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JAMMU MONDAY | APRIL 27, 2015 | VOL. 30 | NO. 115 | REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 | E-mail : [email protected] | epaper.glimpsesoffuture.in
Death toll crosses 2,200, Fresh
tremors jolt Nepal again
Kathmandu, April 26:
Rescuers today dug with bare
hands and heavy equipment
through tonnes of rubble for survivors as toll from the devastating
temblor crossed the 2,000-mark in
Nepal's worst quake in over 80 years,
with fresh aftershocks triggering
panic and hampering relief efforts.
A strong 6.7-magnitude aftershock sent people running for open
spaces as they struggled with the
devastation caused by yesterday's
massive 7.9-magnitude temblor that
displaced and injured thousands besides causing a deadly avalanche on
the Mount Everest claiming 17 lives.
"The latest figure says more than
2,000 people have died and several
thousands have been wounded and
more counts are coming," said
Narayan Khatkar, Nepal's Urban
Development Minister.
A police official told media here
that 2,123 people were killed.
Over 5,000 people were also injured in the earthquake and the
dozen aftershocks that continued till
today, with the strongest measuring
6.7 on the Richter Scale.
Climbers on Mount Everest said
they saw fresh series of avalanches
and a big landslide in the base camp.
International teams, including
from India, have touched down
quake-hit Nepal that has declared a
state of emergency in the wake of the
disaster caused, the worst in over 80
years of Nepal's recorded history.
Rescuers have been hunting for
survivors under heaps of debris with
bare hands as well as heavy equipment though the efforts have been
hampered due to fresh tremors and
thunderstorms. Locals and tourists
sifted through mounds of debris for
survivors. Cheers rose when people
were found alive, thought mostly
bodies were pulled out. The earth-
quake and the aftershocks left behind a trail of death and destruction,
flattening houses and buildings, including the iconic Dharhara tower
and the landmark Darbar Square in
the heart of the capital, trapping
scores of people. Thousands of people spent last night in the open in
chilly weather, anticipating more aftershocks. 1,053 people are reported
killed in the Kathmandu Valley
alone. Officials fear the death toll
could rise as desperate search for
survivors continued.
According to initial reports related to today's aftershock, a tunnel
caved in at the Trishuli Hydel
Project and around 60 labourers are
feared trapped. MI-17 helicopters of
the Indian Air Force (IAF) have car-
News Digest
CM grieved over death
of 2 RS Pura persons
in Nepal quake
ried out five casualty evacuation sorties and the injured have been
moved to military hospitals. As
many as 17 Mount Everest climbers,
including foreigners, were reportedly killed in an avalanche triggered by
the earthquake. The latest aftershock hit at a shallow depth of 10
kilometres at 12:39 IST, according to
the US Geological Survey.
The aftershock was registered
17 kilometres south of Kodari - 114
kilometres north of here - near the
Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
The tremors - that were felt also in
India including its national capital sent people running for open spaces.
According to reports, the route
to the base camp has been destroyed
and the IAF choppers were trying to
India will try to
wipe the tears of
Nepali people: PM
Srinagar, April 26:
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed today expressed grief over the
death of two persons from RS Pura in the
devastating earthquake that hit Nepal on
Saturday. In his condolence message,
Mufti Sayeed conveyed his sympathies to
See CM on page 11
9 hurt as part of
under-construction
building collapses
Srinagar, Apr 26:
At least nine persons were injured
when a concrete slab of an under-construction building collapsed on them in
Shalimar area of the city, police said.
"The slab of an under-construction
building belonging to Iftikhar Hussain
Naqash of Shalimar collapsed. Nine persons sustained injuries in the incident," a
See 9 HURT on page 11
Two youth attempt
rape in Talab Tillo
Jammu, April 26:
Two unidentified persons have allegedly attempted to rape a student of class
8th studying in a reputed school of the winter capital. The minor girl – resident of
Kanachak, according to the police, was on
See TWO YOUTH on page 11
Weather
JAMMU
CYM K
Maximum :
36.2 Degree
Minimum :
23.0 Degree
KASHMIR
Maximum :
27.0 Degree
Minmum
11.5 Degree
Today`s Weather Forecast
JAMMU:PARTLY CLOUDY SKY.MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 33 DEG
CEL
Today`s Weather Forecast
SRINAGAR: PARTLY CLOUDY SKY.MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 24
DEG CEL.
NEW DELHI | APR 26:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India
will make all out efforts to help the people of quake-hit
Nepal and wipe their tears in this hour of crisis, giving
priority to saving lives of those who might be buried
under the debris. He said a number of rescue teams
along with sniffer dogs have been sent to Nepal to save
as many lives as they can after the earthquake caused
widespread damage in that country yesterday. "I can
feel what Nepal and its people must be going through
since I have seen closely the devastation caused by
See INDIA on page 11
rescue the survivors, around 100 in
number including foreigners who
were said to be safe. A climber Jim
Davidson said he felt the aftershock
at Camp One on Mount Everest.
"Just had our biggest aftershock
yet here at C1 on Everest. Smaller
than original quake but glacier
shook & avalanches," he tweeted.
An Indian attempting to climb
all the highest peaks in the seven
continents, 54-year-old Ankur Bahl
is also stuck at Camp II on Mount
Everest along with 11 other fellow
climbers.
Bahl had moved to Camp II from
Camp I yesterday but is now stranded due to the earthquake, his friends
in New Delhi said.
Two Indians, including the
daughter of an Indian embassy employee, were among those killed in
the powerful earthquake, an Indian
embassy official said. A house in the
Indian Embassy complex collapsed,
killing the daughter of a CPWD employee. Death of another Indian was
reported at Bir Hospital here. Over
550 Indians have been evacuated by
the IAF from earthquake-hit Nepal
even as India stepped up its relief
and rescue mission with 10 flights
and 12 helicopters scheduled to carry
specialists and equipment to
Kathmandu today. The Tribhuvan
See DEATH on page 11
22 Climbers Dead in Quake-Triggered
Avalanche on Mt Everest
KATHMANDU | APR 26:
At least 22 climbers have died near the base camp of Mt Everest where
hundreds of climbers, including many foreigners, are stranded after an avalanche triggered by Nepal's massive earthquake slammed into a part of the
camp on the world's highest peak. More than 60 climbers were injured and
hundreds of foreign adventurers, hikers and guides at the base camp were
feared missing when the avalanche swept down the Everest and buried under
See 22 CLIMBERS on page 11
NEW DELHI, April 26:
Fresh tremors were today felt in
various parts of India, including the national capital Delhi, even as the death
toll in yesterday’s temblor climbed to 57.
The fresh tremors, which had a
magnitude of 6.9 on the Richter Scale
and epicentred in Nepal, were experienced in West Bengal, Bihar, Assam,
Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttarakhand,
Punjab, Haryana, UP and Delhi for over
30 seconds at 12:42 PM.
No casualties or damage to property
have been reported in the fresh tremors.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
called a review meeting to take stock of
the relief and rescue operations in the aftermath of the quake. NDRF Chief O P
Singh has rushed to Nepal in order to coordinate operations of the Indian rescue
forces and local authorities in the quakehit country. Singh will be joining the
seven National Disaster Response Force
(NDRF) teams which have already landed in Kathmandu. In view of the aftershocks, all relief operations headed to
Nepal quake: Father-son duo of Jammu hamlet killed
Jammu, April 26:
A pall of gloom descended on a
sprawling hamlet in the border belt of
Simbal-Link road area of Miran Sahib
in Jammu district as news of recovery
of bodies of a hotelier father-son duo
from the village reached villagers a
day after the two went missing following a massive earthquake in Nepal.
Sujaan Singh and his son
Parminder Singh, who owned a hotel
in Nepal, went incommunicado after
the strong earthquake measuring 7.9
on Richter scale struck the Himalayan
nation on Saturday.
After hours of uncertainty and
anxiety their family finally got some
news on Sunday: it was, however, tragic. Support poured in from numerous
quarters as relatives and friends
poured in to mourn the two deaths,
weeping bitterly over the demise of the
two breadwinners of the family.
"After the quake hit Nepal, they
were trapped under the debris of a tower yesterday and the bodies were recovered on Sunday along with 11 others. We have lost the breadearners of
the family," Sujaan Singh's younger
brother Manjeet Singh, who was also
working with his brother at their hotel
in Nepal since the past 35 years, said,
in a state of anguish.
Manjeet Singh has last spoken to
his brother on Friday morning, a day
before the tragedy. The two were to attend his daughter’s wedding next
month, but nature had other plans.
They got in touch with the Indian
Embassy in Nepal, followed by hours
PDD entrusted
with maintenance
of streetlights;
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SRINAGAR, APRIL 26
present in the meeting. The Chief
Minister issued immediate directions
to the Power Development Department
(PDD) to maintain streetlights in the
city, especially focusing on Indira
Gandhi, Residency, Maulana Azad,
Gupkar, Boulevard and Athwajan
Roads, as well as the Hazratbal,
Dastageer Sahib and Khanqah-e-Moula
Shrines in downtown Srinagar. He said
the Government will provide adequate
Kathmandu have been kept on hold till 4
PM. The tremors, which triggered panic
among the people, came a day after a devastating temblor killed over 2,000 people
in Nepal. “All movement to Kathmandu
kept on hold till 1600 hrs due to fresh
tremors in Nepal,” Defence Ministry
spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said.
IndiGo and SpiceJet flights did not
land in Kathmandu and returned as
ATC personnel at airport there were
evacuated following aftershocks.
With 18 members of the country’s
Under-14 girls football team stuck in
Nepal following the earthquake,
External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj said they will be evacuated on
“priority”. The toll in yesterday’s disaster, meanwhile, climbed to 57, according
to Home Ministry sources. They said another 240 people have been injured in the
quake. Government has announced a
compensation of Rs two lakh to the families of those who lost their lives in the
powerful quake and stepped up relief efforts in the affected states. Fresh deaths
See FRESH on page 11
PDP-BJP ministers’
panel to meet PM
next week
Srinagar, Apr 26 :
Mufti reviews development,
restoration works of Srinagar City
In order to improve the aesthetics
and ambience of the summer capital,
Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed, today called a high-level meeting of top officers to take a firsthand appraisal on the status of ongoing developmental and restoration projects in
the City Centre and suburbs.
Minister for Public Works,
Floriculture, Gardens & Parks, Syed
Altaf Bukhari and Minister for
Finance, Labour & Employment and
Culture, Dr. Haseeb A. Drabu were also
Fresh tremors shake
various states in India,
toll climbs to 57
funds to the PDD to maintain the streetlights in the City Centre in future.
Taking a serious note of the illegal
constructions being raised in the city,
Mufti Sayeed asked the Commissioner,
SMC, to ensure that people get building
permissions in a hassle-free and timebound manner so that they don’t resort
to illegal constructions. The IGP,
Kashmir, was directed to provide
See MUFTI on page 11
of endless, anxious wait for some
news. "We want the Union
Government to facilitate bringing
back their bodies. We want the Prime
Minister and PMO MoS Jitendra
Singh to intervene and get the bodies
back from Nepal," Manjeet Singh said.
Jammu Deputy Commissioner
Ajeet Kumar Sahu said they would
See NEPAL on page 11
Two Kashmiris hurt in
Nepal earthquake,
rest safe: police
Srinagar, Apr 26:
Police in Kashmir Sunday
said that none of the residents of
Jammu and Kashmir working
in Nepal has died in the deadly
earthquake that hit the
Himalayan country yesterday
morning. More than 2000 people
have died in the 7.9-magnitude
earthquake that flattened buildings in the country. “As per the
information available with
Police Control Room Kashmir
there has been no casualty of
Kashmiris reported so far due to
earthquake in Nepal,” a police
statement said today. All the
Kashmiri shopkeepers and
tourists in Kathmandu, the
statement said, are safe.
“However, two persons,
identified as Omar and Sajad,
have suffered injuries. Both are
under treatment at Teaching
Hospital Kathmandu and are
out of danger,” it said. Police
See TWO KASHMIRIS on page 11
A panel of ministers which was formed by
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Syeed is visiting New Delhi next week
to resolve issues related to implementation of
‘Agenda of Alliance’ or Common Minimum
Programme of the PDP-BJP government in the
state. Last week Mufti formed the group of PDP-BJP
ministers headed by Deputy Chief Minister Dr
Nirmal Singh to oversee the implementation of various components of the ‘Agenda of Alliance.’
Minister for PHE, I&FC, Sukhnandan Kumar
who is one of the members of panel told Kashmir
News Service (KNS) that they will visit New Delhi
next week to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and other union Ministers. “Yes we are visiting
New Delhi next week to meet Prime Minister and
other union ministers. Our visit is related to implementation of various aspects of the agenda of PDP
and BJP government,” he said.
Kumar said that besides him the group which
is visiting New Delhi includes Nirmal Singh,
Minister for Rural Development Abdul Haq Khan,
Minister for Finance, Dr Haseeb A. Drabu and
Minister of State for Cooperatives (Independent
See PDP on page 11
Mysterious death of an Indian in Pak jail:
BJP MLA submits memorandum
to CM, demands ‘martyr’ status
for Chamel Singh
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
Ruling Bharatiya Janta
Party (BJP) today demanded
‘martyr’ status to Chamel Singh
who died mysteriously in
Pakistan’s jail in January 2013.
For this, BJP MLA Sat
Sharma has submitted a representation to the Chief Minister
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed though
Principal Secretary to CM BB
Vyas. In his representation, the
saffron MLA demanded ‘martyr’
status to Chamel Singh and suitable compensation to his family
members on moral grounds.
Pertinently, in January 2013,
Indian prisoner Chamel Singh
had died in the Kot Lakhpath jail
(Lahore) under suspicious circumstances. Chamel was serving
a five-year prison term for alleged
involvement in espionage in
Pakistan. Pertinent to mention,
Chamel Singh was beaten and
murdered in Kot Lakhpath Jail of
Lahore in January, 2013 under the
same circumstances as Punjab’s
Sarabjit Singh was murdered.
The body was kept for two months
in Pakistan. Vital organs of the
body were removed before the
dead body was handed over to the
deceased’s family. Sat Sharma
said that it was a clear cut violation of human rights and none of
the Pakistani prisoners have been
given such a brutal treatment by
Indian jails as was done by
Pakistani authorities with Indian
fellow. Sharma said that he has
been associated with the family of
the deceased and was working for
bringing back his dead body from
Pakistan so that his family could
See BJP on page 11
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JAMMU MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015, PAGE 2
CHOUBARSI
Four years have passed away since you left
for heavenly abode but you are still alive in
our hearts and your presence is felt in every
moment of our life. Choubarsi of our
beloved Smt Chanchal Devi Kalsotra W/o
Sh. Ramesh Chander Kalsotra R/o H No. 50
City Chowk Jammu will be performed at
Smt Chanchal
Jammu Central Mahajan Sabha, Shalimar
Devi Kalsotra
Road on 27th April 2015 (Mon) at 12 noon.
GRIEF STRICKEN:
Ramesh Chander Kalsotra - Husband
Sons & Daughter-in-law
Suman & Vinod Kalsotra
Dr Monika Manhas & Dr Parmod Kalsotra
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Sudesh & Dr Sudhir Bhagotra (Eye Specialist)
Rajni & Dr Anil Gupta (M.S. PGI Chandigarh)
Vimi & Er. Sandeep Gupta (A.E.E. )
Grand Children: Nikhil- Triambika, Aditya, Nehal, Sudhanshu,
Abhay, Himanshu, Shshank, Abhishek
M/s Bandhu Mal Jagan Nath City Chowk, Jammu &
ENT Clinic City Chowk, Jammu
CHOUBARSI
Choubarsi of Smt Indu Bala W/o Sh Inder
Dev Gupta will be held on Monday the
27th of April 2015 at our residence H.No.
137 Ward No. 7, Doctor Hari Ram Gali
Shakti Nagar Udhampur at 11.00 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sh Inder Dev Gupta -Husband
Smt Indu Bala
Son and Daughter-in-law
Mr Rohit Gupta and Mrs Payal Gupta
Sons-in-law & Daughters
Mr Neeraj Gupta and Dimple Gupta
Mr Greesh Mahajan and Simple Gupta
Grand Children: Kanishak, Harshal, Rishi, Rishab, Dharya
M/s Janta Medical Hall (Udhampur) 01992271846
Mob. No. 9419216720, 9419162595
CHOUBARSI
CHOUBARSI OF OUR BELOVED LATE
SH ASHUTOSH SADOTRA, WILL BE
PERFORMED ON 3RD MAY 2015, AT
H.NO. 10, EXT 4, TRIKUTA NAGAR, AT
11.00 AM.
DEEPLY MISSED BY:SH VISHWANATH SADOTRA - FATHER SH ASHUTOSH
SMT SHEELA DEVI - MOTHER
SADOTRA
DR K C SADOTRA - CHACHA JI
SMT USHA DEVI - CHACHI JI
SH MOHAN LAL SADOTRA - CHACHA JI
SMT SUSHMA DEVI - CHACHI JI
SMT RANI DEVI - WIFE
SH VIRENDAR SADOTRA - BROTHER
SH SURENDAR SADOTRA - BROTHER
SH RAM LAL & SMT ARCHANA DEVI BROTHER-IN-LAW & SISTER
PHONE NO: 9796493721
KRIYA/UTHALA
With profound grief and sorrow,we inform
the sad demise of Smt Bimla Devi W/o Lt
Sh Kirpal Singh on 15-04-2015. Kriya will
be performed at 11.00 AM at our residence Purkhoo and Uthala /Rasam Pagri
will be performed at about 4.00 PM on 274- 2015 (Monday).
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sons & Daughter-in-law
Rakesh Singh & Smt Sunita
Chandan Singh & Smt Pallavi
Mob: 9419175537, 9796683390
Smt Bimla Devi
TENTH DAY
With profound grief and sorrow, we regret
to inform the sad demise of our beloved
Smt Sumitra Devi W/o Late Th.
Jagmohan Singh R/o House No. 111,
Mohalla Nariania, Kacchi Chowni
Jammu, shall be performed on 27 April
2015 at Rani Park at 10.00 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Son & Daughter-in-law
Arjun Dev Singh & Vivek Bandral
(Agriculture Deptt.)
Grand Son’s
Aditya Singh Jamwal
Harsh Vardhan Singh Jamwal
Grand Daughter & Grand Son-in-law
Pallvi & Amit Singh
M- 9622268998
Smt Sumitra
Devi
TENTH DAY
BARKHI
A year has passed since you left us for
heavenly abode. We still feel your presence in every moment of our life and you
will always remains in our hearts. Barkhi
of our beloved Sh Darshan Kumar Verma
S/o Late Sh Karam Chand Verma R/o
Sh Darshan
Udhampur (Kathil Wale) will be perKumar Verma
formed on Tuesday 28th of April 2015 at
Q.No. 20, Type-II, HUDCO, Old
University Campus, Canal Road Jammu
between 10.00 PM to 12.00 noon.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Tripta Devi W/o Late Sh Kewal Krishan Verma - Bhabi
Smt Champa & Sh Bansi Lal Verma (Rtd HD) -Bhabi & Brother
Smt Kailash Verma W/o Late Shri Ved Prakash Verma - Bhabi
Smt Santosh & Sh Jagdish Saraf - Sister & Brother-in-Law
Sons & Daughters-in-Law
Shri Rajesh Kumar Verma (PDD) & Smt Vinod Bala Verma
Shri Ravi Kant Verma (Univ of Jammu) & Smt Shaweta Verma
Dr Susheel Verma (BGSBU, Rajouri) & Dr Renu Gupta
(Verma) (SKUAST-J, Jammu)
Sh Subash Singh (Sonu) (CAPD)
Daughter & Son-in-Law
Smt Bindu Verma & Shri Rajesh Gandotra (AAO, CDA)
Gr. Children: Ananta, Manya, Chaitanya, Lavanay, Raaishi & Shrihan
Mobile Nos: 9419159875, 9419193025, 9419797202
10TH DAY
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Smt.
Taro Devi W/o Lt. Sh. Krishan Lal Gupta
R/o H.No 90/3 Vikas Lane Talab Tillo
Jammu. 10th Day will be performed on
27th April, 2015 (Monday) at 10.00 am at
Mahajan Hall Shalamar Road Jammu.
Smt. Taro Devi
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sh. Charanjeet Lal -Jeth
Smt. Kamla Parbha -Devrani
Sister-in-law & Brother-in-law
Smt. Amrit Kumari & Sh. Bishan Dass Gupta
Sons & Daughters-in-law
Sh. Sudesh Gupta & Menu Gupta
Sh. Sunil Gupta & Manju Gupta
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Lt. Smt. Madhu Gupta & Sh. Kasturi Lal Gupta
Lt. Smt. Veena Gupta & Sh. Raju (AGRA)
Smt. Neena Gupta & Sh. Sudesh Gupta
Smt. Pinky Gupta & Sh. Vijay Gupta
Grand Children :- Varun, Vishab, Pallavi, Mehak
BHARAT GLASS & CROCKERY HOUSE - 9419197253
BHARAT GIFT PALACE - 9419184476
RAJINDER BAZAR, JAMMU.
10TH DAY/KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sudden and sad demise of Smt
Bishno Devi W/o Sh Sain Dass R/o H.No.
123, Canal Road Bhagwati Nagar,
Jammu. 11th Day Kriya will be performed
on Monday 27-4-15 at our residence.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Bishno Devi
Sh Sain Dass -Husband
Daughter and Son-in-law
Smt Sunita & Sh Rajinder Verma
Grand Children
Vishali & Vishav
Mob: 9419393237, 8713023987, 99061769467
10TH DAY/KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and untimely demise of Smt.
Nirmal Dhar/Bhat W/o Mr R.C. Bhat, who
left for heavenly abode on 23rd April
2015, at Flat No K-0, Suhanbhava
Appartments,
Bangalore.
Tenth
Day/Kriya will be performed at Triveni
Smt. Nirmal
Srinangapatnam, Mysore on 2nd May
Dhar/Bhat
2015 at 6:30 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
R.C. Bhat -Husband
Swastik Bhat -Son
Shwetha & Deepak Korti -Daughter & Son-in-law
M.K Bhat & Asha Bhat -Brother-in-law & Sister-in-law
Usha Dhar W/o Late Sampooran Dhar -Sister-in-law
Santosh & Ashwani Moudgil -Sister & Brother-in-law
Twisha -Grand Child
Mobile : 0963230691
UTHALA
With profound grief n sorrow ,we inform
the sad demise of Lt. Smt Sheela Devi
W/o Lt. Sh Satpal Gupta who had gone to
a heavenly abode on 18-4-15. 10th Day
will be performed on 27-4-15 (Monday) at
10 am at Gorkha Mandir, Near Shivaji
Chowk, Nanak Nagar Jmu.
Smt Sheela Devi
Sons & Daughters-in-laws
Lt. Sh. Chand & Smt. Sushma
Sh. Sudesh (Pai) & Smt. Prabha
Sh. Vijay (Babbu) & Smt. Seema
Sh. Shashi Pal & Smt. Usha
Daughters & Sons-in-Laws
Smt. Rani & Sh. Dev Raj Mahajan
Smt. Tripta & Sh. Ashok Mahajan
Grand Children
Devika, Meenakshi, Jatin, Lakshay, Piyush, Mitakshi & Diya
Mobile No: 9797355421, 9797563104
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of Sh Jatinder Raina
S/o Lt Sh Beli Ram Raina and Lt Smt Tara
Rani (Kashmir Wale) at present R/o
Chowgan Fattu, who expired on 24-042015. Uthala will take place at Nek Chand
Memorial Hall, Near Jain School, Rani
Sh Jatinder
Park, Jammu on 27-04-2015 at 5 PM.
Raina
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Nidhi Raina -Wife
Sidharth Raina -Son
Samridhi Raina -Daughter
Sisters and Brothers-in-law
Smt Deep Narula W/o Lt Sh Raj Kumar Narula
Smt Veena Bakshi and Sh Ravi Bakshi
Smt Madhu and Sh Om Kumar
Smt Sweety and Sh Shyam Swarup
Smt Vijaya and Sh Sanjeev Khosla
Nephew and Niece: Shubham, Pragun, Deepali Narula,
Rupali Sabarwal, Neha, Palak, Shreya
Mob.No: 9419855633
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Sh.
Krishan Kumar Sawhney S/o Late Sh.
Devi Ditta Mal Sawhney R/o H.No 21A
Satyam Vihar, Trikuta Nagar Jammu.
Uthala shall take place on Monday 27-04
2015 at Panch Mandir Sector 5 & 7
Sh. Krishan
Trikuta Nagar Jammu at 4 pm.
Kumar Sawhney
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt. Sneh Sawhney -Wife
Smt. Pushpa & Sh. Shiv Dass Sawhney -Bhabhi & Brother
Smt. Vibha & Rajesh Sawhney -Daughter-in-law & Son
Smt. Ankur & Sham Sawhney -Daughter-in-law & Son
Smt. Seema & Vivek Kohli -Daughter & Son-in-law
SAWHNEY FINANCIERS JAMMU LTD, KANAK MANDI, JAMMU
(Sawhney’s, Kohli’s, Mengi’s, Bamba’s)
Mob: 9419189203, 9419142083, 9797598455
With profound grief & sorrow, we inform
the untimely and sad demise of our mother Smt. Chander Kanta Sharma W/o Lt.
Sh. Mulkh Raj Sharma (Retd. DGM JCC
Bank) R/o JMC-24, Friends Colony, Patta
Paloura, Jammu. The 10th Day will be
performed on Monday 27th April 2015
from 10 am onwards, 11th Day/ Kriya will
be on Tuesday 28th April 2015, 10 am onwards and Rasam Pagri on 29th April
2015 (Wednesday) 10 am onwards.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Naveen Sharma -(Eldest Son)
Nischal Sharma -(Son)
Son & Daughter-in-law
Manik Sharma & Tanvi Sharma
Contact No: 9419143976, 9796096221
UTHALA
10TH DAY/KRIYA/RASAM PAGRI
Smt. Chander
Kanta Sharma
KRIYA/UTHALA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of our beloved mother Smt.
Chander Kanta W/o Late Sh. C.L. Bajaj R/o
H.No 197, Upper Bazar Jammu who left for
heavenly abode on 17th of April 2015
(Friday). Kriya will be performed on
Wednesday 29th of April 2015 at our resiSmt. Chander
dence at 12.00 Noon. Rasam Pagri/Uthala
Kanta
will be performed at Jain Hall, Rani Park
Jammu on 29th of April 2015 between 4.30
pm to 5.30 pm.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sons & Daughters-in-law
Smt. Ritu & Sh. Shiv Arora
Smt. Renu & Sh. Rajinder Singh
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Smt. Malti & Sh. Rakesh Arora.
