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DGPC criticizes Mehbooba for notfulfilling poll promises

A meeting of District GurdwaraParbandhak Committee was held inwhich the speakers strongly criticizethe PDP and Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti for ....

4 8'Govt working on holisticdevelopmental plan for JK'

Minister of State for Finance andPlanning, Ajay Nanda today said thatthe State Government is working on aholistic plan of action to bring everyregion and sub-region ...

Chief Electoral Officer reviewsarrangements

Chief Electoral Officer, J&K MrShantmanu, who is also Observer forthe conduct of biennial elections to theLegislative Council, today visitedLegislative Assembly ....

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SC collegium clears 51names for HC judges

NEW DELHI, APR 16 (PTI)

The Supreme Courtcollegium hasrecommended 51 names forappointment as judges in10 high courts in thecountry.The collegium headed byChief Justice of India (CJI)J S Khehar cleared thenames after finalising thememorandum of procedure(MoP) for the appointmentof judges, P2

JKP asks itspersonnel to avoidvisiting hometownsJAMMU APR 16

The Jammu and Kashmirpolice has issued anadvisory to its personnel toavoid visiting theirhometowns "for the nextfew months", followingincidents of attacks bymilitants on their residencesand family members.The advisory P2

NL DESKUDHAMPUR, APR 16

The much hyped andclaimed to be state-of-the-art transverse ventilationsystem in the newly-opened9.2 km Chenani-Nashritunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar highway may notbe working effectively ascommuters are complainingof high pollution levels, eyeirritation and suffocationinside what has beenlabelled as one of India'sinfrastructural wonders.Some of the commutersusing the strategically-important tunnel in Jammuand Kashmir on a regularbasis shared theirexperiences with a newswireservice and media that theywere also battling poorvisibility caused by highpollution levels inside whatis India's first and theworld's sixth road tunnelthat uses a hi-techventilation system to extractpolluted air and maintain a

constant flow of fresh air.Balvinder Singh, a Delhi-based orthopaedic surgeonfrom Jammu, said hesuffered breathing problemswhen he was inside thetunnel, built with Austriantechnology at a cost of Rs3720 Crore ($450 million)and inaugurated by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onApril 2 with much pomp andshow."The ventilation systeminside the tunnel probablydoesn't work effectively. Assoon as we enter the tunnelduring peak hours, thevisibility starts plummeting.If we travel with thewindows down, thepollution level rises. Itcauses breathing issues aswell," the surgeon withDelhi's Safdarjung Hospitaltold ."It feels as if we are passingthrough a gas chamber," thesurgeon said.Anil Manhas, who workswith the Jammu andKashmir Education

Department, uses the tunnelthat has reduced the 41-kmdistance between Chenani inUdhampur to Nashri inRambhan to just 11 km,slashing his travel time fromtwo-and-a-half hours to amere 10 minutes."I took it lightly when I usedthe tunnel for the first time. Ihad irritation in my eyes. Itwas also smoke-filled. Thisis happening regularly nowand I think the ventilationsystem is not working. Ifthis prevails for long… thereare chances of vehiclesmeeting with accidents dueto poor visibility," Manhassaid.Asked about the problem,National HighwaysAuthority of India (NHAI)the Government's nodalagency has washed theirhand from any suchmalfunctioning of the tunnelas its spokesperson VishnuDarbari said sinceInfrastructure Leasing andFinancial Services (IL& FS) had

constructed the tunnel, onlythey would be able toanswer queries about it.But Ashutosh Chandwar,Vice President, IL&FS,contended that the problemhas to do withclaustrophobia caused bytravel though such a longand confined space."I do not know why thepassengers are feeling suchproblems… There isabsolutely no possibility ofit. Whenever there ispollution inside the tunnel,its ventilation system willautomatically start andexhaust out the pollution.What people are suffering isphobia of travelling througha long tunnel," Chandwartold IANS.He said the ventilationsystem of the tunnel was"well tested and can tackleevery kind of pollutioninside the tunnel".Environmentalist VivekChattopadhyay saidpollution levels inside sucha long tunnel were bound toincrease but could becontrolled if the ventilationfunctions properly.The Programme Manager atthe Centre for Science andEnvironment said suchproblems occur in hillyterrain and assimilation ofpollutants often occur asthese do not disperse easily."The problem of poorvisibility due to pollutionlevels inside the tunnel isgenuine and it is commonlyseen. The problem can besolved only if the ventilationsystem works effectively,"Chattopadhyay told IANS.Another problemcommuters P2

NHAI Tunnel to Kashmirturns out to be a damp squib

Commuters face high pollution, poor visibility, traffic congestion inside the tunnel

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, APR 16

The social media has beenflooded with thecontroversial videosshowing high-handedness ofthe security forces andpolice as a part ofpropaganda on situation inKashmir valley. After videosof security men beatingKashmiri youth went viral,

at least two fresh videoshave surfaced in which aworker of ruling Peoples'Democratic Party (PDP) anda trader apologised for beingassociated with themainstream party andchanted anti-India slogans ata gunpoint.In one of the video, PDPworker Wali MohammadBhat said he should beforgiven for his past

mistakes. An AK-47 riflecan be seen held by a personoff the camera in the video."I announce mydisassociation from the partyand urge people not to beassociated with themainstream party," saidvisibly scared Bhat.He further said people havebeen martyred and youngboys maimed and blinded."If I have committed

something wrong, I shouldbe forgiven in the name ofAllah and his ProphetMuhammad (PBUH). Ipromise that I won't repeatthe mistake and won't beassociated with themainstream party in future,"added Bhat.He also chanted anti-Indiaslogans on the directions ofthe gun-wielding person (notvisible P2

Battle of video clips on KashmirPolitical workers being forced to chant

anti-India slogan at gunpointNL CORRESPONDENTJAMMU TAWI, APR 16

Asking the security forces toexercise maximum restraintwhile operating inprovocative situations,Chief Minister, MehboobaMufti has expressed deepanguish over the unfortunatedeath of a youth atBatamaloo late last night.The Chief Minister directed

the security forces toexercise maximum restraintwhile performing theirduties in provocativesituations and follow strictlythe laid down SOPs in suchcases. Mehbooba alsocondemned the killing ofone Bashir Ahmad ofQasbayar, Pulwama whowas gunned down byunidentified gunmen.The Chief Minister has also

sought a report from thePolice about an incident ofviolence at Degree CollegePulwama yesterday inwhich more than 50 studentswere injured.Mehbooba Mufti, it may be

recalled, has also sought areport from Police about thesurfacing of some videos inthe valley, terming the actsin them as unacceptable andatrocious.

CM asks SFs to show restraintin provocative situations

NL CORRESPONDENTANANTNAG, APR 16

The number of local youthsjoining militancy in Kashmirsince a fresh agitationerupted in July last hasshown an alarming increasewith security agenciesputting the figure at nearly250 till March.The state police remainedtight-lipped over thedisturbing trend and onlymaintained that they wereassessing the reports ofmissing youths, but sourcesin the security agencies saidthe situation on the ground,especially south Kashmir,was worrisome and actionwas needed to be taken atthe earliest.The spurt in locals joining

militancy began after thekilling of HizbulMujahideen terror group'sposter boy Burhan Wani inan encounter in southKashmir on July 8 last year.According to sources in thesecurity agencies, thedifference between thepresent day militancy andthat during the early 1990s isthat the ideological

conviction of the present lotof militants is far moresuperior than that of theterror groups during theearly days.Kashmir is witnessing atrend of 'Pan-Islamisation'where the young boys areopting for the path ofterrorism knowing fully wellthat they are at the risk ofbeing killed, the sources

said.The main affected areasfrom where youths werereported to be missingincluded Shopian, Kulgam,Pulwama and parts ofAwantipora in southKashmir and certain areas ofdowntown Srinagar, thesources said.Movement of foreignterrorists has also beenreported in various areas ofsouth Kashmir accompaniedby locally trained militantswho are well aware of thetopography of the region,the sources said.The sources said thatcapturing militants orengaging with them hasbecome far more difficult asa local network of overground P2

Youths in J&K continue to joinmilitant groups; tension multiplies

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, APR 16

Normal life was on Sundayaffected in the KashmirValley due to a strike calledby separatists to protest thekilling of a 23-year-old manallegedly in firing of BorderSecurity Force (BSF)jawans in Batamaloo area ofthe city.Shops, fuel stations andother businessestablishments were shut.

Public transport was off theroads, but private cars, cabsand auto-rickshaws wereseen plying in many areas.Business at the weekly fleamarket was also hit asvendors chose not to put uptheir stalls.Similar reports of strikebeing observed in otherdistrict headquarters werecoming in, the officials said.The separatists, includingthe chairmen of bothfactions P2

Normal life hit in Kashmirvalley due to separatists' strike

NL CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, APR 16

Army Chief General BipinRawat on Sunday apprisedNational Security AdviserAjit Doval of the securitysituation in Kashmir, amidstgrowing outrage in theValley over thecontroversial "humanshield" video.Rawat's meeting with Dovalcomes a day after he hadseparate deliberations withJammu and Kashmir ChiefMinister Mehbooba Muftiand Governor NN Vohraover the law and ordersituation in Kashmir duringhis visit to the state.Government sources saidthe Army chief called onDoval at his residence andbriefed him about theoverall state of security in

the Kashmir valley.The video, showing a mantied to an army vehiclepurportedly as a shieldagainst stone pelters duringpolling in the Srinagar LokSabha byelection, hastriggered a public outcryprompting civil and Armyauthorities to launchseparate investigations.In her meeting with GenRawat, the Jammu andKashmir chief minister hadraised the issue of the videothat has now gone viral onsocial media.Gen Rawat has assured theJ&K CM of timely actionagainst the personnel whowere responsible for the actof tying the man to thevehicle at Budgam.According to the sources,the Army officials told aprobe team P2

Army chief, NSA discussKashmir situation

NL CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, APR 16

Jammu and Kashmir saw thelowest voter turnout inSrinagar's repeat by-poll inthe history of the state withonly two per cent showingup at polling stations. Theunprecedented violenceduring the first by-poll onlast Sunday, which also sawonly seven per cent voters,resulted in eight deaths andinjuries to more than 100security personnel. But

former Jammu and KashmirChief Minister and NationalConference leader DrFarooq Abdullah, who wonthe Srinagar parliamentaryseat, said on The NDTVDialogues that not all stonethrowers can be blamed forthe bloodshed in the Valleyand that "some of them arefunded by the stategovernment"."In 2010, BJP senior leaderLK Advani had said thestone throwers were formerChief Minister Mufti

Mohammad Sayeed'screation. So I am not theonly one saying this. Not allstone throwers aregovernment people, theyhave grievances. But someof them have been fundedby the government," DrAbdullah said.Syed Ata Hasnain, formercorps commander, Srinagar-based 15 Corps, doubted thetiming of Mr Abdullah'sstone throwers' commentand said, "I know why DrAbdullah P2

Some stone throwers are funded by Govt: Abdullah

NL CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, APR 16

Three irrigation projects inthe Indus river basin in

Jammu and Kashmir, whichwere supposed to becompleted by March thisyear, have missed theirdeadline, a top government

official has said.These projects are part of the23 irrigation works thegovernment had prioritisedto complete by the end of theprevious fiscal under twocentral schemes.While the remaining onesare nearing completion,sources said the Tralirrigation project inPulwama, Prakachik Khowscanal project in Kargil, andthe modernisation of RaviCanal in Jammu have failedto meet P2

Indus river irrigation projects miss deadline Petrol bombhurled at CRPF

party in J&KNL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, APR 16 (PTI)

A petrol bomb was todayhurled at a CRPF party inRainawari area here but noone was hurt in theincident, police said.Some miscreants threw apetrol bomb at a CentralReserve Police Force(CRPF) P2

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NHAI Tunnel to Kashmir

turns out to be a damp squib

face on a routine basis is traffic congestion inside the

tunnel.

"The traffic congestion due to the continuous flow of all

kinds of vehicles is another major problem," said Bhushan,

a Jammu resident who works with the state government.

The NHAI had earlier said vehicles below BS-III engines

won't be allowed in.

However, the directive couldn't be executed considering

the volume of trucks that ply daily carrying essentials

between Jammu and Kashmir, Chandwar of IL&FS

said.

(By Rupesh Dutta who can be contacted at

rupesh.d@ians.in, Courtesy: IANS)

Normal life hit in Kashmir valleydue to separatists' strike

of Hurriyat Conference - Syed Ali Shah Geelani and

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq - and JKLF chief Yasin Malik had

called for a shutdown to protest the killing of Sajjad

Ahmed, a resident of Chandoosa area of north Kashmir's

Baramulla district.

Ahmad was killed when BSF jawans opened fire on a

group of people hurling stones at them at Reka chowk in

Batamaloo area.

A police spokesman said while there were no restrictions in

place anywhere in Srinagar, security forces were deployed

in strength in Batamaloo and other sensitive areas of the

city to maintain law and order.

Youths in J&K continue to join militantgroups; tension multiplies

workers in the Valley has been strengthened and terrorists

are being forewarned about movement of the troops.

Daily intelligence briefs prepared by various agencies

invariably has a new name added to the list of new recruits

to militancy on a daily basis causing a deep sense of worry

to the police in these areas, the sources said.

They said that militants infiltrating from Pakistan are

equally distributed among the various local militant groups

who make them aware of the topography and escape routes

besides providing them the mobile numbers of over ground

workers in the region.

A recently arrested militant of Hizbul Mujahideen, Amir

Wagay, significantly, has warned about heightened

militancy in the coming months.

According to his interrogation report, he claimed that the

militants had clear instructions to keep the Kashmir issue

boiling round the year. However, he could not provide any

insight into the plan as he was a locally trained militant

who had joined the terror group only last year, the sources

said.

The main recruiters for the youths were Hizbul Mujahideen

and Lashker-e-Taiba while other Pakistan-based groups

like Jaish-e-Mohammed were using them as guides, they

said.

South Kashmir, a traditional bastion of ruling PDP which is

having an alliance government with the BJP, has turned

into a virtual breeding ground for militants with many

youths joining their rank and file or becoming their

sympathisers.

While Jammu and Kashmir police appears to adopt a

reticent policy on the emerging situation as it is stumped by

the new challenges, the sources said that militants are

concentrating on two axes in south and north Kashmir.

An axis from Tral to Yaripora in Pulwama district

witnessing a dominance of terror group Hizbul Mujahideen

while in the other axis from Pattan to Sopore this group and

few militants of Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashker-e-Taiba

are calling the shots, the sources said.

The leadership of every terror group in the Valley is with

the local Kashmiri boys, who have joined the ranks of the

militancy recently, the sources said. Security analysts said

that local recruitment, which had come down to a trickle,

has picked up suddenly from January 2015.

The missing boys mainly belong to the average middle

class and are being described as the new faces of terrorism

in Kashmir and they are believed to be waiting for delivery

of arms for all of them.

Political workers being forced tochant anti-India slogan at gunpoint

in the video).

In the second video, a trade union leader, Bashir Ahmad

Wani, says he would dissociate from all activities. He also

chanted anti-India slogans.

A police officer said the videos have been made by

militants, who had barged into the residence of PDP worker

and trader union leader in South Kashmir and shot the

video clips.

"The militants have got the video clips released on social

networking sites through their supporters," he said.

He said police has launched investigation to ascertain how

and when militants shot the videos and who uploaded them

on social networking sites.

The videos seem to be response to series of videos about

security men beating the Kashmiri youth.

In one of the videos, a youth of Budgam district was tied in

front of an army vehicle. In another video, CRPF men can

be seen shooting on head of a young protestor during minor

clashes near a polling booth in Budgam district on April 9.

In another video, a youth is being beaten and his shirt torn

by the security men. In yet another video, army men can be

seen pinning a youth on ground and beating him with

canes.

In another video, four youth are being beaten inside an

armoured army vehicle by the soldiers. The youth are being

forced to chant anti-Pakistan slogans and one of the youth

is injured and blood is oozing out from his forehand.

Reacting to release of videos about army men beating and

harassing youth, MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid said the

videos have been uploaded on social media with intention

to give a message to Kashmiris that "New Delhi doesn't

care about them and will do everything to demoralise,

suppress and humiliate Kashmiris."

"It is for sure that Army and other security agencies have

recorded the incidents and then released them through

social media to terrorise and demoralise Kashmiris through

these videos," he added.

Petrol bomb hurled atCRPF party in J&K

party which exploded on the road side near one of their

vehicles, a police official said.

He said no one was injured in the incident.

However, tarpline of the vehicle suffered minor damage,

the official said.

Indus river irrigationprojects miss deadline

the deadline.

According to the official, the Tral project got delayed after

the Jammu and Kashmir government decided to review it.

The official, however, did not elaborate on why the review

was being done.

"The work on Prakachik Khows canal also could not

progress as expected due to hostile weather conditions. The

area is still snow-bound. Same is the case with Ravi canal,"

the official added.

The modernisation of the main Ravi canal is expected to be

completed by December this year. The other two projects

are likely to be completed by next year, the official said.

Last year, the government had decided to fast-track four

projects, including these three, under the Pradhan Mantri

Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKYS) and Accelerated

Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP), aiming to increase

irrigated land in the state by nearly 2.05 lakh acres.

The three projects will help cover 1.45 lakh acres of the

total area planned to be irrigated.

The fourth project, Rajpora Lift Irrigation, to be completed

by 2019, is expected to help irrigate around 59,305 acres of

land.

All these works are expected to cost Rs 117 crore, for

which money will be raised by National Bank for

Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

India can irrigate up to 13 lakh acres of land in Jammu and

Kashmir. Until now, only seven lakh acres of land have

been irrigated.

The government's move to expedite work on the projects

came at the same time as its decision to review the Indus

Waters Treaty (IWT), a pact between India and pakistan on

sharing the waters of six rivers in the basin, last year.

The official, though, maintained that fast-tracking

irrigation projects has "nothing to do" with the decision to

review the treaty.

The Union government had launched the PMKYS in 2015

to enhance physical access to water on farm and expand

cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm

water use efficiency and introduce sustainable water

conservation practices through major and minor irrigation

projects.

The AIBP was launched in 1996-97 to provide central

assistance to major/minor irrigation projects in the country

to accelerate implementation of such programmes. Since

its ince

Some stone throwers arefunded by Govt: Abdullah

has made this statement at this juncture (election season).

He may change his mind later. Street protests in Kashmir

have reached a level of professional management.

Separatists' reach, organisation and infrastructure are till

the tehsil level. This arrangement is at some level even

better than that of the security forces."

Calling stone throwers "misguided elements", Hardeep

Puri, former Indian Permanent Representative to UN and

BJP member, said, "The government needs to reach out to

these people to save them from falling into the hands of

neighbouring country which foments this kind of

discontent in order to keep you on the edge all the time."

Accusing the PDP of letting down the people of Kashmir,

Dr Abdullah said, "People of the valley are terribly hurt.

The PDP campaigned to keep BJP out. People now say they

have been betrayed."

Criticising the BJP-PDP coalition for the lack of

engagement with people of Kashmir, Congress lawmaker

Shashi Tharoor, said, "The BJP-PDP government has

missed the opportunity. They have no credibility left for

talks to take place. There is now complete disillusionment

with the BJP-PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir."

Responding to these comments, PDP Leader Vikramaditya

Singh said, "I agree what Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had

said the PDP-BJP coalition was impossible. But to form the

government at that time, when Jammu had voted for the

BJP, Kashmir chose PDP, we had to take this step. How

could we have excluded either one of them?"

Attacking the centre for its lack of involvement in the

affairs of the state, Mr Singh said, "The current situation in

Kashmir is the result of centre's failure to hold effective

dialogue with all stakeholders in Kashmir. Starting from

the Gajendragadkar Committee in 1967 to reports of all

party delegation, none of this has been tabled in the

parliament."

He added, "We still have four years to go. We have always

believed that talks must go on with all stakeholders at all

times. Sometimes it appears difficult. You can also have

back channel talks and not everything has to be in the

public domain."

