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Worldwide truth that Kashmir Muslimleaders opted to remain mum on beingexecuted human genocide upon Hindus

and Sikhs in valley nearly thirty years back, are beingnow hurt if anybody shows them mirror where in theycould easily see their ugly communal faces. BJP leaderand Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanathhas said that microscopic Hindus and Sikhs were nolonger safe in Kashmir; the so called leaders of variouspolitical parties in Kashmir after feeling tizy has saidthat the statement has hurt the sentiments of peoplehere. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathhad claimed that Hindus and Sikhs were safe inKashmir till it was ruled by a Hindu king, but that wasnot the case today. PDP chief spokesman, Rafi AhmadMir said that the statement made by UP CM will hurtthe sentiments of people in the state thus can harm thecommunal harmony of Jammu and Kashmir. Mir saidthat such statements would surely harm the commu-nal harmony in JK as the statement hurt the senti-ments of people. “I believe the statement he has madewas totally distortion of facts and unfortunately thestatement has been given by a CM whose party is rul-ing almost every state of the country at present,” hesaid. National Conference (NC) General Secretary, AliMuhammad has said that the Chief Minister of UttarPradesh should focus on the situation of his own stateas the communal situation there has never taken placein other states. “He is trying to divert the attentionfrom his state. JK doesn’t need anybody’s sermons.Kashmir is known for communal harmony and broth-erhood, people of Kashmir showed communal harmo-ny when people of Kashmir stood alert for the safetyof Sikhs and Hindus and even ensured safety ofminority with the toy weapons. People of Kashmirbore everything for the safety of minority,” he said.

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INTROSPECTION

Speaking truth ishaunting so calledleaders of Kashmir

GY BUREAU

SRINAGAR OCT 31For the Phase-I of

Panchayat Polls, 1886nominations have beenfiled for 547 SarpanchHalqas and 6763 nomina-tions for 4151 Panch wardsacross the State till the lastdate of filing of nomina-tions on Tuesday. Votingand counting for Phase-Iof Panchayat Polls-2018 isscheduled be held on 17

November 2018.According to a

spokesman of the office ofChief Electoral Officer,J&K, in Kashmir division,713 nominations havebeen filed for 259Sarpanch Halqas and 2383nominations for 2021Panch wards while inJammu division, 1173nominations have beenfiled for 288 SarpanchHalqas and 4380 nomina-

tions for 2130 PanchWards going to polls inPhase-I.

He said the last date forfiling of nominations hasbeen extended by fourdays in Gurez Block of dis-trict Bandipora in Kashmirdivision in view of thefresh snowfall in the area.

The spokesman said forPhase-I in Kashmir divi-sion, 204 nominationshave been filed for 64

Sarpanch Halqas and 1051for 498 Panch Wards infour blocks of districtKupwara including,Keran, Ramhal,Tarathpora, Teetwal andTanghdar; 18 nominationshave been filed for 20Sarpanch Halqas and 88for 148 Panch Wards inthree blocks of districtBandipora includingGurez, Bakhtoor and

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SC Collegium recommendstransfer of Justice Alok AradheJAMMU, OCT 31:- Supreme Court Collegiums recom-mends transfer of First Puisne Judge Justice AlokAradhe of J&K High Court to Karnataka High Court.

The Collegium, acceding to his request, resolvesto recommend that Mr. Justice Alok Aradhe, Judge,Jammu & Kashmir High Court [PHCbe transferred, inthe interest of better administration of justice, toKarnataka

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Promotion in High Court staff JAMMU, Oct 31: Consequent upon the recommenda-

tions of the Committee for High Court Staff and the

approval accorded by the Chief Justice, the following

promotions in the different cadres of High Court staff,

Registrar General Sanjay Dhar issued order of promo-

tion of Ajay Kumar Sharma, Assistant Registrar-I is

temporarily promoted as Deputy Registrar against the

vacancy that has fallen vacant owing to the demise of

Late Shri Kuldeep Singh.The representation of Shri

Janam Raj, Assistant Registrar-I for promotion to the

post of Deputy Registrar under Scheduled Caste

Category is rejected.

Shabir Ahmad Baqal, Assistant Registrar-II, is

temporarily promoted as Assistant Registrar-I against

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GY CORRESPONDENT

SRINAGAR, OCT. 31

Governor Satya PalMalik lashing out at thepoliticians in his remarkson Wednesday said that itis not the Governor butthe 'corrupt officials' arebringing bad name to theKashmir.

Governor further alsoalleged that Jammu andKashmir Governor isbringing bad name toKashmir it's the corruptofficials who destroy theimage of Kashmir. Maliktold reporters "the politi-cians who are saying thatthe Governor is giving badname to Kashmir, I mustsay that it is not me who isgiving bad name but it isthose corrupt official whoare giving bad name toKashmir".

Governor said that he

and the secretary of thebank have given direc-tions to the subordinatestaff for ensuring smoothfunctioning of the bank.

"Some youth and bankofficials came to meet meat Raj Bhawan and told meabout the irregularities inthe recruitment processfor the appointmentsmade by the bank. But,whatever they told mewas not the Gospel truth.Things will come to thefore only after anenquiry," he saidWednesday in his firstmedia interaction inJammu.

"JK Bank is doing agreat business. It is a won-derful institution and wewill ensure it functionsproperly," he said.

On corruption inKashmir, the Governor

said that some peoplehave been distorting hisstatements by claimingthat entire Kashmiri com-munity is corrupt.

He said, "I have notdefamed Kashmiris.Rather, those people aredefaming the Kashmiriswho are indulging in cor-ruption. I have seen twofacets of Kashmir: thepoor and the opulent andrich. I want to end this cul-ture to make every resi-dent of Kashmir happyand wealthy and it will bepossible only after corrup-tion will come to an end."

Earlier, the governorhad, in an interview withdelhi based News ChannelTime Now, stated the pre-vious PDP-BJPGovernment changed thecomplete selection list

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GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, OCT. 31

Former Jammu andKashmir Chief MinisterOmar Abdullah statedthat rather than havingboycott the recently con-cluded Municipal polls inwhich the Valley had wit-nessed a low turnout, hisparty, NationalConference (NC) had

'stayed away from it'.In an interview with

Delhi based Newspaperthe Hindu, Omar said "wedid not boycott the polls,we stayed away. There is adifference. The separatistsstayed away and forcedpeople to stay away. Theyused all sorts of methodsto try and encourage peo-ple to stay away".

"We took the view thatwe are choosing not toparticipate, but we werenot stopping people fromparticipating or stoppingothers from filing candi-datures or threateningthem," he added.

"In the face of violence,you could have said peo-ple were afraid to comeout to vote. Barring mytwo workers being killedin Srinagar, there was nostone pelting on pollingday, no attempt to ransackpolling booths, no concert-ed efforts to attack the can-didates or the campaignprocess," he said.

He pointed out that itwas therefore, the people'schoice, which was beingignored by GoI

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BDO Warwanattached for

negligence inelection dutiesGY CORRESPONDENTKISHTWAR, OCT. 31

District PanchyatElection Officer,Kishtwar, Angrez SinghRana, while taking seriousnote of lackadaisical atti-tude shown in electionrelated duties, todayattached the BDOWarwan Mohd Rafi in theoffice of ACD Kishtwar asthe said officer who also isNodal Officer for conductof Panchayat Elections inhis block failed to furnishthe details of final wardwise numbers of nomina-tion forms of Sarpanchesand Panches received

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GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, OCT. 31

Reacting to the pro-posed Municipal LawsAmendment Bill 2018, theJ&K Pradesh CongressCommittee (JKPCC) hitout at the Govt for bring-ing new amendment say-ing that the newMunicipal Law shouldhave come into forcebefore holding ULBElections, although thesaid amendment is notgoing to make any big dif-ference, but it is indicativeof something that hasbeen drawn in hurry. TheJKPCC spokesman saidthat since Assemblystands intact, the billshould be debated, so thatParties know it's pros andcons. In a Statement theJKPCC Spokespersonexpressed surprise overthe Municipal Laws

(Amendment) Bill 2018paving the way for elec-tions of Mayors andDeputy Mayors of theMunicipal Corporation etcthrough secret ballot andsaid Govt should havebring the amendmentbefore holding of ULBElections, what is the funof introducing newamendment at this point,when the Elections to ULBwere conducted as per theexisting Laws he ques-tioned. The process ofelections to the ULBs hascompleted, what was theneed for bringing the newamendment at this time,JKPCC Spokesperson saidand sought explanationfrom the Govt.

Although the newamendment will not affectthe prospects of theCongress in the upcoming

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GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, OCT. 31

Jammu Joint Students'Federation (JJSF) todaywelcomed the statementof Governor of J&K State,Satya Pal Malik in whichhe has appreciated thedevelopmental role of J&KBank besides describingthe bank as a wonderfulinstitution doing goodwork. The student leadersexpressed gratitude forthe efforts of Jammu &Kashmir Bank under theleadership of Jenab ParvezAhmed for playing an out-standing role towards pro-motion of sports and wel-fare activities for youths inthe state.

In an emergent meetingcalled by its PresidentAdvocate PushvinderSingh at GGM ScienceCollege, Jammu, student

leaders of JJSF heldthreadbare discussionsregarding the latest devel-opments after the state-ments of the Governor ofthe State. It was unani-mously resolved that thestatement of Hon"bleGovernor Sh. SatyapalMalik is appreciablethrough which he appre-ciated the role of J&KBank.

Pushvinder Singh in amedia briefing said, “Thestatement of the Governorhas cleared the confusionwhich was being misu-tilised by the vested inter-ests to malign the premier

financial institution of thestate. J&K Bank has beenregularly supporting thedevelopmental activitiesin every nook and cornerof the state. The support ofthe Bank for sports initia-tives has given us oppor-tunity to channelize ourpassion and embracingsports as a serious oppor-tunity to excel and grow.We value the various ini-tiatives by JK Bank underCorporate SocialResponsibility towardsthe student welfare at ourrequests based on interac-tions with Parvez Ahmedwhich have positivelyimpacted us. We expressour sincere thanks to J&KBank towards playingpositive role in creatingand supporting avenuesof engagement for the stu-dent fraternity in

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Dilbag Singh wasappointed Wednesday asthe full-time director gen-eral of the Jammu andKashmir Police as per theguidelines of the SupremeCourt, officials said here.Singh took over as interimchief of the state policeforce on September 6 after

his predecessor S P Vaid,caught in a verbal duelwith the new Jammu andKashmir administration,was shunted out and post-ed as transport commis-sioner. The name of Singh,a 1987-batch IPS officer,was cleared by the StateAdministrative Councilheaded by GovernorSatyapal Malik here. Apanel of three names forthe post was submitted bythe Union Public ServiceCommission (UPSC) lastweek. The Supreme Courton September 20 had

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Pooja holidays from Nov 5JAMMU, OCT 31: The government today announcedfive Pooja holidays for Government and Private Schoolsof Jammu Division, starting from November 5, 2018.

As per an order issued here today by Director SchoolEducation Jammu, all the educational institutionsincluding recognized private schools upto HigherSecondary School level of Jammu division will observePooja Holidays with effect from November 5 toNovember 9, 2018.

Pak troops violates ceasefireat LoC in Kupwara

SRINAGAR, OCT 31: Pakistani troops violated cease-fire by resorted to unprovoked firing from across theLine of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector and Karnahsector in frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara.

Official sources said, Pakistani troops violated 2003ceasefire and resorted to firing with automatic weapons,targeting forward posts and villages on this side of theLoC in Tangdhar sector on Wednesday morning.

Indian troops also retaliated and the exchange of firecontinued for about 20 minutes. However, there was

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Governor Satya PalMalik on Wednesday saidterrorism in Kashmir can-not be wiped out bykilling militants but bybringing them back to themainstream.

Talking of Pakistan’srole in fanning terrorismin the State, the Governorsaid the neighbouringcountry wants Jammu andKashmir to remain dis-turbed, but its designskeep failing as they didrecently during the recentmunicipal polls.

“Terrorism cannot be

wiped out by killing mili-tants. More of them willkeep joining terrorgroups. They will keepattacking police and secu-rity forces which will, inturn, fire bullets, not bou-quets. And they will die inthe process,” he said.

“We do not want themto die. We want them toleave the gun culture andcome back to the main-stream,” he said whiletalking to reporters on thesidelines of a PowerDepartment function.Governor Satya Pal Malikon Wednesday hit out

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Terrorism cannot be wiped out by killing militants

Those engaged in corruption aredefaming Kashmiris: Governor

1886 nominations filed for SarpanchHalqas, 6763 for Panch Wards in Phase-ILast date for nominations extended in Gurez following fresh snowfall; Voting, Counting on Nov 17

Panchayat Polls-2018Dilbag Singh appointedfull-time DG of J&K Police

Corrupt officials bring bad nameto Kashmir: Governor Malik

Congress seeks explanation fromGovt of New Amendment Bill 2018

JJSF welcomes the statementof the Governor on J&K Bank

'We did not boycott the polls, westayed away' : Omar Abdullah

GY BUREAU

JAMMU OCT 31

The StateAdministrative Council(SAC), which met heretoday under the chairman-ship of Governor, SatyaPal Malik, approved hono-rarium for Sarpanchs andPanchs to be elected in theensuing Panchayat elec-tions.

The meeting wasattended by Advisors, B BVyas, K Vijay Kumar,Khurshid Ahmed Ganaiand Chief Secretary B V RSubrahmanyam.

To compensateSarpanchs and Panchs for

the onerous responsibili-ties to be discharged bythem under the newPanchayati Raj System

being put in place in thestate, the SAC decided topay them honorarium as atoken of encouragement.

The SAC decided thatthe Sarpanchs will be paidmonthly honorarium of

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SAC approves honorarium for Sarpanchs, PanchsApproves Municipal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2018

New law to pave way for election of Mayor, heads of other ULBs through secret ballot

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SAC approves...Rs 2500 and Panchs Rs 1000.The SAC hoped that the

provision would infuse enthusiasm among the electedPanchayat members- the election for which is being heldin nine phases, starting from Nov 17, 2018. The StateAdministrative Council (SAC) which met here todayunder the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malikapproved "The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Laws(Amendment) Bill, 2018” paving the way for election ofMayors and Deputy Mayors of the MunicipalCorporations and Presidents and Vice Presidents of theMunicipal Councils/Municipal Committees throughsecret ballot.The meeting was attended by Advisors, B BVyas, K Vijay Kumar, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai and ChiefSecretary B V R Subrahmanyam.The decision, in thisregard, has been taken in order to remove the anomaliesbetween the provisions of the Municipal Acts, after theiramendments through the Jammu and KashmirMunicipal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2010 and relevantRegulations/Bye-laws framed in the year 2005 under theoriginal Act of 2000.

Terrorism cannot ...at those who blame him for “defaming Kashmiris” by

talking about “corruon”, saying those engaged in cor-ruon are the ones defaming the people of the State.

“If any political leader says I am defaming Kashmirisby talking about corruon in Kashmir, it is wrong,” Maliktold reporters at Raj Bhawan here.

” Rather, those engaged in corruon in the State aredefaming Kashmiris,” he asserted.

Malik made the remarks in response to a query oversome State political leaders’ statements that theGovernor was defaming Kashmiris by talking on newschannels about “huge corruon” in the State.

Speaking truth ...Congress vice-president and MLC, G N Monga has

said that it is their (BJP’s) agenda to touch the communalfeelings. “At present they are touching the communalfeelings here keeping in view of the upcoming parlia-mentary elections,” he said. Monga said BJP don’t knowthe history of JK. “People here were safe always butsince BJP took over, they created a wedge and commu-nal atmosphere here and now they want to cover it up,”he said, adding that the statement UP CM has made wasnonsense on part of Yogi Adityanath, saying as being aCM he should not have made such statement. “What canwe expect from him as their PM has also spoken suchlanguage,” he said while condemning UP CM’s state-ment.But the fact is Kashmir so called leaders are purecommunal elements as hardly there is any Sikh or Hinduin decision making bodies because they do rule state byshairat under the guise of democratic set up.

Dilbag Singh ...made it clear that Singh will continue in office till the

UPSC scrutinises and provides a panel of three policeofficers for regular appointment of the police chief.Singh will continue to hold the post of director general

of prisons as an additional charge. Vaid was posted asTransport Commissioner, a post which was held bySaugat Biswas, a 2006-IAS batch officer. The post hasbeen upgraded from additional secretary to the rank ofsecretary. It will be headquartered in Jammu. DilbagSingh's batchmate V K Singh, who was functioning asSpecial Director General at the police headquarters, hasbeen shifted and posted as commandant general ofhome guards, civil defence and the state's disaster rescueForce.

Panchayat Polls...Tulail; 223 for 72 Sarpanch Halqas and 767 for 584

Panch Wards in five blocks of district Baramulla includ-ing Kunzer, Uri, Parenpillan, Noorkhan and Kandi-Beltof Rafiabad; 15 nominations for 15 Sarpanch Halqas and28 for 105 Panch Wards in Gund block of districtGanderbal; 8 nominations for 5 Sarpanch Halqas and 10for 45 Panch Wards in Khanmoh block of districtSrinagar; 38 nominations for 26 Sarpanch Halqas and128 for 222 Panch Wards in Khansahab block of districtBudgam; 133 nominations for 23 Sarpanch Halqas and298 for 179 Panch Wards in six blocks of district Kargilincluding Durbuk, SingayLalok, Kharu, Nyoma, Rongand Rupsho and 74 nominations for 34 Sarpanch Halqasand 217 for 242 Panch Wards in six blocks of district Lehincluding Durbuk, SingayLalok, Kharu, Nyoma, Rongand Rupsho.

He said in Jammu division, 143 nominations havebeen filed for 50 Sarpanch Halqas and 592 for 358 PanchWards in five blocks of district Kishtwar includingDachhan, Bunjawah, Marwah, Padder and Warwan; 229nominations for 52 Sarpanch Halqas and 700 for 369Panch Wards in five blocks of district Doda includingBhallessa, Changa,Jakhyas, Chilli and Pangal; 101 nomi-nations for 27 Sarpanch Halqas and 355 for 195 PanchWards in two blocks of district Ramban includingRamsoo and Khari;196 nominations for 42 SarpanchHalqas and 869 for 332 Panch Wards in four block of dis-trict Udhampur including Dudu-Basantgarh,Latti-Marothi, Panchari and Moungri; 135 nominations for 29Sarpanch Halqas and 505 for 209 Panch wards in twoblocks of district Kathua including Bani and Duggan,137 nominations for 35 Sarpanch Halqas and 532 for 273Panch Wards in two blocks district Rajouri includingManjakote and Panjgrain and 232 nominations for 53Sarpanch Halqas and 827 for 419 Panch Wards in twoblocks of district Poonch including Bufliaz andSurankote.

He said the last date for withdrawal of nominationsfor Phase-I is, 2 November 2018 while polling and count-ing of votes for this phase will be held on 17 November2018.

Corrupt officials ...of 582 candidates in Jammu and Kashmir Bank so as

to appoint political workers at their place.

Congress seeks ...elections in Srinagar Municipal Corporation, but

bringing amendment at this time is highly objectionableand emphasized that the Elections to Mayor etc shouldbe conducted as per the Existing Law, as that the processis post poll exercise of the just concluded ULB Elections.

JJSF welcomes...the state.”We hail the efforts of the Bank in its positive contribu-

tion towards us and condemn the baseless negative per-ception building towards the progressive Institution.The Bank is the banker of first choice for the people ofthe state and its role should not be undermined in theinterest of the economy of the state.

Other Prominent who were present on the occasioninclude Atul Sudan, Daksheesh Sharna, Kukdeep Singh,Atul Chib, Sunil Chouhan, Opinder Sharma, AmanSlathia, etc.

SC Collegium...Justice Alok Aradhe Born on 13th April, 1964 at

Raipur , B.Sc and LLB, Enrolled as Advocate on July 12,1988. Designated as Senior Advocate in April2007.Revised the 5th and 6th Editions of Principles ofAdministrative Law by M.P.Jain and S.N.Jain with LateHon'ble Justice G.P.Singh,Chief Justice of High Court ofMadhya Pradesh. Was Visiting Faculty in JudicialOfficers Training and Research Institute to addressJudicial officers on various issues. Practiced on Civil &Constitutional, Arbitration and Company Matters in theHigh Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur. Appointedas Additional Judge of the High Court of MadhyaPradesh on December 29, 2009 and Permanent Judge onFebruary 15th, 2011. Transferred to High Court ofJammu and Kashmir on September 16, 2016, vide notifi-cation No.K-11017/33/2016-US.II dated 09th September,2016 and took oath of office on 20th September, 2016.Nominated as Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir StateJudicial Academy vide High Court order No. 378 dated7th of June 2017. Appointed as Acting Chief Justice ofHigh court of Jammu & Kashmir vide Notification No K-11019/07/2018-US.I/II(Pt.) Dated 11.05.2018 and func-tioned as such upto 10.08.2018. Nominated as ExecutiveChairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Legal ServicesAuthority vide SRO No. 369 dated 4th of September2018.

Pak troops ...no report of any casualty from this side of the LoC.They said Pakistani troops also resorted to unpro-

voked firing in Karnah sector on Tuesday evening. “Thefiring was effectively retaliated,” they added. Sourcessaid, Pakistani troops are resorting to firing to help mili-tants to sneak into this side.

However, they said troops are on high alert to foil anyinfiltration bid from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK),where dozens of trained militants are waiting in launchpads to sneak into this side.

“Pakistan is trying to push militants into this sidebefore the passes close due to snowfall in the winter,”they added.

'We did...and expressed shock over the fact that ruling party

BJP won in 'volatile Sopore' where the Congress had nocandidates.

He said that the BJP has done everything wrong that

they could have and cited examples like the ongoingtense relationship with Pakistan, non-existence of inter-nal political dialogue and a 'poor' interlocutor who hadnot been made aware to Omar of the nature of his workand goals. (,)

BDO Warwan ....as on October 30,2018 within stipulated timelines.

The said attitude of the officer tantamount to unbe-coming of an officer, the DPEO remarked.

In his place, BDO HQ ACD Office, Kishtwar, RiazAhmed Lone has been transferred and posted as BDOWarwan.

The DPEO further warned all the officers and offi-cials, who have been assigned with different duties inupcoming Panchayat elections, to perform their dutieswith utmost dedication and if any laxity is shown by anyofficer/official, strict action would be taken against him.

Promotion in...the vacancy caused due to the promotion of Shri Ajay

Kumar as Deputy Registrar. Promotion of Ram Paul

Section Officer (OPG) is regularised and further the offi-

cial is temporarily promoted as Assistant Registrar-II

against the vacancy caused due to the promotion of Shri

Shabir Ahmad Baqal as Assistant Registrar-I.

Consequent upon the acceptance of his representation,

Shri Subash Chander, Section Officer, is temporarily pro-

moted as Assistant Registrar-II under Scheduled Caste

Category against the post that has fallen vacant due to

the superannuation of Mrs. Jamila Zahid, Assistant

Registrar-II. Sham LaL, Head Assistant, consequent

upon his exoneration from the charges, is promoted tem-

porarily as Section Officer, notionally w.e.f. the date, his

immediate Junior was promoted to the post of Section

Officer and monetarily w.e.f. the date of issuance of this

promotion order. Further, he is placed below Shri

Kuldeep Singh and above Shri Ajmer Singh in the sen-

iority list of the Section Officers. In compliance with the

Judgment dated 30.08.2018 passed in SWP No. 282/2018

titled : Anita Kumari Vs High Court of J<&K, Mrs. Anita

Kumari, Head Assistant is temporarily promoted as

Section Officer notionally with effect from the date her

immediate junior was promoted to the post of Section

Officer and monetarily w.e.f. the date of issuance of this

order. Further, her seniority shall stand restored below

Shri Ajmer Singh and above Shri Showkat Hussain

Qadiri in the seniority list of Section Officers. Shri

Bahadur Singh, Court Officer is temporarily placed in

the higher grade of Section Officers against an available

post. Shri Brij Lai, Head Assistant is temporarily promot-

ed as Court Officer against the vacancy caused due to

the placement of Shri Bahadur Singh in the higher grade

of Section Officers. However, his promotion is subject to

the validity of his graduation certificate and in case his

graduation certificate is found to be invalid/fake, he

shall stand reverted to the post of Head Assistant.

SRINAGAR, OCT 31 (,):

Though N N Vohra, the for-mer Governor had directedthe cancellation of the ordersissued for establishingDegree Colleges in Jammuand Kashmir by the previousMehbooba led PDP-BJPcoalition government butafter taking charge theGovernor Satya Pal Malikhas through StateAdministrative Council(SAC) headed by himordered the establishing of26 degree colleges againstthe twenty four colleges forwhich the previousMehbooba led PDP-BJPcoalition cabinet had grantedsanction and orders wereissued.

