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Modi concludes China visit:
India, China should jointly touch
new heights of progress: PM
Shanghai, May 16:
Pitching for cooperation between India and China, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi today said
the two should together touch new
heights of progress to eliminate
poverty which will benefit the entire world as one-third of global
population lives in the two countries. Launching the Centre for
Gandhian & Indian Studies at
Fudan University here, he said
India and China have historical
and civilizational ties and they can
together create a world that serves
the humanity.
The Prime Minister, on the
third and last day of his China visit,
invoked Mahatma Gandhi and said
solutions to the major crises of the
present world -- terrorism and global warming -- lie in his teachings.
"It is said that 21st century belongs to Asia. One-third of the
world population belongs to these
two countries. So if India and China
work together to eliminate poverty,
one-third of the global population
will be rid of this problem which
will be beneficial for the entire
world," Modi said addressing the
students and faculty of the
University in Hindi. "Therefore,
where a Chinese student recited
Sanskrit 'shlokhas', Modi said the
basic philosophy of India has been
to let knowledge come from all directions. "There is no east or west
for knowledge. It is global.
Any kind of knowledge benefits the humanity," he said and referred to Gita's teachings which
says that one should keep working
without bothering about results.
See INDIA on page 11
PM arrives in Mongolia
on historic visit
India and China should together
touch new heights of progress involving sensitivity towards humanity and philosophy of Lord
Buddha and experiments of
Mahatma Gandhi so that we can
give to the world a system which is
News Digest
Guv, CM greet people
on Shab-i-Mairaj
SRINAGAR, May 16:
N. N. Vohra, Governor and Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today
greeted people on Shab-i-Mairaj.
In his message of felicitations, the
Governor expressed the hope that the celebration of this auspicious occasion would
See GUV on page 11
Militant hideout
busted in Baramulla
Srinagar, May 16:
Security forces on Saturday busted a
militant hideout in north Kashmir's
Baramulla district and recovered a cache
of arms and ammunition. "A search operation was launched in the forest area of
Guriwan village near Zandfaran area of the
See MILITANT on page 11
Vaishno Devi pilgrim
dies after being hit by
stone
Jammu, May 16:
A Vaishno Devi pilgrim died today after being hit by a stone that slided from
Trikuta hill top near the cave shrine, a police officer said. The deceased has been
identified as Sampat (59), a resident of
See VAISHNO on page 11
Two health employees
suspended for
dereliction of duty
Jammu, May 16:
Two employees of the state health department were suspended after being
found absent from their duty in Reasi district of Jammu region. Chief Medical
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Weather
JAMMU
CYM K
Maximum :
33.2 Degree
Minimum :
22.4 Degree
BJP, PDP speak in
different voices on
Artificial Lake issue
KASHMIR
Maximum :
25.4 Degree
Minmum
12.4 Degree
Today`s Weather Forecast
JAMMU:MAINLY CLEAR SKY. MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 36
DEG,CELS.
Today`s Weather Forecast
SRINAGAR: MAINLY CLEAR SKY. MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 27
DEG,CELS.
dedicated to welfare of humanity,"
he said. Invoking Mahatma
Gandhi, Modi said, "The world today is going through two major
crises -- global warming and terrorism. Solutions to both lie in
Gandhi's teachings. Gandhi still
BAJ objects shifting
of AIIMS from
Jammu to Srinagar
relevant." "Mahatma Gandhi may
have been born in a corner of India
but he was a global citizen," Modi
said, adding that the apostle of
peace could have shown the way
out of the crises that the world is going through today. At the event
Ulan Bator, May 16:
Jammu, May 16:
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi today arrived here on his
historic visit to Mongolia to
hold talks with the country's
leadership to bolster economic
and trade cooperation, including in transport, highways and
energy sectors.
The Prime Minister's twoday visit is taking place in the
backdrop of celebrations of the
Different voices emerged within PDPBJP alliance yet again as the latter rejected
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's
remark that the creation of an artificial
lake in Jammu and Kashmir was not feasible, asserting that it was committed for the
project's completion.
Speaking to reporters at party headquarters here, BJP state spokesperson
Suresh Ajay Magotra claimed that some
sort of a "misinformation campaign" had
been launched regarding the shelving of
the artificial lake project in Jammu, which
he said, was totally "false and baseless".
See PM on page 11
BARAMULLA, MAY 16:
Expressing sadness over the sluggish
pace of cross-LoC ties that had a historic beginning in 2005 when the first bus travelled
from Muzaffarabad to Srinagar, the Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16
After achieving splendid victory in assembly elections, the state BJP is now gearing up for Urban Local Bodies elections and
the initial work for the same has been started.
In first meeting of the committee announced in recent working committee meeting related to these elections held at Jammu
and attended by MP Shamsher Singh
Manhas, State General Secretary (Org)
Ashok KauL, MLA Sat Sharma (C.A) and senior leader Farooq Khan, it was decided that
this committee will have Col. Uttam Singh,
resolved to take further his peace-building
measures to bring people living across the
Line of Control (LoC) closer to each other.
He praised former Prime Ministers of
India, Atal Behari Vajpayee and
Manmohan Singh, for realizing his dream
of starting the trade and travel ties across
Fuel price hike Modi Govt’s
anniversary gift: Omar
SRINAGAR, May 16:
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar
Abdullah termed the hike in petrol and diesel prices a “gift” by
the Narendra Modi government to the people on its first anniversary. In a tweet, Abdullah, the working president of the
main opposition National Conference (NC), said, to celebrate
the 1st year of the “good days” government, please enjoy another huge fuel price hike. You are welcome. He said, I love how the
people lecturing me on global oil price and dollar fluctuation
did not remember any of this during the UPA Government.
Abdullah was referring to hike in the petrol and diesel prices
with effect from midnight last night. In another tweet on the
visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to China, Abdullah said
Looks like the terracotta warriors are going to follow the PM
around for quite some time. (AGENCIES)
BJP gearing up for Urban
Local Bodies elections
‘DyCM, Bali Bhagat and
other BJP Ministers to
coordinate in polls’
Pak Rangers
violate ceasefire
along IB in Jammu
‘With active support of
GoI, travel, trade and
cultural relations across
LoC will flourish again’
Jammu, May 16:
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Cross-LoC trade, travel will be strengthened: Mufti
‘Stages demo, suspends work’
Taking serious note regarding setting up of AIIMS
in Kashmir, the J&K High Court Bar Association decided to suspend the work on 18th of May-2k15 Monday
from all Courts in Jammu District.
Today in an emergent meeting of J&K High Court
Bar Association, Jammu under the chairmanship of its
President Advocate Abhinav Sharma, reiterated its demand for setting of All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) in Jammu.
In the meeting, the members of the Association held
the Union Govt. responsible for giving step motherly
treatment to people of Jammu Division once again.
It was discussed further in the meeting that while
presenting General Budget, the Union Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley announced on 28-02-2015, the setting up of
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at
Jammu and proposed a total sum of Rs. 2206 crores for financial year 2015-16 for setting up of AIIMS in five states
including the State of J&K in Jammu, how and why the
decision was changed for setting up the setting of AIIMS
from Jammu to Kashmir?
In the meeting the members of the Association took
strong exception to the statements made by Chief
Minister about the setting up of AIIMS in Kashmir and
also the statement made by Chief Minister to the effect
that in so far as Jammu Division is concerned the
District Hospitals and the Super Specialist Hospital
shall be upgraded. In the meeting the members decided
to call upon all the Ministers belonging to Jammu
Division and also the MLA’s to either force the Central
Govt. to setup AIIMS at Jammu or all the Ministers and
"BJP is committed for creation of the
artificial lake. While creation of artificial
lake on Tawi river in Jammu had been delayed by the previous NC-Congress government, the BJP stands for its early completion," BJP state spokesperson Suresh Ajay
Magotra told reporters at party headquarters here. Sayeed had yesterday hinted at
shelving of the previous NC-Congress government's artificial lake project in Jammu,
saying it was not "feasible". "As for as lake
project is concerned, I will tell you, economically and technically, it is not feasible,"
Mufti had told reporters during an informal interaction with reporters.
Yudhvir Sethi and Rajni Sethi as additional
members. It was further decided that the
committee will also have Dy CM Dr. Nirmal
Singh and other ministers namely
Sukhnandan Kumar, Bali Bhagat, Sunil
Sharma and Priya Sethi will also be coordinating for various activities to be undertaken
in connection with the said elections. It was
also decided in the meeting that the committee members and ministers will visit all districts to discuss with the local units about the
ways and means for achieving the desired results in elections of Corporation, committees
and councils and this task will be completed
before May 30.
To distribute the districts among party
leaders, Shamsher Singh Manhas will look
after Jammu, Reasi and Udhapur districts,
Col. Uttam Singh has been assigned to look
after Jammu Rural and Akhnoor districts,
Ashok Kaul will be looking after Kathua
and Basohli districts, while MLA Sat
See BJP on page 11
Jammu, May 16:
Pakistan Rangers violated
ceasefire by resorting to firing on a
Border out Post (BoP) along the
International Border (IB) in the RS
Pura sector of Jammu district.
“The Pakistan rangers resorted
to firing on the Tent Guard outpost in
the RS Pura sector last night,” a police officer said today.
He said that around five to six
rounds of small arm fire was fired on
the outpost. However, the Indian
sides exercised restrain.
“The Indian side exercised restrains and nobody was hurt on our
side in this latest incident of ceasefire violation,” he said.
the LoC. “To make cross-LoC trade meaningful, we need to accede to the demand of
the traders on both sides for making basic
facilities like telecommunications and
banking available. The wayside facilities
and road up to Kaman Post has also to be
improved and double-lanned, he stated.
The Chief Minister said this while interacting with people at Uri and Sheeri, as
part of his on-spot tours for firsthand appraisal of several ongoing projects in North
Kashmir district of Baramulla today.
See CROSS on page 11
Brutal killing of young girl:
police arrests one more
‘Attempt to make video of accused in compromising position led to killing of Shivani’
Jammu, May 16:
With the arrest of one more
person, police today claimed to
have made a major breakthrough
in the murder case of Shivani
Jasral, a nursing student who
was killed on March 12 this year.
"During the course of investigation, it was found that one more
person namely Mohd Ibrahim of
Poonch is also involved in the
CB presents challan in
fake appointment case
Srinagar May 16:
rime Branch Kashmir on 14th
May 2015 presented the charge
sheet of case Fir No. 35 of 2010
U/S 420, 468, 471, 201, 120-B RPC before the
court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar.
The instant case was registered on the
directions passed by the court of Chief
Judicial Magistrate Srinagar vide its orders
dated 28.10.2010 with regard to the complaint presented by Rafiq Ahmad Joo
(Advocate). The complaint revealed that
one Ghulam Nabi Lone S/o Ghulam
Mohammad Lone R/o Androosa Pampore
has been cheated by Mohammad Shafi Sofi
S/o Ali Mohd Soi R/o Basant Bagh Srinagar
, Mohammad Akbar Lone S/o Abdul Ahad
Lone R/o Maratgam Handwara and Abdul
Razaq Bhat S/o Mohammad Kamal R/o
Maratgam Handwara for providing of employment to his children and brother namely Reyaz Ahmad Lone, Nusrat and fayaz
Ahmad Lone in social welfare department
C
See CB on page 11
murder, he was arrested today,"
Jammu SSP Uttam Chand said.
Two accused Rajni Devi and
Sunil Kumar were already arrested by the police, he said, adding
that Mohd Ibrahim was also present in the room at the time of the
murder. "After killing the girl,
Ibrahim left for Poonch whereas
Rajni Devi and her husband Sunil
Kumar went to buy a machete
which they used to chop Shivani's
body to be dumped in a septic
tank," he said. He said the investigations in the case revealed that
Shivani was a witness to the illicit
relationship between Rajni Devi
and Mohd Ibrahim and she had
tried to make a video of the duo in
compromising position. "Her
plan was exposed and Rajni along
with Ibrahim decided to get rid of
Shivani, so they also involved
See BRUTAL on page 11
Northern Railway initiatives
for common man in 2014-15
Jammu, May 16:
The year 2014-15 has witnessed a slew
of passenger-centric initiatives for the facility of rail passengers
more especially catering
to the needs of the common man.
Enhancing
infrastructure
of
every
Passenger interface and
operational
locations
forms the main concern
in this direction. In keeping with this endeavor,
Northern Railway has allocated an amount of Rs.
159.20 crore towards development of passenger amenities in the
Rail Budget 2015-16 which is 60% more
than that of the previous year’s budgetary
allocation under this head.
The Railway also focusing on development of various stations through col-
laborative approaches and has solicited
the help of regional Members of
Parliament to contribute towards funding of station development under MPLAD
schemes. Expression of
Interest (EOI) for providing Foot Over Bridges
(FOBs) at major stations
on Northern Railway
through public private
partnership (PPP) route
prepared and published
in News papers and Web
site. One response has
been received & sent to
Railway Board for issuing further guidelines.
Type plan of precast
R.C.C. boundary wall for construction on
PPP model has been issued. Type plan for
temporary fencing has been issued. This
can be used for barricading of area where
works are entrusted to the private party
Significantly
contributed in
J&K Floods,
State Assembly
Elections
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CYM K
CYMK
Amit Shah calls on
RSS Chief Mohan
Bhagwat
CYMK
Glimpses of Future
Jayalalithaa calls
MLAs’ meet on May
22, may return as CM
same day
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Glimpses of Future
BARKHI
One year has passed since you left us but your
memories will be with us always. Barkhi of our
beloved Late Sh. Kamal Kishore Gupta (Raju)
S/o Late Sh. Krishan Chander Gupta R/o F16, Below Purani Mandi, Gali Pandoh, Jammu
shall be performed at our residence on Sunday,
May 17, 2015 at 11:00 AM.
Sh. Kamal
GRIEF STRICKEN
Kishore
Gupta
Smt. Sangeeta Gupta - Wife
Sister & Brother-in-law
Mrs. Sunita & Mr. Parveen Kumar Gupta
Bhabhies & Brothers
Mrs. Tridev & Mr. Joginder Kumar Gupta
Dr. Manju & Dr. Vijay Kumar Gupta
Mrs. Daya & Mr. Arjan Kumar Gupta
Mrs. Asha & Mr. Sham Lal Gupta
Mrs. Meenakshi & Mr. Naresh Chander Gupta
Mrs. Neelu & Mr. Pawan Kumar Gupta
Prabh Dayal Krishan Chander
Customer’s Departmental Store, Naresh Chander Gupta & Bros
Feme-Arts, P.S Associates
(M): 9419220465, 9419144383, 9419196560, 9419145932
ADH-BARKHI
Half year has passed since you left us,
words are too short to express our feelings. Every moment we felt your absence. Adh-Barkhi of our beloved Late
Smt Manju Gupta W/o Kranti Gupta R/o
H.No 9, Adarsh Colony will be performed
at our residence on Sunday 17-05-2015.
Hawan at 7.30 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Geeta Devi -Mother-in-law
Kranti Gupta -Husband
Sudha & Raj Kumar Gupta -Jeth & Jethani
(Chief Manager PNB)
Arjun, Dr Chahat Gupta, Kritika- Children
Cont: 9419162198, 9419998103
M/S KRANTI ARMY STORE
OPP. S.S.P OFFICE UDHAMPUR
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of Smt Sheela
Amla W/o Ram Avtar Amla R/o
Chanapora Srinagar A/P 437, Colonls
Colony, Talab Tillo, Jammu. 10th Day
on 17-May-15 at Muthi Ghat Jammu at
8 AM. Uthala on 20-May-2015 at Geeta Smt Sheela Amla
Bhawan, Bakshi Nagar near Karan
Hotel, Jammu at 5 PM to 6 PM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Ram Avtar Amla -Husband
Son & Daughter-in-law
Sanjay Amla & Meenu
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Sangeeta & Ashok Kumar Haksar
Renu & Sanjay Ghai
Usha & Sanjay Mawa
Grand Daughter & Sons
Udit Haksar, Prinyka Haksar, Diksha Ghai, Abishek
Haksar, Akshit, Shubam Mawa & Sagrika , Ardhay ,
Shivam Mawa
FAMILY AMLA’S, SURI’S, HAKSAR’S, LANGOO’S,
GHAI’S, MAWA’S
CONTACT NO: 09915288287, 9796496931
10TH DAY KRIYA
Smt Manju
Gupta
UTHALA/RASAM PAGRI
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of Smt. Sudesh
Prabha Chhibber W/o Late Shri Om
Parkash Chhibber R/o H. No. F-401, Rehari
Coloney, Jammu. Uthala/Rasam Pagri will
beperformedonSunday17-5-15 at Hari Mandir
Rehari Colony Jammu at 4 to 5 pm.
Smt. Sudesh
GRIEF STRICKEN FAMILY
Prabha Chhibber
Sister & Brother-in-law
Smt. Koshalya & Manohar Lal Bali
Brother-in-law & Bhabi
Smt. Neelam & Satvir Chhibber
Smt. Anita & Vijay Isher -Daughter & Son-in-law
Smt. Sapna & Anil Chhibber -Son & Daughter-in-law
Smt. Rama & Rajesh Chhibber -Son & Daughter-in-law
Smt. Rekha & Rakesh Chhibber -Son & Daughter-in-law
Smt. Mamta & Sonu Chhibber -Son & Daughter-in-law
(M) : 9419300395, 9622253370, 9906901904
ADH-BAKHI
Ad-Barkhi of our beloved Smt Saroj
Sharma W/o Dr Hans Raj Sharma will be
performed on 17-05-2015 (Sunday) at
our residence W.No 14, H.No 196, Opp.
Raj Palace, Dhar Road, Udhampur at
01.00 PM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Saroj
Dr Hans Raj Sharma -Husband
Sharma
Son and Daughter-in-law
Smt Radhika and Kamal Sharma (CPO)
Daughters and Son-in-laws
Smt Sunita Prabha and Ashok Sharma (Manager NHPC)
Smt Shashi Kala and Rajinder Sharma (Advocate)
Smt Indu Sharma and Ravi Mansotra (A.D Doordarshan)
Bhabhi and Devar
Smt Kaushalaya Sharma W/o Late Pt Krishan Chand
Smt Reva Sharma and Justice (Rtd) O.P Sharma
Smt Shreshta Sharma W/o Late Sh Des Raj Sharma
Smt Kusum Lata W/o Late Sh I.D Sharma
Vijay -Nephew
Grand Sons and Daughters
Chetan, Tarun, Jatin, Shivam, Arjun, Mukesh, Sonali and
Vasundhara
BAKHI
One year passed since you left for heavenly abode but the fragrance of your love
and affection will always remain in our
hearts and miss your presence in every
moment of life. Barkhi of our beloved Late
Sh Shiv Kumar Sharma S/o Pt. Bodh Raj
Kerni will be performed on Sunday, 17th Sh Shiv Kumar
May 2015 at our residence 333, Shastri
Sharma
Nagar, Jammu at 11 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Sneh Sharma -Wife
Smt Santosh Dubey -Sister
Brother-in-law & Sister
Sh V.D Sharma & Smt Shanta Sharma
Brothers & Sisters-in-law
Late Sh OP Sharma & Late Smt Puspa Devi
Sh Ram Prashad & Smt Rama Sharma
Son-in-law & Daughter
Sh Rajesh Dogra & Smt Suruchi Dogra
Sons & Daughters-in-law
Sh Prashant & Smt Neetu Sharma
Sh Vikas & Smt Divya Gautam
Contact: 9419195030
10TH DAY
10TH DAY/UTHALA
With profound grief and sorrow we regret
to inform about the sad demise of our
beloved mother Smt. Chanda Sharma
(Sham Rani), W/o Late. Karamyogi Shri
Sham Lal Sharma original resident of
Zaindar Mohalla, Srinagar presently at
Jaipur left for her heavenly abode on 12th
Smt. Chanda
May 2015. 10th Day Kriya will be held on
Sharma
21st May 2015 at Cremation Ground,
Swarn Path, Mansarovar, Jaipur
(Rajasthan) at 9 A.M.
GRIEF STRICKEN:
K. K. Sharma & Usha Sharma - Son & Daughter-in-law
R.K. Sharma & Pinky Sharma - Son & Daughter-in-law
Vijay Sharma & Rajni Sharma - Son & Daughter-in-law
B.K. Sharma & Veena Sharma - Son & Daughter-in-law
Kishni Tiku & M.K. Tiku- Daughter & Son-in-law
Vijay Dutt & Anil Dutt - Daughter & Son-in-law
Anjali Raina & Rakesh Raina - Daughter & Son-in-law
Rahul, Bulbul, Anmol, Rommey & Ginni- Grand Children
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With profound grief & deep sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Prof
Lalit Prashad Bakshi S/o Late Sh. Shiv
Nath Bakshi R/o H.No 224, Sector No 1A, Trikuta Nagar Jammu expired on 8th
May, 2015. Tenth Day will be performed
on 17th May, 2015 (Sunday) at Muthi
Prof Lalit
Ghat near Director, School Education at Prashad Bakshi
8:30 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Mrs. Suneeta Bakshi - Wife
Mrs. & Mr. Youginder Bakshi
Mrs. & Mr. Virender Bakshi
Mrs. & Mr. Praveen Bakshi
Mr. J.L Misri
Mr. M.L Kachru
Mrs. & Mr. A.K Dhar
Mrs. & Mr. Bushan Lal Wazir
Kapil, Chetna & Urvashi (Children)
Vakil’s, Bhat’s, Zutshi’s and All Friends & Relatives
(M): 9419142188, 9419190539, 09870997227
CHOUBARSI
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2015, PAGE 2
CHOUBARSI
Four years have passed since you left us
for heavenly abode but your sweet memories are still alive in our heart and mind.
Choubarsi of our beloved Late Smt. Lella
Khajuria W/o Sh. Rattan Chand Khajuria
(Ret. FM. PDD) will be performed at our
residence F-705 New Plot Jammu on
Smt. Lella
17th May 2015 Sunday at 12.00 Noon.
Khajuria
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:
Sh. Rattan Chand Khajuria -Husband (9796247045)
Daughter-in-law & Son
Smt. Swarn Lata Khajuria & Sh. Vijay Khajuria (9419148568)
Mr. Natul Kumar Khajuria (Eng - Inst) -Grand Son
Daughter & Son-in-law
Smt. Anita Sharma & Sh. Anil Sharma
Ankita Sharma & Ananay Sharma -Doteri & Dotra
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved father
Sh Pushkar Nath Wanchoo S/o Late
Maheshwar Nath Wanchoo on 08-052015 originally resident of 160-Narsing
Garh Srinagar, presently at B-F-2,
Shweta Residency, Khorlim, Mapusa Sh Pushkar Nath
Goa 403507. Tenth Day Kriya will be perWanchoo
formed on 17-5- 2015 at Harvalim Goa.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Chuni Wanchoo -Wife
Daughters-in-law and Sons
Kiran and Raj Kumar
Dolly and Deepak
Lalit and Nistha -Grand Children
Mob: 09900324074, 09225901966
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow we inform
the sad demise of our beloved Smt.
Kamlavati Raina W/o Lt. Sh. Narayan Joo
Raina originally resident of Malik Bagh
Zaindar Mohalla Srinagar at present
H.No 20, Lane No 1, Laxmi Nagar Muthi
on 9-5-2015. Tenth Day Kriya will be per- Smt. Kamlavati
formed at Muthi Ghat near Directorate of
Raina
School Education Muthi on Monday 1805-2015 at 8 am.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sh. Shyam Lal Raina -Son
Sh. Triloki Nath Raina -Son
Sh. Bansi Lal Raina -Son & Daughter-in-law
Smt. Teja Raina -Daughter-in-law
Sh. Satish Raina & Asha Raina -Son & Daughter-in-law
Sh. Ramesh Raina & Urmila Raina -doSh. Surrinder Choudhary -Son-in-law
Smt. Bimla & Sh. Vijay Tufchi -Daughter & Son-in-law
GRAND CHILDREN : Vicky, Amit, Vini, Bantoo, Shany, Shibu,
Monica, Ankush, Neha, Nidhi, Rishu, Abhishek, Vivek
CHOUBARSI OF OUR BELOVED LATE
SMT ANJU BALA (SHAVI) D/O LATE SH
KRISHAN LAL JI W/O SH RAJESH KUMAR WILL BE PERFORMED ON SUNDAY 17-5-2015 AT OUR RESIDENCE
H.NO. 419 SEC 5, CHANNI HIMMAT
JAMMU. PROGRAMME : AARAMBH SMT ANJU BALA
SHRI AKHAND PATH SAHIB JI ON FRIDAY 15-5- 2015 AT 10.00 AM. BHOG SHRI
AKHAND PATH SAHIB JI ON SUNDAY 17-5- 2015 AT 11.00
AM. ANTIM ARDAS AT OUR RESIDENCE ON SUNDAY 175-2015 AT 11.00 AM FOLLOWED BY GURU KA LANGAR.
GRIEF STRICKEN
RAJESH KUMAR -HUSBAND
KINJAL DOGRA (JHILMIL) -DAUGHTER
SMT BIMLA & SH CHAMAN LAL -PARENTS-IN-LAW
RUKMANI & RAKESH KUMAR -DEVAR & DEVRANI
SMT JYOTI & SH GIRDHARI LAL CHACHI & CHACHA (IN-LAWS)
SMT GEETA & SH RAJ KUMAR CHACHI & CHACHA (IN-LAWS)
SMT AMRATI DEVI & LATE SH KRISHAN LAL JI FATHER & MOTHER
DAVINDER KUMAR BROTHER VINOD KUMAR -BROTHER
PAWAN KUMAR -BROTHER BUPINDER SINGH BROTHER
M/S CHAMAN LAL - HPCL & IOCL CONTRACTORS
RAJESH GOODS CARRIER - HPCL & IOCL CONTRACTORS
NARSINGH GAS AGENCY
M/S BAHU FORT CONTRACTORS
M/S CHAMAN LAL & JAMUNA CONST. PVT. LTD.
MOBILE NOS. 9906973109, 9906907225
With profound grief & deep sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Prof
Lalit Prashad Bakshi S/o Late Sh. Shiv
Nath Bakshi R/o H.No 224, Sector No 1A, Trikuta Nagar Jammu expired on 8th
May, 2015. Tenth Day will be performed on
17th May, 2015 (Sun) at Muthi Ghat near
Prof Lalit
Director, School Education at 8:30 AM.
Prashad Bakshi
GRIEF STRICKEN
Mrs. Suneeta Bakshi - Wife
Mrs. & Mr. Youginder Bakshi
Mrs. & Mr. Virender Bakshi
Mrs. & Mr. Praveen Bakshi
Mr. J.L Misri
Mr. M.L Kachru
Mrs. & Mr. A.K Dhar
Mrs. & Mr. Bushan Lal Wazir
Kapil, Chetna & Urvashi (Children)
Vakil’s, Bhat’s, Zutshi’s and All Friends & Relatives
(M): 9419142188, 9419190539, 09870997227
With profound grief we regret to inform
the sad demise of our beloved Shri Moti
Lal Pandita S/o Sh Prithvi Nath Pandita of
Bomai, Sopore at present H.No: 310,
Hazuri Bagh Bhori on May 13. Tenth Day
Kriya will be performed on May 22, 2015
at Muthi Ghat, Near Director School
Shri Moti Lal
Education office at 8 am.
Pandita
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Soomawati Pandita -Mother
Sister and Brother-in-law
Smt Doora and Sh RL Bhat
Smt Nancy Raina -Sister
Smt Rajni and Sh GL Kaul -Sister and Brother-in-law
Smt Jyoti and Sh PL Padroo -Sister and Brother-in-law
Smt Desha and Sh Avtar Krishen -Bhabi and Brother
Dr Renu and Vimal Sumbly -Daughter and Son-in-law
Rimple and Dr Deepak Kitchloo -Daughter and Son-in-law
Rajeev and Seema -Son and Daughter-in-law
(Phone: 09797425970)
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of Smt. Baby Bhat
W/o Sh. Shadi Lal Bhat R/o Tailwani
Achabal Anantnag Kashmir residing at
TRT Jagti. Mourning is being held at
Community Hall, Muthi Phase-II near
Kumar Ji Asharam. Tenth Day Kriya will
be performed at Muthi Ghat near Director
School Education Office on 18-5-15 at
8.00 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Shadi Lal Bhat -Husband
Opinder Bhat (Ashu) -Son
Smt. & Sh. Jager Nath Bhat
Smt. & Sh. Bansi Lal Raina
Smt. Raj Devi Bhat W/o Lt. A.K. Bhat
Smt. & Sh. Chuni Lal Bhat
Sunil Marhatta
All nears & dears
9796812743, 8713028337, 9858131157
Smt. Gauri Munshi W/o Late Sh.
Ram Chandra Ji Munshi from Kilam
(Kashmir) left for her heavenly abode
on 10th May 2015, at Janakpuri, New
Delhi. Her 10th Day Kriya will be performed in Delhi on 18th May 2015 at
Smt. Gauri
Munshi
'Shambhavi' A-2/249, Janakpuri,
New Delhi.
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY
Bhavna & Prahlad Munshi
Sujata & Ajay Munshi
Shantaji & T.N. Raina
R.K. Munshi
Smt. Rita & Wing Commander B.L Munshi
Smt. Nancy & H.K. Munshi
Dr. Phoola & Dr. K.L. Munshi
Smt. Nirmala & Ashok Munshi
Smt. Rajita & Rajinder Munshi
Smt. Sarla & Devender Munshi
Grand Children: Ashu, Samvit, Harshit
Samast Munshi Parivar (Kilam)
Samast Razdan Parivar (Mattan)
PH. - 011-25553584 ,011-25557123 , 09818800890
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Smt.