JKP asks its personnel toavoid visiting hometowns

issued by the police headquarters referred to the recent

incidents in the valley where terrorists, and anti-national

and anti-social elements have cause damage to the life and

property of police personnel.

"In view of these unfortunate incidents, police personnel,

particularly from south Kashmir, are advised to exercise

extreme caution while visiting their homes. They should

preferably avoid visiting their homes for thhe next few

months as their personal security is of paramount

importance," the advisory said.

It advised all the heads of various formations to brief their

officers and men regarding the threat so the life and

property of police personnel were secure.

The advisory follows over a dozen incidents of attacks on

families of police personnel in Kulgam and Shopian in

South Kashmir. The family members of police personnel

deployed in anti-insurgency operations were threatened

and asked to persuade the uniformed men to quit service.The first incident of militants entering the house of policepersonnel was reported in March this year when HizbulMujahideen militants threatened the family of a DeputySuperintendent of Police in Shopian.The unprecedented incident had sent shock waves throughthe police force, prompting the state police chief S P Vaidto issue a warning to militant groups.Vaid had said, "This is between police and militants andfamilies should not be brought into this conflict." He hadwondered what would be the reaction of militants if policestarted threatening and intimidating their families."If the police start doing this, what will happen to theirfamilies?" he had asked.However, militants have remained unfazed by the warning.

SC collegium clears 51names for HC judges

official sources said.The 51 names were cleared by the collegium by trimminga list of 90 names received from the various high courtcollegiums, they said.Of the 51, 20 are judicial officers and 31 are advocates, thesources said.The collegium has recommended the names for the highcourts of Bombay, Punjab and Haryana, Patna, Hyderabad(for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh), Delhiand Chhattisgarh.The high courts of Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand,Gauhati and Sikkim are also expected to get judges if theCentre agrees with the apex court collegium'srecommendations.

Army chief, NSA discussKashmir situation

that they had received a call from the Indo-Tibetan Border

Police (ITBP) and the local police guarding a polling

station to save them from a mob that was out to lynch them.

The Army convoy rushed in from Kandipura and tied 36-

year-old Farooq Dar to a jeep, they said.

This incident, which took place on April 9, was shot by

unidentified persons on their mobiles and the video

showing Dar being used as a shield against stone-pelting

protesters was circulated on social media.

The video surfaced days after another clip, showing a

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel walking

down a street being beaten up by some youths, triggered

nationwide outrage. - PTI

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OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,

PWD (R&B) DIVISION UDHAMPURNOTICE INVITING TENDER

Fresh E-NIT No. 01 Dated;- 10-04-2017

For and on behalf of Governor of J&K State, Tenders are invited by the Executive EngineerPWD(R&B) Division Udhampur, by e-tendering mode on item rate basis from approved andeligible contractors registered with J&K State Govt. /CPWD / MES and Railways for thefollowing work.

RELEVANT INFORMATION1. Position of A.A Submitted 2. Position of T.S U/P3. Position of fundsPartly available 4. Position of land Available

1. Bid documents can be seen at and downloaded from the website www.jktenders.gov.in Biddocuments contain qualifying criteria for bidder, specifications, bill of quantities, conditionsand other details.

S.

N o Name of Work Name of Division

Estimated

Cost of

Construc-tion

(Rs. In lac s)

Cost of

document

(In Rs )

Earnest Money

(In Rs)

Time

Allowed for

complete-on

Time and

date of

opening of

tender

Class of

Contractor

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1.

Const. of Thalora Pinger road in

km 12th RD 825-900 by way of

earth work cutting/ filling. (2nd

time)

PWD (R&B)

Division Udhampur

6.15 600/- 12300/- 01

Month

26-04-

2017

A, C &

D

2.

Const. of road by way of earth

work in km 1st RD 500-1000 &

const. of R/wall RD 520-550 &

600-625 on Assi to Seen Thakran

road. (2nd

time)

PWD (R&B)

Division Udhampur

5.20 600/- 10400/- 01

Month

26-04-

2017

A, C &

D

3.

Improvement of drain & lane on

interior of Thanda Paddar

Udhampur. (2nd

time)

PWD (R&B) Division

Udhampur

2.65 600/- 5300/- 01

Month

26-04-

2017 A & D

4.

Construction of Crated R/Wall in KM 3rd RD 250-300 on Kashira

Kawa road. (2nd

time)

PWD (R&B) Division

Udhampur

1.60 600/- 3200/- 01

Month

26-04-

2017 A & D

5.

Repair/ renovation of double storeyed

shed at Poultry Farm at Kallar. (3rd

time)

PWD (R&B)

Division

Udhampur

1.60 600/- 3200/- 01

Month

26-04-

2017 A & D

6.

Const. of upgraded Middle School to High School under RMSA at Khemti Ladda (Singl Section) excluding the

toilet block in ground floor, library and computer room on first floor.

(13th t ime)

PWD (R&B)

Division Udhampur

38.85 1000/- 77700/- 06

Month

26-04-2017

A & B

7.

Construction of drain in km 5th & 6th

in stretches on Chowki Dalsar road.

(2nd

time)

PWD (R&B)

Division

Udhampur

3.29 600/- 6580/- 01

Month

26-04-

2017 A & D

Date of publishing of Notice Inviting Bid Date 11-04-2017

Period of downloading Tender Documents :- From Date 11-04-2017 ; Time 900 Hrs

To Date 25-04-2017 ; Upto 1800 Hrs

Period of Receiving Bids Date 11-04-2017 ; Time 900 Hrs

To Date 25-04-2017 ; Upto 1800 Hrs

Time and date for opening Technical Bid/Bids Date 26-04-2017 ; Time 1200 Hours

Time and Date of opening Financial Bid Opened after opening of technical bids in any convenient date & time

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Division, Udhampur .

Time and Date of submission of original documents On or before Date 26-04-2017; Upto 1200 Hrs

Bid validity 90 days

Officer Inviting Bids Er. Mohd Abdullah

Designation: Executive Engineer

Address :-

Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Division

Udhampur

No: 317-36Dt: 10-04-2017

DIP/J-368 Dated 15-04-2017

Sd/-Executive Engineer

PWD (R&B) DivisionUdhampur

S. O. S. International chairman, Rajiv

Chuni said that this meager relief of Rs

2000 crore has not come overnight; it is

the outcome of years of continuous

efforts of S. O. S. International. The

tiny relief which has become talks of

town is not success but just a beginning

to reach towards our ultimate goal. "If

this process of providing justice carries

on with this momentum, I don't think it

will be accomplished in next two

centuries.

He was speaking while addressing the

rally at Baby Caterers Hall, Rehari

Colony.

On the occasion, Rajiv Chuni said that

people are celebrating and considering

it as their success but I would like to

tell them it is not success but mere a

step forward. PoK refugees should

focus on their final goal instead of

celebrating it as we have been facing a

lot of tough times for the last 7

decades. We have only lost and gained

nothing since 1947."

Chuni said that the real assets of PoK

refugees are their children. He said that

the future of our younger generation is

at stake as they have no education, no

job opportunities, no shelter, no health

care facilities and many more. "If

future of our younger generation is in

dark then what kind of success is it?"

he asked. Mr. Chuni further said that

the families of PoK refugees have been

swollen at that extent where the relief

amount of Rs. 5,50000/- is proving

insufficient for them to meet their both

ends in day to day life. "We can't be

contented as the children's future is in

doldrums. We have to rise and explore

opportunities so that our children's

future can be protected and best

possible directions can be found to

pave a way for their prosperity so that

they can stand on their own feet", he

stated.

Others who were present during the

rally included Professor N N Sharma,

Roshan Lal, V K Datta, Sharda Devi,

Tilak Raj Sethi, Tarvinder Singh,

Virinder Khajuria, Pramodh Ghai and

Gurmeet Singh Isher.

PoJK DP's should focus on their final goal: Chuni NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 16

The chain hunger strike by

contractual lecturers (10+2)

entered 62th day here today.

The protesting contractual

lecturers have been

demanding their

regularization as per the

Civil Services Special

Provision Act 2010, a policy

framed for the regularization

of all the adhoc, contractual

and consolidated employees

after rendering seven years

of services.

Amid slogans, the

contractual lecturers today

protested outside Press Club

Jammu and also burnt their

degrees on fire.

Balvinder Kour, Chairperson

of the Executive Body of the

Association said that they

are highly qualified people

and Government is paying

no attention towards their

grievances despite lapse of

60 days.

Kour said all these degrees

are of no use and to express

their resentment against the

Government they burnt their

degrees.

Zabir Hussain Shah, Vice

President said that they

have firmly decided to sit

on hunger strike till the

Government comes out

with some concrete result.

He also said that each and

every thing should be in

black and white and also

favourable to them. "We

will continue our dharna

and hunger strike till our

cases for regularization as

per Civil Services Special

Provision Act 2010 are

finally settled", Shah

added. Rattan Surya,

Sanjay Kumar, Kiran

Sharma and Shilpa Raina

and Tripta Sharma were

also on chain hunger strike.

While addressing the

gathering, Anil Sharma

said that government

should avoid its apathetic

attitude towards the

contractual lecturers and

adopt sympathetic way to

settle their issue.

Contractual lecturer's hunger strike enters day 62NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 16

Power shutdownJAMMU APR 16

To carry out stringing of new 33 KV Nandpur line for

evacuation of power, the power supply to Nandpur,

Jerada, Baba Chamalyal, Adhelar, Ramgarh Town, Mahal,

Kamore, Rehal, Rangoor & Barota fed from 33 KV

Nandpur line emanating from 220/132/33 KV Grid

Station Lalyana shall remain affected on April 17 from 10

am to 1 pm. Similarly, the power supply to Arnia,

Suhagpur, Allah, Treva, Old Arnia, Jabal Kotli, BSF,

Makhanpur, Rathana and its adjoining areas fed from 33

KV Suhagpur line emanating from 220/132/33 KV Grid

Station Lalyana shall remain affected onApril 17 from 10

am to 1 pm. Likewise, the power supply to Rehal, Kehri,

Bishnah and its adjoining areas fed from 33 KV Bishnah

line emanating from 220/132/33 KV Grid Station Lalyana

shall remain affected on April 17 from 10 am to 1 pm.

PCPG meeting held Jammu, Apr 16

To strengthen the Police-Public relations and bring the

people closer to the Police, a Police-Public meeting on

Sunday held at Qasim Nagar, Jammu. The meeting was

organised by SI Bimal Indu, Police Station Bagh-E-Bahu

in which prominent/Senior citizens and youths of the area

participated in meeting. During the meeting the

participants put forth their problems and they were

assured by police officers to take up their problems with

concern authority for their redressal. Besides, the issues

like-drug abuse, traffic violation, rash driving, and eve-

teasing were also discussed.

Police officer thanked the participants for sparing their

valuable time to attend the meeting and assured them for

better co-operation from Police. The participants

appreciated the Police for arranging such meetings.

A meeting of District

Gurdwara Parbandhak

Committee was held in

which the speakers strongly

criticize the PDP and Chief

Minister Mehbooba Mufti

for not fulfilling the

promises during the

assembly election to

constitute a state minority

commission and induction of

a Sikh minister in the cabinet

form PDP kota.

The meeting was chaired by

S Raja Singh member DGPC

Jammu & Sarpanch of the

locality was held at

Gurdwara sahib Panchyat

Tekri Simbal Camp.

They criticized the PDP for

not nominating any MLC

and made false promises as

the many constituencies in

Kashmir and Jammu Sikh

community has caste their

vote in favour of PDP .The

PDP should have learn the

lesson from Srinagar

Budgam Parliamentary

election where the PDP has

lost its candidate for not

fulfilling their promises.

They also demanded the

implement the Supreme

Court of India directions to

shift the wine shops and bars

from away of National

highway and also demanded

to stop the business of drug

mafia which is being

distributed by the help of

J&K police and strict action

be taken against those who

are involved in drugs

business. Others who were

present during the occasion

including S. Inderpal Singh

Sarpanch , S. Ravinder

Singh Sarpanch , S.Rajinder

Singh Sarpanch ,S.

Sukhwant Singh, S. Santokh

Singh, S. Gurmeet Singh. S

Surjeet Singh, S. Harnam

Singh Dutt.

DGPC criticizes Mehbooba fornot fulfilling poll promises

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 16

Expressing grave concern

over the burgeoning

corruption in the State,

Harsh Dev Singh chairman

Jammu and Kashmir

National Panthers Party

(JKNPP) and former

minister today appealed to

the Chief Minister

Mehbooba Mufti to

activate, strengthen and

effectively empower the

anti graft bodies including

SAC, SVC and CIC in

conformity with her slogans

of bringing Accountability

and Transparency in the

government functioning.

In a press statement issued

here wherein Harsh Dev

Singh lamented that the

deep rooted culture of

patronized corruption was

fast spreading its tentacles

and had plagued and

engulfed the entire system

in the absence of effective

control mechanism. He said

that most alarming aspect

was not the money

exchanging hands in the

unwholesome bargains but

the open defiance of norms

and procedures,

fearlessness and audacity

displayed by corrupt

elements in executing such

illegal bargains.

Describing the Civil

Secretariat as the fountain

head of all corruption in the

State, Harsh Dev Singh

remarked that it was a

classical example of

darkness reigning at the

foot of the light house. He

said that right from the

issuance of transfer orders

to the release of funds and

to further disposal of

routine files, everything

had a price in the

Secretariat. He said that

with highest seat of power

having earned the most

dubious infamy, the

reputation of the incumbent

govt. stood completely

unraveled.

Alleging that corruption

had become a norm rather

than an exception in the

Secretariat, the highest seat

of power, Harsh Dev Singh

lamented that even the

routine files were not being

disposed in the ordinary

course without 'pleasing'

the concerned authorities.

He said that it was a normal

practice to keep the files

pending for months

together only to be

forwarded and processed

after the vested interests

were served. In several

cases, silly and absurd

queries were raised by the

helmsmen in the files only

to delay and deny and to

harass the applicants who

did not 'entertain' and

'please' them.

Civil Secretariat has become a den of corruption: Harsh

The Valedictory function of

the three-day “International

Conference on Theory of

Architectural Design -

Global Practices and Local

Milieu” organized by

Department of Architecture

and Landscape Design

(DoALD ), Shri Mata

Vaishno Devi University (

SMVDU ), which concluded

successfully here today. J&K

Bank Chairman & CEO

Parvez Ahmed was the chief

guest of today’s function.

The chairman urged upon

the budding architects to

focus on energy efficiency

and minimizing the

environmental impact during

and post construction of

buildings. He suggested for

promotion of local

manpower and architectural

features as per the

availability of material

keeping in view the

ecological and heritage of

different regions of J&K

State.

Acknowledging the first

such full-fledged department

of Architecture and

Landscape Design in the

state at SMVDU, Ahmed

envisioned that it shall be the

joint endeavor of the Bank

and the University to

actualize the confluence of

trend and tradition in

architecture in the state.

Achievements of the

conference were presented

by Ar. J. K. Gupta, a noted

academician in the field of

Architecture.

The third day of the

conference began with

parallel technical sessions

and the thirty four delegates

from all over the country

made oral presentations of

their papers on this day. Oral

presentations were followed

by Plenary Session – 02 in

the post lunch period.

The conference saw a huge

response and participation

from almost all the states of

India and abroad. It acted as

a platform to present sixty

five papers in all. Papers

were presented in parallel

sessions along with plenary

sessions by India’s most

renowned architects like Ar.

Shirish Beri, Ar. Kalhan

Mattoo, Ar. Jeet Kumar

Gupta, Yatin Pandya among

others. Representative of

International Architect Ken

Yeang, also came from

Malaysia to address the

conference.

Sustainable Architectural design the way forwardfor urban planners: JKB chief

Three day International Conference ICTOAD concludes at SMVDUNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 16

Minister of State for

Education, Technical

Education, Culture,

Tourism, Department of

Horticulture, Floriculture

and Parks, Priya Sethi today

called for greater

participation of civil society,

especially womenfolk who

can act as motivators to act

against environmental

degradation and

encroachments of the

forests.

Speaking during a function

held at Press Club of Jammu

in remembrance of Bird

Watcher, Naturalist,

Environmentalist and noted

educationist, Master Samsar

Chand Kaul, (1883-1977),

the Minister stressed on the

need to generate mass

awareness regarding various

aspects of man-animal

conflict across the State. The

Minister urged authorities to

devise a plan for sensitizing

the people about the

different methodologies of

animal attacks, besides

suggesting protective

measures for saving their

lives. The minister also said

that such awareness

campaigns should

particularly be carried out in

those areas where such

incidents of animal attacks

happen frequently. "Unless

the people are not sensitized,

the graph of man-animal

conflict cannot be reduced,"

She said.

Recalling Master Samsar

Chand Kaul's contribution in

environment and ecology,

She said that people like him

would continue to guide the

society and coming

generations in environment

protection movement. The

Minister said that

Government is working on

making some

comprehensive policies over

protecting and preserving the

forests and wildlife across

the State. The Minister said

that a mechanism should be

devised to get a wild bird

rescue centre that will

provide medical care to birds

injured.

'Greater participation of womenfolkneeded for environment protection'

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 16

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 16

JYS organizes cultural prog Jammu, Apr 16

Taking forward week long, Mahaveer Jayanti celebrations,

a cultural programme was organized by Jain Yuvak Sangh

at the premises of Shri Mahaveer Jain School, Rani Park

Jammu which was witnessed and applauded by members of

Jain Samaj present there. Programme was started with

Mahamantra Navkar followed by a few performances from

the members of Jain Yuvak Sangh. A famous music group

from Delhi, Kumar Bandhu were invited for the occasion

marking a devotional impression with their bhajans .

Speaking on the occasion, Neerav Jain, Gen secretary, Jain

Yuvak Sangh said, "The preaching's of lord Mahaveera hold

true in today's world also and there is a strong need to

follow the principles preached by him "Ahimsa parmo

dharma" and " Live and let live" in our lives. He further

added that by following these preaching's we can win over

our vices. Speaking on the ocassion, Rahul Jain, President,

Jain Yuvak Sangh said that the purpose of organizing such

programme is to refresh the mind and soul of Jain

community members and refuel them with the preaching's

of Lord Mahaveera. Programme was jointly compared by

Neerav Jain, Gen Sec, Jain Yuvak Sangh and Saurabh Jain,

Joint Secretary, Jain Yuvak sangh. Jain Yuvak Sangh

culminated by vote of thanks, thanking S.S. Jain Sabha and

all organizations affiliated to S.S. Jain Sabha for making

their presence felt and making programme a grand success.

4 HILL DISTRICT the northlinesJammu | Monday | April 17 | 2017

Army conducted a lecture on 'save

water and save electricity' at

Jammushid in Poonch district, today.

The lecture was to educate the villagers

regarding measures and benefits of

saving electricity and water. Large

number of villagers from Jammushid

and nearby areas attended the lecture.

The lecture emphasized on various

measures available to save electricity

and water in day-to-day life. The locals

were made aware that drinking water is

scarce in most parts of the world and

therefore everyone is responsible to

conserve and restore water. Issues like

storage filtration of water were

discussed at length. During the lecture

the locals were briefed about the

benefits of using ISI certified and the

star ratings of electrical appliances that

amounts to consumption of electricity.

Certain practical aspects to reduce

consumption of power by using LED

and CFL lights, good quality wiring,

making use of natural lights whenever

possible and use of renewable source of

energy, like solar and water were

discussed. The locals applauded the

noble work and conveyed their

gratitude for the selfless service being

rendered by the Army to educate the

locals of the area by guiding them to

become better citizen of the country.

Lecture on 'save water & save electricity' organized

NL CorrespondentPoonch, Apr 16

Minister of State for Finance

and Planning, Ajay Nanda

today said that the State

Government is working on a

holistic plan of action to

bring every region and sub-

region of the State under the

ambit of development.

The Minister was addressing

a grievances redressal camp

at Surjandhar along with

district administration to

resolve the public issues at

their doorstep.