The incumbent Satya PalMalik headed state adminis-tration has in a SAC ordersanctioned twenty six col-leges but the locations havebeen changed making someMLAs, losers and their con-temporaries winners in theirrespective constituencies.The new locations of the col-leges are Ajas and Hajin inBandipora, Kunjwani/SainikColony in Jammu, Nagrotain Udhampur, Khaltsi in Leh,Awantipora in Pulwama,Dongi/Chatya/Kallar inRajouri,Batote/Pouni inReasi, Kakryal/Katra,Ramgarh and Purmandal inSamba and Hyderpora andAlochinagh instead ofEidgah in Srinagar.

Sources told KashmirNews Service (,) that thefinance and planning depart-ments have not granted sanc-tions for establishing thesecolleges either during thereign of Mehbooba led gov-ernment or now during theGovernor's rule.

Sources also disclosed to, that the land for the col-

leges is yet to identify whilethe rules in place make itmandatory for the govern-ment to identify the land firstand accord sanction for set-ting up the colleges later.

It has been also learnedthat state land is not avail-able in most of the areas forsetting up these colleges.Setting aside these all codelformalities for setting upthese colleges, the Satya PalMalik administration hasgone the Mehbooba way butchanged locations to makesome MLAs, winners andtheir contemporaries at someplaces losers.

The locations of the col-leges for which theMehbooba governmentaccorded sanction and issuedorders from time to time areas under:

Government DegreeCollege, Chenani,Government DegreeCollege, Mongri,Government DegreeCollege, Vijaypur,Government DegreeCollege, Dongi, GovernmentDegree College, Ramkote,Government DegreeCollege, Dudu Basantgarhvide government order num-ber G.O. No. 265-HE of2018, dated: 11.04.2018.

Government DegreeCollege, Kralpora(Kupwara), GovernmentDegree College, Langate,Government Degree College,Thindim Kreeri, GovernmentDegree College, Zainpora,Wachi, Government DegreeCollege, Frisal, HomeShalibugh, GovernmentDegree College, Chadoora,Government Degree College,Vilgam (Handwara) videgovernment order numberG.O. No. 266-HE of 2018,dated: 11.04.2018.

Government DegreeCollege, Drass, vide govern-ment order number G.O. No.267-HE- of 2018, Dated:11.04.2018.

G o v e r n m e n tAdministrative Staff College,Jammu and GovernmentAdministrative Staff College,Eidgah Srinagar vide govern-ment No G.O. No. 269-HE-of 2018, Dated: 11.04.2018.

Women Degree collegeQazigund vide governmentorder no G.O. No. 281-HE-of 2018, Dated: 18.04.2018.

Government DegreeCollege, Mandi Poonch videgovernment order no G.O.No. 282-HE- of 2018, Dated:18.04.2018.

Government DegreeCollege, Siligam vide gov-ernment order no G.O. No.300-HE- of 2018, Dated:24.04.2018.

Government DegreeCollege, Putshai Surigamvide government order noG.O. No. 303-HE- of 2018,Dated: 25.04.2018.

Government DegreeCollege, Kotranka (Rajouri)vide government order noG.O. No. 306-HE- of 2018,Dated: 25.04.2018.

Government DegreeCollege, Rajpora (Pulwama),Government Degree College,Tulail (Bandipora) andGovernment Degree College,Turtuk (Leh), vide govern-ment order no G.O. No. 328-HE- of 2018, Dated:27.04.2018.

Government DegreeCollege, Marh (Jammu) videgovernment order no G.O.No. 364-HE- of 2018, Dated:01.06.2019.

Government DegreeCollege, Padder (Kishtwar)vide government order noG.O. No. 365-HE- of 2018,Dated: 01.06.2020.

Degree Colleges without land, financialsanction to be setup in JK, Vohra's cancellation directions set aside

College locations approved by Mehbooba Govt randomly changed

UNITED NATIONS,OCT 31: India hasslammed Pakistan for rais-ing the Kashmir issue at aUN General Assemblysession, saying it hasbecome Islamabad's habitto misuse any forum for"narrow political gains"and asserting that theright to self-determinationcannot be abused toundermine a nation's terri-torial integrity.

First Secretary inIndia's Permanent Missionto the UN PaulomiTripathi was respondingto Pakistani envoyMaleeha Lodhi's remarksat the session that thestruggle of the Kashmiripeople for their right toself-determination hasbeen suppressed fordecades. Lodhi said thatthe Kashmir issue willremain on "the UN agendauntil the Kashmiri peopleare allowed to exercisetheir will, according to theagreed method prescribedby the Security Council - aplebiscite under the aus-pices of the UnitedNations."

"We reject the unwar-ranted reference made byone delegation to the Stateof Jammu and Kashmirwhich is an integral part ofIndia," Tripathi said at aUNGA Third Committeesession Tuesday onElimination of racism,xenophobia and Right ofpeople to self-determina-tion.

She said that it hasbecome Pakistan's habit tomisuse any forum for nar-row political gains.

"In reality, it is the peo-ple of India as well as ofour region and beyond,have to suffer most egre-

gious violation of humanrights inflicted by terror-ism emanating frombeyond our borders," shesaid.

"The right to self-deter-mination cannot beabused and misrepresent-ed with the aim of under-mining the sovereigntyand territorial integrity ofa Member State," Tripathisaid.

She said that self-deter-mination has long beenrecognised as the right ofpeoples of non-self-gov-erning colonies and trustterritories to independ-ence and self-government.

Pointing that there arestill 17 non-self governingterritories which are invarious stages of decoloni-sation, Tripathi said theinternational communitymust step up efforts toreach the conclusion ofthis long-drawn process.

She described Palestineas the "unfinished task" inthe realisation of the rightof people to self-determi-nation, saying India iscommitted to the cause ofthe people of Palestineand the country has sub-stantially scaled up bilat-eral development partner-ships and increased con-tribution to the UN Reliefand Works Agency forPalestine Refugees in theNear East (UNRWA).

On the issue of racism,Tripathi said despiteefforts made in combatingracism, racial discrimina-tion, xenophobia andrelated intolerance, thesepernicious ills continue topersist in different formsand manifestations.

"Rise of exclusionistideologies inciting dis-crimination and violence

threaten to subvert theglobalised economicorder and social cohe-sion," she said stressingthat there is need for com-prehensive legal andadministrative responsesto counter emerging chal-lenges.

She voiced India's con-cern over the alarmingrise in use of digital spacefor dissemination of racistand xenophobic materialas well as for recruitment,networking and fundrais-ing by groups espousingthese ideologies.

"We must acknowl-edge that racial equalityand freedom of expres-sion need not be pursuedin a zero-sum manner,"she said adding that pri-vate entities includingconventional and socialmedia and civil societyneed to develop andobserve codes of conductthat embody commitmentto racial equality and non-discrimination.

Immunities enjoyed bythe social media platformsfor contents by users,must be counterbalancedwith responsible contentmoderation and norms forremoving objectionablecontents on voluntarybasis, Tripathi said.

She further said thatcomplementary domesticaction and internationalcooperation is necessaryto effectively implementthe Convention onElimination of All Formsof Racial Discriminationand the DurbanDeclaration andProgramme of Action torealize inclusive growthenvisaged in 2030 Agendafor SustainableDevelopment.

India, Pakistan spar at UN over Kashmir issuePolice says two militantskilled in Tral gunfight

involved in sniper attacksSRINAGAR, OCT 31: Jammu and Kashmir Police onWednesday said the two militants killed in a gunfightin Tral yesterday were involved in a "series of attackson the forces from a distance".

"Apropos our earlier press release regarding Tralencounter it is further informed that the dead bodies ofthe two militants were recovered from the site ofencounter along with arms and ammunition includingM4 and AK 47 rifles and other incriminating materials,"said a police spokesman. The slain militants have beenidentified as Showkat Ahmad Khan, resident ofHandoora Tral and Usman from Pakistan, he said,adding they were affiliated with JeM. The spokesmansaid the same group was involved in a "series of attacksand firing on the security forces' camp from a distancein recent times."

EJAC 3rd front holdsemergency meetingCondemns 'exploitation, abusive behaviour'

with temporary employeesSRINAGAR, OCT 31 : An extraordinary meeting ofJammu and Kashmir Employees Joint ActionCommittee (EJAC) 3rd front was held under the lead-ership of state General Secretary Syed Gh RasoolGeelani.

The meeting as per the statement issued to , con-demned exploitation and abusive behavior with tem-porary employees working in the department of forestin Sindh Division.

DFO Shabir Ahmed attacked peaceful protesterswith goons and injured many temporary employees,the statement said.

EJAC condemned the attitude of the Officer anddemanded higher authorities to deliver justice withtemporary employees by taking immediate actionagainst this 'unwanted officer'.

Geelani said from 1994 to 2015 all the pendingwages of temporary employees will be immediatelyreleased and as well as immediate reinstatement, say-ing the EJAC will otherwise have to come to the streetswith compassionate temporary employees for whichthe Governor Administration and the Chief Officers ofthe department will be held responsible.

The leaders who condemned the incident and soli-darity with temporary employees was President AbAhad Bandroo vice President Mohd Iqbal Ganie ChiefOrganiser Gul Mohammad Mehdi Secretary AliMohammad Mir, Ab Ahad, Ab Rashid Wani, ZahoorAhmad Naseer Ahmad and others.

Golden Yug JAMMU, THURSDAY, 1, NOVEMBER , 2018STATE 3

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER

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KUPWARA OCT 31

Commissioner FoodSafety Dr Abdul Kabir Dartoday flagged-off a rallyunder Swasth Bharat Yatrafrom Handwara here.

The rally comprisingstudent from various edu-cational institutions ofHandwara, prominent citi-zens, cycling enthusiasts,civil society members andother people passedthrough various marketsof the town to sensitizepeople about food safetymeasures.

The event was organ-ized by the Food SafetyDepartment Handwaraunder the aegis of theMinistry of Health andFamily Welfare,Government of India.

On the occasion,Commissioner said thatthe need of the hour is tocreate awareness about

healthy food choicesamong people, particular-ly youth to avoid non-communicable diseases.

He emphasized that

food safety has nowemerged a national con-cern, making it imperativeto follow the advice ofexperts and also dissemi-

nate the message of foodsafety across the villages.

Dr. Kabir said thatlifestyle has changed rap-idly owing to the econom-

ic affluence of people, withthe result "we have tochange our eating habitsfor healthy living."

He asked students tocultivate the habit of con-suming fresh and dryfruits as part of a balanceddiet for proper mentalhealth thereby helpingthemselves achieve betterresults in terms ofincreased concentrationand better temperament.

The participants laterpledged to eat right, eatsafe, eat healthy and eatfortified food besidesreducing intake of exces-sive sugar, salt and oils, amajor cause of manyavoidable diseases.

The function wasattended by ADCHandwara, Gulzar AhmadBhat, officers of subdivi-sion, officials of ACFSHandwara, students andother concerned.

Commissioner Food Safety flags-off Swasth Bharat Yatra

Dr Lone reviews implemen-tation of Social Welfareschemes at Baramulla

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BARAMULLA OCT 31

Secretary Social Welfare Department, Dr. Farooq

Ahmad Lone today chaired a meeting of the officers of

Social Welfare, ICDS and ICPS department of

Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora at Dak Bungalow

Sopore.

The meeting aimed at thoroughly reviewing the

progress of the services provided by the departments.

The Secretary impressed upon the DSW Officers of

the three districts to ensure sanctioning of the extra quo-

tas allotted under old age and widow pension schemes

at an earliest. The PMMVY, Poshan Anhiyan and con-

struction of ICDS centres was also reviewed.

He impressed upon the officers of ICDS department

to ensure availability of nutrition at Anganwadi centres

on an immediate basis. The officers were directed to

ensure regular inspections of Anganwari centres.

The indicators of the Aspirational District pertaining

to the ICDS were also discussed during the meeting. The

meeting also discussed the achievements under ICPS for

the three districts.

The meeting was attended by District Program

Officer Baramulla, Director Planning A.G. Malik and

other concerned officers.

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SRINAGAR OCT 31

The DivisionalCommissioner Kashmir,Baseer Ahmad Khan todayflagged-off SAUBHAGYARaths from Sheri KashmirInternational ConventionCenter (SKICC) meant toprovide on-spot powerconnections to the left outhouseholds under the elec-trification scheme.

The SAUBHAGYARaths' shall move in eachdistrict for one month fromOctober 31 to November 30to rule out the possibility ofany household remainingun-electrified

According to the statusof SAUBHAGYA (SahajBijli Har Ghar Yojana)scheme in Kashmir divi-sion, the PDD has regular-ized 144360 illegal connec-tions with effect from 11October 2017.

Pertinently, the SAUB-

HAGYA scheme waslaunched in September2017 with the aim to elec-trify all households in thecountry.

The scheme was meantto provide free electricityconnections to belowpoverty line (BPL) house-holds and the beneficiariesfor free electricity connec-tions were identified as perthe Socio-Economic andCaste Census (SECC) 2011data.

It was said that a strate-gized action plan wasadopted for achieving centper cent electrification byproviding electric connec-tions to households requir-ing no additional infra-structure and by way ofextending the existing LTlines for the remaininghouseholds as well.

Further, various othermeans were also adoptedlike energizing locally cre-

ated LT networks throughDG sets for householdsrequiring the longer timefor grid connectivity toensure adherence to stipu-lated timelines and SolarStandalone off-grid solu-tions for households locat-ed in extremely remoteand inaccessible areas.

Besides, a large numberof camps were also organ-ized in different villagesacross the Kashmir divi-sion including those locat-ed in border areas by thedepartment during the lastone year for the maximumpublic outreach.

On-spot electricity con-nections were providedduring these camps andinnovative methods likedeveloping a mobile appfor conducting e-survey ofun-electrified households/e-registration of electricconnections were alsoadopted.

Div Com flags-off SAUBHAGYA RathsGY BUREAU

SRINAGAR OCT 31

The 98th meeting ofBuilding OperationsControlling Authority(BOCA) of J&K Lakes andWaterways DevelopmentAuthority (LAWDA) washeld here today.

The meeting was heldunder the chairmanship ofVice Chairman, LAWDA,Dr Syed Abid RasheedShah during which 25cases were placed beforethe BOCA and 13 caseswere approved as per the

recommendations, NOCsof various departments.The meeting was attendedby Member SecretarySumera Shameem, ChiefTown Planner, Kashmir,Assistant CommissionerRevenue, Srinagar andother concerned. Someof the cases were rejectedon the basis of classifica-tion of land shown as AbiAwal. Few cases wererejected on the basis ofcontradictory land use asenvisaged in the MasterPlan in vogue.

VC LAWDA stressedfor timely holding of theBOCA meetings so as toclear maximum cases ofbuilding permission.

He also stressed uponthe general public not toresort to illegal construc-tions in and around waterbodies including Dal Lakeand Nigeen Lake. He saidno construction activity, ifany, within 200metrs fromthe lake or green beltshould come up and theviolator shall be dealt withstrictly under the law.

BOCA approves 13 cases of various DepttsSamba Municipal Committeemembers sworn-in

SAMBA, OCT 31: The 56 newly-elected members ofVijaypur, Samb, Ramgarh and Bari-BrahmanaMunicipal Committees (MC) of Samba district took oathof office at a swearing-in ceremony held in all MCs ofdistrict Samba here today.

In Bari-Brahmana and Vijaypur MunicipalCommittees, the oath was administrated by AdditionalDeputy Commissioner, Samba, Dr Arun Manhas , to the13 elected members of each MC.

In Samba and Ramgarh Municipal Committees, theoath was administrated by Additional DistrictDevelopment Commissioner, Samba, Pankaj Magotra tothe 17 and 13 elected members of MCs respectively.

The elected members pledged to serve the people oftheir respective wards with full sincerity and hard work.

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RAJOURI OCT 31District Panchayat

Election Officer, Rajouri,Mohammad Aijaz Asadtoday appointed 15D i s t r i c t - l e v e lofficers/officials asNodal Officers to per-form various electionrelated activities forsmooth conduct of forth-coming PanchayatElections. He asked thenewly-appointed NodalOfficers to ensure coordi-nation at various levelsincluding ROs,AROs andother polling staff to dis-charge their duties effec-tively.

As per the instructionsof DPEO Rajouri ,Additional DeputyCommissioner, Rajouri,Sher Singh will monitorthe implementation of theModel Code of Conduct,law and order, VIP move-ment and district securityplan while ChiefExecutive Officer, RajouriDevelopment Authority,Tahir Firdos Dutts willmonitor Ballot paper andmaterial management

related activities whereasAssistant CommissionerRevenue, Mohd Ashrafwill monitor the Helplineand complaint redressalsystem and AssistantC o m m i s s i o n e rDevelopment Rajouri,Akhter Hussain Qaziwill oversee manpowerand training managementof staff members.

Warden WildlifeRajouri-Poonch, MushtaqChoudhary will overseearrangements put inplac,e dispatch of pollingparties-A zone whereasChief Agriculture OfficerRajouri, YounisChoudhary, will monitorarrangements made forthe dispatch of pollingparties for the zone –B.

Divisional ForestOfficer Rajouri, ZahidAslam Mughal will takecare of Ballot boxes andmanagement thereof,Technical Officer toConservator of ForestNadeem Iqbal Mirza willliaison with the electionobservers.

District InformationOfficer, Narinder Kumar

will oversee media andcommunication, DistrictInformatics Officer,Muzaffar Iqbal Mir willmonitor the randomiza-tion of polling parties andSMS communications,District Treasury Officer,Imran Mehmood willlead the expendituremonitoring teams, EXNEM &RE, Munshi Khanwill ensure the powersupply whereverrequired, District SocialWelfare Officer, MohdNaseeb will look afterMCC ,VIP movement andsecurity plan, AdditionalInformatics Officer,Ashwani Sharma willensure complete comput-erization of employeesdata and the RegionalTransport Officer, NeerajKumar will look after thetransport management.

The DPEO said thatthe appointment of NodalOfficers shall helpaddress the grievances ofthe electorate and con-testing candidates andwill prove effective in theconduct of free, fair andtransparent elections.

Rajouri: Nodal officers appointed to monitorarrangements for Panchayat polls

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KISHTWAR OCT 31District Development

Commissioner, Kishtwar,Angrez Singh Rana todaychaired a meeting regard-ing Skill Mapping andDevelopment Plan forProject Affected Personsof Kiru Hydro ElectricProject, (HEP) Kishtwar.

The meeting wasattended by ADDCKishtwar, Iman Din,ADC, Pawan KumarParihar, GM Keroo HEP,Virendar Salman, ChiefEngineer Keero HEP,Komal Kumar, ManagerCivil, RS Rana, DMEnvironment (CVPPL) DrRavi Sharma, Consultantsfrom Jammu University,Prof Anil Raina and ProfSanjay Sharma besidesconcerned district offi-cers.

At the outset, a powerpoint presentation waspresented by Prof AnilRaina regarding the draftskill mapping and skilldevelopment plan foraffected persons of theabove said project.

A detailed discussion

was held regarding thepossible skill develop-ment areas and optionskeeping in view the exist-ing education and techni-cal skills of the projectaffected persons.

The scope of skilldevelopment throughITIs and other technicaleducational institutionsbesides Agriculture,Horticulture, Handicraftand other allied sectorswas also discussed indetail.

During the meeting, itwas decided that the draftskill development planshall be circulated amongall line departments fortheir necessary sugges-tions which shall be dis-cussed in the next meet-ing for finalization of theplan for submission to thecompetent authority fornecessary approval.

The DDC affirmed thatthe skill developmentplan shall be finalizedand implemented in letterand spirit so as to ensuremaximum possible bene-fits to the affected popu-lace of the area.

DDC Kishtwar chairs SkillMapping, DevelopmentPlan for Kiru HEP meet

Tehsildar Chenani con-ducts extensive tour of

Sudhmahadev, LattiUDHAMPUR, OCT -31: On the directionof District Development Commissioner,Udhampur, Ravinder Kumar, TehsildarChenani, Amit Verma conducted a daylong extensive tour of remote area ofSudhmahadev and Latti Tehsil, Chenaniof District Udhampur.

During the whirlwind tour, TehsildarChenani issued/distributed 60 miscella-neous type of category certificates vizRBA, SC, ST in Niabat , Sudhmahadevand Tehsil Latti as well so that peoplecan contest Panchayat elections reservedfor SC/ST candidates .

Directions were issued on spot toPatwaries to sit in their concernedPatwar halqas twice in a week and putin a dedicated efforts to mitigate the suf-ferings of the masses living in far flungareas at their door step. He appealed thecommon masses to participate inPanchayat elections with full zeal andenthusiasm while maintaining commu-nal harmony.

Verma also visited Village Marothi ofTehsil Chenani and provide financialassistance of Rs-5000 each out of RedCross to the two locals were injured inbear attack. During the tour, NaibTehsildar , Sudhmahadev Rafiq Ahmedalso accompanied the Tehsildar.

UK based anti-rabiesorg features activities

of AH Deptt KmrSRINAGAR, OCT 31: The activity of theAnimal Husbandry Department Kashmir on‘World Rabies Day’ has featured in therespected ‘Global Alliance for Rabies Control(GARC)’ website. GARC is the leading inter-national rabies non-profit organization.

Regarding the anti-rabies campaign inKashmir , the GARC website states that massawareness programmes regarding rabies elim-ination from the province through educationalseminars/sessions, events in different educa-tional institutions of the Kashmir valley wereorganised, reads the information on the web-site of the organizationwww.rabiesalliance.org.

“These different activities highlighted thepossibilities of rabies elimination throughmass awareness at grass root level targetingvulnerable sections of the society,” it reads.

The website also states that different com-petitions were organized and the winners andrunner-ups were felicitated on 28 September2018 by the chief Guest Dr. A. H. Samoon,Principal Secretary Animal, Sheep, Fisheriesand Transport department.

“The literature in English/ Urdu to increaseawareness about rabies and preventing the dis-ease was distributed, The department’sresource persons delivered lectures regarding“Elimination of Rabies”, Short documentarieswere showcased. Free Anti-RabiesVaccination Camp and General Health Check-Up” for pets, at the Central VeterinaryHospital, Directorate of Animal HusbandryKashmir, Red Cross Road, Gaw KadalSrinagar, Kashmir, on 28th September 2018was organized,” states the website while giv-ing out summary of events in Kashmir onWorld Rabies Day.

Golden Yug JAMMU, THURSDAY, 1, NOVEMBER , 2018OPINION 4

After coalition broke and

Mehbooba turned power-

less she and her party lead-

ers are not being allowed to meet cen-

tre leaders and even governor of the

state. It is not only for PDP but almost

all so called leaders had been kept at

bay with which they are left with

nothing more than making statements

that too being unheard. It has been

learnt that all such so called leaders

are preparing to join hurriyat to fight

unitedly for azaadi which they used

to do under the guise of politics.

However, Peoples Democratic Party

(PDP) said the attempts are being

made to erode the credibility of the

vital institutions of the state and pre-

pare ground for out of the way inter-

vention in Jammu and Kashmir. Dr

Mehboob Beg stated that deliberate

attempts with sinister motives are

being made to discredit the institu-

tions like Jammu and Kashmir Bank

and Public Service Commission of the

state. He added that besides that

doubts are being created in the minds

of people about the efficiency of the

administrative machinery of the state

which is one of the best in the country

and has been acclaimed as such. Beg

said that after a lot of struggle and

reforms, the credibility of these insti-

tutions has been built over the years

and there is need to unanimously foil

any such nefarious designs that are

aimed at undermining the importance

of such places.He added that for the

first time in the history of the state,

the PDP led government established a

full-fledged Public Service

Commission, appointing the best

members and the chairman with

proven integrity. Beg said the candi-

dates selected through the Public

Service Commission are selected

purely on the bases of merit and they

have been showing their acumen and

efficiency in the field.PDP leader

added that the JK Bank is at present

the target of the vested interests with

attempts being made to sabotage its

progress. “The fact known to one and

all is that the bank has the transparent

system of recruitment and PDP

denounces the attempts being made

to defame such institutions of the

state,” Beg said. On the other hand,

Mehbooba Mufti has sought the inter-

vention of Union Home Minister

Rajnath Singh over the missing of a

Kashmiri youth from Sharda

University.Taking to micro blogging

social networking website twitter,

Mehbooba wrote “Cause of grave

concern that Ehtishaam Bilal, a stu-

dent at Sharda University who was

assaulted is reportedly missing.

Request @rajnathsingh ji to take note

of it and direct the authorities to track

him at the earliest.”

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SAHIL JOSHI

With the Supreme Courtmaking it clear that Ayodhyacase will be heard only inJanuary 2019, since it is not apriority, it will be interestingto see what the Shiv Sena willdo with its plan to rake up theissue in the run-up to the LokSabha elections.

And will Sena chiefUddhav Thackeray’s rhetoricagainst the BJP — that if theBJP is unable to build theRam Temple, Shiv Sena willbuild it — hold good thistime around? I am sureUddhav knows the issue isnot about funds for construc-tion of the temple.

It is a legal and the politicallabyrinth, and he knows itonly too well.

Uddhav knows that con-struction of Ram temple inAyodhya has never been theSena’s responsibility — and itwill not be in the foreseeablefuture. These tactics, howev-er, are not new to the Sena.

