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Congress is a party demanding votes in thename of Gandhi and Nehru. But they do notvalue about these leaders. Africans have

termed Mahatma Gandhi as racist and has removedhis statues but Congress has no time to speak as it isbusy in be-fooling people and in appointing CM's ofthree states. A statue of Indian independence leaderMahatma Gandhi has been removed from Ghana’smost prestigious university after complaints that hewas racist against black Africans. India’s former pres-ident Pranab Mukherjee unveiled the statue to theglobal peace icon at the University of Ghana in Accratwo years ago as a symbol of ties between the twonations. But lecturers soon began a petition calling forits removal, citing passages written by Gandhi claim-ing that Indians were “infinitely superior” to blackAfricans. The online protest was one of a number onuniversity campuses in Africa and beyond about theenduring symbols of the continent’s colonial past.The Gandhi statue on the university’s Legon campusin Accra appeared to have been removed overnightTuesday to Wednesday, students and lecturers said.The head of language, literature and drama at

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GY CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI, DEC. 13

In all states of India,failure of the state govern-ment results in the impo-sition of the President'srule. The process is slight-ly more nuanced inJammu and Kashmir,where not the President's,but Governor's rule isimposed.

Under the provision ofSection 92 of the Jammuand KashmirConstitution, Governor'srule is imposed for sixmonths, but only after theconsent of the President of

India.The Constitution of

India grants special statusto Jammu and Kashmiramong Indian states, andit is the only state to havea separate Constitutionand regulations specific toit. The President's rule inother states of India isimposed under Article356 of the IndianConstitution.

Under the Governor'srule, the State Assembly iseither kept in suspendedanimation or dissolved. Ifit is not possible to restorestate machinery before the

expiry of the six-monthduration, the provision ofArticle 356 of theConstitution is extendedand the President's rule isimposed .

The Governor's rulewas imposed on the statefor the first time in March1977, when the Congresswithdrew support toNational Conference (NC)government led by thelate Sheikh Abdullah.

Article 370 of theConstitution of Indiastates that the Parliamentand the Union

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GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 13

The Jammu andKashmir government hasdirected all drawing anddisbursing officers to keepthe service books of theemployees working intheir jurisdiction in theirown control and not toallow the employees tokeep their service books intheir custody. They havebeen warned of seriousaction if they allow anyemployee to keep theservice book underhis/her personal custody.

The GeneralA d m i n i s t r a t i o n

Department on Thursdayissued a GovernmentCircular vide Number 51-GAD of 2018 Dated13_12_2018 stating that,"The service-book of aGovernment servant is animportant document torecord all the events inhis/her entire servicecareer from the date of hisappointment till his retire-ment. As per Article 266of J&K Civil ServiceRegulations, 1956, theservice-book of aGovernment employee isrequired to be kept in thecustody of the concerned

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Administrative Secretariesasked to submit authenticated

bills for assent of GovernorGY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 13

It was desired in the Committee of Secretariesmeeting held on 11.12.2018 that the AdministrativeSecretaries shall immediately process the Billsapproved by the State Administrative Council (SAC)for securing assent of the competent authority.Accordingly, it is impressed upon the concernedAdministrative Secretaries to submit the copies of theauthenticated bill(s) for securing assent of theCompetent Authority (Honble Governor) by or before15,12.2018.

Under Secretary shiftedGY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 13

In the interest of administration, Ms. Rita Koul,Under Secretary to the Government, PowerDevelopment Department, is transferred and postedas Under Secretary to the Government, ARI andTrainings Department, with immediate effect.

Former IASofficer B BVyas takesoath as UPSCmemberGY CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI , DEC. 13

Former IAS officerBharat Bhushan Vyas tookoath of office as memberthe Union Public ServiceCommission (UPSC) onThursday, a Governmentstatement said.

Vyas, a 1986-batchJammu and Kashmircadre officer, was admin-istered oath of office andsecrecy by

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GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 13

Though previous PDP-BJP Govt had admittedthat J&K State is plaguedby corruption and nowGovernor of state hasechoed same but thequestion is who will comeforward to curb this men-ace as nothing has beendone despite bringing thesame before the con-cerned authorities fromtime to time hence it hascrosses all previous limits.Jammu MunicipalCorporation is leading allthe departments wherecorruption is at its peakand it is being acceptedopenly by favouring vio-lators to facilitate themwith illegal constructionagainst the approved siteplans to the extent ofchanging nature of landuse from residential to

commercial and viceversa in almost the all theareas falling under itsjurisdiction. Especiallythe enforcement staff ofJMC knows no rules andregulations and there isno one to mend theirways and unfortunatelydespite bringing the sameunder the kind notice ofMunicipal commissionersfrom time to time no con-crete steps taken to get ridof helping attitude of JMCenforcement staff towardsviolators in lieu of hugekickbacks. This has result-ed in mushrooming ofunauthorized construc-tion in Channi Himmatarea Govt HousingColony where one afteranother several commer-cial structures have beenraised on residential plotswith the active support ofJMC enforcement staff.

In the series of unau-thorized constructions inChanni Himmat area ,another unauthorizedconstruction has come tofore on residential plotplot No. 577, sector -4measuring 30x55 on main

road side owned by origi-nal alottee BhupinderSingh s/o Narinder Singhr/o Gandhi Nagar Jammuwhere initial stage con-struction raised on sup-port of pillars was verymuch evident as commer-

cial structure and fromthe visuals taken on 13-12-2018 at 3 pm vindicatesthat a fully fledged com-mercial structure cover-ing hundred percent plotarea without leaving anyspace for front rear is

being raised under thenose of JMC enforcementstaff. Like his successors,newly appointed enforce-ment Inspector, Shiv Paulin Channi Himmat areafollowing the footsteps ofSanjay Trishal who was

actually removed earlierafter locals of thearea hadserious reservationsregarding his working inChanni Himmat area hasopenly supported the vio-lator owner. One cangauge the working of

JMC Enforcement staffwhose prime duty is stopunauthorized construc-tions by taking actionagainst violators at theinitial stage but if they arehand in gloves with

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Enforcement staff received worth lacs for allowing unlawful constructions

JMC consistently fails to curb unauthorised constructions in planned Channi Himmat Housing ColonyJMC prosecution rate of violators negligible, non-existing

GY CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, DEC. 13

Special designatedcourts in all districts of 18states should be set up forspeedy trial of criminalcases involving sittingand former lawmakers,the Supreme Court wasinformed Thursday.Senior advocate and ami-cus curiae Vijay Hansariatold the top court thathigh courts in Bihar andKerala have issued direc-tions for setting up specialdesignated courts in eachof their districts as direct-ed by it on December 4.

He said special courts,which were directed to beestablished by the Patnahigh court and Keralahigh court, may be direct-ed to exclusively dealwith cases of lawmakersassigned to them on prior-ity basis. Hansaria, in histhird status report filed onThursday, said 18 stateswhich do not have anyspecial designated courtsfor trial of cases againstlawmakers should bedirected to set up in eachdistricts. "That in States,namely, ArunachalPradesh, Assam,Chhattisgarh, Goa,Gujarat, Haryana,Himachal Pradesh,Jammu and Kashmir,Jharkhand, Manipur,Meghalaya, Mizoram,Nagaland, Odisha,Punjab, Rajasthan,Tripura and Uttarakhand

no special courts havebeen constituted andcases are pending inrespective jurisdictionalcourt. It is submitted thatappropriate directions forexpeditious disposal ofcases in the said statesmay be passed...", thereport said. The apexcourt is seized of a PILfiled by lawyer and BJPleader AshwiniUpadhyay seeking a lifetime ban on politiciansconvicted in criminalcases besides the settingup of special courts toexpeditiously try suchcases. Hansaria wasappointed by the apexcourt as amicus curiae inthe matter. He soughtdirections for respectivehigh courts of these 18states to allocate the crim-inal cases involving sit-ting and former legisla-

tors to as many Sessionscourts and Magisterialcourts as each high courtmay consider proper, fitand expedient. "Suchcourts will exclusivelydeal with cases thusassigned and no othercases till all such cases aredecided. The courts willfix a calendar for eachcase and will try the caseson day to day basis with-out grant of adjournmentexcept in rare and excep-tional circumstances andfor reasons to be record-ed," the report said.Hansaria added thatdirections should bepassed that the specialcourts will give priority tothe trial of cases againstMPs and MLAs withoutdistinction between for-mer and sitting legisla-tors. He said that first

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Need special courts in each districts of 18states for trial of MP, MLA cases, SC informed


Police claims to havekilled two militants inBrath Kalan area of NorthKashmir's Sopore. Policesaid that based on a credi-ble input about the pres-ence of militants in BrathKalan area of Sopore, asearch operation waslaunched by police andsecurity forces jointly inthe area yesterdayevening.

Police said, "As thesearches were going on,the search party was fired

upon by the hiding mili-tants. The fire was retali-ated leading to a gunfight.In the ensuing encounter,two militants were neu-tralized and the bodieswere retrieved from thesite of encounter".

The slain militantshave been identified asOwais Ahmad Bhat aliasAbu Bakar son of GhulamAhmad Bhat resident ofGund Brath Sopore andTahir Ahmad Dar aliasAbu Abdullah son ofMohammad Ramzan

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Two militants killedin Sopore gunfight

Governor's Rule to end in Jammu & Kashmiron 19 Dec; President's Rule to come into force

if state machinery isn't restored in time

Govt directs DDOs not to allowemployees to keep their servicebooks in their personal custody

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JAMMU, DEC. 13

Police Headquarters

J&K today issued the final

selection list of the Sub

Inspectors in Executive/

Armed/ Telecom wings

of the J&K Police. The

final select list of 698 can-

didates was presented to

DGP J&K Sh Dilbag Singh

by Chairman of

Recruitment Board.

For this mammoth

exercise of recruitment of

Sub Inspectors the Police

headquarters constituted

a Recruitment Board

under the Chairman ship

of ADGP Armed,J&K. The

process started in the

month of December -2016

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In terms of Non-Functional (Monetary)Scheme (NFS) notifiedvide SRO-198 dated25.04.2018, sanction ishereby accorded to therelease of the Special Scale(Non-functional) of Rs.37,400-67,000 with Grade

Pay of Rs. 8700 (Pre-revised) of the Jammu andKashmir AdministrativeService, on notional basisw.e.f. 1.1.2018 and on reg-ular basis w.e.f 1.4.2018, infavour of the fofficers.Rifat Arif , AnilKoul , Gulzar Ahmad Dar, Smita Sethi ,

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In terms of Non-Functional (Monetary)Scheme (NFS) notifiedvide SRO-198 dated25.04.2018, sanction ishereby accorded to therelease of Selection Grade(Non-functional) of Rs.15,600-39,100 with GradePay of Rs. 7600 (Pre-

revised) of the Jammu andKashmir AdministrativeService in favour of offi-cers.Vipan KumariNotionally w.e.f 1.7.2014and on regular basis w.e.f1.4.2018 to 30.4.2018 i.e.the date of her retirement.1. Tilak Raj SharmaNotionally w.e.f 1.1.2015and on regular basis

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India, Pakistanarmies exchange firealong LoC in PoonchGY CORRESPONDENTPOONCH, DEC. 13

The armies of Indiaand Pakistan on Thursdayexchanged fire along theLine of Control (LoC) inJammu and Kashmir'sPoonch district, officialssaid.

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PHQ issues selection list of 698 Sis

DGP congratulates recruitment/InterviewBoard members and selected candidates

Special Scale granted infavour of 8 Officers

Selection Grade grantedin favour of 10 officers

View of private land in sector-3 Channi Himmatarea in front of Ezze Day Store where unauthorised

slab work on 2nd floor undertaken on Dec 12th

View of unauthorised slab work undertakenon first floor exactly one month back

View of initial stage construction is raised on pillarsclearly indicating the raising of commercial structure on

Plot No. 577/4 Channi Himmat Govt Housing Colony.

Golden Yug JAMMU, FRIDAY, 14, DECEMBER , 2018STATE 2


Ch Lal Singh formerCabinet Minister and ExMP and Smt KantaAndotra former MLAtoday inaugurated head-quarter of DograSwabhiman Sangathan at10 D/C Gandhi NagarJammu. At the opening ofthe office a mammoth ofmasses of Reasi,Udhampur, Kathua,Basholi, Jammu, RS Pura,Bishnah and other areas ofJammu province gatheredin the green belt parks towitness the event. Thecrowd from Jammu andall the adjoining placeswas seen in the parks. Theprogram started with thehonoring of approximate-ly 950 Sarpanches andPanches of the DograSwabhimaan Sangathan.Ch Lal Singh welcomedthe all the Sarpanches andPanches of Jammu provi-sion. While welcomingthe Sarpanches andPanches in DograSwabhimaan SangathanCh Lal Singh said thattheir spectacular win inthe Panchyat election isbeginning of the waragainst the controversialleadership of Kashmiragainst the grave injusticewith Jammu has begunand many more miles arestill to be travelled. Butthe initial start which hasbeen done by the victory

of the Sarpanches andPanches in the Panchyatelection is remarkable.The felicitation of theSarpanches was donewith the garland and thevision document printedin the form of the chart.He also appealed to themthat the vision of theDogra SwabhimaanSangathan must be imple-mented in all thePanchyats andCorporations. While pay-ing tributes to the minorgirl of the Rasana inci-dent, Ch lal Singh saidthat the girl was a daugh-ter of Dogras and she hasbeen used by theKashmiri leadership tospread the hatredbetween the peace lovingcommunities of theJammu. But then minorgirl was goddess and sheunited all the Dogras of

Jammu. He also appealed to the

hundreds of the newlyjoined youth of DograSwabhimaan Sangathanthat they should notindulge themselves in thedrugs. Further he alsotook oath from all theelected members andyouth, not to indulge indrugs and further everymember of the DograSwabhimaan Sangathanhas to work for saving thefuture generation ofDogras from the menaceof drugs. Further headded that it is duty ofevery Dogra to the savefuture generations.

While addressing thegathering Ch Lal Singhsaid that reorganization ofthe all the areas of Jammumust be done by creatingmore Panchyats andCorporations in Jammu

province. The develop-ment of the township forthe border areas must beimplemented as soon aspossible. We don’t needbunkers for the areas ofthe border people insteadwe need town ships forpeace of these people.While referring to theDogra certificate, Ch LalSingh said that itsissuance was removed byleadership of NC and con-gress. The demand of theseparate PSC and SSRB isalso justified by the recentincident in the selection ofAsst Professor of the ENTdepartment. He said thata grave injustice with thepeople of the Jammu andMedical college of Jammuhas been done by select-ing only one candidatefrom Jammu and fourfrom Kashmir. He fur-ther said that, step mother

treatment to the areas ofthe Doda, Bhaderwah andKishtwar has been doneby not providing themwith a hybrid apple trees,whereas, these hybridtrees were distributed freeof cost to the farmers ofKashmir. Their trucks offruits are also crossingLakhanpur duty free butthe poor farmer of Jammuhas to the duty of all thecrops at the post.

Dr Hari Dutt Shishualso addressed the gather-ing and said that the forthe implementation of theall the points of the visiondocument of DograSwabhimaan Sangathanall other Sarpanches andPanches has to comeunder the banner ofDogra SwabhimanSangathan so that conclu-sive fight for the cause ofJammu can be carried outin and out of the assem-bly. Earlier Vice presidentDogra SwabhimanSangathan, Sh KuljeetSingh Jamwal presentedthe welcome address andformer vote of thanks wasdone by Sh Yash PaulGupta. Ms Navneet Kaurspokes person of theDogra SwabhimanSangathan also expressedher views. All the mem-bers of the central body,CWC and district officialsof the Dogra SwabhimanSangathan were presenton the dias.

Dogra Swabhimaan Sangathan opens HeadQuarter to wage war against Kashmiri Rulers

GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 13

Advisor to Governor,K Vijay Kumar todayinteracted with the peopleand listened to theirissues, problems duringhis weekly public hearingprogramme here atBanquet Hall.

Several public andemployees' delegationsand individuals hailingfrom different parts of thestate registered theirgrievances and soughtearly redressal.

All J&K Govt.Pharmacist Associationapprised the Advisorabout their issues andrequested for passing nec-essary directions to theconcerned to clear allpending DPC cases.

A delegation of un-employed Post GraduateAyurvedic Doctorssought advertisement for

the vacant posts ofAYUSH doctors.

Representatives ofState Forest Servicerequested for expeditingthe process of induction toIndian Forest Service(IFS).

A delegation ofWireless Operators calledfor considering regular-ization of their services.M e a n w h i l e ,C o n t r a c t u a l / C a s u a lworkers working in theForest, YS&S, Health andother departments andMigrant workers alsorequested the Advisor forconsidering their servicesfor regularization.

A delegation ofAyurvedic Doctors (MD)working in various gov-ernment hospitalsrequested for placingthem as faculty in newlyestablished GovernmentAyurvedic Colleges.

Several people seekingemployment under SRO-43 requested for expedit-ing the process of clearingtheir cases.

Other than this, a largenumber of individualsfrom various districts ofthe state interacted withthe Advisor and apprisedhim about their issues,concerns and sought hisintervention for timelyresolution.

The Advisor gave apatient hearing to the dep-utations, individuals andassured them that theirg e n u i n egrievances/issues will belooked into. He passedon-spot directions forredressal of various griev-ances and directed theofficers to forward thesame to the concerneddepartments ensuringclose follow up of thecases.

Weekly public hearingAdvisor Kumar listens topeople's issues at Jammu

GY BUREAU

RAMBAN, DEC. 13

To sensitize peopleabout their constitutionalright to franchise, socialand moral duties besidesongoing Special SummaryRevision (SSR), Educationdepartment in coordina-tion with DistrictAdministration Rambanorganized an awarenessrally at Ramban underSystematic Voter's

Education and ElectoralParticipation (SVEEP)programme. Dy. DistrictElection Officer (Dy.DEO), Zaheer Abbas wasthe chief guest on theoccasion , while ChiefEducation Officer (CEO)Nodal officer SVEEP, AHFani presided over thefunction. Several officersand teachers acted asresource persons, whilestudents from various

schools participated in theprogramme.

Similar programmewas also held at Rajgarhwhich was presided bythe Tehsildar/

Participants wereinformed that all individ-uals who are 18 years ofage or above as on firstJanuary 2019 are eligibleto get their namesenrolled in the electoralroll.

Ramban: Awareness rally held under SVEEP

GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 13

J&K SPCB Jammu in collaboration with AirportAuthority of India (AM), organized a Public Hearinghere at Belicharana Jammu for extension of JammuAirport T, Runway. At the outset, the participants werewelcomed and briefed about the salient features of theproject. Thereafter, the representatives along with theconsultants of the Airport Authority of India dwelledon the project in detail. The stakeholders along with thegeneral public of the adjoining areas of Satwari andBelicharana were present and actively participated inthe proceedings of the Public Hearing. The People ofthese areas raised certain issues regarding extension ofJammu Airport Runway, which was noted down by theAirport Authorities, Consultants and the districtadministration. The issues and suggestions put forth bythe general public and various stake holders were doc-umented and recorded for onward submission toMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change,Government of India. The Regional Director SPCBJammu, Shally Ranjan and Divisional Officer SPCB(South), Bader Hussain, along with his team were pres-ent in the Public Hearing.

The district administration Jammu was representedby Rashpal Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner.D. K. Gautam, Director, Airport, along with his teamfrom AA1 were also listened to the concerns of the pub-lic/stakeholders.

The public hearing concluded with vote of thanks tothe dignitaries and the participants.

J&K SPCB organizes publichearing for extension ofJammu Airport Runway

GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 13

Secretary DisasterManagement, Relief,Rehabilitation andReconstruction (DMRRR),Farooq Ahmed Shah,Thursday chaired a meet-ing here to review thefacilities being provided tothe Kashmiri migrants.

Deputy CommissionerJammu, Ramesh Kumar,Relief Commissioner M LRaina, officers fromRevenue, DMRRR and

allied departments werepresent in the meetingalong with the representa-tives of the migrants.

The meeting discussedthreadbare the issuesfaced by the migrantsincluding relief, employ-ment, renovation ofmigrant colonies, roads,water supply and otherday-to-day needs.

On the occasion, therepresentatives of themigrant communityapprised the secretary

about various issues andsought government'sintervention to get theirgrievances redressed. Hegave a patient hearing tothem and assured thatgovernment will takeevery possible step to gettheir grievancesredressed.Secretary direct-ed the concerned officersto ensure provision of allbasic facilities of modern-day life to the migrant attheir habitations to savethem from hardships.

Farooq Shah seeks all basicfacilities for migrants

Lok Adalat inShopian on Dec 20 SHOPIAN, DEC 13: National Lok Adalat will beheld in the premises of District court complexShopian on 20th of December 2018 under the chair-manship of Chairman District Legal ServicesAuthority Shopian A. K. Shavan.

The lawyers, litigants and general public areinformed to enlist the maximum number of cases bothpre-litigation and post litigation before the benchesconstituted for the said purpose.

The cases pertaining to criminal offences , trafficrelating violations , bank recoveries , PHE , Revenue ,Electricity , Labour disputes , cases under M-NREGAand in particular cases relating to domestic violenceand MACT will be taken up before the constitutedbenches in the said Lok-Adalat.

The purpose of holding of the lok Adalat is to pri-oritize the settlement of cases through mediation andreconciliation.

Secretary, Director Informationcondole with Haji Hayat

GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 13

Secretary Information, Sarmad Hafeez has con-doled the demise of mother of Haji Hayat, Editor-in-Chief daily Kashmir Reader.

In his condolence message, Hafeez while extend-ing heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family hasprayed for peace to the departed soul.

Meanwhile, Director Information, Tariq AhmadZargar has also offered his condolences to Haji Hayatover the demise of his mother and has prayed forpeace to the departed soul.

DEO Srinagar seeks cooperationof political parties for timely

completion of SSRER GY BUREAU

SRINAGAR, DEC. 13

District Election Officer (DEO) Srinagar, Dr SyedAbid Rasheed Shah, Thursday called on all stakehold-ers to cooperate in enrolment of eligible voters of thedistrict during the Special Summary Revision ofElectoral Rolls (SSRER).

The DEO was speaking at a meeting with the repre-sentatives of political parties asking them to appointtheir Booth Level Agents (BLAs) as soon as possible toensure accurate and error-free preparation of electoralrolls.