Calling it a robust move to

access all uncharted parts of

State, the Minister asserted

that present dispensation is

fully inclined to bring every

region under the ambit of

development.

"The achievements of the

present Government are

visible on the ground for

which people have every

right to give their feedback",

the Minister said adding that

today's generation cannot be

befooled on any front.

The Minister said

developmental activities

have achieved great impetus

and everyone in the

government is working in

clean and transparent

manner.

Divulging on road projects

like Surjandhar to Gabar Sari

in Bomag area, the Minister

said strenuous efforts are

being made for this road

which would connect Bomag

of Reasi with the Bomag of

Udhampur. In this regard he

assured the locals for early

start of work besides

upgradation of the existing

Reasi-Bakkal road.

Speaking on the occasion,

the Minister also outlined

efforts of the government in

continuing work on railway

project and start of work on

Sawalakote Hydel Project

besides sanctioning PMGSY

roads and other development

works in the area. He said

with these works, ample

employment opportunities

have been opened up in such

far flung areas.

Divulging on augmentation

of power infrastructure in the

area, the Minister assured

that maximum coverage

would be made after

completing work on Grid

Station in Reasi which was

lingering for the past 27

years.

The Minister passed

instructions to officers to

resolve all genuine issues of

the people and sought

cooperation from them in

making functioning of the

Block and Tehsil Offices

camping at Reasi effective.

Officers of Agriculture and

Horticulture Departments

were directed for providing

seeds and plants to the

people. Other departments

were asked to disseminate

information of all welfare

schemes and insurance

covers.

Earlier, District

Development Commissioner

Reasi Ravinder Kumar said

that the district

administration is working

vigorously to resolve the

issues of people pertaining to

various departments.

'Govt working on

holistic developmental plan for JK'NL CorrespondentReasi, Apr 16

District Police Rajouri

organized awareness

programme on drug abuse at

W.No. 8 Rajouri under the

supervsion of Dy.SP Hqrs.

Rajouri Jaswant Singh on

the direction of SSP Rajouri

Mohd Suleman Choudhary.

While speaking on the

occasion, Dy.SP Rajouri

focused on the ill effects of

the drug menace and

advised students/youths to

refrain from it. The

prominent persons

(youths/students/ women)

were present on the

occasion highly appreciated

the efforts of District Police

Rajouri in eradication of

drug menace from the

society. This is part of the

series of such events being

organized by District Police

Rajouri for eradication of

Drugs menace from the

society. Rajouri Police is

committed to have a drugs

free society and look

forward for support and

active cooperation of

likeminded social

organizations to fight this

menace which is eating up

very vitals of our society i.e

our youth. Locals of the

area and students requested

for organizing such events

in future as well.

Awareness prog on drug abuse organizedNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 16

MLA Doda Shakti Raj

Parihar today laid the

foundation stone of the link

road from Jodhpur to

Parshalla. The 16.7 km long

road to be constructed under

PMGSY at an estimated cost

of Rs 15 crore will provide

road connectivity to the

people of ten villages whose

population is based on

12,000 souls included Gujjar

Basti and historical Pashalla

Mata temple other adjoining

areas. Speaking on the

occasion, the MLA said that

the Government is committed

to provide road connectivity

to rural areas, besides

ensuring uninterrupted power

and regular water supply to

the people of the State. He

assured the public that the

present Government is

determined to translate their

commitments into action by

providing connectivity to the

rural areas and maintaining

the condition of already

constructed roads. He said

that the process of

identification of the areas

without road connectivity has

been started and work on

such projects will be started

shortly. The MLA also

interacted with the people of

the area and after listening to

their demands, gave on-spot

directions to the concerned

officers to take necessary

action for their redressal in a

time bound manner.

MLA lays foundation stone of link roadNL CorrespondentDoda, Apr 16

MOHD MAJID MALIK

DODA, APR 16

BJP State Working

Committee to meet at Doda

on April 22 and 23 to discuss

the prevailing political

situation in the State.This

was stated by MLA Doda

Shakti Raj Parihar in a high

level meeting of workers and

leaders at Doda here today.

He said the members of

Working Committee from all

three regions of the State will

participate in it which will be

chaired by party State

president Sat Sharma CA.He

said BJP national leaders including Party National

general secretary Ram Lal,

general secretary Ram

Madhav and national vice

president Avinash Rai

Khanna will also participate

in the meeting and address

its different sessions for the

two days .He said to discuss

political scenario at a single

platform during the meeting

the leadership will get a

feedback from Party leaders

about public response

towards the party's

programmes and policies.

The party will also chalk out

its future strategy the

meeting to further

strengthen the organization

and get more associated

with the public, MLA Doda

added and urged upon party

leaders and workers to work

hard for success of the

working committee meeting

.Vipan Sharma district

General secretary , Munshi

Ram Mandal President

Doda , Vistarik Doda

Rampershad Thakur and

other senior leaders were

also present on the occasion.

BJP State Working Committee meeting on Apr 22 JKSLSA reaches out to fire victims BHADERWAH, APR 16

Justice Muhammad Yaqoob Mir has directed Executive

Chairman J&K SLSA, Chairperson of District Legal

Services Authority Bhaderwah(Principal District & Sessions

Judge Bhaderwah) to constitute core group headed by

Judicial officer in terms of Scheme for Legal Services to

Disaster Victims through Legal services Authorities.

According to an official handout issued here, the team would

coordinate with District Administration of the District for

timely evacuation of Fire Victims to the temporary shelters

camps (relief camps) opened in the affected areas. It said that

the team would also ensure smooth distribution of relief

materials to the victims, assess the damage caused to the life

and property of the victims so that the cases for

disbursement of relief are processed expeditiously by

District Administration, open temporary Legal Aid Clinics in

the relief camp manned by Para Legal Volunteers to hear the

grievances of the victims and forward the same to the district

administration for their redressal. Chairman of DLSA

Bhaderwah has also been directed to submit the consolidated

report to the state Authority for further course of action.

NL Correspondent

Doda, April 15

25 shops and eight

residential structures and

several vending huts went up

in flames in main market

Gandoh in district Doda in a

devastating blaze in the wee

hours of Saturday. Property

worth millions of rupees was

reduced to ashes, but there

was no report of any serious

injuries. Reports said that on

the intervening night Friday

and Saturday, main market

Gandoh, located just 500

metres from the police

station, and went up in

flames. "The fire, which

perhaps started around 1am

was noticed by a patrolling

team of Police and SSB at

12.45 am, which

immediately raised an alarm

and informed fire tenders,

which reached the spot at

3.30am as nearest fire station

is located at Thathri, 45 km

from Gandoh. Meanwhile

sleuths of Police and SSB

along with locals tried to

control the flames but they

failed to do," a senior police

officer said."Police has taken

the cognizance of fire

incident and started

investigating, preliminary

reports suggest that the fire

started due to the shot

circuit," SDPO said.

DC Doda Bhupinder Kumar

and SSP Doda, Shabir

Choudhary is likely to visit

in the day to review the

situation and to meet those

people who have lost their

shops and building in

massive fire.

The locals have showed

great resentment over the

increasing incidents of fire

and no avalability of fire

fighters in Gandoh. They

want permanent fire fighting

station in Gandoh as few

months back seven shops

and few structures were

gutted in massive fire but

authorities have learnt no

lessons from past.

25 shops, 8 structures gutted in fire

Reiterating the demand to increase

the number of Assembly

constituencies in Jammu region,

Panther Party's State president

Balwant Singh Mankotia said that

without increasing the number of

Assembly constituencies, people of

Jammu region will not get political

participation.

Addressing large public gathering at

Pancheri today Mankotia appealed the

people of Pancheri and other areas of

Udhampur district to support the

ongoing campaign started for separate

Jammu State. He recalled that this

Haq- Insaaf Yatra started for separate

statehood demand for Jammu region

on Friday and reached today at

Pancheri. He said during these days

he addressed public rallies at Khor

Gali, Dabbi Gali, Mongri, Panjar,

Kainth Gali, Mir, Pancheri, Kultiyar,

Latiyar, Landar, Dandote and Galyot

of Udhampur district. Addressing

people, Mankotia said that despite

much area, population and voters

from Kashmir region, Jammu

province has only 37 Assembly

constituencies while Kashmir has 46

seats. To form Govt in Jammu and

Kashmir, 44 seats are required and

due to this reason Jammu will never

get its own Chief Minister. Mankotia

said Assembly constituencies in

Kashmir have been carved out with 50

thousand voters while in Jammu

region, there are many constituencies

which have more than one lakh

voters. Amazingly, Gurez

constituency of Kashmir region has

14 thousand voters in comparison to

1.50 lakh voters in Jammu West

Assembly segment which shows that

deliberately Jammu province was

politically ignored by the successive

regimes of State. NPP state chief

demanded that Pancheri, Bhamag and

Landar has population of more than

60 thousand and these far flung areas

should be converted into

constituencies so that development

can took place in these areas.

Mankotia blamed previous regimes

for political neglecting these hilly

areas by connecting this area to Reasi,

Udhampur and third section to

Chenani Assembly segment. Panther

party leaders Dhani Ram Attri,

Parduman Singh, Ankush Singh,

Baldev Singh, Ajay Singh, Bodh Raj,

Nand Lal, Ramesh Singh, Surjit

Singh, Bishan Singh also spoke on the

occasion.

End political discrimination with Jammu region: MankotiaNL CorrespondentUdhampur, Apr 16

35 kg lahan destroyedDODA, APR 16

A team of Excise Department conducted series of raids in

villages Dalori, Sinoo of Tehsil Gundoh and destroyed

about 35 Kg of Lahan along with two litre of illicit liquor.

The raids were conducted under the supervision of Deputy

Excise Commissioner (Executive), Ghanshyam Singh and

ETO DKR Range, Shokat Hayat Mattoo along with Police

team of Sinno Post Gundoh.

DDC meets fire victims DODA, APR 15

District Development Commissioner Bhupinder Kumar

today visited Gandoh Bhalessa where 16 shops and 9

other structures were damaged in fire.

DDC along with SSP and other senior officers met the fire

victims and assured all the necessary assistance from

district administration. He announced relief out of Red

Cross funds to all the affected families and directed SDM

Gandoh to carry out relief and rehabilitation measures

including providing free ration, blankets and others

essentials to the fire victims.

2 bovine animals rescuedRajouri, Apr 16

Acting on a specific information, SHO PS Manjakote

Inspr. Mohd Younis under the supervision of SDPO

Manjakote Zakir Shaheen Mirza on the direction of SSP

Rajouri Mohd Suleman Choudhary laid a special

nakas/checking at NHW Manjakote. During checking,

police seized a Tata mobile bearing registration no.

JK02BL-2357 and rescued 02 bovine animals and

arrested one bovine smuggler namely Mukhtyar Hussain

S/o Mohd Hussain R/o Kharak Kalakote. In this

connection, a case under FIR No. 26/2017 U/S 188 RPC

3PC Act has been registered at Police Station Manjakote

and investigation is going on.

Army organizes veterans rallyJammu, Apr 16

An Veterans Rally cum medical camp for Veterans, Veer

Naris and their dependents was organised by Miran Sahib

Brigade under the Tiger Division at Jammu, today. Military

and Civilian officials of the State administration were also

present in the rally and interacted with the attendees. The

rally was organised to interact and attend to problems if any

being faced by Veterans and the dependents primarily

because of anomalies in their pension and entitlements as

also ECHS issues. The Veer Naris were also felicitated in

recognition of the supreme sacrifice made by their brave

husbands while defending the Nation. A free medical cum

dental camp was also organised with specialist doctors both

from the Army and civil authorities. Over 300 patients

were attended to and provided free medicines. Veterans

help desks were also established to address their problems.

Brigadier Harcharan Singh, Director Rajya Sainik Board

addressed the Veterans and Veer Naris and apprised them

about the various schemes and measures being instituted

by his department. The event received an overwhelming

response from Army Veterans fraternity with about 1100

Veterans, Veer Naris, Widows and their families being

present from RS Pura, Arnia, Bishnah and Suchetgarh

Tehsil.

Army organizes cleanliness drive Rajouri, Apr 16

Army organised a cleanliness drive with enthusiastic

participation of locals at the Palma in Rajouri district park

as part of "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan", today in coordination

with 'GOONJ' a New Delhi based NGO. The initiative is

in continuation of concerted effort by the Army to bring in

a wholesome shift in the society towards cleanliness,

hygiene and sanitation by enhancing awareness and

participation of the locals of this area. The campaign

involved cleaning the Palma Environmental Park, a

popular picnic spot visited by numerous visitors of all age

groups on daily basis. The villagers worked shoulder to

shoulder with the Army soldiers to clean this public area

thereby exhibiting a sense of social responsibility and

ownership of the asset. The NGO also presented hampers

containing clothing, books for the children, toys and other

utility articles to the needy families of Palma village who

participated in the drive. The event witnessed a large

gathering of enthusiastic people to make it a success.

Army on its part thanked the people for making the

campaign a success and also requested them to continue

with the good work of cleanliness in the area. The

gathering expressed their sincere gratitude to the Army for

its relentless efforts towards preservation of peace and

development of the area.

Deputy Chairman, J&KLegistative Council JehangirMir today conferredprestigious United NationsScarf on ADC Kathua Dr.Bharat Bhushan. The DeputyChairman conferred theaward on ADC Kathua inState Level Youth Conclaveon United NationsSustainable DevelopmentGoals held at Lal BahadurShastri Collge of Education,

Rajbagh, Kathua today in the presence of Padamshree S.PVerma, National Vice-President and PresidentState chapter of GandhiGlobal Family.Dr. C.M Seth,environmentalist and formerChairman J&K PollutionControl Board,Commissioner, BharatScouts and Guides J&K, Sh.M.M. Joshi, Chairman of theLal Bahadur Shastri Collgeof Education, Mr. TariqBhat, Gandhian Activistfrom Reasi, Delegates from

Kashmir , Faculty membersand students of the Collegewere present on theoccasion.Padam shree SPVerma while speaking on theoccasion informed that ADCKathua, Dr. Bharat Bhushanis the first KAS officer ofthe State who has beenhonoured with UN Scarf for

the cooperation he has beenextending to further thecause of Ghandian Values.He added that the officer hasalready been decorated withUN Pin .Mr. Verma outlinedthe need for takingcollective steps at all levelsto achieve the sustainabledevelopment as has beenemphasized by UnitedNations through its 17Sustainable DevelopmentGoals He apprised that GGFis in partnership with theUnited Nations through itsUnited Nations InformationCentre for India and Bhutanlocated at New Delhi toaware masses on need forsustainable development. Heexhorted the youth toactively associatethemselves with theorganization.

5 KATHUA the northlinesJammu | Monday | April 17 | 2017

In the court of Addl. MobileMagistrate (JMIC), Samba

Present : Smt. Swati Gupta

Inderjit S/O Khairu Ram R/o. Nandpur Camp TehsilRamgarh District Samba

V/SINCHARGE Police Station RamgarhApplication U/S 13 (3) of Registration of birth/death Act,seeking directions to INCHARGE Police Station Ramgarh toenter the death particular of applicant's Father

PROCLAMATIONWhereas applicant has filed the above titled application inthis court for issuing direction to INCHARGE Police StationRamgarh regarding registration of death particulars ofapplicant's Father namely Khairu Ram (male) S/o MithuRam R/o Nandpur Tehsil Ramgarh District Samba in PoliceStation Ramgarh who was died on 14-11-1972, At home andthrough the medium of this proclamation, general public isinformed that any person/s has/have objection to the same, inthat event he/she/they shall file same before this court on orbefore 20-04-2017,failing which appropriate order shallpassed. Take notice that in case the date of fixed is declaredholiday, the matter shall be taken in the next working day.

Given under my hand and seal of this court today15th day of April 2017.

Addl. Mob. Magistrate (JMIC), Samba

In the court of Addl. MobileMagistrate (JMIC), Samba

Present : Smt. Swati Gupta

Sanjeev Kumar S/O Raj Ram R/o. Khanwal Tehsil SambaDistrict Samba

V/SINCHARGE Police Post RAKH AMB TALLIApplication U/S 13 (3) of Registration of birth/death Act,seeking directions to INCHARGE Police Post RAKH AMBTALLI to enter the death particular of applicant's Sister

PROCLAMATIONWhereas applicant has filed the above titled application inthis court for issuing direction to INCHARGE Police POSTRAKH AMB TALLI regarding registration of deathparticulars of applicant's Sister namely Sushma Kumari(Female) D/o Raj Ram R/o Khanwal Tehsil Samba DistrictSamba in Police POST RAKH AMB TALLI who was diedon 20-05-1991, At home and through the medium of thisproclamation, general public is informed that any person/shas/have objection to the same, in that event he/she/theyshall file same before this court on or before 20-04-2017,failing which appropriate order shall passed. Takenotice that in case the date of fixed is declared holiday, thematter shall be taken in the next working day.Given under my hand and seal of this court today 15th day ofApril 2017.

Addl. Mob. Magistrate(JMIC), Samba

In the court of Addl. MobileMagistrate (JMIC), Samba

Present : Smt. Swati Gupta

Sanju Kumar S/O Ramesh Lal R/o. W.No.6, New Bus StandTehsil Samba District Samba

V/SE.O. Municipal COMMITTEE SAMBAApplication U/S 13 (3) of Registration of birth/death Act,seeking directions to E.O. Municipal COMMITTEESAMBA to enter the birth particular of applicant's Child

PROCLAMATIONWhereas applicant has filed the above titled application inthis court for issuing direction to E.O. MunicipalCOMMITTEE SAMBA regarding registration of birthparticulars of applicant's Child namely Bandhika Devi(Female) D/o Sanju Kumar & Sarfo Devi R/o W.No.6, NewBus Stand Tehsil Samba District Samba in MunicipalCOMMITTEE SAMBA who was born on 17-10-2015, Athome and through the medium of this proclamation, generalpublic is informed that any person/s has/have objection to thesame, in that event he/she/they shall file same before thiscourt on or before 20-04-2017,failing which appropriateorder shall passed. Take notice that in case the date of fixedis declared holiday, the matter shall be taken in the nextworking day.

Given under my hand and seal of this court today15th day of April 2017.

Addl. Mob. Magistrate(JMIC), Samba

In the court of JMIC(Munsiff), Samba

Present :Shabnam Sheikh

Pyari Devi W/O Major Ram R/o. Khanwal Camp TehsilSamba Distt. Samba.

V/SINCHARGE Police STATION, SambaIn the matter ofApplication for Registration of birth/death of:-Brita Ram (male) Date of death 26-10-1974. At homeFather's Name: Sonu

NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLICWhereas, an application stand filed in this court forregistration of death of Brita Ram S/o Sonu R/o KhanwalCamp Tehsil Samba Distt. Samba in Police STATIONSAMBA and through the medium of this publication noticeat large and any other interested person is/ are informed thatin case anybody has any objection in respect ofaforementioned application then he/she/they shall file theirobjections in this court within 5 days from the date ofpublication of notice, failing which appropriate order shallfollow.

Given under my hand and seal of this court today15th day of April 2017

Sd/-JMIC (Munsiff), Samba

In the court of JMIC(Munsiff), Samba

Present :Shabnam Sheikh

Veena Kour W/O Suram Singh R/o. Sordi Tehsil SambaDistt. Samba.

V/SINCHARGE Police POST, RAKH AMB TALLIIn the matter ofApplication for Registration of birth/death of:-Randeep Kour (Female) Date of birth 12-11-2010. At homeFather's Name: Suram SinghMother's Name : Veena Kour

NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLICWhereas, an application stand filed in this court forregistration of birth of Randeep Kour D/o Suram Singh andVeena Kour R/o Sordi Tehsil Samba Distt. Samba in PolicePOST RAKH AMB TALLI and through the medium of thispublication notice at large and any other interested person is/are informed that in case anybody has any objection inrespect of aforementioned application then he/she/they shallfile their objections in this court, failing which appropriateorder shall follow.

