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JAMMU SUNDAY | MAY 3, 2015 | VOL. 30 | NO. 121 | REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 | E-mail : [email protected] | epaper.glimpsesoffuture.in
Hoisting of Pak flags:
Mufti promises action
against Geelani
Jammu/Ahmedabad May 2
Jammu and Kashmir Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed
today promised action against those
responsible for waving Pakistani
flags at yesterday's rally addressed by
Syed Ali Shah Geelani even as
rightwing Hindu organisations held
a protest demanding the separatist
leader's arrest.
The Chief Minister also rejected
Geelani's demand to curtail the duration of the Amarnath Yatra to 30 days
from the planned 59 days and said it
will take place as scheduled.
"Some people were involved in
such activities. Action will be taken
against those involved in such an
act," Sayeed told journalists in
Ahmedabad, recalling how separatist
leader Masarat Alam Bhat, who had
himself raised pro-Pakistan slogans
and waved Pakistani flags at a rally
attended by Geelani was put behind
bars. "When Masarat Alam was released, he had already spent five
years under PSA (Public Safety Act).
Then, I myself saw him with
Pakistani flag. We then took immediate action (against Alam, who was
again arrested)," Sayeed, who is on a
visit to Gujarat to promote tourism in
his state, said, adding "law will take
its course".
At the April 15 rally Pakistani
flags were waved by Geelani's supporters which led to filing of case
against him, his close aide Masarat
Alam Bhat and others on sedition and
other charges. Bhat was arrested the
next day and booked under the stringent Public Safety Act a week later.
At yesterday's rally, the first by
him at militancy-hit Tral in south
Kashmir, Geelani's had demanded restricting the Amarnath Yatra to 30
days keeping in mind the safety of pilgrims and protection of environment.
His supporters had chanted proPakistan slogans and waved that
country's national flag.
The Mufti insisted that the yatra
will be held as scheduled as "people of
Jammu and Kashmir are in its
favour." The Chief Minister appeared
to share the view of Geelani against
creating exclusive townships for
Kashmiri Pandits who wanted to return to the Valley when he spoke
about the "culture of living together".
"They are part of our culture, a
culture of living together. They had to
leave (the Valley) in an atmosphere of
militancy in 1990. In the past, we attempted to bring them back but did
not succeed in our efforts," Sayeed
said. "Former Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh had also made
such attempts. Those (displaced)
News Digest
Army to hold
recruitment rally for
additional day in
Kashmir
Jammu, May 2 (PTI)
Army has decided to hold recruitment
rally in the Kashmir Valley by an additional day as the same was affected by inclement weather last month, an official
spokesman said today. "Army has decided
See ARMY on page 11
Two brothers stabbed
in Miran Sahib; accuse
at large
Jammu, May 2:
Following rivalry over a dispute, two
brothers were in Miran Sahib stabbed by
some persons with sharp edged weapon
See TWO BROTHERS on page 11
Two killed, two wounded
in road mishaps
Jammu, May 2:
Atleast two persons were killed and
two others wounded in two different road
mishaps in Bishnah as well as in Digana
See TWO KILLED on page 11
Student killed in Udh
Jammu, May 2:
A student was today killed in
Udhampur when he lost balance and fell
down from a mini bus. The deceased was
See STUDENT on page 11
Weather
JAMMU
CYM K
Maximum :
32.3 Degree
Minimum :
16.5 Degree
KASHMIR
Maximum :
21.0 Degree
Minmum
8.8 Degree
Today`s Weather Forecast
JAMMU:PARTLY CLOUDY SKY. MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 33
DEG,CELS.
Today`s Weather Forecast
SRINAGAR: POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSHOWER IN THE EVENING. MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 19
DEG,CELS.
three lakh Kashmiri Pandits are intellectuals and learned. They should
come back. My Government will
make all possible effort to bring them
back," he said when asked about resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits.
Sayeed did not take a question
about Pakistan's stand that creation
of "dedicated" townships for Pandits
will change the demography of the
state and will be in violation of the UN
resolutions.
Meanwhile, Union Minister
Jitendra Singh has condemned the
waving of Pakistani flags at Geelani's
rally and said he was confident that
the Sayeed government will take
steps to stop recurrence of such incidents. "It (waving of Pak flags) is condemnable. The government has reiterated there is no place for Pakistani
flags being hoisted (in India), but at
the same time, I would add that the
government in the state is capable of
handling any situation like this and
we expect that they would rise to the
occasion," he said in Jammu.
"The state government should go
by the promise of not allowing such
activities. The state government and
the Chief Minister have already taken appropriate action in similar incidents in the past," the MoS in Prime
Minister's Office said, apparently referring to Masarat Alam's arrested
under the Public Safety Act.
Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal
Singh, too, slammed Geelani over his
demand to curtail Amarnath Yatra,
saying the separatists had become "irrelevant" in the state. Asked whether
government was considering action
against Geelani after Pakistani flags
were waved at his rally yesterday,
See MUFTI on page 11
Transfer of Dr. Gurmeet Kour
HC issues notice to
Health Minster for malafide
exercise of power
JNF Service
Jammu, May 29
Justice Janak Raj Kotwal of
J&K High Court at Jammu while issuing notices to Chaudhary Lal
Singh, Minister Health & Medical
Education
Department
and
Commissioner/Secretary, Health
& Medical Education Department,
stayed the transfer of Dr. Gurmeet
Kour, Registrar in the discipline of
Psychiatry in Government Medical
College, Jammu, to District
Hospital, Poonch, till she completes
the tenure appointment as
Registrar or till further orders from
the Court, whichever is earlier.
Dr. Gurmeet Kour, had challenged her transfer from the post of
Registrar in the discipline of
Psychiatry in Government Medical
College, Jammu, to District
Hospital, Poonch, having been
passed illegally, capriciously, for
collateral purposes and contraven-
tion to the ad-interim directions
dated January 3, 2015 passed in petition filed by Dr. Gurmeet Kour.
Sr. Adv B. S. Slathia, along
with Advocate. Dinesh Singh
Chauhan, in their arguments alleged that Chaudhary Lal Singh
Minister for Health & Medical
Education Department, known for
misbehaving with doctors since he
took over as the Minister for Health
& Medical Education for the first
time in 2002 and back with the baggage of insults to the otherwise
highly respected medical fraternity
on March 9, 2015 during a function
outraged the modesty of the Writ
Petitioner in full public view consequentially leading to defamation in
the public. Chaudhary Lal Singh,
Minister was invited for the inauguration of the newly constructed
Psychiatric Diseases Hospital. The
doctors
of
the
Psychiatry
Department were standing on a
See HC on page 11
Mughal road thrown open for traffic
GOV T ENSURED ITS RE-OPENING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: ALTAF BUKHARI
JAMMU, May 2:
The historic Mughal Road which
connects Kashmir with Jammu region through Shopian and Poonch districts has been thrown open for oneway traffic for all types of vehicles
from May 3. The arterial road communication is closed in the winter due to
heavy snowfall and used to get reopened in the last week of May every
year.
“It was strictly in compliance to
the instructions of Chief Minister
Mufti Syed that we ensured re-opening of this road one month earlier to
Cow issued
admit card
by BOPEE
Srinagar, May 2 (PTI)
A cow, brown indeed, has
got an admit card issued by authorities on her name to write a
professional entrance examination next week here and former
Jammu and Kashmir Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah is
keen on seeing her appear in the
paper. In a strange turn of
events, the admit card for the entrance examination for Diploma
in Polytechnic was issued by
Board of Professional Entrance
Examinations (BOPEE) in the
name of Kachir Gaaw (Brown
Cow) who is supposedly daughter of Gura Dand (Red Bull).
The cow was alloted a seat
at Government Degree College
Bemina for writing the examination scheduled to be held on
May 10. The incident came to
light after opposition National
Conference spokesman Junaid
Azim Mattu uploaded a copy of
the admit card on social networking site twitter.com.
"The J&K Board of
Entrance
Professional
Examinations issued this rollnumber slip to a cow after due
verification. I have both the
Provisional Confirmation Page
for applicant Ms 'Kachir Gaw' as
well as details of payment she
made to BOPEE," Mattu wrote
on his account. Mattu claimed
that the records about the admit
card had been taken off the
BOPEE site at the behest of the
state government.
"However, after an informal heads-up was sent to the
government, BOPEE was asked
to take the record down from
their website this morning.
"(Education Minister) Mr.
Naeem Akhtar @jkpdp has
some explaining to do. New
benchmark of progress in
Education Sector under him COWS getting roll no slips?"
Matuu added. Former Chief
Minister
and
National
Conference working president
Omar Abdullah also commented on Mattu's post saying
"Brilliant. I wish Kachir Gaaw
had turned up for the examination." Controller Examinations
See COW on page 11
its scheduled timeframe while efforts
are on to open the road for two-way
traffic within two weeks,” said
Minister for Public Works,
Floriculture and Gardens & Parks
Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari. He
said the vehicular movement will give
a sigh of relief to the locals particularly the traders’ community of both the
regions. He added that this road not
only gives a flip to economic activity
but has a significant social impact in
all the areas that are connected by this
vital road link.
He said Government extended all
possible help to the authorities look-
ing after Mughal Road by pressing into service its mechanical engineering
department to clear snow from this vital road connectivity. He said this will
surely benefit the people of the
Jammu regions and the Kashmir valley, especially traders of both the regions. He said concerned authority
has been directed to fast track the repairs and restoration of damaged road
stretches as early as possible so that
road is opened for two way traffic early.
Chief Engineer Mughal Roads
Shri Raman Puri while giving details
of the traffic movement on the road
said that traffic will be allowed strictly
from 10 PM to 04:00 PM in view of frost
conditions and shooting stones in
higher reaches of the road. He said on
May 03, 04, 06, 08 and 11 May, the traffic will ply from Jammu to Srinagar
while on May 05, 07, 10 and 12, the traffic will be allowed to ply from
Srinagar to Jammu. “There will be no
traffic movement on May 9 to allow
the department to carry out necessary
maintenance of the road”, he added.
The Chief Engineer said that the
snow clearance and removing landslides is in progress to make the road
motorable for two-way traffic.
India seeks UN intervention
on Lakhvi''s release
United Nations, May 2 (PTI)
India has sought UN's intervention in the release of Mumbai terror
attack mastermind and LeT commander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi,
saying it was in violation of the
norms of the global body and it
should raise the matter with
Pakistan.
In a letter to the current Chair of
the UN Sanctions Committee Jim
McLay,
India's
Permanent
Representative to the UN Asoke
Mukherjee said Lakhvi's release by a
Pakistani court was in violation of
the 1267 UN resolution dealing with
designated entities and individuals.
The sanctions measures apply to
designated individuals and entities
associated with terror groups including al-Qaeda and LeT, wherever located. In the letter by the Indian envoy, it was also mentioned that even
the bail amount provided was against
the sanctions' committee rule which
calls for freezing the funds and other
financial assets or economic resources of designated individuals
and entities.
The sanctions' committee has
five permanent and 10 non-permanent UN member-states in it. The release of Lakhvi had also raised concerns in the US, UK, Russia, France
and Germany with Washington calling for him to be rearrested.
Lakhvi and six others, Abdul
Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin
Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil
Ahmed and Younis Anjum have been
charged with planning and executing
the Mumbai attack in November,
2008 that left 166 people dead.
Lakhvi, 55, a close relative of LeT
founder and Jamaat-Ud Dawa (JuD)
chief Hafiz Saeed, was arrested in
December 2008 and was indicted
along with the six others on
November 25, 2009 in connection
with the 26/11 attack case. The trial
has been underway since 2009.
A Pakistani court had on April 9
set free Lakhvi, a development which
India said "eroded" the value of assurances repeatedly conveyed to it by
Pakistan on cross-border terrorism.
Rahul attacks govt on real
Nepal
estate bill, calls it pro-builders quake toll
New Delhi, May 2 (PTI)
Firing yet another salvo at
Narendra Modi government, Rahul
Gandhi today claimed it had diluted
provisions of Real Estate Regulatory
Authority Bill making the legislation
pro-builders from being pro-buyers.
After meeting several NCR flat
buyers today, the Congress Vice
President, who has been attacking the
Centre over land bill issue and the
plight of farmers, said that he had
learnt that it is not just farmers and
tribals but also the middle class people
that are "suppressed" on matters related to land.
Assuring homebuyers that he
would stand by them, Gandhi said
that it was due to lack of transparency,
the buyers were left in a quandary.
"They are told that you will get
the flat on a particular day but for
years they don't get the flat. They are
told the super duper area of the flat
would be so much but what is delivered is different," he said.
He said that someone was promised that the flat will have a good view,
but a few months after the flat was delivered, another building came up and
the view was blocked. He said the government was trying to destroy the Bill
which Congress led UPA had brought
to regulate the real estate sector.
"Main dilution is that there was
clear transparency. The carpet area
that you sign is what would be given.
They have diluted and from pro-buyer, made it pro-builder," he said.
Attacking the government, he
said, "What it is doing against farmers
and tribals, it is also doing against the
middle class". "I have assured them
that the way I stand with farmers and
tribals I stand with them also," he told
reporters. Saloni Paroothi, one of the
home buyers who had met Gandhi,
said that she had booked a flat in
Noida but the possession was now delayed by several years. Explaining her
problem, Paroothi said that she not
only had to ensure payment of EMI,
but also the rent of the house where
she was living.
"The builder is neither paying
any penalty, nor is he listening to us,"
she said. Other people who also had
booked flats said that they were under
tremendous pressure as they had put
in their hard earned money in projects which were delayed for several
years. Former Housing and Urban
Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) minister
and Congress leader Ajay Maken also
attacked the BJP- led NDA government saying it had made "118 amendments" to the Real Estate Regulatory
Authority Bill which had been
brought by the earlier government.
He said the intention of the Bill
was to protect and support the buyers
but the government had overturned it
entirely through these amendments.
Maken said that terms like carpet
See RAHUL on page 11
rises to 6,624
From Prashant Rangnekar
Kathmandu, May 2 (PTI)
The death toll in Nepal's devastating
earthquake
today
jumped to 6,624 with another
14,025 people injured as the government struggles to deal with
the scale of the disaster.
"The death toll has reached
6,624," said the home ministry's
national disaster management
division. A further 14,025 people
were injured in the quake, it
added. A fresh 4.5-magnitude aftershock this morning triggered
panic among the people, who
scrambled for open spaces. The
7.9-magnitude quake last week
left a trail of devastation and suffering, with people spending the
cold night in the open because of
fears of fresh quake.
Nepal's remote mountainous
areas have suffered "almost total
devastation" from the powerful
quake, aid agencies have warned,
even as relief slowly began to
reach far-flung regions amid
fresh aftershocks that kept people on edge. International humanitarian bodies have called for
greater urgency in relief efforts.
See NEPAL on page 11
Deputy CM rubbishes Geelani's demand, says separatists ‘irrelevant'
Jammu May 2
Slamming Hurriyat leader Syed Ali
Shah Geelani's demand for restricting
Amarnath Yatra to 30 days, Jammu and
Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal
Singh today said separatists had become "irrelevant" in the state and were trying to communalise the issue to seek attention.
"Statements like these should not be taken seriously. These are given just to seek media attention," Singh told reporters, stressing
that the yatra will he held as scheduled and
all facilities including security will be provided to the pilgrims.
He was asked about hardline Hurriyal
leader Geelani's statement at a rally yesterday in Tral that the annual Amarnath yatra
in south Kashmir Himalayas should be restricted to 30 days for "safety" of pilgrims and
protection of environment. This year, the yatra to the holy cave shrine will be for 59 days
from July 2. Hitting out at separatists, Singh
said they have lost their ground in the Valley
and were now trying to seek attention of the
people with such statements. "The separatists are finding themselves to be irrele-
vant that is why they are raising such issues.
People do not follow them and there were only a few hundred people at the rally.
"They have become irrelevant and they
are doing this to seek the attention of general
masses. They are trying to vitiate the atmosphere of J&K but they would not succeed in
it," the BJP leader said.
"They have been trying to vitiate the atmosphere since 1947. They are the people
who have lost their ground. People of Jammu
and Kashmir have rejected them as they
have given power to PDP and BJP government. People want development-- they want
rehabilitation of flood victims," he said.
He held separatists responsible for "instigating" youths in the Valley in 2010 agitation which led to the death of more than 100
people. Asked whether government was considering action Geelani after Pakistani flags
were waved at his rally yesterday, the
Deputy Chief Minster said, "Law will take its
own course". "Government is working and
police is also working on it. Whosoever is the
culprit and indulge in such activities, action
would be taken against them," he said.
He said that in the coming days nobody
would dare to indulge in any anti-national activities in the state.
"Everything will move forward as per
our Common Minimum Programme (CMP).
In the coming days nobody would dare to indulge in any anti-national activities in J&K
and stringent action would be taken against
any such element," he said.
He said that the government has never
been soft towards anti-national forces as in
the case of "Masarat Alam you see he was
booked under treason and he is now behind
bars". "I came to know that some flags were
hoisted in Kashmir and I assure you that action will be taken and the law will take its
own course," he said.
Alam, an aide of Geelani, was arrested
after he waved Pakistani flag at a rally last
month and he was later booked under the
stringent Public Safety Act that allows for detention without trial for a minimum of three
months. Singh said that the common people
of Jammu and Kashmir especially Kashmir
are anxiously waiting for the Yatra to commence. "Amarnath yatra is managed by the
shrine board and it follows all the traditions
under the Hindu mythology. Yatra will go as
per schedule. All the facilities including security and safety will be provided to the pilgrims. Jammu and Kashmir government
will give all cooperation to the shrine board,"
Singh said. After the Assembly election, he
said, people of the state want to move ahead
with a new thinking. "There are some elements who by making controversial statements seek media attention and also
Pakistan which cannot control its own internal affairs and is poking its nose in our affairs. This would not have any effect here," he
said. "Since this government has come to
power, people from different faiths have
come closer and these people are trying to
create communal disharmony by making
such statements," he said.
He said that the government has been
inviting people to visit Kashmir.
"We are inviting people from Bollywood
to come and make movies in Jammu, Ladakh
and Kashmir. Such statements do not have
any impact in Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu
and Kashmir is peaceful and we want to tell
this to rest of the country," he said.
On the issue of granting amnesty to
youths in Jammu who have were booked
during Amarnath land row agitation, he
said, "The agreement which was made has
everything in it. There is no such instance in
my knowledge. There are several cases
against me as well. "I do not think that there
are any serious charges against anybody relating to Amarnath agitation. If any such
case comes o my knowledge, we would see
what can be done," he said.
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CONDOLENCE
We express our heartfelt condolence
on the sad demise of
Mr. Vikas
Singh Kotwal, Lecturer (Electrical
Engineering), Govt Polytechnic
College Kishtwar S/o Krishan Kumar
Mr. Vikas
Kotwal R/o Bhaderwah who died in a
Singh Kotwal
road accident on 26-04-2015. We
pray to Almighty God to grant peace
to the departed soul & give courage
to the bereaved family to bear such a
great loss.
DEEPLY MISSED & REMEMBERED
By the Principals & Staff members of all the
Govt. Polytechnics of the state.
CHOUBARSI
Four years have passed. Memories
give us the strength to proceed and
also the belief that you are watching
us everytime. Choubarsi of our
beloved mother Smt Shanti Devi
Abrol W/o Late Sh Ram Chand Abrol Smt Shanti Devi
will be performed on 3rd May 2015
Abrol
Sunday at Laxmi Narayan Mandir
Gandhi Nagar at 12.00 Noon.
REMEMBERED BY:
Sons & Daughter-in-law
Sh Jagmohan Abrol & Smt Usha Abrol
Sh Suman Kumar Abrol & Smt Neelam Abrol
Retd. Senior Acctt. Officer Retd. Adm. Officer
Grand Sons & G. Daughter
Mr Amit Abrol & Mrs Poonam Abrol
Mr Sumit Abrol & Mrs Meenakshi Abrol
Mr Manish Abrol
Mrs Rupali & Mr Pankaj Gupta
Great Grand Sons & Daughter
Lakshya, Gaurv, Ishan & Urvashi
10TH DAY
With profound grief and sorrow, we
inform the sad demise of our beloved
Mother Smt. Meenawati W/o Late
Kashi Nath Zutshi originally resident
of Tahab Pulwama Kashmir at presSmt. Meenawati
ent D-100, Nawada Housing
Complex Vipin Garden Kukrola
Dwarika Morh New Delhi, who left for
heavenly abode on Thursday 30th
April 2015 at New Delhi. Tenth Day
Kriya will be performed at New Delhi on 09-05-2015.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Khemashori - Sister
Bita Zutshi & Shuban Lal Zutshi Daughter-in-law & Son
Phoola Koul & Chaman Lal Koul Daughter & Son-in-law
Anu Zutshi - Grand Daughter
Adesh Koul & Rakesh Koul - Grand Sons
Mob: 09210301880, 09818754602
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we regret
to inform that our beloved father Sh. Brij
Lal Bakshi (Retd. Principal) S/o Lt. Sh. Sri
Kant Bakshi (Wachi) Pulwama presently
at H.No 147, Upper Barnai, Jammu who
left for heavenly abode on 29-04-2015.
Sh. Brij Lal
Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 8th May,
Bakshi
2015, at Muthi Ghat (Near Directorate of
School Education) at 9.00 am.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Brij Mohini -Wife
Bhabhis & Brothers
Smt. & Sh. T.N. Bakshi
Smt. & Sh. G.L. Bakshi
Daughters-in-law & Sons
Smt. & Sh. Shiban Ji Bakshi
Smt. & Sh. Rajinder Bakshi
Smt. & Sh. Dilip Bakshi
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Smt. & Sh. Shadi Lal Koul
Smt. & Sh. Brij Krishan Koul
Smt. & Sh. Tej Nath Mattoo
Smt. & Sh. K.B. Kaw
Smt. & Sh. R.L. Pandita
Smt. & Sh. Sanjay Raina
Smt. & Sh. Vinod Pandita
Smt. & Sh. Anil Raina
Smt. & Sh. Sachin Ahuja
Grand Daughters & Sons-in-law
Smt & Sh. Abhinav Bhat
Smt. & Sh. Sachin Sharma
Smt. & Sh. Sunny Bhat
Grand Daughter-in-law & Son
Smt. & Sh. Veemarsh Kaw
Grand Children : Nitin, Nitika, Divya, Sampada, Mehak, Danish
Great Grand Children : Shivi & Kashvi
All Samast Bakshi & Koul Parivar
Ph: 9419204029, 9419861487
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 Sh Laxman Koul
May 2015 at 8.00 AM at Muthi Ghat (Near
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
CHOUBARSI
Choubarsi of our beloved Sh Som
Nath Anand S/o Late Sh Gura Dutta
Anand will be performed on 3rd of
May 2015, Sunday at 12.00 Noon at
City Palace, Kachi Chowani Jammu.
Sh Som Nath
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY :
Anand
Smt Pushpa Anand -Wife
Babhi & Brother
Smt Boli & Sh Krishan Lal Anand
Daughters-in-law & Sons
Smt Shivali & Sh Rajesh Anand (Inspector J&K Police)
Smt Bindu & Sh Suresh Anand
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Smt Madhu & Sh Purshotam Manchanda (Advocate)
Smt Indu & Er. Ashok Gandotra (Executive Engineer)
Grand Children: Rukma, Hiten, Aryan, Abhinav
Mb. No. 9419189156, 9419133271, 9469002525
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WITH UTMOST GRIEF & SORROW WE
INFORMED THE SAD DIMISE OF OUR
BELOVED MR. GOUTAM SINGH SAMBYAL MRS. NEELAM SAMBYAL R/O
MANDI KHERI SAMBA DISTT. SAMBA
10YH DAY SHALL BE PERFORMED
MR. GOUTAM
ON 3 MAY 2015 (SUNDAY)AT RAM JI
SINGH
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GRAND CHILDREN: ARYAN, PRAKSH,ANSHIKA,
CONTACT NO. 9419134135I
BARKHI
One year has passed since you left
us in middle of life but you continue to
shower your blessings on us irrespective of your physical presence.
Barkhi of our beloved Late Sat
Sat Bhushan
Bhushan Anand will be performed on
Anand
Sunday 03-05- 2015 at 12 Noon at
our residence Mohalla Kama Khan
W.No. 4 H.No. 124 Poonch.
Deeply Missed & Remembered By :
Smt Krishana Devi -Mother
Smt Savita Anand -Wife
Sh Vikran Anand -Brother
Son & Daughter-in-law
Sh Rajiv Anand & Smt Shalini Anand
Daughter & Son-in-law
Smt Vandana Anand & Sh Sanjeev Gupta
Grand Children: Aishwary, Aishvi, Shenal, Mudra
Mob. No. 9622189661, 9622358052, 9797443230
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and untimely demise of Smt.
Prem Pyari W/o Sh. Om Prakash Dogra
who left for heavenly abode on 24 April
2015. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed
on 3rd May 2015 at our residence H.No
287 Ward No 2 near Eidgah, Adarsh Smt. Prem Pyari
Colony, Udhampur. Karam (13th Day) will
be preformed on 6th May 2015 at Devika
Ghat, Udhampur.
GRIEF STRICKEN :
SH. Om Prakash Dogra (Husband)
Dr. Meenakshi Dogra (Daughter)
Sh. Bharat Bhushan (Brother-in-law)
Smt. Suman Devi (Sister-in-law)
Ramneek Dogra (Son/Nephew)
Malti Dogra (Daughter/Niece)
Mob no. 9858168818, 9858264103, 9697328545,
9858205346, 9596670245
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of our beloved, Dr. V.J Tikoo
(Geology Department), S/o Late Sh B.N
Tikoo, resident of fire station lane, Kanya
Kadal, Srinagar on 29-04-2015 (Midnight).
Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 8th
May 2015 (Friday) at Akhnoor Ghaat, and
Dr. V.J Tikoo
will assemble at our residence -69 B/B,
Gandhi Nagar, Jammu at 11.00 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Nirmala Tikoo (Pammi) -Wife (9469099969)
Tusshar Tikoo -Son (9697644358)
Taniya Tikoo -Daughter
R.K Tikoo (Agril. Deptt.) -Brother (9419107644)
Dr. Padmini Tikoo (Women College Gandhi Nagar) -Bhabhi
Veethika Tikoo (Niece), Satvik Tikoo (Nephew)
Adarsh & A.K Kaul -Brother-in-law
Manorama Ticku & Dr Navneet Dhar -Brother-in-law
Indu & T.K Sus -Brother-in-law
Neelam Safaya -Sister-in-law
Kamal & Vinay Safaya
Sister’s Children: Amrita, Arpita, Akshay, Surbhi, Miloni & Kapeesh
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
CHOUBARSI
Four years have passed since you left for
heavenly abode but you still are alive in
our hearts and presence is felt in every
moment of our life. Choubarsi of our
beloved Late Sh. Girdhari Lal Abrol S/o
Late Sh. Lala Saran Das will be performed on 03 May 2015 at our residence Sh. Girdhari Lal
Abrol
at 12.00 Noon (Sunday) H.No 599,
Resham Ghar Colony Jammu.
