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Army inducts 300youth from J&KSrinagar, Aug 18

Even as unrest continues in the valley, 300 youthhailing from various parts of Jammu and Kashmirwere on Thursday inducted as soldiers in the army toserve the nation.The new recruits of Jammu and Kashmir LightInfantry (JAKLI) regiment took the oath to serve thecause of the nation at a ceremony held at the BanaSingh Parade Ground at Rangreth, nine kms fromhere.The induction of the youth of P2

Modi crossed ‘red line’: PakIslamabad, Aug 18

Pakistan today said Prime Minister Narendra Modicrossed the “red line” by talking about Balochistanand asserted that it will “forcefully” raise theKashmir issue at the UN General Assembly sessionnext month.“The Prime Minister strongly pleaded the case ofKashmir during General Assembly session last yearand we will again forcefully raise the issue,” ForeignOffice Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said.Zakaria, in his weekly news P2

84% allocation spentunder MGNREGASrinagar, Aug 18

Secretary Rural Development and Panchayati RajKhursheed Ahmad Shah today reviewed the physicaland financial achievements of the ongoing projects ofthe department.The meeting was informed that the department hasspent 84 percent of the available budget underMGNREGA which amounts to Rs 136 crore. It wasinformed that 8.80 lakh man-days were generatedunder MGNREGA for 5.46 lakh job card holders.Officials further informed the meeting that 467 workswere taken up through P2

NL CorrespondentSrinagar, Aug 18

A Lecturer was killed and 18others were injured inclashes between security

forces and protesters whowere opposing a searchoperation in Khrew area ofPulwama district in Kashmirwhere curfew andrestrictions remained in

force for the 41st day today.Shabir Ahmad Monga, acontractual lecturer, diedwhen he and several otherswere beaten up at Khrewlate last night, a police

official said.He said 18 other persons,mostly youths, have beenadmitted to a hospital here.According to the locals,army conducted house tohouse searches for theyouths who were leadingprotests in the area late lastnight which was resisted bythe residents of Khrew. Inthe ensuing clash, 30-year-old Monga died.An army official said theywere collecting details aboutthe incident and will soonissue a statement.Curfew remained in force inentire Srinagar district,Anantnag town andPampore police station,which includes Khrew area,while restrictions continuedon the P2

One killed in clashes in Pulwama,Curfew continues in Valley NL Correspondent

Jammu Tawi, Aug 18

Union Finance MinisterArun Jaitley will visitJammu on August 21 toparticipate in theconcluding function ofthe ongoing TirangaYatra, which has beenstarted by the party tomark the 70thIndependence Day.Sources in the BJP saidthe concluding functionof the Tiranga Yatrawould be held atSmailpur village inSamba district. Holdingthe function at Smailpuris significant in the sensethat it is the birth place ofone of the founders of theJan Sangh and icons ofJammu, Pandit PremNath Dogra.

Jaitley to visitJammu on Aug 21

RIO OLYMPICS

Sindhu enters badmintonfinal, now for gold

NL CorrespondentRio De Janeiro, Aug 18

Shuttler PV Sindhu sentIndian fans into a frenzy byblasting through Japan'sNozomi Okuhara to reachthe gold medal decider for

the women's singles at theRio Olympics on Thursday.It will be second medal forIndia at the Games afterwrestler Sakshi Malik wonthe bronze in women’s 58kgfreestyle a day before.With a huge contingent ofhome fans roaring “GoIndia, go!” at the Riocentro,the 21-year-old Hyderabadigradually wore down sixth-ranked Okuhara beforecharging to an emphatic 21-19 21-10 victory.Sindhu will meet Spanishtop seed Carolina Marin,who hammered Li Xuerui21-14 21-16 in the earlysemi-final.Sindhu has become first everIndian to reach final of a

badminton event inOlympics.The Indian has secured hercountry its secondbadminton medal after SainaNehwal took bronze in thesame event at London.Sindhu had a 1-3 head-to-head record against Okuharabut all that went for a toss asthe Indian came out with awell-thought strategy as sheengaged the Japanese inlong-rallies with her angledreturns and deft drops.

In the opening game whichlasted 29 minutes, Sindhuopened up a 4-1 lead earlyon and rode on Okuhara'sunforced errors to extend theadvantage to P2


The Government here onThursday dared the NC ledopposition to come forwardfor a joint strategy to reachout to the people at the grassroots and made it clear thatthis is the time forfirefighting not playingbattles for the mainstreamparties to restore peace in thestate.The Education Minister andGovernment spokesman

Nayeem Akhtar whilereacting to the demands ofNC led opposition for judicialprobe into the recent civiliankillings and convening of anassembly session said thatthis is the time forfirefighting for restoringnormalcy and peace in thestate. Elaborating he said "let theopposition come forward andwork out a joint strategy withthe government for reachingout to the people at the grassroots. This is very crucial for

political parties who are inthe electoral field.Everybody should understandthe importance and relevanceof unity among themainstream parties". On theopposition demand for probeinto civilian killings by aretired Supreme Court judgeAkhtar said "Chief Ministerhas said action will be takenwherever disproportionateuse of force is established. Inpast probes have beenordered but there is no clue ofsuch probes P2

Work for a joint strategy to facilitatea joint reach out: PDP asks NC

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Aug 18

According to an orderissued by the RevenueDepartment here, AshwaniHansa has been posted asTehsildar Kharabali Jammu,Ashu Kumari has beenposted as Tehsildar ReliefOrganisation (Migrants)Jammu, Jigmet Raftan hasbeen posted as TehsildarDiskit vice Sunit Singh,Azhar Amin Zargar hasbeen posted as TehsildarDhansal, Iqbal Hussain Mirhas been posted asTehsildar, Kwarhama, JavedAhmad Malik has beenposted as Tehsildar Yariporavice Mohammad Amin Dar,Mohit Raina has beenposted as Tehsildar Katra,Pooja Rasgotra has beenposted as Tehsildar SpecialTribunal Jammu, AnisaNabi has been posted asTehsildar ReliefOrganisation (Migrants)Jammu.Angel Kotwal has beenposted as Tehsildar ReliefOrganisation (Migrants),Shailini Raina has beenposted as Tehsildar RTIJammu, Kewal KrishanSharma has been posted asTehsildar Akhnoor, MamtaRajput will report toDivisional Commissioner,Jammu, Neha Bakshi willbe Assistant to DeputyCommissioner Samba viceSaqib Salim, Indu Bakshihas been posted as TehsildarRelief Organisation(Migrant) Jammu, KanchanBala has been posted asTehsildar Gagwal, KritikaRaina has been posted asTehsildar ReliefOrganisation Jammu,

Shafqat Ali has been postedas Tehsildar Nazool, Jammuvice Rafiq Ahmad, TahiraTabasum has been posted asTehsildar Special TribunalSrinagar, Bilal Ahmad Mirhas been posted as TehsildarSumbal vice Zafar AhmadLone, Sanam Mansoor hasbeen posted as TehsildarSouth Srinagar vice NuzhatKhurshid Qureshi, AbdulRashid Raina has beenposted as TehsildarKokernag vice ShabirAhmad Darzi, MudasirAhmad has been posted asTehsildar Boniyar viceGhulam Ahmad Khan,Padma Angmoo has beenposted as Tehsildar Khru(Leh) vice Sajad Hussain,Tabish Saleem has beenposted as Tehsildar Khari(Ramban) vice Tanvir ulMajeed, Mohammad Riazhas been posted as TehsildarNowshera.Surbhi Raina has beenposted as Tehsildar Darhal,Arshi Rasool has beenposted as Tehsildar SpecialTribunal Kashmir, ZebaSulaiman has been posted asTehsildar ReliefOrganisation (Migrants)Jammu, Mohammad YousufGanai has been posted asTehsildar Bandipora,Ghulam Ahmad Dar hasbeen posted as I/C TehsildarKunzer, Abdul RehmanBeigh has been posted asI/C Tehsildar Beerwah,Nazir Ahmad Shah will holdadditional charge ofTehsildar Dragmulla,Nuzhat Khurshid QureshiTehsildar has been posted asChanapora vice ShahbazAhmad Boda, ShafiqAhmad Wafai has beenposted as P2

Gov orders transferof Tehsildars

Mudassir Ahmad Srinagar, Aug 18

Zakir Rashid Bhat, thesuccessor of self styled Hizbcommander Burhan Wanihas warned the youth inKashmir to refrain fromgetting recruited in policeforces and asked people notto be part of panchayatelections.Zakir alias Musa in an eightminute video messagewarned people of fallingprey to "the ploys of Indianagencies". "Whosoevertakes part in police

recruitment process will behimself responsible forconsequences. By recruitingSPOs they want to create anIkhwani (counter-insurgency group) and theirmain intention is to makeKashmiris fight with eachother. Youth should stayaway from suchconspiracies and not takepart in it," Zakir said in anew video, who is a formerengineering student. Zakir has released the firstvideo since heading theHizb outfit after the killingof Burhan Wani on July 8.

He was a close associate ofBurhan Wani. He has posteda message on social networksite asking youth not to bepart of the policerecruitment drives "which isaimed to divide Kashmiris".He also asked people not totake part in upcomingpanchayat elections. "Thistime no warning will begiven to those who willparticipate in panchayatelections. Those who will bepart of it will be responsiblefor themselves," Zakir said.Hizb militant also askedpeople to do P2

Hizb threatens people for joiningpolice, panchyat elections

Srinagar, Aug 18 (KNS)

Army today said that it"regretted" the death of the30-year-old lecturer ofShaar Shaali in Khrew inPulwama district, sayingthat it will investigate theincident.Lieutenant General SatishDua, GOC Chinar Corps,said that death of thecivilian is "regrettable"."It was a joint patrol (ofpolice, CRPF). One deathhas happened and I amaware of it," Lt Dua toldreporters on the sidelines ofPassing Out Parade of newrecruits into army at theJammu and Kashmir Light

Infantry Regimental Centrehere."We have a due process ofinvestigation and we willinvestigate into theincident," Du added whenasked that residents of thevillage have alleged thatShabir Ahmad Mangoo wasbeaten to death by army.According to locals of thevillage, Shabir AhmadMangoo, who is survived byhis wife and a toddler son,was killed when armyraided houses in the villageon Wednesday night and ranamok while beatingcivilians."Shabir was ruthlesslybeaten by the P2

Army assures investigationin Khrew killing

'Deployment of army was not discussed with CM'


BJP J&K Statespokesperson, Prof.Virender Gupta, was criticalof the resolution adopted inthe meeting of the Statepolitical parties and leadersorganized by OmarAbdullah and attended byseveral National Conferenceand Congress leaders,CPI(M) leader Mohd.Yousuf Tarigami, someindependent MLAs andblamed these leaders forfishing in the troubled water.He said that none of theseleaders played any effectiverole in pacifying thesituation; instead theyremain engaged ininstigating the people and

aggravating the prevailingsituation and added thatOmar Abdullah's Tweets ondaily basis gave support tothe ongoing agitation led bythe extremists and terroristgroups at the behest ofPakistan. He said that as isobvious from the statementsof Gulam Nabi Azad and P.Chidambaram, Congressparty is acting behind thescene, in organizing thepresent turmoil. Virender criticised OmarAbdullah for absolvingPakistan and down playingits role in the creation ofpresent situation, whereas itis world known and ampleclear from the statements ofPakistan Prime-Minister, itsPresident, Army Chief andother functionaries, apart

from the leaders of theterrorist groups, thatPakistan and terrorist groupsoperating from Pakistan aremainly responsible for thepresent situation in thevalley. He added that OmarAbdullah must have theknowledge that most of theterrorists killed in Jammuand Kashmir recentlybelonged to Pakistan andmust be aware of theadmission statements ofPakistani terrorists capturedby the Indian security forcesand asked Omar to explainthe reason for denial of truthand for his blatant lie.Virender asked OmarAbdullah whether the boysof ten to twelve years of ageare self-motivated? He alsoasked P2

Cong, NC trying to destabilize coalition Govt: BJP Slams 'dubious' role of Omar, Azad, Chidambram

Sri AmarnathYatra concludes


The 48-day-long annualAmarnath Yatra, which startedon July 2, ended peacefully onThursday with 'Puja' inside thecave shrine, authorities said."After the traditional Puja thatfollowed the arrival of the'Chhari Mubarak' (Lord Shiva'sMace) at the cave shrine today,the Yatra has peacefullyended," an official from theShri Amarnathji Shrine Boardsaid.The board manages the affairsof the annual Hindu pilgrimageto the cave shrine situated at analtitude of 3,888 metres abovethe sea level in southKashmir's Anantnag district.Due to the ongoing unrest inthe Valley, only P2

New Delhi, Aug 18

Keeping the next course ofaction regarding Pakistanoccupied Kashmir (PoK)and Balochistan underwraps, the Ministry ofExternal Affairs (MEA) onThursday asserted thegovernment will do what ithas to do no matter what asthe people there were India’sown.Attempting to downplayrepeated posers from themedia regarding India’s nextmove in the case of PoKfollowing Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s emphaticreference of the same in hisIndependence Day address,MEA official spokespersonVikas Swarup said the planof action cannot be shared atthis stage.

“Several people fromBalochistan and PoK,including Gilgit Baltistan,had messaged him (PrimeMinister), had been writingto him following hiscomments at the all-partymeeting in which he hadflagged the atrocities beingcommitted on the people ofBalochistan,” Swarup said.Asserting that the PrimeMinister had been thankedby these people for flaggingtheir cause at the all-partymeeting, he added that theformer was sufficientlymoved by their gratitudemassages.“As far as the next course ofaction is concerned, PrimeMinister also gave us certaininstructions in the all-partymeet. How thoseinstructions will be

implemented, I cannot atthis stage share with you.However, the MEA will dowhat it has to do becauseafter all the people of PoKare our own people,”Swarup added.Prime Minister Modi, for thefirst time, raised theBalochistan Humazn Rightsviolations and PoK issues inhis Independence Dayaddress this year.“I want to express mygratitude to the people ofBalochistan, Gilgit and PoKfor the way they whole-heartedly thanked me, theway they expressedgratitude to me…. People ofa distant land I haven’t evenseen….When they thank theIndian PM, it’s an honourfor the 125 crore people ofthe country,” he said from

the ramparts of the Red Fort.However, former externalaffairs minister SalmanKhurshid said that the PrimeMinister should not havespoken openly aboutBalochistan.Taking a dig at PrimeMinister Modi, Khurshidtold ANI that no one askedthe former to speak on theprevailing situation inBalochistan whilehighlighting the Kashmirissue in his IndependenceDay address.“My party is firm on it. Thisis an amateur foreignpolicy,” he added.Backing his party colleague,former union minister andCongress leader Kapil Sibalsaid the Balochistanmention will have“consequences”. P2

People of PoK are our own, will do what it takes: India

2 STATE the northlinesJammu | Friday | August 19 | 2016

One killed in clashes in Pulwama,Curfew continues in Valley

movement of the people in rest of the Valley.

Normal life has been paralysed in the Valley due to street

protests since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander

Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces on July 8.

Heavy deployment of security forces has been carried out in

Srinagar city with all roads leading to the local office of

United Nations Military Observers Group (UNMOG) at

Sonawar sealed.

The authorities strictly imposed night curfew in the city in

view of the separatists' call for march to the UNMOGIP

office over a 72-hour period beginning yesterday. Schools,

colleges and private offices remained closed while public

transport remained off the roads due to the strike called by

the separatists.

The attendance in government offices was thin. Mobile

Internet and mobile telephony services across the valley

remained suspended. However, broadband services were

restored early this morning after five days. Broadband

services and mobile telephone services were snapped

Saturday evening. As many as 64 persons including two

police personnel have been killed and several thousand

injured in the clashes that began on July 9.

Sindhu enters badmintonfinal, now for gold

8-4. The Indian engaged her rival in long rallies and tried to

vary the pace and finish them with well-executed drops.

A cross court forehand return after a long rally which

consisted of 32 strokes helped Sindhu reach 9-6 before the

Indian reached the interval with an 11-6 advantage after

Okuhara hit long.

The Hyderabadi pushed the Japanese to the corners by

playing half smashes and drops, while Okuhara continued

to find the net while trying to play the cross court drops

from the baseline.

Leading 14-10, Sindhu hit wide and long before coming up

with a superb drop even as Okuhara forehand returns.

At 16-18, Sindhu failed to negotiate a body return but she

again caught hold of the shuttle early using her height and

sent it sailing out of the Japanese reach. A missed net shot

by Okuhara saw Sindhu reach the game point.

What ensued next was a long rally with Okuhara hitting

across as the Indian grabbed the opening game after the

Japanese found the net.

Sindhu once again opened up a 3-0 lead but the Japanese

soon clawed back and grabbed a slender 5-3 lead with the

Indian finding it difficult to keep the shuttle inside the court.

The duo moved neck-and-neck from 5-5 to 8-8. A forecourt

deception gave a point to Sindhu but she hit wide again.

Sindhu retrieved everything that was thrown at her but she

rushed on to a stroke to hit the net. At the interval, Sindhu

managed a slender 11-10 lead after her return landed at the

corner of the court.

Sindhu came out all cylinders blazing after the change of

sides and reeled off 11 straight points with the help of her

array of strokes, which included some brilliant backhand

flick and drops, to completely demolish the third seeded

Japanese.

It was a deceptive return which helped Sindhu reach a

massive 10-point match point and then eked her name into

the history books with a smash that caught Okuhara at the

forecourt.- (Agencies)

Gov orders transfer of TehsildarsI/C Tehsildar North Srinagar vice Imran Ahmad Bhat, Irfan

Bahadur, Jr KAS will be Hqr. Assistant to Deputy

Commissioner Baramulla vice Ashak Hussain Wani, Moin

Azhar Kakroo Tehsildar Baramulla vice Irfan Bahadur. He

will also hold additional charge of Tehsil Sheeri.

Abdul Gafar Bhat has been posted as I/C Tehsildar Saller

Anantnag vice Shabir Ahmad Mir. He will also hold

additional charge of Tehsil Srigufwara. Ghulam Din Dar has

been posted as I/C Tehsildar Tulail, Abdul Rashid Bhat has

been posted as I/c Tehsildar Lalpora with additional charge

of Sogam, Javaid Ahmad Sheikh has been posted as I/c

Tehsildar Khanyar vice Abdul Rashid Bhat, Mushtaq

Ahmad Bajad has been posted as Tehsildar Kangan vice

Mohammad Ramzan, Salam Din, Jr KAS has been posted

as Tehsildar Rajouri, Shahzad Latief Khan has been posted

as I/c Tehsildar Mendhar with additional charge of Tehsil

Mankote, Gurmeet Namgyal has been posted as Tehsildar

Leh, Manzoor Hussain has been posted as I/c Tehsildar

Jammu (Khas), Ghulam Mehdi has been posted as I/c

Tehsildar Shargole, Kargil, Zaheer Rana has been posted as

I/c Tehsildar Kalakote, Abdul Rahman Dar has been posted

as I/c Tehsildar Pantha chowk, Mohammad Amin Dar has

been posted as I/c Tehsildar Khaltsi Leh, Shalu Ram has

been posted as I/c Tehsildar Bari Brahmna vice Aakil

Navid, Jr KAS, Muzafar Ahmad Malik has been posted as

Tehsildar Dooru vice Abdul Gaffar Bhat, Younis Ahmad has

been posted as I/c Tehsildar, Awantipora.

Ved Prakash has been posted as I/c Tehsildar, Majalta,

Gaurav Sharma has been posted as I/c Tehsildar, Hiranagar,

Suneet Singh has been posted as I/c Tehsildar, Kalakote,

Vijay Kumar Sharma has been posted as I/c Tehsildar

Sunderbani, Abdul Rashid has been posted as I/c Tehsildar,

Shopian vice Mushtaq Ahmad Ganaie, Masood Ahmad has

been posted as /c Tehsildar, Baderwah, Rajesh Kumar has

been posted as /c Tehsildar, Nagrota, Shahbaz Ahmad

Bodha has been posted as Tehsildar Chadoora, Syed Altaf

Hussain, Jr KAS has been posted as Tehsildar, Magam vice

Zubair ahmad Parra, Gh Ahmad Khan has been posted as

Tehsildar, Shalteng, Imran Ahmad Bhat has been posted as

I/c Tehsildar Handwara.He will hold additional charge of

Tehsil Zachaldara.

Abdul Khaliq Najar has been posted as I/c Tehsildar Hajin,

Mohammad Shafi Lone has been posted as I/c Tehsildar,

Gurez vice Tariq Ahmad Sheikh, Syed Qamam Din has

been posted as I/c Tehsildar Eidgah, Abdul Gani Tantray has

been posted as I/c Tehsildar Ramhal Tarathpora, Ali

Mohammad Najar has been posted as Tehsildar, Pampora,

Mohammad Maqbool has been posted as Tehsildar,

Zainapora, Shopian vice Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh with

additional charge of Chitragam, Abdul Qayoom has been

posted as I/c Tehsildar Mandi, Ramesh Kumar Sharma has

been posted as I/c Tehsildar Ramnagar, Abdul Rashid has

been posted as I/c Tehsildar Keller, Vinay Kumar Sharma,

Jr KAS has been posted as Tehsildar, South Jammu, Tanvir

ul Majeed, Jr KAS has been posted as Tehsildar, Drabshalla,

Gh Rasool Bhat has been posted as Tehsildar, Pahalgam

vice Basheer Ahmad Padder, Mohammad Amin Dar has

been posted as /c Tehsildar, Litter.