Given under my hand and seal of this court today15th day of April 2017

Sd/-JMIC (Munsiff),Samba

NoticeI, Pankaj Sharma S/o Sh. Sudesh Khajuria R/o ward no. 17,Partap Nagar Kathua, have purchased vehicle bearing regd.no.JK08E-2584 from Des Raj S/o Bindru Ram R/oHiranagar Kathua. Now, I am applying for the transfer ofRC. Objection, if any, may be conveyed to concernedauthorities within 7 days from the publication of this notice.

NoticeI, Rash Pal Singh S/o Sh. Kaka Ram R/o Sadho Tehsil andDistt Samba do hereby declare that the correct name ofdeponent as per all documents i.e. P.R.C, Aadhar Card, VoterCard, Ration Card is Rash Pal Singh. But the name ofdeponent has wrongly been written as Rash Paul instead ofcorrect name Rash Pal Singh in the Lord Shiva High School,Mawa in 10th class record under Roll No.823033, session2014 of his son namely Ammu Kattal which was issued byThe Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education.Now the deponent applying for the correction of his name inthe school record. Objection if any convey to the concernedauthority within 7 days after publication of this notice.

Prabhakar Prabhakar

PrabhakarPrabhakar

PrabhakarPrabhu

Prabhakar

Minister for Industries andCommerce, ChanderParkash took a publicmeeting at Ramgarh andlistened to publicgrievances raised by theborder residents.During the meeting, peopleraised issues mainlypertaining to roadupgradation, regulartransport facility, adequateschool staff and wideningof lanes. Ganga gave apatient hearing to thedemands raised by publicand informed that theirissues shall be addressedon priority. He reiteratedthat govt is working withsole agenda of 'goodgovernance' and urgedofficials to work withcommitment anddedication to timely sortout problems faced by theborder people.Tehsildar Ramgarh, PreetiSharma,BDO Ramgarh

Mukesh Kumar Sharma,SDPO Vijaypur AbhishekSharma and officers fromPHE, PDD and PWD wereaccompanying theMinister. Jungveer SinghCheeku District BJPPresident Samba, KeshavDutt Sharma Member StateBJP Working Committee,Dharmpal Member StateBJP Working Committee,Narinder Sharma BlockPresident BJP Ramgarh,Narsingh Dayal GeneralSecretary BJP Samba andother BJP functionarieswere also present at the

programme. On theoccasion, people affiliatedto different politicalparties, positivelyinfluenced by policies anddevelopment agenda ofBJP joined the party inpresence of the Minister.Prominent among thosewho joined were BabbuShah, S. Abtar SinghKhalsa, Gopal Sharma,Davinder Kumar, SurinderSingh, Ranjeet Kour, Shivodevi, Ravi Kumar, KantaDevi, Kamlesh Devi,Bachan Kour, GurdeepSingh, Parveen Kumara.

Ganga convenes public meeting NL CorrespondentSamba, Apr 16

Narsingh Youth Federation(NYF) on Sunday taken outa tiranga rally in whichscores of youth participatedwith enthusiasm. Thetricolour was taken outagainst the recent attack onCRPF Jawans in Kashmirby stone pelters.Speaking on the occasion,President of Narsingh YouthFederation Anu Khajuriasaid we condemn the recent

attack on our CRPF jawansin Budgam district ofKashmir, he also said westrongly condemn the bad behavior of Kashmir-stonepelters with the jawans ofCRPF. He warned, " wewill not tolerate type of actby the anti nationalelements/ stone pelters. andalso warned if UpcomingHindu based AmarnathYatra disturb by the antinational elements then werepeat our Sangarsh same as

which was held in 2008.He appealed govt for theinvestigation of this harshact of National elements ofKashmir and Said culpritsshould be given strictpunishment.Others who were presentduring the occasionincluding Anu Khajuria,president, Bajir SinghJasrotia, Chotu, NarinderSingh, Bundy, Prem Singh,Sachin , Pawan, VeerSingh.

NYF takes out Tiranga Rally

NL CorrespondentSamba, Apr 16

Girl commits suicideKATHUA, Apr 16A 19-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hangingherself at her residence in Tara Nagar area of hatlimorh ofKathua last night. According to police spokesman, a 19 yearsold girl allegedly ended her life by hanging self with the hookof a ceiling fan at her residence. On getting information fromfamily members, police reached the spot and shifted the deadbody to mortuary room of District Hospital Kathua, for postmortem. A case in this connection was registered atconcerned police station and investigations started.

Functioning of Rev Depttreviewed

KATHUA, APR 15Deputy Commissioner Ramesh Kumar called upon therevenue functionaries to take requite steps to infusetransparency and accountability in the system and ensure timebound deliverance of public services The DDC was speakingat a meeting convened to review the functioning of revenuedepartment here today. He directed the officers to prioritizethe work of jamabandhi and girdawari strictly in conformitywith the standing instructions in this regard. He also directedtehsildars to speed up the process of land acquisition cases sothat work on important development projects can be started intime. Deputy Commissioner stressed on keeping close checkon encroachments and strengthen the anti encroachmentmechanism to retrieve encroached state, common andkahchrai land. ACR Kathua Jatinder Mishra, SDM's ofHiranagar, Basohli Billawar, Tehsildar's and other revenuestaff were present in the meeting.

650 kg lahan, 15bottles of illicit

liquor destroyedKathua, Apr 16To curb the menace of illicitdistillation of liquor, the ExciseDepartment Jammu hastightened its noose on violatorsof the various provisions of theJ&K Excise Act in entire Jammudivision.On the directions of theExcise Commissioner Mohd.Javed Khan and supervision ofDeputy Excise Commissioner(Executive), Jammu Mr.Ghanshyam Singh, the ExciseTeam Kathua led by ETO ExciseRange Kathua, Mr SandeepGupta along with InspectorExcise Arun Kumar raided theChakdrabkhan, JakhbarDharma, Jaraie, Khokyal & TarfSanji areas of Kathua district toarrest the menace of illicitdistillation of liquor. In theprocess one working still, morethan 650 kilograms of Lahan &15 bottles of illicit liquor whichis highly hazardous andinjurious for health wererecovered by the raiding teamfrom state land and laterdestroyed on spot.

ADC Kathua conferred with UN Award

NL CorrespondentKathua, Apr 16

Army organized a medical camp was at Govt Higher Sec School, Raiyan, DistrictSamba on Sunday. The camp was part of an overall awareness campaign by GurjDivision. Girdhari Lal ( Ex Nk) Sarpanch of Raiyan, Chander Sekhar Sarpanch ofMawa, Rachpal Singh Sarpanch of Regal & Krishan Singh Sarpanch of Bilori andother Dignitaries attended the camp. The camp was appreciated by locals and a totalof 320 Male, 280 Female & 120 Children were treated by doctor from Army and freemedicines were also distributed. True to their commitment towards the welfare oflocal populace, the medical camp not only offered medicines free of cost to thepatients, but also extended specialized medical advice on eye care, Gynaecology,Dental and General medication. An assistance booth was also set up to addressproblems being faced by veterans of the region.

Army organizes medical campNL CorrespondentSamba, Apr 16

A team of the legal Metrology Departmentheaded by the Assistant Controller LegalMetrology, Ajay Kumar Verma andInspector Narinder Makhnotra conductedmonth long intensive checking drive inSamba, Vijaypur, Bari Brahmana andadjoining areas.Various business establishments wereinspected during the drive and a fine ofRs 50500 was imposed on the erringtraders for violation of various provisionsof J&K Standard of weights and Measures

Enforcement Act 2011 and other LegalMetrology and Weights and MeasuresLaws. The Department has directed all the tradersto use only those Weights and Measuresand weighing and Measuring Instrumentsfor Business transactions which have beenduly verified and authenticated by theLegal Metrology Department and ensurethat Maximum Retail Price (MRP), Dateof packing (PKD), Net Contents andcomplete address of theManufacturer/Packer and Customer careNumber have been declared on theCommodities to be sold in package form.

Rs 50500 fine imposed on erring tradersNL CorrespondentSamba, Apr 16

The Indian media is agog with the story of viral videosdepicting a group of CRPF personnel returning frompolling duty being heckled, manhandled and abused

by a few Kashmiri youth in Budgam area of SrinagarParliamentary constituency that went to poll on o4 April.While the media is full of praise for the restraint shown bythe policemen, it is also equally critical of the youthinvolved in heckling. Whether media's action adds fuel tothe fire and demands constraint is a subject for a separatearticle, the issue at hand is as to how the youth dared tobehave like this with the men on bona-fide national duty?The security forces are the nation's sword arm in disturbedareas. They are deployed there to safeguard the localpopulation, government property and national assets. Theyare mandated to ensure the nation's sovereignty in theseareas. It is also their responsibility to ensure that nation'swrit runs in these areas and no one dares to take law in theirown hands. If this be so the security forces deployed inthese areas need to create an awe based on their behaviourand appearance so that no one dares to challenge theirauthority. There is no denying the fact that Pakistan is thesponsor and financer of the turmoil in Kashmir. But is it fairto always blame Pakistan and put the matter to rest?Certainly not. Certain amount of introspection and internalaudit is needed to set our house in order.The Budgam incident no doubt is condemnable but is onlythe youth to be blamed for that? It was the lack of awe of thesecurity forces that emboldened the youth who dared tobehave in the manner they did. A critical viewing of thevideo would reveal the total absence of combat discipline. Itwas astonishing to see the way the CRPF personnel weremoving through a hostile area in an unorganised manner.Their carriage of loads and personal weapons wasunprofessional to say the least. It is a complete failure ofjunior leadership and the CRPF hierarchy needs to take aserious note of it. If domestic loads were to be man carried,which in fact should have been carried in vehicles, the menshould have been organised in two parties namely the loadcarrying party and an escort party. Absence of proper escortparty was a sure shot recipe for inviting disaster becausethere was no one ready to react should someone act againstthem. The readers can imagine the extent of damage thatwould have been caused had terrorists used the opportunityto open fire after mingling with the crowd. The

commanders up the chain have to train the personnel ofCentral Armed Police Forces(CAPF) and instil confidencein them to shed the behaviour of a law-enforcing policemanand behave like a combatant while operating in a combatzone albeit even temporarily. A combatant distinguisheshimself with a smart turnout, perfect bearing, neatappearance, an alert eye and above all knowledge andapplication of minor tactics. Carriage of personal weapon ina manner that it can be used instantly if needed is equallyimportant. All these clubbed together form the essentialingredients of combat discipline which needs to be imbibedby every combatant while operating in a hostileenvironment. Any laxity would lead to what was seen in thevideo. It won't be wrong to summarise that it was lack ofcombat discipline that emboldened the youth to come inphysical contact with the men on duty. It would be unfair to assume that only the CRPF is beingtargeted. The stone-pelters have not spared the Armypersonnel as well. Stone throwing to enable terrorists breakthe cordon or while the troops are busy in conduct of anti-terrorist operations has become a common phenomenon. Afew days earlier a video showing an attack on an armyvehicle by the stone pelters had also gone viral. Anotherreason that has emboldened the Kashmiri youth is thejudicial overreach and unwanted interference of the self-proclaimed human right activists and arm-chair peacenikswho take pleasure in issuing sermons from their air-conditioned habitats. The security forces are being deniedthe freedom to operate leading to lowering of the morale ofrank and file. It defies all logic when stone-pelting law

breakers are labelled as"innocent civilians" and themen in uniform are givensermon to exercise restraint.Supreme Court verdict ofJuly 8 last year giving policethe liberty to probe the roleof the security forcesinvolved in an encountereven in areas under AFSPAhas severely curtailed theirfreedom to operate. In"Irregular Warfare" at timesirregular means need to beadopted to produce resultswhich can never be achievedby "going by the book"

always. As it is the freedom of operation of army units andsub-units had been severely eroded by the issuance of Listof Dos and Don'ts issued by the Supreme Court in 1997 thatare legally binding. The Supreme Court's decision tointervene in the matter of weapon selection while dealingwith stone pelters has also emboldened them while at thesame time causing a serious setback to the operationaldecision making capability of the security forces. Theunnecessary hysteria created by a section of the mediaagainst the use of pellet guns has also added to theconfusion. Pellet gun is a non-lethal weapon and used worldover for mob control. The demand for removal or dilution ofAFSPA is also unjustified at this juncture. The securityforces do require a legal framework and guarantee to enablethem to operate freely in the disturbed areas. In fact, asimilar legislation for the CAPFs operating in the combatzone is also needed.Last but not the least is the indoctrination and radicalisationof the youth. The Kashmiri youth is confused betweenpolitics and religion. Feeling let down and cheated by thepoliticians of all hue and cry, the youth is seeking solace inreligion. The narrative in Kashmir has shifted from "Azadi"to "Nizam-e-Mustaffa". In a video released by HizbulMujahedeen, the terrorist commander Zakir Musa hasordained the Kashmiri youth "to dismiss idea of nationalismand democracy and turn towards Islam." The youth is beingindoctrinated with Wahhabi ideology by fanatic Mullahsand the freely available Salafi literature on the social media.They are taught that it is the duty of Muslims to capturepower and impose Sharia over entire J&K, starting with the

Valley. Sharia disapproves the concept of democracy(equality for all) because as per Wahhabi ideology therecannot be equality between a man and a woman, a believerand non-believer (Kafir), master and a slave, a ruler andsubject. It also legalises use of force (armed jihad) as meansfor establishment of a Caliph since the concept of a nation-state is unholy. It to some extent may answer the question ofpoor voter turnout in the recently held parliamentaryelection. Unfortunately, we are trying to brush under thecarpet this bitter and harsh reality and refusing toacknowledge the presence of elephant in the room.Remember the youth forms 65% of our population.Undoubtedly the Kashmiri youth is emboldened but at thesame time he is disillusioned. He is seeking direction. Hewants to be part of the national mainstream. He has to befreed from the clutches of fanatics and extremist ideologythrough correct portrayal of true Islam. He has beenindoctrinated with the violent philosophy of Islam whilereally speaking Islam is a religion of peace as well.According to many Muslim scholars Salm & Salam are theroot words in Arabic for "Islam" which means peace andtranquillity. Islam does not preach hatred but warns against"following the footsteps of Satan; for he is to you a clearenemy." Warning bells for the last and final time have been soundedfor the mainstream politicians. If they do not shake out oftheir deep slumber now and move out to the field to interactwith the youth, they would lose whatever space is left forthem in the complex matrix of power politics in the Valley.Even the civil society is expected to play a major role inrestoring the normalcy. A quick fix solution is needed fromthe government to curb misuse of social media forpromoting unrest. Hawala channels need to be plugged. Themedia has to show restraint so that its prime time shows donot add fuel to the fire. The valley needs to resonate withthese patriotic lines of Allama Iqbal, "Mazhav nahin sikhataaapis mein bair rakhna; 'Hindi' hai hum watan hai Hindustanhamara."

(The writer is a Jammu based political commentator,columnist, security and strategic analyst. He can be

contacted at anil5457@gmail.com)

Establish credibilityof Administration

Finally, Mr. Farooq Abdullah has made to theParliament after the results of By-Election inSrinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat. The cost in

terms of loss of human life proved the by-election wasunaffordable with the result the Election Commission wasleft with little option but to postpone the 12 April by-election to the Anantnag parliamentary constituency to 25May with the law and order situation not being foundconducive to holding it now. Killing of eight protestorsand injuries to more than 170 in the Srinagar Lok Sabhaby-election, and the torching of schools in Anantnagwhich were venue for polling, it is good that thecommission chose to defer the polls.Going by the percentage of voting in Srinagar being anabysmal 7 per cent — the lowest ever — one can say allis not well in the Valley and there was little point inthrusting a poll upon the people who are clearly feelinginsecure to go to the polling booths in the wake of threatsby militants and their supporters to boycott the polls.While it is easier to disrupt a by-election or two than full-fledged parliamentary or Assembly polls, the Stategovernment in unison with the Centre must ensure thatthey do not cut a sorry figure when the postponed poll isheld in Anantnag.This time the scenario was further deteriorated by themainstream party-NC leader Farooq Abdullah whoopenly supported the Separatist Hurryiat line of politicsand emboldened the youth to indulge into violence whilehe was contesting election to enter Parliament. Peopleobserved Farooq Abdullah running with the hare andhunting with the hounds. The security forces wereunprepared for the scale of violence, and failed to ensureconditions for free, unrestricted polling in Srinagar. Forvoters, the political stakes were low and the physical riskshigh which made the elaborate exercise a farce that wasrobbed of all political legitimacy. After the higher voterparticipation in recent years in the Valley, the way theSrinagar by-election unfolded pointed to a dramatic slidein the political situation which should cause deepconcern.Post Burhan’s death, a new cycle of violence has been setoff in Kashmir that does not seem to have ended to thisday. That the movement is drawing sustenance fromacross the border is no secret, but the difficulty is that ourso called mainstream political leaders who boast of beingthe popular leaders left the field open for separatists andmilitants and are unable to counter it. They have beenseen pouring fuel to the frenzy fire. The credibility of theMehbooba Mufti government has indeed hit a new lowwith its failure to contain the violence despite full supportfrom the Centre.When the people vacillate on whether they should comeout to vote in Anantnag on 25 May, it would be no smalltask convincing the people that staying at home might bethe better option to facing the stones of protesters and theguns of security forces. Indeed, the cycle of violence hasto be broken and the credibility of the administration hasto be re-established at all costs. Kashmir cannot go on inits present state.