In 1992, Uddhav’s fatherand Sena supremo BalThackeray was quick toannounce that he was “proudof the Shiv Sainiks who wereresponsible for bringing theBabri Masjid down.”

He knew very well that

Sainiks alone were notresponsible for bringing themosque down, but since noone was willing to accept theresponsibilty, he was quick totake credit.

Balasaheb knew very wellthat he and the Sainiks couldnot be implicated in any way.

He bacame the “HinduHriday Samrat” or the con-queror of the hearts of theHindus — a political imagethat suited his hard-line ofHindutva politics and wasmuch sought after in thosedays.

Over a quarter century

thence, Uddhav seems to bereplicating his father’smoves.

However is the situationthe same as it was in1992?While Bal Thackeray

attempted to take credit forBJP’s actions and ride theHindutva wave, Uddhav’scall of “Chalo Ayodhya”seems to be miscalculated.The Sainiks perhaps wantedto create a fracas ahead of theSupreme Court hearing.

In a hurry to ride themandir wave, Uddhav'sbirthday hoardings were putup outside Matoshree, giving

the 'chalo Ayodhya' call. With the government at

the Centre battling multipleconcerns including economicwoes, rising fuel prices, notmuch to show on “Make In

India” front and farmers’despair — Sena knew the BJPwould use the Ram Mandirissue to ride back to power.

The Supreme Court’srefusal to refer the Ayodhyacase to a larger bench andMohan Bhagwat calling for alaw to build the Ram temple,just ahead of Uddhav’sDussehra rally — further con-firmed the Sena's

assesment.Shiv Sena has late-ly been very critical of the BJPgovernment — not only inMaharashtra, but also at theCenter.

Sena, despite being part ofthe government, has beencalling it a complete failure.

The scenario was differenttwo years ago when BJP, win-ning one state election afteranother, did not care muchfor its coalition partner.

However, things are differ-ent now.

Despite Saamana (Sena’smouthpiece) lashing out atthe BJP on every issue, boththe parties understand itwould be impossible torepeat their 2014 figures of 42out of 48 seats if they don'tally with each other in theupcoming Lok Sabha elec-tions — especially now, as theCongress and NCP seem tobe heading towards forminga grand allinace with smallerparties.

Perhaps Ayodhya lookedas an easy way out forUddhav at that point.

However, in hindsight,Uddhav has to answerwhether his party will actual-ly build the Ram Mandir incase his political ally isunable to — BJP clearly can-not do so before the elections.

Shiv Sena’s Ayodhya pitch: Old wine, new bottle. But is the timing right?

Are PM Modi and the BJP blurring crucial lines of governance?GAUTAM BENEGAL

In the last week, we

have seen Amit Shah

protesting and calling for

open defiance of the

Supreme Court verdict on

Sabarimala, Sambit Patra

inquiring after the gotra of

Rahul Gandhi on a TV

channel, Union Minister of

State for Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises

Giriraj Singh warning peo-

ple about Hindu senti-

ment, Ajit Doval warning

Indian voters that India

needs a stable government

(no prizes for guessing

which one) and Prime

Minister Narendra Modi

asking for donations from

the public via the

NamoApp.

How are all these seem-

ingly separate instances

related?

In all these instances, in

my view, there is an over-

stepping of boundaries

and assigned roles consid-

ered di rigeur earlier,

either by the dilution of

barriers between the per-

sonal and official, or sheer

defiance of court as in the

case of Amit Shah. Where

the Prime Minister's

appeals are concerned,

none has ever before in the

history of our country

solicited funds from the

public for the party he

belongs to.Even more of a

concern is the erosion of

walls between the armed

forces and politics as

evinced by frequent

appearances on television

channels by former ser-

vicemen with their aggres-

sively partisan stands, and

now, increasing instances

of senior army personnel

venting to the media.

General Bipin Rawat's

recent bellicose statements

on television - "I believe

there is a need for another

surgical strike" – is only

one such example.

As any military strate-

gist is aware, the whole

point of undercover

manouvres is that they are

undercover and not tom-

tommed about.

In the current climate of

aggressive sabre-rattling

with the BJP government

valourizing and making

political capital out of a

military operation, this is

hardly an innocuous state-

ment to make. The image

of the Army as a political-

ly neutral institution suf-

fered due to the appoint-

ment of its retired chief,

General VK Singh, as a

minister in a government

headed by the BJP, which

is known for its Hindutva

agenda and minority

bashing.

Though constitutional-

ly there might not be a

restriction for such an

appointment, it is a blow

to the confidence of

minorities, especially in

J&K and Assam (with a

sizable Muslim popula-

tion) where the Army is

often called on to assist

civil administration.

It is relevant to mention

here that Modi’s public

request for funds is appar-

ently a mere façade. The

BJP coffers are reportedly

overflowing. A special

scheme was introduced

last year for funding polit-

ical parties with anony-

mous secret donations by

corporates as Electoral

Bonds. The amendments

to Companies Act,

Representation of Peoples

Act and RBI Act bringing

in the Electoral Bond

Scheme were included in

the Finance Bill 2017 and

passed as a Money Bill

without voting in the

Rajya Sabha.The Electoral

Bond Scheme itself allows

for any amount of dona-

tions being made by com-

panies to political parties

via Electoral Bonds

whether they have profits

or not. The donations will

be tax-exempt for donor

and beneficiary. The infor-

mation cannot be divulged

by the Election

Commission, the IT Dept,

the Registrar of

Companies or under the

RTI Act.

Now, one is well aware

that corporates would pre-

fer to give donations to the

incumbent in power. The

public request is thus a

sentimental ploy to mar-

shal popular support and

emotional investment for

the 2019 general elections.

However, in constitu-

tional terms, the prime

minister is supposed to be

above politics and above

party. According to the

Constitution, the main

“executive” powers of the

government are vested in

the prime minister.

He/she is the head of gov-

ernment “without fear of

or favour” to any political

dispensation.

The highest post of the

nation was always sup-

posed to be one distinct

from the party he/she rep-

resents but our present

PM has apparently been

reduced to a 24x7 party

pracharak. Neither is he

seen as above partisanship

to corporate interests. The

first unpleasant note was

struck on 2 September

2016 when the country

awoke to full-page adver-

tisements splashed across

major newspapers in a

corporate advertising

campaign featuring the

PM dressed in a blue jack-

et, placed under the brand

slogan.

Delhi Chief Minister

Arvind Kejriwal slammed

Modi over the feature. In a

written reply in the Rajya

Sabha to a question by the

Samajwadi Party’s Neeraj

Shekhar, Rajyavardhan

Rathore, Minister I&B,

admitted that the adminis-

tration was aware that the

commercial group used

the prime minister’s pho-

tographs in the advertise-

ment. According to The

Emblems And Names

(Prevention Of Improper

Use) Act, 1950, itself,

"...No person shall, except

in such cases and under

such conditions as may be

prescribed by the Central

Government use... for the

purpose of any trade, busi-

ness, calling or profes-

sion... any name or

emblem specified in the

Schedule or, any

colourable imitation there-

of without the previous

permission of the Central

Government or of such

officer of Government as

may be authorised in this

behalf by the Central

Government."

Yet, no action was

taken by the government.

In April 2016 a Pune-

based real estate company

was pulled up after it used

advertisements containing

pictures of Modi and

Maharashtra chief minis-

ter Devendra Fadnavis.

According to a media

report, the ads suggested

the company’s real-estate

developments were part of

the Prime Minister Awas

Yojana scheme. Similarly,

other corporate features

seem to have taken a simi-

lar strategy of associating

products to Modi’s Digital

India. The most popular

digital wallet company in

India, within an hour of

Modi’s demonetisation

speech, released for publi-

cation full-page print

advertisements that

thanked the prime minis-

ter for the “most bold deci-

sion taken in this financial

history of independent

India”.

Ajit Doval is the

National Security Advisor

to the government of

India. His role is not to

make irresponsible com-

ments to the media recom-

mending hardline

rightwing approaches.

Yet, in his address in the

Sardar Patel Memorial lec-

ture on October 25, he cau-

tioned that a “strong, sta-

ble and decisive” govern-

ment and leadership was

needed for the next ten

years to achieve political,

economic and strategic

objectives.

“Weak coalitions” will

be “bad” for the country,

he said. We know that it is

likely that if Mr Modi did

not make it in the next

election, the successor

government would be a

coalition. However, how

does the NSA play parti-

san BJP politics and pass

the judgment that any

coalition will be “weak”?since Mr Modi came to

power, many of India’shigher education institu-tions have been fatallycompromised by theappointment of RSS-backed ideologues withvirtually no relevant expe-rience to head prestigiousacademic councils. Last

year, the governmentappointed BB Kumar –who had apparently previ-ously declared PM Modias India’s “best prime min-ister” – as the chairman ofthe Indian Council ofSocial Science Research(ICSSR), an apex govern-ment body that controls 29research institutes. Thisgovernment also appoint-ed Jagadesh Kumar as thevice-chancellor of JNU. MrKumar reportedly has anassociation with an RSSwing. In his brief tenure,Mr Kumar has reportedlycut down MPhil and PhDseats, and shut downcourses, which sparked offprotests. If we are con-cerned about bureaucratscrossing the line, then con-sider the following: OnMay 17, 2018, the follow-ing letter was reportedlysent by the Department ofPersonnel and Training(DoPT) to all the min-istries. It reads:

“The Prime Minister’sOffice [PMO] has desiredto consider the followingsuggestion and necessaryaction on it for its imple-mentation from the currentyear itself — to examine ifservice allocation/cadreallocation to probationersselected on the basis oftheir civil services exami-nation be made after foun-dation course. Examine thefeasibility of giving dueweightage to the perform-ance in the foundationcourse and making serviceallocation as well as cadreallocation to All IndiaService officers based onthe combined scoreobtained in the civil serv-ice examination and thefoundation course.Provide comments/inputswithin a week so as toenable the Department totake further necessaryaction in this matter.”

At present,service/cadre allocation tothe Indian AdministrativeService (IAS) and otherCentral government serv-ices is strictly based on theranking in the civil servic-es examination conductedby the Union PublicService Commission(UPSC) whose credentials,in this context, are impec-cable. Of the over 10 lakhpersons who appear forthe civil services examina-tion every year, about1,000 are selected through

a rigorous three-tier sys-tem which comprises thepreliminary examination,the main examination andthe interview. By virtue ofthe sheer numbersinvolved, the entirerecruitment process istotally opaque, ruling outany subjectivity in theprocess. This is also thereason why the credibilityof the UPSC’s recruitmentprocess has never beenquestioned.

As is the norm, thosewho clear the civil servicesexamination conducted bythe Union Public ServiceCommission are allottedthe Indian AdministrativeService (IAS), Indian PoliceService (IPS), IndianForeign Service (IFS) andother central servicesbased on their UPSC examranks. After that, they aresent to LBSNAA for train-ing, which starts with a 15-week foundation coursebefore the recruits branchout to service-specifictraining programmes.

As per documentsreviewed by The IndianExpress, the PrimeMinister’s Office allegedlynow wants to alter thatprocess and allot servicesand cadres to candidatesonly after taking intoaccount how they fare inthe Foundation Course.This development does notaugur well for the coun-try’s bureaucratic machin-ery which is consideredthe administrative back-bone of India.

It is feared by many crit-ics that this is yet anotherattempt by the NarendraModi government to tin-ker with public institu-tions. EAS Sarma, formerSecretary, EconomicAffairs, Ministry ofFinance, and a retired 1965batch IAS officer of theAndhra Pradesh cadre, isof the quoted opinion thatthe element of subjectivitythat is bound to creep intothe assessment processwill destroy its credibility.

Institutions such asFilm and TelevisionInstitute of India, CentralBoard of Film Certificates,University GrantsCommission, SahityaAcademy and central uni-versities, to name a few,have apparently seenquestionable appoint-ments and whimsicalfunctioning.


GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, OCT. 31

Former Minister andBJP MLA Jammu WestSat Sharma (CA) todaykickstarted constructionwork of Nallah and DeepDrain in Lane no. 1, ShivNagar of Ward no. 33 ofJammu West AssemblyConstituency. BesidesOfficials of UEEDDepartment residents ofthe area, social and polit-ical activists were alsopresent on theoccasion.The worksinclude covering ofNullah by RC slab and itwill be done under thesupervision of UEED atan estimated cost ofRupees Sixty Lakhsunder which sixty metersof Nallah will be coveredin this phase. Pertinent to

mention that in the earli-er phase Seventy metersof Nallah has alreadybeen constructed andthat work was also doneunder the tenure of MLASat Sharma.

Addressing the gath-ering, Sat Sharma (CA)said that it is his primeduty to provide a betterinfrastructure for the res-idents of Jammu West sothat basic facilities couldbe provided to them attheir door steps. Heassured that pendingworks will be taken up incoming time anddemands of the publicwill be met.Sharma stat-ed that he is committedto work for the improve-ment of Jammu West inall aspects and he wishesto make it a model

Constituency under histenure. He also statedthat numerous drainsand lanes will also beupgraded and repairedin the area where there isa dire requirement inorder to provide a chan-nelized system of flow ofwater from houses oflocals and further forpublic commuting, thelanes will also berestored to their normalstate so that masses donot suffer.

Ayodhya Gupta,Munish Khajuria, BalwanSingh, Sat Pal Khajuria,Mohit Vaid, KushantKumar, Sat Pal Mistri,Balwan Singh, ND Raina,Ravi Mehra, Som DuttSharma, Vikram Bajrangiand many other werepresent on the occasion.

Sat Sharma kick-starts constructionworks of Nallah in Ward 33


Three days trainingworkshop on ChildLabour and EnsuringChild Protection organ-ized by Directorate ofICPS Department of SocialWelfare Jammu andKashmir, National,Development Foundation(NDF) Jammu, V.V. GiriNational Labour Institute(VVGNLI) Ministry ofLabour and EmploymentGovt. of India; concludedtoday at Conference Hall,Convention Centre,Jammu. Dr. S.D. SinghJamwal was the chiefguest in the valedictorysession. The workshopwas inaugurated by Dr.Pawan Kotwal, FinancialCommissioner, Revenueon 29th October 2018. Mr.G.A. Sofi State MissionDirector ICPS, Mr. RajivKhajuria FounderEmeritus NDF / MemberSelection cum oversightcommittee under JJ Act,Dr. Helen R. Sekar SeniorFellow VVGNLI, Mr.Amitav Khuntia AssociateFellow VVGNLI, Mrs.Neha Gandotra Chief

Operating Officer NDF,Dr. Ashiq Raza Malik, Ms.Manjari Singh ProgrammeCoordinator Childline,Mr. Hilal Bhat ChildProtection SpecialistUNICEF, Prof. ArtiBakshi HoD Departmentof Psychology Universityof Jammu and MemberSelection cum OversightCommittee under JJ Act,Ms. Ankur MahajanPrincipal Excise andTaxation TrainingInstitute were among theexperts and panelists invarious sessions duringthe training. The pro-gramme was attended byover 100 participantsincluding Chairpersonsand members of ChildWelfare Committees,Members of JuvenileJustice Boards, membersof District ChildProtection Units, officialsfrom Labour Department,ICDS Department, SocialWelfare Department,members of Interagencyregional alliance on childrights, representative ofChild Care Institutions,NGOs/ CBOs.

During these three

days workshop, expertsdeliberated in differentsessions onUnderstanding childlabour (Definition,D i m e n s i o n s ,Determinants), ChildProtection Policies andLegislations in J&K, SDGand Child Labour,Incidence and magnitudeof Child Labour in Jammuand Kashmir, Role ofChildline in ChildProtection and eliminat-ing child labour,Enhancing SkillDevelopment andLivelihood for PovertyReduction (Role of SocialPartners), Migration andtrafficking of children(addressing vulnerabili-ties). Panel discussion wasalso held on prevention,identification, rescue andrehabilitation of childrenin need of care and protec-tion: Roles and responsi-bilities of Social partnersand stakeholders. Dr.Helen R. Sekar Senior fel-low expressed gratitudeon behalf of V.V. GiriNational Labour Instituteand Ministry of Labour ofEmployment Govt. of

India to NDF, ICPSJammu for jointly organ-izing workshop thisimportant issue alongwithVVGNLI. Dr. Sekar fur-ther mentioned the dis-cussions, deliberationsand the outcome of theworkshop are definitelycontributory towards pol-icy formulation, policychanges, strengtheningenforcement of legislationand programme imple-mentation. Dr. Sekar men-tioned that the collabora-tion of VVGNLI to NDFfor making child labourfree zones in Jammuwould be towards therealization of the objectiveof the task force constitut-ed by the Ministry ofLabour and EmploymentGovt. of India. Such initia-tive of the experiencedorganizations like NDFwith its required expertiseand experience of dealingwith a range of develop-ment issues, would offerexperiences of processesthereby making them asreplicable models, for therest of the country. RajivKhajuria FounderEmeritus NDF in his

speech at the valedictorysession gave an analyticaloverview of provisionsrelating to child protec-tion in variousInternational conventionsand its linkages to theNational Policy and legalprovisions. He also men-tioned about the variousmechanisms and struc-tures that are in place andstressed on the effectivefunctioning of variousstakeholders and socialpartners with their multi-pronged innovativeapproaches which areessential for addressingchild protection and childlabour issues. G.A. SofiMission Director ICPShighlighted the need ofimparting trainings to thePolice in all the 25 Policedistricts. He also applaud-ed the Police Departmentfor providing child friend-ly places in the police sta-tions. Terming Police asan important stakeholderin providing justice tochildren in Jammu andKashmir he sought thecooperation from IGPolice for joint meetingsand joint actions in the

best interest of the chil-dren. He said that MissionDirectorate of ICPS is insettling phase but wasconfident that with thededicated teams at districtthe Juvenile Justice shallbe make reality in thestate. In his valedictoryaddress Dr. Jamwalassured full support of thePolice Department inenforcement of variouslegislations relating tochild labour and child pro-tection. He also mentionedthat entry of children intothe labour market at anearly age results in theirinvolvement in pettycrimes and subsequentlycriminals. Therefore it isimportant to address theissue of child labour andto ensure child protectionin order to bring down thecrime rate. Dr. Jamwalalso assured that if any ofthe Govt. departmentsrequire the assistance ofPolice for rescuing chil-dren from labour exploita-tion or from vulnerablesituation they can send awhatsapp message whichwould be respondedimmediately.

Jamwal assures full support of police in eliminating Child labour, ensuring child protection


SKUAST-J scientistand student received pres-tigious awards under dif-ferent categories at thethree day Internationalconference on ‘Globalresearch Initiatives forSustainable Agricultureand Allied Sciences held atRajasthan Agriculturalresearch Institute, Jaipur,Rajasthan on October 28-30, 2018.

Dr Dhirendra Kumar,presently working asAssistant Professor inAnimal Genetics andBreeding at Sher-e-Kashmir University ofAgricultural Sciences &Technology of Jammu,was conferred Fellow

Award by the Society forScientific Development inAgriculture andTechnology (SSDAT) dur-ing the Conference for hisoutstanding contributionin the subject.

Ms. Rakhshan Jeelanireceived Best ThesisAward 2018 by the Societyfor Scientific Development

in Agriculture andTechnology (SSDAT) forher quality research workcarried out under MVScprogramme at SKUAST-Jon theme ‘Study on ame-lioration of heat stress indairy animals throughmicro environmentalmodification” under theprudent guidance of Dr. B.Brahma, AssociateProfessor, Division ofLivestock Production &Management of SKUAST-Jammu.

Around 200 scientistsand equal number ofresearch scholars from thecountry and abroadattended and deliberatedon various emerging issuein agriculture and alliedsectors in the conference.

SKUAST-J scientist, student awarded duringInternational conference at Jaipur

GY CORRESPONDENTKISHTWAR OCT. 31

After two years ofimposition of ban onorganizing of musicalnights in KishtwarDistrict by the Majlis-e-Shora; an amalgam of reli-gious bodies and Imamsof various mosques ofKishtwar headed byImam Jamia MasjidKishtwar, the muchawaited Musical nightsreturn in the Kishtwartown and in last few daysaround 10 Musical nightswere held during variousmarriage functions inwhich people were seenenjoying the sweet voicesof various renownedsingers including RashidJahinger, Nassem-ul-Haq,Waseem-ul-Haq, AbidBashir and others whilethe both men and womenwere seen dancing on thebeats of the songs.

M a j l i s - e - S h o r aKishtwar on 31-10-2016held the meeting at JamiaMasjid Kishtwar underthe Chairmanship of itsPresident Farooq AhmedKichloo, Imam JamiaMasjid Kishtwar in whichmore than 70 personsincluding religious schol-ars participated and helda deliberate discussionover the issue and termedit as anti Islamic. TheShora during the courseof the meeting held adetail discussion overvarious issues faced bythe society includinggrowing western cultureinto the society. At theconclusion of the meeting,Shora committee unani-mously called for an endto organizing of“Musical" programs inmarriages and imposedblanket ban on suchevents that has witnessed

massive increase in lastfew years. The Shora com-mittee even then decidedthat in case anyone vio-late the decision, no Imamof Kishtwar District orfrom Chenab valley willperform Nikka (Marriageagreement amongMuslims to be perform byreligious person orImams) in the marriage ofsuch persons who willfound violating the direc-tions. As soon as a localexcise employee telecastthe live musical night onsocial networking site“Facebook”, large num-ber of Music lover turn upat the event uninvited toenjoy the Musical Nightthat has dried up in dur-ing last two years due toself acclaimed ban byMajles-e-Shora Kishtwar.Some people even makethe musical night pro-gram as a part of invita-

tion sent to the peopleand get the same printedon the invitation cards sothat people could partici-pate in the program inhuge number to add thecharm in the marriagefunction. A member oflocal NGO Ababeel whilereacting to the develop-ment added that aroundRs. 80000 were spent onorganizing of a simpleMusical night and urgedupon the people thatinstead of sp ending suchhuge amount on theseMusical nights, the peopleshould donate generouslytowards helping in themarriages of poor anddowntrodden girls.

" The marriages thesedays had becomes costlyaffairs--- youths are dis-tancing itself from mar-riages due to involvementof huge marriage costwhich ultimately push

them towards adultery "another youth said addedthat time has come to keepcheck on growing vulgari-ty and nudity in the mar-riages. A music lover saidthat he is happy to see themusical night back addedthat same is the part andparcel of modern day eraand termed it as an eventthat beautifies and makethe marriage functionalive. It is pertinent tomention that Majlis-e-Shora Kishtwar on 13-11-2016 also called on thewomen's to stop ventur-ing in market's for pur-chasing goods added thatthe same is the job of malecommunity. They alsocalled upon the tuitioncenters to make arrange-ments of separate class formale and female chil-dren's beside also calledupon them to set separatetiming of class for both.

Musical night return back with bang in Kishtwar after 2 years of Shora Committee ban

GY CORRESPONDENT

KISHTWAR OCT. 31

Expressing the anguishover telecom companiesfor their lackadaisicalapproach in providingproper mobile network-ing services in Padderarea of District Kishtwar,Prakash Singh Dadwal,State Vice President of theNational Students' Unionof India (NSUI) Jammuand Kashmir, claimedthat at the time of launch-ing, Airtel providedexcellent network to thevillages, within one Kmof aerial distance fromtower, including Garh,Leoundi, Sanyas,Dhundhi, Hawarangwari,Hamirdrawn etc andmore and more peoplebecame the customers ofairtel, but after growingit's business form thesevillages, Airtel divertedthe signal transmitingantenna from these vil-lages and turned it on the

other side. Now evenafter paying charge of 4Gnetwork, the people ofthese villages are unableto make a proper calleven on 2G network.

Dadwal, who is alsoresident of village Sanyas,Gulabgarh (Padder), alsolambasted BSNL compa-ny too. He added, "Aftermany years of launchingservice in Padder, BSNLcompany despiteimproving its services,now it's network havetouched a new low. it ispoor connectivity thatharasses the mobile usersand it is the miss-connec-tivity that irritates peo-ple."

"Airtel as well asBSNL, both the compa-nies have betrayed thepeople and public arevery angry and if thecompany does not solvethis problem then theconsequence is going tobe very bad." He warned.

Airtel as well as BSNL, bothhave betrayed the people

of Padder : Dadwal


Today on the auspi-cious occasion of Martyr'sDay of Smt. IndiraGandhi, floral tributeswere paid by All IndiaRajiv Brigade President,Mr Virinder Manhas at itsoffce complex LohanPaloura.

After paying tribute,Mr Virinder Manhasurged the cadres to vocif-erously launch the popu-lar policy of CongressGovt. and has nominatedyoung, dynamic & charis-matic Mr Romesh Sharma

as the Distt. President, AllIndia Rajiv GandhiBrigade and Mr SanjayJandial as Gen. Secretary,All India Rajiv GandhiBrigade. Those who

attended the occasionincluded Messrs NikhilBanotra, Rishab Baru, RajKumar, Sanjeev Singh,Vikas Sharma, SushilKumar among others.

