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Army foils infiltration
bid along Poonch
LoC, one killed
JAMMU | MAY 8
Army troops today foiled an infiltration bid
along the Line of Control in Poonch district, killing a
suspected militant who was in an army fatigue.
A patrol party of Barasingha Battalion of Army
came under fire at Sunigali forward area of Mendhar
sector at about 0850 hours today, PRO, Defence, Lt
Col Manish Mehta said.
The troops, who were 300 metres inside Indian
territory, took positions and retaliated, resulting in
heavy exchanges with the suspected militants, he
said, adding that one infiltrator was killed on the
spot. From the encounter site, troops recovered a
body of an alleged infiltrator besides one AK rifle,
four magazines, 28 rounds, two hand grenades, one
GPS besides among other items, Lt Col Mehta said,
adding he was wearing combat dress and good quality trekking shoes.
According to defence sources, a group of three to
four militants in combat dress made a bid to infiltrate into the Indian side under the cover of firing by
Pakistan troops in violation of ceasefire.
While one militant was killed, others escaped
back to Pakistan, they said. It is believed that mili-
News Digest
Pak sends holy water
of Katas Raj Temple to
Advani
NEW DELHI MAY 8
In a goodwill gesture, Pakistan has
sent a pitcher of holy water of Katas Raj
temple in Chakwal district of Punjab to
BJP veteran L K Advani, who had in 2005
visited the temple for launch of restoration
work. The pitcher carrying the holy water
from the 'Amar Kund' (holy pond) of the
See PAK on page 11
Dr Abdullah calls on
Governor
Srinagar, May 08
Dr. Farooq Abdullah, former Chief
and
President
National
Minister
Conference, called on N.N. Vohra,
Governor, here at the Raj Bhavan yesterday. The Governor and Dr. Abdullah discussed various important issues relating to
the growth and development of the State.
Police foils burglary
attempt in Shopian
Srinagar May 08:
Shopian Police foiled a burglary attempt by arresting 03 burglars and recovering two vehicles used for committing the
burglary. In the wee hours a patrol party of
Shopian police spotted suspicious movement of some persons near the Chowk.
Police party in a swift action apprehended two persons who had broken the
shutters of a jewelry shop and were trying
See POLICE on page 11
Youth stabbed in
Srinagar
Srinagar May 08:
A youth was stabbed by some unknown persons in Nowgam area of
Srinagar. An 18 years old youth Burhan
Bashir Bunrgoo son of Bashir Ahmad resident of Aaribagh, Nowgam was stabbed by
some unknown persons at Aari Bagh area.
He was shifted to SKIMS Soura Srinagar
for treatment. Srinagar police has registered a case FIR 29/2015 under section 307,
tants entered into Indian territory to either infiltrate
into this side of LoC in Poonch or they could have
come with a design to plant IEDs on patrolling track
to target Army troops, they said. On June 12, 2014, an
Army jawan was killed and three others injured in a
See ARMY on page 11
Salman Khan's sentence suspended; actor let off on bail
MUMBAI MAY 8
Salman Khan will not have to go to
jail pending disposal of his appeal against
conviction in the 2002 hit-and-run case after the Bombay High Court suspended
his sentence and granted him bail, in a
huge relief to one of the reigning superstars of Bollywood.
"This is not a case where I should
keep him (Khan) in jail till his appeal is
heard and decided. Why his right should
suffer when his appeal is admitted and
kept pending? "In many cases people
have suffered and spent their entire
prison term only to be acquitted later by
the High Court," Justice Abhay Thipsay
observed, before staying execution of the
5-year jail sentence awarded to Khan by
the trial court on Wednesday and ordering that he be enlarged on bail.
Justice Thipsay had granted interim
bail to 49-year-old Khan hours after his
conviction and sentencing by sessions
court judge D W Deshpande on the
ground that the actor had not been supplied with a detailed and reasoned order.
The tenure of the 48-hour interim relief
was to end today.
A man was killed and four others
were wounded when Khan's Toyota Land
Cruiser ran over them while they were
asleep on a pavement outside a bakery in
suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002.
"The normal rule is that when an appeal is admitted and the sentence is under seven years, it (the sentence) is suspended. Why do you (prosecution) want
to depart from this norm?" Justice
Srinagar, May 8 (PTI)
The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to constitute State
Pesticides Regulatory Authority to curb
the use of spurious pesticides which
cause immense harm to fruit production
and its quality.
The decision in this regard was taken at a high-level meeting of
Horticulture and allied Departments
held under the chairmanship of
Minister for Horticulture Abdul
Rehman Veeri here today, an official
spokesman said.
In this regard, the Minister directed
for constitution of a core committee for
formulation of guidelines of the
Authority with the advice of Law
Department. Sharing concerns over alleged sale of spurious pesticides, Veeri
said the government shall enact stringent laws to check this menace to safeguard horticulture industry from further damage.
He directed both agriculture universities of the state to prescribe scientifically proven standard pesticides and
fungicides to the fruit growers and farmers well in advance of the spray season
so that they are not fleeced by unscrupulous pesticide traders.
"Horticulture is the mainstay of the
state's economy and all efforts should be
made to promote this vital sector," Veeri
said. In a competitive era, quality control is must and we have to focus on this
vital area to maintain the credibility of
state's horticulture produce, he added.
The Minister said that horticulture
industry has given sustenance to the
people of the state in most difficult times
Widow of drug dealer arrested
with 4 kg of narcotics
For Amarnath pilgrimage security beefed up: IGP Jammu
Jammu, May 8:
Widow of an alleged drug dealer in
Jammu was arrested and large quantity
of narcotic substances was recovered
from her house in Khour camp area, police said.
With the arrest of Preeto Devi, wife
of infamous drug dealer in Jammu
Sarfoo Ram, police claimed to have busted a major drug racket operating in the
region. "Sarfoo Ram who was an infamous drug dealer in Jammu had died a
couple of year ago; we came to know that
his family too was involved in this illicit
trade. On specific information, we raided his house in Khour camp area and recovered large quantity of narcotic sub-
stances from there," Inspector General
of Police Jammu range Danesh Rana
told reporters here today.
The police raided the residence of
Sarfoo Ram arrested his widow Preeto
Devi and recovered 4.115 kg of narcotics
and Indian currency Rs 8,94,500 in cash,
he said. Rana said the kingpin of the
racket, Ajieet Kumar, who is the
younger brother of Ram managed to escape, adding "We are hopeful to nab him
soon." Her two sons who were also involved in the illicit trade were serving
their term in a Jail in Punjab, he said.
The IGP said that in another incident, police in Jammu also arrested
three drug peddlers. Police in Jammu
See WIDOW on page 11
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stayed the sentence pending disposal of
Khan's appeal, exultant fans burst firecrackers, broke into a wild jig, hopped,
jumped and carried each other on shoulders, throwing traffic into disarray for a
while.
Sweets were kept ready for celebrations in the event of his prayer for bail being granted. Khan, who was at his Galaxy
Apartments residence in suburban
Bandra, soon stepped out to loud cheers
See SALMAN on page 11
and nobody will be allowed to destroy
this vital sector of the state's economy.
Promotion of horticulture has been
flagged as priority sector by the present
government, Veeri said, adding that several measures are being taken to promote this sector on modern lines.
The Minister said soil and pesticide
testing laboratories would be set up in
each district so that production and productivity is increased manifold on a scientific basis. He directed the concerned
authorities to complete all requisite formalities in this regard so that these laboratories would be set up in time.
Veeri said the government proposes
to construct one cold storage in each
fruit mandi of the state so that fresh fruit
of the state is exported in its original flavor to other terminal markets of the
country.
Then SSP Manohar
Singh challenged
his Suspension
HC directs Home Dept to
communicate with DGP
within four weeks
Srinagar, May 8 (PTI)
A high level team of Jammu and Kashmir government today took stock of the damages in Zanskar
and Leh areas of the state caused in the wake of
breach in Phuktal lake.
Yesterday, the artificial lake on river Phuktal,
in the Kargil district had burst and caused flash
floods in the area, prompting authorities to launch
an evacuation operation in the affected villages.
The team comprising Minister for PHE
Sukhnandan Chowdhary, Minister for Cooperative
Chhering Dorjey, Chairman State Legislative
Council Haji Anayat Ali and Vice Chairman Khadi
and Village Industry Board Syed Bakir Rizvi were
briefed by experts from the National Disaster
Management Authority at Leh, an official
spokesman said.
The NDMA experts, comprising Joint Advisor
Dhirendra Singh Sindhu and Chief Geologist NHPC
B D Patni -- while briefing the State team, said they
have carried out aerial inspection of River Phutkal
landslide site today and observed that the water level
is gradually reducing as it is passing through the artificial channel which has deepened and widened
now. The NDMA team said they were expecting the
breach in the 14-km long lake and were monitoring
the situation round the clock. There seems no cause
of worry as maximum water has now flown out and a
small volume of water is left in a length of four to five
kilometres of the lake, the experts told the state team.
The official delegation said that the timely precautionary and preventive measures taken by the
State and district administrations at both Leh and
Kargil resulted in zero loss to the human life and livestock. The team of Ministers said they have assessed
See LAKE on page 11
CM deputes PHE minister to
burst hit Zanskar Kargil
Srinagar, May 8 (KNS):
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad syeed on
Friday deputed Minister for Irrigation & Flood
Control Sukhnandan Kumar to Zanskar kargil,
where lake burst triggered flash floods on Thursday.
Officials said that soon after Chief Minster
heard the news of burst of artificial lake, CM deputed
PHE Minister sukhnandan Kumar to take stock of
the situation. Talking to KNS from Zanskar the PHE
minister Sukhnandan said that one irrigation channel, culverts and bridges worth crores at different
See CM on page 11
JNF Service
Jammu, May 8
In a petition filed by then SSP
Manohar Singh who was suspended on
September 18, 2009 by the Govt for allegedly involved in fudging of evidence in much
publicized Amandeep Murder case,
Justice Tashi Rabstan of J&K High Court
Jammu Wing after hearing Adv
Sudershan Sharma appearing for the
See THEN on page 11
David Cameron gets majority,
return of single party govt in UK
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film world, which kept its fingers crossed
since Wednesday's judgement of the trial
court. Hundreds of Khan's anxious fans
had collected outside the high court and
the actor's Bandra residence since early
morning and the mood was sullen.
Police contingents in riot gear deployed in both places had a tough time
regulating the crowds that waited with
bated breath for a 'positive' outcome on
Khan's appeal in the high court. As the
word came out that the high court had
J&K to form State Pesticides Regulatory Authority Lake burst: Timely action
prevents loss of lives, says J-K Govt
See YOUTH on page 11
JAMMU
Thipsay said, rejecting prosecution's
contentions against the suspension of
sentence. Since the term of the interim
bail was to expire this evening, the judge
asked Khan to surrender before the trial
court, execute a fresh bond of Rs 30,000
and furnish a surety of the like amount
for obtaining regular bail.
Anywhere between Rs 200 crore and
Rs 250 crore was said to be riding on the
popular actor and the court's order would
come as a huge relief to the jittery Hindi
From Aditi Khanna and H S Rao
London, May 8 (PTI)
Prime Minister David Cameron today won a stunning majority in Britain,
disproving predictions of a terribly hung
parliament and was on course to forming
a single party government ending a brief
coalition era. The surprise surge ahead
by the Conservatives led by 48-year-old
charismatic Cameron saw the party
come back to power with 327 seats, just
crossing the half way mark in the 650member parliament and is tipped to get
four more.
"This is the sweetest victory of all,"
Cameron told jubilant supporters at the
party headquarters after the victory fol-
lowing which he does not need his ally
Liberal Democrats with whom he had
run the government since 2010.
Later in the afternoon, he met Queen
Elizabeth II to seek her customary approval to form a new government.
Speaking in front of 10, Downing
Street alongside his wife Samantha,
Cameraon said that "we are on the brink
of something special in our country. As a
majority government we will be able to
deliver all our manifesto."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was
among the first international leaders to
congratulate him on Facebook with a reference to his campaign slogan: "As you
rightly pointed out ? it's 'Phir Ek Baar,
Cameron Sarkar!' My best wishes."
Pre-poll predictions had said the verdict would be the closest in decades and
forecast a scenario in which the winner
would have to depend on more than one
party to come to power. Cameron's
Conservative Party's win is the first outright majority for a party in parliament
since 1992 when John Major won unexpectedly. The main opposition Labour
Party suffered the second successive de
See DAVID on page 11
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Congress slams BJPPDP Government for
ration shortage
News on Page 3
CYMK
Salman Khan hit-andrun case: Aishwarye
cries throughout the
day and prays for
Salman to be Scott-free
News on Page 10
Glimpses of Future
CHOUBARSI
Four years have passed since you left for
heavenly abode but you still are alive in our
hearts and your presence is felt in every moment of our life. CHOUBARSI of our
beloved Late Sh. Jagdish Chander Bakshi
S/o Late Sh. Dawarka Nath Bakshi will be
performed at our residence Plot No. 217,
Rehari Colony, Jammu on 9th of May 2015
at 12.00 Noon.
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY
Smt. Suman Bakshi-Wife
Daughter-in-law & Son
Mrs Puja & Mr Ashwani Bakshi
Mr Sham Sunder Bakshi-Son
Mr Kapil Bakshi-Son
Miss Shivani Bakshi-Daughter
Aayan & Praanvi-Grand Children
Mob: 9906211914, 9419179577
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2015, PAGE 2
CHOUBARSI
Sh. Jagdish
Chander Bakshi
KRIYA/UTHALA
With profound grief and sorrow we inform
the demise of Smt Samitri Devi W/o Sh
Gouri Shanker Vill. Nougran (Bishnah).
Kriya/Uthala will be on 9/05/2015
(Saturday) at 5 PM at our residence.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Samitri Devi
Sons and Daughters-in-law
Bodh Raj & Neelam Gupta
Sham Lal & Kamlesh Gupta
Kamal Kishore & Reeta Gupta
Vidya Sagar & Sanjeev Gupta
Ajay Kumar & Ragini Gupta
Daughter & Son-in law :
Raj Dulhari & Subash Gupta
Mob : 9796298560
CHOUBARSI of Sub Girdhari Lal
Sharma (Patti Wale) will be held on
Saturday the 9th of May 2015 at our
residence 1198, Lane-3, Nanak
Nagar from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sub Girdhari Lal
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sharma
Son and Daughter-in-law
Anuradha Sharma and
Kailash Chander Sharma
Daughters and Sons-in-law
Shashi Sharma and Khem Raj
Anita Sharma and Vidya Sagar Sharma
Veena Sharma and Satpal Sharma
Grand Sons and Grand Daughters
Raghu Sharma and Swati Sharma
Vikram Sharma and Karan Sharma
Vishal Padha and Sonia Sharma
Poonam Sharma and Pankaj Sharma
Ph: 9906900255
10TH DAY/KRIYA
10TH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Sh
Kulbhushan Gupta (Retired Principal)
S/o late Sh Amar Nath Malgotra (Majori
wale). Tenth Day will be performed on
09.05.2015 (Saturday) at 10.30 AM at
Mahajan Hall Shalimar Road, Jammu. Sh Kulbhushan
Kriya will be performed on 11.05.2015
Gupta
(Monday) at our residence 194-3, Shant
Nagar Janipur Jammu at (12 Noon).
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Neelam Kumari -Wife
Dr Kumar Sourabh -Son
Daughter & Son-in-law
Dr Surbhi and Parimal
Sh Shivram Malgotra (Chacha Ji)
Brothers & Bhabhis
Sh Ved Parkash & Smt Sushila
Dr Govind Ram & Smt Shakuntla
Sh Ravi Kant & Smt Meenakshi
All Malgotra Family
Mob: 9469163570, 9419262613, 9419220031
ADH-BARKHI
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Smt
Sita Devi (Maa), W/o Lt. Sh Sham Lal
Choudhary R/o Housing Colony,
Udhampur who left for heavenly abode
on Thursday 30-4-2015. Tenth Day will be
performed at our native village Barel
Smt Sita Devi
(Ramkote) on Saturday 09-05-2015 at
11.00 AM. Kriya will be performed at village Barel (Ramkote)
on Sunday 10- 05-2015. Rasam Pagri will be performed at village Barel (Ramkote) on Monday 11-05-2015 at 03.00 PM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sons & Daughters-in-law
Sh Shiv Charan & Smt Santosh (Toshi)
Sh Hari Krishan & Smt Raj Mohini
Sh Ram Parshad & Smt Santosh
Sh Krishan Parshad & Smt shanta
Sh Ashok Kumar & Smt Sunita
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Smt Bishno Devi & Sh Charan Dass
Smt Satya (Sattu) & Sh Ravi Kumar
Mob:- 9858221394, 9419215744, 9419157295
Missing You Maa - Grand Sons & Grand Daughters
With profound grief & sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of our mother Smt.
Lajwanti Devi W/o Lt. Sh. Balak Ram
Sharma (Gho Manhasan Wale) at present R/o H.No - 163, Old Rehari Mohalla,
Jammu who left for her heavenly abode
on 30th of April, 2015. Tenth Day will be
Smt. Lajwanti
performed at 10.00 am on 9th of May
Devi
2015 (Saturday) at Rani Talab, Jammu.
Kriya on 10th of May 2015 (Sunday) at 01.00 pm at our residence. Rasam Pagri/Uthala shall be held on 11th of May 2015
(Mon) at 5.00 pm at Shri Hari Mandir, Rehari Colony, Jammu.
IN GRIEF:Daughter-in-law & Son
Smt. Jyoti & Sh. Raman Sharma (Sr. Dental Tech.)
Mr. Ashish Sharma (Civil Contractor) -Son
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Smt. Sanjeeva & Sh. Vinod Sharma
Smt. Sabita & Sh. Suresh Sharma
Smt. Rama & Sh. Ripu Daman Sharma
Grand Children : Rimpy, Pranav, Kshitij, Aarooshi
Mob: 72981-62314, 90861-16738
Six months passed since you left for
heavenly abode, but the fragrance of
your love & affection will always remains
in our hearts & miss your presence in
every moment of life. Adh-Barkhi of our
beloved Late Sh. Ram Chander Shastri
S/o Lt Sh. Ram Prasad Sharma will be
Sh. Ram
performed on Saturday 9th of May 2015 Chander Shastri
at our residence 153, Residency Road,
near J&K Bank, Jammu at 11 AM.
DEEPLY MISSED & REMEMBERED BY:Dr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma - Son
Dr. Neeru Sharma - Daughter-in-law
Pawnesh Kumar Sharma - Son
Vijayta Sharma - Daughter-in-law
Kshijitij, Sarthak, Aashirwad
All Relatives & Friends
Mob: 8492837137, 9796676715
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow we inform
the sad demise of Sh. Hira Lal Handoo
husband of Smt. Mohini Misri/Handoo
erstwhile resident of Rainawari Srinagar /
Exchange Road Jammu on 1st May
2015. The 10th Day is being observed on
Sunday 10th May at Ganga Ghat Murad
Sh. Hira Lal
Nagar (Meerut Road) at 8:30am. The
Handoo
Prayer meeting is being held at residence
186, Pocket C8, Sector 8, Rohini, Delhi,
on the the same day at 5:30pm.
GRIEF STRICKEN:
Indrawati Handoo - Mother
Mohini Handoo - Wife
Ratna Raina - Sister
Brother & Sister-in-Law
Surrinder and Kiran Handoo
Brothers-in-Law & Sisters-in-Law
Piyare Lal and Sarla Trackroo
Maharaj Krishen and Suman Misri
Ashok Kumar and Santosh Misri
Jyotsna Kaul - Daughter
Sachin and Indu Handoo - Son & Daughter-in-Law
Sharad and Reena Handoo - Son & Daughter-in-Law
Contact: 8860348688, 9958998069, 9819934999
10TH DAY
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of our beloved father Pt.
Prithi Singh Aithmia (Retd. Girdawar) S/o Lt.
Wazir Ishar Dass Aithmia R/o Surinsar
Jammu on 30th April 2015. TENTH DAY will
be performed on 9th May 2015 (Saturday)
at 10.00 a.m. at our residence at Surinsar
Jammu.
Pt. Prithi Singh
GRIEF STRICKEN
Aithmia
Mrs Kailash Aithmia (Shanti Devi)-Wife
Sons & Daughters-in-law
Pradeep Singh Aithmia & Shashi Aithmia
Sanjeev Singh Aithmia & Usha Aithmia
Kamaldeep Singh Aithmia & Monika Aithmia
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Mrs Anita & Romesh Chander
Mrs Seema & Rashpal Singh
Brothers & Bhabies
Smt. Vidya Devi Aithmia W/o Lt. Onkar Singh Aithmia
Smt. Sheela Devi Aithmia W/o Lt. Dhanwanter Singh Aithmia
Mr Chamel Singh Aithmia & Neera Aithmia
Mrs Annu Aithmia W/o Lt. Surinder Singh Aithmia
Mr Prem Singh Aithmia & Rani Aithmia
Sisters & Brother-in-laws
Mrs Pushpa Charak and O.S. Charak
Mrs Lata & Mr S.V. Sukhdev Singh
All Aithmia Family.
10TH DAY/KRIYA
10TH DAY KRIYA
The Tenth Day Kriya of Smt. Meenawati
W/o Kashi Nath originally resident of village Tehab Pulwama Kashmir A/p D-100
Nawada Housing Complex Kukrola New
Delhi, will be performed on 9-5-2015
(Saturday) at Sector 16 Manav Chowk
Rohni (Near MTNL Office). A prayer will Smt. Meenawati
be held at our residence on the same day
at 12 p.m.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Khemashori- Sister
Bita Zutshi & Shuban Lal Zutshi- Daughter-in-Law & Son
Phoola Ji & C.L. Koul- Daughter & Son-in-Law
Anu Zutshi- Grand Daughter
Rakesh Koul & Adesh Koul- Grand Sons
Samast Zutshi, Bhat Parivar
Cell No.: 09210301880 & 09818754602
MASWAR/VAHARWAR
“One year has passed since you left us for
heavenly abode but your loving memories will always remain with us.” Masvar &
Vaharvar of our beloved Late Pran Nath
Yachhoo S/o Late Sudarshan Yachhoo
will be performed at our residence H. No.
63, Lane 7C, Saraswati Vihar, Bohri,
Jammu on 9th & 10th May respectively.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Nancy Yachhoo-Wife
Shobit-Son
Neetu-Daughter
Hemant-Son-in-law
Meethi & Mani-Grand Children
Mob No: 8713038569
10TH DAY/KRIYA/RASAM PAGRI
Pran Nath
Yachhoo
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform that Sh. Sham Lal Sharma (Retd
S.O. Health Deptt) R/o Kote, Distt Jammu
left his mortal world for heavenly abode
on 30-4-2015. TENTH DAY will be performed on 9-5-2015 (Saturday) at 11 AM
at our residence. KRIYA will be performed
Sh. Sham Lal
on 10-5-2015 (Sunday) at our residence.
Sharma
RASAM PAGRI will be performed on 115-2015 (Monday) at 4 PM at our residence.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt. Chanchal Sharma - Wife
Sh. Ram Pal Gopal - Brother
Sh. /Smt Raj Sadotra & Anupuma - Son & Daughter-in-law
Sh. /Smt. Sanjeev Sadotra & Arti - Son & Daughter-in-law
Sh. /Smt. Rajan Sadotra & Kiran - Nephew & Daughter-in-law
Sh. /Smt. Sunandan & Neraly -Nephew & Daughter-in-law
Sh. /Smt. Vivek Sadotra -Nephew & Daughter-in-law
Grand Children : Arunima, Rahil, Saloni, Sanchita, Satyan,
Ritvan, Samridhi
M.No : 9419109942, 9858192681, 9858548850, 9419100282
TENTH DAY
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved father
Karamyogi Sh. Shuban Krishan Tickoo
S/o Late Shamboo Nath Tickoo originally
R/o Malik Bagh Zaindar Mohalla Habba
Kadal Srinagar at present T.R.T A/17
near Toll Post Nagrota. MOURNING will
Sh. Shuban
profound at Lane No. 11 Gurha Keran Krishan Tickoo
Barnai Bantalab. TENTH DAY KRIYA will
be performed on Thursday 14-05-2015 at
Muthi near Director of Education Office at 7:30 AM
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt. Rita Tickoo- Wife
Dr. Rakesh Tickoo - Son
Dr. Anupama Tickoo - Daughter-in-law
Mr. Manoj Tickoo - Son
Ms Sheetal Tickoo - Daughter
Mr. Sunil Tickoo - Nephew
Mrs. Veena Tickoo - Daughter-in-law
Mr. Raj Kumar Tickoo - Nephew
Mrs. Rakhi Tickoo - Daugther-in-law
Priyanka Tickoo- Niece
Smt. Phoola & Sh. M.L. Raina - Sister & Brother-in-law
Smt. Veena & Sh. B.L. Bhat - Sister & Brother-in-law
Mob No : 9419755660, 9419133214
10TH DAY/KRIYA
Our Father Mr K L Vishen left for
heavenly abode on 4th May 2015 at
his residence at 443, Surya
Apartments, Dwarka N Delhi leaving
us imbibed with his Teachings,
Guidance & Perseverance to make
his dreams come true. To make his Mr K L Vishen
eternal journey peaceful the 10th
Day Kriya will be heid at Ghat no 25
Nigam Bodh Ghat, Main road
Kashmiri Gate, Delhi 110006 on
Tuesday 12th May 2015 at 8 am.
WE KNOW YOU ARE ALWAYS
WITH US DAD
Naveen & Himani Vishen
Sanjay & Mona Vishen
K K Sidha & Leena Vishen
Sheen, Vedant, Vatsal, Vansh, Vamika
+91 99-99-538984, +91 97-17-892043
KRIYA/UTHALA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of our beloved mother Smt
Bimla Devi wife of Late Sh Jaswant Rai
Gupta R/o H.No.71, Sector-3, Trikuta
Nagar, Jammu on 28th April 2015. The Kriya
shall be performed on 10th May 2015 at our
residence. The Rasam Pagri shall be performed on 11th May 2015 at 5.00 pm at Shiv Smt Bimla Devi
Mandir Sector-3, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
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TENTH DAY
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and sudden demise of our
beloved Sh Chaman Lal Gulla S/o Late
Sh Jaggar Nath Gulla original resident of
Gund-Ahalmar Nai Sarak Srinagar and
presently at 326 Colonel’s Colony Bohri
Jammu. The Tenth Day Kriya shall be Sh Chaman Lal
Gulla
performed at Muthi Ghat, near
Directorate of School Education at 9 am
on 13-5-2015 on Wednesday.