Ms. Rashmi Bajaj (Advocate J&K High Court)
Sh. Harbans Lal Arora -Jeth Ji
Smt. Raj Rani Baweja -Bhabi
Smt. Kamla & Sh. Gurbachan Lal Arora -Brother & Bhabi
Gr. Children : Rakshit, Raghav, Shreya, Riya, Rijula & Nivraanj
World Vision Cable N/W Mastgarh & Arora Cable N/W Rehari
JBLJ Shop No. 112 Sabji Mandi Narwal Jammu
Mob. No: 9419190577, 9419194566
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform about the sad demise of our beloved
Smt Janak Rani (Buli) W/o Late Sh Janki
Nath Raina originally resident of Shivpura
(Kashmir) presently residing at H.No 50,
Lane No 2, Adrash Nagar Bantalab
Jammu on 21.04.2015. Tenth Day Kriya Smt Janak Rani
(Buli)
will be performed on 30.04.2015
(Thursday) at Muthi Ghat near Director
School Education Jammu at 8.30 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Daughter & Son-in-law
Smt Kaki Koul & Sh A.K Koul
Sh N.L Razdan & Family (Najafgarh Delhi)
Smt Baby Mattoo & Sh Ashok Ji Mattoo (Rohini Delhi)
Smt Dolly & Sh Nana Ji Zutshi (Manorma Vihar Bohri)
Smt Sheela Bhau & Family (Rohini Delhi)
Amrita and Ashish Ticku (Faridabad)
Mobile: 09868537477, 011-2593235
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our mother
Smt. Manmohini Toshkhani W/o Late
Sh. A.K. Toshkhani R/o Badiyaan Bala
Srinagar at present 3011-Sec 44-D
Chandigarh on 19th April 2015. Smt. Manmohini
TENTH DAY KRIYA will be performed
Toshkhani
on 28th April 2015 at 9.00 a.m. at River
Gaggar near Nada Sahib Gurdwara
Chandigarh.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Mrs Nalni Toshkhani-Daughter-in-law
Mrs Vijaya Kak-Daughter
Mrs Pamita and Mr Suresh Misri-Daughter and Son-in-law
Mrs Kanchan and Mr K L Pandita-Daughter and Son-in-law
Grand Children : Dheemta, Falak, Vimal, Rachna, Tushar,
Aushutosh, Harsheta & Kohsheen
TENTH DAY
With profound grief & sorrow, we regret to inform that our beloved father Sh Kanya Lal
Gadroo S/o Lt Sh Janki Nath Gadroo R/o
1273 Sector- 8, Faridabad original resident
of Habba Kadal, Near Ganjoo House left for
heavenly abode on 20-4- 2015. Tenth Day
Kriya will be performed on 29th April 2015,
Sh Kanya Lal
Wednesday at 8.30 AM at Pallah Gath,
Gadroo
Opposite Kanisha Tower, Main Bypass
Road, Faridabad.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sons & Daughters-in-Law
Mr Anil Gadroo & Mrs Shivani Gadroo
Mr Sunil Gadroo & Mrs Monika Gadroo
Miss Anjali Gadroo - Daughter
(Mob No: 09906514670, 09818415857, 0129-2245049
10TH DAY KRIYA
10TH DAY KRIYA
WITH PROFOUND GRIEF AND SO
ROW, WE INFORM THE SAD DEMISE OF SMT. UMA SAPROO W/O
LT. C. L. SAPROO LEFT FOR HEAVENLY ABODE ON 22.04.2015 AT NOIDA. TENTH DAY KRIYA WILL BE
SMT. UMA
PERFORMED AT MURAD NAGAR,
SAPROO
GANGA GHAT ON 01.05.2015.
IN GRIEF:
SH. D. N.SUS (BROTHER)
MIRZA.
CONTACT : 9540578222,9911139345,9711003198
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and untimely demise of Smt.
Nancy Raina W/o Late M. L. Raina who
left for heavenly abode on 19th April 2015
at D-202 Annsadhan Appartments Plot
No. 22 Sec-6 Dwarka-75, New Delhi.
TENTH DAY KRIYA will be performed at
Smt. Nancy
“Nigambodh” Ghat Kashmiri Gate Ghat
Raina
No. 25, on 28th April at 7.30 a.m.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Ajay Raina & Purmina Raina-Son and Daughter-in-law
Amrita Koul & Kuldeep Koul-Daughter and Son-in-law
Madhu Pandita and Satish Pandita-Daughter and Son-in-law
Grand Children : Arya, Ameen, Aadeev, Medha , Raina’s,
Mukoo’s, Dhar’s, Kachroo’s, Bhat’s and Pandita’s
Mobile No: 09419196813, 09958003601, 09717001445
BHOG/ANTIM ARDAS
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Sdr
Updesh Kour W/o S. Swaroop Singh
Sodhi R/o Kanthbagh, Baramulla
Kashmir who left for heavenly abode on
date: 19-04-2015. Programme:- Aramb
Sdr Updesh
Sri Akhand Path Sahib ji on 26-04-2015
Kour
(Sunday) at 9.00 a.m. Bhog of Sri Akhand
Path Sahib Ji on 28-04-2015 (Tuesday)
at 9.30 a.m. at our Jammu residence
Govind Pura Jammu Cantt. Shabad
Kirtan and Antim Ardas will be performed
at our residence from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30
p.m. followed by Guru Ka Langar.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Mother-in-law
Sdr. Gobind Kour W/o Lt. S. Sucha Singh Sodhi
S. Swaroop Singh Sodhi-Husband
S.Dalbir Singh Sodhi & Sr. Ishvinder Pal KourSon & Daughter-in-law
S. Gurdeep Singh Sodhi-Son
Sr. Jasbir Kour & S. Daljeet Singh-Daughter & Son-in-law
All relatives & Grand Children
Phone No: 9419953781, 9796261723
10TH DAY/KRIYAKARAM
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved mother Smt. Kamlawati Raina (Ama Jee) W/o
Late Sh. Saroop Nath Raina erstwhile
resident of Hawanad Chowalgam
(Kulgam) Kashmir presently at Flat No.
14 Block 135, Lane-22 Jagti Township Smt. Kamlawati
Raina
Nagrota)
Jammu on 23-04-2015.
TENTH DAY KRIYA will be performed on
02-05- 2015 at TRT Nagrota Ghat
Opposite Toll Post Nagrota at 8.30 a.m.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Son & Daugher-in-law
Sh. Roop Krishen Raina & Smt. Santosh Raina
Smt. Nancy Raina W/o Late Sh. Soom Nath Raina-Daughter
Smt. Phoola Raina W/o Late Sh. Moti Lal Raina-Daughter
Miss Meghna and Master Ritesh-Grand Children
Samast Raina Pariwar
of Hawanad Chowalgam (Kulgam)
094191-69688
CHOUBARSI
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved mother Smt Prabhawati Pandita W/o Late Sh
Poshkar Nath Pandita R/o Drugmulla,
Kupwara, Kashmir A/p Lane No.07,
Block No. 34. Flat No.04, Jagti Colony,
Nagrota, Jammu on 18-04-2015. Tenth Smt Prabhawati
Pandita
Day will be performed at Tawi behind
Sainik School Nagrota, Jammu on 27-42015 (Monday). Assembly will be held at our residence at
11.00 am. Mourning From Malun Side will be performed at
Lane No.09, Block No.47, Flat No.07. Jagti Colony, Jammu.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sh Shadi Lal Pandita -Son
Smt Rajni Pandita -Daughter-in-law
Smt & Sh Chand Ji Pandita -Son & Daughter-in-law
Smt & Sh Krishan Ji Pandita -Daughter & Son-in-law
Smt & Sh Ashok Ji Bhan -Daughter & Son-in-law
Smt & Sh Bushan Lal Raina -Bhabi & Brother
Smt & Sh Badri Nath Raina -Bhabi & Brother
& Grand Children
Contact No. 8493874107, 9419723192
Four years have been passed since the
destiny has stolen our most precious gem
away from us. The fragrance of your
memories are still there in our hearts.
Choubarsi of our beloved Late Sh
Mahesh Bali S/o Late Sh Hans Raj Bali
and Smt Vidya Bali shall be performed at Sh Mahesh Bali
our residence H.No. 136, Mastgarh,
Jammu on Monday, 27th of April 2015 at
11 AM.
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY :
Mrs Veena Bali -Wife
Mr Kannav Bali -Son
Miss Ana Bali -Daughter
Brothers & Bhabhis
Mr Virinder Bali & Mrs Raj Bali
Mr Bharat Bhushan Bali & Mrs Meenakshi Bali
Mr Rajesh Bali & Mrs Anita Bali
Sister & Brother-in-law
Mrs Geetanjali Chibber & Mr Manmohan Chibber
All Nephews & Nieces
Mobile Nos: 9419189648, 9419181742, 9419181146
M/s Vidya Medicines, Bahu Fort, Jammu
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved S.
Mohinder Singh S/o Late S. Rawail Singh
R/o Simbal Camp Ward No. 2, Near
Central Gurudwara, R S Pura Jammu
who left for heavenly abode on 20-4-15.
Programme Aramb Sri Akhand Path
S. Mohinder
Sahib ji on 27-4-15 (Monday) at 9.00 a.m.
Singh
Bhog Sri Akhand Path Sahib Ji on 29-415 Wednesday at 9.00 a.m. at our residence. Antim Ardas at
Gurudwara Takri Sahib Ward No. 1 at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. &
Langer onwards
GRIEF STRICKEN
S. Nain Singh-Father-in-law
Sdn. Dalip Kour-Wife
Dr Gurnam Singh (Vet. Dept.)-Brother
S. Kuldeep Singh (Policeman)-Brother
S. Parvinder Singh (Forest Deptt.)-Nephew
Sdn Harmeet Kour & S. Parvinder Singh-Daughter & Son-in-law
S. Ramnik Singh-Son
S. Harjeet Singh-Son
S. Rasmeet Singh-Son
Mob: 9796227000, 9469754741, 9796661319
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Sh.
Hari Krishen Handoo S/o Late Sh.
Niranjan Nath Handoo of (Rainawari)
presently at H.No. 25, Sec -8 Trikuta
Nagar, Jammu who left for heavenly Sh. Hari Krishen
abode on 19-04-2015. May his soul rest
Handoo
in peace. TENTH DAY KRIYA will be held
on 28th of April 2015 (Tuesday) at Shakti
Nagar Ghat Opposite A.G’s Office at 8:00 PM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Nancy Handoo - Wife
Sister & Brother-in-law
Smt. Chuni & Sh. M.L Handoo
Smt. Rita & Sh. P.N Handoo - Bhabhi & Brother
Reena & Sunil Handoo - Daughter-in-law & Son
Sunita & Ramesh Raina - Daughter & Son-in-law
Raj & Jitender Raina - Daughter & Son-in-law
Karuna & Sanjay Tickoo - Daughter & Son-in-law
And Grand Children
Ph: 0191-2471795 Mob : 9796083040, 09818879191
BHOG/ANTIM ARDAS
10TH DAY KRIYA
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU MONDAY, APRIL 27 2015, PAGE 3
Rather counters news
report, says he never stated
what was attributed to him
submitted a memorandum seeking withholding his assent to the proposed draft
Ordinance being issued on the subject”, he
said and added that the delegation had also
sought an AAIMS for Jammu while hailing
the one approved for Srinagar”, he said
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
Senior National Conference leader and
former finance minister Mr Abdul Rahim
Rather on Sunday expressed surprise over a
statement attributed to him by a prominent
Srinagar daily, quoting him saying, “We support AIIMS for Kashmir, but not at the cost of
Jammu.” “The words put in my mouth are
figment of imagination and I still wonder
why such a statement has been attributed to
me, as I never and nowhere stated what has
been carried by the newspaper”, Rather said
in a statement while giving the sequence of
events. The former finance minister said
that he had led a delegation of National
Conference leaders from the Jammu
Province and met Governor N N Vohra to invoke his attention to the New Recruitment
Policy of the PDP-BJP Government. “We
‘Hailed AIIMS for
Kashmir, sought similar
facility for Jammu’
while emphasising that the National
Conference has been consistently welcoming AIIMS for Kashmir.
Rather said that late Friday evening, the
Jammu based reporter sought his views telephonically over their meeting with the
Governor. “I told him that whatever transpired between the delegation and the
Governor has been already disseminated to
media through a handout”, he said, adding
that despite insistence of the reporter, he
said he had nothing to say beyond what has
been stated in the handout. Rather said he
was hurt to find next morning what had been
attributed to him. “More painful was the fact
that it has been carried by a newspaper
which is known for its objectivity and credibility”, he said adding that this was, however, not the case with the instant issue. “The
handout issued by the party had been sent to
the newspaper concerned as well and it
would have been highly appreciated if the
published report was based on that”, the former finance minister maintained.
Urging the newspaper concerned to
browse its e-mail and see what the press release issued by JKNC Media Cell stated
about the meeting of the delegation with the
Governor. For information of the newspaper
and to put record straight, Mr Rather wished
the esteemed readers to know what the press
release was all about.
J&K vulnerable to natural
disasters: Hamid Choudhary
‘Pro-active approach must to deal with earthquakes, floods’
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
Expressing grave shock
over devastations caused in
Nepal and other areas of India
because of earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter scale, People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) leader
Abdul Hamid Choudhary urged
the state administration to remain cautious especially when
Indian
Meteorology
Department has warned of more
earthquakes aftershocks in
North India in coming days as
well. The vulnerabilities of
earthquake, fire, floods and avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir
State are on rise in the given situation a review of disaster management plans by Deputy
Commissioners of all the districts of the state would go in
right earnest and help save thousands of lives in case of any natural disaster. This would be nothing but a pro-active approach to
deal with any untoward situation in near future.
Choudhary Hamid said role
of various stakeholders under
the umbrella of the State
Disaster
Management
Authority including various
government departments like
Revenue, Police, Irrigation and
Flood Control, PWD, PHE, PDD,
CA&PD, Health, Agriculture
and most importantly Army and
other Air Force must be specified well in advance to ensure
quick and prompt response to
any disaster whether natural or
manmade.
The entire North West
Himalayan Region he added was
seismically vulnerable and
Jammu and Kashmir was in
seismic zones IV and V while
Srinagar was itself in Zone V
and has witnessed several earthquakes in the past worth being
that of 2005. “We cannot afford to
leave everything to the situation
as and when it will occur”, he
added. Jammu and Kashmir
State, he said has faced worst
earthquakes and witnessed
massive destructions especially
in Uri, Bhaderwah, Leh and other areas where several lives
were lost and property worth
millions of rupees destroyed.
Hap hazardous growth of cities
must also be stopped henceforth
in case people intend to save
their lives. Timely placement of
State and District Disaster
Management plans would not
only reduce earthquake risks in
the state but also help save many
lives. The coalition government
led by chief minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed he said is
sensitive towards people’s issues for which he was relentlessly working to make sure that no
region ever feels discriminated
or neglected.
The sincerity of government he said will have to be understood by the stakeholders
and those forces which are trying to spread any wrong word
defeated. Meantime awareness
about all aspects of disaster preparedness on a continuing basis
must also be made known to the
people so that they cooperate
and help save lives.
Congress welcomes Governor’s
decision on new Job Policy
‘Government
should respect the
aspirations of youth’
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
Terming the return of draft
ordinance on new recruitment
policy by governor as the much
needed step Salman Nizami,
and
Publicity
Organising
Secretary Pradesh Congress
Committee today hailed the decision. Salman said that this policy
was totally a "treacherous" one
and has created a sense of fear and
choas among the masses specially
the youth. Such a policy would
have only a sense of "biased" recruitment thereby plunging livelihood of lacs of youth into dark.
He further added that this
policy is mockery with the aspirations of lacs of youth and
would have put lives of youths
in jeopardy. This policy has
frustrated the youths as it will
only ensure backdoor employ-
ments, nepotism and a large
scale corruption thereby denying the deserving candidates. It
would create another mafia of
paid recruitment as the process
of recruitment is not going to be
fair in this very pattern.
Denying the government's statement of temporary feature,
salman said that this policy is a
permanent feature and will create a drastic impact on the generations to come. Nizami said
the Congress is against the
Ordinance route. PDP- BJP government should call a special
sitting of state assembly to debate on recruitment, before
sending it again if they want to.”
He said the Congress would restore to agitation path ‘if government goes ahead with the
same police and does not respect
the aspirations of youth’.
Salman said that the return of
the draft ordinance has become
possible only because of continuous pressure mounting from
congress party which has
strongly lashed the state government over this unjustified
policy,which would have staked
the lives of thousands of youth.
2nd F-IMNCI concludes at GB Pant Hospital Srinagar
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar, April 26:
The second training of F-IMNCI (Facility
based Integrated Management of Neonatal and
Childhood Illnesses) was conducted in the PG
Department of Paediatrics, GB Pant Hospital
Srinagar concluded today.
The ten day long programme was held in collaboration with National Health Mission and
Directorate of Health Services Kashmir. During
the programme doctors and nurses from field
(Districts and Sub districts) were imparted a
hands-on training as a measure of capacity building and strengthening the new born and paediatric
services at district level. Certificates of participation were distributed among the participants.
It may be recalled the first batch of F-IMNCI
2015 session was held last month.
The department has been conducting such
trainings regularly with an aim to develop the district and sub-district hospitals where the problems
of paediatric age group can be tackled with the aim
of ensuring proper treatment to the sick children
at their door steps and also to minimise neonatal
and infant mortality.
APMCC reiterates
demand for Development
Board for KPs
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
All Parties Migrants Co-ordination Committee (APMCC) the
apex organization of displaced Kashmiri Pandits has reiterated its
for
establishment
of
Kashmiri
Pandit
demand
Development/Welfare Board on the pattern of other similar welfare/development boards constituted for other ethnic communities
to oversee all the affairs related to Kashmiri Pandits.
In a joint statement issued here today, Vinod Pandit Chairman
and senior journalist and National Spokesperson APMCC King
Bharati have said that Kashmiri Pandits who are living in forced exile for the past 26 years have faced government apathy due to absence of any constitutional authority to deal with the affairs related
to their welfare. The leaders said that organizations like Relief
Department for migrants should be disbanded and all the affairs
handed over to the Kashmiri Pandit Development/Welfare Board
with full representation of Kashmiri Pandits.
Vinod Pandit said that the present PDP-BJP coalition government must consider their demand on priority basis as Kashmiri
Pandits were becoming restive with no imminent headway of their
welfare schemes announced by the government from time to time.
King Bharati, National Spokesperson while elaborating their
demand said that since there have always been talks of return of migrants to valley, establishing townships, enhancement of relief, but
on ground nothing has happened due to absence of any constitutional authority that can effectively take-up these issues with the government.
Bharati
said
that
establishment
of
a
Welfare/Development Board exclusively for Kashmiri Pandits envisaged by APMCC in its Vision Document, “Path for Survival” released in 2006 would go a long way to mitigate the problems of the
community adding the present relief organization dealing with
Migrants should immediately disbanded and all the affairs of relief,
return, and other, matters handed over to the board where only
Kashmiri Pandits should decided the developmental issues for the
community. He warned that any delay in mitigating the miseries of
Kashmiri Pandits would only aggravate the issue forcing them to
come out on streets to seek justice.
He said the government has been taking the issues of Kashmiri
Pandits lightly adding it was their long pending demand to constitute National Apex Committee having full powers and representatives of ground level parties of KPs to decide the future of Pandits but
the government was sleeping over the issue. He said that now since
the new government has taken over in the state it must show its concern for KPs for which the first step can be establishment of
Kashmiri Pandit Development/Welfare Board in the state.
YP lashes out at Nirmal Singh’s remarks on AIIMS
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
Lashing out at the remarks of the
Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh despicably endorsing the establishment of
AIIMS in Kashmir, Young Panthers lambasted the BJP for resorting to the lame
duck posturing before the PDP by murdering the aspirations of the people of Jammu
Pradesh only for the lust of power.
Gagan Pratap Singh, Spokesman
Young Panthers deplored the highly obnoxious statement by the Deputy CM
while responding to the successful
Jammu Bandh call by the Panthers Party
and other social and political organizations over the issue of AIIMS quoted that
“there was no question of snatching the
premier health institute from Kashmir
and giving it to Jammu”. Gagan while
lampooning at the BJP’s pusillanimous
surrender before the PDP by murdering
the aspirations of the people of Jammu region only for the sake of power reminded
the Deputy CM that the Union Finance
Minister Mr.Arun Jaitley on 28th Feb.
2015 in New Delhi had categorically and in
very unequivocal terms announced the
establishment of the prestigious 1600
crores project of AIIMS in Jammu which
was duly endorsed and acknowledged
with gratitude by the Union MoS and MP
from Udhampur Dr.Jitender Singh.
Gagan further revealed that the
Finance Ministry’s announcement was
explicitly conveyed to the State and made
public in various daily newspapers of 1st
of March 2015 and wondered how despite
of the announcement having made by two
Union Ministers in the National capital
the BJP partnered govt in Jammu and
Kashmir state allowed the prestigious
project to be transferred to Kashmir.
Gagan condemned the remarks of
Nirmal Singh and advised him to contest
the next Assembly elections from
Kashmir while dubbing his remarks as
highly treacherous and perfidious emitting the foul smell of duplicity and deceit
against the wishes of the people of
Jammu. He said that the Panthers Party
shall continue the movement for AIIMS
until the prestigious health edifice is restored to Jammu region at all costs and
lamented that the Saffron Party has entered into a worst ever ‘political debauchery’ with its diametrically opposite coalition partner PDP leading to the gross resentment and discontentment among the
masses which could breakdown anytime
and blow the BJP to smithereens.
Intention not policy will solve PoK DPs problems: Chuni Amit reviews ongoing
Natrang stages
fisheries projects at Jammu
BJP for playing
Hindi Play ‘Firotti’ in Accuses
deceptive gimmicks
Sunday Theatre series
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
Natrang staged an intense
dramatic action ‘Firotti’ a play
in Hindi in its ongoing theatre
series
‘Sunday
Theatre’.
Written by country’s most celebrated writer of Hindi literature
Uday Shankar Bhat, the play
was directed by Neeraj Kant. A
big dig on the thrust for materialism, the play carried a very
important message signifying
the importance of relations than
money. Although, the play revolves around a tense situation
but the situational comedy and
the acting of the artists did not
make it appear a mere didactic
presentation and made it very
much colourful.
Speaking on the occasion,
Natrang Director Balwant
Thakur informed that Natrang
is the only theatre group which
despite constraints have sustained a weekly theatre activity
since last eleven years now and
that too without any break. He
complimented all who contributed selflessly for this historic happening of theatre in
India.
In a creatively designed set,
the stage action of the play
‘Firotti’ opens at the home of
one ‘Baisakha Ram’ where all
the family members are very
tense and ‘Baisakha Ram’ himself has turned mad as someone
had kidnapped his son and is demanding a huge amount to set
him free. Miser to the core, he is
concerned with earning the
money and investing it to earn
more, Baisakha is not ready to
pay a single penny no matter
what happens to his son. His
family and well wishers try to
make him agree to pay the money as money and material is far
less important than the relations, that too akin. But he pays
no heed.
His ‘Munim’ is also much
concerned about his reactions
after receiving the threat letter.
He even tries to suggest him different resources from where he
could arrange and can pay off
the money and get his son released, but of no use. At the end,
the son comes home but the happiness of Baisakha Ram got
evaporated on knowing that all
the amount of morning collections has been paid to get him
back. He turns unconscious but
the other family are happy to
find their family member back
in the home.
A very significant satire
has been made on those for
whom relations are far behind
materialism through this play.
The lead role of the play
Baisakha Ram was played by
Rajan Thakyal and others who
supported brilliantly included
Kritika
Bhaau,
Sayeed
Mudasar,
Shivam
Singh,
Shekhar Sharma , Shivam
Singh and Abhee Balgotra. The
light was designed and executed
by Neeraj Kant.
SOS International-An organization for PoK Displaced
Persons today organized a rally
at Dasore, RS Pura. Holding BJP
led Central Government and
State Government responsible
for the plight of PoK DPs, S. O. S.
International Chairman, Rajiv
Chuni while addressing the rally
said that unless and until
Government modifies the intention to solve the PoK DPs issue
and nothing will be fetched by
giving fake assurances and
changing roadmaps only, adding
that there is time to heal the
wounds of PoK DPs but government is rubbing salt over the
wounds of PoK DPs but making
repeated excuses simply close
the eyes to the demands of PoK
DPs. “It has been approximately
an year, BJP has taken the reins
of Nation and it has been almost 2
months since PDP-BJP coalition
has taken up the responsibility to
give a free and fair governance to
the people of Jammu and
JKBWA urges
establishment of
AIIMS at Jammu
Kashmir but the issue of PoK
DPs is still there moreover, it has
not taken up the snail’s pace towards its resolution in BJP rule
both in centre and state”, he said,
adding, “Only fake assurances
were given to PoK DPs over their
genuine demands and government has forgotten the miseries
of PoK DPs who have been living
under depression for the last 68
years”. Chuni further said that
Prime Minister Narinder Modi
kick started its election campaign from Hiranagar and Modi
in its rally vowed to solve the demands of PoK DPs.
“Modi in its rally stated that
all the linked demands of PoK
DPs will be solved out once BJP
comes into power in centre and it
Ladakhi students up ante against
new recruitment policy
GOF Staff Reporter
GOF Staff Reporter
The Jammu and Kashmir
Batwal Welfare Association at
its meeting held in Samba today under the chairmanship of
Mr. R.L. Kaith, urged the
Government of Jammu and
Kashmir to take an immediate
decision to establish AIIMs
(which has been sanctioned by
the Union Government for the
State
of
Jammu
and
Kashmir)at Jammu region so
as to control the situation. The
Association at the same time,
appealed
the
Union
Government to sanction an additional AIIMS for Kashmir
Valley, as it had done earlier by
allotting one more Central
University to the State so as to
keep the scale of justice even.
By doing so, there would be no
controversy over the matter, it
added. Association members
said that there was a prime
need to set up an AIIMS in the
State as its poor and hapless
people could not afford to go to
New Delhi for seeking the specialized treatment.
Various
students
Association of Ladakh today
staged protest under the banner
of All Ladakh Student Joint
Action Committee (ALSJAC) to
show resentment against the
‘New Recruitment Policy’ which
stand announced vide Special
Recruitment Ordlnance,2015
and has the approval of the State
Cabinet. Under this policy, the
recruitment both gazetted as
well as non-gazetted shall be contractual for a period of seven
years and thereafter the recruits
will be regularized after giving
satisfactory service to state.
Large numbers of Ladkahi
students assembled outside
Jammu University and staged
protest against NRP. They said
that they believed the New
Recruitment Policy is against
the interest of huge unemployed
youth of state as a whole and
well designed to trample their
most genuine aspirations. “We
believe it will create scope for
Political interference in the
process of selection as well as as-
SAMBA, April 26:
has been almost one year since
BJP has come to power but no
further concrete step has been
taken in favor of PoK DPs” Chuni
added. He further said that it was
the first time when any party
mentioned PoK DPs demands in
its national manifesto and it gave
a hope to PoK DPs of getting their
issues solved but it is very sad
that nothing has been done on
ground but only fake assurances.
