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JKNPP protests for deportation ofRohingyas, Bangladeshis

Expressing indignation over the grossfailure of so called GoM constitutedby the State government for thepurpose of deportation of Rohingyasand Bangladeshis from ....

4 7"Sangam-2017-18 Chenab ValleyYouth Festival" inaugurated

Governor N.N. Vohra visited theBhaderwah Campus of the JammuUniversity today to launch the 5 daySANGAM 2017-18, the Chenab ValleyYouth Festival, which ...

Abdul Haq launches PMAY(Grameen) at Baramulla

Minister for Rural Development,Panchayati Raj, Law and JusticeAbdul Haq Khan today launched thecentrally sponsored 'Pradhan MantriAwas Yojana' ....

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3 soldiers injured inlandmine blast in Kupwara

KUPWARA, SEPT 11

Three soldiers were injured inKashmir's Kupwara district,during a routine patrolling onSunday, after one of the soldiersaccidentally set off a landmineexplosion. P2

NEWS IN BRIEF

CBSE awards 33 teachers forinnovations in teaching

NEW DELHI, SEPT 11

The Central Board of SecondaryEducation (CBSE) todayawarded 33 teachers from acrossthe country for innovativeclassroom teaching.HRD Minister of State UpendraKushwaha awarded the teachersat an event attended by newlyappointed CBSE Chairman AnitaKarwal. P2

7 KAS officers transferredSRINAGAR, SEPT 11

The Government today orderedtransfer and posting of sevenKAS officer.According to an order issued bythe General AdministrationDepartment, Qazi Sarwar, KAS,Chief Executive Officer, TourismDevelopment Authority,Sonamarg, has been transferredand posted as Additional P2

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, SEPT 11

The appeal for surrenderwas made after oneLashkar-e-Toiba militantsurrendered before policeat Shopian during anencounter that left twomilitants dead.Jammu and Kashmirpolice, army andparamilitary CRPF onMonday appealed theyouth who have joinedmilitancy to shun violenceand join mainstream for'safe, secure and brightfuture'.Addressing a joint press

conference, InspectorGeneral Police (IGP)Kashmir Muneer Khan,GoC Victor Force Maj GenBS Raju and IG CRPF(ops) Zulfikar Hassanassured militants ofrehabilitation and safepassage if they surrender."We will receive you withopen arms," Khan said.The appeal for surrenderwas made after oneLashkar-e-Toiba militantsurrendered before policeat Shopian during anencounter that left twomilitants dead. Thesurrendered militant AdilDar was presented before

the media persons inSrinagar during the pressconference."We could have killed him.He was firing at us and alsolobbed grenade butsomehow he lost balanceand stopped. But we gavehim a chance and wepreferred he should join hisparents again," Khan whilereferring to Dar said. "Whywe opted to catch himalive, with a very clearmessage to others whohave been lured into all thisthat if they come, we willreceive them with openarms."Maj Gen Raju said that

they were very happy at thesurrender of Dar and urgedother militants to tread thesame path. He appealedparents and relatives of themilitants to get back theirwards and stop others fromjoining the militancy. "Itleads to death, destructionand miseries," he said andvowed to carry onoperations against themilitancy in southKashmir.The CRPF IG also made asimilar appeal to militantsand assured them of safepassage. "We want toassure every citizen ofKashmir that P2

Surrender, we will rehabilitate you:Security Top Brass to militants

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, SEPT 11

Union Home Minister,Rajnath Singh, Mondayannounced that the centralgovernment’s permanentsolution to Jammu andKashmir was based on 5Csand said centre won’t goagainst the sentiments ofJ&K people as far as special

status of the State includingArticle 35-A was concerned.“I can say that trees of peacein Kashmir are not dry.Green buds of peace arevisible in these trees,” Singh,who is on a 4-day visit to theState, told reporters whileaddressing a pressconference, here.He said he had seen it beforealso and that is why talkedabout permanent solution ofJ&K problem.Singh announced that theirpermanent solution to J&Kproblem is based on 5 Cs -C o m p a s s i o n ,C o m m u n i c a t i o n ,Coexistence, Confidencebuilding and consistency.“It is our efforts that peopleof J&K achieve honour anddignity alongwith peace. Wewill work in this regard andour efforts will be that both

dignity and honour are safe,”he said.The home minister said hehas visited the State fivetimes in last one and a halfyear.“I want to assure J&Kpeople that I will come 50times a year if necessary. Iwill make whatever effortsare needed for peace andprosperity of the State. Myintention of frequentlyvisiting Kashmir is clear thatwe want to resolve the J&Kproblem,” he said.Singh said his 4-day visit tothe State was the follow-upof August 15 speech ofPrime Minister NarendraModi in which he had saidKashmir problem can’t besolved by bullets or abusesbut by embracing them.“Whatever he said, I havecome here to carry forward

that process and make itreality,” he said.

On a petition challengingvalidity of Article P2

Rajnath sees permanent solution of Kashmir in 5Cs!Don't be harsh with

juveniles stone-pelters: HMNL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, SEPT 11

Union Minister for Home, Rajnath Singh Mondaydirected the security forces that the children involved in"crimes" in Kashmir should not been dealt harshly.He said that such cases should be referred to the juvenilehomes to ensure proper disposal."Yesterday during security review meeting, I told them(participants) that the children below 18 years of age whoare mistakenly involved in crime should not be dealt likecriminals," Rajnath said at a press conference, here.The Union Home Minister said that these children requirecounselling at earliest as he believes that "many amonghave been misled to commit crime"."Some among them have committed crime first time andproceedings should be done under P2

Pak violatesceasefire along LoCin Poonch, Rajouri NL CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU TAWI, SEPT 11

The Pakistani Army onMonday resorted tounprovoked shelling andfiring on the Line ofControl (LoC) in Jammuand Kashmir's Poonchdistrict.The shelling and firingwere going on in Shahpurand Kerni areas, DefenceMinistry sources said."The Pakistani Army isusing mortars, automaticsand small arms. The IndianArmy is retaliating stronglyand effectively," sourcessaid.Reports of ceasefireviolation by Pakistan havealso come in fromNowshera sector of Rajouridistrict.The ceasefire violationshave come on a day whenUnion Home MinisterRajnath Singh begins histwo-day visit to the Jammuregion.Singh, who is on a four-dayvisit to the state startingSaturday, was alsoscheduled to visit theinternational border inJammu.

JAMMU, SEPT 11 (KIP)

The BJP led NDAGovernment has denied itshand behind the petitionfiled in the Supreme Courtchallenging the feasibility ofArticle 35-A.And the UnionHome Minister RajnathSingh, who is on a four-dayvisit to J&K, has also statedthat the centre has nothing todo with the demand for

abrogation of Article 35-A.In his meeting with adelegation of Congressleaders Rajnath Singh hasto,ld the members of thedelegation that Governmentof India (GoI) has nothing todo with petition on Article35-A in Supreme courtsaying some group hasraised the issue in the apexcourt. A Congress delegation

headed by former PradeshCongress Committee chiefPeerzada MuhammadSayeed met Singh inSrinagar last evening andbriefed him about theprevailing political situationin the State, especially in theValley.The other members of thedelegation included GhulamNabi Monga, MohammadMuzzafar P2

Centre has no hand behind petitionagainst Article 35-A

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, SEPT 11

Two local militants werekilled and an over-groundworker (OGW) was arrestedin an overnight gunfight inKashmir's Kulgam district,officials said.The encounter broke in

Kudwani, 75 km fromSrinagar, when joint teams ofPolice, Army and CRPFlaunched a cordon and searchoperation (CASO) in the area."An encounter broke at 2.30

am in which two militantswere killed and one OGWwas apprehended," a securityofficer said. P2

2 militants killed inencounter in Kulgam

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, SEPT 11

Former Jammu and KashmirChief Minister OmarAbdullah said today theassurance given by UnionHome Minister RajnathSingh should silence all the"noises" against Article 35Aof the Constitution.Singh, who is on a four-dayvisit to Jammu and Kashmir,told reporters that thegovernment will not doanything that hurts thesentiments of the people ofthe state.He said the Centre had

neither initiated any actionnor gone to the court on thelegal challenge to Article35A, which bars peoplefrom outside Jammu andKashmir to acquireimmoveable property in thestate."There is no reason fordoubts or speculation on thisissue. Unnecessarily anissue is being made out.Central government has notinitiated any process on thisissue, we have not gone tothe court. I want to assurethat - I am not talking aboutonly Article 35A, whateverour government does, we

will not do anything againstthe sentiments of the peoplehere. We will continue torespect that," Singh said."This is a very importantstatement from the UnionHome Minister. Hisassurance will go a long waytowards silencing the noisesagainst 35-A," Omartweeted soon after Singhaddressed a pressconference here.On the legal challenge toArticle 35A, Singh said thegovernment will not doanything that hurts thesentiments of the people ofthe state. P2

HM's assurance should silencenoises against Art 35A: Omar

NL CORRESPONDENTJAMMU TAWI, SEPT 11

A Division Bench of theJammu Kashmir High Courtcomprising Justice AlokAradhe and Justice B.S.Walia directedCommissioner Secretary,J&K Government, Housingand Urban DevelopmentDepartment to shiftSecretary J&K HousingBoard, Ram Pal Sharma andAftab Rashid Pandit DGMHousing Unit II (J&KHousing Board) Srinagarfrom their present positionstill the conclusion of theregular departmental enquiry

which has been initiatedagainst the two delinquentofficers.

The Division Bench alsodirected CommissionerSecretary to Government ofJ&K, Public WorksDepartment to speed up thedepartmental enquiry againstthe four Executive Engineersnamely Joginder Lal thenDGM, Housing BoardJammu, Tarsem Lal thenDGM, Housing BoardJammu, Bashir Ahmed Bhatthen DGM, Housing BoardSrinagar and G.H. Khandaythen DGM, Housing BoardSrinagar who were ondeputation to Housing Board

from R&B Departmentduring the execution of theworks.

The Division Bench alsodirected Director GeneralAccounts and Treasuries tofile the status of thedepartmental enquiryinitiated against KulbushanKumar then FA/CAO J&KHousing Board who was ondeputation to Housing Boardfrom Director GeneralAccounts and Treasuries(Finance Department)during the time of executionof the works.These directions were passedin the well-reported PublicInterest Litigation (PIL) filed

by Sheikh Muhammad Shafiand Prof SK Bhalla whereinthe petitioners soughtprosecution of the taintedofficers under J&KPrevention of CorruptionAct and also directions to theGAD to accord sanction forprosecution against the highups involved in variousscams.Petitioners' Advocate SSAhmed submitted thatpursuant to order dated July25th, 2017, CommissionerSecretary to Government ofJ&K HUDD has filed thestatus report into Rs 27Crore Scam in J&K HousingBoard. Advocate Ahmed

further submitted that in thestatus report it has beendivulged that vide Govt.Order no. 142-HUDD of2017 dated June 15, 2017,M. Raju (IAS)Commissioner JammuMunicipal Corporation hasbeen appointed as EnquiryOfficer to hold the regulardepartmental enquiry againstRam Pal Sharma the thenMD and Aftab Rashid PanditDGM J&K Housing Boardand the Enquiry Officer hasrequested for extension ofthree months time tocomplete the enquiry.Counsel further submittedthat the P2

Housing Board Rs 27 crore Scam

HC directs Govt to shift Secretary HB, DGM till the conclusion of enquiry

NL CORRESPONDENTJAMMU TAWI, SEPT 11

State BJP SpokespersonProf. Virender Guptaquestioned the seriousnessof planning group of theCongress on Jammu andKashmir, headed byformer Prime Minister,Manmohan Singh. He saidthat the high level policyand planning group of the

Congress which is visitinghow, was constitutednearly five months before,but it did not feel itsconcern about theprevailing situation inJammu and Kashmir in thelast five months. He addedthat even though it thinksits fundamental right tocriticize the Govt. of Indiafor its policies regardingJammu & Kashmir but the

team and any of its Centralleader did not bother totake stock of the situationand provide their valuablesuggestion to thegovernment in retrievingthe situation and said thatinstead of playing politicalgimmick, it should play apositive role for theinterest of the state and thecountry.The Spokesperson P2

Cong should stop playingpolitical gimmick: Virender

NL CORRESPONDENTNAUSHERA ( JAMMUPROVINCE), SEPT 11

Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh on Mondayassured people living inborder areas of the Jammuregion that India was takingsteps to ensure Pakistan wasforced to stop firing.'"Just wait for some moretime. Pakistan will beforced to stop firing. If asingle bullet is fired fromPakistan, then India shouldnot count the bullets fired inretaliation," he told a rallyof migrants in Naushera.Over 5,000 people livingalong the LoC were forcedto move out their homes inthe Naushera sector ofRajouri district of Jammuand Kashmir four monthsago in the wake of heavy

firing and shelling byPakistan forces.Mr Singh said, "Whetherthey (Pakistan) stop firingtoday or tomorrow, they willhave to stop firing andceasefire violation."He further said that formerprime minister Atal BihariVajpayee always used to saythat friends can be changedbut not neighbours.Mr Singh said he hadconveyed to the BSF DGthat if a single bullet wasfired from across the border,then bullets fired inretaliation by the Indian sideshould not be counted."The situation was better toan extent. The situation isbetter now also. I hope thatthe situation in the futurewill better too," he said.The minister, who visitedborder camps P2

Pakistan will be forced to stop Cross-Border firing, says Rajnath

Landslide blocksJammu highway

NL CORRESPONDENTJAMMU TAWI, SEPT 11

"The landslide struck thenational highway, the onlyall weather road linkingKashmir with the rest of thecountry, at Morh Passi nearBalli Nallah in Udhampurdistrict around 1633 hours,damaging a bridge andblocking the road,"Jammu-Traffic on the 300-km long Jammu- Srinagarnational highway wassuspended this evening aftera massive landslide blockedthe arterial road and alsodamaged a bridge inUdhampur district, officialssaid."The landslide struck thenational highway, the onlyall weather P2

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Rajnath sees permanentsolution of Kashmir in 5Cs!35-A in Supreme court, Singh said, "Central governmenthas not initiated anything in this regard and nor went to thecourt"."I assure you that not only on Article 35-A, whatever wewill do we will not go against the sentiments of J&Kpeople. We would respect the sentiments of J&K people,"he said.Supreme Court is hearing a petition filed by RSS-linkedgroup, which challenged Article 35-A of the constitution.NIA raidsOn NIA raids in the State, Singh said the investigationagency is an autonomous body and probing terror funding."The agency is doing its work," he said.NIA has arrested seven separatist leaders, a leadingbusinessman, two youth including a photo-journalist and aJammu-based Sikh lawyer during its ongoing investigationinto the alleged militancy and separatist funding in theState.In response to a question whether NIA raids were arm-twisting tactics, Singh said, "It is not arm-twisting tactic.We have not learnt arm-twisting tactics.""If anybody has any issue with these raids, they should goto court," he said.Situation improvingSingh said he has understood that situation in Kashmir hasgreatly improved."I won't claim that situation has fully improved but situationis improving. And I can say it with surety," he said.Smiles on face of young boys, girlsSingh said while praying tributes to slain policemen insouth Kashmir's Anantnag yesterday, the face of ASI AbdulRashid's daughter, Zohra was passing through his mind."We want to see smile, happiness and prosperity in face ofevery young girl and boy of Kashmir. It is our wish and wewill continue efforts in this regard," he said.Ready to talk to every stakeholderWhen asked whether centre was ready to start talks withseparatists, HM said, "Whenever I have come to J&K, Ihave come with open mind and heart. I have said that I wantto talk to all. People should also come forward for talks. Weare ready to talk to every stake holder"."All Party Delegation during its visit to Valley last yearmade an initiative for talks and so was done by ChiefMinister Mehbooba Mufti. We did not say no to talks," hesaid.Asked whether a formal invitation for talks was extended toseparatists, he said, "What is formal and informal invitation.Let people, who want to talk, say they are ready for talks.""If need be, I will visit Kashmir 50 times in a year. We willcontinue our efforts to bring peace and prosperity in J&Kand it is our firm conviction," he said.Pak should stop infiltration of militantsThe Home Minister said central government made sincereefforts to improve relations with Pakistan."The premiers of neighbouring countries including Pakistanwere invited in oath-taking ceremony of Modi government.The PM also broke protocol and visited the function of thenPakistan PM Nawaz Sharif. He made every effort toimprove situation," he said.He said Pakistan did not respond accordingly and isinfiltrating militants into J&K."I would tell Pakistan to stop infiltration of militants intothe State," he said adding, "Pakistan is also resorting toterror funding".He said the former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee had saidfriends can be changed but not neighbours.Militancy has ruined many generationsSingh said militancy has ruined many generations ofKashmir."We won't allow another generation to be ruined," he said.Asked whether killing militants would bring permanentpeace in the state, he said, "Militants are not welcome andthey would be given befitting reply by the forces".No threat to tourists in KashmirThe HM said tourism industry has also been hit bymilitancy.He said not only in country but outside also news spreadthat situation in Kashmir was not conducive and peopleshould not visit there for tourism purpose.Singh said after seeing situation in Kashmir, "I want toappeal tourists and tour operators that people in Kashmir areready to welcome tourists.""People again want to change Kashmir into paradise and

take it back from the hands of militants. You should comefor tourism purpose and business purpose. People ofKashmir will welcome you and there is no threat in theValley," he said.Pellet guns sparingly usedOn use of pellet guns in Kashmir, Singh said he had saidthey would find alternative to pellet guns."We introduced PAVA as an alternative for crowd control.However, people say PAVA is not that effective andsuccessful," he said.Singh said pellet guns have been used very less comparedto earlier.

Don't be harsh with juvenilesstone-pelters: HM

Juvenile Act."Rajnath Singh said that he has also directed the ChiefMinister Mehbooba Mufti to review the cases of childreninvolved in crimes."I asked her (Mehbooba Mufti) that such cases should bereviewed and should be followed with their propercounselling," he said.Rajanth Singh said that he has also directed the forces toensure restrain while dealing with volatile situation.He said that the poor section of the Kashmir have been theworst sufferers of the "terrorism"."Whatever I felt during these last three days in Kashmir isthat the trees of peace have not withered. The worst affectedgroups in Kashmir are the youth, businessmen, workers andthe poor section," Rajanath Singh said.The Union Home Minister said that the Centre wished tosee smiles on the faces of Kashmiri people."I have come here to practically apply what Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said during Republic Day. I can't say thatthe situation is entirely better but it is improving. We wantto see smiles on the face of every Kashmiri," he said.

HC directs Govt to shift Secretary HB,DGM till the conclusion of enquiry

competent authority (Minister Incharge H&UDD) hasconveyed approval for the completion of DepartmentalEnquiry within two months and the same was conveyed toM. Raju (IAS) Commissioner Jammu MunicipalCorporation vide Order No. 101-HUD of 2017 datedAugust 18, 2017.Sr. AAG S.S. Nanda appearing for Housing and Urbandevelopment Department submitted that Ram Pal is notholding the post of Managing Director as on date. HoweverAdvocate S.S. Ahmed referred to para 12 of the Statusreport wherein it was stated that Ram Pal then MD ispresently working as Secretary J&K Housing Board.It was further submitted that directions are required to beissued to other Administrative Secretaries to file theupdated status of the 147 department enquiries pendingagainst various officers of the State Govt.

The Division bench headed by Justice Alok Aradhedirected Commissioner Secretaries to Government of J&KHome Department, Forest Department, Co-operativesDepartment, Health and Medical Education Department,ARI 7 Trainings Department, J&K Special Tribunal andAnimal and Sheep Husbandry Department to file theupdated status of the pending departmental enquiries within4 weeks.

Pakistan will be forced to stopCross-Border firing, says Rajnath

and interacted with migrants including woman and children,assured them that steps would be taken to mitigate theirproblems."Whatever is possible I will do. People across the countryhave great respect and regard for the residents of the borderareas. People in the border areas are facing unnecessaryproblems," he said.The minister said he had told the director general of border-guarding force Pakistan Ranger in 2015 that Pakistan wasresorting to firing violating certain protocols which shouldbe respected and followed."India is not a weak nation now. It has emerged as apowerful country under the leadership of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi. No one in the world now considers India asa weak nation."The image and prestige of India has increased globally ascompared to the past," he added.

