaches of the Aru valley and at the snowclad upper reaches of Chandanwadi. The only hitch while
shooting here was that one had to trek for hours to capture
the splendor of Kashmir. However, nobody was complaining during the shoot as it was a good workout for them. The
director was also all praise for the police and civilians
there, who have been quite helpful.
JAMMU SATURDAY MAY 2, 2015, PAGE 6
Growth: the next steps to be taken
BY : C. RANGARAJAN
he gloom over economic growth appears to have dissipated a bit after the
new numbers on National Income
were released at the end of Jan 2015. However, there is continued scepticism about the
numbers as several analysts feel that they are
not in accord with the ground realities. According to the advanced estimates for 2014-15, the
growth rate is projected at 7.4 per cent. What
are the prospects for 2015-16? We do not have
the data for past years reworked on the new
base and the new methodology, and without
such a time series it becomes hard to forecast.
Perhaps, 2015-16 will be a shade better than 201415, if all the positive factors mentioned later
come together. However, it will fall short of
the Budget expectations of eight per cent.
Favourable factors and uncertainty
What are the favourable factors that can
contribute to a better performance of the
economy in 2015-16? First and foremost,
there is the advantage of low crude oil
prices. This will not only reduce the oil import bill and impact favourably on the current account balance, but will also moderate
the price increase in general because petroleum products are used in the production of
almost every commodity and service. Second, the credit rating agency, Moody’s decision to upgrade the outlook to “positive”
may facilitate the inflow of capital. Though
the recovery of the advanced economies is
still tepid, the external environment as far
as India is concerned may be benign. On the
domestic front, there are signs of a gradual
improvement in the investment “sentiment”. Still, there are several unfavourable
or uncertain factors, chief among them
being the uncertainty about the monsoon.
We have not yet seen the full impact of the
unseasonal rains of the last few months. The
damage to crops has been extensive in several States and the natural consequence will
T
BY : SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY
he world has come around to the view
that democracy is essential for full
human development. And only education and skill development can make this
possible. The view of the late Singapore
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on the one
hand, and Communists on the other, that
economic development must be first
achieved before democracy is possible, has
been decisively rejected. But democracy
cannot be sustained unless the electorate is
well informed, chooses its leadership
wisely, and this leadership is intellectually
empowered by a multi-dimensional intelligence. The world view of economic development has completely changed: it is no
longer believed to be driven by human
labour, as Karl Marx said, or by capital, as
Alfred Marshall stated, but is knowledgedriven. For application of knowledge, innovations are required, and for more original
research, we need many more young minds
at the frontier. Knowledge is gender neutral, and hence the 21st century offers a
great opportunity to level the gender inequity of the last thousand years in India.
Educational empowerment
The youth require a a mental faculty
endowed with multi-dimensional intelli-
T
gence. It is not adequate to foster cognitive
intelligence alone — as is being done in
India’s educational campuses today — but
to also develop the other dimensions of intelligence: emotional, social, moral, spiritual, environmental, and innovational.
India’s vast youth population is its demographic potential dividend, but only if
equipped and enabled with this seven dimensional intelligence. For decades since
Independence, it was said that India’s demography was its main liability; that the
country’s population was growing too fast,
and what it needed most was to control its
population, even if by coercive methods.
I had challenged this view in 1972, arguing that population growth was not India’s
problem, and that the youth, if empowered
by education, would be an asset, and not a
liability, to the country’s development.
(Noted demographer Ashish Bose of the
University of Delhi had published in 1972
my research on this as a chapter in his book
India’s Population.) Scientific innovations
by educated youth can overcome the limitations of land, natural resources and production. But the negative view of population
prevailed till the ‘nasbandi’ (vasectomy) fiasco of the Emergency in 1975-77 forced Indian politicians to become less vocal about
and the Indian Railways. What is needed is
for the government to come out with a statement regarding the quantum of investment
that will be made by the various public sector institutions. This should be monitored
every quarter and the actual investments
made should be made public. Apart from
making the government accountable, this
will inspire confidence in investors.
The new initiatives
For raising the growth rate, the government relies on many of the initiatives announced in the Budget. Several of them need
clarification and refinement. For example,
how will the National Investment in Infrastructure Fund operate? Will it take the form
of a trust or a non-banking financial company (NBFC)? The word “trust” was used in
the Budget speech. The sooner the details
are spelled out, the better it will be. Take another idea, of the Mudra Bank. To call the institution a “bank” will be incorrect if it is
only to be a refinancing institution. Which
are the last mile finance institutions which
will be refinanced by this institution? Apparently, this institution will have to rely totally on Budget allocation. The idea of a
refinancing institution is good but, once
again, the details need to be spelled out. In
fact, in this context, perhaps the best way to
promote investment in the large-, mediumand small-scale sector is to go back to the
days when we had development banks
which provided long-term finance to large,
medium and small industries. At the national level, the IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India of that time) played a
major role. At the State level, State finance
corporations operated to provide long-term
finance to medium and small enterprises.
The development banks became universal
banks and in that process we have lost out
on long-term finance. Even the new initiative of allowing commercial banks to raise
infrastructure bonds may not be adequate.
The BJP’s challenges in Jammu
BY : HARI OM
hile the PDP has taken control of the State's political and
administrative apparatus, the
BJP has been relegated to the status of
a junior partner — so much so that it is
failing to secure the interests of its core
in
Jammu.
The
constituency
Bharatiya Janata Party created history in Jammu & Kashmir by winning
both the Lok Sabha seats from Jammu
and the lone Ladakh Lok Sabha seat. It
obtained almost 32.5 per cent of the
total popular votes share. Six months
later, it created yet another history by
winning 25 out of the 37 Assembly seats
from Jammu.
It emerged as the second largest
party in the State, notwithstanding the
fact that its vote share decreased by 10
per cent. Obviously, this disturbed BJP
poll managers. Still, the BJP’s vote
share was more than the Peoples Democratic Party, which emerged as the
single largest party in the Assembly
election by winning 28 seats — 25 from
Kashmir and three from Jammu. Surprisingly, the BJP failed to open its account in Kashmir and Ladakh, which
together send 50 MLAs. The political
scene of Jammu & Kashmir would
have undergone a radical change had
the BJP won half-a-dozen seats from
Kashmir and Ladakh. Then the party
would have been in the driving seat.
After the PDP-BJP coalition Government was formed on March 1, the situation for the BJP in Jammu has seen a
dramatic change. A sort of anti-BJP
wave is sweeping Jammu. Several factors have been working against the
party. Inadequate representation of
Jammu in the State Cabinet is one reason. The other is that the PDP has occupied nearly all the vital portfolios.
There is hardly any crucial portfolio
that is held by a legislator from Jammu
even though the region had hoped that
it would get parity with Kashmir, considering the mandate it gave to the
W
Building a young nation of character
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO ONLY FOSTER COGNITIVE
INTELLIGENCE AMONG THE YOUTH. A WELLSTRUCTURED NATIONAL POLICY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IS VITAL FOR
MAKING INDIA A GLOBAL POWER.
be some pick up in food prices. Initial reports indicate that rainfall this time will be
below normal. The impact on production
will depend not only on the quantum of rainfall but also on its distribution over time and
across States. Even though agriculture contributes only about 15 per cent to the GDP,
any shortfall in agricultural production has
serious implications. It fuels inflation and
human distress is high as more than 50 per
cent of the population depends on agriculture.
Second, the several initiatives promised in the
Budget will have the desired impact only if
they are implemented speedily and effectively. For example, take the increased allocation of funds for railways and roads. Are
these ministries adequately prepared to utilise
these funds? Some of the initiatives such as
the National Investment and Infrastructure
Fund and Mudra Bank will take time to be
set up and for their impact to be felt.
Role of public investment
The Economic Survey has persuasively
argued for larger public investment at a time
when private investment is yet to pick up.
The same point was made by the Report of
the Economic Advisory Council to the
Prime Minister in September 2013, that said:
“The focused attention that is being given to
achieving the production and capacity creation targets in coal, power, road and railways should generate higher growth. In
effect, the public sector would act as the
driver of growth and crowd in private sector
activities”. It is to be noted that capital expenditures of the Central government in the
Budget are not significant. Capital expenditures are also not synonymous with investment. While capital expenditures in 2015-16
show an increase over the revised estimates
of 2014-15, as a proportion of GDP, they remain the same as in the Budget estimate of
2014-15, i.e. at 1.7 per cent of GDP. In fact, the
bulk of the investment has to come from
public sector institutions such as Coal India
the need for coercive family planning.
Today, India has the world’s largest youth
population between the ages of 15 to 35 and
this lead will last for another 40 years. I
have written this before in these pages, but
this needs reiteration: India should not,
therefore, squander this “natural resource”. It should, instead, through proper
policies for the young, realise and harvest
this demographic potential. China is the
second largest world leader today in young
population. But this will start shrinking in
proportion of its total population from this
year because of lagged negative effect of
China’s one child policy. The total populations of Japan and Europe are already fast
ageing, and have started declining in absolute numbers. The U.S. will, however,
hold a steady trend thanks to a liberal policy of immigration. But even then it will
have a demographic shortage in skilled personnel. All developed countries will experience a demographic deficit. But India will
not. Thus, India has now been gifted,
through unintended consequences, with a
young population. If the youth are taught to
develop their cognitive intelligence to become original thinkers; imbibe emotional
intelligence to develop team spirit and a rational risk-taking attitude; inculcate moral
intelligence to blend their personal ambitions with national goals; cultivate social intelligence to defend civic rights of the weak,
defend gender equality, and develop the
courage to fight injustice; and develop spiritual intelligence, then India can develop a
superior species of human beings youth
who can be relied on to contribute to making the country a global power within the
next two decades.
Parameters of education policy
The nation must, therefore, structure a
national education policy for the youth so
that the seven dimensions of intelligence
BJP.
The third reason is the manner in
which the PDP has put its people in almost all the State departments. The
PDP has established its hegemony over
the State’s political and administrative
apparatus and financial institutions.
The decision to let the PDP hold the office of the Chief Minister for a full six
year term has also annoyed the BJP’s
core constituency.
The rejection of Jammu’s demand
for the issuance of ‘Dogra certificate’ to
Jammu youth seeking jobs in the Central Reserve Police Force and other
central paramilitary forces has also
been disheartening. Jammu is blaming
the BJP for the rejection. Political policies being evolved and implemented
unilaterally and ruthlessly by the PDP,
as well as the fast-deteriorating situation in the valley and its negative impact on national interest, are the other
two fundamental factors that have
alienated Jammu from Kashmir and
dented the image of the BJP. On a number of times, top BJP leaders intervened to rein in and snub the PDP. And
these interventions did produce the desired results — but not to the extent
that could help the BJP enjoy the kind
of love and trust it used to get before it
joined hands with the PDP. Yet another factor that has provoked and angered the people of Jammu is the
decision of the coalition to set up an
All-India Institute of Medical Scienceslike institute in Kashmir instead of
Jammu. The people of Jammu, cutting
across party lines, are chaffing. The extent of anger of the people of Jammu
against the BJP can be gauged from the
bandh they observed on April 24 to register their protest against the decision
on the AIIMS-like institute. Notably,
while presenting his second Budget in
the Lok Sabha on February 28, Union
Minister for Finance Arun Jaitley had
announced the establishment of such
an institute, worth Rs1,600 crore, in
Jammu.
Thebandh was a massive affair and
it was the first one against the BJP. It
was peaceful and the participation was
voluntary. The organisers of thebandh
didn’t have to ask any shopkeeper to
pull down the shutter. The nature and
magnitude of the bandh could be seen
from the fact that not a single auto was
plying on the roads of Jammu — and
this happened for the first time. It
could also be seen from the fact that all
non-BJP-PDP political parties supported the bandh.
This included the Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party, the Congress, the National Conference, the
Jammu State Morcha, the Jammu
Pradesh United Front, the Kranti Dal,
the Nationalist Congress Party, the
Shiv Sena as well as RSS affiliates like
the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the
Bajrang Dal and even the Chambers of
Commerce and Industry, the powerful
Jammu & Kashmir High Court Bar Association, all transport unions, all student organisations including the Akhil
Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and the
National Students’ Union of India. Organisers of thebandh argued that Kashmir already has the prestigious
Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical
Sciences, a medical college and the
Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital.
They said, and rightly so, that Jammu
deserved the AIIMS-like institution as
it has only one Government-run medical college and hospital, which is not
only ill-equipped but also understaffed. Hence, the people of Jammu
have to go to Delhi, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Mumbai or Bangalore for medical treatment. Many can’t
afford this expense. The situation, as it
prevails today in Jammu, is volatile.
The BJP will do well to take some definite steps at the earliest, so that the impending conflict in the otherwise
peaceful and nationalist region, is
averted. There is no other option available so as to assuage the feelings of the
people of Jammu.
can be manifested in every young man and
woman. Only then will the demographic
dividend not be wasted. These seven dimensions constitute the ability of a person to
live a productive life and for the national
good. Hence, a policy for India’s youth has
to be structured within the implied parameters of these dimensions. The first parameter of such a policy is ability empowerment
the development of the seven types of intelligence. The second is a collective mindset
about the legacy and future of the nation,
which means knowing the correct de-falsified history of India. The third is the commitment to a social contract of rights and
obligations such as a fundamental right to
quality primary and secondary education,
right to work, an obligation to compete for
most positions of employment on merit,
practice gender equality and place national
interests above selfish interests. A national
education policy is, therefore, a framework
for the comprehensive growth of the nation’s young population, to enable them
them to be positioned in life for personal ad-
vancement as well as contribute to national
greatness. India, however, lacks today a
properly structured policy for development
of its youth. As a result, many young people
are led astray by drugs and crime. What are
the objectives that the youth should work
towards? These cannot be purely materialistic because we know from our past history
that though India was the world’s most economically developed country, it was subject
to brutal assault and loot by a handful of foreigners, and, for a 1000 years, we could not
rule from Delhi. Materialistic progress
alone does not guarantee national security.
What is essential is the character and integrity of the country’s citizens. In brief, a
national policy for integrating spiritual values and organisation leadership can be
achieved through measures by which we
can create a modern mindset among the
youth. This will not only motivate them to
acquire technical cognitive competence, but
also develop their emotional, moral, social,
spiritual, environmental and innovational
intelligence.
Very soon, they will reach the limits of exposure with respect to industries and
groups. And, it is also difficult to have firewalls separating short term from long-term
credit. While the new ideas promoted in the
Budget are welcome, it is time to think in
terms of creating long-term finance institutions to provide equity and long-term loans
to large and medium industries.
‘Stalled’ projects and consensus
The easiest way to achieve higher
growth in the short run is to ensure that the
projects that are under way are completed in
time so that output will flow out of them.