The meeting was informed that a special camp willbe held at all 857 polling stations of the district onDecember 16. Concerned BLOs will read out the elec-toral roll and BLAs can raise objections during thecamp. He impressed upon the representatives of politi-cal parties to ensure their BLAs coordinate with the con-cerned BLOs in order to ensure timely updation andcompletion of the summary revision of electoral rolls.

Pertinently, the last date for receiving claims andobjections in connection with the Special SummaryRevision of Electoral Rolls (SSRERs) is December 23.The approved dates for disposal of claims and objec-tions and the final publication of the electoral roll areJanuary 12 and January 22 respectively.

ADC Srinagar KK Sidha, ACR Srinagar PeerzadaZahoor, EROs and AEROs of the district were also pres-ent in the meeting.

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RAJOURI, DEC. 13

District DevelopmentC o m m i s s i o n e r ,Mohammad Aijaz Asad,today reviewed the physi-cal and financial achieve-ments of RDD, PWDHealth and Education sec-tor for the financial year2018-19, here at a meeting.

The DDC took sectorwise review of theprogress on projectsundertaken by differentdepartments in the districtduring the period.

It was informed in themeeting that under ele-mentary education, out ofan availability of Rs 117.96lakh, 61.46 % expenditurehas been achieved while90.60% expenditure hasbeen incurred in the sec-ondary education till theend of November 2018.

Likewise, 93% expen-diture has been registeredunder mid-day mealscheme while 100 percentexpenditure has beenrecorded under RMSA tillNovember 2018.

Under MGNREGA,against an availability ofRs 6649.25 lakh, an expen-diture of Rs 5033.58 lakhhas been registered.

A threadbare discus-sion on various issues likedisposal of pending liabil-ity and generation ofFTOs and related matterswas held.

While taking stock ofPMAY, DDC expresseddismay over slow pace ofprogress and asked BlockDevelopment Officers togear up their efforts andachieve the target withinthe stipulated time. Hedirected him to get anydevelopment work inau-gurated by local girls to

boost their morale.While taking stock of

PWD, it was informedthat under languishingprojects 16 bridges and 61roads have beenapproved at an estimatedcost of 12566.34 lakh.Besides, work on most ofthe projects is in progresswhile in remaining thetenders have been floated.It was also informed thatthe out of 16 bridgesunder the languishingprojects, 10 will be com-pleted by March 2019. Itwas also informed that allthe projects underNABARD are in progress.

The DDC alsoreviewed the physical

and financial progress ofthe health department.

Detailed discussionswere held on variousissues related to the effec-tive implementation ofvital schemes and projectsin the district. The DDCdirected the concernedofficers to mobilize all thesources for effective andtimely completion ofdevelopmental projects.

The meeting wasattended by AssistantC o m m i s s i o n e rDevelopment AkhterQazi, Chief MedicalOfficer, Dr. Suresh Gupta,Chief Education Officer,Ch. Lal Hussain, DistrictPanchayat Officer Dr.Abdul Khabir ,Medicals u p e r i n t e n d e n tMehmood Hussain Bajar ,SE PWD, EXN PWDRajouri, XEN PHERajouri/Nowshera, BlockDevelopment officers,Assistant DirectorPlanning Bilal AhmedMir, Assistant DirectorPlanning Rakesh Sharmabesides others.

Rajouri: DC reviews achievements of RDD, Health, Edu sectors 10 languishing projects to complete by March 2019


OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PWD (R&B) DIVISION POONCHNOTICE INVITING TENDER

e-NIT No.102/2018-19 dated 03-12-2018For & on behalf of the Governor of Jammu &Kashmir State, the Executive Engineer PWD(R&B) Division Poonch,as his representative invites tenders by e-tendering mode from approved and eligible contractors registered withJ&K State Govt/CPWD/MES for the following work under:

Special Condition 1 :- After opening of the tender if the rates quoted by the lowest bidder is found to be high &value of work is more than the advertised, he/she is advised to negotiate his/her quoted rates with the depart-ment / offer his/her consent within five days after opening of the tenders, failing which the work shall be put tofresh tender1. Date of publishing: - 04-12-2018 from 1400 hrs.2. The Bidding documents can be downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 1400hrs, on04-12-2018 to 17-12-2018 upto 1600hrs.3.a. The Bids shall be deposited in electronic format on the website http://jktenders.gov.in from on 04-12-2018 to17-12-2018 upto 1600hours. The bids received will be opened at 1400 hours on or after 19-12-2018 on line.

b. The complete bidding process will be on line.c. A Pre-bid meeting will be held on 15-12-2018 at 1200 Hrs in the office of the Executive EngineerPWD(R&B) Division Poonch, to clarify the issues and to answer question on any matter that may be raised d. Technical bids of bidders shall be opened on line in the office of Executive Engineer PWD(R&B) DivisionPoonch on or after 19-12-2018 at 1400 hrs and opening of financial bid shall be intimated later on..4. Bid documents can be seen at and downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in Bid documentscontain qualifying criteria for bidder, specifications, bill of quantities, conditions and other details.5 The site for the work is available

Sd/-(Er. S.S. Andhi)

Executive EngineerPWD(R&B) Division

Poonch

S.

No

Name of Work Name of

Division

Estimated

Cost of

Construction

(Rs. In lacs)

Cost of doc-

ument

(In Rs )

Earnest

Money

(in Rs)

Time

Allowed for

complete-

on

Time and

date of

opening of

technical

bid.

Class of

Contrac

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Positi

on of

funds

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 Construction of road from Dolati Zairat to

Danna Doyian by way of balance Earth

Work ,Walling ,X-Drainage &150mm thick

WBM Gr-II,Grade III & 25mm thick SDBC .

Under State Plan Projectaization

Languishig roads Sanctioned S.No

LUP0826 .

PWD

(R&B)

Division

Poonch

130.00 6000/- 260000/- 06 Month 19-12-2018

in the office of

Executive

Engineer

PWD(R&B)

Division

Poonch

A Class Dema

nded

2 Construction of Link road Hari Budha

,Surankote Km 1st RD 0 to RD 1000

Length = 1.00 Km by way of Walling and X-

Drainage & 150mm thick WBM Gr-II, Grade

III , 25mm thick SDBC. Under State Plan

Projectaization Languishig roads

Sanctioned S.No LUP813 . I. Balance

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GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 13

Sh. G.M. Shaheen,State Party President,Janata Dal United todaymet Governor Satya PalMalik here at the Raj

Bhavan.Sh. Shaheen discussed

with Governor a range ofissues related to publicwelfare and congratulat-ed him for the peacefulconduct of just concluded

Panchayat and UrbanLocal Bodies polls.

The Governor urgedSh. Shaheen to continuehis sustained endeavoursfor promoting publicgood.

State President JDU meets GovernorGY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 13

The newly appointedVice Chairperson, J&KKhadi and VillageIndustries Board (KVIB),Dr Hina Bhat today calledon Advisor to Governor,Kewal Kumar Sharmahere at his office chamberand discussed the sched-

ule for the next meeting ofthe Board.

Meanwhile, several del-egations including deputa-tion of degree holderJunior Engineers 2009batch (Civil), PWD , AllJ&K Home Guard WelfareAssociation led by femalehome guards, residents ofPallan area of Billawar

,residents of Ramban, PDDcasual labours besidesscore of individuals calledon the Advisor and soughtearly redress of the issuesflagged by them.

The Advisor assuredthem that he will examinetheir demands and willredress all their genuineconcerns.

VC KVIB, several delegationscalls on Advisor Sharma

Court reject bailapplication of two

in murder caseGY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, DEC. 13

Principal Sessions Judge Reasi Kamlesh Pandita

today rejected the bail application of Jagdish Singh

and other allegedly involved in murder case.

Principal Sessions Judge Reasi Kamlesh

Pandita after hearing both the sides observed that The

offence alleged to have been committed by the

accused are heinous and entail punishment of death

or life sentence. Unless and until all the witnesses are

examined in the case, the court can not come to the

conclusion that there appears no reasonable ground

for believing that accused are guilty of an offence

punishable with death or imprisonment for life. The

net shall result of aforesaid discussion is that bail

application of the applicants /accused persons

deserve no concession and is accordingly rejected.

Power shutdownGY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 13

To execute work for Branch cutting and tightening ofjumpers, the shutdown of 11KV feeder TRN-3 ema-nating from 2 x10 MVA 33/11 kV R/Stn TrikutaNagar is being observed.

During the shutdown, the power supply to Sector-2 & 2-Extn in Trikuta Nagar and its adjoining areaswill remain affected on December 14 from 10 am to 12noon.

Meanwhile, for replacement of 33 KV isolator and33 KV LA set by M/s IRCON International Ltd, theshutdown of 33 KV Janipur-Sheetli Line is beingobserved.

During the shutdown, the power supply to Sheetli,Sidhra, Bamyal, MES Sheetli, PHE Sheetli and adjoin-ing areas will remain affected on December 14 from12 noon to 3 pm. However, to carry out work forbranch cutting of 33 KV line from Salehat to Sai, theshutdown of 33 KV Salehar-Sai Tap in emanatingfrom Salehar is being observed. During the shut-down, the power supply to Sai, Bilaspur and itsadjoining areas will remain affected on December 15from 10 am to 3 pm. However, for replacement ofCT/PT unit of M/s Kashmir Ispat, SIDCO Complex,Bari Brahmana, the shutdown of 33/11 KV feeder isbeing observed. During the shutdown, the powersupply to Industrial Complex Bari Brahmana willremain affected on December 14 from 1.30 pm to 2 pmand 5.30 pm to 6 pm.

GY BUREAU

UDHAMPUR, DEC. 13

DeputyCommissioner RavinderKumar today chaired ameeting of Revenue andDefence Estate officers toredress the grievances ofthe land owners whoseland is acquired andhired by Army in the dis-trict.

Collector Defence,Abdul Sattar briefed themeeting about all thecases.

The DC directed theofficers concerned toimmediately release the

pending payments ofrent. He also directedconcerned Collector totake up work of landacquisition cases on pri-ority basis so that people

would not suffer on thisaccount. He exhortedupon the officers andfield functionaries ofRevenue department tospeed up the process ofland acquisition.

In this regard, forsome cases, the commis-sioner constituted a teamfor demarcation of landin active possession of thearmy, so that the rentheld up is released infavour of the land own-ers.

The DeputyCommissioner instructed

the defence Estate Officerto coordinate withRevenue authorities andprepare Map, Revenuepapers of land and alsoprovide requisition orderto Revenue officers.

The land owners alsoparticipated in the meet-ing and raised theirissues. Among others themeeting was attended byTehsildar, Ved ParkashNaib Tehsildars, besidesother officers and fieldfunctionaries of con-cerned departments werepresent in the meeting.

DC discusses rent issue of land owners with Army DC reviews progress ondev works at BhaderwahBHADARWAH DEC 13: District DevelopmentCommissioner, Anshul Garg, convened an introducto-ry cum review meeting here today.

The meeting was attended by ADC Bhaderwah Dr.Ravi Kumar Bharti, Principal Govt Degree CollegeBhadarwah, Chief Planning Officer Doda, EOMunicipal Committee Bhaderwah, ExecutiveEngineer PWD, ZEOs Bhadarwah and Bhalla zone,Tehsildar Bhadarwah and Bhalla, AEEs PHE andPDD, besides all Naib Tehsildar and other sectoralofficers of sub division Bhadewah.

On the occasion, the DDC took a comprehensivereview of various developmental work vis a vis thestatus of expenditure incurred till date. He stressedupon the officers to increase the pace of work so thatall the undertaken projects are completed within astipulated time frame. He further asked the depart-ments to hold awareness camps so that people takebenefit of various welfare schemes of the state as wellas central govt.

Various deputations met the DDC and highlightedtheir demands.

DDC assured the deputation that their grievancesshall be redressed in a phased manner.

RMSA Science Exhibitionconcludes at Doda

DODA, DEC 13:- The two-day Science Exhibitionorganized under Rashtriya Madhyamik ShikshaAbhiyan (RMSA) by District Institute of Educationand Training (DIET) concluded here today.

Chief Education Officer Mohd Sharief was the chiefguest on the occasion.

Around 70 models made by the students ofSecondary and Higher Secondary government andprivate schools were displayed in the exhibition.

Chief Education Officer gave away cash prizes,memento and certificates to the winner students.

DEPO Ayaz Mughal, Principal of Govt. HSS BoysDoda, HSS Khalleni, HSS Girls Doda, HSS Chakrabati,HSS Malothi, HSS Bhagwah, ZEOs and Heads MasterHS Bun Doda, HS Koti and others were present on theoccasion.

In the Higher Secondary level, HSS Kastigarh,Shaheen Public HSS Doda, Paramount HSS Doda, EPSThahtri and HSS Boys Doda secured 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4thand 5th positions respectively, while Chenab ValleyHSS Doda, HS Thelella, National Academy Thathri,EPS Thathri, Shaheen Public HSS Doda clinched 1st,2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th positions respectively inSecondary level.

GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, DEC. 13Days after his expul-

sion from the BJP's Jammuand Kashmir unit, GaganBhagat has accused thestate party leadership ofbeing "anti-Dalit" andalleged he was victimisedfor being one.

He claimed that theparty's debacle in therecently concludedassembly elections in fivestates was a result of its"anti-Dalit" ideology.

Going against the partyline, Bhagat had onDecember 3 moved theSupreme Court challeng-ing the dissolution of stateassembly. The apex court,however, dismissed hispetition on Monday, say-ing there was no merit inthe pleas filed by the for-mer legislator.

He was expelled by theBJP on the same day withimmediate effect for his"continued indiscipline,anti-party and anti-Jammu activities."

"I am a Dalit and facedvictimisation from theparty which is 100 percent anti-Dalit...I wasalways given the positionwhere my caste fits,"Bhagat told reportershere. "I have always faceddiscrimination because ofthe anti-Dalit attitude ofthe party leadership.

Scheduled Castes gaveseven reserved seats to theparty in the state but itgave no representation tothe community in the pre-vious government. Noministerial berth wasgiven (to communitymembers) nor any higherposition in the party," healleged.

He added that whenev-er someone highlights thetruth, he is dubbed anti-party.

Earlier in July, Bhagatwas suspended by the dis-ciplinary committee of theparty over his alleged rolein the abduction of an ex-serviceman's daughter, acharge he and the womanrejected.

He said he is notagainst the BJP's nationalleadership.

Bhagat claimed that the

party's state leadershipwas dictatorial and itwould face a drubbing inthe next assembly electionas the people had seen itsreal face.

He alleged that the BJPhad done nothing for theJammu region despitebeing in power in the stateand at the Centre.

"I know everythingabout the party and itsfunctioning. I know howministers were chosenwhen money changedhands. They have filledtheir coffers and havedone nothing for the peo-ple, including those livingalong the InternationalBorder, who are direct tar-gets of Pakistan'sshelling," the doctor-turned-politician said.

Bhagat dared the BJP toannounce its chief minis-terial candidate ahead ofthe Assembly electionsand said "the party wouldnot do so because itknows its position".

"It might push fordelaying the polls giventhe mood of the people,"he said.

The Jammu andKashmir legislativeassembly was dissolvedby Governor Satya PalMalik on November 21.The Election Commissionhas to hold fresh assemblypolls in the state withinsix months, by May 21.

On Article 35A, whichguarantees special rightsand privileges to perma-nent residents of the state,Bhagat said the party istoeing the line of nationalleadership and ignoringpotential threat its revoca-tion poses.

He alleged that thewithdrawal of his securitycover was one of the"pressure tactics" of theBJP to silence him.

On his future plans,Bhagat said he was intouch with all other politi-cal parties.

"I am in touch with allthe parties...barring theBJP, every other party isfor the unity of Jammuand Kashmir. Even thePDP has done more forJammu than the BJP," hesaid.

'J&K BJP is anti-Dalit, victimisedme for being one': Former MLA

Gagan Bhagat after expulsion

India to develop 4 km stretchof Kartarpur Sahib Corridor

from Dera Baba NanakNEW DELHI, DEC 13: India will develop 4 km stretch ofKartarpur Sahib Corridor from Dera Baba Nanak inGurdaspur district of Punjab to International Border withPakistan, Parliament was informed Thursday.

The much-awaited corridor will connect Darbar Sahib inPakistan’s Kartarpur – the final resting place of first Sikh guruGuru Nanak Dev – with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India.

“The government of India has decided to develop the cor-ridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district up to theInternational Border (with Pakistan),” Minister of State forHighways Mansukh L Mandaviya said in a written reply toLok Sabha. He was replying to a question whether theNational Highways Authority of India has developed or plansto develop any project on the corridor. “Approximate lengthof the road project is about 4 km,” he said. Work on determi-nation of the alignment of road has been initiated, he added.On November 26, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu andPunjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh laid thefoundation stone for the corridor. The decision to build thepassage was taken by the Union Cabinet on November 22.Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, had spent morethan 18 years of his life in Kartarpur. Pakistan Prime MinisterImran Khan laid the foundation stone for the corridor inPakistan on November 28. The corridor will facilitate visa-free movement of Indian Sikh pilgrims.

Fake news haswreaked damage sever-al times over the lastfew years. It has floggedup communal frenzy.This reveals the factabout the lack of pub-lic's critical thinking andfall prey to fake news.Fake news is one of themost important ways ofmisinforming peopleand it has lead to vari-ous different negativeresults. Considering thehigh amount of timethat is spent on socialmedia, people are high-ly exposed to false newsand it can easily affectthem. As technology haschanged, is has alsochanged the worldsability to consume infor-mation. Fake news hasproven to be confusingand often leaves peoplewho consume it won-dering what is real. The

news media do play asignificant role on thenegative side as wellspreading fake newsthrough varioustabloids. There were lotsof fake news involvinggossips, scandals and

manipulated informa-tion. Fake news is creat-ed intentionally byentrepreneurs who seekto make money fromadvertising, and falseinformation can alsoarise from misinformedsocial media posts bynormal people whoposts regularly withoutunderstanding itsimpact. Fake newsappears and disappears

quickly, which makes itdifficult to collect. Fakenews has grown andgained strength with thegrowth of social mediawhich is a dangeroustrend and there isurgent need to monitor

it. A very well organ-ised with multiplelinked pages on socialmedia platforms areused to make the con-tent go viral. People willalways find other waysof injecting fake newsinto society. It is rightlysaid technology shouldhelp in tackling thismenace and we Indian'sare so gullible that with-out a thought we for-

ward such posts.With the advent of

new age digital andsocial media, fake newshas pervaded all spheresof life, political andsocial. The rise of digitaland social media as

powerful platforms hasonly magnified the effectof fake and false news.The advent of fake newsis not new or recent, onlyits potential to reachpeople has amplifieddue to online platformsand applications that arefree. While mediaresearchers around theworld are investigatingthe fake news scene, lit-tle credible information

is available on the cre-ators and the intentionbehind it.

Fake news has becomean epidemic online, thatit has left internet userswondering what the realnews is.

The unprecedentedrapid growth in technol-ogy leading to a wide-spread increase in fakenews, understanding theinherent nature ofhuman cognition, loop-holes in the media andways to control thespread of fake news hasto be understood. It is tobe remembered that inci-dents affecting humani-ty and human valuessignify the dark realworld consequencescaused by fake news. Itis imperative for peopleto differentiate fakenews from real ones andprevent proliferation ofsuch fake news. Socialmedia and onlinesearchers should takeefforts to prevent fakenews sites.Misinformation can bedifficult to correct and itcan leave negativeimpacts that can lastdespite the fact that eventhey get corrected after-wards.

Golden Yug JAMMU, FRIDAY, 14, DECEMBER , 2018OPINION 4

Why was Gagan Bhagat mumwhile in BJP is a big ques-tion to be asked him.

Gagan is not first who's allegationsagainst BJP are understood baselessand false. It was Rajesh Gupta whoself claimed to be senior leaders ofparty and was dreaming to becomeCM of state. But he forgot he joinedBJP just a month or two before.However, one of lady also had goneagainst BJP state leadership by sayingthat leaders call women to hotelrooms and make them leaders. Butwhen investigated it was proved thatlady was not of good conduct.However, allegations raised byGagan Bhagat has exposed himself bydubbing BJP as anti dalit as partycadre across the country and state isabove 80 percent of dalits. Accordingto sources Bhagat is being sidelinedin the community soon as he hasshamed his community. Moreover,days after his expulsion from theBJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit,Gagan Bhagat accused the state partyleadership of being “anti-Dalit” andalleged he was victimized for beingone. He claimed that the party’sdebacle in the recently concludedassembly elections in five states was aresult of its “anti-Dalit” ideology.Going against the party line, Bhagathad on December 3 moved theSupreme Court challenging the disso-lution of state assembly. The apexcourt, however, dismissed his peti-tion on Monday, saying there was nomerit in the pleas filed by the formerlegislator. He was expelled by the BJPon the same day with immediateeffect for his “continued indiscipline,anti-party and anti-Jammu activi-ties.” “I am a Dalit and faced victim-ization from the party which is 100per cent anti-Dalit…I was alwaysgiven the position where my castefits,” Bhagat told reporters here. “Ihave always faced discriminationbecause of the anti-Dalit attitude ofthe party leadership. ScheduledCastes gave seven reserved seats tothe party in the state but it gave norepresentation to the community inthe previous government. No minis-terial berth was given (to communitymembers) nor any higher position inthe party,” he alleged. He added thatwhenever someone highlights thetruth, he is dubbed anti-party. Earlierin July, Bhagat was suspended by thedisciplinary committee of the partyover his alleged role in the abductionof an ex-serviceman’s daughter, acharge he and the woman rejected.He said he is not against the BJP’snational leadership. Bhagat claimedthat the party’s state leadership wasdictatorial and it would face a drub-bing in the next assembly election asthe people had seen its real face. Healleged that the BJP had done nothingfor the Jammu region despite being inpower in the state and at the Centre.

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In Indian politics, themoment a political partyloses one election, peoplestart writing it off.Similarly, one victory,and it is as though theparty will win all elec-tions in the future. To besure, every election haslessons and messages.But no one contest canpredict the course offuture elections.

The results of therecent Assembly polls infive states are being readas the ‘arrival’ of RahulGandhi, and as the send-off of the Modi govern-ment in 2019.But mytakeaways, based purelyon the results, reiteratewhat has been provedmany times in the past —each election is different,and needs to be treateddifferently.