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10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief & sorrow, we inform
the sad and untimely demise of Smt
Santosh Tickoo W/o Late Sh Shamboo
Nath Tickoo original resident of Bijbehara
Anantnag (Kmr) presently at H.No 148,
Lane No 4, Dream City Jammu on 4/5/15.
Smt Santosh
Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 13th
Tickoo
May 2015 at Muthi Ghat, Jammu.
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With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of Sh. Triloki Nath
Koul S/o Late Shive Jee Koul of Batapora
Shopian who left for heavenly abode on
5th of May 2015. TENTH DAY KRIYA will
be performed at Muthi Ghat near Director
Education Office on 14th May 2015 at Sh. Triloki Nath
8.00 a.m. MOURNING will be held at H.
Koul
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TENTH DAY
With profound grief and sorrow, we regret
to inform the sad demise of our beloved
father Sh. Poshkar Nath Radhu (Bhat)
S/o Late Sh. Sarvanand Radhu of Sagam
Kokernag Anantnag Kmr. presently at
Block No.67 Flat No.6, Lane-13, Jagti
Sh. Poshkar
Nagrota, Jammu on 05-05-2015. Tenth
Nath Radhu
Day Kriya will be held on TRT Nagrota,
Jammu on 14-05-2015.
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Sh. Pyara Lal Bhat - Brother
Rinku Bhat - Son
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In loving and everlasting memory of our
Father Sh. Hirday Nath Pandita (R.I.P),
MASVAR and WAHARVAR would be
performed on 11th and 12th May at our
residence G-656 Phase-6 Aya Nagar
New Delhi-47.
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With profound grief and sorrow we inform
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Revenue Deptt.) R/o Ward No. 1, Stadium
Road, Kathua left his Mortal World for heavenly abode on 30-04-2015. TENTH DAYwill be performed on 09-05-2015 on
Saturday at 10.00 a.m. at our residence and
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05-2015 on Monday at 1.00 p.m. at our resiKHAJURIA
dence.
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KRIYA/UTHALA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of Smt. Sumitra Gupta W/o
Late Sh. Mohinder Kumar Gupta R/o Lambi
Gali, Udhampur, who left for her heavenly
abode on 29-04-2015. Kriya will be performed at Devika Ghat on 11- 05-2015
(Monday) at 11:00 a.m. Uthala will be performed at Arya Samaj Hall, Lambi Gali,
Smt. Sumitra
Udhampur on 11-05-2015 at 5 p.m.
Gupta
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Nanad & Nanadoi
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KRIYA/UTHALA
With profound grief & sorrow, we regret to inform that our beloved Sh Vinod Sagar
Dheman (Pinky) S/o Lt Sh Vidya Sagar
Dheman presently at 15, Gali Khilonia
Pacca Danga Jammu, who left for heavenly
abode on 29-04-2015 May his soul rest in
peace. Kriya will be held on 9th of May
Saturday at 12.00 Noon at our residence 15, Sh Vinod Sagar
Dheman
Gali Khilonia Pacca Danga Jammu Uthala
will be performed on 9th of May 2015
Saturday at S S jain Sabha Moti Bazar, Jammu.
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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 present D-100,
Nawada Housing Complex Vipin Garden
Kukrola Dwarika Morh New Delhi, who Smt. Meenawati
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.
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Bita Zutshi & Shuban Lal Zutshi Daughter-in-law & Son
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Adesh Koul & Rakesh Koul - Grand Sons
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10TH DAY/KRIYA
With profound grief & sorrow, we regret to
inform the sad demise of our dear Autar
Krishen Khushu (Papa Ji) S/o Lt. Sh.
Sham Lal Khushu R/o Gankhan,
Zainakadal Sgr Chhanpora Sgr now at
present C-280, Vikaspuri, New Delhi on
02-05-2015. Tenth Day Kriya will take Autar Krishen
place at Kashmiri Ghat, Sector -18,
Khushu
Hyderpora Nehar Rohine (N Delhi) on
11th May 2015 (Monday) at 8.00 a.m.
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Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SARURDAY, MAY 9 2015, PAGE 3
Police action against casual labours,
daily wagers evokes criticism
Mufti's actions diametrically opposite to
his pre-election rhetoric: NC Spokesman
Govt crushing right to protest: Tarigami
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu/Srinagar, May 08:
Police action and lathicharge on casual and daily rated workers yesterday
evoked criticism from many political
parties here today. National Conference
on Friday condemned the unwarranted
and ruthless action of the Police on
protesting Casual Employees, Daily
Wagers and Traders in Srinagar.
Expressing outrage and disappointment
at the intolerance of the PDP-BJP
Government and especially that of Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, NC
Spokesman Junaid Azim Mattu said
such intolerance and cruelty at the be-
hest of PDP-BJP Government was completely opposite of what Mufti Sayeed
had promised to do during the election
campaign. The NC Spokesman also condemned the insensitive statement issued
by Education Minister Naeem Akhtar
seemingly stating that the fair redressal
of the problems of Casual Employees and
Daily Wagers was not the responsibility
of the present Government.
The NC Spokesman also expressed
solidarity with the ReT Teachers who
were forced to go on a 36-hour hunger
strike protesting the failure of the State
Government to release their salaries
and said National Conference supports
their struggle for their rights. "First
Youth NC stages dharna at
Kathua against new job policy
during elections Mufti goes on record to
promise the regularization of Casual
Employees and Daily Wagers if voted to
power. Now when in power, he turns a
blind eye towards them and the PDPBJP Government's Education Minister
issues a statement shirking responsibility and tries to pass the buck to the previous Government”, he added. The NC
Spokesman also expressed solidarity
with protesting Traders who were baton charged and assaulted by the Police
during their peaceful protests demanding Flood Victim Rehabilitation. The
NC Spokesman said National
Conference demands the immediate
resolution of the grievances of the
Casual Employees and Daily Wagers
Centre of Indian Trade Unions
(CITU) condemned the police action
against casual/need based, daily rated/
CP workers of various departments including PHE, PDD, Tourism, JVC,
SKIMS, JKPCC, agriculture, Irrigation
and flood control, forest, municipal corporations, rural development, estates department fisheries, SKUAST, floriculture,
various development authorities and employees working under SSA and RMSA,
who protested in support of their demand
for regularization of their services. In a
meeting held today at Srinagar CITU expressed concern over the way protesting
workers are dealt with in Kashmir. “Use
of batons, water cannons and tear smoke
shells against the employees is condemnable. “Use of excessive force the government is only complicating the grievances of its employees” it stated.
M Y Tarigami, State President
CITU, while expressing concern over
the non serious approach adopted by
the state government to fulfill long
pending demands of casual and daily
wagers, he stressed for execution of the
promises made with them on the floor of
the House in letter and spirit.
Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh
Congress Committee vice president and
MLC G N Monga Friday urged the state
government to immediately solve the
problems of daily wagers and causal
labourers by initiating a process of their
regularisation under norms. In a media
statement issued here today, he said, “It
has almost become a norm that everyday hundreds of daily wagers and casual labourers hit the roads to protest demanding regularisation and payment of
their dues. Government should without
delay start the process of their regularisation as per the norms.”
While condemning the use of force
against the protesting daily wagers and
casual labourers, Monga said, “”Browbeating and use of force is only complicating the grievances of its employees. It is
high time that the government forms a
committee which should in a time bound
manner solve the problems of these poor
dailywagers and causal labourers.”
Calling for immediate regularization of
all those daily wagers, casual labourers
and other contractual employees, who
have completed seven years of service the
Congress leader said, “It is unfortunate
the government is not fulfilling its commitment with them. The government
should ensure that wages due to them are
paid and process of regularisation is initiated without any further delay.”
Global Pashmina activist to take up Pashmina
Power Looms issue with the Central Govt
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammur, May 08:
GOF Staff Reporter
Kathua, May 08:
Youth National Conference
on Friday staged massive dharna and took out a protest rally
here this afternoon against the
new recruitment policy mooted
by the PDP-BJP Government
and described it as anti-youth.
The protesters burnt effigy
of the coalition government and
termed the move as commercialising and politicising recruitment by carrying out backdoor
appointments of favourities at
the cost of deserving and meritorious candidates. Addressing
protesters, Provincial Youth
National Conference President
Mr Surinder Singh Bunty exhorted the cadre and youth to remain steadfast in foiling the sinister designs of the government,
which has shown high degree of
insensitivity by antagonizing
the educated unemployed. “This
is bound to boomerang on the
face of widespread resentment
among the youth”, he added.
Bunty lauded the unity and
resilience demonstrated by the
youth across the State against
this policy and said National
Conference will fight for the justified cause of the young people
and won’t rest till it is not rolled
back. In this context he referred
to the reported return of Jammu
and Kashmir New Recruitment
Policy 2015 Ordinance by
Governor Mr N N Vohra and
said the government should not
make it a prestige point and
stick to the policy. He said the
move is fraught with the danger
of encouraging corruption at
various levels which has the potential of demoralising and frustrating job aspirants.
The
YNC
Provincial
President wondered over the need
for bringing the new job policy
when the State has a foolproof
mechanism in terms of Public
Commission
and
Service
Subordinate Services Selection
Board, which are competent
enough to make recruitment as per
laid down norms and in a transparent manner. He said the youth
wing of his party will build a strong
public opinion against the anti-people policies of the present government. Those present on the occasion included Devender Singh
Bindu, Dhian Chand District
President Kathua, K.K Bakashi
District Secretary, Shakeel
Ahmed, Peer Mustaq , Rohit Bali,
Devender Mehta, Suresh Sharma,
Neelam Sharma , Aman, Cheema,
Parveen Kouser and other office
bearers of the party.
the
Pashmina
Babar,
Activist and the Global Voice for
the Pashmina Industry, who was
profiled by TIME Magazine,
"The Genius Issue" for his work
in Pashmina, alleged that government has failed to implement
ban on spinning machines and
power looms in the Kashmir valley. Addressing media persons
here today, Babar said, “The entire industry and the artisans in
Kashmir are in troubled waters
from last 15 years as the open use
of spinning machines have rendered them jobless. The influx of
synthetic and non-pashmina
from places like Amritsar has
killed the Pashmina Industry of
Kashmir. It is a well known fact
now that machine unit holders
in Kashmir indulging in
Pashmina are registered for materials and articles other than
Pashmina by Directorate of
Industries and Commerce and
despite serving notice to them
they have been continuously operating illegally.
Pashmina Handicraft has
lost its trust and goodwill in the
national and international marbecause
machined
ket
Pashmina is faked to hand spun
and hand woven and the material coming from Amritsar. He
stated that the government has
Jammu, May 08:
Commissioner, JMC carried
out the sanitation drive in ward
no: 24, 26 & 39 which is started
from Devi Chand Municipal Park
Rehari. On spot assessment of the
sanitary conditions and performance of other Municipal services
was made and necessary instructions were issued for improvement of civic amenities.
The Engineering Section of
JMC was asked to undertake minor repairs of lanes & drains immediately. The public representatives highlighted their respective charter of demands which in-
cludes proper functioning of existing Water Coolers, functioning
of High Mast Lights as well as repair of existing street lights. The
Commissioner assured to the local citizens that all the issues shall
be redressed on priority.
The officers accompanying
Commissioner
were
the
Executive Engineers, Municipal
Veterinary Officer /Zonal Officer
II (Sanitation), Chief Transport
Officer, Sanitation Officers,
Sanitary Inspectors and some
prominent citizens namely
Karan Sat Sharma, Pardaman
Singh, Sanjay Sawhney, Bal
Khajuria, Sanjeev Sharma,
Jaswinder Kour Jassi, Ankush,
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammur, May 08:
A delegation of JKNPP leaders including Harsh Dev Singh Chairman
JKNPP, Balwant Singh, State President,
YashPal Kundal Young Panthers State
President today submitted a memorandum to the Union Health Minister J P
Nadda at Nirman Bhawan Seeking the
restoration of AIIMS to Jammu.
The memorandum stated, “JKNPP
would like to invite your kind attention
towards the announcement made in
New Delhi on 28th February, 2015 by the
Union Finance Ministry as well as by
Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble MOS in
PM’s office regarding the establishment
of much awaited AIIMS project in
Jammu. The statements of the two leaders were carried in a leading English
daily newspaper, the copies of which are
enclosed as Annexure-I & Annexure-II.
The two Union leaders had very categorically and in unambiguous terms announced the AIIMS for Jammu with Dr.
Jitendra Singh emphatically maintaining that the assurances given during
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s regime on AIIMS
for Jammu have been fulfilled in
Bakshi
etc.
Subash
Commissioner JMC also appealed to the general public that
house hold waste may be properly got collected and disposed of at
collection points / Municipal
Bins through safaikaramchari to
ensure proper cleanliness in
their respective localities and to
make Jammu city neat and clean.
Mother’s day celebrated with joy across Jammu
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammur, May 08:
Mother’s day today celebrated across Jammu with joy.
Various educational institutions celebrated the day by organizing a function here today.
Stepping Stone ( A Fun
Skool) celebrated Mother’s Day
in the school premises. On
Mother’s Day kids prepared photo frames of their mothers with
the help of teachers under the supervision of Geetika Sharma and
Sunita Devi (wing incharge) On
the special occasion students of
nursery ,LKG and &UKG presented group songs , dances
rhymes with full enthusiasm later an exhibition of the photo
frames prepared by the students
was also held in the school premises which was witness and appreciated by the director of the
school Mr Vikash Kumar
Sharma At last the principal of
the school Mrs Anjali Sharma
lauded the efforts of the children
and teachers for their contribution during the programmer
Mother’s Day celebrated all
BJP failed to keep pre-poll promises with
people of Jammu: Manmohan Singh
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammur, May 08:
A protest march led by Thakur Manmohan Singh, General
Secretary J&K Pradesh Congress Committee was held at Gurah
Morh-Bakshinagar, Jammu today to protest over the non-availability of ration and kerosene oil in Jammu City and its subverb areas. A
large number of Congress workers assembled at Gurah Morh, today
morning at 11 A.M.. They were holding play cards, banners and congress flags in their hands marched on road through Shaktinagar
Bazaar amidst chanting slogans like “Ration Pani De Sake Na Jo
Sarkar, Bo Nakami Hai” “Modi Sarkar Hai Hai” “BJP Hai Hai” etc.
Speaking on the occasion Thakur Manmohan Singh made
scathing attack on BJP-PDP Government for its utter failure to provide basic amenities of life to people. He said that Govt. is not supplying adequate ration to the people, especially Atta and Kerosene Oil,
which is being consumed by the common man and poor people of the
State. There is hue and cry amongst the general public for shortage of
ration but the Govt. is watching the situation as mute spectator,
which is very unfortunate on the party of both Centre and State
Governments. He also expressed concern over the working of BJP
leadership and BJP Legislators in the State. They have surrendered
everything for the sake of power. They are not raising the issues of
Jammu people and the result is that the general public have been deprived from the basic amenities of life like ration, drinking water and
electric power supply. PCC General Secretary urged upon the State
Govt. to take immediate steps to provide adequate quantity of ration
and Kerosene oil to the people besides the process of bifurcation of ration cards as well as addition of members in the old ration cards be
taken up immediately. He said that at least 35Kg. ration should be provided to each family, as provided in other regions of the State.
Manmohan Singh threatened the Govt. that if ration is not provided to the needy people well in time every month, the Govt. should
be ready to bear the wrath of the general public. Among those who
addressed the protestors included Kanta Bhan- Vice President, S.
Manjit Singh(former Minister)-General Secretary, Vikram
Malhotra-General Secretary PCC, Anil Chopra-President DCC
Jammu Urban, Neeraj Gupta-Org. Secretary, Sukhdev Choudhary,
Ramakant Khajuria, S. Gurdarshan Singh, Keval Krishan Jogi,
Pawan Sharma, J.L. Koul, Vijay Sharma, Joginder Singh, Vijay
Kumar, Manmohan Sharma, Romesh Angurana, Rajinder Singh,
Balbir Kumar, Vijay Malhotra, Sanjeev Sharma, Gopal Sharma,
Bhushan Sharma, Surinder Sharma and others.
AIIMS Issue: JKNPP leaders submit memorandum Union Health Minister
JMC Com assesses sanitary condition,
performance of Municipal services at Rehari
GOF Staff Reporter
given protection to coppersmiths by enactment Indian
Hand-loom Artisans Act 1985”.
The Government and authorities should feel the pain and
sufferings of starving Artisans
who have Right to Bread and
whose century’s old means of
livelihood is being snatched by
greedy
machine
holders.
Pashmina is a part of the cultur-
al industry of the state and no
proper check and balance for installation and operations of the
power looms, has created a deep
void, which the craft men and
women cannot fill and this problem continues to grow by the
day. He stated that over one
Lakh artisans including women
spinning pashmina wool have
been rendered jobless in the past
decade and this issue needs immediate addressing before this
problem grows into an irreversible one.
The pashmina artisans in
Kashmir have been made to suffer because no action is taken
against the people using machines for weaving pashmina
shawls, nor there is any protection for the artisans who spin the
pashmina and weave its shawls
by hand. Babar stated that he
along with the industry stakeholders will pick up this issue
with the state and the central
Government and seek their immediate attention and redressal.
Congress slams
BJP-PDP Government
for ration shortage
over the world on 2nd Sunday of
every May. As truly said: “A
Mother is she who can take the
place of all others, but whose
place no one else can take”, MV
International School dedicated
the day for the ‘Mothers’. A special assembly was organised in
the school in which students presented a talk, heart touching poems in English and Hindi and a
beautiful song was presented by
the choir of Newton House.
Principal of the school advised
the students to thank the mothers on this day for all the sacri-
fices that they have done to make
our lives comfortable and lovable.
Prep-Wing students prepared special cards for their
mothers to show their love for
them. Prep Wing also organized
‘Show & Tell Competition’ in
which children participated enthusiastically.
Director Prep Mrs. Aakriti
Abrol conveyed to the young toddlers that without mothers there
is no love and affection in life, so
they should shower their love
and respect on their mothers.
Narendra Modi government”.
Having announced the AIIMS for
Jammu through successive statements
issued from New Delhi, it is surprising
to note that the BJP-PDP coalition in
J&K issued a rejoinder stating therein
that the said AIIMS would be established in Kashmir.
The statement has come as a bolt
from the blue for the people of Jammu
who feel cheated and betrayed due to the
unilateral and mischievous change of location effected by local leadership of
BJP and PDP in the state. The fact remains that AIIMS, was sanctioned for
Jammu and it can’t be allowed to be
shifted to Kashmir at the behest of J&K
BJP which in its desperation to appease
its coalition partner is indulging in the
most treacherous bargain.
The people of Jammu who feel hurt
and humiliated have expressed their anguish and resentment with continuous
protests and demonstrations taking
place in various districts as well as
tehsil headquarters. The people of
Jammu are not only agitated but emotionally surchaged in view of perpetuation of discrimination even in the government partnered by the BJP which
Border residents block national highway;
demand proper water supply
Kathua, May 8:
Residents of various frontier villages of the district on Friday
blocked the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway in a protest, demanding the administration to restore potable water supply to their
areas. Scores of irated men and women of various border villages
marched on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway and blocked
the vehicular traffic for more than one hour near Palli Morh as they
demanded the administration to restore the potable water supply to
their villages.
"It's been several weeks now that the residents of many villages
in the district have not received water, all the taps have dried and
the authorities are taking us for granted and not restoring the water
supply to our villagers," a protestor said.
The protestors along with their empty utensils blocked the
highway as they demanded the administration to make immediate
arrangement of water supply to the village. An official of the state
Public Health and Engineering department said that the motor that
supplies water to these villages has suffered a technical snag and the
department was working to rectify it.
The agitated villagers called off their protest only after the intervention of senior police and civil administration officials.(PTI)
Various educational institutions hold
function to celebrate Mother’s day
The Chairman Sh. Hira Lal
Abrol & Director also hallowed
the children of MVIS and encouraged them to always listen and
understand what their mother
wants to convey. He said that in
today’s scenario, somewhere our
new generation is losing faith in
moral values, only mother’s can
re-build this faith and prepare
their children to grow as a complete human being.
Mother’s Day was celebrated with lot of enthusiasm today
8th May 2015 at the Mother’s
Pride & Joy Pre-Primary School.
Mother’s day is celebrated in honour of mothers, for their true
unconditional love and the influence of mothers in the society.
Mothers are our pillar of
strength, the guiding force the
and sunshine of our lives who
are responsible for making us
what we are.
To mark the occasion
Children also made cards and
badges for their mothers and also spoke on why and how much
they love their mothers. The
mother’s day function concluded
with lots of exhilaration.
had made tall claims of empowering
Jammu and ensuring end to all forms of
discrimination.
The J&K BJP having surrendered
to the whims of its all powerful ally in
J&K, we are left with no option but to approach your honour to intervene so as to
ensure the restoration of AIIMS project
to Jammu in consonance with the announcements made by the Union Govt.
in this regard”.
Others who comprised delegation
included Rajiv Jolly Khosla, Neeraj
Gupta, Deep Kumar Gupta and
Parshotam Singh.
Training Programme for
JU officers Concludes
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammur, May 08:
Eight Week long Training
Programme
/Course
for
University Officers organized
by the UGC-Academic Staff
College, University of Jammu,
concluded here today. Prof.
R.D. Sharma, Vice Chancellor,
University was the Chief Guest
on the Valedictory Function
and Professor Rajni Kant,
Director, UGC-Academic Staff
College, presided.
Prof. R. D. Sharma, Vice
Chancellor, University of
Jammu underlined the role of
such training programmes for
Officers of the University.
While calling upon the officers
to give their best to their profession and to maintain regularity
and punctuality, he asked them
to bring a change in the attitude
towards their duties that the
same be reflected in their work.
Prof. Sharma called upon the officers to work in a team and involve all those with whom they
work. He also laid stress on the
timely completion of the work
in all the departments and sections. Expressing his satisfaction over the successful completion of the course, Prof. Sharma
said that such programmes are
very important for the grooming of Officers and also complimented Professor Rajni Kant,
Director, UGC- Academic Staff
College for successfully organizing the Training Course.
Speaking on the occasion,
Director, UGC- Academic Staff
College, Prof. Rajni Kant presented a bird’s eye view of the 08
weeks long course which was attended by 25 officers of the
University. He spoke about the
broad themes like, General
Administration,
Financial
Code, RTI, Sexual Harassment
at work place, Basics of IT,
Review of Calander/Rule book,
etc., which were taken up by the
expert faculty drawn from various sources. He stressed upon
the participants to utilize the
knowledge skills they have acquired through this course for
better functioning of the university system and for their professional growth as well.
The prominent Resource
persons who delivered lectures
during the programme include
Mr. Mohd. Rafiq, Retd Under
Secretary GAD, J&K Govt ,
spoke on "CSR and leave rules";
Prof Rajni Dhingra, Dean
Sciences and Head, Dept of
Home Science spoke on
"Parenting young Children",
Prof Indu Aima, Retd Professor
IMPA spoke on "Self motivation, Communication Skills,
Interpersonal
Relations,
Meetings", Prof Satnam Kour,
Head, Dept of English and
Chairperson CASH spoke on
"Sexual Harassment Against
Women At Work Places",Prof
Pawnesh Abrol, Dept of
Computer Sciences &
Dr
Suresh Rao spoke on "
Application of IT in University
systems, Dr Vijay Sehgal,Dept
of Law spoke on RTI, Dr G R
Ghani, Retd IAS Oficer spoke on
" Service Matters, Sh Vikas
Sharma from Civil Society
spoke on " Stress Management.
In the concluding session
participants also shared their
experiences and gave their feedback on various sessions of the
orientation course. Among others Sh. Manoj K. Dhar,
Registrar,Sh
Jai
Kumar
Sharma, Special Secretary to
VC and Dr. Susheel Sharma,
Course Coordinator were also
present on the occasion.
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2015, PAGE 4
World Red Cross
Day celebrated
with enthusiasm
across Jammu
Div Com pays homage to Sir Henry Dunant
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 8:
Asserting that World Red Cross Day is
celebrated every year with an aim to alleviate people’s sufferings, enhance their dignity and protecting their lives from emergencies and disasters, Divisional
Commissioner Jammu Dr. Pawan Kotwal
emphasized on ensuring that the fundamen-
tal principles of Red Cross Organizations
which include humanity, impartiality, voluntary and unity are followed with real
spirit. Dr. Kotwal was speaking at a function organized to celebrate World Red Cross
Day by Indian Red Cross Society (Jammu
Region) at Red Cross Bhawan here today.
World Red Cross Day is celebrated every
year to pay tributes to the founder of Red
Cross Sir Henry Dunant and
encourage the volunteers for their precious
contributions for helping people in need.
Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Ajeet
Kumar Sahu, DIG Jammu, Shakeel Ahmed
Beig, Secretary Red Cross Society R.C.
Puri, representatives of ICRS, Anil Suri,
Brig. (Retd) M.M. Harjai, Dinesh Gupta,
Ms. Navneet Kour, R. Vijay Magotra, Miss
Sureshta Khajuria were also present on the
occasion. Maintaining that Red Cross
Society being an independent and humanitarian organization is doing good work in
the field, Divisional Commissioner emphasized the need to gear up the efforts and motivate maximum people to become a part of
Red Cross Movement with a sense of social
responsibility not only to protect their own
lives but also take care of other victims and
voluntarily participate in life saving activities. He said about 240 million people all
over the world have been benefitted of the
free assistance rendered by Red Cross
Volunteers. He further said that Red Cross
is in the fore front organizing social service
programmes like medical camps, blood donation camps and charitable events to
serve the society adding that youth have
constructive and positive role in generating awareness among masses about the activities and initiatives of Red Cross
Society. Deputy Commissioner Jammu,
Mr. Sahu in his address appreciated the
yeomen service being rendered by Red
Cross volunteers and appealed the people
from all walks of life to join hands with Red
Cross Society to reach out to the sufferers
and needy people. He urged the teaching
community to activate Red Cross wings in
their respective schools besides impart
skill of First Aid training to students.