3 soldiers injured inlandmine blast in Kupwara According to official sources, troops of 16 Madras wereconducting routine patrolling at the Khwaja Bailkh Post inthe Keran sector, when one of the soldiers accidentally setfoot on a landmine causing an explosion, which left threetroopers injured with splinters.Sepoy Bala Subramani, Sepoy Kundu Mahesh and SepoyHB Swami were rushed to the Military Hospital,Drugmulla, Kupwara, where they are undergoing treatment.ANI

Landslide blocks Jammuhighway

road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, at MorhPassi near Balli Nallah in Udhampur district around 1633hours, damaging a bridge and blocking the road," aspokesman of the Traffic department told PTI.He said men and machinery have been pressed into serviceand the road is expected to be made traffic worthy bytomorrow evening.Hundreds of vehicles got stranded in the aftermath of thelandslide and efforts are on to shift them to safer placesaway from the landslide prone-areas, the spokesman said.A landslide also struck the highway at Makarkot in Ramsuarea of Ramban district around 2000 hours yesterday.However, the landslide was cleared within one-and-a-halfhour and the highway was reopened for traffic late lastnight, the officials said.While the light motor vehicles were plying on the highwayfrom both sides today, load carriers and security convoyswere not allowed from this side due to one-way restrictionfor heavy vehicles in view of the ongoing widening andrepair work at various patches especially Panthyal inRamban district. PTI

HM's assurance should silencenoises against Art 35A: Omar

Omar said the Centre should file a counter affidavit in theSupreme Court to defend Article 35A."The Union government must now file a counter affidavit inthe Supreme Court to defend 35-A. That is the way to carrythis assurance forward," he added. (AGENCIES)

7 KAS officers transferredSecretary to the Government, Power DevelopmentDepartment.Rakesh Kumar Srangal, KAS, Chief Executive Officer,Tourism Development Authority, Patnitop, has beentransferred and posted as Additional Secretary to theGovernment, Housing and Urban DevelopmentDepartment.Gurvinder jit Singh, KAS, Additional DeputyCommissioner, Poonch, has been transferred and posted asAdditional Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, against anavailable vacancy.Sandesh Kumar, KAS, Joint Registrar, Banking andFinance in the office of Registrar, Cooperative Societies,J&K, has been transferred and posted as Joint Director,Industries and Commerce (Dev), Jammu, against anavailable vacancy.Sandish Kumar, KAS, Deputy Secretary to theGovernment, Social Welfare Department, under orders ofposting as Joint Director, Industries and Commerce (Dev),Jammu, has been posted as Joint Registrar, Banking andFinance in the office of Registrar, Cooperative Societies,J&K, vice Sandesh Kumar.Basharat Hussain, KAS, Sub-Divisional Magistrate,Surankote, is transferred and posted as Additional DeputyCommissioner, Poonch, vice Gurvinderjit Singh.Shabir Ahmad Raina, KAS, Secretary, SrinagarDevelopment Authority, is transferred and posted as ChiefExecutive Officer, Tourism Development Authority,Sonamarg, vice Qazi Sarwar.

Surrender, we will rehabilitate you:Security Top Brass to militants

if anyone wants to surrender, safe passage is assured,rehabilitation is assured," he said

Centre has no hand behindpetition against Article 35-A

Parray, Abdul Rashid Dar (MLA Sopore), Channi Singh,Khem Lata Wakhloo and Farooq Andrabi. The Congressdelegation told Home Minister that BJP's policy towardsKashmir would further alienate Kashmiris."If the same trend and policies continue, it might help BJPto get votes in rest of India, but with these policies Indiamay lose Kashmir forever," the delegation told him.State Congress leader, G N Monga, who was part ofCongress delegation, told Rising Kashmir that Singh toldthem that it was some group that has raised the issue ofArticle 35A in the Supreme Court and GoI hadnothing to do with it. He said the Congress delegation told the home minister thatthe GoI should make public the investigation conducted byNIA during its raids and subsequent arrests of Hurriyatleaders and traders. "We also urged Singh to explain as towhy a journalist Kamran Yosuf was arrested. We told himthis is further alienating the people of Kashmir," he saidadding, "We also told him to control some TV channels,which are portraying Kashmir negatively"(KIP)

2 militants killed inencounter in Kulgam

An AK-47 and an Insas rifle were recovered from the site,he said.The slain militants were identified as Dawood and ShaiyarAhmed, both members of Hizbul Mujahideen. The arrestedOGW was identified as Arif Sofi of Kulgam, sources said.In past three days, security forces have killed five localmilitants.

CBSE awards 33 teachersfor innovations in teaching"The contribution of teachers in nation building andliberating generations is unparalleled. Teachers are truly thepride of a nation and have a long lasting impact on learnersand in nation building," said at the award ceremony.The selection for the annual awards is based on theacademic efficiency and improvement, interest, reputationin the community, perseverance and commitment towardseducation.The award consists of a merit certificate and a cash prize ofRs 50,000. (AGENCIES)

Cong should stop playingpolitical gimmick: Virender

blamed the Congress party for the present situation inJammu and Kashmir which kept the Jammu & Kashmirissue alive and burning because of its wrong policies sincethe accession of the state with India. It remained in powerboth at the Centre and in Jammu and Kashmir State for themost of the times: it was in power in the state in 1990 whensituation in the valley had taken an ugly turn when KPs andother minorities suffered a mass exodus and it was in powerfrom 2002 to 2014 in State and also at the Centre before2014 for ten year; but it failed to resolve the issue.Prof.Virender Gupta asked the Congress party to clear its standon Article 35A and said that it is a divided house on theissue. He added that Kashmir leadership of the partysupports 35A whereas its leaders in Jammu province opposecontinuation of 35A and Article 370 in Indian constitution,however the leadership at the Centre is confusing the peopleby speaking in different tones on the issue. The Congressparty also needs to clear its stand on West Pakistan Refugee,on deporting of Bangladeshi and Rohingyas in Jammuprovince, instead of beating about the bu Congress partyneeds also to clear its stand on the statements issued bysome of its leaders on the Kashmir issue, who aresupporting Azadi and autonomy for the valley, whichinclude Mani Shankar Ayyar and even P.Chidambaram whois part of the visiting team. While taking on Gulam NabiAzad on his statement, the spokesperson reminded Azad ofthe situation in J&K in 2008 when he was Chief Minister ofthe State and that of 2010 when Congress was sharingpower with National Conference.

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Free Medical Campsorganised

JAMMU: A free mega Medical Camp was organized at AapShambu, Roop Nagar, Jammu by Jammu Institute ofAyurveda and Research Hospital, Nardni Bantalab, Jammuwhere Medical checkup of total 178 patients was done out.The Camp was attended by Dr. Nitin Mahajan, AssistantProf., Dr. Twinkle Gupta Associate Prof., Dr. SudeshGupta, Dr. Sachin, Assistant Prof., PG Scholars andMedical Officers.Patients of various diseases related tojoint disorders, Fever, cold, cough, eye problem, piles wereexamined and free medicines were distributed to thepatients.It is pertinent to mention here that the JammuInstitute of Ayurveda and Research organizes free medicalcamps frequently in Urban and Rural areas of the State tocreate awareness among the public regarding benefits ofAyurvedic medicines and Panchkarma procedures becauseof its no side effects. On conclusion of the camp theChairperson Smt. Suman Sharma assured to organize suchcamps in future also for benefit the poor and needy people.Jammu Institute of Ayurveda and Research is alreadyrunning a free OPD and IPD for the patients of acute andchronic diseases viz piles, skin disorders at Janipur andNardni Raipur, Jammu.

ABHISHEK BADYALSAMBA, SEPT 11

DSP Traffic Madhu Bandralhas challaned 303 vehicleswithin 18 days and realizedamount 53950 fines for thetraffic violators. The DSPchallaned over-loading andother vehicles for offenceslike driving without

licenses, using mobilephones while driving, notwearing crash helmets,triple riding, over speedingand not wearing seat belts.According to the report,DSP seized six vehiclesunder 207 Motor vehicle Actand 96 booked under courtchallan and 207 bookedunder compound challanwho were traffic violationwithin 18 days. Whiletalking with news nowcorrespondents DSP MadhuBandral Said several roadsafety awareness campsorganised in variousGovernment schools of havedone so that the accidentscould be stopped. She toldthat they are making themost of Government school

and college students aware.She warned to the trafficviolators to follow the trafficrules otherwise strict actionagainst them.She also said several timethe over speeded vehiclescross the nakka when ourcops tried to stop the vehiclebut our cops chased theseveral speedy vehicles justaway from the Nakka Pointafter chased they werebooked under variousoffences.She gave a message to theGeneral Public and Schoolchildren to follow the trafficrules and proper use of theHelmet, wearing use of seatbelt, not use of mobilephones while driving andalso avoid rash driving.

DSP Traffic Madhu Bandral Challan 303 vehiclesJAMMU TAWI, SEPT 11

BJP State General Secretary(Org.) Ashok Koul chairedseparate meetings of partysenior leaders and activists ofDistrict Basohli and Kathuaalong with State Vice-President & District PrabhariParmod Kapahi, Adv. VijaySharma State Secretary,Jeevan Lal District President& MLA, Bani MLA KuldeepKumar and MLA KathuaRajiv Jasrotia, Prem NathDogra District PresidentKathua and other leaders whoparticipated to discuss andplan the forthcomingprogrammes of party in theirrespective districts.While addressing the partyleaders and the activistsduring the meetings, Ashok

Koul complimented them fortheir efforts in promoting theparty activities in theirrespective areas. He said thatit is the duty of the BJPactivists to take partyideology to the commonmasses. He said that thePrime Minister NarendraModi has ushered India into anew era of growth anddevelopment and now theNation has started to emergeas the true Global Leader aswell as super power. He saidthat the prime aim of the BJPis to extend the reach of allpublic friendly schemes to thelast man standing in row. Heclaimed that every volunteerwho is working in the ranksof BJP will not take rest untiland unless the aim of GoldenIndia is reached.

Koul further said that, presentyear is being celebrated as thebirth centenary year of greatideologue Pt. Deen DayalUpadhayay, in which all BJPactivists have the duty tobring his vision to the reality.He said that Pt. Deen Dayalworked for uplifting the statusof common man throughouthis life and later on sacrificedhis life for the same cause. Healso asked them about variousparty and developmentalprogrammes going on in theirrespective areas and askedthem to push the partyactivities there. He also askedthe volunteers to take thesocial issues of the commonman in their hands whileworking for the society liketree plantation, "SwacchtaAbhiyaan" and others.

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Expressing indignation overthe gross failure of so calledGoM constituted by the Stategovernment for the purpose ofdeportation of Rohingyas andBangladeshis from Jammu, astrong contingent of Pantheractivists spearheaded byHarsh Dev Singh ChairmanJKNPP and other leadersstaged a vociferous protestdemonstration against thesinister alliance at ExhibitionGround today. The leaders andthe protestors accused BJP-PDP of defying the directivesfrom the Union HomeMinistry pertaining to theeviction of the illegal foreignimmigrants from Jammuregion. They torched theeffigy of coalition govt andsought immediate repatriationof the illegally settledforeigners from Duggar Land.Hitting out at the Stategovernment, Mr. Harsh Dev

Singh expressed his graveconcern over the total failureof the GoM to formulate anypolicy to deport illegallysettled Rohingyas andBangladeshi immigrantsdespite holding couple ofmeetings. He said that themuch trumpeted group of fourcabinet Ministers headed byDy. CM Nirmal Singh hadonly proved as 'mirage' tohoodwink the masses whichonly indicated that BJP-PDPhad colluded to shelter andsettle them in Jammu region.

He said there were mediareports that the Rohingyashave formed a militantorganisation named HooziArakan that had links withJeM, LeT and even had basesin Pakistan.Making a fervent appeal to thevisiting the Union HomeMinister Mr. Rajnath Singh todirect the BJP partnered Stategovernment to facilitateimmediate deportation of theillegal immigrants, he saidthere were around two dozenFIRs for criminal cases

registered against Rohingyasfor various offences besidesdozens of cases of illegalborder crossing, drugtrafficking, flesh trade, childabductions, begging and othercrimes. He regretted that theywere settled here by severalNGOs and Madrassas andseveral of them had illegallymanaged to procure PRCs,Identity Cards, Ration Cards,Water and Electricityconnections for their dailyneeds under the tutelage of thepresent dispensation. He

further disclosed that the J&Kpolice had reportedlycompiled the comprehensivedata of Rohingyas andBangladeshis living illegally in the specific areas ofjurisdiction but so far it hadnot been put in the publicdomain by the State Homedepartment for unknownreasons. It was reportedlyestimated that more than20,000 Rohingyas had beenliving unlawfully acrossJammu province withmajority of them camping inJammu and Samba districts,Harsh revealed. Prominentamong those who spoke on theoccasion included RajeshPadgotra, Gagan Partap Singh,Shanker Singh Chib, K.KSharma, Nirmal Kishore,Rajesh Gondhi, RashpaulSingh, Mohinder Singh,Amandeep Singh, RakeshVerma, Pawandeep Singh,Narinder Sharma besidesothers.

JKNPP protests for deportation of Rohingyas, BangladeshisNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Sep 11

People's Democratic Party(PDP) Zone PresidentJammu West, Puneet SinghJamwal today said thatongoing fifth visit of unionhome minister Rajnath Singhin a year shows Centre'sconcern for J&K State andits people. Once the Agendaof Alliance (AoA) andConfidence BuildingMeasures (CBMs) as beingpursued by our ChiefMinister Mehbooba Muftiare completely implemented,the state will be put back onrail of prosperity and peace. He said successive visits ofUnion Ministers to Jammuand Kashmir definitelyspeak of volume with whichCentre intends to resolveissues and help people ofJammu and Kashmir come

out of quagmire. PDP, headded was committed tocarry forward unfinishedagenda of late chiefminister Mufti MohammadSayeed who alwaysadvocated peace andreconciliation. Now thatChief Minister MehboobaMufti is putting in her bestefforts, youth must alsocome forward instrengthening thismovement to build a strongand economically selfreliant J&K State. The opposition must play a

constructive role especiallywhen it comes to dawningpeace in J&K State, he saidadding that merely speakingfor the sake of speakingwon't undermine thecredibility of coalitiongovernment which it hasestablished by givingpeople a clean, transparentand responsive government.The concern the CentralGovernment has for Jammuand Kashmir andsignificance it attached tothe State's people is alsoappreciable, he said.

CBMs help bring peacein J&K: Jamwal

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Sep 11

NYK holds meetJammu, Sep 11In the office chamber of Nehru yuva kendra, gandhi nagar,jammu a interactive meeting with educated youths tookplace with Nations devlopment association ,jammuwherein sh. Rampal sharma, ACT NYKS presided over.Giving a detailed course of social view of NYKS he saidthat how it is grooming the talent of youths which theyhave ample record under the possession of NYK since itsinception.He said that if you want to achive examplaryfield in life ,NYK is the right platform to polish yourhidden talent and will give right push up in setting yourgoals as per your dreams.On this occassion, sh. Rampaul dogra ,social activist andresourse person of NYKS also spoke on the recentactivities held, in organizing the Essay compitition byNYKS office,jammu where volunteers did exellent job.He stressd that youths should choose right platform toundertake social work in hands which pays back to themin the long run in life. He cautioned not to fall pray ofpeople keeping wrong backgrounds. He stressed to keepaway Meanwhile, Mr.sushil singh charak,Founder -cum-chairman of NDA apprised of his organisation's goodwork so for done to his credit. He told he is activelyworking in social sector on various issues and want torender his experience to trained youths on path ofconstructive devlopment of country.

Those attended the meeting were sh.Rampal sharmaACT,Rampaul dogra, ramesh chander,pariyankamanhas,sushil sungh charak,sunny verma,akashpandita,Rahul sharma,Bhavana Bhagat,Akhilgupta,rishab sharma,pankaj verma.The group of youths gathered suggstions from thespeakers on the spot.

JKPCC condolesdemise of Suraj Devi

Jammu, Sep 11JKPCC has deeply condoled the demise of Smt. SurajDevi mother of Ashok Gupta, District PresidentUdhampur. She expired last night. She was 83. PresidentJ&K PCC Shri G.A. Mir and other senior leaders of theparty deeply condoled the sad demise and conveyed theirheartfelt condolences to the family. They prayed for peaceto the departed soul. Several senior leaders conveyed theirsympathies, they include Shri Sham Lal Sharma, MulaRam, Raman Bhalla, G.M. Saroori, Kanta Bhan, RavinderSharma, Manmohan Singh, Vikram Malhotra, ManjitSingh, Namrata Sharma, Krishan Bhagat Ex-MLA,Pawan Rain and others.

Dr. Yash Pal Sharma, Professorand Head, Department of Botany,University of Jammu, Jammuattended the four day SeedConservation training course heldon 5th to 8th September 2017 atthe beautiful National BotanicGarden of Nepal. The course was organized by theBotanic Gardens ConservationInternational (BGCI), U.K, inassociation with the RoyalBotanic Garden, Edinburgh(RBGE), Scotland and theNational Botanical Garden,

Department of Plant Resources(DPRs), Ministry of Forests andSoil Conservation, Governmentof Nepal. The training was supported by theJapanese Biodiversity Fund,Giving Indian perspective, ProfYash, in his presentationhighlighted the current plantconservation status in India, ingeneral and the Himalayan Stateof Jammu and Kashmir, inparticular. Prof. Sharma alsopresented an overview of thenumber and diversity of plantspecies, their systematicarrangement, herbarium and themuseum collections, reproductive

biology studies on some RETtaxa, ex-situ conservation, seedcollections, plant health andeducation and awarenessprogrammes and otherconservation activities beingundertaken in the BotanicalGarden of the University ofJammu, Jammu. Such seedconservation program would beof utmost importance in futureseed collection and seed bankinginitiatives in the biodiversity richState of Jammu and Kashmir, heinformed.The resource persons of thetraining program were Ms.Suzzane Sharrock, Chairperson,

BGCI, U.K., Dr. Mark Watsonfrom RBGE, Dr. Jie Cai fromKunming Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Yunnan, China and Katherine O'Donnell, Seed ConservationCoordinator, BGCI, UnitedKingdom.As a part of the Global SeedConservation Challenge (GSCC),the BGCI aims to increase thecontribution of botanic gardenstowards the Global Strategy forPlant Conservation (GSPC) at aglobal, national, regional andlocal level to unite botanicgardens and other organizationscommitted to saving the world's

threatened plants. Therefore, thistraining course was specificallyfocused on Seed Conservationthrough seed banking. Thecurrent seed conservation statusacross the globe includingplanning, prioritization and seedcollection and finally post-collection seed bankingprocedures, both theoreticallyand practically, weredemonstrated in the trainingprogram. Besides, the localparticipants of DPRs, arepresentative each from India,China, Pakistan and Bhutanparticipated in the said trainingprogram.

JU Professor attends Intern'l Seed Conservation training NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Sep 11

Ek Sath Rang Mandal todaypresented it's 264thMONDAY THEATRE withVijay Malla's awarenessNukad onchild labour "souya bachpan" underMonday Theatre Series atjuggi jhopdi janipur plouralink road JDA ColonyJammu.It is fact that so manychildren in our country hasbeen deprived of propereducation and are forced tobe a CHILD LABOUR. It isbecause of certain faults inour system and illiteracy,poverty among people.CHILD LABOUR hasbecome full fledged industryand is growing withoutbreak.The spokesman of S C L said" child labour agents take

unnecessary advantage ofinnocent villagers and theireconomic conditions fortheir own benefits and carrychildren to shopkeepers,domestic houses.He appealed people aroundthat we all together shouldwatch and condemn this evilin the society. We shouldalso define the innocentpeople not to be trapped by

so called agents.Our children are not mentfor labour they must go toschools for education.A large number of peoplewere there to witness thenukkad.Actors who performed wereRaju Mad,Mohit,YogeshSingh,Harsh Mahajan,ShivKumar,Master Kunal andVijay Malla..

Ek Sath Rang Mandal stages playNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Sep 11

Jammu and KashmnirFreedom FightersAssociation (JKFFA) and

Shri Ram Sena (SRS),Jammu and Kashmir, jointlytook an initiative to cleanand maintain the DograShourya Sthal Park at its owncost.The park was used byfreedom fighters and othernationalist organizations to

pay tributes to martyrs, whosacrificed their lives for thesake of nation, in theirrespect.Talking to reporter aftercleaning the park, State

President, Shri Ram Sena,Rajiv Mahajan said thatJMC's tall claim to makeJammu neat and clean underCentrally Sponsored Scheme'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' hastotally failed and thebeautiful parks in the city are

missing its sheen with everypassing day due to carelessand pathetic attitude ofauthorities.Dogra Shourya Sthal Park isits live example, which isconsidered as heart ofJammu, is full of garbageand no one is bothered totake this matter of greatconcern seriously, he said.In 'Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan'lakh of rupees are beingdrawn for the cleanliness ofJammu City but it isunfortunate that many parksare full of garbage and noone is bothered to take careof these park."We can't understand why

the authorities are not takingany step to clean this parkdespite their repeatedrequest," he said adding thatdue to non-serious attitude ofJMC officials we havedecided to clean this park ofits own.