Revival of Congress?The Assembly polls

verdict is definitely a bigboost for the Congress,as finally, after four longyears, it has managed totaste victory in importantstates — especially inthose being ruled by theBJP.

In the run-up to thepolls, the Congress hadbeen claiming that ruralIndia was in distressunder the Modi regime,and voters would teachthe BJP ‘a lesson’.

What the Congressfails to talk about, how-ever, is that it took theparty 15 long years torebuild itself in MadhyaPradesh andChhattisgarh — despiteclaims by its leaders thatit was the UPA govern-ment that worked for therural India for 10 years.

In fact, despite farmer

suicides, the Mandsaurfiring incident anddemonetisation, the BJPput up a good fight,especially in MadhyaPradesh, where two stal-warts, Kamlanath andJyotiraditya Scindia,were taking on ShivrajSingh Chouhan.

This shows that BJP isbetter in using anti-incumbency — when BJP

wins a state afterCongress rule, its usuallya landslide victory.

On the other hand, itis still not in theCongress’ DNA to workas a formidableOpposition when out ofpower, which can ensureconvincing victorieswhen elections come.

Congress has manybastions to breach

The crushing defeat ofthe Congress inTelangana clearly showsthat it is still not anoption for voters in

many parts of India,especially wherever athird alternative is avail-able.The BJP, on theother hand, is makingrapid inroads in stateswhere it traditionallyhasn’t had much of apresence. In states likeOdisha, for example, theBJP has already taken therole of the mainOpposition, and the

Congress has done littleto revive it itself.

Fortunately for theCongress, Rajasthan,Madhya Pradesh andChhattisgarh had adirect fight between itand the BJP. InTelangana, it was unableto take on a regionalparty, which, to anextent, the BJP manageswell. In Maharashtra, ithas managed to surpassthe Shiv Sena in popular-ity, in Bihar, it is relevant,and in Uttar Pradesh, itactually won power,

despite the strong pres-ence of BSP and SP. InBengal, it is on the path ofgrowth. The Congress,meanwhile, has barelymanaged a presence instates where it was onceformidable. This is hard-ly an encouraging signfor 2019.

Nehru-Patel a thing ofthe past?

According to the

results, the BJP has got adrubbing in rural areas— one of the reasons forits poor show inChhattisgarh.This clearlyshows that it doesn’tmatter to rural voterswhether Pandit Nehruwore a rose in his‘achkan’ or not, whetherhe mistreated SardarPatel or not. What mat-ters to the rural youth iswhether the governmentwill listen to their needs,whether it will be able toimprove their income,and whether they will get

a good price for theirfarm produce.

It may be a matter ofpride for the educatedurban working class thatPM Modi got a standingovation in the USCongress, or that he wasgreeted by gushing NRIcrowds on his visitsabroad. For rural India,jan dhan accounts andtoilets are clearly notenough.Soft Hindutva isit the way forward forCongress?

Rahul Gandhi’s tem-ple run started fromGujarat, but then it con-tinued religiously, espe-cially in MadhyaPradesh, which in 1990sused to be called a‘Hindutva lab’ andwhere the BJP has beenstrong since the time ofthe Jana Sangh.

Many say the templerun started to change thepeople’s perception ofCongress as a ‘party ofMuslims’— somethingAK Antony in his reporthad pointed out as one ofthe reasons for the 2014Lok Sabha rout.

The truth is that theCongress is to be blamedfor not promoting secularMuslim leaders in theparty. Also, playing withsoft Hindutva may costthe party badly —historyis proof. Nehru hadfought the likes ofPurushottam DasTandon within theCongress to stronglysupport its secular ethos,at the risk of becomingunpopular with the partyleadership. But whenRajiv Gandhi decided to

allow ‘shilanyas’ atAyodhya, the Congresspaid heavily for it.TheBJP has no qualm abutopenly playing religiouspolitics, as that is themain identity of theparty. But that is not thecore of the Congress, anddeviating from it willharm the party.

Where are BJP’s‘panna pramukhs’?

A lot was spokenabout ‘panna pramukhs’(party workers to takecharge of each page ofthe voters lists) duringthe Gujarat elections,when the BJP was sayingit would win at least 150seats. But in the threerecent elections, thepanna pramukhs seemedto be missing.

Last year, when AmitShah had addressed BJPworkers in Mumbai, hehad insisted on theimportance of the ‘man-jha’ (string) in kite flying.He had said the party’skite would soar high onlyif the ‘manjha’ (partyworkers) was strong. Onpaper, the party organi-sation looked verystrong, with the appoint-ments of panna pra-mukhs and booth pra-mukhs. But on theground, BJP workerswere seemingly not keenon campaigning for theparty, because of the verylittle say they have indecision-making later.

Learn from historyIn the end, there is a

lesson to be taken fromhistory— something theBJP is quite fond of dip-ping into.

Assembly polls verdict: Even in victory, these are thelessons Congress needs to learn from the BJP

Meanwhile, the BJP, with its fascination for history,should read up on the life of Alexander the Great.

AMARAVATI: TheCombined GuidedWeapon Firing exercise'CROSSBOW-18' endedsuccessfully Thursday atthe Suryalanka Air ForceStation in AndhraPradesh. The 11-day exer-cise, conducted under the

aegis of the Southern AirCommand, saw variousSurface-to-Air Missile sys-tems like the indigenouslydeveloped Akash, Spyder,OSA-AK-M and IGLAcarrying out drills andlive firing for the first timeon manoeuvrable aerialtargets, a Defence releasehere said. Live firing bynight added to theuniqueness and complexi-ty of the exercise whileparticipation of SU-30fighter jets made it opera-tionally realistic, it said."The live firing helped theIndian Air Force in vali-dating the Air Defencephilosophy by integratingboth legacy and modernSurface-to-Air GuidedWeapon Systems and theIntegrated Air Commandand Control System(IACCS). It was a uniqueevent in the history of theIAF and is a precursor tothe modernization ofSuryalanka range," itadded. Air warriors fromover 20 participatingSurface-to-Air GuidedWeapon squadronsactively participated inthe exercise. Chief of AirStaff Air ChiefMarshalBirender SinghDhanoa, Air OfficerCommanding-in-Chief ofSouthern Air Command,Air Marshal B Suresh andother senior officials fromthe Air Headquarters andWestern Air Commandvisited the Air ForceStation in Guntur districtduring the course of theexercise and witnessedthe live missile firing byfour missile systems, therelease said.


GY CORRESPONDENTR.S PURA, DEC. 13

With a purpose to cre-ate awareness of variousschemes related towomen, J&K StateWomen’s DevelopmentCorporation (JKSWDC)organized an awarenesscamp at Darapat R.S.Puraon 13/12/2018 . On theoccasion, the women folkwere made aware aboutthe schemes being imple-mented by JKSWDC SoniDevi Sarpanch R.S.Purawas the chief guest duringthe awareness camp.WhileSpeaking on the occasion,Shashi Kant Sharma FieldSupervisor Women’sDevelopment CorporationJammu highlighted vari-ous schemes being imple-mented by JammuKashmir State Women’sDevelopment Corporation(JKSWDC) which includeNMDFC, NBCFDC,NHFDC WEP and educa-tion loan schemeslaunched by JKWDC forsocio- economic uplift-

ment of women.In thesame function, Soni DeviSarpanch R.S.Pura , in hisaddress requested thewomen to come forwardand take the benefits of theloan schemes provided atnominal rate of interest.He also threw light on BetiBachao Beti Padhao andSwachh Bharat Abhiyaanand asked the participantsof the camp to generateawareness these schemesat the grass root level.Onthe occasion, the womenwere made aware aboutstate and centrally spon-sored schemes launchedand sponsored by theWomen’s DevelopmentCorporation for upliftmentof women. At the conclud-ing of the function, atrefreshment was served tothe gatheringAmong otherwho attended the campincluded Rani Devi ,Sunita Devi, Asha Kumari,Renu Kumari SocialActivist JKWDC StaffMember and other promi-nent persons.

JKSWDC organizes awarenesscamp at Darapat R.S.Pura


Secretary SocialWelfare, Dr FarooqAhmad Lone todayreviewed implementa-tion of Pradhan MantriMatru Vandana Yojana(PMMVY) in the state.

Mission DirectorICDS, Vir ji Hanglooinformed the SecretarySocial Welfare that 60598beneficiaries are regis-tered under the schemein J&K.

He said out of thetotal number of regis-tered beneficiaries 49493have received one instal-ment, 35597 two instal-

ments and 17023 threeinstalments till date.

The registered benefi-ciaries include 4666scheduled castes 5229scheduled tribe and50403 general categorybeneficiaries.

The meeting wasinformed that theMinistry of Women andChild Development,Government of India hasreleased Rs 29 croretoJ&K for the implementa-tion of the scheme out ofwhich Rs 15.47crorehave been released to thebeneficiaries throughDBT.

It was informed that

all the beneficiariesunder the scheme areAadhar seeded.

Speaking at the meet-ing, Dr Lone asked forexpediting the imple-mentation of the schemeand to ensure that no eli-gible beneficiary is leftout.He directed forcapacity building offrontline workers partic-ularly Anganwadi work-ers for effective imple-mentation of thescheme.It was decidedthat best performingworkers and officers willbe given performance-based incentives out offlexi funds available

under the scheme.Pertinently, under

PMMVY a cash assis-tance of Rs 5000 is pro-vided to the women inthree instalments for thefirst child at differentstages of pregnancy andpost-child birth.

All pregnant womenand lactating mothers,excluding those in regu-lar employment with theCentral Government orthe State Governmentsor PSUs or those who arein receipt of similar ben-efits under any law forthe time being in force,are eligible for assistanceunder the scheme.

Secretary Social Welfare reviews PMMVY implementation60598 beneficiaries registered in JK; Rs 29 cr provided by Govt of India

GY CORRESPONDENT

HYDERABAD, DEC. 13

Jammu and Kashmir

Government is devising a

comprehensive training

and capacity building pro-

gramme for Sarpanchs

and Panchs to facilitate

them discharge their

responsibilities effectively.

In this connection a

day-long workshop was

conducted at the National

Institute of Rural

Development &

Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR)

here to fine-tune the train-

ing and capacity building

module.

The workshop was

organized under the chair-

personship of Director

General NIRDPR, Dr W R

Reddy.

J&K was represented at

the workshop by

Secretary, Rural

Development &

Panchayati Raj, Sheetal

Nanda, Director

Panchayats, J&K and Ms

Shafia from IMPARD, J&K

while several faculty

members of NIRDPR were

also present at the work-

shop.

Speaking on the occa-

sion, Sheetal said the

objective of this exercise is

to equip the Sarpanchs

and Panchs of J&K with

the requisite capacities

and familiarize with the

latest modifications made

in the State's Panchayati

Raj Act. "They will also be

familiarized with the

administrative issues

involved in the function-

ing of Panchayati Raj insti-

tutions including partici-

pative planning, budget-

ing, accounting, social

audit and convergence of

Panchayati Raj

Institutions and Self-Help

Groups," she said.

Sheetal said J&K's

Rural Development

Department and IMPARD

in collaboration with

NIRDPR Hyderabad will

be organizingweek-long

capacity building sessions

for Panchs and Sarpanchs

over a period of 2-3

months to sensitize the

elected representatives

about their roles and

responsibilities.

She said the Panchayat

elections in J&K concluded

successfully on 11

December2018 and a slew

of major initiatives have

been taken by the State

Government to empower

the Panchayati Raj

Institutions.

"The capacity building

programmeis a step in that

direction and shall go a

long way in chiseling the

administrative skills of the

Panchayat representatives

and help them serve their

people better," she said.

JK Govt ropes in NIRDPR Hyderabad forcapacity building of Sarpanchs, Panchs

Secretary Rural Development attends day-longworkshop to finalize training module


Day long conventionof CITU was held inSrinagar which waspresided over by its StatePresident MohamadYousuf Tarigami. Theconvention wasaddressed by differentunion representativeswho expressed their con-cern over various prob-lems being faced by theworking class.

While addressing theconvention, MohamadYousuf Tarigamiexpressed serious concernover the plight of theworking class which isadversely hit by the neo-liberal economic policiespursued by the BJPGovernment. He calledfor united struggle tofight the onslaught of theanti-labour policies of thecentral government, dueto which every section ofthe society has been bear-ing the brunt. The claimsof economic growth donot carry any weightwhen the statistics revealthat 73 per cent of the

additional wealth createdduring 2017-18 has beenearned by one per cent ofthe population.

These policies are dras-tically affecting the work-force especially workingin the unorganized sectoracross the country includ-ing Jammu and Kashmirvirtually reducing themto the status of bondedlabour. The continuationof neo-liberal economicpolicies of the Modi gov-ernment coupled withdemonetization andimplementation of GSThave serious ramifica-tions on the lives andlivelihood of the working-class people.

Labour laws in thestate were not in tunewith the interests ofworkers in organized andunorganized sector andthere was imminent needto amend and updatethese. High levels ofunemployment being acause of serious concernhave not been addressedseriously by the succes-sive governments therebyputting our youth in a

state of despair and wor-risome. Widespreadunder-employment isalso gaining momentumas highly qualified andskilful youth are doinglow end and unskilledjobs. The governmentseems to be in no mood totake measures to maxi-mize employment oppor-tunities. Ab Gani Bhat,President Non-GazettedHorticulture EmployeesUnion and senior CITUleader in his address saidthe social security bene-fits like pension, provi-dent fund, health insur-ance etc. are hard wonrights of the workingclass secured throughdecades of struggle.These gains are nowbeing reversed throughprivatization of pensionfunds, provident fundsand cuts in subsidies andwelfare benefits and suchmeasures being imple-mented across the coun-try today specifically tar-get the social securitybenefits in order to passon the burden to theworking people. Stressing

for implementation of thebasic labour laws in theState, he demandedimplementation ofMinimum Wages Act andfixation of statutory mini-mum wage of not lessthan Rs 18,000 per month.He demanded employ-ment to local residents inthe companies executingdifferent constructionprojects in the state.

Abdul Rashid Najarsenior CITU leader saidthat ASHA's under NHM,Anganwadi Workers andHelpers, CPWs, Mid-DayMeal Workers, MGNRE-GA employees,Contractual, ConstructionWorkers, Need Based,Seasonal, CasualLabouers, Daily Wagersare neglected and theirlong pending demandsare not met. The tradition-al artisans and weaversalso reap little benefits oftheir hard toil and evenwere badly hit in the lastfloods are awaiting reha-bilitation. Drastic cuts onallocations by the centralgovernment in the wel-fare schemes like ICDS,

Mid-day-meal, NHMwith the motive of finallydoing away with suchpro-people schemes andprogrammes altogetherhas desperately disillu-sioned the humanresource working tireless-ly and being meagrelypaid under theseschemes. The conventionadopted several resolu-tions which include theresolution on'Implementation ofLabour Laws, MinimumWages Act, simplifyingthe process of registrationof workers and redressalof burning issues con-fronting working class.

Others who spoke onthe occasion includeMohamad Afzal Parry,Bashir Ahmad CITU lead-ers, Sheikh AijazPresident Non-GazettedElectrical EmployeesUnion, Lateefa Ganie &Mirsa of AnganwadiWorkers/Helpers Unionand Pervaiz AhmadKuchay and GhulamNabi Shaksaz of KashmirConstructional WorkersUnion.

Tarigami calls for united struggle to fightonslaught of anti-labour policies of BJP govt

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR DEC. 13

Ahead ofParliamentary andAssembly elections, PrimeMinister Narendra Modiand BJP NationalPresident Amit Shahwould hold a meetingwith state BJP leaders todiscuss the strategy forthe polls.

A BJP leader said thatNarendra Modi and AmitShah would seek feedbackfrom the state party lead-ers for the upcomingpolls. "They would dis-cuss how to go withParliamentary andAssembly polls," the BJPleader said. TheParliamentary and

Assembly elections aredue in April-May. The BJPleader said that they areeyeing on few seats inKashmir. "There is likelyto be pre-poll alliancewith the PeoplesConference. But still theBJP wants to win fewseats from Kashmir on itsown," the BJP leader said.The BJP leader said thatBJP has made inroads intothe Valley for the last fewyears. "We have so manypanchayat and urban localbodies constituencies. Wealso managed to make theMayor from the PeoplesConference," the BJPleader said.

The BJP leader saidthat the Prime Minister

and the BJP NationalPresident will also elicitopinion from the partyleaders on whether to gofor simultaneous electionsto Lok Sabha andAssembly in April-May ordefer the Assembly elec-tions by a couple ofmonths.

"The BJP's preparationsfor the elections includingretaining three Lok Sabhaseats out of six it won in2014 Lok Sabha electionsand annex more will fig-ure at the high levelreview meeting of theparty. Similar will be thediscussions on theAssembly elections as theparty had won 25 seats in2014 Assembly electionsbut now it wants to crossthe figure of 30 thoughpublicly the party will setthe target of 44 i.e. majori-ty mark," the BJP leadersaid.

From Jammu andKashmir, State BJP presi-dent, Ravinder Raina andGeneral Secretary(Organizations) AshokKoul are expected toattend the meeting.

This meeting will bejoined by Ram Madhav,BJP General Secretary andparty's points man onJammu and Kashmir,Union Minister of State inthe Prime Minister's Office(PMO), Dr Jitendra Singh,Lok Sabha member fromJammu-Poonch, Jugal

Kishore Sharma, RavinderRaina, Ashok Koul andsome other senior partyleaders from the State.

The source said that afinal decision vested withthe Election Commission,which has to holdAssembly polls within sixmonths of dissolution ofthe House. As theAssembly was dissolvedon November 21, the elec-tions have to be heldbefore May 21, 2019.

According to sources, adate for visits of NarendraModi and Amit Shah toJammu and Kashmir willbe decided by the partyleaders in coming days.

While Modi is sched-uled to visit the State forlaying foundation stone orinauguration of some proj-ects under the PrimeMinister's DevelopmentPlan (PMDP) etc, Shah islikely to address the partyworkers meeting and holddeliberations with seniorparty leaders to discussthe strategy for Lok Sabhaand Assembly polls.

"Political situation inJammu and Kashmirahead of Lok Sabha andAssembly electionsincluding strategy of othermajor stakeholders likeNational Conference,PDP, Congress, People'sConference and somesmall players, will also bediscussed at the meeting,"the source said.

BJP eyeing on few seats of KashmirModi, Shah to chair party's strategy for upcoming polls

GY CORRESPONDENTBANDIPORA, DEC. 13

Director AgricultureKashmir Altaf AijazAndrabi on Thursday inau-gurated a Mega KissanMela at Sher-e- KashmirStadium Bandipora undercentrally SponsoredScheme National Missionon Agriculture Extensionand Technology.

Farmers from nookand corner of the districtparticipated in the KissanMela and were apprisedwith different agriculturetechniques during theKissan Mela.

Scientists fromKVK Bandipora and offi-cers from department ofAgriculture shared with theparticipating farmers infor-mation about modern tech-niques to be adopted inCrop Husbandry,Apiculture, MushroomCultivation, Kitchen gar-dening and backyard poul-

try rearing.Farmers were

given knowledge of differ-ent Centrally SponsoredSchemes in vogue in agri-culture sector and differentincentives available to themunder these schemes.

DirectorAgriculture who was the

Chief Guest on the occasiondeliberated upon agricul-ture scenario of the Districtand appealed all the partic-ipating farmers to come for-ward and avail the techni-cal knowhow which isbeing provided to them bythe department throughqualified agriculture tech-

nocrats. He visited the stallserected by department andallied sectors and interactedwith the farmers and to getthe feedback of variousschemes.

Additional DistrictD e v e l o p m e n tCommissioner BandiporaZahoor Ahmad Mir in hisaddress asked farmers tobenefit from the schemes ofagriculture department andallied sectors based on enti-tlement and ensure thatthey adopt agriculture andallied activities as a profes-sion for themselves andposterity.

Farm machinery,High quality hybrid seeds,improved varieties of fruitsand vegetables were mainareas of attraction for theparticipating farmers.

Chief AgricultureOfficer, Mohammad QasimGhani on the occasion, gavea detailed presentation withregard to the incentives

being provided to farmersof the District. He said thatmachinery like Tractors.Power Tiller, IrrigationMotors, other farm machin-ery are being distributed tothe farmers of the Districtduring current year involv-ing a subsidy of Rs 150Lacs.

Farmers interact-ed with the scientists andofficers of the department.They were appraised of thelatest techniques of agricul-ture and allied activities.

Flagship CentrallySponsored Schemes likePradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana (PMFBY) andPradhan Mantri KrishiSinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)were in detail deliberatedupon with the farmers dur-ing the mega Kisan Mela soas to make them aware ofthese schemes and wereasked to come forward toavail benefits from thesefarm related schemes.

Director Agriculture inaugurates Mega Kisan Mela at BandiporaUrges farmers to avail benefit of flagship schemes to increase produce

Army conductsbook distribution

driveJAMMU, DEC 13 : Armyhas been in the forefrontto propagate the impor-tance of education amongthe Awam and facilitateavenues for the youngminds. To take these ini-tiatives further, the Armyorganised a 'BookDistribution Drive' atGovernment MiddleSchool, Deeng, Nausheradistt.The event was aimedto motivate students andenhance their reading /learning habits. A lectureabout reading, writing,and learning skills wasalso conducted by theArmy. Apart from it, toexplore the inquisitive-ness of students a quizcompetition was alsoorganised. A total of 63students and 09 teachersparticipated enthusiasti-cally. Overall the eventwas met with an over-whelming response fromall the participants. Theconduct of 'BookDistribution Drive’ wassuccessful and is certainlya leap forward in achiev-ing the goal of greaterbonhomie between Armyand local population.

Army organis-es debate

competitionJAMMU, DEC 13 : Armyorganised a DebateCompetition on the topic“The Road to Peace &Prosperity for Poonch andRajouri Region” atGovernment DegreeCollege, Poonch on 13 Dec18.10 students participat-ed in the competition andapproximately 275 per-sons to include guests,teachers, participants andstudents of variousschools and collegesattended the event. Theparticipants expressedtheir views on the topicfreely which impressedthe audience. The eventwas aimed to inculcateoratory skill's in the par-ticipants and give themexposure on the art ofpublic speaking. The win-ners were suitably award-ed. Conduct of extracur-ricular activities like theseprovides a platform forstudents to keep them-selves abreast with stud-ies and current affairswhich will in the longerrun be helpful in theiroverall development . Theparticipants and schoolteachers lauded the effortsof the Army.