India’s investment rate as a proportion of
GDP has come down from the peak it had
reached in 2007-08. Nevertheless, it is still
around 32 per cent. In normal circumstances, this should have given us a growth
of 7.5 to 8 per cent. But the actual growth rate
was below it. The decline in output growth
is sharper than the decline in investment
rate. This may be because of the delay in the
completion of projects or a lack of complementary investments. In some cases, it can
also be due to non-availability of critical inputs such as coal and power. The Economic
Survey has examined in detail the causes behind “stalled” projects. The reasons include
not only delay in clearances and permits but
also decline in demand and lack of finance.
The analysis also shows that clearing the top
100 projects by value will address 83 per cent
of the problem of stalled projects. Focussed
attention on removing the bottlenecks will
give one an immediate pay off. Strong economic growth is imperative as growth is the
answer to many of our socio-economic problems. Prospects for a rise in growth rate in
the immediate future appear to be bright.
This depends critically on implementing, in
a time-bound manner, the various initiatives announced in the Budget. Public investment is directly in the hands of the
government.
Nepal: Stay the course
BY : K.C. SINGH
he Nepal earthquake on April 25, 2015,
caused colossal loss of life and property by
a combination of intensity (7.8 magnitude), its shallowness and the nature of the
ground beneath the largest Nepalese city. The
Indian response was quick and muscular for
many reasons. Nepal is an important buffer between two rising Asian powers — China and
India. It has, for centuries, played one against
the other, even succeeding to remain independent while India was under the Mughals or the
British. It has religious and cultural links to
India and, ironically, was the only Hindu kingdom well before the rise of the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh, though ceased being one
before the advent of the Modi government. India
has 20,000 Gurkhas serving in the Indian Army
and over 125,000 retirees drawing pension from
India, many having shed blood for Indian security and territorial integrity. The Modi government recognises the need to rectify an
impression that Nepal was moving under Chinese influence with talk of a railway line connecting Tibet to Kathmandu. The rough
treatment of Tibetan refugees and escapees in
recent times and reports of huge Chinese funding for the redevelopment of Lord Buddha’s
birthplace at Lumbini seemed to confirm this
impression. Two quick visits by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi were the opening play to ameliorate the situation. The earthquake provided a
humanitarian route to solidify the new outreach. But this is hardly novel for international
diplomacy or for India. In June 1985, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi rushed to Bangladesh with
the President of Sri Lanka to express solidarity
within the newly created Saarc following a severe typhoon. In 2004, when the Indian Ocean
tsunami caused havoc along the Bay of Bengal
rim, despite damage to parts of the India’s east
coast, the Indian Navy joined that of the US to
help Sri Lanka. Similarly, after the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, India not
only flew aid to Islamabad with an Indian Air
Force IL-76 landing in Islamabad, but also
opened medical clinics along the Line of Control,
allowing victims access across normally a sealed
barrier. Thus, “Operation Maitri” in Nepal has
had predecessors, one of them, after the
tsunami, named “Operation Madad”. Of course,
the net gain, as in the case of Pakistan, may be
transitory. The real heroes of the 2005 earthquake relief and rehabilitation in Pakistan were
seen as the Hafiz Saeed-led Lashkar-e-Tayyaba,
which filled the gap left by the Pakistani state.
International disaster relief is also not simply
the rich and powerful countries aiding the third
world. In fact, India in the past generally rejected foreign assistance for domestic disasters
out of pride and paranoia that outsiders may exploit an Indian tragedy for ulterior motives.
However, even the US after Hurricane Katrina
and the Gulf oil spill accepted help, albeit paying
for it when it was overcome by its immensity or
lacked capacity in a particular field. After the oil
spill it took booms and skimmers from other nations to contain it. Similarly, Japan took immediate naval assistance from the US after the
Fukushima nuclear leak followed a tsunami ravaging 600 kilometres of its eastern coast. The deployment of a US carrier group, with its lift and
mechanical capabilities, were critical to quick
reopening of inundated infrastructure like airports, roads, etc. Thus, as the world faces unprecedented natural disasters driven by freak
weather events, geological tampering by human
intervention, i.e. shale gas drilling or mega
dams, or continental drift, as in the case of the
trans-Himalayan tinderbox, the world needs to
have more than ad hoc and voluntary mechanisms for relief and rehabilitation. Unnoticed in
India was news of the Chinese rescue of their
4,000-odd tourists from Nepal. It was announced
that a Chinese passport was adequate to board
planes, as tickets were free. Xinhua exulted in
an editorial: “In a time of need, the Chinese passport demonstrates its worth.” However, soon
controversy broke out on social media alleging
price gouging and favouritism. Even internationally, China discovered that humanitarian
assistance could be a thankless exercise. For instance, what was seen by the Philippines as paltry assistance after the 2013 typhoon caused
bilateral relations, already testy over Chinese
claims in the South China Sea, to sour further.
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Hanjura visits Chrar-e-Sharief
Constituency, inspects PHC Surasyar
GOF Staff Reporter
Budgam, May 1:
Minister for Agriculture,
Mr. Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura
today conducted extensive tour
of various areas of Chrar-eSharief Constituency. He also
visited Nego, Branwar, Surasyar,
Jabad and Zildara villages where
the landslide affected families
have been temporarily accommodated. He also inspected several
developmental works under execution in these areas.
The Minister directed the
PMGSY authorities to prepare
Detailed Project Report (DPR) for
Nego-Jabad road and submit the
same to the concerned quarter at
an earliest so that the funds could
be arranged for the purpose. He
also instructed the Roads and
Buildings department to take
necessary measures for temporary restoration of the said road
on war footing basis. He also instructed the officers of Irrigation
department to renovate the
Surasyar irrigation Khul on pri-
ority.
The Minister was informed
that 196 families were affected by
the landslides and land erosion in
the district, out of which residential house of 11 families were fully
damaged. He was also informed
that 156 tents have been provided
to the affected families and 32.6
quintals of rice has been distrib-
Haq Khan visits Lolab
Constituency; inspects
ongoing works
GOF Staff Reporter
Kupwara, May 1:
The Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj
Advocate Abdul Haq Khan accompanied by District Development
Commissioner Kupwara, Mr. K.R. Ranjan today took an extensive
tour of various areas of Lolab Constituency of Kupwara district to
get first hand appraisal of public issues and needs.
The Minister inspected the pace of various ongoing developmental projects and inspected Degree College Sogam coming up at
an estimated cost of Rs.14.50 crore. He also inspected the construction work of SDH Sogam for which Rs. 8.50 crores have been expended. While inspecting the Polytechnic College at Korihama,
the Minister was informed that Rs. 18.50 crores are being spent on
the construction of College and so far Rs. 8.50 crores have been expended. The Minister also visited Model Women’s Degree College
at Sulkoot and took stock of its functioning. He directed the concerned executing agencies for timely completion of all the projects
so that people would be able to avail the facilities of these projects.
During his visit, several deputations met the Minister and apprised him about the issues pertaining to the basic amenities including providing of safe drinking water, road connectivity,
health care and transport facilities in these areas. Haq Khan assured the people that all the genuine issues would be addressed on
priority. The minister directed the district administration to resolve the people's problems on priority. The District Development
Commissioner, Kupwara was asked to monitor all the ongoing development works. A team of officers and Engineers of district administration were accompanied the Minister
MLA visits Tangmarg
Constituency; takes stock of
basic problems of general public
GOF Staff Reporter
Baramulla, May 1:
Expressing commitment for speedy disposal of the problems
of the public, the Member Legislative Assembly, Tangmarg,
Mohammad Abbas Wani has said that government would left no
stone unturned in providing basic amenities to the people of far
flung areas. The MLA said that while visiting various villages of
Tangmarg Constituency including Hagarpora, Malmoh,
Agriklan, Nooripora, Aboora, Goun and other villages. The MLA
was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla Peerzada
Mushtaq Ahmad Shah, Superintending Engineer, of R&B, PHE,
Irrigation & Flood control and other district officer.
During the visit the MLA took stock of the situation of roads
and bridges. He expressed concern over the condition of roads and
assured the general public that the repairs and upgradation work
of all connecting roads will be taken up.
On the occasion, several deputations met the MLA and put
forth their issues and problems to which the MLA gave patient
hearing and assured of timely disposal. The MLA also took stock
of the availability of ration, electricity and water supply in these
villages. The MLA directed the concerned officers to ensure all
necessary facilities to the people.
DDC Budgam convenes
officers meeting
GOF Staff Reporter
Budgam, May 01:
The District Development Commissioner Budgam today convened a meeting of officers and took stock of preparation of ration
cards in Budgam district as per Census 2011. The meeting was attended by the Additional Deputy Commissioner Budgam,
Assistant Commissioner Revenue Budgam, Chief Planning
Officer Budgam, Sub Divisional Magistrates of Khansahib,
Beerwah and Chadoora, all Tehsildars, Block Development
Officers and CA&PD. During the meeting, the District
Development Commissioner directed all concerned officers for
completion of ration card process as per the Census 2011 within
the stipulated time. He also emphasized upon all the Tehsildars of
the district for verification of BPL, AAY with transparency.
Meanwhile, the District Development Commissioner constituted
a committee comprising of 43 members including Assistant
Commissioner Revenue Budgam, Sub Divisional Magistrates
Khansahib, Beerwah and Chadoora who will monitor the process
of preparation of ration cards.
Children enjoy
environmental picnic
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
Special Children of Asha School Jammu Cantt enjoyed, in
their unique and special Way in an environmental picnic in the
lap of nature in Miran Sahib garrison today.
Children were taken to the Nature–cum-Environmental Park
for picnic. They were taken on a lush green, thickly forested track
for trekking around a lotus park. They were acquainted with
blessings of environment by means of flowers, fruits, vegetables,
greenery and oxygen.
In a day - long picnic, special arrangements were made to entertain children with musical orchestra. Children danced merrily
to the thrilling tunes, played by soldiers of Army band. Ladies of
the garrison also joined children in dancing. Children played with
live pigeons, rabbits, ducks and birds. Mrs. Suman Mathur,
Principal Asha School conveyed gratitude to all concerned of the
garrison for taking special care of the Special Children of Tiger
Division. A gift hamper was given by Mrs Savitri Chauhan, on behalf of Miran Sahib garrison, to each student after a picnic lunch.
uted free of cost among the affectees.
The Minister also visited
Government Primary Health
Centre Surasyar and inspected
various sections including OPD,
Dental, ISM OPD and X-ray units
of the health institute. He directed the hospital authorities to
stock adequate quantity of life
saving drugs at the Centre.
While taking stock of the
medicines available in the health
centre, the Minister said that the
matter of deficiency of drugs will
be taken up with the concerned
quarters.
Hanjura directed the hospital administration to maintain
proper records and warned them
that any negligence in this regard
will be severally dealt with.
Enroute, Hanjura interacted
with the locals who awared him
about their developmental problems.
The Minister said that the
Government is fully aware of the
people’s problems and is making
every effort to address their
He
said
the
grievances.
Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed is committed
to provide basic better amenities
to the people.
Commissioner,
Deputy
Budgam along with a team of senior officers of district accompanied the Minister.
Asiya visits
Oriental College
Complex,
Hazratbal; takes
stock of fire
incident
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar, May 01:
Minister of State for
Health and Social Welfare, Ms
Asiya Naqash, accompanied
by Vice Chairman, J&K Waqf
Pir
Mohammad
Board,
today,
visited
Hussain,
Hazratbal and took stock of
the damage caused to the
Oriental College in the fire incident occurred last night.
The Minister was informed that precious historic
books and valuable documents were gutted in the fire.
Expressing concern over
the tragedy, the Minister said
that matter would be got investigated to find out the factual cause of the fire.
Chairman, Dy Chairman JKLC met
President, Vice President & Speaker
GOF Staff Reporter
New Delhi, May 01:
Chairman and Deputy
Chairman
of
the
J&K
Legislative Council today met
President of India Shri Pranab
Mukherjee at Rashtrapati
Bhawan, New Delhi.
The Chairman and Deputy
apprised
the
Chairman
President of India about the J&K
Legislative Council proceedings
especially those conducted during the Budget Session–2015.
The President congratulated the Chairman and Deputy
Chairman for their appointment and advised them to conduct the proceedings of the
House in an efficient and effective manner. He also advised
them to provide equal opportunity to all the legislators of the
Legislative Council so that the
important public issues are
raised in the House.
The President wished well
to the Presiding Officers. He described Chief Minister of
Jammu and Kashmir Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed as a visionary leader and an astute political
personality. Moreover, Haji
Inayat Ali and Jahangir
Hussain Mir also met Vice
President of India, Hamid
Ansari at his official residence
and Speaker of the Lok Sabha,
Smt Sumitra Mahanjan in her
office chamber in New Delhi.
Among other important issues, the presiding officers apprised the Vice President of
India and the Speaker of the Lok
Sabha regarding the procedure
in the J&K State Legislative especially in the Legislative
Council.
Vice President and Speaker
were requested to direct the concerned to impart the parliamentary training in the parliament
to the newly elected legislators
of the state legislature. Both the
presiding officers also watched
the proceedings of the Lok
Sabha.
Legislators review developmental works in Poonch
GOF Staff Reporter
Poonch, May 01:
interaction
meeting
of
An
Legislators from district Poonch with
district officers was convened in the conference hall of the DC Office Complex
here today.
MLA Surankote, Ch Mohammad
Akram, MLA Mendhar, Javed Ahmed
Rana, MLA Haveli, Shah Mohammad
Tantray, MLC, Yashpal Sharma, Deputy
Commissioner, M H Malik, Senior
Superintendent of Police, J S Johar,
Assistant Commissioner Revenue,
Shafiq Ahmed Choudhary besides all
the district officers attended the meeting. The Deputy Commissioner in a pow-
er point presentation apprised about the
various achievements and challenges of
the district administration and highlighted in detail the devastation caused
by the incessant rains and flash floods to
infrastructure in September 2014 and
March 2015. The Deputy Commissioner
also highlighted the reconstruction and
restoration process of damaged infrastructure and the challenges in full
restoration in some areas. The legislature interacted with the heads of each department and enquired about the status
of various developmental projects and
obstacles in their timely completion.
While appreciating the extra vigilant and proactive role of district administration in effectively handling the
flood crisis, MLA Mendhar, Javed
Ahmed Rana called upon the officers to
show same commitment and dedication
in executing developmental projects and
in delivering the services to the common
man. He also impressed upon the district
heads of various departments to pay frequent visits in the field and ensure effective supervision of field staff.
MLA Haveli, Shah Mohammad
Tantray also stressed for greater commitment in ensuring that the public
grievances are redressed promptly. He
called upon the officers to treat the common man with empathy and show proactive approach in solving their problems.
Asking the officers to pay greater attention on putting check on corruption,
MLA Surankote, Ch Mohammad Akram
said the evil has pervaded every walk of
social life and one must invoke his/her
conscience to realize and tackle it.
MLC Yashpal Sharma who also
spoke on the occasion stressed for commitment and dedication by all public
servant in delivering services on the
ground. He particularly stressed on ensuring that the quality of public works is
not compromised saying that the substandard works must be checked and
concerned executing agency punished.