Secretary Red Cross Society (Jammu
Region) R.C. Puri in his welcome address
briefed about the importance of World Red
Cross Day besides setup and activities of
Red Cross Society. On the occasion active
volunteers and social workers of Red Cross
were honoured by the chief guest which include O.P. Gupta, Paramjeet Kour, Rajinder
Singh, Yash Paul Yash, Mukhtiyar Ali,
Rajinder Sharma, S. Ajit Singh *Nirankari
Mission), Ms. Sukriti Sharma, Sadat and
Vardhman Jain. Around two Counsellors
and 12 Campers who represented J&K State
in Junior Red Cross Training cum Study
Camp held at Kurukhestra were also felicitated with trophies and mementoes by the
chief guest. Students from various educational institutions presented cultural items
which were highly applauded by the audience. An impressive function was organized
by the Chief Medical Officer KIshtwar Dr.
Sham Parsad Gupta in Old District Hospital
Kishtwar to celebrate the world Red Cross
Day. Additional District Development
Commissioner Kishtwar Mohd Hanief
Malik was the chief Guest on the occasion
and SSP Kishtwar Yougal Manhas was the
guest of honour besides Superintendent
District Hospital Kishtwar Dr. Parvaiz
Hussain , Doctors, Para-Medical staff,
prominent citizens, NGO’s and members of
DRCS Kishtwar attended the function.
While speaking on the occasion, ADDC
Kishtwar Mr. Malik stressed over the need
to strengthen the resources of the Red Cross
Society in the district so that speedy help
and assistance could be provided to the affected people in case of any eventuality
through Red Cross. He said that the humanitarian Voluntary organization is the 1st responder during any emergency situation
and responds in a well planned manner.
Earlier, Chief Medical Officer Kishtwar Dr.
Sham Parsad Gupta gave a detailed account
of the aims and objectives of the Red Cross
Organization. He said that the organization
came in to existence in the J&K State in 1947
and till date the organization has provided
the much needed relief and assistance to the
people in case of any emergency situation.
Paddar inaugurates High, Middle school
buildings; directs adm to provide solar
lights to nomadic community
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar, May 08:
Minister of State for PHE,
Forests and Animal Husbandry,
Mr. Abdul Majid Padder today
said that the Government is
planning to consolidate and further improve the educational infrastructure in the state.
Addressed a series of largely
attended public meetings after inaugurating several school buildings in Noorabad constituency,
the Minister said the Government
has flagged up gradation of educational infrastructure in the state
as top priority and concrete steps
would be taken in this direction in
coming days. Padder directed the
officers to put in their best efforts
in realizing the aims and objectives of the Government led by
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad
Syeed to bring in transparency,
good governance and much needed relief to people. He asked the
people to be patient and cooperate
with the Government in brining
the soothing change. During the
tour, the Minister addressed a
number of public rallies and listened to their grievances. He
thanked people for bringing in the
much awaited change in J&K
adding that the Government is
committed to provide an accountable government to them where
all their legitimate demands
would be met with. Responding to
the demands raised, Mr. Paddar
announced that two CAPD ration
depots would be opened up at
Dabdaban and Langkhull and all
eligible rationees would be provided ration cards. At Nadimarg,
he directed the district administration to provide three school
buses to the children of nomadic
community. He directed the
SDM to take immediate steps to
provide solar lights to the members of Bakerwal community in
the area. The Minister also di-
rected the district administration to take up repair and
macadamisation of roads in the
district on priority so that people
do not suffer any further.
During the tour the Minister
inaugurated a high school building at Nagam built under RMSA
at a cost of Rs 37 Lacs. He also announced release of Rs 1.20 Lac out
of his constituency Development
Fund for construction of public
convenience facility at the school.
Mr. Padder later inaugurated a
middle school building spread
over 10 rooms at Zaji Marg also
built under RMSA. Officers of district administration and senior
citizens of the areas accompanied
the Minister during the tour.
He said awareness camps have been organized in the District to mobilise the volunteers so as to utilise the services for the relief and rescue of affected people. At Reasi,
District Red Cross Society (DRCS) Reasi celebrated World Red Cross Day with great enthusiasm and Red Cross volunteers contributing over 3 lac rupees as donation. A series of programmes were organized by the
DRCS to celebrate International Red Cross
Day. The event was organized at mini
Secretariat Reasi where Chairman District
Red Cross Society (Deputy Commissioner) Sushma Chauhan inaugurated the function
by hoisting the Red Cross flag. A large number of locals, red cross volunteers including
the students recited the Red Cross song to
mark the occasion. Addressing the participants, Mrs. Chauhan said that the concept
which had come into being to help those injured in battle has evolved to grow into a
movement which ensures health and happiness of the people and alleviate various
forms of sufferings. It also promotes peace,
understanding, love and cooperation. She
added that the services rendered by organizations like the Indian Red Cross Society
(IRCS) motivated others to extend a helping
hand to the needy and over the last several
decades, the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies have provided assistance to millions
of vulnerable people, adding that Red Cross
has participated in every disaster response
operations with commitment and dedication be it our district, state or world. Earlier,
Abdul Satar district secretary in his welcome address presented a resume of various
activities being taken by DRCS in the district. A small film on Red Cross by
Information Department was also shown on
the occasion. Various organizations like
Nara Construction Company, district officers, prominent citizens donated money for
Red Cross amounting over 3 lac rupees.
Celebrations ended with a rally and various
cultural events. The rally was flagged off by
Chauhan, which after passing through various areas culminated at Government Girls
Higher Secondary School Reasi. Over 00
students drawn from different educational
institutions participated in the rally. A colorful cultural program was also organized
in GGHSS, Reasi to celebrate the World Red
Cross Day by DRCS in collaboration with
education Department.
Those who were present on the occasion included General Secretary DRCSRakesh Wazir, ADC Reasi-Shiv Kumar
Gupta, CPO- HL Sharma, ACR-Abdul
Satar, ACD-Suram Sharma, various district officers, prominent citizens, volunteers from Red Cross and students of various educational institutions. At Ramban,
to commemorate the birth anniversary of
the founder of Red Cross Movement Sir
Jean Henry Dunant, World Red Cross Day
was today celebrated at Ramban. District
Development Commissioner, Ramabn
who is also chairman of District Red
Cross Committee, Ramban, Farooq Shah
Bukhari was the chief guest on the occasion. DDC flagged off RC students rally
from the premises of Govt. Higher
Secondary School Ramabn which passed
through main chowks, lanes and Bus
stand Ramban town and culminated at
HSS Ramban. DDC appreciated the Red
Cross volunteers for their services during
emergencies occurring on and off in district particularly during road accidents
and natural calamities in last couples of
years. He asked the student community to
follow the footprints of Sir Jean Henry
Dunant for saving humanity and serve at
their best to society. Principal
Government Boys Higher Secondary
School Ramban, Parshotam Singh, Dy SP
Traffic Police, faculty members of institutions, volunteers of Red Cross Society
Ramban and around 350 students drawn
Awareness programme
on fish culture organized
GOF Sgtaff reporter
Jammu, May 08:
An awareness programme on fish culture was held today at Bishnah. A large number of progressive fish farmers
from various villages of Bishnah like Chorli, Dabbar,
Makhanpur, Chak Chimna, Bhagwana Chak, Ratnal attended the awareness programme. During the programme,
Assistant Director Fisheries, Jammu, Kulbhushan Verma
deliberated on various developmental schemes of the department of Fisheries for the welfare of Fish Farmers. The
fish farmers were apprised regarding latest techniques on
fish farming prevalent in progressive states of India.
During the programme the farmers highlighted the various problems faced by them like timely availability of fish
seed, proper feeding pattern, commonly encountered diseases etc on fish culture. An interactive session was also
held with the fish farmers during the programme.
from different educational institutions
participated in the rally besides a large
number of Civil Society members attended the function.
At Kathua, the spirit of celebrations of
the World Red Cross Day culminated with
homage to Sir Jean Henry Dunant, founder
of the Red Cross Movement. IRCS, Kathua
organized various activities on this year’s
theme “The Fundamental Principles in
Action”. To celebrate his birthday, a rogramme, was organized in the conference
hall of DC office Kathua. Deputy
Commissioner Kathua Dr. Shahid Iqbal
Choudhary, Chairman IRCS, was the chief
guest of the day. At the outset, a video presentation on the Red Cross Movement and 7
Fundamental Principles was shown to the
gathering. Later, a power point presentation
of the diverse activities conducted by the
IRCS Kathua was also shown. Dr. Shahid
Iqbal, Chairman IRCS, Kathua appreciated
the efforts of the Red Cross team of Kathua
unit for showing utmost dedication in executing range of activities especially during
floods and border tensions. He congratulated the IRCS team Kathua, under Ashish
Singh, Executive Secretary, during every
crisis. He appealed the members of IRCS
Kathua and other district officers to
strengthen the Red Cross Society. ADC,
Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed, ADDC, S.
Manmohan Singh, district officers and officials of various government departments along with Executive Committee
members of IRCS, Kathua Life Members,
Life Associates and Volunteers were also
present on the occasion.
At Hiranagar, to observe the World Red
Cross Day, a colorful function was organised
in the premises of Govt. Girdhari Lal Dogra
Memorial Degree College, Hiranagar to honour Henry Dunant, the founder member of
International Committee of Red Cross by students of the college, in which the NCC Cadets
and NSS volunteers have played a very significant role. Principal of the College Prof.
Sohan Lal Bhagat was the chief guest on the
occasion. While addressing the students he
highlighted the role of youth during natural
disasters like earthquakes, floods, accidents
etc. He advised the students to come forward voluntarily to help the needy people.
On this occasion a pledge was taken by the
students and staff of the college.
Prof. Rakesh Sharma NCC officer also
spoke on this occasion. At Poonch, Deputy
Commissioner, Poonch, M H Malik and
Senior Superintendent of Police, J S Johar
flagged off a students’ rally from
Government Girls Higher Secondary
School Sheesh Mahal which culminated at
KC Park Poonch where a symposium was
organized in which student volunteers of
various educational institutions participated. Addressing the gathering of students
and other volunteers at KC Park, the Deputy
Commissioner, appreciated the involvement of students in world Red Cross day celebration. Highlighting the humanitarian
mission of the movement, he exhorted all to
develop and promote the spirit of voluntarism in accomplishing the noble ideals of
the movement. Senior Superintendent of
Police, J S Johar prominent citizens and
DRCS members also spoke on the occasion.
At Udhampur, to mark the celebration
of World Red Cross Day, the District Red
Cross Society Udhampur with the active
support of education department today organized a rally to highlight the contributions of Red Cross Society in saving lives and
assisting vulnerable people around the
world. District Development Commissioner,
Udhampur, Yasha Mudgal was the chief
guest on the occasion and flagged off the rally. DDC said that the main aim of organizing
rally is to celebrate world red cross day and
to make people aware about the working,
principles of Red Cross
Awareness programme on disability organized
at Rajouri
Rajouri, May 08:
An awareness programme on
disability issues, rights and entitlements and importance of physical
rehabilitation services for differently abled people was organised
by Hope disability centre and
Handicap international at conference hall,Dak Bungalow ,Rajouri.
Additional Deputy Commissioner,
Rajouri , Mohd Salim Malik was the
chief guest while Chief Education
Officer, Hamid Fani was the guest of
honor besides District Social
Welfare Officer, Mehmood, Project
Manager , Handicap International
and Executive Director, Hope Sami
were also present on the occasion.
Kathua, May 08:
DDC for
action against
delinquent
officers
Society. She stressed upon the citizens,
members of the society and students to associate in maximum number with the society
for serving humanity. She impressed upon
the officers and prominent citizens to put in
their best efforts to raise and mobilize resources to enable the District Red Cross
Society to help the people in the district and
carry forward the noble cause of serving humanity. The rally was taken out from the
premises of Government Higher Secondary
School, Boys on the occasion which after
passing through the main locations of the
town culminated at Deputy Commissioner’s
Office. As many as 500 students drawn from
different educational institutions of the district participated in the rally. Secretary, Red
Cross Society Udhampur, Dr. V.P Sharma
also gave detailed account of activities of the
society. Among others, Joint Director
Planning, Rakesh Jamwal , CEO Bishan
Singh, CMO Dr Arun Sharma, Medical
Superintend Dr Chander prakash, ZEO
Udhampur, ZEO Jib, Principal GHSS Boys,
Principal GHSS Girls, Deputy Chief Warden
Civil Defence, Advocate S.D Kotwal,
Executive and Life Members of Red Cross
Society, Staff and Students of the various educational institutions were present on the
occasion.
At Doda, to make people aware of the
importance of the Word Red Cross day a rally of the students, a free eye camp and a seminar was today organized by District Red
cross society Doda. Deputy commissioner
Doda Bhupinder Kumar who is also the
chairman of District Red cross society Doda
flagged of the rally of the students from
Government Higher secondary school( Boys
) Doda .The rally which witnessed the participation of the students from Government
Higher Secondary School Boys Doda,GHSS
(Girls ) Doda, AIER Public school Doda
,Green Model school Doda and from other
schools started from GHSS (Boys) Doda and
after passing through different areas of the
town culminated at GHSS(Boys) Doda.
Students participating in the rally carried
banners, placards and chanted slogans of
“togetherness for humanity”, the theme of
world red cross day 2015. DC also inaugurated a 15th free eye camp at Old Hospital Doda
,which was organized by the social workers
forum, a social organization serving the humanity and society. DC was apprised by the
forum that till date 26300 patients have been
examined by this group out of which 615 patients have been successfully operated. Mr.
Kumar appreciated the efforts of the social organization and assured all possible help from
the administration for the noble cause besides
asked them to conduct such camps in the rural areas also. Later on a seminar on the
theme “Togetherness for humanity” was organized in the Government Higher Secondary
School (Boys) Doda in which eleven students
from different schools of the district participated. Mehar Fatima , student of class
eleventh ,GHSS (Girls) Doda was adjudged
first whereas the second and third position
went to Ajay Sen Aryan, student of class
10th,AIER School Doda and Parvej Ahmed
,student of class 12th of GHSS( Boys) Doda respectively.Speaking on the occasion, DC Doda
said that World Red Cross Day is an important
day which is being celebrated annually to play
big role in assisting the vulnerable people all
around the world. He stressed on the principles of the Red cross Society and asked the participants to transform the principles into the
actions and contribute generously for the
service of humanity. Deputy Director
Employment Doda, Mrs. Shahida Parveen,
District Education and planning officer Doda,
Ayaz Mughal, District Information officer
Doda, Anoop Kumar; Warden Gujjar and
Bakarwal hostel (girls) Doda, Shameen Nazki,
Principal GHSS (Boys) Doda Tanveer Ahmed,
teachers, Social workers and others were also
present on the occasion.
District Development
Commissioner, Kathua, Dr Shahid Iqbal
Choudhary reviewed the status of supply
of essential services in the district and
called for strict action against delinquent
officials of essential departments. A detailed review of availability of essential
supplies and services was taken in the
meeting chaired by the DDC.
Availability of ration in various areas,
power supply and curtailment schedule,
drinking water supply and tanker services, machinery of mechanical department, public transport, status of assessment of crop loss, attendance in
Speaking on the occasion,
Additional Deputy Commissioner
stressed on the need of welfare and
rehabilitation of differently abled
people so that they can also lead a dignified life. He sought cooperation
from NGO’s in making such people
self dependent by providing vocational
and
skill
training.
Meanwhile, he directed CEO and
Government offices and other issues
were discussed in the meeting.
Taking serious note of damage of
pumping machinery and equipment of
mechanical department leading to shortage of water supply in Kandi and Border
areas the DDC warned the officers of department for serious action in case of delay in repairs and restoration. He emphasised for timely replacement of transformers and PHE equipment for efficient
power and water supply. Reviewing the
details of monitoring cell regarding essential supplies the DDC expressed concern and asked officers for immediate
curative measures failing which action
shall be initiated against them. DDC also
DSWO to fix a day on which special
camp can be organised at each
tehsil for the distribution of disability certificate.
District Social
Welfare Officer also apprised the
gathering about the prosthetic aid
and other numerous schemes
meant for physically impaired persons. He urged people to come and
avail benefits from these schemes.
reviewed the ration supply, sanitation
and punctuality in Government Offices.
CEO municipal council kathua was directed for immediate sanitation drive in
town. He called for strict checking of
punctuality in offices for which
Tehsildars have been directed for frequent inspections.
ADDC Dr Manmohan Singh, ADC
Dr Mushtaq Ahmed, SP Nasir Khan, CPO
Ram Rattan, RTO Nazir Sheikh, ACR
Atul Gupta, ACD Sunil Sharma,
Superintending Engineers, ExEns of
PDD, PWD, Mechanical, PHE, Flood
Control, Irrigation, RTIC; CMO, CEO,
AD CAPD and officers of all line departments attended the meeting.
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2015, PAGE 5
Govt committed to provide better
service to consumers: Zulfkar
“Ensure better mechanism of deliver y system”
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 8:
Government is commited to provide better and improved services to
the consumers, this was stated by the
Minister for Consumer Affairs and
Public Distribution and Tribal Affairs
Ch. Zulfkar Ali today while chairing a
meeting of officers of various departments and representatives of various
NGO’s to chalk out an effective strategy to streamline the essential service
delivery system across the State , at
Civil Sectt Jammu. Commissioner,
JMC Jammu Soujanya Sharma,
Director CAPD Mr. G. S. Chib,
Director School Education S.
Simrandeep Singh, Senior officers of
CA&PD, Health, Horticulture, Drug &
Control, Metrology Department, representatives of Oil Companies,
President Consumer Protection organization, members of Consultative
Committee of Prices and supplies
were also present in the meeting.
The meeting reviewed various vital issues including registration of
nursing homes, laboratories, rationalization of rates charged for the service
rendered to patients, free availability
of medicines, checking of medicines
being sold by chemists and other medical agencies for quality and rates, fix-
ation of rates of vegetable and fruits,
fee structures of private schools, delivery mechanism of LPG Cylinders,
etc. The Minister said that the ealth
sector has been flagged as one of the
most important sectors which needs
concentrated attention for improve-
ment, expansion and consolidation.
Deputy Director Health department S. Gurjeet Singh informed the
Minister that presently 48 Private
Nursing Homes and 556 private laboratories clinic labs/collection centres
are functioning in Jammu division.
The Minister also reviewed the
status of drugs and Control
Department and the concerned
Deputy Director informed the
Minister that on daily basis the department collects the samples from
the market for further investigation.
The Minister directed the Drug
Control Department to collect the
sample on routine basis to check the
sale of sub standard drugs in the market. He also said that attention has
been paid to upgrade the medicare facilities in the State and provide the
quality medicines to the consumers
and also protect the rights of people.
Zulfikar instructed the
Commissioner JMC and Drug
Controller to work with coordination
to check the quality and prices of essential items available in the market.
The Minister also reviewed the
delivery mechanism of LPG Cylinders
from the representatives of various
Oil Companies. He directed the Oil
Companies to ensure timely distribution of LPG Cylinders to the consumers and also check that there is no
use of domestic cylinders for commercial purpose. During the meeting, representatives of various NGOs also suggested various measures for better delivery system of essentials. Speaking
on the occasion, Mr. Zulfkar asked the
concerned authorities to chalkout
modalities for effective curbing the
adulteration in the market. He said
that an effective monitoring mechanism has been put in place to provide
the quality and quantity essential
items to the common man.
DDC, PCR organize Romeo Force organizes health awareness lecture
School Mental health
programme in Srinagar
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 8:
In an effort to promote
about
health
awareness
amongst the youth residing in
the area of Thanamandi,
Rashtriya Rifles Battalion under Romeo Force organised a
lecture on Health awareness, today. The lecture was organised
to bring awareness regarding
health among the youth of this
area and also instill a sense of
healthy life style among the
youth. The programme was inaugurated by Mr Manzoor
Ganai,
Principal
Ahmad
Government Boys Higher
Secondary School, Thanamandi
Srinagar May 08:
Police Drug De-addiction
centre PCR in collaboration with
Mariem Wellness Centre (HELP,
Foundation), organized a School
mental health programme in
high
School
Government
Hyderpora here today. All students and teachers and other staff
members of the school participated in the programme. A team of
mental health professionals of
DDC, PCR briefed the participants during the programme.
Speaking on the occasion,
Medical officer DDC, PCR, Dr.
Shabir-ur-Rehman educated the
participants about the drug-addiction and its harmful effects. He
also briefed about the treatment
and the preventive measures that
should be taken care off.
Counseling psychologist,
Mr. Zahid Jeelani Wani while
speaking on the occasion highlighted the alarming scenario of
drug abuse across the state. He
impressed upon the participants
join hand with police drug de-addiction services in order to make
the society free from drug abuse.
He highlighted the role of
Jammu and Kashmir police to
control the menace.
The head of Government
High School acknowledge the
initiative of the Police Drug deaddiction service and said that
such programmes should be organized in future also which will
help big way to educated our
younger population about the ill
effect of drugs. Dr. Shabir the
programme coordinator of Child
line 1098 Srinagar introduced the
child line services to the students
and demonstrated how to reach
1098. The experts from Mariem
Wellness centre elaborated on
stress and its management and
also highlighted the role of parents and teachers in coping up
with the problem. The programme was concluded by vote
of thanks by Mis Nuzhat Qadri.
She thanked all the agencies for
conducting the programme.
and was attended by 172 locals.
On the occasion, a lecture on
Swine Flu and its prevention
was delivered by medical officer
of the unit. The event was also
Zonal level
tournament
concludes at Mahore
JMC Com honored by RCMWA
Reasi, May 8:
The Zonal level inter-school tournament of Mahore zone in the disciplines of
volleyball, kho-kho and kabaddi Under-14
and Under-17 boys and girls concluded at
Government Higher Secondary School,
today. Earlier, in kabaddi Under-14 girls,
Pir Panchal HS Mahore defeated
Mountaineer Convent School Mahore,
while in kho-kho Under-17 girls, Govt
HSS Mahore defeated Govt. HS Jamlan to
win the title. In kho-kho Under-14 girls,
Mountaineer Convent Mahore defeated
Peer Panchal HS Mahore. The volleyball
U-14 title was claimed by Mountaineer
Convent Mahore and Volleyball U-17 title
went to Govt. HSS Mahore. The tournament was held under the supervision of
District Youth& Sports Officer, Reasi-Dr
SS Chib and the matches were officiated
by a panel of experts from the Department
of Youth Services and Sports including
Anil Singh, Kuldeep Raj, Pushkar Raj,
Manzoor Hussain and Ajay Kumar Billa.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 08:
Chairman Rehari Colony Mohalla
welfare Association Vishal Chopra honored JMC Commissioner, Soujanya
Sharma, KAS , Joint Commissioner Kapil
Sharma KAS and other Officers/officials
of JMC i.e. Executive Engineer (C), (T),
Health Officer, M.V.O, C.T.O, and raise the
Various issues ,were discussed in the
meeting like non availability for street
lights, Safai karam Chari’s , and
Kohli for upgradation
of JKSRTC workshops
Srinagar, May 08:
Minister for Transport, Mr.
Abdul Gani Kohli Friday stressed upon the management of Jammu and
Kashmir State Road Transport
NOTICE
My son’s name has
been wrongly written
as
Shubham
Sharma instead of
Shubam Sharma in
Class 5th School
records at Rural Model Diamond
Public School Barta/Ritti District
Udhampur. Now, I am applying
for correction of the same.
Objection, if any, may be conveyed to Concerned Authority
within seven days from the date
of publication of this notice.
Gudoo Ram
S/o Sh Parma Nand
F/o Shubam Sharma
R/o Village Kuh Nalla Tehsil
and District
Udhampur
Corporation (JKSRTC) for upgradation and improvement of existing
workshops. He also asked them to furnish a detailed report about the status
of these workshops to the administrative department along with a Detailed
NOTICE
My daughter’s name
and date of birth has
been wrongly written
as Simeran Sharma
instead of Simran
Devi, 22-09-2007 instead of 29-09-2007 respectively in
Class 3rd School records at Rural
Model Diamond Public School
Barta/Ritti District Udhampur. Now,
I am applying for correction of the
same. Objection, if any, may be
conveyed to Concerned Authority
within seven days from the date of
publication of this notice.
Gudoo Ram
S/o Sh Parma Nand
F/o Simran Devi
R/o Village Kuh Nalla Tehsil
and District
Udhampur
utilised to bring awareness
among locals about various life
style diseases that have gripped
the modern generation. Due to
reduction in the physical activi-
ties and change in eating habits
many diseases like Diabetes,
Blood pressure, heart problems
and many other dangerous diseases are common in today’s
time. Hence, importance of active lifestyle and good eating
habits were emphasized during
the lecture. While speaking on the
Principal
of
occasion
Government Boys Higher
Secondary School, Thanamandi
said that the students and public
of Thanamandi are very grateful
to the Army for organsing such an
event. He added that this will certainly encourage the locals to give
attention to the various aspects of
healthy life style and become
healthy citizens of the country.
Project Report for major overhauling
of these workshops. This instructions
were given by the Minister in a meeting convened to review the overall
functioning of the Corporation.
The Minister directed the JK-
Sanitation problem in Rehari Colony area.
JMC Commissioner assure to the peoples
JMC is bound to gave better services in
your door steps and direct among the JMC
officer’s that look this matter on priority
basis prominent members of Rehari
Colony Mohalla welfare Association is also present included Anil chopra,
Anshuman , Abhishek Kapoor, Sunil
Chopra, Sushant, Anil gupta, Kamal
Ananad, vinod gupta, vinod Rathore,
Subash gupta, parshant Mahajan, Susham
Anand, Kirti Kumari and others.
Reviews functioning of Corporation; Says
upright officials will be adequately rewarded
SRTC to properly utilize prime assets
available with the Corporation. He
said it would not only increase income
for the Corporation but also give employment to the educated un-employed youth. Mr. Kohli called for
comprehensive plan in this regard
and asked the concerned to prepare
Detailed Project Report and submit
the same to the concerned quarters for
sanction. Detailed discussion was also
held on total strength of trucks and
buses plying on the roads. It was given
out that a fleet of 334 trucks and 577
buses are available, out of which 236
trucks and 286 buses are road worthy.
The Minister was informed that 1214
vehicles have been purchased by the
JKSRTC from 1990 onwards.