IAF successfully conducts 11-day'CROSSBOW-18' exercise



Adopting the dogma ofPanthers Party around 22youth joined PanthersParty in the presence ofMr. Harsh Dev SinghChairman JKNPP andother leaders at PartyHeadquarters in Jammutoday. Capt Anil GaurState Secretary NPP, Mr.Parshotam Parihar StateSecretary Panthers StateUnion, Mr. Rajiv MahajanDistrict President (JammuUrban) and Mr. SurinderChauhan District presi-dent (Jammu Rural) alsowelcomed the newentrants in the party foldduring the occasion.

Welcoming the newentrants in the party fold,Mr. Harsh Dev Singh saidthat Central and Kashmirbased parties includingBJP, Congress, NC andPDP had marginalizedentire Jammu province forthe sake of power in thepast 70 years. “They hadperpetuated discrimina-tion to Dogras in allspheres to the extentwhere our pristine identi-

ty was facing severe crisis.Only Panthers Party hasemerged as a lone force ofthe people in the presentscenario whose wave wassweeping the entireJammu region by storm.Panthers only can liberatedogras from all kinds ofpolitico-economic dis-crimination. We shallrestore lost pride and hon-our of dogras at all costs”,Harsh roared. While laud-ing the decision of theyouth to join NPP, Mr.Singh asked the newentrants to disseminatethe Party’s agenda of“Statehood for Jammu” to

the grass root level.Dubbing the BJP’s doublestandards on article 35Aand 370 as an act ofbetrayal, he said that itsdespicable acquiescencehad further emboldenedthe militants and thou-sands of stone-pelters inthe valley to carry outsubversive activities tovitiate peace in the State.He lamented that the ruf-fians, vandals, hooligansand illiterates were glori-fied in Kashmir while thehighly educated national-ist youth of Jammu regionwere discriminated,exploited, suppressed and

quelled. “Teach unforget-table lesson to the BJP inthe Assembly elections”,exhorted Harsh.

Coming down fero-ciously on the erstwhilesinister alliance and BJP inparticular for suppressingthe voice of Jammu youth,Mr. Singh ridiculed theslogans of ‘Achey Din’sold by the Saffronbrigade with a big bangand great fan fare. He saidthat thousand of crores ofrupees had been incurredonly to woo the youth forvotes as these ‘jumlas’ hadfailed to make any visibleimpact on the ground. He

flayed the unholy com-bine for treating youthlike ‘disposables’ andcheating them over theissue of employment.“The memories of fre-quent lathi charge onunderemployed educatedyouth including womenprotesting for their legiti-mate rights under BJP’srule were still fresh in ourminds. BJP shall pay forits political sins. Therecent poll results of 5states speak about its fail-ure to deliver. Same willbe the fate of Saffron partyin J&K as well”, Harshasserted.

Prominent amongthose who joined PanthersParty included DarshanLal Romesh Lal, RakeshChoudhary, Kona Ram,Bittu Choudhary, AjayChoudhary, Ravi Kumar,Bikram Choudhary, ShotuChoudhary, VishalChoudhary, RohitChoudhary, AshwaniChoudhary, Tilak Raj,Ravi Kumar, Bittu Ram,Shamsher Lal, ShubhamRandawa, ArjunChoudhary, Balbir Singh.

Over 20 youth join Panthers PartyTeach unforgettable lesson to BJP in coming elections: Harsh to youth


BJP State Incharge IT &Social Media, JaidevRajwal today welcomedthe initiatives of the MayorJammu MunicipalCorporation, ChanderMohan Gupta by upgrad-ing new features in thewebsite www .jmcjam-

mu.org and Mobile App ofthe Jammu MunicipalCorporation.

While welcoming theinitiatives of the MayorJMC, Jaidev Rajwal saidthat a number of key initia-tives have been taken bythe Mayor JMC to makeJammu a Smart City.“Now a common man canregister their grievancesonline by filling OnlineGrievance Registration onthe website by attachingphotos in support of theircomplaints to get theirgrievances resolved. Acommon man can also con-tact with the JMC officialson helpline number 0191-

2520448, 2520428 to gettheir grievances resolved,”he said.

Rajwal also welcomedthe decision of JammuMunicipal Corporation(JMC) to update all thedetails showing MobileNumbers and residentialAddress of all theCorporators on the websiteof the Jammu MunicipalCorporation so that thepeople of their respectiveareas can contact them toget their grievances done.Rajwal said that work cul-ture will improve in theCorporation by the initia-tives taken by the JMCMayor.

BJP lauds initiative of JMC Mayor

GY CORRESPONDENTKISHTWAR, DEC. 13

Rashtravyapi tradeunion Jammu andKashmir State SecretaryMr Shahnawaz Ahangeraddressed huge Pressconference in Kishtwar ,on the occasion Ahangerdemanded implementa-tion of, labour law. Hedemanded release ofPending Salaries of PHE,Forest, RDD, PDD, R&Bdaily Wagers, in his mes-sage he said Governmentshould redressed the mat-ter, Demand Release ofPending Salaries

According to theemployees, their salaryhas been withheld forpast 18months.otherwisePHE J&K workers'.beside

Daily wagers fromPublic Health andEngineering Department(PHE) upped their anteagainst the Jammu andKashmir RashtravyapiTrade Union will organis-ing a mass 72-hour strikein Jammu. And also tookout massive protest ralliesin support of their pend-ing demands. Under thebanner of RashtravyapiPHE Association ,

employees Will gatheredat the divisional head-quarters in Jammu andwill raised slogans. TheUnion have beendemanding the release oftheir pending salaries andregularisation of the dailywagers and otheremployees in the state.According to the employ-ees, their salary has beenwithheld for past 18months.In addition to the

mass agitation by theworkers, PHE dailywagers, including CPworkers, ITI-trained andneed-based workers havesuspended their opera-tions at various pumpingand other water supplystations. “We have onlyone thing to ask for. Fulfilour demands. We can’tlive like this. We have afamily to run, we areunable to make our ends

meet,” said a daily wageworker. The workershave also threatened toparalyse the supply iftheir demands are notmet. “All this while wehave been given falseassurances, nothing sub-stantial is done to help usout of this. The higherauthorities are responsi-ble for not resolving theissues of the PHE dailywagers and others,”

Shahnawaz Ahanger addressed huge Press conference Demanded implementation of Labour law


Brutality of the oppressor and theirtrigger happy armed forces have con-verted this paradise on the earth into ahell, suffocating every living creature inthis piece of land-- this was stated by AllParties Hurriyat Conference chairman,Syed Ali Geelani in his telephonicaddress to the mourners of the 14 yearold martyr Mudasir Ahmad.

Hurriyat chairman in his address saidthat since 1947, our nation while nour-ishing freedom movement and demand-ing their right to self-determination, haspresented huge sacrifices, however NewDelhi with its military might, brutallykilled our innocent people.

Referring to the sacrifices renderedby our people especially youth to endthe forced occupation, Syed Ali Geelanisaid that more than 6 lakh people havebeen killed and economy worth trillionsis lost with the lakhs of injured, butIndian brutality and repression, throughtheir local conduits, seems to have noend.

Hurriyat chairman said that India issuffering from arrogance of power and

has tried its best to muzzle our voice-buthas utterly failed to do so, and no poweron earth particularly the Indian might,its brutality can never deter us from ourmuch cherished goal of right to self-determination, said Geelani.

Reiterating its appeal for boycott,Hurriyat chairman said that participa-tion in any election sponsored by Indianmight amounts to treason and betrayalwith martyr's blood and disgrace for sac-rifices rendered by our nation. Webelieve, any election process, India triesto conduct, is nothing but an armed drillto threaten the common people therebystrengthening its illegal control in theoccupied land, but we are indebted bythe sacrifices of our nation never to eventhink of any compromise and we pledgeto take this sacred movement to its logi-cal conclusion, he added.

Stressing upon people in general andyouth in particular, Hurriyat chairmansaid that we need to strengthen our faithand as a nation we need to the optimisticand by the grace of Almighty Allah theIndian brute force will come to an endand we will Insha Allah get rid of thisforceful military occupation.


Scores of studentsfrom KashmirUniversity's law depart-ment on Thursday stageda protest to press fordeferment of their 6thsemester (final) exams toMarch.

Dozens of studentsassembled at the campusand staged protestsagainst the varsity's lawdepartment authoritiesfor their decision to holdexams in December. Thestudents demanded that

the department shouldissue a notification toannounce deferment ofexams to the month ofMarch.

"The authorities seemto be in a hurry to hold ourexams. The departmentshould follow a propercalendar for holdingexams so that students canget ample time for prepa-rations," said a studentwho were part of theprotest. In wake of theprotests, some teachingfaculty members tried topacify the students to call

off their protests. Whencontacted, Head of thedepartment, law, ProfHussain said that theexam was scheduled inDecember on the demandof students who want toappear in the exams forthe post of Munsif judge."The law department hasadvertised 24 posts ofMunsif judge and our out-going (LLB 6th semester)students want to appear inthat exam," he said. Prof.Hussain said some stu-dents want the depart-ment to hold exams in

March which has put theauthorities in a catch-22situation. "Now I am ofthe opinion that I will holdtwo exams-one inDecember and one inMarch and students willappear in the exam as pertheir convenience," hesaid. Prof. Hussain said heis forced to keep twooptions for the students."But it is yet to be seen ifKU administration willapprove this idea of hold-ing two exams which ismy personal opinion," hesaid.

KU students stages protest to press fordeferment of their 6th semester exams

India suffering from arrogance of power: Geelani

GY CORRESPONDENT

IRFAN MUGHAL

POONCH// DEC 13

The title titled "The Road of Peaceand Progress for Poonch and RajouriRegion." In this competition more than300 students from seven Schools andGovernment Degree College Poonchhighlighted various aspects of the sub-ject. The purpose of this competitionwas to encourage students to partici-pate in such competitions, besides pro-viding information about this art. Onthis occasion Brigadier S, Croatia was

included in the program as guest spe-cial. Apart from this, Sena Medal,Commander, 6 Sector Rastriya Rifle,Poonch's prestigious Shambo NazarKhajori, KD Mani of the District'sfamous Journalist, Dr. Subhash Rana,Mathew Principal Crist School, ChiefEducation Officer Mushtaq Ahmed,Principal M.H Shah, Professor, ShamimAhmed Bande, Professor Jagbir Singh,Professor Fateh Muhammad Abbasi,Wahid Ahmed Banday, principal Zia-ul-uloom Poonch, was also respectedcitizens present.


In a major setback forthe PDP in BandiporaConstituency, two of itsSuccessful CouncilorsAbdul Gani sheikh andAbdul Rashid Mir fromMunicipal CommitteeBandipora along withDozens of its Workershere on today joined theCongress at PradeshCongress committeeheadquarters Srinagar inpresence of StateCongress Chief G.A Mirand State GeneralSecretary of PradeshCongress Committee, Ex-MLA Bandipora UsmanMajid and ChairmanMCB Khursheed Ahmadother senior party leadersto work for furtherstrengthening the partyin Bandipora constituen-cy.

Those who joinedCongress included AbdulGani sheikh and Abdul

Rashid Mir, who electedas councilors ofMunicipal CommitteeBandipora for wardNumber 5 & 17 in therecent urban local bodiespolls.

Speaking on theOccasion, Councilor AbRashid said, they werefeeling suffocated in thePDP Bandipora underthe leadership of Nizamdin Bhat who did noteven congratulate thewinning party candi-dates. We decided to bethe part of the Congressafter noticing all rounddevelopment in theBandipora Constituencyunder the leadership ofEx MLA Bandipora

Usman Majid. His pro-poor attitude motivatedus to join the party, hesaid. Councilor Ab GaniSheikh said, a cross-sec-tion of the people ofBandipora and his sup-porters are of the opinionthat the time has come tostrengthen the Congressparty to take theBandipora to new heightsof development.

Joined Councilors andWorkers expressing fullfaith on Usman Majid'sleadership, said they arejoining Congress becausethey feel this is the onlyparty that can guaranteethe unity of Jammu andKashmir and steer thestate to peace, progress

and prosperity. Congressis the only which worksfor the welfare and upliftof the poor and down-trodden in the state, theysaid. Ex MLANizamuddin Bhat andhis Party PDP was play-ing with the lives of peo-ple and with their dignityand honour. They saidthat they were fed up bythe divisive politics beingnurtured by NizamuddinBhat who want to dividethe People.

Welcoming the newentrants into the partyfold, State GeneralSecretary of PCC andFormer MLA BandiporaUsman Majid assuredthem to come up to their

expectations and contin-ue to struggle for thewelfare of the poor anddowntrodden people ini-tiated by the party. Hesaid that the doors of theparty were always openfor those who believe inthe program and policiesof the Congress and havefaith in its leadership.

Majid Speaking on theoccasion, urged upon thecadres to remain stead-fast in service of the peo-ple, for the fact. He saidCongress is not only apolitical organization,but an instrument ofservice to the people andit will continue to servepeople to the best of itsability.

Major Setback for PDP in Bandipora as Two Councilorsof Party along with Workers Joins Congress


The plus two contrac-tual lecturers appointedpurely for academicarrangements onThursday staged a protest

demonstration over theirdemand for regularisationand sought interventionof Governor Satya PalMalik over the acceptanceof their demand.

According to talking

to reporters at pressenclave after staging aprotest demonstration,the protesting plus twocontractual lecturersalleged that they havebeen disengaged despite

the orders for their con-tinuation from the gov-ernment as the principalsof higher secondaryschools, according tothem, are not implement-ing the orders of superiorauthorities.

Saying that they willhand over a memoran-dum of demands toDirector School educationKashmir just today, theprotesting plus two con-tractual lecturersappealed Governor SatyaPal Malik to personallyintervene the matter andaccept their demands ashis Advisor holding theportfolio of education hadassured them that ordersfor their regularizationwould be issued by thegovernment


One of the two militantsshot dead by the govern-ment forces in a gunfightin Mujgund area on theoutskirts of Srinagar onSunday had done a shortrole in Bollywood thrillerHaider. Saqib Bilal (17) wasa theatre artist and hadeven done a brief role in aBollywood movie, reportedHindustan Times.

Bilal and Mudasir (14)from Hajin in north

Kashmir's Bandipora dis-trict were killed along witha Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba militant in an 18-hour firefight in Mujgundon the outskirts of Srinagaron December 9.

Both the boys had lefttheir homes on August 31to join militancy.

"For more than a month,we went to places to findthem. Ultimately, werealised the unthinkable,"Asim Aijaz, Bilal's maternaluncle, said, according to

the report.Bilal who had passed his

Class 10 with a distinctionhad an interest in actingand had done a small rolein Vishal Bhardwaj's movieHaider.

"He was in his sixthclass when he appeared fortwo brief shots in Haiderwhich have appeared inthe film. In one of the shotshe appeared as a 'chocolateboy' and in another, heacted of surviving a violentincident in a bus," Aijazsaid.

The uncle said the boywas a theatre artist as well.

"Before his Haider stint,he appeared in a stageshow 'Weath chi Yeahi(This is the river)' at TagoreHall in which he was theprotagonist. He managedto get an award and evenwent to Odisha to repeatthe performance," Aijazsaid.

Debte competition was expected by RashtrayaRifle 39 RR Battalion degree College Poonch

Teen militant killed in Mujgundgunfight had played short role

in Bollywood movie Haider

Plus two contractual lecturers protestover demand for regularisation

Claim Advisor (G) has assured, seek Guv’s intervention


GY CORRESPONDENTRAJOURI, DEC. 13

With the objective toempower citizens andpromote transparencyand accountability in theworking of Governmentan awareness programmeon Right to Informationwas organised byRegional OutreachBureau, Ministry ofInformation and broad-casting Government ofIndia FOB, Rajouri atGovt. Girls HigherSecondary School, Kalsianblock Nowshera ofDistrict Rajouri today inthe presence of HarbansSingh Lecturer in Botony,Sh. Jashpal Singh Lecturerin Mathemetics, Dr.Harpal Singh LecturerZoology, Sh. RattanChaudhry Master, Sh.Amrik Singh VLW,Kalsian and other staffmembers.

Sh. Jashpal Singh in hisaddress said that RTI acthas come as a tool forIndian citizens givingthem the right to accessinformation and servicethey need from publicoffices. If effectivelyimplemented RTI canbring in openness andtransparency betweenpublic authorities andcommon people to

enhance help and infor-mation so that the citizen-ry and socio- economicdevelopment in ruralareas will be lifted up.

During the programmeSh. Amrik Singh, VLW,Kalsian Stated that thebasic objective of RTI is tomake our democracy in areal sense he further stat-ed that a citizen has theright to seek informationfrom public authority andobtain information in anyform he talked about theexemptions and disclo-sures under section 8&9and schedule II of RI Act

which enumerates the cat-egories of informationexempted from disclosureand the name of the intel-ligence and securitywhich are exempted frompreview of the act.

The expert gave basicInformation about theimportance and need ofRight to Information theysaid it is an act to providefor setting out the regimeof Right to information forthe people to secureaccess to Informationunder the control ofPublic authorities in orderto promote Transparency

and Accountability in theworking of every publicauthority. They said thatdemocracy required inInformed Citizenry andtransparency of informa-tion which are vital to itsfunctioning and also tocontain corruption to holdgovernment and itsinstrumentalities account-able to the governed.

In this programmevarious aspects and provi-sion along with the proce-dure for seeking informa-tion under RTI Act werediscussed by the officialsof Regional Outreach

Bureau, Ministry of I&B,Govt. Of India, During aworkshop on RTI whichwas organised with theaim to gave practicalknowledge of filing RTIand its procedure to seekinformation among thestudents

Sh. Vijay Mattoo, I/cFOB, Rajouri in his wel-come address enlightenedthe audience about theworking and mandate ofROB & said that themotive behind organisingthis programme was tocreate awareness amongthe general masses aboutthe importance of right toinformation act. So thatevery citizen should beempowered to promotethe transparency andaccountability in theworking of every publicauthority, reduce the gapbetween the informationprovider and the informa-tion seeker, enhance effi-ciency in administrationof public authorisers, mit-igate corruption and pro-mote good governance.

The registered troupesof ROB mesmerised theaudience with their themebased Songs, Dramas andDances at the end of pro-gramme Students of ITIParticipated in an openQuiz on RTI-Act.

RTI Act awareness camp for students held


Senior BJP leader &Member NMCMEMinistry of HRDGovernment of IndiaPawan Sharma todaydemanded regularizationof all Rehbar-e-Taleem(ReT) teachers who havecompleted five or morethan five years of theirservices.

Pawan Sharma alongwith a delegation todaymet Director SchoolJammu Anuradha Guptaand apprised her aboutthe hardship being facedby ReT teachers. Sharmaespecially sought to drawattention of Director

School Education towardsplight of ReT teachersserving in all districts ofJ&K who have completedfive years or more in serv-ice.

While hailing recentdecision of the StateAdministrative Council(SAC) to change cadre ofReT teachers, Sharma saidthat all serving ReTteacher should also beregularized.

In a memorandum sub-mitted to the DirectorSchool Education, Sharmasaid that regularizationcases of ReT teachers, whohave completed five yearsof services, have alreadybeen forwarded by Chief

Education Officer (CEO)concerned to the DirectorOffice after having clearedall deficiencies in themonth of April this year.He regretted that despiteclearing all deficienciesno action has been takenso far to regularize thedeserving ReT teachers.He sought intervention ofthe Director to get thisissue resolved.

Director SchoolEducation Jammu gave apatient hearing to the del-egation and termeddemands as just and gen-uine. She assured to putup this case before thehigher authorities for fur-ther process.

Sharma meets Director School Education,raises regularization issue of ReT teachers


Bharatiya Janata Party,Jammu & Kashmir issueddefamation notice to Dr.Gagan Bhagat (Ex. MLA,R. S. Pura) for his defama-tory remarks goingagainst the personal pub-lic images of BJP StatePresident Ravinder Raina(Ex-MLA) and BJP StateGeneral Secretary (Org.)Ashok Kaul. Anotherlegal notice has beenissued to Rajesh KumarParashar (R.O.Sunderbani) for his hoaxallegations against theparty President on socialmedia site.

A legal notice has beenissued by BJP StatePresident Ravinder Rainaand BJP State General

Secretary (Org.) AshokKaul through theirAdvocate Parimoksh Sethto Dr. Gagan Bhagat forlevelling unfounded, vex-atious, malicious, abusiveand defamatory remarksagainst Ravinder Rainaand Ashok Kaul throughinterview given to Print &Electronic Channels andsocial media channels onDecember 12, 2018.

It is important to men-tion here that serious alle-gations were leveledagainst Dr. Gagan Bhagatof impropriety andimmorality and the issuewas referred to the “StateDisciplinary Committee”of BJP which recommend-ed action against Dr.Bhagat including expul-sion from the party in case

he did not meet therequirements within aperiod of 3 months.However, instead ofdoing the needful, Dr.Bhagat indulged in anti-party activities and subse-quently; BJP expelled Dr.Gagan Bhagat from theprimary membership ofparty. The defamatoryand abusive language ofDr. Gagan Bhagat throughinterview has affected thereputation of RavinderRaina and Ashok Kaul.Legal notice has beenissued calling upon him totender apology publicallywithin a period of 1 weekfrom the receipt of thenotice failing which crimi-nal and civil proceedingsin the competent court oflaw will be initiated in the

court of law against Dr.Gagan Bhagat.

Another legal noticehas been issued by BJPState President RavinderRaina through his Adv.Parimoksh Seth to RajeshKumar Parashar for level-ing unfounded vexatious,malicious, abusive anddefamatory remarksagainst Ravinder Raina onsocial media site(Facebook). Through thelegal notice, RajeshKumar Parashar has beencalled upon to tenderapology publically withina period of 1 week fromthe receipt of the noticefailing which criminal andcivil proceedings in thecompetent court of lawwill be initiated in thecourt of law against him.