Kanta Sharma who left for heavenly
abode on 8th May 2015. Tenth Day will be
performed at Laxmi Narayan Mandir,
Gandhi Nagar on 17th May 2015 at 10.00
am. Kriya will be performed at our resiSmt. Kanta
dence, 12-A Small Plots, Gandhi Nagar
Sharma
on 18th May 2015. Uthala will be performed at Laxmi Narayan Mandir, Gandhi
Nagar on 18th May 2015 at 4.30 pm.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Husband
Sh. Jagdish Dutt Sharma (Paloura Wale) (Retd. ZEPO)
Son & Daughter-in-law
Sh. Rajinder Kumar Sharma & Smt. Vibha (Funds Org.)
Sh. Rajesh Kumar Sharma (Polu) (Health Dept.) -Son
Daughter & Son-in-law
Smt. Sureshta Sharma & Sh. Bishan Dass Sharma (Retd. AE)
Smt. Dharmo Devi W/o Late Sh. Baisakhi Ram -Nanad
Smt. Darshna W/o Late Sh. Purshotam Upadhaya -Bhabhi
Sisters & Brothers-in-law
Smt. Usha & Sh. Mool Raj Shastri
Smt. Santosh & Sh. Subhash Goswami
Grand Children
Rajat Vaid, Mani Vaid, Parul Sharma
Smt. Neha Sharma W/o Sh. Abhay Badyal (Engineer)
10TH DAY KRIYA
10TH DAY KRIYA
OBITUARY
10TH DAY KRIYA
10TH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALA
Smt. Baby Bhat
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of our beloved Sh. Avtar
Krishan Koul S/o Lt. Sh. Shivji Koul (originally from Wasoora/Anantnag) presently at
H.No. 527 Bhaderwahi Colony Sushil
Colony behind Jaswant Plaza Camp Road,
Talab Tillo, Jammu on 8-5-2015 (Friday).
Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 17-5- Sh. Avtar Krishan
Koul
2015 (Sunday) at Muthi Ghat near
Directorate of School Education at 8.30 a.m.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sh. Radha Krishan Koul- Uncle
Smt. Kamla Koul- Wife
Alka Koul- Daughter
Rahul Koul- Son
Smast Pariwar of Koul’s, Bhat’s, Zutshi’s, Kallu’s, Thusoo’s,
Parihar’s, Bedi’s, Bhardwaj’s & Kar’s
Cell Nos.: 9796018080, 9419144884, 9419121040
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow we inform
the sad demise of our beloved Sh Makhan
Lal Koul S/o Late Sh Sone Koul originally
resident of Hanand Chowalgam, Kulgam
presently at Block No. 87, Flat No. 21/22,
Lane No. 189, Jagti, Township. Tenth Day
Kriya will be performed on 19th of May,
Tuesday at Muthi Ghat Near Directorate of Sh Makhan Lal
Koul
School Education at 8.00 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Rani Koul W/o Late Sh T N Koul - Bhabi
Smt Prana Koul W/o Late Sh B L Koul - Bhabi
Sh Shuban Krishan Koul - Brother
Smt Fancy & Sh Sandeep Koul - Daughter-in-Law & Son
Smt Lovely & Sh Vinod Koul - Daughter-in-Law & Son
Smt Viney & Sh Rahul Koul - Daughter-in-Law & Son
Smt Nidhi & Sh Anil Koul - Daughter-in-Law & Son
Smt Beauty & Sh Vijay Koul - Daughter & Son-in-Law
Smt Rani Koul W/o Lt K N Koul - Sister
Sisters & Brothers-in-Law
Smt Tosha Jee W/o Madusudan Koul
Smt Khema Shree W/o Sh B L Raina
Smt Nancy Jee W/o Deep Jee Bhat
Contact No: 9419202531, 9858418124
Kids: Vishal, Isha, Vanshika, Harsha, Vansh, Adhira
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of our beloved Shri Autar
Krishen S/o Late Shri Sham Lal Bhat originally resident of Zradipora, Kulgam at present H.No.5, Lane No.2, Gurah Keran
(Barnai Road) Bantalab, Jammu on10-052015. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 19Shri Autar
05-2015 at 8 AM at Muthi Ghat near Director
Krishen
School Education, Jammu.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt. Tulsi Devi - Mother
Smt. Babli Bhat - Wife
Anshu Bhat - Daughter
Aasheem Bhat - Son
Smt. Tosha & Shri M.K Bhat - Bhabhi & Brother
Smt. Dasha & Shri Ashok Kumar Bhat - Bhabhi & Brother
And Deeply Remembered By:Dr. Namita & Dr. Dhrov Bagati
Aashish & Dr. Suhani
Ankush, Vishal
10TH DAY/KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Sh
Bal Krishan Bhat S/o Late Sh Sarwanand
Bhat, originally resident of Ajar Bandipora
at present Sari Rakwalan (Near Marble
Factory) Ghomanasa Road, Jammu on
10-05-2015. Tenth Day Kriya will be per- Sh Bal Krishan
formed on 19-05-2015 at 8.00 AM at
Bhat
Muthi Ghat Near Office of Director
Education, Jammu.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Mrs Sarla Bhat -Wife
Daughter-in-law & Son
Mrs Renu & Mr Vimal Bhat
Daughter & Son-in-law
Mrs Meenakshi & Mr Bharat Bushan Bhat
Mrs Mohini & Mr Avtar Krishan Lidhoo -Sister & Brother-in-law
Mrs Asha & Mr Rattan Lal Bhat -Bhabi & Brother
Mrs Bimla & Mr Ashok Kumar Bhat -Bhabi & Brother
Smt Roopawati -Mother-in-law
And Grand Children
Komal, Sharad, Ritchit, Lavanya
Phone: 0191-2644235, 9622169685, 9419226021
TENTH DAY
With profound grief & sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of Sh. Ravi Kumar Bhan
S/o Lt. Sh. Prem Nath Bhan R/o Nagam
Chadura Distt. Budgam A/p H. No. 549
Shanti Nagar Jammu. Tenth Day will be
performed at Muthi Ghat near Directorate
of School Education Muthi on 21-05- Sh. Ravi Kumar
2015 (Thursday) at 8 AM.
Bhan
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt. Reeta Bhan -Wife
Yogesh Bhan -Son
Smt. Phoola Bhan -Bhabi
Sister & Brother-in-law
Smt. Soni and Sh. A.K. Tickoo
Smt. Asha and Sh. A.K. Bhan
Nephew and Nieces
Vicky, Rocky, Gourav Ji, Pooja, Deepu, Ashu, Akansha,
Dimple and Mona.
Phone No’s : 8803613382, 8492907616
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of Smt. Raj Lakshmi
Vuthoo W/o Late Shri Amar Nath Vuthoo
originally resident of Shiv Pora Srinagar
Kashmir at present A-43 Sarva Sanji
Appts Plot No. 8, Sector-9 Dwarka New
Delhi on 12.5.2015. THE TENTH DAY will
Smt. Raj
be performed on 21.5.2015, at Rohini Lakshmi Vuthoo
Ghat New Delhi.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt. Rajni & Vijay Vuthoo-Daughter-in-law & Son
Smt. Prana & R.K. Vuthoo -doSmt. Santosh & Lt. M.L. Kaw-Daughter & Son-in-law
Grand children
Tarun and Priyanka-Grand Son-in-law & Grand Daughter
Kunal & Nidhi-Grand Sons & Grand Daughter-in-law
Vishal & Neetu-Grand Son & Grand Daughter-in-law
Prateet-Grand Son
Grand Grand Children
Panav, Navya, Mitarth, & Parth
Mobile No: 09015588046,L. Line No. 01125088503
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 17 2015, PAGE 3
Javed Rana expresses concern over
delay in relief to flood sufferers
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Expressing serious concern
over the failure of the Centre
and PDP-BJP Government in
Jammu and Kashmir in providing relief to flood victims across
the State in general and in
Poonch and Rajouri belts in particular, Member Legislative
Assembly Mendhar, Mr Javed
Ahmed Rana on Saturday said
restoration of infrastructure is
also facing the neglect.
“No permanent restoration
has been made, so far as road,
communications, power supply
and other essential services for
the public are concerned”, Mr
Javed Rana said at a press conference here this morning.
Rana said that no allotment
of land has been made to the
farmers who have lost their
crops and whose land holdings
and houses have suffered massive damages. The files of land
allotment and crop damages are
lying in a dustbin in teshil offices, he added. The MLA said
that under a deep rooted conspiracy, the Government has
started dislodging the minorities from Jammu and its surrounding besides demolishing
their homes. He demanded permanent settlement for those people living here from centuries
and demanded regularization of
their colonies, where they have
built their houses.
Rana said that the government should come up with a plan
to settle these people and regularize their colonies who are the
symbol of secularism and gave
great scarifies in every turmoil
in the state. “Being a welfare
state, the government is bound to
provide all basic facilities like education, power and water supply
to these people. Rana said that
present government is working
on the agenda of dividing the
state on religious and regional
lines, which will not be tolerated.
He said RSS has an agenda of trifurcation of the state and the
present government is running
as per the directions of RSS.
“Present Government,
which made lot of promises during elections with regard to employment opportunities to the
unemployed youth of the state,
has come up with an anti New
Recruitment Policy soon after
the formation of government”,
he said adding this is totally
against the youth of the state and
particularly against SC, ST,
OBC and other categories . Mr
Rana termed the policy as illegal
and against the interestsw of the
targeted segment and said this
curbs all constitutional rights of
the youths of the state.
Rana said that present government is in no mood to start
the developmental activities in
the state particularly in backward districts of Poonch and
Rajouri as working seasons will
be coming to an end soon in the
hilly region, which remains
mostly snow bound. The MLA
Mendhar also said that bills
amounting to crores of rupees
are lying pending in the government treasuries in Poonch and
Rajouri. “This is for the first
time in the sate that the government treasuries were closed on
30th March instead of 31st, which
resulted in lapsing of grants under various heads. Among others Provincial Secretary Sheikh
Bashir Ahmed was also present
at the press conference.
Functioning of
PRIs reviewed at
Bandipora
Banidpora, May 16:
In order to redress the problems
of
Panchayat
Raj
Institutions, a meeting of
Sarpanchs was held under the
of
District
chairmanship
Development Commissioner
Bandipora here today. The meeting was attended by Assistant
Commissioner
Revenue,
Commissioner
Assistant
Development, DPO Bandipora,
officers and officials of condepartments
and
cerned
Sarpanchs of PRIs of the district.
The representatives of
PRIs on the occasion raised
various problems with regard
to MGNREGA, payments, ration, roads, transport, agriculture, irrigation etc and sought
early redressal of these. They
also sought complete cooperation of the concerned departments in this regard.
BJP committed for
PDP-BJP Govt suffers from performance inertia: Gupta
creation of artificial lake
in Jammu: Dr Magotra
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
While creation of artificial
lake on Tawi in Jammu had
been delayed by the previous
NC-Congress government, the
BJP stands for its early completion. This was stated by BJP
State spokesperson Dr. Suresh
Ajay Magotra while addressing
media persons at party headquarters. Referring to some misconception about the said artificial lake, Magotra said that the
BJP has very clearly mentioned
in its election manifesto also
that we stand for its earlier creation and the party is committed
for the same. He said that some
sort of misinformation campaign is launched that the artificial lake is not going to be created in Jammu, which is totally
false and baseless. He said that
the NC and Congress only
passed time in power and did
nothing to complete this lake
project or start the announced
Gandola project in Jammu.
Even the renovation of Mubarak
Mandi complex invited anger
and resentment of the people for
the quality and pace of work.
Magotra added that commitment of the party towards
creation of this lake can also be
well judged from the fact that
even Dy. Chief Minister Dr.
Nirmal Singh yesterday rushed
to New Delhi to meet Union
Minister for Water Resources,
Dev.
and
Ganga
River
Rejuvenation and discussed the
technicalities to be addressed
related lake. As a follow up, the
Union Minister called an emer-
gency High level meeting of
Director
Indus
K.Vohra,
Commission, M.K. Mathur,
Incharge Floods Department,
Commission Projects, wherein
the technical issues were discussed in length; where Dy. CM
was also present. Union
Minister took the matter seriously and assured that the Tawi
artificial lake project is dream
project of her department also.
Our Ministry will address the
technicalities for this Dream
Project to come true. Dy CM has
also assured people of Jammu
for the successful completion of
the project as soon as possible
and issue of silting be addressed
technically.
Magotra further disclosed
that a high level delegation from
the centre will be visiting
Jammu to identify basic issues
and to addresses in technical
manner for the creation of artificial lake in Jammu.
Magotra further added that
Dy. CM also took up Karthai
Hydel Project (Kishtwar).
Which will produce 930 MW
electricity regarding which previous NC-Congress government
even not submitted project report to the concerned ministry.
Vice
President
State
National Conference Mr Rattan
Lal Gupta on Saturday said that
the PDP-BJP Government in
Jammu and Kashmir has failed
on all fronts, as a result of which
people are suffering immensely.
“The condition of roads in
the City is worsening day by day
as there is lack of will in carrying
out routine maintenance”, Mr
Gupta said in a statement,
adding that the power scenario
is equally bad, causing lot many
miseries to the people, especially
during the current spell of
scorching summer.
Gupta said the promises
made by the coalition partnes
during the parliamentary and
assembly elections have been
put in the back-burner and their
priority seems to be how to carry
on the government, which is a
combination of south and north
poles. He said the public representatives were not showing up
after the elections and the people
are wondering where to locate
them and seek redressal of day to
day problems.
“If the condition of the city
roads is deplorable, one only
wonders about the scenario in
urban and rural pockets”, he
said and accused the government of suffering performance
inertia.
The State Vice President also expressed concern over delay
in providing relief to the flood
sufferers across the region and
looking after the plight of border
dwellers, which remain always
at the receiving end. He recalled
about the packages formulated
by the Omar led government and
said these are pending for the
central approval. “The centre
does not appear to be serious
about mitigating the problems of
the flood sufferers and border
dwellers”, he said while criticizing the PDP-BJP combine for
generating passions on these issues prior to elections.
Gupta said the infrastructural facilities and the utility
services need priority attention
and the administration cannot
remain a mere spectator to public woes.
said
National
He
Conference will agitate the problems facing to the people at every
forum and seek their redressal.
He urged the administration to
shun inertia and respond to the
aspirations of the people.
Div Com reviews
progress of R-APDRP
8 receiving stations coming up in Jammu city
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Divisional Commissioner
Jammu, Dr Pawan Kotwal today stressed the need for expeditious completion of projects proposed under Restructured
Power
Accelerated
Reforms
Development
Programme (R-APDRP) in
Jammu division. IGP, Jammu,
Danish
Rana,
Deputy
Commissioner, Jammu, Ajeet
Sahu,
Deputy
Kumar
Commissioner, Samba, Sheetal
Nanda, Registrar, SKUAST
Jammu, Vice Chairman, JDA
Jammu, Director IIIM, Canal
Road, Jammu, Chief Engineers
PWD & I&FC and officers of various departments were also
present in the meeting. He
asked Power Development
Department (PDD) to consistently follow the transfer of land
identified for construction of
Receiving stations in Jammu
city and its peripheries. The
Divisional Commissioner was
chairing a meeting convened by
him to review the implementation of R-APDRP projects and
discuss the bottlenecks ham-
pering the transfer of sites by
different departments to PDD
for construction of 8 receiving
stations around Jammu city.
The meeting was attended
by senior PDD functionaries,
police, Jammu Development
Authority (JDA), Jammu
Municipality (JMC) Wild Life
Department and other parties.
The meeting discussed in
detail the positioning and sites
for the 33/11 KV Receiving stations proposed to be constructed at Shakti Nagar, Manda,
Barnai, Sunjwan, Subash
Nagar- Polura, Raika- Greater
Jammu, Residency area and
Dayabsar. The JDA, JMC, Wild
Life and other departments
were asked to work out the
modalities for transfer of their
respective pieces of land which
have been selected for the construction of these projects. The
Divisional Commissioner also
instructed the police and district administration to help
PDD in the eviction of encroachments at the identified sites, if
any. Dr Kotwal directed each of
these departments to cooperate
with the PDD for early start of
work on all these projects.
Shri Ram Sena demands CBI inquiry in Rs 8.5 Cr Jammu Tulip garden
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Shri Ram Sena Jammu and
Kashmir state president, Rajiv Mahajan
has demanded a CBI inquiry in the Tulip
Garden project raised at a cost of Rs. 8.5
crore on 563 kanals of land at Bhour
Camp in Jammu which was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister Ghulam
Nabi Azad on March 31, 2008.
Mahajan demanded the expenditure account of Rs. 8.5 crore-sanctioned
amount for the project and the status of
the garden to be made public.
He also asked the MLA Gandhi
Nagar constituency and Speaker
Legislative assembly, Kavinder Gupta
under whose jurisdiction the Tulip garden falls to take cognizance of the matter
and sort out misappropriation of funds
meant for Tulip garden project and help
in booking the culprits.
Addressing a press conference here
today, Rajiv Mahajan said, that over the
years Kashmir centric governments
have been ignoring Jammu division in
growth and development leaving this
largest region (both population wise and
area wise) starving.
He said, "Despite Jammu having
the great potential of attracting both domestic and foreign tourists with extraordinary destinations in Chenab valley,
Rajouri-Poonch belt and upper areas of
Kathua district, the erstwhile govern-
ments did not bother to prepare projects
and
submit
them
to
Central
Government for financial support so
that many such areas could be developed as attractive tourist destinations."
He added that although some projects were undertaken from the beginning of this century in Jammu areas, yet
they moved on a slow pace due to negligence of the authorities even though
Jammu division, by and large, was
peaceful as compared to Kashmir
Valley.
"It was during a brief stint of the
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad that
some projects took off in the region for
example, the establishment of Tulip
Garden in the vicinity of Jammu city.
The Flower Garden at Bhour Camp in
Jammu, which was inaugurated by the
Azad on March 31, 2008, with the hope
that it would become a major tourist destination, is now crying for immediate attention," he mentioned adding that the
garden, which was raised at a cost of Rs.
8.5 crore on 563 Kanals of land on the pattern of famous Tulip Garden in the
Kashmir Valley, is still without a compound wall as a result, various varieties
of flowers in the garden are being destroyed by cattle, which can be seen
grazing there.
"Out of 563 kanals, seven varieties of
flowers have been cultivated on 207
kanals," he said adding that the hope
with which the garden was inaugurated
to promote tourism in Jammu has completely died down because the caretakers of the garden are not provided with
material for its maintenance.
Rajiv Mahajan further alleged that
the Floriculture Department cannot
maintain it properly as no discreet directions were given by the former Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah or present incumbent Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
In the absence of a compound wall,
he said, stray cattle enter the garden and
graze in it and thirty gardeners have no
option but to watch them destroy the
garden helplessly.
So has been the approach of the former Coalition Government headed by
Omar Abdullah and the now coalition
Chief Mufti Mohammad Sayeed towards developing tourist destinations
in Kishtwar, Doda, Bhadarwah, BatoteSanasar belt, this side of the Pir Panjal
around Mughal Road, stunning lakes in
Rajouri-Poonch and hilly areas in Bani
and Basohli in Kathua district.
Others were present Bal Krishan
Arora, Ramesh Thakur, Sushil Verma
and othes.
JWAM stages protest against hike NC-Congress jeopardized local Kavinder Gupta starts
body polls: Hamid Choudhary blacktopping work in
in Petrol & Diesel prices
‘Measures to decentralize powers hailed’
Gandhi Nagar
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Jammu West Assembly
Movement (JWAM) today held
protest demonstration against
Central Government over petrol
and diesel price hike.
Addressing
protesters,
Sunil Dimple president Jammu
west assembly movement said
the people of the country never
expected this from the Narindeer
Modi that the prices will break
the back bone of the common
man. He urged the prime minister to control the rising prices
and he alleged that his Govt has
completely failed to control the
hike in the petrol diesel prices.
He said this hike in the diesel
petrol price is a bomb shell of the
Narinder Modi Govt on the people of the country and the state.
He said in the international market the diesel petrol is much
cheaper and the Govt after all taxes and surcharges cost petrol on-
Vishwa Bharati organizes varied
co-curricular activities in school campus
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Vishwa Bharati Public
Higher Secondary School
Akalpur Morh, Udheywala organized multi-skill development programme to bring out
the hidden talents of the students. The whole programme
was comprised of various cocurricular activities such as
pencil-paint
competition,
English calligraphy competition and math’s quiz. The students of all houses from pre-primary, primary and middle standard actively participated and
exhibited their sublime performances in their respective
activities. Students from the
class 6th to 9th who participated
in math’s quiz, displayed their
sharp acumen in answering
math’s questions. Out of the
four houses, Satyam house
achieved the 1st Rank. The programme was conducted under
the supervision of teachers
from Mathematics department.
In-charge Higher Wing Mrs.
Girja Razdan asserted that such
kind of programmes are indispensable for an all round development of students personalities and they must have a prominent place in present days
school curriculum.
The school Principal Mrs.
Annapurna Kaul felt extremely
elated and encouraged students
for their best performances.
ly 20 Rs and the diesel 18 Rs only
and it is selling at so high rates in
the country. Dimple demanded
the Prime Minister if the Price of
petrol diesel are deregulated
than the state and central govts
should exempt sale tax and VAT
on the sale of Petrol, diesel,
kerosene oil, LPG in the country
, than why the state and central
govts charging these huge taxes.
He demanded prime minister Narinder Modi and the state
chief Minister Mufti Mohmad
Sayeed to take effective steps to
exempt sale tax on the sale of
LPG Gas, petrol and diesel to relieve the common man of the
country and the J&K State.
Among others who participated in the protest were Sham
Saroop, Harbans Tondon, Vinod
Suri, Ravinder Mishra, Vijay
Khjuria, Govind Ram Sharma,
R N Dogra, Shanker Das
Sharma, Joginder Sharma, Dev
Raj, Kulwant Sharma, Vipan,
Mukesh, Rakesh, Joginder
Kumar, Brahma Datt Sharma
Raj Kumar, and many others.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) leader Abdul Hamid
Choudhary today hailed the incumbent coalition government
for initiating steps to hold elections to Urban Local Bodies
(ULB) in Jammu and Kashmir
State that were deliberately delayed by the previous National
Conference-Congress regime.
The essence of democracy lies in
empowering people at grass root
level and make them partner in
all developmental activities
which this government understands and has made a beginning towards it as well.
In his press statement issued here, Choudhary Hamid
said that five-year term of ULBs
had expired in 2010 and the previous regime continuously sat
over file for five years and didn’t
let the powers decentralized. For
multiple number of times, even
the Chief Minister, announced
dates for holding ULB polls but
nothing
ever
matured.
Thereafter, no attention was
ever paid towards holding fresh
elections to these grass root level
democratic institutions in urban areas of the State.
He said that after the consent of Housing and Urban
Development
Department
(H&UDD) the Chief Electoral
Officer (CEO) has now asked
Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to
nominate officials for appointing Electoral Registration
Officers (EROs) and Assistant
Electoral Registration Officers
(AEROs) for revision and preparation of electoral rolls of the all
wards of municipal bodies in the
state. This coalition regime will
now ensure that two Municipal
Corporations of Jammu as well
as
Srinagar
besides
47
Municipal Council/Committees
of Kashmir and 37 that of
Jammu region are duly elected
to represent their wards.
This process was deliber-
ately delayed by the previous
regime and people made to suffer, he alleged. Choudhary
Hamid said the People’s
Democratic
Party
(PDP)Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)
coalition government under the
dynamic leadership of Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed in the state intends to
function to the best satisfaction
of electorates and make them
partner in every development
that takes place here from this
day onward.
The way positive developments are taking place in the
state very soon the government
will come out with election
schedule and once these institutions begin to function our share
of money lying at the Centre
would also pour in, he added.
Holding of elections would also
enable us to claim Rs 1305.64
crore shared that was lying with
the Centre.
Sat Sharma kick-starts construction works in Ward 25
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Promoting the cleanliness
drive in Jammu West, BJP MLA
Sat Sharma (CA) kick started
construction works of Lanes and
Drains in Ward Number 25 of
Jammu West. Besides senior officials
of
JMC
(Jammu
Municipal Corporation) department, scores of people hailing
from all walks of life were present on the occasion. The MLA
kick started the work of Lanes
and drains near Unique
Academy behind Government
Girls School, Rehari Colony of
Ward number 25 which will be
constructed under the supervision of JMC at an estimated cost
of around Rupees 2.50 lakhs.
Addressing the gathering,
Sat Sharma (CA) said that he
will continue serving the masses
of Jammu West just like Prime
Minister Narendra Modi is serving the country today with full
dedication and honesty and will
never disappoint any person residing in the Constituency.
He also promised that each
and every developmental work
taken in the Constituency will be
done to its fullest and in the coming
days,
Jammu
West
Constituency’s example will be
given in relation to development
and for the other basic works required in the area.
He also stressed upon promoting cleanliness drive everywhere in the Constituency in or-
der to build a clean aura and he
said that he will make every possible effort to improve the condition of lanes and drains in the
Constituency within a year so
that the public might not face
any problems. He also said that
projects worth crores of Rupees
have already been started in the
Constituency by various departments in order to provide new
infrastructure for the use of public which includes improvement
in Water and electricity supply,
roads and other necessities of
the public.
The residents of ward also
thanked the MLA for completing
their long pending demands.
The MLA also reviewed the
Sanitation condition of the Ward
and also directed the officials to
look into the matter of
Sanitation on priority.
The MLA also toured lanes
of Ward Number 24 as well and
reviewed the conditions of lanes
and drains which needs proper
attention. He also directed JMC
officials to take those works on
priority and prepare estimates
for the works for lanes and
drains in the area.
JMC XEn Paramjit Singh,
AEE Talwar, JE SK Bhat, Ex
Corporator Balwan Singh,
Sanjay
Sawhney,
Sanjeev
Sharma, Onkar Singh Bose, Raj
Kumar
Verma,
Manju
Malhotra, Vijay Gandotra, Arun
Sharma,
Ankush,
Ricky
Contratcor and others were also
present on the occasion.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Speaker
J&k
State
Legislative Assembly and MLA
from
Gandhi
Nagar
Constituency, Kavinder Gupta
on Saturday started blacktopping work in Gandhi Nagar
starting from Presentation
Convent School up to Satwari in
presence of Executive Engineer
Public works Department,
Abdullah and other officers of
the department.
Gupta, while taking a dig on
the previous regime of NCCongress, said that the previous
government always thought of
their personal benefits and gave
a hard blow on the face of common man by indulging in corrupt practices and doing low
quality work which made the
life of common man miserable.
On the occasion, Kavinder
Gupta said that this time no
compromise will be done with
the quality of work and special
care will be taken in its execution; he himself will supervise
the work so that the quality can
be maintained and people don’t
have to suffer in the future. The
life of the roads is also going to
increase and it is not going to
break down easily, he added.
Executive Engineer Public
Works Department, Abdullah
said that on the directions of
Hon’ble Speaker this work has
been initiated and the tenders of
around 40 cr have been floated
for Gandhi Nagar Constituency
for black topping of roads.
Speaker said, he has promised to make this constituency a
model one and providing good
roads is the first step towards
that ; people themselves will observe this in future as it is going
to be very beneficial not only for
one but for all as quality roads
help every section of the society,
good roads helps in easy transportation which in turn increase the output of every trade
whether it is business or some
other trade.
He further said that these
small things make a lot of difference in one’s life and he ensured
that it will prove to be a boon for
the residents of Gandhi Nagar
and will increase their per capita income as well as happiness
index. Gupta appealed to the
residents of the area that if they
find anything mischievous in
the execution of the work being
started today can directly come
and register complaint with
him. Gupta directed the concerned department to complete
the work in time and also take
care that traffic doesn’t get interrupted due to this work.
Vinay Gupta, Jaideep Sharma,
Vikram Randhawa, Tarsem
Chowdhary, Kulbir Charak, Er.
Ashwani
khosla,
Pappu
Chowdhary were prominent
among others who were present.
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 17 , 2015, PAGE 4
Abdul Haq tours Langate,
Handwara, Kupwara
Substantial change would be visible
on ground soon: Veeri
Inaugurates AYUSH health camp at Pushkiri
Srinagar, May 16:
Minister for Horticulture,
Hajj and Auqaf, Mr. Abdul
Rehman Veeri today inaugurated AYUSH health cum awareness camp at village Pushkiri in
Bijbehara. The health camp was
organized by the Indian System
of Medicines (ISM) Department
and during the day long camp
specialist doctors of ISM provided free health checkup and medicines to the people in the area.
Addressing a public gathering after inaugurating the health
camp, the Minister said the government is keen to promote the
traditional medicines in the
State. He asked the ISM department to encourage people to avail
treatment through this system.
He said Government has set up
ISM health centers at all hospitals in the State and at the district
level, besides Primary Health
Centers, where free medicines
and other related facilities have
been made available to patients.
The Minister underscored the
need for organizing more such
camps in remote and hilly areas
for ensuring maximum benefits
to the people through such
healthcare facility. He called upon the people to take best advantage of AYUSH system of treatment and to get a health check up
done by the doctors under Indian
System of Medicine.
The Minister said providing
affordable treatment is a necessi-
ty today and AYUSH is the most
plausible solution at hand. He appreciated efforts of the organiz-
ers to make people aware of alternative medicine system and its
various therapies. He said, pro-
viding an opportunity to the
practitioners to interact with the
public and showcase their
achievements is commendable.
Stressing the need for adoption
of alternate medicine, Mr. Veeri
said the adoption of traditional
systems and medicines for preventive and curative health care
has become more relevant today
than before. The Minister said
that the Government is taking
various short, medium and long
term measures to provide accountable, transparent and corruption-free administration at
all levels. “J&K has voted for
change, and we assure our people
that the change they are aspiring
for will be soon visible on the
ground”, he said. Veeri said the
Stresses for ensuring basic amenities
Kupwara, May 16:
Government would ensure that
the governance agenda worked
out by it is implemented on the
ground in letter and spirit and
people get the much-needed relief on all fronts.
