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C Y M K C Y M K C Y M K C Y M K DAILY JAMMU SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 12 2017 | VOL. 32 | NO. 42 | REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 | E-mail : [email protected] | epaper.glimpsesoffuture.com Price 2.00 Pages : 12 777(-*.13&30’’5452&$0. 5$,/07 &# An estimated 64 per cent voter turnout was witnessed today in the first of the seven- phased Uttar Pradesh polls which passed off peacefully in 73 Assembly constituencies, barring some stray incidents of violence. Chief Electoral Officer T Venkatesh said at some places, there were re- ports of election slips being snatched, leading to pelting of stones and clashes. The turnout was estimated at around 64 per cent till the close of polling, he told a news conference here at the end of polling. The first phase wit- nessed a three per cent rise in voter turnout as in the same phase in 2012, covering these assembly constituencies, it was 61 per cent. Etah recorded 73 per cent turnout, Muzaffarnagar 65 pc, Bulandshahr 64 pc, Noida 60 pc and Ghaziabad 57 pc, he said. A total of 2.60 crore vot- ers, including over 1.17 crore women and 1,508 belonging to third gender category were el- igible to cast their ballot to de- cide the fate of 839 candidates. A report from Baghpat said members of different communities clashed in Baghu colony in the city when one side tried stop the other from casting their votes. Ten persons were injured in the clash and had to be admitted to hospital, police said. Another incident of violence was reported from Baghpat, where Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) workers obstructed Dalit vot- ers from casting their vote in Looyan village under Badaut area, leading to clash and FIR being lodged against three party workers. In Meerut, po- lice detained Gagan Som, brother of controversial BJP leader Sangeet Som, for carry- ing a pistol inside a polling booth. Gagan had reached the polling booth in Sardhana Assembly seat at 9 AM. The security personnel deployed there frisked him and recov- ered a pistol from his posses- sion. He was immediately de- tained, police said. Officials said that as per the poll code, those possessing licensed weapons are required to de- posit them with the police. The permission to keep arms is granted in special cas- es only. Sangeet is a sitting MLA from Sardhana and had shot to limelight for his con- troversial speeches during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. The first phase of polling will decide the electoral for- tunes of son of Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Pankaj Singh (from Noida), Congress Legislature Party leader Pradeep Mathur (Mathura) against whom BJP spokesman Srikant Sharma is in the fray, daughter of BJP MP Hukum Singh Mriganka Singh (Kairana), and contro- versial BJP MLAs Sangeet Som and Suresh Rana from Sardhana and Thanabhawan && 1$ 0/ 1"(& BJP leader’s wife falls from roof top in Rajouri; dies 4"’’ &1024&2 "..5 &# Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader’s wife in Rajouri today died after she fell down from the roof top. The deceased has been identified as Sheetal Gupta wife of Atam Parkash Gupta resident of Ward No 2 Rajouri town. The ruling BJP unit of Rajouri had organized a programme in memory Din Dyal Upadhyaya, on his birth anniversary. The function was organized at Chingus village in which district general secretary of BJP Atam Parkash Gupta was chief guest. During function wife of dis- trict general secretary, who was ac- companying him in the programme, accidently fell from roof and died on spot spreading a wave of sadness among party cadre in the whole && 0/ 1"(& Two burglars arrested in Bakshi Nagar 4"’’ &1024&2 "..5 &# Police today claimed to have ar- rested two alleged burglars in Bakshi Nagar. Police said that two burglars namely Surinder Kumar alias Sunny son of Chhaju Ram of Narwal and Summit Sharma alias Tony son of Yash Pal Sharma of Narwal apprehended with stolen goods like five laptops, one Sony camera, one battery, and external hard disk from their possession. “The duo were quite active in the area of KC theater, GMC, Super Specialty Hospital, PSC office and used to steal the valuables from the && 70 0/ 1"(& Two arrested for kidnapping woman 4"’’ &1024&2 "..5 &# Police today claimed to have re- covered a woman who was allegedly kidnapped from Chanderkote. Police said that a 27 years old woman was allegedly kidnapped from Dhalwas area on Dec 12, 2016 by Mohammad Riyaz (32) son of Abdul Rashid of Boonbari, Batote. Police started investigation and got a lead leading to the arrest of the two persons who were allegedly in- volved in the kidnapping, while the woman was traced from Lakhanpur. The arrested persons have been identified as Mohammad Riyaz son of Abdul Rashid of Boonbari, Batote and Mohammed && 70 22&34&% 0/ 1"(& 20. "2." &*+*/( &# A Chinese soldier, who was stuck in India for over 50 years after he crossed over the border following the 1962 war, today arrived here with his Indian family members to an emotional reunion with his Chinese kin. Wang Qi, 77, was re- ceived by his close Chinese rela- tives, besides officials of the China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Indian embassy when he arrived here along with his son, daughter-in- law and grand daughter from Delhi- Beijing flight. Wang became emo- tional as he hugged his relatives, their first reunion after he crossed into Indian side over five decades ago. "It was an emotional reunion," an official present at the airport told PTI here. Wang was accompanied by his son Vishnu Wang, 35, daughter- in-law Neha and grand daughter, Khanak Wang. His Indian wife Shushila, however, stayed back. Indian officials said Wang and family members will be later flown to Xian, the provincial capital in Shaanxi province from where he will be taken to his native village Xue Zhai Nan Cun in the province. His return became a possibility after India and China worked out modali- ties for both Wang and his Indian family to travel together to China and later return as per their wish. Wang was caught when he entered the Indian territory shortly after the Sino-India War of 1962. After his release from prison in 1969, he settled in Tirodi village of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh. Though his story has been published by Indian media several times in the past, a recent BBC TV feature on him was widely picked by the Chinese social media highlight- ing his plight, prompting the Chinese government to initiate ac- tion in coordination with India to fa- cilitate his return. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on February 6 that he was provided a passport to travel to China in 2013 and he was al- so paid a living allowance. Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui recently spoke to him. While the Chinese government has provided visas for his family to visit China, India has provided a re-entry visa for Wang to return back if he chooses to. Indian officials terms the facilita- tion of the travel of Wang and his family by both sides s positive devel- opment, specially at a time when India-China relations were stuck with differences over issues like China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, China blocking India's entry into && )*/&3& 0/ 1"(& 2*/"("2 &# Stating that process for panchayat polls is already very much in process, the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer Shantmanu Saturday said that so far his office has not received any written communication from government for the Anantnag, Srinagar Parliamentary by-elections. “The by -elections for Anantnag and Srinagar Parliamentary seats are to be held in the month of April probably in the first week, but yes till date we have not received any communication from the state government,” CEO told. He said that they are ready to hold the by- elec- tions of both the parliamen- tary constituencies. “We are waiting for formal request from the government. If they will communicate to us for the conduct of elections, then we can accordingly move for- ward on it,” he said. Commenting on the pan- chayat elections, the CEO said that process has already been started in this regard. “We have started the process, but so for Rural development department has not issued the list of Panchayats,” he said. Anantnag seat had fall vacant after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who repre- sented the constituency in the LoK Sabha, resigned on July 4 following her election to the Legislative Assembly. Srinagar Lok Sabha seat had also fallen vacant in September after PDP leader Tariq Hamid Karra had re- signed from the party as well as Lok Sabha. It is to mention here that earlier the PDP-BJP government had written to the ECI to defer the Anantnag parliamentary by-election citing reason that the situa- tion was not conducive to hold free and fair polls. Sources said that the govern- ment wants the Panchayat elections to be held first but the Oppositions is petitioning all relevant offices to ensure that Lok Sabha polls to South Kashmir and Central Kashmir constituencies are not delayed any further. The timeline has both elections al- most clashing with each oth- er –a tight band of March and April –and the government is looking towards the Raj Bhawan and the Election && 0 02."- 0/ 1"(& "4)5" &# Union minister Jitendra Singh today called for a thor- ough probe into the "an- tecedents" of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshi settlers in Jammu and Kashmir. "There is a need for a probe into the antecedents of these settlers in Jammu and Kashmir," he told re- porters here after a function. The Union Minister of State in the PMO also pointed towards the habitations of Bangladeshis and migrants from Myanmar in Jammu and said there was a need to inquire the reason behind their stay here. "Why some people, who have vested in- terests, have not objected to their stay in Jammu while continuously raising ques- tions on the issuance of iden- tity cards to West Pakistani refugees," Singh said, adding, "I think, they want a demo- graphic change in the state by supporting these foreigners && *4&/%2" 0/ 1"(& &7 &-)* &# The I-T department to- day extended the date for re- plying to the queries on cash deposits during the demon- etisation period to February 15 and asked people to de- clare details of cash dona- tions or gifts of Rs 20,000 or more to reduce the chances of further scrutiny. In an FAQ to clear the doubts over reply- ing to SMS or e-mail queries received with regard to sus- picious deposits made post note ban, the tax department said assessees should give "explanations" of the source of cash. If the cash deposited is from multiple sources or arises from cash in hand as on November 8, the assessee while replying on the e-filing portal will have to give segre- gated details -- cash with- drawn from bank, cash re- ceived from identifiable per- sons with or without PAN, cash received from unidenti- fiable persons and cash out of earlier income or savings. The assessee can also re- port how much he has de- posited or will deposit under the PMGKY scheme, in which he can pay 50 per cent tax and penalty and come clean. "The taxpayer is ad- vised to provide the details of identifiable person (with PAN) to reduce the chances of the case being selected for verification. In case of cash receipts of Rs 20,000 or more from a single person, it is ex- pected that the details are provided...," the I-T depart- ment said. It said cash re- ceived by people exempt from taxes like farm income can be shown under the head 'cash receipts exempt from tax', on- ly if they are not involved in business. "Cash out of re- ceipts exempt from tax is ex- pected to be used for && &14 0/ 1"(& Two killed in collision between buses in Doda )"%&27") &# Two persons, including the driver of a mini-bus, were killed and 15 others in- jured today in a head-on col- lision between the vehicle and a passenger bus on the highway in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. The mini-bus was on its way to Jammu from Kishtwar when it was hit by a passen- ger bus from opposite direc- tion near Karara in Doda on Batote-Kishtwar National Highway at 1330 hours, po- lice said. "Such was the im- pact of the collision, that the driver of the winger (mini- bus) Mohammad Ramzan died on spot and 16 other passengers, most of them from the mini-bus got in- jured," Thathri SHO Vinay Parihar said. A police party && 70 *--&% 0/ 1"(& 2*/"("2 &# For the third consecutive day today, restrictions con- tinued in parts of Srinagar to maintain law and order in view of the strike called by separatist groups on the death anniversary of JKLF founder Maqbool Bhat. "Restrictions on the assem- bly of people continued in downtown (interior areas of the city) along with Maisuma police station area in uptown Srinagar," a police official said. He said the restrictions continued in these areas for the third consecutive day to- day to maintain law and or- der in view of the strike call. The official, however, said curbs have been lifted from all other areas where they were in place yesterday to foil the proposed march of the separatists to Lal Chowk and to the office of United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) at Sonwar here. He said the security forces have been deployed in strength in sensitive areas of the city and elsewhere in the Valley to thwart any protests. Restrictions in parts of the city were first im- posed on Thursday in the wake of strike called by sepa- ratist groups on the death an- niversary of Parliament at- tack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, who was hanged on February 9, 2013. While there was no strike yesterday, the separatists had called for a march to Lal Chowk city centre and to the UNMOGIP office to "submit a memorandum to urge the UN to pressurise Government of India into returning the mor- tal remains of Guru and Bhat". Meanwhile, normal && &342*$4*0/3 0/ 1"(& &73 &26*$& "..5 "28 In a Public Interest Litigation filed by Adv Summit Nayyar seeking respondents to devel- op/improve the tourist infrastructural facilities for the Mantalai-Sudh Mahadev including tem- ples which attracts a large number of tourists every year both in summer and winter season and to take effective measures as expeditiously as pos- sible. A Division Bench of State High Court Comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Alok Aradhe after hearing Adv Summit Nayyar ( who is petitioner also) admit the PIL hearing and issued post admission notice to Union Ministry of Tourism Department New Delhi, State through Principle Secretary to Government Tourism Department, Secretary of Tourism J&K, Directorate of Tourism, Chairman Patnitop Development Authority, Chief Executive Officer, Patnitop Development Authority returnable within four weeks. During the course of hearing petitioner sub- mitted Jammu and Kashmir attracts from all over the world for its presence of religious temples and striking scenic beauty. Sudhmahadev temple and Mantalai temple in Udhampur District are con- sidered sacred. Sudh-Mahadev temple is situated 120 km away from Jammu. A few kilometers far- ther will find Mantalai temple at an elevation of 1450 metres from the ground and these temples were built around 80 years ago. It is said that the Godess Parvati was born at the location of Mantalai temple and also believed that Lord Shiva married Goddess Parvati here and further submitted that the Dhirendra Bramchari, the yog- ic mentor of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was killed in a air crash in June 1994 and his property worth hundreds of crore in Mantalai Aparna Asharam is gathering dust. In the past several years the state government has failed to promote the tourist resort on the tourism map of the state. The respondents has failed to tap the tourism potential of the area and is still in the state of infancy with regard to developing the place on the tourism map of the state. According to the sources of the petitioner the immoveable && &6&-01.&/4 0/ 1"(& "-"302& %*3)" &# India today successfully tested its interceptor missile off the Odisha coast, achiev- ing a milestone in developing a two-layered Ballistic Missile Defence system. The country has entered an ex- clusive club of four nations with developing capabilities to secure its skies and cities against hostile threats, an of- ficial statement said after the test in which an incoming ballistic missile was inter- cepted by an exo-atmospher- ic interceptor missile off the Bay of Bengal. With this com- mendable scientific achieve- ment, India has crossed an important milestone in building its overall capabili- ty towards enhanced securi- ty against incoming ballistic missile threats. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar lauded the efforts of the DRDO and all the scien- tists. The interceptor was launched from Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island) of ITR at about 7.45 AM, a Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) official said adding that the mission, termed as "PDV mission is for engaging the targets in the exo-atmos- phere region at an altitude above 50 kilometer of earth's atmosphere." "Both, the PDV interceptor and the two-stage target missile, were success- fully engaged," he said. The target was developed mim- icking a hostile ballistic mis- sile approaching from more than 2,000 km away launched from a ship anchored in the Bay of Bengal. In an automat- ed operation, radar based de- tection and tracking system detected and tracked the ene- my's ballistic missile. The computer network with the help of data received from radars predicted the trajectory of the incoming Ballistic Missile. PDV that was kept fully ready, took-off once the computer system gave the necessary com- mand. The Interceptor guid- ed by high accuracy Inertial Navigation System (INS) supported by a Redundant Micro Navigation System moved towards the estimat- ed point of the interception. Once the missile crossed the atmosphere, the Heat Shield ejected and the IR Seeker dome opened to look at the Target location as des- ignated by the Mission Computer. With the help of Inertial Guidance and IR Seeker, the missile moved for interception. All events were monitored in real-time by the Telemetry/Range Stations at various other locations, the statement added. )# -%- .) */(./, %’ )&. "# -&)!( ) %"#&-" )"&# ,#.- ,),,%#(! -*, .) *.#(1 #.(-- #!"..#’ +/% %#&&- . &-. #($/,- ’! /#&#(!- ( ( #,*),. ( %()% )/. *)0, nation, 7P sports, 9P world, 8P 64 pc turnout in phase-1 of UP polls amid stray incidents of violence Interceptor missile successfully tested by India DB admits PIL, issued notice to Tourism Dept & Ors Chinese soldier returns home from India after five decades ‘No formal communication received from Govt for Anantnag, Srinagar Parliamentary elections’: CEO Jitendra for probe into antecedents of Rohingyas, Bangladeshi settlers in J&K Restrictions continue in parts of Srinagar I-T dept extends response window on deposit details to Feb 15
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An estimated 64 per centvoter turnout was witnessedtoday in the first of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh pollswhich passed off peacefully in73 Assembly constituencies,barring some stray incidentsof violence. Chief ElectoralOfficer T Venkatesh said atsome places, there were re-ports of election slips beingsnatched, leading to pelting ofstones and clashes. Theturnout was estimated ataround 64 per cent till theclose of polling, he told a newsconference here at the end ofpolling. The first phase wit-nessed a three per cent rise invoter turnout as in the samephase in 2012, covering theseassembly constituencies, itwas 61 per cent. Etah recorded73 per cent turnout,Muzaffarnagar 65 pc,
Bulandshahr 64 pc, Noida 60pc and Ghaziabad 57 pc, hesaid. A total of 2.60 crore vot-ers, including over 1.17 crore
women and 1,508 belonging tothird gender category were el-igible to cast their ballot to de-cide the fate of 839 candidates.
A report from Baghpatsaid members of differentcommunities clashed inBaghu colony in the city when
one side tried stop the otherfrom casting their votes. Tenpersons were injured in theclash and had to be admittedto hospital, police said.Another incident of violencewas reported from Baghpat,where Ajit Singh-ledRashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)workers obstructed Dalit vot-ers from casting their vote inLooyan village under Badautarea, leading to clash and FIRbeing lodged against threeparty workers. In Meerut, po-lice detained Gagan Som,brother of controversial BJPleader Sangeet Som, for carry-ing a pistol inside a pollingbooth. Gagan had reached thepolling booth in SardhanaAssembly seat at 9 AM. Thesecurity personnel deployedthere frisked him and recov-ered a pistol from his posses-sion. He was immediately de-tained, police said. Officials
said that as per the poll code,those possessing licensedweapons are required to de-posit them with the police.
The permission to keeparms is granted in special cas-es only. Sangeet is a sittingMLA from Sardhana and hadshot to limelight for his con-troversial speeches duringthe 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.
The first phase of pollingwill decide the electoral for-tunes of son of Home MinisterRajnath Singh, Pankaj Singh(from Noida), CongressLegislature Party leaderPradeep Mathur (Mathura)against whom BJPspokesman Srikant Sharmais in the fray, daughter of BJPMP Hukum Singh MrigankaSingh (Kairana), and contro-versial BJP MLAs SangeetSom and Suresh Rana fromSardhana and Thanabhawan
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Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)leader’s wife in Rajouri today diedafter she fell down from the roof top.The deceased has been identified asSheetal Gupta wife of Atam ParkashGupta resident of Ward No 2 Rajouritown. The ruling BJP unit of Rajourihad organized a programme inmemory Din Dyal Upadhyaya, onhis birth anniversary. The functionwas organized at Chingus village inwhich district general secretary ofBJP Atam Parkash Gupta was chiefguest. During function wife of dis-trict general secretary, who was ac-companying him in the programme,accidently fell from roof and died onspot spreading a wave of sadnessamong party cadre in the whole
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Police today claimed to have ar-rested two alleged burglars inBakshi Nagar. Police said that twoburglars namely Surinder Kumaralias Sunny son of Chhaju Ram ofNarwal and Summit Sharma aliasTony son of Yash Pal Sharma ofNarwal apprehended with stolengoods like five laptops, one Sonycamera, one battery, and externalhard disk from their possession.“The duo were quite active in thearea of KC theater, GMC, SuperSpecialty Hospital, PSC office andused to steal the valuables from the
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Police today claimed to have re-covered a woman who was allegedlykidnapped from Chanderkote.Police said that a 27 years oldwoman was allegedly kidnappedfrom Dhalwas area on Dec 12, 2016by Mohammad Riyaz (32) son ofAbdul Rashid of Boonbari, Batote.Police started investigation and gota lead leading to the arrest of the twopersons who were allegedly in-volved in the kidnapping, while thewoman was traced fromLakhanpur. The arrested personshave been identified as MohammadRiyaz son of Abdul Rashid ofBoonbari, Batote and Mohammed
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A Chinese soldier, who wasstuck in India for over 50 years afterhe crossed over the border followingthe 1962 war, today arrived herewith his Indian family members toan emotional reunion with hisChinese kin. Wang Qi, 77, was re-ceived by his close Chinese rela-tives, besides officials of the China'sMinistry of Foreign Affairs andIndian embassy when he arrivedhere along with his son, daughter-in-law and grand daughter from Delhi-Beijing flight. Wang became emo-tional as he hugged his relatives,their first reunion after he crossedinto Indian side over five decadesago. "It was an emotional reunion,"an official present at the airport toldPTI here. Wang was accompanied byhis son Vishnu Wang, 35, daughter-
in-law Neha and grand daughter,Khanak Wang. His Indian wifeShushila, however, stayed back.
Indian officials said Wang andfamily members will be later flownto Xian, the provincial capital inShaanxi province from where hewill be taken to his native villageXue Zhai Nan Cun in the province.His return became a possibility afterIndia and China worked out modali-ties for both Wang and his Indianfamily to travel together to Chinaand later return as per their wish.Wang was caught when he enteredthe Indian territory shortly after theSino-India War of 1962.
After his release from prison in1969, he settled in Tirodi village ofBalaghat district in MadhyaPradesh. Though his story has beenpublished by Indian media severaltimes in the past, a recent BBC TVfeature on him was widely picked by
the Chinese social media highlight-ing his plight, prompting theChinese government to initiate ac-tion in coordination with India to fa-cilitate his return. The ChineseForeign Ministry said on February 6that he was provided a passport totravel to China in 2013 and he was al-so paid a living allowance. ChineseAmbassador to India Luo Zhaohuirecently spoke to him. While theChinese government has providedvisas for his family to visit China,India has provided a re-entry visafor Wang to return back if he choosesto. Indian officials terms the facilita-tion of the travel of Wang and hisfamily by both sides s positive devel-opment, specially at a time whenIndia-China relations were stuckwith differences over issues likeChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor,China blocking India's entry into
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Stating that process forpanchayat polls is alreadyvery much in process, theJammu and Kashmir ChiefElectoral Officer ShantmanuSaturday said that so far hisoffice has not received anywritten communication fromgovernment for theAnantnag, SrinagarParliamentary by-elections.“The by -elections forAnantnag and SrinagarParliamentary seats are to beheld in the month of Aprilprobably in the first week,but yes till date we have notreceived any communicationfrom the state government,”CEO told. He said that theyare ready to hold the by- elec-tions of both the parliamen-tary constituencies. “We are
waiting for formal requestfrom the government. If theywill communicate to us forthe conduct of elections, thenwe can accordingly move for-ward on it,” he said.
Commenting on the pan-chayat elections, the CEOsaid that process has alreadybeen started in this regard.“We have started the process,but so for Rural developmentdepartment has not issuedthe list of Panchayats,” hesaid. Anantnag seat had fallvacant after Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti, who repre-sented the constituency inthe LoK Sabha, resigned onJuly 4 following her electionto the Legislative Assembly.
Srinagar Lok Sabha seathad also fallen vacant inSeptember after PDP leaderTariq Hamid Karra had re-
signed from the party as wellas Lok Sabha. It is to mentionhere that earlier the PDP-BJPgovernment had written tothe ECI to defer the Anantnagparliamentary by-electionciting reason that the situa-tion was not conducive tohold free and fair polls.Sources said that the govern-ment wants the Panchayatelections to be held first butthe Oppositions is petitioningall relevant offices to ensurethat Lok Sabha polls to SouthKashmir and CentralKashmir constituencies arenot delayed any further. Thetimeline has both elections al-most clashing with each oth-er –a tight band of March andApril –and the government islooking towards the RajBhawan and the Election �&&��0��02."-��0/�1"(&���
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Union minister JitendraSingh today called for a thor-ough probe into the "an-tecedents" of RohingyaMuslims and Bangladeshisettlers in Jammu andKashmir. "There is a need fora probe into the antecedentsof these settlers in Jammuand Kashmir," he told re-porters here after a function.
The Union Minister ofState in the PMO also pointedtowards the habitations of
Bangladeshis and migrantsfrom Myanmar in Jammuand said there was a need toinquire the reason behindtheir stay here. "Why somepeople, who have vested in-terests, have not objected totheir stay in Jammu whilecontinuously raising ques-tions on the issuance of iden-tity cards to West Pakistanirefugees," Singh said, adding,"I think, they want a demo-graphic change in the state bysupporting these foreigners
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The I-T department to-day extended the date for re-plying to the queries on cashdeposits during the demon-etisation period to February15 and asked people to de-clare details of cash dona-tions or gifts of Rs 20,000 ormore to reduce the chances offurther scrutiny. In an FAQto clear the doubts over reply-ing to SMS or e-mail queriesreceived with regard to sus-picious deposits made postnote ban, the tax departmentsaid assessees should give"explanations" of the sourceof cash. If the cash depositedis from multiple sources orarises from cash in hand ason November 8, the assesseewhile replying on the e-filingportal will have to give segre-gated details -- cash with-drawn from bank, cash re-ceived from identifiable per-sons with or without PAN,
cash received from unidenti-fiable persons and cash out ofearlier income or savings.
The assessee can also re-port how much he has de-posited or will deposit underthe PMGKY scheme, inwhich he can pay 50 per centtax and penalty and comeclean. "The taxpayer is ad-vised to provide the details ofidentifiable person (withPAN) to reduce the chancesof the case being selected forverification. In case of cashreceipts of Rs 20,000 or morefrom a single person, it is ex-pected that the details areprovided...," the I-T depart-ment said. It said cash re-ceived by people exempt fromtaxes like farm income can beshown under the head 'cashreceipts exempt from tax', on-ly if they are not involved inbusiness. "Cash out of re-ceipts exempt from tax is ex-pected to be used for
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Two persons, includingthe driver of a mini-bus,were killed and 15 others in-jured today in a head-on col-lision between the vehicleand a passenger bus on thehighway in Doda district ofJammu and Kashmir. Themini-bus was on its way toJammu from Kishtwarwhen it was hit by a passen-ger bus from opposite direc-tion near Karara in Doda onBatote-Kishtwar NationalHighway at 1330 hours, po-lice said. "Such was the im-pact of the collision, that thedriver of the winger (mini-bus) Mohammad Ramzandied on spot and 16 otherpassengers, most of themfrom the mini-bus got in-jured," Thathri SHO VinayParihar said. A police party �&&��70��*--&%��0/�1"(&���
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For the third consecutiveday today, restrictions con-tinued in parts of Srinagar tomaintain law and order inview of the strike called byseparatist groups on thedeath anniversary of JKLFfounder Maqbool Bhat."Restrictions on the assem-bly of people continued indowntown (interior areas ofthe city) along with Maisumapolice station area in uptownSrinagar," a police officialsaid. He said the restrictionscontinued in these areas forthe third consecutive day to-day to maintain law and or-der in view of the strike call.
The official, however,said curbs have been liftedfrom all other areas wherethey were in place yesterdayto foil the proposed march ofthe separatists to Lal Chowkand to the office of United
Nations Military ObserversGroup in India and Pakistan(UNMOGIP) at Sonwar here.He said the security forceshave been deployed instrength in sensitive areas ofthe city and elsewhere in theValley to thwart anyprotests. Restrictions inparts of the city were first im-posed on Thursday in thewake of strike called by sepa-ratist groups on the death an-niversary of Parliament at-tack convict MohammadAfzal Guru, who was hangedon February 9, 2013.
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In a Public Interest Litigation filed by AdvSummit Nayyar seeking respondents to devel-op/improve the tourist infrastructural facilitiesfor the Mantalai-Sudh Mahadev including tem-ples which attracts a large number of touristsevery year both in summer and winter season andto take effective measures as expeditiously as pos-sible. A Division Bench of State High CourtComprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumarand Justice Alok Aradhe after hearing AdvSummit Nayyar ( who is petitioner also) admit thePIL hearing and issued post admission notice toUnion Ministry of Tourism Department NewDelhi, State through Principle Secretary toGovernment Tourism Department, Secretary ofTourism J&K, Directorate of Tourism, ChairmanPatnitop Development Authority, ChiefExecutive Officer, Patnitop DevelopmentAuthority returnable within four weeks.
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JAMMU SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2017obituary2Glimpses of Future
10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we informthe sad demise of our beloved Sh. BansiLal Pandita S/o Late Sh. Haldar Panditaoriginal resident of Fatehpora AnantnagKashmir, presently at H.No 96/2 ShivNagar Talab Tillo Jammu. Tenth Day shallbe performed on Monday 13th ofFebruary 2017 at Akhnoor Ghat and as-sembly will be held at Muthi Ghat nearDirectorate of School Education Jammu at 11.30 am.GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Kishni Pandita -WifeSmt. Chandrani Pandita -BhabiDaughters-in-law & SonsMrs. Deepika & Mr. Ravinder PanditaMrs. Meenakshi & Mr. Sunny PanditaDaughters & Sons-in-lawMrs. Anjali & Mr. Roshan Lal BhanMrs. Jucy & Mr. Dileep ThusooMrs. Sunita & Mr. Vishal KaulSmt. Gawri Raina -SisterSmt. Shama & Jagar Nath Kaul -Sister & Jija JiSmt. & Sh. Mohan Lal Bhat -Brother & BhabiSmt. & Sh. Brij Nath Pandita -Brother & BhabiSmt. & Sh. Madan Lal Pandita -Son & Daughter-in-lawSmt. & Sh. Ashok Pandita -do-Pandita’s, Kaul’s, Bhat’s, Bhan’s, Munshi’s, Thusoo’s and Langar’sMob:- 9419131281, 8803129609, 9858527277, 9697540978
Sh. Bansi LalPandita
10TH DAYWith profound grief & sorrow, we regret to
inform you the sad demise of our beloved
Sh Shyam Lal Koul S/o Late Bagwan Das
Koul R/o H.No 437- Janipur Colony
Jammu (Near Shiv Mandir) originally R/o
Hardutooru Ang (Kmr) left for heavenly
abode on 04/2/2017. Tenth Day will be
performed on 12th of Feb 2017 (Sunday)
at Akhnoor Ghat. Assembly will take place
at Muthi Gath -Jammu at 11.30 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sons & Daughter-in-laws
Sh Kanaya Lal Koul & Smt Santosh Koul
Sh Ramesh Koul & Smt Rajni Koul
Daughters & Son-in-laws
Smt Vijay Rawal & Sh H.K Rawal
Smt Bita Raina & Prabakar Raina
Brothers & Bhabhis
Sh Mohan Lal Koul & Pyari Koul
Dr R.L Koul & Smt Dulari
Sh Jai Krishan & Smt Seema Ji
Sisters and Brother-in-laws
Late Dwarka Nath & Smt Koshliya Raina
Late Badri Nath & Smt Shoba Gigri
Grand Children: Mr Rohit & Mr Shivam Koul
Smt Nirja & Sh Ajay Fotedar
Smt Meenakshi & Sh Kapil Raina
Mob: 9419103219, 8803113019
Sh Shyam Lal Koul
10TH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-
form the sad demise of Sh. Amar Nath
Raina (Salia) on 4th Feb. 2017. A simple
family man full of love and concern for
one and all spent his life in selfless serv-
ice and left behind heaps of good wish-
es/blessings for his lineage, admirers
and detractors alike. By his deeds he
lives on far beyond his mortal life span. THE 10TH DAY KRIYA
will be performed on 13-2-2017 (Monday) at Akhnoor Ghat and
Assembly will held at Muthi Ghat at 11.30 A.M.