The Minister directed the concerned to auction old aged vehicles of
the Corporation. He also sought de-
tailed status report about the operation
of JnNURM vehicles plying on different routes. The Minister was told that
Toll Free Number 18001807101 has been
recently activated. Mr. Kohli directed
the concerned to ensure it functioning
and asked them to give wide publicity
in this regard through print and electronic media. The Minister said that
the PDP-BJP Government is committed to provide transparent and good
governance to the people. He directed
the officers to work with utmost dedication and honestly. He asked them that
the dedicated and honest officials
would be rewarded and those who
show laxity shall face punishment.
Secretary, Transport Mr. Baseer
Ahmad Khan, Managing Director, JKSRTC J. S. Tandan and other officers of
transport department and Corporation
were present in the meeting.
Adbi Kunj organizes special poetic meet on Urdu & Punjabi Ghazals
Jammu, May 8:
In keeping with its tradition an outstanding multilingual literary organization Adbi Kunj J&K, Jammu working for
the last 40 years since 1975 organized a
very special two colours of poetic meet on
Urdu and Punjabi Ghazals. Large number of writers, intellectuals and poets of
various languages were present on this
occasion. This first ever programme of its
kind based on ghazals of two languages
Urdu and Punjabi. This noble poetic night
“Sham-e-Ghazal” was presided over by a
noted Punjabi poet S. Devinder Singh
Vishaw Nagrak present Punjabi Lekhak
Sabha Jammu another well known ghazal
poet from U.S.A. Prof. Surinder Singh
Seerat was the Chief Guest of the mehfil-eMushaira-Sham-e-Ghazal.
The programme was ably conducted by the
General Secretary of the organization M.
Ashraf Ganie earlier welcoming the audience president of Adbi Kunj J&K, Jammu
Sham Talib said that organization has
been organizing various colourfull literary event in routine, but the present two
colour of “Sham-e-Ghazal” programme is
a rare example. On that occasion he also
threw detailed light on the long services of
the organization. On that occasion it was
also announced that Adbi Kunj Jammu is
going to organise 1. Book release function
on a collection of articles book in Dogri
entitled “SOCH-MANAE-DI” of Dr.
Chanchal Sharma on 15 April 2015 at 4 PM
2. Book release function on a Hindi prose
and poetic book “DOSTI-KA-FARAZ” of a
young poet and writer late Raman Ronik
on 17 April 2015 at 4 PM, both the functions will be organized at K.L. Sahgal Hall
of cultural Academy Canal Road, Jammu.
The participant poets of the meet were included Fozia Mughal Zia, Santosh Nadan,
Dr. R.K. Sehgal, Neelam Verma, Devinder
Singh Vishav Nagrik, Prof. Surinder
Singh Seerat, Dr. Baljit Raina, Aarash Om
Dalmotra, Dr. Manjit Singh, M.S. Kamra,
Com. Jaswant Singh, Romesh Chaddha,
Deya Ram Deya, Bishan Dass Khak, Raj
Kamal, S.K. Gupta, Ved Uppal, Rajeev
Kumar, Sham Sunder Bassan, Sanjeev
Kumar, Pardeep Dutta, M. Ashraf Ganie,
S.M. Taiyab Bharti, Reyaz Sohil,
Raghunandan Kohli, Raj Kumar Uttam
and Sham Talib. The vote of thanks were
presented by the Chairman of the organization Aarash Om Dalmotra. On that occasion the organization specially congraluated to prof. Surinder Singh Seerat for releasing his musical Album TISHANGI of his
Punjabi Ghazal which was composed by
prominent music composer Sham Sajan.
World Red Cross Day celebrated
at Shopian
Shopian, May 08:
District Red Cross Society Shopian celebrated World Red Cross Day at
Govt. degree Collage Shopian, under the chairmanship of District
Development Commissioner, Shopian, Mr. G.M. Dar, who is also chairman
of District Red Cross Society. Many Non-governmental organizations, students of various institutions and senior citizens participated in the day long
programme. On the said occasion the DDC, said that the celebration of the
red cross day is an important occasion to remind ourselves of the aims and
objectives of this movement and rededicate ourselves to serve all those who
need help. He said the principles like Humanity, Impartiality and Neutrality
are being seen during rescue operations by the members of the society.
Principal, Govt. Degree Collage, Shopian, was present on the occasion.
World Red Cross day celebrated
at Budgam
Budgam, May 08:
World Red Cross day was celebrated in Sheikh-ul-Alam hall Budgam.
In which a large number of youth participated. Lectures were delivered by
different speakers belonging to schools on this occasion. District
Development commissioner Mir Altaf Ahmad was the chief guest. He
stressed upon everyone to perform his individual role in making a self help
a regular feature. Meanwhile N.Y.K Budgam played a friendly Kabadi
Match at Government Boys Higher Secondary school Budgam. The chief
guest distributed mementos among the speakers. On this occasion officers
from different departments including Chief Education Officer Budgam
and District Coordinator NYC were also present.
World Red-cross Day celebrated
at Kupwara
Kupwara, May 08:
The District Red Cross Society Kupwara in collaboration with
Education, DIET, Health, Information and NGOs today organized an impressive function in the Town Hall, Kupwara wherein 500 students of different educational institutions participated in the programme. A seminar
on the topic “Together for the humanity” was also conducted in which
Chief Education Officer, Kupwara, Assistant Commissioner Revenue,
Kupwara, Principals of various Higher Secondary Schools, ANMT school
of Nursing Kupwara, besides students of various educational institutions
read their essays and shared their views to mark the occasion. The District
Development Commissioner Kupwara threw light on the event and impressed upon the all stakeholders to come forward for the help of needy people by contributing their donations to District Red-Cross Society,
Kupwara. He distributed prizes among the best speakers Abdul Basset of
BHSS, Kupwara, Nowsheen of ANMT school, Kupwara and Sahel of BHSS
Kupwara bagged 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Later, a rally from
own Hall Kupwara was flagged off, by the District Development commissioner, Kupwara in which 500 students of various schools participated. The
Chief Education Officer, Principals of Higher Secondary Schools, AMT
school of Nursing, DIET, officers of Health, Education, Information,
Revenue besides the field functionaries were also present on the occasion.
World Red Cross Day celebrated
at Bandipora
Bandipora, May 08:
In connection with “World Red Cross Day”, a function was organized
by district administration Bandipora here today. Presided over by
Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Revenue Bandipora, the function was
attended by officers from various departments, heads of various educational institutions and senior citizens. The speakers on the occasion threw
light on the celebration of the day and stressed for the need of donation towards the Red Cross Fund to succor the needy people. They said that it
would be better to help the other deserving in the society.
Red Cross Day celebrated in
JKPS Kunjwani
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 8:
To extol the achievements of the do gooders of the society who come
forward to lend a helping hand to the suffering masses, the World Red Cross
Day is celebrated. This year, this day has been dedicated to those who offered a helping hand to affected people in areas of natural calamities. In
time when the nature has played havoc with the lives of people, the endeavours put in by the organisation and its members are laudable. In a special
assembly, the students were apprised of the role played by the Red Cross
Society and its affiliated groups. The principles and values the group
stands for were also highlighted.
BPCL dealer booked for selling
under-weight LPG cylinder
Srinagar, May 08:
The Legal metrology Officer booked a distributor of cooking gas (BPCL) for offering for sale the refill cylinders being under weight by 300g.
Moreover, the dealer was without the weighing scale of appropriate specifications. The Deputy Controller, Legal Metrology slapped a fine of Rs 4000
for the lapse and directed the dealer to comply with the rules. Under Legal
Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, every distributor of cooking gas has to keep available with the delivery boy a 50 kg weighing scale
with readability of 10g so that the consumer shall receive the cooking gas
cylinder after weighmentin front of him. The consumers should insist for
the weighment of cooking gas cylinder for net quantity of gas. The net
weight of gas in the cylinder is 14.2 kg.
Red Cross Day celebrated at Srinagar
Srinagar, May 08:
On the eve of World Red Cross Day, being celebrated world over on May
8, an impressive function was held here at DC office, Srinagar. The District
Development Commissioner Mr. Farooq Ahmad Lone was the Chief Guest
on the occasion. A large number of students representing various educational institutions of the city participated in the function. Students threw
light on the role and significance of Red Cross by deliberating lectures, besides reciting “Naat”. The theme of the speeches was “My Red Cross Story”.
The concerned officers also spoken on the occasion and highlighted the role
of Red Cross in providing moral support to the needy persons. On the occasion District Development Commissioner, Srinagar gave away awards to
the students who were judged 1st, 2nd and 3rd in different categories.
Glimpses of Future
CYMK
Glimpses of future
Striking balance
here has been a rapid increase in the number of Free Trade
Agreements (FTAs) since early 1990s leading to a widespread
debate on the advantages or disadvantages of regionalism over
multilateralism. Every regional agreement differs from one another in
some or the other way, but all have one thing in common: the objective
of reducing barriers to trade between member countries. The objective of all these mega regional agreements at their simplest is to reduce border barriers, coordinate regional issues that are not part of
the multilateral agenda, promote and diversify trade by expanding
trade policies and thus extend liberalisation to trade and investment.
On the whole, the newer agreements tend to open new markets for
goods and services, increase investment opportunities, make trade
faster and cheaper and thus in turn leads to deeper coverage. The objectives of the WTO are not very different from the objectives of these
mega regionals but since everything is based on consensus in the
WTO and the fact that nothing is agreed till everything is agreed, leads
to slow and tedious negotiations forcing country to adopt the second
best alterative of freeing trade regional trading arrangements. India
has still not formulated its global governance strategy with respect to
international trade. India is not a part of the mega regional negotiations like TPP, TTIP and TISA that define the conditions for world
market and investment opportunities despite New Delhi’s international trade contributing majorly to the country’s growth story as indicated by its trade to GDP ratio which increased from 26 per cent in
2000 to 53 in 2013. India in recent years has jumped the bandwagon of
FTAs and signed several agreements including the most recent one
with ASEAN in both goods and services which came into effect on January 1, 2010 and December, 2014 respectively. Other agreements that
came into force included, Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
Agreement (CECA) with Singapore in 2005, with Korea in 2010 and
with Japan in 2011. India also entered into Comprehensive Economics
Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Malaysia that came into force
in 2011. Among the mega regionals, India is a part of only one major
mega regional that is RCEP, which is considered to be an ambitious
agreement as it would bring Asia’s three biggest economies - China,
India and Japan - into a regional trading agreement. A feature that
distinguishes RCEP from the other major mega regional agreements
is that RCEP will be consistent with the regulations of WTO including
GATT. Thus for India, RCEP can provide a way to integrate with the
East Asian Economies and obtain access to a vast regional market
from Japan to Australia along with the flexibility to reduce barriers at
different rates and at its own pace. The mushrooming of RTAs among
different countries is a serious matter of concern for India as getting
a fair share of FDI in the services sector is likely to be affected and
services at present contributes almost 60 per cent to India’s GDP and
one of the key drivers of growth. Moreover, India’s merchandise exports and manufacturing sector would face a catastrophic impact because of the preferential treatment for TPP members. Further, there
is a fear that the TTIP led global model for corporate tribunals with immense power, would have a devastating effect on India’s population
in the near future. Even though India is a part of RCEP, even that
could prove to be problematic as China is the at the heart of RCEP negotiations and may cause difficulties for India to agree to tariff cuts
and at the same time it may be pressured by the other members of
RCEP to agree to a higher common base. The problem is not only for
India but over a 100 WTO members are outside the major mega regionals and would in one way or the other be impacted with the negotiations of these agreements. Thus, these members need to be a part of the
future system of global governance of trade and this can only happen
if WTO negotiations wake up from their dormant state which would
bring back the attention of large economies to it. There is a criticism
on the enforcement and expansion of FTAs but at the same time, countries are left with no option due to the efficacy of the WTO being questioned. Thus the question of whether India being a developing country
should follow the regional path or the multilateral route very much
depends on its position in the global economy. In order to improve its
position, Indian businesses need to raise their productivity and cost efficiency by incorporating policies such as Goods and Services Tax,
transparent resource allocation and faster clearances which would
enhance India’s competitiveness on the global stage. Sufficient information should be provided to the Indian industry on the emerging
trade matters so that they are able to absorb them and thus make relevant changes in their production techniques well in time. Thus,
given the changing international trade environment, India has no
choice but to walk the tight rope and maintain the much needed balance between regionalism and multilateralism.
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JAMMU SATURDAY MAY 9, 2015, PAGE 6
Getting federal transfers right
BY : PINAKI CHAKRABORTY
he Fourteenth Finance Commission’s
recommendation to increase tax devolution to 42 per cent of the shareable
pool of taxes has increased the flow of untied
resources (or resources transferred without
condition) to States. Estimates show that post
the 14th commission award, the untied statutory transfers would be more than 70 per cent
of the aggregate resource transfers from the
Union to the States. Although this increase in
the share of untied funds is a marked improvement in the structure of a transfer away
from a conditional to an unconditional one,
it is time that attention is paid to reform the
transfer system by focussing on non-Finance
Commission transfer to enable States to effectively utilise the enhanced untied fiscal
space. This can only be done by reforming the
coverage, content and architecture of the
non-Finance Commission transfers and a further consolidation of schemes.
Budget and non-FC transfers
A major issue, post Budget 2015-16, is the
sharp decline in allocations to the social sector in the form of various conditional grants
to the States. This decline has happened to accommodate a large increase in tax devolution. As per the Budget estimates, enhanced
tax devolution should result in an increase in
the flow of untied funds to the tune of
Rs.1,86,150 crore and a reduced flow of grants
to the tune of Rs.87,730 crore. This decline in
grants has happened in two categories: in a
specified list of schemes where the Centre’s
contribution has been reduced, implying a
corresponding increase in contribution by
the States and for a set of schemes where Central support has been withdrawn. Important
schemes in the first category are the
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS),
Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan and allocation for
elementary education under the midday
meal schemes and the Sarva Shiksha Ab-
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BY : NILANJAN MUKHOPADHYAY
abangg ko Dand the headline
jumped out from a television
screen as a hysterical anchor conversed with melodramatic reporters, putting inane questions the same ones
survivors in Nepal were asked to attention seekers. I wonder why such hysterical coverage was missing between 2002
and now about the hit-and-run case. But
such thoughts, and the jury will be unanimous on this, come to my mind because I
am not a Salman Khan fan and from what
I have read about him, I do not think that
he is a very likeable fellow. Within family
and friends I am in the minority. Their
verdict is simple: he is being penalised for
being a celebrity. Had he not been such a
top draw actor, punishment would have
been milder. Judges too play to the
gallery, the majority in my family opined.
I must say this probably is the overriding
sentiment in India since judge D.W. Deshpande pronounced his verdict.
I do not hold a brief either for or
against Salman Khan. But I do feel that it
is a travesty of justice that the case has
dragged on for more than a decade. Since
D
2002, every effort has been made to ensure
that the case dragged on endlessly so that
it was abandoned after witnesses disappeared or changed tack. Because of such
attempts, a closure of the case was necessary. The sessions court had to either find
Salman Khan guilty or proclaim him innocent. The issue of quantum of punishment is secondary but this became
primary news once the verdict was announced. There is more drama in the
chakki peesing act, which may now be in
store for the actor. Filmstars and other
celebrities lead dramatic lives. This often
makes distinction between reel life and
real life difficult. Despite common knowledge that Salman Khan made every conceivable effort to stop the wheels of
justice, he received public support because people see him as superhero in real
life too. It is as if Khan is acting the characters he plays in various films. The same
was the case with regard to Sanjay Dutt,
the charges against whom were far more
serious. In both case, public support was
based on the argument that the offence
was an aberration due to nadaani or innocent indulgence. I do not know how any-
many cases, consolidated and restructured,
may result in States having to fund these
schemes with a higher matching contribution. And, they may have to bear the same
burden of CSS conditionalities, reducing fiscal autonomy and the available untied fiscal
space. Restructuring is not only important
from the perspective of State finances. It is
also about getting the expenditure priorities
right for both the Union and the State governments. As articulated in the 14th commission’s report, “between 2002-05 and 2005-11,
revenue expenditure by the Union Government on State List subjects increased from an
average of 14 per cent to 20 per cent, and on
Concurrent List subjects from an average of
13 per cent to 17 per cent. This implies a reduction in expenditure, in percentage terms,
on Union List subjects. Expenditure functions under the Union List fall predominantly under General and Economic
Services. The share of expenditure on these
has progressively declined from 66.3 per cent
in 2001-02 to 53.2 per cent in 2014-15(BE).” One
of the primary reasons for this is the proliferation of CSS, especially in the social sector
and on right-based spending. For better service delivery outcome, these need to change as
most of these functions are primarily in the
functional domain of the States.
Kind of restructuring
There are 34 schemes listed in the category where Central support is fully provided
for in the Budget. Full Central support is not
100 per cent Central funding. In these
schemes, States have to make a matching
contribution as per the existing fund sharing
arrangement. The distribution of resources
allocation across these schemes shows that
out of 34 schemes, the aggregate share of 15
schemes works out to be 1.72 per cent of the
total grants, with a total allocation of Rs.2,039
crore and an individual share of less than 0.5
per cent of the total grants. Schemes with an
allocation of less than one per cent are five
Modi enters the dragon’s lair
BY : ARUN KUMAR SINGH
r Modi realises that he will be dealing with very hard-nosed Chinese
leaders, and that there are ‘no out of
the box’ solutions to complicated territorial
disputes. Increasing bilateral trade is no guarantee of peace as Japan discovered in the Asia
Pacific. All tourists going to China are told by
various tourism sites and books that they
“must” visit three places: Xian (the “past” of
China), Beijing (the “present” of China) and
Shanghai (the “future” of China). Narendra
Modi, who has made numerous successful
visits abroad in the first year of his tenure as
Prime Minister, has obviously decided to follow the well-trodden tourist path. On May 14,
2015, Mr Modi will land in Xian (the hometown of President Xi Jinping) where he will
be received by Mr Xi and be taken around before proceeding to Beijing for official talks on
May 15. The next day, May 16, Mr Modi will
visit Shanghai where the highlight of his visit
is the address to the Indian community (students and businessmen) in China. Typically,
the Indian media will cover this mega event
and compare it with Mr Modi’s similar talks
to enthusiastic Indian communities in the
United States, Australia and Canada. On May
17, Mr Modi will visit Mongolia, followed by
South Korea on May 18-19.
Mr Modi’s attempts in attracting foreign
direct investment to India has resulted in
“paltry” pledges (considering India’s size and
population, $1 trillion is needed) — $20 billion
from China, $35 billion from Japan, $41 billion
from the US and $2 billion from France. I am
certain that Mr Modi is aware that Pakistan
received pledges of $46 billion Chinese economic aid during President Xi’s recent visit
to Islamabad, and that Pakistan also signed a
$5 billion contract for supply of eight Chinesebuilt, 4,000-tonne Qing-class conventional
submarines. These will be fitted out for carrying Chinese designed 500-km range nuclear-tipped cruise missiles to threaten Indian
coastal cities. In addition, Pakistan, which locally produces 14 Chinese-designed JF-17
Thunder jet fighters annually, also signed a
contract with China to supply another 110 JF17 fighter jet. The payment for these fighter
jets and submarines will, of course, be made
from the $31 billion (of which $22 billion was
military aid) gifted to Pakistan by the US be-
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Crime and Punishment
Despite common knowledge that
Salman Khan made every conceivable effort to stop the wheels of justice, he received public support because people see
him as superhero in real life too
hiyan (SSA) financed by the Gross Budgetary
Support (GBS). Major schemes delinked from
Central support are the Jawaharlal Nehru
National Urban Renewal Mission, the Backward Regions Grant Fund and Normal Central Assistance. The Union Budget does not
provide the details of the additional contributions States have to make for schemes where
Central support has been reduced. This
change in the structure of grants has also to
be viewed in the context of a restructuring of
Centrally sponsored schemes (CSS). Despite
this emphasis on restructuring and recommendations made by various committees in
this regard, nothing much has happened on
the ground. In fact, CSS and other conditional
grants as a percentage of GDP have increased
from 0.67 per cent in 2000-01 to 1.39 per cent in
2015-16. Post the 14th Commission’s recommendation, the reduction in grants to accommodate a large increase in tax devolution of
which many are CSS is certainly a step in the
right direction. However, this reduction in
grants in quantum without clarity on the design, architecture and sharing pattern between the Union and States has the following
implications for States: a) reducing the share
of contribution of the Centre to CSS has the
potential to reduce untied fiscal space available from higher tax devolution as States
have to make a higher contribution to these
schemes now; b) this reduction does not automatically imply that States are insulated
from the conditionalities and ‘one size fits all’
CSS intervention and the uncertainties associated with CSS fund flow.
Why restructuring is critical
In the last decade, the proliferation of
big-ticket CSS has emerged as the key fiscal
strategy to transfer grants to States to
achieve a certain outcome in a specific sector,
especially in health, education, agriculture
and rural development. Though the money
allocated under CSS has declined, these
schemes, if not reduced in numbers, and, in
one can term the acts of crushing sleeping
pavement dwellers by a Land Cruiser, or
possessing most deadly guns that can kill
people as indulgence. Surely, there cannot
be separate rules of conduct for the
celebrities and well-heeled. I heard a
worry within minutes of the verdict — a
huge amount of money was invested in
Salman Khan and several projects would
face risk if the actor was jailed. However,
why should anyone be concerned more
about private money of unscrupulous film
financers and not about delivery of justice? Can the system of jurisprudence be
waylaid by profiteers? By what logic did
financers keep investing in projects that
signed up Salman Khan and previously
Sanjay Dutt? Was it because they believed
that money could buy everything? After
all, the swiftness with which the bail application was moved suggests that adequate plans had been drawn.
Much has been made of the fact that
relatives of victims said that they no
longer cared about whether Khan was
punished or not, but were more interested
in compensation that could help them better the condition of their lives. This, however, should be no justification to plead
for leniency towards Khan. Rather, such
assertions should be seen as a pointer to a
society where dehumanisation has
reached such levels that people want to
monetise the dead. The memory of the deceased is important only if it yields something for the living. Salman Khan’s
wheels were bloodied several years after
he had blood of innocent black bucks and
chinkaras on his hand. In two of these
cases, Salman Khan was sentenced to
prison but is out on bail. At the time of his
tween 2001 and 2015.
China, of course, has in the past transferred technology to Pakistan for local manufacture of ballistic and cruise missiles,
uranium nuclear warheads and plutonium
tactical nuclear weapons. Now that the US
has apparently decided that it needs India as
a “strategic ally” in South Asia to counter
China as part of its “pivot to Asia” policy, the
Chinese have decided to fill the void and ensure not only that Pakistan does not collapse
economically, but it keeps India off-balance
and provides China strategic presence in
Gwadar port (located only 360 miles from the
strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which
over 70 per cent of Chinese, Indian and Japanese oil imports move by sea). To overcome
China’s “Malacca dilemma”, Pakistan has
handed over management of Gwadar port
(funded and built by China) to a Chinese company. Some of the $46 billion Chinese aid will
be utilised to connect Gwadar port to China’s
Xinjiang province by rail, road and oil
pipeline via the Karakoram Pass, thus avoiding the Strait of Malacca choke point that can
be exploited in wartime by the Indian and US
navies. It’s only a matter of time before Chinese warships, conventional and nuclear submarines (already making publicised forays
into the Indian Ocean since 2008), are based at
Gwadar port, which will compensate for the
recent decisions of the new Sri Lanka government to review Chinese port projects in Sri
Lanka. In addition, once the Chinese 1,500 km
range, anti-aircraft carrier ballistic missile
system (DF-21) becomes fully operational in
the western Pacific (where it will counter US
Navy aircraft carriers), the Chinese are expected to base the same DF-21 system along
Pakistan’s Balochistan coast to threaten Indian Navy aircraft carriers operating in the
Arabian Sea. The much debated “string of
pearls” which will be the Chinese Navy component of the highly-publicised Chinese
“Land and Maritime Silk Routes” or “LMSR”
to connect China economically to Europe,
thus replicating the well known 15 century
land and sea silk routes is well on its way to
becoming a reality in India’s backyard. The
Chinese are also interested that India joins
the “LMSR” club, by providing them access
to Kolkata port via a rail and road link
through Indian territory. On May 7, Chinese
media reported China’s proposal for India
and China to jointly carry out sea bed mineral
exploration in the Indian Ocean. This needs
to be examined for security implications before any agreement is signed in a hurry. Presumably, Mr Modi is also aware that India
has very little manoeuvring room since past
governments had recognised Chinese sovereignty over Tibet and allowed Chinese troops
to take over parts of the unguarded Aksai
Chin between 1951 and 1953, and grabbed
some more parts of Aksai Chin after the brief
1962 Indo-China war. Presently China has
well publicised claims over some more Indian
territory in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh,
and its Army is “nibbling away” at Indian territory. Also looming on the horizon are
“water wars” involving India-Pakistan and
India-China. Acute shortage of water for irrigation and drinking has resulted in Pakistan
raising the “water bogey” in addition to the
Kashmir question. This issue can be resolved
under the 1960 Indo-Pak Indus Water Treaty.
Unfortunately for India, China has refused to
have any treaties about rivers that emanate
in the Tibetan plateau, including the Brahmaputra (also known as Yarlung Zangbo river in
China). The Chinese have been building several dams on the Brahmaputra in the portion
flowing through Tibet (one of which is known
as “Zangmu” gravity dam on the Brahmaputra river to produce 510 MWe at a place near
Gyaca in Tibet, and is expected to be ready by
2015) which they claim are for generating
electrical power, and hence water flow of the
Brahmaputra to India will not be reduced as
the river will continue to flow to India after
generating power in China. Unfortunately,
the Chinese media does routinely mention
the need to divert the river Brahmaputra to
the north to irrigate arid regions of China. If
China does this, it will destroy India’s Northeast, ecologically and economically, and may
lead to a war. I am sure Mr Modi realises that
he will be dealing with very hard-nosed Chinese leaders, and that there are “no out of the
box” solutions to complicated territorial disputes. Merely increasing bilateral trade is no
guarantee of peace as the Japanese discovered while dealing with Chinese claims in the
Asia Pacific. Ceding territory is also no guarantee of peace, as our Tamil fishermen have
discovered after India handed over the small
285 acre Kachchitivu island to Sri Lanka in
1974.
conviction in the black buck case, arguments and hysteria similar to what is
being heard now had been made. If one
were to examine the criminality of the
poaching cases and juxtapose it with the
hit-and-run case, one will conclude that
while the former were premeditated
crimes, the latter was truly accidental. In
1998, Salman Khan, while shooting for a
film in Jodhpur, went on a hunting expedition for entertainment, fully aware that
he was breaking the law.