Speaking on the occasion, Senior
Superintendent of Police, J S Johar informed the legislators about law and order and prevailing crime scenario in the
district. The Deputy Commissioner ap-
pealed the legislators to give a serious
thought to the selection of developmental works in planning process in the district and stressed for strategic channelization of funds with the aim to complete
particular projects in fixed timelines. He
thanked them and solicited their guidance in taking the developmental
process ahead. Several issues pertaining
to restoration of SK Bridge, PWD,
PMGSY, I&FC, PHE, PDD, BRO,
Health,
Agriculture,
Education,
Horticulture, Forest and Rural development were discussed with the concerned
officers. The Legislators showed complete confidence in the administration
under the leadership of the incumbent
Deputy Commissioner.
JPPF mourns Kohli inspects permits of Rozgar Diwas celebration under
demise of Sujan, buses; takes cognizance of
MGNREGA District Jammu
Parvinder Singh
grave violations
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
A condolence meeting of
Jammu Province Peoples'
Forum (JPPF) was held to
mourn the untimely demise of
S. Sujan Singh and his son
Parvinder Singh, residents of
Simbal Camp, victims of the
disastrous Nepal Earthquack
on 25th April 2015.
The deceased father and
his son were doing business in
Kathmandu since past some
time.
The members expressed
grief and shock over the fatal
incident which snatched their
lives. JPPF through a separate
resolution demanded sufficient compensation besides
government service to a member of the family of the deceased.
Members observed two
minuets silence with prayer to
Almighty for peace to the departed souls and courage to the
grieved family to bear the irreparable loss.
President
Besides
Pavittar Singh Bhardwaj,
Working
President
M.S
Katoch the meeting was attended by Inderjeet Khajuria
Narayan Singh, M.L Sharma,
Avinash Bhatia, Balwinder
Singh, Gajan Singh, Amrit
Magotra, Gajan Singh (Akali
Dal), Kamla Sharma, Rajiv
Mahajan and others.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 01:
Minister for Transport,
Abdul Ghani Kohli today conducted surprise inspection of buses at SRTC bus stand and Railway
station to check their route permits. Taking cognizance of unauthorized route diversions by the
buses thus violating the rules and
plying on routes other than the
ones permitted for ,the Minister
directed the concerned to take
stern action against the concerned officers for failing to check
the same. He directed for an inquiry into the matter as how the
requisite permissions were renewed and the issue remained unnoticed since.
The Minister directed for
strict check to ensure that buses
ply on specific allotted routes in
accordance to the permits granted.
Kohli gave instructions for a
thorough check of the route permits of the buses and stern action
against the unholy nexus between the bus operators and any
official of the department.
He said the government
would make every effort to bring
transparency and accountability
in the work culture so as to ease
the sufferings of common man.
He sought cooperation of the people to unearth any such practices
being nurtured in the department
and assured of stern action under
law against the culprits.
One day Rozgar Diwas under Mahatama Gandhi NREGA
was celebrated in various
Panchayats of District Jammu
on the eve of “Labour Day” by
the Department of Rural
Development and Panchayati
Raj on 1st May, 2015.
The aim of the celebration
was to make the communities
aware about MGNREGS employment opportunities in the
Gram Panchayats, on spot job
card registration for inclusion
of new families/adult members, receiving work application from interested households onspot and to discuss the
labour budget/Planning of
works for the current month.
It is worthwhile to mention
here that State Government
of
Rural
(Department
Development & Panchayati Raj)
has issued instructions to organize Rozgar Diwas once in every
month.
A special programme in this
regard was organized at village
Mathwar which has also been
identified as Adarsh Village under “Sansad Adarsh Gram
Yojana” (SAGY) in which local
masses, members of PRI’s of
Mathwar,
Panchayat
institutions,
Educational
NGO’s, Self Help Groups and
Officers/Officials from line
Department participated.
On spot job card registration, demand capturing and
work plan under MGREGA was
discussed and deliberated at
length beside Various aspects of
planning under SAGY also came
under discussion in which resource persons enlightened and
motivated the participants for
their valuable contribution in
making the village as Adarsh
one as the scheme is really meant
to change the face of village.
A debate on the topic
“Labour Rights” was also organized in which students of the local educational institutions participated.
The function was presided
over by Additional District
Development Commissioner,
Jammu Ms. Anuradha (KAS).
Commissioner
Assistant
Development,
Jammu
Sh.
Shokat Mahmood Malik (KAS),
Sh. Shafqat Majeed Bhat Block
Development Officer, Mathwar,
Social
Audit
Coordinator,
Programme Officer (MGNREGA) & other officials of Rural
Development were also present
on the occasion, the officers addressed the issues raised by the
Panchayats on spot and assured
that development of the village
will be taken on priority basis as
per the timeline fixed in accordance with the guidelines of
SAGY.
On the occasion a pledge
was also taken by all the participants re affirming the fundamentals right and fundamental
duties of the constitution.
Bali Bhagat reviews
Splendid Flower Show & Bhajan
competition organized at MHAC School Nagbani functioning of Forest
GOF Staff Reporter
Department at Kishtwar
Jammu, May 1:
Flower Show in the month of
April is an annual feature of
MHAC School, Nagbani. The
show consists of various competitions in different categories.
Almost 800 students from classes
7th to 12th participated in fresh
flower arrangement, Ikebana,
Floral Basket, Floral miniature,
Bouquets, Dry flower arrangement & Floral Carpet. A mass
participation of more than 150 entries was there in floral carpets
which perfumed the MHAC campus. Pinki Jamwal & Mrs. Sudesh
Sharma judged the entries for
Classes IX –XII & Anita Jamwal &
Lalita Manhas were the judges
for the group VII & VIII.
Judges were impressed by
the creativity of the students and
found it very toughto select the
winners amongst floral carpets &
miniatures especially. Bhajan
competition was also organized
on the same day for class 5th & 6th
Mrs. Upma Sharma & Mrs.
Jasdeep declared the result.
Shreya Dalia (6th) bagged First
position & Manik Shivgotra (6th)
& Amogh Thusoo (6th ) bagged
GOF Staff Reporter
Kishtwar, May 01:
Second Position.
Result for Flower Show was
as under, name of the First position holders in different categories, in Fresh Flower arrangement : Komal Sharma from
Senior Group (XI, XII), Ravansh
& Vaidurya from Pre-Senior B
(IX,X) & Dhairya, Nishal &
Archita Mahajan from PreSenior A (VII, VIII) bagged First
position.
In Dry Flower arrangement:
Priya Chib & Shikha Sharma
from Senior Group (XI, XII) &
Tanvi Rajput from Pre-Senior B
(IX,X) bagged First position. In
Bouquet : Himanshu Sharma
from Pre-Senior A (VII, VIII)
bagged First position. In Basket :
Jahnvi Sharma from Pre-Senior
B (IX,X) bagged First position. In
Floral Carpet : Aditi Sharma &
Mohd. Hussain from Senior
Group (XI, XII), Chetan & Urgan
from Pre-Senior B (IX,X) &
Shivani Manhas & Isha Jamwal
from Pre-Senior A (VII, VIII)
bagged First position.
In Miniature, Samriti from
from Senior Group (XI, XII),
Vardan Saproo from Pre-Senior
B (IX,X) & Deepika Gupta & Arpit
from Pre-Senior A (VII, VIII)
bagged First position. Principal
Mr. Alok Betab congratulated the
winners and appreciated all the
participants for their creativity
and talent.
Minister for Social Welfare,
Forest,
Ecology
and
Environment Mr. Bali Bhagat today reviewed the functioning of
forest department in a meeting
with DFOs, Range officers and
other officers/officials of the forest territorial, SFC and forest protection force at Kishtwar today.
While reviewing the sector
wise and division wise performance of the Forest Department,
Mr. Bhagat directed SFC to dump
sufficient timber at Kishtwar for
the local needs. Re-organize the
forest divisions and make them at
par with administrative divisions, Minister further directed.
He asked to establish new Forest
Depots wherever necessary so
that the locals do not face shortage of timber. To bring transparency in the system Mr. Bhagat
instructed all the DFOs to display
the list of sanctioned timber beneficiaries in the offices besides he
informed that an online system to
track the application for timber
in the forest department is in off-
ing.
Expressing concern over the
huge chunk of encroached forest
land, Minister directed all the officers of the forest department to
strive on mission mode to retrieve back the encroached land.
Targets should be fixed for
each division for retrieving the
encroached land, he added. All
the condemned departmental vehicles should be auctioned immediately, Minister instructed the
concerend officer.
The employees of the forest
department
apprised
the
Minister about their issues and
demands such as removal of pay
anomalies, release of risk allowance, regularization of the forest employees working in the department, conduct of DPC etc. to
which Minister gave a patient
hearing and assured to redress
them.
Earlier, the Minister inspected the DFO office Kishtwar and
National Interpretation Centre
Kishtwar alongwith the Minister
of State for PWD (R&B) and
Revenue Mr. Sunil Kumar
Sharma.
JAMMU SATURDAY, APRIL, 2, 2015, PAGE 8
Glimpses of Future
Almost Total Devastation Near
Nepal Quake Epicentre: Red Cross
Agencies
Geneva, May 1:
The Red Cross warned today that nearly all homes had
been wiped out in some towns
and villages near the epicentre
of Nepal's devastating earthquake. The International
Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
said they remained "extremely
concerned" about the welfare of
hundreds of thousands of people in Nepal, five days after a
massive earthquake that killed
nearly 6,000 people.
In areas outside the
Kathmandu Valley, the fate of
many people remains unknown, the organisation said.
"Six Red Cross assessment
teams are reporting that some
towns and villages in the worstaffected districts close to the
epicentre have suffered almost
total devastation," it said in a
statement.
"Local residents are in a
desperate situation," it added.
The devastation appeared
particularly dire in the
Sindupalchowk region, a
mountainous area northeast of
Kathmandu, which was becoming a major focus of international relief efforts.
"One of our teams that returned from Chautara in
Sindupalchowk district reported that 90 percent of the homes
are destroyed," said Jagan
Chapagain, head of IFRC's Asia
Pacific division.
"The hospital has collapsed, and people are digging
through the rubble with their
hands in the hope that they
might find family members
who are still alive," he said in a
statement.
"We can expect the situation to be the same if not worse
in many other places where aid
has not yet been delivered," he
added.
IFRC said up to 40,000
homes were estimated to have
been
destroyed
in
Sindupalchowk, and the World
Health Organization said today
that some 1,400 people had been
killed there.
With so many families in
need, the Nepal Red Cross
Society said it had almost exhausted its relief stocks which
were sufficient for 19,000 families.
Yet getting more aid in
through Kathmandu's small international airport is expected
to be a challenge, with UN agencies reporting that a number of
aid flights have been delayed or
turned back due to congestion.
IFRC expects its first two
planeloads of fresh aid to arrive
at the airport Friday, with
stocks to serve 1,000 people and
a 60-bed rapid deployment
hospital,
but
emergency
warned far more was needed.
In the meantime, Red
Cross volunteers have been
distributing tarpaulins in affected areas to shelter thousands of people who remain too
afraid to return home because
of aftershocks and damage to
their homes.
BRIEF NEWS
Cover-up accusations in Central Africa
child sex abuse scandal ‘offensive’: UN
7.1 Magnitude
Earthquake Hits
Papua New
Guinea: USGS
Agencies
Geneva, May 1:
The United
Nations rights office said Friday
it
suggestions
tried to cover up
allegations of the
sexual abuse of
children
by
French troops in
Central
the
African Republic
were "offensive".
"I think any implication
that (UN human rights chief)
Zeid Ra`ad Al Hussein would
try to cover up sexual abuse (of)
children is frankly offensive
and highly unlikely if you look
at his personal history," Zeid`s
spokesman Rupert Colville told
reporters in Geneva.
He pointed out that Zeid
among other things was the author of the 2005 Zeid report, considered to be "the definitive UN
report on sexual abuse in
peacekeeping operations".
A number of non-governmental organisations have
cried foul after revelations this
week that an internal UN report was leaked last July to
French authorities with allegations that French peacekeepers
in CAR had sexually assaulted
hungry children in exchange
"The allegations of what
happened to these children are
abhorrent. The details obtained in interviews with alleged victims and witnesses by
UN investigators... are utterly
odious," Colville said, saying
the UN was "extremely glad"
France had launched an investigation.
He acknowledged that in
Agencies
Sydney, May 1:
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit off Papua New
Guinea today, 110 kilometres
south-southwest of the town
of Kokopo, the US Geological
Survey said, just a day after a
6.7 magnitude tremor in the
region. The quake hit at 1336
IST, 689 kilometres northeast
of the Pacific nation's capital
Port Moresby, in the New
Britain region at a depth of 53
kilometres.
There were no tsunami
the
Pacific
warnings,
Tsunami Warning Center
said. A 6.7 magnitude quake
hit the same region yesterday, 131 kilometres southwest of Kokopo, but there
were no reports of serious
damage. "This is the second
earthquake that has occurred in that region over the
last two days," co-director of
Joint
Australian
the
Tsunami Warning Centre
Daniel Jaksa told AFP.
"The previous one was
about 10 kilometres to the
southeast of this particular
epicentre. It's a very uninhabited region off the island
of New Britain. "The earthquake was a measure of 7.1,
so that's about 30 times smaller than the (recent) earth-
the past "there have been far to
many incidents of peacekeeping troops engaged in such acts,
whether within UN peacekeeping forces or, as in this case,
forces that are operating independently." He said the UN
rights office had been cooperating with the French investigation and welcomed Paris`s vow
to call for "the harshest punishments available under the law
for anyone found guilty."
The high-ranking UN employee accused of the leak,
Swedish national Anders
Kompass, has meanwhile been
suspended with full pay pending an internal investigation,
Colville confirmed.
He said the investigation,
requested by Zeid, was necessary since the confidential documents had been handed over
with unredacted names of victims witnesses and investigators -- "in possible breach of
strict rules that exist to protect
victims, witnesses and investigators." Such people "may be
extremely
vulnerable
to
reprisals," he explained, pointing to "plenty of cases elsewhere where they have disappeared."
Actress Elizabeth Hurley attends the Breast
Cancer Research Foundation's Hot Pink Party honoring Leonard A. Lauder at The Waldorf Astoria
Hotel, in New York.
quake in Nepal. "It should be
like the one yesterday -- no real impact." New Britain, the
largest
island
of
the
Bismarck Archipelago, is
east of mainland New Guinea
and has a population of
around 500,000 people. The island lies on the 4,000-kilometre long Pacific Australia
plate, which forms part of the
"Ring of Fire," a hotspot for
seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates.
Fuel shortages threaten Yemen relief efforts: Ban Ki-moon Kremlin says too early to speak
of Ukraine peacekeeping mission
Agencies
United Nations, May 1:
UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon has warned that dire
fuel shortages in Yemen were
threatening to bring all relief
operations to a halt "within
days" and said deliveries must
resume immediately.
"Humanitarian operations
will end within days unless fuel supplies are restored," Ban
said in a statement yesterday.