IN GRIEFSamast Razdan (Raina) Parivar
8/6 Trikuta Nagar, Jammu
Mob: 9419277999, 9419202066
LL 0191-2470848
Sh. Amar NathRaina
10TH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved Shri Kuldeep Kumar Wattal(Sobha ji) S/o Late Sh. Shyam sun-der Wattal R/o 47-A Sector -1Bhagwati Nagar Jammu who left forhis heavenly abode on 05-02-2017at Lucknow. Condolences are at ourresidences S-1 GOPAL TIRATH PLAZA, OPP. HAL FAIZ-ABAD ROAD, LUCKNOW & 47, Sector-1, BhagwatiNagar, Jammu. The 10th Day Kriya will be performed on14th of February 2017 at LUCKNOW.GRIEF STRICKENKiran Wattal- WifeGirja & Raj Nath Kaul- Sister & Brother-in-LawSantosh & Vijay Kumar Wattal- Babi & BrotherRakha & Rajinder Wattal - Babi & BrotherSonali & Sunil Kaw- Daughter & Son-in-LawPriyanka Gosani- DaughterPayal & Amit Wattal- Daughter-in-Law & SonPH : 9956297689, 9389494222 /9419193050, 01912552050
Shri KuldeepKumar Wattal
10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we informthe sad demise of our beloved Sh BadriNath Dhar S/o Late Sh Prasad Ram Dharof village Qasba Devsar (Kulgam)presently at H.No. 14, Lane No. 4, AmitNagar Near Church Muthi Jammu on 06-02-2017. Tenth Day will be performed on15-02-2017 at Akhnoor Ghat. Assemblywill be held at our residence Muthi at 12Noon.GRIEF STRICKENSmt Tathi Dhar -WifeSmt Suman Dhar & Sh Shadhi Lal Dhar -Bhabi & BrotherVinoo Ji Dhar -SonDaughters-in-law & SonsSmt Neetu Dhar & Sh Rakesh DharSmt Nishu Dhar & Sh Vikas DharSmt Shenu & Sh Rajesh Koul -Daughter & Son-in-lawSmt Sonali & Sh Sunil Dhar -Niece & NephewSmt Sarla Ji & Sh Bushan Lal Koul -Sister & Brother-in-lawBhabis & BrothersSmt Sham Rani & Sh Sham Lal DharSmt Sooma Ji & Sh Vishamber Nath DharSmt Rani Dhar & Sh Nand Lal DharSmt Choti Dhar & Sh Poshker Nath DharDaughters & Sons-in-lawSmt Meenakshi & Sh Ajay KoulSmt Anjli & Sh Dileep BhatDaughter-in-law & SonSmt Shruti & Yogesh DharGrand Children: Rahul, Kartik,Neelesh & ManantMob No’s: 9419454611,9596812693, 9797117829
Sh Badri Nath Dhar
10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-
form the sad demise of our beloved
mother Smt. Sheela Ji Dalal W/o Lt. Sh.
Mohan Lal Dalal R/o Sheshiyar Habba
Kadal Srinagar Kmr presently at 279/B,
Sector 51-A Chandigarh. 10TH DAY
KRIYA will be performed on 13th Feb.
2017 at Shani Mandir Ghat Sector 21
Panchkula Haryana near Tau Devi Lal
Stadium at 9.30 A.M.
GRIEF STRICKENDaughter-in-laws & Sons
Teja Ji & Roshan Lal Dalal 09469160003
Manju & Roop Krishen Dalal 09814212303
Vijay Dhar & Ashok Ji Dhar-Daughter & Son-in-law
Anupama & Ramesh Kumar Dalal 09417687870
Samast Dalal, Gigoo, Dhar, Koul, Raina and Kachroo Parivar
Smt. Sheela JiDalal
10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-
form the sad demise of our beloved
mother Smt. Uma Shori Koul W/o Lt. Sh.
Maheshwar Nath Koul R/o Hugam,
Anantnag presently at Flat No. 17/18
Block-132, Lane-22 Jagti Township
Nagrota on 06-02-2017. TENTH DAY
KRIYA will be performed at Tawi River
near Sainik School Nagrota at 9.00
A.M. on 14-02-2017 (Tuesday).
GRIEF STRICKENSon & Daughter-in-law
Sh. Tej Krishen Koul & Smt. Ranjni Koul
Daughters & Son-in-laws
Smt. Phoola Ji & Sh. Omkar Nath Pandita
Smt. Jai Kishori & Sh. Lt. R.N. Zutshi
Smt. Dimple Koul & Sh. Ramesh Krishen Pandit -Grand
Daughter & Grand Son-in-law
Smt. Meenakshi Koul & Sh. Sunil Raina-Grand Daughter &
Grand Son-in-law
Mr Sandeep Koul & Mrs Nisha Koul-Grand Son & Grand
Daughter-in-law
9796636535, 9796691139
Smt. Uma ShoriKoul
KRIYA/RASAM PAGRIWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-
form the sad demise of our beloved Smt
Makhani Devi W/o Sh Late Mulkh Raj
Gupta R/o W.No. 15, H.No. 25,
Udhampur who expired on 31st January
2017 (Tuesday). Kriya will be held on
Sunday 12-02-2017 at Devika Ghat
Udhampur and Rasam Pagri will be
held on Monday time 3 PM at our resi-
dence.
GRIEF STRICKENVinod Kumar & Rajni Devi -Son & Daughter-in-law
Verinder Kumar & Candy Gupta -Son & Daughter-in-law
Rakesh Gupta & Shashi Gupta -Son-in-law & Daughter
Vijay Gupta & Sneh Gupta -Son-in-law & Daughter
Grandson & Daughters: Nikhil, Nikhita, Asmita and Madhav.
Mob. No. 9596715000, 9796222501
Smt Makhani Devi
10TH DAY KRIYAWe profound grief and sorrow we inform
the sad untimely demise of our beloved
mother Smt Gouri Shari W/o Lt
Naranjan Nath Bhat of Ganji Pura
Burran Pattan Distt Baramulla, Kashmir
at present Swran Coloney Trilokpur
Near Airteel Tower Camp Gole Gujral
Jammu, who left for heavenly abode on
7-2-2017 Tuesday. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on
Thursday 16-02-2017 at Akhnoor Ghat and Assembly at our
home 11 AM to 11:30 AM.
GRIEF STRICKENSmast Bath Parivar, Bhans, Nagaris, Bambroos, Dhars,
Saproos, Kouls.
Mob No: 9419241777, 9419235670, 8803181719
Smt Gouri Shari
10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-
form the sad demise of our beloved Sh.
Bansi Lal S/o Sh. Shiv Ram resident of
96-Ambedkar Nagar Old Janipur
Jammu. TENTH DAY will be performed
at our residence, Shiv Mandir Janipur
on 13th of Feb. Monday 2017 followed
by Satsang at 12.00 Noon.
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:Bajial’s Family
Anil Kumar-Son 9796842855
Radhika-Daughter 94191-95147
Priyanka-Daughter 94196-05537
Rudra-Grand Child
Ravi, Vijay, Deepak, Ashok-Brothers
Sh. Bansi Lal
OBITUARYWith profound grief & sorrow, we infrom
the sad demise of our beloved mother
Smt Sobagwati Ganjoo W/o Late Sh
Prithvi Nath Ganjoo on 08 Feb 2017,
resident of House No. 102, East
Extension, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu origi-
nally from Baba Pora Habba Kadal,
Srinagar. Tenth Day Kriya on 16 Feb
2017, will be performed at Akhnoor
Ghat and Assembly will be held at our
residence at 12 Noon.
GRIEF STRICKENBrother & Bhabi
Sh D N Kachroo, IAS & Smt Asha Kachroo
Sons & Daughters-in-Law
Sh Chand Narayan & Smt Promilla
Sh Ravi Kumar Gnajoo & Smt Phoola Ganjoo
Col (Retd) Rajinder Kumar Ganjoo & Smt Rita Ganjoo
Daughters & Sons-in-Law
Smt Vijay Lakshmi Koul & Sh Ravinder Krishan Koul (Ogra)
Smt Rajni Vali & Sh Arun Vali
Smt Neelam Koul & Sh Virender Koul
Mob: 09999246917, 9419196423, 9419245227
Smt SobagwatiGanjoo
10TH DAY KRIYAWith Profound grief, we inform the sad
demise of Sh. RATTAN LAL WATTAL,
original resident of Sehyar, Nawakadal,
Srinagar and current resident of H.No -
16, Suncity colony, Malhipur road,
Saharanpur, on 6th February 2017. The
10TH DAY will be performed on 15th
February 2017 at Badi Nehar GHAT,
Ambala Road, Saharanpur.
GRIEF STRICKENWife - Smt. Girja Wattal
Son and daughter in law - Mohit and Akshma Wattal
Daughter and Son in law - Smt. Subita and Sumit Agarwal
Brother & Bhabhi - Sh. K.LWattal and Smt. Santosh Wattal
Bhabhi - Smt. Nancy Wattal W/o late. Sh. Sanjay Wattal
Sister & Brother in law - Smt. Asha Raina and Sh. B.L Raina
Sister & Brother in Law - Sh. M.L Koul & Lt. Smt. Basanti Koul
EXTENDED FAMILY OF WATTALS
TICKOO'S AND KOUL'S
Contact Numbers: 8130190196, 9420080154, 0132-2762100,
9419203686
Sh. RATTAN LALWATTAL
10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-
form the sad and untimely demise of our
beloved brother Neeraj Kumar S/o Late
Shri Sham Lal Bhat originally resident of
Gund Gushi, Kupwara, at present Flat
No. 20, Block No. 73, Lane 15, Jagti
Township Nagrota, Jammu on 7th Feb.
2017. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed
near Sainik School, Nagrota on 15th of Feb. 2017. The assembly
will be held at Block No. 73, Lane No. 15, Jagti, Nagrota at 9 AM.
GRIEF STRICKENBhabi & Brother
Smt Deepka & Satish Kumar Bhat
Sisters & Brother-in-laws
Smt Princy & Sushil Bakshi
Smt Meenu & Manohar Lal Reshi
Smt Sanjota & Anil Ji Thusoo
Mob. 8713018435, 9007078002, 9906830472 & 9797424680
Neeraj Kumar
10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we informthe sad demise of our beloved mother Smt.Roopawati Saraf W/o Lt Janki Nath SarafR/o Erstwhile Mallapora, Habbakadal,Srinagar presently at 65-I, PatoliMangotrian, Opposite Mast Bab Ashram on5th February, 2017 (Sunday). Tenth DayKriya will be performed on 14th Feb 2017(Tuesday) at Akhnoor Ghat. Assembly af-ter Kriya will be held at our residence H.No.65-I (Opp. Mast BabAshram) Patoli Mangotrian Jammu near Ashwani Chrangoo’sHouse at 11:30 AM.IN GRIEF:-Nancy & Surinder Saraf - Son & Daughter-in-lawAnjli & Suman Saraf - Son & Daughter-in-lawSuchitra & T.K Raina (Ambardar) - Daughter & Son-in-lawSulekha & P.K Bhat - Daughter & Son-in-lawAnshul- Natasha, Shiveta-Adarsh, Shreya-Rahul, Simriti, Sumran,Aneesh, Vihaan, Ira. & Samast Saraf Parivar, Karihaloo’s, Bamzai’s,Pandita’s,Ambardar’s, Bhat’s & Pandita’s9419221423, 9419207158, 9419200856, 9419215079
Smt. RoopawatiSaraf
OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-
form sad demise of our beloved Shri
Kuldeep Wattal R/o 47A/1, Bhagwati
Nagar, Jammu presently at S-1, Gopal
Tirath Plaza, Faizabad road, Lucknow.
TENTH DAY KRIYA will be held at
"Chitragupt Gomti Ghat, Patang park,
near Hanuman Setu bridge, Lucknow"
on Tuesday, 14th Feb at 9:00 am.
IN GRIEF -Smt. Shori Razdan (Kiran Wattal)- Wife
Santosh & Vijay Wattal - Bhabhi & Brother
Rekha & Rajinder Wattal - Bhabhi & Brother
Girija & Raj Nath Kaul- Sister & Brother in law
Sonali & Sunil Kaw - Daughter & Son in law
Priyanka Gosani - Daughter
Payal & Amit Wattal - Daughter in law & Son
Grand Children : Saniya, Sanvi, Gunnika, Aarush, Aakriti & Pratyush.
9956297689, 9389494222, 9899596677, 9958237937, 9811647736
Shri Kuldeep Wattal
OBITUARYTENTH DAY KRIYA of Late Smt. Bimla Ji
Kaloo W/o Shree Chaman Lal Kaloo D/o
Late Sh. Sat Lal Razdan of Anantnag
(Kmr) presently at 2/125, Indira Vihar,
Old Janipore, Jammu will be held at
Akhnoor Ghat on 13-02-2017 (Monday)
and Prayer meeting will be held at Muthi
Ghat near Director School Education at
11.00 A.M.
GRIEF STRICKENSh. Chaman Lal Kaloo-Husband
Sons & Daughter-in-laws
Sh. Maharaj Krishen Kaloo & Guddi
Sh. Romesh Kaloo & Kusum
Sh. Sanjay Kaloo & Neeta
Sh. Suresh Kaloo & Sinku
Son-in-laws & Daughters
Sh. Surinder Kumar Agha and Nimmi
Sh. Anil Jee Chaku & Swarn
Sh. Satish Ji Kudha & Pummy
Sh. Neelji & Priyanka-Grand Son-in-law and Grand Daughter
Smt. Phoola Ji Kaloo W/o Late Sh. Hira Lal Kaloo-Sister-in-law
Smt. Chuni Ji Ticku W/o Late Omkar Nath Ticku-Sister-in-law
Smt. Sheela W/o Lt. Sh. Maharaj Krishen Trakroo-Sister-in-law
Kaloos, Aghas, Chakus, Khudas, Tickus Trakroos and Razdans
Mob Nos: 9419222358, 7006527717, 9469096148
Smt. Bimla Ji Kaloo
OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-
form sad demise of Sh. Kashi Nath, S/o
Late Prasad Ram, R/o Devsar, Kulgam
presently at H. No. - 18, Laxmipuram Ext.
Bantalab opposite Ayurvedic Hospital on
08-02-2017 (Wednesday). 10th Day
Kriya will be performed on 17-02-2017
(Friday) at Akhnoor Ghat, Assembly at
our residence H.No. - 18, Laxmipuram
Ext. Bantalab Opp. Ayurvedic Hospital
Jammu at 10:30 A.M.
DEEPLY MISSED BY:All family members & relatives
Mob: 9419709773
Sh. Kashi Nath
OBITUARYWith profound grief we inform the sad de-
mise of our beloved Sh Moti Lal Pandita
S/o Lt Jia Lal Pandita and Smt Lt Raj
Rani Pandita of Batapora Magam Tehsil
Handwara District Kupwara. Tenth Day
Kriya will be performed on 17th of Feb
2017 at Akhnoor Ghat & Assembly
thereafter will be held at residence H.No.
33, L.No. 3, Anand Vihar, Bohri Talab Tillo, Jammu at 11:00 AM.
The Grief & Sad demise from In-Laws will also be observed at
the same venue.
IN GRIEF:-Smt Babli Pandita - Wife
Sh Lass Ram Pandita - Brother
Smt Tosha & Sh Mohan Lal Pandita - Bhabi & Brother
Smt Jai Kishori & Sh Girdhari Lal Jee - Sister & Brother-in-Law
Smt Durga Koul & Sh Sunil Pandita - Daughter-in-Law & Son
Smt Madhu Bhat & Sh Sunil Bhat - Daughter & Son-in-Law
Smt Shivani & Sh Rinku Pandita - Daughter & Son-in-Law
Smt & Sh Raj Nath Akhnoon - Brother-in-Law
Smt & Sh Ashok Jee Akhnoon - Brother-in-Law
Mob: 9906027278
Sh Moti Lal Pandita
13TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-
form the sad demise of our beloved Sh.
Ashok Kumar S/o Krishan Chander R/o
30/2 Bhawani Nagar, Talab Tillo, Gole
Pulley, Opp. Agriculture Workshop,
Jammu. 13TH DAY KRIYA will be held
on 13-02-2017 at our residence as
above from 11.30 onwards.
GRIEF STRICKENGirija Kapoor-Wife
Ankur Kapoor-Son
Rachit Kapoor-Son
9018631001/9419204386
Sh. Ashok Kumar
10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-
form that our beloved Father Sh. Parma
Nand Sharma S/o Late Sh. Sundar Dass
Sharma R/o H.No. 11, Ward No. 05,
Behind State bank of India (Main
Branch) Udhampur. Who left for heaven-
ly abode on 03.02.2017 Tenth Day will
be performed on 12-02-2017 (Sunday)
at our residence at 11:00 am. Kriya will be performed on 13-02-
2017 (Monday) at Devika Ghat Udhampur at 10:00 am.
GRIEF STRICKEN:-Sons & Daughter-in-Law
Sh. Kamal Kumar Sharma & Smt. Sandhya Sharma
Late Sh. Shashi Kant Sharma & Smt. Sandhu Sharma
Sh. Rajesh Sharma & Smt. Suchetna Khajuria
Daughter & Sons-in-Laws
Smt. Champa Sharma & Sh. Sunil Sharma
Smt. Madhu Sharma & Dr. Anil Sharma
Grand Chidrens:- Shagun, Akhil, Ishan, Ishat, Sparsh,
Saksham, Relish, Ayush & Seerat.
Mobile No. 9055526363, Telphone:01992271999
Sh. Parma NandSharma
10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief & sorrow, we in-form the sad demise of our beloved fa-ther Sh Hans Raj S/o Bulanda RamR/o Jinder Melhu R S Pura. 10th DayKriya will be performed on 12-02-2017at Guru Ravi Dass Mandir Melhu at 10AM.GRIEF STRICKENSmt Ram Pyari - WifeSons & Daughters-in-LawSh Shiv Dayal & Smt Kanta DeviSh Vijay Kumar & Smt Swarn KantaDaughters & Sons-in-LawSmt Raj Kumari & Sh Veeru RamSmt Anita Rani & Sh Puran ChandGrand Children : Naina Rani, Shivani Gorka, Raman Gorka,Rohit Gorka, Manav GorkaContact: 9796841091, 9070883227
Sh Hans Raj
TENTH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow, we re-gret to inform the sad demise of ourbeloved Smt. Anu Bhandari (Raj Rani)W/o Late Sh. Satish Bhandari R/o 41-E Subash Nagar on 4-2-17. TENTHDAY will be performed at DurgaMandir (Near H P Petrol Pump)Subash Nagar on 12-2-2017 at 11.00A.M.GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Rani Sobti-NanadW/o Late Sh. Indu Rattan SobtiDevar and DevraniSh. Rakesh Bhandari & Smt. Mohani BhandariSon & Daughter-in-lawSh. Ashish Bhandari & Smt. Shalini BhandariDaughter & Son-in-lawSmt. Palak Verma and Sh. Rakesh VermaSons & Daughter-in-lawsSh. Sanket Bhandari & Smt. Shilpa BhandariSh. Sourabh Bhandari & Smt. Madhvi BhandariGrand Children : Akshun, Sparash, Gungun, Smarth, Aarav,Aayana and ParthBrothers & BhabisSh. Desh Bandhi Abroland Smt. Suman AbrolSh. Keshav Abroland Smt. Pinki Abrol9419105300, 9419173217, 9419114298, 9419112588
Smt. Anu Bhandari
10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow we in-form the sad demise of our belovedSh. M.R. Chadgal S/o Late Sh. JozaRam. Tenth Day Kriya will be per-formed at our residence at Simblawali(Vijaypur) on 12-2-2017 (Sunday) at10.00 am. Satsang will be performedat 12.30 pm.GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Jyanti Devi -MotherSmt. Santosh Kumari -WifeBrothersSh. G.R. ChadgalSh. B.R. Chadgal (Retd. ExEn)Sh. K.C. ChadgalSh. M.L. Chadgal (AEE)Sh. R.S. ChadgalSh. S.C. ChadgalSon & Daughters : Mohit, Sonam, MonicaMob: 9419233508, 9858922398, 8803378958
Sh. M.R. Chadgal
MASWAR/VAHARVAROne year has passed since you left for
heavenly abode but you are still alive in
our hearts and miss you in every moment
of our life. Your sweet memories, love &
divine qualities will always remain a
source of inspiration for all of us. The
void created by your untimely departure
can never be filled & feel that you are still
here to bless us. May u always be there to guide us through good
and tough times & pray Almighty God to bestow eternal peace to
your noble soul. Masvar & Vaharvar of our beloved Late Shri
Kashi Nath Ambardar shall be performed on 12th & 13th
February 2017 respectively at H.No.1-A, Sec-2, Sharda Colony,
Patoli Brahmna Jammu.
DEEPLY MISSED & REMEMBERED BY:-Samast Parivars of Ambardars
Rainas, Kouls, Kandroos & Marhattas
Shri Kashi NathAmbardar
JAMMU SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2017local3Glimpses of Future
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11 :
Launching a scathing attack onthe State Government for perpetuat-ing discrimination against the edu-cated youth of Jammu while provid-ing lion’s share to Kashmir in em-ployment besides ex-gratia and jobsto stone pelters, scores of aggrievedyouth led by Harsh Dev SinghChairman JKNPP along with severaleducated unemployed youth staged afurious protest demonstration atExhibition GroundJammu.Considering the degrees asredundant pieces of paper, highlyqualified contingent of youth com-prising of PhDs, MPhils, double postgraduates and contractual lecturersconsigned their hard earned degreesto flames to express their embitter-ment against the ‘dark rule’ of omi-nous BJP-PDP alliance.Dubbing theState government’s announcementof jobs as well as ex-gratia to NOKs ofslain militants and thousands ofstone pelters as highly offensive,Harsh Dev Singh regretted that in theback drop of BJP’s “Achey Din”, theruffians, vandals, hooligans and illit-erates were glorified where as the ed-ucated youth were discriminated, ex-ploited, suppressed and treated likedisposables. The people who had setKashmir on fire danced to the tunesof secessionists, supported BurhanWani’s ideology, attacked Armycamps, pelted stones on the securityforces, snatched weapons from thedefense personnel, torched schoolsand public property, unfurled Pak/ISIS flags, shouted anti -India slo-gans and waged war against the Statewere given incentives under thegovt.’s insane policy. And contrarily,the State government continued to
pursue the policy of use and throw to-wards the educated youth of Jammu,Harsh lamented.Anguished over thedeprivation of Jammu youth in selec-tions to govt. services, Singh made ashocking reference of the recentlypublished select list of Asstt.Professors in the discipline ofCommerce in which mere 13 postswent to Jammu region out of 58 andthe rest were dished out toKashmir.He regretted that earlier se-lect lists also figured that out of 34candidates in History, 9 belonged toJammu region, 7 candidates out of 26in Physics, 9 in Psychology out of 27and likewise in other subjects. Hefurther unveiled the highly biased se-lections in Economics and Statistics
Directorate, wherein out of 26 candi-dates selected for Junior StatisticalAssistants only 1 belonged to Jammuregion.
And in Health and MedicalEducation department, out of 123 se-lections of consultants in Radiology,Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT,Orthopaedics, Gynaecology,Pathology and Paediatrics only 23 be-longed to Jammu region, Harsh di-vulged. He said that the alleged biasand prejudice in the selections hadnot only demoralized the aspiringJammu youth but sparked colossaloutrage which needed immediate at-tention of the government. Dismayedover the protesting youth includingthe contractual lecturers consigning
their degrees to flames, he said thatthe teaching fraternity had been ren-dering their services with zeal andhonesty in schools and colleges onpaltry salaries with a hope that theywould be regularized to earn liketheir permanent compeers.He re-gretted that many of them who hadgiven several valuable years of theirlife to the education department wereruthlessly terminated by the govern-ment after taking their services.Singh cautioned the State govern-ment and the BJP leaders in particu-lar that regional bias in selectionsshall be fought tooth and nail by thePanthers party along with the ag-grieved young fraternity.
He also sought a policy of regu-
larization for all such highly quali-fied lecturers working on contractu-al basis in colleges and schools whohad always been the assets to the oth-erwise sick educational system in theState.Pointing towards the most ig-nominious instances of discrimina-tion in employment during the pres-ent regime, Harsh made a particularmention of the select list of constableoperators published a couple of daysago in which out of 642 candidates se-lected in the General category fromthe entire State, only 103 candidateswere selected from Jammu regionand the rest 539 from Kashmir whichwas highly shocking and prejudicialin nature. Unprecedentedly, 10000posts of SPOs sanctioned by the Govt.of India for J&K earlier were outrightly assigned to various districtsof Kashmir region with full consentof BJP justifying that the decisionhad been taken in national interest, ahighly enraged Singh said.
He roared that the young blood ofJammu shall soon toss the Saffronbrigade to wind for inflicting dentson Dogra pride besides its politicalvices, duplicity, betrayal and sub-terfuge. He vowed to take the fight forJammu youth to the Prime Ministerand to the Supreme Court.Prominentamong those who spoke on the occa-sion included Gagan Pratap,Parshottam Parihar, NirmalKishore, Partap Singh, MohinderSingh, Udheyveer, Rajesh Gondhi,Kewal Krishan Sharma, GurcharanSingh, Vinod Kumar, Vishav Singh,Dr. Neetu Mahajan, PallaviMahajan, Ritika Dogra, RimpiGupta, Kanchan Verma, RasmeetKaur, Shalini Salathia, BalvinderKaur, Sangeeta Sambyal, KanchanBala, Reva Rani, Seema Rajput,Anuradha besides others.
Jammu youth protest discrimination& exploitation, torch degrees
B i a s a g a i n s t J a m m u y o u t h s h a l l r e s o n a t e i n D e l h i : H a r s h
GOF Staff Reporter
Doda, Feb 11 :
Indian NationalCongress leaders todayexpressed extreme griefand sorrow over loss of in-nocent lives on Batote-Thathri road accident onSaturday.In a joint state-ment by Leader ofOpposition in RajyaSabha, Ghulam NabiAzad, Vice PresidentJKPCC GhulamMohammad Saroori,General Secretary AbdulMajid Wani, MLC NareshKumar Gupta, Executivemember Mohammed ShariefNiaz, congress leaders in-cluding Sheikh Mujeeb,Aslam Goni, Asgar HussainKhangi, Mohd Iqbal, SarfrazKhan and Shahnawaz Gattuuhave expressed grief over theloss of lives in a tragic roadaccident in Suhgwari Kararaarea of Doda district.In theircondolence message,Congress leaders have con-veyed their sympathy to thebereaved families. They ex-pressed deep concern and dis-may over the recurring loss oflives from sustained road ac-cidents in Chenab Valley. Inthis context, Congress lead-ers recalled the importantdiscussions held inAssembly, in various meet-ings and house committeerecommendations that needto be implemented on ground
but unfortunately the reportsand recommendations sub-mitted by me before govern-ment is gathering dust.Therepeated road accidents inDoda, Kistwar, Ramban andUdhampur districts,Congress leaders said, mustbe a grave concern for thestate government.
“It is a situation whichdemands immediate meas-ures and attention of all of usespecially the officers oftransport, traffic police andBorder Roads Organisationto put forward their depart-mental specific assignmentof the causes responsible forcausing accidents in thesehilly districts,” theyadded.The Congress leadershoped that the officers ofvarious departments shallurgently enforce thestrictest possible measuresto reduce the incidence oftragic accidents.
Congress leaders expressgrief over SuhgwariKarara road accident
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11 :
Over 50 big and small companies from various corporateand industrial sectors have given their written confirmation toparticipate in 41st Aryans Job Fest to be held on 23rd Februaryat Aryans Campus situated on Chandigarh-Patiala Highway,near Chandigarh. Free online registration has already beenstarted on Aryans website i.e www.aryans.edu.inSukhamanBath, TPO, Aryans Group while giving this information saidthat thousands of candidates from North India and other stateshave already registered for this fest. In this fest, job opportuni-ties would be available for B.Tech, MBA, BBA, BCA, BA,B.Com, M.Tech, Diploma, ITI, Nursing etc. She further said thatcandidates need to carry 10 copies of their resumes and passportsize photographs with them.Bath further said that in India, thenumber of unemployed educated youth is the highest. Thussuch job fests provide the youth with great job opportunities.She also said that in Punjab itself, huge job opportunities areavailable but there is always a gap between job seeker and jobprovider. Thus Aryans always tries to bridge this gap. Prof. B.SSidhu, Registrar, Aryans Group of Colleges said that the oneday fest will witness participation from leading companies thatare looking to engage with prospective employees. The fair willgive an opportunity to final year students and fresh graduatesfrom all streams to access career options available in variousleading organizations under one roof. The students will also getan opportunity to evaluate if their existing skill sets match up tothe industry requirements.It is to be mentioned that Aryanshas achieved several milestones in the field of placements lastyear. Last year about 800 companies had visited the job fest andthis year more than 700 companies are expected to visit the cam-pus during job fest. The group has seen 100 per cent placement ofits students and now the group is trying to get students of othercolleges placed with well-known companies .