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:
Smt. Sheela Devi -Wife
Daughter-in-law & Son
Mrs. Anchal & Mr. Ajay Abrol
Mayank Abrol -Grand Son
M- 94191-18801, 9419111064, 94191-09297
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
Smt. Sheela
mother Karamyogni Smt. Sheela
Kumari
Kumari D/o Late Ganesh Lal original
resident of Anantnag at present
H.No. 102, Lane No.1 Pragati NagarUpper Barnai (Near Dr. Sanjeev
Dingra). Tenth Day will be performed
on 07-05-2015 (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,
Smt Kishni
Bakaya
Sector-2, Vinayak Nagar (Near KS
Public School) Muthi, Jammu on 2604-2015. Tenth Day Kriya will be 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 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
Smt Yashoda
Kashmir, presently resident at Flat
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 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
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015, PAGE 2
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
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
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
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
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
OBITUARY
Smt Nanki Devi
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
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 3 2015, PAGE 3
BJP demands immediate action against Geelani: Sethi
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
Condemning the statement of the
separatist leader Sayeed Ali Shah
Geelani for raising the issue of Shri
Amaranth Yatra and curtailing its yatra
period to only a month, BJP State Chief
Spokesperson Sunil Sethi today asked
the government for immediate action
against this separatist leader.
Addressing a press conference at
BJP headquarters alongwith State
Spokesperson Balbir Ram Rattan, he
said that the separatist leaders like Ali
Shah Geelani, after having failed to get
any public support in Kashmir valley,
are now making attempts to disturb the
peaceful atmosphere in the valley by interfering in the religious issues like Shri
Amarnath Yatra to remain in limelight.
Sunil Sethi said that the separatists are
raising the issue of Shri Amarnath
Yatra under a deep rooted conspiracy
due to which they want to disturb the
communal harmony in the state. But
BJP will never allow to succeed such
leaders in their game plan.
He said the decision about the duration of Shri Amarnath Yatra is taken by
the Shri Amarnath Yatra Shrine Board,
which is an autonomous body and no one
has any right to interfere in this religious
issue, with which the sentiments of
crores of people are connected directly.
Sethi further added that the Annual ya-
tra of Shri Amarnath is directly linked
and also beneficial for the economy of the
Kashmir valley, as the people in valley
are entirely dependent upon the flow of
pilgrims performing this holy yatra.
While replying a query about holding the anti-India rally and waving of
Pakistani flags in a rally at Tral in
Kashmir valley, Sunil Sethi said that
there is no difference between Masarat
Alam and Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani, both
are the separatist leaders and want to
disturb the peaceful atmosphere in the
valley by organizing such type of events.
Geelani too need to be arrested immediately under PSA as was done last month
against Masrat Alam, said Sethi.
NSF holds demonstration against BSNL Controversy after controversy achievement
of coalition govt so far: Hakim Yasin
authorities for poor services
‘Poor service is now
brand value of BSNL
in Jammu University’
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
The activists of National
Secular Forum (NSF) today held
strong
demonstration
in
Campus against the BSNL for its
poor mobile/ internet services
in the Jammu city. The protesting NSF activists raised slogans
against the Chief General
Manager (CGM). They asked the
BSNL authorities to improve
the mobile and internet services.NSF General Secretary
Narinder Singh led the protesters. He categorically asked the
BSNL CGM not to test the patience of Jammu people. He said,
“The mobile services of BSNL
have touched a new low.
Sometimes it is poor connectivity that harasses the mobile users
and sometime it is the misconnectivity that irritates people."
Stressing on the issue,
Singh mentioned that students
of Jammu University in particular are suffering lot because of
poor network of BSNL .Even
Amarnath Yatra: Tampering
holy dates may lead to dangerous
confrontation: Shri Ram Sena
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
Reacting strongly against
the Hardline Hurriyat leader
Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s remarks on the annual Amarnath
Yatra, State President, Shri
Ram Sena, Rajiv Mahajan
threatened to launch a strong
agitation to protest against the
curtailment of Amarnath Yatra
duration. In a statement issued
today, Rajiv Mahajan said the
Yatra shall commence from auspicious Jyeshth Purnima, a
practice which has been going
on for the last several years.
Asking that Hurriyat leaders does not entitle to interfere
with the affairs of the Amarnath
Yatra or its conduct or its dates,
Rajiv Mahajan said, "If Muslims
can visit their religious places
during any time of the year, if
Christians can visit their religious places during any time of
the year, why can't the Hindus
be allowed to visit Amarnath
Shrine as per their wish."
He also warned that any
tampering with holy dates of
Amarnath Yatra could lead to a
dangerous confrontation. It is
pertinent to mention here that
Geelani while addressing a public rally in Tral said that the
Amaranth Yatra in south
Kashmir Himalayas should be
restricted to 30 days. The rally,
which was the first in seven
years by the separatist leader in
the militancy-infested township,
witnessed pro-Pakistan sloganeering and waving of Pakistani
Reacting strongly
flags.
against the waving of Pakistani
flag during rally, Rajiv Mahajan
demanded immediate arrest of
Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
“At an April 15 rally too
held by Geelani, Pakistani flags
were waved by supporters
which led to filing of case
against him, his close aide
Masarat Alam and others on
sedition and other charges,” He
said. “Bhat was arrested the
next day and booked under the
stringent Public Safety Act a
week later then why not Geelani
arrested,” Rajiv said. He said,
“it’s a matter of serious concern
that such anti-national activities took place in the State and it
is totally against the interests of
the Nation and people of the
State”. He also criticized BJPPDP Coalition Government for
allowing such rally in Srinagar
in which Pakistani flags were
openly waving and anti-India
slogans had been raised. He
raised question of government
credibility that why police authorities did not take action
against Geelani and his supporters participating in the rally.
though there has been increase
in the bill payments; there is no
improvement in the services
provided by BSNL, a government of India undertaking.
Singh further mentioned
that most of the rural areas are uncovered by BSNL network which
creates problems among the people in general who need to communicate to their BSNL numbers.
He threatened that a massive agitation will be launched if the services are not improved as soon as
possible. He also said students in
big number will hold demonstration in the BSNL office. Among
those who were present in the
protest
included
Amit
Singh,
Sanotra,Parmjeet
Gurvinder Singh, Balbinder
Singh Vimal Singh, Javed Iqbal,
Varun Kumar, Navjot Singh,
Sunil Kumar, Ankit Raina ,
Sanjeev Kumar, and others.
Labour class was the back
bone of the society and Congress
party is committed for their welfare and addressing their genuine issues. This was said by
Congress Vice president J&K
and MLA Inderwal Ghulam
Mohammad Saroori in a function organixed by NHPC
Employees Union and Indian
National Trade Union Congress
(INTUC) at NHPC Kishtwar on
Friday where hundreds of laborers working in various public
and private sectors participated
in the function.
Saroori said that May Day
is the only commemoration that
is celebrated across the world
cutting across national frontiers, ethnic, racial, creed, caste,
colour divisions and religious
prejudices to uphold the unity of
the class struggle.
“Daily wagers in different
departments who are providing
water and other services etc to
people in far flung and remote
areas, are being paid only twice
in a year—Eid or Deepawali—
festivals in respect the daily wagers from Kashmir are being
paid rupees 4500 per month”,
Saroori alleged
On the occasion of Labour
Day Saroori called upon state
government to end this discrimination with Jammu region and
treat everyone equally without
color, caste and creed and release the wages of all daily wagers monthly and also regularize them who has completed seven years of service.
Saroori also urged Chief
Minister of J&K to solve the genuine demands of HR Workers in
PHE department, CPW, RET’S,
EV’S workers working in educa-
Lashing out at the state government for its failures in alleviating the mounting problems
faced by people of the state,
Peoples Democratic Front (PDF)
president and MLA Khansahib
Mohamamd
Yasin
Hakim
Saturday asked Chief Minister
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to
clear his policy on several issues.
Addressing a huge public rally
in Khansahib area of Budgam
district, he said, “Corruption
and unemployment have become serious issues in J&K but
the government which had made
huge promises during elections
is engulfed in controversies.
Controversy after controversy
has been the achievement of the
coalition government so far.”
He said that Kashmiri
Pandits who want to return to
the Valley must be settled in
their respective areas. The PDF
chief asked Mufti sahib to come
clear on the policy of rehabilitation of KPs. “Mufti sahib makes
one statement in Delhi on the re-
turn of Kashmiri Pandits, another in Jammu and when he reaches Kashmir, takes entirely different position. Recently Mufti
sahib on the floor of Assembly
categorically stated that there is
no question of providing land for
separate colonies for Kashmir
Pandits. He also said that no
land has been identified. We welcomed the statement. Now
Union Home Minitser Rajnath
Singh says Mufti has promised
to provide land,” he said. “I want
to ask whether Rajnath Singh is
right or Mufti sahib. I urge
Hon’ble Chief Minister to come
clear on the issue so that the confusion which has been created in
the minds of people of J&K is
cleared,” he added. Hakim Yasin
also asked the state government
to come clear over the issuance
Permanent
Residence
of
Certificates (PRCs) through
schools. “Let government come
clear on this issue also as it has
created a lot of doubts in the
minds of people,” he said. The
MLA Khansahib also lamented
the apathy of central government in releasing the flood relief
package for September 2014
flood victims. “There is dire
need for rehabilitation of the
flood affected people especially
those who have lost their livelihood,” Hakim Yasin demanded.
While strongly condemning
the civilian killings in recent
months he reminded the government of its promise of zero tolerance on human rights violations.
“It seems government’s promise
within and outside the Assembly
of peace, freedom and zero tolerance is a hoax. Such incidents can
derail peace in the state and it is
the duty of the government to ensure that such incidents aren’t repeated,” he added. Hakim Yasin
also urged the government to immediately review the new recruitment policy. “Based on the past experiences it has been observed
that under the new policy political
interference in making recruitments will erode the credibility of
institutions. The policy would in
no way help the aggrieved jobless
youth of the state but would add to
their agonies and woes at large.
This is joke with educated unemployed youth,” he added.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
Highlights traffic woes
Senior BJP leader Yudhvir
Sethi along with representatives
of old city business associations
today called on Inspector
General of Police, Traffic J.P.
Singh. On the occasion a joint
memorandum about traffic issues of city was submitted. DIG
Ashkoor A Wani, SP Mohan Lal
and other officers of traffic police
were present on the occasion.
President, Raj Tilak Road
Bazaar
Traders
Jain
Association Arun Sethi, Pacca
Danga Traders Association
Harish Gupta, and General
Secretary Old Hospital Road
Joginder Mahajan were part of
the delegation who presented the
memorandum. Detailing the
problems faced by people due to
traffic congestion, Yudhvir said
being hub of business activities
the old city area is vulnerable to
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
Vishwa Hindu Parishad
Jammu and Kashmir (VHP
J&K) today strongly objected
and refuted the views expressed by Pro-Pak antinationalist Ali Shah Geelani over the duration of Shri Amarnathji Yatra.
Geelani’s suggestion to restrict
Holy Yatra to 30 days is totally
unacceptable and amount to interference in Hindu religious activities. Vishwa Hindu Parishad
makes it categorically clear that
Holy Yatra to Shri Amarnath is a
most sacred pilgrimage for
Hindus and it is being performed
throughout the year since ages.
There was never ever any
time restriction for embarking
on the pilgrimage. Since summer months attract more rush
of the pilgrims; thus from last
few years, administratively,
Holy yatra is declared open for
the season after the snow melt
enroute on the auspicious day of
Jyeshtha Purnima and Chhari
Pujan is performed on Shravan
Purnima (i.e. after about 2
months) every year at Holy
Cave. There is no restriction in
Hindu religion on performing
pilgrimage during any time of
the year. History is quite clear
about performance of Holy pil-
grimage by Hindu devotees
throughout the year.
It is worth mentioning here
that when preparations to handle rush of pilgrims to Kashmir
have begun, Pakistan tried to
poke nose over return of
Kashmiri Hindus to Kashmir;
and in continuation Geelani has
chosen to speak the same words
to pursue Pakistan’s nefarious
agenda. Demographic change,
that Geelani is referring to, infact had happened in Kashmir
with exodus of Kashmir Hindus
from valley a quarter of century
ago in 1989, and is required to be
corrected; and no Geelani or his
likes shall be allowed to interfere in this process.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad is
of firm view that Geelani and
his separatist aides try to fuel
controversies every time before
the start of summer Yatra rush
in order to create a sense of discomfort to intending Hindu pilgrims; and thus request state
government to take appropriate
legal measures to ensure that
promoters of anti national agenda are not able to disrupt the pilVishwa
Hindu
grimage.
Parishad always wants a peaceful and disciplined pilgrimage
but any resistance to the pilgrimage will have dire consequences throughout the nation.
Traders Association Ramesh
Mahajan, President, Shalimar
Road Traders Association
Pardeep Sharma, President,
traffic jamming and systematic
traffic management is need of
the hour.
He said better traffic management can not only ease life of
the local residents but can also
help in avoiding road side accidents. “Every now and then we
hear people falling prey to unmanaged traffic and for permanent resolution of the issue traffic department has to jointly
work with civil society,” he
added. The deputation put forth
suggestions for easing traffic
problem in the old city area.
The suggestions include, controlled four wheeler movement in
the area, mechanism for speed restrictions near schools and temples, augmenting traffic management mechanism and special traffic squads for most vulnerable
points of Jain Bazaar lane,
Kachalu Wali Gali Kachi Chowni,
Parade to Purani Mandi lane,
Mahalakshmi Mandir to Chowk
Chabutra lane, Shalamar to City
Chowk lane Chowk Chabutra to
Jain bazaar and link road.
Chenani Tunnel creates resentment among Stop playing politics on
locals, rain affected villages ignored
refugee’s issues: Manjit
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
Several delegations of the
residents of Batote, Kud, Chenani
and Patnitop submitted strong
memorandums to Prof. Bhim
Singh, Chief Patron of National
Panthers Party on the havoc being created by the tunnel from
Chenani to Ashri Nala (Ramban)
on the Highway from Jammu to
Srinagar as people have realized
that three most important sectors from the tourism point of
view shall be the principle victims if Chenani-Ramban Tunnel
is built. The people including
Congress paid rich tributes to martyrs of labour class
Kishtwar, May 2:
Srinagar, May 2:
Geelani’s objection
‘unacceptable’: VHP
Yudhvir Sethi submits Memorandum to IG Traffic
Labour Day celebrated with
enthusiasm at Kishtwar
GOF Staff Reporter
GOF Staff Reporter
Amarnath Yatr a:
tion department, NYC workers,
VDC’S members, SPO’S, Asha
Workers at an earliest and
added that he (Saroori) will
leave no stone unturned in raising his voice in favour about the
rights of laborers at all the
fronts in getting their genuine
demands fulfilled.
He also stressed on the need
to further strengthen and widen
the unity within the trade union
movement beside demanded for
early start of construction on all
Hydro Electric Projects in
Chenab Valley so that local
youth of the far flung areas will
avail benefit from these projects. Saroori also paid rich tributes to the Martyrs of Labour
class, who gave their precious
lives for the welfare of the
labour class and is the basic
component of the societies who
put in their blood and sweat in
raising the infrastructure of
various vital institutions.
Chairman INTUC Latief
Ahmed Lone, Senior Vice
President district Kishtwar,
Abdul Wahid Lone, Mohd Iqbal
Keen, Tariq Hussain Mintoo,
Ravi Shan, Rangeel Singh,
Rakesh Kumar, Abdul Wahid
Saroori, Shafqat Hussain,
Saidullah Ganie, Som Dutt, Om
Parkash, Mushtaq Ahmed Hap,
Ghulam Qadir Naik, Mohinder
Singh Parihar, Noor Hussain,
Satish Kumar, Seri Lal, Abdul
Gani Malik, Bidya Lal, Abdul
Rehman, Jaffar Hussain, Ch
Ismaeil, Seri Chand and employees of NHPC were among the
prominent who were present on
the auspicious occasion.
sarpanches, village committees
and other members of the civil society called on Prof. Bhim Singh
and sought his support to save
the residents of the area and the
future of great tourist resorts of
Pradesh
like
Jammu
Sudhmahadev, Patnitop, Batote
and other areas which shall completely vanish from the geography of Jammu Pradesh if tunnel
is built for the luxury and comfort of a few hundred tourists.
Prof. Bhim Singh in his communication to the press said that
Patnitop sector has developed in
Jammu Pradesh which can
match the tourist resorts like
Pahalgam, Gulmarg, Sonamarg
and other places of the Valley. He
appreciated the concern expressed by the local areas of Kud,
Chenani, Batote and Patnitop
and assured to fight for the cause
of Jammu Pradesh.
Prof. Bhim Singh also met
members of 13 families of Sugetar
village in Chenani tehsil whose
land and residential houses collapsed during the unprecedented
rain last week. He demanded immediate relief for the families
who have lost their houses and
land. He said the need to be rehabilitated without delay. Prof.
Bhim Singh was caught in the
traffic jam caused because of the
failure if traffic police between
Udhampur and Jammu. On his
appeal hundreds of panches and
sarpanches who had blocked the
highway withdrew their dharna
from the highway in Tikri and
Manthal. Prof. Bhim Singh said
that there is no governance in
J&K and open corruption patronized by the BJP-PDP government. Prof. Bhim Singh demanded that Chenani Tunnel project
should be abandoned immediately and four lane between Banihal
and Udhampur should be made
first priority as has been done between Udhampur and Jammu.
NC calls for urgent rollback of New Job Policy
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
State
Vice
President
National Conference Rattan Lal
Gupta on Saturday denounced
PDP and BJP coalition for its anti youth New Recruitment
Policy and said that his party
will not allow such sinister
measures to be implemented in
the large interest of unemployed
educated youth of J&K and shall
fight it at all forums with truth
and nail by galvanizing the party and rank file. In a Statement,
Gupta said that the purposed
policy will give rise to nepotism
and in the process meritorious
youth will be left in lurch and
there is a great possibility of exploitation of six lacs youth of the
state. The State Vice President
referred to the initiatives taken
by Omar led government during
the past six years which heralded in new ERA of generating employability and creating opportunities of Jobs.
In this context he made a
mentioned of strictly Himayat,
Udaann programme, SKWEPY
and said these revolutionary
steps opened up vistas of oppor-
tunities in profession and other
fields of employment. Gupta
urged the Government to take
measures for carrying out
Recruitment through Public
Service
Commission
and
Service Selection Board on fast
track basis so that large number
of vacancies are filled in time
bound manner. “This will help
they unemployed educated in a
big way” he added. Gupta Called
for immediate role back of the
New Recruitment Policy and
hoped that the Government will
remove uncertainty generated
by visionless move.
Singh to BJP
Appeals to settle refugees one time
GOF Staff Reporter
Vijaypur, May 2:
Former Minister and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC)
General Secretary Manjit Singh condemned State Government for
failing to settle refugees. Addressing a monthly meeting of the party
workers in Vijaypur, Manjit Singh said that the refugees have been
waiting for their settlement and mitigation of their issues which
have been pending since decades.
It was hoped with the BJP ruled Jammu Kashmir and India that
they will fulfill their demands soon after coming to power but this
did not happen. He said that the package which was sent by then NCCongress Government in State has also been delayed.
“Refugees settlement and rehabilitation which has been considered as humanitarian issue by the present coalition in the Agenda of
Alliance, has been turned playing politics over the issue,” the former
Minister said. He said that the refugees would come on the roads
with regard to their demands, if the BJP Government which is coalition with PDP continues to delay their one time settlement.
Heal Kashmir begins
‘Mobile is my best friend’
relief operation in Nepal staged in Janipur
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar, May 2:
After setting an example in
rescue and relief operations
during floods in the Valley, Heal
Kashmir is lending a helping
hand to the people in the earthquake hit Nepal.
‘Heal Kashmir’ run by the
students pursuing higher education in and outside Kashmir
have started relief operations in
Nepal after its team members in
South Korea collected donations to the tune of $3000. The
group ran a rigorous online
campaign on Facebook and
Twitter seeking donations for
the earthquake victims.
"The response on the social
networking websites is massive. The donations are increasing with every passing day,"
said Pranveer Singh Rathore,
who handles Heal Kashmir,
Korea Chapter.
The group plans to provide
essential commodities and medicines to the people in the quake
hit country.
"Our aim is to help the
needy. We feel disheartened
that our team couldn't reach
Nepal to help people in rescue
operations," says Zayd Qureshi
Co- Founder Heal Kashmir.
He said that the group is collecting donations from the people in India to send more and
more relief to the affected region.
"We are sure that people
across India will donate generously as they earlier did as well.
Once the collection is complete,
we will be sending relief material to Nepal through a Kolkata
based volunteer group " he
added.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
Lalded Women Welfare
Society today staged a nukkad
play namely “Mobile is my best
friend” to its ongoing Saturday
Series at Janipur.
The play is conceived and
written by Rampaul and directed by Naveen Pal. While seeing
our young generation is quite
openly misusing the mobile device resulting into fatal accidents during rash driving etc.
The story of the play opens
with a group of students in the
college, who are carrying mobile
phones in the hands putting earphones in their ear to enter in
the class room.
As the class resumes, the
English teacher while teaching
grammar subject says to all the
students to write down an essay
on “My best friend”.
All the students are happy
for their desired essay topic. The
competition lasts for 1 hour time
period, the teacher asked them
to handover their answer copies
to him but after checking the
copies, he found that almost all
the students wrote “Mobile is
my best friend” instead of a person as their best friend.
The teacher astonished how
much they love to their mobile
setsand treat as best friend. He at
once enquired about the background and asked why it is so?
On this every student one by one
replied that they get a lot of information and data of different
agencies by pressing of button
and also we are preparing our
notes and assignments on basis
of information instantly, which
a living person cannot.
But after listening patiently, the teacher asked have you
ever thought about the other
side of the coin that how much it
is being misused and what are
its side effects ? No? Let me inform you that you all are keeping mobiles with your body &
there is sharp radiation emanating which affecting our body directly.
We need not to use ear
phone on maximum volume limit, which also damage our hearing capacity and we used on
need basis and to avoid eye sight
and above all you need not to fall
pray of fraudsters who are giving fake call etc.
So, if you note down certain
precautions then definitely this
is a wonderful device to be treated as our best friend.
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015, PAGE 4
Dy CM Nirmal Singh, Industries Minister
interact with business community
‘Discuss tourism, construction of lake in river Tawi & renovation of Mubark Mandi Complex’
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
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.
Vikram Randhawa, convenor Industry
conducted
the
proceedings,
Cell
Kulbhushan Mohtra, convenor of Trade
Cell while presenting vote of thanks urged
the people to approach the cell for redressal of their problems.
Bharatiya Janata Party's Trade and
Industry cell today organised an
Interaction programme of Trade and
Industry members of Jammu with Dy. CM
Dr. Nirmal Singh, Industry and commerce minister Chander Prakash Ganga,
Sat Sharma MLA and Rajesh Gupta MLA.
In this program representative from
different trade and Industry bodies highlighted their grievance's and issues before
the dignitaries. Prominent issues raised
were, construction of Lake at Tawi, completion of renovation of Mubarak Mandi
Complex, 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.
BJP kick starts ‘Mass Contact
Program’ in Kashmir
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
Bharatiya Janta Party’s
Kashmir unit on Friday kick
started its “Mass Contact
Programme” from Anantnag
district of south Kashmir. “The
aim of the programme is to reach
those people, who recently got
themselves associated with BJP
as its members as well as those
who recently joined the BJP,”
Ashok Kaul, BJP General
Secretary (org) said. The mass
contact program would help the
party to realize its party strength
in the area and at the same time
it will also help the party workers to have direct, face to face interaction with the new members.
The Anantnag program was
chaired by Ashok Koul and party
MLCs Ramesh Arora and Sofi
Yousuf shared dais with Koul.
Ashok Koul, while addressing a
large gathering of party activists
at Dak Bungalow, Anantnag,
said that with each passing day
our party is getting stronger in
Jammu and Kashmir and in
Kashmir till now we have enrolled more than two lakh members. He said our party will work
for the welfare of people and in
2020 Assembly elections, we will
form Government on our own.
Ramesh Arora, State VicePresident & MLC, in his address,
said the day is not far when our
party will get 20 seats from
Kashmir province.He also said
that we will deliver our best and
in return will get a reward from
people. MLC Sofi Yousuf, while
addressing party workers, said
that till date we have enrolled
80000 plus members only from
Anantnag district, which is indeed a achievement. He stressed
upon the party workers to
strengthen party in south kashmir by enrolling more and more
members. BJP leaders also said
that the program will continue
upto May 6, and would be held at
different places across Kashmir
Valley. Many leaders of BJP from
South Kashmir including Mohd
Siddiq Khan Gulam Nabi Dar,
Muzaffar Hussan Katoo, Ashiq
Hussain, Nazir Ahmed, Latif
Ahmed, Mohd Ashraf, Nisar
Khan, Mir Sajadparticipated in
the program.
KP’s hold discussion annual Khir Bhwani yatra
Arrest Geelani for holding
anti-India rally in Tral: JWAM
GOF Staff Reporter
‘Appeals GoI to withdraw security from Hurriyat leaders’
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
Jammu West Assembly
Movement (JWAM) today
staged protest demonstration
against Pakistan and Hurriyat
leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani demanding his arrest for hoisting
Pakistani flags in a rally in
Kashmir. To express their
anger, the JWAM activists led
by Sunil Dimple amid anti Pak
slogans burnt the effigy of
Pakistan, and demanded arrest
of Geelani for holding pro-Azadi
rally in Tral. Speaking before
the protesters, Dimple said that
the Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed who is leading BJP-PDP Government has
K C Gurukul
Public School
Paloura excels
in inter-school
group song
competition
GOF Sgtaff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
The students of K C
Gurukul Public School
Paloura, Jammu excelled in
inter-school group song competition being organized by
GD Goenka Public School
Jammu. In the Junior Group
K C Gurukul School was adjudged first, whereas in the
senior group, K C Gurukul
School was declared second.
Twelve Schools participated
in the competition included
APS Domana, DPS Jammu,
Jammu Sanskrit, Jodhamal
Public School, K C Public
School, Nagbani School,
Presentation
Convent,
Stephens International, APS
Akhnoor, K.C. Gurukul,
Banyan International and St.
Xavier School.
The theme of the songs
was based on ‘Festivals of
India Viz Baisakhi, Holi,
Diwali
Janamastami,
Shivratri so on and so forth.
Both Junior and senior
groups comprised of 6 students each. The Parameters
of judgment were Sur, Tal and
Presentation. Only 2 musical
instruments were allowed.
The judgment was done by
renowned
personalities.
Bishan Dass Ji from cultured
academic Harish Keila from
Radio Station Jammu. The
participants from the senior
group were Mavish, Diksha,
Punica ,Tanavi, Urvashi,
Mavish and Muskaan whereas from the junior group the
participants were Ragya,
Aditya, Krish, Srijan, Manik,
Aryan and Kawalpreet. The
Chairman of the school
Arvind
Mahajan
and
Academic
Director
Mrs.Vijay Puri congratulated the students and also lauded the efforts of Vivek Mohan
(Music
teacher)
and
Karan(Tabla Player).
shown soft stand on militants
and encouraging anti- India activities in the State. He said that
Geelani has created the law and
order problem in the state in two
months with his anti-national
activities. Dimple appealed
Prime Minister Narinder Modi
to arrest Sayeed Ali Shah
Geelani for holding anti India
rally with Pakistan flags chanting anti India, pro Pakistan and
pro freedom slogans on the
Indian soil in valley’s Tral.
Sunil Dimple said Pakistan
foreign secretary has been provoking and dictating India for
not to settle Kashmir pundits in
separate town ship, Pakistan it
is violation of UN resolution. He
said Kashmiris are Indians and
the Kashmir is integral part of
Indiam while appealing State
Government to act against Asia
Andrabi who also holds proPakistani view. He appealed
Prime Minister Narinder Modi
to liberate POK, from Pakistan
as Pak occupied Kashmir is integral part of India.