The UN chief called for an
"immediate resumption of fuel
imports to avoid making the already catastrophic humanitarian situation in Yemen even
worse."
World
Food
The
Programme (WFP) said earlier
that it was halting its food distribution in Yemen due to the
severe fuel shortage.
The agency is in urgent
need of more than 200,000 liters
of fuel to be able to continue distributing food supplies already
in its warehouses, stocks that
can feed 1.5 million people for
one month.
A coalition led by Saudi
Arabia launched an air war on
Yemen on March 26 to prevent
Shiite Huthi rebels from seizing the entire territory and to
restore the authority of
President Abedrabbo Mansour
Hadi, who was forced into exile.
The violence has severely
blocked shipments of food, fuel
and medicine.
All airports are closed to
civilian traffic and naval shipments are being delayed.
Ban repeated his call for an
immediate ceasefire and said,
short of that, there should be
humanitarian pauses in areas
affected by the fighting.
Agencies
Moscow, May 1:
Russia said on Friday that
it was premature to discuss the
deployment of a peacekeeping
mission in war-torn eastern
Ukraine before a peace deal
agreed in February is implemented in full. "Before the text
of the Minsk agreement and its
concrete points are implemented we believe that it would be
absolutely wrong to raise any
other issues including that
about peacekeepers," Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov told
Russian news agencies.
Thursday,
the
On
Ukrainian presidency said
Russian President Vladimir
Putin was open to the deployment of a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, after the leaders of both countries spoke by
phone with their French and
German counterparts.
"In the context of the discussion of ways towards a
peaceful resolution (of the conflict), President Putin has accepted the possibility of deploying a peacekeeping contingent
to the Donbass region," the
Ukrainian presidency said in a
statement. Moscow however
made no mention of a possible
peacekeeping force in its own
statement issued after the
talks. The French presidency
also made no such reference,
saying in a statement that the
parties had reviewed the imple-
Iran’s Zarif congratulates new US Seeks Clarification
Saudi FM despite tensions
From India on Suspension
of Licenses of NGOs
Agencies
Tehran, May 1:
Iran`s Foreign Minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated his newly-installed
Saudi counterpart
on his appointment,
Iranian media reported Friday, even
as tensions flare between the rival regional powers over
Yemen.
Zarif said he
hoped that "relations between the
Islamic Republic of
Iran and the Saudi
monarchy will develop" following the
nomination of Adel
al-Jubeir
as
Riyadh`s top diplomat. Tensions between Sunnidominated Saudi Arabia and
Shiite Iran have soared following the launch in March of a
Riyadh-led aerial campaign
against Shiite Huthi rebels in
Islamist rebels battle Syrian
army near Assad heartland
Agencies
Amman/Beirut,May 1:
Islamist rebels and the
Syrian Army fought fierce
battles in Latakia province
overnight close to President
Bashar al-Assad`s ancestral
home, the Army and rebels
said, after weeks of insurgent
gains in the country`s northwest. Rebels seeking to topple
Assad have in the past sought
to bring their four-year-long
insurgency close to coastal areas
in
government-held
Latakia, heartland of Assad`s
minority Alawite community. An army source told state
news agency SANA fighter
jets hit insurgent hideouts in
the northern Latakia countryside with "tens killed and
wounded." Latakia is the
main port in Syria and along
with the capital Damascus is
one of the most important government-held areas in the
country.
The violence follows advances in neighbouring Idlib
province by the hardline
Ahrar al-Sham group and
Syria`s al Qaeda wing Nusra
Front as well as other allied
fighters. Rami Abdulrahman,
who
runs
the
Syrian
Observatory for Human
Rights monitoring group, said
the Latakia battles started
with an Army offensive on
Thursday, backed by local
militias, aimed at pushing the
insurgents out of the province
in order to advance on captured areas of neighbouring
Idlib.
The Observatory, which
collects information from a
network of sources on the
ground, said at least five insurgents were killed and an
unidentified number from the
pro-government side.
Two rebel sources said
the fighting in Latakia was
near the mountains of Jabal
al-Akrad, close to some of the
highest peaks in Syria including Nabi Younis that overlook
Alawite villages and close to
Qardaha, hometown of the
Assad family.
"The capture of the peaks
would make the Alawite villages in our firing range," said
an Ahrar al-Sham commander based in Idlib on Skype.
The
Observatory`s
Abdulrahman said the army
wanted to secure the valley
and peaks in order to advance
on Jisr al-Shughour, a town in
Idlib province captured by insurgents a week ago.
In August 2013, Islamist
rebels and foreign fighters
briefly captured Alawite villages.
On Friday Syrian television said Army units targeted
"groups of terrorists" in the
eastern and southern Idlib
countryside and "eliminated a
great number of them and destroyed their weapons and
munitions."
Diplomats say rebels are
trying to pressure the overstretched army on as many
fronts as possible to spread its
resources ever more thinly.
Yemen.
The regional adversaries
have long vied for influence in
the Middle East, including in
the conflicts in Syria and Iraq
and in confessionally-mixed
countries such as Lebanon and
Bahrain.
Iran denies providing
arms to Huthi rebels in Yemen
and is insisting on a complete
end to Saudi-led strikes as a
condition for peace talks in the
impoverished Gulf nation.
A former envoy to
Washington, Jubeir was appointed foreign minister in a
major government shake-up in
the oil-rich kingdom earlier
this week, replacing the
world`s longest-serving chief
diplomat, Prince Saud alFaisal.
Agencies
Washington, May 1:
The US is seeking clarification from India on suspension of licenses of several thousands non-governmental organisations (NGO), a State
Department
spokesperson
said.
"We know the reports that
the Ministry of Home Affairs
suspended the licenses of several thousand NGOs. I don't
know if we have a precise
number,"
the
State
Acting
Department
Spokesperson, Marie Harf,
told reporters at her daily
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"We are seeking a clarification on this issue with the
appropriate Indian authorities. I don't have any response
to that yet," she said when
asked about news reports that
the Indian government has
suspended licenses of several
thousand NGOs.
The Indian government
had on Tuesday decided to
scrap licenses of more than
9,000 NGOs for allegedly violating Foreign Contribution
Regulation Act (FCRA), accusing it of being "revengeful" and
targeting selectively.
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and "considered areas for improvement". Asked on Friday
whether Putin agreed to a
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Peskov said: "No, this is not
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Peskov said that Russia is
not against the idea of a peacekeeping mission but it is not up
to it to agree to one as it is not a
party to the conflict.
It was up to Kiev and the
rebel regions to agree on the issue, added the Kremlin
spokesman. "There is a document signed by representatives of Kiev and Donbass and
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peace deal for Ukraine in a lastditch effort to stop months of
fighting between pro-Russian
separatists and Kiev forces.
Despite the Minsk ceasefire deal, European observers
say both sides are still exchanging fire in the east.
The conflict has killed
more than 6,000 people in the
past year and displaced a million, according to the United
Ukraine`s
proNations.
Western President Petro
Poroshenko has repeatedly
called for an international
peacekeeping mission to his
country.
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US allies appear reluctant to
send weapons or troops to
Ukraine for fear of escalating
the conflict, which has damaged their relations with
Moscow.
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BUSINESS & SPORTS
JAMMU SATURDAY MAY, 2, 2015, PAGE 9
Glimpses of Future
Govt initiatives to
take India's growth to
9-10%: Arun Jaitley
New Delhi, May 1:
Initiatives being taken by
the government to boost investments and introduce tax reforms will lead to 9-10 percent
economic growth in the coming
years, Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley said today. "The cumulative impact of these (initiatives),
I believe, will increase our ca-
pacity to grow is more than 9 percent, it is 10 percent," he said in
an interview to Doordarshan.
Significant work is being
done in the infrastructure as
well as agriculture sectors and
the government is making special efforts to tackle farmers issues, particularly irrigation, he
added. Jaitley said the government has created transparent
environment and has given up
discretionary powers to dole out
incentives to corporates.
"We do not hear the word
corruption in this government.
If you have spectrum, coal, mine
reserves auction them... The
money that comes from auctioning of coal and mines they go to
the states from where the reserves were generated," he said.
Indian economy is expected
to grow at 8-8.5 percent in the
current fiscal, up from 7.4 percent estimated in previous financial year. On Goods and
Services Tax, Jaitley said: "GST
we are trying to bring."
According to estimates, the
implementation of GST - the indirect taxes reform - will add 1-2 percent to India's GDP. Touted as the
biggest reform in indirect taxation, GST will subsume central
excise, state VAT, entertainment
tax, octroi, entry tax, luxury tax
and purchase tax on goods and
services to ensure seamless transfer of goods and services. The bill
on GST was introduced in the Lok
Sabha in December.(PTI)
Non-subsidised LPG rate cut BSNL, MTNL
unlimited free
by Rs 5; ATF to cost more
calling at night
to be effective
from today
New Delhi, May 1:
New Delhi, May 1:
Price of non-subsidised LPG
was on Friday cut by Rs 5 per
cylinder even as jet fuel (ATF)
rates were marginally raised in
step with global trend. The price of
non-subsidised or market-priced
domestic cooking gas (LPG) was
cut by Rs 5 to Rs 616 per 14.2-kg
cylinder in Delhi, state-owned fuel
retailers said. The reduction
comes on the back of two successive hikes - Rs 5 on March 1 and Rs
11 on April 1. Households are entitled to 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg each
at subsidised rate of Rs 417 in
Delhi. Any requirement beyond
this has to be bought at the market
price, which is now Rs 616 in
Delhi. In Mumbai, non-subsidised
cooking gas has been cut by Rs 4.50
to Rs 627.50, while it will cost Rs 649
in Kolkata as against Rs 654.50,
previously. Chennai will see a
price cut of Rs 5.50 to Rs 608.50 per
cylinder. Rates vary from state-to-
state depending on the incidence
of local sales tax or VAT. Oil companies raised price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, in Delhi
by Rs 272 per kilolitre or 0.5 percent to Rs 49,609.84 per kl. The increase comes on the back of a 2 percent reduction in rates last year.
Jet fuel constitutes over 40
percent of an airline's operating
costs and the price cut will reduce the financial burden on
cash-strapped carriers. No immediate comment was available
from airlines on the impact of
the price hike on passenger
fares. State-owned fuel retailers, Indian Oil Corp (IOC),
Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL)
and Hindustan Petroleum Corp
(HPCL) revise jet fuel and nonsubsidised LPG prices on the
first of every month based on average imported cost and rupeedollar exchange rate. The same
on petrol and diesel is done on a
fortnightly basis.(PTI)
Rahul Mittra takes over as CEO Online medicines sale: FDA orders
of Wave Group's film business FIR against Snapdeal CEO
New Delhi, May 1:
Rahul Mittra, filmmaker
and producer of films like
'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster',
'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster
Returns', 'Bullett Raja' and
'Revolver Rani' and founder
Brandsmith and Brandsmith
Motion Pictures has taken over
as CEO of Wave Cinemas' film
production and distribution
business.
Known for backing content
based cinema, he has over 20
years of experience in media,
corporate communication and
brand management and is a well
known name in the realm of media, film industry, government
and the corporate world. He has
won multiple awards for his innovative business practices and
films.
Industry sources reveal
that Mittra has been brought in
to streamline the company's
movie business, apart from
green lighting some big film
projects and will directly report
to Wave Group Chairman Raju
Chadha.
The Wave Group is a business conglomerate with an impressive portfolio of businesses
including sugar manufacturing, distilleries and breweries,
real estate, malls and multiplexes, beverages, sports and entertainment and attributes a major
part of its success to its former
chairman Ponty Chadha.
SPORTS NEWS
Rajasthan Royals look to
get back to winning ways
Agencies
MUMBAI, May 1:
Rajasthan Royals has gone off the boil with no victory in the
last three IPL games. Two stunning defeats at adopted home
base, Motera’s Sardar Patel stadium, was followed by the next
two away clashes washed away by rain. With Rahul Dravid
mentoring the squad, there is no tremor within, just quiet acceptance that the middle-order batsmen need a steadying influence in the matches ahead. Ajinkya Rahane anchoring the batting by playing out maximum overs would be par for the course
at the Wankhede stadium on Friday night. Technique and timing were his assets, since coming under Dravid’s influence, the
Twenty20 opener expanded the range of strokes to become
known for substance and style. Averaging 53-plus in the eight
matches so far, he is the leading run-makers in IPL 2015.
Mumbai Indians, which RR face next, will celebrate his
wicket, like other sides do. Steve Smith is another high-value
batting asset at the top for the visitors, whose presence at the
crease sparks younger teammates into action. The Shane
Watson-led side has done enough in the eight games so far this
season, winning five at a stretch and in different situations, to
approach the Wankhede tie with a positive mindset. Rahane
or Smith slipping into the groove will take pressure off others.
MI is an experienced bunch, the stark aspect about its approach being predictability in bowling. Five losses out of seven matches show the formula needs re-thinking, the problem
is team management’s faith in the big names. Lasith Malinga
is a magnet for fans, but the Sri Lankan slinger should be taking more wickets than 10 scalps in seven ties so far. Batsmen
read his deliveries easily, the swinging yorker is no longer a
shocker. Injuries to specialists forced MI into looking at options than by design. Aussie pacer Ben Hilfenhaus and Kiwi
all-rounder Colin Munro, drafted in as injury replacements,
lend a fresh dimension to the attack in dire need of wicket-takers. When bowlers got into action against RCB and Sunrisers
Hyderabad, MI ended up winning. Mitchell McClenaghan is
troubling batsmen with pace and can be effective with better
support at the other end from Harbhajan or Kieron Pollard.
Twenty20 is about springing surprises on opponents in
match situations. The home team is far behind the visitors in
this tactical aspect. RR revel in catching rivals off guard, so the
next trick up Watson’s sleeve in an effort to turn the match
around will be watched with interest by fans in the stands and
parade of coaches in the MI dugout.
Djokovic pulls out of Madrid
to rest before French Open
Madrid, May 1:
World number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from
next week`s Madrid Open for a second consecutive year to rest before the Rome Masters and the French Open, organisers of the
clay Masters event said on Wednesday. "The Serb announced that
... he will take time out to rest before continuing with his planned
calendar at the Rome and Roland Garros tournaments," a statement on the Madrid Open`s official site (www.madrid-open.com)
said. Djokovic has been in imperious form this year, following up
his triumph at the Australian Open with victories at the Masters
events in Miami, Indian Wells and Monte Carlo. With Rafa Nadal
yet to get back to top form after illness and injury, many expect
Djokovic to end the Spaniard`s reign on clay at the French Open,
the only one of the four slams the Serb has yet to conquer.
Mumbai, May 1:
Maharashtra's Food and
Drugs Administration (FDA) on
Friday said it has ordered filing
of FIR against e-commerce major Snapdeal.Com's CEO Kunal
Bahl and directors of the company in a case related to alleged online sale of medicines, including
drugs.
