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JAMMU TUESDAY MAY 15, 2018 VOL. 33 | NO. 132 RNI No. 43798/86 REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 Email: [email protected] epaper.glimpsesoffuture.com Price 2.00 Pages : 12 CyanMagentaYellowBlack CyanMagentaYellowBla NATIONAL Police files charge sheet in Sunanda Pushkar death case in Delhi court PAGE 7 WORLD N Korea's latest nuclear test 10 times stronger than Hiroshima bomb PAGE 8 SPORTS We have momentum to win next game: Kulkarni PAGE 9 C Y M K C Y M K C Y M K C Y M K News in Brief J&K police lodge FIR over abusive tweet Srinagar, May 14 (PTI) The police today lodged an FIR against a Twitter user for al- legedly putting up abusive posts about Kashmiri Pandits. Two days ago, the police had booked another person for allegedly post- ing offensive tweets about See J&K Police on Page 11 Bovine smuggling bid foiled in Kathua Jammu, May 14 (PTI) A bovine smuggling bid was foiled in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir today and 10 animals were rescued, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a truck carry- ing the bovines was intercepted at See Bovine on Page 11 New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) Faced with whopping cost of medicines for treat- ing his ailing mother, a law intern today moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to ban hospitals and their in-house pharma- cies from compelling pa- tients to mandatorily buy medicines from them at in- flated prices. The top court agreed to examine the plea jointly filed by the law stu- dent and his advocate fa- ther, alleging that the prices of medicines, med- ical devices and medical consumables were inflated in collaboration and con- nivance with the drug man- ufacturers. A bench of Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao issued no- tice and sought reply from Centre and all states on the matter in four weeks. Advocate Vijay Pal Dalmia, the joint petitioner with son Siddharth Dalmia, ap- peared in person and said by taking advantage of the ignorance, their plight and adverse circumstances of the patients in hospitals across India, people were being compelled to buy medicines from there or their in-house pharmacies. Highlighting the prob- lems faced during the treat- ment of his mother who was last year diagnosed with breast cancer, the law student in his plea said she had to undergo surgery, which was to be followed by six rounds of chemothera- py and other treatments along with Biceltis injec- tions every 21 days. During the course of treatment, it came to their notice that Biceltis injection was sold to them at a MRP of Rs 61,132, while the same med- icine manufactured and marketed by the same com- pany was being sold in the open market at a discount- ed rate of Rs.50,000. Besides, on purchase of four injections, one injec- tion was given free of cost to the patient towards the pa- tients' support programme by the company. The plea said that by giving a free injection, the effective cost per injection came to around Rs 41,000, but it was being sold at a MRP of Rs.61,132. He said the entire treatment till now has incurred a cost of Rs 15 lakh and the total esti- mate of complete treatment will be around Rs 30 lakh. Dalmia said the hospital and their in-house pharma- cies did not give them the free injection, being offered by the medicine company, and they, for the first time, realised the existence of an organized methodology adopted by the hospitals, nursing homes and health care institutions for "fleec- ing and looting" patients by compelling to buy medi- cines only from them. "These acts of financial malpractices by the hospi- tals all over India are against the humans, hu- manity, morality and the right of the citizens of India to live a dignified and re- spectable life, and the fact that it is also obligatory on the Respondents to provide best and affordable health care to the citizens of India," the plea said. It said such practices by the hospitals, which were under the immediate con- trol of the Centre and state governments, were against public health, right to live a dignified and healthy life, and public interest and See Inflated on Page 11 New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) The Centre's interlocu- tor for Jammu and Kashmir is currently dis- cussing with all stakehold- ers the "sensitive" issues relating to the challenge to Article 35A of the Constitution, which em- powers Jammu and Kashmir legislature to de- fine its 'permanent resi- dents' and bestow special rights and privileges on them, the Centre told the Supreme Court today. Attorney General (AG) K K Venugopal told a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that an inter- locutor, appointed by the Centre to hold talks with all stakeholders to resolve the Kashmir issue, was discussing these issues and it was an "ongoing process". Dineshwar Sharma, former director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), was appointed the Centre's interlocutor for J and K on October 23 last year. Article 35A, which was incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, ac- cords special rights and privileges to the citizens of J and K and denies proper- ty rights to a woman who marries a person from out- side the state. The See Interlocutor on Page 11 Mumbai, May 14 (PTI) The Narendra Modi government has spent Rs 4,343 crore on publicity since it came to power in May 2014, an agency under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said in reply to an RTI query. The expenditure was incurred on ad- vertisements in the print and electronic me- dia as well as outdoor publicity, the central government agency said in response to the application filed by city-based RTI activist Anil Galgali. The Bureau of Outreach Communication under the ministry said the government spent Rs 4,343.26 crore on adver- tising its programmes across media plat- forms. This included Rs 1732.15 crore on ad- vertisements in the print media (from June 1, 2014, to December 7, 2017) and Rs 2079.87 crore in the electronic media (from June 1, 2014, to March 31, 2018). A sum of Rs 531.24 crore was spent on outdoor publicity (June See Modi Govt on Page 11 Mehbooba reviews Ramadhan arrangements SRINAGAR, MAY 14: As the Holy month of Ramadhan is set to start across the world in a few days, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti re- viewed the arrangements put in place by the administration for the holy month across the State in a high level meeting of officers See Mehbooba on Page 11 3 injured in clashes between two communities in Bishnah Jammu, May 14 (PTI) Three people were injured in clashes in Jammu and Kashmir's Bishnah area when cattle owned by the Gujjar community went in- to the fields of the Dogra See 3 Injured on Page 11 6 injured as police use batons, water cannons to disperse protesters Srinagar, May 14 (PTI) Six people were injured when police used batons and water can- nons to disperse a group of teach- ers who were protesting against the non-payment of their salaries See 6 Injured on Page 11 SRINAGAR, MAY 14: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today asked the officers of Police Department to adopt a cau- tious and professional ap- proach in dealing with the day to day situations in the State. She said the Police has been and should be an institution of public reas- surance rather than a cause of fear among the masses. The Chief Minister said this while interacting with a group of Police See CM Interacts on Page 11 Srinagar, May 14 (KNS): The state anti graft agencies dealing with cor- ruption cases of govern- ment officials, are awaiting disposal of hundreds of complaints that are pend- ing with various depart- ments of the Jammu and Kashmir Government. Sources told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that most of the government de- partments were reluctant in sharing case histories of the accused. “ Over the years hundreds of cases have been sent to different government departments for action and on the basis of evidence collected, pri- ma facie charges have been established against identi- fied officials, however so far action has been taken only in few cases and ac- tion against the remaining hundreds were pending,” sources in the State Vigilance organization told KNS. Sources said that it is astonishing that num- ber of officers facing cor- ruption charges was awarded plum postings. “Posting officials against whom investigations are going on is demeaning gov- ernment's own initiatives against the menace of cor- ruption,” said sources. The government had issued a circular, where the chief vigilance officers and de- partmental vigilance offi- cers of all departments were directed to ensure completion of the enquiries pending with them “expe- ditiously”. “They shall de- velop strong internal vigi- lance mechanism in their respective departments, as also to work in tandem with State Vigilance Commission (SVC) to erad- icate the menace of corrup- tion at all levels,” the circu- lar reads. An official of the SVC said that corruption cases remain pending for years in the state. “Departmental heads seem less interested in punish- ing the corrupt officials,” the official said. Sources See Corruption on Page 11 NIA Court grants 25 days judicial remand of Pak Militant involved in Kupwara Attack Case Jammu, May 14(JNF): Special Judge NIA Haq Nawaz Zargar to- day granted 25 days judicial remand of Pak Terrorist namely Zabiullah @ Hamza, aged 20 years, S/o Sonaullah Saqib, Ho Bosan Road, Mehmood Kote, Gali No.l, near Markaz Ibnul Qasim, Multan. Pakistan, who was involved in Kupwara Attack case in which three amry personnel and two police personnel matryed. The CIO present in the court has prayed for 30 days of judicial re- mand of the above named accused for the completion of the investigation on the grounds that the investigation is at initial stage and all out efforts are on to unearth the See NIA Court on Page 11 DB quahses SAC’s reccommedations Jammu, May 14(JNF): A Division Bench of State High Court Comprising Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice MK Hanjura today quashed the recommedations passed by State Accountablity Commission See DB Quashes on Page 11 New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) Three college friends of a key accused in the sensa- tional Kathua gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl today moved the Supreme Court alleging torture by the Jammu and Kashmir po- lice and seeking protection from a central agency. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud agreed to hear the plea of these students, who hail from the Jammu region of the state, on May 16. Lawyer Ravi Sharma, rep- resenting students Sahil Sharma, Sachin Sharma and Neeraj Sharma, sought urgent hearing on the plea alleging that they and their families were be- ing coerced by the Crime Branch of the Jammu and See SC To Hear on Page 11 New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) Smriti Irani, whose tenure as the Information and Broadcasting Minister was mired in con- troversy, was tonight di- vested of the portfolio as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reshuffled his cabi- net in which Rail Minister Piyush Goyal was given the additional charge of the Finance Ministry. Irani's deputy in the I and B Ministry has been given the charge of the key port- folio. A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said Rathore has been assigned the independent charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. This is the second time that Irani has been moved from a key ministry as she was earlier shifted from the HRD Ministry to the relatively low-profile Textile Ministry. She remain the Textile Minister. The com- munique said that during the indisposition of Arun Jaitley, the portfolio of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs, have See PM Reshuffle on Page 11 Jammu, May 14 (PTI) A high alert was sounded here after movement of suspect- ed militants was detected along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, a senior police officer said today. The development comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state on May 19. According to the officials, the security forces will continue to conduct 'cordon and search operation' for the next three to four days. "BSF troops saw a movement of (five) suspicious persons little away from the border fence. Based on that, a high alert was sounded and searches are being conduct- ed," Kathua Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sridhar Patel told PTI. All the troops have been alerted and the search opera- tion will go on for the next three to four days, he said, adding ad- ditional check points have been setup and highway has been monitored. The Army is con- ducting aerial surveillance through helicopters and so far nothing has been found, the offi- cer said. The security installa- tions along the highways in Kathua, Samba and Jammu dis- tricts have been put on alert. The fencing is intact and there is no breach in the border fenc- ing, the SSP said. Movement of suspected militants carrying bags was detected in Kathua district's Tarnah Allah area, which is close to the I-B, the offi- cer said. They are believed to be part of the group that has infil- trated from Pakistan into this side in Tarnah Allah between the Londi and Bobbiyan Border Out Posts (BoPs), according to reports. IGP Jammu S D Singh Jamwal said that an alert has been sounded in the area since 12 am after suspicious move- ment. According to a senior See Suspected on Page 11 Suspected movement along I-B, high alert sounded in Jammu SC to hear plea of 3 witnesses of Kathua gangrape, murder case PM reshuffles cabinet; Irani removed as I and B Minister Srinagar, May 14 (PTI) National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said today that the Centre was watching the situation in Jammu and Kashmir as a "mute spectator" and that the BJP was not ready to listen to reason on Kashmir. "The BJP govern- ment at the Centre instead of helping us get out of this vortex of violence is watch- ing as a mute spectator. They seem to have given up on the state and have so far failed in bringing in a workable, practical and sensible way-out," Abdullah said at a meeting of the National Conference provincial committee here. The Lok Sabha member from Srinagar said the BJP leadership was dogmatic in their approach towards Kashmir. When it comes to Kashmir, the present lead- ership of the BJP is so dog- matic in their approach that they are not ready to listen to reason, he said. Blaming the state gov- ernment as well as the Centre for the rapidly dete- riorating situation, Abdullah said deaths, com- munal polarisation, chaos and anarchy have engulfed all the three regions of the state. "Under the present PDP-BJP government, the people of the state are being pitted against one another along regional and See Centre on Page 11 Centre a mute spectator to situation in Kashmir: Farooq ‘Corruption cases await disposal for years, Officers facing charges enjoy plum postings’ Departmental heads asked to act promptly on corruption related queries: Govt CM interacts with Police officers Modi govt has spent Rs 4,343 crore on publicity: RTI Interlocutor discussing issues about spl rights to J-K residents: Govt Inflated cost of medicines in hospital pharmacy; law intern moves SC

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J&K police lodge FIRover abusive tweetSrinagar, May 14 (PTI)

The police today lodged anFIR against a Twitter user for al-legedly putting up abusive postsabout Kashmiri Pandits. Twodays ago, the police had bookedanother person for allegedly post-ing offensive tweets about

See J&K Police on Page 11

Bovine smuggling bidfoiled in KathuaJammu, May 14 (PTI)

A bovine smuggling bid wasfoiled in Kathua district ofJammu and Kashmir today and 10animals were rescued, police said.Acting on a tip-off, a truck carry-ing the bovines was intercepted at

See Bovine on Page 11

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI)

Faced with whoppingcost of medicines for treat-ing his ailing mother, a lawintern today moved theSupreme Court seeking adirection to ban hospitalsand their in-house pharma-cies from compelling pa-tients to mandatorily buymedicines from them at in-flated prices. The top courtagreed to examine the pleajointly filed by the law stu-dent and his advocate fa-ther, alleging that theprices of medicines, med-ical devices and medicalconsumables were inflatedin collaboration and con-nivance with the drug man-ufacturers. A bench of

Justices S A Bobde and LNageswara Rao issued no-tice and sought reply fromCentre and all states on thematter in four weeks.Advocate Vijay Pal Dalmia,the joint petitioner withson Siddharth Dalmia, ap-peared in person and saidby taking advantage of theignorance, their plight andadverse circumstances ofthe patients in hospitalsacross India, people werebeing compelled to buymedicines from there ortheir in-house pharmacies.

Highlighting the prob-lems faced during the treat-ment of his mother whowas last year diagnosedwith breast cancer, the lawstudent in his plea said she

had to undergo surgery,which was to be followed bysix rounds of chemothera-py and other treatmentsalong with Biceltis injec-tions every 21 days. Duringthe course of treatment, itcame to their notice thatBiceltis injection was soldto them at a MRP of Rs61,132, while the same med-icine manufactured andmarketed by the same com-pany was being sold in theopen market at a discount-ed rate of Rs.50,000.Besides, on purchase offour injections, one injec-tion was given free of cost tothe patient towards the pa-tients' support programmeby the company.

The plea said that by

giving a free injection, theeffective cost per injectioncame to around Rs 41,000,but it was being sold at aMRP of Rs.61,132. He saidthe entire treatment tillnow has incurred a cost ofRs 15 lakh and the total esti-mate of complete treatmentwill be around Rs 30 lakh.Dalmia said the hospitaland their in-house pharma-cies did not give them thefree injection, being offeredby the medicine company,and they, for the first time,realised the existence of anorganized methodologyadopted by the hospitals,nursing homes and healthcare institutions for "fleec-ing and looting" patients bycompelling to buy medi-

cines only from them."These acts of financialmalpractices by the hospi-tals all over India areagainst the humans, hu-manity, morality and theright of the citizens of Indiato live a dignified and re-spectable life, and the factthat it is also obligatory onthe Respondents to providebest and affordable healthcare to the citizens ofIndia," the plea said.

It said such practices bythe hospitals, which wereunder the immediate con-trol of the Centre and stategovernments, were againstpublic health, right to live adignified and healthy life,and public interest and

See Inflated on Page 11

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI)

The Centre's interlocu-tor for Jammu andKashmir is currently dis-cussing with all stakehold-ers the "sensitive" issuesrelating to the challenge toArticle 35A of theConstitution, which em-powers Jammu andKashmir legislature to de-fine its 'permanent resi-dents' and bestow specialrights and privileges onthem, the Centre told theSupreme Court today.Attorney General (AG) K KVenugopal told a benchheaded by Chief JusticeDipak Misra that an inter-locutor, appointed by the

Centre to hold talks withall stakeholders to resolvethe Kashmir issue, wasdiscussing these issuesand it was an "ongoingprocess". DineshwarSharma, former director ofthe Intelligence Bureau(IB), was appointed theCentre's interlocutor for Jand K on October 23 lastyear. Article 35A, whichwas incorporated in theConstitution by a 1954Presidential Order, ac-cords special rights andprivileges to the citizens ofJ and K and denies proper-ty rights to a woman whomarries a person from out-side the state. The

See Interlocutor on Page 11

Mumbai, May 14 (PTI)

The Narendra Modi government hasspent Rs 4,343 crore on publicity since itcame to power in May 2014, an agency underthe Ministry of Information andBroadcasting has said in reply to an RTIquery. The expenditure was incurred on ad-vertisements in the print and electronic me-dia as well as outdoor publicity, the centralgovernment agency said in response to theapplication filed by city-based RTI activistAnil Galgali. The Bureau of OutreachCommunication under the ministry said thegovernment spent Rs 4,343.26 crore on adver-tising its programmes across media plat-forms. This included Rs 1732.15 crore on ad-vertisements in the print media (from June1, 2014, to December 7, 2017) and Rs 2079.87crore in the electronic media (from June 1,2014, to March 31, 2018). A sum of Rs 531.24crore was spent on outdoor publicity (June

See Modi Govt on Page 11

Mehbooba reviewsRamadhan arrangementsSRINAGAR, MAY 14:

As the Holy month ofRamadhan is set to start acrossthe world in a few days, ChiefMinister, Mehbooba Mufti re-viewed the arrangements put inplace by the administration forthe holy month across the State ina high level meeting of officers

See Mehbooba on Page 11

3 injured in clashesbetween two communitiesin BishnahJammu, May 14 (PTI)

Three people were injured inclashes in Jammu and Kashmir'sBishnah area when cattle ownedby the Gujjar community went in-to the fields of the Dogra

See 3 Injured on Page 11

6 injured as police usebatons, water cannonsto disperse protestersSrinagar, May 14 (PTI)

Six people were injured whenpolice used batons and water can-nons to disperse a group of teach-ers who were protesting againstthe non-payment of their salaries

See 6 Injured on Page 11

SRINAGAR, MAY 14:

Chief Minister,Mehbooba Mufti todayasked the officers of PoliceDepartment to adopt a cau-

tious and professional ap-proach in dealing with theday to day situations in theState. She said the Policehas been and should be aninstitution of public reas-

surance rather than acause of fear among themasses. The Chief Ministersaid this while interactingwith a group of Police

See CM Interacts on Page 11

Srinagar, May 14 (KNS):

The state anti graftagencies dealing with cor-ruption cases of govern-ment officials, are awaitingdisposal of hundreds ofcomplaints that are pend-ing with various depart-ments of the Jammu andKashmir Government.

Sources told KashmirNews Service (KNS) thatmost of the government de-partments were reluctantin sharing case histories ofthe accused. “ Over theyears hundreds of caseshave been sent to differentgovernment departmentsfor action and on the basisof evidence collected, pri-ma facie charges have beenestablished against identi-fied officials, however sofar action has been taken

only in few cases and ac-tion against the remaininghundreds were pending,”sources in the StateVigilance organizationtold KNS. Sources said thatit is astonishing that num-ber of officers facing cor-ruption charges wasawarded plum postings.“Posting officials againstwhom investigations aregoing on is demeaning gov-ernment's own initiativesagainst the menace of cor-ruption,” said sources. Thegovernment had issued acircular, where the chiefvigilance officers and de-partmental vigilance offi-cers of all departments

were directed to ensurecompletion of the enquiriespending with them “expe-ditiously”. “They shall de-velop strong internal vigi-lance mechanism in theirrespective departments, asalso to work in tandemwith State VigilanceCommission (SVC) to erad-icate the menace of corrup-tion at all levels,” the circu-lar reads. An official of theSVC said that corruptioncases remain pending foryears in the state.“Departmental heads seemless interested in punish-ing the corrupt officials,”the official said. Sources

See Corruption on Page 11

NIA Court grants 25days judicial remand ofPak Militant involved inKupwara Attack CaseJammu, May 14(JNF):

Special Judge NIA Haq Nawaz Zargar to-day granted 25 days judicial remand of PakTerrorist namely Zabiullah @ Hamza, aged20 years, S/o Sonaullah Saqib, Ho BosanRoad, Mehmood Kote, Gali No.l, nearMarkaz Ibnul Qasim, Multan. Pakistan, whowas involved in Kupwara Attack case inwhich three amry personnel and two policepersonnel matryed. The CIO present in thecourt has prayed for 30 days of judicial re-mand of the above named accused for thecompletion of the investigation on thegrounds that the investigation is at initialstage and all out efforts are on to unearth the

See NIA Court on Page 11

DB quahses SAC’sreccommedationsJammu, May 14(JNF):

A Division Bench of StateHigh Court Comprising JusticeAlok Aradhe and Justice MKHanjura today quashed therecommedations passed by StateAccountablity Commission

See DB Quashes on Page 11

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI)

Three college friends ofa key accused in the sensa-tional Kathua gangrapeand murder case of aneight-year-old girl todaymoved the Supreme Courtalleging torture by theJammu and Kashmir po-lice and seeking protectionfrom a central agency. Abench comprising ChiefJustice Dipak Misra andJustices A M Khanwilkar

and D Y Chandrachudagreed to hear the plea ofthese students, who hailfrom the Jammu region ofthe state, on May 16.Lawyer Ravi Sharma, rep-resenting students SahilSharma, Sachin Sharmaand Neeraj Sharma,sought urgent hearing onthe plea alleging that theyand their families were be-ing coerced by the CrimeBranch of the Jammu and

See SC To Hear on Page 11

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI)

Smriti Irani, whosetenure as the Informationand BroadcastingMinister was mired in con-troversy, was tonight di-vested of the portfolio asPrime Minister NarendraModi reshuffled his cabi-net in which Rail MinisterPiyush Goyal was giventhe additional charge ofthe Finance Ministry.Irani's deputy in the I andB Ministry has been giventhe charge of the key port-folio. A RashtrapatiBhavan communique said

Rathore has been assignedthe independent charge asMinister of State in theMinistry of Informationand Broadcasting. This isthe second time that Iranihas been moved from a keyministry as she was earliershifted from the HRDMinistry to the relativelylow-profile TextileMinistry. She remain theTextile Minister. The com-munique said that duringthe indisposition of ArunJaitley, the portfolio ofFinance and Ministry ofCorporate Affairs, haveSee PM Reshuffle on Page 11

Jammu, May 14 (PTI)

A high alert was soundedhere after movement of suspect-ed militants was detected alongthe International Border inJammu and Kashmir's Kathuadistrict, a senior police officersaid today. The developmentcomes ahead of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's visit to thestate on May 19. According tothe officials, the security forceswill continue to conduct 'cordon

and search operation' for thenext three to four days. "BSFtroops saw a movement of (five)suspicious persons little awayfrom the border fence. Based onthat, a high alert was soundedand searches are being conduct-ed," Kathua Superintendent ofPolice (SSP) Sridhar Patel toldPTI. All the troops have beenalerted and the search opera-tion will go on for the next threeto four days, he said, adding ad-ditional check points have been

setup and highway has beenmonitored. The Army is con-ducting aerial surveillancethrough helicopters and so farnothing has been found, the offi-cer said. The security installa-tions along the highways inKathua, Samba and Jammu dis-tricts have been put on alert.The fencing is intact and thereis no breach in the border fenc-ing, the SSP said. Movement ofsuspected militants carryingbags was detected in Kathua

district's Tarnah Allah area,which is close to the I-B, the offi-cer said. They are believed to bepart of the group that has infil-trated from Pakistan into thisside in Tarnah Allah betweenthe Londi and Bobbiyan BorderOut Posts (BoPs), according toreports. IGP Jammu S D SinghJamwal said that an alert hasbeen sounded in the area since12 am after suspicious move-ment. According to a senior

See Suspected on Page 11

Suspected movement along I-B,high alert sounded in Jammu

SC to hear pleaof 3 witnesses of Kathuagangrape, murder case

PM reshuffles cabinet; Iraniremoved as I and B Minister

Srinagar, May 14 (PTI)

National Conferencepresident Farooq Abdullahsaid today that the Centrewas watching the situationin Jammu and Kashmir asa "mute spectator" and thatthe BJP was not ready tolisten to reason onKashmir. "The BJP govern-ment at the Centre insteadof helping us get out of thisvortex of violence is watch-ing as a mute spectator.They seem to have given upon the state and have so farfailed in bringing in aworkable, practical andsensible way-out,"Abdullah said at a meetingof the National Conferenceprovincial committee here.The Lok Sabha memberfrom Srinagar said the BJP

leadership was dogmatic intheir approach towardsKashmir. When it comes toKashmir, the present lead-ership of the BJP is so dog-matic in their approachthat they are not ready tolisten to reason, he said.

Blaming the state gov-ernment as well as theCentre for the rapidly dete-

riorating situation,Abdullah said deaths, com-munal polarisation, chaosand anarchy have engulfedall the three regions of thestate. "Under the presentPDP-BJP government, thepeople of the state are beingpitted against one anotheralong regional and

See Centre on Page 11

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Bhat S/o Lt. Sh. Kashi Nath Bhat origi-

nally resident of Nadimarg at present

Suryavanshi Vihar Vinayak Nagar,

Muthi Jammu. The Tenth Day Kriya will

be performed at Muthi Ghat Near

Director School Education on 18-05-

2018 at 08:00 AM sharp.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt. Jeeta Bhat -Wife

Son & Daughter-in-law

Mr Amit Bhat & Sujata Bhat

Mr Ashwani Bhat -Son

Brother & Bhabhi

Sh Pushkar Nath Bhat & Kanta Bhat

Smt. Babli Bhat W/o Lt.Sh. Janki Nath Bhat -Bhabi

Sh Chaman Lal Bhat & Basanti Bhat -Brother & Bhabhi

Smt. Rajni Pandita W/o Lt. Sh. Bansi Lal Pandita -Sister

Smt. Veena & Sh. Ramesh Bhat -Sister & Brother-in-law

Master Ridan -Grand Son

& SAMAST BHAT PARIVAR

Ph: 9419119899, 9419257969

Sh. Makhan lal

Bhat

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief & sorrow, we regret

to inform the sad demise of our mother

Mrs Rani Bhan on 7th May (Monday)

2018 originally resident of Bana

Mohalla Srinagar (Kmr) at present 112-

Lok Vihar Apartments, Vikaspuri, New

Delhi -18. The Tenth Day Kriya shall be

performed at Rohini Ghat, Opp Desu

Sub Station, Sector -18 on 16th May

(Wednesday) 2018 at 9.00 AM.