Dimple said after the installation of Mufti as chief minister
the militancy has again revived
in the Jammu Kashmir State.
Sunil Dimple said Prime minister Narinder Modi, that why Rs
500 crores has been spent and Rs
10 Crores per month, on the security of the separatists like JKLF
leaders, Hurriyat Sayeed Ali
Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Omar
Farooq, Yasin Malik, Shabir
Ahmed Shah, Abdul Gani Bhat
and other separatists leaders.
He asked Modi to lift their security covers and stop this funding
this money. Dimple said our police, army jawans are being attacked by these separatists, they
hold anti India hate rallies, burn
Indian tricolor flags in valley
and our country is petting these
traitors who hold Anti India rallies. The prominent other leaders who joined the protest are
Harbans Todon, Sham Saroop,
Ravinder Mishra, Mulkh Raj,
Sat Pal Sharma, Vijay Khjuria,
Rajinder Verma, Viky, Vipan,
Babu, Mukesh, Bansi Lal,
Shashi Pal, Sanjay Sethi, Brama
Dutt, Rajinder Gandotra and
many others.
Jammu, May 2:
Jagti Tenement Committee
and Soan Kashmir Front today to
discuss Annual Khir Bhawani
Yatra which on the eve of Zeshtha
Ashtami on May 26. For this, a
joint meeting of Jagti Tenement
Committee and Soan Kashmir
J&K
under
the
Front
Presidentship of Shadi Lal
Pandita where the participants
discussed annual Khir Bhawani
Yatra (Tulamulla Ganderbal
Kashmir) on the eve of Zeshtha
Ashtami falling on 26th of May
2015, wherein thousands of
Yatries are likely to participate
from Jammu as well as across the
country. It has unanimously
been decided that Yatra shall proceed from Jammu on 25th of May
2015 to Tulamulla Ganderbal and
shall be back by 28th of May 2015.
Pandita while speaking in
the meeting has demanded free
bus services for the Yatries as per
past practices for to and fro journey of the Yatries to Khir
Bhawani Tulamulla Ganderbal
Kashmir. A demand has been
made to the Government for according necessary permissions
to the interested Bus Owners /
Drivers for plying from Jammu
to Khir Bhawani Kashmir and
vice versa for facilitating the
Yatries and devotees of their
smooth visit of Khir Bhawani in
connection with celebrating
Zeshtha Ashtami with religious
favour. The members have demanded that since separatists
hell bent upon to create disturbances during Khir Bhawani
Yatra as well as Shree Amar Nath
Ji Yatra as such necessary secu-
Army decides to conduct
recruitment drive on May
5 in Kashmir
Udhampur, May 2:
Army has decided to conduct
recruitment rally for additional
day on 05 May 2015 for Soldier
General Duties and Tradesmen at
Anantnag
(Pulwama
and
Shopiyan districts) Baramulla (for
Boniyar, Kreeri, Rafiabad and
tehsils only) and
Tangmarg
Kupwara (for Kupwara district
only) as the recruitment in the
Kashmir was affected due to bad
weather on 27 April and 29 April
2015. The Territorial Army Group
Headquarters under the aegis of
Army’s Northern Command organised recruitment rallies in
Jammu and Kashmir from 27 April
to 01 May 2015. The rallies were
conducted for raising of three
Territorial Army (Engineers) battalions for J&K and to fill a total of
1305 vacancies from entire state
of J&K less Kargil & Leh districts.
A total of 45000 youths were
screened for physical proficiency
tests during the recently held
Territorial Army recruitment rallies. The candidates who have
cleared the physical tests are undergoing medical tests.
MLA Sat Sharma reviews electricity, sanitation & sewerage problems
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
In order to listen to the grievances of the people being faced by
the residents of Sunder Nagar
and other adjoining areas of
Ward Number 32, BJP MLA
Jammu West Sat Sharma (CA)
toured the areas and himself witnessed the problems of the people. Sharma was also accompanied by UEED officials, local residents and political activists of
the areas. The locals also apprised the MLA of the sewerage
and sanitation problem faced by
them in their areas. They also
showed their concern regarding
problem of electricity and the
pending works of Lanes and
drains in the area.
In a press statement issued,
Sat Sharma (CA) said that sanitation is one of the main concerns
in the areas and it will be dealt on
priority so that a hygienic atmosphere could be built around in
the surroundings which will further create a healthy aura
around. He also said that there
are many pending works in the
area which includes construction of lanes and drains in the
area. He stated that the sewerage
problems in Ward Number 32
and many areas of the
Constituency is a matter of great
concern and the same will be
dealt with in no matter of time so
that people of Jammu West
might not face any problems.
He also directed the officials
to look into the matter and treat
the problems of public on top pri-
ority. The BJP MLA also focused
upon upgradation of transformer and electric poles and
stated it as a dire need in the area
so that in the summer season
people residing in the area
should not face any type of problem. He also stressed upon building Jammu West as a model
Constituency and assured the
people that in coming time the
public will itself witness the development running around all
the spheres of the Constituency.
Ex En UEED Rajesh Gupta,
AEE Satish Sharma, AE SL
Raina, JE Sunil Gupta, BJP
Mandal President Ayodhya
Gupta, Sat Pal Karlupia, KD
Sodhi, Rajeev Kumar, Bodh Raj,
Kiran Wali, Pawan, Suresh and
others also accompanied the
MLA during his tour in the area.
rity arrangements are required
to be made prior to commencement of these Yatras till culmination for ensuring safety and security of the devotees and pilgrims.
It has further been said that
the separatists have been active
in subversive activities and have
been waving Pakistani flags during protests which has raised a
sense of insecurity amongst the
Kashmiri Pandit employees
serving in valley and residing in
Private as well as composite
transit accommodations at different places. A demand has been
made to the government for ensuring proper security and safety of these Kashmiri Pandit
Employees in Kashmir Valley.
Pandita has said that a
Religious place (Sharda) of faith
of Kashmiri Hindus is under the
occupation of PoK occupied
Kashmir. He has said that since
the religious sentiments of the
Kashmiri Pandit Community are
related with this religious shrine
as such an appeal has been made
to the Government of India for
restoration of this Shrine to
Kashmir enabling the Kashmiri
Pandits to visit this religious
place, besides ensuring pilgrimage of the eve of Maha Navmi and
Dusserah by the Kashmiri
Pandit Community from 2015.
Pandita has demanded that a
composite township be brought
up in near vicinity of Srinagar
city for ensuring dignified rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandit
Migrant Community in safe and
secure place instead of different
district headquarters. An appeal
been
made
to
the
has
Government of India for curbing
such separatist forces who are
held bend upon to destroy peace
and brother hood in Kashmir valley by raising anti national slogans and waving Pakistani flags
and stern action needs to be taken
against such elements to prevent
such incidents in the valley.
Pandita has appealed the
Congress President and other political parties to come forward
against such separatists and antinational elements and help raising of composite township for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandit
Community in safe and secure
place. Others who were present in
the meeting include Rajiner Dhar,
Inder Ji Labroo, Rattan Lal Bhat,
Ramesh Bhat, Vijay Pandita, S.L
Kar, Hari Krishan, Mithen
Pandita, M.L Piaray Lal Pandita,
P.L Bhat, Ramnath Pandita, C.L.
Pandita, M.L Akhoon, Sanjay
Pandita and others.
Harsh lambasts Govt imbecility over Geelani’s
provocative and seditious utterances
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
Continuing with its campaign for making the govt. accountable and highlighting the
grievances of the public, the
JKNPP today held a huge rally in
Vijaypur which was attended by
several hundreds of people
drawn from the town and the adjoining villages. The rally led by
Harsh Dev Singh, chairman
JKNPP passed through the main
Bazars and culminated at the
Vijaypur Chowk where it was addressed by senior party leaders.
Speaking on the occasion,
Harsh Dev Singh lambasted the
Union and State govts for their imbecility and inaction in the face of
highly aggressive and anti national outbursts and increased India
bashing campaigns launched by
the Hurriyat and other Pakistan
sponsored lunatics in the
Kashmir valley. Condemning the
yesterday’s incident wherein the
Hurriyat Leader Ali Shah Geelani
organized a Pro Pak rally in Tral,
in which not only Pak Flags were
raised but highly inflammatory
and provocative statements were
made, he denounced the BJP govt.
for meekly acquiescing in the act
by neglecting to crack down upon
the saboteurs and offenders.
He said that not only the yesterdays anti India rally but Syed
Ali Shah Geelani had organized
an identical rally in Hyderpora
only a couple of days back where
he indulged in India bashing,
spewing venom against our nation besides other seditious activities but was allowed to go scot
free. Questioning the BJP leaders
over the tall slogans of ‘Zero
Tolerance’ given by them against
insurgency and Separatism, he
said that nationalist forces of the
country were seeking explanation from the ruling BJP and 56
inch chest man for the open defiance of the sovereignty and integrity of India by a handful of
Separatists. He said that it was
ironical that the Saffron party
which always had been in the
fore fronts of protests against separatists while in opposition had
allowed them open space to indulge in anti India posturing, organize pro Pak rallies and to dictate the terms to the State govt.
even in respect of Amarnath Ji
Yatra and Separate townships
for Kashmiri migrants.
Not only that, Singh regretted that such anti India elements
continue
to
enjoy
State
Government hospitality in the
form of several perks, huge paraphernalia of security cover and
govt. protection at the cost of Stat
exchequer. Calling for stern legal
action against all those involved
in yesterdays anti national rally,
he called for booking the culprits
for waging a war against the state
and sedition. On Amar Nath yatra issue, he said that the government should stick to the original
59 days yatra schedule which has
been finalized in consultation
with all stake holders including
the govt., Shrine Board, Security
Agencies and various social and
religious organizations
Harsh Dev Singh further said
that JKNPP’s campaign for
restoration of AIIMS and revoca-
tion of new recruitment Policy
shall continue and would be taken
to its logical conclusion. He said
that BJP stood exposed for its cowardly U-turn on all its pre poll slogans and the JKNPP was receiving overwhelming public support
for the cause of Jammu region.
Yash Paul Kundal, State
President Young Panthers strongly flayed the coalition for allowing
the Separatists an open field in the
valley. He said that while the
Hurriyat and Separatists were occupying the centre stage in
Kashmir, the Chief Minister and
Deputy Chief Minister were dining with the film stars in Mumbai.
condemning
Strongly
Pakistan and its paid agents operating in Kashmir, Kundal said
that interference in the internal
affairs of India is intolerable and
the Union and State govts should
take due cognizance of the same.
Condemning the statement of Ali
Shah Geelani on curtailment of
Amarnath Ji yatra period,
Kundal cautioned the Separatist
leader to refrain from poking his
nose in the highly emotive issue..
He re-iterated the mission of the
party to continue the fight for AIIMS in Jammu, holding of delimitation as repeatedly promised, issue of adequate compensation to
farmers and roll back of recruitment policy. Other who spoke on
the occasion included Sh. Rajesh
Padgotra, Sham Ghorkha, Khajur
Singh, Shiv Charan Singh, Arun
Khajuria, Rajider Singh Manhas,
Balbir Singh, Hari Saran Dogra,
Gagan Partap Singh, Neeraj
Gupta, Anil Rakwal, Balram
Kundal, Yogeshwar Singh etc.
PDTU observes ‘May Day’
World Press Freedom Day
MV International School Labourers working under difficult situations, draw
Hosts ‘Panel Discussion’ very minimum wage: CAPD Minister Zulfikar Ali
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
GOF staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
On the occasion of World
Press Freedom Day, MV
International School organized
panel discussion. The participants
include Dr Balram Saini, State
Bureau Chief Punjab Kesari,
Sumit Sharma, Bureau Crime
Head Early Times, Sidharth
Dogra, Jammu Links News,
Upinder, Amar Ujala were present
as the Panelists and Guests for the
event. The programme was organized to acknowledge the work done
be the various sectors of media viz
Print, Social and Electronic. Hira
Lal Abrol, Chairman MVIS along
with the members of the management welcomed the guests to the
school. The programme began
with lighting of the traditional
lamp, that was followed by a power
point presentation which showcased the history and evolution of
Journalism in India. A ‘Laghu
Natika’ was also presented by the
students to show the value and importance of media in a unique way.
During
the
‘Panel
Discussion’, the inquisitive students posed many questions on the
various difficulties faced by the
media people, the role of media in
raising social consciousness, career option in the field of
Journalism, Threats and glamour
associated with this career, working mechanism of media houses
etc. The Panelist and guests not only answered the questions but also
motivated students to join this profession. The possible courses information related to this industry
was also shared with enthusiastic
audiance. The Chairman of the
school Shri Hira Lal Abrol cherished the event, expressed gratitude to the guests and panelist for
their presence and the time that
they spent with the children to
grace the event. Earlier, the
Principal K L Dogra welcomed
the Guests and he saluted the media for their efforts, he quoted
that it is a great sacrifice of personal life for the cause of nation
building. The Director of School
Mr. Gourav Abrol concluded the
program by saying that, we live
in world that is firehouse of information, which is delivered by
media to the corners of the world.
Media’s the most powerful entity
on earth, they have the power to
influence the masses. Everybody
present there was enthralled to
witness such kind of an event.
Advocating restoration of
labour rights, Zulfkar
Choudhary, Minister for
Consumer Affairs and Public
Distribution said that the Labour
class should be given all such
rights which would help to uplift
them not only economically but
also collectively. Addressing a
function organized by Jammu
Kashmir Peoples Democratic
Trade Union (JKPDTU) at PDP
Headquarters here today,
Zulfikar said that ‘May Day’ gives
an opportunity to remind the government that constitutionally
they are protected and their
rights be implemented.
The Minister said that even
though the labourers have all
along been working under
tremendous difficult situations it
is sad that they have not been rewarded and continue to draw
very minimum wages. He said,
the labour class has been contributing in the overall development of the county and we should
appreciate their efforts. He added
that everyone should realize their
contribution in restoring all such
rights for their safe future. Ch
Zulfikar said that PDP leadership
has great respect and admiration
for the labour class as they played
an important role in the movement started by PDP leadership.
The Minister spelled out initiatives taken by the government
for welfare and upliftment of
labour force across Jammu and
Kashmir, saying enhancement in
the provident fund interest will
go a long way in further improving their economic conditions.
The Minister said that several
steps are underway for the effec-
tive and expeditious implementation of Labour laws, saying these
are for the overall good of the
skilled and unskilled workers
and their families. PDP General
General Secretary Daman
Bhasin expressed his total support with the labour class with
the hope that both state and central governments would work to
restore the rights.
The General Secretary said
that the May Day is being observed over the world with the objective that their rights would be
restored so that the widening gap
between different classes of the society gets reduced. Bhasin also
said the party supports the movement of labour class and demands
that their rights should be restored without any further delay.
Senior leaders of PDP Ved
Mahajan, Shanti Devi, Jatinder
Bhat also addressed the gather-
ing. While addressing the gathering Senior leader JKPDTU,
Suresh Sharma raised the demands of employees including
regularization of daily wagers,
consolidated and adhoc workers, settlement of demands of
temporary teachers, removal of
pay anomaly of clerical cadres,
implementation of SRO 53 in
electric department in Jammu,
regular pending salary to the
daily wagers working in PHE department, establishment of
Labour Welfare office at Kathua,
implementation of labour laws
and holiday/paid holiday on
May Day. B N Singh, Sushil
Sudan, Capt Anil Gour, Jasmeet
Singh Madan, Manohar Singh,
Rinku Gill, Randeep Jasrotia,
Vipan Kumar, Girdhari Lal,
Vinod Sharma, Amit Kumar,
Kuldeep Kumar and others were
present on the occasion.
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015, PAGE 5
Kohli pulls up SRTC over poor
maintenance of fleet, services
Govt to ensure proper function in Jammu
offices during move period: Chander Prakash
‘Prompt service for ease of doing business Govt’s priority’
Improve work culture or face music, Minister warned management
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
The Minister for Transport Abdul Gani
Kohli today pulled up State Road Transport
Corporation management over poor maintenance of its fleet and not up to the mark services. Expressing dissatisfaction over the overall
functioning of the corporation, the Minister
asked the functionaries to deliver or face the
music. “Improve work culture and turn over
otherwise strict action would be taken against
erring officials” Minister warned while inspecting JKSRTC counter at Bus Stand and
Corporation’s Workshop at Narwal here today. The Minister took serious note of the poorly managed workshop and lack of proper system for early repair and maintenance of the
Students architects of nation: Gupta
Distributes prizes among
GK contest winners
UDHAMPUR, MAY 02:
Saying that students are the architects of
Nation and their grooming should be in such
a manner so that they could compete and excel at all forums with confidence, Minister of
State for Finance and Information
Technology, Pawan Gupta asserted that
teachers should infuse sense of responsibility
among the students. The Minister was speaking at a prize distribution function of General
Knowledge competition organized by Lala
Shiv Charan Youth Club Udhampur in the
premises of Higher Secondary School, Boys
Udhampur here today.
As many as 350 students of eight schools
of the town participated in the contest.
Akshita Mahajan of Bhramrishi Shanti
Vidya Peet secured first position while Aman
Puneet of Dehli Public School and Sonali
Mahajan of Army Public School bagged second and third positions respectively. The
Minister distributed prizes and certificates of
merit among the commendable participants
during the programme.
While speaking on the occasion,
Minister appreciated the efforts of the Club
for holding such an encouraging programme.
He said that such events provide an opportunity to the budding students and encouraged
them to achieve greater excellence in each
field. Gupta suggested that such events
should be organized regularly to improve and
expose the talent of the students.
A scintillating cultural programme was
also presented by the Dhoom Academy of
Dance Udhampur during the progamme.
Among others, Chief Education Officer,
Bishan Singh, Principal of GHSS, Boys, Sunil
Sharma, Chairman, Vice Chairman & members of Lala Shiv Charan Youth Club,
Parents, staff and students of various schools
were present on the occasion.
huge fleet of Buses and Trucks owned by the
corporation.
Checking the records at Deployment and
Commercial section, the Minister took serious
note of the practice of engagement of buses and
Goods carriers by the corporation. He asked
the management to stop this practice at the earliest and put their own vehicles to full use to
save the corporation from turning defunct. He
said the Government was keen to see this corporation flourishing by earning good revenue
and providing efficient services to the commuters in different parts of the state. He asked
the Management to draw a proper schedule for
its buses so that before leaving the station these
are booked full to the capacity like private
transporters do. “It is often seen that the SRTC
buses leave the station without full booking
and instead of earning revenue these incur
losses” he said and added that if this practice
continue a day will come when the
Government would be forced to shut the corporation which provides livelihood several hundred families. The Minister hoped that the
Corporation will take measures to improve its
functioning to become self-reliant and growth
oriented. The Minister was accompanied by
MD JKSRTC J. S. Tandon, General Manager
JKSRTC R. S. Jamwal, RTO Jammu Ashwani
Khajuria, other senior functionaries of JKSRTC and Transport Department.
International workers
day celebrated in Doda
GOF Staff Reporter
DODA, MAY 02:
To commemorate the celebration of
International labour day a function was organised in Assistant labour commissioner
office Doda which witnessed large gathering
of workers, prominent citizens and students.
Deputy Commissioner Doda Bhupinder
Kumar who was the chief guest on the occasion said that workers class plays an important role in the developmental works as they
are one who actually work at the basic level
and assured that District Administration
will work round the clock for safeguarding
and protecting their rights. Assistant labour
commissioner Doda Tabish Saleem greeted
the workers on the occasion and said that
this programme is a small gesture to acknowledge the contribution of workers in society. He assured that labour department
will work tirelessly for enforcement and
safeguarding the rights of workers.
Zulfkar holds video conference with DCs
‘GOVT FULLY PREPARED FOR SUPPLY OF RATION AS PER 2011 CENSUS’
JAMMU, MAY 02:
Minister for Industries and
Commerce Chander Prakash today said that the Government
will take special care to ensure
proper function in all Jammu office during the six month stay of
darbar move in Srinagar. He
asked the Industries and
Commerce Department to make
prompt service delivery as bench
mark and adopt a pragmatic approach in achieving the desired
targets. The Minister was speaking at a high level meeting attended by Khurshid Ahmed Ganai,
Financial Commissioner I&C,
Industries
and
Director
Commerce, Jammu, and other
senior officers. The Minister
stressed that the concerned officers should ensure that there are
no undue delays and the stakeholders do not face any inconvenience during the darbar move and
all the offices are fully functional
.Thrust should be on improving
the service delivery mechanism
and providing prompt services
JAMMU, MAY 2:
Minister for CAPD and Tribal Affairs,
Ch. Zulfkar Ali on Saturday held a videoconference with all District Development
Commissioners here at civil secretariat,
Jammu to review the progress on the initiatives and pro-active policies taken for timely
implementation of various programmes.
Secretary CAPD, Satish Nehru, Director
CAPD, Jammu, G. S. Chib, Additional
Secretary CAPD, Ramesh Chander, Director
Finance, CAPD and Deputy Director CAPD,
A. K. Kotwal also attended the video conference. On the occasion, the Minister took
stock of process of constitution of district,
Tehsil and block level committees. The committees are being constituted to ascertain
the exact number of additional families under AAY, BPL and APL categories as per
hilly districts and also arrange private vehicle to carry the rations in case SRTC
could not provide sufficient number of vehicles. For this purpose, he directed for constitution of a committee at the earliest.
The Minister said at present the government is providing ration to 1.01 crore souls
as per 2001 census. He said as per the 2011
census the requirement of ration is for 22.73
lakh families which comprise 1.25 crore
souls. The Minister directed the officers to
work in coordination and remain committed to serve the society in a transparent
manner. He further directed them that
while formulating the plans, the basic requirements of the people should be kept in
mind. The Minister asked Director CAPD
to ensure that ration reach before 10th of
every month to all districts in order to
maintain proper and regular supply and
fair distribution.
Rajendra visits PCR Jammu, reviews its working, inspects police constructions
SRINAGAR, MAY 02:
Director General of Police
(DGP), K Rajendra Kumar today
visited Police Control Room
Jammu (PCR) and took stock of
the working of different sections
of the PCR. He inspected different
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working units including communication network and CCTNS
monitoring. Rajendra during his
inspection enquired about the
working of dial 100 and the response of concerned officers. He
asked for coordinated efforts
among the agencies to make the
communication network more
fruitful. He said that CCTNS monitoring should be improved to
achieve desired results from the
technology. Stressing for quick
response on the enquiries and
complaints received from the people, the DGP said that PCR is a coordinating agency which ensures
liaison among different establishment and units, besides civil administration, to provide better
services to the people. He said
that communication system in
PCRs has been modernized and
some latest services introduced to
bring changes in the working.
The services including SMS
and TMS needs to be utilized
properly to keep the people aware
about situations round the clock.
These services have been proving fruitful in coordinating
among different agencies while
operations, he said.The DGP also
inspected ongoing constructions
in PCR and sought reports about
the utilization of these under execution constructions. SSP PCR
Ashok Kumar briefed the DGP
about the working of PCR. Later,
the DGP accompanied by ADGP
(Headquarters) SP Vaid and
Managing Director PHC, Dilbag
Singh visited Gulshan Ground
and took stock of construction
works presently under execution
at Gulshan Ground and officers
mess. He asked the executing
agencies to complete the constructions within the time frame,
besides ensuring quality materi-
al in the constructions. During
the inspection of construction
works, Dilbag Singh apprised
the DGP about the drawing of ongoing constructions in Jammu
City and other districts of
Jammu Province. The DGP appreciated the PHC for using quality material and completing the
works in a record period. He also
asked them for early completion
other ongoing works in all the
districts of the State, which could
suffice the accommodation facilities of the personnel working in
different areas in the State.
Among others, the DGP was accompanied by IsGP, HK Lohia,
MS Salaria, MA Khan, Danish
Rana, Jagit Kumar, SA Watali
and JP Singh, DIG, Jammu
Range, Shakeel Ahmed Beig, SE
PHC, Sudhir Kumar Shah, Exn:
PHC, AR Lone, Exn. PCD, Rashid
Mustafa and other police officers.
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER MECHANICAL IRRIGATION DIVISION JAMMU
NOTICE INVITING TENDER
For and on behalf of Governor of J&K State sealed tender affixed with Rs. 5/- Revenue Stamps are invited from registered
firm/workshop owner of the below noted work.
NIT No.
Name of work
Earnest
Time of
Last date of
Due on
Tender
Money
completion sale of tender
Opening
documents
Authority
MID/J/07
Dt.
01 -05-15
Providing/Fitting of shutter alongwith allied works at LIS Manyal
Brahmana.
2% of the
quoted
value
3 days
11- 05 -2015
13-05-2015
Executive
Engineer,
MID
Jammu
The detailed Technical Specification, Commercial Terms & Conditions (Tender Documents) can be had from the office of the
undersigned on any working day during office hours against payment of Rs. 100/- (Rupees One hundred only) for each NIT.
No. DIP/J-881/2015
Dated : 02-05-2015
Executive Engineer
Mechanical Irrigation Division
Jammu
government’s resolve to evolve a
transparent and accountable administrative system at all levels.
He said that government will do
everything to create a favourable
atmosphere for officers to work.
Financial Commissioner I&C
Khurshid Ahmed Ganai also
highlighted the steps taken for
streamlining the functioning of
the department for providing hassle free services and single window clearances to the entrepreneurs. He also directed the concerned officers to ensure punctuality in the offices.
NHPC Limited
(A Government of India Enterprise)
CINNo :L 40101HR1975GOI032564
Salal Power Station, Jyotipuram, Distt.Reasi-182 312(J&K)
SPS/CD/CC/M/15/267-87
CORRIGENDUM-III
Dated:01/05/2015
The dates of e-tender issued vide No. NH/SPS/CD/NIT-77/2015/2873-92 dated: 13.01.2015
(MSTC Event No. NHPC/SALAL POWER STATION/85/14-15/ET-1006) for online electronic bid
for the work “ Carrying out day to day Mechanical Maintenance works of Salal Power
House” is hereby extended as : Last date and time of Receipt of Tender/Opening of Techno
Commercial Bid: 16/05/2015 upto 2:30 PM and 3:00 PM respectively. The complete tender can
be viewed and submitted through www.mstcecommerce.com/ eprohome/nhpc.
SAVE ENERGY FOR BENEFIT OF SELF AND NATION
Short e- NIT No. 27/2015-16 Dated :- 30 - 04 - 2015
Executive Engineer PW (R&B) Construction Division No. III, Jammu Department Jammu on behalf of Governor of J&K State, invite tenders by etendering mode from approved and eligible contractors registered with J&K State Govt. upto 1600 Hrs on 14-05-2015 for the following work.
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Census-2011. The Minister also took stock of
supply position at each district.
In the Kashmir valley districts, including Leh and Kargil districts, the Minister
sought the status of constitution of the
Committees for social benefit survey. He
asked the Deputy Commissioner of each district to submit report up to May 16 2015. He
told them that government was fully prepared for supply of ration to people as per
2011 census from next month. He directed
the concerned DCs and Assistant Director
CAPD to submit updated lists of BPL, AAY,
APL and BPL and other beneficiaries.
After taking stock position from Doda,
Kishtwar, Ramban, Rajouri and Poonch
districts the concerned DCs and Assistant
Directors of CAPD informed the Minister
about the shortfall of food grains in their respective district. He directed the concerned
officers to arrange timely supply for the
said that industrial growth holds
the key to economic development
of the state and officers associated
with this sector are entrusted
with the job of facilitating and
promoting the interest of the industrialists and common man.