Shabir Ahmad has been posted as Tehsildar, Devsar vice

Abdul Hameed, Abdul Hameed has been posted as I/c

Tehsildar, Qazigund vice Muzafar Ahmad Malik, Shabir

Ahmad Darzi has been posted as I/c Tehsildar, Keigam,

Sajad Hussain has been posted as I/c Tehsildar, Durbuk,

Aakil Navid, Jr.KAS has been posted as Tehsildar Lohia

Malhar, Zafar Ahmad Lone has been posted as I/c Tehsildar,

LAWDA, Sesh Paul has been posted as I/c Tehsildar

Chowki Chora, Irshad Ahmad has been posted as I/c

Tehsildar Kishtwar, Arun Kumar has been posted as I/c

Tehsildar Paddar with additional charge of Machail,

Mohammad Ramzan Ganaie has been posted as I/C

Tehsildar Langate. He will hold additional charge of Tehsil

Qalamabad.

Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh has been posted as I/C

Tehsildar Khoi, Baramulla, Abrar Inayat has been posted as

L/A Tehsildar Sopore. He will also hold additional charge of

Tehsil Zainager, Sajad Ahmad Wani has been posted as

Tehsildar Bijbehara, Ashik Hussain Wani has been posted as

Tehsildar Vilgam, Zahid Gani Wani has been posted as

Tehsildar Shangus, Ram Paul has been posted as Tehsildar

Bahu Jammu, Kachoo Asgar Ali has been posted as L/A

Tehsildar Chiktan Kargil, Jai Singh has been posted as L/A

Tehsildar Basohli, Babu Ram has been posted as L/A

Tehsildar Marh, Farooq Ahmad Dar has been posted as L/A

Tehsildar Rajpora, Mohit Gupta has been posted as

Tehsildar Bhalwal, Pawan Kumar has been posted as L/A

Tehsildar Relief Organisation Jammu, R K Rathore has

been posted as L/A Tehsildar Samba, Munir Hussain Khan

has been posted as L/A Tehsildar Recovery Srinagar vice

Najibullah, Najibullah has been posted at Hqr Assistant to

DC Bandipora, Majid Chaudhary has been posted as L/A

Tehsildar Banihal. He will also hold additional charge of

Tehsil Ukhral, Saqib Saleem has been posted as L/A

Tehsildar North Jammu vice Javid Iqbal, Jr KAS, Javid

Iqbal, Jr KAS has been posted as Tehsildar Udhampur.

Tariq Ahmad Sheikh has been posted as L/A Tehsildar

Kreeri Baramulla, Jehangir Khan has been posted as L/A

Tehsildar Haveli, Basheer Ahmad Padder, Jr KAS has been

posted as Tehsildar Larnoo, Sohan Lal Raina has been

posted as L/A Tehsildar R.S.Pura, Gh. Mohd Dar has been

posted as I/C Tehsildar Narbal, Reyaz Ahmad has been

posted as I/C Tehsildar Dangiwacha, Rafiq Ahmad has been

posted as Tehsildar Bishnah Jammu, Nusrat has been posted

at Hqr Assistant to DC Srinagar, Shahid Iqbal has been

posted as Tehsildar Thanamandi, Mohd Rafiq has been

posted at Hqr Assistant to DC Poonch, Rajesh Kumar, Jr

KAS has been posted as Tehsildar Reasi.

[11:36 PM, 8/18/2016] +91 94191 17628: VERY SAD

NEWS OF PLB:---Today the people r celebrating the

festival of rakshabandan throughout India.The festival is a

sign of love for brothers & &sisters.But on the same time

there is a wave of sadness throughout Bhomag as today we

have lost a great hero of PLB respected sh kuldeep Singh ji

lecturer in economics resident of Panchari due to

mysterious accident early morning while they were

returning home along with family from Machail.It is a very

shocking news for all of us & a great loss of PlB.He was a

very dedicated person towards his profession. He was a very

strong determination man.Before being selected as lecturer

in education dpt. he was on the post of patwari in revnue

dpt.His contributioni in the field of development was also

appreciable.I pray before all mighty God for his departed

soul rest in heaven &also give strength to family members

from overcome to this great l

Army assures investigationin Khrew killing

army and he was declared brought dead by the doctors in

Pampore hospital," the villagers said.

On ransacking of the houses, the GOC repeated that that the

incident will be investigated.

Lt Dua when asked about army being deployed to defuse

the ongoing situation and their meeting with Chief minister

Mehbooba Mufti recently, said that the meeting was a about

reviewing the situation.

"Deployment of army to restore law and order was not

discussed (with chief minister). In no situation are we going

with police, CRPF for law and order," he said.

The army commander, however, added that in situations

where army "needs to extricate policemen from mobs, our

men got to such places."

He said that to de-escalate the situation, security forces and

the government need to control the cycle of violence.

"I appeal youth to give peace a chance as chief minister

appeal to them during her independence speech. Children

are not going to schools, fruit dealers face problem to take

out fruit from markets, patients can't to hospitals," he said.

Lt Dua said that traffic will be "restored from tomorrow on

Highway and inter-district roads by security forces for army

convoys and public vehicles". (KNS)

Work for a joint strategy to facilitate ajoint reach out: PDP asks NC

right now. The probes have been conducted but not taken to

logical conclusions".

Over the opposition demand on convening an assembly

session he said "Presently the government is on a

firefighting mode. We agree to the opposition demand but

we have a lot of time to decide on the timing of meeting in

the assembly and discussing the situation there".

On the opposition demand over the use of pellet guns

Akhter said "Not the politicians but the security experts are

the right people to taken a decision on the use of pellet guns.

The government has decided to phase out pellet guns and is

working on it". He however said that the present

government has inherited the pellet guns from the previous

government which brought pellet guns to restore calm

during 2010 unrest but reiterated government's commitment

to phase out pellet guns.

On the decision of the NC led opposition to meet the

President of India to press hard for the demands the

Education Minister said "The opposition can exercise the

democratic right of meeting the President and apprising him

about the situation. We welcome the decision but don't

oppose it". Endorsing the opposition demand for dialogue

with both the separatists and Pakistan Akhter told "Dialogue

with both the separatists and the Government Pakistan is on

the points of agreement in the "Agenda of Alliance" on the

basis of which PDP-BJP -Government was formed"

Hizb threatens people for joiningpolice, panchyat elections

charity so that the financially weak section of our society

doesn't suffer. He also appealed people to make Baitul Maal

stronger.

Zakir said national media was projecting Kashmiris and

militants in a bad light to the world. "All the communication

lines have been shut in the Valley so that the outside world

doesn't know the current situation in the Valley. I have been

to many states of India and some people know the pain of

Kashmiris, but Indian media project us in a different way. If

we would have unleashed 'terror' like security forces are

doing here, so many people shouldn't have been supporting

us. So stop this biased campaign against," Zakir said.

Zakir in video message appealed people not to act without

properly investigating the things. "The house where Burhan

Bhai was killed in Kokernag should not have been burnt by

people. We and you didn't any evidence against the family

so without knowing the actual picture the house was burnt

down that is not good. We at our own level are also

investigating the matter, till then people should not take any

step because it also creates a problem for our (militant)

movement. People then accuse saying we give shelter to

militant and in return people label us as traitors. It creates

problems for our movement. Without any proper evidence

people should refrain from doing such acts," Zakir said in a

video message.

People of PoK are our own,will do what it takes: India

The Centre later criticized the Congress for attacking the

Prime Minister's new Balochistan-PoK strategy, saying the

only thing that's consistent about the grand old party is its

inconsistency.

Army inducts 300 youth from J&K

J&K in the army comes at a time when the state has been

making headlines for incidents of stone-pelting by some

youngsters in the valley.

The highlight of the function was the sons of the soil and

their families lighting candles as a mark of solidarity with

the people of Kashmir and praying for return of calm and

peace to the valley at the earliest, an army spokesman said.

Kashmir valley is on the boil since July 9 following the

killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.

The widespread clashes left 64 persons including two

policemen dead and over 8000 others injured.

The passing out parade, depicting graduation of a recruit

and his transformation into a young soldier, was overseen

by Governor N N Vohra and was attended by over 1500

parents and other relatives of the young soldiers along with

a number of civil and military dignitaries.

Vohra praised the young soldiers and said it will encourage

more and more youth from the state to come forward to join

the security forces.

He highlighted the vital role played by their parents in

motivating their wards to join this noble profession, the

spokesman said.

In the end, the spokesman said, proud parents and relatives

pipped the soldiers ready to join their battalions and to tread

the immortal path of glory, living up to the expectations and

the best traditions of the army.

"As a mark of respect, gratitude and recognition of the

contribution made by the parents of these young soldiers,

they were also presented with the 'Gaurav Padaks' (prestige

medals) instituted by the army," the spokesman said.

PTI

Sri Amarnath Yatra concludes

some 221,000 pilgrims performed the Yatra which is the

lowest number in the last many years.

Despite the declining number of pilgrims this year, the

Amarnath Yatra went on peacefully and no untoward

incident was reported from anywhere involving the Yatris.

Roadblocks by protestors disrupted all vehicular movement

on the highways and main roads of the Kashmir Valley at

times and this sometimes involved the vehicles used by the

Yatris, but there was no targeting of the pilgrims as such

anywhere.

Modi crossed 'red line': Pak

briefing here, also took strong exception to the remarks by

Prime Minister Modi on Balochistan.

Prime Minister Modi had brought up Pakistani atrocities on

people of Balochistan and PoK in his Independence Day

speech.

"It is the violation of the UN Charter…He (Modi) crossed

the red line by talking about Balochistan," Zakaria said.

He alleged that India was involved in subversive activities

in Balochistan and Karachi. Zakaria also claimed that India

was referring to Balochistan to cover up its human rights

violations in Kashmir.

Zakaria said Prime Minister Sharif will lead the official

delegation at the General Assembly session. He said the UN

Secretary General and most of the UN members had already

been informed about the "precarious situation" in Kashmir.

84% allocation spentunder MGNREGA

convergence under MGNREGA with various other

departments at a cost of Rs 9.27 crore out of which 173

works have been completed at a cost of Rs 3.58 crore.

Under 13th Finance Commission, the meeting was

informed that 399 Panchayat Ghars were constructed till

date while 315 Panchayat Ghars are under construction.

Officials said under 14th FC, Rs 1.86 crore have been

released and works under this scheme are under execution

and are likely to be completed by the end of September

2016.

Secretary RDD said under flood protection works, the

department spent Rs 8.80 crore till date. He said 102 works

have been approved regarding flood protection at an

estimated cost of Rs 35 crore.

The officers were further informed that under Swach Bharat

Mission (SBM), 47000 Individual Household Latrines have

been completed out of the total target of three lakh IHHLs.

Cong, NC trying to destabilizecoalition Govt: BJP

"did the Prime-Minister, Narendra Modi, not make efforts to

have negotiations with Pakistan to resolve the bilateral

issues between the two countries? Did Modi not make

attempts to address the various issues confronting the

people of Jammu and Kashmir State? Did he not make

many visits to Jammu and Kashmir, particularly the

valley?" The spokesperson added that probably Omar

Abdullah has too short memory that is why he has forgotten

the efforts of Government of India to retrieve the Valley

from the flood calamity, and assistance of 80 thousand crore

for the development activities.

He asked Omar that how many enquiries were conducted on

outbreak of violence after 1990, 2008 and 2010 when

National Conference and Congress were in power. He also

said that any political solution of Jammu and Kashmir State

can only be worked out while taking the people of all the

three regions into confidence; Pakistan and its supporters in

the Valley has no role to play.

FROM PAGE 01


Ram Madhav, National

General Secretary, BJP, met

Governor N.N. Vohra at the

Raj Bhavan here today.

Governor and Mr. Madhav

discussed the recent

developments and the

urgent need for restoring

normalcy in the State.

Ram Madhav meetsGovernorSrinagar, Aug 18

The Army today paid a befitting

tribute with full military honours

to two soldiers - Naik Shakti and

Sepoy Joy Jit Ghosh - killed in a

militant ambush in Baramulla

district on Wednesday.

A defence spokesman said the

homage was paid during a

solemn ceremony at Badami

Bagh Cantonment in Srinagar

today.

"Lt Gen Satish Dua, Chinar

Corps Commander, and all ranks

paid homage to the national

heroes on behalf of a proud

nation," the spokesman said.

The spokesman said Naik

Shakti, 29, a resident of Chatra

in Jharkhand, had joined the

Army at the age of 18 and was a

passionate soldier. "He was a

skilled hockey player," the

spokesman said. He is survived

by his wife Khushboo and a son

(6).

Sepoy Joy Jit Ghosh, 32, of

Parganas North, West Bengal,

had joined the Army at the age

of 20 and had earned the respect

of a warrior and was a friend to

all, the spokesman said.

"He was an ardent football

player, also represented the

Army Service Corps Central

team," he said. He is survived by

his wife Priyanka Ghosh and a

baby girl.

The spokesman said the mortal

remains of the two soldiers

would be flown to their native

places for last rites and be laid

to rest with full military

honours.

Two Army men and a policeman

were killed in the wee hours of

Wednesday in an ambush on an

Army convoy on the strategic

Srinagar-Baramulla highway in

Baramulla district.

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3 STATE the northlinesJammu | Friday | August 19 | 2016

In the court of Judicial Magistrate

1st Class (Munsiff), SambaPresent : Shabanam Sheikh

Amarjeet S/o Girdhari Lal R/0 Vill. Rajinderpura

(Bagoona) Tehsil Vijaypur Distt. Samba

V/S

S.H.O.Police Station, Vijaypur

Application U/S 13 (3) of Registration of births/deaths

Act, seeking directions to S.H.O. Police Station, Vijaypur

to enter the birth particular of applicant's Child.

In the matter of

Application for Registration of birth/death of:-

Isha Bhagat (Female) D.O.B.06-05-2010 at home

Father's Name: Amarjeet

Mother's Name: Neelam Devi

NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLICWhereas, an application stand filed in this court for

registration of birth of applicant's child Isha Bhagat r/o

Vill. Rajinderpura (Bagoona) Tehsil Vijaypur Distt.

Samba in Police Station, Vijaypur and through the

medium of this publication notice at large and any other

interested person is/ are informed that in case anybody has

any objection in respect of aforementioned application

then he/she/they shall file their objections in this court

within 7 days from the date of publication of notice,

failing which appropriate order shall follow.

Given under my hand and seal of this court today

17th day of August 2016.

Munsiff

(Judicial Magistrate Ist Class Samba)

In the court of Chief

Judicial Magistrate, SambaPresent : Deepak Sethi

Surav Sharma S/o Sh. Anil Kumar Sharma r/o H.No. 59,

Ward No.6, Vijaypur, Tehsil Vijaypur District Samba .

V/S

E.O. Municipal Committee, Vijaypur

Application U/S 13 (3) of Registration of birth/death Act,

seeking directions to E.O. Municipal Committee, Vijaypur

to enter the birth particular of applicant.

PROCLAMATIONWhereas applicant has filed the above titled application in

this court for issuing direction to E.O. Municipal

Committee, Vijaypur regarding registration of birth

particulars of applicant namely Sourav Sharma S/o Sh.

Anil Kumar Sharma & Smt. Anita Sharma R/o H.No.59,

Ward No.6,Vijaypur, Tehsil Vijaypur District Samba in

Municipal Committee Vijaypur who was born on 09-02-

1991 at home and through the medium of this

proclamation, general public is informed that any person/s

has/have objection to the same, in that event he/she/they

shall file same before this court on or before 24-08-

2016,failing which appropriate order shall passed. Take

notice that in case the date of fixed is declared holiday, the

matter shall be taken in the next working day.



Chief Judicial Magistrate,

Samba

In the court of Judicial Magistrate

1st Class (Addl. Munsiff), SambaPresent : Junaid I. Mir

Balbir Chand S/o Shiv Ram r/o Kassi Tehsil Samba Distt.

Samba.

V/S

S.H.O.Police Station, Samba

In the matter of

Application for Registration of birth/death of:-

Ritika Verma(Female) D.O.B.12-03-2008 at Home

Father's Name: Balbir Chand

Mother's Name: Smt. Rajni Devi

NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLICWhereas, an application stand filed in this court for

registration of birth of applicant's child Ritika Verma r/o

Kassi Tehsil Samba Distt. Samba in Police Station, Samba

and through the medium of this publication notice at large

and any other interested person is/ are informed that in

case anybody has any objection in respect of

aforementioned application then he/she/they shall file

their objections in this court within 7 days from the date

of publication of notice, failing which appropriate order

shall follow.



Addl. Munsiff

(Judicial Magistrate Ist Class Samba)

NoticeI, Parshotam Lal S/o Sh. Gurdass Mal R/o Kalibari, Kathua,

have lost my driving license bearing regd. no.

JK0819980027099. Now, I am applying for the duplicate of

the same. Objection, if any, may be conveyed to concerned

authority within 7 days from the publication of this notice.

Prabh Dayal

Kathua, Aug 18

Prajapita Brahma

Kumaries Ishwariya Viswa

Vidyala, Kathua today

celebrated Rakhi with

religious fervor and

enthusiasm. B.K.Veena

Didi, Head of Brahma

Kumaries Centres of

District Kathua along with

other sisters of the Centre

visited the Mini

Secretariate Complex

Kathua and tied sacred

Rakhi to Additional

Deputy Commissioner,

Kathua, Dr. Bharat

Bhushan . The other

officers who were tied

Rakhi by B.K Veena Didi

included ACR Kathua

Jatinder Mishra,Deputy

Director,Employment,Dhu

ni Chand Bhatti,Distt.

I n f o r m a t i c s

O f f i c e r , S i d d e s h w a r

Bhagat,Asstt.Director,Con

sumer Affairs and Public

Distribution Ajay Salan,

Tehsildar Kathua, Avtaar

Singh Jasrotia and other

officials of D.C. office

complex, Kathua.Then B

.K Veena tied Rakhi to the

Jail immates and Jail

officials. She exhorted the

immates to follow the path

of righteousness and strive

hard to lead pious life. She

said that jail immates are

like other humans beings

and can contribute for self

and society's betterment.

She earlier tied Rakhi to

the Brahma Kumari

brothers and sisters in the

vidyala premises.

Brahma Kumaries celebrate Rakhi with jail inmates

Raksha Bandhan celebrated

with great religious fervor

and enthusiasm across the

Kathua District on Thursday.

To mark the day, sisters tied

the Rakhi or holy thread on

the wrist of their brothers,

while brothers give their

sisters gifts and with

performing prayers for well-

being and protection of each

other. Sisters gave their

brothers sweets and fruits

also on the occasion. On

the occasion, the roads

were also turned most busy

and full of vehicle

movements in order to

reach at the respective

destinations to celebrate the

festival. Sharda, a married

woman told that Raksha

Bandhan festival is a

family affair, a time for

sisters and brothers to get

together and remind one

another how great they area

and to exchange their

personal problems also.

Gulshan said, it is the

occasion of love and duty

and is a time for gifts, hugs

and prayers for each others.

Raksha Bandhan celebrated withreligious fervor across Kathua

NL CorrespondentKathua, Aug 18

RCK celebratesRaksha BandhanKathua, Aug 18

On the eve of Raksha Bandhan,

the Ramleela Committee

Kathua unfurl the flag of God

Hanuman Ji at Hanuman temple

at Ramleela ground on

Thursday. The committee

members tied the holy thread

and rakhi on the flag of the God

Hanuman ji and prayed for well

being and protection of entire

human society. Meanwhile, the

Ramleela committee of

Basohali headed by Ex-

Minister, Prem Sagar Aziz

inaugurated hall for Ramleela

committee at Basohali on

Thursday. Ramleela committee

of Basohali also offered the flag

at the Hanuman temple and

hoped that every Ramleela will

come smooth and hurdle free.

Prabh Dayal

Kathua, Aug 18

One died while nine others were injured in

accident on Marheen-Chadwal road on

Thursday. Nine persons travelling in

minibus which was heading to Chadwal

from Bobiya when reached near Chadwal

Morh met with a tragic accident with a

motorcycle in which motorcyclist died and

nine others sustained serious injuries.

According to sources, a minibus bearing

registration number JK014-7919 before

hitting the motorcycle, was forcefully

collided with an electric pole.

Motorcycle rider who died on spot has

been identified as Rakeeb resident of

Marheen. The injured have identified as

Ashok Kumar(33) resident of village

Mela, Ragubir Singh (70), resident of

villages Bobya, Darshana Devi (60)

resident of Treli, Shanti Devi (70)

resident of village Uttari, Ashok Kumar

(40) resident of Bobya, Veena Devi (24)

resident of Bobya and Vikas Singh (11)

resident of Bobya.

Motorcyclist killed, 9 others

injured in road accident

ABVP Kathua unit

celebrated Raksha Bhandan

with CRPF soldiers at their

Kathua headquarter and Bal

Ashram Kathua. On the

occasion, SFD (ABVP) state

incharge Rahul Dev said

every ABVP activist

celebrated Raksha bandhan

with soliders and inmates of

Bal ashram and this time we

celebrated raksha bhandan

with CRPF Jawans because

they sacrifices their lives for

the sake of the nation and in

order to protect the lives of

civilians. So, it is our prime

duty to give the respect and

affection to the jawans and

celebrate every Festival with

them. ABVP City Girls

Incharge Ankita Gupta said

every year we celebrate

Raksha Bandan with inmates

of bal ashram so that they

don't feel alone on this very

special day. City president

Amit Sudan said that Rakhi

is a festival of love and

sharing that they celebrate

rakhi with CRPF jawans. On

this occasion, ABVP District

Convener Pawan Vivek,

CRPF Commandant S.S

Rana, Second Commandant

Tasi Gaylik, Deputy

Commandant Madam

Taslima Khan, Subhedar

Major Babulal Yadav, Sub

Inspector Santosh Kumar,

ABVP members Neha

Gupta, Akashana, Rupanshi,

Sweta were present there.

ABVP Kathua unitcelebrates Raksha Bandhan

NL CorrespondentKathua, Aug 18

Raksha Bandhan festival, which

symbolises the love and duty

between brothers and sisters, was

celebrated with gaiety, fraternity

and chastity across Jammu

province. A colourful cultural

programme was organized in

Central Jail Kot Bhalwal to

celebrate Raksha Bandhan festival.