50+ Companies to participate in 41st Aryans job fest on Feb 23
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11 :
On the occasion of thedeath anniversary of Pt. DeenDayal Upadhayay, SamarpanDivas programme was organ-ized in Gagansoo-MarhMandal, wherein Ex-MinisterSukhnandan Choudhary(MLA Marh) addressed theparty activists of the mandalto make them aware about thefacts related to the life of Jana
Sangh former NationalPresident Pt. Deen DayalUpadhayay and also inspiredthem to take pledge on thisday to work towards the wel-fare of the society by follow-ing the principles ofUpadhayay ji.
He said that whateverPandit Deen DayalUpdahayay did in his life israre example of one’s intelli-gence, patriotism and pain forthe down trodden in the socie-
ty.State SecretaryAseem Gupta, whohad been deputed bythe party for the oc-casion, said that thevision of PanditDeen DayalUpadhayay thatIndia could onlyprosper if village andvillagers of India areeconomically welloff with propermeans of livelihood,Food to eat, clothesto wear, good educa-tion and health facil-ities Panditji be-
lieved in economy whichproves helpful to every bodyreach last man of society whois in queue .
Panditji wanted that everyperson should get work whetherin the form of skill development.He expressed hope that the partyactivists would work whole-heartedly to contribute in suc-cessful conduct of the pro-grammes being organized un-der ‘Pt. Deen Dayal UpadhayaBirth Centenary Year’.
Sukhnandan, Aseem address‘Samarpan Divas’ Programme
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11 :
On the eve of 14th February, a press conference was held todayhere at Bhagwati Nagar Ashram where in a message was conveyedto the general public to celebrate 14th Feb as “Parents WorshipDay” and save your adolescents from the filth of celebrating“Valentine Day” – a day which ruins the career of young genera-tion by de-concentrating their attention from the right tract to thewrong track and as a result the energy which was otherwise storedfor shaping chiselling one’s graph of life is channelized towardspassion.Bapuji say who would like to see his/her wards falling aprey to sexual feelings/practices at an age which is exclusively con-sidered meritorious for fulfillment of ambitions thereby paving away to lead a comfortable and peaceful life.Inspired by Sant ShriAsa Ramji Bapu a decade ago, today as many as 167 Countries of theworld have chosen to celebrate 14th February as “Parents WorshipDay” in lieu of Valentine Day”.Giving details about performingthis day in the Ashram Complex, the spokesman Sh. ParmodKapilji, State President BJP apprised that a campaign yatra shallbe taken out to the city of temples on 12th Feb at 11AM which afterpassing through canal road, Jewel Chowk, Sunder SinghGurudwara road Raghunath Bazar, Purani Mandi, Raj Tilak roadshall culminate at Parade Ground where the provision of Langarhas been kept in place.Adding the spokesman pertinently disclosedthat Parents Worship Day shall be celebrated in presence of SadhviRekha Behanji who has very kindly consented to deliver Satsangpravachans on this auspicious occasion. All parents are requestedto come along their children and bless their wards & gent blessed bytheir true love which is realm of performing this day once a year .
Celebrate Feb 14 as parentsworship day: follower ofSant Shri Asa Ram Bapu
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11 :
Lalded Women Welfare Society (LWWS) today organized motiva-tional programme and staged a play written by Suraj Narayan and di-rected by Naveen Pal.The nukkad natak, when Natu goes to his office,Ntau’s wife Chinky remain see the all Natak on TV channel, nevermissed the TV serial on each TV channel. T.V serial effect on his mindand he remained doubt on Natu activity and compare with the T.V se-rial. Now Natu watch and follow up the activity of his wife Chinky.Natu argue with Chinkey that your activity and behave going tochange why so?Chinkey refused and replied no I am well and not mat-ter like this. One day Natu came early from office and noted Chinkyseeing the TV serial in which one husband had relation with his stafflady. Natu suggest to Chinky these Natak you see and enjoy, don’t godeep in these Natak, otherwise it will she become a ‘Natak’ in our life.We should believe to both of us. All people should see the Natak TV se-rial. Don’t implement bad activity in the real life. Learn good habit notbad habit.The main roles were played by Actor Naveen Pal, Shaljha,Kavita and Bobby also played the role with other artists of the group .
Examination forms
for June, 2017
Term-End
Examination of
IGNOU to be
accepted through
online mode onlyGOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11 :
Indira Gandhi NationalOpen University has decidedthat Term-End Examinationforms for June, 2017 Term-End Examination will be ac-cepted through online modeonly.All the learners wishingto appear in the June, 2017Term-end Examination willhave to submit their exami-nation form through on-linemode and no hard copy of theexamination form/draft willbe accepted at the RegionalCentre.For the purpose theonline-link will be made op-erational by UniversityHeadquarters on 1st March,2017 (the date of commence-ment of the June, 2017 examform submissionschedule).Tentative datesheet for June 2017 TEE hasalso been uploaded on theUniversity website www.ig-nou.ac.in. Information relat-ed to June 2017 TEE and ten-tative Date Sheet has alsobeen placed on RC websitewww.ignourcjmu.nic.inwhich can also be accessed onDirect Link http://www.ig-nourcjmu.nic.in/Datesheetfor June 2017 TEE.htm :
LWWS organizes motivational programme
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11 :
State BJP president and MLA Sat Sharmatoday released the 17th edition of the “ShriRagvendra Panchang” brought out byRagvendra Jyotish Sansthan Trust.
Appreciating the utility of the Panchang,Sat Sharma said that it is a ready source of in-formation about local fairs, festivals and auspi-cious occasions.
He congratulated Dr. Chander MouliRaina the Editor-in-Chief of the Panchang andthis team comprising of Mahant Rohit Shastri(Sub-Editor of the Panchang ) Vishwa HinduParsihad State Vice-President Shakti DuttSharma, State BJP Kissan Morcha GeneralSecretary Sunil Dutt Sharma (Raka), Pt ShivRaina, Pt Ravinder Raina, Sanjeev Gupta,Rajinder Sharma, Advocate Pawan Khajuria,Pt Vinay Shastri, Sahil Seth for bringing outthis valuable volume.
Sat Sharma releases Ragvendra Panchang
Jammu Feb 11 :
Salal Power Station of NHPC Limited under its CSR Programmeorganized an Eye Check up Camp at Zorawar Hospital, Jyotipuramtoday. The camp was inaugurated by Sh. Ajay Nanda, Hon'bleMinister of State for Finance & Planning, Information Technology,Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, CA & PD, Tribal Affairs,Relief & Rehabilitation by lighting of the Holy Lamp in associationwith Sh. A.G.Ansari, General Manager, Salal Power Station by light-ing the Holy Lamp in the presence of Sh. M.G.Ghai, Chief Engineer(Civil), Sh. A.Z.Geelani, Chief Engineer (Electrical), Sh. NavdeepSingh, Commandent CISF, Dr. R.D.Sood & his team, Dr. Ajit Gupta,Sr. DCMO, other Senior Officers, employees, ladies from NHPCFamily, CISF Personnel and locals.In his address, Sh. Nanda appre-ciated the initiatives taken by Salal Power Station under the leader-ship of Sh. Ansari, General Manager. Sh Nanda recalled a number ofinitiatives taken by Salal in all the sectors like Education, Peripheraldevelopment of the area, Road Connectivity, Construction of FootBridges and above all campaigns launched by Salal Power Station to-wards success of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’.Speaking on the occa-sion Sh. Ansari said that eyes are the precious organs of the body asthey are windows to the world and thus every care should be taken tokeep them healthy. He further said that cataracts, very commonamong older people, affect vision and are the leading cause of blind-ness in the world today. He requested Dr. Sood to identify the patientsrequiring cataract surgeries to be done in due course for better out-come of the camp.Dr. R.D.Sood, Sr. Ophthalmologist and his teamfrom Jammu checked up the patients in the Camp. Patients requir-ing Cataract Surgery were also identified during the camp for takingup surgeries in due course by NHPC. NHPC Doctors associated thevisiting team to facilitate smooth conduct of the Eye Camp.Sh.Nanda and Sh. Ansari also interacted with the visiting patients andasked about their ailments. He advised the patients to take benefit ofthe camp wherein NHPC is going to conduct Cataract Surgeries byPhaco Emulsification, a very advanced and successful technology incataract surgery. 322 people from various villages surroundingSalal Power Station had been registered for check –up.The initia-tive taken by Salal Power station was appreciated by on and all.
Free Eye Check up Camp organised by Salal Power Station
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11 :
Falling girl child ratio inJ&K state attributable to mis-use of technology is a mis-placed story. It is a gory talethat figures of violence againstwomen tell adequately.13 dis-tricts of total 22 in J&K areamongst critical districts listedcounry wide with abnormallyfallen ratio of girls against 1000boys.Anantnag (841),Badgam(832), Baramulla (863),Pulwama (829), Srinagar(865),Shopian (878),Kupwara(879), kulgam (885), Ganderbal(863) fall in Kashmir division.In Jammu division they are :Jammu (795), Rajouri (865),Kathua (831) Samba (779).Reflecting on figures of vio-lence against women for lasttwo years of 2015, 2016 as permedia reports , S.S.Bijral for-mer senior cop and BJP StateConvener of Beti Bachao BetiPadhao, said that while misuseof ultrasound for female foeti-cide is a method employed butthe root cause for this nastycrime is the unchecked vio-lence in society againstwomen. It perforce acts as thepsychological factor forwoman to accept abortion ofher female foetous.Listing that595 rape/ 927 domestic violencecases registered in the state in 2years, he said the share of thesecases amongst critical districtsis in order of: Kupwara 30/29,Srinagar 27/132 , Badgam23/14, Anantnag 29, Kulgam17/ 19, Baramulla 15,Ganderbal 9/20, Pulwama 9/8,Shopian 9/18 , Bandipora 8/12,Jammu 93/175, Rajouri 70/80,Udhampur 33/50, kathua 27,Samba 15/14 .
Gory tale of fallinggirl child ratio,figures tell: Bijral
JAMMU SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12 2017local4 Glimpses of Future
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11:
Central University of Jammuand Administrative StaffCollege of India (ASCI) signedMemorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) in theNorth Block, New Delhi, in thepresence of the UnionMinister of State (IndependentCharge) for Development ofNorth Eastern Region(DoNER), MoS PMO,Personnel, Public Grievances,Pensions, Atomic Energy andSpace, Dr Jitendra Singh. TheMoU enables the two insti-tutes to promote collaborativeacademic, research and capac-ity-building initiatives for aperiod of three years andthereafter subject to renew-al.The MoU was signed byShri Kalyan K. Roy, Registraron behalf of ASCI andMohammed Iqbal, I/CRegistrar, Central University,Jammu. Also present on theoccasion were Shri R.H.Khwaja, Director General, AS-CI and Prof. Ashok Aima,Vice-Chancellor, CentralUniversity of Jammu.Secretary, Department ofPersonnel & Training, ShriB.P. Sharma and Shri C.Viswanath, Secretary,Department ofAdministrative Reforms &Public Grievances and
Secretary, Department ofPensions & Pensioners’Welfare, Prof Ashok Ogra,Executive Council Member,CUJ, Naveen Kachroo, CEO,South Delhi MotorCorporation, Dr. ShahidMushtaq and Dr PaulSughandhar also witnessedthe MoU signing ceremony.The MoU facilitates joint ac-tivities and synergy in areassuch as capacity building,evaluation studies, executiveeducation and related areas.This includes activities suchas design, development anddelivery of teaching and train-ing programmes; reciprocal
recognition of each other’s de-grees, diplomas, certificatesetc; exchange of teaching staffand students/participants forknowledge and experience-sharing and new learning; pol-icy advocacy and researchstudies; sharing of academicmaterials, literature, publica-tions etc; and knowledgeevents such as conferences,seminars, workshops etc. TheMoU would help in undertak-ing Capacity building pro-grammes for the governmentof India, executive educationprogrammes catering to thegovt. Officials particularly inJ&K State by establishing
Dedicated Centre ofExcellence for GoodGovernance & Policy Studiesat the Central University ofJammu, with the Support ofDoPT & ASCI, which will becoming up as first ever centrein Northern part of India.Speaking on the occasion, DrJitendra Singh said the MoUwill send a message to otherUniversities, especially innorthern India, to build onsuch partnerships which pro-vide global exposure. AtIndependence there were veryfew Universities, but now theissue is not accessibility butquality of education, he said.
In times of global synergy, youcannot live in isolation, headded. Dr Jitendra Singh waslater presented with a book onDr APJ Abdul Kalam byKhwaja, DG, ASCI. DrJitendra Singh recalled that astate-of-art resource centre,‘Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Centerfor Policy Research andAnalysis’ was formallylaunched in October 2016 atthe Rajiv Gandhi IndianInstitute of Management (RGI-IM), Shillong in tribute to theformer President. Other facul-ty members and SeniorOfficers of the Ministry ofPersonnel, Public Grievances& Pensions were also duringthe MoU signing ceremony.Speaking on the occasion,Minister appreciated the ef-forts of Central University ofJammu and congratulated theVice Chancellor in engagingwith Centres of Excellencewhich in long term gives a na-tional visibility to theUniversity in the years tocome. Dr. Jitendra Singh hasassured all possible support inrealising the mandate of GoodGovernance of the GOI in re-forming, transforming andperforming public service ex-cellence and assured all possi-ble help to Central Universityof Jammu, in its academic en-deavours of establishing theCentre of Excellence in Good
Governance in J&K. ProfAshok Aima briefed about theactivities of the Universityand possible areas of engage-ment with ASCI. R. H.Khawaja has stressed uponthe thrust areas in workingclosely with CentralUniversity of Jammu particu-larly in providing the supportin terms of establishment ofCentre for Good Governancein CUJ. Bhanu PratapSharma, Secretary DoPT, GOIhas assured all possible sup-port in strengthening the aca-demic endeavours of theUniversity. It is pertinent tomention here that theAdministrative Staff Collegeof India, Hyderabad is a not-for-profit, public-purpose in-stitution of repute and is en-gaged in providing manage-ment education, managementtraining, research and adviso-ry services to the governmentand industry. The objective ofthis agreement is to explorepractical approaches to creat-ing mutually beneficial rela-tionship and institutional sup-port towards promoting col-laborative academic, researchand capacity-building initia-tives. The MOU signing cere-mony was coordinated by DrShahid Mushtaq, Dr PaulSughandhar from CUJ andProf Chandrashekhar and DrAshita from ASCI.
ASCI & CUJ signed MoU in presenceof Dr Jitendra Singh at New Delhi
Jammu, February 11:
The two turmoils, five-month long in the summer of2010 and seven-month longin 2016, have caused im-mense loss to various sectorsin Jammu and Kashmir, par-ticularly in the valley.If theseven month long turmoilhas caused a total loss to thetune of over Rs.16,000 croresand earlier one in 2010 hascaused a loss to the tune ofRs.10,000 crores. In fact theincidents of violence andcontinued shutdown have af-fected the economy of peoplein general in the Kashmirvalley. The biggest sector hitby the last eight months tur-moil has been the transportsector According to theGovernment has the trans-port sector in Kashmir hasfaced immense losses due toover five month long unrestlast year, blaming the stonethrowers for the losses. Inthe Economic Survey 2016,the government has said
that the transport sector re-mained the worst hit duringthe unrest triggered bykilling of 21-year-old HizbulMujahideen commanderBurhan Wani in an en-counter with forces in SouthKashmir’s Kokernag area onJuly 8 last year. The govern-ment, however, refused to of-fer any concessions in thewaiver of fitness certificatefee to the transporters. Asper the report, the transportsector remains the worst hitsector in Kashmir and hassuffered immense loses inthe turmoil last year. Thegovernment data revealsthat 4500 passenger buses,3853 taxis, 24223 trucks,186477 private cars and210236 two wheelers re-mained off the road and thebrunt of the stone-pelterswas borne by vehicle own-ers. “All types of vehicleowners including two wheel-ers, three-wheelers, four-wheelers, six-wheelers wereaffected by the unrest,” read
the report. During theprotests the railways alsosuspended train servicefrom Banihal to Baramullaand partly restored the serv-ice from November 18. “Asizable number of vehicleswere damaged by stonethrowers during the tur-moil. The halt in the trans-port meant halt in mobility.The alternative to publictransport was private lighttransport which could onlyply with risk of receivingstones causing damages totheir vehicles. Some privatevehicles were also burnt bythe protesters,” the reportrevealed. It said that non-earning of transporters dueto turmoil resulted in non-payment of bank loans. Andthe state and the centralGovernments need to inter-vene and provide some reliefto the transporters, that tooin the public sector. Ownersof trucks and buses need tobe compensated for the loss-es they have suffered. (KIP)
Traders & transporters needcompensation from Govt forlosses incurred during turmoils
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar, Feb 11:
National Conference onSaturday slammed PDP-BJPcoalition for trampling thespirit of three-tier democracyin Jammu and Kashmir byundertaking delimitation ofPanchayat wards in a hushhush manner and with a polit-ical motivation ahead of theproposed Panchayat elec-tions. “Instead of involvingthe people at grass roots levelin decision making with re-gard to rural developmentand empowerment, the coali-tion government’s insensi-tive and sinister move hastriggered almost a street warin every village due to high-handedness of the agency in-volved at the behest of ruling
political executives”,National Conferencespokesperson Mr JunaidAzim Mattu said in a state-ment and referred to the un-fortunate clashes perpetratedby the workers of ruling al-liance in Kalakote andBhaderwah recently. He saida vicious atmosphere hasbeen generated by bringingpeople eye ball to eyeball situ-ation while carving out newwards. As the decisions arebeing forced upon the peoplewithout taking into consider-ation their logical point ofview, he said the compositionof wards are being manipulat-ed to suit the political inter-ests of the ruling coalitionpartners. He described the ex-ercise as anti-people, fraughtwith danger of defeating the
purpose of Panchayati RajSystem. Junaid Azim Mattoodescribed the time-frame allo-cated for undertaking delimi-tation of wards as intriguing,wondering how such a mas-sive exercise can be complet-ed in a few days given the vastmass of rural landscape. Inthis context, he referred to thecircular instructions of thegovernment, seeking delimit-ing of panchayats within sev-en days. “The irony is that theagency concerned is itselfconfused whether to bifurcatethe panchayats with popula-tion upto 3,000 or 6,000”, hesaid, adding that this has gen-erated chaotic situationacross the Jammu region inparticular with peoplesmelling rat. NationalConference sought fair, trans-
parent and rational delimita-tion as per set procedure ofElection Commission andurged the government to in-volve people in this exercisein a big way. “Unless mass as-pirations are assuaged, thepurpose of the three-tierdemocracy is defeated”, he ob-served. Junaid Azim Mattuadvised the coalition govern-ment to shun the confronta-tional path and submit beforethe will of the people. Heblamed the PDP-BJP duo fordemolishing institutionalmechanism due to their my-opic political understandingand lack of mass support andreferred to amendment toJ&K Panchayati Raj Act 1989.“The amendment was totallyunwarranted as the Act of 1989was brought after studying
various models in variousstates across the country”, hesaid, adding that this piece oflegislation had withstood testof times and was widely ac-claimed as a model Act worthemulation. The NationalConference spokespersonsaid the coalition stands ex-posed for its zero-base in ruralareas, which had apparentlycompelled it to undertake theamendment so that Sarpanchsare elected indirectly. “In thesame manner now, the gov-ernment is undertaking bifur-cation of Panchayat wards un-der the garb of delimitation tohave its way in grass roots lev-el democratic institutions”,he said and asserted thatNational Conference will fightsuch anti-people measureswith its full might.
NC slams PDP-BJP for irrational delimitation of Panchayats‘Pol it ically motivated exercise br ings rural people eyeball to eyeball s i tuation’
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar, Feb 11:
Fayaz Ahmad Bhat(Member National Council BJPand President BJP DistrictSrinagar) paid rich floral trib-utes to Pt. Deen DayalUpadhyay, the president ofJana Sangh and the man whogave the philosophy ofAntodaya i.e. reaching last poorman in the line or“Ekatamvaad” on his death an-niversary here today.Remembering PanditDeendayal Upadhyay on hisdeath Anniversary, FayazAhmad Bhat said that PanditDeendayal Upadhyay was a pro-found philosopher, organizer
par excellence and a leader whomaintained the highest stan-dards of personal integrity; hehas been the source of ideologi-cal guidance and moral inspira-tion for the BJP since its incep-tion. Fayaz Ahmad Bhat gavebrief sketch of life of Pt. DeenDayal Upadhyay, who was bornin a common family but did un-common deeds to be remem-bered forever. In 2016, his cente-nary year, it is worthwhile to re-member and pay tribute to thefact that it was primarily due toPandit Deendayal Upadhyaya’sleadership, during a challeng-ing and crucial phase, that theBaharatiya Jana Sangh struckdeep roots in the Indian politi-cal soil and spread across the
country. In shaping post-inde-pendent India’s political evolu-tion and in imparting it a dis-tinct direction, Upadhyaya’scontribution has been unparal-leled and epochal. He joins therank of Syama PrasadMookerjee, BR Ambedkar, RamManohar Lohia andJayaprakash Narayan as lead-ers who envisaged and aspiredto shape an alternate polity andpolitics. Fayaz Ahmad Bhatsaid that Upadhyay was essen-tially a political-philosopher,who brought back into theIndian public life and public lex-icon, words that described thenation as a pulsating entity, andan entity which possessed anidentity-soul. Yet, such a deep
analysis did not evolve out of anarrow or constricted readingof political philosophy andthought. Upadhyaya’s readingand his effort and quest in try-ing to understand the currentsof world thought and the evolu-tion of society and mankind’saspirations for models of socie-ty and development, was im-pressive as it was wide and pro-lific. Fayaz Ahmad Bhat saidthat his treatise IntegralHumanism, which is a critiqueof both communism and capi-talism, provides a holistic alter-native perspective for politicalaction and statecraft consistentwith the laws of Creation andthe universal needs of the hu-man race.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11:
Keeping mum on settlementof Rohingyas in Jammu andit's adjoining areas by BJPwho is Partener in coalitiongovernment in J&K. BalwantSingh Mankotia state presi-dent JKNPP accused that forlust of power saffron partyhas sold out the interest ofJammu people, that's whynone of the BJP leader clearstheir party stand on this seri-ous issue. Addressing a partyworkers meeting at party of-fice Udhampur Mankotia re-vealed that on one side WestPakistani refugees who hadbeen settled in Jammu in theyear 1947 after partition ofIndia are not even entitled tocast their vote in theAssembly election and aremoving from pillar to post forwant of identity proof of be-ing residents of J&K State, onthe other hand people whohave immigrated fromBangladesh and Mayamarare settled in Jammu withhaving all residential proofs.He said, those who are hatch-ing the conspiracy against
the nationalist people ofJammu province in particu-late and J&K state in generalmust be known to every citi-zen of the country. Mankotiaadded that the BJP is answer-able to the people of Jammuprovince who voted them topower. They should also clar-ify that why they have failedto issued domicile certificateto WP refugees where asRohangyas are being givenration cards and enlisted invoter list etc to get the benefitof all the centre sponsoredschemes. He further said thatPanthers Party has alreadystarted the quit Jammumovement against these
Rohangyas and the Partyshall hold nooked sabha’s tomobilize the public of Jammuin the days to come to oustthese Rohangyas fromJammu. He warned that theBJP partnered state govern-ment either deport theseRohangyas or get ready toface the consequences. Otherwho spoke on the occasion in-cluding Sukhdev Singh,Dhani Ram Atri, SanjeetSharma, Jagdev Jagga,Amarnath Mehra, RampalBhagat, Gulzar Singh, JeetKerni, Master Ramsaroop,Sunil proach, Baldev Singh,Lal Chand Mohd Mirza,Sham Lal, Amit Sharma.
Deport Rohangyas or get readyto face consequences: Mankotia
Kashmir BJP pays rich tribute toPandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11:
Shiv Sena (Bala SahibThackery) today made astrong appeal to CentralGovernment to reduce term ofState Legislative Assemblyfrom six years to five years.While addressing the mediapersons here at party head-quarters at Jammu StatePresident of Shiv Sena ( BalaJi Sahib Thackery) DimpyKohli said that in whole Indiathe one term of LegislativeAssembly is five years but inJammu Kashmir the one termof Legislative Assembly is sixyears which is a big injusticewith the people of Jammu andKashmir who have full faithin the constitution of India.He said that to make term ofsix years is a political gim-mick which gives benefit onlyto the politicians who are inseat. General Public has noth-ing to do with the six yearsterm of Legislative Assembly.He said that before elections
political leaders will speakdifferent language but afterelections political leaderswill sing different tune whichsuits to them. He said this isvery unfortunate that despitemany appeals Central Govt.has not took any decision toreduce the one time term ofState Legislative Assembly toFive Years instead of sixyears. He said that if their de-mand is not fulfilled at theearliest Shiv Sena will startbig agitation against this.Several leaders joined ShivSena from Kashmir region ofBaramulla. PDP leader RaheMajeed Lone along with hisother members came to ShivSena under the leadership ofState President Dimpy Kohliand General SecretaryManish Sahni. Those whowere present on the occasionwere Rakesh Gupta, RajSingh, Vikas Patel, NareshBakshi, Radhe RadheMaharaj, Manohar Lal,Ramesh Gupta, Raju Salaria,Pawan Singh and others.
Reduce term of LegislativeAssembly to five years or faceagitation: Shiv Sena
Restrictions imposedaround Kupwara examination centersKUPWARA, FEBRUARY 11:
District AdministrationKupwara today issued magis-terial orders imposing pro-hibitory restrictions underSection 144 CrPc within a ra-dius of 200 meters around ex-amination centers setup in thedistrict for smooth conduct offorthcoming BOSEExaminations. The move isaimed at curbing the tendencyof external interference and toensure free, fair conduct of ex-ams for class 10th and 12th to beheld from February14, 2017.The order shall remain in forcefrom the date of examinationstill it gets over. However, ex-aminees, supervisory staff,and security personnel de-ployed for conducting exami-nations have been exemptedfrom operation of the order.
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Jammu, Feb 11:
Glowing tributes werepaid to late Deen DayalUpadhya a veteran BJPleader on his death anniver-sary today, by party’s dis-trict Jammu presidentBaldev Singh Billawaria.Addressing a huge gatheringof BJP workers at a meetingorganized by party’s GandhiNagar Mandal, Billawariaexhorted the people to followthe great ideals of simplici-ty, honesty and hard worksenunciated by late DeanDayal Upadhyay Ji. He saidthat in the Centenary year ofPt Deen Dayal Upadhya itmust be the endeavor of all ofus to work hard and help inredressing the grievances ofthe people. Selfless service tomankind he said is the great-est of service and it matchesthe Indian ethos, culture andtraditions. On the eve, asankalp was also taken byworkers to shed one evilprevalent in mankind.Some resolved to do awaywith menace of liquor,
while others shed away thehabit of telling lies. The par-ty is also observing the pun-yatithi of Dean DayalUpadhya as samparpanDiwas. The other who alsospoke on the occasion in-cluded Sunil Sharma, MoStransport, DarakashaAndrabi, Ankush Guptaand Kulbeer Charak.Samparan Diwas was alsoorganized in a program atJain Sabha Jammu. TheProminent persons whopaid tributes to Deen DayalUpadhya included PriyaSethi Mos education andRajesh Gupta MLA JammuEast. Satwari Mandal ofBJP also organized a pro-gram to pay tributes to Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhyay inwhich Ashok Koul, GeneralSecretary Incharge organ-ized in BJP, Ch Haran’s man-dal president Satwari andVikas Sharma were promi-nent speakers who highlight-ed the role of late leader infirmly in establishingBhartiya Jan Sangh and cre-ating its rank and file and or-ganizational structure.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11:
J&K State Social WelfareBoard in association withAirtel Payments Bank the firstpayments bank in India to goLive has planned to bring in aunified platform for registeredNGOs under the department.In its first phase held at thestate Head Quarters of J&KState Social Welfare Board inJammu today, a workshop andInduction programme was or-ganized which witnessed over60 NGOs across Jammu partic-ipating during the event. Over100 representatives of theNGOs were educated on theconvenience and ease of trans-actions that they can experi-ence while ensuring safetyand quick adoption of under-banked and unbanked popula-
tion in deep rural areas of thestate through Airtel PaymentsBank. Amongst the most dis-cussed topics were, the paper-less account opening in lessthan 3 minutes through eKYC(aadhaar based) and havingthe highest return on savingsof 7.25% along with Rs. OneLakh of Personal Accidental
Insurance became the high-lights during the AirtelPayments Bank Workshop.The Board plans to continuewith such educational work-shops for NGOs along withAirtel Payments Bank acrossthe state in the next few weeksto have a unified experienceacross all NGOs in the state.
J&K State Social Welfare Board along withAirtel payments bank conduct workshop
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11:
People’s Democratic Party(PDP) today held a condo-lence meeting at its Jammuoffice on the sad demise ofits former President ofMigrant Cell Madhu SoodanBhat, Maharaj KrishanKoul former Dy. DirectorDD and Haji Fazal a promi-nent Social Worker fromNagrota. Party expresseddeep sorrow over the lossand extended solidaritywith the bereaved families
on behalf of Party PresidentMehbooba Mufti and VicePresident Sartaj Madni. Theparticipants prayed for thepeace to departed souls.Those who attended the con-dolence meeting includedParty General SecretaryNizam-u-Din Bhat RajyaSabha MP Nazir AhmedLaway, President MigrantCell Ashok Sidha ChairmanRomesh Koul, Gen Secy.Migrant Cell R K Pardesi,Ch. Hussain Ali Wafa & sev-eral other senior leadersfrom Jammu.