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What has emboldened the Kashmiri YouthBrig Anil Gupta

Bharat Jhunjhunwala

The roots of export ofterror from Pakistanlie in the Grand

feudal alliance that the leaders of thatcountry have cobbled up. Nehru hadimplemented land reforms in India thatbroke the backbone of rural feudal lords.He also put private businesses on theleash by declaring that commandingheights of the economy will be held bythe public sector. Indira Gandhi carriedthat movement forward with thenationalisation of banks and the coalindustry. That broke the stranglehold ofthe capitalists on the country. Such wasnot done in Pakistan.Feudal landlords ruled the countrysideand trade and industry were controlledby a small coterie of business houses.The political parties pandered to theseruling families. They needed an issuethat would divert the attention of thepeople from the inequities perpetrated bythis alliance. The issue of Kashmir camein handy for this purpose. The people,instead of opposing the alliance for itsanti-people policies, turned around andsupported it for its stand on Kashmir.The Pakistan army extended support tothis alliance. They found they could getlarge amounts of arms and money aslong as the Kashmir issue was keptburning. The ruling parties and the armypropped up jihadi groups to push theKashmir issue on centrestage. Kashmirand jihadis, therefore, are integral part ofthe strategy to divert the people'sattention from the economic inequalitythat is pervasive in Pakistan.The emergence of Al-Qaeda and Talibanenabled America to join this alliance asits fourth member. America had its ownagenda against Taliban in Afghanistanand a resurgent India, whom Americahas never trusted. In order to make thegovernment of Pakistan take up the waragainst Taliban and in order to create acounterweight to resurgent India, it wasnecessary for the Americans to supportthis alliance. In return for support fromAmerica, the alliance agreed to moveagainst the Taliban, at least on thesurface, and keep up pressure againstIndia. Thus America turned the Pakistanigovernment against its own people. Thisis the root of all pervasive anti-Americansentiment in Pakistan. The Americansfurthermore pushed the Pakistanigovernments to open up the Pakistaneconomy for American companies. Thus,one more member was co-opted in thegrand alliance-the Americanmultinational. My assessment is that thepeople of Pakistan are not happy withthe Americans. They are more inclined to

forge a friendship with China. Thus, theruling alliance walks on a tightropebetween America and China. They seekfinancial and military support from bothAmerica and China to keep the other atbay.Generally speaking, economic reformsmean that businesses will compete witheach other and bring prices down. Not soin Pakistan. Here economic reformsmean that a cartel of MNCs and localbusinessmen would be free to chargeexorbitant prices and fleece people. As aresult, Pakistani society split into twomutually hostile parts. The naked andjobless common man stood on one side.On the other side stood a grand allianceof feudal landlords, business houses,multinational corporations, and thePakistan army with the Americangovernment standing ready in attendanceto help if and when required. Pakistangovernment and Army have roped in thejihadis to bolster their bargaining poweragainst the Americans, and, at the sametime, deflecting the attention of thecommon man from poverty and otherproblems. Their purpose is secured by'optimal' terror-big enough to be invokedas a trump card before the Americansand small enough that it does not pushIndia to take a definitive action.The perception of China as a friendamong the Pakistani people causes aschism between them and India. In theirview, India is their enemy since India isa friend of their enemy America. Again,in their view, India is their enemy since

India is an enemy of their friend China.The anti-India sentiment in Pakistan isbeing fuelled by the support of thealliance to the jihadis. It is beingstrengthened by the perception of Indiabeing a friend of America and an enemyof China.Government of India wants to putpressure upon the Pakistan governmentto take action against the jihadis. Thispolicy will not deliver. The jihadis havea vital role in the survival of thealliance. They deflect the attention of thepeople from the anti-people doings of thealliance. The anti-people agenda beingfollowed by the alliance will get exposedif the jihadis go low. We are asking thealliance to dig its own grave by putting aleash on the jihadis. It is a waste of ourenergies if we try to turn the allianceagainst the jihadis. Instead of trying tocreate a schism between the alliance andthe jihadis; we must try to create aschism between the people on one sideand the alliance and the jihadis on theother. The solution will come fromweakening the alliance itself just aswe did with Sheikh Mujib inBangladesh.We should provide big financialsupport to international donors androute the funds to people's civilliberties organisations of Pakistan toraise the issue of economic inequalityagainst the ruling alliance and fosterinternal dissention. Global donorsregularly give funds to foster internaldissention against governments that do

not toe their line. We should do thesame. We should try to establish a pro-common man government in Pakistanwhich will create a soft society andremove the need for the government torely on the jihadis to deflect theattention of the people from poverty.In one go, we shall liberate thePakistani people from the tyranny ofthe grand alliance and also securefriendly government across ourborders.Second, we must reexamine our pro-American anti-China stance. Here wecan take a lesson from China. Thatcountry has often taken an anti-American stance, such as in respect toNorth Korea, yet obtained advancedcommercial technologies fromAmerican multinationals. It has alsodeveloped advanced military hardwaredespite lack of cooperation fromAmerica. We must do the same. Wemust extend our hand of friendship toChina. We can create a pro-Indiansentiment among Pakistani people ifwe become friends with China andenemies with America. We have tomake a hard choice whether we wantto lose the support of Pakistani peopleby being seen as supporters of theirenemy America and enemy of theirfriend China; or we will befriend thePakistani people by distancingourselves from America and embracingfriendship with China.The author was formerly Professor of

Economics at IIM Bangalore.

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Srinagar Apr 16:Reacting to the beating of

College Students of GovtDegree College Pulwama byforces yesterday, J&KPradesh CongressCommittee (JKPCC)President G A Mir whilecondemning the unfortunateincident in which 55students were injured,blamed the Mehbooba MuftiLed Govt for failing toensure security even insidethe colleges and Schools. Healso castigated ChiefMinister, who is also headof Unified Command, forremaining as mute spectatorto the incident of brutalities.

Describing the action byForces as unfortunate, Mirexpressed serious concernsaying that Forces shouldnot have entered intocollege premises to beat the

students. "What messagethey (Forces) wanted toconvey to the people. Suchtype of action by police orsecurity forces wereresponsible for thedeteriorating situation, forthe fact, it gives rise to theanger among the people, asa result, the situationcontinues to deteriorate inSouth Kashmir andelsewhere in the valley," hesaid.

Urging people especiallyyouth to maintain calm, Mirsaid that violence cannot besolution to any problem, aseverything can be settledthrough peaceful means.

He lashed out at PDP leddispensation for failing toensure peaceful atmospherein the valley especially inSouth Kashmir and blamedit for the restlessness and

insecurity among thepeople.

PCC President alsocondemned the Killing ofBashir Ahmad of QasbayarPulwama by unidentifiedgun and termed the incidentof killing and kidnapping ashighly condemnable.

He also condemned thekilling of Sajad HussainShiekh, who was reportedlyshot dead by BSF yesterdayevening in Batmaloo Area,saying that loss of lives cannever be replaced byanything.

Mir said rulingdispensation seems to be ina moribund condition, noteven able to say anything oninnocent killings, he added.

He said the killing in anyform is highly condemnableand must be condemned atall levels.

Mir condemns beatingof College students JAMMU APRIL 16:

Chief Electoral Officer,J&K Mr Shantmanu, who isalso Observer for the conductof biennial elections to theLegislative Council, todayvisited Legislative AssemblySecretariat here and took stockof the arrangements put inplace for the smooth conductof elections to elect theMembers of LegislativeCouncil (MLC).

The Chief Electoral Officerwent round the LegislativeAssembly Secretariat CentralHall, and enquired about thearrangements put in placethere.

Briefing the Chief ElectoralOfficer about thearrangements, Secretary, J&KLegislative Assembly MrMohammad Ramzan, who hasbeen appointed as ReturningOfficer for the election,informed that all arrangements

have been made withnecessary paraphernalia,saying that the ballot boxwould be sealed in presence ofauthorized agents of thePolitical parties beforecommencement of polling.

Chairing a joint meeting of

officers of AssemblySecretariat and ElectionDepartment, the ChiefElectoral Officer alsodiscussed the procedure ofvoting and counting of votesthreadbare.

The elections will be held

tomorrow onApril 17, 2017 inwhich Membersof the LegislativeA s s e m b l y(MLAs) will casttheir votesthrough openballot from9:00AM to 4:00PM. The countingof votes andresults will bedeclared on thesame day.

P e r t i n e n t l y,there were 8candidates in frayfor elections to 6

seats of the LegislativeCouncil which will fall vacantdue to retirement of 6 LCMembers on April 19. Out ofthe total 8 candidates in fray,four candidates namely MrYasir Reshi, Mr G L Raina,Aga Syed Mehmood and Mr.

Pradeep Sharma made theirentry to the Upper Houseunopposed as there was nocandidate in fray. OneCandidate Ashok Kumar Bhatwithdrew his candidature.

Now there are threecandidates in fray. Theseinclude PDP candidate AbdulQayoom Dar (JammuProvince), BJP candidatesVikram Randhawa (JammuProvince) and NC and INCcandidate Thakur Balbir Singh(Jammu Province).

Among others Joint ChiefElectoral Officer RamanKumar Kesar, Joint DirectorInformation, Jammu Mrs.Manisha Sarin, Deputy ChiefElectoral Officer Krishan Lal,Deputy Secretary, Jammu &Kashmir LegislativeAssembly appointed asAssistant Returning Officeralso accompanied the ChiefElectoral Officer.

Chief Electoral Officer reviews arrangementsLC Biennial Elections

Srinagar: Aiming to provide

platform to present skills ofphotography to world, teamKashmir Scape, aphotography group, Sundayorganized a photo walk atTulip Garden Srinagar incollaboration with KashmirKit and Ingenious koshur.Participants along with thecertificate of appreciationThe event was attended byyouth from across the valleyand also saw theinternational tourist

participation. Theparticipants while interactingsaid, "it was a learningprocess for everyone whowants to be a goodphotographer." Taha Naqasha participant of the eventsaid, "I have always thrivedfor learning, KashmirScapehas always boosted the moralof amateurs and beginners"."Kashmirscape has alwaysbrought us to theInternational standard," headded. Sanjay Mahajan, whowas there as a tourist and

took part in the event said, "Ihave been in many photowalks around the country,but this event was totallydifferent where participantswere given appreciationcertificates". Photo talksession was conducted afterthe participants presentedtheir best pictures of thephoto fest which was furtheranalyzed and bisected by thegroup members collectively.According to Mir Yasir whois one of the foundermembers of the team said,

"The motive of this event isthat we have of a vision ofcreating a mark for Kashmirphotographers inInternational platform. "Weoften organize photo talk anddiscussion sessions wheremember's photographs arecurated by the Internationalphotography artists viaonline discussions", Yasiradded. The members of thisevent said they are lookingfor more events in future too,to help the youngsters to be agood photographers.

KashmirScape organizes photo festBARAMULLA, Apr 15:

Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), senior leader and MP,Jugal Kishore Sharma todayaddressed huge gathering ofparty workers of BaramullaParliamentary Constituency.

Jugal Kishore, under PMNarendra Modi's nationwideprogram for MPs to spend24 hours in everyParliamentary Constituencyto meet the party leaders,interact with the public andlisten to their grievances-reached Baramulla towntoday. Jugal on the occasionsaid that this is the part ofthe exercise to hold regularinteractions with theParliamentarians to involvethem in promoting theCentral schemes and live upto the expectations of theelectorate. Jugal asked theworkers to work hard so thatthe benefits of the pro-poorCentral schemes can reach tothe people. He also said thatthere are scores of Centrally

as well as State sponsoredschemes meant for generalpublic and assured themtheir genuine issues wouldbe addressed by properlyusing these schemes.

The M.P and senior leaderfurther said, "BJP iscommitted to fulfill thepromise made by the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andBJP has a vision to bringKashmir at par with otherplaces of the country andtransform the lives ofpeople." One the occasion,party senior leader and MLC,Charanjeet Singh Khalsaasked workers to organisedoor-to-door visits and listento the grievances of people.He asked them to makegeneral public aware aboutthe scores of Centrallysponsored schemes. Duringhis ongoing tour to Kashmir,Khalsa took the stock of theparty's Organizational andpolitical activities. The BJPsenior leader and vice

chairman Horticulture andMarketing G.M Mir askedthe Kashmir based leadersand activists to work as ateam and reach out tocommon masses with themessage of the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.The meeting was organizedby district presidentBaramulla Desh KumarNehru. Present on theoccassion were vicechairman SICOP Dr. AliMohammad Mir, State MediaSecretary/ Media InchargeKashmir Altaf Thakur,incharge Baramulla SardarDD Singh, general. secretarySrinagar/ Protocol InchargeKashmir Arif Raja, districtpresident Bandipora WasimBari, district presidentKupwara Mohammad JamalBhat, BJYM State secretaryBilal Parry, BJYM district.president Baramulla ImranIbrahim, constituencypresidents of Kashmir andother party workers.

Jugal addresses public meeting GDC toremain closedon Apr 17, 18PULWAMA, APRIL 16:

According to the DistrictMagistrate Pulwama,Government Degree College(Boys) Pulwama will remainclosed on April 17 and 18.

It was informed that thestep has been taken in view ofcertain unavoidablecircumstances.

The students of the collegeare informed that no classeswill be held on theaforementioned dates.

BARAMULLA, APRIL15:

To assess post floodsituation, Minister forTechnical Education, YouthServices and Sports, ImranRaza Ansari today visitedvarious flood affected areasof Pattan constituency ofBaramulla district.

The Minister wasaccompanied by DeputyCommissioner, Baramulla DrNasir Ahmad Naqash, SSPBaramulla Mir ImtiyazHusain, SDM & TehsildarPattan, Officers of floodControl DepartmentIrrigation, PDD, PHE, RDDand officers of variousdepartments.

During the visit, theMinister reviewed thesituation of flood affectedvillages particularly Kanloowhere a residential housewas damaged due tolandslides. He also visitsHamray, Hanjivera villagesand other areas of Pattanconstituency where he

interacted with the peopleand assured them of everypossible support.

The Minister impressedupon the DeputyCommissioner to monitor thesituation and provide allpossible assistance to theaffected people. Meanwhile,the Minister directed theIrrigation and Flood controldepartment for renovatingand widening of floodchannels so that anyeventuality with regard tofloods can be tackled.

During the visit Ansari

took a comprehensiveaccount of the varioussectors in the Pattanconstituency and soughtreports from the officersconcerned regarding thecondition of roads in thearea. He directed them toensure availability ofelectricity and water supply tothe people and emphasizedthat the primary priority of theadministration must be toprovide every basic amenity tothe common man and soughtcoordination from all districtand sectoral officers.

Minister visits flood-hit areas Srinagar to hostexhibition of

rare manuscripts

SRINAGAR, APRIL16: In connection with the'World Heritage Day',Directorate of Archives,Archaeology & Museums isgoing to organize a specialexhibition of raremanuscripts and recentarchaeological andnumismatic findings fromKashmir.

The exhibition willbe organized on April 18 atDirectorate of Archives,Archaeology & Museumswith free of cost entry forthe general public.

During the eventrare collections of Arabic,Persian, Sharda and GilgatManuscripts, besides recentfinds including terracottatiles and numismatichoards discovered at Watnarand Nuner Budgam will beput on display.

Tarigamicondemns

civilian killing Srinagar, Apr 16:

Strongly condemning thekilling of Sajad Hassan ofBatamaloo Srinagar insecurity force's action andBashir Ahmad Dar, a PDPworker by unknowngunmen at RajporaPulwama, senior CPI(M)leader and MLA Kulgam,Mohammad YousufTarigami has termed theincidents as 'heinous',which should be condemnedby one and all. In astatement issued to KNS,Tarigami said, "Violence inany form and manifestationis condemnable." Tarigamisaid, "Such incidents areinhuman and unfortunateand the perpetrators ofviolence have achievednothing except forrendering irreparable loss tothe families of those killed."

Expressing sympathywith the bereaved families,the CPI (M) leader hasconveyed his heartfeltcondolences to the familiesof the victims.

SRINAGAR, APRIL 16:A day-long counseling-

cum-mentoring session forstudents appearing in theNational Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-2017was organized byDepartment of Libraries andResearch here today.

The session was addressedby Vivek Gupta from IITBombay, who shared varioustips and tricks onsuccessfully preparing andcracking competitiveexaminations.

He mentored theaspirants on studydisciplines, techniques, andreference material available

to prepare for upcomingNEET 2017.

The Department hadorganised a similarmentoring session in Jammuyesterday.

On the occasion, DirectorLibraries and Research,Mukhtar-ul-Aziz, said thatsuch initiatives would helpstudents to prepare in abetter and focused manner.

He said that thedepartment in collaborationwith PLANCESS EDUSolutions has developedcomposite study material forstudents to prepare forNEET with an elaboratearray of references in print

and digital formats includinge-books and referencevideos.

He said that IT-enabledlearning material has beenmade available free of costin the government librariesacross the state to assiststudents in their preparationsfor NEET, JEE, CET andother competitiveexaminations.

Pertinently, the Departmentof Libraries and Research has,in a maiden effort, this yearlaunched one of the biggest e-coaching and e-learninginitiatives in J&K to providequality coaching andcomprehensive solutions free

to the students aspiring toappear in NEET, JEE andCET.

Under the initiative, IT-enabled learning material,including video lectures, e-books and written notes havebeen made available free ofcost in the governmentlibraries across the state tofacilitate students to preparefor NEET, JEE, CET and othercompetitive examinations.Nearly 2,500 plus hours ofvideo lectures, 75,000questions with answers, 150 e-books and hard books arebeing made available to thestudents in the public librariesacross the State.

Counselling session for NEET-2017 aspirants held

Srinagar, Apr 15: J&KBank is organizing two daysRetail Credit and DigitalBanking Promotioncampaign in civil secretariatJammu from April 17. Thecampaign is beingorganized to createawareness among theemployees of the CivilSecretariat about the bank'sdigital products/serviceslike Mobile Banking(MPay), E-Banking, CreditCard etc. Besides, theemployees would beapprised about the hasslefree loan schemes inpersonal segment like carloan, personal loan, home

loan, education loan, uniquecash credit facility etc.During this two daycampaign, employees of thecivil secretariat can availany credit facility from theBank and win excitingprizes. Apart from offeringvarious credit facilitiesunder retail segment, thecivil secretariat employeeswould be facilitated to seedtheir Aadhar number andmobile numbers in theirrespective accounts.Notably, Aadhar enrolmentwould also be facilitatedduring the two-daycampaign. The employeeswho would avail the

facilities during the campshall be eligible toparticipate in a lucky drawto win various excitingprizes in the shape of amotor cycle, LED TV,Refrigerator, WashingMachine, Microwave,Smartphones etc.Employees of civilsecretariat maintaining theiraccounts in any of thebranches of J&K Bank areeligible for this lucky draw.

It's pertinent to mentionthat the customers would begiven rebate in rate ofinterest in Car Loan (freshcars), two wheeler loan andscooty finance scheme.

Srinagar, Apr 15: Police today said that it has registered a

case against miscreants who were peltingstones on vehicles at Sunergund inBudgam district of Central Kashmir andduring which one person was criticallyinjured. A police spokesman said: "Policereceived information that at Sunergund in

Budgam, some miscreants were peltingstones on moving vehicles on April 12.During this stone pelting, Aijaz AhmadGanie who was driving a Tavera vehiclebearing registration number JK04-7285was seriously injured and suffered criticalinjuries." The spokesman said his vehiclealso got damaged by the stones. "The

injured was shifted to District HospitalBudgam for treatment where from he wasshifted to SKIMS Soura Srinagar forfurther treatment. "A case FIR number86/2017 under Sections 147, 148, 336,427, 323/RPC has been registered andinvestigation was taken up," thespokesman added.

Police register case against stone-pelters

JK Bank to organize Retail Credit,Digital Banking promotion campaign

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PHE Mech. Division North Jammu

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Work so you can leave

Earlier every day

How many of us are office clock-watchers, who count the minutes before we log those minimum work hours and then leave our workstations? Well then, today should be right up your alley as it's Leave The Office Earlier Day . But that doesn't mean you've got a free half-day . What is does mean is that you need to increase your productivity so that you can leave work earlier than usual so that you can have more free time on a weekday.The origins of leave the office earlier dayThe occasion was the invention of Laura Stack, a specialist in employee productivity, who observed that Americans work an average of 49 hours a week, and, more importantly , 350 hours a year more than most Europeans. The day was therefore started as an incentive for employees to complete tasks before schedule and thereby make a conscious effort to increase their efficiency and productivity so they could go home

earlier than usual. This means that the prospect of leaving work earlier is motivation for an employee to perform to higher maximum potential.How beneficial is this conceptThe idea of Leave The Office Earlier Day is to emphasize one's productivity, and not time, some thing that has come about with the advent of capitalization, globalization and outsourcing, says Ramadhar Singh, professor of organizational behaviour and human resoiour and human resources management. "It works on the concept of people wanting free time. So if you do your job, you get that free time. But that requires clarity of one's job. Questions like, `What can I do?', `What are my tasks?' and `What are my performance areas?' need to be answered. We are giving individuals freedom, but that requires clarity , which is usually ambiguous in organizations," he says. Moreover, people now have phone and internet access everywhere, so there is no demarcation between home and work, he adds.How you can increase your productivityThere are ways that human resource management experts and organizational psychologists say you can increase your productivity so that you can finish your allotted tasks early , or get more done during your work days. Some of them include...Not multi-tasking:The ability to multi-task has been hailed as a boon to productivity, but psychologists have contradicted this, saying instead that attempting to do several tasks at once can result lead to lost time and productivity .Avoiding meetings:It's said that meetings are one of the

biggest detriments to productivity , mainly because they can be too long, lack clear purpose and leave too much room for employee distraction. Try and accomplish the same goals or tasks via e mail , phone or web-based meetings. But if you must have one, try a standing meeting, as it is said to be shorter and more productive.

�You need to increase

your productivity so

that you can leave

work earlier than

usual so that you can

have more free time

on a weekday .�The idea of Leave

The Office Earlier

Day is to emphasize

one's productivity.

Taking regular breaks:Taking scheduled breaks (say , every 90 minutes), during which you step away from your workstation, can help imp rove concentration, as well as help prevent back ailments related to sitting for too long.Avoiding heavy lunches:A heavy lunch will make you fatigued,

thereby leading to deceased levels of concentration and productivity . Instead, snack on foods high in protein, fibre and antioxidantsMaking the most of your commute:Use the time you take to get to work to answer emails and to plan your day.Make use of WiFi enabled vehicles in the city, like buses and cabs, to do this.