BJP issues defamation notice to Gagan Bhagat

Army organises mobileVeterinary Camp at Songri

UDHAMPUR, DEC 13: The Army has been at theforefront of health and education initiatives in thisregion. To ameliorate the veterinary problems of thelocal populace the Indian Army organized a 'MobileVeterinary Camp ‘on 13 Dec 18 at Village Songri,Rajouri District.A team of Veterinary Doctors andVeterinary Assistants from the Army and Dr. MohdShabir and Dr. Maqsood Hussain from Civil attendedto the animals arriving in the camp. A total of 169 ani-mals to include sheeps, goats, cows, buffaloes, mules,dogs and horses were treated during the veterinarycamp. Free veterinary medicines were also distributedas part of the veterinary health initiative.Speaking ofthe occasion, the Sarpanch of village Songri, on behalfof the locals expressed his gratitude towards theIndian Army for its initiative in veterinary care for theremote villages and reaching out to the local popula-tion. He appreciated the efforts of the Army towardsthe health and well being of the livestock which wasnecessary as means of livelihood for the rural popula-tion of this region.

Army conducts declamation competition

UDHAMPUR, DEC 13: The Army has alwaysendeavoured to motivate the students of rural areasthrough confidence building and talent promotion. A'Declamation Competition' for students was conduct-ed by the Indian Army at Government Middle School,Kanthan on 12December 2018. The theme of the com-petition was 'National Integration'.

Students actively participated in the event and

brought out numerous aspects of National

Integration. The teachers also pitched-in with valuable

suggestions and boosted the morale of the partici-

pants. The enthusiasm and preparation of students for

the event was credible. A total of 53 students includ-

ing girls participated in the event. Attractive prizes

were given to the deserving participants.

On behalf of the students, the Principal of the

school expressed his gratitude towards the Army for

conducting this informative and motivational event,

encouraging talent and providing impetus to foster

confidence amongst the future generation of this

region.

Khan demands permanent engagement of Aadhaar employees

JAMMU, DEC 13: J&K Aadhaar association address-ing a Press Conference at Hotel Hot Millions Jammuunder the leadership of State President NSUI RaqeeqAhmad Khan demanded their engagement as perma-nent employees in Aadhaar department rejected anddisappeared youths who have joined the departmentSeven years ago and they removed from the depart-ment. These youths have worked day and night inmaking aadhar cards of citizens by going to theirhomes. Employees have met Secretary InformationTechnology Sh. Swagat Biswas of Jammu andKashmir and he assigned the youths that their issuewill addressed and they will be hired as Permanentemployees. Enrolment agencies will have further rolein it but these youths who have given their best Sevenyears should not be fixed. Waseem Akram PresidentJammu and Kashmir Aadhaar Association demandthat in spite of appointing new candidates we shouldbe appointed because we are employed and we gaveour blood sweat in the making of Aadhar Card in J&K.

NC youth-wing vouches to helpyouth realize their dreams

SRINAGAR, DEC 13 : Jammu and Kashmir Youth

National Conference on Thursday asserted that the

youth of Kashmir is getting estranged due to the

atmosphere of despondency and fear in absence of

any reconciliation and employment prospects.

Addressing Youth National Conference meet at

party headquarters Nawa-e-Subh, district president

Srinagar Khalid Rathore said, "The governance

deficit, deteriorating development scenario and dis-

enchantment has dejected the youth, the need of the

hour is to engage youth and help them realize their

dreams," he said.

The meet was attended by scores of youth district

National Conference functionaries and office bearers

from Srinagar. Functionaries attending the meet

asserted that the policies that are being ensued by

the state and central government has pushed the

youth to wall and that the indifference and callous-

ness of the government if persists would prove dis-

astrous.

Youth leaders and functionaries who spoke on

the occasion said that brazen patronage, corruption

and nepotism during the former BJP-PDP govern-

ment is still fresh in our memories. The youth lead-

ers and functionaries vouched to promote the party

program amongst the youth in order to rekindle the

hope in them and salvage them from depression and

despair.

Party's youth functionaries said that party leader-

ship is alive to the requirements of youth and that

the prolonged pro-youth policies like job creation

and instilling a sense of security in them will go a

long way to elevate their confidence.

Among others district vice president Kaisar

Ganaie, district joint secretary Tahir Zaman shah

and block presidents Abid Bhat, Imran Ahmad

attended the meet.


A delegation of PHDChamber of Commerce &Industry comprising of itsChairman VikrantKuthiala,President HotelAssociation Katra & Co-Chairman PHDCCIRakesh Wazir,Co-Chairman KuldeepGupta and others metChander MohanG u p t a , M a y o r , J a m m uMunicipal Corporation,Jammu and apprised himthat the Master PlanJammu is totally impracti-cal and if it is implement-ed completely, hardly anybuilding will come intoexistence and demandedthat it be re-drafted aftertaking proper feed backsand objections from thepeople because when it ispassed the people werenot even properlyinformed for that and theycame to know when it hadalready passed and couldnot file their objectionseven.

Kuthiala while speak-ing on the occasion saidthat expeditious exten-sion of runway at JammuAirport along-with up-gradation of ILS systemand night landing facili-ties are immediatelyrequired.He further saidthat Jammu Airport con-tinues to be only Airportin the Country with nofacility for visitors foreither Drop off or receiv-ing passengers from thepoint where upto theVehicles go and are madeto stand on the main road

and emphasized that thewhen most sensitive Airports like Srinagar etc.allows the Vehicles to goup to the Terminal pointthen why this facilityshould not be made avail-able at the JammuAirport.Wazir whilespeaking on the occasionsaid that although it is awelcome step that thecommencement of con-struction of the JammuAkhnoor Road wideningwork has been started butrequest that NHIDCL bedirected to maintain theexisting road in goodcondition till alternateroad is constructedbesides repair/Development of present-ly operational alternate

road along left side ofCanal for Vehicularmovement from TophBridge towards CanalHead.Wazir furtherrequested for beautifica-tion of all Canal’s inJammu vis-à-vis RanbirCanal, Ravi Tawi LiftIrrigation Canal with spe-cial emphasis on the mak-ing of the other side ofthe canal on the patternof earlier made existingside on the canal onJammu Akhnoorroad.The delegationemphasized for properfunctioning of all defunctStreet Lights acrossJammu City because alarge number of StreetLights in the city aredefunct and there should

be proper clarity withregard to the fact thatwhich lights are to bemaintained by whomwhether JMC, PDD orJDA.The delegation saidthat at the momentJammu City has no play-grounds, as bothM.A.Stadium and ParadeGround are frequentlyclosed for general peopledue to Official functionsand suggested that emptyland lying along Banks ofRiver Tawi, upstream ofthe 4th Bridge be convert-ed into playground.Thedelegation among otherswas comprised of V KSachdeva,Ajay Gandotra,Sanjay Sareen, SanjayGupta,Sanjay Aggarwal,Aditya Vaid etc.

Jammu Master Plan be re-drafted: PHDCCI


Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) spokesman of theKashmir unit Altaf Thakurtoday said "Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, has con-gratulated the Congressfor its big wins in threestates where voting washeld over the last fewweeks".

Altaf Thakur whilespeaking to News agencyPress Trust of Kashmirsaid "BJP still hold lot ofseats that proves howmuch people love Modiadding that the people'sfist choose is NarendraModi and people want tosee Modi as next PrimeMinster again".

He added that themeaning of Modi isunbeatable, and no onecan beat Narendra Modi."The way these politicalparties make alliance of 19parties prove how muchthey have fear of Modi.Congress, National confer-ence, PDP and other politi-cal parties have nothing infront of Modi. They aresmall in front of Modi JI",he added.

Modi always talk aboutIndian. "He neither useword Hindu or Muslim.He always talk about133.92 crores of peopleIndia. The public's positiveassessment of Modi isbuoyed by growing con-tentment with the Indian

economy", he added."What Modi did for devel-opment of India, Congressnever did that in past 70years", Thakur said.

Altaf added that Peoplelike Modi came after cen-tury. "Congress enjoy thewin after almost 4 yearsnow. They said that it isthe end of BJP but the real-ity is that BJP will come inpower again in 2019. BJP isworld highest politicalparty", he said.

When asked about thekilling in Kashmir Altafsaid that this all happenbecause of national confer-ence. What they did in1987 everybody knows"said adding that BJPbelieve on development.

NC, PDP, Congress are nothingin front of Modi: Altaf Thakur


Nehru Yuva Kendra Poonchorganizes awareness programme

POONCH, DEC 13: Nehru Yuva Kendra Poonch,Ministry of Youth affairs and Sports (Govt. of India)has organised a programme titled “Awareness andEducation Progamme on Positivity”” held at Govt.High School Draba on 13-12-2018. The main objectiveof the program is work with seva bhaav (Sipirit ofservice) work with positive mindset; take concretesteps in the journey from positive India to NewProgressive India with Nishkaam karma.Yasir Khan,Advocate, Law Dept. was Chief Guest in the event. Hedelivered a lecture on the need of “Seva Bhaav (Spiritof service)”.MOHD IBRAR MALIK, Education Dept.delivered a lecture on “Leadership”. SHAKEELAHMED, Education Dept. also motivated the youthon the subject “Civic Education”. On this occasion 2youth were also provided opportunity to express theiropinions. There were 102 youths from different clubsand few from Govt. High School. The entire event waswell managed Nehru yuva Kendra poonch under thesupervision of ZIA UR REHMAN, programme coordi-nator NYKS.

33 Bn CRPF, Gangyal SwachhataPakhwara continues

JAMMU, DEC 13: As a part of All India campaign tocreate awareness on “Swatch Bharat” a special drivefor cleaning is being organized by various Govt.Departments under Swachhata Pakhwara from 01 Decto 15 Dec. 33 Bn CRPF, Gangyal, Jammu is also con-ducting a special drive from 01 Dec to 15 Dec 2018 toclean the Battalion Premises, Offices, Barraks, FamilyLines etc. As a part of this campaign a tree plantingprogram was conducted on 12/12/2018 by Jawansand families in the camp of 33 Bn. Shri A. PadmaKumar, Commandant along with other officers andJawans of 33 Bn planted around 200 plants in theCampus. During the occasion Commandant of 33 Bnsaid that plants keep the environment green, clean,safe and healthy. He planted an Ashoka Tree andencouraged Jawans to plant more trees wherever thereis place and take care of their plantations thereafter.The aim of this program is to create awareness amongthe personnel about cleanliness and to protect envi-ronment by planting trees. Mean while a debate com-petition and Essay Competition also conducted on thesubject “Swatch Bharat” for officers and jawans. BestParticipants were rewarded by Commandant and alsoadvised them to spread the message like we are keep-ing our houses clean, we have to keep our surround-ings and public places also clean which is the respon-sibility of each and every Citizen.

Lawrence School bags firstprize in Youth Talent SearchInter-School skit competition

JAMMU, DEC 13: Lawrence Public School studentsbagged first prize in the Inter-School skit competitionheld at Alexander Memorial School under the aegis ofYouth Talent Search - a forum of schools.Approximately eighty students from eight reputedSchool of Jammu participated in this competition. Thewinning team portrayed the role of Shaheed BhagatSingh during India's freedom struggle. The theme forthe skit competition was India's freedom struggle 1857- 1947. The performing students were Mohd. Mudasir,Mitalli Pandita, Vanshika Baru, Minha Shamim,Rizwan Hussain Shah, Mohd. Arbaaz Khan, GungunBhat, Karunesh Singh, Ritish Jamwal & SamiaZahid.The performance was judged by Director Mr.Mushtaq Kak & Actor Director Sandeep Verma. Thecriteria for the judgement was the quality of script,props, costumes, acting, dialogue delivery & expres-sions. The students were congratulated by Mrs.Shivani Joshi Headmistress Lawrence Public School.She appreciated the efforts of Mrs. Aparna Gupta inpreparing the students for this competition.

Mushtaq Kak’s play‘Vasansi Jirnani’ staged

JAMMU, DEC 13: Successful performance of "VasansiJirnani" done on December 12 and 13 at K.L SehgalHall Jammu. Vasansi Jirnani is a play in Hindi writtenby Mahesh Elkunchwar translated by Ramesh Mehtaand Directed by Sangeet Natak Academy awardeeMushtaq Kak. The play was presented by UnisonCultural Troupe in collaboration with AmateurTheatre Group. The story of Vasansi Jirnani tells aboutcomplex intrapersonal relationship that a familyshares. The play starts where Baba who is head of thefamily is on death bed and waiting for Raghunath torelease him from his plight. Whole family is waitingfor the last moment, the pretensions in familial rela-tionships are slowly uncovering.The long wait beforethe final moment reveals major truths about Baba's lifeas well as the characters perception of each other.Actors who participated in the performance areMridul Raj Anand, Dr. Payal Arora, Bindiya Tikoo,Mehak Ali, Aayan Ali and Aman Sangral. Mohit Purieand Sandeep Verma was assistant director. MohitSingh Chib was production Manager and Harsh wasCostume and property in charge.

Militant killings trigger clashesin Sopore in north Kashmir

SOPORE, DEC 13: Militant killings on Thursdaytriggered violent protests in Sopore area of northKashmir's Baramulla district. An eye witness said thatthe youth hurled stones on the forces withdrawingfrom the Brath Gund area soon after the gunfightended. The forces, he said, fired tear gas shells to chaseaway the protesters. Two militants - Owais Bhat andTahir Ahmad Dar- were killed in an overnight gun-fight in Brath Gund area of Sopore. Meanwhile, a com-plete shutdown is being observed in Sopore to mournthe militant killings.

Witnesses said all shops and other commercialestablishments are shut while public transport hasgone off the roads.


Jammu and KashmirFreedom FightersAssociation (JKFFA) onThursday paid tributes tothe martyrs of the 2001attack on the ParliamentHouse.

To remember the mar-tyrs, who laid their liveswhile fighting withPakistani trained terror-ists for the security of theParliament House onDecember 13, 2001,JKFFA organized a func-tion at Dogra ShauryaStamb, Ambphalla, here.

Participants lit the can-dles in remembrance ofmartyrs amidst singing ofNational Anthem. A twominutes silence was alsoobserved in the memoryof martyrs.

The function wasorganized by theChairman of theAssociation, VedGandotra whereinPresident, J&K Motors

Transports CompaniesAssociation, S GajanSingh Khajuria, was theChief Guest.

Paying tributes to themartyrs, Gajan Singhsaid, “Sacrifices of thesoldiers who fought forthe pride of the nationwill always be remem-bered by the countrymenfor all ages to come.”

He also lauded thecontribution of army andother armed forces inprotecting the borders.

He saluted the valourof the soldiers for defend-ing the nation and givinga befitting defeat to theenemy for its evildesigns. Reminding theattack, Vice ChairmanJKFFA, Rajiv Majahansaid that on December 13,2001, five heavily-armedgunmen stormed theParliament complex andopened indiscriminatefire, killing nine persons.

“Two persons from theParliament Security

Service of the RajyaSabha, five Delhi PolicePersonnel and a womanconstable of the CentralReserve Police Force(CRPF) laid down theirlives while preventingthe entry of terroristsinside the ParliamentHouse Building. A gar-dener of CPWD also losthis life in the attack,” heh i g h l i g h t e d . W h i l eaddressing the partyworkers, R.C Puri,President JKFFA, saidthat although attackers ofparliament have alreadybeen punished to deathbut their mastermindthose who are in Pakistanbehind this attach is stille s c a p i n g . P r o m i n e n tamong those who partici-pated in the functionwere General SecretrayTh Karnail Chand, VicePresident Kamal Sharma,Finance SecretraySukhvinder Singh Maini,Gaurav Kumar and oth-ers.

JKFFA pays tributes to martyrsof Parliament attack


R K Kalsotra Appreciated thepress conference of Hon'bleGovernor Shri Satya Pal Malik,his Advisors & Chief Secretaryregarding Employees grievancein the state and strongly con-demned the Hon'ble Governorand his Advisor's dilly dally tac-tics in restoring reservation inpromotion and filling up thebacklog of SC/ST @nd obc /RBA.Mr R. k. Kalsotra President, AllIndia Confederation of SC, ST,OBC Organisations expressedgreat dissatisfaction over the atti-tude of the Hon'ble Governortowards the memorandum sub-mitted to him and advisors of the

Governor towards the burningissue of denying promotion inreservations to SC, ST, OBC andRBA/ALC employees of the statewho had suffered great at thehands of the BJP/PDP Govt in thestate by showing no interests totheir genuine and constitutionaldemands. He alleged regularSAC meetings are conducted butno discussion on the issue ofrestoration of promotions inreservations kept as agendapoints in any of its meetings

He also alleged that the similarvoices are also moved in the vari-ous speeches by Ex Mla R S PuraGagan Bhagat and MLA ChennaiDina Nath Bhagat who alsoalleged serious discriminationwith such communities.He alsowarned the ruling regime if theredemands are not met immediate-ly they will be forced to gheraothe Rajbhawan in near future asthey earlier deferred sectt.ghearoon its opening on 5 Nov 2018 onthe suggestion of one of theAdvisor Jnb Khursheed AhmedGanai.

He also appreciated the state-ments of the Chief Secretary

regarding the non-exiting of sen-iorities of Engineers and otherdepartments like KAS & KPS,where implementation of reser-vation in promotions was stayedby various employees throughwrit cases by fighting amongthemselves and no clear cut poli-cies shown by the previous Govtin restoring the constitutionaland legal rights of the employeesfor a longer period resulting inharassment to employees espe-cially the Sc, St, obc and minori-ties. He also urged upon theGovernor and his team to sort outthe issues of employees in finaliz-ing the seniority list of employeesespecially by restoring the rightsof Sc/st, obc and minorities andreservation rules and issue theseniority by considering rosterpoint as their seniority.

Mr kalsotra further allegedthat the governor rule is worst forsc st and obc employees who arenot genuinely adjusted on impor-tant posting & generally only fewcommunity members from select-ed communities are again andagain adjusted on these posts topromote corruption among these

specific communities . He alsoreiterated that despite eligibleKAS/ KPS officers none fromSC/ST / OBC is posted as deputycommissioner /SP districts inJammu province. & deliberatelySr Engineers are not posted at keyposts and same is the conditionsof other HoDs of various depart-ment where they find least reori-entation due to non implementa-tion of reservation in promotionsact.He said no representation inappointments of Advisors weregiven from sc /st/ obc/minori-ties communities.

Kalsotra further hoped fromHis Excellency Governor that innext SAC Meeting whereinBudget of the State will be passedwe expect adequate funds will begranted under SCP/STP for thedevelopment of these communi-ties especially SC/ST. All fundsreceived from the central Govt forsuch communities shall be givento these communities for theiroverall development and nondiversion of such funds to otherdevelopmental works for inclu-sive development of such mar-ginalised communities.

Kalsotra appreciates concern of Governor regarding employee’s grievances


National DemocraticParty (Indian) has saidthat the party has abilityto establish religious plu-rality in the state and theparty will emerge as sin-gle largest party in thenext assembly elections inJammu and Kashmir. In astatement issued here,State President, RajeshGupta said the trendemerged from recentlyheld in state polls indi-cates that people wantchange as they are fed upof Congress and BJP.

Rajesh Gupta has saidthat poll results ofMizoram and Telenganaare worth watching whereboth Congress and BJPhave lost and new partieshave won elections. Hetermed such results as eyeopener and hoped thatpeople of Jammu andKashmir will follow thesuit for their betterment.Suggesting that politics isnot personal property of

two or three families anddynasties but youth,women men from deserv-ing classes should comeforward and participateactively in poll process.

Terming developmentsin party folds like BJP,Congress, PDP and NC,Gupta said it is indicationthat people have lost faithin these political partieswhich had preferred per-sonal interest above theinterests of state and itspeople. He said thesepolitical parties hadchanged discourse of poli-

tics in business and trade.Gupta said Kashmiri

politicians are disturbingevery developmentaldecision taken by presentdispensation because ofpolitical gain but politi-cians and people ofJammu and Ladakh arewitnessing as mute spec-tators, which is intrigu-ing. Every single personshould come togetherwhen question of pride ofgreat Dogras comes.

Rajesh Gupta urgedupon the Governoradministration to startworking on providingdivisional status toLadakh region as soon aspossible. He also urgedpresent dispensation toissue orders to J& K Bankfor entertaining RTI appli-cations, so that truth willcome out.Gupta insistedupon the people ofJammu and Kashmir stateto change their minds andthinking and come in sup-port of NDP(I).

PDP's Baig shoots off letter to GuvMalik on curtailment in security,vehicles to PDP's Ex-legislators

GY CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, DEC. 13

A Meghalaya HighCourt judge whileterming the NationalRegister of Citizens (NRC)defective has said that"nobody should try tomake India… anotherIslamic country, other-wise it will be a doomsdayfor India and the world."

In a judgment, deliv-ered on Monday,Meghalaya High Courtjudge Justice S R Sen saidthat India was one of thelargest kingdoms of theworld, which was ruledby Hindu kings but the"Mughals came to Indiaand captured the differentparts" of the country.

Justice Sen also hasurged the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to enactlaws to allow the Hindus,Sikhs, Jains, Buddhist,Parsis, Christians, Khasis,Jaintias and Garos whohave come from Pakistan,

Bangladesh andAfghanistan to live inIndia and to be given citi-zenship.

"Therefore, I requestour beloved PrimeMinister, Home Minister,Law Minister andHon'ble Members of theParliament to bring a lawto allow the Hindus,Sikhs, Jains, Buddhist,Parsis, Christians, Khasis,Jaintias and Garos whohave come from Pakistan,Bangladesh and

Afghanistan to live in thiscountry peacefully andwith full dignity withoutmaking any cut off yearand be given citizenshipwithout any question orproduction of any docu-ments."

"Similar principleshould be taken to thosewho live in Pakistan,Bangladesh andAfghanistan. They maybe allowed to come at anypoint of time to settle inIndia and Government

may provide rehabilita-tion properly and declarethem citizens of India."

Disposing a petitionregarding grant of adomicile certificate,Justice Sen dwelt on thetopic of citizenship,observing that he will"fail" in his duty if hedoes not "project the orig-inal India and its parti-tion" while hearing adomicile certificate mat-ter, reported The IndianExpress.

He said Pakistandeclared itself an Islamiccountry and India shouldhave also been declared aHindu country but"remained a secular coun-try".

He quoted a book, MyPeople Uprooted: TheExodus of Hindus fromEast Pakistan andBangladesh, authored byMeghalaya GovernorTathagata Roy, said thereport.