In September 2002, when he got behind the wheels, Salman Khan’s rational
thinking was probably impaired by alcohol. Yet, the actor cannot be excused for
running away when the police arrived to investigate the case. A report in rediff.com
dated September 28, 2002, says that when
“police rushed to his house to question
him, Salman slipped out through the back
door”. The Web portal quoted an assistant
inspector of Mumbai police making the
assertion. Subsequently, the case was
“managed”. The policeman deputed to
provide security to Khan the one who
was present in the car and who filed the
initial FIR died under peculiar circumstances but this was not probed. Khan’s
driver mysteriously recovered recently
from a long bout of amnesia and recalled
that he had been behind the wheels at the
time of the accident.
The jail term handed to Salman Khan
or to Sanjay Dutt is projected as a deterrent for others, especially celebrities. But
punishment as preventive measure is a
weak argument. People will continue to
violate laws because aberration is ingrained in most humans. But any violation of the law of the land must not go
unchecked and legal process must be initiated. Be it Salman Khan or other celebrities, the process of law must remain
uniform. Whether people consider the
person a “dabangg” or darling, no one
should forget that the offence was committed by someone who should be treated
as just an ordinary mortal, nothing more,
nothing less.
and their aggregate share in total grant
works out to be 4.09 per cent, with a total allocation of Rs.4,849 crore. There are 10 schemes
with an allocation of less than 10 per cent and
their aggregate share in total works out to 24
per cent of the total allocation, where the total
allocation is Rs.28,000 crore. In other words,
70 per cent of the total allocation is for four
schemes, namely, the National Social Assistance Programme, externally aided projects,
schemes financed from the Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh and the Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme with
a total allocation of Rs.82,775 crore. The number of schemes with a changing sharing pattern is 20. But in many of these schemes, the
number of programmes under each category
as an umbrella programme if considered,
would total 56. In this case also, seven
schemes account for 85 per cent of the total allocation. The major schemes in this category
are the National Health Mission, the ICDS,
and schemes for agriculture and sanitation.
Since resources are thinly distributed with a
tiny allocation across many schemes, it is
time these schemes are consolidated and
made into a few national schemes in key sectors; minor schemes can be devolved down to
the States with funds.
Principles of restructuring
Also, with a significantly higher tax devolution to the States, much of the expenditure priorities would have to align in a
manner as envisaged in the Constitution.
Sectors where significant State spending
rather than a “one-size fits all” Union government scheme would be more appropriate are
health, education, agriculture and rural development. Now, the larger question crops
up. When States are the major spending entities in these sectors, as these functions fall
primarily in the functional domain of States,
should they not be given the fiscal autonomy
to carry out their own programme to address
differential needs?
Land border solved,
bond strengthened
BY : KALYANI SHANKAR
t last, the land boundary agreement between India and Bangladesh is on its
way to being ratified in Parliament.
The border issue has been a sour point between the two countries for four decades now.
The delay in ratification was because India’s
foreign policy had been held hostage to domestic politics. Folklore has it that the enclaves in
India and Bangladesh were the result of a series of chess games between the Maharaja of
Cooch Behar and the Faujdar of Rangpur, who
used the villages as wager. Thus, some villages
in Cooch Behar became properties of Rangpur
while some of those within Rangpur were
owned by the Cooch Behar Maharaja. An informal arrangement between the two rulers allowed easy collection of revenues and general
administration. But after partition, Rangpur
became a part of East Pakistan (now
Bangladesh) and Cooch Behar became a part
of India, when Maharaja Jitendra Narayan acceded his Princely State to India in August
1949. But the conclaves were a problem. With
the land boundary agreement of 1974 and the
2011 protocol to the said agreement, India and
Bangladesh agreed to exchange these enclaves
and demarcate the land boundary between
them. The Constitution (119th) Amendment
Bill, 2013, proposes to give effect to this proposed land exchange. The people of these numbering around 60,000 have been rendered
stateless due to a cartographic anomaly. They
have no access to even basic services such as
electricity, hospitals and schools. The agreement envisages transfer of 111 Indian enclaves
to Bangladesh, while Bangladesh will transfer
51 enclaves to India. Through the swapping of
adversely possessed land, India will gain 700
acres of land. Four agreements had been attempted before. The first was Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru’s pact with his Pakistani
counterpart Feroz Khan Noon in 1958; the second was between Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi and her Bangladeshi counterpart
Sheikh Mujibur Rehman in 1974; the third was
between Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and
General HM Ershad in 1986; and the fourth between Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and
Khaleda Zia in 1992. Once Parliament ratifies
the agreement, it will not only end the border
dispute but also open up a new era in IndiaBangladesh relationship. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi is planning to visit Bangladesh
in June. If the treaty is ratified, Mr Modi can
go to Dhaka, armed with this good news. He
has been talking of ‘neighbourhood first’, and
the ratification will show that he means business. A demarcation of the border will also
help to check on illegal immigration. This will
benefit the North-East and Assam in particular. Also, New Delhi will be able to officially
talk about the issue of migrating Bangladeshis,
a thorny problem for Assam for nearly three
decades. The Shiv Sena, the Asom Gana
Parishad and the BJP have also been agitating
on this issue. Huge economic opportunities
will also be created for both Bangladesh and
the border States of Assam, West Bengal,
Meghalaya and Tripura, once the border is finalised and fenced. All parties will benefit
from being connected with the other. Dhaka
can be India’s gateway to other East Asian
countries. India can seek from Bangladesh, as
a goodwill gesture, transit rights to its own
North-East, bringing development to that region. Bangladesh too will benefit. Given these
advantages, one may wonder why it had taken
so long to get the border cleaned up. Political
compulsions were blocking the deal. When the
Congress was in power, the BJP opposed the
LBA. Now that the BJP is in power, the Congress tried to put a spoke on the measure, for
political reasons. The BJP’s now-scuttled proposal to exclude Assam from the LBA was
prompted by its electoral calculations. An Assembly election will be held in the State early
next year and the party is hoping to come to
power, ending 15 years of Congress rule. The
Congress had made it clear that it would not
support the LBA in Parliament, if Assam was
excluded. Eventually, the BJP gave in. The ratification restores India’s credibility with
Dhaka and with the region.
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Farm households' average
debt at Rs 47,000: Govt
Agencies
New Delhi, May 8:
More than half the households engaged in farming are in
debt with an average loan burden
of Rs 47,000, Parliament was informed on Friday.
"About 52 per cent of the agricultural households in the country were estimated to be indebted
and the estimated average
amount of outstanding loan per
agricultural household ...Was Rs
47,000", Minister of State for
Finance Jayant Sinha said in a
written reply in the Lok Sabha.
He was quoting an NSSO survey on agricultural households
for reference period July 2012 to
June 2013.
Sinha said that to reduce the
debt burden of farmers and increase availability of institutional credit to them, the government
has taken several "major steps".
These include, he said, interest subvention since 2006-07,
banks have been advised to waive
margi/security requirements of
agricultural loans up to Rs 1 lakh,
and simplification of KCC (Kisan
Credit Card).
In view of the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorms in several parts of the country, government has issued advisory to all
State Level Bankers' Committees
to take immediate steps to mitigate the hardship of farmers in
accordance with guidelines,
Sinha added.
Meanwhile, replying to a
question, Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley said the total outstanding
gross bank credit of public sector
banks stood at Rs 46.5 lakh crore
as on March 20, 2015.
The outstanding loans to
agriculture and allied activities
stood at Rs 6.48 lakh crore and Rs
10.07 lakh crore to the services
sector.
The outstanding loan to industry (micro and small, medium
and large) was Rs 21.32 lakh crore
while it was Rs 4.3 lakh crore to
the housing segment (including
priority sector housing).
Govt approves scheme
for One Stop Centre for
Women approved
Agencies
New Delhi:, May 8 :
The NDA Government has
approved the scheme for the establishment of one stop centres
for women with total project cost
of Rs. 18.58 crore, Union Minister
of Women and Child Development
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi told the
Lok Sabha through a written reply on Friday. She said that the
scheme is being implemented
across the country from April 1,
2015. Under the scheme, medical
aid, police assistance, legal counselling/court case management,
psycho-social counselling and
temporary shelter to women affected by violence will be provided. The scheme envisages the establishment of 1 One Stop Centre
in each state and union territory
in the first phase. The states have
been requested for proposals in
order to release funds. Under the
scheme of One Stop Centre, it has
been envisaged to integrate these
Centres with Women Helpline
(181) and other existing helplines.
‘New Genre’- three days
Artists’ Camp inaugurated
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 8:
‘New Genre’- a three days
Artists’Camp was inaugurated at
Viraj Art Gallery, Jammu by
Viraj Kala Kendra, Jammu today. Eleven ypung artists have
been invited to participate in this
camp. The camp was inaugurated
by Smt. Raj Bharti, President ,
Viraj Kala Kendra (Regd.),
Jammu. Sh. Jamg S. Verman, a
well known artist and columnist
on art & culture was the Guest of
Honoue on this occasion.
While speaking on this occasion Smt Raj Bharti said that this
camp is being organzed to commemorate twenty years of establishing Viraj Art Gallery. She
said that Viraj Art Gallery is the
only non profiting art gallery in
the state. She added that the
maun aim of running this gallery
is to promote arts and crafrs im
the atea . She further said that
many national and state level ex-
Anantnag district needs focused attention: PDP leaders
‘Performance of
Mufti-led
Government
appreciable’
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar, May 08:
Appreciating the working of the
present coalition under the leadership
of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senior
leaders, Dr Mehboob Beigh, Rafi Ahmad
Mir and Peerzada Mansoor Hussain,
have called for stepping up the efforts to
revive the lost glory of Anantanag district.
In a joint statement, the leaders said
the Anantanag district which has suffered immensely from administrative
paralysis in the past like other areas of
the state needs a focused attention from
the present government headed by the
PDP. They said the government is on a
mission to get the state out of the mess,
uncertainty and the revolutionary steps
taken by it in this regard in such a short
span of time are appreciable.
They said the government has set
new standards of equitable develop-
ment treating all areas and regions even
handedly. “The government has taken
visionary steps that will go a long way in
ensuring durable peace and development of the whole region,” they added.
The Senior PDP leaders said the
government must speed up the work on
National Highway from Anantnag to
Srinagar and remove all the bottlenecks
so that inconvenience being faced by the
commuters is addressed immediately.
“Though it is heartening that the R&B
department has taken steps to address
the problems of people of South Kashmir
aroused due to the bad condition of
National Highway, but the department
must redouble its efforts to ensure that
this main stretch of Srinagar-Jammu
National Highway gets completed with-
Info on PM's travel expenses wide and vague: PMO
Agencies
New Delhi, May 8:
The Prime Minister's
Office has refused to give information on the expenses incurred on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's recent visit
to Singapore saying it is too
"vague" and "wide".
An RTI-applicant based
in Ahmedabad has sought the
information related to the expenses incurred on Modi's
visit to attend the funeral of
Lee Yuan Kew, the founding
prime minister of Singapore.
"Reference is invited to your application dated April
3, 2015 on the subject mentioned above. The matter
was referred to the office for providing inputs. Office
has informed that the information sought is too
vague and wide,"
Under Secretary PK Sharma of the PMO said.
Earlier this week, Congress president Sonia Gandhi
had accused the BJP dispensation of attempting to
"subvert" the RTI Act. She had said citizens no
longer have right to question the government as top
offices like the PMO, Cabinet Secretariat besides the
Supreme Court, High Courts and CAG are no longer
accountable for violations under the RTI and are
protected from public scrutiny. The Central
Information Commission, in an order, had directed
the Cabinet Secretariat to
make public expenses incurred on the travel of ministers and VVIPs because of
large public interest in the
matter. "We have been noticing a lot of public interest in
the visit of such high dignitaries as the President, the
Vice-President and the
Prime Minister of India.
Quite often, one comes
across RTI applications
seeking similar information
about these visits," Chief
Information Commissioner
Satyananda Mishra had
said.
Following the orders of the CIC, the then prime
minister Manmohan Singh had started the practice
of making public on the official website details of expenses incurred on his visits as well as on the visits
undertaken by the ministers. Complying with the
mandatory provisions of suo-motu disclosure under
the transparency law, the PMO has placed in public
that a sum of over Rs 642 crore was incurred on his
air travels abroad between 2004 and 2013. The expenses on the visits of public authorities are maintained in records which are regularly provided under the RTI Act.
It has also been revealed under the RTI Act that
the then President Pratibha Patil spent Rs 225 crore
on her 14 visits abroad.
out any further delay,” they added.
They said the Anantnag town needs
to be decongested to ensure free flow of
traffic. They said the road passing
through the town from Khanbal to
Janglath Mandi and onwards needs to
be widened on the pattern of KhanbalPahalgam road and the areas around it
beautified. “The internal roads of the
area should also be upgraded,” they
said.
The leaders said the scenic spots of
the town should be developed for providing recreational facilities to locals and
make the town tourist friendly.
The leaders also demanded early
completion of Anantanag-Kistawar
road which will open up the area for
more economic and trading activities.
RR in Gulabgarh joins
Swachh Bharat Campaign
GOF Staff Reporter
Gulabgarh, May 8:
The Rashtriya Rifles battalion at Bagga under the aegis of
Rifles
Force
Rashtriya
Headquarter, Reasi has endeavored to educate and encourage
people at the grass roots to imbibe
and practice the concept of cleanliness.
The battalion carried out a
week long drive in remote areas
of Gulabgarh bowl to educate and
spread
the
message
of
`Cleanliness as a first step towards development', by means of
interactions, clean home competitions and cleaning of schools
and villages.
Hygiene and sanitation are
the precursor to development in
today's world. A clean living environment gives impetus to both
physical as well as social growth.
There is a need to inculcate good
Insecure postal database
vulnerable to fraud: CAG
Agencies
New Delhi, May 8:
The database of Department
of Posts has not been secured and
is easily susceptible to data manipulation and fraud, the
Comptroller and Auditor
General (CAG) on Friday
warned.
The CAG noted that the objective of computerisation of
postal savings bank functions
through Sanchay Post software
was to improve operational performance and provide error-free
and faster service to customers.
"We observed that the database has not been secured and is
easily susceptible to data manipulation, which may lead to
fraud," it said.
As data entry mode is being
used even when online module is
in operation, the data don't get
validated by the controls/rules
built into the software, causing
many rule violations in opening
of accounts and loss to the government, besides exposing system to the risk of fraud, it added.
"The software is unable to
exercise necessary control to prevent opening of multiple/excess
accounts and deposits, thus causing loss to the government due to
payment of excess interest," the
CAG said.
The auditor pointed out that
customer application forms, the
only available information given
by the customer duly signed by
him with necessary declarations,
have not been preserved in many
post offices.
The CAG also found that information kiosks procured for
providing postal information
and Internet browsing facility to
customers in post offices (POs)
remain underutilised.
"(About) 75 percent of kiosks
test checked by audit were not being utilised at all," it noted.
Besides, audit of the mail operations in 75 selected POs under
nine circles found that mail operations have improved in most areas, but there is scope for further
improvement in certain circles.
To give boost to the tourism, the
leaders said the tourism development
authorities at Pahalgam, Achabal and
Veerinag need to be revived so that the
tremendous tourism potential offered
by the area is tapped.
They said the medical college sanctioned for the area should start functioning immediately to ensure first class
treatment for the patients of the area at
their doorsteps.
Similarly, the leaders demanded
further expansion and up gradation of
South Campus of University of Kashmir
to make it a full-fledged university. “The
government must also address infrastructural and academic needs of
Schools and Colleges of the area,” the
leaders added.
"Evaluation of booking and
delivery of money orders (MOs)
revealed that delivery performance of MOs in test-checked post
offices in Delhi, the North East,
Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat circles was below the threshold limit," it added.
The auditor found the delivery performance of speed post
better than those of private couriers in major cities at the tehsil
and village levels.
The CAG noted that none of
the states could adhere to the
timeframe proposed for the creation and implementation of core
and support infrastructure for
various projects under the
National e-Governance Plan
(NeGP).
"There was lack of synchronisation in the execution of projects leading to delays in e-delivery of services. The pace of utilisation of the infrastructure like
SWAN and SDC in furthering egovernance in 10 states selected
for audit was found to be slow," it
said.
Therefore, there is a need for
close monitoring for optimum
utilisation of infrastructure, the
CAG added.
hygiene and sanitation practices
to prevent early avoidable health
issues and to stimulate all round
social development.
Under the aegis of Swach
Bharat Abhiyan at national level,
efforts of the civil administration
and army in spreading healthy
living practices was appreciated
by the awam of Gulabgarh. The
local populace was full of praises
for the civil administration and
army for initiating the Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan in the area.
Politicians Meeting Salman After
Conviction Undesirable: Pawar
Agencies
Mumbai, Ratnagiri May 8:
NCP
President
Sharad
Pawar today strongly disapproved of "enthusiasm" shown by
certain politicians in calling on
Bollywood superstar Salman
Khan at his residence after his
conviction in the 2002 hit-and-run
case. "After the Sessions Court
verdict on Wednesday, there
were some politicians who became overenthusiastic and visited Salman Khan at his residence.
This was undesirable.
"Why do politicians need to
show interest in this (Khan) case
when the courts have already
their
judgement?
passed
Whatever their personal relations may be with Salman, they
should not be displaying it this
way," Pawar told reporters in
Ratnagiri district in Konkan region.
A day after he was awarded
five-year imprisonment in the
case, MNS chief Raj Thackeray
had met Khan and his family
members at his residence in suburban Bandra. Congress MLA
Nitesh Rane, too, met the actor
the same day.
Nitesh, son of senior
Maharashtra Congress leader
and former Chief Minister
Narayan Rane, had described his
meeting with the superstar as
"personal".
Asked to comment on the issue, Congress leader and former
Chief Minister Ashok Chavan
avoided a direct reply and said
people have personal relations
and they are free to express their
sentiments.
Besides politicians, a slew of
prominent Bollywood personalities had called on Khan, who was
granted interim bail for two days
by Bombay High Court after he
was convicted and sentenced on
May 6. Today, the High Court suspended his sentence and granted
him bail.
hibitions by Biraj Kala Kendra an
independent shows by other organizations and artists have been
held in this gallery since its inception in 1995.
In his address Sh. Jang S.
Verman said that Vuraj Kala
Krndra has comducted a number
of events, programmes and echibitions to make platform for
prticulrly young people. He said
that the contribution of Sh/ V R
Khajuria can not be forgotten. Sh.
Khajuria has brought Jammu on
the map of the world un the field
of sculpture. Similarly Smt Raj
Bharti has played a vital tole in
the peomotion of art, culture and
development of the downtrodden
and women folk in the state.Sh. O
P Sharma, President, JKCCA also expressed his views on this occasion.
The artists who are are participating in this camp include –
Amrit Kaur, Shakti, Anuradha,
Rachita, Simran Dogra, Tushar
Verma, Suresh Sharma, Darshan
Singh Surjit, Dhananjay Sharma,
Anup K. Gupta amd Sahil Ohri.
Sh. Suresh Shama is coordinator
of the event.
First RAW Officer Appointed As
Member of UPSC
Agencies
New Delhi, May 8:
Arvind Saxena, in-charge of Aviation and Research Centre of
external snooping agency RAW, was today appointed as a member
of UPSC becoming the first officer of 32-year Research and Analysis
Service to be named to the commission. After the appointment of
Saxena, who was due to retire in August, Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC) is left with only one vacancy. The UPSC is a 10member body besides a Chairperson. According to the order,
Saxena's tenure will commence from the date he assumes the office
of member, UPSC. After formation in 1983 of RAS service, all officers who were with Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) were given
option of either going back to their service or joining the newly
formed RAS along with their seniority. Under the new rule, Saxena
was absorbed as an RAS officer of 1978 batch. The government had
set afoot the process of including Saxena, Director and ex-officio
Special Secretary, Aviation Research Centre (ARC), in the UPSC in
March when it gave additional charge to RAW chief Rajinder
Khanna as Director General (Security) which looks after the aviation wing and special forces within the organisation. The ARC carries out aerial surveillance of borders using its unmanned aerial
vehicles and other aircraft including MIGs and helicopters. It also
has the responsibility with IAF to transport Special Frontier Force
commandos.
Militant Carrying Reward of Rs 2
Lakh Killed in Encounter in Manipur
Agencies
Aizawl, May 8:
A militant of Manipur-based Hmar People's Convention
(Democrats) carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh, was killed near
Tiaulian hamlet in Manipur in an encounter with Mizoram police
personnel this morning, a senior police officer said. Deputy
Inspector General of Police (Armed) Lalbiakzama said that the
body of Malsawmkima, the HPC (D) militant, who was killed in the
encounter was being brought to the Mizoram-Manipur border
Sakawrdai village. "Malsawmkima, former Mizoram Armed
Police (MAP) personnel deserted on the night of June 11 last year
from Sakawrdai police outpost and decamped with one AK-47 assault rifle, one INSAS rifle and several rounds of ammunition,"
Lalbiakzama said. The deserted cop then joined the HPC (D) and
was given the rank of self-styled sergeant. He was among the HPC
(D) militants who ambushed the state assembly committee on government assurances team on March 28 last and gunned down three
policemen, near Mizoram-Manipur-Assam border Zokhawthiang
hamlet. The state government later placed a price of Rs two lakh on
his head for the attack. He was also reportedly involved in the murder of two civilians at Patpuihmun village in Manipur a few days
back while he was wanted by Mizoram police in many cases including criminal intimidation and extortion. Police seized a .38 Luger
revolver from Malsawmkima, which was identified as being taken
from the slain policemen on March 28 ambush.
India, US, to strengthen livelihoods
of over 3000 Afghan women
Agencies
New Delhi, May 8:
The US Agency for International Development (USAID)
Acting Administrator Alfonso Lenhardt announced a new USD 1.5
million, three-year award to the Indian Self Employed Women's
Association (SEWA), the world's largest women's cooperative, with
a membership exceeding 1.9 million. SEWA will partner with government and civil society stakeholders in Afghanistan and India to
train more than 3,000 Afghan women across five provinces in vocational skills including embroidery, garment stitching, food processing and jewelry making, as well as in leadership and marketing. Making the announcement during his visit to SEWA's Hansiba
store in New Delhi this week, Acting Administrator Lenhardt said,
"The strategic partnership among the US, Indian, and Afghan governments is a significant contribution to regional stability and
prosperity. The empowerment of women and girls is essential for
sustained peace and progress. By partnering with such an immensely talented and committed organization as SEWA, our three
governments are helping thousands of Afghan women lead healthy
and productive lives." US Ambassador to India Richard R Verma
added, "A key goal of US collaboration with India is to harness the
strengths and capabilities of both countries to tackle development
challenges around the world. Our partnership with SEWA to benefit Afghan women is a great example of the expanding India- US
global partnership." This new partnership builds on an earlier effort in which SEWA, USAID, and the Indian and Afghan governments collaborated to improve the economic and social condition
of 150 Afghan women and their families. The initiative helped
triple the average monthly income of the participants.
Delhi Govt Can't Take Action
Against Police, NDMC: MHA
Agencies
New Delhi, May 8:
Delhi government cannot take any action against the officials
of Delhi Police and NDMC as they do not come under its domain as
per law, the Union Home Ministry is planning to curtly tell the
Arvind Kejriwal-led state government. The case in point pertains
to the recent arrest of a Delhi Police constable by the state AntiCorruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly taking a bribe of a Rs 10,000
from a trader. The Delhi Police had contested the jurisdiction of
ACB in the case saying they cannot act against a central government employee and had subsequently filed a separate FIR against
the accused policeman in response to the action of the anti-graft
agency. "The Home Ministry is expected to write a detailed communication in this regard to Delhi government. The communication
will make it clear that employees of Delhi Police and New Delhi
Municipal Corporation (NDMC) cannot be acted against by Delhi
government in any way," official sources said.
Dharmarth Trust properties illegally Dr Jitendra urges Rajnath for recruitment venue at Kathua
change into business hub: Shri Ram Sena
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 8:
Hitting out on Senior
Congress leader Dr Karan Singh,
who is also the Chairman
Trustee of Dharmarth Trust,
State President, Shri Ram Sena,
Rajiv Mahajan asked him to
clear his stand on the Dharmarth
Trust properties which change
into business hub.
In a statement issued today,
Rajiv Mahajan said that once
there existed a parking place for
about 100 vehicles at basement of
GOF Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI, May 8:
Karan Market, Jammu which is
sold out by Dharamarth Trust to
some influential businessman of
the city who is running his business from there, depriving the
general public of parking facility, those who come to the area for
marketing or for some other purpose. Mahajan further said that
‘Yoga Centre’ in the Karan
Market is also being converted
into a hotel in violation of norms.
Rajiv
asked
Jammu
Municipal
Commissioner,
Soujanya Sharma to issue clarification in this regard.
Mahajan
also
asked
Commissioner JMC to come up
with a public statement on illegal
constructions and change of status of public utility places in to
Commercial complexes at an
earliest to clear the uncertainty
brewing up in the minds of general public.
He also demanded an inquiry against Dharmarth Trust
for changing the status of the
land and property in violation of
norms, thus depriving the general public of their legitimate
rights.
Union Minister of State
(Independent
Charge)
for
Development of North Eastern
Region (DoNER), MoS PMO,
Personnel,
Public
Grievances,Pensions, Atomic
Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra
Singh today met the Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh and took
up with him the issue of the venue for recruitment/''Bharti'' to
Central Armed Police Forces
having been unjustifiably kept at
Leh for candidates from all over
the State of Jammu & Kashmir.
He urged the Home Minister to
issue directions for setting up a
separate venue at Kathua because most of the applicants belong to this district.
He also handed over to the
Home Minister a representation
by Rajya Sabha Member
Shamsher Singh Manhas on behalf of the aspiring candidates.
Dr Jitendra Singh explained
to Rajnath Singh that this is possibly an error by default or an
anomaly, considering the fact
that the very concept of recruitment of youth is based on having
it done locally for the youth of the
vicinity and the adjoining areas.