He sought people’s cooperation
in
translating
Government’s commitment to
provide responsive and responsible governance into reality.
“We would welcome regular
public feedback on the policies
programmes
of
the
and
Government so that course-corrections, if any, are made accordingly,” he said. Responding
to demands of the locals, the
Minister assured that all their
genuine needs would be fulfilled
in due course of time.
Minister for Rural
Development and Panchayati
Raj Abdul Haq today conducted
an extensive tour of Langate,
Handwra and Kupwara constituencies and inspected various on-going developmental
projects under execution in various sectors.
During the tour, Minister
inspected various developmental projects including SubDistrict Hospital, Langate,
Tourist Reception Centre (TRC),
Revenue Complex, Children
Park and New bus stand
Handwara, CHC Kralgund, under- execution bridge, Wadpora,
Grid Station Maidanpora and
Kashmir University, North
campus, Wayan and also took
stock of the pace of progress on
these projects.
MLA Langate, Er. Sheikh
Abdul Rashid, besides District
Development Commissioner,
Kupwara K. R. Ranjan and other
senior officers of District
Administration and engineers
accompanied the Minister during the tour.
Later, the Minister chaired
a joint meeting of officers of
District administration and engineers and reviewed the development scenario. He enjoined
upon the concerned to work
with zeal and dedication to ensure the availability of basic
amenities to the people. He also
asked to have close liaison with
the Deputy Commissioner in redressing peoples’ problems,
adding that the people have
more expectations with the pres-
Prof Menon meets Governor AJHLA questions Govt over Artificial lake project
GOF Staff reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Srinagar, May 16:
Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon, a leading legal luminary and eminent educator, called on Mr. N.N. Vohra, Governor, here at the Raj
Bhavan today. He was accompanied by Prof. Mehraj-ud-Din, ViceChancellor, Central University of Kashmir. The Governor and Prof.
Menon had extensive discussions on several important issues relating to the legal education system in the country; promotion of human
rights; judicial reforms etc. Associated with the establishment of the
National Law Schools, Prof. Menon is the country’s leading expert in
all matters relating to the promotion and up gradation of the legal education system in the State Universities.
All Jammu Hotels & Lodges
Association has questioned the
coalition government headed by
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed to define their agenda of good governance and transparency during
their rule as nothing of the sort
has appeared on the ground in
their two months rule so far.
Speaking in a meeting, president Inderjeet Khajuria felt offended over the Mufti’s press interaction, where he declared
shelving of prestigious artificial
lake project in Jammu on flimsy
ground. Artificial lake project
was started during 2010-11 and
hooping Rs 60 crore stands spent
taking the project to nearing
completion but for construction
of 17 diversion channels.
Referring to the recent meeting
of Deputy Chief Minister, Dr
Nirmal Kumar Singh with
Union Resources Minister, Uma
Bharti pressing her for extending support for completion of river tawi artificial lake project, Mr
Khajuriu sought clarification
from him (Deputy Chief
Minister) about his stand as he
too was present in the press conference. Mr Mufti is treading
strictly only a hidden agenda of
pleasing every stakeholder including militants at the cost of
Jammu for gaining political
mileage. Speaking further
Khajuria said that in view of eco-
nomic hardship coupled adverse
factors train-link extension
Katra being one, tourism related
Jammu traders have been day
dreaming the early completion
of this prestigious project to
make Jammu as attraction for
tourists to make as independent
destination as less than 2% of pilgrims/tourists out of more than
one crore bound for Shri Mata
Vaishno Devi shrine touch
Jammu. Mufti has further befooled Jammuites to develop
banks of Jammu tawi instead of
artificial lake, which is next to
impossible as the Tawi banks included Tawi bed at places has already been encroached upon.
Khajuria warned Mufti
Mohammed Sayeed of conse-
Government of Jammu & Kashmir
PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING DIVISION UDHAMPUR
50th meeting of Research Council held at SKUAST-K
Srinagar, May 16:
Sher-e-Kashmir University
of Agricultural Sciences &
Technology (SKUAST) Kashmir
organized 50th meeting of
Research Council under the
of
Vicechairmanship
Chancellor SKUAST-Kashmir,
Dr Tej Partap here today. While
welcoming the participants to the
meeting, Director Research, Dr
Shafiq A Wani highlighted the
important basic and strategic research issues pertaining to the
State. Elaborating the progress
achieved under different state
centrally
sponsored
and
schemes, Director Research
stressed on need for restructuring and reorientation in research
based issues facing the farming
community and transforming
agriculture & allied sectors into
profitable ventures thus improving livelihood and economic security of the farming community.
Various important flagship
programmes initiated by the
University include participatory
SRTC to operate
bus service from
Anantnag to
Khiram, Kaba
Marg
Anantnag, May 16:
According to the Depot
Manager,
Jammu
and
Kashmir
State
Road
Corporation
Transport
(SRTC), Anantnag, the
Corporation will operate
bus service for the devotees
from Anantnag to Khiram
and Kaba Marg from May 17
to May 18, 2015 and May 21 to
May 22, 2015 in connection
with Mairaj-ul-Alam (SAW).
In this connection the devotees are informed to contact
on
telephone
Nos.
9419713856 & 9797995671 for
further information.
crop breeding, resource/fertility
mapping, organic farming, pollination
management,
residue/quality analysis of pesticides/fertilizers, farm machinery
testing, goat/poultry improvement, bio-fortification of feed/fodder and mineral profiling. The
meeting was informed that 280 research projects were submitted to
State/National funding agencies
for financial support, out of which
48 projects have been approved. In
recent past, four AICRP coordination centres & three network centres have been approved by ICAR,
New Delhi to undertake research
in Pashmina goat, honeybees, pesticides, market intelligence, com-
modity profiling and agro meteorology. The University in the last
two years have undertaken reprogrammes
in
vival
Mushkbudji, Kamad, Kashmiri
Chilli and Ambri in their niche areas to inculcate Kashmiriyat in
agriculture and harness the local
biodiversity of other important
crops. The Vice-Chancellor released the CD on “Saib par aa-saib
ke saaye” (apple pollination issues in Kashmir) & policy series
2015 (Seed plan, Pasture development, High density apples,
Organic farming, Apple spray
schedule) prepared and printed
by Directorate of Research for all
stakeholders. The meeting was at-
tended by all the Directors, Deans,
HoDs, Associated Scientists,
Coordinators,
Programme
Directors and representatives
from the line Departments.
Vice-Chancellor while commenting on various research issues stressed on time bound research priorities which should
have societal advantage. Speaking
on the occasion, the Chairman informed the scientists to prioritize
research programmes based on reorientation in research which the
University undertook during the
last 4 years in tune with global,
National & local factors, particularly the challenges of climate
change & ecological fragility of
hilly states. He stressed on close
coordination between different
line Departments to address issues pertaining to production,
and diseases of agricultural and
horticultural crops, and animal
husbandry, and to give commercial orientation to farming in the
State and to upscale technological support of the University to
relevant line departments.
Army provides sewing machines
& conducts stitching course
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Rashtriya Rifles Battalion,
under Romeo Force, provided 20
Sewing machines and conducted
stitching course for the needy
and unemployed ladies of
Mendhar. Conduct of stitching
course and provisioning of
Sewing Machines to the needy
ladies will assist these ladies to
find source of income through
self-employment and to lead a
life with dignity. The event was
attended by Army and Civil dignitaries. Mr KL Balgotra,
Secretary Gandhi Seva Centre
thanked the Indian Army for
their concerted efforts in providing such facilities in the remote
areas of J & K. Mr Chaudhary
Zaffarullah, Chairman Gandhi
Seva Centre Mendhar and Mr
Dara Singh, Sarpanch Mendhar
mentioned that such steps by
Army would be beneficial in earn-
ing goodwill amongst the locals of
Jammu & Kashmir and would
provide self employment to the
families in these far flung areas.
IAS aspirants hail Dr Jitendra's
decision to change exam pattern
New Delhi, May 16:
IAS aspirants, student leaders and representatives of Akhil
Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
(ABVP) today called on 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 at his North Block Office
to thank him and felicitate him
for the revolutionary decision to
change the examination pattern
for selection to IAS and allied
services. They offered bouquets
to the Minister and also shared
sweets with him.
Acknowledging the gesture
by the young scholars, Dr
Jitendra Singh said, Narendra
Modi Government is committed
to provide “maximum governance with minimum government” and to achieve this objective in true spirit, we need to attract into Civil Services, such
youth who not only have calibre
but also have an inborn aptitude
for administration. It is with
this in mind that the decision
has been taken to revise the pattern and syllabus of the IAS exam in such a manner as to provide a level playing field to all
the aspirants, regardless of their
background, rural or urban upbringing, or the stream/subjects studied by them.
Soon after coming to power,
Dr Jitendra Singh said, for the
very first exam of IAS that took
place in the month August 2014,
the Department of Personnel &
Training (DoPT) took the bold
decision of scrapping away the
22 mark English portion in
Question Paper No.2 of the
Preliminary Exam so that no aspirant would experience disadvantage on account of not having
read in an English medium
school or college. Time has come
when educationists must sit
down and devise a selection pattern which enables inclusion into IAS and allied services of such
candidates who can live up to the
requirements of governance in
the 21st century India, he said.
“We have come a long way
since the times when a Collector
was meant to collect revenue”,
said Dr Jitendra Singh and
added, “today we need Collectors
who can generate revenue for a
host of poverty eradication
schemes introduced by PM
Narendra Modi”. The need of the
hour is to have such administrators who could carry forward
schemes like “Jan Dhan Yojana”
to the poorest of the poor and the
remotest of the remote with sensitivity and effectiveness, without getting stuck up in red
tapism or dogmatism, he said.
The student leaders who visited
Dr Jitendra Singh expressed
gratitude and satisfaction at the
decision to declare CSAT as
qualifying and determine the
merit of the Preliminary
Examination purely on the basis of marks obtained in the
General Studies Paper No.1.
Among the student leaders who
felicitated Dr Jitendra Singh
were Moolchandra Singh, Saket
Bahuguna, Edward Mendhe,
Deverndra Singh and Ashish
Agnihotri.
quences of shelving the project
for no valid reason under a hidden agenda to harm Jammu. He
said that the lake project was
started only after getting required clearance and completion
of all the required formalities
and was supposed to be completed December 2015. There is no rationale in the Mufti’s excuses of
silting and filling of the water in
the lake within year as silting is a
common phenomenon, which
has a solution of desilting operations everywhere. Others who
expressed their similar views included Pawan Gupta, Baldev Raj,
Harbans Singh, Rajesh Gupta,
Vinod Jandiyal, ML Sharma,
Gurdarshan Singh, Varinder
Gupta and Amjad Afridi.
ent dispensation.
The Minister said that all
necessary medical and diagnostic facility would be made available in the health institutions of
Kralgund and Langate.
Abdul Haq asked the concerned for early completion
and submission of lists of beneficiaries under BPL, APL and
AAY categories so that the ration could be provided as per
Census 2011. He also took
stock of supply position of essentials in the district.
The meeting was informed
that an amount of Rs. 3.66 crore
is being spent on construction
of Revenue Complex. Out of Rs.
1 crore earmarked for development of Children Park
Handwara, an amount of Rs. 40
lakh has been spent so far, the
concerned agencies were directed to complete the project
within the stipulated time
frame with all protective measures for the children.
The Minister while interacting with the officers impressed upon them to fix their
responsibilities towards the
public so that their expectations
are fulfilled, adding that good
performance would be awarded.
Speaking on the occasion,
MLA Langate, Er. Rashid raised
various issues pertaining to the
people of his constituency and
assured them all support on the
developmental process initiated
by the present government.
MLA, Kupwara Bashir Ahmad
Dar also shared his views during the meeting and demanded
provision of basic amenities for
the people in his constituency.
FRESH NOTICE INVITING TENDER 2ND TIME
e-NIT No. 06 of 05/2015
Under endorsement No. PHEU/802-29 dtd. 13- 05 -2015
Executive Engineer PHE Division Udhampur for and on behalf of Governor of Jammu & Kashmir State, invite tenders by e-tendering on turn
key Basis on SSR 2012 from approved and eligibile contractors registered with J&K State Government having sufficient experience and financial resources. The detail of works is as under :S.
No
Name of work
Esdt. Cost
Cost of Tender
documents
E/Money
Time of
completion
Class of
contractor
1.
Design Provision and Constt. of
15000 Gallons Per Hour capacity
Rapid Sand Gravity Filtration Plant
with Floculator at Khudun under
WSS Kambal Danga under NRDWP
& trial run for a period 12 months
(Turn key Job)
Rs. 50.00
Lacs
Rs. 2000/-
Rs. 1.00
Lacs
(lump-sum)
06 months
incl. rainy
days
A& B
Superintending
Engineer
Hydraulic Circle
Udhampur
Rs. 50.00
Lacs
Rs. 2000/-
Rs. 1.00
Lacs
(lump-sum)
06 months
incl. rainy
days
A& B
Superintending
Engineer
Hydraulic Circle
Udhampur
2.
Design Provision and Constt. of
15000 Gallons Per Hour capacity
Rapid Sand Gravity Filtration Plant
with Floculatar at Pagorni Panchayat Thalora under WSS Baryalta
(Shatrari) NRDWP & trial run for a
period of 12 months (Turn key Job)
Cost of departmental material :1.
Tar Steel @ 6000/- Qtl.
2.
Cement @ 415/- bag
1.
2.
3.
Position of Funds
Position of AAA
-
Demanded
Submitted
Tender
Receiving
Authority
Date of publishing : Dated : 18-05-2015 at 1600 Hrs.
The Tender can be downloaded from J&K Govt. website www.jktenders.gov.in from Dated: 19-05- 2015 (1000) Hrs.
The Bids shall be deposited in electronic format on J&K Govt. website http://jktenders.gov.in from 20-05-2015 time 1000 Hrs to 29-05-2015 upto
14:00 Hrs.
4. An earnest money in the shape of CDR/FDR/Bank Guarantee of any nationalized/scheduled bank pledged to the Superintending Engineer
Hydraulic Circle Udhampur and tender fees of Rs. 2000/- in shape of DD non refundable of any nationalized/scheduled bank pledged to the
Superintending Engineer Hydraulic Circle Udhampur. The original documents in respect of cost of Bid documents & EMD & other documents
must be delivered in the office of Superintending Engineer Hydraulic Circle Udhampur on or before 30-05-2015 upto 14:00 Hrs.
5. The site of work is available; the intending bidders are strongly advised to inspect the site of work before bidding.
6. The complete bidding process will be on line.
7. Technical bids shall be opened on line on 03-06-2015 at 14:00 Hrs in the office Superintending Engineer Hydraulic Circle Udhampur. In case of holiday or office happens to be closed on the date of opening of the bids, bids will be opened on the next working day at the same time and venue.
8. The earnest money shall be forfeited, if Any bidder/tenderer withdraws his bid/tender during the period of bid validity or makes any modifications
in the terms and conditions of the bid.
9. No Engineer of Gazetted rank or other Gazetted Officer, employed in Engineering or Administrative duties in an Engineering Department of the
State Government is allowed to work as a Contractor for a period of two years after his retirement from Government service, without permission of
the Government. This contract is liable to be cancelled if either the contractor or any of his employees is found any time to be such a person who
had not obtained the permission of the Government as aforesaid before submission of the tender or engagement in the Contractor’s Service.
10. The departmental material i.e cement shall be issued to the contractor @ Rs. 415/- per bag on cash payment & steel 6000/- per Qtl. Shall be provided by the department.
11. Instruction to bidders regarding e-tendering process.
a. The interested bidder can download the NIT/ bidding document from the website http://jktenders.gov.in
b. To participate in bidding process, bidders have to get Digital Signature Certificate” (DSC) as per Information Technology Act-2000, to participate in
online bidding. This certificate will be required for digitally signing the bid. Bidders can get above mentioned digital certificate from any approved
vendors. The Bidders, who already possess valid (DSC) Digital Signature Certificates, need not to procure new Digital Signature Certificate.
c. The bidders have to submit their bids online in electronic format with Digital Signature, the bids cannot be uploaded without Digital Signature. No
Proposal will be accepted in physical form.
d. Before submission of online bids, bidders must ensure that attested/scanned copies of all the necessary documents have been attached with bid.
e. The department will not be responsible for delay in online submission of bids whatsoever reasons may be
(f) All the required information for bid must be filled and submitted online.
g. Bidders should get ready with the scanned copies of cost of documents & EMD as specified in the tender documents. The original instruments in
respect of cost of documents, EMD and relevant documents duly attested be submitted to the Tender Inviting Authority by Registered post/courier
as per time schedule specified.
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bid will not be accepted.
i. Bidders can contact the undersigned for any guidance for getting DSC or any other relevant details in respect of e-tendering process.
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and other related documents etc. and attach these certificates as Non statutory documents while submitting their bids.
k. Bidders are advised not to make any create in BOQ (Bill of Quantities) contents or its name. In no case they should attempt to create similar BOQ
manually. The BOQ downloaded should be used for filling the net item rates inclusive of all taxes and it should be saved with the same as it comes.
(l) Bidders are advised to scan their documents at 100 DPI (Dots per Inch) resolutions with Black and White, JPEG Scan properly, concert scanned
images to PDF.
m. The guidelines for submission of bid online can be downloaded from the website www.jktenders.gov.in
n. All other General conditions of contract of (PHE/PWD) shall be applicable and binding upon the contractor. The copy of which can be personally
seen from the divisional office.
(o) The bidders shall provide the design from the competent authorized structural designer i.e Chief Engineer Design Directorate & Quality Control
Jammu.
The Bidding will be under 2 cover system.
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Scanned copy of below mentioned documents have to attached by the bidder for technical qualification
1. Attested/Scanned copy of tender fee.
2. Attested/Scanned copy of EMD.
3. Attested/Scanned copy of Registration Card with renewal for the year 2015-16
4. Attested/Scanned copy of Sale Tax clearance Certificate.
5. Attested/Scanned copy of Pan Card.
6. Attested/Scanned copy of Experience Certificate of same nature of work.
Cover II
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1. Rates submitted by the Bidder in the BOQ.
Executive Engineer
PHE Division
No. DIP/J-1443/2015
Udhampur
Dated : 16-05-2015
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY, 17, 2015, PAGE 5
CM assertion on PDP-BJP ties a
misleading, naive one: Tarigami
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
"The assertion of Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed that the ties between PDP
and BJP are in no way weak and
are rather as strong as steel, is essentially deceptive in nature. It
cannot however, mislead even a
naive. It can rather further expose the PDP." This was affirmed
by senior CPI(M) leader and MLA
Kulgam, M.Y.Tarigami in a state-
ment issued in Srinagar on
Saturday. He was reacting to
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed’s statement published in
some Srinagar dailies regarding
the coalition between rabidly anti autonomy BJP and self rule
protagonist PDP.
Tarigami expressed surprise at the latest assertion of
Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed regarding
the BJP- PDP ties. He said, at the
outset, Chief Minister described
the coalition as a compulsion
and made it clear that he will in
no way compromise with his political ideology, which he claims
is based on; self rule (something
more than internal autonomy),
financial autonomy, return of
centre owned power projects to
the state ; reviving of Indo-Pak
dialogue on Kashmir; framing a
joint legislature of the divided
state and repealing of AFSPA.
Since BJP did not agree even to
the withdrawal of AFSPA, PDP
played the developmental and
rehabilitation card.PDP made
the Kashmiri people believe that
by aligning with BJP the state
govt. will receive unlimited
funds which would be used for
the rehabilitation of flood victims, general re construction
and massive development of the
state. Now that the state has not
received even normal funds sofar and not a straw could be removed in the name of rehabilitation; what is the justification of
this unprincipled alliance?
Tarigami asked and said that
even the release of one political
prisoner was undone at the behest of BJP. The two parties
could not also agree on the mode
of the rehabilitation of Kashmiri
migrants. If this is the situation
on the ground; what makes the
coalition deep, Strong And
Based On Principals. Where is
the Common Ground?, Tarigami
enquired. He said the Chief
Minister instead of selling
dreams and defending, what cannot be defended should concentrate on governance. He should
try to rehabilitate the flood victims, release the salaries of employees, speed up the process of
recruitment, address the issues
of farmers and fruit growers and
root out corruption from the administration if he can.
JKCCA, JKAACL release Gurj Prakar Exercise
culminates successfully
books of O P Shakir
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Jammu and Kashmir Centre
for creative Arts, Jammu in collaboration with J&K Academy of
Art, Culture and Languages organized a Book Release function at
K L Saigal Hall, Academy
Complex, Jammu in which two
books titled Hadees-e- Hayat, a collection of Urdu poetry and
Tanhayian a collection of poetry
in Hindi written by O P Shakir
were released. Rajiv Sharma,
MLA Akhnoor presided over the
function whereas Danesh Rana,
IPS, IGP, Jammu was the Chief
Guest on the occasion. M L
Sharma, former HOD, Deptt of
Pharmachology, IIIm, Jammu,
Dr. Arvinder Singh Amn,
Additional Secretary, Jammu and
Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture
and Languages and O P Sharma,
President, JKCCA, Jammu also
shared the presidium.
Sh. Rajiv Sharma, Hon’ble
M.LA Akhnoor in his presidential address appreciated the roll
of the Jammu and Kashmir
Centre for creative Arts, for do-
ing a lot of literary and other kind
of activities for the development
of Art, Culture and Languages in
and outside the State. He also
congratulated Sh OP Shakir, the
author of the Books released today for his contribution in the
field of literature in Urdu and
Hindi. Sh. Danesh Rana IPS,
Inspector General of Police,
Jammu while congratulating the
author of the books said that the
literature being written in the region is highly appreciable as the
writers and poets are leading
spirit of the society. He also appreciated the efforts of JKCCA
for promoting Art, Culture and
Languages and providing platform to the younger generation.
Earlier Sh. O.P.Sharma,
Director J&K Centre for
Creative Arts presented his welcome address highlighted the activities done by the JKCCA, He
said that JKCCA was established in the year 2000 since then
is working for the promotion and
development of Art, Culture, and
Literature. JKCCA has organized many state and National level events in and outside the state.
In the field of Art, Culture and
Languages He further said JKCCA has decided to organize an
International Art Exhibition 2015 at Kala Kendra, Jammu in
August-2015 in which about 100
artists of International and national repute will participate.
This will be the Mega event in the
History of J&K in the field of visual arts. This international exhibition will be organized in
memory of Late Smt. Govind
Kour to pay homage to her. He also thanked J&K Academy of Art,
Culture and languages for collaborating this event. . Sh. S.Yousuf
, Principal, St Francis Higher
Secondary School , Akhnoor, Sh.
Sohail Kazmi, Sr. Journalist and
Sh. O.P.Shakir author of the
books also spokes on the occasion. Dr Arvinder Singh Amn,
Additional Secretary, JKAACL
presented vote of thanks. Sh.
Mushtaq Ahmad Wani read out
the paper on the books released
today. On the occasion a musical
programme composed and sung
by Sh Dharmesh Nargotra was
also presented which was based
on the poetry of Sh OP Shakir.
JMC Com inspects sanitation drive
‘Clean Jammu Green Jammu’
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
In continuation to monitor
the special sanitation drive under the title “Clean Jammu
Green Jammu” in different
of
Jammu
city.
wards
Commissioner JMC Saujanya
Sharma alongwith Health
Officer JMC Dr. Mohd. Saleem
Khan inspected ward no. 52, 53 &
54.
A detailed round of different lanes & bylanes of mentioned wards was under taken
by Commissioner JMC. About
30-35 truckloads of garbage, silt
& wild grass was removed by
sanitation staff of JMC from the
lanes & drains & disposed off at
Municipal dumping ground at
Bhagwati Nagar Jammu under
standard operating procedures.
G A Mir
expresses grief
over sad demise
of Imtiyaz Baskhi
Jammu, May 16:
An meeting was today held at
Chamber House under the presidentship of Rakesh Gupta, President
Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Jammu expressed concern over the
statement of Chief Minister Mufti
Mohd Sayeed ruling out the sanction
of AIIMS for Jammu and also the decision of shelving the project of artifi-
cial lake due to non feasibility.
In a press statement issued here
today, Gupta expressed deep anguish
and concern on these two decisions
spoken out by the Chief Minister
which have been made without any
proper survey and application of
mind. In the first instance the sanctioning of AIIMS for Jammu is a central subject and not a state subject,
hence the Chief Minister should not
have deliberated upon the said issue.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
The
Gurj
Division’s
Exercise Gurj Prahar in the
plains of Punjab, culminated
successfully. The exercise, conducted in a simulated battlefield
environment, witnessed close
synergy between various elements of land and air forces. The
focus of the exercise was on innovative means of fighting and on
swift battle manoeuvres over obstacle ridden terrain.
It provided a perfect platform for the Army and the Air
Force to fine tune coordination
between the two Services. Over
8,000 troops, tanks, reconnaissance and surveillance elements,
participated in the exercise. The
In the second instance regarding
shelving of artificial lake project in
Jammu stating the reason as non-feasibility. ‘The Chamber expects the
Chief Minister to come out with the
facts and figures and the balance
sheets of various projects of the government / corporations / J&K
Government. The Chamber feels that
all the major projects run by the government are already running into
losses of thousands of crores includ-
GOF Staff Reporter
exercise presented an excellent
opportunity to the Division to
gauge its operational preparedness to operate in a highly intense
and dynamic environment. Key
manoeuvres of the exercise were
witnessed by Lt Gen K J Singh,
Army Commander and Lt Gen
Rajeev Tewari, GOC, Rising Star
Corps. The Army Commander
complimented the formation for
the swift and efficient conduct of
the exercise and reiterated the
importance of technology and innovation in the fast changing
battlefield scenario. He also
stressed that the fitness and
mental alertness of the man behind the machine is the key to
success, a facet adequately
demonstrated by the men of the
Gurj Division in this exercise.
While offering condolences to the Family of
Journalist Imtiyaz Bakshi,
Pradesh Congress Committee
and
Former
President
Minister G A Mir expressed
deep shock and sorrow over
the sad demise of veteran
journalist Imtiyaz Baskhshi
and termed him a great journalist with head & heart qualities, in his passing away we
have lost a great journalist,
being an experienced figure,
he has rendered his best services to Journalism with full
honesty and dedication, he
said.
G A Mir paid rich tributes to Imtiaz Bakshi and offered his heartfelt condolences to his family. G.A. Mir
sympathized with the bereaved family and prayed for
peace to departed soul.
ing the fiscal position of the state government. The Chamber questions to
the state government as to who did
the survey earlier to check the feasibility of the Tawi Artificial Lake
Project. The major funds for all the
state government projects are mostly
provided by Government of India.
The Chamber of Commerce &
Industry Jammu feels that the state
of J&K is one state and issuance of
such statements by the head of the
state will only lead to regional divide’, he added. The Chamber also
questioned the BJP who are part and
parcel of this collation government to
come clean and transparent on both
the issues of AIIMS and artificial
lake. At the same time the Chamber
appeals to the business community
and also the Civil Society of Jammu
and the people at large to be mentally
prepared for a big agitation to get justice for Jammu region.
Jammu, May 16:
A joint meeting of Jagti Tenement
committee and Scan Kashmir Front J&K
was held here today under the President
of Sh. Shadi Lal Pandita, President Jagti
Tenement committee and Soan Kashmir
Front J&K. The meeting was attended by
the office bearers and members of the
committees. During the course of meeting various issues were discussed in detail and due deliberations were made in
respect of construction of Shiv Parvati
Panch Mandir the construction of which
has taken up a year ago.
While apprising the participants
Mr. Pandita has said that Shiv Ram Sai
Public Charitable Trust constituted to
look after the works of construction of
this Mandir complex have been working
effectively and a huge amount has been
incurred in raising of different structures but presently the trust is laking financial aid in order to complete the constructions proposed.
Mr. Pandita has further said that
a Bank Account in the name Trust
Shiv Ram Sai Public Charitable
Trust" has been opened in State Bank
of India Branch Nagrota, Jammu
Account No. 34037304448. Pandita has
appealed the Kashmiri Pandita community and the general masses for donating generously by depositing in the
said account No. enabling the Trust to
take up further construction works of
Shiv Paravati Panch Mandir,
Dharamshalla Geeta Hall, Two
mourning halls and space for performing last rites, 10th Day/12th Day Kriya
Karam besides laying the slab over the
constructed portions of this Temple.
Among others who were present in the
meeting were Rajinder Dhar, Rattan
Lal Bhat, Sanjay Pandita, Sunil Raina,
Mithun Pandita, Gopi Nath Shah,
Gokul Nath Bhat and others.
15 day summer Each One Teach One valedictory
camp organized ceremony held at BSF School
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Trendy Divva, a leading
Indian clothing retail brand announces its latest plan of getting
women franchisees on board.
Targeting women across Tier I
and Tier II cities, the women’s
fashion brand invites aspiring
and existing women entrepreneurs to join hands as business
partners and invest in retailing
high–fashion women apparel at
affordable prices. This step is in
line with brand’s belief and
plans for women empowerment.
Considering the current scenario of the retail market and the
effect of e–commerce on the
brick and mortar retailers, special business models are being
created for the franchisees for
both Tier I and Tier II cities.
Trendy Divva will provide all
the strategic and operational
support necessary to ensure a
mutually beneficial partnership. With a total number of 15
stores pan – India, the brand
aims at opening 100 stores in a
span of 3 years.
Gurprit Sawhney, Founder
and Managing Director, Trendy
Divva, says, “We have initiated
special business modules for
prospective franchisees/ investors/ business partners keeping in mind the current retail
scenario. We are extremely keen
on exploring the same with aspiring women entrepreneurs
who want to become business
owners, in Tier I, II & III cities, as
part of our next expansion stage,
owing to the great demand that
we have witnessed so far.”