While elaborating to displaced persons, Chuni stated
that the kind of stand is taken for
KPs similarly there is utmost
need for BJP to take the stand for
PoK DPs. Alleging discrimination with PoK displaced persons,
the S. O. S. International chairman lamented that the commu-
nity has been made orphan politically as well as socially by depriving it of its genuine rights.
He further said that PDP should
consider the role of PoK DPs in
Nowshera and other constituencies of the state and they need the
prime attention of Mr. Mufti.
PoK DPs contributed a lot in assembly polls as it share 90%
votes in Nowshera constituency.
“Chief
Minister,
Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed now, is not a
PDP leader or CM of PDP only, in
fact he is the CM of Jammu and
Kashmir and Mufti must give
equal treatment to all as the head
of state. Chuni made a fervent
appeal
to
BJP,
Central
Government
and
State
Government to come forward
and solve the problems of PoK
DPs. He stated that PoK DPs
have been waiting for helping
hands since 1947 to get ointment
to their wounds. He said that
government must pass PoK DPs
package as early as possible so
that they can get their due right,
adding that justice must be done
to PoK DPs as they have waited it
for a long time. Others who addressed the rally are Lalit
Kumar, Roshan Lal, Koushal
Sharma Sarpanch Dasore,
Sanjay Kohli & Rajesh Sharma.
Jammu, April 26:
certaining the performance. It
would I also be a setback for the
reserved categories such as SC,
ST, OBC ,RBA etc because as per
the NRP the recruitment shall
be made on contractual basis
taking into account only the
merits of the candidates and
there shall be no division of post
tor reserved categories”, they
mentioned. They opposed the
provision of Seven Years duration of the contractual recruitment and the uncertainty of
making them (contractual recruited employees) permanent
after the seven years seems a
very vague provision. Also the
provision of Performance basis
could create another problem of
political interference and in ad-
dition it will create malpractices
like nepotism, favoritism and
frustration among the educated
unemployed youths which ultimately may lead to mass corruption and huge loss to the state's
economy. Thus we are demanding for rollback of New
Recruitment Policy. ALSJAC also protest over mass transfer of
promote lecturer of Jammu and
Kashmir division to the vacant
post of Ladakh division.
The mass transfer of 114 lecturer to Ladakh region just before announcement of the NRP
would be very harmful for
Ladakhi youths who have acquired the necessary qualification for being appointed as lecturer on contractual basis.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
An exhaustive tour was
conducted by Amit Sharma,
Secretary,
Special
Animal/Sheep Husbandry &
Fisheries Department yesterday alongwith R.K Dogra,
Director Fisheries J&K to review the progress of various ongoing projects of Fisheries department in Jammu.
In the initial phase of visit,
Amit
Sharma,
Special
Secretary visited and reviewed
the progress of one upcoming
Modern Hygienic Whole Salecum-Retail Fish Market which
is under construction at
Narwal, adjacent to Fruit and
Vegetable Mandis there. It was
disclosed during the visit of
Special Secretary that this
Market would also help in bridging the gap between the various
stakeholders associated with
the fisheries trade. Amit
Sharma directed the engineering wing of Fisheries department to ensure the completion
of construction work and ensure its operationalization
within a phase of one month as
this serve as a very useful platform for various stakeholders
like fish farmers, fishermen
community, besides wholesalers, retail vendors and others
associated with the fisheries
trade. This complex will comprise of cold store buildings, ice
plants, pump house, 10 whole
sale shops, 40 retail units, with a
waste management plant, water
harvesting plant, one meeting
hall and one ice flakes store is
under construction.
Amit Sharma also tool a
round
of
underground
Aquarium-cum-Awareness
Centre of department during
the visit. He pointed out few
things regarding maintenance
of hygiene and cleanliness in
and around this prestigious asset of department and finishing
paint and related renovation
works in a time-bound manner.
It is worthwhile to mention
here that this Aquarium-cumMuseum of Fisheries department is one of its kind in whole
of Asia which houses lot of rare
varieties of fish apart from creating awareness amongst the
visitors regarding the conservation and preservation of biodiversity. Special Secretary Amit
Sharma directed them to make
it even bigger profit-center in future by beginning sale of souvenirs alongwith optimal utilization of existing assets in
more professional manner in future.
In the last leg of visit, Amit
Sharma visited Ghoumanhasan
Fish Farm which was established in 1980 comprising of 21
fish farms which include 11
stocking or brood stock ponds
and 11 nursery ponds. It also
houses Regional Fish Farmers
Development Agency (RFFDA),
Jammu which was established
in 1994. Some practical demonstrations were also made before
Special Secretary and about six
live varieties of fish were also
shown.
Amit Sharma, Special
Secretary
Animal/Sheep
Husbandry
&
Fisheries
Department directed the officers to work with more enthusiasm, dedication exhibiting total
professionalism and ulitizing
their technical expertise to
make J&K as one of the leading
fish producing states of India
and creation of maximum
awareness amongst farmers to
take-up Fish rearing activities.
Apart from Director Fisheries,
other officers who accompanied
him include Mohd. Amin, Joint
Director Fisheries (T) Jammu,
Mohd. Qasim Lone, Joint
Director Fisheries (Projects)
Jammu, Sh. S.S. Sharma, Chief
Project Officer RFFDA, Jammu
and Sanjesh Gupta, AD
Fisheries.
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015, PAGE 4
Govt working on well
set strategy to tackle
unemployment: Zulfkar
‘ Yo u t h e m p o w e r m e n t a t c e n t r e - s t a g e o f G o v t ’ s p o l i c y ’
Veeri visits Ziarat of Shahdra Sharief Rajouri
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
Minister for Horticulture, Haj
& Auqaf, Abdul Rehman Veeri visited the Ziarat of Shahdra Sharief
Rajouri and prayed for the prosperi-
ty, peace and development of the
state. Veeri also took stock of the developmental works and other facilities being provided to the devotees.
During his visit, the minister directed Auqaf Department Shahdra
Sharief Rajouri for the early comple-
Sukhnandan distributes
cheques among beneficiaries
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
GOF Staff Reporter
Rajouri, April 26:
Terming unemployment a major
challenge, Minister for CA&PD and
Tribal Affairs Choudhary Zulfkar Ali today said the present government is
working on a well-set and multi-dimensional strategy to harness the skills and
entrepreneurial potential of youth.
“Youth aspirations have to be met by
creating adequate employment opportunities for both educated and skilled
youth,’’ he said while addressing a public gathering at Darhal. Termed the
youth as the architects of the future, the
Minister and said empowerment of
youth is at the centre-stage of the
Government’s policy and same is being
pursued with a sense of commitment. He
urged the youth to shoulder the responsibility of steering the state towards
prosperity and stability. Listing various
initiatives taken by the PDP-led coalition government between 2002 and 2005,
Zulfkar said establishment of Baba
Ghulam Shah Badshah University
(BGSBU), construction of Mughal Road,
opening of J&K Bank and Treasury besides granting Tehsil status to Darhal
are some of the initiatives taken by that
regime which facilitated economic development of Rajouri. The Minister said
that after a long phase of turmoil, the
state is again on the threshold of socioeconomic emancipation and nobody
will be allowed to derail the process of
development and progress set in motion
by the present dispensation.
Referring to government’s initiative to recruit doctors, teachers etc at the
district level, the Minister said that the
purpose of this effort is to ensure effective basic services to people of far flung
areas, adding that persons selected
would have to work in the specified ar-
eas and this would help cope up the manpower shortage in the crucial sectors in
remote pockets of the state.
On the occasion locals raised several issues like inadequate power infrastructure and supply, scarcity of potable
water, dilapidated condition of roads, establishment of degree college and community hall, dispensary at Doodaj besides
exploring tourism potential of
Shakarmarg, the Minister issued instructions to the officers to formulate a project
in this regard adding that no doubt there
are lot of facilities created in many areas
but due to lack of management on part of
previous regime, these could not serve
the purpose and failed to fulfill the aspiration of peoples. Zulfkar while responding to the demands, said the people of the
state have pinned high hopes on the present coalition and all the possible resources are being pooled to provide convenience to people at their doorsteps.
Describing various centrally and State sponsored schemes
as right initiatives to address unemployment problem in the
State, Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control
Choudhary Sukhnandan today said that these most effective self
employment schemes would encourage the youth to earn livelihood as entrepreneurs. This was stated by the Minister in a public meeting held at village Chattha Gujran in Marh here today.
He said that the government will committed to meet the aspirations of the people of the state despite all odds, while hoping
that the common masses will extend their sincere cooperation to
put the state on the track of progress and development.
Asserting that the coalition government was making every
effort to create a congenial atmosphere for ushering the state an
era of peace and prosperity, the Minister said that the developmental activities would be further accelerated in the coming
months. He also stressed the need for creating maximum awareness about the state and centrally sponsored self employment
schemes among the unemployed youth so that they could set up
their own income generating units for economic prosperity.
Later, the Minister distributed old age/ widow pension cheques
to 250 beneficiaries amounting Rs 4,64,000 of Marh Constituency.
Ch. Sukhnandan also distributed cheques to the people who are
suffering from chronic disease amounting to Rs. 50,000 each to 10
peoples sanctioned under Chief Minister Special Relief Fund.
Sarpanches, Panches, senior officers of different Departments
and people in large number were present on the occasion.
Randhir Singh
Aryans Delegation visits renowned
unanimously re-elected Educational Institutions of Singapore
as NCP state president
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
Former Minister Thakur
Randhir Singh unanimously re
elected President Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP) whose
name was declared by Krishan
Kumar Digra Chairman State
Election Authority which was
appointed by the Central
Election Authority of NCP, New
Delhi. Krishan Kumar Digra
while addressing the gathering
said it is a proud privilege to
work with the Randhir Singh
who had been the youngest MLA
elected to the state Assembly in
1962 from Kathua and worked
with Bakshi Gulam Mohd, Prime
Minister and as cabinet Minister
with G M Sadiq, Syed Mir Qasim
and resigned in 1975 under
Indira-Shiekh accord. Mr Singh
disclosed that the place where we
are organising this convention at
Durga
Niwas
Ambphalla,
Mahatama Gandhi Father of
Nation stayed during his visit to
Jammu in 1942 and Singh appealed to all to follow the ways of
Gandhian policy which is need of
the hour. Randhir Singh while
addressing the press and thanking the state delegates for re electing him as a State President, NCP
who have gathered from all parts
of the state including Kashmir
valley said “ Work is Worship”.
He added that NCP has to be
made a people movement which
will take initiatives beyond politics. Gourav Kapoor, President
NYC youth wing of NCP congratulated Randhir Singh.
The newly elected President
Randhir Singh announced the
senior NCP leaders who were
elected Prof Gulam Mohd Pal , Sr
Vice President ,Krishan Kumar
Digra, Vice president NCP, Gulab
Chand Bhagat , Vice President,
Satpal Sharma , Vice President
,Dr Liaquat Ali Magray, Vice
President, F R Javed (Retd Asst
Comm Revenue) Vice President
NCP,R S Billowaria, Gen Secy,
Sandeep Manhas, Gen Secy ,
Bansi Lal Sodhi, Gen Secy, Des
Raj Raina , Gen Secy,V K Atri ,
Gen Secy, Abhimanyu Pratap
Singh
Jamwal,
Provincial
President , Jammu province,
Zahid Bashir , Provincial
President Kashmir Province , Dr
D C Bassan Provincial gen
Secy,Amit Singh Datta , Gen Secy
, Jammu Province , S Tandeep
Singh, Chairman Minorities cell
and Gen Secy , Jammu Province ,
Kuldip Singh , State Secretary Ch
Dev Raj , Chairman Kissan
Sabha, R C Bali , Chairman NCP
Sewa Dal, Col Amar Singh
Chairman Ex Servicemen Cell, B
K Wali , Chairman Migrant cell, S
C Sehgal State Publicity secretary
, Rattan Chand Digra, Chairman
SC/ST/OBC cell NCP , . Mr Singh
further said that extended working committee will be announced
alongwith Chairmen of various
cell of the party shortly. Singh
said more than 40% representation is being given to youth and
separate women cell will be announced shortly.
A delegation of Aryans Group of
Colleges visited Singapore. The delegation has visited various Educational
Institutions to work for the possibility
International
Collaboration,
of
Technical know-how, student and faculty exchange Programmes etc.
During weeklong stay, Aryans
Delegation under the leadership of
Chairman, Aryans Group, Dr. Anshu
Kataria has visited various Universities
and Colleges of Singapore including
MDIS (Management Development
Institute of Singapore), NUS (National
University of Singapore) and many other
institutions also. The delegation also visited Asia's headquarter of AACSB
(Association to Advance Collegiate
School of Business, USA. During the
meeting the delegation explored the feasibility to work closely in promoting education, exchanging ideas for the upliftment
of higher education between each other.
Parthipan, Country Manager,
Management Development Institute of
Singapore; Prof Quah Cheng Guan
Army organizes medical
camp at Makwal
Tie-ups/Collaborations with Foreign
Institutions/Companies. This year the
college has signed MoU with many
renowned colleges like Sprott Shaw
College, Vancouver; University of Fraser
Valley, British Columbia; Six Capital,
Singapore; Loyalist College, Ontario;
Pearson Education Services etc. The college strives to provide a quality education for students to develop critical, analytical, and creative thinking, and to promote academic excellence at the national, regional and international levels.
NSF holds protest rally against
New Recruitment Policy
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
National Secular Forum (NSF) today staged protest rally against BJPPDP coalition govt. introducing New
Recruitment Policy hence putting the
future of thousands of unemployed
youth in jeopardy. The activists alleged that this is a cruel joke and an attempt of state coalition Government to
spoil the future of youth of the state.
The protested rally led by its president
Sukhdev Singh. Addressing the gathering here today, Sukhdev Singh said
BJP had been raising issue of discrimination at all the forums but ever since
it joined the government as coalition
partner its leaders have themselves
adopted a silent posture.
NSF president Sukhdev Singh also said that the PDP-BJP dispensation in the State has made a mockery
of the system by introducing the New
Recruitment Policy without taking
into confidence people of the state.
“The Policy is bound to encourage
pick and choose among job seekers,
obviously in lieu of consideration
and not necessarily as per their merit. In turn this will take the justifiable rights of talented ones. This will
also impact the governmental performance with lesser qualified people manning various positions,” the
Singh said. “The previous State
Government headed by Omar
Abdullah had also introduced the
similar policy but revoked the same
owing to public pressure but Mufti
GOF staff Reporter
Udhampur, April 26:
the district administration stands
with them and assured all possible
help from the administration side.
He stressed upon the farmers to
plant more and more trees in order to
prevent soil erosion and sinking of
land. He instructed XEN Irrigation
and flood control to provide crates for
protection at nallah site. Later, to redress the problems and grievances of
the people of Panchari tehsil, the
Additional District Development
Commissioner Udhampur held public grievances camps at village
Badhota and Lander in Panchari
tehsil . Locals of the areas put forth
various demands which mainly include Shortage of ration, compensation for crop damages, repairs of
transformers and un-interrupted
power supply etc.The ADDC gave patient hearing of demands and prob-
Addresses public
grievances
redressal camps
lems being faced by the locals. He assured them that their genuine problems would be redressed on time
bound manner. Meanwhile, ADDC
visited various areas of the tehsil
and inspected construction works of
PHC Lander and PHC panchari.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
The Chenab Brigade conducted a medical camp for
Gujjars of Makwal and adjoining areas. The area suffered
devastating floods recently in September 2014. As part of the
rebuilding process the initiative was taken to carry out medical health checkup of 680 Gujjars including women and children in continuation to the rebuilding process. Army doctors
and para-medical staff including a dental doctor attended the
patients. The camp was well received by the locals which is
evident from the high turnout state & they have urged the
Army personnel to conduct such camps in future also.
GOF Staff Reporter
Udhampur, April 26:
NSUI holds meet at Kishtwar; seeks
early resolution of students’ problems
GOF Staff Reporter
Kishtwar, April 26:
work play an important role for
the upliftment of the people of the
area economically .
He further said that the Govt
is committed to upgrade the
quality of education, medicare,
power, clean water etc. in the district especially in the far flung
Mohd Sayeed failed to understand
the gravity of the issue and repeated
the same mistake,” he expressed.
Singh condemned the unilateral
decision of the state government vis-àvis Recruitment Policy and questioned the rationale behind its approval which has created a furors
among the people particularly youth
who had pinned lot of hopes on the
new dispensation led by Mufti Mohd
Sayeed. The NSF president urged the
Chief Minister to immediately revoked the new policy and fill all the vacant posts in various Government departments so as to provide relief to the
unemployed class. He, however,
threatened to launch massive agitation if the said policy was not rolled
back.He said, youth will not tolerate
discrimination with them, as ministers and bureaucrats are enjoying
everything at the cost of government
exchequer while they are being forced
to take up government jobs on contractual basis and meager salaries
which is a great injustice. He urged all
the youth to come together on a single
platform to launch joint struggle for
their rights and show a united face to
the government so that new recruitment policy could be revoked.
Among those who were present in
the protest included Narinder
Singh,Papinder Singh, Vikram
Madhyal, Reshikesh Rana, Amit
Sanotra,PP Singh,Zulfi Singh, Neeraj,
Washim, Balbinder Singh,Varun
Kumar, Navjot Singh,and others.
ADDC assesses damages at Bhadota
The
Additional
District
Development
Commissioner
Udhampur, Ajay Singh Jamwal today visited far flung areas of
Bhadota to assess the damages regarding sinking zone of land at
Bhadota. Jamwal interacted with
the people of the area and said that
Pawan Gupta inaugurates Panchayat
Ghar at Neeli nallah Udhampur
Minister of State for Finance
and Information Technology, Mr.
Pawan Gupta inaugurated newly
constructed Panchayat ghar with
an approx cost of 20 lakhs at Neeli
nallah, Jib, Udhampur here today. The programme was organized by rural development department
Udhampur
and
Panchayat ghar was constructed
by the RDD department. While
addressing the people, Minister
congratulated the people of the
area and the rural department
Udhampur for the Panchayat
ghar. He further added that development of roads in the rural areas
and providing basic facilities to
all the people of the area , is his
first priority as good road net-
Michael, Director, National University
of Singapore;(Ms) GOH Bee Lian,
Senior Manager, Association to
Advance Collegiate School of Business
extended their good wishes to the delegation and appreciated the step taken
by the team. They further said that such
educational collaborations help in promoting education at a global level,
which will help in developing student’s
knowledge, confidence and other skills.
It is to be mentioned that Aryans
have already entered into a number of
tion of all the ongoing beautification
works of the shrine including expansion of Jamia Majid Shahdra Sharief
Rajouri and up-liftment of Shahdra
Masjid. Minister also directed for identification of Land/building for the
opening of Modern school nearby
Shahdra Sharief Rajouri. Employees of
Auqaf raised the issue of providing uniforms to the Auqaf Department.
Minister directed the concerned officers to prepare and forward him a detailed proposal to achieve the same.
Various deputations under the chairmanship of local MLA Choudhary
Qamar Hussain met the Minister and
presented various demands of public importance.Ministerassuredthemthatthe
equitable development of all regions is in
the common minimum Programme of
the coalition government. Later, the
Minister also visited the Shrine Panj
Peer Masjid Rajouri and took stock of the
facilities there. The Minister also approved Rs 55 lakh for the beautification
work of the Ziarat and directed the concerned authority to speed up the same
immediately. He was accompanied by
Chief Executive Councilor, Abdul
Sattar and other senior officers.
and remote areas. Among others, BDO Udhampur, staff of
Rural development department
Udhampur, senior officers of
various departments, prominent
citizens, Sarpanches, Panches
and a large gathering were also
present on the occasion.
The National Students
Union of India (NSUI) today conducted a meet with students regarding the burning issues at
Kishtwar students.
Students from different colleges attended the meeting and
demonstrated their thoughts
about the problems faced by the
students and also expressed
their valuable suggestion in
tacking the problems. The meeting was the goodwill part of the
organisation and was presided
over by Prakash Singh Dadwal
District President NSUI Unit
Kishtwar of Jammu Kashmir
NSUI Committee. The NSUI rep-
resentatives from degree college
kishtwar, Ikhlaq Hussain Najar
NSUI District General Secretary
& Imityaz Tappal NSUI Vice
President GDC kishtwar along
with scores of students also pre-
sented their valuable thoughts
regarding the subject combination , free library, infrastructure
, introduction of courses like
BBA, BCA, BSCIT,
Biotechnology etc. Students
Representatives from Far-flung
area Paddar, Pawan Thakur &
Sonam Narboo highlighted the
issue of Paddar students studying in Kishtwar , the said that
Boarding house should be sanctioned especially for students belonging to rular areas including
Dacchan Marwah and Paddar.
While speaking on the occasion, Prakash Singh Dadwal
District NSUI Chief said that
NSUI will struggle for the issue
as demanded and expressed that
actions in these regards may be
executed shortly. He also expressed his great concern about
the new recruitment policy made
by Govt, and said that the new recruitment policies will make
trouble for all the educated
youths. He demanded to revoke
such employment policy which
is anti youths. Taking a dig over
the issue of prime minister special Scholarship for J&k students, he added that some students have not received scholarship in Haryana colleges. He laminated the HRD ministry for not
granting scholarship to students
of the state under such scheme
and the future of several students
is at stake. He added that NSUI
will struggle for the issue so that
carrier of students may not spoil.
Prominent activist who attended
the meeting included Ravi
Kumar, Pawan Thakur, Imityaz
Tappal, Ikhlaq Hussain, Sonam
Narboo, Aarif Majeed, Mehboob
Wani and others.,
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015, PAGE 5
J&K Gujjars continue to have
modest weddings: Study
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
A Large number of nomadic GujjarsBakarwals of Jammu and Kashmir spent
very low budget on marriage ceremonies
.Owing to low economy setup they arrange
a marriage with all customs within the
budget of 50 thousand reveals a new study
conducted by Tribal Research and Cultural
Foundation- a frontal organisation of community. In this budget they organise all social rituals and host 3 dinners or lunch for
relatives and friends, on the occasion of Teel, Nehari and Meeal –the main rites of
tribal marriage, the study said.Those nomadic Gujjars Bakerwals who are well off
spend up to 1 Lakh on a wedding and they
call it as a Bado Biya-the Grand Marriage.
Dr. Javaid Rahi , Secretary, Tribal
Foundation while releasing the jist of the
study stated that total 100 nomads comprising of Banhara and Bakarwal Gujjars
families residing in different parts of the
state were sampled and prepared a data
which is highly surprising in many ways.
The study reveals in Rs.50,000 marriage budget they spend 10 thousands each
to purchase new cloths-foot-wears and ornaments/jewellery mainly made of silver
or gild (artificial Jewellery ) . They
arrange 3 dinners in Rs.30,000. In Banhara
Gujjars they cook rice and serve the same
with Ghee and Shakar( A type of Sugar) in
other family they cook a light non-veg, the
study said . They give dowry of Rs.5000.00
to the bride included a Box, Light
Bedding, a few kitchen utensils and other
essentials of tribal migrations, the study
said. They fix just Rs. 5000 to 10000 as
“Mehar”- which is a religious binding and
give gifts to brides like beefalos, cows,
sheeps, goats or a camel on her entry to
grooms house, reveals the study.
The Schedule Tribe Gujjars constituted 20% of 125 Lakh population of the State
and around 40% of Gujjars-Bakarwals are
practising nomad or semi nomads way of
life ,the study said. Gujjars of new generation now opposed “Kharchi” system popular in some nomads wherein the Groom’s
family pays full costs of wedding spend by
bride family, and termed it un-Islamic as
in J&K all Gujjars are Muslim (Sunni), the
study revealed. The ‘Kadho” or “Adhaloo”
in Gojri (the language of Gujjars) -abducting a choice girl (un-married) or woman
(Married) with her consent, for marriage
is still popular among nomads, the study
said. Nomad Gujjars favours “Kadhu” –
the abduction and they consider this as
matter of heroism and valour to marry a
choice women, new generation said it is
anti social, others remained salient on the
issue, the study said.
On Polygamy, maximum nomad’s
favours marring to two women- to generate human resources to run daily tribal affair rarely they marrying 3 to 6 or more
wives- the study revealed and added that
this tradition is declining fast. The nomad
Gujjars arranged first marriage of their
children at the age of 14 to 18, the study
said. Muximum girls got engaged to relative boys at the time birth or at the age of 6.
In nomadic Gujjar weddings around 200 to
300 guests were invited, said the study.
The interference of “Muqadam” –the tribal headman in Gujjar marriages declining
and the crime committed on marriage issues are also low down during last 30 years
says the study. No one among nomad
Gujjars is allowed to remain un-married
for his/her whole life, the study said.
Army welcomes Kargil
children studying in Pune
GOF Staff Reporter
Udhampur, April 26:
As part of Operation
Sadbhavana a welcome ceremony
was organised by Army for 16
Children of Sarhad English
Medium School, Pune from the
border areas of Kargil who have
come home for their summer vacations. The ceremony was organised at Chhanigund which was attended by CEC, ADC and CEO,
Kargil. Officiating Commander,
121 Infantry Brigade Group extended a warm welcome to the
children returning back home for
summer holidays.
Haji Mohammad Haneefa
Bagala mukhi Jayanti celebrated NSUI opposes ‘New
at Raghunath Ji Temple Jammu Recruitment Policy’
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
Bagla Mukhi Jayanti was celebrated today at Natraj Temple in
Raghunath Ji temple under the management of J&K Dharmarth Trust
Jammu. Hawan was organized on
the occasion followed by arti in the
temple of mata Bagala Mukhi ji.
Hundreds of devotees and senior police offices took part in the arti. A
bhandara was also organized by advocate Sunil Sharma in which all
devotees had parsad, Secretary
Shashi Khajuria and Staff member
of the Dharmarth Trust also present
on the occasion. Bagala Mukhi is one
of the ten mahavidyas (great wisdom
in
Hinduism.
goddesses)
Bagalamukhi Devi smashes the
devotee's misconceptions and delusions (or the devotee's enemies) with
5th Governing body
meets of DRDA
held in Samba
Jugal, Chander
Prakash exhort
the officers to
work with
dedication
Samba, April 26:
In order to review the functioning of the District Rural
Development Agency (DRDA),
the Governing Body meet was
held here in Samba today.
Chander
Parkash
Ganga
Minister for Industries and
Commerce, Jugal Kishore
Sharma, MP Jammu-Poonch, Dr.
D. K. Manyal, MLA Samba and
Kuldeep
Kumar,
MLA,
Hiranagar participated in the
meeting. Speaking on the occasion, Jugal Kishore Member
Parliament dwelled on the importance of rural development
schemes and asked the officers to
work with zeal and dedication.