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The office

Earlier every day

The office

Terrible mistakesSpelling errors and typos while writing emails are the most common mistakes but somet imes the e r ro rs cou ld be embarrassing.A small typo might not be noticed, but it's pretty obvious when you accidentally send the entire office your dietary requirements for the Christmas party.

These errors can be particularly annoying - and potentially detrimental - if you're applying for a new job and trying to make a great first impression.

So what should you do if you become the culprit of an email faux-pas?

Business Insider asked recruitment and HR professionals for the worst mistakes you can make in an email - and how to fix them if it's too late.

Instead of replying back to a single person, you've accidentally sent everyone in the office your RSVP to an event or opinion about the upcoming pub quiz. It's more annoying than anything else, so follow it up with a quick email saying you didn't mean to send it to everyone and leave it at that.

However, if you work in a massive company, it can be more than a slight annoyance. For example, in November 2016 NHS employees were caught in a "reply-a l l " h e l l

-You accidentally hit 'reply all.'when a test email was sent around to absolutely everyone - that's

1.2 million people. Some employees replied back to all asking what was happening, causing an email system break-down.

Getting someone's name wrong can be a cardinal sin. According to Emily Gorton, HR assistant at Powder Byrne travel agency, there's no excuse, especially when the

person's name was written previously.

-You wrote the wrong name.

"To me, it shows lack of interest and attention to detail, which very early on can be a deal breaker," she told Business Insider. "It can honestly change my mind about people."

The best thing you can do in this situation is own up and apologise as soon as possible, Gorton said, even if that means sending another email straight afterwards.

Nigel Parslow, Managing Director of recruitment agency Harvey Nash, told Business Insider: "Always read through the email and check the recipients' details as thoroughly as the grammar and content of the email itself."

EmailsWe make while

Writing

-You pressed send too soon.

-A word autocorrected to something weird.

Sending an email off too soon has happened to all of us at some point. Sometimes it's obvious to the recipient, but other times it can look like you're being blunt. According to Parslow, pressing send prematurely is usually a result of being in a rush.

"[It's] an issue particularly when rushing or travelling and using smartphones on bumpy trains, and where one is trying to complete the email before disembarking," he told Business Insider.

If it happens to you, Gorton says you should always send as few emails as possible.

"Mistakes happen and we've all done it," she said, suggesting just one follow-up email "rather than sending an email saying sorry for the accident, followed by another saying the rest of the email - three in total. When you're getting hundreds of emails a day, it's irritating to get three or four in a row from one person!"

To avoid it happening all together, put yourself as the recipient until you're somewhere stable to send it off.

Gorton says you should apologise as soon as you realise you've made a spelling mistake, or you pick up on a word autocorrect changed to something

embarrassing."From a recruitment perspective, I would

tell applicants to avoid sending emails from your phone," she said. "If you're applying on your phone it suggests you're not putting time and effort into an application, and probably multitasking. Not a good first impression, as to me, applications should be thought through as they are usually time consuming."

Also, she says sending something without checking your spelling, grammar, and autocorrections suggests a lack of attention to detail.

Again, this can be avoided if you stop and think about what you've written, and you spend the time to read it through at least twice.

"Accuracy and quality are challenged when people rush work," said Parslow. "A few more minutes in considering the content, the tone it depicts, and how it will be read is a great investment, as once it has been sent, the message will land and will be interpreted as it is written by the recipient."

Everything that happens online can be accessed again, so it's important to follow up with someone if they have taken something you said the wrong way.

"If you are aware that an email of this nature has been inadvertently sent, it is always better to retract, correct, and apologise," Parslow said.

People who are guilty of not renaming their files memorably are probably familiar with this one. For example, there was the infamous case in 2015 when a woman accidentally sent a potential employer a Jamie Oliver chilli beef recipe instead of her CV.

How you handle this depends on how embarrassing the attachment was. Was it another Word document, or was it a picture of you in your underwear? A simple apology via email should be enough, unless you attached something really bad, in which case an immediate phone call is probably best.

"A lot of the time I think the best thing to do is own up as soon as possible - an email to follow or even an immediate phone call to explain what they will be opening," Gorton says.

"We employ over 100 staff to work for us in a ski resort during February, and simple mistakes can often mean your application is rejected. A common trait people write on their CVs is attention to detail, which means everything must be spot on."

-You've accidentally been misinterpreted.

-You attached the wrong file.

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Bhubaneswar, Apr 16

Playing the OBC card, the BJP

on Sunday hit out at opposition

parties, including the Congress,

for stalling a “historic” bill

granting constitutional status to

the OBC Commission and

asserted that the Modi

government is firm on its

resolve to ensure justice to

backward castes.

Seeking to consolidate its

support among the other

backward classes (OBC), it

passed a separate resolution at

its national executive meeting

hailing Prime Minister Narendra

Modi, who comes from an OBC

caste, for the legislation and

condemning rivals for blocking

it in the Rajya Sabha.

It accused the Congress and

other rival parties of being

“anti-backward castes”.

The OBCs, comprising over

52% of population, are vital to

BJP’s fortunes and a large chunk

of them had remained

indifferent to it before its

concerted bid to woo them bore

fruits under Modi in the 2014

Lok Sabha polls and then in the

recent Uttar Pradesh Assembly

elections.

“It is a must to grant the OBC

Commission constitutional

status. It will give them justice

and help create an equal society.

The Congress and other parties

have proved that they may

preach social justice but practise

only vote bank politics. The

Congress did not do justice to

them when it was in power and

continues to do so now,” Union

Minister Prakash Javadekar told

reporters.

He was briefing them on the

resolution passed by the national

executive.

The present commission is

“powerless” and cannot do

justice to the OBCs, he said,

asserting that the central

government is firm on the bill’s

passage. It will give the

commission powers similar to

the SCs and the STs

commissions.

He said the OBC MPs belonging

to all parties, including the

Congress and the Samajwadi

Party, had met Modi recently to

press for such a bill but

opposition parties stalled it

when it was brought.

The Lok Sabha, where the

government enjoys a big

majority, passed the

constitutional amendment bill

during the recent Budget

Session but the Rajya Sabha,

where it is short of a simple

majority, stalled it and sent to a

parliamentary committee for

review and recommendations.

Slamming the Congress, the

resolution said opposing a

decision aimed at improving the

living conditions of backward

people cannot be termed right

and the people sidelined for long

should now get their due in the

society.

It is not right to oppose such

decision only for politics, it said.

It is yet another pro-poor move

by the government, the minister

said, adding that various bodies,

including the Mandal

commission, had made such a

suggestion.

The resolution moved by

Hukumdev Narayan Yadav and

seconded by the party’s senior

OBC leaders, including Madhya

Pradesh and Jharkhand chief

ministers Shivraj Singh

Chouhan and Raghubar Das,

said it is after 70 years of

Independence, a government has

taken this “historic” decision.

“This is fulfillment of the

long-pending demand of

providing social justice to the

backward classes of our

society... This step reflects the

strong resolve of Modi to bring

equality in the society where

nobody is treated badly

because of their caste or

educational backwardness.

Justice needs to be delivered to

every citizen without any bias

or prejudice,” it said.

Javadekar said the OBC

commission will help people

irrespective of religions as

socially and educationally

backward groups of minorities

also fall in the OBC category.

OBC bill: BJP flays Opposition parties for being ‘anti-backward castes’ at Odisha meet

Chennai, Apr 16

The DMK and six other

parties on Sunday called for

a one-day Tamil Nadu bandh

on April 25 to highlight the

plight of the state’s farmers

who are reeling under a

devastating drought.

The meeting was called by

DMK working president MK

Stalin who is rallying all

opposition parties behind

him to appropriate the anti-

Centre stance that AIADMK

general secretary and chief

minister Jayalalithaa

occupied over a host of

issues.

Stalin chaired the all-party

the meet at the DMK

headquarters sans the two

warring factions of

AIADMK and the BJP

whom he holds responsible

for the agrarian crisis

afflicting Tamil Nadu

farmers. Stalin had recently

visited Delhi to express

solidarity with a group of

Tamil farmers who have

been protesting for a few

weeks.

On Sunday he got the

smaller parties and the Left

to come on a single

platform, to articulate the

people’s anger and

resentment over the Centre’s

alleged step motherly

treatment to Tamil Nadu.

For the present, nothing

highlights this aspect more

than the images of Tamil

farmers protesting with

skulls of fellow farmers who

committed suicide while

there is no

acknowledgement from the

Central government to their

plight.

The two Left parties – CPM

and CPI, Congress, Indian

Union Muslim League, and

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal

Katchi leaders participated

in the meeting while another

regional party, Pattali

Makkal Katchi stayed away

despite invitation.

The meeting resolved to

seek full loan waiver of all

farmers, setting up of the

Cauvery River Water

Management Board and an

audience with the Prime

Minister Narendra Modi.

Incidentally, Nallakannu, the

leader of farmers protesting

in New Delhi questioned as

to why the Prime Minister

had all the time to meet

captains of corporate sector

and industry leaders did not

have even a few minutes to

spare for the poor farmers

now under the grip of the

state’s worst ever drought.

Stalin gets six parties on board for TamilNadu bandh to flag farmers’ plight

New Delhi, Apr 16

Former naval officer

Kulbhushan Jadhav is not

the only Indian in Pakistan’s

custody on charges of

spying. There are 13 others

lodged in Pakistan jails,

facing similar charges.

More than 30 Pakistanis too

were found to be lodged in

Indian prisons – either

convicted on charges of

spying or facing trial — as

per a 2015 list.

Jadhav is also not the only

Indian to whom Pakistan has

denied consular access.

The neighbouring country

earlier refused consular

access to Hamid Nehal

Ansari, a 27-year-old

management teacher from

Mumbai, who went to

Pakistan in search of a

woman he fell in love on

Facebook.

He disappeared after

reaching Kohat near

Peshawar. Later, during a

court hearing in Pakistan, it

transpired Ansari is in the

custody of Pakistani

intelligence agencies.

In all there are 208 Indians in

Pakistani jail. Among them

174 are fishermen.

“Among the civilian

prisoners, 13 are facing

espionage charges,” said a

government source.

India and Pakistan started

exchanging list of nationals

of each country lodged in

other country’s jails

following an agreement on

consular access signed in

2008.

“In this context, we await

from Pakistan confirmation

of nationality of those in

India’s custody who are

otherwise eligible for release

and repatriation. We also

await consular access to

those Indian nationals in

Pakistan’s custody for whom

it has so far not been

provided including Hamid

Nehal Ansari and

Kulbhushan Jadhav,” said an

Indian external affairs

ministry’s statement during

the exchange of list.

Of the Pakistani nationals

facing trial or undergoing

sentence on the charges of

spying in India, many have

served their sentence but

can’t be deported as

Pakistan refuses to accept

them as its citizens.

Sajeed Muneer, for instance,

spent about 12 years in

Indian jail for espionage

before being released on

June 5 last year. Pakistan

does not acknowledge him

as its national and hasn’t

responded to India’s request

to take him back. For the

past 10 months, Bhopal

police are taking care of his

daily needs at a safe

location.

Masood Akhtar, another

Pakistani national accused

of being an ISI agent, was

sentenced to 14 years of

rigorous imprisonment in

2003. He was due for release

but is still lodged in Ambala

central jail. Jail officials say

till the time they don’t get

communication for his

deportation from the

ministry of foreign affairs,

he will not be released.

The district magistrate

issues orders every month

for the extension of his

imprisonment.

Kulbhushan Jadhav case: India, Pak hold many‘spies’ in each other’s custody

Ranchi, Apr 16

Tension simmered in

Ranchi’s MG Road for the

second time in less than a

week after one of the parties

in a road rage incident late

Saturday night sought to

give a communal colour to

it.

A Muslim e-rickshaw driver

allegedly cooked up a story

of how he was taken to an

isolated area by a group of

youths, asked to chant

religious slogans and beaten

up for refusing to oblige.

His story sparked major

unrest in the Muslim-

dominated Ekra Masjid

locality and brought

thousands of protestors out

on the street in his support.

However, police said they

later found out that the e-

rickshaw driver was

assaulted by the owner of a

Santro car after a minor

accident on MG Road. The

car owner had also lodged a

complaint against the

rickshaw driver Iliaz Khan

with the local police station.

Police personnel were

rushed to MG Road and

protestors were chased away

to avoid the situation from

snowballing into a

conflagration. Armed police

personnel were deployed on

the streets through the entire

night and on Sunday to

prevent any further tension.

“The rickshaw driver cooked

up the entire story only to

gather a mob and scare the

car owner with whom he had

a scuffle,” said Ranchi

superintendent of police

Kishore Kaushal.

Hyderabad, Apr 16

The Telangana assembly on

Sunday unanimously

passed a bill to increase

reservations for backward

sections among Muslims to

12%, taking the total quota

in the state to over 50%, the

limit set by the Supreme

Court.

Telangana government

convened a special session

on the day, despite it being

a holiday, to pass “The

Telangana Backward

Classes, Scheduled Castes,

Scheduled Tribes

(Reservation of seats in

educational Institutions and

of appointments or posts in

the services under the

State) Bill, 2017”

It was passed after three

hours of intense debate and

suspension of all the five

BJP members who were

opposing any religion-

based reservation.

Chief minister K

Chandrasekhar Rao moved

the bill to raise the quota,

from the existing 4%, for

the socially and

economically backward

among the Muslims.

The bill also envisaged to

increase the reservations in

educational institutions and

government jobs for

Scheduled Tribes from

existing six percent to 10%.

The enhancement of quota

for Muslims and ST will

take the total percentage of

reservations in the state to

62, which is 12% higher

than the 50% ceiling set by

the SC in its ruling in the

Indira Sawhney case in

November, 1992.

Putting up a strong case in

support of the bill, Rao said

the reservations were being

provided purely on the

basis of socio-economic

backwardness and not on

the basis of religion.

“The poorer sections of

Muslims have already been

getting 4% reservations

under the Backward

Classes (E) category. After

the bifurcation of the

combined Andhra Pradesh,

population percentage of

Muslims in Telangana has

shot up and 90% of them

are poor and socially

backward. Hence, we have

decided to increase

reservation quota treating

them as OBC,” he told the

assembly.

Rao was confident of

overcoming legal hurdle in

surpassing the quota ceiling

by incorporating it in the

Ninth Schedule of the

Constitution through a

Constitutional amendment

as was done in Tamil Nadu

in 1994.

In the neighbouring

southern state, 69% of the

seats are reserved for SC,

ST and OBC communities.

The bill will now be

required to be passed by the

state legislative council,

before it could be sent for

the President’s assent for its

inclusion in the 9th

Schedule of the

Constitution.

Telangana passes bill increasing quota for Muslims to

12%; state’s total quota goes above SC limit of 50%The centre has

decided to revisit its policy

of adoption of industrial

training institutes (ITIs) by

the private sector industrial

units.

Following the footsteps of

Maharashtra state

government that has

withdrawn the policy of

handing over of ITIs to

industrial units for running

these institutions and training

the students, the union skill

development ministry is

seriously studying the

loopholes in the policy.

Most of India’s major

manufacturing giants have

adopted and been running

about 1200 ITIs in the

country since 2007.

The centre government in

2007 had rolled out a scheme

allowing industrial units of

repute to adopt ITIs to get

the trainees exposed to the

latest technological

knowhow and better their

employment prospects.

These companies not only

add infrastructure and

equipment to the ITI they

adopt but also tweak the

curriculum according to the

industry needs. Even

instructors who are deputed

by the government are

exposed to the latest

technological advancements

prevalent in the industry. It

works in the larger interest of

the industry also as its gets

the talent pool of its choice

which otherwise ITIs cannot

generate on its own.

As many as 1396 ITIs were

earmarked for the scheme

under which the industrial

unit would get Rs. 2.5 crore

interest-free loan for sprucing

up the ITI infrastructure.

India has a total of about

13,000 ITIs.

Industry too had welcomed

the scheme as it could

produce the workforce

according to their needs by

tweaking the curriculum to

meet their requirements.

Alwar lynching: Police yet to makearrests despite 6 named in FIR

Jaipur, Apr 16

Almost a fortnight after Pehlu Khan, the 55-year-old dairy

farmer from Nuh in Haryana, was murdered in Alwar, the

Rajasthan police say they will not arrest the six named in

the FIR before interrogating them to make sure they were

involved in the crime.

Alwar superintendent of police Rahul Prakash said they

were raiding various places to nab the six people named in

Khan’s FIR because they are absconding since April 5 but

added that they would only be detained for interrogation.

“We will arrest them only after we are sure that they were

involved in the crime,” he told HT.

Earlier, on April 5, Prakash announced a reward of Rs 5,000

each on the six accused for information leading to their

arrests.

The FIR in the murderous attack on Khan and four others

was registered against six named and 200 unidentified

people on the basis of Khan’s statement to police around

11pm on April 1 when the farmer was in the intensive care

unit of Kailash Hospital in Behror in Alwar.

In his statement, Khan named Om Yadav (45), Hukum

Chand Yadav (44), Sudhir Yadav (45), Jagmal Yadav (73),

Naveen Sharma (48) and Rahul Saini (24) for carrying the

attack on him and four others with him carrying cattle from

a weekly market in Jaipur to their village in Nuh.

On the basis of Khan’s statement, police registered a case

against these six and 200 others under sections 147

(rioting), 143 (unlawful assembly), 323 (voluntarily causing

hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint), 308 (culpable homicide),

379 (theft) of the Indian Penal Code. On April 3, section

308 was changed to that of murder (section 302) after Khan

died in hospital around 7.30pm.

Rickshaw driver’s story gives road rageincident a communal turn in Ranchi

Industry connect but noinfrastructure handover: Centre

to revisit ITIs adoption policy

10 SPORTS the northlinesJammu | Monday | April 17 | 2017

JAMMU, April 16:

Abdul Gani of

Mallerkotla in Punjab today

lifted the Jhajjar Kotli

Kesari dangal title defeating

Bhupinder of Ajnala in

Punjab in the main bout that

lasted for 23 minutes at

Jhajjar Kotli in district

Jammu.

Dangal was organized by

Jhajjar kotli Dangal

Committee in collaboration

with J&K Indian Style

Wrestling Association under

the overall supervision of

president of the Association,

Shiv Kumar Sharma and

chairman Shining Star

School Jhajjar Kotli, Dugra

Dass Thappa.

Chairman of J&K Indian

Style Wrestling Association,

Prem Choudhary was chief

guest, who distributed cash

prizes among the winners

and runners-up wrestlers.

Prominent among others

present included general

secretary District Reasi

Indian Style Wrestling

Association, Naresh Kumar,

Balkar Singh, SHO Rakesh

Singh, Bashmir Mohd,

Rakesh Badyal (District

Social Welfare Officer),

Rashid Mohd. (Naib

Tehsildar), Varun Sanmotra,

Yash Paul Sharma, Rehmat

Ali, Mohd. SaDiq and

Madan Mohan Dubey.

In all, 45 bouts were

played in this dangal.

Winner of the main bout,

Abdul Gani was awarded

with cash prize of Rs

25,000 while runners-up

Bhupinder given away a

cash prize of Rs 16,000.

The second main bout won

by Kapil of Guru Hanuman

Akhara Delhi who defeated

Nisar Ahmed of Doda of

J&K Police while third bout

went to Ishaq (Lallu) of

Bajrangi Akhara Jammu

who beat Gursewak of BSF

of Chandigarh. In fourth

bout claimed by Ajay

Sharma of Udhampur

beating Gurmail of BSF of

Chandigarh while Narinder

of BSF defeated Mohd.