DEEPlY MISSED BY FAMIlY MEMBERS & RElATIVES

GRIEF STRICKEN

SAMAST BHAN PARIWAR, DHAR’S, KACHROO’S,

PESHIN’S, ZUTSHI’S, BRADOO’S, RAINA’S & PANDITA’S

MOBILE NO’S- 9811455275, 9868639018, 9873393751

Mrs Rani Bhan

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we re-gret to inform the sad demise of ourbeloved Sh Makhan Lal Peshin S/oLate Sh Amar Chand Peshin, erstwhileresident of Fateh Kadal, Srinagar atpresent, House No 5, Kabir Chowk,Sector -1, Durga Nagar Jammu on 10-05-2018. Tenth Day Kriya shall be per-formed on 18-05- 2018 at Muthi Ghat,Near Director School EducationOffice, Muthi at 8.00 AM.GRIEF STRICKENSmt Chuni Rawal -SisterSmt Ratan Rani Peshin -WifeSmt Rohini & B.B Kachroo -Daughter & Son-in-lawSmt Sunita & B.B Chowdhary -Daughter & Son-in-lawMrs & Mr K.K Kaw -Sister-in-law & Brother-in-lawMrs & Mr S.K Rawal -Daughter-in-law & NephewMrs & Mr R. K Rawal -Daughter-in-law & NephewSmt Santosh & M.K Raina -Sister-in-law & Brother-in-lawSmt Phoola & Lt. Mr A.K Kakapuri -Sister-in-law & Brother-in-lawSamast Parivars of Peshins, Kachroos, Chowdharys & Walis9419180126, 9953532704

Sh Makhan lal

Peshin

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved Smt. Shakuntla RazdanW/o Late Sh. Autar Krishan Razdan(KAW) originally resident ofGundalhamar, Nai Sarak, Srinagar,presently at Nagpur on 09-05-2018.Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on18- 05-2018 at Nagpur.GRIEF STRICKENDaughters-in-law & SonsAnu & Ankur, Romal & AbhayMob: 9518501969Chopras, Zadoos & Rainas

Smt. Shakuntla

Razdan

10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief & sorrow, we in-

form untimely & Sad demise of our

beloved Shri Rakesh Kumar Kakroo

S/o Late Shri Sansar Chand Kakroo

originally Batapora Sopore Distt

Baramulla Kashmir at present Lane

No.9, Block- 50, Flat No.8 Jagti

Nagrota, Jammu who left us on 08-05-

2018. The Tenth Day Kriya will be per-

formed on 17-05-2018 at Muthi Ghat

near Director School Education at

8.00 am. The reset Pooja will be per-

formed at Community Hall Lane No.7,

Jagti Nagrota.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Kirna Kokru -Wife

Rahul Kokru -Son

Brothers & Sisters-in-law

Lt. P.K Kokru and Lt. Smt Chuni Kokru

Tej Krishen Kokru & Nirmala Kokru

Roop Krishen Kokru & Rita Kokru

Sisters & Brothers-in-law

Smt Tulsi & Lt. Sh T.N Kuchroo

Smt Mohini & Lt. Sh P.N Kuchroo

Smt Kirti & Sh B.N Garoo

Smt Uma & Sh B.K Kokru

Smt Usha & Sh C.N Kokru

Daughters & Sons-in-law

Bhawna and Ravinder Khera

Neha and Sunny Tickoo

9103082007, 7701816384

Shri Rakesh

Kumar Kakroo

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow we re-

gret to inform the sad demise of our

beloved mother Smt. Roopawati

Tengloo W/o Late Sh. Omkar Nath

Tengloo erstwhile resident of Batapora

– Gassiran Distt Kulgam at present

House No. 41, Sharika Vihar Sec. - 02

Roop Nagar Jammu on 10th of May,

2018. Tenth Day Kriya will be per-

formed on Saturday, the 19th of May,

2018 at Muthi Ghat near Directorate of

School Education Jammu at 8 am.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Son & Daughter-in-law

Sh. Shadi Lal Tengloo & Mrs. Lovely Tengloo

Daughters & Sons-in-law

Smt. Santosh Fotedar & Sh. Roshan Lal Fotedar

Smt. Rattna Matoo & Sh. Roshan Lal Matoo

Smt. Kundan Kaul & Sh. Rajinder Kaul

Smt. Utika & Hunny Kulana -Grand Daughter & Son-in-law

Grand Children: Rohit, Sunil, Meenu, Sunil, Renu, Banty, Amit

Samast Tengloo Parivar

Ph: 9419207095 / 9596622707

Smt. Roopawati

Tengloo

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-form that our Karmayogini mother Smt.Radha Ji Bhat (Uma Jigri) W/o PrithviNath Bhat originally from Wanpoh(Anantnag) presently at H.No. 19 CSector E Bharat Nagar Talab Tillo Jammuwent to Vaikunth Dham on 08/05/2018 at2 PM. Her 10th Day Kriya will be per-formed at Muthi Ghat near DirectorateSchool Education Office on 17/05/2018at 9 AM.FONDlY REMEMBERED BY:-Son and Daughter-in-LawSh. J.L. Bhat & Smt. Ratna BhatSh Tej Nath Bhat - SonSons and Daughters-in-LawSh. Bihari Lal Bhat and Smt. Veena BhatSh. P.L. Bhat and Smt. Prana Koul/BhatDaughter and Son-in-LawSmt. Phoola/Jiga Koul and Sh. T.K. Kaul (Vessu)Contact No: 9419182656/0191-2554774

Smt. Radha Ji

Bhat (Uma Jigri)

13TH DAY/KRIYASh Gittu Ram S/o Sh Dhunda Ram R/oChak Malal, Teh Khour Distt Jammu. 13thDay will be performed on 15-5-2018 from10 AM to onward at native home ChakMalal.GRIEF STRICKENSmt Bimla Devi - WifeSon & Daughter-in-LawUttam Lal & Smt A K DagotraNephewes & Daughters-in-LawDr Manhor Lal & Smt Kanta DeviDeepak Lal & Smt ReenukaJoginder Singh & Smt AnuAshok Kumar & Chumpa DeviShashi Pal & AnuShami Pal & PriyaSmt Gharo Devi & Sham Lal - Daughter & Son-in-LawSmt Meenu Kumari & Jagdish Raj - Daughter & Son-in-LawSmt Reena Devi & Tarsem Lal - Daughter & Son-in-LawAniket & Ankita - Grand Son & Grand DaughterPh : 9419173125, 9419152877, 9622258319, 8082649246

Sh Gittu Ram

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-form the sad demise of Smt Ishiya DeviW/o Late Sh Karamchand Vaid R/oVenus Chowk Udhampur. Tenth Day willbe performed on 14th May 2018(Monday) at 11 PM D N Palace BatalBallian Road Udhampur. Kriya will beperformed on 17th May 2018 Thursday atDevika Ghat Udhampur 10 AM onward.GRIEF STRICKENDaughter-in-law & SonSmt Tripta & Sh Som Nath Gupta (Retd AEE Mech)Daughter & Son-in-lawSmt Rani Devi & Sh Ashwani Kumar PabaGrand Children: Suman, Akhil, Roshi, Sushil, Surbhi, Montu,Supriya, Rony, Rohit, Rajeev, SoniP.No: 941926683, 9419272419, 9622004007

Smt Ishiya Devi

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of Sh (Prof.)Bal Krishen Kachru S/o LateSh.Arjan Dev Kachru originally resi-dent of SheshyaarHabbakadal,Srinagar and at presentN-142, South City Phase 1,Gurgaonon 09-05- 2018. Tenth Day Kriya willbe performed on 18/05/2018 8am atNighambodh Ghat No 25 (KashmiriGhat).GRIEF STRICKENRati Kachru -WifeDaughter-in-law & SonDr Chandan & Dr Ranjan KachruNirmala Kachru -BhabiMohini & M.K.Kachru -Bhabi & BrotherContact No- 9810305321/9811257176

Sh (Prof.) Bal

Krishen Kachru

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form about the sad demise of our

beloved Mrs Sunita Pandita W/o Hari

Krishen Pandita R/o Akhran Kulgam

present at Lane 21, Block 131, Flat 23

Jagti Township Nagrota Jammu. 10TH

DAY KRIYA will be performed at on the

date of 16-5-2018 7 A.M. T.R.T.

Nagrota

GRIEF STRICKEN

Hari Krishen-Husband

Sunaina-Daughter

Vinnay-Son

Soniya-Daughter

Krish-Son

Pinky Pandita W/o Heera Lal-Dever & Devrani

Sister-in-law & Brother-in-law

Bimla Ji W/o Chaman Lal

Ph No: 9419700334

Mrs Sunita

Pandita

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved Sh.

Mahraj Krishan Kaw S/o Lt. Sh.

Shamboo Nath Kaw, originally from

Nunar Ganderbal A/P H. No. 53,

Sector-A-1, Lane-4, Laxmi Puram

Chinore Bantalab. 10TH DAY KRIYA

will be held at Muthi Ghat at 8.30 A.M.

on 19-05-2018.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Sh. Makhan Lal Dhar-Brother

Smt. Raj Dulari Dhar-Bhabi

Sons & Daughters-in-law

Smt. & Sh. Inder Bushan Dhar

Smt. & Sh. Surinder Dhar

Smt. & Sh. Sunil Kaw

Smt. & Sh. Sushil Kaw

M. No: 9419786746, 8082764883

9419147877, 8713017053

Sh. Mahraj

Krishan Kaw

10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of Shri Mohan Lal

Bhat, originally R/o Kilam, Kulgam at

present House No. 230, Sec-1,

Vinayak Nagar, Muthi, Jammu.

TENTH DAY KRIYA will be performed

at Muthi Ghat on 20 May 2018 at 8:45

AM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt. Kishni Bhat- Wife

Smt. Dulari Koul - Sister

Smt Asha Ji & Sh. O.N. Bhat - Sister-in-law & Brother

Smt. Pinkey Koul & Sh. P.K. Koul - Daughter & Son-in-law

Aruna Bhat & Rakesh Bhat- Daughter-in-law & Son

Jucy Bhat & Kuldeep Bhat - Daughter-in-law & Son

Grand Children : Shashank, Akshita, Anusha, Taneesha

Mob : 8800567568, 9796585370, 9811033007, 9797380983

Shri Mohan lal

Bhat

10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we re-

gret to inform sad demise of our

beloved Sh Rattan Lal Mantoo S/o

Late Sh Gulab Ram Mantoo originally

resident of Sangrammpura Sopore

Kmr at present H.No 49/A, Jawala

Colony Chatta (Near People

Academy) Jammu on 11th May 2018.

The Kriya will be performed at Muthi

Ghat near Director School Education

Jmu at 9 AM on 20th May 2018.

GRIEF STRICKEN

K.L Mantoo -Brother

Smt Neelam Ji -Wife

Vimal Mantoo -Son

Mrs Neetu Mantoo -Daughter-in-law

Mr Rajesh Puri -Son-in-law

Seema Puri -Daughter

Mr Sanjay Bindroo -Son-in-law

Mrs Sheetal Bindroo -Daughter

Ph: 0191-2263933, Mob: 901830655

Sh Rattan lal

Mantoo

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved

Smt Sushma Labroo W/o Sh Dileep

Labroo on 11-05-2018, originally resi-

dent of Tarabal, Nowakadal Srinagar

Kashmir A/P Vasant Vihar Talab Tillo

Jammu. Tenth Day Kriya will be per-

formed on 20th May 2018 (Sunday) at

Muthi Ghat near Director School

Education Office Muthi at 8.30 AM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Dilip Labroo -Husband

Daughters & Son-in-law

Sharoon Labroo & Pankaj Dhar

Pooja Labroo

Brother & Bhabi

Sh Moti Lal Labroo & Smt Durga Sadhu

Sh Ravidner Labroo & Smt Urmila Labroo

Sisters & Brothers-in-law

Sh Subash Chander Koul & Smt Sarla Koul

Sh Pankaj Munshi & Smt Meenakshi Munshi

Sh Sunil Moza & Smt Anju Moza

And Samast Parivar of

Labroos, Kouls, Tikoos, Dhars, Vaishnavis,Mozas & Munshis

Contact No: 9419111500, 7006402119

Smt Sushma

labroo

10TH DAY KRIYAOur beloved father Dr M.L. Raina

(SP College Sgr.) S/o Lt. Sh. M.N.

Raina “Santoshi” R/o Nai Sarak

Sgr at present Flat No. 212-B. V.P.

Block Pritam Pura, New Delhi has

left for heavenly abode on 11th of

May 2018, Friday. THE 10TH DAY

KRIYA will be held at Vasnoi

Mandir, Near Badhli Power Plant,

Sec-18, Rohini-110085 on 20-5-

2018.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt. Krishna Raina-Wife

Sh. Rakesh Raina & Rajeev Raina-Sons

Sh. S.K. Raina-Brother

Rahul & Ruhin-Grand Children

Raina’s, Braru’s & Sharma’s

Dr M.l. Raina

CHOUBARSIFour years have passed since youleft us. We feel your absenceeverywhere and every moment.We pray Almighty for eternalpeace and salvation of your Noblesoul. CHOUBARSI of our belovedmother LATE SMT. VIDYA DEVIGUPTA (BANGWATHIA) W/oLATE SHRI DURGA DASS GUP-TA R/o House No.90 Ward No.10,Udhampur shall be perfor med on15.05.2018 at MAHAJAN HALL,Sitla Mandir Gali, Chabutra Bazar,Udhampur.GRIEF STRICKENDaughters-in-law and SonsSmt Mohini and Sh Indu Bhushan GuptaSmt Chanchal W/o Late Sh Brij Bhushan GuptaSmt Neeru and Sh Ravi Bhushan GuptaDaughters and Son-in-lawSh Ram Prakash Gupta H/o Late Smt Shyama GuptaSmt Chand and Sh Tilak Raj GuptaSmt Suman and Sh Ramesh GuptaMobile :- 9419626961/9796699606

SMT. VIDYA DEVI

GUPTA

KRIYA/RASAM PAGRI/UTHALAWith profound grief & sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved Sh.

M.L. SHARMA (Ex- Supdt. Post

Offices) S/o Late Sh. Bishan Das

Sharma, R/o 13/2, Indra Colony, Old

Janipur, Jammu Tawi who left for his

heavenly abode on 05.05.2018

(Saturday). KIRYA shall be performed

on 15.05.2018 at our residence.

UTHALA & RASAM PAGRI shall be

performed on 15.05.2018 at

Community Hall, Near Shiv Temple,

Shant Nagar, Opposite Dreamland

School, Old Janipur, Jammu Tawi be-

tween 3.00 - 4.00 pm.

GRIEF STRICKEN:

Smt. Indira Sharma-(Wife)

(Daughter-in-law & Son)

Renuka & Avinash.K.Sharma

Suman & Subash.K.Sharma-(Daughter-in-law & Son)

Ramesh Sharma-(Daughter)

Neelam & Hemant Sharma-(Daughter & Son-in-law)

Grand Children: Neha, Mohit, Nikhil, Kovid, Akhilesh, Abhishek

9419115162, 9906364372, 9622274473, 9103146625

Sh. M.l. SHARMA

ADH-BARKHISix months have passed since youleft us for heavenly abode. Yourteachings & loving memories will con-tinue to inspire & guide us. “AdhBarkhi” of our beloved father ‘Mr.Durga Dass Kohli’ S/o Sh. NanakChand Kohli will be performed on 15thMay 2018 (Tuesday) at 12.00 Noon atour residence H.No 5, State BankColony, Talab Tillo.DEEPlY MISSED BY:Smt. Sunita Kohli - WifeDaughter & Son-in-lawSheetal Kohli & Vinay AbrolSon & Daughter-in-lawPallak & Abhimanyu KohliDaughter & Son-in-lawCA Suruchi Kohli & Aditya VermaDeeply Remembered By:All Family Members

Mr. Durga Dass

Kohli

10TH DAY KRIYAThe Tenth Day Kriya of our beloved

Karmyogini Smt. Roopa / Baibi Raina

W/o Sh. Sham Lal Raina R/o

Chapargund Nunar Ganderbal A/p

137/4 Pamposh Colony Janipur will be

performed at Muthi Ghat on 17th May

(Thursday) at around 8.30 a.m.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Sh. Sham Lal Raina- Husband

Sister-in-Law & Brother-in-Law

Smt. Keemta & Sh. T.N. Raina

Daughter & Son-in-Law

Smt. Rajni Gadroo and Sh. T.K. Gadroo

Smt. Usha Warikoo- Daughter

Smt. Sunita & Sh. S.K. Raina (PHE)- Daughter-in-Law & Son

Smt. Sunita & Sh. Sanjay Koul- Daughter & Son-in-Law

Smt. Anita & Sh. Surinder Bhat- Daughter & Son-in-Law

Smt. Ritu & Sh. Rajesh Raina- Daughter-in-Law & Son

And Bhat’s (Batpori’s)

Smt. Roopa / Baibi

Raina

CHOUBARSIFour years have passed since you

left us. We feel your absence

everywhere and every moment.

We pray Almighty for eternal

peace and salvation of your Noble

soul. CHOUBARSI of our beloved

mother LATE SMT. VIDYA DEVI

GUPTA (BANGWATHIA) W/o

LATE SHRI DURGA DASS GUP-

TA R/o House No.90 Ward No.10,

Udhampur shall be performed on

15.05.2018 at MAHAJAN HALL,

Sitla Mandir Gali, Chabutra Bazar,

Udhampur.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Daughters-in-law and Sons

Smt Mohini and Sh Indu Bhushan Gupta

Smt Chanchal W/o Late Sh Brij Bhushan Gupta

Smt Neeru and Sh Ravi Bhushan Gupta

Daughters and Son-in-law

Sh Ram Prakash Gupta H/o Late Smt Shyama Gupta

Smt Chand and Sh Tilak Raj Gupta

Smt Suman and Sh Ramesh Gupta

9419626961/9796699606

SMT. VIDYA DEVI

GUPTA

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JAMMU TUESDAY MAY 15 2018state3 Glimpses of Future

Balbirbriefedabout Courtcases ofCorp loans

Jammu May 14

To get himself up-dated about status ofthe Court cases relatedto loan recovery by theJammu & KashmirScheduled Castes,Scheduled Tribes &Backward ClassesDevelopmentCorporation, Vice-Chairperson of thisPublic SectorUndertaking (PSU),Balbir Ram Rattan,held a meeting with of-ficials of Jammu andSamba Districts, alongwith Legal Assistant atHead Office, Jammu.

Details of Jammuand Samba Districtswere shared with theVice-Chairperson,wherein he was briefedthat till date 106 caseshave been filed underSection 138-NIA byJammu District againstthe defaulters, out ofwhich 97 are pending/under trial and 09 standdisposed off. Similarly,Samba District has, tilldate, filed 23 cases forrecovery from the de-faulters, out of which 03have been disposed offand 20 cases are pend-ing/ under trial. TheVice Chairperson,Balbir Ram Rattan, wastold by the LegalAssistant that thesecases have been filed indifferent Courts atJammu and theCorporation Counselsare pursuing the sameso that the loaned mon-ey is recovered fromsuch beneficiaries, whohave turned out to bedefaulters.

The ViceChairperson, on thisoccasion, made a fer-vent appeal to the bene-ficiaries to be regularin depositing theirmonthly instalment tothe Corporation as thesame money is to beprovided to other needyunemployed people ofthe weaker sections toset up their own earn-ing units and be self re-liant.

Those who attendedthe meeting includedJammu DistrictManager, JoginderPaul Atri, CorporationLegal Assistant,Mukhtiar Ahmed,Samba District SeniorAssistant Vijay Kumarand Jammu DistrictJunior Assistant AnilHarkar.

Jammu May 14

With the sole motive toupgrade the sports skill ofthe Community Coaches ofDistrict Samba to ConductSports & GamesCompetitions atDistrict/State levels for thedisabled under the Schemeof Sports & Games forPersons with Disabilitieslaunched by Ministry ofYouth Affairs & Sports,Govt. of India in partner-ship with Special OlympicsBharat. Two days TrainingProgram inaugurated bySatish Verma, Principal,Narinder Gupta, DistrictCo-ordinator SSA (IED)Jammu was the Guest ofHonor.

While inauguratingtwo days coach trainingprogram, the Chief Guesttermed this SpecialTraining Program to con-duct Games & Sports forthe Disabled as turningpoint for the SpecialAthletes i.e. Persons withDisabilities of the Districtas they have great hiddenpotential which needs to be

explored through mediumof sports and the specialathletes possess unique cal-iber which can be channel-ized to bestow them thegraceful and dignified lifeand they can bring laurelsin the field of sports. I wishthe Training Program willculminate with the mar-velous results with practi-cal approach in the groundfor the benefit of SpecialAthletes (Persons withDisabilities) in the fieldsBOCCE, Football,Athletics. It is my moralduty to strengthen thisunique movement in theDistrict. In his address

Guest of Honor DistrictCordinator (IED) SSA saidthat it is great opportunityfor the guardian & parentsof the disabled to avail up toutmost level & every citi-zen must be part of thismovement.

Durinf the programmeof two days coach trainingprogram in Distt. The chiefguest distributed the cer-tificates and handbook tocommunity coaches and ex-pressed his satisfaction re-garding the selfless servic-es for the overall develop-ment of persons withDisabilities through medi-um of sports. He lauded the

role of special OlympicBharat – J&K in the stateand placed his services atthe disposal of SpecialOlympics Bharat – J&K andwished to serve the Personswith Disabilities in collab-oration to expand the wel-fare activities.

State President SOB-J&K presentedwelcome/keynote/aims oforganizing CCTP. Field ac-tivities/practical’s wereconducted by AreaDirector Mr Raj KumarSharma, Sports DirectorS.Prithipal Singh, JatinChanjotra, ProgrammeManager SOB – J&K man-aged and conducted thetraining programme. MsKamaljit Kour SportsTeacher/Master Trainerassisted the event. The re-source Persons during theprogram are Mr. RajKumar Sharma, MsKamaljit Kaur, Mr SahilBadyal, Vishal. About 57Community coaches at-tended the training pro-gramme and about 117youth got acquainted withthe SOB movement.

Community Coach Training Programme organized at Samba

Doda, May 14:

A one day dental check-up and awareness camp washeld at District HospitalDoda on Monday which wasorganized by Indian DentalAssociation (IDA) JammuBranch in collaborationwith District Hospital Doda.

The camp was held un-der the supervision ofMedical SuperintendentDH Doda Dr Parveez IqbalWani who also inaguratedthe day long dental camp.

The camp was attendedby Dr Sahul Lerra,Consultant Dental SurgeonDH Doda, Dr SeemaParveen, Dr Govinder PalSingh, Dr Faheem AhsanKelu, Amjad Ali Shokeen,Tahir Mushtaq besideslarge number of peopleturned up for this dentalcamp. On this occasion,more than 200 dental pa-tients were examined by theteam of expert dental doc-

tors whereas free samples oftoothpastes and tooth-brushes were distributed toall.

Dr Sahul Lerra and DrSeema Parveen demon-strated the proper brush-ing technique and advisedgeneral public to avoidsweet sticky foods, can-dies, choclates and softdrinks which are the maincause of cavities and peri-odontal problems besidesthey also advised them to

toothbrush twice dailyalong with mouthwash anddental floss for cleaning in-ter- dental spaces.Speaking on the occasion,MS DH Doda Dr ParveezIqbal Wani lauded the ef-forts of IDA for conductingsuch camp in their hospitaland stressed for maintain-ing hygience conditions allaround for a healthy lifeand advised the people totake care of oral hygienceregularly.

Dental check-up & awarenesscamp held at DH Doda

Ramnagar, May 14

A Deputation of VDCMembers coming from farflung areas of DuduBasantgarh and Ramnagarzone including Loudra,Panara, Khaned, Pachound,Dandi Chakaal, Sia-Merri,Chigla Balota, Chattrairi,Majouri, Keya and Joffer ledby Mr. Shiv Dev SinghProvincial GeneralSecretary of JKNPP metwith SDPO and TehsildarRamnagar regarding regu-larization and hike in theirsalary. They alleged thatpreviously they got theirsalary jointly in a groupcomprising of seven mem-bers and salary released inthe name of one head mem-ber of the group and he dis-bursed it among rest of themembers of the group. Butnow for the last two years,the salary released in thename of head of the groupand that head kept the entireamount of salary with him

and do not bother to give it toother members of the group,which is a great injusticewith them. As a result otherVDC members of the groupremain without salary andcome at the verge of starva-tion. In this context, thesedeprived VDC members ranfrom pillar to post and ap-proached the concerned au-thorities but no heed paid totheir genuine request. Theycomplained that despite pro-viding security cover to thevillagers, the govt. also uti-lize their services on differ-ent occasions like celebra-tion of all national and statefestivals, awareness campsof all nature, fair & Dangal inany corner of the village andabove all facing militancythreats in odd situation. Butin lieu of this they get only ameagre salary of Rs.800/[email protected]/- per day which is in-sufficient and inadequate ascompared to their job re-quirement. They demandedthat either their salary be

credited in their individualaccount or a certificate ofdisbursement be obtainedfrom the head of the VDCgroup member duly signedby all of them.

They further demandedthat their wages should beenhanced up to Rs.3000/-Per Month in view of theirtough and risky nature ofjob as some of the VDCmembers have even sacri-ficed their lives while fight-ing militants in prone andsensitive areas. AmongOthers who participated,Shiv Ram Sharma, PawanDev Singh, SubashChander, Kamal Singh,Baldev Chand, Sher Singh,Bodh Raj , Rattan Chand,Babu Ram, Krishan Chand,Ranjit Singh, Pawan Rassal,Kuldeep Kumar, Sant Ram,Madan Lal, Romesh Kumar,Om Raj, Darshan Kumar,Hans Raj, Tara Chand,Veersingh, Ajit Raj, Raj Kumar,Ram lal, Kuldeep Singh be-sides others.

Jammu May 14

Reviewing the ongoingpace of work on the impor-tant project with in theheart of the city of Temples,newly inducted Housing &Urban DevelopmentMinister in the State ofJammu & Kashmir, SatSharma accompanied byJammu East MLA and BJPChief Whip, Rajesh Guptavisited Jammu Bus StandMulti storey parking to in-spect the relevant work.The Minister and the MLAwere also accompanied byFinancial CommissionerSecretary K. B. Aggarwal,Vice-Chairman JammuDevelopment Authority(JDA) Rajesh Sarwan andJammu MunicipalCommissioner (JMC)Ramesh Kumar.While inspecting the ongoing

works, Minister SatSharma focussed on thequality of the quality of thematerial and the workman-ship in the construction ofthe important project. Hesaid that while it is is ut-most important to see thatthe project does not missany deadline and start tocater to the people ofJammu & Kashmir along

with the countless numberof tourists visiting thestate, it is also worthwhileto regular keep a check onthe qualitative aspect of thesaid project. Sat Sharmafurther said that no dillydallying in any project willbe welcomed in the depart-ment concerned for any de-velopmental project. He al-so said that as he will en-

sure that all the major proj-ects are completed withinthe time frame and othersare also initiated on the warfoot to provide the best in-frastructure to the people ofJ&K.

Rajesh Gupta alsoasked the authorities tokeep a watch that the ongo-ing project does not causeany inconvenience to thegeneral masses includingthe business communityaround the area. He saidthat he will himself ensurehis regular visits to the siteto regular monitor theprogress of the project. TheMLA was very much opti-mistic about the increasedfootfall of the visitors in theadjacent markets after thecompletion of the project,which will result in the in-crease in revenue of localsmall businesses.

Jammu: 14 May

Army organised anawareness drive on IllEffects of Drugs at YouthCentre, Palma in Rajouridistrict today. During thedrive, villagers and stu-dents were sensitized about

various aspects of drugabuse including type ofdrugs and their adverse ef-fects on the health, symp-toms and treatment aspectsto include rehabilitation.The drive primarily was fo-cused on the youth to edu-

cate them aboutthe physical, psy-chological andsocial damagescaused by thismenace. Thespeaker also ex-plained about theill effects of drugson mind and bodyof a person.Rehabilitationand support toyouth affected bydrug abuse was

also highlighted. The drivewas followed by an interac-tive session where theyouth participated enthusi-astically and raised a num-ber of queries which reflect-ed their concern towardsthis menace.