“We strongly believe that in
the Make in India ideology and
also believe it will remain strong
in the market as compared to imported products. Our motive is
also to encourage and spread the
word about it. Trendy Divva is a
proud Indian brand with its own
manufacturing unit, providing
in-house designed and produced
merchandise to its customers for
the last 7 years”, he added. The
brand was established in 2008
when Mr. Sawhney felt that
India was increasingly becoming a dumping ground for all the
International brands and there
was a need of an Indian brand
which could provide best designs for the modern Indian
women at affordable prices.
Inter house group
song competition held
Jammu, May 16:
Trendy Divva invites
JTC, SKF hold joint meeting; discuss issues
women entrepreneurs
‘Plans to expand to 100 stores in the next 3 years’
going on as per scheduled already circulated. Today on
16/05/2015 thermal fogging will
be done in ward no. 47 & 48 i.e.
Bahu Fort & Gorkha Nagar area.
Besides officers & officials
of JMC prominent citizens present on the occasion were Ex
Corporator, Shubh Chander
Verma, Santosh Mangotra,
Nitish Mahajan, Aseem Gupta,
Chanchal Popli, Bharat Sharma
etc. Health Officer/ Zonal
Officer I, JMC & Municipal
Veterinary
Officer/Zonal
Officer II, JMC carried out the
sanitation drive in ward no:
52,53,54, 65,66 & 67. 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.
GOF Staff Reporter
CCI-J expresses concern over CM statement over AIIMS, Artificial Lake
GOF Staff Reporter
Commissioner JMC requested
the general public to join the
sanitation movement & make it
sustainable. Inhabitants of the
area highly appreciated the initiatives taken by Commissioner
JMC to make Jammu clean.
Other issues like repair &
installation of street lights, repair of drains, black toping of
roads, removal of stray dogs &
stray cattle from the locality
were also raised by the locals.
On the occasion, Health officer JMC Dr. Mohd. Saleem Khan
told that the issue of sanitation
is unglamorous & under reported. Media was requested to write
& publish stories that clearly illustrate the benefits of sanitation. Moreover to bring down
the adult mosquito density, thermal fogging in whole area of
Municipal Corporation is also
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
A 15 days Summer Camp at Air Force School
Jammu was inaugurated by Air Commodore
Ashutosh Lal VM, Air Officer Commanding Air
Force Station Jammu. Among the others present
was Sqn Ldr Sunaina Ch.ahar, Officer Incharge
Air Force School. In his inaugural address AOC
stressed the need for extending learning beyond
the four walls of the classroom. He stated that such
workshop help to build teamwork, cooperation,
leadership and individuality amongst students.
The workshop aims to bring out the creative talent
in children from classes 3rd to 9th.The children
shall be engaged in diverse activities like spoken
english, Yoga, PT, swimming, introduction to multimedia, calligraphy, dance,s music, art, craft and
educational visits. Students shall learn and grow
under their respective mentors. Air Force School,
Jammu has been conducting this workshop for the
past 12 years now. The curriculum has been diligently designed to bring out the best in ‘body, mind
and spirit’. Campers caps were distributed to the
students. Vikesh Sandhal, Principal in his welcome address hoped that the workshop shall
bridge the gap between school, home and community and provide a happy and engaging experience
to refresh the children during vacations.
Valedictory ceremony of Each
One Teach One Project was held in
BSF School Campus. Instilling the
spirit of giving is fundamental to
our philosophy and a key pillar of
teaching at BSF School Jammu.
An emphasis on community projects around the corner and around
the world is laid so as to develop
and infuse a spirit of personal
the moment of pride that our school
students have brilliantly worked to
provide the fruit of education to
these children who aren’t fortunate
enough to go to schools. Through
this project the students have
achieved the aim of the project
which was to empower every individual with the ability to read and
write. More than 100 students have
received the benefit of this project
under the able guidance of Dr S S
Khokhar and his team of teachers
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
An Inter House Devotional
Group Song Competition was
held in JKPS Kunjwani. The students of junior wing from class I
to V participated in the event.
The young artists kept everyone
enthralled by their performance. The judges Neelam bhardwaj and Renu Uppal had a tough
time judging the young singers
who portrayed their classic zeal.
Jammu Consumer Council condoles
demise of Farida Mir
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Shocked over the untimely and sudden demise of its member Farida Mir,
Members of Jammu Consumers Council held a condolence meet which was
chaired by Ved Bhasin President of the organization. While expressing heartfelt grief, the members expressed that demise of such a dynamic personality
who was also a social activist has left a vacuum in the organization as Farida
Mir remained associated with the consumer movement since beginning and
contributed immensely in making people aware of their consumer rights at
every platform even as MLC. The members present prayed for peace to the departed soul after observing 2-minutes silence. R.K. Chadda, Dr. Nirmal Kamal,
Jatinder Bakshi, Kewal Mahajan, Ravinder Sharma, Raj Bharti and others
were present in condolence meeting.
ABVP JU Unit meets DSW; discusses
recommendation of Lyngdoh committee
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
ABVP Jammu University Unit met with Dean Students Welfare Prof P K
Shrivastava regarding the Open Elections in Jammu University to be held in
the upcoming session and discussed the procedures with respect to the recommendation of Lyngdoh Committee. ABVP is struggling for the last many years
for the open elections in Jammu University. Prof. Shrivastava assured the possible assistance and appreciate the initiative taken by ABVP for the betterment
of Student Community. Sandeep Sharma(abvp ju president) Arun Prabhat
Singh, Kanav Sharma, Ajay Thakur, Vikas and others were also present there.
Dr V Venugopal Reddy takes over as
Director Regional Services Division IGNOU
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Dr. V. Venugopal Reddy, the Senior Regional Director, IGNOU has been appointed as Director, Regional Services Division, Indira Gandhi National Open
University for a tenure of three years i.e., from May 2015 to May 2018. Dr. Reddy has
been working with this university since February 1987. He has a varied experience
in the design and development of Courses and programmes as well as delivery of
Student Support Services. The RSD which he is heading now has a mandate to operationalize the Regional Centres, Study Centres and Student Support Services of the
University across the length and breadth of the country. The RSD has a vast network of Regional Centres and Learner Study Centres to deliver academic programmes to support distance learners and other stake holders. He is very much involved in training/orienting functionaries and faculty involved in the Student
Support across Regional Centres and Study Centres. Dr. Reddy has worked in different capacities in the University as: Faculty, Assistant Director, Deputy Director,
Regional Director and Director, Research Unit in the past. He has published a few
books and number of research papers in journals/edited books on the areas of Open
and Distance Learning. He has also presented number of research papers in national and international conferences. He is very much involved in the corporate affairs
of the University as Member of Board of Management, Member of Academic
Council, and Member of Student Support Committee.
Reasi DC reviews functioning of various
departments
Jammu, May 16:
growth among students for their
holistic development.
BSF School took up the project
at the initiation of the Chairman
BSF School Sh Rakesh Sharma, IG
BSF Jammu Frontier. Dr S S
Khokhar Principal BSF School
took pride in shouldering the responsibility of realizing the dreams
of many unprivileged students to
have the benefit of basic education
through this project. He said:It is
(Mrs Ruchi Bahl, Mr Janesh Singh
and Mr Chander Shekhar). The
project aimed at taking the learner
from being completely illiterate to
being able to read a newspaper and
carry out his daily activities
smoothly. From time to time experts were called to share with the
students and the audience the experience of teaching and learning by
means of which these unprivileged
children can be made literate.
In order to improve the performance and check the working of various departments, as well as to monitor the development works Deputy Commissioner
Reasi-Sushma Chauhan conducted a review meeting of all departments at the
conference hall of Mini Secretariat, Reasi, today. In the meeting performance of
PDD,
PHE,
Irrigation,
PWD,
Horticulture,
Agriculture,
Handloom/Handicraft, Employment, Revenue, Social Welfare, Labour,
Municipality and all other important departments was reviewed. Chauhan
while speaking on the occasion directed the officers to work with cooperation,
dedication and good leadership skills to win the faith of the people. She called
upon them to follow administrative ethics and course of proper documentation
while executing the works. Chauhan laid stress on education, rural development and social welfare departments to involve all the stakeholders while planning & executing the schemes and programmes. She directed the Officers to visit organize awareness camps and public meetings to redress the public grievances as well as to get first hand feedback about the problems of the people.
Chauhan added that the administration will take a thorough review of the performance of all departments on every Saturday so as to ensure transparency in
service delivery and effective running of all departments
Glimpses of Future
CYMK
Glimpses of future
Changing politics of TN
s Jayalalithaa became the Chief Minister of Tamil
M
Nadu in 1991 but went through another low period
in 1996 when she was arrested for a few days in cor-
ruption cases. She bounced back in 2001 and ruled Tamil Nadu
for a full five-year term. She was down again in 2006 but came
back in 2011 with a massive majority. Her crowing glory was
the AIADMK’s victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha election when the
party won 37 of the 39 Tamil Nadu seats in the Lower House.
Ms Jayalalithaa has had to step down twice as Chief Minister.
The first was in 2001. But she came back within months when
the court cleared her in the Tansi land case. The second time
was in 2014 when she had to step down after being convicted
in the disproportionate assets case. But after her acquittal this
week, a triumphant Jayalalithaa will return to the Chief Minister’s office. Ms Jayalalithaa’s acquittal has changed the political climate in Tamil Nadu as well as in the national politics.
First, those who were predicting that she was doomed after her
conviction last September, now, have to sit up and look at the
new Jayalalithaa, who might just become one of the most powerful Chief Ministers of the country. Ms Jayalalithaa might
also win the Assembly election in 2016. She began her campaign the moment after her acquittal when she made a statement including MGR’s name and invoking his legacy. But she
also has to ensure that the Opposition, led by the DMK, is significantly weakened. DMK chief M Karunanidhi, who was hoping to see her in jail for a while, now has to contend with an
even more powerful Jayalalithaa. Some of his party leaders,
like daughter Kanimozhi and former Union Minister A Raja,
are also facing serious corruption charges. His nephew
Dayanidhi Maran is also under the cloud. His family is fighting
for power. The other State political parties, like the PMK,
MDMK and the DMDK, are not in the pink of health either. As
for the national parties, the BJP had never been a force to content with in Tamil Nadu, and the Congress has been routed
from the State. Second, Ms Jayalalithaa will try to asset herself
in national politics with 37 MPs in Lok Sabha and 11 MPs in
Rajya Sabha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot ignore the
AIADMK in his scheme of things. Given his support for he idea
of cooperative federalism, (wherein he is even trying to befriend Chief Ministers like Mamata Banerjee), Ms Jayalalithaa, who is supposed to be on good terms with him, will
surely get a better profile. For instance, Mr Modi’s Sri Lanka
policy now has to take into account the concerns expressed by
Ms Jayalalithaa. The latter has also taken a hardline stance on
the Katchatheevu islands issue (which was ceded to Sri Lanka
by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi). This might become a
thorny issue alongwith the fishermen issue. Indian fishermen,
caught poaching in Sri Lankan waters, have often been arrested and jail by Lankan authorities. Tamil Nadu is making a
big hoo-ha about it. This has to be resolved sooner than later.
Ms Jayalalithaa has been making noises about the Goods and
Services Tax. Clearly, she will have to be taken on board when
it comes to legislative business in Parliament. The AIADMK,
as a block, has become more important to Mr Modi as his BJPled NDA is in a minority in Rajya Sabha. The big question for
Ms Jayalalithaa is whether to move closer to the BJP and get
more benefits for her State from the Centre or oppose the party
JAMMU SUNDAY MAY 17, 2015, PAGE 6
Scotland’s peaceful revolution
BY : GERRY HASSAN
The general election, of May 7, threw up
many surprises — the re-election of a majority Conservative Government, the scale of the
Scottish National Party (SNP) landslide, and
Scotland and England pointing in completely
opposite political directions. The SNP won 56
of Scotland’s 59 constituencies, reducing the
dominant Labour Party north of the border
from 41 seats at the previous election to a single seat. A whole host of luminaries lost their
seats including the Scottish Labour leader,
Jim Murphy, the Shadow Foreign Secretary,
Douglas Alexander and the Shadow Scottish
Secretary, Margaret Curran. How did this
happen, when only months ago the SNP lost
the independence referendum, and the
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, considered the whole issue “settled”? And what
does it mean for the SNP’s aim of Scottish independence and the future, if any, of the
United Kingdom?
QUIET SATISFACTION
The mood in Scotland at this time is difficult to fully convey. Scottish public opinion,
despite its centre-left credentials and traditions, doesn’t do outward celebrations of victory. This isn’t the culture of a Milan or
Buenos Aires where people take to the streets
in their cars tooting and cheering to mark a
political event. Allowing for this Scottish reticence, there is a sense of quiet satisfaction in
parts of the country. Many people felt that
Scottish Labour had become the political establishment — complacent, out of touch,
showing little respect for its own professed
values — and wanted to punish it. The explanations offered for this range from observations that “Blair destroyed the Labour Party”
to “the Iraq war”, from “I don’t know what
they stand for anyone” to “they are the same
as the Tories” and that “Labour do not stand
up for Scotland, but take their orders from
London”. A mixture of public anger and disappointment exists towards Labour in Scot-
in Tamil Nadu.
First, when the campaign began, strategists in “Yes Scotland” (the official independence organisation) felt that the voters had no
mental map of what an independent Scotland
would like and thus presented a conditional
vision of independence, retaining many key
institutions of the U.K. (the Treasury, the
monarchy). However, over the course of the
campaign, the constant discussion of independence meant that it became normalised,
and by the end, the “idea” of independence
had moved centre stage, so much so that after
the vote, one poll showed 69 per cent of Scots
believing independence was inevitable.
Second, on the morning after the September 18 vote, Alex Salmond took responsibility
for the defeat and resigned as SNP leader,
handing over the baton to Deputy Leader
Nicola Sturgeon. This allowed the SNP a
seamless transition, the chance to renew,
and, importantly, to change tone from Mr.
Salmond’s abrasive style to Ms. Sturgeon’s
more conciliatory manner. All of this is magnified by longer-term factors: the decline of
the Scottish Tories, Labour’s hollowing out
and replacement by the SNP as the dominant
party, the secularisation of society and weakening of religion, and changing patterns of
work, economy and industry.
EMPHASISING DISTINCTIVENESS
Scotland, in many respects in the last 40
years, has become more like elsewhere in
Western Europe, and with this, people increasingly wish to emphasise their distinctiveness in national identities and cultures.
The SNP has played all of this well — nurturing a soft civic nationalism and social democratic sentiment, which sits at ease with most
Scots, and is far removed from the right-wing
populism of the UK Independence Party
(UKIP), which won the 2014 European elections across the U.K., as could be imagined.
Success brings with it its own pressures. The
SNP’s near-clean sweep of Scottish Westminster constituencies means that many support-
If they don’t have a roof, let them die
BY : HIRANMAY KARLEKAR
he insensitive response in the
Salman Khan case by the actor’s supporters shows a disturbing trend. The
harsh fact is: Hatred and contempt for the
poor are now integral to the mindsets of
many affluent Indians To many, the explosion of thunder and snuffle over the Salman
Khan case is now old hat, given the
ephemeral lifespan of news items. Yet aspects of it, particularly the reactions of a significant section of India’s ‘beautiful people’,
merit attention. These reminded me of the
incident on the eve of the French Revolution in which Marie Antoinette, told that
the people were clamouring for bread,
asked why did they not eat cakes instead.
On reflection, however, the Queen of France
was much kinder. Her fault was ignorance
of the fact that people desperate for bread
could not afford cakes. There was no animus against bread-seekers. On the other
hand, implicit in what some of the actor’s
fans said, and the actual words that at least
a couple of them used, displayed a distinct
hatred for the poor. One of them even asserted stridently that those who slept on
pavements deserved a dog’s death! For one
thing, no dog deserves to be run over for
sleeping on a pavement. For another, people
sleep on the pavement not out of choice but
for lack of the money needed for sleeping
elsewhere. The author of the obnoxious remark that the pavement-sleepers deserved
to die like dogs was either not aware of this
or justified such an end for them even
though he knew of their plight. The first
possibility could only be right if he generally lived in the midst of clouds and occasionally visited terra firma to serve
Bollywood, a state of affairs which would
not perhaps seem credible to even the most
believing mind. The alternative, that he
knew but still said what he did, indicates either or both of two things — his own contempt and hatred for the poor, and the
general worldview of his peer group which
made him believe that people would see
nothing wrong in his assertion. The first
would not have been of any concern to anyone but for the second, which indicates the
mindset of at least a section of people, associated in reasonably important positions,
T
Get real with public sector banks
at the State level because it is looking to increase its presence
land that has built up over decades. It began
to find voice when Labour lost the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections to the SNP, by the
thinnest of margins, leading to a SNP minority government under Alex Salmond. There
then followed the 2011 Scottish Parliament
election SNP landslide, and the May 7 Nationalist triumph. There is a general air of goodwill towards the SNP and its record as the
Scottish Government. People like the sense
that the Nationalists talk Scotland up, think
positively about the potential of a self-governing nation, and are competent and credible in
how they administer devolved services. The
SNP has now been in office for eight years,
and yet is still able to present itself as insurgents and outsiders, particularly in relation
to Westminster. This is strengthened by
Labour still being perceived as incumbents
and insiders — responsible for many of the
shortcomings of modern Scotland. This may
not be altogether fair, but it undoubtedly had
traction in the recent May election — with
both Labour and Westminster being held to
account by many voters for what is wrong in
Scotland, and the SNP rewarded. This state of
affairs cannot last indefinitely.
INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
A critical factor in all of this was the experience of the independence referendum.
Scotland voted 55:45 to stay in the union last
September. Just as important, for three years
Scotland’s constitutional status was debated
up and down the country resulting in an unprecedented 85.6 per cent turnout. The referendum question — “Should Scotland be an
independent country?” — allowed for two simultaneous debates, one on the constitution,
the other on what kind of country and society
people wanted to live in. This emboldened the
SNP and independence opinion. The degree
and depth of the pro-democratic engagement
altered the parameters of Scottish society.
This was combined with two other factors
which have worked in the SNP’s favour.
with perhaps the country’s most important
entertainment sector. One would doubtless
now hear that it would not be right to extrapolate such a conclusion from a solitary
statement. But the fact that a lady belonging to the same film milieu has also made a
statement to the effect that the pavement
was no place for people to sleep, suggests he
was not alone his pattern of thinking. Further, seen in the context of the fact that few
of those who went into a state of mourning
following the trial court’s sentencing of
Salman Khan to jail or soared to a state of
ecstasy following his release on bail, had
any word of sympathy for the victims of the
accident, this sends a simple message: Most
stars that twinkle in Mumbai’s film firmament, could not care less for men and
women sleeping on pavements, and the effulgent platitudes they mouth on the silver
screen to show their ‘deep’ concern for the
wretched of the earth, are meant only for
box-office consumption.
The stars, of course, are not alone in
this. There has been a marked change in
India’s value system, the order of its priorities and the yardstick for measuring esteem, particularly during the last couple of
decades or so. In ancient India, the highest
respect was reserved for forest-dwelling
sages whose deep philosophical reflections
went with utterly simple, often subsistencelevel, living. The qualities valued were their
wisdom and saintliness grounded on a deep
commitment to truth and strict adherence
to ethical principles. Even the kings venerated them. The political, economic and social scenario changed over India’s vast
canvas as history unfolded. Yet the prioritisation of virtue and those considered its
custodians and proponents, mainly teachers, priests and people regarded as holy,
continued in popular esteem as all religions
with followings in the country emphasised
their primacy. And all religions dwelt on
the plight of the poor and emphasised the
importance of helping them. Forces that
would undermine this common basic cast of
the mind were, however, at work since the
coming of capitalism, which originated in
the West, where it all began with John
Calvin (1509-64) arguing that success in
one’s chosen calling indicated that one was
pre-destined to attaining salvation.
One can debate Max Weber’s theory in
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism that Calvin’s identification of success
in one’s calling, which included business
enterprise, with one being pre-destined to
salvation, was critical to the rise of capitalism, as was his emphasis on unostentatious
living, which conduced to savings.
There can be no doubt, however, that it
gave a certain status to enterprise and entrepreneurs which was lacking earlier
when they were placed below the clergy and
royalty. This, and the increasing power that
money yielded led to the removal of the restrictions on economic activity, such as
usury, which hindered business activities
and money-making. In his Religion and the
Rise of Capitalism, RH Tawney shows how
the process progressed in Britain and how
rules of economic activity were removed
from the jurisdiction of the Church and
made into an autonomous corpus under secular civilian law. Economic activity acquired its own morality in most of the rest
of the world, including India, where capitalism came to prevail. Yet, one could not ignore the poor who had organised in the
form of trade unions and other bodies that
had received political support. Besides, the
progress of capitalism globally had stopped
at the borders of the erstwhile Soviet Union
and People’s Republic of China. The collapse of the Soviet Union and China’s
switch to the capitalist path, dismantled the
global barriers to the spread of capitalism;
both also lent to the latter a political legitimacy it lacked earlier. More, with Deng Xiaoping asserting that it was glorious to be
rich, and others echoing his sentiment, the
rich became the role models, particularly
with advertising, the market economy’s cutting edge, associating status with high consumption levels. Since the avoidance of
pangs of conscience over indifference to suffering is facilitated by hatred for the victims, many came to despise, often through
a subconscious process, the poor as receiving the just desserts for their laziness and
incompetence. The harsh fact is simple: Hatred and contempt for the poor are now integral to the mindsets of a large number of
affluent and successful Indians.
two eminent professionals and the Secretary
of the Department of Financial Services.
The Finance Ministry, through its website, has invited applications for the post of
independent director. Some of the best people
are unlikely to send in applications; they will
join only if invited. The BBB will need to
scout for talent. According to some reports,
the Prime Minister’s Office will first vet candidates for the post. It will then send a shortlist to the BBB which will make the final
selection. When Chief Minister of Gujarat,
Mr. Modi got politicians removed from the
boards of these enterprises and replaced
them with professionals of repute. The Chief
Minister’s Office played a key role in selecting independent directors for these enterprises. This approach resulted in better
boards and improved performance. Why not
replicate this approach at the Centre instead
of creating another body for the purpose?
Management issue
Next, the management issue. A professional body to select CEOs for PSBs is by no
means a novel idea. In the past, we had an Appointments Board which was headed by the
RBI governor and included eminent professionals and a Finance Ministry official. Yet,
this distinguished body was not able to get
appointments of bank CEOs right. The political will to let the Board do its job was absent.
It was the Finance Ministry that decided the
appointments. The BBB’s outcomes cannot
be very different unless the government is
willing to let it function independently. And
if the government is willing to let go, why not
stay with the Appointments Board? If the
government can entrust the selection of bank
chairmen to a panel headed by the RBI governor, why not do the same for CEOs and independent directors? The Finance Ministry
has thrown open the CEO’s job in five leading
PSBs to private sector professionals. The initial response, it appears, was not satisfactory.
Governance, management and operational issues of public sector banks need to be resolved to secure quick reforms. Instead,
the government is all set to pursue some grand design
BY : T. T. RAM MOHAN
he Narendra Modi government wants
a comprehensive overhaul of public
sector banks (PSBs), which account for
more than 70 per cent of assets in India’s troubled banking sector. It’s hard to quarrel with
the idea: what could be more attractive than
a revamped and shining public sector? It is
important, however, to focus on what can be
achieved quickly. The government must do
what it takes to revive bank lending and private investment at the earliest rather than
pursue ‘reforms’ that would keep PSBs in
limbo for an extended period. There are
three sets of issues in PSBs: governance,
management and operational issues. The key
governance issues concern the composition
and functioning of the board. The important
management issue is the selection of the
CEO. The operational issues are the resolution of non-performing assets (NPAs) and the
infusion of capital in banks. It’s useful to take
stock of where we are and where the government intends to go.
SEPARATION OF ROLES
The government is moving in the direction suggested by the P.J. Nayak committee’s
May 2014 report on bank governance. For
starters, it has decided to separate the roles
of the chairman and managing director
(CMD) in all PSBs except the State Bank of
India. Bank chairmen will be selected by a
panel headed by the Reserve Bank of India
T
Governor. The case for separation of roles —
that there was too much concentration of
powers in the hands of the CMD — is not very
persuasive. Bank boards have one representative each of the government as well as the
RBI. They also have two or more executive
directors as well as representatives of both officers and workers of the bank. It is not true
that the CMD could act as he or she liked.
The Nayak committee had wanted the roles
to be separated at the end of a three-phase period. The committee reckoned that PSBs by
then would have acquired substantial autonomy, and that the power to appoint chairmen, independent directors and the CEO
would have devolved fully to the boards. The
government has chosen to separate the two
roles at the very beginning.
There are two dangers in doing so. First,
however distinguished the panel that will select the chairman, it is always possible for the
government to influence the chairman once
he or she is appointed. The result would be to
pit a political appointee against the CEO who
has to deliver results. Second, the chairman
may have his or her own agenda; this would
render the CEO ineffective. It would have
been better to defer the separation of roles
until PSB boards had begun to function effectively with independent directors. Now that
the decision to separate the roles has been
taken, it is vital to strengthen the boards. The
Nayak committee argued that PSBs do not
have independent directors at all. They have
directors nominated by the government –
these, the committee stated, cannot be said to
be independent. They also have directors
elected by shareholders. Since it is Life Insurance Corporation of India that calls the shots
as an important shareholder, the shareholder
directors are not independent either. “PSBs
improved their performance after bank reforms commenced in 1993-94 and continued
up to 2010-11 ” Further, the Nayak committee
contended that private banks did better when
it came to having independent directors. This
contention must be strongly refuted. Directors on the boards of private banks are chosen by the promoter or management and are
therefore hardly independent of either. If
anything, the PSBs are a little better off: a
government-appointed independent director
is not beholden to the CEO for his appointment and hence can act independently of the
CEO. There is an unresolved issue of governance in India: can a director appointed by
the dominant shareholder — whether government or a private owner or management
— be said to be truly independent? As this
issue is not likely to be addressed in a hurry,
the best we can do until then is ensure that
independent directors have the credentials to
add value to the board. The government proposes to achieve this by setting up a Bank
Boards Bureau (BBB) as recommended by
the Nayak committee. The BBB will select
CEOs, independent directors and bank chairmen. It will consist of three former bankers,
ers now expect immediate change. The SNP
campaigned on three main themes: an end to
U.K. austerity, opposition to the ‘Trident’ nuclear weapons system and more devolution of
powers to Scotland. No substantive concessions will be forthcoming on the first two. But
on the third, with Prime Minister Cameron
conscious that his Conservative Party won
14.9 per cent of the vote and one seat in Scotland — the former, their lowest vote in 150
years — a more pragmatic line may well be
evident from Westminster. The big issue underneath all this is the independence question. Some Nationalist supporters are hoping
for progress on this very soon, or more realistically, a SNP manifesto commitment in the
2016 Scottish Parliament elections to a second
referendum.
EU REFERENDUM TRIGGER
Ms. Sturgeon has consistently said in the
2015 campaign that a vote for the SNP was not
one for independence. At the same time, she
has not ruled out bringing the question back
if there is a change in “material circumstances”. What this is remains imprecise, but
the most likely trigger would be the Tory initiated European Union ‘in’/’out’ referendum
that will take place at the latest by the end of
2017. If the U.K. voted to come out of the European Union, and Scotland and England
found themselves facing in different political
directions, this would be more than enough
to justify a second independence referendum.
Scotland has consistently been perceived as
less Eurosceptic than England, and the gap
between the two nations has grown markedly
in recent years. Even if it doesn’t happen as
simply as described, the U.K. is, in a very
peaceful and very British way, fragmenting
and fracturing, and becoming a series of very
different political cultures. This was more
than obvious in the recent U.K. election
where there was no one overarching “national” contest going on, but a host of subnational, regional and local contests.
Honest taxpayers harassed
BY : ALOK RAY
or fear of harassment and other hassles,
many potential taxpayers prefer to stay
out of the tax net as long as possible.
Nowadays, foreign investors often complain
about ‘tax terrorism’ in India. By that, they
mostly refer to retrospective taxation and new
interpretations of tax laws which are different
from the long-standing ones. Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley, in numerous media interviews,
talks about putting in place a friendly ‘non-adversarial’ tax administration to encourage tax
compliance. Despite all the assurances by the
government, the plight of the ordinary taxpayer continues unabated but is seldom highlighted in the media. Let me give some real-life
examples. Last year, I duly submitted my income tax return through e-filing before July 31,
2014. I was supposed to get a refund of Rs 1,240.
Instead, to my surprise, in January 2015, I got
an assessment order/ demand notice of Rs.
12,760. I found that the tax assessing officer had
not allowed the self-assessment tax of Rs 14,000
that I had paid on June 24, 2014 at SBI. I
checked the My Account section in the e-filing
portal of the Income Tax Department which
clearly showed, with all details (like date of
payment, challan number, bank branch receiving the payment etc) that I had paid that
amount. I simply cannot understand how the
ITO cannot see this entry which I can see online. Anyway, I asked my income tax lawyer to
file a rectification request. After a couple of
months, in March 2015, I got a rectified tax computation. I could not believe my eyes at what I
saw. This time, the demand notice had gone up
to Rs. 92,760. The ITO has now disallowed even
the Advance Taxes that I paid (amounting to
Rs. 80,000), in addition to the self-assessment
tax paid by me. I rechecked My Account in the
portal and this time too it clearly showed the
advance taxes as well as the self-assessment
taxes that I had paid but which were not allowed by the ITO. The most surprising part was
that the ITO was now disallowing my Advance
Tax payments which it had earlier allowed.