It is, therefore, unusual and
anomalous to expect candidates
from all over the State to come together at a single common spot
for recruitment, he added. Dr
Jitendra Singh brought to the no-
tice of Rajnath Singh that not only such a decision involves travelling by candidates from different parts of Jammu & Kashmir,
all the way to Leh which is neither convenient nor feasible given the peculiar topography of the
region but the added constraint
is that air travel is the only easily
available route for the candidates to reach Leh which is very
costly and unaffordable for most
of the unemployed youth.
This is all the more a matter
of concern, Dr Jitendra Singh
said, because a large number of
youth, who apply for recruitment/Bharti, belong to Kathua
belt falling in his parliamentary
constituency and these are the
youth who have been traditionally known to be gifted with physical attributes and mental aptitude to join the military and
para-military forces.
Professionally also, it is unfair for candidates belonging to
the plain area of Kathua to be
tested for physical fitness at
hugh altitude area of Leh to
which they may not be acclimatized,he observed.
Rajnath Singh agreed with
the observations put forward by
Dr Jitendra Singh and directed
the concerned officers to take
due cognizance for correcting
the anomaly at whatever level it
has happened.
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY, 9, 2015, PAGE 8
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BRIEF NEWS
Bay of Bengal
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smuggling
doubles in
2015: UNHCR
White House hails strong US ties
with Cameron after poll win
Agencies
Washington, May 8:
he White House on
said
Friday
President Barack
Obama is "proud" of the relationship he has forged with
Britain`s Prime Minister
David Cameron, and looks forward to continued close ties
following the Conservative
party`s decisive election victory.
"This is a testament to the
strength of a vibrant democra-
T
White
House
cy,"
spokesman Josh Earnest
told CNN. "The president is
proud of the strong working
relationship that he`s dewith
David
veloped
Cameron over the years,
and he`s looking forward to
continuing to strengthen
that personal relationship,"
Earnest said.
He added that the administration also hopes to
"continue to deepen the relationship between the
American people and the
British people because the
close relationship of our governments has served the citizens of our country very well."
Cameron`s Conservative
party on Friday won a majority in the House of Commons in
the general election, allowing
him to form a government
without the need for a coalition. Pre-election forecasts of
a close contest with the opposition Labour party turned
out to be wrong.
PM Narendra Modi congratulates
David Cameron on victory in UK polls
New Delhi, May 8:
Minister
Prime
Narendra Modi on Friday
congratulated British Prime
Minister David Cameron on
the
victory
of
his
Conservative Party in the
general elections in his country.
"Congratulations David
Cameron. As you rightly
pointed out- its "Phir Ek
Baar, Cameron Sarkar!" My
best wishes", the Prime
Minister said on Twitter.
Cameron is set to return to
Downing Street after Labour
Party leader Ed Miliband
conceded defeat in the wake
of the Tories securing solid
majority at the May 7 polls,
defying pre-election predic-
tions.
After claiming victory in
Whitney, Cameron struck an
inclusive tone by saying that
he intended to "govern on the
basis of governing for everyone in our United Kingdom".
Murthy's Son-in-Law, Other
Indian-Origins Elected to
British Parliament
London, May 8:
Tokyo/Manila, May 8:
Japan and the Philippines
will hold their first joint naval
drill this month in the South
China Sea near a disputed
shoal claimed by Beijing,
sources in Tokyo and the
Philippines said.
The May 12 maritime safety exercise, which will practise
the code for unplanned encounters at sea, known as CUES, is
part of an agreement signed by
Japan and the Philippines in
January aimed at tightening
security cooperation.
The nature of the training
is unlikely to worry China unduly, as it has conducted similar exercises with the United
States in the past.
But the presence of
Japanese naval vessels in the
South China Sea signals
Japan`s growing interest in the
region, and may irritate
Beijing as criticism of its land
reclamation projects there
Vladimir Putin snubs
Ukraine leadership
in WWII salute
land around seven reefs in the
Spratlys, and is building what
appears to be an airstrip on one
of the artificial islands.
Although it has no territorial claims in the South China
Sea, Tokyo is worried that
Beijing`s domination of the region could give it control of international
waterways
through which a significant
portion of Japanese trade travels.
Japan`s military is considering joining the United States
in maritime air patrols in the
South China Sea as a counterweight to growing Chinese
power, sources familiar with
the discussions told Reuters
last month.
That strategy, which is being encouraged by the
Philippines, is spurring closer
security ties between Manila
and Tokyo. Their defence
agreement in January also established regular vice-ministerial defence talks and exchanges of senior officers.
City Office
Airport
P.H.E. Station
Bakshi Nagar
Gandhi Nagar
Company Bagh
Agencies
Moscow, May 8:
President Vladimir Putin
on Friday congratulated "citizens" of Ukraine but snubbed
its leaders on the 70th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi
Germany in WWII amid a deep
feud between Moscow and
Kiev. Putin pointedly sidestepped addressing Ukraine`s
pro-Western authorities as he
issued a congratulatory statement to the governments of
other former Soviet republics
that fought alongside Moscow
in WWII.
Putin also congratulated
the people but not the government of pro-Western Georgia -against which Moscow fought
a brief war in 2008.
"The great victory was a
common, invaluable achievement of our peoples who fought
shoulder-to-shoulder against a
cruel enemy and saved the
world from Nazism," the state-
ment said. "Today our debt is to
preserve the memory of the
fallen heroes, look after the
war veterans and ensure there
is no repeat of the tragic events
of the past." Putin is gearing up
to host a grandiose Red Square
parade Saturday in front of
some 20 world leaders but
Western heads of state are staying away amid a standoff with
Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
Ukraine has altered the
way it is commemorating the
WWII anniversary by turning
May 8 into a day to remember
the war dead and planning a
low-key "March of Peace" in the
capital Kiev for the traditional
Soviet-era holiday on May 9.
Relations between Kiev
and Moscow have plummeted
since Russia seized Crimea
from Ukraine after the toppling of its Kremlin-backed
leader and was accused of masterminding a brutal separatist
conflict that has killed over
6,200 people.
Several Indian-origin candidates, including Keith Vaz,
Priti Patel and Infosys cofounder Narayana Murthy's
son-in-law were today elected to
the British Parliament.
Prominent Labour candidates like long-serving MPs
Keith Vaz (Leicester East) and
Virendra Sharma (Ealing
Southall) have won their respective seats, as they have a
special connect with a largely
Indian-origin electorate in their
constituencies.
Ruling
Conservatives'
Indian-origin stalwart, British
Minister
David
Prime
Cameron's Indian Diaspora
champion Priti Patel also retained her Witham seat with a
41.5 per cent majority, winning
27,123
seats.
Opposition
Labour's Valerie Vaz also retained her Walsall South seat
and Seema Malhotra won a her
south west London seat comfortably.
The Infosys co-founder
Narayana Murthy's son-in-law
Rishi Sunak, was contesting
from the Tory safe seat of
Richmond (Yorks) in the north
of England and bagged 27,744
votes. With his nearest opponent, Matthew Cooke of the
United Kingdom Independence
Party (UKIP), at a mere 8,194, his
win marks an impressive 51.4
per cent majority to become a
first-time MP in the House of
Commons. "I grew up watching
my parents serve our local community with dedication. My dad
is a NHS (National Health
Service) family GP and my
mum ran her own local chemist
shop," Sunak said.
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An estimated 25,000
Rohingyas and Bangladeshis
boarded people-smugglers`
boats in the first three
months of this year, twice as
many in the same period of
2014, the UN refugee agency
UNHCR said on Friday.
"Based on survivor accounts, we estimate that 300
people died at sea in the first
quarter of 2015 as a result of
starvation, dehydration and
abuse by boat crews,” it said
in a statement.
Thirty-three bodies, believed to be migrants from
Myanmar and Bangladesh,
have been found in shallow
graves over the past week in
Songkhla province, near the
Malaysian border. Many of
the migrants are Rohingya
Muslims from western
and
from
Myanmar
Bangladesh hoping to escape
religious and ethnic persecution and work abroad.
The most common smuggling route takes them from
Myanmar and Bangladesh to
the Ranong area of southern
Thailand, followed by a daylong road trip to smugglers`
camps towards the border
with Malaysia.
“Conditions in the smugglers` camp are horrific.
People are held and abused
until their relatives pay for
their release," the UNHCR
said. "More than half the sur-
He also voiced his desire to
press ahead with a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union
to
complete
the
and
economic
Conservatives'
plan.
Agencies
mounts. "The exercise will not
be far from Scarborough
Shoal," one of the sources in
Japan said, referring to a rocky
outcrop which China seized in
2012 after a three-month standoff with the Philippines.
The two-hour practise
within Philippines territorial
waters near Subic Bay, a former US Navy base, will involve
a Japanese warship and a
Philippines navy frigate, a
spokesman at the Philippines
Navy said.
A spokesman for Japan`s
Maritime Self Defense Force
declined to comment.
China, which claims about
90 percent of the 3.5 million sq
km (1.35 million sq mile) South
China Sea, is asserting its territorial claims by building a
chain of man-made islands on
coral reefs in the Spratly archiThe
Philippines,
pelago.
Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei and
Vietnam also claim large parts
of the sea. Recent satellite images show China is reclaiming
Geneva, May 8:
Agencies
Japan, Philippines to hold first naval
drill in South China Sea: Report
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But it was not all smooth
sailing for Indian-origin Tory
candidates, with Paul Uppal losing by a narrow margin to
Labour.
In
the
same
Wolverhampton region, brother-sister duo Arun and Suria
Photay also failed to make their
first-time mark.
The overall tally of Indianorigin MPs in the new House of
Commons will soon become
clear as all the seats are declared. It remains to be seen if
they are able to break the previous 2010 general election record
of eight MPs. There were a total
of 59 Indian-origin candidates in
the fray from the Tories (17),
Labour (14), Liberal Democrats
(14), Green Party (4), United
Kingdom Independence PartyUKIP (3), Independents (2) and
one each from the smaller parties like All People's Party,
Christian Movement for Great
Britain, National Liberal Party,
Socialist Labour Party and
Young People's Party.
David Cameron, who looks
set to return as Prime Minister,
has repeatedly gone on record
during the campaign claiming
that he is confident that the
country's "first Asian or black
Prime Minister" will come from
his Conservative party.
The party had also fielded
the first-ever Sikh candidate in
Northern Ireland, Amandeep
Singh Bhogal, but he failed to
make any mark coming last
with just 201 votes in a DUP
stronghold. Indian-origin voters have traditionally connected more with Labour due to its
working class and immigrant
friendly outlook, however these
elections seem to indicate a
strong shift in favour of the
Tory party.
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Agencies
Geneva, May 8:
Restrictions on imports
in conflict-hit Yemen are hampering aid efforts and threaten
the lives of tens of thousands
of children, the UN warned on
Friday.
Yemen already imported
90 percent of its food requirements before the conflict began and much of its fuel, essential to deliver aid and keep
critical health facilities running at a time of acute power
shortages, the UN children`s
agency said.
"Fuel may run out in less
than a week in Yemen," said
spokesman
UNICEF
Christophe Boulierac.
"If restrictions on the
commercial imports of food
and fuel continue, then it will
kill more children than bullets and bombs in the coming
months," he said.
"Humanitarian access to
many areas is extremely difficult and we are frequently being blocked by parties to the
conflict from going to places
where people need us most."
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vivors interviewed by UNHCR since October reported
that someone died in the
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were being held. Beatings are
common and there are reports of rapes. Those who try
to escape risk being shot."
spokesman
UNHCR
Adrian Edwards said people
paid to be smuggled without
realising their money would
later be extorted by torture,
and the trafficking business
was so lucrative that children were being abducted
and forced onto boats.
Since last October, some
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The spokesman said
120,000 children risked suffering from severe acute malnutrition over the next three
months if health and hygiene
services do not function normally and children are not
vaccinated against diseases
such as diarrhoea, pneumonia and measles.
Boulierac said 2.5 million
children under five are at immediate risk of diarrhoeal and
other communicable diseases
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"Diarrhoea directly leads
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children," he said.
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to former president Ali
Abdullah Saleh, and concern
has been mounting over increasing civilian deaths.
The United Nations has
renewed its plea for a ceasefire in Yemen, where weeks of
war have now killed more
than 1,400 people and injured
nearly 6,000 -- many of them
civilians.
Laerke,
the
Jens
spokesman for the UN office of
humanitarian affairs, said aid
efforts had been hampered "as
most of Yemen`s airports are
not open to civilian traffic,
and transports by sea are subject to the coalition`s inspection regime related to the
arms embargo mandated by
the UN Security Council" to
stop weapon deliveries to
rebels.
"An unintended consequence of the arms embargo
has been that the (Saudi-led)
coalition`s inspection regime
has hampered all commercial
and humanitarian shipments
by sea and air into Yemen. All
cargo is impacted, not just
food and fuel imports," he
said.
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BUSINESS & SPORTS
JAMMU SATURDAY MAY, 9, 2015, PAGE 9
Glimpses of Future
India's manufacturing, services
growth outpaced China in April
New Delhi, May 8:
Manufacturing and service
sectors in India expanded at a
faster pace last month than
China, even as economic growth
moderated overall in emerging
markets, a survey said.
HSBC
Emerging
The
Markets Index (EMI), a monthly
indicator
derived
from
Purchasing Managers' Index
surveys, fell to 51.3 in April, from
51.5 in March, registering the
weakest rate of expansion since
January. "The emerging markets continued to act as a brake
on global economic growth at the
start of the second quarter,"
Chief Economist at Markit Chris
Williamson said.
Of the four biggest emerging
markets, China registered the
weakest rise in output since
January, while the Indian private sector business activity
rose for the 12th consecutive
month, albeit at the weakest
pace since October. "Continuing
malaise is evident across much
of Asia. Already weak rates of expansion slowed further in both
China and India during April, albeit with India remaining a relatively bright light in a generally
Asian
landscape,"
gloomy
Williamson said.
During April, the HSBC
composite index for India, which
maps both manufacturing and
services, stood at 52.5, whereas
for China it was 51.3, Brazil (44.2)
and Russia (50.8). An index
measure of above 50 indicates expansion. Brazil saw the sharpest
drop in over six years during
April while, Russia posted a rise
in output for the first time since
last September, albeit at only a
weak rate. The slowdown in
emerging market mainly reflected a weaker rise in manufacturing output, where the rate of
growth was the weakest in a
year. "Weakness is particularly
evident in the manufacturing
economy, where emerging markets are seeing the worst performance for a year amid a nearstalling of global trade flows,"
Williamson said. Meanwhile,
the outlook for global emerging
markets remained subdued in
April. The HSBC Emerging
Markets Future Output Index,
which tracks firms' expectations
for activity in 12 months' time,
fell further.(PTI)
Sahara Group agrees to
pay Rs 10,000 crore to ensure
Subrato Roy's bail
New Delhi, May 8:
New Delhi, May 8:
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said surplus foodgrain stocks would help in dealing with any crop losses due to recent
unseasonal rains and hailstorm that have affected 18.23 million
hectares. “As on May 5, 2015, an estimated 18.23 million hectares under crops were affected in the country due to unseasonal rains and
hailstorms. However, surplus stocks of foodgrain would help the
country deal with the situation appropriately,” Mr. Jaitley said in a
written reply to the Lok Sabha. The Minister said state-owned Food
Corporation of India (FCI) sells surplus wheat and rice stock in the
open market under open market sale scheme (OMSS) in order to moderate retail prices in deficit states. “Approximately, 4.2 million tonnes
of wheat have been sold in the open market under this scheme during
2014-15 and sale of wheat has also been continued beyond April 1,
2015,” he said. Jaitley added that the government has taken a number
of measures to curb inflation, particularly food inflation. The Centre
has allocated more rice to below poverty line (BPL) and Above
Poverty Line (APL) families in states, and higher allocation of wheat
was made under the OMSS programme, he added.
Sensex spurts 506 points on govt Executive Director PNB monitormove to pacify taxation worries ing the launching of PMSSS
New Delhi, May 8:
The benchmark BSE Sensex on Friday bounced back by 506.28
points to reclaim the 27,000-mark on government's move to mollify
overseas investors' taxation worries and rupee's recovery. The 30share index's biggest gain in more than a month was also supported
by value-buying in beaten-down stocks, drop in oil prices and gains
in global stocks, traders said. The rupee rebounding from 20-month
lows to regain 63 levels too boosted sentiments and helped Sensex recover from its 6-1/2 months low, they added.
"Government's move to set up a high level committee to decide
MAT issue has helped market today. This could reduce FII's concerns over the medium-term," said Vinod Nair, Head of
Fundamental Research at Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services.
Snapping three days of losses, the BSE Sensex resumed on a strong
footing and quickly recaptured the crucial 27,000-mark to touch the
day's high of 27,196.28. It finally closed at 27,105.39, a jump of 506.28
points or 1.90 percent. Previously, it had soared by 517.22 points on
March 30. The gauge had lost 891.48 points in the previous three days
to hit 6-1/2 months low on persistent worries over MAT and delay in
passage of key reforms bills in Parliament. The 50-share NSE Nifty
after crossing the 8,200-mark, touched a high of 8,224.95 before closing 134.20 points or 1.67 percent higher at 8,191.50. Sentiments
changed for the better after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday announced that a high-level committee will look into the issue of
Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT). Tata Motors was the biggest gainer on the Sensex, followed by Cipla, ICICI Bank, Hindalco, Bajaj
Auto, HDFC Bank, HDFC, Axis Bank, RIL, Tata Power, L&T and
ITC. Share of FMCG major Hindustan Unilever rose 3.34 percent after it reported a 16.73 percent increase in its standalone net profit at
Rs 1,018.08 crore for the March quarter.(PTI)
SPORTS NEWS
SAI holds trails for STC Jammu
from May 18
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 08:
Sports Authority of India (SAI) has decided to hold twoday selection process to pick up suitable candidates for its residential and non-residential schemes through its newly establishes Sports Training Centre (STC) at MA Stadium, here.
The selection trials shall take place on May 18 and May 19
under the guidance of experts in the field deputed by the SAI
North Regional Centre. For two sports disciplines of basketball and handball only boys shall be selected at residential centre. In other discipline of badminton both boys and girls shall
be selected for non-residential scheme.
“Those interested players in the age groups of 12-18 years,
who have represented district and secured first and second position, are only eligible for appearing in the trials. However,
extraordinary tall boys, who have not played at the district or
state level, may also appear for the selection process”, informed incharge STC Jammu, Varinder Sharma.
Candidates must report at the office of the STC Jammu at
MA Stadium, here on May 18 at 8 am sharp along with their
original Date of Birth certificates, participation certificate
and proof of residence. “Those selected boys and girls shall be
provided free boarding, lodging and residential schooling as
per the norms of the SAI,” further said Varinder Sharma.
Bangladesh trail by 486 on
day 3 after Pak. declaration
Agencies
DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 8:
Pakistan crept closer to winning the second and final test
after leaving Bangladesh on Friday with nearly 500 runs, effectively eight wickets, and two days to deny the visitors a series
victory. After Pakistan declared for a second time and set an
unlikely target of 550 to win the test, Bangladesh lost a wicket
and was 63/1 at stumps. But the home side had only eight more
wickets left, as fast bowler Shahadat Hossain cannot bat after
a serious knee injury on the first day. The test is Pakistan’s
last chance to salvage a miserable tour after being swept in the
one-day internationals, losing the Twenty20, and conceding a
draw in the first test in Khulna. Bangladesh will have to go
where it’s never gone to keep this Test alive, and on a pitch that
was beginning to offer sharp turn and bounce.
The home side’s highest fourth-innings score has been 413
in 2008 in a match it lost. The highest successful chase in a fourth
innings is 418—7 by West Indies against Australia in Antigua in
2003. At the crease were Tamim Iqbal on 32, and Mominul Haque
on 15. Tamim, who scored a career—best 206 to save the first test,
became only the second Bangladeshi to cross 3,000 test runs after
Habibul Bashar on Friday, and needs only 17 more to become the
highest run—getter for Bangladesh in tests. Imrul Kayes was
bowled for the second time in the match by legspinner Yasir
Shah, this time for 16, half as much as his first innings. Shah baffled Kayes with one that turned viciously. Bangladesh started
the day batting, from 107—5 overnight. Shakib Al Hasan’s 89 not
out off 91 balls lifted them to 203 all out. With Shahadat unable to
bat, Shakib had little support, but unleashed a spectacular attack on the Pakistani bowlers and made all but one of the runs in
a 63—run stand with No. 10 batsman Mohammad Shahid.
Pakistan decided to bat again, and was set back initially when
fast bowler Shahid removed openers Mohammad Hafeez (0) and
Sami Aslam (8) to leave Pakistan at 25—2.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 08:
Punjab National Bank will
launch the Pradhan Mantri
Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan
Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) in
Jammu simultaneously with the
inauguration by the Prime
Minister Narender Modi in
Kolkatta on May 9th. This was informed by Mr. B M Fazili, Deputy
Manager,
Punjab
General
National Bank, J&K Circle here
today in a press conference regarding the launching of ambi-
tious Social Security Schemes
pertaining to the insurance and
pension sector at pan-India level.
B M Fazili added that Dr.
Jitendra Singh, Hon`ble Union
Minister in Prime Minister`s
Office will launch these schemes
in Jammu along with Mr. Bali
Bagat, Minister for Social
Welfare, Mr. Pawan Gupta, MoS
Finance & IT, J&K State, Dr.
Pawan Kotwal (IAS), Diviional
Commissioner Jammu & Mr. D
Sethy,
Regional
Director,
Reserve Bank of India, Jammu..
Fazili informed that Dr.
Ram S. Sangapure, Executive
Director, Punjab National Bank
who will arrive in Jammu tomorrow will host the launching
function here. PNB is launching
these schemes in Jammu on behalf of Ministry of Finance,
Government of India. Dr.
Sangapure is personally monitoring the preparedness for the
launching function and has
urged the common people to
take the benefit of these schemes
and visit the nearest bank
branch as these schemes are the
path breaking initiative towards providing affordable universal access to essential social
security protection in a convenient manner linked to auto-debit
facility from the bank account of
the subscriber, Mr. Fazili added.
He further said that massive
awareness drives had already
been launched in the state so
that people get benefitted. Fazili
was accompanied by Mr. K L
Kukreja, Chief Manager, FGM
office Shimla, Mr BM Panwer &
Mr. Rajendra Singh chief
Managers Circle Office Jammu
Rupee recovers
from 20-month low,
ends up by 29 paise
Mumbai, May 8:
Snapping its 5-session
losing streak, the rupee today gained 29 paise to 63.94,
recovering from a 20month low against the
American currency on
fresh selling of dollars by
banks and exporters amid
rebound in equities.
The rupee resumed
higher at 64.13 as against
the last closing level of 64.23
at the Interbank Foreign
Exchange market and
firmed up further to a day’s
high of 63.90 per dollar before concluding at 63.94,
showing a gain of 29 paise.
On Thursday, the docurrency
had
mestic
dropped by 69 paise or 1.09
pct to 20-month low to 64.23
per dollar. The rupee had
also dropped by 108 paise
1.71 pct during the last five
days. The rupee hovered in
a range of 63.90 and 64.17
during the day.
Golden Key Golden Jubilee Mountain
Biking Expedition flagged off
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 08:
In keeping with the spirit of adventure
in the Indian Army and to commemorate
the 50 years of the raising of Golden Key
Division, a 15 member High Altitude Biking
Expedition Team of the Division was
flagged off by Major General MS Ghura,
General Officer Commanding on 08 May
2015 from Clement Town, Dehradun. The expedition aims to celebrate the Golden
Jubilee Year 2015 with the spirit of adventure, camaraderie and patriotism in the rich
and diverse high altitude valleys of
Himachal Pradesh which form part of the
Western Command.
The expedition started from Dehradun
and will pass through the Spiti Valley via
Shimla and finish at Manali.
On the way, the expedition will climb
the arduous and inhospitable areas of
Kunjom Pass (4551 meters) and picturesque
Chandertal (4300 meters).
The multi-dimensional expedition will
meet the locals enroute and will provide hu-
manitarian aid by distributing essential
and
medicines.
The
commodities
Expedition Team will re-connect with the local veterans enroute and motivate the
young and aspiring youths by undertaking
motivational talks on ‘Becoming a better
Indian’, ‘Joining the Army’ and ‘Women
Sharapova loses to Kuznetsova
in Madrid Open semis
MADRID, May 8:
Defending
champion
Maria Sharapova lost in the
Madrid Open semifinals on
Friday, falling to Svetlana
Kuznetsova
6—2,
6—4.
Kuznetsova beat Sharapova for
the first time in seven years,
breaking her opponent’s serve
three times and saving the one
break point she faced. “I’m just
happy to be in the final,” said
Kuznetsova, who had never before even reached the semifinals at the Madrid tournament.
Kuznetsova, who will be play-
ing in her first final in nine
months, will meet either Serena
Williams or Petra Kvitova for
the title.
Sharapova, who could have
returned to No. 2 in the rankings with a victory, said she
wasn’t able to take advantage of
Kuznetsova’s second serves like
she had done previously.
“Today she had much more
pop on her ball than I did, while I
felt my shots were a bit too flat,”
Sharapova said. “I also think
the court and the bounce, with
the altitude here, meant her
spin was getting really high.”
BUSINESS NEWS
Jaitley banks on surplus
stock to tackle crop loss
Empowerment’. This expedition of Golden
Key Division will finally terminate at
Dehradun on 04 June 2015 to commemorate
its Golden Jubilee Year and celebrate the
Division’s rich history, sacrifices of its
Martyrs, Veer Naris and ethos, which also
symbolizes that of the Indian Army.
Nadal, Murray
continue progress
in Madrid Masters
Madrid, May 8:
Rafael Nadal eased his
way into the quarter-finals of
the Madrid Masters Tennis
tournament with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Italian Simone
Bolelli on Thursday, a media
report said on Friday. Nadal
had few problems in a game
which lasted less than an
hour and a quarter, slightly
more than Andy Murray,
who blew away Marc
Granollers 6-2, 6-0 in one hour
and four minutes, Xinhua reported. Murray was in surprisingly good form considering that his previous match
had not finished until 3am in
the morning due to the sometimes erratic scheduling in
Madrid. Number seven seed,
David Ferrer defeated fellow
Spaniard,
Fernando
Verdasco 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, while
Wednesday’s hero Nick
Kyrgios, who knocked number one seed, Roger Federer
out of the tournament himself fell victim to John Isner 36, 7-6 (7) 6-4 in a game he could
have won in the second set.