Chander Prakash, Minister for
Industries & Commerce also
stressed on the need to inculcate
the work ethics in the functioning
of the department and speedy delivery of services to public.
Earlier, Sheetal Nanda, DDC
Samba informed the house about
the various activities, progress
and achievements of DRDA and
discussed the Agenda of the meeting. In the Governing Body meet,
it was unanimously decided to
recommend the cases of three employees of DRDA who were engaged on need basis to Rural
Development Department for
their regularization as per the
guidelines in vogue.
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her cudgel. She is also known as
Pitambara Maa in North India.
Since the Mahavidyas are independently-existing Goddesses, they
exist devoid of male counterparts.
They are said to be existent without a
'consort' (or the Purusha, like the
other forms of Shakti are often identified in the Tantric texts as the energy of a male deity, primarily, Lord
Shiva). Thus, Bagalamukhi too is
one of the ten forms of the wisdom
goddesses, symbolising the potent female primeval force by her own will.
"Bagalamukhi" is derived from
"Bagala" (distortion of the original
Sanskrit root "valgā") and "mukha",
meaning "bridle" and "face", respectively. Thus, the name means one
whose face has the power to capture
or control. She thus represents the
hypnotic power of the Goddess.
Another interpretation translates
her name as “crane faced”.
Bagalamukhi has a golden complexion and her dress is yellow. She
sits in a golden throne in the midst of
an ocean of nectar full of yellow lotuses. A crescent moon adorns her
head. Two descriptions of the goddess are found in various texts- The
Dwi-Bhuja (two handed), and the
Chaturbhuja (Four handed).
The Dwi-Bhuja depiction is the
more common, and is described as the
Soumya or milder form. She holds a
club in her right hand with which she
beats a demon, while pulling his
tongue out with her left hand. This image is sometimes interpreted as an exhibition of stambhana, the power to
stun or paralyse an enemy into silence. This is one of the boons for
which Bagalamukhi’s devotees worship her. Other Mahavidya goddesses
are also said to represent similar powers useful for defeating enemies, to be
invoked by their worshippers through
various rituals. Bagalamukhi is also
called Pitambaradevi or Brahmastra
Roopini and she turns each thing into
its opposite. She turns speech into silence, knowledge into ignorance, power into impotence, and defeat into victory. She represents the knowledge
whereby each thing must in time become its opposite. As the still point between dualities she allows us to master them. To see the failure hidden in
success, the death hidden in life, or the
joy hidden in sorrow are ways of contacting her reality. Bagalamukhi is
the secret presence of the opposite
wherein each thing is dissolved back
into the Unborn and the Uncreated.
Jammu, April 26:
Neeraj Kundan, State President
NSUI, J&K has criticized the State
Govt for its decision to implement
"New Recruitment Policy" which has
a catastrophic effect on Youths.
Talking to media persons here
today, Kundan said that the PDP-BJP
led Govt. has already compromised
on all their pledges and stated promises made at the times of election and
now this Govt. has devised this draconian policy which will exploit our
highly educated youths in every way.
Mr. kundan said this policy is made
behind closed doors without any
proper consultation which is generating frustration among unemployed
youths. Mr. kundan asked the govt.
that why youth were not consulted
before making this policy, he also
asked that when in earlier govern-
tal needs would be carry out in a
phased manner. He also impressed
upon the officers to solve the people’s genuine problems and developmental needs on priority.
The Minister called upon
the government functionaries to
work with missionary zeal and
dedication for ensuring hassle
free services to the people
adding that providing improved
basic amenities to the people
was the priority of the government. The Minister during the
tour ascertained the progress on
restoration of essential services
like road communication, power, water supply and availability
of edibles, fuel, healthcare facilities and other services of emergency nature affected due to
floods and sought appraisal from
the concerned officers about the
status of action taken.
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SUNRISE TINY TOTS SCHOOL AT HQ 35 BRTF DHAR ROAD UDHAMPUR
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NCO/Ors
CPLs
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1430.00
1430.00
1430.00
1430.00
715.00
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715.00
715.00
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220.00
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275.00
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385.00
3rd & 4th
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440.00
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385.00
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825.00
308.00
Jammu, April 26:
3 SRO cases cleared, 4 cases ex-gratia relief sanctioned
GOF Staff Reporter
Handwara, April 26:
One time Charges (only new admission)
MC Bari Brahmana election to be held on
May 15
DC Budgam chairs DLSCC meeting
GOF Staff Reporter
source is being mobilized and
pooled to provide basic facilities
to the people with focus on equitable opportunities of development and uniform justice to poor
and backward areas. The
Minister said Government is
abreast with the problems of the
people and no stone will be left unturned to redress their grievances.
He said that people fastened their
hopes with public representatives
and asked the Panchs and
Sarpanchs to work sincerely for
welfare and development of the
people who gave them their self-assurances. The Minister reaffirmed
that being the local representative
equal development of all the areas
was my priority and no injustice
would be done to any area of the
Constituency on the developmental front. He assured the people
that all their genuine developmen-
Sarhad English Medium School,
Pune stands tall today in imparting quality education to children
of the far flung areas of Kargil and
Ladakh region. All the expenditure for education, boarding and
lodging is provided by Sarhad
Society, Pune and the Army assists in their move from Pune to
Kargil and back every year under
Operation Sadbhavana. Parents
who had come to escort their children appreciated the efforts put
in by Army to provide quality education to the children of Kargil
districts. They will be returning
back to continue their academic
session after summer vacations
on 12 June 2015.
Municipality Committee Bari Brahmana has announced to conduct election
to elect president and office bearers of its Safai Karmachari Union on May 15. As
per press release, a meeting of Municipality Committee Bari Brahmana was held
under the chairmanship of Kali. Dev Anand Gill, state president Akhil Bhartiya
Safai Mazdoor Sang (ABSMS) was special invite in the meeting. During the deliberations it was felt the committee needs strong representations. It was unanimously decided to hold election at the earliest. Speaking on the occasion Dev Anand Gill
said the as per aspiration of civic workers. The main election to elect president and
other office bearers of Municipal Committee will be held on May 15, 2015. He informed that late date of filling nomination paper will be May 4 and date to withdraw same is May 6. Other who presented on the occasion are Sonu, Mohan Lal,
Usha devi, Satya, Neetu, rekha, Veena, Booby, Vicky, Kavu, Rinku, Rakesh, Bittu,
Vijay, Yash Pal and other.
Sajad takes stock of peoples problems,
developmental needs in Handwara
Minister for Animal &
Sheep Husbandry and Science
Technology, Mr. Sajad Gani
Lone today made an extensive
tour of several villages of
Handwara Constituency.
During the tour, the Minister
took stock of people’s day to day
problems and developmental
needs and directed the concerned officers to mitigate the
genuine demands and developmental needs of the people, besides ensure the benefits of welfare schemes to the needy ones
well in time. During the tour, the
Minister visited Waderpayeen,
Behnipora, Zachaldara,
Wadipora and other adjacent villages and took stock of the peoples’ problems and developmental needs. He heard the demands
of the locals patiently and assured them that all their genuine
developmental needs would be
got redressed from the concerned quarters on priority.
Sajad said that all-round development of rural and hilly areas was the priority of the government, adding that present
coalition Government has set into motion a golden era of development. He said that coming years
will be a turnaround in socio-economic transformation of the
State. He said every possible re-
Jan, CEC personally interacted
with all children and parents
during the function. CEC while
with
students
interacting
stressed the students to strive
hard for perceiving education as
they have got a good opportunity
in life and said that whatever
they become in life should contribute to the development of
their homeland, Kargil. He said
that such kind of facility extended by the Indian Army is Part of
Goodwill projects for local populace of Kargil particularly in the
field of education.
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ment this policy was implemented
BJP opposed it strictly and this policy
was scrapped at last, now at the time
of their own government they are implementing new recruitment policy.
Kundan said that rather than encouraging youths, present govt. is discouraging them.He also said youth of
J&K will then try to go outside J&K in
search of job which will ultimately
weaken our state. He said that this
step is totally unconstitutional, D.c
has various more works then appointing even gazetted posts. NSUI has also
organized Signature Campaigns
against it. While talking to the media
fraternity, he warned the PDP-BJP
Coalition Govt. to revoke this policy
immediately, otherwise NSUI will
launch a state-wide agitation. Other
NSUI leader present were Sunny
Parihar district president NSUI,
Sahil Langeh state co ordinator NSUI,
Niishant State secretary NSUI.
Two ladies attempt suicide
Srinagar April 26:
Police has registered cases and investigation
has been started to ascertain the reasons behind
attempt to commit suicide by two ladies in
Srinagar and Bandipora. Both the ladies are being treated in SKIMS, Srinagar. A lady (name
with held) resident of Harwan, Srinagar consumed some poisonous substance at her home.
She was shifted to SKIMS Soura, Srinagar for
treatment. Srinagar police has registered a case
in this regard. Meanwhile, another lady (name
with held) resident of Ajas, Bandipora set herself
ablaze at her home. She was also shifted to SKIMS
Soura, Srinagar for treatment. Bandipora police
has registered a case in this regard.
Budgam, April 26:
A meeting of District Level Screening Cum Coordination Committee (DLSCC)
was today held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Budgam Mir
Altaf Ahmad to settle 10 cases of militancy related of SRO-43 and grant of ex-gratia
relief for the next of kins of deceased persons. As many as 3 cases under SRO-43 related were cleared in the meeting and appointment orders have been handed over
to the next of kins of deceased persons besides, ex-gratia relief was sanctioned in
favour 4 cases in the DLSCC meeting. The Committee also disposed off three cases
against suspicious persons and were acquitted from the cases lodged against
them. The meeting was attended by Senior Superintendent of Police Budgam,
Additional Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner Revenue Budgam,
Chief Agriculture Officer Budgam, Chief Education Officer Budgam, besides representatives of Army and concerned officers.
Rising Star Corps conducts medical,
veterinary & awareness camp
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, April 26:
The Army’s Rising Star
Corps in concert with the civil
administration organized a
medical,
veterinary
and
awareness camp for the people
dwelling in the border areas at
Jora Farms and Chakroi in the
RS Pura Sector. A team of doctors, including veterinarians,
from Army and the local health
administration, comprising of
experts of varied specialties
catered for the need of women,
children and cattle, wherein 116 women, 120 children, 86 men and 76 cattle were provided with free medical aid and medicines. The occasion also provided an opportunity to spread awareness amongst the locals about the importance and knowledge
of ongoing nationwide campaigns viz “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Care for Girl
Child, Adult Literacy and Jan-Dhan Yojna. The army in close cooperation with SBI
facilitated opening of personal saving bank accounts. The local youth were motivated to join the noble profession of arms by providing in-depth knowledge of recruitment requirements. The local Army Veterans were also made aware of
Aadhar Card linked “Jeevan Pramaan Yojna”’ to ameliorate their need for tendering a life certificate. The camp proved to be a major help for the local population and
also brought about awareness regarding the initiatives launched by the government to alleviate poverty.
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Glimpses of Future
CYMK
Glimpses of future
BJP must assert now
he BJP-PDP coalition govt. in Jammu & Kashmir is
being criticized especially by the people of Jammu
region for the shifting of AIIMS to Kashmir as they
termed it as discriminatory attitude towards the Jammu region. Recent Jammu Bandh on the call of some Jammu
based political and social organizations is an eye opener for
the coalition partners especially BJP which has mandate
only from Jammu region and people of Jammu have great
hopes from the party. Centre has announced establishment
of AIIMS in Jammu but the Kashmiri leadership manipulated the whole things and cleverly managed to say that
AIIMS will be established at Kashmir but the BJP ministers
and leaders maintained absolute silence over the issue
while the other regional parties have been fighting the
issue on roads. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the
budget session on 28th Feb 2015 in New Delhi announced
establishment of AIIMS in Jammu which was duly acknowledged by Dr. Jitendra Singh Union MoS who also expressed his gratitude to the Finance Minister for
sanctioning the premier health institute for Jammu. The
disgraceful surrender of prestigious AIIMS to Kashmir by
the BJP has deprived region of having a prestigious health
institution as felt by Jammuites. Kashmir has been bestowed with SKIMS, Soura which is a premier institute
equivalent to AIIMS. It was the BJP and its allied groups
that used to raise the issues of Jammu region on all the previous occasions and riding on the sentiments they managed
to grab 25 Assembly seats from Jammu and now they have
turned their back to the people of Jammu. The State government is ignoring the interests of Jammu region and
playing with the emotions of the people of Jammu. The BJP
leadership must mend its way and pay proper concern over
the issues related to the interests of Jammu region for
which people of Jammu have given mandate to the party
and created the history by sending 25 BJP representative
to the Legislative Assembly to raise the voice of Jammu region in the Assembly and now they expect it from the party.
People of Jammu have displayed their unity and solidarity
for the cause of Jammu region by observing a complete and
peaceful shut down. Well begun is half done. It was a historic bandh as almost all the political and social organizations of Jammu minus BJP had joined hands to defeat the
nefarious designs of the newly formed BJP partnered coalition of perpetuating bias against Jammu region by transferring AIIMS to Kashmir. It is regrettable that the
coalition govt. had refused to make even a single comment
in respect of any of its commitments made to the people of
Jammu region during elections. Silence maintained by the
ruling alliance especially by the Jammu based Ministers on
burning issues like surrender of AIIMS meant for Jammu
to Kashmir, launching a highly obnoxious recruitment policy besides non incorporation of Jammu based issues in
Common Minimum Programme had created a lot of resentment in the region with the heat generated due to Jammu’s
persistent deprivation having turned into a furnace. Dy.
Chief Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh given on the last day of
durbar move and appearing in the media categorically refused the restoration of the already approved AIIMS to
Jammu. BJP appeared to have hypnotized itself into believing that the people of Jammu are naïve and that it is indispensable. It is the time for BJP to arise, awake and assert in
view of public anger having reached its crescendo.
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JAMMU MONDAY APRIL 27, 2015, PAGE 6
Losing way, days after coming to power?
BY : ZULFIKAR MAJID,
I seems fears of the sceptics about the
survival of PDP-BJP alliance in Jammu
and Kashmir have started to come true as
the coalition government is being tested by
its inherent contradictions. The manner in
which controversial issues have been
raked up and treated by the alliance partners since the formation of coalition government on March 1 has for now given its
critics a reason to rejoice. On various issues from the release and re-arrest of hardline separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat
to separate townships for Kashmiri Pandits, residency rights to the 1947 West Pakistan refugees, revoking AFSPA and
Article 370 of the constitution, the PDP and
the BJP are entirely on different pages.
The latest controversy over raising of proPakistan slogans and flags at a rally in Srinagar last week, subsequent arrest of
Masarat Alam and killing of a young protester in firing by security forces on the
outskirts of Srinagar city last week has
after a long time given separatists a chance
to come out of hibernation and dominate
the political scene of the Valley once again.
It seems Kashmir is once again back to
where it all began: Demand for azaadi, talk
of plebiscite, anti-India rhetoric and anarchy on streets.
The 45-year-old Masrat, accused of
waving Pakistani flag in Srinagar during a
recent rally where he also allegedly raised
anti-India slogan, is currently general secretary of the hardline Hurriyat Conference. He is being seen as a possible
successor to octogenarian Syed Ali Shah
Geelani. Masrat, who was released last
month on the orders of PDP patriarch and
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed,
after spending more than four years in
prison, is seen as the brain behind in triggering stone pelting agitations in the Val-
BY : BHARAT BHUSHAN
r Modi’s dislike of ‘five-star NGOs’
stems from his experience of activists
taking up the cases of the 2002 Gujarat
riots... Also, since he came on a pro-corporate
platform, he may not want ‘people-centric issues’ to hamper development. The Narendra
Modi government has suspended the registration of Greenpeace India under the Foreign
Contribution Regulation Act, 2010, (FCRA) for
180 days, preventing it from receiving any foreign funds. Earlier it had frozen the bank accounts of Greenpeace for alleged financial
irregularities. It has also placed the Ford Foundation on its watch list for allegedly funding organisations not registered under the FCRA.
This came after the Gujarat government sought
action against the agency for “direct interference… in internal affairs of the country and
also of abetting communal disharmony in
India.” There is nothing new in harassing inconvenient civil society organisations and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) by
denying them FCRA clearance. Past governments have also done this. Yet there is a renewed vigour with which the Modi
government has been targeting NGOs, ostensibly based on a report of the Intelligence Bureau
which accused NGOs of “using people-centric
issues to create an environment which lends it-
M
self to stalling development projects”. The government has since gone out of its way to stigmatise them, thwart their free movement and
erode their credibility. Perhaps Mr Modi’s dislike of “five-star NGOs” stems from his experience of activists taking up the cases of the 2002
Gujarat riots and of extra-judicial murders of
alleged terrorists in the state. It could also be
that Mr Modi, who came on a pro-corporate
platform, does not want “people-centric issues”
to hamper development. It may also come from
the fact of his being roundly defeated in Delhi
by a ragtag group of NGO activists who formed
the Aam Aadmi Party. The antagonism to NGO
activism, however, is not limited to the Prime
Minister. It extends to the Bharatiya Janata
Party and its Hindutva affiliates. But why is
this antagonism not shared by other political
parties — especially those that were a part of
the United Progressive Alliance, which was no
less corporate-friendly?
The UPA, in fact, brought them into policymaking through the National Advisory Council (NAC). It recognised that legislators often
represented little more than personal interests
and patronage networks. Some UPA leaders,
therefore, thought it prudent to invite the leaders of various mass struggles inside the political tent. It was through the NAC that the UPA
was able to put social inclusion at the heart of
Masarat’s intended audience which included Lashker-e-Toiba founder Hafiz
Saeed. Before his re-arrest, Masarat defended his actions saying it wouldn’t deter
them (separatists) from their goal. After
Geelani’s speech, a large section of the
youth raised slogans in favour of Masarat,
asking him to take the stage. He then raised
the slogan, “Kashmir banega”, as the youth
responded with cries of “Pakistan”,
Masarat shouted, “Jeevay, Jeevay Pakistan (long live Pakistan)”. The release of
Masarat had created a furore across the
country and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi had to make a statement in parliament to pacify the opposition parties who
cornered him over the issue. After recent
anti-India rally, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had to call Mufti and ask him
to put Masarat behind the bars.
APPEASING THE SEPARATISTS
In the last almost two months since the
formation of the new government, both
Modi and Rajnath had to intervene several
It is Nepal’s tragedy but India’s grief
BY : KANCHAN GUPTA
his is the moment that tests national resolve. We must rise as
one and stand by our brothers
and sisters in Nepal. We have the resources and the skills, the expertise and
ability to help those who need it the
most now. When the earthquake struck
at noon on Saturday, severe as it was
(five on the Richter scale, we were later
informed), I found myself cursing the
developer who had sold us the apartment with the promise that our gated
community was beyond the faultline
that runs through India’s National Capital Region. The tremors lasted for a
long while, longer than the usual quakes
that periodically shake and stir, ever so
gently, Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida.
Framed pictures and paintings rattled
on the walls; the ceiling fans swung
wildly.
I was reminded of the terrible Tehri
earthquake of October 1991, weeks after
relocating to Delhi from Kolkata:
Chunks of plaster fell off the walls of the
poorly constructed apartment we had
hired. Since then we had laughed off the
‘mild tremors’, as media calls them, that
visit the National Capital Region. We
lived on the faultline and there was
nothing one could do to stop the ground
from shifting occasionally. That was till
we moved further away from Yamuna,
almost deep into western Uttar Pradesh.
We were repeatedly assured this was
not within the seismic zone. Hence the
surprise and annoyance when the house
shook violently on Saturday morning.
Muttering imprecations, we left our
apartment only to realise the trembling
was over. Minutes later, social media
was flooded with messages from far and
wide.
It was then one realised the earthquake had originated somewhere else
and we had felt the ripple effects. The US
Geological Survey’s website, which is
the first to track and report earthquakes, informed us that the epicentre
T
Why PM hates some NGOs
Perhaps Mr Modi’s dislike of “five-star NGOs” stems from his experience of activists taking up the cases of the 2002 Gujarat riots and
of extra-judicial murders of alleged terrorists in the state. It could
also be that Mr Modi, who came on a pro-corporate platform, does
not want “people-centric issues” to hamper development. It may
also come from the fact of his being roundly defeated in Delhi by a
ragtag group of NGO activists who formed the Aam Aadmi Party.
ley. A former commander of now-defunct
Hezbollah militant outfit, he shot into
prominence for his role in leading 2010
summer uprising in Kashmir in which 120
protesters and bystanders were killed
while dozens of government buildings and
police stations were set on fire. During the
mayhem, he had launched the ‘Quit Kashmir Movement’, asking people to continue
protests until azaadi (freedom) came to
Kashmir. However, he was arrested in a
meticulous operation by the police in October 2010. Immediately after his arrest, violence ebbed and life returned to normal in
Kashmir. However, his release from the
prison on March 7, this year, once again
raised Valley temperatures to crescendo.
At a rally in Srinagar, instead of reciprocating Mufti’s gesture, Masarat was busy
rousing the crowd against his government
and its partners in Delhi and praising Pakistan. The rally was broadcast live in Muzzafarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir for the benefit of Geelani’s and
its policies. The NAC became an institutionalised space for giving voice to the marginalised and the dispossessed. It made the
government and Parliament look like sensitive
democratic institutions as a result of pathbreaking rights-based legislations, like the
Right to Information Act of 2005, the National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005, the
Forest Rights Act of 2006, the Right to Education Act of 2009, the National Food Security Act
of 2013, and the Land Acquisition Act of 2013.
The point is that the Congress-led UPA was
able to strengthen its focus on inclusive development using social sector NGOs for brainstorming. Why don’t the BJP and Prime
Minister Modi do the same? What explains
their inability to listen to civil society organisations and to chastise those who say that something needs to be done about rampant poverty,
malnutrition, lack of health facilities and sanitation? The reasons are both historical and
structural. The origins of the BJP and before
that, of its predecessor, the Bharatiya Jana
Sangh, are in fact in an NGO parent-organisation — the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The
RSS, despite its quasi-paramilitary culture, is
the largest and most powerful NGO in the country. It has spawned hundreds of NGOs of its
own. Their influence extends from the deepest
interstices of India’s social structure to almost
all the organs of the state.
The RSS, with its own brand of Hindu nationalism, has always been suspicious of secular organisations. The exclusivist notion of
Hinduism as “Indian-ness” developed by V.D.
Savarkar and the RSS itself, developed in the
context of the Hindu-Muslim riots of the 1920s
and in the aftermath of the pan-Islamic Khilafat
Movement supported by the Congress and Mahatma Gandhi, and perceived by Hindu radicals as a threat to Hindu society. The RSS still
believes that the “Hindu nation” is under
threat from the minority Muslims of India and
proselytising Christians. The RSS is suspicious
was off Pokhara in Nepal, a short distance from Kathmandu. Initial reports
pegged the earthquake’s intensity at 7.5,
it was later revised to 7.8, which is huge.
More worrisomely, the earthquake had
occurred at a shallow depth of 9.3 miles.
Within minutes, thanks to social media,
there was a flood of information on the
devastating impact of the earthquake in
Kathmandu valley. The first bad news
tweet came from former Prime Minister
Baburam Bhattarai, with a picture of a
flattened homestead. After that the
proverbial floodgates burst open. Pictures showed how the ground had split
open in and around Kathmandu. Pictures of roads with yawning cracks did
not quite tell the story of the death and
destruction in Nepal though. The real
story, horrific and mind-numbing,
emerged along with pictures of ancient
temples and other heritage monuments
reduced to rubble. Durbar Square
looked as if it had been bombed. What
the Maobadis could not achieve, nature’s fury had.
The tragic remains of the ancient
Darahara Tower, built by Nepal’s royal
family as a watchtower in the 1800s,
symbolised the death and destruction in
Kathmandu valley. By Saturday
evening, the death toll hovered at the 700
mark; it is bound to rise as reports come
in from far-flung places. Historic monuments reduced to rubble will remain the
leitmotif of Saturday’s disaster. But
there’s more to the tragedy — hundreds,
if not thousands, of homes destroyed,
lives lost and women widowed, children
orphaned. In desperately poor countries
disasters leave a never ending trail of
misery. With few resources, Nepal will
be hardpressed to deal with the situation. This is where India comes in. We
should pull out all stops and rush to
Nepal’s aid. Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has shown exemplary speed in
summoning a meeting of senior officials
and Ministers to get a rescue and relief
mission going. Teams have been
despatched. More men and material are
on standby. But this is going to be a long
mission. At the moment, the immediate
concerns are threefold. First, rescue all
survivors, including those still trapped
in the rubble. Two, provide relief by way
of food, water and temporary shelter.
Three, prevent the outbreak of diseases.
India has the resources and skills to undertake all three tasks. Once the initial
work is done and assessments made,
India should offer full assistance for reconstruction. Once again, we have both
resources and expertise to undertake
this herculean task. Nepal is closest to
India culturally and civilisationally. A
border separates the two countries but
there is nothing that separates the two
peoples. This is Nepal’s hour of grief, so
also it is India’s hour of grief. India’s
swift and wholehearted involvement is
also necessary to prevent China from
trying to use the tragedy to its advantage. The earthquake has devastated
large parts of Tibet. Let China demonstrate its commitment to Tibet’s welfare
by focussing on relief, rehabilitation
and reconstruction in Lhasa and elsewhere. Second, there is absolutely no
reason why Christian evangelists and
associated frauds, rubbing their hands
gleefully (as was evident from the messages they posted on social media
within minutes of the disaster) at the
prospect of soup kitchen and rice bowl
conversions, should be allowed to even
enter Nepal, leave alone harvest souls,
at this moment. Last, though not the
least, India must prevent Pakistan from
using Nepal’s tragedy as a cover to
pump in dubious Islamic charity funds
and smuggle in ISI operatives. We do
not want to return to the situation that
prevailed in the late-1990s leading to the
hijacking of IC814. Pakistan’s Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed
his grief. That is sufficient, thankyouverymuch. Nepal’s tragedy poses a challenge and an opportunity to India. The
coming days will be a litmus test for our
Government and our people. We must
pass that test, collectively, unitedly.
of any organisation that challenges its ideological space anywhere. It is threatened by all agitations organised around a rights-based
approach which pushes religious identity into
the background and foregrounds secular identities — such as landless or marginalised tribals. Those who promote any collective identity
other than that of the “Hindu nation” are seen
as enemies — they include trade unions, feminists, LGBTs (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender), communists, secularists, non-Hindu
religious organisations, tribal rights activists,
oustees of big projects, and non-RSS groups organising farmers and agricultural workers.
They are seen to be creating conflict by bringing in extraneous identities to bear on what is
essentially presumed to be a harmonious
Hindu society — ignoring its caste and class
stratifications.