FDA
prescription
Harshadeep
Commissioner
Kamble told reporters here that
filing of an FIR has been ordered
against Bahl as well as directors
of Snapdeal. When contacted,
the company spokesperson did
not offer any immediate comment. Last month, FDA had
raided the company's premises
here in this regard. At that time,
Snapdeal had said it was delist-
ing the drugs from its portal and
was assisting the regulator in
the investigation.
FDA had earlier issued a notice to the company and it was
asked to furnish details of the
drugs offered for sale, distribution and exhibited for sale on its
website Snapdeal.Com.
The raid followed FDA receiving information that various medicines, including prescription drugs, were being sold
online through Snapdeal.Com.
As per the law, only a licensed
retailer can sell drugs, and that
too on the basis of prescription
of a doctor, Kamble said, adding
such type of online sale of drugs
is not allowed as self medication
can be harmful. (PTI)
BSF School wins basketball
Tournament trophy
GOF Staff Reporter
JAMMU, May 01:
The BSF School clinched
the Golden Jubilee CBSE
Jammu
Sahodaya
(interschool)
Basketball
Tournament, held here today.
The BSF School hosted the
event to mark the 50 years of existence of the force. In the final,
BSF School defeated MHAC
Nagbani 36-35 in a well contested decider. Earlier, in the semifinals, BSF School defeated Air
Force School 27-18 while MHAC
Nagbani trounced KC Public
School in a close contest 23-22.
Sahil Mottan from losers,
MHAC Nagbani was adjudged
as best player of the tournament for being highest scorer.
Deputy Inspector General
(PSO), Jammu Frontier of the
BSF, Ram Awtar was chief
guest, who gave away winners
and runners-up trophies as also
other individual prizes.
Vice president of BWWA,
Kamlesh Ram Awtar was guest
of honour. Among other distin-
State-run telecom operator MTNL and BSNL's
unlimited free calling
scheme during night hours
will be effective from
Friday.
Earlier this month,
BSNL had announced unlimited free calling scheme
during night hours from its
fixed line phones to any operator including mobile
phones anywhere in the
country while MTNL yesterday announced unlimited free local calling at night
for its landline and broadband customers to any network.
The scheme would be
operational between 9 PM
to 7 AM and would cover all
type of connections for
BSNL users while for
MTNL users the STD call
charges have also been
made local by making call
charges rate at 180
sec/pulse.
Under
the
BSNL
scheme, all major landline
general plans of rural and
urban areas, landline special plans as well as all major Combo (landline with
broadband) plans are covered.
As per latest from telecom regulator Trai data,
BSNL which dominates
landline market was the
biggest loser of fixed-line
customers in February
while Airtel emerged as top
gainer. The company had
over 1.66 crore landlines at
the end of February.
Even after losing
162,556 landline customers
in February, the company
dominated the market with
62.26 percent share.
Meanwhile, as per data
Trai, MTNL had 11.4 lakhs
wired Broadband service
subscribers as of February
this year.
India's
telephone
(wireline) subscriber base
stood at 2.67 crore at the end
of February 2015 of which
MTNL accounts for over 35
lakh subscribers.
BUSINESS NEWS
Govt should have clarified on
past MAT dues on FIIs: Experts
New Delhi, May 1:
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's announcement of MAT exemption on certain incomes of foreign firms was a relief but the
government should have clarified on the tax treaty benefits for
past dues, tax experts said on Friday.
Replying to a debate on Finance Bill in Parliament, the
Minister said all capital gains from sale of securities as well as
royalties, interest, technical services fee earned by foreign companies will be exempt from MAT, if the normal tax rate on such
income is lower than 18.5 per cent. Commenting on this, PwC
Partner (Tax and Regulatory Services) Suresh Swamy said,
"Finance Minister could have clarified that FPIs with treaty benefits would be exempt from paying MAT for past year. That would
have given more confidence to foreign investors".
He said probably a clarity on these past tax notices would
come after six months when the Supreme Court decides on the
case of Mauritius-based Castleton Investment Ltd. EY Leader
(Business Tax) Sunil Kapadia said the foreign investors were
looking for certainty and clarity in taxation matters from the
Minister. "The clarification does not provide what happens for
taxation of past period. That still remains a controversial area,"
Kapadia said. This issue between foreign investors and government cropped up last year when the tax department started sending notices to FIIs to cough up MAT. These notices were based on
a decision by Authority for Advance Ruling, which directed
Castleton to pay MAT in India on their book profits.
So far, the government has sent MAT notices for over Rs 602
crore to 68 foreign investors. The amendments to Finance Bill
would bring relief to debt funds because interest income of debt
funds will also be exempt from MAT from April this year. Deloitte
Haskins & Sells Partner Rajesh Gandhi said the announcement is
positive for debt funds as MAT on interest would have been costly
for them. "The government has made it clear that going forward
MAT would not be applied on foreign investors. Some clarification on FIIs being able to avail treaty benefits and not be subject to
MAT should have been made clear," Gandhi said.
He added that since the government has said that there
would not be any retrospective amendment to Income Tax laws,
hence he could not provide that clarification. (PTI)
Gold, silver plunge on weak
global cues, low demand
New Delhi, May 1:
Snapping its three-day rising streak, gold prices retreated by
Rs 285 to Rs 27,190 per 10 grams at the bullion market on Friday
amid a weak trend overseas and subdued demand from jewellers
at current levels. Silver prices also dropped by Rs 700 to Rs 36,700
per kg due to reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers.
Bullion traders said sentiments turned bearish on weak global
trend where gold extended the biggest loss in almost eight weeks
after a report showed applications for US jobless benefits declined last week to the lowest in 15 years, boosting speculation
that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates sooner than expected. Gold in Singapore, which normally sets price trend on the
domestic front, fell by 0.3 per cent to USD 1,180.78 an ounce.
Besides, easing demand from jewellers and retailers at existing
levels dampened the sentiment, they said. In the national capital,
gold of 99.9 and 99.5 per cent purity tumbled by Rs 285 each to Rs
27,190 and Rs 27,040 per 10 grams, respectively. The metal had
gained Rs 425 in previous three sessions. (PTI)
Pak all out Zone Level Inter-School Tournament
for 628, 296 gets underway at Pouni
ahead of
Bangladesh
Agencies
KHULNA, May 1:
The DIG BSF Jammu Frontier, Ram Awtar gives away winners’
trophy to BSF School at BSF Stadium, Jammu on Friday.
guished gathering included
DIG, S M Mehta, Dharmendra
Pareek (DIG), B S Kasana (DIG
Sector), Dr Vinod Kumar
(Commandant-Medical) and
the Principals of various participating educational institutions. Earlier, Principal of host
BSF School Jammu, Dr S S
Khokhar welcomed the chief
guest and other distinguished
gathering in the final and valedictory function of the threeday competition. Vote of thanks
presented by incharge games
and sports, Veerji Pandita.
Pakistan established a 296run first-innings lead over
Bangladesh, with left-arm
spinner Taijul Islam restricting the damage and taking 6163 to help bowl out the visitors
for 628 on Friday, shortly before lunch on day four of the
first test.
Resuming the day 537-5,
Pakistan added 91 runs in the
morning session, and will be
aiming to bowl out Bangladesh
for a second time over the last
five sessions of the match.
Mohammad Hafeez was
the top scorer with 224. Azhar
Ali and Asad Shafiq made 83
each while Sarfraz Ahmed
scored 82. Misbah-ul-Haque
contributed 59. Taijul claimed
his third five-wicket haul in
just his sixth test, while offspinner Shuvagata Hom had
figures of 2-120.
GOF Staff Reporter
Reasi, May 1:
Inter-School
The
Tournament under the age group
of 14 and 17 years in the disciplines of kabbadi, Volleyball,
Wrestling and kho kho for boys
and girls got underway at Pouni,
here today. DySP (Hqr) ReasiMohan Sharma declared the tournament open in a simple function.
Earlier District Youth
Services and Sports Officer –Dr
SS Chib welcomed the chief
guest and presented detailed report of the tournament. He said
that players drawn from 11 different institutions are participating in this 2-day tournament.
Speaking on the occasion,
DySP Mohan Sharma said that
sports help to channelize the energy of the youth in positive direction and impressed upon the
students to take part in the
games and sports and also excel
in academics. He asked the
teachers to inculcate value of
patriotism, nation building and
moral values which would help
the students to face the challenges of life. Sharma appreciated the Sports Department for organizing such events thus providing the students a platform
to perform and excel.
ZEO Pouni, Principal HSS
Pouni, Headmasters of various
schools, teachers and a large
number of students were also
present on the occasion.
(IOA)
President
N.
Ramachandran,
said
HI
President Narinder Batra.
According to Batra, the
move was demonstrative of the
general dissatisfaction within
the IOA family. “We are not happy with the style of functioning
of the IOA President. Nobody
knows what is happening in the
IOA. Even some of the key officebearers of the organisation are
not being kept in the loop. Also,
the way we were presented before the IOC President has put us
in very poor light before the
IOC,'' Batra told The Hindu. “As
per the IOA constitution, twothird members have to initiate
the motion and we on behalf of
HI have started it.” The HI letter
addressing the IOA President,
Secretary
General
and
Treasurer said HI was taking
the step as ''we are totally in disagreement with his working and
along with it we also feel he is
working towards weakening
and finishing off the IOA.” The
simmering discontent within
the IOA boiled over during the
recent visit of the International
Olympic Committee (IOC)
President
Thomas
Bach.
Members of the IOA, representatives of the National Sports
Federations (NSFs) and State
units were peeved over the ''lack
of protocol'' towards the IOC
President. Besides, they were also unhappy with the treatment
meted out to them during their
meeting with the IOC boss.
“I believe some other NSFs
have also initiated similar noconfidence motions against the
IOA President. However, I am
yet to get confirmation on that,''
said Batra. In the normal course,
the whole process might take at
least a couple of months to enter
a decisive phase.
I support ICC and BCCI on District Sport Hockey India initiates no-confidence
illegal action issue: Dravid Climbing meet motion against IOA chief
Agencies
Mumbai, May 1:
Rahul Dravid has wholeheartedly backed the ICC and
BCCI’s undertaking to root out
bowlers with illegal or suspect
action from the game. When
asked to comment on West
Indian off break bowler Sunil
Narine being banned from
bowling the stock ball (off
break) in the IPL, Dravid said:
I don’t want to focus and pinpoint on an individual. But in
general I do support the ICC
and BCCI’s efforts to try and
rid this issue from the game
and take it very seriously.’’
Dravid went on to say that
he doesn’t want to comment on
the Narine episode. “But as a
broad thing I do support the
ICC and BCCI’s effort to eradicate this issue (bowlers with illegal action) for a variety of
reasons. “A lot of people talk
about the misfortune of the individual bowlers, I would like
to draw the light on other people; what about the batsmen
who get out to someone with a
dodgy action and have their careers ruined,’’ said Dravid advising the authorities to take
corrective measures in junior
cricket. On his team’s form at
this stage, Dravid said, “it’s a
really good start for us. It’s
hard and it’s really a tough
competition. There are a lot of
evenly matched teams.
starts today
GOF Staff Reporter
JAMMU, May 01:
Scheduled to start today,
the Jammu District Sport
Climbing Championship shall
now take place from tomorrow
at already decided venue of
Sprawling
Buds
School,
Chinore, here tomorrow.
“The two-day competition
shall be declared open at the
only climbing wall of the city at
the school premises at 11 am,”
general secretary of J&K
Mountaineering Association,
Ram Khajuria told SAN.
A good number of boys
and girls drawn from various
educational institutions of the
district have confirmed their
entries for both ‘Speed and
Lead’ climbing in different age
categories.
Agencies
NEW DELHI, May 1:
Hockey India (HI) on
Thursday formally initiated a
no-confidence motion against
Indian Olympic Association
Glimpses of Future
CYMK
ENTERTAINMENT
Will Anushka
Sharma be the
reigning queen of
Bollywood this year?
Voice India: Sunidhi Chauhan,
Shaan, Himesh Reshammiya and
Mika to look for singing talent
oice is one of the most popular singing reality show that
has seen unprecedented popularity across the globe. It’s time for the
show to make an India entry which will
be aided by &TV and Endemol India
who’s adapted and produced the show
for our audience. You might rolls your
eyes at it calling it just another singing
reality show borrowed from the West
V
Before Rajkumar Hirani’s directorial venture PK hit
the screens in December last year, Anushka Sharma was
missing from the big screen for a long time. But as soon as
Hirani’s film released, Virat Kohli’s ladylove was back in
limelight and that too in style. Of course, the film starred
Aamir Khan but the Band Baaja Baaraat actress also
stood out in PK courtesy her performance. So while 2014
turned out to be a terrific year for Anushka, will 2015 belong to the B-town beauty? Well, till now this year has
been good for the talented actress as her maiden production venture N10 not only impressed the critics and
Bollywood bigwigs but it also managed to pull in crowd to
the cinema halls. With this film Anushka also proved her
versatility as an actress. No wonder, her dumdaar performance received appreciation from all quarters. Apart
from N10, the YRF protégé has two more interesting releases this year. Let’s take a look at them….
Bombay Velvet: After NH10, this much-awaited
Anurag Kashyap directorial is Ms Sharma’s next release
this year. Set in the ’60s, Anushka plays a jazz singer in
this period drama which also stars Ranbir Kapoor and
Karan Johar in the lead. A lot has been said about Bombay
Velvet whose trailer was unveiled not too long ago. While
it received mixed response, this Anushka-Ranbir starrer
is certainly one of biggest releases of this year.
Dil Dhadakne Do: After Bombay Velvet, the NH10 actress-producer will be seen in Zoya Akhtar’s eccentric
family drama Dil Dhadakne Do opposite her ex-flame
Ranveer Singh. Since the B-town beauty has teamed up
with Singh, there is a lot of buzz around this one. Though
technically Anushka isn’t the leading lady in DDD, we
hear she has got a interesting role in this flick. In fact, the
trailer of DDD which was unveiled recently garnered phenomenal response. So it won’t be surprising if this one
tastes success at the box office.
but there is something that made us look
forward to it. And it starts with the
judges…
It is very refreshing to see a singing
reality show being judged by musicians
and not by anyone and everyone.
Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan, Himesh
Reshammiya and Mika are the judges in
the show and so rest assured that the decisions will be made on the basis of tal-
'Brothers' to hit screens on August 14
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s made a
stunning picture in this shimmery black
dress and black blazer that she wore to the
Giorgio Armani show in Milan. As usual
Abhishek’s wifey was grace personified as
she stepped out to make a solo appearance
sans her family for Armani fashion show.
She clubbed her blazer and dress with a
pair of sexy ankle-straps and completed
this look with nude lips and smoky eyes.
Ash was one of the few chosen VIP guests
invited for the 40th anniversary celebrations of Armani. Unlike her appearance at
the reception dinner on Wednesday, where
Aishwarya sported a retro hairdo she
chose to keep it simple let her hair open instead.
Giorgio Armani has grand plans of reliving their 40-year history and will soon
open a museum called Silos in Milan.