Romesh Sharma nominated DistrictPresident, All India Rajiv Gandhi Brigade

GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, OCT. 31

Special MobileMagistrate UdhmapurSandeep Kour todayawarded one yearsimprisonment and fine Rs5000 to Abdul Rashid inrash and negligent driv-ing in which one lady waskilled.

According to thepolice case that on19.05.2016 at 10.15 A.M.an information wasreceived from reliablesources in Police StationRehambal to the effect

that a car bearing regis-tration no. JK02AR-2531,driven by Abdul RashidS/O Mohd Ramzan R/OChiryai. Tehsil andDistrict Udhampur.which was coming fromUdhampur towardsJammu in a rash and neg-ligent manner at 10.00A.M. when reached atMand National Highwaynear Petrol Pump, couldnot control over highspeed of vehicle and hitone pedestrian namelySwarna Devi and injuredher seriously. Injured was

shifted from the spot toTikri Hospital. On reach-ing hospital, the injuredsuccumbed to herinjuries.

After hearing,Senior Kuldeep Bhat,Special Mobile MagistrateUdhmapur Sandeep Kourobserved that the accusedwas driving the vehiclenegligent and rash man-ner that he caused acci-dent thereby resulting indeath of one lady andsentenced him to one yearimprisonment and fine Rs5000.

CRPF celebrated NationalIntegration Day

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, OCT. 31On the anniversary of first Home Minister of India,Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, variousBattalions/Institutions of CRPF celebrated NationalIntegration Day. In a program at CRPF Group CentreBantalab, Jammu Shri M.P Bahuguna, DIG CRPF,Jammu Sector Hqr apprised Officers, SubordinateOfficers, Jawans as well as teacher of Kendriya VidyalayBantalab about the importance of this day. He alsoadministered the pledge of National Unity and Integrityto all present during the program. On this occasion, cer-emonial parade was also organized at parade ground ofGroup Centre Bantalab.

In Sidhra based 166 Bn CRPF, Shri AshishKumar Jha Commandant administered the pledge ofNational Unity and Integrity to all Officers and otherpersonnel of the unit. At the occasion, he appealed allOfficers and personnel to remain aware and alert andserve the nation with honesty and dedication.

Court awards one years imprisonmentto driver in negligent driving case


A three-week UGC Refresher Coursein English, for University and Collegeteachers, being organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre,University of Jammu in collaborationwith the Department of English,University of Jammu, commenced heretoday.

The course was formally inauguratedby Prof Keshav Sharma, Dean AcademicAffairs, University of Jammu. Speakingon the occasion, Prof Sharma highlightedthe importance of various languages andtheir usage in the present time. He fur-ther complimented the HRDC and theDepartment of English for organizing thecourse in English.

Prof J P Singh Joorel, Director HRDC,in his address, said that in addition to theprofessional requirement, this courseshall also be helpful for the enhancementof the skills of the teachers and their intel-lectual development.

Prof Bhim S Dhaiya, formerly ViceChancellor, Kurukshetra University, thechief guest on the occasion, while speak-

ing in the inaugural function, empha-sized the contribution of diverse lan-guages in enriching literature. He alsounderscored the duties and responsibili-ties of teachers to update themselves intheir areas of specialization.

Earlier, Prof Monika Sethi, the Head,Department of English and the coursecoordinator, while welcoming the partic-ipants spelt in detail the various areas ofstudy as well as the themes that would becovered during the three-week longRefresher Course. Around 30 AssistantProfessors from various universities andcolleges across India are participating inthe Refresher Course.

Mr. Ranjeet Kalra, Assistant DirectorHRDC, JU, while highlighting the utilityof such courses, proposed the formal voteof thanks on the occasion.

Prominent among those who attendedthe inaugural function, included ProfSatnam Kour, Prof. Sucheta Pathania,Prof. Parvinder Kour, Prof. ParmeshwariSharma, Dr Sadaf Shah, Dr GarimaGupta, Mr. Pardeep Kumar and otherfaculty members from various depart-ments of the University of Jammu.

Refresher Course in English for University/College Teachers commences at JU

Khelo India: Exciting sports competi-tions witnessed at Ghagwal

SAMBA, OCT 31:Under the aegis of Khelo-India, Sports forpeace and development, exhilarating matches of block Ghagwaland Rajpura were played in Kabbadi, Kho-kho, Badminton,Football and Wrestling at Government Girls High School,Ghagwal, District Samba. Speaking on the occasion,Commanding Officer ITBP, Pawan Singh Negi,who is also theChief Guest, said that sports is an extremely important compo-nent for the overall development of nation. The Khelo India pro-gramme has been introduced to revive the sports culture in Indiaat the grass-root level by building a strong framework for allsports played in our country and establish India as a great sport-ing nation, he added. He also interacted with each participantexhorted them to play in true sportsmanship.

In Wrestling event, U-17 age category, Shiv Charan Singh(41-45kg), Arun Kumar(46-48kg), Gourav Chowdhary (49-55kg), Manish Sharma (56-60kg), Arjun Sharma(61-65kg),Vicky Kumar(66-71kg), while in U-20 age category, GopalKrishan (48-51kg), Nirbal Kumar(51-55kg), Suresh Singh(60-65kg), Karan Kumar (60-65kg), Surinder Kumar (70-74kg),whereas in above 20 age category, Mukesh Kumar (55-60kg),Subhash Chander(75-79kg), Jatinder Sharma(57-61kg) wontheir respective bouts. In Kabbadi, U-17 category, GHSSGhagwal, and CMS Club, in U-20 age category, UPS Jatwal andNathan Club, in above 20 yrs age category, team village Sadwaland team village Harsath were emerged as winners and runnerups respectively. In Volleyball ,U-17 age category, Harsad Cluband Shanmatloni Club, in U-20 category, Sanoora Club andNarsingh Club, in above 20 category, Sarthian Club andNarsingh Club were each declared as winners and runner-upsrespectively. In Kho-Kho,U-17 yrs age category, Mandera Club,UPS Jatwal, Jyoti High School Jatwal participated in which UPSJatwal stood winner and Jyoti high School as runner-up, in under20 yrs age category, GHSS Rajpura won the title.

Golden Yug JAMMU, THURSDAY, 1, NOVEMBER , 2018SPORTS / BUSINESS 6


Former Deputy ChiefMinister and MLA GandhiNagar, Kavinder Guptatoday kick started thework on Water Supplywork at Malik Market inGandhi NagarConstituency. TheImprovement Water sup-ply work from Tube wellMalik market toGurdwara lane Malik mar-ket has to be completed ata cost of Rs. 42.34 lacs .

Complementing thepeople after start of workon the Schemes, Guptasaid that it was the longpending demand of thelocals which has been ful-filled. He said that over2000 souls of MalikMarket, Gurdwara lane,SC Basti and adjoiningareas shall be benefittedwith the scheme. TheSpace for the installationof Manifold at BathiindiMorh has been providedby Punjab Singh, forwhich Gupta compliment-

ed him for the noble cause.Addressing the well

attended public gather-ings at Malik Market inGandhi NagarConstituency; Gupta reit-erated the commitment ofgovernment for provisionof basic amenities to thepublic of the state. He said

that the government isaware about the problemsbeing confronted to peo-ple of these areas, sayingthat various initiativeshave been taken toaddress their problems onpriority. Gupta said thatongoing schemes of thearea would be completed

on priority and to be dedi-cated to people for theirconvenience. The otherschemes of public impor-tance would also be takenup with the consultationof local representative, hemaintained. Gupta direct-ed the concerned officialsfor taking up repair work

on defunct Water SupplySchemes and change ofworn-out pipe lines in hisconstituency so that regu-lar water supply isensured in the area.

Seeking peoples' coop-eration in conservation ofwater resources, Guptaalso called for judicioususe of water. He said thatthe department haslaunched a campaign tosensitize people about theimportance of judicioususe of water in life. Heasked the PHE employeesto deliver their servicewith dedication, sayingthat government has takenup several initiatives fortheir welfare.

Among others, BaldevBilowria, J.P.SinghExecutive Engineer,PHE, Executive EngineerMechanical Ajay Sharma,Vinay Gupta, A.E.E VijaySharma, Ankush Gupta,J.E Tariq, Amit, HarbhanSingh, besides large num-ber of locals were presenton the occasion.

Kavinder Gupta fulfilled the promise by startingWater Supply Work at Bathindi worth 42.34 Lacs


The working journalists,camerapersons and man-agement committee of thePress Club of Jammu onWednesday submittedmemorandum to theJammu and KashmirGovernor Satya Pal Malikseeking action against theIG Traffic Basant Rath forallegedly slapping a jour-nalist and snatching hismobile phone forunknown reasons.

The working journalistin a meeting here unani-mously decided to submita copy of memorandum tothe Governor seekingaction against the officer.

The journalists allegedthat the IG Traffic BasantRath did not mend hisways despite a protestmarch taken out onTuesday.

The journos however,putforth various sugges-tions in the meeting afterwhich a consensus was

developed on submissionof memorandum to theGovernor and his immedi-ate attention was sought.

They said that a policecomplaint was also lodgedin Police station, GandhiNagar on the fateful dayfor registration of FIR inthe case but till date no FIRhas been registered againstthe ‘erring’ officer.

The incident has createda wedge between the stateadministration and mediamen in Jammu and it is nota healthy sign especially ina state of Jammu and

Kashmir.The press fraternity of

Jammu appealed to kindlyseek detailed report fromthe concerned authoritiesand take appropriateaction as per rule of law torestore faith in the stateadministration.

“In the absence ofspeedy redressal we willbe left with no other optionbut to take the fight to thehigher level and the onuswill be on the state admin-istration and not on thepress fraternity,” said thejournalists in one voice.

Slapgate: Working Journalists, PCJsubmit memorandum to Governorseeking action against IG Traffic

GY CORRESPONDENTKATRA OCT. 31

Shri Mata Vaishno DeviUniversity (SMVDU),School of Biotechnology aleading and research ori-ented department organ-ised special lectures byeminent scientist Dr.Ashok P. Giri, Head,Biochemical SciencesDivision, CSIR-DSL, Pune.On the concluding day Dr.Sharda Potukuchi, Assoc.Prof. of the departmentconveyed that during theprogram, three sessionswere conducted on bio-chemical aspects of syn-thesis of various second-ary metabolites in plantsand their relationship withenvironment, growth anddevelopment stages. She

said that Dr. Giri researchgroups have been workingon understanding of theplant-insect interaction atmolecular level that willserve as a basis for devel-oping strategies for plantprotection in sustainablemanner with minimizinguse of chemicals. Whilespeaking on the programshe further said that Dr.Giri delivered highlyinformative lectures andhis visit shall open up newavenues for cooperation inseveral academic fronts,including publications,development ofpatentable processes anddesigns. Talking on theimportance of invited lec-tures, Prof. V. Verma,Dean, Faculty of

Engineering, informed,these lectures are the partof Expert Lecture Seriesthat have been organisedin the school on time totime. Following the princi-ple that let knowledgecome from all directions,Dr. Sanjeev Jain, Vice-Chancellor, (SMVDU)emphasised on the out-come-based-educationwhere education beyondsyllabus must be coveredthrough such extensionactivities. Senior Facultymembers of the Schoolexpressed their gratitudeto the scientist and expect-ed that it would motivatethe potential researchers.In the end Dr. VinodSingh, Asstt. Prof. waspresented vote of thanks.

CSIR-DSL, Pune Scientist Addresses SMVDU Students

JKSU demands removal ofIGP Traffic Basant Rath

JAMMU, OCT 31: Students of M.A.M College Jammuunder the banner of Jammu and Kashmir studentsunion JKSU held a protest demonstration in front ofM.A.M college gate and block the main road more than1 hour.Students lead by Lucky Singh and demanded tothe governor fir immediately removal of IGP TrafficBasant Rath. The students alleged that I.G. Basant Rathmiss use his power and miss use of his position theyalleged that as well all know 2 days before he slapped amedia person which was not tolerated by the studentscommunity and resident of Jammu Lucky Singh allegedthat why he was not show his this type of attitude whenhe was on duty in Kashmir ProvInce why he show thisonly in Jammu. As students raised slogans against theI.G traffic police and appeal to the governor for lodgingthe F.I.R against I.G traffic police students also allegedthat I.G using vergular language with public ofJammu.Others who were present Arunpal Singh(President MAM College), Damanjot Singh (PresidentSPMR College), Savneet Singh (Spokesperson),Manpreet Singh, Prince, Anshu, Sahil etC.

J&K NSUI Membershipextended upto 15th Nov 2018JAMMU, OCT 31: NSUI election authority Returning

Officer (R.O) Sudershan Kumar Sharma said in PressConference at PCC HQ Shaheedi Chowk Jammu thatthe ongoing membership of NSUI date extended up to15th of November 2018.The procedure of Membershipand other important information are available on NSUIWebsite regarding election process.

Wafa Foundation felicitatesyoung film Artist Azmat KhawajaJAMMU, OCT 31: "Jammu & Kashmir state having vastand futuristic vision and talent which needs appropriatenourishment and encouragement”, stating thisChairman Wafa Foundation Parvez Wafa Khan said thatthe young lot of state should be given opportunities toflourish their talent and given appropriate platform forservices to be rendered in nation building. Speaking in afelicitation function organised in honour of Newlyyoung film Artist Azmat Khawaja who had recentlywith ability and talent has completed the Bollywoodmovie "Pending Love" and has proved that State'syounger generation have immense talent which needsencouragement and refurbishment. Wafa said Azmathas become an icon for those who are striving to nour-ish their talent in this field. He hoped that not only thestate government but centre too will help to utilise thisyoung talent in nation building and will encouragethem not to fallen in wrong hands.

PTTI Vijaypur organized“National Unity Day”

VIJAYPUR, OCT 31: Police Technical Training Instituteorganized “National Unity Day” in two phases in a very disci-plined manner. In the 1st phase, a Run was organized fromPTTI Vijaypur to Village Bhadwal and then back to PTTIVijaypur covering a total distance of 08 Kms. in which staffand trainees of Basic Training Courses participated. On theother hand, a March Past of trainees of otherPromotion/Specialized courses was organized in the 2ndphase. About 500 Personnel including staff and trainees of dif-ferent courses participated in the events. While speaking onthe occasion, Shri Ashok Kumar Sharma, SSP, Principal PTTIVijaypur said that the “National Unity Day”, also Known as“Rashtriya Ekta Divas” is introduced by the Govt. of India in2014 and since then it is celebrated every year on 31st ofOctober by the people all over India as a special occasion, tofoster and reinforce our dedication to preserve and strengthenthe unity, integrity and security of the Nation. The aim of cel-ebrating this event is to pay tribute to Shri Sardar Vallabh BhaiPatel on his birth anniversary by remembering his extraordi-nary works for the country and his efforts to unite the nation.Among others, Shri Karanjit Singh, Dy.SP (Outdoor), ShriAjay Punjabi, Dy.SP (Tech.), Shri P.P. Singh Sr.PO (PIO-Legal Affairs), Inspr.(S) Manoj Kumar Bali, Inspr. HemanshuSunil Mahajan (PO), Inspr. Yashpal Singh, Inspr. Ashok SinghJasrotia, Inspr. Khushwant Singh, Inspr. Ashok KumarPandita, Inspr. Ravinder Singh, Inspr. Rajesh Kumar (CDI) ,Inspr. Vikas Sharma, Inspr. Neeraj Kumar , school children’sand others were present on the occasion.

SDA organizes cleanliness driveunder Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

SRINAGAR, OCT 31: A week-long sanitation drive underSwachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) commenced at Bus Standshere today.

The drive was organized by Srinagar DevelopmentAuthority (SDA) as a part of the 150th birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi. In addition to Bus Stands, parking lots,shopping malls, community halls would be covered undercleanliness drive.

BARAMULLA, OCT 31:Legal MetrologyDepartment Baramullaimposed a fine of Rs.25000 on a leading paintsmanufacturing companyfor not complying with theLegal Metrology(Packaged Commodities)Rules, 2011.

Earlier, LegalMetrology Officer Soporehad booked a case againstthe company for not pass-ing on the reduced Goodsand Services Tax (GST)rate benefits to consumerson paint packages.

The original MaximumRetail Price (MRP) of Rs.170 on ARF paint pack-ages was revised to Rs. 175by the company following

a GST reduction of 10% onJuly 27, 2018 thereby mak-ing it a case of increase ofMRP instead of decreasingit.

Assistant ControllerBaramulla took up thematter with the companymanagement which inturn admitted the lapse ontheir behalf and requestedfor compounding of theoffence. Ultimately, thecompounding authorityimposed a fine of Rs.25000 on the company forviolation of the LegalMetrology Act/ Rules.

Meanwhile, LegalMetrology OfficerBaramulla booked a caseagainst an automobilespare parts dealer in

Delina, Baramulla forremoving the mandatorylabel on the spare partspackages. The spare partspackages were apparentlybearing a label containingthe statutory declarationsbut the dealer seems tohave removed the labelsfrom the packages in orderto deceive consumers.

The consumers ofDistrict Baramulla areadvised to remain carefulof such anti-consumerpractices being resorted toby some unscrupuloustraders and to registertheir genuine grievances,if any, with theDepartment at the emailID:[email protected] for speedy redress.

LMD B'la penalizes paint manufacturing company

DSEK visits examcentres in KulgamCEO Kulgam accorded warm send-off

KULGAM, OCT 31: Director School EducationKashmir today paid a surprise visit to various examina-tion centres in Kulgam where Higher Secondary Part IIAnnual 2018 exams are going on.

During the surprise inspection, he interacted with thestudents and the supervisory staff besides reviewing thearrangements. He expressed his dissatisfaction over theimproper lighting arrangements in examination centresand directed the concerned authorities to put in placeproper arrangements.

Meanwhile, Department of Education today organ-ized a function here to bid an affectionate farewell toChief Education Officer Kulgam Ashok Kumar Sanyalon his superannuation.

Director School Education said, that years of dedicat-ed service of A K Sanyal in the education departmentand his contribution will be remembered for long times.He wished the retiring officer a prosperous post-retire-ment life.

Services of the retiring officer which he rendered forthe Department were highly appreciated on the occa-sion.

On the occasion, Sanyal was presented a bouquet anda shawl as a token of appreciation to his services for theDepartment.

Missing Kashmiri students familyseek whereabouts of their son

SRINAGAR, OCT 31 : A Kashmiri student who wasattacked in Sharda University in Greater Noida area ofUttar Pradesh on 4th Oct is missing from 28 October(Sunday).

Ahtisham Bilal Sofi, a first-year student of radiologyat Sharda University was allegedly beaten up by agroup of students following a clash between Afghanand Indian students in the first week of October thismonth.

The cousin of Ahtisham, Junaid Ahmad while speak-ing to News agency Press Trust of Kashmir said""Ahtisham called his father on Sunday. When I askedhim what places he went to in Delhi, he said he will sendme the pictures on WhatsApp once he reached his hos-tel campus. That was the last time he spoke with familymembers when we called him again around 6pm, hisphone was switched off".

He added that Ahtisham is brilliant student he got474 marks in 10th class, he was so much interested inradiology. According to Family member that the JKPolice and Delhi Police confused them as Delhi says thathis last location was in Jammu while the state police saidthat the last location of Ahtisham was Srinagar, Theyadded that they can't understand whom to believe.

They further added that everyday such incident hap-pen with Kashmiri students in Indian State adding, "wewant to ask Indian government. Why they are beingattacked, eaten" . They added that the mother ofAhtisham was admitted in Hospital and his father isalso not feeling well due to bad health.

GY CORRESPONDENTLEH, OCT. 31

Additional DeputyCommissioner, LehMoses Kunzang andChief Engineer PDD LehManhar Gupta todayflagged-off SaubhagyaRaths here aimed to elec-trify all left out house-holds.

Under the SaubhagyaScheme, also known asPradhan Mantri SahajBijli Har Ghar Yojna(PMSBHGY), SaubhagyaRaths (vehicles) wereflagged off at the sametime through video-con-ferencing in all the threeregions of the statetoday.

Chief Engineer PDDLeh said that the schemeis to provide electricityto every single house-hold of Leh district. "Outof 7000 plus householdsin need of electricity con-nection, most of them

have been covered, elec-tricity poles for some ofthe places has alreadybeen sent, and theremaining left out house-holds beyond the surveyof the department will becovered by theSaubhagya Rath," Guptasaid.

The 'Raths' will travelthroughout the Leh dis-

trict for entire one monthto inform people aboutthis scheme and provideelectricity connectionwithin the month ofNovember, he added.

Mainly all the connec-tions will be connectedwith grid while solarlighting will be providedin case of far-flung areas.

During the flag-off cer-

emony, ExecutiveEngineer PDD VinodKumar, ExecutiveEngineer PDD ProjectWing Tsewang Paljor,District Informatic OfficerNIC Leh Tsewang Paldan,engineers and staff ofPDD were also presentand the entire video con-ferencing was arrangedby NIC department Leh.

Saubhagya Raths flagged-off in Leh

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR OCT. 31

The Jammu and Kashmir PradeshCongress Committee (JKPCC) to payhomage to Former Prime MinisterSmt. Indira Gandhi on her 34th DeathAnniversary at Party HeadquartersSrinagar today. A meeting of SeniorParty Leaders and functionariespresided over by Former JKPCCPresident Peerzada Mohd. Syed washeld to pay homage to Former PrimeMinister on her death anniversary. Onthis occasion JKPCC Vice President &MLC Gulam Nabi Monga, MLCMohd Muzaffar Parray, SpokespersonFarooq Andrabi, Gen SecrearySurinder Singh Channi, Gulam NabiMir Lasjan, Shameema Iqbal,IrfanNaqib, Abdul Gani Khan addressedthe meeting and recalled the selflessservices and sacrifices of Mrs. Gandhito the Nation. Speaking on the occa-

sion Peerzada while paying homageto Former Prime Minister describedher as a strong lady, saying that theNation would continue to remainindebted to her for taking the prestigeof the country to the new heights inevery respect. He said Indira Ji alwaysremained concerned for the overalldevelopment of every section of thecountry and worked tirelessly tostrengthen the people from grass rootslevel. The empowerment of peoplewas among the top priorities ofFormer Prime Minister. Addressingthe meeting Gulam Nabi Mongawhile paying glowing tributes toFormer Prime Minister on her deathanniversary stated that the SecularIndia of Indira Gandhi is being con-verted into communal India by BJPRSS to serve their vested interests. Themulti coloured and multi culturedNation has become victim of Mandir

Masjid politics on the part of BJP, butthe Congress party will defeat theirdesigns, he added and said It is theresponsibility of the people of everyreligion in the country to save theNation from being called asCommunal, which will be a great trib-ute to Indira Ji, Monga said. On thisoccasion the participants observedtwo minutes silence to pay homage toSmt. Indira Gandhi. Those whoaddressed the Haji Ali Mohd Bhat,Mohd Yaqoob Vakil, ImtiyazKhan,Ab. Gani Naseem, MushtaqAhmad Bazaz, Mohd Yousuf Bhat,Mir Rovais, Farhat Qureshi, BasharatAhmad Nath, Shameema Khan, AsifBeigh, Gazi Ruhulla ShameemaSopori, Mohd Hussain Wada, SheikhAb.Qayoom, Shameema Mir, SairaShameem, Abdul Ahad Tara,GulamNabi Mir, Umer Jan, Zulfkar Qureshiand others.

Congress pays homage to IndiraGandhi on her death anniversary

GY CORRESPONDENTBANDIPORA OCT. 31

Secretary AgricultureProduction Department(APD), Manzoor AhmadLone today convened ameeting to review theprogress achieved underhorticultural and agricul-ture sectors in theBandipora District.

The Secretary on theoccasion directed theconcerned officers toidentify villages to bedesignated as model vil-lages on a pilot basisunder Sericulture andmushroom cultivation.He stressed for integrat-ed and double croppingsystem in order to havedesired returns fromthese sectors.

He asked officers tointroduce new varietyseeds, cash crops and dis-seminate real-time infor-mation among the farm-ers regarding scientificmethods, efficient crop-ping and modern tech-nology involved. Heurged upon the officersof agriculture and alliedsectors to ensure betterutilization of resourcesfor profitable outcomes.

Lone said the focusshould be given to veg-etable cultivation, cash

crop products,Beekeeping and silk-worm rearing keeping inview of topography inthe area. He directed foridentifying land in thedistrict for introductionand promotion of high-density plantation toboost Horticulture sectorfor which he assured theapproval of vermicom-post units, bore wells,reservoirs and requisite

mechanization.He said 1300 pack

houses and vermicom-post units would bedeveloped in the district.He also directed horticul-ture department to iden-tify land for fruit Mandisat Sumbal andBandipora.

Director AgricultureAltaf Ajaz Andrabi,Director HorticultureManzoor Ahmad Qadri,

Director SericultureShabnum Gulzar,Additional DeputyCommissioner BandiporaZahoor Ahmad Mir, JointDirector Planning Ab.majeed, District andSectoral officers ofAgriculture andH o r t i c u l t u r eDepartments, officers ofKVK and other con-cerned were present inthe meeting.