Akram of Chouadi in

Jammu in the fifth main

bout. Jhajjar Kotli Dangal

Committee members and

technical officials who

helped in the conduct of this

dangal were Ravi Kumar

Baru, Swarn Singh Charak,

Dugra Dass Thappa, Sanjay

Kumar Dubey, Om Parkash

Dubey, Bashir Mohd. Malik,

Vijay Kumar Dubey, Rajesh

Baru, Ama Din Gujar,

Mustaq (Sonu), Surat Singh,

Bishan Dass Sharma, Seshu

Paul Singh, Romail Singh,

Hussian Mohd., Sunil

Advocate, Rinku Numberdar,

Rinku Baru, Madan Mohan

Dubey, Tara Mani Dubey,

Yash Paul Dubey, Neelam

Baru, Om Parkash, Sat Paul

Baru, Prem Chand, Ajay

Sharma, Sunny (Airtel),

Mohd. Fareed, Tulinder

Kumar, Raj Singh, Om

Parkash Verma and Sat Paul

Verma.

Other Results: Roshan

Lal Sharma of Muthi of J&K

Police beat Narinder of

Ajnala, Jakker of Sarore

beat Sheru of Pathankot,

Panku of Jammu beat

Bahadur of Pathankot, Feeza

of Billawar beat Man

Hussian of R.S Pura, Gopal

Sharma of Jindrah beat

Manjit of Phagwara, Murad

Ali of Domana beat Ajeet of

Pathankot, Sachin of Guru

Hanuman Akhara beat Talab

of Mallerkotla, Arif of

Manwal beat Laikat Ali of

Bajrangi Akhara Jammu, Ali

of Pathankot beat Bharat

Bushan of Domana, Danesh

of Chandigarh beat Bobari

of Sarore and Muneer of

Jammu beat Manjeet of BSF

of Chandigarh.

Gani of Punjab takes home Jhajjar Kotli dangal title

Chief guest gives away Jajjar Kotli dangal title to Abdul Gani of Punjab.

JAMMU, April 16:

Singh Club Akhnoor shall be playing

against Chinore Cricket Club (CCC) in the

final of the ongoing Twenty20 Tournament,

organised by SP Rural of J&K Police under

Civic Action Programme at MHAC School

Nagbani, near here on April 18.

Earlier, in the semifinals, decided today,

Singh Club defeated Singh Club Baba

Talab by five wickets. Batting first, after

Sigh Club won the toss and opted to field,

Singh Club Baba Talab made 124 runs

losing all their wickets in 17.1 overs. Anil

(40), Lablu (25) and Happy (20) were main

contributors to the total. From Singh

Akhnoor, Chander Kiran emerged as most

successful bowler with five wickets,

including hat trick. Sunny and Sunil shared

two each.

In reply, Singh Akhnoor attained the goal

making 125 runs in 17 overs for five

wickets. Aunny Mahi played fine innings

of 56 runs while Sunil Sharma contributed

44 runs and Manik Sharma added 11. From

Singh Baba Talab, Ankush took two

wickets, followed by Lablu and Happy,

who shared apiece each. Chander Kiran

was adjudged man of the match for his five

wickets haul.

Meanwhile, in other semifinal of the day,

Chinore Club registered an outright 10-

wicket win against Baba Jitto Club.

Singh Akhnoor facesChinore Club in T20 final

NEW DELHI:

Mumbai Indians registered

their fourth consecutive win of

IPL 2017 on the back of Nitish

Rana's second half-century and

a sparkling 39 from Kieron

Pollard. They overhauled

Gujarat Lions' 176/4 to bag the

top spot in the points-table

We break down the match

into five passages of play that

determined the outcome.

McCullum overcomes

scratchy start

Sunday's knock against

Mumbai Indians wasn't the kind

of innings one would usually

associate with Brendon

McCullum. He wasn't at his

free-flowing best, often

restricted from playing the big

shots by the Mumbai Indians

bowlers. He was out of sorts

initially - swung and missed

quite a few inside Powerplay.

Mitchell McClenaghan and

Jasprit Bumrah's slower ones

mixed with Harbhajan's

doosra/straighter delivery didn't

prevented McCullum from

opening his arms, and his score

after five overs ready just 15.

But the shackles broke in the

sixth. Malinga was short and

wide, and McCullum responded

by slapping it over the point

boundary. Two balls later, he

bowled a length ball, again

rolling his fingers over it, and

the batsman swatted it over

midwicket. Harbhajan was slog

slept and a Bumrah full-toss was

flicked for six towards third-

man. McCullum added 80 with

Suresh Raina for the second

wicket, something the Gujarat

Lions needed desperately after

losing Dwayne Smith off just

the second ball. He eventually

made 65 before missing a full

and straight delivery from

Malinga to find his stumps

shattered. But by then he had

scored his 12th IPL fifty, fourth

against Mumbai Indians, that

had set the base for Gujarat.

Karthik helps Gujarat finish

with flourish

Dinesh Karthik has been one

of the Indian batsmen to look

out for this season having scored

runs across all three formats in

the recently-concluded domestic

season. And here against the

Mumbai Indians he proved his

worth again with a quick 26-ball

48 that added impetus to the

Gujarat innings after

McCullum's exit. He hit two

fours and two sixes but what

stood out about his knock was

that there were hardly any dot

balls in there - four to be precise.

He showed a bit of

improvisation by scooping

Hardik Pandya over fine leg and

showed his class by squeezing a

yorker outside off by opening

the face of his bat and sending it

towards the fence left of point. It

was followed by a thumping

pull over the square leg

boundary as Karthik raced away

to 39 of 18. He was tied down in

the last two overs by Bumrah

and Malinga but a couple of

sixes from Jason Roy (7-ball

14*) in the last over, who came

out to bat at No. 6, gave Gujarat

a total they'd be happy with.

Rare hammering for Malinga

Lasith Malinga produced

figures of 1/51 which was his

worst IPL figure. This was just

the second time that Malinga,

the leading-wicket taker in the

tournament's history, conceded

50 or more runs in T20s, the

previous being in the 2012

World T20 where he leaked 54

and went wicketless in the final

against West Indies.

Every year, Mumbai Indians

seem to develop a 'find', and this

year the player to fit that bill is

Nitish Rana. In the four matches

prior to this, Rana had scores of

34, 50, 45 and 11 and already

pulled off a sensation chase

against two-time IPL champions

Kolkata Knight Riders. Mumbai

Indians, in reply to Gujarat

Lions' 176 had lost Parthiv Patel

for a duck off the second ball of

the innings, and as everyone

waited in anticipation for Rohit

Sharma to come out at No.3,

from the Mumbai dugout it was

Nitish Rana who strolled out,

getting a deserved promotion in

the batting order. Dropped early

on when he was on 10, Rana

made the Gujarat bowlers pay.

Basil Thampi was welcomed by

two sixes - a ramp and a full-

blooded swing over the extra

cover boundary. Rana followed

it with a third off Andrew Tye's

slower one, lofting the ball over

deep square-leg. With his pace

options not working, Suresh

Raina introduced Ravindra

Jadeja, who was taken by Rana

for a four - that brought up his

second fifty of this IPL - and a

six in his second over with

exquisite footwork. He finally

fell to Tye against the run of

play, offering a faint nick to

Karthik behind the stumps, but

by then he and Buttler had put

on 85 for the second wicket.

IPL 2017: Rana, Pollard take Mumbai Indians to top of table

NEW DELHI: 100 comes

up for RPS in the 14th over, but

MS Dhoni has looked rusty

while Steve Smith has not been

able to brea kfree. RCB have

bowled and fielded well so far

Stellar catch by Kohli

removes Tripathi

Superb catch by RCB skipper

Virat Kohli at extra cover diving

to his left. Rahul Tripathi was

looking in good touch and the

youngster cannot believe that he

has been dismissed. He goes for

31 off 23 balls. RPS 69/2

Badree removes Rahane

After a good start, Ajinkya

Rahane is undone by a Samuel

Bdree special, beaten in flight

and he is castled. RPS 63/1 in

7.4

Blazing start for RPS

Ajinkya Rahane and Rahul

Tripathi have given RPS a

blazing start. Adam Milne has

been tonked for 17 runs while

Samule Badree's first over was

taken for 11 tuns

Rising Pune Supergiant

(Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane,

Rahul Tripathi, Steven

Smith(c), Ben Stokes, Manoj

Tiwary, MS Dhoni(w), Daniel

Christian, Rahul Chahar, Imran

Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev

Unadkat

Royal Challengers Bangalore

(Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c),

Mandeep Singh, AB de Villiers,

Kedar Jadhav(w), Shane

Watson, Stuart Binny, Pawan

Negi, Samuel Badree, Adam

Milne, Sreenath Aravind,

Yuzvendra Chahal

TOSS

Royal Challengers Bangalore

win toss and opt to bowl vs

Rising Pune Supergiant. Dan

Christian and Jaydev Unadkat

replace Lockie Ferguson and

Ankit Sharma for RPS. RCB

make two changes: Adam

Milne and Watson come in for

Tymal Mills and Gayle.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli

will renew his onfield rivalry

with Australian counterpart

Steve Smith on Sunday, but this

time the goal will be to reignite

Royal Challengers Bangalore's

stuttering campaign in the

Indian Premier League.

Smith - who along with Kohli

was the focal point of a bitter

feud that threatened to engulf

the Test series against the

visiting Australians last month -

is on a similar mission as he

hopes to kick-start Rising Pune

Supergiant's season when the

two teams meet at the M

Chinnaswamy stadium.

Both teams suffered losses on

Friday, with RCB - despite the

timely return of their talismanic

captain - losing to Mumbai

Indians by four wickets while

RPS were handed a seven-

wicket thrashing by Gujarat

Lions. The sixth-placed hosts

have just a solitary win from

four matches with the bottom-

placed visitors in an identical

position.

For a team that has

traditionally relied on its

batsmen to get the job done,

RCB have come up short this

season, with long-term injuries

to KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan

making matters worse. The

team has struggled to put up

runs on the board - with three

sub-160 totals in four matches -

and will look to improve in that

area going ahead.

IPL 2017: Badree removes Rahane

SINGAPORE:

Promising Indian shuttler

B Sai Praneeth clinched his

maiden Super Series title at

the Singapore Open after

defeating compatriot K

Srikanth in a historic all-

Indian final on Sunday.

World No.30 Praneeth,

who had won the Canada

Open Grand Prix last year

and reached the Syed Modi

Grand Prix Gold final this

year, outmaneuvered

Srikanth 17-21, 21-17, 21-

12 in the summit clash of

the $350,000 event.

"It's always difficult to

play someone with whom

you play everyday. I am

very happy to win today.

The way I played in the

tournament, I'm very happy.

The support here for the

Indians has also been very

nice," an overwhelmed

Praneeth said after the 54-

minute clash.

It was the first time in the

history of international

badminton that two Indians

were playing a Super Series

final and it turned out to be

a thrilling contest.

The two trainees of the

Gopichand academy

exploited every chink that

they were aware of in each

other's game.

In the first game, Srikanth

played some angled shots to

set up his points and then

used his accurate smashes to

seal them. He gathered

many points on Praneeth's

forehand with his brilliant

returns.

Srikanth started with two

lame returns but as the game

progressed, he showed his

class to outmaneuver his

compatriot. The duo didn't

go for long rallies and

varied the pace with their

repertoire of strokes.

It was Srikanth who

grabbed an 11-7 advantage

during the first break with a

cross-court smash which

Praneeth couldn't return

despite a full stretch dive.

Praneeth too made

Srikanth run for every point

before closing in to make it

14-15.

Srikanth did not relent

either and came up with

down the line smashes to

grab five game points.

In the second game,

Srikanth rushed to a 4-1 lead

but Praneeth clawed back at

7-7. The duo, which trains

together at the Gopichand

Academy, moved neck-and-

neck till 10-10 before

Praneeth grabbed a one-

point advantage with

Srikanth hitting wide.

Praneeth continued to

dominate the proceedings

and moved to a 20-17 lead

when Srikanth made a

service error. He then roared

back into the contest when

his compatriot hit wide.

In the decider, Praneeth

carried the momentum and

surged to a 7-3 lead which

he consolidated to 11-5 at

the break. It was another

towering smash on

Srikanth's backhand which

gave him the lead.

The change of court didn't

break Praneeth's rhythm as

he continued to trouble

Srikanth with his array of

strokes and better net-play.

Praneeth clinches maiden SuperSeries title at Singapore Open

Jammu:

Media XI Cricket Club

defeated Rainawari Cricket

Club by a margin of 22 runs

in a T-20 cricket match

played at GGM Science

College ground, here today.

Media XI Cricket Club led

by Yash Khajuria, after

winning the toss opted to bat

first. With the help of stellar

batting performance by

Gourav who scored well

crafted fifty (63 runs off 44

balls) Media XI posted a

challenging 162 runs' target

on scoreboard at the cost of 6

wickets in the stipulated

overs.

Amit Kumar (24 runs off

27 balls) and Ankush (23

runs off 14 balls) also

contributed to the total.

Vishal from Rainawari CC

bowled exceptional to

eliminate three of the Media

XI batters conceding just 22

runs in his four over spell.

Whereas Abbeya and Aditpal

Singh also bagged 2 and 1

wickets respectively.

In their run chase the

cautious Rainawari CC

suffered early loss of wicket

as Media XI bowlers bowled

exceptional in the power

play leaking just 37 runs by

sending 2 batsmen back to

the pavilion. Bowling tight

line and length in the middle

overs by the Media XI

bowlers cost Rainawari CC

badly as they kept on losing

wickets on regular interval

as they eventually ended up

139 for 8 in the 20 overs and

lost by 22 runs. Mussif and

Reshav were the only batter

who could salvage some

pride as they scored 34 & 25

runs respectively. Aditpal

with 14 runs of 9 balls

remained the other top scorer

for the Rainawari CC.

For Media XI, Rahul

Khatri 2/29 remained the

pick of the bowlers, whereas

Yash, Nitin, Ankush, Amit

and Sunil shared a wicket a

peace.

Later, Gourav Manhas

who scored 63 runs laced

with 9 boundaries was

declared as Man of the

Match.

Desh Ratan Dubey, Joint

Secretary, J&K Cricket

Association, Jammu Wing

was the Chief Guest on the

occasion, whereas Senior

Journalist Rajesh Dhar also

presided over there.

Media XI overpowersRainawari CC by 22 runs

NEW DELHI:

Call it a super Sunday for Indian badminton,

if you like. Not long before the first all-Indian

final of the Singapore Open Super Series

between Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth,

approximately 900 kilometers southwards in

Jakarta, three young Indian shuttlers did the

country proud by claiming podium finishes at

the 2017 International Junior Grand Prix.

Gayatri Gopichand, daughter of All-England

champion and coach of Rio Olympics silver

medalist PV Sindhu, among other champions,

won the Under-15 women's singles title by

beating compatriot Samiya Imad Farouqui,

while finishing with bronze was Kavipriya

Selvam. Gayatri and Samiya also won the

women's U-15 doubles title. The doubles

bronze was won by Kavipriya and Meghana

Reddy.

All four girls are products of the SAI Pullela

Gopichand National Badminton Academy in

Hyderabad, which for the first time was able to

send a group of U-15 level badminton players

overseas to compete in the age-group

International Junior Grand Prix.

Continuing the promise displayed from an

early age, Gayatri beat Samiya 21-11, 18-21,

21-16 in 56 minutes to claim the U-15 singles

title, and a while later the two girls teamed up

to beat the Indonesian pair of Kelly Larissa and

Shelandry Vyola 21-17, 21-15 in 28 minutes to

win the the women's U-15 doubles title.

U-15 shuttlers Gayatri Gopichand, SamiyaFarouqi emerge victorious in Jakarta

NEW DELHI:

The results have been good of late but India's women's

hockey coach Marijne Sjoerd feels the team lacks self-belief

against higher-ranked opponents -- a problem he is trying to

resolve by keeping the side "busy".

Sjoerd took charge of team last month and in his maiden

assignment, the team won the Hockey World League Round 2

title in West Vancouver recently. The win helped the side

advance to the next round -- Hockey World League Semifinal

-- also a World Cup qualifier.

"What I understood is that Indian girls lack self belief. They

sometimes lose a match even before stepping on the turf. I

think they consider themselves smaller when they play against

a higher-ranked country," the 42-year-old told PTI in an

interview from Holland.

"I want them to be busy and think about themselves and the

team, not about others. Thinking about others will only lead to

wrong distractions. I want them to focus on their task and

fulfill that in the best possible way," he said.

India played the likes of minnows Uruguay, Chile

and Belarus in Hockey World League Round 2 and Sjoerd

refuses to read too much into the side's successful performance

in West Vancouver.

"We were the favourites in the tournament as we were the

top-ranked side but indeed it was a good start. My main target

is to reach the quarterfinals in the 2020 Olympics," he said.

Indian girls lack self-belief,working on it: hockey coach

BUSINESS the northlinesJammu | Monday | April 17 | 2017

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electronics & high-quality IT

peripherals, under the brand

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launch of its compact

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by its size!'

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sized, the power bank does

very well at being one the best

small power banks on the

market because of its short

length and skinny width. As a

result, it can fit into a pocket

and easily be held in your

hand. In terms of charging, it

can Output 5V/1.0A charging

speed to your devices. This

amount of Amperage is

enough to charge many

smartphones at their max

speed. The input speed at 1

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keeping a great conversions

rate, so you can very well

charge your smartphone up to

2 times. Some may even do 3

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QHMPL launches5000mAh Powerbank

HYDERABAD:

Insurers and insurance

intermediaries have been

directed to share details of the

Point of Salespersons engaged

by them with the Insurance

Information Bureau of India to

ensure that such

representatives deal only with

their products.

The Insurance Regulatory

and Development Authority of

India has issued a circular in

this regard advising the

companies and intermediaries

to upload the existing database

of their POS. It also referred to

the recent amendments in the

guidelines on the POS,

especially the clause making it

mandatory for all insurers and

intermediaries to cross check

with the Bureau’s database

before engaging a POS. This

is to ensure that the applicant

is not engaged as POS with

any other insurer or insurance

intermediary.

Besides uploading the

database on

https://pos.iib.gov.in, they

should start using the

“functionalities of the POS

portal and upload details of

new POS enrolled by them as

stipulated in the guidelines

from April 15,” the circular

said.

Through the amendments,

announced on March 16, the

regulator had dispensed with

the requirement that a POS for

non-life and health insurance

products need to undergo

training and clear an

examination conducted by the

National Institute of

Electronics and Information

Technology. The change was

in line with a similar

amendment made in February

for POS dealing in life

insurance products.

Instead, the IRDAI

mandated the insurance

companies to impart in-house

training of 15 hours and

conduct an examination, on

clearing which the candidate

could be appointed as a POS.

The companies are also

required to enter into a written

agreement with the POS at the

time of appointing them.

The IRDAI had, in October

2015, unveiled the guidelines

on Point of Salespersons in

line with its objective to

initiate steps facilitating the

growth of insurance business

and to enhance insurance

penetration and insurance

density. The POS are allowed

to solicit and market only

certain pre-underwritten

products approved by the

Authority. “The intervention

required for such a product is

minimal and the training and

examination for such persons

could be of a lesser degree,”

according to the guidelines.

IRDA asks insurers to upload details of POS

NEW DELHI:

The government has

identified old power projects

totalling 7,738 mw capacity

owned by the Centre and

states for replacement with

energy-efficient supercritical

plants, which will generate a

gross 18,560 mw.

"The government has

identified 7,738 mw

inefficient thermal plants,

which would be replaced with

supercritical units, to

conserve scarce natural

resources like land, water and

coal," a senior official said.

According to the official,

the replacement will result in

creation of 18,560 mw of

capacity as per the assessment

of power generation utilities.The move is expected to not

just save natural resources,

but help in boosting

generation capacity of the

plants.

Taking an example, the

official added that 440 mw of

the Haryana Power

Generation Corporation in

Panipat will be replaced with

an 800-mw energy efficient

plant, which will almost

double the generation

capacity. Breaking down the

numbers, state power

generation utilities have

marked out 6,608 mw for the

purpose, which will lead to

creation of 16,580 mw.