The Supreme Court on
Friday said there is a need to resolve the dispute over the total
amount which Sahara Group
was liable to pay to its investors
even if the group complied with
the condition of paying Rs 10,000
crore to ensure the release of its
chief Subrato Roy from jail. "We
will accept the bank guarantees
but we would also like to address
the issue of balance amount that has to be paid," a bench comprising Justices T S Thakur, A R Dave and A K Sikri said. The apex
court on August 31, 2012 had said the group was required to refund Rs 24,000 crore with 15 percent interest in three months to
the depositors. It had on March 26, 2014 asked 65-year-old Roy,
who has been in Tihar Jail since March 4, 2014, to pay Rs 10,000
crore to get bail, out of which Rs 5,000 crore should be paid in cash
and rest in bank guarantees.
SEBI accepted the draft of bank guarantees which the Sahara
group has to furnish which was also approved by the apex court
in on Friday's hearing. The issue of payment of balance amount
arose as the claim of Sahara refunding the amount has been disputed by SEBI with its senior counsel Arvind Dattar maintaining
that there have been contradictions on refund theory by Roy's
group and even the apex court in the past had not agreed to it.
He said even the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) did not
accept Sahara's stand on refund. Dattar said there was also a need
for fixing the schedule for Sahara to refund the remaining
amount after complying with the amount of bail condition. The
bench agreed with the submission and said "bank guarantees
would be made encashable by SEBI if Sahara is unable to pay the
balance amount". Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the
group, asked the bench as well as SEBI and senior advocate
Shekhar Naphade, who is assisting the court as amicus curiae, in
the matter to accept the draft of the bank guarantees which would
be from a scheduled bank. Sibal did not disclose the name of the
bank but assured that it was not any of the cooperative banks.
He said negotiations were underway for selling Sahara
Group's offshore properties for raising sufficient fund. The
bench accepted Sibal's plea to consider Sahara's application in
which it sought permission to utilise balance of assets for meeting out its other liabilities after complying with the order to pay
Rs 10,000 crore for getting Roy out of the jail. The bench said the
application and other issues will taken for consideration on May
14. It said the application has to be looked into as in view of freezing of assets of Sahara Group companies it may not be possible for
them to meet out their liabilities towards Salaries, wages, statutory liabilities and other corporate liabilities. The apex court had
on March 23 expressed "prima facie satisfaction" and granted
three months time to Sahara Group for selling its offshore properties for raising Rs 10,000 crore to ensure the release of Roy.
The bench said in the eventuality of failing in negotiations,
its properties would be put to auction by appointing a 'court receiver' for alienating its assets.
The court had also extended its August 1, 2014 order allowing
Roy to use the conference room in Tihar jail complex to hold negotiations with potential buyers to sell his three luxury hotels-Dream Downtown and The Plaza in New York and Grosvenor
House in London--to raise Rs 10,000 crore to get regular bail.(PTI)
SAI athletes stable; Ministry sets up medical board
New Delhi/Alapuzha, May 8:
The three young athletes, who survived an attempted suicide bid
after alleged harassment by seniors at the SAI Centre in Kerala, are stable now even as a medical board was constituted by the Sports Ministry
to investigate the incident. “We have constituted a medical board (for
the inquiry into the incident) and our priority is to save the lives of
those athletes (girls),” Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on
the sidelines of a conference in Delhi. In a tragic turn of events, a young
athlete Aparna Ramabhadran died and three of her colleagues were
battling for life after they ate a poison fruit under an apparent suicide
pact following alleged harassment by seniors at the Sports Authority of
India centre in Kerala. All the four were undergoing training at the
Water Sports Centre of the SAI in Alapuzha. A stunned Sports Ministry
swung into action by ordering an inquiry and directing SAI Director
General Injeti Srinivas to rush to Kerala for an on the spot assessment.
The condition of the three athletes, who survived the attempt, is
said to be stable. Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, who
visited the girls at the hospital, promised an unbiased probe.
Alapuzha Medical college Hospital superintendent Santosh
Raghavan told PTI that the three girls continue to be critical, but
their condition had stabilised. However, there is no specific antidote
for the poison they consumed. “We are trying to treat the main target organ, the heart. Teleconference with medical experts of the AIIMS, Delhi, was being held,” he said. Aparna, the girl who lost her
life, had been undergoing training at the water sports training centre of Sports Authority of India for the past five years. Her mother
Geeta said her daughter continued in the hostel despite the harassment because of the family’s circumstances.
District level inter-zonal girls’
competition gets underway
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 08:
District level inter zonal
competition, organised by
Department of Youth Services
and Sports (DYSS), in the disciplines of kho-kho, kabaddi, volleyball in girls under-14 and under-17 categories started today
at
Government
Higher
Secondary School Domana, here
today. Principal of host Domana
School, Ajeet Kumar Sharma declared open the meet.
He interacted with the participating teams, especially
those from far off zones of
Jammu district. The three-day
competition is organised by district officer, Sukhdev under the
guidance of Deputy Director,
DYSS, Rishi Kumar. In all, 650
girls drawn from 14 zones of district Jammu are taking part in
the competition.
The Detailed Results: KhoKho Under-17: Jourian Zone
beat Chowki Choura 06-02;
Gandhi Nagar beat RS Pura 06-
Girls volleyball teams pose with Principal of Government Higher
Secondary School Domana, Ajeet Kumar Sharma at Domana in
Jammu on Friday.
05; Bishnah Zone beat Marh
Zone 03-02; Jammu Zone beat
Arnia Zone one turn and eight
points; Miran Sahib Zone beat
Satwari Zone by one turn and
four points. Kho-Kho Under-14:
Akhnoor Zone beat Chowki
Choura 03-02; Marh Zone beat
Bishnah Zone 07-02; Khour Zone
beat Dansal Zone 04-03; Satwari
Zone beat Arnaia by one turn
and three points; Gandhi Nagar
Zone beat RS Pura by one turn
and two points.
CYMK
Glimpses of Future
Salman Khan hit-andrun case: Aishwarye
cries throughout the day
and prays for Salman to
be Scott-free
ENTERTAINMENT
Music is soul of 'Hamari
Adhuri Kahani': Mohit Suri
The title track of ‘Humari Adhuri
Kahani’ released on Friday, and the film’s
director Mohit Suri says music is an essential part of the romantic drama.
Composed by Jeet Gannguli and sung
by Arijit Singh, the song presents an intense chemistry between the movie’s lead
actors Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan.
The music is released by Sony Music.
“Music is the soul of ‘Hamari Adhuri
Kahani’. The songs are integral part of the
film and I don't think there is a better way
to describe the film than the title track,”
Suri, who is also celebrating the first anniversary of “Galliyan” from last year’s
hit film “Ek Villain”, said in a statement.
He believes the music of the film
brings out the essence of the different situations that the characters are in.
Emraan agrees with his director.
Revealed! Why Ranbir Kapoor
will never join Twitter…
If you are wondering as to whether we are talking
about Salman Khan’s ex-flame Aishwarya Rai, you are
sadly mistaken. We are talking about Salman‘s biggest
fan Aishwarye Choubey. SK’s conviction and five year
jail term in the 2002 hit-and-run case has pained his
biggest fan, Aishwarye Choubey to no end. Wonder who
she is?
Aishwarye was in Mumbai only with the intention of
meeting Salman and once the news came out she spend
the entire yesterday crying and praying for her idol. It
seems her prayers have been answered. Salman has been
granted a bail by the High Court in the same case and now
he can rest for some more months at his home.
A source close to Aishwarye says, “She was inconsolable and wept uncontrollably. It is only after bail was
granted to Salman that she calmed down.” Aishwarye is
currently working in movies but her long standing dream
remains to be close to Salman. Apart from being an actress, Aishwarye also paints in her free time. And no
prizes for guessing who her favourite subject is. To be
honest, these is also a striking similarity between Ms
Choubey and the Bachchan bahu. So go ahead
BollywoodLifers, have a look at the pics and let us know
your thoughts on the same.
Ranbir Kapoor and
Katrina Kaif have got to be
the most private celebrities of B-Town. The two
have always shied away
from admitting or declaring anything about their
personal lives. While the
whole world is hooked to
social media, the love
birds are safely away from
it. And looks like the
Bombay Velvet actor is in
no mood to change that.
The actor feels that
with so many prying eyes,
he doesn’t need the burden of being misinterpreted every now and then.
While talking to a leading
daily yesterday, when
asked why he’s not on
Twitter the actor said, “I
feel that for an actor we
don’t really have freedom
of speech. You say something and there are so
many
interpretations.
Now, why should I take this extra headache of saying something and then holding a press
conference where I have to explain and clarify. So I have my own personal reservations.”
Well that figures! And after the most recent Rishi Kapoor scene, can’t say we blame Ranbi.
Aamir Khan does a cameo in Priyanka
Chopra-Ranveer Singh’s Dil Dhadakne Do!
Aamir Khan will soon be seen in Dil
Dhadakne Do sharing screen-space with
Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma and
Ranveer Singh for the first time!Insider
sources reveal that Aamir will feature in
Dil Dhadakne Do in a special cameo! This
information is not known to a lot of people but we heard that Aamir will be playing a part in the film! We are yet to find
out what Aamir’s role will be about.
The source further revealed that
DDD’s director Zoya Akhtar organized a
special screening of the film early this
week for Aamir Khan. Aamir was really
pleased to watch the film and he even sat
down with Zoya to discuss the film at
length with her. Only yesterday, Farhan
Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani were spotted hanging out at the former’s house.
Dil Dhadakne Do is about the dysfunctional Mehra family, PC and
Ranveer play siblings in the film while
Anil Kapoor and Shefali Shah play their
parents. Anushka Sharma is Ranveer’s
love interest in the movie while PC and
Farhan Akhtar seem to have a thing going on in the film.
Now that we know that Aamir also
stars in DDD we are all the more excited
about the film! What about you?
“When I first heard this song, it got me
teary eyed as I believe somewhere we all
have had a ‘adhuri kahani’ with someone.
I don’t have one favourite from the album.
All the songs are unique and will touch
your soul in one way or the other,” said
the actor.
Produced by Vishesh Films and presented by Fox Star Studios, the film releases on June 12.
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2015, PAGE 10
SCREEN SHOW
Amitabh Bachchan:
Piku is a mad film!
This weekend Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone,
Irrfan Khan have come up with a superb family film. The
film has already received great reviews from critics and on
the first day seems to be doing great at the ticket windows.
However, the lead actor of the film terms this film as a mad
film. Wonder why he said so? The makers of the film just
shared a video online from the making of the film, which
shows how Amitabh approached the character. The video
is called 60 days 60 shots of Amitabh. The video clearly
shows the hard work put by AB to make his character of
Bhaskor Bannerjee perfect. The nuances that he brings to
the character makes everyone laugh during the shooting of
the film. It was during one of the scene shoots that Irrfan
Khan shrieks out “Chup” and makes everybody go silent.
Amitabh couldn’t stop himself from laughing and ends up
funnily saying, “We are all mad people and we are making a
mad film.” True enough. After watching all the promotional videos and songs of the film, we also feel that this movie is
surely a mad caper. The amount of fun that is seen in these
making videos seems to have been reciprocated onscreen
as well because when we reviewed the film, we couldn’t stop
ourselves from going ROFL.
FIR filed against Abhijeet and Farah Khan Ali for
supporting Salman Khan in the hit and run case!
A district court today ordered that an FIR be registered against Bollywood singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya
and jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali for their remarks against people sleeping on roads following conviction
of actor Salman Khan in a 2002 hit-and-run case. Hearing a complaint case filed by advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha,
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ram Chandra Prasad directed that an FIR be lodged against the
two with Kazi Mohammadpur police station here under various offences including provocation with intent to
cause riot and promoting enimity between different groups. The police station was chosen as the complainant
had given the place of occurance as Chhattapur where he said he purchased newspapers and read about the disparaging remarks made by the two which prompted him to approach the court.
Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan and
Abhishek
Bachchan will
attend amFAR
Gala at Cannes
this year!
Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan and husband Abhishek
Bachchan will join Hollywood celebrities
like Eva Longoria, Karlie Kloss at the
amFAR Gala during her Cannes outing.
The gala, held every year during the
film festival, raises funds for fight against
AIDS. The stars, who will be ambassadors
for cosmetic brand L’Oreal Paris at the 12day festival, also include Lara Stone,
Natasha Poly Li Yuchun, Doutzen Kroes
and Soo-Joo Park.
The gala will take place at Eden Rock
on May 21. It will be 41-year-old
Aishwarya’s fourth consecutive year at
the prestigious charity gala.
JAMMU SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2015, PAGE 11
Glimpses of Future
Govt to consider Institute for
impaired hearing: Dr Jitendra
Agencies
New Delhi, May 8:
Government will sympathetically consider setting up
Sign
Language
“Indian
Research & Training Centre”
as an independent body for the
benefit of those suffering from
impaired hearing .
This was conveyed here today by Union Minister of State
(Independent Charge) for
Development of North Eastern
Region (DoNER), MoS PMO,
Personnel, Public Grievances,
Pensions, Atomic Energy and
Space, Dr Jitendra Singh to a
of
“National
deputation
Association of the Deaf” (NAD)
led
by
its
Secretary
A.S.Narayanan, who requested for withdrawal of the order
placing the proposed Indian
Sign Language Research &
Training Centre under “Ali
Yavar Jung National Institute
for the Hearing Handicapped”
(AYJNIHH). They demanded
that the proposed autonomous
institute for sign language re-
search and training should, instead of being placed under another institute, be managed by
concerned experts dealing
with hearing impairment as
well as by representatives of
the Association of the deaf.
Dr Jitendra Singh gave the
deputation a patient hearing
and said, the number of per-
sons suffering from hearing
impairment in India has gone
up in recent years and even
though the official census
placed their number at 5 million, some of the other surveys
have placed their number at
much higher figure. In this
background, he said, special
consideration has to be given to
'Expelled' Pappu Yadav attacks Lalu over show
cause notice, says will take legal action if required
Agencies
Patna, May 8:
A day after ousted
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
leader Rajesh Ranjan alias
Pappu Yadav was issued a
show cause notice for his alleged anti-party activities, the
Madhepura MP said on Friday
that he has written to the
Election Commission and have
sought an explanation into the
matter. He also rubbished the
show cause notice sent to him
by the party leadership and
threatened to resort to legal action if required. Speaking to
news agency ANI, Pappu
Yadav said, “I had already written to EC, if Mulayam ji has
been elected as the party president, how can Lalu ji send me
show cause notice?”
He further said, “I will
have a word with Mulayam ji,
will also take legal course of action if required.”
He also launched a blistering attack on RJD president
Lalu Yadav, saying he was the
biggest enemy of the backward
communities.
“Lalu Yadav is the biggest
enemy of Yadavs and backward communities in this
country (Yadavo ka, pichhdon
ka agar koi sabsa bada dushman iss desh mein hai to wo
Lalu yadav),” he said.
RJD National Principal
General Secretary Ramdeo
Bhandari issued the notice to
Pappu Yadav yesterday.
Besides accusing Pappu
Yadav of acting against policies of the RJD, the notice also
charged him with issuing statement against party chief Lalu
Prasad.
Yadav also allegedly used
photo of Prasad without permission in the programmes of
Yuva Shakti, an organisation
set up by him, with which RJD
has no links, as per the notice.
Yadav recently raised the
issue of who will succeed
Prasad, to which the party
chief said bluntly none but his
son would be his heir.
The notice also asked the
MP why a disciplinary action
will not be initiated against
him for anti-party activities
and gave him 15 days time to reply.
Yesterday, the RJD also expelled Pappu Yadav for six
years after he backed former
Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram
Manjhi.
His attack on Lalu and
Mulayam was the result of the
former's
daughter
Raj
Lakshmi's marriage to the latter's grandnephew Tej Pratap
earlier this year.
the peculiar requirements of
this section of society, so that
their talent and aptitudes can
be put to the best use and their
potential can be exploited in
the best possible manner.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, he
has understood the contention
expressed by the representatives of NAD that “Ali Yavar
Jung National Institute for the
Hearing Handicapped” deals
more with therapeutic management like cochlear implant,
etc., to restore hearing and may
not be actually imparting the
non-pharmaceutical training
like sign language, etc. He
would, therefore, take up the issue and try to find a way out, he
said.
The representatives of the
NAD were extremely grateful
to the Union Minister Dr
Jitendra Singh for the patient
hearing and hoped that the government will help strengthening the rights of deaf community by providing them the best
available means to play a constructive role in the society.
UP CM Questions
'Make in India',
Pitches For
'Make in UP'
Agencies
Lucknow, | May 8:
Saying that the profits
made under the scheme would
also go abroad after foreign investments, UP Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav today questioned the viability of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's pet
project 'Make in India'.
"Foreign investment is being encouraged in the Make in
India scheme of Centre but profit thus generated will also go
abroad," Yadav said while addressing a programme here.
He said that the Uttar
Pradesh government was promoting "Make in UP" and ensuring that the profit incurred is reinvested in the state only. "As
India is a big market, UP also
has a big market with with over
20 crore population. We believe
that if facilities are provided to
industrialists, investments will
also pour in," Yadav said. The
state government has tried to
make favourable atmosphere of
investment in the state and entrepreneurs in big numbers are
turning towards the state, the
chief minister claimed.
DDC visits Kheer
Govt bars use of private servers
Bhawani, reviews Mela for hosting Army websites
Agencies
arrangements
New Delhi, May 8:
GOF Staff Reporter
Ganderbal May 8:
To review the arrangements put in place for
smooth conduct of Mela Kheer Bhawani, District
Development Commissioner Ganderbal, Showkat
Aijaz today visited the Shrine along with senior officials of the district administration. DDC went around
the shrine complex and took stock of the arrangements being made by the administration for the pilgrims on the occasion. He directed the officers to ensure that devotees do not face any sort of inconvenience. He stressed upon the officers to keep close coordination so that all possible facilities are made available to the devotees during Kheer Bhawani Mela. He
directed the concerned authorities to ensure proper
cleanliness in and around the shrine complex.
Thousands of Kashmiri Pandits are expected to pay
obeisance at the temple on May 26, 2015.
Later DDC also visited Government Degree
College Ganderbal as well as Physical Education
College Ganderbal and took stock of functioning of
these colleges. He inspected various classrooms, laboratories and Libraries besides Accounts and
Administration Sections of the colleges. DDC enjoined upon the College authorities to maintain discipline and regular attendance besides ensuring quality education to the students.
The government has barred use
of private servers for hosting Army
websites following a cyber attack recently on an Army website where personal details of many Army personnel are believed to have been compromised, government said in Lok Sabha
on Friday.
In March, the official website of
Office of the Principal Controller of
Defence Accounts (Officers) was believed to have been hacked compromising personal details of many
Army personnel. Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar told the House
that action has been taken in the matter, with the website being secured
and hosted on the NIC network.
"It was a case of a private server
which was used on outsourcing... We
have issued instructions not to take
private servers for hosting Army
websites," he said during Question
Hour. The Minister was responding
to a query by AIADMK member K
Parasuraman, who wanted to know
the status of the inquiry into the incident where, he said, personal details
of over 50,000 Army officers including
the Chief of Army Staff are believed to
have been compromised following
the hacking of the website of the
Office of the Principal Controller of
Defence Accounts.
Meanwhile, Parrikar noted that
no operational matter of the Army,
Air Force or Navy is on the Internet.
"It is all on intranet... It is within
the force-specific network for Army,
Air Force and Navy," he added.
In reply to another question,
Parrikar said the government has
taken a number of steps to protect
confidential information pertaining
to the defence sector from cyber attack. "There are no reports of defence
sector networks being attacked by cyber hackers and foreign intelligence
agencies.
"However, cyber attacks are
faced by Internet connected personal
computers and these relate to unauthorised data access, denial of service, compromise of logic credentials,"
he said.
Why Was Rahul Mum on Farmers'
Suicides During Cong Rule?: BJP
Agencies
Hyderabad, May 8:
Hitting back at Rahul
Gandhi for his attack on NDA
government on farmers' issues
and his proposed 'padayatra' in
Telangana, state BJP today
said the Congress Vice
President should first talk
about the farmers' suicides
during 2004 to 2014, when
Congress was in power.
In an open letter to Rahul,
Telangana BJP president and
MLA G Kishan Reddy said,
"Have you consoled the families of deceased farmers and
tried to offer them confidence?
Don't you see suicides during
your rule? Are you not aware
that Union Minister Sharad
Pawar said in Rajya Sabha that
21,810 farmers committed suicide in undivided Andhra
Pradesh during 2004-2014?
"The poor and the farmers
are not remembered (by you)
when in power. Everybody is
remembered after losing power," he said. Rahul is scheduled
to visit Telangana next week to
interact with farmers facing
agrarian crisis and also to console families of farmers who allegedly committed suicide.
Claiming that three lakh
farmers ended their lives during the last 10 years when
Congress was in power, Reddy
said Congress ruled the country for 57 years in the 68 years
since independence.
Citing some land allotments reportedly made to private companies in Hyderabad
when Congress was in power,
Reddy alleged that the Amethi
MP "appears to have forgotten
about lakhs of acres handed
over to corporates by Congress
government".
"Gandhi remained silent
when large number of farmers
committed
suicides
in
Maharashtra and when lakhs
of acres was given away to bogus investors in undivided
AP," he alleged.
The
Congress
VicePresident is giving a wrong interpretation when farmerfriendly changes are proposed
by the present NDA government to land acquisition bill,
Reddy alleged.
"The proposed changes are
aimed at promoting manufacturing sector for the purpose of
job creation. Gandhi should
come to Telangana only after
giving an answer to the farmers suicides from 2004 to 2014,"
he said
MP from film industry should
hold I&B portfolio: Ashoke Pandit
Agencies
Panaji, May 8:
from the film industry in the
Parliament. Had they been
the information and broadcasting minister, the things
would have been different,"
he said.
"Shatrughan Sinha was
made health minister, and
Rajyavardhan
sportsman
Rathore who is a shooter is
the union minister of state for
information and broadcasting. "Other industries have a
structure. These industries
are discussed and debated in
the Parliament. Ours is the
only industry which is not
discussed in the Parliament,"
Pandit said.
Filmmaker and censor
member
Ashoke
board
Pandit today said an MP from
the film industry should be
the information and broadcasting minister.
"At present Arun Jaitley
is the minister of information
and broadcasting, and below
is
a
minister
him
(Rajyavardhan
Singh
Rathore) who was a shooter,"
said Pandit, speaking at the
ongoing Women Economic
Forum here.
"We have a lot of people
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blast triggered by an IED attack by militants along LoC in
Gambhir battalion area in Poonch district.
An Army jawan was killed and two of his colleagues were injured on May 18, 2014 when militants triggered an IED explosion targeting a patrol team along the LoC in Akhnoor area of Jammu district.
Salman
from delirious fans. As the superstar, dressed in blue jeans,
white shirt and sporting sunglasses, left for the sessions court in his
Mercedes SUV at the head of a convoy of vehicles, jubilant supporters were seen sprinting in pursuit.
The crowds that had parked themselves outside the star's residence left only after he gestured them to return to their homes. He
folded his hands in gratitude and waved at them for a brief while before retreating from the balcony. His father, scriptwriter Salim
Khan, mother Salma, brother Arbaaz and sister Arpita also made a
brief appearance on the balcony with him.
While ordering Khan to be enlarged on bail, Justice Thipsay said
he would expedite the hearing on his appeal and posted the matter for
June 15.
He noted that Khan has been on bail throughout the trial even after being slapped with the serious charge of culpable homicide not
amounting to murder. He had earlier been tried by a Metropolitan
Magistrate on the lesser charge of rash and negligent driving causing
death.
"There are a number of arguable points raised about whether or
not Khan was driving the car. It is also nobody's case that Khan will
abscond if he released on bail, pending appeal," Justice Thipsay said.
While setting out the bail conditions, the judge said Khan will
have to obtain the permission of the court before travelling abroad.
Khan's passport is with the Bandra police station and he hitherto he
used to seek police's permission before going abroad. During the arguments on admission of Khan's appeal, defence counsels Amit Desai
and Shrikant Shivade said the trial court had failed to appreciate the
fact that four prosecution witnesseses, including the investigating
officer, had maintained there were four persons present in the
Toyota Land Cruiser when the accident took place and that it was the
family driver Ashok Singh who was at the wheel.
Prosecutor Sandeep Shinde, while insisting on denial of bail to
the actor, countered the defence's argument, saying it was only at the
fag end of the trial that Salman Khan had made a statement under
section 313 of CrPC in which he claimed it was Singh who was driving the SUV.
The actor has challenged the findings of the trial court that he
was drunk and was driving under the influence of liquor. Salman has
also pleaded that the trial court had wrongly convicted him under
the culpable homicide charge because he had no knowledge that he
would meet with an accident.
Sessions judge D W Deshpande had on May 6 held Khan guilty of
"all charges" levelled against him by the prosecution.
"All charges have been proved against you. What you have to
say?" the judge asked Salman who was in the dock.
"I hold that you were driving the vehicle. You were intoxicated. I
also do not agree with your plea that the person who had died had received fatal injuries after a crane dropped the car on the persons underneath while removing it," the judge had said. He was apparently
referring to the defence's claims that Singh was driving the vehicle at
the time of the accident and that the victims had received injuries after a crane called to lift the SUV had failed to haul it up in one go and
dropped it on them.
Apart from being convicted of culpable homicide, Khan was also
found guilty of offences under section 279 IPC (rash and negligent
driving) and sections 337 and 338 IPC (causing hurt by acts endangering life or personal property of others), which prescribes six months
jail.
Besides, he was sentenced to undergo jail for six months under
sections 181 (driving without licence) and 185 of Motor Vehicles Act
(drink driving).
Salman was found guilty under the Bombay Prohibition Act under section 66 (a) and (b) for which he received two months imprisonment and fine of Rs 500. All sentences will run concurrently.
Reacting to the high court order, the wife of Noorullah Shaikh,
the lone person to have been killed in the accident, said she has no
complaint against it but insisted that the family should be rendered
help.
"The order is right. The accident has already happened, whatever should have not happened has already happened and the person
once gone will never come back. We haven't got justice. Nobody is
coming to us, they should help us. I had to work in homes to feed my
children and raise them," she said.