JKFFA, SRS clean Dogra Shourya Sthal ParkNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Sep 11

Many joins ShivSena in presence

of Dimpy Jammu, Sep 11Locals from Jammu and outskirts of city todaytook the primary membership of Shiv Sena (BalaSahib Thackery). Joining function was heldunder the Chairmanship of Avinash Bhatia(Chairman) and Deputy Chairman RakeshGupta. On the ocassion Pyare Singh wasappointed President ( Palwal) whereasBalvinder Kumar was declared President ofVillage Khara Madana. On the ocassion party President Dimpy Kohliwelcomes new entrants in the party manifoldand also said that many people are joining ShivSena day by day and party is gaining strength. He said besides many odds party is working inthe state very well and is doing works for theunliftment of common masses. He said on 1stNavratra Party will oraginze Charri Yatra toMata Vaishno Devi and I request all toparticipate in this Charri Yatra and got blessingsof Goddess Durga. Those who were present onthe ocassion were Manish Sahni, CharriPresident Romesh Gupta, sr. vice presidentRajan Gupta, Raj Singh, Nanak Chand, Mangat, Vikas Patel , Sanjeev Sharma Vikas Bakshi ,Naresh Bakshi , Sanjeet Kohli and many others.

In view of overwhelmingrequests from JEE aspirantsand to help more studentsreap its benefits, theeducational giant- FIITJEEhas announced the admissionto its most sought afterdistance learning programs-Rankers Study Material (1year) for JEE (Main &Advanced) 2018 & RankersStudy Material (2 years) forJEE (Main & Advanced)2019 which includes acomprehensive studymaterial along with TestSeries and many otherbenefits to the students acrossthe country."This program, live testanalysis sessions andproblem packages as per JEEpattern offered covers bothobjective and subjectiveproblems so that students caneasily crack JEE papers,irrespective of the

examination pattern. RankersStudy Material very popularamong the students, alsocomprises of various phasetests and a comprehensive AllIndia Test Series for assessingthe potential of the students.In over last two decades,more than hundreds ofthousands students havebenefited from the distancelearning programs ofFIITJEE," says Mr. SandeepSah, National Head- NCRP,Student Services andOperations, FIITJEE.Credibility of FIITJEE'sRankers Study Material iswell explained from the JEEresults of past few years. Andit is no surprise that suchstudents were able to crackJEE with flying colours andestablish themselves amongstTop 100. For more details, visitFIITJEE's distance learningwebsite: www.fiitjee-distancelearning.com.

FIITJEE announces enrolmentfor Distance Learning ProgramsNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Sep 11

Army organises CarromBoard Competition

Jammu, Sep 11Army organised a "Carrom Board Competition" at Bimalnag villagein Kishtwar district from 10 Sep 2017 to 11 Sep 2017 for the studentsof schools in and around areas of Bimalnag. Total 64 studentsparticipated in the event. These enthusiastic students were dividedinto 08 teams. The competitive spirit amongst the kids was on fulldisplay. Finals of the competition was played between Mr AbdulWaheed and Sauqut Ali. Both winners & runner-ups were awardedprizes. The competition provided an opportunity for the kids andsoldiers to connect and share light-hearted banter in a relaxed,friendly and informal atmosphere.

BSF school felicitates NCC cadetsWith the institute shining more and more in the academic limelight, itis also witnessing a holistic development . This can be inferred fromand cited by many references of achievements by students in the sports, culturally and various competitions held across the nation . One suchinstance is the recent participation of four NCC cadets of BSF Schoolin combined annual training camp (CATC) conducted at Nagrota from29th August to 7th September . Principal BSF SCHOOL DR SKSHUKLA Felicitated them in the special assembly held in the schoolcampus He congratulated officers and NCC CADETS of the schoolNCC WING for bringing laurels to the school. The activities duringthe camp included training on various subjects according to the NCCcurriculum . competition drill , cultural activities to help cadets keeprooted to their traditions and sports and games , to develop love for theoutdoor and sportsmanship . the credits were also imparted knowledgeon various subjects such as safety , military history , self defence,Health and hygiene aspects etc.

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2 JK Boys Battalion conductsAnnual Training Camp

Jammu, Sep 11Annual Training Camp is being conducted by 2 J&K BoysBattallion in NCC Camping Ground Nagrota. The cadetswere warmly welcomed by the Camp Commandant, ColKaram Din on the first day of the camp on 09 Sep 17. Theendeavour in this camp will be to provide training onMilitary Service Subjects, Drill, Firing and enhancing thephysical fitness of the cadets. Though it was the first day ofthe camp, the cadets enthusiastically participated in SwachhBharat Abhiyan in which the entire camp received a facelift.The cadets started their training and were very keen tocomplete the total period of the camp. Obstacle Trainingwas conducted in the morning and the cadets keenlynegotiated the obstacle. In the evening a culturalprogramme will be organised for the cadets.

Punjabi Sahit Sangamorganises meet

Jammu, Sep 11A meeting of Punjabi Sahit Sangam (Regd.), Jammu wasorganized at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Park Digiana, Jammu tore- constitute the executive body of Punjabi Lekhak Sabha(PSS), Jammu. Rajpaul Singh Mastana, President PSS andother members were present on this occasion. In his address the President, PSS that it was declared duringthe last meeting of the Sangam that executive body of thePunjabi Sahit Sangam would be formed in the comingmeeting of the Sangam. Hardial Singh Rehbar as Chairman,Prof. Hardev Singh as Senior Vice- President, IchhupalSingh as Vice- President, Suraj Ratan as General Secretary,Pargat Singh as Secretary, Harjit Nagra as Treasurer andMohan Singh Nirala as Press Secretary. A Kavi Goshti was also conducted during this meeting. Thefollowing members recited their poetry in the Goshti:Hardial Singh Rehba, Prof. Hardev Singh, Ichhupal Singh,Mohan Lal Komal, Suraj Ratan, Ramesh Rahi, Dr. PritamSingh, Pargat Singh, Harjit Nagra and Mohan Singh Niralaon various social and political issues.

District HospitalKishtwar management

in slumber

Deepak Sharma Kishtwar, Sep 11

District Hospital, Kishtwar has been working in worstconditions as is depicted by recently capturedphotographs from OPD Department that show stray dogsand animals living outside the Department that raisesseveral questions over Management and the employeesposted at hospital. Many social workers including Shakir Siddiqui, PresidentPublic Awareness Front Kishtwar(PAF) demanded highlevel inquiry including intervention of DeputyCommissioner Kishtwar into the matter regarding thesanitary condition and mismanagement of DistrictHospital, Kishtwar and to issue strict guidelines regardingthe same.

Under MGNREGA schemea soil conservation work wasundertaken in 2016 inMohalla Beli in Hari Upperin Tehsil SurankotePanchayat of district Poonchby Rural DevelopmentDeptt. of block Surankote.After completion of work,J.E, AEE, GRS andSecretary Panchayat ofRural Developmentdepartment prepared bill onspot after measurement andgot it passed by concernedX-EN of Rural Developmentdepartment Poonch Distt.

and submitted to BDOSurankote concernedsecretary and GRS framedattendance labour sheetalong with wages list andinvoice, was also depositedwith BDO Surankote.Thereafter BDO Surankotecalled in one Haji MohdAshraf S/o Baru, the labourhead and asked him whetherthe entire labour has PanCard or not. At this MohdAshraf S/o Baru the labourhead said that all the laborerswere in possession of Jobcards issued by RuralDevelopment departmentunder MGNREGA schemebut none other than myself

had an income tax Pan Card.Seeing no other way MohdAshraf borrowed Rs14,000/- (fourteenThousand) and paid to BDO,but BDO was adamant forfull payment of Rs 30,000/-(thirty Thousand) BDOhanded over Rs 14,000/-(fourteen Thousand) to hisaccount assistant butdemanded remaining Rs16,000/- (sixteen thousand)from Mohd Ashraf.After 5-6 days on 21 Aug2017 Mohd Ashraf went toBDO Sain Baba NangaliSahib. He told me that hehad checked the work onspot and found that the work

was complete in all respects.Ashraf said that he was avictim of excess. He handedover his letter to BDOSurankote for payment butBDO Surankote againrefused payment demandingthe rest of payment.It is not out of place tomention here that ACDPoonch directed thecommittee vide his orderNo. 266 Dated 07-07-2017to submit him the reportwithin one week. But after alapse of over two month, thecommittee submitted noreport, which projects thesheer negligence on the partof enquiry committee of the

department of Ruraldevelopment. Thus BDO Surankote holdscharges of 3 different blockswhich is utter violation.All this fuss created by thecoalition government ofPDP and BJP proves thatits slogans of honesty andtransparency, are hollowslogans the government ofJammu and Kashmirencourages corruption.Therefore people of J&Kexcept the coalitiongovernment to curbcorruption with iron hand,so that common man, highand low may leave a sighof relief.

Min RD encourages corrupt officers bygiving them addition charge

NL CorrespondentPoonch, Sep 11Governor N.N. Vohra visited

the Bhaderwah Campus ofthe Jammu University today

to launch the 5 daySANGAM 2017-18, theChenab Valley YouthFestival, which had been firstorganised in 2014 and hassince become an annualfeature.SANGAM 2017-18 has beenorganised by Prof. G.M.Bhat, Rector, BhaderwahCampus in collaborationwith Col. D.D. Pandey, CO 4RR and with support fromthe District Civil, Police andother organisations.A very special feature ofSANGAM 2017-18 is that,unlike as in past years, it hasattracted participation ofnearly 700 students fromeach of the 10 Chenab ValleyColleges, 5 of the 7 JammuUniversity's Off-siteCampuses, 10 Schools inBhaderwah and one school

from Paddar.Governor complimentedProf. Bhat and Prof. R.D.Sharma, Vice- Chancellor,University of Jammu for

organising this importantevent and securing such largeparticipation of youth. Heparticularly thanked Brig.Rohit Nautiyal, Commander4 Sector RR and Col. D.D.Pandey CO, 4 RR and otherofficers and men of 4 RRwho have assisted thisfestival. Stressing the crucialimportance of providinghealthy outlets for youth toenable them to develop anddisplay their talents,Governor urged Prof.Sharma to organise more andmore youth festivals.Governor observed that Maj.Ambrish Mahanta, who is 2I/C of 4 RR had served as hisADC for 2 years and he andFirst Lady Mrs. Usha Vohrawere happy to meet himagain.Governor and First Lady

witnessed a scintillatingcultural programme whichfocused on the education ofthe girl child, nationalintegration and preservation

of traditional cultures andhandicrafts.Governor visited the Campusand met students andparticipants in the Festivalbefore leaving for Srinagar.

"Sangam-2017-18 Chenab ValleyYouth Festival" inaugurated

NL CorrespondentBhaderwah, Sep 11

On 11th September, 2017from 1500 hrs to 1550 hrs,Rajnath Singh, UnionHome Minister visited theBSF Campus at Nausheraand took stock ofoperational preparedness onthe Line of Control andInternational Boundary inprevailing securityscenario. Minister waswelcomed at the Naushera

Campus in force tradition,by Kamal Nayan Chaubey,ADG BSF WESTERNCOMMAND and RamAwatar IG BSF JammuFrontier. Dr Jitendra Singh,MOS (PMO), Dr. NirmalKumar Singh, Dy CM(J&K), Rajiv Gauba, UnionHome Secretary, B B Vyas,Chief Secretary (J&K), S PVaid, DG Police (J&K) andRaj Kumar Goyal, PrincipalSecretary (H) J&K alsograced the occasion. Ram Awatar, IG BSF,briefed on the prevailingsecurity scenario, variousmeasures undertaken byBSF to strengthen the

border protection onInternational Border andthe existing border control& protection mechanismundertaken by bsf vis-à-visthe likely threats. HM address the PrahariSammellan held with BSFOfficers and Jawans andexpressed his utmostsatisfaction as well as proudon BSF functioning in thecountry. Kamal NayanChaubey, ADG BSFassured that bravebordermen not only face365 x 24 proxy war initiatedby adversary in minus 25-30 degree variedtemperature in extreme

geographical conditions,but win each war spell onthe motherland. He expressed his gratitudetowards BSF troops whoare doing venerable borderguarding and managementunder adverse conditions. Home Minister appraisedthe jawans that safety andsecurity of our soldiersperforming duties incomplex circumstances isthe prime concerns ofGovernment andparticularly Ministry ofHome Affairs. Minister also had aninformal interaction withjawans to know about theirwell being. During theinteraction, he was veryappreciative of the evervigilant Seema Praharieswho guards the nation'sborder 24x7x365 defyingthe extreme weatherconditions. Rajnath Singhwas overwhelmed andimpressed by theenthusiasm and spirit of theBSF troops during theinteraction.

Home Minister visits at BSF Campus NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Sep 11

MOHD MAJID MALIKBhadewrah, Sep 11

The five days youth festivalbegins in Bhaderwah withmuch fanfare which is going

to be organised byBhadarwah Campus ofJammu University incollaboration with 4Rashtriya Rifles (Bihar) topromote everlasting peaceand prosperity in theChenab Valley.A colourfulcultural bonanza was alsopresented on the occasion.The folk dances like Dhikudance, Bhaderwahi folksongs, Padderi, Pogalidance, Kashmiri and Dogrisongs, and many otherprogrammes kept theaudience spell bound.Alarge number of Civil andMilitary dignitaries, personsfrom Civil Administration,Police Department, CRPF

and Principals ofColleges/Schools were alsoparticipating in the eventwhere as Governor N NVohara was Chief guest onthe occasion . N N Vohra

while addressingcongratulated the youth ofChenab valley for shunningthe path of violence andembracing education andknowledge leading to selfdevelopment and enrichingthe society.He encouragedthe students and populace towork in synergy with theArmed Forces to combatturmoil and uphold peace.He said that these kinds ofevents will help tostrengthen the bond ofmutual brotherhood. He ,appreciated the efforts ofthe Army and said:"Through Sadhbhavana,Army has not onlycontributed to the

development in hardinfrastructure includinginstitutions but also took upthe development of youththrough the ventures likecultural events, educationalseminar, tours and manyother activities".The seniorarmy officers in theiraddress highlighted thereturn of normalcy in theregion which, they said, wasevident from theenthusiastic participation ofthe students from variouscolleges including the about60% girl students of thetotal participants. RamjiSharma vice chancellorJammu University stressedon empowerment of youthand the role the Army canplay in achieving thesame.The event witnessedparticipation of around 400students and teachers fromeight Colleges includingBhaderwah Campus,University of Jammu,Islamia Faridia College,Kishtwar, GovernmentDegree Colleges ofBhaderwah, Doda,Kishtwar, Kilotran, Marwahand Chhatru and alluniversity campuses ofJammu University .

Youth Fest 'Sangam' beginsat Bhaderwah Campus

MWF organises EidMilan Program

Rajouri, Sep 11Muslim welfare fourm rajouri headed by Alhaj Abdul rashidbhat organized a eid Milan programme at dawkbanglow

c o n f e r e n c eh a l lrajouri.DDCrajouri Drsahid iqbalc h o w d h a r ywas the chiefg u e s t . S s pr a j o u r iY o u g h a lManhas was

the guest of honour and Acr rajouri Abdul quyoom mir was present there.In this programme prominent citizens fromboth community were also present there. Administrationappreciated the step taken by civil society and speciallyMuslim welfare fourm rajouri for organising the eid Milanprogramme.Dc rajouri and ssp Rajouri said programme likeeid Milan, diwali Milan and holi Milan maintain the peaceand harmony in the society.Those who spoke on theoccasion are shafqat mir, Thakur kamal Singh, aslam khan,vijay Gupta, khurshid Janam, salim wani, sushil sharma,lovely Gupta, pushpinder Gupta, iqbal bhat, a.q mir, khillatbhat, shafi qureshi, nirman Singh, varun chandan, kapilsaryal, humayou parray, iqbal raina etc.

Drugpeddlerarrested

RAJOURI, Sep 11

Rajouri Police todayarrested another DrugPeddler from near DegreeCollege Rajouri andrecovered Heroin from him.A police team led by SHOPS Rajouri Inspr Ajay Chibunder the supervision ofDySP Hqr Jaswant Singhwhile on a routine patrol ,intercepted one drugpeddler namely AzeemChoudhary S/O GulzarHussain R/O DharianJageer Rajouri andrecovered 07gms of heroineform his possession. Case FIR No.393/2017 U/S8/21/22 NDPS Act has beenregistered at Police StationRajouri and investigationtaken up.

Booth Presidents and partycadres drawn from variousfar-flung areas of Ramnagarculminated in passing of aunanimous resolutionseeking immediatedeclaration of State Holidayon the Birth anniversary ofMaharaja Hari Singh Ji, thelast Dogra ruler of theJammu & Kashmir State. MrRanbir Singh Pathania MLARamnagar while addressingthe gathering in acharacteristic style said thatthe issue of declaring ofHoliday on the BirthAnniversary of MaharajaHari Singh is as much social,emotional and evocative as itis political one. Pathaniasaid that Kashmiris, Dogras,Jats, Lamas, Paharis,Gujjars-Bakerwals etc are allan important part of theemancipative discourse onJ&K, but talking about J&Kwith a sense of wilfulneglect and self-createdabhor for those who createdthe state is illogical as wellas unjustified. While taking a pot-shot onthe section of politicianswho have been labelling theMaharaja as Anti-Kashmir,Mr Pathania said that t wasthe Maharaja who bannedany sort of constructionaround Dal Lake and termedDal as "Heart of Kashmir".He relayed his first addresson the radio and named it as"Radio Kashmir Jammu".State Civil administrativeand police services werenamed as KashmirAdministrative Service andKashmir Police Service inhis tenure.

Exhorting upon the partycadre to to ensure thatepoch-making schemes ofcentral govt. areimplemented and theirbenefits percolate up to thelast. Central Govt led byman of the millennium,Narendra modi haslaunched 'Atal PensionYojana, Deen DayalUpadhyaya GrameenKaushalya Yojana, PradhanMantri Gramin AwaasYojana, MGNREGA,National Literacy MissionProgramme, PradhanMantri Adasrh GramYojana, Pradhan MantriSuraksha Bima Yojana,Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana, Pradhan MantriGram Sadak Yojana' and lotmore.Rajinder Sharma (MandalPardhan) while speaking onthe occasion highlighted theendeavours andachievements during thelast two and half years

which included Degreecollege at Majalta, ITI atRamnagar. Sham Lal (Mandal Pardhan)said that people ofRamnagar have given themandate of change to BJP assuch the party cadres of BJPhave greater responsibilityof not only developingRamnagar but giving afour-dimensional fillip to it,while developing its naturaland human resource andproviding employmentavenues to the unemployedyouth of the area.Besides a large number ofparty cadres , prominentamong those present wereShonku Kharka (GeneralSecretary) , Rajgopal, LalitaDevi, Anant Ram Sharma,Charan Das, Prem Nath, ramDas, Khudabaksh, RamizShiekh, Bimla Devi, MakhanSingh, Munshi Ram, TaraChand, Ranjeet Singh,Naresh Kumar, RaghubirSharma, and others.

BJP seeks gazetted holiday onMaharaja Hari Singh's birthday

NL CorrespondentRamnagar, Sep 11

Minda takes over as President of ACMA

New Delhi, Sep 11Mr. Nirmal K. Minda - Chairman & Managing Director,Minda Industries Limited, the flagship company of UNOMINDA Group, has been elected as the new President ofAutomotive Component Manufacturers Association(ACMA), the apex Industry body representing the interest ofthe Indian Auto Component Industry. ACMA has amembership of over 750 manufacturers and contributes toover 85% of the auto component industry's turnover in theorganized segment. Mr. Nirmal K. Minda on becoming theNew President for the ACMA said, "I am honored to beappointed as the President of ACMA. Reinventing andworking towards innovative & sustainable mobility will bethe theme for the Association's work over the next few years.Our goal is to be a catalyst for the Indian automobile &Component industry to be a preferred global manufacturing& Innovation base which will contribute to India's economicdevelopment,".