Jammu May 14

While addressing a meet-ing at village Chak Hasal, MrMohinder Bhardwaj, senioradvocate and former presi-dent Jammu and KashmirHigh Court Bar Associationhas said that complicity oftwo senior BJP leaders, apresent and a former Deputychief minister, in acquiringa land and building a houseon that in the vicinity of sen-sitive defence establish-ments in Nagrota despitestrong protestations by sen-ior Army functionaries, hasblown the lid off of the par-ty’s much touted nationalis-tic fervour. The move is notonly in violation of the laidrules but also further jeopar-

dises the security in this sen-sitive border state. Reactingto media reports that a com-pany in which currentDeputy chief minister MrKavinder Gupta reportedlyhas interests had bought thisland and subsequently for-mer deputy chief ministerDr Nirmal Singh built ahouse on that despite strongprotests by the army author-ities, he demanded an in-quiry into the matter to pun-ish all those responsible forthis illegal act. “PrimeMinister Mr Narendra Modiand chief minister MsMehbooa Mufti should sackboth Mr Gupta as deputychief minister and Dr Singhas Speaker LegislativeAssembly to send a strong

message that those messingwith national security inany manner would not bespared. In case Mr Modi isunrelenting the chief minis-ter must take suo motu ac-tion against the two.Expressing shock and an-guish on these disturbingrevelations, he said the factthat “desh bhakti” has beena political issue and nothingelse for BJP is vindicated bythis episode involving twosenior state leaders of theBJP and total silence of theparty high command. “It isdistressing that a seniorarmy officer of the rank of LtGeneral had to write direct-ly to the then deputy chiefminister Dr Singh askinghim to stop construction of

his house which was in vio-lation of rules. The General,as stated in the media re-ports, was constrained towrite this letter after the lo-cal administration refusedto act on the army’s com-plaint regarding these viola-tions. Mr Bhardwaj, a seniorCongress leader, issued anultimatum to Centre and thestate governments to takefirm action against the twoleaders holding constitu-tional offices within a weekgiven the sensitiveness ofthe issue or else all other op-tions will be pursued to pro-tect the interests of the peo-ple of border region ofJammu and that of the coun-try as a whole as the issue re-lates to security.

Sack Nirmal, Kavinder for Nagrota army land rowPM should act fast or face people’s ire: Bhardwaj

VDC Members demand regularisationand hike in their salary

Jammu May 14

Pending disbursementof monthly wages for last 10months, a massive protestdemonstration of casualLabourers/need basedworkers of PWD (R&B)Department was held underthe banner of PWD (R&B)Casual Labourers

/Need Based WorkersUnion Rajouri raising theirdemands in one voice re-garding implementation ofSRO 520 of 2017, Dated:21/12/2017 for regulariza-tion, release of pendingwages on new rate as perSRO 460 issued underEndorsement

No: L&E/Lab/88/2000,Dated: 26-10-2017 throughseparate Wages Head creat-ed for the purpose. Theyhave focused the attentionof Jammu and KashmirGovernment towards theburning demand of poor ca-

sual labourers/need basedworkers / ITI trained work-ers of PWD who have beenworking since 1994 and suf-fering badly due to delay inimplementation of regular-ization policy

. While addressing thegathering of casual labour-ers/need based workers,the union President Mr.Mohammed Riaz Mughalcondemned the delayingpolicy of the J&KGovernment regarding thegenuine issues of casualLabourers/ Need based/ITItrained workers working inPWD(R&B)

Department. Otherswho addressed the gather-ing were Mr, MurtazaAnjum Mir, Mr. MohdTariq Malik, Mr AbdulKaleem Bhatti, Riaz AhmedRathar, Mr AkhileshMehta, Rajesh Kumar,Naheem Ahmed etc.

Sat, Rajesh visit Multi Storey Parking

PWD (R&B) Need BasedWorkers / Casual LabourersWorkers on 72 hours strike

Army Organised“Elocution Com-petition” At Chha-tru Jammu: 14 May

Army organised an elo-cution competition on thetheme ‘Kishtwar of mydreams’ at Chhatru,Kishtwar District today.The events were aimed atgenerating ideas from youthfor development andprogress of Kishtwar and al-so boost confidence of thestudents in public speaking.A total 344 students from var-ious schools of Chhatru at-tended and 29 children par-ticipated in the event. Thechildren spoke with confi-dence on the subject whichproved once again that givenan opportunity and a plat-form, children are able toshowcase their talent and

Army Conducted An Awareness DriveOn Ill Effects Of Drugs At Palma

Poonch May 14

Senior NationalConference leader todaytermed state government'sattitude towards ongoingstrike of Anganwari work-ers as dictatorship andasked Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti to person-ally intervene in the matterto solve the matter.Protesting Anganwariworkers working underICDS today called uponYNC Provincial PresidentAjaz Jan in Poonch and nar-rated their problems. Theseworkers were in angeragainst state governmentfor acting as mute spectatorto the protest stir of AWWs.

Talking to them, AjazJan assured that all their de-mands will be taken up withNational Conference higher

command so that govern-ment is asked to solve thegenuine one's. In his state-ment, Mr. Jan said thatAWWs are on stir formonths now and govern-ment is completely un-moved.

" A whole system hascome to standstill and thou-sands of AWWs are onprotest with Governmentlooking other way which isnot less than a 'Dictatorship'form of governance " Jansaid. He also said that ChiefMinister Mehbooba Muftishould have intervened inthe matter as concernedMinistry is not uttering anyword.

" Better late than neverand Chief Minister shouldintervene in the matter now" Jan said.

Jammu, May 14:

Strongly censuring theanti-army and anti-nation-al statement of Dr NirmalSingh newly electedSpeaker of Jammu &Kashmir assembly, JKYouth Sharnarthi ActionCommittee (JKYSAC) hastermed his statement pro-separatist and pro-terror-ists and asked him to imme-diate resign for the consti-tutional posts of the statefor insulting the nation.

In his statement thepresident JKYSAC Pt RCSharma said that when theIndia is grappling with Paksponsored militancy andIndian army is the only fac-ing the heat of militancyand making huge sacrificesdespite many odds but theso called nationalist lead-ers like Dr Nirmal Singhwho are enjoying all the fa-cilities and getting hugemoney from the Indian gov-ernment as the salary buton the other hand they arespeaking against the

Indian army and indirectlysupporting the separatistsand Pak sponsored mili-tants. The statementagainst the army by DrNirmal Singh has workedas like oxygen to sepa-ratists and militants evenPakistan has supported hisanti-army rant.

Suggesting to DrNirmal Singh to openly jointhe bandwagon of sepa-ratists, he asked him to theresign from the post of thespeaker and join them. Healso said that all the nation-alist forces and nationalistacross the country and outof the country were muchhurt with his anti-army re-marks, which has shownthe jihadi mindset of the DrNirmal Singh. He saideveryone understand DrNirmal Singh frustrationover his removal fromDeputy ChiefMinistershipbut it does notmean that you go and open-ly curse the Indian armywhich is known for human-ity and human touch to

every person. He said thatit is matter of surprise thata person who is Speakercan go so low that only forhis personal interest andhis own bungalow, he want-ed to make hostage the se-curity of the nation, whichis matter of shame.

Urging the PrimeMinister of India MrNarender Modi and nation-al BJP president Amit Shahto immediate take actionagainst Dr Nirmal Singhand expel him from partyand assembly as such state-ment has directly support-ed the anti-national ele-ments, which in future willcreate problem for the na-tion. BJP is being a nation-alist party how the nationalleadership is silent over theanti-national rant of DrNirmal Singh Speaker. Heasked the newly electedstate president RavinderRaina to initiate immediateaction against him and en-sure his expulsion from theparty and assembly for theinterest of country.

JKYSAC condemns Dr Nirmal Singh,s anti army remarks, demandshis removal from assembly

Govt's following dictatorshipattitude over AWW strike

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REASI MAY 14

National ConferenceOBC Cell has called for un-interrupted power supplyand regulated drinking wa-ter across the Jammu re-gion in view of the holymonth of Ramzan and theongoing summer spell.Expressing concern overfrequent and unscheduledpower cuts and scarce sup-ply of drinking water, theOBC Cell has observed thatthe people were sufferinghugely.

“The situation is quitealarming and highly de-plorable, as the PDP-BJPgovernment has miserablyfailed in shouldering re-sponsibilities towards thecitizens”, the OBC Cell lead-ers said at a meeting here,which discussed various is-sues confronted to the statein general and the OBCs inparticular. The meetingwas addressed by the for-mer minister BabuJagjivan Lal, Co-Chairperson OBC Cell Mr

Abdul Gani Teli andDistrict President OBC CellReasi Mr Ram PrakashVerma among others. BabuJagjivan Lal sought stan-dard quality and adequatequantity of food-grain stockat the PDS sale outlets, say-ing that the consumers aremade to wait for days to-gether for rations, apart

from the food-grains beingof not standard quality. Hedemanded adequate stock-ing on all the depots. MrAbdul Gani Teli demandedadequate representation tothe skilled and unskilled lo-cal work-force in jobs to var-ious categories of posts inthe railways, being the pri-mary stake-holders. He ex-

pressed concern over grow-ing unemployment, sayingthe coalition governmenthas failed in keeping itspromises to youth.

The Co-Chairperson al-so demanded adequate rep-resentation to OBCs in vari-ous boards for ensuring em-powerment of the weakersections of society. DistrictPresident Mr Ram Prakashlisted various issues con-fronted to OBC communi-ties across the district,which included issuance ofcategory certificates andenhancing the income slabbesides extending variouswelfare schemes to themembers of these commu-nities. The NationalConference leader assailedthe coalition governmentfor failing on all fronts.Prominent among thosepresent in the meeting in-cluded : Mohd Ayoub Bhat,Mr Raj Kumar, Mr GurdevSingh, Narin Datt , MohdIqbal, Ch. Abdul Rashid, MrTafail Hussain, Mr RattanLal and others.

NC OBC Cell seeks uninterrupted power, regulateddrinking water supply across Jammu region

Ramnagar/Basantgarh May 14:

On the first day of his 3-day long tour of the Dudu-Basantgarh area, MrRanbir Singh Pathania, theyoung, vibrant MLA fromRamnagar AssemblyConstituency was accordedwarm and tumultuous wel-come right from Chattriarionwards at Majori, GandhTop, Shiv Gali, Dudu Kirchiand Basantgarh.Pertinently Degree Collegewas the long pending de-mand of this area as manybright minds had to leavetheir studies mid-way.People of the area attrib-uted the achievement as aresult of untiring hard workand painstaking efforts ofMr. Pathania that the issuewas raised at appropriateforums and this long pend-ing demand was fulfilledwith the issuance of formalorders few days back whichhad sparked off unprece-dented festivities, fanfareand celebrations across thelength and breadth of Dudu-Basantgarh. MLARamnagar, Mr. RanbirSingh Pathania was takenin a procession right fromChattriari upto Majouri,ShivGali, Basantgarhamidst deafening beating of

drums, bursting of crack-ers, distribution of sweets ,dancing/rejoicing by localpeople. Mr. Pathania ex-pressed sincerest gratitudetowards the Chief Minister,Deputy Chief Minister,Education Minister and theUnion government too foracceding to the decades olddemand of the people of thearea. He further informedthat firstly the College shallbe made operational from a‘make-shift/temporary lo-cation’ this area and a Full-fledged building shall beerected thereupon. He fur-ther elucidated that withthe active support fromUnion and State govern-ments, he shall develop andnurture this degree Collegeas a ‘Model Degree College’with all the modern facili-ties including well

equipped laboratories, li-brary, and computer labs.He further announced thatadmission process in thiscollege will start from thissession itself. Mr. Pathaniahad vociferously raised theissue during the last as wellas current Assembly ses-sions and DDB meetingstoo. He had also initiated atehsil-wide signature cam-paign in support of the over-weening public demand.The sanctioning of degreecollege has spread a wave ofecstasy among the people ofthe area, especially stu-dents’ community who willbe benefitted from theCollege. Mr.Pathania's per-formance on the floor of as-sembly was praised by oneand all on the various issuesconcerning the general pub-lic and the state as a whole.

Mr Pathania was over-whelmed by the warm wel-come received from the pub-lic and thanked the publicof Ramnagar Constituencyfor giving hima chance torepresent Ramnagar in thelegislative assembly. Hesaid that he believes in de-livering rather than boast-ing and sanctioning of 2 de-gree colleges for Ramnagarconstituency i.e,

Degree College atMajalta and Dudu-Basantgarh are just a onemilestone on the path of de-velopment and he is com-mitted to the all-round de-velopment of the Ramnagarconstituency and manymore developmental proj-ects for development ofRamnagar constituency arein offing. He was accompa-nied by Director CollegesDevelopmnet, Addl DeputyCommissioner Udhampurand district level heads ofPWD, PHE, Education,Agriculture, Horticulture,PDD, PMGSY, and con-cerned SDM and Tehsildar............ besides ShivCharan, Hans Raj, RajinderSharma, Bishan Dass(Mandal presidents),Kuldeep Singh , Yog Raj,Sandokhu Ram, ManzurAhmed, Saif Ali, TirathRam, Hans Raj.

Sanctioning of Degree College for Dudu-Basantgarha Historic Decision-Pathania

Jammu: May 14

Flaying the authoritiesat the helm of affairs inUniversity of Jammu (JU),the National SecularForum (NSF) expressed re-sentment over the deterio-rating system inDirectorate of DistanceEducation (DDE) which ledto failure in reviving thePG courses in Economicsand Political Science whichwere closed three yearsago. Addressing a pressconference, NSF StateSecretary Ishtiaq Naiklambasted the ViceChancellor for derailingthe academic process inDDE owing to his preju-dices and vested interest.“It is the poor administra-tion of Vice Chancellorwhich led to closure of PGcourses in Economics andPolitical Science whichwere otherwise runningsmoothly in DDE,” he said.

The Vice Chancellorfailed to fix the responsibil-ity of closure of those cours-es and didn’t even try to re-vive those as if he had inter-est in the same, he saidadding that the Vice

Chancellor only played pol-itics and spoiled the aca-demics in DDE by promot-ing favoritism and nepo-tism.

He also said, “The mat-ter regarding the engage-ment of contractual teach-ing faculty was taken up bythe Campus Deans in theirmeeting on July 7, 2015wherein it was resolvedthat one lecturer be en-gaged for enrolment of 500candidates for PG coursesin DDE and no recruitmentwas required for UG cours-es. But, the VC Prof RamjiDass are willfully ignoringthe resolution. It speaksvolume about the anarchyspread by the JU authori-ties with respect to obeyingresolutions of CampusDean meeting,” he elabo-rated.

He also cited the en-gagement of contractuallecturer in Dogri for PGcourse which recorded en-rolment figure of 182 and175 respectively for ses-sions 2016-17 and 2017-18.He alleged that pick andchoose was being followedby the authorities at thehelm of affairs in JU. He

blamed the ViceChancellor for deliberatelyindulging in such acts tosettle the personal agendas.

Ishtiaq Naik also ques-tioned the rationale behindadvertisement of contrac-tual posts in DDE especial-ly for those courses where-in permanent faculty mem-bers were already engaged.“It is surprising that per-manent faculty members infew subjects were not per-forming any duties for thelast many years but still theVice Chancellor wants con-tractual teachers in thosesubjects. He should make itclear as to who he is favour-ing through creation ofthese positions,” he added.

The Istaq Naik urgedthe Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor to take cog-nizance of the irregulari-ties being committed byProf Ramji Dass Sharma,which is sheer abuse of po-sition. He demanded sternaction the Vice Chancellorfor ruining the DDE.Among those who werepresent in the press-confer-ence included, RishikeshRana, Sheetal and AnshuSharma.

Jammu, May 14

Enraged over the highlydisparaging remarks of ExDeputy CM and SpeakerAssembly, Dr. NirmalSingh against the Army, astrong contingent of NPPled by Mr. Harsh Dev SinghJKNPP Chairman andFormer Minister today helda massive demonstration atExhibition Ground Jammuagainst BJP and its top lead-ership asking it to tenderunconditional apology tothe defence personnel. Theagitated protestors raisedslogans of ‘Indian ArmyZindabaad’, ‘BJP murd-abaad’ “Nirmal Singh HaiHai”. Addressing the mediapersons, Mr. Harsh DevSingh said that Dr. Nirmal’sallegations of harassment ofpeople by the Army werehighly objectionable andmost condemnable. Andcharging the army of politi-cal motivation was evenmore offending, said Harsh.He regretted that the BJPleadership had forgottenwithin short period of itsthree years rule its highpitched slogans and songsthat it sang in praise ofArmy to prove their pseudonationalism. He said thatnot only Nirmal Singh butthe entire BJP leadershipowed an explanation forsuch outrageous commentsagainst Army made by itssenior most leader in J&Kwho remained the Dy. CMand was now occupying the

constitutional post of speak-er. Should action not be tak-en against Dr. Nirmal forspeaking the language ofseparatists and belittlingArmy, questioned Harsh.Reminding the BJP of itsjingoistic rhetoric while inopposition, Mr. Singh saidthat its leaders would nailanyone and everyone for ut-tering a word against armedforces. “Eulogizing thearmed forces as symbols ofnational honour, its leadersnever missed any chance oflauding their feats and re-lating hymns and odes inpraise of the valiant sol-diers. But after ascendanceto power, its leaders hadshown the greatest disre-gard for the brave-heartsmerely for their vested per-sonal and political inter-ests”, said Harsh. The saf-fron rule had witnessed themost shabby and abom-inable treatment meted outto the Armed forces in thestate when they were direct-ed to hold arms despite fatalattacks on them in Kashmirbesides their most egre-gious humiliation by anti-

national forces, said Harsh.And now he added, Dr.Nirmal Singh had madehighly contemptuous re-marks against Army whichhad sparked nationwideoutrage. Nirmal Singh’soutbursts against Army on-ly indicated the extent towhich a self centred, self ag-grandizing politician couldgo to subserve his personalmotives at the cost of na-tion’s security, said Mr.Singh. He said that BJPneeded to apologize for theoutrageous conduct of itsJ&K leadership not only tothe Army but the entire na-tion as well. Prominentamong those who spoke onthe occasion includedRajesh Padgotra, GaganPartap, Parshotam Parihar,Shanker Singh Chib,Khajoor Singh, NirmalKishore, Rajesh Gondhi,Rashpaul Singh, PartapSingh, Mohinder Singh,Rampaul Sharma,Shankaar Singh Sanju,Udhayveer Singh, VishabSingh, Rohit Sharma, ArunKhajuriya, Shaitan Singhbesides others.

JKNPP protests Dr. Nirmal’soutbursts against ArmyBJP leadership must apologize to the nation: Harsh

Jammu May 14

BJP State IT & SocialMedia Department led byits State Incharge JaidevRajwal organized one dayworkshop to review thefunctioning of Cell acrossthe state. The workshop fo-cussed on the promotion ofcontinuous use of latestgadgetry for reaching out tothe public. The meeting at-tended by the participantsfrom across the state wasespecially graced with thepresence of BJP StateGeneral Secretary (Org.)Ashok Kaul and StateGeneral Secretaries Dr.Narinder Singh andHarinder Gupta. AshokKaul while addressing themeeting, focussed on theimportance of Social Mediaon the lives of youth. Hestressed that PrimeMinister Narendra Modi

has always asked for in-creasing the presence onthe social media platform,which acts as a prompt toolfor having one to one inter-action with the masses. Healso asked the participantsto always follow the princi-ples of the organization,while they are on personalor party platform. Heprompted them to take thismission up to the booth lev-el. Dr. Narinder Singh

prompted all the partici-pants to remain focussed onthe goals especially on cur-rent issues.

He also said that theachievements of BJPshould be projectedpromptly on the platform sothat every body is madeaware of the landmark anddecisive steps taken by thepresent dispensation. Heasked them to make a thor-ough plan for this.

Harinder Gupta threw lighton the importance of socialmedia in the political work-ing of modern India. Hesaid that many times todaythe battles are fought andwon on the virtual media,so we must not lag behindanyone in the tool to be usedat its full potential. He alsoasked all to keep eye on andcounter the negativity andproject positivity on the so-cial media. Jaidev Rajwalgave the thorough lectureon the ways to effectivelyuse the social media plat-form to project one’s views.He also utilized the meansof practical demonstrationto cement the knowledgeimparted to the partici-pants of the social mediaworkshop. Social Mediaplatforms like You tube,MODI App, Whatsapp,FaceBook etc. etc. were fo-cussed in the workshop.

‘Contractual positions being created to favour blue-eyed’

Why JU fails to revive twoPGcourses inDDE, questionsNSF

New Delhi (India) May 14:

An emergency meetingof the executive of the Indo-Palestine Friendship socie-ty and the members of theworking committee of theNational Panthers Party(NPP) was held in NewDelhi, the capital of Indiaon the aggressive messageof the USA against theUnited Nations’Resolutions carried by theSecurity Council from timeto time directing the partiesconcerned to maintain thedemographic compositionof the Holy City ofJerusalem. The urgent con-ference convened at NewDelhi was presided over byProf. Bhim Singh,Executive Chairman of theIndo-Palestine FriendshipSociety, Sr. Advocate in theSupreme Court of India andamong the old associates ofthe PLO. Several advocatesand political and social ac-tivists participated in themeeting to review effects ofIsrael’s provocative and an-

ti-Palestine decision to es-tablish US Embassy inJerusalem against the let-ter and spirit of several res-olutions passed in the pastby the Security Councilwhich stands for peacefulnegotiation to determinethe status of the Holy City ofJerusalem. It was UnitedNations which has statedand affirmed that:

“Any decisions and ac-tions which purport tohave altered the character,status or demographiccomposition of the HolyCity of Jerusalem have nolegal effect, are null andvoid and must be rescind-ed in compliance with rele-vant resolutions of theSecurity Council, and inthis regard, calls upon allStates to refrain from theestablishment of diplomat-ic missions in the HolyCity of Jerusalem, pur-suant to Resolution 478(1980) of the SecurityCouncil.” All relevant res-olutions that include; 242(1967), 338 (1973), 446 (1979),

452 (1979), 465 (1980), 476(1980), 478 (1980), 1397(2002), 1515 (2003), 1850(2008), and 2334 (2016),needs to be studied be-cause they shall provide amirror if he happens to gothrough them today. Sothat USA changes its mindand withdraws itsEmbassy from Jerusalem.Prof.Bhim Singh whowrote several books on thecomposite character of theState of Israel, describedthe decision of Mr. DonaldTrump, the President ofthe United States ofAmerica as a threat toworld peace and existenceof the United Nations it-self. It reminds, he said,how the League of Nationswas banged by the dracon-ian declaration of Hitlerwhich led to the WorldWar-II. NPP Supremocalled President Trump toreconsider this draconianact, withdraw his so-calledUS Embassy from the HolyCity of Jerusalem havingregard to the holy land.

Call for urgent UN intervention to stop USviolation of UN Resolutions on Jerusalem

Solidarity with Palestine

BJP IT & Social Media Departmentorganizes one day workshop

BSF SchoolCelebrates AnnualDay Function – ASpectacularExtravaganzaJammu May 14

BSF School Jammu cele-brated its Annual Day‘Glimpses of IncredibleIndia’ on Sunday the 13thMay 2018 amidst great zest,vibrancy and elation. Theevening was reserved for agala presentation. Sh RamAwtar IG BSF JammuFrontier was the esteemedChief Guest and SmtKamlesh Ram Avtar FirstLady BSF, President BWWAwas the Guest of Honour.The luminaries gracing theoccasion included Officersof the Force, Principals ofvarious reputed CBSEschools, Educationists,Parents and Students. Afterthe arrival of Chief Guest,the lighting of ceremoniallamp took place which wasfollowed by GaneshVandana and Shiv Stuti. TheAnnual Report read by Dr SK Shukla, Principal BSFSchool Jammu highlightedthe school’s achievementsin both academic and co-cur-ricular activities and pre-sented his vision for theprogress of the school. He al-so assured the managementand parents that he willleave no stone unturned toget the school to the greaterheights in the future also.Cultural programme by stu-dents this year revolvedaround the theme‘Glimpses of IncredibleIndia’. Students showcasedtheir talents by means ofgroup song, orchestra, bal-let, skit, dance etc. The func-tion took flight with theEnglish skit ‘Bishop’s can-dlesticks’. A musical feastwas presented by the schoolorchestra group in the formof orchestral train journey-ing through various states ofIndia. Ballet revolvedaround the history of J&KState highlighting the cul-tures of Jammu, Kashmirand Ladakh region. Giddhasent the energy levels soar-ing among the audience.They were left spell boundby the breath-taking per-formance of the students.The Chief Guest gave theprizes to the meritoriousstudents who had excelled inacademics and various com-petitions held at school, dis-trict and national level. TheChief Guest Sh Ram Awtar,IG BSF Jammu Frontier wassuperlative in his apprecia-tion of the students, teachersand the Principal of theschool. He pointed out thatBSF School Jammu glitterslike diamond among all theBSF schools under the ableguidance of Principal Dr S KShukla. He lauded the visionand the tireless efforts of thePrincipal and and his teamfor making the school J&K’sNo.1 Day-cum-BoardingSchools three times.

Udhampur (J&K) : 14 May

In an endeavor to pro-vide avenues for self-em-ployment to the youth of re-mote areas in the State, theArmy is conducting a voca-tional training course onmobile repair from 14 Mayto 26 May 2018. A total of 15youth from remote villagesof Ramban district are at-tending the course, whichnot only will enhanced

their functional knowl-edge of mobile repairingtechniques but also provid-ed them skills and confi-dence to seek employmentavenues in the field of mo-bile repair.

Speaking at the event,one of the participantssaid, ‘Its a great opportuni-ty for us to acquire addi-tional skills and will defi-nitely help us in enhancing

our chance of employabili-ty in future’. Such ven-tures would in turn con-tribute towards the overalleconomic upliftment of thesociety.

Sarpanch of Gool vil-lage, conveyed apprecia-tion on behalf of the peopleto Army for taking skill en-hancement and buildinginitiatives to engage theyouth.

Army Conducts Mobile Repair Course For Youth SEECCCondemnsLathi ChargeOn ProtestingRet TeachersIn SrinagarJammu May 14

School EducationEmployees Co OrdinationCommittee condemnedbrutal cane charge onpeaceful protesting RETteachers . State chairmanof the co ordination com-mittee Amar NathThakursaid that it is unjustifiedunwarranted act on thepart of the state policethat builders of the nationare treated as culprits .Teachers are demandingtheir salary for last fouryears but state govern-ment every time gives as-surances and do nothingto streamline the monthlysalary of SSA and RMSAteachers.He added thattheir liabilities of salariesare not cleared since 2013.Their 6th pay commis-sion arrears are not ad-justed in some districts .Teachers are given onemonth salary after fourmonths and then theycome on roads to showtheir resentment. It is vio-lation of human rightsand govt should not useforce on protesting teach-ers . Thakur urged au-thorities to release all ar-rested teachers and pro-vide them specializedmedical treatment whoare injured in police lathicharge.He said wholeteaching fraternity wouldbe on roads if salary is notreleased monthly in fu-ture . He requested allRET teacher forums to beunited and ready for a bigprotest and struggle ifsalary is not streamlinedas assured by honorableeducation minister JenabZulafkar Ali sahab .

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NOTICEMy name has been wrong-ly written Surinder shar-ma instead of correctname Surinder Kumarnow i am applying for thecorrections of my nameobjecation if any may beconveyed to concerns au-thorities with in sevendays from the date of pub-lication of this notice.