Truth is always bitterand not easy to digest. Thestatement of NationalConference general secre-tary Haji Ali MuhammadSagar accusing UttarPradesh Chief MinisterAditya Yogi Nath of beingignorant of history ofJammu & Kashmir hasexposed the hollowness ofNC and its leadership. NChas distorted the history ofthe state to build a falsenarrative portraying theparty as secular and repre-sentative of the entire stateof J&K, according to apress release issued by theparty. While exposing thedual face of NC, Brig AnilGupta, StateSpokesperson of the party,said that NC is a partywhich believes in “exclu-sivity” rather than “inclu-sivity” and is the harbin-ger of communal politicsin the state. NC is befool-ing itself by self-assumedrepresentation of the peo-ple of entire state. The factis that NC represents theaspirations of Kashmirispeaking Sunni Muslimsand its entire politicsrevolves around safe-guarding their interests atthe cost of the aspirationsof rest of the majority pop-ulation of the State repre-sented by non-Kashmirispeaking Muslims likeGujjars, Paharis, Shinas,Shias and Punjabis, and

the people of Jammu &Ladakh. “When MirzaAfzal Beg was removed bythe party from Maharaja’sfirst popular Cabinet, theMaharaja appointed anon-Kashmiri speakingMuslim in his place as aminister. Sheikh was sofurious that he expelledthe newly appointed min-ister from NC. This expos-es the “inclusive” and“secular” credentials ofthe party,” stated BrigGupta.

Yogi has correctly quot-ed history. It is a knownfact that Kashmir was anancient Hindu kingdom. Itwas the arrival of Muslimkings in Valley in the 14thcentury that disturbed thecalm in Kashmir repre-sented by forcible conver-sions, destruction ofHindu temples and firstever exodus of KashmiriPandits. It was followedby equally cruel Mughalrule. It was the Sikh rulethat restored certainamount of sanity followedby the golden rule ofDogra dynasty led byMaharaja Gulab Singh.

However, after independ-ence NC distorted the his-tory books in the state tohighlight the Muslim eraand downgrade the Dograrule.

The seeds of commu-nalism were sown inKashmir by SheikhAbdullah and his col-leagues in 1931 followedby the “Quit Kashmir”movement. Forcibleexpulsion of Maharaja,when he was the legalhead of the state, bySheikh Abdullah andassuming all powers thusbecoming a self-appointedruler of J&K was the hallmark of communal mindset of the Sheikh and hisparty. Sheikh wanted tomake the state a “singleparty state” so that hecould become an autocrat-ic head of the state andhandover the state to hisheirs. The dynastic politicsof NC has been the great-est hindrance towards theholistic development ofthis state, said Brig Gupta.

Rather than question-ing BJP about its perform-ance, NC should first giveaccount of what it hasdone with the massivecentral funding receivedby it when in power. Howits leadership has acquiredwealth and propertiesmuch beyond their knownsources of income includ-ing accounts in some for-eign banks demanded thepress note.

NC distorting History and not Yogi: BJP

GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, OCT. 31

India-Japan VisionStatement issued at Tokyoafter the concluding ofSumit talks between PrimeMinisters of India andJapan carry significance asNarendra Modi hasachieved success in con-vincing his counterpartShinzo Abe that Pakistanis the breeding ground forterrorists and that it isresponsible for terrorismin India.

Jammu Kashmir BJPterms it as a great achieve-ment for India in exposingPakistan for its terroristactivities in India and gar-nering support of Japan inour fight against terrorism.

While putting forthparty’s views on this suc-cess, State SpokespersonBalbir Ram Rattan saidthat during the last fourand half years, India hasregistered one successafter the other atInternational level withregard to different issues,particularly Pakistan’s rolein providing its soil totrain militants, equip themwith weapons and pushthem into Indian territoryfor targeting and killingsof innocent people, securi-ty personnel and damag-

ing public property.Balbir said that it is now

being globally acknowl-edged that Pakistan hasadopted terrorism as itsstate policy which directlypromotes terrorism inAsian countries. India hasbeen the victim of Paksponsored terrorism withKashmir valley beingworst affected by it. Onone hand, the terroristscarry on their activitiescausing deaths anddestructions, on the other,Hurriyat Conference cre-ates hurdles in strengthen-ing of democracy by giv-ing bandh calls and bycottof polls at the dictates of itsmasters across the bordersthus disturbing normallife, studies for students,development and socialfabric.

“The Vision Statementmentions that the twoleaders have looked for-ward to strengthening

cooperation against terror-ist threats from groupsincluding Al-Qaida, ISIS,J a i s h - e - M o h a m m e d ,Lashkar-e-Toiba and otheraffiliates. Here it is note-worthy that Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Toiba are being operatedfrom Pakistan and thatthese terrorist organiza-tions are involved in ter-rorism in Jammu Kashmiron the dictates of bosses inPakistan. The commitmentof the two Prime Ministersto the total elimination ofnuclear weapons is also amove towards bringingpeace in the world, theSpokesperson said.

Balbir Ram Rattan saidterrorism is biggest threatto the humanity anddemocracy in the world,which need to be coun-tered by the united effortsof the peace loving nationsand expressed confidentthat the joint appeal byNarendra Modi andShinzo Abe on all coun-tries to work towards root-ing out terrorist safehavens and infrastructure,disrupt terrorist networksand financing channelsand checking cross bordermovement of terrorists,would pave way for bring-ing peace.

Modi’s Japan visit exposes Pak as terror state: BJP


J&K unit of PradeshYouth Congress (PYC) onWednesday staged protestagainst the previous PDP-BJP Government for itsanti-youth policies and thesensational disclosuremade by the GovernorSatya Pal Malik in the J&KBank recruitment scam.

Led by Uday Chib, StatePresident PYC, the YouthCongress activist assem-bled outside J&K BankHead Office, Jammu,Panama Chowk and raisedslogans against the previ-ous PDP-BJP Governmentand Bank authorities fortampering the recruitmentlist.

Chib lambasted the BJP

for playing with the futureof unemployed youth ofthe State who are workinghard by giving their dayand night.

“Corrupt political lead-ers in league with certainreckless officers had blownto smithereens all rules,regulations and procedureand appointed blue-eyedcandidates in governmentservices on monetary con-siderations needed a highlevel probe," Chib toldreporters here.

“It was highly opprobri-ous that even KAS officerswere appointed throughbackdoor in the previousgovernment regime.Certainly, the startling rev-elations had sent shockwaves among the fraternity

of hardworking aspirantsand put a question mark onthe integrity of the PublicService Commission ofJ&K”, Chib asserted.

Chib emphasized thatthe Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had prom-ised to give two crore jobsevery year but instead ofproviding jobs the BJP lead-ers are playing with thesentiments and future ofunemployed of J&K Stateand minting money by sell-ing government jobs.

“Governor Satya PalMalik disclosed that thefinal selection list of deserv-ing candidates of Jammuand Kashmir Bank hasbeen replaced with thepolitical appointees, recom-mended by the leaders of

previous PDP-BJP fromevery constituency,” Chibadded.

Chib appreciated theGovernor Satya Pal Malikfor bringing fact infront ofthe people of Jammu andState who gave massivemandate to the BJP with aview that it could removedthe discrimination facedwith people as well asyouth of Jammu region.

Chib reminded the BJPGovernment at the Centerthat youth are the highestvoters of our country andplaying with the future ofyouth will remind BJP inthe upcoming elections inthe State. Chib demandedcancellation of all appoint-ment letters disbursed to582 candidates selected by

J&K Bank on monetary andextraneous considerationsasking the J&K Bankauthorities to re-conductthe examination so that thegenuine and deservingshould come forward andget justice.

Pradesh YouthCongress sought high levelprobe into all the appoint-ments made during theprevious PDP-BJP ruleclaiming that ‘several thou-sand blue-eyed candidateswere appointed in govern-ment services in violationof rules.

Youth Congress leaders Ajaz Choudhary state

vice president , state gener-al secretaries MudassirChoudhary, Ranjit Chopra,Amir Banday, StateSecretaries AvyjotSingh,Shabir Kholi, JagjootSingh, Nakul Sharma ,Wassim sarrori, DiveyanshJamwal,Naveed Khawaja ,Arjun Sharma. DistrictPresident Jammu NeerajChoudhary, District vicepresident Nishant Gupta,Jagpreet Singh , districtgenral secretary RajatManhas, AssemblyPresidents SunnyChoudhary, HappyRandhava, Pardeep Chib,other Youth Congress lead-ers Vishal Chopra, AjjuManhas , Vipin lachotra,Ajmer were also present inthe protest.

Pradesh Youth Congress demands cancellation of appointmentletters disbursed by J&K Bank to 582 candidates

GY CORRESPONDENTGANDERBAL OCT. 31

District Youth Servicesand Sports Ganderbalheld aprize distributionceremony to facilitate theteams who participated ininter-district level sportsunder 'Khelo India Peaceand Development' pro-gramme at PhysicalCollege GaduraGanderbal today.

Secretary YouthServices and SportsSarmad Hafeez was thechief guest on the occa-sion. The Secretary alongwith DDC Ganderbal Dr.Piyush Singla distributed

prizes among the teamswho won games in differ-ent sports activitiesincluding cricket, football,volleyball, and Tug ofWar.

Cash prize worth Rs56,600 were also distrib-uted among the meritori-ous teams. Sports equip-ment were also given to allparticipants.

Urging the youth totake sports for overalldevelopment, SarmardHafeez said that there isno dearth of talent in thestate, however, it needs tobe harnessed in a positiveway by providing proper

coaching.Reiterating the govern-

ment's commitment in up-gradation of sports infra-structure in the state, hesaid that various initia-tives have been taken inthis regard and every pos-sible step is being taken toencourage the youth intaking participation insports activities besidesthe Centre has sanctionedRs 14.30 crore under KheloIndia programme and thefunds have been furtherreleased for utilizationunder the same.

The Secretary said thatRs 88 crore project under

PMDP is in full swing andindoor stadium halls willbe constructed in all dis-tricts of the state and inGanderbal district theindoor stadium is beingconstructed at a cost of Rs4 crore.

Speaking on the occa-sion, the DDC Ganderbalassured every possiblesupport from the districtadministration in promot-ing sports culture amongyouth in the district.

Meanwhile, to com-memorate the NationalUnity Day being celebrat-ed on October 31, theADDC Ganderbal, admin-istered the National Unitypledge to participants tofoster and reinforce thededication to preserve andstrengthen unity, integrityand security of the nation.

Later, Secretary SarmadHafeez inaugurated theSynthetic Turf BadmintonCourt constructed at theestimated cost of Rs 30lakh at the PhysicalCollege Ganderbal.

Earlier, DDC Ganderbalflagged-off 'Run for Peace'rally from Mini SecretariatGanderbal which culmi-nated at Physical CollegeGadura Ganderbal.

Secretary YSS distributes prizes among winning teams under Khelo India Inaugurates Synthetic Turf Badminton Court at Physical College Gadura

Ensure better utilization of resources for profitable outcomes: Secy APD


Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) on Wednesday said theattempts are being made to erodethe credibility of the vital institu-tions of the state and prepareground for out of the way inter-vention in Jammu and Kashmir.

In a statement issued here, sen-ior PDP leader Dr Mehboob Begstated that deliberate attemptswith sinister motives are beingmade to discredit the institutionslike Jammu and Kashmir Bankand Public Service Commission ofthe state.

He added that besides thatdoubts are being created in theminds of people about the effi-ciency of the administrativemachinery of the state which isone of the best in the country andhas been been acclaimed as such.

Beg said that after a lot of strug-gle and reforms, the credibility ofthese institutions has been builtover the years and there is need to

unanimously foil any such nefari-ous designs that are aimed atundermining the importance ofsuch places.

He added that for the first timein the history of the state, the PDPled government established a full-fledged Public ServiceCommission, appointing the bestmembers and the chairman withproven integrity.

Beg said the candidates select-ed through the Public ServiceCommission are selected purelyon the bases of merit and theyhave been showing their acumenand efficiency in the field.

The PDP leader added that theJK Bank is at present the target ofthe vested interests with attemptsbeing made to sabotage itsprogress. "The fact known to oneand all is that the bank has thetransparent system of recruitmentand PDP denounces the attemptsbeing made to defame such insti-tutions of the state," Beg said in astatement.

Efforts being made to "politicizeand demonize" J&K Bank:

Kashmir Economic AllianceSRINAGAR, OCT 31 : Asserting that J&K Bank is the collective

asset of the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, the KashmirEconomic Alliance Chairman Haji Muhammaad Yasin Khan onWednesday said that this financial institution should not be politi-cized. In a statement issued here today, Khan who also heads theKashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation said for quitesome time efforts are being made to "politicize and demonize" J&KBank in one way or the other only to meet "nefarious designs ofsome vested interests".

"Some forces are hell bent to defame the bank as a part of thelarger conspiracy to deprive the people of Jammu and Kashmir oftheir assets by making drastic changes that may look good at theface of it but will have far reaching consequences," Khan said.

The KEA said it was encouraging that in the last few quartersthe bank has shown growth, when other such financial institutionshave been witnessing a fall in their assets across south Asianregion.

"At a time when we should appreciate our bank we' re joiningranks of those who want to defame it to meet their larger designsagainst the interests of this state," he said.

Asking the political setup, the civil society and the businesscommunity to rise to the occasion, Yasin Khan said safeguard ofthe J&K Bank and its interests should be basic priorities of everystate subject.

"Time has come that we all join hands to safeguard our collec-tive asset, our own bank, the J&K Bank," Khan said.

PDP denounces attempts of defamingJK's premier institutions

UDHAMPUR, OCT 31: Aspart of observance of“Rashtriya Ekta Diwa”, TheBureau of Outreach &Communication, Ministry ofInformation & Broadcasting,Government of India, FieldOutreach Bureau, Udhampurorganised a day lone specialinteractive proramme atGovernment Girls HighSchool, Ramnagar. FarrukhQazi, SDM Ramnagar wasthe Chief Guest of the func-tion where as Shri J. S.Slathia, SDPO and ShriChanerShaker, DFO werethe Guests ofhonour.Speaking on thisoccasion the Chief Guest

highlighted the importanceof observance of “RashtriyaEkta Diwas” and contribu-tions, services and extraordi-nary work of SardarVallabhbhai Patel for thesecurity and integration ofthe Nation.The day long pro-gramme started with theadministration of RashtriyaEkta Diwas Pledge adminis-tered to about strong contin-gents of 600 students drawnfrom Govt. HigherSecondary School and GirlsHigh School, Ramnagar.

A Run for unity cumRally was also organizedwhich started from Govt.Girls High School,Passedthrough Main Bazar,Bus stand and culminated atGovt. Girls High School.The participants diplaying

Placards, Chanting slogans “Ekta Main Bal Hai, BharatMata Ki Jai, Zaat Paat Kebandhan Todo- Bharat JodoBharat Jodo etc. presented acolourful atmosphere andfurther strengthened thebonds of Oneness.A Quizcontest based on the life ofIron ma n of India was alsoorganized in which 4 teamsof Govt. Girls High School,participated and answeredabout 100 questions. Themain aim of the Quiz Contestwas to acquaint masses aboutthe life and services of SardarVallabhbhai patel.Themebased Culturtal programmesby registered parties ofRegional Outreach Bureau,Jammu Shri Ramalo Ram &party were other attractionsof the day long programme.

Golden YugJAMMU, THURSDAY, 1, NOVEMBER , 2018 8


Today TEAM WFOorganised an awarenessprogramme onCommunal Harmony atDoda College ofEducation.

In this Programme ShRandeep Singh Lecturer

has appreciated the workof WFO and applauded itfor the bestest transparen-cy he has ever witnessedin any NGO.

Chairman WFOMujeeb Malik has focusedon the means and ways toupheld the CommunalHarmony. He gave a slo-

gan that "We want Peacenot Pieces".

Distt President WFOWomen Wing Dr. RahatBadder (Consultant at Dr.Rahat's HomoeopathicHealth Care Centre,Doda) in her speech saidthat ' every act of yours isa Charity. It doesn't mat-

ter how much & how willyou give, all you need isto have the pure inten-tions to do for the better-ment of the society.

Moreover she alsogave an insight towardsHomoeopathy & itsawareness among themasses.

At the end of theProgramme Students inlarge number joined WFOand promised to workwith zeal and zest for theupliftment of society.

Other staff membersB.ed College and mem-bers of WFO who werepresent on the occasionwere Tr. Harish Chander,Kamal Kumar, SaimaTabassum, Iyaz Ahmed,Manju Devi, SoniaThakur, Ashiq Natnoo,Firdoos Jahan, ShikhaKumari, Ajeet Thakur,Kanchan Bala and others .

WORK FOR OTHERS-WFO Organised an AwarenessProgramme on Communal Harmony


To pay rich tributes andremember great servicesof 1st Deputy PrimeMinister & Home Ministerof Independent India,Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patelpopularly known as “LohPurush”, J&K BJP organ-ized “Run for Unity” pro-gramme which startedright from the SatwariChowk and culminated atPt. Prem Nath DograChowk, Jewels, Jammu.Massive rally comprisingof BJP workers and com-mon people from all walksof life ran to pay tributesto the great man, whounited all the princelystates to form a greatNation in the form ofDominion of India.

BJP State PresidentRavinder Raina (MLA) ledthe run from the frontalong with Former DeputyChief Minister KavinderGupta, MP Lok SabhaJugal Kishore Sharma, MPRajya Sabha ShamsherSingh Manhas, State Vice-President Parmod Kapahi,State General Secretary

Yudhvir Sethi, MLARajesh Gupta, formerMinister Priya Sethi(MLA), MLCs RameshArora, Vikram Randhawaand other senior leaders ofthe party.

Ravinder Raina, whileaddressing the enthusias-tic party workers, attackedCongress for always pro-moting a single Nehru-Gandhi family at the costof all other NationalHeroes. He said that todayPrime Minister NarendraModi has tried to give duerecognition to SardarVallabh Bhai Patel byunveiling his 182 meters

long statue today, whichwill be known as “Statueof Unity”. He said that thisstatue will help to impartmessage of Unification inthe whole of Nation andwill also promote tourismin the region.

Kavinder Gupta, saidthat the Sardar Patel uni-fied around 560 princelystates in the difficult times,but the J&K state wasdeliberately kept out of hisapproach and that is thereason our state is suffer-ing till today. He allegedthat Congress Party belit-tled the efforts of theblood and sacrifices of

numerous freedom fight-ers who laid their lives forthe Nation.

Jugal Kishore Sharma,while addressing said thatSardar Vallabh Bhai Patelwas a true patriot whobelieved in the completeunification of all the statesinto the mighty Nation,which has today become asymbol of greatness andpower. Celebrating birth-day of Sardar Patel as“Rashtriya Ekta Diwas” isan attempt to recognize allthe patriots.

Shamsher SinghManhas, prompted all thestudents, activists and

common masses to followthe footsteps of SardarVallabh Bhai Patel to payhim tribute and incorpo-rate Nationalism in all.

Sat Sharma whileaddressing the gatheringof runners said that afterthe Independence of Indiawas successfully managedby the efforts of SardarPatel, which is visible inthe form of the greatestdemocracy of the world.

Aseem Gupta, SanjayBaru, Ajay Pargal,Parduman Singh, ChanderMohan Gupta, Brig. AnilGupta, Arvind Gupta, Dr.Pardeep Mahotra, TilakRaj Gupta, MunishSharma, KulbhushanMohtra, Jaidev Rajwal,Baldev Singh Billawaria,Ayodhya Gupta,Anuradha Charak, ArunKhanna, Vinay Gupta,Prem Gupta, Jeet Angral,Veena Gupta, RekhaMahajan, Adv. RajeshGupta, Dr. AkshaySharma, Dr. AkshaySharma, Sangeeta Guptaand others were promi-nent leaders present in theevent.

BJP organizes “Run for Unity” on birthday of Sardar Vallabh Patel

Shiv Sena discloses nameof fake Shiv Sainiks no

more part of partyJAMMU, OCT 31: Shiv Sena State President DimpyKohli, Rakesh Kak, Vipin Hindu, Ashwani Gupta, RajSingh, Ramesh Gupta held a party meeting in whichthey discussed about those Several ex-Shiv Sainiks(Manish Sahni, Rajan Gupta, Sandeep Bhagat, YashpalKhajuria, Harsh Gupta,Raju Chowdhary, Vikas Kohli,Vikas Bakshi) who were in shiv sena 5 months back andhad been suspended already. And still they went to ShivSena Bhawan in Mumbai and took photos with variousleaders there. Out of all other people only Manish Sahniwas allowed to work with party in Jammu state on theinstructions of High Command, rest of the people weresuspended. Manish Sahni on the other hand tried tospoil the rest of the ongoing party members but still theygave him chance several times. And still he didn’tchange his attitude towards the party and tried to spoilit. Then Jammu Kashmir Leaders sent this whole reportto the high command, then on the directions of HighCommand Gulab Chand Dubey Ji (Rashtriya Sanghtak)came to Jammu on 9 October and held a meeting anddecided that as said earlier all these people have beensuspended and are not allowed to work on the name ofparty. Press and electronics media is requested to not toentertain these so called fake shiv sainiks as none ofthem is allowed to work for the party as they did antiparty activities in the previous months and they areworking against the instructions of High Command.

GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, OCT. 31

Staff and Officers of

Directorate of Agriculture,

Jammu accorded warm and

affectionate farewell to Sh H.

D. Sharma, Agronomist

(Vegetables) Jammu and Sh

R. K. Bindroo, Agriculture

Chemist Jammu. Director of

Agriculture Jammu Sh H. K

Razdan speaking on the occa-

sion wished them a very

healthy and prosperous post

retirement life. Lauding their

exemplary services he said

that both the officers are hon-

orably superannuating after

performing to the best of their

ability for more than 35 years

in the department. Warm

wishes were also extended to

other 16 retiring officers and

staff of the department

including 9 gazetted officers

namely Anoop Kumar Gupta,

Chief Agriculture Officer,

Poonch, K. K. Gupta, Chief

Agriculture Officer, Ramban,

Anand Kumar Kalia, SMS II,

CAD, Jammu, Varinder

Kumar Bhat, Research

Assistant, Poonch, Anil

Kumar Koul, ADA, Reasi,

Bal Mukand Khajuria,

Assistant Soil Chemist,

Rajouri, Kuldeep Kumar,

Analytical Assistant, Kathua,

Kamal Kishore, JAEO

Poonch, Sham Lal, JAEO

Udhampur, Madan Lal,

JAEO Marh, Duni Chand,

JAEO, Agriculture Chemist

Jammu, Smt. Kusam Kanta,

Field Assistant CAO Jammu,

Tilak Raj, Senior Mechanic,

SM Farm Chakrohi, Man

Parkash, Orderly Udhampur.

K. S. Sambyal, Joint

Director of Agriculture

(Inputs), Jammu, K. K.

Sharma, Agriculture

Economist, Jammu, Smt

Daisy Bhan, Assistant

Agriculture Chemist, Jammu

and Pradeep Sharma,

President AJKAOWF also

spoke on the occasion and

lauded the dedicated services

rendered by the officer and

also wished them a happy and

prosperous post-retirement

life. The gracefully organized

programme was also attended

by Sunil Koul, Deputy

Director of Agriculture

(FTC), Narender Mishra,

Chief Agriculture Officer,

Jammu, Rishu Gupta Deputy

Director Planning, Jagmohan

Bhat, Deputy Director

Central, Jammu and other

senior officers of the depart-

ment.Mementoes were pre-

sented to the retiring officers

during the farewell pro-

gramme on behalf of the

Department as a mark of

honor and affection. Arvinder

Singh Reen, PDO, Jammu

presented the vote of thanks

and Sandeep Dogra, SCA (I

& P) conducted the proceed-

ings of the programme.

Warm & affectionate farewell accordedto Agronomist and Agriculture Chemist

16 Officials of Agriculture Department attained superannuation today

SRINAGAR, OCT 31:Deputy CommissionerSrinagar, Dr Syed AbidRasheed Shah,Wednesday took anextensive tour ofDowntown visiting vari-ous areas and inspectingpublic facilities availablethere.

The DC also visitedthe shrine of SheikhHamzah Makhdoom at

Rainawari here and tookstock of arrangements inplace for the ongoingannual Urs there. Hedirected the officials tomake adequate arrange-ments for smooth obser-vance of the Urs, instruct-ing for ensuring all basicfacilities including drink-ing water supply, unin-terrupted power, trans-port, parking and first

aid facilities for devoteesand maintaining cleanli-ness in and around theshrine. Dr Shah alsointeracted with the officebearers of the shrineadministration andsought details about thearrangements made forthe smooth observance ofthe Urs. The annual Urscelebrations of the Sufisaint is held every year

from 11 to 24 Safar of theIslamic calendar. Themain function, expectedto draw thousands ofdevotees from acrossKashmir, will be held thisSaturday.

The DC also visitedthe Naqashband Sahibshrine at Khwaja Bazarhere and inspected theongoing preservationwork on the historic

mosque there.Pertinently, the dis-

trict administration hasavailed of services of theArchaeological Survey ofIndia in order to ensureproper conservation andpreservation of the his-toric structure.