The festival of Raksha Bandhan,

the occasion to reaffirm the

treasured bond of love and care

between brothers and sisters, was

on Thursday celebrated with full

traditional fervor across Jammu

region. Meanwhile, the markets

across the major towns of Jammu

were abuzz with activities with

girls and women buying colourful

and varied Rakhis and gifts for

their brothers. Sweetshops also did

brisk business as women and girls

bought sweets to serve to their

brothers, after tying Rakhi.The

major temples like the historic

Raghunath Bazar, Ranbireshwar

Mandir, Peer Kho Temple, Bahu

Fort Temple, Mahalaxmi Temple,

Apshambhu Temple and others

also witnessed heavy rush,

especially in the morning. The

temples were also beautifully

decorated to make the occasion

festive. Special prayers were also

held for the prosperity of the state.

In Jammu city, kite flying

dominated the Rakhsha Bandhan

celebrations as usual. As the dawn

fell, enthusiastic boys, young and

grown up, occupied rooftops of

their houses to enjoy kite flying- a

tradition being observed in Jammu

city on this festival. Colourful

kites dotted the sky, while many

youth were seen playing high pitch

song numbers to add to the thrill of

the festivity. Meanwhile, on the

auspicious occasion of Raksha

Bandhan, hundreds of female party

cadres, members of social

organizations, women from

different walks of life, school

children, destitute visited the

several prime locations and

prominent persons and tied Rakhis

on their wrist and prayed for their

well being. A large number of

women went to border areas and

tied rakhis on BSF personnel.

"These BSF personnel are away

from their families and just like our

brothers they are guarding us so we

came here to express our feelings

to them by tying Rakhis," one of

the females said. The security

personnel expressed happiness at

the women's gesture. "We are

happy that our sisters from various

parts of Jammu came to tie Rakhis.

Even as we are far away from our

families these sisters from Jammu

did the needful by tying Rakhis," a

BSF official said.

Raksha Bandhan celebrated across Jammu ProvinceNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Aug 18

Emphasizing for firm handling

of the problems in the troubled

Valley as also around the

LOC/borders in J&K, the former

Union Minister Prof. Chaman

Lal Gupta has expressed his

concern over the bloodshed of

youths and said that is a matter

of soul seething that the things

have might have taken ugly

shape during past some weeks.

It is perhaps that some internal

and external elements have felt

that there was weak Government

in the State, but it is a challenge

both for the State and Center

leadership to prove that their

adversaries were miscalculated.

Prof. Gupta Said that what was

happening in Kashmir valley is

not the new thing. It is a new

chapter of the old proxy war

launched by Pakistan. Lot of

bloodshed and sufferings to the

mankind has been there but for

religious bigotry and parochial

approach. Thus, a war like

situation has been created and it

should be fought like a war

instead of showing any

vacillations, He added.

Ridiculing those especially in

the Congress and National

Conference, who are ranting for

a political settlement on

Kashmir, Prof. Gupta questioned

that why they do not have such a

solution when they themselves

were at helm of affairs for so

many years. He said Pakistan

has no locus standii in J&K and

its position is that of an

aggressor. The State is an

integral part of India and it

would be defended as per the

constitution and the unanimous

resolve of Parliament. He

further said, that troubled areas

of the valley are just 1/8th of the

State and there is need to dispel

the impression that this State is

comprised of only that of the

Valley. No will of a region or

that of section can be imposed

on the entire State which is

known as J&K and had acceded

to India under the procedure.

Prof. Gupta appealed to the

mislead youth of Kashmir to

shed violence and opt for

peaceful means to get solve their

grievances as violence is no

solution to any problems.

Pakistan has no locus standi in J&K: Prof GuptaNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Aug 18

MOHD MAJID MALIK

BHADERWAH, AUG 18

Sanitary fittings of

washrooms in New Sub

District Hospital,

Bhaderwah are missing

causing a lot of

inconvenience to

visitors. Employees of

the hospital said the

fittings were stolen. The

Employees said wash

basins were intact, but

taps and pipes were

missing. Of the three

wash basins in a

washroom at the centre

has only one tap. Even

pipes of wash basins

have been stolen. The

washroom fittings, made

of steel, fetch a good

price in market on being

resold.The staff of the

hospital said it was

hard to keep an eye on

every person, who used

the washroom.

"Employees cannot

follow everybody into

washrooms. Such thefts

cause trouble for the

hospital management

and the visitors," said a

staff member.A visitor

said, "A person cannot

even wash his hands.

Sanitary fittings must be

installed so that people

can use the facility."Old

Hospital, Bhaderwah too

are facing the problem

of theft of sanitary

fittings. Apart from theft

of sanitary items,

instances of stealing

other items from public

institutions, especially

hospitals are not

uncommon in

Bhaderwah.When

Contacted BMO

Bhaderwah Dr. Yudvir

Singh Kotwal, he

confirmed theft of

Sanitary fitting in new

hospital and informed he

is investigating the

matter and after that

will lodge Police

complaint.

4 HILL DISTRICT the northlinesJammu | Friday | August 19 | 2016

Ancient and historical

Machail yatra Mace leaves

for Paddar Machail today

from its base camp Maa

Chandi Temple village

Chinote of Tehsil

Bhaderwah. Large number

of devotees from Jammu,

U d h a m p u r , K a t h u a ,

Ramban, and others districts

of Jammu province and

other parts of the northern

states. Yathra was officially

started from 25th July and

about 50 thousands devotees

perform darshan of Maa

Chandi in Machail Padder of

district Kishtwar. Last night

large number of devotees

were reaching at Maa

Chandi Temple Chinote and

all the night take part in

Jagrata and early in the

morning today after prayers

and Aarti leaves Mace for

first destination at Gouri

Temple Sarkoot Kishtwar.

From Chinote Mace passes

through Masjid Mohalla,

Takia Chowk, Seri Bazar,

Link road, New Bus stand,

Kotli, Radio Station,

Udrana, Gatha,

Domail,etc.People of these

areas well come the Mace

with Maa Chandi

Jaykaras.During his enroute

Bhalla, Seri, Pul Doda,

Kharara, Prem Nagar and

Thatri etc people also well

come the holy Mace.

Tomorrow morning Holy

Mace will proceed to

Gulabgarh. Both districts

Doda and Kishtwar have

made arrangements of

security, health care,

drinking water,sanitation etc

for devotees. Some religious

organisations have open

langers for

devotees.Similarly another

Kailash yatra of Bhaderwah

started officially today from

Bhaderwah. In this yatra

also large numbers of

devotees taking part in it.

Some devotees are

proceeding through tough

hilly area via Ram Tund and

others through vehicles on

Bhaderwah-Basholi road up

to Chattergala and from

there on foot to Kailash

Kund. The holy Mace of this

Yatra will leaves to Kailash

Kund from its base camp

Vasuki Nag Temple Gatha

Bhaderwah on 28th August.

Historical Machail Yatra Maceleaves for Paddar

NL CorrespondentBhaderwah, Aug 18

Its 5th consecutive year for

the army to organized free

medical camp cum horse

racing for Gujjar-

Bakarwals living 9,000 ft

above sea level in Gotal-

Dessa areas of Jammu and

Kashmir.

10 Rashtriya Rifles

Battalions in Doda has held

two days free medical camp

at Gotal-Dessa in

mountainous Doda district.

Free of cost medicines

were provided to the

nomads. A horse racing

program was also held for

nomads where huge people

participated and witness the

event.

General Officer in

Command (GOC) Delta

Force, Maj. General SS

Tinaiker was the chief

guest on this occasion who

inaugurated the two day

program for nomadic

population where as

Commanding Officer (CO)

10 RR accompanied him.

Gujjar and Bakarwals are

usually lead a lonely and

tough life, migrating

between the upper reaches

during summers and

winters in search of grazing

ground for their goats and

sheep. Living on such

rough and difficult terrain,

though their body adapt to

environmental conditions

but at the same time it also

takes a toll on their health.

"We are very happy with the

way army is helping us, they

organized medical camp for

us in such difficult place

where survival is difficult

even for us, except that horse

racing event is emerged as

most famous event here in

past few years, which army

organized each year. Army

not only encouraging us by

providing trophies but also

with cash rewards," a

nomad, Mohammed Ismail

Choudhary said.

"250 nomads have availed

medical facilities so far; we

are trying our best to reach

every people and tried to

help him. Army has also

organized games for kids

and horse racing for youth

which is most famous event

among nomadic population

in Gotal," Commanding

Officer, 10 RR said by

adding " such events will

continue in near future as

well."

Army organizes horserace for nomads

NL CorrespondentDoda, Aug 18

Urging people to facilitate

smooth movement of

vehicles transformers for

replacement, the Power

Development Department

(PDD) today said that 102

transformers have been

damaged during the

prevailing law and order

situation in various parts

of Kashmir.

"The Department is

unable to replace the

damaged transformers at

various places fearing

attacks as several vehicles

carrying transformers for

replacement in the

affected areas were

attacked by the mobs," a

PDD spokesperson said.

Giving area-wise details

of the damaged

transformers, the

spokesman said that 16

transformers were

damaged in district

Anantnag, 15 each in

Kulgam and Baramulla,

13 in Kupwara, 12 in

Shopian, 10 in Pulwama,

8 in Bandipora, 6 in

Budgam, 5 in Ganderbal

and 2 in Srinagar.

He said the functioning of

Transformer Repairing

Workshops has also been

severely affected because

of the prevailing situation

and out of 7 workshops

located at Srinagar,

Bijbehara, Sopore,

Anantnag, Budgam,

Ganderbal and Kupwara,

only two workshops -

Anantnag and Budgam

are functioning partially.

The PDD spokesman said

that works worth

hundreds of crores of

rupees which were under

execution for

improvement and

upgradation of power

infrastructure in Kashmir

under Accelerated Power

Development and

Reforms Programme

(APDRP), Deendayal

Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti

Yojana (DDUGJY) and

other programmes

including district and

state sector have come to

a halt and the delay

would result in massive

cost escalation.

PDD urges people to

facilitate replacement of

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Natrang Theatre Group

today performed at remote

villages of Balnoi and

Mankot in Mendhar. Natrang

artists braving the weather,

today energized village

environs through highly

thoughtful plays backed by

power packed sound

systems. Today's mind-

blowing play was based on

the story of a young girl

'Guddi' representing a major

section of rural lower middle

class adolescent young girls,

who shakes off domestic

compulsions to pursue a

career. Written and directed

by Padamshree Balwant

Thakur, this most celebrated

play was based on multiple

subjects addressing the

problems of girl child,

female feticide, education

and empowerment of

women. The lead role of the

play was played by young

dynamic actor Juhi Singh

who was supported by senior

actor Neeraj Kant as her

father. The dialogues, too

were flavored with local

Pahari language and culture

references. The most

relevant theme touching

hearts and minds of the

audience was

conceptualized, written,

devised and directed by

Balwant Thakur. While the

audiences out here in this

remote part of the Nation

witnessed live theater

performance courtesy

Krishna Ghati Brigade for

the first time in their life, but

the message conveyed

through Natrang

performance will become

folk narratives in these areas.

As a part of 15 days long

celebration programmes of

70th Independence Day of

country, Bhartiya Janta

Party today paid tributes to

martyrs of the nation by

lightening 70 candles.

Programme was held in

Balidan Bhawan Rajouri

and was organised by

Rajouri Urban Unit of BJP

led by its President Vishal

Dutta whereas MLC

Vibodh Gupta was chief

guest in the programme

and many senior party

leaders also took part in it.

Party enlightened 70

candles in the Balidan

Bhawan and paid tributes

to all the martyrs of

Rajouri who laid down

their lives which fighting

attack of rebellion forces in

1947, fighting militancy

during past two decades

and for those brave soldiers

who laid down their lives

in the service of nation.

A two minutes silence was

also maintained in the

memory of all the martyrs.

Addressing the gathering,

MLC Vibodh Gupta said

that those martyrs who laid

down their lives in the

services of nation and for

our safe tomorrow will

always remain alive in our

heart. While castigating

Pakistan for triggering

troubles in India,

especially through

militancy, Gupta said that

the only issue of talks

between India and Pakistan

is Pakistan Occupied

Jammu and Kashmir. State

Additional Office

Secretary Rajinder Gupta

said that martyrs sacrificed

their today for ours

tomorrow and BJP has

always paid tributes to

these martyrs and will

continue this. District

President Dinesh Sharma

said that the 70th

Independence Day

celebrations through

various programmes will

obviously enthuse common

people to identify

themselves with the dreams

of Narendra Modi to make

India a true great nation.

Rajouri Urban unit

President of BJP Vishal

Dutta also stated that their

unit will keep organising

such events for

remembering and paying

tributes to the martyrs.

Prominent leaders of the

party who accompanied

MLC include Atam Gupta,

Vijay Gupta, Naresh

B a k s h i , V i k a s

D u t t a , K o u s h a l

G u p t a , S u m i t

Sharma,Radish Sharma and

others.

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POJK only agenda of talks between India & Pakistan: VibodhNL CorrespondentRajouri, Aug 18

Natrang presents 'Suno Eh Kahani'


The Jammu and Kashmir

Public Service Commission

(JKPSC) has announced

rescheduling of the written

test for the posts of Medical

Officer and Medical Officer

(Ayurvedic).

According to a notification

issued by the Secretary

JKPSC, the written test for

these posts, earlier scheduled

to be conducted on 28

August 2016, shall be now

conducted on 29 August

2016 (Monday) from 2.00

pm to 4.00 pm.

"It is further notified that the

Admit Cards already issued

in this shall be treated to

have been cancelled and the

revised Admit Cards will be

available on the website of

the Commission -

www.jkpsc.nic.in from 25

August 2016," he said and

added that the candidates

may contact the PSC

Secretariat on Cell Nos:

9419720902, 9697503813

and 9906905081 for any

clarification.

Written test for MO postson Aug 29: PSC


Sanitary wares stolen fromBhaderwah Hospital

Div Com for smooth

conduct of examsSRINAGAR, AUG 18

The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Mr Baseer Khan

has asked the teaching and non-teaching staff of Women's

College, MA Road, Srinagar, KG Polytechnic, Gogjibagh,

Srinagar and NIT Hazratbal, Srinagar to report for duties

immediately for smooth conduct of examinations in their

respective institutions.

Majid awarded best Journalist

award in Bhaderwah BHADERWAH, AUG 18

On the eve of 70th Independence Day celebration Sub

Divisional Magistrate Bhaderwah, Mohd Anwar Banday

presented best media person Award to senior Journalist

Mohd Majid Malik for outstanding performance in the field

of Journalism and highlighting each and every issue related

to Bhaderwah . MLC Naresh Kumar Gupta , ASP

Bhaderwah Shargun Shakula , SDPO Sardar Sajjad Khan ,

Tehsildar Dr Amir Zargar , DFO T B Singh , BMO Dr

Yudvir Singh Kotwal were present on the occasion among

others. It is notable to mention here that Mohd Majid Malik

is working in the field of Journalism from last 14 years and

had done PG in Economics , PG in Journalism and Mass

Communication along with B.Ed from Jammu University

and is presently working as Special Correspondent of The

Northlines and JK Channel.

Former Minister meets Governor

SRINAGAR, AUG 18

Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir, former Minister, met Governor N.

N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here today to discuss the

prevailing unrest and the difficulties being faced by people.

The Governor stressed the crucial importance of peace

being urgently restored in the State and urged Mr. Mir to

sustain his initiatives in this regard.

Speaker celebrates Raksha

Bandhan with SOS ChildrenJammu Tawi, Aug 18

Speaker Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly,

Kavinder Gupta today celebrated Raksha Bandhan with

the special children of SOS Home at Channi Rama here

today.

Mr. Gupta spent time with the children and interacted

with them on the auspicious occasion of the Raksha

Bandan. The girls tied the Rakhis to the Speaker. He

distributed sweets and gifts among these special

children. The speaker also interacted with the

management of the SOS Home and enquired about the

facilities available for the children. The Management

gave account of the activities of the home and facilities

available for the inmates.

Best teamBest team

Stuck in the wrong job? Brave enough to have changed careers, three go-getters explain how you can exchange 'earning a living' to ̀ living a life'.Strong performances certainly helped make Raju Hirani's 3 Idiots a record breaking success, but more than the calibre of its actors, what seemed to resonate more with the country's young audience was its message -one's career choice should not be dictated by parents or peers. It should, instead, reflect one's own predilections. Shalini Umachandran's new book You Can Make Your

Dreams Work profiles 15 individuals who have managed to fight against all odds and pursue a career option of their

choice years after having started out in another profession.Umachandran says the motivation was simple -people switched careers to follow their own interests or passions. "Not all of us have one overarching passion. We don't always know what we want, but you need to zero in on what you like most," says the author and journalist. Most of the profiles in Umachandran's book are of people who had spent five-six years in a certain profession before they decided to make a shift. So, one would imagine that they had a body of work to fall back on. But Umachandran informs tha t none o f t hem considered their previous profession as a backup. "When you decide to take

the plunge, you ought to have an 'all or nothing' perspective.If you have a 'plan B', you won't be as committed. They also said it is best not to give oneself a deadline like: 'I'll try it out for a year'," explains the author.Featured in Umachandran's book, here are three career mavericks who have managed to ditch their old jobs to follow their dream. They tell us how to figure out if you're in the wrong profession, find what's best for you and prepare for metamorphosis.FROM TOXICOLOGY TO SOCCER

Abhijit Barse was living the great American dream after a PhD in aquatic toxicology. He had joined a German company in the US as a toxicologist, but a year and a half later, he somehow felt empty.Barse returned to India and decided to teach at a college in Nagpur and then quit teaching to join Nagpur-based Slum Soccer in 2010, an organisation that uses football to keep kids in school and off drugs."EVALUATE YOUR PRIORITIES"Today, there are a lot of ways to find out what would be your ideal job. There are consultants who help you do that. Figure out what is it that drives you. For someone hoping to make more money, it's a no-brainer. But if there's something missing at work, you surely need to evaluate your priorities. If you're always complaining about work, you're in the wrong job." P R I O R R E S E A R C H I S ESSENTIAL"If you're just beginning your career, it's easier to make a shift. As time passes, responsibilities pile up and you can't chuck one job and pick another easily. I didn't do it overnight. I eased myself into it. A change of job can leave you with psychological problems, especially when you go from a ̀ 9 to 5' job to one where you don't have assigned timings. When I started out, there was no money, projects or structure, so I had to study about the field. This is essential before you nose-dive into a new profession. You need to know exactly what your job description would be and what the job entails.FROM WALL STREET TO SOCIAL WORKVikram Bhat, a Wall Street analyst in New York, gave up his 10-year career in finance and computer engineering in 2008. Having moved to Bangalore, Bhat decided to teach in a school for children from low-income families."AVOID UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS"

Financial security is the biggest obstacle when trying out a new profes sion. At 33, when I decided to figure out what I wanted to do, I was old enough to not have to listen to my parents. My wife is a doctor and it helped that she had a stable income and was willing to support me. The biggest challenge when you enter a new career is that you have unrealistic expectations about how satisfying it will be. We all have a certain vi sion of ourselves, but we don't build on it much. Try to figure out how practical or impractical that vision is by making it more realistic for yourself."INTERNSHIP BRIDGES A GAP"Before you take up a new job, an internship can help bridge the gap, as it did for me. From the outside, it all looks great, but it has to make sense to you on a daily basis. You have to have your basic finances sorted and have close ones on board with your decision. Find yourself a mentor and periodically remind yourself why you made the shift. You have to be patient as you will face disappointment in your new career. You need to envision the progress you see for yourself in this new chapter.FROM LAW TO LEHPiya Bose ditched the legal profession to launch Girls On The Go, an allwomen's travel company, in 2008.Initially clueless about what she wanted to do, the former corporate lawyer's only mission was, 'I would rather live than spend my life earning a living'.

" E M B R A C E T H E UNPREDICTABLE"I was working at a reputed law firm in Mumbai and I took home a fat paycheck. But the work I was doing failed to inspire me. I had no doubt that I was stuck in the wrong job.Stepping into a new profession without a guide was a trial by fire. Startup cash was a challenge. I overcame that

with a zero-cash business model. Entrepreneurship is all about unpredictability, a certain risk appetite and having faith in the invisible forces that govern the market. I once went through a prolonged rough patch when things didn't work out as planned. I encountered aggressive clients and started losing faith in myself, but I couldn't give up."IT IS AN ADVENTURE"The only way to figure out your best career choice is through a series of eliminations. Be clear about the reasons you are opting for a career change. Is it only because you will earn more or is it because you want a new lease of life? Treat it as an adventure and you will stay inspired when the going gets tough. If you are able to hold on even when you're at the bottom, the rewards will be very satisfying.