PDP condole demise of Haji Fazal,Krishan Koul
Tributes paid to lateDeen Dayal Upadhya
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SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 11:
In order to provide free legal services, fa-cilitate amicable settlement of variousdisputes and reduce pendency of cases incourts, National Lok Adalats were heldtoday in various districts of KashmirDivision. In Srinagar, High Court LegalServices Committee Srinagar today or-ganized a National Lok Adalat whichwas inaugurated by Special Judge Anti-Corruption (CBI) Srinagar Justice Y.P.Kotwal and Registrar (Judicial)Mohammad Yusuf Wani. Asmany as 113 cases were taken up in theLok Adalat out of which 10 cases were set-tled amicably. A compensation amountof Rs 70 lakh was awarded in MotorAccident Claims Tribunal (MACT) andinsurance claims. Besides, an amount ofRs 6 lakh was recovered in bank recoverypre-litigation cases. District Legal
Services Authority Srinagar also organ-ized a Lok Adalat today under the chair-manship of Principal District andSessions Jusge Rasheed Ali Dar. Asmany as 446 cases of different natureswere taken up during the Lok Adalat outof which 250 cases were settled amicably.An amount of Rs 15, 43,878 was recoveredin bank cases as settlement amount, Rs57,100 as fine in various challans and Rs52, 99,000 was awarded as compensationin various motor accidental claims. InAnantnag, a National Lok Adalat was or-ganized by District Legal ServicesAuthority under the chairmanship ofPrincipal District & Sessions JudgeAnantnag Mohammad Ashraf Malik.Similar Lok Adalats were held at subor-dinate courts of Dooru, Vailoo, Shangus,Ashmuqam and Bijbehara of the district.During the Lok Adalat 153 cases out of 279listed cases relating to bank matters, re-
covery suits, electricity cases, trafficchallans and matrimonial cases were set-tled amicably. An amount of Rs 45.80 lakhwas awarded in six MACT cases, while assettlement amount of Rs 55.33 lakh was re-covered in all cases taken up during theLok Adalat in the district. In Budgam,National Lok Adalats were held inDistrict Court Budgam and its subordi-nate courts today under the chairman-ship of Principle District & SessionsJudge Budgam. About 450 cases were tak-en up for disposal in the said Lok Adalats,wherein a number of cases were settledby mutual reconciliation between the dif-fering parties. In Bandipora, 646 cases ofdifferent natures were settled amicablyduring a National Lok Adalat held underthe supervision of chairman DLSABandipora S. K. Bhagat. A settlementamount of Rs 66, 96, 623 was also awardedin the said Lok Adalat.
National Lok Adalats held across Kashmir Valley
JAMMU SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12 2017local5 Glimpses of Future
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Feb 11:
meeting of the heads of allprominent, social, religiousbodies and political parties ofJammu was jointly convenedunder the aegis of Dogra SadarSabha (DSS) and the AllJammu Civil Society Forum(AJCSF) at the DSS Hall,Dogra Bhawan. The meetingwas largely attended and vari-ous important issues relatedto problems, development,progress, dignity and the gloryof the Jammu region and the‘Dograiat’ ethos of mutual loveand co-existence were dis-cussed. The meeting was con-vened and addressed by thePresident of DSS cumConvener of the AJCSF Th.Gulchain Singh Charak. Afterdetailed deliberations and ex-change of views by variousprominent citizens and headsof organizations a joint resolu-tion was adopted. A time hascome when the amicable, po-lite, shy and introvert popula-tion of Jammu region calledDogras have to come out oftheir slumber , peep out of thecomfort zones of their shells toascertain, demand and seektheir basic rights as citizens ofthe largest democracy of theworld. Dogras who were therulers of the entire J&K statefor nearly a century have suc-cumbed to 2nd citizenship;post Independence and gradu-ally, their domination, influ-ence and even indulgence inmatters of the state were re-duced. The Chief MinisterMehbooba was not very wrong
when she while speaking in aGovernment function atJammu pointed out a leader-ship deficit in Jammu region.Be it allocation of funds, Jobopportunities, developmentprojects, employments, ap-pointments or share of cen-trally provided opportunities,projects, welfare schemes, ed-ucation and job vacancies, theJammu region has been dis-criminated against everytime. Maharaja Hari Singhwas a reverenced monarchand a symbol of fairness, jus-tice and progress, across thestate. The adoption of a resolu-tion by J&K LegislativeCouncil declaring the DograMaharaja Hari Singh’s birthanniversary on September 23a state holiday, though cher-ished by most in Dogra region,
found mixed reactions andeven opposition from NationalConference and even the na-tional Congress party.Speaking on behalf of the gov-ernment, PDP member and ed-ucation Minister NaeemAkhtar credited Hari Singhwith maintaining the state’sidentity and secular charac-ter, but urged to withdraw theresolution, assuring him thatthe proposal could be consid-ered later. While the NationalConference staged a walkoutfrom the legislative council,demanding a withdrawal ofthe resolution, the issue hasrocked the assembly. Theirsupporters from Congress,even from Jammu, were con-spicuous by their silence. It isonly sad, that some Jammubased thinkers have also tilted
away. Although, admiring,the forward looking policies,progressive views and liberaland secular ethos of MaharajaHari Singh, they have com-mented against giving him thehonour as passed in the resolu-tion to declare 23rd Sept as aholiday. It was resolved thatnothing derogatory againstthe Maharaja or the Dograheritage will be tolerated andthose working against theJammu regional interests willbe identified, earmarked, iso-lated and dealt with. Jammumust not and will not toleratesuch suppression anymoreand cannot take kindly to theopportunists voicing againstregional interests. No anti–na-tional elements will be al-lowed to make a foot hold oroperate from Jammu region.
In yet another great injusticeto Jammu, the State’s minori-ty community is being deniedall the considerations andprivileges designed for ‘mi-norities’ by the country. TheSupreme Court had issued anotice to the Centre, the Stategovernment and the NationalCommission for Minorities onthe plea filed by Jammu-basedadvocate Ankur Sharma, al-leging that benefits accruingto minorities, as granted bythe Central Government, arenot reaching the minorities inthe state. In an affidavit filedin SC the J&K Government op-posed the petition filed byAnkur Sharma in 2016 seekinga direction to the state to set upa minority commission in thestate to safeguard the interestsof religious and linguistic mi-norities. Mehbooba Mufti-ledPDP-BJP government of J&Kopposed creation of a minoritycommission in the state, say-ing it was not the only statewhere country’s minorities(declared under the NationalCommission for MinoritiesAct) were in majority and re-quired to manage suchbody.As a dangerous develop-ment, thousands of foreign na-tionals from Bangladesh and(Rohngiyas) from Myanmarare being settled in andaround Jammu with the con-nivance of the StateGovernment; while objec-tions are raised to issue meredomicile certificates toIndian nationals who migrat-ed from West Pakistan. Theprestigious and historicalMubarak Mandi complex is
being shattered to eliminatethe last dignified symbolDogra heritage. In spite of ef-forts and release of centralfund, the powers that be inthe State Government havesubjected it to apathy andgradual ruin. All our assuredprojects are pending with thecity facing acute shortage ofpower, water, road space dueto absence of parking slotsand incomplete fly overs.Tourism has suffered heavilyin absence of non-develop-ment of identified tourist re-lated projects of Gandola,Jammu lake, maintenanceand modernization of exist-ing Surinsar and Mansarlakes and other places of pil-grimage tourism. Even oursmall request to remove thetraffic barrier in front of win-ter secretariat has not beenheeded, even after submit-ting memorandums andmeeting various senior gov-ernment functionaries in-cluding the Dy CM and theSpeaker. Enough has beenenough for the Jammu regionto take. A time has come forus to unite across all consider-ations of community, politicalparties, regional/linguisticbarriers and stand together forthe betterment and hon-ourable survival of our poster-ity, before the radical powersengulf Jammu and repeat the1999 history of Kashmir. Toachieve the above aims it wasdecided to form aCoordination committee rep-resenting all the organisationsfor time bound promotion ofthe above resolved issues.
DSS, AJCSF discusses problems of Jammu region
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The 62nd National SchoolGames (NSGs) in the disci-plines of Cricket Under-17 Girlsand Tennis Cricket Under-19Boys and Girls concluded atParade Ground here today. The5 day sports event was declaredclosed by Minister of State forTransport, Youth Services andSports, Sunil Kumar Sharma.The games were organized bythe Youth Services & Sports(YSS) Department under theaegis of the School GamesFederation of India (SGFI).Sixteen teams from all over thecountry participated in thisprestigious event. TennisCricket Under-19 Boys & Girlswas won by J&K while asCricket Under-17 Girls was wonby Haryana. Speaking on the oc-casion, Mr Sunil Sharma
thanked the participatingteams and their players for com-ing here and making the event asuccess. The Minister saidsports play crucial role in thephysical fitness and well beingof people, apart from contribut-ing to social inclusiveness, gen-der equality and youth develop-ment. The Minister said theGovernment is committed topromote sports in the State. Hesaid organizing such eventsprovide opportunities to theplayers to gain knowledge of theculture of each other. He calledfor constituting YouthParliaments at district level togive their suggestions for bettersports activities. Secretary,YSS Hilal Ahmad Parray in hisaddress highlighted theachievements of the depart-ment. He thanked the SGFI forallotting first time Tennis
Cricket game to Jammu andKashmir. He said NationalSchool Games is a medium forpromoting the values of sportsamong the youth.Congratulating the winningteams including J&K, MrParray said that this year theplayers of our State won somany medals. Observer, SGFIS N Choudhary also spoke onthe occasion and assured theYSS department of J&K for fullsupport in organizing NSG inthe State in future. On the occa-sion, the Director YouthServices and Sports, SheikhFayaz Ahmed in his welcomeaddress thanked all partici-pants who made the event agrand success. He also congrat-ulated the winning teams.Overall trophies and prizeswere given to the winners bythe Chief Guest. He also con-
gratulated the organizers andthe key departments for theirround the clock services to theteams. The event concludedwith cultural programmes, de-picting the cultural ethos of var-ious States of the country. Thecultural programmes were pre-sented by the students of vari-ous educational institutions in-cluding Government HigherSecondary School, Canal Roadand Shri Ranbir HigherSecondary School. Prominentamong others, Joint DirectorYSS Kashmir Bashir Ahmad,Joint Director YSS Jammu,Madan Lal, Deputy DirectorYSS Central, Haji MirzaHussain, Accounts Officer YSS,A. R. Shigan, representatives ofSGFI, large number of sportslovers, school children’s andprominent citizens were alsopresent at the closing ceremony
62nd National School Games conclude at Jammu
Tennis Cricket U-19 Boys, Girls won by JK, Cricket U-17 Girls won by Haryana
Sports play crucial role in physical fitness,personality development: Sunil Sharma
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 11:
Minister for PHE,Irrigation & Flood ControlSham Lal Chaudhary todaycalled upon the students to be-come agents of change in thesociety and create awarenessamong the people about thebenefits of keeping the envi-ronment neat and clean. TheMinister said this after wit-nessing an impressive skit on‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan’(SBA) performed by studentsof New Janta High School,Biaspur during annual day cel-ebration of their school. Whileaddressing the gathering, theMinister said that there is aneed to come forward and joinhands in making India clean.The mission of ‘SwachhBharat Abhiyaan’ can only beachieved with the active par-ticipation of all citizens of thecountry, he stressed. He fur-ther called upon the studentsto supplement government'sefforts of educating the peopleabout eradicating open defeca-tion and follow healthy sanita-tion practices. He asked themto refrain from throwinggarbage on the streets, waterbodies and public spaces, be-sides planting as many trees asthey can. Highlighting the vi-tal role of teachers in the socie-ty, the Minister said the teach-ers should become role models
for the students by showingthem a right path for good ofthe community. He furtherasked the school administra-tion to hold debates, seminars,declamation contests, paint-ing competitions, symposiumsand other co-curricular activi-ties on regular intervals sothat the students not only gainbookish knowledge but alsoknow about the current hap-penings across the globe. Thestate government is taking onestep after the other for improv-ing the quality of education inthe State, the Minster said,adding that special emphasisis being laid on educating thegirl child. Later, the Minsteralso convened a public griev-ance redressal camp atSuchetgarh wherein the peo-ple hailing from BadyalBrahmana, Pindi Sarochan,Khepad, Rangpur, Dablehar,Flora, Agrachak and otheradjoining villages partici-pated. During the camp, thevillagers projected variousdemands related to powersupply, water supply, roadconnectivity, healthcare, ed-ucation, telecom and sanita-tion. The Minister assuredthem that all their demandswould be redressed in a time-bound manner and soughtcooperation from the peoplein ensuring speedy develop-ment of their areas.
Youth have key rolein maintaining clean,green environment:Sham Choudhary
Div Com inspectswork on alternatebridge at Mehjoor NagarSRINAGAR, FEBRURARY 11:
Divisional CommissionerKashmir, Baseer AhmadKhan, Saturday inspectedprogress of work on alterna-tive bridge at Mehjoor Nagarin Srinagar. The Bailey bridgebeing constructed at a cost ofRs 72 lakh parallel to the exist-ing Mehjoor Nagar Bridge isaimed to provide succor to thecommuters and ease the hard-ships of people particularlyliving in Natipora, MehjoorNagar and other adjoining ar-eas. On the occasion, theDivisional Commissioner di-rected the concerned to speedup the pace of work to ensurethat the said bridge is complet-ed within shortest possibletime so that and people as wellas commuters are benefitted.He was informed that thebridge would be completed bythe end of this month whichwill also help to reduce thetraffic snarls in the area.Additional CommissionerKashmir, Chief Engineer R&Band other concerned were alsopresent on the occasion.
National Lok Adalatheld at RamnagarRAMNAGAR, FEBRUARY 11
National Lok Adalat was or-ganised today by TehsilLegal Services CommitteeRamnagar under the chair-manship of Sub JudgeRamnagar Renu Dogra atSub Judge Court ComplexRamnagar. A total of 43 cas-es were taken up during theLok Adalat and were dis-posed off on the spot. Twoseparate benches compris-ing of Chairman TLSC, (SubJudge Ramnagar), RenuDogra, Tehsildar, RomeshSingh, President of BarAssociation Ramnagar andAdvocate were present onthe occasion.
OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR LAND ACQUISITION SUB DIVISIONAL MAJISTRATE JAMMU SOUTH.Notification No :-20of 2016-17
Dated : - 09/ 02 /2017
The District Collector entrusted the case to this Collectorate vide his office order no.DCJ/LA Ring –Road / Sohanjana / 2016-171514-16 dated 8 - 2- 2017 for disposal under land Acquisition Act 1990.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon me under sub – section (1 ) of section 4 of the land Acquisition Act 1990. I , Sonu Pargal,KAS Collector , Land Acquisition , Sub Divisional Magistrate, Jammu South hereby notified that the land with particulars givin below arelikely to be needed for a public purpose namely Construction of Ring Road in village Sohanjana Tehsil Mandal District Jammu
Any objection with regard to acquisition of said land will be recived by the undersigned within 15 days from the date of publication ofthis notification in the Newspapers.
PARTICULARS OF THE LAND
S NO Name of Name of Name of Khasra KLs Mls
District Tehsil village
1 JAMMU Mandal Sohanjana 436 min 0 5
2 437 min 0 17
3 438 min 2 14
4 439 min 1 16
5 440 min 9 12
6 441 min 2 7
7 476 min 0 14
8 499 min 3 1
9 500 min 1 13
10 498 5 18
11 495 min 4 3
12 497 min 3 12
13 496 min 2 15
14 494 min 3 19
15 492 min 3 8
16 549 min 1 15
17 491 min 2 16
18 495 min 1 17
19 556min 1 17
20 555min 0 2
21 489min 0 13
22 557/1min 4 6
23 558min 1 15
24 559 min 2 9
25 561 min 1 12
26 560 min 1 2
27 562 min 0 17
28 563 min 2 5
29 567 min 2 15
30 566 1 2
31 807 min 2 13
32 811 min 0 19
33 812 min 0 13
34 813 min 0 3
35 806 min 3 7
36 793 min 0 6
37 792 min 1 4
38 796 min 3 3
39 797 3 6
40 798 3 0
41 798 min 1 7
42 800 min 1 3
43 801 min 0 3
44 765 min 0 13
45 863 min 0 3
46 866 min 2 4
47 862 2 5
48 870 2 11
49 871 4 3
50 874 min 2 19
51 875 min 2 4
52 879 min 0 17
53 880 min 0 10
54 882 min 0 1
55 868 min 0 6
56 869 0 13
57 872 0 10
58 873 0 18
59 876 1 0
60 877 0 13
61 878 0 16
62 881 min 1 1
63 884 min 0 6
64 743 min 0 17
65 490 min 2 0
66 488 min 0 3
Total 123 3
Sonu Pargal, (KAS)
CollectorLand Acquisition
Sub Divisional Magistrate
Jammu South.
DIP/J-9424
dated 11-2-2017
REASI, FEBRUARY 11:
Minister of State forFinance and Planning, AjayNanda, today inaugurated aneye check up camp organisedby Salal Power Station of NH-PC Limited under its CSRProgramme at ZorawarHospital, Jyotipuram. GeneralManager Salal Power Station AG Ansari, Chief Engineers M GGhai and A Z Geelani, doctors,other Senior Officers, employ-ees, ladies from NHPC Family,CISF Personnel and localswere present in the occasion.The Minister appreciated theinitiatives taken by SalalPower Station in improving ed-ucation, development profile ofthe area, road connectivity,construction of foot bridgesand campaigns launched un-der ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’.He said that the project is play-ing major role in creating theassets under its CSR compo-nent apart from power genera-tion. Earlier, General Managersaid eyes are the precious or-
gans of the body as they arewindows to the world and thusevery care should be taken tokeep them healthy. He furthersaid that cataracts, very com-mon among older people, affectvision and are the leadingcause of blindness in the worldtoday. Dr. R.D.Sood, Sr.Ophthalmologist and his teamfrom Jammu checked up thepatients and the patients re-quiring cataract surgery werealso identified during the campfor taking up surgeries in duecourse by NHPC.
The NHPC doctors extend-ed co-operation to the visitingteam to facilitate smooth con-duct of the camp. The Ministeralso interacted with the visit-ing patients and advised themto take benefit of the campwherein NHPC is conductingCataract Surgeries by PhacoEmulsification, a very ad-vanced and successful tech-nology. A total of 322 peoplefrom various villages sur-rounding Salal Power Stationattended the camp.
Ajay Nanda inaugurates free eye camp at Jyotipuram
KULGAM, FEBRUARY 11:
District DevelopmentCommissioner Kulgam,Showkat Aijaz Bhat, todayconvened a meeting to re-view the power scenario inKulgam town. Issues relatedto availability of power sup-ply were discussed in detailwith the stakeholders includ-ing the members of AuquafCommitteeKulgam.The DDC directed the PDDauthorities to ensure power
supply as per schedule inKulgam town. During themeeting, repair of damagedtransformers in the townwas also discussed and it wasimpressed upon the officialsof PDD to repair them at theearliest and their subse-quent installations at re-quired places. The meetingwas informed that after theupgradation of Kulgam mainGrid Station to 70 MVA, over-all voltage and power sce-nario has improved signifi-
cantly. The DDCwas informed that due to dis-ruption in 220KV line atBatote power supply got af-fected in the areas feedingelectricity from Mir BazarGrid Station. He added thatthe work is in full swing torestore 220KV supply fullyand within next 3 days pow-er supply would be restored.Among others, the meetingwas attended by ACD, DSPheadquarters and field func-tionaries of PDD.
DDC reviews power scenario in Kulgam town
By : maKhaN SaiKia
The way US President DonaldTrump is handling Xi’s China has raisedhackles of his party men. The ties be-tween the two nuclear-armed countriescould rapidly deteriorate into an eco-nomic or even military confrontations ifcompromise on issues, including trade,Taiwan and the SCS, cannot be foundChina’s grand imperial designs have noend, probably. With Xi Jinping, the coun-try has certainly bolstered its claim overmore and more territories, including theones in the most controversial chain of is-lands in the South China Sea (SCS). It isnothing new for China as it has beenclaiming its ownership and control overthe entire SCS islands. But what came asa rude shock to the international commu-nity, particularly to the nations aroundthe SCS, was Beijing’s swift move to con-struct artificial islands in the disputedareas. It caused tremors in Malaysia,Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand,Brunei and Vietnam. All of them lookedfor an immediate intervention by the USand the other regional powers, likeJapan, so as to contain China’s aggres-
sive expansionist agenda. But thenPresident Barack Obama maintained afeeble stance on China’s sovereigntyclaims. The Obama Administration didnot recognise any ownership of the is-lands and asserted that these are interna-tional water, and, therefore, China alonecannot have its sole right to either occu-py or claim them altogether. But then fi-nally the US sent the USS Decatur, a war-ship into the area in the last October nearthe most disputed Paracel Islands, call-ing it as the “freedom of navigation exer-cises”. The White House said it was to“demonstrate lawful uses of the sea thatthe United States and all States are enti-tled to exercise under international law”.
Ironically, what the internationalcommunity had witnessed was reasser-tion by Beijing and coming up with moreconstruction activities in controversialislands. Meanwhile, China accused theUS of an illegal act and of being “inten-tionally provocative”. Since then whatbrought the Chinese authorities to inter-national attention was the Philippines’successful attempt to drag the former tothe UN special tribunal at The Hague.
The Tribunal recognised the claimsmade by the Philippines and said,“China’s ‘nine-dash line’ had no founda-tion under the UN Convention on theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS)”. The Tribunalalso declared that China had supportedactivities that infringe on thePhilippines’ rights to stock fish and pre-serve marine environment. Another re-markable judgment was given by theTribunal regarding UNCLOS Article 121,which says that any island that can sus-tain human habitation or economic lifeis entitled to claim a 200 nautical mile ex-clusive economic zone and continentalshelf. The Tribunal clearly said that noneof the contested islands in the SCS, in-cluding the Spratly Islands and theScarborough Shoals, are islands underArticle 121. But the Tribunal did notmake any judgments over issues pertain-ing to contested territorial claims by sev-eral nations. However, China reactedstrongly to the Tribunal’s verdict andsaid that it will not be bound by the same.To Beijing, these island chains are itsown lands and, therefore, it does not needany one’s permission or verdict to con-
duct any activity out there. Further, tothe leadership in China, it is just assert-ing its sovereign territorial claims in theSCS and nothing else. Now as thePhilippines has complained that Chinamay try to build on a reef the former’scoast. Delfin Lorenzana, the DefenceSecretary of the Philippines, claimedthat China’s actions would be unaccept-able in the flashpoint waterway. And, hestrongly believes that China would even-tually reclaim the Scarborough Shoal,which is just 230 kilometre from the mainPhilippine island of Luzon. This isadding fuel to the fire in the SCS zone.Why China is adopting this new offen-sive? Is it planning to demonstrate toDonald Trump that Chinese claims ofsovereignty over the SCS will remain un-changed? It seems China is on its regularcourse of action whether it is the SCS orany other controversial territorialclaims the nation has been making overdecades. Of course, with Xi, Beijing hasexpanded its globetrotting campaign andshaken the entire continent. To some,China’s latest move may have been in-spired by Trump’s nominee for the postof the Secretary of the State in January,Rex Tillerson, that China should bebarred from artificial islands it has built
JAMMU SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2017opinion/edit6Glimpses of Future
Glimpses of Future
Panchayat Elections
A let-down by governorBy : yogeSh PrataP SiNgh
Legal scholar Upendra Baxi defines crisis as a situationwhere the structure of a social system allows fewer possibili-ties for problem solving than are necessary for the continuedexistence of the system, where people desire change, but areunable to initiate or attain it. There arises a perception of cri-sis. Crisis is not a situation, it is the incapacity to act. The in-capacity of Governor of Tamil Nadu Ch Vidyasagar Rao totake a timely, independent, judicious and constitutionallycorrect decision once again brought this office under unem-bellished disparagement by letting down this high office andbetraying the high hopes of the framers of the constitution.Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam (OPS) who wasappointed to the post after the death of Jayalalithaa, tenderedhis resignation on February 5 citing ‘personal reasons’, re-quested the governor to accept his resignation and relieve theCouncil of Ministers of Tamil Nadu appointed by him onDecember 6, 2016. The same day, V K Sasikala, who was earli-er appointed AIADMK general secretary, was chosen leaderof AIADMK’s legislative party. She was supposed to be swornin on February 6. But regardless of the party sending the let-ter of support from the legislators to the governor and askinghim to administer the oath of office to Sasikala, there was noresponse from Raj Bhavan. Later, the resignation of OPanneerselvam was accepted by the governor. The state waspushed into disorder on February 7 when OPS chargedSasikala with forcing him to vacate the CM’s post and claimedthat he holds the confidence of the House. Now, his resigna-tion is already accepted by the governor and lawfully, he can-not withdraw it. The later developments are worrisome.Some 130 MLAs supporting Sasikala, as it is claimed, weretaken to a luxury resort away from the state headquarters toensure that they don’t jump ship is a distressing trend. Thedisproportionate assets verdict involving Sasikala which islikely to come for final sentencing in the Supreme Court, isanother crucial fact which the governor has to take into con-sideration. So far as the text of the Constitution (Article 164)is concerned, the appointment of the chief minister is to bemade by the governor in his discretion, but this legal positiondoes not disclose true picture. The very concept of collectiveresponsibility borrowed from the British Constitution makesit clear that the discretion of the governor is very much condi-tioned by the party position in the House [Mahabir Prasad vPrafulla Chandra, 1969]. The Supreme Court has now made itclear that the governor's discretion in the appointment of achief minister is not unfettered. If the governor appoints aperson as the chief minister, who was not qualified to be amember of the state assembly, his/her appointment would beultra-virus under Article 164 of the Constitution. The court al-so laid down that, “The Governor cannot, in the exercise ofhis discretion or otherwise, do anything that is contrary tothe Constitution.” So, the governor’s discretion has no sensewhen a party has the majority in the House. Where no politi-cal party gets absolute majority, how the governor, in ap-pointing the chief minister, decides whether the person he isgoing to appoint enjoys the confidence of the House? Differentgovernors have used different methods in the past. Widestsupport Various committees and commissions have maderecommendations while choosing a chief minister, particu-larly the Sarkaria report, provide the following considera-tions: (a) The party or a combination of parties which com-mands the widest support in the assembly should be calledupon to form the government; (b) The governor’s task is to seethat a government is formed and not to try to form a govern-ment which pursues policies which he approves; (c) If there isa single party having absolute majority, the governor mustask the leader of that party to form the government; (d) Ifthere is no such party, the governor should act in order ofpreference, that is: (i) pre-poll alliance; (ii) the single largestparty staking a claim to form a government with the supportof others including independents; (iii) a post-electoral al-liance with all partners joining the government; (iv) A post–electoral alliance with some joining the government andsome parties supporting from outside; and (v) the governorwhile going through the process described above should se-lect a leader who in his opinion is most likely to command the
In democracy Panchayats have a great role to play at gross-root level for the development of an area. Empowering andstrengthening of panchayats is necessary for the welfare of
the people living in rural areas of the country, especially inState of Jammu and Kashmir so that the benefit schemes of thegovernment are delivered at the doorsteps of the people to givethem maximum benefits. Gandhiji, the father of Indian nationrealized the importance of village Panchayat as an importantinstrument of rural development, promoting democracy atgrass-root. Jammu & Kashmir state will progress only, whenthe people living in villages become politically conscious. Theprogress of our country is bound up with the progress in our vil-lage. If our villages make progress, India will become a strongnation and nobody will be able to stop its onward march, if youflinch from your determination and get involved in mutualquarrels and petty factions, you will not be able to succeed inyour mission. Due to some reasons best known to the govern-ment agencies these elections are delayed in Jammu andKashmir. Ruling governments have not shown interest in hold-ing Panchayat elections in the State. Panchayat elections wereheld in the State in the year 2011 and more than 80 per cent ruralfolk had voted in the elections and this time elections whichhave already been delayed, and there is a possibility that thegrants that the Central Government gives for spending by theelected Panchayats may not be utilized for the welfare of thepeople of the State. The Government has not appointed an inde-pendent election commission and finance commission for hold-ing panchayat elections in the State as per the existing law.Rather it has empowered the chief electoral officer to go aheadwith these elections, which is contrary to the 73rd amendmentas incorporated in the state law. If Panchayat elections are de-layed this time, the central Government shall withhold croresof rupees under various urban development schemes to be im-plemented through these elected self-government units. Asmuch as Rs 3096 crores worth grants under the 14th FinanceCommission Award were proposed to be spent through theelected Panchayats, which had ceased to exist in Jammu andKashmir last year in the event of delay in holding timely elec-tions to them. The elected government had promised to hold theelections within months of forming the government to decen-tralize power and involve people in the decision-makingprocess for development of cities and towns in J&K, but nothingsuch has happened this time also. It is in the interest of the Statethat panchayat elections shall be held on time so that people arenot deprived of the welfare schemes of the centre which are tobe implemented through elected panchayats for the develop-ment and the betterment of the people of the State.
Leadership is not an entitlement to be hadBy : aShoK maliK
Where and how the AIADMK conflict willconclude, cannot be forecast. When it does, itwill throw up an organic leader who will cap-ture the political turf and will do so by virtue ofhis/her political skills. It is fairly obvious thatany resolution to the AIADMK crisis will beshort-lived. Jayalalithaa’s death only one yearafter she led the party to victory in the TamilNadu Assembly election has been followed by apower grab attempt by her friend and confi-dante, Sasikala Natarajan, and a belated revoltby the stand-in Chief Minister, OPanneerselvam. Party MLAs seem to be back-ing Natarajan, whose grip on the organisation,in consultation with her husband and family, isstrong. Yet, the idea of a pretender taking on themantle of “Amma”, as Jayalalithaa was known,is not altogether popular and this is givingPanneerselvam some hope. State elections inIndia tend to be presidential and regional par-ties tend to be built around strong personalities.Given this, the mandate of 2016 in Tamil Naduwas as much (if not more) a personal mandatefor Jayalalithaa as a victory for the AIADMK.Ideally, with her passing, that mandate shouldstand dissolved and a fresh election should becalled. Yet, that would be unfair to an electoratethat has voted in 234 representatives for a five-year term. Elections are expensive business,and results are often unpredictable. AIADMKMLAs have no reason to hasten an election andwould prefer a post-Jayalalithaa arrangementthat survives for the foreseeable future.
It is recognised, of course, that the vacuumin Tamil Nadu politics will need to be filled atsome point by a charismatic face and a massphenomenon — one hesitates to use the expres-sion “political leader” just yet, because it could
well be an iconic actor who emerges as the nextelectoral superstar. Even in the DMK, whichlost narrowly to the AIADMK in 2016, the patri-
arch M Karunanidhi is past 90 and due to handover the baton to his son and designated heir,MK Stalin. The point is who will challengeStalin and consolidate the non-DMK vote,building on the legacy of Jayalalithaa and cap-turing the AIADMK mainstream?