RAJOURI, SEPT 11

Valedictory function of Two-Day International conferenceon "Taraqi Pasand Urdu AfsanaKa Aghaz-O-Irtaqa" wasorganised today at Govt. P.G.College Rajouri. The Two-DayConference was attended byProf. (Dr.) Irtaza Karim,Director National Council forPromotion of Urdu Language(NCPUL), New Delhi, Dr.Shab-U-Din a scholar fromQattar, Sikandar Hayat Tariq aScholar from Egypt, Prof.Emeritus Dr. Javed Qadoos,

Deputy Commissioner RajouriDr. Shahid Iqbal Choudharyand many other scholars ofrepute.Scholars from various countriesand India threw light on thetopic under discussion andhighlighted the relevance of thesubject under the presentscenario of the world. Theprogramme was organised byDepartment of Urdu of theCollege under the supervisionof Prof. M.K. Waqar, Dr. AbdulHaque Naimi and others.Principal of the College Prof.(Dr.) Javed Ahmed Qazi under

whose aegis the programmewas organized stressed uponthe scientific study of theobjects. He discussed indetailed the relevance of thesubject under discussion andstressed upon youth to studyand develop fiction in such away that it may be useful tohumanity for all the times tocome. The conference, inaddition to international andnational scholars, was attendedby a large number of students.

Nobel Peace Laureate,Kailash Satyarthi todaylaunched the BharatYatraagainst child traffickingand sexual abuse from theVivekananda RockMemorial here. He appealedto the youth to join the marchto ensure the safety andsecurity of the children, whoare the future of India.The Yatra flagged off fromKanyakumari and willculminate in New Delhi onthe 16th of October covering11000 kilometres across 22States. In Tamil Nadu, theYatra will pass throughKanyakumari, Salem,Madurai, Vellore andChennai.Kailash Satyarthi has beencampaigning for thefreedom, safety and securityfor children across the globefor the past 36 years. HisNobel Peace Prize (2014)was for his continuousefforts and struggle for therights children.Said KailashSatyarthi,"Child rape andsexual abuse has become amoral epidemic that hauntsour nation. We can no longerremain silent spectators. Our

silence is breeding moreviolence. That is why theBharat Yatra is the beginningof an all-out war on rape,abuse and trafficking. Wehereby declare that we refuseto let victims and theirfamilies live in fear while therapists roam free andfearless. I refuse to acceptthat eight children gomissing and two are rapedevery hour. Each time if asingle child is in danger,India is in danger. BharatYatra is to make India safeagain for our children. Makeno mistake: this will be adecisive war; a war toreclaim the morality of theIndian soul.""My war to end all forms ofabuse against children startstoday. Are you with me?" heasked thousands of peoplegathered at the venue.The passionate NobelLaureate warned, "I amtelling these monsters: youare raping MY children. Iwill stop you, come whatmay. I won't allow you tostrip off and rape and murderthe innocence,smile andfreedom of our children. Iwon't let the parents of thesechildren live inpain,helplessness,trauma and

shame for the rest of theirlives.Children are the futureof India and there should beno place for child rapists inthe country."Mr. Satyarthi fondly said,"Kanyakumari holds aspecial place in my heart.The previous Bharat Yatra Iundertook, which was theShiksha Yatra of 2001, wasalso launched fromKanyakumari andprogressed to New Delhi."The flag off fromKanyakumari theVivekananda Memorial,commemorates theanniversary of the greatleader's address at Chicagoin 1893."The Bharat Yatraconceptualised on the themeof Surakshit Bachpan-Surakshit Bharat (SafeChildhood- Safe India) is themovement of the 21stcentury which will combatthe evils of all forms ofviolence against children.The Yatra saw Sh. PonRadhakrishnan (Member of

Parliament fromKanyakumari and India'sMinister of State for Financeand Shipping) andIlaiyaraaja (Indian Filmcomposer) as guests ofhonour. The flag off tookplace at the rock memorial,and Mr. Satyarthi was joinedby government officials,school children & teachers,survivors and media personsas he marched for thechildren of our country.The Nobel Laureate thenmarched to the footballground and addressed agathering of children,college students, local bodyofficials, and civil society,appealing to their conscienceand urging them to findsolutions to the growingmenace of child sexual abuseand trafficking. Governmentofficials, ministers, faithleaders, corporates, civilsociety, media persons haveall shown unanimoussupport for Mr. Satyarthi andhis foundation to undertakethe Bharat Yatra.

5 KATHUA the northlinesJammu | Tuesday | September 12 | 2017

Additional DeputyCommissioner, Basohli,Sanjay Gupta, today paidsurprise visit at JawaharNavodya Vidyalaya(JNV)and reviewed the workingof institution besides qualityof education being impartedto students.During the visit, ADCchecked attendance recordof the school staff and tookfeedback from the publicand students about theservices being provided atthe school.He directed the Principal totake proper care of student`s

diet besides providing themmedical aid duringexigency. He furtherdirected the Principal toarrange coaching classes forIIT and NEET examinationsso that students can beguided properly.While inspecting the schoolbuilding, ADC directed thePrincipal to renovate theMultipurpose Hall, Boysand Girls hostels besidesresidential quarters of JNVon priority. He further laidstress on maintainingcleanliness and hygiene inand around the campusbuilding.Later the ADC also

conducted a surpriseinspection of the ITI.During his visit, he tookstern notice of unauthorizedabsence of officials fromduty. Taking serious note ofthe dereliction of duty, theADC called for theexplanation from theabsentees. He cautioned theofficers that no laxity wouldbe tolerated in this regard.For proper upkeep of thecomplex he directed thesuperintendent toimmediately launch aspecial 'Swachhta Abhiyan'for ensuring propercleanliness and healthyenvironment in the institute.

ID organizes culturalprogramme

SAMBA, SEP 11The Department of Information and Public Relationstoday organized a cultural cum awareness programmeregarding 'Drug abuse' at Government Higher SecondarySchool, Nud. Principal GHSS Nud, Kamlesh Kumari wasthe chief guest on the occasion.The programme was organized to spread the message ofhelping the victims of drug abuse by referring them torehabilitation centers where counseling and high qualitytreatment is provided for recovering from the addiction.The Principal said that the youth is most vulnerable to fallin the traps of drug abuse and called for similar initiativesto spread awareness among them. He informed thatcuriosity, peer pressure and availability of drugs,cigarettes and alcohol are the immediate causes of drugabuse amongst the youth.Various cultural items were presented by Ajit PaulSharma, Surjit Kumar, Ajay Slathia, Neelam Gandotra,Naresh kumar and other artists.

ABHISHEK BADYALSAMBA, Sep 11

A total lawlessness andchaos can be seen in theGDC Samba. The campus ofthe college is frequentlyvisited by the outsiders whoare allegedly involved in eveteasing acts. Sources saidthat there is no one to stopthem and they roam Scottfree. On the anonymouscomplaints of the girls,Samba police even putnakas, even caught & warnedthe hooligans but there is noformal complaint of any sortfrom the Principal G S

Rakwal of the college. It ispertinent to mention that it isthe only co-educationalgovernment degree collegeof Distt Samba and it is in theopen vicinity and has no

compound wall. In thiscontext when ourcorrespondent tried tocontact the Principal of thecollege, he did not pick thephone.

Lawlessness in Govt Degree College Samba

ADC Kathua inspects JNV, ITI

IN THE COURT OF JMIC(MUNSIFF), SAMBA

Present : Shabnam SheikhKamal Kumari, W/o Rakesh Kumar, R/o.Barian, TehsilSamba, District Samba.

V/SS.H.O. Police Station, SambaIn The Matter of -Application U/S 15 of Birth and Death Registration Act,1969 seeking direction to S.H.O. P/S Samba to correct theerror in the date of birth of child of the applicant which isentered in the register of birth & death. The correct date ofbirth of child of the applicant is 23-02-2013 but has beenwrongly entered in the register of birth & death as 10-03-2010 vide registration no. 463. The correct particular of thedate of birth of child of the applicant is as follows.Vashu Kumar Date of birth 23-02-2013. At homeFather's Name: Rakesh KumarMother's Name Smt. Kamal Kumari.

NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLICWhereas, an application stand filed in this court forcorrection of date of birth of her child in the register ofbirths/deaths of above mentioned persons R/o Barian TehsilSamba District Samba in Police Station, Samba and throughthe medium of this publication notice at large and any otherinterested persons is/ are informed that in case anybody hasany objection in respect of aforementioned application thenhe/she/they shall file their objections in this court within 7days from the date of publication of notice, failing whichappropriate order shall follow.

Given under my hand and seal of this court today11th day of September 2017

Sd/-JMIC(Munsiff)Samba

Prabakar

Notice I, Abhishek Sangral, S/o Tara Mani, R/o Vill. Mandhera,Tehsil and Distt. Samba do hereby declare that I have lostR/C of my Motorcycle model Passion Pro, bearing Regd. No.JK21-B-1979. Now, I am applying for the duplicate of thesame. Objections if any may be conveyed to the concernedauthority within 7 days after publication of this notice.

Prabakar

NL CorrespondentKathua, Sep 11

ABHISHEK BADYALSAMBA, Sep 11

Acting on specificinformation received fromreliable source at P/SVijaypur, a police partyheaded by Inspr. SurajPathania, SHO P/SVijaypur arrested anotorious drug peddler

namely Ravi Kumar @Sethi S/o Puran chand R/OGagore Vijaypur andrecovered 680 intoxicantcapsules (180-Parvon Spasand 500 SPM-PRX plus)from his possession. Theaccused person wasarrested on spot and thecapsules were seized. Acase FIR No.127/2017 u/s

8/21 NDPS got registeredat P/S Vijaypur andinvestigation started. Thesaid operation was carriedout under the directionsupervision of Sh.Abhisheik Sharma, SDPOVijaypur and under theoverall supervision of Sh.Anil Magotra KPS, SSPSamba.

District police Samba arrested drug peddler,recovered 680 Intoxicant Capsules

Intern'l Conference concludes at Govt. P.G. College Rajouri

Kailash Satyarthi launches BharatYatra to end child trafficking, abuse

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Sep 11

KTM organises stuntshow in Jammu

Jammu, Sep 11The KTM, European Racing Legend, conducted breath-taking KTM stunt show at Bahu Plaza area of the city heretoday. The stunt show was organized in order to showcasethe mind-blowing stunt rides and tricks from the professionalstunt riders.The professional stunt team demonstrated breath-takingstunts on the KTM Duke bikes. Amit Nandi, president-Probiking, Bajaj Auto Ltd said, "The KTM brand is knownfor its high performance racing bikes and we always wantour customers to experience the thrills and adventure whichKTM bike can provide. Professional stunts are beingconducted in every major city and will keep on growing inscale in the near future. KTM is an exclusive premium brandand we are keen to ensure we provide KTM customers anexperience that is uniquely KTM."The event was open to all and the spectacular stunts took thecity by a storm. Till now, KTM stunt show has beenorganized at Surat,Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Kanchipuram,Coimbatore, Chennai, Vijayapur, Lucknow, Aurangabad,Jammu, Jalandhar, Gwalior, Jodhpur, Chhindwara, Jabalpur,Indore and many other towns.

A function was organized byShri Guru Ravi Dass SSTrust, Sikanderpur and ShriGuru Ravi Dass SatsangSociety (J&K) atSikenderpur Kothey underthe aegis of Shri Shri 108Swami Gurdeep Giri JiMaharaj. Meritoriousstudents of 10th and 12thsecuring 80% and abovemarks in the Session 2016-17 were honoured by theTrust and were blessed byShri Shri 108 SwamiGurdeep Giri Ji Maharaj.On the occasion Shri Shri108 Swami Gurdeep Giri JiMaharaj delivered spiritualsermons and also inspiredthe students aboutimportance of education.Swami quoted importance ofeducation from Amritvani ofSat Guru Ravi DassMaharaj. Sat Guru RaviDass Maharaj said "Madho

avidya hitt keen, vivek deepmaleen".The Chairman of the TrustSh. C. L. Banal alsocongratulated themeritorious students, theirparents and inspired them towork hard to become IAS,KAS Officers, Doctors,Engineers so that they couldpay back to the society. Wemust nip the evils in the budand take path of Education toeradicate the evils from thesociety.The other who attended thefunction includes KesarSingh - Convenor of SatsangSociety, Paras Ram - ChiefEngineer, Natha Ram - Chief

Engineer (Retd.), D. D.Shivgotra - Gen. Secy. OfTrust, Sham Lal Basson -President Dalit ChetnaManch, M. L. Banalia - Gen.Secy of All J&K Guru RaviDass Sabha, K. L. Thapa,Capt. Manohar Lal, MulkhRaj, Capt. Tarsem Lal,Charan Dass, Ram Singh,Prabh Dayal, Des RajSangral, Tara ChandSambyal, KulbhushanKumar, Presidents ofBranches of Shri Guru RaviDass Sabha, Sewadars andSewadarnies attended theprogram.Guru ka langer was alsoserved to sangat.

Shri Guru Ravi Dass Trusthonors meritorious students

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Sep 11

A Delegation JammuKashmir Medical EmployeesFederation lead by SushilSudan President JammuKashmir Medical EmployeesFederation, today on 11-09-2013 met with the DirectorHealth Services, Jammu andsubmitted a Charter ofDemands duly signed by theBlock level, District levelUnits of JKMEF and dulyendorsed by SisterOrganizations of JammuKashmir Medical EmployeesFederation. Sushil Sudanwhile discussing with the

worthy Director HealthServices Jammu apprisedhim of the contents ofCharter of demands andelaborated the difficultiesthat employees and patientsare facing. Sushil Sudanalso requested him to fix ameeting with the Hon'bleHealth minister in thisregard. The main demandsare like: Transfer Policy fortransparency. DPCClearance of all cadres.SRO-20 Amendment. Fillingup vacant posts to meetshortage of Staff (Gazetted /Non Gazetted).Adequatesupply to meet shortage ofMedicines.Dr. Gurjeet Singh

Worthy Director HealthServices Jammu gave apatient hearing to all thedemands and assured thedelegation for early redressalof the issues raised by thedelegation and immediatelytalked to the higherauthorities on Telephone forthe early conduct of DPC.He further assured that allother demands will also befulfilled shortly and will fix ameeting with the HealthMinister. Prominent amongstothers who were in thedelegation are S/ VinodKumar Sharma SecretaryGeneral JKMEF, ChoudharyJarnail Singh Working

President JKGPA, NeelamKumari President JK FemaleMultipurpose workersWelfare Asssociation, Pawan Singh President JK BasicHealth Workers Association,Mohd. Saleem KhanPresident Ministirial StaffWelfare Association, HarpalSingh President X-Ray Tech.Employees Association, Ch.Aslam Bhai PresidentLaboratory Tech. EmployeesAssociation, JaswinderSingh President OT Tech.Employees Association,Anoop Singh PresidentDrivers & Cleaners UnionSHTO Jammu, R.K KotwalPresident Ophthalmic Tech.Employees Association,Sanjay Khajuria PresidentDental Tech. EmployeesAssociation, Kulraj BituPresident Class-IVAssociation Jammu. BharatBhushan Bhagat, SapnaGupta, R. P Singh, JugalBakshi, Promila Devi andothers.

JKMEF delegation calls on Director Health ServicesNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Sep 11

Jammu: Yogananda College of Engineering&Technology in collaboration with GlobalHelping Hand and Alakh Sahiba Trust,Jammu, organized an essay competition on"Gyan Ka Abhishekh"on 11th ofSeptember, 2017 in YCET. Sixty (60)students from different streams andsemesters participated in the saidcompetition. The contest was hosted as apart of "NGO campaign". Suchcompetitions provide an importantopportunity to encourage the buddingengineers to develop their writing skills &healthy sense of competition. Threedifferent topics viz. "Great Rulers of J&K, -Revolution in J&K and Goddess Roop

Bhavani" were given and the time limit wasof one hour. The essay competition providedan opportunity to encourage youth to engagethemselves with the issues of importance oftheir State as J&K has significant experiencein social and economic growth in recentdecades. The competition was held underthe overall supervision of Dr. ArvindDewangan, Director, YCET along with histeam Dr. Sandeep Malik, Dean & Er. B. R.Verma, Chief Coordinator. The Directorappreciated these students for their activeparticipation in such events in thiscompetitive world. The program wasmanaged by Mrs. Arti Tickoo, Coordinatorof Cultural Club "Spice" of YCET.

YCET organizes essay competition

Under the directions ofBJYM State President Dr.Suresh Ajay Magotra,BJYM Kathua organizedKabbadi matches under Pt."Deen Dayal UpdhayayCentary Year" at MandalGaghwal. These sportsevents were part of the"Khelo Bharat" mission,MLA Hiranagar KuldeepRaj along with BJYMState General Secretaryand incharge Sportscommittee VikasChoudhary was Chief

Guest on the occasion.BJYM State Vice-Presidentand Prabhari KathuaRamneek Singh, BJYMDistrict President VikasKant Gupta was alsopresent on the occasion.These matches wereorganized by BJYMGaghwal MandalPresident Arpan Pangotra.Speaking on the occasionKuldeep Raj appreciatedthe initiative of BJYM toorganize such sportsactivities, and said thatmore type of rural gamesshould be organized so thatthe youth of the area can

participate and learn theteam spirit, team work, discipline, etc. Prominentwho were present on theoccasion were BJYM StateExecutive membersVikramjeet Singh Manhas,Jagdeep Singh, BJYMDistrict Vice-PresidentSonika Sharma, BJYMBillawar Mandal PresidentSardari Lal, BJYMDistyrict Social Mediaincharge Vikas Sharma,BJYM Gaghwal MandalGeneral Secretaries TinkuSharma and RinkuChoudhary and manyothers.

BJYM Kathua organizesKabbadi under "Khelo Bharat"

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Sep 11

6 OPINION the northlinesJammu | Tuesday | Sept |12 | 2017

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A confident move byUnion HM

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s four-day visitto Jammu and Kashmir at a time when militantattacks in the State are at full throttle and

secessionists are facing heat on account of NIA’s raids onterror funding, is indeed a good measure to infuseconfidence among the security apparatus and at the sametime a strong message to separatists and militant alike thatCentre is serious about tackling the problems in Kashmirvalley. A further good part is that the Home Minister evenwent to Anantnag in most disturbed southern part. Hispaying respect to the martyred Policeman and hisaddressing to police personnel in Anantnag Police Linewould surely serve as morale-boosting and also sends out astrong message that the government in New Delhi isprepared to stick out in the face of sinister forces that areout to disturb peace.While exuding confidence over the improved situation inthe state as compared to that of the last year, Rajnath saidthe government is working towards a permanent solution toall issues in Kashmir on the basis of “five Cs- compassion,communication, co-existence, confidence-building andconsistency”.His assurance that New Delhi would do nothing “againstthe sentiments” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir willhave soothing affect to the raging debate over the fate ofArticle 35A under which residents of the state get specialprivileges.What is more important this time is that Union HomeMinister also visited Jammu which otherwise get neglectedduring such high-profiled visits. He has meetings with across-section of people and stakeholders from Jammuregion.His statement that the government would not allow thefuture generation to get harmed by violence is appreciable.His assurances of protecting special privileges of JammuKashmir citizens and to undo the wrongs that had badlyaffected the trade and tourism in the state must reassure theresenting Kashmiris for durable peace and progress.But it is unfortunate that instead of lauding his initiativeNational Conference chief Farooq Abdullah has mocked athis effort and already proclaimed that his visit will serve nopurpose. Farooq had criticized the arrest/detention ofHurriyat leaders which was indeed overdue.There is no getting away from a carrot and stick policy andseparatists like the Hurriyat leaders need to be dealt withsternly and strongly to send out a clear message that theunion government would not tolerate the nefariousactivities of those who are playing into the hands ofsubversives and their henchmen.

HARSHAKAKKAR

Union home ministerRajnath Singh is onhis second visit in a

month to Jammu andKashmir. He has already met20 different groups on thefirst day (September 9) of hisfour-day visit.The Congress has criticisedthe timing of the visit,stating that it would derailthe proposed Congressdelegation's visit to the state,which is unlikely to yieldany fresh solutions. Moresurprising have been thecomments by NationalConference founder FarooqAbdullah, who hasdemanded the release of theHurriyat leaders, arrested formoney laundering andfunding of violence in theValley, stating that theyshould be freed to meet thehome minister and the entireprobe is an eyewash.His logic that nothing wouldcome out of the investigationis weird, as the NIA has beenannouncing the results of itsprobe regularly. It has ampleproof, which could lead tofiling of chargesheets againstthe top leadership, which hascaused them to panic.Hence, members of theHurriyat planned a march tothe NIA office, solely todisplay false confidence, butwere prevented from doingso. They are desperatelyseeking local support, but asthe truth about their amassedwealth gained from loss ofinnocent lives becomespublic, their popularitydeclines. They appear tohave only one supporter,Farooq Abdullah, who likethem does not desire peacein the region.Since the NIA went after theHurriyat, the Valley has seen

a dramatic change. Fundingfor organised violencevanished, fund managers andprofessional stone-throwerslanded behind bars, resultingin only spontaneous andlocalised violence, akin tothe rest of the nation.Reduction in stone-throwingdue to the NIA action wasalso commented upon by theDG of the CRPF yesterday.The Army, simultaneouslyhas launched "Operation AllOut" seeking to eliminateexisting militants in theregion. There are reports of acouple of militants beingeliminated daily.Such has been the impact ofthe combined action of theNIA and the Army thatprotests have drasticallyreduced, while parents ofthose who have jointmilitancy are seeking theirsons' surrender and return,rather than letting them faceelimination.