Nobody should try to make India Islamiccountry: Meghalaya High Court judge

SRINAGAR, DEC 13 :PDP Chief patron andMember ParliamentMuzafar Hussain Baig hasshot off a letter toGovernor Satya Pal Malikto protest the curtailmentin security and vehicles toPDP leaders includingformer legislators andministers.

The text of the letteraddressed by Baig toGovernor is detailed asunder:

"I am writing this noteas an act of hope. I want tobring to your kind noticecertain security concernsrelating the Ex-MLAs andhigh ranking functionar-ies of our party. I havebeen given to understandthat security vehicles andeven security staff havebeen withdrawn frommany of these public fig-ures and they have beenprovided with con-demned and dilapidatedvehicles. It is also beenpointed out that this treat-ment is meted out only tothe functionaries of PDP. I

trust that you will agreewith me that the securitysituation particularly inKashmir is very precari-ous and vulnerable. Iwould respectfully urgeyou to look into the matterand issue necessary direc-tives to the concerned offi-cials to redress the griev-ance of our party. When Icome to Jammu, it willgive me great pleasure tocall on you."

Forest depttorganizes plan-tation drive atZabarwan Hills

SRINAGAR, DEC 3: Incontinuation to ongoingwinter plantation, ForestDepartment today organ-ized a plantation drivehere at Boninar ZabarwanCheshmashahi involvingstudents.

The plantationprogramme was organ-ized by Urban ForestryDivision, Srinagar in col-laboration with an NGO-National Society forProtection of WaterResources and Wetlands.

Besides, ChiefConservator of Forests,Kashmir Farooq Gillani,Chairman of NGO, NazirBenazir, students fromIqbal Islamia MissionHigher Secondary SchoolKralsangri Brane, Nishatand local youth also par-ticipated in the pro-gramme.

Saplings of differ-ent conifer species andmedicinal plants wereplanted by the studentsunder proper guidance offorest officials.

ChiefConservator of Forests,Kashmir, Farooq Gillanibriefed about the conser-vation of forests, andwildlife. He said suchdrives followed by aninteractive session withthe students will greatlyhelp in achieving thedesired results in increas-ing the green cover of theState.

SRINAGAR, DEC 13:The Enforcement team,State Taxes DepartmentKashmir Thursdayinspected various busi-ness centres atAwantipora and adjacentareas. As per an officialhandout, the team washeaded by AdditionalCommissioner, State

Taxes (Administration &Enforcement), Kashmir,Manzoor Ahmed Bhat.

The business cen-tres inspected includedM/s Bhat Motors,Jawhbara,AwantiporaM/s Agro TractorTraders,Awantipora, M/sK h a nAlsabaAutomobiles,Awan

tipora M/s ValleyTractors and ServiceStation, Awantipora.Besides, service stations ofother adjacent automobiledealers were also inspect-ed.

The team checkedthe records and stock posi-tion of the dealers andseized the records of

erring dealers. They weredirected to clear theirpending tax liability with-in seven days failingwhich action under J&KGST Act shall be initiatedagainst them. Genuinegrievances with respect tothe filing of the returnswere also heard and dis-posed on spot.

Taxes Deptt inspects businesscentres in Awantipora

National Democratic Party will emerge as single largestparty in next assembly elections in J&K: Rajesh

BANDIPORA, DEC 13:The district administra-tion Bandipora onThursday organised aday-long refresher coursefor the field staff of the

Revenue departmentassociated with the digiti-zation of land records.

The training pro-gram was inaugurated byADC, Zahoor Ahmad Mirwhile TehsildarHeadquarters MubashirSaleem Nazki and othersenior officers of the dis-trict, besides field staff ofthe Revenue Departmentwere also present on theoccasion.

The staff was trainedabout the preparation ofrevenue record and settle-ment operations besidesvarious other technicali-ties that are important inthe process of digitization.

The ADC said theaim of digitization is tomodernize managementof land records, minimizethe scope of land/proper-ty disputes, enhancetransparency in the landrecords and facilitateguaranteed conclusivetitles to immovable prop-erties in the country.

He said the majorcomponent in the digitiza-tion include scanning andpreservation of revenue

documents, data entry oflatest Jamabandi andupdation with latestmutation records, besidesdigitization of maps withthe latest data. He said therefresher course wasorganised for the capacitybuilding of the field staffso that the process of digi-tization is completedsmoothly and error free.

He said the gov-ernment has hired theservices of private firmRAM TECH SoftwareIndia and assigned the jobof scanning, computeriza-tion of various old rev-enue records besides set-tlement operations to theAgency.

Officials of theRAM TECH said that theyare using satellite dataprocessing for prepara-tion of High Resolutions"Orthorectified Imagery"besides setting-up ofstatewide geodetic controlnetwork in line withnational frame for surveyreference.

On the occasion,Tehsildar Headquarters,Mubashir Saleem Nazki

urged the staff to takemaximum possible bene-fit of the training programso that the process of digi-tization is done smoothlyand error free.


GY CORRESPONDENTKISHTWAR, DEC. 13

People's DemocraticParty District PresidentKishtwar Sheikh NasirHussain Advocate hasreiterated his demand forestablishing the DegreeCollege at Bonjwah inInderwal.

Nasir in a statementissued here said thatBonjwah fulfills therequired criteria for highereducation facility atdoorstep and ignored itwill be playing with thecareer of aspirants of apotential place which isrich in talent but ironicallypoor in resource.

“This belt despite lackof quality institutions forhigher pursuits has pro-

vided able professionalswho served the state andhas a legacy whichdeserves to be encour-aged,” he said. “It is unfor-tunate that legitimate con-cerns of Bonjwah and itsadjoining localities com-prising Gujjar and down-trodden have not beenaddressed as and when anopportunity arose.”

The PDP leader saidthat former Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti duringher public darbar atKishtwar was apprised ofthe demand and she notonly accepted the samebut also issued directionsupon concerned to initiatethe process for setting upof college in this far-flungand vast area but after fallof the government the filesare gathering dust in theofficial cup boards. " Ihave written to the gover-nor of the state to fulfillthis long demand of thepeople and I am hopefulthat state administrationwill take necessary stepsfor opening this muchneeded degree college",Sheikh Nasir said

Sheikh Nasir demandsdegree college for Bonjwah


Continue their cam-paign “Yuva Sena”launched by YoungPanthers, today reach atWard No.16, Jammuunder the leadership ofDistrict President YP,Tarsem Singh & JammuWest President, BhanuPartap Goria in the pres-ence of State VicePresident YP, Partap SinghJamwal. The program wasorganised by Arjun Suri &Arun Mehra.Addressingthe meeting, Partap SinghJamwal show their resent-ment against the recentdeclaration of KAS Mains2016 Result by JKPSC.Partap alleged that manycandidates who despiteperforming well in all theOptional and General

Studies paper have notbeen shortlisted for per-sonal interviews. He saidthat either it is a mass erroror a mass scam.

Partap alleged thatJKPSC has adopted a irra-tional and arbitrarymethodology of scalingwhereby many meritori-ous candidates whodespite performing well intheir exams have beenshown the door.On hisaddress, Tarsem & BhanuPartap Goria warnedJKPSC to revised resultKAS mains 2016 and stopdigital scaling so toremove mass error or massscam otherwise be readyto face the brunt. YPappealed to Governor ofJ&K and demand an inde-pendent Judicial inquiryand disbanding of the

Commission.On the occa-sion District President YP,Tarsem Singh announceda ward committee on therecommendation ofJammu West President YP,Bhanu Partap Goria withthe consultation of StateVice President YP, PartapSingh Jamwal.SidharathSharma appointed asWard President YP,Sidhant Dogra appointedas Ward Chairmen YP,Vishal Angotra as seniorVice President YP,Gurdeep Singh appointedas Vice President, KamalAngotra as Gen. Secy. YP,Saksham Singh as Secy.YP, Rinku Kumar appoint-ed as Joint Secy. ward YP,Raju Kumar appointed asward Coordinator for YP,Sumit & Satwant are advi-sor.

JKPSC adopted a irrational and arbitrarymethodology of scaling: Partap

Governor Satyapal Malikdeserves respect: Soz

SRINAGAR, DEC 13: Prof. Saifuddin Soz, FormerUnion Minister has felt sad that Governor Shri.Satyapal Malik does not appreciate that he is aConstitutional Head of the State and his remarks haveto be set within the frame of his ‘ConstitutionalStatus’.Speaking on public issues in the vein of apolitician, he keeps speaking on sensitive public issuesand thinks all the time that the entire class of PublicPersonalities and Civil Servants in the state happen tobe corrupt.He (the Governor) would be well-advisedto stop fighting corruption as an “All EncompassingSituation” and institute action in particular cases ofgraft!The generalization of the menace will not willhelp him.By the way, he should close down the “StateAccountability Commission” and assume the respon-sibility directly.Despite all this disagreement, I havesympathy with his cause of fighting corruption as it(corruption) is certainly a ‘Menace’ and it should befought out of the system.”

IMS organized guest lecture for MCA students

JAMMU, DEC 13: Institute of Management Sciences(IMS) organized a guest lecture on Cloud Computing,iOS, IoT, Android ,Python php, conducted by IBMbusiness partner, Allsoft Solution and Services (P)Limited, Mohali, on 13th of December, 2018. The lec-ture aimed at providing students a comprehensivepractical exposure to iOS, android and technical skills.Mr. Sahil Sharma, Executive / Assistant Managerapprised the students about the latest technologiesused in the companies, importance of soft skills andhow to crack the interviews and also gave brief intro-duction about IoT, android. The seminar was extreme-ly beneficial for the students of Department ofComputer Science, IMS. Concluding the lecture, Dr.Archana Sharma, HOD Department of ComputerSciences presented formal vote of thanks.

Bosch, Vice President, deliversexpert lecture at SMVDU

KATRA, DEC 13: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University(SMVDU), Katra, has been regularly bringing the bestof the Industrial exposure and employment opportu-nities to its students. Continuing with the same, theSMVDU managed to have Mr. Venugopalan C M,Vice President (Bosch), from the global manufacturinggiant on campus. The Vice President (Bosch) visitedall the schools, labs and oversaw other facilities of theuniversity and delivered an expert lecture to the engi-neering students. Mr. Venugopalan has a special rolein planning strategic management and leadershiptransformation in Bosch. He called on the students tofocus on becoming able managers and motivatedthem to work beyond their classroom learning, whileacquiring positive attitude and skills on latest areas intheir specialization. Mr. Venugopal interacted withRegistrar Dr. V.K. Bhat, Placement Officer Mr. B. KBhatia and faculty members including Dr. M.Eswaramoorthy, Dr. Balbir Singh and Dr. Rakesh Jha.He also accepted the offer of associating himself as anAdjunct Professor in the School of MechanicalEngineering, SMVDU. Prof. Sanjeev Jain, ViceChancellor, SMVDU, expressed his satisfaction overthis interaction and hoped that this association wouldbe highly beneficial for the university.

Congress wins Hindi Heartland, communal forces defeated: Dr.ManoharKATHUA, DEC 13 : Former Minister , President DCCKathua Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma congratulated Sh.Rahul Gandhi and other Senior leader of the Congressparty for the victory in the states of Madhya Pardesh,Chattisgarh and Rajasthan and said people has shownfaith in leadership of Rahul Gandhi and also in poli-cies and ideology of Congress party. He further saidthis mandate by people clearly makes way for Sh.Rahul Gandhi becoming PM of INDIA in 2019While celebrating the victory with party cadre atBillawar he said today's results is victory of commonmasses, business class ,farmers and others who hassuffered due to bad governance and policies of BJPand termed it as defeat of communal forces. He saidmain reasons for BJP defeat today are proud of beingin power and misuse of democratic institutions. Hesaid "When a party thirsts for it's omnipotence, it turnsself destruction paradox" and it suits best for BJP.


DC Jammu flag of bikerally from Kashmir toKanyakumari in Jammutoday. The group com-prised of (MandarThakurdesai), a partner ofUnique Offset, Dr.Mahesh Kotbagi,Chairman KotbagiHospital, AbhijitPhulmamdikar, business-man and a connoisseur ofcruiser and off roadingbikes, Vinod Patil a

Builder, Rilesh Furia, busi-nessman, Ajay UmraniOwner of an AdvertisingAgency and PrabhathVelaratne who speciallycame to india fromSingapore to be part ofthis ride. The ride com-mences on 13 Decemberuntil 21st December2018……..Total of 4000kms will be covered dur-ing this ride and the riderswill be passing through 8different states. The cara-van consists of Harley

Davidson and BMW superbikes. To promote thetheme “ United India,” thelead bike is decorated withtricolor Women Safety InIndia Drive 2018.It isobserved that there hasbeen unnecessary nega-tive publicity regarding“women safety inIndia’’….This showcases avery poor image of ourcounty to tourists all overthe world.. hence we fourfrienes from pune decidedto break this image and

embark on a girls drivemission from Kashmir toKanyakumari from 13December until 21stDecember 2018.

A total of 3,900 Kmswill be covered during thisdrive…...it will be passingthrough 8 differentStates.Aditi Shanon,Mrunal and Deepali seekyour blessings and goodwishes for our mission toencourage ‘’ safety forwomen everywhere’’. InJammu Bikers were assist-ed by members of RotaryClub of Jammu tawi underthe leadership of PresidentRtn. Subash Gandotra whomade all the local arrange-ments in Jammu DcJammu Mr. RameshKumar assured the mem-bers of Rotary ClubJammu Tawi that all sort ofhelp will provided to clubin near future also for suchtype of activities. He alsowished all the bikers andladies best of luck for therejourney to Kanyakumari

DC Jammu flags of bike rallyfrom Jammu to Kanyakumari

Drug peddler arrested in AnantnagSRINAGAR, DEC 13: Anantnag police arrested adrug peddler and recovered contraband substancefrom his possession.During Naka checking at Tulkhancrossing, a police party headed by SHO Bijbeharastopped a suspected person. During his search, hugequantity of codeine phosphate and Spasmo Proxywoncapsules were recovered from his possession.The drugpeddler who was identified as Mohammed Arif Darson of Mohd Subhan Dar resident of TulkhanBijbehara was arrested.In this regard, a case under rel-evant sections of law was registered in Police StationBijbehara and further investigation taken up.

Kashmir highway openspartially for traffic

BANIHAL, DEC 13 : The strategic Srinagar-Jammuhighway on Thursday opened partially opened fortraffic after remaining closed for nearly 24 hours fol-lowing snowfall.

The highway was closed last evening followingsnowfall around the Jawahar Tunnel.

An official said that the nearly 300-kilometre high-way opened partially at 4 pm today.

"All passenger vehicles/ LMVs stranded betweenRamban and Banihal were allowed to move towardsSrinagar," said the official.

JKLF chief Yasin Malik visits pelletvictim Hiba Nisar at SMHS hospital

SRINAGAR, DEC 13 Jammu and KashmirLiberation Front (JKLF) chief Muhammad Yasin Malikon Thursday visited 19-month-old pellet victim HibaNisar, who underwent second eye surgery at SMHSHospital yesterday. Malik drove to SMHS hospitaltoday afternoon soon after he visited Mugjund wherethree militants were killed in a gunfight on Sundaymorning, said a JKLF spokesman. Malik inquiredabout the well-being of Hiba from her parents.

Hiba is the youngest pellet victim in the currentphase of violence in Kashmir, joining approximately1,200 others hit in the eyes in the state since 2016.

Hiba was injured on November 25, after protestsbroke out at her village in Kapran, Shopian, followingan encounter during which six militants were killedby government forces.

Hajin shuts on fifth straightday to mourn militant killingsBANDIPORA, DEC 13: A complete shutdown isbeing observed in Hajin town of north Kashmir'sBandipora district on fifth straight day to mourn thekillings of teenage militants.

All shops and other business establishmentsremained closed while traffic was off roads.

Teenage militants, Mudasir Parrey and Saqib Bilal,were killed in a gunfight with the government forcesin Mujgund on the outskirts of Srinagar on Sunday.

Senior Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelaniaddressed a gathering of mourners at Mudasir's homeover the phone, said a witness.


Jammu and KashmirJoint CoordinationCommittee of PrivateSchools (JKJCCPS) calledon Directorate ofIndustries and Commerceat its head office atSanatgar Bemina toapprise the officers of theservices provided by theprivate schools and urgedthem to facilitate the pro-cessing of financialschemes for up-gradationof school infrastructure.

The JKJCCPS delega-

tion was led by itsPresident Showkat MChowdhary and who wasaccompanied by ExecutiveCommittee Members.

During the meeting,Showkat M Chowdharyinformed the officers ofthe department that pri-vate schools are makinguntiring efforts in improv-ing the standard of educa-tion system of the state sothat students not onlycompete at national but atinternational level andexcel in their respectivefields.

Chowdhary also tookthe attention of officerstowards the central gov-ernment's decision to takeschool sector at par withother service sector whichare availing state and cen-tral government schemesfrom Industries andCommerce department forthe up-gradation of theirinfrastructure.

Under the schemes,service sector units areprovided 100 percent sub-sidy on the purchase ofgenerators and 25 per centsubsidy on the up-grada-

tion of lab, laboratory andInformation Technologyinfrastructure.

Chowdhary saidPrivate Schools are educa-tion services sectors whichneeded the support fromthe government throughsuch schemes for the bene-fit of the students and alsoto improve the standard ofthe education system inthe State.

The officers at thedepartment urged the del-egation that the schoolsshould register their unitswith the industries andcommerce department foravailing such schemes.

JKJCCPS Presidentinformed the officer thatthey would apprise all theschools to register theirschools with the depart-ment as service sectorunits and avail suchschemes.

JKJCCP has also urgedits members to visit itsoffice at Radio Colony forany further clarificationand for any assistance inregistration of theirschools with the depart-ment. The schools can alsoregister atw w w . i n v e s t j k . i n ,www.udyogjk.com.

JKJCCPS meets officers at I&C DepttSeeks enrollment of schools with deptt for availing state,

central schemes under service sector

Digitization of land recordsBandipora admin holds training program for field staff


GY CORRESPONDENTDODA, DEC. 13

A noted figure andeducationist of chenabregion Rtd EnglishLecturer Ghulam AbassZargar passed away athis residence MohallaIrfan Abad Doda in DodaDistrict following a mas-sive heart attack onwednesday. Born in 27-08-1949, Ghulam AbassZargar died at the age of69 years and is survivedby his wife, a son andtwo daughters. GhAbass Zargar was notkeeping good healthsince last 04 years afterhe got involved in heartdisease and other ail-ments. On Thursdaymorning, his Nimaz eJinazah was offered at

Eid Gah Doda in whichmore than thousands ofpeople participated andlater on he was laid torest at his ancestralgraveyard in Doda wherepeople from all walks ofthe life offered specialprayers for him.

Expressing great sor-row and grief on the saddemise of Ghulam AbassZargar, various social,political and religiousorganizations besidesindividuals of the regioncondoled his death andexpressed their solidaritywith the bereaved family.

In different condo-lence messages, themembers desribed GhAbass Zargar as an epito-me of simplicity and ded-ication, a well knowneducationist of chenabregion who had playedan important role in theupliftmemt of educationsystem. Further theyadded that, Doda regionhas lost a great scholarand educationist withgreat soul and humblebackground for which hewill always be remem-bered.

Those who offeredtheir condolences includeFormer R&B Minister AbMajid Wani, PresidentChenab ValleyJournalists AssociationNaseer Khora, SocialActivist Ishtiaq AhmedDev, SpokespersonJamait e Islami DodaShoket Ali Mughal,President NHMEmployees AssociationFaizan A Tramboo,President Chenab ValleyDoctors Association DrHamid Parray, PresidentDoctors AssociationDoda Dr Shabir HussainPatigaroo, Patron YSCCDoda Manzoor AhmedBatt, District PresidentPDP Doda Shahab ulHaque Butt, PresidentDoda Welfare SocietyMohammad IqbalBalwan, Councillor MCDoda Asif Jahan Gattu,President Beopar MandalDoda KaramtullahNehru, Principal GMHSSDoda Om ParkashChandail, ChairmanSPHSS Doda HafizullahKhurwani and Sr LowPaid Employees LeaderGh Hassan Pampori.

Noted Educationist Ghulam Abass Zargarpasses away, condolences pour in


.Brig NarendraKotwal, VSM,Commandant, ArmedForces Clinic, New Delhiand an eminentEndocrinologist visitedSMVD NarayanaSuperspeciality Hospital,Kakryal today. He wasbriefed by Brig. Harjai,Chief AdministrativeOfficer & Dr. Ahuja,Medical Superintendentabout the various facili-ties available atSMVDNSH under oneroof. Appreciating itsinfrastructure and dedi-cated team of doctors,Brig Kotwal stated thatSMVDNSH is one-of-thebest Hospital of theregion. Later, BrigKotwal delivered a lec-

ture regarding life stylediseases and emphasizedthe importance of includ-ing physical exercise inone’s daily routine to pre-vent most diseases associ-ated with a sedentary lifestyle. While interactingwith the consultants andpatients, Dr. Kotwalshared his vast experienceand gave valuable adviserelating to managementof Diabetes.

Earlier, as part of hiswelcome address, Brig.Harjai informed that BrigKotwal is a son of soilwho is not only decoratedwith prestigious VishishtSeva Medal (VSM) fordistinguished services inthe Armed Forces but isalso serving as honoraryphysician to the Hon’blePresidentof India.

Eminent Endocrinologist visits SMVDNarayana Superspeciality Hospital

CHANDIGARH: Rareendoscopic procedure,which is known asGastric Per OralEndoscopic Myotomy (G-POEM) was performed atAlchemist Hospital ,Panchkula recently.G-POEM is an endoscopicsurgical procedure whichis used to treat delayedgastric emptying, wasperformed successfullyby Dr Zaheer, senior con-s u l t a n t -Gastroenterologist fromAIG Hyderabad & DrDaksh Khurana, consult-ant-Gastroenterologist atAlchemist Hospital.Thisis a relatively new proce-dure performed usingendoscopic technologyand is the first ever caseperformed intricity.Talking about pro-cedure, Dr Daksh saidthat patient Kanta (52)from Urban Estate,Kurukeshtra was admit-ted in Alchemist hospitalwith the complaints ofsevere abdominal bloat-ing . She was not able toeat anything due to earlysatiety from manymonths. G-POEM proce-dure was successfully

done on her for a condi-tion called as refractorygastroparesis.In simplelanguage this can beexpressed as delayedemptying of stomachcontents into the intestineleading to symptoms ofearly satiety, postmealabdominal fullness, nau-sea, vomiting and bloat-ing. In this conditionthere is significantlydelayed gastric emptyingin the absence of mechan-ical obstruction, assertedDr Daksh.He further saidthat this procedure isdone for a conditioncalled as achalasia cardia,a condition in whichpatient has trouble swal-lowing anything andvomits whatever is swal-lowed. The patient feelsdistressed at night due torecurrent food regurgita-tion in wind pipe, heinformed.The procedureis endoscopic and acounter part of HellersMyotomy (surgical pro-cedure). This is the mostrecent treatment for acha-lasia cardia and is scar-less, less costly and hasshorter hospital stay,maintained Dr Daksh.