Senior officers from allconcerned departmentsaccompanied the DC onthe occasion.

DC Srinagar conducts extensive tours of DowntownInspects arrangements at Makhdoom Sahib, ongoing work at Naqashband Sahib

JUVC launches UrduResearch Journal “Tasalsul”GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, OCT. 31

Prof. Manoj Kumar Dhar, Vice Chancellor, University

of Jammu today launched online Six Monthly Research

Journal “Tasalsul” on www.urdudepartment.org, the

official website of Department of Urdu, University of

Jammu..”Tasalsul” the six monthly Research Journal of

the department of Urdu which is being published regular-

ly from 1998 is a reputed Urdu Journal of Urdu world.

Speaking on the occasion, Vice-Chancellor said that in

future the journal should be completely online that

includes submission of manuscripts to publishing of the

research paper. Prof Dhar said that the Dept of Urdu

should use renowned journal system (OJS) which is being

used by the top varsities of the world. Prof Dhar further

said that the prime objective of launching website is to

keep the students and their guardians around the country

abreast with the academic and extracurricular achieve-

ments and serene environment of the department.Prof.

Dhar also congratulated the Head and faculty of the

department for putting in their efforts in the compilation

of the website which is the face of the

department.Prof.Shohab Inayat Malik, HOD Deptt. Of

Urdu also gave a brief overview of the website.Others

present on the occasion were the faculty members of

department including Dr. Mohd Reyaz Ahmed, Dr

Chaman Lal, Dr.Farhat Shamim, Tariq Hussain and Rahul

Pandita from Ideogram Technology Solutions Pvt.Ltd.


Director General ofPolice J&K, Shri DilbagSingh-IPS, today visitedSrinagar city where heinspected Police Stations,accommodation forjawans, took stock of func-tioning of CCTNS,checked records & chairsofficers meet. During hisvisit to police stations theDGP interacted withSHOs, MHCs and CCTNSincharges.

The DGP was accom-panied by IGP KashmirShri SP Pani-IPS, DIGCKR Shri VK Bhirdhi-IPS,SSP Srinagar Shri ImtiazIsmail Parray-IPS andrespective Zonal SsP ofcity.

During the tour, theDGP visited PoliceStations Khanyar,Maharaj Gunj, Nowhattain old city and Nigeen inHazratbal Zone andShergarhi and Sadder inSouth Zone, apart from avisit to Women's policestation. DGP also chaireda joint officers meeting atSP South office afterinspection of his office.The meeting was attend-ed by the Commandantsof the CRPF deployed inthe City. The tour was pri-marily aimed at meetingand connect with the mendeployed on ground andinteract with them to

appreciate the nature ofduties they are perform-ing and the difficultiesfaced by them.

In the forenoon theDGP inspected the PoliceStations of the old city, Heinspected buildings, pro-tection walls of Police sta-tions, barracks for jawansand took stock of the facil-ities available in theseestablishments. Duringhis interaction with SHOs,MHCs, I/C-CCTNS andother personnel, the DGPsought informationregarding the crime andregistration of FIRs, andrecord building at thePolice Station. He alsosought the first handinformation regarding themeasures for tackling dif-ferent situations. DGPimpressed for propercompilation of records inthe police stations andother offices and its digiti-zation. He stressed oncapacity building toensure proper handling oftechnology and its effi-cient usage. He said thatCCTNS is complete pack-age which includes crimeregistration, investigationas well as some publicservices on line.

At MR Gunj he advisedthe officers to protect andpreserve heritage buildingand records of historicalvalue.

The DGP directed the

officers and Jawans toensure people friendlyatmosphere while main-taining peace and orderand added that SOPs befollowed invariably inmost situations. Hestressed for strong actionagainst the peopleinvolved in differentsocial crimes. He empha-sised the need for cleanli-ness and sanitation in andaround police premises.

In the afternoon theDGP visited WomenPolice Station at Rambagh,SP South office, PoliceStations Shergarhi andSadder. At Women'sPolice Station he advisedthe women officers to han-dle the social crimesagainst the women withutmost care. He listened tothe reports from thewomen officials andassured them that theirneeds would be redressed.

At SP City South officeDGP chaired a meetingwith the senior police offi-cers of Police and CRPF.While addressing the offi-cers the DGP directed thatdue care must be taken ofthe jawans on Naka andother duties by providingthem facilities in view ofonset of the winter. Hesaid that good coordina-tion is our strength andthis will help in enhancingthe capabilities of thesecurity grid.

DGP visits Srinagar city

Amid shutdown thousandsparticipated in funeral

prayers of slain militantSRINAGAR, OCT 31 : Amid the complete shutdown inthe area, thousands of people on Wednesday participat-ed in the funeral prayers of a local militant who waskilled along with his associate during an encounter withgovernment forces in Midoora village of Tral inPampore district of south Kashmir.

The two slain militants killed in an encounter wereidentified as Showkat Ahmed of Tral and anothernephew of JeM chief Masood Azhar.

Reports said that people in hoards thronged to thehouse of a local slain militant since early morning to paytheir condolences. People from various areas of the dis-trict have reached to Handoora to participate in thefuneral prayers of the slain militant, at least four roundsof funeral prayers were offered to them.

Earlier, reports suggest that multiple rounds of funer-al prayers were held. Later a group of militants alsoappeared in the funeral and offered some gunshots topay tributes to their slain associates.

Meanwhile, a complete shutdown is being observedin Tral Township to mourn the killings of Jaish mili-tants. Earlier Police said that the slain duo was involvedin a "series of attacks on the forces from a distance."

Bureau of Outreach & Communicationobserves “Rashtriya Ekta Diwas”



Seeking immediatearrest of all those corruptMinisters, MLAs andbureaucrats who areallegedly involved in thebiggest ever‘Appointment scam’ in theState, scores of Pantheractivists spearheaded byMr. Harsh Dev SinghChairman JKNPP, Mr.Yashpaul Kundal StatePresident Young Panthersand other leaders staged athundering protestdemonstration atExhibition Ground Jammutoday. While settingablaze the effigy of omi-nous BJP-PDP combine,the infuriated protestersraised slogans against theerstwhile coalition gov-ernment.

Withstanding thepredicament of the merito-rious youth who were feel-ing shell shocked by thesensational expose’ of theGovernor on Nationalmedia, Mr. Harsh DevSingh said that PanthersParty which emerged as asole voice of the Dogras inthe last four years hadbeen opposing and expos-ing the large scale irregu-lar appointments made inalmost all the governmentdepartments. He said thatthe stunning disclosuresby the constitutional headof the State had corrobo-rated the genuineness ofthe vigorous protestssta.ged by the party sincethe formation of the ‘dirtyalliance’. Lampooning theerstwhile government fortreating the employees

and the youth of the Stateas mere ‘cash cows’, hesaid that the emergence ofRGIC health insurancescam, the Pakul DulHydro Power projectscam, the replacement ofentire select list of J&KBank by 582 politicalappointees on monetaryconsiderations besides theLC appointments in abrazen defiance of courtorders only described thathow far the tentacles ofcorruption had engulfedthe entire system to renderit “sick” in the previousregime. Reminding theGovernor, Mr. Harsh DevSingh said that mere state-ments and disclosures per-taining to the corruptdeeds of erstwhile BJP-PDP rule without punish-ing the criminals would bemeaningless. “You have totake punitive actionagainst all those politi-cians and officers inleague who had abusedtheir authorities by inter-fering in selections madeby PSC, SSB and otherrecruiting agencies by vio-

lating the rules and guide-lines. You should person-ally intervene to unfoldthe records to look into thehuge scams and largescale irregularities com-mitted in all the depart-ments including PDD,Health, Forests,Education, PHE, PWD,Industries besides others.You will be shocked toknow that nepotism, lootand plunder were all timehigh and obliterated allpast records during theprevious government”,dismayed Harsh submit-ted.

Dubbing the previoustenure of coalition as darkera of corrupt governance,Mr. Harsh Dev Singhregretted that the meritori-ous youth of the State hadlost faith in the integrityand credibility of theadministration. Urging theGovernor to bring the sys-tem back in order, hedemanded that all thefraudsters should bearrested and put behindthe bars. “Set a precedentso that no one ever dared

to think of taking the graftor looting the publicexchequer. Why thereplaced list of politicalappointees by J&K Bankwas not categoricallyquashed and only genuineselectees were given let-ters? Will your adminis-tration come out with awhite paper on the unusu-al “resolution” beingadopted for givingappointment letters to 582candidates selected byJ&K Bank? Was it an eyewash to spare the felons togo scot free? Why theSecretary of LC wasallowed to go scot free?Why any action had notbeen taken against theaccused who contemplat-ed the health insurancescam and the politiciansand bureaucrats for PakulDul scam? Will you notterminate the services ofthose employees havingterrorist background whowere preaching funda-mentalism? How wouldyou pacify the meritoriousyouth who were left out tobe replaced by the

appointees who paidbribe? What happened tothe tall BJP slogans oftransparency, accountabil-ity and good governancewhich were bugled with abig fanfare? , agitatedHarsh questioned theGovernor.

Seeking a CBI probeinto biggest ever ‘appoint-ment scam’ carried outduring the BJP-PDP rule inthe state, Mr. YashpaulKundal called for initia-tion of criminal proceed-ings and strict punitiveaction against all thepoliticians, bureaucratsand officers in league whoopenly misused theirauthority to rob the dueshare of gullible youthonly to flourish them-selves. He also askedGovernor to take cog-nizance of other scams,massive bungling in vari-ous State departmentswhich had siphoned thepublic exchequer to causea financial burden.

Prominent amongthose who spoke on theoccasion included RajeshPadgotra, Rajiv Mahajan,Capt. Anil Gour, Capt.Narotam Singh,Rajeshwar Singh Sambyal,Bhavishan Singh, B.DSharma, Rampaul Sharma,Ch. Surinder Chouhan,Rashpaul Singh,Udhayveer Singh, DeshRattan, Shankaar SinghSanju, Man Singh,Gurpreet Singh, RakeshVerma, Joginder Singh,Naresh Kumar, SunilSharma, Sahil, Rakesh,Darshan Singh besidesothers.

JKNPP protests seeking action against corrupt Ministers,MLAs, bureaucrats in illegal appointments, other scams

Governor’s exposure meaningful only if culprits punished: Harsh


While offering obeisanceat the holy shrine of HazratMakhdoom HamzaMehboob Alam SultaniKashmir R.A at historicalmountain of Kohi-e-Marran. The sufi functionwas held and AshiqaniRasool Akram (s.a.w) andAshiqan e Awliya alonglarge number of devoteesparticipated in recitation ofAwradi Fateh and Naatand Darood Khwani in theholy shrine. The mujawiranparticularly chairman ofSultani Areefen foundationSiraj-U-Din highlighted thecontribution of KhwajaFarooq Renzushah indevelopment of holy sufishrines of Kashmir includ-ing rebuilding of holyshrine of Hazrat BulbulShah R.A.

Mr Renzushah alongwith Mr. Mir Arshid andMr. Nazir Makhdoomi, MirFarooq Ahmad, Khan AdilHussain and other person-alities also visited the holymosque built by MullaShah Mosque built duringthe period of Dar-Ul-Shukh who was dedicateddevotee of HazratMakhdoom Sahab R.A.

While addressing themedia about the high con-tribution of HazratMakhdoom Sahab R.A inshaping the civilization ofKashmir to Kashgar,Khwaja Farooq Renzushahsaid that with the arrival ofHazrat Bulbulshah R.Anew era of love started inKashmir. The first muslimking of Kashmir HazratSadr-U-Din Rinchin Shahenriched the valley by con-structing holy khan-e-Kaand holy sufi shrines. TheHoly saint Hazrat Ameer-i-Kabeer R.A introduced skilland handicrafts develop-ment in Kashmir. Whilevisiting the grand oldmosque which is at presentin abounded condition MrRenzushah said that nosteps have been taking bythe previous regimes todevelop this historicalmosque to restore its origi-nal glory he pointed out thewalls of the holy mosquewhich were dotted withblue sapphire diamondswhen it was built in honourof the Holy sufi saint.

The lawns and theunderground holy cham-bers were abode of Tasawufbut at present all have beendestroyed. The thousand

year’s old engraved stoneswith Quranic verses havebeen kept undeveloped. Hesaid that during his periodas Commissioner SrinagarMunicipal Corporation heensured to get the outerwalls of the holy Mosquepolished to bring out theQuranic verses engraved onits walls but unfortunatelyno subsequent develop-ment has taken place. Hesaid various sapphire dia-monds which were enlight-ening the entire mosquehundreds of years beforehave either been looted byautocratic maharajadynasty or sold to Britishmuseum. The steps may betaken to get these diamondsback from British govern-ment when they havecarved out these diamondsfrom the walls of the holymosque when Kashmir wasprincely state of BritishEmpire. He said the walls ofthe holy mosque were fromthe diamonds have beencarved out are hard witnessof that horrible event. Hehoped that administrationwill take necessary step tosave this historical holymosque from further decayand shall play active role todevelop the same.

Hazrat Makhdoom Sahab Was Iconic SpiritualPersonality Who Enriched Kashmir To Kashgar

Civilization To The Heights: Renzushah

Shri Mata Vaishno DeviUniversity is participatingin14th FICCI HigherEducation Summit, GlobalConference andExhibition, themed‘University of Future’inaugurated in VigyanBhavan, New Delhi.During the summit theuniversity is receivingoverwhelming responsefrom visitors from Indiaand across the globe,including academicians,administrators and educa-tional consultants fromdifferent nationalities,such as Nepal, Sri Lanka,

Tunisia, Russia, Poland,Nigeria, Iran, Portugal,Maldives, Mexico, andKenya. The foreign dele-gates are exploringSMVDU stall for joint col-laborations, studentsexchanges & admissionsand for bilateral ties ofmutual benefits. The leadteam of Dr. Har GovindMishra, Dr. Balbir Singh,Mr. B. K. Bhatia includingstudents, namely Ms.Simran Nanda, Ms.Bhavani Gupta, Mr.Lovlesh & Mr. Madhavare representing the uni-versity in the exhibition.

Significantly, SMVDUniversity has been pro-gressively gaining recog-nition internationally andmoving on path to becomean international universi-ty. Besides the SMVDUStart-up eSmart Softwareteam led by Mr. SantoshKumar also showcasedthemselves in the exhibi-tion. Dr. Sanjeev Jain, ViceChancellor, SMVDUenvisages such world classexhibitions as a form ofsocial engagement and akey site for opening plat-form for educators atinternational level.

SMVDU participates in 14th FICCIHigher Education Summit, 2018

GY CORRESPONDENTIRFAN MUGHAL

POONCH//31 OCT.

The inhabitants ofvillage Dhara Fatehpuris facing many difficul-ties due to lack of drink-ing water.

Despite investingcrores of rupees to pro-vide water to the peopleof Fatehpur. Spent onconstruction But theproject could not becompleted even afterfive years. The projecthas already been closedbut the department hasfailed to provide waterto the people

Local people say thatbefore PDP elections,some PDP workers had promised the public that if

we get votes fromthis area, supply ofwater will be givento the whole area.The workers suc-ceeded in makingthe people foolish.Indeed, after pass-ing four years, thepeople could notbe able to providewater to the peo-ple.

The peopleurged the StateGovernor Satya PalMalik to select ateam to take thismatter on prioritybasis so that thefacts can be clearand the public canget justice.

People of Dhara Fatehpur lack of drinkingwater facilities authorities unmoved

Geelani pays tributesmilitants killed in TralSRINAGAR, OCT 31 : Paying rich tributes to the youth

martyred in Tral Pulwama, All Parties Hurriyat Conferencechairman, Syed Ali Geelani said that blood-bath, death anddestruction all around the valley is only because of Indianrulers, who very cunningly are still in denial mode. Stronglycondemning the use of military power against the civilian peo-ple by the Indian occupation forces in Zaloora, HurriyatChairman said that on the pretext of search and cordon opera-tions common people are deliberately targeted and victimizedby the men in uniform. In this grim situation the life of com-mon people has became miserable and vulnerable at the handsof occupational forces. Terming the repressive measures ofvandalizing the property of the common people and intimidat-ing them on the basis of revulsion and detestation as highlycowardice and deplorable, the Hurriyat leader affirmed thatnone of the International laws pertaining to war does permitany such military action against unarmed civilians. Pro-free-dom leader said that situation in the valley is worsening witheach passing day and that Indian authorities rely on their mil-itary might to suppress people's aspirations and muzzle voic-es. Justifying the resentment from youth, Geelani said that ouryouth are resisting, to put an end to slavery and this barbarity.Unending curbs on political activities and continuous deten-tion of resistance leadership has added to the already existingpolitical uncertainty in state and as such our youth are quitedisheartened with prevailing situation as peaceful activitiesare denied, asserted Geelani,

Geelani while referring to awful situation in detention cen-ters and police lockups, said that people particularly youth aresubjected to third degree torture by police authorities.

Condemning Delhi for their unrealistic approach, Geelanisaid that continuous bloodshed in state and death of ouryoungsters extreme painful. We need peace said Geelani,however it is Delhi that is denying our right and creating hur-dles. Denouncing Delhi for their obstinate approach, Geelanisaid, India can play a key role in bringing the peace in sub-continent, however bold measures are needed to resolve thispending issue.

Dimple pays rich tributes SardarPatel on his birth anniversary

GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, OCT. 31

Sunil Dimple President Jammu West Assembly Movement

today paid rich tributes to the Iron man architect of India and

Indian unity Sadar Vallabh Bhai Patel the first Home Minister

of India on his birth anniversary. Addressing the function,

Dimple alleged that this is very unfortunate that PM Narinder

Modi played politics in his inaugural speech of the statue of

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, uttered not even a single time

spoke the name and uttered no words for father of the nation

Mahtam Gandhi ji in his speech.

Dimple strongly criticised the Prime minister Natinder

Modi speech that in his speech PM not uttered a single word

and spoke not even a single time name of the Father of the

Nation Mahtam Gandh ji.He said the first home minister

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel united the whole country and

emerged all the states together united Indian republic. He said

the teachings of Sadar Vallabh Bhai Patel ji give us the

encouragements to the people youths of India to live and die

for the nation and to crush the enemies of the country. Sunil

Dimple congratulated the people of the country on the instal-

lation of the longest Statue of unity in the world 182 feet long

of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel.


Jammu and KashmirFreedom FightersAssociation (JKFFA) onWednesday paid rich trib-utes to Iron Man and thearchitect of Modern India,Sardar Vallabhbhai Patelon his 143rd birth anniver-sary at Dogra ShouryaShaheedi Sthal, Amphalla.The function was organ-ized by JKFFA Chairman,Ved Gandotra and ViceChairman RajivMahajan.On this occasion,executive members ofJKFFA besides prominentpersonalities were present.The students of LuthraAcademy along with staffmembers on the occasionpaid rich tributes to SardarPatel. His services in the

freedom struggle and inthe strengthening and con-solidation of the countryafter independence wererecalled. Speaking on theoccasion, Gandotra saidthat if people are able to seea United India now, it isentirely on account of thewisdom, sensibility, andplanned skills of SardarVallabhbhai Patel. Hepointed out thatVallabhbhai Patel con-tributed significantly instrengthening the coopera-tive movement in the coun-try, adding that the coun-try’s first home ministerdedicated himself to thewelfare of farmers. Heurged the young genera-tion to imbibe Patel’sideals.

Every Indian dreams of

a strong and self- reliantNation, we are one Indiabecause of Sardar Patel. Wemust never forget SardarPatel's Mantra for unity.The credit for unifyingIndia after independencegoes to him,' said Mahajan.JKFFA also rememberedformer Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi’s deathanniversary and paid trib-ute on this day. Gandhi cre-ated history by providingan able and dynamic lead-ership to the country andwas acknowledged astrong and visionary leaderin the world.She was trulythe leader of the all sectionsof plural Indian society andstood by her principles andlaid down her life for thesame, Speakers main-tained.

JKFFA pays tributes to SardarPatel, Indira Gandhi

ADC discusses Diwaliarrangements at DodaDODA, OCT 31:- The arrangements for the smooth cel-ebration of forthcoming Diwali festival in Doda districtwere discussed at a meeting of District Officers of vari-ous departments and representatives of SanatanDharam Sabha and Beopar Mandal, held under theChairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner,Doda, Kishori Lal Sharma here today at ADC officechambar, Doda

Detailed discussions were held on the relatedarrangements including security, maintenance of lawand order, traffic regulation, drinking water and powersupply, sanitation, Medicare, installation of fire-crackerstalls , checking of rates and quality of eatables anddeployment of fire tenders.

It was given out that the venue for the sale of crack-ers has been specified at Sports Stadium.

The ADC asked the PHE and PDD to ensure ade-quate drinking water and uninterrupted power supplyespecially at the venue of stalls where people in largenumber would visit for purchasing fireworks.

The Executive Officer, Municipality was instructed toensure cleanliness across the entire town while theHealth Department was asked to ensure first-aid facili-ty.

Udhampur:Helpdesk setupfor Panchayat

electionsUDHAMPUR, OCT 31:-In order to ensure properredressal of grievances,complaints/ help for theconvenience of the gener-al public, regardingPanchayat Elections in thedistrict , today the DistrictPanchayat ElectionOfficer, Udhampur,Ravinder Kumar hasestablished 24/7 helpdesk in his office atDistrict Head Quarter,Udhampur.

The DPEO informedthat if anyone has anytype of grievances andcomplaints or requiredany help regardingPanchayat elections orany issues related to elec-tions can dial Toll FreeNo. 18001807067 Email:[email protected] W h a t s a p pno.9419100203, Tele Faxno. 01992-271022, or0 1 9 9 2 - 2 7 2 7 2 7 , 0 1 9 9 2 -272728 and get the griev-ances redressed.


A Press conference ofJammu and Kashmir youthDevelopment forum washeld at Coffee Cafe DayLawns Durga Nag,Sonawar , Srinagar todayin which Muneer choud-hary President elaboratedon their plans for strength-ening the democracy in theState and announced theirparticipation in upcomingPanchayat elections byfielding youths of all sec-tions of society onIndependent Platform inall Districts of the StateSpecially Kashmir with theagenda of Transformationof youth thru Paigam - E -Mohabbat , Peace ,Employment opportunitiesand participation in demo-cratic process for nationbuilding process.

This has happened on aday when world talleststatue of India’s Greatnational Leader sardar val-labh Bhai Patel wasunveiled by honorablePrime minister of the coun-try Narendra Modi inGujrat. With Due and

Great respect to SardarPatel who did yeoman’sservice in uniting and inte-grated the nation INDIA,Youths from all communi-ty without formal politicalbackground have cometogether to achieve theirgoal through democraticway in jammu andKashmir, Whereas on theother side some youths arepicking up gun to achievetheir goals. JKYDF hasplayed important role tolend voice to the senti-ments of youth after thou-sands of people especiallyyouth had come out tosupport message of peaceand harmony by GurudevSri Sri Ravi Shankar duringhis visit to the valley on10th March this year”, thepresident of the Forumsaid, adding “Sri Sri hadaddressed unprecedentedgathering and delegationsat SKICC lawns and since

then Kashmiri youth havebeen coming out againstmilitancy

The key note speakerswere Muneer choudharyPresident, AdvocateRabindar singh Gen secre-tary and Farooq Ahmadsafri Coordinator of theJKYDF. In separate notesthe speakers accused PDPand NC to field their proxycandidates in urban bodyelections and showingtheir double standardsonly for vote bank politicsby trying retaining poweron one side and takingstand on sec 35A and 370on the other side. Muneerdemanded that all of suchPDP and NC leadersshould resign from theirposts and evict govern-ment accommodations andleave all perks they are get-ting from government.

Youths from all commu-nity without formal politi-

cal background have comeforward to provide con-structive direction to thismission of transformationof youth of Jammu andKashmir under aegis offorum by the name JKYDF.Forum has taken matters inits hands and this platformwill work for the valuebased employment orient-ed skill Trainings of theyouth of the state especial-ly torn and ridden Valleyso that they do not take upmilitancy in future. Furtherthis cohesive platform willwork to strengthen faith indemocracy and the firststep in this direction hasbeen to participate in pan-chayat elections. Whereveryouth will participate insizable number and willfield their candidates elab-orated MuneerChowdhary , President ofJammu Kashmir YouthDevelopment Forum.

GY CORRESPONDENTRAJOURI, OCT. 31

'Run for Unity' wastoday organised by FieldOutreach Bureau,Ministry of Informationand BroadcastingGovernment of India,Rajouri to observe'National Unity Day'(Rashtriya Ekta Diwas-2018).