Younger boss?Reporting to a

Finding and retaining talent for start-ups can be challenging since most professionals look to work with established companies.Here are a few measures any new enterprise can adopt to hire and hold on to the best talent.The dream of creating a successful start-up on a perceived path to financial freedom has crossed the minds of millions of Indians, and yet the problem of building good human resources continues to plague the way we do business. Most start-up founders find themselves wrought with challenges that transcend innovation and large pools of potential customers the inability to find good people to build their team. The hiring process can be intensely challenging, if not tedious. Most well educated Indian youngsters want to associate themselves with the `big brands' of the world. Even young professionals that have prolific positions in start-up companies move out quickly to pursue the promise of fame and fortune within the corporate world. It is almost impossible for start-up founders to hold onto thei r oncediscovered proteges. How can such small new businesses compete with the corporate world in finding and retaining talent?PERSONAL CONNECTDespite living in a competitive digital world, personal contact still matters and entrepreneurs m u s t r e m e m b e r t h a t . Employees must be able to connect with their employers on a face-to-face basis. A personal connection is about brainstorming, lengthy discussions, team outings, trainings, engagements and freedom of opinion. No one wants to feel stifled especially not the new generat ion. A p e r s o n a l i s e d c o l l a b o r a t i v e env i ronmen t empower s t he framework of innovation to ensure that employees know they matter.A focused and productive workforce is the foundation behind the success of any enterprise. Perhaps it sounds old-fashioned when you consider the bevy of technological devices available today, but the fact remains that computers can't replace human interaction.Interconnected personal relationships at work are necessary for the entrepreneur to put his best foot forward - especially if he wants his start-up to stand out from

among the millions of other existing start-ups. Investing in human resources makes employees feel valued in a company - whether it is advancement trainings, employee engagements or even something as simple as brainstorming sessions.Even the small things matter - an employer simply congratulating an employee on a job well done or paying for an education course. These efforts generate loyal employees, which in turn fortify the culture of the company in dealing with its people.TIMELY TRAININGEnabling enhanced employee engagement t h r o u g h l e a d e r s h i p t r a i n i n g s a n d t eambui ld ing p rogrammes become mandatory.This should be on the list of priorities for any entrepreneur. The current framework of start-ups in India is far too competitive for entrepreneurs to take lightly - especially when it comes to managing their human resources. Training employees and equipping them with the right skills is an excellent way to establish the desired working culture from the beginning - especially when it involves integration into organisational values.

A paycheck isn't culture - human relationships are.Building a cohesive environment that echoes certain values delivers an assurance that the start-up isn't like any other. A business should focus on attracting educated youngsters with high potential in their field and should invest in training them to become performers with a reward structure that retains good talent within the organisation.KEEPING THE BIGGER PICTURE IN MINDWhile entrepreneurs focus on retaining internal talent, they must not lose sight of the bigger picture.The interrelation between

satisfied customers and employees is far closer than anyone can imagine - forming an undeniable cyclic pattern. Satisfied employees are more productive and work towards enhanced customer satisfaction. Satisfied customers leave encouraging client testimonials for businesses, which in turn attracts new customers and new talent - creating an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurs to employ high-quality employees with deep-rooted loyalty to the company.Start-ups must consider the advantage of developing their talent through a multitude of channels - without fear and inhibitions. The investment in human talent is merely a temporary dent on profits, especially when it translates into enormous success at the forefront of new innovations and service quality - boosted by the commitment of entrenched and committed human capital throughout the life of the start-up.

Do you feel awkward reporting to a younger boss? A new generation is trying to allay your fears by asking, "What's age got to do with it?"Innovation apart, fast proliferating startups have another side effect -younger bosses. This shift in status quo does give rise to a certain anxiety. In a traditionally hierarchy-friendly country, does this tipping of balance change things at the workplace? According to the recent 2 0 1 5 T i m e s J o b s Leadership Survey, over 60 per cent entry-to-mid level employees say they would like to have young bosses. This, however, is in contrast to 80 per cent senior professionals, who a f t e r 2 0 y e a r s o f experience, would prefer o l d e r b o s s e s . T h e question of age seems to have left India Inc in a bind, but it is strangely the young entrepreneurs and business managers who themselves are offering a solution.THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHTFor startups and companies that are concerned with newer technologies, the media and the internet, young bosses often prove to be a huge advantage. At 23, Rega Jha is Editor, Buzzfeed India, and she leads a team of people where almost everyone is older

than her. "For an internet company," she says, "there is a premium on being young. We

have an inherent advantage because we grew up with

this technology. O l d e r

p e op le i n

their 3 0 s

and 40s will walk

up to my team in office

and ask, `Hey,

Stuck in the wrong

Career?

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what do you kids think of this?' So age does not come with any negative connotations at work."While youngsters may be better equipped to tackle new age jobs, young bosses are not complacent enough to be oblivious to the lack of experience that comes with their age. In fact,

because they are so keenly aware of this fact, they constantly try to learn from older colleagues. In her tenure with Buzzfeed, Rega has been conscious of her age and thus respectful of employees with more experience, even going out of her way to ask them for tips and advice. Their own failures and successes have helped provide her a priceless map.TWO-WAY STREET OF EDUCATIONSaurabh Agarwal was already an entrepreneur when it hadn't even become cool to become one. He started Unify Facility Management in 2009 and was only 26 at the time. Today, Unify is one of the biggest housekeeping service providers for corporate and commercial facilities in the country. In a business that had little to do with new technologies, Saurabh was surrounded by older experts. "Even when I started taking interviews, I made sure I didn't sound bossy.These people were more experienced than me. They had worked in the industry for 20 years and seen and done things I hadn't. I told them I needed them for this venture to succeed. They had the expertise I didn't and I did not even try to hide this fact."The respondents to this article made it clear that most employees in the country value skills far more than age. Rahul Sharma, for instance, joined the Teach For India Fellowship in 2013 to teach students of low-income schools.Because the average age of people working in the NGO fell within the mid-20s spectrum, only a handful of people were older than Rahul.At 40, Rahul was 10-15 years older than the Program Managers he reported to during the two years he spent there. "Even though I was older than my Program Managers, they had more experience than me in the education field," says Rahul, who had left his cushy corporate job to engineer soci etal change. "It made no differ ence to me that they were younger than me. In my mind, there is no bias for either younger or older bosses. I learned from them, like I would from any boss. Conversely, they took my opinion on things just like they took opinions from other colleagues who were their age."

8 CAREER & TECH the northlinesJammu | Friday | August 19 | 2016

Subhash Kak

Our marvelous traditiongoes back to a 2,500-year-old text of phys

There is the claim thatmodern India has notmade scientific

contributions commensuratewith its population andresources, because Indiansremain unconnected withtheir own scientifictradition.There were scientific giantsin India beforeIndependence and the namesof Jagadish Chandra Bose,

Satyendra Nath Bose,Meghnad Saha, CV Raman,Srinivasa Ramanujan andYellapragada Subbarowcome to mind.They made theircontributions when therewere few opportunities forresearch in Indian collegesand universities.Compared to that difficultperiod, Indian universitieshave been well supportedafter Independence. A fewscientists have achievedgreatness but most of themdid so after leaving India.In any event, thecontributions of Indianscience since Independenceare nowhere commensuratewith the investment inhigher education and theexpansion of the university

system in India.Not one Indian universityfigures in the top 200 list ofthe world, and we appear tobe slipping compared toother nations.Universities in Australia,Singapore, Korea and HongKong have leapfrogged overIndian universities in worldrankings.How are Indian universitiesdoing within the lesscompetitive BRICScountries? In the latest QSBRICS Rankings, China has45 of the top 100 places,where India has only 13.China's top five universitiesare in ranks 1 through 5whereas India's topuniversity, the IndianInstitute of Science, is at the6th place.

Given this sorry situation, itis confusing to be told thatIndian ideas have played acrucial role in thedevelopment of modernscience.We are not just talking aboutthe symbol zero, algebra andastronomy, but alsoinoculation in medicine, theperiodic table of chemicalelements, the field oflinguistics, and the birth ofquantum mechanics (if theclaim of its creator ErwinSchrödinger is to be believed),to mention just a few. Wewould rather believe that theseare tall tales.In the West, almost allscientists are interested in thephilosophical tradition ofscience going back to theGreeks.

They also write on theirexperience for the generalpublic and doing so bring theexcitement of science to awider audience.Some Indian scientists haveindeed written for the generalpublic. But I know of no oneexcepting JC Bose and CVRaman who tried to presentthe philosophical bases of theirresearch.Many Indians (includingscientists) consider science asthe job they must do for theircompany or university, but yetbelieve in magical thinkingwhen it comes to theconsideration of largerscientific issues.Others, when they have retiredfrom their careers, go straightfrom physics to metaphysicsand expound on the unreality

of this world!But it is true that India has amarvellous tradition of sciencethat goes back to Kanada'sVaisesika, which is a 2,500-year-old text of physics. Thistext was known to pre-Independence Indian scientistsbut has been overlooked since.I recently did a translation ofthis text under the title Matterand Mind, which for the firsttime takes a look at it from theperspective of physics and notjust that of philosophy.Kanada starts with sixcategories (padarthas) that arenameable and knowable,proposing they are sufficient todescribe everything in theuniverse from concrete matterto the abstract atom. Whatcould be more rational andlogical than that?

He speaks of four kinds ofatoms of which two have mass(one heavier than the other)and two that do not.Just imagining this should beworthy of celebration even if itis only a coincidence thatmodern physics also has fourstable atoms, namely proton,electron, neutrino, and photon.The Greek philosophers arepraised for much less.Kanada does somethingadditional that no one hasattempted: he describes asystem that has place not onlyfor inert matter but also minds

and consciousness.He also sees chemistry andbiology as arising out of thevarious combinations of atoms.Texts like this should be asource of inspiration and theybelong to India's sastric(scientific) tradition wherethe idea was to use logic andrelentless questioning toarrive at insights aboutreality.It is good to know that therishis of yore were not onlyinterested in matters of thespirit but also of this livedlife.

Brig Anil Gupta

By invokingBalochistan, POJKand Gilgit-Baltistan

from the ramparts of historicRed Fort during his

Independence Day speech, PM Modi hassignalled a titanic shift in India’s foreignpolicy.What is common between Balochistan,POJK and Gilgit-Baltistan? All three regionsare victim of gross human right violationsand economic deprivation through brutal useof military power by Pakistan.India is now asserting its role not only as aregional power but also as an emerging worldpower. It is a strategic move against Pakistanwhich has not only launched a proxy waragainst India backed by jihadi terror but alsohas been blatantly interfering in our domesticaffairs ignoring the spirit of ShimlaAgreement.What is common between Balochistan,POJK and Gilgit-Baltistan? All three regionsare victim of gross human right violationsand economic deprivation through brutal useof military power by Pakistan. Kalat (whichincludes most of modern Balochistan) andJ&K were both princely states that decidednot to join either India or Pakistan when theBritish announced partition of India underthe Independence of India Act 1947. Both theprincely states signed a Standstill Agreementwith Dominion of Pakistan and were victimof Pakistan’s treachery.Pakistan invaded J&K in October 1947 as aconsequence of which the Maharaja accededto India on 27 October 1947 paving way forarrival of Indian forces in the state to contestthe Pakistani invasion. The Indian forcesfought valiantly and forced the invaders tovacate the captured territories when a UNsponsored cease fire was enforced on 1January 1949. Pakistan remained in controlof a portion of J&K which is referred to asPak Occupied Jammu Kashmir (POJK).Gilgit-Baltistan, an integral part of theprincely state of J&K ruled by Maharaja HariSingh which acceded to India, wassurreptitiously separated by Pakistan fromPOJK and a portion of it illegally acceded toChina later. It was earlier known as NorthernAreas and renamed later as Gilgit-Baltistanand is under direct federal control ofPakistan. The area being predominantly Shiapopulated has also been a victim of religious

persecution by Sunni-Pakistan and hasundergone forced demographic changes.Balochistan was militarily annexed byPakistan in April 1948.…majority Indians are ignorant aboutBalochistan, genesis of its freedommovement and its strategic importance.While POJK including Gilgit-Baltistan is ourintegral part, India is well within its rights todemand its vacation from illegal occupationof Pakistan and support the ongoing freedommovement there. But many Indians areasking why should India supportBalochistan? The reason is simple becausemajority Indians are ignorant aboutBalochistan, genesis of its freedommovement and its strategic importance.Balochistan is south-west region of Pakistanwith a coastline of 771 kilometers (out oftotal coastline of 1100 km of Pakistan) to thesouth and shares land borders with Iran in thesouth-west , Afghanistan in north and north-west, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwaand the Federally Administered Tribal Areas(FATA) to the north-east. It covers 44% ofPakistani land mass but has only 4% of itstotal population. The area is immensely richin natural resources and minerals like copperand gold. It caters for the entire country’srequirement of natural gas. However, it is thepoorest region of Pakistan lacking in basicfacilities like electricity and drinking water.Before partition Balochistan consisted offour princely states of Kalat, Lasbela, Kharanand Makran. While Kharan and Lasbela werefiduciary states placed under the suzeraintyof Khan of Kalat by the British Makran wasnominated as a district of Kalat. On 11August 1947, Kalat was declared anindependent sovereign state with theconcurrence of Viceroy as Crown’sRepresentative, Jinnah representing Pakistanand Khan of Kalat. As mentioned earlier astandstill agreement was signed betweenPakistan and Kalat which was breached byPakistan through military annexation on 1April 1948. Since then it has witnessed acontinuous freedom struggle by the valiantBalochis who refuse to accept the forcibleaccession by Pakistan. They to this daycelebrate 11 August as Independence Day ofBalochistan. The Baloch were and remain tilldate a fiercely independent people fightingthe Pakistani occupation.The Baloch freedom movement so far hasremained unexposed to the world because ofthe lack of media presence in the area, India’s

passivity and Pakistan’s ‘Iron-Fist’ policy tosupress the movement.Pakistan on its part has committed the worstpossible atrocities on the Balochis as part ofa horrific campaign to put down dissent andgag the voice for freedom. Incidentally,Pakistan army has a Baloch Regiment withless than 10% ethnic Balochis joining itsranks. In India, we are not at all aware aboutthe magnitude of brutality and atrocitiesbeing committed on the Balochis byPakistan Army, Frontier Corps troops, ISIincluding use of air power to bombard anddestroy settlements and kill innocentcivilians. The parallel to some extent can bedrawn with the mass murders and massacrecommitted in erstwhile East Pakistan in1971 that led to emergence of independentBangladesh. Incidentally, Gen Tikka Khanknown as ‘Butcher of Bangladesh’ has thedubious distinction of being called ‘Butcherof Balochistan’ as well because of the bloodycampaign he led there from 1973-77.Recently, there have been reports ofgenocide by Pakistan Army to facilitate theChina-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)project to which the Baloch are opposed andterm it as ‘economic rape’ of the region bythe Chinese. To counter the Balochnationalism, Pakistan has also injected‘Islamic Extremism’ in the region thusadding another dimension against therelentless freedom movement.After the killing of Baloch leader AkbarKhan Bugti in an aerial attack in 2006, themovement has gained renewed momentumleading to even more brutal response by theArmy. ‘Enforced disappearances’ or ‘Killand Dump’ policy is the worst form ofatrocity being committed on the Baloch.Discovery of mass graves and bullet riddenbodies dumped on the road side has becomea common feature. About 2 lakh Baloch havebeen killed from 2000-2016 and more than25000 have disappeared. Through use ofterror, Pakistan has also resorted to ethniccleansing. Most of the Baloch nationalistleaders have either been killed ordisappeared. Most of them are nowcontrolling the movement from exile. TheBaloch are also suffering ‘economicexclusion’ and forced resettlement in order tofacilitate the CPEC project which ironicallydenies jobs to local Baloch.Abhinav Pandya, an international researchscholar, terms Balochistan as “Pakistan’s softunderbelly,” where Pakistan’s nukes are

hidden.The Baloch freedom movement so far hasremained unexposed to the world because ofthe lack of media presence in the area, India’spassivity and Pakistan’s ‘Iron-Fist’ policy tosupress the movement. Emboldened Pakistanhas accelerated the inhuman use of brutalforce compelling India to plead for the justcause of Baloch as it has done in the past forPalestine and Bangladesh.Mehran Marri, Baloch representative atEuropean Union, has said, “As Indiaintervened in Bangladesh to stop thegenocide on the people of Bangladesh, weare hopeful the same will happen with usbecause we are suffering genocide at thehands of Pakistan military and Pakistan.” Thequestion is to what extent government ofIndia is willing to involve itself in the Balochfreedom movement?Balochistan is important for India due to itsstrategic location, strategic minerals andenergy resources. Abhinav Pandya, aninternational research scholar, termsBalochistan as “Pakistan’s soft underbelly,”where Pakistan’s nukes are hidden. As animportant regional power, its India’sobligation to internationally expose Pakistanfor its grim Human Rights record in theregion.India also has to carefully examine theimplications of a ‘disintegrated Pakistan’versus a ‘unified Pakistan’ for peace andstability in South Asia because if Balochistansecedes Sindh will follow soon followed bythe Pushtoons. The likelihood of its nucleararsenal being misused is another issue thatwould bother Indian planners.To my mind, India’s involvement inBalochistan should be graduated. To beginwith, Indian media has to play a major role inexposing Pakistan’s atrocities on the haplessBalochis through a sustained mediacampaign to build a favourable internationalopinion against Pakistan and isolate Pakistannot only as an epicentre of jihadi terror butalso as a perpetrator of inhuman atrocities onits people and gross violator of human rights.India must forcefully raise the issue inforthcoming UN General Assembly meet todraw international attention to the genocidein Balochistan and the ongoing freedommovement therein. Last but not the leastIndia must provide unequivocal moral andpolitical support to the Baloch freedommovement while seeking a peacefulresolution of the problem.

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Redefine sedition

With Amnesty International facing Sedition trialfor the happening in Bangalore, the chances ofthe organization passing the judicial scrutiny

are very less. Besides, it becomes imperative for seditionto be defined.Many sedition complaints have been lodged by Policeagainst political activists and others supporting theirviews, although controversial and offensive.There is a need to clarify on what falls in the ambit ofsedition and the question whether anti-India slogansconstitute sedition needs to be answered. In case lodgedagainst the well-known human rights group, members ofthe ABVP claimed in an FIR that Kashmiri Studentsraised anti India slogans.Indeed, the same slogans which were heard a few monthsearlier at the campus of the Jawaharlal Nehru Universityand which had led to the charges of sedition beingslapped against its student leader Kannahiya Kumar werealso heard at the Bengaluru meeting. The slogans calledfor the break-up of India and the secession of Kashmir infavour of Pakistan.However, the official statement issued by the organisersof the event said that nobody from Amnesty raised anyslogan. The meeting was supposedly called to discuss theplight of ‘broken families’ from Kashmir. It was claimedthat the focus was on human rights violations and thedenial of justice to families claiming to be victims of theexcesses of the security forces. A 2015 report producedby Amnesty purportedly documented all such excessesand violations of human rights.When the security forces came in for severecondemnation from various speakers, a Kashmiri Pandit,whose family was forced to leave the Valley, rose todefend the armed forces. This led to heated exchangeswhich soon degenerated into raucous slogan-shouting,with the ABVP activists raising ~Bharat Mata Ki Jai~ anda group of Kashmiri students countering with ~Lad KeyLenge Azaadi~, and more slogans in that vein. As apanelist in a television discussion argued, even if nonefrom Amnesty was a slogan-shouter, the fact that it hadorganised the meeting made it accountable for the anti-India sloganeering. The platform was lent by Amnesty tothe anti-India elements.There being absence of a lesser charge for an offence, thepolice are automatically forced to slap the seditioncharges as marked in the Indian Penal Code.The sedition law provides for imprisonment up to life foranyone who through ‘words, either spoken or written, orby signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise bringsor attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites orattempts to excite disaffection against the governmentestablished by law …’ The omnibus ambit of the law canvirtually drag in every vitriolic critic of the governmentof the day. That the law needs to be changed is obvious,especially when secessionist activity aims at the IndianState rather than any particular government.Given the somewhat suspect record of the human rightswatch group, both in regard to its funding and its highlyselective approach to its avowed mission, there can be nogainsaying that on Kashmir it tends to tilt clearly infavour of the seditionists rather than it taking a morebalanced approach in the matter. Maybe its stance comesfrom the felt need to dovetail its activities with the overallforeign policy goals of major western powers.The Amnesty has shown little or no understanding of thehostile conditions in which the security forces operate inKashmir, what with a handful of local insurgents creatingmayhem in collusion with Pakistani terrorists and theirpaid surrogates going under the misleading nomenclatureof Hurriyat. This cabal manages to get a lot of play in thenational and international media thanks partly to theefforts of organisations like Amnesty International.Indeed, it will be instructive if Amnesty provided a proofby documenting human rights violations, say, in SaudiArabia, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, etc.Indeed, successive Indian governments have given a longrope to the anti-India elements in Kashmir which is insharp contrast to the treatment a country like the USmeted out to the terror suspects following the 9/11atrocity. Yet, Amnesty has had little to say in that regard.Meanwhile, the NDA Government must undertake areview of the sedition law in order to ensure that it is intune with a democratic India. Nehru had once railedagainst the colonial era law but neither he nor hisdaughter Indira Gandhi did anything to replace it.

(Disclaimer: The views expressed here are personalopinions of the writers. The information, facts oropinions appearing in the articles do not reflect theviews of The Northlines and it does not assume anyresponsibility or liability for the same)

Why and How India Must Support Balochistan

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Adocumentary charts thefascinating last days ofSubhas Bose.

