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16 per centvacancy in CAPFs'officer ranksNEW DELHI, APR 11

Paramilitary forces likeITBP, SSB, BSF and othersare facing a combinedvacancy of about 16 percent in their officer ranks,the Government informedthe Parliament today.As per data updated tillMarch 1, the highestnumber of vacancies in theGazetted Officers ranks arein the P2

Govts treading a'perilous' path inKashmir : Chidambram

NEW DELHI, APR 11

Senior Congress leader PChidambaram todaywarned the Central andJammu and KashmirGovernments that they havetaken a "perilous" path thatwill not lead to any kind ofpeace or engagement withpeople. P2

NL CORRESPONDENTMUMBAI, APR 11

Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh today saidthat one will see a"transformed" Kashmir in ayear "no matter how thechange takes place"."You will see a transformedKashmir in a year. No matterhow the change occurs, onething is certain, that therewill be a change in Kashmirin a year's time," he asserted.Jammu & Kashmir is ruledby the BJP-PDP alliancegovernment headed byChief Minister MehboobaMufti.Singh attended the 'LokmatMaharashtrian of the YearAwards' function heretonight.Speaking during aninteractive session at theevent, he said formerKashmir Chief MinisterFarooq Abdullah should nothave supported the stonepelters.The National Conference

(NC) president had recentlydefended the stone-peltingyouth in the Valley, sayingthey are fighting for thenation and for the resolutionof the Kashmir issue as perthe wishes of its people.Singh said he "fully agrees"with Army chief GeneralBipin Rawat's remarks aboutdealing sternly with thosetrying to hinder securityforces from performing theirduties in Kashmir."Those doing such thingswill have to face theconsequences," he said.On Uttar Pradesh, Singhsaid that he credits PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,BJP president Amit Shah,workers of the BJP and the

NDA for the victory in theAssembly elections in thenorthern state."I thought we would getaround 250 seats. We didn'texpect we will get 325 seatsin UP," he said.On the issue of triple talaq,he said the government'sstance in this regard is clear."Such a provision isn't thereeven in Quran," he added.On construction of Ramtemple in Ayodhya, theHome minister said that theissue is sub judice."If both the sides reach asolution, it will be alrightbut if not, then all will haveto abide by court verdict," headded.Singh observed that there isa need for a consensus onanti-cow slaughterlegislation.On fugitive underworld donDawood Ibrahim, the seniorBJP leader said, "there is nodoubt that he is still inKarachi. In the last 10 years,India has sent a lot ofdossiers P2

NL CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI, APR 11

The army was allegedlycheated by revenue officialsinto paying rent for landparcels which were inPakistan Occupied Kashmir,Rajya Sabha was informedtoday.Defence Minister ArunJaitley told the house thatnine such instances havecome to light andinvestigation is on.Replying to a question inthe Rajya Sabha, Jaitleysaid the CBI has alreadyfiled FIRs in two cases,while the State VigilanceOrganisation registered anFIR in another.

He said remaining cases areunder confidentialverification by the CBI."There are all together 9reported cases relating toalleged payment of rent forland in Pakistan occupiedKashmir.Out of these cases, the StateVigilance Organisation hasfiled FIR in one case andCBI has filed FIR in twocases," he said.As per details placed by thedefence minister, a total of265 Karnals and one Marla(local measurements) ofland in village Khamba inRajouri district is "underoccupation" since April 1,1972 and rental has beenpaid upto march 2003.The state vigilance in itsprobe has found thatdocuments were forged bythe state revenue officials toshow it was in India'spossession though it waseither under occupation ofPakistan or located in noman's land.According P2

Army made to payrent for PoK land

You will see a transformedKashmir in a year: Rajnath NL CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI, APR 11

The Lok Sabha todaypassed a bill whichempowers the governmentto collect statistical datafrom Jammu and Kashmirto help design holisticpolicy in the larger interestof people of the country.Collection of Statistics(Amendment) Bill 2017will facilitate in organisingdata collection under theprovisions of principal actthroughout the countryincluding the state ofJammu and Kashmir, saidStatistics Minister D VSadanand Gowda said.Clarifying to theapprehensions expressed byvarious members that itwould compromise with theArticle 370 of theConstitution that providesspecial status to Jammu andKashmir, Gowda said, thebill does not affectindividuals of the state andit does not give arbitrarypower to the central

government.It will not violate Article370, he said, adding, thiswas necessary in the largerinterest of the country andpeople of J&K.As per the statement objectsand reason, "theamendments proposed inthe Bill, inter alia, seeks toextend the Statistics Act,2008 to the State of Jammuand Kashmir in so far as itrelates to any Statisticalsurvey relating to anymatter falling under any ofthe entries specified in ListI (Union List) or List III(Concurrent List) in theSeventh Schedule of theConstitution as applicableto that State." It willempower the centralgovernment and each stategovernment to designateone of its officers as nodalofficer to coordinate andsupervise the statisticalactivities and to exercisesuch other powers andperform such other duties asmay be made by rules."It will also strengthen the

data collection," he said.The government hasdecided to launch a periodiclabour survey in 2017-18 tomeasure employment andunemploymentcharacteristics every quarterand annually. We will havequarterly employment dataas soon as surveymethodology is finalised.Asaduddin Owaisi(AIMIM) said thegovernment is trying tocreate trouble in J&Kthrough this bill justbecause it has brutemajority."Why is this government inhurry to dilute Article 370?..The central governmentlegislative power is limitedto defence, external affairsand telecom," he said.Thupstan Chhewang, BJPmember from the state, saidthe time has come toabolish Article 370.Assuring that there wouldbe complete secrecy,Gowda said there arecertain stringent provisionsunder P2

LS passes bill for collectionof statistics of J&K

NL CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU TAWI, APR 11

The State Government hasaccorded sanction to allowcredit of pension to jointaccounts operated bypensioner with his/herspouse in whose favor anauthorization for familypension already exists in thePension Payment Order(PPO).The joint account of thepensioner with the spouseshall have the mode ofoperation as 'former or

survivor' or 'Either orSurvivor' and shall besubject to various terms andconditions.As per an order issued bythe Commissioner SecretaryFinance, Mr Navin KumarChoudhary, once thepension has been credited toa pensioner's bank account,the liability of thegovernment/bank shallcease. No further liabilityshall arise, even if thespouse wrongly draws theamount. As the pension ispayable only during the life

of a pensioner, his/her deathshall be intimated to thebank at the earliest and inany case within one monthof the demise, so that thebank does not continuecrediting monthly pensionto the joint account with thespouse, after the death of thepensioner. If, however, anyamount has been wronglycredited to the joint account,it shall be recoverable fromthe joint account and/or anyother account held by thepensioner/spouse eitherindividually P2

Govt. allows Pension creditto joint accounts with spouse

NL CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, APR 11

Pakistani security forces violatedthe ceasefire along the Line ofControl in Jammu and Kashmir268 times in the last one year, asper the government.Replying to a question in RajyaSabha, Minister of State forDefence Subhash Bhamre said"appropriate retaliation" to the

ceasefire violations was carriedout by the Indian Army."All violations of ceasefire aretaken up with Pakistan authoritiesat the appropriate level throughthe established mechanism ofhotlines, flag meetings as well asweekly talks between theDirectorate Generals of MilitaryOperations of the two countries,"he said.As per details provided by

Bhamre about ceasefire violationsby Pakistani troops between April2016 and March this year, themaximum of 88 violations werewitnessed in November followedby 78 in October and 22 lastmonth.Nine fatal casualties werereported during the period.To a separate question, he said atotal of 25,472 posts of JuniorCommissioned Officers and those

of equivalent ranks are lyingvacant in the Army, while thenumber of vacancies for officersis 7,986. The number of postslying vacant in Navy is 14,041,while that in Indian Air Force is13,614.Replying to another query,the Minister said government hasgiven in-principle approval forstrategic disinvestment of someCentral Public Sector Enterprisesincluding the BEML Ltd.

"Disinvestments through strategicsale are being considered basedon recommendations of the NITIAayog after taking intoconsideration all aspects of thematter. However, after completionof the process, specific approvalof government would be soughtagain," Bhamre said.To a query on defenceindigenisation, he said 20 Indianvendors have been introduced to

the Russian Original EquipmentManufacturers (OEMs) to findout the feasibility of transfer oftechnology for manufacture ofspare parts of Su-30 MKI aircraft.As part of artillery modernisationapproval (acceptance ofnecessity) has been accorded forprocurement of artillery gunsincluding Ultra-Light Howitzersfor which orders have alreadybeen placed, he said. (Agencies)

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, APR 11

The Opposition NationalConference Tuesdaydemanded a Governor Rulein the state, sayingMehbooba Mufti has lost"moral ground" to continueas Chief Minister of Jammuand Kashmir. Party's General SecretaryAli Mohammad Sagaraccused the stategovernment of beingresponsible from turningsituation "bad to the worse".Sagar claimed Mehbooba

Mufti "has no moralgrounds" to continue asChief Minister of the state."She should step down asChief Minister of the statebecause she has miserablyfailed in heading the stateand Governor Rule shouldbe enforced in the state," hesaid in a press conferencehere.The NC General Secretarysaid the PDP-BJPGovernment was playingwith sentiments ofKashmiris. "Thegovernment can't blamePakistan for every

happening in Kashmir. TheGovernment of India shouldtalk to the Hurriyat and themilitants for the politicalsolution of Kashmir issue.People here are fighting forits resolution. Normalcywon't return here unlessKashmir issue is resolvedpolitically," he said. He saidthe centre and the state willbe responsible if thesituation further"deteriorates" in the valley.He said the PDP acceptedthe defeat by seeking ofpostponement of Anantnagby-polls. "They know

people won't vote for themso they appealed the ECI topostpone the by-polls.Several PDP workers werearrested while pasting pollboycott posters to enforcepoll boycott here. I havealready this issue with thestate administration and thepolice," he said.Sagar said the NC had toldthe ECI that a peacefulenvironment has to becreated for the polls. "Butthe ECI is following thedirections of the rulingparties and postponed theAnantnag P2

Govt. should resign, impose President's Rule: NC

268 ceasefire violations by Pak troops along LoC in last 1 year

NL CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI, APR 11

Terror incidents in Jammuand Kashmir have comedown by around 25 per centafter the surgical strikescarried out by the IndianArmy in PoK last year.Minister of State for HomeHansraj Ahir said in the LokSabha that 193 terroristincidents took place inJammu and Kashmirbetween April 1 andSeptember 30, 2016.But between October 1,2016 and March 31 this

year the state reported 155terror attacks, he said whilereplying to a writtenquestion.The Indian Army hadcarried out surgical strikesagainst terror launch pads inPakistan-occupied-Kashmiron September 29last year.Also, there was a drasticreduction in the number ofstone-pelting incidents inJammu and Kashmir afterthe surgical strikes, theMinister said.There were 2,325 incidentsof stone-pelting reported insix months - P2

Terror attacks in J&K down by25 per cent after surgical strikes

NL CORRESPONDENT

NEW DELHI, APR 11

Fresh elections will be heldin 38 polling stations of theSrinagar Lok Sabhaconstituency on Thursdaywhich saw unprecedentedpoll-day violence onSunday.The 38 polling stations arespread across five assemblysegments of theparliamentary constituency.While 16 polling stations or

booths are located inChadoora, eight are inBudgam, five in Beerwah,one in Khan Sahib and eightin Chararisharief.The polling stations arebased in 30 locations orbuildings across Srinagar.Violence had marred thepolling in the byelectionsand eight persons died andseveral got injured in firingby security forces onrampaging mobs in variousparts of P2

Srinagar re-poll in 38polling stations on Apr 13

NL CORRESPONDENTKATHUA, APR 11

Two passenger trains wereforced to halt here for aboutone and a half hour after aSupervisor and a Gangmanclashed over a minor issueof holiday at BuddhiRailway Station here today.The situation turned uglierafter Supervisor handedover the Gangman toGovernment Railway Police(GRP). Irate over thedetention of their colleague,the other gangmen stoppedthe rail traffic by putting redcloth on the track andstarted protest

demonstration. Thegangmen raised slogansagainst Railway Police anddemanded action against theSupervisor and policepersonnel. "The Supervisorafter minor verbal argumentwith the Gangman oversanctioning of holidaylodged complaint with thepolice who detained theircolleague and took him toChowki where he wasbeaten mercilessly," allegedprotesting gangmen. TheSupervisor Santosh misusedhis power through policewho under his influencebeat Gangman ArvindKumar, they P2

Spat between employeeshalts 2 trains

NL CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, APR 11

After remaining suspendedfor three days, Internetservices were restored in theKashmir Valley on Tuesdayevening. Authoritiessuspended the services onboth mobile and fixedlandline connections onApril 9 in the valley tocheck the spread of rumoursduring voting in theSrinagar-Budgam Lok

Sabha constituency.After the ElectionCommission decided topostpone the by-election inAnantnag Lok Sabhaconstituency to May 25from April 12, theauthorities decided torestore internet services inthe valley.The April 9 voting wasmarred by largescaleviolence which left eightprotesters dead in firing bysecurity forces.

Internet services restoredin Kashmir Valley

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You will see a transformedKashmir in a year: Rajnath

on him (Dawood) to Pakistan. He is an accused in 31 cases,

including the Mumbai serial blasts.

Army made to payrent for PoK land

to the details provided by Jaitley, the second case involves

a plot of land measuring 122 Karnals and 18 Marlas, also in

Khamba village. The case is pending in the Jammu and

Kashmir High Court after one of the suspects approached it

in the wake of the CBI registering an FIR in January.

The CBI has also filed an FIR in another alleged cheating

case involving a plot of 258 Kanals and 13 Marlas. This

piece of land is also in Khamba village in Rajouri district.

In three other cases too, the land in question was in Khamba

village, while two others were in Sarya village in Nowshera,

also in Rajouri district.

LS passes bill for collectionof statistics of J&K

which data will be secure.

"Nobody should have apprehension about protection of data

and its security," he said.

The minister said the bill also tries to address the legislative

vacuum created due various Acts and the passage will

address the issue.

"The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 and the Jammu and

Kashmir Collection of Statistics Act, 2010, does not cover

the matters specified in Union List in the Seventh Schedule

to the Constitution as applicable to Jammu and Kashmir

under the Constitution (Application to Jammu and

Kashmir) Order, 1954," he said.

The Central Law is not applicable to matters specified in

List III of Concurrent List as applicable to Jammu and

Kashmir, he said.

"Thus, there was a legislative vacuum in respect of the

statistical matters in the Union List or Concurrent List

applicable to Jammu and Kashmir," he said.

Srinagar re-poll in 38polling stations on Apr 13

the constituency. The constituency recorded merely 7 per

cent voter turnout.

Almost 70 per cent of the polling booths in Budgam district

were abandoned by the polling staff due to the spate of

violent protests in several areas, officials said.

Army was called out to help quell the rampaging mob

which pelted stones and hurled petrol bombs to set a polling

booth ablaze in the Ganderbal district of the Srinagar

constituency.

With the EC ordering repoll, speculation that the Srinagar

bypoll could be countermanded on account of violence is

now

Spat between employeeshalts 2 trains

alleged. The Superfast Malwa Express and Ahmedabad-

Somnath Express trains had to halt for about one and a half

hour due to the commotion created at Kathua Railway

Station. The trains finally left for their destinations after

Station House Officer (SHO) Railway Police, Kathua

pacified the gangmen and released their colleague.

Terror attacks in J&K down by 25per cent after surgical strikes

from April to September 2016. However, the number has

come down to 411 in the next six months - from October

2016 to March 2017.

Ahir said there were 371 attempts of infiltration made last

year and 118 militants were able to infiltrate, while 217 had

to return.

As many as 35 militants were killed and three were arrested

during their infiltration bids last year.

In 2017, till February 43 attempts of infiltration were made.

Nine militants could sneak into the Indian side, four were

killed and 30 others returned.

In 2016, 20 terrorist attacks took place along the India-

Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir in which 11 security

personnel and one civilian were killed.

In 2017, four terrorist attacks took place along the India-

Pakistan border till March in which three civilians were

killed, he said.

Govt. allows Pension credit to

joint accounts with spouse

or jointly. The legal heirs, successors, executors etc. shall

also be liable to refund any amount, which has been

wrongly credited to the joint account.

Payment of arrears of Pension would continue to be

applicable to a Joint Account with the pensioner's spouse. If

there is an 'accepted nomination' in accordance with Rules,

arrears mentioned in the Rules shall be payable to such

nominee.

Existing pensioners desiring to get their pension credited to

a joint account have been advised to submit an application

to the branch/bank, from where they are presently drawing

pension in the enclosed form. The application would also be

signed by the pensioner's spouse in token of having

accepted the terms and conditions laid down in the order.

These instructions shall also be applicable to the Govt.,

servants to retire henceforth.