Farooq Abdullah hasdemanded the release of theHurriyat leaders, stating thatthey should be freed to meetthe home minister and theentire probe against them isan eyewash.The fear in militant ranks isclearly visible as they havebegun attacking softertargets which include localunarmed police personnel, orthrowing grenades onconvoys and running andhave moved away frompopulated areas becomingonly more visible on socialmedia.The changed atmospheregave the government theconfidence that its strategyin the Valley is changing,enabling the home ministerto plan his visit. The recent

inter-school sports event atHaiderbeg witnessedparticipation by over 850students, something whichcould not even becontemplated a few monthsago. Thus, after a long time,the Valley is witnessingrelative calm, permittingmembers of multipleorganisations spread acrossthe region to meet thedelegation.It is hoped that studentorganisations would alsofollow suit, as they are mostaffected by the violence anddesire a changed life.Surprisingly, the NC shouldhave also been part of thedelegations to meet thehome minister, but haveshied away, solely due tovote bank politics.For Farooq Abdullah and hisilk, including the Hurriyat,peace and near-normalcy is apolitical nightmare, as thegovernment has the space tobring about its changedpolicies for the region.A few projects have alreadybeen implemented, whileothers would soon belaunched. This could in thenext few years adverselyimpact their political future,as for decades, while inpower, they were clearly like"Nero who partied inEngland" while the state wasburning under militancy.Hence, his criticising thegovernment would have fewtakers. His screamingagainst the NIA may winsupport of a few hardliners,but would cut no ice with themasses who would nowbegin to witness change inthe environment.The NIA has alreadydistanced the Hurriyat from

the masses, as news of theirill-gotten wealth becomespublic. With reports of someturning approver, the topleadership can only countdays before they also jointheir arrested comrades.In fact, for the NIA, the nexttarget should be the topleaders of the NC, whoseamassed wealth, in allprobability would be beyondtheir sources of income.Their support to Article 35A,including addressing localrallies and becoming a partyin the court battle, is also ameans of gaining someadditional votes. However,they would lose that supportas most of the state is againstthe article.They have failed to realisethat they are a state politicalparty, not just from theValley and have nevermentioned that a referendumon the same should be a rightapproach.The NC leadership hasrecently been commentingagainst the governments ofthe state and Centre, safelyensconced in their mostsecure villas in Srinagar, cutoff from the masses, withwhom their contact is almostnil. Their low electoral base

in the state has only begun toshrink more, causing them tobecome more vocal, the onlyaction which they can resortto, seeking a few minutes ofprimetime television andsome headlines in the press.For them, a burning Valley,increased casualties, fundedviolence and rise inmilitancy would provide anopportunity to demandsacking of the governmentand fresh elections, whichthey could hope to win.Peace, removal of fundmanagers of violence, arrestof anti-national Hurriyat andreduction of militancy is apolitical loss as it wouldbenefit their rival, the PDP. Itwould also permit the BJP to

gain a foothold in the Valley,challenging their limitedelectoral base.Such political leaders, whoseek to thrive on thesuffering of the populationfor their own political gamesare also anti-national andshould be treated as such.If they genuinely care for thepopulation, they shouldencourage groups to meetand share concerns with thehome minister rather thanbacking the Hurriyat, whichhas over the years beenresponsible for multipledeaths of local youths whiletheir own kin are safeoutside the state, or in securegovernment jobs within.

Why Farooq Abdullah has 'no expectation' from Rajnath Singh's visit to J&K

SANJAY KAPUR

The brutal murder ofan innocent boy atRyan International

School (Gurgaon) onceagain shows that schoolshave failed to prevent theircampuses from becomingeasy hunting ground forpaedophiles.The steep rise in the numberof big schools, and studentsas well, means lesserindividual attention atschool. The unavoidablefocus on the commercialaspects of running aninstitution only compoundsthe problem. Bigger schoolpremises leave quite a fewnooks and cornersuncovered by electronicsurveillance.It is high time that parentsaccept that it is almostimpossible - the way ourschools are usually managed- to put in place amechanism that ensureshundred per cent safety ofour wards. Hence, it is also time toaccept the need for, and totake upon us, the task ofteaching children how toreact to a situation whenthey are approached by apredator. Such a matter isnaturally alien to an innocentchild. Their ability to eitherunderstand or escape such asituation is not inherent orinborn. It must be taught. Itis necessary to prepare them.As a thumb rule, childrenshould be made aware thatthey must avoid strangerstotally. No need to go intoexplicit details of the matterif it causes embarrassment orawkwardness.In fact, it would greatly helpmake the exercise a funactivity just so the child is

not intimidated by it. Call itan "action plan". This willexcite them enough to payrapt attention to it. Tell themthat if a stranger, or even anyknown adult who is not amember of the immediatefamily, tries to sweet-talkthem and get physicallyintimate, they mustimmediately initiate their"action plan".The "action plan" is simple.In fact, that's a reason whypeople tend to undermine itsutility. The children's "actionplan" is that they must, insuch a situation, startscreaming and shouting forhelp as loud as he can -continuously and ceaselessly- and run away from thespot. And they must runstraight to where they canfind other people present, forthey will help.If unfortunately, runningaway doesn't seem possible,they must continue to

scream and shout endlessly.It is quite likely that theirscreaming will be heard andpeople will rush in to helphim.This could save the child'slife.Therefore, do not dismissthis suggestion as overlysimple or silly.The following poem, "TheSafety Song", is a simple 10-line poem that can be taughtas a fun activity to children.It encapsulates the abovesuggestions. As mentionedearlier, it appearsdeceptively simple. But donot be dismissive of it. Itssimplicity makes it easier forchildren to understand andremember.The real gist of the poem isin the four-line chorus. Putyourself in your child's shoesand imagine you hearing this"action plan" (the chorus)for the first time, as a child.Does it impact you

effectively? If yes, then restassured that it will impactyour child very effectivelytoo.It will teach them anextremely important lifelesson. Ensure that itbecomes a part of yourchildren's psyche, their verythought process.Remember, it could savetheir lives.The poem is free to use non-commercially. Spread it farand wide. Share it with asmany people as you can.God forbid it should everhave to be the reason foryour child's survival, oranyone else's. But if it cansave even someone else'schild, you will have done agreat service to anotherparent and child.HERE IS THE POEM:A friend of mine, who hastwo daughters, as anextension of the safetymeasure above, strictly

advised his kids to neveraccompany anybody, even ifthat person is anacquaintance. The elderdaughter asked if this appliesto even relative coming toschool and saying that"daddy or mummy has senthim to bring them home asone or both of them havehad an accident or somesuch thing".My friend answered,"Barring X mama, or Ychacha (the two most trustedrelatives), we will neversend anyone else. So don'tbelieve anybody else at all,no matter how friendly theyare known to be."This advice worked well formy friend. It will for otherstoo. It takes care of anotherangle of the matter.The most important thing is- we must teach our childrento recognise and respondproperly to such situations.We must.

Ryan International school murder: How to teach children to protect themselves

MANOJ JOSHI

After hittingIslamabad on thehead with the

BRICS declaration thatnamed two outfits based inPakistan for fomentingviolence in the region,Beijing is now applyingsoothing balm on its "goodbrother and ironclad friend"by saying that it has foughtthe good fight againstterrorism.The Chinese aim, as indeedthe US goal, is to gentlynudge Pakistan in thedirection of abandoningsupport for its proxies whichinclude not just the Jaish-e-Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba, but the Taliban,which in turn shelters theIslamic Movement ofUzbekistan and the EastTurkestan IslamicMovement.No victory for IndiaUnlike India, which has anadversarial attitude and ishappiest when Islamabad ishumiliated, China and theUS see considerable value inretaining good ties withPakistan.People in India who saw theBRICS declaration as somekind of victory for Indiandiplomacy are delusional.China, as the host country,drafted the declaration anddid so with its eyes open.After all, China has beenparty to UN actions toproscribe the LeT and JeMin the past. It needs to berecalled, too, that thecontext of the statement wasin relation to Afghanistan.China would hardlyabandon Pakistan at thisstage. It has invested a greatdeal of treasure andgoodwill in the half-centuryto use Pakistan to offsetIndian primacy in the SouthAsian region. Now,Islamabad has become aneven more important propfor its ambitious Belt RoadInitiative, both as a means ofproviding blockade-freeaccess to oil from thePersian Gulf, as well as aplatform to reach out to therich Gulf region for tradeand investment.Checking militants, be theythe Islamic Movement ofUzbekistan, the EastTurkestan IslamicMovement, or the ISIS, is

also important for thesecurity of China's BeltRoad ambitions.Pakistan probably knowswhat it needs to do. It has,after all, sufferedenormously from theblowback of its support tojihadi terrorists. Accordingto the authoritative SouthAsia Terrorism Portal,Pakistan has suffered a lossof 21,900 civilians and6,813 security forcespersonnel in fightingterrorism since 2003.In comparison, a muchlarger India has lost 24,983civilians and 10,000 securityforce personnel since 1994.A great deal of terroristviolence in India was, ofcourse, fostered by Pakistan-based groups, or those whowere financed and shelteredby the Pakistani state.Pakistan suffered tooThe challenge, asIslamabad's friends, the USand China, realise is to getPakistan to work against itsbaser instincts. These ariseprimarily from its kneejerkattitude towards India.Islamabad is happy cuttingits own nose to spite its face,when it comes to dealingwith New Delhi.This is the time when Indiahas to decide whether itwants to gloat overPakistan's difficulties, or, inits own interests, becomepart of the process whichwill, if handled well, notonly transform Pakistan, butthe region.India's challenge, which ithas miserably failed inmeeting, is to break theSino-Pakistan alliance. Theproblem is that its approachhas been incorrect. Insteadof enhancing India's equitiesin both countries and thendealing with them from aposition of strength, NewDelhi has been content todeal with the issue in a

securitised frameworkwhich emphasises militaryresponses over economic.Wrong approachA major reason for this isthat Pakistan becomesfodder for the electoralprocess. Bashing Islamabadhas played well for the BJPgoing back to Modi's "MianMusharraf" days in Gujarat.Now, all that we seem tohave in the menu are"surgical" strikes and more"surgical" strikes.The second reason is thatmany in the establishmentsimply cannot stomach theidea of an India-Pakistanreconciliation. Revengeseems to be the overridingemotion, rather than apragmatic approach whichwould argue that India'sinterests are served better byencouraging Islamabad'stransformation with the helpof China and the US, ratherthan in the schadenfreude ofseeing Pakistan squirm inbeing pinned down on theissue of terrorism.Let us be clear about onething. Pakistan is not aboutto go away from ourneighbourhood. Thehardliners can seekperpetual confrontationwhich will not get themwhat they want - wipingPakistan from the face of theearth.It is a large, nuclear armedstate and India's militaryoptions are very, verynarrow, especially since ithas powerful friends inChina and the US. All thebraggadocio about two-frontwars, is essentially self-defeating bluster. It is also avolatile polity.The challenge is to enablePakistan to make a soft-landing rather than a crashthat can have unpredictableconsequences.

(Courtesy of Mail Today.)

BRICS was no victory for India: Why Chinawon't break ties with Pakistan

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A burning Valley and rise in militancywould provide an opportunity to

National Conference to demand freshelections, which it could hope to win.

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NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, SEPT 11

Chairperson J&K StateWomen Commission(JKSWC), Nayeema AhmadMahjoor, Monday conveneda meeting to discusspreparations for the ensuingBharat Yatra, a nationwidemass awakening campaign,to be conducted by KailashSatyarthi Children'sFoundation (KSCF) underthe leadership of NobelPeace Laureate KailashSatyarthi.The meeting was informed

that the Yatra will passthrough and be undertakenin Srinagar on October 9,2017. Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti will alsoparticipate in the Yatra inSrinagar.The core objective of theYatra is to raise massawareness and actionregarding violence againstchildren, particularly girlchildren, and child sexabuse and trafficking ofchildren.Speaking on the occasion,the Chairperson said theneed for the Yatra arose

from the growingphenomena of violenceagainst children in thecountry. She said crimescannot only be curtailed bypolicing and that there isneed for grassroots massawareness and publicmobilization.Secretary JKSWC, DirectorFinance Social WelfareDepartment, Joint DirectorInformation Kashmir,representatives fromEducation Departmentbesides senior officers ofJKSWC were present in themeeting.

Chairperson JKSWC chairs meetingto discuss preps for Bharat Yatra

LEH, SEPT 11

Minister for Cooperative &Ladakh Affairs, CheringDorjay Monday said thatcooperative societies mustwork in line with corporategovernance and focus onwidening the base ofcooperative societies at grassroot levels to takecooperative movement tohigher levels in the State.He stated this today at Lehafter inaugurating a 5-daytraining-cum-awarenessprogramme organized byNational CooperativeDevelopment Corporation(NCDC) titled 'DevelopingCooperatives as RuralGrowth Centres' underRashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna(RKVY).CEC Dr. Sonam DawaLonpo, Executive Councilorfor Higher Education DorjeyMotup, Executive Councilorfor Tourism Tsering Sandup,

Registrar CooperativeSocieties Peerzada-Hafizullah Shah and ADC,Leh Moses Kunzangattended the inauguralfunction.Besides, heads of alliedDepartments and staff ofCooperative DepartmentLeh, 25 members ofdifferent leading cooperativesocieties of Leh areparticipating in the trainingprogramme.Addressing on the occasion,Dorjay appreciated trainersof NCDC for organizing thisimportant trainingprogramme for the secondtime in Leh and hoped thatsuch camps will go a long

way in improving theefficacy and functioning ofcooperative societies inLadakh.Stressing on adopting themodule of multinationalcompanies with innovativeideas, he said that funds andother support willautomatically follow thosesocieties which will workseriously on the ground.Talking about the positiverole of cooperative societiesin Ladakh, the Ministerstressed on educating peopleespecially SHGs about thebenefits of cooperativesocieties which haveelection and auditingpractices in its ambit. He

also stressed on increasingthe Primary AgricultureCooperative Societies(PACS) in Leh district whichis less than 100 at present.The Minister said that underthe Integrated CooperativeDevelopment Project(ICDP) a comprehensiveDPR for both Leh and Kargildistricts are at the stage ofapproval from NCDC whichwas designed keeping inmind the specific naturalresources available at blocklevels having potential inapricot, Pashmina,seabuckthron and diarybusiness.Underling otherdevelopments under

cooperative sector, Dorjeymentioned about upcomingnew Dehairing machine forPashmina processing, 1000metric tonne cold storage atLeh and recently establishedSuper Bazaar at Leh which isbeing highly appreciated bythe public.Earlier, briefing about theaim and objectives of the 5-day training, Ex. DeputyRegistrar CooperativeSocieties Leh, SonamNorboo said that thisprogramme is beingorganized to aware andeducate member cooperativesociety and staffs ofCooperative Departmentabout the skills andmanagement system ofmodern cooperativefunctioning and stressedupon all to imbibe thelessons learnt during theprogramme and adopt thatexperience practically forbetter results.

Innovative measures, latest practices to boost cooperative movement: Dorjay

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, SEPT 11

Minister for Animal, SheepHusbandry and Fisheries,Abdul Ghani Kohli todaycalled on Union HomeMinister, Rajnath Singh anddiscussed various issuesincluding Border AreaDevelopment Programmeand problems being faced bythe people living in borderareas of Rajouri and Poonchdistricts in Jammu division.Kohli briefed the HomeMinister that due to shellingin border areas, theeducation and roadconnectivity of these areashas been affected whichneeds to be addressed onpriority. He apprised theUnion Minister that specialpackage should be given to

the students of border areasof the twin districts. He alsodemanded the release ofspecial funds under CentrallySponsored schemes so thatthe damaged infrastructurewould be repaired andaugmented well in time. TheMinister informed the UnionMinister about the problemsof Nomadic people (Gujjarsand Bakerwals) who undergoseasonal migration and hadto move on foot along withtheir family members and

livestock and often facehardships en-route due tonon-availability oftransportation and medicalfacilities. He also demandedimproved educationalfacilities for children ofnomads at mobile schools. The Union Home Ministergave a patient hearing to theMinister and assured himthat all of the genuinedemands would be taken upand looked into for redressalin a time bound manner.

Kohli meets Rajnath, discussesissues of border areas

BARAMULLA, SEPT 11

Minister for RuralDevelopment, PanchayatiRaj, Law and Justice AbdulHaq Khan today launchedthe centrally sponsored'Pradhan Mantri AwasYojana' (Grameen) atBaramulla in presence ofMinister for HorticultureSyed Basharat Bukhari.The scheme aims atproviding assistance to thepoor and economicallydowntrodden forconstructing residentialhouses.Speaking on the occasion,the Minister highlightedvarious aspects of thescheme and said the schemehas been launched with themission of providinghousing for all by 2022. Hesaid that Baramulla is thefirst district that chosen forlaunching this ambitiousscheme.While emphasizing upon theconcerned for bringingtransparency in itsimplementation, theMinister said that ourcommitment is to uplift theweaker section of thesociety for which variouswelfare schemes are afoot.The Minister also stressesfor proper verification of thebeneficiaries so that fundsallotted for the scheme arenot misappropriated.Highlighting the need forawareness disseminationregarding the importance of

community assets, theMinister sought cooperationfrom the people in realizingthe dream of developmentand urged upon them toproperly monitor the qualityof development works intheir respective areas.Abdul Haq directs the BDOsto organize Gram Sabhas intheir respective areas onSeptember 15 throughwhich the actualbeneficiaries are identifiedbesides creating awarenessamong masses. He alsocomplimented the role ofvarious officers and fieldfunctionaries for theirendeavors.Meanwhile, Minister forHorticulture Syed BasharatBukhari hailed theendeavors of RuralDevelopment Departmentand said that the departmenthas a proactive role to playfor the socio-economicdevelopment of rural areas.He also said the presentcollation government led byChief Minister, Mehbooba

Mufti has taken the missionof development and ispersonally monitoring thepace and performance ofevery department.Assistant CommissionerDevelopment Mir Munawarhighlighted the variousaspects of the schemethrough the power pointpresentation and said that336 beneficiaries wereidentified among which Rs1.77 crore will bedistributed.He said that Rs 12000 forconstruction of toilet underSBM and 90 mandays underMNREGA will also beprovided to the beneficiary.Legislators Javed HassanBeigh, Mohammad AbassWani and Yawar DilawarMir, District DevelopmentCommissioner Dr NasirAhmad Naqash, DirectorRDD Gazanfar Ali andvarious other district andSectoral officers besides ahuge gathering of peoplewere present on theoccasion.

Abdul Haq launches PMAY (Grameen) at Baramulla

SRINAGAR, SEPT 11

Governor N.N. Vohra todayinaugurated the two dayNational Conference on"Emerging Perspectives inNursing Care" which hasbeen organized by the Sher-I-Kashmir Institute ofMedical Sciences (SKIMS)at the Sher-i- KashmirInternational ConferenceCentre.Welcoming the participantsin the Conference who havecome from medical careinstitutions from all overIndia, Governor observedthat this event shall be ofimmense benefit inexchanging experiences andenhancing the nursing skillsof the participants. Hecomplimented Prof. A.G.Ahangar, Director SKIMS,and all his concernedcolleagues for organizingthis Conference on this

highly relevant andcontemporary issue.Governor observed thateffective health care is notpossible without nursingwhich is a vital element ofthe medical care deliverysystem. He highlighted therole in providing patient carewhich is being played byhighly specialised nurses theworld over.Governor emphasised thatwith rapid progress in thefield of medical sciences inIndia, there is requirement ofa very large number ofspecialised and highlytrained nurses. He stated thatIndia is short of lakhs ofnurses and stressed the needto focus on buildinginfrastructure to producehighly trained nurses. Henoted with satisfaction thatJ&K has taken steps in thisdirection and several State ofthe art nursing colleges in

both the government andprivate sector are coming up,and some have already gotestablished.Ms. Asiea Naqash, Ministerof State for Health andMedical Education who wasGuest of Honour on theoccasion highlighted theimportance of qualitynursing care and use ofadvanced technologies indelivery of better health careservices.Dr Reyaz Untoo, Principal,SKIMS Medical College;Dr.Mehmooda Regu,Principal, College ofNursing, SKIMS; Prof. AltafR. Kirmani, Dean MedicalFaculty, SKIMS; Prof. SyedAmin Tabish, MedicalSuperintendent, SKIMS; Dr.Farooq A. Jan, NursingSuperintendent, SKIMS,shared their views on theemerging perspectives inNursing Care.The Welcome Address andVote of Thanks was given byMrs. Shagufta Parveen,Convenor of the Conferenceand Ms. Rehana Akhtar,Organizing Secretary,respectively.