The Run was organisedto commemorate the143rd Birth Anniversaryof Sadar Vallabh Bhai

Patel, and pay a tribute tothe 'Iron Man of India' forhis contribution towardsmaking India into oneNation. The 'Run forUnity' was flagged off byDr. Abdul Raoof Dar,Principal, GGHSS, Rajouriin the presence of SwarnSingh, District SportsOfficer, Rajouri, AjazHaider, SHO Rajouri, andManzoor Bhat, VicePrincipal GBHSS, Rajouri .The event started fromGBHSS, Rajouri passed

through Mandi- AbdullahBridge- Old Bus stand-and culminated at MiniStadium, Rajouri. About300 people participatedincluding students, teach-ers, and officials belong-ing to GBHSS, GGHSS,Gujjar Bakarwal BoysHostel, Pahari BoysHostel, GGHS Rajouri.The participants carriedNational flags, placardsand banners to spread themessage of NationalUnity among the massesbeing the ambassadors ofUnity. A cultural pro-grammes was presentedby registered troupe ofRegional OutreachBureau, Jammu featuringpatriotic songs.


GY CORRESPONDENTIRFAN MUGHAL

POONCH//31 OCT.Rastriya Ekta Devas

held a program for Runfor Unity in Poonch. Onthis occasion, DistrictD e v e l o p m e n tCommissioner RahulYadav and SSP PoonchRajiv Pandey and MLCPardeep Sharma showed

the green light.Additional SP Raja Adiland police Officers werealso present on this occa-sion. Students from differ-ent schools participated inthe program.

On this occasion,Parade was made by thePolice and CRPF youthsin Sports Stadium Poonch.After the slot of DDC

poonch, all the peoplepledged that they werealways formed to uniteBrotherhood, As well asformer MLA Jahangir Mir,Retired DYSP TalibHussain, and variousschool were present on theoccasion of variousschools. The duty of stagehas performed the famousPredator Pardeep Khanna.

Rashtriya Ekta Devas arranged race in Poonch

DDC Pulwama chairs GPDP meetPULWAMA, OCT 31: District DevelopmentCommissioner Pulwama Ghulam Mohammad Dartoday chaired a meeting regarding Gram PanchayatDevelopment Plan (GPDP) here. Joint DirectorPlanning, Assistant Commissioner Development, ChiefMedical Officer, Xen R&B, PHE, District InformationOfficer and other concerned officers were present in themeeting. Threadbare discussions were held regardingthe execution of Gram Panchayat Development Plan toachieve the development on ground level in rural areasof the district. On the occasion, DDC said thatPanchayats have a significant role to play in the effectiveand efficient implementation of flagship schemes. Hedirected all concerned officers of the line departments toappoint their frontline workers who will coordinatewith Rural Development Department field functionariesin making Gram Sabha plans inclusive and effective.

GPDP is an annual plan of each Panchayat where thevillagers would decide where the money should bespent. It is also an intensive and structured exercise forplanning at Gram Sabha level through convergencebetween Panchayat Raj institutions and concerneddepartments. The peoples' plan commenced from 2ndOctober 2018 and will continue till 31 December 2018.

Newly elected members ofMC Kargil administered oath

KARGIL, OCT 31: Assistant Commissioner RevenueKargil, Sonam Chasjore, today administered oath to therecently elected ward members of MunicipalCommittee, Kargil at Tourist Reception Centre (TFC),Baroo. Deputy Commissioner and Chief ExecutiveOfficer (CEO), Ladakh Autonomous Hill DevelopmentCouncil (LAHDC), Kargil, Vikas Kundal, SSP Kargil, DrVinod Kumar, senior officers of district administration,elected members, media persons and other concernedattended the ceremony. The oath was administrated tothe members of 13 wards of MC, Kargil. The memberstook a pledge that they will perform their duties withhonesty, dedication and integrity. Speaking on the occa-sion, the Deputy Commissioner congratulated the elect-ed members and expressed optimism that they will dis-charge their responsibilities with honesty and live up tothe expectations of the people to strengthen grass rootdemocratic institutions.

Members of Bait-ul-MalTrust calls on DC Shopian

SHOPIAN, OCT 31: The Deputy CommissionerShopian Dr. Owais Ahmad Wednesday interacted withmembers of Bait-ul-Mal Shopian (NGO/ NPO) and dis-cussed various activities run by trust in the district.

The members of trust raised several issues on whichdeputy commissioner assured them of every possiblehelp. The Deputy Commissioner on the occasion appre-ciated the works which are being done by Central Bait-ul-Mal Trust of Shopian.

Forest official accordedwarm send off on retirement

JAMMU, OCT 31: Senior Forest Guard , Bahu Range ,Sardar Sukhdev Singh , who attained age of superannu-ation on October 31 2018 was accorded a warm andaffectionate send off in the office of the Range OfficerBahu in a function held today.The farewell among oth-ers was attended by Divisional Forest Officer Jammu,Sat Pal , President NGFO Jammu province RaviKumar,Range Officer Bahu Varinder Manhas and largenumber of officers of Forest Department .DFO Jammuwhile speaking on the occasion appreciate the meritori-ous services of the retiring offical and thanked him forserving the department with utmost sincerity, dedica-tion and devotion.Cultural Committee Secretary ofBahu Range and Block Officer Bajalta Rakeshwar Singhhighlighted the service of Sardar Sukhdev Singh andappricated his remarkable service of 40 years in forestdepartment.Other dignitries who were present on theoccasion BO Bahu Anwar Mohd. BO Chowadhi HamidKohli attended the function.

Man arrested for ATMfraud in Poonch

JAMMU,OCT 31: A man was arrested for allegedlywithdrawing money from another person's bankaccount after fraudulently getting possession of hisATM card in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district,police said Wednesday.Liyaqat Hussain of Kanuvyian village in the district wasarrested within 12 hours of receiving a complaint in con-nection with the incident, a police official said.Mohammad Aslam of Mamankote village of Chasana-Mahore lodged a written complaint Tuesday that whilewithdrawing money at an ATM in Poonch town,Hussain came there and managed to exchange his ATMcard. He withdrew Rs 38,000 from his account, the offi-cial said. Taking cognizance of the matter, he said a casewas registered and Hussain arrested with the help ofCCTV camera footage of the incident.The accused confessed the crime and the ATM card ofthe complainant along with the money was recoveredfrom his possession, he said.

Chairman J&K Bank initiatives forwelfare of Balgran Charitable

Home children hailedJAMMU, OCT 31 : Balgran Charitable Trust hails thevisionary efforts of Chairman and CEO, JK Bank JenabParvez Ahmed for bringing a ray of hope into the livesof destitute children and offering a committed andmuch needed support towards the education and wel-fare of the children of Balgran Charitable Home. JK.Bank sets an example of a responsible Organization witha strong sense of giving back to the society. We com-mend the series of support initiatives by .IK Bank underthe guidance and compassion of Shri. Parvez Ahmed forcreating a support infrastructure including dormitories,smart classes, gymnasium and various other securityfacilities to strengthen our commitment to offer a safe,secure and progressive environment to our children.The management thanks the Bank for giving wings tothe dreams of the children by providing full sponsor-ship to the meritorious children towards various profes-sional courses within and outside the country.

After a meeting of the trustees and patrons of theCharitable institution the Hony Secretary V K Raina ofthe Trust said that the management of the trust hails thestatement of the Honorable Governor, J&K state remark-ing Bank as a wonderful institution doing good work.He added that we also condemn any untoward attemptsmaligning, the Bank's contribution. May the Institutionachieve greater success and new paradigms of progressunder the dynamic leadership of Chairman ParvezAhmed.

GY CORRESPONDENT

SHOPIAN OCT. 31

The Additional DistrictD e v e l o p m e n tCommissioner (ADDC)Shopian, Mr. MohammadSaleem today chaired ameeting to review theimplementation and pre-paredness of GramPanchayat DevelopmentProgramme (GPDP) in thedistrict here at MiniSecretariat ArhamaShopian.

Among others themeeting was attended by,Executive Engineers ofR&B, PHE, Irrigation,Assistant LabourCommissioner, DistrictPanchayat Officer, ChiefHorticulture Officer, ChiefAgricultural Officer, ChiefEducation Officer, ChiefAnimal HusbandryOfficer, Assistant Director

Fisheries, and other con-cerned attended the meet-ing.

The threadbare discus-sions were held during themeeting. On the occasion,ADDC said that thePanchayats have a signifi-cant role to play in effec-tive and efficient imple-mentation of flagshipschemes for the transfor-mation of rural areas inthe district. The GPDP willbe an intensive and struc-tured exercise for plan-ning at Gram Sabha levelthrough convergencebetween Panchayat Rajinstitutions and concerneddepartments of the dis-trict.

ADDC said GramSabha meetings will beheld for preparing GramPanchayat DevelopmentPlan for the next financial

year 2019-2020.Various sectors includ-

ing Agriculture, Irrigation,Animal husbandry,Fisheries, Social Forestry,Small scale industries,Khadi & village industry,Rural housing, Drinkingwater, Roads, Rural elec-trification, Education,Vocational education,Adult and informal educa-tion, libraries, Health andsanitation, Women andchild development, Socialwelfare, Welfare of weak-er sections, Public distri-bution system andMaintenance of communi-ty assets.

ADDC also directed theconcerned officers to nom-inate their representativeswho will conduct theGram PanchayatDevelopment ProgrammeMeetings.

ADDC Shopian reviews implementationof Panchayat development plan

UDHAMPUR, OCT -31:-To Commemorate thebirth anniversary ofSardar Vallabhbhai Patelcelebrated as RashtriyaEkta Diwas (Nationalunity Day) a run for unitywas organized by DistrictPolice in collaborationwith DistrictAdministration heretoday.

The marathon wasflagged off by District

D e v e l o p m e n tCommissioner, RavinderKumar.

Senior Officers of policeand Civil Administrationbesides, a large numberstudents, Policemen andprominent citizens partici-pated in the rally.

The rally "Run forUnity" commenced fromDPL Udhampur, whichafter passing through theDak Bunglow, Via NHAI,

MH Chowk, MatadorStand, Town Hall, andfinally culminated at MiniStadium Udhampur.

DDC highlighted thecontribution made bySardar Vallabh Patel forunification of India andsaid that Sardar VallabhPatel made strenuousefforts to unite various ter-ritories of India under oneflag. It is the result of hisvision that the dream of

united India has cometrue.

A pledge was adminis-tered by DistrictD e v e l o p m e n tCommissioner, RavinderKumar to all the partici-pants on the occasion.

Likewise, all Sub-Divisions, TehsilHeadquarters, EducationInstitutions, of the districtalso observed NationalUnity day.

Rashtriya Ekta Divas celebrated at Udhampur

Panchayat Election 2018: DEOPoonch discusses Contingency,

Transport, Communication Plans

POONCH, OCT 31: District Election Officer PoonchRahul Yadav today discussed Contigency , Transport,Communication plans for ensuing Panchayat Elections.

Dy DEO Shazia Kosar, Add SP, SDM Surankote,Tesildars and BDOs of District Poonch besides otherconcerned officials attended the meeting.

The DEO discussed plan for distribution of Electionmaterials to Polling Stations and directed ARTO tomake a viable Transport plan for the Panchayat Election2018. He further instructed the concerned officials tomake a full fledged communication plan.

The DEO further directed police department to makesufficient security arrangement for smooth conduct ofPanchayat Elections 2018. The arrangements for count-ing centers were also discussed.

FOB organizes 'Run for Unity'

GY CORRESPONDENT

KATHUA, OCT. 31

District DevelopmentCommissioner, RohitKhajuria today declaredopen block level sportstournament here at SportsStadium.

The sports is beingorganised under integrat-ed youth engagement pro-gramme - "Sports forPeace and Development"under Khelo India initia-tive. The sporting eventsbeing organised across thedistrict will witness com-petitions in football, vol-leyball, kabaddi, kho-kho,cricket, athletics and ruralsport wrestling in whichunprecedented 7218sports enthusiast in theage groups of under 17,under 19 and above haveregistered.

Inaugural event wasattended by ADC, Kathua,

Ghansham Singh, ACR,Jatinder Mishara, CEO,Bishan Singh, DYSSO,Sunil Kumar, ZPEOs andofficers of various otherdepartments.

After unfurling thekhelo India flag, the DDCinteracted with the partici-pants and urged the youthto actively participate inthe sports activities fortheir all-round develop-ment. A pledge invokingsportsman spirit was alsoadministered to the partic-ipants.

Listing the sportsevents being organisedunder Khelo India, theDDC said that these daysyouth are seen playing onthe playfields across thedistrict which reflects thatthe launch of integratedyouth engagement pro-gramme under "Sports forPeace and Development"

has achieved desiredresults. He said districtadministration is provid-ing opportunities toyoungsters of differentage groups to play gamesin a congenial atmosphere.

"The initiative aims toteach the potential youththe fundamentals and thebasics of their favoritesport and provide them aplace to start with" headded and further statedthat after the completionof the Block level games,the winning teams fromeach block would partici-pate in district level com-petitions followed by agrand closing ceremony.Similar sporting eventswill also get organized atblocks- Barnoti,Hiranagar, Billawar, Bani,Duggan, Basholi andMalhar as per the men-tioned schedule.

DDC declares open block level'Khelo India' sports tournament

Indira Gandhi’s assassinationday deserves no less attention

of ruling group: Bhim Singh JAMMU, OCT 31: Prof.Bhim Singh, Chief Patron ofNational Panthers Party & former Legislator in J&Kexpressed surprise on the electronic media for ignoring themartyrdom of Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi who was mar-tyred on this day in 1984. He questioned Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and his government which control theDoordarshan also the reason for complete black out of theevents relating to the martyrdom day of India’s 3rd PrimeMinister who had made unimaginative contribution on nation-al and international platform as the woman Prime Minister ofIndia twice. She raised India’s position to the heights of gloryall over the world during the Bangladesh Liberation War in1971. She brought peace in J&K by handling hostile SheikhAbdullah in 1975. Sacrificed her party and handed over powerto Sheikh Abdullah. She deserves attention of the entire nationtoday on her 34th martyrdom day. She was the rearest of therear political leader in India who got Bangladesh separatedfrom Pakistan. Mrs. Gandhi’s contributions for national inte-gration and international achievements were unimaginativeand she did not deserve a black out by the government mediaon her martyrdom day.

Prof.Bhim Singh appreciated Modi government for pro-jecting one of the great heroes of the freedom movement ofIndia, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who served the country asfreedom fighter and as a Union Minister in the Congress gov-ernment headed by Prime Minister, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.Birthday celebration of Sardar Patel was a highly admirablestep of Modi government and has been appreciated by theentire country and the nationalists. The people from differentwalks of life irrespective of their political affiliation or theschools of thought, they belong to, have raised this questionthat how and why Indira Gandhi’s martyrdom day wasignored by the government. Indira Gandhi’s contributions athome and in external field cannot be ignored by any mediaperson or a politician. She fought for the defense of the nationand was martyred for the nation while she was defending theunity of India.Prof.Bhim Singh asked Prime Minister Modi jito think for a while what his government has conveyed to thenation by ignoring Gandhi’s martyrdom this way?

JKYDF announces participation in Panchyat elections in State


The Jammu UniversitySC/ST EmployeesAssociation during itsmeeting held with theRegistrar Dr MinakshiKilam in her office todayexpressed grave concernover sufferings of theSC/ST employees on vari-ous accounts due to non-compliance of InterimOrders issued by theSupreme Court, HighCourt and variousinstructions given to theUniversity by theUniversity GrantsCommission (UGC) inrespect of SCs, STs sayingthat there is an immenseneed of appointing aStanding Committee forSCs, STs for having itsaccumulated grievanceaddressed on fast-trackbasis.

The Registrar agreed in

principle to constitute thesaid Standing Committeefor the purpose.TheAssociation members,once again, emphasizedon providing space tothem for establishing theirAssociation’s office anddemanded representationfor SC/ST members inUniversity’s competentbodies like UniversityCouncil, UniversitySyndicate, AcademicCouncil, SelectionCommittees, etc as per theinstructions issued to theUniversity by the UGCvide its communicationno. F.1-4/2007(SCT)dated18 Aug 2009. TheAssociation members sug-gested the Registrar thatthe matter be taken upwith the StateGovernment so that neces-sary amendments in theUniversity Act are made.

The Registrar assuredthe Association membersthat needful action wouldbe taken to this effect andalso to settle all their otherissues. The Associationmembers thanked theRegistrar for being posi-tive towards theirdemands.Among otherswho met the Registrarincluded AssociationPresident R.L.Kaith,General Secretary SurjeetSingh Heer, OrganizingSecretary SukhdevBhagat, Treasurer KunjLal Bhagat, Members:Manzo0or Mohd Malik,Ghulam Hussain, MilkhiRam Malhotra, BikramMagotra, Som DuttBhagat, Ashok KumarSuntal, Thoru RamMangloo, Ravi KumarKhullar, Mohal LalLakhotra, Surinder Kumarand Roshan Lal.


GY CORRESPONDENTBANDIPORA OCT. 31

Electoral Roll Observer(ERO) BandiporaManzoor Ahmad Lonechaired a meeting heretoday to review the spe-cial summary revision ofelectoral rolls 2018-19 inthe district.

The meeting wasattended by AdditionalDeputy CommissionerBandipora Zahoor AhmadMir, SDM sumbal,Tehsildar HeadquarterMubashir Nazki,Tehsildar Bandipora,Nodal officer election Dr.Murtaza besides otherofficers of the district.

The ADC informed the

Electoral Roll Observer(ERO) that all EROs andAEROs are in place in thedistrict as per the ECInotification besides all 312BLOs registered as votersin the concerned pollingbooths. He said that train-ing has already beenimparted toEROs/AEROs and sepa-rate training programmeswere conducted for ROsand AROs by MasterTrainers.

The ADC informed themeeting that the total vot-ers of the district are226008 and the EPIC per-centage has touched to97.0227 per cent. It wasalso given out that the

total new inclusion standas 2725 with 390 modifica-tion,1980 deletions and 6transpositions.

Speaking on the occa-sion, the ERO urged uponthe participants to wideninclusion of voters in thevoter list and spread theawareness among thegeneral public regardingdemocracy at the grassroot level. He impressedupon the EROs andAEROs to monitor theprogress of enrolments inorder that all eligible elec-tors are registered in theElectoral Rolls. The EROcalled for enhanced effortsfor improving the cover atthe earliest.

Special Summary Revision of ElectoralRolls held at Bandipora


After successful com-pletion of KashmirAutumn FAM Tour, thelocal travel trade bodiesare upbeat about goodtourist flow to Kashmir.

The 3-day KashmirAutumn FAM (familiar-ization) Tour-2018 wasinaugurated by GovernorSatya Pal Malik onOctober 25, 2018 in whichover 70 delegates repre-senting travel, media, andfilm industry participated.

Travel Agents Societyof Kashmir (TASK), theapex body of the traveltrade in Kashmir, saidFamiliarization (FAM)tours of the leading travelagents and media personsfrom the country wouldprove fruitful for the Statetourism.

Jammu and KashmirHoteliers Club ChairmanMushtaq Chaya said FAMtour has sent a positive

message across the coun-try that Kashmir is a safetourist destination. Hesaid Kashmir tourismneeds such promotionalactivities.

S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a lTASK Ather Yameen saidthe Kashmir AutumnFAM tour would help inremoving negative per-ception.

TASK has urged thedepartment of tourism toorganize more FAM toursfor travel agents, which, it

said, would help improvetourist flow to Kashmirduring the lean season ofAutumn.

Vice Chairman ofTourist Trade InterestGuild (TTIG) BashirKarnai said the depart-ment has wonderfullyconducted the FAM tourand everyone is upbeatabout its positive out-come.

Vandana Kunder ofSterling Travel Service PvtLimited, one of the dele-

gates of the FAM Tour,said she has already madebooking for a group whowill be learning skiing atGulmarg in February.

Actress and ModelMadhura Naik fromMumbai expressed happi-ness over her tour toKashmir.

She said she was highlythankful to the depart-ment of tourism for invit-ing them and giving thema chance to see paradise onEarth.

Amit Dhir, another del-egate and travel agentfrom New Delhi, said itwas very delightful andinsightful four days inKashmir.

While thanking tourismdepartment for its hospi-tality, Dhir who ownsIndia Calling Tours, saidhe would promoteKashmir among hisclients.

Director TourismKashmir, Tasaduq Jeelanisaid he is hopeful ofreceiving good responsefrom the travel agents ofthe country after the suc-cessful conduct of theFAM tour.

At the end of the FAMtour, the Director TourismKashmir held interactionwith its staff and the dele-gates and thanked themfor their efforts in makingthe FAM tour successful.

He urged them to workwith added zeal and zestfor tourism promotion.

Local travel trade upbeat after Tourism Deptt's successful FAM tourDelegates assure support to Kashmir tourism

GY CORRESPONDENTSAMBA OCT. 31

District Police Sambacelebrated “RashtriyaEkta Divas” to commemo-rate the 143rd birthanniversary of SardarVallabhbhai Patel and forthis “Run for Unity” wasorganized from Govt.Degree College Samba toDistrict Police Lines, ShahBalode Samba which wasFlagged Off by Dr. KoshalSharma-JKPS, SSP Sambaalongwith Prof. G.S.Raqwal, Principal Govt.Degree College Samba inpresence of Sh. FaisalQureshi, Addl. SP Samba,Sh. Aijaz Qaiser, ACDSamba, Retd. ArmyCaptain Sh. InderjeetSingh, President RajputSabha Samba otherP o l i c e / C i v i lAdmn.Officers/ staff ofGDC Samba & other edu-cation institutes/respectable citizens/stu-dent fraternity/youths

and other participants.The event “Run for Unity”which commenced fromGDC Samba after cover-ing the distance of about03 Kms was culminated atDPL, Shah Balode Sambawhere all the participantswere given refreshmentby District Police Sambabesides en-route stalls ofmineral water were alsoput in place by the Police.During the event, Sh.Baryam Singh, Retd.Army Captain, age about80 yrs also participatedand run the entire dis-tance along with otherparticipants. The Addl. SPSamba in his addresshighlighted the roleplayed by SardarVallabbhai Patel, the ‘IronMan of India’ in the unifi-cation of 562 principalitiesunder the fold of oneNation. On the occasion,Principal GDC Samba alsospoke and highlighted theobjective of National

Unity Day being observedtoday all over India. At theconclusion of the function,pledge taking/oath cere-mony was conducted inwhich SSP Samba admin-istered the oath to all theparticipants to workrelentlessly for the unityand integrity of the Unionof India. Similar type offunctions were also organ-ised by Police at PoliceStation level throughoutthe District Samba.Later inthe evening, a march pastof the contingents of DPLSamba, IRP-12th Bn, CISF,Home Guards and NCCCadets (both boys & girls)was organised at DPLShah Balode Samba and apledge was taken by allthe participants that theyshall remain dedicated topreserve the unity, integri-ty, sovereignty and securi-ty of the nation and shallalso strive hard to spreadthis message among theirfellow countrymen.

District Police Samba organized “Run forUnity” on Patel’s 143rd birth anniversary

SKUAST-J scientist, studentawarded during International

conference at JaipurJAMMU, OCT 31: SKUAST-J scientist and student receivedprestigious awards under different categories at the three dayInternational conference on ‘Global research Initiatives forSustainable Agriculture and Allied Sciences held at RajasthanAgricultural research Institute, Jaipur, Rajasthan on October28-30, 2018.Dr Dhirendra Kumar, presently working asAssistant Professor in Animal Genetics and Breeding at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technologyof Jammu, was conferred Fellow Awardby the Society forScientific Development in Agriculture and Technology(SSDAT)during the Conference for his outstanding contribu-tion in the subject.

Ms. Rakhshan Jeelani received Best Thesis Award 2018 bythe Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture andTechnology (SSDAT) for her quality research work carriedout under MVSc programme at SKUAST-J on theme ‘Studyon amelioration of heat stress in dairy animals through microenvironmental modification” under the prudent guidance ofDr. B. Brahma, Associate Professor, Division of LivestockProduction & Management of SKUAST-Jammu.Around 200scientists and equal number of research scholars from thecountry and abroad attended and deliberated on variousemerging issue in agriculture and allied sectors in the confer-ence.

Retiring Headmasteraccorded warm farewellDODA, OCT 31: To commemorate the retirement ofHeadmaster Government High School Pranoo, AbdulRashid on attaining the age of superannuation, animpressive farewell function was organized by theschool staff in school premises .A large gathering fromall cadres of teaching fraternity and locals of the areaattended the occasion where in Ayaz Mughal, DistrictPlanning officer was the chief guest.Every speaker onthe occasion lauded the role and services of AbdulRashid as Headmaster and showered praises for thehead and heart quality of him.Ayaz Malik also laudedthe services of retiring Headmaster and wished him asuccessful and healthy post retirement life. Those whospoke on the occasion include, Fareed Ahmad Fani ZEOGandoh,Hassam Din,Mohd Yousaf lone,Mohd HaneefShah,Tanveer Wani Principal BHSS Doda,KhursheedAhmad ZEO Doda, Abdul Lateef Butt Principal HSSJatheli,Ghulam Nabi Incharge DEPO ,Dr.TahirRufayee,Ashraf Ali Sheikh ( Senior Leader and SocialActivist) ,Satish Kumar Dogra Principal HNAPranoo,Baharuddin Shah ,Mohd Yousaf ButtRtd.ZEPO,Javed Ahmad Naik Rtd.ZEPO ,Rumal ChandNaib-Tehsildaar Pranoo and others.