Govt. should resign, imposePresident's Rule: NC

by-polls, hours after Chief Minister's brother made an

appeal. It has raised fingers on the poll body's credibility,"

he said. Further he said the mainstream parties space was

shrinking in the state due to "anti-people" policies of the

PDP-BJP government.

While senior party leader and former Finance Minister

Abdul Rahim Rather demanded a judicial probe into the

killings of eight youth on the polling day in Budgam and

Ganderbal districts saying it were aimed to ensure low

participation of voters.

"The ruling parties wanted low participation of voters in by-

polls. They wanted things to get out of control on the

polling day. All the innocent killings of Budgam and

Ganderbal districts were targeted killings in selective areas

to ensure low voter turnout," Rather said. They were

flanked by senior NC leaders, Nasir Aslam Wani,

Mohammad Akbar Lone, Shamima Firdous spokesperson

Junaid Matoo.

He said a "judicial probe" should be conducted into these

killings to unveil the facts. "An impartial judicial probe

should be conduct to unveil who was behind these killings?

Whether these killings were done for some political

interests?" he demanded.

The NC leader said the ruling parties wanted to "destabilise

the situation" prior to polls. "The Budgam district especially

Chari Sharif had recorded highest voting percentage in the

past. Killing of three youth in Chadoora before elections

was part of that conspiracy so ensure people don't come out

to vote. The youth was filming the protests ½ kilometer

away from the encounter site by his mobile phone was

killed in a targeted fire as ruling party's MLA has also said,"

Rather said.

He said ahead of any electoral exercise, the Election

Commission of India seeks report from the state and centre

before announcing the dates. "Now the state and the Union

Home Secretary say it had communicated to the ECI that

situation was not conducive for polls. Then why the poll

body announced the dates for by-polls. Who is ruling the

state," he asked.

Govts treading a 'perilous' path inKashmir : Chidambram

"My position on Kashmir is well known. I have been

writing, speaking that we are losing Kashmir…The path

that the Government of Jammu and Kashmir and the Central

Government have taken is a perilous path. This path will not

lead to any kind of peace or any kind of engagement with

the people," he told reporters. (AGENCIES)

16 per cent vacancy inCAPFs' officer ranks

three border-guarding forces- Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at

32 per cent, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) 27 and the

Border Security Force (BSF) at about 10 per cent.

The data was presented by Union Minister of State for

Home Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

While SSB has 856 vacancies against the sanctioned

strength of 2,183 officers, ITBP has 584 vacancies against

2,094 approved posts and the BSF has 522 vacancies

against 5,309 posts.

In other organisations like the Central Reserve Police Force,

the vacancy in the officers rank is 441 against 5,410 posts,

210 in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) against

1,556 posts and 260 against 1,268 posts in the Assam Rifles.

These vacancies thus total upto 2,873 as compared to

17,820 sanctioned posts, which is about 16 per cent, the

data revealed.

The overall vacancies in these forces, also called Central

Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), is 21,430 in all the ranks

against the total sanctioned mapower of over 9.7 lakh.

"Filling up of vacancies is an ongoing and continuous

process, as they arise due to reasons such as new raising,

retirements, resignations among others. Vacancies are filled

through various methods of recruitment such as direct

recruitment, promotion or deputation as prescribed in the

recruitment rules," Rijiju said.

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MUMBAI, APR 11

The National Bank for

Agriculture and Rural

Development (Nabard)

today described farm loan

waivers as a "moral hazard"

and said such facilities

should be targeted only to

the needy.

"Debt waivers create a moral

hazard from a credit

repayment perspective and

we cannot have omnibus

waivers," chairman Harsh

Kumar Bhanwala told

reporters here, a week after

UP Government announced

a Rs 36,000-crore farm loan

waiver package.

With demands for similar

measures on in other states

like Haryana, Maharashtra

and Tamil Nadu, Bhanwala

said there is a need to look at

the moral hazards which

such schemes create and

targeting such schemes only

to the needy farmers.

He said every time a debt

waiver is announced, it is

taxpayers' money which is

used to help bail out the

farmers.

The comments come days

after Reserve Bank

Governor Urjit Patel also

expressed strong displeasure

over such measures.

Nabard today reported a

4.24 per cent increase in its

post tax net for 2016-17 at

Rs 2,631 crore, and a 16.27

per cent expansion in its

outstanding loans at Rs 3.08

trillion.

Bhanwala said the

development finance

institution, which primarily

refinances banks' agri loans,

feels that the financial sector

is set to surpass the Rs 9

trillion agri loans target for

fiscal 2017 set by

government and will repeat

the performance in fiscal

2018 by exceeding the Rs 10

trillion target.

Nabard is laying extra focus

on long-term irrigation fund

and expects to deploy up to

Rs 25,000 crore for this

purposes through identified

projects (up from Rs 9,000

crore in fiscal 2017) and also

to mitigate climate change

impact, Bhanwala said,

adding the company will also

be focusing on micro-

irrigation sector this year, and

plans to deploy up to Rs

2,000 crore in it.

He said share of long-term

loans has risen to 24 per cent

of its total loanbook now

from 19 per cent two years

ago, and Nabard will

continue to focus on

increasing this number.

Its outstanding borrowing

increased to Rs 80,000 crore

from Rs 60,000 crore in the

year-ago period and

Bhanwala said there would

be an increase of Rs 15,000

crore in the outstanding

borrowing in fiscal 2018.

Nabard was able to recover a

few of its bad loans in the just

concluded financial year and

consecutively the non-

performing assets ratio has

come down to 0.07 per cent.

With the Centre having

announced a target to double

farmers' incomes in the next

five years, Nabard is working

with the states to develop

action plans to ensure that the

targets are met, he said,

adding a pilot project of

working closely with the

communities towards this

purpose is being

implemented in seven states.

As part of the pilot project, it

will be working in 10 villages

of a district having over

1,000 farmers each in every

state and the job will start

with identifying the base

income structures in each

states.

On demonetisation,

Bhanwala said there was a

jump in repayments in the

initial days but credit

demanded was impacted

later. He, however, added

despite this, the Rs 9 trillion

target has been met.

In a first, Nabard has also

started operating a financial

inclusion fund and

sanctioned installation of

2.07 lakh point of sale

machines for different banks

since February, he said,

adding they will be deployed

soon. For villages which lack

mobile connectivity and also

power shortages, it has

allocated Rs 308 crore

towards this purpose.

(AGENCIES)

After RBI, NABARD says loan waivers a bad idea

NEW DELHI, APR 11

United States National

Security Agency (NSA) is

spying on India's ruling

Bharatiya Janata Party

(BJP), a report said on

Tuesday.

According to a report

published in news agency

ANI, WikiLeaks claimed

that apart from BJP, NSA is

also spying on Pakistan

Peoples Party (PPP).

"Hundreds of NSA cyber

weapons variants publicly

released including code

showing hacking of Pakistan

mobile system," WikiLeaks

had tweeted.

WikiLeaks, headed by

whistle-blower Julian

Assange, last month posted

a series of seven batches of

leaks, called "Vault 7" and

of which the group entitled

"Year Zero" including 7,818

pages with 943 attached

files had already been

published, Efe news

reported.

The non-profit organisation

published the huge batch of

secret alleged CIA files, in

which hacking tools the

government uses to crack

users' computers, mobile

phones and other devices are

discussed in detail.

US' NSA spying onBJP: WikiLeaks

NEW DELHI, APR 11

The Government will soon

launch an umbrella

programme 'SAMPADA' for

food processing sector with

Rs 6,000 crore outlay to

integrate current and new

schemes aimed at reducing

food wastage and doubling

farmers' income.

Announcing this, Food

Processing Minister

Harsimrat Kaur Badal said

her ministry would soon

approach the Cabinet for the

approval of 'Scheme for

Agro-Marine Produce

Processing and

Development of Agro-

Processing Clusters

(SAMPADA).'

"We will shortly launch an

umbrella scheme

SAMPADA for overall

development of the food

processing sector. It will

include ongoing schemes

like mega food parks and

cold chain projects as well

as three new schemes that

we will launch," Badal told

reporters here.

To create infrastructure for

improving the entire food

supply chain, three schemes-

'Creation/ Expansion of

Food Processing and

Preservation Capacities',

'New Agro-Processing

Clusters' and 'Backward and

Forward Linkages' are on

anvil.

Badal said the government

is taking steps to boost food

processing sector as part of

its objective to bring down

post harvest losses

preferably to zero level,

provide quality food to

consumers at cheaper price

and for doubling of farmers'

income.

The Centre has so far

sanctioned 42 mega food

parks and 234 cold chain

projects with 139 lakh

tonnes of preserving and

processing capacity of agro-

produce worth Rs 35,000

crore.

The post-harvest losses is

estimated at Rs 92,000 crore

annually, she said, adding

that these food parks and

cold chains would help in

cutting this wastage.

These projects, being set up

with a total investment of

about Rs 15,000 crore, will

also generate employment

for 3.5 lakh persons and

benefit 15 lakh farmers.

"We are mapping all agro-

clusters in the country.

Under the new scheme, we

will provide up to Rs 10

crore of subsidy grant for

creating infrastructure at

each of these clusters so that

seamless transfer of food

products from producing to

consuming centres becomes

a reality," Badal said.

The minister held an

interaction with promoters

of newly- allotted 101

Integrated Cold Chain

Projects here.

Elaborating on proposed

SAMPADA scheme, Special

Secretary in the ministry

Jagdish Prasad Meena said

the Rs 6,000-crore

programme will be

implemented by 2019-20

fiscal.

"This programme will help

create infrastructure for

linkage of entire supply

chain," he added.

Last month, food processing

ministry sanctioned 101 new

cold chain projects being set

up by firms like Big Basket,

Amul and Haldiram

entailing Rs 3,100 crore in

investments.

Rs 6000 Cr 'SAMPADA' schemefor food processing on anvil

PDP candidateproposes,

Govt. disposes JAMMU TAWI, APR 11

Call it coincidence orcontradiction! While thePDP candidate, TassaduqMufti, brother of ChiefMinister, Mehbooba Mufti,has made a suggestion to theElection Commission ofIndia to postpone the by-pollfor Anantnag constituencyhis sister who heads theGovernment opposed to ECIto postpone the poll.Tassaduq Mufti hasconveyed to the ElectionCommission of India thatthe by-poll in Srinagar LSconstituency witnessed peakviolence in which eightpeople were killed and over117 injured. Tassaduq saidhe did not want people to getkilled in Anantnag duringpolling.

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Various Sikh Organizations

today criticized state

government for ignoring the

minorities from their rights

and grabbing its share in

thousands of crores every

year illegally.

In a meeting held here under

the chairmanship of Amrik

Singh Advocate and ex-

secretary DGPC Jammu.

The meeting was organised

by Fateh Singh member

DGPC Jammu at Gurdwara

Singh Sabha Chatha Farm.

During meeting, leaders

warned the state

government that in future

the Sikh community should

launched a strong agitation

for getting the justice. The

Sikhs demanded from

Narendra Modi, Prime

Minister of India and state

government to give the

share to minorities very

soon. The meeting was

organized under the

directions of his Holiness

Mahant Manjit Singh Ji of

Sheromani Dera Nangali

Sahib Poonch to bring the

unity among the Sikh

masses and build the Sikh

organizations strong at grass

root level. So that the many

long pending issues and

problems faced by the Sikh

community be solved. The

Sikh organizations should

be reorganized from block

level to district levels to

province and state levels in

J&K. The participants in the

meeting unanimously

passed the resolution and

appealed the Sikh

community to be united at

one platform to fight and

achieve the goal. Others

who were present during the

meeting included Sikh

United Front, Sheromani

Akalidal, Bhai Kanaya

Nishkam Sewa Society,

AISSF, Sikh Naujawan

Sabha, Sikh Welfare

Society, Darbinder Singh,

Ramnik Singh, Raja Singh

Members DGPC Jammu,

Mohinder Singh, Paramjeet

Singh, Kulwant Singh,

Surinder Singh Kala

convener J&K Motor

Transport Companies

association Jammu, Dalip

Singh president Gurdwara

Chatha Pind, Kalyan Singh,

Saroop Singh, Lucky Singh,

chairman Cantonment

Board Satwari, Jatinder

Singh Lovely.

Sikh Bodies criticize govt for ignoring minorities NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

Alleging increased bias and

prejudice against Jammu

region during the present

regime with a highly

domineering Kashmiri

leadership literally robbing

the dogra land of is due and

legitimate share in

multifarious sectors, Harsh

Dev Singh JKNPP

Chairman and Former

Minister today observed

that Re-organisation of the

state with statehood for

Jammu was the only

panacea for various ills

afflicting the region.

Pointing towards the glaring

instances of Jammu's

neglect and deprivation

Singh reminisced that civil

society had to agitate for

months together to get back

the prestigious AIIMS

project which was shifted to

Kashmir despite its original

sanction for Jammu.

Describing the bias against

Jammu region in the field of

employment as most

obnoxious, Singh urged

upon the people of Jammu

especially the youth to unite

for a decisive battle so as to

safeguard the progeny, the

future generations. He

regretted that while the

Kashmir region walked

away with a lion's share, the

BJP was left flaunting a

consolation prize with its

loud mouthed dunderheads

vainly attempting to

hoodwink people for having

managed a few crumbs.

He accused the BJP

ministers in the J&K cabinet

for meekly surrendering the

posts to Kashmir at the cost

of Jammu youth only for the

hunger of power.

He further stated that the

deprivation of Jammu in the

appointment of SPOs was

followed by its neglect in

subsequent selections made

in the Departments of

Education, Health, Planning

besides others as well. He

said that despite huge public

cry against such injustice

the mandated leaders of

Jammu failed to respond or

react.

Appealing the youth and

students to strengthen

JKNPP, the lone political

voice of Jammu region, for

the honour and Justice to

dogra land, Singh said that

the ultimate solution lay

only in the creation of

separate state for Jammu.

Parshotam Parihar State

Secretary Panthers Trade

Union was also present

during the press conference.

State hood is the ultimate remedy for allills afflicting Jammu region: Harsh

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

In a largely attended

gathering of representatives

including office bearers and

Executive Committees

Members of various

industrial Associations,

Rajesh Jain, president,

Association of Industries,

Gangyal has installed as

"Chairman Federation of

Industries Jammu" as per

FOIJ norms.

Jatinder Aul, Co-chairman

FOIJ and president, Small

Scale Industries

Association, Digiana,

Jammu; Romesh Badyal,

Co-chairman FOIJ and

president, Birpur Industries

Association, Digiana;

Rajinder Gupta, president,

Laghu Udyog Bharti; Ajay

Langer, general secretary of

Bari Brahmama Industries

Association and S B Abrol,

general secretary of

Association of Industries,

Gangyal specially graced

the occasion. Ajay Langer,

general secretary, Bari

Brahmana Industries

Association (BBIA) also

took over the charge of

secretary general of

Federation of Industries

Jammu (FOIJ).

Rajesh Jain, while taking

over as chairman FOIJ

appreciated the services of

outgoing chairman, Lalit

Mahajan for his dedicated

involvement and

commitment to represent

the cause of industrial sector

of Jammu during his tenure.

While taking over as

chairman FOIJ, Rajesh Jain

reiterated that Association

of Industries, Gangyal and

Bari Brahmana Industries

Association provide core

strength and main support

base upon which FOIJ has

been created ably supported

by two of its founding

members viz. SSIA, BIA

which has since been

provided adequate

additional strength by the

joining of Laghu Udyog

Bharti, a national level

body, in its ranks. Jain

further reiterated that he

shall make sincere efforts

with fullest zeal to project

the grievances of the

industrial sector to seek

their remedial solutions

besides seeking the

attention of both State /

Central Govt. towards the

creation and development of

industrial infrastructure in

various parts of Jammu

region keeping in view its

more conducive nature for

industrial growth.

Jain appealed to the State

Govt. to ensure 24 hours

dedicated power supply to

the industrial sector towards

creation of additional

employment opportunity.

Jain assumes charge of chairman FOIJNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

Power shutdownJAMMU, APR 11

To carry out various development works by M/S. IRCON

International Ltd under R-APDRP scheme, the power

supply to Shastri Nagar and adjoining areas, Channi

Himmat and adjoining areas, Sainik Colony and

adjoining areas fed from 11 KV N-2, N-8, CH-2, CH-4

and SC-2 feeders shall remain affected on April 12 from

10 am to 02 pm.

Similarly, the power supply to Birpur Complex, Kanhal,

Seora and adjoining area fed from BB-I Grid to Birpur

Complex 33 KV line shall remain affected on April 12

from 09 am to 01 pm.