The AIADMK succession is not going to beeasy and smooth. Whoever wins this round will
have to live with factional feuding in the periodahead. A shake-up in the party is imminent, andit remains uncertain whether any arrangement
can actually run the course till the Assembly’sterm ends in 2021. Stalin will smell his chanceand promise a breakaway faction of theAIADMK a power-sharing deal. New nameswill be thrown up and the AIADMK brand iden-tity and political base will be up for contest.
Ideally there should be an internal electionand the next leader of the AIADMK should be
chosen thus. Yet, internal democracy is not astrong attribute of Indian political parties, espe-cially when the supreme leader is not just all-powerful but looks upon suggestions of succes-sion planning as a personal affront if not a con-spiracy. When the supreme leader is single andhas not left any obvious family legatee, theproblem becomes more pronounced. Is then adynastic party, especially at the regional level,more realistic and even recommended, as somehave argued in recent days, to avoid the type ofsituation that has enveloped the AIADMK andTamil Nadu? While superficially persuasive,this contention is deeply flawed, especially inthe long-term. It ends up weakening the party,dulling its instincts and arresting its evolution.A case in point is the Shiromani Akali Dal, pre-dicted to be heading for a massive defeat inPunjab. The Shiromani Akali Dal began as anembodiment and advocate of Sikh identity andreligio-political pride. It was a repository ofwhat has come to be called the “panthic vote” inPunjab and had a collective leadership, draw-ing mainly but not exclusively from the JatSikh community. Till the 1980s, the ShiromaniAkali Dal was associated with Parkash SinghBadal, GS Tohra, Surjit Singh Barnala,Harcharan Singh Longowal and others of thatgeneration. Two of these men became the ChiefMinister, several others became UnionMinisters. Gradually, from the mid-1990s andespecially after Punjab’s decade of insurgencyended, the Shiromani Akali Dal became moreand more associated with Badal, his son, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and wider family. From ademocratic party with a phalanx of leaders itbecame a family firm. This served it in goodtimes and it won two successive elections 2007
Looking beyond our own species
By : NaliN Kumar mohaPatra
Over the years renewable energy is emerg-ing as a major source of alternative energy forSouth Asia. As this region is blessed with hy-drocarbon resources, the most important taskis how to tap the potentiality to mitigate energyscarcity. No other region of the world offers par-adoxical picture over energy security as SouthAsia. Going through EIA (Energy InformationAdministration) data, countries like Bhutanand Nepal have enough hydroelectricity poten-tial and Bangladesh gas resources, but thesecould not be tapped yet. On the other hand,Pakistan is facing deficit in energy supply andsuffers the most. Sri Lanka has the potential totap tidal wave and convert it into energy, how-ever no effective energy policy has been out-lined by Colombo yet. Similar is the case withMaldives. Afghanistan has some energy re-sources, and it occupies a special position in theenergy map of South Asia because of its loca-tion as an “energy corridor”. India, on the otherhand, relies heavily on energy import, despitehaving energy reserves (both conventional andrenewable), due to its economic modernisationover the years as well as growing domestic re-quirement. This picture of South Asian energygives us a broader vision about the nature of en-ergy security which is quite asymmetric in na-ture both in terms of demand and supply as well
as harnessing the actual potentialities.Geopolitical consideration is emerging as
one of the foremost factors in defining the struc-ture of energy security in South Asia. This canbe discerned from the fact that both the TAPIPipeline and IPI pipelines are in limbo. This ishappening because various stakeholders toboth the projects are in conflict with state andnon-state actors. In the mid 90s, as has been re-ported in the Western Press, American energygiant UNOCAL hobnobbed with Taliban fortaking the TAPI project to its logical-end. Butthis project has not made much headway. Onemajor obstacle in operationalisation of thisproject is securing a safe transit corridor.Second, the prices of energy are also fluctuatingand this may influence the decision of energyconglomerates in constructing the gas routes.Of late there are news reports that this routewill bypass Pakistan (pipeline can be construct-ed through Iran using undersea route) and itwill connect with Bangladesh. If this happensthan it can be a “game changer” in both Southand Central Asia in terms of energy connectivi-ty. Like the TAPI route, the Iran-Pakistan-Indiacorridor is also in doldrums because of the ad-versarial conditions prevailing in Pakistan. Ithas also been reported that Iran is not interest-ed in this project. Volatility in Pakistan can beconsidered as one of the reasons for taking suchdrastic measures. If this is true than one can en-
visage the India-Oman-Iran undersea gaspipeline as an alternative. Studying both thepipeline routes one can get a sense that geopolit-ical caveats are major obstacles in the function-ing of an effective energy grid. The case of India-Bangladesh-Myanmar gas pipeline route is alsomaking a slow but tardy progress. Though un-der a scenario of “complex interdependence”,both India and Bangladesh are taking the dealto the next level, it has been envisaged that thisroute could meet the energy need of North-Eastern part of India. Over the years renewableenergy is emerging as a major source of alterna-tive energy for South Asia. As this region isblessed with hydrocarbon resources, the mostimportant task is how to tap the potentiality tomitigate energy scarcity. Both Bhutan andNepal are classic examples in this regard. Astudy published by SAARC Energy Centre ti-tled, Study for Development of a PotentialRegional Hydropower Plant in South Asia, lastyear has cogently explained some of these facts.The study highlights that only “1,484 MW” ofBhutan’s electricity has been tapped so far.However, the actual potential is “30,000 MW”.Similarly with regards to Nepal, the reportadds that this Himalayan Kingdom is havingaround “82,000 MW of hydropower” however“728 MW” has been so far harnessed. The ener-gy potentiality has not been harnessed properlyin some of these States because of lack of tech-
nology as well as financial resources. India be-cause of its technological advancement as wellas economic resources can provide assistanceto these two neighbouring states for tapping hy-drocarbon potentialities. SAARC EnergyCentre in its various studies emphasised im-portance of India in harnessing energy re-sources in this region. Development of hydro-electricity in these two states assume quite sig-nificant, because it is closely linked with botheconomic development as well as human re-sources development of these two states alongwith North-Eastern parts of India. Over theyears, India, understanding the urgency of thesituation, is taking measures to improve theelectricity production both in Nepal andBhutan. The visit of Prime Minister NarendraModi to both the countries in 2014 gave a newimpetus to India’s hydro-diplomacy in the east-ern neighbourhood region. Modi signed anagreement with Nepal to create “1,800 MW” ofelectricity. Both the “Aruna III and UpperKarnali projects” are focal point of India’s hy-dro-diplomacy in Nepal. This energy deal is awin-win situation for both Kathmandu andNew Delhi as the former will get investmentand job opportunity for the locals and the latterwill get electricity. In addition to Nepal, Bhutanis another thrust of India’s investment in thehydroelectricity sector. The “Inter-
Redrawing puzzling South Asian energy map
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China’s imperial designs under sovereignty guise
By : Suhrith ParthaSarathy
Tamil Nadu’s new jallikattu law pres-ents complex constitutional issues on howwe treat animals. It raises more questionsthan answers, some of which are likely tobe at the core of the Supreme Court’s con-sideration. Do animals have rights? If so,how are these rights to be administered,and against whom can they be enforced? Ifnot, do human beings nonetheless owe anobligation to treat animals with care andcompassion? Are any of these responsibili-ties inalienable, and to what extent canour Constitution be extended to includewithin its mandate a binding duty to en-sure the safety and security of animals?
Some of these questions are likely tobe at the core of the Supreme Court’s con-sideration, when it hears arguments onthe validity of Tamil Nadu’s new law thatpermits the practice of jallikattu in theState. Despite the court’s judgment in 2014,in Animal Welfare Board of India v A.Nagaraja, where it struck down an earliereffort to legalise jallikattu, its verdict onthe fresh challenge is anything but in-evitable. The new law presents distinctand complex constitutional problems, andthe questions it raises don’t have easy an-swers. To overcome these hurdles, theSupreme Court may well have to resort tomaking substantial incursions into a law-making role, at the potential cost of endan-
gering its proper place in India’s constitu-tional structure. But whichever way thedecision goes, if the present dispute showsus anything, it is this: that the existing le-gal regime governing animal welfare inIndia is woefully inadequate and too easilymalleable to accord animals even a reason-able guarantee of dignity and respect.What we need today, therefore, is a moresustained and more intellectually rigor-ous debate on how best to improve the wel-fare of our animals.
Rukmini Arundale’s effortsThe movement in India for better ani-
mal protection laws began soon afterIndependence. Influenced by the ideolo-gies of the Theosophical Society, the ac-claimed dancer Rukmini Devi Arundale,then a nominated member of the RajyaSabha, introduced a private bill in 1952that intended to replace the existing colo-nial era statute of 1890. “Of course, it is aswell for us, absolutely right for us, to con-sider the question of preventing any cruel-ty to animals, not only because of the ani-mals themselves but much more so be-cause of the human beings involved in it,”said Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, inresponse to her bill. “I entirely agree thatone test of civilisation a very major test isthe growth of this feeling and practice ofcompassion.”Ultimately Nehru requestedArundale to withdraw her bill, assuring
her that his government would establish acommittee to study the subject thorough-ly, promising to introduce appropriate leg-islation at a future date. However, in 1960,when the Prevention of Cruelty toAnimals Act (PCA Act) was enacted, someof the fundamental tenets of Arundale’sbill were missing for example, the law cre-ated a blanket exception for experimentsconducted on animals with a view to secur-ing medical advancement. But notwith-standing those misgivings, the PCA Act,owing largely to Arundale, was still aheadof its times, in that it was based on an un-derlying belief that it was morally wrongfor humans to inflict unnecessary pain onanimals. When, 15 years later, theAustralian utilitarian philosopher PeterSinger first published his seminal book,Animal Liberation, generally consideredthe foundational work behind the modernanimal welfare movement, his argumentswere built on a similar thesis: that basicprinciples of ethical behaviour called foran end to the causing of avoidable suffer-ing to animals. Singer argues against whathe describes as speciesism, or the idea thathuman animals, simply by virtue of beinghuman, possess a greater claim over moralrights than non-human animals do.Animals too, much like human beings, cansuffer and feel pain, and, therefore, to treathumans as somehow special is akin, he
says, to making classifications based on,say, race or sex. Singer’s arguments can bebest understood through an example heprovides. “If I give a horse a hard slapacross its rump with my open hand, thehorse may start, but it presumably feels lit-tle pain,” he writes in his book. “If I slap ababy in the same way, however, the babywill cry and presumably does feel pain, forits skin is more sensitive. So it is worse toslap a baby than a horse, if both slaps areadministered with equal force. But theremust be some kind of blow that wouldcause the horse as much pain as we cause ababy by slapping it with our hand.” If it’swrong to inflict that much pain on a baby,Singer says, there’s simply no good reasonto inflict an equivalent amount of pain on ahorse. To consider otherwise is, in his be-lief, to act as a speciesist. Now, his inter-pretations have opponents at both ends ofthe spectrum. At one extreme end are ar-guments that treat animals as property, ascapable of being freely exploited by hu-mans for selfish purposes; at the other andthese represent more compelling argu-ments are the writings of those such as theAmerican philosopher Tom Regan. In hisdefinitive 1983 book, The Case for AnimalRights, Regan argues that animals, at leastsentient ones, possess basic moral rights,since they possess an inherent value,
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Leadership ...................................................................................and 2012 but somehow damaged its vitality and reduced its
appeal to a broader panthic constituency. As a result, some of thatvote has moved to the Aam Aadmi Party this time, believing theBadal-led Shiromani Akali Dal no longer speaks for it. Today, theconsequences of converting a broad-based party into a family par-ty are there for all to see. The Shiromani Akali Dal has suffered amicrocosm of the fate that has befallen the Congress, nationally,since its determined, post-1960s makeover into an entity run by asingle family. Given this, while immediate succession in case ofthe death of the party leader is quick and impediment-free, the at-tenuation of a party following over-dependence on a small familyas a source of leadership and ideas is incalculable. In a generation
or two, it can make the party irrelevant. Where and how the AIADMK conflict will conclude cannot be
forecast, at least not by this writer. Even so, when it does end, itwill throw up an organic leader, whether from within the party oroutside, who will capture the political turf that has become avail-able and do so by virtue of his or her skills in political mobilisa-tion, organisational acumen and popular acceptability. If thisperson is Natarajan or Panneerselvam so be it; but they have toearn their way to the top. They cannot be the beneficiaries of in-trigue. One way or the other, leadership of a mass party requiresvalidation by the wide spectrum of supporters who vote for theparty.
much like humans. Therefore, a recognition of their rights re-quires us to fundamentally change the way we treat them. Somemight view Regan’s arguments as taking things a step too far. If wewere to see rights as concomitant with responsibilities, for in-stance, the question that begs asking is this: how do we impose du-ties on animals? This conflict, on the true nature of animal rights,will likely be at the heart of the arguments to be advanced by boththose for and against the new jallikattu law. Although theSupreme Court, in A. Nagaraja, appeared to suggest that animalspossess a right to life, much like that guaranteed to human beingsunder Article 21 of the Constitution, the primary reason for thecourt striking down Tamil Nadu’s 2009 law regulating jallikattuwas because the statute was repugnant to the PCA Act. State vsCentre Under India’s constitutional structure, both the Centraland State governments can make laws on animal cruelty, but ifthe latter’s statute is contrary to the former’s, such an act must se-cure the President’s assent. And this is precisely the approachadopted by Tamil Nadu in enacting its law last month. Thisstatute, which secured the President’s assent on January 31,amends the PCA Act and creates a specific exception for jallikattu.This means that the petitioners in the Supreme Court have to domore than just show that the PCA Act stands violated by jallikat-tu; they would have to prove that its practice infracts at least oneof the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Thisthreshold ought to prove hard to meet. The Constitution’sframers, after all, never intended to guarantee to animals any fun-damental rights, and, what’s more, the bare text of the documenthardly permits such a reading. To follow the path set in A.Nagaraja would require, therefore, a gargantuan leap in constitu-tional interpretation; it would necessitate a specific holding thatan animal is a legal person. Such a conclusion may be philosophi-cally justifiable. Indeed, some scholars such as Steven Wise, anAmerican lawyer, have made precisely such an argument. In hisbook, Rattling the Cage, Wise enlists a whole list of artificial enti-ties that are considered legal persons: corporations, ships, part-nerships, governments, and so forth. He also points to Indian ex-
amples, including a Supreme Court decision that held that theholy book of the Sikhs, the Guru Granth Sahib, was a juristic per-son, as too to the example of Hindu idols that are considered juris-tic entities. But if Wise’s argument were to be extended to the levelof constitutional interpretation, were we to treat animals as ourequals under Article 14, for instance, the anomalies that thiswould result in are enormous: not only would this render the jal-likattu law unconstitutional, it would also open a Pandora’s boxwhere a whole host of otherwise acceptable activities may comeunder challenge. But, equally, were the court to reject the petition-er’s argument, it would only serve to highlight the hollowness ofthe present animal welfare regime, where a simple legislativeamendment is sufficient to topple the core values that ought to un-derpin a moral society, in which animals are treated with care andcompassion. Best practices elsewhere The German examplemight provide us with some solutions. In 2002, Germany amendedits Constitution to specifically mandate the state to legislate andprotect animal rights within the framework of the constitutionalorder. This has meant that the federal constitutional court inGermany now has to weigh the dignity of animals against otherliberties such as the right to freely practise religion or the right toconduct of medical research. Therefore, now, any legislative ex-ception to animal rights whether this involves slaughtering forfood, or the use of animals for producing dairy would have to benarrowly tailored, ensuring that animals’ welfare is protected tothe greatest extent possible. It’s clear that we need something sim-ilar in India to make rights of animals more unassailable. For along time, as Martha Nussbaum, an American philosopher, hasobserved, the pursuit of global justice has required the inclusionof many people that were previously excluded as “fully equal sub-jects of justice”: the poor, ethnic, religious and racial minorities,women, the disabled, and immigrants, among others. There is, asshe says, no obvious reason why we ought not to look beyond thesebarriers of our own species. For to continue to subject animals tothe disdainful whims of human behaviour is to ignore the basicentitlements of justice.
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majority in the assembly. Besides, the person so selectedshould be called to prove its majority within 30 days on the floorof the House, and only there. The collective trust in the legisla-ture is founded on the bedrock of the constitutional trust. However,this is a case where one side even in the floor test does not trust theother and the other claims that there is no reason not to have thetrust. Hence, there is the need and necessity to have a neutralperceptionist to see that absolute objectivity is maintainedwhen the voting takes place. The Supreme Court in JagdambikaPal v State of UP, 1998 directed convening of a composite floortest between contending parties to ascertain who out of two (Kalyan
Singh and Pal, in this case) enjoyed a majority in the UP LegislativeAssembly. Later, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court(2005) directed the pro-tem speaker of the Jharkhand LegislativeAssembly to conduct a composite floor test in the assembly to as-certain the majority between Chief Minister Shibu Soren, ap-pointed by the governor, or former chief minister Arjun Munda.The governor takes oath to preserve, protect and defend the con-stitution (to the best of his ability). His judicious mind may savethe state from premature elections or plausible judicial inter-vention that may once again ridicule the institution of governorafter the fiasco in Uttarakhand and Arunanchal Pradesh.
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in the SCS. He also said that China’s control and construc-tion of artificial islands in waters claimed by neighbouringcountries was “akin to Russia’s taking of Crimea”. In a first re-sponse to Tillerson’s comment, China’s Foreign Ministry em-phasised the importance of mutual respect and cooperation withthe US. Nevertheless, Lu Kang Lu, one of the spokesmen of theministry, hinted at some hope and said that China-US relationsare based on “non-confrontation, non-conflict, mutual benefitand win-win cooperation”. China has restrained from taking atough stand against the Trump Administration so far. But all in-dications are that China’s attitude rightly demonstrates its con-trol over the SCS as a foregone conclusion. If America takes up amilitary venture, then only it can stop China from the SCS. Andit is unlikely to happen. Then, how Tillerson will move forward,remains a mystery. For, Xi, he will maintain calm as he is wind-ing down his first term by the end of the year and the party topguns are locked in a power struggle to appoint their allies in thenew Cabinet. But, Xi is not likely to be seen as weak at all.Naysayers, activists, globalists, leaders from various parts andfinally, of course the Democrats, and some of Trump’s own par-tymen are concerned about the way Trump is handling Xi’sChina. Some of the world’s leading China experts bring home
startling facts about the future of the US-China relations. A re-port submitted by the group to the White House on February 5highlights that the ties between the two nuclear-armed coun-tries could rapidly deteriorate into an economic or even militaryconfrontations if compromise on issues, including trade,Taiwan and the SCS, cannot be found. However, the boisterouslanguage that the Trump Administration used for China will nothelp de-escalate the tension between the two global powers.What Evan Medeiros, one of Obama’s top advisers on Asia, saysreflects the chances of possible damage in the bilateral relations:“You can’t do everything simultaneously. You can’t pick a fightwith China on Taiwan, on trade, on North Korea and the SouthChina Sea at the same time. It simply won’t work. You’ll just endup in a big fight with China that doesn’t produce anything for theUnited States”. Though the current situation is “somewhere be-tween uncertain and very worried” as Medeiros echoed, there issome glimmers of hope from Trump. Being a billionaire busi-nessman, he will have to understand the global and regional re-alities wherein interests of both America and China lie together.He and his establishment must see to it that China is not pushedand pressed too far. If this happens at all, neither China norAmerica will be benefitted. Hope, Trump realises it sooner.
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Governmental Agreement between the Royal Government ofBhutan and the Government of the Republic of India” for the de-velopment of hydroelectricity cooperation between the two coun-tries as reported in the Ministry of External Affairs website stat-ed that around “1,416 MW” of electricity will be developed follow-ing the joint cooperation between India and Bhutan. As per a re-cent report of Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan and quoted inthe website of hydroworld, last week, Thimpu earns around “32.4per cent of the country’s total exports and 8 per cent of its gross do-mestic product”. This figure demonstrates how significant thecontribution of hydrocarbon sector to the economic developmentof Bhutan. Like Nepal, Bhutan’s development in the hydro-elec-tric sector will provide an impetus to the dynamics to the sub-re-gional cooperation within the South Asian framework. In addi-tion to Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, despite its limited hydro-po-tentiality is trying to reap benefits by cooperating with India.During the visit of Modi to Dhaka in 2015 both the countriesagreed to develop the same. The Joint Declaration between boththe countries known as “Notun Projonmo Nayi Disha” spells outthe details of cooperation in the hydroelectricity spheres. TheDeclaration has also outlines the need for the development of “en-ergy grids”. In addition to the bilateral initiatives what is gainingadded impetus to the sub-regional multilateral approach with re-gards to energy security is the initiation of BBIN (Bangladesh,Bhutan, India and Nepal network). The institutional cooperationinitiative over hydroelectricity among these four countries of the
SAARC can be a milestone in this regard. The joint workinggroup of BBIN countries which met in January 2016 spelt out theneed for formation of “energy grid” and “hydropower coopera-tion” among all the four states. As has been argued, at the policymaking circles, BBIN initiative on energy cooperation amongthese four states is more or less similar to the HydrocarbonVision 2030 for the North-Eastern States of India, which was re-leased in February 2016. The vision emphasises on “greater con-nectivity” with Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal. One importantaspect of the vision document was that it focuses on bringing outa synergy between “energy security” and “human security” bothin the North-Eastern part of India and Bhutan, Bangladesh andNepal. In addition to the BBIN network which is at an incipientphase, the CASA-1000(Central Asia and South Asia 1000) projectfunded by World Bank aims at transferring the surplus electrici-ty of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the power deficit South Asianstates like Afghanistan, Pakistan. As quoted in the Kyrgyz news-papers the project will be completed within three years. A bur-geoning survey of energy situation of South Asia demonstratesthat energy security is most urgent task before the South Asianstates. A closer look at the poverty figure of some of these states(like Bangladesh and Pakistan) demonstrates that energy is nec-essary for ensuring perennial access to food security. Thus onecan draw a parallel between “water-food-energy security” in thecontext of South Asia. This can ensure sustainable security in theregion.
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Badaun (UP), Feb 11 : (PTI)
Taking a dig at ChiefMinister Akhilesh Yadav's"kaam bolta hai" slogan,Prime Minister NarendraModi today said it was the SPleader's "karnama" (misdeed)which spoke for him. Modi,who has stepped up his attackon Akhilesh in recent days, al-so said that the Chief Ministeris to be blamed if people of thestate which he ruled for fiveyears do not see 'achche din'.
"Akhileshji says 'kaambolta hai' (work speaks for it-self). Even a child here knowsthat it is your 'karnama' (mis-deed) which is speaking foryou," Modi told an election
rally here. "Akhilesh askswhether 'achhe din' havecome," Modi said referring tothe SP leader's frequent jibe atModi over his 2014 poll slogan
of "achhe din' (gooddays). "He is the chiefminister for the pastfive years and if peopletell him that it has notcome, he is responsi-ble...it is BSP andCongress which is re-sponsible." The PrimeMinister, who hasbeen targeting the SP-Congress alliance,charged that the "twofamilies" have come to-gether in the state tohide their failures.
"Lohia was against Congressand his disciples who followedideals of Lohia, came forwardand embraced Congress...Ihave no problem who you em-
brace, but you tell people as towhat you have done for them."In state elections, why mustthe old government not giveits report card...whereverthey are going they have onlyone thing to say. Ask whatModi has said or done...thiswill be decided by the peoplein 2019... you give your ac-count first," Modi said.
He also asked whyAkhilesh "who had brandedMayawati government as cor-rupt" and had promised tosend to jail the guilty had notacted against them. "Officialsclose to Mayawati and facingserious corruption chargeswere given more importantposts after a drama of two-
three months and doors wereopened for more corruption....What kind of officials wereposted in Noida?" Modi asked.Stressing that all the politicalparties opposed to each otherwere together on the issue ofcorruption, Modi said bothMayawati and MulayamSingh Yadav had never beenone of any issue but both wereangry with him on his noteban decision. "Why are they soangry with me? ...Mayawatiand Mulayam Singh who wereopposed to each other, cametogether on one issue when Iwaged a war on black moneyas they found that the groundwas slipping under their feet,"Modi said.
Modi seeks to puncture 'kaam boltahai' slogan of Akhilesh
Chennai, Feb 11 : PTI
Two days after stakingclaim with him to form thegovernment amidst politicalturmoil in Tamil Nadu,AIADMK General SecretaryV K Sasikala today sought anappointment with GovernorCh Vidyasagar Rao to paradeMLAs supporting her beforehim.Sasikala said she be-lieved that the Governorwould "act immediately tosave the sovereignty of theConstitution, democracy andthe interest" of Tamil Nadu. Ina letter to the Governor,Sasikala recalled that she hadmet him on February 9 alongwith her senior ministers,consequent to her seeking anappointment with him tohand over the letter of partyMLAs electing her as theirleader. She told him she hadthen submitted an "elaboratepresentation to invite me toform the government as I haveabsolute majority," besidesthe original letter and truecopy of the resolution electingher as the AIADMKLegislature party leader.
"Thus as it has been sevenlong days since ChiefMinister O Panneerselvamsubmitted (his resignation)and Your Excellency acceptedhis resignation, taking the ur-gency of the situation at hand,I would like to seek an ap-pointment with YourExcellency by today alongwith all MLAs who extendedtheir support to me regardingfurther course of action to
form the government," shesaid.
"I believe YourExcellency will act immedi-ately to save the sovereigntyof the Constitution, democra-cy and the interest of thestate," she added. Meanwhile,Sasikala addressed partyworkers at Poes Garden resi-dence and assured them thatthe party will come out victo-rious in its present hour of cri-sis.The AIADMK leader saidtheir patience also had a limit."Since we believe in justiceand democracy, we are littlepatient. But we can be patientonly to a certain extent. Afterthat we have to jointly dowhat we have to," she saidamidst cries of 'Chinnama' byher supporters. "It is my dutyto lead the party and govern-ment. The manoeuvring of a
few people cannot hurt thismass movement which has 1.5crore supporters left behindby Amma (Jayalalithaa)," shesaid. The party workers were"everything" for her andJayalalithaa had died withthe confidence "I will protectthe party and the govern-ment," she added.
She said Jayalalithaa hadsteered the party to greatheights amidst a lot of chal-lenges and this had resultedin AIADMK becoming thethird largest one in theParliament. AIADMK was a"strong fort" which cannot be"shaken" by anybody,Sasikala said, and added:"Amma is with us and identi-fying the detractors. With thesupport of 1.5 crore support-ers, those trying to divide uswill fail," she asserted.
Sasikala seeks appointmentwith Guv to parade MLAs
Lucknow, Feb 11 :PTI
About 45 per cent voteswere today cast till 2 PM in 73Assembly constituencies in thefirst of the seven-phase UttarPradesh polls. Barring an inci-dent of voter-slip snatching andclashes among supporters of ri-val parties at Baghpat, pollingwas peaceful. The turn out wasestimated at around 45 per cent,he said. A total of 2.60 crore vot-ers, including over 1.17 crorewomen and 1,508 belonging tothird gender category are eligi-ble to cast their ballot to decidethe fate of 839 candidates. A re-port from Baghpat said RLDworkers obstructed Dalit vot-ers from exercising their fran-chise in Looyan village underBadaut area leading to clash.Police swung into action to dis-perse them. FIRs have beenfiled against three RLD work-ers. In Meerut, controversialBJP leader Sangeet Som'sbrother Gangan Som was de-
tained by police for carrying apistol inside a polling booth.Gagan reached the pollingbooth in Sardhana Assemblyseat at 9 AM. The security per-sonnel deployed there friskedhim and found a pistol in hispossession. He was immediate-ly detained, police said.Officials said that as per the pollcode, those possessing licensedweapons are required to de-posit them with the police.
The permission to keeparms is granted in special casesonly. Sangeet is the sittingMLA from Sardhana and hadshot to limelight for his contro-versial speeches during the2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.
In Mathura, minor EVMmalfunctions were reported ata few places. No incident of vio-lence took place in all 5 seats ofthe district, Deputy collectorBasant Agrawal said.
The first phase of pollingwill decide the electoral for-tunes of Pankaj Singh (Noida
seat), son of Home MinisterRajnath Singh, CongressLegislature Party leaderPradeep Mathur (Mathura)against whom BJP spokesmanSrikant Sharma is in fray,Mriganka Singh (Kairana),daughter of BJP MP HukumSingh and controversial BJPMLAs Sangeet Som and SureshRana - Sardhan andThanabhawan respectively.Former BJP state presidentLakshmikant Bajpai (Meerut),RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son-in-law Rahul Singh (SP) fromSikandarabad, and SandeepSingh, grandson of RajasthanGovernor Kalyan Singh fromAtrauli are among other keyfigures in this phase. The dis-tricts where polling is on in thisphase are Shamli,Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat,Meerut, Ghaziabad, GautamBuddha Nagar, Hapur,Bulandshahr, Aligarh,Mathura, Hathras, Agra,Firozabad, Etah and Kasganj .