Seventy-one years ago on thisday, August 18, 1945, anImperial Japanese Armybomber crashed and explodedinto flames soon after take offfrom Taihoku airfield inJapanese-occupied Formosa.The loss of the twin-enginedMitsubishi Ki-21 "Sally" wentunnoticed because it wasovershadowed by amomentous event three daysbefore.On August 15, 1945, theEmpire of Japan, attacked bytwin nuclear bombs, hadannounced its surrenderending the Second World War.Yet, 71 years later, this crashcontinues to resonate as India'smost controversial accidentbecause of its illustriouspassenger on board, Indianrevolutionary Subhas ChandraBoseThe accident predated IndianIndependence by two fullyears and, as some would

argue, forever altering thecountry's destiny.The official version comesfrom Bose's aide CaptainHabibur Rahman and fiveJapanese army officials whosurvived the crash. Bose, theysay, survived the crash butsustained grievous third-degree burn injuries.His cotton military uniform,splashed with aviation fuel,had ignited, turning him into ahuman torch. Bose died inhospital later that evening, hisbody was cremated two dayslater and the ashes flown toTokyo where they remain inthe Renkoji Temple.This version has beenquestioned by the Bose familyand several researchers andpolitical parties.This is why the circumstancesof Bose's disappearance havebeen the subject of at least fiveinquiries - three of themappointed by the governmentof India between 1956 and1996.It is India's longest runningmystery, one which SubhasChandra Bose The Mystery, a46-minute documentary byIqbal Malhotra, says "hasfascinated generations ofIndians".The Mystery recently telecaston Discovery Channel

recreates Bose's last journeyacross South East Asia andquestions his disappearance inthe air crash.Debunking the air crash wouldbe vital for anyone trying toestablish that Bose escapedand survived. The JusticeMukherjee commission ofinquiry said in 2006 that no aircrash took place. Its findingshave not been accepted by thegovernment.But where did Bose go if hesurvived the crash? Trying toplot his purported movementsafter the crash is an attemptthat assumes the spirit andintensity of Ufology.The pseudoscience studiedunidentified flying objectsduring the paranoid Cold Waryears. Ufologists believedgovernments were hidingevidence, including crashedUFOs in the secluded "Area51" US Air Force facility in theNevada desert.Area 51 for decades was theUfologists' Holy Grail,evidence of a deep governmentconspiracy. (The US AirForce's refusal to confirm ordeny secret activities onlyadded to its mystery).Bose researchers say hecompleted his journey into theSoviet Union, others like AnujDhar believe he crossed back

into India, living incognito, asan unnamed Indian monk'Gumnami baba' in Faizabad,Uttar Pradesh, until his deathin 1985.The Mystery seizes theRussian angle. The filmmakerfinds its Area 51 in the Sovietarchives, in Russian militaryarchives hidden behind theIron Curtain.The film follows SiddharthaSatbhai, a London-basedethical hacker, who seizespictures of a man superficiallyresembling Bose, on thesidelights of the Lal BahadurShastri-Ayub Khan summit atTashkent declaration in 1966.Satbhai's rather increduloustheory, based on facialmapping analysis, suggeststhat 'The Tashkent man' wasBose himself.Purabi Roy, author and visitingprofessor at the Moscow StateUniversity, and a retired MajorGeneral AleksandrKolesnikov, weigh in tosupport Bose's presence in theSoviet Union - Roy, given arare glimpse of Russianarchives in the 1990s, andGeneral Kolesnikov who tellsof secret papers stored at theformer KGB (now FSB)headquarters in Podolsk.Top Soviet officials discusswhat to do with Netaji Bose in

1946, a year after the crash,General Kolesnikov affirms.It is their word against that ofAshish Ray, a London-basedjournalist and grand-nephewof Bose. Ray, one of theforemost debunkers of Bosedisappearance theories,meticulously lays out theofficial line.The air crash did indeed takeplace: there were at least fivesurvivors and several peoplearound Bose's bedside as hebreathed his last on the night ofAugust 18 and his ashes wereflown to Tokyo.The documentary uses thetestimony of a descendant of aformer Bose associate inSaigon and not in Taipei onAugust 18, 1945.The entire air crash, the Boseconspiracy theorists say, wasfabricated by the leader and hisJapanese hosts. A subterfugethat would help him stage hisfinal escape from the BritishEmpire.Such suspicion is not alwaysunfounded. Who would, forinstance, have believed thegovernment of free Indiawould have snooped on Bose'sfamily for three decades?(Exposed by Anuj Dhar in2015 and reported by IndiaToday magazine).Nor are such spectacular

escapades alien to Bose'scharacter. If someone told anIndian in British colonial India- cut off from the rest of theworld thanks to the wartimeemergency - of an Indianrevolutionary who travelledacross Stalin's Russia, shookhands with Hitler and voyagedunder the oceans to raise arevolutionary army - he wouldhave been dismissed outrightas a fool.Bose did all of this and more,boldly going where no Indianhad gone before, evenmanaging the spectacular featof getting the Soviet Union torecognise his provisionalgovernment of Azad Hind in1943. This, despite Stalinbeing an ally of Great Britain.General Kolesnikovpersonally believes in a secretpact between the USSR andGreat Britain over the fate ofBose.There are questions but noclear answers. The superblycrafted documentary, however,leaves us none the wiser. Butperhaps that is the point.General Kolesnikov suggeststhe only way India can getanswers - an official requestfrom the Prime Minister toPresident Vladimir Putin.The end of a quest, or thebeginning of a new one.

The mystery continues: Did Netaji end up in Soviet Russia?

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Women tying Rakhis on the wrists of BSF Jawans during the celebration of Rakhsha Bandanfestival in Bikane.

New Delhi: On theauspicious day of RakshaBandhan, the widows ofVrindavan, will meet PrimeMinister Narendra Modi inthe national capital to tierakhis. Ten widows fromVaranasi and Vrindavan willvisit PM Modi on behalf ofaround 2,000 widows of onthe occasion of RakshaBandhan.Besides this, around widowsof Vrindavan are alsoexpected to send around1000 rakhis to the PrimeMinister. It is being learntthat the 'rakhi sisters' of PMModi will seek an assuranceon national security andbetter facilities for thewidows across the country.The Vrindavan widows saidthey are very grateful toSulabh International for

bringing in happiness to theirlives. This year, besides tyingrakhis on the wrist of saintsand Sanskrit scholars, theywill also share food withupper caste sadhus andbrahmins on the occasion.With Sulabh's efforts thewidows in the temple townnow celebrate festivals likeHol, Diwali and Teej.Earlier, they were barred

from celebrating or attendingthe festivities.Founder, SulabhInternational, BindeshwarPathak said: "They (widows)are planning to presentaround 1000 rakhis to PrimeMinister. At least ten widowsalso plan to visit hisresidence with the rakhis onbehalf of widows ofVrindavan."

Widows to tie rakhi to Modi

New York: Indo-UScooperation in defencetechnology and tradeinitiatives will be the focus ofthe US Air Force Secretary'supcoming visit to Indiaduring which she will also

discuss with top Indianofficials proposals to co-produce military aircraft inIndia.Deborah Lee James willtravel to India later this monthas part of a maiden visit tofour Asian countries thatwould also take her toIndonesia, Singapore and thePhilippines and will discussthe situation in the SouthChina sea as well as thegrowing threat of terrorism.During her visit to India, shewill meet Chief of Air StaffMarshal Arup Raha andDefence Secretary G MohanKumar and will also discusswith her Indian counterpartsproposals to co-produceaircraft in India in line withPrime Minister NarendraModi's ambitious 'Make inIndia' campaign."We will be looking to seehow can we deepen ourpartnerships and how can wetake it to the next level,"James said in response to aquestion by PTI at a pressbriefing here yesterday onwhat her focus will be duringher visit to India.She said she will discussdefence technology andfollow up on the trade

initiatives, which werelaunched during US DefenceSecretary Ashton Carter'svisit to India in April.James replied in theaffirmative when asked if shewill follow up on American

defence major LockheedMartin's proposals toassemble F-16s in India aswell as on discussions tocollaborate in bolsteringIndia's fighter jets and the jetengine technology workinggroup."I will be following up on allof those topics, discussingthese counterpart tocounterpart on a bilateralbasis. I will be seeking theviews of my counterparts,what their opinion is on thevarious proposals on the tableand what more needs tohappen to advance the ball onsome of these proposals."I am also aware of the PrimeMinister's push for Make inIndia and the importance ofcreating new jobs in thatsector. One of the proposalswould be to co-producecertain aircraft in India andthat might be one example ofsomething that will be usefulfrom a military standpoint butalso might play into the Makein India campaign," she said.James said she would alsofollow up on the initiativeslaunched during Carter's visitand the possible outcomes ofit from the Air Forceperspective.

Mathura: Calling theCentre's initiative to cleanthe Yamuna under the'Namami Gange' project ashistoric, actress-turned-politician Hema Malini saidthe river is "bound tobecome clean" after itscompletion.The work on the projectworth Rs 40 crore beganyesterday in the presence ofUnion ministers NitinGadkari, Uma Bharti andDharmendra Pradhan.Speaking on the occasion,local MP Malini said:"People have beencomplaining about thepitiable condition of the

Yamuna. However, whenthe project would becompleted, the river isbound to become clean."She said she was happy thatthe promise made by her tosages and the citizens wasfinally going to materialise.

Hema Malini laudsCentre's 'Namami

Gange' scheme

New Delhi: A blast in anoven in a factory nearKhureji area of east Delhi.The latest updates suggestthat 3 people have beenfound dead and oneinjured.

Blast in an ovenin a factory

Islamabad: The much-debated Hindu MarriageBill has been tabled inPakistan's NationalAssembly. Member of theNational Assembly (MNA)Ramesh Lal, one of thebill's movers, said onWednesday that it tookaround 10 months for ahouse panel to clear thebill and another sixmonths for its report to betabled in the house."The delay was possiblybecause of extraordinarydebates and discussionaround the bill, but at leastnow the governmentshould consider tabling itin the house in the nextsession," Dawn online

quoted Lal as saying.The bill was approved bythe standing committee onFebruary 8, and hasreceived support from theHindu community andliberals.However, some of themore religious members ofthe Hindu community haveexpressed strongreservations regarding thebill`s contents includingallowing separatedindividuals to remarry, andalso states that a Hinduwidow is entitled toremarry and shall have theright to do so, of her ownwill and consent, after aperiod of six months sincethe death of her husband.

It is expected that thecases of abduction ofmarried Hindu women willstop once this bill isenacted, Dawn onlinereported.The law would give theHindu community proof ofmarriage in the form of a'shadiparat', which issimilar to a Muslim`nikahnama`.Punjab, KhyberPakhtunkhwa andBalochistan haveconsented to the federalgovernment formulating aHindu marriage law thatthey would then adopt,while Sindh hadformulated its own Hindumarriage registration law.

Hindu Marriage Bill tabled in Pak AssemblyNew Delhi: Union Minister and former Armychief VK Singh's wife Bharti Singh, has fileda complaint with Delhi Police alleging, hernephew's friend blackmailed her. Theminister's wife in her complaint has claimedthat the person, Pradip Chauhan, demandedRs two crore by threatening her with"doctored" audio-video clips to defame herhusband. The complaint was filed at TughlaqRoad police station and the police has filed anFIR against the Gurgaon resident.Chauhan made phone calls to Bharti on theintervening night of August 6-7, followingwhich, she spoke to Delhi PoliceCommissioner Alok Verma. An FIR was filedunder Section 384 and 506 of the IndianPenal Code. It is being learnt that the accusedhad already uploaded a video clip onYoutube. Bharti has claimed that she wasunaware about the content of the clips, but

Chauhan has threatened to ruin her husband'sreputation. A report published in 'The Timesof India' the accused is a real estate agent andand has already been questioned by thepolice. Chauhan is learnt to have denied theallegations of making any extortion calls.However, the real estate agent admitted ofbeing a frequent visit to the minister's family.Chauhan had reportedly told police that heonly had informal chats with Bharti Singhand didn't blackmailed.The FIR quoted Singh's wife saying, “He hasthreatened me that he will ruin my husband'sreputation. It may be noted that I am a seniorcitizen and have only two daughters and thereis a grave threat to the security of my familyas my husband has to travel abroad veryregularly for official purposes.” She hasdescribed Chauhan as a dangerous person,who always carries a gun with him.

Know all about the man whoblackmailed VK Singh's wife

New Delhi: In a touchinggesture, Union MinisterSmriti Irani, Thursday,celebrated the festival ofRaksha Bandhan with armyjawans stationed on theSiachen Glacier in Jammuand Kashmir. Ms Irani flewon a special Indian AirForce chopper to the icyoutpost as part of aninitiative taken by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi toreach out to the soldiersguarding India's borders.The union ministerpersonally tied rakhis onwrists of 20 soldiers andwished them and all othersoldiers a long andprosperous life.Making the whole eventmore memorable for thesoldiers, Ms Irani alsobrought special home-madesweets from Delhi anddistributed it among thesoldiers. Addressing thesoldiers, Smriti Irani said

that the country remainsindebted to its soldiers, whoman the borders of thenation."An honour for me, tocelebrate this festival herewith my brothers whoguard the borders," sheadded. External AffairsMinister Sushma Swaraj,Water Resources MinisterUma Bharti, Women andChild Welfare MinisterManeka Gandhi are alsovisiting borders areas and

interacting with thesoldiers.Nirmala Sitharaman,Minister of State forCommerce; SadhviNiranjan Jyoti, Minister ofState in the Ministry ofFood Processing Industries;and Anupriya Patel,Minister of State in theMinistry of Health andFamily Welfare are alsotaking part in the event onthe occasion of RakshaBandhan.

Smriti celebrates RakshaBandhan with soldiers at Siachen

New Delhi: BJP has faced more adversitiesin independent India as compared to whatCongress would have during the British rule,Prime Minister Narendra Modi said todayand lamented that every effort of his partywas seen in "bad light". Asserting that BJPhas made more sacrifices than any otherparty, Modi, who laid the foundation stoneof the new party headquarters here, saidfissiparous forces have become more activeas the country's strength has grown and it isnow more imperative to ensure that thesociety is strengthened and becomes moreharmonious.Underlining his party's commitment to takeeverybody along with the motto of 'sabkasaath, sabka vikaas', he asked party workersto present to the country and the democraticworld an example of how a party "devoted

to ideals and devoid of dynasty" functions asthe world knows the saffron outfit "not theway it is but based on hearsay"."BJP will be the only party which has facedadversities since its birth. It faceddifficulties at every turn and its every effortwas seen in bad light. "Even during theBritish times, the Congress party would nothave faced so much adversity that we, ourdedicated workers have gone through in 50-60 years," he said at the event attended bytop BJP leaders including party chief AmitShah, L K Advani, Rajnath Singh and ArunJaitley among others.During the recent West Bengal assemblypolls, it was difficult for the BJP candidatesto even hire an office in Kolkata as anybodywilling to given them space would facetrouble, he said in an apparent attack on theruling Trinamool Congress. "No party hasperhaps made more sacrifices than us (BJP)after freedom," he said, adding that"hundreds of" its workers were killedbecause they were not associated with theprevalent ideology of those times. BJPworkers do not work for crowd but fororganisation as "anybody can collect acrowd by talking about populist issues butwhat is more important is to stick toideology", he said.

BJP faced more adversities in independentIndia than Cong did under British: PM

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Seoul: South Korea's armyon Thursday conducted itslargest-ever artillery drillsnear the tense border withNorth Korea, but there wasno immediate military

response from the North.A total of 300 artillerysystems deployed by dozensof military units along theborder began firing shellssimultaneously in multipledirections this afternoon, anarmy official said oncondition of anonymity,citing department rules.He said North Korea'smilitary did not show any

signs of unusual activities inresponse.South Korea's front-line armyunits regularly conduct live-fire drills. But the number ofartillery mobilised in today's

drills was the biggest ever,and the simultaneousshooting in all major front-line areas was a departurefrom previous exercises, thearmy official said.The border between theKoreas is the most heavilyfortified in the world, and thetwo countries occasionallyexchange gunfire along thefrontier. Thursday is the 40th

anniversary of a 1976 "axmurder incident" in whichtwo US soldiers were hackedto death by North Koreansduring a border area clashover U.S. Efforts to trim atree.Today's drills also markedwhat South Korea describesas an artillery exchangebetween the Koreas in August2015 following land mineexplosions that maimed twoSouth Korean soldiers.There were no reports ofinjuries in last year's artilleryfiring. Seoul said NorthKorea fired first, but NorthKorea denied firing andresponded with anger.The latest drills came a dayafter Seoul said a seniorNorth Korean diplomat basedin London defected to SouthKorea.The announcement isexpected to infuriate NorthKorea, which typically callshigh-profile defectors traitorsand accuses South Korea ofabducting or luring itscitizens to defect.

S Korea holds largest artillerydrills near N Korea borderNew York: A Muslim mother

of Pakistani origin has sued aNew York school for USD 25million claiming her disabledson was forced to sign aconfession saying he was partof the Islamic State terrorgroup.Nubaisha Uppal, a resident ofLong Island, claimed seniorstaff at East Islip MiddleSchool bullied her son,Nashawn, 12, into falselyconfessing he was a terrorist,the media reported onThursday.Attorney David Antwork saidNashawn, who emigrated tothe US from Pakistan, waspressured into signing theconfession despite notknowing what the word"terrorist" meant because ofhis severe social and learningdifficulties.According to the Daily Mail,Nashawn was bullied in theschool cafeteria on January 6by a group of older students,who repeatedly questionedhis identity. After learning hewas from Pakistan, it isalleged that the studentsbegan calling Nashawn a"terrorist" and asking him

what he was planning to blowup next.The abuse continued for tento 15 minutes, the suitalleges, before Nashawnfinally agreed with histormentors that he was aterrorist. The suit alleges thatNashawn was only repeatingthe word "terrorist" withoutknowing what it meant, andwhen questioned later said itreferred to "someone whotravels", like a tourist.Nashawn's family said thatthe following day of theabuse the assistant schoolPrincipal Jason Stantonremoved him from a gymclass and took him to hisoffice. Inside the officeStanton was joined byPrincipal Mark Bernard,before the duo grilledNashawn over his terrorismclaims.Stanton conducted an illegalsearch of Nashawn's bag andwas then accused of tellingNashawn that he had to writea confession admitting hewas part of the IS and knewhow to make bombs beforehe would be allowed to leavethe office.

Colombo: Sri Lanka'sTamil politicians havealleged that over 100 LTTEcadres at rehabilitationcentres were injected withpoison leading to theirdeaths, prompting thegovernment to reject theirclaims on Thursday.Politicians of the mainTamil party TNA politiciansand the Tamil mediaclaimed the deaths of some104 ex-combatants who hadallegedly been givenpoisonous injections. Theyhad claimed physicaldisability due to theinjections being given tothem.Northern chief minister C VWigneswaran has said thatthe US Air Forces medicalteam, currently in theTamil-dominated north, willexamine the formerrehabilitated LTTE cadres,who he alleged had fallensick because they wereinjected with poisonoussubstances at governmentdetention or rehabilitation

centres.State Minister of DefenceRuwan Wijewardenerejected the claims as "falseallegations"."It is sad to hear somepoliticians in the North

making false allegationswhen the government ismaking a genuine effort toresolve the issue of theNorthern people."Anyone, including thosefrom the internationalcommunity, can visit the

rehabilitation camps afterobtaining permission fromthe government and see forthemselves the work that isbeing done," he said,referring to claims bymembers of the northern

provincial council.Government spokesmanand Minister of HealthRajitha Senaratne alsodismissed the claimsyesterday and said localdoctors can be asked toexamine them.

'104 LTTE cadres poisoned todeath at Lanka rehab centres'

Muslim mother sues US school

for 'terrorist' confession

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c o m p o s i t i o n , " s a i d

Dr.Lemon."This research identifies a role for Corynebacterium species in

suppressing Staphylococcus Aureus virulence, and is an exciting early

stage in our exploration of the molecular mechanisms that sculpt the

composition of the nasal microbiome and influence colonization by

pathobionts," she said."We look forward to an increase in research on commensal-pathobiont

interactions within the human microbiome and an ever-increasing

understanding of the significance of our beneficial bacteria partners,"

she added.The full paper, titled "Staphylococcus aureus shifts towards

commensalism in response to Corynebacterium species" is available in

the Frontiers in Microbiology website.

A leading w e l l n e s s centre in the city organised an open house to make sense of what has become an urban epidemic and suggested ways to overcome it.Last Thursday, three experts at The Health Awareness Centre in Worli, Navina Venkat, Shilpa Chawla and Anju Venkat organised a rather pertinent seminar. They addressed the subject of stress -its cause and effect, and offered possible solutions. The talk was attended by a myriad set of people. They learnt what happens to the body when we are 'stressed'. While some of us are motivated by it, some experience butterflies in the stomach. Some lose sleep, get anxious, jittery, experience a sensation in the gut, feel insecure, get cranky or get so demotivated that they almost give up. "However," Navina said, "to all these responses, there is one thing common. We have all been given a capacity to take action when required and that is known as the stress response. It's called eustress, distress or stress."UNDERSTANDING STRESS

They defined the word 'Stress' a s ' S t i m u l u s T r i g g e r e d Response, which is Excitatory, Sys temic and Short Lived'. The rest of the open h o u s e w a s precisely about understanding this acronym."Activity and rest," Navina explained, "is a fundamental device that has been carried along for millions of years, and stays, and plays out in our system through two basic networks - o u r b i o l o g i c a l pathways and our nervous systems."In t he b io log i ca l pathways, this response is expressed through catabolic action (when we use energy and when are tissues break down) and anabolic action (when our energy is stored, tissues are built and repaired). "For the anabolic and catabolic

act ion to take place, the stimulus of a nervous system is required. This i s h a n d l e d b y t h e autonomic nervous system. This autonomic nervous system is nothing but involuntary actions that is triggered again by the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous system," Navina said. "The point where the sympathetic nervous system gets aroused the most is in typical situations where it has to choose between pleasure or pain, a threat or an opportunity, preventing or promoting, what is called fleeing or fighting. Any perceived or real threat will always trigger the same sympathetic nervous system and the same catabolic response that is the fight-or-flight response. If this system wasn't there, we wouldn't be able to survive."

It is learnt that the body moves between three THREE STATES OF THE BODY

states: rest-activity-rest. Though being in the 'resting state' is what our body is constantly striving to do. "Every cell, tissue, organ, at any given point is working hard to create a stable environment inside, so that cells can function to their optimum. This is called homeostatis (stability or balance) in the body," said Navina. "But in reality, at every given point, the body has to respond to physiological symptoms at the micro-cellular level. It has to keep adjusting our behaviour at the macro level. And along with making the physiological and behavioural adjustments at the micro and macro level, it has to keep a balance with the dance that is happening in our environment."In the activity state, the body is thrown out of balance because of an external stimuli -physical, physiological, environmental, social and economic in nature. For instance, bad traffic, lack of sleep, loss of a loved one, pressure at work, junk food, and disagreements. "And we think we have no control in what way our body is responding to these external stimulus. But the point is, the physiological response is always the same. Both at the micro and macro level, our body is producing the same fight-or-flight chemicals, hormones and behaviour each time we feel stressed or our stressor is out there," Navina pointed out.