Contractual lecturershunger strike enters day 57Jammu, Apr 11

The hunger strike by contractual lecturers (10+2) enters

57th day but no response has been received from the

government so far. Today they have been demanding for

their regularization as per the Civil services Special

Provision act 2010. A policy framed for the

Regularization of all the ad-hoc/

Contractual/Consolidated employees after rendering

seven years of services. During protest, they raised

slogans like "Na insafi nahi chalegi" and "Sab ka sath

hoga sab ka vikas hoga, nahi to patta saaf hoga". While

addressing, Arun Bakshi, president Contractual lecturers

(10+2) said if our demands are not conceded at an earliest

than they will make this agitation as a Mass Movement

which will be resulted into fetal consequences which

government has to face in future. Bakshi said that

government has just given blank assurance which are of

now use what more exploitation of 10+2 contractual

lectures. We will not tolerate any cruelty by government

on the part of contractual Lecturers. We will not tolerate

our exploitation move now. Zabir Hussain Shah, vice-

president said that we have firmly decided to sit on

hunger strike till some concrete result comes from

government. He also said the association finally decided

that we will not lift this protest of hunger strike till their

cases for regularization as per Civil Services Special

Provision Act 2010 are finally settled. Earlier, the

contractual lecturers harshly protested against the

Education Department in the outside of Press Club.

Progress of SMAE scheme reviewed

Jammu, Apr 11

Financial Commissioner (FC), Agriculture Production

Department, Pramod Jain today chaired a meeting to

review Sub Mission on Agriculture Extension (SMAE)

during 2016-17 and approval of State Extension work

plan (SEWP) under SMAE for 2017-18.

Director Agriculture Kashmir, Director Command Area,

Director Sericulture, Director Horticulture, Director

Floriculture, Senior officers from, SKUAST

Jammu/Kashmir, Animal Husbandry, Sheep Husbandry

and allied sectors attended the meeting.

Jain impressed upon all the executing officers to reduce

the administrative cost of the Scheme so that the same

could be utilized for development activities for the

welfare of farming community. He also instructed the

directors of SAMETIs' of SKUAST-J/K to improve the

level, quality & need of trainings provided to the field

officers & also to reduce the cost of trainings in order to

train more & more officers within available funds. He

also directed to get the evaluation study done of both the

divisions for assessment of work done during the year

2016-17 under the Scheme. He added that the complete

data base of the progressive farmers of the State is

completed at the earliest and efforts be made to link them

by use of technology including mobile services in order

to disseminate the latest innovations and information to

the farmers. He fixed the target of one lakh farming

families to be covered under the Scheme during 2017-18

year. He also directed the concerned officers to cover all

the blocks of the State under the Scheme. He further re-

iterated that everything should be done in time and

instructions be taken seriously and quality standards of

work should be maintained and all the reports particularly

MPRs, QPRs, Audited Utilization Certificates (AUC) etc.

should be submitted as per the standard format and within

timelines devised by the concerned monitoring agencies.

He advised the mission Directors to hold monthly

meeting of all the concerned departments.

Shri Guru Ravi Dass S. S.

Trust Sikanderpur Jammu is

going to celebrate 126th

birthday of Dr B R

Ambedkar on April 14,

2017 at Sukhsagar Bhawan,

Sikanderpur (near Bishnah)

under the aegis of Shri Shri

108 Swami Gurdip Giri Ji

Maharaj.

While addressing the media

persons here, C L Banal,

chairman of Shri Guru Ravi

Dass S. S. Trust

Sikanderpur Jammu said

that thousands of people

belonging to SC/ST/OBC

are going to participate in

this function to pay tributes

to Baba Saheb Dr. B. R.

Ambedkar. He also said that

S o c i o - r e l i g i o u s

organizations of

SC/ST/OBC communities

are co-operating with the

trust. Chairman of the Trust

also disclosed that all

arrangements have been

made regarding celebration

of Bheem Jyanti. He

appealed to people to reach

Sukhsagar Bhawan at 10.00

AM as the programme will

start at 10.30 AM. with

Bheem Vandana. D D

Shivgotra - general

secretary of Trust said that

Bheem Jyanti will be

celebrated as Dr B R

Ambedkar Vichar

Mahotsav. We have to

follow the path shown by

Baba Saheb Dr. B. R.

Ambedkar. Baba sahib

scarified his whole life for

the upliftment of down

troddened. Baba Saheb is

father of Indian

constitution. Indian

constitution is one of the

best constitution of the

world. Others who were

present during the press

conference included Kesar

Singh, convener, D. D

Shivgotra, general

secretary, Parshotam

Thappa, organising

secretary, Natha Ram

Angral, construction

incharge, Raj Kumar

Rattan, cashier, Captain

Manohar Lal, store

Incharge.

Bahujan Samaj Party Unit

Jammu today held a one

day Dharna Pardarshan at

Ambedkar Chowk, Jammu

regarding Tampering of

EVM machines in recent

elections in Uttar Pardesh

and Uttarkhand under the

leadership Sh. Raja Ram (

M.P Rajya Sabha and

coordinator J&K, West

Bengal). Bahujan Samaj

Party Supremo Behan K.

Mayawati ji has decided to

celebrate 11th of April as

the Virodh Diwas in Indian

Context as on the same date

i.e 11th of March UP and

Uttarkhand results were

announced which showed

tampering of EVM

Machines and

undemocratic nature of the

govt. While speaking onthe event, Raja Ram ( M.P

Rajya Sabha) and

coordinator J&K, West

Bengal ) said that Baba

Sahib Bhim Rao Ambedkar

gave us right to vote and

one vote one value towards

our vote but Manuvadi

forces once again are

taking us backward before

independence where just

few people were involved

In making a govt through

EVM machines which can

be tampered easily and

many countries abroad has

already banned it.

Tarsem Lal Khullar

President BSP J&K while

speaking on the event said

that all SC, ST, OBC and

Minorities should come

together and let's work

together so that we can

save our rights and this can

be done only when we have

a voting system of paper

ballot and not as if we now

have Electronic Voting

Machine which can be

easily tampered. He also

thanked everyone who

came for their own right

and also announced that

BSP State Unit J&K is

going to celebrate Birthday

of Baba Sahib Dr. Bhim

Rao Ambedkar ji's Birthday

on 14th of April at

Ambedkar Chowk Jammu.

Other who spoke on the

event were S.R Majotra,

Som Nath Ex- MLA, Hari

Chand Thappa, K.L Attri,

S. Raja Singh, Raj Kumar

Thappa, Charanjeet Bitta,

Jagdish Bhagat, R.K

Jasrotia, Jagdish Verma,

Deepak Rana.

GRDT to celebrateAmbedkar jayanti on Apr 14NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

BSP holds protest dharnaNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

In a major development, the

Union Ministry of

Environment, Forest and

Climate Change (MoEFCC)

has accorded environment

clearance to 540 MW Kwar

Hydro Electric Project in

J&K State. It is considered as

another major achievement

of Chenab Valley Power

Projects (CVPP) Ltd. which

is a joint venture amongst

NHPC Ltd, JKSPDC and

PTC India Ltd. established to

harness the vast hydro power

potential of J&K State.The

project is proposed on river

Chenab near village

Padyarna in District

Kishtwar of Jammu &

Kashmir State with installed

capacity of 540 MW. The

project is designed with

estimated annual energy

generation of 1975.54 MU.

The Environment Clearance

was issued by MoEFCC on

10.04.2017 as per the

recommendations of Expert

Appraisal Committee (EAC).

The Environmental

Management Plan (EMP) as

approved by MoEFCC

envisages detailed provisions

for environmental

safeguards. The

implementation of EMP shall

be monitored by MoEFCC

on regular basis. A Multi-

Disciplinary Committee

(MDC) for monitoring the

implementation of

environmental safeguards

during construction shall also

be constituted by CVPP in

consultation with MoEFCC.

Forest clearance for the

project has already been

accorded by J&K State

Government on 08.08.2014.

Techno-Economic Appraisal

(TEA) for the project has

also been accorded by

Central Electricity Authority

on 23.02.2017.The estimated

cost of project as approved

by Central Electricity

Authority is Rs. 4949.24

crores and is likely to be

completed in 54 months.

With this approval, statutory

clearances of all three

projects mandated to CVPP

are in place. The tendering

process for Pakal Dul H.E.

Project & Kiru H.E. Project

is already in progress and the

work on these two projects is

likely start this year. The

overall benefits of these

projects to the State shall

include a share of 49%

power from these projects

besides 12% free power to

State and 1% free power

towards Local Area

Development Fund (LADF).

However, infusion of large

quantum of money and

development of

infrastructure resulting in

overall socio-economic

development of the area shall

be an additional benefit.

(Ventures)

Speaker J&K Legislative

Assembly Kavinder Gupta

and Minister of State for

Tourism, Culture,

Floriculture and Parks

Priya Sethi launched the

curtain-raiser event to

upcoming Jammu

Mahotsav-2017 in the

form of a grand carnival

showcasing and

celebrating Jammu's rich

cultural heritage.

The Cultural Carnival

comprising tableaus of

heritage monuments

including Mubarak Mandi,

Bahu Fort, Raghunath

Temple, Vaishno Devi,

local cultural arts

including 'Gatka', a

traditional martial art

form, began from Kalika

Dam and culminated at

Apsara Road via Shivaji

Chowk - Murgi Morh -

Gurdwara Chowk - Gole

Market.

The event also saw

participation from school,

college children dressed in

traditional garbs from

various regions of the state

showcasing the rich

colorful and diverse

cultural wealth that gives

Jammu its unique identity

as a beautiful and peaceful

culmination of cultures

and communities.

While speaking on launch

of the carnival, the

Speaker appreciated the

effort of Tourism and

Information Departments

in undertaking this grand

effort and hoped that this

event will act as a trigger

to reconnect younger

generations with the grand

diverse history of the

region.

He further said that events

like these will help attract

national and international

tourists to the region

which will go a long way

to give necessary

economic boost to local

communities, small traders

etc.

Divisional Commissioner

Jammu Dr Pawan Kotwal,

senior political leader

Yudhvir Sethi besides

officers from concerned

departments and large

number of locals were

present on the occasion.

Cultural Carnival-cum-Parade flagged offNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

Green nod for KwarHEP of CVPP

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

Devika Urban Cooperative

Bank Udhampur which is

one of the leading urban

cooperative Banks of state

continues to make strides in

its business operations and

has crossed the total

business of Rs 100 crores as

on March 31, 2017.

This was disclosed in the

meeting of Board of

Administrators which

comprises of Administrator

of the Bank Kapil Deol and

Member Secretary Rakesh

Sharma (Chief Executive

Officer) along with Admin

Manager Rajiv Sharma, held

today. The Bank has also

earned a gross profit of

approx Rs 80 lakh during the

financial year 2016-2017

which is the highest ever

since its inception. Bank

deposits have shown a

tremendous increase of

25.10% and stood at Rs

62.21 crore. The advances

figure has jumped to Rs

38.96 crore with an increase

of 26.42% as on March 31,

2017. CD ratio of the bank

has also shown a marginal

increase and stood at 62.63%

and the capital and the

reserves of the Bank also

showed increasing trend &

registering an impressive

growth. The Administrator

congratulated the Staff and

appreciated them for the

hard work and strenuous

efforts they have shown. He

also thanked all the

shareholders and customers

of the bank for their faith and

contribution towards the

bank to make it one of the

best banking institution of

Udhampur and state as well.

4 HILL DISTRICT the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | April 12 | 2017

NoticeI, Sushil Sharma S/o Late Sh. Bansi Lal R/o New Bakers

Main bazaar Rajouri, have lost license of my gun bearing

regd. no. 432. Now, I am applying for the duplicate of the

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

authorities within 7 days from the publication of this notice.

Amit Rajouri

With an aim to mark the

culmination of 100th Digi

Dhan Mela on Ambedkar

Jayanti and to promote the

digital payments (cashless

transactions) in the district,

the district administration

would be organizing various

awareness programmes on

'financial literacy' and

'Benefits of cashless

payments' at Panchayat,

Block and District level on

the occasion.

Additional Deputy

Commissioner Avny Lavasa

told this during a meeting of

district officers held to

discuss the arrangements for

celebration of 100th Digi

Dhan Mela in the district.

During the meeting, the

J&K Bank, CSC and other

banks were asked to install

their stalls and distribute

publicity material

promoting digital payments

among the common masses

in order to make cashless

transactions a mass

movement.

It was decided that the

Assistant Commissioner

Development would

organize similar event in

every block of the district.

Similarly, District

Panchayat Officer was

directed to educate the

people regarding the

benefits of cashless

transaction. Pertinently,

Digi Dhan Melas are being

organized in 100 cities over

a period of 100 days and

will end on April 14.

ACD Om Prakash, Chief

Planning Officer Ashok

Khajuria, CEO Bishan

Singh, PO-DRDA Dr.

Jagdish Chander Mehra

,District Panchayat Officer

Sandeep Seointra, DIO-NIC

Anil Sharma, Bankers,

Block Development

Officers were present in the

meeting.

Arrangements for Digi-Dhan mela discussed NL CorrespondentUdhampur, Apr 11

District Development

Commissioner, today

convened a meeting to

review digital transactions,

Aadhar based Bio metric

identification and skill

profiling of CSLWs in the

district.

Threadbare discussion was

held with all the district

officers of different

departments regarding the

progress of submission of

relevant information of

CSLWs.

To ensure that the Aadhar

based biometric

identification process is

completed at the earliest,

the Deputy commissioner

set a deadline of two weeks

and directed the concerned

departments to register the

eligible CSLWs by or

before the said date failing

which the concerned

department shall have to face

the action and it will be

presumed that department

has registered all the eligible

CSLWs in the process . "And

no further extension will be

granted on this account," the

meeting told.

Earlier, to promote the

concept of digital mode of

payments and to celebrate

"Digi Dhan Mela" at gross

root level the Deputy

commissioner directed the

Rural development

department to intensify

awareness campaign to

familiarise the people with

its benefits. It was further

directed to choose major

villages from eleven blocks

and send trained field

functionaries to these

villages and trained the

common masses at the gross

root level.

The education department

and banks representatives

were directed to hold

awareness campaign

separately by organizing

debates and seminars at

various educational

institutions.

Digital transactions, Aadhar Based Biometric identification reviewed

NL CorrespondentPoonch, Apr 11

Rajouri Day is celebrated

every year on 13 April to

commemorate the sacrifices

of martyrs - both Armed

Forces personnel and

civilians, who laid down

their lives for liberation of

Rajouri from Pakistani

intruders, in the year 1948.

As part of the week long

celebrations culminating on

14 April, a variety of

activities are carried out.

Two lectures were conducted

for school children of

various schools in Rajouri by

Army Officers including a

lady Officer.

Major Smitha's lecture was

based on her experiences and

personal journey from a

small town girl to scaling the

Mount Everest, in 2012 as

part of the Army team. Her

story of grit, determination

and achievement against all

odds was well received by

the students, especially

young girl students of 11th &

12th classes and they

interacted with her

informally during the tea

session post the lecture.

Another lecture outlining the

various options for young

boys and girls in taking up

the Armed Forces as a career

option was also conducted.

Approximately 350 students

and 14 teachers from various

schools of Rajouri attended

the seminar which was well

received by teachers and

students alike.

Ganga participates inHanuman Jayanti celebrations

JAMMU, APR 11

Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Parkash

Ganga today participated in Hanuman Jayanti celebrations

being organized at Dwarkapuri temple near Vijaypur in

district Samba.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that the place

is known for its religious significance as river Devika

running through Sudh Mahdev, Udhampur and reaches

Purmandal. He said that the place shall be developed as

religious tourist destination and also announced Rs 1 lakh

for its development.

Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated to commemorate the birth

of Lord Hanuman. A large number of devotees thronged

the temple premises at participate in the celebrations.

On the occasion, he also extended greetings to the people

on the pious occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.

205 kg poppy strawrecovered, one held

NL Correspondent

RAMBAN, Apr 11

Acting on a specific information, a police party headed by

Dy. SP Hqrs. Ramban Imtiaz Ahmed and SHO Police

Station Ramban Naveen Angral laid a naka at Shan

Palace, Ramban under the close supervision of Addl. SP

Ramban Mushtaq Ahmed and SSP Ramban Mohan Lal.

During the checking, police party intercepted a truck

bearing registration no. JK08A 6995 and apprehended a

person namely Raj Kumar son of Bhagwan Dass resident

of Mela tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua. He was

travelling towards Jammu, police recovered 205 kilogram

poppy straw from his possession. On this, a case FIR No.

40/2017, U/S 8/15 NDPS Act stands registered at Police

Station Ramban and investigation is going on.

Army conductsmotivational seminar

NL CorrespondentRajouri, Apr 11

A delegation of Destitute

and Handicapped Welfare

Association (DAHWA)

called on Deputy

Commissioner, Niraj Kumar

and presented a

memorandum of demands

pertaining to certain issues

of pensioners besides

highlighting development

issues of the area.