Surinder Kumars/o kama ram

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SHOPIAN, MAY 14:

The DistrictDevelopment Board ap-proved the outlay plan ofRs. 86.63 crore for the dis-trict Shopian. The decisionwas taken at the boardmeeting held today underthe chair of Minister forFood, Civil Supplies &Consumer AffairsMohammad Ashraf Mir,who is chairman of DistrictDevelopment BoardShopian. The meeting wasattended by MP RajyaSabha Nazir AhmadLaway, MLA ShopianMohammad Yousuf Bhat,MLAWachi Aijaz AhmadMir, MLC Zaffar Iqbal,MLC Showkat Hussain,DDC Shopian GazanfarAli,Heads of departments,Chief Engineers and allDistrict officers besidesother concerned officers.

Speaking on the occa-sion, Chairman saidShopian will continue toreceive focused attentionof the present dispensationin the field of developmentand social security. He saidthe horticulture, tourismand other important sec-tors upon which the econo-my of the district as well asof the State depends wouldbe prioritized for focusedfunding and development.

Mir said that priori-

tized focus is being givenon boosting horticultureand tourism sectors in theState and measures areafoot to improve economyof Shopian district by fo-cused funding of projectsunder these sectors.

He directed the DDC topersonally monitor ongo-ing development projectsin the district and takemeasures for removal ofbottlenecks, if any, fortimely completion of theprojects. He called upontheofficers to work withadded zeal and enthusiasmto serve the people. TheMinister also asked theDistrict DevelopmentCommissioner to hold reg-ular meetings to assess theimplementation of the de-velopmental and welfareschemes adding that the of-ficers concerned will bemade accountable for theirwork. He also directedHODs to conduct frequentfield visits to monitor thequality and pace of devel-opmental works. TheChairman also assured thelegislators that all theirgrievances and demandswill be given due priority.The Chairman said that allthe suggestions made bythe MLAs would also betaken care of by provision-al heads and directed theofficers that every plan

should be finalized in con-sultation with the legisla-tors. The chairman alsorecommended includingShopian district under thecategory of Special AreaDevelopment Fund.

Earlier, the DistrictDevelopmentCommissioner, GazanfarAli, while giving a detailedpower point presentation,briefed the August houseabout the achievements

made under various sec-tors in the district.

The meeting was in-formed that against theavailability of 6190.13 Lacs,CAPEX Budget 2017-18,6092.41 Lacs have been ex-penditure ending March2018 which amounts to98.42%. The Board was in-formed that with regard toRoads and Buildings sec-tor, developmental worksworth Rs1490.45 lacs have

been carried out in the fis-cal 2017-18, which amongothers included comple-tion of two Bridges atVishroo and Reban at an es-timated cost of Rs. 364.35lacs &Rs. 325.00 lacs respec-tively and 5 School build-ings at Kaprin, Vehil,Nowgam, Nazneenporaand Nadigam under RMSAwith financial involvementof Rs. 236.59 lacs each havealso been completed.

Further 10 Road projectswith Project Cost ofRs1646.01 lacs taken up un-der Capex Budget (RegularSchemes).

Major projects takenby R&B Sector includeBijbehara-Shopian Road atan estimated cost ofRs.4893.00 lacs with totalRoad Length of 25 Kms,Reshnagri Bridge underNABARD at an approxi-mate revised Cost of Rs.2350.00 lacs, Pampore-Shopian Road at an esti-mated cost of Rs.130.00 lacs,Rebbon Bridge at an esti-mated cost Rs.325.00 lac,Zainapora Bridge at an es-timated cost of Rs.398.96lacs, Batpora Baily Bridgeat an estimated cost of Rs.696.68 lacs, 8 RoomedLecture Hall at GDC at anestimated cost of Rs. 535.62lacs, Lecture Hall withLibrary at GDC Spnat anestimated cost of Rs. 698.48lacs , Gujjar &BakarwalHostel at Shirmal Shopiancosting Rs. 325.00 lacs.

The meeting also dis-cussed shortfall of staff inthe district hospitalShopian, sub-district hos-pitals and PHCs in the dis-trict. The Director HealthServices Kashmir was im-pressed to meet out theshortfall of staff.

Thread bare discus-sion was held on the board

decisions taken during2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18.The respective legislatorsraised their genuine con-cern over the time taken bythe authorities for the com-pletion DDB decisions. Thechairman directed the con-cerned officers to imple-ment all the board deci-sions including ChiefMinisters commitments ontime bound manner as theyare the supreme decisionsand their sanctity shouldbe upheld. He further saidthat any laxity in this re-gard shall be dealt strictly.

On the occasion, thelegislators raised issues oftheir respective con-stituencies pertaining tobasic services like powersupply, education andhealth infrastructure,strengthening of PHE dis-tribution network and pro-motion of horticulture andtourism sector. All the leg-islators urged theChairman to prioritize thedistrict in terms of fundingand development.

Later, MP Rajya SabhaNazir Ahmad Laway an-nounced Rs 10 lakh fromhis MPLADS funds for mer-itorious students of the dis-trict. In this regard Lawaydirected concerned offi-cials to compile list of meri-torious on immediate ba-sis.

DDB approves Rs 86.63 cr annual plan for district Shopian

Ashraf Mir underlines need for timely implementation of Board decisions

SRINAGAR, MAY 14:

A concluding eventmarking the culmination ofFilm Appreciation Courseviz-a-viz 'FoundationCourse in StillPhotography' and 'Coursein Screenplay Writing' or-ganized by FTII Pune andDIPR J&K was held atMedia ComplexAuditorium, Polo View,here today.

Advisor to ChiefMinister, Prof. AmitabhMattoo was the Chief Gueston the occasion whileDirector FTII Pune,Bhupendra Kainthola wasthe Guest of Honor.

Managing DirectorJKPDC, Dr Shah Faesal,Deputy Director NewsRadio Kashmir Srinagar MATantray, Course DirectorScreenplay Writing VadahiSanchati, Course DirectorDigital PhotographyBharat Kanaray, facultymember FTII FaheemMulla, Editor KashmirUniversity, Muslim Jan,University Teachers, mediaprofessionals, filmmakers,artists besides students and

their parents were presenton the occasion.

As part of the event,Certificates DistributionCeremony was also held forthe students who under-went these innovativecourses organized to intro-duce the interested localyouth to the craft and nu-

ances of film making.The event was marked

by presentation of shortfilms and photographicworks created by partici-pants during the said cours-es. Speaking on the occa-sion, Prof Mattoo appreciat-ed the joint efforts by DIPRand FTII in organizing

these courses in all regionsof the state. He hoped thatsuch courses will bringabout a renaissance in filmmaking craft in the region.He congratulated the par-ticipants for successfullycompleting the courses andasked both the institutionsto carry forward the mis-

sion.Addressing the partici-

pants, Prof. Mattoo assuredevery possible help from thestate government to theDIPR in providing opportu-nities for skill developmentof youth of the state in themedia.

Director FTII Pune,Bhupendra Kainthola saidthat the response for thesecourses in the state hasbeen phenomenal. He saidthat looking at the enthusi-asm regarding the craft inthe state, FTII in coordina-tion with DIPR and otherstate institutions will in-crease its outreach in thestate and organize manysuch courses. He hoped forlong lasting associationwith the state and its peoplewith a hope to give rise to afull-fledged, independentmedia/film industry in theregion."These short cours-es are open for people of allage groups and can provideworking professional withopportunities to upgradeand sharpen their skill-set.We invite participationacross sectors, industries

and will work with the stateinstitutions in this regard",he added. DirectorInformation, Muneer-ul-Islam while addressing thestudents advised them ontaking full advantage ofthese opportunities beingmade available for them intheir home turf.

'Better you put your sto-ries in your own words,rather than letting otherspresent your stories foryou', he advised the stu-dents. He said that effortsare underway to organizeadditional allied courses inthe state and DIPR will be inthe forefront for revival ofthis industry in the region.

The participants under-went training under thesecourses also shared theirexperiences and hoped thatsuch opportunities will beprovided to the young aspi-rants of the state in futuretoo.

On the occasion, a musi-cal presentation of culturalsongs were also presentedby the artists ofInformation & PublicRelations department.

Digital Photography, Screenplay Writing Courses conclude in Srinagar

Prof Mattoo lauds FTII-DIPR collaboration forbringing renaissance in JK’s filmmaking craft

MLA Ganderbal meets GovernorSRINAGAR, MAY 14:

Sh. Ishfaq Ahmad Sheikh, MLA Ganderbal, called onGovernor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan today.

Sh. Sheikh briefed Governor about the major devel-opment projects sanctioned for district Ganderbal andthe current status of each of them, particularly referringto delays in regard to the commencement of NewGanderbal HE Power Project, putting the new UnaniCollege to use and shifting Central University Kashmirfrom Srinagar to Ganderbal.

Appreciating Sh. Sheikh’s concerns, Governor urgedhim to continue his efforts for promoting a peaceful envi-ronment in the area of his influence, which would enablethe rapid development and growth of the entire Kashmirregion.

VC CUK calls on GovernorSRINAGAR, MAY 14:

Prof. Mehraj ud-din Mir, Vice Chancellor, CentralUniversity of Kashmir, called on Governor N.N. Vohra,at the Raj Bhavan today.

. Mir informed Governor about the present status andthe difficulties relating to the development of theUniversity’s infrastructure at Ganderbal. He also in-formed Governor about the decision to shift theUniversity functioning from Srinagar to Ganderbal intransit accommodation made available by the StateGovernment.

Governor re-iterated his concern about which he hasbeen advising all Universities in the State, to ensure thatthe Vice Chancellors and all their teachers spend time toknow each of their students and guide them not only in re-gard to their academic advancement but about all theirproblems and difficulties, particularly to protect themfrom unwholesome influences. Governor also stressedthe crucial importance of institutions of higher learningremaining apolitical and ensuring against their facultiesgetting involved in contentious issues at the cost of ad-vancing the academic and research interests of their stu-dents.

Chairman Human Welfare AssociationJ&K meets GovernorSRINAGAR, MAY 14:

Sh. Mohd. Saifullah Farooq, Chairman HumanWelfare Association J&K, met Governor N.N. Vohra atthe Raj Bhavan today. Sh. Farooq apprised Governorabout various socio-economic problems being faced bypeople due to the recurringly disturbed law and order sit-uations in Kashmir and the deleterious effect on growthand development. He briefed Governor about variousprogrammes devised by the Association for alleviatingthe problems of the people and enhancing peace and nor-malcy. He sought Governor’s support in the implementa-tion of his proposed approach. Governor appreciated theAssociation’s efforts to restore normalcy in Kashmir andobserved that Sh. Farooq’s initiatives would be providedsupport.

Govt signs MoU with NHA on PMRSSMScheme would benefit 29% of State pop-ulation: DevinderManyalSHIMLA, MAY 14:

Government today signed a memorandum of under-standing (MoU) with National Health Agency (NHA),Government of India regarding national health scheme“Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri RashtriyaSwasthya Mission (PMRSSM)” at Peterhoff, Shimla. TheMoU was signed by Chief Executive Officer of NationalHealth Agency, GoI and Principal Secretary Health andMedical Education, J&K.Speaking on the occasion,Minister for Health and Medical Education Dr DevinderKumar Manyal, expressed his gratitude to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister J PNadda for bringing out PMRSSM scheme, saying it wouldbenefit marginalized section of the society.The Ministerfurther elaborated that about 6.13 lakh families would bebenefited by the scheme which comprises about 29 per-cent population of the State.

RAMBAN, MAY 14:

Minister for Horticulture,Law, Justice & ParliamentaryAffairs Syed Basharat AhmedBukhari today chairedDistrict Development Board(DDB) meeting of districtRamban, wherein he stressedupon the departments to workin tandem with each other inorder to uplift socio-economic

profile of the district. Vice-Chairman Advisory Board forDevelopment of Gujjars&Bakerwals, Gulzar AhmedKhatana, MLA Gool-Arnas,Aijaz Ahmed Khan, MLABanihal, Vikar Rasool Wani,MLA Ramban, NeelamKumar Langeh, MLC ShamLal Bhagat, DistrictDevelopment CommissionerRamban Tariq HussainGanai, HODs and other dis-trict officers attended themeeting. The Minister, who isalso Chairman of the Board,directed maintenance of effec-

tive communication betweendistrict administration andpolitical representativesadding that respective mem-bers of the legislature shouldbe kept on board while takingup new works. He stressed up-on the administration fortimely decision making, effec-tive communication andstreamlining implementationfor the overall development ofthe district. Earlier, theDistrict DevelopmentCommissioner briefed themeeting about the physicaland financial progress

achieved under differentschemes in the district. Themeeting was informed thatdistrict has achieved 98.85 per-cent financial achievementagainst the total availability offunds. After taking various de-cisions in the DDB meeting,the DDB approved CAPEXbudget for 2018-19 amountingto Rs. 121.79 crore that com-prises Rs. 16.24 crore underLoan component, Rs.11.17crore under regular schemes,Rs. 7.27 lakhs under loan stateshare, Rs. 85.92 crore undercentral share, Rs. 8.38 crore

under state share for centrallysponsored schemes.Later, theMinister convened a meetingwith representatives of con-struction agencies working onthe prestigious four-lane proj-ect of NH-1A from Nashri toJawaharlal tunnel andRailways for reviewing theirprogress and resolving con-fronting issues if any. He di-rected the officers to expeditethe work keeping in view im-portance of four-lane high-way, which will provide safeand stable road connectivityto the people of the state.

Basharat Bukhari chairs Ramban DDB meetingBoard approves Rs121 cr district plan

SRINAGAR, MAY 14th:

Minister of State forHousing & UrbanDevelopment, SocialWelfare, Health & MedicalEducation, Asiea Naqash to-day laid the foundation stoneof two-foot bridges in theHazratbal constituency.

The footbridges will beconstructed at Shanaporaover Tailbal Nallah, at an es-timated cost of Rs 5.5 crore.Addressing the gathering,the Minister said that oncecompleted the bridges willincrease the connectivity inthe area, adding they will

provide an easy passage forthe residents of Shanpora,Mulfaq and other encom-passing villages in order toreach main Shalla-Naseemroad.She also said that in thefuture more such bridgeswill be constructed inHazratbal constituency toimprove the connectivity.The Minister also conductedan extensive tour ofHazratbal constituency andreviewed the progress of theongoing beautification proj-ect of the Hazratbal shrine.She asked the concerned toexpedite work on Rs 45crorebeautification project so that

it gets completed within thestipulated period of time.Asiea also took the stock ofsanitation block and parkinglot which is to be constructedin the area.The Minister alsomet various delegations andgave them a patient hearing.She told them that all theirgrievances would be ad-dressed in a time-boundmanner.The Minister wasaccompanied by HashmatQazi, SuperintendingEngineer, PowerDevelopment Department,Assistant Director Tourism,MD JKPCC, GM Housingand Sameer, INTACH.

Asiea Naqash lays foundation stoneof foot bridges in TailbalSRINAGAR, MAY 14:

Minister for HigherEducation, InformationTechnology, and TechnicalEducation Imran RazaAnsari today toured Pattanconstituency to review thestatus of various develop-mental works in the con-stituency.

The Minister was ac-companied by DCBaramulla, SSP Baramulla,Tehsildar Singhpora,Executive Engineers ofP.H.E, PDD, R&B, CMOBaramulla, BDO Pattan andother officers. The Ministervisited several areas to getfirsthand account of vari-

ous projects. He directedthe concerned authorities toexpedite the projects for thebenefit of general public.Additionally, the Ministeralso directed P.H.E depart-ment to ensure adequatewater supply in the con-stituency and repair de-funct water pipes at theearliest. The Minister alsoissued directions to PDDdepartment for immediaterepairing of electric polesand damaged electric linesin the area.Later, theMinister convened a publicDarbar to get first hand ap-praisal of issues faced bythem in different areas ofthe constituency.

Ansari tours Pattan constituencyReviews status of development works

MLA Kulgammeets GovernorSRINAGAR, MAY 14:

Sh M.Y. Tarigami,MLA Kulgam, metGovernor N.N. Vohra atthe Raj Bhavan today.

Among other mattersShri Tarigami informedGovernor about the dis-cussions held at the AllParty Meeting convenedby the State Governmentlast week and pointed tothe subsisting chal-lenges in the path of re-gaining normalcy in theValley.

Governor re-iteratedhis view, repeatedly ex-pressed over the past sev-eral years, about the cru-cial importance of lead-ers of all political, reli-gious, social, economicand other organisationsin the State, includingeven those who havevastly different views,getting together toevolve an agreed ap-proach which is foundedin satisfying the basicminimum aspirations ofthe various segments ofsociety. Observing thatcontinuing unrest has in-volved not only heavyhuman and economiclosses but also jeopar-dised the careerprospects of several lakhyouth whose academicschedules continue to beadversely affected,Governor urged ShriTarigami to continue hissustained endeavoursfor promoting the wel-fare of the State and itspeople.

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Glimpses of Future

By : Zoya Hasan

The growing conflict between Dalitsand Hindutva must be seen in the contextof the paradigm shift in U.P. politics. UttarPradesh’s pivotal importance to Indianpolitics is hard to exaggerate. Anyone whowishes to rule India must control thisState. The Bhartiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s)biggest win in 2014 came from U.P., whichwas instrumental in providing NarendraModi with a clear majority in the LokSabha. The party won 73 (with its ally) ofthe State’s 80 seats, while its nearest rivals,the Samajwadi Party (SP) and theCongress, got only five and two seats, re-spectively. The BJP repeated this perform-ance in the 2017 Assembly election, win-ning 325 seats (with its ally) in the 403-member State Assembly, which is about80% of the seats. No party has ever regis-tered such a colossal tally, not even IndiraGandhi, whose party, the Congress, hadwon 309 seats in the then 425-memberAssembly in 1980. An alienation But bare-ly a year after its stunning victory the situ-ation has changed significantly. Thestrongest sign of the changing public moodis the growing alienation of Dalits from thegovernment. Even though many Dalitsvoted for the BJP in 2014, they feel exclud-ed from access to power and the benefits itbrings. Attacks on Dalits have not ceasedeven after the national furore over theSaharanpur violence in May 2017. A Dalitstudent of Allahabad University waslynched in February. Some of the BJP’sScheduled Caste MPs from U.P. wrote tothe Prime Minister to express their an-guish over these incidents. One of them ac-cused the government of only paying lipservice and not doing anything for the ben-efit of the community. This unusual devel-opment had occurred just days after the

BJP lost in its bastions, Gorakhpur andPhulpur (which is part of Allahabad dis-trict), to the SP-Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) alliance in the by-elections pushingscores of Dalits towards the anti-BJPcamp. Elements of a strategy The growingconflict between Dalits and Hindutva mustbe seen in the context of the paradigm shiftin U.P.’s politics which is increasingly de-fined in narrow majoritarian terms, evenas the BJP is seeking to co-opt the op-pressed groups within its electoral um-brella. Two key elements of the BJP’s elec-toral strategy are inclusion/visibility ofDalits and exclusion/invisibility ofMuslims. It has shown that it can win elec-tions without Muslims even though theyconstitute a fifth of the State’s population,which is larger than the population of sev-eral Muslim-majority countries. By con-trast, it has made every effort to demon-strate its love for Dalits. But they are un-

happy with the terms of endearment sincethey want greater Dalit representation toaddress their concerns regarding socialexclusion, food preferences, education,employment, housing, and so on. The BJPhas consistently used religious polarisa-tion to trump the caste divide in U.P., but ithasn’t succeeded; in fact, the divide hasbeen exacerbated by the cold caste and sub-caste calculations of its top leadership toundercut old forms of caste mobilisation.Moreover, the attempts to assimilateDalits within the fold by invoking the lega-cy of B.R. Ambedkar or the symbolism ofcommunal inter-dining is not enough tocool tempers of Dalits who face discrimi-nation and atrocities despite the stringentprovisions of the Scheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act, 1989. The instrumental useof both gestures is obvious to everyone; notsurprisingly, these gestures have failed to

quell the growing tide of discontent, withmany Dalit voters losing patience with theruling dispensation.

Elusive developmentDalit inclusion will work when their

core concerns are addressed and whenthere is overall development, which theState badly needs. Development and eco-nomic growth has, of course, been a con-stant leitmotif in the electoral campaignsof the BJP since 2014. But there is no evi-dence to show that Chief Minister YogiAdityanath is the leader who can deliverdevelopment for the State. In fact, the veryidea of development was sidelined by hiscontroversial appointment. He was in-stalled as Chief Minister to polarise publicopinion on Hindu-Muslim lines, and not topromote integration through develop-ment. His elevation signalled a decisiveshift from the dual strategy of combiningHindutva and development to a singularembrace of Hindutva which has been usedas a weapon of mass mobilisation to offsetthe fissures of caste, class, language andculture. Asked about Opposition partieslinking his speeches and work to Hindutvaand not development, the Chief Ministerreplied that “Hindutva and developmentare complementary to each other... Thosewho are opposing Hindutva are in fact op-posing development and Bharatiyata”. Inother words, even the optics of develop-ment and the claims of taking everyonealong through development will be sacri-ficed at the altar of Hindu nationalismahead of the 2019 election. Going by the pol-icy decisions of his government, the cowappears to be the fulcrum of the U.P. mod-el. It took centre stage in the government’sbudget with a record •233 crore allotted forthe welfare of cow and dairy development.In a similar vein, social sector spending

By : Prafull Goradia

Ever since the institution of Waqfswas established in 1185 AD, no attempthas been made to curb its adverse effects.On the contrary, the law was made morefavourable to the stakeholders. Whetherthe Uttar Pradesh Government can re-claim properties which stood on agricul-tural land or transfer them as Waqf assetsby holders having no ownership is a topi-cal question. It appears that the AllahabadHigh Court had asked the Government toreclaim them. However, the apex courthas, on appeal, stayed the judgement. Itwould, therefore, be interesting as well asrelevant to know how the institution ofWaqf was established in India.

The Muslim strategy, ardently sup-ported by self-styled secularists, is to in-sist that the Babri is a disputed propertywhich is best adjudged by a court of law.Since in our country justice is invariablydelayed, the hope is that no decision islikely to be made in the foreseeable future.Thereafter, the scope for an appeal is enor-mous. To play on the soft sentiments ofmost Hindus may not be difficult, espe-cially on the plea that a property whenturned into a Waqf goes into the owner-ship of Allah, the merciful. The Waqfs arethe biggest urban landlords in India.Their origin dates back to the life andtimes of Prophet Muhammad. The institu-tion began with a place called Khaybar inArabia. It was the genius for turning aconquered property into an inalienableownership. So is written by Asaf AA Fyzeein his book, Outlines of MuhammadanLaw, Oxford University Press (OUP),

Delhi, 1999.Joseph Schacht, an international au-

thority on Islamic law, in his book, origi-nally published by OUP in 1964, said, “TheWaqf has one of its roots in the contribu-tions to the holy wars which Muhammadhad incessantly demanded from his fol-lowers in Medina”. For one thing, a Waqfproperty is an outcome of conquest. If anyfurther proof of expropriation was re-quired in this context, the temple-turned-mosque provides it. The corollary of thisdevelopment would be that the conflictover the temples should extend to ques-tion the validity of the institution of Waqfitself. Uncannily, none other than theCaliph of all Sunni Islam and the Ottomanemperor thought it fit to abolish the insti-tution in his empire in 1917. Thus, thereare no Waqfs in Turkey, Libya, Egypt,Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq.In 1956, on the morrow of Tunisian inde-pendence, President Habib Bourguibaabolished Waqfs. Although every Waqifor donor claims that he has handed overthe property to Allah, the merciful,Muslim leaders, ranging from the conser-vative Caliph to the modern Bourguiba,did not think so. Fyzee goes on to observethat the importance of the institution willbe better understood if we take into con-sideration the enormous extent of Waqfland or the possessions of the Dead Handin the various countries of Islam. In theTurkey of 1925, three-fourth of the arableland, valued at 50.000.000 Turkish pounds,was endowed as Waqf. At the end of the19th century, one half of the cultivableland in Algiers was dedicated. Similarly,in Tunis, one-third; and in Egypt one-

eighth of the cultivated soil was ‘in theownership of God’. But it was already re-alised by the beginning of the 20th centu-ry, first by France and later in Turkey andEgypt, that the possession of the DeadHand spelled ruin. The institution of Waqfwas in some respects a handicap to thenatural growth and development of ahealthy economy. In 1830, the FrenchGovernment took over the habous or Waqfin Algiers, and later on in Morocco.Elsewhere, Government control wasmade more stringent. In 1924, the Turkishrepublic abolished the Ministry of Waqfsand it was taken over by a general directo-ry, or by the secular state administration,as we would call it. In Egypt, it wasMuhammad Ali who first confiscated all

agricultural Waqfs and compensated thebeneficiaries and in 1924, the WaqfMinistry came directly under the controlof Parliament. Although in Russia, Waqfsexisted in Muslim districts for centuries,soon after the revolution, such endow-ments were confiscated and declared stateproperty. The religious motive of Waqf isthe origin of the legal fiction that Waqfproperty belongs to God; the economic ru-in that it brings about is indicated by thesignificant phrase ‘The Dead Hand’. Waqf,to some extent ameliorates poverty, but ithas a dark side too. When a father pro-vides a certain income to his children anddescendants, the impulse to seek educa-tion and the initiative to improve their lot

By : T.M. Thomas Isaac

Political alignments should not comein the way of defending the fiscal rights ofStates. My fellow Finance Ministers in theStates, I hope you will agree that the awardof the Finance Commission is vital to Statefinances. Some of us who met initially atThiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and later atAmaravati, Andhra Pradesh, are worriedabout the implications of the terms of refer-ence (ToR) of the Finance Commission de-termined by the Union government. The is-sues related to inter se distribution of re-sources are what have drawn attention andmade headlines. But the issues at stake aremuch larger. What the ToR challenge arethe federal values enshrined in theConstitution and the modicum of fiscal au-tonomy State governments enjoy. I amwriting this open letter just in case youhave misunderstood that our concerns arelimited to a change in the population baseyear, from 1971 to 2011, which would in factaffect not only the southern States in gen-eral but also other States where populationgrowth has declined. We will certainly bemaking our legitimate claim not to be pe-nalised for implementation of the nationalpopulation policy. As has always been thecase, in the memorandum we are to submitto the Finance Commission, we can agreeto disagree as to what the best criteria forhorizontal distribution are. But all of us inthe Union of India have a common stake inthe vertical distribution of resources be-tween the Union government and theStates as a whole. I am afraid that for politi-cal reasons many of us are failing to under-take this national duty to defend the rightsof States on the one hand and the fiscal fed-

eralism of the country on the other. I wantto raise before you, in public, some of the is-sues in the ToR which are going to adverse-ly affect the financial resources and fiscalautonomy of States. If any of my fellowFinance Ministers has a different opinion,please join me in a public debate. I fervent-ly hope that at least some of you will do so.First, is there any Finance Minister who

will welcome a reduction in the share oftaxes of the States from the 42% that wasawarded by the 14th Finance Commission?This is precisely what the ToR propose todo. What else is the meaning of item 6(iv) inthe ToR? Never before in India’s historyhas the Finance Commission been asked toreview the award of its predecessor. A re-minder of certain facts: 32% of the 13th

Finance Commission and 42% of the 14thFinance Commission are not comparable.The first refers to non-plan revenue expen-diture and the second to total revenue ex-penditure. Plan grants have been terminat-ed. Further, the Government of India hasincreased our share of Centrally sponsoredschemes so that the overall devolution as ashare of GDP has remained more or lessthe same. The goods and services tax (GST)has further worsened vertical devolutiondue to the 50:50 sharing of taxes. You justread the ToR with respect to the GST whereit is made out that the GST is going to ad-versely affect Central resources. Thewhole argument of an asymmetric GSTburden is a joke. Second, the idea of feder-alism ensures that every citizen of India isprovided comparable public services andtaxation. It is for this purpose that theConstitution has provided for the provi-sion of revenue deficit grant. No FinanceCommission can review this. How is it thenthat item 5 in the ToR says, “TheCommission may also examine whetherrevenue deficit grants be provided at all”?Don’t you agree that this is an infringe-ment on the constitutional rights given toStates? Borrowing rights Third, the ToRwant to curtail borrowing by States fromthe present 3% of Gross State DomesticProduct (GSDP) to 1.7% if the FiscalResponsibility and Budget ManagementReview Committee has its way with its rec-ommendation. We have just started exer-cising borrowing rights as recommendedby the 14th Finance Commission. If this isreversed, this will severely curtail capitalexpenditure of States. Further, there is amischievous angle to the ToR which has

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A historical perspective on Waqfs in India

An open letter to Finance Ministers

By : JS Rajput

Environmental educa-tion as a separate subjectshouldn’t fall victim to theneed for reducing the cur-riculum load. The subject isvital for comprehension ofexisting global concerns. Amajor policy issue that hasbeen pending for over twodecades now deserves a de-cision in the context of theformulation of the new edu-cation policy. The urgencyof preparing a new curricu-lum framework for schooleducation that must re-place the one prepared in2005. It is accepted in all ed-ucationally alert and activesystems that school cur-riculum revision must takeplace within five years, ifnot earlier. It need not de-pend on policy change.