Her son said, "I think the verdict is fine. Now that Salman has got
bail he is happy. He should then do something to eradicate our poverty." Bollywood celebrities like Rishi Kapoor, Sajid Khan and Rohit
Roy welcomed the Bombay High Court's decision to suspend Khan's
sentence and grant him bail. Industry veteran Rishi Kapoor, back on
Twitter after a very short absence due to the online trolls, said,
"Back. Welcome reprieve for Salman. Unprecedented reaction to this
news." Filmmaker Sajid Khan tweeted, "@BeingSalmanKhan bollywood, fans and his critics will all have to agree to this.. Salman Rules
Fridays... I am very happy for the Khan family."
"Looks like someone up there heard all our prayers," actor Rohit
Roy posted.
Actress Ameesha Patel, who visited Salman at his residence yesterday, posted, "So happy to hear the good news that
@BeingSalmanKhan has got bail. Prayers of all have been answered."
As Bollywood heaved a sigh of relief, former Mumbai police
Commissioner and now BJP MP Satyapal Singh struck a discordant
note.
"I had said even yesterday, it is very difficult for the poor to get
justice in this country," Singh said, adding "it is very difficult to punish those who wield influence".
Widow
have also mooted a proposal to setup a full-fledged rehabilitation
centre for the drug users in the region, he added.
Replying to a question about the firing incident in Poonch in
which one infiltrator was gunned down by the army he said, "The firing lasted for some time and later during the search operation, the
army recovered one body and some arms and ammunition."
When asked about the security arrangements for the upcoming
Amarnath Yatra he said that all the security apparatus has been put
in place.
"What concerns me is the condition of the national highway, the
bad condition of the road might create problem for the pilgrimage,"
he said.
Then
petitioner disposed of the petition with the direction to Home
Dept to consider the claim of the petitioner as contended in the writ
petition having regard communication dated September 4, 2014 issued by DGP for reinstatement of petitioner. Justice Tashi Rabstan
further directed Home Dept to pass consideration order strictly under rules within a period of four weeks.
Lake
the degree of damages and they would submit a detailed report to
the Chief Minister to take further course of action mainly in restoration of all the bridges, roads and other damaged infrastructures in
both Zanskar and Leh.
Dorje said the Government would give additional money to both
the Hill Councils of Leh and Kargil to restore the damaged infrastructures like motorable bridges and roads and also initiate necessary
measures for rehabilitation of the families who suffered in Lungnak
area of Zanskar.
He said 12 bridges including three motorable bridges in
Lungnak valley have been washed away and also the newly installed
steel bridges of Nyaraks and Chilling- Kaya in Leh district also
washed away by the water. On December 31 last year, Phuktal suffered a blockade by a massive 200 feet high landslide dam, equivalent
to the height of a 20-storey building, leading to the creation of an artificial lake extending more than 10 km. Last month, the Army claimed
to have cleared the blockade of the river by creating a channel
through the landslide area that facilitated the flow of water downstream.
CM
places including Meric, Padum,Tipting and other bridges have
been washed away due to flashfloods.
He said he is monitoring the situation on ground and has directed the authorities to take the assessment of all damages. “I have
asked the authorities to take immediate steps to avert any further
damage. Government will provide all help to the affected people. I
will submit the report to Chief Minister tomorrow.
It is to mention here that an artificial lake created due to landslides in Phutkal area of Zanskar in Kargil district burst on
Thursday, triggering flashfloods that washed away seven bridges
and damaging a school.
However, officials said no loss of life was reported as inhabitants
living downstream of Phutkal have been evacuated to safer places.
Phutkal River got completely blocked on January 15 this year
due to landslides, forming an 8-km artificial lake at a stretch of about
five kilometers towards Chumik Gyatsa. (KNS)
David
feat winning only 232 seats, forcing its prime ministerial candidate Ed Miliband to quit as party leader.
"The responsibility for the result is mine alone. It is time for
someone else to take forward the interests of this party," he said in a
brief speech to his supporters.
Centre-left Liberal Democrats were crushed at the hustings reduced to single digit (8) from 57 seats won five years ago.
Nick Clegg, the leader of the former coalition partner Liberal
Democrats, stepped down with the words: "Fear and grievance have
won, liberalism has lost."
Surprisingly, the Scottish National Party (SNP) that favours
Scotland's independence from Britain, produced a brilliant performance securing 56 seats, 50 up from the last elections, vanquishing
Labour in its strongholds.
SNP's victory is expected to be a kind of headache for the Prime
Minister Cameron who sounded conciliatory promising quick devolution of powers to Scotland and Wales.
He also faces a vote which he has promised on continued membership of Britain in the European Union.
The UK Independence Party, an outfit that demands withdrawal
from the EU surged into third place in the vote count but won only
one seat.
"The real reason to celebrate tonight, the real reason to be proud,
the real reason to be excited is we are going to get the opportunity to
serve our country again," Cameron said.
"We will deliver that in-out referendum on Europe," he promised.
He said governing with respect means recognising different nations of UK have their own governments as well as the UK government. The governments of these nations will become more powerful,
he says.
"In Scotland, our plan is to create the strongest devolved government in the world," he said.
Miliband, who won from Doncaster North seat, said it was a "disappointing night".
"I am grateful to the people who worked on our campaign and for
the campaign they ran. The responsibility for the result is mine
alone," he tweeted.
"Defeats are hard, but we're a party that will never stop fighting
for the working people of this country," he said.
Clegg, who held on to his own Sheffield Hallam seat, said the "results have been crushing."
Deputy prime minister under Cameron, Cleg said,: "This is a
very dark hour of our party, but we cannot and will not allow, decent
liberal value to distinguish overnight.
"Our party will come back, our party will win again. It will take
patience, resilience and grave that is what build our party before and
will rebuild again," he said.
A record number of 10 Indian-origin candidates including Keith
Vaz, Priti Patel and Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's son-inlaw were elected to the British Parliament.
Prominent Labour candidates like long-serving MPs Keith Vaz
(Leicester East) and Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall) have won
their respective seats, as they have a special connect with a largely
Indian-origin electorate in their constituencies.
Ruling Conservatives' Indian-origin stalwart, British Prime
Minister David Cameron's Indian Diaspora champion Priti Patel also retained her Witham seat with a 41.5 per cent majority, winning
27,123 seats.
Opposition Labour's Valerie Vaz also retained her Walsall South
seat and Seema Malhotra won a her south west London seat comfortably.
The Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's son-in-law Rishi
Sunak, was contesting from the Tory safe seat of Richmond (Yorks)
in the north of England and bagged 27,744 votes.
Other Indian-origin winners include Alok Sharma (Reading
West), Shailesh Vara (Cambridgeshire North West), another junior
minister who has been an MP since 2005. First-timer Suella
Fernandes (Fareham) for the Conservatives and a Labour novice
Lisa Nandy (Wigan).
The overall tally of 10 Indian-origin MPs in the British
Parliament breaks the previous 2010 general election record of eight.
Youth
Police
109/RPC in this regard and investigation has been taken up.
to move the safe containing jewelry and cash in a Tata Mobile
bearing registration no. 7191/JK13 A.
Further, questioning of the apprehended burglars led to the recovery of a truck bearing registration no. 7260/JK02F that was kept
in standby at a distance for further shifting the safe to far off place
alongwith the driver. Shopian Police has registered a case FIR number 69/2015 and further Investigation is going on to nab the other persons involved in planning and execution of the burglary.
Pak
temple was sent to Advani yesterday by Pakistan High
Commissioner Abdul Basit. In 2005, Government of Pakistan had invited Advani, the then BJP president, to be the chief guest at a function to commemorate the restoration of the Katas Raj Temple in
Pakistan's Punjab district. Since then, the BJP veteran has been enquiring about the progress of the ongoing work there from every important visiting Pakistani dignitary who have met him here, a statement from the party said. It is said that the five Pandava brothers, heroes of the historical epic Mahabharata, stayed at this temple for four
out of the 14 years that they spent in exile. According to Hindu
mythology, the pond at the temple was formed by Lord Shiva's tears
which he is believed to have shed after the death of his wife, Satti.
The story goes that when Satti died, Lord Shiva cried so much
and for so long, that his tears created two holy ponds -- one at Pushkar
in Ajmer in India and the other at Ketaksha, which literally means
raining eyes, in Sanskrit. It is from this name that the word Katas is
derived.
CYM K
World Red Cross Day celebrated
Humanity and Voluntary Action vital
to Red Cross Movement: Governor
Srinagar, May 8:
Governor, Mr. N.N. Vohra, who is
President of the State Branch of Indian
Red Cross Society, participated in the
celebrations of World Red Cross Day,
at
the
Sher-i-Kashmir
held
International Conference Centre
(SKICC) here today. The theme of this
year’s Red Cross Day is “Fundamental
Principles in Action”.
Emphasizing the essence of seven
Fundamental Principles of the Red
Cross Society, the Governor observed
that this Movement revolves, among
others around the commitment to the
principles of Humanity and Voluntary
Action which influences and guides
Volunteers to render assistance, without discrimination, to the sick, the
wounded and those in distress and alleviate human suffering wherever it
may be found, to protect life and health
and to ensure respect for the human being. These Principles, he said, promote
mutual understanding, friendship, cooperation and lasting peace amongst
all people.
The Governor complimented the
State Red Cross Society in rendering
valuable aid to the flood affected people
in the past year. He said that the humanitarian activities carried out by
the IRCS during difficult times are al-
ways of high value for the people and
the administration. He further observed that services provided by the
Red Cross Society Volunteers during
disasters and road side accidents are
extremely useful.
The Governor, on the occasion,
thanked the Volunteers for their self-
less services to the humanity. He also
complimented participants of the
Cyclothon and Painting Competition
which had been organized by the Red
Cross Society as part of the Red Cross
Day celebrations. He thanked the
Police Department for its support to
these activities.
Earlier, before the start of function, the participants prayed for the
victims of the recent Nepal
Earthquake.
The Welcome Address, was presented by Ms. Roma Wani, Hon. Gen.
Secretary of the State Red Cross
Society wherein she highlighted the activities and achievements of the
Organization; Mr. A.M. Mir, Member
State Managing Committee, spoke
about the work of the Red Cross in the
State in the past few years and Mr.
Hanan Moumin, a Red Cross
Volunteer, shared his views and experiences of working with and for the Red
Cross.
Present among others were Mr.
S.M Sahai, ADGP Armed, Prof. Nusrat
Andrabi, Member State Managing
Committee of Red Cross, prominent
citizens, volunteers and students.
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Glimpses of Future
Terror From Neighbourhood
Threat to India, Russia: Prez
Agencies
Moscow, May 8:
Terrorism emanating from the
neighbourhood of Russia and India is
a major security threat to the two
countries and a strong commitment
by the international community is
needed to combat the menace,
President Pranab Mukherjee said today. Russia has been a pillar of
strength at difficult moments in
India's history and Moscow is and will
remain New Delhi's most important
defence partner, the President said after an honorary doctorate degree was
conferred on him by the Russian
Diplomatic Academy here.
"Terrorism and extremism emanating from our shared neighbourhood remains a security threat for
India and Russia," he said and underlined that dealing with this challenge
requires not only a strong commitment by the two countries but also cooperation among the international
community. Mukherjee appreciated
Russia's support for India's permanent membership of the UN Security
Council and membership of multilateral export control regimes.
He also praised Russia's efforts to
bring about a political settlement in
Syria and its contribution towards a
peaceful resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue. "Across Indian society
and the spectrum of its political structures, there is unanimity that friend-
ship with Russia is an important pillar of India's foreign policy," he said.
The President said at the last
India-Russia Annual Summit on
December 11, 2014, both the countries
agreed on a strategic vision to further
strengthen and diversify cooperation
in the years ahead. "India values her
close and extensive cooperation with
Russia in defence, nuclear energy and
security. Russia is and will remain
our most important defence partner.
"It is also a key partner for our energy security, building on its leading
role in the development of nuclear
power generation in India. There are
evident complementarities that underlie our cooperation in hydrocarbons," he said. Mukherjee said Russia
is one of the world's largest oil and gas
producers while India is one of the
largest consumers. India's largest investment in Russia is in the oil and gas
sector, which can increase significantly and emerge as the driver of a
resurgent economic partnership.
Both countries are committed to
do so, he said. Mukherjee is on a fiveday visit to Russia to attend the celebration of Victory Day tomorrow to
commemorate Russia's victory in
World War-II against Germany.
The President said during
President Vladimir Putin's visit to
India in December 2014, both the countries jointly agreed to the need to
move the bilateral trade and economic ties to a higher level.
J&K Bank opens ATM in Kishtwar, holds camps in Poonch
Jammu, May 8:
J&K Bank pressed one more
ATM into public service at
District Police Lines Hidyal in
Kishtwar Jammu amid good
gathering of valuable customers, senior citizens police officials and local residents.
Superintendent of Police
Yugal Manhas inaugurated the
ATM in presence of bank’s Vice
President and Cluster Head-II
(North)
Mushtaq
Jammu
Ahmed Khan.
Speaking on the occasion,
Cluster Head said, “J&K Bank is
committed to provide easy and
hassle free credit facilities to the
people of state. It is the 7th ATM
from 18 Business Units operating in the district. More busi-
ness units and ATMs for the district were in the pipeline and
would be commissioned in the
coming months.” Upholding the
bank’s motto of Serving-toEmpower, we are trying our best
to serve people and contribute to
the prosperity of the state. The
installation of ATM at here will
facilitate the police fraternity,
local people as well as the commuters”, he added.
Lauding the bank’s the efforts, Mnahas said, “J&K Bank
is making contribution to financial growth of the state even in
remotest areas like Marwah,
Dachan and Wadwan. Here it
was long felt need of people and
police fraternity to have ATM in
this area.”
He impressed upon the people to make full use of various
schemes and facilities offered by
the Bank. In Poonch Camps, the
bank conducted awarenesscum-enrolment camps regarding launch of two insurance
schemes
namely
Pradhan
Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima
Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan
Despite continuous reduction in T&D
loses, power crises deepen in valley
Srinagar, May 8
Despite the Transmission and Distribution
(T&D) losses in Jammu and Kashmir coming down
from 73 percent in 2011-12 to 58 percent, there has
been no change in the power curtailment schedule in
Kashmir valley which continues to reel under darkness amid intense cold at present. AT&C and T&D
losses were estimated to be 72.76 percent during the
year 2011-12 but it drastically went down to 58 percent- marking the reduction of 15 percent in the power losses. As per the statistics, one would have hoped
to look for better power supplies in valley especially
during the winter months. Contrary to this, there
has been no effort made by the government to mitigate peoples’ woes. State Power Development
Department comes out with the reason every year
that the losses incurred by the department compel it
to go for the curtailment particularly during the winter months in valley.
The state government here maintains that the
high percentage of AT&C losses is due to the pilferage of the electricity. The department has always
been striving hard for containing the losses through
various means like conducting regular inspections,
upgradation of the system, improving distribution
network, reducing LT/HT ratio, imposition of penal-
ty to the violators, regularisation of the un-authorized load, proper accounting of the energy consumed, supervision of non- judicious wasteful consumption. As the losses came down, there has been
no change in the power supplies with the people
irked by the erratic power continue to take to streets.
The government here claims that its main objective
is to supply hassle free power to the state which is only possible after containing the T&D losses. The details informed that though the reduction is losses has
went down by 15 percent, no effort was made by the
state dispensation in improving the power supplies
to the already flood torn valley.
The PDD says until the losses come down, hassle
free power would remain a herculean task.
The PDD chief Engineer said that the effective
way of reducing the losses to the acceptable level is to
insulate the distribution system. He added such an
excursive is being implemented in 30 towns of
Jammu and Kashmir that have the population of ten
thousand as per the census of 2001. The state authorities maintained that the main objective of insulating
the distribution system would be to avoid hooking
and maximum load on the system. It will be also
aimed at bifurcation of DT capacity, reduction of
HT/LT ratio, upgradation of 33/11 KV substations to
meet the power requirements. KNS
Mantri Surekhsha Bima Yojana
(PMSBY) in Poonch Main and
Chandak. These camps were organized by the Lead Bank Office
and FLCC Poonch in collaboration with business units at
Poonch and Chandak. Speaking
at the camp held in Government
Degree College Poonch, wherein
students participated along with
teaching and non-teaching staff,
Lead District Manager Poonch
M Shafi Ayaz briefed the participants at about the aims and objectives of these social security
schemes.
Facilitator FLCC Poonch
Anmol Singh explained the
salient features of these two insurance schemes to the audience in detail. Enrollment
process for these schemes was
initiated on spot registering a
healthy response from the audience.
Another such camp was organized at village Chandak in
which enrollment drive for
these insurance related schemes
also got good response from the
participants.
A squirrel trying to cut Maaza Frooties packet to drink it during hot day in Jammu. GOF PHOTO
PG Diploma in Medical Courses:
Candidates other than SC/ ST/ OWC must secure 50% marks to qualify: DB
Jammu, May 8:
In a Letters Patent appeal filed by
Bunch of Doctors seeking to quash the
counseling schedule dated 05.04.2015 for
provisional admission to PG/MS/PG
Diploma and MD Courses, 2015 and for direction to select the appellants under the
Rural Service Category as a reservation
category by applying 40% qualifying
marks in the Entrance Examination for
admission to MS/MD/PG Medical
Courses 2015-16, by calling them for counseling which was scheduled to be held on
13.04.2015, A Division Bench of State
High Court Comprising Chief Justice N
Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Dhiraj
Singh Thakur today after hearing Sr.
Adv ZA Shah with Adv A Hanan for the
appellants whereas Adv GA Lone appearing for the BOPEE dismissed all the
LPA with the observations that the candidates other than Scheduled Caste/
Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward
Classes, must secure 50% marks in the
Entrance Examination for qualifying
themselves for admission to the PG
Degree/Diploma in Medical Courses.
The appellants, who are Doctors, applied for admission to PG/MS/PG
Diploma and MD Courses, 2015 in terms
of notification dated 08.01.2015 calling for
application by the Jammu and Kashmir
of
Professional
Entrance
Board
Examination ( for short ‘BOPEE’).
Their claim is that having served for
a minimum period of five years in rural
areas as Medical Officers, they constitute a reserved category and are required
to obtain only 40% of minimum marks in
the Entrance Examination and not 50%
marks as prescribed for the Open Merit
Category candidates for selection to
PG/MS/PG Diploma and M. D. Course
2015-16.
The appellants have appeared in the
Entrance Examination and they have secured above 40% marks, however, below
50% marks. In the notification it was stated that selection of candidates will be
governed by the J&K Board of
Professional Entrance Examination
Rules, 2014, J&K Reservation Act, 2004,
J&K Reservation Rules, 2005 and the
guidelines as published in the
Prospectus 2015-16.
Division Bench after considering
the submission of both the sides observed that 10. The short point arises
for consideration in these appeals is as to
whether the appellants are justified in
contending that their minimum marks
in written test (eligibility) should be
fixed as 40% for admission to PG degree/
diploma in medical courses for 2015-16
and it is not in dispute that the appellants
are not claiming the benefit of reservation either under SC/ST/OBC. All the appellants are rural service candidates
having obtained certificates from the
Directorate of Health and Family
Welfare and they have also applied for
admission to the seats allocated under
the open merit category, namely, 65%
and rural service candidates (10%).
Admittedly the appellants have not secured 50% and above marks in the qualifying written examination. The grievance as focused by learned senior counsel appearing for the appellants is that
the appellants having applied also for
10% of the seats under Rural Service
Candidates which is titled as one of the
reserved categories in terms of the
prospects, the minimum marks prescribed for reserved categories, namely,
40%, alone can be taken as a criteria for
their provisional selection. Clause 5(I)
and 5(II) of the prospects are relevant for
deciding the issue.
Division Bench further observed
that as per note III of clause-6, the category wise distribution of seats is also mentioned which states that 65% (177 seats)
are reserved for open merit category and
35% (94 seats) are reserved for reserved
categories, of which 10% comes to Rule
13 to 16 of the Jammu & Kashmir
Reservation Rules, 2005.
With these observations Division
Bench hold that the candidates other
than Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe
and Other Backward Classes, must secure 50% marks in the Entrance
Examination for qualifying themselves
for admission to the PG Degree/Diploma
in Medical Courses and upheld the decision of the Single Judge. JNF
‘Extra-curricular activities to be revived in educational institutions; Pupil will be focus of brushed up education policy’
CYM K
Srinagar, May 8:
Reiterating his call for speeding up reforms in the education sector, Minister for
Education, Naeem Akhtar today said as a part
of the fresh initiatives, the Village Education
Committees (VEC) are being revived to make
the functioning of the department more participatory and institutionalize accountability
in schooling.
“VECs will play key role in the development of localized education and school improvement plan and also monitor enrolment,
retention, education of girl child and other
disadvantaged groups, utilization of grants
and constructions to attain the objective of
Universal Elementary Education (UEE) in
the State,” he said and added that while JK
has adequate human and monetary resources
for the development of the education sector,
the only thing that is needed to bring a real
turn-around in this crucial sector is the ‘will’
to make the things move.
Expressing dismay over hundreds of
school building lying incomplete across the
State, the Minister said that the
Government’s priority would be to complete
all such buildings in a time-bound manner
and equip the same with adequate infrastructure to provide better facilities to the students. Regarding rationalization of staff, the
Minister said that instructions have been issued to all the Chief Education Officers
(CEOs) to ensure proper pupil-teacher ratio
in the schools under their jurisdiction. He
said a pool of general line teachers at district
level and that of lecturers and masters at State
level will be created for after-school care of
students. He said the Anganwari centres
should work in close coordination with the local primary schools to improvise schooling.
The Minister directed the Chief
Education Officer and Zonal Education
Officers to pay regular visits to schools in
their respective areas of jurisdiction to ensure proper monitoring. Mr Akhtar said the
extra-curricular activities would be reactivated in the schools so that the students can
explore their own State. He said hiking,
trekking and mountaineering clubs would be
established in the schools for the purpose. He
said in Baramulla, Sardar Balbir Singh,
Principal Higher Secondary School Delina
would be the nodal Principal for such activities.
Mr Akhtar also reviewed the functioning
of the North campus of the Kashmir
University located at Delina Baramulla. He
asked the authorities to introduce job-oriented courses in hospitality, tourism management, non-conventional energy and food
preservation so that the students after completing their degrees don’t add to the number
of unemployed but become real entrepreneurs. The Minister on this occasion announced that the local Delina School would be
adopted by the North Campus and it would
have a pedagogical connection with the institution. Responding to the issues raised by the
locals, the Minister said that the gutted heritage building of Higher Secondary School
Baramulla would be restored immediately.
MLA Baramulla, Javed Hassan Beigh,
MLA Gulmarg, Mohammad Abbas Wani and
MLA Rafiabad, Yawar Dillawar Mir accompanied the Minister. MLA Uri, Muhammad
Shafi conveyed the issues concerning his area
in writing as he was out of station.
The meeting was attended by Deputy
Commissioner
Baramulla,
Peerzada
Mushtaq Ahmad Shah, Director School
Education Kashmir, Additional deputy
Commissioner,
SSP
Baramulla,
Superintending Engineers, Chief Education
Officer Baramulla, Principals of Degree
Colleges, CDPOs and other officers.
A delegation of Traders Federation
Baramulla and local citizens forum also
called on the Minister during his visit here
and apprised him of the issues pertaining to
the education sector. These included issues
related to the infrastructure and lack of staff
in colleges and schools.
Students to get
provisional admission in
Class 11: Akhtar
Srinagar, May 8:
The Government has decided that the students of Class 10, awaiting results, shall be given provisional admission in Class 11 till their
results are declared.
The Minister for Education Mr. Naeem
Akhtar today said that educational institutions have been directed to allow the students
of class 10, to sit in 11th standard on provisional basis till their results are out.
Jammu, May 8:
Addressing Training Workshop session of party MLAs and MLCs at Katra, BJP
National General Secretary (Org.) Ram Lal
said that we have entered into alliance with
PDP in Jammu and Kashmir for development and welfare of the people and the state.
Ram Lal, who inaugurated this training workshop at Katra along with Deputy
Chief Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh, State
General Secretary (Org.) Ashok Kaul,
Ministers including Chander Prakash
Ganga, Sunil Sharma, Priya Sethi, MLC
Ashok Khajuria, State Secretary Munish
Sharma and other elected representatives,
said that the people across the country had
displayed their strong urge to give governance of the country to BJP by casting highest percentage of votes in its favour. Later,
in J&K, the same desire was repeated when
people from all the three regions polled
maximum votes in our favour, said Ram Lal
and added that although we could not win
seats in Kashmir and Ladakh but the
polling trend was in our favour.
Ram Lal said that winning 25 seats in
Jammu Province was the mandate to form
the government and we went into alliance
with PDP to honour the will of the people.
We are not power hungry but this alliance
has been established for development, he
said.
Ram Lal expressed hope that the elected representatives will justify the mandate
of the people by mitigating their problems
and sufferings. Deputy Chief Minister Dr.
Nirmal Singh, said that ours is neither ideological nor political alliance with PDP but it
is an alliance for good governance and development. The coalition government is
running on the agenda of alliance and we all
are working in unison for achieving this
goal enshrined in the CMP. He said that the
people of the state had suffered a lot on account of the wrong policies, misgovernance
and corruption of the previous NC and
Congress governments and they taught
these parties lesson by rejecting them in the
elections. He said that the coalition government is committed for equal treatment to all
the three regions and wipe out tears of the
suffering people by working for their welfare, upliftment, and ending corruption and
mis-governance.
State General Secretary (Org.) briefed
about the progress made so far and the future course of action related to Maha
Sampark Abhiyaan at District and Booth
levels to be undertaken in the month of
May. Earlier, in the morning, BJP State
Spokersperson Farooq Khan(Retd. IGP) initiated first session by speaking on functions
of legislatures, their duties and dealings
and also held interaction with the MLAs
and MLCs. The second session titled
“Present Political Scenario of Jammu and
Kashmir” was taken by Dr. Nirmal Singh
and the MLAs and the MLCs also presented
their view points on the subject.
This workshop is being attended by all
the MLAs and MLCs and the MPs could not
attend the same on first day due to the
Parliament Session.
CYM K
Village Education Committees to be revived Alliance with PDP is for
for participatory schooling: Naeem Akhtar development: Ram Lal