Led by DAHWA

Chairperson S S Sumbria,

the delegation projected a

number of demands in their

charter which inter alia

include providing of

scooties and artificial limbs

for handicapped,

deployment of an additional

team for preparation of

Aadhar cards at block

headquarter Khoon, priority

to disbursement of pensions

to old aged females in the

age group of 70 years and

above and 80 years and

above for male

beneficiaries, in case of

death of a beneficiary the

pension must be granted to

the deserving person in the

same tehsil, regular pension

disbursement on monthly

basis, grant of new

enhanced pensions and the

arrears as well, disposal of

pensions lying pending

since 2009, inclusion of

DAHWA member in the

Social Welfare councils

being constituted in the

district etc.

The delegation expressed

hope that all their issues

would be looked into for an

early redressal.

Meanwhile, the DC issued

on spot instructions to the

concerned authorities to

look into the issues raised

by the delegation and

initiate speedy action for

disposal of the same. He

also asked the concerned to

organise free medical camps

for destitute and

handicapped people of

Majalta tehsil on regular

intervals.

The delegation was

comprised of Balram Singh,

Om Parkash, P.C.Basotra,

Sarita Devi, Rani Devi,

Pushpa Devi and other

prominent.

DAHWA delegation calls on DC UdhNL CorrespondentUdhampur, Apr 11

Sports event for girls organized

Doda, Apr 11

To promote sports amongst girls in Doda district, Army

organised a sports event in Sports Stadium of Doda district

today. The event was inaugurated by Commanding Officer

Rashtria Rifles posted at Doda. Girl students from various

educational institutions participated in the event. A large

number of spectators were also present on the occasion.

Army is aimed at promoting girls by giving them exposure

in sports. Such events positively engage youths and

channelize their energies in constructive engagement.

Event also targets identifying budding sportswomen &

athletes from rural areas to provide them exposure at Distt

& State level. Sporting event will promote physical fitness

and health awareness amongst girls who are foundation

stones of a healthy progressive & positive society. The

tournament is being organised to promote athletics as a

sport in the remote regions of J&K. Army is conducting

the event with all essential administrative & logistics

support. The event is drawing overwhelming response

from the public of Doda and the locals appreciated the

efforts of Army for promoting sports in the district.

District Development

Commissioner, Mohammad

Aijaz, today inaugurated an

awareness program on

digital transactions here

today.

ADDC, Ravinder Nath

Sadhu, LDM M K Pandita,

Principal GHHS Ramban

Ashok Sharma, various

officers of other

departments, Bankers and

locals attended the program.

Speaking on the occasion,

the DDC said that the focus

of Customer Awareness

Campaign is to spread

digital awareness thus

facilitating the common

man to use cashless

payment options in their day

to day transactions.

DDC further said that the

campaign will fulfill the

objective of moving

towards a cashless

economy. With the

introduction of cashless

payment options like Credit

& Debit Cards, POS

terminals, e-Wallet options

and Loyalty Cards at Retail

Outlets, the campaign

reinforces the fact that

convenience lies in being

cashless in today's time, he

added.

Various digital payment

solutions available to the

general public were also

showcased during the

program.

DDC directed the LDM to

take necessary steps for

further expansion of this

initiative of ensuring digital

transactions in the district.

Awareness prog on digital transactions organizedNL CorrespondentRa,ban, Apr 11

DUC Bank recordsimpressive growth in 2016-17

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

Governor N.N. Vohra launched

www.hanumanyagya.org and the

related mobile app which has been

developed by the Hridaydeep

Charitable Trust, Jeevan Nagar,

Jammu, at the Raj Bhavan here

today.

Through this website devotees, in

any part of the world, can participate

in the Shri Hanuman Yagya 2017-18,

which started today on Shri

Hanuman Jayanti and will culminate

on 31st March 2018. This endeavour

is envisaged to achieve 11 crore

chantings of the Hanuman Chalisa

which will culminate in Hawan

Yagya at Jammu from 25th March

2018.

Complimenting the Trust for their

endeavour, Governor emphasized the

need to develop easy to understand

reading material which can be

understood by one and all, anywhere

in the world. He hoped that the Trust

will continue their philanthropic

activities with the same zeal as it has

been doing for the past many years.

Swami Hridayanand Giri, Sh. Tirath

Ram Tidyal, Trustee of the Trust, Sh.

Harish Nanda, Sh. Rajesh Gupta,

Vice-President VHP, J&K, Sh.

Harinder Gupta, Gen. Secy. BJP,

J&K, Sh. Ashish Gupta, Member

Tourism Federation of India; Sh.

Rahul Dogra and Sh. Sourabh Gupta

both Technicians who have

developed the web-site were present

Sh. Umang Narula, Principal

Secretary to the Governor, Sh. O.P.

Bhagat, Additional Secretary and Sh.

Hitesh Gupta, Dy. Secy., Raj Bhavan

also attended the presentation.

Guv launches www.hanumanyagya.orgNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

SAC dismisses case against

Estates DepartmentJAMMU, APR 11

The State Accountability

Commission (SAC) has

dismissed the case filed by

Advocate Tasleem Arshad

regarding alleged misuse of

hotel accommodation in

Jammu by the Estates

Department.

In its order dated 08.03.2017,

the SAC after perusing the

factual position submitted by

the Estates Department and the

clarification given by the

Director Estates and Assistant

Director Estates during the

hearing, dismissed the case

after observing no merit in the

complaint.

Rajouri Day Celebrations for the year

2017 were inaugurated at ALG, Rajouri,

today. The three day long extravaganza

will consist of a number

of events including

Seminar on 'Know Your

Army' and visit to the

'Hall of Fame' by school

children. The events

will also include stalls

from Army Record

Offices for the Veterans,

Civil Agriculture

Department, Fisheries Department and

preparation of PAN Card etc. The Army is

organising a Medical Camp, Eye Camp,

Artificial Limb and Mobility Camp under

Sadbhavana initiative for the locals on the

occasion. A grand cultural show by the

school children of Valley View the Army

Public School, Army Goodwill Public

School and other local schools is also

planned besides adventure sports display

like Sky Diving, Para Motors Horse Show

Jumping and Army Dog Show.

ALG inaugurates Rajouri Day celebrations NL CorrespondentRajouri, Apr 11

Minister for Animal, SheepHusbandry and Fisheries,Abdul Gani Kohli todaysaid that welfare schemesespecially aimed at thefarmers need tobe implementedeffectively sothat the peopleget maximumbenefit out ofthese. TheMinister wasspeaking duringthe reviewmeeting ofAnimal, Sheepand FisheriesD e p a r t m e n t s ,here today. TheMinister said to develop allthese sectors, there is needto work with more vigorand dedication forachieving the targets for thebenefit of the people. He

exhorted upon theconcerned functionaries ofthese departments formaking earnest efforts todevelop these sectors forgrowth of economic profileof the farmers. The Minister

directed the concerned toprepare action plan forimplementation of welfareschemes launched by thegovernment for thedevelopment of Fish,Animal and Sheep rearingin the State. He said there ishuge potential under thesesectors and the unemployedyouth can easily earn theirlivelihood by choosingthese sectors as theirprofession. Reviewing theprogress of SheepHusbandry Jammu, theMinister was informed that214.774 lakh kg mutton and46.643 lakh kg woolproduction was recorded inJammu division alone tillending March, 2017. Themeeting was furtherinformed that under thehealth cover programme,78.682 lakh dosings and16.757 lakh vaccinationswere conducted to protectsheep and goat from variousdiseases. While reviewingthe Sheep HusbandrySector Kashmir, theMinister was informed that

sheep population inKashmir Division has risento 17.51 lakh from 16.07lakh in 2015-16 and muttonproduction is 109.35 lakhkgs while as woolproduction in the Division

is 31.45 lakh kgs. 74000farmers are engaged withsheep and goat farming inKashmir Division atpresent. While reviewingthe Fisheries sector, theMinister was informed thattotal fish production of thestate is 20.39 thousandtones. There are 1028 carpunits and 485 trout units inthe State out of which 76carp units and 97 trout unitswere established during2016-17. Among others,Commissioner/SecretaryAnimal, Sheep Husbandryand Fisheries R K Bhagat,Director Sheep HusbandryKashmir, Dr. Kranti Kumar,Director Sheep Husbandry,Jammu Dr. Ashok KumarGupta, Director AnimalHusbandry, Jammu Dr. S.K. Abrol, Director AnimalHusbandry Kashmir Dr M.Y. Chaproo, DirectorFisheries, J&K R. N.Pandita, MD Wool Board,and District Officers ofconcerned departments ofJammu Division attendedthe meeting.

5 KATHUA the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | April 12 | 2017

Office of the Principal DevelopmentAcademy Sadoh (Samba)

Fee structure for the session 2017-2018

Sd/-Development Academy

Sadoh (Samba)

S.No. Classes Adm. Fee

Monthly Fee

Games Fund

Red Cross fund

Build. fund

1 Nur 550 200 - - - 2 L.K.G 450 200 - - - 3 U.K.G 450 200 - - - 4 Ist 500 220 12 5 100 5 2nd 500 230 12 5 100 6 3rd 500 240 12 5 100 7 4th 500 250 12 5 100 8 5th 500 260 12 5 100 9 6th 550 350 24 10 100

Prabhakar

In the court of Ld SpecialMobile Magistrate, Kathua

Present: Sunil sangraAjeet Kumar w/o Sh.kartar chand R/o Azizpur badala P/o Changran,Tehsil and district kathua.

V/SChief Medical officer Kathua In the matter of:-Petition U/s 13(3) of registration of Birth/Death Act, seekingdirection to Chief Medical officer Kathua ,enter the Birth ofparticular of applicant ,s namely's daughter namely Sanjana DeviD/o Sh. Ajeet Kumar & Smt. Tripta Devi R/o Azizpur badala P/oChangran, Tehsil and district Kathua whose date of birth is 17-01-2012.

Notice to Public at LargeWhereas petitioner has field the above titled petition in this court forissuing direction to Chief Medical officer Kathua regardingregistration of birth particulars of the applicants daughter namelySanjana Devi D/o Sh. Ajeet Kumar & Smt. Tripta Devi R/o Azizpurbadala P/o Changran, Tehsil and district Kathua whose date of birthis 17-01-2012 was born at home . And through the medium of thisproclamation ,general public is informed that any person/s has/haveto the same ,in that event he/she/they shall file objection before thiscourt on or before 24-04-2017 ,failing which appropriate order shallpassed. Take notice that in case the date fixed is declared holiday, thematter shall be taken in the next working day.

Special Mobile Magistrate, Kathua

In the court of Judicial Magistrate1st Class (Addl. Munsiff), Samba

Present :Junaid I. Mir

Madan Lal S/o Kesar Ram r/o Swankha Morh Tehsil Vijaypur Distt.Samba.

V/SINCHARGE Police Station VijaypurIn the matter ofApplication for Registration of birth/death of:-Divanshi Kumari D.O.B.08-07-2015 At homeFather's Name: Anil KumarMother's Name : Nisha Kumari

NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLICWhereas, an application stand filed in this court for registration ofbirth of Divanshi Kumari D/O Anil Kumar & Nisha Kumari r/oSwankha Morh Tehsil Vijaypur Distt. Samba in Police StationVijaypur and through the medium of this publication notice at largeand any other interested person is/ are informed that in case anybodyhas any objection in respect of aforementioned application thenhe/she/they shall file their objections in this court within 5 days fromthe date of publication of notice, failing which appropriate ordershall follow.

Given under my hand and seal of this court today 11thday of April 2017.

Addl. Munsiff,(Judicial Magistrate Ist Class Samba)

In the court of Addl. MobileMagistrate (JMIC), Samba

Present : Smt. Swati Gupta

Bhagwan Dass S/O Late Babu Ram R/o. W.No.6, Vijaypur TehsilVijaypur District Samba

V/SE.O. Municipal Committee VIJAYPURApplication U/S 13 (3) of Registration of birth/death Act, seekingdirections to E.O. Municipal Committee VIJAYPUR to enter thedeath particular of applicant's father

PROCLAMATIONWhereas applicant has filed the above titled application in this courtfor issuing direction to E.O. Municipal Committee VIJAYPURregarding registration of death particulars of applicant's fathernamely Babu Ram (male) S/o Narain Dutt R/o W.No.6, VijaypurTehsil Vijaypur District Samba in Municipal CommitteeVIJAYPUR who was died on 09-11-2009, 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 16-04-2017,failingwhich appropriate order shall passed. Take notice that in case thedate of fixed is declared holiday, the matter shall be taken in the nextworking day.Given under my hand and seal of this court today 11th day of April2017.

Addl. Mob. Magistrate (JMIC), Samba

NoticeI, Sukhdev Singh S/o Sh. Chain Singh R/o Makroli "Nallah"Tehsil and Distt. Samba have lost R/C of my vehicle bearingregd. no. JK21A-1801. Now, I am applying for the duplicateof the same. Objection, if any, may be conveyed toconcerned authority within 7 days after publication of thisnotice.

NoticeI, Service No. 15335654N Rank L/Nk Surjeet Singh S/oSwaran Singh R/o Avtal, Tehsil Ramgarh Distt. Samba,serving in 69 Engineer Regt, declare that the correct name ofmy wife is Gita Devi. But the name of my wife has wronglybeen recorded Gita Kour in my Army record part II orderInstead of correct name Gita Devi. Now, I am applying forthe correction of the name of my wife. Objection, if any, maybe conveyed to concerned authority within 7 days afterpublication of this notice.

Prabhakar

PrabhakarPrabhakar

Prabhakar

Prabhu

Governor N.N. Vohra, who isChancellor of the Shri MataVaishno Devi University(SMVDU), While chairingthe 26th meeting of theExecutive Council of theSMVDU at Kakryal, here,re-iterated the importance oftheUniversity focusing onentrepreneurship andinnovation related initiativesthrough the SMVDU-TBIC,which is the first TechnologyBusiness Incubator (TBIC)in the State of J&K. TheUniversity's TBIC has beenidentified as one of the sixtyeight Incubators torecommend Startups underthe Startup India Initiative ofthe Government of India.Chancellor stressed the needfor deep involvement of the

Faculty and students inconceiving and processinginnovative ideas to fullyexploit the support beingoffered by the TBIC. The Executive Councilapproved several proposalsfor encouraging andrewarding academicperformance, incentivizingquality research andpromoting patent generationin the University. TheCouncil asked the VC to takeall necessary steps to

encourage students tocompete for prestigiousfellowships and otherscholarship examinationssuch as NET, GATE, MAT,CMAT etc. The Council alsoadvised the VC to introduceindustrial internship for thefaculty and the B.Techstudents to strengthen theindustry-academia interface.Prof. Sanjeev K. Jain, ViceChancellor of the Universityinformed the Council thatefforts were being made to

invite IIT Professors to teachcourses at the University,even for short periods. VCinformed that the Universityhas started organizing GuestLectures by Alumni whohave accomplishedmilestones in their respectivefields and, besides, regularalumni meets beingorganized at the University.VC informed that all classrooms in the University havebeen equipped with multi-media projectors and

lecterns to function asSMART class rooms, theIncubation Centre is nowfully functional andpresently seven projects arebeing incubated at TBIC ofwhich 06 are in electronics.The Council was informedthat this year 99 Campusselections have been madewhich include 26 shortlistedfor Indian Navy, 33 in WiproLtd., 7 in Tech AspectsSolutions Ltd., 4 inMahindra (MFCWL), 13 inICICI Prudential LifeInsurance Co. Ltd., 5 inTecnospan Structures Pvt.Ltd., 8 in Orange BusinessServices Ltd. etc.The Executive Councilmeeting was attended byProf. K.L. Chopra, formerDirector IIT Kharagpur; Sh.R.P. Agrawal, formerSecretary, Ministry of

Human ResourceDevelopment; Sh. D.PAggarwal, former Professor,IIT Delhi and Ex-Chairman,UPSC; Sh. Umang Narula,Principal Secretary to theGovernor; Prof. R.D.Sharma, Vice-ChancellorUniversity of Jammu; Prof.Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi,Vice Chancellor, Universityof Kashmir; Mr. Ajeet K.Sahu, Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the Shri MataVaishno Devi Shrine Board;Prof. V. Verma, DeanFaculty of Engineering; Dr.Yugal Khajuria, InchargeDean of Students, Dr.Sumeet Gupta, InchargeAssociate Dean, SMVDU;Dr. Vandana Sharma, HeadDepartment of Languagesand Literature; and Mr. V.K.Bhat, Registrar of theUniversity.