Uttar Pradesh: About 45 pc votes polled till 2 PM
New Delhi, Feb 11 : PTI
Finance Minister ArunJaitley today said Sebi isevolving as per the require-ments of the economy andmarkets as a professional or-ganisation, as he discussed hisBudget initiatives with themarkets regulator. After ad-dressing Sebi's board and topofficials at a customary post-Budget meeting, Jaitley saidhe also discussed the futureagenda for the capital marketsregulatory body, includingthe evolving technologicaland policy changes. "Sebi is aprofessional organisationwith a considerable experi-ence in this line and has beenevolving as per the needs ofthe economy and the marketsitself," Jaitley told reportersafter his post-Budget addressto Sebi's board. "Primarily, wediscussed issues relating tomarkets ... subjects related tofuture agenda, some of whichare Sebi's own agenda becauseof various evolutions in mar-kets and technologies andsome of which are necessitat-ed by Budget announce-ments... "It is those subjectswhich we have discussed atthe meeting today," theMinister said.Minister ofState for Finance Arjun RamMeghwal and Sebi'sChairman Designate AjayTyagi, currently AdditionalSecretary in Finance
Ministry, were alsopresent.Sebi's currentChairman U K Sinha was pres-ent in the meeting along withother board members and topofficials of the regulatorybody. Sinha's term would endon March 1, after which Tyagiwill take over. BesidesChairman, Sebi's board com-prises whole-time members,independent directors andnominees from FinanceMinistry, Corporate AffairsMinistry and the ReserveBank. Sebi was established in1992 in accordance with theprovisions of the Securitiesand Exchange Board of IndiaAct, 1992. It was set up with amandate "to protect the inter-
ests of investors in securitiesand to promote the develop-ment of, and to regulate the se-curities market and for mat-ters connected therewith orincidental thereto". Besidesregulating stock exchangesand other market infrastruc-ture institutions, Sebi alsoregulates and supervises vari-ous kinds of market entitiesincluding brokers, mutualfunds, FIIs, rating agenciesand investment bankers, as al-so thousands of listed compa-nies. Sebi has also been givencharge of regulating commod-ity derivatives market aftermerger of erstwhile ForwardMarkets Commission (FMC)with it.
Sebi evolving as per needs of economy: Jaitley
BENGALURU: FEB 11
Vice-President HamidAnsari on Friday called atten-tion to the increasing econom-ic inequality worldwide, par-ticularly in India with all itssocial and political conse-quences, and noted thatprotest movements globallyare being fuelled by public de-spair. Delivering the inaugu-ral address, titled ‘Living inFebrile Times’, at The Huddle,a three-day conclave of ideas,he said, “We need to ask our-selves some uncomfortablequestions. Can we just accept
the growing insularity, intol-erance and discrimination?”Noting that the gap betweenthe rich and poor shows nosign of narrowing, Mr. Ansarisuggested that the situationdemands impatience withbusiness-as-usual develop-ment policies. “Perhaps thetime has come,” he said, “tomove the development dis-course beyond the current dis-cussion of outcomes and op-portunities. A conceptualframework is provided byAmartya Sen and others whosee human capabilities as thecapacity and freedom to
choose and to act; and calls foropportunities that give indi-viduals the freedom to pursuea life of their own choosing tobe equalised.” He linked such acompact back to the Preambleto the Constitution and citedthe World Economic Forum’sGlobal Risk Report of 2017 toframe the dangers of failing tobridge income inequality: therise of populism. In India, hepointed out, the richest 1%have claim to 60% of the coun-try’s wealth, and the bottom50% to 2%. “Rising inequalityis seen as a contributing causefor the rise of authoritarian
leaders, often with a divisiveagenda fuelled by sectarian-ism, xenophobia and national-ism,” he said. Rising inequali-ty results in conflict, andthreatens the stability ofdemocracies. Surveyingprotests worldwide such as theOccupy Movement and theArab Spring, he highlightedthe Naxalite issue: “The grow-ing threat of left extremism,which has been repeatedly ac-knowledged as the gravest se-curity threat to [the] Indianstate, has its roots in economicdeprivation and inequality inaccess to resources .”
Ansari warns of public despair fuelled by inequality
2 AIADMK Lok
Sabha MPs join
Panneerselvam
campChennai, Feb 11 : PTI
Caretaker TamilNadu Chief Minister OPanneerselvam got a shotin the arm when twoAIADMK Lok Sabha MPstoday joined his camp.
AIADMK MPs fromNamakkal andKrishnagiri, P RSundaram and K AshokKumar today extendedsupport toPanneerselvam, who hasraised a banner of revoltagainst AIADMK GeneralSecretary V K Sasikala.He has also launched asignature campaign toconvert the Poes Gardenresidence of his predeces-sor, the late ChiefMinister J Jayalalithaa,into a memorial. He hadearlier made an an-nouncement in this re-gard.
In a rarely seen intra-party political tussle inthe AIADMK,Panneerselvam openlyrevolted against Sasikalaon February 7, two daysafter she was elected theLegislature Party leaderfor her elevation as ChiefMinister.
He had alleged that hewas forced to step down asChief Minister to makeway for Sasikala.
A shot in the arm
for defence
acquisitionNEW DELHI: FEBRUARY 11 :
A government appointedcommittee, headed by formerDirector of Indian Institute ofManagement (IIM) Lucknow,Dr. Pritam Singh, has submit-ted a report on the modalitiesof setting up the DPO toDefence Minister ManoharParrikar on Thursday. “Theaim is not to create another bu-reaucracy. The DPO will be avertical under the DefenceMinistry and the philosophy isto integrate the processes,” de-fence sources said on Friday.The Defence ProcurementProcess, which applies to alldefence capital procurements,has been modified severaltimes to bring in transparencyand speed up acquisitions butit continues to be lengthy andcomplicated. Observing thatthe main motive of the pro-curement process should be tocreate an engine of growth,sources said: “In the presentsystem the focus on develop-ment is low key while produc-tion process is mostly with theDefence Public SectorUndertakings (DPSU).
There is no match be-tween the capabilities of thetwo.” “The report has just beensubmitted and is being stud-ied. The time frame is about 2-3years for the structures to fallin place,” sources stated .
JAMMU SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12 2017world8 Glimpses of Future
Shallow quakehits southernTaiwan: USGSTaipei February 11
A shallow earthquake struck south-ern Taiwan early Saturday, the USGeological Survey reported, a shortdistance from where a strong quakeleft more than 100 people dead. Theepicentre of the moderate 5.6-mag-nitude quake was 19 kilometres (12miles) from Tainan city where a 6.4-magnitude quake last February top-pled an apartment complex, bury-ing residents and killing 115. Nodeaths were reported followingSaturday’s earthquake, which leftfour people injured in Tainan andKaohsiung and caused a brief poweroutage in Tainan’s eastern district,according to the national fireagency. The quake struck at a depthof nine kilometres, 23 kilometresnorth-northwest of Kaohsiung, theisland’s second-largest city, the US-GS said in a statement.Taiwan liesnear the junction of two tectonicplates and is regularly hit by earth-quakes. The island’s worst tremorin recent decades was a 7.6-magni-tude quake in September 1999 thatkilled around 2,400 people.
US: Train derailsnear Sacramento,no one injuredElk Grove (us) February 11
A freight train derailed in suburbanSacramento, sending more than adozen train cars into the mucky andswollen Cosumnes River. KCRA re-ported that the derailment hap-pened at roughly 1 PM in the city ofElk Grove. There were three peopleonboard the train, but no one was in-jured. It is unclear what the trainwas carrying. Hazardous materialscrews were called to the scene as aprecaution. There was a red sub-stance seen leaking out of one of thetrain cars, the station reports. Nearthe train derailment, there was alevee break, but it is unclear if thatwas what caused the train derail-ment. Traffic is backing up onHighway 99 because drivers arelooking at the scene. People areasked to avoid the area.
Polish PM injuredin car accident:Govt spokesmanWarsaw February 11
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlohas been hospitalised with minorinjuries after a car struck her gov-ernment vehicle in the southerncity of Oswiecim, a governmentspokesman said. “Prime MinisterBeata Szydlo is in good condition.She will undergo additional routinetests in Warsaw,” governmentspokesman Rafal Bochenek said in atweet on his official Twitterfeed.The 53-year-old prime ministerwas riding in a motorcade yester-day when the Fiat vehicle struck,forcing her car off the road where itcrashed into a tree. Two securityagents were also injured. Bochenektold the TVN24 commercial newschannel that Szydlo’s injuries were“mainly bumps and bruises causedby her seat belt.” He declined to sayhow many days Szydlo is expectedto spend in hospital. Szydlo was be-ing transferred by helicopter to aWarsaw hospital late yesterdaywhere she is expected to remain un-der observation. State prosecutorshave opened an investigation intothe crash. “We’re with you Beatoand we’re sure that after a brief stayin hospital, you’ll be back with usagain leading the government,”Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the powerfulhead of Szydlo’s rightwing Law andJustice (PiS) party, told supportersat a memorial meeting in Warsaw.The gatherings are held each monthfor his late twin brother, formerpresident Lech Kaczynski, who diedin a 2010 jet crash in Russia.
Mass prayers drawthousands as Indonesiareadies electionsJakarta February 11
Tens of thousands gathered at thenational mosque in Jakarta for massprayers on Saturday urgingIndonesians to vote for Muslims incity and district elections being heldacross the country next week. Thecrowds overflowed from IstiqlalMosque in the heart of the capital in-to the surrounding streets. Clericsgave sermons calling on people toprotect Islam and to vote for Muslimcandidates.Police have denied hard-line groups permission to marchthrough the city. Jakarta policespokesman Argo Yuwono estimatedthe crowds at 60,000 to 70,000 people.Protests against the minorityChristian governor of Jakarta drewhundreds of thousands to the city’sstreets in November and Decemberand shook the government ofPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.Gov. Basuki “Ahok” TjahajaPurnama is on trial for alleged blas-phemy but remains a leading candi-date in elections for Jakarta gover-nor set for Wednesday. If none of thecontenders gets more than 50 per-cent of votes, a runoff election be-tween the top-polling candidateswould be held in April. Indonesia isthe world’s most populous Muslimnation but recognises several faithsand has a large Christian minority.
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Washington February 11, (PTI)
US President DonaldTrump has warned of “con-sequences” to Americancompanies planning to shiftbase abroad, telling themthat he would make it “hard-er” for them to just say “bye-bye and fire everybody.” Inhis weekly address to the na-tion, Trump also said that heis working on a major tax re-form which would massivelyreduce taxes of Americanworkers and businesses.“Weare in the process right nowof working on a major tax re-form that will massively re-duce taxes on our workersand businesses,” Trump saidyesterday. “We want to makeit much easier to do businessin America, and that’s whatwe’re going to do. We’re go-ing to make it also muchharder for companies toleave. They’re not just goingto say bye-bye and fire every-body. There will be conse-
quences,” he said. Trumpsaid, he met the CEO of Intel(Brian Krzanich) this week,who announced that hiscompany will invest USD 7billion in a new manufactur-ing facility in Arizona, creat-ing thousands of newAmerican jobs. “That’s what
we want, new American jobsand good jobs. Intel decidedto move forward with thisproject because they knowwe are totally committed tolifting the regulatory andtax burdens that are hurtingAmerican innovation andcompanies,” he said. Trump
said he want America to bethe greatest jobs magnet ofthe world. “But we can’t dothat if we don’t stop thewasteful rules and excessivetaxes that make it impossi-ble for companies to com-pete,” he said. Every hour ofevery day, his administra-
tion is focused on creatingjobs for people, Trump said.“I mean good jobs.
More jobs, better jobs,higher paying jobs, that’sour mission,” he said.Referring to his meetingwith sheriffs and policechiefs from across the coun-try, Trump said his admin-istration is committed to na-tional security, which iswhy he will continue to fightto take all necessary and le-gal action to keep terrorists,radical and dangerous ex-tremists from ever enteringthe country. “We will not al-low our generous system ofimmigration to be turnedagainst us as a tool for ter-rorism and truly bad peopleWe must take firm steps to-day to ensure that we aresafe tomorrow,” Trumpsaid. “We will defend ourcountry, protect ourConstitution and deliver re-al prosperity for our peo-ple,” he said.
US firms going abroad can’t say“bye-bye and fire everybody” Moscow February 11
Edward Snowden’s Russianlawyer Saturday dismissed a USreport that Moscow was consid-ering extraditing the NSAwhistleblower as a “gift” toPresident Donald Trump.Anatoly Kucherena, who hasrepresented Snowden since hisarrival in Russia in 2013, toldInterfax news agency that“Russia has no legal basis tohand over Snowden.” US chan-nel NBC on Friday quoted a sen-ior US official with access tohighly sensitive intelligence re-ports as saying Russia was con-sidering the move “to curryfavour” with Trump.Snowden’s US lawyer BenWizner told NBC that he was notaware of such plans.“All thistalk is just ordinary specula-tion. Someone is indulging inwishful thinking,” Kucherenasaid, insisting that Snowden“lives in Russia absolutely law-fully.” The former NationalSecurity Agency contractorshook the American intelli-gence establishment to its corein 2013 with a series of devastat-ing leaks on mass surveillancein the US and around the world.He has been living in exile in
Russia since the summer of 2013after spending weeks in thetransit zone of Moscow’sSheremetyevo airport. Russia’simmigration service inJanuary extended Snowden’sresidency permit to 2020.“Russia doesn’t trade in peopleand human rights, althoughAmerican secret services con-stantly try to draw us into vari-ous acts of provocation,”Kucherena said. Snowdenwrote on Twitter yesterday thatthe NBC report was “irrefutableevidence that I never cooperat-ed with Russian intel.” “Nocountry trades away spies, asthe rest would fear they’renext,” wrote Snowden. The UShas charged him with espionageand theft of state secrets after hereleased thousands of classifieddocuments in 2013. Former CIAacting director Michael Morellin an opinion piece in Januarysuggested that RussianPresident Vladimir Putin couldhand over Snowden to markTrump’s inauguration thatmonth. Russian foreign min-istry spokeswoman MariaZakharova responded by con-demning what she called a pro-posal to “hand over those whoseek protection.”
Edward Snowden’slawyer says extraditionreport is ‘speculation’
Baghdad February 11
Iraqi security forces firedtear gas on Saturday atthousands of supporters ofShi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demonstrating nearthe heavily fortified GreenZone – a cluster of em-bassies and governmentbuildings – to press for re-forms, witnesses said. Theprotest organisers saidabout two dozen demon-strators had choked on thegas but no one was serious-ly injured or taken to hospi-tal. Live TV footage showed
young men running awayas white smoke filledTahrir Square in down-town Baghdad.Thousandshad gathered in the squareto demand an overhaul ofthe commission that super-vises elections ahead of aprovincial vote due inSeptember. Riot policefired tear gas when theytried to move toward theGreen Zone which alsohouses international or-ganisations. Sadr’s sup-porters stormed this dis-trict last year after violentclashes with security
forces. Sadr suspects thatmembers of the electoralcommission are loyal to hisShi’ite rival, former PrimeMinister Nuri al-Maliki,one of the closest allies ofIran in Iraq. Iraqi PrimeMinister Haider al-Abadicalled on the demonstra-tors to remain peaceful andto “abide by the law”. Sadris openly hostile toAmerican presence andpolicies in the Middle Eastand, at the same time, hehas a troubled relationshipwith Iraqi political groupsallied with Iran.
Iraq security forces firetear gas at pro-Sadrprotest near Green Zone Thessaloniki February 11
Greek authorities onSaturday began evacuatingsome 70,000 people in the cityof Thessaloniki ahead of anoperation to defuse a bombfrom World War II. The bomb,containing nearly 250 kilo-grams (550 pounds) of explo-sives, was unearthed in thenorthern city during roadworks last week and is due tobe tomorrow. More than 300disabled people and bed-bound patients were set to bethe first evacuated onSaturday using 20 ambu-lances, authorities fromGreece’s second city said. Thefull evacuation of all resi-dents within a 1.9-kilometre1.1-mile) radius of the bombsite, affecting three working-class neighbourhoods aroundwest of the city-centre, is dueto be completed before 0800(local time),Friday.Evacuation is “obliga-tory”, regional security chiefApostolos Tzitzikostas toldreporters yesterday. The op-eration is unprecedented inGreece, “where a bomb of thissize has never been found inan area this densely populat-ed,” Tzitzikostas added.
Regional authorities said theentire operation would takeup to eight hours, but localmilitary spokesman ColonelNikos Phanios was more cau-tious. “We don’t know whatwe’re going to find,” he toldAFP. Defusing the bomb andthen moving it to a militaryshooting range “could take usup to two days”, he added. It isnot yet known which side inthe war dropped the bomb orwhen it fell, Phanios said. Athousand police officers havebeen mobilised for the opera-tion, with residents given sev-eral days’ warning via the me-
dia, leaflets and posts on so-cial networks. Thessalonikiresidents were facing disrup-tion on the bus and train net-works, with facilities set up tohost evacuees in need of shel-ter. People living in a nearbyrefugee camp will also have tobe evacuated, the migrationministry said, without speci-fying the number affected. Attheir request, the refugeeswill use the evacuation as anopportunity to visit the localarchaeology museum, theministry added. Sevendecades after the end of WorldWar II, unexploded bombs
from the conflict are still be-ing found around the globe.On January 23 dozens of peo-ple were evacuated after abomb was found near a HongKong university, while threedays before that Britain’snavy disposed of a suspectedWorld War II bomb foundclose to the parliament inLondon. In the German city ofAugsburg, 54,000 people hadan unwelcome Christmassurprise on December 25when they had to leave theirhomes while authorities dealtwith a bomb dropped byBritain during the war.
Over 70,000 evacuated in Greeceto defuse World War II bomb
Manila February 11
The Philippine police have sacked nearly100 policemen since the start of the year becausethey were found to be drug users, a top officialsaid on Saturday, in a clean-up of the ranks afterPresident Rodrigo Duterte halted police anti-drug operations. More than 7,700 people havebeen killed since Duterte unleashed his bloodywar on drugs seven months ago, about 2,500 inpolice operations, while the rest are being in-vestigated.Duterte had been unwavering in de-fending the police in the face of international
outrage over the toll, but his faith was shakenby the killing of a South Korean businessmenlate last year by rogue officers. Ninety police of-ficers have been fired since the start of the yearand nine were removed last year, InternalAffairs Service Inspector General AlfegarTriambulo said in comments broadcast on ANCTV. “Those caught using illegal drugs, accord-ing to the civil service rules, must be dis-missed…that is a grave offence,” he said, addingthat he had promised the chief of police that hewould quickly resolve outstanding cases.Triambulo said he would recommend nextweek the dismissal of 40 more policemen to thechief of police. Last month, Duterte denouncedthe police as “corrupt to the core” and suspend-ed their role in anti-drug operations, althoughhe vowed to forge ahead with the drug cam-paign. Human rights groups suspect many ofthe killings being investigated were commit-ted by vigilantes or hitmen supported by thepolice. The Philippine Drugs EnforcementAgency has been put in charge of anti-drugoperations and Duterte has also raised thepossibility of getting the military to help.
Around 100 Philippine policemendismissed for using drugs
New birds speciesdiscovered in NepalKathmandu February 11 (PTI)
A new species of birds hasbeen discovered in the highmountainous region of Nepal,bringing the total number ofavian species in theHimalayan country to 866. ARufous-tailed Rock Thrush(Monticola saxitilis), consid-ered an autumn passage migrant bird species in Pakistan andIndia, was first seen and photographed by an expedition lastyear near the Shey monastery within the Shey-PhoksundoNational Park. Researchers from an NGO Friends of Nature(FoN) Nepal spotted the bird while studying Himalayan wolf,wild yak and snow leopard last year. The identification of thebird reported by the team was confirmed by the bird expertsCarol Inskipp and Hem Sagar Baral. The Department ofNational Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) and BirdConservation Nepal authorised the presence of a new birdspecies in the country, said Naresh Kusi, from FoN. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush is considered an autumn passage migrantbird species in Pakistan and India, ‘The Kathmandu Post’ re-ported. “The sighting location was very remote and rarely vis-ited by ornithologists. More research is needed to ascertain thestatus of Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush in Nepal,” said YadavGhimirey, director, Wildlife Research at FoN.
Hong Kong subway arsonattack injures 18Hong Kong February 11
Hong Kong police on Saturday said 18 people were injured in anarson attack on a subway train during rush hour the previousnight, with one man arrested for the crime. Three people werein critical condition after the incident occurred at 7:15 pm (localtime) on Friday, while police said they had seized suspected liq-uid fire accelerants from the scene. Police have ruled out thepossibility of a terrorist attack and said the man acted alonewith investigators looking into his mental condition. Videofootage showed chaos on the platform of the packed Tsim ShaTsui station, with a train carriage on fire and one man lying onthe floor with his clothes ablaze as bystanders tried to help him.Images broadcast on Cable Television news also showed multi-ple people with burn injuries, as emergency personnel carriedout rescue operations.“I heard loud cries, and the smell of thefumes didn’t smell like a normal fire — it had a chemical smell,”an eyewitness identified as Mr Chow told reporters at thescene. “Once I inhaled it, it burned the throat,” Chow said,adding that people were rushing out the station. Police said onFriday they arrested a 60-year-old man surnamed Cheung forarson. “The mental condition of the arrested person is one of(the) directions of (the) police’s investigation,” a governmentstatement said on Saturday. A police source told the SouthChina Morning Post (SCMP) that the suspect was not on goodterms with his family and had previously been arrested for mi-nor crimes such as gambling. The SCMP had earlier reportedthat the man tried to light a Molotov cocktail and said “burnyou to death” before he took out the bottle.
Dhaka Feb 11, (PTI)
At least thirteen per-sons have been killedand 20 others injuredwhen the CNG bus theywere travelling in ex-ploded after it collidedwith a van in southwestBangladesh, officialssaid on Saturday. Theaccident took place onSaturday on a highwayconnecting Dhaka andKhulna town inFaridpur district whenthe vehicles caught fireas they collided head-on.“The fire might have oc-curred by explosion ofgas cylinder of the bus.Police and fire fightersrushed the spot andtried to bring the fire un-der control,” Fire serv-ice and Civil Defence as-sistant director MomtazUddin was quoted as
saying by New AgeBangladesh.Four firefighting units fromFaridpur were rushed tothe spot and brought thefire under control. Boththe vehicles havesmashed badly, he said.“A Dhaka-bound busfrom Narail collidedhead on with a coveredvan. We have recoveredseven bodies so far andspotted six others. We are trying to bringout the bodies by cuttingthe smashed vehicles,”he added. At least 20 peo-ple were injured in theaccident. The collisionsparked a huge fire andthe toll might increasesince some of the in-jured were in criticalcondition, he said,adding that the injuredhave been rushed tonearby hospitals.
Manila February 11
A powerful nighttimeearthquake in the southernPhilippines killed at least 15people, injured about 90 oth-ers, damaged buildings andan airport and knocked outpower, officials saidSaturday. The late Fridayquake with a magnitude of6.5 roused residents fromsleep in Surigao del Norteprovince, sending hundredsto flee their homes. Thequake was centered about 14kilometers (8 miles) north-west of the provincial capitalof Surigao at a relativelyshallow depth of 11 kilome-ters (6.8 miles), said RenatoSolidum of the PhilippineInstitute of Seismology andVolcanology.Nearly 100 af-tershocks have been felt, offi-
cials said, adding thatschools were being reopenedas evacuation centers for res-idents wary of returning totheir damaged homes.Solidum said the quake wasset off by movement in thePhilippine fault, which sitsin the Pacific “Ring of Fire”where quakes and volcanoes
are common. At least 15 peo-ple were killed, some afterbeing hit by falling debrisand blunt objects, provincialdisaster-response officialRamon Gotinga said, citinghospital reports. At least 90others were injured inSurigao city, about 700 kilo-meters (430 miles) southeast
of Manila.“We’re still doinga rapid needs and damage as-sessment,” Office of CivilDefense director AntonioGonzales told TheAssociated Press by tele-phone. Several mostly low-slung buildings and schoolssustained cracks in thecoastal city and a bridge col-lapsed in an outlying town.Rescue teams were checkingfor possible casualties in avillage called Poknoy in thecity of 140,500 people, he said.The city’s airport was tem-porarily closed due to cracksin the runway, aviation offi-cials said. A major port inLipata district also wasclosed while engineerschecked the stability of anaccess road, Gonzales said.“The shaking was so strong Icould hardly stand,” coast
guard personnel Rayner NeilElopre said. Village leadersasked residents to move to aschool building on higherground, Elopre said, pausingbriefly during a mild after-shock while talking on thephone. Police officer JimmySarael said he, his wife andtwo children embraced eachother until the shakingeased. They later moved tothe moonlit grounds outsidethe provincial capitol com-plex to join more than 1,000jittery residents, he said. Thelast major earthquake thatstruck Surigao, an impover-ished region also dealingwith a communist insur-gency, was in the 1800s,Solidum said. A magnitude7.7 quake killed nearly 2,000people on the northern is-land of Luzon in 1990.
Philippines: Nighttime quakekills at least 15, injures 90
Bangladesh: 13 killed, 20injured in bus-van collision
JAMMU SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2017 SportS9Glimpses of Future
Mahmudullah made 28 before he was lbw by Ishant Sharma, India v Bangladesh, one-off Test, 3rd day, Hyderabad, February 11, 2017
Hyderabad, Feb 11 : (PTI)
Crediting his rampaging run tocaptaincy, Indian swashbuckler ViratKohli says the added responsibilityhas left no room for complacency in hisbatting and that has helped himachieve the record-breaking feat offour double hundreds in as many Testseries. Kohli, who smashed 204 on thesecond day of the ongoing one-off Testagainst Bangladesh in Hyderabad,said captaincy has helped him go forlonger innings in Test matches. "I don'tknow, I think it is because of captaincythat you tend to go on more than whatyou usually would as a normal bats-man. I think the room for complacencyis no more present when you becomecaptain. So, that has something to dowith me playing long innings," the 28-year-old right-handed batsman said. "Ihave always wanted to play long in-nings and my first seven or eight hun-dreds were not even 120 plus scores.After that I made a conscious effort tobat long and control my excitement ornot be complacent at any stage," he wasquoted as saying by 'bcci.tv', whenasked about his hunger for big scores.En route his 204, Kohli became the firstbatsman in the history of Test cricketto claim four double hundreds in asmany series. In the process, he sur-passed the legendary Sir Don Bradmanand Rahul Dravid, both of whom hadthree double hundreds in successive
series.Kohli's four double hundredshave come against West Indies (200),New Zealand (211), England (235) andnow Bangladesh. The Indian captainsaid that he's is no longer satisfied withTest hundreds and his fitness level al-lows him to play for longer innings andeye bigger scores. "I worked on my fit-ness level over the years and I feel I cango for longer periods now. I don't gettired as much as I used to before.Definitely, I don't get satisfied when Iget a Test hundred which used to be be-fore, because I used to give too much
importance to Test cricket separately.Now I have started to treat it as anygame of cricket and I have to keep go-ing on till the time the team needs to,"said the Delhi batsman. Asked how hehas been able to maintain consistencyacross the three formats, he said, "It isnot easy to do especially with theamount of cricket we play nowadays. Itis more of a mental thing. I don't neces-sarily focus too much on practice be-cause sometimes you might not get topractice so much. "I think mentallyyou need to focus and think about what
you are going to do in the game.Switching to different formats is theneed of the hour in these days' cricket. Icertainly want to contribute in allthree formats. That has always beenthe mindset and I have to prepare in acertain way. It is more mental than go-ing into the nets." He, however, admit-ted that the Hyderabad pitch was not astesting as other wickets on which hehad scored his double centuries earli-er. "The wicket was very good to bat on,to be honest. It was not as testing wick-et as other wickets that I scored doublecenturies on. I think the focus was onlyto follow my intent but at the same timebe careful in terms of choosing myshots. Luckily I struck a right balancein this particular innings and it feelsgood to have a big score," Kohli said.Kohli could have been out on 180 whenBangladesh off-spinner Mehedi HasanMiraz got a leg before decision from on-field umpire but on his batting partnerWriddhiman Saha's insistence he wentfor a DRS request and the decision wasoverturned and he was able to get to hisdouble hundred. Asked why he did notthink of using DRS initially, Kohlisaid, "I thought if the ball had spunright from under my eyes when I wasbatting on 180-odd it has to spin a lot forme to miss it because I have been con-necting well. It was not a lapse in con-centration, the ball really spun sharplyfrom in front of my pads. So the think-ing was that .
Dubai, Feb 11 : PTI
South Africa returned tothe top of the ICC ODI TeamRankings after sweeping asideSri Lanka 5-0 in their home se-ries which ended at Centurion.South Africa had entered theseries against Sri Lanka, trail-ing number-one rankedAustralia by four points.However, Australia's 0-2 defeatagainst New Zealand and SouthAfrica's own 5-0 win over SriLanka meant the Proteas (119points) have now moved aheadof the world champions. India,meanwhile, were placed fourthin the ODI team rankings with112 points, behind third-placedNew Zealand (113 points). A de-lighted South Africa captain AB de Villiers said: "We are excit-ed to be back at the top of theICC ODI Team Rankings. Wehave had some trials since theWorld Cup two years ago buthave worked hard to rebuildand to gain some form and con-sistency in this format. "It's animportant year for us with theICC Champions Trophy inJune and regaining the No.1 po-sition is a step in the right direc-tion for our preparation aheadof the event. It's a tight contestat the top so it will be importantfor us to continue putting in theperformances so that we canhold onto the position." South
Africa last sat on top of therankings in November 2014 be-fore India moved to the num-ber-one position after defeatingSri Lanka 5-0. Later that month,Australia claimed the covetedtop spot after defeating SouthAfrica 4-1. This is the fifth timeSouth Africa have surged to thetop since the current rankingssystem was introduced in 2002.It enjoyed top positions inFebruary 2007, March-May2008, January-August 2009 andOctober-November 2014. SinceMay 1, 2016 annual update ofthe ICC ODI Team Rankings,South Africa have played 17ODIs, winning 13, including 11on the trot. Its three loses havebeen against the West Indies(two) and Australia (one), whileone match ended in a no-result.South Africa will now get achance to create further gap be-
tween them and Australiawhen they plays five ODIsagainst New Zealand fromFebruary 19 to March 4. To re-tain the top spot, South Africawill have to win the series by 3-2or better. If New Zealand winsby 3-2, then South Africa willslip behind Australia by a frac-tion of a point. Meanwhile, SriLanka dropped three points fol-lowing their performance inSouth Africa.
While they stayed in sixthposition on 98 points, their pre-series 10-point lead overBangladesh has been reducedto seven points, with eighth-ranked Pakistan another twopoints behind. England plusthe seven highest-ranked sideson ICC ODI Team Rankings ason September 30 will qualify au-tomatically for the ICC CricketWorld Cup 2019 .