No nation can afford tocontinue with textbooksprepared, say, in 2005 insubjects like environmen-tal education or computereducation in the year 2018-19. This is not only a centu-ry of change but a centuryof the ‘pace of change’.Systems have to be ener-gised and activated accord-ingly. The issue of environ-mental education as a sepa-rate subject is as importantas that of reducing curricu-lum load. The issue war-rants comprehension of theexisting developments inglobal concerns on envi-ronment and climatechange. The UNESCO-UN-EP Congress onEnvironmental Educationand Training held aroundthree decades ago in 1987,realised the urgency creat-ed by environmental degra-dation and its visible andfearsome futuristic impli-cations agreed:“Environmental educationshould simultaneously at-tempt to create awareness,transmit information,teach knowledge, develophabits and skills, promotevalues, provide criteriaand standards and presentguidelines for problem-solving and decision-mak-ing. It, therefore, aims atboth cognitive and affec-tive behaviour modifica-tion. The latter necessitatesboth classroom and field ac-tivities. This is an action-oriented, project-centred

and participatory processleading to self-confidence,positive attitude and per-sonal commitment to thegoal of environmental pro-tection. Furthermore, theprocess should be imple-mented through an inter-disciplinary approach.”

This consensus arrivedat a crucial juncture, led tothe UN member countriesto have a fresh look on thecontent and process of edu-cation. It led to extensivechanges in school educa-tion curriculum and also inthe process of teacher train-ing. The traditional Indianethos in continuity withthe ancient Indian textsand scriptures highlightsthe man-nature relation-ship, and enjoins on the hu-mankind to ensure thatthis ‘lifeline’ of a sensitivebond of mutuality betweenman and nature is dexter-ously maintained. The an-cient Indian civilisationputs all living beings at par,desires human beings tosee divinity in animals,birds, trees and plants.There is so much to belearnt from Indian tradi-tions in the context of cur-rent complication of cli-mate change, environmen-tal degradation andunchecked pollution that itforces billions to breathepoisonous air, drink pollut-ed water and eat toxicfoods. The ashrams and gu-rukuls made young ones in-vestigate and get familiarwith the biophysical worldaround them and realisehow it was critical to thevery sustainability of hu-man life. At this juncture, aserious assessment of dete-rioration has to be madeconsistently to project howthe harmony of man-naturerelationship is being de-stroyed by human activi-ties. It is a primary schoolteacher who now has themost prominent role toachieve an attitudinaltransformation not onlyamongst pupils, which iscomparatively easier atthat stage than to prepareparents to augment the val-ues and skills being impart-ed in this specific context.Initial years in schools con-stitute the stage at whichyoung children consider

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China has always remained a silent threat toIndia since 1947 and there is always a con-cern whenever neighbours increase their de-

fense power. China’s indigenously developed sec-ond aircraft carrier, Shandong also called as C-17/Type 001A started it sea trials. The yet to be chris-tened aircraft carrier left the dock of Dalian ShipBuilding Industry in the North-Eastern Coast ofChina to begin its much-awaited sea trials. Localmedia reports suggested that the first round of seatrials will be to test the aircraft carrier’s propul-sion, reliability and power. The aircraft will also betested for its speed, efficiency of communicationand radar systems, manoeuvrability and will alsobe checked for its armament capabilities. Reportssuggested that the trials are going to take place inthe Bohai Sea, inner gulfs of Yellow Sea and also inKorean Bay. The surrounding areas near DalianSea, parts of Bohai and Yellow seas were cordonedoff by the Liaoning Maritime SafetyAdministration. The activities that are going totake place for eight long days will be crucial forChinese Navy and the People’s Liberation ArmyNavy (PLAN) has high expectations from the air-craft carrier. The launch of Shandong is strategical-ly very important for India’s plan in Indian OceanRegion. Firstly, the new Chinese aircraft carrierhas displacement level of 70,000 tons and can carrymore number of fighter jets than India’s aircraftcarrier. It is also equipped with advanced S-bandradars and is also armed with HQ-10 missile batter-ies. Some experts might see this development asovershadowing India’s aircraft carrier projects.However, it would take a long time for Shandong tobe completely operational in the IOR. The geopoliti-cal dynamics in high seas have changed since last 18months. The focus is not just on East of Malacca, butalso on the West of Malacca Strait. The Chinesehave understood this factor really well and want toinfluence the entire region. They have establishedthemselves strongly on Djibouti in the West andwant to extend the same power over Eastern waters.India will have take measures to compete withChina in the changed international scenario.

Chinese might

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New Delhi, May 14 :

Former prime ministerManmohan Singh and other seniorCongress leaders have written toPresident Ram Nath Kovind, askinghim to caution Prime MinisterNarendra Modi against using "unwar-ranted, threatening and intimidating"language to attack them. Citing theKarnataka poll campaign, they saidthe "threat" given out by Modi to lead-ers of the party needs to be condemnedas it does not behove the prime minis-ter of a "constitutionally governeddemocratic country of 1.3 billion peo-

ple". The letter has been signed byManmohan Singh as well as seniorCongress leaders A K Antony, GhulamNabi Azad, Ahmed Patel, PChidambaram, Ashok Gehlot,Mallikarjun Kharge, Karan Singh,Ambika Soni, Kamal Nath, AnandSharma, Motilal Vora, Digvijay Singhand Mukul Wasnik.

The Congress leaders referred toModi's speech on May 6 at Hubli inKarnataka in which he is quoted assaying, "Congress ke neta kaankholkar sun lijiye, agar seemaon kopaar karoge, to yeh Modi hai, lene kedene pad jayenge (Congress leadersshould clearly hear out, if you cross

limits, then this is Modi and you willhave to pay a price)".

The letter has also given aYouTube link to the speech. "ThePresident may caution the PrimeMinister from using such unwarrant-ed, threatening and intimidating lan-guage against leaders of the CongressParty or any other party or person as itdoes not behove the position of thePrime Minister," it said. The primeminister, it stated, is not expected touse menacing language even in thecourse of an election campaign. Thisis tantamount to a prime minister us-ing his powers and privileges to "settlepersonal and political scores", the let-

ter said. Referring to the oath of office,it said the prime minister of Indiaholds a very special position under theConstitution. The Congress leaderssaid all prime ministers of India in thepast have maintained immense digni-ty and decorum in the discharge ofpublic or private functions/actions."The threat held out by the PrimeMinister to the INC's leadership de-serves to be condemned. This cannot

be the language of the Prime Ministerof a constitutionally governed demo-cratic country of 1.3 Billion people.

"Such discourse whether in publicor private is unacceptable conduct.The words used are menacing and in-timidating with intent to insult andprovoke breach of the peace," theCongress leaders added. They said theCongress is the oldest party in Indiaand has faced many challenges and

threats, even as its leadership has ex-hibited courage and fearlessness infacing them. "We would like to statethat neither the party nor our leaderswill be cowed down by such threats,"they said. According to the letter, thepresident of India is the constitutionalhead of the Union of India and enjoyshigh duty and obligation to advise andguide the prime minister and his cabi-net.

Caution Modi against 'intimidating' language, Cong leaders tell Prez

gradually decreases. Charitable aid often keeps peopleaway from industry, and lethargy breeds degeneration.Furthermore, some people, who desire fame by making en-dowments, obtain property by shady means, amounting toexploitation. Land deteriorates in the course of time; noone is concerned with keeping it in good trim; the yieldlessens. In India, instances of mismanagement of Waqfs; ofthe in effectiveness of mutawallis (managers); and of thedestruction of Waqf property have often come before thecourts. For India, there are several other arguments thatsupport the abolition of Waqfs. The dispute over a Waqf inthe late 19th century eventually went up to the highestcourt of appeal, namely the Privy Council in London. Thefour British judges described the Waqf as “a perpetuity ofthe worst and the most pernicious kind” and declared it tobe invalid. In the Privy Council, the judges were LordWatson, Lord Hobhouse, Lord Shand and Sir RichardCouch. A gift may be illusory whether from its smallamount or from the uncertainty. If a man were to settle acrore of rupees, and provide ten for the poor, that would beat once recognised as illusory.

It is equally illusory to make a provision for the poorunder which they are not entitled to receive a rupee till af-ter the total extinction of a family; possibly not for hun-dreds of years; possibly not until the property had van-ished away under the wasting agencies of litigation ormalfeasance or misfortune; certainly not as long as thereexists on the earth one of those objects whom the donor’sreally cared to maintain in a high position. TheirLordships agree that the poor have been put into this settle-

ment merely to give it a colour of piety, and so to legalisearrangements meant to serve for the aggrandisement of afamily. Fyzee has deeply regretted that the Privy Counciljudgement did not prevail in India. The Mussalman WakfValidating Act, 1913, proved to be the saviour of this insti-tution. No attempt has since been made to either abolish orcurb the adverse effects of Waqf. On the contrary, the lawwas made more favourable to the Muslims as a result of theAct of 1995. To quote Fyzee: Speaking for myself, and in thelight of actual experience, it is unfortunate that the opinionof Lord Hobhouse in Abul Fata’s case did not prevail inIndia. Nevertheless, Waqfs in India date back almost to thebeginning of the Sultanat of Delhi. S Athar Husain and SKhalid Rashid, in their work, Waqf Laws andAdministration in India, Eastern Book Company,Lucknow,1968, have traced their history. According tothem, Sultan Muizuddin Sam Ghaor dedicated two villagesin favour of the Jama Masjid of Multan and handed its ad-ministration to Shaikhul Islam. Another commentator,Ahmedullah Khan has recalled several properties whichwere brought under Waqf much earlier. For example, thedargah of Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer Sharief as well asNagaur in Rajputana, Hansi and Ajodhan in Punjab, thedargah-i-Sabiri at Kalyar and the dargah of ShaykhAhmed’ Abdal Haqq at Rudauli. The Government of inde-pendent India found it expedient not to interfere with theoperation of the Waqf laws. Political expediency dictatedthis unfortunate approach just as Article 44 of theConstitution with regard to the personal law of theMuslims has remained a pious lip-service.

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asked the Finance Commission to explore the conditions tobe imposed on borrowing by States. So far, there has beenno condition on the 3% of GSDP fiscal deficit ceiling. Wehave to reject outright this incursion into the fiscal free-dom of States. Fourth, the 14th Finance Commission di-rected its efforts to ensure that the discretionary elementin the grant given by the Commission is totally eliminated.It is loud and clear from the ToR that the Union govern-ment is using the Finance Commission route to imposeconditionalities through a plethora of conditional grants.Item 7 in the ToR talks about incentivising nine items and Iam not against many of them. But the choice should be left

to States. Equally unacceptable is the reference to populistschemes which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of electedState governments. Is this not undemocratic? My appeal toeveryone is to join hands to uphold the Constitution andthe right of States and block the sinister move to under-mine the basic tenets of fiscal federalism in India. On ourdifferences over the criteria of inter se distribution weshall agree to disagree and approach the Fifteenth FinanceCommission individually in our memorandum. I appeal tothose who are in agreement to join us in this effort to pro-tect the constitutional rights of States. Let political alignmentsnot stand in the way of defending the rights of States.

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has been reduced while religious tourism is being given aboost. Mr. Adityanath made a plethora of promises such asbuilding houses, toilets, laying roads and providing 24-hourelectricity supply. But these promises are unlikely to be ful-filled, which is causing restlessness even among peoplewho voted to bring the BJP to power in 2017. This is evidentfrom several events in the past few months. In October 2017,sugarcane farmers burned their crop in front of the U.P.Assembly after the government increased the minimumsupport price by only •10; in January, farmers unhappywith the minimum support price for their potato harvestdumped the crop in front of the houses of VVIPs inLucknow; and the much-hyped farm loan waiver turned in-to a farce as many of the beneficiaries received waivers ofamounts as small as •1 to •500. The employment situationremains grim, as large-scale government recruitments themajor source of public employment in the State are not reg-ular and even previously conducted exams, for instance, forclearing the backlog in police jobs have been cancelled. Anextravagant ‘UP Investors Summit 2018’ held in Februaryto boost investment in the hope of creating employmentcannot promote industrialisation and job creation unlessthe structural constraints of underdevelopment are re-moved. Closing the gap What seems to be working for the

BJP is the disarray in the Opposition camp. However, thiscan change as political majorities are constituted and re-constituted in changing historical and political circum-stances. Political majorities are contingent and do not last,at least in part because the Opposition parties make adjust-ments to capitalise on opportunities. The Mandal (caste)and Mandir (religion) interregnum of the early 1990s signi-fied the arrival of identity politics, which upstaged reli-gious politics that was catapulted by the Ayodhya move-ment to take centrestage. The ensuing upper caste-back-ward caste confrontation displaced the Congress from itsposition of dominance in U.P. and prevented the BJP fromreinforcing its political clout despite unprecedented publicsupport for Hindutva in north India for the first time sinceIndependence. Twenty-five years later, in 2104, the BJPclosed the gap between the economic and the politicalsphere with its mantra of development to secure a popularmandate. Currently, the Opposition is making tactical ad-justments to counter the overarching narrative of Hindunationalism. The by-election results demonstrate that if thetwo main Opposition parties combine, they can give theBJP a run for its money. If there is one State whereOpposition unity can upset the BJP’s plans for majorityrule in 2019, it is U.P.

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their teacher as an icon that can do no wrong. They acceptevery suggestion and idea presented by the teacher and tryto fit it in the curiosity and creativity they are gifted with‘naturally’. The National Curriculum Framework forSchool Education, released by the NCERT on November 14,2000, clearly mentions that learning during the first twoyears is to be designed around concrete situations related tothe immediate environment, encouraging children to ob-serve, explore, discover their surroundings; and all thatthey are familiar with. This would be enriched once theteacher also becomes a co-learner. The ingenuity of theteacher finds a real challenge at this stage.

“The experience and activities can be gradually struc-tured during the remaining three years of primary educa-tion where environmental studies were to introduced”, inaddition to the learning of language and maths. In classes Iand II, children are supported in recognising the social andnatural environment without any distinction or division.As children move ahead to the upper primary, they begin toappreciate the inter-relationship of “science, technologyand human enterprise”. This is the stage where the teacherhas to strengthen and concretise it with his efforts that takedue note of the curiosity and creativity of the child whichbegins to explore wide dimensions. This is the right stage tointroduce environmental studies. At the upper primarystage, children must be encouraged to comprehend man-made phenomenon and their import and implications. Bythis stage, the child himself begins to analyse the “world be-fore him”. Under the guidance of committed teachers,he/she begins to question some of the approaches of the eld-ers that do not fit in the civil behaviour. This could includecasual approach to cleanliness, wastage of water, electrici-ty and food, smoking among others. The value of clean airand water and role of trees, green cover and forests impactstheir thought and action. By the time they complete 10 yearsof schooling, children could become fully active and alert tojoin the march towards saving the planet earth.

It has already suffered an irreversible damage becauseof the wanton destruction of natural resources, withoutperforming his duties to maintain the sensitive balance be-tween man and nature. This situation was best articulatedby Mahatma Gandhi in one single sentence: “Nature hassufficient resources to meet the needs of everyone, but notthe greed of anyone.” This is now globally referred to practi-

cally in every international gathering on environmentaldegradation, global warming and climate change. In spiteof several global initiatives launched by individual coun-tries and also motivated and encouraged by the interna-tional agencies, things are getting from bad to worse.Taking a comprehensive view, 17 Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDG) were delineated and accepted for achievementby all UN countries. In these, the SDG-4 pertains to educa-tion: “Ensure inclusive and equitable education and pro-mote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” The conceptof “Education for Sustainable Development” (ESD) is “com-monly understood as education that encourages changes inknowledge, skills, values and attitudes to enable a moresustainable and just society for all. ESD aims to empowerand equip current and future generations to meet theirneeds using a balanced and integrated approach to the eco-nomic, social and environmental dimensions of sustain-able development”. Essentially, the concept of ESDemerged out of the global realisation that education could,and must, play its part in preparing people to confrontgrowing environmental challenges that were emerging infrightening proportions and threatening the very existenceof the planet earth. In India, considerable work in environ-mental education has been accomplished through theschool education sector, creation of a ministry of environ-ment and the creation of professional institutions by theGovernments and voluntary bodies. One issue needs to beresolved at the policy level as it has been pending for overthree decades. The Supreme Court of India had, in 1991 andin 2003, directed the NCERT to prepare a model syllabusmaking the study of environmental education a separatecompulsory subject. It was in March/April 2003 that theNCERT submitted a detailed model syllabus to the Court asper its directive. It was not objected by any of the StateGovernments. Hence, the Court issued orders for its imple-mentation. Several State Governments went ahead accord-ingly. However, after the change of the Government in 2004,the contention submitted to the Court was that all that need-ed to be included in the Environmental Education is al-ready being covered in the curriculum and the textual ma-terials, in an infusion approach. A solution may be hiddenin the right response to the query: Does the infusion ap-proach impact equally or more than what its study as a sep-arate subject could achieve? It must be resolved early.

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Vadodara (Guj), May 14

BJP MP Satish Kumar Gautam,who triggered a row when he demand-ed that a portrait of Muhammad AliJinnah be removed from AligarhMuslim University, has criticised for-mer vice president Hamid Ansari forsupporting students over the issue.Ansari had backed the students' de-mand for action against intruders whocreated a ruckus on the varsity cam-pus over the portrait on May 2, whenhe was to have been conferred with lifemembership of the AMU Students'Union.

The event was cancelled becauseof violent protests allegedly led byright-wing Hindu activists over the re-moval of the portrait of the MuslimLeague leader and founder ofPakistan. "Ansari, who had held thesenior post of the country's vice presi-dent, should have refrained from sup-

porting the students and issuing sucha statement," Gautam told PTI on thephone today. The former vice presi-dent and diplomat, who had also stud-ied at AMU, said the disruption, itsprecise timing and the "excuse manu-factured for justifying it" raised ques-

tions.He said the students' peaceful stir

was commendable. Certain groupshave been demanding the removal ofthe portrait hanging in AMU and theirprotests led to clashes on the campuson May 2. Gautam, the Lok Sabhamember from Aligarh who was here toattend a private event, said he hadwritten a letter to AMU ViceChancellor Tariq Mansoor, askinghim to explain why Jinnah's portraitwas displayed in the students' unionoffice. "As an elected MP from thearea, it is my duty to write the letterand demand the removal of the por-trait," he asserted, adding that therewas no politics behind his action.Gautam wondered why portraits ofMahatma Gandhi and SardarVallabhbhai Patel were not displayedin Pakistan. The BJP leader said thequestion of allowing Jinnah's portraitin AMU does not arise as he was "re-sponsible for dividing India".

AMU Jinnah portrait row: BJP MP criticises ex-VP Hamid Ansari

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New Delhi, May 14 :

The Delhi Police today filed a chargesheet in a court here accusing Congressleader Shashi Tharoor of abetting the sui-cide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.

Tharoor is the only person who has beenarrayed as an accused in the case. The po-lice in its charge sheet, which runs intoaround 3,000 pages, has also alleged thatTharoor had subjected his wife to cruelty.

The police filed the charge sheet in themysterious death of Pushkar beforeMetropolitan Magistrate DharmendraSingh, who will consider it on May 24. It alsourged the court to summon Tharoor as anaccused. Pushkar was found dead in a luxu-ry hotel room on the night of January 17,2014. The Congress leader has been chargedunder sections 498 A (husband or his rela-tive subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306(abetment of suicide) of the Indian PenalCode. The charge sheet, which includes sev-eral annexures, said that Pushkar diedwithin three years, three months and 15days of her marriage with Tharoor, who is

the Lok Sabha MP fromThiruvananthapuram. The couple had en-tered into wedlock on August 22, 2010.

Pushkar was found dead in the suite ofthe South Delhi hotel on January 17, 2014.The suite was sealed that night itself for in-vestigation. An FIR was registered by DelhiPolice on January 1, 2015 against unknownpersons under IPC section 302 (murder).

Police files charge sheet in SunandaPushkar death case in Delhi court

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Ballia (UP), May 14 :

Two statues, one of Daliticon B R Ambedkar and an-other of Sant Ravidas, werefound damaged in a villageunder Gadwar police stationarea in this district follow-ing which a case was regis-tered, police said today. Thevillagers of Majhova in-formed about the vandalismfollowing which an FIR hasbeen lodged against un-known persons, Gadwar po-lice station in-charge RamSingh said. He said repairwork of the statues was on.SP Sriparna Ganguly saidthe village pradhan andchowkidar had been giventhe responsibility of protect-ing the statues. Further ac-tion will be taken after ques-tioning them, the SP said.

Ambedkar, SantRavidas statuesfound damagedin Ballia distt

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New Delhi, May 14 :

Cracking the whip, thegovernment today askedthe board of AllahabadBank to take away all thepowers of its CEO and MDUshaAnanthasubramanian, for-mer chief of PunjabNational Bank, in connec-tion with the USD 2 billionfraud in PNB. The board ofPunjab National Bank(PNB) too has been asked todivest two executive direc-tors of all powers, FinancialServices Secretary RajivKumar told reporters here.The announcement camewithin hours of CBI filingits first chargesheet in the

country's largest financialscam of more than USD Rs 2billion in PNB allegedly per-petrated by billionaire jew-eller Nirav Modi. Thechargesheet has detailedthe alleged role of formerPNB chiefAnanthasubramanian, who

is now Allahabad Bank CEOand MD, in the scam.Ananthasubramanian wasthe MD and CEO of PNBfrom 2015 to 2017 and wasquestioned recently by theCBI in connection with thecase. The CBI has alsonamed PNB executive di-rectors K V Brahmaji Raoand Sanjiv Sharan, and gen-eral manager (internation-al operations) Nehal Ahadin its chargesheet. TheFinancial ServicesSecretary further said ashow cause notice was is-sued to them about 10-daysback by the ministry. He al-so informed that the boardmeeting of PNB was on andthe ministry was waitingfor its resolution.

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New Delhi, May 14 :

The Council for theIndian School CertificateExaminations (CISCE) to-day declared the resultsfor Classes 10 and 12, withgirls once again outshin-ing boys.

Class 10 resultsrecorded a pass percent-age of 98.5 per cent, while96.21 per cent of the stu-dents passed Class 12 ex-am, said Gerry Arathoon,CEO of the Council.Mumbai's Swayam Daswas the Class 10 all-Indiatopper with a score 99.4per cent. Seven studentshave topped the Class 12exam with an identicalscore of 99.5 per cent, hesaid.

ICSE, ISC results declared; girlsout perform boys yet again

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New Delhi, May 14 :

Sahapedia, an open online re-source on art and culture, is markingInternational Museum Day by holdinga host of programmes including muse-um walks, workshops and baithaks(talks) across 15 cities. The week-longevent kicked off with guided tours ofNational Handicrafts and HandloomsMuseum in Delhi and Sanskar Kendrain Ahmedabad on Sunday.

Organised in partnership with theDelhi Police, the walk in the nationalcapital was customised for childrenwho were taken on a tour of theNational Handicrafts and HandloomsMuseum that houses a vast collectionof tribal and rural crafts as well as tex-

tiles and jewellery. "In Ahmedabad theparticipants visited the iconicSanskar Kendra, marking the start ofa week of walks and workshops led bya host of researchers and subject ex-perts in these cities," the organiserssaid in a statement. Aimed at "raisingawareness around museums and iden-tifying them as significant spaces forcultural exchange and enrichment",the event will encourage people to un-derstand their histories and traditionsthrough antiquities, artefacts andknowledge protected and conservedby museums. "Additionally, thisyear's theme Hyper-connected muse-ums: New approaches, new publics isaligned with Sahapedia's Museum ofIndia project's vision of engaging withmuseum professionals and the audi-

ence through varied mediums avail-able, both online and offline," VaibhavChauhan, Secretary, Sahapedia, said.Apart from Delhi and Ahmedabad, theevent will hold programmes inMumbai, Srinagar, Jodhpur, Kolkata,Shillong, Baroda, Amritsar, Allahabad,Varanasi, Kochi, Bengaluru,Gurugram and Chandigarh. Theevents also include specially craftedwalks for underprivileged children inpartnership with CRY in Bengaluruand Magic Bus in Mumbai. A specialblindfold tactile art workshop titledAnubhuti' will be organised in Delhion May 18 in partnership with Accessfor ALL. In Chandigarh a museumwalk and a storytelling session will beheld at the International Doll Museumon May 19.

Sahapedia marks International MuseumDay with week-long events in 15 cities

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Singapore, May 14 (PTI)

North Korea's latestand largest undergroundnuclear test last year waspowerful enough to move amountain, say scientistswho found that the bombwas 10 times stronger thanthe one dropped by the USon Hiroshima during WorldWar II.

Researchers, includingthose from NanyangTechnological Universityin Singapore andUniversity of California,Berkeley in the US, showedhow the explosion alteredthe mountain above the det-onation. The nuclear test onSeptember 3, 2017 took placeunder Mt Mantap at the

Punggye-ri nuclear test sitein the country's north, rock-ing the area like a 5.2-mag-nitude earthquake, accord-ing to the study publishedin the journal Science.

Based on seismicrecordings from global andregional networks, and be-fore-and-after radar meas-urements of the ground sur-face from Germany'sTerraSAR-X and Japan'sALOS-2 radar imagingsatellites, researchersshowed that the under-ground nuclear blastpushed the surface of MtMantap outward by asmuch as 3.5 metres and leftthe mountain about 0.5 me-tres shorter. By modelling

the event on a computer,they were able to pinpointthe location of the explosionand its depth, 400-600 me-tres below the peak.