Executive Council meeting of SMVDU heldNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

The focus of districtadministration is todedicate this year'sBaisaikhi festival towardsbolstering the message ofBeti Bachao Beti Padaoscheme apart fromhighlighting other vitalflagship programmes.District DevelopmentCommissioner, RameshKumar, informed this whilereviewing arrangements for2-day historic BillawarBaisakhi Mela during ameeting of officers andmembers of Melacommittee here today.It was decided in themeeting that the two dayevent will be organised atNaaz Sports Ground,Billawar on 13th and 14thof April.DDC constituted acommittee under thesupervision of SDMBillawar to finalize thecalendar of activities and

necessary arrangements forthe mela.The DDC informed that thedistrict administration willmake all necessaryarrangements for success oftwo day historic Mela. Heheld threadbare discussionon the arrangements relatedto provision of drinkingwater, uninterrupted powersupply; foolproof securityarrangements, cleanlinessand sanitation in andaround the Mela ground,parking, seatingarrangements andinstallation of stalls werefinalized.DDC exhorted upon theofficers to makecoordination with Melacommittee to make Mela a

grand success. He directedthe departments ofhorticulture, handicraft,handloom and otherdepartments to showcasevarious products in theirrespective stalls andsensitize people aboutvarious flagshipprogrammes of state as wellas central Government.DDC also called upon theSeers to sensitize peopleregarding gender equalityand further asked all thestakeholders to participateand celebrate the'Janmotsav' of girl childunder the initiative

undertaken by the Districtadministration underBBBP.DDC informed the meetingthat during the Mela,painting competition,sports activities, culturalitems depicting rich Dograand Pahari culture by thelocal artists will bepresented to provideentertainment to thepopulace.Later, the DDC reviewedthe preparedness for DigiDhan Mela to be organizedon 14th April whereinDistrict Administration isgoing to create awarenessabout usefulness of opting

for cashless transactionsamong the populace besidesteaching methods of cashlesstransactions and how to getregistered to use services,PAN and Aadhaar seedingwith bank accounts. DDCalso directed the Lead Bank Manager, Kathua to sensitizethe people regarding makingtransaction with POS andother cashless methods oftransaction during 2 dayBaisakhi Mela besides ACDwas directed to facilitate thestreaming of PM address atblock offices on 14th April.Members of Mela committeealso gave their suggestionswhich were discussed indetail during the meeting.Among others AdditionalDeputy CommissionerKathua, CEO LSDA, POICDS, GM DIC, ACD, ACR,SDM Billawar, DPO andother district officers besidesmembers of the MelaCommittee attended themeeting.

'BBBP to be focus of this year's Baisakhi festivities'NL CorrespondentKathua, Apr 11

Vice Chairman J&KAdvisory Board forDevelopment of Kissans,Daljit Singh Chib has calledupon the concernedDepartments to setup wheatprocurement centers well intime for purchase of wheatfrom the farmers during thisRabi season in Jammu.Reviewing the measuresinitiated by variousDepartments forprocurement of wheat duringcurrent harvest in a meetingheld here today, the Vicechairman asked the FoodCorporation of India toestablish maximum numberof procurement centers invarious agriculture areas forbetter marketing of thefarmers in the division.General Manger FCI, Kamal

Kishore, Joint Director Fireand Emergency, R T Dubey, Chief Agriculture officers ofJammu and Samba, officersof Civil Supplies and

Consumer Affairs andHorticulture Marketing andPlanning Departmentsbesides Members of J&KAdvisory Board forDevelopment of Kissanswere among others whoattended the meeting. TheVice-Chairman instructedthe functionaries of Fire andEmergency Services

Department to takeprecautionary measures toavoid fire incidents of wheatcrop at ignition points. Themembers of the Board gave

various suggestions fordevelopment of agriculturecrops besides its bettermarking in the State. Themembers also urged forestablishment of maximumnumber of wheatprocurement centers duringforthcoming wheat harvestseason. They also suggestedfor providing better

marketing of vegetablesthrough the mandies ofHorticulture and PlanningDepartment.

The Vice Chairmanassured the members thatmore procurement centerswould be established inJammu, Samba and Kathuafor convenience of thefarmers. He advised thefarmers to take their produceto the nearest procurementcenter and avoid selling it tothe private millers who areexploiting them. Theofficials of FCI informedthat wheat would bepurchased from the farmersat Rs 1625 per quintal andsaid that Corporation wouldshortly establish goodnumber of procurementcenters in wheat zone areasfor convenience of thefarmers.

Hanuman Jayanti celebratedwith religious fervor

Kathua, Apr 11Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated across the region withreligious fervour and devotion as Hanuman is the mostdedicated devotee of Lord Rama. He said the Jayanti marksthe pious and unending devotion of Shree Hanuman Ji andinspires all to follow the path of righteousness and devotionto the almighty.mandal president was addressing the gathering on theoccasion of Hanuman Jayanti Shobha Yatra organized in thecity here today. The Shobha Yatra was organized by theRam Leela committee Kathua was organized. State shubhayatra ram Leela Ground to Parliwand and shubha yatrafinished ram Leela ground kathua . The people from allwalks of life participated in the religious function to payobeisance to the Lord.

'Farmer welfare schemes need tobe implemented effectively'

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

Chib calls for setting up Wheat Procurement CentersNL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

Additional Director Generalof Police J&K Security, Mr.Dilbag Singh decoratednewly promoted DeputySuperintendent of Police,Mrs. Usha Kher here today.A simple piping ceremonywas organized at SecurityHeadquarters Sidhra Jammu,which was attended bysenior officers of SecurityHeadquarters including SOto ADGP, Mr. R. K.Chalotra, SSP SecurityTechnical, Ashok KumarSharma, CPO, Mr. LaeeqAhmed Dar and ADO, SHQ,Mr. Mohammad Yousuf and

staff members of the securityHeadquarter. On the occasion Mr. DilbagSingh felicitated Smt. UshaKher, who was recentlypromoted as DeputySuperintendent of Police anddecorated her with Dy.SPrank.Dilbag congratulated thewoman officer and stressedupon her to make innovativechanges to ensure betterdeliverance to the people ofthe State. He said thatsecurity of the people andintegrity of the Nationshould be our priority to liveup to the expectations of thepeople.

Piping Ceremony:

Dilbag decorates newlypromoted DySP

NL CorrespondentJammu Tawi, Apr 11

Brig Anil GuptaEver since the emergence of Burhan Wanias the poster boy of militancy andindigenous face of the so-called "resistance

movement" in Kashmir, exploitation of socialmedia by the terrorist tanzeems had become very common.Hizbul commander was known for posting photographs andmessages using various forms of social media to lure thelocal youth to join the militancy and also to communicatewith the local population that had been radicalised andbecome sympathetic to the movement.After the death of Burhan Wani in an encounter with thesecurity forces, use of internet was suspended in the Valley,in order to prevent misuse of the social media to act as acatalyst for the turmoil that engulfed the Valley as anaftermath of his death.Shaken by the dwindling strength of his cadre and resultantdrop in their morale, Zakir Musa released many videos toraise the sagging morale of the terrorists and motivate thefresh youth in the typical ISIS style.After the ban on use of internet was lifted Zakir Musa, aclose friend of Burhan Wani and his successor as theoperational commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, followed inthe footsteps of his predecessor as far as the use of socialmedia to fuel militancy particularly in South Kashmir thathad turned into a hotbed of the "resistance" movement.After a lull of about five months the security forces resumedanti-terror operations in South Kashmir.In a fine mesh with the local police with hard and actionableintelligence flowing, the security forces launched successfuloperations one after the other resulting in killing of bothlocal and foreign terrorists. Information that had ceased likethe still waters of Dal had now begun to flow like theperennial Jhelum.Shaken by the dwindling strength of his cadre and resultantdrop in their morale, Zakir Musa released many videos toraise the sagging morale of the terrorists and motivate thefresh youth in the typical ISIS style. However, the successgraph of the security forces kept rising and the terroristssuffered one reverse after the other.

At this stage, Zakir Musa took the security forces bysurprise by releasing two videos in quick succession. Whatsurprised the security forces was the fact that the videoswere not targeted at the militants' cadre or localsympathisers but were used to convey an open terror threatto the police personnel and their families and the informersof the police. What was the intention of the terroristcommander in issuing these threats? He obviously wasdoing so at the behest of his masters sitting across theLoC… In the first video Zakir Musa threatened to attackJammu & Kashmir police and their families if they don'tstop harassing the families of militants in Jammu &Kashmir. He further threatened the policemen to stoptargeting militants in the Valley or face dire consequences."This is our first and last warning. Do not harass ourfamilies, otherwise we will kill yours. Even if your familieswere in Kanya Kumari, we'd hunt them down and kill them.If you still refrain from doing so, we will make sure thatevery street in the Valley is littered with the bodies ofJammu & Kashmir Police- right from the Chaprasi to theInspector General of Police. Even police security will not beable to protect them", thundered Zakir Musa in the 25seconds video.In the same vein he also threatened the police informants.The newly appointed Director General of J&K Police Dr. SPVaid was quick to respond when he stated that the Policeis not harassing the militants' families and warned them thatin case they dared to target police families', terrorists shouldnot forget that they also have families living back in thevillages.In a subsequent video issued in March this year Musa said,"Many people say local policemen are our own. Don't thinkthey are our brothers. They are supporting infidels and thisis my last warning before beginning of the war." He alsotried to evoke Islam in the same video when he appealed toall Kashmiris including policemen "to dismiss the idea of

nationalism and democracy and turn towards Islam."What was the intention of the terrorist commander inissuing these threats? He obviously was doing so at thebehest of his masters sitting across the line of control inorder to demoralise and subvert the local policemen.Pakistan failed miserably in its designs, thanks mainly dueto the fine leadership provided by the DGP and his team ofdedicated local Kashmiri officers and the steel-like resolveof nationalist Kashmiris.Pakistan expected the Kashmiri policemen to react andresign en-masse quoting threat to their families as an alibi.This would have enabled Pakistan to portray the situation inKashmir as an indigenous home-grown movement.Similarly, by invoking Islam, it wanted to divide the state ofJammu & Kashmir on the religious lines as a continuationof two-nation theory. Pakistan failed miserably in itsdesigns, thanks mainly due to the fine leadership providedby the DGP and his team of dedicated local Kashmiriofficers and the steel-like resolve of nationalist Kashmiris.Three police families were targeted in succession but thisalso failed to cow down the brave officers and policemen ofJammu & Kashmir Police (JKP). Frustrated and angryMusa released another video on 01 April. He threatened,"anyone who sides with JKP or the Indian Armyautomatically by being associated with them becomes anti-Islam. They are betraying fellow Muslims and should bepunished suitably." He, in this video, also showered praiseson the stone-pelters and called them soldiers of Islam."Stone-pelters are doing a noble task by protecting themujahids. Stone-pelters are soldiers for Islam." Anotherattempt to play the religion card to win over the Kashmirisand open admission of the terrorist-stone-pelters nexus.Stone-pelters are neither terrorists' sympathisers norsoldiers of Islam but proponents of terror. They are theenemies of the nation.So far, JKP has resisted from the "tit for tat" policy and

refrained from hitting back at the terrorists' families. In myview, this strategy of the militants may prove to be counter-productive. JKP has the Punjab model to fall back upon, ifpushed to the wall. The militancy in Punjab was controlledby the Punjab Police under the superb leadership of KPSGill, only after the militants started killing and torturing thefamilies of Punjab policemen, the Punjab Police took uponitself the mantle of taking the militants head on and notsparing the families of the militants that ultimately led toend of militancy.Time has also come for the disgruntled Kashmiris tochoose between "terrorism" and "tourism".I only hope the terrorists in Valley persist with theirstrategy and JKP under the leadership of its dynamic DGPrepeats the history. For the protagonists of human rights,there is a counter-question, "are the policemen and theirfamilies not human beings and entitled to human rights? Oris it the prerogative of the terrorists and their familiesonly?" They are also advised to study how Russia dealtwith the Chechen rebels, how China is handling theUyghur crisis in the restive Xinjiang province borderingGilgit-Baltistan and much closer how Pakistan has used thesledge-hammer against the fighters of Tehrik-TalibanPakistan using gunships, attack helicopters, bombers andartillery in operation Zarb-e-Azb and in recently launchedoperation Radd-ul-Fassad in the hinterland.Time has also come for the disgruntled Kashmiris tochoose between "terrorism" and "tourism". It is notHobson's choice. Those who opt for the former includingthose who glorify the stone-pelters and call them"nationalists" will be termed as anti-nationals and nation'smight should be used to crush them. In the changedKashmir narrative there is no place for those who areagainst the nation's unity and integrity.

'The Modi government will be wasting its time talking toNawaz Sharif.'

'It would be better if it were to open a direct channelwith the Pakistan army,' says Rajeev Sharma.

The death sentence for former Indian Navy officerKulbhushan Jadhav in an alleged espionage case by aPakistan military kangaroo court is a signature case of themodus operandi of the powerful Pakistan army whichtraditionally keeps the civilian government out of theloop.It shows that the Pakistani military establishment carestwo hoots for the elected government in office.It proves yet again what the world knows: That in othercountries the State has an army but in Pakistan the armyhas got a State.It's also a signal of things to come in the India-Pakistanbilateral context as the timing of Jadhav's death sentenceis hugely important.The development comes close on the heels of the twosides holding talks under the rubric of the Indus RiverWaters Commission and an Indian parliamentarydelegation just concluding a visit to Pakistan -- bothevents decidedly a forward-looking step.More importantly, the development comes just about tendays before the two countries' Coast Guard were to hold

talks in New Delhi. Now this event is as good as cancelledbecause it is highly unlikely that the Modi governmentwill go ahead with these talks after this extremeprovocation.The latest turn in the Jadhav saga points to many moreimportant things in diverse areas:The Nawaz Sharif government as well as Pakistan'snational assembly have been systematically shut out ofthe Jadhav case. Pakistani parliamentary committees ondefence and foreign affairs have zilch information on thealleged espionage episode.Sartaj Aziz, the Pakistan prime minister's foreign affairsadvisor, told the Pakistan senate in December that thecivilian government had no evidence of Jadhav being anIndian spy.Thus, the Pakistani military's kangaroo court has wilfullyand blatantly gone contrary to what a top official likeSartaj Aziz told the Pakistan parliament on record.It reconfirms the Pakistan army's 'My way or highway'approach.It also confirms that when it comes to Pakistan's civiliangovernment trying to smoke the peace pipe it is thePakistan army which is actually the super government.Pakistan's government proposes; Pakistan's armydisposes!While Jadhav was ensnared from Iran last year -- thoughthe Pakistan army wants the world to believe he wasarrested in its Balochistan province -- during the then

army chief General Raheel Sharif's tenure, his deathsentence has been confirmed by current army chiefGeneral Qamar Javed Bajwa.It shows that the Jadhav case is being choreographedsolely by the Pakistan army.All this indicates that the Modi government will bewasting its time and effort negotiating peace with theNawaz Sharif government.It would be better off if it were to open a direct channelwith the Pakistan army. India's National Security AdvisorAjit Doval clearly has his task cut out in this regard.Perhaps most importantly, the Jadhav case may well belinked to a retired Pakistani army officer's disappearance.Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Habib went missing fromLumbini in Nepal close to the Indian border a few daysago. The Pakistani media is awash with inspired storiesthat Habib has been 'kidnapped' by the Research andAnalysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.There is a possibility that the haste shown by the Pakistanimilitary court in sentencing Jadhav to death may be a pre-emptive move to tell its domestic constituency that themilitary establishment made the first move and the Indianaction (of 'kidnapping' Habib) is a retaliatory action.Pakistan is back on the front burner of the Indian strategicestablishment. The Jadhav case will have a loud echo inIndia-Pakistan bilateral diplomacy.

Rajeev Sharma, an independent journalist andstrategic analyst, tweets @Kishkindha

Sushant Sareen

IF US couldn't exert against Pakistan in theirown favour, there is little that they will bewilling to do against Pakistan in India's

favour.