This is beyond all comprehension. Either the
Tax Department is grossly inefficient or there
is some serious miscommunication/mismatch
between the computerised information systems of the different offices/branches of the
government and the banks. But, whatever it is,
the honest taxpayer cannot be held responsible.
Again, I had to file a rectification request
through my tax lawyer and am still awaiting a
response. My question is: why should an honest taxpayer, who meticulously pays all taxes
by the due date, be subjected to this kind of repeated harassment for no fault of his? If the
bank (which happens to be the public sector
SBI) has not transferred my payments to the Income Tax Department, that has to be settled between them and the errant should be penalised.
But why should the honest taxpayer suffer? In
earlier years, too, I had similar unhappy experiences. Inflated demand notices Several times
in the past, I had received wrong inflated demand notices instead of tax refunds due to me,
for the simple reason that the ITO computer is
apparently not showing the entries of TDS
made by banks from my fixed deposit interest.
I had to submit original TDS certificates from
the banks to the ITO, along with affidavits on
court stamp paper through my tax lawyer to
prove my case. It took me years of follow up
with consequent costs (in terms of money, time
and efforts) to get the due refunds. Moreover,
until an outstanding demand notice for a year
(even if it is wrong) is disposed of, refunds for
other years are held back by the ITO. So, after
the (wrong) demand notice of a particular year
is disposed of and gets converted into a refund,
one would naturally expect that the refund held
back for another year would be automatically
released by the department. But, sorry, things
are not so simple. You will again have to apply
for rectification and then chase it by several
visits to the ITO. Right now, my tax lawyer is
still chasing a refund due to me some six years
ago. The ITO has agreed, in principle, that I
should get a refund. Yet, it is being delayed for
various reasons that include reluctance of the
ITO to allow refund before the presentation of
the Budget (apparently to help the government
to present a better fiscal picture), and finally,
the wrong demand notice served recently on
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Conflict between Kejriwal-led AAP govt,
LG not beneficial for Delhi: Sheila Dikshit
Agencies
New Delhi May 16 :
tion, they are not keeping up the promises they
made.” The war of words between Jung and Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal escalated earlier on
Friday over the Chief Secretary appointment row
with the former stating that the name proposed by
the AAP Government did not figure in the list of
names submitted by the services department. The
statement further said the file for the posting of the
officiating Chief Secretary was submitted to the Lt
Governor on May 13 and was cleared immediately.
Meanwhile, Gamlin, in a written complaint to
Jung, claimed that she was being intimidated and
blackmailed by senior officials of the Delhi
Government. She also accused Kejriwal's Secretary
Rajendra Kumar of asking her not be in the race for
the post. She also accused the state government of
casting aspersions on her integrity to service and
levelling false charges.
Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit
said on Saturday that the ongoing conflict between
Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the Lt Governor Najeeb Jung over the
appointment of a senior bureaucrat as Chief
Secretary will not be beneficial for the national capital. “This conflict will bring loss for Delhi, Govt is
for Delhi's good not for its loss,” ANI quoted Dikshit
as saying. She further said that such conflicts are
equally bad for state and its administration process.
“This is neither good for Delhi nor for the administration,” she said. Further hitting out at the AAP
government, Dikshit added, “It’s giving an impression that Kejriwal’s Govt wants to divert the atten-
Jewellery theft: police arrest
three members of a gang
Agencies
Bengaluru, May 16
The South-East division
police busted an inter-State
gang of robbers by arresting
three members out of a sevenmember gang hailing from
Rajasthan recently. The
Whitefield police, after interrogating the accused, recovered
gold worth Rs. 2,85,000 from the
arrested. With the arrest, the
police cracked a robbery place
which took place in October
2014. The arrested have been
identified as Chenaram (25),
Deva (19), Shamsundar (24), all
from Rajasthan. They were
working as jewellery designers
with a city-based gold jewellery
shop named Rajesh Exports situated in Whitefield police station limits.
According to the police,
the company owner, Bastin
Abraham, lodged a complaint
Sri Lanka hands over
37 fishermen to India
with the police stating that the
seven gang members who were
working in his company had
made away with gold ornaments meant for designing on
October 12. However, they didn’t report for work the next day
and fled with gold ornaments
weighing 841 grams. During investigation, the police learnt
that the gang members were
hailing from Rajasthan and
Gujarat and had fled back to
their hometown. Based on
credible information, the police travelled to Ahmedabad
and apprehended the trio.
However, the other four accused managed to give the police a skip, said the police. The
Whitefield police, who have
brought the accused to
Bengaluru, are now e on the
lookout for the remaining four
gang members. A case has
been registered in Whitefield
police station.
Maoists arrest: Pune court extends
police custody till May 21
Agencies
Pune, May 16
A local court has extended
the custody of Kerala-born
Murali Kannampilly, a top
leader
of
the
outlawed
Communist Party of India
(Maoist) and his aide, Ismail
Hamza for another week following arguments put forth by the
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism
Squad (ATS).
Special Judge D. M.
Deshmukh, who has additional
charge of the ATS court, extended custody till May 21.The duo
was nabbed by the ATS and the
Pune police from Talegaon
Dabhade outside Pune city on
May 8. The ATS claimed it needed he extension to probe the
duo’s financial backers and secure information about their
aides. According to the prosecution’s claim, the 62-year-old
Kannampilly, known by his nom
de guerre Ajith brought out the
online edition of the banned
magazine People’s March from
his refuge in Talegaon Dabhade
which propagated Maoist ideology. The magazine, which informs about the Maoist revolutionary movement in India, first
appeared in print and online in
1999 and was edited and published by the journalist P.
Govindan Kutty from Kerala. In
2007 the Indian government shut
down the online version and arrested Mr. Kutty, who was later
released following public outrage. However, a combination of
steady government pressure
and Mr. Kutty's ill-health led to
its publication being halted in
2012. In June 2014, the magazine,
however, resurfaced in its online avatar put out by anonymous editors, believed by the
prosecution to be Kannampilly.
prosecution
charged
The
Kannampilly alias Ajith with
“using this medium to convey to
his colleagues to carry out further attacks.” It further claimed
that he had been using five different cell phones, each containing a different SIM card registered under different names.
The ATS reiterated that Mr.
Kannampilly was a secretary of
the proscribed CPI (Maoist) and
a close aide of present general
secretary Mupalla Laxman Rao
alias Ganapathy. Meanwhile, on
asked
by
judge
being
Deshmukh, Ajith complained
that the ATS, which had arrested him and kept him in custody
for the last eight days, was yet to
Colombo, May 16
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar on Friday described
Narendra Modi government's
completion of one year in office
as "nothing but wastage of time".
"Pura saal barbaad kiya (wasted
the entire year)," Kumar said ada
"Chaurasia
dressing
Mahasammelan" here. "I do not
see any development work being
accomplished during one year of
NDA government in power..." he
said. Appreciating a child who
said at the programme of
Chaurasia (betel trading caste)
that he wished to become the
prime minister of the country,
Nitish commented, "When a
chaiwala can become prime
minister why not a paanwala
Owners of fast food stalls in
front of JSS Hospital evicted
Agencies
MYSURU, May 16
The Mysuru City
Corporation (MCC), which has
launched a drive against eateries on footpaths in the core areas of the city, on Saturday removed around 20 make-shift
stalls from private land on
M.G. Road, on the grounds that
they were serving fast food in
an unhygienic manner.
Assistant Commissioner of
MCC's Zone 1 Satyamurthy
told The Hindu that they had
orally requested the stall owners to clear their establish-
ments if they were unable to
serve food in hygienically.
“But, they continued to do business in the same condition, putting the health of people in peril,” Mr. Satyamurthy added.
Food Safety Officer of Mysuru
Satish, who inspected the area
opposite J.S.S. Hospital, pointed out that a drainage pipe
passing through the vacant site
was leaking. Besides, rain water had stagnated on the land
and there were open urinals
close to the stands. “Serving
food under such unhygienic
conditions is a threat to public
health,” he said.
CHENNAI May 16 :
A parrot quenches its thirst from tap water drops during a hot day, in Jaipur
RK Pachauri seeks court permission to enter Teri
A court on Saturday fixed
May 21 to hear the plea of environmentalist RK Pachauri seeking modification of an order that
bars him from entering The
Energy and Resources Institute
(Teri).
Additional Sessions
Judge Raj Kumar Tripathi posted the matter for May 21 for fur-
Patna May 16 :
Agencies
Sri Lanka on Saturday handed over 37 Indian fishermen — arrested on April 3, 2015 for allegedly poaching in the island’s waters
— to the Indian Coast Guard in
northern Jaffna peninsula, a day
after a local court had ordered
their release. The fishermen were
handed over to Indian authorities
on the international waters north
of Kankesanturai in the northern
Jaffna peninsula, the Sri Lankan
Coast Guard said.
Their release came after Sri
Lankan President Maithripala
Sirisena met a delegation of fishermen associations and assured
to take steps for their release.
Noting that the issue of fishermen
needed to be resolved through
talks, Mr. Sirisena said he would
ensure that centuries old Sri
Lanka-India friendship would not
be affected by the dispute.
Judicial magistrate court at
Paruthithurai in Sri lanka ordered the release of the 37 fishermen from Jagadapattinam and
Nagapattinam on Friday.
NEW DELHI May 16 :
Agencies
(betel seller)?" Slamming the
Narendra Modi government,
Kumar said, "Achhe din" of citizens never came. "Narendra
Modi had promised to provide
Rs 15-20 lakh to every citizen
from the black money that
would be brought back to the
country but what to talk much
about that amount as even a sum
of Rs 15,000-20,000 could not
make it to the account of masses," he said sarcastically. In an
apparent dig at PM's frequent
foreign tours, he said in a lighter
vein, "It's good that he gets some
time to be in the country." On
Bihar, Kumar attacked BJP
leaders for "cursing" him "day
and night" and acting in a similar way by making daily promises to win their votes in coming
state election. "People will come
to you to take you for a ride by
making false promises but you
need to be alert," he said at the
gathering. Kumar said despite
the BJP "propaganda" against
him he was spending time in
welfare of the people and would
continue to do so in the future.
He reminded the gathering how
Bihar which attracted bad name
earlier has changed its image now
and people everywhere looked at
its citizens with respect.
Jayalalithaa calls MLAs’ meet on
May 22, may return as CM same day
Agencies
Agencies
reveal the charges against him.
The remand hearing was attended by V.C. Jenny, Kannampilly’s
ex-wife from whom he has been
separated for the past 11 years.
Speaking to reporters outside
the courtroom, Ms. Jenny said
that believing in an ideology was
not a crime. “He [Ajith] has not
committed any crime, not even a
petty one. As an Indian citizen,
he has a right to believe in an ideology and write about what he
believes in,” she said. The hearing was also attended by C.P.
Rasheed, a secretary of the
Kochi-based Maoist outfit
Porattam, who turned out to be
Mr. Hamza’s brother and C.A.
joint
convener,
Ajithan,
Porattam. Mr. Rasheed claimed
his brother was wrongly implicated as he was merely looking
after a senior citizen [Ajith].
Modi govt's 1-yr only wastage
of time : Nitish Kumar
ther hearing. Pachauri, who is
facing charges of sexual harassment and currently is on leave
from Teri has requested a modification of an earlier court order
and permission to resume work
from the office premises.
Pachauri said in his plea
that the complainant was not
posted at Teri premises and
therefore there shall be no occasion for him "contacting or attempting to influence or threat-
en" the individual.
Pachauri has moved the
Delhi court seeking modification
of its March 21 order which had
granted him protection from arrest on the condition that he
would not enter the Teri office till
the investigation is complete.
"The complainant told court that
an application has filed against
Pachauri's anticipatory bail in
the Delhi High Court and opposed the plea of accused. The
Delhi police also opposed the
plea saying that investigation in
the case is still going on. After
the sexual harassment complaint Pachauri had stepped
down as chairperson of the UN
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) in
February and proceeded on
leave from Teri, where he was
the director general. But he has
denied the allegations of sexual
harassment levelled against
him. Citing several SMS texts, emails and WhatsApp messages
as evidence, the woman accused
Pachauri of sexually harassing
her soon after she joined Teri in
September 2013 and filed a complaint in February 2015.
Pachauri was granted anticipatory bail on March 21 but was directed not to not enter the Teri office till the investigation is complete and not to leave the country
without the court's permission
Filmmakers coming HC refuses to interfere with the suspension of govt official
to Uttar Pradesh:
Akhilesh Yadav
Agencies
CHENNAI May 16 :
Agencies
LUCKNOW May 16 :
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav
on Saturday said those, who were earlier afraid of
coming to the state to make films, were now coming to the state due to the new film policy of the
government. "Earlier, when people came from
outside, others used to discourage them that
where are you going. Now, their own colleagues
are saying that you have reached Uttar Pradesh
and now take us to the state as well," Akhilesh
said. He launched the website of Film Bandhu, a
body set up to execute the film policy, besides distributing subsidy under film policy. He said the
state government has formulated a film policy,
which has been a success.
Madras High Court has refused to
interfere with the order of suspension of
an executive engineer of Tamil Nadu
Water Supply and Drainage Board who
is facing graft charges. Justice D
Hariparanthaman, while dismissing a
petition by A Devaraj, an Executive
Engineer of TWAD Board who is facing
prosecution under Prevention of
Corruption Act, in his order said,
"Apart from duly considering the order
of the High Court which earlier said to
consider the representation of the petitioner to revoke the suspension, authorities also took note of the opinion given
by the Superintendent of CBI and the legal adviser of the Department."
The TWAD Board suspended him
on May 9 last year on the basis of a criminal case pending before the Principal
Sessions Judge for CBI cases for the offences under Prevention of Corruption
Act-1988. When the Devaraj moved the
high court earlier seeking an order to revoke the suspension, the court directed
the authorities to dispose of the representation. As per the orders of the High
Court, the authorities sought the opinion of CBI and legal adviser of the department on the basis of the representation made by Devaraj. The legal adviser
and superintendent of CBI advised not
to revoke the suspension, which was
challenged by Deveraj in the high court.
He submitted that he is due to retire on
May 31 this year and if he is continued to
be placed under suspension, he would
not be given terminal benefits.
He submitted that the authorities,
instead of considering his representation for revocation of suspension, have
sought
the
opinion
of
the
Superintendent of CBI and the legal adviser of TWAD Board. The Judge in his
order said "there is no bar for the authorities to ask the Superintendent of
CBI on the stage of the case. The legal adviser also opined to continue the suspension and it is not illegal to get an opinion
from the Legal Adviser." Dismissing the
petition, the Judge made it clear that the
court cannot interfere in the matter of suspension.
Bihar IAS officers donate 1-day salary to help quake victims
Agencies
PATNA May 16 :
IAS officers in Bihar today donated
their one-day salary to help the people
hit by a series of quakes and aftreshocks
in the state recently. A cheque of Rs
2,65,681 was handed over to chief minister Nitish Kumar by president of Bihar
IAS Association Vijay Prakash and secretary Vivek Singh, an official statement
said. The chief minister appreciated
their kind gesture and appealed to the of-
ficials of other services to follow suit.
Kumar asked them to encourage people
to construct earthquake-resistant buildings. He said the maximum number of
casualties occur in the incidents of wall
and rooftop collapses during quakes and
cited the example of Japan where people
build quake-resistant structures to minimise loss to property and life. 58 people
were killed in the devastating April 25
tremors and another 21 in the May 12
quake in different parts of the state. The
chief minister had also donated his onemonth salary to help affected people.
The much-awaited legislature party meeting of AIADMK
will take place on May 22. Party
chief J Jayalalithaa is likely to be
elected leader of the legislature
party at the meeting, paving the
way for her swearing-in as chief
minister for the fifth time, following her acquittal in the disproportionate wealth case.
Breaking the suspense over
the meeting, Jayalalithaa in a
press release issued around
8.30am on Friday said it would be
held at 7am at the party headquarters on Lloyds Road in the
city. "I request all members of the
legislature to participate in the
meeting without fail," she said.
On May 11, the Karnataka high
court acquitted her and three of
her associates of all charges in
the case, clearing the path for her
return as chief minister seven
months after she had to step
down. Soon after the announcement,
chief
minister
O
visited
Panneerselvam
Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence. "He was there for barely
15 minutes and spoke to her over
the intercom. He is said to have
received some instructions regarding the MLAs' meeting and
other administrative matters," a
source told TOI.
None of the seniors, including Panneerselvam, senior ministers and the CM's secretaries,
were aware of the date for the
meeting before Jayalalithaa announced it on Friday morning.
Partymen were clueless about
the developments until Jaya TV,
the party channel, announced
the schedule in its news bulletin
in the morning before the party
release was issued. Though
there was no official word on the
swearing-in ceremony, sources
said it may be held the same day.
Government officials are said to
have made a preliminary assessment
of
the
University
Centenary Auditorium as a possible venue for the ceremony. "It
is likely the cabinet headed by
Panneerselvam will hand over
its resignation to governor K
Rosaiah the same day after the
legislature party meeting and
the swearing-in of the new cabinet headed by Jayalalithaa
might take place soon after. But,
Amma has not discussed this
with party leaders yet and we are
not sure," a minister, seeking
anonymity, said. Meanwhile,
Fort St George, the seat of administration, has been getting a
facelift to receive the AIADMK
chief. Jayalalithaa stepped down
from public office on September
27, after she was convicted by a
special court in Bengaluru.
Senior
party
colleague
Panneerselvam was sworn in as
chief minister on September 29.
Sources said a cabinet
reshuffle was on the cards. The
ministries of HR&CE and agriculture are likely to get new ministers. Both portfolios are held by
ministers as additional charge.
Former HR&CE minister P
Chendur Pandian, who has been
hospitalized, remains a minister
without any portfolio, while S S
(Agri) Krishnamurthy was
dropped from the cabinet before
he was arrested in the case pertaining to the suicide of agriculture executive engineer S
Muthukumarasamy. One more
member is likely to be inducted
into the cabinet for the PWD
portfolio, currently held by
Paneerselvam, who also holds finance. Jayalalithaa is likely to
drop a few ministers because of
poor performance.
CONTN. FROM PAGE 6
Honest tax payers ....................................................................
me for the financial year 2013-14 (as I have already
explained) which would now hold back my legitimate refund for an earlier year. I am sure I am not
the only taxpayer who has to go through such ordeals. Many people silently suffer such harassment
every year. Their tax refunds are held back for no
fault of theirs and they have to spend unnecessary
time, effort and money (to pay for the services of tax
lawyers or ‘fixers’ who do the chasing). Apart from
the harassment to the existing taxpayers, such sto-
ries and the fear of experiences like these prevent
many potential taxpayers to stay out of the tax net
as long as possible. The tax revenue of the government ultimately suffers because of the over-zealous/
inefficient tax officers and the mismatch of information between the computerised systems of various
government offices including the public sector banks.
This is most unfortunate for a country like India
whose software professionals are called upon by the rest
of the world to set up their information systems.
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tial response, it appears, was not satisfactory.
Some requirements have since been relaxed so that
there is wider pool of applicants. Flexibility in respect of pay has been promised, meaning the appointee will not be governed by PSB pay scales. The
government seems to have bought the contention of
the Nayak committee that PSBs have not performed,
and a huge gap between private and public sector
performance has opened up because the public sector
lacks the right talent and the right incentives. These
are both dubious propositions. PSBs improved their
performance after bank reforms commenced in 199394 and continued up to 2010-11. If there has been a deterioration since, it is mainly for two reasons. First,
PSBs got into infrastructure financing in a way in
which private banks did not. Second, the selection of
the CEO went wrong in many cases. Getting the
choice of CEO right is half the battle won. Incentives
can be addressed in due course.
INFUSION OF CAPITAL
Finally, the operational issues in PSBs need to
be quickly resolved. The issue of stalled projects is
being addressed. Lenders will have to write down
some of their loans and promoters have to take a hit
with bank loans getting converted into equity. At the
same time, the government must infuse more capital
into PSBs. This is one area in which banking policy
has disappointed the most. PSBs cannot be expected
to perform unless they are given the necessary capital. They need about Rs. 20,000 crore by way of government equity every year for the next five years. In
2014-15, the new government promised Rs. 11,200
crore and ended up infusing Rs. 6,990 crore in nine
PSBs. In 2015-16, it proposes to provide Rs. 7,940
crore. Who so? Because the government wants underperforming banks to improve their performance
first before asking for more capital. Such an approach is seriously flawed. Improvement in performance will follow infusion of capital; it cannot precede
the latter. That, after all, was the logic behind the
bailout of banks that failed in the sub-prime crisis.
The government can bring out a sea change in PSBs
by doing just three things: appointing the right
CEOs, backing them with the requisite capital and
bringing independent directors of competence and
stature on board. These can be done expeditiously
with the existing mechanisms and the existing talent
in PSBs. It is more important right now to secure
quick outcomes in banking than to pursue some
grand design.
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY, 17, 2015, PAGE 8
Glimpses of Future
Ukraine Prez Enacts Controversial
Laws Banning Soviet Symbols
Agencies
Kiev, May 16 :
krainian President Petro
Poroshenko has enacted laws
banning Soviet symbols and
communist-era propaganda, his office
said, after the measures drew strong
Russian criticism when they were approved by parliament last month.
The measures come as Ukraine's proWestern government seeks a complete
break with its Soviet past and as its soldiers fight rebels in its east allegedly supported by Russia.
The laws "prohibit Soviet symbols,
condemn the communist regime, open
the Soviet special services archives" and
officially recognise the role of a nationalist group that fought for Ukraine's independence in the mid-20th century.
Besides angering Russia, which has
called the move "totalitarian," the measures rushed through parliament in April
also exacerbated tensions with proMoscow rebels after lawmakers ap-
U
proved them. The package of laws bans
Soviet flags and means Soviet-era Lenin
statues will have to be knocked down and
town squares renamed across the country of 45 million people. The laws also ban
Nazi propaganda in the ex-Soviet republic. Penalties for violating the ban range
from five to 10 years. The Ukrainian
Insurgent Army recognised by the laws
leaned towards German Nazis for a time
before fighting them as well as the Soviet
Union. They are often decried in Russia
as "fascist" hardline nationalists.
The fate of the Communist leader
Lenin's many statues became the focus of
debate during late 2013 protests that led
to the ouster of then pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych and sparked
events that led to the war in the east.
As pro-Western protesters toppled
Lenin effigies in rage, pro-Russian separatists in the east gathered at their feet.
Since April 2014, Ukrainian forces
have been battling the separatists in a bid
to prevent the secession of the Russianspeaking regions of Donetsk and
Lugansk. The West and Kiev have accused the Kremlin of instigating the insurgency and supporting militants with
weapons, funds and troops. Moscow has
denied the claims. The intensity of the
fighting in eastern Ukraine has declined
since a February ceasefire deal but deadly clashes remain frequent.
US Mourns Death of
Marines Killed in
Nepal Copter Crash
BRIEF NEWS
US special
forces kill senior
IS leader in
Syria:Pentagon
Agencies
Washington, May 16:
Led by President Barack
Obama, the US today mourned the
death of marines killed in a helicopter crash in Nepal. "Our prayers remain with the families of our
Marines and two Nepalese soldiers,
now that the wreckage of their helicopter has been found in a remote
part of Nepal," Obama said in his remarks at the National Peace
Officers Memorial at the US Capitol.
"They went to that remote land to
help people who suffered devastating losses in a terrible earthquake.
They represent a truth that guides
our work around the world -- when
our friends are in need, America
helps," Obama said. Defence
Secretary Ashton Carter said, "We
also join our Nepalese partners in
mourning the loss of their service
members who were onboard the
helicopter at the time, and we thank
the Nepalese and Indian governments for their continued support
in search and recovery operations."
Agencies
Washington, May 16:
US special forces killed a
senior Islamic State group
leader and captured his wife
in eastern Syria, Pentagon
chief Ashton Carter said
Friday.
The IS militant, Abu
Sayyaf, who helped direct
military operations and oil
smuggling for the extremist
group, "was killed during the
course of the operation when
he engaged US forces,"
Carter said in a statement.
Russian
Parliament
Moves to Shut
'Undesirable'
Foreign
Organizations
Indian, Asian Groups Challenge Harvard Admission Practices
Agencies
New York, May 16:
Four
Indian-American
groups are among a coalition of
64 organisations that have filed
a complaint against Harvard
University and other Ivy
League
schools
alleging
"racial-bias" against high-scoring Asian-Americans in their
admission process.
The 50-page complaint, filed before the
US departments of
Education and Justice,
alleged that "Harvard
University has engaged illegally in direct discrimination
Asianagainst
American applicants
by using stereotypes
and racial bias in its
subjective
'Holistic
Evaluation Approach' and
racial quota/rebalancing."
The complaint further alleged that Harvard University
is discriminating against
Asian-American applicants by
using race as a major factor beyond what is allowed by relevant Supreme Court decisions.
Asian"Consequently,
American applicants have be-
come the largest group of victims of Harvard's racially
based admissions practices,"
they alleged.
Among the 64 organisations of Chinese, Korean and
Pakistani students, there are
four Indian-American groups:
National Federation of Indian
Associations,
American
Global Organisation of People
of Indian Origin-Los Angeles
Chapter, BIT Sindri Alumni
Association of North India, and
American Society of Engineers
of Indian Origin.
The complaint urged the
federal government to ask
Harvard to immediately "cease
and desist from using stereotypes, racial biases and other
discriminatory means in evaluating Asian-American applicants during its admission
process".
The complaint also asks
Harvard to disclose the qualifications of its applicant pool, at
least at a level comparable to
such data disclosed by elite
public universities, given that
Harvard, too, is the recipient of
significant federal funding.
"We believe that a racially
based admission process has
played a major role in Harvard
and other Ivy League colleges'
discrimination against AsianAmerican applicants," it alleged, and cited the example of
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella,
Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi to illustrate that Asian-Americans
have managed to rise to the top
and emerge as role models.
Many Asian-American organisations and individual students have voiced their rejection of such an unfair treatment in the past as well.
Malaysia seeks Myanmar
help on migrant 'catastrophe'
Agencies
Langsa, May 16:
Malaysia's prime minister
said on Saturday he would
seek help from Myanmar to address the unfolding "humanitarian catastrophe" involving
a wave of boatpeople flooding
to Southeast Asia, thousands
of whom are ethnic Rohingya
fleeing oppression in the mainly Buddhist country.
Malaysia, Indonesia, and
Thailand have come under increasing pressure to rescue a
wave of starving and helpless
Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants after triggering outrage
by turning them back out to
sea with scarce food and
nowhere to go.
Prime Minister Najib
Razak said "we are liasing with
the Myanmar government to
get their response," according
to Malaysia's official Bernama
news agency.
"I hope they will give a positive response as the refugees
were due to internal problems
that we cannot interfere with,
but we want to do something
before it gets worse," he said.
Myanmar's cooperation is
deemed vital to solving
Southeast Asia's biggest influx
of boatpeople since the end of
the Vietnam War.
But its government - which
denies the Muslim Rohingya
citizenship - has already rejected a Thai call for a regional
summit on the issue on May 29,
saying it was not their problem.
The UN refugee agency
has reported a surge in departures from Bay of Bengal ports
in recent months.
Activists say 8,000 people
may be adrift on overcrowded
vessels, with starvation and
disease claiming lives, after a
Thai crackdown crimped busy
human-trafficking routes and
spurred smugglers to abandon
men, women and children at
sea. In one of the grimmest
episodes yet, survivors of a
Egypt sentences deposed
Islamist President Morsi to death
Agencies
Cairo, May 16:
An
Egyptian court
sentenced deposed Islamist
president
Mohamed
Morsi
and
more than 100
other
defendants to death
on
Saturday
over jail breaks
during the 2011
uprising.
Morsi, sitting in a caged
dock, raised his
fists in defiance when the judge
read his verdict. Many of those
sentenced were tried in absentia, including prominent
Islamic cleric Yusuf alQaradawi who resides in
Qatar.
Under Egyptian law, death
sentences are passed on to the
mufti, the government`s interpreter of Islamic law, who plays
an advisory role. The court will
pronounce its final decision on
June 2. Morsi was spared the
death sentence in the first of
two trials that concluded on
Thursday, in which the court
advised death sentences for 16
defendants
on
espionage
charges. They had been
charged with colluding with
foreign powers, the Palestinian
Hamas and Iran to destabilise
Egypt.
The court will pronounce
the verdicts for Morsi and the
remaining 18 defendants in
that trial at a later date.
The court then delivered
Agencies
Moscow, May 16:
The Russian parliament
gave preliminary approval
today to legislation that
would allow prosecutors to
declare foreign and international organizations "undesirable" in Russia and shut
them down.
The step appeared to be
part of a campaign to stifle
civil society and dissent in
Russia that intensified when
President Vladimir Putin began his third term in 2012.
Russian suspicions of
Western intentions have
been further heightened be-
A model presents a creation by Polish designer
Dawid Wolinski from his new collection during a
show in Warsaw, Poland.
cause of tensions over the
conflict in Ukraine.
Laws passed in recent
years already have led to increased pressure on Russian
non-governmental organizations, particularly those that
receive foreign funding.
Hundreds of NGOs have been
subject to raids and inspections, ostensibly to check
their compliance with laws
banning extremism or requiring organizations that
receive funding from outside
Russia and engage in political activity to register as foreign agents. Such a label car-
Agencies
Greece's left-wing government will not abandon
its refusal to cut salaries
and pensions in tough talks
with its EU-IMF creditors,
Prime Minister Alexis
Tsipras has said.
"Certain people cannot
have at the back of their
minds the notion that as
time goes on, the endurance
of the Greek side will be
tested and that its red lines
will fade," Tsipras told a conference yesterday.