Highlighting the objectives under Ease of Doing Business, the
Minister said that all possibilities
will be explored to delegate powers to General Managers of
District Industrial Centres to facilitate the entrepreneurs to do
their business in a totally hassle
free manner. Minister reiterated
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should be the benchmark, the
Minister maintained.
He said that targets will be
assigned to the concerned officers and regular reviews will be
held to assess the achievements.
“The officers with lackadaisical
attitude will have to face the music as no compromise will be tolerated when it comes to public
convenience”, the Minister
maintained. Minister said that
team work and dedicated efforts
are required for achieving the
desired results on ground. The
Minister asked the officers to lay
special focus on bringing in the
rural areas under the ambit of
schemes of the department as
small enterprises can play a big
role in industrial growth. He also
asked for holding interactive sessions with the beneficiaries who
have been provided training and
other incentives through EDI to
get the feedback about efficacy of
these programmes.
The Minister exhorted upon
the officers to work in synergy
for achieving tangible results .He
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Providing and laying WBM Gr-II and WBM Gr-III 12.31
600/12310/30 Days
15-05-2015
“S.H.G”
on link road from Dhok to Kalibari upto Chuni Lal
(1300 hours)
Mohalla in Block Akhnoor ( L= 1500 Mtr.)
Providing and laying WBM Gr-II and WBM
3.96
600/3960/15 Days
15-05-2015
“S.H.G”
Gr-III on link road Jad Bhagtain to SDPO Des
(1300 hours)
Raj in Block Akhnoor
Date of Publishing from 30-04-2015
The Bidding documents can be downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 0900 Hrs on 01-05-2015 to 14-05-2015 (1600 Hrs).
The Bids shall be deposited in electronic format on the website http://jktenders.gov.in from (1000 Hrs) on 01-05-2015 to 14-05-2015 upto (1600 Hrs). The
bids received will be opened at (1300 Hrs) on 15-05-2015 on line.
The complete bidding process will be on line.
Technical bids of bidders shall be opened on line in the office of Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Const. Divn. No. III Jammu on 15-05-2015 at (1300 Hrs)
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.
The site for the work is available.
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
Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Const. Divn. No. III Jammu. Bid security will have to be in form of CDR/FDR and shall have to be valid for six months or
more after last date of receipt of Bid. The cost of downloaded tender documents shall be in form of DD payable in favour of Executive Engineer PWD (R&B)
Const. Div. No. III, Jammu.
The original instruments in respect of cost of Documents, EMD and relevant technical bid documents etc must be delivered to the Executive Engineer
PWD (R&B) Const. Divn. No. III Jammu, Lok Nirman Bhawan, Rail Head Complex Jammu on or before 15-05-2015 upto (1200 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.
Financial Bids will be opened in the office of the Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Const. Divn. No. III 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.
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.
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. 13/ Other details can be
seen in the bidding documents.
Instruction to bidders regarding e-tendering process
The interested bidder can download the NIT/bidding document from the website http://jktenders.gov.in
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.
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.
Bids will be opened online as per time schedule mentioned in Para 3©.
Before submission of online bids, bidders must ensure that scanned copies of all the necessary documents have been attached with bid.
The department will not be responsible for delay in online submission of bids whatsoever reasons may be.
All the required information for bid must be filled and submitted online.
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.
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.
Bidders can contact the undersigned for any guidance for getting DSC or any other relevant details in respect of e-tendering process.
The guidelines for submission of bid online can be downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in
The following construction materials shall be supplied by the Divisional Store at the rates noted against each and cost thereof shall be recovered from the
payment due to the contractor except for cement which shall be supplied to the contractor / firm against cash payment.
1.
Cement
=
Rs. 400/- Bag.
2.
Tar Steel of all dia’s
=
Rs. 53,000/-MT
3.
Bitumen
=
Rs. 61,000/-MT
4.
G.C Sheets
=
Rs.62,700/- MT
5.
CGI Sheets
=
Rs.62,700/-MT
6.
Barbed Wire
=
Rs.62,600/-MT
7.
B.A Wire Crates
=
Rs.5,000/-Each
8.
RCC Hume Pipes
1.
900 mm dia
=
Rs.12000/-Pipe
2.
600 mm dia
=
Rs. 6200/- Pipe
3.
450 mm dia
=
Rs.5350/- Pipe
4.
300 mm dia
=
Rs.3650/- Pipe
9.
RCC Hume Pipe Collers
1.
900 mm dia
=
Rs.476/-Pipe
2.
600 mm dia
=
Rs. 416/- Pipe
3.
450 mm dia
=
Rs.231/- Pipe
4.
300 mm dia
=
Rs.250/- Pipe
10.
M.S Pipes 300 mm
=
Rs.24800/- Pipe
11.
Sign Board 2’x3’ (Heavy Duty)
=
Rs.4950/-Each
12.
Empty Tar Barrel
=
Rs.200/-Each
13.
Hire Charge of Road Roller
=
Rs.1500/-day
The key constructional material viz Cement, Tar Steel of different dia’s shall be arranged by the Contractor on his own from authorized dealers for the above
said work and quality of material shall have to be verified/passed by the concerned Asstt. Executive Engineer before start of work. The approved brands of
cement/tar steel are as under :Cement of Ambuja, ACC, Birlas Plus, JP Buland, Bangur or equivalent brand.
Tar Steel of SAIL, TATA TISCON, Rashtriya Ispat or equivalent brand.
As per Circular No. CEJ/G/9993-10017 dated 04-10-2014 issued by Chief Engineer, PW (R&B) Deptt. Jammu, qualification criteria required for the work is
as under :-
S.No
1.
2.
Particulars
All Civil Works
All Civil Works
Amount
Upto Rs. 100.00 lacs
Above Rs.100.00 lacs
upto Rs. 200.00 lacs
Financial Turnover
Nil
40% of the Advertised
Amount in any one year
in last five years.
Similar Nature
Nil
Should have at least completed one
work of similar nature 1/5th of Advertised
Amount as a prime Contractor in any
one year in last five years.
Above Rs. 200.00 lacs
As per terms & conditons 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. Additional CDR to the tune of 5% on the quoted amount, shall be submitted before the issuance of allotment in case the lowest tenderer
quotes the rates less that 15% on the advertised amount otherwise the tender will be treated as non responsive and the rate quoted by
such tenderer will have no bearing on other tenders what so ever.
(Er. Rajan Mengi)
Executive Engineer
PWD (R&B) Const. Div. No. III
No. DIP/J-818/2015
Jammu
Dated : 02-05-2015
Glimpses of Future
CYMK
Glimpses of future
“Sabka vikas”
hief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has praised Prime
Minister Narendra Modi saying he had introduced a transparency model devoid of red-tapism since coming to power
at the Centre. 'Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas', will become reality but it
will take a long time. Our CM is really impressed by the former
CM of Gujrat who has made Gujarat a model. Bureaucrats from
Jammu and Kashmir were sent to Gujrat to see the systems in
panchayats. There may be some good reasons for Modi to be
elected as CM of Gujrat four times. People want immediate change
on ground, but India is a very big country, it will take a long time
to show results over ground, is the view of Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Minister. Anyhow this view is of Mufti Sahib but public
view is always multi dimensional. They want corruption free
country as corruption is the mother of all social injustices. There
should be an end to political corruption as people in power corridors promote corrupt officers and corrupt officers promote their
likeminded juniors and what these juniors do on ground is known
to all. Real development of nation will begin when corruption will
end. Think over it.
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Wooing middle class
mposing him firmly as voice of opposition in Parliament,
Rahul Gandhi fired another salvo at the Narendra Modi government on Saturday for allegedly tweaking the real estate
bill in favour of builders, as the Congress vice-president aggressively wooed the middle class after taking up the cause of farmers.
Gandhi, who has been attacking the government over the land acquisition bill and the plight of farmers hit by untimely rains, met
more than 100 homebuyers from the national capital region (NCR)
at the Congress headquarters and heard their grievances about
delays in possession of flats and fake promises allegedly made by
builders. The meeting came in the wake of the government introducing a revamped Real Estate (Development and Regulation) Bill
in the Rajya Sabha, which the opposition said is heavily tilted in
favour of builders and leaves buyers facing the possibility of
fraudulent practices by real estate developers. The original bill
was introduced in 2013 by the Congress-led UPA government.
Since returning from a 53-day leave of absence, Gandhi has been
aggressively fighting for several issues, including the watered
down land acquisition bill and net neutrality, seen as an issue for
the middle class. Rahul was of the view that only farmers and
tribal people are suffering due to land issues. But the same issue
extends to the middle class as well, which is equally being exploited by removing a transparency clause from the real estate
bill. Homebuyers are promised a certain super area...a specific
time of completion of the project...beautiful view. But what they
get (from the builder) in the end is totally different. Rahul will
stand by them, as he assured, said that they were left in a
quandary due to lack of transparency. Someone was promised
that a flat will have a good view, but a few months after the flat
was delivered, another building came up and the view was
blocked. The government was trying to destroy the bill which the
UPA had introduced to regulate the real estate sector. The main
dilution is that there was clear transparency. The carpet area that
you sign is what would be given. They have diluted and from probuyer, made it pro-builder. People are under tremendous pressure
as they had invested their hard earned money in projects that
were delayed for several years. Builders have got greater leeway
as the cost of consumers in the revamped Real Estate (Development and Regulation) Bill. The opposition is demanding that the
redrafted bill be sent to a select committee as major changes have
been made from the original bill. The government, however, has
defended the bill, saying it protects the interests of buyers without
throttling the real estate sector.
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JAMMU SUNDAY MAY 3, 2015, PAGE 6
Removing ambiguities in graft law
BY : R. K. RAGHAVAN
nvestigating agencies have tended to interpret the law in a narrow perspective. In
turn, this has had an adverse impact on
morale in the civilservice. In these circumstances, relief to a civil servant can come only
from the court before whom he is arraigned.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley struck
the right note recently while speaking at the
16th D.P. Kohli memorial lecture organised by
the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on
April 27 in New Delhi. D.P. Kohli was the
founder director of the CBI who held office
from April 1, 1963 to May 31, 1968. The CBI
traces its origin to the Special Police Establishment (SPE) which was set up in 1941 by the
Government of India. It became the Delhi Special Police Establishement and acquired its
popular current name, the Central Bureau of
Investigation through a Home Ministry resolution dated April 4, 1963. Kohli is rightly remembered as being a determined crusader
against corruption. One may not agree with
all that Mr. Jaitley said at the lecture especially with regard to how an investigator
somehow wants to make out a case against an
accused, although the evidence marshalled by
him did not justify it. He had said: “He [the investigator] follows the golden rule that if he
gives a report that the accused is prima facie
not guilty, then questions are going to be
raised about him. Therefore, his golden rule is
he must somehow make the case and it is the
accused’s good luck that he gets a fair trial,”
adding that this process has hindered the
whole process of economic decision making.
Mr. Jaitley further added that under such circumstances, decision-making becomes a game
of passing the parcel. “Departments of purchase, defence and disinvestment have all suffered,” he said.
Hurdle in administration
However, his views on the need to revisit
several provisions of the Prevention of Cor-
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BY : BRINDA KARAT
ven as countrywide protests against
the land ordinance gain momentum,
Adivasi communities living in mineral-rich areas are apprehensive of what
awaits them as the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment
Bill 2015 (MMDRA) has received presidential assent and the government has drafted
Rules for some clauses of the Act. The principal Act of 1957 is as draconian a law for
Adivasis as was the Land Acquisition Act
of 1894 for all farmers. But, shockingly, except for resistance by the Left parties and
the Congress in the Rajya Sabha, this antitribal Bill got easy passage after regional
parties such as the Trinamool Congress, the
Bharatiya Janata Dal and even the Samajwadi Party came to a deal with the government. The main flaw in the Act is that it
does not address the critical issue of the
rights of those who own or occupy the surface land beneath which minerals lie. The
Act has no provision for consent or even
consultation with gram sabhas which
would be affected by mining operations.
Adivasis are described in the law as “occupiers of the surface of the land.” As “occupiers”, they have the right to compensation,
but as enunciated in the Rules, if they do not
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agree to the mining plan or to the amount of
compensation, the “State Govt shall order the
occupier to allow the licensee to enter upon the
said land and carry out such operations as may
be necessary.”
Rights of Adivasis
It is under this provision that lakhs of
Adivasi families have been displaced,
turned into migrants or, at best, into daily
contract labourers in mines that have destroyed their forests, lands and water. Adivasi movements have been demanding
amendments to ensure that before such
leases are given, their informed consent is
taken and they have a share in profits from
mineral wealth. Governments have refused
to heed this democratic demand. In India,
the state has all rights over minerals, but
over the years it has acted as a front to hand
over mineral resources for private profit.
There have been substantial amendments
to the Act since 1957, but they have been to
strengthen the rights of mining companies
further, not to strengthen the rights of Adivasis. This despite the Supreme Court
Samatha judgment of 1997, which upheld
Adivasi rights to informed consent and to a
share in mineral wealth. The judgement
ruled that under the Fifth Schedule (administration and control of scheduled areas and
PC Act was totally unsuited for such a situation facing a nation that was trying to march
ahead on the economic front. He said, “… the
Act pre-dated 1991, when the economic reform
process began. It was perceived in a regulatory framework when we were still more regulated. That Act has today to evolve. And the
basis of the evolution is that when economic
activity is being enlarged in the country, in any
economic activity and decision-making there
would always be new areas to charter out and
quick decisions to be taken.”
Presumption of guilt
Unfortunately, necessary changes to the
law were not put in place and this failure to reform anti-corruption law had its impact on the
pace of public administration and staff
morale. Even now, the proposed amendments
to the Act are excruciatingly slow in coming,
although approved by the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) government more than a year
ago. The information now is that the Union
Cabinet has cleared the suggested changes
and has improved upon the measures agreed
upon by the UPA.
Section 13(1)(d)(iii) of the Act is generally
looked upon as being the villain of the piece.
Under this provision of law, the investigating
agency has to prove that a civil servant whose
conduct was in question took a decision which
“obtains for any person any valuable thing or
pecuniary advantage without any public interest” in order to proceed against him under
the Act. There is a suggestion here of a presumption of guilt that can be drawn against
the official in question. This, prima facie, is a
negation of the English jurisprudence which
we inherited and adopted. The overall perception generated by the stern wording of this
subsection was that it was not necessary at all
for the investigator to prove mens rea or dishonest intention to proceed against the civil
servant being probed, and that an adverse presumption could be drawn straightaway
against him. Section 20 of the Act, which deals
Why must poor sacrifice?
BY : ASHWANI MAHAJAN
here are two schools of thought
about development. One school of
thought believes in a philosophy of
development, whereby the poor is kept in
the centre of policy making. A model of
development where the poor gets opportunities to grow; a production system
which generates enough employment;
and a distribution system where there
are least inequalities in the distribution
of income and wealth. If due to some reasons, the poor lag behind or lose their
employment and livelihood; then we can
think of adopting strategies to reduce inequalities in income, wealth and consumption; by way of government
interventions, such as employment generation schemes like the MNREGA, subsidising essential products and services
including food grain, education, health,
fuel, housing, etc. Amartya Sen has also
been advocating these schemes. Sometimes, policy makers, failing in improving the conditions of poor and deprived
sections, make use of these schemes as
populist measures to garner public support. Another philosophy of development is influenced purely by capitalist
thinking. Proponents of this school of
thought argue that the best way to help
the poor is to increase investment, which
can help increase output, employment
and welfare of masses; and increase revenue, which can ultimately be used to fiinfrastructure
for
the
nance
development of the economy. If the government has resources, it can be used to
subsidise goods and services required by
masses. For those who believe in this
model of development, the only measure
of development is growth in real GDP. If
GDP grows by 8 to 10 per cent, it is a matter of pride for them. They argue that if,
in the process, the poor do not get their
due share in growth, let them sacrifice
today for better future. They argue that
benefits of growth will automatically percolate to poor, what they call ‘percolation
effect’. Basic characteristics of the eco-
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A glass half empty for Adivasis
THE MINES AND MINERALS AMENDMENT BILL
2015 CONTAINS NO PROVISIONS FOR CONSENT
FROM TRIBALS FOR MINING OPERATIONS, BUT
STRENGTHENS THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE SECTOR MINING COMPANIES
ruption Act (PC Act), 1988, cannot be ignored.
His description of the fear psychosis that grips
the bureaucracy is no exaggeration. It is real,
I have heard about this and had this conveyed
to me strongly by many friends in the civil
service.
I agree that apprehension by civil servants of the consequences of taking a decision
in a matter of public importance especially
one that involves huge expense to the public
exchequer has been a roadblock to proactive
and positive administration. I highlight this
especially at a time when the entire nation
wants govts, both Central and State, to work
fast and effectively. Ironically, fear is the hallmark of those more honest among civil servants than the ones who are venal and bereft
of values. In this context, it should be remembered that there are instances where an honest civil servant makes a rank bad decision,
not because of a lack of intelligence or inarticulation, but because of timidity and an inability to turn down unscrupulous, off-the-record
directions from a political master. In cases
like these, the official concerned has to be punished within govt and not in courts, that too
for lack of courage rather than of integrity.
Unfortunately the law, as it exists, does not
make a distinction between the reasonably
honest yet pusillanimous government official
and the dishonest one. It places both on a par.
This is the crux of the matter with regard to a
lack of integrity in the civil services.
The reforms era
I was struck by the distinction Mr. Jaitley
drew between the pre- and post-1991 situation
in government and its impact on anti-corruption investigations. In the second time frame,
the civil servant at the higher levels had to
take momentous decisions to fast track liberalisation and quicken the processes of a failing
economy. Conventional and routine thinking
had to be shed and bold courses of actions
adopted to meet the dire needs of the country.
Mr. Jaitley was on target when he said that the
scheduled tribes in these areas) and laws in
different States, since Adivasi lands can neither be transferred nor leased to non-Adivasis, mining activities in tribal-dominated
areas should involve the tribals themselves.
Since 1997, other laws such as the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act
(1996), the Forest Rights Act (2006), and the
Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act (2006)
have helped establish the rights of Adivasis
and gram sabhas. The more recent Vedanta
judgment by the Supreme Court struck
down the agreement reached between the
company and the State government because
it did not have the consent of Scheduled
Tribes whose “traditional rights” were affected. There is no dispute that a country’s
mineral wealth should be mined and used
for development. However the predominant
understanding of ‘development’ by ruling
governments at the Centre have privileged
profit, in this case of mining companies,
over the more sustainable and equitable use
of minerals in partnership with local communities. This would also require a sane assessment of the amount of minerals
required during a specific period of time
with consideration being given to intergenerational equity instead of reckless loot in
the name of development.
In 2010, in partial recognition of the
Adivasi demand for a stake in mineral
wealth, the United Progressive Alliance
govt had moved an amendment to the 1957
Land Acquisition Act. The Act stated, “any
person or persons holding occupation or
usufruct or traditional rights over the surface of the land will be allotted free shares
equal to 26 per cent through company’s
quota, or an annuity equal to 26 per cent of
the profit (after tax paid)…”. It mandated
“annual compensation as may be mutually
agreed.” It also made other provisions towards the welfare of Adivasi communities.
nomic policy and budgetary policies of
the governments of various regimes
have been that the burden of taxation on
corporate has been gradually declining
by way of concessions in corporate income tax, excise duty, custom duty etc.
On the other hand, tax burden on the
common man has been on the rise.
Budget documents every year has a
statement, namely, ‘Statement of Revenue Forgone’, which gives details of
such concessions to business and corporate. If we leave out the tax concessions
to personal income tax payers, revenue
foregone to the benefit of business
(mostly corporate) was nearly Rs. 5.5
lakh crore in 2014-15. It is notable that
due to tax concessions to the businesses
(mostly corporate), the government is
not left with sufficient resources to be
spent on the welfare of the poor, the deprived and other weaker sections of the
society who need the support of the government the most. This is the reason for
the government's inability to raise real
allocation on welfare schemes and developmental programmes. Therefore, we
can say that it is the poor who are sacrificing to boost growth, whereas businessmen and corporates are enjoying the
fruits of growth.
REMOVING CONTROLS
However, those who support economic growth even at the cost of the
poor, argue that once growth takes place,
its benefits will start accruing to the poor
too, sooner or later, as their income, employment and consumption will also get
a boost. Basic philosophy behind the
model of economic growth adopted in the
name of the new economic policy is the
same. This model, which is also called
‘Liberalisation Privatisation, Globalisation (LPG)’ model, works by way of liberalising industry of controls. Under the
new scheme of things, fiscal incentives
are given to businesses and companies
and public sector enterprises are privatised. Imports are made free from tariff
and non-tariff barriers and controls from
foreign investments are lifted to facilitate free flow of foreign capital. Though
it is correct that the nation has witnessed
spectacular growth in GDP in the last
two decades, the benefit of the same has
failed to reach the poor. During the 10th
and 11th Plans, GDP grew by nearly 8 per
cent annually. However, during the same
period, unemployment also increased simultaneously and this growth was
termed jobless growth. According to the
data published by National Sample Survey Office, during the last 10 years, employment seekers increased by nearly 12
crore, whereas we could provide employment to only 2 crore people (20 lakh annually) during this period. Between
2004-05 and 2009-10, in merely 5 years, 2.5
crore people went out of self-employment
and 2.20 crore joined the army of casual
labour, which hints at deterioration in
quality of employment. Deprivation of
the poor has further worsened. As per
Census 2001, 45 per cent of farmers belonging to scheduled tribes reported that
they were working on their own land,
which declined to 35 per cent in Census
2011; percentage of farmers belonging to
scheduled castes working on their own
land declined from 20 to 15 per cent during this period, whereas in 2001, 37 per
cent workers in rural areas reported
themselves to be landless agricultural
labourers. In 2011, this number increased
to 44.4 per cent. It is notable that pace of
poverty reduction has also declined significantly after the adoption of ‘LPG’
policies. One can conclude that due to the
LPG policy, in the last 25 years, despite
the fast rising GDP, the condition of the
poor has been worsening; they are losing
land and employment (and livelihood).
The quality of employment is also going
down gradually. Therefore, without
denying the importance of GDP growth,
the basic question is, why the poor
should sacrifice for growth meant only
for rich? Why not we make policies
where the rich sacrifice for the benefit of
poor?
However, the UPA government soon succumbed to opposition from mining companies and replaced the amendment with a
much more diluted version in the 2011
MMDRA Bill.
Amending a diluted Bill
Even these diluted provisions have
been scrapped by the Narendra Modi government. The government has brought 22
substantial amendments, each one to
strengthen the rights of private sector mining companies in the name of attracting investment. For instance, in the 2011 Bill, it
was incumbent on State governments to obtain all necessary permissions from the
owners and occupiers of land for major minerals, and consult with gram sabhas in Fifth
and Sixth Schedule areas for minor minerals. The Bill also mandated that all environment and forest clearances under the Forest
(Conservation) Act, Wildlife (Protection)
Act or any other law in force be taken before a lease was given. It made tribal cooperatives eligible for the grant of leases for
minor minerals in Fifth and Sixth Schedule
areas. The 2015 Bill neither mentions tribal
cooperatives nor contains provisions for
consent, consultation or clearances. This is
an attempt to bypass gram sabhas and environmental norms in the name of “speedy
clearances” and “ease of doing business”.
Further, the 2011 Bill proposed the setting
up of a (DMF). The 2015 Amendment also includes this, but the scope of it and the funds
required for it have been drastically reduced. Instead of a contribution of funds
equivalent to the full amount of annual royalty paid to the State government, companies will now have to give only one third.
Coal companies were mandated to give 26
per cent of profit to the DMF, but the Modi
government has scrapped this provision altogether. The 2011 Amendment Bill was already inadequate, but what the Modi
government has pushed through is nothing
but a betrayal of Adivasi India. Leader of
the Trinamool Congress in the Rajya Sabha,
Derek O’Brien, who acted as the proxy
spokesperson for the Modi government in
support of the Bill, said, “See the glass as
half full, not half empty… let’s not be negative. The government had accepted a suggestion to make local communities,
including tribals, partners in the development of the mines neighbourhoods.” Mr.
O’Brien should know that it is not a question of “making” tribals partners in development of “neighbourhoods”, but in
recognising them legally as rights holders
with stakes to a share in mineral wealth.
with presumptions that can be drawn against
an accused by the court, however refers only
to clauses (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of Section 13 and not to clause (d)(iii) that punishes
even an inadvertent act causing loss to government. Even so, as a rule of thumb, investigating agencies, both in the Centre and in the
States, have, in the initial stages of an investigation and before obtaining legal opinion,
tended to interpret the law in a very narrow
perspective. In turn, this has had an adverse
impact on civil servant morale. In these circumstances, relief to a civil servant can come
only from the court before whom he/she is arraigned. For this, the civil servant should be
lucky to get a knowledgeable judge and an objective public prosecutor both of whom are
now a vanishing tribe. An amendment to the PC
Act, which would delete this particular subsection (1)(d)(iii) of Section 13, has been on the
anvil for quite some time. I am certain that
there is political consensus that this harsh
provision will have to go sooner than later.
This move will greatly reduce misgivings in
the civil service.
Rise of corruption
Naturally, Mr. Jaitley’s speech did not
cover dishonest acts by government servants
in routine decisions, such as assessment of income, granting exemptions from tax, purchase of material and award of contracts. The
rise of corruption at the level of senior members of the bureaucracy, especially in revenue
collection agencies, has been alarming. Many
officers are guilty of blatant dishonesty, taking advantage of the enormous discretionary
authority vested in them. The disease of corruption afflicts even those directly recruited
through the All India competitive examination, and generally considered to be the cream
of the civil services, and who have no justification to be even slightly dishonest. In a number
of recent cases, a few who have not even completed five years of service, have been caught
red handed for accepting bribes.
Go bananas
BY : FARRUKH DHONDY
he vultures ate my grandmother. This
was after she was dead. I was eight years
old and some elders in the family must
have decided that, being a boy, I was old enough
to be told the facts of life — or at least of death
and disposal. I walked, wearing my white,
bowed rather than buttoned, muslin Parsi
shirt, behind the funeral procession of men following the body — past Golibar Maidan, the Indian Army’s shooting ranges in Pune, to the
Towers of Silence. The vultures gathered atop
the stone tower and in the trees around. The
ceremony, as I remember it, was fairly simple.
The body-carriers detached themselves from
the procession and were the only ones sanctioned to climb the spiralling steps to the
tower’s entrance. My uncle explained the procedure to me. Granny’s body would be left on
the metal grill at the top of the tower and would
be exposed to the sky and air by tearing the
cloth shroud so that the vultures could devour
her flesh. My uncle imagined he was assisting
me into mature realisations about customs, traditions and the human condition. The description became the fuel of future nightmares, but
my elders thought it better to explain the details of “sky-burial” than to leave me with a
mystery and questions as to where granny had
gone. A philosophy was appended to its description. This was a way of not polluting the
earth as buried bodies would and not polluting
the air as the smoke and ashes of cremated bodies would. It was a way of passing into nature.
The word “ecological” wasn’t in vogue at the
time. But then a decade or more ago the vulture
population of India began to dwindle. In the
1980s, it was estimated that there were 80 million vultures of several types in the subcontinent. Through the ’90s, their numbers dwindled
significantly and the cause of this decline and
near disappearance wasn’t discovered till 2003.
The culprit was the anti-inflammatory drug Diclofenac which had been fed to cattle (and, of
course, to Parsis with swelling complaints!).