Just like every Indian Prime Minister who comes into officethinking that he will be able to do something that all hispredecessors have failed to do - normalise relations with

Pakistan - every new US administration imagines that it will beable to break the Indo-Pak logjam by inserting itself between thetwo South Asian enemy countries. It now appears that for all thetalk of US president Donald Trump being the great disrupter whodoesn't like to follow the beaten path, on India-Pakistan at least, hetoo seems to have fallen in the same old mould and will "try andfind its [US'] place to be a part" (to use the phrase of the USambassador to the United Nations) of an effort to resolve problemsbetween the two countries. After a firm rebuff by the Ministry ofExternal Affairs spokesman to the comments made by the USambassador Nikki Haley, the US State Department seems to havebacktracked and issued a statement calling on both countries to"engage in direct dialogue aimed at reducing tensions" i.e. keep itbilateral (India's position) but also engage (Pakistan's stand).It is entirely possible, though also a little unlikely, that Haley'scomments on Indo-Pak situation were off-the-cuff, in response toa leading question by a Pakistani journalist. Many people in Indiawould like to believe that she shot her mouth off about acomplicated issue about which, notwithstanding her Indianancestry, she is clueless. Worse, she is unaware of the sensitivitiesof India. But the fact that she spoke about members of the USNational Security Council likely to participate in deliberatingabout how they could become part of resolving Indo-Pak issues,and adding that Trump himself could be part of these deliberations,suggests that there could be some thinking in the US on trying toget involved in the India-Pakistan equation. Of course, this won'tbe the first time the Americans are trying such a thing. Trump'spredecessor, Barack Obama, also tried to include India in the areaof responsibility of the Special Envoy on Afpak region. But India'sstrong reaction over being made part of the Afpak policy of theObama administration effectively stymied that half-baked attempt.Now, once again, the Americans could be trying something similarand chances are that India's response will be no different now towhat it was during Obama's time.India's aversion to any third-party involvement or interference inits relations with Pakistan is based on very solid foundations. Ininternational relations, there are no honest brokers. The parable of

the monkey mediating between two cats fighting over a piece ofbread (and eventually eating the entire bread, leaving the catsscratching their heads wondering what happened) also applies ininternational relations. Every country that seeks to mediatebetween two other countries, does so not out of altruism but tofurther its own interests. The problems between the countries or themerits of the case in which it is playing mediator are onlytangential to the interests of the mediating country. Therefore, if theUS wants to play peacemaker between India and Pakistan, then itisn't so much for the sake of India or of Pakistan but more becauseit serves US interests, which aren't necessarily about peace andstability in South Asia. After all, we have seen the havoc USintervention has wrought on the middle-east where it went in tooust dictatorial regimes and usher in democracy.Be that as it may, to the extent that US' interests converge withIndia's interests, a case could be made in favour of such mediation.But despite the growing convergence of interests between the USand India in recent years, the simple fact of the matter is that asuperpower's interest will always take priority over the interests ofa middle-level power like India. What is more, there will neverever be a complete convergence of interests as long as there is bigdifferential in economic, diplomatic, political and military powerbetween any two countries. The smaller power will always beexpected to subordinate its interests to those of the superpower. Inother words, if the superpower thinks its interests are better servedin appeasing a third-rate power like Pakistan, then it will expect acountry like India to sacrifice its interests in order to serve theinterests of the superpower. Therefore, the worst mistake that Indiacan make is deluding itself that the third party will be an honestbroker. In fact, post-independence even though the naïve Nehruviewed the British favourably, they behaved treacherously andbetrayed India in the UN. In his book War and Diplomacy inKashmir, former ambassador C.Dasgupta has documented theentire story of how the Great Powers of that time connived to givethe aggressor Pakistan a leg up because it suited their geopoliticalinterests. What makes anyone think that this will not happenagain? The Americans have been quite candid in telling their Indianinterlocutors that while there is 95% convergence on issues inIndia's east (read China), there is only 5% convergence on issuesin India's west (read Pakistan). Under these circumstances, it willbe nothing short of suicide for India to accept any sort of mediationwith Pakistan by the Americans or anyone else. In any case, if theAmericans could do precious little to alter Pakistan's perniciousbehaviour and policies that led to thousands of US soldiers' deathin Afghanistan and has all but led to US' defeat in that country,what are the chances that they will be able to force Pakistan into a

compromise with India? Negligible, really. After all if they couldn'texert against Pakistan in their own favour, there is little that theywill be willing to do against Pakistan in India's favour.Pakistanis anyway consider the Americans a declining power withwhich they still have to do business but before which they nolonger need to kowtow. They think they can balance the US withRussia and China on their side. In fact, they are trying to play theAmericans against the Chinese and Russians and hoping tomaximise their interests by making all sides vie for their attentionand affection. This is why, a top Pakistani official has toldAmericans that they need to get their act together in Afghanistan(i.e. follow Pakistan's lead) because otherwise the Russians willmove in (who are already following Pakistan's and China's tail).The US could therefore tilt in Pakistan's favour in order to retainwhatever little influence it still holds in Pakistan and not lose it allto China and Russia. As far as India is concerned, since they arethe good guys, reasonable and friendly, the Americans think theycan sweet talk, influence, or even pressure India to compromise.The way the US will see it, India has so many interests - economic,strategic, diplomatic - tied to the US that it will be more amenableto a compromise than Pakistan which doesn't have much to lose iftheir relations with the US went further south. All this is thePakistani calculation, which is why they are so keen on USmediation. At the very least, the Pakistanis think that once theAmericans step in, Kashmir will get internationalised and that inand of itself will be a victory of sorts for them.While it is true that there have been occasions in the past when theAmericans have stepped in to prevent things between India andPakistan from spiralling out of control - Kargil war, OperationParakram, the Brasstacks exercise are an example - these cannot becompared with an American mediation between India andPakistan. Even now, India has made it clear that while it cannotcountenance any mediation, it does "expect the internationalcommunity and organisations to enforce international mechanismsand mandates concerning terrorism emanating from Pakistan,which continues to be the single biggest threat to peace andstability in our region and beyond". But perhaps India needs to domore to disabuse the Trump administration of any notion it has thatit can play the proverbial monkey between the two South Asiancountries (or is it cats?). At the same time, Nikki Haley's remarksshould serve as a rude wake-up call for India to not depend on anyGreat Power for its security or defence requirements and also toexpand the space for exercising strategic autonomy, which in turnentails developing indigenous defence industry capabilities and re-energising the economy.

The author is Senior Fellow, Vivekananda InternationalFoundation. Views expressed are personal.

FailedPoliticiansof Kashmir!

The large-scale violence that marred the Lok Sabhaby-poll for Srinagar Constituency on Sundayshows miserable failure of the PDP-BJP coalition

government in Jammu Kashmir in frustrating the muchhyped Pakistan’s design in league with the militants fromwithin and across the border that led to the death of eightpersons and injury to over a hundred security personneland others.The poor turnout in the by-election is embarrassingbecause it shows that the extremist element has succeededin enforcing a boycott of polling creating a fear psychosisamong the people. Mere 7 per cent of voters turn out isjust most uncomfortable for the Election Commission andmore so for the state government as the administrationcould not infuse confidence among the voters. At least sixpolling booths were abandoned by the polling machinerydue to hostile environment. Obliviously, there would bere-polling in many booths and better security will make itto higher voter turnout but see the propaganda value thatthe militants have of the government to provide theprotection to have better turnout.All of us had witnessed the past elections in JammuKashmir that showed people in long queues in tune withdemocratic spirit despite all the threats of militants toalienate them.Those who have been responsible for handling Kashmirat the Centre seem to have a low comprehension andvision about the complex and intricate politics of Kashmirvalley. The situation has changed drastically so for theclimate of fear that the militant groups has generated.Leaders from the centre and state governments have beenall along accusing Pakistan and its Agencies for all themess and troubles that India and its people face. It hasstretched to the extent that Pakistan and terror groups nowsucceeded in enforcing their writ in the valley to scuttlethe democratic process of elections. In a way the situationsuggests that a strong central government, an elected stategovernment, their well-knit intelligence network and amighty force have been outwitted by a chaotic countryand its agencies from across the border. How shamefulthe hypothesis is. It seems escapist!Where are the political leaders who claimed to be therepresentatives of the people of Kashmir? Either theywere not the real representatives of the people or theyhave no courage to go to the people and prevail upon thepolitics of peace and prosperity. The so called mainstreampoliticians are rendered as the rootless leaders who do nothave any connect with the locals. Despite having beenwell nursed by New Delhi with ample political patronage,power, pelf and privileges, they have left the politicalspace for the communalists, separatists and militantsgroups and hidden themselves behind the security coversin their homes and hearths while letting the blood ofpeople spill on streets.Surprisingly, these so called main-stream politicians havebeen playing reverse role in worsening the situation byadding fuel to the fire.

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Mediation between India and Pakistan is a mug's game

Time for India to talk directly to Pakistan army

Changed Kashmir Narrative

Rajeev Sharma

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SRINAGAR, APRIL 11:Chief Electoral Officer

(CEO) J&K, Shantmanu,today reviewed thearrangements put in place forre-polling at 38 pollingstations in district Budgam ofSrinagar ParliamentaryConstituency scheduled to beheld on 13 April 2017.

District Election Officer(DEO) Budgam, SSPBudgam and other concernedwere present at the meeting.

The CEO said adequatesecurity will be provided atall the 38 polling stations thatare located at 32 differentlocations in district Budgam.He said foolproofarrangements of securityhave been put in place toensure free, fair and peacefulconduct of re-polling.

He appealed the people tocooperate with theadministration in maintainingpeaceful atmosphere in thedistrict during re-poll.

Pertinently, as per a

notification issued byElection Commission ofIndia (ECI) re-polling is to beheld on 38 polling booths ofSrinagar ParliamentaryConstituency on April 13,2017 from 7.00 am to 4.00pm.

As per the ECInotification, the pollingstations in ChadooraAssembly constituency,where re-polling is to beheld include 31-BogamBatepora (B), 32-BogamBatepora (B), 33-Nowbug,39-Chack Mahand-Joo-Dhar,52-Wathora (B), 54-

Zoolwah, 55-Gopalpora (A),56-Gopalpora (B), 57-Dooniwari, 60-Kralpora (A),61-Kralpora (B), 63-Kralpora(D), 65-Dharambug (A), 66-Dharambug (B), 87-BagiMehtab (B) and 98-Dharambug (C).

In Budgam AssemblyConstituency, the re-pollingwould be held on 22-Nusurullah Pora (B), 23-Nusurullah Pora (C), 28-Galwanpora (A), 30-Haripora, 32-Wara Sangam,40-Soibug (H), 107-Putlibaghand 120-Galwanpora (B)polling booths.

Similarly, in BeerwahAssembly Segment, the re-polling would be held on 15-Kanihama, 29-Badran (B),34-Peerpora, 89-Sehpora and94-Gundipora (A) pollingbooths.

Likewise, the re-pollingwould also be held on 7-Repora, 9-Gopal Saif (A), 16-Nowpora, 38-Chrar-i-Sharief(M), 86-Kanir (A), 87-Kanir(B), 90-Hushroo and 91-Wagam of Chrar-e-ShariefAssembly Segment andpolling booth number 79-Kandora (B) of Khan SahibAssembly Constituency.

ECI announces re-poll at 38 polling stations LS Bye-Elections

Srinagar, Apr 11:Expressing joy and happinessover the festival of Besakhithat is being celebrated on 13thApril 2017, All Parties SikhCoordination Committee(APSCC) has expressed hopethat the festival of Baisakhiwould be harbinger of peaceand prosperity in the State.

In a statement to KNS,APSCC chairman JagmohanSingh Raina appealed all theSikh brethren to celebrateBeaisakhi in a simple mannerto express their solidarity withthe majority communityfollowing the recent killing ofeight civilian in the central

Kashmir.In his Baisakhi greeting

message APSCC chairmanRaina said that the festival likeBaisakhi bring abouthappiness and joy among thepeople, Raina said such festiveoccasion provide a chance tothe people of differentcommunities to come closeeach other while exchangingpleasantries.

For Sikhs Baisakhi iscelebrated as the day of thecreation of Khalsa.

For Sikhs, Baisakhi is a timefor reflection when people aremore incline to becomeinitiated into the Khalsa.

People from any backgroundare welcome to join in and takepart in the Baisakhicelebration.

"I wish and pray that thisBaisakhi bring peace andprosperity for the people ofState. Hope this Baisakhi bringjoy and happiness the bringingsmile on the faces of people ofKashmir", said Raina.

Many other Sikh leadersextended their Besakhigreetings including principleNaranjan Singh, Ajeet SinghMastana, Sant Singh, Dr.Joginder Singh Shan, EngineerNirmal Singh, Master KuldeepSingh and others.

APSCC asks Sikh community tocelebrate Baisakhi with simplicity

Kashmir situationreversed back to 1989

like scenario: DPN

Srinagar, Apr 11:Jammu and Kashmir

Democratic Party Nationalist(DPN) president GhulamHassan Mir has reminded thecentre that Sundays incidentsof disruption of polling hasthrown Kashmir back to the1989 when the fair of gunruled the valley and lot ofefforts had to be put politicalprocess in place. "Thedifference is that, that time itwas the fair of the gun, thathad kept the voters awayfrom polling booths, now ithas graduated to thesentiments where the pollingwas seen as an act of rubbingsalt into their festeringwounds", Mir said in astatement while referring tothe incidents in which eightpeople last lives and manyothers were injured.

In a statement to KNS, Mirsaid that this phenomena isextra ordinarily challengingand this has to be handled in adelegate manner so that thepeople get a sense ofempowerment withoutbringing in violence into thediscourse.

Mir counseled Delhi that itshould start speaking topeople rite away withoutputting any conditions so thatthe people let of the steamthat is choking them.

"A way out has to be foundthat is most important thansitting on prestige", he saidand hoped that PrimeMinister Narendra Modiwould take a call on this at theearlier.

Srinagar, April 11: Amid clashes and protests,

Kashmir Valley witnessed acomplete shutdown for thesecond consecutive day onTuesday to mourn the killingof 8 civilians. The two dayscall for shutdown has beenforwarded by joint Resistanceleadership including Syed AliGeelani, Mirwaiz UmarFarooq and Muhammad YasinMalik.At least 8 civilians whose agegroup ranged from 15 to 25were killed on polling day onSunday in Central Kashmirwhile over 50 protesters werewounded during day longclashes between protestersand Government Forces. Theviolent incidents were mostlyreported from Budgamdistrict while a youth wasalso killed in Ganderbaldistrict in BSF firingonSunday evening.

All the shops andbusiness establishments,educational institutions andpetrol pumps remained shutwhile transport was off theroads. Besides, Srinagar,complete shutdown wasobserved in other parts ofValley as well.

Both in civil lines anddowntown areas of Srinagar

city observed a completeshutdown though vendors insome parts of the city wereseen doing normal business.Authorities had made all thearrangements to deal with anykind of situation while heavycontingent of governmentforces personnel weredeployed in restive areas ofthe city. In Qamarwari area ofSrinagar, large number ofpeople participated in the lastrites of Ali MuhammadDagga, a driver by professionwho was killed after he lostcontrol over his vehicle nearTengpora Batamloo andcollided with an electric poleafter he was hit by a stoneduring clashes betweenprotesters and governmentforces. The mournersaccording to reports chantedpro-freedom slogans.

Reports from CentralKashmir's Budgam districtsaid that two restaurants weregutted in a mysterious fire inKhag town on Monday night.A police official told CNSthat a formal case has beenregistered and investigationhas been set into motion inthis regard. He refuted thereports that the restaurantswere set on fire for defyingHurriyat sponsored shutdowncall.

At least four passengersincluding the conductor of thebus (JK09-357D) werewounded when some youthattacked it with stones nearTakipora Sopora inBaramullah district.

"The situation remainedpeaceful across Valley," saida police official.

Kashmir shuts for 2nd dayagainst civilian killings

'Slain driver hit bystone was sole

bread earner for hispoor family'

Srinagar, April 11: Theelderly driver who waskilled after being hit by astone on Monday eveningis survived by aged wife,two daughters and anunemployed son. Thefamily lives in a tin-shed atQamarabad Barthana areaof Qamarwari Srinagar.

Ali Muhammad Daggason of Ghulam Qadir (55)according to police diedafter protesters hit hismini-bus (JK01D-5095)with stones at TengporaBypass. He lost the controlover the vehicle andcollided with an electricpole. He was rushed tohospital where he breathedhis last.

The deceased driverwas laid to rest on Tuesdayamid pro-freedom slogans.The poor family stillbelieves their head is alive."He was the sole breadearner for us. We don'tknow what will happen tous now," her wailingdaughter told CNS.

"My mother and sisterare mentally unsound andnow our brother is onlyhope for us," she added.

Pertinently, few yearsback, a mentallychallenged person fromNatipora was killed afterhe was hit by a stone nearBatamaloo Srinagar.

BroadbandInternet restored

in Kashmir

Srinagar, Apr 11:Authoritieson Tuesday ordered restorationof the BSNL broadband servicewhich was shut down on April 9midnight but the mobile internetis yet to be restored.

Internet service wassuspended in Kashmir Valleysince midnight of April 8 due toby-polls in Srinagarparliamentary constituency onApril 9. "I have orderedrestoration of broadband servicein Kashmir. I will take a reviewmeeting in which we will decideabout restoration of mobileinternet service," DirectorGeneral of Police Dr. S P Vaidtold KNS. "I don't feelcomfortable in imposing curfewand shutting down internet, butsome elements with nefariousdesigns forces me to do so," theDGP said. Earlier the authoritieshad ordered the suspension ofinternet till April 12, the daywhen by-polls were scheduledon Anantnag parliamentaryconstituency. However, the pollswere postponed till May 25yesterday by ElectionCommission of India followingvery less turnout in Srinagarparliamentary constituency andkilling of eight civilian youth byforces during protests andclashes on the polling day inBudgam Ganderbal Districts.