"If they have it in mind,
they should forget it, this
choice will bring the opposite"
to a deal, he said. Four months
of deadlock between Greece's
new radical Syriza-led government and its EU-IMF creditors
over the reforms needed to release a final 7.2 billion euros in
bailout funds has led to concerns Athens is running critically short of cash and may
soon end up defaulting, which
Agencies
Kano, May 16:
boat that sank off the east coast
of Sumatra island - among
roughly 900 people rescued off
Indonesia yesterday - described a bloody struggle for
survival between
Bangladeshis and Rohingya on
board.
"They were killing each
other, throwing people overboard," said Sunarya, police
chief of the city of Langsa near
where they were rescued.
The packed boat had put to
sea two months ago but was deserted this week by captain
and crew, survivors said.
It was then turned away,
first by Indonesia and then
Malaysia, as the Rohingya won
an onboard fight for the remaining food, said
Bangladeshi survivor
Muhammad Koyes.
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ries connotations of spying.
The latest measure
would allow prosecutors to
declare an organization undesirable if it presented "a
threat to the foundation of
the constitutional order of
the Russian Federation, the
defense capability of the
country or the security of the
state."
Rights activists fear that
it could be used to extend the
to
Russian
crackdown
branches of international
groups like Transparency
Amnesty
International,
and
International
Greenpeace.
Greece Will Not Cut Salaries
Seven killed
in northeast and Pensions in Loan Talks: PM
Nigeria
suicide attack
Athens, May 16:
City Office
its verdict in the other the case,
in which Morsi and 128 defendants were accused of plotting
jail breaks and attacks on police during the uprising that
overthrew president Hosni
Mubarak in 2011. More than 100
were sentenced to death along
with Morsi.
Many of the defendants are
Palestinians alleged to work
with Hamas in neighbouring
Gaza, and were tried in absentia along with a Lebanese
Hezbollah commander.
They were alleged to have
colluded with Morsi`s Muslim
Brotherhood to carry out attacks in Egypt in what prosecutors allege was a vast conspiracy. With this verdict, Morsi and
other former opposition members have been condemned for
violence during the antiMubarak
protest,
while
Mubarak himself beat charges in
a trial over the deaths of anti-government protesters during the
18-day revolt that toppled him.
In 2006, Jian Li, a ChineseAmerican student filed a comagainst
Princeton
plaint
University, while in 2012, an
Indian-American student filed
a complaint against Harvard.
In 2013, Michael Wang, another Chinese-American student, filed a complaint against
Yale and Princeton University.
Most significantly, on
November 17, 2014, Students
for Fair Admissions, filed a federal lawsuit against Harvard.
The Harvard University
claims that its approach to admissions has been found to be
"fully compliant with federal
law" and the percentage of
Asian-American students admitted to the undergraduate
school has risen to 21 per cent
from less than 18 per cent in the
past decade.
A young girl on
Saturday carried out a suicide attack at a bus station
in Damaturu in northeastern Nigeria killing seven
people and injuring 31, witnesses and the local hospital said.
"A girl aged about 12
detonated an explosive under her clothes as she approached the station`s
perimeter fence," said witness Danbaba Nguru.
The head of the local
Sani Abacha hospital, doctor Garba Fika, said six bodies and 32 injured had arrived there with one person
dying after being admitted.
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could set off a messy exit from
the euro. The government is reportedly hoping to reach a deal
in early June. Athens faces a
hefty repayment schedule to
the International Monetary
Fund and the European
Central Bank in the coming
months, while continuing to
pay salaries and pensions.
Finance Minister Yanis
Varoufakis has warned that
the country risks running out
of cash within two weeks if no
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of aid funds. Around 1.5 billion euros are due to the IMF
in June, and then more than
six billion euros must be paid
to the European Central Bank
(ECB) in July and August.
However, Tsipras insisted that domestic payments
were safe, and ruled out any
cuts to salaries and pensions.
"I want to assure the
Greek people that there is no
possibility that the government will retreat on salaries
and pensions. They have suffered enough," the PM said.
Tsipras said "common ground"
had been reached in the fourmonth creditor talks, "making
us optimistic that we are very
close to a deal."
But he insisted that any
deal had to include a restructuring of Greece's enormous
public debt, an issue that key
eurozone countries such as
Germany are unlikely to accept. The PM added that Greece
since August had repaid 17.5
billion euros in loans to its
creditors on its own resources.
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BUSINESS & SPORTS
JAMMU SUNDAY MAY, 17, 2015, PAGE 9
Glimpses of Future
BUSINESS NEWS
Take advantage of
winds of change: PM Modi
to Chinese investors
Shanghai, May 16:
Reaching out to Chinese investors,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Saturday asked them to take advantage of
the "winds of change" in India with a much
more transparent, responsive and stable
regulatory regime even as leading firms
from the two sides signed deals worth USD
22 billion. "This is a historic opportunity
for Chinese companies," Modi said addressing the India-China Business Forum
here in China's financial hub after interacting with 22 CEOs of top Chinese companies, including Alibaba Group chairman
Jack Ma. "We have committed ourselves
for creating and improving the business
environment. I can assure you that once
you decide to be in India, we are confident
to make you more and more comfortable,"
the Prime Minister said.
"India is ready for business. You
must be sensing the winds of change in
India. I only advise you to come and feel
the same," he told business leaders from
both countries. The Prime Minister said
as two major economies in Asia, "har-
monious partnership" between India
and China was essential for economic
development and "political stability" of
the continent. "You are the 'factory of
the world'. Whereas, we are the 'Back office of the world'. You give thrust on production of hardware, while India focusses on software and services," he said.
Earlier, he met CEOs of 22 top
Chinese companies including Alibaba,
China Light and Power, Xiaomi,
Huawei and Trina Solar on the last leg of
his three-day visit to China. The Prime
Minister assured Chinese businessmen
that India's economic environment has
changed. "Our regulatory regime is
much more transparent, responsive and
stable. We are taking a long-term and futuristic view on the issues," he said.
He said a lot of efforts have been
made and were still underway to improve the 'ease of doing business'. Noting
that both countries have potentials of
growth and problems of poverty which
they can tackle together, he said, "I am
personally committed to take the cooperative process forward. That is why even
Sensex extends gains
for the 2nd straight week,
up 219 points
Mumbai, May 16:
as Chief Minister of Gujarat, I visited
China. As Prime Minister too I am convinced and committed for exchange and
co-operation for socio-economic development of the two countries." Modi said
he has a lot of hope from the relationship
which he and President Xi Jinping are
trying to build. "We are very keen to develop the sectors where China is strong.
We need your involvement. The scope
and potential, the breadth and length of
infrastructure and related developments is very huge in India," he said.
Modi recalled that in March he had
a discussion with Jack Ma of Alibaba in
Delhi about possible co-operation for
strengthening the micro-credit sector of
India. The Prime Minister said like
China, India also wants to promote manufacturing in a big way particularly to
create jobs for youth who form 65 per
cent of the population.
"Hence, we want to Make things in
India. For this purpose, we have
launched a campaign called 'Make in
India'... We have to learn from you about
the development of labour- intensive industries, creating conditions for sustainable foreign direct investment, skill
development, infrastructure creation
and export-led development model," he
said. "Our initial measures have helped
in building up an enhanced investor
confidence. The sentiments for private
investment and inflow of foreign investment are positive. FDI inflows have
gone up by 39 per cent during April-2014
and February-2015 against the same period in previous year," he said, adding
India-Chinese partnership should and
will flourish.
He expressed confidence that coming together of India and China will result in very good outcome. "We have
complemented each other in the past.
We can complement in the present and
future too. As two major economies in
Asia, the harmonious partnership between India and China is essential for
economic development and political stability of the continent," he added. (PTI)
Govt to set up expert panel on Companies Act next week: FM Jaitley
‘New ITR forms to be far more simplified’
New Delhi, May 16:
After just making a slew of
amendments to the 'complicated'
Companies Act, government
will constitute an expert committee next week to suggest further changes to make it easier to
do business. "There were about
50 odd provisions (in the
Companies Act, 2013) which
were very hurting...I will be constituting a committee...May be
in the course of next week,"
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
told PTI in an interview. He said
the government might go in for
"another round" of amendments
depending on the suggestions received from the committee,
which will interact with stakeholders on further easing of
rules. The Companies Act, 2013
has more than 450 clauses and
several of them had complicated
doing of business, he said,
adding "you are feeling the pinch
after its being implemented."
The government earlier this
week effected 16 amendments in
the Companies Act with a view
to streamline procedures and remove some of the provisions
with regard to denial of bail for
violations of those provisions.
He said that there was one
provision in this Act, which had
similar conditions for bail in a
corporate crime as in the now-defunct Prevention of Terrorism
Act (POTA). Under POTA, bail
was virtually impossible unless
the public prosecutor concedes
that there is no case or the judge
comes to the conclusion that
there is no case made, he said.
While POTA was replaced by
Unlawful Activities Prevention
Act with harsh bail provision
dropped, the same was brought
in the Companies Act, he said.
Bail provision "considered too
harsh for an anti-terrorism law,
word for word, full-stop for fullstop was brought into the
Companies Act," he said, adding
he got the provision removed
from the Act through the recent
SPORTS NEWS
Vth Sub Junior National Hockey
(Division-B) Championship
Chandigarh faces Patiala
in Hockey final today
GOF Staff Reporter
JAMMU, May 16:
Chandigarh Olympic Association shall be playing
against Hockey Patiala in the final of the ongoing Vth Sub
Junior National Hockey (Division-B) Championship at K K
Hakhu Stadium, here tomorrow. Before the title clash, the
losers of today’s semifinals shall be facing each other in the
hardliner to decide the bronze winner. Earlier, in the semifinals, played Chanidgarh outplayed Dadra and Nagar
Haveli 7-4. Dadra and Nagar Haveli took the first lead in the
11th minute with Kawalpreet Singh netting the ball on a
field effort. However, Chandigarh bounced back in the 26th
minute to equalise on a penalty corner thereby levelled the
score 1-1. Just before going into the break in 33rd minute,
Dadra and Nagar Haveli again took the lead through Nilesh
Kathoute’s field goal. Coming back into the second half,
Dadra and Nagar Haveli increased the score difference further to 3-1 when in the 37th minute Gurbinder Singh struck
a beautiful field goal leaving the opponents stunned.
Chandigarh, realising that the game was slipping from
their hands, struck hard with four consecutive field goals
coming in the 38th, 41st, 45th and 51st minute thus turned
the score board around with 5-3 lead. Wanting to get a grip
on the game again, Dadra and Nagar Haveli scored their
fourth goal in the 65th minute but it was all lost for them as
Chandigarh slammed two more consecutive goals and taking the game 7-4 in their favour. In other semifinal, Patiala
beat Madhya Pradesh by a huge margin of 7-0, courtesy,
Baljeet Singh and Gurpreet Singh. Patiala dominated the
match right from the word go and took the first lead in the
very firth minute converting a penalty corner through
Parteeek Sharma. Inspired by the first success, Patiala continued their aggressive attacks against their opponents and
Rahul and Gurpreet Singh two back-to-back goals in 25th
and 32nd minute of the match respectively.
Leading by three goals, Patiala again managed to earn a
penalty corner in 47th minute, which was perfectly converted by Harinder Singh. Taking control of the match, Patiala’s
skipper Baljeet SIngh took the charge from the front and
scored spectacular brace within two minutes (50th and 51st
minute) of the match. In the 64th minute, Gurpreet stroke
back and scored the seventh goal for his team. SCHEDULE:
Third place: Dadra and Nagar Haveli Hockey Association
VS Hockey Madhya Pradesh at 3 pm, followed by the final between Chandigarh and Hockey Patiala at 4.30 pm tomorrow.
amendments. Jaitley said, the
worst offence in a corporate setup could be extreme fraud like
the Satyam scam. There are several other offences where you
pay penalty and get out, but you
have "a bail provision in which
you will never get bail". Jaitley
said that because of the complicated and stiff provisions in the
Companies Act, many entrepreneurs thought of setting up of
Limited Liability Partnership
firms for their businesses.
Parliament earlier in the week
had approved as many as 16
amendments in the Companies
Act, which mainly dealt with
winding up of companies, board
resolutions, bail provisions and
utilisation of unclaimed dividends with a few to bring the law
in tune with the global standards. Jaitley had said the
amendments were necessitated
as there have been complaints
from the corporates about the
problems ever since the law was
enacted in 2013. (PTI)
New Delhi, May 16:
The controversial new income tax return forms, which
had been put on hold, will be "far
more simplified", Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley said
Saturday, but kept the suspense
on if the requirement of disclosing all bank accounts and foreign travels will be retained. He
said after having public consultations, he has asked the income
tax department to come up with
the simplest form, which is
available.
"They (CBDT) are coming
out with a proposal. Now that I
am free from Parliament, they
will put up before me," he told
PTI in an interview when asked
whether the number of pages of
the forms will be cut down from
thirteen and a half. Asked
whether the queries on foreign
travel and bank accounts, considered by many as intrusive,
would be dropped in the revised
form, the Minister said: "You
wait, but I can only tell you it
will be far more simplified".
He seemed to suggest that
the questions about foreign
travel and all bank accounts
would be limited to a section of
tax assessees. "... As far as 8 or 9
out of 10 tax payers are involved,
their form has to be very simple...There are various kinds of
details, which are to be filled up
may be absolutely redundant
for them," Jaitley said in reply to
a question on the queries in the
forms that triggered a controversy. The simplified I-T return
form is being brought after the
earlier version was opposed by
industry, MPs and assessees for
its cumbersome disclosure
norms. "I am in favour of the eas-
ing. This was twelve or twelve
and a half page form, which has
existed.
Three or four more questions were added...So it became
thirteen and a half pages. "I was
in Washington when I came to
know of this. I immediately
called up and said stop it because to me whether it was
twelve and a half or thirteen and
a half, both seem a little excessive," Jaitley said.
The salaried individuals
and those persons who do not
have business/professional income are required to file income
tax returns in either ITR-1 or
ITR-2 by July 31.
Following the controversy
over the new ITR forms, which
sought details of bank accounts
and foreign visits, the revenue
department announced putting
them on hold.
Police-Public Cricket Premier League
IGP Kashmir chairs high level
meeting in Srinagar
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar May 16:
Inspector General of Police,
Kashmir Sh. SJM Gillani
chaired officers meeting in the
run up for organizing a “PolicePublic Cricket Premier League”
a cricketing extravaganza in
Srinagar. IGP directed the
chairmen of different organizing committees to put in all efforts to make this event a grand
success so that the players and
the spectators will feel the aroma of IPL this summer. Earlier
IGP Kashmir formulated 10
committees for managing this
high profile sporting extravaganza that is going to commence
from 2nd June. IGP directed to
adopt all IPL features and formats in the event including 3rd
Umpire reviews that is going to
be imbued first time in the valley for which special arrangements of coverage will be made,
besides, incorporation of BCCI
trained Umpires in the games.
He further directed the committees to ensure that all the
arrangements with respect for
providing coloured uniforms
and coloured cricketing gears
and other logistics to the participating teams be made. It was also decided that Certificates of
participation will also be distributed among all participants
besides the main trophies for the
winners and runner’s up.
12 teams that will owned by
Corporate Sectors or private entrepreneurs or individuals will
select their teams having 16 players, 8 players will be of their
choice while other 08 will be selected through “Bidding of
Players” in an auction. The play-
Students of M Naveen Public
School Nagrota excelled
Jammu, May 16:
Students of M.Naveen
Public School Nagrota who excelled in the dancing, Singing
and fancy dress competition organized by Pooja Kalla Kendra at
Polytechnic College Vikram
Chowk Jammu. In Senior category (singing) Pooja Pandita
won the first prize and Anushika
Pandita won the second prize. In
junior category Raghav Pandita
won the Ist prize. In duet dancing
Khushi Bhat and Simrat Nargis
won the 2nd prize. In group dancing our school won the 3rd prize
participants were Anushika,
Pooja, Khushi, Tanu and Nargis.
Heartiest Congratulations to
parents from our school for cooperation
and
especially
Principal of M.Naveen Public
School for his sincere staff.
The benchmark BSE Sensex extended gains for the second straight week, surging 219 points to end at 27,324.00, on
persistent buying mainly in auto, banking, consumer
durable and healthcare stocks on hopes of cut in policy rates
by RBI. Hopes of timely arrival of southwest monsoon by
IMD amid short-coverings at the fag-end of the week also
boosted the market sentiment. The Indian Meteorological
Department said that conditions are becoming favourable
for advancement of southwest monsoon and is likely to hit
the Kerala coast on May 30 even as the country stares at the
possibly of below normal rains for a second consecutive
year. The Sensex resumed higher at 27,249.42 and hovered in
a range of 26,750.01 and 27,544.24 before ending the week at
27,324.00, showing a gain of
218.61 points or 0.81 percent. It has gained 312.69
points of 1.16 per cent in
two weeks. The 50-share
NSE Nifty also firmed up
by 70.85 points or 0.86 percent to close at 8,262.35 after moving in a range of
8,089.80 and 8,332.75 during
the week. Of the 30-share
Sensex pack, 16 stocks rose
and the rest fell in the
week. On the macro front,
the industrial output
growth touched a fivemonth low of 2.1 percent in
March from a revised 4.9
percent in February on the
back of an across-theboard slowdown in production while consumer
price index-based retail inflation eased to a four-month low of 4.87 percent in April
from a revised 5.25 per cent in March as prices of food items,
vegetables and fruits turned cheaper. Inflation based on the
wholesale price index (WPI) remained in negative zone last
month. WPI inflation stood at negative 2.65 percent in April.
WPI inflation was (-) 2.33 percent in March.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that
India and China have signed over 20 agreements, covering
diverse areas of cooperation. Major gainers from the Sensex
pack were Hero MotoCorp (9.86 percent), SBI (9.76 percent),
M&M (5.24 percent), Cipla (4.64 percent), Dr Reddy's (4.25
percent), HDFC (4.10 percent), Axis Bank (3.50 percent), Gail
India (2.86 percent), Bajaj Auto (2.47 percent) and Tata
Motors (1.16 percent) while HUL fell by 5.53 percent, NTPC
4.15 percent, Vedanta 3.76 percent and Reliance 1.79 percent.
Among the sectoral indices, Auto 3.85 percent followed by
bankex 2.57 percent, consumer durables 2.18 percent and
healthcare 1.92 percent while realty dropped by 3.03 percent.
Small-cap and mid-cap indices also rose by 1.96 percent and
3.20 percent on fresh buying from retail investors.
The total turnover during the week at the BSE and NSE
dropped to Rs 14,906.88 crore and Rs 83,249.96 crore respectively from the last weekend's level of Rs 15,935.18 crore and
Rs 88,668.55 crores. (PTI)
JK Public School
bagged under 17 DYSS
football tournament
Different committees formed for smooth conduct
ers that can be put to auction will
include Ranji players, former
Ranji players, under 19 & 25 players, University represented player, College represented players
and the local established players
who need to enroll with the organizing committee. All such
players who are interested for
bidding themselves are requested to enroll themselves at the
earliest. Only enrolled players
will be put for bidding in the auction. IGP added that the total
amount of Rs.27.18 lacs will be
awarded as Cash Prizes in this
tournament that includes Rs. 5
lacs for winner’s team, 3 lacs for
runner’s up team, 2 lacs for third
place, 1.5 lacs for 4th place, 1 lac
each for fifth to eighth place, besides, winner in every match
will be awarded Rs.10,000, Man
of the Series Rs.50,000, Best batsman Rs.25,000, Best bowler
Rs.25,000, for scoring fifty runs
Rs.5,000, for taking five wickets
Rs.7000, for scoring a century of
runs Rs.15,000, most sixes in a
match Rs.2,000, man of the match
in every match Rs.3,000 and best
catch Rs.1000. IGP impressed upon the these committee’s to work
in coordination to ensure making the event a unique and grand
success so as the objective to promote sports culture in the state
and providing platform to the
cricketers is met.
Among others Sh. Amit
Kumar SSP Srinagar, Sh.
Imtiyaz Hussain SSP PCR
Srinagar, Sh. R.K. Bhat SSP
Home Guard Kashmir, Sh.
Rajeshwer Singh SP AIG (welfare) PHQ, Sh. Manoj Kumar
Pandita SP SO to DIG CKR
Srinagar, Sh. Waseem Qadri SP
Hqrs, Sh. Harmeet Singh SP City
East, Sh.Bashir Ahmad Wani
DDP CKR, Sh. Rajesh Gill
Org.Secy, Sh. Abdul Aziz Qadri
DySP Hqrs, Sh. Feroz Qadri
DySP DAR Srinagar, Sh. Nasir
SDPO Nehru park and representative of Medical Superintendent
Police Hospital Srinagar attended the meeting in Srinagar.
GOF Staff Reporter
JAMMU, May 16:
JK
Public
School,
Kunjwani, won under 17 DYSS
Inter-school football tournament marking its debut victory
in DYSS. The tournament was
held at GGM Science college
from 12 to 16 may, 2015 where in
22 schools of Jammu region participated. JK Public School defeated APS, Domana by 2-0 in 1st
round, S.T. Francis by 4-1 in 2nd
round, K.C. International by 4-0
in quarter final, DPS by 2-1 in semi-final and B.S.F, Paloura by 10 in final.
Highest scorer of the team
was Digvijay followed by
Vildan, Akeel, Manik and
Imran. Principal of the school, S
K Singh congratulated and appreciated the hard work of football coach Mr. Vikram Thakur
and his team. He said, this is just
a beginning and there are many
more victories to come.
District Level Inter zonal sports meet concludes at Reasi
GOF Staff Reporter
Reasi, May 16:
The District Level Inter
Zonal tournament organized by
department of Youth Services
and Sports Reasi concluded at
mini sports stadium Reasi, today. Additional Superintendent
of Police Reasi-Sanjay Singh
Rana was the chief guest on the
culmination day of the event.
DySP
(Hqr)
Reasi-Mohan
Sharma, District Youth & Sports
Officer-Dr SS Chib, ZPEO-Om
Prakash, ZEPO Pouni-Govind
Singh,
ZEPO
ChassanaManohar Lal, Subedar-Surinder
Sharma. and a large number of
locals were also present on the
occasion. The whole events were
held
under
guidance
of
Directorate Youth& Sports
Services, Jammu.In the meet
five zones of District participat-
ed in the different disciplines of
sports including Kabaddi, KhoKho, volley ball and wrestling
under the age group of 14 and 17
years. 374 students of different
schools of the district participated in this sports meet. Speaking
on the occasion, Rana said sports
helps in maintaining good physical and mental health besides a
big source of entertainment and
enticing the spirit of competence
and sportsmanship. He added
that sports sprit makes a man
more humane and disciplined
which enhance one’s capability
to live and let live.
He also congratulated the
members of the organizing committee for the smooth and successful conduct of the tournament. A colourful cultural program was also presented by the
students of Heritage Public
School Reasi, which was appreciated by the gathering.
Meanwhile in Kabaddi U-14
girls Reasi defeated Pouni and in
Kabaddi U-17 girls Pouni defeated
Reasi , while in Kho-Kho U-14
girls Reasi defeated Pouni and in
U-17 Kho-Kho girls Reasi defeated
Pouni. In Volleyball U-17 girls
Pouni defeated Reasi. The matches were officiated by ashok
Kumar, Ashoka Kumari, Romesh
Chander, KuldeepRaj, Manzoor
Hussain, Bishambar Dass, Ajay
Kumar and Ajay Kumar Billa.
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY, 17, 2015, PAGE 10
Zulfkar holds public grievances
camp of Gujjar , Bakerwal at Udhampur
Exhorts
community to
encourage
education among
their wards
GOF Staff Reporter
Udhampur, May 16-
asserting that coalition government led by Chief Minister
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is committed to uplift the socio-economic condition of the downtrodden
people of the State, the Minister
for CAPD, Tribal Affairs Ch.
Zulkar Ali said that several multi
prolonged strategy are being device in this regard.
The Minister said this while
addressing public meeting largely attended by Gujjar and
Inter school
science quiz
organized by
MIS Shopian
GOF Staff Reporter
Shopian, May 16:
The Deputy Commissioner
Shopian said that it is the responsibility of a teacher to guide and
inspire his students to inculcate
the values of education.
The Deputy Commissioner
was speaking during inter-school
science quiz organized by the
Institution
Mohammadiya
Shopian (MIS). Students of 10
Higher Secondary Schools attended the function.
During the function, the
Deputy Commissioner awarded
“Best Teachers Cash and Citation
Award” to three Teachers of MIS
including Mr. Mudasir Rashid
Wani,Mr. Bilal Ahmad Naikoo
andMr. Irshad Ahmad Bhat.
Lauding the role of Teachers
in giving moral education alongside
academics,
Deputy
Commissioner said “If we want to
change the destiny of our state,
we have to give better education.”
HHhhhhHe said while the academic education helps in creating
intellectuals, doctors, scientists
and scholars, moral education
creates better citizens and society. He added that our state has no
dearth of talent but have to explore and channelize it through
dedicated teachers.
Stressing upon the teachers,
Deputy Commissioner said that
keeping in view the modern challenges of the world, the teachers
should re-double their efforts and
re-activate their ability imparting modern education to the students to enable them to compete
not only at National level but at
International level and to make
the State rich and prosperous on
all fronts.
Deputy Commissioner also
stressed upon the parents to pay
their keen attention towards the
moral, religious and academic education of their wards.
The Principal MIS also distributed three science quiz
awards among the winners. The
first position was bagged by the
host school whileas, second position was bagged by New
Greenland Institute Shopian and
the third position was shared by
Shah-i-Hamdan
Memorial
Institute
Shopian
and
Knowledge
Quaff
School
Shopian.
Assistant Secretary J&K
BOSE, Principals and teachers
were present on the occassion.
Bakerwal community here today
at Udhampur. Minister of State
for Finance Mr. Pawan Gupta,
MLA Ramnagar R. S. Pathania,
MLA Chenani Dina Nath besides
Commissioner
Deputy
Yasha
Mudgal,
Udhampur
Director CAPD G. S Chib, SSP
Udhampur, Joint Controller
Legal Metrology Amar Singh,
Deputy
Controller
Legal
Metrology Manoj Prabhkar, other senior officers of various departments were also present in
the public meeting.
Speaking on the occasion,
Ch. Zulfkar said that coalition
government is serious to address
the grievances of the Gujjar and
Bakerwal community by providing them all basic amenities at
their doorsteps. He said that our
government will focus on the areas which still lack basic amenities due to negligence and mismanagement on the part of previous regime.
The Minister listened to the
grievances of Gujjar and
Bakerwal which included involvement of Gujjar and
Bakerwal in plan formulation for
the community, provide safe
drinking water in Gujjar and
Bakerwal bastis, installation of
handpumps, etc.
Mr. Zulfkar assured that
their all genuine demands would
be redressed at the earliest. He also appealed the Gujjar and
Bakerwal community to provide
education to their wards for their
bright future.
Referring to the shortage of
ration in various parts of
Udhampur district, the Minister
issued strict instruction to the officers to sort out the issues on priority basis so that the people may
not suffer for lack of this basic
amenities. The Minister also informed the people that they
would soon get their ration quota
as per census 2011.
Sunil Sharma inspects public
utilities in Kishtwar Town
GOF Staff Reporter
Kishtwar, May 16:
Minister of State for PWD
(R&B) and Revenue Mr. Sunil
Sharma today instructed the administration to construct parking and public utilities in
Kishtwar town for the convenience of the public .
The Minister accompanied
by Deputy Commissioner
Kishtwar Mr. Mohammad
Javaid Khan, SSP Kishtwar Mr.
Yougal Manhas and other
District Officers inspected the
main road from Dak Bunglow to
Bus Stand. Mr. Sharma said
that there is immediate need to
construct viable and feasible
parking spaces along the entire
stretch as commercial as well
as personal vehicles are being
parked on the road side which
create problems in the smooth
movement of traffic. He asked
the authorities to use open
spaces from Dak Bunglow to
Bus Stand Kishtwar for developing parking slots within
shortest possible time. He said
this would largely ease traffic
congestion in the town. He also
said that no vehicle should be allowed to be parked on the road
side. While noticing the leakage
of drinking water pipes at various spots on the main road, Mr.
Sharma directed XEN PHE
Division Kishtwar to ensure
that all the leakages are plugged
without any further delay.
Sharma, while inspecting
the lanes and drains directed
Executive Officer Municipality
Kishtwar to mobilize his men
and machinery to clean all the
lanes and drains of the main
road and interior areas of the
town . He also asked him to
make sure that proper cleanliness and sanitation is maintained in the town.
The Minister also directed
to construct Public utility
Toilets in the identified locations in the town. Minister also
directed EO Municipality
Kishtwar to open up the already
constructed Toilet Complex
near ITI Kishtwar which was
constructed in 2009 and is
locked. Minister also inspected
the ITI Ground Kishtwar and
suggested to use a portion of it
for paid parking. He said the
place is feasible and viable and
can accommodate about 500-800
small and medium vehicles.
Mr. Sharma passed on spot
directions to the concerned and
also directed SSP Kishtwar not
to tolerate any parking of vehicles on main road. The Minister
also directed XEN PDD Division
Kishtwar to shift the electricity
poles and distribution lines to
facilitate repair and widening of
the roads.
Later the Minister also visited Ashiana- a Home for
The Chairman
Orphans.
Ashiana Mr. Sanjeev Parihar
apprised the Minister about the
problems being faced by them in
running the Orphanage. Mr.
Sharma distributed soup and
sweets among the children. He
assured that all necessary and
additional facilities would be
provided to the orphanage for
the benefit of children and its
smooth functioning.