In its own extensive work with marginalised peoples, the RSS tries to draw them
under the Hindu umbrella. In doing so, it must
face the challenge of the fault lines created by
“others” — the “enemies” of the Hindu nation
and the political ideologies inimical to it. These
other organisations bring social-economic indicators into the discussion to demand justice,
equality. They do not hesitate to formulate demands as sectional interests based on social
fault lines. The UPA government took social
movements on board because it believed that
this bridged the crisis of political representation. The BJP and Mr Modi on the other hand
think that social movements are already represented in the party through its connections
with the RSS NGOs. Appointments to government and quasi-government educational and
cultural bodies are made from this pool of
NGOs. This accounts for the difference in attitude of the UPA and the BJP towards civil society organisations. In a continuing ideological
struggle for space in society, non-RSS NGOs
are, therefore, discredited by them or even
crushed by accusations that they discredit
India internationally. However, choking their
sources of funds, deriding them and eroding
their legitimacy — as the BJP and Prime Minister Modi himself are trying to do — can only
shrink the democratic space in society. India
is not a “Hindu” society as imagined by the RSS
and try as they might, the votaries of Hindutva
do not represent the diverse identities with
their myriad problems that make up this amazing democratic nation of India.
times to resolve the differences with the
state government as Mufti has been trying
to appease the separatists from day one.
Both Modi and Rajnath have been asserting that any lenience towards anti-national
elements and terrorists will not be acceptable. Under the circumstances, Mufti has
an unenviable task to keep his new found
ally - the BJP - in good humour which is an
imperative for his government to survive.
This is an uneasy relationship which even
the two allies have repeatedly admitted.
The manner in which Rajnath pushed
Mufti to re-arrest Masarat will only add to
this unease. Though the PDP has rubbished allegations that the state government arrested Masarat following the
Centre’s pressure, anger is seething on the
streets of Srinagar against Mufti for ‘allowing’ New Delhi to ‘dictate’ terms to his government. People accuse the PDP patriarch
of following his predecessor Omar Abdullah’s policy. Protesters on the streets of Srinagar allege that PDP and Mufti bowed
before the BJP which wants to choke the
voices of dissent in the Valley. Many parts
of the state steeped in backwardness, the
coalition government needs to take proper,
effective and firm steps to focus on governance and ensure equitable share to all irrespective of caste, religion and region in
the matter of rehabilitation and development. The two alliance partners cannot escape the accusations of indulging in
shadow boxing over crucial issues. A semblance of normalcy had been achieved in
the Kashmir Valley after a long toil by the
security forces and local people who came
in hordes to vote in the last year’s assembly
elections despite boycott call by the separatists. Political parties of all hues need to
refrain from building edifices of power
over the sentiments of a community, region or religion.
"Change the Bollywood"
BY : ASHTOSH RAINA
oday the bollywood has became very intersting in
India ten out of seven person in India talk only about on
bollywood films. Youth people
makes a large majority to see
films. Flims shows all the colours
of society, but it has dark side
also. I am saying that "untill 2005,
films makes a great role in upliftment of people also on students.
They shows such films that
makes a person very kind, humble and respectful towards
women and old people!! After
2005, the bollywood films changed
their colour, they only today
focus on western films in which
"the girl's should be nude" they
don't think that what will be the
bad impact on "youth" who are tomorrow builder of nation. Today
the youth takes very interest on
nude films, he has lost his mind,
that's why youth doesn't take interest in studies and social work.
It is because of bollywood films.
The rape rate is increasing day by
day. Today, in bollywood
films,the director only wants
money, he has became too greedy
to earn money that he shows such
films in which youth focus more
and buy tickets. For this he
shows "pornomography films"
(means girls naked films) thus he
became rich and our society became worse. Today in our society,
the girls feels insecure if she
walks in the streets alone. she
fears of rape, chain-snaching, or
eve-teasing by boys. The boys
were not bad, they became bad
by seeing present films, you tell
me that what film actor such as
sunny leone or Imran Hashmi
teaches us? Everyone knows
what they show they also became
greedy for money that's why they
shows these films. They should be
taken to jail especially the director who make these bad films or
albums. laws should be make on
such films. "Pornomography
films" leads to social disorder.
Today many criminal cases are of
rapes. it is very good when our
government takes immediate action and arrest those people who
do rape but they should know
that these rapes are grown from
"pornomography films" yesterday
ekta kapoor make a aggrement to
those girls who want to come in
their films that "girl shouldn't
should say 'no' if she has been
order to became nude" you tell me
that why we focus on nude films
what will we get from nude films?
there are many sites in internet
which shows nude films. We
should oppose it. We should make
discussions on this matter. Otherwise it will be too late. It can be
minimized if censor board think
over it.
T
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Society should cooperate to
end manual scavenging: Modi
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 26:
Regretting the continuance
of manual scavenging, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
Sunday sought cooperation of
the society in the resolve to get
rid of this "blot" during the 125th
birth anniversary of Babasaheb
Ambedkar which is being celebrated this year.
"Does it behove us that manual scavenging is still continuing in the country? I have emphasized that we must get rid of
this blot in the 125th anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar.
We will not tolerate a situation
where any of the poor persons
has to engage in manual scavenging," he said in his monthly
'Mann Ki Baat' programme.
"We need the cooperation of
the society. The government will
have to carry out its responsibility. I need the support of people
to fulfill this endeavour," he
added.
Modi said his government
has decided to give land in
Mumbai for building of a memorial for Ambedkar. The land was
in dispute for several years, he
said. Similarly in Delhi, an international centre in his name
would be established where intellectuals from across the world
would research his works and
get to know his contributions
better, Modi said, adding that
the foundation stone of this complex has been laid after two
decades.
"What was not done in 20
years, we have pledged to do it in
20 months," he said.
Invoking Ambedkar, the
Prime Minister said the architect of the Indian Constitution,
throughout his life, kept advocating the need for education of
all. "But even today, education
has not reached dalits, oppressed and deprived sections of
the society, especially the girls,"
he said.
"In the 125th birth anniversary year, let us resolve that the
daughters of even the poorest of
the poor will not remain uneducated in villages, cities or mohallas," he added.
The Prime Minister said the
government will do its duty and
the society should join in this effort so that everyone has the satisfaction.
People pay tribute to victims of earthquake in Nepal inside a temple in Ahmedabad.
Relationship between
Farmer Suicide Was AAP Drama 9-month pregnant woman
India, South Africa deeply Which Turned Into Tragedy: RSS runs 5 k.m. in Karimnagar
rooted in history: President
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 26:
Extending his greetings and
felicitations to the government
and people of South Africa on the
eve of the country's freedom day
on April 27, President Pranab
Mukherjee on Sunday said the relationship between both nations
is deeply rooted in history, and
over the years, has evolved into a
strategic partnership.
"On
behalf
of
the
Government and the people of
India and on my own behalf, it
gives me great pleasure to extend
to the friendly people of South
Africa warm greetings and felicitations on the occasion of the
Freedom Day of South Africa,"
President Mukherjee said in his
message to South African
President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa
Zuma.
"The relationship between
India and South Africa is deeply
rooted in history, and over the
years, has evolved into a strategic
partnership, characterized by
multi-faceted engagement covering a range of activities in the political, economic and cultural
fields. Our co-operation under the
IBSA and the BRICS forum adds
even greater value and substance
to our engagement," he added.
President Mukherjee further
said, "I am confident that in the
coming years, we will further reinforce our bilateral cooperation
for the mutual benefit of our two
peoples."
"Please accept, Excellency,
my warm wishes for your personal health and well-being, as well
as for the progress and prosperity
of the friendly people of South
Africa," he added.
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 26:
The RSS has alleged that
farmer Gajendra Singh's suicide
was a "drama" enacted by AAP
which turned out to be a
"tragedy", and advised the party
to take right lessons from the incident. Calling AAP's recent
farmer rally as one that touched
the "lowest level" of politics, the
RSS mouthpiece 'Organiser' has
hit out at the party saying such
"dirty" politics should be discard-
ed.
Challenging AAP's "party
with a difference" tag, the piece
argues that AAP has added to
Indian politics an entertainment
value that is unique and has gone
to the extent of enacting a drama
in the name of farmer's suicide.
"The kind of entertainment
value AAP has added to Indian
politics is again unique. With
24X7 media glare, the anarchist
formation used every space to
catch attention. Some dramatics,
either in the form of sloganeering
or leadership gimmicks are always used in electoral politics.
"From 'Garibi Hatao' to
'Acche Din' are catchy words that
touch the cords of common voters. But what AAP has done in the
name of farmers' rally is touching
lowest level of politics. In another
attempt of embarrassing the
Centre, AAP tried to create a drama which turned out to be a
tragedy," the editorial said.
It further said that "for catching the public attention through
media, instigating some supposed to be farmer to enact a suicide attempt and the person actually losing his life is dirty politics,
which should be discarded outright."
Written in the backdrop of
farmer's suicide that shook the
country, the article further goes
on to question the genesis of AAP
and asks, "Is AAP really a party
with a difference".
"The script, drama and presentation of this loose political formation are proving to be sensational but foreign to be part of
India's democratic culture," the
editorial said.
The editorial goes on to argue against that difference, saying, the emergence of Aam
Aadmi Party on India's political
scene, many believed, was a dra-
matic departure from the existing political culture.
It said after its brief political
stint in Delhi in 2013 and then its
political face contesting from
Varanasi, many started arguing
that AAP is turning out to be like
any other political party.
"But AAP's comeback in the
national capital with thumping
majority and the aftermath
shows the other way round,"it
said.
The article while seeking to
defend BJP's policies in the wake
of severe opposition to the land
ordinance and other farm related
issues by the Opposition, equally
holds the Congress for pursuing
policies that harmed agrarian interests.
"The problem of Indian agriculture is systemic and cannot be
linked merely to other land development policies. India's agricultural land is overburdened and
was never boosted through innovation and investment.
"The socialist pattern of philosophy of poverty started by the
Congress and now dramatised by
AAP can only derail the real development in agricultural sector.
Through such attempt, AAP can
only add entertainment value to
politics but cannot make any substantial change," the article said.
23 journalists 1997 Uphaar fire: Victims' Five pipe bombs found in
get Matri Shree families await closure of case Sree Padmanabha temple
media awards
Agencies
NEW DELHI, Apr 26:
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 26:
Twenty-three journalists
from print and electronic media were today conferred the
Matri Shree awards for their
contribution to the field of media. Members of Parliament
Ramesh Bidhuri and Manoj
Tiwari conferred the awards at
a function here today. Sanjay
Anand, Shahbaz Khan and
Ajay Srivastava from the Press
Trust of India are among the 23
journalists who were awarded
the 40th Matri Shree Award.
Among journalists who received the award include
Shahnawaj
Malik
of
Navbharat Times, Anrurag
Mishra of Dainik Hindustan,
Nemish Hemant of Dainik
Jagaran and Pawan Kumar of
Amar Ujala. Punjab Kesari's
Aditya Narayan and Rashtiya
Sahara's Ajay Nethani and
Kapil Sharma of Aaj Tak channel are also among those who
were given the award.
Nearly 18 years after 59
cinegoers died of asphyxia in the
massive fire that engulfed the
Uphaar theatre here, victims'
families are still waiting for judicial closure of the case.
A bench of justices TS
Thakur and Gyan Sudha Mishra
(since retired), on March 5, 2014,
had held real estate barons
Sushil and Gopal Ansal guilty,
but had differed on quantum of
sentence to be awarded to them.
It had concurred in finding
that there was contemptuous
disregard of civic laws on the
part of Ansals that led to the
tragedy as they were more interested in making money than ensuring safety of people.
Justice Thakur concurred
with the 2008 verdict of the Delhi
High Court that had awarded
one year jail terms to Sushil and
Gopal Ansal. However, Justice
Mishra reduced the jail term to
already undergone by Sushil
considering his age and enhanced the sentence of Gopal to
two years. After that a threejudge bench headed by Chief
Justice H L Dattu has to hear
afresh and authoritatively decide the case.
The matter came up for
hearing on April 21, but was adjourned at the request of senior
advocate L Nageshwar Rao, the
counsel for Ansals.
"Now we are worried about
how many more adjournments
they will seek before the matter
is actually heard and the victims
get the judicial closure," said
Krishnamoorthy,
Neelam
President of Association of
Victims of Uphaar Tragedy
(AVUT).
"Since the matter was not
being listed, AVUT had filed
three applications for early hearing. Finally, on January 22, the
Chief Justice gave directions for
listing the criminal appeal in
April 2015," she said.
The apex court has been
hearing cross-appeals filed by
CBI, AVUT and the Ansals challenging the Delhi High Court order.
Fifty-nine people, trapped in
the balcony of the theatre, died of
asphyxia following the fire and
over 100 people got injured in
subsequent stampede on June
13, 1997 during the screening of
"Border" movie.
Contemplate about nation's problems: ISRO
chairman G Madhavan Nair advises students
Agencies
Varanasi, Apr 26:
Former ISRO chairman
G Madhavan Nair on Sunday
advised the students to contemplate about the nation's
problems and make efforts to
address them along with acquiring
knowledge.
Addressing
the
97th
Convocation function of
Banaras Hindu University
here, Nair said, "merely acquiring knowledge should
not be the goal of education."
The education would not
be fruitful until and unless it
concerns for the betterment
of the society, "which they (students) would return in the form of
their quality services," Nair said.
The youths are the assets
of?the nation and they should
prepare themselves to compete
and face the global challenges.
The students must "think,
analyse and act" accordingly, the
former chairman of Indian Space
Research Organisation said.
"All youths must contemplate about the problems of the
nation and then analyse it and
come up with innovative ideas to
act against these problems and also make efforts in?removing
them," Nair said. The education
is the only tool that can decrease
and remove the widen gaps between rich and the poor in the
country, adding that affordable
education must be imparted to all
sections of the society. The chief
guest also emphasised that there
was a need for parents to change
their?mind-sets, who builds up
ideas about their child's career
even before their birth.
He said that parents should
promote their child according to child's interest and capability so that they may
lead a free and stressful life
without bearing any kind of
unwanted pressure.
Nair emphasised on
promoting science and technology and added that science is a vital part of our
life. He said that BHU
founder Pandit Madan
Mohan Malaviya had said
that "Science can remove
poverty as it is a part of our
daily life". "And that's why
Malaviyaji established this
University where the ancient traditional subjects
and the modern subjects
both are being taught together,"
he added.
Dr Karan Singh, Chancellor
of Banaras Hindu University
presided over the function in the
presence of Vice-Chancellor Prof
Girish Chandra Tripathi. Gold
medals were awarded to topper
students of the different subjects
by the Chancellor. A two-minute
silence was also observed at the
function to pay condolences for
the victims of earthquake in
Nepal and some parts of India.
Agencies
Thiruvananthapuram, April 26
Five suspected pipe bombs
were found packed in gunny bags
in a pond of the famed Sree
Padmanabha Swamy temple
here, police said on Sunday.
The temple drew international attention a few years ago
after it was learnt that it holds a
treasure estimated to be over one
lakh crore, stacked in five vaults.
The suspected pipe bombs
were found on Sunday afternoon
by some workers while cleaning
the pond, about 100 metres from
the main temple.
Police’s bomb and dog
squads were immediately summoned as Director General of
Police K.S. Balasubramanian ordered a high-level probe into the
Agencies
KARIMNAGAR, April 26,
In a courageous move, a 42-year-old woman Kamarapu Laxmi,
who is nine months pregnant, set a new record by running for a distance of 5 kilometers to enter the record books at Ambedkar
Stadium in here on Sunday. During her first delivery also, she ran
a distance of 5 kilometres for safe and normal delivery. For her second delivery, she decided to enter the record books and also for the
cause of protection of girl child and extending her solidarity with
the Mission Kakatiya programme of the State Government.
With the slogan of “peth mein ladki ko bachao – gaon mein
taalab ko bachao” (save child in mother’s womb and the irrigation
tank in village), she performed the record feat of running 5 k.m. in
30 minutes and 20 seconds amid applause from the huge gathering.
Kamarapu Laxmi, a resident of Bhagathnagar, clocked the
record in the presence of two gynaecologists, district sports development officer and other dignitaries of the town. The organisers also deployed an ambulance and para-medical staff to meet any eventuality for this feat. After performing the record feat, Laxmi said
that she was running for the last four years and it was nothing new.
She called upon the pregnant women to take up exercise, yoga etc.
instead of bed rest for normal delivery and a healthy baby.
Telangana book of records editor M. Vijayabhaskar handed over a
certificate to Laxmi. Laxmi’s husband Ravi said that they would
also send the details to the Guinness Book of Records. The morning
walkers and other sports lovers attended in large numbers to witness the performance of a pregnant woman at the stadium.
23 journalists get Matri Shree
media awards
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr26:
Twenty-three journalists from print and electronic media
were today conferred the Matri Shree awards for their contribution to the field of media. Members of Parliament Ramesh Bidhuri
and Manoj Tiwari conferred the awards at a function here today.
Sanjay Anand, Shahbaz Khan and Ajay Srivastava from the Press
Trust of India are among the 23 journalists who were awarded the
40th Matri Shree Award. Among journalists who received the
award include Shahnawaj Malik of Navbharat Times, Anrurag
Mishra of Dainik Hindustan, Nemish Hemant of Dainik Jagaran
and Pawan Kumar of Amar Ujala. Punjab Kesari's Aditya Narayan
and Rashtiya Sahara's Ajay Nethani and Kapil Sharma of Aaj Tak
channel are also among those who were given the award.
MNS Seeks Handing Over of
Saibaba Trust to TTD
Agencies
Shirdi, Apr 26:
MPPEB Scam: MP CM to Meet Sonia
on 'Smear' Campaign by Digvijay
incident. One of the five pipe
Agencies
Bhopal, Apr 26:
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is
under siege from opposition in connection with the Vyapam scam, today said he would call upon Congress president Sonia Gandhi to clarify from her whether she has mandated Digvijay Singh and other party leaders to "malign" his image. "I am going to write a letter to Soniaji
and seek an audience with her to know whether she has given her
consent to state Congress leaders, especially Digvijay, to run a baseless and totally false campaign against me and my family members,"
Chouhan told reporters here. He said the "dirty politics and shallow
campaign based on the false and fake allegations to sully my and my
wife's image should stop." "Singh stands exposed as the Madhya
Pradesh High Court has endorsed the Special Investigation Team's
(SIT's) finding that a document submitted by a cyber expert against
me as an evidence was indeed forged. Singh was running a smear
campaign against me based on the very document," he said.
bombs was emitting smoke and
small sounds could be heard, police said, adding, however, that it
could be happening because they
remained in the water for long
and then were taken out.
Police packed all the five pipe
bombs and were due to take these
to an isolated place to defuse
them. Steps have also begun for
their forensic examination.
The Kerala government recently sanctioned funds for cleaning the ponds that are associated
with
the
famed
temple.
Incidentally, when the pond was
being cleaned on Sunday, a secret
door, believed to be linked to the
main temple, was also found in
the pond. Ever since the Supreme
Court ordered for stock taking of
the priceless treasures kept in the
vaults in 2011, the security of the
temple has been beefed up and the
complex has been declared a
highly sensitive area.
MNS Chief Raj Thackeray today said the Shri Saibaba
Sansthan Trust (SSST), which runs the famous Shirdi Saibaba
temple, should be handed over to the Tirumala Tirupati
Devasthanams (TTD) for its smooth working. Talking to reporters
here during his tour to the temple town, Thackeray said the SSST
of late has been in news for corruption and mismanagement
caused to devotees.
- "For past so many years, we are hearing about issues surroundings the Shirdi shrine. The trust (SSST) has been also facing
corruption charges. Functioning of the Saibaba temple trust
should be handed over to TTD trust as I have seen their way of functioning for so many years now and it is way much better and organised," the MNS leader said. The TTD manages famous
Venkateswara temple at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor
district. He said there is still a dearth of proper basic amenities
around the Saibaba temple and devotees have to suffer who come
from all across the country and abroad.
Backing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to launch a
scheme that would encourage temples to deposit their gold with
banks in return for interest payments, he said the move will facilitate (temple) trusts to render better services.
To a query on performance of the new BJP-led government in
Maharashtra, Thackeray said the government has done some good
works but has also made mistakes.
"The new government is doing some good work but they have
not done something very remarkable.
People had pinned lot of expectations on them but are yet to experience 'acche din'," he added.
On Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), which is run by
MNS, Thackeray said the development works undertaken by the
civic body will bring a sea change in the city in the span of next
three years.
Vijayakanth-Karunanidhi meeting heralds a new beginning
Agencies
CHENNAI, April 26
Desiya Murpokku Dravida
Kazhagam (DMDK) leader
Vijayakanth on Sunday met
leaders of opposition in the state,
heralding a new beginning for
opposition unity against the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu.
The objective of the meeting, he said, was to meet Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and to
present Tamil Nadu's case on
Mekedatu Dam issue, the Land
Acquisition Bill, the killing of 20
woodcutters from Tamil Nadu in
Andhra Pradesh, Mullaperiyar
Dam issue and the frequent attack on Tamil fishermen by the
Sri Lankan Navy. After meeting
Mr. Karunanidhi at his
Gopalapuram residence, Mr.
Vijayakanth said the DMK
leader was keen on working to-
gether with his party on people's
issues and agreed to send repre-
sentatives. He said Union
Minister Pon. Radhakrishnan
facilitated the meeting.
Later DMK treasurer M.K.
Stalin said his party’s leader in
the Rajya Sabha Kanimozhi and
another MP Tiruchi N. Siva
would
accompany
Mr.
Vijayakanth during his meeting
with Mr. Modi on Monday. The
meeting will be take place at
Parliament House at 12.30 on
Monday.
When asked whether the coordination on these issues would
move to the next stage politically, Mr. Stalin said the DMK was
always prepared to work with
political parties on issues concerning the people of Tamil
Nadu. He, however, clarified
that the question on alliance did
not figure during the meeting.
Mr. Vijayakanth said the
Chief
Minister
O.
Panneerselvam met Mr. Modi to
fulfil his selfish goals while he
and other leaders were going to
meet him for a common cause.
Mr.
Stalin
said
Mr.
Karunanidhi appreciated the
DMDK's leaders effort to present
Tamil Nadu’s problems to the
Prime Minister.
To a question on Tamil
Nadu government’s failure to
hold an all party meeting on important issues, Mr Stalin said
“the benami government” in the
state was not functioning at all.
Mr. Vijayakant has also approached CPI(M) state secretary
G, Ramakrishnan in connection
with his decision to meet the
Prime Minister, but the party
was not able to make any commitment as the state committee
meeting was not yet over.
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BRIEF NEWS
UN Will Mount Major Relief
Effort in Nepal: Ban Ki-moon
Agencies
United Nations, Apr 26:
Secretary
N
General Ban Kimoon today assured
quake-hit Nepal that the world
body will mount a major relief
effort and support it in dealing
with the humanitarian crisis.
Ban sent his deepest condolences to the Nepali government and to all those affected
by the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that jolted the country
yesterday, killing nearly 2,000
people and injuring 5,000 others and said the UN will help
the government in coordinating international search and
rescue operations.
"The reports of the devastation are still coming in and the
numbers of people killed, injured and affected by this
earthquake continue to rise,"
Secretary-General Ban said in
U
a statement. "It is clear that
very many lives have been lost.
There has also been significant
damage to Nepal's irreplaceable cultural heritage. The
United Nations is supporting
the Government of Nepal in cointernational
ordinating
search and rescue operations
and is preparing to mount a
major relief effort," the UN
Chief added.
The powerful quake razed
to the ground a number of
buildings, including the iconic
Dharhara tower and the landmark Darbar Square - a UNESCO World Heritage site - in
the heart of the capital, trapping scores of people. The UN
Indian-Origin Scientist at MIT
Wins USD 250,000 Heinz Award
Agencies
Washington, Apr 26:
An Indian-origin scientist
at MIT, who has developed artificial human microlivers for
drug testing, has won a prestigious USD 250,000 Heinz award
for her work in tissue engineering and disease detection.
Sangeeta Bhatia at the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology has been named
the recipient of the 2015 Heinz
Award for Technology, the
Economy, and Employment.
The award includes an unrestricted prize of USD 250,000.
The Heinz Awards annually recognise individuals for
their extraordinary contributions to arts and humanities;
environment; human condition; public policy; and technology, the economy, and employment.
"This type of recognition
helps to bring science into the
public eye so that everyone can
appreciate the dedication and
innovation that is happening
in laboratories all over the
country," said Bhatia, the John
and
Dorothy
Wilson
J
Professor of Health Sciences
and Technology and Electrical
Engineering and Computer
Science.
Bhatia's team has pioneered the fabrication of artificial human microlivers, which
are being used by many biopharmaceutical companies to
test the toxicity of drug candidates. Bhatia is also using microlivers in the lab to model
malaria infection and test
drugs that can eradicate malaria parasites completely - even
the parasite reservoirs that remain in the liver after a patient's symptoms subside.
She hopes to eventually develop implantable liver tissue
New Israel coalition
near after negotiation
breakthrough
as a complement or substitute
for whole-organ transplant.
In her study of cancer and
the tumour microenvironment, Bhatia's team has developed synthetic biomarkers
that are paving the way for simple, low-cost cancer diagnostics.
Their engineered nanoparticles interact with tumour
proteins in the body and release hundreds of these biomarkers, which can be detected in urine.
One application relies on a
paper-strip urine test that can
reveal the presence of cancer
within minutes in mouse models.
Bhatia is also recognised
for her passion in promoting
the advancement of women in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
fields. While a graduate student at MIT, Bhatia helped
start Keys to Empowering
Youth (KEYs), a programme
that engages middle school
girls with science and engineering through hands-on activities and mentorship from
MIT students.
"I'm hopeful that the visibility associated with this
award can inspire young girls
by showing them what a rewarding profession - and life STEM can yield," Bhatia said.
Bhatia will receive her
award on May 13 at a ceremony
in Pittsburgh. She will be honoured along with the Heinz
Award recipients in the four
other categories.
The recipients include Roz
Chast, a best-selling illustrator
and cartoonist (arts and humanities); Frederica Perera, an
environmental health reat
Columbia
searcher
University
(environment);
William McNulty and Jacob
Wood, founders of Team
Rubicon (human condition);
and Aaron Wolf, a geoscientist
and professor at Oregon State
University (public policy).
expressed concern over the
massive number of people in
hospitals in the Kathmandu
Valley that are running out of
room for storing dead bodies
and also running short of emergency supplies.
UN field offices reported
that the eastern region was not
badly affected and that the
Terai had been minimally affected. The Nepali government
has requested international assistance in the response to the
disaster, with particular importance placed on the search
and rescue capacity, medical
teams, supplies and tenting for
hospitals, heavy equipment for
rubble removal and helicopters for transport and access to
blocked areas.
President of the General
Assembly, Sam Kutesa, also expressed his deep concern and
sorrow over the devastation.