They also located moreprecisely another seismicevent, or aftershock, thatoccurred 8.5 minutes afterthe nuclear explosion, put-ting it some 700 metressouth of the bomb blast.This is about halfway be-tween the site of the nucleardetonation and an accesstunnel entrance and mayhave been caused by the col-lapse of part of the tunnel orof a cavity remaining from aprevious nuclear explosion.

"This is the first timethe complete three-dimen-

sional surface displace-ments associated with anunderground nuclear testwere imaged and presentedto the public," said TengWang of the EarthObservatory of Singaporeat Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity. Putting all ofthis together, the re-searchers estimate that thenuclear test, North Korea'ssixth and the fifth inside Mt.Mantap, had a yield be-tween 120 and 300 kilotons,about 10 times the strengthof the bomb dropped by theUS on Hiroshima duringWorld War II.

That makes it either asmall hydrogen, or fusion,bomb or a large atomic, or

fission, bomb. The explo-sion occurred more than a450 metres below the sum-mit of Mt Mantap, vaporis-ing granite rock within acavity about 50 metresacross - the size of a footballstadium - and damaging avolume of rock about 300metres across.

The blast likely raisedthe mountain two metresand pushed it outward up to3-4 metres, though withinminutes, hours or days therock above the cavity col-lapsed to form a depres-sion.Eight and a half min-utes after the bomb blast, anearby underground cavitycollapsed, producing the4.5-magnitude aftershock

with the characteristics ofan implosion.

Subsequently, a muchlarger volume of fracturedrock, perhaps 1-2 kilome-tres across, compacted,causing the mountain tosubside to about 0.5 metreslower than before the blast.While it is possible to dis-criminate explosions fromnatural earthquakes usingseismic waveforms, the un-certainty can be large, re-searchers aid.

Explosions often triggernearby earthquake faults orother natural rock move-ments that make the seis-mic signals look earth-quake-like, confusing theanalysis.

N Korea's latest nuclear test 10 timesstronger than Hiroshima bomb

Sharif's statement about Mumbaiattack was 'misreported':Pak PMIslamabad, May 14 (PTI)

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi saidtoday that former premier Nawaz Sharif clarified to himthat his statement about the Mumbai terror attack was"misreported". Abbasi said this while talking to seniorjournalists after an emergency meeting of the NationalSecurity Committee (NSC) - Pakistan's top civil-militarybody - that condemned Sharif's "fallacious" statement andtermed it as "incorrect and misleading". Sharif, for thefirst time, questioned Pakistan's policy to allow the "non-state actors" to cross the border and "kill" people inMumbai as he publicly acknowledged in an interviewthat militant groups are active in the country. Abbasisaid he also held a meeting with Sharif after the NSCmeeting and asserted that Sharif did not say what was re-ported in the media about the Mumbai attack. "A few sen-tences (from the newspaper interview) were blown out ofproportion and context. I have clarified those (state-ments)," Abbasi asserted. Stating that the NSC dismissedthose words which were misreported, Abbasi said themeeting did not condemn Sharif but incorrect reportingof his interview. "Indian media is giving the issue a differ-ent hue, and we should not be a part of it," he said. Abbasisaid there was no tension between the civil and military.He said misunderstandings are removed in the light ofthe facts. He expressed full support for Sharif and said theentire party, including party president Shehbaz Sharif,stands with him. "Nawaz Sharif is still our Quaid(supreme leader) ," he said. He said that no one forced himto talk to the media and it was his own decision to give theexplanatory statement. Abbasi said that he will not re-sign and complete the term.

Army chief honours fallen IPKFpersonnel in LankaColombo, May 14 (PTI)

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat today paid tributeto Indian Peace Keeping Force personnel who died dur-ing the Sri Lankan civil war.

Gen Rawat placed a floral wreath at the IPKF monu-ment here and saluted the Indian soldiers who laid downtheir lives in Sri Lanka's fight against terrorism, the mili-tary said. The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was sta-tioned in Sri Lanka's war-torn north and east between1987 and 1990.The army chief arrived here yesterday on aweek-long official visit at the invitation of his Sri Lankancounterpart Lieutenant General MaheshSenanayake.During his stay in Sri Lanka, Gen Rawat isscheduled to call on President Maithripala Sirisena,Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the state minis-ter of defence, and Sri Lankan mnilitary commanders.Hewill also visit the Sri Lanka Military Academy atDiyatalawa, the eastern port district of Trincomalee andthe southern port district of Galle, the military said.

London, May 14 (PTI)

Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar todayinvited the Indian diasporain Scotland to come and in-vest in the state and becomea part of its growth story.

Interacting with theIndian diaspora in Glasgow-- which included businesspersons, doctors, engineersand IT professionals -- theChief Minister listed out anumber of measures takenby his government to makeHaryana the place to investin. He said single-roof sys-tem had been implementedunder which all necessaryclearances for setting up in-dustrial units were provid-ed under one roof within a

maximum of 45 days."Beyond 45 days, all

clearances are deemed tohave been cleared," saidKhattar, who is leading ahigh-level delegation to theUK to woo investors, ac-cording to a statement is-sued by the Haryana gov-ernment. He said that thegovernment has abolishedInspector Raj and imple-mented the system of self-certification. "For settingup any Rs 5,000-crore proj-ect, demand-based facilitiesare being provided.

"The state governmenthad taken concrete meas-ures to further ease theease-of-doing business, cre-ate infrastructure con-

ducive to the growth of in-dustry, and provide logis-tics and infrastructuralsupport," the Chief Ministersaid, highlighting steps tak-en to boost industry.Khattar lauded the roleplayed by Indian diasporain the UK in building India'spositive image overseas.Hesaid the state's new incen-tives-laced industrial policyand close proximity thestate enjoyed to the interna-tional airport in New Delhi,Haryana has emerged as apreferred destination forentrepreneurs. The ConsulGeneral of India inEdinburgh, Anju Ranjan,was also present on the oc-casion.

Khattar invites Indian diasporain Glasgow to invest in state

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands as his supporters gathered outside his hotel inLondon. Erdogan started a three-day visit to Britain by praising the country as "an ally and a strategicpartner, but also a real friend."

Washington, May 14

In a surprising overtureto China, President DonaldTrump says he would help aChinese telecommunica-tions company get "back in-to business," saying toomany jobs in China are atstake after the U.S. govern-ment cut off access to itsAmerican suppliers.

At issue is theCommerce Department'smove last month to blockthe ZTE Corp., a major sup-plier of telecoms networksand smartphones based insouthern China, from im-porting American compo-nents for seven years.

The US accused ZTE ofmisleading American regu-lators after it settledcharges of violating sanc-tions against North Koreaand Iran.

The case dates to beforeTrump took office inJanuary 2007 but theCommerce Department'sdecision came amid wors-ening trade tensions be-tween the US and China

centered on technology-re-lated intellectual property.

Trump's unexpected an-nouncement Sunday cameas the two countries pre-pared to continue tradetalks in Washington thisweek. Given his past vowsto stop the flow of US jobs toChina and crack down onwhat he says are unfairtrade practices, Trump'stweet of concern aboutChinese jobs was some-thing of a backflip.

"A reversal of the ZTEdecision could temporarilytamp down trade tensionsby allowing the Chinese tomake concessions to theU.S. without losing face,"said Eswar Prasad, a profes-sor of trade policy at CornellUniversity.

"Trump may have rec-ognized that backing off onZTE clears the path for himto claim at least a partialvictory in the US-Chinatrade dispute based on the

concessions the Chineseseem prepared to offer."ZTE, which has more than70,000 employees and hassupplied networks or equip-ment to some of the world'sbiggest telecoms compa-nies, said in early May thatit had halted its main opera-tions as a result of the de-partment's "denial order."

Trump, who has taken ahard line on trade and tech-nology issues with Beijing,tweeted that he and Chineseleader Xi Jinping "are work-ing together to give massiveChinese phone company,ZTE, a way to get back intobusiness, fast.

Too many jobs in Chinalost. CommerceDepartment has been in-structed to get it done!"Expanding on Trump's mes-sage, White House deputypress secretary LindsayWalters said in a statement,"The President's tweet un-derscores the importance ofa free, fair, balanced, andmutually beneficial eco-nomic, trade and invest-ment relationship between

the United States andChina."

It was not exactly clearwhat Trump was proposingfor ZTE, or whether itwould involve rolling backthe CommerceDepartment's decision. TheWhite House deferred to theCommerce Department onany specific questions relat-ing to ongoing regulator ac-tion.

In a later tweet, Trumpsuggested the U.S. andChina were moving for-ward on the trade negotia-tions, but it was not clearhow the ZTE case would fitinto the bigger picture. "I'venever seen a president stepin and reverse an agency de-cision like this. It's notclear, of course, if he's plan-ning to really reverse it orthink of a solution in a larg-er context, but it is some-thing that is just out of thenorm," said AmandaDeBusk, the chair of the in-ternational trade depart-ment at the New York City-based law firm HughesHubbard & Reed.

Trump: US will help penalized Chinese companyPutrajaya, May 14

Malaysia's new PrimeMinister MahathirMohamad officially gotdown to work today afterhis shock election win lastweek broke the six-decadestranglehold of a corrup-tion-riddled regime.

The elderly leader, whois starting his second stintas premier after having pre-viously been in office fortwo decades, arrived at theoffice of a foundation heruns in the administrativecapital Putrajaya.

Escorted by police vehi-cles, he briefly rolled downthe window of his black carto wave at waiting re-porters. He was due to holdmeetings with senior civilservants. Mahathirstormed to an unlikely elec-tion victory at the head of anopposition alliance againstthe Barisan Nasional (BN)coalition and its corruption-mired leader Najib Razak,toppling the regime thathad led Malaysia since inde-

pendence from Britain in1957.

Voters turned out enmasse to oust Najib after hewas accused of involvementin plundering billions ofdollars from sovereignwealth fund 1MDB in a so-phisticated fraud that isnow being investigated inseveral countries. Both heand 1MDB deny any wrong-doing.

The 92-year-oldMahathir -- who was him-self accused of ruling withan iron fist in his first stintas premier that ended in2003 -- is now the world's old-est elected leader. The stockmarket opened for the firsttime since Wednesday'spolls but did not slide asheavily as had been antici-pated after Mahathir soughtin a weekend speech to calminvestors. It initially lost 2.7per cent but quickly wonback ground and was downjust 0.2 per cent about anhour after opening.

Local currency the ring-

git slipped as much as 0.9per cent against the US dol-lar. Stocks linked to the pre-vious regime suffered, withlow-cost carrier AirAsiadropping as much as 13 percent. The airline's boss,Tony Fernandes, apolo-gised Sunday after offeringa glowing endorsement ofNajib days before the elec-tion, flying with him on anAirAsia plane painted inthe blue colours of theleader's coalition. Ooi ChinHock, a dealer with SJSecurities, told AFP he be-lieved the "government issupporting the stock mar-ket to make sure there is nottoo much volatility".

Still, it has not been allsmooth sailing since thehistoric win, with concernsover the slow formation ofthe cabinet as different par-ties in the winning alliancejostle for positions.Mahathir appointed threeministers at the weekenddespite previously havingsaid he would name 10 cabi-

Malaysia's Mahathir gets down towork after historic poll win

Beijing, May 14 (PTI)

A Chinese plane with128 people on board wasforced to divert to anoth-er airport for an emer-gency landing today aftera cockpit window broke,injuring a co-pilot and acrew member, officialssaid.

The Flight 3U8633, op-erated by SichuanAirlines, was en routefrom southwest China'sChongqing Municipalityto Lhasa, capital of TibetAutonomous Region. Itwas forced to divert toChengdu, capital ofSichuan Province, state-run Xinhua news agencyreported.According to theCivil AviationAdministration of China(CAAC), part of the cock-pit window broke as theAirbus A319 flew overChengdu, the report said.

Other media reportssaid part of the cockpitwindow fell out in mid-flight.

The crew enactedemergency code 7700 andlanded in Chengdu. All

passengers are safe, al-though the co-pilot sus-tained injuries on the faceand waist, and anothercrew member was slight-ly hurt during the emer-gency landing, accordingto the CAAC.

Sichuan Airlines con-firmed the diversion, andsaid that an investigationis under way. The planelanded in Chengdu at 7:46am today.

There were 119 pas-sengers and nine crewmembers on board, ac-cording to the airline,which has arranged an-other flight to take thepassengers to Lhasa.

Video footage shot bypassengers showed bag-gage falling from over-head lockers during theemergency landing andoxygen masks droppingfor use.

An unnamed womanpassenger told the BeijingYouth Daily the accidenthappened about one hourafter the plane took off.

Some passengerscried out and others vom-ited and felt dizziness, she

was quoted as saying."(We) don't know what

happened to the pilot. Weowe him for saving every-body and were worriedabout him," she said.

An aviation bloggersaid online that the pilotwould have had to landthe Airbus A319 in diffi-cult conditions, with lowtemperatures in the cock-pit, strong winds andsome equipment not func-tioning properly, HongKong-based South ChinaMorning Post reported.

Last month, an AirIndia flight fromAmristar to New Delhiwith over 240 passengersexperienced turbulenceleaving at least three peo-ple with minor injuriesand causing a windowpanel inside the aircraftto break away.

a separate incident inthe US same month, amother was killed after ajet engine of Southwestairlines exploded duringa flight. A few weeks lat-er, a cracked windowprompted another emer-gency landing.

Chinese airliner makes emergency landingafter cockpit window falls out: report Surabaya, May 14

A family of five, includ-ing a child, carried out thesuicide bombing of a policeheadquarters in Indonesia'ssecond city Surabaya today,police said, a day after adeadly wave of attacks onchurches staged by anotherfamily.

The spate of bombingshas rocked Indonesia, withthe Islamic State groupclaiming the church attacksand raising fears about itsinfluence in Southeast Asiaas its dreams of a MiddleEastern caliphate fizzle.

Indonesia, which is setto host the Asian Games injust three months, has longstruggled with Islamist mil-itancy, including the 2002Bali bombings that killedover 200 people -- mostly for-eign tourists -- in the coun-try's worst-ever terror at-tack. Security forces havearrested hundreds of mili-tants during a sustainedcrackdown that smashedsome networks, and mostrecent attacks have beenlow-level and targeted do-mestic security forces.

But that changed yester-day as a family of six -- in-cluding two young girls --staged suicide bombings of

churches during morningservices in Surabaya,killing 18 including thebombers.

Today, members of an-other family blew them-selves up at a police stationin the city, wounding 10."There were five people ontwo motorbikes. One ofthem was a little kid," na-tional police chief TitoKarnavian said. "This isone family." An eight-year-old girl from the family sur-vived the attack and wastaken to hospital, while hermother, father and twobrothers died in the blast,he said. The church attackswere claimed by the IslamicState group.

The father of the churchsuicide bombers was a localleader in extremist networkJamaah Ansharut Daulah(JAD) which supports IS,and the second family wasalso linked to the the group.

"It ordered and gave in-structions for its cells tomake a move," Karnaviansaid of the Islamic State'srole in the church attacks.

He added that the bomb-ings may have also been mo-tivated by the arrest of JADleadership, including jailedradical Aman

Abdurrahman, and werelinked to a deadly prison ri-ot staged by Islamist prison-ers at a high-security jailnear Jakarta last week.

Abdurrahman has beenconnected to several deadlyincidents, including a 2016gun and suicide attack inthe capital Jakarta that leftfour attackers and fourcivilians dead.

Despite their apparentallegiance to IS, the church-bombing family were not re-turnees from Syria, policesaid Monday, correctingtheir earlier statements.

However, hundreds ofIndonesians have flocked inrecent years to fight along-side IS in its bid to carve outa caliphate ruled by strictIslamic law.

Its ambitions have beenreined in after losing mostof the land it once occupiedin Iraq and Syria, and thereare concerns that jihadistswill now turn their focus onestablishing a base inSoutheast Asia.

On Sunday evening,just hours after the churchbombings, a further threepeople in another familywere killed and two wound-ed when another bomb ex-ploded at an apartment

complex about 30 kilome-tres from Surabaya.

That explosion ap-peared to have been an acci-dental detonation thatkilled a mother and her 17-year-old child who was notidentified.

The woman's husband --a confidante of the husbandbehind the church bomb-ings Dita Oepriyanto -- wasbadly injured in the explo-sion.

Police said they arrivedafter the explosion and shotthe injured man, AntonFebrianto, as he held abomb detonator in his hand.

"When we searched theflat we found pipe bombs,similar to pipe bombs wefound near the churches,"said Karnavian.

Authorities saidMonday they shot a suspectdescribed as the second-ranking member of the JADcell in Surabaya, while fourothers were arrested.

Indonesian police havefoiled numerous terrorplots, but the coordinatednature of Sunday's churchbombings and the subse-quent blasts point to moresophisticated planningthan in the past, analystssaid.

Two families staged Indonesian suicide bombings: policePetition to initiatetreason case

against Sharif filein Pak court

Lahore, May 14 (PTI)

A petition was filed to-day in a Pakistani court toregister a treason case

against ousted prime min-ister Nawaz Sharif for hiscontroversial remarksquestioning the policy toallow the "non-state ac-tors" to cross the borderand "kill" people in

Mumbai in 2008. The peti-tion was filed in the

Lahore High Court by ad-vocate Aftab Virk on be-half of Pakistan AwaamiTehreek's Khurram

Nawaz Gandapur, allegingthat Sharif's statement isagainst national securityand state institutions.Sharif on Saturday pub-licly acknowledged in aninterview that militant or-ganisations are active inPakistan and questionedthe policy to allow the

"non-state actors" to crossthe border and "kill" peo-ple in Mumbai.The peti-tion also prayed the courtto initiate proceedingsagainst him, The Express

Tribune reported.

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JAMMU MONDAY MAY 14, 2018spOrts9 Glimpses of Future

Mumbai, May 14 (PTI)

Having secured a hat-trick of wins, RajasthanRoyals will look to carry thewinning momentumagainst Kolkata KnightRiders in their next IPL fix-ture and inch closer to aplay-off berth, said RRseamer Dhawal Kulkarni.

Rajasthan kept alivetheir play-off hopes by beat-ing defending championsMumbai Indians by sevenwickets with two overs tospare last night.

The Ajinkya Rahane-ledside will face two-timechampions Kolkata KnightRiders tomorrow at EdensGardens. All the games arecrucial for us. Maybe, in thenext game we've got a goodchance to beat KolkataKnight Riders. With the mo-mentum that we've got, I'msure we'll be able to do that,said Kulkarni after theRoyals' victory at theWankhede Stadium lastnight. Rajasthan Royalsclimbed up to the fifth spotwith 12 points in as manygames following their thirdvictory on the trot achievedriding on opener JosButtler's blistering unbeat-en knock of 94 in 53 balls his

second successive, uncon-quered 90-plus score in thecompetition.

On the move to promoteButtler to the top of the or-der, Kulkarni said: I think itwas a collective decision ofthe captain, (head of crick-et) Zubin (Bharucha), (men-tor) Shane (Warne) and(batting coach) Amol(Muzumdar). So he's doingwell for us and I hope hecontinues to be in that formfor us. Fast bowler JofraArcher also contributedwith early strikes in succes-sive balls to send back in-form Mumbai Indians open-er Suryakumar Yadav and

skipper Rohit Sharma.Kulkarni said he was

not surprised by the impactmade by Archer againstRajasthan. I feel a bowlerwho's bowling at 145(kmph), it's very difficultfor a batsman to face that -especially with the way hebowls, the high arm actionthat he's got. Wankhede'swicket has got good bounceand good carry. He's beenbowling consistently well.But today it was special," hesaid. "The wicket assistedhim really well. The way hewas getting that bounce! Ijust wished that he got a hat-trick. MI's Australian all

rounder Ben Cutting felt thehosts were 20 runs short of awinning total.

To be honest I'm proba-bly the wrong person to ask -I faced four balls and I didn'tbowl. From what I saw, it isalways a little difficult withlittle bit of dew coming inbatting second.

"We were probably 20runs short with the bat. Andthat was the difference, hesaid when asked about thetrack on which his sidewere restricted to 168 for6.He said it was a difficulttask to stop an in-form bats-man like Buttler. It's tough.I'm not sure. We were prettyclose to our plans tonight.Missed a few balls with exe-cution here and there, butthat happens in Twenty20cricket. He's in red hot formand he's scored, what, 500runs? His confidence is highand he's striking the ballwell. He played very well,said Cutting. He also re-called the last-over losses inthe opening few games thathas come back to hurtMumbai. Had we won two ofthose four games we would-n't be having the same con-versation. We'd be sittingcomfortably on 14-16 points,he rued.

We have momentum towin next game: Kulkarni

Wellington, May 14

New Zealand boxerDavid Nyika appealed to-day for the return of theheavyweight gold medal hewon at last month'sCommonwealth Games af-ter it was stolen from his carin Auckland. Nyika said hewas taking the medal toshow a young fan at a schoolin the city when he realisedthieves had snatched itfrom his vehicle. "At first Iwas quite embarrassedabout it, but now I'm just an-gry," the 22-year-old toldTVNZ."I just want themedal back. It's almostworthless to anyone but me,you know, so I really hope Ican get it back." DetectiveSergeant Paul Slater saidpolice were reviewingCCTV footage from loca-tions around Auckland tocatch theculprits."Obviously aCommonwealth Gamesmedal is very distinctive

and of high sentimental val-ue to the victim and his fam-ily," he said."Our priority isto return this medal to itsrightful owner." It's almostworthless to anyone but me,you know, so I really hope Ican get it back." DetectiveSergeant Paul Slater saidpolice were reviewingCCTV footage from loca-tions around Auckland tocatch the culprits." Nyikawon light-heavyweight goldat the GlasgowCommonwealth Games in2014, then followed up withgold in the heavyweight di-vision this year onAustralia's Gold Coast.

The 22-year-old was bit-ten by Antigua's YakitaAska in his opening boutbut went on to defeatAustralia's Jason Whateleyin the final. After the win hespoke about joining fellowKiwi heavyweight JosephParker in the professionalranks.

Kiwi boxer Nyika's Commonwealthgold medal stolen

RR captain Ajinkya Rahane fined Rs 12 lakh forslow-over rate against MI

Mumbai May 14:

Rajasthan skipper Ajinkya Rahane has been fined Rs12 lakh after his team maintained slow over-rate duringtheir Indian Premier League match against Mumbai atthe Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Last night, theRahane-led side, outclassed the defending championsMumbai by seven wickets, courtesy of a whirlwind un-beaten 94 by opener Jos Buttler who struck his fifth con-secutive fifty in the tournament."Rajasthan Royals cap-tain Ajinkya Rahane has been fined after his team main-tained a slow over-rate during their IPL match againstMumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai onMay 13," an IPL release said on Monday. "As it was histeam's first offence of the season under the IPL's Code ofConduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Mr.Rahane was fined Rs 12 lakh," the release said. Rajasthanwill play Kolkata at the Edens Gardens on Tuesday.

Roger Federer replaces Rafael Nadal asnumber one, Novak Djokovic on the slideParis May 14:

Rafael Nadal's surprise quarter-final exit at theMadrid Masters has seen the Spaniard replaced as worldnumber one by Roger Federer in the latest ATP rankingspublished on Monday. Federer returns to the top spot de-spite not having played since March. Former world No. 1Novak Djokovic slipped six places to 18th after his secondround defeat in Madrid, his lowest ranking since October2006.Madrid winner Alexander Zverev remains in third,but the man he beat in Sunday's final, Dominic Thiem,dropped a place to eighth despite knocking out Nadal onhis way to facing Zverev.

Thiem saw off Kevin Anderson in the semi-finals andit is the South African who inherits his seventh spot, the31-year-old's highest ever ranking.

The highest mover in the men's charts is Madrid se-mi-finalist Denis Shapovalov with the Russian teenagerjumping 14 rungs to a best ever 29th.

JAMMU, May 14:

Department ofGeography andDepartment of ComputerSciences (MCA) baggedmen and women’s Caromtitles respectively in theinter-department competi-tions of University ofJammu (JU) held on theCampus, here today.

In the men’s final,Geography trounced

Department ofMathematics 2-0. Earlier,in the semifinals,Department of Geographyoutplayed Department ofPhysical Education 2-0 andMathematics trounced theLaw School 2-1.

Similarly, in women’scategory, MCA downed theLaw School 2-0 in the titleclash. Semifinals: LawSchool bt Department ofGeography 2-1; MCA bt

Department of PhysicalEducation 2-1.

The finals witnessedbesides others by DirectorSports and PhysicalEducation, JU, Dr DaudIqbal Baba, who congratu-lated the winners. Amongothers present wereRavish Vaid, GaganKumar, Vikas Kailopia,Harvinder Singh, SanjeevSharma and PardeepKumar. Meanwhile, in

Table Tennis event,Department of PhysicalEducation andDepartment of PoliticalSciences won the men’sand women’s titles respec-tively. In men’s final,Physical Education beatDepartment ofMathematics 3-0 whilePolitical Science beatDepartment ofMathematics 3-0 to takeaway women’s title.

Inter-department sports meet of JU

Geography, MCA share Carom titles

Winners of Carom event pose with Director Sports, JU, Dr Dawood Iqbal Baba at JU Campus, Jammu on Monday.

JAMMU, May 14:

Apple KidsInternational Pre-School atBantalab, here celebratedMother’s Day in a uniquemanner with around 260young kids dedicating theirday-long activities to theirmothers.

Since Mothers hold aspecial place in the hearts ofchildren, the tiny toddlerswere involved in a numberof activities. These studentswere extended an opportu-

nity to show their affectionand appreciation for theirmothers.

“To show their love andrespect for their mother,kids participated in differ-ent activities with great en-thusiasm and fervor.Students made beautifulphoto frames and cards us-ing sparkles, beads,crayons, colorful ribbonsetc. to delight their lovingand caring mother,”Principal of the Apple Kids,Arti Sharma said.

Appreciating the effortsput in by tiny toddlers inmaking number of specialhandmade gifts, thePrincipal said, “Mother’sday is the perfect time to ex-press your love towardsyour mom and make herfeel special for all her self-less love towards you.”Later, students displayedthe colorful frames andcards prepared by them.

A cultural program wasalso organized whereinteachers actively took part.

Apple Kids Bantalab celebrates Mother’s Day

Young students along with teachers celebrate Mother’s Day at Apple Kids Bantalab in Jammu.

Kolkata, May 14 (PTI)

A buoyant Kolkata Knight Riderswill lock horns with a charged upRajasthan Royals in a battle for sur-vival at the Indian Premier LeagueT20 tournament here tomorrow.

Their fate hanging in balance, aloss in the penultimate league roundmatch may virtually sound the deathknell for one of the two teams.

It's a mad scramble for the twoavailable play-off berths with fiveteams including KKR and RR, whoare tied on 12 points, remaining in thehunt. To make the competitionstiffer, both the teams have picked uplate momentum in the business end ofthe tournament.Down after back-to-back defeats, KKR bounced back witha bang, posting the fourth highest to-tal of the IPL -- 245/6 -- to down KingsXI Punjab by 31 runs in their lastmatch.From being on the verge ofelimination, RR too have returned tothe reckoning with a hat-trick ofwins, thanks to the imperious formshown by Jos Buttler who was ad-judged man-of-the-match in all thethree victories. The RR opener struckan unbeaten 94 to seal an easy seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians lastnight. This was the English wicket-keeper-batsman's fifth consecutivehalf-century -- an IPL record jointlyheld with Virender Sehwag.