Mahore block to be developed as
modern walnut production zone
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Two-day National Executive
Meeting of BJP Mahila Morcha
was held at Bhopal, the capital
city of Madhya Pradesh, wherein
BJP National President Amit
Shah, BJP National General
Secretary (Org) Ram Lal, MP
Chief Minister Shiv Raj Singh
Chauhan, National General
Secretary Saroj Pandey, Mahila
former
National
Morcha
President Kiran Maheshwari, MP
Maya Singh, Mahila Morcha
President
Vijya
National
Rahatkar addressed different sessions. From Jammu & Kashmir,
MoS for Education & Mahila
Morcha State President Priya
Sethi
alongwith
National
Executive Members namely
Suresh Jamwal, Sheela Handoo,
Anuradha Charak and Anju
Dogra attended this meeting.
BJP National leaders, while
appreciating the efforts put by
Mahila Morcha activists across
the country in reaching the masses to educate them about the principles and ideology of the party,
said that they constitute about
50% population of the country and
their role and contribution in
making a developed society as
well as strengthening the organization cannot be ignored. They
said that the Mahila Morcha activists are working for BJP and its
women wing and their dual work
is indeed great.
The Mahila Mrocha national
executive members from all the
states of the country had reached
Bhopal with full feedback related
to membership drive and Maha
Sampark Abhiyaan being undertaken in their respective states at
different levels.
GOF Staff Reporter
Pulwama, May 16:
According
to
Chief
Horticulture Officer, Shopian,
significant damage has been reported and recorded in apple orchards in villages of Zone
Saidapora and Shopian due to
hailstorm on May 14, 2015
evening.
In this regard orchardists are
informed to spray the damaged
trees with Mancozeb 75 WP fungicide and Urea 50 gms/100 liters to
offset the physical damage and after affects.
Reasi, May 16:
The Mahore block is to be
shaped for producing high yielding varieties of walnut production by the horticulture department; this was stated by the
Director horticulture Jammu,
A.K. Sharma while addressing
the fruit growers and locals at village Shajroo in Mahore.
Chief Horticulture Officer,
Reasi-Susheel K Angurana, field
functionaries of Horticulture department, members of PRIs and
large number of locals were also
present on the occasion.
Sharma advised the farmers
to establish vermicompost units,
vermibeds, Polygreen houses,
use of Biopesticide , Biofertilizers
and adoption of organic farming
so that their horticulture produce
is certified by Participatory
Guarantee system and third party certification taken up by the
department for good return of the
produce. Sharma explained the
modern techniques for producing grafted walnut plants in the
low cost green house to increase
the walnut production substantially by reducing gestation period of plants produced from perennial seed.
He further added that the
Horticulture department will
provide necessary training to the
growers for canopy management
of the fruit trees and also to convert the inferior verities to superior cultivars to increase the
quality. The department will also
facilitate to get license for sale of
quality pesticide in the area as de-
manded by the growers of
Shajroo area
During the meeting the farmers projected various problems
faced by them in horticulture related activities and also stressed
to setup a fruit mandi in their
area so that their produce is marketed at reasonable price.
Sharma issued on spot instructions to the field functionaries and directed that the fruit
growers are attended to their
grievenances immediately and
assured the gathering that their
demand for mandi shall be communicated to the higher authorities for consideration.
Later on Sharma accompanied by CHO visited nurseries
namely Hunder in Arnas block
and Achrella in Mahore block.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Uday Bhanoo Chib National
Secretary NSUI and Fairoz khan
National secretary NSUI and was
organised by Neeraj kundan
State President NSUI J&K.
“We are not happy to celebrate such day but we want to
aware the youths of the country
that how the P M has made fool of
us by making fake promises, he
had promised to transfer Rs 15
lakh in every Indian’s account
and to bring black money back”.
Said Neeraj kundan,
State
President NSUI.
“Students of Jammu and
Kashmir are suffering under
PMSS Scheme and are even daily
threaded by college authorities to
leave the college on mid way of
their courses but unfortunately
they have been neglected by government and. on the issue of
"Anti Youth" Recruitment policy
why govt is salient" Kundan
asked .
Other who were present in
the protest included Raqeeq
Khan and Amjad Bhat Vice
Presidents NSUI, Ajay Kumar
National Delegate NSUI, Sunny
Parihar District President jammu NSUI, Sahil Singh Langeh,
Nishant Gupta and Ranjodh
Singh Sate secretarys and others
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Member of Parliament &
J&K Prahari Avinash Rai
Khanna, through a question in
Rajya Sabha, sought clarification
from Union Ministry of Home
Affairs on disposal of properties
like vehicles etc lying in the police stations in different states.
Avinash Rai Khanna, while
inviting the attention of the
Home Ministry towards a writ petition filed in 2008 and decided in
2010, asked whether the Supreme
court had given any direction to
the states and Central government and if yes, why these directions have not been implemented
so far and what was the view of
the Union government in this regard.
The Minister of State in the
Ministry of Home Affairs
Haribhai
Parathibhai
Choudhary through a written answer to Khanna’s question, stated
that “the direction of Supreme
Court in said writ petition was for
the state governments, Union
Territory Administrations and
the Director Generals of Police to
ensure macro implementation of
the statutory provisions. There
was no direction to the Central
government.
The information regarding
the implementation of the direc-
tion of Supreme Court by the
State governments/authorities is
not maintained centrally. The
government of India however issues suitable advisories to the
government/Union
state
Territory administrations for the
proper implementation of the existing legal provisions and directions of the Apex Court in letter
and spirit, the minister answered.
Pertinent to mention that
Supreme Court, while disposing
off the said writ petition had observed that it is a matter of common knowledge that as and when
vehicles are seized and kept in
various police stations, not only
they occupy substantial space of
the police stations but upon being
kept in open, are also prone to fast
natural decay on account of
Priya Sethi participates
in religious congregation
weather conditions. Even a good
maintained vehicle loses its road
worthiness if it is kept stationary
in the police station for more than
fifteen days. Apart from the
above, it is also a matter of common knowledge that several valuable and costly parts of the said
vehicles are either stolen or are
cannibalized so that the vehicles
become unworthy of being driven on road. To avoid all this, apart
from the aforesaid directions issued herein above, we direct that
all the state governments/Union
Territories /Director Generals of
Police shall ensure macro implementation of the statutory provisions and further direct that the
activities of each and every police
stations, especially with regard
to disposal of the seized vehicles
be taken care of by the Inspector
General of Police of the concerned Division/Commissioner
of Police of the concerned
cities/superintendent of police of
the concerned district.
Meanwhile, Avinash Rai
Khanna also took up the matter
with the senior police officials
and Dy. Commissioners to ensure implementation of the
Supreme Court’s direction in letter and spirit.
DDC Shopian
suspends 10
absent doctors
GOF Staff Reporter
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Minister of State for
Education,
Culture
and
Information Priya Sethi attended
bhandara organised by the center
basic businessman organization,
here today. The 5th bhandara of
Lord Shani was organised by the
local business association at old
hospital road and large number of
devotees participated in the
event. MLC Ashok Khajuria was
Shopian, May 16:
also present at the function. On
the occasion a hawan was performed and the Minister offered
Puran Ahuti .
Priya Sethi said the city is famous for its composite culture
and people from different faiths
come together to participate and
celebrate the events with bonhomie. President of the organization Ramesh Chander, VicePresident Ashok Gupta, office
bearers, prominent citizens and
scores of devotees participated in
the bhandara.
During the surprise visit at
Sub District Hospital, Zainapora,
the
District
Shopian,
Commissioner
Development
Shopian found 10 doctors posted
in the Hospital absent from duty.
The District Development
Commissioner ordered immediate suspension of all 10 doctors
working in the Hospital.
A case for strict disciplinary
action against the absentee doctors has been initiated in order to
streamline the working of the
Health Institutions in the district.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Rajouri
administration holds cleanliness drive
Rajouri, May 16:
GOF Staff Reporter
Khanna raises issue of
seized vehicles in Rajya Sabha
Attention
hailstorm
affected
orchardists
GOF Staf f Reporter
NSUI celebrates Modi Govt’s
anniversary with protest
Modi government on his fake
promises was slapped by the
members of National Student’s
Union of India (NSUI) on
Saturday at Press Club Jammu.
The protest was started with an
innovative idea in which NSUI
members travelled on a cart
“Tanga” and delivered the message to the public that due to hike
in petrol of Rs 7 within 15 day,
cart is the best alternative mean
of transportation. Not only this
NSUI members displayed the
fake cheques of 15 -15 Lac among
the public by raising slogans
"Modi Sarkar Mehangi Sarkar ",
"Sanpnaoo ki Sarkar modi
Sarkar " and reminded them that
the prime minister before elections had delivered promises of
bringing the black money within
100 days. The programme was
held under the supervision of
BJPMM National
Executive meet
held at Bhopal
District
administration
Rajouri today carried out an intensive cleanliness drive across the
town as a part of 'Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan'.
The campaign commenced
with road walk from DC office complex and culminated at Malik
Market during which general
awareness about cleanliness was
spread among the masses.
Flagging off the cleanliness
drive from DC office complex, the
MLA Rajouri Ch Qammar Hussain
stressed on the need to adopt the
ideals of Mahatma Gandhi in day to
day life .He said that Gandhi ji accorded great importance to hygiene and sanitation and wanted to
Indian society inculcate the habit
of cleanliness. He emphasized on
the need to understand that each
individual is responsible to keep
the environment clean and should
not keep on waiting to others to
start.
While speaking on the occasion, MLC Vibodh Gupta said that
this unique initiative of PM
Narendra Modi, the Swach Bharat
Abhiyan aims to create mass
awareness and inculcate lasting
behavioural changes of maintain-
ing hygiene among the people. He
said that every citizen should contribute towards this social cause.
Deputy Commissioner, Deepti
Uppal exhorted upon the people to
avoid defecation in the open and
maintain high degree of health and
personal hygiene. She said that the
dream of making Rajouri and the
country ‘open defecation’ free will
remain a distant dream until and
unless people inculcate in them
civic sense. She sought everyone's
cooperation in making Rajouri a
clean district. She asked all stake
holders to shoulder the responsibility for successful implementation of Swach Bharat during week
long sanitation campaign. She impressed upon the officers to launch
the sanitation in their respective
offices and at set an example in this
regard.
Later, Legislators, DDC along
with officers make the general public aware about how to dispose off
their solid waste regularly and
asked them to make it a habit in future to keep their vicinity clean.
Veer
jee
Hangloo,
ADDC
ACR,Paramjeet Singh, Add. SP
Tejinder Singh,Cultural Officer,
Alamdar Adam , EO Manzoor Lone
, prominent citizens, students and
others also participated in the
cleanliness drive.
DC Srinagar Chander Mohan Sharma appeals CM
visits Dargah not to abandon Artificial Lake project
Hazratbal, Jinab
Sahib Soura,
Aasar-i-Sharief
Kalashpora
Shrines
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar, May 16:
Deputy
Commissioner,
Srinagar, Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone
today visited Asar-i-Sharief
Dargah Hazratbal, Jenab Sahib
Soura
and
Asar-i-Sharief
Kalashpora Shrines to take stock
of arrangements made by various
Departments with regard to Urs-iSharief of Mairaj-ul-Alam (SAW).
The Deputy Commissioner
was accompanied by Sub
Divisional Magistrate (East)
Srinagar and other senior officers
of various Departments.
Deputy Commissioner interacted with the local staff of Auqaf
and people present on spot who expressed satisfaction regarding the
arrangements made by the
District Administration at various Shrines. He issued on spot directions to the concerned officers
to ensure that all required
arrangements are in place during
the Urs days at all the shrines including Friday following.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, May 16:
Chander Mohan Sharma
senior BJP leader and Convenor
of Tawi Andolan a civil society
has urged Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed to not abandon the prestigious and widely
cherished project of Artificial
Lake at Tawi on flimsy ground.
People of Jammu province are
waiting for fulfillment of their
dream project for the last 12
years.
Addressing a press conference along with other Tawi
Andolan activists, Sharma said
that he has no knowledge of technical report or not feasibility of
the project. It is so then Govt
should come out with such report
and also then put behind all those
who convinced, planned and exe-
cuted the project. Sharma questioned Chief Minister as to will he
take action for loss of huge public
exchequer.
Sharma further asked Mufti
to do not loose further your antiJammu province image. There
will be no taker of non feasibility
of Artificial Lake at Tawi in this
era of water harvesting where
rainy water is collected for creating water bodies. There are number of Artificial Lakes in the
country where in water transported from sources. Shelving of
project is outcome of narrow end
prejudicial mind set.
Sharma
thanked
Smt.
Sushree Uma Bharti Union
Minister for water resources for
her extend full support for completion of this prestigious project
of Dogras of the province. He also
praised Dr. Nirmal Singh for
timely taking up the matter with
Concerned Minister.
Tawi Andolan Leader further said that continuous pressure will have to be built upon the
state Govt for completion of the
project and Rejuvenation of Tawi
and other water bodies of Jammu
province
which
included
Chenab, Ujj, Jhajjer, Devak, Anji,
Neeru, Naj, Tawi (Rajouri) and
River Poonch as all those rivers
have potential in abundance for
tourism attraction and hydro
electricity generation.
Sharma called upon NGO’s
Social Organizations Biradaries
to support Tawi Andolan and join
its Tawi Parikrama Motor Rally
on 31st of May starting from
MAM Stadium. The subcommittee headed by Prof. Mishra and
compromising of Joginder khajuria, Shuspal Singh, Ankit
raina, Rajesh jaitely, Anil sharma, Smt. Veena bakshi, Smt.
Usha salathia, Smt. Neelam mahajan, S.balwinder singh and
Zufikar kassana.
NOTICE
Mushtaq Ahmed S/o Khazar
Din R/o Kolsar, Tehsil and District
Reasi have purchased vehicle
bearing Regd No. JK20 1986 from
Nazir Ahmed S/o Ghulam Mustafa
R/o Mahore, Tehsil and District
Reasi. Now, I am applying for
transferring of the vehicle.
Objection, if any, may be conveyed
to ARTO Reasi within seven days
from the date of publication of this
notice.
JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2015, PAGE 11
Glimpses of Future
Jugal chairs DLVMC
meeting at Poonch
Reviews
implementatio
n of central
schemes
GOF Staff Reporter
Poonch, May 16:
To review the implementation of centrally sponsored
schemes, Member Parliament,
Jugal Kishore Sharma today
chaired District Level Vigilance
and Monitoring Committee
(DLVMC) meeting here today.
Present in the meeting were
MLA Haveli, Shah Mohammad
Tantray, MLA Surankote, Ch.
Mohammad Akram, District
Development Commissioner, M
H Malik, Additional District
Development Commissioner,
Arvind Sharma, Additional
Deputy Commissioner, Mumtaz
Ali Chowdhary, Assistant
Commissioner Development,
Hussain,
Chief
Basharat
Planning Officer, Mohammad
Zarger,
Executive
Iqbal
Engineers of PWD, PDD, PHE,
PMGSY besides other district officers and members of DLVMC.
The DLVMC monitors the
progress of implementation of
centrally sponsored schemes
and also reviews adherence to
prudent fiscal norms, inter-sectoral convergence, community
participation and monitoring.
The MP Jugal Kishore
Sharma who is also the
Chairman of DLVMC, reviewed the progress under the
centrally sponsored schemes
MGNREGA, IAY, NSAP,
PMGSY, IWMP, MIDH, ATMA,
BADP, BRGF, NRDWP, SBA,
NHM etc. Highlighting the importance of effective supervision and close monitoring, the
MP impressed upon the officers to work with a sense of
public service and ensure implementation of centrally sponsored schemes in the most effective manner.
He stressed on the implementation of schemes within
the given time frame so that
public funds are put to optimal
use and programmes benefits
percolate down to the targeted
populace in full measure.
He asked the officers to expedite the execution of various developmental works taken up for
their timely completion. Jugal
also asked the members of
DLVMC to conduct frequent inspections of development works
adding that their role is vital in
ensuring that the benefits flow to
the targeted sections besides exercising preventive-vigilance.
the
District
Earlier,
Development Commissioner
gave a detailed account of the
physical and financial achievements during the FY 2014-15. He
also apprised the MP about the
status of various ongoing projects. MLA Haveli and Surankote
also discussed in detail the status of various developmental
works being carried out i n the
district. They also emphasized
for organizing awareness camps
regarding the centrally sponsored schemes to ensure involvement of public in the developmental process. They urged
the MP to vigorously project the
developmental needs of district
emphasizing that central assistance is vital for faster development in the district.
Amit Shah calls on RSS Adm to hold Gram Sabhas
chief Mohan Bhagwat for BPL & APL Ration Cards
Agencies
Nagpur, May 16:
BJP President Amit Shah on
Saturday met RSS Chief Mohan
Bhagwat at the Sangh headquarters here, apparently to brief him
on the organisational matters
ahead of the completion of one
year of the Narendra Modi government. Significantly, Shah is
the second senior BJP leader to
sources, Shah briefed the Sangh
leaders about the "success and
shortcomings" of the Narendra
Modi government at the Centre
in its first year in office.
Organisational issues, including the challenges ahead in the
wake of the opposition parties
stepping up their attack on the
BJP and ways to overcome
them, also figured in the discussion. The BJP is of the feeling
GOF Staff Reporter
Kathua, May 16:
have called on Bhagawat after
Home Minister Rajnath Singh
who met him earlier this week.
Though there was no official
word on both meetings from either the BJP or the RSS,
Rajnath's visit to the Sangh headquarters has fuelled speculation
that he had voiced some reservation on the style of functioning
and decision-making process of
Shah, who is close to Modi.
Shah, who was closeted with
Bhagwat and other top RSS
leaders for one-and-a-half
hours, did not meet reporters to
brief them on the subject or nature of their interaction.
However, according to RSS
that campaign mounted by
Congress Vice-President Rahul
Gandhi dubbing the party as
"anti-poor and anti-farmer" was
denting its image, ahead of the
first anniversary celebrations of
the government. On Thursday,
Singh had met Bhagwat at the
Sangh headquarters here and
discussed the national political
scenario. Before returning,
Shah also addressed the volunteers ('swayam sevaks') attending the training camp of
the RSS at 'Smruti Mandir' in
Reshimbagh. He also met
Minister
for
Union
Transport, Nitin Gadkari at
his residence in Mahal. PTI
District Administration,
Kathua, is organizing Gram
Sabhas in 244 Panchayats and
urban wards of municipal
councils and committees of
towns from May 19 to May 23,
2015 across the district to verify
the existing BPL Ration Cards
and inclusion of BPL & APL
families for distribution of ration as per 2011 census instead
of existing 2001 census. This
will be a major relief for more
than 25,000 uncovered families.
Deputy Commissioner,
Kathua, Dr Shahid Iqbal
Choudhary chaired a meeting
of Tehsildars, BDOs,
Executive Officers and TSOs
for finalising arrangements
for holding Gram Sabhas for
verification and inclusion of
families in the BPL list and
making new ration cards in respect of uncovered areas. Addl
DDC Dr Manmohan Singh,
Addl DC Dr Mushtaq Ahmed,
AC Anshul Garg, AC Revenue
Atul Gupta, DIO Indu Jamwal,
DIO-NIC Sideshwar Bhagat,
AD CAPD T B Singh and officers of various departments attended the meeting. Gram
Sabhas will be covering
around 30-40 Panchayats per
day across 19 CD blocks and
around 20 wards of municipal
committees. More than 30,000
families will be verified and
added during the gram sabhas
and municipal ward sabhas
over a period of one week followed by release of ration as
per 2011 Census. On May 19, 84
Panchayats will be covered
followed by 54, 52, 29 and 19 on
May 20, 21, 22 and May 23.
The DDC called for wide
publicity of gram sabha schedule for greater public participation and ensuring transparency in verification BPL
APL ration cards and inclu-
sion of additional families as
per 2011 Census to ensure that
every family is provided ration as per economic status under targeted public distribution. He called upon CAPD officials to make separate list of
left over nomadic families and
verification of existing nomadic list.
It was apprised that
Tehsildars, BDOs, TSO and
CDPOs will coordinate the
Gram Sabha while in Urban
Areas the EOs of ULBs will be
nodal officers. Ration Depot
wise list of APL BPL and AAY
will be displayed at respective
Panchayat Ghars where lists
will be read out and objections
taken on record. Uncovered
families will be covered as per
resolution of Gram Panchayat.
List of Gram Panchayats,
Nodal Officers along with
dates of Gram Sabhas are being publicized through print
and electronic media.
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India,
The Prime Minister then noted that both India and
China have been seekers of knowledge and referred to
the great Chinese traveller Huein Tsang who had come
to India centuries ago. "If we see history of India and
China, both were seekers of knowledge, people in both
the countries used to take pain to acquire knowledge,"
he said. Talking about Huien Tsang's travels, he highlighted how much risk used to be taken for knowledge.
"It is easy to open doors for business and tourists. But
to open doors for knowledge, requires lot of inner
courage because of fears that some other knowledge
may influence us," Modi said. He said while relationships based on economy benefit the current set up, ties
based on knowledge benefit ages. PTI
PM
25th year of democracy and 60 years of diplomatic
relations between India and Mongolia.
On the second leg of his three-nation tour, Modi
will meet Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
to strengthen bilateral cooperation in diverse areas
like shipping and logistics, transport, highways and
electric power development in new energy industries.
Modi's visit, the first-ever to this country by an Indian
Prime Minister, will also see the two sides inking a
Double Taxation Avoidance Convention. A rare honour is being bestowed on Modi as the Mongolian
Parliament will for the first time allow a foreign leader
to address the members on Sunday, a holiday.
After his address, Modi will meet President
Elbegdorj, who will also host a banquet in his honour.
The visit will also see the laying of foundation stone for
the Information Technology Centre. The Prime
Minister would tomorrow have the first stop at the
Gandan Monastery where he will gift a Bodhi Tree
sapling to the Chief Abbott. Later, he will hold talks
with his Mongolian counterpart Chimed Saikhanbileg
on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues.
The two sides are expected to sign an agreement
on cooperation in the field of application of nuclear
technology for cancer cure in the National Cancer
Centre of Mongolia. India is gifting the centre a
Bhabhatron, the indigenous machine developed by
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre successful in cancer
treatment. Another agreement will be signed for cooperation in solar and wind energy. The two sides are also expected to step up cooperation between the two
National Security Councils, cyber security, border
management, culture, air services, animal health and
diary, besides training of diplomats. India has a strong
linkage of Buddhism and democracy with Mongolia
and was the first country outside the Soviet bloc to establish diplomatic relations with it. India feels that
there is excellent potential for cooperation with
Mongolia in the minerals sector. Mongolia is mineralrich country in coking coal, copper, rare earths and
uranium. India already has a civil nuclear agreement
with Mongolia which provides for uranium exports to
the country once the domestic laws here permit
prospecting and mining.
BJP
However, later in the evening, Deputy Chief
Minister Nirmal Singh had said that the artificial lake
was a dream project of the people of Jammu and that
the Centre had assured its help in ironing out the technical problems. Singh, who had rushed to New Delhi
and raised the issue with Union Minister for Water
Resources Uma Bharati, said, "Artificial Lake on river
Tawi is a dream project of the people of Jammu. It cannot be wound up". BJP and PDP had earlier expressed
divergent views on composite townships for settlement of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley. PTI
Cross-LoC
He was flanked by Minister for Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs, Syed Basharat Bukhari,
Minister for Public Works, Floriculture, Gardens &
Parks, Syed Altaf Bukhari, MP and former Deputy
Chief Minister, Muzaffar Hussain Baig, MLA
Rafiabad, Yawar Mir and MLA, Baramulla Javed
Hassan Baig.
The Chief Minister also visited Pattan, Sangrama
Kandi, Wagoora, Watergam, Tarzua, Uri, and
Baramulla during his whirlwind tour.
Lamenting that the cross-LoC ties have stuck up
since 2005, Mufti Sayeed assured that with the active
support of the Central Government, the travel, trade
and cultural relations across the LoC will flourish further. Referring to his several initiatives for developing
Uri as a Model Town, the Chief Minister announced
uninterrupted power supply to the picturesque border
parish. He also announced construction of a 100-bedded Girls Hostel, Bio-lavatories, filtration plant for
potable drinking water, up-gradation of 60-km
Zehampora-Shahdara Road, examining revival of historical Mohura Power House and double-lanning of
Baramulla-Uri Road.
Dwelling on the recruitment policy that envisages
appointment at district level to fast-track filling up of
vacant posts especially in the health sector, the Chief
Minister said it ensures stationing of doctors and paramedics in far-flung areas like Uri. “We want to fill up
vacancies on a fast-track basis in a fair and transparent manner,” he asserted. Speaking on the occasion,
former Minister and MP, Muzaffar Hussain Baig,
praised Mufti Sayeed for his vision in putting J&K
firmly on the path of development. He said the State’s
share in Central funds will be released shortly as the
Union Budget has been passed only a few days ago.
“People have to show patience. The PDP-BJP
Government has been in place for only 75 days,” he
stated. On reaching Sheeri, the Chief Minister visited the area’s Public Health Centre. He passed immediate instructions for landscaping and beautifying the
campus premises and maintaining its cleanliness. He
also sanctioned a fire station which will cater to Sheeri
and its catchment areas. Mufti Sayeed also visited
Baramulla District Hospital and inspected the proposed site for already-announced medical college. At
district headquarters Baramulla, the Chief Minister
was briefed about the proposal for de-congesting the
Old Baramulla Town and construction of a Marriagecum-Convention Centre. It was given out in the briefing that the project to de-congest Old Baramulla town
is in a state of limbo for last one decade as the already
released Rs. 11 crore for the project remain unspent till
date.
The Chief Minister issued directions for restoring
the powers of the project to the Deputy Commissioner,
which were earlier given to the Divisional
Commissioner. He also gave approval for construction
of a Marriage-cum-Convention Centre, which envisages a cost of Rs.10 crore. Mufti Sayeed also visited the
Baramulla Bar Chambers where he was accorded a
warm welcome. He released Rs. five lakh for library
and issued directions for construction of a conference
hall. Earlier, on his arrival at Pattan, Mufti Sayeed
inspected the status of work on Trauma Hospital,
Babateng. He went around the under-construction
Main Block and sanctioned balance portion of funds
for completion of the works in the 1st Phase.
The Chief Minister also fixed the date of August 16
this year for its inauguration. He also called upon
Minister for Public Works to take up landscaping and
macadamization of approach road to the hospital.
Minister of IT, YS&S, Imran Raza Ansari was also present on the occasion. Spread over 53 kanals of land, the
construction of Pattan Trauma Hospital was started
way back in 2006. Due to cost overruns, the project now
envisages Rs. 22.85 crore for completion of the Main
Building and residential quarters for doctors and paramedical staff. While interacting with shopkeepers and
traders in Main Market at Pattan, the Chief Minister
said the four-lanning of the market road with pedestrian pathways will be taken up shortly.
Interacting with people at Watergam, the Chief
Minister announced opening of a branch of J&K Bank
and macadamization of internal roads. He also issued
instructions for making functional the Shah Kohal
Irrigation Scheme which will hugely benefit the apple
orchardists. The Chief Minister also sanctioned Rs.
five lakh and 10 computers for students of Imamia
Public School, Watergam. Mufti Sayeed also visited
Government High School, Watergam and interacted
with the students. He issued directions for keeping a
provision in the grants of State Sports Council for
maintenance and fencing of the school playground.
At Sangrama Kandi, the Chief Minister announced establishment of a sill development institute
to increase the employability of youth in Government
and Private Sector. He also issued directions for expediting work on Drang Power House. Mufti Sayeed also
said that scenic Sranz and its adjoining area will be
brought under the jurisdiction of Gulmarg
Development Authority. The Public Works
Department was directed to macadamize the
Chonthpatri-Faqir Bagh-Sherpora Road to facilitate
the people. On his arrival at Wagoora, the Chief
Minister said he will prioritize the strengthening of
the embankments of Ningli and Ferozpur nullahs,
which caused widespread damage in 2014 floods.
“Under the new Recruitment Policy, the shortage of
doctors in rural areas will be addressed and all vacancies will be filled up.” he stated.
The Chief Minister said all roads, including
Shrakwara-Kachwa-Dandmoh Road, in Wagoora
tehsil will be macadamized on top priority. He assured
that the quality of work on roads will be ensured by
holding the contractors accountable by making them
to maintain roads for three years. The Chief Minister
also inspected PHC Tarzua where he released Rs 50
lakh to make it functional. He went around the PHC
and issued instructions for ensuring that both doctors
and paramedic staff are posted to facilitate the people.
The Chief Minister was briefed that the work on the
PHC was started way back in 2004 and is still awaiting
completion. Tarzua, in Sangrama constituency, suffered extensive damage to public and private property
in the massive floods of 2014.
The Chief Minister also announced Rs. 50 lakh for
lift irrigation scheme Haritar. He also called upon
Minister for Public Works to keep allocation for
Hygam-Tarzua-Sopore Road so that alternate connectivity is provided to the people living in the area. Mufti
Sayeed issued instructions for installation of de-watering pumps at Tarzua to drain out water from areas
which get water-logged in rainy season. He also passed
instructions for de-silting the Ningli nullah
BAJ
MLA should step down against the discriminated
decision of the Central Govt, failing which J&K High
Court Bar Association, Jammu, supported by other organizations will not hesitate in exposing them in the
public for defeating the interest and cause of the
Jammu Division in order to remain in power.
In the aforesaid meeting attended by other office
bearers President Abhinav Sharma, Vice President
Pranav Kohli, General Secretary A.P. Singh, Joint
Secretary Depesh Singh Pawar, Cashier Rahul
Sharma, YLA President Daljeet Singh Manhas and
Vice President YLA Pardeep Majotra and Senior members of the Bar V.R. Wazir, L.K. Sharma, O.P. Sharma,
N.P. Kotwal, Vinod Kotwal, K.N. Sapolia, Pt. Paras
Ram, Krishan Kumar Sharma, Surinder Singh, S.S.