Vultures then absorbed it through eating dead
cows and died because it affected their livers.
It was only when the species became endangered in this way that the vulture-culture came
to my attention through articles which argued
that vultures, far from being demons of the sky,
were indispensable to the environment. The
governments of India, Nepal and Pakistan reacted by banning the administration of Diclofenac to cattle and finding an effective
replacement drug. Even though I am a Parsi, I
am not an automatic supporter of sky burial
and can see that the continued use of Diclofenac
by Parsis can continue to pose a threat to the
vulture population. There are undoubtedly
very many more cattle corpses than Parsi ones
for vultures to feed on, but still one can appreciate the irony of one endangered species endangering another. I don’t intend to sound like
an ardent balance-of-ecology advocate. Apart
from a few viruses and bandicoots I, in a passive way, want all species to survive and prosper. But now in one case and on behalf of one
“species”, this passivity has turned to active
evangelism. This is the case of the threatened
banana. Even with the myriad concerns that
grace the news of our beleaguered and sad
planet, I have been alarmed this last week by
reports of the banana being under danger of extinction. I read an essay by a banana historian
which enlightened me as to several facts. Did
you know that bananas are botanically classified as berries? Or that there are over a thousand extant varieties of banana? Or that
bananas have been mentioned in Buddhist documents dating back to 400 BC? Or that Alexander tasted his first banana when he defeated the
Persian satrap Porus in India? All of these are
no more than entertaining facts. What is a matter of concern is that one dominant species of
banana, the main worldwide variety, was
wiped out in the 1950s by a fungoid infection in
its roots known as the Panama Disease. This
fungus wiped out the entire crop of bananas in
the Americas. It spared India. The fungus,
which is resistant to fungicides is extremely
virulent and can spread, according to the banana historian, at an alarming pace even
through contact with the sole of a shoe transported on an unwitting foot from one continent
to another.
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JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015, PAGE 7
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal offers rebate
on power dues to poor on Labour Day
Agencies
NEW DELHI May 2 :
consume no more than 400 units per month "There
is no dearth of money in government. It is the intention that is important. Now we are going to
bring a rebate scheme to give relief to consumers
on old bills and some measures to give them respite
from pending cases that have no relevance and are
nothing but a source of harassment for the poor
consumers," the CM said. "Electricity companies
have started a new business; their employees ask
for a bribe and, if they are refused, they tamper
with the bill and make fake cases against them. I
have received many such complaints and during
initial check we found 80 per cent cases were fake."
Kejriwal announced that his government is coming up with a scheme to give a major rebate on
pending electricity bills in another 10 days. All the
pending cases will be closed, he said. "We are scanning the records of poor people which will be soon
rationalized. Cases against them will be closed," he
said. He further assured 24x7 power supply this
summer saying his government was ready with a
plan. In view of summer, the CM also pointed that
water will be an area of focus. Wherever there is a
problem tankers will be provided. A crackdown
had been launched on ration shops where beneficiaries are being deprived their share of supplies, he
said.
This Labour Day, Delhi chief minister Arvind
Kejriwal went all out to reward the vote bank
which catapulted his party to a historic victory.
The CM did not simply stop at measures to empower the labourers but chose to touch a familiar
chord—power bills. After giving a power subsidy
to consumers, the capital is now planning a rebate
scheme on old bills. There is also respite promised
from pending cases linked to power. The rebate
scheme will, however, be only for the poor and the
cases in question would be those in which it is felt
that the consumer has been put through unnecessary harassment by discoms .
The announcement came at a Labour Day
meeting organized at Shalimar Bagh. In attendance was a crowd of labourers and residents of the
surrounding slums. The CM began by asking the
crowd if their electricity bills had gone down. As
people raised hands, he reminded them how the
AAP government was committed to fulfill the
promises in its manifesto and that it was the poor
of the city who showed confidence in him and his
party and voted them to power. He went on to cite
the 50% subsidy per unit of power for those who
Won't cremate my daughter until
bus owners booked: Victim's father
Agencies
VILLAGE LANDEKE (MOGA) May 2 :
The family of the teenage girl who died after she was molested and
thrown out of a moving bus on Wednesday has decided not to cremate
the girl's body until the owners of the company running the bus service
are booked for causing death by negligence. The bus belongs to Orbit
Aviation, a company owned by Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir
Badal. The father alleged that he was being forced to reach a compromise and said he would not even allow an autopsy until his demand was
met. "My daughter needs justice. She was a little girl. Is our legal system
so weak that it can't even mention charges against the owner?" the angry father said. "I have taken my son to a safe location. I was being pressurised to enter into a compromise with some people," he alleged.
The girl's body has been kept at a local private mortuary at village
Singhewala, three kilometres from where the mother and daughter
were thrown out of the bus. It has been more than two days since she
was thrown out of the bus with her mother by the bus staff after they
quarrelled over the fare. All the four men behind the grave crime have
been arrested. The father also alleged that his wife and son were not convinced that the right men have been arrested. Punjab police chief DGP
Sumedh Singh Saini did not answer calls or reply to text messages on
the charges levelled by the family. The four accused were produced in
the court of judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) Pratima Mahajan,
who remanded them to police custody till May 4.
Putrajeevak medicine row:
Patanjali Yogapeeth to put disclaimer
'it's not for sex determination
Agencies
New Delhi May 2 :
After facing flak from all quarters over a purported ayurvedic product by yoga guru Baba
Ramdev's Divya Pharmacy promising male child,
Patanjali Yogapeeth on Saturday stated that a disclaimer will be put on the product, claiming it is for
women and has nothing to do with sex determination. Patanjali Yogapeeth spokesperson SK
Tijarawala told Zee News that the institute will
soon put a disclaimer on the product. “Patanjali
will put a disclaimer on Putrajeevak medicine that
its is for women and has no relation with sex determination,” said Tijarawala. Patanjali's statement
comes two days after the Rajya Sabha witnessed
uproar over much-publicised infertility medicine
'Divya Putrajeevak Seed'. Several Opposition
members had joined in condemning sale of such
products and demanded action. With Opposition
members pressing for stringent action, Union
Health minister JP Nadda said the issue is related
to the Department of Aayush.
"The Government will look into it and proper
action will be taken. We are very serious on sex-ratio as PM was personally monitoring the 'Beti
Bachao, Beti Padao," he said. He further added that
the issue was very serious and he has just been given a packet of the product. Giving clarification on
the matter, Baba Ramdev on Friday addressed a
press conference and said that people who are
making the allegations have no knowledge of
ayurveda. “The botanical name of 'Divya
Putrajeevak Seed' is ‘Putranjiva roxburghii’ and it
is called ‘putrajeevak’ in Hindi, Gujarati,
Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, and Bengali.
16 police personnel injured
during protest in UP
Agencies
MUZAFFARNAGAR May 2 :
One man and sixteen police personnel were
injured today during a protest held by members of
Tablighi Jamaat community at a police station in
Shamli district, police said. They were protesting
against the beating of a five-member team of their
community yesterday by some youths in DelhiKandhla train, police said. The protesters
gheraoed the police station and pelted stones besides setting some vehicles on fire, SP Vijay
Bhushan said. To disperse the violent protesters,
police used tear gas shells and cane charged them,
Bhushan said. In the cane charging one person
was injured. Security has been tightened and extra
police force has been deployed in the town, he said.
Five persons belonging to the Tablighi Jamaat
community were beaten up last evening. The traffic on Saharanpur-Delhi highway was disrupted
following the incident, they said. The senior police
officers rushed to the spot and pacified the protesters assuring them of nabbing the absconding accused soon, they added.
Any possible alliance with DMDK
will be announced by DMK chief
CPI(M) demands Ramdev's
prosecution under two laws
Agencies
New Delhi May 2 :
CPI(M) on Friday demanded prosecution of yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly
branding of a medicine manufactured by his
pharmacy as one which helps conceiving a
male child under laws on sex determination
and consumer protection. Party's Politburo
member Brinda Karat, who had taken on
Ramdev earlier too, said there was an online
discussion on the 'Putrajeevak Beej' medicine suggesting that it helps produce a son,
and this was "branding on part of Ramdev".
"Clearly, this is how he is branding the drug.
This is completely against the PNDT (PreNatal Diagnostic Techniques) Act. It is outside the ambit of the law. And he should be
prosecuted for this...On two grounds, one the
Agencies
NEW DELHI May 2 :
Former Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar has
claimed that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, the mastermind of the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai that claimed around
300 lives, wanted to surrender but the CBI did not agree to it.
Neeraj Kumar also claimed to have spoken to Dawood
Ibrahim three times in June 1994. "I spoke to a jittery Dawood
three times in June 1994... He seemed to be toying with the
idea of surrendering but had one worry - his rival gangs
could finish him off if he returned to India. I told him his safety would be the responsibility of the CBI," Neeraj Kumar has
told Hindustan Times. "Dawood was worried that his rivals
may kill him if he would come back. I played along and told
him that the CBI would take care of his safety if he were to return but before we could actually talk terms of surrender, my
bosses in the CBI told me to back off," Neeraj Kumar says in
the HT interview. In June 1994, Neeraj Kumar was with the
CBI and he was leading the agency's probe into 1993 Mumbai
blasts. Reacting to Neeraj Kumar's claims, former CBI director Vijay Rama Rao said, "No such offer of surrender came
from Dawood Ibrahim. If it's the case, it was not brought to
my knowledge." "Let all facts come out. Without entire facts
be known, it would be premature and incorrect to say anything," BJP leader Nalin Kohli said.
Rahul Gandhi to meet aspiring flat
owners; take up their cause next
Agencies
NEW DELHI May 2 :
Amid his pitch for farmers, Congress vice-president
Rahul Gandhi is set to focus on yet another issue concerning
a significant middle class segment who aspire to own flats
and to take up their complaints against the Modi government's recently approved Real Estate (Regulation and
Development) Bill. There are indications that his next topic
for intervention in the Lok Sabha could be this middle class
cause. Gandhi, according to sources, will meet at AICC on
Saturday a delegation of many people who have booked residential flats in and around the National Capital Region. The
move comes after these aspiring flat-owners communicated
to him their desire to meet him and apprised him about the
problems they are facing with the real estate owners as well
how the feel the the amendments the NDA regime made to
the UPA's Real Estate (Regulation and Development Bill) are
"heavily loaded in favour of builders", party sources said.
Congress had come out against the NDA-approved bill, alleging it contains provisions that will add to the flat owners
problems.
"Rahul Gandhi has agreed to meet the delegating of aspiring flat owners from the middle class as well those who
have got possession of their flats after they communicated to
him the various problems in the NDA's Real Estate
(Regulation and Development Bill), including how it could
help the builders further delaying the projects and shifting
the money collected from the people for a particular project
to other projects. He would give them a patient hearing on
Saturday", said a party leader.
Probe indicts Coast Guard
DIG for Pakistani boat boast
Agencies
NEW DELHI May 2 :
A board of inquiry
(BoI) has indicted Coast
Guard DIG BK Loshali,
who had contradicted the
government's version of
the operation against an
alleged Pakistani terror
boat in January. Coast
sources
said
Guard
Loshali could now be
court-martialed.
Loshali had contradicted the government
claim that when Coast
Guard ships inched towards the Pakistani boat,
occupants of the alleged
terror boat blew themselves up. The DIG had
claimed that he had ordered a Coast Guard ship
in the vicinity to fire at
the Pakistani boat. The
BoI was instituted in
February after Coast
Guard was not satisfied
with Loshali's response to
the show-cause notice issued to him on his controversial remarks. The BoI
report has been submitted to the Coast Guard director general, sources
said. The video of his
speech showed that
Loshali did make the assertion that he had ordered the alleged terror
boat to be blown up. He
had later denied making
such a claim.
The government has
been consistent in its
claim that occupants of
the boat had blown themselves up after being
chased by Coast Guard
ships on the night of
December 31. However,
there were several questions over the claim that it
was a terror boat, and evidence had hinted at the
possibility of it being
36-year-old Madurai
man goes missing in
Saudi Arabia
Agencies
CHENNAI May 2 :
A 34-year-old man from Madurai has gone
missing in Saudi Arabia. The Indian consulate in
Jeddah has requested members of the public for information about Bhoominathan Rajendran, who
has been missing from the Saudi Arabian city of
Ta'if since April 18. Indian consul general in
Jeddah B S Mubarak told TOI over phone that
Rajendran, who was employed as a planning engineer with a private company in Ta'if, was a vegetarian by choice. He could speak only Tamil and had a
culture shock on landing in Saudi Arabia.
He had told his employers that he wanted to go
back to India, and was advised to wait for a few
days. On April 18, he left his house and has been
missing since then. Indian diplomats are now
checking all hospitals and prisons in Saudi Arabia.
His family back home is worried about his whereabouts. His father and brother are planning to visit
Jeddah soon, Mubarak said.
linked to a drug smuggling racket. Loshali had
claimed in his speech in
Surat, "Let me tell you. I
hope you remember 31st
December night. We blew
off that Pakistan ... We
have blown them off. I
was there at Gandhinagar
and I told at night, blow
the boat off. We don't want
to serve them biryani." He
later denied making the
statement. Loshali was
removed as the chief of
staff of northwest region
and attached to Coast
Guard's zonal headquarters after the Board of
Inquiry was constituted.
Coast Guard has consistently denied claims that
it used disproportionate
force, and said its ship
Rajratan had only fired
warning shots from its
30mm guns and light-machine guns across the bow
of the boat.
A relative carries a child injured in Saturday's earthquake, at the Israeli field hospital for further treatment in Kathmandu, Nepal
Metro proposals for 9 cities under
consideration: Venkaiah Naidu
Agencies
BENGALURU May 2 :
Metro proposals for nine
cities, including Lucknow and
Pune, costing a total of Rs 83,000
crore are under consideration of
the central government, Urban
development
minister
M
Venkaiah Naidu said on Friday.
Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Lucknow,
Pune and Vijayawada are few
cities which are under the consideration of the central government, he said. "The Metro services would cover a total length of
223km and cost Rs 83,000 crore,"
Naidu said. With such expansion of metro services, the demand for rolling stock is set to increase and keeping this in view,
government is encouraging production of metro coaches in the
country, Naidu said.
Speaking at the inauguration of Reach-3B of Bangalore
Metro Railway line between
Nagasandra
and
Peenya
Industrial Area, he said, "out of
the 2,100 coaches that Delhi
metro needs for its three phases,
1,850 are being indigenously
manufactured." Stating that
presently indigenous metro
coach making facilities existed
at three locations in the country
with a total production capacity
of 620 coaches per year, Naidu
said these include BEML's unit
at Bengaluru with a capacity of
150
coaches
per
year,
Bombardier's unit in Gujarat
with a capacity of 350 per year
and Alstom's unit in Chennai
that can produce 120 cars per
year. "Alstom is setting up another metro car making unit at
Sri City with an investment of Rs
630 crore," he added. Naidu said
Bombardier has signed a contract with Australia for exporting 450 metro cars made in India
and these exports will begin by
the end of this year. Similarly,
Alstom will supply 132 metro
cars to Australia beginning in
August, 2017. "This is what our
Prime Minister is keen about.
India shall emerge as the manufacturing hub for the world given
our
advantages.
"Manufacturing of metro cars for
domestic needs as well as for exports is an indication of the
dream of 'Make in India' taking
shape," he said. Speaking about
government's ambitious scheme
of building 100 smart cities,
Naidu said one of the key objectives of smart cities initiative is
to put in place an efficient and reliable public transportation system which will enable easy mobility.
Rahul Gandhi may launch Ambedkar anniversary celebrations on May 29
Agencies
Agencies
DMK treasurer MK Stalin on Saturday said
any decision on the posibility of forging alliance
with Vijayakanth-led DMDK would be announced
by party chief M Karunanidhi. Replying to specific
question on the possibility of alliance with DMDK,
Stalin told reporters "if it happens, that will be announced by Karunanidhi." Stating that the four
year rule of AIADMK has witnessed increase in
murder, robbery and also corruption, Stalin said
that DMK would soon submit a memorandum to
the Governor seeking to investigate them thoroughly. On former minister, Agri S S
Krishnamoorthy, he said that in view of the allegations of corruption in agriculture and horticulture
department against him, the party wanted a CBI
inquiry into the entire episode, instead of the present CBCID inquiry.
Rahul Gandhi would lead
Congress' Ambedkar-oriented dalit
outreach, diversifying his political
agenda presently limited to farmers
and youth. The Congress heir apparent is likely to visit Mhow in Madhya
Pradesh on May 29 for the national
launch of the party's year-long celebrations of 125th birth anniversary
of Ambedkar. He will address a public rally in the city in which the focus
would evidently be on the Congress's
focus on dalit welfare and
Ambedkar's roots in the party. The
national launch was put off from
Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14 for a
later date to ensure Rahul's availabil-
Coonoor May 2 :
PNDT Act and two, even the Consumer
Protection Act. "Because, this advertising is
straight advertising about the drug. So, on
both grounds, he should be prosecuted,"
Karat told PTI here. Karat had taken on
Ramdev earlier when she had alleged that
medicines his pharmacy produced contained human bones and animal parts.
Opposition MPs led by JD(U)'s K C Tyagi had
yesterday sought a ban on the product and
sought stringent action against the manufacturer in the Rajya Sabha.
Earlier today, the yoga guru had rebutted charges that the medicine was being
sold for conceiving a male child and claimed
that he was being targeted through "lies" to
defame the Prime Minister. At a press conference here, he said a disclaimer will be added
on the package of the medicine that it does
not promise a male child and claimed it was
named after the scientific name of the herb
'Putranjiva roxburghii Wall'.
Dawood Ibrahim wanted to
surrender, former Delhi Police
chief Neeraj Kumar claims
NEW DELHI May 2 :
ity that was uncertain during his
sabbatical. Mhow would be the first
dalit rally of Rahul's decade-long political career which, coming after the
farmers show in capital on April 19,
would broaden the heir apparent's
political agenda. Though Congress
has claimed that it aims to resurrect
Ambedkar as the foremost intellectual in contrast to his limited political identity as a dalit icon, the party's
belated interest in the 'father of the
constitution' is bound to be perceived as driven by the hope of wooing the SCs. Congress wants to reclaim Ambedkar who has been appropriated by dalit outfits like BSP.
The party regrets its slow reflexes
when during the 1990s leaders like
Kanshi Ram succeeded in portray-
ing Congress as having betrayed
Ambedkar. The rise of BSP decimated Congress in UP. For Rahul just
back from a long sabbatical, the aggression in Parliament and outside
is seen as assuring partymen who
were skeptical of his post-defeat political engagement. The targeting of
farmers through rallies, speeches in
Parliament and padyatras across
states seeks to woo a key social bloc
that deserted Congress in 2014 polls.
At the same time, the lead role in the
Ambedkar celebrations, partymen
hope, would give a direction to the
party's targeted appeal to dalits.
"Farmers and dalits are our traditional support base which we have to
win back to beef up our political muscle," a senior Congress leader said.
Sonia Gandhi must
continue as Congress
president: SM Krishna
Agencies
BENGALURU May 2 :
Former external affairs minister SM Krishna joined the ranks
of senior Congress leaders who
have insisted that Sonia Gandhi
should continue as party president though Rahul Gandhi may
have an important role to play.
Krishna, who turned 83 on
Friday, said Sonia Gandhi was
"indispensable" for Congress,
though Rahul Gandhi will be a
good way to connect with the 30year-olds who form about 50 per
cent of the country's population.
He said if Rahul Gandhi could
show the people that he was "focussed," he would "go places".
Krishna is the third former CM,
after
Sheila
Dikshit
and
Amarinder Singh, to insist that
Sonia Gandhi needed to stay as
party president. The younger generation of party has been rooting
for Rahul Gandhi to take over.
Anoop Kumar
Srivastava to hold additional
charge of ISCS
Agencies
New Delhi May 2 :
Senior IAS officer Anoop
Kumar Srivastava was on
Saturday given additional charge
of Secretary, Inter-State Council
Secretariat (ISCS). Srivastava, a
1981 batch IAS officer of AssamMeghalaya cadre, is presently
Secretary (Border Management)
in Home Ministry. He has been
given additional charge for three
months, an order issued by
Department of Personnel and
Training said.
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY, 3, 2015, PAGE 8
Glimpses of Future
BRIEF NEWS
John Kerry praises Sri Lankan
govt progress in peace process
Agencies
Colombo, May 2:
US Secretary of State John
Kerry on Saturday praised the
"openness" of the new Sri
Lankan government in its efforts to boost democracy, human rights and ensure reconciliation with the country's minority Tamils.
Kerry was addressing the
media following a bilateral
meeting with Sri Lankan forminister
Mangala
eign
Samaraweera after the top US
diplomat landed here today on
a two-day trip.
"One thing which struck
me was the readiness of this
government to open its doors,
to open its minds to different
ideas," he said hailing "the
enormous progress Sri Lanka
has made in just a few months".
"You are working on creating an enduring peace and you
are working on providing pros-
perity for all of your people,"
Kerry said praising the new
government for reaching out to
the Tamil minority after the
end of the three-decade civil
war that killed over 100,000 people. Kerry said both Sri Lankan
President
Maithripala
Sirisena and Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe are not
afraid of tackling tough issues.
"They are willing to make
difficult decisions and they are
committed to keeping their
promises," Kerry said.
He said many challenges
and difficult decisions lie
ahead of the new government
234 Girls, Women Rescued From
Boko Haram: Nigerian Military
Agencies
Lagos, May 2:
Nigeria's military has rescued 234 more girls and
women from a Boko Haram
forest stronghold in the country's northeast, an announcement on social media said today.
It brings the number of females declared rescued this
week to more than 677.
Another set of 234 women
and children were rescued
through the Kawuri and
Konduga end of the Sambisa
Forest on Thursday," said a
message on the official Twitter
account of the Nigerian
Defence Headquarters posted
early today.
It comes as the army deployed ground troops following weeks of punishing air
raids on the Sambisa Forest.
President Goodluck
Jonathan, whose term ends
this month, said Thursday
that the forest is the last holdout of the Islamic militants
and he pledged to "hand over a
Nigeria completely free of terrorist strongholds."
There have been reports
that some women fought the
troops, with Boko Haram using them as an armed human
shield for its main fighting
force.
It is not known how many
girls, women, boys and men
Boko Haram has kidnapped
over its nearly 6-year-old rebellion. The military says it is
screening the girls and women
to find out what villages they
came from.
Some women the soldiers
tried to rescue even shot at
their rescuers, a military
spokesman has said, indicating that some might now identify with Boko Haram after
months of captivity and forced
marriages. It also remains unclear if some of the women had
willingly joined Boko Haram,
or are family members of fighters.
The Nigerian military yesterday released photos of some
of the girls and women they
said were taken between
Tuesday and Thursday in the
Sambisa Forest.
The photos show 20 or so
women, children and babies
looking generally healthy
physically.
Indian-origin UKIP candidate
from West Lancashire suspended
over anti-Jewish remark
Agencies
London , May 2:
An Indian-origin candidate for the far-right UK
Independence Party (UKIP) has
been suspended over alleged
anti-Jewish remarks ahead of
the May 7 General Elections.
Jack Sen, whose grandfather
was Indian and served as a doctor in the British Indian Army
during the Raj era, was to contest the seat from West
Lancashire.
Sen, who describes himself
on Twitter as “unapologetically politically incorrect proBritish”, directed abuse on the
social networking site at
Luciana Berger, the Labour
party’s candidate who is
Jewish. “You’re about authentic Labour as Ed Miliband.
Protect child benefits? If you
had it your way you’d send the £
to Poland/Israel,” he wrote in
one message.
In another, he said:
“Britain’s youngest Jewish
MP, Luciana Berger, is facing
criticism over her record
of…loyalties.” The reference to
divided loyalties is a common
anti-semitic slur meant to suggest that Jews are loyal to
Israel, rather than to the country in which they live. Berger
said it was “clearly an antiSemitic comment”. In a separate interview, Sen said minorities in South Africa were
being ethnically cleansed and
laid the blame for a “genocide”
in western Europe at the door
of Labour leader Ed Miliband
and other prominent Jewish
figures across the world.
Speaking to the Guardian’
on Friday, Sen claimed that the
messages had been tweeted by
a party activist, not by him. But
he failed to provide any further
details on his remarks. A UKIP
statement said, “Jack Sen, a
UKIP candidate, has expressed
views that in no way reflect the
views of the party and any other of our hard-working dedicated candidates. “In the light of
these and other comments, Sen
has been suspended from UKIP
with immediate effect.”
UKIP leader Nigel Farage
apologised for the comments attributed to Sen and those posted on his Twitter account. He
said: “We’ve got over 5,000 people standing for us at this election, and less than a handful
have caused us a problem.
“UKIP is a non-sectarian, nonracist party and we have actually got a remarkable number
of people standing for us from
every single walk of life, from
every religion and every ethnic
group in this country.”
The news of Sen’s suspension comes after Janice
Atkinson, one of the leading figures in the party and a parliamentary candidate, was expelled from UKIP over fake expenses claims. The anti-immigration UKIP is against the
UK’s membership of the
European Union (EU). It currently has no major presence in
the British Parliament and is
not expected to register any major impact in the May 7 elections either.
But at least one child looks
emaciated and some of the
children have the orange-colored hair signaling severe
malnutrition. There has been
no announcement yet on
whether any of those rescued
are the students who were kidnapped from the Chibok
school a year ago, a mass kidnapping that outraged much of
the world. Some photos were
taken in an open courtyard
with a high wall and leafy trees
beyond. A military man in a
flight suit, an assault rifle held
by his side, stands among
them. A young military medic
with blue rubber gloves and a
surgical mask dangling from
his ears appears to be checking
several of the children.
which he discussed with
Samaraweera.
It was a reference to the human rights accountability and
reconciliation areas in which
the Sri Lankan government is
expected to show results.
The US-led resolutions in
the UNHRC mandated an international probe but Colombo
has opted for a domestic mechanism.
The US has noted Sri
Lanka's progress on restoring
democracy and institutions for
greater accountability through
the nineteenth amendment,
Kerry said.
He said the US wants to
work closely with Sri Lanka.
"To that end the foreign
minister and I agreed to establish an annual participatory dialogue between our two governments," he said.
Kerry's visit comes following years of strained relations
between the US and Sri Lanka's
Clashes erupt
in US west
coast cities
during May
Day marches
previous government led by
Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Rajapaksa had faced criticism from the West for refusing
to cooperate with a probe into
alleged war crimes committed
during a crackdown on the
LTTE.
Lanka
under
Sri
Rajapaksa was subjected to
three consecutive US-backed
UN Human Rights Council resolutions, the last of which mandated an global inquiry on alleged rights abuses by both
government troops and the
LTTE.
Sirisena's government has
opted for a domestic mechanism much to the displeasure
of the Tamils. They feel given
past Sinhala-majority governments' attitude towards the minority, the investigation may
end up as an eyewash. The US
is expected to press the
Sirisena government for a
credible local mechanism.
Agencies
Seattle/Oakland, May 2:
Crowds clashed with police during May Day marches in several US west coast
cities late on Friday, as officers responded with stun
grenades and pepper spray,
police and media said.
Anti-capitalist protesters hurled wrenches and
rocks at officers in Seattle,
police said.
Demonstrators in
Oakland, California, and several other cities, rallied
against a series of police
killings of unarmed black, local media reported.
Footage on social media
showed protesters smashing
shop windows in Seattle and
crowds scattering as police
clad in riot gear threw in
"flashbang" grenades.
Demonstrators set fire to
garbage and damaged at
least two dozen vehicles, police said.