Governor inaugurates National Conference on"Emerging perspectives In Nursing Care"

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, SEPT 11

To ensure that the Srinagarbound Hajj flights arriveearly in the day, the Air India(AI) has redrawn its flightschedule from today. Thisfollows the intervention ofthe Chief Minister,Mehbooba Mufti in thematter and the strong noteshe took over the delaycaused in the landing of firstHajj flight at SrinagarAirport and the consequentinconvenience caused to theHajjies.The Chief Minister, it maybe recalled, had onSeptember 07 asked theChief Secretary to take upthe matter with theauthorities of Civil Aviationat the Centre and ask theairline authorities and AirTraffic Control to ensurethat the same is not repeated.As per the schedulecommunicated by the AirIndia, the flights from SaudiArabia to Srinagar would berescheduled from today toarrive here early in theafternoon at 1.55 PM and

03.15 PM daily except forthe two flights on September13 and 14 which would belanding at 10 AM in themorning.The Chief Minister had alsodirected the Stateadministration to ensure thatin no case shall the flightscarrying Hajjies back homebe made to wait for landingor put to any inconvenience.The flights, as per therevised schedule by AirIndia, would now be directlyarriving to Srinagar earlyafternoon rather than gettingdiverted via Delhi.Meanwhile, the J&KResident Commission atNew Delhi, on theinstructions of the ChiefMinister, has set up a teamcomprising SP-CID Cell,New Delhi and ProtocolOfficers to monitor the Hajjflights from Saudi Arabia toSrinagar daily so that thearrangements to be made incase of any eventuality areput in place well in advance.Meanwhile, the two flightsof Hajj pilgrims todayarrived here early afternoonas per the revised schedule.

AI reschedules Hajj flights toSrinagar on CM's intervention

NL CORRESPONDENTKUPWARA, SEPT 11

National Conference onMonday paid glowingtributes to Late Party Leaderand Former MinisterShaheed Mushtaq AhmedLone on his 15 DeathAnniversary. HighlightingLate Lone's contributions tothe party and the people ofthe State, NationalConference President Dr.Farooq Abdullah andWorking President Mr.Omar Abdullah said LateMuhstaq Ahmed Lone'slegacy was that of serviceand sacrifice and would goon to inspire people for along time to come. Paying tribute to Lone, NCPresident Dr. FarooqAbdullah said Late MushtaqAhmed Lone was a man ofthe masses and hisselflessness needed to beemulated in letter and spirit."Mushtaq Ahmed Lone laiddown his life serving hispeople and serving the causeof democracy in J&K. We

did not get deterred by hisassassination and pledged tocarry forward the process ofdemocracy in the State. Inhis sacrifice we foundinspiration to carry on at avery turbulent time andtoday we all pay our respectsto Lone Sahib on his 15thdeath anniversary", NCPresident Dr. FarooqAbdullah said in astatement. NC Working President Mr.Omar Abdullah has also paidtributes to Late MushtaqAhmed Lone on his 15thDeath Anniversary and saidthe party had lost adedicated and selfless leaderin Mushtaq Ahmed Loneand that his assassinationhighlighted the sacrificesrendered by NationalConference to upholddemocracy and normalcy inJ&K. Rich tributes were paid atNational Conference HeadOffice 'Nawa-e-Subha' inSrinagar in acommemorative meetingchaired by Party General

Secretary Ali MuhammadSagar. Those who spoke atthe commemorative meetingat paid glowing tributes toLate Mushtaq Ahmed Loneincluded NC ProvincialPresident Nasir Aslam Wani,Senior Leaders MuhammadSayeed Akhoon, MuhstaqAhmed Guroo, SalmanSagar, Showkat Ahmed Mir,Imran Nabi Dar and severalparty activists. Senior NC Leadersincluding NC GeneralSecretary Ali MohammadSagar, NC AdditionalGeneral Secretary Dr.Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, NCProvincial President NasirAslam Wani, NC NorthZone President MohammadAkbar Lone, Senior NCLeaders ChaudharyMohammad Ramzan,Sharif-ud-din Shariq, MirSaifullah, Qaiser JamsheedLone, besides partylegislators, office bearersand workers have paidtributes to Shaheed MushtaqAhmed Lone on his 15thdeath anniversary.

NC pays tributes to Late Mushtaq Ahmed Lone

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, SEPT 11

On the occasion of 17thdeath anniversary of poet,writer and scholar lateNishat Ansari, J&KAcademy of Art, Cultureand Languages organiseda programme here onMonday.The function was presidedover by Prof. MishalSultanpuri. Prof. IrshadAhmad Malik, Syed AbdulRashid Kirmani, ShahnazRashid and Abdul Ahad

Hajini were also in thepresidium. As part of the programme,Sahitya Akademi NewDelhi's Convener forKashmiri language, Prof.Mohammed ZamanAzurdah presented anextension lecture underthe title "Koshur RisaieAdab Te Nishat Ansari".On the occasion amusharia was also held inwhich among others poetsFayaz Tilgami, ShahnazRashid, Ghulam RasoolJosh, Said ud Din Saidi,

Akhter Manshoor, andShabnum Gulzarparticipated. The programme wasattended by a largenumber of people.Prominent among thosewho attended the eventincluded Shabir AhmadShabir, GM Mahir, InayatGul, Nazar Bonyari, andZameer Ansari. The programme wascoordinated by Academy'sAssistant EditorEncyclopaedia, Dr. SyedIftikhar.

SRINAGAR, SEPT 11

Central University ofKashmir (CUK) Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj udDin Mir, Registrar, Prof. MAfzal Zargar, facultymembers and administrativestaff Monday condoled thedemise of Syed Muhammad

Amin Andrabi, father ofAssistant Registrar(Academics R&D), Mr. AdilAndrabi. A prayer meeting was alsoheld in this connectionwherein the participantsprayed for peace to thedeparted soul andforbearance to the family.

CUK faculty condole demise offather of Asst Reg Adil Andrabi

SRINAGAR, SEPT 11

Prime Minister, NarendraModi, today addressed astudents' convention on theoccasion of Pandit DeendayalUpadhyay CentenaryCelebrations, and 125th Yearof Swami Vivekananda'sChicago Address, at VigyanBhawan in New Delhi, whichwas viewed by the classrepresentatives of the CentralUniversity of Kashmir (CUK),through webcast, at Nowgam-I academic block here.In his address, the PrimeMinister said that 125 yearsago, on the same day that hasrecently come to be known as9/11, with just a fewwords, a youngsterfrom India won overthe world andshowed the world thepower of oneness.The 9/11 of 1893was about love,harmony andbrotherhood, he

added. He said SwamiVivekananda raised his voiceagainst the social evils thathave entered our society.The Prime Minister said, thatpeople now say that the 21stcentury is Asia's century. Butlong ago, Swami Vivekanandahad given the concept of 'OneAsia,' and said the solutions tothe world's problems willcome from Asia."There is no better place forcreativity and innovation thanuniversity campuses," thePrime Minister said, addingthat campuses should organizedays to celebrate the cultureand language of various States,to strengthen the spirit of "EkBharat, Shreshtha Bharat."

PM addresses students' conventionon 'Young India, New India'

JKAACL remembers Nishat Ansari

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09 NATIONAL the northlinesJammu | Tuesday | September 12 | 2017

Hyderabad:Kancha Ilaiah, a popular writer andactivist, has landed in a controversyover a Telugu book that describesVysyas – members of the tradingcommunity – as “social smugglers”.Ilaiah, known for his pro-Dalit stand,complained to the Hyderabad police onMonday that he has been receivingthreat calls from unidentified peopleever since his book was launched. “Thecalls and messages are abusive, andthey have even threatened to cut off mytongue,” the retired political scienceprofessor with Osmania University toldmediapersons. “Maybe they intend tomurder me just like Gauri Lankesh waskilled in Bengaluru.”A particularly caustic extract from thebook – Samajika SmugglurluKomatollu (Vysyas are socialsmugglers) – goes thus: “Vysyas havealways hated Shudras, Dalits and OBCswho are involved in the production of

goods. They never take up the job ofprotecting the country – there is nobaniya regiment in the Army. They arepart of the ruling class – NarendraModi and Amit Shah are baniyas – andthey are backed by business tycoonslike the Ambanis and Adanis. They areculturally vegetarians, so how can theyfight mighty enemies like Pakistan andChina if they don’t eat meat or beef?”The Arya Vysya Sangham held protestrallies across Telangana and Andhra

Pradesh after the contents of the bookwere circulated in the social media.According to association members,Ilaiah habitually insults certain castesand communities through his writings.“He also made derogatory commentsagainst Hindu gods in the past, hurtingreligious sentiments,” one of them saidon the condition of anonymity.J Venkateshwar, president of theAndhra Pradesh Arya VysyaMahasabha, said a complaint would belodged against Ilaiah. Pointing out thatseveral members of the Arya Vysyacommunity – including MahatmaGandhi – had played a crucial role inthe freedom struggle, he said: “Ilaiahshould apologise to the Arya-Vysyacommunity people, failing which wewill register protests wherever he goesin the state.”The Vysya community demanded thatthe book be banned, and Ilaiah placedunder arrest immediately.

Telugu writer under fire for termingtrading community ‘social smugglers’

New Delhi:A person has no right tochant Vande Mataram if hedoes not care aboutcleanliness and disrespectswomen, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said onMonday as he urged peopleto fight against social evils.In one of his best motivatingspeeches, the Prime Ministerunderlined the need forsocial changes and said,“follow the rule and Indiawill rule” during a students’convention marking the125th anniversary of SwamiVivekananda’s Chicagoaddress and PanditDeendayal Upadhyaya’scentenary.“People often say VandeMataram. But we should askourselves, do we respect

women? I know it will hurtmany people but do we havethe right to say it? Think 50times if we have the right,”he said.“We chew paan and then spiton Mother India and thencan we say Vande Mataram?Throw all waste on MotherIndia and then say VandeMataram?” asked Modi.He said people have no rightto make the country dirtywhether or not they arecleaning it and thatsanitation workers have thefirst right to hail MotherIndia.Modi has prioritisedsanitation since he swept topower in 2014 and under hispet initiative Swachh BharatAbhiyan, or Clean IndiaMission, he aims to providetoilets for all and end opendefecation in the country by

2 0 1 9 .Invoking Vivekananda,Modi urged people to fightagainst social evils andunderlined how he spokeabout agriculturalrevolution, innovation, skilldevelopment, andantyodaya. Modi, an ardentfollower of Vivekananda,said his government hasintroduced schemes whichthe philosopher from Bengalhad thought about during hisdays.The Prime Minister alsodrew a parallel betweenVivekananda’s speech in1893 and the terror attack in2001 — both on the US soilon the same date — and said:“his was the message of loveand brotherhood and inanother 9/11 there was themessage of destruction.”“Just with a few words, a

youngster from India wonover the world and showedthe world the power ofoneness. The 9/11 of 1893was about love, harmonyand brotherhood,” he added.Modi said at the convention,whose theme was ‘YoungIndia, New India’, there is nobetter place for creativityand innovation thanuniversity campuses.Even as he hailed the youthas agents of change, Modiquipped: “During studentunion elections, severalpromises are made. But I amyet to hear students sayingwe will make our campusclean.”His speech also had a clearsignal for fringe elementswhen he spoke aboutcelebrations like Rose Dayin colleges. “I don’t opposecelebrating days like RoseDay. I don’t want youth toturn into robots,” he said.Activists of Hindu rightwing groups such as BajrangDal often beat up couples outto spend Valentine’s Day orRose Day together andpolice step up security inpublic spaces includingparks, cinemas and malls toprevent activists fromdisrupting thesecelebrations.

Only those who clean the country canchant Vande Mataram: PM Modi

New Delhi:The Supreme Court onMonday asked real estatefirm Jaypee to deposit Rs2,000 crore before October27 and asked for a planwithin 45 days on how it willprotect homebuyers’ interest.The court also restraineddirectors and managingdirector of Jaypee Infratechand its holding company,Jaypee Associates, fromtravelling abroad.The holding company willhave to deposit the money.“We are not concerned aboutthe company, we are onlyconcerned abouthomebuyers,” Chief Justiceof India Dipak Misra said,handing over themanagement of JaypeeInfratech to insolvencyresolution professional.The insolvency resolutionprofessional will have tocome with a plan for morethan 30,000 buyers, who

have expressed concern thatthe insolvency proceedingsagainst Jaypee would leavethem in a lurch andremediless to either get ahouse or compensation fromthe company.Insolvency proceedingsagainst Jaypee wereadmitted by the Allahabadbench of National CompanyLaw Tribunal on August 9after IDBI Bank, the leadconsortium of lenders to theconstruction firm, moved a

petition that the companydefaulted on a Rs 526-croreloan.But last month, the SupremeCourt put the insolvencyproceedings on hold afterhomebuyers petitioned it toensure their investmentswere protected.The case, which is beingclosely watched as severalconstructions projects arefailing deals with firmsciting shortage of funds, willnow be heard in November.

Jaypee insolvency case: SC asks holdingcompany to deposit Rs 2,000 crore

Hyderabad:An 11-year-old girl was sentto the boys’ washroom as apunishment for not wearingthe school uniform by ateacher at a private school inHyderabad.The Telangana governmentordered an inquiry into theincident on Monday after theAndhra Pradesh Child RightsAssociation lodged acomplaint with the StateHuman Rights Commission

and also the police.Child rights associationpresident P Achyuta Rao saidhe has sought action againstthe insensitive staff and theschool management. He said

confining a girl to the boys’washroom was nothing shortof sexual abuse of a child.Rao said he received acomplaint from the girl’sfather, A Ramakrishna, onSunday, saying his daughter,studying in Class 5 in Rao’sHigh School inside BHELp r e m i s e s ,Ramachandrapuram on thecity outskirts, went to theschool on Saturday withoutwearing the uniform.

11-yr-old Hyderabad girl sent to boys’washroom for not wearing school uniform

N a t i o n a l i s tCongress Party MP SupriyaSule has rubbished the ShivSena’s MP Sanjay Raut’sclaim that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had offeredher a cabinet berth at ameeting she and her father,the NCP chief Sharad Pawar,had with him.“There has been no suchmeeting where I met MrModi with Mr Pawar,” Sule.In his column in the Senamouthpiece Samana onSunday, Raut had quotedPawar as telling him aboutmeeting Modi and discussingthe offer. Raut claimed, Sule,who was also present in themeeting, said she would belast person to go with theBJP.Raut’s claims have onceagain triggered thespeculation of the NCOshifting allegiance from theCongress-led United

Progressive Alliance to theBJP-led NationalDemocratic Alliance. Somesources in the NCP, whospoke on condition ofanonymity, claimed they hadgot an offer from the BJP butthat the leadership was notkeen on joining the NDAfold.“The party chief was notkeen on joining NDA.Moreover, Sule, was againstit. She was the first personwho came out to refute therumours of NCP joiningNDA when the speculation

was rife last month,” said asenior party leader. OnAugust 28, Sule had toldreporters in Pandharpur thatthe NCP has no plans to jointhe NDA and that only theCongress was ready to throwin its lot with the NDA.Sources pointed out thatSupriya Sule’s quote used inRaut’s article was enough toclear all the speculation.NCP spokesperson NawabMalik said there was no basisfor the speculations about theNCP joining the NDA.“Senior leaders Supriya Sule

and Praful Patel had alreadydenied any such reports.Raut’s article itself speaksabout what we have beensaying on such rumors,”Malik told HT.Sharad Pawar is known forhis cordial relations with theBJP top brass includingModi and finance ministerArun Jaitley. The NCP hadalso extended unsolicitedsupport to the BJP tostabilise its government inMaharashtra after the partyfailed to get a majority in theassembly elections in 2014.This has led to speculationsthat it may come out again tohelp BJP in Maharashtra incase the latter decides tosnap ties with its estrangedpartner, the Shiv Sena.Several NCP leaders are alsoin the crosshairs of theinvestigating agenciesprobing allegations ofcorruption.

NCP’s Supriya Sule denies any meetingwith PM Modi on Cabinet berth

New Delhi:A court in New Delhi onMonday adjourned hearingon the consideration of thechargesheet in Rs 3,726 croreAgustaWestland VVIPchopper deal case againstformer Indian Air Force chiefSP Tyagi and eight others.Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) specialJudge Arvind Kumardeferred the hearing in theAgustaWestland VVIPchopper deal case forOctober 9.The CBI on September 1filed a chargesheet againstTygai, his cousin Sanjeevalias Julie, then IAF ViceChief JS Gujral, advocateGautam Khaitan, Italiandefence and aerospace majorFinmeccanica’s former chiefGiuseppe Orsi, formerAgustaWestland CEO BrunoSpagnolini and threeEuropean middleman

Christian Michel, GuidoHaschke and Carlo Gerosa.In the chargesheet, Khaitan isdescribed as the “brain”behind the deal.Orsi and Spagnolini havealready been sentenced by anItalian court for bribingIndian officials to get thecontract illegally.Tyagi, who was Indian AirForce chief from 2004 to2007, his brother Sanjeevand Khaitan were allegedly

involved in irregularities inthe procurement of 12 AW-101 VVIP helicopters fromB r i t a i n - b a s e dAgustaWestland. They werearrested in December lastyear by the agency inconnection with thecase.Currently they are outon bail.The CBI, which registered anFIR in the case on March 12,2013, has alleged that Tyagiand the other accused

received kickbacks fromAgustaWestland to help themanufacturer win thecontract. The FIR mentionedcharges of criminalconspiracy, cheating and thePrevention of CorruptionAct.The CBI said the companywas favoured in lieu ofillegal gratification acceptedthrough different companiesin the name of consultancyservices.Tyagi, the CBI has alleged,took bribes of several crores,through middlemen and acomplex route of companiesin several countries, fromAgustaWestland to changethe specifications of thecontract - reducing theoperational flight ceilingfrom 6,000 metres, asoriginally proposed, to 4,500metres and bringing downthe cabin height to 1.8metres.

Court adjourns hearing in AgustaWestlandVVIP chopper scam case

Bareilly:Labourers from bothorganised and unorganisedsectors will be allotted aunique identification numberas a part of labour reforms,Union minister for labourand employment SantoshGangwar has said.Gangwar saidrepresentatives of recognisedlabour organisations havebeen invited to New Delhi onSeptember 14 forestablishing bettercoordination and givingmomentum to the process oflabour reforms in thecountry.Four labour laws, that hadbecome irrelevant, have beendone away with and therelevance of 36 other laws isbeing examined, he said at afunction organised by theIndian Industries Associationlast night.“As part of labour reforms,labourers in both the

organised and unorganisedsectors will be given aunique ID number,” he saidhere.Workers in the unorganisedsector account for over 93%of the country’s total workforce, whose size accordingto a National Sample SurveyOrganisation (NSSO) 2009-10 survey is between 430million and 471 million, andcontribute significantly tothe GDP.Gangwar also said thecountry is passing through atransformative phase underthe leadership of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,adding that the foundation ofeconomic liberty was laid inthe form of the Goods andServices Tax.“Good results of GST willemerge in the days to comeand traders andentrepreneurs, as well as thecountry, will be benefited,”he said.

Labourers to get unique IDnumber: Union minister Gangwar

Guwahati:A Bharatiya Janata Partylegislator has written toassembly Speaker HitendraNath Goswami and Assamchief minister SarbanandaSonowal, seeking a babyfeeding room for lactatingmothers who have noalternative to bringing theirbabies to work.Assamese film star-turned-MLA Angoorlata Deka, whorepresents the Batadrabaassembly seat in centralAssam, cited the example ofthe Tanzanian parliament

where lactating mothers likeher have facilities to nursetheir babies.“I hope you will consider mysuggestion for a hygienicbaby feeding room,” theMLA, who gave birth to a girlon August 3, said. The baby isnamed Namami.Deka said she could feel thehardship faced by workingwomen after she became amother. She said she waslosing out on discussion timebecause of shuttling from theassembly to her officialquarters “every now and

then” to feed her baby.Goswami said there is littlescope for a baby room withinthe assembly building. But afacility could be provided inthe assembly guest house lessthan 100 metres from thecomplex.Deka is one of the eightwomen MLAs in the 126-member Assam assembly.The Congress has threewomen MLAs followed byBJP and its ally BodoPeople’s Front with two eachand Asom Gana Parishadwith one.