His scores in the last five inningsread 67, 51, 82, 95*, 94* and Buttleralong with allrounder Ben Stokes,who has played in different positions

in the batting order, will be the twomajor threats for KKR. Half of theirbattle will be won if the DineshKarthik-led side can dismiss theEnglish duo cheaply. The skipper willlook to go all out with their spin at-tack to exploit their weakness.Thatskipper Ajinkya Rahane is in the mid-dle of a lean patch will augur well forthe KKR team who will look to con-clude their last home match of theround robin league on a high.

With the Eden Gardens slated tohost Eliminator and Playoff Two,KKR may have a chance to play againat home if they can finish at third orfouth position in the IPL table.Rahane has 280 runs from 12 inningswith a woeful average of 28.00 and it'shigh time that he returns among runsto give their batting a stability. KKRbatting, on the other hand, look aforce with the likes of Sunil Narine,Dinesh Karthik and youngsterShubman Gill -- all in fine form.

Narine slammed 75 off 36 balls,while Karthik smashed a 23-ball 50 intheir big total in Indore. With his ex-ploits with both bat and ball, Narine

has emerged as the most valuableplayer for KKR and the Trinidadianwill once again look to play a key role.

Narine's battle with Buttler willbe one of the key contests of the game.

Skipper Karthik has quietly donehis job in the batting and averages ahealthy 46.37 (371 runs) and he toowill eye a good show with the bat to-morrow.Nothing much separates theteams in terms of head to head (7-7)count and it seems another mouth-watering contest might be on thecards.

Teams (From): Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh

Karthik (c), Sunil Narine, AndreRussell, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa,Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla,Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna,Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson,Shubman Gill, R. Vinay Kumar,Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport,Javon Searless, Apoorv Wankhade,Ishank Jaggi, Tom Curran.

Rajasthan Royals: AjinkyaRahane (C), Ben Stokes, StuartBinny, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler,Rahul Tripathi, D Arcy Short,Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer,Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat,Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh,Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra,Sudhesan Midhun, Ben Laughlin,Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla,Jatin Saxena, DushmanthaChameera, Heinrich Klaasen, IshSodhi.

Match starts at 8 PM.

KKR, RR face off in battle for survival

JAMMU, May 14:

Abhinav Sharma and Sumit Kumar ofthe SAI Training Centre (STC) Jammu havebeen selected amongst the probable for theNational Junior Basketball team on the ba-sis of their performance in the just conclud-ed 69th Junior National Championship atLudhiana in Punjab.Both the trainees, ifshortlisted further, shall be eligible forKhelo India scholarships. However,Gourav Rajwal, another trainee of the STCJammu, was left out despite his outstandingperformance in the championship due toheight bar of 180 cm which was fixed by theselection committee, a handout issued heretoday informed. to mention here that J&Kteam put up their best ever performance atany National event, winning six of the sev-en matches. During their dream run, J&Kregistered convincing victories againstOdisha, Bihar, Goa, West Bengal and

Mizoram and got awalkover against Chhatisgarh. The Stateteam lost to their lone game to Uttrakhandafter leading till the third quarter. teamwhich returned today was received withflowers by the parents and the members ofthe J&K Basketball Association. PresidentJKBA Vikramaditya Singh, secretary DrVikram Handa and treasurer Ashok Singhhave appreciated the unprecedented per-formance of the J&K team, the handoutmentioned.

STC trainees in National Basketball team

Dublin May 14:

Bowling coach AzharMahmood admittedPakistan were "concerned"by Mohammad Amir's earlyexit from the third day'splay against Ireland atMalahide just over a weekbefore the start of a Test se-ries with England.

Left-arm quick Amirwent off with whatMahmood said was a recur-rence of a "chronic" leftknee injury after a briefspell in Test debutantsIreland's second innings af-ter Pakistan enforced thefollow-on on Sunday.

It was a frustrating endto the day for Amir, with the

25-year-old having both EdJoyce (39 not out) and cap-tain William Porterfield (23not out) dropped off hisbowling in that 3.2 overburst before the openerstook Ireland to 64 withoutloss at the close -- still 116runs behind Pakistan's 310for nine declared.

The first Test againstEngland gets underway atLord's on May 24.It was alsoat Lord's where the now 26-year-old Amir's cricket ca-reer almost came to an endfollowing his involvementin a spot-fixing scandal dur-ing a 2010 Test againstEngland.

Amir was given a jailsentence by an English

court and a five-year ban bythe International CricketCouncil.He made his returnto the world stage two yearsago, with Mahmood sug-gesting Amir's lengthy timeaway from the game alliedto the fact he had been in-volved in all three interna-tional formats -- Tests, one-dayers and Twenty20s --since coming back had tak-en a toll on Amir, who lastseason helped Essex winEnglish cricket's first-classCounty Championship.-'Workload' -"Unfortunately, he cameback after five years (out)and since he came back hehas played every format forus," said Mahmood, himself

a former Pakistan pacebowling all-rounder."Wehave to manage his work-load as well so maybe that'sa sign for us to in the futureto see where he stands.

"We are working onthat, and hopefully we cancome up with something."Meanwhile Mahmood wasclear Pakistan did not wantAmir, who has taken 95wickets in 30 matches be-fore this match, concentrat-ing solely on limited-overscricket as a fitness meas-ure."We want him to playTest cricket because he'sour number one bowler andwe want him to run in andbowl for us so if workload -- Ihave seen a lot of bowlers .

IPL 2018: Familiaritywith Wankhedewicket helped me,says Jos ButtlerMumbai May 14:

Brimming with confi-dence after smashing hisfifth successive half-centu-ry, THE in-form JosButtler said familiarity ofthe Wankhede trackhelped him score runs asRajasthan beat Mumbai byseven wickets to keep theirplay-off hopes alive.

Buttler's unbeaten 94helped Rajasthan defeatdefending championsMumbai with two overs tospare keeping them firmlyin contention of reachingthe Play-offs. "Nice to comeback here, I enjoyed mytime at Mumbai and itproperly helped to knowthe conditions. The famil-iarity of the ground andthe wicket helped me to-day. I'm in a good head-space and looking forwardto the next game," Buttlersaid at the post-matchpresentation ceremony

Buttler, who played forMumbai in 2016 and 2017,has been in tremendousform scoring five consecu-tive half centuries, includ-ing unbeaten knocks of 94and 95 in the previous twogames against Mumbaiand Chennai respectively.He also scored 82 againstPunjab.

"I'm really enjoying it,found some good form, it'sa do-or-die situation andI'm full of confidence sowant to keep it going," theEnglish batsman said. Theswashbuckling batsman ishoping his experience inthe middle order will helphim bat through the in-nings scoring moreruns."I've spent a lot oftime batting in the middleorder, so if I can batthrough the first six overs Ican tie the two together. Itry to be there till the end,"Buttler said.

Mohammad Amir injury 'concerns' Pakistan

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Alia Bhatt’s Raazi collects Rs13.72 crore internationally inthe opening weekend

Did you notice Neena Gupta’s Cannes 2018 outfitwas same as Neha Dhupia’s mehendi outfit?

Taimur Ali Khan andKareena Kapoor Khanstep out for an eveningtea with Amrita AroraLadak

Mithun Chakraborty suffering from a bad back,in Delhi for treatment

Here is a picture of Ranveer Singh working out in hisunderwear and no, it’s not what you are thinking

After Rishta LikhengeHum Naya, TejasswiPrakash to star in the newseason of Comedy Circus?

Remember how we allwere crushing over RanveerSingh when he upped his gym-game for Befikre. Female fanswould not stop drooling overpictures of his hot bod. Hewent for an even bulkier andshredded look for his next filmPadmaavat. So, this one is forall the men who are only nowthinking of joining the gym af-ter looking at the actor. Hislatest picture will break it toyou casually that it is too latefor you now. On his Instagrampage, Ranveer posted a throw-back picture where he is seenworking out when he was justkid. Yes, that is when youwere supposed to start sweat-ing it out in the gym if youwanted an enviable body.Ranveer is seen in a mere un-derwear, looking cute, work-ing on his cardio in this sepia-toned picture. Okay, we arekidding. It is never too late to

start working out. In fact, thispost should inspire you moreto hit the gym and stay moti-vated.Ranveer was trainedby Mustafa Ahmed for hislook in Padmaavat. In a me-dia interaction, Mustafa re-vealed the workout sessionthat he made Ranveer followhigh-intensity interval train-ing (HIIT). HIITs includedpush-ups, burpees, deadliftsand squats. Ranveer is stillgetting praises for his per-formance in Sanjay LeelaBhansali’s Padmaavat. Andalready he has a few interest-ing projects lined up. He is re-uniting with his DilDhadakne Do director ZoyaAkhtar for a new film tellingthe story of music from thestreets of Mumbai. TitledGully Boy, the movie takes in-spiration from the lives ofpopular street rappers likeDivine.

Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty, who has im-pressed us with his performances in films likeAgneepath, OMG! Oh My God and many others hasbeen unwell for a while. The 65-year old actor whowas suffering from a bad back was away from thelimelight for almost a year. He and was at his Ootyresidence, where he was recuperating well againstthe illness. Post that, Mithunda made some appear-ances in Television shows. The actor is currently inDelhi, where he is undergoing a medical treatmentand responding to medication. Many industry insid-ers have wished a speedy recovery to the three-timeNational Award winning actor. Talking about hiswork front, there are rumours that he will be seen ina pivotal role in Ram Gopal Varma’s upcoming film.Apart from that, the actor is reported to be a part ofVivek Agnihotri’s The Tashkent Files which alsostars Naseeruddin Shah in a key role. It is a periodthriller which is based on the death of Indian PrimeMinister Lal Bahadur Shastri. Anyway, we wish theactors get well soon and entertain us with his bril-liant act…

Well, our Monday just got better. Youmay have guessed the reason already.

Bollywood’s mini nawab, Taimur Ali Khan wasseen today afternoon at Amrita Arora Ladak’sresidence. He was accompanied by his momma,Kareena Kapoor Khan and nanny. It seemed tobe an evening outing for the little fellow. Taimurcame in the car sitting on his mom’s lap. As al-ways, his eyes were looking for the cameras. Hecame out hand-in-hand with his mother and wecan see that he is a confident kid. The little fel-low was wearing a blue and white sailor stripedT-shirt along with orange shorts. It was teamedwith matching Crocs. The little fellow’s summerdressing is always on point courtesy mummyKareena Kapoor Khan. The Bollywood diva wasin black trackpants with a light blue shirt andcomfy white flats. She is showing an inclinationfor luxury athleisure nowadays. Amrita andKareena enjoyed a cup of tea in the balcony,which we guess is a breezy spot. It also has apool, which Taimur loves and how! We have seenhow his nanny struggles to keep him away fromthe water.

Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya, starring Tejasswi Prakash andRohit Suchanti, is one of the most loved shows on Indian televi-sion. While the first season of the show, titled Pehredaar Piya Kiwent off air owing to the government ban, the second season wasloved for the stars’ sizzling chemistry. Moreover, Tejasswi woneveryone’s hearts with her gorgeous looks and acting chops.And obviously, fans are upset, as she will not be seen on thesmall screen after the show going off air, this May. But we havegood news, as she will tickle your funny bones as a contestant onthe new season of Comedy Circus. Although, there is no confir-mation on the same. When India Forums contacted her, she said,“Yes I am approached, but nothing is confirmed yet.” The showthat gave us renowned comedians like Kapil Sharma, BhartiSingh, Krushna Abhishek and others, is one of the cult shows ofsmall screen and with chances of Tejasswi joining the show,fans are surely eager to get a confirmation from the makersabout it.

Alia Bhatt’s espionagedrama Raazi has been de-clared a hit by the critics andthe trade gurus. The movie isgetting a rave response allover. And when we say allover, we mean it. Apart fromIndia, the movie is doing wellin the international circuitas well. From the businessperspective, in key markets,the movie has minted awhopping amount of $2.03million, Rs 13.72 crore, in the

opening weekend.Phenomenal, given the smallbudget of the film. Directedby Meghna Gulzar, Raazitraces the story of an Indianspy, Sehmat, given the taskto spy on her Pakistani in-laws. The movie also starsRajit Kapur, Vicky Kaushal,Jaideep Ahlawat in keyroles. The movie is based onHarinder Sikka’s novelCalling Sehmat which is in-spired by real events.

Talking about its Indianbusiness, Raazi has mintedRs 32.94 crore, and by doingso it has surpassed Alia’s pre-vious heroine-centric filmHighway, which had collect-ed Rs 30.61 crore in its the-atrical run. ForBollywoodLife, AnkitaChaurasia reviewed the filmand wrote, “Alia Bhatt is thesoul of Raazi and there are notwo ways about it. Her turnfrom an innocent, naive stu-

dent to a seasoned, ruthlessspy is the stuff legends aremade of. She has her hand onthe pulse of the audience andholds them by the throat asshe takes one risk after theother. You find yourself hold-ing your breath and heavinga sigh of relief, along withSehmat. By the time the filmends, you want to do threethings – hold Sehmat closeand assure her that every-thing will be all right.

It is common to see actresses re-peat same or similar outfits. On someoccasions, it can become a serious is-sue with stylists getting an earfulfrom their clients. However, we don’tthink anything of that sort will hap-pen with this instance of same-same?Actress Neha Dhupia who shocked us

with her hush-hush wedding onThursday donned a Masaba kaftanfor her mehendi. The royal blue tend-ing towards purple kaftan is pricedabove Rs 12,000 and has big blockprints. While Neha wore it like a flow-ing kurta, Neena gave it a spin mak-ing it off-shouldered. The versatile

actress clicked happypictures with celebri-ty chef Vikas Khannain the French Riviera.We guess she was un-aware that Neha hadpicked up a similaroutfit for her mehendiceremony. As ru-mours suggest, it wasonly Karan Johar whoknew that Neha wasmarrying Angad Bediin a closed ceremonyin Noida. The film, di-rected by VikasKhanna is titled TheLast Colour. The filmis about a widowNoor, who is forbid-den from playing Holi.She finds a friend in ayoung girl, Chhoti.The film is set inVaranasi and hasbeen exquisitely shotby Vikas.Neena isproud mommy toMasaba. The young

designer is one of the most well-known ones in the country. SonamKapoor flaunted a Masaba sareewhen she was seen travelling to Delhiwith husband, Anand Ahuja. Thepeppermint green saree had floralmotifs. Stay tuned to BL for morescoop and updates!

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DB Quashes

against two Deputy Commissioners namely AshokParmar & Atul Dullo, Basant Ram, the then Tehsildar; OmPrakash the then Girdawar; Saleem Bandey, the thenPatwari. The Commission in its report dated 30.05.2008, in-ter alia, held that transfer of any title or interest in immov-able property on the basis of an unregistered deed cannotvest the land or any rights in the transferee. Thus, thetransfer was made in violation of provisions of Transfer ofProperty Act. It was also held that Basant Ram, the thenTehsildar, without giving an opportunity of hearing to thecomplainant and in stark contravention of Section 28-A(2)of J&K Agrarian Reforms Act, attested the mutation to di-vest the complainant of his rights in the property. Thus,the Tehsildar acted in hot haste and his action amounts to‘allegation’, as defined in Section 2(3) of theAccountability Commission Act (hereinafter referred toas ‘the Act). It was further held that the Act does not barCommission’s jurisdiction to consider a complaint in re-spect of quasi-judicial order. It was also held thatGirdawar acted in violation of Section 138 of Transfer ofProperty Act, as he changed the entry on the basis of un-registered deed. The Patwari also recorded mutation inthe Mutation Register notwithstanding the fact that leasewas not registered. It was held that Tehsildar, Girdawarand Patwari, therefore, deserve punishment in accor-dance with Rule 30 of Civil Services (Classification,Control & Appeal) Rules, 1956. Accordingly, recommenda-tions were made to terminate services of Basant Ram, thethen Tehsildar; Om Prakash the then Girdawar; SaleemBandey, the then Patwari and in respect of two DeputyCommissioners, namely Ashok Parmar and Atal Duloo,who did not take any action for a period of two years, it washeld that they owe an explanation to the StateGovernment and the same will be well advised to look intothe matter and to take necessary steps. Against this orderof State Accountablity Commission, present bunch of peti-tions filed. Division Bench after hearing Sr. Advs D CRaina, P N Raina, Advocates Rahul Pant, Adarsh Sharma,Manik Mahey, JA Hamal for the petitioners whereas Sr.Adv KS Johal with Adv RS Jamwal for the complainantwhereas Adv Parnav Kohli for the SAC, observed thatAfter having noticed the relevant statutory provisions aswell as the well settled legal principles referred to in thepreceding paragraphs, we may advert to the facts of thecase. From perusal of the contents of the perpetual leasedeed, it is axiomatic that complainant Mangotam Dasshad transferred his rights in the land admeasuring 3kanals 10 marlas and had duly sworn in an affidavit,which shows that the possession of the land was handedover to Jeet Singh in the year 1987. Mangotam Dass in theaffidavit has stated that entry in revenue records may beeffected in favour of Jeet Singh and he has no objection tothe same. Therefore, Basant Ram, the then Tehsildar, onthe basis of the report submitted by the Patwari, whichwas endorsed by the Girdawar, was required to attest themutation in view of Section 28-A of the J&K AgrarianReforms Act. It is also pertinent to mention here that theorder of attestation of mutation dated 14.05.2002 was up-held by the appellate authority vide order dated 27.02.2002and on a revision being preferred before the J&K SpecialTribunal, the matter was remanded to the Tehsildar forfurther enquiry on the ground that no opportunity of hear-ing was afforded to the complainant. It is also pertinent tomention here that the Deputy Commissioner, Udhampuron the basis of the report dated 04.02.2003 had directed theAssistant Commissioner (Revenue) to put up the draftcharge-sheet against the delinquent officials and, there-fore, the finding of the Commission that no action was tak-en by the Deputy Commissioners is perverse. TheCommission has failed to appreciate the expression ‘alle-gations’ as used in Section 2(3) of the Act in its proper per-spective. It ought to have appreciated that complainantbeing a tenant was conferred the rights of prospectiveowner under Section 8 of the J&K Agrarian Reforms Actand, as such, the complainant was not competent to trans-fer the land in terms of the Section 28 read with Section 28-A of the Act. The Commission has also failed to take intoaccount the fact that Section 32 of the J&K AgrarianReforms Act has an over-riding effect on the provisions ofSections 107 and 138 of the J&K Transfer of Property Act.Therefore, the finding recorded that the perpetual leasedeed was not a registered document and same could not berelied upon by the then Tehsildar for invoking Section 28-A of the J&K Agrarian Reforms Act is perverse. In anycase, some erroneous interpretation of provisions of lawcould not have brought the action of the delinquent offi-cials within the purview of the expression ‘allegations’ asdefined under Section 2(3) of the Act. DB further observedthat It is pertinent to note here that there is no allegationof corruption, favourtism, nepotism or lack of integrity inthe complaint and neither any corrupt motive has been at-tributed to the delinquent officials in the complaint. It isalso pertinent to mention here that the Commission hasalso not recorded any finding in its recommendations thatthe delinquent officials, namely, the petitioners are eitherguilty of corruption, favourtism, nepotism or lack of in-tegrity or the orders were passed for improper or corruptmotive. In other words, the findings recorded by theCommission do not bring the action of the petitionerswithin the meaning of the expression ‘allegations’ as de-fined under Section 2(3) of the Act. In any case, the misin-terpretation of a statutory provision could not have beentreated as a misconduct and on the aforesaid basis, it couldnot have been concluded in law by the Commission thatthe petitioners are liable for disciplinary action underRule 30 of the J&K Civil Services (Classification, Control& Appeal) Rules, 1956. DB further observed that So far asthe submission made by the learned counsel for theCommission that the petitions are premature is con-cerned, from perusal of Section 21 of the Act, it is evidentthat after receipt of the report of the Commission, the com-petent authority shall examine the report within a periodof 90 days from the date of receipt of such report and there-after, communicate to the Commission the action taken orproposed to be taken on the basis of the report. In the in-stant case, the Commission had only submitted the recom-mendations, on which the action was yet to be taken by thecompetent authority, which would have given cause of ac-tion to the petitioners to approach the court.

Mehbooba

here today. The Chief Minister took a detailed reviewregarding status and availability of power, drinking wa-ter, essential supplies, sanitation and other arrangementsmade by the concerned Departments for the comingmonth across the State. Mehbooba Mufti also directed theDCs and District SPs to ensure complete synergy betweencivil administration, Police and Army so that people donot face any inconvenience during offering prayers in latehours and early mornings. She also directed the districtadministrations across the State to remain alert and cau-tious and do not allow any anti social element to createany law and order issue. Mehbooba Mufti directed that un-interrupted supply of drinking water, power, essentialcommodities like sugar, meat, milk etc. be made availableto consumers without any difficulty. She directed theSrinagar Municipal Corporation and Urban Local Bodies

to ensure that cleaning of roads to places of congregationalprayers like Hazratbal, Jama Masjid, Peer Dastageersahib and other places is done on round the clock basis.She also directed the two Departments for management ofdog menace on the streets during nights so that people arenot inconvenienced during Fajr andTarawih prayers. TheChief Minister directed deployment of adequate manpow-er to manage and regulate traffic during peak hours at ma-jor junctions like Parimpora, Batwara and Rambagh, ma-jor towns of the State and on National Highway.Mehbooba Mufti also directed making available transportfacility, sanitation and street lighting for devotees toplaces of congregational prayers like Dargah Hazratbal,Jama Masjid, Srinagar, Jama Masjid, Jammu, HazratPeer Dastageer Sahib, Srinagar and other places acrossthe State. She also directed setting up of health facilitiesnear the places of congregational prayers in view of thehot summer season at Jammu. The Chief Minister direct-ed the PDD authorities to install High Mast lights atprominent places in the capital cities, particularly down-town Srinagar and Jama Masjid, Khanqah i Mou’la etc.where people generally pass through for offering congre-gational prayers. She directed strict regulation of powersupply during peak hours of Sehri and Iftaars and makingadequate number of transformers available for replace-ment so that people don’t face any difficulty in gettingpower supply. The meeting was briefed by the DivisionalCommissioners of Kashmir and Jammu about thearrangements put in place by the administration. She wasinformed that adequate arrangements of sanitation, streetlights, essential supplies and transport have been madeand also Control Rooms have been set up at district head-quarters where people can call in case of any difficulty.

The Chief Minister was informed that a RamadhanHelpline is being established at all district headquarterswhich people can contact in case of any distress. She wasalso informed that in many districts a revised curtailmentschedule of power has been prepared to ensure that no cur-tailment takes place at Iftaar and Sehri times.Additionally, she was informed that PDD has constitutedQuick Reaction Teams(QRT) to respond to any request forhelp to people in case of transformer damage or any otherdisruption in power supply. Mehbooba Mufti also re-viewed the arrangements put in place by District adminis-trations across the State in this regard. She also reviewedthe status of power supply and availability of transform-ers in the districts. In many districts, she was informedthat, school timing is also being readjusted so that stu-dents and teachers reach home before Iftaar. Ministers,Choudhary Zulfikar, Naeem Akhtar, Shyam Choudhary,Sat Sharma, Sunil Sharma and Asiea Naqash; ViceChairman, J&K Wakf Board, Nizamudin Bhat; ChiefSecretary, B. B. Vyas; Financial Commissioner, Housing& Urban Development, K B Aggarwal; ADGP, Security,Muneer Ahmad Khan; administrative secretaries of sev-eral related Departments; Divisional Commissioners ofKashmir and Jammu provinces; and heads of several fieldDepartments were present in the meeting. All the DeputyCommissioners and District SPs across the State attendedthe meeting through video conferencing.

Interlocutor

provision, which leads such women from the state toforfeit their right over property, also applies to their heirs.The top court was hearing a batch of pleas challengingArticle 35A in addition to the main writ petition filed by agroup called 'We The Citizens'. Several interlocutory peti-tions have been filed in support of Article 35A by variousindividuals and civil society groups seeking continuanceof the special status to J and K. This (discussion) is an on-going process. It is a sensitive issue," Venugopal told thebench, which also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkarand D Y Chandrachud. "Your lordships have seen what ishappening in Kashmir. The interlocutor is in the processof discussing it," the AG told the bench, which posted thematter for hearing on August 6. Senior advocate RakeshDwivedi, appearing for the J and K Government, alongwith its standing counsel Shoeb Alam, referred to twojudgements by the constitution bench of the apex courtand said the issues raised in the pleas challenging Article35A were covered by these verdicts. Senior advocateShekhar Naphade, also representing the state, said thatsince 1927, the position in this regard was clear and it can-not be decided like this. Senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, ap-pearing for one of the petitioners, said it was strange thatin J and K, a person who had migrated to Pakistan before1947, could come and settle down under law but those whowere residing there for generations cannot get a govern-ment job. He said students were debarred from getting ad-mission in government medical college there even afterqualifying the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test(NEET), only on the ground that he or she was not a perma-nent resident of the state. Another counsel appearing forthe petitioners said it was a "human issue" as around fivelakh people had migrated out of the state, were residing inplaces like Delhi and cannot go back to the valley.

A petitioner's counsel also referred to Article 14 (equal-ity before law) and Article 21 (protection of life and person-al liberty) of the Constitution and said those who have mi-grated from the valley have the right to return. However,Dwivedi told the court that since the issue required inter-pretation of the constitutional provision, no interim ordershould be passed in the matter. The state government,while defending Article 35 A, had cited two verdicts by theconstitution bench of the Supreme Court in 1961 and 1969which had upheld the powers of the President underArticle 370(1)(d) of the Constitution to pass constitutionalorders. The Article was incorporated in the Constitutionin 1954 by an order of President Rajendra Prasad on the ad-vice of the Jawaharlal Nehru Cabinet. It empowers thestate legislature to frame any law without attracting a chal-lenge on the grounds of violation of the Right to Equality ofpeople from other states or any other right under theConstitution. The apex court had on August 14 last yearsaid a constitution bench may examine whether Article35A was gender-biased and violative of the basic structureof the Constitution. The court while hearing a plea earlierby Dr Charu Wali Khanna, a Kashmir resident, had indi-cated that if the Article violated basic structure of theConstitution or was ultra vires, the issue may be dealt withby a five-judge bench. It had tagged the plea challengingArticle 35A with a similar petition that is pending for hear-ing by a three-judge bench. The state government had ear-lier said that the issue has already been "prima facie set-tled" by a full bench of the High Court in its verdict in 2002.In the case, the high court had, by a majority view, heldthat a daughter of a permanent resident of Jammu andKashmir marrying a non-permanent resident will not losethe status of a permanent resident.