Executive Director of the
City Office
Airport
P.H.E. Station
Bakshi Nagar
Gandhi Nagar
Company Bagh
Agencies
Jerusalem, Apr 26:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was closer to
forming a new coalition Sunday after the head of the far-right
Jewish Home party relinquished his demand for the foreign
ministry, political sources said.
Netanyahu, whose Likud party won a surprise victory in a
March 17 election, has until May 6 to piece together a new government, after receiving a 14-day extension last week.
Despite a month of intensive negotiations, Netanyahu has
not yet managed to form a coalition, expected to comprise six
rightwing and religious parties and have 67 of parliament`s 120
seats. Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett, currently economy
minister, had been demanding the foreign ministry, held now
by hardline nationalist Yisrael Beitenu leader Avidgor
Lieberman.
But over the weekend Bennett set his sights instead on the
education ministry and formally asked Netanyahu for the
portfolio on Saturday, sources close to the negotiations told
AFP.
Education is an especially important issue for the national
religious constituency represented by Bennett`s party.
Netanyahu was due to reply in the next few days.
The sources said Bennett`s decision paved the way for his
party, which dropped from 12 to eight seats in the recent vote,
to receive three portfolios.
Israeli media said Jewish Home would also be receiving
the agriculture and culture ministries, while Lieberman -whose party dropped from 11 to six seats -- would remain foreign minister.
Besides his Likud party with 30 seats, Jewish Home and
Yisrael Beitenu, Netanyahu`s projected coalition is expected to
include the ultra-Orthodox parties Shas and United Torah
Judaism and the centre-right Kulanu.
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Babatunde Osotimehin, also
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the widespread destruction
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He added that the UNFPA
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All efforts will be exerted
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Agencies
Baghdad, Apr 26:
Car
bombs
ripped
through commercial areas in
and around the Iraqi capital
today, killing at least 14 civilians, officials said.
The deadliest attack took
place in Khilani Square, a
busy commercial area in central Baghdad, where a car
bomb killed at least seven
people and wounded 25, a police officer said. The car was
parked near a Sunni mosque
and a gathering of motorcycle vendors.
Hours earlier, an explocar
ripped
sives-laden
through a commercial area
in the town of Mahmoudiya,
about 30 kilometres south of
Baghdad, killing at least four
civilians and wounded another nine, another police officer said.
Three people were killed
and 13 wounded in another
car bomb explosion in
southwestern
Baghdad's
Amil neighbourhood, he
added.
Medical officials confirmed the toll. All officials
spoke on condition of
anonymity as they were not
authorised to release information.
Baghdad sees near-daily
bombings mainly targeting
security forces and the country's Shiite majority.
The Islamic State group
and other Sunni extremists
are believed to be behind the
Two Swedish Hostages Released
in Syria : Foreign Ministry
Agencies
Stockholm, Apr 26:
Two Swedish men held hostage in Syria have been released
with the help of Palestinian and Jordanian authorities, Sweden's
foreign ministry has said. The ministry declined to give details of
the case but Foreign Minister Margot Wallstroem thanked yesterday the Palestinians and Jordan for helping secure the men's release. "A special thanks to Palestine and president (Mahmud)
Abbas personally who engaged in a decisive way, as well as to the
Jordanian authorities," she said in a statement to news agency TT.
The Palestinian ambassador to Sweden Hala Husni Fariz said
the men, who were freed on Friday, had been kidnapped by al
Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, the Al-Nusra Front. "We are very happy
that we could contribute to freeing the two Swedes," she told TT,
adding that Palestinian security services had helped negotiate
their release for over two months.
Becky G arrives at the 2015 Radio Disney
Music Awards at Nokia Theatre
L.A. Live in Los Angeles.
attacks.
Government forces are
to
dislodge
struggling
Islamic State militants from
the western province of
Anbar and much of northern
Iraq.
Iraqi troops backed by
Shiite militias and US-led
airstrikes managed to retake
the northern city of Tikrit,
but they have also suffered a
number of setbacks.
Yesterday, IS militants
attacked a border crossing
between Iraq and Jordan
with three suicide car
bombs, killing four Iraqi soldiers.
The day before, the militants attacked an army base
guarding a lock system on
the canal between Lake
Tharthar and the Euphrates
River in Anbar, killing the
army's 1st Division commander and several others.
UN Chief Appoints New Special Envoy to Yemen
Agencies
United Nations, Apr 26:
The UN chief appointed a
new special envoy to Yemen as
pressure grows to return to
peace talks while fighting continues in the Arab world's poorest country.
A statement today says
Ban Ki-moon has appointed
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of
Mauritania, who until now has
led the UN's Ebola mission.
More than a thousand people have been killed in recent
weeks after Iran-backed Shiite
rebels swept through the country and a Saudi-led Sunni coalition began airstrikes to drive
them back.
The Western-backed president fled the country as the
Houthi rebels closed in, and
warnings have since grown of a
humanitarian crisis as food
and fuel supplies run short.
Shiite rebels have pressed
an offensive in the south and a
Saudi Arabia-led coalition intensified its airstrikes less
than two days after it said it
was scaling back the campaign.
Ahmed replaces Jamal
Benomar, who had said he was
stepping down. Benomar had
faced sharp criticism from
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not comment.
Alyemany called Amhed
"a very good U.N. Diplomat and
expert."
Ahmed was appointed by
Ban in December as head of the
U.N. Mission for Ebola
Agencies
London, Apr 26:
Oxford University, one of
the world's best-known varsities, is under fire after alleged
undue academic pressure on
students led to two suicides
within months at the same college, a media report said. Two
students at Oxford University's
Balliol College committed suicide within three months of
each other leading to a studentled campaign to persuade the
university to ease academic
pressures and change the way it
deals with youngsters suffering
from depression and anxiety.
Andrew Kirkman, a 20-year-old
second-year physics and philosophy student at the college,
killed himself within days of be-
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girls' school North London
Collegiate, was also on medical
leave from Oxford at the time of
her death in March last year.
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attempt to end her life, she did
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University Student Union has
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charter for colleges to guarantee "support and respect" for
students with mental health
problems. It includes a demand
that students on medical leave
are not required to pass tests
with high marks before they
can resume their degrees. The
number of students accessing
counselling services at the university has shot up by 136 per
cent since 2003-4, with 1,070 undergraduates using the service
in 2013-14, up from 453 in 2003-04.
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JAMMU MONDAY APRIL, 27, 2015, PAGE 9
Glimpses of Future
Financial Intelligence Unit detects over
Rs 7,800 cr black money, gets record STRs
New Delhi, April 26:
Government detected a
whopping over Rs 7,800 crore of
illegal money within the country and abroad during 2013-14 as
the elite Financial Intelligence
Unit (FIU) found all-time high
cases of suspicious transactions
in the country's economic channels. As per a latest report prepared by the Finance Ministry,
the FIU's action led to the "detection of unaccounted income of
Rs 7,078 crore by the Income Tax
department while the Customs
and Service Tax departments
detected evasion of Rs 750 crore"
during the said period.
After the premier technical
snoop wing under the Finance
Ministry processed countrywide Suspicious Transaction
Reports (STRs) it obtained from
various financial institutions,
the report said, the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) also "detected
proceeds of crime to the tune of
Rs 20 crore and seized assets to
the tune of Rs 17 crore." The report, accessed by PTI, said as a
result of this electronic intelligence generated by FIU, the "I-T
department seized assets worth
Rs 163 crore and the Service Tax
department sealed assets worth
Rs 17 crore during the same period." Also, as part of the same action the ED registered as many
as 105 fresh criminal FIRs under
the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act (PMLA) apart
from its regular operations
against money launderers and
hawala operatives in the said
time period.
The total black money detected by FIU stands at Rs 7,848
crore during the last year, a senior Finmin official said who did
not wish to be quoted. The huge
amount of black money could be
detected during 2013-14, the official said, as the FIU witnessed
an about 100 per cent jump in receiving the STRs at 61,953
dossiers as compared to a mere
31,731 STRs received by it during 2012-13. The agency also received a total of 87,79,082 Cash
Transaction Reports (CTRs),
3,01,804 Counterfeit Currency
Reports (CCRs) and 80,616 NonProfit Organisation
Transaction Reports (NTRs), the
latest updated report also submitted to the Special
Investigation Team (SIT) on
black money, said. STR is defined as a transaction which
gives rise to a reasonable suspicion that it may involve proceeds of a crime or appears to be
made in circumstances of unjustified complexity or gives reasonable grounds to suspect that
it may be linked to terrorist ac-
tivities. CTR is fund movement
of the value of more than Rs 10
lakh in one tranche or a series of
transactions internally connected to each other in either Indian
currency or foreign in the country's banking or any other channel. A CCR is amply clear from
its name as it pertains to an instance of usage of fake currency
in any bank by an entity while
NTRs pertain to filing of dossiers
by Non-Governmental and nonprofit organisations with regard
to their economic operations.
All banking, financial intermidiaries, insurance companies, payment system operators
and capital market operatives
are stipulated to submit the said
reports to the FIU statutorily under money laundering laws.
During the same period, the
snoop body also sent 82 requests
to its foreign counterparts after
various law enforcement agencies in the country requested it to
obtain information in order to
take forward their respective
probes in cases of black money.
The SIT on black money, mandated to deal specifically on the cases
of illegal funds of Indians stashed
abroad, had asked the government to further enhance the capabilities of FIU to check the menace of criminal funds (PTI)
New Delhi, April 26:
The long-pending Bill on
Goods and Services Tax
(GST), moved in the Lok
Sabha amid stiff resistance by
several Opposition parties,
would be taken up for consideration and passing Monday.
The Constitution (122nd
Amendment) Bill 2014 was
moved on Friday by Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley who
had said it was a "win-win"
measure for both the
Centre and the states
as he sought to allay
the apprehensions
of some state governments that they
would lose revenue
if GST was implemented. A Constitution
amendment bill has to be
passed by two- thirds majority
of members present in the
House and voting.
Members of Congress, led
by Sonia Gandhi, along with
those of the Left, TMC and NCP
staged a walk out after their
for
referring
the
plea
Constitution Amendment Bill
to the Standing Committee was
not accepted. AIADMK and
BJD also opposed its consideration but did not walk out. The
Opposition members had alleged that the government was
"bull-dozing" and bringing the
bill in "hush hush" manner and
wanted more time to study the
"new" legislation. The House
had also witnessed an hourlong wrangling over the procedures between the ruling and
the opposition sides, after
which the Bill was taken up
Speaker
Sumitra
when
Mahajan ruled that it was an
important legislation on
which the Finance Minister
can make introductory comments and a discussion can be
taken up at a later date.
Commending the Bill
for consideration
passage,
and
Jaitley had said
"GST is going to
lead to a win-win
situation as far as
the Centre and the
states
are
concerned. It is going to up
India's GDP. It is going to up
India's revenue and therefore I
commend GST Constitution
Amendment Bill to the House
for (consideration)".
Seeking to assuage fears
of states, he said the Centre
and the states will have concurrent power to levy tax on
goods and services.
He said when Value
Added Tax was introduced,
states had demanded compensation for more than five
years, but not a single state
asked for compensation in the
sixth year.(PTI)
Railways in existential crisis but no stock market route: Suresh Prabhu
New Delhi, April 26:
Railways is facing an "existential
crisis" because it was systematically ignored for long by favouring the road
sector, Railways minister Suresh
Prabhu said but ruled out the stock
market route by making it a listed PSU
like ONGC to raise funds. "Railways
lost traffic to road. It is because you
make investment three to four times
higher in road than railways. You have
systematically ignored rail favouring
road. Now it has become an existential
crisis for railways. "If you want to increase the share of traffic to rail from
road, you have to invest more in rail,"
Prabhu said in an interview to PTI. The
minister was responding to as to why
despite the best efforts, Railways have
failed to share the road traffic. He further added that railways cannot handle
even if free goods transportation was al-
lowed to increase the traffic share as it
does not have the capacity. "For argument sake even if you decide to allow
people to have free freight transportation, can railways handle it? Railways'
ability to handle today is determined by
the ability to carry. Where is the capacity to carry? So, therefore, you must
make investment," he said.
According to the latest CAG report
on Railways, the Indian Railways was
unable to meet its operational cost of
passenger and other coach services and
there was a loss of Rs 23,643 crore in the
same during 2011-12. Asked about the
suggestions that Railways should also
be listed on the stock market to raise
money like government has done in
many other sectors including ONGC,
the minister said, the national carrier
has unique characteristic and it was
not advisable to do so. "Railways is a
ministry like the petroleum and natu-
SPORTS NEWS
Registration for swimming
pool starts
GOF Staff Reporter
JAMMU, April 26:
The J&K State Sports Council has started the process of
fresh registrations and renewable (those already registered
swimmers) at the MA Stadium swimming pool, here.
With the result, a good number of swimming enthusiasts
have start approaching the office of the Manger, Indoor
Complex, MA Stadium for application forms and subsequent
registration. “Since, we have to allow only registered swimmers with membership cards from May one onwards, the
process of registration has been initiated.
The application forms are available with a payment of Rs
20 at the indoor complex during office hours,” informed
Manager Indoor Complex, Ravi Singh.
As per the already decided fee structure, one has to pay
one time learners (for a period of 15 days) fee of Rs 1000 in addition to monthly fee. For those under-14 year swimmers, the
season fee has been fixed at Rs 200 along with monthly fee
of Rs 100. Similarly, for under-17 age group, the seasonal
fee is Rs 400 and monthly fee is Rs 300 while the fee for those under-21 swimmers has been fixed at Rs 600 (seasonal) and Rs 500
(monthly) respectively.
For those applicants of above 21 years of age, Rs 800 and Rs
600 will be charged as seasonal and monthly fee respectively,
the copy of the fee structure read.
Cristiano Ronaldo would be
great anywhere, Lionel
Messi wouldn't: Alex
Ferguson
London, April 26:
Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson on
Sunday said Lionel Messi is purely a Barcelona player but believes Cristiano Ronaldo would be a success anywhere in the
world.
The Barcelona and Real Madrid forwards have won the
last seven Ballon d'Or awards between them, marking the pair
as the two best players of their generation and among the
greatest to have ever played the game.
"Ronaldo is tough. People say 'who is the player in the
world' and plenty of people quite rightly say Messi. You can't
dispute that opinion. But the thing about Ronaldo, Ronaldo
could play for Millwall, Queens Park Rangers, Doncaster
Rovers or anyone and he'd score a hat-trick. I'm not sure Messi
could do it," Ferguson was quoted as saying by BBC.
Ferguson, who managed Ronaldo for six years before the
Portugal international left Old Trafford for the Santiago
Bernabeu in 2009, has backed his former protégé as the more
complete footballer.
"Ronaldo's got two feet, he's quick, he's good in the air and
he's brave, though Messi's brave too, of course. I just think
Messi is a Barcelona player," the 73-year-old said.
Ferguson also labelled the 30-year-old as the player who
advanced the most under his tutelage over his 26 years in
charge of United.
"Ronaldo is the biggest improvement I ever had at
Manchester United really because he came as a young skinny
kid at 17. And yes, he had stuff such as diving which people
ral gas ministry. ONGC is a corporate
body. Railways is a department enterprise. Therefore, we cannot .....Think
about that and it is not advisable also to
think about it because railways have a
very unique characteristic," Prabhu
said. He said even if railways was segmented into divisions, the listing was
not advisable. "It has social responsibility, commercial interest, it has to get resources from the budget. To create
something like this at this particular
time it may not be advisable," the minister added. Referring to the budget investment, Prabhu said "the budget has
focused on these issues. Making sure
that we put more and more money for
investment and you will see over a period of time significant improvement in
the rail-road ratio."
He said railways will chart a new
course shortly with the introduction of a
new accounting system. "We are intro-
ducing a system in railways. It is an accounting system, which will be able to
clearly identify the points you are making. What is the cost we incur on every
service? Whether any expenditure we incur on railways, does it result into desirable outcome that you intended and timeline you have committed to make that expenditure? "So budgeting, expenditure,
output and the outcome. We have to make
this properly define into so that to bring
in the elements like this," Prabhu said.
Asked about the Kaya Kalp council, he
said "it is a complete different council. If
you want to do business, getting business
transformation and explore ideas not for
just technologically alone, but also managerial ideas, saving money, improving efficiency, improving productivity all
these ideas were important." These issues will be taken by the Council.
Therefore, it is headed by Ratan Tata,
who has successfully done business,
Prabhu said, adding, "he is also very patriotic. The advantage is that he is no
longer in business. So there is no conflict
of interest." "The council also included
representatives of our employees and
unions. Because I feel the best people who
can think of better ideas are people themselves involved in it as they deal with it on
daily basis," Prabhu said.(PTI)
N Srinivasan hired
London agency to spy on BCCI
members, claim reports
New Delhi, April 26:
According to the reports on
Sunday, news are coming in
that N Srinivasan spent close to
Rs 14 crore to spy on other BCCI
board members through a
London agency. The BCCI are
supposed to meet in Kolkata
and discuss the role of N
Srinivasan on the alleged matters. The BCCI is expected to
launch an official enquiry into
the matter that is expected to be
headed by Anurag Thakur.
CSK valuation issue to be
discussed at BCCI's working
committee meeting on April 26
Reports claim that Srinivasan
used BCCI money to spy on the
BUSINESS NEWS
GST Bill to be taken up
by Lok Sabha Monday
other board members. The
BCCI's Working Committee
during its meeting in Kolkata
on April 26 will discuss about
Chennai Super Kings being valued at a meagre Rs 5 lakh by its
owners, which has been objected by some IPL Governing
Council members. It is learnt
that Chennai Super Kings
Private Limited after its demerger from its parent company India Cements have been valued at Rs 5 lakh as per documents that were handed over to
IPL
Governing
Council.
Subsequently, IPL COO Sundar
Raman was asked a few questions by a few GC members
about the "weird valuation" of
the de-merger as they were paying an annual franchise fee of Rs
40 crore and also spent annually
around Rs 60 plus crore as players' remuneration. The other
question that was raised was Rs
25,000 being paid upfront to the
BCCI for the sale of the franchise. (With Agency Inputs)
Real Madrid can
have Eden Hazard for
200m pounds, says
Jose Mourinho
London, April 26:
Chelsea manager Jose
Mourinho has said that he is
ready to hand over star striker Eden Hazard to Spanish
team Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 200 million pounds.
Hazard, 24, has scored 18 goals
this season, helping Chelsea
move to within six points of
this year's English Premier
League title. When Mourinho
was asked if 100 million
pounds would be enough for
Chelsea to part with Belgian
Hazard, Mourinho said yes
provided Real Madrid gave
that amount and one of its
three best players.
He was apparently making a reference to Cristiano
Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and
James Rodriguez who are
widely regarded as Real
Madrid's three best players.
Mourinho was speaking
ahead of Chelsea's clash with
Arsenal on Sunday.
He said that if Real Madrid
wanted Hazard badly enough,
their president Florentino
Perez or CEO Jose Angel
Sanchez could get on the phone
and say they wanted him.
BSE to auction govt
bonds worth Rs 507 cr for FIIs
on Monday
New Delhi, April 26:
Investment limits for government debt securities worth Rs
507 crore will be auctioned on the BSE on Monday. The auction
would take place on leading stock exchange BSE's 'ebidxchange'
platform from 1530 hrs to 1730 hrs, after close of normal market
hours on April 27. A mock bidding session was conducted on
Friday to check the system performance. "Live bidding session
for allocation of debt investment limits for FII (Foreign
Institutional Investors) and sub-accounts shall be conducted on
Monday, April 27, 2015 on the Exchange's ebidxchange platform,"
the bourse said in a circular. The earlier auctions for government
debt securities have always been over-subscribed multiple times,
given the huge interest among foreign investors for these bonds.
Foreign investors are allowed to invest up to USD 25 billion
(Rs 124,432 crore) in government debt securities through auction
route, while an investment of up to USD 5 billion (Rs 29,137 crore)
is permitted 'on tap'. As per data from depositories, the total investments, including limits acquired by foreign investors in the
auction route, stood at Rs 123,539 crore in March, exhausting
99.28 per cent of the permitted levels. The demand for corporate
debt securities among foreign investors is less as compared to
government bonds.(PTI)
India's rating
upgrade after eco parameters
improve: Moody's
New Delhi, April 26:
Pitching for ease of doing business and a stable tax regime to
attract investment to India, rating agency Moody's on Sunday
said any upgrade for the country will depend on consistent improvement in inflation, fiscal deficit and other economic parameters. "Outlook is based on expectations. Rating upgrade would
come when we believe that this expectations would be met...And
we see that being reflected in macro economic parameters,"
Moody's Sovereign Rating Analyst Atsi Sheth told PTI. Earlier
this month, Moody's had upgraded India's outlook to positive
from stable, but retained the credit rating at the existing level at
'Baa3', just a notch above the junk grade. Moody's had said it
would consider a rating upgrade after 12-18 months depending
upon improvement in macroeconomic parameters.
In order to attract private investment, Sheth said the regulatory conditions should be relaxed and tax environment should be
made and predictable. "Making regulatory condition easier, ease
of doing business, making tax environment certain and confidence of private sector in infrastructure...
The private sector knows demand is there but government
policies make it difficult to decide how much to invest, where to
invest, how to structure investment... Those are the things (the
government needs to focus upon)," she said. On the performance
of the Narendra Modi government, Sheth said it was focusing on
economic agenda and has refrained from increasing public expenditure to push growth.
"Our expectation when the government came to power was
that things would move slowly, we feel it has behaved the way we
had expected it to. One thing we have seen is focusing on economic agenda and resisting urge to use fiscal stimulus. Those two
would be positive," she said. (PTI)
Punjab, Hyderabad
try to get out of rut
Agencies
Mohali, April 26:
Placed in the bottom half of
the points table, both Kings XI
and
SunRisers
Punjab
Hyderabad would be looking to
get out of the rut when they
clash in an IPL cricket match in
Mohali on Monday. While
Punjab are lying last with four
losses from six matches,
Hyderabad are slightly ahead
on net run rate despite having a
similar win-loss count. Both
sides come into the match after
losing their respective previous
encounters. For Punjab, particularly, it was a demoralising
loss given that the side was restricted to 95 for 9 while chasing
a stiff target of 193.
This was their second lowest 20-over score in eight IPL
seasons. The side’s batting, considered its strength on paper,
has failed miserably and last
night was the lowest it touched
with the top half contributing a
mere 49 runs to the total in a stiff
chase.
The likes of Virender
Sehwag, David Miller, Shaun
Marsh and Glenn Maxwell have
not managed to make the kind of
impact they were expected to
ahead of the tournament.
Maxwell, in fact, was
dropped on Saturday as skipper
George Bailey returned to the
side but he too came a cropper in
the face of pressure created by
CSK bowlers, especially the
spin duo of R. Ashwin and
Ravindra Jadeja who shared
five wickets between them.
Punjab’s bowlers too have been
a huge letdown with pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson being
the biggest flop. On Saturday
night, he conceded 40 runs in his
four overs and failed to clinch a
single wicket.
Hyderabad, on the other
hand, has similar concerns to
deal with. Their batting is relying heavily on skipper David
Warner and opener Shikhar
Dhawan and even though both
have done reasonably well so
far, lack of support in the middle
order has made them ineffective. The bowling was markedly
better in the previous match
with both pace spearhead Dale
Steyn and Trent Boult delivering and they would look to improve in the coming matches.
JKRA general secretary BCCI authorise Dalmiya, Thakur to identify
coach, support staff for Team India
denies charges
GOF Staff Reporter
JAMMU, April 26:
General secretary of the
Jammu and Kashmir Rifle
Association (JKRA) today denied the allegations levelled by
members, including senior vice
president, KS Jamwal with regard to financial irregularities.
In a written statement issued here today, general secretary, without saying anything
about ‘no confidence motion’
moved by the governing body in
its meeting held yesterday,
termed the allegations as malicious campaign to tarnish his
image. “This is a malice campaign against me by some professional violators of GAD orders
and State Sports Council guidelines having their vested inter-
ests in the J&K Rifle
Association. These people are
violating the SRO-164 issued by
the GAD and guidelines and
code issued by the Sports
Council and Union Sports
Ministry on the age and tenure
row for the sports bodies and federations,
including
J&K
Olympic Association,” said the
general secretary. With regard
to financial irregularities he
mentioned that accounts for the
year 2009-10, 2010, 2011, 2011-12
(duly passed by the then president of the J&K Rifle
Association) and also for the year
2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 duly audited by the Charted Accountant
to the senior vice president, KS
Jamwal on April 24. So, there
was no question of the irregularities in the JKRA accounts.
New Delhi, April 26:
The Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) in its
working Committee meeting on
Sunday
have
authorised
Jagmohan
Dalmiya
and
Anurag Thakur to identify a
coach and support staff for the
team. They have also shown a
desire in appointing legendary
trio of Sachin Tendulkar,
Sourav Ganguly and Rahul
Dravid as advisor’s on all cricket-related matters. The BCCI
has decided to seek the approval
of the trio to advise them on all
important cricketing matters
including the appointment of
national coach. Earlier in the
month, Sourav Ganguly and
Rahul Dravid were being seen
as candidates to replace Duncan
Fletcher as the next coach of
Team India. But their possible
appointment as advisors might
mean that they are no long in
contention for the top job.
There were other matters
on the working committee's
agenda as well, such as the sale
of Chennai Super Kings. The
BCCI however, have not come to
a conclusion on the matter to
ratify the de-merger of the CSK
from India Cements as of now.
The Board wants more legal
opinion on this matter before
giving it its stamp of approval.
Earlier, the BCCI were expected to reject the previous
regime's approval of India
Cements Limited's proposal to
transfer the control of CSK to a
trust for just Rs 5 lakh in a bid to
de link Srinivasan from the
franchise to comply with a
Supreme Court order. BCCI also paid homage to the departed
young cricketers from Bengal,
Mr. Ankit Keshri, Mr. Gaurav
Kumar of Jharkhand and the
unfortunate victims of the
earthquake which devastated
Nepal and India. The Working
Committee of the BCCI authorised Jagmohan Dalmiya to
constitute a cricket advisory
committee
comprising
of
prominent former cricketers.
CYMK
Glimpses of Future
Sunny Leone likes live
audience connect
ENTERTAINMENT
Ranbir Kapoor,
Anushka begin ‘Bombay
Velvet’ promotions!
The filmmakers of the much awaited
film of Ranbir Kapoor - Bombay Velvet have marked May 15 for its release.
With just less than three weeks away
for the film to hit the theatres, the lead couple - Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka
Close on the heels of the release of comedy caper
“Kuch Kuch Locha Hai”, actress Sunny Leone performed
live during a promotional event here along with singer
Shraddha Pandit. She says having such a connect with audiences is important for actors.
Sunny, who was also joined by actor Ram Kapoor,
debutant Navdeep Chhabra and director Devang
Dholakia for the event, had an interactive session with
the fans and was also seen giving autographs and clicking
photographs with them.