Khajuria, B.L. Kalogtra unanimously decided to abstain from work in all the Courts, Tribunal and High
Court as a matter of protest on 18-05-2015 (Monday)
with a clear warning to Central Govt. and State Govt.
as well the Ministers and MLA’s of the Jammu
Division to make public announcement for setting up
of AIIMS at Jammu.
The J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu will
not hesitate in taking extreme steps to intensify the
genuine demands of Jammu division for setting up of
AIIMS in Jammu. JNF
Brutal
Sunil by luring him of money and intimidating
him," the SSP said. He said that the trio first strangulated Shivani and later chopped her body with a machete
to be dumped in the septic tank.
"The police are investigating the case to gather
more evidence, if any in due course case will be produced in the court of law," he said.
BJP
Sharma (C.A), alongwith Ranji Sethi will look
after R.S. Pura and Bishnah. Similarly, Farooq
Khan will look after Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar
districts and Yudhvir Sethi will look after
Nowshera, Rajouri and Poonch districts.
CB
and J&K High court thereby deceitfully cheated
him for an amount of about Rs. 06.75 lacs by providing
fake and fictitious appointment orders and fake identity cards.
Northern
for execution in the vicinity of running track.
In Railway Budget 2014-15, 53 Mail/Express trains
and 5 passenger trains (14 NR+44 FR = total 58 trains)
were announced which included 11 premium trains, 4
Jansadharan trains and 5 AC Express trains. Premium
trains will be introduced as and when there will be
heavy demand on different sectors and will not be a
regular train. Jansadharan trains will run as and
when the demand due to heavy rush arises specially
during festival/Holiday rush. Out of 57 trains, 33 trains
(6 NR and 27 FR) have already been introduced till date.
In addition, 3 non-budget trains (1 NCR, 1 NR & 1 NER)
have been introduced. Extension of 6 Mail/Exp. & 3
passenger trains was announced. All have been extended. In addition, 6 non-budget trains (4 Mail/Exp. &
2 passenger) have also been extended. Increase in frequency of 1 Mail/Express train was announced which
has been done.
Northern Railway have run 8291 special trains in
2014-15 in comparison to 6966 special trains during
2013-14, an increase of 19%. Total extra berths/seats
generated from running of special trains are 229.91 lacs
during 2014-15 as compared to 213.46 lac extra
berths/seats generated during 2013-14, an increase of
7.7 %. In addition, Northern Railway have attached
20588 coach trips as temporary augmentation of trains
during 2014-15 as against 13408 extra coach trips during
2013-14 registering an increase of 53.5%. Total extra
berths/seats generated from temporary augmentation
of trains are 34.85 lacs during 2014-15 as compared to
23.86 lac extra berths/seats generated during 2013-14,
an increase of 46%. Temporary augmentation does
not include day to day attachment as day to day attachment has been stopped Apr’2014 onwards.
Northern Railway augmented 56 popular trains by
50 coaches on permanent basis during 2014-15.
Summer Rush-2015 : Northern Railway have already
planned to run 1712 special trains (upto 09.05.2015) to
clear extra rush of passenger during peak summer
rush (Apr-Jun). In addition, 4242 extra coach trips have
also been added in 82 popular trains during summer
rush period. However, after closure of parliament after
Summer session, more augmentation will be planned
and more special trains will be run to clear extra rush
of passengers.
In handling Jammu & Kashmir Flood Disaster, a
total of 8 special trains for different destinations were
run by Northern Railway to evacuate stranded persons in Jammu & Kashmir during flood disaster. In addition, 25 extra coaches were attached in different
trains for stranded persons. Total around 62060 stranded passengers were cleared from Jammu & Kashmir
area within a span of 10 days, including 20330 by special trains and 5602 passengers by attaching extra
coaches in regular trains besides those availing the
service of regular trains.
In assembly elections, 22 election specials were
handled by Northern Railway for induction of paramilitary forces during Assembly election in Jammu &
Kashmir during Nov-Dec-2014. 2 rakes were formed by
Northern railway for running of 4 NR special trains to
Jammu Area using traffic spares and postponing POH
marking of coaches. In addition, Northern Railway ran
24 election special trains for de-induction of para-military forces from Jammu & Kashmir after the assembly
elections within a short span of time i.e. from 21st
December to 28th December, 2014. There was a requirement of atleast 15 rakes to meet with the demand, out of
which Northern Railway formed 4 rakes from its own
resources and 9 rakes were recycled to complete the
task. In addition, Northern Railway earmarked about
280 splinter coaches in different trains for different directions to clear troops. Some of the other main areas
of improvement planned and brought into effect during the year 2014-15 for the common man are as under:
Advance Reservation Period has been enhanced to
four months in advance, as against a period of two
months. Concessional E-tickets for Differently-Abled:
For the differently-abled travellers, a special initiative
was launched whereby they can purchase concessional e-tickets online after one-time registration.
Composite Rail-cum-Road Ticketing scheme:
Northern Railway has undertaken a pioneer initiative
in affording rail passengers seamless travel to the
Kashmir region through Rail-cum-Road bridging
scheme. As Katra-Banihal rail section of the
Udhampur-Baramulla-Srinagar Rail Project(USBRL)
is under construction, Northern Railway has taken a
new initiative by bridging the gap through road transport between Udhampur and Banihal. A single ticket
will be issued for passengers covering the dual modes
of transportation. The scheme has been introduced
from today i.e. 5.7.2014. Apart from normal class fare,
passengers are uniformly charged Rs. 260/- for one way
road journey. Jan Sadharan Ticket Booking Sewaks &
Station Ticket Booking Sewaks(STBS):187 Jan
Sadharan Ticket Booking Sewaks (JTBS) functioning
of which 64 were commissioned during the year 201415. 535 JTBS are being planned during 2015-16. 97 STBS
were commissioned in 2014-15 and targeted to be extended to a total of 365 during 2015-16. Yatri Ticket
Sewa Kendra(YTSW):Out of targeted 37 locations during 2015-16, 3 already commissioned. An all-India 24X7
helpline number, 138, has become functional on
Northern Railway to attend to the problems of passengers on a real time basis. Passengers will be able to call
up for complaints during rail journeys. A dedicated a
toll-free number 182 for receiving security related complaints has been launched. The Indian Railway has
stepped up its endeavour to provide wider options to
the travelling public to opt for their choice of meals
through e-catering services by extending this facility
to 25 more pairs of trains on all-India circuit. Catering
policies and procedures have been fine-tuned to ensure
better food quality.
Presently, Northern Railway is providing catering services on 10 pairs of Rajdhani Express trains, 11
pairs of Shatabdi Express trains, 2 Duronto Express
trains and 13 pairs of Mail/Express trains and tenders
have been finalized for catering in all these trains. In
addition to this, catering services are provided
through Train- side vending on Mail/Express trains in
which pantry car services are not available.
For prompt redressal of complaints, a Catering
Monitoring Cell has been created at Headquarters office of Northern Railway and at various divisional
headquarters offices. A dedicated SMS complaint system has been initiated on Ph. No. 09717630982 giving
immediate cognizance to the complaints and stern action is initiated against defaulting licensees for adverse/ deficient services. Mobile phone charging:
Mobile phone charging facilities would be provided in
general class coaches and the number of charging facilities would be increased in sleeper class coaches.
During the year 2014-15, five- pin mobile charging
points have been provided in 200 sleeper coaches and
in 750 general second coaches. SMS alert: Railways
propose to introduce an "SMS Alert" service to inform
passengers in advance the updated arrival/departure
time of trains at starting or destination stations.
Similarly SMS alert would be sent 15/30 minutes in advance of arrival of the train at the destination. Katra
was brought onto the Railway Map on 04.07.2014 with
the commissioning of the Jammu-Udhampur-Katra
rail section. The newly constructed Shri Mata Vaishno
Devi Katra Station, which is equipped with modern facilities, including tourist guide counter, cloak room,
waiting hall, VIP lounge, escalators, lifts and parking
spaces. The four platforms of this station can accommodate 26-coach trains. This station is powered with
Solar energy. 5 Pairs of DEMU trains service on the
section servicing from Pathankot and Jammu to
Katra. Premium Specials are also run to cater to peak
demand seasons.
Enhanced Passenger Amenities at Stations,
Escalators have been installed at Katra station, Train
Indication Boards have been installed at 2 locations
during 2014-15, Façade lighting have been provided at
Katra station for aesthetic looks. , Facility for Yatra
Parchi Counter at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra station. 107 Water coolers were provided on NR in 2014-15.
105 are being planned during 2015-16. 450mm sweep
carriage fans have been provided in place of 400mm
sweep carriage fans in 16 coaches to provide more comfort to the travelling passengers and more air circulation inside the coach. 1290 stainless steel grab handles
have been provided/replaced against missing/defective M.S.Grab handles on EMU/MEMU coaches.
24 coaches have been provided with stainless steel
internal components in EMU trailer coaches. 9W LED
lights have been provided in 479 Non-AC coaches for
retrofitment of existing Fluorescent Tube lights with
LED lights which resulted in improvement in illumination inside coaches. Close circuit TV provided for
safety of women in ladies compartments on pilot basis.
In an endeavor to improve the quality of On Board
Housekeeping Services (OBHS), Northern Railway
has initiated a procedure of obtaining feedback from
rail passengers. Train Duty Supervisors of enroute stations obtain feed-back from passengers from identified
trains where more than 5 minutes stoppage is provided
on a standard format and penalties are imposed for discrepancies in services. Due to consistent efforts, there
has been a substantial reduction by nearly 25% in “On
Board complaints” during the current financial year.
Bio-Toilets have been introduced in a number of
coaches. Dustbins provided in toilets of Bio-Toilets and
Control Discharge Toilet System (CDTS) fitted coaches.
111 level-crossing gates have been electrified
through solar panels at remote locations where there
was no or unreliable power supply for benefit of road
users. 18Nos. solar lanterns have been provided at various level-crossing gates for benefit of road users.
Publicity & Advocacy Measures with ref. to Safety
Related Issues for Rail Passengers
:
The Safety department of Northern Railway has
been undertaking a series of public awareness programmes for common man/rail passengers.
Two
Officer (CMO) Reasi Dr Parminder Singh during a
surprise visit to various health centers in Katra belt of
the district yesterday found two officials Seema and
Sudesh absent from their duties, an official spokesman
said today.
Taking serious note of the absence of both Female
Multi Purpose Health Workers (FMPHWs), the CMO
placed them under suspension, he said.
Vaishno
Hyderabad, he said. The pilgrim was on his way to
Bhairo Mandir after paying obeisance at the sanctum
sanctorum of the cave shrine when he was hit by the
stone that came down from the hill top, the officer said.
He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared
brought dead, he said.
Militant
district following information about presence of a
militant hideout there," an Army spokesman said
here.
He said during the search operation, a hideout was
busted and a large quantity of arms and ammunition
were recovered. The recoveries include one AK 47 rifle,
460 rounds of AK 47, one chinese pistol, two magazines
of chinese pistol, 28 rounds of chinese pistol, eight
RPGs, three UBGL, 20 UBGL rounds, eight RPG boosters, two radio sets and one GPS device, the spokesman
said. PTI
Guv,
further strengthen the bonds of amity, harmony
and brotherhood and be a harbinger of peace, progress
and prosperity in the State. Meanwhile, Chief
Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, in his message of
felicitation, Mufti Sayeed said the holy occasion
should remind all of us the hard struggle that Prophet
Muhammad (SAW) launched for the good of humanity
and how he ascended the heights of glory as a result.
He also highlighted the principals of Islam
pertaining to human service and welfare of
poor and needy
CYM K
J&K Bank posted net profit of
Rs 508.60 Cr for Financial Year 2014-15
Srinagar May 16:
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JAMMU SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2015, PAGE 12
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S T R E N G T H E N I N G B A L A N C E S H E E T R E M A I N E D T O P P R I O R I T Y: C H A I R M A N
J&K Bank posted net profit of Rs
508.60 Cr for the Financial Year 2014-15.
The audited financial results for the
fourth quarter of the year ended March
2015 were announced today following
the approval of Bank's Board of
Directors in their meeting held here at
Corporate Headquarters.
For Q4 ended March 2015, the Bank
posted net profit of Rs. 101.61 Cr. In the
meeting, the bank's Board of Directors
recommended dividend of 210 pc to
shareholders subject to the approval at
the upcoming Annual General Meeting AGM
The bank earned an interest income of Rs. 7061.13 Cr which is up by 4.35
pc from Rs 6767 Cr recorded during the
last FY. The Business of the bank stood
at Rs 110342 Cr as against Rs 115720.46 Cr
recorded during the last FY. The Loans
and Advances of the bank stood at Rs
44585.82 Cr while as the deposits of the
bank reached Rs 65756.19 Cr at the end of
March, 2015. The total income of the
bank is up by 6.96 pc having increased to
Rs 7655.10 Cr from Rs 7157.26 Cr record-
ed during the previous year.
The bank’s operating profit during
the year has reached Rs 1835.83 Cr while
as the net worth of the bank increased to
Rs 6110.05 from Rs. 5723.61 Cr which is
up by 6.75 pc. The key ratios are on the
improving curve during the year. The
NPA Coverage Ratio is at 59.02 pc as
against 51 pc on December31, 2014.
Net Interest Margin (NIM) for the
4th quarter of current FY is 3.92 pc while
as it stood at 3.81 pc for the financial year
2014-15. The CASA Ratio has increased
from 39.06 pc to 41.79 pc while as the
Yield on Advances is 11.52 pc.
During the FY 2014-15 the bank has
opened 40 new Business Units besides
commissioning 83 ATMs across the
country. The stress in country’s economy is far from over. Very slow economic
growth across the country has compounded the revival of stressed assets in
the banking system which in turn has
resulted in continuation of stress on asset-quality of the banks during the FY
2014-15. As such there is a course correction going on across the industry and we
too had to go for higher provisioning
with the objective of having a higher
Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR). We
have provided Rs 265 Cr in excess of required regulatory requirements thereby improving our PCR to 59 pc from 51 pc
as recorded in the quarter ending
December 31, 2014. The cleansing and
consolidating of balance sheet has led to
a major slash in the bank’s profits because strengthening balance sheet remained our top priority.
Even now the bad loans continue to
swell across the industry, which analysts and rating agencies predict will increase during the current year as well.
Thus improving our asset quality
shall engage our total focus till econom-
ic growth starts picking up and NPA scenario improves. Besides, we have put in
place a robust mechanism for NPA management enabling us to track down early warning signals in our loan-book.
Having said that, we will maintain
our growth momentum and profitability with an improved Net Interest
Margin (NIM) during the current fiscal.
At home front in J&K, we are slowly
but surely coming out of the effects of
damaging September deluge and I expect a steady increase in lending here
particularly in infrastructure, agriculture and SMEs in the current financial
year. Playing the developmental role in
revival of state economy, the bank has
already taken all possible measures
aimed at rehabilitation of units affected
by floods. Post-floods, we have disbursed around Rs 700 Crores additionally through our relief and rehabilitation
package in the state.
Besides, our business partner Bajaj
Allianz has already paid out more than
Rs 1,000 Crores while settling 30,000
claims of our customers from different
sectors of economy including SMEs,
handicrafts and small businesses.
Culture Deptt launches
novel initiative to promote
JK’s treasured art
Srinagar, May 16:
The Department of Culture has ventured on a unique and
novel initiative to revive, restore and promote J&K’s aesthetic
and treasured heritage and make art and culture part of daily
lives. “Beginning from the historic city of Srinagar, I have asked
the department to convene series of programs mostly on weekends in public places like Badam Vaer, Iqbal Park, Sunday market, Lal Chowk, Pratap Park and other places,” said Minister for
Finance & Culture, Dr Haseeb Drabu, known for his inspiring initiatives as J&K Bank Chairman to preserve and promote J&K’s
cherished cultural heritage. As a part of this initiative, a musical
evening, which will resonate the historic Badam Vaer in Srinagar
with the strings of Rabab, is being organized tomorrow to celebrate the legacy of Shair-e-Kashmir, Ghulam Ahmad Mehjoor.
“By organizing such programmes, we want to bring Art in
Public Spaces,” said Dr Drabu adding it is being done in a different way to bring out the richness of J&K’s culture through theme
based programs by dedicating evenings to legendary poets, musical instruments, poetic genres etc. The programs will also provide
a platform to the youth to showcase their talent through art and
photography exhibitions, street plays and street art. “The objective of this distinctive series of programmes is also to promote creative theatrical expression and artistic enrichment,” he said.
“The idea is to make art and culture part of our daily lives so much
so that it subtly blends into our daily chores and adds substance
and cheer to our lives,” Dr Drabu added.
In the wake of the Nepal
quakes, the Centre today
stressed on the building of capacities of the National Disaster
Response Force (NDRF) and
State Disaster Response Forces
(SDRFs) to effectively tackle natural and man- made disasters.
Inaugurating a conference here
to review the status of preparedness for South-West Monsoon
2015, Union Home Secretary LC
Goyal, noting that only 21 of the
29 states have set up SDRFs, said
the Centre expects the remaining
ones to establish such a force
within a given timeframe.
He said that since the primary responsibility for disaster
management rests with the state
governments, they should utilise
the funds given to them by the
14th Finance Commission for
this purpose.
The Centre has already sanctioned two more NDRF battalions in addition to the 10 existing
ones in order that it may supple-
ment the efforts of the state governments for disaster response.
The
National
Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA)
is also providing technical support and logistics to the states, he
added.
The annual conference was
attended by relief commissioners and secretaries of the department of disaster management of
the states and Union Territories.
Goyal said that the three 'Cs',
or the three pillars, of disaster
management were 'Capacity,
Coordination and Community'
participation and added that the
role of civil society, including
NGOs, has become critical in
dealing with natural calamities.
He added that disaster management is a joint effort and preparedness for effective action becomes critical in the hour of risis. He asked government and
civil authorities, NGOs and people in general to join in what he
said was real social service dedicated to the saving of human
lives. The Home Secretary said
A protest was held by Aam
Aadmi Party here today against
the decision of shifting of AIIMS
from Jammu. The protest held under the leadership of its president
Vipan Nischal.
“AAP Jammu is not against
the opening of such kind of medical institute in Kashmir, but
stressed that the AIIMS should be
open in the centralized place of
J&K so that every immediate citizen/patient of J&K and surrounding states should easily avail the
medical facility and requested the
people of Jammu province to
come forward and be united for
common cause of AIIMS for
Jammu”, said Nischal while
speaking on the occasion.
AAP leaders further said that
if AIIMS would be open in Jammu
the business of hotel industries,
auto riksha, taxi, medical industries, will automatically grow and
in the way the financial status of
Jammu will automatically improve and maximum our unemployed youth will be employed in
the services of AIIMS in administration/ pvt. services of patient
and their attendants and the face
of entire Jammu province will
change.
They stressed that the decision for opening of AIIMS in
Jammu be immediately taken by
the center govt. and the people of
Jammu should be taken in confidence before the implementation
of the such decision for opening of
AIIMS in Jammu.
AAP leaders warned the both
Centre and State Govt that before
commencement of construction
of work of AIIMS in Kashmir the
construction of work in Jammu
simultaneously started otherwise
party starts such type of movement in every nook and corner of
Jammu Province i.e social disobedience movement which the both
centre and state govt. never seen
in the state.
Those who participated in
the protest were Tejinder Singh,
Swaran Singh, Rajender Gupta,
Mahesh Sharma, Sunil Pandita,
Rajesh Bali, Rohit Sharma (advocate), Vijay Kumar, Manjeet
Singh, Chetan Sharma, Santosh
Verma, Ved Sharma, Amit Dogra,
Suresh Kumar, Ashok Karloo,
Ashok Koul and others
Two arrested in Bandipora,
770 liters of Diesel seized
Srinagar May 16:
Bandipora police arrested two persons and recovered 770 liters of
diesel from them.
On specific information a police party headed by SHO Sumbal Shri
Mehboob Beigh laid a naka at Naid Khai. During the naka checking 770
litres of diesel carrying in three barrels and four canes was recovered
from a vehicle bearing registration number JK15-4577 driven by Ishfaq
Nabi Teli son of Ghulam Nabi Teli resident of Manzpora. Two persons
Farooq Ahmad Lone son of Abdul Ahad Lone resident of Manzpora and
the driver of the vehicle were arrested. Bandipora police has registered
a case FIR No. 90/2015 under section 3/7 EC act in Police Station Sumbal.
People risk their lives by crossing railway tracks at Jammu Tawi Railway Station. GOF PHOTO
Need to build capacity for
tackling disasters: Home Secy
New Delhi, May 16:
Jammu, May 16:
every warning issued by the
Indian
Meteorological
Department, whether big or
small, must be taken seriously.
Goyal said that the annual
conference should be held twice a
year. Every year, apart from this
annual conference, another conference should be held in
October/November
to
review/assess the work done in
this field and take lessons and
best practices for better management of different disasters.
Meanwhile, talking about
the flood situation due to the
Jhelum in Jammu and Kashmir
and the Brahmaputra in Assam,
Goyal said the problem cannot be
tackled without periodic dredging of the rivers.
In his address, NDRF
Director General OP Singh said
that during the Nepal earthquake, the force's capacity was
proven as being second to none in
terms of search and rescue methods and equipment in a situation
where rescue teams from 34
countries were present.
2 killed, 5
injured in separate
accidents in
Rajouri, Doda
Jammu, May 16:
Two persons were killed and five others
were injured in two separate accidents in
Rajouri and Doda districts of Jammu region.
In the first incident, two persons were
killed and as many seriously injured when the
tipper they were travelling in skidded off the
road and rolled down into a deep gorge near
Pathan Morha in Dassal area of Rajouri district
late last night, police said here today. The bodies of the deceased were retrieved and shifted to
a district hospital at Rajouri, they said, adding
the two injured persons were also rescued and
shifted to the hospital. The deceased have been
identified as Sanjay Kumar and Suresh Kumar,
both residents of village Kraeya, they said. In
another accident, three persons, including a
couple were injured when the car in which they
were travelling skidded off the road and fell into
a gorge at Manthala area of Bhaderwah tehsil
in Doda district yesterday, they said. The injured have been identified as Sanjeev Kumar,
his wife Darshana Devi, and Behari Lal.
Congress demands Dy CM's
resignation over AIIMS, lake issues
Jammu, May 16:
Accusing BJP of fooling the people of Jammu over the issue of AIIMS
and the artificial lake project,
Congress today demanded resignation
of the Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal
Singh.
"He (Deputy Chief Minister)
should resign on moral grounds," senior Congress leader Sham Lal Sharma
told reporters here.
He accused the BJP of fooling the
people of Jammu and that the "saffron
party has surrendered" to its coalition
partner PDP. "It is not only surrender,
but the saffron party has fallen flat in
front of PDP. The BJP which sold
dreams to the people of Jammu before
elections is now itself sold to PDP for
the sake of power," Sharma said.
"First they (BJP) surrendered AIIMS to Kashmir and now they have
shelved the artificial lake project on
which around Rs 60 crore has already
been spent," he said.
He said that the Deputy Chief
Minister Nirmal Singh was not aware
of the ground situation and terming
the artificial lake project as "unviable"
was a proof of his "ignorance" over the
issue. "If the decision has been taken to
appease Pakistan who might have objected on the construction of the lake
on Tawi, then it's really unfortunate
and a probe must be held on this," he
said.
Accusing BJP of breach of trust of
the people of Jammu Sharma said BJP
stands exposed in Jammu as the party
has surrendered all the dreams and aspirations of the people of Jammu to appease the Kashmir-centric parties.
Sharma said his party would
launch an agitation to make sure that
the people of Jammu get back their
rights. "We will fight till the last drop of
our blood. We are not against the set-
ting up of AIIMS in Kashmir, but we
will fight until Jammu also gets AIIMS," he said.
Chief Minister Mufti Mohmmad
Sayeed had yesterday hinted at shelving of the previous NC-Congress government's artificial lake project in
Jammu, saying it is not "feasible".
"As far as the lake project is concerned, I will tell you, economically
and technically,it is not feasible," he
had said. However, asserting that the
artificial lake on river Tawi is a dream
project of Jammu people, Nirmal
Singh later said the Centre has assured its help in ironing out technical
problems to complete the project.
Will strive to make Kashmir world’s top tourist destination Court denied bail
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Srinagar, May 16:
From the sprawling lawns of
SKICC, amidst setting of the sun over the
magnificent Dal Lake, the Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today unveiled the stunning beauty of
Kashmir before the world and country’s
top tourism players by inaugurating
J&K first Travel Mart since 1988, at
SKICC today.
He called upon the tourism delegates to become goodwill ambassadors
and give a glimpse of J&K’s stunning
beauty and unexplored potential.
Minister of Tourism, Punjab
Government, Sohan Singh, Minister for
Education, Naeem Akhtar, Minister of
State for I&C and H&UDD, Mohammad
Ashraf Mir, Minister of State for Health
& Social Welfare, Asiya Naqash, MLA
Anjum Fazil, MLC, Khursheed Alam,
were also present on the occasion.
The Chief Minister said he was delighted by the participation of a galaxy of
national and overseas delegates. He said
the travel and trade fraternity is motivated to promote J&K as world’s top
tourist destination. Referring to the
floods of 2014 which devastated the
State’s infrastructure, the Chief
Minister said he saw tourism as the only
sector which can provides instant relief
to the people. “I travelled to Mumbai,
Ahmedabad and Delhi to campaign for
revival of tourism in J&K. I have tried to
change the negative perception about
Kashmir by going to these places. I am
happy that I am hosting you now,” he
said while describing J&K as a safe
tourist destination. The Chief Minister
said after travelling far and wide in
many countries, he has found J&K as the
best tourist destination in the world
with no comparison. “I interacted with
some German tourists in Aru,
Pahalgam. They said they have been riveted by the beauty of this wonderful
place. I believe there should be no off season in Kashmir,” he said, while urging to
make Kashmir an all-season tourist destination. Emphasizing upon adventure
tourism, the Chief Minister highlighted
the need for packaging Golf and
Corporate tourism for high-spending
tourists. He, however, asked the tourism
department to increase its intake capacity to reach out to a larger number of visitors from across the world.
Mufti Sayeed resolved to host a conference at Gulmarg on the pattern of
Davos which hosts the World Economic
Forum summit every year, in which he
will also invite the country’s Prime
Minister. He sought support of all the
delegates in changing the perception of
people across the country about visiting
Kashmir. He assured the delegates that
his Government will take steps to facilitate the tourists and offer them add-on facilities so that they extend their stay. He
said he will dovetail the handicrafts industry in tourism so that genuine handmade and price-tagged products are sold
to the visitors. “We will evolve packages
that will be properly advertised,” he
said, while praising the interest shown
by private players to play their role in
tourism industry of the State . He said facilities at all known resorts like
Gulmarg, Sonamarg and Pahalgam will
be improved once the Master Plans are
finalized.
Earlier, he went around the stalls
set up by Valley’s top leading tourism
players, which provide a window of opportunities that lie in Kashmir.
He also saw and praised “The
Kashmir Himalaya Mega Pano”, a mosa-
ic of 45 frames taken on raw format by
Mehmood Ahmad Shah, a KAS officer
presently posted as RTO Kashmir.
Minister for Tourism, Punjab, in his
address, said the Punjab Government is
taking a leaf out of J&K and promoting
heritage and pilgrim tourism in a big
way. He praised the beauty of Kashmir
and the hospitality of its people
Speaking on the occasion, Minister
of Education, described the Chief
Minister as fountain head of ideas. He
said time has come to change the perception of Kashmir in the country and
abroad. “This conference is being held in
a particular perspective of slightly
dampened urge of the people to visit
Kashmir because of the natural calamity
of floods. People still ask me about flood
level,” he stated, adding we have to win
this battle of perception at any costs.
Commissioner
/
Secretary,
Tourism, in his remarks, gave a brief insight into the potential of J&K in tourism
sector.
During the three-day Travel Mart,
20 international countries including
United States, Malaysia, Ukraine,
Thailand, Singapore, Turkey and South
Africa and 180 delegates representing all
the States will hold business sessions to
provide fillip to J&K’s tourism industry
so that it is able to recapture its numero
uno position.
to Charas Smuggler
Jammu, May 16:
Principal Sessions Judge
Jammu Mr. RS Jain rejected the
bail application of Mehraj
Ahmed Bhat who is facing trial
in NDPS Case.
According to the police case
that on 17.11.2014 the patrol party
of police station Gangyal, jammu
stopped truck no.JK013A/3933
being driven by accused accused.
On checking the truck two bags
were recovered which on opening were found to contain poppy
straw weighing 30 kg. As per the
report of FSL, the sample taken
was identified as poppy straw in
which morphene was detected.
Accordingly FIR No.160/2014 for
offence under sec.8/15 NDPS Act
was registered in p/S Gangyal
against the accused persons and
on conclusion of the investigation, the IO finding the accused
guilty of offence under sec.8/15
NDPS Act presented the challan
against the accused persons.
Principal Sessions Judge
Jammu Mr. RS Jain observed
that in the present case, accused
was having in their possession of
30 Kgs of poppy straw. The question arises, should the accused be
keeping such a large quantity of
Poppy straw in their possession
and if they are keeping the illicit
drug in such a large quantity in
their possession while on the
street, it cannot be obviously for
their personal use but rather to
deal in illicit trade of selling the
same to the drug addicts.
Keeping in view the enactment of
the NDPS Act is to curb the ever
increasing menace of drug peddling and illegal sale and its ramifications on the society and the
youth in particular and cause for
increase in the crime rate, nature
and seriousness of accusation
against the applicants, the character of evidence, circumstances
which are peculiar to the accused, the larger interest of the
society and State, this Court is of
the view that no good ground is
made out by the petitioner. With
these observations Court rejected the bail application. JNF
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Inaugurates JK’s
first Travel Mart in
Srinagar since
1988