Corruption

said the complaints of corruption, nepotism and mal-practices against officers and officials of government de-partments have increased, and if this pace is not reversedthe situation will assume dangerous proportion. Sourcessaid that the officers of departments were directed by thegovernment to take departmental action on the enquiryreports, wherever necessary, and not to wait for the out-

come of enquiry/investigation being conducted on thesame charges by Vigilance Organization or SVC. Howeversources said that nothing has been done in this regard.One of the top officials of the Vigilance commission saidthat there is a deluge of complaints being received by theState Vigilance Organization and vigilance commissionfrom last few years. “In a number of complaints in 2015- to2017, allegations are mainly about violation of codal for-malities in the award of contracts in works, purchases, ap-pointments, promotions and transfer, denial of servicesby the government departments etc,” he said. The officialsaid that often these complaints are lacking in specificsand with the result the department doesn't attract provi-sions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The people be-lieve that the officials in departments and government-owned corporations have not shown accountability asthere are no checks and inspections. The duties of depart-mental vigilance officers and district vigilance officersare explicitly defined in Jammu and Kashmir StateVigilance Commission Rules, 2013. Their role is to checkCorruption in departments, even on the basis of media re-ports. It is to mention here that the government had earli-er decided to order premature retirement of ‘corrupt andincapable’ officials, who have not been able to deliver intheir respective departments. The government had alsoconstituted a high-level committee headed by ChiefSecretary and the committee was to be the final authorityto take action against the corrupt officials. Late MuftiMohammad Sayeed in 2015 affirmed his commitment tobring transparency and accountability in the state admin-istration when he removed tainted officials and non-per-forming bureaucrats from the plum postings. The chiefminister Mehbooba Mufti had also admitted that corrup-tion was a major challenge in the state with various anti-graft agencies having received thousands of complaints inthis regard. “Corruption is a major challenge for the gov-ernment and its adverse effects on the society cannot beunderestimated,” CM had said. Meanwhile one of the sen-ior ministers in the government told KNS that the Stategovernment has directed authorities in all the depart-ments to act promptly on the graft enquiries conducted bythem or the State Vigilance Organization (SVC) against of-ficials. “The departmental vigilance officers and districtvigilance officers have been directed to adopt a multidi-mensional approach for checking corruption allegationsagainst government officials,” the minister said wishednot to be named. The minister also claimed that the offi-cers of departments were also directed to take departmen-tal action on the enquiry reports, wherever necessary,and not to wait for the outcome of enquiry/investigationbeing conducted on the same charges by VigilanceOrganization or State vigilance commission. (KNS)

SC To Hear

Kashmir police. The Jammu-based students, who arepursuing B.Sc in Agriculture at a college in MuzzafarNagar, Uttar Pradesh, are classmates of Vishal Jangotra, akey accused in the case, the plea said. The lawyer said thestudents were "coerced to make statements contrary to thefacts that Vishal Jangotra was with them atMuzzafarnagar from January 7 to February 10. Duringthat period, he along with petitioners attended examina-tions and practical papers. Petitioners were subjected tothe physical and mental torture from March 19 to March31 by Respondents (state police officers)," the plea said.The lawyer alleged that the students were constrained tomove the apex court seeking security as they faced "immi-nent threat to their lives at the hand of the Crime Branch."Besides seeking security by a central agency, the studentsalleged that despite recording their statements, they werebeing served with police notice to re-appear for re-record-ing of their statements. "Permit the petitioners to be ac-companied at all times by two lawyers as and when theyare summoned" by the state police, the plea said, addingthat the probe in the case be handed over to an "indepen-dent agency". The plea has sought a direction to restrainthe Crime Branch officials from "harming" and "harass-ing" the students and their families. It also seeks Rs 50 lakheach as compensation to the three students for the "physi-cal and mental agony and loss of study and futureprospects". Earlier, the apex court had transferred the tri-al in the sensational Kathua gangrape and murder case ofan eight-year-old girl from Jammu and Kashmir toPathankot in Punjab, but had refrained from handingover the probe to CBI saying there was no need as the in-vestigation has been conducted and the charge sheet filed.The apex court, which ordered day-to-day "in-camera" tri-al in the case, had said there was a need to shift the trialoutside the state as "fear and fair trial" were contradictoryand "cannot be allowed to co-exist. The victim, belongingto a minority nomadic community, had disappeared fromnear her home in a village close to Kathua in the Jammuregion on January 10. Her body was found in the same areaa week later. The state police has filed the main chargesheet against seven persons and a separate charge sheetagainst a juvenile in a court in Kathua district.

CM Interacts

officers here today. Mehbooba Mufti advised thePolice officers to adopt and popularise community polic-ing to track down the crime in the State. The approach, shesaid, would also help in guiding youth and dissuadingthem from venturing on wrong tracks. She said stressshould be laid on counselling, advice and interaction intheir discharge of duties. A compassionate and responsiveapproach with the general population of law abiding citi-zens would automatically isolate the criminal elements inthe society, she said. She also directed use of modernmethods of investigation and crime detection instead ofthe obsolete ones to overcome any allegation of harass-ment or excess. The Chief Minister asked the officers tofollow a social catharsis approach while dealing withyouth which would persuade them not to venture on thepath of violent waywardness, thereby utilising theseyouth for positive and gainful purposes in the society.Mehbooba Mufti asked the officers to enhance their publicoutreach in their respective areas to get a feel of the needsand difficulties of people. She advised them to be in con-stant touch with village elders and community leadersand be always ready to help them when ever called for.Director General of Police, Dr. S P Vaid; AdditionalDirectors General of Police, A G Mir and Muneer AhmadKhan; IGP Kashmir zone, S P Pani and several Police offi-cers were present on the occasion.

Centre

religious lines. This is being done with a design to seekspecific political dividends by the ruling regime," he al-leged. Expressing concern over the deteriorating law andorder scenario in the state, the former chief minister saidthat frequent killings had led to a situation where theyouths were being pushed into an area of confrontation andthat they would subsequently become the victims of thisconflict. "Being the head of the state and of the unified head-quarters, Chief Minster Mehbooba Mufti has failed com-pletely to put a stop to civilian casualties. It is time for bothPDP and BJP to do some introspection and listen to voicesfrom the ground and do some course correction which I amafraid to say is too late, he added. Abdullah reiterated the

party's resolve to ensure all the three regions of the state areunited, to protect the state's special status and to defeatforces inimical to peace, dignity and prosperity of the state.Asking party leaders to empower youths and make thempart of decision making process, he said, We have to priori-tise our outreach to the youth of the state and make all ef-forts to empower them in every possible way. Their outlooktowards things is different but not divisive. We need to en-courage that and provide them with all our assistance.

NIA Court

larger conspiracy of carrying out terrorist act, wherebythe present accused along with others have martyred threearmy personnel and two police personnel during encounterwith security forces which took place in the forest area ofKupwara on 20th of March, 2018, by entering into IndiaTerritory illegally to carry out terrorist attacks in J&K Stateand a RC-16/2018/NIA/DLI, Under Sections 302,307/RPC,7/27 Arms Act and section 16,18 & 20 UA (P) Act. SpecialJudge NIA J&K Haq Nawaz Zargar after gone through theapplication observed that Keeping in view the facts and cir-cumstances of the present case, stage of investigation andnature of offences involved in the case, this application is al-lowed and the accused named above is remanded to judicialcustody for a period of 25 days from today i.e. upto 7th ofJune, 2018. The accused has already been medically exam-ined today itself by police hospital, Jammu. C.D file has beenreturned to CIO, of the case. The accused person has beenidentified by CIO of the case, whose signatures have alsobeen obtained in the bottom of the order sheet. JNF

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morality. The plea said that these hospitals and in-housepharmacies gave no choice or opportunity to the patientsand their attendants to buy medicines from other licensedand authorised pharmacies, retailers, dealers and distribu-tors from the open market. It said while part of the treatmentcost of the mother of the Petitioner was covered by insur-ance, the prohibitive cost was "nightmarish" and cannot beafforded by a common Indian, who may be a person belong-ing to below poverty line, poor class, lower middle class,middle class and even the higher-middle class. The pleasought direction that the patients and their attendants shallbe free to have the choice of purchasing medicines, medicaldevices and implants and medical consumables from thevendors of their choice and hospitals cannot compel them tobuy them only from their pharmacies. It also sought direc-tion to the Centre and all the States to ban such malpracticesand protect the interests of the buyers of the medicines,medical devices and implants and medical consumables.

J&K Police

Muslims in the Valley. Police today booked anothertwitter user after he relayed few abusive tweets from hisTwitter handle, a police spokesman said here. He said thepolice took cognisance of the matter after it surfaced thatthe tweets were hurtful and attract penalties under the law.The spokesman did not divulge any details about theTwitter handle in question. However, police sources saidthe user is a Kashmiri Muslim who had sent out abusivetweets against Kashmiri Pandits following the tweets by aPandit on Saturday. The twitter user has been booked in thesame FIR, which was registered on Saturday for the abu-sive tweets at Police Station Kothi Bagh, the spokesmansaid. He said an investigation had been initiated. Thespokesman said police would request Twitter India author-ities to block such users and seek their details so that theycould be booked under law. Police on Saturday bookedAshish Kaul, a Kashmiri Pandit, for allegedly posting abu-sive tweets from his handle about Kashmiri Muslims.

Suspected

BSF official, suspicious movement of at least four tofive people, suspected to be terrorists, was noticed along astream between Londi and Bobbiyan in Tarnah Allah areaof Hira Nagar sector shortly after midnight last night. Weare not sure whether they have managed to cross over tothis side or returned back. They were noticed by the alertpersonnel and immediately a search operation waslaunched, the BSF officer said. The officials said securityinstallations along the Jammu-Pathankot highway espe-cially in Kathua and Samba have been put on high alertwhile check posts have also been set up at various placesas a precautionary measure. The local residents have alsobeen alerted and asked to report any suspicious move-ment to the nearest security installation.

Modi Govt

2014 to January 2018), it said. Tapan Sutradhar,Financial Advisor, Bureau of Outreach Communication,provided expenditure details on publicity campaignsfrom June 2014. "Print media included newspapers, maga-zines, while electronic media covered TV, Internet, radio,digital cinema, SMSs etc. Outdoor publicity includedposters, banners, digital panels, hoardings, railway tick-ets etc," the reply stated. The bureau was formed aftermerging three media units of the I&B ministry to ensure"credible, consistent and clear communication" by vari-ous wings of the government across media platforms.

PM Reshuffle

been "temporarily" been assigned to Goyal. Jaitley under-went a kidney transplant today and is recovering. S SAhluwalia has been relieved of the charge of Minister of State inDrinking Water and Sanitation Ministry and assigned a newportfolio of Electronics and Information Technology, the com-munique said. Alphons Kannanthanam has been relieved asMinister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and InformationTechnology. He continues as Minister of State for Tourism. PTI

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community, police said today. The clashes erupted yes-terday when members of the Dogra community objected toanimals of the Gujjar community entering their fields and al-legedly destroying the crops, police said. Irked when asked totake away their animals, the Gujjars allegedly attacked theDogras, they added. The Dogras later demonstrated, de-manding that the attackers be arrested. Police managed topacify the protestors. However, tension remains high andheavy security has been deployed, a police official said.

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at the Maulana Azad road here, an official said today. Theteachers, engaged under centrally-sponsored scheme SarvaShikshya Abhiyaan (SSA), had assembled at Pratap Park onthe Maulana Azad road here to protest against the non-pay-ment of their wages for more than six months, he said. The po-lice asked the protesters to disperse but the teachers refused,prompting the sleuths to use force, he added.

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a checkpoint at the Hatli Morh, a police officer said. Thetruck driver fled the spot, leaving behind the vehicle, he added.The truck was impounded and a case was registered, he said.

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KATRA, MAY 14:

Governor N. N. Vohra,Chairman of Shri MataVaishno Devi ShrineBoard, held a meeting withShri Umang Narula, ChiefExecutive Officer and oth-er officers of the Board toascertain whether pil-grims had started usingthe new 7 Km longTarakote Marg from Katrato Adhkuwari. ShriAnshul Garg, Addl. CEO,informed that theTarakote Marg was openedyesterday for the on-footpilgrims amidst chantingof Vedic mantras and per-forming of havan, yagyaand other rituals. Prasadand Chunnies were pre-sented to the first lot ofYatris who walked on thenew track. It is pertinent tomention that Hon’blePrime Minister of Indiahas kindly accepted theGovernor’s request to for-mally inaugurate theTarakote Marg on 19thMay 2018. Anshul Garg,Additional CEO, and otherofficers, engineers andstaff of the Shrine Board,and a significant numberof pilgrims were presentwhen the track was opera-tionalised yesterday noon.About one thousand pil-grims who used the newpath expressed their ap-preciation of this pictur-esque track and many ofthem were seen takingphotographs to capture thescenic view and the beauti-ful ambience of the floatingfountains at Tarakote.

They were particularly ap-preciative of the rampstyle track with a gentlegradient which is easy towalk. The pilgrims werehappy to observe that theBoard has equipped theTarakote Marg with mod-ern infrastructure and allthe required logistics andfacilities. This track has 6food outlets which offer hy-gienic food, 16 water pointsfor providing filtered qual-ity drinking water whilemore are being added, at-tractively designed sheltersheds for protection of thepilgrims from the vagariesof weather and shootingstones. Besides, theTarakote Marg has a fullyequipped Medical Unit and7 Toilet Blocks which alsohave adequate facilities forthe convenience of elderlypilgrims and the specially-abled. The View Pointshave been established atconspicuous locations sothat the pilgrims can havean eye catching view ofKatra, the base town forthe pilgrimage, and thearea around. Benches havebeen provided at regularintervals for the conven-ience of pilgrims. The en-tire track has been land-scaped and more than46000 ornamental plants,herbs, flowering and av-enue trees having beenplanted to improveambi-ence of the track. Adequatearrangements have beenmade for ensuring roundthe clock sanitation in ad-dition to safety and securi-ty of the pilgrims.

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI)

Billionaire jewellerNirav Modi, AllahabadBank MD and CEO UshaAnanthasubramanianwere among 22 peoplecharge-sheeted by the CBItoday in connection withthe country's largest finan-cial scam worth over USD 2billion in Punjab NationalBank (PNB), agencysources said. The chargesheet, filed in a specialcourt in Mumbai, detailedthe alleged role ofAnanthasubramanian,who was the MD and CEOof PNB from 2015 to 2017and was questioned recent-ly by the CBI in connectionwith the case, the sourcessaid. The agency has alsonamed PNB executive di-rectors K V Brahmaji Raoand Sanjiv Sharan, andgeneral manager (interna-

tional operations) NehalAhad, and Nirav Modi'sbrother Nishal Modi in itscharge sheet. The CBI saidthe fraudulent Letter ofUndertakings (LoUs) is-sued to Nirav Modi werefor Rs 6,498.20 crore, thesources said. The chargesheet, however, did notname Nirav Modi's wifeAmi and his uncle andbusiness partner MehulChoksi, they said. Theagency has detailed theroles of Nirav Modi, hisbrother Nishal Modi andSubhash Parab, an execu-tive in Nirav Modi's com-pany, they said. Thecharge sheet primarilydeals with the first FIR reg-istered in the case relatingto the fraudulent issuanceover Rs 6,498.20 croreworth of LoUs to DiamondR US, Solar Exports andStellar Diamonds.

Srinagar, May 14:

In line with recent deci-sion of state government towaive off stamp duty on thepurchase of immovableproperty registered in thename of women in the state,J&K Bank today announcedreduction in rate of interestin various loan schemes towomen borrowers. Besides,the bank announced 'LadiesSpecial Branches' one eachin Srinagar and Jammu.Notably, in housing loan seg-ment, the bank has reducedthe rate of interest by10 to 40basis points in non prioritysegment for women borrow-ers. While as in priority seg-ment the bank is alreadycharging interest on MCLRbasis, which is lowest thatbank can offer. Interest incase of two wheeler loans,loan against mortgage ofproperty and PC/Laptop

loans has been reduced by 50basis points. While as in edu-cation loan it has been cut by75 basis points. Hailing thestep of state government,Chairman and CEO ParvezAhmed said, “Aimed at thesocio-economic empower-ment of the women of J&K,the decision taken by thegovernment is historic in theprocess of innovatively real-izing and ushering us into anera of socio-economic pros-perity. He said, “Every steptaken to acknowledge thecritical role of almost half ofthe population of a society isas much ethical as it is ra-tional. Now this innovativestep would further strength-en socio-economic empower-ment of women and willserve as the most importantingredient for robust econo-my to be inclusive and oper-ate with resilience. In termsof business, this landmark

decision will certainly havea positive effect on the over-all loan portfolio of the banksin the state. We expect an up-surge in the housing sectorin the state in months aheadas more and more peoplemay like to take advantage ofthe zero percent stamp dutydecision in respect of womenborrowers," he added.

Chairman further said,“We at J&K Bank have alsoset a process in motion toensure financial means of

empowerment for women.We have tailored and intro-duced (continuing to tailor)specific schemes for womenwith a special focus to pro-mote and nurture entrepre-neurship. We offer many ofour products at concession-al rate-of-interest forwomen. For housing loans,loans against mortgage ofproperty besides manymore products tailored forwomen; there is 0.50 per-cent to 0.75percent rebateon the rate of interest”, headded. Notably, the Bank,in line with ChiefMinister’s vision, is al-ready in the process of es-tablishing two businessunits (branches), one eachin Srinagar and Jammu ex-clusively for women in thestate. "One such branch atJawahar Nagar in Srinagarwill soon begin its function-ing", said the chairman.

GOF Sta8 ReporterJAMMU, MAY 14:

Minister for PowerDevelopment, Sunil KumarSharma today instructedthe engineers of theDepartment to take con-certed steps for minimizingcurtailment and powerbreakdowns in the prevail-ing scorching weather con-ditions. “J&K has achievedmajor feat in augmentationand strengthening oftransmission and distribu-tion network and the peopleshould get the benefits ofthe same,” the Minister di-rected the engineers hereafter inaugurating upgrad-ed receiving stations atGajansoo and Kanachak.MLA Marh ChSukhnandan Kumar wasalso present at the inaugu-ral function. The Ministerstrictly cautioned the offi-cers against unscheduled

power cuts and asked theengineers to work tireless-ly to provide relief to thepeople during the peaksummer season.

Reiterating that thegovernment is committedto extend full benefits ofschemes to the targetedpeople, the Minister askedthe department to expedite

the process for implemen-tation of centrally spon-sored scheme Soubhagyawhich envisages for provid-ing free power connectionsto poor households in bothrural and urban areas. Healso asked the engineers topay special focus on main-tenance of machines andcleanliness at all power in-

stallations. On the occa-sion, Minister also interact-ed with the local peoplewho apprised him about theproblems they face due tounscheduled power cuts.MLA Sukhnandan Kumar,while speaking on the occa-sion complimented the gov-ernment for completing thevital receiving stations

which would effectivelyaugment the power sce-nario in the villages of thearea. He said that a nearabout 20 thousand popula-tion of the area will be bene-fited by the upgradation oftransformers. He furthersaid that it will bring agreat relief to the localsfrom the unscheduled pow-er cuts during peak sum-mer season. Earlier, theMinister was informed thatthe receiving stationGajansoo has been upgrad-ed from 6.3 MVA to 10 MVAat an estimated cost of 62lakh, while the receivingstation at Kanachak hasbeen upgraded from 3.5MVA to 6.3 MVA at an esti-mated cost of 10 lakhs.Chief Engineers, ExecutiveEngineers and other seniorofficers of the concerned de-partments and a large num-ber of people were presenton the occasion.

GOF Sta8 ReporterSRINAGAR, MAY 14:

The Srinagar airportwould soon be having nightlanding facility for whichall preparations are beingdone by concerned agen-cies. This was disclosed in ahigh level meet held heretoday with Chief Minister,Mehbooba Mufti in chair.The introduction of the fa-cility would give a big pushto the tourism sector in par-ticular besides further im-proving the connectivitywith other areas of thecountry and would alsohelp in improving the econ-omy of the State as well.

The meeting was in-formed that the DirectorateGeneral of Civil Aviation

has granted necessary per-mission for operating nightflights and the necessaryinfrastructural upgrada-tion in this regard is beingdone by the AirportAuthority of India and oth-er State agencies. The ChiefMinister directed comple-tion of all these upgrada-tions within a month’s timeso that the facility isthrown open in view of the

tourist season in theKashmir Valley. She direct-ed immediate release of Rs.3.86 crore for meeting theexpenses of raising ancil-lary infrastructural facili-ties for night hours at theAirport for the conven-ience of travellers and thestaff. Mehbooba Mufti alsodirected the concernedagencies to take measuresfor minimising the rush of

the traffic on the road lead-ing to Srinagar airportfrom Humhama. She askedfor exploring the sugges-tions of putting more bodyscanners at the gate, widen-ing of entry road from thegate upto terminal buildingand use of buses for takingpassengers inside airport.

The Chief Minister alsoreviewed the pace of workon the expansion of Jammu

Airport and directed earlystart of works on the expan-sion of the runway forwhich the tenders havebeen already floated. She di-rected the DivisionalCommissioner, Jammu andJammu Airport authoritiesto flesh out the formalities ofexchange of land with Armyauthorities to start the workon runway expansion at theearliest. The meeting wasinformed that 375 kanals ofland have been transferredto Animal HusbandryDepartment in lieu of theirland at Belicharan and restof the land would be provid-ed to them at Chatta.Mehbooba Mufti directedthe Jammu Airport authori-ties and Jammu Divisionaladministration to explore,

in the meantime, extensionof landing hours at theJammu airport beyond 5pmand take measures requiredin this regard. The ChiefMinister also directed theJammu Divisional adminis-tration to identify spots forconstruction of Greenfieldairport at Jammu. ChiefSecretary, B B Vyas; DGP,Dr. S P Vaid; FinancialCommissioner, Housing &Urban Development, K BAggarwal; administrativesecretaries of concernedDepartments; DivisionalCommissioners of Kashmirand Jammu; representa-tives from AirportAuthority of India; officersof Divisional and district ad-ministration were presentin the meeting.

Jammu, May 14(JNF):

In a LPA filed by Dr.Shashi Gupta against thejudgment of writ Courtwhereby directed theCommissioner Secretary,Health and MedicalEducation Department totreat the promotion of DrShashi Gupta on the post ofAssistant Professor witheffect from 23.04.1995, thedate recommended byPublic ServiceCommission and not toconfer any benefit of sen-iority or experience for theperiod of dies non. ADivision Bench of StateHigh Court ComprisingJustice Dhiraj SinghThakur and Justice TashiRabstan found no meritand dismissed the LPA.While dismissing the LPA,Division Bench after hear-ing Adv Abhinav Sharmafor the appellant whereasSr. Adv UK Jalali for theDr. Indu Kaul and DeputyAG Sanjeev Padha for theState, observed that the ap-pellant firmly believes thateven if the period of 'diesnon' were to be excluded,she would still figure sen-ior to the private respon-dent herein. If that is so,even if the inter se seniori-ty is re-determined be-tween the appellant andthe private respondentherein, the same wouldnot, in the ordinarycourse, be a direction,which would affect the in-terest of the appellant and,therefore, even if such a di-rection is passed, the ap-pellant should have nogrievance. In any case, it

would be appropriate thatthe official respondents dothe requisite exercise,which becomes necessaryespecially in view of the di-rections to the respondentsto determine as to whetherthe promotion to the post ofProfessor granted infavour of the appellant wasin contravention of the rec-ommendations of PublicService Commission. Anyfinding in the affirmativewould also bring the appel-lant lower in seniority al-though she claims that shewould still figure senior tothe private respondent. Inany case, the direction tore-determine the seniorityinter se between the appel-lant and the private respon-dent, suffers from no ille-gality and cannot be inter-fered with. DB further ob-served that an apprehen-sion was expressed by theappellant that in the garb ofre-determining the seniori-ty, inter se, between the ap-pellant and the private re-spondent, the Govt. waslikely to promote the pri-vate respondent from datesearlier in point of timefrom which she stood pro-moted. This, according tothe learned counsel for theappellant, would causeprejudice to her interest.However, the apprehen-sion expressed is totallypre- mature. For all, weknow the Govt. may not doany such thing and if at all,any such orders are passed,it would be open to the ap-pellant to avail her reme-dies in law. With these ob-servations Division Benchdismissed the LPA. JNF

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI)

The Centre, whichfaced flak over delayingthe filing of the draftCauvery managementscheme, today submittedit for approval in theSupreme Court to ensuresmooth water distribu-tion among the four south-ern riparian states. Abench headed by ChiefJustice Dipak Misra,which on May 8 had sum-moned the Secretary ofUnion Water ResourcesMinistry to bring withhim the draft scheme, tookon record the draft andsaid it would examine thescheme on May 16. "Weneed to examine whetherthe said scheme is in con-sonance with our(February 16) judgment,"the bench, which alsocomprised Justices A MKhanwilkar and D YChandrachud, said. "Wewill not go into the cor-rectness of the schemeframed by the Centre butexamine only one issue, asto whether the schemeconforms to the judgmentor not," it said. AttorneyGeneral K K Venugopal,appearing for the Centrewhich was accused by thebench of committing"sheer contempt", said thegovernment was facing adilemma regarding thename to be given to thebody, sought to be createdby the scheme dealingwith the task of supervis-ing the sharing of Cauverywater as per the apexcourt's judgement. Theapex court had in itsFebruary verdict askedthe Centre to frame theCauvery managementscheme, which also in-cluded creating theCauvery ManagamentBoard, within six weeksfor release of water fromKarnataka to Tamil Nadu,Kerala and Puducherry.

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI)

The Congress today at-tacked the Modi govern-ment for hiking fuel prices,with party president RahulGandhi alleging that be-fooling people is the keyprinciple of "Modinomics".Karnataka finishes voting,FUEL prices rise to a 4 yearhigh! The Key Principle ofModinomics: fool as manypeople as you can, as oftenas you can," Gandhi wroteon Twitter, using the hash-tag "PeTrolled". Congress'scommunications in-charge Randeep Surjewalaalleged that the govern-ment was befooling thepublic as it did not raise fu-el prices only due to elec-tions in Karnataka. "Postdeception of people ofKarnataka and the countryby not raising Petrol-

Diesel prices for 19 contin-uous days to garner votes;First salvo of Petrol/Dieselenhancement is fired! Howmany more to be fired tofleece the pockets of ordi-nary people?" he asked onTwitter. He said that peo-ple had now understoodthe Modi's government'sgame. After a 19-day pre-Karnataka poll hiatus,petrol price was todayhiked by 17 paise a litreand diesel by 21 paise asPSU oil firms began pass-ing on the spike witnessedin international rates toconsumers. With this,diesel prices have toucheda record high while petrolis at a 56-month peak. OilPSUs, who had kept ratesunchanged for nearlythree weeks beforeKarnataka went to polls de-spite input cost spiking.

Thiruvananthapuram, May 14:

The Kerala Congresstoday described as "politi-cally motivated" theDelhi Police chargesheetagainst party leaderShashi Tharoor accusinghim of abetting the sui-cide of his wife SunandaPushkar, while the BJPdemanded the MP's resig-nation. Tharoor is the on-ly person named as an ac-cused in the case. The po-lice in its chargesheet,which runs into 3,000pages, has alleged thatTharoor had subjectedhis wife to cruelty.Pushkar was found deadin a luxury hotel room inDelhi on the night ofJanuary 17, 2014.Opposition leader in theKerala Assembly RameshChennithala said "usingpower, an attempt is beingmade by BJP to suppressand insult Congress lead-ers. Chennithala said

"wrong" reports have beengiven to the media on sev-eral occasions in connec-tion with the case to "in-sult" Tharoor. Now, a casefor abetting the suicide ofhis wife has been (filed)against Tharoor," he saidin a statement here. "Therehas been political interfer-ence in the case as Tharoorhad severely criticisedPrime Minister NarendraModi and the SanghParivar on various occa-sions," Kerala PCC presi-

dent M M Hassan said. "Itis only the fascists who actin this manner to take ontheir political rivals... Themove is only to cut shortthe political career of theMP, who representsThiruvananthapuram inthe Lok Sabha," he said.However, BJP leader M TRamesh demanded thatTharoor immediately resignas an MP. Congress presi-dent Rahul Gandhi shouldbe prepared to seek his resig-nation, he told reporters.

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