Assam MLA seeks breastfeedingroom in assembly complex

The weekly cross-LoC bus service along thePoonch-Rawalkot road hascompleted two months ofsuspension as India andPakistan failed to reach aconsensus for resumption ofthe service aimed atfacilitating meeting of thedivided families, officialssaid.The bus service wassuspended on July 10 in theaftermath of the intenseshelling by Pakistani troopsand has failed to resume in

view of the frequentceasefire violations fromacross the Line of Control(LoC).“The cross-LoC bus, namedas ‘Paigam-e-Amun’

(message of peace), wasscheduled to ply today as perits weekly calender but wasagain suspended owing tolack of communicationbetween the two sides,”

officials said on Monday.They said there was also nochance of resumption oftrade, which has alsoremained suspended sinceJuly 11, along the route fromTuesday.The chance of resumption ofthe bus service brightenedon August 28 after civilianauthorities from both sidesdecided to meet at Chakan-da-bagh trade facilitationcentre along the LoC inPoonch district beforeresuming the service.

The meeting, however,failed to take place asofficials from across theborder did not turn up for themeeting apparently due tofresh skirmishes along theLoC.The meeting of civilianofficials was finalised daysafter senior commanders ofIndia and Pakistan held aflag meeting at the crossingpoint and agreed to keep thechannels of communicationopen between localcommanders along the LoC.

Two months on, India, Pakistan cross-LoCbus service remains suspended

10 SPORTS the northlinesJammu | Tuesday | September 12 | 2017

SMAILPUR (Samba):Organised by the J&KAmateur AthleticsAssociation, the two-daydistrict Samba AthleticsChampionship concluded atBaba Santok Stadium,Smailpur, here today. Around 100 young athletesdrawn from differenteducational institutionsparticipated in thiscompetition of track eventsonly. President of the districtassociation, Sunil Mahajanwas chief guest in the closingfunction while ex-SarpachBirpur, Goutam was guest ofhonour. Both these special

invitees presented merit andparticipation certificates tothe athletes. Physical Education Teacher(PET) of Department ofYouth Services and Sports(DYSS) and qualifiedathletics coach, Nirmal Singhwas organizing secretary ofthe championship. The Results: BOYS: Under-14: 100 mts:Vishal Katal, Ist; Amit Singh,2nd and Sachin Kumar, 3rd.600 mts: Nikhil Katal, Ist;Goldy Singh, 2nd and AmitSingh and Aditya Sangra,joint 3rd. Under-16: 100 mts: Rishav,

Ist; Sahil Kumar, 2nd and JaiDogra, 3rd. 200 mts: Rishav,Ist; Aatish, 2nd and Sahi, 3rd.400 mts: Rishav, Ist; Aayish,2nd and Jai Dogra, 3rd. 1500mts: Sahil Katyal, Ist; Atul,2nd and Chandan, 3rd. Under-18: 100 mts: VishalChoudhary, Ist; DhanishwarSingh, 2nd and Sanjay Singh,3rd. 200 mts: VishalChoudhary, Ist; Sanjay SinghCharak, 2nd and Irfan Ali,3d. 400 mts: Gourav Baloria,Ist; Razak Mohd, 2nd andAnkit Sharma, 3rd. 800 mts:Ankit Sharma, Ist; PankajSharma, 2nd and YogeshSharma, 3rd. 1500 mts:

Sanjay Singh, Ist andDhaveer Singh, 2nd. Under-20: 100 mts: SahilRagsotra, Ist; Anil Sharma,2nd and Shubham Basotra,3rd. 200 mts: Anil Sharma,Ist; Ajay Kumar, 2nd andAkhiliesh Slathia, 3rd.Under-20: 400 mts: Sahil,Ist; Anil, 2nd and Akhilesh,3rd. 800 mts: Gourav, Ist;Ajay, 2nd and Shubam, 3rd.800 mts: Gourav, Ist; Ajay,2nd and Shubam, 3rd.GIRLS: Under-14: 100 mts:Anamika, Ist; Ritika, 2nd andShiv Priya, 3rd. 600 mts:Kajal, Ist and Shiv Priya,2nd.

District Samba athletics meet concludes

Karachi:In what could be thebeginning of internationalcricket resuming in strife-torn Pakistan, a WorldEleven side landed in Lahorein the wee hours of Mondayfor a Twenty20 series againstthe hosts.An unprecedented securitygreeting the side, to be led bySouth African captain Faf duPlessis, at the Allama IqbalInternational airport.Soon after landing in Lahore,the World Eleven players andofficials were taken to a five-star hotel on the main Mallroad which was closed fortraffic from all sides.The Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB) and InternationalCricket Council (ICC) hadannounced earlier therewould be no mediainteraction at the airport.The high security cover,including paramilitaryrangers and policecommandos, isunderstandable as this is thefirst official visit by a teamafter a terrorist attack on theSri Lankan team in March,2009.Since that attack no top Testteam has come to Pakistan

due to security concerns andthe ICC also refused to sendany match referee andumpires for the limited oversseries played by Zimbabwein May, 2015 in Lahore.But the World Eleven tourwhich is being seen by thePCB as a game changer tobring back internationalcricket to the country is notonly supported by the ICCbut the world governingbody has also funded thevisit of security experts toLahore for the securityarrangements.The short tour includes threeT20 internationals scheduledfor September 12, 13 and 15at the Gaddafi stadium.The ICC has also sent itsmatch referee, Richie

Richardson to supervise theseries and an influentialmember of the world body,Giles Clarke also landed withthe World Eleven side onSunday night.Clarke who heads the ICC’sspecial task force on Pakistancricket has played aninstrumental role in bringingthe World Eleven to thecountry although the tour isgoing to cost the PCB awhooping USD 3 million incosts including payment ofaround USD 100,000 to eachof the 14 players from SouthAfrica, Australia, England,Bangladesh, Sri Lanka andthe West Indies.“It is just a start for thepeople of Pakistan who arethirsty to see international

cricket matches in thecountry.We have Sri Lanka and WestIndies lined up in Octoberand November as well,” PCBChairman Najam Sethi said.Sethi, however, admitted thatthe Sri Lankan and WestIndies had made it clear thattheir tours were subject to theWorld Eleven tour passingoff smoothly.Sethi was instrumental inhaving the final of the secondedition of the Pakistan SuperLeague in Lahore in March.ICC security experts havevisited Lahore twice inrecent times to clear the tour.Samual Badree did not arrivewith the World Eleven squadfrom Dubai and is due toreach Lahore on Mondayevening.World Eleven side: Faf duPlessis (Captain), HashimAmla, Colin Miller, ImranTahir, Morne Morkel (SA),George Bailey, Tim Paine,Bn Cutting (Australia),Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh),Thessira Perrara (Sri Lanka),Grant Elliot (NZ), PaulCollingwood (England)Darren Sammy and SamuelBadree (West Indies).

Twenty20 series: World XI arrivein Pakistan amid tight security

Mumbai:Arjun Tendulkar, son oflegendary cricketer SachinTendulkar, has been selectedin Mumbai's Under-19 teamfor JY Lele All India Under-19 Invitational One DayTournament slated to be heldin Baroda later this month.The 17-year-old haspreviously been a part of theMumbai Under-14 andUnder-16 teams. Contrary tohis father, Sachin, Arjun is aleft-handed all-rounder whois known for bowling seamups.

The tournament will beginon September 16 and willend on September 23 inBaroda.The complete squad is asfollows: Agni Chopra,Divyansh Saxena, BhupenLalwani, Anjdeep Lad, SagarChabaria, Shoeb Khan,Satyalaksha Jain, VedantMurkar, Dhruv Brid, TanushKotian, Nakul Mehta, FarhanKazi, Atharva Ankolekar,Abhimanyu Vashisht, ArjunTendulkar, SakshamParashar, Saksham Jha andSylvester Dsouza.

Arjun Tendulkar ropedin Mumbai U-19 squad

New York:Rafael Nadal raced to a thirdUS Open title and 16thGrand Slam crown onSunday with a 6-3, 6- 3, 6-4rout of South African giantKevin Anderson. The worldnumber one, the championalso in New York in 2010and 2013, added the US titleto the record 10th FrenchOpen he captured in June.Old rival Roger Federer wonthe season’s other two Slamsat the Australian Open,beating Nadal in the final,and Wimbledon in anillustration of the two GrandSlam greats’ enduring appealand power. Nadal’s GrandSlam tally is just threebehind Federer’s record 19.For Nadal, it was his fifthtitle of the year and 74th ofhis career while the $3.7million (3.07 euros) winner’sprize boosted his earnings toa shade under $90 million.It was a desperately

disappointing afternoon forAnderson, the world number32 playing in his maidenSlam final at the 34th

attempt.He was the first SouthAfrican in a USchampionship final sinceCliff Drysdale in 1965 andwas bidding to become hiscountry’s first Slamchampion since Johan Kriekat the 1981 Australian Open.The Johannesburg-born,Florida-based Andersonfinished the 2hr 28min finalwith 40 unforced errors toNadal’s 11, failing even to

carve out a single breakpoint.In a final guaranteed to resultin the fifth Slam champion in

succession who is 30 orolder, Nadal was on top fromthe start.He had 28th-seededAnderson scrambling to savetwo break points in the thirdand fifth games before theSpaniard converted his fifthoff a forehand error for a 4-3lead.The world number one heldand broke again, cleverlyforcing the 31-year-oldSouth African out of position

on set point after 58 minutesof action.By the end of the openingset, Nadal had just fiveunforced errors toAnderson’s 23 with theSouth African unable tomuster a single break point.The one-way trafficcontinued in the second setas Nadal broke for 4-2 offthe back of three successivevolleys.Anderson even collected atime violation for histroubles as his efforts tocompose himself failedhorribly.A brutal crosscourt forehandwinner gave Nadal thesecond set 6-3.Anderson was broken againin the opening game of thethird set.It was his fourth loss of servein the final; before Sunday,he had been broken just fivetimes in the entiretournament.

Nadal races to third US Open,16th Grand Slam title

New York:Sloane Stephens, sidelinedfor 11 months by a left footinjury until returning inJuly, captured her firstGrand Slam title by routingfellow American MadisonKeys 6-3 6-0 in US Openfinal. Stephens took a $3.7million prize from thebiggest victory of hercareer, pitted against one ofher closest friends in thefirst all-US final since 2002on the New Yorkhardcourts.“I should just retire now,”Stephens said. “I’ll never beable to top this. Talk about acomeback. Things just haveto come together and thepast six weeks they reallyhave.” With the 15thvictory in her past 17matches, Stephens becameonly the fifth unseededplayer to win a women’sSlam title —Latvia’s JelenaOstapenko managed the featat this year’s French Open.The only prior unseeded USOpen women’s championwas Kim Clijsters, whocame back from retirementto take the 2009 title.“It’s incredible,” Stephens

said. “I had surgery onJanuary 23. If someone toldme then I’d win the USOpen, it’s impossible I’dsay, absolutely impossible.This journey has been

incredible and honestly Iwouldn’t change it for theworld.”It was the first final set of aUS Open women’schampionship match wherethe loser didn’t take a gamesince Chris Evert beatEvonne Goolagong 6-3, 6-0in 1976. “I didn’t play mybest tennis today and I’mdisappointed in that butSloane was very supportiveand if there’s someone Ihave to lose to today I’mglad it’s her. Sloane is trulyone of my favourite

people,” said Keys. “If youtold me two months ago I’dbe holding a US Openfinalist’s trophy, I’d havebeen really happy and proudof myself.”

Keys, seeded 15th, and83rd-ranked Stephens eachfought off injuries to reachthe title showdown.Stephens returned atWimbledon and slid to957th in world rankingsbefore semifinal runs at USOpen warm-ups in Torontoand Cincinnati, while Keysunderwent her second wristsurgery after the FrenchOpen and won a tuneup titleat Stanford. Stephens willjump to 17th in Monday’sworld rankings while Keys,who took home $1.825

million as runner-up, willrise to 12th.Stunning finishIn the first set, Stephensbroke to seize a 3-2 lead,Keys swatting a forehandbeyond the baseline tosurrender the game.Stephens broke again whenKeys send a backhand longto take the set after 30minutes. Keys made 17unforced errors in theopening set to just two forStephens, both in the lastgame. In the second set, Stephensbroke with a forehandcrosscourt winner pastoutstretched Keys to grab a2-0 edge, then broke againon a double fault for a 4-0lead. Keys forced triplebreak point in the fifthgame but Stephens savedthem all and held to 5-0.The end came after 61minutes when Keys netted aforehand. Hands on hips,Stephens simply stood for afew seconds with a stunnedexpression, then smiled andmade a tiny fist pumpbefore going to the net toshare a teary-eyed hug withKeys.

Super Stephens rises from the ashesLondon:Britain’s Mo Farah won theGreat North Run for arecord-breaking fourthsuccessive year today.Farah, a four-time Olympicschampion, saw off adetermined challenge fromNew Zealand’s JakeRobertson in the closingstages of the race to finishin a time of one hour andsix seconds.The 34-year-old is the firstathlete to win the GreatNorth Run four times in arow. He is now level interms of most victories withKenya’s Benson Masya,who was champion fourtimes in the 1990s. Farah,who last month finished hisglittering track career with athrilling 5000m victory atthe Diamond League final inZurich, produced histrademark ‘Mobot’celebration in Newcastle ashe crossed the line. Robertson was six secondsback in second place, withEthiopia’s Feyisa Lilesacoming third. Farah saidafter his season-concludingrace, “That was really, reallytough. I’m sore everywhere— I’ve never been this sore!

With four miles to go I wasjust hanging on, gritting myteeth. As we got closer, Imanaged to believe inmyself and dig, and I wasthinking ‘if I can just sit onhim (Robertson), at the endI can sprint’. I’m so pleasedwith how the season hasgone. I’ll go on a littleholiday with the missus andthen come back fresh. I’mlooking forward to stickytoffee pudding and applepie!” Jepkosgei smashes world10km road record Prague: Kenya’s JoycilineJepkosgei broke the world10km record at the BirellPrague Grand Prix, an IAAFGold Label Road Race, onSaturday. The 23-year-oldKenyan clocked 29:43 tosmash through the 30-minute barrier and break herown record of 30:04, alsoset in the Czech capital, atthe Sportisimo Prague HalfMarathon on April 1. Theperformance marked thefifth world record of theyear for Jepkosgei, whobroke four — 10km, 15km,20km and the half marathon— en route her victory atthe Prague Half Marathon.

Madrid:Lionel Messi’s hattrick sawBarcelona move four pointsclear of Real Madrid at thetop of La Liga as OusmaneDembele marked his debutwith an assist in a 5-0 rout oflocal rivals Espanyol.Barca have taken maximumpoints from their openingthree La Liga games. Messiled the way with a virtuosoperformance, but his openeralso needed a huge slice ofluck as he was wrongly notflagged offside from IvanRakitic’s through ball beforeblasting into the top corner.Barca’s second arrivedthanks to a counter-attackfrom an Espanyol corner ledby Messi and Luis Suarezbefore Jordi Alba’s low crosswas slotted home at the nearpost by the Argentine.Messi put the outcomebeyond any doubt byrounding off his hattrick withanother sharp finish fromAlba’s cut-back. Dembelehas the unenviable task ofreplacing the departedNeymar and the Barca playerhad to wait until 22 minutesfrom time for his debut as hereplaced Gerard Deulofeu toa standing ovation.He showed why Barca havemade the 20-year-old the

third most expensive playerever as his pinpoint cross

was swept home by Suarezto round off the scoring afterGerard Pique had headedhome Barca’s fourth. However, even a fine displaydidn’t dissuade the badfeeling towards Barca’sunder-fire board after achaotic summer in thetransfer market and splitsbetween the boardroom andthe dressing room, withMessi and Andres Iniesta yetto sign extensions to theircontracts which expire in2018. Suarez’s fifth goal wasmet with chants for presidentJosep Maria Bartomeu toresign.Real Sociedad maintain

perfect startReal Sociedad snatched a 4-2

win at Deportivo La Corunato join Barcelona at the topof the table as the only teamswith nine points from theirfirst three La Liga games.Real looked to have blowntheir chances when theythrew away an early two-goal advantage, but ascrappy goal by DiegoLlorente restored their leadin the 83rd minute beforeAsier Illarramendi made sureof the points in the 86th.Juanmi Jimenez put thevisitors ahead in the thirdminute with a volleyfollowing a quickly-takenfree kick and less than 60seconds later they scored

again as Illarramendiappeared on the edge of thearea to arrow the ball lowinto the far bottom corner.Deportivo responded with awell-struck volley fromformer Atletico Madridforward Adrian Lopezmidway through the first halfand drew level five minutesinto the second when FlorinAndone levelled from closerange. Former Real Madridyouth player Llorente stuckout a leg to take advantage ofsome shoddy defending fromDeportivo at a corner to putReal Sociedad ahead again.Illarramendi then scored hissecond, the first time in hiscareer that he has scoredtwice in a game, to ensurethe Basques maintained theirperfect start.Next up for EusebioSacristan's side is a homegame next Sunday againstchampions Real Madrid,who have taken five pointsso far. Atletico Madrid alsotrail Barca by four points.Sevilla moved up to second,just two points behind theleaders, as goals from PauloHenrique Ganso, WissamBen Yedder and Nolitosecured a 3-0 win over Eibar. Ronaldo returns to boostmisfiring Real.

Farah wins fourth GreatNorth run in a row

Messi leads Espanyol rout

11 BUSINESS the northlinesJammu | Tuesday | September 12 | 2017

New Delhi:India will buy an additionalone million tonnes (mt) perannum of liquefied naturalgas (LNG) from Australia’sGorgon project after it gotExxon Mobil Corp to cutprice agreed to eight yearsago.Exxon will charge 12.5% ofprevailing Brent oil price forabout 1 mt per annum ofadditional LNG thatPetronet LNG Ltd, India’slargest gas importer, willbuy over and above the 1.44million tonnes alreadycontracted.The additional volumeswere agreed upon afterExxon agreed to slash priceof LNG under the 20-yeardeal signed in August 2009,sources privy to thedevelopment said.

Exxon will bear the cost ofshipping LNG fromAustralia to India and willcharge 13.9% of theprevailing Brent oil price forthe 1.44 million tonnes long-term LNG in place of 14.5%of the price of Japan crudeimports or JCC.The sources said the August2009 deal was Free on board(FOB) trade where the buyerhad to arrange for shipping.At $50 per barrel oil price,Gorgon LNG, whosesupplies started in Januarythis year, would have cost$7.25 per million Britishthermal unit at the port ofloading. Adding another $1for transportation wouldhave led to delivered priceof $8.25 in the old contract.In the new formula, GorgonLNG delivered at Indian

port will cost $6.95 permmBtu.“Happy to share good newsthat India has, yet again,been able to address thelong-term price issue ofLNG from Gorgon to suitIndian market,” oil ministerDharmendra Pradhan said ina tweet.India had used its status ofAsia’s third-largest LNGbuyer to renegotiate in 2015the pricing formula with

Qatar’s Rasgas to buy thegas at half the original price.“Indian customers willreceive (Gorgon) LNGvolumes at an amicableprice soon. This is done in asimilar way to what we didwith LNG from Qatar,”Pradhan said in anothertweet.Petronet had last yearformally sought at least 10%cut in price of LNG it plansto buy from Australia’sGorgon project as the 14.5%indexation was one of thehighest in the world.Petronet in late 2015 hadrenegotiated price of thelong-term deal to import 7.5mt per year of LNG fromQatar, helping save Rs 8,000crore. At that point, it hadalso signed a contract to buyan additional 1 mt per

annum till 2028.“That deal for an additional1 million tonne was at13.05% of the ruling Brentprice. So naturally, theexpectation is that theGorgon should lower theindexation to a minimum13%,” the source said.LNG in spot or currentmarket is available at $5-6per mmBtu.State-owned gas utilityGAIL India, one of the fourPSU promoters of Petronet,had in 2013 sought reviewof the Gorgon LNG priceformula.Its then director (marketing)Prabhat Singh, who now isthe managing director andCEO of Petronet LNG, inJune 2013 had written aletter seeking reduction inprice of Gorgon LNG.