"This is no longer
demonstration management, this has turned into a
riot," Seattle Police Captain
Chris Fowler said in a statement.
At least three officers
were injured, two seriously,
and at least 16 people were
arrested, Seattle’s police department said on its Twitter
account.
Several hundred protesters snaked through the
streets of Oakland for hours
on Friday night after a day of
peaceful protests.
More than 100 windows
at businesses, restaurants
and banks along the route
were smashed, and several
people were taken into cus-
North Korea arrests South Korean
NYU student for illegal entry
Agencies
Seoul, May 2:
North Korea on Saturday said it had arrested a South Korean
college student, holding a US green card, for illegal entry into the
country. Joo Won-moon, 21, from New York, was caught on April
22 crossing from the Chinese side of the Yalu River, according to
North Korea`s KCNA news agency. Joo admitted violating North
Korean law, state media said.
South Korea`s KCNA news agency reported that Joo was student at New York University (NYU).
The arrest comes after North Korea said in late March that it
had detained two South Koreans, accusing them of spying after
they crossed over from the Chinese border city of Dandong.
Dandong is home to many ethnic Korean Chinese traders who
deal with both North and South Korean businessmen. It is also
home to South Korean and western Christian missionaries trying
to operate in North Korea.
A number of US missionaries have been arrested in the past,
with some allowed to return home after interventions by high-profile US figures. But, despite pleas from Seoul to release, North
Korea has been holding South Koreans including a South Korean
missionary who was sentenced to life with hard labour last year for
espionage and setting up an underground church.
The two Koreas remain technically at war, as their 1950-53 civil
conflict ended in a truce rather than a peace treaty.
Jennifer Garner attends the third annual Moms
+SocialGood event at the New York Times
Center, in New York.
tody overnight.
At least one vehicle was
burned and others damaged
on the lot of a local car dealership.
Oakland police did not
immediately respond to request for comment.
Pepper spray and flashbangs were also used in
Portland after some protesters threw objects at officers
and tried to force their way
onto a bridge, the city police
department said on its
Twitter account.
One officer was injured,
it said. Protesters annually
assemble on May 1 as a day to
focus attention on labor and
immigration issues.
Demonstrators in cities
across the country also used
the occasion to rally against
police violence.
Many rallies proceeded
largely without major incident. In Baltimore, demonstrations were peaceful and
even celebratory after prosecutors brought charges
against all six officers involved in the arrest of
Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old
black man who died of spinal
injuries suffered while in police custody earlier this
month.
Gray’s death has become the latest flashpoint in
a national outcry over excessive force used against
African-Americans and other minority groups by the
white-dominated US law enforcement establishment. It
set off riots in Baltimore on
Monday.
More Child Abuse Cases Possible in Central African Republic: UN
Agencies
United Nations, May 2:
The United Nations today said "it
is possible, it's horribly possible" that
more allegations of sexual abuse of
children by French and other soldiers
in Central African Republic could
come to light as investigations continue. A UN human rights spokesman reminded reporters in Geneva that conditions where the alleged abuse occurred last year were chaotic, with
thousands of displaced people taking
refuge at the capital's airport and under protection of French and other
troops.
Rupert Colville said UN officials
now have to see what French authorities will come up with as their investigation continues. He called the allegations "abhorrent" and "utterly odious."
"Longer term, only the French
can do this investigation ... Fully," he
said.
Residents of the camp for displaced persons have told The
Associated Press that French soldiers
tasked with protecting civilians during months of vicious sectarian violence in the country had sexually
abused boys as young as 9 years old.
France's investigations follow an
initial UN investigation into the allegations a year ago. All of the probes
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whose group AIDS-Free World has
been looking into abuse by peacekeeping personnel, has said children also
accused soldiers from Chad and
Equatorial Guinea.
The UN today said it didn't know
whether the accusations against soldiers from Chad and Equatorial
Guinea were being pursued but that
the French investigation might cover
them.
The deputy spokesman for the UN
secretary-general, Farhan Haq, told
reporters in New York that troops
from those countries did not join the
UN peacekeeping mission. Chad withdrew before the UN mission came, and
the inclusion of Equatorial Guinea
troops was not approved by UN peacekeeping officials, Haq said.
The UN Security Council has
called on the African Union and troopcontributing countries to investigate
reported human rights abuses by
forces present in Central African
Republic before the UN mission arrived, he said.
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JAMMU SUNDAY MAY, 3, 2015, PAGE 9
Glimpses of Future
Centre announces
Rs 20,000-cr road projects
for North-East
Guwahati, May 2:
Making up for the lost ground, the
Centre on Saturday said it will start Rs
20,000-crore road projects, besides developing inland waterways, in the North-East by
the end of this year to improve infrastructure in the region. "By the end of December
this year, we will award road projects worth
Rs 20,000 crore in the North-East. These will
be spread across the region for improving
the infrastructure, which will help the economy of the North-East," Union Road
Transport, Highways and Shipping
Minister Nitin Jairam Gadkari said at a
press conference here. “The projects will
have a long gestation period and will be implemented by public sector undertakings,
besides private entities, in the public-private partnership mode,” he added. "Of these,
around Rs 6,000-crore projects will be in
Arunachal Pradesh while projects worth of
Rs 8,000 crore will be developed in Assam.
The remaining will be for other
parts of the region," Gadkari said.
Currently, Rs 31,025 crore
worth of roads running into
over 3,700 km are under development, which are being constructed by 10 players
through 104 projects.
Gadkari, in the same
breath, called upon northeastern states to acquire
land and secure necessary environmental
clearances before the
Ministry of Road
Transport and the National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI) can go ahead with
these projects. He said the central government will encourage local contractors in the
region by awarding smaller sizes of road projects, thus providing employment there.
"These measures will ease the bottlenecks in
establishing road projects," he added. On in-
land waterways, Gadkari
said the Centre
will bring in a piece
of legislation soon to
declare 13 more national waterways on as
many rivers in the NorthEast. These rivers are
Barak, Lohit, Subansiri,
Gangadhar, Aai, Beki,
Puthimari, Kopili,
Dihing, Dhansiri,
Dikhow, Doyang
and Tlawng.
Construction of
a ship repair facility at Pandu in
Guwahati will start by
October this year. We will have
a dry dock there at a cost of Rs 50
crore," the Minister said.
The Minister also reached out to all separatist groups operating in the region to
shun violence and "join the mainstream to be
part of the development story".
Gadkari further said his Ministry has
booked 95 lakh tonnes of cement from manufacturers at a cheaper rate of Rs 120 per bag,
excluding transportation and taxes. "Of
these 1.5 lakh tonnes have been sold. I request all the state governments here that if
they are doing any construction work, please
purchase it from us. It's much cheaper than
the market rate and it will significantly reduce construction cost," he added.(PTI)
Indira Gandhi International
adjudged world's best airport
New Delhi, May 2:
The capital's Indira Gandhi
International Airport (IGIA) has
been adjudged the world's best
airport for the year 2014, under
the category of handling 25 to 40
million passengers per annum, officials said on Saturday. Airports
Council International (ACI) presented the Airport Service
Quality (ASQ) award to IGIA at a
ceremony of the ACI AsiaPacific/World Annual General
Assembly on April 28 in Jordan.
"We are honoured to represent an
Indian airport at a highly acclaimed international forum as
ACI. Our IGI Airport partners
and employees have consistently
delivered a memorable and distinct experience to our customers,
enabling us to achieve the coveted
world number one position," said
I. Prabhakara Rao, CEO of Delhi
International
Airport
Pvt.
Limited, which manages IGIA.
The Delhi airport scored
4.90 on a scale of 5 points measured by 300 members of the ACI
SPORTS NEWS
India hockey team takes on
Japan in first Test
benchmarking
proASQ
gramme. IGIA bettered its ranking from second position for the
years 2011, 2012 and 2013 to
emerge on top in 2014. Their
score was 3.02 in 2007. ASQ is the
key to understanding how to increase passenger satisfaction
and improve business performance, said Angela Gittens, director general of ACI World.
As many as 40 million passengers used IGIA to reach 58 domestic and 62 international destinations in 2014-15. During the period, the average flight movements were 885 per day while
696,000 metric tonnes of cargo
was handled. IGIA hosts six domestic carriers, 56 international
carriers and also has the capacity
to handle the gigantic Airbus
A380 aircraft. The airport serves
as a hub for leading Indian airlines Air India, IndiGo, Vistara
and SpiceJet. Delhi International
Airport Private is a joint venture
between the GMR Group,
Airports Authority of India,
Fraport and Malaysia Airports
Holdings Berhad.
FM Jaitley to leave for
Azerbaijan tomorrow to
attend ADB meet
New Delhi, May 2:
Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley will leave for Azerbaijan
on Sunday to attend the annual
of
the
Asian
meeting
Development Bank (ADB) in
Baku. Finance Secretary Rajiv
Mehrishi and other finance ministry officials have already
reached Baku for the meeting of
Board of Governors of the ADB.
The four-day 48th annual meeting of the ADB began on Saturday.
Jaitley, according to sources, is likely to return on May 5 and will
be there in Parliament to pilot important economic legislations,
including Goods and Services Tax and the black money bills.
He will also have to get the Finance Bill, 2015 approved in the
Rajya Sabha. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
This year's ADB meeting focus will be on "Fostering
Partnership for Development" besides discussing the
Millennium Development Goals on issues -- sustainable development, poverty alleviation and climate change.
The Manila-based ADB focuses on development in infrastructure, education, environment, regional cooperation and integration and finance sector development. Established in 1966, it
is owned by 67 members. In 2014, ADB assistance totalled USD
22.9 billion, including co-financing of USD 9.2 billion.(PTI)
Gold extends losses on global
cues; Silver stages recovery
New Delhi, May 2:
In a mixed pattern of trading, gold extended losses for the
second straight day and prices
fell by another Rs 160 to Rs 27,030
per ten grams in tandem with
weak global market, while silver
rebounded by Rs 510 to Rs 37,210
per kg on revival of buying by industrial units. Traders said
weakening global trend where
gold fell to a six-week low on
mounting speculation that the
Federal Reserve is moving closer to raising US interest rates
mainly kept pressure on gold
prices. Gold in New York, which
normally determines price
trend on the domestic front, fell
0.7 per cent to settle at USD
1,174.50 an ounce after touching
USD 1,168.40, the lowest since
March 20 in yesterday's trade.
Besides, fall in demand
from jewellers and retailers at
prevailing levels fuelled the
downtrend in gold, they said. In
the national capital, gold of 99.9
and 99.5 per cent purity fell further by Rs 160 each to Rs 27,030
and Rs 26,880 per ten gram respectively. It had plunged by Rs
285 yesterday. Sovereign, however, continued to be asked at
last level of Rs 23,700 per piece of
eight gram. On the other hand,
silver ready recovered by Rs 510
to Rs 37,210 per kg and weeklybased delivery edged up by Rs 25
to Rs 36,540 per kg. Silver coins
also spurted by Rs 1,000 to Rs
56,000 for buying and Rs 57,000
for selling of 100 pieces.(PTI)
JAMMU, May 02:
all set to leave for the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
Agencies
Bhubaneswar, May 2:
The Indian hockey team is all geared up to take on Japan
in what would be the first of the four-match Test series at the
Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday, which is preparation for the
upcoming World League semifinal to be held at Antwerp in
June. Following their third place finish in the recently concluded Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in April, India are looking to
maintain their form and will try out new strategies in the bilateral series. With an augmented 24-member squad, chief coach
Paul van Ass will aim to utilise all the players and use new
team combinations in preparation for the big tournament
next month. “In present day in international hockey, you
can’t take any team lightly. Once the Netherlands team lost a
match against Japan, just because they took them lightly and
didn’t utilise their full strength,” said van Ass.
“Though they are ranked below us, Japan are a good team
and they have been improving in the right direction. They
have a very strong forward line-up and speed is their key
strength. With new South Korean coach Keonwook Kang,
Japan have improved a lot in all areas.” Knowing that Japan
have a strong forward line and their players are skilful to add
to their pace, India have started analysing and are working on
various strategies to tackle them.
Ranked World No.9, India have more bench strength than
their 16th ranked Asian opponents but the hosts are not taking
any chances and will try and utilise their full squad. The last
time the two teams met was in the 2013 Asian Champions
Trophy in Japan when the hosts defeated India 2—1. The
Indian team management has called back a few young players,
such as forward Lalit Upadhyay, defender Yuvraj Walmiki and
midfielder Pardeep Mor. On the other hand, Japan have come
with their full strength in a 19—member squad. “Being an
Asian team, they are playing European style of hockey, which
makes them a tough opponent. We are glad they are here to play
with us. We will play competitive hockey. I am hoping for a
good start against them,” added van Ass. After finishing sixth
at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, Japan are also taking the series seriously as they are also preparing for their World League
Semi—Final to be held in Buenos Aires. Japan will face the
toughest teams of the world there and this series will give them
ample opportunities to test their skills. However, they have not
played against India too much in the last few years and, hence,
don’t know much about the Indian team and their style of play.
“This will be an important Test series for us as we are preparing for the World League Semi—Final; this series will give us
good opportunities. We haven’t played against India in the last
few years and we don’t know how they will play.
Kolkata, May 2:
State-run telecom operator BSNL on Saturday
slashed roaming tariff by up
to 40 percent for its prepaid
and postpaid mobile connection with effect from May 1.
The decision had been taken
in the wake of telecom tariff
order issued by TRAI, the
company said in a statement.
Roaming tariff for incoming
calls has been cut by 40 percent, STD by 23 percent and 20
percent for local calls. Local
and national SMS tariff has
been reduced by 75 percent,
the statement said. Earlier,
BSNL had announced free
unlimited calls from landline
to any landline from nine in
the night to seven in the
morning which is also with
effect from May 1.(PTI)
Ritesh, Randeep excel in
district sport climbing meet
GOF Staff Reporter
READY FOR THE CAMPAIGN: The Indian hockey team is
BSNL slashes
roaming tariff
by up to 40%
Hosts Sprawling Buds
School, Chinore, here dominated in the 15th Jammu District
Sport Climbing Championship,
by
the
J&K
organised
Mountaineering Association.
Ritesh Sharma and Randeep
Parihar of Sprawling Buds won
gold and silver medal respectively in the Mini boys group
while Asma Gul and Sunandani
Bhagat secured first and third
place respectively in the Mini
girls’ category.
Mahi Choudhary of MNDP
School RS Pura bagged second
position. However, in the Sub
Junior girls’ category, top three
positions bagged by Ria
Choudhary of MNDP School,
Tanisha of Shastri Memorial
Higher Secondary School,
Patoli and Asiya Qadri of
Shangrilla Public School,
Sarwal. In girls’ category there
was an upset when Shivani of
Shining Star Academy Muthi
defeated Shilpa Charak, last
year’s zonal silver medallist, to
clinch the top spot. Shivani easily topped the wall while Shilpa
of the same school slipped on the
last hold to settle for a silver
medal. Nitya Sharma of
Shangrilla Public School secured third place. There was
not much competition in the
women category because of lack
of adequate participation and
Muskan Abrol, a senior
climber, easily bagged the title.
Shaweta Magotra and Diksha
both of Muthi secured the second and third positions respectively. In the Sub Junior boys’
category, eight climbers, led by
Arun Deep and Ajay Deep
Singh, had entered the final
round which shall be conducted
tomorrow. Similarly, Speed
Climbing competitions in all
the categories of Jammu district shall be organised tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Samba district competition held simultaneously in two different categories of lead climbing.
The Detailed Results: BOYS:
Mini: Rohit Slathia, Ist;
Vishwarth Sharma, 2nd and
Danish Slathia, 3rd. Sub Junior:
Riaz Ali, Ist; Abhinash Badiria,
2nd and Bipan Singh, 3rd. Earlier,
the championship was declared
open by Commissioner, Jammu
Municipal Corporation (JMC),
Soujanya Sharma in the presence
of Prof Lalit Magotra (convener,
Dogri Advisory Board, Sahitya
Akademi, New Delhi), Sanjeet
Khajuria (Assistant Director,
Doordarshan Kendra, Jammu)
and Rajan Sharma (Divisional
Sports Officer of J&K State Sports
Council). Prominent among others present included Secretary,
Mountaineering Association of
J&K Ram Khajuria, Directors of
Sprawling Buds School, Rahul
Sharma, Ramesh Khajuria, Arti
Sharma and Savita Sharma as also Principal of host school, Pooja
Sharma. Shawetica Khajuria, a
national judge in Sport Climbing,
Yogeshwar Kumar, vice presidents of the Association, Anil
Kumar, Aman Arora, Sonam
Sidharth and Satish Bhan, a
sports organizer. The championship was organized by
Mountaineering Association of
J&K and sponsored by J&K State
Sports Council.
BUSINESS NEWS
Market turns distinctly weak;
Sensex, Nifty down 1.5%
Mumbai, May 2:
Distinctly weak tendency prevailed for the third week in a
row as the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex and the CNX Nifty
plunged by another 1.5 pct to close at almost four-month low on
host of negative factors during the truncated week under review.
The BSE and the NSE were closed on May 1, for observing
"Maharashtra Day" holiday. Sustained withdrawal by foreign
funds, lingerings tax concerns, lower-than-expected fourth quarter earnings by some key corporates so far, prediction of below
normal monsoon and profit-booking by wary operators in the absence of any positive trigger continued to daunt the market sentiment. Offloading long positions rather than rolling over to next
series by operators during the week as April 30 was the last day of
derivatives contract too weighed negatively.
Heavy sell-off was seen mainly in FMCG counters following
forecast of below normal monsoon that might keep the main rural fraternity away from making more purchases as they continued to be major driver of the income of these companies. As a result, the S&P BSE FMCG index was the top loser from the sectoral
indices with a steep fall of 5.19 pct. Tobacco giant, ITC, was down
by 7.71 pct and HUL by 4.50 pct. Besides FMCG, metal, Oil&Gas,
healthcare, consumer durable, teck and IT counters too were at
the receiving end. Contrary to the market sentiment, some of the
banking, auto and power stocks were in demand on good buying
support. The BSE 30-share indicator, on the onset of the week,
logged a high of 27,567.22 but, excepting Tuesday when it showed
some sign of recovery, continued to remain in negative terrain to
fell below 27K-mark at 26,897.54 before recovering some ground to
close the week at 27,011.31, revealing a fall of 426.63 points or 1.55
pct. In straight three weeks, it has stumbled by 1,868.07 points or
6.47 percent. Similarly, the broader 50-issue CNX Nifty of the NSE
also moved in a range of 8,334.45 and 8,144.75 before settling the
week below 8,200-mark at 8,181.50, exhibiting a net loss of 123.75
points or 1.49 pct. Country's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki
amid banking majors, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank closed with
sharp gains on announcement of excellent fourth quarter earnings. The market also remained sluggish as the monsoon will
now determine country's inflation path, affecting the central
bank's decision on interest rate cycle, a broker said.
Meanwhile, Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have dragged
the government to court over the MAT levy and five of them have
filed writ petitions against the Income Tax Department at the
Bombay High Court. The main market mover, FPIs sold shares a
whopping Rs 7,030.42 crore during the week, including provisional figure of April 10, weighing down immensely on the market
sentiment. In the meantime, World Bank today said Indian economy has taken strong strides towards higher growth and enhanced stability, aided by a supportive external environment, in
particular the sharp decline in oil and commodity prices. World
Bank projects India's GDP to expand to 7.5 percent in the current
financial year. "Growth has accelerated, inflation has declined,
the current account deficit has narrowed and external reserves
have increased," it noted. The last day market also got affected after weak US growth data and cautious comments from the
Federal Reserve. The disappointing news on the world's biggest
economy comes on top of a worrying slowdown in China and persistent fears about Europe as Greece scrambles to avoid bankruptcy. Besides, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in an article written in a foreign newspaper said that he is considering setting up a
high-level committee to resolve legacy tax cases. However, Axis
Bank firmed up by 7.64 pct, ICICI Bank 7.51 pct, Maruti Suzuki
5.43 pct, Wipro 2.95 pct, Vedanta 2.41 pct and BHEL 1.58 pct.
Among the BSE S&P sectoral indices, metal dropped by 1.98
pct, Oil&Gas 1.94 pct, HC 1.80 pct, CD 1.56 pct, Teck 1.21 pct and IT
1.08 pct while Bankex rose by 1.73 pct and auto by 0.40 pct.(PTI)
State contingent leaves
for School Games
Deputy Director DYSS, Rishi Kumar flags of state
contingent for National School Games at Youth Hostel Nagrora
in Jammu on Saturday.
GOF Staff Reporter
JAMMU, May 02:
State contingent comprising 61 student players in four desciplines of badminton, handball, fencing and rifle shooting
in under 14 and under-19 categories today left for 60th
National School Games to be
held at Pune in Maharashtra
from May six to May nine.
The contingent was flagged
off by Deputy Director,
Department of Youth Services
and Sports (DYSS), Rishi
Kumar from Youth Hostel,
Nagrota, near here today.
The team is accompanied
by senior Physical Education
Teacher (PET), Rattan Lal. The
School Games are organised by
the National School Games
Federation of India (SGFI).
Among others present were
district officer, Sukh Dev Raj
Sharma, Harvinder Kour
(PEM) and BK Tickoo (PEM).
Bava, Anand enter finals Mounting lack of confidence against IOA chief Ramachandran
with contrasting wins
Agencies
Mumbai, May 2:
Unseeded Kunal Anand of Delhi and third seed Haadin Bava
of Kerala set up the singles title clash in the Khar Gymkhana All
India Men’s Open Tennis Tournament here on Saturday after contrasting semifinal wins. While Anand rallied from a set down to a
5—7 6—0 6—3 upset win over sixth seed Vijay Kannan of Tamil
Nadu, Bava dominated the battle of the baseliners against unseeded local lad Aryan Goveas for a 6—2 6—3 win in the semifinals.
Anand, who won a double crown here four years ago, initiated a
late charge after dropping a tight opening set and sealed the issue
with crucial breaks in the decider.
In the second semifinal, Bava held his serve for a 2—1 lead in
the opening set and then earned breaks in the fourth, sixth and
eighth games to improve the advantage and win the set. The 20year-old sustained the pressure in the second set and went up 4—1
with breaks in the second and fourth games.
But Goveas, featuring in only his second men’s tournament,
raised hopes of a recovery when he broke back in the third and
seventh games to reduce the lead to 3—4 until Bava broke right
back in the eighth and held serve to end the qualifier’s dream run.
Following the ouster of the top two seeded pairs in the quarterfinals, there were more upsets in doubles with third seeds Kunal
Anand and Saurav Sukul and fourth seeds Vignesh Peranamallur
and Anirudh Chandrashekhar crashing out in the semifinals.
Agencies
New Delhi, May 2:
Bowling Federation of India (BFI) on
Saturday joined Hockey India in demanding
a Special General Body Meeting of the
Indian Olympic Association to take up a NoConfidence Motion against incumbent president N. Ramachandran. BFI president
Sunaina Kumari and Secretary-General
D.R. Saini sent a letter to the IOA stating that
it has no confidence on Ramachandran and a
Special GBM should be called at the earliest
to vote on the issue. “As per Rule VIII (i) and
(ii) of IOA Constitution, we Bowling
Federation of India are moving a no confidence motion against Mr N. Ramachandran
President IOA as we are totally in disagreement with his working and along with it we
also feel he is working towards weakening
and finishing of the IOA,” BFI said in the letter. “We request you to convene a Special
General Meeting [SGM] of the IOA at the earliest to discus on the vote of no-confidence
against Mr N. Ramachandran, President,”
Sunaina and Saini wrote in the letter addressed to IOA president, secretary-general
and treasurer. The BFI’s letter came just two
days after Hockey India President Narinder
Batra shot off a similar note to the IOA to
move the No-Confidence Motion against Mr.
Ramachandran and to call a Special GBM to
vote on the issue.
According to the IOA constitution, a NoConfidence Motion against the president,
secretary-general, treasurer and other executive council members can be passed if twothirds of the members are present and voting. The quorum for such a meeting will
have to be three-fourths of the total strength
of the IOA General Body entitled to vote. The
IOA General Body has 183 votes in total —
three each for National Sports Federation—
status bodies and two each for State Olympic
bodies. The infighting among the top brass
of the IOA, which came out of a 14-month suspension only last year, came out in the open
just days after International Olympic
Committee president Thomas Bach’s first
visit to the country after taking over as IOC
chief in 2013. In his daylong whirlwind visit
on April 27, Mr. Bach had called for unity
among the IOA members so that they can
work together for the betterment of Indian
sports and sportspersons. He has also laid to
rest the speculation that India may bid for
2024 Olympic Games.
Discontent against Mr. Ramachandran
had been brewing for quite some time now
with many members feeling that the IOA
chief was running the show all by himself
without consulting other officials.
Mr. Ramachandran’s move to keep IOA
office-bearers, including secretary-general
Rajiv Mehta, in the dark before he visited
Bach in Lausanne, Switzerland, along with
sports secretary Ajit Sharan also did not go
down well with some members.
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015, PAGE 10
WHO urges PM to implement increased warnings on tobacco products
Agencies
New Delhi, May 2:
Health
orld
Organisation
(WHO) on Friday
urged Prime Minister Narendra
Modi to implement the the proposed increased pictorial warnings on tobacco products keeping
in line with its commitments
with
WHO
Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control
(FCTC).
"In India, nearly a million
deaths occur every year due to tobacco related diseases. Tobacco
is not only a major risk factor
contributing to the deaths related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) it also affects the fiscal and economic health of the
country. "The tobacco industry
W
will undoubtedly raise unfounded concerns about impact on economic trade especially loss of
livelihood to farmers and bidi
rollers but evidence shows that
tobacco producers are trapped in
a cycle of exploitation and poverUN
World
Health
ty,"
Organisation's Director-General
Margaret Chan said in her letter
to the Prime Minister.
Also, Dr Nata Menabde,
WHO representative to India, issued a statement in which she
stated that India, though being a
party to the WHO FCTC, has not
fully complied with the tobacco
pack warnings which currently
occupy only 40 per cent of the
principal display on one side of
the pack.
In line with its commitment
to this global treaty, India imple-
mented pictorial health warnings on all tobacco packs in 2009.
Given the heavy public
health and economic costs to the
country due to tobacco consumption, WHO strongly supports ear-
ly implementation of the October
2014 notification for increasing
the size of tobacco pack warnings, she said.
"We are confident that the
government of India will take an
early considered decision in this
regard as it prepares to host the
next meeting of the governing
body of the WHO FCTC-the seventh session in 2016, that will
bring together all 180 countries
that are parties to the convention," she said.
Mired in controversy, the
government has put on hold its
decision to increase pictorial
warnings on tobacco products to
85 per cent from the present 40
per cent. The rule was to come into effect from April 1 this year.
New Delhi, May 1 (PTI)
World Health Organisation
Villagers Convinced With False Promises Agra Ghar Waapsi: Family
Converts Back to Islam
to Get Branded As Naxalites: Congress
Agencies
Jamshedpur, May 2
Pradesh
Jharkhand
Congress Committee (JPCC)
president Sukhdeo Bhagat today
alleged that 514 innocent villagers in Jharkhand had been
convinced to get branded as
Naxalites and made to surrender
with false promise of providing
them jobs under the state governSurrender
and
ment's
Rehabilitation policy by the BJPled government in 2011.
Addressing a press conference here, Bhagat said the previHemant
Soren-headed
ous
JMM/Congress/RJD dispensation had recommended a CBI
probe in this regard but nothing
was done yet by the present
regime to follow up the case.