Janta Dal (United) JD(U) State President G MShaheen on Wednesdaydisclosed to contest on allthe seats of upcomingJammu and Kashmir stateAssembly and Parliamentelections in 2019.

Shaheen after meetingwith Governor Satya PalMalik today briefed themedia outside the RajBhawan Jammu that JDUis going to contest on allAssembly and Parliamentelections in J&K under theleadership of JDUNational President NitishKumar who has given fullnods to particate in theupcoming Assembly andParliament elections.

"We have already askedthe party leadership togear up the electionprocess and also askedthem to reach every peopleof the state in every nook

and corner to collect infor-mation about their prob-lems and miseries and alsoto spread the policies andprograms of JDU party soas to strengthening theparty at grass roots level,"he added.

He further said, "Todayi have called upon byGovernor S P Malik again

within a time of few daysand discussed variousissues related to peaceprocess, development andother issues includingupcoming elections 2019.

He also appreciated theGovernor for conductingsmooth and fsir electionsin a transparent mannerwhich had nothing be hap-

pened in the state of J&Ksince independenceincluding his historicaldecisions and develop-ments who had alreadybriefed the media fraterni-ty yesterday atConvention Centre TalabTillo Jammu regardingdevelopment in J&K sinceGovernor's Rule.

JDU to contest on all Assembly,Parliament seats in J&K

Appreciates Guv for conducting ULB, Panchayat polls in a transparent manner GY CORRESPONDENTIRFAN MUGHAL

POONCH// DEC. 13Pakistan Army again

resorted to heavy firingon forward Indian posi-tions at village bandichechia and gulpur areaof Poonch sector late lastnight but several peoplecame home and injuredand damaged maximumhouse On this morning5:30 am,

This was maximumincident of ceasefire viola-tion by Pakistan Armyyesterday in Poonch sec-tor. During the day,Pakistan had opened fir-ing and violated ceasefireat poonch sector by resort-ing to firing on forwardposts for one hour whilein the night,

Pakistan firing at Kalsastarted at 05:30 am morn-ing and continued forabout one hour. Indianside retaliated after whichfiring stopped from acrossthe Line of Control (LoC).

The school children

returned their homes intoan atmosphere of fear.People appealed to theState Governor'sAdministration to payspecial attention to thepeople of this area. Underthe special arrangementsfor the protection of thepublic, be made banners.So that these people caneasily live together.

For the last 70 years,border-based people havebeen struggling repeated-ly in the same storm, buttill today the governmentprotects them for Failed todo.

Pak firing againin Poonch sector

Horticulture deptt toorganise Kisan Melain Hajin on Dec 15

BANDIPORA, DEC 13: The Department ofHorticulture is going to organise an awareness campfor up-scaling the capacity of fruit growers here atHorticulture Development Office Hajin under ATMAscheme.

Chief Horticulture Officer said the camp will beorganised to inform the fruit growers about the scien-tific techniques with regard to farming and also aboutvarious flagship programs and centrally sponsoredschemes in place through which the fruit growers canimprove their produce.

He said for the convenience of fruit growersof Horticulture zone Hajin and Sumbal, the registereddealers of farm machinery will keep their stock avail-able on the venue for its off-take under variousschemes. He said the program will start at 10:30 amand urged the fruit growers to participate in the pro-gram.

JKPSC adopted a irrationaland arbitrary methodology

of scaling: Partap

JAMMU DEC 13: Continue their campaign “YuvaSena” launched by Young Panthers, today reach atWard No.16, Jammu under the leadership of DistrictPresident YP, Tarsem Singh & Jammu West President,Bhanu Partap Goria in the presence of State VicePresident YP, Partap Singh Jamwal. The program wasorganised by Arjun Suri & Arun Mehra.

Addressing the meeting, Partap Singh Jamwalshow their resentment against the recent declarationof KAS Mains 2016 Result by JKPSC. Partap allegedthat many candidates who despite performing well inall the Optional and General Studies paper have notbeen shortlisted for personal interviews. He said thateither it is a mass error or a mass scam.

Partap alleged that JKPSC has adopted a irrationaland arbitrary methodology of scaling whereby manymeritorious candidates who despite performing wellin their exams have been shown the door.

On his address, Tarsem & Bhanu Partap Goriawarned JKPSC to revised result KAS mains 2016 andstop digital scaling so to remove mass error or massscam otherwise be ready to face the brunt. YPappealed to Governor of J&K and demand an inde-pendent Judicial inquiry and disbanding of theCommission.

On the occasion District President YP, TarsemSingh announced a ward committee on the recom-mendation of Jammu West President YP, BhanuPartap Goria with the consultation of State VicePresident YP, Partap Singh Jamwal.

Mr. Sidharath Sharma appointed as WardPresident YP, Sidhant Dogra appointed as WardChairmen YP, Vishal Angotra as senior Vice PresidentYP, Gurdeep Singh appointed as Vice President,Kamal Angotra as Gen. Secy. YP, Saksham Singh asSecy. YP, Rinku Kumar appointed as Joint Secy. wardYP, Raju Kumar appointed as ward Coordinator forYP, Sumit & Satwant are advisor.

PULWAMA DEC 13 : Amega legal services-cum-awareness camp wasorganized by the DistrictLegal Services Authorityhere today.

The camp inaugu-rated by Principal District& Sessions JudgePulwama MohammadIbrahim and DistrictD e v e l o p m e n tCommissioner GhulamMohammad Dar underthe aegis of NLSA.

The purpose ofthe camp was to makepeople aware of their enti-tlements under variousenactments and welfareschemes which are pro-vided by various govern-ment departments.

As many as 32 stallswere installed by variousdepartments includingHealth, Education,FCS&CA, Social welfare,District Industries, J&KBank, KVIB, Labour,Fisheries, Floriculture,Agriculture, Horticulture,Handicrafts, Handloom.

During the camp,various heads of thedepartments highlighteddifferent schemes imple-mented by concerneddepartments and urgedupon the people to availthe benefits from theseschemes. However, stallswere also installed to cre-ate awareness and infor-mation among the peoplethrough literature andbrochures.

During the camp,

Social WelfareDepartment distributed 10motorised tri- cycle, 28hearing aid and 2 wheelchairs among the special-ly-abled people. Thedepartment of horticul-ture distributed 11 sanc-tion letters, while as thedepartment of labour dis-bursed scholarship of theamount of Rs 1.50 lakhamong three beneficiariesand registered 49 newbeneficiaries. FisheriesDepartment distributedcast nets among bonafidefisherman community anda load carrier to one bene-ficiary. Likewise,Municipal committee dis-tributed cheques among25 beneficiaries underSwatch Bharat Missionand FCS&CA also distrib-uted gas connection sanc-tions among various bene-ficiaries.

On the occasion,Principal District &Sessions Judge expressedhappiness over the partici-pation of stakeholders

from government andnon-government organi-zations in the camp. Hesaid that the positiveapproach and willingnessshown by departments tohelp and serve the peopleof District has made thelegal service camp a reali-ty. He said that legal serv-ices authority is focusingon a paradigm shift fromawareness to empower-ment, adding DLSAPulwama is committed toprovide legal aid to theneedy people particularlyweaker sections of thesociety. The Judge saidthat the aim of organizingthese legal services campis to make public aboutaware about various cen-tral and state-sponsoredwelfare schemes and pro-grammes. He thanked dis-trict administration forsupport in organizingsuch a mega legal servicescamp with huge partici-pation of people.

DistrictD e v e l o p m e n t

Commissioner, G.M Dargave a brief account of theservices provided by vari-ous departments in thecamp and sought coopera-tion of the people insmooth implementation ofthe social security schemesin the District. He thankedthe officers of variousdepartments and judiciaryfor their cooperation andtremendous support inholding the camp in thedistrict.

While appreciat-ing the huge participationof the people at the camp,DDC emphasized uponthe district officers to pro-vide the benefits of vari-ous schemes on the grassroot level. Dar reiteratedthat the district adminis-tration is committed toensure transparentaccountable governance.

On the occasion,DDC felicitated a brightdisabled child with tenthousand rupees.

The camp wasattended by Chief JudicialMagistrate Javid Alam,Secretary DLSAKhurshid-ul-Islam, ADCPulwama, ACR Pulwama,Assistant CommissionerRevenue DistrictInformation Officer, dis-trict officers of variousdepartments, ChairmanTLSA, Tral Pampore andAwantipora, officers of thejudiciary, Bar membersbesides a large number ofbeneficiaries and commonpeople.

Mega legal services awareness camp held at Pulwama

GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, DEC. 13

A deputation of JKMedical EmployeesFederation called onHon'ble Advisor toGovernor Sh. K VijayKumar, at conventionhall, circuit house,Jammu under the leader-ship of S DharminderSingh Bhargav presidentJK Medical EmployeesFederation consisting ofSh. RK Sharma, SWaryam Singh, Sh.Praveen Kumar, S. AvtarSingh, Sh. Madan Lal, Sh.Ashok Massih.A repre-sentation for extendingthe benefits of cabinetorder No. 186/14/2014dated 16/10/2014 andGovt. order No. 1061-GAD of 2014 dated16/10/20124 i.e. inclu-sion of the service renderby the migrant substituteof Kashmir Division.

Sanction is herebyaccorded to the countingof past service renderedby the migrant substituteprior to their regulariza-

tion for the purpose pen-sionary benefit only pro-vided that the total quali-fying service shall notexceed 28 years thefinance department shallincorporate the necessaryprovisions in the ruleswherever requiredaccordingly.The presi-dent of the Federationbring the notice of theAdvisor that step moth-erly treatment of the pre-vious Govt. towardsAdhoc/contractual/ con-solidated employees forpensionary benefitswhich is totally againstthe spirit of democracyand the constitution.Therefore to put an endto this discriminationbenefit of Govt. orderNo. 1061-GAD of 2014should be extended to alladhoc/contractual/con-solidated employees reg-ularized by the StateGovernment on the anal-ogy of the migrant sub-stitute employees ofKashmir Division.

The discussion on the

issue, was held in a verycordial atmosphere, andHon'ble Advisor gave usa very patient hearing.After hearing our argu-ments the Hon'bleAdvisor was pleased toissue on the spot instruc-tions to his staff, to fix ameeting with the con-cerned authorities in thisconnection at the earli-est.We do hope that theHon'ble Advisor toGovernor and theG o v e r n o rAdministration willkindly see through henefarious designs andadverse implicationsunderlying such selectiveGovt. orders, which arediscriminatory andUnconstitutional andUndemocratic. We lookforward towards them totake been personal initia-tive and appropriatefavourable action oredress our genuine con-cerns and grievances byacceding to our justdemand at the earliestplease.

JKMEF deputation callson Advisor K Vijay Kumar

Rare endoscopic procedure, G-POEM performed successfully

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From Page 01 & 12Need special...the special courts should first take up the matters

pertaining to offences punishable with imprisonmentfor life, then cases of serious offences punishable withimprisonment of five years or more and then casesinvolving other offences. "Each court will sent a month-ly status report to the high court and the high court onexamination of the same will issue necessary adminis-trative directions as and when required," he said addingthat directions should also be passed to the forensic lab-oratories to give priority in furnishing the pendingreport in cases tried by the special courts. He said thatdirections should also be given to the state governmentand Union Territory administration to designate at leasttwo special public prosecutors for prosecuting casesbeing tried in special courts and request to the highcourts to decide the cases where stays were being grant-ed. "That there are about 250 cases pending in differenthigh courts in which further proceedings in criminalcases against MPs/MLAs have been stayed. Highcourts may be requested to decide all such cases prefer-ably within three months from date of order of thecourt," the report said. Giving the details of number ofpending cases against the lawmakers, Hansaria saidthat there are 430 cases which involve offences entailinglife sentence and out of those charges have not been yetframed in 288 cases. The apex court was informed thatthere were total of 4,122 criminal cases pending, somefor over three decades, against present and formermembers of Parliament and legislative assemblies. Thetop court had fixed the sequence for cases to be tried inthese designated courts and said that cases against sit-ting or former Member of Parliament (MP) or Memberof Legislative Assembly (MLA) involving offences pun-ishable with life imprisonment or death sentence, shallbe taken as a first priority. The court had said that cre-ating designated courts in each districts will be a moreeffective step instead of concentrating all the casesinvolving former and sitting legislators in one specialdesignated court. Earlier, Hansaria in his second statusreport had said that out of 4,122 cases, 2,324 are againstsitting lawmakers both MPs/MLAs and 1,675 casesagainst former legislators (both MPs/MLAs). The courthad however, made it clear that the rest of the specialcourts already set up by the earlier direction of apexcourt shall continue to work and try cases assigned tothem until further orders.

Two militants...Dar resident of Saidpora Sopore. Both were affiliated

with proscribed terror outfit LeT. "Both the militantswere wanted by the law for their complicity in militantcrimes including attack on security establishments andcivilian atrocities", police said.

"Huge quantity of arms and ammunition includingrifles were recovered from the site of encounter. Allthese materials have been taken in the case records forfurther investigation and probe their complicity in othermilitants cases", police said.

In a statement police said, "Citizens are requestednot to venture inside the encounter zone since such anarea can prove dangerous due to stray explosive mate-rials. People are requested to cooperate with police tillthe area is completely sanitized and cleared of all theexplosives materials if any". (,)

Congress be...the Institute of African Studies, Obadele Kambon, saidthe removal was an issue of “self-respect”. The univer-sity authorities refused to comment while an official atGhana’s foreign affairs ministry said only: “It’s an inter-nal decision by the university.” Ghana’s former govern-ment had said the statue would be relocated “to avoidthe controversy… Becoming a distraction from ourstrong ties of friendship” with India.Though Gandhi ismore commonly remembered for his non-violent resist-ance to British colonial rule in his native India, his lega-cy in Africa is more mixed. He lived and worked as alawyer in South Africa from 1893 to 1915. This is an eyeopener that even Gandhi and Nehru has not beenrevered by their own people and then why shouldNarinder Modi's own people remember him and hisunparalleled efforts for India and its people.

Governor's Rule...government's jurisdiction extends over limited mat-

ters with respect to Jammu and Kashmir. In all othermatters, not specifically vested in federal governments,actions have to be supported by the state legislature.

Among notable differences with other states till 1965,the head of state in Jammu and Kashmir was calledSadr-e-Riyasat, whereas in other states the title wasGovernor. The head of government was also calledPrime Minister in place of Chief Minister in other states.

The Government of India can declare emergency inJammu and Kashmir and impose Governor's rule in cer-tain conditions. Matters related to defence, foreign rela-tions, communication and finance of Jammu andKashmir are under the jurisdiction of the IndianConstitution.

Govt directs ...Drawing and Disbursing Officer."The order further reads, "It has been observed in

some cases that original service books are not beingkept in the custody of the Drawing and DisbursingOfficers but are being retained by the officers/officialsin their personal custody which is contrary to therules/procedure."

Impressing upon all the AdministrativeSecretaries/Heads of the Departments to ensure propercustody of service-books of the Government employeesworking under their administrative control as per theprocedure laid down in J&K Civil Service Regulations,"the order reads "Any deviation from the extant rulesshall be viewed seriously."

Former IAS...Chairman UPSC Arvind Saxena.A graduate in Botany, 61-year-old Vyas served in

state and Centre in various capacities and retired as thechief secretary, Jammu and Kashmir.

Before assuming charge as member, UPSC, he wasserving as adviser to the Jammu and KashmirGovernor.

JMC consistently...violations then one can expect mushrooming of

unauthorized constructions in the area.Similarly previous enforcement Inspector Sanjay

Trishal deputed in Channi Himmat area allowed unau-thorized construction on piece of private land in Sector-3 on main road side in front of Ezze Day store wherenow at present three big size shops in workable positionfollowed by first floor which was immediately whitewashed to give it a look of old building as suggestedand guided by JMC enforcement staff for undertakingconstruction on 2nd flour to hoodwink general publicand higher ups of JMC and now the slab work has beenundertaken on December 12th and the shuttering is vis-ible at the site. This has resulted in serious loss toexchequer of JMC as the construction was unauthorizedand infects the development charges have gone intopersonal pockets of Sanjay Trishal.

Moreover JMC is not abiding by several directionsby Hon’ble Courts from time to time to stop unautho-rized construction and in a recent Judgement by DB onDec 7th directing J&K Special Tribunal to ensure thatall matters relating to unauthorized constructions areexpeditiously disposed off within four weeks .However JMC enforcement staff with utmost authoritydefying directions of Honb’le Courts is allowing hugeunauthorized constructions in the area causing huge setback to objectives and spirit of Jammu Master Plan 2032.JMC Commissioner in this regard is appealed to takeserious cognizance of mess going on in the premises ofJMC and outside by its enforcement staff.

PHQ issues ...Advertisement Notice No.Pers-A-400/2016/75303-

403 dated 30-12-2016 (Executive/ Armed) No.Pers-A-

400/2016/75404-504 dated 30-12-2016 (Telecom).

Under Transparent Recruitment Process (TRP) the

Physical Endurance Tests(PET) and Physical Standard

Tests (PST) were conducted from May -2017 to

September -2017 out of 67347 applicants who had

applied 44337 candidates appeared.

The written test was conducted on 24-06-2018 both at

Jammu and Srinagar simultaneously .16547 candidates

who had qualified appeared in this written test.

Police Headqaurter constituted an interview board

to conduct the Viva Voce and personality test. Shri A.K

Choudhary, ADGP Armed J&K Chairman with mem-

bers Shri Mohd Sulaiman Salaria -ADGP, Shri Surinder

Kumar Gupta- IGP, Shri Abdul Qayoom - SSP, Mrs.

Rashmi Wazir- SSP, Shri Altaf Ahmad Shah- SSP, Shri

Tahir Sajad Bhat- SSP, Shri Laeeq Ahmad Dar- CPO,

Syed Sajad Hussain- Dy SP of the Interview Board com-

pleted the process of final selection of 698 candidates as

Sub Inspectors and presented it to the DGP J&K Sh

Dilbag Singh here today.

In the list 482 candidates have been selected in

Executive, 176 in Armed and 40 in Telecommunication

wings. 2181 candidates had qualified for interview.

The interview process started on 09-10-2018 and con-

cluded on 08-12-2018..

DGP J&K extended his compliments to the chairman

and other board members for completing the process

well before the target time which was 20th December,

2018.He has also congratulated the selected candidates.

With this now the Human resource of Police

Department at cutting edge supervisory level would be

augmented suitably. In the meantime, Director SKPA

Udhampur who was also member of the Police

Recruitment Board has started preparation for the train-

ing of such a huge batch in a most professional manner

so that they are suitably equipped both mentally and

physically to serve the Police Department and the soci-

ety for the next over three decades.

Special Scale ...Tanveer Iqbal , Pawan Singh Rathore , Rubina

Kounsar , Choudhary Mohammad Rashid.The aboveorder shall be without prejudice to the seniority of theofficers or any review upon the finalization of the sen-iority of the officers of Jammu and KashmirAdministrative Service and subject to outcome of writpetition(s), if any, pending before the competentcourt(s) of law.

India, Pakistan...the Pakistani Army resorted to small arms firing in

Kerni forward areas in the district at 5.50 am.The Army also retaliated effectively, he said, adding

that there was no loss of life or injury to anyone.

Selection Grade...w.e.f 1.4.2018 2. Dr. Raj Kumar Thapa Notionally

w.e.f 1.1.2015 and on regular basis w.e.f 1.4.2018 3.

Trishla Kumari Notionally w.e.f 1.1.2015 and on regular

basis w.e.f 1.4.2018 4. Naresh Kumar Notionally w.e.f

1.1.2015 and on regular basis we..f 1.4.2018 5. Ghan

Shyam Singh Notionally w.e.f 1.1.2016 and on regular

basis w.e.f 1.4.2018 6. Ranjeet Singh Notionally w.e.f

1.1.2016 and on regular basis w.e.f 1.4.2018 7. Syed

Hanief Balkhi Notionally w.e.f 1.7.2016 and on regular

basis w.e.f 1.4.2018 8. Pardeep Singh Notionally w.e.f

1.1.2017 and on regular basis w.e.f 1.4.2018 9. Sajid

Yehaya Naqash Notionally w.e.f 1.7.2016 and on regu-

lar basis w.e.f 1.4.2018 10. Ms. Natasha Kalsotra

Notionally w.e.f 1.1.2017 and on regular basis w.e.f

1.4.2018

The above order shall be without prejudice to the

seniority of the officers or any review upon the finaliza-

tion of the seniority of the officers of Jammu and

Kashmir Administrative Service and subject to outcome

of writ petition(s), if any, pending before the competent

court(s) of law.

Srinagar, December 13:

All Parties SikhCoordination Committee(APSCC) today said thatthe internal bickeringand disintegration ofPeoples DemocraticParty (PDP) has takenplace due to the wrongpolices of present partyPresident and formerchief minister, MehboobaMufti.

In a statement issuedto ,, APSCC ChairmanJagmohan Singh Rainasaid that MehboobaMufti failed not only aschief minister of Jammu& Kashmir, but also asPresident of PDP.

Raina said thatMehbooba could notpursue the agenda as setout by her father LateMufti MohammadSayeed and it is due toreason that PDP has dis-integrated like a pack ofnine pins.

The APSCC Chairman

said that Mehboobaplayed truant with theSikh community of thestate by denying themrights that were due tothem under the NationalMinorities Act.

He said the PDPPresident in fact sabo-taged the extension ofminority status to Sikhsof the state by filing acounter affidavit in thecourt of law and that tooat the highest level.

