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Naveen S GarewalTribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 15

Five months into power, the

Khattar government appears

to be focussed on its twin

deliverables: an evenly

spread out development of

the state served up on its sta-

ple “saffronisation” platter.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal

Khattar today announced

compulsory teaching of the

Bhagwad Gita in every

school from the next academ-

ic session besides bringing in

a legislation in the ongoing

Budget session against cow

slaughter that prohibits sale

and possession of beef.

Khattar said: “Students in

schools will be taught shlokas

of the Bhagwad Gita from the

new academic session.”

On cow slaughter, the CM

said: “The Govansh San-

rakashan and Gau Samvard-

han (Cow Protection and Cow

Conservation and Develop-

ment) Bill will be moved in this

Assembly session.” This is

being viewed by the Opposi-

tion as BJP’s agenda of push-

ing forward RSS’ directive on

Hindutva. Haryana has pro-

posed to bring in a tough law

on cow slaughter that will also

have provisions for conserva-

tion and better care of indige-

nous cattle. Cow slaughter

could invoke punishment of

up to 10 years jail term. Khat-

tar said the government had

taken steps to ban the sale and

consumption of beef in the

state with immediate effect.

This ban would apply to

canned beef as well. In the

past, Opposition parties such

as the Congress and the INLD

have opposed teaching of the

Gita in schools.

INLD general secretary RS

Chaudhary had said: “The

government should not make

the Gita compulsory.” The

Congress, too, questioned the

BJP’s motive behind the

move. Haryana decided to

introduce the Gita in school

curriculum after RSS ideo-

logue Dinanath Batra was

inducted into a committee to

advise the state to improve

education. Highlighting the

priorities and achievements of

his government during the

last five months, Haryana

Chief Minister said his govern-

ment was facing a huge task

eradicating corruption.

His focus would now be over-

all development of the state. “I

cannot deny that some develop-

ment has taken place during the

continued on p11

Bhagwad Gita in schools from April: Khattar

Afzal Khan in Islamabad

At least 15 persons were

killed and over 80 others

injured when two Taliban

suicide bombers blew them-

selves up outside two

churches in Lahore during

Sunday mass. The attacks

triggered mob violence in

which two suspected mili-

tants were lynched and then

set ablaze, resulting in their

deaths. Prime Minister

Nawaz Sharif condemned

the attack and called it a cow-

ardly act.

The attacks were claimed

by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pak-

istan’s splinter group

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar. The same

group had claimed responsi-

bility of a suicide attack on

the Wagah border in Septem-

ber last year in which 60 peo-

ple were killed.

The blasts went off minutes

apart outside two churches

— one Catholic and another

Protestant — that are very

closely located at Youhan-

abad, Pakistan’s biggest

Christian colony, in Lahore.

All missionary schools in

Pakistan would remain

closed to mourn those killed

in the attacks.

“I was sitting at a shop near

the church when a blast jolt-

ed the area. I rushed towards

continued on p11

15 die in blasts outside Lahorechurches; 2 suspects lynched

Will bring legislation against cow slaughter in Budget session, says Haryana CM

Pak Taliban splinter group claims attacks■ Pakistani Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed

responsibility for the blasts. The group was behind theWagah border attack in September last year in which 60people were killed

■ The blasts went off minutes apart outside two churches locat-ed at Youhanabad in Lahore

■ In 2013, twin suicide attacks at the All Saint’s Church inPeshawar's Kohati Gate area killed 80 people and woundedover 100 others

Ishfaq TantryTribune News Service

Srinagar, March 15

Pakistan High Commission-

er to India Abdul Basit, who

held talks with Hurriyat

hardliner Syed Ali Geelani on

March 9, has sought a meet-

ing with chairman of its mod-

erate faction Mirwaiz Umar

Farooq in New Delhi.

During the meeting, Basit

is expected to apprise Mir-

waiz about the outcome of the

recent Indo-Pak foreign sec-

retary-level talks. The moder-

ate Hurriyat faction has con-

vened a meeting of its

executive tomorrow to dis-

cuss and finalise the agenda

of the Delhi meeting.

“The meeting will be

attended by Mirwaiz and

other senior Hurriyat lead-

ers, including Prof Abdul

Gani Bhat and Abbas

Ansari,” said Hurriyat

spokesman Shahid-ul-Islam.

Sources said the meeting

between Basit and Mirwaiz is

likely to take place on Pak-

istan Day — March 23. To cel-

ebrate the day, the Pakistan

High Commission is organis-

ing a big function in New Del-

hi on March 23 and has invit-

ed almost every separatist

leader from Kashmir, includ-

ing Geelani, Shabbir Shah,

Nayeem Khan, Javed Mir,

Manan Bukhari and others.

The invite has also been sent

to Rashid Kabli, a Third Front

leader and former Parliament

member. In his meeting with

Geelani, Basit had briefed the

Kashmiri separatist about the

issues discussed between

India and Pakistan during

Foreign Secretary S Jais-

hankar's visit to Islamabad.

continued on p11

After Geelani, Pak envoyinvites Mirwaiz to Delhi

MIRWAIZ UMAR FAROOQ ABDUL BASIT

Meeting likely on May 23■ The meeting between Basit and Mirwaiz is likely to take place

on Pakistan Day — March 23

■ During the meeting, Basit is expected to apprise Mirwaiz aboutthe outcome of the recent Indo-Pak foreign secretary-level talks.

■ The moderate Hurriyat faction has convened a meeting of itsexecutive on March 16 to discuss and finalise the agenda of theDelhi meeting

MINORITY TARGETED Women mourn as they gather at a church where the Pakistan Taliban trig-

gered a suicide bomb blast in Lahore on Sunday. Terrorists targeted two churches in the city. AP/PTI

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KV PrasadTribune News Service

New Delhi, March 15

The BJP-led NDA govern-

ment hopes that its push to

reignite economic reforms

agenda gets approval from

Parliament this week before

both Houses go into recess

amid a distinct possibility

that the controversial

amendment to land acquisi-

tion Bill will remain stuck.

With the first half of the

budget session ending this

week, NDA parliamentary

managers are working over-

time to ensure that three of

the six ordinances that

require mandatory approval

from lawmakers are cleared.

The ordinances issued

soon after the end of winter

session in December have

to be ratified by Parliament

within six weeks (April 5 in

these cases). Both Houses

go into recess after March

20 and resume regular sit-

tings after four weeks.

During the first half of the

session that began on Feb-

ruary 23, Parliament passed

three of the six Bills –one

pertains to raising the for-

eign direct investment in

the insurance sector, anoth-

er to regulate plying of e-

rickshaws and third relates

to amendments to citizen-

ship Acts.

Though the government

has made nine amendments

to the Bill that was passed by

the Lok Sabha last week,

major Opposition parties

remain convinced that the

new law the government is

seeking to enact is against

the interests of farmers and

doesn’t take into account

social impact assessment.

This week leaders of several

Opposition parties plan to

petition President Pranab

Mukherjee against the land

acquisition Bill. The two oth-

er Bills replacing ordinances

— Mines and Minerals

(Development and Regula-

tion) and Coal Mines (Spe-

cial Provisions) — are being

scrutinised by Select Com-

mittees of the Rajya Sabha.

continued on p11

Modi govt’s key Bills faceRajya Sabha test this week

Bumpy ride ahead for land Bill ■ The government has made nine amendments to the Bill that

was passed by the LS last week. Major Opposition parties,however, remain convinced that the new law is against theinterests of farmers

■ Opposition leaders also plan to petition the Presidentagainst the land Bill

■ The two other Bills replacing ordinances – Mines and Miner-als (Development and Regulation) and Coal Mines (SpecialProvisions) – are being scrutinised by Select Committees ofthe RS. The panels are to submit their reports by March 18

NDA managers work overtime as Houses go into recess after March 20

Pushing RSS agenda

■ Haryana had decided to introduce the Gita inschool curriculum after RSS ideologueDinanath Batra was inducted into a committeeto advise the state on improving education

■ The state had also proposed to bring in a toughlaw on cow slaughter that will also have provisions for conservation and better care of indigenous cattle

ML KHATTAR

NATION

Nun gang-rape: 8 detained The police on Sunday detained

eight persons for interrogation

in the alleged gang-rape of the

sister superior at the Jesus

and Mary's Convent School at

Ranaghat, near Kolkata. P7

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UK teens deported from TurkeyThree British teenagers sus-

pected of trying to join Islamic

State have arrived back in Lon-

don after being deported from

Turkey, a Turkish official said.

They were detained in

Istanbul after British authori-

ties tipped off their Turkish

counterparts. P15

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Nirbhaya friend ‘sought’ moneyBritish filmmaker Leslee Udwin,

whose documentary “India's

daughter” on the 2012 gan-

grape victim has been the sub-

ject of talk in the country, has

claimed that the victim's friend

Avanindra Pandey, the sole wit-

ness to the gruesome incident,

asked for money to appear in

the documentary.

INSIDE

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 15

The Congress is all set to cor-

ner the government in Parlia-

ment tomorrow over “spy-

ing” on its vice-president

Rahul Gandhi.

The party will engage other

opposition leaders and seek a

statement from the PM and

the Home Minister even after

the BJP yesterday rejected

its “political espionage”

charge as absurd. The BJP

said Delhi Police had been

doing vulnerability mapping

of VVIPs, including the PM,

Home Minister, BJP chief,

and opposition leaders for

years.

“The larger issue is of the

government spying not just

on Rahul Gandhi, but all

political opponents. This is

reprehensible and unheard

of in Indian democracy. We

will seek the government’s

position on the issue in Par-

liament,” Randeep Surjew-

ala, chairman of the Congress

media cell, told The Tribune.

The Congress also rejected

the explanation offered by

Delhi Police chief BS Bassi

on the controversy as a “poor

attempt to cover up a serious

spying incident”.

“The Delhi Commissioner

is deliberately confusing the

visit of a beat constable from

the Tughlak Lane police sta-

tion on March 13 to the spy-

ing episode of March 2 by ASI

Shamsher Singh in the spe-

cial cell. He is attempting to

blur security functions by dif-

ferent officials on different

dates in order to confuse the

issue and show it as a routine

exercise,” Surjewala said.

Bassi had yesterday made

light of the development say-

ing a beat constable from the

Tughlak Road police station

continued on p11

Rahul ‘snooping’ set to rock Parliament❝The larger issue is of thegovernment spying not juston Rahul Gandhi, but allpolitical opponents. This isreprehensible and unheardof in Indian democracy. Wewill seek the government’sposition on the issue inParliament.❞

Randeep Surjewala, CONGRESS LEADER

Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi (pic), whois under attack from the Congress for sendingpolicemen to Rahul Gandhi’s residence to pro-file him, is scheduled to appear before a RajyaSabha panel this week in another case. TheDelhi Police chief was summoned by the Privi-leges Committee of the House when the issuewas raised by the BJP and others in the case

of leak of details of conversation by Arun Jaitley, the thenLeader of the Opposition in the House.

Delhi Police chief to appear before RS panel

New Delhi, March 15

Widespread rain battered

large swathes of North India

today bringing mercury down

by several notches, even as it

claimed 14 lives and damaged

crops in several regions. Parts

of Punjab, Haryana, HP and

Uttarakhand also received

rain with reports of damage to

wheat crop.

Twelve people were killed in

Rajasthan due to rain, light-

ning and hailstorms, which

also destroyed rabi crops in the

state, while in Uttarakhand,

two persons were killed in a

rock-slide triggered by heavy

rain. Cold conditions returned

to Delhi after the showers as

the day temperature plummet-

ed to 19.6 degree Celsius, nine

degrees below normal.

According to the meteoro-

logical department, the city

received 3.6 mm rain till 5.30

pm this evening. Minimum

temperature was recorded at

16.6°C, which was two notch-

es above normal while

continued on p11

prez fails tovisitmandi p12

14 dead, crop damagedas rain lashes North

Today’s issue consists of 28 pages, including

six-page Chandigarh Tribune and four-page

Life+Style.

THE TRIBUNE02 CHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015PUNJAB

Deepkamal KaurTribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 15

The recent decision of the

Punjab Cabinet to amend

the Punjab Technical Uni-

versity Act to have the Chief

Secretary as the chairman

of the Board of Governors is

being seen as another

attempt by the government

to bring the institution

under the state control.

Chairman of Hero Group

Sunil Kant Munjal was serv-

ing as the chairman of PTU

since October 2012. Section

14 (1) of the Act earlier stip-

ulated that “the chairman of

the Board of Governors shall

be appointed by the Chan-

cellor out of a panel of per-

sons of national eminence in

the field of industry, tech-

nology or technical educa-

tion on the recommenda-

tions of the outgoing

chairman, provided that the

first Board of Governors of

the university shall be

appointed by the state gov-

ernment.” But the board has

now been reconstituted and

the Chief Secretary would

be chairing all its meetings.

A section of the faculty

and affiliated colleges of the

university has criticised the

move saying that instead of

imparting autonomy to the

educational institution, the

bureaucracy had taken over

the entire top brass.

The post of Vice Chancel-

lor is already vested with

the Secretary, Technical

Education, Rakesh Verma.

Since the BoG was being

reconstituted, no meeting

has been held since Sep-

tember last year. The board

is yet to form a screening

committee for appointment

of the new VC. The move is

also being seen as a step to

ensure an easy shifting of

50 per cent corpus from

PTU to the tune of Rs 550

crore to the upcoming

Maharaja Ranjit Singh

State Technical University,

Bathinda.

There is another view.

Some staff members believe

that the VCs being political

appointees at times courted

too many controversies

owing to their obligations to

their political mentors in

appointments, use of funds

and other issues. The tenure

of two VCs Dr Arora, who

was slated to be an RSS

man, and Dr HS Gurm, had

remained mired in legal tan-

gles over such issues. They

are of the opinion that with

the reigns going in the

hands of the bureaucracy,

proper norms would be fol-

lowed at all levels.

Also, PTU is now been

rechristened as IK Gujral

Punjab Technical Universi-

ty. The name had been

changed on the recommen-

dation of former PM’s son

and Rajya Sabha MP

Naresh Gujral.

Officiating VC Verma said

the name had been changed

in the Vidhan Sabha but

could not be somehow put to

use. The former VC, Dr Aro-

ra, was averse to changing

the name of the university.

Bureaucracy at helm, PTU farfrom being autonomous body

Balwant GargTribune News Service

Faridkot, March 15

A case of sexual harassment

against a district-level senior

education officer in Faridkot

has taken a new turn. The

Education Minister had

ordered an inquiry against

Suresh Arora, Deputy Dis-

trict Education Officer,

Faridkot, on December 30,

but in the meanwhile, the

accused dismissed the com-

plainant from the service on

March 9 on charges of finan-

cial irregularities.

Crying hoarse, the woman

principal has accused the

DDEO of using his political

connections to harass her.

She alleged the DDEO

kept interfering in the func-

tioning of the school

although he was removed

as an administrator of the

school on December 31,

2014, on the directions of

the Education Minister.

“Despite the fact that the

official was facing an

inquiry in the sexual harass-

ment case, he was deputed

an inquiry officer to probe

allegations of financial

irregularities against me.

The DDEO has not been

cooperating in the sexual

harassment case, but he act-

ed promptly in completing

the inquiry into financial

irregularities against me

even without giving me a

hearing,” she alleged.

Suresh Arora, DDEO,

Faridkot, said the sexual

harassment allegations

against him were “baseless”

and were an attempt to

pressure him as he was con-

ducting an inquiry against

the principal.

Shiv Pal Goyal, District

Education Officer, Bathin-

da, and District Science

Supervisor, Faridkot, are

conducting the inquiry

against the DDEO in the

sexual harassment case.

Goyal said the inquiry

could not be completed as

the DDEO had demanded

some documents from the

complainant.

Mohammad Tayyab,

Deputy Commissioner,

Faridkot, said conducting an

inquiry by an accused him-

self was not judicious. “I will

look into the matter,” he said.

Accused DDEO‘removes’ principal


Fatehgarh Sahib, March 15

Resentment prevails

among rice millers in the

state as the procurement

agencies have failed to

make payments for the

milling of paddy for the sea-

son 2013-14 although the

payment became due on

December 15, 2014.

The rice millers are also

very critical of the policy of

the state government which

had directed the agencies to

first clear the bills for the

milling of paddy and later

release the security deposit.

The millers’ security

deposit worth crores of

rupees has been lying with

the procurement agencies.

Nakesh Jindal, press sec-

retary, Punjab Rice Millers

Association, said as per the

agreement, the purchasing

agencies were required to

make payment towards

milling paddy and refund

the security deposit before

the due date. He said there

were about 2,800 rice

shellers in the state with a

capacity of 30,000 tonnes.

He said each sheller had to

deposit Rs 1.5 lakh per

tonne as security. Though

some procurement agen-

cies had cleared the bills of

some millers, 80 per cent of

the shellers were yet to

receive the payment.

Jindal said about 80 per

cent milling for the 2014-15

season had been done and

the remaining would be

completed by April 15. He

said they failed to under-

stand when the agencies

would clear the bills for the

current season as these had

failed to make payments

even for the previous season.

Jindal said when they

approached the authorities

concerned, the officials told

them that the security

deposit would be refunded

only after the clearance of

the bills. He rued that the

agencies neither refunded

the security deposit nor

adjusted the same against

the next milling season.

He said the rice millers

were going through eco-

nomic crisis. He urged the

government to cancel the

current notification and

release the security deposit

along with the bills or else

the millers would not be

able to deposit the security

money for the next milling

season, he added.

Agencies fail toclear bills, ricemillers resent

Courting controversy

■ The PTU Board of Governors has been reconstituted

■ It will have Chief Secretary as its chairman

■ Earlier, the chairman was appointed by the Chancel-lor out of a panel of persons of national eminence onrecommendations of the outgoing chairman

■ The post of Vice Chancellor is already vested with theSecretary, Technical Education, Rakesh Verma


Jalandhar, March 15

Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat

Singh’s village Khatkar

Kalan will be adopted by the

Union Government to devel-

op it as an “Adarsh Gram”

under the Sansad Adarsh

Gram Yojna, as a special case.

After becoming Adarsh

Gram, Khatkar Kalan will be

extended benefits under all

Centrally-sponsored schemes

on preferential basis, besides

all basic amenities.

This was stated by Anand-

pur Sahib MP Prem Singh

Chandumajra during a

meeting with District Plan-

ning Committee Chairper-

son Sukhwinder Kumar

Sukhi at Banga today. The

meeting was held in connec-

tion with arrangements for a

state-level function on the

occasion of Bhagat Singh’s

martyrdom day on March 23.

“I wanted to adopt the

native village of Shaheed-E-

Azam as Sansad Adarsh

Gram, but could not do so

due some specifications

laid down for it. To provide

Khatkar Kalan the special

status it deserves, he raised

the issue in Parliament and

followed the demand by

meeting Union Minister for

Rural Development and

Panchayats and Water Sup-

ply and Sanitation Birendar

Singh,” he said.

Yesterday, during the visit

of Union Minister Birendar

at Kisan Mela in Patiala, he

raised the issue again. Biren-

dar Singh gave in-principle

approval for adopting

Khatkar Kalan as the Gov-

ernment of India’s Adarsh

Gram, as a special case,

Chandumajra said. He said

the Union Minister would

soon visit Khatkar Kalan for

making a formal announce-

ment in that regard.

Bhagat Singh’svillage to be made‘Adarsh Gram’

Bharat KhannaTribune News Service

Bathinda, March 15

Narcotics have not only

trapped youngsters, chil-

dren in the state are also

fast becoming drug and

alcohol addicts. Many such

children are under de-addi-

tion treatment at the

Bathinda Civil Hospital.

Paras (name changed), 13,

is addicted to intoxicants.

He is admitted to the

Bathinda Civil Hospital for

treatment for the past three

years. Son of a labourer,

Paras is a school dropout.

Under the influence of

some neighbours and

friends, Paras started inhal-

ing correction fluid (avail-

able at stationery shops)

around three years ago.

In February this year, a

14-year-old child was

treated at the de-addiction

centre for a similar addic-

tion. In the first week of

January, 10-year-old

Raghu (name changed) of

Bathinda city underwent

treatment for alcohol

addiction. Son of a labour-

er and a school dropout,

Raghu got addicted to

alcohol while working at a

local dhaba.

Like Raghu and Paras,

many other children are

also in the grip of alcohol

and other intoxicants.

According to doctors here,

around five children report

at the Bathihda de-addic-

tion centre every month.

On average, two of them

are seriously addicted to

drugs, alcohol or other

intoxicants.

Dr Nidhi Gupta, a psy-

chiatrist at the Bathinda

Civil Hospital, said, “Cor-

rection fluid, paint, and

cough syrups are easily

available in the market

and children are getting

addicted to these. Most of

the time, they are in the

age group of 14 to 17 years.

Many children in the 10-14

age group work as waiters

or labourers at hotels, tav-

erns and dhabas. A num-

ber of them get addicted to

various intoxicants during

their employment. Around

5-6 children from this age

group report for de-addic-

tion treatment at the hos-

pital every month.”

The number of patients

getting treatment for alco-

hol addiction in Bathinda

is also rising by the year.

In 2014, 1,050 alcohol

addicts underwent treat-

ment at the Bathinda Civ-

il Hospital. The number

was only 153 in 2013, 176

in 2012 and 177 in 2011. As

per official data of the

Bathinda Health Depart-

ment, alcohol addicts are

second in number to pop-

py husk addicts.

Residents say the increase

in number of liquor shops

in the state has aggravated

the problem. In 2015-16, the

state government plans to

earn over Rs 5,000 crore as

revenue from the sale of

liquor. The figure was Rs

4,671 crore in 2014-15 and

Rs 3,947 crore in 2013.

Drug, alcohol addiction on the rise among children

A 13-year-old child along with other drug addicts at the de-

addiction centre in Bathinda Civil Hospital. A TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPH

Alcohol addiction

In 2014, 1,050 alcoholaddicts underwent treat-ment at the Bathinda CivilHospital. The number wasonly 153 in 2013, 176 in2012 and 177 in 2011

Revenue from liquor

The state governmentearned Rs 4,671 crore fromliquor sales in 2014-15. Thefigure was Rs 3,947 crore in2013. In 2015-16, the gov-ernment targets to earnover Rs 5,000 crore as rev-enue from the sale of liquor

Perneet SinghTribune News Service

Amritsar, March 15

A day after the SGPC virtu-

ally abolished Nanakshahi

calendar and apparently

reverted to Bikrami calen-

dar, architect of original

Nanakshahi calendar Pal

Singh Purewal has strongly

condemned the move call-

ing it a “retrograde step”.

Talking to The

Tribune on the

phone from

Canada, Purew-

al said, “I came

to know about it

through media

reports on the

Internet. It is

unfortunate. They’ve made

a mockery of the Sikh calen-

dar. The calendar they

released yesterday is the

third one in the past 12 years.

They are set to come out with

a new calendar next year.”

He said with the SGPC

almost reverting to Bikrami

calendar for the New Year, the

committee constituted by the

Sikh clergy to resolve the cal-

endar row has lost its rele-

vance. “It is tantamount to giv-

ing an indication to the

committee as to on what lines

it is supposed to work,” he said.

Purewal also hinted that he

might not be part of the com-

mittee constituted recently

by the Sikh clergy to resolve

the calendar row. He said, “I

have not received any offi-

cial communication from the

Akal Takht. I have only read

media reports about my

inclusion in the committee.”

A retrogradestep, saysPurewal

Perneet SinghTribune News Service

Amritsar, March 15

The SGPC move to come

out with Sikh New Year

calendar having “Bikrami

character” has not found

favour with Sikh organi-

sations in various coun-

tries. These organisations

have rejected the new cal-

endar and SGPC’s efforts

to decide on global Panth-

ic matters.

Talking to The Tribune

on the phone from the

USA, American Gurdwara

Parbandhak Committee

(AGPC) coordinator Dr

Pritpal Singh said, “We

reject the committee con-

stituted by the Sikh clergy

to resolve the calendar row

and the calendar released

by the SGPC.”

He said the AGPC had

been following the original

Nanakshahi calendar since

2003 and would continue to

do so in future. He said

their apprehensions regard-

ing the revival of Bikrami

calendar have come true

with the fresh SGPC move.

He urged the Akal Takht

Jathedar not to play with

Sikh sentiments.

The Pakistan Sikh Gurd-

wara Parbandhak Commit-

tee (PSGPC) also stated that

it would stick to the original

Nanakshahi calendar. PSG-

PC general secretary Gopal

Singh Chawla, said, “The

PSGPC led by its president

Sham Singh released the

original Nanakshahi calen-

dar for the New Year on Sat-

urday.” He said they would

continue to follow it in

future as it symbolised the

distinct identity of Sikhs.

Gulbarg Singh of the

Global Sikh Council (GSC)

also rejected efforts by “any

local organisation, especial-

ly the one under the control

of a politician, to decide on

global Panthic matters”.

“Therefore, any decision,

made by any committee,

formed by the SGPC by

exploiting the name of Akal

Takht, to sabotage

Nanakshahi calendar, the

symbol of Khalsa Panth’s

sovereignty, will not be

acceptable,” he said.

Referring to the Sikh Gur-

dwara Act, he said the

SGPC’s responsibility and

authority was limited to the

management of historic

Sikh shrines in Punjab and

others under its control.

“Under the Act, no jathedar

of any shrine, including

Akal Takht, has been

assigned any authority to act

as a spokesperson for the

Sarbat Khalsa, the Khalsa

Panth.” He felt it was high

time for the Sarbat Khalsa to

become active and dis-

charge its duties independ-

ent of any outside influ-

ences, political or otherwise.

The National Sikh Coun-

cil of Australia Inc, which is

a member of the GSC, also

said the SGPC’s authority

was limited to Punjab and

Haryana only and not all

Sikhs in the world. The

council said, “The SGPC

represents gurdwaras in

Punjab and Haryana only,

but most of the simple-

minded diaspora Sikhs are

under the impression that

the SGPC is the controlling

body of all Sikhs in the

world, which is not true.

The GSC should not follow

the SGPC, rather the SGPC

should follow the GSC,” it

stated in a letter written to

Gulbarg Singh of the GSC.

Foreign Sikh bodies reject SGPC’s new calendarGurdwara panels in US, Pakistan to stick to original Nanakshahi calendar

Members of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee release the original

Nanakshahi calendar for the Sikh New Year in Pakistan. A TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPH

❝At least 80 per centmilling for the 2014-15season has been done.The remaining will becompleted by April 15.The procurementagencies have failed tomake payments even forthe previous season.❞

Nakesh Jindal, PRESS SECY, MILLERS' BODY

❝We (the Pakistan SikhGurdwara ParbandhakCommittee) willcontinue to follow theoriginal Nanakshahicalendar in future as itsymbolises the distinctidentity of Sikhs.❞

Gopal Singh Chawla, PSGPC GEN SECY

❝We (the AmericanGurdwara ParbandhakCommittee) reject thecommittee constitutedby the Sikh clergy toresolve the calendar rowand calendar releasedby the SGPC.❞

Dr Pritpal Singh, AGPC COORDINATOR

❝Any decision made byany committee formedby the SGPC byexploiting the name ofAkal Takht to conspire tosabotage Nanakshahicalendar will not beacceptable.❞

Gulbarg Singh, GLOBAL SIKH COUNCIL

DISSENTING VOICES

SGPC can't nullifygeneral housedecision: Dal Khalsa

The Dal Khalsa on Sunday

questioned the wisdom of

the SAD and the SGPC lead-

ership for backtracking on

the Nanakshahi calendar

issue. The issue formed core

of the struggle to uphold dis-

tinct identity of Sikhs, it said.

Blaming the SGPC for perpe-

trating a fraud on the Sikhs,

Dal Khalsa head HS Dhami

said, "How can the SGPC

president or a few executive

members arbitrarily nullify

the decision taken by the

general house of the pre-

mier Sikh institution?" On

January 8, 2003, the then

Akal Takht Jathedar Jogin-

der Singh Vedanti formed an

11-member panel to sort out

the calendar issue. The com-

mittee held several meet-

ings and thoroughly debated

all aspects related to the cal-

endar. The new draft was

accepted it in toto by the

SGPC general house on

March 28, 2003, he said..

Pal Singh

Purewal



The Bharti Kisan Union

(Rajewal) here today said the

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)

had harmed the cause of

farmers by voting in support

of amendments to the Land

Acquisition Act, 2013.

Addressing mediaper-

sons after a meeting of the

organisation at the Kisan

Bhavan here, BKU presi-

dent Balbir Singh Rajewal

said while the SAD

opposed the amendments

outside Parliament, its

MPs voted for these inside

the House. That was a

betrayal of the farmers’

cause by a party that pro-

claimed itself to be the pro-

tector of farmers.

Rajewal said they would

organise a rally at Khanna

on March 24. It would

mark the beginning of a

struggle against the anti-

farmer policies of the BJP

government at the Centre.

Meanwhile, a large num-

ber of farmers under the

banner of the Bharti Kisan

Union Ekta (Dakaunda)

and the Azad Kisan Sang-

harash Committee, Punjab,

today left for Delhi to hold a

demonstration there.

Their demands include

revocation of the amend-

ments made to the Land

Acquisition Act, 2013,

implementation of the

Swaminathan Commission

report, ensuring procure-

ment of foodgrains and

waiving the debt of farmers.

Akalis have harmedfarmers’ cause: BKU

❝Union MinisterBirendar Singhhas given in-principleapproval foradoptingKhatkar Kalan

as the Government ofIndia's Adarsh Gram, as aspecial case.❞

Prem Singh Chandumajra, MP

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015 03PUNJAB

Nikhil BhardwajTribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 15

The police today arrested

Tarunvir Singh alias Sun-

ny (24), nephew of Con-

gress councillor Amanjeet

Kaur, and recovered from

him fake rubber stamps of

government officials.

The ACP-West, RPS

Sandhu, said the police

acted on a tip-off that Sun-

ny was supplying fake

stamps and fake ID proofs.

“Our team raided his

house and recovered 150

duplicate voter cards, 13

registration certificates

(RC), six driver’s licences,

six rubber stamps of the

tehsildars at Jalandhar,

Shahkot and Phillaur and

those of the District Trans-

port Officer (DTO), Jaland-

har,” Sandhu said.

He said the raid had also

yielded 50 gm of drug pow-

der concealed in a water tank

on the roof. The ACP said

during inquiry, Sunny had

revealed that he had been

using fake documents for

bail application of crimi-

nals. He said the police

were looking for Sunny’s

accomplices. A case under

Section 420, 465, 468, 467,

471 and 263 of the IPC and

the NDPS Act had been

registered.

Councillor’s nephewcaught with fake stamps

Praful Chander NagpalOur Correspondent

Fazilka, March 15

The special investigation

team (SIT) probing the role

of former Dhilwan Market

Committee chairman Gur-

dev Singh, believed to be

PPCC spokesperson Sukh-

pal Khaira’s aide, in a

trans-border heroin smug-

gling racket today grilled

Khaira’s personal security

officer, Head Constable

Joga Singh.

Official sources said he

was questioned by officials

of the Counter-Intelligence

Wing of the Police.

The sources said Joga

Singh had been associated

with Khaira’s family for

more than 20 years. He was

earlier posted with the late

minister Sukhjinder

Singh, Khaira’s father.

Joga Singh during ques-

tioning reportedly admit-

ted that he was well-

acquainted with Gurdev

Singh and his driver Man-

jit Singh. He told the SIT

that on March 4, 2015,

when he was travelling

with Khaira from Delhi to

Chandigarh, he received a

call on his mobile. He

recognised the voice as

that of Gurdev Singh.

He said the latter spoke to

Khaira on his (Joga

Singh’s) mobile number.

He said he had received a

call from Gurdev Singh’s

sister from the UK who

wanted to speak to Khaira.

He also received two calls

from Gurdev Singh on

reaching Chandigarh.

He claimed that Khaira

too made called up Gurdev

Singh’s sister in the UK.

Talking to The Tribune,

Khaira dared the police to

make the mobile phone

records public.

He asked the police to

constitute an SIT to ascer-

tain the role of Cabinet

Minister Bikram Majithia

in the Bhola drug racket.

The Fazilka police had

arrested Gurdev Singh and

seven more with contra-

band and arms on March 9.

The Inspector-General,

Bathinda Range, had set

up an SIT headed by

Deputy Inspector-General

of Police, Ferozepur Range,

Amar Singh Chahal, to

probe the matter.

SIT grills Khaira’ssecurity officer

The case so far

■ Joga Singh has reported-ly told the police that heis acquainted with keyaccused Gurdev Singhand his driver Manjit

■ He has told the SIT thaton March 4, 2015, hegot a call on his mobile.He recognised the voiceas that of Gurdev Singh

■ He said both Khaira andGurdev Singh spoke toeach other for a while

■ He said he also receiveda call from GurdevSingh’s sister from theUK, saying she wantedto speak to Khaira

■ Gurdev Singh and 7 morewere held with contrabandand arms on March 9

HEROIN SEIZURE

Tribune news Service

Sangrur, March 15

Celebrating the birth

anniversary of BSP founder

Kanshi Ram here today, state

president Avtar Singh

Karimpuri said the party

needed at least 80,000 leaders

at the village-level to form a

BSP government in Punjab

in 2017.

Karimpuri said this could

be done only by gaining polit-

ical power for which the BSP

required 20,000 leaders at the

sector level and 80,000 lead-

ers at the village level. “The

cadre should start working

from today to prepare an

army of 80,000 leaders at the

village-level,” he said.

Karimpuri said the BSP

wanted to wipe out the Con-

gress, the SAD and the BJP

in Punjab as these parties

had failed to work for the

uplift of the Dalits and the

poor. He said the BSP would

start a movement against

land acquisition legislation

which was “anti-farmer”.



Senior SAD leader and for-

mer SGPC president Bibi

Jagir Kaur today called for

an inquiry into the “unac-

counted wealth” amassed

by former Congress MLA

Sukhpal Singh Khaira.

Addressing a press con-

ference here today, she

said the Enforcement

Directorate should investi-

gate allegations of drug

trade against Khaira.

Bibi Jagir Kaur, who

released a video footage,

alleged Gurdev Singh, who

is involved in a drug case,

had showered currency

notes on Khaira at a func-

tion. She alleged Gurdev

Singh and another drug

smuggler operated under

Khaira’s patronage.

The other smuggler was

wanted in the multi-crore

drug trafficking case and

had been named as a traf-

ficker by prime accused

Anup Kahlon, she alleged.

Bibi alleged that Khaira,

who owned only 17 acres of

land, had built a Rs 5 crore

house at his native village

Ramgarh. Also, he had a

Rs 40-crore worth house in

Chandigarh.

“Khaira is an owner of

luxury vehicles and he por-

trays himself as a rich

man,” Bibi claimed. Khaira

rubbished the charges.

Probe ex-MLA’s assets: Bibi JagirSo be it, says defiant Khaira

■ Congress spokesperson Sukhpal SinghKhaira said he was ready to face anyinquiry by an independent agency

■ He said Bibi Jagir Kaur had been con-victed by a court and that she had nomoral right to level ‘unsubstantiated’allegations against anyone

■ Khaira said there was a complaint pending against Bibibefore the Lokpal and she had been served a notice for“illegal” occupation of panchayat land

■ He said the video-tape against him was forged. “I amprepared for any inquiry by an impartial agency. Let BibiJagir Kaur also face a similar inquiry,” he added

Gagandeep SinghTribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 15

A comic book featuring Deep

Singh as Sikh superhero is

all set to be released in April.

In this comic, secret

agent Deep Singh visits

Graceland for vacation

where he fights Taliban

agents who want to kill

him for thwarting their

plot to bomb schools.

The comic is the brain-

child of Supreet Singh

Manchanda, who is based

in California, US, and his

two team members Eileen

Alden and Amit Tayal.

Talking to The Tribune,

Supreet said: “I had been

working on the idea for

long, but it materialised

after I met Eileen in 2011.

We have been working

hard since then.”

He said it would be a

four-part series with the

first part expected to be

released in April. A ven-

ture capitalist by profes-

sion, Supreet says this

comic is a classic tale of

good versus evil and will

appeal to many cultures in

the world.

He said they would also

release the comic in the dig-

ital format and in several

languages such as Punjabi,

Mandarin, Spanish and

Portuguese.

“The project is a service

to the community. We are

not making any money

from it,” Supreet added.

Comic bookwith Sikhsuperhero

Mission to form govt in 2017: BSP

Mansa: The police have

seized 50 boxes of foreign

and India-made foreign

liquor and 400 litres of

jaguar (lahan) from two per-

sons of Dulowal village, said

to be Akali workers.

Shivraj Singh and Jagtar

Singh were arrested under

the Excise Act. The seized

liquor is worth Rs 10 lakh.

The police claimed that

the accused were earlier

wine shop contractors.

They had stocked liquor at

their house.

“On a tip-off, the police

conducted a raid and seized

liquor stored in Shivraj

Singh’s house without a

licence,” a police officer

said. The police refused to

say if the accused were

Akali workers. — TNS

Illicit liquor seized

Anirudh Gupta

Ferozepur, March 15

A senior assistant in the

DC’s office has been booked

for allegedly making fake

entries for renewing arms

licences in connivance with

certain arms dealers.

Balwinder Singh Sekhon,

DSP (City), said a case had

been registered against

Manoj Kumar who was ear-

lier posted at the Arms

Licence branch. Sources

said the police had also

booked arms dealers

Rakesh Chander (Nanda

Gun House), Shivinder

Vohra (Vohra Gun House)

and Anil Sethi (Abohar

Armoury), but none had

been arrested.

The DSP said the clerk

had links with several arms

dealer. He would make

fake entries for renewal of

arms licences. He had also

made entries for all-India

permit without following

the due process, he added.

Clerk in DC’soffice bookedfor fake entries

■ 150 duplicate voter cards

■ 13 RCs, 6 driver’s licence

■ 6 rubber stamps ofJalandhar, Shahkot and

Phillaur tehsildars

■ Rubber stamp of DTO,Jalandhar

■ 50 gm of drug powder

Accused Tarunvir Singh (centre) in custody of the Jalandhar

police on Sunday. TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPH

Raid on house leads to recoveries

THE TRIBUNE04 CHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015PUNJAB

BRIEFLY

PATIALA

Girl's body foundThe Patran police have recov-

ered the body of a seven-year-

old girl from Maulviwala vil-

lage pond. The initial report

suggests she drowned. She

had been missing from her

maternal grandfather's house

since March 9. A case has

been registered.

FATEHGARH SAHIB

National Lok AdalatAs many as 3,861 cases of

the 4,059 have been settled

amicably during the National

Lok Adalat. The court also

awarded compensation to

the beneficiaries. Most of the

cases were related to MGN-

REGA, land acquisition and

matrimonial disputes.

BARNALA

3 killed in mishapThree persons died, when

their car rammed into a trac-

tor-trailer on Barnala-Raikot

road near Wazidke Kalan vil-

lage, about 12 km from here,

on Sunday. The deceased

were identified as Pirthipal

Singh (40) from Ludhiana, his

wife Sukhraj Kaur (38) and

his sister Baljit Kaur (60). The

tractor driver, who has been

booked, fled from the spot.

SANGRUR

Left parties to hold protestFour Left parties, CPI, CPI

(M), CPM Punjab (Pasla) and

CPI ML (Liberation), will take

out a protest march from

Mohali to the Assembly on

March 19. They will protest

against the alleged "anti-

farmer" policies of the SAD-

BJP government.

HOSHIARPUR

~3.7 crore subsidyDeputy Commissioner Anin-

dita Mitra on Sunday

revealed that the state gov-

ernment had so far provid-

ed subsidy of more than

Rs 3.7 crore on agricultural

machinery and tools to 97

of agro service centres

being run in the district.

Ravi DhaliwalTribune News Service

Pathankot, March 15

Lalitha M Doverud, a middle-

aged Swedish woman, is

working on opening new vis-

tas of trade between her

native country and the states

of J&K, Himachal Pradesh

and Punjab in her own

imitable style. This has made

her station herself at Mad-

hopur, and she has already

succeeded in establishing

links with leading industrial-

ists of the neighbouring

states of J&K and HP.

So successful has been

her endeavours that she

has already been granted

an audience with the Indi-

an Ambassador to Sweden,

Banashri Bose Harrison, in

Stockholm on April 23. She

will be informing the

ambassador about the lat-

est business initiatives she

has undertaken during her

India tour.

Enchanted by India and its

culture, she has changed her

name from Monika to Lalitha

M Doverud. As a guest of

Pathankot businessman

Dinesh Mahajan, she has

been visiting India since 1992

to promote business between

the two countries. She has

even been instrumental in

establishing the ‘Intact Spe-

cial School’ in Trichy-a

school, which houses differ-

ently-abled children.

Lalitha has already met

leading businessmen of

Kathua (J&K) and, in return,

they have evinced a keen

interest in exporting goods to

Sweden. Her next stop is

some industrial towns of

Punjab, including Ludhiana,

Jalandhar and Amritsar,

before she flies back to Stock-

holm to prepare for her meet-

ing with the ambassador.

Talking to TNS, Madhopur,

Lalitha said that Sweden

was the 20th most important

market for Indian exports.

“Swedish imports from

India constitute 0.5 per cent

of the country’s total

imports. The greatest share

of Swedish imports from

India is of machinery which

is pegged at 32 per cent.

Clothing is the second most

important imported item

amounting for 28 per cent of

the total imports. Other

imports are yarn and chemi-

cals.” I see a high potential of

growth in J&K and HP. Even

in Punjab there have been

many business houses

which have come forward to

export their goods to Swe-

den. I am just a facilitator

between Indian and Swe-

den-based entrepreneurs,”

she claimed.

“My country has a long his-

tory of investments in India;

both Ericsson and Swedish

Match established their pres-

ence in India in the early 20th

century. Today there are

numerous Swedish-multina-

tional companies established

here. Some of the well-known

names include ABB, Volvo

Trucks and Buses, Astra

Zeneca, Ericsson, Atlas Cop-

co, Sandvik and SKF.

Foreign national works to improve tradelinks between Sweden and Punjab

Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 15

Independent Vinod Gupta,

who supported the Congress,

was elected president of the

Sultanpur Municipal Council

here today. Sunita Rani Dhir,

another Independent, who

supported the Congress, was

elected the vice-president.

After being postponed

twice, the elections for vari-

ous posts of the Sultanpur

Lodhi Municipal Council

were finally held amid heavy

police deployment. Gupta got

nine votes. The SAD had five

members. Since the SAD did

not propose a name for the

post, Gupta was elected

unopposed. He was support-

ed by eight councillors and

Navtej Singh Cheema, Sul-

tanpur Lodhi MLA.

Five Congress and five SAD

councillors had won in the

recent municipal elections.

All the three Independents

eventually supported the

Congress. Independent Prit-

pal Singh Pali, initially claim-

ing to be supporting the SAD,

ultimately favoured the Con-

gress. While the elections for

the council were initially

scheduled for March 9, they

were postponed to March 15

since there were inadequate

security arrangements in

place. Rubinderjit Brar, Sub-

Divisional Magistrate (SDM),

Sultanpur Lodhi, adminis-

tered the oath of office to all

the councillors.

Inds elected to top postsin Sultanpur Lodhi

Gagan K TejaTribune News Service

Patiala, March 15

The Punjabi University,

during a meeting of its

finance committee, has

approved an annual budget

for the financial year 2015-

16. Its deficit has swelled to

Rs 208 crore. The deficit

stood at Rs 153 crore in the

fiscal year of 2014-15. While

the university’s expected

income for this year is

Rs 317.41 crore, the expect-

ed expenditure has reached

up to Rs 525.55 crore,

which means the universi-

ty’s income has gone up by

just about six per cent.

Last year, the income

and expenditure estimates

were Rs 280 and

Rs 437 crore.

The data available with

The Tribune shows that the

university expenditure has

recorded an increase of

Rs 235.55 crore in the past

three years as it was only

Rs 290 crore in 2012-2013. It

was Rs 360 crore for the

year 2013-14 and Rs 437

crore in 2014-15.

The figures in the budget

document state that the

financial year of 2014-2015

remained stable for the uni-

versity as the university

increased its income. They

also succeeded in curtailing

its expenditure.

However, Punjabi Univer-

sity Registrar Dr Devinder

Singh said the budget

deficit was almost the same

as last year. “It is just that

we have added Rs 75 crore

arrears to the budget this

time. Though we were pay-

ing arrears earlier, we never

included these in the budg-

et,” he said.

The shrinking grant from

the state government has

made matters worse for the

university. It only has two

sources of income now —

government grant and

tuition fee.

The government is

expected to grant funds to

the university that will

barely meet 19 per cent of

its expenditure. Till

around 20 years ago, the

state government paid for

76 per cent of the universi-

ty’s expenses.

Last year, the university

received Rs 75 crore from

the government, including

Rs 60 crore as annual funds,

and Rs 15 crore for con-

stituent colleges. This year,

the university is expecting

to get only Rs 60 crore as

per the budget proposed for

2015-2016.

Pbi university deficit swells to ~208 crShrinking grants, rising expenses have stretched the varsity’s finances

Poor state of affairs

■ The deficit stood at Rs 153 crore in the finan-cial year of 2014-15

■ While the university'sexpected income for thisyear is Rs 317.41 crore, theexpected expenditure hasrisen to Rs 525.55 crore

■ Last year, the income andexpenditure estimates wereRs 280 and Rs 437 crore

❝The budget deficit isalmost the same as lastyear. It is just that weadded Rs 75 crorearrears to the budgetthis time. Though wewere paying arrearsearlier, we neverincluded these in the budget ❞

Dr Devinder Singh, REGISTRAR

Falling government funds

■ The government is expected to grant funds to the univer-sity that will barely meet 19 per cent of its expenditure

■ Till around 20 years ago, the state government paidfor 76 per cent of the university’s expenses

Punjabi University campus in Patiala. TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO



People’s Party of Punjab

chief Manpreet Singh

Badal today said the first

three years of the Parkash

Singh Badal government

had been an “inexcusable

failure on every front,”

especially in economic

and social sectors. To

make matters worse, the

Narendra Modi govern-

ment had refused to grant

a fiscal package to the

state, he said.

“The gravity of the situ-

ation can be gauged from

the fact that the state

spends Rs 600 crore more

than what it receives as

revenue every month. This

amount is not sufficient to

meet even committed lia-

bilities. The debt burden

will rise to Rs 1.13 lakh

crore by the end of this fis-

cal with debt servicing

estimated at Rs. 11,496

crore per annum.

“Even the growth of rev-

enue receipts has

declined from 18 per cent

to about 11 per cent. To

top it all, the Centre has

removed Punjab from the

category of debt-stressed

states,” Manpreet said in

a statement.

He said he apprehended

that Punjab may not bene-

fit from the rise in states’

share of central taxes from

32 to 42 per cent. With cer-

tain schemes removed

from the list of centrally

sponsored schemes, no

money would be left for

development projects,

Manpreet said.

He pointed out that state

Finance Minister Parmin-

der Singh Dhindsa had

accepted the gravity of the

situation in the wake of the

14th Finance Commission

recommendations.

He said the SAD-BJP gov-

ernment had failed to live

up to the expectations of

the people. It had failed to

honour the promises made

in its election manifesto.

With the state coffers emp-

ty, the people could not

hope for any relief.

Referring to the tension

between the SAD and

the BJP, he said the

alliance had become “non-

functional” and clashes

between activists of

the two parties had

become routine.

Badal govt has failed to deliver: Manpreet

Kulwinder SandhuTribune News Service

Khosa Kotla (Moga), March 15

The Aam Aadmi Party

(AAP) today said that it will

not contest the Dhuri

byelection. The seat fell

vacant after the resigna-

tion of Congress MLA

Arvind Khanna.

Bhagwant Mann and

Prof Sadhu Singh, MPs

from Sangrur and Farid-

kot, addressed rallies at

Badhni Kalan town and

Khosa Kotla village in

Moga district today. They

said that AAP was busy

raising its organisational

structure in Punjab at the

grassroots level. This

was a must for contesting

the 2017 Assembly elec-

tions. “At this point of

time, we are not prepared

for the Dhuri byelection,”

they said.

Alleging that the SAD

had earlier forced a byelec-

tion in Moga, then in Tal-

wandi Sabo and now in

Dhuri, they said defections

and byelections were a

burden on the people.

“This is ethically wrong,”

Bhagwant said.

The AAP leaders said the

SAD-BJP alliance would

not last for long in view of

the differences between

the leaders of the two par-

ties. “The people of Pun-

jab are looking for an

alternative and we are cer-

tain to form the govern-

ment in Punjab in 2017,”

the MPs claimed.

Sources in AAP said that

alarmed at the infighting at

the national level, the par-

ty's top leadership in Pun-

jab had revised their deci-

sion to contest the Dhuri

byelection.

AAP not tocontest Dhuribyelection

Bhagwant Mann, AAP MP, in Moga on Sunday. TRIBUNE PHOTO

Sushil GoyalTribune News Service

Sangrur, March 15

Barring SAD (Amritsar), no

political party has announced

its candidate for the Dhuri

Assembly by-election. Its can-

didate Surjit Singh Kalabula

is a member of the SGPC. The

filing of nomination papers

begins from March 17.

Besides the SAD-BJP

alliance and the Congress,

AAP has also not

announced its candidate.

The Left parties have also

not announced their candi-

dates. Though Dr Joginder

Dayal of the CPI recently

said they might support

SAD (Longowal) candidate.

Sources said the SAD

(Longowal) candidate

Gaganjeet Barnala, general

secretary of the SAD (Lon-

gowal) and son of former

Chief Minister Surjit Singh

Barnala, might contest the

by-poll. They said all the

opposition parties, includ-

ing the Congress, might

support him.

Barnala declined to com-

ment on the issue, but said

most opposition parties

were ready to contest on

one platform. Punjab

Pradesh Congress Commit-

tee (PPCC) chief Partap

Singh Bajwa said it would

announce its candidate

by Tuesday.

In the SAD, several per-

sons are in the race to con-

test the by-poll. Sources

said some of the possible

candidates were former

minister Gobind Longowal,

Gagandeep Kaur Dhindsa,

Finance Minister Parmin-

der Dhindsa’s wife, and

Amanveer Singh Cheri, a

close relative of secretary

general of the SAD,

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.

However, Sukhdev Dhindsa

had declared that no one

from his family would con-

test the Dhuri by-election.

Kalabula is SAD (A)candidate

Our Correspondent

Ferozepur, March 15

Davinder Bajaj, BJP council-

lor, along with other workers,

have rebelled against the par-

ty’s decision to appoint Ash-

wani Grover as the president

of the Municipal Council.

Grover is state BJP chief

Kamal Sharma’s loyalist.

Bajaj, who was a strong con-

tender for the post, along

with Davinder Narang,

Sukhwinder Singh, Arun

Kumar, Rajan Sharma, Ash-

wani Monga, Chander Bhan,

Shivam and Kishore Kumar

have resigned from party

posts. Earlier, amid protests,

senior BJP councillor Ash-

wani Grover was elected as

the president, while SAD

councillor Puran Singh Jos-

san and BJP councillor Kam-

la Mehta, were elected as the

Senior vice-president and

vice-president, respectively.

Thereafter, Bajaj left the

house in a huff. His support-

ers then lodged a protest.

State party president

Kamal Sharma along with

Ferozepur MP Sher Singh

and Chief Parliamentary Sec-

retary (cooperation) KD

Bhandari were also present

there. Bajaj along with his

supporters also held a

demonstration outside Shar-

ma’s house. During the last

term, the faction-ridden BJP

couldn’t elect a president for

almost two years after the

2008 polls. Later, it was decid-

ed that Ashwani Grover and

Davinder Kapoor were to

hold the post on a rotational

basis for two years each.

Grover, who was elected as

president for the second time

yesterday, said at least 15 out

of 19 BJP councillors and sev-

en SAD councillor had sup-

ported him.

Sharma loyalist electedpresident amid protests

❝The gravity of the situation canbe gauged from the fact that thestate spends Rs 600 crore morethan what it receives as revenueevery month. This amount is notsufficient to meet evencommitted liabilities❞

Manpreet Badal, PPP CHIEF

DHURI BY-POLL

CONTENDER DAVINDER BAJAJ RESIGNS

❝I will take up the matter with senior partyfunctionaries❞ Davinder Bajaj, BJP COUNCILLOR

❝It is for the party to decide on these mattersand as dedicated soldiers we need to abide bythese decisions❞ Ashwani Grover, MC PRESIDENT

Congress MLA Navtej Cheema with supporters in Sultanpur

Lodhi. TRIBUNE PHOTO: MALKIAT SINGH

Saras Mela draws huge crowds

■ Bathinda: The district police on Sunday had a toughtime managing huge crowds at the SARAS Mela

■ With their number swelling, the visitors had to bestopped for three hours outside the mela venue toprevent stampede

■ Varinder Kumar, Additional Deputy Commissioner, saidover 1.50 lakh tickets were sold — Sanjeev Bariana

Woman on a mission ■ Lalitha M Doverud (in pic) has

been working on exports of machin-ery, electrical transformers, chemi-cals and steel items

■ Her focus lies on J&K, HP and Punjab

■ She is so enchanted by India thatshe has changed her name fromMonika Doverud

■ Will meet Indian Ambassador to Sweden, Banashri BoseHarrison, on April 23

Moga, March 15

Rain lashed the town and

parts of Baghapurana, Nihals-

inghwala and Dharamkot

sub-divisions of the district

today. It rained heavily late in

the evening leading to a fall in

the temperature.

Agro-scientists said the cur-

rent spell of rain had increased

the likelihood of attack of yel-

low rust and aphid on the

wheat crop which in turn

would mean low yield. High

humid conditions give rise to

such diseases.

Unexpected rain in the past

one month had already flat-

tened wheat crop on more

than 30,000 acres of land in

the district. The crop over

7,000 acres of land had been

damaged completely due to

hailstorm. Dr Jaswinder

Singh Brar, Agriculture Offi-

cer, has asked the farmers to

drain excess water from their

fields. — TNS

Rain may hitwheat yield

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015 05HARYANA

Sunit DhawanTribune News Service

Rohtak, March 15

The high-level inquiry team

comprising Haryana Addi-

tional Chief Secretary (Med-

ical Education and Research)

Dr RP Chander and Karnal-

based Kalpana Chawla Med-

ical College Director Dr

Surender Kashyap reached

the PGIMS here today and

began probing the alleged

lapses in the treatment of late

CM Master Hukam Singh.

The team members first

met Dr VK Jain, Vice-Chan-

cellor of the University of

Health Sciences, and then

questioned PGIMS Director,

Dr Rohtas Yadav, Medical

Superintendent, Dr Ashok

Chauhan, and Senior Profes-

sor in charge of critical care,

pulmonary medicine and IT

Dr Dhruva Chaudhry.

Informed sources said the

inquiry team would also visit

Medanta Hospital in Gur-

gaon, where Master Hukam

Singh passed away.

Talking to reporters, Dr

Chander said the probe had

just begun and it would take

some time. He assured that

the truth would come out

soon. It may be pertinent to

mention here that the state

government had first asked

the PGIMS Director to

probe the matter after the

aides of the late Chief Minis-

ter complained of delay in

providing an ambulance

and other lacunae. The

inquiry denied any deficien-

cy in treatment or delay in

providing an ambulance.

Apparently dissatisfied

with the inquiry report sub-

mitted by the PGIMS Direc-

tor, the state authorities

asked Director-General

(Medical Education and

Research) Pradeep Kasni to

probe the matter.

On the basis of Kasni’s

probe report, Haryana

Health Minister Anil Vij rec-

ommended the suspension

of PGIMS Director Dr

Rohtas Yadav and senior pro-

fessor Dr Dhruva Chaudhry.

While Dr Yadav maintained

that he had not been ques-

tioned or heard by Kasni in

connection with the matter,

Dr Chaudhry demanded a

probe by medical experts.

The resident doctors at the

PGIMS also opposed the gov-

ernment move on suspen-

sion of the said faculty mem-

bers. Following this, the Chief

Minister ordered a fresh

(third) probe into the matter

by a team comprising Dr

Chander and Dr Kashyap.

Probe team quizzesRohtak PGIMS dons

‘LAPSES’ IN TREATMENT OF EX-CM HUKAM SINGH

Dharmendra JoshiTribune News Service

Panipat, March 15

A magisterial inquiry to ascer-

tain the causes that led to

severe infection in the eyes of

14 patients after they were

operated for cataract at Nav-

jeewan Hospital in Panipat on

March 11, began here today.

Confirming this, the

inquiry officer, Panipat SDM

Subhash Sheoran said he

had recorded the statement

of Dr Ankur Gupta today.

Though Sheoran refused to

divulge any information

regarding Dr Gupta’s state-

ment, he said he would like-

ly complete his inquiry by

Monday and would submit

his report to DC Samir Pal

Srow soon after.

Sheoran who is being assist-

ed by Civil Surgeon Dr Inder-

jeet Dhankhar, two eye spe-

cialists and a microbiologist

in conducting the inquiry,

said he would also visit Nav-

jeewan Hospital and the hos-

pital in Samalkha being run

by Samaj Sewa Samiti.

Meanwhile, Dr Gupta said

he suspected that a bottle of

ringer lactate eye drops used

for the patients during their

cataract surgeries on March

11 was infectious, which pos-

sibly caused complications.

He said he had already sent

the samples of the eye drops

to a private laboratory for its

examination, whereas the

district health authorities had

also taken its samples and

sent it to a government labo-

ratory for examination.

Dr Gupta said two different

bottles were used for admin-

istering the eye drops to the

patients on March 11 and

possibly only one bottle was

infectious, that was why four

of the 18 patients did not suf-

fer from infection. Further,

Dr Gupta said he had been

practising as an eye surgeon

for the last decade and had

done around 15,000 surger-

ies so far and not even a sin-

gle case of medical negli-

gence occurred.

On March 11, operations

were done at his Navjeewan

Hospital as the Samalkha

Hospital was not properly

fumigated. Dr Gupta added, a

few months ago he had per-

formed cataract surgeries on

the same patients, and they

had been successful.

Corroborating his state-

ment, Subhash Chandra of

Bhorwal Majri village told

The Tribune that her mother

Pasi Devi’s other eye had

been successfully operated

by the same doctor, through

the same society about three

months ago. Similarly, Kamla

of Kivana village said her

mother-in-law Shanti Devi’s

second eye had been success-

fully operated by Dr Gupta

through the Samalkha-based

society about three years ago.

That time, the society did not

take any money, she added.

No improvement in patients’ condition

Chandigarh: Doctors at the Advanced Eye Centre at PGIMER,Chandigarh, said no significant improvement was reported inthe eyes of any of the 14 patients. The test results revealedpresence of pseudomonas bacteria in the eyes of thepatients. “We will be in a better position to comment on the possibility of restoration of vision in these patients, byMonday evening,” said one of the consultants. — TNS

our correspondent

Ambala, March 15

Health Minister Anil Vij may

not attend the convocation

function of SD College,

Ambala Cantt, to be held

tomorrow, to protest the

British trend of wearing a

black gown during convoca-

tion functions.

Haryana Governor Kaptan

Singh Solanki will be the

chief guest on the occasion.

The college has invited Vij as

a guest of honour.

Talking to mediapersons

today, Vij said he had full

respect for the Governor, but

he had been opposing this

colonial legacy of black gown

as the convocation outfit

since his student life. Howev-

er, he said he would welcome

the Governor in Circuit

House to follow the protocol,

but would not attend the con-

vocation. He said he would

persuade the educational

institutions to follow the Indi-

an tradition in convocations.

Protesting dresscode, Vij mayskip convocation

SunitDhawanTribune News Service

Rohtak, March 15

It’s 5.30 in the evening.

Groups of small children at a

slum settlement inhabited by

ragpickers are hurriedly

scribbling on their notebooks

to complete their homework.

Soon, a man arrives. Seeing

him, the children break into a

chorus of “Namaste, sir” and

“good evening, sir”. The “sir”

takes a round of the slum and

greets everyone.

The teacher – Dr Venkatesh

Murthy, 32, a faculty member

and convener of the entrepre-

neurship cell at the Indian

Institute of Management

(IIM) here – has been running

the novel school since August.

The class begins. It is a

modest room on the roof of a

small house located nearby.

The room has no furniture,

only a few rugs to sit on.

“One night while riding a

bicycle, I came across a rag-

picker. We broke into a con-

versation and he told me that

their children did not go to

school. Next day, I visited the

place and made enquiries.

The plight of ragpickers

residing in this locality

moved me and I decided to

teach their children,” Dr

Murthy told The Tribune.

Dr Murthy, who belongs to

Karnataka, initially tried to

convince the parents to send

their children to Government

Primary School located in

Kabir Colony adjoining their

settlement. “But the school

authorities refused to admit

the children, maintaining

they did not know Hindi.

Since most of the ragpickers

are from the Assam-Bengal

belt, I started the school near

their locality to teach Hindi to

their children,” he said.

A visit to the school

revealed that children are

enthusiastic about their stud-

ies and want to make a mark

in life. While Herbala (10)

from Assam wants to become

a doctor, Reena (8) aspires to

be a teacher. Sabikool (6)

wants to become a police offi-

cer. Sumita (4), who obviously

does not have a clue about

her career course, just wants

to be a “didi”.

Dr Murthy’s students at

the IIM-Rohtak also help him

in his venture and so does his

study-cum-work experience

at the TISS, Mumbai. Prof P

Rameshan, IIM-Rohtak

Director, is all praise for Dr

Murthy’s noble pursuit and

commendable efforts.

Ragpickers during the day, students in the evening

IIM Prof Venkatesh Murthy teaches

ragpickers at Kabir Colony.

Panipat, March 15

Four persons of a marriage

party from Rohtak were crit-

ically injured and referred to

the PGIMS, Rohtak, as their

vehicle collided with a truck

on Sanauli road in Panipat

on Sunday.

The injured were identi-

fied as Ajay, Anil, Sonu and

Marki. They were rushed to

PGIMS, Rohtak. — TNS

Four of a marriage party hurt in Panipat mishapBOTCHED EYE SURGERIES

SDM begins inquiry;doc suspects eyedrops were infected

THE TRIBUNE06 CHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015HARYANA

MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS (MORTH)GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

Invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) from eligible firms for providingConsulting services for ‘Reducing Carbon Footprint for the Highways sector’

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Sumedha SharmaTribune news service

Gurgaon March 15

To put an end to frequent

war of words between farm-

ers and the state govern-

ment over crop-damage

compensation, Haryana

will get all fields insured

and insurance companies

will pay the damages.

“Your fields will now be

government fields and will

be insured. We are prepar-

ing a special insurance pol-

icy and compensation

owing to damage due to

adverse weather conditions

will be paid by the insur-

ance companies. The

farmer will also get com-

pensation if his crop is pur-

chased below the Minimum

Support Price,” said

Haryana Irrigation Minis-

ter OP Dhankar on the side-

lines of the closing ceremo-

ny of the Agri Leadership

Summit held here.

The three-day summit,

which was attended by

lakhs of farmers and

experts, concluded today.

Governor Prof Kaptan

Singh Solanki was the chief

guest on the occasion.

The Governor appreciat-

ed the government’s

efforts to host the summit,

saying Haryana would soon

be a force to reckon with in

agriculture as in sports.

“We are at a top position

in sports, education and

send maximum number

of soldiers to the Army

but when I see the work of

progressive farmers here

and vision of experts, I

am sure that soon we will

be known for our agricul-

ture. I call upon

researchers to keep up

the good work and farm-

ers to implement it in

their fields,” said Solanki,

as he honoured 90 pro-

gressive farmers.

Meanwhile, Union Min-

ister of State for Social

Justice & Empowerment

Krishan Pal Gujjar

targeted the Congress’

protest over the land

acquisition Bill.

“These people grabbed

the land of farmers during

their tenure and are now

posing to be their (farm-

ers’) well-wishers. I

appeal to all of you to

beware of them,” he said.

“We are your true well-

wishers as we are farmers.

It’s for your benefit that we

plan to start agro manage-

ment courses in the state

soon and turn you

into entrepreneurs,”

added Dhankar.

The function was also

attended by Union Minis-

ter of State for Agriculture

Mohan ji Kalyan ji Bhai

Kundriya who assured a

more beneficial agricul-

ture policy from the Cen-

tral Government soon.

Haryana to insure fields forcrop damage compensation

NEW AGRICULTURE POLICY SOON, SAYS UNION MINISTER KUNDRIYA

Shiv Kumar Sharma

Yamunanagar, March 15

The Saraswati Sugar

Mills, Yamunanagar, one

of the largest sugar mills

in the country, has decid-

ed to stop payment to

farmers from March 16.

The decision will affect

40,000 sugarcane farmers,

as the mill owes Rs 100

crore to them against

the cane procurement

till date.

The mill is still purchas-

ing the sugarcane without

having sufficient funds

for payment. Sources said

the mill authorities had

verbally conveyed the

message to farmers, say-

ing the mill was forced to

take the step due to finan-

cial constraints caused by

a huge difference between

the cost of production and

sale realisation.

The sources said that

mill authorities had pur-

chased (crushed) 1 crore

quintal sugarcane worth

Rs 300 crore up to March

15. However, they had paid

Rs 200 crore as payment to

farmers. This payment

was made to those farmers

who had supplied the cane

up to February 15.

Reports state this year,

the mill has been making

payments to farmers regu-

larly after maintaining a

gap of 30 days of the pur-

chase due to financial cri-

sis. However, it had been

maintaining a gap of 14

days previously.

The sources said the mill

management had written

to the cane commissioner,

Haryana on March 3,

explaining that the mill

was suffering from a seri-

ous financial crisis.

SK Sachdeva, chief oper-

ating officer of the mill,

said, “The sugar price has

declined to Rs 2,550 per

quintal from Rs 3,050 per

quintal since November

2014, scrambling the

financial position of the

mill and forcing us to stop

payment of cane prices to

farmers from March 16.”

Y’nagar mill to stop payment to cane farmersReasons for worry

■ The Saraswati Sugar Mills, Yamunanagar, is one of thelargest sugar mills in the country

■ The decision will affect 40,000 sugarcane farmers

■ Unless the government provides financial assistance, itwill not be able to make payments in the current season


Gurgaon, March 15

Around 200 acres of land is

under strawberry cultiva-

tion at Sahdawa village in

Hisar district and the vil-

lage has emerged as a

strawberry hub of the

North India and the second

largest producer of the

exotic fruit after Maha-

baleshwar in Pune.

The farmers at the village

experimented with the crop

about 15 years ago.

But despite efforts, the

farmers are now feeling dis-

enchanted as a few traders

have dominated the market

and there is no government

support and they are unable

to get competitive prices for

their produce.

“We can work hard,

mobilise resources, but we

cannot sell,” said Rajesh

Kumar, a farmer from His-

ar’s Sahdawa village, who

showcased his crop at the

Agri-Leadership Summit

here. He said they had to

transport the produce to the

Azadpur mandi in Delhi

which was about 200 km

from their village.

“The Delhi traders have

monopolised the prices. We

provide them finished

product which is ready to

sell. But, we have no con-

trol over the prices and

cannot quote a price for the

produce,” he added.

He said a scientist of the

Haryana Agriculture Uni-

versity Dr Anil Godara had

started growing strawberry

in their village in the early

90s. He tested the soil and

underground water and

found it best suited for

growing strawberry.

Bupender Singh (60), a

farmer from Digrota vil-

lage in Mahendergarh,

echoed similar views. A

first time strawberry grow-

er, he said: “I have an expe-

rience of growing different

crops. But, strawberry is a

better option. The only

problem is with the mar-

ket. I am here for three

days, but have not come

across any trade leader.”

Rajesh said for the last

two years, a disease has

surfaced causing rot to the

berries.

“The agriculture scientists

are unable to control the dis-

ease. My crop also got affect-

ed which is spread across

six acre land and I have

been able to recover only

the input cost,” he said.

Strawberry farmersseek better price fortheir produce

STRAWBERRY CULTIVATION

■ It takes an investment of~4 lakh per acre to growstrawberry

■ A farmer can earn aboutRs 6 lakh to Rs 20 lakhdepending on the crop insix months (crop patternSeptember to March)

■ Sahdawa village has pro-duced about 7,000 quin-tal strawberry during thecurrent year

■ They are packed in 2 kgready to sell packets

■ Prices fluctuate from~100 to ~900 per packetdepending on the qualityand demand

■ There are only threewholesale traders forthe crop at Azadpurmandi in Delhi

Nitish SharmaTribune News Service

Kurukshetra, March 15

Unhappy with the extrav-

aganza of a dowry, DJ and

serving liquor during

wedding functions, the

Akhil Bhartiya Ror

Mahasabha has launched

Jan-Jagran Abhiyan

against these ‘evils’.

The decision to launch the

campaign was taken during

the meeting of community

representatives from 84 vil-

lages of Kurukshetra and

Nilokheri, called by Ror

Mahasabha at Ror Dhra-

mashala here on Saturday.

Ror Mahasabha chief

Chowdhery Nasib Singh

Karsa said, “To eliminate

social evils from the commu-

nity, the mahasabha has

decided to launch an aware-

ness campaign. From the

last few years we have seen a

spurt in social evils in the

community. People are

spending hefty amounts on

marriages just to show-off

and following this, arrang-

ing the marriage of a daugh-

ter has become a tough task

for the poor.” He said, “We

often see disputes during

marriage functions due to

DJ and liquor. All such

things are leading the young

generation to a wrong path.”

Nasib Singh said, “Not

only this, but several func-

tions are being organised

before the marriage such

as ring ceremony and par-

ties where lakhs are spent.

We have called upon the

representatives of the Ror

community to get united

for this cause.”

The mahasabha’s gener-

al secretary Roshanlal

Mehla said, “The represen-

tatives here were of the

view that only one function

should be organised for a

marriage. Similarly in case

of an individual’s death, all

rituals must be performed

within a day.”

“The community will

organise meetings across

the state in which the com-

munity members will be

made aware on the points

such as the number of peo-

ple in a marriage party

must by minimum, no

dowry, ban on DJ and

liquor, no shagun on

engagement and minimum

expense during bhrama-

bhoj that gets organised on

the occasion of ‘Rasam

Pagri’,” he added.

Nasib Singh said a maha-

panchayat will be organised

in Kurukshetra in April and

representatives of Ror com-

munity from Uttar Pradesh

and Uttarakhand will also

be invited. It has been

decided that four commit-

tees comprising eleven

members each will be

formed across the state to

run the campaign success-

fully. Besides, a youth and a

women wing will also be

formed, he added.

Ror community saysno to DJ, dowry andliquor at weddings

Pradeep SharmaTribune News Service


The Food Corporation of

India (FCI) has decided to

play only a ‘supportive’

role in the procurement of

wheat, in the forthcoming

Rabi season.

A letter dated March 13,

by UKS Chauhan, joint

secretary, Ministry of Con-

sumers Affairs, Food and

Public Distribution,

addressed to SS Prasad,

Haryana Additional Chief

Secretary, said, “The Food

Corporation of India will

only play a supportive role

by withdrawing from the

direct procurement of

wheat in Haryana. It will

reimburse acquisition cost

and carrying charges for all

stock procured under the

Central Pool at the time of

lifting and distribution.”

When the issue was

raised in the ongoing Bud-

get session of the Haryana

Vidhan Sabha, the

Haryana Government on

Friday sought a clarifica-

tion from the Central gov-

ernment on issues related

to wheat procurement.

Earlier, a high-level com-

mittee, headed by former

Union Minister Shanta

Kumar, in its report to the

Central Government, had

recommended that FCI

needed to outsource all

procurement operations of

wheat and paddy to state

agencies in certain states,

including unjab,Haryana,

Andhra Pradesh, Chhat-

tisgarh, Madhya Pradesh

and Orissa, that had creat-

ed infrastructure for

procurement.

The committee was man-

dated to suggest steps for

restructuring or

unbundling of the FCI

with a view to improve its

operational efficiency and

financial management.

The committee has recom-

mended that the FCI will

accept only the surplus

(after deducting the needs

of the states under the

National Food Security

Act) from these state gov-

ernments to be moved to

deficit states.

Former CM Bhupinder

Singh Hooda expressed

concern at FCI’s with-

drawal from the procure-

ment scene during the

ongoing session of the

Vidhan Sabha.

FCI to play ‘supportive’ rolein wheat procurement

A boon for government corporations?

The FCI's withdrawal from the procurement scene may prove to be a blessing in disguise for the state procurement agencies such as Hafed, Haryana Agro and Confed. Since the FCI will reimburse acquisition costand carrying charges for all stock procured under theCentral Pool at the time of lifting and distribution, thefinancial position of the government may improve. Currently, the state agencies procured nearly 88% of the total wheat produce with the FCI procuring theremaining 12 per cent%.

637 say no to dowry

Karnal: As many as 637 persons, including 475 men and162 women, from various parts of the state on Sundayvowed against dowry at the 15th ‘Agarwal Yuvak-YuvatiParichay Sammelan’ organised by the Agarwal Yuva San-gathan at Ramlila Ground here. Ramesh Jindal, presi-dent of the sangathan, said they started the sammelanin 2000 against dowry. —TNS

Churchdesecratedin HisarDeepender DeswalTribune News Service

Hisar, March 15

Tension prevailed in Kaimari

village of the district after an

under-construction church

was desecrated by some per-

sons on Thursday night.

The police registered a case

on Friday. Sources said cer-

tain villagers had been

protesting against the

church, since construction

started a couple of months

ago. Sukh Dev, a resident of

Mangali rued he had gone to

Ambala along with his fami-

ly recently, but when he

returned on Thursday, he

found the church had been

damaged and an idol of a

Hindu god had been

installed at the site.

The Mangali police station

in charge Ramesh Kumar said

on the complaint of Sukh Dev,

a case had been registered.

The police have named 14 per-

sons in the FIR, including

Anil Kumar, Dalbir Singh, Raj

Kumar, Kuldeep, Satpal, Kris-

han Kumar, Suresh, Dinesh,

Joginder, Kulvant, Sudhir,

Vijender, Satya Naryana,

Chhotu Ram and others.

Farmers meetKhattar,withdraw stir Gurgaon, March 15

The Bhartiya Kisan Union

(BKU) has withdrawn its 10-

day long agitation after a

meeting with CM Manohar

Lal Khattar and Agriculture

Minister Om Prakash

Dhankar, on the issue of the

implementation of the

Swaminathan Commission

recommendations.

The state government

agreed to arrange a meeting

of the farmers with Union

Ministers for Agriculture,

Radha Mohan Singh, and

Finance, Arun Jaitely, to dis-

cuss the issue.

Khattar would also write a

letter to PM Narendra Modi

to take up the farmers’

demands. Meanwhile, the

farmer activists who were

arrested during the agita-

tion in Pipli town also got

bail from a local court in

Rohtak on Saturday. BKU

spokesman Dharampal

Chhot informed mediaper-

sons after his release from

the Sunarian jail in Rohtak

on Saturday evening that all

96 farmer activists, including

BKU chief Gurnam Singh

were released on bail.—TNS

Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki honours a woman farmer at the Agri Leadership Summit held in

Gurgaon on Sunday as state Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar looks on. TRIBUNE PHOTO: SAYEED AHMED

Murrah bulls worth crores, but not for sale

Gurgaon: Golu, Yuvraj, Virat, Arjun, Sultan, Sheru, Rustam and Bhisma Pitamah. Don’tmistake these names with the names of street boys. These are the brand names ofMurrah bull on display at the Agri-Leadership Summit in Gurgaon.

These bulls are famous for their quality germplasm and are at exorbitantly high pricesof Rs one crore and above, though attached with ‘not-for-sale’ tags.

The owners of these bulls earn handsome income by way of selling semen dozes. WhileGolu, a bull owned by Narender Singh Poonia of Didwari village in Panipat, is a veteran.

Narender said he earned more than Rs 50 lakh by selling doses of semen. “Golu isinvaluable. I am not ready to sell him even if anybody offers Rs 20 crore. Already, manypeople have offered prices in crores,” he added.

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015 07NATION

Ajay BanerjeeTribune News Service

New Delhi, March 15

Extreme cold conditions in

Ladakh, Jammu and Kash-

mir, are hindering plans for

speedy expansion of Indian

Air Force (IAF) bases to

counter a surging China, forc-

ing a rethink on existing

building techniques.

The IAF has asked for new-

er technologies that will

enable rapid construction

and sustain smooth opera-

tions during winters when

temperatures drop to -30°C

with heavy snow.

The Ministry of Defence

has already given its nod to

develop an airfield at Nyoma

— a 13,300-ft-high plateau in

south eastern Ladakh — for

fighter jet operations and

expand the existing one at

Kargil. Nyoma is 40 km from

the Line of Actual Control

(LAC) – the defacto border

with China. The Kargil air-

field is less than 10 km from

the Line of Control (LoC)

with Pakistan in northern

part of Ladakh.

The IAF has suggested to

the MoD that carrying out

building work only during

four-month summer-

autumn in Ladakh —

between late May and Sep-

tember — would take years

to develop airfield infra-

structure. Thus, newer tech-

nologies need to be adopted.

Sources said the IAF had

suggested that technologies

in perennially cold countries

be studied which could

speed up construction work

beyond the existing short

period and keep day opera-

tions in areas like Nyoma in

South eastern Ladakh unin-

terrupted during winters.

Also, the airfield undergoes

weather-related changes in

the severe winter. Some kind

of method is needed to

ensure proper friction for

fighter jets to land or take-off.

At present, the construction

is labour-intensive and only

for four months of the sum-

mer. India has two full-

fledged airbases at Leh and

Thoise that allow operations

of all types.

Nyoma, at present, is a

mud-paved advanced land-

ing ground (ALG) that allows

landing of fixed-wing trans-

port planes like the C-17, C-

130J, the IL 76 and the AN 32,

but fighter jets would need a

much harder paved surface.

Nyoma sits at a junction from

where three pressure points

along the LAC — Demchok,

Chushul and Chumar sector

— are close by.

Indian strategic planners

have ruled out having a full

operational usage of the

ALG’s at Fukche and

Chushul as they are deemed

too close to the LAC, rather

Chinese watch towers over-

look these ALG’s.

The Kargil airstrip is just

6,000-ft long and allows only

smaller planes like AN32 or

the C-130-Js to land. It will

need to be expanded for

operations of planes like the

IL76 that have greater car-

rying capacity.

Military developments in

western parts of Tibet and

Xinjiang province means

China has readied seven air-

bases on its side in areas of

western Tibet and Xinjiang

province adjoining Ladakh.

The Indian security estab-

lishment has inputs that Bei-

jing now has the capability to

launch fighter aircraft carry-

ing deadly strike weapons or

transport planes carrying

tonnes of equipment or hun-

dreds of troops to land then

close to Indian forward

defence lines along the LAC.

These fully-functional air-

fields virtually form a ‘ring’

around Ladakh.

A senior official explained

that Kashgar, Korla, Yarkand,

Hotan, Cherchen (Qiemo),

Ngari Gunsa and Gardzong,

have operational airfields.

IAF wants new tech for Ladakh air bases

Extreme weather a worry

■ The IAF has asked for newer technologies that willenable rapid construction and sustain smooth opera-tions during winters when temperatures drop to -30°Cwith heavy snow

■ The Defence Ministry has given its nod to develop an air-field at Nyoma — a 13,300-ft-high plateau in south east-ern Ladakh — for fighter jets operations and expand theexisting one at Kargil

■ At present, the construction work at high altitudes is onlypossible during four-month summer-autumn in Ladakh— between late May and September

.

The C 130J Super Hercules lands at Daulat Beg Oldi in Ladakh. FILE PHOTO

Subhrangshu Gupta

Kolkata, March 15

The police today detained

eight persons for interroga-

tion in the alleged gang-

rape of the sister superior at

the Jesus and Mary’s Con-

vent School at Ranaghat,

near here.

The robbery and the gang-

rape took place in the early

hours of Saturday.

On the basis of the interro-

gation of the detained per-

sons and the CCTV footage,

the police conducted many

raids in the district and other

places. The police personnel

on duty at the state border

and the adjoining states were

also alerted.

Last night, the government

had declared an award of Rs 1

lakh for credible information

about the suspects. But till

this evening, there was no

response from anyone.

A tense situation prevailed

in Gangnapur and Ranaghat

town today. Students, teach-

ers and people from all walks

of life today took to the

streets against the incident.

They criticised the district

administration and the police

for failing to protect the con-

vent and the nuns.

Representatives of differ-

ent missionary organisations

and churches gathered today

at the convent and met the

nuns, teachers and others.

But no political leaders

were allowed entry into

the convent.

CPM secretary Suryakanto

Mishra and BJP leader

Locket Chatterjee visited the

Ranaghat Hospital to

enquire about the condition

of the gang-rape victim. She

is stable now, hospital

authorities said.

Sunanda Mukherjee,

chairperson of the state

Mahila Commission, met

the nuns. She was told by

the convent authorities that

a week ago, they had lodged

an FIR at the local police

post after receiving a threat

call. But the police did not

take any action.

She was also told that after

taking strong disciplinary

action on November 24

against three senior students

who were allegedly involved

in forwarding some ugly pic-

tures through the internet,

the principal and other teach-

ers had regularly been get-

ting threats calls.

On one occasion, some stu-

dents and guarders had

entered the principal’s room

and threatened her with dire

consequences. The SDO and

the police were informed

about the incident.

The Mahila Commission

chairperson said that the

assault could have been

avoided if some precautions

had been taken by the police

on the basis of the FIR.

Nun gang-rape: Eightdetained in Bengal


Bengaluru, March 15

Thousands of people,

including family members,

colleagues and even cen-

tral and state ministers,

today paid homage to Prab-

ha (41), the Bengaluru

techie murdered in Aus-

tralia on March 7.

The body, after it was

flown here from Sydney, was

kept at her relative’s house

here this morning for people

to pay their last respects.

Union ministers from Kar-

nataka Ananth Kumar and

DV Sadananda Gowda, Kar-

nataka Chief Minister Sid-

daramaiah, Home Minister

KJ George and Infrastruc-

ture Minister Roshan Baig

were among the dignitaries

who paid tributes to Prabha.

BJP MP Shobha Karndlaje

said her employers should

have arranged a cab for

dropping her back to her

place after work. Prabha

leaves behind a nine-year-

old daughter, Meghna.

Prabha’s husband Arun

Kumar and brother Shankar

Shetty brought the body

from Sydney.

From Bengaluru, the body

was later brought to Man-

galuru by a special flight

and taken to her native place

Amtoor by an ambulance for

the last rites.

Prabha’s parents – Maha-

bala Shetty, a progressive

farmer, and Sarojini – are

both residents of Amtoor.

Prabha studied mostly at

Mangaluru. She got married

to Arun Kumar, a IT entre-

preneur, 12 years ago.

B’lore pays homage to murdered techie

People pay their last respects to Prabha Arun Kumar, who was brutally murdered in Australia last

week, in Bengaluru on Sunday. PTI

No headway in investigation

■ Even a week after Prabha’s death at Parramatta Park inSydney’s Westmead suburb when she was returning toher flat, the Australian police have not traced theunknown assailant

■ CCTV cameras’ footage at the railway station showedPrabha leaving the station while talking on a mobilephone with her husband who was in Bengaluru lookingafter their daughter

■ Kumar flew to Sydney on March 8 to join the investiga-tion and bring her body to the city. Autopsy showed thatPrabha’s throat was slit with a sharp-edged object

.

No action on earlier FIR

The convent authoritieshad lodged an FIR at thelocal police post a weekago after receiving athreat call. But the policedid not take any action

.

BRIEFLY

BURDWAN

200 bombs, grenades seizedOver 200 crude bombs, hand

grenades and revolvers have

been seized during police raids

at Belsore village in Burdwan

district. The police led by Burd-

wan SP Kunal Agarwal seized

two hand grenades and some

crude bombs from a club on

Saturday night. Over 200 crude

bombs and two revolvers were

found from the spot on Sunday

in continuing raids. PTI

LUCKNOW

Bird flu alert in UPThe UP Government has sound-

ed bird flu alert following avian

influenza outbreak in Amethi,

official sources said on Sunday.

Chief Secretary Alok Rajan has

directed all divisional commis-

sioners and district magistrates

to initiate preventive measures

in their areas to minimise possi-

ble adverse effects of bird flu.

Over 350 birds, chicken and

ducks died of a mystery disease

on March 6-7 in Amethi. PTI

NEW DELHI

US-Indian to head US councilAn Indian-American has been

named to head the US’ most-

influential higher education

association from Monday. Renu

Khator, Chancellor of University

of Houston System and also the

president of University of Hous-

ton, will be the new Chair of

American Council on Education

(ACE) succeeding James H

Mullen Jr. PTI

A fire at a mechanical workshop

in Hyderabad on Sunday. PTI

New Delhi, March 15

Sudipta Sen, accused of the

Rs 2,000-crore Saradha chit

fund scam, parked investors’

funds into loss-making com-

panies to convert huge black

money into white, a probe

report has revealed.

The Enforcement Direc-

torate (ED), which is probing

the chitfund scam under

anti-money laundering laws,

has detected it was a “com-

mon practise” deployed by

Sudipta to channel the crimi-

nal proceeds of the scam into

loss making companies so as

to “distance the original taint-

ed source from the money

generated by the companies

(Saradha firms which collect-

ed money from investors)”.

“It appears the investments

in these properties (sick

units) are shown only for reg-

ularising the crime proceeds

as mobilised by the four com-

panies of the Saradha group

in cash, which actually is the

placement of the crime pro-

ceeds,” a probe report filed by

the agency in a court said.

“It is seen from the probe

that it was a common practice

of Sudipta Sen to acquire a

number of flats in different

parts of West Bengal as well as

in other states (Delhi, Odisha,

and Assam) in the name of

Saradha Realty India Ltd.

“These investments were

done on behalf of the compa-

ny (Saradha Realty) but were

ultimately enjoyed by Sudip-

ta. This clearly appears the

laundering of the public

money mobilised from the

common masses on the false

promise of lucrative returns,”

the report said.— PTI

Sudipta used black money to buy units: ED

Hyderabad, March 15

Union Environment Minister

Prakash Javadekar today

alleged the Congress high

command did not allow for-

mer Prime Minister Manmo-

han Singh to go for auction

route on coal blocks and that

he was now paying for the

“sins” of his party.

“Why Manmohan Singh

landed himself in this trou-

ble? Because Congress

processes were non-transpar-

ent. I sometimes feel pity for

Manmohan Singh because

he wanted auction route for

coal mining. But he could not

muster courage to say this,”

Javadekar told reporters.

The Union minister was

reacting to queries on sum-

mons issued by a special CBI

court against Manmohan

Singh which made him an

accused in a case related to

the allotment of coal blocks

during his term at the helm of

previous UPA government.

“He (Manmohan) was

influenced and the Congress

and its high command did

not allow him to take the

auction route. So now he is

paying unnecessarily for the

sins of Congress. It is the

Congress’ sin, because Con-

gress was sending letters of

recommendations on whom

to allot coal mines,” the sen-

ior BJP leader alleged.

“It cannot be said that he

(Manmohan) is absolutely

not guilty. You are in seat of

power but you have not exer-

cised your power and that is

also guilt. He should have

exercised his authority which

he did not,” he said. — PTI

Ex-PM paying for Cong sins: BJPCOALGATESARADHA SCAM

Sudipta Sen


New Delhi, March 15

The Congress today asked

the Prime Minister to clar-

ify his stand on the

Nanakshahi calendar,

which talks of marking a

day in the name of assas-

sins of former Prime Min-

ister Indira Gandhi.

The party also demanded

a clarification from the PM

and Home Minister Rajnath

Singh on the just-released

separatist Masarat Alam’s

latest statement that J&K is

a disputed territory.

Congress’ senior

spokesperson Anand Shar-

ma raised these questions

today saying the BJP had

an obligation to clarify its

position on both the issues

being an alliance partner in

the Government in both

Punjab and J&K.

Sharma slammed Alam’s

statement today that saying

hardliner Alam’s statement

terming Jammu and Kash-

mir a “disputed territory ’

was highly condemnable

and must be explained by

the BJP which has an

alliance with PDP in J&K.

“On the Nanakshahi cal-

endar which eulogises the

killers of former Prime Min-

ister Indira Gandhi, PM

Narendra Modi and Home

Minister Rajnath Singh

should clarify their stand,”

Sharma said.

He said the developments

in J&K since the BJP-PDP

government assumed pow-

er were distressing.

Clear stand on Nanakshahicalendar, Congress tells PM

THE TRIBUNE08 CHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015OPINION

THE TRIBUNEestablished in 1881

Insuring growthWatch out for foul play

BARRING the Left, major political parties, so sharply dividedon the land Bill, have buried their differences to pass the insur-ance Bill, giving the Modi government some relief and help in

converting the ordinance into a law. The Left's ideological oppositionto the Bill is not without merit. Insurance is not a complicated busi-ness. Domestic companies can meet Indians' growing needs for a cov-er. The government is giving tax incentives and subsidies to lure peo-ple to insurance. Like government hospitals, government insurancecompanies cater to the needs of ordinary people, but can reach everynook and corner of the country if run more professionally.

The entry of foreign companies, however, may push the LIC andthe GIC to a corner, given their laid-back work culture. Poor servicesin crowded government institutions drive better-off people to seekalternatives in the private sector. As India grows and incomes rise,people's expectations also soar. They demand world-class services, beit insurance, medical, air, banking or any other. There is no longer thefear of foreigners or competition which was rampant in the initialyears of the opening up of the Indian economy. Given the steeply ris-ing cost of medical treatment, growing uncertainties of weather ruin-ing crops and other risks associated with day-to-day life, peoplerequire insurance products that meet their needs, paying capacityand expectations. India is a huge market since insurance penetrationhere is only 3.17 per cent. A KPMG spokesman expects Rs 20,000crore foreign inflows in two years despite the 49 per cent cap and thecondition that management control will remain with Indians.

Insurance firms, be they public or private, are good at collectingpremium. But when it comes to the payment of compensation, theyshow conditions and rules in small print to abort a legitimate due.The dispute settlement mechanism, therefore, has to be swift andefficient. To discipline the insurance companies, the Bill, which willbecome an Act after the President's approval, has given more regu-latory powers to IRDA.

Quick-fix solutions are passé Pak should send Lakhvi case to a military court

THE release order and the swift re-jailing of Mumbai attackmastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi indicates the hold thisman and his mentors have on Pakistan's system. The man

conclusively identified as giving real-time instructions and motiva-tion to the killers of Mumbai 2008 has spent seven years in jail with-out the trial coming any closer to giving him the punishment thatshould be his due. On Friday Lakhvi came tantalisingly close tobeing set free for the third time for lack of evidence. Vociferous Indi-an protests and the initiative by the Pakistani Punjab Interior Min-istry, controlled by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif 's younger brother,led to the continued detention of the top Lashkar-e-Taiba militant.

India's desire for a speedy prosecution of Lakhvi is tricky. Pak-istani courts are more difficult to influence after Iftekhar Chaudhrysuccessfully defied Gen. Pervez Musharraf's order to quit his post.A shaky government in Islamabad will find it doubly difficult toinfluence Pakistani courts, especially if it is a favour sought byIndia, and more so, if the deep state in Pakistan wants to cosset himand his creed for use against India if required in future. So it tooka Foreign Ministry demarche to the Pakistani High Commissionerand acerbic Home Ministry statements for the Pakistani Punjab'sInterior Minister to order his re-arrest.

Pakistan took a similar short-term measure before US PresidentBarack Obama's India visit by banning Jamat-ud-Dawa but not arrest-ing its leaders. Islamabad would have made a good beginning in reduc-ing rancidity with India if it had accepted its Supreme Court's counselto transfer Lakhvi's case to military courts which have been swiftlysending inveterate militants to the gallows. But there are no signs ofsuch a possibility because punishing the Mumbai attack accused does-n't figure in Pakistan's action plan announced after the Peshawar schoolmassacre. One can only hope that Indo-Pak backchannels are dis-cussing the only way New Delhi's desire can be fulfilled - convictingLakhvi in return for gestures of friendship towards Pakistan. Other-wise, this thorn will continue impeding efforts to rebuild Indo-Pak tieswhich incidentally nosedived after Lakhvi's handiwork in Mumbai.

Harsh V. Pant

PRIME Minister Narendra Modiwas on a three-nation trip lastweek which took him to the Sey-

chelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka - threekey Indian Ocean island nations. Therewere suggestions that the Prime Minis-ter would be visiting the Maldives aswell but it was dropped from the itiner-ary after the arrest and incarceration ofthe country's first democratically elect-ed President and current oppositionleader Mohamed Nasheed in an expres-sion of India's disapproval of thesemoves. The Prime Minister indicated amajor stepping up of India's militaryand civilian assistance to the Sey-chelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka duringhis visit in an effort to balance China'sgrowing imprint in the region, whichhas built highways, power plants andseaports in these small island nations.India envisages its role as a net securityprovider in the Indian Ocean region andtowards that end it is providing patrolships, surveillance radars and oceanmapping for the island states.

The visit of the Prime Minister to thenation's maritime neighbours is reflec-tive of India's desire to shore up its pro-file in the Indian Ocean region, a regionlong considered India's backyard whereNew Delhi's influence has been erodingslowly but steadily. A quiet Chinesechallenge to India's pre-eminence inSouth Asia through diplomatic and aideffort has been extended to small islandnations dotting the Indian Ocean.

China has also been busy forging spe-cial ties with island nations on India’speriphery, including Sri Lanka, Sey-chelles and Mauritius. China’s attemptto gain a foothold in the Indian Oceancame into sharp focus in 2012 whenreports emerged of an offer from Sey-chelles — a strategically located islandnation in the Indian Ocean — to Chinafor a base to provide relief and resupplyfacilities to its navy. Though promptlydenied by Beijing, the offer under-scored the changing balance of power inthe region. India has traditionally beenthe main defence provider for Sey-chelles — providing armaments andtraining to its forces. India extended a$50 million line of credit and $25 milliongrant to Seychelles in 2012 in an attemptto cement strategic ties. The Indian

Navy has been making regular foraysinto the island nation's surroundingwaters. During Modi’s visit, the first byan Indian Prime Minister in 34 years,India and Seychelles inked four agree-ments, including on cooperation inhydrography, renewable energy, infra-structure development and sale of navi-gation charts and electronic navigation-al charts. Announcing another Dornieraircraft for the Seychelles and also aCoastal Surveillance Radar Project as asymbol of bilateral cooperation, Modiemphatically underlined that their bilat-eral ties are “nurtured by a commonpurpose — progress of our people andpeace and prosperity in the IndianOcean region.”

The Prime Minister was the chiefguest at Mauritius’s National Day cele-brations. Commissioning a 1300-tonneIndia-built patrol vessel, Barracuda -India's first-ever export warship -- thePrime Minister said those who live inthis region have the primary responsi-bility for peace, stability and prosperityin the region. Emphasising the need forIndia and other regional states to sharegreater responsibility, Modi underlinedthat “the time has come for a strongbeginning around the Indian Ocean”and indicated India’s willingness to“pursue this with new vigour in theyears ahead.” New Delhi plans to supply13 more warships to Mauritius in thecoming years and has offered $500 mil-lion concessional line of credit to Mauri-tius for key infrastructure projects evenas the two nations signed five pacts,

including on the ocean economy, whichwill provide an extensive framework forcooperation, a novel and critical area ofsustainable development in the IndianOcean region.

Modi’s trip to Sri Lanka was the firstin 28 years by an Indian Prime Ministerand it comes at a time when China'sgrowing presence in Sri Lanka has suf-fered a setback with the defeat ofMahinda Rajapaksa and the victory ofMaithripala Sirisena in the Preseid-nteial elections in January. The Sirise-na government has made its desirepublic to correct Rajapaksa’s tilttowards China and has already madesome significant overtures towardsIndia. The new President visited India,his first trip abroad which resulted in acivil nuclear energy cooperation pact.The Sirisena government has alsounderlined that it will have a “differentapproach” from the previous Rajapak-sa government allowing a Chinese sub-marine to dock in Colombo in Septem-ber 2014, raising the hackles in NewDelhi. In a move that risks a diplomat-ic row with its largest trading partner,Sri Lanka has suspended a $1.5 billionChinese luxury real estate project in

Colombo, the biggest of several Chi-nese investments in Sri Lankan portsand infrastructure. Though the SriLankan government has suggestedthat the deal lacked transparency anddid not meet environmental standards,India too had expressed its concernsabout the project.

During Modi’s visit, the two nationssigned four agreements, including onesfor exemption from visa for holders ofdiplomatic passports, cooperation inmutual assistance in customs, an MoUfor youth development, and another forestablishing a museum dedicated toRabindranath Tagore. India alsooffered a fresh line of credit offer of $380million to Sri Lanka's railway sector.India also committed itself to makingTrincomalee a petroleum hub with SriLanka's state-run Ceylon PetroleumCorporation (CPC) and the local sub-sidiary of the Indian Oil Corporationagreeing to develop a strategic oil stor-age facility in Trincomalee. Modi alsobecame the first Indian Prime Ministerand only the second foreign leader afterBritish Premier David Cameron to visitJaffna in the war-ravaged NorthernProvince, where he handed over homesbuilt with Indian assistance. Under-scoring Delhi's desire to see the 13thAmendment implemented, Modiassured Colombo that India stands withSri Lanka “to build a future that accom-modates all sections, including Tamils,for peace, justice and equality in SriLanka.” Jettisoning the diffidence ofthe past, Modi visited the memorial tothe Indian Peace-Keeping Force out-side Colombo that pays homage to theIndian soldiers who lost their lives inthe military operation in the late 1980s.

The great game of the 21st century islikely to be played out on the waters ofthe Indian Ocean. China has upped theante with its ambitious $40 billion mar-itime silk road project aimed at con-necting China with communicationlines in the Indian Ocean and the larg-er Asia-Pacific region. India is only nowbeginning to take this challenge seri-ously, especially as the implications ofChina's silk road project sink in.Modi’s trip is a good start, an indica-tion that Delhi is now serious abouttackling the China challenge in India'sbackyard. It remains to be seen if it cankeep its eye on the ball.

Modi's Indian Ocean outreach

Aneet Kanwal Randhawa

DIL na umeed tau nahin,

nakaam hi tau hai/ Lambi hai

gam ki shaam, magar shaam

hi to hai. … These lines from a Faizepoem describe a situation when lifeoscillates between hope and despair.All you can do is pray, pray and praymore. Not because praying might stopthings taking a turn for the worse butbecause that is the only way you cananswer the call of duty. There is no rea-son why you should not use this lasttool at your disposal. And you need notbe a believer to pray. You can pray irre-spective of that. It sustains hope.

That was exactly what this daughterwas doing when her father was strug-gling for life in the ICU. Things start-ed taking a turn for the worse after hehad developed a particular infection.She would keenly wait for the every-

day briefing of the doctor. The briefingwas no less than a divine proclamationto her. She would scrutinise each wordto draw any positive outcome from it,howsoever small it might be.

But, in between, it was all praying.There were innumerable recitals ofSukhmani Sahib and Dukh Bhanjani

Sahib every day. She would take thepermission of paramedical staff andplace her gadget close to her father’shearing range so that he could hearChaupai Sahib’s recital. She expectedthat he would derive the same courageout of it as she derived. Whether hecould sense it or not was immaterial.

Yes, then there were signs of recov-ery. The doctor expressed somewhatsatisfaction at his patient's progress,although he was still ambivalentabout it. Then one day he was able torecognise his daughter, althoughfaintly. He also became somewhatresponsive. That was when his daugh-ter thought about creating an auraaround him. An aura of daughterlylove, which she believed would workin tandem along with the medicaltreatment. As and when she was per-mitted, she would go inside the ICU,place her hand on his forehead and

try to communicate with him. Thewarmth was indeed palpable.

Not all prayers are answered in theaffirmative. One fine day, all of a sud-den, her world came crashing down.Her father all of a sudden acquired anew infection. The bug was identifiedbut the doctor was apprehensivewhether it would respond to anyantibiotic. He succumbed to it in justa couple of hours. It meant end of theworld to her.

But I have known her for long. Iknow she would be able to hold on toher faith. I believe she will still valuethe power of praying. She is the eldestof the two siblings and is fully con-scious of her responsibilities. Sheknows how her father is still gazingthrough her and will continue to gazethrough her. I hope she is still able tosee the brighter side of life. May suncontinue to shine bright on her.

Hope and despair

Delhi is now serious about tackling the China challenge in India's backyard

Thought for the Day

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. —Anais Nin

Modi's trip is a good start.The great game of the 21stcentury is likely to be playedout on the waters of theIndian Ocean

Letters to the Editor, typed in double space, should not exceed the 200-word limit. These should be cogently written and can be sent by e-mail to: [email protected]

letters to the editor

No coalition dharmaThe recent civic polls in Punjab showthe ruling coalition partners as archrivals. Akali Dal and BJP workersclashed in Tarn Taran and it becamean election of prestige for each party.Now, if both parties are fighting at thegrassroot level against each other, onwhat political ground and with whatprinciples are they following the coali-tion dharma in the state Assembly?

TEJINDER S GILL, Amritsar

IT woes

District Mandi Treasury officials arenot friendly towards senior pension-ers. Initially income tax was notdeducted from the pension. Now,officials have started deducting taxin lumpsum without taking into con-sideration savings under Section80c. A majority of the pensionershave submitted details of savingsadmissible under Section 80c inadvance. As a result, most of pen-sioners are getting only 50% pensiontowards the financial year-end. Mostof them will have to claim refundwhich involves a lot of paper work inthe Income Tax Department.

TC SHARMA, Mandi

Trying juvenilesApropos the news report “Parliamentpanel rejects move to try juveniles asadults in heinous cases” (February 26),it is ridiculous of the committee con-cerned to suggest that the governmentshould not go by crime statistics tomake the law more stringent. Whatshould one go by then? A juvenile whois capable of committing the heinouscrime of rape should be dealt withsternly like an adult. Why should hewalk free just after a couple of years of‘comfortable’ stay at a juvenile home?The insensitive recommendationshould be shot down by the House.

WG CDR CL SEHGAL (RETD), Jalandhar

Rape unjustified

Apropos the news item "Storm overinterview of Dec 16 gangrape convict"(March 4), every criminal will try tofind some excuse, some justificationfor his crime. But there can be no tak-ers for justification of rape. Crimesagainst women should be dealt withsensitivity. However, this BBC docu-mentary “India’s Daughter” must beaired as it raises issues that societyshould discuss.

AMIT SACHDEVA, Ferozepur

Why interview rapist?Mukesh Singh, convict in the Nirb-haya case, in an interview with a BBCcorrespondent, has asserted that Nirb-haya should have submitted herself asthe surrender might have saved herlife. What a sick mindset! But theinterviewers are stonehearted andpublicity seekers. Why should thepress be allowed to interview crimi-nals? Such happenings can affect theoutcome. And then why was any inter-view of Ajmal Kasab not allowed? Itwas because of world opinion. Anyleniency to such beasts will send awrong message to their ilk. It's hightime the lawmakers rethink aboutwho a minor is, particularly withrespect to sex crimes.

A K JOSHI, via email

Shun sychophancy

This is in reference to the middle “Liv-ing with 'Chamchagiri’” (March 3).Sycophancy prevails all over andsycophants often get rewarded. But,to reward the sycophants, who other-wise do not deserve, ignoring personsof merit, honesty, hard work, upright-ness and integrity is a waste of talentand resources. More importantly, it

may have disastrous effects on thesystem in the long run. And, hence, itneeds to be shunned.

ER KK SOOD, Nangal

Banks, help elderly

With frequently changing decisions ofthe Haryana Government, old agepension has become a conundrum forsenior citizens. I am 81 years old andmy wife is 76, permanently bedridden.The current instructions require us tovisit the bank for this and that. But itis near impossible for me to bring mywife to the bank in my neighborhood.Fortunately, I can still walk. Officialstatements sound very sympatheticand helpful, but the ground situationis just the other way round. The banksshould obtain signatures of senior cit-izens, do transactions or deliver pass-books by visiting them at their resi-dence. They should entertainwithdrawal forms with the payee's sig-nature attested by the municipalcounselors of the ward or some otherofficial. Existence certificate shouldobviate the requirement to eliminateclandestine or fraudulent meansadopted by unscrupulous people. TheMunicipal Counselors could be given

the responsibility to authenticate theexistence certificate.

MS VERMA, Sonepat

Curing gynophobia

The editorial "Punish the SMO: Showsdistrust of woman colleagues" (March3) rightly demands that the Jalandhar-based doctor who had issued an orderprohibiting all female staff agedbetween 26 and 56 from entering hisoffice for fear of being implicated in"false" sexual harassment cases"should be made to work with onlywomen colleagues for the rest of hiscareer to cure his gynophobia". Onlythis way can such people be taught torespect the female gender.

RK KAPOOR, Chandigarh

Respct women workers

The editorial "Punish the SMO"(March 3) correctly concludes that thedelinquent SMO should be made towork with women colleagues only tocure his gynophobia. If other employ-ees, especially in the educationdepartment where the number ofwomen teachers is much more thanthat of the men, start behaving in this

manner, the government machinerywill come to a halt. Today the girls areoutshining boys in every field andcompeting well in every walk of life.We should avoid any disrespect towomen colleagues. The women,besides attending to all householdchores, stand shoulder to shoulderwith their parents, husband and in-laws. So, they should be respected andencouraged so that they may be ableto discharge their duties fearlesslyand with efficiency.

RAJ KUMAR KAPOOR, Ropar

Insure crops

The recent rains and hailstorm havecaused widespread destruction ofstanding crops. Many farmers havecommitted suicide. This again under-lines the need for an effective cropinsurance scheme. The presentscheme suffers from drawbacks likecomplicated modalities, lack of aware-ness among implementers, i.e. banks,government departments. Premium isdeducted from all loanee farmers with-out they being aware and getting anybenefit. The recent Union Budget wassilent on this pressing need of farmers.

SANJAY CHONA, Shimla

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015 09OPED-POLITICS

Peter Ronald deSouza

SOMETIME ago, reflecting on

the challenges to governance

faced by Greece’s Syriza, I had

planned on writing an article

which I had tentatively titled ‘Syriza,

AAP, and the Land Ordinance: Joining

the dots’. In it, I had wanted to show

that there is emerging, in the global pol-

itics, a challenge to the neo-liberal poli-

cy frame, as shown in the resistance to

the land ordinance. I wanted to argue

for a robust, global intellectual chal-

lenge to this hugely damaging — in

human terms — policy regime of neo-

liberalism which the NDA government

had completely bought into. To me, this

is yesterday’s economics. The thought

managers of the government, the eco-

nomic policy mandarins around Arun

Jaitley, were presenting it as tomor-

row’s idea. I wanted to argue, in the

article, that Syriza, Podemos (currently

the second largest Spanish party by

number of members after the People's

Party), and AAP represented a chal-

lenge to this thinking.

Looking at these political movements,

I believe, new public finance thinking is

waiting to be born. But this needs imag-

ination. It cannot happen when the

mind is colonised — by IMF alumni and

by the boys from investment banks,

global consultancies, and ratings agen-

cies — as has happened in India. Such

an imagination can be developed if it re-

arranges the key coordinates of the pol-

icy frame and puts a cost on the suffer-

ings and hardships that ordinary people

have to endure in the areas of health,

education, jobs, livelihood, personal

safety and environmental insecurity. To

these costs borne by the underclass

must be added the costs of pampering

an elite, who are tasked with fostering

such insecurity. But such thinking

requires guts and imagination. Hard

boiled economists will smile at my sug-

gestion. They are the ideologues of the

existing order. This article, on AAPs

promise as a member of a global politi-

cal uprising, has, unfortunately, to be

put on hold, because of recent goings-on

in the party. The dots are still to be

joined. A different analysis on AAP has

now to be undertaken.

Aspirational polity Reading the newspapers on the drop-

ping of Yadav and Bhushan from the

Political Affairs Committee, and the

subsequent letters, statements, resig-

nations, charges and counter-charges,

raise several issues for students of poli-

tics, especially democratic politics.

What has happened to a political move-

ment that was so aspirational, in that it

drew widespread and spontaneous

political support across social groups

when it started two years ago, and in the

recent Delhi elections, for it now to

degenerate into an ugly and disgraceful

street fight? Is this inevitable in all

social and political movements? Does it

represent, in fact, an opportunity that

may be lost? What does our own recent

political history tell us, when SP

Mukherjee, Jayaprakash Narayan, RM

Lohia, and Dr Ambedkar left the Con-

gress? Does one have to see the dispute

within AAP as an ideological battle?

Are they the necessary outcomes of a

movement becoming a political party,

as it tries to institutionalise itself and

move from being an open system driv-

en from the bottom, to a closed system

controlled by the top? Do its supporters

in need of education on the virtues of

party codes? As AAP transforms from a

movement to a party, we need to grap-

ple with these questions because only

then will we have the required clarity to

intervene.

Let me begin my analysis with a

thought experiment. Suppose one had

read all the letters, listened to all the

speeches, eves dropped on all the infor-

mal conversations between the various

leaders of AAP, spoken to many of its

supporters across the country, and

monitored its evolution from the India

Against Corruption of Anna Hazare,

what political big picture would one be

able to develop? (At the outset let me

state, in the interests of transparency,

that Yadav is a colleague, Bhushan a

friend, and Kejriwal a person I admired,

although none of these factors influ-

ence my analysis here).

The socio-economic frame The social base of the AAP victory in

Delhi has been extensively discussed

by the CSDS Lokniti group and shows,

as Palshikar and Kumar state in their

article, that “AAP handsomely garnered

the votes of Muslims, backward com-

munities and the poor of Delhi. This

gives a sharp socio-economic character

to the AAP, making it a party of the poor

and lower classes and backward castes,

without losing substantial support

among middle classes and intermediate

and upper castes.”

What this means is that AAP is seen as

a party of change. This was also true for

the BJP in the 2014 General elections.

We have, therefore, to interpret the

meaning of this desire for ‘change’ and

make sense of the fact that an electorate

which had voted for the BJP’s message

of ‘change’, less than a year earlier,

now voted against BJP, in spite of its

star campaigner’s efforts. AAP’s prom-

ise of ‘change’ has to be read different-

ly. If the social profile of AAP’s vote,

presented by the Lokniti articles are to

be accepted then, I believe, the change

was for a new participatory politics and

a new public finance. What the Delhi

voter was searching for was more than

what Jaitley was offering and increas-

ingly more than what the triumvirate of

Modi, Shah and Bhagwat represented.

Let us regard this vote as signifying the

‘mood’ of the nation. In history such

moods manifest themselves. They are

transient. They dissipate if not har-

nessed properly to create a new society.

We saw it in the Quit India movement of

1942. We saw it in the anti-emergency

upsurge of 1977. If this is what the

‘mood’ was searching for, it was AAP’s

responsibility to translate it into a policy

package and a new politics. The intellec-

tuals, who support AAP, need to give this

‘mood’ an intellectual body i.e., moral

arguments and institutional imagina-

tions, to give it a conceptual personality.

The mood required that a vision be

spelled out and a road map developed,

which would have important milestones

to mark the journey to a new politics and

public finance. These milestones refer to

the institutional systems, the intellectual

arguments, and the policy initiatives that

must be adopted. All supporters must be

educated about this road map and

inducted into the vision through a range

of debates, both internally within party

fora and externally in the public sphere,

so that it becomes a shared vision. This

shared vision would automatically cen-

sor behavior that is harmful to its exis-

tence. AAP’s leaders, by indulging in the

street fight, are abdicating this responsi-

bility of building another politics.

The high command All people in the top leadership from

both groups are guilty of this charge of

abdication. Instead of consolidating par-

ty systems, which permit the airing of

differences, encourage participatory pol-

itics, incubate a plurality of perspectives,

etc., AAP seems to be succumbing to

what Roberto Michels described as the

‘iron law of oligarchy’. Here a cabal runs

the party. It happened to the communist

movement. It happened to the Congress

movement, as the high command cul-

ture began to dominate. It is embodied

in the BJP’s triumvirate. Now AAP is

moving in the same direction with Kejri-

wal as the new supremo. That is why I

would like to give the title — it’s a bird,

it’s a plane, not its superman — reminis-

cent of old superman comics. Kejriwal

has allowed himself to be seen as the

embodiment of an important move-

ment. This both diminishes the move-

ment’s aspirations and weakens its

chances of success. Kejriwal, as his

behavior of the last few days shows, is

not a superman.

This ugly street fight would have dis-

sipated if Kejriwal had shown the qual-

ities of not just a mohalla politician but

of a statesman who can rise above the

natural dynamics of factional politics,

ideological contests, and personality

clashes. By his silence, unfortunately,

he has shown that he is more the chho-

ta Modi than the chhota J.P. He appears

to be unable to see the larger picture in

which he is the key figure who is

required to display qualities of mind

and heart that transcend the politics of

the street. While this street level politics

is admirable, in the thick of battle, it is

useless when building a transforma-

tional movement , which is what AAP

essentially represents. For this one

needs forbearance and fortitude and

not a desire for vengeance. Kejriwal can

still salvage all the goodwill that the

AAP election in Delhi produced, if he

converts his time in the naturopathy

clinic into a retreat and meditation

camp. He must emerge from it wiser.

He must believe that he is playing on

the court of history.

Political responsibility A wise action would look like the follow-

ing. Since his supporters had given him

the power to reconstitute the PAC he

should do two things: (i) resign as

national convener of AAP and appoint

Yadav, and (ii) reconstitute the PAC to

have a diversity of viewpoints, i.e., do a

Kamaraj 2. With one stroke he would

both disarm Yadav and Bhushan and

defang his supporters. It would show

that he considered the party to be big-

ger than himself, and that he recog-

nised the historical potential of the

movement. Imagine how humbled

Yadav and Bhushan, who now speak

with the voice of the morally wronged,

would be by this act. Their going public

with their letter would also be seen as

immature. Imagine how blunted the

campaign of the Sisodia shouting

brigade would be by this simple

manoeuver. They are in need of educa-

tion about the political responsibility of

collective life. Imagine the discussions

in the media. The BJP and the Con-

gress would also be put on the defen-

sive since their high commands treat

difference as dissent. By reconstituting

the PAC, to embody a plurality of per-

spectives and personalities, Kejriwal

would not just strengthen the party for

the long term, but he would also set into

motion cultures of accommodation of

difference and of respecting the differ-

ence. A movement that becomes a par-

ty must aim to achieve this. Only such

a party can represent plural India. Will

he do it? Will it be ‘Hum, Tum aur

AAP’ or ‘Hum, Tum or Woh’ ?

The writer is Professor at the Centre for the Study of

Developing Societies, New Delhi. Views are personal.

Is it inevitable in allsocial and politicalmovements todegenerate intodisgraceful streetfights? Is AAPrepeating ourrecent politicalhistory, or is itgoing through aprocess ofchurning?

Ideology to power

■ AAP party was floatedby the people who hadcome together demand-ing Jan Lokpal Bill, butAnna Hazare opposedmaking a political partyout of an ideological waragainst corruption.

■ The Aam Aadmi Partyfinally came into existenceon November 26, 2012.

■ The party made its elec-toral debut in the 2013Delhi legislative assem-bly elections, where itwon 28 of the 70 seats.

■ Following the culture ofprotests, the partyresigned after 49 daysof governance for lackof majority and supportfrom other political par-ties. It failed to intro-duce the Jan Lokpal Billin the Union Territory.

■ In Delhi legislativeassembly elections2015, it won 67 of the 70seats. This triggered thepower struggle withinthe party.

AAP, from a movement to a party

While this street level politics is admirable, in the thick of battle, it is useless when building a transformational movement, which is what AAP essentially represents. For this, one needsforbearance and fortitude and not a desire for vengeance.

AAP: Playing in the court of history, by repeating history.

ACROSS

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8 Impudent (9)

9 Massage (3)

10 Low-pitched brass wind

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dictator 100-44 BC (6)

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violence (7)

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distance race (8)

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16 Insubstantial (6)

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Saturday’s solution calendarMARCH 16, 2015 MONDAY

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(Phalgun Shaka 25)■ Chitra Parviste 3■ Hijari 1436■ Krishan Paksh tithi 10, up to 7.39 am■ Krishan Paksh tithi 11, up to 5.02 am■ Pari yoga up to 12.59 am■ Uttrashadha nakshatra,

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Telegrams for the expeditionary forceIt is notified that with effect from the 15th instant, the rule under

which private telegrams for officers and others serving with the

Indian Expeditionary force in France must be addressed to Mar-

seilles is cancelled and such telegrams must be addressed to India

Office, London. With effect from the same date private telegrams

to officers and others serving with the British Expeditionary

forces in France must be addressed to the War Office, London. All

private telegrams for the Expeditionary forces in France will be

subject to all censorship rules and must be in plain language.

They should bear the name, battalion, or other unit and number,

if any, of the addressee. The telegrams will be forwarded by post

from London, but no responsibility can be accepted for non-deliv-

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The next ViceroyThe question who will be the next Viceroy of India has already been

asked and answered by conjectures in Calcutta. The name of Lord

Carmichael having already been mentioned, another Anglo-Indian

paper says that according to the statement of a London correspon-

dent, who is usually well-informed on Indian affairs, there is no

doubt that if Mr. Winston Churchill should wish for the post he

could have it. Report is very widely current, he says, that he may

take it. India would welcome Mr Churchill with the greatest joy

both because he is a Minister of the First rank and because he is the

gifted son of a gifted statesman, Lord Randolph Churchill. The peo-

ple of the this country would never forget his father's services as

Secretary of State of India in Lord Salisbury's first Ministry in 1885.

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Chauhan Medicity a 100 beddedMultispeciality Hospital on Pathankot- Amritsar Highway immediatelyrequires the following staff ICUTrained Nurses, OT Technician,Medical Officer MBBS/BAMS, Lab.Technician, Instructor. Interested maycontact: 98151-89894 and 99886-94722. NA4-97134

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Sant Baba Attar Singh KhalsaCollege, Sandaur (Sangrur) requiredAssistant Professors in Journalism &Mass Communication (VocationalCourse) - One on contract for 3 yearsunder new Grant-in-aid Scheme as perPb.Govt. Notification. Eligibility as perUGC/Punjab Govt./Punjabi UniversityPatiala norms. Reservations as perGovt. norms. Salary 15600+6000AGP21600 (Consolidated). Apply within 15days with complete biodata andtestimonials from the date ofadvertisement. A copy of application besent to the Dean, College DevelopmentCouncil, Punjabi University Patiala.Secretary 01675-269203. D4-251B

Required Marketing Executive,(qualification MBA in Marketing) &ICU trained. Staff Nurses (qualificationB.Sc.) in reputed Hospital at Jalandhar.Salary as per experience. Contact:81988-00370. NA4-100896

Goodwill International SchoolDhadiala Natt, near Batala requiresEng., Maths, Science, S. St. Music,Sports, ETT Teachers, retired doingB.Ed. also eligible. Contact: 98726-67033. NA4-100578

Wanted minimum 5 years experiencedMedico for Ayurvedic ProductsChandigarh Pvt. Ltd. Company. Contact98140-57023. NA4-100683

DAV KRB Public School, MogaRoad, Kot Ise Khan, Moga (CBSEaffiliated). Require on contractualbasis PGTs-Physics, Chemistry,Biology, Maths, Commerce. TGTs-English, S.St., PRTs-Computer, FineArts, Music Teachers, Librarians,Receptionist and all Class IVemployees. Qualifications and salaryas per DAV CMC norms. Fluency inspoken English must. Apply withinseven days. 99149-71234. NA4-100758

Sant Baba Hari Singh Model School(ICSE), (SGGS Khalsa CollegeCampus) Mahilpur, Distt. Hoshiarpur.Requires TGT Teachers for English-2,Maths-2, S. St. 2, Pbi-1, Hindi-1,NTT-2, PTI-1, Accountant-1, Drivers-3, candidates having experience andexcellent communication skill inEnglish. Contact within 5 days.Contact: 94176-24121. Email:[email protected] NA4-100895

Bhai Gurdas Academy (CBSEAffiliated), Pandori Ran Singh, TarnTaran requires (TGT/PGT/PRT)Physics, Chemistry, Bio, Maths,English, Computer, General & Driver,Hostel Warden. Apply by Email:[email protected]: 98148-98472, 98788-80089.

NA4-100893

Sentinal Combridge InternationalSchool Balachaur (SBS Nagar),required Principal havingAdministrarive and Academicexperience of running CBSE School.Boarding and lodging free. Goodsalary. Contact: 98155-03052. A4-99004

Sri Guru Harkrishan Public SchoolOpp. R.C.F. Kapurthala, Affiliated toCBSE, New Delhi requires: 1. PGTMathematics M.Sc., B.Ed. Experiencedperson preferred. Send biodataimmediately. Salary negotiable. Email:harkr [email protected] No. 98159-82819, 99886-22446. A4-98994

Required Physician Assistants(BAMS), MRD Executive (BCA/MCAexperience required) Lab Technician(DMLT). Marketing Executives (MBAMarketing), at Patel Hospital Jalandhar.(Walk in on 19.03.2015 at 2:00 p.m.).Contact: 0181-3041009. Email:[email protected] NA4-100897

Seeking Medical Officer for runningHospital in Suburban Area onpromising salary. Contact: 99882-27798. NA4-100873

Wanted Female office Assistant withComputer knowledge for Pvt. Ltd.Company. Plot No. 721, IndustrialArea, Phase 2, Chandigarh. 98140-57023. NA4-100678

SRI DASMESH ACADEMY,ANANDPUR SAHIB

DISTT. ROPAR (PUNJAB)Tele: 01887-232002, 232005

e-mail: [email protected]

(A Residential Co-Ed. PublicSchool Affiliated to CBSE)

REQUIRESPGT - English, Physics,Chemistry, Biology,Maths

MA/M.Sc. & B.Ed. with50% marks

TGT - English & Hindi

B.A./M.A., B.Ed. with50% marks.

Pay Scale: Punjab Govt.Grades plus DA, EPF &Gratuity as per Academyrules.

Perks: Free partlyfurnished accommodation,free meals, education fortwo children atconcessional rate.

Mail/Send your resumeto the Principal within 15 days.

NA4-100823

Indian Heritage Public School (CBSE)affiliated near Gurudwara Burj Sahib,Dhariwal, Distt. Gurdaspur. Walk-ininterview at school campus on 19thMarch 2015 at sharp 10:30 a.m. for thepost of PGT Physics, History, PoliticalScience, Phy. Education, Biology,Chemistry, Mathematics, TGT Science,Maths, English, Social Science, PrimaryTeachers and Primary wing and seniorwing academic coordinator. Fluency inEnglish is must. Preference will be given to the experience holder. Salary nobar for deserving candidates. Transport facility will be available fromGurdaspur and Batala. Email:[email protected] 98782-81276,95017-78855, 98720-29680. NA4-100902

Seabird Internationals requires:Visa Counsellors (7). Visa FilingOfficer (7). IELTS Trainer (5).Telecallers 10. Good salary. Contact:0172-5099919, address: SCF 75,Phase-10, Mohali or Email: Your [email protected] NA4-100904

Required trained teachers for LittleIndia Public School, Geeta Colony, BastiSheikh near Ghas Mandi Chowk,Jalandhar. Contact: 98157-60058.A4-98767

Canada, UK, Europe (Schengen),Newzealand, Australia, SingaporeTourist Visa, single, couple, family orfriends can apply. Our consultation feeis Rs. 15000. Beware of fraud agentsand false advertisements. Apply visathrough Registered Company only.Contact: Global Guide Visa Consultants(Government Registered LicenseNumber 04MC2, SCF 55, Phase 5,Mohali. Call 99143-93222. A4-98982B

USA 10 years multiple entry tourist/business visa. Single, couple, family orfriends can apply. Check recentlyapproved USA visas and apply withGovernment Registered Visa Consultant- Global Guide Mohali (LicenseNumber: 04MC2), SCF 55, Phase 5,Mohali. Call 99143-93222. A4-98984B

USA, Canada, UK, Australia, NewZealand, Ireland visitor visa specialist.No visa no fees. Contact: 01724647220,70870-19002. Agents welcome. A4-98762

Study abroad, USA, Canada, Australia,New Zealand, Europe, UK by experts forthe last 15 years. Low fee quickprocessing. CAANWings Jalandhar98148-26732, Ludhiana 98552-77889,New Delhi 9999938430. A4-98702

Without IELTS New Zealand studentvisa within 15-20 days. Tuition fee afterapproval. Singh Foundation, Amritsar.75082-20013, Jalandhar 85569-51313,Ludhiana 98787-83947. A4-94940

IMMIGRATION CONSULTANCY

Sikh National College, Qadian(Gurdaspur), invites applications forpost of Assistant Professor inMathematics - 01, History 01, ComputerApplication - 01 on three years contractas per new Grant-in-aid scheme. SalaryRs 15600 + 6000 AGP = 21600/-(consolidated) as per PunjabGovt./DPI(C). Eligible candidates inaccrodance with qualification/conditionslaid down by UGC/State Govt./GNDUnorms may send applications within 15days from publication of advertisementthrough registered post with copy toDean College Development Council,GNDU, Amritsar. Reservation as perrules. Col. (Retd.). Jasmer Singh Bala,Secretary, SES C/o Sikh NationalCollege,Qadian. NA4-100905

Shaheed Darshan Singh PherumanMemorial College for Women, Rayya(Amritsar). Requires Lady AssistantProfessors in English and Commerceon contract basis for three years underManagement funds. Qualification asper UGC/GNDU/DPI/Punjab Govt.Rules. Apply within 15 days alongwithattested copies of certificates byregistered post. NA4-100906

I, Bishan Singh s/o Sh. Abhey Ramr/o # 577, Indira Colony, Manimajra,Near Shivalik Park, Chandigarhdeclare that my son Dinesh Kumar andhis wife Babli and their children areout of my control. I disown them fromall my moveable/immoveale property.I shall not be responsible for any oftheir acts and anybody dealing withthem shall do so at their own risk.

C4-122845

PUBLIC NOTICES

Ludhiana: 700 sq. yards plot inModel Town for sale. Only genuinebuyer contact: 94638-46717. A4-98996

PLOT FOR SALE

Subhash Mangat & Co. 98140-10922. Sale/purchase of residential.commercial, industrial, agricultureproperty. Chandigarh/Mohali/Panchkula. A4-95412

PROPERTY

Wanted a Doctor (MD Medicine) torun a 30 bed hospital at DLF Phase-1,Arjun Marg, Gurgaon (Haryana).Terms negotiable. Also a BAMS/MBBS (M.O.). [email protected] NA4-98843

MEDICAL/SURGICAL

World Famous Astrologer BK Swamiall difficult problem solve on PhoneLovemarriage, Education, Career,Husband Wife Dispute, Vashikarnspecialist 3424, Sector 23D,Chandigarh. 084279-20456. NA4-98598B

ASTROLOGY

SSB Coaching NDA CDS OTAWritten Test by Ex-SSB Officers,special focus on English, hostel facility.Indian Defence Academy, SCO 19,Sector 20-D, Chandigarh. M: 070874-33055. www.ida-vjes.org NA4-98621

COACHING

ABI International Packers/Movers:Household, Office, CarTransportation. Chandigarh 093163-64321, Baddi 093167-64321,Bathinda 093165-64321, Ludhiana095693-05557, Jalandhar 098151-37612. C4-120651

MOVERS & PACKERS

I, Suresh Kumar S/o Tek Singh,resident 1034, Sector 13, HUDA,Bhiwani, declare that in my Armyrecord 15462952H name of mydaughter Payal Devi. Which is wrong.Correct name is Payal. A4-99000B

I, Surinder Pal alias Surinder Kaurw/o S. Randhir Singh r/o House No.3246, Custom & Central ExciseSociety Sector 49-D, Chandigarh,have changed my name to SurinderKaur. NA4-100900B

I, Ankush Dhiman s/o Sh. RameshKumar Dhiman, r/o House No. 136/2,Railway Road, Kalka, Tehsil Kalka,(Distt. Panchkula), declare that I havechanged my name from Rohit toAnkush Dhiman. NA4-100555B

I, Ashu wife of Rajesh Sardanaresiding 1481, Sector 13, Hisar, havechanged my name to Asha Sardana.

C4-123686B

I, Sawita w/o Sukhvir Lohanresident 1130, Sector 3, HUDA,Rohtak, have changed my name toSavita Lohan. C4-123684B

I, Kamlesh W/o Mohinder Singh R/o #333, United Co-op. HouseBuilding Society, Sector-68, Mohali(Pb) have changed my name toKamlesh Kaur. C4-123676B

I Sep. Jitendra Kumar Prasad(14810986Y) of Unit 369, DSCPlatoon Ambala Cantt declares in myservice record my minor son’sNeelkanth Kumar name wronglyrecorded instead of ‘NilkhanthKumar’ concerned note. C4-123610

I, Sukhwinder Singh s/o GurdialSingh Village Sounti (FatehgarhSahib), have changed my name toBinder Singh. A4-98700B

I, Sukhwinder Kaur W/o GurmailSingh, Vill. Chakk Bhaika, TehsilRaikot (Ludhiana), have changed myname to Jaswinder Kaur. NA4-99629

I, Sukhvir Singh S/o Raj Singh,resident 1130, Sector 3, HUDA,Rohtak, have changed my name toSukhvir Lohan. C4-122955B

I, Victoria William w/o Late XavierWilliam R/o # 1221, Sector 20B,Chandigarh, declare that my sonHarris William and his wife NeetuWilliam are out of my control. So, Idisown them from mymoveable/immoveable properties.Anybody deals with them shall do soat their own risk. NA4-100803

PUBLIC NOTICES

COURT NOTICE

I, Sunil Ruhal s/o Rajpal Singh r/oH. No. 2051/5, Vashist Colony,Kurukshetra, have changed my nameto Sunil Ruhil. NA4-100903B

I, Sandeep Kumar s/o Ashok Kumarr/o H. No. 202/10-A Sheron RajwahaDhuri Distt. Sangrur, have changedmy name as Sandeep Singla.Concerned note. NA4-100901B

Supneet d/o Jaskarn Singh r/oVillage Bhullarwala, P.O. Hakuwala,Tehsil Malout (Sri Muktsar Sahib),have changed my name to SupneetBhullar. NA4-100898B

I, Gurdei w/o Sh Mir Singh Rana r/oVillage Surajpur, P.O. Dhaliara, TehsilDehra, Distt Kangra (HP), havechanged my name to Sapna Devi.Concerned note. C4-123718

I, Harbandan Singh S/o ParmjitSingh (VPO) Sanehwal (Ludhiana),have changed my name to HarbandanSingh Sains. NA4-100894B

I, Karanvir Singh s/o Harjeet SinghVillage Rohno Kalan, Tehsil Khanna(Ludhiana), changed my name toKaranvir Singh Benipal. A4-98998

PUBLIC NOTICES

In the Court ofMs Sumit Sabharwal, PCS,

Civil Judge(Junior Division),

Kapurthala Civil Suit 6879 Dt. 21.08.2010

Peshi: 19.3.2015Shiv Darshan Lal S/o KanwalNain, R/o Village Bholath,Tehsil Bholath, DistrictKapurthala, at present residingat 380, Sector 44-A,Chandigarh-160047.

... PlaintiffVersus

Daksh Kumar S/o Yash Pal, 50,Atwal House Colony, Cantt.Road, Jalandhar City.

... DefendantNotice to Defendant No.:5. Kanwaljit Kaur W/o

Waryam Singh.12. Harbhajan Lal S/o Dayal

Chand S/o Waisakhi Ram.13. Kishan Lal S/o Dayal

Chand S/o Waisakhi Ramall R/o Village BholathGarbhi, District Kapurthala.

15. Vijay Kumar S/o BalbirDass S/o Govardhan Das.

17. Jasbir Kaur W/o GurdipSingh S/o Sant Singh, R/oVillage Pandori, TehsilBholath, DistrictKapurthala.

20. Amandeep Singh S/oBasant Singh, R/o VillageKhassan, Tehsil Bholath,District Kapurthala.

28. Dhian Singh S/o HarbansSingh, R/o Model Town,Talwara, Tehsil Bholath,District Kapurthala..

29. Smt. Gurcharan Kaur W/oDhian Singh S/o HarbansSingh, R/o Model Town,Talwara, Tehsil Bholath,District Kapurthala.

33. Suraj Parkash S/o ChamanLal S/o Daya Ram S/oGanpat Rai.

34. Vikaran Kumar S/o ChamanLal S/o Daya Ram.

35. Veena Rani D/o ChamanLal all R/o Bholath, DistrictKapurthala.

38. Jawahar Lal S/o KishanChand S/o Sh. Mul Ram.

39. Daulat Ram S/o KishanChand S/o Sh. Mul Ram allR/o Village Bholath,District Kapurthala.

41. Manoj Kumar S/o OmPrakash S/o Tulsi Ram.

42. Sandip Kumar S/o OmPrakash S/o Tulsi Ram allR/o Village Bholath,District Kapurthala.

50. Rajesh S/o Harbans LalRam Lal.

51. Raman Kumar S/o HarbansLal S/o Ram Lal.

52. Harikrishan S/o Ram LalS/o Vir Bhan.

57. Bhajan Kaur W/o JarnailSingh S/o Sham Singh.

58. Jarnail Singh S/o ShamSingh both R/o VPOBholath, DistrictKapurthala.

59. Gita Rani Monga W/oAshok Kumar S/o BanarsiDass, R/o Village Bholath,District Kapurthala.

61. Surajkant S/o Som Datt,R/o Vill. & PO Bholath,District Kapurthala.

62. Sandip Kumar S/oShashikant, R/o Vill & POBholath, DistrictKapurthala.

67. Vijay Kumar S/o GianChand.

74. Banarsi Dass S/o SohanLal, R/o Vill & PO Bholath,District Kapurthala.

Suit for actual possession,rendition of accounts and forpermanent injunction

Whereas, it has been provedto the satisfaction of this Courtthat the respondents notedabove cannot be served in theordinary way of service. Hencethis publication is being herebyissued against them and theyshall appear personally orthrough their Counsel on19.03.2015 at 09:30 a.m.failing which exparteproceedings shall be takenagainst them.

Given under my hand and theseal of the court on this 10thday of February 2015.

Sd/-(Sumit Sabharwal)

Civil Judge(Junior Division),

CN4-2895 Kapurthala.

In the Court ofSh. Amit Thind, PCS,

Addl. Civil Judge,(Sr. Division),

Kapurthala.Guardian Cases No. GW-04

Instt. Date: 4.2.2015Next Date: 1.4.2015

Meenu Arora d/o Som Nath, r/oH. No. 498, MohallaKhazanchian, Kapurthala.

... PetitionerVersus

(1) General Public, (2) VarinderKumar Arora s/o Satish Kumar,r/o 316, Tagore Nagar,Jalandhar.

... RespondentNotice to: General PublicPetition under Section TheGuardian and Wards Act, 1890for the appointment ofpetitioner as legal Guardian ofminor child Harshit born on14.9.2001 son of Petitioner andRespondent No. 2 VarinderKumar Arora, declaring thepetitioner to be custodian ofminor Harshit.This notice is hereby issued tothe General Public regardng theinstitution of this petition. Ifany person has any objection tobe custodian of minor Harshit,then he should appear in thisCourt on 1.4.2015 at 9.30 a.m.Either in person or through anauthorised agent or lawyer forfiling objections failing whichfurther exparte proceedingswill be taken against them.Given under my hand and theseal of the court this 27th day ofFebruary, 2015.

Sd/-Addl. Civil Judge,

(Sr. Division),A4-98821 Kapurthala.

In the Court ofSh. Ajaib Singh,

Additional District Judge,Fatehgarh Sahib.

Case No.: CM-79/14Dt of Instt.: 21.03.2014

Dt. of Hearing: 20.03.2015Ved Dewan

VersusSatya Parkash

Notice to:3. M/s Moga Steel Rolling

Mills, Mandi Gobindgarh,through its PartnersDharampal and JiwanParkash.

4. Sh. Dharampal,5. Jiwan Parkash both

Partners of M/s MogaSteel Rolling Mills, MandiGobindgarh, Teh. Amloh,Distt. Fatehgarh Sahib.

Whereas, it has beenproved to the satisfaction ofthe Court that the defendantsabove noted cannot be servedin the ordinary way ofservice. Hence thisproclamation under Order 5Rule 20 CPC is herebyissued against them and theyshould appear personally orthrough their counsel on20.03.2015 at 9.30 a.m.failing which exparteproceedings shall be takenagainst him/them.

Given under my hand andthe seal of the court on this26th day of February, 2015.

Sd/- Additional District Judge,

A4-98801 Fatehgarh Sahib.

In the Court ofSh. Balwant Singh,

Additional District Judge,Fast Track Court, Jalandhar.

Case No.: DMC/1352/14Date of Instt.: 04.11.2014

Date of Hearing: 10.04.2015Pooja Kataria aged about 28yrs. W/o Sh. Jagdeep Singh D/oSh. Baldev Raj, R/o Village &PO Madar, Tehsil & Distt.Jalandhar.


Jageep Singh S/o Master MihanSingh R/o Village Kandhola,Tehsil Chamkaur Sahib, Roparat present 18/180 Cox RDLovely Banks, State VICPostcode 3213, Australia.Notice to: Jageep Singh S/oMaster Mihan Singh R/oVillage Kandhola, TehsilChamkaur Sahib, Ropar atpresent 18/180 Cox RD LovelyBanks, State VIC Postcode3213, Australia.

Whereas, it has been provedto the satisfaction of the Courtthat the defendants above notedcannot be served in the ordinaryway of service. Hence thisproclamation under Order 5Rule 20 CPC is hereby issuedagainst him and he shouldappear personally or throughhis counsel on 10.04.2015 at9.30 a.m. failing which exparteproceedings shall be takenagainst him/them.

Given under my hand and theseal of the Court on this 12thday of March, 2015.

Sd/- Additional District

& Sessions Judge,

CN4-4310 Jalandhar.

In the Court of

Sh. Jaspreet Singh, PCS,Judicial Magistrate,

Ist Class,Anandpur Sahib.Comp. No. 150/7.10.13

U/s 138 NI Act.Next Date: 16.04.2015

Bandhna Kumari w/o DeepakKaushal, r/o H.No. 732/8, NearAbhinandan Lodge, RailwayRoad, Nangal, District Ropar.

....ComplainantVersus

Amit Sharma s/o Late VijayKumar r/o Quarter No. 335,EB, BBMB Nangal Township,Nangal, Distt. Ropar.

....AccusedNotice to Accused:Amit Sharma S/o Late Vijay

Kumar r/o Quarter No. 335,EB, BBMB Nangal Township,Nangal, District Ropar.

Whereas, it has been provedto the satisfaction of the courtthat the above noted accusedcannot be served in the ordinaryway of service. Hence, thisproclamtion under Order 5Rule 20 CPC is hereby issuedagainst him and he shouldappear personally or throughhis counsel on 16.04.2015 at9.30 a.m. failing which exparteproceedings shall be takenagainst him.

Given under my hand andseal of this court on this 11thday of March 2015.

Sd/-(Jaspreet Singh)

Judicial Magistrate,Ist Class,

A4-98869 Anandpur Sahib.

In the Court ofSh. Suresh Kumar Goyal,

PCS,JMIC (Evening Court),

Jalandhar.Complaint No. 36/2/15,

Institution: 15.3.14Proclamation Requiring theappearance of a personaccused See Section 82 Crp.Under Section 138 NI ActPS Div. No. 2

Guru Sewak SanghaFinvests, 193/14, SangatSingh Nagar, Jalandhar.

VersusPardeep Kumar s/o Dwarka

DassWhereas complaint has

been made before me thataccused Pardeep Kumar s/oDwarka Dass r/o D-2 AllIndia Radio Staff Colony,near BMC Chowk,Jalandhar, has committedoffence of punishable u/s 138NI Act and it has beenreturned to a warrant ofarrest thereupon. Issued thesaid accused has absconded(or is concealing himself toavoid the serivce of the saidwarrant).

Proclamation is herebymade that the said accusedPardeep Kumar is required toappear in this court on date8.4.15 to reply the saidcomplaint.

Dated this day of 12.3.15.Sd/- Judicial Magistrate

CN4-4308 Jalandhar.

nIn the Court of

Sh Harpreet Singh Simak,

PCS, Civil Judge (JD),

Jalandhar

Case No. 57012/13

Dt. of Instt. 10.7.13

Dt. of hearing 21.3.15

Shri Param Dera Ji Vaishno

Mata Da Mandir

... Plaintiff

Versus

Mohan Lal & others

... Defendant

Notice to:

7. Surinder Kaur alias

Chhirdo D/o Puran Chand

and W/o Shri Sadhu Ram,

r/o Gali No. 15, 40s Road,

Prem Nagar II, New Delhi.

Whereas, it has been

proved to the satisfaction of

the Court that the

defendants above noted

cannot be served in ordinary

way of service. Hence this

proclamation under Order 5

Rule 20 CPC is hereby

issued against them and

they should appear

personally or through their

counsel on 21.3.2015 at

9.30 a.m. failing which

exparte proceedings shall be

taken against him/them.

Given under my hand and

seal of the Court on this

11th day of February, 2015.

Sd/-

CJJD-cum-JMIC,

CN4-4318 Jalandhar.

In the Court ofSh. Amandeep, PCS,

Civil Judge, (Junior Division),Jagraon.

Case No.: 986Dt. of Instt.: 9.1.2015

Dt. of Hearing: 1.4.2015Jasmel Kaur w/o Sukhminder

Singh (@) Sukhwinder Singh s/oGurdial Singh resident of StreetNo. 2, Golden Bagh, KachaMalak Road, Jagraon, TehsilJagraon, District Ludhiana.

....PlaintiffVersus

Balwant Kaur w/o GurdialSingh s/o Anokh Singh, VillageSangatpura, Tehsil Jagraon,District Ludhiana.

....DefendantNotice to:2. Amar Singh s/o Gurdial

Singh s/o Anokh Singh.3. Manjinder Singh s/o Gurdial

Singh s/o Anokh Singh.4. Palwinder Singh s/o Gurdial

Singh S/o Anokh Singh,residents of VillageSangatpura, Tehsil Jagraon,District Ludhiana.

Whereas, it has been proved tothe satisfaction of the Court thatthe defendants above notedcannot be served in the ordinaryway of service. Hence thisproclamation under Order 5 Rule20 CPC is hereby issued againstthem and they should appearpersonally or through theirCounsel on 1.4.2015 at 10 a.m.failing which exparteproceedings shall be takenagainst him/them.

Given under my hand and theseal of the court on this 11th dayof February, 2015.

Sd/- Civil Judge,(Junior Division),

NA4-100844 Jagraon.

In the Court of

Sh. Ajit Atri

Additional District &

Sessions Judge,

Amritsar.

Case No.: HMA/1180/14

Dt. of Instt.: 28.10.14

Dt. of Hearing: 31.3.2015

Brinder Singh age 40 yrs,

s/o Partap Singh R/o 1792,

Gali Khalsa Jai Singh, Chowk

Gilwali Gate, Amritsar.

....Petitioner

Versus

Lakhminder Kaur

....Respondent

Notice to:

Lakhminder Kaur w/o

Barinder Singh d/o Sarwan

Singh r/o 285, Tanjong

Katong Road, Singapore.

Whereas, it has been proved

to the satisfaction of the Court

that the defendants above

noted cannot be served in the

ordinary way of service.

Hence this proclamation

under Order 5 Rule 20 CPC is

hereby issued against them

and they should appear

personally or through their

Counsel on 31.3.2015 at 9.30

a.m. failing which exparte

proceedings shall be taken

against him/them.


the seal of the court on this

11th day of March, 2015.

Sd/-

(Ajit Atri)

Addl. District Judge,

CN4-4306 Amritsar.

40. Manpreet Kaur D/o HarpalSingh R/o Village Shermajra,Tehsil & District Patiala.

41. Randhir Singh S/o DalipSingh R/o Village Bullepur,Tehsil Khanna, DistrictLudhiana.

42. Jagjeet Singh S/o HarnamSingh.

43. Kuldeep Singh S/o HarnamSingh (45 & 46 residents ofVillage Janherian, Tehsil &Distt. Patiala).

44. Naresh Singla S/o Late Sh.Gunna Ram resident of PlotNo. 19, New Anaj Mandi,Sirhind Road, Patiala.

45. Bakhshish Singh S/o JeetSingh r/o Anand Nagar-B,Farm House, Tripuri Town,Patiala.

46. Kashmiri Lal S/o Sh. RamChand R/o House No. 144,Sector 9, Chandigarh.

47. Swaraj Kumar S/o Sh. DeshRaj through his GeneralAttorney Sh. Jagjeet SinghS/o Harnam Singh R/o VillageJanherian, Tehsil & Distt.Patiala (Defendant No. 43).

48. Puran Chand Mittal S/o Sh.Piara Lal Mittal R/o HouseNo. 103, Nihal Bagh, Patiala.

49. Anupam Gupta S/o MadanGopal Gupta.

50. Sunil Mahajan S/o DavinderMahajan, Both 52 & 53 C/oWilliam Resorts & HotelLimited, Leela Bhawan,Patiala through its DirectorRadhay Shayam Goyal, R/o #192, Punjabi Bagh, Patiala(Defendent No. 9).

... Defendants51. Bhupinder Kaur D/o Joginder

Singh.52. Sukhwinder Kaur D/o

Joginder Singh.53. Ajit Singh S/o Joginder Singh

(now deceased) through LRs(1) Narinderpal Kaur (wife),(2) Chamanjeet Singh (son),All residents of TripuriSaidan, near Police Chowki,Tripuri Patiala legalrepresentatives and successorsin interest of Late Sh.Joginder Singh NakkaiLambardar S/o Waryam SinghR/o Tripuri Saidan near PoliceChowki, Tripuri Patiala.

54. Tehsildar Patiala (inhis both the capacities asAssistant Collector as well assub-registrar), TehsilPremises, Mini Secretariat,Patiala.

... Proforma DefendantsWhereas in the above noted civil

suit it has been proved to thesatisfaction of the court that theabove named defendants/proformadefendants cannot be servedthrough ordinary process. Hencethis proclamation under order 5Rule 20 CPC is hereby issuedagainst the defendants/proformadefendants directed them to appearin this Court personally or throughcounsel duly instructed on23.03.2015 at 09.30 am to defendthe case failing which exparteproceedings will be taken againstthem.

Given under my hand and sealof the Court the 9th day of March2015.

Sd/- Addl. Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.),

CN4-4302 Patiala.

Colony, Bathinda.6. William Resorts & Hotels

Limited, Leela Bhawan,Patiala through its Director,Radhey Shyam Goyal, R/o #192, Punjabi Bagh, Patiala,Promotor Shakuntla ViharColony, Tripuri, Patiala.

7. Kamla Devi W/o Late Sh.Krishan Kumar Dutt.

8. Ashok Kumar Dutt S/o LateSh. Krishan Kumar Dutt.

9. Pawan Kumar Dutt S/o LateSh. Krishan Kumar Dutt (10-12 all residents of House No.328, Sector 21-A,Chandigarh.

10. Jeet Singh S/o Sh. Teja Singh,R/o Anand Nagar-B, FarmHouse, Tripuri Town, Patiala,now deceased through LRGurdeep Singh and HardeepSingh sons of Jeet Singh, R/oAnand Nagar-B, Farm House,Tripuri Town, Patiala.

11. Pritpal S/o Late Sh. RamChand.

12. Smt. Laxmi Devi W/o Sh.Pritpal.

13. Smt. Jasmin D/o Sh. Pritpal.14. Smt. Anshuman D/o Sh.

Pritpal (14-17 all residents of6-E, New Lal Bagh Colony,Patiala).

15. Smt. Suresh Bansal W/o Sh.Surinder Bansal.

16. Smt. Isha D/o Sh. SurinderBansal.

17. Gaurav Bansal S/o SurinderBansal (18-20 all residents ofHouse No. 26-E, Nehru Place,New Delhi).

18. Rajbir Singh S/o Sh. UjagarSingh.

19. Hindbir Singh S/o R.S. GillS/o Sh. Ujagar Singh.

20. Udesh Pal Singh Mann S/oAshram Pal Singh Mann.

21. Gurkripal Singh S/o AtinderPal Singh (21-24 all residentsVillage Dayal Garh Jejeian,Tehsil & Distt. Sangrur).

22. Lachhman Singh S/o JaiSingh.

23. Dilip Kaur W/o LachhmanSingh.

24. Dr. Renu Virdi D/o Sh.Lachhman Singh.

25. Amarjit Kaur D/o LachhmanSingh (25-28 all residents ofHouse No. 1247, Sector 18,Chandigarh).

26. Saurabh Mittal S/o Sh. PritpalR/o House No. 6-E, New LalBagh Colony, Patiala.

27. Smt. Shefali Gupta W/oSh.Arun Kumar Gupta C/oSh. Pritpal, R/o 6-E, New LalBagh Colony, Patiala.

28. Gurkirpal Singh S/o AshramPal Singh, R/o Village DayalGarh Jejeian, Tehsil & Distt.Sangrur).

29. Prem Singh S/o Pritam SinghC/o William Resorts & HotelsLimited, Leela Bhawan,Patiala.

30. Bahadur Singh S/o Pala SinghS/o Bachan Singh.

31. Pala Singh S/o Bachan Singh.32. Kulwinder Singh S/o

Bhupinder Singh. 33. Ramanjeet Singh S/o Kapur

Singh (33-66 all residents ofVillage, Main, Tehsil &District Patiala).

34. Jeet Singh S/o Gurdev Singh.35. Amar Singh S/o Kehar Singh 36. Surjit Singh S/o Jaspal Singh

(37-39 all residents of Village,Main, Tehsil & DistrictPatiala).

37. Sudesh Singla W/o Sh.Naresh Singla S/o Late Sh.Gunna Ram.

38. Rahul Singla S/o Sh. NareshSingla S/o Late Sh. GunnaRam.

39. Ankur Singla S/o NareshSingla S/o Late Sh. GunnaRam (40-42 all residents ofPlot No. 19, New Anaj Mandi,Sirhind Road, Patiala).

In the Court ofSh Amardeep Singh, PCS

CJJD, AmritsarCase No. 323

Date of Instt: 08.09.2014Suit for declaration

Next Date: 27.03.2015Manmohan Kaur aged 55

years d/o Gurnam Singh w/oBaldev Singh r/o 5538/2, GaliNo. 4,Navan Kot and alsoknown as House No. 1371, KotVeeran Wali, Amritsar.

VersusPritpal Singh Gill s/o Gurnam

Singh r/o 6918/26, Avenue Ne,Calgary Alberta TIY 616,Canada.

Notice to defendants:1. Pritpal Singh Gill s/o

Gurnam Singh, r/o 6918/26,Avenue Ne, Calgary AlbertaTIY 616, Canada.

2. Jagmohan Kaur Toor d/oGurnam Singh w/o SatpalSingh Toor, r/o 456,California PI NE CalgaryAlberta TIY 616, Canada.

3. Jaspal Kaur Dhother d/oGurnam Singh w/o BeantSingh Dhother r/o 59,Taracove Estate Drive NECalgary Alberta T3J OK5,Canada.

Whereas it has been proved tothe satisfaction of the Court thatthe defendant above notedcannot be served in the ordinaryway of service. Hence thisproclamation under Order 5Rule 20 CPC is hereby issuedagainst them and they shouldappear personally or throughtheir counsel on 27.03.2015 at9.30 a.m. failing which exparteproceedings shall be takenagainst him/them.

Given under my hand and the

seal of the Court on this 2nd

day of March, 2015.

Sd/- (Amardeep Singh)

Civil Judge

(Jr. Division)

CN4-2935 Amritsar.In the Court of

Ms Harpreet Kaur,Addl. Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.),

PatialaRanbir Kaur

... PlaintiffVersus

Parnav Kumar and others... Defendants

In the matter of SuitNotice to the defendants &

proforma defendants1. Parnav Kumar S/o Sh. Prem

Chand Gupta of TripuriSaidan, Tehsil & DistrictPatiala now R/o House No.13,303, Shiv Colony, BarnalaRoad, Bathinda.

2. Balbir Singh S/o Amar Singh,R/o H. No. 8, CenturyEnclave, Patiala generalattorney vide No. 1811 dated10.12.2002 of Parnav KumarS/o Sh Prem Chand Gupta ofTripuri Saidan, Tehsil &District Patiala now R/oHouse No. 13,303, ShivColony, Barnala Road,Bathinda. (Defendant No. 1).

3. Joga Singh S/o Ram SinghS/o Chanan Singh, R/oVillage Rajgarh, TehsilNabha, Distt. Patiala.

4. P.K. Motors Pvt. Ltd. havingits office at SCO No. 132,Chotti Baradari, Patialathrough its authorisedDirector Sh. Bal KrishanMittal.

5. Pardeep Kumar S/o JugalKishore, R/o House No.16,971 St. No. 3, Aggarwal

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Chief Executive of theIslamic Republic ofAfghanistan Dr AbdullahAbdullah today said thecountry was facing big chal-lenges and quality educa-tion was needed to over-come these. He wasdelivering DistinguishedJindal Global Lecture on“The Future ofAfghanistan-India Rela-tions” at OP Jindal GlobalUniversity, near Sonepat.

“India has extended mul-ti-dimensional support toAfghanistan in fundamen-tal capacity building andproviding quality educationand training in differentfields,” he said, remindingthat Afghanistan hadremained deprived of edu-cation in the past as the Tal-iban had banned education.

Dr Abdullah said post-2001, India had emerged asthe fifth biggest donor witha multi-dimensional role.

“Afghanistan is like abridge between energy-richCentral Asia and fast indus-trialising India. Withimproved connectivity, ifthe SAARC countries can

attain a consensus andovercome negativity, Indiawill benefit immenselyfrom its closeness withAfghanistan.”

He said India was amongthe five nations, includingthe US, that had con-tributed a lot in differentfields to strengthen the

infrastructure in the war-torn country.

India had contributedaround $2 million during thepast 15 years, he remarked.On upcoming talks with theTaliban, Dr Abdullah said:“We are for reconciliationbut in a dignified manner tobring about peace which isdurable.”

Discussing China’s role infacilitating the negotiationswith the Taliban, he said“support from China is wel-come, but the talks have tobe Afghan led and inclusive”.

On the role of Pakistan inIndo-Afghan relations, DrAbdullah said India andPakistan were the mainmembers of SAARC and allissues should be settled bypeaceful means. “Terrorismand communal hatred can-not solve any problem andthe people have started real-izing it gradually,” he said.

India major contributor toAfghan growth: Dr Abdullah

Dr Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of

Afghanistan, delivers a lecture at OP Jindal Global University,

near Sonepat, on Sunday. A TRIBUNE PHOTO

Panaji, March 15

Controversy erupted overscrapping by the Goa govern-ment of Gandhi Jayanti onOctober 2 from the list of pub-lic holidays but Chief Minis-ter Laxmikant Parsekar latersaid it could be an act of “mis-chief” or a “typing mistake”.

Gandhi Jayanti, the birthanniversary of the Father ofthe Nation, was not markedas a holiday in the currentyear’s calender, released yes-terday, triggering strong reac-tion with Congress terming itas an “anti-national” act.

Gandhi Jayanti disap-peared from the list of com-mercial and industrial holi-days released on a day whenthe Mahatma’s statue wasunveiled in London.

Strongly opposing the BJP-ruled state’s decision, seniorCongress leader PC Chackosaid, “BJP’s mindset is avery sick mindset. ... Can anystate government take a deci-

sion like this? This kind ofdecision they have taken isanti-national.” He said thecentral government “shouldimmediately direct the stategovernment to correct this. Iam still in shock after hearingabout this. No government inIndia has the right to do that.This is a very senseless deci-sion which they have taken.”His party colleague and Con-gress spokesman AnandSharma also said no stategovernment can do itbecause it is a national holi-

day. “They can’t do it. Gand-hi is the father of nation.Even last year children wereasked to go to school on Octo-ber 2,” Sharma said.

The RSS refused to bedrawn into the controversybut said the number of holi-days in the country shouldcome down for improvedwork culture.

“I don’t know the reasonsfor this decision. We will seewhy it happened. But,according to a survey, peoplein India hardly work for 150-155 days a year on account ofholidays.

Their number must comedown for better work cul-ture,” RSS general secretarySuresh Joshi said in Nagpurwhen asked about the Goagovernment’s decision.

Seeking to douse the angryreactions, the Chief Ministersaid,”it could be a typing mis-take. It is not an intentionalmistake.” — PTI

Goa ‘drops’ Gandhi Jayantias holiday, CM clarifies

Ravi S SinghTribune News Service

New Delhi, March 15

The Janata Parivar will inten-sify efforts to materialise theproposed merger of some ofits erstwhile constituentsafter the current session ofParliament in a bid to take ona resurgent BJP.

The merger move was puton the backburner onaccount of power strugglewithin one of its con-stituents — the ruling JD-Uin Bihar, which witnessedremoval of Jitan Ram Man-jhi from the post of ChiefMinister and reinstallationof Nitish Kumar.

Also, the Budget session ofParliament followed by illnessof Mulayam Singh Yadav ofthe ruling Samajwadi Party inUttar Pradesh, who has been

authorised to finalise themodalities of the merger, hadshifted the parivar. Nationalspokesperson for the JD-Uand MP KC Tyagi said: “Themerger move would berevived in right earnest afterMulayam Singh Yadav’sreturn from Lucknow nextweek. The merger issue andstrengthening of the parivar isour top priority”.

The parivar’s sense ofurgency with regard themerger stems from the fastapproaching Assembly elec-tion in the Bihar which isdue later this year.

The election in Bihar is

expected to have ramifica-tions on the subsequent elec-tions in the bordering state ofUttar Pradesh. While the BJPwants to form a governmentin the two crucial states, theparivar wants to consolidateits forces against it.

Apart from JD-U and Sama-jwadi Party, former PrimeMinister HD Devegowda’sJD-S, Om Prakash Chauta-la’s INLD and Lalu PrasadYadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) have agreed in princi-ple for the merger.

Meanwhile, a source inthe parivar said BJD headand Odisha Chief Minister

Naveen Patnaik hasturned down a proposal tojoin the parivar.

The source said Patnaikwas approached by NitishKumar with the proposalfrom the parivar at thebehest of Mulayam SinghYadav, a few days ago. He issaid to have told Kumarthat his party want to focuson his state and would notbe part of any conglomera-tion at the national level.

Tyagi, however, said hewas not aware of the devel-opment, but hastened toadd that efforts will be madeto rope in all erstwhile con-stituents of the parivar. He,however, confirmed thatYadav had asked Kumar tospeak to Patnaik withregard fund allocation toeastern states.

Janata Parivar to step up merger efforts

SWAMY FACES HEAT: Members of the All-Assam Muslim Yuba Parishad (S) protest

against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in Dibrugarh. Swami triggered a controversy by

saying a ‘mosque is not a religious place’ in Guwahati on Friday. Chief Minister Tarun

Gogoi said the government would consider banning entry of Swamy into Assam. PTI

Mischief or typo?

■ Gandhi Jayanti was notmarked as a holiday inthe Goa’s calendarreleased on Friday trig-gering strong reactionfrom Opposition

■ CM Laxmikant Parsekarlater clarified it could bean act of ‘mischief’ or a‘typing mistake’

.

❝The merger move would be revived in right earnestafter Mulayam Singh Yadav’s return from Lucknownext week. The merger issue and strengthening ofthe parivar is our top priority❞

KC Tyagi, JD-U NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON

From Page 1the spot and saw the securityguard scuffle with a man whowas trying to enter the church,after failing, he blew himselfup,” said Amir Masih, a wit-ness. “I saw his body parts fly-ing through the air.” Theguard died as well, he added."Fifteen people, including aboy and a girl and two police-men guarding the churches,have been killed and morethan 80 wounded in theattack,” Director GeneralHealth Zahid Pervaiz toldreporters outside the LahoreGeneral Hospital. He said thedeath toll could rise as some30 injured were critical.

—With agency inputs

15 killed, 80hurt in Lahore

From Page 1past two terms of the Con-gress government. But thenHaryana was split into threesub states of Gurgaon-Farid-abad, Sonipat to Panchkulaalong the GT Road and rest ofHaryana. This has led to veryunequal development”.

The BJP is now trying tobring all areas on an equalfooting in terms of develop-ment. For this “VidhayakAdarsh Gramin Yojna” isbeing launched where MLAswill adopt villages. All offi-cers, universities and institu-tions will be made to adopt all6,500 villages of the state. Hesaid the new industrial policywill be announced in April inwhich region will gets its due.

Khattar, who was interact-ing with the media, said hehad no aspirations to becomeCM. “One day I was asked tocontest from Karnal, which Idid, and on another occasionI was told the party wants meto be the CM, I have neveraspired for this position. I

wave dedicated my life to theparty since 1980 and we justdo what I am asked to do”.

On damage to crops duerecent rain, Khattar said thegovernment had alreadyordered a special revenueassessment of the loss suf-fered by farmers. As soon asthe report is available, farm-ers would be compensated. Acentral team would also visitthe state to see the loss suf-fered and assured that farm-ers who have suffered losseswould be adequately com-pensated. The BJP govern-ment proposes to create adatabase of every individualin the state.

This would help in distrib-uting food grain through thePDS. So far, only wheat andrice are distributed, but ifpeople want corn or “bajra”(millet) Haryana would try tosupply that too. He said hewas for implementation ofthe Swaminathan Report,but added this could only bedone in a phased manner.

Gita in all schools fromnext session: Khattar

From Page 1Geelani claimed that Basithad also discussed with himrecent political developmentsin the state. Geelani said hetold Basit that Kashmir wasthe main issue between thetwo countries and if it wasresolved, other issues wouldalso be resolved easily.

Angered at a similar meet-ing between Basit and sepa-ratists in the run-up to theForeign Secretary-level meet-ing in August, India hadcalled off talks saying Pak-istan could either talk toIndia or separatists.

The talks were resumedwhen Jaishankar met hisPakistan counterpart AizazAhmed Chaudhury in Islam-abad on March 3.

Pakistan envoyinvites Mirwaizto Delhi

Key Bills face RStest this weekFrom Page 1The panels will submit theirreports by March 18. On thepolitical plane, Congress-led Opposition paties enjoya majority in the RS. Theparties showed solidaritythat led to stalemate on sev-eral key issues during thewinter session. However,the Congress changed tac-tics last week by allowingthe passage of the insur-ance Bill while the Left andothers did not have thenumbers to prevent it.

Within the Congress therewere two sets of opinion,one that the insurance Billwas essentially its own cre-ation so it was important topass it. The other section,however, was against walk-ing the extra mile to bailout the government.

From Page 1the maximum was regis-tered at 19.6°C. Yesterday,the maximum was recordedat 27.3°C. In Rajasthan, 12persons were killed and asmany injured due to rain,lightning and hailstormsin the past 24 hours, offi-cials said today. Scores ofcattle also perished in thethunderstorms, they said.

Six people were killed inBundi district, two each inRajsamand andSawaimadhopur districts,and one each in Bikanerand Ajmer districts, thepolice said.

Incessant rain, hailstormand winter's revival havenot only affected normallife, but also caused dam-age to the standing rabicrops in entire Rajasthan,a weather official said.

A fresh bout of snowfallwas witnessed in tribalareas and other higherreaches of HimachalPradesh while rain lashedmid and lower hills.

Avalanche threat loomedlarge over high-altitude tribalareas above 2,500 feet as melt-ing of snow and glacier move-ment could accelerate in thenext few days. — AGENCIES

14 dead, crop damagedas rain lashes North

From Page 1(area where Rahul’s resi-dence is located) had onMarch 13 visited the resi-dences of Rahul, BJP veter-an LK Advani, Congressleader Veerappa Moily, SPleader Naresh Agarwal andTRS’ KC ChandrashekharRao to get the pro forma forvulnerability mapping filled.

The Congress is objectingto the same pro forma sayingone ASI from the Delhipolice special cell was tryingto fill it on March 2 by askingweird questions about RahulGandhi around his resi-dence. The ASI was spottedby the SPG which took thepro forma copy from him.The document containsquestions such as “special-birth marks of Rahul Gand-hi, any disabilities or prefer-ences etc apart from detailsof his height, skin colour, hisclothes and shoes andnames, addresses and phonenumbers of his associates”.

“The police chief said

information in the pro for-ma was being collected toprevent spontaneousdemonstrations againstRahul Gandhi. How will theaforementioned detailshelp prevent demonstra-tions? Moreover, should thepolice be seeking details ofdemonstrators or of thosewho are to be demonstratedagainst?” Surjewala said.

The Congress is alsoquestioning what businessthe Delhi police have inprofiling Rahul Gandhiwho is an SPG protecteesince childhood.

“Why should the Delhipolice map someone forwhose security they are nei-ther responsible nor account-able?” asked the Congressmedia chief. The Delhi policeare under the Home Ministry.On the BJP’s take that theCongress was making issuesout of non-issues, the Con-gress said the governmentwas on backfoot and makingunnecessary statements.

Rahul ‘snooping’ row setto rock Parliament today

Delhi Govt seekspublic advice onfree Wi-Fi planNew Delhi, March 15

Looking to fulfil one of itsmajor poll promises of pro-viding free Wi-Fi in Delhi, theAAP government has comeup with a set of 10 questionsby way of which it is lookingfor suggestions from the pub-lic for implementing the proj-ect. The Delhi Dialogue Com-mission (DDC), an advisorybody of the AAP governmentchaired by Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal, today drewup the bunch of 10 questionsseeking suggestions from themasses.

The DDC is inviting sugges-tions and recommendationson each of the 10 questions atits email [email protected] andWhatsapp helpline,+919643327265. The responseto the questions should berestricted to 200 words each, itsaid. The DDC is askingrespondents how they woulddefine public Wi-Fi while invit-ing case studies of public wi-fiin other countries. — PTI

THE TRIBUNE12 CHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015HIMACHAL PRADESH


Mandi, March 15

“Green energy is a need and

opportunity for Himachal

Pradesh,” said Chief Minis-

ter Virbhadra Singh while

presiding over the second

convocation function of the

IIT here today.

“I wish IIT to focus on

hydro, geothermal and

solar energy which are rele-

vant in our state,” he said,

adding that IIT could take

the lead in energy educa-

tion, energy conversion,

energy policy, renewable

energy technologies, pro-

tection of the environment

and the dissemination of

useful information on ener-

gy alternatives and sustain-

ability to users and

providers of energy.

He said he was glad to

know that energy was the

main focus of IIT-Mandi

and also that it had intro-

duced MTech programme

in energy materials.

Congratulating the gradu-

ating students, who were

conferred degrees, the

Chief Minister said he

understood the hard work

the students had put in to

reach this stage.

He said the capacity to

create, organise and apply

knowledge was the most

important trait of every suc-

cessful person in every pro-

fession. “We have to adopt

the latest techniques in the

fast-changing trend of tech-

nological revolution and

adopt it in our day-to-day

working,” he added.

“In the present scenario,

knowledge is expanding at

greater speed and is a never

ending process,” he said.

The Chief Minister said he

was happy to learn that

since its inception, it was

the first of the new IITs to

bag international scientific

projects in a span of just

five years and the institu-

tion was fast expanding.

“It is pleasing for me to

note that the sustained

efforts of the state govern-

ment to support and nur-

ture this pioneer institute

have now begun to bear

fruit. This certainly has

long-term positive impli-

cations for the develop-

ment of education in the

field of science and tech-

nology in our state,” said

the Chief Minister.

He said the IIT-Mandi

had recently expanded its

academic curriculum to

Masters programme in

chemistry and energy

materials. “I am sure that

these programmes will

cause rapid skill and

knowledge building among

the youth of Himachal

Pradesh,” he said.

He said the institute had

focused on the geographic

needs of the state by initiat-

ing a programme in infra-

structure and civil engi-

neering with a focus on the

problems and needs of the

state. “These efforts have

been bolstered by other

efforts of the institute such

as a project focused on

developing technologies for

the Himalayan region and

also studying the medicinal

and herbal plants in and

around the Kamand valley

and the region,” he said.

“I expect the IIT-Mandi

to foster state-of-the-art

education in the state.

Having IIT in Himachal

provides a good opportu-

nity for engineering and

science teachers to

upgrade themselves by

registering for Masters

and PhD programmes,”

said the Chief Minister.

“The IIT has a great

potential to act as the hub

for a hi-tech research and

development (R&D) park in

and around the Mandi and

Kamand area,” said the

Chief Minister

He said such a park would

help provide cutting-edge

research and technology to

the industry and focus on

building a healthy academ-

ic-industry partnership.

Green energy must for state: CM

A student, Damini Singal, receives a medal from Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh during the

second convocation of IIT in Mandi on Sunday. PHOTO: JAI KUMAR


Mandi, March 15

President Pranab Mukherjee

failed to keep his date with

Mandi today. He was the chief

guest for the second convoca-

tion of the Indian Institute of

Technology (IIT) here. How-

ever, his helicopter could not

land due to inclement weath-

er here and he directly left for

Baglamukhi temple in Kan-

gra district.

Governor Kalyan Singh was

the chief guest at the convoca-

tion and Chief Minister Virb-

hadra Singh presided over it.

M Natarajan, Chairman,

Board of Governors, IIT-Man-

di, read the President’s

speech, in which he had

exhorted the students to serve

the nation and the needs of the

common man and secure new

vistas of frontier technology.

The President, in his mes-

sage, congratulated the IIT

for its convocation and for

achieving the desired quali-

ty of education in scientific

and technical education.

However, he said, the grow-

ing demand for engineering

education had resulted in the

establishment of a number of

technical institutions. But in

the process, quality of educa-

tion and physical infrastruc-

ture has taken a backseat.

Rejuvenating the higher edu-

cation sector called for greater

dynamism on part of the insti-

tutions. With fast occurring

changes in various disciplines,

the faculty must keep them-

selves abreast with the latest

developments," he added.

As many as 127 students

graduated from the institute.

Shoubhik Debnath was award-

ed the President's Gold Medal

and Anand Dhandhania was

awarded the Director's Gold

Medal. Shoubhik Debnath,

Krishna Karnani and Deepak

Sharma bagged the Institute

Silver Medal. Damini Singal

was awarded the Rani Gon-

salves Medal for Outstanding

Female BTech Student.

The convocation ceremony

began with a welcome speech

and report by IIT-Mandi Direc-

tor Timothy A Gonsalves.

Health Minister Kaul Singh

Thakur; Rural Development

Minister Anil Sharma; Excise

and Taxation Minister

Prakash Chaudhary; Chief

Parliamentary Secretary

Sohan Lal; Mandi MP Ram-

swaroop Sharma; Additional

Chief Secretary Tarun Shrid-

har; DGP Sanjay Kumar; DC

Sandeep Kadam; SP Mohit

Chawla and senior officers of

the state were also present.

—With inputs from PTI

Bad weather keeps Prez awayfrom Mandi IIT convocation

President Pranab Mukherjee performs puja at the Baglamukhi temple in Kangra district on

Sunday. PHOTO: KAMALJEET

Urges IIT to focus on hydro, geothermal, solar energy

Kalyan for more research in agri, IT

Mandi: Governor Kalyan Singh, who was the chief guest forthe second convocation ceremony at Indian Institute ofTechnology (IIT) here on Sunday, stressed on the need forintense research for developing new technologies in varioussectors such as agriculture, power, environment and infor-mation technology to ensure development of the nation andstate. He said growth in science and technology only couldprovide solutions to the existing problems and acceleratethe pace of development. The Governor lauded the contribu-tions of IITs which were not only imparting best quality edu-cation but also doing commendable job in the field of tech-nological research. He hoped that students of IIT-Mandiwould also bring laurels to the state with their professionalexpertise. He said whatever education they had receivedwould depend upon how to use that to meet the challengesand exhorted the students to have high aim in life.

❝Whatever youintend to do in yourlife, you should befully committed towhatever you want todo.❞

❝If we fail to followour traditions, wedon't think that wecan be successful inour endeavours.❞

Kalyan Singh, GOVERNOR

GUV’S ADVICE

Our Correspondent

Hamirpur, March 15

The BJP will launch a

statewide agitation against

the government if Youth

Congress leaders and

workers involved in the

attack on the BJP office

are not arrested before

March 31, said state BJP

chief Satpal Singh Satti,

addressing a press confer-

ence here yesterday.

He said the accused were

roaming freely and the gov-

ernment had given clean

chit to the Youth Congress

leaders who were involved

in the violence. He said a

BJP worker lost his eyes

and others were seriously

injured in the attack.

Satti alleged that Chief

Minister Virbhadra Singh

encouraged hooliganism

earlier too. He said it was

not the first time that such

incident had taken place

during the Congress

regime. Citing examples of

the Dhawala Kidnapping

episode in 1998, caning of

BJP workers on the Mall

Road and other incidents,

he said poor law and order

prevailed in the state and

culprits were enjoying the

support of Congress leaders.

He said the police had

failed to trace the child who

was missing from over a

month from Hamirpur and

the accused in the case of

rape of a minor girl at Thur-

al could not be apprehended.

He said the state was giv-

en huge financial benefits

by the BJP-led government

in the Centre, but the Chief

Minister did not utter a

word of thanks to the Prime

Minister and the Health

Minister for their contribu-

tion to the state.

Earlier, Satti said the BJP

would complete the target of

3.52 lakh members by March

31. He said 2.45 lakh mem-

bers had been made till now.

BJP spokesperson Rand-

heer Sharma said

the Centre was giving huge

financial benefits to the state

and the government should

utilise the funds promptly in

its development. He said

the working of the Modi gov-

ernment had been

acclaimed worldwide.

Nab guilty of YC violenceor face agitation: Satti

BJP state president Satpal Satti addresses a press conference

in Hamirpur on Saturday. A TRIBUNE PHOTO

Tribune Reporters

Shimla, March 15

The cold-wave condition

revived in most parts of the

state as mid and lower hills

experienced widespread

rain, while high-altitude

tribal areas and higher hills

had another spell of moder-

ate snowfall, causing sharp

fall in the day temperatures.

The region was lashed by

intermittent rain, accompa-

nied by high-velocity

winds, while high-altitude

tribal areas and other high-

er reaches had another spell

of moderate snowfall.

The Rohtang Pass and

Kunzam Pass, Pin, Parvati

valley and Chitkul received

10 cm to 20 cm snow, while

Keylong and Kalpa record-

ed 3 cm and 2 cm snow.

Saloni in Chamba district

was the wettest in the region

with 32 mm rain followed by

Bhandal 20 mm, Naina Devi

14 mm, Kalatop 12 mm,

Dharampur and Dalhousie

11 mm each, Shimla 10 mm,

Dharamsala 9 mm, Kasauli 8

mm, Bijahi, Baijnath and

Una 7mm each, Seobagh,

Nurpur and Shimla 5mm

each and Manali 4 mm,

Solan, Kangra and Bhuntar 3

mm each. The sky remained

heavily overcast and maxi-

mum day temperatures

dropped by a few notches.

High-altitude tribal areas

reeled under biting cold

with minimum tempera-

tures ranging between -12°C

and -18°C, while Keylong

and Kalpa in tribal Lahaul

and Spiti and Kinnaur dis-

trict recorded a low of -5.9°C

and -2°C, followed by Cham-

ba 1°C, while key tourist

resorts of Dalhousie, Manali

and Shimla recorded 2.6°C,

4.4°C and 5.3°C, respectively.

Snowfall at Dhauladhars, Kangra valley drenched KANGRA: Snowfall on the

Dhauladhar mountain

range and rainfall in Kan-

gra valley has brought the

mercury down. It continued

to pour in the night and the

sky was overcast in the

morning as well.

KK Sharma, Director, Kan-

gra Airport, said the Spice Jet

flight had to be diverted to

Amritsar due to bad weather

in the Kangra valley today.

He said the flight landed at

Amritsar and waited till the

weather improved in Kangra.

However, he said the Air

India flight arrived here with-

out any disturbance.

Reports of rain during the

day were received from

Dharamsala, McLeodganj,

Jwalamukhi, Shahpur, Dhra-

man, Nagrota Bagwan, Icch-

hi, Gaggal, Mallan, Maranda,

Palampur, Dehra, Haripur

and.Ranital in the afternoon.

Cold-wave conditions revive in stateMet Dept warns of heavy rain, thunderstorm, hail at isolated places over next 2 days

Girls take shelter under an umbrella during rain in Shimla on Sunday. A TRIBUNE PHOTO The Dhauladhars covered with snow on Sunday. PHOTO: ASHOK RAINA

Kuldeep Chauhan Tribune News Service

Shimla, March 15

Thousands of deodar, kail

and rai trees worth crores

were uprooted, mainly in

the Chopal sub-division, by

the recent spell of heavy

snowfall and wind storms in

the first week of March.

The forest area that lies on

both sides of the main road

from Deha through Chambi,

Khirki, Chharki, Riuni and

Chopal, looks like a flattened

paddy field. The uprooted

trees present a picture of dis-

aster in what once was rated

as Asia’s thickest and most

beautiful forests.

“The Pabaas-Shilgran-Kun-

gu Nali forest beats in the

Chopal forest division pres-

ents a mind-boggling picture

of uprooted trees lying every-

where in three-feet snow,”

Prem Bhagta and Deepak

Kumar, local residents, said.

The two who had gone to plug

the damaged IPH pipe line

but failed to restore it as there

was no trace of the pipes

amidst the uprooted trees.

“We have not seen such large-

scale destruction of trees in

the forest,” they said.

Thousands of trees are

lying flattened in the forest

beats of Maroag, Chadradhar,

Bamta, Momvi, Tharoach,

Kakradhar, Choordhar

wildlife sanctuary, Sarahan,

Pulbahal, Banga Pani,

Khagna-Riuni-Ghayalt belt.

“It is difficult to go in the

forest to count the uprooted

trees as the region still has

three feet of snow and the

weather is bad here”, said a

forest official.

The forest soil is loose and

wet in February, but the tree

canopy piled up heavy

amount of snow. This was fol-

lowed by wind storm which

uprooted tree, the locals said.

The high-velocity winds

pushed temperatures to the

freezing point and the tree

canopy became top heavy

and uprooted a large num-

ber of trees, Dr SP Katyal,

member, advisory commit-

tee of the State Disaster

Management Authority

(SDMA), said.

Snowstorm damages Chopal forestsDepartment’s take

Principal Chief Conservatorof Forests SC Srivastav saidthe department wouldassess the exact damageto trees, mark them andhand over the lots to theforest corporation.

.

Lalit MohanTribune News Service

Dharamsala, March 15

The Wildlife Department has

failed to supply bullets for

fire arms to its staff. Sources

here said arms of the

Wildlife Department were

registered in the name of the

Chief Wildlife Department.

As per the Arms Act, only the

person in whose name the

arms are registered can buy

the ammunition.

Now, lower wildlife officials

have written to the Chief

Wildlife Warden to buy bul-

lets for them.

Sources said the depart-

ment purchased double-bar-

rel, single-barrel 12-bore

rifles and revolvers for the

protection of their staff on

duty to check poaching. No

bullets have been purchased

for guns.

A wildlife official said,

“Sometimes we sling guns

on our shoulders while

patrolling in forest areas

just to scare away the

poachers. However, if they

come to know that we do

not have bullets, the poach-

ers may attack us.”

Wildlife officials said the

department did not allow

them to buy bullets as they

feared it might be difficult

for them to face criminal

cases if guns were fired in

encounters with poachers

or otherwise.

“The guns are no more than

sticks and we are fortunate

that the poachers do not

know it,” said a wildlife offi-

cial in the field.

Former Principal Chief

Conservator, Wildlife,

Himachal, Lalit Mohan had

told The Tribune that nobody

had informed the head office

that no bullets were available

for the guns. He had said now

that the matter had been

brought to his notice, bullets

would be purchased after fol-

lowing the due procedure.

The Wildlife Department

also has the shortage of staff

and vehicles. Most Forest

Department officials prefer

posting in territorial or Forest

Department. Guards posted

in the Wildlife Department

are those who are nearing

retirement. In the name of

vehicles, the Wildlife Depart-

ment in the Pong Dam

Wildlife Sanctuary has just a

Gypsy and a motorcycle.

Wildlife Department staff ’s guns have no bullets Kinnaur bandh on March 19

Shimla, March 15

The CPM will observe Kin-

naur bandh and Chhaka

Jam on March 19 at Tapri

in support of workers in

which NGOs, mahila man-

dals, yuvak mandals and

project-affected people

would also participate.

The CPM-led trade union

CITU has declared support

to the workers union and

accused the government

and the district administra-

tion of Kinnaur of playing to

the tunes of JP.

“The company is running a

parallel rule in Kinnaur

which has alienated people of

Kinnaur as successive state

governments remained mute

witness to the large-scale

miseries inflicted on them”,

said CPM leader Rakesh

Singha at a press conference

here today.— TNS

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Shun intimidating strategies,take care of the youthTECHNICALLY, the six-

year life of the PDP-

BJP government would

start from March 17 – the

day the newly elected MLAs

would take oath as mem-

bers of the 12th Assembly.

The fact remains that what

the people have seen till

date is intimidating strate-

gies by the two ruling part-

ners that have overweighed

the agenda for governance.

Feeble signs of gover-

nance are submerged in the

controversies that are delib-

erately brought into the dis-

course to overshadow the

real needs of the people.

Right now, the two parties

may not be having their

opponents in the right

mode to challenge them,

but a fact that stares them

in face is that the patience

of the people is running out.

Let it be clear to both the

sides that the people of

Jammu and Kashmir are

intelligent and they have

seen through the real

motives of the parties that

were trying to cover their

flanks politically. It

should also be known to

the back room politicians

or the mother boards of

these parties that the

understanding the people

of Kashmir and the rest of

the nation cannot be

brought by rhetorical col-

lision. It requires a

healthy collusion.

More than 20,000 youth

turned up at a recruitment

rally of the Army in Kash-

mir. There were only 55

vacancies. It highlighted

three aspects: the youth

wanted jobs and currency

in their hands to make a

living. Secondly, this

specifically highlighted

the problem of the unem-

ployment in Kashmir

which has assumed alarm-

ing proportions. This is at

the core of the trouble,

whether the youth pick up

guns or stones. Thirdly, it

was time for the political

dispensation of the day to

wake up and recognize the

realities that youth wanted

work not the stones in

their hands.

Emotions do not fill bel-

lies. It may be an appendix

but a reality that the Indi-

an Army, howsoever it may

be maligned by the politi-

cal class of Kashmir and

separatists alike, is not

untouchable for masses. It

is also true that the Indian

army should not miscon-

strue it as an unqualified

love of Kashmiris for the

force. Simple economics

was involved in this.

From Leh to Lakhanpur,

there are approximately

one million educated

unemployed youth and

almost double the number

of semi-skilled, unskilled

and those who had no

access to schools, looking

for jobs. This youth is get-

ting restive. A state of

hopelessness has engulfed

them. They are desperate

to get any job. They line up

in hundreds and thousands

for the recruitment rallies.

Tens of thousands of

applications land for a sin-

gle vacancy of class four

job in the state. The gov-

ernment services are over-

flowing. Jammu and Kash-

mir has almost

half-a-million government

employees, the highest in

ratio to population as com-

pared to any other state in

the country.

The youth here are bub-

bling with an unmatched

spirit of enterprise. But it

has been systematically

killed by deliberate acts of

stirring unrest. Diversion-

ary politics of making the

youth look toward across –

Pakistan – for deliverance

and engaging them in con-

flict in Kashmir scares the

investors.

No one wants to invest in

the land of the guns,

grenades and stone throw-

ing. Hero worshipping of

the faces of trouble only

add to the fears of the

investors. Jammu is suf-

fering because it has no

leader who thinks beyond

the self. Then the orches-

trated idea that Kashmir

is in conflict with India is

a self-defeating proposi-

tion as it is a self-inflicted

casualty on the economy

of the state. Youth are

becoming conscious about

the games the politicians

are playing.

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No one wants to investin the land of the guns,grenades and stone-throwing. Heroworshipping of the facesof trouble only add tothe fears of theinvestors. Jammu issuffering because it hasno leader who thinksbeyond the self. Thenthe orchestrated ideathat Kashmir is inconflict with India is aself-defeatingproposition as it is aself-inflicted casualty onthe economy of thestate. Youth arebecoming consciousabout the games thepoliticians are playing.

Jammu-Srinagar nationalhighway closed after landslide


Jammu, March 15

Inclement weather disrupt-

ed normal life across the

state. The Jammu-Srinagar

national highway was once

again closed for vehicular

traffic while the upper reach-

es received snow last night.

The Meteorological

Department said the weath-

er would start improving

from Tuesday.

The 300-km-long Jam-

mu-Srinagar national

highway was again closed

on Sunday morning due to

a landslide in the Kheri

area near Udhampur and

heavy snow en route.

Hundreds of vehicles

were stranded on both sides

of the highway. The high-

way is likely to open for

one-way traffic on Monday.

Highway officials said:

“Due to a landslide on the

highway near Udhampur,

vehicular traffic on the

Jammu-Srinagar highway

was stopped this morning.

The Beacon is on the job, it

(the road) is expected to

open late night.”

“The rest of the highway

beyond Udhampur was

open for vehicular traf-

fic,” he added.

Trucks stranded at the Jammu-Srinagar Highway (closed due to heavy landslides) in Jammu on

Sunday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: INDERJEET SINGH

State Assemblysession to beginfrom March 18Tribune News Service

Jammu, March 15

The Peoples Democratic

Party-Bharatiya Janta Par-

ty coalition government

will present its first budget

on March 22.

The first session of

the 12th Legislative

Assembly will begin here

on March 18 with the Gov-

ernor’s address.

As per the provisional cal-

endar issued by the Jammu

and Kashmir Legislative

Assembly starting with

Governor’s address to leg-

islature, the House sittings

will continue till April 9.

Discussion on motion of

thanks on the Governor’s

address will be on March 19,

while the reply will be made

on March 20.

The annual statement of

expenditure for 2015-2016

and presentation of supple-

mentary statement of

expenditure for 2014-2015

will be on March 22.

General discussion on

budget will be held on

March 23, while the reply

will be made on March 24.

Accordingly, the

demands for grants for var-

ious departments will be

presented from March 25

to 29 and the Appropria-

tion Bills and Private

Members Bills will be tak-

en up on March 30 and 31.

Private members resolu-

tions will be taken up on

April 1, while government

business, private mem-

ber’s bills, private mem-

bers resolutions and gov-

ernment business, if any,

will be taken up on April 6,

7, 8 and 9, respectively.

Increase cross-LoC trade items: State to MHAMajid JahangirTribune News Service

Srinagar, March 15

Even though trade across

the Line of Control (LoC)

has come under the nar-

cotics shadow, the state gov-

ernment has requested the

Centre to increase the num-

ber of items for trade

between the two neighbour-

ing countries.

Cross-LoC trade takes

place through two points,

between Muzaffarabad and

Uri and Poonch and

Rawalakot, on a barter

basis. Trade is restricted to

21 items. Traders allege the

list has been reduced to a

few items over the years.

“After consultations with

officials and stakeholders,

we recommended to the

Ministry of Home Affairs to

increase the number of items

to be traded from 21 to 75,”

said a senior official of the

Industries and Commerce

Department. It is the nodal

agency for cross-LoC trade.

The official said after

approval, the list would

be forwarded to the Min-

istry of External Affairs,

which would take it up

with its Pakistani coun-

terpart for approval.

The cross-LoC bus serv-

ice and trade are consid-

ered as the biggest confi-

dence building measures

between India and Pak-

istan. The two countries

started the Srinagar-Muzaf-

farabad bus service in 2005

and cross-LoC trade around

three years later.

Dinesh ManhotraTribune News Service

Jammu, March 15

The 15-day-old Mufti

Mohammad Sayeed govern-

ment in Jammu and Kash-

mir today executed a major

administrative reshuffle by

transferring 43 officers in

the civil administration and

14 officers in the police

department. The Home Sec-

retary along with provincial

heads of civil and police

administrations of Jammu

and Kashmir provinces

have been transferred.

Deputy Chief Minister Nir-

mal Kumar Singh today said

that administrative over-

hauling was the first step

towards providing a corrup-

tion-free, accountable and

transparent government to

the people of the state. He

said the government was not

going to spare corrupt ele-

ments in the bureaucracy.

Talking to The Tribune after

the first business meeting of

the PDP-BJP government,

Nirmal Singh said transfers

and postings were made

after thorough discussions.

“We are committed to follow

in the footsteps of Prime Min-

ister Narendra Modi who has

assured a corruption-free and

an accountable government

to the people of Jammu and

Kashmir,” Nirmal Singh said.

He said today’s massive

reshuffle was aimed at remov-

ing the governance deficit in

Jammu and Kashmir.

Without naming any offi-

cers, the Deputy Chief Min-

ister said important posi-

tions were given to the

officers known for their cre-

dentials and capability.

“Today’s reshuffle is aimed

at giving a message to the

bureaucracy to fulfil promis-

es made by the PDP and BJP

with the people of J&K in the

Agenda for the Alliance,”

Nirmal Singh said.

He assured that honest

and dedicated officers would

be given important assign-

ments. He reiterated that

governance would be pro-

vided to the people at their

doorstep by decentralising

decision-making powers.

Later in the evening, Nir-

mal Singh, while addressing

a function at Reasi, said

attention was being paid to

all-round development of

the state on modern lines.

He said work on the

roadmap to address develop-

mental aspirations of those

living in far-flung areas had

already begun, results of

which would become visible

on the ground soon.

“With active support from

the Union government, all-

round development of

every nook and corner of

the state, besides ensuring

equitable development of

all regions and sub-regions

is going on,” he said.

Overhaul first step in providing corruption-free govt, says Dy CM

J&K Minister for Education Naeem Akhtar addresses

mediapersons in Jammu on Sunday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: INDERJEET SINGH

57 officers shifted in Mufti’sfirst administrative rejig

PSC candidates’ list

forwarded to Guv

In its first business meeting,the Cabinet on Sundayrecommended names forfilling posts of Chairpersonand Members of the PublicService Commission to theGovernor. The Commissionis a constitutional body thatregulates the recruitment ofgazetted officers in variousgovernment departments.It was lying defunct sinceNovember 16 last yearwhen KB Jandial, the lastMember, demitted office.

Rain lashesValley, 3 hurtin avalanchesrinagar, March 15

The weather department

today warned of heavy to

very heavy rain and snow

at a few places in the state

as a fresh downpour lashed

the Kashmir region.

“Heavy to very heavy rain

and snow would occur at a

few places,” the state Mete-

orological Department said.

The latest warning, issued

by the department in its

Sunday morning forecast

bulletin, is effective for 36

hours till Monday evening.

The department said

"moderate to rather heavy"

rain and snow would occur

at most places in the state

in the next 24 hours till

Monday morning with

heavy falls at some places.

Meanwhile, three people

suffered injuries in south

Kashmir’s Tral area when

they came under a snow

avalanche at Branpathri in

Nagbal, a police

spokesman said. — TNS

Govt to offer special tourism packagesTribune News Service

Srinagar, March 15

The government will offer

special packages to

attract visitors during the

lean tourist season in the

Kashmir valley.

As tourist arrivals usual-

ly pick up by April end,

J&K Tourism Develop-

ment Corporation (JKT-

DC) Managing Director

Farooq Shah said special

packages would be

offered to attract the

tourists in the lean season

from March 25 to April 25

and then from September

15 to November 15.

He said the packages

would offer discounts at

the JKTDC-run huts and

also promote golf. Shah

disclosed this after a

meeting held here yester-

day at Royal Spring Golf

Course (RSGC) with top

travel agents from Delhi

and sales and marketing

teams of the Taj group

and IndiGo Airlines.

An official said the

teams were here on a

familiarization tour. The

government was also aim-

ing to promote high end

golf tourism in the state.

Secretary RSGC Nuzhat

Gul said they had already

started marketing cam-

paigns in this regard.

"We have already started

aggressive marketing

campaigns through travel

tourism marts in Delhi

and Mumbai wherein

packages for stay and play

at the RSGC were promot-

ed. We are getting huge

responses and inquiries

about the same for this

season", Nuzhat said.

Regarding the familiar-

ization tour, she said it

was an opportunity to

showcase the golf course

and its facilities to these

tour operators, airlines

and the group who can

promote destination

tourism and the golf

course in domestic and

international markets.

The measures

■ JKTDC Managing Director Farooq Shah said specialpackages were being offered to attract tourists in thelean season

■ The packages would offer discounts at the JKTDC-run huts

■ The government was also aiming to promote high-end golf tourism in the state

■ Royal Spring Golf Course secretary said they hadalready started marketing campaigns in this regard

■ The lean season is from March 25 to April 25 andthen from September 15 to November 15

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THE TRIBUNE14 CHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015PERSONAL FINANCE

Balwant Jain

THOUGH the proposed Budget

does not have much to offer by

way of relief to the individual

taxpayers except raise in the

limit of deduction for mediclaim, it has

various provisions which will affect your

cash flow as TDS provisions are pro-

posed to be extended in many areas. Let

us discuss these in detail.

Deduction on interest from variousbranches of the same bankAt present, the banks and post office

deduct tax on interest on fixed deposit in

case the interest for the year is likely to

exceed Rs 10,000. The above limit of Rs

10,000 is calculated with reference to

each of the branch separately and not

the bank taken as a whole.

Due to this provision, a lot of people are

making fixed deposits with the same

bank but across various branches so as to

ensure that the interest from each of the

branch does not exceed Rs 10,000 and

thus getting interest without TDS. This

facility of restricting the limit of Rs 10,000

was kept due to administrative inconven-

ience and infeasibility involved with cal-

culating limit for the bank as a whole.

Since almost all the banks have moved

to core banking solution and the require-

ment to furnish PAN has become

mandatory, now it is no longer difficult

for the bank as a whole to find out the

persons who will earn interest more than

Rs 10,000 in a year. So the Finance Min-

ister has proposed that the limit of Rs

10,000 for TDS shall be calculated with

reference to the bank as a whole and not

for each branch in case the bank has

implemented core-banking solution.

Deduction of TDS on interest creditedby cooperative banks A cooperative society is not required to

deduct TDS on the interest credited to

its members. Many cooperative banks

were able to garner a big chunk of

deposits by making the depositors a

member by allotting them nominal num-

bers of shares. A lot of people have been

taking benefit of this provision by put-

ting their fixed deposits with cooperative

bank after buying nominal shares. This

was helping a lot of people getting inter-

est without the same being subjected to

tax, there is a proposal to withdraw the

exemption hitherto enjoyed by the coop-

erative banks. Now even cooperative

banks also will have to deduct TDS on

interest credited to fixed deposits of

their members.

Interest on recurring depositsAt present, no tax is deducted on the

interest credited on the recurring deposit

(RD) account irrespective of the interest

being credited. Since RDs are also like

fixed deposits the Finance Minister pro-

poses to apply TDS provisions to interest

on RD accounts in case the interest

exceeds the threshold limit of Rs 10,000.

Premature withdrawal from EPF accountWithdrawal of accumulated balance in

your provident account is generally

exempted from income tax. However, in

case the withdrawal is made before the

completion of five years of continuous

period of service and contribution

whether under one employer or more

than one employer, the amount so with-

drawn becomes taxable in the hands of

the employee in the year in which such

contribution was made.

Since the provident fund office does

not have the details of the income of the

employee for respective years it becomes

difficult for the provident fund office to

arrive at the rate at which the tax is to be

deducted on such withdrawals. In order

to sort out this problem, the Budget pro-

poses that in case the amount of prema-

ture withdrawal exceeds Rs 30,000 tax at

10% shall be deducted. In case you do not

furnish the PAN details tax @ 30% shall

be deducted. In case your taxable

income is not likely to exceed the basic

exemption amount, you have the option

to furnish form No. 15G so that no tax is

deducted. Please note that the TDS pro-

visions are not applicable in case you are

withdrawing the money after more than

five years of continuous contribution.

TDS from salaryEvery employer is required to deduct tax

from the salary on the basis of the tax lia-

bility of the whole year. Generally you

are required to submit proof of payment

for all the items like insurance premium,

PPF contribution, ELSS statement,

statement of home loan and mediclaim

certificate etc. While calculating the

TDS, the employer takes into account

various allowances, some of which are

tax exempt. As per a decision of the

Supreme Court in the case of L&T, the

employer is not required to collect any

documentary proof while allowing

exemption for LTA. In order to ensure

that the employer verifies the genuine-

ness of the claim in respect of all the

deductions and exemptions, the Budget

proposes that the employer shall collect

the documentary proof before granting

any exemption or deduction or even any

claim for setoff of losses. So next year

onwards you will have to furnish the

proof of your entitlement for all deduc-

tion and exemption or even loss under

the head income from house property.

Please be careful to submit the docu-

mentary evidence to your employer so

that excess tax is not deducted from your

salaries from next year and onwards.

The author is a CA, CS and CFP. He is currently working as

Company Secretary of Bombay Oxygen Corporation

Limited. The views expressed in this article are his own.

New TDS provisions to hit cashflow of individual taxpayers

Nimesh Shah

The year 2015 starts off in a very

interesting environment, with

crude oil prices having declined

significantly. At the same time,

the macro-economic fundamentals have

improved leading to a more buoyant out-

look for India. The economy is poised to

clock one of the highest growth rates in

the world in 2016 & 2017, after consolidat-

ing for much of 2015. Even the new gov-

ernment’s reforms have set the stage

towards a virtuous economic cycle which

will boost corporate earnings. In the light

of declining crude prices and good growth

prospects, India has become the most

attractive emerging market in the world.

Thus, over the next 3-5 years, equities as

an asset class are likely to perform well.

There could be brief periods of volatility

in 2015 taking cues from global factors as

in the near term, fall in the prices of crude

oil have created instability at the macro-

economic level in countries like Russia

and Brazil, among others. To beat volatil-

ity, investors should adhere to asset allo-

cation which spreads the risks across

asset classes. Investing in balanced

funds could offer just that.

Asset allocation: A time-tested modelStock-market gurus say one must buy

equity when everyone is selling and sell

when everyone is buying. Therefore, one

clear advantage of asset allocation is that it

imbibes discipline in investors and avoids

tendencies to invest in equity when stock

markets are too high-priced, or exit equity

when markets have bottomed.

Besides, an asset-allocation model in a

mutual fund reduces risk in a portfolio

by spreading risk across asset classes.

The need of the hour is to follow an asset-

allocation strategy between equity and

debt, driven by prices and valuation of an

asset class, not by sentiment.

Indian investors usually tend to chase

markets when stocks are racing up, and

to exit when they underperform. Funds

that capture the upside in a rising mar-

ket, and limits downside risk in a falling

could be an important category to look at.

If the price-to-book value of the market

rises, which usually happens in a rising

market, the fund automatically switches

to a more favourable asset class by limit-

ing equity exposure.

It reduces the onus of managing sep-

arate folios and funds for debt and

equity and leaving out human error

when taking a call whether to invest in

an asset class or not as it makes tactical

adjustments to portfolios based on val-

uation indicators.

Tax advantageAnother advantage that these funds have

is taxation like equity funds (due to their

65% exposure to equity). If the holding

period is longer than a year, returns are

tax-exempt; otherwise, they are subject

to short-term capital-gains tax. And, for

the dividend option, dividends paid and

received are tax-free (without any divi-

dend-distribution tax) irrespective of

holding period.

For funds with an average equity expo-

sure that is lower than 65%, tax treat-

ment is similar to that of debt funds.

Best of both worldsAs the market is structurally poised to do

well in the long run, a steady accumula-

tion at all levels in the market is an

important investment strategy for all

investors. Irrespective of whether you

choose equity or the fixed income

depending on your risk profile and

investment preferences, entering the

markets through mutual funds give you

benefits of diversification and profes-

sional management.

It could therefore be a prudent strate-

gy to add flavour of funds in the bal-

anced category in a portfolio which

seeks to book profits when markets

have risen and buys more equity when

markets are cheap. These funds offer

the best of both worlds in a single

investment structure offering — the

dynamism of equities and the stability

of debt. These funds strive to deliver

superior returns, simultaneously reduc-

ing risk as they follow the principle of

diversification. Funds in the balanced

category are suitable for maiden

investors or investors with a moderate

risk profile. They enjoy lower volatility

and tax advantages. Best of all, such

funds usually tend to do well in differ-

ent types of market cycles when one

holds for the long term.

The author is MD & CEO, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund.

The views expressed in this article are his own

An ideal allocation cuts risk in a rising market

I have retired from PSEB recently. My 300 daysleave encashment amounts to Rs 5,11,000. Shall Ibe liable to income tax on the amount exceedingRs 3 lakh. Income tax amounting to Rs 65,000 hasbeen deducted by the PSEB. Please advise.

— RAJ SINGH

Yes, you will be liable to pay tax on the

amount of leave encashment received in

excess of Rs 3,00,000. Accordingly, the

balance amount i.e. Rs 2,11,000 would be

added to your total income and taxed

accordingly. I may add that the reply is

based on the presumption that the com-

putation of Rs 5,11,000 has been made in

accordance with the provisions of the

Income-tax Act, 1961 (The Act).

I have sold shares which I purchased many yearsago. I earned long-term capital gains of Rs15,65,000 on these shares on which SecuritiesTransaction Tax is paid. I understand that thislong-term gain is exempted from tax. Is itnecessary to show these gains in exempt columnof ITR 4? If yes, then when I try to show thesegains in exempt column of ITR 4, which isapplicable in my case, then my software of incometax asked for information regarding name ofshares, sale date, sale amount, transfer expenses,purchase date & purchase amount. Unless I putthese figures, exempt gains do not adjust properlyin return form (ITR 4). I have no records of thesedetails with me. Now what is the best optionavailable to me?

— NK AGARWAL

You have indicated that you have earned

a long-term capital gain of Rs 15,65,000

on the sale of shares on which Securities

Transaction Tax has been paid. The

details with regard to the name of shares,

sale date, sale amount, transfer expens-

es, purchase date and purchase amount

are essential to compute the amount of

capital gains. In my opinion, the figure of

capital gains amounting to Rs 15,65,000

(the figure of capital gain indicated in the

query) could not have been computed

without these details. These details

should be in the possession of the person

who has computed the figure of Rs

15,65,000. In any case, the details with

regard to the sale should be available in

the broker’s note through whom the sale

of shares has been effected. Presuming

that the details with regard to date of pur-

chase and purchase amount are not avail-

able, it would be proper to make a mention

with regard to the non-availability of the

details with the caption not available and

fill in the return of income accordingly.

You are requested to clarify whether familypension is divisible among all legal heirs of thedeceased even if some of them are not eligible toget family pension under the Pension Rules. Whatwill be the tax liability? — MP WADHWA

Family pension of a person forms part

of his estate and should therefore be

divisible among the legal heirs of the

deceased. Pension rules may have a

provision to provide the name of the

person who would be entitled to

receive such pension after the death

of a person entitled to such family

pension. This aspect should therefore

have a limited application with regard

to the receipt of pension. As to how

the same is to be shared between the

legal heirs, in my opinion cannot be

prescribed by the Rules with regard to

the grant of pension.

Leave duesabove ~3 lakhtaxable

TAX ADVICE

SC VASUDEVA

The limit of ~10,000 for TDS shall be calculated with reference to the bank as a whole and not for each branch.

Since almost all banks have moved to core-banking solution and therequirement to furnish PAN is mandatory, it is no longer difficult forthe bank to find out the persons who will earn interest more than Rs 10,000 in a year even if he has fixed deposits in various branches

Over the next 3-5 years, equities as an asset class are likely to perform well.

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015 15WORLD

In the Court of

Sh Amar Paul,Additional District Judge,

HoshiarpurCA-11/04.02.15

Date of hearing 27.03.2015Khushal Singh S/o DhaniRam & others

... Appellant/ApplicantV/s

Balwant Singh & other... Respondent/Plaintiff

Notice to below mentionedRespondent2) Satnam Singh son ofOnkar, R/o Village BehKhushala, Tehsil Mukerian,Distt. Hoshiarpur.

Whereas, it has proved tothe satisfaction of the Courtthat the Respondent abovenoted cannot be served inordinary way of service.Hence this proclamationunder Order 5 Rule 20 CPCis hereby issued against himand he should appearpersonally or through theircounsel on 27.03.2015 at9.30 a.m. failing whichexparte proceedings shallbe taken against him.


seal of the Court on this 9th

day of March, 2015.

Sd/-

Sh Amar Paul

Additional District Judge,

CN4-4312 Hoshiarpur.

In the Court of

Ms. Sumit Sabharwal, PCS,Civil Judge

(Junior Division),Kapurthala.

Suit No.: 682Dt of Instt.: 18.10.2014

Peshi: 20.03.2015Harjap Singh S/o Joginder SinghS/o Col. Thakur Singh, resident ofVillage Jawala Pur, Tehsil &District Kapurthala.

...PlaintiffVersus

1. Gurnam Singh,2. Joginder Singh,3. Gurmej Singh, all sons of Dalip

Singh S/o Jawala, R/o VillageNathu Chahal, Tehsil & DistrictKapurthala.

4. Gurnam Singh S/o UdhamSingh S/o Jawand Singh R/oVillage Ramidi, Tehsil &District Kapurthala.

...DefendantNotice to Defendant No.:1. Gurnam Singh,2. Joginder Singh,3. Gurmej Singh, all sons of Dalip

Singh S/o Jawala, R/o VillageNathu Chahal, Tehsil & DistrictKapurthala.

Suit for Declaration and for JointPossession and for PermanentInjunction.

Whereas, it has been proved tothe satisfaction of the Court thatthe defendants above noted cannotbe served in the ordinary way ofservice. Hence this proclamation ishereby issued against them andthey should appear personally orthrough their counsel on20.03.2015 at 9.30 a.m. failingwhich exparte proceedings shall betaken against them.

Given under my hand and theseal of the court on this 9th day ofFebruary, 2015.

Sd/- (Sumit Sabharwal),

Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.),

CN4-4294 Kapurthala.

In the Court of

Sh. Karunesh Kumar,Additional District &

Sessions Judge,Ludhiana.Case No.: HMA 85

Dt of Instt.: 20.12.2014Dt. of Hearing: 20.03.2015

Pinki Devi Singh W/o KrishanKumar Singh D/o Late GaindaLal, R/o Sham Complex,Durga Colony, St.No. O, PhaseVII, Focal Point, Near Jugiana,Distt. Ludhiana.

...PlaintiffVersus

Krishan Kumar Singh S/oJeetan Singh R/o D.S. College,Village Chilmara, Tajganj,Distt. Kathiar (Bihar).

...DefendantNotice to: Krishan KumarSingh S/o Jeetan Singh R/oD.S. College, VillageChilmara, Tajganj, Distt.Kathiar (Bihar).

Whereas, it has been provedto the satisfaction of the Courtthat the defendants abovenoted cannot be served in theordinary way of service. Hencethis proclamation under Order5 Rule 20 CPC is herebyissued against them and theyshould appear personally orthrough their counsel on20.03.2015 at 9.30 a.m. failingwhich exparte proceedingsshall be taken againsthim/them.

Given under my hand and theseal of the court on this 09thday of March, 2015.

Sd/- Additional District & Sessions Judge,

CN4-4292 Ludhiana.

In the Court of

Balwant Singh,Addl. Distt. Judge/FTC,

JalandharCase No. DMC/1123/14

Dt. of Instt. 06.9.14Dt. of hearing 23.03.2015

Prabhjit Singh Sandhu aged 30yrs S/o Iqbal Singh Sandhu, r/oBara Pind Road, Goraya,Tehsil Phillaur, Distt.Jalandhar through Sh IqbalSingh Sandhu his Attorney


Baljinder Kaur Lally D/oLakhbir Singh Lally

... RespondentNotice to:Baljinder Kaur Lally D/oLakhbir Singh Lally W/oParbhjit Singh Sandhu, R/oVillage Lallian, P.O. Apra,Tehsil Phillaur, Distt.Jalandhar. Foreign Address9077, 123-A, Street V3V 4P6,Surrey, B.C. Canada.

Whereas, it has been provedto the satisfaction of the Courtthat the defendant above notedcannot be served in ordinaryway of service. Hence thisproclamation under Order 5Rule 20 CPC is hereby issuedagainst her and she shouldappear personally or throughhis counsel on 23.03.2015 at9.30 a.m. failing which exparteproceedings shall be takenagainst her.

Given under my hand andseal of the Court on this 2ndday of March, 2015.

Sd/-Addl. Distt. &

Sessions Judge,CN4-4314 Jalandhar.

In the Court of

Sh. K.K. Goyal, Addl. District Judge,

Amritsar.Case No. CA 827/2014

Dt. of Instt.: 17.11.2014Date of hearing: 18.3.2015

Kulwinder Singh s/o Gurharan Singhr/o H.No. 4818, Guru Nanak Wala,Asr.

... PlaintiffV/s

Gurjatinder Singh s/o Atma InderSingh r/o H.No. 156, Sector 71,Mohali etc.

... DefendantNotice to Respondent No. 7 to 11: 7.Buleshwar Singh s/o Atma InderSingh r/o Village Kandola, Teh. &Distt. Roopnagar at Present H.No.1589, Sector 71, Mohali, through hisattorney Gurjatinder Singh, defendantNo. 1, 8. Sukhdarshan Kaur wd/oSiwinder Singh r/o H.No. 221, Sector33-A, Chandigarh, 9. Savi. S.Mansahiya s/o Late Siwinder Singhr/o H.No. 221, Sector 33-A,Chandigarh, through his attorneySukhdarshan Kaur, defendant no. 8,10. Harbir K. Mansahiya s/o LateSiwinder Singh r/o H.No. 221, Sector33-A, Chandigarh, through hisattorney Sukhdarshan Kaur,defendant no. 8, 11. Satjit Kaur d/oLate Siwinder Singh, r/o 1807, Sector33-D, Chandigarh, through herattorney Sukhdarshan Kaur,defendant no. 8.

Whereas, it has been proved to thesatisfaction of the Court that thedefendants above noted cannot beserved in the ordinary way of service.Hence this proclamation under Order5 Rule 20 CPC is hereby issuedagainst them and they should appearpersonally or through their counsel on18.03.2015 at 09.30 a.m. failingwhich exparte proceedings shall betaken against him/them.

Given under my hand and the sealof the Court on this 11th day ofMarch, 2015.

Sd/- K.K. Goyal, Addl. District Judge

CN4-4320 Amritsar.

No. 153

Civil Courts, KhannaIn the Court of

Sh. Tej Partap Singh RandhawaAdditional Civil Judge,

(Senior Division),CS/3740/2013

CS157 Dated 31.03.2012Peshi: 17.03.2015

Jaswant KaurVersus

M/s Behariji Cattle FeedPublication against:1. M/s Sh. Behariji Cattle Feeds

(P) Ltd., Factory at RaniaIndustrial Area, Kanpur (U.P.),through its Managing Director,2nd address: Office at 73/31,New Bhandari Building,Collector Ganj, Kanpur.

2. Neeraj Gupta, ManagingDirector.

3. Anjali Gupta, Director.4. Dinesh Gupta, Director. All C/o

M/s Sh. Behariji Cattle Feeds(P) Ltd., Office at 73/31, NewBhandari Building, CollectorGanj, Kanpur.

Whereas, it has been proved tothe satisfaction of the Court thatthe defendant(s)/ Petitioner(s)above named cannot be served inthe ordinary way of service. Hence,this proclamation under Order 5Rule 20 CPC is hereby issuedagainst them and they shouldappear personally or through theirCounsel on 17.03.2015 at 9.30 a.m.

Take notice that, in default oftheir appearance on the day beforementioned, the above said case willbe heard and determined in theirabsence.

Given under my hand and theseal of the Court on this 13th day ofMarch, 2015.

Sd/-

Sh. Tej Partap Singh Randhawa,

Addl. Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.),

A4-98935 Khanna.

In the Court of

Sh. Rakesh Kumar Sharma,ADJ, Jalandhar.

Case No. CM 298/14Dt. of Instt. 21.7.14

Dt. of hearing 18.3.15Union Bank of India a body corporateconstituted under the BankingCompanies (Acquisition and Transferof Undertakings) Act, 1970 having itsHead Office at 239 Vidhan BhawanMarg, Nariman Point, Mumbaihaving its branches all over India,including the one at SSI Branch,Jalandhar through itsManager/Constituted Attorney Sh.Anil Kumar. ...Plaintiff

VersusM/s Amarjit Enterprises & Others.

...DefendantsNotice to:1. M/s Amarjit Enterprises, 128

Sudarshan Park, Jalandharthrough its partners Amarjit Singhand Harpal Singh.

2. Amarjit Singh s/o Harpal Singh.3. Harpal Singh s/o Bhag Ram.4. Inderjit Singh s/o Harpal Singh.5. Satnam Kaur d/o Nihal Singh w/o

Harpal Singh. All residents of 128,Sudarshan Park, Jalandhar.

6. State Bank of Patiala Region-I,Ambedkar Chowk, Jalandharthrough its Administrative Officer,Jalandhar.

7. Satish Jain s/o Chaman Lal Jain(the address is to be disclosed byDefendant No. 6).

Whereas, it has been proved to thesatisfaction of the Court that thedefendants above noted cannot beserved in the ordinary way of service.Hence, this proclamation under Order5 Rule 20 CPC is hereby issuedagainst them and they should appearpersonally or through their Counselon 18.3.2015 at 10 a.m. failing whichexparte proceedings shall be takenagainst them.

Given under my hand and the sealof the Court on this 13th day ofMarch, 2015.

Sd/- Addl. District &Sessions Judge,

A4-98956 Jalandhar.

In the Court of

Ms Manpreet Kaur, ACJ (SD) Nawanshahr

(SBS Nagar)CS-07/13

Date of Institution:22.01.2013

Next Date: 20.03.2015Avtar Singh s/o Surjit Singh

r/o VPO Bharo Mazara(Ranuan) the Banga DisttSBS Nagar, through hisattorney Jasbir Kaur w/oAvtar Singh @ Avtar Ranar/o VPO Bharo Mazara,Tehsil Banga, Distt. SBSNagar.

.....PlaintiffVersus

Avtar Singh s/o Pritam r/oVill. Sarhala Ranuan, TehsilBanga, Distt. SBS Nagar.

....DefendantNotice to: Avtar Singh s/o

Pritam r/o Vill. SarhalaRanuan, Tehsil Banga, Distt.SBS Nagar.

Whereas in the above notedcase, it has been proved tothe satisfaction of the courtthat the defendant cannot beserved upon by ordinary way.You are directed by thisnotice U/O 5 Rule 20 CPC toappear in the court on20.03.2015 at 09:30 a.m.personally or throughcounsel failing which anexparte proceedings shall betaken against you.

Given under my hand andthe seal of this Court.

Sd/- (Manpreet Kaur)Addl. Civil Judge (SD)

NA4-100846 Nawanshahr.

COURT NOTICES

Beijing, March 15

Faced with a poor response

to the limited relaxation of

China’s one-child per cou-

ple policy that permits a

second child in selected cas-

es, Premier Li Keqiang

today said further improve-

ments will be considered to

make it more appealing and

ease the country’s demo-

graphic crisis.

“(We will) make improve-

ments and adjustments to

the policy in accordance

with legal procedures,” Li

told his annual media brief-

ing here without giving a

specific time frame.

Li said authorities are cur-

rently conducting compre-

hensive reviews on the

implementation of the birth

policy which now allows cou-

ples to have two children if

either parent is an only child.

China, the world’s most

populous country, first

introduced its family plan-

ning policy in the late 1970s

to rein in surging popula-

tion by limiting most urban

couples to one child and

most rural couples to two if

the first child was a girl.

But the policy ran into

criticism in recent years as

China’s old age population

grew considerably creating

a demographic crisis.

Chinese authorities had in

the past defended the coun-

try’s previous one-child

policy, saying it had pre-

vented around 400 million

people from being added to

China’s population.

But the policy did lead to a

number of social problems

over the years. Earlier reports

said China’s labour force had

decreased by 3.45 million

year on year in 2012, marking

the first “absolute decrease”

since China’s reform and

opening up in 1979.

As of 2013, the number of

Chinese people aged 60 or

above exceeded 202 million,

8.53 million more than in 2012

and already accounting for

15% of the total population,

up 0.6 percentage points.

Gender imbalance is

another side effect of the

one-child policy, as a result

of Chinese parents’ prefer-

ence for boys. — PTI

China may move to relaxone-child policy furtherLimited ‘freedom’ given in 2013 has failed to produce desired results

A policy shift

■ A major policy changewas adopted in 2013,stipulating that couplesnationwide could have asecond child if either par-ent was an only child.

■ The adjustment whichwas put into practice inearly 2014, did not leadto a baby boom many hadexpected, and experts arenow suggesting a fullimplementation of thetwo-child policy.

■ Li said authorities are still"weighing pros and consbased on the outcome ofthe comprehensive reviewand taking into accountsChina's economic andsocial development aswell as changes in thedemographic structure".

■ Statistics from the ChinaPopulation Associationshow that China had regis-tered 16.9 million newbirths in 2014, 4.7 lakhmore than the previous year

Demographic crisis

■ China first introduced its family planning policy in the late1970s to rein in surging population by limiting most urbancouples to one child and most rural couples to two if thefirst child was a girl

■ The policy meant that about one-third of China's 1.3 bil-lion citizens cannot have a second child without incurringa fine for violating the policy

■ But the policy ran into criticism in recent years as China'sold age population grew considerably creating a demo-graphic crisis

CHINA’S POWER DUO: Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) with

Premier Li Keqiang at the closing the 3rd Session of the

12th National People’s Congress Beijing on Sunday. AFP

BRIEFLY

Putin: Russia helped Yanukovych flee Ukraine MOSCOW: In a new documentary about Russia’s

annexation of Crimea, President Vladimir Putin says

Russian forces helped ousted Ukrainian President

Viktor Yanukovych escape to Russia. The documen-

tary is being shown on Sunday on state TV, marking

a year since the widely questioned referendum in

Crimea that supported its secession from Ukraine. AP

US gets its first accredited Muslim college LOS ANGELES: A California-based institution has

become the US’ first officially recognised Muslim

college after receiving formal academic accredita-

tion. Zaytuna College, which operates out of two rent-

ed buildings in Berkeley, was accredited last week by

the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, one

of the six academic organisations responsible for

authorising colleges and universities in the US. PTI

US shuts Saudi embassy over security fears RIYADH: The US embassy in Saudi Arabia said it had

suspended consular services in the kingdom for two

days due to “heightened security concerns”, after warn-

ing of threats against Western oil workers. All services

in Riyadh and at the consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran

have been cancelled for Sunday and Monday, it said. AFP

54 dead in Brazil tour bus crash RIO DE JANEIRO: At least 54 persons were killed

when a tour bus plunged hundreds of metres into a

densely wooded ravine in southern Brazil, authorities

said. Among the dead were eight children and 24

women. The bus plunged 400 m into a ravine and end-

ed up on its side, snarled in thick vegetation. AFP

Vatican backs force to stop IS 'genocide' WASHINGTON: The Vatican’s ambassador to the

United Nations has endorsed military action against

the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, an unusual move

because the Vatican traditionally has opposed force

in the region. In an interview with the US Catholic

website Crux, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said IS

fighters were committing atrocities on a huge scale

and the world needed to intervene. AFP

KOSHER SUPERMARKET REOPENS: Jewish men pray in

front of the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris on

Sunday. The supermarket has reopened two months after

a gunman, linked to militants who had attacked Charlie

Hebdo in January, staged a hostage crisis there. AFP

WHEN CRIMEA VOTED TO JOIN RUSSIA: A picture taken

on March 16, 2014, shows Crimeans celebrate in Sevastopol

after 95.5% of voters in Ukraine's Crimea region supported

union with Russia. Russia is gearing up to celebrate one

year since Crimea voted to rejoin the country. AFP

RACE-FUELED DEMONSTRATIONS

London, March 15

Three British Muslim

teenagers suspected of trying

to travel to Syria to join the

dreaded Islamic State terror

group have been detained

and sent back by authorities

in Turkey, the Scotland Yard

said here today.

The three males — two

boys aged 17 from north-

west London and a man

aged 19 — were detained in

Istanbul, and were feared to

be on their way to join IS

extremists.

The teenagers have been

flown back to the UK from

Turkey and arrested, the

Metropolitan Police said.

They were reported missing

on Friday and were detained

after UK counter-terrorism

officers alerted Turkish offi-

cials, the Met said.

Scotland Yard said count-

er-terrorism officers had

initially been made aware

that the two 17-year-old

boys had gone missing and

were believed to be travel-

ing to Syria.

Enquiries found they had

traveled with a third man.

"Officers alerted the Turk-

ish authorities who were

able to intercept all three

males, preventing travel to

Syria. They remain in

detention in Turkey," a Met

spokesperson added.

Their disappearance led

to criticisms from Turkey's

deputy prime minister, who

said officials in the country

had not been given enough

warning about their disap-

pearance.

A large number of Britons

have traveled to Turkey,

using the country as a

crossing point to eventually

enter Syria to join IS mili-

tants, who control large

swaths of territory in Syria

and Iraq. — PTI

3 UK teens held in Turkeyon way to Syria, deported

St Louis, March 15

The police arrested at

least two people today as

nightly protests in the

racially troubled US sub-

urb of Ferguson over the

police killing of unarmed

black teenager Michael

Brown shifted into the

heart of St Louis.

Up to 50 youthful protest-

ers gathered after sunset at

the Midwestern city’s his-

toric 19th century court

house, then marched

through streets lined with

bars packed with St

Patrick’s revelers before

briefly halting traffic.

AFP reporters saw St

Louis city police arrest two

people—one a masked male

protester dressed in black,

the other a news photogra-

pher, Philip Montgomery,

on assignment for the web-

site Mashable.

Protesters have vowed to

sustain their movement in

the wake of a federal Justice

Department probe into

Brown’s death on August 9

that prompted sometimes

violent demonstrations as

well as a fierce debate about

policing and race relations

in America today.

Five Ferguson residents

have taken a first step

toward ousting the city’s

mayor, James Knowles, by

delivering an affidavit yes-

terday to City Hall, the St

Louis activist Organization

for Black Struggle said on

its Twitter feed.

Knowles, who met Satur-

day with about 20 small-

business owners at a Fergu-

son soul food restaurant, has

declared he intends to stay

in office, implement reforms

and restore harmony in the

city of 21,000 that is two-

thirds African-American.

“We cannot describe how

disgusted we are with you.

We now ask that you vacate

the office,” wrote the five

residents, whose names

were not disclosed.

Their affidavit went on to

urge Ferguson’s six-mem-

ber city council to call a spe-

cial election to find a new

mayor. — AFP

Ferguson protestsmove to St Louis

Ferguson activists march in

the town of St. Louis. REUTERS

Male, March 15

Mohammed Nasheed, jailed

for 13 years under anti-ter-

rorism laws, today suffered

another blow when the for-

mer Maldivian President's

appeal against his arrest

order was dismissed by a

court even as his party

decided to launch a national

civil disobedience cam-

paign to secure his freedom.

The High Court threw out

Nasheed's appeal against his

February 22 arrest as he

refused to enter the courtroom

for the first hearing of his

appeal case in protest because

his request to hold the hearing

in public was rejected.

Nasheed, 47, who heads

the Maldivian Democratic

Party had appealed the

arrest order issued by the

Criminal Court against him.

He was arrested and

ordered to be detained until

the end of his terror trial by

the court, stating that he

had a history of "evading

courts." Before the hearing

was scheduled to be held

today, Nasheed's legal team

requested to hold an open

and public hearing.

However, only members

of Nasheed's legal team and

family were allowed inside

the courtroom. Nasheed

then refused to enter the

courtroom since the court

had ignored his requests of

an open hearing, Maldivian

media reported.

Last night, Maldivian

President Yameen Abdul

Gayoom asked the interna-

tional community to

respect the court verdict

that sentenced Nasheed

amid wide criticism that the

trial was flawed. — PTI

Nasheed’s appeal againstarrest order dismissed

IN THE DOCK: Maldives former President Mohamed Nasheed

is taken back to Dhoonidhoo prison after a court dismissed his

appeal against his arrest in Male on Sunday. AP/PTI

On their way to join IS extremists

■ The three males -- two boys aged 17 from north-west Lon-don and a man aged 19 -- were detained in Istanbul, andwere feared to be on their way to join IS extremists Theteenagers have been flown back to the UK from Turkeyand arrested

■ They were reported missing on Friday and were detainedafter UK counter-terrorism officers alerted Turkish officials

■ The latest arrests come after Shamima Begum, AmiraAbase, both 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, schoolgirls fromLondon, took flights to Istanbul last month, from where itis feared they traveled to Syria

.

WHO WILL RULE THE WORLD16 CHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015

WHO WILL RULE THE WORLD

You (Sri Lanka) can do it,

keep an eye on de

Villiers. You have

become the pride of our

nation, we in turn

request you to become

victorious

Ranil Wickremesinghe,

Sri Lanka Prime Minister

TOP RUN-GETTERSSRI LANKA K Sangakkara 496

ZIMBABWE Brendon Taylor 433

SOUTH AFRICA AB de Villers 417

TOP WICKET-TAKERSAUSTRALIA Mitchell Starc 16

NEW ZEALAND Trent Boult 15

INDIA M Shami 15

POINTS TABLETeam Match Won Lost NR Pts

Group A

NEW ZEALAND 06 06 00 — 12

AUSTRALIA 06 04 01 01 09

SRI LANKA 06 04 02 — 08

BANGLADESH 06 03 02 01 07

ENGLAND 06 02 04 — 04

AFGHANSITAN 06 01 05 — 02

SCOTLAND 06 00 06 — 00

Group B

INDIA 06 06 00 — 12

SOUTH AFRICA 06 04 02 — 08

PAKISTAN 06 04 02 — 08

WEST INDIES 06 03 03 — 06

IRELAND 06 03 03 — 06

ZIMBABWE 06 01 05 — 02

UAE 06 00 06 — 00

QUICK SINGLES

‘Former Pakistancricketer’ cons BBCA self-proclaimed cricket expert

Nadeem Alam has been exposed

as an imposter, who was posing as

former Pakistan international bats-

man Nadeem Abbasi in order to

give his ‘expert' cricket opinions on

BBC World News, BBC Asian Net-

work and Radio Five Live. After the

disclosure of his identity, Alam stat-

ed that he liked to think he had

been ‘talking good cricket’, howev-

er, added that he would no longer

pretend to be Nadeem Abbasi.

Meanwhile, Abbasi, who played

three Tests for Pakistan in 1989,

said that if he ever finds Nadeem

Alam, he would punch him in the

face for damaging the country's

reputation. The former cricketer

insisted that the BBC was a big

institution and surely they must

check (facts). A BBC spokesman

said that they apologise to the real

Mr Abbasi and would be looking

seriously into what had happened.

Pakistan can win WorldCup: Skipper Misbah Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq

said his team has all the ingredi-

ents to become champions for the

second time. “Of course, we can

win the World Cup. We have the

momentum. The bowling is doing

really well, the batting is beginning

to do its part," he said. — Agencies

❝

This is the story of the jour-nalist who tried to withdrawmoney from an automatedparking ticket vendingmachine. The mysteries ofthe western world, withmachines having replacedmen in essential services,continue to confound somevisitors. This gentlemanmistook a parking ticketvending machine for anATM and inserted his cash-card, dialled in the pin, andwaited for cash to appear.Nothing happened, and themachine refused to returnhis card. With a flight tocatch shortly, he panicked.He pressed a button thatpromised assistance. Henearly jumped out of hisskin when the machinespoke in a feminine voice:“Yes, how can I help you?” It

was the real voice of a realwoman, speaking from a callcentre in India. Our mantold her that he was unableto withdraw money from themachine; she told him that itwas not an ATM. After thesetwo disembodied encoun-ters with the bank, ourfriend was relieved when abank technician appeared,in flesh and blood, andretrieved his card.

Free adsIn the afternoon and lateevening, the streets of Mel-bourne were crowded bypeople who looked walk-ing-talking advertisingboards. They were fans ofFormula 1 racing and theywere going to or returningto the Albert Park F1 cir-cuit, where the year’sopening F1 Grand Prix, theAustralian GP, was won byLewis Hamilton today. F1

team shirts have got to bethe ugliest shirts in sport— they’re emblazed withlogos and brand names inbright colours. The horri-ble designs could somehowbe tolerable if the teamsrepresented a fan’s nation-- that’s not the case,because F1 involves racesamong industrial teams.Why anyone would consentto be seen anywhere closeto such a shirt withoutbeing paid a A$1,000 is amystery. We asked peopleat a merchandise shopwhat made them queue upto part with hard-earnedmoney, only for the privi-lege of looking like anadvertising board. Theirreasons weren’t very per-suasive — most peopleseemed to seek a shirtbecause everyone theyknew had or was buyingshirts and other gear.

Mysteries of western world

Knockout stage

■ Quarterfinals■ March 18: South Africa v

Sri Lanka, Sydney

■ March 19: India vBangladesh, Melbourne

■ March 20: Australia vPakistan, Adelaide

■ March 21: New Zealandv West Indies, Wellington

■ Semifinals

March 24: Auckland

March 26: Sydney

■ Finals

March 29: Melbourne

F1 fans line up to buy a team's merchandise in the Southern Cross area of Melbourne. ROHIT MAHAJAN

Desi punchROHIT MAHAJAN

RohitMahajan

AustraliaAustralia’s batting strength,their array of explosive bats-men, have simplified theirtactics. They want to bat firstevery time, except whenthere’s rain on the way.When they win the toss,they’re most likely to bat firstand then score somewhere inthe region of 340 runs. Everytime they’ve won the toss,they’ve batted first, exceptagainst Scotland in Hobart.They bowled first onlybecause rain was forecast forthe day. “We would have likedto bat first, for our batters toget a hit, but the main priori-ty is the win,” captainMichael Clarke said.

Australia have relied com-pletely on pace — their spe-cialist spinner, XavierDoherty, has played onlyone match, and bowled onlyseven overs, without pick-ing up a wicket.

New ZealandNew Zealand have an excel-lent allround game —they’vegot very good stroke-makers,they’ve got top-class fastbowlers, and they’ve got aworld-class left-arm spinner,Daniel Vettori. Conditions inNew Zealand have been morehelpful to the bowlers than inAustralia. New Zealand, withTrent Boult and Tim Southeeto take the new ball for themin conditions likely to helpthem, prefer to bowl first.

They’ve played all theirmatches at home; each timethey won the toss — which istwo times — they bowled first.On three other occasions, theopposition opted to bat first.Each time, New Zealand won.New Zealand have played sec-ond in five of their six games.They have an excellent attack— four of their bowlers havetaken 10 wickets or more.Apart from Vettori, Boult andSouthee, Corey Anderson isthe man with 10 wickets tohis name. Kane Williamson,Martin Guptill, BrendonMcCullum and Andersonhave made big runs.

IndiaIndia have been known to bean excellent batting side in

ODI cricket, so it’s the pacebowling that has been a reve-lation here. Mohammed Sha-mi has been the most impres-sive of the pacers, bowlingquick and in the “right areas”.He and the other pacers man-aged to put Pakistan andSouth Africa under pressurewhen India batted first andscored 300-plus runs. MohitSharma, who got to playbecause of injuries to IshantSharma and BhuvneshwarKumar, has been impressivetoo. The other day, MahendraSingh Dhoni noted with pridethat Mohit’s short deliverieshave claimed a very largenumber of victims. UmeshYadav is the third paceman totake 10 wickets, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ash-

win has 12 wickets. Indiahave bowled out the opposi-tion in every game — this is aremarkable achievement fora bowling unit that was per-ceived to be toothless. Battingbeing their forte, India tooprefer to bat first when theywin the toss. Exceptions arebeing made — by mostteams, in fact —for matchesplayed in New Zealand

South AfricaSouth Africa won the tossthree times, opting to bat firsttwo times and to bowl first onthe third. They opted to batfirst in each of their matchesin Australia. In New Zealand,they opted to bowl first.Clearly, on truer tracks, theytrust their batsmen to rackup huge scores; on tracksthat favour the bowlers, theyhave the pace and spinbowlers to trouble any oppo-sition. They’ve scored over300 runs in an innings fourtimes — and on two of thoseinnings, they made over 400runs. They bowled out WestIndies for 151, Ireland for 210and UAE for 195. However, intwo key games, against Indiaand Pakistan, they came acropper in the chase. AB deVilliers has got the highestnumber of runs for them,417, while Morne Morkel has13 wickets. Imran Tahir isthe other bowler to take over10 wickets. Surprisingly,Dale Steyn has only ninewickets from six matches,and averages 28.

Tactics: How the four best teamshave played the game

Australia, with their explosive batsmen and fiery pacers, have kept

their tactics simple: bat first and then run through the opposition. FILE

THE Specialist haskilled the Allrounder.Allrounders, rare and

prized, are an endangeredspecies. One-day cricket’srule changes over the lastthree years have made theirlife difficult. The rule thatimpacted their lives the mostwas ratified by the Interna-tional Cricket Council inOctober 2012. The rule on thefielding restrictions waschanged, so that no morethan four fielders could beoutside the inner circle at anystage of an ODI. The earlierrestriction was five fielders.

This weighed the scales infavour of the batsmen deci-sively — a fielding side couldgo for a 3-1 or 2-2 positioningof fielders outside the circle.This meant massive spaceswere left empty in the out-field. The batsmen wereemboldened further — theyknew they were hitting theball where there were nofielders and little chances ofgetting out.

The fielding side, thus,couldn’t afford a weak link inthe bowling chain — no morecould they afford to include abatsman who could bowl a lit-tle. He couldn’t guaranteeany runs, but he’d leak theruns in a haemorrhagingmanner, guaranteed.

No allroundersAn analysis of the perform-ances of different teams sug-gest that there has been onlyone genuine allround per-formance in the World Cup —Corey Anderson of NewZealand has made 158 runsand picked up 10 wickets.The rest of the so called all-rounders have extremely lop-sided figures. For instance,India’s best allrounders areSuresh Raina and Ravichan-dran Aswhin. Raina has 212runs and one wicket; Ashwinhas 22 wickets and 22 runs.

South Africa’s best, AB deVilliers, has 417 runs andfour wickets; Moeen Ali ofEngland has 192 runs andfour wickets.

The notable thing here isthat most of the allroundersare batting allrounders —unlike the best allrounders ofthe 1980s, people like ImranKhan, Kapil Dev, RichardHadlee and Ian Botham, whowere all bowling allrounders.Has there been a shift in thepriorities of men who canboth bat and bowl? Do theywant to specialise more as

batsmen than bowlers? Per-haps this is the result of thegeneral weakening ofbowlers of all kind — thebowling of the allrounders,thus, is his weaker suit.

Bare shelves for IndiaIndian captain MahendraSingh Dhoni ascribes the lossof the part-time bowler to thechanges in the rules. “Afterthe rules changes, you'd seethat Yuvraj hasn't bowled toomuch,” he said about theman who was the Player ofthe Tournament when India

won the title in 2011. “Afterthe new rule came, it hasaffected his bowling.”

Dhoni said that withSuresh Raina, another part-time bowler, the advantage isthat he has the skill to beeffective when the wicket ishelping him. “The goodthing about Raina is that ifthere's some help from thewicket, he bowls well, espe-cially to left-handers,” Dhonisaid. “It's always good tohave a player who can bowland bat. It's an area in whichShikhar and Rohit also can

work on, because they bowl.”“We had this luxury earlier,

because Viru-pa could bowl,and Paaji (Sachin Ten-dulkar) was there, and Yuviused to bowl,” Dhoni wenton. “But the new rule hasmade a big difference. Thepart-timers on good battingwickets, they're in difficul-ties. We’d use them only ifthe conditions suit them.”Dhoni noted that there arefewer allrounders in thisWorld Cup than in 2011 — hesaid many “proper” all-rounders aren’t playing. He

also noted that because thewickets help the batsmen somuch, an allrounder, typical-ly batting at No. 6 or 7, does-n’t have the opportunity toput up a great show. “What'shappening is that until now,the allrounders haven't gotin to bat with 15-20 oversleft,” Dhoni said. “But inbowling, they're doing theirjob, because they get a betteropportunity in bowling.”

Dhoni noted that thegame doesn’t have all-rounders who bat at the topof the order.

The allrounders who are inaction in this World Cup arebits and pieces players morethan genuine allrounders —they’re brilliant in neitherbatting nor bowling.

The demise of the all-rounder is another byproductof the move to strengthenbatsmen with more and morerules changes — it’s like pro-viding them steroids andkeeping the bowlers on a dietof only water and bread.Who’d like to bowl, then?That’s the likely reason all-rounders are in a decline, too.

New rules and use of two balls have forced team managements to go for specialist batsmen and bowlers

Where have all the allrounders gone?THE TRIBUNE AT WORLD CUP

ROHIT MAHAJAN BEST ALLROUNDERS FOR DIFFERENT TEAMS

AUSTRALIA

GLENN MAXWELL: 257 RUNS, 3 WICKETS

SOUTH AFRICA

AB DE VILLIERS: 417 RUNS, 4 WICKETS

INDIA

SURESH RAINA: 212 RUNS, 1 WICKET

R ASHWIN: 22 RUNS, 12 WICKETS

WEST INDIES

CHRIS GAYLE: 279 RUNS, 5 WICKETS

JASON HOLDER: 113 RUNS, 9 WICKETS

NEW ZEALAND

COREY ANDERSON: 158 RUNS, 10 WICKETS

PAKISTAN

Haris Sohail: 136 runs, 3 wickets

WAHAB RIAZ: 67 RUNS, 14 WICKETS

SRI LANKA

T DILSHAN: 395 RUNS, 5 WICKETS

ANGELO MATHEWS: 176 RUNS, 6 WICKETS

ZIMBABWE

SEAN WILLIAMS: 339 RUNS, 7 WICKETS

BANGLADESH

SHAKIB AL HASAN: 86 RUNS, 7 WICKETS

ENGLAND

MOEEN ALI: 192 RUNS, 4 WICKETS

THE TRIBUNECHANDIGARH | MONDAY | 16 MARCH 2015 17SPORT

Basel, March 15

Young Indian shuttlerKidambi Srikanth clinchedthe Swiss Grand Prix Goldchampionship title afterovercoming a strong chal-lenge from Viktor Alexsonin a hard-fought men’s sin-gles final here today.

World No. 4 Srikanthshowed nerves of steel toprevail over his Danishopponent, ranked sixth inthe world, 21-15 12-21 21-14in the thrilling summit clashof the $120,000 event as thecontest lasted 47 minutes.

Srikanth, who created amajor upset in the final ofthe 2014 China Open SuperSeries Premier by beatingfive-time world championand two-time Olympic goldmedallist Lin Dan, kept hisnerves to make a strongcomeback after going downtamely in the second game.

The top two seeds startedoff positively in the openinggame, not sparing an inch toeach other. It was a closelyfought affair till 8-8 beforethe Indian managed to takea slender lead at the StJakobshalle stadium here.

The 22-year-old fromAndhra Pradesh played sen-sibly thereafter and never letthe advantage slip. He main-tained an edge over hisopponent to finally wrap upthe first game comfortably.

However, Alexson, seed-ed two, got his act togetherin the second game andput up such a dominatingshow that it sent Srikanthlooking for covers.

In fact, it turned out to bea cake walk for the Danishplayer. From being tied 2-2,Alexson broke away andsimply surged ahead 7-2.He kept extending theadvantage and the marginbecame impossible for theIndian to reduce. Alexsoneventually sealed it off 21-12 to take it to the decider.

In the third game,Srikanth straight awayopened up a 3-0 lead andthen made it 4-1 but Alex-son was not the one to get

intimidated and he levelledthe scores at 4-4 beforegaining a few more pointsto surge ahead.

Srikanth, however, soondrew parity at 9-9 and itmoved on like that till 13-13before the top seeded Indi-an shuttler slowly gainedlead and won three pointsin a row. Alexson earnedanother one but the Indiangrabbed the next fivepoints on the trot to etchhis name as the winner ofthe competition. — PTI

Srikanth wins Swiss OpenNew Delhi, March 15

Baljinder Singh bagged abronze medal in the men’ssection of the 10th Asian20km Race Walking Cham-pionships at Nomi City inJapan today to qualify forthe World Championships.

The Punjab race walkerclocked a modest time of 1hour 22 minutes 58 seconds.He has a personal best of1:22.12sec. The 28-year-oldthus became only the secondIndian to win a medal in theprestigious championshipsafter Gurmeet Singh won asilver in 2012 besides twobronze medals in 2013 and2014 editions.

Baljinder also qualified forthe World Championships tobe held in Beijing in August.The Beijing qualifying stan-dard stands at 1:25.00.

Japan’s Yusuke Suzukiwon the gold in a worldrecord timing of 1:16:36 infront of his home towncrowd. Last edition’s win-ner Kim Hyun-sub won thesilver medal in 1:19:13.Suzuki’s world record cameexactly a week after YohannDiniz set the record of1:17:02 at the French RaceWalking Championships atArles on March 8.

In the women’s section,India’s National Gameschampion Sapna finisheda creditable fourth with apersonal best of 1:35:36.China’s Hou Yongbo wonthe women’s event in1:29:25. — PTI

NEW DELHI

New athletics track tocome up at ShillarooA new Sports Authority of India

training centre and an extension

facility will soon come up in Jam-

mu and Srinagar, respectively,

after the SAI cleared 11 projects

worth Rs 72 crore at its Govern-

ing Body Meeting here. A syn-

thetic track will be laid at the

Shillaroo Hockey Stadium and a

wrestling hall at SAI Sonepat cen-

tre in Haryana. Other major deci-

sions taken during the meeting

included construction of 400

bedded dormitory at Jawaharlal

Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, con-

struction of 100 bedded hostel

at SAI Sonepat, renovation of

240 bedded hostel at NIS

Patiala. With a vision to provide

the best scientific support during

the national camps, additional

fund to the tune of Rs 3.8 crore

was approved for procurement

of scientific equipment for NSSC

Bangalore, SAI Bhopal, SAI

Sonepat and NIS Patiala. — TNS

LONDON

Chelsea extend leaddespite Southampton drawChelsea opened up a six-point

lead at the top of the Premier

League despite being held to a

1-1 draw against top-four hope-

fuls Southampton in an absorb-

ing game at Stamford Bridge on

Sunday. Diego Costa opened

the scoring for Chelsea in the

11th minute with a close-range

header but Southampton

deservedly equalised eight min-

utes later through Dusan

Tadic’s fortuitous penalty.

MADRID

Barca march four pointsclear at the top Barcelona ensured they will be

at least a point clear of Real

Madrid at the top of La Liga

when they host their arch rivals

in next weekend’s ‘Clasico’ after

Lionel Messi struck twice in a 2-

0 win at Eibar on Saturday. Mes-

si put the Catalans ahead in the

31st minute before scoring his

second 10 minutes into the sec-

ond half, his 32nd La Liga goal

of the campaign and his 43rd in

all competitions.

INDIAN WELLS (USA)

Seeds Djokovic, Murray andNishikori all advanceNovak Djokovic launched his

BNP Paribas Open title defence

in ruthless style on Saturday,

crushing Cypriot Marcos Bagh-

datis 6-1 6-3 in the second

round. Fourth seed Andy Murray

erased memories of early loss-

es at the venue with a 6-1 6-3

demolition of Canadian Vasek

Pospisil and Japanese trailblaz-

er Kei Nishikori recovered from

an erratic start to beat Ryan

Harrison 6-4 6-4. — Agencies

BRIEFLY Baljinderwins bronze

Anil Datt

Ludhiana, March 15

Services overpowered hostsPunjab in the final to winthe 69th National FootballChampionship for the San-tosh Trophy here today.

The issue was resolved 5-4via tie-breaker as the regula-tion period and then extratime failed to produce anyresult. This is the fourth titlevictory for Services — theyhad won in 1961, 2012 and2013. Punjab missed out on aninth title. This was the thirdtime that Punjab playedhosts to this tournament andin the both those editions(1970 and 1974) they hademerged champions.

However, this time, theywent down fighting in a cliff-hanger.

Services started on a highnote, dominating the pro-ceedings. They exhibitedgreat mobility and depth intheir attacks. It was an all-round good show by Serviceswith the strikers and thedefenders giving their best.

They threatened the rivalterritory frequently butwere unlucky not to find thetarget on more than a fewoccasions. Blistering shotsby Anthony Chettri andArjun Tudu hit the crossbar.

Punjab defenders gave lit-tle space to the chargingServices players. At the endof the second half, Services

could have gained the leadbut Laramnieng Mawia’sshot from close range wasfended off by Punjab custo-dian Jagroop Singh.

The two teams failed tobreak the deadlock even inthe extra time.

In the tie-breaker, AjaySingh, Sarbjit Singh, Amar-want Singh and RavinderSingh were on target forPunjab, while ParamjitSingh’s attempt was wellsaved by Services goalkeep-er Shibin Raj. For Services,Antoshy Chettri, Vibin TV,Francis, Arjun Tudu andRakesh Singh made no mis-take in finding the back ofthe net as they steered theirside the coveted title.

Services break Punjabhearts to win Santosh titleASIAN RACE WALK C’SHIPS

Adelaide, March 15

Pakistan grabbed a World Cupquarterfinal berth on Sundayfollowing their seven-wicketvictory against Ireland thatalso cleared West Indies’ lasteight passage from Pool B.

Sarfraz Ahmed (101 not out)hit Pakistan’s first century atthis year’s World Cup andadded 120 runs with AhmedShehzad (63) to give the teamtheir best start in the tourna-ment. The 1992 championsoverwhelmed their 238-runvictory target with nearlyfour overs to spare butAhmed’s struggle to get hisfirst ODI century and UmarAkmal’s blocking at the oth-er end to help his partnerachieve the milestone madeit a dull end to the match.

Pakistan’s chase got off toa slow start with the Irishbowlers maintaining a tightleash and conceding just twoboundaries in the first sevenovers. It was when GeorgeDockrell was brought intothe attack that Ahmed andShehzad broke loose, hitting

two bound-aries each inthe 10th overof the innings.Shehzad took52 balls tobring up his

fifty and Pakistan reachedthe 100-mark in the 19th over

to put behind the slow start.Ahmed needed 58 balls to

reach his fifty and Pakistanseemed to have finally foundan answer to their openingwoes. Shehzad threw hiswicket in the 23rd over andMisbah-ul-Haq fell after con-tributing 39 but Pakistan’svictory was never really indoubt. They will now facetournament co-hosts Aus-

tralia in the third quarterfinalat Adelaide on Friday.

Earlier, Ireland captainWilliam Porterfield led byexample, hitting his firstWorld Cup century to lift Ire-land to 237 contributing near-ly half of the team’s total.

Porterfield’s decision tobat was a positive one but Ire-land lost wickets each time apartnership appeared to be

building. The skipper pickedup the length well andbacked himself to go for hisshots, one such instance hadhim swivelling to pull SohailKhan for the first of the twosixes in the Irish innings.

Ed Joyce was lucky early inhis knock, dropped by awrong-footed Ahmed She-hzad at point and surviving astrong caught-behind appeal.

The 36-year-old could notmake the most of his seem-ingly charmed life, however,and fluffed a pull shot todepart after making 11.

Porterfield also neededsome luck to bring up his 100.Batting on 94, the left-handernearly ran himself out at thenon-striker’s end after aban-doning his bid for a non-exis-tent single. — Reuters

IRELAND

Porterfield c Afridi b Sohail . . . . . . . . . . 107

Stirling lbw b Adil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Joyce c Umar b Wahab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

O’Brien c Umar b Rahat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Balbirnie c Afridi b Haris . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Wilson c Wahab b Sohail . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

KJ O’Brien c Maqsood b Wahab . . . . . . . . 8

Thompson c Umar b Rahat . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Mooney c Umar b Wahab . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Dockrell run out (Sarfraz/Wahab) . . . . . 11

Cusack not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Extras (lb 2, w 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Total (all out; 50 ov). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Fall of wickets: 1-11 2-56 3-86 4-134

5-182 6-189 7-204 8-216 9-230 10-237

Bowling

Sohail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-0-44-2

Ehsan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-0-31-1

Rahat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-0-48-2

Wahab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-0-54-3

Afridi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-0-38-0

Sohail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0-20-1

PAKISTAN

Shehzad c Joyce b Thompson . . . . . . . . 63

Sarfraz Ahmed not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Sohail run out (Balbirnie/Dockrell) . . . . . 3

Misbah hit wicket b Cusack. . . . . . . . . . 39

Umar not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Total (3 wickets; 46.1 ov) . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Fall of wickets: 1-120 2-126 3-208

Bowling

Cusack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1-43-1

Mooney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1-40-0

Thompson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-0-59-1

Dockrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0-43-0

KJ O’Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-0-49-0

Stirling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1-0-5-0

MAN OF THE MATCH: SARFRAZ AHMED

SCOREBOARD

Napier, March 15

Johnson Charles andJonathan Carter scored halfcenturies as West Indiesbeat United Arab Emiratesat McLean Park in Napieron Sunday.

With heavy rain expectedlater on Sunday as CyclonePam tracks south from thePacific islands, West Indieshad to reach their victory tar-get quickly and made 176 forfour in 30.3 overs. Charles hiteight boundaries and two six-es in his first 50 runs, whichcame off 34 balls, before hewas dismissed for 55 trying toup the tempo even further.

The left-handed Carter wasmore circumspect but stillscored at almost a run a ballbefore he achieved his maid-en half century and finishedon 50 not out as he andDenesh Ramdin (33) saw theirteam home with an unbroken58-run partnership.

West Indies captain JasonHolder and his new ball part-ner Jerome Taylor had earlierlaid the platform for the victo-ry as they ripped throughUAE’s batting lineup. Holdertook four wickets, while Tay-lor chipped in with two of histhree in a spell in which theyreduced UAE to 46-6 beforeAmjad Javed and Nasir Azizcombined for a 107-run part-nership that gave their scoresome credibility. — PTI

Holder leads WIinto knockouts

Pakistan ease into the quarterfinalsBeat UAE by seven wickets to finish third in Pool B, will meet Australia in last eight

Pakistan’s Sarfraz Ahmed and Ireland captain William Porterfield (right) celebrate their tons during their match in Adelaide on Sunday. AP/PTI, AFP

UAE

Amjad lbw b Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Berenger c Ramdin b Holder . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chandran c Smith b Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Khurram b Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Anwar b Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Patil b Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Javed b Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Aziz c Holder b Samuels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Naveed b Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Tauqir b Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Guruge not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Extras (lb 4, w 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Total (all out; 47.4 overs). . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-16, 3-17, 4-21, 5-

26, 6-46, 7-153, 8-167, 9-167

Bowling

Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4-0-36-3

Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1-27-4

Roach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0-54-0

Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3-20-2

Samuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4-25-1

Sammy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0-4-0

Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0-5-0

WEST INDIES

Smith c Patil b Guruge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Charles c Chandran b Javed. . . . . . . . . . 55

Samuels c Berenger b Guruge . . . . . . . . . 9

Carter not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Russell c & b Javed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Ramdin not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Extras (lb 4, w 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Total (4 wickets; 30.3 overs) . . . . . . . . 176

Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-53, 3-109, 4-118

Bowling

Aziz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0-47-0

Naveed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0-34-0

Guruge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3-1-40-2

Tauqir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0-22-0

Javed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0-29-2

MAN OF THE MATCH: JASON HOLDER

SCOREBOARD

Services players celebrate after winning the Santosh Trophy in Ludhiana on Sunday. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN

Kidambi Srikanth beat Viktor Alexson of Denmark 21-15 12-21

21-14 in the final that lasted 47 minutes. FILE PHOTO

Melbourne, March 15

Lewis Hamilton’s worldchampionship defence got offto a flying start on Sundaywith a crushing victory forMercedes in the season-open-ing Australian Grand Prix asFormula One rivals suc-cumbed to a farcical rash ofreliability problems.

Pole-sitter Hamilton startedfrom a grid reduced to 15 carsfrom a possible 20 and cruisedto his 34th race win with a 1.3-second gap to runner-up teammate Nico Rosberg. With Mer-cedes enjoying a Sundaystroll, Sebastian Vettel fin-ished third — 34 secondsbehind Hamilton — on hisFerrari debut after winning abattle for the podium withWilliams driver Felipe Massa.

Ferrari’s cheer was tem-pered, however, by two

botched tyre changes forKimi Raikkonen, the secondforcing the Finn to retirewhen fifth late in the race dueto his left rear wheel notbeing properly attached.

Interviewed on the podi-um by Arnold Schwarzeneg-

ger, the Hollywood ‘Termi-nator’, Hamilton said it wasgreat to be back on top.

Only 11 cars finished,with both Lotus drivers outbefore the end of the firstlap on an embarrassing dayfor a series. — Reuters

Hamilton wins Australian GPNewDelhi, March 15

Putting up a dominatingshow, India scored in three ofthe four quarters to outplayPoland 3-1 in the final andclinch the FIH World HockeyLeague Round 2 here today.

Vandana Kataria (15thminute) put India ahead byscoring a field goal in thedying minutes of the openingquarter. The Polish girlsstruck back immediately atthe start of the second periodas Oriana Walasek converteda penalty corner.

The third period remainedgoalless for long before Raniput the hosts ahead againwith her field goal in the 44thminute. India skipper RituRani, making her 200th inter-national appearance, foundthe net in the 59th minute toseal the title for her side.

“In the first quarter weplayed astounding. The wayRani scored her goal wasbrilliant and not everydaysomeone scores a goal likethat. We had pressure on usin the third quarter but wecame back strong. The teamhas a very good understand-ing on the field and they dida great job today,” High Per-formance Director RoelantOltmans said.

Ritu Rani said: “We are veryhappy we won. We playedwell but we should haveplayed better. From here wewill concentrate on Round 3.”

Earlier, Malaysia overpow-ered Thailand 3-0 to seal thirdplace, Russia thrashed Kaza-khstan 9-0 to secure fifthspot and Ghana outwittedSingapore 2-1 to avoid thewooden spoon. — Agencies

Indian eves beat Poland 3-1 in final

Arnold Schwarzenegger interviews Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

after the Brit won the Australian GP in Melbourne on Sunday. AFP

Indian players celebrate a goal against Poland during the

Hockey World League final in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI

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ShivKumarTribune News Service

Mumbai, March 15

Eleven passengers and the

two pilots operating Mum-

bai’s sole monorail service

were stranded mid-air after a

power failure brought the

system to a halt. The inci-

dent happened shortly after

8.30 am near Bhakti Park in

Wadala when traffic was low.

The police and fire brigade

services were put in action to

rescue the people trapped in

the four coaches of the ele-

vated monorail train.

Fire officials said the num-

ber of people trapped would

have been higher had the

mishap occurred on a week-

day. “The passengers were

stuck about 30 feet above the

ground and the fire brigade

was called to force open the

doors of the monorail and

rescue the passengers and

the two pilots trapped

inside,” BJP MP Kirit

Somaiya told reporters after

visiting the site.

Somaiya said the mishap

brought to light the lack of

inadequate disaster manage-

ment preparedness by the

monorail operators. CM

Devendra Fadnavis also said

an inquiry has been ordered

into the incident.

Power cut leaves Mumbaimonorail stranded mid-air

Aditi TandonTribune News Service

NewDelhi, March 15

The government has

approved the introduction of

inactivated polio vaccine

(IPV), an injectable form of

polio vaccine, starting Octo-

ber as part of the WHO’s

Polio Eradication and

Endgame Strategy.

The shift from the oral polio

vaccine (OPV), currently in

use, to the IPV is essential for

the total eradication of the

disease. The OPV, a live atten-

uated vaccine, in rare cases,

causes paralytic disease in

two ways — as vaccine-asso-

ciated paralytic poliomyelitis

(VAPP) or outbreaks of circu-

lating vaccine-derived

poliovirus (VDPV).

Under the endgame plan to

achieve a polio-free world,

the use of OPV must eventu-

ally be stopped worldwide

starting with OPV-2 that con-

tains type 2 poliovirusassoci-

ated with most outbreaks of

vaccine-derived poliovirus.

The shift will be done by

switching from the trivalent

OPV to the bivalent OPV

which offers immunity only

against type 1 and 3

polioviruses and not type 2.

“So to provide children

immunity against type 2

poliovirus after the OPV-2 is

withdrawn, we have decided to

introduce one dose of the IPV

for risk mitigation. The IPV

offers protection from all three

types of polioviruses – type 1, 2

and 3,” said a Health Ministry

official.The IPV dose will be

introduced from October as an

additional dose with DPT-3

and OPV-3 (administered at 14

weeks) under the universal

immunisation programme.

Since no wild poliovirus

type 2 has been recorded

worldwide since 1999, experts

say risks of paralytic polio dis-

ease due to type 2 component

of the OPV outweigh its bene-

fits. A vast majority of vaccine-

derived poliovirus outbreaks

are also due to type 2 compo-

nent of the OPV, with India

reporting 41 cases since 2011

when the last wild polio case

was reported from Howrah on

January 13. Health Minister

JP Nadda today said, “We will

to introduce the IPV from

October this year.”

The approval for IPV’s

introduction (will cost the gov-

ernment Rs 465 crore in the

first year) came at the Mission

Steering Group meeting of

the Health Ministry recently.

Get injectable poliovaccine from October

Sendai (Japan), March 15

India today said it is commit-

ted to offering all support to

the international efforts in

disaster management and

achieving substantive out-

come in this direction.

This was conveyed by

Home Minister Rajnath

Singh to Japanese Minister

for Disaster Management

Eriko Yamatani in a bilateral

meeting held on the sidelines

of 3rd UN World Conference

on Disaster Risk Reduction.

The Home Minister con-

gratulated the Japanese

minister for assumption of

the presidency for this con-

ference, and assured her of

India’s support in achiev-

ing forward looking sub-

stantive outcomes from the

conference. Singh noted the

exemplary courage and

resilience of the people of

Japan and expressed solidar-

ity in their reconstruction

efforts after the east Japan

earthquake of March 2011.

Yamatani acknowledged

contribution of the 46-mem-

ber Indian National Disaster

Response Force, which was

one of the foreign teams to

arrive in Japan after the

earthquake of March 2011.

The two ministers exchanged

views on possible bilateral

cooperation in the area of disas-

ter management, police train-

ing and modernisation. The

Home Minister also met the

Russian Minister for Civil

Defence, Emergencies and

Elimination of Consequences

of Natural Disasters Puchkov

Vladimir Andreyevich. The two

ministers exchanged views on

enhancing the ongoing cooper-

ation in dealing with emer-

gency situations and natural

disasters. — PTI

India vows toback disasterresponse efforts

Bengaluru, March 15

British filmmaker Leslee

Udwin whose controversial

documentary India’s daugh-

ter on the 2012 gang rape vic-

tim has been the subject of

much talk in the country has

claimed that the victim’s

friend Avanindra Pandey, the

sole witness to the gruesome

incident, asked for money to

appear in the documentary.

The film has been banned

by the Indian Government.

Udwin has called the ban

“muzzling of free speech.”

In an interview, Leslee says

not a day passed while she

was making the film when

she did not question as to

how a documentary can be

made where the only living,

surviving prosecution wit-

ness in this case is not in it.

She said Avanindra wanted

money to give his interview

and she refused point blank

as she thought it was uncon-

scionable and unacceptable.

On Avanindra’s claims

that he had no idea who

Satendra, shown as the vic-

tim’s tutor was, Udwin

said: “Well, that’s his prob-

lem, isn’t it. I mean... are

you telling me Satendra

doesn’t exist? I could give

you his phone number, and

you can call him up and you

can ask him. He was asked

by the family in 2006,

before Avanindra even

knew the victim, to tutor

her. He did. He tutored her,

and he also became a very,

very close family friend.

The family introduced me

to Satendra.” — Agencies

Nirbhaya’s friend wantedmoney for interview: Udwin

NewDelhi, March 15

Plans are afoot to amend a

criminal law that will allow

compromise and settle-

ment between husband and

wife at the onset of trial in

dowry harassment cases, a

move that comes after fre-

quent misuse of the provi-

sion to trouble men and

their near relatives.

Under the proposal, Section

498A of the Indian Penal

Code will be made a com-

poundable offence with the

permission of the courts as

suggested by the Law Com-

mission and Justice Mali-

math Committee.

“A draft note for the Union

Cabinet seeking to amend

Section 498A of the Indian

Penal Code, making it com-

poundable, has been sent to

the Law Ministry for drawing

up the draft bill,” a Home

Ministry official said.

Now, the offence is non-

compoundable and non-bail-

able which provides for

immediate arrest of the

accused. Conciliatory effort

by the warring sides is virtu-

ally impossible.

A husband or his family

members are presumed to

be guilty till they prove

their innocence in the

court. The guilty is punish-

able with a jail term of up

to three years.

There have been allega-

tions that in many cases,

husbands and their rela-

tives are often charged

with false dowry harass-

ment cases by their wives

or her family members

when some marital prob-

lems arise.

If the offence is made com-

poundable, misuse of the law

may come down hugely as

there would be scope for initi-

ating conciliation proceed-

ings and out-of-court settle-

ment. Permission from a

court will be a guarantee

against attempts where a

wife may be compelled into a

compromise by her husband

or in-laws, the Home Min-

istry official said.

Currently, Rs 1,000 penalty

is slapped if a dowry harass-

ment case is proved wrong or

proved that the law is mis-

used. But the amendment

provides for Rs 15,000 fine.

Another new section is

expected to be inserted to

allow an accused to escape

jail by paying a penalty.

Opposing the move to dilute

the anti-dowry provision of

the law, senior Supreme

Court lawyer Indira Jaising

said it is a law which gives

relief and protection to

harassed woman and it

should be continued.

“Violence against women is

a violation of human rights.

There is no compromise of

that. I would disagree with

the government move,” said

Jaising. The Supreme Court

had in a judgement in 2010

said as it stood now, the law

had become a "weapon in the

hands of disgruntled

women". It had also observed

that serious re-look of the

entire provision is warranted

by the Legislature.

"It is a matter of common

knowledge that exaggerated

versions of the incident are

reflected in a large number of

complaints. The tendency of

over-implication is also

reflected in a very large num-

ber of cases," the apex court

had said. — PTI

Govt mulls amendment toanti-dowry harassment law

A stranded monorail between Mysore Place station and Bhakti Park in Mumbai on Sunday. PTI

The endgame strategy

■ India has now approvedthe WHO’s final polioendgame strategy

■ The plan envisages com-plete withdrawal of oralpolio vaccine, which canlead to vaccine-derivedpoliovirus outbreaks

■ Before shifting from oralvaccine, the inactivatedpolio vaccine (IPV) has to beintroduced to offer childrenprotection from all forms ofpolioviruses (1, 2, 3)

Leslee Udwin, director

of ‘India’s Daughter’

The proposal

■ Section 498A of the IPC is proposed to be made a com-poundable offence with court’s permission. The offenceis currently non-compoundable and non-bailable whichprovides for immediate arrest of the accused

■ There have been allegations that husbands and theirrelatives are often charged with false dowry harass-ment cases by their wives or her family members whensome marital problems arise

■ If the offence is made compoundable, misuse of the lawmay come down as there would be scope for initiatingconciliation proceedings and out-of-court settlement

NewDelhi, March 15

The plans of Prime Minis-

ter Narendra Modi's brief

visit to Brussels during his

Europe trip next month

have been shelved after

the European Union did

not reply to India's propos-

al for the same.

Modi will now be visiting

two European countries -

France and Germany - com-

bined with his travel to

Canada, sources said,

adding that dates were also

suggested to the EU for a

Prime Ministerial visit in

the second week of April.

"However, with EU not

responding to India's pro-

posal, the government went

ahead with firming of the

Prime Minister's travel itin-

erary without a visit to

Brussels," sources said.

According to speculation,

one of the reasons for the

European Union not

responding to Indian pro-

posal was that it was upset

with the slow progress

of the trial of two Italian

marines accused of killing

two Indian fisherman

in 2012. — PTI

Brussels offModi’s Europetour in April

AjayBanerjee Tribune News Service

NewDelhi, March 15

Hinting at how China is

chalking out a strategy to

assert itself in the region, an

Australian analyst has said

Beijing aims to erode the US’

strategic primacy at sea in

the Asia Pacific region.

It’s a region in which India

has immediate and long-

term interests. India is look-

ing at smooth two-way trade

with nations to its east, mili-

tary alliances with countries

such as Japan, Vietnam, Aus-

tralia and Myanmar besides

ensuring freedom of naviga-

tion at sea.

Sam Roggeveen, who is at

the Lowy Institute for Inter-

national Policy, Sydney, said:

“China is looking to under-

mine the US ability to have

sea control in the Asia Pacif-

ic”. Roggeveen, who has

worked in the Australian

intelligence community, was

here following an invite from

‘Ananta Aspen Centre’. He

was talking about ‘China’s

Military Modernisation’ at

the India International centre.

Roggeveen said the US had

already announced a ‘rebal-

ance’ of its massive naval

fleet to the Asia Pacific. It

already has five of its sea-

borne aircraft carrier battle

groups trawling in the region.

Another one is set to join the

fleet, said the analyst.

China plans to target these

sea-going behemoths,

Roggeveen said. “China is

developing a new anti-ship

ballistic missile in a new

class,” he said. Though

Roggeveen did not specify

which missile he was refer-

ring to, the US Naval Institute

has listed the DF-21-D as the

biggest threat to its aircraft

carriers —- each carrying 60-

80 fighter jets on board. “Its

warhead (is) big enough to

inflict significant damage on a

large vessel, providing the

Chinese the capability of

destroying a US super carrier

(aircraft carrier) in one strike”,

the US institute has said.

China, Roggeveen argued,

does not aim to match the US

ship-for–ship. It plans to have

three to four aircraft carrier

battle groups which could

overwhelm countries in the

South China Sea and the

East China Sea dispute.

“China is exhibiting behav-

iour in the South China Sea

that tests US commitment

towards its friends and allies.

The US may not have the

same level of interests in the

South China Sea or the East

China Sea, but for China the

stakes are very high,” he said.

In case of conflict, the US will

have to make a difficult choice

“do we intervene her”, he said.

The US Energy Administra-

tion estimates that 11 billion

barrels (bbl) of oil reserves and

190 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of

natural gas reserves are avail-

able in the South China Sea.

China targeting US’ sea primacy: Oz analystLocked in disputes

■ Vietnam, Brunei, China, Taiwan,Malaysia and the Philippines arelocked in overlapping claims in thehydrocarbon rich South China Sea

■ In the East China Sea, Japan andSouth Korea are engaged in dis-putes with China. The disputes arepending under the United NationsConvention on the Law of the Sea

RSS mouthpiece slams BBC

NEW DELHI: Criticising the BBC for goingahead with the telecast of 'India's Daugh-ter', an article in the latest edition of RSSmouthpiece ‘Organiser’ has accused thechannel of ‘double standards’ and ques-tioned its intentions behind running thefilm despite a ban. — PTI

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