Apart from celebrating their successful
four decades Armani’s this move is also to
up Milan’s profile and boost Italy’s economy. As far as our Jazbaa heroine is concerned she sported two very different
avatars at this do. While my personal
favourite is Aishwarya‘s blue Armani Fall
2015 runway look where the actress went
for minimal on make-up but a dramatic
look, Ash’s black magic woman avatar too
must have earned her quite a few applauds
SCREEN SHOW
Lara Dutta excited
for 'Singh is Bling'
Akshay Kumar's 'Gabbar Is Back' has released today
and actress Lara Dutta is going to star with the action superstar on their next project on Saturday.
Actress Lara Dutta posted that she was excited about
the movie:
Lara and Akshay have previously worked together in
movies like 'Khakee', 'Housefull' and 'Bhagam Bhaag'. The
movie helmed by Prabhu Deva is expected to release on 2
October 2015. The movie will also star Yo Yo Honey Singh
and Amy Jackson.
After Sunny Leone’s Ek Paheli Leela, Ahmed
Khan’s next a road film with Huma Qureshi!
The date to witness all the action and bromance of Dharma Productions' "Brothers"
has been set for August 14, on the eve of Independence Day.
“The Producer-Director duo of #Agneepath return with #Brothers on 14th August.
Excited much,” read a post on official Twitter account of the film.
Directed by Karan Malhotra, the film stars Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra,
Jacqueline Fernandez and Jackie Shroff. Filmmaker Karan Johar is co-producing the
film.
The film is an official Hindi adaptation of Hollywood film "Warriors" and it tells the
story of two estranged brothers.
The release date doesn't come as a surprise. In the past, Aditya Chopra offered a
clear window for "Brothers" by pushing the release date of his Shah Rukh Khan-starrer
film "Fan" forward.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan spins black magic with her
appearance at Armani’s 40th anniversary in Milan!
ent and not just X factor.
Also the fact that the contestants are
chosen through blind auditions is simply the best way of sifting through the
many aspirants. Here, only a good voice
can take you forward and not how you
present yourself. We definitely are looking forward to this fascinating show, the
American version of which is already
our favourite.
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2015, PAGE 10
Ahmed Khan is set to
a road trip that will
span the length and
breadth of the country. He has already
roped in Dolly Ki
Doli
director
Abhishek Dogra to
helm the film and
wants to cast Huma
Qureshi in the lead
role. Pre-production
work has started on
this film. About
Dogra,
choosing
Khan says, “I loved
the detailing to characters in Dolly Ki
Dolly and this film
needed someone like
him to flesh out the
characters.” Ahmed
will shoot the film in
India. “We have
such great landscape.
From the Rann of Kutch
to Kanyakumari, to the snow-capped mountains to the beautiful beaches, we have it all. Nobody has made a film
that covers the length and breadth of our country; my film will do exactly that,” he says. The ensemble cast will
feature three boys and two girls. While casting has yet to begin, Ahmed and Abhishek are clear about what actors they want. “I want actors, not just established names. The five characters are very well etched-out. For one
of the girls, Huma Qureshi would be perfect. She would be a great fit to play a biker girl as she has a pretty face
and no one would be able to actually imagine her like that,” says Khan. The film will go on the floors this year
Priyanka Chopra thanks Deepika Padukone and Bajirao
Mastani team after completing the face-off dance!
Priyanka Chopra loved shooting
for a song for Sanjay Leela
Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani in which
she shares the screen space with
Deepika Padukone. For long now
we’ve known that the Priyanka and
Deepika were to have a Madhuri
Dixit and Aishwarya Rai dance face
off in Bajirao. What was interesting
is that this song became so talked
about with buzz about the actors
working hard and competing with
each other making headlines. There
were also hush-hush talks about
how Bhansali wasn’t letting Remo
D’Souza choreograph the song.
However, all that drama has finally
concluded. And a relieved Ms
Chopra took to her Twitter account
to let her fans know…
Well, now that this much awaited song shoot is over we’re sure
everybody is eager to find out what it
looks like. However, knowing SLB
be ready to up your patience levels
and watch the masterpiece only
when it is perfectly edited. Until then
you can come back here o get all the
updates on Bajirao Mastani, the
song and of course these two stunning heroines right here!
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2015, PAGE 11
BJP Trade & Industry Cell holds interactive meeting
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 1:
Bharatiya Janata Party's
Trade and Industry cell today organized an Interaction programme of Trade and Industry
members of Jammu with Dy. CM
Dr. Nirmal Singh, Industry and
Commerce minister Chander
Prakash Ganga, Sh Sat Sharma
MLA and Sh Rajesh Gupta MLA.
In this program, representatives from different trade and
Industry bodies highlighted
their grievance's and issues be-
fore the dignitaries. Prominent
issues raised were, construction
of Lake at Tawi, completion of
renovation of Mubarak Mandi
Comples, ISBT Bus Stand, construction of multi story parking,
giving boost to tourism etc.
Issues concerning trade like
VAT, issues of Ware House, congestion in various markets of
City were also highlighted.
Industry representatives also
raised their problems like regular electricity supply, expansion
of Industrial Zone, mega
Industry in Jammu etc.
Speaking on the occasion
Industry Minister assured the
gathering that they respect the
mandate given to them by the
people of Jammu and that he will
spare no efforts in mitigating the
problems of the Industrialists.
Dr.Nirmal Singh gave a patient hearing to the people. He
explained to them in detail about
various efforts being put in place
to bring speediness in governance in all respects like matters concerning municipalities,
JDA, and other mattera like increasing tourist inflow, repair
and construction of roads, trade
through international border.
On the issue of AIIMS in Jammu,
he assured that if J&K can have
two central universities, BJP is
committed on AIIMS in Jammu
also. Sanjay Nagpal conducted
the Interaction session of the
Program. Mr. Vikram
Randhawa, convenor Industry
Cell conducted the proceedings,
Mr. kulbhushan Mohtra, convenor of Trade Cell while presenting vote of thanks urged the
people to approach the cell for redressal of their problems.
JKWWS, GifT distribute relief kits to flood victims
Jammu, May 1:
Jay Kay Women Welfare Society and
Global International foundation (GIFT) jointly
organized a children painting competition and
distributed relief kits to the victims of flood at
Panchayat Garh in Parmandal block, distt.
Samba. On this occasion, Abdul Rashid, Naib
Tehsildar was the chief guest while Sh. Balram
Singh Inspector block Parmandal shared the
presidium on the behalf B.D.O. Parmandal, Sh.
Rakesh Dubey. Abdul Rashid while addressing
the gathering said that the government department of the state government left no stone unturned to help the flood victims as for as possible
. However, he appreciated the efforts of both the
organization i.e., JKWSS and GIFT {NGO’S}
who have come forward to help to the poor,
needy and downtrodden people of the remote
and far flung areas of the village Parmandal. He
also wished to the secretary JKWSS, Sh. Tilak
Raj Sharma for organizing more activities here
to encourage the rural children. Balram Singh
in his presidium address stated this step as
mankind welfare especially in the need of hour.
He also congratulated to the students who stood
in the merit in the painting competition. Dr.
Kamal Sharma noted artist adjudged the work
of children and nominated to Simrin Devi from
primary school Parmandal as first while Isha
Devi from Karnal and Sarishida Devi from
Karnal’s second and third respectively. About
20 families from block Parmandal who were affected by flood distributed kits comprised by
Blankets, Torch, and other materials for their
help. The prominent among those who were
present included Ms. Komal Mehra {Social
activist}, Ms. Gurumehar Kaur {Social activist}, and Hem Raj Sharma- Chairman
Grameen Sangharsh samiti, Parmandal
,Gopal Dass, P.T.Y.D.E, Dr. Joginder Paul
Jaswal , Tara chand { SA}, Munshi Ram,
Pardeep Singh { JKWSS}, Sh. Bamder Retd.
Head master {Parmandal}.Govind Ram Retd.
Headmaster conducted the proceedings of
the programme and also present vote of
thanks. Earlier Sh. T.R. Sharma, secretary
(JKwws) present welcome address
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PWD (R&B) DIV. UDHAMPUR
SHORT NOTICE INVITING TENDER
e-NIT No. 08 of 2015-16 Dated 27-04-2015
Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Div. Udhampur on behalf of Governor of J&K State, invite tenders by e-tendering mode from approved and
eligible contractors registered with J&K State Govt./CPWD and Railways upto 1600 Hrs on 11-05-2015 for the following work.
S.
Name of work
Name of Estimated Cost of
Earnest
Time allowed
Time and
Class of Position of
No
Divn.
Cost
docuMoney
for completion date of
contrac- funds
(in lacs)
ment
(in Rs)
opening
tor
(in Rs)
of tender
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1.
Upgd. Of roads by
PWD
285.10
6000/@ 2% of 30 days
13-05-2015
Hot mix Demanded
way of providing
(R&B)
the Esti(1200 hours)
Plant
and laying 30mm
Div. Udmated
holders
thick SDBC on:hampur
cost
1.01 Chopra Shop to Chak rakhwallan road.
1.02 Chak Sunari road
1.03 Sambal Gandala road
1.04 Krimachi Town road including approach road to PHC Krimachi Mansar.
1. Date of Publishing from 30-04-2015
2. The Bidding documents can be downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 0900 Hrs on 30-04-2015 to 11-05-2015
(1600Hrs).
3(a) The Bids shall be deposited in electronic format on the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 30-04-2015 to 11-05-2015 upto 1600 Hrs.
The bids received will be opened at 1200 Hrs on 13-05-2014 on line.
b. The complete bidding process will be on line.
c. A Pre-bid meeting will be held on 08-05-2014 at 1200 Hrs in the office of the Chief Engineer PW(R&B) Department Jammu to clarify the
issues and to answer question on any matter that may be raised at that stage as stated in Clause 9 of instruction to bidder of the Bidding
documents.
d. Technical bids of bidders shall be opened on line in the office of Chief Engineer PW (R&B) Department Jammu on 13-05-2014 at 1200 Hrs
4 Bid documents can be seen at and downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in Bid documents contain qualifying criteria for bidder, specifications, bill of quantities, conditions and other details.
5 The site for the work is available
6. Bids must be accompanied by bid security and cost of Tender Document as specified in column 5 & 4 of the table payable at Jammu
Pledged in favour of Chief Account Officer PW(R&B) Department Jammu. Bid security will have to be in any one of the forms as specified in the bidding documents and shall have to be valid for six months or more after last date of receipt of Bid.. The cost of downloaded
tender documents in form of DD shall be in separate envelope with cover marking cost of document pledged in favour of Executive
Engineer PWD (R&B) Div. Udhampur.
7. The original instruments in respect of cost of Documents, EMD/Bank Guarantee and relevant technical bid documents etc must be delivered to the Chief Engineer PW(R&B) Department Jammu, Lok Nirman Bhavan, Rail Head Complex Jammu w.e.f. 11-05-2015 to 1305-2015 upto 1100 Hrs. If the office happens to be closed on the date of receipt as specified, the EMD Documents fee will be received on
the next working day at the same time and venue.
8 Bids will be opened in the office of the Chief Engineer PW (R&B) Department Jammu. If the office happens to be closed on the date of
opening of the bids as specified, the bids will be opened on the next working day at the same time and venue.
9 The bid for the work shall remain open for acceptance for a period of 90 days from the date of opening of bids. If any bidder/tenderer withdraws his bid/tender before the said period or makes any modifications in the terms and conditions of the bid, the said earnest money
shall stand forfeited.
10 No Engineer of Gazetted rank or other Gazetted Officer employed in Engineering or Administrative duties in an Engineering
Department of the State Government is allowed to work as a Contractor for a period of two years after his retirement from Government
service, without permission of the Government. This contract is liable to be cancelled if either the contractor or any of his employees is
found any time to be such a person who had not obtained the permission of the Government as aforesaid before submission of the tender or engagement in the Contractor’s Service.
11 Other details can be seen in the bidding documents.
12 Instruction to bidders regarding e-tendering process
a The interested bidder can download the NIT/bidding document from the website http://jktenders.gov.in
b To participate in bidding process, bidders have to get (DSC) “Digital Signature Certificate” as per Information Technology Act-2000, to
participate in online bidding. This certificate will be required for digitally signing the bid bidders can get above mentioned digital certificate
from any approved vendors. The Bidders, who already possess valid (DSC) Digital Signature Certificates, need not to procure new
Digital Signature Certificate.
c The bidders have to submit their bids online in electronic format with Digital Signature. The bids cannot be uploaded without Digital
Signature No Proposal will be accepted in physical form.
d. Bids will be opened online as per time schedule mentioned in Para 3(a).
e. Before submission of online bids, bidders must ensure that scanned copy of all the necessary documents have been attached with bid.
f. The department will not be responsible for delay in online submission of bids whatsoever reasons may be.
g. All the required information for bid must be filled and submitted online
h. Bidders should get ready with the scanned copies of cost of documents & EMD as specified in the tender documents The original instruments in respect of cost of documents, EMD and relevant documents be submitted to the Tender Inviting Authority by Registered
post/courier as per time schedule specified.
i The details of cost of documents, EMD specified in the tender documents should be the same, as submitted online (scanned copies)
otherwise bid will not be accepted.
j Bidders can contact the undersigned for any guidance for getting DSC or any other relevant details in respect of e-tendering process.
k The guidelines for submission of bid online can be downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in
13 The key constructional material viz bitumen of grade 60/70 shall have to be used and purchased by the executing firm, all the requisite
test of the bitumen i.e Ductility, Penetration, Striping value and Elongation etc. shall have to be got done by the firm at its own cost and
submit the same to the concerned Executive Engineer/Nodal Officer before the start of work. In case the firm intends to buy bitumen
from the Department, the same shall be supplied at the stock issue rate of Rs. 67000/Per M.Ton.
14 Bitumen issued if any by the Department shall be accounted for 30mm thick SDBC layer only.
15 As per Circular No. CEJ/G/9993-10017 dated 04-10-2014 issued by Chief Engineer, PW (R&B) Department Jammu, qualification criteria required for the work is as under :S.No Particulars
Amount
Financial Turnover
Similar Nature
1.
All Civil Works
Upto Rs. 100.00 Lacs Nil
Nil
2.
All Civil Works
Above Rs. 100.00Lacs 40% of the Advertised
Should have at least completed one
upto Rs. 200.00Lacs
Amount in any one year in
work of similar nature 1/5th of Adverlast five years
tised amount as a prime contractor
in any one year in last five years
Above Rs. 200.00Lacs As per terms & conditions of
As per terms & conditions of Notice
Notice Inviting Tender (NIT)
Inviting Tender (NIT)
3.
Bituminous Work
Only registered plant holder can participate in tendering process, subject to fulfillment of other
eligibility conditions.
16 5% extra bank guarantee shall have to be given by the lowest eligible bidder within 05 days from the date of intimation failing which the
offer will be given to 2nd lowest eligible bidder at the rates offered by the first lowest bidder having a minimum period of 03 Years (Defect
Liability Period). It will be the responsibility of the firm executing the work to maintain the road surface during the Defect liability period.
Any pot holes/patches/bleeding developed or any other type of failure on the road shall be repaired by the contractor, failing which the
bank guarantee shall be operated upon and repair shall be done at risk and cost of contractor / Firm.
17 The design mix formula shall have to be got approved from the concerned Executive Engineer/Nodal Officer before the start of work.
18 Labour for Traffic control/watch and ward as per necessity at site shall be supplied by the firm and nothing extra shall be paid in this behalf by the Department.
19 No payment shall be made without the required test from the PWD lab for density test as well as bitumen quality test.
Executive Engineer
No. DIP/J-706/2015
PWD (R&B)Div. Udhampur
Dated : 30-04-2015
Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2015
arrangements reviewed
Anantnag, May 01:
To ensure smooth conduct of Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2015
Additional
District
Development
(SANJY-2015),
Commissioner, Anantnag, Mr. Hashmat Ali Yatoo convened a
meeting of officers here today. The meeting was attended by
Additional Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Chief Executive
Officer Pahalgam Development Authority, Sub-Divisional
Magistrate Pahalgam, Executive Officer Pahalgam
Municipality, ARTO, Tehsildar Pahalgam and other concerned
Officers besides representatives of Ponywalla Unions,
Transport Operator Unions, Hotel and Tent Union members.
During the meeting, various issues with regard to the smooth
conduct of SANJY-2015 were discussed threadbare. The representatives of various service provider unions put forth their demands and viewpoints. The arrangements with regard to
Tentage, sanitation and other arrangements were also reviewed. The rates for different services like ponies, transport
fare, night stay charges in tents, etc were finalized in presence of
the representatives of the concerned service provider unions,
who inturn expressed satisfaction on the fixed rates SDM,
Pahalgam gave a detailed account of the preparations made till
date and assured that the same will be completed well in time.
He further stated that draw of lots for allotment of spaces and
other services will be held on May 5 and 6, 2015. Additional
District Development Commissioner instructed all the concerned officers to ensure all the arrangements before the commencement of the Yatra. He directed the heads of different agencies and departments to work with close coordination so that finalization of the arrangements is not hampered at any cost.
Sikhs condemns attack
on Gurdwara in Kishtwar
Jammu, May 1:
Sikhs of Jammu and Kashmir
strongly condemned the cowardly and
highly outrageous act of miscreants at
a Gurdwara in Kishtwar yesterday. In
a press statement issued here today,
J&K Gurdwara Parbandhak Board
chairman, said “An complaint was
filed by S. Attar Singh on 29th April
2014 against the miscreants but no action was taken by the authorities,
Emboldened by the inaction of the police the same goons on 30.04.2015
forcibly entered the Gurdwara Sahib,
brutally beaten up the Granthi Singh,
Vandalized the Gurdwara Sahib end
even committed sacrilegious acts”, he
added. He urged the Govt in general
and BJP in particular which claims to
have formed this Govt for the= development of the state to act immediately,
take stern action against the culprits
and book them under relevant provisions of law to restore the confidence
of Sikh community. He also appealed
to all peace loving citizens of the state
to register their strong protests to isolate such forces and safeguard the secular credentials of the state.
May Day Celebrations in Samba: Industrial labourers
suffer most without job contract, inadequate wages
Manjit appeals Govt to regularize daily wagers/ contractual/ adhoc employees
GOF Staff Reporter
Samba, May 1:
Former Minister and Congress General
Secretary Manjit Singh today expressed concern over low wage and suffering of labour class
on the occasion of May Day which was celebrated here at Samba district. Attending a function
as Chief Guest, Manjit Singh laid down stress on
the constructive role of labour class for the nation which has been put to suffering in the absence of adequate wages. He demanded that
wages for the labour class should be enhanced to
Rs 12000 per month so that they can run their
families in view of price rise of the essential
commodities. Singh taking a dig at the industrialists in Jammu division said, they don’t hire permanent staff in many areas instead approach
contractors who provide them labourers on
without any formal contract leaving the poor
people to work without getting their rights under
labour laws. “In many of the industrial units or
Pak
factors, labourers are being engaged though contractors and the workers are not given their
rights,” he alleged, while condemning the system
and silence of the Government towards the suffering of the people.
He said real celebration of May Day would
mean for poor people when they will get their
rights like adequate wages, 8 hour working
hours and other facilities being provided to a
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change" would only take place if somebody else comes and settle
there but Kashmir is KPs' birth place. "There is no logic in it only because that it is KPs birth place. Anybody who wants to return back to
its birth place has a right on it and nobody can stop him ... It is not only
his birth right but also constitutional right", he said. "Demographic
change would only take place if somebody else comes and settle there.
Those who are opposing it, whichever religion they belong to, if they
settled in some other parts of the country, same questions can be
raised against them", he said. "If tomorrow you (KPs) also start questioning where should a separatist or mainstream politician live or settle with which right he can purchase a house in Noida or in
Malvianagar", he stressed. He said "I think after long many years in
the last 11 months or so after new government comes into existence,
people of the country particularly living along the border line have began to realise more than ever that we are safe and secure in the present
dispensation". Asking KPs to assert themselves and fight for the
cause, Dr Singh said "We have to change the course of the journey of
Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) now. These martyrs like Sarvanand Premi
are our heritage. Time has come when KPs to assert themselves. It
should not be through violence but through arguments".
He said that there should be no controversy over the return of KPs
to the Valley as they have" birth and constitutional right over it."
"Their right does not end just because they are away from homes from
last 25 years,"he said. He said that Kashmiri Pandits are not only representing the "exodus from Kashmir Valley", but the forces of nationalism wherever they have gone and settled. Hinting out those opposing
KPs return to the Valley, he said "It would have been best that those
people come and taken KPs to Valley and settle them there with dignity
and security and government would have only mean a facilitator".
Pak
Conference activists or members of any of its constituents.
Anybody can come and join a public rally and indulge in such an act.
We have nothing to do with it,” said spokesman of his faction of
Hurriyat Conference, Ayaz Akbar. In Jammu Deputy Chief Minister
Nirmal Singh claimed last time this happened, law took its course &
same thing will happen again. Singh said govt is in place to take action
against such things, police will tackle these elements. While addressing Friday’s rally, Geelani said the annual Amarnath Yatra should
not exceed 30 days keeping in view ecological and environmental concerns. “Our Hindu brethren are welcome in Kashmir to join the yatra
but it should be restricted to a minimum of 15 days and maximum one
month and not beyond that,” he said. Geelani further said that extending the pilgrimage to two months has had an adverse impact on the environment of Himalayas. “For the same reasons if you can restrict
and regularise the pilgrimage in Gangotri, where you have a limit of
150 pilgrims per day, why can’t it be done here (Amarnath)?” he
asked.(JKNI)
CM
the State has a location to offer. “People want to see the real beauty of Kashmir through your cameras. You become brand ambassadors of our tourism sector, which remains the backbone of our economy,” he said. Urging Bollywood to put J&K in its itinerary, Mufti
Sayeed offered all support to the industry in facilitating their shooting
plans in the State. The Chief Minister had met Dalip Kumar and
Shahrukh Khan yesterday.
Speaking on the occasion, many stars and filmmakers including
Rishi Kapoor, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Irrfan Khan and Anupam Kher,
shared their past experiences and future plans of making films in
Kashmir. They assured the Chief Minister of Bollywood’s full support
in reviving ties with J&K. Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh,
Minister for Finance & Culture, Dr. Haseeb A. Drabu and Minister for
IT, YS&S and Technical Education, Imran Raza Ansari, also attended
the dinner. Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas,
Commissioner / Secretary, Tourism and Culture, Shailendra Kumar,
MD JKTDC and Director Tourism, Kashmir, Farooq Ahmad Shah,
were also present on the occasion.
Omar
“Imagine what @BJP4India would have said if as CM I’d been sitting in Bombay (Mumbai) surrounded by movie stars while Pak flags
are waved in Kashmir”. The former Chief Minister was referring to
waving of Pakistani flags during a Hurriyat Conference rally in Tral
town of Kashmir and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed meeting Bollywood stars in Mumbai yesterday for promoting shooting of
movies in the Valley.
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registered worker or labourer. Taking example of some of the companies which were closed
and they did not pay any wage to their workers,
Manjit Singh said, the Government should
keep a check on the working of the industries
so that the poor section of society should not
suffer. Singh further said that the Government
should consider the demands of the PHE daily
wagers, Anganwadi workers/helpers, and other adhoc and contractual people who have
been working at par with permanent employees but get less wages with no job security.
Meanwhile, atleast 12 people joined Congress
party on the occasion, and two minutes silence was observed for those sacrificed their
lives for the cause of Labours. Those who
were present on the occasion include Block
president Samba Kumer Singh, Labour
Leader Gambir Singh Sambyal, vice president youth Congress Samba Sandeep
Sharma, senior Congress leader and trade
Unionist Chander Shaker Sharma and others.
section 313 of the CrPC has admitted all the incriminating evidence that has come on record against him in this trial. Keeping in
view the evidence....I, therefore, do not have any hesitation in holding
the accused guilty of all the charges framed against him," the judge
said. According to the police, they had received an information that
Abudulla was hiding somewhere in Delhi and he would come to Hauz
Khas area in south Delhi to meet one of his associates with illegal
arms and ammunition in November, 2010.
It said that a police team reached at the spot and after the accused
was seen, they asked him to surrender but he took out a firearm and
shot at the cops. The bullets hit two policemen on their bullet proof
jackets. The police said that after exchange of fire between them,
Abudulla surrendered and one pistol with three live cartridges were
recovered from his possession. It said that during interrogation, he
had disclosed that he could get recovered illegal arms and ammunition from forest area of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir after which
the cops reached Kundra Dhan Nala in Rajouri and a cave was
searched. It said that two bags containing one AK-56 rifle, its four magazines, one hand grenade, one combat gun pouch and other materials
were recovered from there.
During pendency of trial before the court, Abudulla moved an application seeking to plead guilty to the charges framed against him.
Thereafter, the court convicted him for the offences for which
charges were framed against him.
India,
and cordial environment. The delegations parted amidst feeling
of friendship and commitment towards enhancing the exciting cordial relations and maintaining peace along LAC," he said. PTI
Fresh
horticulture sectors of the area, the official said.
Masarat
masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks. India suspects Saeed
had supported the recent strike call in Kashmir to protest the arrest of
Masarat. A separatist leader said that “nothing much should be read
in the calls” as Masarat “might have got congratulatory calls” from
several “well-wishers” upon his release in March this year. He had
been arrested during the 2010 summer unrest in the Valley.
(Agencies)
Rescuers
(Medecins Sans Frontieres or MSF) providing the vital human
link and compassionate touch amid chaos, pain and panic. "We are a
team of 61 people from MSF. Our first cargo plane from France, containing four inflatable tents to construct field hospital, as well necessary medical supplies has already arrived. "On Wednesday, a team
was able to get more than 200 shelter kits to the village of Gumba in
Gorkha district. Yesterday, further assessments were being carried
out in hospitals in Kathmandu and Bhaktapur to evaluate the capacity for management of 'crush syndrome'," a senior official of MSF India,
told PTI here. ICRC is supporting the Nepal Red Cross Society in their
response to the mounting needs of families and affected communities
in the country. It has also launched a website to trace missing families. "Our efforts include restoring contact between family members
separated by the earthquake, and providing critical first aid materials and support," the ICRC said. The ICRC is also promoting proper
and dignified management of dead bodies. "To this end, we have provided 400 dead body bags to the Department of Forensics Medicine. In
addition, seven sets of dressing modules have been provided to the
hospitals to treat quake injured people," the organisation said. Nepal's
Army Chief yesterday feared that the death toll in the quake could be
as high as 15,000. NGOs and philanthropic institutions have poured in
funds and relief materials in this difficult time for Nepal to help it cope
with the tragedy of catastrophic proportions.
Back in India, hundreds of volunteers from New Delhi to
Bangalore have turned into foot soldiers to raise funds for the cause.
"We are a group of 500 students studying here in India. We feel devastated by the tragedy in our country. So, we are raising funds to buy relief materials to send it there, We have already sent the first batch of it
and as soon as we are able to raise more money, we will send the second one too," 20-year-old Prajwal Basnet told PTI in New Delhi.
Pak
told reporters: “Any effort to create special dedicated townships or
zones, or any other step to alter the demographic make-up of Jammu
and Kashmir, is in violation of the UN Security Council resolutions.”
Civilian
Snatching
He has suffered injuries in left leg.Police have started investigation in this regard.
entered into his Jhuggi and allegedly took away cash Rs 7000 from
him. Following the complaint, police registered a case and started investigation during which they identified three policemen assigned
with flying -12 Roop Nagar in Janipur. The police men, according to
police, were identified as Constable Rash Pal Singh Number 3086/J,
Constable Davinder Singh Number 3031/J and SPO Sajjad Ahmed
Number 84/SPO. In this regard case FIR No.93/2015 U/S 451/384RPC
has been registered at police station Janipur against policemen and
further investigation of the case is going on. A serious view of this misconduct has been taken by higher officers. All the above said policemen have been arrested and also placed under suspension.
Man
border town where Bimber Gali-Mendhar road has been blocked
from the last six hours. Angered over the death of their son, the family
members of Mohammed Rafiq of Darglon alleged that their son was allegedly picked up several unidentified persons last evening from their
house and in morning hours, they found him tied and unconscious.
The aggrieved family members rushed him to the hospital for
treatment where Rafiq breathed his last. Following the death, the relatives and family members of the deceased assembled and blocked
Bimber Gali-Mendhar road from the last six hours.
Though administration tried to convince them, eyewitnesses
said, the demonstration was continue till the filling of this report.
Jammu
to massive landslides triggered by heavy rain at Peerah in
Ramban district yesterday. The men and machines of Border Roads
Organisation (BRO) have cleared the landslides on the highway last
evening and the stranded vehicles were allowed to proceed to their
destinations, police officials said. The authorities have allowed oneway traffic from Srinagar to Jammu today, they said. PTI
Education Department to rediscover contribution
of JK’s legendary literary personalities
Nadim Day to be observed in August; Akhtar Announces committee to oversee preparations
Srinagar, May 1:
The Education Department has decided to rediscover and bring to light
the great contribution of Jammu and
Kashmir’s legendary literary personalities in the State’s treasured cultural
milieu.
This was announced by the
Minister for Education, Mr Naeem
Akhtar at a meeting convened by him
in this regard at the regional office of
the Indian Council for Cultural
Relations (ICCR) here today.