The central utilities have

marked 1,130 mw for

replacement that will create

1,980 mw, going forward.

According to power

ministry estimates, as on

March 31, 2016, the capacity

of coal-based thermal plants

that are more than 25 years

old was about 37,453 mw,

including 35,509 mw in the

government sector and 1,947

mw in private space.

The official said the move

towards energy efficiency

and less-polluting technology

makes more sense than

renovation and

modernisation and will yield

long-term benefits.

The plan is

being chalked

out after

stringent norms

for thermal

power plants

were laid down

by the

e n v i r o n m e n t

ministry. The

new guidelines

for coal-based

power stations

were introduced

in December 2015 to cut

down emission of PM10, SO2

and NOx and improve

ambient air quality around

plants.

The ministry for the first

time had fixed SOx and NOx

norms for such stations and

mandated that plants must

adhere to these guidelines by

2017. According to industry

estimate, the cost for technical

changes at these plants could

entail up to Rs 1.5 crore per

megawatt. Besides, the

domestic capacity to

manufacture power equipment

for the upgrade is not more

than 15 gw a year compared to

demand of around 40 gw per

annum for meeting SOx

norms alone.

7.7 GW old thermal powerunits to be replaced

BENGALURU:

The big data industry in the

country is expected to grow

eightfold to touch $16 billion by

2025

Hortonworks Inc. stunned the

tech industry a few years ago

when it became the fastest

enterprise software start-up to

reach $100 million in annual

revenue in just four years from

inception. The California-based

company said that it now saw its

next big growth coming from

international business and the

Indian market is going to play a

key role in it. It is betting big on

selling its services and support

for the Hadoop open-source data

analytics technology framework

to the Indian enterprises as well

as government’s big data

projects like the ID platform

Aadhaar.

“We have captured a

significant amount of market in

North America. I think a lot of

our growth would come

internationally and India would

be a key part of that,” said Arun

Murthy, the 35-year-old co-

founder and vice president for

engineering at Hortonworks, in

an interview.

The firm leads a bunch of

companies that are pursuing the

opportunity to monetise

Hadoop, an open source

software platform for distributed

storage and processing of very

large data sets on computer

clusters built from commodity

hardware. Hadoop was built at

Yahoo! in the mid-2000s to help

the Internet portal compete with

Google.

In 2011, serial entrepreneur

Rob Bearden partnered with

Yahoo! to establish

Hortonworks with 24 engineers

from the original Hadoop team

including founders like Alan

Gates and Arun Murthy. The

original developer of Hadoop,

Doug Cutting, who named the

platform after his son’s yellow

stuffed toy elephant, works at

Cloudera, which is

Hortonwork’s rival.

Prior to co-founding

Hortonworks, Mr. Murthy, an

alumnus of Visvesvaraya

Technological University was

responsible for all MapReduce

code and configuration

deployed across more than

42,000 servers at Yahoo!.

MapReduce, which is the core

component of Hadoop, is the

original framework for writing

applications that process large

amounts of data.

In 2014, Hortonworks’

market capitalisation exceeded

$1 billion in an initial public

offering. But the market cap has

now come down to about $662

million. To bolster its growth,

Hortonworks is now eyeing

opportunities in the Indian

market as well as to hire talent

here. This month, it opened a

larger office in Bengaluru which

houses the company’s

engineering and support teams,

in addition to the India sales

team.

“The consumption (of data) in

this market, with Digital India, is

phenomenal,” said Kamal Brar,

Vice President, Asia Pacific,

Hortonworks. He said that it has

got customers in India which are

already using Hadoop especially

in sectors such as e-commerce

and telecommunications. The

government too was open to

adopting such open-source

technologies, he said. “That is

proven with Aadhaar, digital

locker and now the payment

gateways coming through the

demonetisation move,” said

Mr.Brar.

The big data industry in the

country is expected to grow

eightfold to touch $16 billion by

2025 from the present size of $2

billion, according to the IT trade

body NASSCOM.

Globally, Hortonworks

provides its platform to

customers such as the United

Network for Organ Sharing

(UNOS), healthcare

organisation Mayo Clinic,

online retailer eBay and digital

music service Spotify.

Silicon Valley’s hottest startupHortonworks eyes India’s Big Data

NEW DELHI:

The merger of BSNL and MTNL is

"desirable" for operational synergy and

even the fiercely-competitive telecom

market necessitates such a combination

for a stronger pan-India play, a top

MTNL official has said.

The comment comes amid what

seems to be a renewed push for BSNL-

MTNL merger with a Parliamentary

panel report recently noting that the

Telecom Department plans to place the

merger proposal before the Cabinet by

June.

"The industry is consolidating. It is

not an issue of BSNL and MTNL...for

any operator to succeed in India a pan

India operation is a must," MTNL CMD

P K Purwar told PTI.

BSNL-MTNL merger is a "desirable

situation", he said.

Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha,

however, said in a written reply in

Parliament that there was no such

proposal at present for the merger of

BSNL and MTNL.

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd

(MTNL) offers services in Delhi and

Mumbai. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

(BSNL), on the other hand, operates

across rest of India.

"The days of marginal operators are

over...you have to have pan-India

operations," Purwar emphasised citing

the spate of mergers in the industry

including Airtel-Telenor, RCom- Aircel

and Vodafone-Idea Cellular.

"I think it is the necessity of the

market not just requirement of one

entity versus another entity," he said.

Purwar felt that there are operational

synergies between the two telecom

PSUs and that merger is a natural outcome

for realising their full potential.

"Also to provide a better customer

interface, merger is desirable," said the

MTNL CMD said.

His counterpart in BSNL had recently

said BSNL-MTNL combination will be

"advantageous" for both firms, given the

synergies in areas like enterprise and

mobile businesses.However in the same breath, BSNL

CMD Anupam Shrivastava had pointed

out that issues pertaining to debt and salary

structure will have to be sorted out first.

Merger with BSNL desirable forstrong pan-India play: MTNL CMD

NEW DELHI: Mobile

operator Bharti Airtel is handing

out free high-speed data to its

postpaid subscribers for the next

three months to counter

aggressive offerings by

newcomer Reliance Jio.

Airtel is offering up to 30 GB

of free data for the next three

months for postpaid subscribers

logging onto the 'My Airtel' app

by April 30.

For those who have already

availed a similar offer by the

company last month, 10 GB

free data (one month validity)

will be up for grabs, a company

spokesperson said.

"Now enjoy some free data

every month for the next three

months...That should cover any

long vacation you may have

planned," Bharti Airtel CEO

Gopal Vittal said in an email to

subscribers.

In addition, Airtel has said

that it will offer the value to

customers who have not

activated the right international

roaming pack, before their

travel abroad.

Citing an example, Airtel said

if a subscriber has not activated

a pack before travelling abroad

and in case the daily usage

exceeds Rs 499, Airtel will

automatically activate the Rs

499 pack (that includes

unlimited incoming calls, free

data, SMS) at no added cost.

If the usage charges are less

than Rs 499, the users will only

be charged on the rates that are

applicable, the email added.

Airtel said the move will protect

consumers from bill shocks

while travelling abroad.

The company is sending out

mails in batches to inform all its

postpaid customers about the

offers.

Over the last few months,

Reliance Jio's disruptive

positioning in the market has

forced other operators to

respond with generous counter-

offers to retain customers,

turning up the competitive heat

in a market of over 1.12 billion

mobile subscribers.

Jio, which debuted last year

with free data and voice

offering, now has 72 million

paid subscribers (as on March

31, 2017).

After regulator TRAI nixed

its three-month complimentary

offer, Reliance Jio recently

announced a new plan of 1 GB

high speed data daily for three

months at Rs 309 for its Prime

members.

Data war: Airtel doles out free data to postpaid subscribersNEW DELHI:

Foreign investors have

pumped in a whopping Rs

16,500 crore in the Indian capital

markets this month so far on the

back of improved investor

sentiment and growth in

manufacturing sector.

This comes following a record

net inflow of Rs 56,944 crore

($8.7 billion) last month, mainly

on expectations that BJP's

victory in the recently held

assembly polls would lead to

faster reforms.

In February, Foreign Portfolio

Investors (FPIs) had made a net

investment of Rs 15,862 crore in

equity and debt markets. Prior to

that, FPIs had pulled out more

than Rs 80,000 crore between

October 2016 to January 2017. A

major boost to the investor

sentiment came last week from

the latest Nikkei India

Manufacturing PMI data, which

showed the factory output

growth rising to a five-month

high in March, indicating a

further improvement in the

health of India's manufacturing

sector, experts said. According to

depository data, FPIs infused a

net sum of Rs 2,997 crore in

equities during April 3-13 and

another Rs 13,531 crore in the

debt segment, translating into a

combined inflow of Rs 16,529

crore (USD 2.54 billion). With

this, total inflow has reached to

Rs 85,156 crore (USD 13 billion)

so far this year in the capital

markets (equity and debt). Geojit

Financial Services Chief Market

Strategist Anand James said:

"The prospects of a gradual US

rate hike looks to have improved

the risk appetite. This should also

mean, save a negative surprise

from monsoon forecast, fourth

quarter numbers should prompt

investors to be forward looking."

FPIs' net inflow at Rs 16,500 cr in April so far

Indians best inpaying carddues: Study

CHENNAI: As high as

92% of Indian credit card

holders pay more than their

minimum monthly dues,

compared to 88% Canadians,

89% Americans and 44%

South Africans, said a survey

by credit information agency

CIBIL. Also, Indians seem

more aware of the penalties

that come with nonpayment of

credit card dues, as the CIBIL

survey showed nine out of 10

credit card users were aware

that delay or non-payment on

credit card bills negatively

impacts their credit score and

report. When it came to

awareness on credit card

billing metrics, about 33%

Indians were uncertain about

the importance or benefits of

paying more than the minimum

due. This compares to 39%

Canadians who were uncertain,

25% Americans and 21%

South Africans. "Our analysis

suggests consumers who pay

more than their minimum due

on credit cards are less likely to

go delinquent," said Harshala

Chandorkar, COO, TransUnion

CIBIL, which ran this survey

across eight metro cities with

1,100 consumers in India.

NEW DELHI: Grey hair and Porsches don'tgo together anymore. Young buyers are all setto beat the older generation in buying high-end goods that were reserved for a select few- those with bloated bank balances andreceding hairlines.

With the luxury industry entering a new`normal' characterized by lower growth,brands are betting on a new generation tokeep the engine purring.

Millennials will represent 40% of theglobal market for personal luxury goods by2025, revealed new research by Bain &Company and Farfetch. "Around 16% of ourcurrent sales come from millennials," saidVimal Sumbly, MD at Triumph MotorcyclesIndia. "We expect this to go up to 30% in the

next two-to-three years."This is a far cry from the time when

premium brands depended on an oldergeneration of well-heeled buyers for growth.In 2008, Milwaukeebased big bike maker saidits average rider was 48 years old.

The characteristics of millennial behaviourare al ready seeping through to oldergenerations -which accounted for 73% ofluxury purchases in 2016, said Bain & Co.For one, with younger buyers jumping intothe fray, the time taken to make a purchase isdecreasing -millennials take one-third lesstime than older customers to make purchasedecisions. For older buyers too, digitalinteractions with peers are on the rise whenchoosing to purchase a product.

Millennials to beat older buyers in luxury space

The NORTHLINESJAMMU || MONDAY | APRIL | 17 || 201712

VADODARA, APR 16

About 20 lions were movedto safer areas after the firebroke out at Sarasiya forestin Amreli district lastevening, deputy conservatorof forest (DFO), TKruppasamy said."The fire broke out at about7 pm on Saturday. The dis-trict collector sent fire fight-ers after our request and theblaze was brought undercontrol within one hour. Ourteam removed the lions tosafer places," Kruppasamytold PTI.The fire had spread over 2km area where the wildlifehas a sizeable presence, saidthe official. The cause of the

fire is yet to be ascertained,said the official.The fire was first noticed bythe officials of forest depart-ment and police, who wereengaged to remove illegalencroachments in the forestarea, said the DFO."These officials then imme-

diately took steps to removeatleast 20 lions from the fireaffected area," said the offi-cial.As per the census of 2015,there are a total of 523 lionsin Junagadh, Amreli andBhavnagar districts ofGujarat.— PTI

20 lions moved to safer areasafter fire in Sarasiya forest

NEW DELHI, APR 16

A parliamentary panel hasrapped intelligence agenciesfor the terror attacks inPathankot, Uri and a fewother places saying thesestrikes “exposed the defi-ciencies” of the agencies butthere was no analysis of their“failure”.The Parliamentary StandingCommittee on HomeAffairs, headed by seniorCongress leader PChidambaram, said a yearhad passed since the January2, 2016, terror attack at theIndian Air Force station inPathankot but the probe hasnot been completed by theNational InvestigationAgency.Moreover, it said, no analy-sis seems to have been doneof the “failure” of the intelli-

gence agencies to providecredible and actionableinputs regarding the attacksat Pathankot, Uri, Pampore,Baramulla and Nagrota.“The committee feels thatthese attacks have exposedthe deficiencies of our intel-ligence agencies,” it said.While in the Pathankotattack, seven security per-sonnel were killed, 19 armysoldiers lost their lives in theattack at the Brigade head-

quarters in Uri on September18 last year.Terrorists also attacked aconvoy of CRPF vehicles onJune 25, 2016, at Pamporealong the Srinagar-Jammuhighway, killing eight para-military personnel.While in Baramulla districtof Jammu and Kashmir, mil-itants attacked a camp of theRashtriya Rifles killing asecurity personnel onOctober 3, 2016, seven sol-

diers were killed when anArmy base in Nagrota in thestate was attacked by mili-tants on November 29, 2016.“The committee, therefore,recommends that the(Home) ministry shouldinstruct the NIA to completethe investigations of theseattacks at the earliest so as toidentify the loopholes in theintelligence setup in the bor-der areas,” it said.Taking note of “huge rise” inthe number of infiltration,the committee said the gov-ernment must carry out athorough investigation intothe sudden spurt in infiltra-tion attempts along the Lineof Control from across theborder and find out vulnera-bilities that are being appar-ently exploited by the infil-trators.There were 364 attempts of

infiltration in 2016 of which112 were successful in com-parison to 121 infiltrationattempts and 33 net infiltra-tion in 2015.The committee also notedthat there has been anincreasing number of inci-dents of infiltration throughtunnels from across the bor-der.The panel felt that in futurethis might become a majormodus operandi of the infil-trators and the governmentmust take proactive steps tofoil such attempts.“The committee recom-mends that the ministry mustexplore technological solu-tions for tunnel detection inborder areas and should seekthe help of other countrieswhich have successfullydeveloped tunnel detectionsystems,” it said. — PTI

Parliamentary panel raps intel agencies for ‘failure’ to prevent attacks

NEW DELHI, APR 16

Eight coaches of the RajyaRani Express derailed nearRampur in the morningtoday. The mishap occurred2 km from Rampur junctionrailway station, resulting ininjuries to passengers andrail traffic disruption.While according to theRampur police, 15 passen-gers were injured, three ofthem seriously, the Railwaysclaimed that only two pas-sengers — Amit Katiyar andMegh Singh — wereinjured.Hinting at sabotage behindthe derailment, the Railwayssaid defects in the trackcould be due to “extraneousfactors” as those could notdevelop suddenly.

A 3-foot portion of the rail-way track was found miss-ing, the police said Besides,the source said, five trainshad passed over the trackprior to the ill-fated RajyaRani Express and the loco

pilots of those trains had notreported any unusual occur-rence.The Railways has ordered aprobe and announced exgratia of Rs 50,000 each forthe injured. — PTI

Train derails in UP,sabotage not ruled out

SEOUL, APR 16

South Korea said onSunday North Korea’s lat-est missile launch threat-ened the entire world,warning of a punitiveaction if it leads to furtherprovocations such as anuclear test or a long-rangemissile launch.“North Korea showing avariety of offensive mis-siles at yesterday’s militaryparade and daring to fire aballistic missile today is a

show of force that threat-ens the whole world,”South Korea’s ForeignMinistry said in a state-ment.A North Korean missile“blew up almost immedi-ately” on its test launch onSunday, the US PacificCommand said, hoursbefore US Vice-PresidentMike Pence was due inSouth Korea for talks onthe North’s increasinglydefiant arms programme.— Reuters

North Korea’s missile launch threatens whole world

COLOMBO, APR 16

At least 23 persons, includ-ing four children, werekilled when a mountain ofgarbage came crashingdown on homes following afire near Sri Lanka’s Capital,with rescuers racing againsttime to find any survivors.Police have launched aprobe to ascertain whetherthe collapse of the 91-metreopen garbage pile on Fridaywas a natural calamity or anact of sabotage.A 10-member team of geol-ogists of the PeradeniyaUniversity has been sent tothe spot, Colombo Pagereported.Officials of mining andexcavation divisions alongwith a group of judicialmedical officials have alsobeen called for investiga-tion, the report said.Over 100 houses were com-pletely destroyed and morethan 600 people fled in theaftermath of the fire and thecollapse in Meetotamullaarea in Kolonnawa, nearhere, police said.Twenty-three people,including four children,were killed and 11 othersinjured in the incident, offi-

cials said, adding that sixpersons were missing.More people were feared tobe trapped as the militarystruggled to clear the rubbleand rescue people or recoverbodies.As rescuers were racingagainst time in the search forsurvivors, hopes of findinganyone alive continued tofade.On President MaithripalaSirisena’s directive, hun-dreds of military personnelhave been deployed to res-cue the slum dwellers adja-cent to the 300-foot (91-metre) garbage dump.Prime Minister RanilWickremesinghe issued anapology on behalf of thegovernment to the victims.“We had all plans in place torelocate the garbage dump atMeetotamulla. But thetragedy struck before wecould put them into action.We apologise for the gov-ernment’s inability to com-plete the task before the dis-aster,” he said.The residents near the dumphad been protesting formonths, demanding that thegarbage dump be relocated.The authorities, however,claim that they had given

enough warning to the slumdwellers to relocate them-selves.“We had even paid com-pensation to them to relo-cate,” Harsha de Silva, thedeputy minister of ForeignAffairs, said, adding thestate will bear the funeralexpenses of those dead.The minister said it wasonly a few weeks back thatagreements had beensigned to begin waste toenergy projects at thedumping site. The moun-tain of garbage caught fireand collapsed on dozens ofhomes as the residents werecelebrating the traditionalNew Year. Police said thetrue scale of the damageremained unclear.Sri Lanka’s Parliament wasrecently warned that 23million tonnes of garbageat Kolonnawa dump was aserious health hazard.About 800 tonnes ofgarbage is being added tothe dump on a daily basis.“This is not a natural disas-ter but man-made due tothe sheer negligence by theauthorities concerned,” MS Marikkar, the ruling partylocal member of parlia-ment, said. PTI

Sri Lankan rescuers race againsttime as garbage toll hits 23

KATHMANDU, APR 16

Nepalese officials are bracingfor a “traffic jam” at MountEverest this season due to asurge in the number of climberseyeing to conquer the world’stallest peak.This time, there would bearound 400 climbers who willembark on the journey to scalethe 8,848-metre-high MtEverest from mid-May,according to the Departmentof Tourism.

As climbers are accompaniedby high-altitude workers,whose number is usually morethan that of climbers, therecould be around 1,000 indi-viduals on their way to thesummit, creating a queuewhose snail-paced movementwill be punctuated by frequenthalts, The Kathmandu Postreported. Expedition teamshave started arriving at thebase camp a month before thestart of the season to acclima-tise. “Everyone will be in a

hurry to reach the peak whenthe weather clears; there is nomanagement up there to fixturns for the climbers,” saidSonam Sherpa, who hasscaled Mt Everest five timesworking as an aide toclimbers.“So there is a possibility of atraffic jam this year.Returning climbers in generalhave depleted stock of oxygenwith them and they areexhausted, which means lifehangs in the balance,” he said.

Nepal braces for ‘traffic jam’ at Mt Everest