Hyderabad, Feb 10 :
The current Indian think-tank — coach Anil Kumble,skipper Virat Kohli and selec-tion committee — have onepolicy in place. If a first-choiceplayer misses out due to an in-jury, he, after proving his fit-ness, will automatically re-turn to the playing XI irrespec-tive of what the replacementplayer does. One of the benefi-ciaries of that “rule” is wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha.After missing out on the lastthree Test matches againstEngland last year owing to ahamstring tendon injury,Saha had to also watch the re-called Parthiv Patel make amajor case for himself. The 31-year-old scored 47 and 67 notout in his comeback game —third Test — and then cracked71 as an opener in the fifth andfinal Test to put himselfstrongly in the mix. Parthiv al-so hammered 143 to helpGujarat lift their maiden RanjiTrophy to spice things up fur-
ther for the Irani Cup whereSaha was picked to play. Sahaslammed an unbeaten 203 inthat game for Rest of India butmuch before that selectioncommittee chairman M S KPrasad clearly stated that theBengali will be the numberone keeper for India in thelonger version. The 32-year-old Saha, delighted after scor-ing his second Test ton, saidthe policy gives assuredness tothe players. “It’s a great plusfor the players. Because dur-ing an injury if you’re told thatyou will be back after you re-
cover, it keeps you motivated.That confidence also reflectson your performance. “When Igot injured Parthiv performedvery well. Whenever he hasgot chances, he has performed.But maybe after my doublehundred (in Irani Cup), selec-tors took a decision whicheverybody needed to accept.My aim was to bat as long aspossible and contribute asmuch as possible for theteam,” Saha said. Saha, mean-while, slowed down as heneared a century and theBengali said he merely actedupon the advice of battingcoach Sanjay Bangar. “At thebreak, Sanjay bhai told methat you need 17 runs so firstplay with straight bat andscore the 17 runs and then tryto hit. Century is a specialmilestone, more so for me as Ihave played only 20 odd Tests.That’s why I took the ap-proach suggested by Sanjaybhai.” Like Murali Vijay,Saha too heaped praise onskipper Kohli .
Victoria (Australia), Feb 10 : (PTI)
Aditi Ashok carded aflawless one-under 72 to staybogey-free through 36 holesbut the Indian golfer stillslipped from overnight T-13 toT-22 after the third round ofthe Oates Vic Open here to-day. The 18-year-old Aditi,who made her professionaldebut at this very event a yearago, is now a distant eightshots off the leader, Nicole
Broch Larsen (67-67), who hashad identical 67 at both theBeach and Creeks courses.
Also making the 36-holecut was another Indian, VaniKapoor (72-73) in T-46th place,down 11 places fromovernight T-35. ButAmandeep Drall missed thecut after carding 78. She had afirst round of 71. Followingthe second round the field wascut to 60 professionals andties, with a further cut coming
after 54 holes, with the leading35 players from both the men'sand the women's competitioncompeting in Sunday's finalround.
Aditi had her sole birdieof the day at the Par-5 fifth andshe parred the rest, thoughthere were some with make-able putts that did not fall. Butshe also did well to save somegood pars.
Vani had two birdies andtwo pars, while Drall had arough day with six bogeys andjust one par. But with twomore rounds to go, Aditi stillhas a chance to make up for aslow start. Behind leaderDenmark's Nicole BrochLarsen, who had sevenbirdies against one bogey, asagainst six birdies on firstday, was England's HollyClyburn (67-69), Sandra Gal(67-69), Whitney Hillier (67-69)and Su Oh (71-65). They wereall 10-under and two behindNicole. Overnight leader,Laura Davies had a bad day atthe course with five-over 78that dropped her to Tied-18th.
Hyderabad, Feb 11 : (PTI)
Indian bowlers faceddogged resistance fromBangladesh middle-order ledby captain Mushfiqur Rahim,who hit a defiant 81 to take histeam to 322 for six at stumps onday three of the one-off Testhere today. Premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s at-tacking 82 also contributed toBangladesh's fightback. Atclose of play, Rahim was ablysupported by Mehedi HasanMiraz, who was batting solidlybatting on 51.However, the visi-tors still trail India by 365 runsafter the hosts declared at 687for six yesterday. Umesh Yadav
(2/72 in 18 overs) was India’sbest bowler on display but spintwins Ravichandran Ashwin(1/77 in 24 overs) and RavindraJadeja (1/60 in 29 overs) didn’tlook incisive despite being eco-nomical on a track that is stillpretty good for batting. Ashwininfact was hit for 12 bound-aries. Ishant Sharma (1/54 in 16overs) looked more effectivewith the old ball but he did in-flict some pain to Mushfiqurwith a snorter that had him insome pain. But the grittyBangladesh skipper whippedthe next for a boundary.WhileIndia still have the upperhandwith two full days of play,Bangladesh certainly would
have gained confidence as theyshowed stomach for some fightin the last two sessions of theday after a poor morning. Theyoung Miraz showed maturitybeyond his years to help hiscaptain by playing risk freecricket, only hitting the loosedeliveries en route a maidenTest half-century. Mushfiqurhit 12 boundaries in 206 ballswhile Miraz hit 10 boundariesin 103 balls. The final sessionyielded 76 runs in 30 overs.Theseventh wicket partnership be-tween Mushfiqur and Mirazyielded 87 runs in 32.5 overs butmore importantly showed thatthere aren’t too many demonsin the pitch. The best part was
their application in the finalsession. There was a point oftime when Mushfiqur hadscored only four runs in anhour in the post tea session. Hewas ready to put his head downand defend and with very lessturn on offer, Ashwin neverlooked menacing.Bangladeshstill need 166 runs to avoid fol-low-on and on a fresh morning,a few quick wickets can meanthat Virat Kohli would like toensure follow on. But with hisbowlers already sending down104 overs, he might just want togive them rest and pile a fewruns in the second innings. Thepost lunch session was compar-atively better for Bangladesh
with 121 runs coming at the lossof two wickets. But India aftergetting Shakib and ShabbirRahman in quick succession,looked in complete control be-fore Mushfiqur and Mehedi re-sisted. Shakib, who was instru-mental in stemming the firstsession rot, went on the countersmashing his way to 82 off only103 balls before his indiscretionlanded the visitors in trouble.Once Shakib was dismissed, thevisitors quickly lost anotherwicket with Shabbir (16) beingtrapped leg before by Jadeja.Well set and looking good for acentury, Shakib couldn’t prop-erly connect a lofted shot aftergiving Ashwin the charge with
Umesh Yadav gleefully accept-ing the easiest of catches at mid-on.His balance was all awry, hedidn’t reach to the pitch of thedelivery and above all the situa-tion didn’t warrant that shotwith 107 runs already beingadded by him and other seniorpro Rahim. Bangladesh dress-ing room would have felt goodabout the session as both thesenior players looked comfort-able hitting some good shots butShakib’s dismissal robbed themof claiming a session whichcould rightfully have beentheirs.Shakib’s shot selectionhas been a talking point despitehis immense abilities as an all-rounder .
GoF Staff Reporter
JAMMU, Feb 11:
Sports Training Centre (STC) Jammu bagged the men’shandball trophy after the side defeated fighting Sandeep PalSingh Club 30-23 in the final of Jammu District HandballChampionship, organised by J&K Handball Association at MAStadium, here today.Rajesh remained top scorer with sevengoals from winning STC Jammu while Rahul played fine gamefrom Sandeep Pal Club making eight goals. The final was officiat-ed by the technical penal including Shekhar Dutta, GauravSharma and Rohit Wadhan.In the final and valedictory functionof this three-day competition, senior BJP leader, Yudhvir Sethiwas chief guest, who gave away the title trophies. Speaking to thefinalist teams and other distinguished gathering, Sethi said thatbesides nurturing body and mind Sports also offers a good careeroption. He said sportspersons from the state have achieved a lotat the national and international level, especially in the game ofHandball. “Our youth have rich talent and to provide the talentstuff a platform to excel, the sports Associations and governmentagencies are putting in best of their efforts,” he mentioned.Earlier, general secretary of the Association, Ashwani KumarRaina informed the gathering about the activities being organ-ised to promote the game in J&K. The event was financially sup-ported by the J&K State Sports Council. Among others presentwere Dr SM Bali (president J&K Handball Association), RanjitSingh (Selector Handball Federation of India) ,Sandeep Verma,Ramesh Mahajan and Dev Raj (Sai handball Coach).
STC wins men’s districtHandball title
Kohli credits record-breakingspree to captaincy, fitness
South Africa reclaim No.1 ODIranking after 5-0 sweep over SL
Saha makes his return in fine style Aditi stays bogey free, but falls to T-22 at Vic Open
Skipper Rahim, Shakib lead Bangladesh fightback
Mumbai Feb 11 : PTI
Discarded India opener Shikhar Dhawan is eyeing a come-back into the national team at the ICC Champions Trophy inJune by performing well in the few domestic tournamentslined up ahead of the event in England."Absolutely. For that Ihave 2 to 3 months and 3 to 4 tournaments. I will do better. InODIs my performance has been top-notch, I feel that if I do good(in these tournaments), there will be a great chance for me toget into the side," said Dhawan here on Saturday.The 31-year-old Delhi left hander was dropped for the third and final ODIagainst England after making 1 and 11 in the first two games. Inthis format he averages close to 43 after 76 games.He has notmade it to the T20 Internationals since figuring againstAustralia at Mohali in March, 2016 and was also ignored for thefive-Test series against England after not doing well in the pre-ceding three-Test rubber against New Zealand.Dhawan, who ispart of the North Zone squad for the Mushtaq Ali trophy T20 in-ter zonals commencing here tomorrow, is confident he will per-form consistently well to get back into the Indian team."Alltournaments are important for me. If I have to make a come-back the thing is simple - the more runs I score will be more ben-eficial for me and my case will be stronger," he told reportershere."Consistency, I could not do it. I tried completely, but didnot happen. I could do better, but as a batsman I always analyseand I try to improve," he said when asked about the reasons forhis omission from the national team."And now I know that Ihave to score consistently to get in. I am an impact player, so if Istand and score runs, my team is going to win the game. That ismy biggest strength and once I start doing it more consistently,it is going to be good for me and I will have good chance for mak-ing a comeback," said the Delhi player.On the upcoming four-Test series against Australia, beginning on February 23 inPune, Dhawan believes the visitors will have it tough going onspinning tracks."Australia have been doing good and India isperforming well. It's going to be tough for the Australian boysto perform on turning tracks. Australian tracks are totally dif-ferent," said the swashbuckling batsman."They are a littlebouncy, but flat wickets. When they play on turning tracks, it'sgoing to be tough for them," said Dhawan who made his Test de-but in a sensational fashion at Mohali against Australia with a174-ball 187 in March, 2013.
Shikhar Dhawan targets comeback in Champions Trophy
GoF Staff Reporter
JAMMU, Feb 11 :
Khalsa Club GoleGujral clinched the seniorhockey title of Jammu dis-trict which was organisedby Hockey Jammu andKashmir at K K HakhuStadium, here today.
In the final, KhalsaClub outplayed HiranagarClub 3-1 in the final.Surinder Singh (16th),Satvir Singh (53rd) andAmandeep Singh (65th)scored for the winningside. From Hiranagar,Harshdev Singh reducedthe margin netting the ballin the 27th minute.
The title clash was offi-ciated by the technical pe-nal comprising IqbalSingh, Jagjeet Singh andJoginder Singh.
In the final and prizedistribution function, in-dustrialist Rajiv Sharmawas chief guest, who gaveaway the title trophies asalso other individualprizes.
Divisional SportsOfficer of the J&K StateSports Council, RaviSingh, Harwant SinghChib, Tajinder Singh andAjeet Mehta were guests ofhonour.
Khalsa Club
claims senior
hockey title
JAMMU SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2017entertain10Glimpses of Future
Varun and Alia glitter ingold at the Tamma Tamma
Again song launch
UP Elections 2017: Bigg Boss 10 winnerManveer Gurjar casts his vote in Noida
Anushka Sharma slamsreports of 'Phillauri'being produced by Virat
Rs 12 crore! That’s how much Kareena Kapoor Khan has chargedfor her television debut?
SONAKSHI SINHA TO STAR OPPOSITEVIJAY IN AR MURUGADOSS’ VIJAY 62?
Sonam Kapoor unleashes teaserof Swara Bhaskar’s ‘Anaarkali ofAaraah’ and it’s colourful
Now that’s how you unveil a 90sparty song, isn’t it? Varun Dhawan andAlia Bhatt looked like a million bucksat the song launch of the much awaitedTamma Tamma Again from BadrinathKi Dulhania. While Alia picked ametallic golden skirt. Varun twinned itwith his golden tee, making it look as ifthey are symbolising the golden age ofTamma Tamma. I mean no seriously!One look at the above picture and youwill know what we are trying to say.Varun and Alia are doing everythingspeacial to pay an ode to Madhuri Dixitand Sanjay Dutt’s original TammaTamma. In fact, even at the event,Varun time and again set the recordsstraight that the remake has not beenbrought to outdo the original classicbut just to pay an ode to the all timechartbuster. Not to mention, AliaBhatt and Varun Dhawan’s version ofTamma Tamma Again also has a man-nequin challenge which is a brilliantaddition, bringing in a blend betweenthe 90’s and the internet age. They evendemonstrated it at the song launch to-day which again won our hearts. Wepersonally loved Tamma TammaAgain not only for the fact that it didn’tmess with the original music but alsocoz of Alia and Varun’s electrifying en-ergy. Few seconds into the song andyou will like “Damn! They are so good!”Right from getting the hook step rightto owning it like nobody else, TammaTamma Again probably is the best songremake Bollywood has ever witnessed.No wonder Madhuri Dixit and SanjayDutt too are loving this new version ofTamma Tamma for they even promot-ed the song on social media yesterday.All said and done, what are yourthoughts about Alia and Varun’sTamma Tamma Again? Tell us in thecomments below and do come back toBollywoodLife for more updates.
Anushka Sharma has blasted media reportsclaiming that her alleged boyfriend Virat Kohlihas "co-produced" her second production"Phillauri", saying the movie is made under herbanner Clean Slate Films. There were media re-ports that Kohli has apparently invested moneyin the film, which also stars Anushka in the leadrole. However, the 28-year-old star, said apartfrom her banner, only Fox Star Hindi is servingas producers on the film. "Putting to rest some ru-mours that have been doing the rounds for somedays now. 'Phillauri' is produced by Fox StarStudios and Clean Slate Films. So those TV chan-nels/newspapers/ websites claiming anythingelse, please check FACTS, practice responsiblejournalism and have some shame," the actresswrote in an Instagram post. Anushka said suchreports take away from hard work she has put infor years and that she is very much capable ofhandling her own films. "By making such bogusclaims and validating this rubbish by your socalled 'source', not only are you disrespecting meand the hard work I have put in over the years tobe where I am, but also, all the people who haveworked on this film. Freedom of press comes withaccountability & your fake sources are never ac-counted for. "This must be just another story foryou but it's someone's life you are toying with. Iam more than capable of producing and promot-ing my own films. Thank you," she concluded.This comes after, Kohli poured water over thenews reports that he was getting engaged toAnushka. In December, there were reports sug-gesting that Kohli would finally get engaged toAnushka when the two were holidaying in a re-sort near Rishikesh.
Bigg Boss season 10 winnerManveer Gurjar on Saturday lined upto vote in the first phase of UttarPradesh polls for 73 seats across 15 dis-
tricts. There was huge excitementamong voters when they spotted Gujjarin the queue. Some overzealous personsalso clicked selfies with the reality
show winner. Manveer had won theshow on January 29 where he hadparticipated as a commoner pittedagainst celebrities. “Being a com-moner, I did not expect to win theshow as the house was full of celebsand influential people. However, mystrategy was not to get afraid or influ-enced by them but to build up my im-age. So today if the audience voted meand made me a winner, it is becauseof my honesty and the real face that Iprojected in the show,” Manveer toldIANS just after winning the show.
“My journey inside the housewas not at all easy and within threeweeks I felt like giving up. But Manu(Punjabi) and I bonded over manythings very well. We supported eachother and that made the journey easyfor both of us. Our bonding, undoubt-edly, was a strength for me. I eventold Salman (Khan) sir that his(Manu’s) support was a contributionto my survival,” Manveer added.Asked about his future plans,Manveer said: “I am overwhelmedwith the love and support that I havegot from the people of our country.Therefore, I am yet to make my plan.Having said that, I want to act inHindi films and would like to act op-posite Shraddha Kapoor for my de-but film.” Manveer feels since hisnewfound celebrity status is a by-product of his stint on television, he
wants to continue his association withthe small screen — be it by the way ofanchoring shows or even daily soaps.
Actor Vijay and filmmak-er A.R. Murugadoss are set toteam up for the third time laterthis year. According to asource, this Tamil project‘Vijay 62’ is likely to feature aleading Bollywoodactress.”It’s true thatMurugadoss and Vijay arecoming together for the thirdtime. The project, in all proba-bility, will go on the floors to-wards the end of this year.Talks have been initiated witha few Bollywood heroines in-cluding Sonakshi Sinha,” asource privy to the develop-ment told here. “Having al-ready worked withMurugadoss twice in“Holiday: A Soldier Is Neveroff Duty” and “Akira“,Sonakshi is the front-runnerfor the leading lady’s role.Murugadoss approachedSonakshi because both ofthem understand each othervery well. Nothing has beenconfirmed yet,” the sourcesaid. As per Deccan Chronicle,Sonakshi Sinha has alreadyconfirmed the news. She re-
portedly said, “I’m ready to starin Murugadoss sir’s next film asI have already worked with himin a couple of films. I havewatched Vijay’s Thuppakkiand Kaththi and feel he is a goodactor. I won’t let an opportunityto pair opposite him get away.”The actress starred oppositeSuperstar Rajinikanth in Tamilfilm, Lingaa. The film will bebankrolled by LycaProductions, the companywhich produced Murugadoss’searlier film “Kaththi” withVijay. Vijay has just begunworking on a yet-untitled Tamilproject with director Atlee.Murugadoss, on the other hand,is busy wrapping up a yet-unti-tled Telugu-Tamil bilingualproject with Mahesh Babu. Acecinematographer SantoshSivan, who worked with Vijayand Murugadoss in Thuppakki,is also being said to be joiningthe team. Santhosh Sivan toldDC, “Currently, I am shootingfor ARM and Mahesh Babu’sbilingual film. Until anything isfinalised, I won’t be able to sayanything concrete.”
We recently reported to you how Kareena KapoorKhan has been signed as the face of an upcoming globalfactual entertainment channel Sony BBC Earth. SaurabhYagnik, EVP and Business Head of Sony PicturesNetworks India released an official statement saying,“We are excited to have Kareena Kapoor Khan as the ‘FeelAlive’ Ambassador for Sony BBC Earth. Her personalityperfectly resonates with our brand proposition and chan-nel content, which will be revealed soon. I am confidentthat this unique association will take the factual enter-tainment experience to a whole new level for our viewersin India.” While up till now we were only excited abouthow this association will not only mark Kareena’s entryinto the International market but will also mark hermuch awaited television debut. Little did we expect shehas been paid as much as Rs 12 crore for this endorse-ment. Yes! An insider in interaction with HindustanTimes spilled the beans stating, “The brand was keen tohave her on board as she was not only well known globallybut was also very popular in London, UK. She shot for twodays for the ad, taking home a cool pay packet of Rs 12crore, which is unheard of. She is definitely one of thehighest paid actors bagging this sum, if not the highest.”Although we dunno how reliable is this report but if at allKareena has been paid a bomb of Rs 12 crore then whoa!Whatta a brilliant deal. Elaborating on how the channelzeroed down on Kareena for this pricey endorsement, asource further added, “It’s a well-known global factual en-tertainment channel and they had approached Kareenaduring her pregnancy.
Actress Sonam Kapoor says she has watched Swara Bhaskar‘s up-coming film “Anaarkali Of Aaraah” and feels it brings out the subjectof female empowerment in its most entertaining form.”The one personwho has my back at all times, my sister and one of my best friendsSwara Bhaskar. Her new movie ‘Anarkali Of Aaraah’ is going to be outsoon and I have the honour of putting it out there,” Sonam posted onInstagram on Saturday. “Swara you’re the most talented and amazingindividual and it is my honour to be your friend,” she added. Sonam re-leased the first teaser of the film on Saturday. “So, I’ve seen this movie(obviously I get to see it first) and I’ve howled and cried at how magnifi-cent Swara is in it. To see female empowerment at its most entertain-ing and heart-wrenching see the teaser,” said Sonam, who will also beseen with Swara in “Veerey Di Wedding”. The “Nil Battey Sannata” ac-tress is happy and thankful that the “Neerja” actress is supporting herfilm.”Sonam is the most wonderful person I know in Bollywood. She isone of the most encouraging and enabling woman and friend anyonecan ever have,” Swara said. Both Sonam and Swara have worked to-gether on films like “Raanjhanaa”, “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” and theywill team up again for “Veere Di Wedding”.”Anarkali of Arrah” re-volves around an erotic singer (Swara) from Arrah in Bihar, who singsdouble meaning songs. Things take an ugly turn when Anaarkali hasconfrontation with a very powerful man who molested her and insteadof bowing down she chooses to fight back. “‘Anaarkali…” is by far themost challenging role that I have played and I have really enjoyed liv-ing the character while shooting the film. It is a brave film, we havepicked a difficult character to tell the story. I think its a hugely relevantfilm,” Swara said in a statement.”Anaarkali Of Aaraah” is slated to re-lease on March 24.
JAMMU SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2017State11 Glimpses of Future
DODA, FEBRUARY 11:
A Lok Adalat was organ-ized at TLSC headquarterDoda today under the chair-manship of O.P.Thakur,Chairman Tehsil LegalServices Committee (CJMDoda) and assisted byAdditional Special MobileMagistrate Doda Arun KumarKotwal, district Judical MobileMagistrate Javed RanaAssistant LabourCommissioner Doda PradyotGupta. 147 cases pertaining toBank suits, Electricity cases,P.H.E, Domestic cases etc wereamicably settled during theLok adalat and an award of Rs.2501057/- was passed. Underbuilding and other construc-tion workers Act, 1996, ALCDoda released financial assis-tance amounting to Rs.1754152/- among 18 beneficiar-ies on account of various wel-fare assistance schemes.Chairman TLSC Doda handedover the authorityletter/cheques to the benefici-aries. Speaking on the occa-sion, O.P. Thakur exhorted up-on the officers of LabourDepartment to raise aware-ness among the workers aboutvarious on-going govt schemesso that they can avail benefitsof these scheme. During theLok Adalat people were alsomade aware about their rightsand duties and were informedthat for settlement of their cas-es of any nature they can ap-proach the district court forlisting their cases in the nextLok Adalat. Large number oflitigants public, advocates, so-cial workers, journalists be-sides representatives of banksand other departments werepresent on the occasion.
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 11:
DivisionalCommissioner Jammu, DrPawan Kotwal today visitedthe office of Regional DirectorSurvey and land Records toreview the progress of digiti-zation of land records underdigital India land recordsmodernization programme(DILRMP). Pertinent to men-tion that the programme aimsto modernize management ofland records, minimize scopeof land/property disputesand enhance transparency inthe land records mainte-nance system. During the vis-it Divisional Commissionerwas informed that about 80%digitization work of priority Imaterial has been completedso far and of 53 lacs pages tobe scanned more than 39 lacs
pages have been scanned per-taining to jamabandies.
Inspecting the variousworks under progress name-ly scanning, cropping, khasraIndexing, quality checking ofRevenue documents, scan-ning and digitization of rev-enue Mussavi (Map), data en-try and DGPS status of this di-vision, Dr Kotwal asked foraccelerating the pace of workfor developing a modern,comprehensive and transpar-ent land records managementsystem. He also directed theconcerned to ensure thatstandard procedure may befollowed for spellings ofnames of villages and tehsilsmatching those in censusbook and the old record maybe preserved in such a waythat it is saved for posterity.
While assessing the scan-
ning and barcoding of jama-bandis, DivisionalCommissioner asked the de-partment to maintain legalauthenticity of the documentswhich could be read inEnglish, Hindi and Urdu. Hefurther directed the vendorsto work at war footing to en-sure that the digitisation iscompleted in a timeboundmanner and people can availthe benefits of the programmewith digital maintenance,preservation and updation ofland records. DeputyCommissioner SimrandeepSingh, Regional DirectorSurvey and Land Records (ex-Officio Settlement Officer),Inder Jeet , AssistantCommissioner CentralMuzaffar Ali Malik andProject manager RamTechwere present during the visit.
DDC Srinagarchairs DLRCmeetingSRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 11:
District DevelopmentCommissioner Srinagar,Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone, to-day chaired a District LevelReview Committee (DLRC)meeting to review theprogress of banks as onDecember 31, 2016. Themeeting was attended by of-ficers of concernedDepartments, DDMNABARD, and ClusterHeads of banks and finan-cial institutions operatingin district Srinagar. Themeeting reviewed theprogress and achievementsmade by the banks in imple-mentation of variousGovernment sponsoredschemes including PradhanMantri Awas Yojana,Pradhan Mantra Jan DhanYojana, Pradhan MantraMUDRA Yojana, PradhanMantra Fasal Bima Yojana,NULM and Stand-Up India.
Performance of banks inthe areas of deposits and ad-vances besides sector-wiseperformance under theDistrict Credit Plan 2016-17was also reviewed in themeeting. On the occasion,the DDC said that banks andfinancial institutions in thedistrict must play their rolefor the economic progress ofSrinagar. He emphasizedthat banks must be positiveand instrumental in creditdispensation and increasethe Credit Deposit Ratio(CDR) to the benchmark lev-el fixed by the RBI. While re-viewing the progressachieved in specialCentral/State sponsoredschemes and under social se-curity schemes, he directedthe banks to expedite sanc-tioning of sponsorships. Hestressed on making concert-ed efforts to increase theCDR facility. He also askedthe officials of banks andGovernment Departmentsto conduct awareness pro-grammes about the schemeswherever required.
BUDGAM, FEBRUARY 11:
District DevelopmentCommissioner Budgam, MirAltaf Ahmad, today chaired ameeting convened to take acomprehensive review of var-ious State and CentrallySponsored Schemes under dif-ferent sectors in the district.Among others, officers of thedistrict administration, LeadBank Officer and other con-cerned attended the meeting.While reviewing the agricul-ture sector, the DDC was in-formed that Mushk Budji wascultivated on 25 hectare areaof land for which 25 quintalseeds were provided free ofcost resulting in production of600 quintals, out of which 50quintals was repurchased atRs 8500 per quintal to keep theseed for next season. It was in-formed that for the next sea-son targeted area is 50 hectareincluding areas of Raithan,
Arigam, and Kesh in Budgam.The meeting also took a re-view of Horticulture sector,during which the DDC was in-formed that during the cur-rent fiscal a total of 1.23 lakhMts of dry fruits, apples, pearswere exported. He was in-formed that under NRLM 13milk collection centers havebeen established at the cost ofRs 1.5 lakh per unit under SelfHelp Groups. Regarding the
progress made under SocialWelfare Department, the DDCwas informed that Rs 12. 60crore have been disbursed un-der various welfare pro-grammes, besides Rs 4 crorewere provided as scholarshipto students through DBTmode. During the meeting,credit based schemes ofDistrict Industries Centre,Handicrafts and Handloomdepartment were also dis-
cussed. The DDC enjoined up-on the officers and LBO to en-sure due diligence while spon-soring these cases and ensurefidelity in the whole process.While reviewing the progressmade under Swach BharatMission, it was given out thatout Rs 5.5 crore as many as Rs3.38 crore have been spent and6500 household latrines and 28sanitation complexes wereconstructed in the district.
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 11:
As a part of the novel ini-tiative to showcase to the pub-lic the State’s treasure-troveof heritage and history, theMinister for Culture andFinance, Dr Haseeb Drabu to-day launched a pioneeringproject named “Object of theMonth”. Under the initiative,the Department of Archives,Archaeology and Museums,has started putting for publicdisplay a special museum ob-ject for one month each.
In the maiden series un-der the “Object of the Month”initiative for February, DrDrabu today unveiled forpublic display the rare manu-script “Shahnama” at DograArt Museum, MubarakMandi Heritage Complexhere. Secretary Culture,Dilshad Khan, DirectorArchives, Archaeology andMuseums, M S Zahid and oth-er officers of the Departmentwere present on the occasion.“The initiative will facilitatedisplay of rare and unique ob-jects from the reserve collec-tion of the museums in thestate which could not be earli-er displayed due to paucity ofspace in the museums,” DrDrabu said. The Minister saidthe “Object of the Month” ac-tivity will continue through-out the year in Dogra Art
Museum, Jammu and SriPratap Singh Museum,Srinagar. He said “Object ofthe Month” series will be avoyage for the public throughrare manuscripts, pricelesspaintings, ancient scripturesand beautiful calligraphy inpossession of the Departmentof Archives, Archaeology andMuseums. “Aimed at rebuild-ing a culturally conscious so-ciety, the initiative is aimedat making the public con-scious of J&K’s treasuredheritage and history,” said DrDrabu. He said the basic con-cept behind this unique effortis to ‘rediscover, reflect andrevive’. “It is like engagingwith our past, to reorient ourpresent and redefine our fu-ture,” he said. Dr Drabucalled for spreading aware-ness among the people aboutculturally rich heritage of thestate and to attract youth fortheir active participation inpreserving and promotingJ&K’s distinct traditions.
The Minister, on this oc-casion, also inaugurated a mi-ni museum at MubarakMandi Heritage Complex onthe theme “Archive’s SelectedHeritage” where historicaldocuments, farmans, orders,books have been put on dis-play for the public. The muse-um also houses several hand-written manuscripts includ-
ing the scripts of Shahnamaand Sikandernama in Persianthat are of interest to historybuffs. Shahnama (the Book ofKings), is a long epic poemwritten by the renownedPersian poet Ferdowsi. Hestarted writing Shahnamahin 977 AD and completed it on8 March 1010. Consisting ofsome 50,000 "distichs" or cou-plets (2-line verses), theShahnamah is the world'slongest epic poem written by asingle poet. It is the nationalepic of Iran and tells mainlythe mythical and to some ex-tent the historical past of thePersian Empire from the cre-ation of the world until theIslamic conquest of Persia inthe 7th century. Iran,Azerbaijan, Afghanistan andthe greater region influencedby the Persian culture includ-ing Georgia, Armenia,Turkey and Dagestan cele-brate this national epic.