"Before 2014 assemblyelections Late MuftiSayeed promised beforea huge gathering of Sikhsthat he would giveminority status to Sikhsof Jammu & Kashmir andthe same formed a part ofthe party manifesto forthose elections.

However, for threeand half years the power-ful Kashmiri Panditlobby ensured that Muftidoes not fulfill the prom-ises made to the Sikhcommunity," said Raina.

The APSCC Chairmansaid that after beingelected as CM of state in2016, Mehbooba waskeen to implement thecentral policies in state.

He said her advisorProf. Amitabh Mattoomanipulated certainorders and rephrased thesame so that theKashmiri Pandits getbenefitted out of therevised orders.

"It is a pity that all thelegislators knew aboutthis, but none amongthem raised a fingeragainst the same.

Mehbooba led stategovernment filed an affi-davit in Supreme Courtand opposed the exten-sion of National MinorityAct to Jammu &Kashmir. She also issuedSRO 425 by virtue ofwhich employment bene-fits due to Sikhs weregiven to the KashmiriPandit youth," saidRaina.

The APSCC Chairmansaid that despite meetingMehbooba many timesno headway whatsoeverwas made with regardsto demands of Sikhs liv-ing in Jammu & Kashmir.demanded that ElectionCommission of Indiashould ban PDP since theparty went against itsown election manifestoby opposing minoritystatus to Sikhs and thattoo in the apex court ofcountry.

Raina said thatKashmiri Pandits cannever be given minoritystatus since Hindus arein majority and not inminority in India.

He said that commu-nities like Muslims,Sikhs, Christians,Buddhists and Jains havebeen classified as minori-ties in India by NationalCommission forMinorities.

Election Commission of India should ban PDP Wrong policies of Mehbooba responsible for

PDP's disintegration, internal bickering: APSCC

NEW DELHI: In the run-upto the 2019 Lok Sabha elections,the BJP will hold several meet-ings of the party’s variouswings across the country,including its two-day nationalcouncil meeting on January 11-12 here, the party announcedon Thursday.

Addressing a press confer-ence at the party office here,BJP general secretaryBhupender Yadav shareddetails of various meetings tobe held across the country.

These include the two-day‘Scheduled Caste morcha’meeting, to be attended by itschief Amit Shahs, on January19-20 in Nagpur.

The ‘Scheduled Tribe mor-cha’ meeting will be held onFebruary 2-3 in Bhubaneswarand the ‘OBC morcha’ onFebruary 15-16 in Patna, Yadavtold reporters after a meeting ofthe party’s office bearers.

The party’s national councilwill be held on January 11-12 inthe national capital, he said.

BJP’s national councilto meet on Jan 11-12

in New Delhi

NEW DELHI, DEC 13: The recentassembly poll results have demon-strated that the BJP is not invinci-ble as there is "anger" among peo-ple over several of the Centre'spolicies, including on agriculture,rising fuel prices and demonetisa-tion, former Jammu and Kashmirchief minister Omar Abdullah saidThursday. Abdullah said theresults made it clear that there isanger and a feeling of alienationamong the people and the Centrehas been unwilling to accept thisreality. He also took a dig at PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, sayinghe should listen more and talk less."Modi ji talks a great deal, which isnot wrong, but people who talkmore, listen less. "The prime minis-ter does not listen as much as heshould. Otherwise, the mass angerdue to agrarian distress, demoneti-sation or rising fuel prices amongothers will not have led to humili-ation for the BJP in the assemblypolls," Abdullah said at an eventhere. The BJP lost the assemblyelections in the states of MadhyaPradesh, Rajasthan andChhattisgarh. "The general notionthat the PM is a powerful speakerand party president Amit Shah is amaster strategist and both have amagic wand and will always lead

the BJP to victory, has been dis-pelled by the poll results. Weknow now that (Congress chief)Rahul Gandhi can lead theCongress to victory," he said. "Wenow know that it is not impossibleto beat the BJP. Everything theywere known for, from Shah's greatmanagement, money power andModi's capability to galvanisemasses has come a cropper," hesaid at a national conclave organ-ised by 'Lokmat'. The NationalConference leader said the politi-cal mood in the country hadalready changed and it will not beeasy for the BJP to arrest it verysoon and take it into its command."The winds of change have begun,the atmosphere has altered. And itis not in the BJP's favour any-more," he said. Abdullah saidGandhi should get the credit forhis party's success as he is the manwho faced the flak for theCongress' poor performance in thepast elections. He said the region-al parties will play a key role in theupcoming general election, high-lighting the results of Telanganaand Mizoram. He said his partydecided to support the rival PDPrecently to "save the state" ofJammu and Kashmir. "We are allworried about the situation in the

state. We are also concerned thatthe special status of Jammu andKashmir granted under articles370 and 35A needs to be defendedin the Supreme Court. The nexthearing is in January and wewanted an assurance fromGovernment of India that it will bedefended in a right manner, buthaven't got it so far," he said.Abdullah, however, lauded Modifor reaching out to Pakistan initial-ly to normalise ties between thetwo countries. "The prime minis-ter made sincere efforts initially.He invited former (Pakistani)Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tohis swearing-in ceremony at atime when nobody would haveimagined and then paid a surprisevisit to Lahore, but Pakistan hasn'tacted on our concerns ...The perpe-trators of the 26/11 Mumbai attackhave not been brought to book andare roaming freely in Pakistan," hesaid. "Imran Khan has to walk thetalk and dispel the apprehensionhere in our country that he hasbeen installed by the Army and isArmy's man," he said. Abdullahsaid Pakistan would have to dosomething to win India's confi-dence so that New Delhi can forgetthe past experiences and trustIslamabad again.

Recent assembly polls show BJP notinvincible, can be beaten: Omar

NEW DELHI, dec 13: TheSupreme Court, which is hearing aplea challenging the validity of thesensitive Jammu and KashmirResettlement Act of 1982, sought toknow Thursday as to how manypeople who migrated from the statehave applied for returning fromPakistan.

A bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi asked thestate government’s counsel to takeinstruction on the issue and postedthe matter for further hearing onJanuary 22.

Senior advocate RakeshDwivedi, appearing for the state,told the bench, also comprisingJustices S K Kaul and K M Joseph,that he will seek instruction from thecompetent authority and give thedetails about the migrants and their

descendants who may haveapplied for returning under the law.

The apex court wanted to knowhow many migrants and theirdescendants have applied andwhether applications for return havebeen made by permanent residents— persons who are being givenspecial rights and privileges underthe Jammu and KashmirConstitution.

The top court was apprised thatthe Act was meant for those peoplewho have migrated to Pakistan in1947 and were willing to return.

During the brief hearing, thebench showered several questionsfor the lawyers appearing in thematter, to the extent of the meaningof the term descendant under thelaw.

Dwivedi along with Jammu and

Kashmir’s standing counsel ShoebAlam said a letter has been circulat-ed seeking adjournment of the mat-ter saying that it should be heardafter other contentious issue per-taining to Article 35-A and Article370.

The apex court is seized of thepetitions on both the issue. Article35-A empowers the state assemblyto define “permanent residents” forbestowing special rights and privi-leges to them.

Article 370 grants special statusto Jammu and Kashmir and limitsParliament’s power to make lawsconcerning the state.

The Jammu and KashmirResettlement Act of 1982, whichwas stayed by the apex court in2001, envisages grant of permit forresettlement of Pakistani nationals

who had migrated to Pakistan fromJammu and Kashmir between 1947and 1954 after India’s partition.

The petitioner, Jammu andKashmir National Panther Party(JKNPP) is arguing the matterthrough its Chief and senior advo-cate Bhim Singh.

Singh has contended that thematter has been pending for longand needs to be decided.

The top court had on August 16,2016 indicated that it may refer thematter to a constitution bench if itfinds that some issues neededinterpretation of the Constitution.

The court had said that it willhear the matter and if during thecourse of proceedings it is foundthat no constitutional issue is

involved, then it will pass an order.JKNPP had earlier told the court

that a division bench in 2008 hadissued direction to list the casebefore a constitution bench but theChief Justice in the same year hadover-ruled the decision and orderedthe matter to be listed before athree judge bench. It had said thatpeople of Jammu and Kashmir whomigrated to Pakistan from 1947could be considered for their returnbut their descendants could not be.

The party had said that the lawpassed by the Assembly was dra-conian, unconstitutional andimproper which threatened thesecurity of the state.

JKNPP through Harsh DevSingh, a then MLA, had challengedthe Act passed by the J&KAssembly in 1982.

SC poser to J&K Govt on resettlement law


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Traffic violationsremains a big challengefor blue-shirt traffic copsto deals ironically.theincreasing violations oftraffic norms -rules andregulations leaving pas-senger in hell.the fact isthat traffic violations canbe clearly seens on

Nowshera-Lam road indistrict rajouri where pas-sengers are forced to trav-el with overloading busesleaving them in uncom-fortable situation and isultimately adding woesamong common residentsof the nowshera-Lamarea's.while talking overphone, advocate javidiqbal said that it becomes

a regular trend of trafficviolation particularly onNowshera-Lam roadswhere residents of thesearea namelyLam,pukhrani,qiladarhal,laroka,kampla are facingproblems due to the over-loading due to shortage ofcommercials buses ,but isis the traffic departmentwhich is inaccessible in thearea's due to which peopleare suffering on daily basis.advocate javid iqbal fur-ther alleged that it seemsthat the traffic departmentis least bothered abouttraffic of this road-route.He said the menace ofoverloading pose a threatfor precious passengerlives and due to the non-presence of traffic cops onthis route vehicle operatoreasily managed to get dueadvantages of overloading.at last adv javid appealedthe higher authority oftraffic department for theirkind attention and actionagainst traffic violater/transporters ,so thatoverloading onNowshera-Lam road canbe controlled and may nothappens in future .

GY CORRESPONDENTKATRA, DEC. 13

In order to review thesecurity arrangements forpilgrimage to the HolyCave Shrine of Shri MataVaishno Deviji, a jointreview meeting of ShrineBoard and District admin-istration, Reasi, was heldat the Spiritual GrowthCentre at Katra today. Mr.Simrandeep Singh, ChiefExecutive Officer, ShriMata Vaishno Devi ShrineBoard; Dr. SagarDattatray Doifode,Deputy Commissioner,Reasi; Ms. Nisha Nathyal,SSP Reasi; Mr. JitendraKumar Gupta,Commandant, 6th Bn.CRPF; Mr. Amit Vermani,Dy. CEO, SMVDSB; Mr.Ashok Kumar, Sub-Divisional Magistrate,

Katra; Mr. Naresh Singh,Additional SP, Katra; Mr.P. C. Tanoch, ExecutiveEngineer, SMVDSB andother concerned officersand engineers of theShrine Board participatedin the meeting.

The overall Securityscenario of the Shrine wasdiscussed in the meetingespecially in view of theNew year peak that theyatra witnesses on 31st

December. Besides, vari-ous long and short termmeasures that arerequired to be taken forstrengthening the Securitygrid of the yatra routes,vital installations etc.,came up for discussion inthe meeting. It was decid-ed that wherever requiredadditional CCTVCameras, more number ofluggage as well as materi-al x-ray scanners will be

installed and otherarrangements strength-ened to enhance the vigilfor ensuring quick andcoordinated response ofsecurity agencies dealingwith the security of theShrine. SSP Reasi gave adetailed presentation ofconcerns of security agen-cies for a speedy responsefrom Shrine Board. Thesecurity forces wereassured by the CEO,

Shrine Board of immedi-ate action to meet theirinfrastructural require-ments especially in viewof the added infrastruc-ture like PassengerRopeway system etc.,which have been addedon the yatra route inrecent times. The CEOalso stressed for undertak-ing extensive patrollingall along the track, partic-ularly on Tarakote Marg.

Shrine Board and Reasi administration hold joint security review of SMVD Shrine

Adv javid seeks authority attention...Overloading goes unchecked on Nowshera-Lam road

GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 13

Sh. V.S.K. Kaumudi,

Addl. DG CRPF, today met

Governor Satya Pal Malik

here at the Rajbhavan and

briefed him about the cur-

rent internal security sce-

nario in the State.

The Governor lauded

the role of CRPF in the

peaceful conduct of the

recently concluded

Panchayat polls in the

State.

Addl. DG CRPF meets Governor GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 13

Mayor, JammuMunicipal Corporation(JMC),Chander MohanGupta called on Advisorto Governor, KewelKumar Sharma here todayand discussed issues per-taining to the Civic body .

The Mayor submitted amemorandum of issuesraising various issuesincluding reorganizationof JMC, regularization ofcontractual /casualemployees, framing ofMunicipal ServiceSubordinate recruitmentrules, sanctioning of fill-ing up of vacant posts bydirect recruitment of allcategories in the corpora-tion, framing of policy forproper rehabilitation of

street vendors within JMClimits, providing properinfrastructure for startingof Municipal Solid WasteManagement project,framing of policy for allot-ment of MunicipalAssets/properties on thepattern of JDA, engagingsufficient number of SKCsand other field staff forthe newly includedwards, handing over offunctioning of all streetlights ,high mask lights inthe parks of floricultureand other parks along-with their field staff, dep-utation of JEs, AEEs anddraftsman electrical inJMC on priority basis,deployment of JEs ,worksupervisor, AEEs of PWDto JMC for streamliningand further extension of

development works.The Mayor also briefed

the Advisor about thestructure and overallworking of the JammuMunicipal Corporation.

The Advisor assuredhim that all genuine con-cerns will be looked intofor examination and nec-essary action.

The Advisor said thatthe Solid WasteManagement is an impor-tant component andasked for executing aworkable plan for thesame.

The Advisor asked theMayor to consider thesuggestion of evaluatingand assessing the workingof Municipalities of otherareas that are doing pro-gressive work.

Jammu Mayor calls on AdvisorSharma, discusses JMC issues

GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 13Jammu and Kashmir

Khadi and Village

Industries Board (KVIB)

has established 1677 micro

industrial units under Prime

Minister's Employment

Generation Programme

(PMEGP) this fiscal. The

information was revealed at

a meeting chaired by Vice

Chairperson KVIB Dr Hina

Shafi Bhat today to review

the performance of the

Board here. The meeting

was attended by

Secretary/CEO KVIB

Rashid Ahmed Qadri,

Financial Advisor

Mohammad Ashraf Iqbal

Haqla, Deputy CEO

(Admin) Javed Anjum Mir,

Publicity Officer Pardeep

Singh Bali, Assistant

Executive Officer Dr

Sandeep Kotwal and all the

district officers of Jammu

division. Appreciating

work of the Board, Vice

Chairperson underscored

the need for reaching out to

the people of remote and

far-flung areas of the State

with the employment

schemes. She exhorted

upon the officers to organ-

ize awareness camps for the

common masses, especially

youth in a bid to extend

financial help for their sus-

tainable living. Far-flung

areas of the State must be

made a priority for organiz-

ing awareness camps, semi-

nars and workshops, so that

common people of those

areas can avail benefits of

these schemes," said Dr

Hina Shafi Bhat. Vice

Chairperson further stressed

upon the need for a con-

structive role of the Board

in the development of

Khadi institutions in the

State. She said, "The Board

must take appropriate initia-

tives to involve and estab-

lish more Khadi

Institutions." Dr Hina

stressed upon the need to

select beekeeping as a

thrust area of activity and

enjoined that proper mar-

keting of honey products

shall help beekeeping units

in boosting their business.

Earlier, Secretary/CEO

while highlighting Board's

achievements said that

under Prime Ministers

Employment Generation

Programme, the Board has

surpassed the target of 1002

micro industrial units by

establishing 2024 micro

industrial units in 2017-18.

He added that the Board

recorded 202 per cent of the

physical target and 175 per

cent of the financial target

within the span of one year.

During current fiscal ( 2018-

19 the Board has so far estab-

lished 677 micro industrial

units under PMEGP involv-

ing margin money outlay of

Rs 3211.48 lakhs, thereby

envisaging employment for

10210 persons. Secretary

informed the chair that J&K

KVIB has submitted 11 clus-

ter project proposals to

Ministry of Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises, of

which 10 Cluster projects

involving financial assistance

of Rs. 24.93 crore stand

approved, adding that the

Board has also been nominat-

ed as Nodal Agency for the

implementation of National

Scheduled Caste Scheduled

Tribe Hub (NSSH) in J&K

State. He also apprised Vice

Chairperson that State

Government has designated

J&K KVIB as the

Implementing Agency for the

execution of newly launched

Jammu and Kashmir Rural

Employment Generation

Programme, involving mar-

gin money of Rs 25 crore.

KVIB sets up 1677 micro industrial units this fiscal under PMEGP Vice-Chairperson Dr Hina reviews performance of Board

GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 13

D i v i s i o n a lCommissioner, SanjeevVerma today asked thepolice to ensure foolproofsecurity for passengersavailing chopper service.

Chairing a meeting ofsenior functionaries oftourism, service ProviderCompany, besides

Deputy Commissioners ofthe districts availingChopper service throughvideo conference, theDiv Com took a thoroughreview of the procedurefollowed for the opera-tion of sorties.

The Div Com directedthe DCs to verify sortiesbill and also asked tosubmit report to his

office. He asked the DCsto conduct meetings withSSPs of their respectivedistricts and develop fullproof security protocolsfor passengers. The meet-ing was attended byDeputy DirectorTourism, Subah Mehta,Jt. GM Capt. Asayshri,Cordinator PHL J&K,Mohd. Shafi, BaseManager PHL KapilKhanna, DySP, DalipSingh attended the meet-ing through video confer-ence. DeputyCommissioners ofRajouri, Poonch, Doda,Kishtwar attended themeeting through videoconference.

Div Com reviews operation ofchopper service to hilly districts Stresses on providing foolproof security to passengers

GY CORRESPONDENTPUNE, DEC. 13

Chief of Army StaffGeneral Bipin RawatThursday warned thatofficers and jawans of theArmed forces “who can-not withstand stress” and“feign disability citinghigh blood pressure, dia-betes and hypertension toavoid operational dutiesand earn extra money”will soon face action fromthe Army headquarters.

He made the statementin Pune while addressing

a gathering of soldiersand officers who havebeen disabled in the lineof duty.

He said, ”The Armywill continue to provideall possible assistance,even of financial nature,to the truly disabled sol-diers. But I am warningthose who feign disabilityto earn extra money, willsoon face action from theArmy headquarters thatthey will not like. (Thistype of) disability cannotbecome a reason to avoid

operational duty at thecost of lives of officerswho continue to performthe duty till the lastbreath.”

The function alsoincluded a dance andsong performance by dis-abled soldiers.“Some offi-cers and jawans who can-not withstand stress andsay they are disabled onaccount of high bloodpressure, diabetes andhypertension should beashamed of themselveslooking at the inspiringperformances of the dif-ferently abled persons onthe stage today,” he fur-ther added.

During the event,General Rawat alsoannounced that as a partof the initiative, an exer-cise to collect data of alldisabled soldiers in thecountry has been under-taken under the banner of“Year of Disabled Soldierin the Line of Duty” and isnearing completion.


In a Public Interest Litigationfiled in alleged RajouriDevelopment Authority, Scam, ADivision Bench of State High CourtComprising Chief Justice GitaMittal and Justice Sanjay KumarGupta closed the PIL.

When the PIL came-up forhearing, Division Bench observedthat status report dated 11December, 2018 has been filed byMrs. Seema Shekhar, Sr. AAG,whereby we are informed that theEnquiry Officer under cover of hisletter dated 25th October, 2018 hassubmitted the enquiry report to theGeneral AdministrationDepartment. It is further stated inthe status report that the reportstands examined at various levels

in the Government Departmentand the same has been accepted bythe State Government.

Sr. AAG Seema Shekharhas also brought a copy of thereport dated 25th October, 2018,wherein after enquiring into theallegations against MohammadJaved Khan, IAS (respondent No. 7before us), the Enquiry Officer afterdetailed consideration has conclud-ed thus:- "Therefore, in the light ofabove details, Shri MohammadJavid Khan, IAS, the then ChiefExecutive Officer, Rajouri Dev.Authority is not found involved inany criminal negligence and, there-fore, charges against him needs tobe dropped. However, competentauthority may like to order RegularDepartment Action against othertwo officials as the undersigned

was assigned to conduct enquiryagainst Shri Mohammad JavidKhan, IAS."

During the course of hear-ing Sr. Adv Sunil Sethi submittedthat that on account of false allega-tions made against Javed Khan IASand has having been subjected torepeated enquiries at the instanceof the petitioner, the respondentNo. 7 has suffered gross prejudiceand damage including loss of hisreputation.

Senior Counsel seeks liberty toinvoke such legal remedies for thedamage suffered by him. DivisionBench observed that nNo liberty isnecessary for this purpose. It isalways open to respondent No. 7 toavail such remedies for appropriaterelief as he may deem fit and prop-er in the matter.

Raja Aijaz tenders resignation to PDP presidentSays, "5000 votes of Khanyar empowered, 19000 votes of Uri disrespected"

SRINAGAR, DEC 13 : PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP)

leader and former IGPCrime Raja Aijaz Ali onThursday tendered his res-ignation to party president

Mehbooba Mufti, sayingtherein that "the party leader-

ship has failed to deliver onground, maintain the political space

and stick to the ideology for which the party wasknown."

Aijaz said, "I have tendered resignation to PDP pres-ident Mehbooba Mufti. I had joined the party because ofits tall leadership, pro-people ideology and the politicalspace but the leadership failed to deliver and didn't carefor the ideology and the political space I deserved. Myworkers are not satisfied with the treatment I was givenby the party and when my workers are not satisfied,what can I do without them. I had no option but to quit.I will decide future course in consultation with myworkers."

Saying that the party empowered 5000 votes ofKhanyar in Srinagar, Raja Aijaz said, "When five thou-sand votes could be empowered there was no scope forthe party leadership to dis-empower 19000 votes."

SRTC Anantnagto conduct 13-

day tour toAjmeer ShareefGY BUREAU

ANANTNAG, DEC. 13

According to the Depot

Manager, JKSRTC

Anantnag, the Depot

Office JKSRTC Anantnag

is going to conduct 13-

days tour from Anantnag

to Ajmeer Shareef.

For booking, inter-

ested persons can contact

on the numbers

7006895425, 9419040911,

9797995671.

Soldiers who feign disability to earn extra moneywill face action: Gen Bipin Rawat

DB closed PIL in RDA Scam

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