"I really feel it is increasingly important to connect
with your audience at one-on-one level. It was a great idea
to have a promotional activity," Sunny, who performed on
tracks like "Paani wala dance" and "Daaru peeke dance",
said in a statement.
She also found the experience satisfying.
“Mumbai is a city where everybody is busy running
around, so when you have people stop by to take notice it’s
hugely rewarding,” she added.
Talking about the event, Dholakia said: “Our music
and promos have already connected with the audience
and we thought that there was no better way than starting
our on ground promotions than to connect with the audiences one-on-one.”
“Kuch Kuch Locha Hai” will feature Ram as a 45-yearold married man, Pravin Patel, who witnesses a “locha”
(turmoil) in his life after he gets a chance to meet
Bollywood star Shanaya (Sunny), whom he always fantasised about.
“We really had a blast shooting for this film. I think
people would get to see that energy in every frame.
Personally for me, this film has been a whole new adventure and I wanted to take this challenge up, head on,” Ram
said.
The film, which also stars actress Evelyn Sharma, is
set to release on May 8.
Sharma - have kickstarted film promotions in full swing. Filmmaker Karan
Johar, who will also be seen in the film,
took to Twitter to announce it on Twitter
The movie is highly awaited as
Ranbir will be seen in a full-fledged role
Divya Dutta enjoys 'Ram
Singh Charlie'
Actress Divya Dutta is loving the experience of being directed by "Filmistaan" maker Nitin Kakkar in his new movie "Ram Singh Charlie".
"Gudmorning! Bak on t sets of ram singh Charlie!!!! Ahem no makeup, so just go n
shoot!!!! loving being drcted by nitin kakkar," she tweeted. A teaser poster of the movie,
which also stars Kumud Mishra, was released earlier this year
Malaika Arora Khan, Amrita Arora, Sophie Choudry, Divya Khosla
Kumar and Raveena Tandon launch one stop bridal couture store
Rare Heritage is a one stop bridal couture store, housing every product and facility possible for the bride-to-be! From stylised
garments, to vintage jewellery, personalised
artifacts, bespoke leather trunks,etc, Rare
Heritage has it all. Founded by Manushi
Singh, Nakshatra Mehta and Varun Mehta,
the store celebrated their 6 month anniversary recently with the unveiling of their new
collection of intricately embroidered garments and dazzling jewellery.
To celebrate the same, Bollywood’s gorgeous divas and favourite girl gang, Malaika
Arora Khan, Amrita Arora, Sophie Choudry,
Divya Khosla Kumar, Bhavna Pandey and
Raveena Tandon were present to launch this
new and exciting collection at the store accompanied with hors d’oeuvres, high tea and
conversations galore! “we’re here to launch
the latest collection by Rare Heritage. I personally love their store right from the interiors to their collection to the fact that they
have everything a bride could and would
need on her wedding day. Their products are
so great that I couldn’t resist wearing their
jewellery to make my outfit look perfect!”, says
Malaika Arora Khan. Raveena Tandon further added “I have heard a lot about Rare Heritage and seen their advertisements all across town. Their collection is just simply gorgeous and they have something to match everyone’s tastes and preferences without going by the stereotypes, which is extremely difficult to find in today’s day and age in this city”. These stunning ladies were spotted enjoying themselves tremendously not only amongst themselves but
also with the owners, Manushi, Nakshtra and Varun and their families! They even went around the store admiring almost each and every product on display, showing a keen interest in becoming a regular customer, maybe? The red carpet downstairs provided these fashionistas with the glamorous entrance they deserve, especially for an event with such opulence and grandeur that Rare Heritage by Mehta Emporium hosted!
on-screen after a long break. Although he
was seen in `Roy`, but his role was brief.
Based on Gyan Prakash's book
‘Mumbai Fables’, ‘Bombay Velvet’ set in
early 1960's , will see Ranbir as a street
fighter and Anushka as a Jazz singer.
JAMMU MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015, PAGE 10
SCREEN SHOW
Ranbir Kapoor is
outstanding: Sayani
Gupta
Actress Sayani Gupta, who is acting alongside Ranbir
Kapoor in upcoming film "Jagga Jasoos", says he is an effortless actor and an involved co-star. Sayani, a relatively
new actress has been appreciated for her role of a blind girl
in Kalki Koechlin-starrer "Margarita, With A Straw". She
said she had an amazing experience shooting with Ranbir
for the Anurag Basu-directed film, which also stars the actor's rumoured girlfriend Katrina Kaif. "Ranbir is outstanding. I love him as an actor. I think he is the most brilliant actor in the current generation. He is very effortless.
He has a lot of method but you can never see his method. He
is constantly thinking bout what he is doing, he is sitting in
a corner and completely focused," Sayani told PTI. The actress said working with the "Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani" star
was like a party. "He was the first actor I met, who knew not
only his continuity but his co-actor and the whole scene's
continuity as well. He would even remember which filter
was used in the last day's scene.
Katrina Kaif: If I don’t find an appropriate dress
for Cannes, I’ll just borrow a dress from Sonam
The Bang Bang! actress will walk the red
carpet at the 68th Cannes International
Film Festival as the ambassador of cosmetic brand L’Oréal Paris, and to be a
part of the opening ceremony of the film
gala on May 13.
“I don’t think I’m going there to set
any trend or look. I don’t think that is my
intention. I think my intention is to be
me,” said the actress. ”That’s the reason
L’Oréal has signed me as the ambassador
– for what I represent. I will find something that I’m comfortable in and will not
get carried away to make a statement. I
think one should be true to one’s own self
and enjoy the festival and the platform
which celebrates cinema, fashion and
beauty trends as well,” she added.
The 31-year-old is yet to decide on her
look for the film fest, but notes that she
will pick the ensembles soon. ”I have not
decided the look yet. We would be working with the team at Cannes, which consists of some amazing hair and beauty
technicians. We haven’t thought whether
it would be Indian or western look.
We haven’t made any plans but we
will zero in on it soon,” said the talented
actress. Katrina further added, “If I don’t
find an appropriate dress for Cannes, I’ll
just borrow a dress from Sonam as she
will be in the next room.”
Roadies more important than Hema
Malini’s Braj Mahotsav for Esha Deol!
Esha Deol was to perform
on the opening day of the
Braj Mahotsav organised
by her mother Hema
Malini who got elected as
the MP from Mathura.
However, there’s buzz
amongst close circles that
Dharmendra’s
elder
daughter walked out at the
nth moment. While there
were suggestions that the
Dhoom actress chickened
out after developing a cold
feet, BollywoodLife has dug
a little deeper to find out
that it was MTV Roadies
that was responsible for
Esha’s walkout. That’s
right! A fair feathered
friend from the industry
said that the Deol gal ‘is
planning a dashing comeback
with Roadies and the makers are conscious of the image’ they want the actress to have on the show. Now, anybody
who follows Raghu Ram’s show will know that the adventurous and voyeuristic reality show requires a certain
edgy image. So, Esha thought that it’s best to keep herself away from the Bharatnatyam performance and instead
wait to re-introduce herself in her new hot avatar in the latest season of Roadies. Now we’re sure her Mommy dearest wouldn’t mind letting her daughter off considering that it is her career ka sawaal! Esha isn’t the only one to have
cancelled her performance. Salman Khan’s Kick heroine, Jacqueline Fernandez too was to groove at this function
along with other celebrities like Shraddha Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor,. However, after the show got postponed from
April 12 to April 25th the actress cited date issues and bowed out of the programme.
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Glimpses of Future
Will take steps to encourage private
Death
sector in defence: Manohar Parrikar
Agencies
Pune, Apr 26:
Minister
Defence
Manohar Parrikar has said the
ministry would be taking proactive measures to encourage
private players in defence sector in tune with the Prime
Minister's vision of "Make in
India".
Minister
Defence
Manohar Parrikar has said the
ministry would be taking proactive measures to encourage
private players in defence sector in tune with the Prime
Minister's vision of "Make in
India". "Government is absolutely committed to working
on 'Make In India' to ensure employment opportunities and
creating growth story of India
with a combined effort with the
industry," he said while addressing a seminar on "Make in
India for Defence" organised by
of
Indian
Confederation
Industry (CII) in Pune on
Saturday. The seminar was fo-
Tremors felt again in
Bhubaneswar
Agencies
BHUBANESWAR, Apr 26:
Tremors were felt again in various parts of
Odisha around 12.44 pm on Sunday. People in multi-storied apartments particularly felt the jolts.
"My dining table shook for a few seconds. I saw the
plates trembling" said Sangeeta Sahoo, a homemaker staying in an apartment in Patia area of the
city. Sunday being a holiday, most people were indoors compared to when it happened on Saturday.
In Cuttack too, people experienced the jolt. "It happened again. Since TV channels were showing
that aftershocks were likely, I did not rush out.
Some of my neighbours though went outside only
to return within a few seconds," said Samapta
Kumar, a student in Cuttack. Some people were
confused if it was indeed an aftershock and were
seen crosschecking with others. Deputy relief
commissioner Pravat Ranjan Mohapatra said reports of mild tremors were coming from across the
state. Indian Meteorology Centre Bhubaneswar
director Sarat Sahu said the jolts were milder than
Saturday's and was expected.
Just 1-2 alcoholic drinks
per day may cause liver
disease
Agencies
Washington, Apr 26:
A new study has linked drinking just 1 or 2 alcoholic drinks per day to liver disease. The new
worldwide study presented at The International
Liver Congress 2015 has shown the significant influence of daily drinking on cirrhosis burden.
New data shows that the cirrhosis burden caused
by alcohol increased by 11.13 percent when moving from the moderate to heavy daily drinking (up
to one drink/day for women; two drinks/day for
men) classification. Most studies assessing the
prevalence of alcohol abuse as a risk factor for alcoholic cirrhosis focus on total annual amount
drunk per person, but the researchers highlight
that clinical studies suggest that it is a high daily
consumption which is the strongest predictor of
alcoholic cirrhosis. This new research concluded
that heavy daily drinkers most significantly and independently influence a country's cirrhosis burden. According to the World Health Organization's
Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health,
around 6 percent of global deaths are caused by
drinking alcohol, the majority from alcoholic cirrhosis, scarring of the liver as a result of continuous, long-term liver damage. Half of all cases of cirrhosis are caused by alcohol. The researchers
analysed the WHO's Global Status Report on
Alcohol and Health, which included parameters of
alcohol consumption and drinking patterns from
193 countries. Reducing heavy drinking should
therefore be considered as an important target for
public health monitoring and policies.
cused on the need of indigenisation and evolving models to
address critical areas through
defence cooperation. Parrikar
said honest efforts were being
made to fulfil Prime Minister's
vision of 'Make in India'.
He said the new Land
Acquisition Bill is aimed at
boosting development in the
country. Parrikar also attended a book release function at
Gokhale Institute of Politics
and Economics in the city.
When asked if the "handlers" of the Pakistani boat that
was blown up on December 31
in Arabian sea and the one
seized with heroin on April 20
off Porbandar coast were the
same, Parrikar said, "This boat
had drugs but they did not resist. There is a difference between the two incidents. We do
not know whether the handlers
were the same". He also visited
512 Army base workshop at
Khadki near here, engaged in
overhaul of fighting vehicles of
the East European origin.
UPSC recommends 105 more
candidates for civil services
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 26:
As many as 105 candidates, who
were put on a reserve list, have been declared qualified for the civil services examination 2013 by Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC). A total of 1,122 candidates were declared qualified by the
UPSC for the 2013 examination in order
of merit for appointment to IAS, IFS, IPS
and other central services, as against
1,228 vacancies, results of which were declared in June last year.
The Commission, in accordance
with civil services examination rules,
was also maintaining a consolidated reserve list in order of merit below the last
of recommended candidate under the respective categories. As sought by the
Department of Personnel and Training
(DoPT), the Commission has now recom-
mended 105 candidates -- 89 belonging to
General category and 16 Other Backward
Classes -- to fill up the remaining posts
based on the civil services examination,
2013, the UPSC said.
"The candidates so recommended
will be communicated directly by the
DoPT," it said. A list of these candidates
is available on the UPSC website ?
www.Upsc.Gov.In.
Of the 1,122 successful candidates,
517 were of General category, 326 Other
Backward Classes (OBC), 187 Scheduled
Caste (SC) and 92 of Scheduled Tribe
(ST).
There were 1,228 advertised vacancies -- 622 General, 326 OBC, 188 SC and 92
ST -- for civil services examination, 2013.
The civil services examination is
conducted in three stages -- preliminary,
main and interview -- to select officers for
IAS, IFS and IPS, among others.
Himalyan quake: No major
impact on Indian companies
operating in Nepal
Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 26:
Indian companies operating in the earthquake-hit Nepal today said there has
not been any major imapct on their operations in the Himalyan nation. FMCG firm
Dabur said its factory building has developed cracks but there is no loss to life or
property. "There has been no impact on our operations in Nepal because of the
earthquake. The factory building has developed some cracks, but it will not impact
operations. There is no loss of life or property," Dabur India Ltd spokesperson said.
Beverages major Coca Cola India said it has temporarily halted its operations in
Nepal a day after quake rattled the country.
"We can confirm that all our employees are both accounted for and safe. While
our operations in Nepal were largely unaffected, we are temporarily halting our operations," Coca Cola India said in a statement. Coca Cola further said it is "currently
working through the Coca-Cola system to provide water to the affected areas as
soon as possible." Dabur also said that the company and its employees in Nepal are
involved in relief operations there. ITC, which operates a subsidiary in Nepal, did
not comment on the impact of earthquake on its operations in Nepal.
However, an official said that there was no damage to the company's assets in
the Himalayan nation. ITC's subsidiary in Nepal, Surya Nepal Private Ltd (SNPL),
is an Indo-Nepal-UK joint venture and is the largest private sector enterprise in
Nepal. SNPL is engaged in the business of cigarettes, safety matches and readymade garments in Nepal with a total turnover of over USD 175 million.
Massive rescue and relief efforts were mounted by India and other neighbours
in Nepal, as two powerful aftershocks today rattled the country, adding to the misery of yesterday's devastation in which the casualties soared to 2,200 people dead
and over 5,600 others injured.
Indonesia defiant as UN leads
condemnation of looming executions
Agencies
Jakarta, Apr 26:
Indonesia on Sunday signalled it was determined to
push ahead with the execution
of eight foreign drug convicts,
despite a growing wave of global condemnation led by United
Nations chief Ban Ki-moon.
Authorities on Saturday
gave formal notice to the eight - from Australia, Brazil,
Nigeria and the Philippines -that they would be executed by
firing squad imminently, along
with an Indonesian prisoner.
However, a Frenchman also on death row for drug-related crimes was granted a temporary reprieve after Paris
stepped up pressure on
Jakarta.
The group have been
moved to the high-security
prison
island
of
Nusakambangan,
where
Indonesia puts condemned
prisoners to death, and Jakarta
says the executions could be as
early as Tuesday, although no
official date has been set.
The convicts recently lost
appeals for mercy to President
Joko Widodo, who has taken a
hard line against drug traffickers and refused to back down
on the executions despite
mounting international criticism. The UN`s Ban added his
voice to appeals for the convicts to be spared.
"The Secretary General
urges President Joko Widodo
to urgently consider declaring
a moratorium on capital punishment in Indonesia, with a
view toward abolition," a
spokesman for Ban said.
Australia, which has
mounted a sustained diplomatic campaign to save its two citi-
zens in the group, also renewed
appeals following Saturday`s
news.
"Nothing can be gained
and much will be lost if these
two young Australians are executed," said Foreign Minister
Julie Bishop.
"I again respectfully call on
the president of Indonesia to reconsider his refusal to grant
clemency. It is not too late for a
change of heart."
France has stepped up
pressure on Jakarta in recent
days, with President Francois
Hollande warning of "consequences" if its citizen, Serge
Atlaoui, is put to death.
The warning came shortly
before it was announced that
Atlaoui had won a temporary
reprieve to allow him to pursue
a further legal appeal.
Brazil vowed to press
Indonesia not to execute the
Brazilian man among the
group, Rodrigo Gularte, for humanitarian reasons, saying
that he suffers from schizophrenia. Despite the appeals,
Indonesia has shown little sign
that it is willing to back down
and the foreign ministry indicated Sunday that Ban`s statement would not change their
plans.
"We note the statement by
the UN but we also note that
there was no similar statement
made when recently two
Indonesians were executed,"
ministry
spokesman
Arrmanatha Nasir told AFP,
referring to recent executions
of Indonesian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia.
Executions were carried
out recently "by other countries and we did not see any
statement made by the UN," he
added.
The executions have been
delayed for weeks, with
Indonesia coming close to carrying them out in February,
but then agreeing to let final legal appeals be resolved following an international outcry.
However Saturday`s announcement signals they are finally going ahead.
While Jakarta has not officially announced a date,
lawyers for two of the convicts - the Filipina and one of the
Nigerians -- said they had been
informed it would be on
Tuesday.
Authorities have said that
they are waiting on the outcome of the appeal by the sole
Indonesian in the group, which
could come as early as Monday.
Relatives of the condemned prisoners have been
rushing to Cilacap, the town
that serves as the gateway to
Nusakambangan, as authorities informed the death row
convicts they would face the
firing squad soon.
The
family
of
the
Australians, heroin traffickers
Andrew Chan and Myuran
Sukumaran, arrived Saturday
to visit the men, crossing over
to Nusakambangan accompanied by embassy officials.
Relatives of Filipina Mary
Jane Veloso, including her
sons aged six and 12, visited her
Saturday and again on Sunday.
Philippine Vice President
Jejomar Binay, who has spearheaded efforts to save Veloso,
urged his country not to "lose
hope" Sunday, noting her legal
team had filed a second petition
with Indonesia`s Supreme
Court.
"We will continue to use all
the avenues available to us," he
said.
Three of the African traffickers are confirmed as being
from Nigeria. However it is not
clear whether the fourth holds
Ghanaian or Nigerian nationality.
Indonesia has some of the
toughest anti-drugs laws in the
world. In January, Jakarta executed six drug convicts, including five foreigners, sparking
international outrage.
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International Airport, that was closed down yesterday following
the quake, was opened briefly, only to be shut down again due to fresh
tremors. IndiGo, SpiceJet flights could not land here and were forced to
return as Air Traffic Control personnel at the airport were evacuated
following fresh aftershocks. Many hospitals in Nepal are struggling to
cope with the large number of injured.
Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, who was on a visit to
Indonesia, had to cut short his trip in the wake of the disaster. The
Nepalese government has declared a national crisis and established a
fund of Rs 500 million for the reconstruction of the damaged infrastructure. Many areas in the country have no electricity for the past 24 hours
and authorities say the situation is likely to continue for the next few
days. Offers of help poured in from around the world, with the US, the
European Union as well the United States saying they were sending in
disaster response teams. "The United Nations is supporting the
Government of Nepal in coordinating international search and rescue
operations and is preparing to mount a major relief effort," UN
Secretary- General Ban said in a statement today. (Agencies)
Charge) & Ladakh Affairs, Chering Dorjey.
It is pertinent to mention here that the ‘Agenda of the Alliance’ includes creation of conditions to facilitate resolution of all issues of J&K
by talking to all stakeholders, maintaining present position on all constitutional provisions pertaining to J&K, including the special status
in the Constitution of India, and examining the need for de-notifying
'disturbed areas' over revocation of AFSPA.
Besides, it also includes working out a one-time settlement for
refugees from Pakistan Administered Kashmir of 1947, 1965 & 1971, taking measures for sustenance and livelihood of the West Pakistan
refugees, extending all benefits accruing to the people living on the LoC
and on the International Border, constructing shelters in vulnerable
areas on the LoC and the International Border, preventing loss of life
and giving ST status to Kollis, Chopans and Paharis.
The agenda also focuses on protecting and fostering ethnic and religious diversity by ensuring the return of Kashmiri Pandits with dignity based on their rights as state subjects and reintegrating as well as
absorbing them in the Kashmiri milieu. (KNS)
snow a section of the mountaineering camp yesterday.
While 17 people were killed at the base camp, five more casualties
were reported today from areas below the base camp, Home Ministry
officials said. "Tents have been blown away," Gelu Sherpa, who was at
the camp when disaster struck, said, adding, "There is a lot of confusion
on the mountain and the toll will rise." Twenty-two of the most seriously injured climbers were today ferried by helicopters, including from
the Indian Air Force, to Pheriche village, the nearest medical facility,
though bad weather is hampering rescue and relief operations. Some of
the injured have also been air lifted to the capital.
Romanian climber Alex Gavan, who was at base camp, posted on
his Twitter account: "All badly injured heli evacuated. Caring for those
needing. Want sleep." There were more than 100 climbers also at camps
1 and 2 on Mount Everest, above the base camp, and all are reported
safe, Nepal Mountaineering Association officials said today, adding it
will take time before these people can be evacuated. A mountaineering
team of Indian Army who were hiking on Everest were also safe at the
base camp (17,500 ft) and had yesterday helped pull out 13 bodies, an
Indian army spokesman said. Another 54-year-old Indian attempting to
climb all the highest peaks in the seven continents, is stuck at Camp II
on Everest along with 11 other fellow climbers.
Ankur Bahl, part of the Madison Group, had moved to Camp II
from Camp I yesterday but is now stranded. One Chinese climber was
among the dead while tech-firm Google today reported the death of one
of its California-based executive, Dan Fredinburg, in the avalanche on
Everest. US-based Madison Mountaineering said its base camp doctor,
Marisa Eve Girawong, died in the avalanche at Everest.
Tourism ministry officials here estimate that at least 1,000
climbers, including about 400 foreigners, had been at the base camp
when Nepal's worst earthquake in 80 years yesterday noon triggered
the avalanche on Everest. The quake also shook neighbouring India
and China. The death toll has crossed 2,200-mark, of which nearly 1,000
are reported killed in Kathmandu valley alone, according to the Home
Ministry. The avalanche began on Mount Kumori, a 7,000-meter-high
mountain just a few miles from Everest, and gained strength as it headed down-wards towards the base camp, flattening at least 30 tents.
An avalanche in April last year just above the base camp of Everest
had killed 16 Sherpa guides. Mount Everest, the world's highest peak at
8,848 metre, is scaled by hundreds of climbers every year. The peak was
first conquered by New Zealand climber Edmund Hillary and Sherpa
Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
adequate manpower to SMC as well as LAWDA so that no illegal
structures come up in the city. For smooth traffic movement within the
city, the Chief Minister reviewed a detailed route plan jointly prepared
by the Traffic Department, R&B, Town Planning Organization and the
SDA. He issued directions to the R&B Department to expedite the land
acquisition and shifting of utilities for widening of Athwajan-Zewan
road stretch on South Corridor for which funds have already been released by the Government. The RTO, Kashmir, apprised the Chief
Minister about the steps being taken by the department to streamline
the issuance of licenses to the vehicles. The Chief Minister said he will
shortly review the performance of the Transport Department to discuss the issues of token tax, condemnation of vehicles and examining
various proposals before the Government to enhance revenue realization in the sector. In a bid to restore the pristine glory of the famous Dal
lake, Mufti Sayeed asked Lakes & Waterways Development Authority
(LAWDA) to take effective steps in realigning the houseboats as per the
Court directions so that common STP is installed for proper sewage disposal. He asked VC LAWDA to take all stakeholders on board for conservation of the lake. LAWDA will create 5 clusters of 76 houseboats
each after the boats are realigned for proper sewage disposal. There are
presently 380 houseboats anchored in the lake in a haphazard manner.
The Chief Minister was informed that Rs. 258 crore have been utilized
under the Dal Conservation Plan so far, for which funds have been provided by the Central Government. It was given out that 5 STPs are functional around the lake to which 175 km length sewer lines have been
connected. The Chief Minister issued directions to the Handicrafts
Department for undertaking GI (Geographical Indication)
Registration of famed handicrafts products as well as starting roundthe-clock Crafts Centre at Kashmir Haat so that the visitors buy genuine products. He asked the Director Handicrafts to focus on price-tagging and branding of products so that we establish a foothold in national and international markets.
The Chief Minister was informed about the banking support required for Artisan Credit Scheme so that the artisans’ rights are protected.
To attract tourists to Srinagar city this season, the Chief
Minister issued specific instructions to Director Tourism, Kashmir, to
focus on conference tourism by inviting the Corporate sector to hold at
least one of their Board meetings here. He also asked the department to
start light-and-sound shows at Shalimar and Nishat Gardens as well as
cultural evenings at Char Chinari in the Dal lake, by tying up with the
Academy of Art, Culture & Languages to highlight the rich heritage of
Kashmir. Mufti Sayeed asked the Director Tourism to offer weekend
and golf tourism packages for high-end tourists in the coming season. It
was given out in the meeting that Tourism Department will organize in
Srinagar a J&K Travel Mart from May 16-18 next month to boost the
tourism sector in the State. Around 200 tour operators from across the
country and 20 foreign buyers are expected to participate in the Travel
Mart. The Chief Minister was informed that the Tourism Department
will also hold Laser Show at Hari Parbat, besides organizing cultural
shows at Zabarwan Park and Peer Zoo on the Jhelum bund, as also in
Gulmarg and Pahalgam resorts. Asking the Divisional Administration
to gear up restoration works in Srinagar city following the massive hit
it took in last year’s floods, Mufti Sayeed reviewed the pace of restoration works being undertaken by Flood Control, R&B, Power & PHE
Departments. The Chief Minister was informed that the Flood Control
Department has temporarily restored 1179 spots out of 4,000 vulnerable
spots along river Jhelum, its tributaries and major canals. He was informed that a few spots on Sindh Extension were washed away due to
prolonged spells of rains in March and early April. The Flood Control
Department requires Rs. 471 crore to permanently restore the damaged
infrastructure. On the issue of scarcity of water supply in the city, the
Chief Minister was informed that due to sliding away of 50 metres of
Sindh Extension, the supply to Rangil Scheme was hampered which
has now been restored. The supply from Doodhganga scheme has been
affected due to high turbidity that has resulted in acute pressure on the
filtration plants, the meeting was told. Around 1300 water supply
schemes were affected in the Valley in floods last year.
The meeting was also informed that PDD has so far repaired 2200
transformers which were damaged in September floods.
Principal Secretary, Planning & Development, B. R. Sharma,
Director General of Police, K Rajendra, Principal Secretary to Chief
Minister, B. B. Vyas, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Gazzanfar
Hussain, IGP, Kashmir, SMJ Geelani, IGP Traffic, J. P. Singh, Director
Tourism, Kashmir, Farooq A. Shah, VC LAWDA, Sarmad Hafeez,
Commissioner, SMC, Tufail Mattoo, VC SDA, Saleem Sheshgar,
Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Dr. Farooq Lone, Director I&C,
Kashmir, Nazim Zai Khan, Director Handicrafts, Tariq Ganai, RTO
Kashmir, Mahmood Shah, Chief Engineers of PHE, I&FC, R&B & PDD,
besides other senior officers of the Divisional Administration were
present in the meeting.