President JammuKashmir Bachao Tehreekand former minister AbdulGani Vakil Wednesdayasked the Hon’bleGovernor Satya Pal Malikthat after disclosing cor-rupt practices in adminis-tration, the Governorshould use his high officeto identify the culprits andbook them as per law. In astatement issued here,Vakil hailed the stand ofgovernor against corruptelements within theadministration and arecent disclosure of mas-sive illegal recruitments inJ&K Bank, on part of politi-

cians or bureaucrats andexposure of big scam inhealth insurance schemeVakil demanded the cul-prits whosoever it may bewhether top politicians orbureaucrats should beidentified and dealtaccording to the law. Mr.Vakil said the new gover-nor seems to have taken afirm stand against corrup-tion, and if he is seriousabout it, he should probeinto all the backdoorappointments and corrup-tion cases during theMehbooba Mufti andOmar Abdullah led regimeand justice should be done.

Vakil also said that thecases of corruption pend-

ing in courts against minis-ters and bureaucratsshould also be reopened onspeedy track and demand-ed thorough probe into allthe backdoor appoint-ments in J&K bank, J&KLegislative Assembly andCouncil, PHE and otherdepartments. “There havebeen backdoor recruit-ments in every depart-ment. Vakil said theGovernor has formed someanti-corruption bureau,now what is the role ofState AccountabilityCommission (SAC). “TheSAC is like a toothlesswhite elephant. What is thepurpose of this SAC exceptdraining state exchequer

with hefty salaries to offi-cials,. He said the SACshould be re-energized sothat the cases of corruptionagainst the former minis-ters and bureaucrats willbe investigated. “There arecases pending in SAC, butit is not able to act againstthese corrupt elements,”Vakil said.Some peoplewere given the prized posi-tions in the administrationeven one was appointed toa post of secretary,”although not entitled. “Allembezzlements, corrup-tion cases and favouritismshould be probed, so thatjustice is delivered to thosewhose rights were muz-zled,” Vakil added.

Probe all backdoor appointments in J&KBank, other Deptts: Vakil to Governor

JU SC/ST employees seekredressal of their griev-

ances on fast-track basis

Army giftsspecial

scooter toDivyang at

LamUDHAMPUR, OCT 31:To ameliorate the prob-lem of a Divyang personand to help him in over-coming the physical chal-lenges, the Indian Armygifted a special scooter atLam on 31 October 2018.

A Hero Maestro scoot-er suitably modified, foreasy use of a divyang per-son, was handed over.The smile on the face, theoverwhelming gratitudein his eyes and the joy itbrought to his familymakes the effort of theArmy worthwhile. Thiswas another instance ofthe uninterrupted effortsof the Army of providingdurable, sophisticatedand scientifically manu-factured modern aids forthe AWAM facing unfor-tunate physical chal-lenges.The unabated cam-paign of alleviation ofhealth problems of thepopulace of remote vil-lages, divyang personsand those most in needbut deprived of basichealth care, is the finestsocial welfare in the truesense. Village elders andcivil administrationappreciated the effort ofthe Indian Army for aid-ing the Divyang Person ofthe region.


Kanav Gupta’s exhibi-tion of paintings and art-works, titled- projectNAily 2018(live),

became World's firsteven live and online paint-ing exhibition,when it waspresented live today onhis Facebook profile fromKanav art centre studio,garden avenue, Talab Tilloin presence of his motherKanchan Gupta andKanav art centre studentsRangat Gupta, SIyaSharma and AadhritGupta.

Kanav has been doingmany Solo exhibitions intraditional way since 2008and has also participatedin many artist campsunder banner of JAKFAS(J&K Fine Arts Society).

Kanav is an ex-studentof DPS Jammu and alumni

of whistling woods inter-national, Mumbai.In 2014Kanav did an exhibition ofNAIly paintings and t-shirts at ‘Celebrate cine-ma’ event, film city,Mumbai, which wasgraced by the presence ofbollywood showmanSubhash Ghai, ActorJackie Shroff, ActorKarthik and writer direc-tor Amole Gupte.the exhi-bition received greatresponse on facebook too.

After doing many exhi-bitions in traditional way,Idea of doing an exhibi-tion digitally struck him inNov 2017.He wonderedhow that could be possi-ble. Finally after doing alot of experiments andtrial n error, things startedtaking shape in Sept 2018.

He delayed it no fur-ther and created manyfacebook live paintings,

mostly done within 5 min-utes, to catch viewer’sattention, over period oftwo months i.e sept andoct 2018.

Many live paintingswere posted in still imageand time-lapse form onsocial media platforms forthe reactions of viewers.Positive feedback fromviewers encouragedKanav to give his idea ofFirst ever live online exhi-bition a ‘Go Ahead’.Kanav is proud and hum-bled to be the first artist inthe world to do a liveonline exhibition of hispaintings and that toofrom his mother townJ&K. the live exhibitionvideo will remain postedonline for more viewers tosee, comment andshare.The exhibition was apresentation of Kanav ArtCentre J&K and was spon-sored by Kamal CrockeryH o u s e , l a k h d a t t abazaar,Jammu and Alsofeatured senior cartoonistRaj Bhagat’s comic stripson theme ‘NAILY’

Kanav Gupta’s exhibition of paintings and artworksbecomes World's first live and online painting exhibition


Taking serious note ofthe News item publishedin various Local andNational Newspapers,besides its circulation inthe Social Media pertain-ing to an incident whereina high ranking TrafficPolice Official, namely Sh.Basant Rath, IPS is said tohave assaulted a memberbelonging to Media frater-nity, Sh. Rakesh Kumar ofChannel-I in full publicview on roads. The J&KHigh Court BarAssociation, Jammustrongly disapproves suchconduct of the police offi-cer and sympathizes withthe Media fraternity &solidly stands with themin their fight against suchan onslaught by an Officerin an irresponsible man-

ner. Further, theAssociation is of the firmopinion that the membersbelonging to the Mediafraternity are discharginga vital responsibility inkeeping the peopleinformed regularlyagainst many odds, whichis fundamental to thegrowth and survival ofthe Democracy, as such,the police officials particu-larly the ranking officialsare expected to showregard and respect notonly the media persons,who have by dint of theirhard work and devotiontowards their professionalobligations have gainedthe status of Fourth Pillarin Democracy, but themembers of Civil Societyas well.

The role of media inthis State attains more sig-

nificance as for the lastabout three Decades theyare facing challenges allaround in view of theongoing long drawn mili-tancy and terrorism. In theface of these facts and cir-cumstances the State ispassing through, thepolice is expected to showdue respect and regard tothe Media persons andsupport them in perform-ance of their professionalduties in order to strength-en the functioning andsurvival of Democracy.The Association stronglyurged His Excellency theGovernor of State ofJammu & Kashmir to per-sonally intervene in thematter and sort it out atthe earliest in order toavoid the otherwise peace-ful situation to take anugly turn.

JKHCBA strongly disapproves assaulting media person by IGP Traffic

Army Commander visitsPoonch and Rajouri Sectors

JAMMU, OCT 31: Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, ArmyCommander, Northern Command, accompanied by theWhite Knight Corps Commander, Lt Gen Paramjit Singhvisited forward posts of Poonch and Naoshera Sector toreview the operational preparedness and the prevailingsecurity situation.

During the visit to the sectors, the Army Commanderwas briefed by the commanders on ground about thecurrent operational and prevailing security situationand the preparedness of the formations in dealing withthe same. The Army Commander was also briefed onthe actions being taken to ensure a robust counter infil-tration and counter terrorist grid to enable continuedpeace and stability in the region.

The Army Commander interacted with the soldiersand complimented them for their unwavering dedica-tion to duty, selfless devotion and high standard of pro-fessionalism. He was appreciative of the measures andstandard operating procedures instituted by the unitsand formations in their area of responsibility to min-imise the casualties due to cease fire violations and infil-tration bids. The need to be prepared for effectivelymeeting emerging security challenges was also rein-forced. He exhorted all ranks on the need to remain vig-ilant to counter the nefarious designs of the enemy andanti- national elements.The Army Commander was alsoupdated by the White Knight Corps Commander oncurrent security situation and operations conducted inthe recent past.

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After having achievedthe target of cent percentelectrification, Governor,Satya Pal Malik todayflagged off ‘SaubhagyaRaths’ for 22 districts ofKashmir and JammuDivisions here from RajBhavan to ensure on-the-spot electrification of thehouseholds left out, if any.

SAUBHAGYA RATHsunder ‘Pradhan MantriSahaj Bijli Har GharYojana’ -SAUBHAGYAshall traverse each districtfor one month tillNovember 30, 2018 to ruleout the possibility of anyhousehold remaining un-electrified in the state.

Advisors to theGovernor, B B Vyas, KVijay Kumar andKhurshid Ahmad Ganai,Chief Secretary, BVRS u b r a h m a n y a m ,

Commissioner SecretaryPDD, Hirdesh Kumar,Divisional CommissionerJammu, Sanjeev Verma,Deputy Commissioner,Jammu, Ramesh KumarD e v e l o p m e n tCommissioner Power,Ajay Gupta, ChiefEngineer EM&RE Jammu,Sudhir Gupta, besidesChief Engineers,Superintending Engineers,Nodal Officer SAUB-HAGYA,Sanjay Sharma,XEns and other officials ofPDD were present on theoccasion.

The left-out house-holds, if any, need toreport to the SAUB-HAGYA RATH in-chargefor providing on-spot elec-tricity connection underthe scheme.

The CommissionerSecretary, PowerD e v e l o p m e n tDepartment, Hirdesh

Kumar Singh said theSAUBHAGYA scheme,launched by PrimeMinister one year ago, hasmade headway towardsachieving its prime objec-tive that is to provide100% electrification to allhouseholds in across thecountry, in rural as well asurban areas.

Under the scheme, freeelectricity connections areprovided to poor house-holds enlisted/identifiedas per Socio EconomicCaste Census (SECC) 2011i.e. no fees/ securitydeposit chargeable fromsuch households and con-nections on payment of Rs500, recoverable in 10equal installments in sub-sequent electricity bills, fornon-poor rural house-holds (not included inSECC data), he added.Non-poor Urban house-holds were, however,

excluded from the scheme,the he added.

The DevelopmentCommissioner Power,Ajay Gupta informed thatout of 3,57,405 un-electri-fied households identifiedin the survey carried outby the PowerDevelopment Departmentalong with the help offield functionaries fromother Departments, a totalof 2,26,367 householdswere already proposedunder the ongoing`DeenDayalUpadhayaGram Jyoti Yojana -(DDUGJY)' and otherallied schemes, while theremaining 1,31,038 uncov-ered households were pro-posed under the ' SAUB-HAGYA ' scheme (3904Hhs through off-Gridmode) at total DPR cost ofRs 1033.03 Cr submitted toMinistry of Power (MoP),against which a prelimi-

nary amount of Rs 133.42Cr was granted.Subsequent amount of Rs875.03 Cr has also beenapproved by Governmentof India as an additionalamount for creation ofadditional infrastructureunder the scheme againstwhich Rs 223.13 Cr havebeen granted.

He further informedthat around 20,000 house-holds located in extremelyremote/inaccessible loca-tions requiring longer timefor grid connectivity toensure adherence to stipu-lated timelines, for them,various other means wereadopted like energizinglocally created LT net-works through DG setsand solar Standalone off-grid solutions.

He added that a largenumber of camps wereorganized in different vil-lages across the State,including those located inborder areas, by thedepartment during the lastone year for maximumpublic outreach. On-spotelectricity connectionswere provided duringthese camps. Innovativemethods by developingmobile app for conductinge-survey of un-electrifiedhouseholds-registration ofelectric connections werealso adopted.

Governor flags off SAUBHAGYA RATHs on achieving 100% electrification

SC, ST Corp disburses Rs 35.75lakh among 15 beneficiaries

SRINAGAR, OCT 31: The Jammu & KashmirScheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) andBackward Classes (BC) Development CorporationLimited disbursed loans to the tune of Rs 35.75 lakhamong 15 beneficiaries here today.

Corporation's Managing Director R. K. Bhatinformed that the loan amount was sanctioned and dis-bursed to 15 unemployed persons of target groupsincluding six beneficiaries of scheduled tribes, five ben-eficiaries of Safai Karamcharis, one beneficiary ofNotified National Minorities, and two beneficiariesunder Handicapped categories for establishing theirincome generating units.

Bhat said that the Corporation has made various sim-plifications in the loaning documentations and hasmade a tremendous improvement during last twomonths in the recovery of a loan from the willful chron-ic defaulters besides has issued 225 NDCs to the default-ers who have liquidated their outstanding dues.

Further, it was said that Corporation has alreadyoffered 'One Time Settlement' schemes to its defaultersto settle their dues amicably which is operational up toending December 2018.

The Managing Director asked the defaulters to availthe benefit of the 'One Time Settlement' scheme andclear their outstanding dues to avoid any legal action.

Illicit timber seized in Budgam

SRINAGAR, OCT 31: Acting on specific information, a

team of forest officials of Doodganga Range laid a Naka

and sized illicit timber on the intervening night of

October 30 and 31.

The party immediately tried to apprehend the smug-

glers who however assaulted the forest personnel with

sharp-edged weapons in which one forest official got

injured. The party was able to seize one horse and illicit

timber of 11.93 cfts. Reportedly, the timber has been

smuggled from bordering forests of Shopian Forest

Division.

The smugglers managed to escape from the spot

along with one horse taking advantage of darkness.

Illicit timber & seized horse has been brought down to

OB post-Budgam.

The identification of involved culprits is under inves-

tigation.

DESJ orders change in timing ofEducation Department offices

JAMMU OCT 31: Director of School Education today

ordered change in timing for all the offices of Education

Department in Jammu Division.

As per an order issued by Director School Education

Jammu, the offices of School Education Department of

Jammu division (Except Educational institutions) shall

observed office timings from 10 am to 4.30 pm w.e.f

November 01 onwards.


Principal SessionsJudge Poonch ZabairAhmed Raza todayawarded 28 years RI andfine Rs 60,000 each toMohammad Aris S/OShaker Hussain CasteMughal R/0 MaidanTehsil Mendhar, DistrictPoonch and MohammedShakeel S/O AbdulHameed Caste MughalR/O Balnoi, TehsilMankote, District Poonchinvolved in Gang Rapecase.

Principal SessionsJudge Poonch ZabairAhmed Raza after hearingPublic ProsecutorMukthar Ahmed Sheikhand Anuj KapoorAdvocate for the Statewhereas Adv MurtazaAhmed Khan for theaccused persons observedthat rape is not just a vio-lation of the body of awoman but it causesmore severe psychologi-cal reactions than theother crimes. It leavesan indelible scar in themind of the victim. Gang-rape is an aggregativedcrime as it involves ele-ments of torture andridicule. It re-inforce asense of worthlessness in

the victim.Additionally, there isgreat deal of humiliationin knowing the otheraccused is also watchingthe rape at the sameplace. The foremostpsychological effect ofrape is emotionaltrauma and paranoia.The victim may experi-ence loss of the life andthe trust she hadbefore the rape. Apartfrom it, isolation orostracism from the familyand community is alsothere. No doubt theaccused have beenbrought to justice and thiscourt would also recom-mend compensation tothe victim but mostimportantly the victim hasevery right to receive thecompassion , support andjustice from the society inwhich she lives.

With these obser-vations Court orderedthat ordered that for thecommission of offence ofgang-rape punishableunder Section 376(D)RPC each of the con-vict namely MohammadAris and MohammedShakeel shall undergorigorous imprisonmentfor 25 years (Twentyfive) years and a fine ofRs. 50,000/-(fifty thou-sands). For the com-mission of offenceunder Section 363 RPCeach of the convictMohammad Aris andMohammed Shakeel shallundergo rigorous impris-onment for term of 03(three) years and afine of Rs .10,000/-. Indefault of payment of fineeach of the convictshall further under-go imprisonment forone year u/S 376(D)RPC and six month u/s363 RPC. Both the sen-tences shall run concur-rently.

Brief facts of thecase are as that on 5.7,2016at 7,30 PM MehreoodAhmed S/O SekhiMohammed R/O Sakhi

Maidan TehsilMendhar, DistrictPoonch appeared inPolice Station Mendharalongwith a writtenapplication alleging inthat accused personsare his neighbourersand on 4.7,2016 heused to brought the"Lassi" from the houseaccused No1 and on4.7.2016 Lassi hascome from their house.He alongwith his moth-er used the same Lassiat the time of Iftari (endof the Fast). In themeantime accused per-sons with the commoncriminal intentionentered the house of thecomplainant and askedhis sister "Z' (namewithheld to protect theidentity of the victim,whose age is 17 yearsto take smell from theSheeshi (Bottle) as toknow which type of smellcomes from it. In themeantime the com-plainant and his motherafter using the Lassiturned unconscious. Theaccused persons afterholding the arm ofcomplainant's sistertook her to their home.The complainant andhis mother later on at10.30 PM gained con-scious and found that hersister was not there. Thenhe narrated whole storyto his uncle. So he along-with uncle went to thehouse of accused no.lwhere they found accusedNo,1 and his sister lyingin a Cot in a nakedposition and as theyenter into the roomaccused was committingrape with his sister whowas crying. In the mean-time on noticing himand others accused No.1 run away afterjumped cut from thewindow and accusedmade noise upon which200 persons assembledthere. He put clothes onhis sister and brought tohis house.

Court award 28 years RI totwo in Gang Rape case


Rinku Gill (President ofCivic SafaikaramchariUnion) held a press con-ference and put forth hisfollowing demand beforethe commissioner of JMC.Rinku Gill stated that. Inalmost 15 wards, whichwere outsourced by theJMC, than 500 safaikaram-chari's are working for thepast two years when thesewards were outsourced,an agreement was madebetween the contractorsand JMC, according towhich the contractors hadto provide sweeping relat-ed tools to the SKC'swhich the contractorshave not provided any

time. When agreementwas made the contractorsalso agreed for givingprovident funds to theSKC's. The SKC's weresupposed to take theiraccumulated moneyunder the provident fundsafter every six months butfrom the past two yearsthe SKC's haven't got even

a single rupee from theirprovident funds. Threemonths ago, 600 posts forthe SKC's were created bythe JMC and it also gave anotice for the filling ofform. Many deservingcandidates filled the formbut how even after 3months no progress hasbeen in this sphere.

Because of the lack oflabour the SKC's alreadyworking under JMC, areoverburdened. Rinku Gillrequested theCommissioner of JMC tokindly not to give any newtender to the contractorsuntil SKC's get theirmoney of provident fund.He also requested theCommissioner to fill thevacancies created by thedepartment as soon aspossible; otherwise theunion will have no optionrather than taking a strongaction.

Gill urges JMC Commissioner to startprocess of filing 600 posts for SKC's

GY CORRESPONDENTSAMBA OCT. 31

As a part of intensifieddrive against the crimi-nals, special teams of PSBari Brahmana and PSGhagwal constituted onthe directions of Dr.Koshal Sharma, JKPS, SSPSamba arrested 03absconders wanted in dif-ferent case FIRs lodged atthese Police Stations.APolice team of PS BariBrahmana headed byInspr Ravinder SinghRakwal, SHO BariBrahmana and under thedirect supervision of Sh.Sunil Kesar, SDPO BariBrahmana conductedraids at different suspi-cious places in and out ofthe District Samba and

finally succeeded inapprehending the abscon-ders from Bhalra,Bhaderwah, District Dodawith the assistance ofDoda Police. Theaccused persons havebeen identified as MohdFarooq S/o Mohd Haniefand Farooq Ahmed S/oGh. Hassan both residenceof Misrata Gatti,Bhaderwah who werewanted in case FIR NO.34/2011 U/S 379/411 RPCof PS Bari Brahmana.Accordingly, the saidabsconders who wereevading their arrest for thelast 07 years after commis-sion of crime, produced inthe court of law. Thuswarrant issued againsthim under 512 CrPC got

executed and the accusedpersons send to Sub- JailHiranagar. In a similareffort put forth by PoliceParty of P/S Ghagwal,headed by SI Bansi Lal,SHO P/S Ghagwal andunder the supervision ofSh. Deepak Digra, Dy.SPHqrs, an absconder wasarrested from Ghagwalwho was wanted in caseFIR NO. 67/2014 U/S 188RPC 2/3 P.C Act at P/SGhagwal and was on runfor the last 4 years. Theaccused person identifiedas Bashir Ahmed S/oDalbir Ahmed R/o AgraChack R.S. Pura, Jammuhas been produced in thecourt of Law and thus thearrest warrant issuedagainst him got executed.

3 absconders arrested

GY CORRESPONDENT

SAMBA, OCT. 31

Police Party of PS

Ghagwal headed by S.I Bansi

Lal, SHO Ghagwal under the

close supervision of Sh.

Deepak Digra, Dy.SP Hqrs

Samba, during surprise Police

Naka checking at Randhwal

intercepted vehicle Mahindra

Bolero bearing Regd. No.

JK02AW/3421 which was

coming from Kathua side

through border road. During

checking of the vehicle, 04

Bovines were found laden

inside the vehicle which were

being transported illegally

without any permission. The

police rescued all the bovines

from the clutches of bovine

smuggler and seized the vehi-

cle on the spot. In this regard

a case FIR No143/2018 U/S

188/RPC, 2/3 PCA Act, has

been registered at P/S

Ghagwal against the driver

Ramzan Ali S/o Mohd Din

R/o Ragura, Jammu and fur-

ther investigation started.It is

pertinent to mention here that

on the directives of Dr. Koshal

Sharma, JKPS, SSP Samba,

District Police Samba has

intensified its drive against

the bovine smugglers by

establishing surprise check

points to foil any bids of

bovine smuggling in the

District.

Bovine smuggling attempt foiled, 4 bovines rescued & vehicle seized

Srinagar policearrests 5

lottery sellersGY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, OCT. 31

To curb the menace oflottery in Lalchowk area,Srinagar police arrestedfive lottery sellers inLalchowk area of thecity.A police party ofPolice Station Kothibaghapprehended 05 lotteryticket sellers who wereidentified as Mehraj dinDar son of Abdul Khaliqresident of Batwara,Hayat Ahanger son ofNoor Mohammad residentof Tankipora, NazirAhmad son of GhulamAhmed resident ofBarbarshah, Altaf AhmedWaza son of GhulamHassan resident ofNawakadal and FarooqAhmed Dar son ofMohammad Amin resi-dent of Bemina.Relevantmaterial including 06mobile phones, lotterytickets were recoveredfrom their possession,besides an Auto Rickshawbearing registration num-ber JK01AA/4145 wasseized.In this connection, acase FIR number 70/2018under relevant sections oflaw has been registeredand investigation has beentaken up.People arerequested to contact9596770514, 9596770623 orDial 100 in case of com-plaint of such nature.

Lok Adalat disposed-off 708 casesJAMMU, OCT 31: A Lok Adalat was held today atDistrict Court Complex, Janipura, Jammu, under theChairmanship of Chairman, District Legal ServicesAuthority (Principal District and Sessions Judge)Jammu Vinod Chatterji Koul.

To settle the cases in the Lok Adalat seven bencheswere constituted. A total number of 736 cases weretaken up out of which 708 number of cases were dis-posed off. Besides a total of Rs. 53,600 was settled in theLok Adalat. Bench No. 01 constituting of V.C. Koul, Pr.District & Sessions Judge, Jammu, Haq Nawaz Zargar,3rd Addl. District & Sessions Judge, TADA/POTA.Jatinder Singh Jamwal, Presiding Officer, MACTJammu, dealt with MACT cases. Bench No. 02 compris-ing of Mohan Lal Manhas, Special Judge, AntiCorruption, CBI Cases Jammu, Tasleem Arief, Addl.Sessions Judge, Anticorruption, Jammu and MadhuSharma, 2nd Addl. Munsiff, Jammu dealt withMatrimonial Cases. Bench No. 03 comprised of AshwaniKumar Sharma (Chief Judicial Magistrate) Jammu andWangial Tsering, Forest Magistrate Jammu dealt withcriminal cases and petty offences. Bench No. 04 compris-ing of Kusum Lata Pandita, Sub-Judge, Jammu andSwati Gupta, Sub-Registrar Jammu dealt with CivilCases. Bench No. 05 comprising of Sudhir Khajuria,Special Electricity Mobile Magistrate, Jammu andManjeet Rai, Spl. Mobile Magistrate, P&T Jammu dealtwith Electricity and passenger taxes. Bench No. 06 waspresided over by Manoj Parihar, Special MunicipalMagistrate, Jammu dealt with Municipality relatedcases. Bench No. 07 comprising of Amit Sharma, SpecialMobile Magistrate, Traffic, Jammu, Yahya FirdousAhangar, Spl. Railway Magistrate, Jammu andSlahuddin Ahmed, Additional Mobile Magistrate,Traffic Jammu dealt with Railway Cases and PettyOffences.

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