Stress is nothing but our body's response to the brain perceiving a threat. So, it is useful. "The reason it has become such a killer disease today is because most of us lay suspended in the second stage," she asserted. "And the stress doesn't finish inside there. It has to move to the third stage which is resting stage." So between a situation that is causing anxiety and your system dealing with it, your body comes back to a period of rest, which is a period of balance.

In order to understand how stress affects us, we have to understand what happens within our body when we feel an emotion. "So when we experience an emotion whether it is sight, sound, smell, taste or touch, it produces a chemical inside which moves all over the body, goes cell to cell and says, 'listen, this is what is happening and this is what we need to respond to'," shared Shilpa. Each time we experience as emotion, we have a chemical that is released in the body. When we are in love, we release oxytocin, when we are happy, we release endorphins. So, what happens to the body when we are stressed?

- Our body recognises a stressor- A rapid relay of messages across the nervous system, alerts the body of the

IS STRESS BAD?

HOW DOES THE BODY RESPOND?

INTERNALLY

Beneficial bacteria in nose can suppress pathogenic bacteria

How to overcome

stressor- The first message goes to the adrenal (the little cap like organs sitting on top of the kidneys). The adrenal releases adrenaline and cortisol. These are chemicals that diffuse into our blood, gearing the rest of the body in a stress response- Adrenaline and cortisol tag the lung, heart and liver, which means oxygen, triglycerides and glucose get pumped into the blood- Muscles contract to action- The second message moves to the gut. It alerts the microflora of possible danger. The gut microbes move into the blood to support the immune system, slowing down the process of digestion.

Our muscles tense and contract, pupils dilate, heart beats faster, blood pressure rises, sweat glands get activated all over the body, mouth runs dry, breathing becomes rapid and shallow, brain gets hyper alert, senses get sharpened, cholesterol and blood sugar appear elevated.

According to Anju, the second stage is nothing but appraisal -How will I response to a situation or event? "Every response creates a feeling, which is different, and therefore, the chemical or hormone created in them is different. The situation is the same. The action is the same. What changes it is perception. And one needs to understand this perception because that is our appraisal," she said.She gave the example of a chair, which is stationary in a room, but if seen from out of space it is moving 1000 miles per hour. "The perception," she insisted, "is not a chemical, neither it is automatic. It is taught and learnt."For instance, a snake to a layperson might create fear, but to a snake charmer, it is something that it works with every day. "The moment I experience fear, which is an intangible feeling, I am immediate ly creat ing something extremely real that is a real molecule called adrenaline because where thought goes , hormone goes. Your mind and body are one," said Anju. Your feeling changes according to what you have learnt and experienced and how many times you have experienced it. This is termed as the appraisal of a situation. If stress is there, action of the body is there. What is in-between is how your body is perceiving it.WHAT CREATES STRESS?

For instance, bad traffic, a sudden tough conversation with your spouse or the maid not showing up are unpredictable situations. This unpredictable process will make your body move into excitation because your

EXTERNALLY

APPRAISING THE SITUATION

LACK OF PREDICTABILITY:

response is being triggered by that appraisal of the experience.

Lack of control in a process means your body is in continuous excitation.

The lack of feeling that when I am in a stressful situation, I have something to release it causes stress.

Anju laid great emphasis on the food we consume. When we eat foods that are cheesy, for instance, we are blocking our gut. "So in that case, you are not allowing serotonin (happy hormone) to be activated. Therefore, the serotonin cannot go to the cell and say do not degenerate me," she explained. "If it is a blocker, your body has already produced C Reactive protein to make your blood thicker to cope with that onslaught. Instead, what you are putting is more thickening agents. Are you then not going to move into an embolism or blood clot? Of course, you will.”The moment you intake aerated drinks and caffeine, you are stimulating the adrenaline further. And what needs to be short lived becomes long-term. "So it will take that body much longer to move back to an inhibitory state/resting state," she said.

- Know your signals/triggers whether it is palpitation, sweaty palms, or the need to pick up coffee- Use your triggers (mental, emotional, physical, financial) because what you have at that time is more energy, more muscle power, oxygen and functioning capabilities. If used, from distress it will become eustress. This changes your memory, your perception on what you see as stress.

- All your senses are taking in and leaving an imprint on your cells. As human beings, we hold on to our imprints and emotions. Your body c o m m u n i c a t e s s t r e s s through your individual mechanism (hair fall, eyes dilating, sleeplessness, irritability), understand it.

This helps you predict and the moment you're able to predict, you can change the trigger. - When you are stressed, take control through rhythm and routine. For that, you need to be in a resting phase. This will help you boost your DHEA - the hormone that allows you to fight this process in the most conscious way.-Sleep for eight hours in darkness.- Intake of natural foods must be high. During a stressful period, do not turn to stimulant food (chocolate, cheese, Chinese fare), aerated drinks, alcohol, nicotine, and spend time on screen. That release is violence.

LACK OF CONTROL:

LACK OF OUTLET:

COPING WITH STRESS

POINTS TO REMEMBER

Stress effectively

Our body clock accelerates the ability of viruses to replicate and spread between cells ten times faster during the morning than by the end of the day, placing people at a higher risk of catching infection, a study involving an Indian-origin scientist has revealed.Disruptions in body clock lead to increased virus replication and dissemination, indicating that severity of acute infections is influenced by circadian time-keeping."The time of day of infection can have a major influence on how susceptible we are to the disease, or at least on the viral replication, meaning that infection at the wrong time of day could cause a much more severe acute infection," said Akhilesh Reddy, Professor at University of Cambridge.For the study, the team compared normal 'wild type' mice infected with herpes virus and influenza A virus at different times of the day, measuring levels of virus infection and spread.The mice lived in a controlled environment where 12 hours were in the daylight and the other 12 hours were dark.The results showed that virus replication in those mice infected at the very start of the day, when these nocturnal animals start their resting

phase, the risk of infection was shown to be ten times greater than those infected by the end of the day while they were transitioning to their active phase.Abolishing cellular circadian rhythms increased both herpes and influenza A virus infection in the mice, the researchers said."Our results suggest that the clock in every cell determines how successfully a virus replicates. When we disrupted the body clock in either cells or mice, we found that the timing of infection no longer mattered -- viral replication was always

high," added Rachel Edgar from University of Cambridge."This indicates that shift workers, who work for some nights and rest for other nights and have a disrupted body clock, will be more susceptible to viral diseases. If so, then they could be prime candidates for receiving the annual flu vaccines," Rachel noted.In addition, Bmal1 -- a gene that controls the circadian rhythm -- also undergoes seasonal variations. It remains less active during winter,

while it increases activity in summer, thus explaining the reason why diseases, such as influenza, are more likely to spread throughout populations during winter, said the paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

How to overcome

Stress effectively

Viral infections more dangerous during morning: Study

8 HEALTH the northlinesJammu | Friday | August 19 | 2016

9 KASHMIR the northlinesJammu | Friday | August 19 | 2016

Governor N.N. Vohra andMrs. Usha Vohra, First Lady,attended the Passing OutParade (POP) of the 106thBatch of Jammu andKashmir Light Infantry(JAKLI) which was held atBana Singh Parade Groundof JAKLI RegimentalCentre, Rangreth, heretoday.

After the Investitureceremony, the Governorcongratulated the newlyinducted recruits and theirfamilies on becoming part ofthe Indian Army. He laudedthe efforts of CorpsCommander 15 Corps, Lt.Gen. S.K. Dua, Colonel ofthe JAKLI Regiment, andBrigadier S.G. Chavan,Commandant, JAKLI, inimparting high qualitytraining to the recruits. He

congratulated Recruit RishuSambyal for being awardedwith Sword of Honour inrecognition of his excellentperformance during theentire training programme.Saluting the patriotism ofthe J&K people, theGovernor observed that thepeople of the State havealways exhibited exemplarycourage in face of all theodds, from driving away theKabailis in 1947 and in

providing very strongsupport to the SecurityForces in fighting allsubsequent wars.Addressing the recruits, theGovernor said that this daymarks their initiation intothe service of the nation andwith the quality of trainingthey have got he is confidentthat they will give their bestto make their Regiment,country and families proudof them.On his arrival the Governorreviewed the Parade andtook salute from theMarching Columns. Theprogramme also included awonderful band display and,later, the ceremony to pipthe new recruits.Capt. (Retd.) Bana Singh,PVC, serving and retiredofficers of JAKLI and theirfamilies and families of thenew recruits were amongthose who witnessed theimpressive POP.

Guv attends POP of JAKLI's 106th Batch


Chairman J&K LegislativeCouncil, Haji Anayat Alihas constituted variousCommittees under differentprovisions of rules ofprocedure and conduct ofBusiness in the LegislativeCouncil along withnomination of Members ofthe Upper House to serveas Members of theCommittees for a period ofone year i.e. ending March,2017.As per the notificationsissued by the CouncilSecretariat, the PetitionsCommittee has beenconstituted under theChairmanship of S.Charanjit Singh along withMembers, Qaiser JamsheedLone, Naresh KumarGupta, Dharambir SinghOberoi, Javaid AhmedMirchal and SurinderMohan Ambardar.The Privileges Committeewill be headed byVikramaditya Singh andrepresented by AjatshatruSingh, Ali MohammadDar, Dr. Shehnaz Ganai,

Sham Lal Bhagat andMohammad KhursheedAlam as members.The Committee onGovernment Assuranceswill be headed by SofiYousuf along withMembers, Ashok Khajuria,Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo,Master nor Hussain,Vikramaditya Singh and S.Charanjit Singh.The Committee onSubordinate Legislationhas been constituted underthe Chairmanship ofShowkat Hussain Ganai,whileas Ghulam NabiMonga, Zafar IqbalManhas, Mrs. Rani GargiBlowria, Yashpal Sharma,Ramesh Arora, SurinderMohan Ambardar,Vikramaditya Singh andYasir Reshi will servemembers of theCommittee.The Ethics Committee willbe headed by FirdousAhmed Tak along with AliMohammad Dar, BashirAhmed Shah Veeri,Mohammad MuzaffarParay, Surinder KumarChoudhary and VibodhGupta as members.

The Rules Committee willbe headed by Chairman,Haji Anayat Ali as ex-officio Chairman, whileasAjat Shatru Singh, Dr.Bashir Ahmed Veeri,Qaiser Jamsheed Lone,G.N. Monga, Saif-ud-DinBhat and Ramesh Arorawill serve as Members inthe Committee.Similarly, the HouseCommittee will also beheaded by the Chairmanhimself, whileas JugalKishore, Showkat HussainGanai, Master NoorHussain, Mrs. Rani GargiBlowria, Yasir Reshi andVikramaditya Singh willserve as members of theCommittee.Haji Anayat Ali will alsohead the LibraryCommittee withMohammad MuzaffarParray, Yashpal Sharma,Dr. Shehnaz Ganai,Surinder Choudhary,Mohammad khursheedAlam, Charanjit Singh andSurinder Mohan Ambardarwill serve as members ofthe Committee.The General PurposeCommittee will be headed

by Chairman, Haji AnayatAli, whereas DeputyChairman, JehangirHussain Mir, Leader of theHouse, Syed NaeemAkhtar Andrabi, AliMohammad Dar, NareshKumar Gupta, SajadAhmad Kichloo, JugalKishore, Dharambir SinghOberoi, Firdous AhmedTak, Sofi Yousuf andVibodh Gupta will serve asMembers of theCommittee.Mr. Mohammad MuuzaffarParay will head theEnvironment Committee,whileas Jugal Kishore,Showkat Hussain Ganai,Qaiser Jamsheed Lone,Smt. Rani Gargi Blowriaand Saif-ud-Din Bhat willserve as Members of theCommittee.The Department RelatedStanding Committee (I) on(Industries & Commerce,CAPD, Higher Education,Ladakh Affairs, Haj &Auqaf and InformationTechnology Departments)has been constituted underthe Chairmanship ofGhulam Nabi Monga alongwith Ashok Khajuria, Ali

Mohammad Dar, SofiYousuf and Javed AhmedMirchal as Members.The Department RelatedStanding Committee (II)on Rural Development,Social Welfare, Revenue,Agriculture Production,Forest and PowerDevelopment Departmentswill be headed by RameshArora along with Membersincluding, AjatshatruSingh, Dr. Bashir AhmadShah Veeri, MohammadKhursheed Alam, YasirReshi and Firdous AhmedTak.Similarly, the DepartmentRelated StandingCommittee (III) on thedepartments of Education,PHE, Irrigation & FloodControl, R&B, Estates,Hospitality & Protocol andCooperative will he headedby Dr. Bashir AhmedVeeri. The other Membersof the Committee are,Jugal Kishore Sharma, S.Dharambir Singh Oberoi,Sham lal Bhagat and Saif-ud-Din Bhat.The Department RelatedStanding Committee (IV)on Health & Medical

Education, Home,Transport, Horticulture &Tourism Departments willbe headed by Zafar IqbalManhas along withMembers, Dr. ShehnazGanai, yashpal Sharma,Smt. Rani Gargi Blowriaand Surinder KumarChoudhary. Besides, the Chairmanhas also nominated theMembers to associatewith the FinancialCommittees of the J&KLegislative Assembly forthe period ending31stMarch, 2017.As per the notification ofthe Council Secretariat,Mr. Qaiser JamsheedLone and Mr. MohammadKhursheed Alam havebeen nominated to beassociated with PublicAccounts Committee. Mr.Naresh Kumar Gupta andMr. Vibodh Gupta havebeen nominated for PublicUndertaking Committee,whereas Mr. Yasir Reshiand Mr. Surinder MohanAmbardar have beeninducted in EstimatesCommittee to serve asMembers.

Chairman, LC constitutes various CommitteesNL CorrespondentSrinagar, Aug 18

Maintaining that the study ofRiver Morphology would bea major step towardscomprehensive FloodManagement Programme,Minister for Revenue, Reliefand Rehabilitation, SyedBasharat Bukhari today saidthe hotspots for dredging andstrengthening theembankments of RiverJhelum would be taken up onpriority.The Minister was addressingofficers during the reviewmeeting convened to discussthe measures underway foreffective and speedyimplementation of Rs 1500crore World Bank FundedJhelum and Tawi FloodRecovery and ManagementProject (FMP).Financial Commissioner,Planning Development andMonitoring, Relief andRehabilitation Department

Mr. B B Vyas, DirectorFinance, Relief andRehabilitation Ms ShaguftaQazi, Chief EngineerIrrigation and Flood ControlDepartment, Mir JavedJaffar, DirectorAdministration, Noor-u-DinAndrabi and other seniorofficers were also present.The Minister said that thetimely completion of theproject is pivotal as wewould be putting in place aneffective mechanism formanagement and preventionof the natural calamitieswhich have in past resultedin colossal damage to thelife and property in theState. He said that theofficers should synergizetheir efforts to ensure that itis completed within thestipulated time frame and inaccordance with the alreadylaid down guidelines of theWorld Bank.The meeting was informedthat team of officers and

experts is already inconstant consultation withthe World Bank officials atNew Delhi for clearance ofthe DPRs submitted bydifferent departments so thatthe necessary action can beinitiated on these. A seniorChief Engineer is campingin Delhi to discuss modelDPRs prepared by the StateGovernment with regard toroads and Buildingsconstructions besidesSchool and HospitalBuildings, the meeting wastold. The Minister on theoccasion inaugurated acomprehensive website onthe Jhelum Tawi FloodRecovery and ManagementProject which would beproviding all the requisiteinformation about theproject, besides theinitiatives being undertakenand also the future course ofaction and can be accessedonwww.jtfrp.in.

Bukhari calls for expeditingpreparation of DPRs


One person died while tenothers were injured in roadaccidents in the valley onThursday. In Baramulla, acyclist Imdad Ali Bhat S/oMohammad Yousuf BhatR/o Hatcinar Magam,riding his bicycle, hit a wallat Ahmadpora in thejurisdiction of PoliceStation Pattan. He wasinjured in this accident andwas shifted to Sub DistrictHospital Magam fortreatment, where doctorsdeclared him brought dead.Meanwhile, an Alto 800 carbearing regd. no. JK01W-0251 collided with a Marutivan bearing regd. no.JK03A-7119 at Barsoo,resulting in injuries to sixpersons. The injured

persons were identified asManzoor Ahmad Lone,Mohammad Hussain Yatooresidents of SofigundWanpoh, Aaliya resident ofKanilwan Bijbehara, ShahidAhmad Bhat, Saleema andHameeda Akhter residentsof Patalbagh Pampore. Allthe injured were shifted tohospital for treatment.Besides this, an Eon vehiclebearing regd. no. JK01X-1660 driven by Nazar-ul-Islam R/o Bagat hit andinjured four pedestrians atBatamaloo in thejurisdiction of PoliceStation Shaheed Gunj. Allthe injured were shifted toSMHS Hospital fortreatment. Police haveregistered cases in all theaccidents and initiatedfurther proceedings.

1 dies, 10 injured inroad accidents


Secretary RuralDevelopment andPanchayati Raj KhursheedAhmad Shah todayreviewed the physical andfinancial achievements ofthe ongoing projects of thedepartment.The meeting was informedthat the department hasspent 84 percent of theavailable budget underMGNREGA whichamounts to Rs 136 crore.It was informed that 8.80lakh man-days weregenerated underMGNREGA for 5.46 lakhjob card holders.

Officials furtherinformed the meeting that467 works were taken upthrough convergenceunder MGNREGA withvarious otherdepartments at a cost ofRs 9.27 crore out ofwhich 173 works havebeen completed at a costof Rs 3.58 crore.Under 13th FinanceCommission, the meetingwas informed that 399Panchayat Ghars wereconstructed till datewhile 315 PanchayatGhars are underconstruction. Officialssaid under 14thFC, Rs1.86 crore have been

released and works underthis scheme are underexecution and are likelyto be completed by theend of September 2016.Secretary RDD said underflood protection works,the department spent Rs8.80 crore till date. Hesaid 102 works have beenapproved regarding floodprotection at an estimatedcost of Rs 35 crore.The officers were furtherinformed that underSwach Bharat Mission(SBM), 47000 IndividualHousehold Latrines havebeen completed out of thetotal target of three lakhIHHLs.

Secy RDD reviews progress of worksNL CorrespondentSrinagar, Aug 18

According to a statement issued byAdditional Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam,water supply will remain affected in a fewparts of Kulgam including Tamloo, Amnoo,DPL Saderbazar and Court Complex.He said the Executive Engineer PHE hasreported that the main supply pipe line of

250 MM dia has suddenly burst resulting insnapping of water supply to these areas. "The PHE department has initiatedrestoration work, which is likely to take acouple of days despite round the clockexecution," the statement said.He said the affected areas will be provideddrinking water through tanker service forwhich the consumers can call cell nos:9419003150 and 9419040320.

Water supply to remain affectedin parts of Kulgam: ADC

NL CorrespondentKulgam, Aug 18

Drug peddler arrested Srinagar, Aug 18Kulgam police arrested a drug peddler andrecovered five kilograms of poppy straw from hispossession. A naka was established at Lawdoora byKulgam police in their jurisdiction. During nakachecking a Maruti car bearing regd. no. JK03-3988boarded by two persons was intercepted. On searchof the vehicle 05 kilograms of poppy straw (Fukki)was recovered. One person identified as IrshadHussain Ganie S/o Ghulam Rasool R/o BabdarFathehpora was arrested while another personidentified as Nasir Ahmad Dar S/o Abdul RehmanR/o Sasman, Qazigund managed to escape. A casehas been registered in this regard and investigationwas taken up.

8 structures damaged in fireSrinagar, Aug 18Eight structures were damaged in fire incidents inSrinagar on Thursday. Fire broke out at Iqbal MarketMaharaja Bazar in the jurisdiction of Police StationSherghari, resulting in the damage to six shops. Firetenders brought the fire under control. Fire broke out inthe residential house of Mohammad Sultan Sofi son ofGhulam Mohammad resident of Rampora Qamerwariwhich also engulfed a nearby house of Farooq AhmadDar son of Ghulam Qadir Dar, resulting in the damage toboth the houses. Fire tenders brought the fire undercontrol.

Oil companies have complainedof attacks on tankers: Div Com

Srinagar, Aug 18Strongly denying the reports that the oil companieshave been asked to stop fuel supply to Kashmir, theDivisional Administration today said the oilcompanies have approached the Government withthe plea that their tankers are facing recurrentattacks by the mobs in the Valley.The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Mr BaseerKhan said that while there are enough stocks of fuelavailable in Kashmir, the oil companies includingHindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum and IndianOil have communicated in writing that their tankersare being attacked in the Kashmir valley. "The oilcompanies have informed that 28 tankers have beendamaged in attacks by violent mobs and it hasbecome difficult for them to operate amidprevailing law and order situation," he said.The Divisional Commissioner said the oilcompanies have been assured of adequate securityby the State Government to ensure uninterruptedfuel supply to Kashmir. "We have asked the oilcompanies to ensure adequate supply of fuel toKashmir and have assured them of security aswell," he said.The Divisional Commissioner has sought people'scooperation in ensuring hassle-free movement ofoil tankers to Kashmir.