India to buy 1 million tonnes Australianliquefied natural gas after new price maths

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New Delhi:India’s largest telecomoperator Bharti Airtel intalks with multiplehandset makers to bring a4G smartphone for a priceas low as Rs 2,500-2,700to take on Reliance Jio.While Mukesh Ambani-led Jio has announcedplans to offer Internet-enabled feature phone fora refundable deposit of Rs1,500, Airtel is placing itsbet on a full-fledgedsmartphone as it believespeople would be ready toshell out a little more toget a loaded handset.A source familiar with thedevelopment said the new4G smartphone - that willdebut around Diwali - willcome bundled withAirtel’s 4G connectionand “attractive” data andvoice plan to woo massmarket customers.

The planned dual SIM 4Gsmartphone will sport afour inch display, dualcamera, VoLTE callingand a longer battery life.The Android handset willcome with 1 GB RAM,said the source whowished not to be named.He, however, did not saywhen the phones would beavailable for booking.Reliance Jio had, in July,announced that formalbookings for Jio Phonewould open on August 24,while the phone itself isexpected to be availablefrom September.According to industryestimates, six millionbookings have beenrecorded for JioPhone,that offers free voice callsand sms for life.Unlimited data offeringcomes for Rs 153 permonth.

Airtel in talks with handsetmakers for Rs 2,500 4G phone

China is joiningFrance and Britain inannouncing plans to endsales of petrol and dieselcars.China’s industry ministry isdeveloping a timetable toend production and sale oftraditional fuel cars and willpromote development ofelectric technology, statemedia on Sunday cited aCabinet official as saying.The reports gave no possibletarget date, but Beijing isstepping up pressure onautomakers to acceleratedevelopment of electrics.China is the biggest automarket by number ofvehicles sold, giving anypolicy changes outsizeimportance for the globalindustry.A deputy industry minister,Xin Guobin, said at an autoindustry forum on Saturdayhis ministry has begun“research on formulating atimetable to stop productionand sales of traditionalenergy vehicles,” accordingto the Xinhua News Agencyand the Communist Partynewspaper People’s Daily.France and Britain

announced in July they willstop sales of petrol anddiesel automobiles by 2040as part of efforts to reducepollution and carbonemissions that contribute toglobal warming.Communist leaders alsowant to curb China’sgrowing appetite forimported oil and see electriccars as a promising industryin which their country cantake an early lead.China passed the UnitedStates last year as thebiggest electric car market.Sales of electrics and petrol-electric hybrids rose 50percent over 2015 to336,000 vehicles, or 40percent of global demand.US sales totaled 159,620.The reports of Xin’s

comments in the eastern cityof Tianjin gave no otherdetails about electric carpolicy but cited him assaying Beijing plans to“elevate new energyvehicles to a new strategiclevel.”Beijing has supportedelectric development withbillions of dollars inresearch subsidies andincentives to buyers, but isswitching to a quota systemthat will shift the financialburden to automakers.Under the proposed quotas,electric and hybrid petrol-electric vehicles would haveto make up 8 percent of eachautomaker’s output nextyear, 10 percent in 2019 and12 percent in 2020.Automakers that fail to meet

their target could buy creditsfrom competitors that have asurplus.Beijing has ordered state-owned Chinese powercompanies to speed upinstallation of chargingstations to increase theappeal of electrics.Chinese automaker BYDAuto, a unit of battery makerBYD Ltd., is the world’sbiggest electric vehiclemaker by number of unitssold. It sells petrol-electrichybrid sedans and SUVs inChina and markets all-electric taxis and buses inthe United States, Europeand Latin America as well asin China.Volvo Cars, owned byChina’s Geely HoldingGroup, announced plans thisyear to make electric cars inChina for global salestarting in 2019.General Motors Co.,Volkswagen AG and NissanMotor Co. and others haveannounced they arelaunching or looking at jointventures with Chinesepartners to develop andmanufacture electricvehicles in China.

China looks at ending sales of petrol and dieselcars, will promote electric vehicles

Mumbai:Amazon on Mondayannounced it has createdmore than 22,000seasonal employmentpositions across its Indianetwork this festive

season.The e-commerce giantsaid the employmentpositions have beencreated at its fulfilmentcentres, sortationcentres, delivery stationsand customer servicesites.These positions havebeen created in Mumbai,Delhi, Hyderabad,Chennai, Bengaluru,Ahmedabad and manyother cities across thecountry, it said in astatement here.

“In our effort to providea seamless shoppingexperience, we areexcited to announce thatwe are enhancing ourteams significantly withtwo times the number of

associates working in theAmazon fulfilmentnetwork and customerservice sites,” AkhilSaxena, vice-president ofIndia CustomerFulfilment, AmazonIndia, said.“The over 22,000seasonal associates willhelp in augmenting ourcapabilities to serve ourcustomers better andenable us to deliverconsistently high levelsof customer experience,”he added.

Mumbai:The Securities andExchange Board of India’smutual fund advisory panelhas recommended strictdefinitions for mutual fundscheme, which might bringdown the current schemesby as much as half. Thecapital markets regulatorwill enforce the newdefinitions and ensure thata fund house has only oneproduct offering in eachcategory, said two peoplewith direct knowledge.The move is expected tohelp investors cut throughthe clutter of 2000investment schemes andtake better decisions, saidthese people. At the end ofAugust, 42 fund houses inIndia managed Rs 20.6trillion.The mutual fund advisorypanel has recommendedthat fund be broadlysegregated into equity,debt, hybrid and thematic.In categories such as equityand debt, there would befurther sub-categories suchas large cap and small cap,said one of the two people.Currently, Sebinomenclature rules formutual funds looselydefine just two aspects—whether a fund is open-ended or close-ended and

whether it invests in equityor debt.“The categories andnomenclature devised bythe panel is to ensure thatscheme name reflects thenature of its investments. If

a fund is called large capfund then 80% of themoney received will needto be invested in large capstocks,” said the second ofthe two people cited earlier.“If some funds do not fallin the defined categories,they will be shut.”Sebi is looking to notifythese by month-end or afterits board meets onSeptember 18, this personadded.At an event hosted byindustry lobby Ficci onWednesday, G.Mahalingam, a whole-timemember at the capitalmarkets regulator said Sebiproposed to soon introduce

rules for these mergers.To be sure, some of thedefinitions which themutual fund panel hasrecommended are currentlyadopted by the industry.However there is no

sanctity to investmentobjectives or names. Forinstance, some of the largefunds houses are managingtwo Equity Linked SavingsScheme (ELSS) or fourMonthly Income Plans(MIPs) or exactly the samekind of balanced funds.“In many of these cases,these schemes are exactlysame in their investmentpattern and nature. Theonly difference is the name.This often ends upconfusing the customer andhe/ she might end up inbuying the same schemebecause their names aredifferent,” said ManojNagpal, chief executive

officer of Outlook AsiaCapital, a Mumbai-basedmutual fund advisory firm.Mutual funds are alreadyplanning mergers ofschemes before the axefalls.“We have startedoperationalizing mergerplans as we are expectingSebi’s notification any day.The major challenge is tomerge two very largeschemes. In such ascenario, most fund housesare planning to tweak thesimilar schemes in terms oftheir investment objectiveso that they can bothsurvive under definednomenclatures,” said anofficial of a large size fundhouse who did not wish tobe named.Amendments to the incometax act in the past twofiscal years’s budgets willalso make mutual fundmergers easier. In thebudget for fiscal 2017, thegovernment exemptedscheme mergers fromcapital gains tax. Further,in the budget for this fiscal,the finance ministryclarified that if an investorchooses to exit a mergedscheme, the date and costof investment of theoriginal scheme will beconsidered for taxation.

Sebi advisory panel plans to reducemutual fund schemes by half

New Delhi:Subdued demand growth,consistent capacity additionsand better networks mayresult in India producingsurplus power in the currentfiscal, although sporadicoutages continue and 24 percent households are yet to beelectrified, according to thelatest report by FitchRatings.The American agency said inits newsletter “India PowerWatch” that India couldactually produce a powersurplus in this fiscal, with anenergy deficit of just 0.6% inthe first quarter endedMarch, which is a period ofhigh seasonal electricitydemand.“However, in reality,sporadic outages continue toplague the country. At thesame time, about 24% ofhouseholds are yet to beelectrified in India,” it said.Fitch said the inability ofhugely indebted powerdistribution companies(discoms) to purchasepower, along with theabsence of adequatetransmission networkcoverage, exerts significantpressure on India’s thermalpower utilisation.The cost-revenue gapremains at Re 0.42 perkilowatt hour (kWh) alongwith aggregate technical and

commercial (ATC) losses of20.6% overall.“Improving theseoperational inefficiencieswill drive any sustainableimprovement,” it said.The report noted thatelectricity prices at powerexchanges dropped by 11 percent to Rs 2.4 per kWh in2016-17.“Tariffs are taking a hitmainly from the prevailingelectricity demand-supplydynamics, lower coal costsand a decline in renewabletariffs,” it said.According to the creditrating agency, discoms arehesitating to tie-up newlong-term power purchaseagreements (PPAs) for boththermal and wind capacity asthey await more clarity onthe auction route for windpower, supported by theavailability of cheaper spotelectricity.From the perspective of

discoms in Delhi, forinstance, the primary reasonbehind the national capitalgetting expensive power isthat they are bound by long-term PPAs that run for 25-35years, which were signedwith generators well beforeprivatisation in 2002.From the perspective of thegenerators, with electricitydemand growth in India notkeeping pace with the excesscapacity addition and withtariffs falling, producers arefacing offtake issues onpower that they have notalready tied up for salethrough long-term PPAs.JSW energy chief executivePrashant Jain told a newschannel recently that whilethe company had tied up forthe offtake of about 65 percent of its power generationthrough long-term PPAs, it isfacing challenges aboutdisposal of its remaining“untied capacity”.

Amazon creates 22,000 seasonaljob opportunities in India

India may produce surpluspower this fiscal: Fitch Ratings

Age limit to joinNational PensionScheme raised to

65 years: RegulatorNew Delhi:The Pension FundRegulatory andDevelopment Authority(PFRDA) on Mondayannounced that the upperage limit for joining theNational Pension Scheme(NPS) had been raised to 65years, from the current 60.PFRDA chairman HemantContractor made theannouncement here at aconference on“ T r a n s f e r r i n gSuperannuation Funds toNational Pension System”,saying the pensionregulator’s board hadalready approved thechange and it would benotified shortly.“NPS is currently open forpeople between 18 and 60,and our Board has approvedraising the age limit forjoining to 65,” Contractorsaid.“The scheme anyway hasthe option of continuingand making contributionsup to the age of 70,” headded.Explaining that therationale behindgovernment reforms inpensions is to facilitate“portability”, or the transferof superannuation funds bymaking the NPS moreattractive and customer-friendly.

FIITJEE Announces Enrolmentfor Distance Learning Programs

GENEVA, SEPT 11

UN human rights chiefZeid Ra'ad al-Hussein onMonday flayed anyattempts by India to deportRohingya refugees toMyanmar when the ethnicminority community isfacing violence in theircountry.Speaking at the opening ofa Human Rights Councilsession here, Zeid alsoreferred to the killing ofactivist-journalist GauriLankesh, observing thatshe “tirelessly addressed

the corrosive effect ofsectarianism and hatred”. India's Minister of Statefor Home Affairs, KirenRijiju, on September 5 saidRohingyas were illegalimmigrants and stand to bedeported. He said nobodyshould preach New Delhion the matter as Indiaabsorbed the maximumnumber of refugees in theworld.Some 40,000 Rohingyashave settled in India, and16,000 of them havereceived refugeedocumentation, the UN

estimates."I deplore currentmeasures in India to deportRohingyas at a time ofsuch violence against themin their country," Zeidsaid.The UN HighCommissioner for HumanRights noted Rijiju hadreportedly said becauseIndia is not a signatory tothe Refugee Convention it“can dispense withinternational law on thematter, together with basichuman compassion”. “However, by virtue ofcustomary law, itsratification of theInternational Covenant onCivil and Political Rights,the obligations of dueprocess and the universalprinciple of non-refoulement, India cannotcarry out collectiveexpulsions, or returnpeople to a place wherethey risk torture or otherserious violations," the UNhuman rights chief said.

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More than 15,700 peoplehave applied for theprestigious Padma awardsfor the year 2018, with thegovernment laying stress onhonouring the unsungheroes. The process ofnominations for the Padmaawards, 2018 is on and thelast date for receipt of thenominations is September15, a Home Ministryspokesperson said.So far, 15,706 people haveapplied for the Padmaawards and the number ofnominations for the honourlast year was 18,768, anofficial said.Anyone can nominate anyperson and people areencouraged to nominateunsung heroes who deservethese prestigious awards.Prime Minister NarendraModi had said last monththat the prestigious awardsin the past were given on therecommendations ofministers or politicians buthis government has nowmade it open to anyone fornomination.“Remember how Padmaawards were given earlier?We brought in a ‘small’change — people canrecommend names forawards, unlike the past,”Modi had said at an eventorganised by the Niti Aayog.Modi emphasised that therewere umpteen unsungheroes who have doneexceptional works indifferent fields and deserved

such a national honour.With the online portalwww.padmaawards.gov.instill open, public at large hasbeen enabled to participatein the nomination processwhich closes at midnight onSeptember 15.Nominations received afterthe last date will not beconsidered.The Padma awards seek torecognise works ofdistinction and exceptionalachievements in differentfields and disciplines such asart, literature and education,sports, medicine, socialwork, science andengineering, public affairs,civil service, trade and

industry. Recommendationscan also be made by stategovernments, UTs,ministries, departments ofthe government of India,Bharat Ratna and PadmaVibhushan awardees, centraland state ministers, chiefministers and governors ofstate, and Members ofParliament, among others.The nominations are placedbefore the Padma AwardsCommittee, constituted bythe prime minister everyyear. The awards—PadmaVibhushan, Padma Bhushanand Padma Shri—areannounced on the eve of theRepublic Day every year. —PTI

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Monday said thosewho keep the country cleanhave the first right to chantVande Mataram andwondered whether peoplewho littered and dirtied thecountry had any right to thenationalist slogan.Modi was addressing astudents’ convention atVigyan Bhawan to mark the125 years of SwamiVivekananda’s address at theWorld Parliament ofReligions in Chicago and thecentenary celebrations ofPandit Deendayal Upadhyay.“As I entered, I heard peopleloudly chanting VandeMataram...The value ofpatriotism fills my heart. Iam asking all countrymenwhether we have the right tochant Vande Mataram. Iknow this will hurt manypeople.“We chew ‘paan’ and spit itout on Mother India (Bharatmaa par pichakaari mare)and then chant Vande

Mataram. Throw garbageand then chant VandeMataram... The sanitationand cleaning workers havethe first right to say VandeMataram,” he said.Modi was welcomed atVigyan Bhawan with shoutsof ‘Vande Mataram’ and‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. Theslogans could also befrequently heard during hisspeech, which lasted foralmost an hour.The comments come in thebackdrop of thegovernment’s efforts to‘clean India’ by October 2,2019, the 150th birthanniversary of Mahatma

Gandhi.Modi also batted forinnovation and promotingskills among the youth andasked them to work for amodern India.Emphasising thatVivekananda’s historicSeptember 11 address in theUS was a message of loveand brotherhood, the primeminister said the devastating9/11 terror strike might nothave happened if thesignificance of his speechhad not been forgotten.The prime minister alsoasked colleges to holdcultural events to celebrateother states and added in a

light-hearted vein that he wasnot against celebrating dayslike ‘rose day’.“There is no better place for

creativity and innovationthan universitycampuses...There is no lifewithout creativity. Let ourcreativity also strengthen ournation and fulfil theaspirations of our people,” hesaid. He said many promiseswere made during universityelection campaigns butnobody pledged to keepcampuses clean. Modi alsosaid that only those whorespect women can takelegitimate pride in theopening words of SwamiVivekanand’s address,“Brothers and sisters ofAmerica”.Referring to thecorrespondence betweenVivekananda and JamsetjiTata—asking the industrialistto set up industry in India—he said it shows the spiritualleader’s concerns on India’sself-reliance. Stressing theimportance of the Skill Indiamission, the prime minister

said his government hadcreated a separate ministryfor the purpose and addedthat youth should begroomed in a way that theydon’t depend on anyone foremployment.“They should not be jobseekers but job creators,” hesaid, referring to variousprogrammes of governmentlike Stand Up India and theMudra scheme.Vivekananda, the primeminister said, gave theconcept of ‘One Asia’. Hequoted him as saying that‘One Asia’ would have the“strength to show the way”when the world wassurrounded by problems.Modi said India’s standing inthe world had risen, andcredited ‘janshakti’ (people’spower) for this.“When I go to differentcountries, I feel that there ischange in the way itperceives India (dekhnay kaanajariya badal chukka hai).This is not the politicalstrength but people’s power(janshakti),” he said.— PTI

People who litter, dirty country haveno right on Vande Mataram: PM

15,700 nominations received for Padma awards 2018

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The Supreme Court onMonday directed the ChiefJustice of the Allahabad HighCourt to nominate twoadditional district judgeswithin ten days as observers todeal with the upkeep andmaintenance of the disputedRam Janmbhoomi-BabriMasjid site in Ayodhya.A Bench headed by ChiefJustice Dipak Misra passed theorder after senior advocateRakesh Dwivedi, appearingfor the Allahabad High Courtregistry, informed it that one ofthe observers has retired andthe second one elevated as ajudge of the high court.Dwivedi also handed over tothe apex court a list ofadditional district judges(ADJs) and special judges whocould be considered forappointment as observers.“As the list is long, we think itappropriate that chief justice ofthe Allahabad High Court shallnominate two persons from thecadre of additional districtjudges or special judgeskeeping in view the nature andtenor of the earlier orderspassed in this case,” the Bench,

also comprising JusticesAshok Bhushan and S AbdulNazeer, said. The top courtasked its registry to forwardthe order to the high courtregistrar and said, “The chiefjustice is requested tonominate two names within 10days hence”. During the briefhearing, senior advocate KapilSibal, appearing for one of theparties in the matter, said thetwo observers, T M Khan andS K Singh, were appointed in2003 and they have beendealing with the issue sincethen. “Why should the courtchange them when they arehere for 14 years? This is avery sensitive matter,” he toldthe Bench, adding, “please askthem (Khan and Singh), willthey continue”.The Bench, however, said,“One of them is not holding apost and he cannot continuenow”. “We will ask the chiefjustice of the high court todecide this,” the top court said,adding that the “tenor of thiscourt’s order was that theymust be a part of the system.One of them is no more a partof the system”.“One of them has beenelevated as a high court judge.

It is not proper that a high courtjudge is asked to go there andobserve all the things. We can’task a high court judge to dothis,” the Bench said.The apex court had on August11 said it would commence thefinal hearing in the long-standing Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute fromDecember 5, a day before the25th anniversary of thedemolition of the medieval-erastructure.The court had reached aconsensus on commencing thehearing on a total of 13 appealsfiled against a 2010 judgmentof the Allahabad High Court infour civil suits.The high court had ruled athree-way division of thedisputed 2.77 acre area atAyodhya among the parties—the Sunni Waqf Board, theNirmohi Akhara and LordRam Lalla (deity).Another sect of Muslims underthe banner of Shia CentralWaqf Board of Uttar Pradeshhad recently moved the topcourt offering a solution that amosque could be built in aMuslim-dominated area at a“reasonable distance” from thedisputed Ayodhya site.

Ayodhya site: SC asks Chief Justice ofAllahabad HC to nominate new observers

NEW DELHI, SEPT 11

Defence Minister NirmalaSitharaman will holdmeetings with the threeservice chiefs everymorning to ensure quickdecision making in areas ofstrategic importance.It had also been decided thatthe Defence AcquisitionCouncil, the highestdecision making body ondefence procurements,would meet on a fortnightlybasis to ensure a time-boundclearance of proposals onmilitary acquisition, thedefence ministry said.Sitharaman would also havea separate meeting with thedefence secretary every day,it added.“A whole range of meetingshas been scheduled with thethree defence service chiefsto review defencepreparedness and alliedissues of strategic interests.“Daily morning meetingswith the three service chiefsand a separate daily meetingwith the defence secretary

have been formatted as anew practice for quickdecision making," theministry said in a statement.Sitharaman, duringmeetings with seniorofficials of the ministrytoday, gave clear directionson critical issues whileemphasising the need tostep up the pace ofacquisition proposals.Other areas of focus wouldbe settling all outstandingland-related issues forinfrastructure projects andmatters relating to thewelfare of defencepersonnel and their families,the ministry said.Sitharaman has beenholding a series of meetingswith top officials of thevarious wings of thedefence ministry sincetaking charge as defenceminister on September 7.She has listed militarypreparedness, defenceindigenisation, resolvinglong-pending issues andwelfare of soldiers as thepriority areas. — PTI

Sitharaman to hold dailymeetings with service chiefs

UN rights chief deplores India's moveto deport Rohingya refugees