"Innocent educated youths
were convinced and had to bribe
the officials... Some of them mortgaged their land to arrange the
money to grease the palms of the
officials, to get themselves branded as Naxalites only to get the
benefit of the Surrender policy
and the job," the Congress leader
said, regretting that the youths
had the tag of Naxalites now, but
did not get the benefit nor the job.
All the 514 villagers were illegally
kept in a Cobra battalion camp in
Ranchi, which needed to be investigated as no one was allowed to
stay in the camp barring the perconcerned,
Bhagat
sonnel
claimed. It was a sensitive issue,
which needed to be investigated
seriously, he said accusing the
BJP-led government in 2011 of
misleading the youths only to get
applause.
JPCC president also expressed apprehension that the
Surrender policy constituted by
the state government was misused. The present Director
General of Police of the state was
the Inspector General of CRPF
when the incident took place,
Bhagat said.Congress will soon
meet the Governor and mount
Furnish 'success stores'
of flagship schemes:
Centre to states
pressure for a CBI enquiry in this
regard, he added. Lambasting the
Raghuvar Das-led BJP dispensation in Jharkhand for failing to
deliver on all fronts, Bhagat described it as a "government of announcements only".
Even after completion of
over 100 days in power, the state
government was directionless
but continued to make announcements without implementing any
of it, Bhagat said, adding that the
government did not have any
roadmap for development.
The Congress leader strongly advocated a "white paper"
about the status of over a hundred
Memorandum of Understanding
worth over Rs 1,800 crores signed
during BJP regime.
"What was the deal behind
signing of these MOUs?" he asked
adding, "Why Reliance Power
had winded up its proposed
Tilaiya Power Project even after
the company was allotted the coal
block as well as land for the purpose?" Reacting sharply to the allegation, BJP Jharkhand unit
spokesman Pradeep Sinha said it
was "politically motivated" and
demanded an enquiry by the govThe
government
ernment.
should take initiative to wipe out
the blot, if the incident was
proved true, Sinha added.
Kochi, May 2:
The NDA government, which is completing one year in office
this month, has asked state governments including those ruled by
opposition parties to highlight and "furnish success stories" of all
Centrally sponsored flagship programmes, particularly those concerning rural economy, pertaining to this period.
On the directive of the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting, various ministries have asked state governments to
"furnish success stories" of various flagship programmes of the
Centre, which were undertaken by them in their states, sources
said. In such a directive, the rural road division of the Union
Ministry of Rural Development has asked all states including
Congress-ruled Kerala, Karnataka and AIADMK-ruled Tamil
Nadu to "furnish success stories" of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana (PMGSY) in respect of their state, pertaining to 2014-15, in
maximum of 600 words. "The success stories should be crisp and
focus
on
the
innovation
in
the
should
process/implementation/delivery as well as its impact on the local community/beneficiary habitations (with specific details of
beneficiaries and habitations)," says a Ministry directive issued to
state governments on April 30.
The directive has been issued to all states except Gujarat,
Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh
and Nagaland. In its circular, the Rural Development Ministry
said that PMGSY is a major flagship programme of the Union
Government in the field of rural connectivity. "Various states
have during the last one year taken up successful interventions in
planning, implementation, supervision and maintenance of rural
roads assets, which must be highlighted for their replication by
other states," it said. The Narendra-Modi led government completes a year in office on May 26.
'Arrested Haryana cadre IAS
officer Sanjeev Kumar wanted to
blame Chautalas for murder'
Agencies
New Delhi, May 2:
Delhi Police Crime Branch on Friday morning arrested suspended Haryana cadre IAS officer Sanjeev Kumar for hatching a
criminal conspiracy to murder one of his close associates.
According to reports, Sanjeev Kumar was arrested along with
gangster Shoukat Pasha and two of his sharp shooters Manna and
Taufiq with weapons.
It is being reported that Sanjeev Kumar hatched a conspiracy
to eliminate one of his close friends, a businessman, with whom he
had developed a dispute over property based in Haryana.
Sanjeev Kumar had come in contact with gangster Shoukat
Pasha in Tihar Jail where he was lodged after he was convicted by
the Delhi High Court in March this year in the Haryana JBT scam
case. Kumar planned to get himself injured in the fight in order to
get bail on medical grounds. According to the plan, the blame
would then be put on Haryana's Chautala family for the attack on
himself and his friend. Sanjeev Kumar was in touch with the gangster to get his friend-turned-rival eliminated.
"Sanjiv Kumar has been arrested for criminal conspiracy to
murder a businessman who is his friend and closest associate. The
plan was hatched while in Tihar jail when Sanjeev was in judicial
custody along with the Chautalas," a senior police officer was later
quoted saying by media.
The Crime Branch was tracking his moves after a receiving a
tip off in this connection nearly a month ago.
Sanjeev Kumar, former Haryana Chief Minister and INLD
chief Om Prakash Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and three others were found guilty for corruption in the teachers' recruitment
scam case by the Delhi High court earlier this year.
The court had awarded 10 years imprisonment to Chautalas
and three others - Sanjiv Kumar, the then Director of Primary
Education, Chautala's former Officer on Special Duty Vidya Dhar,
both IAS officers, and political adviser to the then Haryana CM
Sher Singh Badshami. All the 55 convicts were convicted and sentenced under sections 120B(criminal conspiracy), 418(cheating),
467 (forgery), 471 (using forged documents as genuine) of the IPC
and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Sanjeev Kumar was then the director of primary education in
Haryana and the High Court had relied on his testimony for the
verdict.
Agencies
Mumbai, May 2:
The Bombay High Court
has upheld the conviction of
nine people who acted like members of a "Khap Panchayat" in a
village of adjoining Raigad district and forcibly married off a
boy and a girl, both minors,
against wishes of their parents
in 1994.
"Every person has a right to
choose his/her partner. In a
child marriage, on decision taken by a Panchayat, such right to
choose is violated if it (marriage) is performed," said
Justice Mridula Bhatkar in a
judgement on April 29.
The court was hearing the
appeal of the nine people who
had challenged their conviction.
They had been sentenced to different jail terms under Child
Marriage (Restraint) Act and
IPC for kidnapping the boy and
the girl.
According to prosecution,
the accused had objected to the
boy and the girl meeting quite often in the village and asked their
mothers to get them married.
tobacco producers are trapped in
a cycle of exploitation and poverUN
World
Health
ty,"
Organisation's Director-General
Margaret Chan said in her letter
to the Prime Minister.
Also, Dr Nata Menabde,
WHO representative to India, issued a statement in which she
stated that India, though being a
party to the WHO FCTC, has not
fully complied with the tobacco
pack warnings which currently
occupy only 40 per cent of the
principal display on one side of
the pack.
In line with its commitment
to this global treaty, India implemented pictorial health warnings on all tobacco packs in 2009.
Given the heavy public
health and economic costs to the
country due to tobacco consump-
tion, WHO strongly supports early implementation of the October
2014 notification for increasing
the size of tobacco pack warnings, she said.
"We are confident that the
government of India will take an
early considered decision in this
regard as it prepares to host the
next meeting of the governing
body of the WHO FCTC-the seventh session in 2016, that will
bring together all 180 countries
that are parties to the convention," she said.
Mired in controversy, the
government has put on hold its
decision to increase pictorial
warnings on tobacco products to
85 per cent from the present 40
per cent. The rule was to come into effect from April 1 this year.
Know what can help
you live up to 100 years!
Agencies
New Delhi, May 2:
Agencies
Agra, May 2:
A family of 17 members here
said it has returned to their original faith after having converted
to Hinduism last year. Rahmat
(70), the head of the said family,
told mediapersons that they converted back to Islam on Friday afternoon at Mahuar Lathia village
in Achnera block.
He said that the ceremony
was conducted in the presence of
senior Imam, one Ahley Sunnat
Muddassir Khan Qadri. The family, Rahmat claimed, had converted to Hinduism on December 15
last year. But, ostracised and refused permission to join marriages and other functions of the
Nat community of which they
were once part, the family chose
to return to their original fold, he
added. Rahmat said that they
would soon present their case before the community panchayat on
May 14. Last year in December,
the alleged forced reconversion of
about 100 people to Hinduism in
Agra set off a chorus of criticism
against the government by the opposition inside and outside
Parliament while an FIR was also
filed against an RSS wing which
was said to have been behind the
incident. As the opposition parties called it illegal and demanded
"strict" action, the government
washed its hands of the issue, saying it had no role and that law and
order is a state subject.
HC upholds jail term for 9 men
who married off minors in 1994
Agencies
(WHO) today urged Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to implement the the proposed increased pictorial warnings on tobacco products keeping in line
with its commitments with WHO
Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control (FCTC).
"In India, nearly a million
deaths occur every year due to tobacco related diseases. Tobacco
is not only a major risk factor
contributing to the deaths related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) it also affects the fiscal and economic health of the
country.
"The tobacco industry will
undoubtedly raise unfounded
concerns about impact on economic trade especially loss of
livelihood to farmers and bidi
rollers but evidence shows that
However, the parents
refused because the two
were minors. Village
Panchayat members
then forcibly took away
the girl and the boy
from the custody of
their parents and got
them
married
on
January 9, 1994.
Not just this, the
mothers of the two were
also fined Rs 750 each by
the Panchayat members. Hence, the men
were also found guilty of extortion apart from kidnapping.
Upset with the wedding, the
girl's mother lodged a complaint
with the police which probed the
case and filed a charge sheet.
The case was tried in a Sessions
Court which sentenced the accused to jail terms ranging from
15 days to 2 years on various
charges.
"The accused unfortunately
believed that meeting by young
persons of opposite sex and talking with each other or having an
affair is immoral and harmful to
the society.
Therefore, they could not digest the friendship and openness
between the girl and the boy, and
compelled them to marry," observed
Justice
Bhatkar.
However, the Judge reduced the
quantum of sentence awarded to
them by the trial court to up to
one month only.
"Though it is a case of kidnapping and extortion, it is also
(reflection) of regressive and orthodox social norms existing at
that time in the village," she noted. The defence lawyer, S Malik,
argued that proof of age submitted by the girl was doubtful. He
also said the Sessions Court had
no jurisdiction to try a child
marriage case, which should
have been heard only by a
Magistrate.
The lawyer argued that it
was only an engagement since
the marriage was not performed
as per Hindu rites. However, the
HC observed that "even if the
function was an engagement,
the submissions were not convincing." "There was 'homam'
(fire ritual) and all rituals were
performed before a priest.
Moreover, after the ceremony,
the girl started living at the boy's
house," the Judge observed.
The court opined that the
prosecution had proved beyond
doubt that the girl, then aged 15
years and three months, had
been taken away from her mother's custody. Arfan Sait, public
prosecutor, argued that their evidence and witnesses were reliable and credible.
The accused acted like a
'Khap Panchayat' (community
council).
As marriage is entirely a
personal issue, they should not
have thrust their decision on the
boy, the girl and their parents.
Sait submitted that the trial
court's guilty verdict was legal
and hence conviction should be
upheld by the HC.
However, the defence
lawyer argued that the accused
were innocent and had not committed the offences of extortion
and kidnapping.
Want to live a 100 years? Just
follow a few healthy habits and
live on! Researchers at the
Sahlgrenska Academy at the
University of Gothenburg have
followed the health of 855
Swedish men for the past 50 years
and have come to a conclusion
that refraining from smoking,
maintaining healthy cholesterol
levels and having not more than
four cups of coffee a day can help
you live up to 100 years of age.
The first surveys were conducted in 1963. Now that it has
been determined that ten of the
men lived to 100, the study is being wrapped up and the researchers believe that conclusions can be drawn about the secrets to their longevity.
"The unique design has enabled us to identify the factors
that influence survival after the
age of 50," said Lars Wilhelmsen,
who has been involved in the
study for the past 50 years.
"Our recommendation for
people who aspire to centenarianism is to refrain from smoking,
maintain healthy cholesterol levels and confine themselves to four
cups of coffee a day," Wilhelmsen
noted. It also helps if you paid a
high rent for a flat or owing a
house at age 50 (indicating good
socio-economic standard), enjoy
robust working capacity at a bicycle test when you are 54 and
have a mother who lived for a
long time, the study pointed out.
"Our findings that there is a
correlation with maternal but
not paternal longevity are fully
consistent with a previous stud-
Gogoi Flays Centre
Over Land Boundary
Agreement Amendment
Agencies
Guwahati, May 2:
Assam Chief Minister Tarun
Gogoi today strongly criticised
the Centre for keeping the state in
dark while deciding to exclude it
by bringing in an amendment to
the Land Boundary Agreement
(LBA). In a letter to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, Gogoi
expressed surprise at the decision of the Union government not
to include clauses relating to
Assam in the protocol ratified by
Parliament without any consultation with the state government.
"We are completely in the
dark about the reasons behind
this turnaround and how the interest of the people of Assam are
going to be protected by the exclusion of the clauses relating to
Assam during the process of ratification by the Parliament," the
chief minister said. An official release quoting Gogoi said the decision was also "against the principles of cooperative federalism
which you (Modi) have been advocating." Gogoi requested Modi
for inclusion of Assam in the protocol between the Centre and the
Government of Bangladesh,
signed on September 6, 2011.
The chief minister pointed
out that the provisions of the protocol were integral part of the
1974 agreement between India
and Bangladesh.
"As a result of the protocol,
the Radcliff Line demarcating
India-Bangladesh border in the
Assam sector namely, LathitillaDumabari sector in Karimganj
district, Kalabari (Boroibari)
area in Dhubri district and the
Pallathal area in Karimganj district of Assam will be re-drawn as
agreed to in the protocol," he said.
As a result of the re-demarcation, approximately 714 acres of
land in Lathitilla area will formally become part of Assam in
India and 193.85 acres of land in
Kalabari (Boroibari) and 74.55
acres in Pallathal will formally
go to Bangladesh.
"268.40 acres of land are already under adverse possession
of Bangladesh. Therefore, India
(Assam) will formally get a net
land area of 445.6 acres with reference to the Radcliff Line," Gogoi
said.
Earlier this week, a senior
government functionary in New
Delhi had said that since the issue of land swap under LBA with
Bangladesh has evoked "emotional reaction" in Assam, the
Bill would not include any land
pertaining to the state but comprises land from West Bengal,
Tripura and Meghalaya.
BJP unit in Assam has opposed the exchange of enclaves
between Bangladesh and India
involving the territory of Assam.
ies," Wilhelmsen said. Various
surveys at the age of 54, 60, 65, 75,
80 and 100 permitted the researchers to consider the factors
that appear to promote longevity.
A total of 27 percent (232) of
the original group lived to the age
of 80 and 13 percent (111) to 90. All
in all, 1.1 percent of the subjects
made it to their 100th birthday.
The findings appeared in the
Scandinavian Cardiovascular
Journal.
Road Transport
Bill Is Violative of
Federal Spirit:
Karuna
Agencies
Chennai, May 2:
Tearing into the NDA government over a proposed controversial transport bill, DMK President
M Karunanidhi today said it was
violative of the federal spirit and
the government had adopted a 'deceptive' approach to undo the basic infrastructure of transport sector. The Road Transport and
Safety Bill, 2015, was "violative of
the federal spirit by taking away
states' rights," and paved the way
for Centre enjoying more powers
and the one-day strike by trade
unions against the bill on April 30
was largely successful, he said.
The "negative provisions" included servicing vehicles only in
authorised centres, opting for genuine spares even for two-wheelers
and stringent punishment for minor offences, he said.
"With the existing Motor
Vehicles Act, 1988, being completely modified, those dependent
on the road sector for a livelihood
such as drivers and service personnel, will be severely impacted.
The future of employees of
PSU transport departments will
also be in jeopardy," he said in a
statement. Many sops for the underprivileged including free bus
passes will end in the coming
years, he said.
"The transport bill is a deceptive one as under the garb of (ensuring) safe and accident-free
road journeys, it aims at killing
the basic infrastructure of the
years-old Indian road transport at
the behest of private corporates,"
he said.
Scientist CNR Rao conferred with
Japan's highest civilian award
Agencies
Bengaluru, May 2:
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao pose during their weigh-in. The world weltherweight title fight between Mayweather Jr.
and Pacquiao is scheduled for May 2.
Eminent scientist
CNR Rao was conferred
with Japan's highest
civilian award for his
outstanding contributions to science and IndoJapanese science coperation.
The Emperor of
Japan conferred the
country's highest award,
the Order of the Rising
Sun, Gold and Silver
Star, on the Bharat
Ratna awardee, a release
by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for
Advanced Scientific Research
said.
Rao is also the only Indian to
be elected as a foreign member of
the Japan Academy.
Rao is a National Research
Professor,
Linus
Pauling
Research
Professor
and
Honorary President of the
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for
Advanced Scientific Research
here. The renowned scientist,
who has published more than
1600 research papers and authored about 50 books, has been
bestowed with about 70 honorary
doctorates, received the highest
civilian award from several nations and is an elected member of
almost all scientific academies
across the globe. He had also
worked as the Chief Science
Advisor to Prime Ministers of
India.
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015, PAGE 11
Glimpses of Future
Natrang organizes cartooning workshop for children
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
Natrang organised the
first ever Cartooning workshop for its Children’s
Weekend club here today at
Natrang Studio Theatre,
Jammu. The workshop was
conducted by prominent cartoonist of the country Chander
Shekhar popularly known as
Bunty Cartoonist who has
brought Jammu to the
National/International limelight through his unique creations of cartoons. He also
holds the credit of curating the
1st ever International exhibition of cartoons which was organised both in Jammu and
Srinagar under the aegis of
Indian Council for Cultural
Relations. The focus of today’s
workshop was to attract the interest of children towards this
greatest art of cartooning
which can magically enhance
the, creativity and imagination of the children. This art of
cartooning develops a sense of
wit-the keen perception and
cleverly apt expression of those
connections between ideas
that awaken amusement and
pleasure.
Speaking about the art of
cartooning, the Director of
Natrang, Padamshree Balwant
Thakur said that cartoons have
Tiny Tots students take out
awareness rally on Swachh
Bharat
always attracted the child's eye
and has been an important part
in enhancing a child's imagination. Cartoons have been seen
as 'humour with a pinch of salt'
that not only is a creative medium to communicate but also a
visual semiotics and visual
persuasion medium.
Cartooning not only is a
Agencies
A rally was taken out by the students of Tiny
Tots of DBN Vidya Mandir Amervilla spreading
awareness regarding “Swachh Bharat.”In a statement in was informed that the rally was taken out in
Bagh-e-Bahu and its surroundings where the school
children were carrying placards and banners. They
appealed the people to maintain cleanliness in the
area and don’t dump garbage or waste material
everywhere except dumping zone.
Earlier, the rally was flagged off by the principal Dr. Baljeet Singh who advised the students to
keep their homes. The students started the drive
with cleaning of their school premises and the surroundings. He said that school will continue such
drives on weekly basis to make Jammu a clear city.
Several trains were delayed in
Punjab today after Congress workers led by the party's state unit chief
Partap Singh Bajwa staged a 'rail
roko' in several parts of the state,
protesting against the "deteriorating" law and order situation and
"tardy" procurement of wheat.
Bajwa along with his supporters squatted on the Amritsar-New
Delhi railway track at Sirhind and
protested against the alleged "lawlessness" in the state.
"The deteriorating law and order situation is part of the 'rail roko'
agitation," he said.
Ludhiana MP Ravnit Bittu
along with Congress MLAs
Surinder Dawar and Bharat
accompanied
by
Bhushan,
Congress supporters sat on the rail
track in Ludhiana and stopped several trains including Shatabdi.
Congress supporters were also
protesting against the "tardy" procurement of wheat from grain markets in the state, accusing the SADBJP led government of its failure in
ensuring smooth and hassle-free
purchase of crop.
Railway officials said that because of the 'rail roko' agitation,
about 15 trains got delayed.
Officials said that the impact of
'rail roko' was visible in Ludhiana,
Beas, Amritsar, Tarn Taran,
Jalandhar, Ajitwal and Ferozepur,
among other areas.
"There has been an adverse impact on the movement of 10-15 trains
because of the agitation," Northern
Railways, Divisional Railway
Manager (Ferozpur), Anuj Prakash
said.
The Railway official appealed to
Army conducts drawing,
painting competition in
Rajouri
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
A drawing and painting competition on the
theme Health and Hygiene was organised by the
Army at village Topa of Rajouri district. The event
was organised by Rashtriya Riffles Battalion Para
of Romeo Force with an aim to enhance personality
development, induce healthy competitive spirit
and sense of creativity among school going children
of border areas.
A total of 60 children and 05 teachers from Govt
Middle School Baisaili, Govt middle School
Tathyali, Govt primary School Mithidhara and
Govt High School Bagla participated in the competition. Students were seen taking active interest in
the competition and were full of enthusiasm to
showcase their talent.
The beautiful and creative drawings made the
event even more colourful. The ideas expressed by
the students through their drawing showed the increase in awareness levels among them about
health and hygiene. After the events, there was a
screening of a movie. Lunch was also organised for
all participants. At the conclusion of the event, attractive prizes were given to the children who performed well in the competition.
Indo-French Naval exercises
off Goa coast concludes
Agencies
Chandigarh, May 2:
the Congress protesters not to stop
trains as it causes great inconvenience to passengers, besides causing
national loss.
Meanwhile, a report from
Phagwara said a large number of
Congress activists of Kapurthala
district, led by DCC President and
MLA Navtej Singh Cheema, today
squatted dharna on the rail tracks
there as part of their statewide programme of 'rail roko'.
General
Secretary
PPCC
Joginder Singh Mann, party's
Doaba Zone President and MLA
Tarlochan
Singh
Soondh,
Spokesman Sukhpal Singh Khaira,
also joined the dharna and addressed protesters along with
Cheema.
The protesters sat on track from
12 noon to 1 pm. They raised antigovernment slogans during their
agitation and also carried placards
mentioning, "Badal-Modi, Kisan
Virodhi, Dalit Virodhi" (Both PM
Narendra Modi and CM Parkash
Singh Badal are anti-farmer and anti-dalit).
They also demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Parkash
Singh Badal, Deputy CM Sukhbir
Singh Badal and Union Minister
Harsimrat Kaur Badal for the Moga
bus incident in which a teenage girl
was killed after being allegedly molested and thrown off with her mother from a moving bus, belonging to
the ruling Badal family in Punjab.
"Since the Orbit Aviation company was owned by Sukhbir Badal,
he and its other owners should be interrogated in the same way as the officials of Uber Taxi service were
questioned in connection with the
alleged rape by a cab driver in New
Delhi sometime back," they demanded.
New Delhi, May 2:
After completing the membership drive, BJP on Friday
launched a mass contact programme under which the party
workers have been tasked to
make house-to-house visits to
touch base with new members
and apprise them about its ideology. The three-month programme got off with BJP chief
Amit Shah meeting Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, who
had become the first member under the new membership drive
launched on November 1 last
year. At the end of membership
drive yesterday, Shah had
claimed that the party had made
around 10.5 crore members.
"Contacted BJP's first mem-
ber Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and started BJP's mass
contact programme. "I appeal to
all workers to go house to house
and contact all new members
and apprise them of the party's
ideology," Shah said after meeting Modi.
The BJP chief was accompanied by party general secretary
(Organisation) Ram Lal and other leaders who are members of
the mass contact drive Bhupinder Yadav, Kailash
Vijayvargiya, Santosh and Saroj
Pandey. As part of the party's
contact
prothree-month
gramme, all workers will meet
the new members to confirm and
verify their membership with
the party, the BJP President
said.
They will also hand over the
Kathmandu, May 2:
Authorities in Nepal's capital have asked residents not to
slaughter or consume animals
and birds over fears of a pandemic in the wake of last week's
devastating earthquake that
rocked the Himalayan nation.
Issuing a public notice, the
District
Kathmandu
Administration has appealed
to local people not to consume
meat-related food items for the
time being.
The authorities believe
that the selling of meat would
add to sanitation and health-re-
party's history, a letter from the
party chief and the party's ideology and confirm their membership earlier done through online
mobile technology. Shah said
the party will create a databank
of its new members at district
level and will involve the new
members in party works - social
and others as per their interests
and also in the party's expansion
work.
After the mass contact drive
ending on July 31, the party
would launch a major training
programme for its workers that
will carry on for another three
months. Shah added that all
those members who submit a list
of 100 new members made by
them and contact them will be
made active members after the
drive.
Agencies
Beijing, May 2:
An Ebola test
reagent developed by a
Chinese firm has been
approved by the WHO,
the third diagnostic
kit approved by the
world health body after those manufactured by American
and German firms.
Manufactured by
Shanghai ZJ Bio-Tech
Co Ltd, the real-time
diagnostic kit has
been listed as eligible
for WHO procurement
and recommended to
be used to diagnose
Ebola virus disease
worldwide, the company said in a statement.
A total of only tree
kits have been approved by the World
Health Organisation
so far. The two others
were manufactured
by developers in the
US and Germany,
state-run
Xinhua
news agency reported.
Last November,
the China Food and
Drug Administration
had approved the test
reagent. Shanghai ZJ
Bio-Tech Co Ltd is a
high-tech enterprise
which focuses on developing, manufacturing and selling gene diagnostic reagents.
Around
26,300
people have so far
been infected with the
virus, and nearly
10,900 of them have
died.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
M.L.Dogra Chairman (BLSKS)
and music of the play was composed by Music Teacher Raju
Bajgal.
The renowned artists from
the field of music, folk, classical, vocal, dance and theatre,
staged colorful cultural program depicting thereof the
concepts of the utility in diversity.
The Programme commenced with songs “Hum Sab
Ek Hain,” “ Ek rahe hai ek ra-
hege ekta sankalap humara”,
“Uncha Raihe Tiranga” , “Sare
Jahan se achha – Hindustan
Humara”, besides skits on the
theme were other attraction of
the programme.
The renowned artistes
Usha Handoo, K.K.Joshi , Raju
Bajgal( Harmonium ), Hem
Raj, Neelam Gandotra , Kumla
Devi , Harjinder Kour, Om
Mehra , Sahil, Mallika Mehra,
Rajat Verma, Bhoomika Chib,
Neelam Chib , Deevam
Jandiyal , Rakshit Sharma ,
Druv Pandit,
Anantika
Sharma , Rajveer Sharma
,Deepak ,Rajesh , Rahul
Wanshoo,
Abhyudaya
Sharma, Tez Partap , L-Danika
, Pranavi Khajuria, Ayush
Bhat presented the enthrilled
performance Master Deepak
Kumar presented vote of
thanks for successful conduction of the program.
lated complications as several
agencies fear the outbreak of a
pandemic.
There had been epidemic
of swine flu in Jajarkot district
in western Nepal some time before the earthquake and few
people have also been infected
in Kathmandu with the deadly
H1N1 virus.
District
Kathmandu
Administration chief Ek
Narayan Aryal have issuing a
public notice said, "We have
urged the locals of Kathmandu
not to slaughter animals and
birds keeping in view the possibility of spread of pandemic
and health of the local people".
Bali Bhagat distributes cheques, scooters among beneficiaries
Kishtwar, May 2:
With an aim to deliver best of public
services to people at their doorsteps,
Minister for Social Welfare, Forest,
Ecology and Environment, Bali Bhagat
distributed about 500 cheques and invoices
besides scooters for physically handicapped under various benefit and welfare
schemes of Social Welfare Department in
meeting hall of DC Office Kishtwar the other day. The cheques and invoices were distributed under National Family Benefit
National
Formation
for
Scheme,
Communal Harmony, Indra Gandhi
National Old Age Pension Scheme,
Integrated Social Security Scheme, Indra
Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme
and Schemes for Physically Handicapped.