Central Govt failed to understandground reality of Kashmir: Vakil

Srinagar, Aug 18Reacting on the meeting of the opposition yesterday inJ&K State under the chairmanship of Omar AbdullahFormer Minister Abdul Gani Vakil today in a statementdescribed it as failure and said nothing concrete hascome out of the meeting that would have send a strongmessage to Central Government and forced the Centreto come on the table for a meaningful dialogue with allstake holders including Hurriyat Conference in order tocreate peaceful atmosphere in the valley. People are fedup with the traditional parties as they had not doneanything in the past to resolve Kashmir issue and nordoing anything at present to overcome the serious crisisin valley but had only amassed huge wealth duringtheir tenure and now are shedding crocodile tears toplay with the sentiments of the people Vakil added.Vakil stressed upon the opposition especially OmarAbdullah to choose sincerely one path either to givemoral and political support to the present StateGovernment to create peaceful atmosphere in thevalley or side with the people and resign frommembership of Assembly along with other oppositionmembers because two things cannot be done at thesame time playing with sentiments of the people aswell as to make every effort to grab the power andpeople also have understood the intentions of theleaders of traditional parties days are gone when peoplewere befooled which Omar Abdullah himself clearlyunderstood in 2014 Assembly elections when he wonby a thin margin of 900 votes that too from a CongressCandidateHard and harsh decisions needs to be taken as Modigovernment cannot understand soft and polite languageand to make Central government understand the graveconcern at the ground level which the CentralGovernment has completely failed to understand andwas evident from the speech of Prime Minister on 15thAugust at RedfortWhere he tried to divert attention of people fromKashmir to Baluchistan. It shows how much centregovernment is nonserious about Kashmir issue wherealready more than 70 people have died, more than 200people have already lost their eyesight, hundredsrendered handicapped permanently and thousands areinjured but not a single word from Prime Minister forthe people who have lost their loved loves or who havebeen injured.

The parents of

Sakshi Malik

celebrate in their

Rohtak home

after she won

bronze in the 58kg

category at the

Rio Olympics early

on Thursday.

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India’s PV Sindhu takes on Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in

the semifinals of the badminton women’s singles event at

the Rio Olympics on Thursday, looking to assure herself

of a medal.

A win would guarantee her at least a silver while a loss

would mean she would have to fight it out for the bronze.

Also in action on Thursday is wrestler Babita Kumari in

the women’s 53kg freestyle round of 16, the Indian taking

on Maria Prevolaraki of Greece. Aditi Ashok is also

competing in the second round of the women’s individual

golf event.

Several medal matches are scheduled for Thursday,

including in badminton and hockey. The finals of the

men’s 200m, Usain Bolt’s pet event, will round off

Thursday’s action in Rio.

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The Netherlands stayed

on course for a third

successive Olympics

women's hockey gold

medal by downing

Germany in a dramatic

shoot-out on Wednesday.

With the score tied at 1-

1 at the end of normal

time, the Dutch edged

the shoot-out 4-3 and

will face Britain for the

gold medal.

The British reached the

Olympic final for the first time with a 3-0 win over New

Zealand in a bruising duel. Ellen Hoog scored the winning

goal for the Dutch in their shoot-out triumph. "At first I

had some doubts because I missed the first shot, but I trust

in my own shoot-outs so I thought, 'Well, I'm not going to

miss it twice'," said Hoog who missed her first attempt.

"So I trust and I felt that the team trusted me as well, but

after I scored it, I don't know what was going on. The

most feeling I think is relief. Just relief that we won

today."Lisa Altenburg, who was responsible for missing one of

Germany's four shoot-out attempts, said: "My penalty shot

wasn't that good, so in the end it's shit."

10 SPORTS the northlinesJammu | Friday | August 19 | 2016

Aug 18

India batsman Rohit Sharma says

he will never shy away from

playing his natural game

irrespective of the format he is

playing.

After falling cheaply in the first

innings, Rohit made his second

opportunity count in the third and

final Test against the West Indies.

He smashed three sixes towards the

end of day four, pushing the run-

rate up before getting an

unfortunate decision on the fifth

day morning that forced him to

return on 41 from 59 balls.

“My natural game is to attack and

put the pressure back on the

bowlers whether I am facing the

first ball or the last. I know

situations are going to be different,

but one thing is for sure that I am

not going to change my natural

game. I am what I am. I understand

Test cricket cannot be played like

One-Day cricket, but there are

examples around the world of

cricketers playing in a similar

way,” Rohit told ‘bcci.tv’.

He added,”I should do what is best

for me and I know what is best for

me. Nobody in the world can tell

me how to bat or how to not to bat.

I have to stick to my game plan,

stick to what has got me success

since I started playing cricket.

There is a certain way to bat in

different situations and I am willing

to do that.”

The attacking batsman says he has

learned to deal with intense

scrutiny and knows what works

best for him.

Rohit says he is always ready to fit

in as per the team’s requirements.

“I think when it comes to that it is

important to know what the captain

and the coach feel about it. My role

is simple. Whenever I am told to

play in a certain way, I am trying to

play in a certain way.

I won’t change my natural game, says

Rohit Sharma ahead of 4th Test match

Rohtak, Aug 18

Sakshi Malik became the

first Indian woman

wrestler to clinch an

Olympic medal at the Rio

Games on Wednesday. Her

bronze medal could act as

inspiration for many young

girls who want to pursue

sports and wrestling across

the country.

Being a role model is

nothing new for Sakshi.

Ever since her silver medal

at the 2014

Commonwealth Games in

Glasgow, she has been the

star the trainees at the

Chotu Ram Stadium in

Rohtak look up to. Over

the years, the training

centre has become the hub

of women’s wrestling in

the state and has produced

many champions.

Around 12 years ago,

Sakshi herself was inspired

by another wrestling

champ to take up the sport.

“I saw an article in a Hindi

newspaper about a senior

girl, Kavita Raj (a trainee

of the Chotu Ram

stadium), winning a medal

in the state championship,”

Sakshi had told HT before

leaving for Brazil. “Along

with the article, there was

a picture of Kavita in the

wrestling costume. At that

time I was just 11 or 12

years old and the wrestling

costume fascinated me so

much that I decided to take

up the sport,” she added

“When I told my mother

that I want to join

wrestling at the Chotu Ram

stadium, she was a bit

hesitant to start with. Later

she agreed. After I joined

the training centre, my

mother used to accompany

me to the stadium every

day till the time I became

old enough to commute on

my own. Even now, at

times, she comes to the

centre to watch me train,”

elaborated the champion.

Sakshi progressed through

age-group tournaments,

thereafter. Her big break

came when she won a

silver medal in the Junior

World Championships in

2010. After that she won

bronze in the 2013

C o m m o n w e a l t h

Championship.

Before the bronze in Rio,

Sakshi’s biggest medal in

the senior section was the

silver she won in the 2014

Commonwealth Games in

Glasgow and the bronze

medal in the Asian

Championship in 2015.

Another wrestling champ’s photo inspired

Sakshi to take up the sport Noida, Aug 18

The junior football team of

Apeejay School, Noida, is

vying for first place in this

year’s Hindustan Times

Great Indian Football Action

(HT GIFA). The team was

the runners’ up in last year’s

tournament and wish to

improve their standing this

year. According to the team,

participating in GIFA last

year gave their confidence a

boost and made them realise

their talent in the game.

“Before GIFA, our parents

never took us or the game

seriously as cricket is more

prevalent here. They would

always tell us that it would be

better if we played cricket.

However, after we got to

represent our school at the

finals last year in GIFA, our

parents are proud of us and

support us as well,” said

Prateek Chellani, team

captain. With 10 members,

all aged between 14 years

and 15 years, the team said

they have improved upon

their game and have learnt

from their past mistakes at

GIFA. “Though our game

was strong all through the

GIFA tournament last year,

there were some mistakes

that stopped us from winning

the first position. Hence, we

have now decided that apart

from training hard, we will

also keep an eye on the game

of other teams in order to

know their strategies,” said

Sarthak Semwal, mid-fielder.

The team’s coach said that

playing at GIFA last year has

made the students better

players. “The whole team is

the same as last year. They

had reached the finals and

secured second position in

the tournament, which has

made them realise that the

first position is not that far. In

fact, they have become better

players now and have

matured in their game and

strategies,” said the team’s

coach Yusuf Ali.

New Delhi, Aug 18

Australia have ceded the No

1 Test ranking to India

following their 163-run

defeat in the third and final

Test against Sri Lanka in

Colombo on Wednesday.

India, who held the No 1

spot early in the year before

Australia reclaimed the top

ranking after a win over New

Zealand, will hold on to the

position if they defeat West

Indies in the fourth and final

Test starting in Port-of-

Spain, Trinidad, on

Thursday.

If India fail to defeat West

Indies, Pakistan, who drew

their series 2-2 against hosts

England this week, will be

anointed the highest-ranked

side.

According to an

International Cricket

Council (ICC) release,

Australia began their series

in Sri Lanka on 118 points,

but following their 106-run

loss in Pallekele and 229-run

defeat in Galle, followed by

the Colombo defeat, they

slipped to 108 points to be

level with England.

However, Australia are

ranked ahead of Alastair

Cook’s side. Pakistan have

moved up to second in the

rankings, just one point

behind their rivals.

If India win in Trinidad, they

will finish on 112 points, one

ahead of Pakistan. But they

will slip to 110 points if the

Test is drawn, and to 108 if

they lose to the Caribbean

side.

Australia’s loss is India’s gain:

Test team grabs World No. 1 spot

Kolkata, Aug 18

Clarifying like The Eagles did when

they regrouped after a long gap, John

Arne Riise returns to the Indian

Super League (ISL) saying he hadn’t

retired but was merely taking a

break. Riise, 35, will be the marquee

player for Chennaiyin FC in the third

edition of the Indian Super League

(ISL). He was with Delhi Dynamos

last season.

Three other teams --- Kerala

Blasters, Mumbai City FC and

Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) --- have

named marquees for ISL 3 that is

scheduled to begin in early October.

Among them Helder Postiga, who is

back at ATK, and Riise have prior

ISL experience.

Should talks with Florent Malouda,

Lucio and Simao Sabrosa go

forward, it is possible Delhi

Dynamos, FC Goa and Northeast

United FC respectively too would

retain their top player.

Diego Forlan, who will be Mumbai

City FC’s marquee, has visited India

but hasn’t played a competitive

match. Ditto for Aaron Hughes, who

will suit up for Kerala Blasters and

Eidur Gudjohnsen, who could for FC

Pune City as a marquee. “Back in

June I decided to take a break from

football but I always kept the door

open for a return and after speaking

to Marco (Materazzi, the Chennaiyin

FC coach) I found the motivation

again to work hard. So I would like

to thank Marco and the Chennaiyin

FC owners for believing in me.

Marco especially had a big influence

in my decision. I am honoured to

have the chance to play and work

under Marco. Working closely with

him will be a great experience for me

for my future coaching career also,”

said the defender who played for

Liverpool from 2001 to 2008 and

won the Champions League in 2005.

Riise has also played for Roma,

Fulham and APOEL FC and is

Norway’s most capped player with

110 internationals. Following his

stint with Delhi Dynamos, where he

scored one goal in 15 appearances,

Riise returned to Norway where he

played for Aalesunds FK, with

whom he had started his career

before moving to Monaco where he

won the French league. Known for

his long-rangers and free-kicks,

Riise made 10 appearances there

between March and May this year

and has joined Chennaiyin FC on a

free transfer.

ISL: Riise Chennaiyin FC’s marquee as

teams look to retain familiar faces

Junior team of Apeejay School,

Noida, eyes HT GIFA trophy

Bengaluru, Aug 18

India ace Saina Nehwal was

admitted to a hospital in

Hyderabad to undergo

treatment for her knee injury

which affected her progress

in the badminton event of the

Rio Olympics.

The 26-year-old had lost her

second group match against

Ukraine's Maria Ulitina to

crash out of the Rio

Olympics. "Saina has been

hospitalised for the last two

days and is undergoing

treatment for her injury,

which got worse during her

match against Maria at Rio

Olympics," Saina's father

Harvir Singh told PTI.

Saina had cited an

inflammation in her right

knee, which hampered her

on-court movement, as the

reason for her shocking

group league exit. Singh said

Saina was back home on

August 16 and next day got

admitted to a hospital in

Hyderabad and underwent

treatment for her injury. He,

however, did not divulge the

contents of the Magnetic

Resonance Imaging (MRI)

scan.

"The doctors have not

revealed the contents of the

MRI scan to me. I will be

able to talk about it

tomorrow, not today," Singh

said. Singh also said Saina

will be flying to Mumbai for

advanced checkup

tomorrow.

"The doctors here have

referred her case to a

hospital at Mumbai, and she

will be flying from

Hyderabad," he said. The

World No 5 lost her second

group league encounter 18-

21, 19-21 to World No 61

Ulitina to crash out of the

competition. Saina had said

the injury happened during

training before the Olympics

and it got worse during the

match.

Saina Nehwal To Undergo Treatment For

Injury That Ended Her Olympics CampaignHockenheim, Aug 18

Lewis Hamilton headed for the beach on

Monday following his victory in Sunday's

German Grand Prix, but it was a very

different story for his Mercedes team-mate

Nico Rosberg and their traditional rivals

Ferrari.

The defending world champion's fourth

successive win and sixth in seven races

gave him a 19-point lead in the title race

ahead of German Rosberg ahead of the

traditional European summer break.

After winning the four season-opening

races, Rosberg has been victorious only

once in eight and he faces a struggle to

regain lost ground in the closing nine

events starting with the Belgian Grand Prix

on August 28.

"This is going to take some time to digest

and work out," said Rosberg, who on

Sunday started on pole and finished fourth.

Since the Spanish Grand Prix in May, he

has also seen a 43-point advantage over

Hamilton turned around.

Rosberg's struggles allowed both Red

Bulls of Australian Daniel Ricciardo and

Dutch teenager Max Verstappen on to the

podium in second and third places.But for

Ferrari, it was an even more profound

setback to their high ambitions as four-

time champion Sebastian Vettel and Finn

Kimi Raikkonen came home fifth and

sixth.

This result meant that Red Bull moved 14

points clear of the Italian team in second

place in the constructors' standings - a dent

to the pride of the scarlet scuderia.

Lewis Hamilton Heads to The

Beach, as Rivals Look For Answers

11BUSINESS

the northlinesJammu | Friday | August 19 | 2016

New Delhi: Retirement fundbody EPFO has introduced asimplified UniversalAccount Number basedform, 10-D, for itssubscribers for fixing theirpension without employers'attestation.At present, the subscribersseeking pension under theEmployees' Pension Scheme1995 has to get his pensionclaim application attestedfrom the employer to fix theretirement benefit aftersuperannuation."A simplified UAN-basedpension claim Form 10-D-UAN has been introduced,"the Employees' ProvidentFund Organisation (EPFO)

said in press release.According to statement, theclaim form can be used bymembers whose AADHARnumber and bank detailshave been seeded in theUniversal Account Number(UAN) and have been dulyverified by the employerusing digital signature andthe employee details areavailable in Form 11 (New).The new form does notrequire attestation byemployer and can besubmitted directly toconcerned EPFO offices.So far, more than 7.34 croreUAN have been allotted toEPF members.The body also talked about

implementation of its earlierdecision of providing higherpension to those subscribersdeferring pension beyond theage of 58 years.It said, "EPF members nowhave an option to enhancetheir pensionary benefits.The benefits are available tothose members who opt todefer their pension beyond58 years up to 60 years ofage with or withoutcontribution after the age of58 years.The option when exercisedincreases original pension by4 percent in case ofcompletion of one year and8.16 percent in case ofcompletion of 2 years after58 years. When members optto defer the pension withcontribution, the additionalcontributory service after 58years of age will be includedwhile calculatingpensionable service andpensionable salary." Themembers completed at least10 years of pensionableservice on attaining the ageof 58 years, are eligible forthis option.

EPFO members can fix pensionwithout employers' attestation New Delhi: Government has

slapped an additional penaltyof USD 380 million (aroundRs 2,500 crore) on RelianceIndustries and its partners forproducing less than targetednatural gas from easternoffshore KG-D6 fields.With this, the total penalty,which is in form ofdisallowing recovery of costincurred, for missing thetarget in five fiscal yearsbeginning April 1, 2010,now stands at a cumulativeUSD 2.76 billion.The Production SharingContract (PSC) allows RILand its partners BP Plc of theUK and Canada's NikoResources to deduct allcapital and operatingexpenses from the sale of gasbefore sharing profit with thegovernment.Disallowing costs will resultin government's profit sharerising. "Up to financial year2013-14, the cost recoveryproposed to be disallowedwas USD 2.376 billion andconsequent demand ofGovernment of India shareof additional profitpetroleum of USD 195.3

million on cumulative basis."On June 3, 2016, thecompany received a revisedclaim up to year 2014-15with a disallowance of USD2.756 billion on cumulativebasis and consequentdemand of Government ofIndia share of additionalprofit petroleum of USD246.9 million, also oncumulative basis," RIL saidin a regulatory filing.Gas output from Dhirubhai-1and 3 gas field in the easternoffshore KG-D6 block wassupposed to be 80 millionstandard cubic meters perday but actual productionwas only 35.33 mmscmd in2011-12, 20.88 mmscmd in2012-13 and 9.77 mmscmdin 2013-14. The output hasbeen around 8 mmscmd insubsequent years.The government had for2010-11 disallowed USD457 million of cost, USD548 million for 2011-12,USD 792 million for 2012-13 and USD 579 million for2013-14. Now, another USD380 million cost has beendisallowed for outputlagging behind target in

2014-15.The output was behind targetin 2015-16 as well and thegovernment is yet to issue acost disallowance notice forthat.RIL said disallowance ofcost is currently underarbitration."Every year, based on itsown interpretations of thePSC and assumptions (withwhich the contractor groupdoes not agree), Ministry ofPetroleum and Natural Gasrevises the total cost itproposes to disallow andconsequently aggregates thefigure with figures of theprevious years."It also demands additionalprofit petroleum (in totalincluding previous yearclaims as well) asGovernment of India share,"the company said in theregulatory filing.Contractor group refers toRIL and its partners BP andNiko. RIL said of theadditional profit petroleumclaimed, the government hasalready collected gross USD81.7 million in Gas PoolAccount.

New Delhi: No decision hasyet been reached to appointIndia`s next central bankgovernor, Finance MinisterArun Jaitley said onThursday, 18 days before theincumbent is due to standdown. A senior aide toPrime Minister NarendraModi said he was "expectedto make up his mind verysoon" on replacingRaghuram Rajan, the formerInternational Monetary Fundchief economist whodropped a bombshell in Juneby announcing he would notseek a second term."We will let you know whenwe decide," Jaitley toldreporters as he returned tothe finance ministry from ameeting with Modi. "You

will come to know theconclusion, not the process."Rajan ends his three-yearterm as governor of theReserve Bank of India onSept. 4.In that short time hetransformed the RBI into aninflation-targeting centralbank, with a central goal forconsumer price growth of 4percent. The government isalso in the process ofselecting a new, six-memberMonetary Policy Committeethat will decide on interestrates. Officials havesuggested that Rajan`sreplacement would benamed to give enough timefor an orderly leadershiphandover at the Mumbai-based central bank.

We will let you knowon RBI governor:Jaitley

Govt slaps $380 mn additional penalty on RIL

New Delhi: SingaporeTelecommunications Ltd(Singtel) on Thursday said itwill buy 7.39 percent stakein Bharti Telecom Ltd, theholding company of India'slargest telecom firm BhartiAirtel, for USD 659.5million (over Rs 4,400crore).Singtel will acquireTemasek's 7.39 percentstake in Bharti Telecom andanother 21 percent stake inThai telecom firm IntouchHoldings PCL for a totalconsideration of 2.47 billionSingapore dollar (USD 1.8billion).Of this, it will pay TemasekSingapore Dollar 884million (USD 659.51million), for the stake inBharti Telecom.Bharti Telecom holds 45.09percent in Mumbai-listedBharti Airtel Ltd. The Mittalfamily has 51 percent stakein Bharti Telecom whileSingtel held 39 percent

stake. Temasek held 7.39percent, which it is nowtransferring to Singtel aspart of strategy to bring alltelecom assets worldwideunder the Singaporegovernment entity."Singtel today entered intoconditional share purchaseagreements with Temasek toacquire 21 percent ofIntouch Holdings PublicCompany Ltd (Intouch) and7.39 percent of BhartiTelecom Ltd (BhartiTelecom) for a totalconsideration of SingaporeDollar 2.47 billion," Singtelsaid in a statement.The acquisitions will besettled fully in cash.Singtel will pay TemasekThai Baht 60.83 for eachshare of Intouch and Rs235.62 for each share ofBharti Telecom.Bharti Airtel was trading1.78 percent higher at Rs351.40 on BSE at 1250hours.

Singtel to pick 7.39%stake in Bharti

Telecom for $659 mn

New Delhi: Moody'sInvestors Service todayretained India's growthforecast at 7.5 per cent for2016 but revised upwardsestimates for China to 6.6per cent citing strong fiscaland monetary support. In its latest assessment ofthe global economy,Moody's Investors Servicesaid the outlook foremerging marketseconomies has stabilised butoutlined the policy changespost the US presidentialelection in November as themost immediate downsiderisks to the global economicoutlook.

Moody's now expects Chinato grow at the rate of 6.6 percent and 6.3 per cent in2016 and 2017, respectivelyas compared to the previousforecast of 6.3 per cent and6.1 per cent, with the highergrowth rate being driven bysignificant fiscal andmonetary policy support," itsaid in a statement. As regards India, it said:"Our growth expectationsfor India, Indonesia, Koreaand Saudi Arabia areunchanged from ourprevious outlook publicationin May." In its May 'Global MacroOutlook 2016-17' Moody's

had said that India's growthwill pick up slightly,climbing to 7.5 per cent in2016 and 2017, from 7.3 percent in 2015. The US-based agency saidemerging markets havestabilised on account of themodest recovery incommodity prices, bettercapital flows and a betternear-term outlook forgrowth in China. Moody's said the modestupwards revision in Chinagrowth would have minimalimpact on its forecasts forthe rest of the world asimports to China continue tofall.