The work is of central im-portance in Persian culture,regarded as a literary master-piece, and definitive of theethno-national cultural iden-tity of modern-day Iran,Afghanistan and Tajikistan.Pertinently, the specialCalendar published by theDirectorate of Archives,Archaeology and Museumsfor 2017 has also incorporatedpaintings from Shahnama.
GOF Staff ReporterUDHAMPUR, FEBRUARY 11:
Deputy Chief Minister,Dr. Nirmal Singh, today de-clared open the grand‘Udhampur Olympics 2017’which is being organized un-der Civic Action Programmeof District Police. LegislatorsPawan Kumar Gupta andDina Nath Bhagat, IGPJammu Danish Rana, DIGUdhampur–Reasi RangeNissar Ahmed, DeputyCommissioner Udhampur,Niraj Kumar and SSPUdhampur Dr ShailendraKumar Mishra were presentduring the opening ceremonyof the grand event. Termingsports as a potent tool in chan-nelizing youth energies in theright direction, the DeputyChief Minister said games en-sure a healthy mind and bodyfor overall personality devel-opment. “Promotion of sportsin all its aspects is indispensa-ble for all round developmentof children and hence the gov-
ernment is determined to up-grade this field with all requi-site facilities”, he main-tained. Spelling out govern-ment’s initiatives aimed atgiving new dimension tosports arena in the state, DrNirmal Singh expressed grat-itude to the Centre for an-nouncing a package of Rs 200crore for promotion of sportsin the state which would beutilized for construction ofIndoor Sports Halls in all thedistricts of the state besidesup-gradation of stadia.Besides, the present dispensa-tion is putting in its best ef-forts for providing all the fa-cilities required for encour-aging the sportsmanshipamong the budding players.
The Dy CM also recog-nized and appreciated thegirl’s sports talent which hasbrought laurels to the stateand the country as well. Heasked the concerned to en-courage the sports skills ofyoung girls of the state so thatthey too attain a good position
in the world of sports. DrSingh congratulated theDistrict Police and DistrictAdministration for organiz-ing such a mega sports eventin the district and expressedthe hope that such effortswould be carried forwardwith added spirit and enthusi-asm. He also witnessed aKabbaddi match and Kho-Kho match on the occasionand appreciated the enthusi-asm shown by the young play-ers. A colourful cultural pro-gramme was also presentedby the students of different ed-ucational institutions whichreceived huge appreciationfrom the audience. TheDistrict Information Centre,Udhampur also organized acultural event depicting therich Dogra culture. The mainattraction of the programmewas the performance by theDare Devils of PoliceDepartment who left the audi-ence spell bound. Earlier, theSSP highlighted varioussports events which are being
organized on regular basisand informed that theUdhampur Olympics wouldinclude 13 different events un-der different categories suchas Table Tennis, Cricket,Badminton, Volley Ball,Hand Ball, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Tug of War, Athleticsetc. He said that the MegaSports Event had seen theparticipation of more than2200 participants and in-formed that more than 500participants had participatedin the various cultural pro-grammes. Later, Dy CM dis-tributed prizes among thewinners of cultural events.ADC Avny Lavasa, ASP M. L.Kainth, Joint DirectorPlanning Rakesh Jamwal,ACR Subhash ChanderDogra, PO- DRDA Dr JagdishChander Mehra, CEO BishanSingh and other officers ofDistrict Administration andDistrict Police besides teach-ers and large number of stu-dents attended the openingceremony.
64 pcrespectively. Former BJP state president
Lakshmikant Bajpai (Meerut), RJD chief Lalu Prasad'sson-in-law Rahul Singh (SP) from Sikandrabad, andSandeep Singh, grandson of Rajasthan GovenorKalyan Singh from Atrauli are among other key fig-ures in this phase. The districts where polling was heldare Hapur, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Meerut,Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr,Aligarh, Mathura, Hathras, Agra, Firozabad, Etah andKasganj. In the 73 constituencies where polling washeld, SP and BSP had bagged 24 seats each in the 2012polls, BJP 11, RLD nine and Congress five.
Jitendrastaying here." Addressing a public meeting, the
Union minister said all the major road projects forKathua, Udhampur districts and the erstwhile Dodadistrict have been cleared to receive Central funds un-der the Central Road Fund (CRF), Pradhan MantriGram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and Union Ministry ofDefence/Border Road Organisation (BRO) fund. He al-so laid foundation stones for road projects underPMGSY in Kathua and Hiranagar Assembly segments.Singh claimed that for the first time, the overall aver-age construction of roads had increased to over 113kms per day and out of a total Central funds of Rs 3,600crore sanctioned for road projects under PMGSY inJammu and Kashmir, over half of the amount was ear-marked only for the Lok Sabha constituency ofKathua-Udhampur-Doda. Referring to some of themega projects brought in the constituency, he claimedthat most of the major promises made by the BJP in therun-up to the 2014 Parliamentary election were beinghonoured with the "landmark" Keedhiyan-Gadhiyalbridge and north India's "first ever" bio-tech park inKathua, the river Devika cleansing project, the radiostation for Udhampur and the initiation of the propos-al for the Chandragala tunnel on the Basohli-Bhaderwah road stretch. In the last two-and-a-halfyears, a record amount of over Rs 850 crore had beensanctioned by the Centre for construction of roads andbridges in Kathua district, Singh said, adding that thiswas not only possibly the "record" amount sanctionedfor Kathua roads in several decades, but was also possi-bly the highest amount for any single district inJammu and Kashmir. He added that under PMGSY,Kathua district received Rs 405.66 crore, Udhampur Rs350 crore, the erstwhile Doda district Rs 600 crore andReasi district Rs 160 crore. In addition, he said Kathuagot Rs 150 crore for the Keedhiyan-Gadhiyal bridgeand under the CRF, Rs 45.54 crore was sanctioned forthe Juthana bridge, Rs 40.52 crore for the Halti roadupgradation and Rs 43.30 crore for the Lakhanpur-Thien road.
Developmentand movable property located inside the sprawling
ashram built over 1002 kanals of land is almost lying di-lapidated condition. Out of 26 rooms of the under con-struction five star hotel the automatic locks of onedozen rooms are broken and nothing is lying insidethese rooms. That after his accidental death in a pri-vate plane crash on 9th of June 1994 the yoga guru’sproperty was left untouched by the successive Stategovernment. JNF
I-T Depttaxpayers not involved in business who have re-
ceived cash out of exempt income, for example agricul-tural income," the department said. In case the as-sessee has received advance salary, the FAQ said hewill have to give the name and respective details of theemployer from whom the payment in cash has been re-ceived while filing the response on the I-T portal. OnJanuary 31, the tax department had launched'Operation Clean Money' under which it had sent outSMS and e-mails to 18 lakh assessees in the initialphase for suspicious cash deposits of Rs 5 lakh andabove made during November 9-December 30, 2016.These people had to reply to these queries by loggingonto the e-filing portal within 10 days of receipt of com-munication. This timeline has now been extended toFebruary 15.
Restrictionslife was affected due to the strike called by the sepa-
ratist groups, including both factions of HurriyatConference and JKLF, to protest Bhat's hanging. Mostof the shops, petrol pumps and other business estab-lishments were shut across the Valley, the official said.He said while most of the public transport was off theroads, private cars, cabs and auto-rickshaws were ply-
ing. Bhat was hanged and buried inside New Delhi'sTihar jail on February 11, 1984.
ChineseNuclear Suppliers Group and listing of JeM leader
Masood Azhar as terrorist by UN. Before leaving forBeijing, Vishnu told media in India yesterday that "myfather joined the Chinese Army in 1960 and he enteredIndia through the eastern frontier after losing his wayin the darkness one night." He landed in Assam wherean Indian Red Cross team handed him over to theIndian Army on January 1, 1963. "My father spent sixyears in prisons in Assam, Ajmer, Delhi before thePunjab and Haryana High Court ordered his release inMarch 1969," Vishnu said. "The Indian governmenthad promised to the court that it will rehabilitate myfather. He was taken to Delhi, Bhopal, Jabalpur andthen finally handed over to Balaghat police," said hisson. Wang started working as a watchman with a milland soon his colleagues named him Raj Bahadur, ap-parently due to his Nepali features, Vishnu said.Wang's mother died in 2006 but he could not be with hisdear ones in the time of grief, Vishnu said. Three yearslater he met his nephew Yun Chun, who had come toIndia as a tourist and narrated his ordeal to him. Afterreturning home, Chun got in touch with Chinese politi-cians and authorities to bring his uncle home. Finally,he met then Chinese Foreign Minister who helpedWang to get a Chinese passport in March 2013.
No FormalCommission of India for a way out to have the Lok
Sabha polls deferred. Since the Anantnag Lok Sabhaelection has already been deferred once for April andon Srinagar seat it is due for the same month.Deferring Srinagar and a further extension inAnantnag would be beyond the jurisdiction of the pollbody as it would need intervention of the Union LawMinistry and accent of the President of India. TheCentral and South Kashmir Lok Sabha seats were wonby the Peoples Democratic Party in 2014 general elec-tions by handing down a crushing defeat to theNational Conference, including personal defeat of for-mer CM Dr Farooq Abdullah who lost first election ofhis whole political career. It was a ride on this successwhich built a wave in favour of PDP and proved helpfulin the Assembly elections later the same year. TheAnantnag seat fell vacant in June last year followingelection of Mehbooba Mufti to the LegislativeAssembly, a pre-requisite after she took over as ChiefMinister in April last year. Though South Kashmirconsidered a pocket-borough of the PeoplesDemocratic Party, but the turmoil that erupted barelya month after the seat falling vacant had its whole epi-center in this region which saw most of the killings inconfrontation between protestors and the securityforces. Therefore, a contest on this seat is not consid-ered easy as usual anymore for the Peoples DemocraticParty which plans to field its newest high profile en-trant, Tasaduq Mufti, on the South Kashmir seat. TheCentral Kashmir seat also offers a peculiar challengeas this fell vacant after the incumbent MP, TariqHameed Karra, a founder member of the PDP, resignedfrom party and Lok Sabha to protest ‘government’sbad handling of the Kashmir situation’. Sources saidthat Omar Abdullah had sought Governor’s interven-tion for timely conduct of Lok Sabha elections. “TheGovernor is though not in favour of delaying the LokSabha polls but he is keen that Panchayat polls are notdelayed on any pretext’ Sources told KNS. (KNS)
BJPdistrict. The body was later evacuated and shifted
to her residence in Rajouri.
Twovehicles parked on the road side,” police added. A
case under FIR number 23 of 2017 under section 379 ofRPC has been registered at police station Bakshi Nagar.
Two ArrestedAshraf son Lassa of Tringla in Batote. A case FIR
number 64 of 2016 under section 366 and 109 of RPC wasregistered at PS Chanderkote.
Two Killedfrom the adjoining Karara post reached the spot
within minutes and with the help of locals shifted allthe injured to the district hospital where one of themdied," he said. Shama Begum (42) succumbed to her in-juries in the hospital, the SHO said. A case has beenregistered at Thathri police station and investigationis underway, Parihar said.
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Dy CM declares open ‘Udhampur Olympics-2017’Dr Singh reaffirms Govt’s commitment towards encouraging sportsspirit among youth; 2200 players to participate in mega sports event
‘Object of the Month’: Deptt of Culture launchesnovel initiative to showcase JK’s treasure troveDr Drabu unveils epic poem ‘Shahnama’ for publicdisplay at Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex
DDC Budgam reviews implementation of development, welfare schemes
Div Com reviews progress ondigitization of land records
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A day long orientationcum training program was or-ganised here today on Childprotection, Juvenile Justiceand Integrated ChildProtection Scheme (ICPS) byJ&K State Mission Director,ICPS, Social Welfare
Department in collaborationwith United Nation’sChildren’s Fund (UNICEF).Nearly, 70 officers includingDistrict Program OfficersICDS, District Social WelfareOfficers and CDPO’s partici-pated in the day long orienta-tion cum training program.Director General Police, Dr.S.P Vaid, who was chief guest
on the occasion, emphasisedthat the Juvenile Justiceneeds an urgent attentionfrom all departments and thecivil society as well. He laud-ed the initiatives of SocialWelfare Department andUNICEF in bringing variousstakeholders together for ef-fective implementation ofJuvenile Justice Act. He
stressed on the need of equip-ping the social welfare depart-ment with adequate facilitiesso that the law enforcementagencies find it feasible to im-plement the law in letter andspirit. There is an urgent needfor all departments to func-tion in synergy as a singleunit to respond to the issuesthat children of the stateface,” Dr Vaid reiterated.
Mission Director ICDS,Talat Parvaiz, elaborated onthe concepts of JuvenileJustice Boards (JJB) and ChildWelfare Committees (CWC) forlarger interest of the commu-nity. He gave detailed descrip-tion of responsibilities given tothe officers under the JuvenileJustice Act which is propor-tionate to the powers requiredto discharge the duties.Parvaiz announced that the
notification for inviting appli-cations from social workersfor Child Welfare Committeeand Juvenile Justice Boardswill be issued soon which willrevolutionize the delivery ofjustice and child care servicesin the state. He informed thegovernment under the leader-ship of Chief Minister andMinister for Social Welfarehave already finalisedroadmap for translating the vi-sion envisaged under variouslaws into concrete actions.Pertinently, the Social Welfaredepartment has already set inmotion the process of settingup of Social Welfare Councilswhich will act as ChildProtection Committees in eachvillage and will be the decen-tralized model for deliveringwelfare at the doorsteps of ben-eficiaries.
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The Deputy ChiefMinister Dr Nirmal Singhtoday said the governmenthas initiated several path-breaking measures in thestate which would besidesaccelerating developmentalso boost socio-economicprofile of the people. TheDeputy Chief Minister wasaddressing an impressivegathering during Yagya atNeeli Nallah Garhi nearUdhampur after payingobeisance at Mata VaishnoDevi temple there. Dr Singhwhile enumerating theachievements of the govern-ment said the people arefeeling the change on theground and are getting ben-efitted by these. He said thepeople should also come for-ward and play participatoryrole in implementation ofdevelopment schemes. Healso urged people to giveregular feedback about thestatus of these welfare pro-grammes. The Deputy ChiefMinister said certain forcesare trying to create a wedgeamong the people of thestate for their vested politi-cal interests but their nefar-ious designs would not be al-lowed to succeed. He saidthese elements have alwaysbeen misleading people byfalse propaganda and weshould all collectively en-sure that they are defeated.
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Special Judge NIA Courtrejected the bail applicationFayaz Ahmed Rather S/o LateAbdul Rehman Rather R/oIslamabad, Anantnag whowas allegedly involved in fakecurrency notes. According tothe NIA case that that on11.01.2011, the local PoliceJanipur had laid a Naka atHigh Court Morh, Jammu forchecking/frisking as a pre-ventive measure in view ofthe forthcoming Republic daycelebration. At about 1230hrs, while checking/friskingwas being carried out by thelocal Police, it was seen thatfour persons who were ap-proaching the said Naka andafter seeing the Police Nakafrom a distance, started run-
ning back towards the samedirection from which direc-tion they were coming. On ob-serving their suspicious ac-tivities, the local Policechased and caught hold thosefour persons and conductedthorough body search.Investigation has furtherbrought out that, the suspectstried to throw away some cur-rency notes which prima fa-cie appeared to be genuineIndian currency. During thepreliminary, on the spot veri-fication, it was discoveredthat the notes were actuallyhigh quality fake Indian cur-rency notes (FICN).
Court after hearing boththe sides observed that Grantof bail is a rule and its rejec-tion is an exception but whilegranting bail, court has to besatisfied that in a given case
its grants is necessary in theinterest of justice.
Whether the grant of bailwould thwart the course ofjustice or would further thecourse of justice. While con-sidering the question of grantor refusal of bail the courtsgenerally takes into consider-ation that the nature of thecharge or nature of the accu-sation or nature of evidencein support of the accusation-sor severity of punishment towhich the accused may besubjected or The danger ofthe accused to abuse the con-cession of bail by way of ab-sconding or tampering withthe evidence or Health, ageand sex of the accused or thesocial position or status of ac-cused & complainant party orWhether the grant of bailwould thwart the course jus-
tice. Court further observedthat from the perusal of therecord it is revealed thatmother of the accused is achronic patient in OPD andunder OPD treatment at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute ofMedical Sciences, Saura,Srinagar since year 2014.There is nothing on recordwhich could prove thegrounds projected for bail.The petitioner has failed tobring out a case for grantingthe concession of bail. The ac-cused is facing trial for the se-rious offences and the bail tothe petitioner cannot begranted at this stage andKeeping in view the afore-mentioned facts and circum-stances of the case, the natureand seriousness of the accusa-tions, the bail application isrejected. JNF
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President Donald Trumphas said he is consideringsigning a "brand new" execu-tive order by next week totemporarily bar citizens ofseven Muslim-majority na-
tions from entering America,a day after a US court refusedto reinstate his controversialtravel ban. "We will win thatbattle. The unfortunate part isthat it takes time statutorily,but we will win that battle. Wealso have a lot of other op-tions, including just filing a
brand new order," Trump toldreporters travelling with himon Air Force One fromAndrews Air Force Base toFlorida. Asked if his planmight be to issue a new execu-tive order, Trump said: "Itvery well could be. We needspeed for reasons of security,so it very well could be."
Trump said that "in hon-our of the (9th US Circuitcourt) decision" he will likelywait until next week to re-spond with any action."Perhaps Monday orTuesday," he said. The newexecutive order on immigra-tion would include securitymeasures, Trump said. "Newsecurity measures. We havevery, very strong vetting. Icall it extreme vetting andwe're going very strong on se-curity. We are going to have
people coming to our countrythat want to be here for goodreason," he said. ThePresident's remarks came af-ter a three-judge bench of the9th US Circuit Court ofAppeals in San Francisco re-fused to reinstate his contro-versial travel ban onThursday. The judgementmeans that citizens of sevenmajority- Muslim countrieswill continue to be able totravel to the US.
Trump signed the execu-tive order last month sus-pending the arrival of allrefugees for at least 120 days,Syrian refugees indefinitely,and barring citizens fromIran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia,Sudan, Syria and Yemen for90 days, fulfilling one of hiscentral campaign promises."We will be doing something
very rapidly to do with the ad-ditional security for our coun-try. You'll be seeing that some-time next week," Trump saidspeaking at the White House."In addition, we will continueto go through the courtprocess and ultimately, I haveno doubt we will win that par-ticular case," Trump told re-porters during a joint newsconference yesterday withJapanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe. "We are going tokeep our country safe. We aregoing to do whatever is neces-sary to keep our country safe.We have had decision whichwe think will be very success-ful with, it shouldn't have tak-en this much time becausesafety is a primary reason,"Trump said. "One of the rea-sons I am standing here today,the security of our country,
the voters felt I would give itthe best security," he said, in-dicating that he would contin-ue with his efforts for the safe-ty and security of the US de-spite the court setback."While I've been President,which is just for a very shortperiod of time, I've learnedtremendous things that youcould only learn, frankly, ifyou were in a certain position,namely President," he said.Trump said there are tremen-dous threats to the country.
"We will not allow that tohappen, I can tell you thatright now. So we'll be goingforward and we'll be doingthings to continue to makeour country safe. It will hap-pen rapidly and we will not al-low people into our countrywho are looking to do harm toour people," he said.
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The night temperatureacross Kashmir Valleymarked an improvement, butthe mercury went further be-low the freezing point inLadakh region of the statewith Kargil town experienc-ing the season's coldest night.Kargil town, in Ladakh re-
gion of Jammu and Kashmir,registered the minimum tem-perature of minus 16.2 de-grees Celsius, against minus15.8 degrees Celsius the previ-ous night, an official of theMeteorological Departmenthere said. He said not onlywas Kargil the coldest record-ed place in the state, but theminimum temperature was
the season's lowest there.The official said the near-
by Leh town closely followedKargil and recorded the low ofminus 16.9 degrees Celsiusdown nearly two degreesfrom minus 14.7 degreesCelsius yesterday. BarringLadakh region, the mercuryelsewhere in Kashmir divi-sion marked an improvement
last night, the official said. Hesaid Srinagar the summercapital of Jammu andKashmir registered the mini-mum temperature of minus2.7 degrees Celsius up fromminus 3 degrees Celsius theprevious night. Pahalgam re-sort in south Kashmir, whichserves as a base camp for theannual Amarnath Yatra, reg-istered the minimum temper-ature of minus 7.8 degreesCelsius over a degree up fromminus 9.2 degrees Celsius yes-terday. Gulmarg the famousski-resort in north Kashmir -recorded a low of minus 9 de-grees Celsius, against the pre-vious night's minus 9.4 de-grees Celsius, the officialsaid, adding the resort wasthe coldest place in theValley. Qazigund the gatewaytown to the Valley - recorded alow of minus 2.4 degreesCelsius, Kokernag town, insouth Kashmir, minus 1.7 de-grees Celsius, while the mer-cury in north Kashmir'sKupwara town settled at a lowof minus 3.6 degrees Celsius,the official said.
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Taking a swipe atNarendra Modi for his "rain-coat in bathroom" barb atManmohan Singh, Congressleader Rahul Gandhi todaysaid the Prime Minister wasmore interested in "peepinginto bathrooms of people".The Congress Vice Presidentalso said that the PrimeMinister will get a "jolt" oncethe results of the UttarPradesh Assembly electionsare out. "Modi likes to readjanampatri (horoscope),search Google and peep intothe bathrooms of people...buthe is a failure as a PrimeMinister," he said at a jointpress conference withSamajwadi Party PresidentAkhilesh Yadav where theSP-Congress alliance re-leased a 10-point CommonMinimum Programme(CMP). "He (Modi) can do this(peeping into bathrooms) inhis free time," Rahul said.
His comments comeagainst the backdrop of thePrime Minister's remarks inParliament that one shouldlearn the art of "bathing witha raincoat on" fromManmohan Singh as therewas not a single taint on himdespite so many scams hav-ing taken place during hisregime. Modi had said in an
election rally in Haridwaryesterday that BJP had a de-tailed dossier on the Congressleaders. "Mein Congress kelogon se kehta hoon: jabaansambhaal kar rakho, warnamere paas aapki poori janam-patri padi hui hai (hold yourtongue, I have your entirehoroscope). Reacting to thiscomment, Rahul today daredhim saying, "You are thePrime Minister for over pasttwo years...You can take outthe janmapatri of Congressand go ahead with it." To an-other comment of Modi thatRahul is the "most jokedabout person" on Google, theCongress Vice President hitback, saying, "...he likes tosearch Google and he can doso in his past time...but he hasfailed in his functions asPM...he will get a jolt from theresults of these elections.""(Actually) Modi's policy isthat of distraction...when hecannot give answers to issueslike employment, security,demonetisation...he indulgesin distraction and the wholecountry knows about it,"Rahul said. He said Modi hadpromised to provide two lakhjobs every year and last yearonly one lakh youths wereprovided jobs and this yearwith the unemployment go-ing high, things are back tosquare one.
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Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission(SHRC) has disposed off over 78 per cent cases out of 7,319 thatit had received between 1997, when it was formed, andJanuary this year, an official said today. "A total number of7,319 cases had been received by the Commission since its in-ception till January 2017, of which 5,755 disposed off," a seniorofficer of department of Law and Justice said here. In lastthree years, the SHRC had recommended 72 cases to the de-partment, of which 70 cases have been placed before theEmpowered Committee to consider them, he said. As per thedecision of Empowered Committee, 11 recommendationshave been accepted, 50 rejected and 9 have been deferred, theofficer said, adding two are under SHRC examinations. TheSHRC came into being in Jammu and Kashmir in 1997. PTI
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Aam Aadmi Party is planning to contest the nextAssembly elections in Rajasthan and also expand its pres-ence in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat. "InRajasthan, people are disappointed with BJP rule and theyare not willing to trust Congress. After every Assembly elec-tions, the face changes but governance remains the same. "Insuch a scenario, people are looking at AAP with hope," AAPleader and Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodiaclaimed here. "AAP is will expand its presence in Gujarat,Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. We are also planning tocontest the next Assembly elections in Rajasthan," he said.
Replying to a question at the press club here, Sisodia alsosaid his party has no qualms in welcoming dissident leadersof other parties if they have no record of crime or allegationsof corruption against them. Hitting out at Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, he claimed, "People suffered badly after de-monetisation but the Prime Minister did not care." "Those inpossession of blackmoney got their money exchanged frombackdoors, while the aam aadmi, like the farmers and thelaboures, had to stand in queues to withdraw their own hardearned money," Sisodia said. He also exuded confidence thatAAP will perform well in the Assembly elections in Punjaband Goa. Sisodia, who is the in-charge of the party affairs inRajasthan, claimed the AAP government in Delhi has accel-erated development, reduced power tariff and improved theeducation sector. During his visit to the city, he also held ameeting with the party leaders and workers here.
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Lt Gen (Rtd) RameshHalgali today said India hasmoved from its earlier defen-sive framework to offensivestride against Pakistan be-cause the neighbour has con-tinuously used its resources todestabilise the countrythrough proxy wars. "Pakistanhas continuously used its re-sources to destabilise Indiathrough proxy wars. For over
30 years, Pakistan has beenstaging a proxy war against us.The reason we have thwartedit is because India is a strongcapable nation," he said.Speaking at a session titled"Terror proofing India" duringthe The Hindu's "The Huddle,"an interactive event with per-sonalities from different walksof life, he said in the past "Wewere working on a defensiveframework, something whichchanged in 2016." "For the first
time in 2016, the internationalcommunity got to know thatIndia is capable of deliveringprecise strategic strikes capa-ble of decimating Pakistan," hesaid, adding, "This thought ofmoving from a defensive frameto offensive requires India togear up," he added. FormerNational Security Advisor M KNarayanan said talking of ter-ror proofing was 'a great mis-take' because the country hasentered a new era of Internet-
enabled terror. "To talk of ter-ror proofing is a great mistake.We have entered a new era ofInternet-enabled terror," hesaid. Narayanan said Indiahad just woken up to the threatof "remote controlled" attacks,while security forces in theWest were working mentallyon this. "Welcome to the age ofremote controlled attacks," hetold the audience, adding"where the perpetrators maybe kilometres of miles away."
Asked how prepared India wasfor a cyber attack, CyberSecurity Chief Gulshan Raisaid, "We can't ensure 100 percent security but we are tryingto enhance resilience." TheState has the responsibility tostrengthen security in the ar-eas of capacity building, coor-dination at apex and function-al levels, and legislation, for-mer Research and AnalysisWing (RAW) chief HormisTharakan said.
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It is the woman's "choice"to either have a baby, or abortor prevent pregnancy. It is herright. Supreme Court judge AK Sikri said this today whilespeaking on the state of affairsrelating to women's reproduc-tive rights and the dominantrole played by the menfolk andthe family in imposing theirdecisions. "When we talk of re-productive rights in this coun-try, then there is hardly anychoice so far as the woman isconcerned ...I can't help butwonder how we as humanshave failed humanity. "I amperplexed as to how in the 21stcentury, with all the techno-logical advances, becomingfrequent guests in the (outer)space and creating artificialintelligence, we are still notable to bring our women to en-joy the fruits of humanity.That is the harsh reality," helamented. Justice Sikri wasspeaking at a symposium --Reproductive Rights In IndianCourts: Celebrating Progress,
Identifying Challenges AndDiscussing The Way Forward-- organised by the JindalGlobal University (JGU) here."Reproductive right, which ofcourse is a human right, isbased on the human dignity.When we talk of reproductiverights, it is mixed with anoth-er right of women, that is thesexual right. When we talk ofreproductive rights in India,there again the choice is of thehusband in the family or whatthe elders say...when thereshould be a child, whether thatchild should be male or femaleetc.," he said. He also dealt
with the criminal practice offemale foeticide and the role ofmen and families in it. "Awoman's choice to reproduce,abort or prevent pregnancy,deals with her body. It is she,who, by the virtue of her anato-my, undergoes the processeventually. It is her body. Itsher right," he said, adding "thechoice has to be hers." JusticeSikri justified the judicialover-reach on issues relatingto human rights, saying "ulti-mately it is the judiciarywhich is the interpreter of thelaw, having the final say inwhat the law is."
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The Government has con-stituted committees to exam-ine and keep a check on feestructure in private Schoolsand nursing homes. In this re-gard, the government has is-sued an order here today.Following the directions ofMinister for Food, CivilSupplies, Consumer Affairsand Legal MetrologyDepartment ChowdharyZulfkar Ali, the department ofFCS&CA issued in order inthis regard. For the issuespertaining to regulation of feestructure in Private Schools,a two member committeecomprising Seema KhajuriaShekhar, Senior AdditionalAdvocate General asChairperson and ManojPrabhakar, Magistrate /
Deputy Controller, LegalMetrology Department,Jammu as Nodal Officer hasbeen constituted. Besides, thedepartment has constitutedtwo member committee com-prising Chander Gulati,Member ConsumerProtection Council asChairman of the Committeewhile Atul Gupta, DeputyDirector, Department of Food,Civil Supplies & ConsumerAffairs, Jammu as NodalOfficer to examine the issue ofcharges in Nursing Homes.Both these Committees havebeen asked to submit the re-port within one month.Expressing concern over ir-regularities in fee structurein private schools operatingin the state and charges beingimposed by Nursing Homes,Minister for Food, Civil
Supplies, Consumer Affairsand Legal MetrologyChowdhary Zulfkar Ali saidthis pertains directly to theconsumers and no compro-mise would be made in this re-gard. He said several PrivateSchools are charging fees asper their choice and there isno control on the same. Hesaid there is need to followsome criteria in fixing fees sothat Consumers do not getfleeced. He added that similaris the case with PrivateNursing Homes andDiagnostic Laboratories whoare charging hefty amountfrom the Consumers. Headded that government willnot allow this practice andthey want to regulate PrivateSchool fee and charges ofPrivate Nursing Homes forthe benefit of general masses.
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