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Fresh
were reported in Bihar due to incidents of wall collapse after the
quake. In Patna, Disaster Management Department Joint Secretary
Sunil Kumar told that the highest number of eight casualties have been
reported from East Champaran district, followed by six each in
Sitamarhi and Darbhanga and three each in Siwan, Lakhisarai and
Araria districts. There have been two deaths each in Supaul, Saharsa,
Sheohar, Saran and Madhubani districts even as Katihar, West
Champaran and Gaya districts recorded one casualty each, Kumar
said.In Uttar Pradesh, the toll mounted 13 people with one more person
succumbing to injuries in Kushinagar, which was among badly affected district in the state.
So far, 550 Indians have been evacuated by the IAF from quake-hit
Nepal. Since 10:40 PM last night, four IAF aircraft have landed from
Nepal with 546 Indians on board. The first aircraft to land was a C-130J
with 55 passengers on board, including four infants, a defence
spokesperson said today. Around midnight, a C-17 aircraft landed with
102 passengers which was followed by an IL 76 with 152. Around 4 AM, a
C17 landed with 237 passengers, all who were evacuated following the
massive earthquake that has claimed over 1800 lives. Air Chief
Marshal Arup Raha said Indian authorities have responded “very
proactively, very swiftly and I think every agency, every stakeholder in
India who matters in providing humanitarian assistance and disaster
relief operations in Nepal in times of their need has been activated and
the response has been exceptional”. “Today, we have planned to send 10
large bodied aircraft carrying loads of equipment of behalf of the Army
specially some of their field engineering companies, regiments…One
aircraft has already gone airborne and other aircraft is getting ready.
The operation will continue the whole day,” he said.
India, which was the first to respond to the Nepal crisis, is stepping
up its mission with transport planes scheduled to carry equipment, relief material and specialists to Nepal. Also on board with will the Army
forward hospitals. National carrier Air India has resumed its flights to
quake-hit Nepal with two services- one each from Delhi and Kolkata –
leaving for Kathmandu early this morning. Both the flights left around
7:30 AM with 118 and 45 passengers on board each plane, an Air India
spokesperson said. Modi is himself monitoring the situation and has issued directives to ensure timely relief for those affected.
He has directed immediate dispatch of rescue and relief teams, including medical staff, to the affected areas. (AGENCIES)
India
earthquake in Kutch (Gujarat) on January 26, 2001," Modi said in
his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio programme on AIR.
"My dear brothers and sisters of Nepal, India is with you in this
hour of grief. ... For 125 crore Indians, Nepal is their own country and
India will make all efforts to wipe the tears of every person in Nepal,
hold their hands and stand with them," he said in the programme,
much of which he devoted to the recent calamities and other human
tragedies like storm in Bihar and efforts to rescue Indians from wartorn Yemen. Observing that help has already started and teams of experts have been sent, he said the priority is to rescue those people who
might be still alive under the debris and all efforts will be made to save
them. "Our focus will be to rescue as many people alive as possible."
He said the relief and rehabilitation work after the rescue operations will go on for a long time. Sharing his pain over a series of natural
calamities hitting the region in the recent past including yesterday's
quake in Nepal, Modi said he was anguished and did not feel like going
ahead with his radio address today. "When I spoke to you last month,
hailstorms and unseasonal rains had occured, devastating the farmers.
A few days ago, a storm hit Bihar killing many people and causing a lot
of damage. And now on Saturday, this devastating earthquake has
shaken the whole world. "It seems a series of natural disasters has begun. The quake has also killed many people in different states of India.
Property has also been damaged. But the destruction and damage in
Nepal is massive," he said. While talking about the calamities, the
Prime Minister also spoke of war-torn Yemen and highlighted how the
Indians along with the nationals of 48 other countries were evacuated
safely from there. "They were evacuated in the midst of firing and
bombings. It was a difficult task but we did it," he said and hailed the
role of External Affairs Ministry, IAF and Navy for carrying out the operation efficiently in a coordinated manner.
He said the world has praised India for this effort and the endeavour has left an indelible imprint. While hailing the courage of Indians,
Modi mentioned that during the World War-I between 1914-1918, 15 lakh
Indian soldiers had put their lives at stake by participating in it, "not for
themselves or to seize anybody’s land but just to serve". 74,000 Indian
soldiers were martyred and 9,200 were decorated, 11 of them with the
highest honour of Victoria Cross, he said and recalled that he paid his
homage to them recently when he visited the memorial in France. "On
the basis of such cases, we can tell the world that this country can do
anything for world peace, well-being and development, even sacrifice
lives. Even in the United Nations, the role of Indians in peacekeeping is
mentioned the foremost. This is a matter of pride for us," the Prime
Minister said. He also expressed pride at the achievements of "two
daughters of India" -- Saina Nehwal who became the world number one
in badminton and Sania Mirza the world topper in doubles tennis.
While congratulating them, Modi also expressed indignation at
"some people losing their balance" at the loss of India in the cricket
world cup semi-finals, saying: "My countrymen, this is not good. There
is no sport in which there is no loss .... If our players lose sometime, then
we should keep their morale high in that hour of crisis." "We should
learn from defeat. I am sure we will take lessons from our defeat in future, won't lose our balance instantly and get into a blame game," he
said. Modi said his government would continue to move ahead for the
welfare of everybody, whether they be Dalits, down- trodden, the deprived, tribals, villagers, farmers, poor or small traders. He also wished
well the students appearing for the board exams.
Nepal
urge the Centre to help bring back the bodies. "I am sending officers to their (victims’) house to facilitate coordination," he said. Nepal
was struck by the worst earthquake it has seen in 80 years on Sunday,
leaving over 2,000 dead and several thousands injured. The quake was
followed by 16 aftershocks. — PTI
Mufti
Two
Control Room Kashmir is in constant touch with the MEA control
Room Delhi and Control Room Kathmandu, the statement said. “Also,
PCR is in contact with the people from Kashmir presently living in
Kathmandu. Government of India has made elaborate arrangements to
evacuate the stranded persons. “All the stranded persons have been
asked to contact Wing Commander Ravi Sharma (Phone no.
009779818700724) at Kathmandu airport for evacuation.”
BJP
perform last rites. He stated that it was a matter of appreciation
when Punjab Government compensated the family of Sarabjit Singh
with Rs 1 Crore and jobs to both his daughters whereas, nothing was
done by previous State Government of Jammu and Kashmir in this regard concerning the case of Chamel Singh.
He also stated that Chamel Singh was the sole bread earner of the
family when he was caught by Pakistani soldiers. The family is merely
able to cope with their basic requirements, their life has become miserable and all the four sons of Chamel Singh are working in the fields of
others as labourers. Further, he informed State BJP Incharge and MP
(Rajya Sabha) Avinash Rai Khanna is also following the case at the
Central level and soon a positive solution will also be brought up concerning the same. He said that the MP already helped in year 2013 when
he gave Rs 2.86 lakhs from his own funds and now he is working hard
again so that his family could be suitably rewarded.
Two
way to tuition when she was stopped at Pata Paloura by two youth
who were travelling in a car. “They allegedly kidnapped the girl and
took her to one of the government accommodations at Poonch House in
Talab Tillo claiming that her father has sent them to bring her there,”
police quoting the complaint said. It further said that the duo allegedly
attempted rape on the girl in the accommodation and later, fled from
there yesterday. However, the victim girl on reaching home informed
her family members. The family members, according to police, lodged
a complaint before Domana police station where the girl was sent for
medical examination, though its report is still awaited. Police has not
registered a case because it has been waiting for the medical report,
while a manhunt has been launched to identify and arrest the absconding two youth who were allegedly involve in the crime.
9 hurt
police spokesman said. The cause of the incident could not be immediately ascertained. The spokesman said all the injured were shifted to hospital for treatment. "One person was later shifted to Bone and Joints hospital Barzulla for further treatment while eight others were discharged," he
said, adding that police have started investigation in the mishap.
CM
the bereaved families in their moment of grief and prayed for peace
to the departed souls. The Chief Minister directed both the Divisional
Commissioners to remain in touch with the concerned agencies and ascertain the safety of the citizens of J&K in Nepal. The deceased persons
have been identified as Khajaan Singh and Parvinder Singh, both residents of Simbal Morh, RS Pura. All the residents of J&K, relatives of
whom have been affected by the earthquake in Nepal, have been advised to contact the following helpline numbers available in the office
of the Principal Resident Commission, J&K, 5-Prithvi Raj Road, New
Delhi: 011-24611210, 24611108, 24615475 and 24653913. Help, if any, sought
or required by the residents of J&K coming back from Nepal by the
flight of Air India or aeroplane of Air Force may also contact for help on
the above-mentioned helplines. Meanwhile, a telephone helpline on
0194-2456600, 2450004, has also been established in Police Control Room
(PCR), Srinagar, for all those people whose relatives or friends are in
Nepal and are worried about their welfare. PCR will be in touch with
the Union Ministry of External Affairs to get to know the whereabouts
of all those citizens of J&K who are in Nepal.
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Kashmir to be promoted
all-season tourist destination: Mufti
HOLDS DELIBERATIONS WITH TRADE, TOURISM ASSOCIATIONS; HOTELIERS ANNOUNCE 40% DISCOUNT TO TOURISTS IN OFF SEASON
Srinagar, April 26:
In a bid to promote the business
and tourism-related activities in
Kashmir valley, Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed today held detailed deliberations with all the connected stakeholders to strategize a
plan for maximizing the gains in the
coming tourist season. He called upon
the business and tourism stakeholders
to become partners in improving the
indices of State’s development so that a
sound edifice is laid for a better and
smarter J&K. Minister for Public
Works, Syed Altaf Bukhari, Minister
for Finance, Haseeb A. Drabu,
Minister for IT, YS&S, Technical
Education, Imran Raza Ansari,
Minister of State for H&UDD, I&C,
Mohammad Ashraf Mir, MLA Zadibal,
Abid Ansari and MLC, Khursheed
Alam, were also present.
Representatives of all leading associations affiliated to Kashmir
Chamber of Commerce & Industry,
Hoteliers Club, Kashmir Economic
Alliance, Kashmir Manufacturers &
Traders Federation, Kashmir Traders'
Federation,
KHARA,
KHAROF,
Houseboat Owners Association,
TAAK, TASK, ADTOI and other associations participated in the discussions. Addressing the representatives,
Mufti Sayeed said he has directed the
Helplines numbers issues
for J&K residents regarding
earthquake in Nepal
New Delhi, APRIL 26
All the residents of Jammu & Kashmir, relatives of whom may be affected by devastating earthquake in Nepal may contact the Helpline Numbers
available in the office of Principal Resident
Commission, J&K Govt, 5-Prithvi Raj Road, New
Delhi. The numbers are 011-24611210, 011-24611108,
011-24615475 and 011-24653913.
Help if any, sought or required by the residents
of Jammu & Kashmir coming back from Nepal by
the flight of Air India or Aeroplane of Air Force may
also contact for help on the above mentioned
helpline Numbers.
Divisional Administration to prioritize the development and restoration
works to improve the ambience of
Srinagar city, which bore the brunt of
Jhelum rage in 2014 floods. He said he
has taken a firsthand review with top
officers to improve the delivery mechanism of basic amenities to the people
and take measures to host the tourists
in a big way this season.
Asserting that a favourable atmosphere is a prerequisite for improving
J&K’s economy, the Chief Minister
said time has come to showcase the
state as a prime tourist destination for
which trade and tourism players will
have to make tangible efforts. “Flood of
2014 has set us back in all parameters of
growth and progress and if we do not
act now, we will fall back on all indicators of prosperity,” he stated.
Sayeed
said
the
Mufti
Government is vigorously pursuing
with the Centre the release of special
relief package for restoring the damaged infrastructure and compensating
the victims who suffered damage to
their dwelling units and business enterprises. “From our own resources,
we have tried to provide succour to
marginal traders and destitute who
had no insurance cover and were left to
fend for themselves,” he added.
During the deliberations, the hoteliers’ representatives announced 40%
discount in off-season, after July 15, to
attract the visitors to the Valley. They
thanked the Chief Minister for taking
bold initiatives in establishing single
window clearance system to facilitate
tourism players as well as expediting
preparation of master-plans for structured development of the city and resorts. Stating that the intake capacity
for high-end tourists in the valley is below par, Mufti Sayeed said the
Government has adopted a ‘business
with ease’ policy to facilitate the entrepreneurs. On the issue of pending
claims of the victims with various
Insurance companies, the Chief
Minister assured the business and
tourism houses that the Government
will take up the matter with the concerned companies on priority.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister for
Finance, Dr. Haseeb A. Drabu said the
World Bank (WB) tranche of Rs. 1,500
crore will be released to the state during the next few days which will help in
permanent restoration of the damaged
infrastructure. “Till such time the
Centre sanctions and releases the special dispensation, the WB tranche will
go a long way in starting the long-term
restoration process,” he added. Many
other speakers appreciated the efforts
of the new Government in prioritizing
the tourism and business sectors. They
demanded immediate repairs of
National Highway, availability of
trains from all the metro cities of the
country, improvement in inter-district
roads, time-bound completion of ongoing developmental projects, steps to
streamline the traffic movement and
raising of soft loans from financial institutions.
Aim to be first to respond to crises in neighbourhood: Parrikar
New Delhi, April 26:
As India launched ‘Operation
Maitri’ to support the quake-relief
efforts in Nepal, Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar today said that
the aim of the government is to be
the first to respond to any crisis in
the neighbourhood and to do so in a
“quick span of time”. He said that
the country has always helped other nations in times of crisis and the
difference now with the Narendra
Modi government at the helm was
that such efforts were initiated
“very swiftly”. Parrikar said that
while over 500 Indians have been
evacuated so far from Nepal, another 1,500 would be brought back today via civil and Indian Air Force
aircraft. “India is a large country in
the neighbourhood and we have responded in a quick span of time to a
neighbouring country’s need, be it
Nepal or the Maldives,” he said,
adding that the government aims to
be the first responder. Noting that
India has always helped other countries, Parrikar said that “the difference this time is that there is a new
government here and rescue efforts
were initiated very swiftly”.
Interacting with journalists at the
Rashtrapati Bhavan on the side-
lines of a Defence Investiture
Ceremony, the minister underlined
that the first few hours are the most
important in rescue operations.
Asked if strategic reasons had seen
India rushing aid to Nepal in such a
big way, he said, “It is more than
strategic. India shares long cultural
and family ties with Nepal. We are
obligated to help the country in
their hour of need.” The minister
said that neighbouring countries
have started feeling comfortable
with Indian again. “It is important
for the neighbours to get comfortable with us and it is happening
again now. When the Maldives
faced a water crisis, we moved
swiftly. When the runway in
Kathmandu got blocked due to an
accident, we responded quickly to
help them. “In Yemen too, the government moved quickly and evacuated not just Indians but also
around 1,200 foreigners,” Parrikar
said. Parrikar said that three people
from the forces who know the local
language have been deployed in
Nepal to coordinate the rescue operations. He said he has also directed
the army to work with the local administration in Bihar, UP and other affected states to carry out rescue
and relief operations.
JKPCC to observe 'Black
Day' on May 5 against
BJP-PDP alliance
Will not allow PDP-BJP to further mislead people: Mir
Jammu, April 26:
The Jammu and Kashmir
Congress
Committee
Pradesh
(JKPCC) today resolved to observe
May 5, when the state government offices shift to Srinagar from Jammu,
as 'Black Day' against the "unholy
coalition" between PDP and BJP.
"The Congress convention unanimously resolved to observe May 5 as
'Black Day' in Jammu and Kashmir.
Congress workers of the Valley will
take out procession and march towards the Secretariat where they will
protest against the unholy coalition
between these two parties," a JKPCC
spokesman said in a statement. The
day-long convention of the JKPCC
here expressed deep concern over the
"politics of opportunism by PDP in
forging an unholy alliance with BJP
for the sake of power".
"As a result, there is a largescale
resentment and unrest amongst the
people of the state especially Kashmir
region," the spokesman said. He said
the two ideologically opposite forces
with no common agenda except sharing power, joined hands, ignoring the
aspirations and wishes of their electorate. "The PDP gained the sympa-
Expressing his great concern to resolve
the issue of J & K Students for providing better environment and facilities outside the
state, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Nirmal
Kumar Singh raised this issue in 27th meeting of Northern Zonal Council, chaired by the
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at
Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. The States of
Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and
Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, NCT of Delhi
and Union Territory of Chandigarh, participated in NZC. Dr. Singh mentioned that
youths of Jammu and Kashmir faces some difficulties when they go outside the state especially under Himayat, which is a trainingcum-placement programme. He stressed for
solving this matter at the earliest so that
youth will feel comfortable outside their
hometown and good message will be reflected
in the state. It was attended by the Chief
Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri
Virbhadra singh, Chief Minister of Punjab,
Shri Prakash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of
Haryana, Shri Manohar Lal, Deputy Chief
Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Nirmal
Kumar Singh, Lieutent Governor Delhi,
Najib Jung and other Ministers and Chief
Secretaries of the member States and the
Advisor to the Administrator of the Union
Territory of Chandigarh. The Chief Minister
of Himachal Pradesh is the current ViceChairman of the Council. It is pertinent to
mention here that the Zonal Councils meet is
essential for the strengthening of the CentreState relations. Several social, economic and
development issues were discussed during
the meeting which have currently assumed
importance in the context of inter-state and
centre-state relations. Dr. Singh also raised
the issue of providing employment as near as
possible to the affected people of Basoli Town
whose valuable land submerged in Ranjeet
Sagar Dam project as the Punjab Govt.
Provided the employment to these people far
off places from their home town which causes
great inconvenience to these persons.
Regarding the issue of providing jobs to the affected People of Basoli Town to the nearest
Places Chief Minister of Punjab, Parkash
Singh Badal , assured Dr. Singh that necessary steps will be taken in this regard to shift
the people from far flung areas and provided
them employment opportunities nearer to
the Basoli Town as early as possible.
New Delhi, April 26:
Gujjar nomads walk with their flock on National Highway in Jammu on Sunday. GOF PHOTO
MUSS takes out Sadbhawna Yatra in Jammu
Disseminates
message of Goodwill,
oneness and
communal harmony
Jammu, April 26:
A Sadhbhawna yatra was taken
out by Manav Utthan Seva Samiti
from its Ashram situated at Rajpura
Mangotrian. The Yatra was flagged
off by MLC Sham Lal Bhagat and
Mahatma Amarbela Nand incharge
of Samiti. The main objective of the
yatra was to spread the message of
national integration, communal harmony and oneness in the society. The
Yatra was led by the learned saints of
the samiti. Those who participated
thy and support of the people on the
slogan to keep the RSS-driven BJP
away from the corridors of power
while the BJP did the opposite in
Jammu region to secure the one sided
votes by rousing the religious and regional emotions of the people on the
promise of giving a Chief Minister of
Jammu besides abrogation of Article
370 and Citizenship rights to the West
Pakistan refugees," he said.
The resolution passed by the
JKPCC alleged that the present coalition has harped on a agenda in furtherance of their pre-poll strategy to
keep and maintain their respective
constituencies by taking contradictory stands on various sensitive issues
to divert the attention of the people
from their opportunistic decision and
inept delivery system of the government.
The convention was presided
over by Pradesh Congress Committee
President G.A. Mir. Former PCC
President Peerzada Mohd.Syed, Taj
Mohi U-Din,Gulam Nabi Monga MLC
, Mohd Muzaffar Parray MLC, Haji
Abdul Rashid Vice President MLA,
Amreen Badre, Gulzar Ahmad Wani
MLA, Usman Majeed MLA, Bashir
Ahmad Magray and others.
Govt mulls
appointment of
new Governors after
Budget Session
Dy CM raises issue of J&K
students studying across Country
Jammu, April 26:
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Glimpses of Future
chanting the slogans to aware and
unite the general public for social
harmony and national integration.
Hundreds of delegates of the society
thought-out the state including childrens, youths, senior citizens and
ladies participated in the rally.
The Yatra was taken out in the
context of proposed Sadhbhawna
Sammelan being organized by the
samiti on May 2, 3 at Moulana Azad
Stadium, Jammu in which world
know luminary and spiritual master
Sh Sat Pal Ji Maharaj will deliver
spiritual discourse. Yatra started
from Rajpura Ashram and passed
through Shakti Nagar, Gurha Morh,
Bakshi Nagar, Rehari Colony,
Subash Nagar and culminated in
Ashram.
On the occasion, among others
Mahatma Kalindi Bai, Mahatma
Pushpa Bai, Mahatma Chitra Bai,
Mahatma Ekta Bai, Mahatma
Harshita Bai and Mahatma Partiyga
Bai were also present.
Police solves 2 burglaries: Burglar
held, Stolen jewelry recovered
Srinagar April 26:
Srinagar
police
solved
two burglaries
that occurred in
Aloochi Bagh
area during two
successive
nights. Police
succeeded in arresting the burglar and recovered stolen jewelry and other
items from him.
According to district police authorities, two burglaries occurred in
during successive nights in Aloochi
Bagh area in Srinagar. The burglars
had decamped with jewelry and other
costly articles from the houses. Police
registered cases FIR no. 30/2015 and
31/2015 under section 457,380/RPC in
police station Sher Garhi and investigation was taken up. Strenuous efforts
by the investigating team headed by
SHO Sher Garhi, Sh. Mohammad Issaq
lead to the arrest of a suspect Yaseen
Sheikh @ Lalla son of Abdul Jabbar
resident of Aloochi Bagh. During his
questioning, the suspect confessed of
committing the burglaries and on his
instances police recovered stolen
Jewelry and other items worth lacs of
rupees.
The NDA government is planning
to fill up vacancies of governors in nine
states after the Budget session of
Parliament as one incumbent is holding the charge of four states while five
others are in-charge of at least two
states each. "We have to sit and decide... May be after the Parliament session," Home Minister Rajnath Singh
told PTI when asked about possibilities
of filling up vacancies in Raj Bhavans.
There are vacancies in Raj Bhavans in
Bihar, Punjab, Assam, Himachal
Meghalaya,
Mizoram,
Pradesh,
Manipur, Tripura and Telangana.
The post of Lieutenant Governor
in Puducherry is also lying vacant.
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath
Tripathi is holding the additional
charge of Bihar, Meghalaya and
Mizoram while Nagaland Governor
Padmanabha Acharya is in-charge of
the Raj Bhavans in Assam and
Tripura.
Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh
Solanki has been given the additional
charge of Punjab governor and administrator of Chandigarh, Rajasthan
Governor Kalyan Singh is holding the
additional charge of Himachal
Pradesh. Uttarakhand Governor K K
Paul is in-charge of the Raj Bhavan of
Manipur too. E S L Narasimhan, who
was the Governor of undivided Andhra
Pradesh, continues to be the Governor
of both Telangana and residuary
Andhra Pradesh after the bifurcation
while Lieutenant Governor of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lt. Gen
(retd) Ajay Kumar Singh is holding the
additional charge of the LG of
Puducherry.
The Narendra Modi government,
which assumed charge in May 2014,
has appointed governors to 11 states.
They are Ram Naik (Uttar Pradesh),
C Vidyasagar Rao (Maharashtra), P
Sathasivam (Kerala), Vajubhai Vala
(Karnataka), Om Prakash Kohli
(Gujarat), Balram Das Tandon
(Chhattisgarh), Mridula Sinha
(Goa), Kalyan Singh (Rajasthan),
Keshari Nath Tripathi (West
Bengal), Solanki (Haryana) and
Padmanabha Acharya (Nagaland).
Nepal Earthquake: Army launches Operation ‘Maitri’
As part of the Nation’s overall
relief effort for Nepal, IA has
launched Operation Maitri. Soon
after the devastating earthquake,
Gen Dalbir Singh, COAS, who besides himself being an officer of
the Gurkha Rifles Regiment is also the Honorary Chief of the
Nepalese Army, spoke to his counterpart, General SJB Rana, Chief
of the Nepalese Army. Gen Dalbir
Singh immediately detailed two
senior officers to proceed to
Kathmandu and coordinate IA’s
relief efforts in synergy and hand
in hand with Nepalese Army.
They are presently carrying out
reconnaissance of affected areas
and road conditions. A Multi
National Coordination Centre
has been set up. In addition, in
PPO Pokhra, Head quarters are
being established for relief operations. The following resources
have been allocated so far as part
of Operation Maitri, in support of
the Nepalese Army’s relief effort
18 Medical Teams earmarked. Six
Medical Teams
have reached
and have been deployed while the
rest are on standby. 10 Engineer
Task Forces(ETFs) consisting of
manpower, skid steers and JCBs
(One partial ETF has landed with
stores. Balance are on standby in
India). 10,000 blankets and 1,000
tents are on standby. 10
INMARSATs for satellite communications have reached Nepal.
Aviation assets of five ALH helicopters and two Cheetah helicopters have been staged forward to
Gorakhpur. Further, taking cognizance of the request of the
Nepalese Government for Oxygen
on account of problems in the
Kathmandu Oxygen plant, additional cylinders are being dispatched (300 located at Bengdubi
for dispatch to Nepal).
Indian
Army
Everest
Expedition was training at Base
Camp when the Earth Quake
struck. Their equipment was
buried in the avalanche, however the team is safe and helped in
recovery of dead bodies of other
foreign climbers. 19 dead bodies
and 61 injured persons were rescued by the Indian Army
Expedition Team. The Medical
Officer has treated a number of
injured international mountaineers in addition to the 61 listed
above and considerable medicines and rations have been distributed from own resources. We
are working along with our
Gurkha Ex Servicemen interface
for guidance, relief and rescue.
IAF evacuates Indians from Nepal
Udhampur, April 26:
Immediately within 04 hours of the
tremours of the earthquake, one C-130J
Hercules, a heavy lift aircraft of Indian Air
Force with 39 National Disaster Relief Force
(NDRF) personnel and 3.5 tones of load was
the first aircraft to take off and land in
Kathmandu, yesterday.
This was followed by
two C-17
Globemaster III aircraft, also heavy lift aircraft, one carrying 96 NDRF personnel with
15 tones of load, another C-17 aircraft carrying Rapid Action Medical Team (RAMT)
with 24 officers and Paramedics on board.
This was also followed by an IL-76 aircraft
from Bathinda having 160 NDRF personnel,
05 sniffer dogs and 28 tones of load. A total of
546 personnel have been rescued so far in the
day and night long operations from the earthquake hit Nepal.
Today, 10 fixed wing transport aircraft
from the IAF from various parts of India carrying water, Engineering Task Force, Field
Hospitals, 8000 thousand blankets, 500 tents,
14 tones of food (noodles), 34 Paramedics, 100
stretches, 1 tone of medicine, 6 tones of prepared food and 3 more field hospitals and
NDRF team have been routed. In addition, 6
Medium Lift Helicopters (MLH) are also
tasked to carry out casualty evacuation and
rescue & relief measures.
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Udhampur, Apr 26: