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Working committee meeting ofBJYMKDD held Bharatiya Janata Yuva MorchaKashmir Displaced District held itsKarikarni at Raghav Resorts, Bohri.The meeting started with lightening ofthe traditional ....

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NL CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, NOV 28

It is "futile" to file agrievance with theGovernment against a courtorder as it can only bechallenged before anappropriate court, the lawministry has told citizens.It has also told the peoplethat the Government cannotask a court to expediteproceedings of anyparticular case.

No administrative action canbe taken on a grievance forwhich the court has alreadybeen approached, thedepartment of justice in thelaw ministry has said."…No action can be takenby the Government wherethe petitioner is aggrieved ofthe fact that there has beeninordinate delay in disposalof the case," according to the'general guidance' issued bythe department of justice for'aggrieved grievance

holders'.The document states that agrievance regarding acomplaint against a judgecan be taken up for inquiryby the concerned high courtor the Supreme Court as perthe in-house procedureadopted by them."There is no role ofgovernment in disposal ofsuch grievances," theguideline states.The document comesagainst the P2

Futile to grieve with Govt againstcourt order: Law Minister

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, NOV 28

A Western Disturbance hasagain eluded the regionwhich will further intensifychill in Kashmir valley andLadakh, where minimumtemperature was belowfreezing point.A Met departmentspokesperson said onTuesday that a fresh WD,which originated in theArabian Sea, had entered theregion. But, he said, it didn't

exactly hit the state, addingit however, resulted incloudy skies."Light rain or snow couldoccur at isolated places inthe Valley in the evening onTuesday," he said. However,he said from Wednesdayonwards the sky will beclear, which could result infurther dip in the nighttemperature.Leh and border town ofKargil were the only twoplaces in the region whichwitnessed improvement in

the night temperature due tocloudy skies though theywere still below freezingpoint.Even though there was animprovement of about adegree in the nighttemperature from yesterdayat Leh in Ladakh region, itwas still the coldest place inthe region at minus 7.3degree.The mercury at the bordertown of Kargil witnessed animprovement of 4 degreefrom yesterday and settled atminus 6.4 degree Celsius,still the second coldest placein the region.He said sky will be partlycloudy during the next 24hours in Leh, wheremaximum and minimumtemperatures would bearound 8 degree C andminus 8 P2

WD eludes, chill tointensify in Kashmir

Leh freezes at - 7.3 deg C


The government will soonstart the process of matchingreturns and invoices underthe Goods & Services Tax(GST) as the IT backbonefor the tax reform measurestabilises and the need toassess the extent of taxes duetakes centrestage,government sources said.They also said that therevenue position after theintroduction of GST wascomfortable. Thegovernment is also workingon making the new taxsystem more user-friendlyand has lined up several

steps to hand-hold taxpayers.Under the GST system,returns filed under formssuch as GSTR-1 and 2 haveto be matched with theGSTR-3 to ensure that theclaims made by taxpayersare correct. The governmenthas extended the deadline forfiling returns several timesas taxpayers havecomplained about thetechnical glitches that hadaffected the IT backbone -the Goods & Services TaxNetwork (GSTN). Sincethen, the GST Council hasundertaken several measuresto ensure stability of thesystem and has askedInfosys, the technology

provider, to fix the glitches.The numbers of returns havealso steadily increased andthe government's promise ofhand-holding taxpayers isalso expected to bolsterconfidence among tradersand the business community.Earlier this month, the GSTCouncil unveiled a series ofsteps to help calm jitterybusinesses and undertooksharp cuts in rates of nearly200 items to help consumers.The worries over revenueshave also receded withreceipts under GSTregistering steady gains.In October, GST receipts,including cess, totalled Rs95,131 crore. The glitches inthe IT system anduncertainty linked to the taxreform measure hadtriggered concerns overrevenues. The governmenthas maintained that it willtake a few months for thesystem to stabilise.

Matching of invoices,returns to start soon


The Union Home Ministry isconsidering to raise morewomen contingents in theIndo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP), who has beenguarding sensitive postsalong the Indo-China border.According to a source, theMinistry has started workingon the proposal after thesuccess of the pilot projectof ITBP where for the first

time women soldiers, knownas "Heem Veearngana" havebeen deputed to guard theIndo-China border.Close to 800 women

constables have beendeployed at the height of8,000 feet to 15,000 feetmanning Border out Posts(BoP) in Ladakh frontier of

Jammu and Kashmir.A few have been posted atother locations in HimachalPradesh, Sikkim andArunachal Pradesh

including the 'Mana pass'border post, (the last villageon the Indian side inUttarakhand) along with thetreacherous Sion-Indiaborder. These BoP are beingguarded by women only.The women contingent,trained in war craft andweapon firing from BasicTraining Centre Chandigarh,have been posted after theborder posts were made"gender neutral" and otherfacilities were P2

More ITBP women contingents along China border soonNL CORRESPONDENTBENGALURU, NOV 28

Indian Space ResearchOrganisation (ISRO) ispushing its next PSLVLaunch to first week ofJanuary 2018 from thescheduled second half ofthis year.Talking to newsmen here,ISRO Chairman A S KiranKumar said that the launch,carrying 30 satellites,including the lead

spacecraft, Cartosat willtake place either during thelast week of December orearly January.ISRO suffered a setback inits workhorse launcherPSLV when the previouslaunch PSLV C39 missionwas unsuccessful on August31 due to failure of theopening up of the heatshield.The launcher was carryingIRNSS 1H payload that hadbeen built in collaboration

with private sector.Dr Kiran Kumar indicatedthat ISRO would push faratleast one launch a monthduring 2018.Referring to Chandrayan-2Mission, he said that thework on realising thesatellite was in full swing.The launch is likely to takeplace by the middle of nextyear. ISRO would also usePSLV to launch a privatelunar mission being carriedout by Team P2

PSLV C40 launch delayed to Jan 2018

SRINAGAR, NOV 28 (KNS)

At least 27 delegationsTuesday called on theGovernment of India'srepresentative, DineshwarSharma, to continue theprocess of sustaineddialogue in Anantnag tocarry pout sustaineddialogue process.Sharma started meetingdelegations in the morningand was busy meeting themtill late evening.Sources said that thedelegations which metSharma sought return ofhydro power projects fromNHPC, lack of goodgovernance and daily issuesof development.Official sources said thatthe delegations whichcalled on Sharma includedAnantnag Youth Forum,BJP, Indian nationalCongress, Youth Servicesand Sports, Youth from

KehribalRambirpora,Civil Society,students anddifferent littleknownactivists of the district.The authorities had madestrict security arrangementsfor the meetings at DakBanglow throughout theday.Sofi Arafat, Sajad Ahmadand Umar Nisar of 'Be TheChange' group who metSharma urged him thatdialogue must beinstitutionalized forpeaceful resolution of theKashmir issueOfficial sources said thedelegations raised the issuesof return of power projectsfrom NHPC, peacefulresolution of Kashmir issueand lack of goodgovernance in the stateSharma is on the second legof his visit to P2

Sharma meets 27 delegationsin restive Anantnag

People seek return of power projects, development of JK

NL CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, NOV 28

Pakistani troops opened fireat Indian posts along theLine of Control (LoC) inJammu and Kashmir'sRajouri district in violationof the ceasefire, police said."Pakistani troops resorted tofiring in Jhangar forwardarea from 1845 hours to1900 hours," a senior policeofficer said yesterday,adding that further detailswere awaited.Last night's violation of theceasefire came after a lull ofover a week in firing byPakistani troops at Indianposts.

Pakistani troops violated theceasefire for threeconsecutive days betweenNovember 15 andNovember 17 in Jammu andPoonch districts. An Armyjawan was injured in theexchange of fire in Poonch.On November 2, a BSFjawan was killed whenPakistan Rangers attacked apatrol party along theInternational Border inSamba district.A girl was injured whenPakistani troops opened firefrom small arms along theLoC in Karmara belt ofPoonch district on October31. On October 18, eightcivilians, including P2

Pakistani troops violateceasefire in Rajouri


With government not settingup winter secretariat inSrinagar, the governmenthas directed the directedheads of departments anddistrict developmentcommissioners not to leavethe station without priorpermission from the higherauthorities.The practice of setting up ofwinter secretariat started in1990's at the civil secretariatSrinagar where the ministerswould remain available for

the redress of publicgrievances on rotation basis.However, for the thirdconsecutive year, the PDP-BJP government did notestablish winter secretariatin Kashmir.As the ministers would notbe available at the civilsecretariat Srinagar forredress of public issues, thegovernment has directedofficers not to leave thestation "without prior"permission from thedivisional commissioner,Kashmir.The district development

commissioners and heads ofdepartments have beendirected to seek properpermission beforeproceeding to Jammu toattend any function ormeeting. These officers havebeen told to attend meetingsbeing held in Jammuthrough video conferencinginstead going to wintercapital. "These officials havebeen directed don't comeunnecessarily to Jammuinstead attend the meetingsthrough video conference,"an official posted at theDivisional Commissioner,

Kashmir officer, said. "Theministers will not beavailable at the civilsecretariat during wintermonths. The officers havebeen directed to remainavailable and addressgrievances of people duringwinter months," the officialsaid.The DCs and HoDs havebeen asked to submit timelyreports together with otherimportant issues to the officeof Divisional Commissioner,Kashmir on weekly basis.The official said thatdirections have P2

Govt cuts Babus' unnecessary travel

DCs, HODs directed not to leavevalley without permission

NL CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI, NOV 28

The Government has notwaived any loans of big NPAdefaulters, Finance MinisterArun Jaitley said todaydismissing rumour that loansof capitalists are beingwritten off by banks.In a blog, Jaitley said thatover the last few days, arumour is being propagatedregarding waiver of loans ofcapitalists by banks.Observing that the time hascome for the nation to beapprised of facts in thisregard, he said one shouldask at whose behest theloans, which have turned

NPAs were disbursedbetween 2008 and 2014 bypublic sector banks."The public needs to ask therumour mongers at whosebehest or under whosepressure were such loansdisbursed. They should alsobe asked that when thesedebtors delayed inrepayment of their loans andinterest thereon to PublicSector Banks, what decisionwas taken by the thenGovernment," the financeminister said.Jaitley said that rather thantaking firm decision againstdebtors the then governmentrelaxed the loanclassification P2

No loan waiver forcapitalists: FM


A top CRPF officer inKashmir on Tuesdayappealed to local youth whojoined militant ranks, toreturn and said all thesecurity forces wouldtogether help them lead abetter life.Earlier this month twoyoung men from the Valley,who had joined militantranks, eschewed the path ofviolence and returned on the

appeal of their parents.Inspector general of CRPF(operations), ZulfiquarHassan said, "It is a goodthing that the families areappealing their children toreturn. We are with them andwe all - the forces, the stategovernment and suchfamilies - want them toreturn.""We have said it before aswell and are saying it again,the youth of Kashmir whohave joined militancy, wewant them to P2

CRPF Officer appeals youthto return to mainstream

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The government will soon start the process of matchingreturns and invoices under GST Under the GST system, returns filed under forms suchas GSTR-1 and 2 have to be matched with the GSTR-3 toensure that the claims made by taxpayers are correct

NL CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU TAWI, NOV 28

Speaker J&K LegislativeAssembly, Kavinder Guptatoday directed the concernedofficers to expedite work one-Assembly project so thatthe remaining works arecompleted in time.Speaker, while chairing ameeting held to review theprogress of e-Assemblyproject, was informed thatthe ambitious project has

been envisaged for end toend computerization anddigitization of the assemblyprocesses thus making anend to paper work.The meeting was attended

by Secretary IT, SaugatBiswas, Secretary to Lawand Parliamentary Affairs,Abdul Majeed Bhat,Secretary Assembly, M RSingh, Additional SecretaryIT, S K Gupta, SeniorOfficers from J&KEGA,NIC and other concerned

officers.It was informed that thedepartment will initiate thetrial debut of e-assembly inthe forthcoming session ofthe assembly, for which theIT department has alreadydistributed the I-pads to allMLA's, MLC's,Administrative Secretariesand other concerned officersto view and download theanswers of the questions in adigital format. In this regard,the IT P2

Trial debut of e-Assembly project inupcoming Budget session: Speaker

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WD eludes, chill tointensify in Kashmir

degree C respectively.The night temperature at world famous health resort ofPahalgam, about 100 km from here in south Kashmir, furtherdipped and settled at minus 3.9 degree, against minus 3.1degree C recorded yesterday. The night temperature was 2degree below normal.World famous ski resort of Gulmarg, about 55 km from herein north Kashmir, also witnessed a dip of about 2 degree fromyesterday in the night temperature, which settled at minus 3.4degree. Meanwhile, people woke up to a cloudy and chillymorning in the summer capital, Srinagar, where nighttemperature further dipped and settled about 2 degree belownormal.Against minus 0.4 degree recorded yesterday, the nighttemperature at Srinagar was minus 1.9 degree. The mercury atQazigund, gateway to the valley, Kupwara in north Kashmirand tourist resort of Kukernag also dipped and settled at minus2.2 degree C, minus 2.1 degree C and minus 1.4 degree C,respectively. (AGENCIES)

Sharma meets 27 delegationsin restive Anantnag

the state which began from Jammu, Pulwama visit on Sunday.After its hard stance on Kashmir, BJP government on October23 announced to carry sustained dialogue on Kashmir throughSharma by talking to all stakeholders to understand legitimateaspirations of people in Jammu and Kashmir.However, till now, major stakeholder, Hurriyat, has rejectedthe process, while prominent trade bodies of the valley havestayed away from meeting him.Earlier, he visited the state and met nearly 100 delegations,political, apolitical and civil society groups. (KNS)

No loan waiver for capitalists: FMnorms to keep defaulters as non-NPA account holders.The asset quality review (AQR) carried out for clean and fullyprovisioned balance-sheets in 2015 revealed high NPA, thefinance minister said.As a result, he said, loans of about Rs 4,54,466 crore, whichwere actually fit to be NPA and were under the carpet, wererecognised after intensive scrutiny under AQR."Government has not waived any loans of big NPA defaulters…," he said, adding under the new Insolvency andBankruptcy Codet, cases have been instituted in the NationalCompany Law Tribunal (NCLT) for timebound recovery from12 largest defaulters.These 12 defaulters account for non-performing assetstotalling Rs 1.75 lakh crore.Cases for the recovery of NPA dues from the assets of thesebig defaulters are under way at various stages.Jaitley further said with the object of increase credit off-takeand creation of jobs, government has taken "the big decision"of capitalising state-owned banks.Under this, with maximum allotment in the current year,capital increase of Rs 2.11 lakh crore would be effected withintwo financial years."Through capital infusion, banks weakened by NPAs would

become strong and become capable of raising adequate capitalfrom the market," Jaitley said.For receiving the capital, banks will have to carry out severalreforms so that such situations do not recur, he added.Jaitley further said through strong steps taken over the lastthree years, "not only have the problems received as legacy"been addressed but reforms for rebuilding the strength ofpublic sector banks have been boosted.The minister said that the process of creation of strong andlarge banks began with the integration of State Bank of India,and the recapitalisation announced will bolster this process."While honest businesspersons will be able to access loansfrom strong and reformed banks, strict and clear law and theall-round clean-up initiated by the Government would resultin a clean system in the country," Jaitley added. (AGENCIES)

CRPF Officer appeals youthto return to mainstream

leave it and return to the mainstream."We, all the security forces, will provide them all the help andtry to provide them a better life," Hassan told reporters at anevent in central Kashmir's Budgam district.On 17 November, 20-year-old Arshid Majid Khan, a collegestudent and footballer, had walked into an army camp andsurrendered his arms and ammunition after videos of hismother Ayesha and his father appealing to him to return homestarted circulating on social media.A few days later, another youth, who had joined militants,shunned the path of violence and returned home in southKashmir following an appeal by his parents.

Trial debut of e-Assembly project inupcoming Budget session: Speaker

department has installed two servers in the state data centre.The meeting was informed that the department is ready withQuestion Answer Management System of the software andsoon will be introduced to its users. However, the departmentis working on other areas i.e. work flow section of theprogram, which is in progress and is expected to be automatedsoon.Moreover, the officers further apprised that the raisedquestions during the assembly session will be uploaded andrespective secretaries can download and upload their answersthrough online system of e-assembly. The speeches, budget,resolution and other related information will be available onwebsite.Regarding training required for the purpose, the Speaker wasinformed that the J&KeGA will provide trainers for impartingtraining to the members of the Legislative Assembly andLegislative Council and other concerned officers.It was informed that the department requires some funds tomeet its hardware requirement.On the occasion, the Speaker commended the work of theconcerned department for its dedicated efforts and said thatmore work needs to be done on the project to achieve the goalof making governance fully digitized. He directed theconcerned officers to put more efforts to accomplish e-Assembly project and also make the software more userfriendly and convenient.Speaker directed the concerned officers to maintain a strongcoordination regarding the project related issues and come upwith findings and results, to remove obstacles that createhindrances in accomplishing the project. He also suggestedtwo members from Legislative Assembly and two fromLegislative Council and other related officers from NIC forthis purpose.

Futile to grieve with Govt againstcourt order: Law Minister

backdrop of the office of the law minister and the ministryitself receiving thousands of complaints over the past severalyears relating to the delay in justice and grievances against acourt order.The guideline states that a judicial order can be challengedonly before an appropriate court as per prescribed legalprocedure."Therefore, it is a futile exercise to file a grievance against ajudicial order/judgement," it states.It points out that the judiciary is an independent organ of thestate under the Constitution and the government does notinterfere in the functioning of the judiciary.As per the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court, grievancesagainst judicial officers are required to be sent on swornaffidavit with verifiable facts to the Registrar General of theconcerned high court, the guideline tells people."As judiciary is independent and government does notinterfere in the functioning of the judiciary, no further follow-up or correspondence is made by the government afterforwarding of grievance to the concerned high court orSupreme Court, as the case may be," the guideline says.(AGENCIES)

PSLV C40 launch delayed to Jan 2018Indus.The date of the launch is yet to be decided for this privatelaunch, Dr Kiran kumar indicated.Referring to the recent interaction with the Industry in NewDelhi at a conference jointly held with FICCI, Dr KiranKumar said that with increasing missions, ISRO was keen toinvolve a large segment of the industry not only to realisedomestic requirements, but also to explore opportunitiesglobal space market. He said similar dialogue was being heldwith members of other industrial bodies also.With regard to the draft Space Activities Bill that had beenfloated for public opinion, he said a definite time line couldnot be indicated for enacting the legislation. The process hasjust began and various milestones need to be crossed.He said that ISRO had sought the government for a substantialraise in its budget for the next two financial years in view ofan array of missions programmed. He did not mention thequantum of amount.Earlier Dr Kiran Kumar inaugurated the Space TechnologyGallery at the Visvesvaraya Industrial and TechnologicalMuseum here and urged the students to take up Space researchas a vocation. He said the country had made several strides inSpace research not only as pure research activity but also fordevelopment of the country.He said the entire world was looking towards India for itssuccessful space forays and mentioned that the video of ISRO'slaunch of 104 satellites was seen by more than 1.5 lakh viewersin 100 countries within a day after launch.Former ISRO Chairman and National Education PolicyCommittee Chairman Dr K Kasturirangan stressed the need forthe next generation to explore space as opportunities andfacilities were on the increase with enhanced technologicaldevelopments.This would enable to unravel the mystry of the Universe at agreater depth than what was being done at present, he added.National Council for Science Museums Director General A SManekar said a similar space technology gallery would be setup in New Delhi also.(AGENCIES)

DCs, HODs directed not to leavevalley without permission

been issued in view that ministers won't be available at thecivil secretariat Srinagar during winter months.Started as an 'emergency measure' during Governor's rulein nineties, the winter secretariat had become a subsidiaryplatform for the people to approach ministers for redress oftheir grievances.Before 2015, the government would set-up wintersecretariat in Kashmir for the period the secretariat andother move offices functioned from Jammu. An officer ofspecial secretary or additional secretary rank, two deputyor under-secretaries and other subordinate staff would beposted in the winter secretariat while at least one ministerwas kept available on rotational basis to review theavailability of essential commodities.In 1987, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi hadunderlined that the government is "most needed" inKashmir during harsh winters.

Pakistani troops violateceasefire in Rajouri

a two-year-old child, were injured in heavy Pakistanishelling in Poonch. PTI

More ITBP women contingentsalong China border soon

created for them. Barracks are made to suit the height andseparate toilets are made for them.ITBP is working on a composite or integrated BoP whichwill be self sustainable. The new Border out Post will haveinsulated wall, window and roof, 24-hour water supply,grid independent solar electric power, solar poweredradiant heating system which will reduce dependence onfossil fuels, and fresh air supply via geo thermal ducts .The new infrastructure will have private space for eachsoldier, indoor multi-purpose hall for training and sports,green house and under-ground barracks for security.Around 50 such composite barracks are being made under"Make in India" initiatives."The women are happy and have adapted themselves wellwith climatic condition, no health issues have beenreported so far," said a senior officer of ITBP."It is definitely a matter of great pride that our women forceis active in such hostile condition," said a senior official inthe Home Ministry. "Nowhere in the world, the womencontingent is deployed on the combat zone for guardingborder in such natural hostile condition at these height," atop official of the ITBP said on the condition of anonymity.There are other paramilitary forces who have also starteddeploying women contingent in guarding border post or incombat zone. The Central Reserve Police Force has beendeployed its women platoon on patrolling in Naxal-affected areas of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. Similarly,the women squads of Border Security Force (BSF) havebeen guarding the western border posts in Rajasthan.The deployments of women troops in combat zone havebeen done at the behest of Home Ministry which decidedto engage more women in combat role. The ITBP, BSFSSB(Sashatra Seema Bal) have been asked to engage 15per cent of the women unit in combat role. (AGENCIES)

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Bharatiya Janata YuvaMorcha Kashmir DisplacedDistrict held its Karikarni atRaghav Resorts, Bohri. Themeeting started withlightening of the traditionallamp followed by payingtributes to the BJYM Distt.President Shopian ShaheedGowhar Ahmad Bhat, whowas assassinated bymilitants recently. BJP StateVice- President Sh.YudhvirSethi Ji, who was the chiefguest, in his addressexhorted upon the youth totake the programes of theGovt. upto the grass rootlevel. Hon'ble MLC Sh. G.L. Raina laid stress on thecreation of self employmentunits by taking advantage ofthe Govt. Schemes like

Mudra Yojna & harnesstheir skills which will helpcreation of jobs for theyouth & also help boostingeconomy of the state. BJPKashmir Displaced DistrictPresident Sh. Chand JeeBhat in his address gavedetails about his recentinteraction with the

Interlucator Sh. DineshwarSharma & as to how stateBJP lead by Hon'ble Sh. SatSharma ji is working for thewelfare of the DisplacedCommunity. BJYM KDDPrabhari Sh. AbhishekSingh Salathia laid stress oninvolving more & moreyouth with the activities of

the party. BJYM KDD Distt.President Ramesh Koul readthe report card giving detailsof the activities carried out by the Distt. during lastthree months. TheProceedings on the dias wasdone by BJYM KDDGeneral Secretaries KamalWarikoo & Sanjay Bhat.The Vote of thankspresented by Sahil Bhat.The BJYM KDD workingcommittee members whoattended the meetingincluded its VicePresidentSh. Ravinder Bhan, Sectt.Ravi Mantoo, PublicitySectt. Vineet Raina , BJYMDurga Mandal PresidentAnkush Bhat, Sahil Bhat,Sushil Dhar, Surinder Bhat,Satish Bhat , Prateek,Rakesh Bhat, Rohit Raina,Sahil Raina, Ashish Raina,Rikki Bhat.

Working committee meeting of BJYMKDD held NL CORRESPONDENTJAMMU TAWI, NOV 28

The authorities at the helm ofaffairs in University ofJammu (JU) have beenopenly indulging inplundering the varsityexchequer under thesupervision of ViceChancellor Prof Ramji DassSharma, who boasts offhimself as most uprightperson on the planet. Thiswas stated by Jammu DistrictSpokesperson of NationalSecular Forum (NSF),Manmohan Singh whileaddressing a pressconference here today.Manmohan Singh, whileciting a RTI reply, said thatvarsity authorities were

openly resorting tofavoritism while assigningprinting job of study materialof Directorate of DistanceEducation. The NSFSpokesperson revealed thatRohini Printers was givenmaximum of printing jobworth Rs 4.6 lakh followedby Classic Printers (Rs 3.1lakh), Guru Printers (Rs 2.68lakh), S K Printers (Rs 2.36lakh) and Kanti Offset

Printing (Rs 2.30 lakh)besides others. Whereas,there were others who hadbeen given minimum ofprinting job they include CKPrinters & Publishers (Rs37,917), Chinar OffsetPrinters Rs 74,290) andAshish Printers (Rs 92,232),he added.Manmohan Singh allegedthat there was nexus betweenthe varsity officials, teachers

and printers owing to whichthis system was persisting tofurther their agenda. Hefurther alleged that everyyear printing worth lakhswas done by the DDE butwithout accountability of theprinted material thusobtained. Alleging bigscandal in the printing ofstudy material with theactive involvement of DDEofficials, he demanded thataudit should be madethrough an independent bodyto unearth the entire scandalso that culprits be punishedwho looted the varsityexchequer. Among thosewho were president in thepress-conference includedIstaq, Anshu Sharma andYasir.

NSF alleges huge scandal in DDE printingworks, demands independent audit

NL CORRESPONDENTJAMMU TAWI, NOV 28

A training programme forDrawing and DisbursingOfficers of Agriculture andSericulture Departments ofJammu Division wasorganized by the Directorateof Agriculture here today.The key Resource Person in

the programme was SherSingh, State SchemeManager, Public FinanceManagement System(PFMS).Around 70 Drawing andDisbursing officer of State,District and Sub-DivisionalLevel participated in theinteractive programmewhich was demonstrated indigital mode by the State

Scheme Management Team.Speaking on the occasionJoint Director Agriculture,Extension, Jammu R. L.Bhagat said that theobjective of the scheme is toput in place the trackingsystem for fund flowenabling transparency anddecision support ingovernment departments.The programme is designedto facilitate Direct BenefitTransfer (DBT) to genuinebeneficiaries in the farmingcommunity. The schemefocuses on accountabilityand timeliness of theimplementation of theCentrally SponsoredSchemes and State SectorSchemes. The deliberationswere made on various

aspects including theregistration of Agencies ofCentral Sector Schemeswhere funds are receiveddirectly from centralgovernment and CentralSponsored Schemes wheremoney is devolved throughthe State Treasury.Joint Director of AgricultureInputs, Jammu, K. S.Sambyal, Joint DirectorState Land Use Board,Bulesh Zutshi, DeputyDirector of Agriculture(Central), Jammu C. M.Sharma, Subject MatterSpecialist (Regional Level)V. K. Raina and SubjectMatter Specialist (RegionalLevel) K. K. Sharma alsointeracted during theprogramme.

APD organizes training on PFMSNL CORRESPONDENTJAMMU TAWI, NOV 28

Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trustpresident Pawan Shastriappealed all Jammuites totake benefit of the VasihnavSaints who reached Jammufor distributing 'Gita' fromKashmir to Kanya Kumari.Jammu Yatri Bhawan Trust

president Pawan KumarShastri says, "'Gita Jayanti'celebrations bring hareKrishna Vaishnav Saints tothe city to temples'."Shastri said that saints intheir 20's, with saffron robes,distributing 'Gita' to theyoung generation of Jammucity are here for next 'Gita-Jayanti' week, culminating

on November 30, 2017. Allyoung Vaishno Saints arevery energetic and enthuasticto see the poius citizens ofthe poius city of Jammu.They are visiting temples,Schools, Collages etc. todistribute Gita all overJammu. At present they arestaying at Swastik Hotel,Gurdwara Sunder SinghRoad Jammu, Shastri added.Earlier, Jammu YatriBhawan Trust memberswelcomed the VaishnavSaints with garlands andchandan tilak and fruits atSwastik Hotel here.Others who were presentwhile welcoming the saintsincluded Gurdas SharmaTrustee and General SectaryJammu Yartri Bhawan, Dr.Rajendra Mishra.

JYBT appeals Jammuites to take benefit of Vaishnav Saintswho are here for distributing 'Gita' among all


BJP State SpokespersonProfessor Virender Guptawhile rebutting the statementof Farooq Abdullah, askingthe Centre to dare to hoistthe national flag at LalChowk, Srinagar, said thathad the process of completeintegration of Jammu andKashmir state with Indiastarted by Gulam Mohd.Sadiq continued and hadIndira Gandhi not committedhistorical and Himalayanblunder in 1975 to give theChief Ministership of thestate on platter, with theCongress support in J&KLegislature, to Sheikh Mohd.Abdullah, who was loitering

in street of Srinagar, FarooqAbdullah alongwith his sonwould have preferred tosettle at London and wouldnot have dare to say thesewords. He said that the reignof terror and injustice thatPakistan government hasinflicted on the people madethe masses of these areas tostart revolt against thepresent regime. He statedthat sooner or later PoJK,Gilgit and Baltistan shall bethe part of India andBalochistan is going to be anindependent country likeBangladesh. Prof. VirenderGupta said that FarooqAbdullah is not "Bap" ofJammu & Kashmir. Had theIndian forces not landed inthe valley and had not

flushed out the invaders,where would have been"Bap" of Farooq Abdullah.He reminded FarooqAbdullah that Kashmir waspart of Sikh kingdom and itwas Dogra Maharaja GulabSingh who got the Kashmirfrom the Sikh raj by payingrupees seventy five lakh. Hefurther added that Jammuand Kashmir is integral partof India and the person whochallenges the integrationwould have to vanish or takerefugee in Pakistan. Hefurther cautioned Farooq todesist from making thesetypes of anti-national andunrealistic statements.Otherwise he may face themusic and wrath of thepeople.

Prof Virender rebuts Farooq's statementNL CORRESPONDENTJAMMU TAWI, NOV 28

The Committee on PublicUndertakings (PUC) ofJammu and KashmirLegislative AssemblyTuesday directed theTransport department toprepare detailed plan forpromoting the functioning ofTransport Department byway of Public PrivatePartnership (PPP) mode.The Committee, which metunder the Chairmanship ofMLA, Sat Paul Sharma toexamine CAGs Audit Paras

pertaining to the TransportDepartment here today askedthe concerned to condemnall damaged and old vehiclesimmediately.The panel desired that therevenue earned by theauction of non-operationalvehicles should be used forutilization of creating assetswhich they said would bedeveloped for new businessunits so that the generalpublic is benefited. Threadbare discussions wereheld on the CAGs AuditParas which includeunauthorized utilization of

Funds (2006-07), leakage ofrevenue, operationperformances, recovery ofcost operation besidesoverall activities of thedepartment.Legislator, Raja ManzoorAhmed, Rajeev Sharma,Mohammad Khalil Bandh,Rajesh Gupta and VikramRandhawa attended themeeting and gave theirsuggestions for furtherimprovement of theTransport Department.The Committee was notsatisfied with the reply andasked the concerned officialsto submit comprehensivereply in this regard forscrutiny of the CommitteeMembers in its next meeting. While discussing the issue ofaudit para regardingpilferage of Revenue, thepanel asked the TransportDepartment to formulate aCommittee in this regard andsubmit their report withintwo months for examination

of the Committee. It alsoasked them to expedite theprocess of Court Case in thisregard.After detailed discussion, theCommittee dropped someaudit para after satisfactoryreply from the Department.Earlier, the CommissionerSecretary, Hemant KumarSharma briefed theCommittee about the ActionTaken Reports on audit paraspertaining to TransportDepartment and assured thepanel that the directionsgiven by Committee will beimplemented in letter andspirit.Among others, SeniorDeputy Account General,AG Office JK, TsewangTharchain, Special SecretaryAssembly, R L Sharma,Director Finance S K Sen,Manager Finance G N Bhatand other Senior Officers ofTransport Department andAssembly Secretariat werepresent in the meeting.

LA panel examines CAG's auditparas of Transport Deptt


Arrangements for Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi reviewed

JAMMU, NOV 28A meeting under the Chairmanship of Ramesh Kumar(IAS), Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation wasconvened to review the arrangements for ensuing Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi. Directions were issued to all the concernedOfficers to ensure deployment of additional sanitation stafffor improving the sanitation of different areas especially inthe areas around the mosques and on the roads leading tothem. The Executive Engineer (Electrical) of JMC was alsodirected to ensure that all the Street lights are madefunctional and also undertake repair of defective lights wellbefore Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi and special attention be given tothe lights installed on the roads leading to the mosques.Besides above, the AEE (Transport) was also directed toensure proper lifting of garbage and also to avoidaccumulation of garbage. He was asked to put men andmachinery into use so that there could be no chances ofaccumulation of waste. The Commissioner, JMC furtherdirected all the concerned officers to provide all kind of helpand co-operation required for Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi in to thedifferent Govt. agencies including District administration.

JAMMU, NOV 28Beyond the bounds of curriculum, aliterary activity 'One Nation ReadingTogether' was regulated today in theschool premises in which sanskritianswere asked to read their favouritebooks. The students and the teachersgathered at respective places & readthe books. Reading began at 12:00 noon & continued for 30 minutes.

Not only this sanskritians created aGraffiti wall on which they wrote thenames of their adored authors andbooks. The vision of this activity wasto highlight the importance ofreading through this activity; theprominence of solidarity was alsoobserved and witnessed at JammuSanskriti School, Jammu.

JSS organizes literary activity

The workers of Dogra Frontand Shiv Sena (DFSS) underthe leadership of presidentAshok Gupta took out aprotest in Jammu citydemanding declaration ofPakistan as a terror countryand appealing to the UnitedNations to cancel the petitionof Haffez Sayyed for thecancellation as the mark of

terrorist. The demonstrators shoutedout slogans like "HafeezSayeed Hai Hai" and wasseen holding the placardsdisplaying quotes like"Declare Pakistan a terrorstate jotted down.Pakistan has made Jammuand Kashmir a living hell.Pakistan soldiers areceaselessly indulging inceasefire violations andanywhere in the world if

there is a Terror attack thereis always a Pakistan link as itacts as a safe haven for theterrorism.Addressing the protestors,Ashok Gupta stated that theirony of all this is that theday he was released theUnited Nations issued astatement in which UNstated is deeply concernedthat Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)leader Hafiz Saeed has beenreleased from house arrest inPakistan. LeT is a designatedForeign TerroristOrganisation responsible forthe death of hundreds of

innocent civilians in terroristattacks.He said that Saeed's releaseconfirmed once again thelack of seriousness by thePakistan government inbringing to justiceperpetrators of terrorism,including individuals andentities designated by theUN.The party people who werepresent at the time of protestwere Ashish, Bodh, Raj,Tony, Bantu, Kalu, Rajinder,Sham Lal, Parkash andvarious others were present.

DFSS holds protest, demands declaringPakistan as terrorist nation


2 revenue officialsarrested for taking bribe JAMMU, NOV 28Two revenue officials have been arrested for accepting a bribeof Rs 5,000 in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir today,a State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) spokesperson said.Toufeeq Ahmed and Muzaffer Ahmad, both patwaris, werecaught red-handed while demanding and accepting Rs 5,000as illegal gratification from Nisar Ahmed of Batpura village,he said. Nisar, in his complaint said that one Suraj Bandharihad given him a tree in lieu of six month's rent for a his shopwhich comes to around Rs 1,800. The complainant allegedthat he cut the tree but a group of revenue officials, includingGirdawar Ghulam Qadir, Patwari Toufeeq and ChowkidarGhulam came on the spot and seized it, the spokesperson said.Nisar, in his complaint, said that he had approached sarpanchRoshan Lal and was informed that Tehsildar Chatroo isdemanding Rs 50,000, but finally, 10,000 was agreed upon.Acting on the complaint, the two officials were arrested andbooked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and relevantsections of the Ranbir Penal Code.

Vikramaditya visitsLaxmi Narayan Mandir JAMMU, NOV 28Trustee of J&K Dharmarth Trust and former MLCVikramaditya Singh today visited Pracheen LaxmiNarayan Mandir, Dhakki Sarjan Jammu where he tookstock of the ongoing renovation work and facelift of thetemple complex. Vikramaditya Singh, during theinspection, directed the concerned to ensure proper qualityof work and also emphasized the need for maintainingproper hygiene and total cleanliness in the entire templecomplex. He performed Puja in the temple along with thelocal management and the devotees and prayed for peaceand prosperity of the country and the state and alsointeracted with the devotees and enquired about theirviews and suggestions regarding the management and thefacilities being provided to them. The Trustee said that thetrust was committed to provide necessary facilities andother enmities to the devotees in all the shrines andtemples managed by the Trust across the state.

MOHD MAJID MALIK BHADERWAH, NOV 28

Dr Rajinder KumarKhajuria, today assumedthe charge of ChiefExecutive OfficerBhadewrah DevelopmentAuthority. He replaced BalKrishan who served theBDA over two years. Afterassuming the charge, DrRajinder Kumar Khajuriaresolved to promoteBhaderwah as a nationaltourist destination. "Iwould strive to realize thevision of Chief Minister tomake Bhaderwah as thebest spots for convention,adventure and pilgrimtourism," he said. Howeverwarm send off was also

given to outgoing CEO BalKrishan who is nowtransferred to Jammu whoserved the authority withdedication , sincerity ,honestly and promotetourism in Bhaderwahwhich is known was

Choota Kashmir of state .During the course of thefarewell several prominentspeakers highlighted therole of the outgoing officerwho played a pivotal rolein tourism promotion ofBhaderwah.

TNL CORRESPONDENTRAMBAN, NOV 28

o create awareness onvasectomy, Chief MedicalOfficer (CMO) Ramban Dr.Saif-Ud- Din Khan launcheda vasectomy awarenesscampaign here today toensure male participation inimproving family planningprogramme.The Union Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfareis observing VasectomyFortnight (November 21 toDecember 04) to raiseawareness about malesterilization and to promotethe participation of men andimproving the reproductive

health of couples.While speaking on theoccasion CMO saidvasectomy, a minor surgicalprocedure, is the safest andmost effective permanentbirth control measure. Healso said that the vasectomymethod of family planning isbeing popularized bycreating awareness to dispelthe myth and misconceptionregarding this method forbetter acceptance in thecommunity.He further informed that thevasectomy fortnightprogramme is beingobserved in medical blocks

Batote, Banihal, Gool andUkhral with focus on familyplanning service deliveryalong with information,education communicationand advocacy means tocreate awareness.Dy. CMO Dr. Iqbal Bhat,Medical SuperintendentD.V. Singh, BMO Batote Dr.Shakeel Ahmed, BMO Gool,Dr. Bashir Ahmed, BMOUkhral Dr. A.H .Bohra,BMO Banihal TanveerAhmed besides paramedicalstaff, DPMU and BPMUwere present on theoccasion.

NL CORRESPONDENTKISHTWAR, NOV 28

Minister of State forTransport and R&B, SunilKumar Sharma on Tuesdaylaid the foundation stone oftwo-kilometre longPadyarna Pullar Link RoadPhase- 1The road is beingconstructed at an estimatedcost of Rs 2.76 crore fundedunder NABARD's SchemePhase-2 while 10 kilometresof the same road is fundedunder CRF at an estimatedcost of Rs 15 crore.On the occasion Ministersaid an amount of Rs 26crore will be spent on theprestigious project includinga bridge being constructedby CVPP at an estimatedcost of Rs 7.5 crore.Speaking on the occasion,MoS Sharma said Kishtwarhas a tough terrain all aroundand most of the habitats arewithout Road connectivitytill date. He said since thechange of government, amiraculous change is beingwitnessed where preciousroad projects are beingsanctioned to facilitate thecommuters forever.He said with the road projectwas a dream project as theresidents of the area werewaiting from past 70 years to

get this road constructed asthe residents were living inmiserable condition andrisking their lives whiletravelling through a lifeconsuming dreadful hillypath or a Cradle Box daily.On the foundation layingceremony people of the areathronged to welcome theminister and expressed theirdelight for the start of theroad project.

NL CORRESPONDENTUDHAMPUR, NOV 28

With an aim to createawareness regarding fillingof individual returns ofIncome Tax in correct andtimely manner, the IncomeTax Department Udhampurtoday organized anawareness camp for Drawingand disbursing Officers(DDOs) here today.Joint Commissioner IncomeTax Range -2 Jammu, S.SNegi was the chief guest onthe occasion.In the seminar, detaileddeliberations were held onvarious issues related toWidening of tax base,Operation Shiksha,Deduction of TDS and

Operation clean money,Corruption free India, forfilling of individual taxreturns. While speaking onthe occasion, JointCommissioner gaveoverview of Income Taxscenario, a challenge whichthe Income Tax departmentcontinues to face as mostpeople who fall in taxbrackets don't pay theirtaxes. He also highlightedthe importance of filing theincome returns and appealedthe people to file their return

on taxable income.Later, an interactive sessionwas also held in whichseveral queries raised by theconcerned DDOs whileperforming their duties werediscussed.Among others, AssistantCommissioner of IncomeTax Circle-2 Jammu, M.AShah, Tax Officer Jammu,I.S Chawla, Income TaxOfficer Udhampur, M.LDogra and DDOs of variousdepartments were present onthe occasion.

4 HILL DISTRICT the northlinesJammu | Wednesday| November 29 | 2017

Sanjay Katra

NoticeI, Bhupinder Singh S/o Sh. Chuni Lal R/o Kotli Manyotrian Reasi,Tehsil & Distt. Reasi, have lost my driving license bearing regd. no.JK 20-20130047598. Now, I am applying for the duplicate of thesame. Objection, if any, may be conveyed to the ARTO Reasi within7 days after the publication of this notice.

NL CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, NOV 28

J&K Bank today opened itscluster office in newpremises at Doda. Premisesof Cluster-1, Doda wasinaugurated by ExecutivePresident, Mr. S S Sehgal on28.11.2017 in presence ofZonal Head KhursheedAhmed Fazili and ArvindGupta, Vice PresidentBusiness Support Division.Besides valuable clients, theinaugural function was alsoattended by all the threecluster heads of the Zone,business heads of nearbybusiness units and otherstaff.

This Cluster-1 Doda islocated in the centre of Dodatown and is easily accessiblefor the general public. It has30 business units of DistrictDoda under its jurisdiction.Public in general andcustomers of the Bank inparticular will be immenselybenefitted with thecommencement of workingof the cluster office in thenew premises. It willfacilitate ease of doingbusiness in the area due to itseasy approach and access. Pertinently, the centrallylocated cluster office willhelp in taking the bankingservices to the door steps ofinhabitants of District Doda

which is another steptowards commitment ofJ&K Bank towards thecitizens of the State.Speaking on the occasion theExecutive President, S. S.Sehgal, congratulated theZonal Head, Cluster Headand other staff and wishedthem success. Listingvarious achievements of theBank, he also advised to befocussed on the challengesahead to achieve the desiredresults. Achievement ofbusiness targets wasemphasized upon whileproviding best services tothe clientele of the Bank. Healso advised the ClusterHeads and the Business Unitheads to not only achieve thebusiness/other targets butsurpass them during thecurrent financial year.

J&K Bank opens cluster office in DodaNL CORRESPONDENTDODA, NOV 28

Expressing concern overloss of precious lives inroad accidents, Minister forPublic Works, NaeemAkhtar today directed theengineers to install crashbarriers along the NationalHighway and other roads indistrict Doda to ensuresafety of passengers.The Minister issued theseinstructions while chairinga meeting here to reviewprogress of road and bridgeprojects in Chenab Valley.MLA Doda Shakti RajParihar, MLA BhaderwahDaleep Parihar, MLCFirdous Tak, ChiefEngineer, PWD (R&B)Sudheer Shah, DeputyCommissioner, Doda

Bhawani Rakwal,Superintending Engineer,PWD (R&B) Circle DodaNiaz Banday, engineers ofPWD (R&B) and senioroffices of other concerneddepartments were present inthe meeting.The DC informed theMinister that the roadprojects are delayed due toshortage of crushers and hotmix plants in Doda. Twonew mobile hot mix plantshave been setup here for aspecified period of time thathave provided some pace tothe road projects, he added.He further informed that theconstruction work ofprestigious Ganpath Bridgeand Batote to Kishtwar roadhas been completed whileas the work on steel girderbridge over river Chenab at

Shiva Dal will becompleted by the end of thisfinancial year. Therestoration work of Doda-Batote National Highway-244 and construction workof motorable bridges overNeelu Nallah at Khulsariand Dherja Bhahderwahhave been started. The firstfloor of Govt. DegreeCollege, Gandoh will becompleted by March, 2018and would be made suitablefor starting the academicprocess, he added.The Minister directed theengineers to start work onroad projects under CRF inDoda and Bhaderwahwithin a week's time andcomplete them within thespecified deadlines. Theroad infrastructure shouldbe improved in Doda to

boost the developmentactivities and increasinglivelihood opportunities forthe common masses, hestressed.The Minister directed theofficers of AgricultureDepartment to promoteorganic farming especiallywalnut, sweet corn andolive and involve localyouth in marketing andprocessing of theseproducts.The officers of agriculturedepartment informed thatthey have distributed Rabiseeds among the farmersand awareness camps underPradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana have been organizedat both Panchayat and blocklevel.The Minister asked theDeputy Commissioner to

identify students who canbe sent on educational tourto Srinagar so that theyknow about the differenttechniques involved inagriculture and horticulturesector.During his tour to Doda, theMinister also interactedwith the locals at Batote andlistened to their demands.The Minister informed themthat the government willlook into the issues raisedby them.The Minister assured themthat he would discuss theprospect of declaring Batoteas Tourist Village with theChief Minister, MehboobaMufti for promotingtourism activities in the areaand providing opportunitiesto the people to earn theirlivelihood

Progress of road, bridge projects reviewed

Dr Rajinder assumes charge as CEO BDA

MOHD MAJID MALIK DODA, NOV 28

Lawmaker from Doda,Shakti Raj Parihar todayinaugurated municipalshopping complex at Dodaand a shed in Gath block ofDoda constituency here

today. While speaking onthe occasion, MLA DodaShakti Raj Parihar said thatabout municipal shoppingcomplex will help toprovide employment tounemployed educatedyouth and will also provideall facilities to people

under one roof. He saidthat by inaugurating theshopping complex thepresent government hasfull filled long pendingdemand of the public. TheMLA told the gatheringthat many moredevelopment works are oncards in Doda constituency.EO, Municipality, TariqBalwan, BDO Gath YasirWani and many otherswere present on theoccasion. Later a meetingof BJP workers was alsoheld at community hallDoda where three dozenpeople belongs to GujjarCommunity joined BJP andexpressed full faith on theleadership of MLA Doda.

MLA inaugurates shopping complex, yatri shed

DM imposes ban ontransportation of bovine

NL CORRESPONDENTRAMBAN, NOV 28District Magistrate (DM) Ramban Tariq Hussain Ganai, inexercise of the powers vested under Section 144 Cr PC, hasimposed a ban on transportation of bovine animals from thedistrict. As per an order issued here today, bovine animalscannot be imported, exported and transported from Rambanto other districts without the permission of DistrictMagistrate or officer authorized by District Magistrate.This order shall come into force with immediate effect andshall remain in force for a period of two months from thedate of its issuance or till the same is rescinded.

NL CORRESPONDENTRAMBAN, NOV 28

A combined strike of AllRural DevelopmentDepartment Association(ARDDA) entered onsecond consecutive dayagainst the allegedmisbehavior of DC Kishtwar

with a GRS of Thakrie inKishtwar in recent past. Theaggressive protestors raisedslogans against DC KishtwarAngrez Singh Rana for hisunfortunate behavior withtheir colleague during apublic darbar at Kishtwar.They said that if the saidofficer will not apology for

his mistake they willintensify their strike and alsowent on hunger strike ifrequire. While taking tomedia persons Village LevelWorker Gohar Bali said thatall association of RDD jointcondemned this shameful actof Rana who insulted notonly one GRS in public butthe whole fraternity of RDDemployees. Bali appealedthe concerned minister aswell as state government totake strict action against theofficer and if DC Kishtwarwill not apology for hisbehaviors they will come onthe roads and went onhunger strike.

ARDDA's strike enters day 2 Awareness campaign on Vasectomy launched


District DevelopmentCommissioner, UdhampurRavinder Kumar who is alsothe Chairman of PradhanMantri Krishi SinchayeeYojna (PMKSY) todayapproved an amount of Rs.3331.45 lacs as annualaction Plan for the year2017-18 under PMKSYduring a meeting of DistrictLevel ImplementationCommittee (DLIC).DDC reviewed the physicaland financial progress andurged all the stakeholdersfor greater cooperation andcoordination for better andassured irrigation facilitiesto the farming community.He stressed on waterconservation and directedall the related departmentsto formulate the locationwise specific plan proposalsby keeping in view the localneeds of the area in

particular and adopt themodern irrigation practices.He also laid emphasis onthe micro irrigationapproach of irrigation anddirected the linedepartments to focus moreon techniques which savewater. Chief AgricultureOfficer, Udhampur, N.KDubey presented a detailedpresentation of the Physicaland Financial progress madeby departments in the year2016-17 and also presentedthe proposed action plan.Besides AssistantCommissionerDevelopment, AngrezSingh, Chief HorticultureOfficer, B.V Gupta,Executive Engineer, I&FC,Assistant CommissionerDevelopment, ASCO, CAD-Supwal, ExecutiveEngineer, Tube wellIrrigation and Officers ofAgriculture departmentwere present in the meeting.

Rs 3331.45 lakh planapproved under PMKSY

Awareness camp cum seminar for DDOs held


To chalk out the strategy toachieve targets under"Mal-Nutrition Free India-2022", DistrictDevelopmentCommissioner, Udhampur,Ravinder Kumar conveneda meeting of District andSectoral Officers of ICDS,Health, Rural Development

and Education Departmenthere today.Various initiatives werediscussed and jointstrategy in convergencewith other Department likeHealth, ICDS, Educationand Rural Developmentwas chalked out, whereinregular awareness amongthe general people andsensitization of field stafflike AWWs, Asha & ANM

Workers and PRI Memberswas stressed upon.He also called upon theofficers for effectivemonitoring of the schemesof their respectivedepartments launched toprovide fortified Nutritionto address the problem ofMal Nourished Children,Adolescents Girls,Pregnant and lactatingmothers in the district.

The meeting was attendedby the Programme Officer,ICDS, Rimpy Ohri,Assistant CommissionerDevelopment, AngrezSingh, Chief MedicalOfficer, K.C Dogra, ChiefEducation Officer, J.RBhardwaj, DistrictPanchayat Officer, BlockMedical Officers and ChildDevelopment ProjectOfficers Udhampur.

Mal-Nutrition Free India-2022DDC for generating awareness, effective

monitoring to curb malnutrition

MoS lays foundation ofPadyarna-Pullar Road

NL CORRESPONDENTPOONCH, NOV 28

District DevelopmentCommissioner, TariqAhmad Zargar took areview of progressregistered under PublicFinancial ManagementSystem (PFMS) and DirectBenefit Transfer (DBT)schemes in a meeting heldhere today .The Meeting was attendedby ADDC Abdul Hamid,chief planning officer SewaRam ,ACD Poonch,Chiefmedical officer, district

social welfare officer, chiefeducation officer, chiefanimal husbandry officer,district sheep officer,wardens gujjar hostel &Pahari hostel besidesofficials from ICDS,horticulture and otherdepartments.Working of direct transferbenefit (DBT) & PFMSsystem with respect tocentral sponsored scheme(CSS) & state sponsoredSchemes( SSS) of differentdepartments were discussedthread barely in themeeting .

DDC impressed upon theconcerned district officersto expedite theimplementation of thePFMS and DBT scheme inorder to maintaintransparency andpromptness inimplementation of welfareschemes. While speaking,Zargar said PFMS & DBTwill not only infuseefficiency in administrationbut also ensuretransparency andaccountability in the use ofpublic funds.Officers were asked to gear

up the process ofregistration on PFMS &DTB portal ,Aadhaarseeding, data validation ofbeneficiaries across allschemes and uploading ofbeneficiary data on thePFMS and State DBTPortal.Officers were furtherdirected to submit detailreport in week's timeregarding progressregistered till date underDTB & PFMS systemimplementation.

DDC takes stock of DBT& PFMS implementation


A meeting of the DepartmentRelated Standing Committee(DRSC-IV) of Jammu andKashmir Legislative Councilwas held here today underthe Chairmanship of MLC,Ramesh Arora to review thefunctioning of PowerDevelopment Department(PDD).Legislators, Rani GargiBlowria, Saif-ud-Din Bhatand Vibod Gupta attended

the meeting and gave theirvaluable suggestions tofurther improve thefunctioning of PDD.Detailed discussion was heldon regularization of 400Daily Wagers working in theState Power DevelopmentCorporation and theChairman of the Committeeasked the concerned to takesteps for speedyregularization of theseworkers.Giving details about theprocess of regularization ofthese Daily Wagers, theManaging Director, SPDCShah Faisal said that thismatter has already beentaken up with the Finance

Department.While taking stock ofongoing power projects inthe State, it was informed inthe meeting that theconstruction work on allprojects is apace and thedirections have already beengiven to the ExecutingAgencies to expedite thework for timely completion. The panel asked theconcerned to ensureadequate power supply to allbesides utilizing the fundsjudiciously.Among others the meetingwere attended byCommissioner Secretary,PDD, Hirdesh Kumar,Development CommissionerPower, SPDD, Asgar AliMajaz, Chief Engineer(S&O), Kashmir, DirectorFinance PDD, DirectorPlanning PDD, SpecialSecretary LegislativeCouncil and other seniorofficers Council Secretariatbesides concerned officers ofPDD department.

5 KATHUA the northlinesJammu | Wednesday| November 29 | 2017

In the court of ChiefJudicial Magistrate, Samba

Present : Deepak SethiYash Paul S/o Late Basakhi Ram r/o H.No.121, Ward No.5,

Vijaypur Tehsil Vijaypur District Samba . V/S

E.O. Municipal Committee VijaypurApplication U/S 13 (3) of Registration of birth/death Act, seeking

directions to E.O. Municipal Committee, Vijaypur to enter the deathparticular of applicant's mother.

PROCLAMATIONWhereas applicant has filed the above titled application in this courtfor issuing direction to E.O. Municipal Committee, Vijaypurregarding registration of death particulars of his mother namelyKartaro Devi (female) W/o Late Basakhi Ram R/o H.No.121, WardNo.5, Vijaypur Tehsil Samba Distt. Samba in Municipal CommitteeVijaypur who was died on 17-04-2002 at home and through themedium of this proclamation, general public is informed that anyperson/s has/have objection to the same, in that event he/she/theyshall file same before this court on or before 13-12-2017,failingwhich appropriate order shall passed. Take notice that in case the dateof fixed is declared holiday, the matter shall be taken in the nextworking day.Given under my hand and seal of this court today 28th day of Nov.2017.

Chief Judicial Magistrate,SambaParbhakar

NL CORRESPONDENTKATHUA, NOV 28

A quiz competition on thetopic "No Voter To Be LeftBehind" was held heretoday in which 34 studentsfrom 17 different HigherSecondary Schoolsparticipated.District Election Officer,Rohit Khajuria was thechief guest on theoccasion.

While addressing thestudents, District ElectionOfficer congratulated theparticipants of the contest.

He said that the main aim oforganizing this quizcompetition is to generateawareness among thestudents and to strengthendemocracy by motivating

the young voters to enrollthemselves for voting, thusinvolving their greaterparticipation in the electoralsystem.Later, the DEO facilitated

the winners as well as theparticipants of the quizcompetition. He alsoinformed them that Hr. Sec.

School, Parnala andPallan, who are thewinners of thiscompetition, will get achance to participate in thestate level competitionwhich is to be held atJammu.Dy DEO, Chand Kishore

appealed the young votersto get themselves enrolledand become an ambassadorto carry forward the

message so that everycitizen above 18 years getsenrolled and exercise hisright to vote. Among others,CEO Kathua, Balbir Singh,DIO Kathua, Angrej Singh,staff members and studentsof various schools werepresent on the occasion.

Kathua Admin organizes quiz competitionNL CORRESPONDENTSAMBA, NOV 28

Two days legal awarenessprogramme organised byJ&K state commission forwomen in association withNational Commission forwomen concluded at Sambatoday.The chairperson StateCommission for WomenNayeema Ahmad Mahjoorwhile addressing theprogramme said that suchawareness programme willbe organized in all thedistricts across the state inthe coming months so thatobjective of creative massawareness about womenrelated laws is realized.

Speakers Anuradha Basin

shared her views about therole of media and issues ofwomen while RanjanaTickoo from legal serviceauthority informed aboutvarious legal aspects ofHindu Marriage Act. Shealso gave an overview aboutthe role and functioning ofthe authority especially inrelation to the free legal aid

being provided to the needywomen.The audience whichincluded Anganwadiworkers/helpers/ Ashaworkers, lady policepersonnel as well as studentsactively participated andinteracted with the experts.The session was also

attended by Adil Hameed,Additional SP Samba whogave overview of the policecases related to women. Heemphasized on gendersensitisation of police andinformed about the policehelpline recently beinglaunched on the directions ofChief Minister.

Legal awareness prog by SWC concludes

NL CORRESPONDENTSAMBA, NOV 28

State President BJP SCMorcha and Hon'ble Sambatoday started kick startedPurmandal to Padal road invillage Morhghar which isaround 3.5 km long and willbe constructed under anapproximately cost of Rs 30lakhs. Manyal also laidfoundation stone ofPlayField in village Keulinear middle Gujjar nallah STBasti. This project will be

done on an estimated cost ofRs 15 lakhs. Addressing aseries of public gatherings,MLA said that Governmentis committed to developmentof far-flung areas of the Statein terms of infrastructuredevelopment and ensuringbasic facilities. He said govt.is keen to eradicate povertyand backwardness from thefar-off areas and focusedattention is being given tounattended areas in thisregard. During his visitManyal also visited in

Primary Health Centre(PHC) Purmandal andinteract with doctors andstaff. Local people requestedManyal to direct CMOSamba to deput permanentX-ray technician in PHCbecause X-ray Technicianwho is posted is notattending. BDO Purmandal Deepali,AEE & JEs, SHO PurmandalJavid, Ex-Sarpanch Ramesh,Govind master, Hem Raj,Some BJP party workers andLocals.

MLA kick-starts development works


On the directions of DistrictDevelopmentCommissioner Jammu,Kumar Rajeev Ranjan ajoint team of Revenueofficers and GeneralManager NHIDCL underthe supervision ofAdditional DeputyCommissioner, KantaRakwal, inspected thealignment proposed forwidening of Jammu-Akhnoor Road. Assistant Commissioner,Jammu, Nisar AhmedShad and concernedofficers accompanied her

during the visit .Some of the importantbottleneck points at BSFcamp Paloura and atPurkhoo were discussedon the spot. AdditionalDeputy Commissionerdiscussed all these issueswith the stakeholders atboth the spots and theissues were solvedamicably and accordinglyGM NHIIDCL wasdirected to complete theprocess of fixation ofalignment and submitfresh papers so thatacquisition proceedingscan be initiated in timebound manner. Theacquisition processinvolves total 27 villagesfor which notification u/s

4(1) has been issued for13 villages. Deputy Commissioner,Jammu Kumar RajeevRanjan has issued strictdirections to complete thewhole acquisitionprocessed within the fixedtime scheduled.

Alignment process of Jammu-Akhnoor road project reviewed

NL CORRESPONDENTSAMBA, NOV 28

Akhil Bhartiya Hindu MahaSabha hold meeting atvillage Katli in samba heretoday.The meeting held under theleadership of Radhe RadheSecretary Akhil BhartiyaHindu Maha sabha.According to the report, themeeting held at villageKatli in district Sambatoday. A large number ofpeople of village Katliparticipated in the Meeting.Several people of villageKatli join the AkhilBhartiya Hindu Mahasabha. They alleged that thestate government and centre

government support to theStone palter. Last few daysago centre and stategovernment released theseveral stone pelter whoinvolved in several casesthat is vey shame fullincident for bothgovernments. Radhe Radheasked to the new entranceto work the people forhonestly. Others whopresent on the occasionincludes Vijay ManyalChairman BishamberSharma District President,General Sec ChanderShrama, Om Parkash Vicepresident, Ramesh SinghSpoke Person, SambaTehsil President RandhirSingh and Arjun Singh.

ABHMS holds meeting


Deputy Chief Minister DrNirmal Singh today askedthe Jammu and KashmirState Power DevelopmentCorporation (JKDPDC) tofocus on augmentation ofpower generation capacityso that J&K becomes self-reliant in energy sector.The Deputy Chief Ministersaid this while addressing5th Meeting of Managementand Finance Sub-Committeeof JKSPDC here today.Minister of State for PowerSyed Farooq AhmadAndrabi was also present.Commissioner/SecretaryPDD Hirdesh Kumar,Secretary Planning SaleemSheshgar, MD JKPDC, ShahFaesal and other seniorofficers were present in themeeting.

Deputy ChiefMinisterdirected the officersto come up with acomprehensive frameworkof augmenting generationcapacity so that themounting energy demand ismet locally. He asked theofficers to synergize theirefforts to make JK self-sufficient in terms ofelectricity generation andtransmission.Referring to the initiativesundertaken in the powersector, the Deputy ChiefMinister said the officersshould ensure timelycompletion of variousprogrammes in this keysector. He said a specialcomponent has beenprovided under PrimeMinister's DevelopmentPackage for ensuring that thepower sector gets requisiteflip and thrust.

While directing officerstoensure that the work onongoing power projects isexpedited, Dr Singh said itwill ensure that thecapability and capacity ofthe State to generate powergets the requisite boost andmakes us self-sufficient.The Deputy Chief Ministeralso stressed the need forfast-tracking of theupcoming power projectsand called for harnessing thevast hydro power potentialof the State.He said the solar energy isanother sector which needsproper development in thestate and the governmentwould also ensure that solarpower projects are set up inthose areas in whichfeasibility of other sources ofpower is unavailable.

Dy CM for making JK self-reliant in energy sector


Minister of State for H&UD,Health and MedicalEducation and SocialWelfare, Asiea Naqash onTuesday said thatgovernment is committed tomake an inclusiveenvironment for differentlyable people so that they canwork normally in the societyand live a dignified life withrespect and honour.The Minister said this whilespeaking in a day longprogramme at AbhinavTheatre Jammu organized tocelebrate passing ofdisability bill 2016 byGovernment of India.The function was organizedby Management team ofKalpana Kala KendraJammu in collaboration with

Jammu Institute of GeneralEducation and Rehabilitation(JIGAR). The Institute isworking for the Childrenwith disabilities under aegisof Humanity Welfareorganization who is alsoworking for disabled andcommunity children.Speaking on the occasion theMinister said thatgovernment is committed tobring the bill in J&K and togive full support to thedifferently able persons. Shesaid that SC/ST Corporationis working for the welfare ofdifferently able persons andgovernment is ready toprovide loan facilities to thedifferently able persons sothat they can work and opentheir own venture as per theirrequirement so that they canearn their livelihood.The function was attended

Member Parliament, NazirLaway, MLC, VikramRandhawa, Vice ChairmanSC/ST Corporation BalbirRattan, Commissionerdisability, Iqbal Lone,Commissioner Relief andRehabil i tat ion(Migrant)M.L. Raina, MLC, AjayBharti, besides a number ofpeople with severaldisabilities, eminent citizens,representatives from thevarious NGOs, studentsfrom various schools andvolunteers who participatedand performed variouscultural programmes on theoccasion. On the occasion the Ministergave away the letter ofappreciation to thedifferently-abled personswho are doing some extraordinary work for thecommunity.

MoS for creating friendlyenvironment for specially-abled

DRSC meeting held

NL CORRESPONDENTKATHUA, NOV 28

In view of giving boost toagriculture and its alliedactivities, Directorate ofField Publicity, Ministry ofI&B in collaboration withKathua DistrictAdministration is

organizing an awarenessprogramme for farmers topropagate schemeslaunched by central as wellas state government in theauditorium of GDC Kathuaon 1st , December 2017.In this regard a meetingwas chaired by DDCKathua in whichthreadbare discussionswere held to make thisevent a grand success.Directions were passed tothe Agriculture as well as

allied Departments tohighlight various centraland state sponsoredschemes meant for farmersso that they can availmaximum benefit fromthese schemes.DDC also said that thesecamps can provide anexcellent platform tohighlight success stories ofvarious departments andmass awareness can alsobe generated by exhibitingproducts through various

medium.He directed the concernedofficers to make all thenecessary arrangements sothat farmers can bebenefitted at large andmade an appeal to thefarmers to participate inthis mega camp.DD, FPO I&B, Jammu,Neha Jalali; ACD, CAO,CHO, CEO MC Kathuaand other district officerswere present in themeeting.

Mega awareness camp for farmers on Dec 1


Jammu and KashmirGovernment is takingtangible steps to addressproblem of unemployment inthe state with renewed focusan Industrial growth. ViceChairman Handloom andHandicrafts Corporations,Nizam-ud-Din Bhat said inthe process the small-scaleIndustries will get a furtherpush as sustained effort isbeing made for its addedviability. He saidemployability of local artand craft is an acknowledgedfact and government isaware of its importance. Hesaid State's Finance Ministeris involved in a seriousexercise reviewing theabsorption of availablefinances and looking intopossibilities of more supportfrom Government.He said recent measures

taken by the governmentinclude making silk,Handloom, Handicraft andjoinery items a focusedcomponent of Industrialpolicy, has earnedappreciation from the publicand private sector. 'Bhat said chambers ofCommerce and Industriesfrom Jammu and Kashmirvalley and organization likePHD camber of the statehave a vital role to play inencouraging the promotionof art and craft and ingenerating interest amongthe youth to be beneficiariesof skills and tradition.Bhat said along withgovernment the trade unionsand associations can changethe discourse by allowingyouth to Industrial sector forgrowth, employment andsocial empowerment, apositive trend is witnessed inthis direction.

VC said scores of youth havealready shown the way inHorticulture and Tourismsectors who availedincentives and innovativetechnologies to be partnersin economic empowerment. 'Bhat said that like inHorticulture, floriculture andTourism activity in publicand private sectorsHandloom and Handicraftsectors are getting dueattention. Things will furtherimprove to attract businessfor the state in these sectorshe hoped.He said once all theseproductive sectors are mademore viable, theopportunities foremployment and addedgrowth will becomeincreasingly visible andpotential for skilldevelopment will bechannelized in rightdirection.


Commissioner/Secretary,Labour and Employment,Kifayat Hussain Rizvi todayreviewed the progress onimplementation of variousLabour acts by thedepartment and the benefitsdisbursed to workers andlabourers in a meeting heldhere today.Labour Commissioner DrAbdul Rashid was alsopresent on the occasion.During the meeting theCommissioner took adetailed district wise accountof labour laws viz.,Employee's Compensationact, Payment of wages act,Minimum wages act, MotorTransport Workers act,Interstate Migrant WorkmenAct, Building and otherConstruction Workers actand Shops and establishmentact.Speaking on the occasion theCommissioner directed the

concerned officers toaccelerate the disposal ofcases under various acts toensure benefits of welfaremeasures reach to theworkers. He further askedthe Assistant LabourCommissioners to updatetheir records and put inefforts for Aadhar seeding ofinformation of labour forcein the state.He also asked ALCs to makefunctional all labour saraiand labour welfare centresthat are with proper recordof labourers availing thesefacilities. He also directedthe concerned to createawareness about Labourlaws and benefits presumedthereof among the labourforce present in the state.The meeting was attendedby Deputy LabourCommissioner AnkurMahajan, Deputy LabourCommissioner (Central)K.L.Sharma and ALCs of allthe districts of the division.

Working of Labour Deptt reviewed'Industrial sector getting renewed focus

for growth, employment generation'

LT GEN PRAKASH KATOCH

Post the terrorist attack in Zakhura area of Srinagaron November 17, the Islamic State, through itsnew platform 'Amaq', has claimed its first kill in

J&K. The ISI supported Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen(affiliated to the Salafi Ahle-Hadith) simultaneouslymade a counter-claim. Government says it has takennote of the Islamic State claim and appropriate courseof action would be adopted after examination.In the incident on November 17, three terrorists in a caropened fire on a police team at Zakura crossing on theSrinagar-Ganderbal road, killing Sub-Inspector ImranTak and injuring another special police officer (SPO).The retaliatory action left a most wanted local terroristdead, whose body was wrapped in ISIS flag duringfuneral procession. The Srinagar-based Army CorpsCommander and DGP J&K addressed a joint pressconference (first ever - to convey political message?)stating there is no evidence of presence of ISIS in J&K.The perception is that the security forces having killed190 terrorist this year (including 110 foreign terrorists)may have led to the googly of the ISIS claim. At thesame time, there are rumours of a pan-Islamist grouphaving entered the Valley from the general area ofGulmarg few days back, reportedly admittedunofficially by an intelligence official.It may be recalled that on May 12, a video by ZakirMusa Bhat went viral rejecting all kinds of nationalismand condemning politicians of all hues includingHurriyat; calling for an Islamic Caliphate - beingcovertly propagated in few radicalized districts of theValley past six months but not talked about in hushedtones. ISIS flags have been periodically unfurled in theValley past year and half plus especially atop mosquesin Srinagar after Friday prayers.In the beginning these were perhaps bravado ofradicalized youth influenced by propaganda photos ofarmed youth in military-like fatigue bearing ISIS flags,not different from a radical mullah distributing ISIS T-shirts in south India some months back. But then theburgeoning population of the youth in the Valley,unemployment, and the reward of joining the terroristorganizations are cumulatively attracting more youthinto militancy - something that the Army too is worriedabout. So, has the Islamic State entered the Valley? Theanswer may be 'yes' and 'no'.Who is the Islamic State? Called Al Qaeda in Iraq(AQI) till early 2014, onslaught of the Islamic State (IS)brigades into Iraq starting in June 2014 was part of acarefully planned military-intelligence operationsupported covertly by the US-NATO. The US has beenpast master in irregular warfare.Way back, Ronald Reagan was entertaining theIslamists in White House to fight the Soviets. PaulJoseph Watson, wrote in December 2011 that just as Al-Qaeda terrorists were used to oust Gaddafi, hundreds ofLibyan rebels with Al Qaeda willing members werebeing airlifted into Syria to aid opposition in carryingout attacks against government forces. There was talkof US, Jordan and Turkish Special Forces operatinginside Syria. In October 2012, Mitt Romney, USPresidential candidate vowed to arm Al Qaeda in Syria.While Obama contemplated bombing Syria, USbloggers accused US would be providing air support toAl Qaeda. Later, in her book 'Hard Choices', HillaryClinton wrote she would have armed "moderate"Syrian rebels much earlier.In March 2014, Iraqi scholars spoke of CIA pumpingin money for terrorism in Iraq. US Senators like JohnMcCain were openly hobnobbing with Al-Qaeda andISIS leaders in the making months before the ISIS wasunleashed on Iraq. There are enough indications theWest was supplying the ISIS arms and ammunitionand providing air support, while bombing the

moderate factions and the Syrian forces. In August2013, UK's Telegraph News Service reported SaudiArabia had secretly offered Russia a sweeping deal tocontrol the global oil market and safeguard Russia'sgas contracts, if Kremlin backs away from the Assadregime in Syria, an offer Putin turned down. Up tonow the belief was that the US, UK, NATO withbacking of Saudi Arabia were instrumental in trainingthe ISIS, but now evidence has emerged that Pakistantoo had a hand in this; according to a Russian middle-east expert says that ISIS cadres were also trained bythe ISI in Pakistan.Canadian scholar Michel Chossudovsky is moreexplicit about Pakistani involvement in writing that therise of the Islamic State was with active support ofBritain's MI6, Israel's Mossad, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Saudi Arabia's GeneralIntelligence Presidency (GIP), Ri'?sat Al-Istikhb?r?tAl-'?mah It is also known that the Tehrik-e-TalibanPakistan (TTP) had established presence in Iraq-Syriato fight along the ISIS and Al Qaeda and the latter twoalso had collaborated to some extent.Significantly, Muhammad Amir Rana wrote in theDawn on July 03, 2014, "ISIS could play a verydangerous, inspirational role in Pakistan, where morethan 200 religious organizations are operating on thenational and regional level. These organizationspursue multiple agendas such as transformation ofsociety according to their ideologies, the enforcementof Shariah law, establishment of Khilafah (caliphate)system, fulfillment of their sectarian objectives andachievement of Pakistan's strategic and ideologicalobjectives through militancy". However, Rana wasperhaps only referring to the ISIS operating in Syria-Iraq.It took time for the US intelligence to finally revealthat the Khorasan branch of ISIS (called ISK) is"amalgamation of primarily disaffected and rebrandedformer Afghan Taliban and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP) members". It was left unsaid that they werecobbled together in Peshawar region under tutelage ofPakistan's ISI and pushed west into Nangarharprovince of Afghanistan. That they foundsympathizers in Afghanistan and expanded is alsoestablished. The ISK was different from the ISIS inSyria-Iraq; Afghans were actually referring to ISK as"ISI".In 2016, Voice of America had reported Afghanistanofficially telling Pakistan that Hafiz Saeed, formerLeT chief was directing ISIS operations inAfghanistan. So the so called ISIS in Afghanistan isobviously mixed with LeT and other Pakistani proxieslike JeM etc, along with ISI cadres and personnel fromPakistan's Mujahid Battalions disguised as civilians.Pakistan claims to be fighting the Haqqani Networkand the TTP but both Taliban have coalesced withefforts of the ISI-supported Haqqani network. TheTaliban leader killed by the SAS in 2008 in Helmandregion of Afghanistan in 2007 was a Pakistani armyofficer. The ISK to start with was different from theISIS, but were establishing links with the latter.In July 2016, James B Comey, then Director US FBIhad said, "Eventual victory against the Islamic Statecould well lead to an uptick of terrorist attacks in theWest, not a reduction in them ….. hundreds of reallydangerous people, and they are going to flow primarilyto Western Europe, but some could well end up in theUnited States". So it was expected that they would bediverted elsewhere. Now reports have emerged thathundreds of ISIS terrorists were smuggled out ofRaqqa during October 2017, as part of aUS-UK deal and freed to spread out far andwide across Syria and beyond according toBBC documentary 'Raqqa's Dirty Secret'.This included large number of foreigners

from Pakistan, China, France, Turkey, Azerbaijan,Yemen, Saudi, China, Tunisia, Egypt; the escapeconvoy comprising some 50 trucks, 13 buses and over100 ISIS owned vehicles carrying hundreds of ISISfighters, family members and loads of arms on October12.The footage showed lorries towing trailers crammedwith armed men despite an agreement to take onlypersonal weapons; 10 trucks were loaded withweapons and ammunition. With the purge in Iraq-Syria, ISIS cadres have begun arriving in Af-Pak. TheISIS in Afghanistan has recently released photographsof new Islamic State fighters who have just completedtheir training in Kunar region of Afghanistan.It has often been portrayed that Pakistan is threatenedby Pan-Islamism. Nothing can be farther from the truth;where Pakistan army's bible is the 'Quranic Concept ofWar' (authored by Brigadier SK Malik in 1979) thatjustifies killing all non-Muslims and calls for everyPakistani citizen to rise in 'jihad'. So, ISIS cadresreturning from Iraq-Syria will be welcomed byPakistan army with open arms and used for cross-border attacks, even as they fight the moderate cadres -same as the ISI has done in the case of Al Qaeda andTTP.Pakistan is using JeM to attack both India andAfghanistan but China still continues to put its so-called 'technical hold' at the UN to stop Azhar Masoodbeing branded terrorist; 'technical hold" being aneuphuism for abetting Pakistani terrorism. This, despiteChina being only country that is drilling oilcommercially in Afghanistan since 2012, and makinghuge profits in copper mines extraction. WhilePakistan is using the LeT, JeM and HM to terrorizeIndia, the deadliest remains LeT with some 60 militantsin J&K, 70% of whom are foreigners.Our security forces recently gunned down six terroristsincluding Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's nephew Owaid, forwhich the LeT is expected to react strongly - recentthreat to Hindon airbase being one example. It may berecalled that LeT which was established primarily totarget India, grew into an international terroristorganization filling up vacuums in Al Qaeda and laterjoining in the proxy war in Afghanistan. Ironically, theUS Department of Defence (DoD) has prevailed uponthe key Congressional committees to drop a provisionlinking financial aid to Pakistan with Islamabad takingdemonstrable action against LeT, despite the provisionbeing part of the bill meant to finance the US armedforces for 2018 known as the National DefenceAuthorisation Act (NDAA).When Qamar Javed Bajwa, Pakistani army chiefsucceeded Raheel Sharif in November 2016, Pakistanischolar Ayesha Siddiqa wrote about the latter, "GeneralSharif will be remembered for positing the military asa state within a state more than many of the guys beforehim. The manner in which he pushed the envelope wasunbelievable." Bajwa has continued to play the radicalconstituency, masterminding the proxy war on Indiaand Afghanistan. He is buoyed not only with China'ssupport but Raheel Sharif heading the Saudi coalitionaimed at Iran (Iranian terrorism?), coupled with theUS-Iran estrangement, gives him extra buoyancy.Where and how he plans to employ the Pakistan andChina origin ISIS cadres returning from Syria-Iraqneeds to be taken into consideration. And that is not all;add to this Pakistani support to the Arakan RohingyaSalvation Army (ARSA) in Myanmar and the West-China oil-game underway in Myanmar's Rakhineprovince.

KANWAL SIBAL

Amajor goal of ourforeign policy is tosafeguard our security.

We are not members of any military alliance,which means that we have to essentially relyon ourselves to deal with day-to-day threatsto our security. This requires us to be as self-reliant as possible for our defence needs. Solong as we are dependent on foreign defencesuppliers we cannot have full elbow room toconduct an independent foreign policy,despite success in developing our strategiccapabilities on our own.That we are one of the world's largest armsimporters shows how we have mismanagedvital aspects of our defence preparedness.Russia has been our biggest defence partnerand has contributed in significant ways tomake us more secure, but we have not beenable to leverage that relationship to build agenuine domestic defence manufacturingbase, one going beyond licensemanufacturing.The almost $15 billion (Rs 96.7 thousandcrore) worth of arms we have bought fromthe US in the last few years has given us toolsto defend ourselves better against threats toour security, but this has created anotherexternal dependency.PartnerThat we have been declared a major defencepartner by the US should ideally mean thatwe will be assisted to develop an indigenousdefence manufacturing base and not merelyhave easier access to high-quality Americanarms on a par with US allies. So far, it doesnot appear that Trump's remark, that Indiaand the US as the world's largest democraciesshould also have the strongest militaries,means anything more than expectations that

India will buy more US weapons.We have had a long-standing defencerelationship with major European countriessuch as France, UK and Germany, but thishas not resulted in the establishment of ourown capacity to produce the weapons weneed. Technology transfer remains a bighurdle, not to mention our own inadequateindustrial capacity and R&D as well as lackof skilled manpower. We ourselves are toblame for this highly unsatisfactory state ofaffairs.Leaving aside the failure of policy all theseyears to develop an indigenous defencemanufacturing base, even our polices toprocure defence equipment from abroad havebeen in shambles. The many scandalsassociated with defence acquisitions in thepast continue to cast a shadow on newcontracts that we enter into.Since we are one of the largest markets in theworld for arms, competition among defenceequipment suppliers is intense and all means,fair or foul, are used either to win contracts ordeny them to rivals. Controversies aregenerated around contracts by alleging

irregularities inprocessing them andoften the political classis used to channel suchaccusations which,however motivated theymay appear to be,compel the bureaucratsand their politicalsuperiors to repeatedlyreview them, if only toprotect themselves frominvestigations later onfor complicity in someform whengovernments change. It

is already well known how acquisitions ofneeded equipment have been inordinatelydelayed because of these infirmities in ourdefence procurement system.ControversyAll this is relevant to the controversy beinggenerated by the Rafale deal, which isunfortunate for many reasons. Our Air Forcehas been clamouring for urgent action toaddress the issue of its depleting squadronstrength which could no longer be ignored.Dassault had won the tender for 126 combataircraft, outcompeting international rivals onboth technology and price counts, but thecontract could not be concluded despiteprolonged negotiations.The Modi government had to make thedifficult choice of scrapping the contractaltogether - at the cost of our strategicpartnership with France - and ignoring thedistress of the Air Force or meet its urgentrequirements partially by purchasing only 36aircrafts off the shelf on condition that theoverall terms would be improved anddelivery would be accelerated, for which anintergovernmental agreement was signed.

These facts are on public record. If purchasesfrom the US under governmental agreementshave avoided controversies over possiblyinflated costs, etc, the Rafale contract under asimilar agreement with France shouldpreclude any such controversy too.PrivateThe involvement of the private sector infulfiling some aspects of the Rafale contractis consistent with the Modi government'sdeclared policy of involving the privatesector in defence manufacturing as part of theMake in India programme. Broadening thebase of defence manufacturing in the countrywill require reducing the already overloadedpublic sector units and increasing theparticipation of the Indian private sector,which is why foreign defence firms are beingasked to build partnerships with them.Lockheed Martin and Boeing have tied upwith Indian private firms and so has Airbus todemonstrate their commitment to the Makein India programme. Dassault's tie-up with anIndian company is within this policyframework too. Opposition parties should,therefore, avoid generating controversiesover defence procurement where facts do notjustify this and consider the adverse impactof such politicking on our relations with ourstrategic partners.The French have been forced to counter theallegations being made as it affects thecountry's reputation, besides unnecessarilyaffecting potential follow-on orders. It is alsoagainst national security and the commercialinterests of foreign companies as well toreveal the details of defence contracts beyonda point. Our political actors should becautious in wanting to make electoral capitalout of sensitive defence issues.

(Courtesy of Mail Today)

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the northlinesWednesday | Nov | 29 | 2017

Winter session willgenerate heat!

After much hue and cry by the Opposition mainlyCongress for convening special session of theParliament to take on affront the Modi government

on many issues, the Government, at last, has called thewinter session of Parliament. A brief session from 15December to 5 January was announced by theParliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar last Friday.This should obviate the need for the Congress leaders topetition President Ramnath Kovind to direct theGovernment to summon Parliament. Now that the sessionhas been called, we will await Rahul Gandhi and othergreat parliamentarians to unspool their debating talents inthe House.Had the Congress leaders bothered to google the schedulesof the previous winter sessions, they would have learnt thatthey too had likewise delayed the summoning ofParliament to the third or fourth week of December at leaston two occasions.In the present case, clearly the Government was keen not tohave Parliament in session till after the end of the polling inGujarat which ends on 14 December. The winter session isset to begin the next day.This in a way makes sense. Though they create bedlamanyway, but in the midst of an election the incentive tobehave recklessly while the proceedings are being telecastlive is all the greater. Now, when the House meets at theend of the polling, there will be lesser need for acrimony,for grandstanding, etc.Let us hope the politicos are capable of behavingthemselves as grown-ups and not as trouble-makers whenParliament meets for the winter session. We have ourdoubts, though.

Rafale controversy: Keep politics out of defence deals

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COL ANIL ATHALE

The first essential stepof national securitypolicy is to

understand the basis andsubstance of the likelyadversary's aims andobjectives. History offersvital clues on the same.Without much ado, it can besafely asserted that Indiandecision-makers for last 70years have failed tounderstand this fundamentalissue. The consequences ofthis failure are that from the1948 Cease fire in Kashmir,taking the issue to the UN,the Tashkent agreement ofJanuary 1966 or thediplomatic hara-kiri byIndira Gandhi at Shimlaconference in 1972, Lahorebus trip by PM Vajpayee in1999 and latest attempts byPrime Minister NarendraModi at peace parleys withPakistan, India hascontinued its quest forpeace.Peace talks with Pakistanare like accepting a dinnerinvitation from cannibalsand hoping to return alive.This author and most Indianprofessional military menwill admit that Pakistanarmed forces are an efficientand tactically proficientorganization. An effectivekilling machine armed withmodern weapons. Despiteits superiority in numbers,military conquest ofPakistan is beyond India'smeans.With the nuclear dimension,an all-out war will certainlyresult in major damage forIndia, though Pakistan maywell cease to exist. There isno tangible gain in thiscourse of action. I will notbe divulging any nationalsecret if one is to assert thatneither the political nor themilitary leadership of Indiahas any such plans. Theconverse is also equallytrue.Pakistan lacks militarystrength to ever dream ofconquest of India, whateverbe the wet dreams of likes ofHafeez Sayeed of LeT(Lashkar e Toiba) or otherproponent's of 'Gazwa E

Hind' or conquest of India aspromised in a Hadith. Butunlike India, Pakistanmilitary believes that Indiais too divided and willdisintegrate. Pakistanmistakes 'din and noise' ofdemocracy for internalweakness. Right from AaubKhan in 1950s, this has beenan article of faith for Pakmilitary.This still leaves the issue ofannexing Kashmir.Irrespective of morality orotherwise, the material factis that no amount of internalunrest in Kashmir canloosen India's grip so longas the rest of the countrycontinues to support theKashmir policy. Be itVietnam, liberation ofBangladesh or takeover ofAfghanistan fromNajibullah by Taliban, thefinal blow needed theintervention by regulararmed forces.During the 1990 Kashmircrisis, the then CIA ChiefRobert Gates had visitedPakistan and told the Pakmilitary there that theAmericans have carried outhundreds of computersimulations of Indo-Pak warand in each and everyscenario the end result wasPak defeat. Pakistan hastried to wrest Kashmir fromIndia in 1947, 1965 andlatest in 1999 (the Kargilskirmish) and failed. Yet theprofessional army ofPakistan and its militaryestablishment continues onthe path of conflict withIndia, despite knowing thatvictory is not achievable!History offers a clue to thisapparent contradiction. Intheir deepest convictionsand mindset, Pakistanconsiders itself to be an heirto the Delhi Sultanates andMughal Empire. Ina broadbrush view of Middle Ages,the army was at the centre ofMuslim rule in North India.The rulers ruled with help oftheir military might andwere never concerned withseeking public support. Withthe notable exception of tworulers, Akbar and Sher ShahSuri who carried out someworks of public benefit, therest were never concernedwith welfare of theirsubjects.Constant warfare, either inAfghanistan or campaigns

of conquest of South Indiamarks their rule. There wasnever a period when thearmies were not fighting.Chanakya has cynicallydefined peace as aninterlude between two wars,but in case of the Muslimrule in India, peace was noteven an interlude. Is it anywonder that their 800 yearsrule in parts of Indiaproduced no scientific oreconomic advance or anywork of public welfare?The state of Pakistan seemsto be faithfully followingthis model. In the last 20years or so, as externalconflict has been of lessintensity, Pakistan has beenbusy in killing its ownpeople. Fighter aircraft,artillery and tanks havebeen regularly used incampaigns in North andSouth Waziristan. In thesewars over 80,000 Pakistanishave been killed (figures till2015) including 5400Soldiers, nearly equal toPakistani soldiers killed in1971 Indo Pak war.Pakistan separated fromIndia on the basic issue ofthe Muslim elites need tohave political power andfear of majority rule. In thisJinnah harnessed religionby creating a false scare of'Islam in danger'. Pakistanwas created by the Muslimelites for the elites. DespiteJinnah's secularpretensions, Pakistan wasdestined to be a religionbased state as the genie ofreligious fanaticism onceunleashed refused to goback into the bottle! Thelast 70 years of Pakistan'shistory shows that it isfaithfully following theDelhi Sultanate model ofgovernance. Peace has notbeen an interlude in70 yearsof Pakistani history.Once India understands thepermanent nature ofPakistani hostility and itslogic, we can work out ourstrategies to deal with it.Peace with Pakistan is notpossible due to structuraland ideological reasons.The best course for India isto wait out the implosionthat is bound to take placesooner than later. We haveto be prepared to ensure thatthe fallings debris from acollapsing state do notdamage us.

Understanding Pakistan'sStrategic Calculus!

Pakistan's Complicity with Islamic State

NL CORRESPONDENTBARAMULLA, NOV 28

A function was heldtoday at District CourtComplex Baramullaunder the Supervision ofPrincipal District andSessions JudgeBaramulla, Rajesh Sikri

to commemorate the'Constitution Day'.On the occasion Sub-Judge Baramulla,Susheel Singh, who wasthe chief guest, said thatthe Day is beingcelebrated in the honourof Dr. B.R. Ambedkar,known as the architect ofthe Indian constitution.He said that this daymotivates us to connectwith the spirit of theConstitution andunderstand our rightsand duties as a citizen.Munsif Judge Baramulla,Fayaz Ahmad Qurashi,Law Students, Membersfrom Bar AssociationBaramulla and otherOfficials were alsopresent on the occasion.Earlier, the Munsif JudgeBaramulla whilehighlighting theimportance of the Daysaid the concept ofequality is enshrined inour Constitution on thebasis of law.

Constitution Dayobserved in Bla

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NL CORRESPONDENTKARGIL, NOV 28

Chief Secretary, B B Vyas onTuesday led a high levelteam of officers to Kargil totake stock of the variousdevelopment works andwelfare schemes underimplementation in thedistrict besides reviewing themodalities for vacation ofthe Khurbathang Plateau.Principal Secretary, Home,R.K Goyal, PrincipalSecretary to Chief Minister,Rohit Kansal, AVSM SM,QMG Lt. General AshokAmbre, AVM A. K Nabh, AirCommodore J.S Bedi, JointSecretary, Ministry ofDefence, Manish Thakur

besides other officersaccompanied the ChiefSecretary.Chief Secretary visited theMaratha Ground (UpperPlateau) and the location of 8Mountain Division of theArmy at Khumbathang andtook stock of the land atthese locations.Later an interactive meetingin this regard was chaired byChairman, LegislativeCouncil, Haji Anayat Aliwith the team of officers atBaroo. Chief ExecutiveCouncilor (CEC), Kargil,Kacho Ahmad Ali Khan,MLA Kargil, Haji Asgar AliKarbalai, other publicrepresentatives were alsopresent.

Divisional Commissioner,Kashmir, Baseer AhmadKhan also attended theinteractive meeting via videoconferencing.Chief Secretary assured therepresentatives that theirgenuine concerns withregard to early shifting ofLower Khurbathang will betaken up with theGovernment of India,Ministry of Defence forearly and amicableresolution.The Public representativesrequested for allotment offunds for restoration ofinfrastructures damaged dueto cloud burst in variousblocks in the month ofAugust 2017, funds from the

state sector/ SDRF for snowclearance on the pattern ofother districts of the state,enhancement of funds forCentral Heating System ofDistrict Hospital, Kargil,Sub District Hospitals andCHCs for the currentfinancial year, filling up ofthe various keyadministrative posts etc.Chief Secretary assured thepublic representatives forconsideration of theirrequests in the right earnest.Chief Secretary also tookstock of the availability ofessentials and keyconstruction materials in thedistrict for the wintermonths. Chief Secretarydirected the District

Administration, Kargil togive focussed attention to theredressal of publicgrievances keeping in viewthe topography of thedistrict. He also stressedupon ensuring accountabilityand punctuality inGovernment offices throughuse of Aadhaar Enabled BioMetric Attendance System(AEBAS).Chief Secretary along withChief Executive Councilor(CEC), Kargil, KachoAhmad Ali Khan visited theCouncil SecretariatKhurbathang and took stockof the ongoing works on theoffice complex of the CEC,ECs and officials of the HillCouncil.

CS takes stock of development works

NL CORRESPONDENTBUDGAM, NOV 28

District DevelopmentCommissioner Budgam,Mohammad Harun Maliktoday convened a meeting toreview winter preparednessand availability of essentialcommodities in the district.The DDC took stock of theavailability of food grains,LPG, petrol, diesel, k-oil,besides availability ofmedicines in the district. Themeeting was informed thatabout 75% dumping hasbeen completed in 90 rationdepots of the district whichremain cut off during thewinter months and the restwill be completed soon.

While directing theconcerned officers, to keeptheir men and machineryready for snow clearanceduring winters, the DDCstressed them to work incoordination to deal with anyexigency. He directed themto maintain close liaisonwith the District DisasterManagement Cell.It was also given out thatMechanical EngineeringDepartment has deployed 10snow clearance machines forclearing of 954 km roadlength, besides R&B andMunicipal officials were alsodirected to ensure snowclearance of roads fallingunder their jurisdiction.During the meeting, the

action plan alreadyformulated was discussed indetail and the DDC urged allconcerned to implement theplan in letter and spirit andensure prioritization duringclearance works.The DDC directed PDDauthorities to ensure promptrestoration services in caseof breakdown oftransformers and exerciseprudence in maintainingrevolving buffer of electrictransformers. Similarinstructions were passed onto PHE authorities.He also directed the revenueauthorities to ensurepunctuality of staff in theoffices and directedconducting of regular

inspections to check theattendance of officials.While directing the officersto conduct sensitizationprogrammes for their grassroot level workers, the DDCordered constitution ofVillage Level Teamscomprising VAEA, VLW,Patwari, GRS, Linemen ofPDD, PHE, Numberdar,Chowkidar, Food StoreKeeper, etc who would bemobilized to conduct tour ofvillages during exigency andreport the ground position tothe higher-ups in the districtadministration. Meanwhile,arrangements for Eid Milad-un Nabi (SAW) were alsoreviewed in the meeting.

DDC reviews winter preparednessNL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, NOV 28

Due to mismanagement inJammu and KashmirCements Limited, thesuperiors are not only givinglegal extensions to retiredemployees but they don'talso bother to put theCorporation on tracks whichhas been suffering hugelosses for last four yearswhile according to reliablesources the liabilities of theCorporation has gone up toRs 150 crore.

The men who are at thehelm of affairs in JammuKashmir Cements Limited

have been extending theservices of blue eyed retiredemployees. These measureshave complicated thesituation and according todisgruntled employees, theCorporation has been goingfrom bad to worse.

Latest reports said thatillegal extension was givenrecently to two retiredemployees Qaiser Wani andSushil Hakroo.

General Manager QaiserWani is still performing hisduties despite attainingsuperannuation in Octoberlast month. "No, his servicehas not been extended andyet he is enjoying the same

powers illegally and evenput signatures as GeneralManager on variousdocuments.

Despite clear orders fromthe Industries departmentthat he should not exercisefinancial powers, he is rightnow enjoying the same.

A formal governmentorder vide number.IND/JKCL/12/2010 dated22-07-2014) of IndustriesDepartment reads: "Q AWani, FA/CAO should notbe given any responsibilitywhich entails exercise ofFinancial Powers since he asManager Finance has actedcarelessly and released on

account payment withoutfollowing due procedure i.e.having failed to obtain theapproval of ManagingDirector."

Retired as PersonalSecretary to ManagingDirector J&K Cements Ltdearly this year, anotheremployee Sushil Hakhoo isstill enjoying the samepowers without anyextension.

Sources said that son of anformer Manager FinanceSandeep Razdan has alsobeen given illegal extension.

The concerned officialsdeclined to comment on theissue. (CNS)

Apathy:Retired employees still hold office in JK Cements


In a bid to ensure maximumparticipation of people in theelectoral process, anawareness programme underSystematic Voter EducationElectoral Participation(SVEEP) was todayorganized here at GirlsHigher Secondary School(GHSS), Kothibagh.The programme was jointly

organized by Nodal OfficerSVEEP, Srinagar, WaseemRaja and DistrictAdministration Srinagar incollaboration with GHSSKothibagh and was attendedby a large gathering ofstudents and teachers of theschool. ADC Srinagar,Purnima Mittal, ADCSrinagar, Vikas Kundal,Electoral RegistrationOfficers including SyedSajad Qadri and HilalAhmad Deewani, SVEEPrepresentatives includingWaseem Raja and TaufeeqGazi, Principal GHSSKothibagh, Romana Qaziand other concerned werepresent on the occasion.During the programmeawareness regarding voterturnout, electoral registrationwas given to the participants.While calling the students as

the future of the nation,Purnima Mittal told thestudents that Indianconstitution guarantees rightto vote to all those havingattained 18 years of age andasked them to cast theirvaluable vote in theirrespective polling stations toelect the representative oftheir own choice. Sheappealed the participants todisseminate this message toall. On the occasion,participants were apprisedabout the importance ofparticipation in the electoralprocess and the specialsfocus was given on the first-time voters who becomingeligible by attaining the ageof 18 years. The participantswere also apprised about theprocess of filling the form toget enrolled in the voter list.

Electoral awareness prog under SVEEP held


The Department ofInformation & PublicRelations (DIPR), incollaboration withWorldwide Fund for Nature(WWF-India) is organizing aWorkshop on WildlifePhotography at MediaComplex Srinagar on 15thand 16th December 2017.The Workshop will alsoinclude Wildlife Expeditionfor the participants.Professional WildlifePhotographers from WWF-India will tutor theparticipants about the skills

of Wildlife Photography.The photojournalists, mediastudents, wildlifephotographers and amateurphotographers interested inattending the Workshopshould mail their detailsincluding Name,Institution/Organization,Contact No/email address toMr Nazir Ganai, Coordinatorfor the Workshop [email protected] by 5December 2017.The DIPR is also organizinga Photography Workshopand media conclave, incollaboration with PressClub Jammu in January2018.

DIPR, WWF-India to organizeWildlife Photography workshop


A day-long awarenessprogramme on drugaddiction was today held atGovernment Degree CollegeBaramulla which witnessedthe presence of a largenumber of students, civilsociety members andprominent sections of thesociety.The programme wasorganized by Varmul Post, alocal weekly newspaper andPrestige Advertising Agencyin collaboration with theCollege authorities.Senior Superintendent of

Police, Mir Imtiyaz Hussain,Director North CampusUniversity of Kashmir DrIrshad Ahmad, MedicalSuperintendent DHBaramulla, Dr SyedMasoodi, social activistAdvocate Shiekh Aamir andofficers of various otherDepartments were presenton the occasion.A series of lectures werepresented on the topic duringwhich stress was laid onawareness disseminationregarding the hazards ofdrugs. They emphasizedupon adopting various youthfriendly measures by thepolice in relieving them with

this menace.The SSP in his address saidthat various stakeholdersshould play their role in thesociety so that the menace iscompletely eradicated. Hehighlighted the significanceof the programme and saidthat various measures havebeen taken by the policeadministration in this regard.Highlighting the role of thepolice department, the SSPsaid that about 500 youthshave been trained underdifferent skill developmentprogrammes besidesestablishment of variousdrug de-addiction centres.

Awareness prog on drug addiction held


A seminar on Urdu languagetitled 'Urdu Adab kiTashkeel main khawateen kakirdaar' was held at DegreeCollege Sopore today.Justice Bashir AhmadKirmani, Prof. MansoorAhmad Mansoor fromDepartment of Urdu,University of Kashmir, andDr. Shafiqa Parveen were

main guests on the occasion.The Seminar witnessedparticipation of hugegathering of students andother dignitaries as well.Speaking on the occasion,Justice Kirmani underlinedthe role of Urdu in nurturingcomposite culture, offeringspace to a wide spectrum ofcreative writers in givingexpression to their emotionsand providing opportunitiesto learn about great poets

like Mir, Galib, Faiz AhmadFaiz, Faraz and others.He also said that femalewriters like Parveen Shakir,Qurat-ul-Ain Haider provideus deep insights of femalerights, prompting us to shungender discrimination.On the occasion, speakershighlighted the importanceof Urdu language andemphasized on the role ofwomen in the developmentof the language.

Seminar on Urdu literature held Power shutdownNL CORRESPONDENT

SRINAGAR, NOV 28According to the Power Controller, Kashmir Province,PDD Srinagar, in order to carry out stringing of 400 KVDC LILO between dead-end-AP1 line inn and AP1-2 lineout power supply from receiving station Kongamdara,Kunzar, and Dobiwan shall remain affected on November29 and 30 from 9 am to 5 pm.

KF, SMC organize awareness prog NL CORRESPONDENT

SRINAGAR, NOV 28Kash foundation, a Delhi based NGO in Collaborationwith Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) organised aone day awareness program on cleanness in IslamiaCollege Hawal.According to the statement issued to KNS, the awarenesscamp which was Kick started by Commissioner SMC,Riyaz Ahmed Wani in presence of Chief Sanitation OfficerSofi Akbar and Principal Islamia College was supportedby Divisional Administration.On the occasion Commissioner SMC addressed thestudents of College and emphasized on keeping thesurroundings clean and garbage free. An extensivesanitation drive was also launched within the collegepremises on the occasion. (KNS)

Mir demands action against personswho thrashed Tihar prisoners

NL CORRESPONDENT

SRINAGAR, NOV 28Former Minister and DNP president Ghulam Hassan Mirhas condemned thrashing of Kashmiri jail inmates in TiharJail by the jail authorities and demanded action into theincident.Talking to KNS, Mir said that the act is uncalled for andthe persons involved in the thrashing of the inmates shouldbe dealt with law. He said that any inmate in the jail isinnocent till proven guilty and the jai authorities areresponsible for providing all the facilities to the inmatesrather than beating them. "This act is uncalled for and doesnot suit the democratic credentials of the country. Actionshould be taken against the persons involved in thrashingof prisoners," he said. (KNS)

Notorious drug peddler arrested NL CORRESPONDENT

SRINAGAR, NOV 28Continuing its drive against drug abuse, Budgam policearrested a notorious drug peddler and recoveredcontraband substances from his possession.Acting on a specific information, Budgam police arresteda notorious drug peddler namely Muzamil Ahmad Bhatson of Abdul Ahad Bhat resident of Choon, Budgam andrecovered 288 tablets of Spasmoproxyvan and 48 bottlesof Codeine Phosphate from his possession. The saidperson is involved in drug trafficking/trade in districtBudgam.A case FIR number 270/2017 under section 8/21 NPDSACT was registered and investigation was taken up. Morearrests and recoveries are expected in coming days. (CNS)

NL CORRESPONDENTPULWAMA, NOV 28

District DevelopmentCommissioner Pulwama,Ghulam Mohammad Dartoday flagged-off a group of100 farmers of the districtto exposure tour toSKUAST-K ShalimarSrinagar.The tour was organized byHorticulture DepartmentPulwama under Mission forIntegrated Development ofHorticulture.

On the occasion, the DDCsaid that such tours willhelp the farmers to acquaintthemselves with the latesttechnology and practicesand asked them to make thebest use of the trainingprogramme. He said thathorticulture activities playan important role for theuplift of farmingcommunity which he said isalso the backbone of therural economy. He alsostressed upon theDepartment of Horticulture

to promote such exposurevisit so that the farmingcommunity of the district isbenefitted.During the tour, farmerswill get an opportunity tointeract with scientists andwill be given a practicaldemonstration of latesttechnology in the field ofHorticulture.Chief Horticulture Officer,R K Kotwal, HDOs and alarger number of farmerswere present on theoccasion.

Farmers' exposure tour flagged off


A day-long workshop on'Digital India Land RecordModernization Programme'was today held here which

marked the participation of alarge number of fieldfunctionaries of RevenueDepartment today.The programme wasorganized by RevenueTraining Institute Srinagar

in collaboration withRAMTEC SoftwareSolutions Private Limitedand District Administrationas part of the 'Digital India'initiative.On the occasion, variouslectures were presented bythe experts during whichawareness regarding theprogramme besides itssignificances washighlighted. It was informedthat the programme would

be launched in two phaseswherein the old land recorddocuments shall be digitizedand shall be made accessibleto the people in a hassle-freemanner.Moreover, it was given outthat the programme willbring more transparency andlucidity to the administrativesetup and will help indelivering technologicaldriven services.

Workshop on land record digitization held


Prof. Saifuddin Soz, formerunion minister Tuesdayexpressed his anguish at thepassing away of MalikSharif-ud-Din, a retiredJudge of Delhi High Court.In a statement to KNS, Sozsaid, "I knew Malik Sharif-ud-Din as a very dynamicand forward looking judgewith a sound knowledge oflaw. He was also a very keenobserver of neighbourhoodand was, therefore, deeplyinterested to help the

neighbourhood throughsocial movements.Soz siad the Malik dynastyof Sopore and its prominentmember late Abdul GaniMalik, a senior politicalleader (elder brother MalikSharif-ud-Din) had donepioneering work for thepolitical and socialdevelopment of the district,particularly, theneighbourhood in Sopore.He said Malik Sharif-ud-Din's passing away is a greatloss to the people ofKashmir. (KNS)

Soz grieved over demiseof Malik Sharif-ud-Din

8 RELATIONSHIPS the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | Nov | 29 | 2017

StylesMommy

Styles

Relationships

While discussing issues of diet and weight with their daughters, mothers would do better to raise their own weight-related

problems, the study said.Aiming to figure out how mothers should discuss weight issue

with their daughters, the study focused on a representative group of sixth- to eighth-grade girls and their mothers."Generally, we found that for the daughters who were being

encouraged to lose weight by their mothers, outcomes were worse if their mothers were not also discussing their own weight concerns," said one of the researchers Er in Hi l l a rd f rom University of Notre Dame in Indiana, US.

"The daughters who w e r e b e i n g

encouraged to lose w e i g h t b u t

whose moms were not also

discussing their own weight concerns were more at risk for development of disordered eating, based on the

higher scores on measures of dieting behaviour and drive for thinness they reported in eighth grade," Hillard noted.

Hillard acknowledged that the study findings as a whole suggested more about what mothers should not be talking about than what they should.

"After all," she said, "the best outcomes were found for daughters whose mothers were not engaging in either type of conversation."

"They do shed light on the complexity of the issue of talking to children about their weight in ways that don't lead to poor health outcomes in the long run," Hillard noted.

Do-it-all mommy

The cool mom

From cooking nutritious meals, to being the perfect spouse or changing diapers - she does it all. Her 'me-time' is for her kids. Her calendar is overbooked and she's mostly fatigued. She's also your go-to person in the house - from the plumber's number, the doctor's contact to the list of maids - she has it all covered.What this mother needs: For people to pamper her and let her know they are all with her. Also, give her a day off and send her to the spa.

She lives on the edge. She goes for adventure boot camps, and takes her kids with her too. She's on Instagram, Twitter, and doesn't have many restrictions on her kids. They experience life first hand, and find their own path.

What this mother needs: To hang out with people her own age, and at times show the kids that she can be strict too.

She's your go-to dictionary on motherhood, and all its problems. She's also known as the Tiger Mom, who will push her kids to excel. She narrates every milestone of her child to friends.What this mother needs: Just chill. Go easy. Ask your kids to take charge for a day, and hold back even if they are making mistakes.

They update their kids every move. You know her as the 'hijacker' by the multiple photos posted of the kid in the same outfit from mul t i p l e ang l e s . When she's taking front-seat selfies, her k i d s a r e p h o t o -bombing her. She makes motherhood look magical and

effortless.W h a t t h i s mother needs: Go slow on the Insta moves.

These moms k n o w e v e r y t h i n g ! They keep a tab on their

ch i ld ren ' s soc ia l media accounts, and, secretly, check their cellphones too. You don't want to mess with this mama - she will bulldoze you.

The know-it-all mom

The Instagram mom

Drama mamas

If you want your daughter to shed a few pounds, better

abstain from saying it in so many words and if you have

to, do bring in your own weight concerns to the discussion,

suggests new research.

Discuss Discuss What you should never

Daughterwith your

Daughter

What you should never

9 NATION the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | November 29 | 2017

New Delhi:The Supreme Courtdismissed on Tuesday apetition seeking a stay on theUK?release of Bollywoodperiod drama, Padmavati,and also asked politicalleaders to stop "pre-judging"the film which has angeredright-wing Hindu groups forallegedly distorting history.A bench headed by ChiefJustice of India, DipakMisra, said statements madeby persons holding power orhigh office about the movieis tantamount to "pre-judging" it before it iscleared by the Central Boardof Film Certification(CBFC)."When the matter is pendingfor CBFC's consideration,

how can persons holdingpublic offices comment onwhether CBFC should issue(a) certificate or not? It'llprejudice the decision-making of CBFC," the benchsaid while dismissing thePIL filed by ML Sharma,who had in the past too fileda similar petition againstPadmavati."We are sure they (the

leaders) will be guided bythe basic premise under therule of law and not ventureoutside," the bench added.Senior advocate HarishSalve, appearing for themovie director and producer,said the film would not bereleased aboard until itreceives a CBFC certificate."There is no intention to doso as of now," he said,

telling the court that it wouldharm the movie's businessinterest if it is screenedabroad first.The CJI also refrained fromimposing a fine on Sharmabut said his PIL was anabuse of the process of law.Central government lawofficers, additional solicitorgenerals Maninder Singhand P Narasimha, appearedfor the government. Padmavati is battlingmounting protests by theRajput community, whichclaims a distortion of historyin the depiction of legendaryqueen Padmini, who is saidto have killed herself toavoid being captured byMuslim emperor AlauddinKhilji.

Padmavati: SC pulls up netas for pre-judgingfilm, says don't influence censor board

Hyderabad:Prime Minister NarendraModi inaugurated onTuesday the HyderabadMetro Rail and took a ridealong with Telangana chiefminister K ChandrashekharRao in its maiden run.The 30 km-long stretchfrom Nagole to Miyapur has24 stations covering severalbusy clusters and citylandmarks, including theRajiv Gandhi InternationalCricket Stadium, OsmaniaUniversity, SecunderabadRailway Station and majorcommercial hubs likeBegumpet and Ameerpet.This stretch of the largestmetro project in the worldin Public PrivatePartnership (PPP) mode

will be thrown open forcommercial operations fromWednesday.Besides the chief ministerof Telangana, Modi wasaccompanied by ESLNarasimhan, the governorof Andhra Pradesh andTelangana, Union ministerfor housing and urbanaffairs Hardeep Singh Puri,

Telangana IT Minister K TRama Rao and state BJPchief K Laxman in themuch-awaited train'sinaugural run.The trains would run from 6am to 10 pm initially andthe timings would berescheduled to 5.30 am to11pm, depending on thetraffic and demand,

Telangana minister Rao saidlast week.He claimed that theHyderabad metro rail is themost innovative and largestsuch project in the world inpublic private partnership(PPP).The concessionaire, L&TMetro Rail (Hyderabad)Ltd, has fixed a minimumfare of Rs 10 for a distanceof up to two km and themaximum fare is Rs 60 for adistance of more than 26km.Each train would initiallyhave three coaches and 330people can travel in eachcoach. The number ofcoaches can be increased tosix depending on the traffic,Rao said.

PM Modi inaugurates Hyderabad MetroRail, operations begin tomorrow

Washington:The US is working on a newapproach with India andPakistan for promotingstability and reconciliation inAfghanistan, the statedepartment has said.The state department'sannual report on its financialpriorities for the new fiscalyear highlighted this as a keyingredient of Washington'sstrategy for South Asia thatUS President Donald Trumpannounced on August 21."Our approach to South Asiaand specifically Afghanistanmeans new approaches withIndia and Pakistan to denysafe havens to terroristorganisations," StateDepartment Inspector

General Steve A. Linick said.The main purpose behind thisnew approach was to "createthe conditions forreconciliation with theTaliban and a process thatsupports the Afghangovernment in providingsecurity for their ownpeople", Linick added.The report identified the

most serious managementand performance challengesfacing the state departmentand assessed theDepartment's progress inaddressing those challenges,Dawn online reported.This year's report detailedongoing difficulties inmonitoring and overseeingthe anti-terrorism assistance

programme in Pakistan. The report pointed out thatthe State Department has nostaff in Pakistan for verifyingsatisfactory contractorperformance or monitoringwhether required reportswere submitted. Furthermore, the bureau hadnot adopted a meaningfulway to measure progresstowards programme goals.The report noted thatdifficulties in obtainingPakistani visa was acontributing factor in theState Department's flawedoversight and monitoring ofthe anti-terrorism assistanceprogramme there. It also underlined themeasures the State

Department could take toimprove oversight, includingdeveloping andimplementing procedures toverify compliance withcontract reportingrequirements.The report also identifiedways the State Department'sown practices contributed toproblems, notwithstandingthe fact that oversightpersonnel could not belocated in Pakistan. It also noted that the USmission's security policiesrestricting staff travel in thecountry made it difficult tomeet Pakistani contacts andaudiences, impedingoperations or programmeimplementation.

US working on new approach with India,Pakistan on Afghanistan

Lucknow:Exuding confidence that agrand Ram temple will beconstructed in Ayodhya,Uttar Pradesh deputy chiefminister Keshav PrasadMaurya said on Tuesday itwill fulfil the aspirations ofdevotees of Lord Rama.Maurya also said thatAyodhya has never been apolitical issue but a matter offaith."...Lord Rama is still in thesame shape, as he was beforethe disputed structurefell...Everyday he isworshipped as per traditionsand rituals. But, he is beingworshipped under a taat(tent). Every Rama bhakt(for whom Lord Rama is asymbol of faith anddevotion) wants that LordRama should not live under ataat. Rather he should live inthaat," he said.Hence a grand Ram temple

must be built there, Mauryatold PTI in an interview.His remarks come days afterRSS chief Mohan Bhagwatmade a strong pitch forbuilding the Ram Temple atthe disputed site at Ayodhya,saying only the mandirwould come up there and notany other structure.Maurya said, "Daily courthearing in the RamJanmabhoomi-Babri Masjiddispute case will begin onDecember 5. And, I amconfident that after thehearing, the judgement willcome soon. In place of tirpal

(tent), a grand Ram templewill be built using stones onwhich carvings have beenmade by the RamJanmabhoomi Nyas, wheredevotees will get anopportunity to offer prayers".Maurya asserted that a oncea grand Ram temple is built,it will be a "true tribute" toVHP stalwart AshokSinghal, Mahant SriRamchandra Das Paramhans(former head of the RamJanmabhoomi Nyas inAyodhya) and karsewakswho sacrificed their lives."...But, since the matter is in

court, as a government, wecan say that till the time thecourt delivers its judgementor there is an agreementamong the parties (in thecase), construction of Ramtemple cannot commence.However, the day SupremeCourt gives the judgement oran agreement is reachedamong the parties, theconstruction work for theRam temple will startwithout any delay," he said.On the initiative by Art ofLiving founder Sri Sri RaviShankar to find a solution tothe Ayodhya dispute,Maurya said, "...If there isany initiative by anyone,then from the governmentthere is no opposition to it.Whether he is a party in thecase or whether he couldbring an agreement amongparties...Those who havestarted the initiative must behaving a roadmap.

Grand Ram temple in Ayodhya will meetaspirations of devotees: Keshav Prasad Maurya

Bengaluru:Former senior Indian PoliceService officer HNSathyanarayana Rao hasfiled a Rs 20-croredefamation case againstKarnataka's ex-deputyinspector general of prisonsRoopa D Moudgil, whoalleged that AIADMK leaderVK Sasikala receivedpreferential treatment in

Bengaluru Central Prison bypaying a bribe.Ex-director general of police(prisons) Rao, who movedthe civil court in Bengaluruon Monday, has alsoincluded an Englishnewspaper and a regionallanguage news channel in hissuit against the allegationsmade against him byMoudgil. PN Jayadeva,counsel for Rao, told theHindustan Times that thejudge posted the matter onDecember 12 and issued anotice to Moudgil. Jayadevasaid the case againstMoudgil was brought inpursuance of a legal noticeissued to her in July.Rao, who retired in August,has denied all allegations and

sought a public apology fromMoudgil. Moudgil had said in acontroversial report that sheheard allegations thatSasikala paid a bribe of Rs 2crore to senior prisonofficials, including Rao, forgetting privileged treatment,which, among other things,included a private kitchen. She was subsequentlytransferred as the inspectorgeneral of police andcommissioner for traffic androad safety in Bengaluru.Moudgil said she was notaware of the case and wouldwait for the court's notice."The question of corruptionthat my report hadhighlighted has still not beenaddressed," she said.

Sasikala jail bribery row: Karnataka copRoopa Moudgil sued by former boss

Kolkata:A painting by West Bengalchief minister MamataBanerjee will now share agallery with the works ofcelebrated artists likeMaqbool Fida Husain,Jamini Roy and TilottamaBasu among others in theRashtrapati Bhavan.President Ram Nath Kovindon Tuesday said that the artwork gifted by Banerjee willnow find a suitable place atthe Rashtrapati Bhavan. Banerjee gifted the Presidenther painting at the latter'scivic reception programmehosted by West Bengalgovernment at Kolkata afterKovind arrived on hismaiden visit to the city afterbecoming the head of state. "Chief minister gifted me apainting of her own today. Iwas really amazed to see herpainting. This painting will

surely be displayed atRashtrapati Bhavan. At thesame time, the painting willalways remain close to myheart," he said.Banerjee's paintings havebeen subjected to derisionwith political rivals like theCPI (M) and the Congressclaiming that most of herpaintings were bought atexorbitant prices by SudiptoSen, the jailed head of thenow defunct Saradha Groupwhich collapsed after aPonzi scheme went bust. On the other hand, she hasreceived accolades from

renowned painters likeJogen Chowdhury andS u b h a p r a s a n n aBhattacharjee, especially forher bold use of colours in herpaintings. At the President's receptionon Tuesday, the chiefminister was all praise forKovind. "I had liked him when I methim for the first time after hewas elected as President. Hehad always maintained anextremely low profile, be itas a Rajya Sabha member orthe Governor of Bihar,"Banerjee said.

However, her speech on theoccasion also had a subtleappeal that President shouldalways be above politics."The post of President isimmensely respectable sincehe is always above anypolitics. He is like aguardian, philosopher andguide for all," chief ministersaid.The President, in turn,praised Bengal's rich culturalheritage and intellectualacumen of the people, but healso had a word of cautionabout the "radical forces" inthe state. "There is a need tobe careful and guard againstsources of radicalism,"Kovind said. The BJP which has beentrying hard to get a footholdin West Bengal has oftenaccused Banerjee of goingsoft on Islamic radicals, acharge she denies.

Mamata's painting to be displayed atRashtrapati Bhavan: President Kovind

Ahmedabad:Union minister Ravi ShankarPrasad on Tuesday accusedthe Congress of misguidingthe Patidar community overthe issue of reservation andasked the party to reveal theroad map under which it haspromised a quota to themover and above the 50% capset by the Supreme Court.Prasad, while referring toseven different SupremeCourt judgements, includinga landmark judgement in1992, alleged that theCongress' reservation talk is"height of politicalopportunism" aimed only atgetting Patidar votes duringthe next month's GujaratAssembly polls."Congress is now talkingabout reservation to Patidars.This is height of politicalopportunism. I wantCongress to reveal their road

map as to how they wouldbreach the 50% cap set bythe SC," the law ministersaid."Is it a mere eyewash orcheating? If it is being donefor getting votes, then it muststop," Prasad told reportersin Ahmedabad."There are seven differentjudgements aboutreservation, including the1992 Indra Sawhneyjudgement, which clearlysays that we can't cross the50% cap," the minister said.

The Supreme Court had alsomade it clear that any lawabout reservation does notbecome immune to judicialreview just by putting it intothe 9th schedule of theConstitution, he said.Last week, Patidar leaderHardik Patel announced hissupport to the Congress forthe upcoming Gujarat polls,stating that the party haspromised to give reservationunder Article 31(C) of theConstitution, if voted topower.

Gujarat elections: BJP dares Congress to revealroad map for Patidar reservation

Hyderabad:Hamish Finlayson, 13, is theyoungest entrepreneurshowcasing his gaming andawareness apps at the high-profile GlobalEntrepreneurship Summit inHyderabad.The Australia-basedentrepreneur, who isstudying in 7th grade, has sofar developed five appsincluding the one to save

turtles, and is currentlyworking on the sixth one forincreasing awareness abouttraffic rules."I am super excited to be inIndia," Finlayson said,adding that though his firstlove is technology anddeveloping apps, he alsofocus on his studies.

"Only after finishing myschool homework, I work on

my apps. I work only in myspare time," he added.Graeme Finlayson, father ofHamish, said that it allstarted when he was justeight years old and in the 3rdgrade.After contesting in acompetition on apps, Hamishgot interested and thejourney started from there,his father said. The appsdeveloped by him areavailable on Apple as well asGoogle Play stores."The sixth app he isdeveloping is about teachingpeople about road safety,"Graeme said.With customers in 54countries, Hamish wants toscale his technology to solvebig problems being faced bythe people across the world,the father added.

13-yr-old Australian app maker youngestentrepreneur at Hyderabad GES

In Kurukshetra, villagersmourn BSF man's death

Kurukshetra:A pall of gloom descended on Kirmach village ofKurukshetra district soon after the news of BSF headconstable Chanderbhan Verma's death in Bandipora district

reached here thismorning. Thevillagers areunaware about thecause of his death,but said the bodyof the 40-year-oldsoldier will reachthe village by thee v e n i n g .

Chanderbhan is survived by his wife, Bina Devi, and twochildren, a son who studies in Class X and a daughter whois in Class V. His father, Harichand Verma, is also an ex-serviceman. Kurukshetra deputy commissioner, SumedhaKataria, told Hindustan Times that she had been informedabout Chanderbha's death by the BSF authorities. "I was toldthat he was found injured in the camp in Bandipura districtof the Jammu and Kashmir, and was declared dead by thedoctors at the army hospital," said Kataria.There are reports that he was allegedly shot by another BSFjawan following a heated argument, but the local authoritiesrefused to confirm them.

10 SPORTS the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | November 29 | 2017

Lucknow:Selection as per the merit ofindividual and some otherpositive measures initiatedby the Lucknow Universityauthorities for better sportsculture on the campus seemsto have paid rich dividendsas Lucknow University onMonday created a sort ofhistory, making it to the pre-quarter finals of the NorthZone Inter-UniversityCricket Tournament,defeating Jammu andKashmir University by sixwickets in Rohtak inHaryana.Almost 22 years ago in 1995,LU side led by KamalkantKanojiya had made it to thesemi-finals of the NZtourney at Meerut beforelosing to hosts MeerutUniversity, but thereafter LUteam could never cross thesecond round.Arpit Bhadoria and AnandSrivastava designed LU'swin on Monday, scalpingfour and three wickets,respectively to see J&KUniversity collapsing for 141in 36.4 overs. In reply, LUriding on Sundar Yadav'sunbeaten 52, romped homein 31.4 overs. Now, LU playtheir next match onDecember 3, but before thatthey will have a special camp

here.Brief scoresJ&KU 141 in 36.4 overs(Sajid 34, Malik 33, SajidUzair 24, Arpit Bhadoriya 4

for 25, Anand Srivastava 3for 28) lost to LU 142 for 4 in31.4 overs (Sundar Yadav52*, Shivam Pandey 35,Shaves 2 for 30).School cricketJaipuria School and LPSSouth City entered in thesemi-finals of the Inter-School cricket tournamentfor the SAJS AlambaghCricket Champions Trophyhere. Jaipuria School beatDPS Eldeco by seven runs,whereas LPS beat DPSGomti Nagar by sevenwickets.Brief scoresJaipuria School 86 for 9 in 20overs (Yash Singh Chauhan19, Satyam 3 for 6, ChetanyaPant 2 for 11) beat DPS

Eldeco 79 in 19 overs (RahulYadav 17, Parth Dixit 3 for 2,Rajbir Singh 2 for 13, ParthAryan 2 for 14, Sonu Kumar2 for 17).

DPS 102 for 9 in 20 overs(Aadi Adesh 38, AkashMishra 2 for 9, Arcashman 2for 13) lost to LPS 103 for 3in 13.2 overs (Rohan Malik29, Ayush Mishra 24*).Hosts triumphHosts REPL Crusadersdefeated Dhruv CricketAcademy by 48 runs to winthe Under-19 crickettournament here.Brief scoresREPLC 170 in 48.4 overs(Prateek Singh 69, HimanshuSingh 24, Milan Yadav 4 for31, Shivam Yadav 2 for 44)beat DCA 122 in 35.4 overs(Shivansh Kapoor 33,Priyanshu Srivastava 4 for20, Sarfaraz 2 for 10, AmanUpadhyay 2 for 41).

After 22 years, Lucknow Universityenter NZ cricket pre-quarters

New Delhi:Reigning silver medallists India willopen their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan in a mouth-wateringmen's hockey contest of the 2018Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.According to the schedule announcedby the International HockeyFederation (FIH), Asian championsIndia are placed in a relatively easybut tricky Pool B along side Pakistan,last edition's bronze medallistsEngland, Malaysia and Wales.Five-time champions and hostsAustralia, New Zealand,South Africa,

Canada and Scotland feature in PoolA.The Indian men's team will playPakistan in its first match on April 7,followed by games against Wales(April 8), Malaysia (April 10) andEngland (April 11).Meanwhile, the Indian women's teamhave been clubbed in Pool A, whichconsists of current silver medallistsEngland, South Africa, Malaysia andWales. Title holders Australia, NewZealand, Scotland, Canada and Ghanaare placed in Pool B of the women'scompetition.

The Indian women's team will playthe tournament opener against Waleson April 5 before it squares off againstMalaysia (April 6), followed byEngland (April 8) and South Africa(April 10).In the men's competition, Australiahas been reigning supreme when itcomes to the Commonwealth Games -- five editions, five victories -- sothere will be a queue of nations liningup for a crack at the title, not leastrecently crowned Asian championsIndia, who have been runners-up inthe past two editions.

India men's hockey team to play Pakistan in1st match of 2018 Commonwealth Games

JAMMU:Jayesh Singh has once againclinched the men's singlestitle in the 39th Stag StateTable Tennis Championshipwhich was organised by theJ&K Table TennisAssociation at IndoorComplex, MA Stadium,here today.Engineering graduate,Jayesh outplayed his senior,Sandeep Khadotra, whoworks as PhysicalEducation Lecturer withDepartment of YouthServices and Sports(DYSS), straight sets. Earlier, in the semifinals,Jayesh Singh defeatedRitvik Gupta 3-1 whileSandeep Khadotra trouncedVasu Dewan 3-2. Confident

Jayesh in the preliminaryround of quarterfinals beatmany time state championand RBI staffer, RiteshGupta. The women's title went toShreya, who beat SurbhiCharak 3-0 while veteran'ssingles final won by AnujVerma, who beat Mahesh

Khajuria 3-0.In the final and valedictoryfunction, Minister for Foodand Civil Supplies,Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali waschief guest, who witnessedthe interesting men's finaland gave away the prizes. Among others present wereSatbir Singh, Rajan Sharma,

Abdul Qayoom, Ravi Singh,V K Magoo, Rajan Sharma,Lokesh Sharma, SalimBandey, Riaz Ahmed, ProfJasbir Singh, Sunil Sharma,I P Singh, Satish Gupta,Ajay Sharma, Vasu Dewan,Anil Dutta, SandeepKhadotra, Shorya Sharma,Narinder Singh, SheetalGandotra, Sanjeev Gupta,Narinder Singh.The Results (Finals):Under-12: Boys: Sourav ofUdhampur bt Rohan Langar3-1. Girls: Iknoor bt Ragini3-0. Sub-junior: Boys:Saksham bt HamumantSharma 3-2. Girls: Iknoor btSuhani 3-1. Junior: Boys:Ritvik bt Ketan 3-2. Girls:Iknoor bt Shreya 3-1. Youth:Boys: Ritvik bt Asad 3-0.

Jayesh emerges State TT Champion PUNE:The FC Pune City andMumbai City FC willresume their rivalry inBalewadi on Wednesdayfollowing identical starts tothe season.Both teams lost theiropening games, withMumbai going down 0-2 toBengaluru FC and Punetasting a 2-3 defeat at thehands of Delhi Dynamos.The Maharashtra clubs hitback with victories, withPune especially impressivein their 4-1 demolition ofATK in Kolkata.Pune coach Ranko Popovicsaid he was disappointed thathis team couldn't win theirfirst game at home but at the

same time, he was incrediblypleased with their showingagainst the defendingchampions."It was a very crucial andimportant step for us to getour first three points and wewill try to do the same athome. But it was especiallyimportant because this clubdoesn't have a great record atwinning away games," theSerbian said. The 50-year-old had statedbefore the tournament that hewill ask his players to playentertaining football andwhile that was not the case intheir opener, they surelyproduced some brilliantmoments against ATK."Even in the pre-season,

apart from the first match,we had goals in every othergame. It was more a case ofconcentration than anythingelse. And we will try to dothe same: score lots of goals,but in football you can neversay what will happen," hesaid.Mumbai City's AlexandreGuimarães will have to becautious of the attackingthreats of Pune City,especially Emiliano Alfaroand Marcelinho, who haveboth got two strikes eachalready.The Chilean acknowledgedPune's attacking prowess andhinted that his players will becareful on match day."The goals that they'vescored came from veryprecise attacks. And when ateam can do that, you have tomake sure you don't makemistakes because then theywill punish you," he said.But at the same time,Guimarães added that hisplayers were coming into the

game with "differentconfidence"."Winning at home is alwaysgreat and it is understandablethat it gives the players adifferent confidence becausethey got the result theyfought for," he said.Guimarães has been a masterat organising his team in atight formation but admittedthat like most othermanagers, he is also trying tofind "the right mix" in histeam going forward into theseason.Mumbai will not be able totake comfort in anotherhome game since they travelto Kerala Blasters next whilePune can hope to capture theimagination of their fanswith back-to-back matchesat Balewadi. Points fromthese two games will onlyconsolidate their position inthe top four as they alreadysit pretty in second position.The Maharashtra derby willkick off at 8 PM onWednesday, November 29.

Stage set for Maharashtra Derby

KATHUA:Hiranagar Club-A todaylifted the title trophy ofUdaan Football Cup SSBphase 2nd for under-19boys of district Kathua,organised by 66 Bn of theSSB Jammu under SamajikChetna Abhiyan, at SportsStadium, here.In the final, HiranagarClub defeated Delhi PublicSchool (DPS) Rajbagh 3-1.

The winner side received acash prize of Rs 50,000while runners-up DPS gotRs 30,000. The third place went toArmy Public School (APS)Janglote, who beat JawaharNavodya School Basohliby a solitary goal to takeaway prize money of Rs20,000.Deputy Chief Minister, DrNirmal Kumar Singh was

chief guest, who gaveaway the title trophies andthe prizes in the presenceof Commandant SSB 66Bn, Ajay Kumar; BarjeetSingh and S P Tondup,both Deputy Commandantand Ritesh Kumar,Assistant Commandant.Earlier, Commandant ofthe host SSB 66 Bn, AjayKumar welcomed the chiefgust and otherdistinguished gathering.He said that the mainmotive of this footballtournament was to createzeal among youngfootballers and also toselect upcomingyoungsters so that they willrepresent our country at theinternational level.

Hiranagar Club-A lifts Kathua SSB Football Cup

Mumbai:For the 3rd consecutive year, UnitedBasketball Alliance is conducting theUBA USA Pro Performance Camp inPhoenix, Arizona for top UBA playersfrom around the world from 4th Decemberto 15th December, 2017. The players willbe training with top professionalsincluding UBA Director of Coaching JodyBasye, UBA League Assistant Coach JonKimberlin and Keith Wilson, ProAdvantage Training Systems owner. The training camp is designed to helpthose selected few to maximize theirskills, increase their overall strength andlearn to train the way champions do.

Coming to the UBA Pro PerformanceCamp for the first time is Palpreet,Yadwinder, Agu, Muin Bek and Rikin.Jagdeep, Mane, Narender, Nikhil, Shindeand Prudhvi are making their second tripto the US camp and Garry is the onlyplayer to have attended all threeconsecutive camps. Up to 36 additional internationalprofessional players from North America,including players of Indian origin, will beattending the camp, vying for a covetedspot on a UBA team for Season 5.Returning to camp are international prosfrom UBA Season 4; Dermaine Crockrell,Jimmy Scroggins, Pierre Newton,Brendon Pineda, Alex Scales and TevinKelly."Every day, our goal is to be stronger andfaster than we were the day before. Thisyear, more players are coming, increasingthe talent pool from around the world toplay in the UBA. This camp plays a bigrole in making the game even moreexciting for our fans in India," said CoachJody Basye.The players will go through two weeks ofrigorous training, with the first week

focusing on basketball skills and physicalfitness. After four hours of on-courttraining, they will be put through twohours of strength and conditioningsessions with one of the top trainers in theUnited States, Keith Wilson. Keith Wilson adds, "By the end of camp,players will have a foundation of trainingto continue and share with their teammatesat home. This foundation contains thefundamentals needed to continueimproving their core strength building andoverall performance. We train theseplayers just like the elite athletes in theUS."In the second week the players willcontinue their morning basketball trainingsessions and afternoon scrimmage games,followed by additional strength andconditioning. Two off-days during thevisit will allow them to explore Phoenixand attend an NBA game; the PhoenixSuns vs the Washington Wizards.

12 Indian players to train in UBAUS Pro Performance Camp

JAMMU:Abhishek Pathania shall beplaying against Younis Kucheyin the final of the Six Red Ballevent of the 25th StateBilliards and SnookerChampionship, organised bythe J&K State Billiards andSnooker Association, atBilliards Hall, MA Stadium,here tomorrow.While Younis has already beenplaced in the final, Abhishekdefeated Akshay Kumar 5-1today to qualify for the title

clash. Abhishek hardly facedany difficulty in taking awaythe best of seven semifinal. The

score: 39-31, 36-24, 03-36, 36-05, 38-14, 23-12.The tomorrow's Six Red Ball

final shall be followed by thevaledictory function of theState Championships at thesame venue. Speaker, J&KState Legislative Assembly,Kavinder Gupta has consentedto be the chief guest, who shallgive away the prizes to winnersof different events at 3.30 pm.Secretary, J&K State SportsCouncil, Waheed-ur-RehmanParra has been invited as guestof honour while Principal ChiefConservator of Forests, RajeevChug shall be special guest.

JAMMU:Young Raghav Dogra liftedthe coveted men's singlesState Championship beatingformer champion and seniorshuttler, Vipul Saini instraight sets of 21-15, 21-18,21-15 in the final of 44thState BadmintonChampionship held underthe banner of J&KBadminton Association atIndoor Complex, MAStadium, here.Pursuing his graduationfrom Government MAMCollege, first year studentRaghav defeated defending

champion and another youngshuttler, Divum Gupta in thesemifinals. Earlier, Raghav clinched theimportant under-19 boys'singles title outplayingAkshay Mahajan ofUdhampur in straight equalsets of 21-14, 21-14.A trainee of SAI coach, SatPal Sharma, Raghavreceived thunderousapplause from the spectatorswhen he was called toreceive the title trophy fromchief guest, MemberLegislative Assembly(MLA), Rajesh Gupta.

Raghav is new StateBadminton Champion

Valedictory of 25th State Billiards, Snooker Champ today

Abhishek meets Younis in 6-Red Ball final

POONCH:Stadium XI won theinaugural match of the Sub-junior category in theDistrict PoonchChampionship, organisedHockey Poonch under theaegis of Hockey J&K at

Sports Stadium, here today.Stadium XI defeatedStadium Yellow by 5-2 toadvance into the next roundof the competition. Shaidscored two goals whileSharan, Noib and Ajazcontributed one goal each.

From Stadium XI, Jagmeetand Jameel were the scorers.The competition is beingheld in three age groups ofSub Junior, Junior andSenior categories. Today'smatch officiated by thetechnical penal including

Ranveet Singh, Sunil Kumar,Harmik Singh and VikasSharma. The championshipis being held under thesupervision of Sham LalSharma. Earlier, the event wasdeclared open byCommanding Officer ofArtillery, Col. Atin Tandon,who was the chief guestwhile DySP DAR, MohanSharma was guest of honour.Prominent among thosepresent were NirdoshKumar, Mustaq Ahmed,Vijay Kumar, SurinderSingh, Matinder Pal Singh,Pawan Kumar, DK Rainaand Ram Prakash.

Poonch hockey tourney gets underway State badminton teamleaves for Nationals

JAMMU:State Sub-junior team todayleft for participation in theNational BadmintonChampionship to be held atTenali from December twoDecember seven. Before theirdeparture, the team wasscreened by the J&K StateSports Council through itsSports Officer, Ravi Singh.The team is accompanied byAmir Aslam as manager andRahul Sharma as coach. TheTeam: Boys: Vidhan Gour,Ibrahim- bin- Ajaz, AbhijitJasrotia, Aesh Goswami,Sarabpreet Singh, YashdeepSingh. Girls: SnowyGoswami, Unnati Jalal, PranjalSharma, Rashami Kashyap,Aananditaa Khajuria.

Kathua Judomeet from Dec 1KATHUA:Jammu and Kashmir JudoAssociation (JKJA) shall beholding District KathuaChampionship from Decemberone at District Coaching Centre,here.Interested judokas of the districthave been advised to confirmtheir participation with theorganising committee up toNovember 30.Meanwhile, the Srinagar DistrictChampionship shall be held atSher-e-Kashmir Indoor StadiumSrinagar from November 28 toNovember 30.

11 BUSINESS the northlinesJammu | Wednesday| November 29 | 2017

JAMMU NOV 28

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Emami Ltd, India's leadingFMCG player with anannual turnover of over Rs2500 Cr anticipates a bullishperformance from itsportfolio of winter brandsviz. -BoroPlus andVasocare. It expects thesebrands to push sales duringwinter growing faster thanthe market. Leading thepack is the house ofBoroPlus brands, a trustedbrand with a heritage of 40years, that has achieved asignificant growth over theyears aided by successfulbrand extensions. Endorsedby Bollywood superstarsAmitabh Bachchan andKangana Ranaut, theBoroPlus brand continues tohold a strong 76% marketshare in the antiseptic cream

category and is the #1antiseptic cream in theworld. It is availablenationally in a pack size of8ml & 20ml at price pointRs 10 & Rs 35, respectively.Emami has aggressivemarketing plans focusingboth on urban and ruralmarkets to boost up itswinter sales of its skincarebrands. Coupled withvarious innovativecampaigns, productsampling, consumeroutreach programmes anddigital initiatives, Emami'swinter skincare brandswould be introducingexciting price points,contemporary packagingand amazing combo offersunder the BoroPlus andVasocare brands.While BoroPlus AntisepticCream has launched a new

contemporary tub packformat of 7 ml nationally injust Rs 10, BoroPlus TotalResults Moisturising Lotion(Badam & Milk Creamvariant) has also launched anew value pack of 500 ml @Rs 220. Fresh Bollywoodface Kriti Sanon has beenroped in as the brandambassador. It is availablein pack sizes of 15ml +3ml(extra) ,50ml + 10 ml(extra)and 80ml + 20 ml(extra)priced at Rs 15, Rs 55 andRs 85, respectively, with aconsumer offer of 20% extraon 15ml and 50ml and 25%extra on 80 ml.Ms. Priti A. Sureka,Director, Emami Limitedinformed that, "This winter,we will be taking forwardthe promotional strategiesof our Boroplus brand in acomplete 360° approach.

There will be a formidablepresence in the moderntrade and digital marketingfor increased urbanpenetration. For our ruralconsumer base, we will betaking the route ofsampling/ melas/on-groundactivations/ merchandizingetc. across consumertouchpoints. We areconfident of having a robustgrowth from the variousconsumer led & tradepromotions all through theseason."Ms. Sureka further added,"We hope to leverage ourstrong distribution networkacross the country andexpand the market for thiscategory. We expect thisproduct range to growacross all demographicsegments in the currentfiscal."

Emami to keep things warm this winter

NEW DELHI, NOV 28

AGC Holdings Limited(AGC) Mauritius, a whollyowned portfolio company ofEssar Global Fund Limited(Essar Global), hasconcluded the sale of its100% stake in ESMHoldings Limited,Mauritius, which is theholding company of Aegis, amajor global outsourcingcompany, to Capital SquarePartners (CSP) for $300million (approximately Rs2,000 crore). Net proceedsfrom this sale will be used toretire Essar’s debt.The closure of thistransaction is in line withEssar’s intent to reduceleverage that is

complemented by an assetmonetisation programme.The proceeds from the saleof Aegis and Essar Oil haveenabled Essar to retirealmost Rs 75,000 crore ofdebt.The transaction also marksEssar Global’s complete exitfrom the BPO business aftercreating significant valuethrough organic growth andstrategic acquisitions thathelped diversify customerofferings.Since the acquisition ofAegis Communication byEssar Group in 2003, Aegishas grown over 10-fold to

become a significant playerin the outsourcing industry.Through a judicious mix oforganic growth and strategicacquisitions, the companyhas expanded its globalfootprint across ninecountries, namely India,South Africa, Australia,Saudi Arabia, the UK,Argentina, Sri Lanka, Peruand Malaysia. Aegis hasconcluded over 19acquisitions with a 100%success ratio, in contrastwith the 30% success rate ofM&A prevalent in the BPOindustry, the company said.

Essar exits BPO biz

NEW DELHI, NOV 28

Retail onion prices havetouched Rs 80 per kg in thenational capital owing totight supply, while a similarspike is seen in other citiesas well, as per the trade data.Onions in other metro citiesare being sold at Rs 50-70per kg depending on thequality and locality, the datashowed.At Azadpur mandi here,

Asia's largest vegetablemarket, onion prices areruling at over Rs 50-60 perkg, and the same onion isbeing retailed at Rs 80 per kgtoday, a trader said.Wholesale and retail pricesare ruling high because oflower arrivals from the keygrowing states such asMaharashtra, Karnataka andMadhya Pradesh.In Maharashtra's Lasalgoanmandi -- Asia's biggest

market for onion -- arrivalshave dropped by 47 per centto 12,000 quintal today from22,933 quintal on the sameday a year-ago.Onion at Lasalgoan is beingsold at Rs 33 per kg today asagainst Rs 7.50 per kg ayear-ago, as per the datamaintained by the Nasik-based National HorticulturalResearch and DevelopmentFoundation (NHRDF).Meanwhile, the Centre hasasked state-owned MMTC toimport 2,000 tonnes of onionand directed Nafed andSFAC to source 12,000tonnes locally to boostsupplies.A minimum export price ofUSD 850 per tonne has beenimposed to restrict outboundshipment of onion.

Onion prices skyrocket to Rs 80/kg in Delhi

NEW DELHI, NOV 28

A recent study,commissioned by MarutiSuzuki India Limited(MSIL), has found that only25 per cent Indians wear seatbelts when travelling in cars.It also found that use of seatbelt is high only in citieswhere enforcement isstringent.Conducted across 17 Indiancities, the survey found thatdespite rising cases of roadaccident, Indians eitherforget or choose to ignoreseat belts. The reasonsassigned for either of the tworange from the obvious tothe rather bizarre.Participants in the surveywho said they don't wear

seat belts blamed lack ofawareness but a significantnumber of them alsoassigned reasons like'negative impact on image'and 'clothes getting ruined'for snubbing what is anabsolutely vital life-savingtechnology. While 32 percent of people who don'twear seatbelts said weak lawenforcement 'encourages'them to 'drive free', 27 percent of them said it impactstheir image and a significantof 25 per cent said seat beltsruin their clothes. Another23 per cent did not evenconsider it as a safety device.While the World HealthOrganisation has recognisedseat belts as a primaryrestraint system that can

reduce the risk of fatality byup to 60 per cent, Indians arestill rather ignorant of itsimportance. And that can befatal in a country where,according to data collectedby Ministry of RoadTransport and Highways,5638 accident deathshappened last year alone."Seat belt is a primary safetysystem in a car and severalstudies show that its regularuse can bring down injuriesand fatalities in roadaccidents," said KenichiAyukawa, MD and CEO,Maruti Suzuki. Thecompany has now begun asocial media campaign toincrease awareness amongIndians.

Why majority of Indians snub seat belts?Result of survey will leave you stunned

NEW DELHI, NOV 28

Shares of RelianceCommunications fell sharplyby over 9% in early tradetoday amid reports thatChina Development Bankhas filed insolvency caseagainst the telecom firm,which the company hasdenied.The stock tanked 8.61 percent to Rs 12.20 on BSE.At NSE, shares of thecompany dived 9.36 per centto Rs 12.10.However, later the stockrecovered some of its earlylosses and was trading4.12% lower at Rs 12.80 at1140 hrs on BSE.

BSE had sought clarificationfrom RelianceCommunications Ltd aftermarket hours yesterday withrespect to news that ChinaDevelopment Bank filesinsolvency case against it.In a clarification to BSE,Reliance Communicationsspokesperson yesterday said,“The company has not beenserved any notice of theapplication filed by ChinaDevelopment Bank withNCLT, as reported in themedia.”However, in the interest ofall stakeholders, thespokesperson said: “Thecompany is engaged throughthe JLF (joint lenders forum)

with all its lenders for asuccessful resolution of theSDR process. The ChinaDevelopment Bank has alsobeen actively participating inthe JLF.”The company is therefore,surprised by the untimelyand premature action of theChina Development Bank offiling an application atNCLT, the spokespersonadded.The company continues toremain engaged with alllenders including the ChinaDevelopment Bank and isconfident and committed toa full resolution with thesupport of all the lenders.

RCom shares dive over 9%on insolvency case buzz

NEW DELHI, NOV 28

Senior IAS officer PradeepSingh Kharola has beenappointed as the Chairmanand Managing Director ofAir India, official sourcessaid on Tuesday.Kharola, a Karnataka cadreofficer, would replace RajivBansal, who has beenserving as the interim CMDfor a little over three months.The appointment comesdays after Bansal was given

an extension for threemonths. Currently, he is theManaging Director ofBangalore Metro RailCorporation Ltd.The change of guard at thehelm of Air India also comesat a time when thegovernment is in the processof finalising the modalitiesof the strategicdisinvestment of the nationalcarrier, which is dealing witha debt of under Rs 50,000crore.

Pradeep Singh Kharolaappointed new Air India CMD

NEW DELHI, NOV 28

Hyundai on Tuesdayannounced the rolling out ofits five millionth car - aVerna - in India. The Koreanauto company first beganproduction here in 1998 withthe Santro and has sinceadded a number of cars to itsportfolio.While Santro was a runawaysuccess and establishedHyundai in the Indian carmarket, it has since beendiscontinued. It, however,was the one-millionth car inthe country in April of 2007.Since, the company hasexponentially increased

production and hit the twomillion mark in Novemberof 2010 and the three millionmark in July of 2013.The company then took twoyears and four months toreach the four millionmilestone - in November of2015. "Today, we are veryhappy to roll out the 5millionth car with theNextGen Verna, the fastestin the industry symbolisingour long-term commitmentto this market," saidHyundai Motor Indiamanaging director and chiefexecutive YK Koo."We willcontinue this momentumwith strong efforts towards

customer delight."Recently also ranked best inan after-sales satisfactionsurvey, Hyundai hasmanaged to widen itsproduct portfolio in thecountry to include SUVs,premium SUVs, sedans andluxury sedans. While Marutiremains the country's largestcar manufacturer, other carmakers too have upped theirgame to give stiffcompetition. Hyundai,nonetheless, remains thelargest exporter from thecountry and now has 480dealers and over 1,260service points.

BENGALURU NOV 28

An FIR has been lodgedagainst e-commerce giantFlipkart’s founders and afew other company officialsfor allegedly “cheating” abusinessman to the tune ofRs 9.96 crore, police said.The case pertains to non-payment of dues by Flipkartto C-Store Company forlaptops it supplied, officialsat the Indiranagar policestation here said.They said an FIR has beenregistered against Flipkart’sSachin Bansal, BinnyBansal and a couple ofcompany officials, based onthe complaint by C-StoreCompany’s Naveen Kumar.According to the complaint,C-Store had entered into acontract with Flipkart forsupply of laptops along

with other electronic goodsfor its sale, and hadsupplied about 14,000laptops, police said.Flipkart, which returnedabout 1,480 units,did notpay for the remaining, thecomplainant said, addingthat the other charges,including shipping had alsonot been paid.The complaint alleges thatthere has been cheating tothe tune of Rs 9.96 crore,police said.A case has been bookedunder different sections ofIPC, including cheating andcriminal breach of trust, anofficial involved in theinvestigation said.When contacted for it’sreaction, Flipkart said it didnot wish to respond fornow.

FIR registered against Flipkartfounders for alleged cheating

From Santro to new-gen Verna,Hyundai hits 5 million car mark in India

MUMBAI NOV 28

Breaking eight sessions ofgains, the Sensex onTuesday fell 106 points asinvestors took profit andadopted a cautiousapproach ahead ofSeptember-quarter GDPdata.The national outputnumbers are due this week.Consumer durables,pharma and oil & gas andPSU stocks sufferedlosses.The 30-share Sensex after

opening a shade higherquickly slipped into thered, but settled down105.85 points, or 0.31per cent at 33,618.59.The index had risen 964points in the past eight

sessions on the back ofunabated buying bydomestic institutionalinvestors (DIIs) andMoody’s India’s sovereignrating upgrade.The 50-share NSE Niftytoo dropped 29.30 points,or 0.28 per cent, at10,370.25. Intra-day, ittraded between 10,355.20and 10,409.55.Global leads were mixed.Concerns about sustainedcapital outflows by foreignfunds remained.

Stock market: Sensex drops106 points as GDP data looms

NEW DELHI, NOV 28

The Income Tax Departmenthas slapped notices on 1.16lakh individuals and firmswho made cash deposits ofmore than Rs 25 lakh in bankaccounts post note ban butfailed to file returns by thedue date, CBDT chairmanSushil Chandra said.Besides, large cash depositby people who have filed I-Treturns are also under closescrutiny, he said.The tax department hascombed as many as 18 lakhpeople who had depositedjunked 500 and 1000 rupeecurrency notes of over Rs2.5 lakh each postdemonetisation.

Out of them, individuals andcompanies who have still notfiled their I-T returns weresegregated into twocategories - those depositingmore than Rs 25 lakh in bankaccounts and those putting inRs 10-25 lakh each.“There are 1.16 lakh peoplewho have deposited morethan Rs 25 lakh in cash afterdemonetisation in oldcurrency notes but still notfiled their returns,” he toldPTI.“So we have asked them tofile their IT returns within 30days,” he said.Chandra said 2.4 lakh peoplehad made cash deposits ofRs 10-25 lakh who have notfiled returns so far.

“They will also get notices inthe second phase,” if theydid not file the returns, hesaid.The notice is under section142(1) of I-T Act. Theofficial further said thenumber of people prosecutedfor violating the I-T law hasmore than doubled to 609 inApril- September this yearfrom 288 in the same periodlast fiscal. The totalcomplaints filed are 1,046 asagainst 652 in the last year.Also, convictions have goneup to 43 from 13 last year,Chandra said. “So courtshave given judgementconvicting people. So those43 people will facesentences given by courts”.According to the officialdata, 17.73 lakh suspiciouscases involving Rs 3.68 lakhcrore have been identified bytaxmen in 23.22 lakh bankaccounts postdemonetisation. Responsesfrom 11.8 lakh people for16.92 lakh bank accountshad been received by thedepartment online.

I-T department issues 1.16 lakh noticesfor cash deposits over Rs 25 lakh

NEW DELHI, NOV 28

Expressing concern over theloss of lives and damage topublic property duringagitations, the SupremeCourt on Tuesday asked theCentre to create courts inevery state and unionterritory to fix accountabilityfor vandalism andcompensate the victims ofsuch violent protests.The top court suggested tothe Centre that one or moredistrict judges should begiven responsibilities inconsultation with respectiveHigh Courts to prosecuteand fix civil liabilities onthose responsible for suchmayhem.It favoured criminal actionagainst leaders of suchorganisations or politicalparties, whose memberswould indulge in destructionof public or private

properties.A bench of Justices AdarshKumar Goel and U U Lalitsaid although guidelineshave been framed by theapex court in 2007, whichinclude videography of suchagitations, but there existsno mechanism to deal withthe damages to be paid to thevictim."These agitations, whichresult in damage to life andproperties, are nowhappening very often. If it isto be dealt by High Court orSupreme Court, then it willbecome very difficult. Thereshould be some forum wherepeople can go and seekremedy as per law," thebench said.The bench's order came on aplea filed by advocateKoshy Jacob, who soughtimplementation of 2007guidelines of the apex courtwith regard to the procedure

to be adopted byadministration during suchagitations and submitting ofreport to the High Courtsand Supreme Court.The top court said althoughthe Constitution has giventhe right to people toassemble freely and peacefulprotest, but no one has beengiven the right to damagepublic property and indulgein violence which result inloss of lives."Those who fail to maintainpeace shall be heldaccountable and those whosuffer must be compensated.At prevention level, policecan do it throughvideography as stipulated inthe guidelines issued by theapex court in earlierjudgement," the bench said.Attorney General K KVenugopal, appearing forCentre, agreed with thesuggestion and said thegovernment has taken stepsto amend the Prevention ofDamage to Public PropertyAct in consultation with theMinistry of Law and Justice.He said a draft of the Billhas been prepared andpublished on the website ofMinistry of Home Affairs

(MHA) seeking commentsof public and otherstakeholders.The AG said severalcomments have beenreceived, which were beinganalysed by the MHA andfurther steps will be takenaccordingly."We hope the suggestions ofthe court will be consideredby government andincorporated in the law thatis being proposed," thebench said.Venugopal said there can becivil liability on those whoindulge in violence, besidescriminal action.Referring to the recentagitation in Darjeeling inWest Bengal, the AG saidthings became difficult forthe local people as suppliesof food and petrol were cutand the Centre had to rushten companies of para-military force to allow thetrucks to enter Kalimpong."People were forced tosuffer for no fault due to theGorkhaland agitation. Thisshould not be done. Thoseresponsible for the chaosneed to be heldaccountable," the benchsaid.

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HYDERABAD, NOV 28

Hard selling hisgovernment's reforms, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onTuesday invited globalentrepreneurs to come toIndia saying that it providesan investment friendlyenvironment whererestrictions have beenremoved and archaic lawsabolished.Speaking at GlobalEntrepreneur Summit 2017,he said over 1,200 outdatedlaws have been scrapped, 87rules for foreign investmenteased in 21 sectors andseveral governmentprocesses have been takenonline."To my entrepreneur friendsfrom across the globe, Iwould like to say, 'Come,Make in India, Invest inIndia', for India and for theworld," he said. "I inviteeach one of you to become apartner in India's growthstory. And once again assureyou of our wholeheartedsupport."Ivanka Trump, US PresidentDonald Trump's daughterand adviser to the WhiteHouse, is leading a USdelegation to the summit andgave the keynote address.Stating that an investment-friendly environment needsto be stable from the macro-economic perspective, Modisaid his government hassucceeded in containing thefiscal and current account

deficits as well as curbinginflation."Our foreign reserves havecrossed $400 billion, and wecontinue to attract largeforeign capital flows," hesaid.To young entrepreneurfriends from India, he said:"Each of you has somethingvaluable to contributetowards creating a NewIndia by 2022. You arevehicles of change andinstruments of India'stransformation".Listing out business friendlymeasures the governmenthas undertaken, Modi saidloans worth Rs 4.28 trillion(Rs 4.28 lakh crore) havebeen sanctioned under theentrepreneurship loanscheme, MUDRA.Under the 'Atal InnovationMission', Tinkering Labs arebeing opened in more than900 schools to promote aculture of innovation andentrepreneurship amongchildren, he said.After taking electricity toalmost all villages, a newscheme, 'Saubhagya' willprovide electricityconnection to all theunelectrified families byDecember 2018, he said,adding that a programme toprovide high-speedbroadband Internet to allrural areas by March 2019has also been launched."We are working ondeveloping a national gasgrid. A comprehensive

national agency policy isalso in the pipeline," he said.The Prime Minister said thetaxation system has beenoverhauled with the launchof GST, while the Insolvencyand Bankruptcy Code hasbeen introduced to ensuretimely resolution for stressedventures."We have recentlystrengthened this further,preventing wilful defaultersfrom bidding for stressedassets," he said."Tough measures have beenadopted to tackle the paralleleconomy, check tax evasionand control black money." The government, he said,understood that anenvironment of transparentpolicies and a rule of lawproviding a level playingfield are necessary forentrepreneurship to flourish.Modi said Aadhaar, theworld's largest biometricbased digital database,covers over 1.15 billionpeople and digitallyauthenticates over 40 milliontransactions daily."We now digitally providemonetary benefits of variousgovernment schemes to thebeneficiaries through DirectBenefit Transfer usingAadhaar," he added.On financial inclusion, hesaid almost 300 million bankaccounts with deposits ofover Rs 685 billion havebeen opened through the JanDhan Yojna. "These bringspreviously un-bankedsections of society into theformal financial system. Ofthese, 53 per cent accountsare women. We are steadilyworking towards a less casheconomy and have launcheda Unified Payment InterfaceApp called BHIM. In lessthan a year, this platform isfacilitating almost 280,000transactions daily," he said.

PM invites globalentrepreneurs to invest in India LAHORE, NOV 28

Mumbai attack mastermindHafiz Saeed has filed apetition in the UN seekingremoval of his name from thelist of designated terrorists onthe ground that none of theallegations against him –either related to terrorism orotherwise – has been provedin the Pakistani courts.The banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) head, whocarries a $10 millionAmerican bounty on his headfor terror activities, walkedfree on Friday after thePakistan government decidedagainst detaining him furtherin any other case. He wasunder house arrest sinceJanuary this year.Lahore-based law firm —Mirza and Mirza LawAssociates — has filed thepetition on behalf of Saeed inthe UN.Supreme Court AdvocateNavid Rasul Mirza, the

owner of this law firm, toldPTI today that his law firmhad recently filed the petitionin the UN."My law firm has filed thepetition on Hafiz Saeed'sbehalf at the UN seekingremoval of his name from itslist of designated terrorists.My son Haider Rasul who isdirector of this firm islooking after this case," hesaid.Saeed, who is accused ofhaving masterminded theNovember 2008 Mumbaiattack that killed 166 people,was placed on the terrorismblack list by the UnitedNations under UN SecurityCouncil Resolution 1267 inDecember 2008.To a question about anyprogress in the case so far,Mirza said: "We have justfiled the petition."Mirza was AdditionalAdvocate General of PunjabGovernment (1993-1996)and Prosecutor General for

the National AccountabilityBureau, a government anti-graft body (2000-03).This is the first time thatSaeed has hired a law firmother than that of hispermanent counsel AdvocateA K Dogar."In Pakistan, all cases of theJuD chief are being handledby Dogar. This firm to pursuehis case in the UN has beenhired in consultation withDogar," a Jamaat-ud-Dawahoffice-bearer told PTI.The office-bearer said Saeedhas decided to challenge theUN's decision on the basis ofdifferent court decisionssince 2009 in which noallegation – either related toterrorism or otherwise – hasbeen proved in the Pakistanicourts. He said the UN'sdecision to place Saeed'sname on the list of terroristshad caused harm to hisreputation as it appeared thatthis had been done oninternational pressure. "We

have enough ground to fightour case in the UN. The UNshould take up our petitionand remove Hafiz Saeed'sname from the designatedterrorists list," he said. LeToperations commanderZakiur Rehman Lakhvi wasalso placed on the terrorismblack list along with Saeed.According to the UNSC'ssanctions committee, the LeTleaders were "subject to theassets freeze, travel ban andarms embargo," set out inSecurity Council resolution1822.The UNSC website says:"Saeed is proscribed forbeing associated withLashkar-e-Toiba and Al-Qaeda for participating in thefinancing, planning,facilitating, preparing orperpetrating of acts ofactivities by, in conjunctionwith, under the name of, onbehalf or in support of bothentities." India hasrepeatedly asked Pakistan to

re-investigate the Mumbaiterror attack case and alsodemanded trial of Saeed andLakhvi in the light ofevidence it had provided toIslamabad.A Lahore High Court'sJudicial Review Board lastweek unanimously orderedSaeed's release after thePunjab government failed toprovide any evidence relatedto terrorism or otherwisebefore it.After his release, Saeed saidthe US, on India's request,pressured Pakistan to detainhim. "I was detained on thepressure of the US on thePakistani government. TheUS did so on the request ofIndia," he claimed.India had expressed outrageover the decision of thejudicial board to releaseSaeed, calling it an attemptby Pakistan to mainstreamproscribed terrorists and areflection of its continuingsupport to non-state actors.

26/11 mastermind Saeed petitions UN to remove his name from terror list

Fix responsibility for loss of life, assets during protests: SC

KOLKATA, NOV 28

President Ram Nath Kovindon Tuesday said thegovernment is activelypursuing its ambitious ActEast Policy, which willinvolve economic initiativesand building connectivityprojects in the Asia-PacificRegion."The projects andinitiatives will be beneficialfor not only India's easternand north-eastern states, butwill also help inconnectivity withneighbouring countries. Thepeople of Bengal are crucialto this programme and beinga border state, Bengal hascertain advantages and alsocertain responsibilities.Forces of radicalism andextremism, some of themwith cross-border linkages,seek to take advantage ofour democratic spaces. Wemust guard against this," thePresident said whilespeaking at a civic receptionprogramme organised in hishonour by the West Bengalgovernment. ThessssPresident is on his maidenvisit to the state afterassuming office in July."In2022, India will celebrate 75years of freedom. Ournation owes so much toBengal and the sacrificesand achievements of thepeople of this land. We willhave to ensure that the statehas a great future too. Itseconomy must sing againand its farmers must acquiremodern techniques andknowledge," Kovindsaid."Our national anthemwas written on the soil ofBengal by Nobel laureate

Gurudev RabindranathTagore. Our national song, arallying cry for our freedomfighters, was composed byBankim Chandra Chatterjeeas early as the 19th centuryand our beloved slogan, JaiHind, was given to us byNetaji Subhas ChandraBose, a great son of Bengalwho is cherished,remembered and missed tothis day in all parts of ourcountry. These three -Gurudev Rabindranath,Maharishi Bankim andNetaji Subhas - wereinstrumental in defining ournationalism. Our freedomcame much faster becauseof the energy they gave toour people," he said.ThePresident also talked aboutthe great legacy of Bengal invarious spheres of life,including social reforms,science, education,literature, art andcinema."Bengal is the landof Mishti (sweets), Adda(symposiums andintellectual exchanges) andFootball," the Presidentsaid, which was greetedwith a loud round ofapplause. Kovind told thegathering that he would loveto return to Bengal andKolkata.Earlier, whilewelcoming the President,Chief Minister MamataBanerjee gifted him one ofher painting's."I am touchedby the gesture of ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjeethat she has gifted me herown painting. It will surelyhang on the walls of theRashtrapati Bhavan," saidKovind.On Wednesday, thePresident is scheduled tovisit Jorasanko, Tagore'sancestral home, and NetajiBhavan, the residence ofNetaji Subhas ChandraBose.He will also visit theglobal headquarters ofRamakrishna Math at Belurand attend the closingceremony of the centenarycelebrations of BoseInstitute, a premier researchinstitute established byAcharya Jagadish ChandraBose.

Prez asks people to stand guardagainst radicalism, extremism

NEW DELHI, NOV 28

The Supreme Court onTuesday found no illegality inthe appointment of Gujarat-cadre IPS officer RakeshAsthana as special director ofthe CBI on October 22."Wecannot question the decisiontaken by the selectioncommittee which isunanimous and before takingthe decision, the director,CBI, had participated in thediscussions and it is based onrelevant materials andconsiderations," a bench ofJustices R K Agrawal andAbhay Manohar Sapresaid.The court also reiteratedthat once there is consultation,it is beyond the scope ofjudicial review, though lack ofeffective consultation could

be examined.The courtdismissed a PIL filed by NGOCommon Cause throughadvocate Prashant Bhushan,which contended thatAsthana, a 1984-batch officer,had reportedly been named ina secret diary recovered fromthe Income Tax raid in aSurat-based firm for havingregularly received bribes.Hisson was claimed to haveworked with M/s SterlingBiotech, the firm under theinvestigation of the CBI. Itwas also claimed that hisdaughter's marriage cocktailparty was organised at afarmhouse of M/s SandesaranGroup ofcompanies.Rejecting thearguments, the court said inthe FIR filed by the CBI onAugust 30, 2017, Asthana's

name has not been mentionedat all. "Thus, lodging of FIRwill not come in the way ofconsidering Asthana for thepost of special director, aftertaking into consideration hisservice record and work andexperience," it said.Aftergoing through the minutes ofthe selection committeemeetings provided byAttorney General K KVenugopal, the court alsofound the news reports asfactually incorrect whichstated that no meeting hadtaken place on theappointment of specialdirector on October 21.Thecourt noted that the selectioncommittee has even discussedthe secret and an unsignednote was produced by the CBIdirector.

SC finds no illegality in appointmentof Asthana as CBI special director

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