Moody's retains India GDPforecast, ups China's estimates

New Delhi: Only 14 lakh individuals out of the2.89 crore assessees in the country declared anannual income of over Rs 10 lakh, attractingthe highest tax bracket of 30 percent, inassessment year 2012-13. As per the IncomeTax Return Statistics for Assessment Year2012-13, 14 lakh people or just 4.6 percent ofthe total assessees paid taxes in the highest 30percent tax bracket. There are 2.89 croreassessees in the country.These 14 lakh people accounted for 75 percentof the total personal income tax collection."The data reveals very clearly that there is aneed for widening and deepening of the tax netnow," Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia toldthe media.The analysis further revealed that of 2.89 croretaxpayers who filed returns, 1.63 crore (56.4percent) did not pay taxes and 0.84 croreassessees (29.3 percent) were in the 10 percenttax bracket.

Taken together, these two segments constitutemore than 85.5 percent of the individual taxbase. The data showed there were 2,669taxpayers with an income exceeding Rs 5 crore,accounting for 9.6 percent of taxes collected.The data also showed there were 1.51 croreindividuals whose tax was deducted at source,but did not file returns. Had they filed thereturns, the number of income tax payers filingreturns could have gone up to 4.4 crore in2012-13, from 2.89 crore.The revenue department, sources said, willsoon come out with fresh data for assessmentyear 2013-14, and it will be used in formulatingstrategy for widening the tax base. As per the I-T Act, people earning below Rs 2.5 lakh perannum are exempt from paying taxes. Thosewith income between Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakhpay a 10 percent tax while Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10lakh give 20 percent tax. People with incomeabove Rs 10 lakh pay 30 percent tax.

Only 14 lakh individuals fellin 30% tax bracket in 2012-13

New Delhi: India CementsLtdBSE 1.97 % today posteda 16.34 per cent jump instandalone net profit to Rs43.98 crore in the quarterended on June 30. The company's net profitduring the same quarter ayear ago stood at Rs 37.8crore, it said in a regulatoryfiling. However, total income fromoperations decreased fromRs 1,225.7 crore in the year-ago period to Rs 1205.72crore in the first quarter ofthe ongoing fiscal, it said.

The financial results wereapproved by the company'sBoard of Directors in ameeting held today. It said that authorities hadissued a provisionalattachment order under thePrevention of MoneyLaundering Act 2002attaching certain assets ofthe company for aggregatingvalue of Rs 120.34 crore. The company, based on thelegal opinion, has appealedagainst the said order to theAppellate Authority, itadded.

India Cements net up16.34 per cent at Rs 44

crore in Apr-Jun quarter

New Delhi: State Bank ofIndia's board on Thursdayapproved merger of threeassociate lenders andBharatiya Mahila Bank(BMBL) with SBI, a movewhich will make the stateowned lender a bank ofglobal size."The central board ofdirectors of SBI hasaccorded their approval tothe scheme of acquisition ofthe State Bank of Bikaner &Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bankof Mysore (SBM), StateBank of Travancore (SBT)and Bharatiya Mahila BankLimited ( BMBL) by theState Bank of India," SBI

said in a BSE filing today.The proposal does notinclude merger of StateBank of Patiala and StateBank of Hyderabad withSBI.As per the merger proposal,SBBJ shareholders will get28 shares of SBI (Rs 1each) for every 10 shares(Rs 10 each). Similarly,SBM and SBT shareholderswill get 22 shares of SBI forevery 10 shares.In the case of BharatiyaMahila Bank, 4,42,31,510shares of SBI will beswapped for every 100 croreof Rs 10 each.Last month, the Union

Cabinet had cleared mergerof all the five associatebanks of SBI with theparent and acquisition ofBMBL. With merger of all the fiveassociates and BMBL, SBIwill become a global-sizedbank and could competewith the largest in theworld, with an asset base ofRs 37 trillion (Rs 37 lakhcrore) or over USD 555billion, with 22,500branches and 58,000 ATMs.It will have over 50 crorecustomers.SBI has close to 16,500branches, including 191foreign offices spread across36 countries.It first merged State Bank ofSaurashtra with itself in2008. Two years later, StateBank of Indore was merged.On Thursday, the SBI stockclosed at Rs 248.20, up 0.79per cent on BSE. SBBJshares ended the day at Rs673.30 a piece, up 3.49 percent while those of SBMwere up 2.06 per cent at Rs621.70.

SBI board approves merger of3 associate banks and BMBL

Tata Motors’ image revamp

is in full swing, with its

products featuring a new

design language and new-

age tech as well. The

change was also expected

to include the brand’s foray

into the performance

hatchback segment with

the Bolt Sport. While the

concept was showcased at

the 2015 Geneva Motor

Show and this year’s

Delhi Auto

Expo, it

looks like

the plans

for a

production

model have

been shelved. Instead, Tata

is expected to launch a

performance-spec Tiago,

which could be named the

'Tiago Plus'.

Sources say the model

could be launched as early

as this November, though

the brand has not

confirmed this, stating that

it does not comment on

future products. Tata could

either use the same engine

that would power the Bolt

Sport which produces

120PS or employ a

turbocharged and

remapped version of the 3-

cylinder ‘Revotron’ petrol

engine

currently used

in the Tiago. In

its current state of

tune, the engine produces

85PS of power and 114Nm

of torque. However, as is

the case with small

‘boosted’ engines, turbo-

lag will have to be

addressed, especially

considering the economy-

centric behaviour of the

standard motor.

So why has Tata chosen

the Tiago over the Bolt? In

all likelihood, it’s because

the Bolt hasn’t received a

strong enough response for

a high-performance variant

to do any better. The car

currently

averages less than 1,000

sales a month, while the

Tiago has been well-

received with monthly

sales of around 3,000 units.

Tata would stand to benefit

by offering another version

of the Tiago to capitalize

on the model’s on-going

success. Additionally, the

performance hatch could

undercut the likes of the

Baleno RS and Abarth

Punto

Performance-spec Tiago 'Plus'launch likely in November

ZURICH: Global food and nutrition giantNestle today said it has regained leadingmarket share after growth in India turnedpositive in June on good progress withrelaunch of Maggi noodle. "Growth in Indiaturned positive in June due to good progresswith the Maggi noodle relaunch andfavourable comparables. We regained aleading market share position. India keptgaining momentum one year after the start ofthe Maggi noodle withdrawal," Nestle said ina statement.The company today reported a net profit ofCHF (Swiss Franc) 4.1 billion for the first halfyear ended June 2016. Its total sales stood atCHF 43.2 billion. In June 2015, FSSAI (FoodSafety and Standards Authority of India) hadbanned Maggi noodles in India following aBombay High Court order, saying it was

"unsafe and hazardous" for consumption afterfinding lead content beyond the permissiblelimit. Hello FSSAI & COURT , Whathappened to your findings ? Why it wasbanned ? India wants to know Arnab.After a 5-month ban, in November last year,Nestle India relaunched Maggi noodles in theIndian market. Earlier this year, Nestle Indialaunched up to 25 products across variouscategories in a day to fend off competition.

Back as market leader afterMaggi relaunch: Nestle

Vadodara: Nearly 5 lakh bank union workersand officers are set to join the strike called bytrade unions on September 2 to protest againstwhat they call anti-people policies of the Modigovernment and labour reforms. "There havebeen increasing attacks in the bankingindustry and the government has been takingsteps which are anti-people. It's attempting toprivatise state-run banks and merge associatebanks with State Bank of India. It is alsolooting the public money in the name of badloans," All-India Bank EmployeesAssociation (AIBEA) General Secretary C HVenkatchalam said here today. "To protestagainst all these, we will be joining thenational strike called by other labour unionson September 2." On March 30, all centraltrade unions such as INTUC, AITUC, HMS,CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU,UTUC and LPF had given a one-day nationalgeneral strike call on September 2 to protestagainst the Modi government's "unilaterallabour reforms and anti-worker policies".

The RSS-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh(BMS) has, however, decided to keep away.Last year too, the unions had gone on strike onSeptember 2 to oppose the amendments inlabour laws by the Centre as well as states,saying their 12-point charter of demands hadnot been met.The unions have been opposing certainproposed labour law amendments that allowhire and fire, make it tougher to form labourunions and dilute existing social securityavailable to workers at different fora.Under the proposed Industrial Relations CodeBill 2015, companies with up to 300headcount need not get government nod forretrenchment, lay off and closure. Thegovernment is also working on a SmallFactories Bill that seeks to exempt units withunder 40 workers from 14 labour laws.These 10 unions claim a combinedmembership of 15 crore workers in public andprivate sector enterprises, including banks andinsurance companies.

Bank unions decide to join national strike on Sep 2

Mumbai: Reversing its two-session losing run,benchmark BSE Sensexrebounded over 165 points inearly trade on Thursday withbanking stocks leading therecovery bid amid mixedAsian cues.The 30-share index wastrading higher by 165.46points or 0.59 per cent to28,170.83 with all sectoralindices led by banking,power and auto stocksleading the charge.The 30-share index had lost147.03 points in the previoustwo sessions.NSE Nifty also moved up by46.45 points or 0.53 per centto 8,670.50 in early trade.

Shares of state-run bankssuch as Canara Bank, SBI,Andhra Bank, Bank of India,Bank of Baroda and PNBgained up to 2 per cent.Brokers said revival ofbuying in bluechip stocksfollowing overnight gains inthe US mainly buoyedsentiment here.Among other Asian markets,Hong Kong's Hang Sengindex was up 1.51 per cent,Shanghai Composite Indexrose 0.11 per cent, whileJapan was down 0.19 percent in early Thursday.The US Dow JonesIndustrial Average ended0.12 per cent higher inWednesday's trade.

Sensex climbs over 165points in early trade

Jammu Tawi, Aug 18

To celebrate RakshaBandhan with soldiers bytying them 'rakhis' today aprogramme was organizedby District Jammu unit ofMahila Morcha. DistrictPresident BJP MahilaMorcha, Rekha Mahajanaccompanied by StateSecretary BJP andSehprabhari of Jammu dis-trict Anuradha Charak andMahila Morcha activists tiedrakhi to jawans and officersof the Army and Police per-sonnel. Programme was con-ducted at BSF HeadquartersPaloura Where DIG BSFRam Avtar, DeputyCommandant SK Sharmaorganized the programme

for Mahila Morcha activistson the Parv of RakshaBandhan. On the occasion

Mahila Morcha activists tiedrakhi to officers and largenumber of jawans and

offered sweets. MahilaMorcha Jammu Districtteam also visited the officeof SP South Sehzad Salariaat Gandhi Nagar and SDPOEast IPS Chandan Kohli atNarwal and tied rakhies tothe officers and other securi-ty personnel posted there.They also expressed theirfeeling to these MahilaMorcha activists about thisparticular moment andpledged that they will notallow anybody to challengesecurity, integrity and sover-eignty of the country.

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Jammu Tawi, Aug 18

To commemorate the 70thIndependence Day AdbiKunj J&K Jammu held a lit-erary meet cum function atits literary centre in Jammu.The meet was attended inliterary luminaries and oth-ers. The meet was presidedover by prominentKashmiri, Hindi and Urdupoetess Santosh Nadan,while an eminent education-alist, social worker Dr.Parneesh Mahajan was theChief Guest of the meet. In

the meet, ChairmanPresident and other col-leagues greetedIndependence Day and high-lighted the roll of the organ-ization. In his address ShamTalib highlighted that everyIndian takes pride showsgratitude and salutes thecontribution and sacrifice ofthose known and unknownmartyrs' who strived to getindependence for the coun-try. In the creative writingpart of meet the presenta-tions on the day included (1)Watan-Ke-Shahidon-Ko-

Mera-Salam (Urdu) bySham Talib (2) Hamari-Aan-Taranga-Hamar i -Shan-Taranga (Hindi) by AarashOm Rajpuri (3) Mera-Rang-De-Basanti-Chola (Punjabi)by M.S. Kamra (4)Swatantrata-Diwas-Te-Us(Dogri) by Bishan DassKhak (5) a special Urdupaper on the various aspectsof the shinning personalityof an outstanding writer,translator, journalist and for-mer General Secretary ofAdbi Kunj Jammu late Mr.R.K. Bharti read out byM.L. Ganjoo Frisal. Some ofthe participants of the meetwho called from outside bymobile are Taiyab Bharti(Banaras) Sagar Sailkoti,Manohar Vij (Ludhiana) Dr.Matharo (Jalandhar), AshokMuntiq (Udhampur) andmany other from differentparts of the city. ChairmanAarash Rajpuri presentedvote of thanks.

Adbi Kunj celebrates Independence DayJammu Tawi, Aug 18

Expressing grave concernover the collapse of adminis-trative machinery in theState with secretariat servic-es having drifted to limbo inthe wake of Kashmir tur-moil, Harsh Dev SinghChairman JKNPP has pro-posed the shifting of theCivil Secretariat to the win-ter capital of the State so thatofficial working could be

restored in the interests ofthe common man. He saidthat Kashmir imbroglio hadadversely impacted upon theroutine business of the govt.with negligible govt. busi-ness having been transactedduring the last forty days. Hesaid that the Secretariat andother Darbar move offices inKashmir had virtuallybecome defunct with hardlyany official work havingbeen executed during the

said period. He said thatwith the raging Kashmirfires showing no signs ofregress or getting doused therestoration of office work inKashmir appeared to be aremote possibility. He sug-gested that under the prevail-ing circumstances the onlyalternative with the govt.was to shift the Secretariatand allied offices to Jammuahead of the schedule so thatthe people of the State did

not suffer further. He saidthat pendency of thousandsof files in various govt.departments relating to pub-lic issues unraveled the repu-tation of the said Ministerswho had failed to dispose offthe said files on the pretextof non functionalSecretariat. He said that thegovt. must wake up to thegrowing unrest among thegeneral public, employees,traders, unemployed, farm-

ers and the palpable discon-tent amongst the commonmasses over the completeadministrative inertia andthe entire govt. machineryhaving come to a grindinghalt. He called for immedi-ate shifting of the CivilSecretariat and its opera-tionalization from Jammu inthe ultimate interests of thecommon man, which wouldlargely help to break thedeadlock.

Shift Civil Secretariat to Jammu: Harsh


Indian Council for CulturalRelations, Ministry ofExternal Affairs,Government of India inassociation with J&KAcademy of Art Culture andlanguages is going to organ-ize a performance by anartist of Germany atAbhinav Theatre, Jammu onSunday, 21st of August,2016 at 6 pm. This wasinformed here today by theRegional Director of ICCRJammu in a press briefing atICCR RegionalHeadquarters Jammu.Giving details, BalwantThakur informed that BeeSeavers will present aSantoor Recital at AbhinavTheatre, Jammu instead ofshowcasing the music of

Germany. Introducing themusical journey of BeeSeavers of Germany,Balwant Thakur furtherbriefed that the artist BeeSeavers is recognized as aworld renowned musician.Bee Seavers's carrier startedas Jazz musician in 1965 till1978 in the USA. Since1979 he learned the ancientinstrument Santoor fromIndia. As a master discipleof Pandit Shiv Kumar

Sharma, soon he becameEurope's most distinguishedmusician on Santoor andexpert of North IndianClassical Music. In 2006 hepublished his first novel`Soul of Truth` (genre:drama/thriller/530 pages), astory based in India`sBollywood in 1950. In 2015he wrote and directed hisfirst short movie (title: Theroad to the HighschoolGraduation of Meriam Lee)(genre: Family movie). Inthe same year he finished hisfirst screenplay for a featuremovie, entitled 'Shades ofFame` (genre:drama/thriller), written forthe famous HollywoodDirector Chandran Rutnamfrom Colombo Sri Lanka.Currently he lives with hisfamily in Germany and SriLanka.

ICCR to hold International event in Jammu


Teachers Guild Jammu &Kashmir reviewed the trans-fer process of teaching pro-fessionals of educationdepartment. Meeting washeld here under theChairmanship of NasirAhmad Qurashi, StatePresident of Teachers GuildJammu & Kashmir. The recently transfers ofteaching professionals ofSamba, Kathua, Rajouri,Poonch, Reasi andUdhampur was reviewed indetail.Nasir AhmadQurashi, State President ofthe Teachers Guild, in hispresidential address, hailedthe efforts of DirectorSchool Education Jammu inconnection with transfers ofteachers, masters and head-masters in districts ofSamba, Kathua, Rajouri,Poonch, Reasi andUdhampur without anypressure. He pointed outthat the adjustments on suchposts, which are going tovacant after superannua-tions in fourth comingmonths is also a new andawesome idea of Director

School Education Jammuand this will definitely con-trol the release of idealsalaries to surplus officials.During throw light onremarks of some tradeunions, he said that opportu-nitism and real leadershipare two separate things.Those, who defaming thedepartment are actually try-ing to keep themselves inlimelight for their owninterest and survival. Narayan Baru, ProgrammeCo-ordinator and Cashier ofTeachers Guild Jammu &Kashmir, said that thesalaries of Head teachers,teachers under New PensionScheme, Pay arrears ofRegularized Rehbar-e-Taleem Teachers, EVs to R-e-T Teachers are notreleased so far and the con-cerned suffer badly. The others, who spoke andpresent on the occasion,includes Convener LegalCell TGJK Mohd. FarooqFaraz Qurashi Advocate,Vinod Kumar, Rajni Sjarma,Balbir Singh, Kuldeep Raj,Sunil Kumar, Subash Singh,Ram Lal, Ravi Kumar,Parveen Akhter, OmParkash, Sanjay Kumar,Vijay Kumar Gupta, RamLal, Upasna, Sukhdev Raj,Neeraj Devi, Vishal Sharma,Mohd Majeed, RajMohammad, AmarjeetSingh, Ravi Pal Singh,Romesh Lal, SanjeevKumar and Ashwani Kumar.

Teachers Guild hailstransfer process

NL CorrespondentRS Pura, Aug 18

Member of LegislativeAssembly Constituencyfrom R.S.Pura Dr. GaganBhagat celebrates the festi-val of "Rakshabandhan"with the inmates of NariNiketan at R.S.Pura. Thefestival commonly known as"Rakhdi" in Dogri acrossJammu region, was celebrat-ed with fervor and gaiety inthe town of R.S.Pura, andwas a very special day forthose inmates who are livingin these shelter homes.Anjali an inmate told themedia persons that "in themorning we came to knowthat M.L.A R.S.Pura Dr.Gagan Bhagat is coming tous for celebratingRakshabandhan, we all hereare very happy that Dr.Gagan Bhagat who frequent-ly visits our Nari Niketan on

every festive occasion, hehas helped us few days agowhen the shelter home wasnearly submerged due towater Logging caused by tor-rential rains in the Sub-District, which forced theadministrations to shift theinmates of the Nari Niketanto Working women hostel atRoop Nagar Jammu. Whilebriefing the media Dr. GaganBhagat said that he alwayswanted to help the needy anddeserving persons in thesociety and as an local repre-

sentative of the area , and theAlmighty has given him achance and now you can dothe best possible for them,regarding the shelter homehe has also taken up the issuewith the concerned SocialWelfare Minister for the bet-ter facilities for these Femaleinmates. On the occasionBJP City President InderSoodan, Mandal PradhanNatha Ram, Balak ram,Rajesh Kumar, ManmohanChoudhary, Gharu Ram andothers were present.

Dr Gagan celebrates"Rakshabandhan" at Nari Niketan

Jammu Tawi, Aug 18

Lalded Women WelfareSociety organized motiva-tional programme by stagingplay " Importance ofFreedom".The play waswritten by Mohd Khurshedand directed by Naveen Pal.The main role were playedby director Naveen paul ,Suraj Naryan, RajinderKishor Kumar ( Singer)Mrs. Santosh Basotra,Ashish Bhatti also played the role with other artists of the group.

LWWS presents nukkad play

BJPMM holds Raksha Bandhan with Soldiers

Jammu Tawi, Aug 18

To make them feel as they arenot away from their homesand families, BJP MahilaMorcha activists led byMorcha State PresidentPurnima Sharma reached theSuchetgarh Border Post to tierakhis to the jawans of BSFposted there.BJP State President & MLASat Sharma, Local MLA &PHE Minister ShamChoudhary, Prabhari VikramRandhawa, MoS EducationPriya Sethi, District PresidentBrijeshwar Rana also joinedthe celebrations of this festi-val.While Purnima Sharma, PriyaSethi and Mahila Morchateam tied rakhi sutras to thejawans, Sat Sharma, ShamChoudhary and other leadersof BJP gifted sweets to eachone of them. The entire scenewas giving a totally homelylook and the smile on the facesof the jawans itself displayedas they were having a feelingthat someone own is withthem although they are hun-dreds of kilometers away fromtheir sisters, parents andfriends. Sat Sharma, while

extending greetings to BSFjawans on behalf of the party,said that it is not for the firsttime that the Mahila Morchaactivists have visited borderpost on the festival of RakshaBandhan. The BJP is of theview that the citizens of thecountry get calm sleeps andfeel secure because our bravejawans of army and BSF areon borders to take care. Hesaid that although they are notat their homes todays but ourMahila Morcha activists alsoare not sitting in their homesbut are on borders and armyunits to make them feel thatthey too are their sisters.Purnima Sharma said that theMahila Morcha took the initia-tive of tying Raksha sutra tojawan brothers so that theydont feel lonenly staying awayfrom home or miss their sisterson this festival. She thankedthem for always protecting thesisters like brothers everymoment. Sham Choudharyand Priya sethi also conveyedtheir greetings of the day andexpressed hope that eachjawan of BSF posted atSuchetgarh is blessed goodhealth and safety of his lifewhile defending the borders.

Mahilla Morcha tiesRakhi to BSF Jawans

NL CorrespondentJammu, Aug 18

In continuation to opera-tion Sanjeevani the driveagainst drugs launched bySSP Jammu, today on spe-cific information byDistrict Special Branchalong with Incharge PPSainik Colony apprehend-ed one person namelyVikas Sahu S/o Suresh

Sahu R/o Rampur DistrictPatna A/P GangyalJammu and during hissearch recovered 1.8 KgGanja. On this Police Partyarrested the accused andseized the narcotic. In thisconnection, case FIR No.83/2016 U/S 8/20 NDPSAct registered in PoliceStation Channi Himat andfurther investigation takenup.

1 held with 1.8 Kg Ganja

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