Besides, Mr Ayaz Rasool Nazki,
Regional Head ICCR and Deputy
Commissioner Bandipora, Shah Faesal
representatives of Cultural Academy,
Kashmir,
Doordarshan
Radio
Srinagar, Information Department,
Education Department and Adbi
Markaz Kamraz were present on the occasion. It was decided in the meeting
that to begin with, the Education
Department would observe Nadim day
to highlight the remarkable contribution of great eulogist and devotional poet of Bandipora, Abdul Ahad Nadim
(1840–1911), whose multifaceted poetry
is cherished by the people in nook and
corner of Kashmir. Mr Akhtar called
for constituting a committee with rep-
resentatives from ICCR, Cultural
Academy, Information Department,
Education Department, Doordarshan
Srinagar, Radio Kashmir and other
concerned departments to chalk out
the programme for bringing to the fore
the contribution of Nadim to the
Court awarded life-imprisonment
to father in murder of her daughter
Jammu, May 01:
Principal Sessions Judge Jammu Mr. RS
Jain today awarded life imprisonment Ram
Preet Paswan who killed his own daughter.
According to the police case that one
Head Constble Kewal Krishan GRP on patrol
duty on 2/3 platform Railway Station Jammu
informed Chowki Police post, East GRP,
Railway, Jammu that in compartment for
Handicap persons of Amritsar-Bathinda
Express train, there is tied gunny bag is lying
unattended. After opening the gunny bag
which was lying in the compartment for
Handicap persons of Amritsar-Bathinda
Express train and discovered unidentified
dead body of woman aged about 20/21 years
and that some unknown person murdered
the girl at some other place and to destroy the
evidence, put the body in a sugar bag along
with old clothes left the body in the train compartment. On receipt of this docket, FIR
No.12/2013 was registered in police station
GRP Jammu for offence under section
302/201 RPC. During the investigation on
23.6.2013, the dead body was identified by
Satinder Paswan in presence of Joginder
Paswan, Lakhanpal to be Rintu Kumari
daughter of accused Ram Preet Paswan who
is living in Channi Rama for the last about 10
years in the house of Joginder Kumar along
with his wife and daughter. The aforementioned persons had found the deceased and
her parents on 20.6.2013 at 10/11 PM to be
present in their rented room at Channi
Rama, Jammu. That on 20.6.2013 in the morning, the aforementioned three persons found
the room of the accused to be locked and that
accused along with his family at midnight left
the place for some unknown destination and
nor accused informed anyone at his office in
FCI and also said that they know and recognize Rintu Kumari who is daughter of Ram
Preet Paswan and was having affair with one
Raju which was not liked by the accused and
his wife.
Principal Sessions Judge Jammu Mr. RS
Jain after hearing Adv RK Kotwal for the accused person observed that it is a settled
proposition that in awarding sentence in our
civilised society, a reasonable proportion has
to be maintained by the Court between the
heinousness of the crime and the punishment. The sentences are imposed to reflect
the seriousness of the crime, to promote respect for the law, to provide just punishment
for the offence, to afford adequate deterrent to
criminal conduct and to protect the community from further similar conduct. In awarding sentence the court must look in to the
crime, the victim besides the circumstances
of the criminal and the impact of the crime on
community. With these observation, Court
awarded imprisonment for life and a fine of
Rs.20000/- for offence u/s 302 RPC in causing
the murder of Rintu Kumari. JNF
Army to get Akash
air defence missile
system on Monday
NEW DELHI, May 1:
nding a long wait for a credible firepower to
tackle enemy’s fighters, helicopters and
drones, the Indian Army on Monday is going to
get the Akash missile system, a proven formidable shield
against any possible aerial threats. The Akash missile system will be “dedicated to Army” on May 5 in the presence
of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in a function held
at iconic Manekshaw Centre here, an Army official said.
“Parrikar will symbolically hand over the first surface-to-air Akash missile system that can be fired from mobile launchers with powerful multi-function radars to
evaluate and track threats,” the official said. Akash is basically an area specific missile defence system, which have
an interception range of over 25 km in all weather conditions. The Army will be getting two Akash regiments during the course of next two years. The system of six firing
batteries is to cost the Army about Rs 14,180 crore. It has already been inducted in the the IAF, which is in process of
deploying six squadrons of missiles in the north-eastern
region to counter the aerial threat emanating from China.
Both Air Force and the Army have appreciated the system,
declining several offers from foreign vendors for providing similar missile cover, while DRDO and French company MBDA are to jointly develop such missile system for the
Navy, under the project Maitry.
The Akash is part the integrated guided missile development programme, which has proven its worth beyond
doubts. Almost 100 per cent indigenous, the missile system
is being produced by the government owned Bharat
Electronics and Bharat Dynamics. (AGENCIES)
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In a much publicized Public
Interest Litigatio regarding construction of lawyers chambers,
parking and security of the Court,
Today a Division Bench of State
High Court Comprising Chief
Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and
Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur after
hearing President Bar Association
Jammu Adv Abhinav Sharma appearing for the Bar Associatio, directed Chief Secretary of J&K State
to release a minimum of Rs 4 Crores
in favor of the JKPCC within a period two weeks from today.
Division Bench also directed
JKPCC to commence the works
forthwith for completion of construction and for laying the road at
the entry point in war footing manner and complete the construction
including opending works with in a
period of 8 weeks from today.
DB after hearing Adv Abhinav
Sharma further observed that insofar blacktopping of the road leading
to new parking area in District
Court Complex, directed State to
commence the work through the
PWD immediately and if the same is
not possible and the work has to car-
Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti (MUSS)
has undertaken cleanliness drive here today at M A Stadium and GGM Science
College as a part of two day Sadhbhawna
Sammellan scheduled to be held from
Mar2,3. The workers of Manav Utthan
Sewa Samiti and volunteers of Manav
Sewa Dal participated in full enthusiasm
and clean the M A Stadium and Science
College. The drive held under the supervision of Mahatma Hari Santoshanand
and Mahatma Amar Belanand while other senior functionaries of the samiti were
also present on the occasion.
Sadbhavana Sammelan is being held
on 2nd and 3rd May 2015 at M A Stadium
for propagation of great noble cause of national integration and communal harmony and upliftment of mankind. Mahatma
Amar Belanand told that delegates from
all over India and abroad will participate
in the Sammelan. World known spiritual
luminary, Satpal Ji Maharaj an eminent
exponent of Sadbhavana along with
learned saints and scholars from different religious places of the country will
give their heartfelt discourses on the
spirituality which infuse the spirit of
goodwill, brotherhood and human values
among the people.
World Labour Day: Farmers carrying bundles of wheat on their heads in agriculture farm in Jammu on
Friday.
GOF PHOTO
DGP wants behavioral change in policing
to gain public confidence & cooperation
Jammu, May 01:
Stressing for behavioral changes in
policing at grass root level, the Director
General of Police (DGP), K. Rajendra
Kumar has asked for humane approach
in solving the public interest cases and
dealing law and order situations.
Rajendra was addressing a mega police durbar at Police Auditorium
Gulshan Ground Jammu last evening, in
which a large number of jawans and officers from all Jammu based wings including district police, traffic, railways, security, armed, IRP, SDRF, CID, Homeguards and telecommunication participated.
Addressing the durbar, Mr.
Rajendra said that behavioral change in
policing at police station level is vital to
gain public confidence and cooperation,
which is a great factor for people friendly
force. He said that community policing
and humane approach would bring visible changes in the working of Jammu
and Kashmir Police and strengthen police public relations. Public service is the
prime focused area of JKP and zero tolerance on human rights violation has
strengthened their relations with the
public, which is yielding good dividends
on law and order scenario in the State, he
added.
Cautioning the police against use of
disproportionate force, DGP asked for
careful handling of law and order situa-
tions and said that use of lethal weapons
should be avoided. He said that safety
and security of the people is our prime
concern, besides safeguarding integrity
of the nation.
Rajendra said that prompt disposal
of public complaints and registration of
FIRs followed by meticulous and prompt
investigation would improve the working of JKP, besides changing people’s
perception about the police. He said that
use of scientific aids during investigation have proved fruitful in completing
the cases on merits.
Emphasizing on sustained fight
against corruption and drug trafficking,
Mr. Rajendra asked the jawans and officers to brace them self against this twin
menace. He said that the police has a
challenging responsibility to eradicate
Mumbai, May 1:
Vashi Township, at Navi Mumbai, for facilitating people from J&K, especially
cancer patients who come for advance
treatment, as well as students and professionals.
He
said
the
State
Government has completed all the formalities for construction of JK House at
Navi Mumbai. Fadnavis assured Mufti
Sayeed that he will prioritize the request
ried out through some other agency,
a sum of Rs 50 lacs shall be sanctioned within two weeks and in such
even the executing agency shall
commence the work within two
weeks from today.
Sr. Adv Sunil Sethi appearing
for the PIL submitted that security
within the court complex is not adequately provided and the same is required to be strengthened by devising various future plans.
Division Bench said that on the
administrative side this Court constituted security committee comprising Sitting High Court Judge
along with law officers, leading
members of the Bar and Officers of
the High Court with effect from
April 20, 2015 and it is seen that pursuant to the interim directions given by this Court a committed was
constituted earlier to review the security aspects at Jammu and the
said committee also submitted its
report before the Registrar General
of this Court. DB also directed
Registry to forward the said report
to the said committee and the same
committee may go into all aspects
and devise ways and means to
strengthen the security aspects
within court premises. JNF
Jammu, May 1:
Also holds
discussions with
noted industrialist
Keshub Mahindra
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Jammu, May 1:
MUSS undertakes
cleanliness drive
Mufti meets Maharashtra CM, requests
setting up JK House in Mumbai
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed met the Chief Minister of
Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis here
this morning. During their meeting, the
two Chief Ministers discussed issues of
mutual interest between the two states.
Fadnavis also congratulated Mufti
Sayeed for taking over as Chief Minister
of J&K and wished him success. Mufti
Sayeed requested Maharashtra Chief
Minister for establishing a JK House at
Kashmiri eulogy. He said the committee would work under the overall guidance of DC Bandipora, who would coordinate the preparations for observing
the Nadim Day, in the first week of
August 2015. He said the Nadim
Memorial Higher Secondary School
Kaloosa, Bandipora and various cultural forums of district Bandipora
would be also involved in the preparations. “The aim of organizing such programs is to make aware our young generation about the State’s rich intellectual and cultural treasure,” Mr Akhtar
said and added that Nadim is among
the founders of Kashmir’s Naatiya poetry and it is our moral duty to aware
our future generation about his contribution.
It was also announced on the occasion that the Cultural Academy would
publish a special issue of the compilation of poetry of Nadim.
The Minister said that in the next
step the Education Department would
organize similar programs to highlight
the contribution of another great literary personality of Kashmir Dina Nath
Nadim. He also said that the Cultural
Wing of the Directorate of Education
would be made vibrant to play an active
role in this endeavor.
DB directs CS to release 4 crore
immediately for construction
of Lawyer’s Chambers
so that the land is allotted for the proposed J&K House.
Later, Mufti Sayeed met noted industrialist
Keshub
Mahindra,
Chairman Emeritus, Mahindra &
Mahindra Group. During their meeting, the Chief Minister discussed various issues, especially relating to investment in J&K’s industrial sector.
both corruption and drug trafficking
from the society. He said that corruption
is the root cause of all evils and it is our
prime responsibility to make the society
corruption free. He also spoke about the
growing challenge to the society from
land mafia and said that police has to discharge its responsibility in dealing with
the mafia which has bearing on law and
order situation. The criminals have to be
brought to the book, he added.
Rajendra highlighted the benefits of
Civic Action Programme (CAP) and
asked the police officers to take up more
activities under the programme in different areas. He asked for involving
youth in sports activities to channelize
their energies for productive purposes.
He said the youth constitutes a major
part of the society and their envelopment
Non-subsidised LPG rate cut
by Rs 5; ATF to cost more
in all such programmes needed to be encouraged. He said these programmes
have potential to win the hearts and
minds of the people.
Referring to the cross border activities, the DGP asked the police to maintain constant vigil along the LOC and the
IB and defeat nefarious designs of enemies to infiltrate into over areas and disturb the peace. He asked for better preparations to handle the situations proportionately.
The DGP said that in order to
strengthen the image of the organization
among the people, a spirit of public service is to be inculcated among the force.
Police public coordination is of paramount importance to keep the peace and
order maintained in the society.
The DGP gave a patient hearing to
the problems put forth by the Jawans
during the durbar and issued on the spot
directions for their redressal. The durbar was followed by Barakhana.
On the occasion, the DGP released a
book titled “Behavioral changes in police in 21st century” written by Dr. Ram
Lubhaya, Rtd. ADGP of JKP.
Among others, the durbar was attended by ADGP, SP Vaid, IsGP, HK
Lohia, MS Salaria, MA Khan, Rajesh
Kumar, Danish Rana and JP Singh, DIG.
SA Beig, SSsP, Uttam Chand, Mohan Lal,
Ashok Kumar, Mubashir Latifi, Suram
Singh, Romesh Angral, Randhar Singh
and other police officers.
Court awards
life-imprisonment in
Murder case after
eight years
investigation and trial
Jammu, May 01:
2nd Additional Sessions Judge Jammu
Mr. MK Sharma today awarded rigorous
life-imprisonment and fine Rs 5000 to
Bhuvnesh Singh who committed the murder of one Anil Singh due to old rivalry.
While awarding life-sentence to
Bhuvnesh Singh, 2nd Additional Sessions
Judge Jammu Mr. MK Sharma after hearing Sr. Adv Sunil Sethi for the accused persons whereas Special PP BR Gupta for the
State, observed that the Pardeep Singh another accused in this case was juvenile in
conflict with law as defied in the J&K
Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of
Children) Act 2013 and this act came into
force on April 24, 2014 when the case was at
the stage of defence evidence and further
observed that this court has now come to
the conclusion that the juvenile Pardeep
Singh has committed the offences of which
he has been charged and therefore, the juvenile is forwarded to the Juvenile Board
through APP KA Qazi to pass order in respect of the juvenile in accordance with
provisions.
Court further observed that in case, the
juvenile Board has not been constituted
then to forward the juvenile to CJM Jammu.
JNF
NEW DELHI, May 1:
Price of non-subsidised LPG was today
cut by Rs 5 per cylinder even as jet fuel (ATF)
rates were marginally raised in step with
global trend. The price of non-subsidised or
market-priced domestic cooking gas (LPG)
was cut by Rs 5 to Rs 616 per 14.2-kg cylinder in
Delhi, state-owned fuel retailers said. The reduction comes on the back of two successive
hikes – Rs 5 on March 1 and Rs 11 on April 1.
Households are entitled to 12 cylinders of 14.2kg each at subsidised rate of Rs 417 in Delhi.
Any requirement beyond this has to be
bought at the market price, which is now Rs
616 in Delhi. In Mumbai, non-subsidised
cooking gas has been cut by Rs 4.50 to Rs
627.50, while it will cost Rs 649 in Kolkata as
against Rs 654.50, previously. Chennai will
see a price cut of Rs 5.50 to Rs 608.50 per cylinder. Rates vary from state-to-state depending
on the incidence of local sales tax or VAT. Oil
companies raised price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, in Delhi by Rs 272 per kilolitre or 0.5 per cent to Rs 49,609.84 per kl. The
increase comes on the back of a 2 per cent reduction in rates last year.
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