While speaking on the occasion, Bhagat
stressed on the organising awareness
camps at each Block level, besides District
Social Welfare Officer Kishtwar was di-
rected to conduct surprise visits for ensuring punctuality of anganwadi workers and
helpers at anganwadi centres. On ensuring
the transparency in the Department,
Minister asked the authorities to display
the nutrition stock at each anganwadi centre at a conspicuous places. He informed
that a comprehensive nutrition procurement policy is in offing in which tendering
procedure will be made mandatory for the
procurement of nutrition besides the procured material will be tested for quality at
multi levels viz Laboratory level, District
headquarter and at Anganwadi Centre
Level. He also informed that the formalities such death certificate, medical certificate and income certificate for claiming
the benefits under Social Welfare
Departmental Schemes have been simplified for the convenience of the beneficiaries and the directions in this context have
already been issued to all the quarters.
Expressing concern over skewed sex ratio
HC
side, witnessing the proceedings. After Chaudhary Lal Singh
Minister, cut the ribbon of the building, he came upstairs to the hall
where he had to deliver a speech to mark the opening of the hospital.
The Writ Petitioner was standing in this hall with her colleague, when
Chaudhary Lal Singh walked towards the Writ Petitioner and asked
her arrogantly, “Where is your apron?”. The Writ Petitioner replied
that since it was a social function, she did not think that apron was required. Chaudhary Lal Singh shouted back that “this is an official function.” The Writ Petitioner again politely answered that the apron was
not part of the official uniform of the doctor. Also, globally, psychiatrists don’t wear the apron even in wards for the comfort of the patients.
On this, Chaudhary Lal Singh, shouted at the Writ Petitioner, “Who
has invited her here?”. Medical Superintendent Dr. Osmania Sauda
Veeri quipped that the Writ Petitioner is a staff member. Chaudhary
Lal Singh, went to the extent of showing immense degree of indecency
while yelling at the Writ Petitioner “tumhara kaam ho gaya chalo
niklo” (your work is over, now go out). The Writ Petitioner shocked and
wrecked by the rowdy behavior of Chaudhary Lal Singh, approached
the Station House Officer, Police Station, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu, for
lodging of First Information Report against him under the relevant provisions of the law.
It was further argued that the exercise of power in transferring
the Writ Petitioner from the post of Registrar in the discipline of
Psychiatry in Government Medical College, Jammu, to District
Hospital, Poonch, is based on extraneous consideration, for achieving
an alien purpose or an oblique motive amounting to malafide,
colourable exercise of power and in breach and contravention to the adinterim directions dated January 03, 2015 passed in Writ Petition earlier filed by “Dr. Gurmeet Kour Versus State of J&K & Ors.”, whereby,
the Petitioner has been permitted to continue against the tenure post of
Registrar.
Cow
of BOPEE Farooq Ahmad Mir said there was not much the authorities could do to prevent people from playing such pranks.
"All the applications are now made online. There is an image
recognition software which does not differentiate between a human
face and an animal picture. Someone has played a prank," Mir said.
Asked about his signature on the admit card issued to the cow, Mir
said "I do not sign the admit cards in person. This is a system generated
signature and comes by default," he said.
Mir, however, said BOPEE will file a complaint against the
prankster. "We will track down the IP address of the person who has
played this prank," he added.
Rahul
in the state particularly in District
Kishtwar, the Minister said that “Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao” scheme have been implemented on pilot basis in six Districts of
the state in 1st Phase and appealed to all the
Anganwadi workers and Helpers to create
awareness among the people about the prevailing evil of discrimination between
male and female child. To create a sense of
responsibility among field functionaries of
Welfare
Department,
the
Social
Anganwadi workers and helpers alongwith Minister pledged to perform their duties honestly and efficiently. Later on a detailed meeting of the prominent citizens
was convened by the Minister along with
Minister of State for R&B and Revenue,
Sunil Sharma. Deputy Commissioner
Kishtwar Mohd. Javid Khan, SSP Kishtwar
Yougal Manhas, representatives of various
political parties, religious organizations,
social groups, NGO’s and prominent citizens of the District were also present.
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Singh said, "Law will take its own course. The government is working and police is also working on it. Action will be taken against those
who have indulged in such activity."
"Everything will move forward as per our Common Minimum
Programme (CMP). In the coming days nobody would dare to indulge in
any anti-national activities in J&K and stringent action would be taken
against any such element," he said, dismissing suggestions that the
BJP-PDP government was soft on separatists. Meanwhile, rightwing
Hindu outfits VHP and Bajrang Dal held a demonstration in Jammu to
demand the arrest of Geelani. Led by Bajrang Dal convenor Rakesh
Kumar, around 200 activists of the two organisations staged a protest
near the Press Club area where they raised slogans against Geelani and
the state government.
BLSKS stages musical play ‘Hum sab ek hai’
Bhartiya Lok Sangeet
Kala Sansthan (BLSKS) today
staged 48th musical play ‘Hum
Sab Ek Hai”.
The play was staged in collaboration with Unison cultural troupe, Sangam Tru Art
Production and ESRM as part
of its regular feature in the office premises. The program
was inaugurated by the chief
guest Dr. A. C. Bhagat, former
chief officer department of animal
husbandry,
J&K
Government.
Among the guest of honors
Romesh Chander, Director of
event musical J.K.Raina,
Producer,
Director
of
Doordarshan Serials and
Mohan Sharma, the musical
play is written and directed by
Agencies
Agencies
WHO approves Ebola test reagent
developed by Chinese firm
Mufti
Panaji, May 2:
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar witnessed four-hour long naval manoeuvring between
Indian Navy and its French counterpart off Goa
coast today- the concluding day of 'Varuna' exercises. Parsekar along with the officials of French
Embassy and Navies saw the aircrafts landing and
parading sitting on French Naval aircraft carrier
Charles de Gaulle, which is leading the group for
the western country. The exercises had began on
April 23 off Goa coast with around 16 hours of practise between both the navies to understand each
others' strength, and also sync the understanding
during the emergency times. "This was very good
week for Indo-French relations. We have a range of
cooperation which are moving forward. This time
French and Indian Navy are working together,"
said French Ambassador Francois Richier, talking
to PTI after participating in the VIP day on board
the aircraft carrier. "Today we went together with
the Chief Minister of Goa and range of navy officers
to participate in the VIP day. We were watching the
activity from the aircraft carrier. We could see
Indian and French navies parading together," he
said.
terest of the children and to
give them the intellectual exposure which they lack in schools
and homes.
The lucky children who
have been a part of this rarest
learning opportunity included
Sanchita Dubey, Mihir Gujral,
Manya Gujral, Agam Kaur,
Gopi Sharma, Asma Gul,
Divyan Sharma, Riya Jandial,
Khushi
Jandial,
Suditi
Jamwal, Kriti Chauhan, Yajur
Mahajan, Shivangini Sharma,
Gauri Sharma, Nidyaat Singh
Sahil
Anand,
Jamwal,
Swaranjali
Sambyal,
Aanandita Sethi, Navya Jain,
Sahil Anand, Arnav Anand,
Parney, Ayn Bhola, Jasmeh
Kaur, Baani Kaur, Vanika
Gupta, Prashant Sharma and
Nirbhaya Khajuria .
Prominent among those
who were present on the occasion included Anil Tickoo,
Neeraj Kant, Sumeet Sharma,
Thakur,
Mohd.
Aarushi
Yaseen, Mahikshit Singh and
Ankush Lakhnotra.
Cong workers stage 'rail Kathmandu citizens told not to
roko' against law and order eat meat over fears of disease
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
part of a broader art form but is
also an important medium for
framing social issues. It is not
only a deep reflection to the society but is also a visual treat to
a reader.
This perception may be related to the fact that in an art
form, cartooning is very natural as a visual art. It not only offers an analytic communication but is also an easy to understand medium of communication.
Natrang runs in Jammu a
Children weekend club and always makes it a point to introduce different art forms to children and expose them to various trained professional who
guide and train the children.
The ongoing weekend club of
Natrang gives every child an
opportunity to get all round development so that they aspire
to excel in all the fields of life.
Along with drama, dance and
music, Natrang makes it a
point to introduce something
new every week to keep the in-
BJP launches mass
contact programme after
membership drive
area were defined as 'net usable area' excluding walls to ensure
buyers' interest but this has been amended. He claimed another provision related to delays had been amended to suit builders.
He said that as per the earlier Bill, builders could not make
changes in the plan but now it has been added that "minor alterations"
are permissible, while the term itself has not been defined leading to
confusion. Maken said the UPA had brought the bill in Rajya Sabha so
that it does not lapse and Rahul Gandhi has now assured the buyers
Nepal
that he would fight for their cause.
"One of our teams that returned from Chautara in Sindupalchowk
district reported that 90 per cent of the homes are destroyed. 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," said Jagan Chapagain, Director of Asia Pacific with the IFRC.
"We can expect the situation to be the same if not worse in many
other places where aid has not yet been delivered," Chapagain said.
There are estimates that up to 40,000 homes in Sindupalchowk
alone have been destroyed, the International Federation of Red Cross
said in a statement. Also, over 1,000 EU citizens are still unaccounted
for in Himalayan Nepal, diplomats said yesterday. The Europeans had
mostly been climbing in the avalanche-hit Mt Everest region and
trekking in the remote Langtang range near the epicentre of the quake.
Student
identified as Danish Sharma son of Mohan Lal of Padanu,
Udhampur. Police said that a mini bus bearing registration number
JK14C-4589 was carrying students, when one of them lost balance and
fell down from the running vehicle at Rehambal in Udhampur.
The student sustained critical injuries and he was hospitalized for
treatment where he succumbed. Police have started investigation in
this regard after the registration of case.
Two
areas of Jammu district. According to the police, a motorbike was
hit by a winger vehicle at village Tinde Kalan in Miran leading to the
death of a man and her daughter –pillion rider- wounded with critical
injuries. The winger was carrying school teachers.
Police identified deceased as Mohinder Singh and her daughter as
Ravinder Kour. Police have shifted body to the hospital for post
mortem and the injured was shifted for treatment. Acting swiftly, police arrested driver of the winger namely Avtar Singh and the vehicle
has also been seized.
Besides this, a youth namely Vikram Mahajan (25) son of Vijay
Mahajan of Nanak Nagar died when his scooty hit by a rashly driven
tipper in Diagana leading to his rider’s death.
Two
leaving them critically wounded. Police said that Navjot Singh and
his brother namely Jagjyot Singh sons of Amar Singh of Indira Nagar
had some arguments with Ravinder Singh over an issue.
However, the arguments turned into violence when Ravinder allegedly took out sharp edged weapon and stabbed both the brothers
leaving them critically injured.
Before anyone caught the accused persons, police said, they fled
away leaving the injured in the pool of blood.
The injured were evacuated from there and were hospitalized for
treatment. Meanwhile, police have launched a manhunt against the absconding persons after the registration of case in this regard.
Army
to conduct recruitment rally for an additional day on May 5 for
Soldier (general duties) and Tradesmen at Anantnag (Pulwama and
Shopiyan districts), Baramulla (for Boniyar, Kreeri, Rafiabad and
Tangmarg tehsils only) and Kupwara (for Kupwara district only) as the
recruitment in the Kashmir Valley was affected due to bad weather on
April 27 and 29," a defense spokesman said.
He said the Territorial Army Group Headquarters under the aegis
of Army's Northern Command organised recruitment rallies in
Jammu and Kashmir from April 27 to May 1 this year.
The rallies were conducted for raising of three Territorial Army
(Engineers) battalions for Jammu and Kashmir and to fill a total of
1,305 vacancies from entire state except Kargil and Leh districts, he
said. He said a total of 45,000 youths were screened for physical proficiency tests during the recently-held Territorial Army recruitment rallies. The candidates who have cleared the physical tests are undergoing
medical tests, he said.
CYM K
Sayeed praises Modi, says
bringing change is 'long race'
Ahmedabad, May 2 (PTI)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said Prime Minister Narendra
Modi had introduced a transparency
model devoid of red-tapism since coming to power at the Centre.
He also said people were waiting
for 'Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas', Modi's
famous slogan, to translate into reality, but it was going to be a "long race".
"Narendra Modi made Gujarat a
model. I have sent my bureaucrats
here to see the systems in panchayats.
The system will work when it is transparent, corruption-free and if there is
no red-tapism in it. System works
with single-window system," said
Sayeed here, who is on a visit to the
state.
"But India is a big country. There
are so many people here; diversity is
the essence of India. Unity in diversity. People here have elected him for
three or four times (as Gujarat
CM)...Modi gave the slogan 'Sabka
Sath, Sabka Vikas' (support to all, development of all). People are waiting
for it. Where has it gone? They do not
know this is a long race," he said.
"If you want to set up an industry,
it also takes three to four years. Same
is the case with a power project," he
said, suggesting that bringing about
development for all too would take
some time.
"There is no red-tape, transparency is everywhere. Such a model has
come up before this country," he said,
commenting on Modi's performance
as the Prime Minister.
On the PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir led by
him, Sayeed said, "I call this...as if
North pole and South pole have met
each other."
Sayeed was accompanied by the
Jammu and Kashmir Finance
Minister Haseeb A Drabu, Minister of
State for Education Priya Sethi and
some senior officials.
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JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015, PAGE 12
Glimpses of Future
Government to provide livelihood
to west Pakistan refugees
Jammu, May 2 (PTI)
The Jammu and Kashmir government today said it will work towards providing sustained livelihood
to refugees from west Pakistan but
hinted it would not give them citizenship rights saying the issue does not
have any mention in the agenda of alliance.
"In our agenda of alliance we
have discussed about their livelihood
because they have been living here
for the past 67 years. It is the duty of
the Jammu and Kashmir government
so as to make arrangements for their
bread and butter. We will find it out
how it will be done taking in view the
laws of the state," Deputy Chief
Minister Nirmal Singh told reporters
here.
When asked whether the state
government would grant permanent
citizenship to the refugees from west
Pakistan, a demand that was raised
by his party prior to the formation of
the coalition government in the state,
he said "we do not have any mention
of it in the agenda of alliance, but only
their livelihood... we will do what is
mentioned in the alliance agenda".
He said the problem of the
refugees was a long standing problem
since 1947, maintaining that the previous governments have not been
able to do anything for them.
"A committee would soon be
formed to address the grievances of
the refugees. We want that a package
must be given to them which has been
denied since 1947," he said.
He said that people from various
places got displaced and came to
Jammu.
"In the agenda of alliance, we
have mentioned that a package would
be given to them. We have talked
about their livelihood. In the
Assembly, the chief minister had
made a statement that a committee
would be formed which would be
headed by the deputy chief minister
and some ministers should also be in
the committee," he said.
He said the committee would be
opened as soon as office is open in
Srinagar.
"We have been listening to their
problems and demands. It is a very
complex issue. There are several type
of refugees like of 1947, some are from
PoK, some are from west Pakistan,
some are from 1965, 1971, some are
camp refugees and some are noncamp refugees. Some are registered
while some are not registered so it's a
very complex issue," he said.
He said the refugees want a package which would compensate them of
the property which they have left behind.
"Some recommendations have
been made by the Parliamentary
Committee and the Wadhwa
Committee. We will see everything
and give a report to the government
and to the Centre so that a package is
given to them," he said.
Sena workers detained for Girl found by GRP men handed over to guardians Fabrication of
record by Doctor;
protest during J&K CM's visit
Jammu May 2
Ahmedabad, May 2 (PTI)
Around 20 Shiv Sena workers were
today detained for holding protests during Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's visit to the
city, police said.
"Twenty Shiv Sena workers, who
were protesting and shouting slogans
outside Hotel Hyatt at Vastrapur area of
the city, where J&K Chief Minister
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was scheduled to attend a programme, were detained," Vastrapur Police Inspector S M
Sheikh said.
They were shouting slogans against
Pakistan, seeking immediate arrest of
(Hurriyat leader) Syed Ali Shah
Geelani, the police officer said adding,
"The Sena workers had brought black
flags and placards for the protest.
However, we detained them before
Sayeed's arrival at the hotel."
The Sena men, who were taken into
preventive custody for violating section
141 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian
Penal Code, were let off after a few
hours, he said.
However, president of Shiv Sena
Central Gujarat, Ashok Sharma,
claimed that action was taken against
the party workers for holding a protest
against Jammu & Kashmir Chief
Minister.
"The agitation was against Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed's visit to Gujarat as
he has failed to arrest separatist leaders
like Syed Ali Shah Geelani," Sharma
said.
He demanded that the J&K government as well as the Centre should arrest
those pro-Pakistani elements including
Geelani for waving a Pakistani flag.
A rally held in Tral near Srinagar
yesterday by hardline Hurriyat leader
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, had witnessed
pro-Pakistan sloganeering and waving
of Pakistani flag.
On 30.04.2015 men of GRP Jammu found
a one female child of 3 ½ years age at Railway
Station Jammu roaming unnecessarily and
lonely. The said child was handed over to
Child line authorities who took good care of
her. Sh. Suram Singh, SP Railways Jammu
exerted efforts by communicating all corners
all over India through e-mail, whatsAp, telephonic communications and other sources.
Efforts were made to trace the whereabouts
of parents of the said girl through print media, whatsAP , E-mail and telephonic conversations. On the same day photograph of the
said child alongwith details were sent to
Patiala/Ambala through WhatsAP. Because
of this police of P/S City Barnala established
contact in the SHO GRP Jammu and informed that one missing report of the said
child stands lodged in their Police Station on
30.04.2015. On this a special team of Barnala
City Police reported P/S GRP Jammu, accompanied by one Harish Kumar S/O Prem
Kumar R/O Jhande Walas Road Barnala
Punjab. I/C Child line was accordingly informed of the same who also reported at P/S
GRP Jammu alongwith child.
The facts were verified by SHO P/S GRP
DB dismissed LPA
JNF Service
Jammu, May 2
Jammu in presence of I/C child Line Jammu
and Police party of Barnala Punjab where it
surfaced that Harish Kumar S/O Prem
Kumar R/o Jhande Walas Road Barnala is
the actual guardian of the said Girl Child
namely Chanchal. Because of the efforts of
the GRP, the meeting of the said aligned with
her parents become possible.
Will not allow separate colonies
for Kashmiri Pandits: NC
SRINAGAR, May 2
A Nepalese woman offers morning prayers at a temple damaged in last Saturday's earthquake in
Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Naeem, Haq Khan convened
meeting at Bandipora
SRINAGAR, MAY 02:
The Minister for Education,
Naeem Akhtar has stressed upon officers of Education Department to provide better facilities in the educational institutions so that the students
would get quality education. The
Minister was addressing an officers
meeting held at Bandipora today. The
Minister for Rural Development and
Panchayat Raj, Advocate Abdul Haq
Khan, Member Parliament Fayaz
Ahmad Mir, MLC, Yasir Rashid and
Deputy Commissioner Bandipora attended the meeting. The Minister reiterated that the coalition government is committed to streamline and
improve the education set up of the
State for which various constructive
measures are being taken so that the
quality education in cohesion with
latest technological trends is provided to the students of the State. The
Minister also enjoined upon the officers to improve the work culture and
work with more zeal and dedication
so that the visible improvement is ensured on ground. The Minister also
asked the officers to prepare the developmental projects according to
priority. The Minister for Rural
Development also spoke on the occasion and emphasized upon the officers to deliver best to the expectations
of the people and be prompt to redressal of their problems. MLC Yasir
Rashid also spoke on the occasion.
Opposition National Conference today
said they will not let Jammu and Kashmir
government to set up separate colonies for
Kashmiri Pandits but would strive for return of the minority community to their native places in the Valley.
"We are against separate clusters for
Kashmiri Pandits. We welcome them (to
Kashmir), but we will not let the government to create separate colonies for them,"
NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar
told reporters during a protest rally against
the new recruitment policy of the state government.
Sagar said National Conference has always supported the return of Kashmiri
Pandits to their native places in the Valley.
"We have always said that we want
them to return to the Valley and settle at
their native places along with their Muslim
brothers," he said. On the new recruitment
policy, Sagar said it was an "injustice" with
the youth of the state.
"The new recruitment policy is antiyouth. It is an injustice with the youth of the
state where unemployment is a big problem.
We demand its immediate roll-back, otherwise we will intensify protests against it and
take legal course as well," he said.
On the issue of presence of Pakistani
flags in a rally led by hardline Hurriyat
chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani at Tral in
south Kashmir yesterday, Sagar said "there
is no big deal in it".
"Such flags have been hoisted before
this as well. There are people who like
Pakistan, there are people who want freedom and they do such things. There is no big
deal in it," he said.
The NC workers, led by Sagar and
provincial president Kashmir Nasir Aslam
Wani, marched from Nawa-i-Subh to Regal
Chowk near Lal Chowk in the heart of the
city here.
Every individual should meet this crucial
social responsibility: Chander Prakash
JAMMU, May 2
Stressing the need for preservation and maintenance of traditional sources of water, the
Minister for Industries and
Commerce Chander Prakash today said that every individual has
to come forward to meet this crucial social responsibility.
The Minister was speaking at
a seminar organised by the J&K
Paryavaran Sanstha at IIIM
Jammu to hold deliberations on
preservation of the traditional water sources. He said that kandi ar-
eas are facing acute shortage of water as the traditional sources like
ponds and bowlies which were
catering to the needs of the people
are perishing due to negligence.
“Most of the watershed projects have not been able to achieve
the desired results due to lack of
pragmatic approach” the Minister
said adding that these projects
should be based on sustainable futuristic needs of the people.
The Minister said that the traditional sources of water were surrounded by catchment areas
which kept these sources charged.
“But while catering to our developmental needs we have neglected
this vital aspect resulting in depletion of these water sources and disturbance of the ecological balances
of the areas”. He maintained that
everyone has to work for preserving the ecology and resources
which are fast depleting due to
over usage. The Minister said that
these water resources should be
used in judicious manner and
asked the concerned departments
to work in synergy to ensure that
developmental goals are achieved
while maintaining the ecological
balance. He stressed that there
should be optimal utilization of the
funds and projects should be envisaged keeping in mind availability
of water. The Minister said that efforts will be made to take up
preservation and restoration of
these traditional sources under
the social corporate responsibility
and involving various stakeholders in this noble cause .
He said that the issues raised
during the deliberation would be
taken up with the concerned ministry and efforts would be made to
take adequate steps.
Division Bench of the J&K High Court comprising of Chief Justice Mr N Paul Vasanthakumar and
Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur today dismissed an appeal filed by Dr Vipan Banotra S/o Late Sh Niku Ram
of Poonch against Abdul Shubam S/o Abdul Ghani
R/o Poonch with costs of Rs 5000/-. The judgment was
written by Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur after hearing
Adv Aditya Sharma for the appellant whereas Adv
Assem Sawheny for the respondent and held that appeal as not maintainable so dismissed it with costs of
Rs 5000. It may be mentioned that Dr Vipan Banotraappellant filed an appeal against the order dated
04.02.2015 passed by the Jammu and Kashmir State
Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Jammu
wherein the Commission had authorized one official
of the Commission to file a complaint against the said
appellant before the competent Magistrate for having
committed perjury and fabrication of records.
It was alleged that on account of the negligence of
the Doctor-respondent herein, the complainant being
the only bread winner of the family was forced to lead
his life as a cripple and that his defendants had become destitute. With a view to bring the guilty to
book, a direction was issued by the Commission to
the Inspector General of Crimes and Railways (J&K)
to register a case on the basis of the judgment of the
Commission for the commission of offences regarding fabrication of records and forgery with a further
direction to complete the investigation within a period of 4 months thereof. Said order came to be challenged by the appellant herein in CIMA No. 136/2009
titled Dr. Vipan Banotra vs. Abdul Shubam & ors,
which came to be finally decided by a Division Bench
of this Court vide its judgment and order dated
14.3.2013 wherein the Commission's direction to the
IG Crime Branch were deleted and Commission was
given liberty to lodge a complaint itself or by an authorized officer by the Division Bench in the previous
Appeal. Aseem Sawhney Advocate submitted that
pursuant to the order aforementioned, the
Commission vide its order dated 4.2.2015 authorized
one Predhiman Krishan Raina, an official of the
Commission to lodge a complaint before the competent Magistrate and this order, which has been challenged again and also urged that the appeal itself was
misconceived as the impugned order was not one,
which could be said to be an appealable order in
terms of Section 17 of the Jammu and Kashmir
Consumer Protection Act, 1987. Division bench observed "In the present case, the order passed by the
Commission, authorizing an official of the State
Commission to lodge a complaint before a competent
Magistrate cannot be deemed to be an order, deciding
a consumer dispute within the meaning of the
Consumer Protection Act. An appeal in terms of
Section 17 envisages a decision on a consumer dispute providing for a forum of appeal to either the complainant in case his complaint is dismissed or to the
respondent in case the same is allowed. In the present case, however, the order impugned is only an authorization granted to an official of the Commission
to file a complaint before the competent Magistrate
and cannot be said to be an order against which an appeal at all lies in terms of Section 17 of the Act. Not only this, by virtue of judgment and order dated
14.3.2013 passed, this court had granted liberty to the
Commission to lodge a complaint either itself or by
an authorized officer. The judgment and order dated
14.3.2013 not having been challenged by the appellant
herein had attained finality. What was done by the
Commission was, in fact, in furtherance of the liberty
granted to the Commission to lodge a complaint and
in doing so, the Commission cannot be said to have
committed any illegality. For the reasons mentioned
hereinabove, the appeal is held to be not maintainable and is accordingly dismissed with cost of Rs.
5,000/- to be deposited in the Advocates' Welfare
Fund." JNF
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 2:
Sadbhavana Yatra in connection
with Sadbhavana Sammelan was taken
out from Rajpura Mangotrian in the winter capital. Members of Manav Utthan
Sewa Samiti and volunteers of Manav
Sewa Dal under the chairmanship of
Mahatma Amarbelanand, Incharge
Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti, J&K
Chapter in connection with acceleration
of progress of arrangements for
Sadbhavana Sammelan for two days
started today at M A Stadium, Jammu.
On this occasion, Sant Guru Satpal
Ji Maharaj was the chief guest who also
addressed the volunteers and devotees
participated in the samalen. The
samalen was organized for the propaga-
tion of great noble cause of national integration and communal harmony and upliftment of mankind in which delegates
from all over India and abroad participated.
Famous spiritual luminary, Satpal
Ji Maharaj an eminent exponent of
Sadbhavana along with learned saints
and scholars from different religious
places of the country also participated as
chief guest. He also gave discourses on
the spirituality which infuse the spirit of
goodwill and human values among the
people, while expressing concern over
the student community who have forget
Swami
Vivekananda,
Shivaji,
Maharana Partap, and other nationalist
personalities.
Maharaj ji impressed upon the student community to follow footsteps of
these great leaders of India. The famous
religious saint reminded people that
India was known globally for its rich culture and resources.
He expressed concern over that people these days have been deviated from
the religion and appealed that the people
should follow their religious duties for
the betterment of society as well as country. Pertinently, Manav Utthan Sewa
Samiti an All India Socio-Spiritual
Society is disseminating the spiritual
knowledge, the essence of all the religion
through its literature, holding rallies
and Sadbhavana Sammelans in different
parts of country. In this context, a
Sadbhavana Yatra was also taken out
which passed out from various routes of
the Jammu city.
CYM K
CYM K
Manav Utthan Sewa Samiti takes out Sadbhavana Yatra