Srinagar:Taking a serious view of

the continued snapping ofinternet broadband to themedia, Kashmir EditorsGuild (KEG) on Tuesdaysaid the objective of the banis aimed at subverting aninstitution and preventing itfrom recording the history ofthe most crucial period.Snapping of the internetservices has, off late,become more frequent. In astatement issued after anemergency meeting, theKEG conveyed to the

government that internet isnot a luxury but a basicrequirement of life ingeneral and media inparticular. It is a tragedy ofdemocracy in Kashmir thatin twenty-first century, themedia in Kashmir is beingpushed to broadbandbegging when it is beingconsidered as a fundamentalright of individuals in mostof the world. For the last twodays KEG has spoken toalmost everybody whomatters in J&K. "Every time,we were assured of the

service being restored tomedia but it did not happenfor 46 hours. KEG considersthe frequent snapping of theservice as an informal gag asmost of the time that mediaspends in new gathering wasconsumed in knocking atdifferent doors in thegovernment to restore theservice," said spokesman ofGuild. KEG is seeking aformal system be put inplace to prevent security setup from meddling into theaffairs of the media everytime, they fail to manage the

street. The media body hasraised this issue many timesin the hope that thegovernment at theappropriate level would takea call on this and create asystem that will preventrecurrence of banning theservice. Ideally, rationingbroadband to the media onthe whims and wishes ofindividuals, mostlygovernment employees, isdisrespect to the constitutionthat sees media holding apillar-status in a democraticset-up.

Srinagar, Apr 11: Terming deferment of

Anantnag by-poll as surrenderbefore commitment andresentment of masses AIPsupremo and MLA LangateRasheed has asked worldcommunity and opinion makersin India to adopt a realisticattitude towards Kashmir andfulfill their duty to resolve thelong pending dispute of Jammuand Kashmir, for a durable peacein the sub-continent.

In a statement issued to KNS,Rasheed said "while New Delhiby its own yardstick shouldconfess the defeat, thosesuppressing voice of people atthe barrel of gun and stateterrorism should understand thatneither economic packages northreats and false propaganda can

ever be an alternative to right toself determination. The lowestpercentage of votes in Budgamdistrict is not less than a slap onthe faces of those who wouldoften try to divide Kashmiris onsectarian and other lines. Theblame game between homeministry and electioncommission has exposed thestate apparatus and it is provenbeyond doubt that state as usualhad relied upon security agenciesand oppressive measure toconduct the polls. World has nowcame to know that whatsoeverhas been happening in Kashmiris not only spontaneous, butthose agents of New Dehli whowere claiming that just fivepercent people are taking toroads, seeking right to selfdetermination, were misleading

world community, using biasedultra-nationalist TV channels as apropaganda platform againsttheir own people." Rasheedasked NC and PDPnot to indulgein the blame game for pityinterests and added that theymust collectively introspect. Pollboycott and resistance to veryconducting of these polls hasproven that Kashmiri have notowned the double standards of socalled main stream parties and itis not only the strongest historicmerits and facts but the hugesacrifices which would neverever allow Kashmiris tocompromise on Right to SelfDetermination, even if theirleaders of whatsoever streammay betray or fail them or evenbecome parts of hiddenconspiracies.

Deferment of by-elections surrenderbefore commitment of masses: Rasheed

Internet snap is a tragedy of democracy: KEG

Srinagar, Apr 11:Stating that the government

has completely failed to evenhold by-elections in Kashmir,Jammu and Kashmir PradeshCongress Committee (JKPCC)Vice President and MLC G NMonga today demanded thatGovernor rule should beimposed in the state at theearliest. He said that thegovernment even misled theElection Commission over theprevalent security situation."The credibility of aninstitution like ElectionCommission has been dentedjust because it favored rulingparty to postpone the elections.This is a matter of grave

concern for all the people inthe country who believe indemocracy," Monga said.

The Congress leader saidthat ruling PDP was trying tohide behind the cover ofElection Commission as it hasrealized that its deceit won'twork for longer time now.Monga also said that fascistforces have no place inKashmir that has been abode ofsaints and sages for centuries."We cannot allow communalforces to take centre-stage in aplace known for its compositeculture. The unholy alliance ofPDP and BJP has brought onlymiseries and destruction for thepeople of the state," he added.

Monga demandsimposition of

Governor Rule in J&K

Srinagar, April 11: The anti-graft body

Vigilance Organization lacksadequate manpower inKashmir. According toVigilance officials, theorganization in Kashmir hasonly 100 to 150 personnelincluding top rank officials.The lack of manpoweraccording to officialshampers the process of theorganization to deal with thecorrupt elements effectively.

"In a state like Jammuand Kashmir wherecorruption cases against the

government officials arebeing reported on dailybasis, the organization isfinding it hard to tackle withthese cases effectively dueto lack of adequatemanpower," an official whowished not to be named toldCNS. Despite lackingmanpower, the organizationat present has been doing anexcellent job in disposingcorruption cases. "Thecorruption cases are beingtaken on priority basis andthis is the reason you findaccused corrupt officials in

news on daily basis. Thereare directions from top totake the corruption cases onpriority and present chargesheet against the corruptgovernment employees,"said the official.

Another official saidthat there is dire need toequip this anti-graft bodywith all facilities andprovide man-power to it."The menace of corruptionwill disappear to a greatextent if manpower isprovided to theorganization," he said.

Vigilance Organization lacks manpower

Srinagar, April 11:Expressing shock and resentment over

the decision of Election Commission togo for re-polling in some parts ofKashmir, People's Democratic Partylegislator and former Minister JavaidMustafa Mir Tuesday said that what wasthe fun of deferring polls when ECI wasintending to go for re-polling. "Likeothers, this decision of ElectionCommission has baffled me and I don'tunderstand why Election Commissionwants to put people at risk," Mir told newsagency CNS adding that re-polling has

enough potential to trigger violence inparts of Kashmir.

"My concern is not polling but theprotection of people. Earlier on Sunday, itwas a total mismanagement of elections.Innocent youth were butchered. If therewill be re-polling, there will be killing andviolence. You can't force people to rush topolling stations and vote amid violence,"he said. He said that ElectionCommission's decision to go for re-polling merely after three days of civiliankillings speaks volumes. "ElectionCommission of India has not taken the

civilian killings and the outrage andresentment expressed by people intoaccount. Situation can't be retrieved byany means so quickly to have a free andfair poll with public participation as theyare deeply alienated," Mir said addingthat he will not expose his people to riskin his constituency.

Pertinently, Chief Electoral OfficerJammu and Kashmir Shantmanu onTuesday said that re-polling would beheld at 38 polling stations of Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary constituency onApril 13.

Will not expose people to risk in my constituency: Javaid Mir

'Re-polling will trigger more violence and killings'

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your body's aching and you're overtly tired, exercise might be

the last thing on your mind. So, walking on the treadmill and lifting weights is not going to appeal to you. However, gentle exercises can boost your stamina and a lso help you re lax . Maternity yoga, swimming and breathing exercises

help you keep calm. What's more, they will also make labour

pain endurable."

Soak in the sun

Gettin

g fresh air and enjoying the early rays of sun are great stress busters. If you are one of those who spends most of the day cooped in your home or at work and hardly get time to take in the sights and sounds of the neighbourhood, now is your time. Take a stroll in the garden or walk along the shoreline. You will be surprised how refreshed and rejuvenated you feel.

Speak to expertsIf this is your first child, chances are, you will have a zillion questions a b o u t p r e g n a n c y. Sharing your concerns with your gynaecologist, mother, husband or best friend will make you less anxious. You can also a t t end counse l l i ng sessions, join support groups or attend pep talks to sort yourself out.

Indulge in a spa sessionThere's no doubt that a good spa session will leave you relaxed. When you are expecting, these special therapies will work wonders. Pooja Nautiyal, a spa owner, says, "Water is a great way to soothe your body. Many spa centres have specialised treatments for pregnant women; removing the muscle knots and easing the body and mind through aromatherapy and

essential oils are often favoured. We also recommend music therapy; Indian ragas have

the ability to soothe your mind. For instance, Kalyani has as a positive impact on both the

mother and foetus. So, we play reverberating music while giving them

the massage."

Go for a babymoonIf you've always wanted to go on a vacation with your husband but could never manage one, now's the time. Rakesh Bapat, executive manager with an MNC, says, "My

wife is a working woman and we could never manage to go on a

holiday because of our schedule. But now, she is in her second trimester and I'm doing my best to keep her relaxed. We now take off on weekends to resorts

or nearby destinations."

Have lots of 'me' timeCatch up with family for dinner, go for a film

or indulge in a shopping spree. Now's the time to treat yourself to guilty pleasures in life. Sleep,

because your body deserves a break. Also, learn to say no at times and put yourself and your needs above all.

7 ways to de-stress during

PregnancyPregnancy

So where do

the most?

8 7 0 0 infants — in c o u n t r i e s inc lud ing Germany, Denmark, Japan, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK — Professor Wolke calculated the average of how long babies fuss and cry per twenty-four hours across different cultures in their first twelve weeks.On average, it was found that babies cry for around two hours per day in the first two weeks. Crying generally peaks at around two hours fifteen minutes per day at six weeks — and reduces gradually to an average of 1 hour 10 minutes by the twelve week mark.However, some infants were found to cry as little as 30 minutes, and others over five hours, in twenty-four hours.Babies cry the most in the UK, Italy, Canada, and

the Netherlands — and the lowest levels of crying were found in Denmark, Germany and Japan.The highest levels of colic — defined as crying more than 3 hours a day for at least 3 days a week

in a baby- were found in the UK (28% of infants at 1-2 weeks), Canada (34.1% at

3-4 weeks of age) and Italy (20.9% at 8-9 weeks of age).

In contrast, lowest colic rates were reported in Denmark (5.5% at 3-4 weeks) and Germany (6.7% at 3-4 weeks).The current definitions for determining whether a baby is crying too much and suffering from colic, are the Wessel criteria, which were formulated in the 1950sAs childcare and the family

unit has largely transformed over the last half century and

across different cultures, new universal guidelines were needed for

modern parents and health professionals to assess normal and excessive levels of

crying in babies.Professor Wolke comments on what the research will lead to:"Babies are already very different in how much they cry in the first weeks of life — there are large but normal variations. We may learn more from looking at cultures where there is less crying and whether this may be due to parenting or other factors relating to pregnancy experiences or genetics."The new chart of normal fuss/cry amounts in babies across industrialised countries will help health professionals to reassure parents whether a baby is crying within the normal expected range in the first 3 months or shows excessive crying which may require further evaluation and extra support for the parents."

Steer your child

towards a healthier

lifestyleWhen you eat healthy, encourage sensible eating and exercising, your child will emulate. While it is okay to give in to their demands of fast food once in a while, it is wrong to not oppose their daily desire for junk food. When eating unhealthy becomes a habit, it is difficult to grow out of it, so begin early and stay with it. Here are a few tips to help you out...

If you are ready to experiment with a variety of foods, your child will also learn to accept that, experiment with food and thereby eat healthier. Let y o u r k i d s t r y different kinds of food every day — vegetables like broccoli, zucchini, mushrooms or meats like chicken, salmon, tuna, basa or paneer and tofu preparations. Seasonal fruits are a must-have. Opt for strawberries, guavas, pineapple and grapes. Just because his/her friends are opting for fast food or junk food and your child demands it, you need not give in. When you plate up food in interesting ways, your child automatically gets interested.

Bribing your child with food he /she demands, just to study or do

Introduce a brand new menu for your child

Refrain from using food as bribe

something you want, is wrong and could prove harmful. Giving them their favourite brand of pizza or burger whenever they want, should not be the way to express your love for your children. Do not offer food as reward, rather, just give your child a warm hug. Physical intimacy and quality time spent with your kid makes him/her an emotionally stronger human being.

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Give your kids the f r e e d o m t o understand and then express hunger. They must be able to tell you when they are full and when they must

stop eating. The 'clean-your-plate-up' order may not work and your child, if force-fed, may get into the habit of overeating daily.

Children often snack on fruit juices or canned drinks between meals. And some parents ignore the calorific values of these products. Experts say that packaged juices, carbonated beverages are what kids want, but if this is served too often, the child might soon become obese, thanks to the empty calories. Give your child nuts and berries as snacks. Make vegetable juices to change the palate.

Finish all your food' should never be your

diktat

Also count the calories your kid drinks

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Chandigarh, Apr 11

Things turned ugly at Panjab

University (PU) on Tuesday

as the protest against fee

hike witnessed police using

tear gas and students

replying with stone-pelting.

At least 15 policemen and

some students had to get

medical help; some were

still in hospitals and said to

be in a stable state. More

than 50 were taken into

custody.

The fee hike for the 2017-18

session — purportedly

necessitated by a financial

crunch at PU — meant some

courses saw an increase of

up to 1,000%. The Union

ministry for human resource

development (MHRD) and

the University Grants

Commission (UGC) have

been pressing PU to increase

income from internal

resources if grants are

needed.

On Tuesday, students’

parties except the Akhil

Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad

(ABVP) had called for

strike. The ABVP is

protesting separately and

their hunger strike entered

its tenth day on Tuesday.

Right from 9 am, members

of Students for Society

(SFS), which is a leftist

union, was moving from

department to department

asking students to join the

protest. Around 10.30,

hundreds of students

gathered outside the vice-

chancellor’s office and

started sloganeering against

V-C Arun Kumar Grover,

the MHRD and UGC, and

the Modi government.

Members of Panjab

University Students’ Union

(PUSU), Students’

Organisation of India (SOI)

and National Students’

Union of India (NSUI) also

joined. The students

managed to dodge the police

and university authorities to

enter the arena right outside

the V-C’s office.

As students tried to push

their way to enter the office,

the policemen pushed back.

When the water cannon was

used, stone-pelting started

which smashed the

windowpanes of the water-

cannon bus of the police.

However, some leaders then

tried to pacify the students

and told them not to throw

stones.

Students sat down and told

the policemen to call an

ambulance for those injured.

They were also demanding

to call the V-C out, but the

authorities said he was out

of station.

When the students charged

for a second time, the police

resorted to water cannon and

lathicharge. At the same

time, students hurled stones

and flowerpots at the police

personnel. The police then

fired teargas shells.

Angry over fee hike, Panjab University

students clash with police, arrested

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr

11

The Kerala government on

Tuesday promulgated an

ordinance making

Malayalam a compulsory

subject in all schools in the

state up to Class 10.

The ordinance will come

into effect from the next

academic year, chief

minister Pinarayi Vijayan

told reporters. It will be

applicable up to Class 10 in

all government, aided, un-

aided, self-financing

institutions, including those

affiliated to CBSE and ICSE

streams, he said.

However, Malayalam would

not be mandatory for foreign

students and those from

other states to pass Class 10,

Vijayan said.

The ordinance was issued

after governor P Sathasivam

gave his approval. Detailing

other directions in the

ordinance, he said teaching

Malayalam would be made

mandatory for awarding No

Objection Certificate for

schools.

“The law (ordinance) clearly

states that schools should not

impose any direct or indirect

ban against speaking

Malayalam. It also states that

no boards should be erected

in the campus directing

students to use any language

other than Malayalam,”

Vijayan said.

The NoC of schools, where

Malayalam is not taught,

would be cancelled, he said.

A fine of Rs 5,000 would be

imposed on the principals of

those schools which fail to

follow the new instructions,

the chief minister added.

Kerala government makes Malayalamcompulsory in all schools till class 10

New Delhi, Apr 11

External affairs minister

Sushma Swaraj assured

Parliament on Tuesday that

necessary steps will be taken

to provide justice to Indian

national Kulbhushan Jadhav,

asking Pakistan to consider

the adverse impact of its

decision that sentenced him

to death. (HIGHLIGHTS)

“There is no evidence of any

wrongdoing by Kulbhushan

Jadhav. This is an act of

premeditated murder,”

Swaraj said in the Rajya

Sabha, stressing that the

Indian government will

leave no stone unturned to

save “Hindustan ka beta”

Jadhdav.

“I would caution the

Pakistan government to

consider the consequences

for our bilateral relationship

if they proceed on this

matter,” she said, pointing

out that there was no

evidence of any wrongdoing

by the alleged spy.

Jadhav was arrested in

March last year in the restive

Balochistan province and

accused of being a Research

and Analysis Wing (R&AW)

agent, who was fuelling the

Baloch separatist movement

and attempting to sabotage

the $46-billion China-

Pakistan Economic

Corridor. India denies the

charges.

India had on Monday

summoned Pakistan high

commissioner Abdul Basit

and issued a demarche

against Pakistani military

court for awarding death

sentence to Jadhav. The

ministry of external affairs

(MEA) said the Indian high

commission in Islamabad

was not even informed about

Jadhav’s trial in the court.

In Parliament on Tuesday,

the government also

“strongly condemned”

Jadhav’s death sentence by a

Pakistan military court

without providing him

consular access.

Home minister Rajnath

Singh told the Lok Sabha

that Jadhav, a retired officer

of the Indian navy, was

kidnapped by Pakistan

security agencies in March

2016.

“How can he be a spy if he

was holding a valid Indian

passport? This exposes

Pakistan,” Singh said.

Jadhav was settled in

Tehran, doing business with

an Iranian partner, the home

minister said.

Singh asserted that the basic

norms of law and justice was

flouted in awarding the

death sentence.

“I assure that Indian

government will do

whatever is necessary.

Justice will be done to

Jadhav,” the minister said.

Earlier, Shashi Tharoor of

the Congress demanded in

the Lok Sabha that India

should raise the matter at the

international level, as

Pakistan violated the

Geneva convention by

denying consular access to

Jadhav.

‘Kulbhushan Jadhav is Hindustan ka beta’:Sushma warns Pak of impact on ties

New Delhi, Apr 11

The Central Information

Commission (CIC) has asked

the income tax department to

investigate how

“confidential” data of a Right

To Information applicant’s

tax return was given to a

third party without his

consent, exposing the

possibility of personal

income data of millions of

tax payers getting leaked.

“There is an emergent

requirement to investigate

the root cause of the leakage

of confidential data filed by

the tax payers and plug the

loopholes forthwith. It is

essential to protect the

confidential financial data

filed by millions of tax

payers from falling into

wrong hands in the larger

public interest,” said

information commissioner

Bimal Julka in his order

directing the Income Tax

department to conduct an

investigation. Badal

Satapathy, a resident of

Bhubaneswar, told the

commission that his income

tax returns for financial

years 2005 to 2011 were

downloaded in 2012 and

given to third party

Lipipuspa Rozalina without

his consent. Satapathy

claimed that he was

threatened on the basis of

the personal information

leaked and he informed the

income tax department

about it but no action was

taken. He then filed an RTI

application with the IT

department seeking reply on

how the information was

given without his consent

and what legal action has

been taken against the

person(s) responsible for

leaking his personal income

details. After not getting any

response from the IT

department even though his

application was transferred

16 times to different wings,

Satapathy filed an appeal

with the information

watchdog --- the CIC.

Satapathy told the

commission that some

“unscrupulous employees”

of the department were

selling highly confidential

financial data of tax payers

to third parties without their

knowledge or any court

orders. Responding to his

allegation, the income tax

department said they were

not aware whether any

particular official has

downloaded his income tax

returns saying that creation

of user identification and

secrecy of data was

responsibility of the regional

computer centre.

Income Tax return leaked, Information Commission orders inquiry

Dubai, Apr 11

An Indian man is set to be

deported from Dubai after

he abused a woman

journalist on social media

and posted offensive posts

against Islam on Facebook,

according to a media

report.

Rana Ayyub, an

investigative journalist

based in New Delhi,

exposed the vulgar

messages on Twitter sent to

her by the man, following

which some of her

followers reported the

matter to the management

of the UAE company where

the Indian worked, Gulf

News reported.

The 31-year-old employee

identified as BB, from

Kerala, joined Alpha Paint

in Dubai, a sister company

of National Paints in

Sharjah, in 2015. He

worked as a customer

service employee.

BB sent an abusive

message with sexual

overtones to Ayyub on

Facebook messenger, the

report said.

Under the United Arab

Emirates (UAE)

cybercrime law, any form

of misuse of a computer,

smart device or an

electronic network could

fetch the violator, if found

guilty, a lengthy jail term

and/or a heavy fine.

The company said it

terminated the expat’s

contract and will pay for

his tickets and his rights

according to the UAE

labour law.

The man’s visa was

cancelled on Monday and

he was set to be deported,

the report said.

Shadi Al Refai, human

resource manager of the

company, said that they

received the complaint by

email on April 7 from a

man saying that one of the

staff members abused a

woman on social media.

The email included a copy

of the abusive message sent

by the BB.

“We verified the accuracy

of the information and

checked on the name of the

man. On April 8, at 8 am

the termination order of

(BB) was issued,” Al Refai

said. The management

summoned BB who

admitted sending the

abusive messages and

promised not to repeat his

action.

“When we checked on his

Facebook account, we saw

the abusive message which

was sent to that lady in

addition to offensive posts

against Islam,” he said.

Ayyub told Gulf News that

she will be filing a police

case against the accused in

New Delhi.

Indian man fired, to be deported from Dubaiover abusive social media post to journalist

New Delhi, Apr 11

Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala

Pushpa on Tuesday met

Chief Election

Commissioner and

demanded for the

disqualification of

AIADMK (Amma) faction

candidate T T V Dinakaran

in the RK Nagar bypoll in

Tamil Nadu over his alleged

involvement in distributing

money to voters.

“The EC has assured to take

action against T T V

Dinakaran and his

supporters who were

involved in the

malpractice,” she said.

Pushpa, who was expelled

from AIADMK, also

explained the poll panel

about the circumstances

which led to Sasikala

Natarajan’s elevation as

AIADMK’s interim general

secretary and her nephew to

the second top position after

the death of then chief

minister J Jayalalithaa.

“Though T T V Dinakaran,

who was ostracised by

Amma, was never a primary

member, he was given the

post of party deputy general

secretary after Sasikala

Natarajan became interim

general secretary,” she said.

The RK Nagar by-election

was cancelled after the

Election Commission took

notice of the money being

distributed in the

constituency.

Early this month, around Rs

15 lakh was seized and 28

persons were arrested for

their alleged role in various

incidents of money

distribution to voters and

violence in the run-up to the

April 12 bypoll.

RK Nagar bypoll: Sasikala Pushpaapproaches EC against Dinakaran

Varanasi, Apr 11

Terming the state

government’s crackdown on

illegal abattoirs an attack on

their right to employment,

hundreds of meat sellers

held a demonstration at PM

Narendra Modi’s public

relations office in

Ravindrapuri on Tuesday.

The meat sellers, including

Quereshi community

members, from city and

rural parts besides several

CPI-ML members gathered

at Revari Talab area. They

walked for around two

kilometres before they

reached the PM’s public

relations office. Urging

Modi and the UP chief

minister to get the

slaughterhouses reopened,

they shouted slogans like

‘Band karo, band karo, meat

sellers ke rozgar par hamla

band karo (stop attack on

employment of meat

sellers).

Their other demands include

ban on cow vigilantes and

easy licence process for

meat shops besides

alternative employment

arrangements for those

associated with the meat

trade. “Earning livelihood

by choice is our right.

Hundreds of meat sellers

have been rendered jobless

ever since the crackdown on

slaughterhouses started,”

said a protestor Mohammad

Asif.

The protestors demanded

that the modernisation of

slaughterhouses should be

expedited. One abattoir has

been sealed by the Varanasi

Municipal Corporation

(VMC) and two others shut

down because

modernisation is under way

there. They also condemned

the recent lynching of Pahlu

Khan by a group of cow

vigilantes in Alwar district

of Rajasthan. The ‘gau

rakshaks’ accused him of

illegally smuggling cows for

slaughter.

The meat sellers submitted a

memorandum addressed to

the PM Modi to the officials

at the mini PMO. The

authorities there assured

them of forwarding their

message. CPI (ML) office

bearer Manish Sharma and

many other members also

joined the protest.

“Crackdown in the name of

protecting environment is

suppression of right to

employment. There should

be some alternative

arrangements for these

people to help them earn

their livelihood,” Sharma

stated.

UP: Meat sellers stage protest at PM’s

public relations office in Varanasi

‘Heritage walk’relives Gandhi's 1917

Muzaffarpur visitMuzaffarpur, Apr 11It is 7 pm on Monday. A manwho has tailored himself onMahatma Gandhi’s sartorialpreferences in his early days,alights from a train atMuzaffarpur Junction.Donning a traditionalKathiawadi ‘pagdi’(headgear), kurta anddhoti,he is escorted to a cartparked outside the railwaystation by large number ofstudents. Thus begins therecreation of a historicjourney undertaken by theMahatma 100 years ago. Followed by nearly 20bullock carts and a largenumber of people on foot, thecart— pulled by students —passes through Muzaffarpurlocalities like Motijheel,Harisabha Chowk, TowerChowk and KalambaghChowk, before reaching LSCollege (formerly GBBCollege) here.

10 SPORTS the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | April 12 | 2017

BENGALURU:

India named an

experimental 18-member

squad for the Azlan Shah Cup

to be held in Ipoh from April

27 to May 6.

India’s chief coach Roelant

Oltmans on Tuesday said the

upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah

Cup men’s hockey

tournament will be a platform

for the team to test its new

methods ahead of this year’s

big ticket events.

Oltmans said India will be

using the Azlan Shah Cup in

Ipoh, Malaysia to test its

bench strength and style of

play ahead of this year’s

important tournaments like

the Hockey World League

(HWL) Semi-Final in

London, HWL Final in

Bhubaneswar and Asia Cup in

Dhaka.

“This (Azlan Shah Cup) is

not the most important

tournaments for us. The most

important thing for us in this

tournament will be to

showcase (our potential). We

are trying to introduce a new

style of play before we

embark on big tournaments,

including the Hockey World

League and Asia Cup,” the

Dutchman told reporters after

announcing the squad at the

Sports Authority of India here

today.

India on Tuesday named an

experimental 18-member

squad for the Azlan Shah Cup

to be held in Ipoh from April

27 to May 6. The squad to be

led by ace goalkeeper PR

Sreejesh includes six players

from last year’s Junior World

Cup-winning side out of

which four will make their

senior debut in Azlan Shah

Cup.

Defender Gurinder Singh,

midfielders Sumit and

Manpreet will make their

senior debut in the

tournament, while dragflicker

Harmanpreet Singh, Harjeet

Singh and Mandeep Singh

were other members of the

World Cup-winning junior

team who have already played

for the senior side.

Goalkeeper Suraj Karkera,

who represented the junior

side at the England Tour,

EurAsia Cup 2016 and four-

nation tournament in Valencia

last year, is another player

who will make his senior

debut in Azlan Shah Cup.

Oltmans said India will

focus more on its

forwaregreesdline in the

Azlan Shah Cup.

“We are practising very

hard. We want to score more

and more goals. Winning a

medal for the country is all

about scoring goals and to

execute this plan we need

more goal-scoring players like

Affan Yousuf,” he said.

Asked, who he considers to

be the underdogs in the

tournament, Oltmans said:

“Japan has not played any

international matches and it is

difficult to know who are the

underdogs. Also, there is

England who did not have

very good outing last year.

They will be eager to perform

better. So, let us wait and

watch.”

Oltmans eager to test new style in Azlan Shah Cup

NEW DELHI:

Apart from Sindhu, the list

also comprises two former

world No.1s in men’s doubles

and a former European men’s

singles champion.

Olympic silver-medallist

and world No.2 P V Sindhu

will be among the nine

shuttlers vying for a position

in the Badminton World

Federation’s Athletes

Commission.

The other Indian in fray for

the four slots is relatively

unknown male shuttler called

Nikhar Garg, known more for

his anti-establishment voice

in the badminton fraternity

than for his on-court

performances.

Garg’s doubles ranking

stood at 374th in January.

Garg’s nomination may

have happened after he

expressed his desire to contest

for a slot in BWF Athletes’

Commission.

The unknown Mumbai

shuttler started an online

petition in May 2016 urging

BWF to grant greater

autonomy to the independent

players by allowing them to

register directly for

international tournaments

instead of their associations.

The nominations closed on

March 27 with six men and

three women standing for the

BWF Athletes’ Commission

elections.

Apart from Sindhu, the list

also comprises two former

world No.1s in men’s doubles

and a former European men’s

singles champion.

Following the close of

nominations on March 27,

three women and six men will

stand for elections to the body

which represents players

within the Badminton World

Federation.

The others in fray are

Lithuania’s Akville

Stapusaityte, Ugandan Edwin

Ekiring, Malaysian Koo Kien

Keat, Scotland’s Kirsty

Gilmour, Mexico’s Luis

Ramon Garrido Esquivel,

German Marc Zwiebler and

Korea’s Yoo Yeon Seong.

Three persons will be

elected to replace outgoing

members — Yuhan Tan

(Belgium), Hans-Kristian

Solberg Vittinghus (Denmark)

and Greysia Polii (Indonesia)

— who will complete their

four-year term in May.

The rule states that at least

one male and one female

player must be elected. The

third person will be the

candidate (male or female)

with the next highest number

of votes.

Additionally, a fourth

person — a female — will be

elected to finish the term of

Tang Yuanting.

The Chinese player, who

became a member of the

Athletes’ Commission in

2015, has resigned following

her retirement from

badminton last year, thus

leaving a vacancy on the

Commission.

Therefore, either the female

with the second—highest

number of votes or the female

with the third-highest number

of votes will be elected to

serve the remaining two years

of Tang’s term.

For the first time, voting by

email will take place and this

starts on April 26 and ends on

May 24 — the date on which

players attending the

Sudirman Cup in Gold Coast

will be able to vote in person

at the stadium.

Sindhu, Garg in fray forBWF athletes’ commission

BENGALURU:

Star custodian PR Sreejesh will

lead an 18-member Indian hockey

team at the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah

Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, starting

April 29.

Manpreet Singh will be

Sreejesh's deputy in the squad that

also has members from the junior

World Cup winning squad.

Defender Gurinder Singh,

midfielders Sumit and Manpreet

were a part of the Junior World Cup

winning squad and are slated to

make their debut at the tournament.

The 21-year-old goalkeeper from

Mumbai Suraj Karkera who was

part of the junior squad that toured

England in 2016 and participated in

the EurAsia Cup in Russia and the

Four-Nations Tournament last year,

too finds his name in the team.

Ahead of the national camp for

the senior men's core probable

group, chief coach Roelant Oltmans

had emphasized on giving juniors

the right exposure with a vision of

building a team that would bring

laurels in the 2018 World Cup and

2020 Tokyo Olympics.

As a first step towards that goal,

the chief coach has inducted these

youngsters from the junior men's

team.

The team also features drag

flicker Harmanpreet Singh, Junior

World Cup winning skipper Harjeet

Singh and forward Mandeep Singh.

The trio, who were instrumental

in the Indian team's success at the

Junior World Cup, have played at

the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in the

previous edition where India won a

Silver after losing to Australia in

the Final.

"The idea was to try out new

combinations ahead of the three

important tournaments this year,

which are the World League Semi-

Final, Asia Cup and the Odisha

Men's Hockey League Final

Bhubaneswar 2017," explained

Oltmans.

"We have a few tournaments

before these big events like we play

Belgium and Germany before we

play the World League Semi-Final

and we play Belgium and Holland

in August. These are good

opponents against whom we can

test ourselves to access whether the

players are achieving what we

expect out of them," he said.

Experienced Sardar Singh,

Chinglensana Singh Kangujam,

Harjeet Singh, Sumit and Manpreet

will be manning the midfield.

The defence includes Rupinder

Pal Singh, Pardeep Mor, Surender

Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh and

Gurinder Singh while the

forwardline is formidable with SV

Sunil, Talwinder Singh, Affan

Yousuf, Akashdeep Singh and

Mandeep Singh.

"We will bring a team to

Malaysia which is a mixture of

experienced and young players

some of whom have played in the

senior squad earlier. It is a

challenge for us to see where we

stand with the new team

combination compared to other

teams like Australia, Great Britain

and New Zealand," said Oltmans.

The coach feels that some of the

opposition teams will not ring in

too many changes.

"They also will bring new

players. I don't expect Malaysia and

Japan to have too many changes in

their teams and I think they play the

same players as they did at the

Asian Champions Trophy last

October," said Oltmans.

The tournament will give an idea

of how things are progressing.

"It will be interesting to see how

these teams are developing and also

access our own progress. We need

to pay attention to the structure we

are looking for and it takes time to

make everyone aware of what the

demands of the structure are

specially when new players are

coming in.

"Though most of them are

responding very well, I believe

there will be some ups and downs

in the tournament but the aim is to

have the best possible result,"

Oltmans concluded.

Sreejesh to lead India at Azlan Shah Cup, four rookies included

JAMMU, April 11: With the

completion of cleaning and

filling process at the only

government-run swimming

facility at MA Stadium, the

J&K State Sports Council is all

set to open it pool for the season

next week.

However, it has been learnt

reliably that the management of

the pool has fixed April 17 i.e.

Monday the date for the formal

opening of the swimming pool.

Since, those swimming

enthusiasts have already started

approaching the office of the

Manager, Indoor Complex, MA

Stadium, here for fresh

registration and renewal of the

existing membership, the

concerned staff has geared-up

to take on the rush.

Important to mention here

that swimming pool remains the

most attractive and revenue

generating sports facility at the

MA Stadium.

However, unfortunately, with

the increase in the pool depth at

shallow because of an

engineering blunder committed

by the State Sports Council

(while renovating the pool) the

only government-run

swimming facility has upset

those youngsters, who are

below 4-feet of height. The

technical staff at the pool does

not allow beginners quoting

different reasons.

MA Stadium poolto open next week

JAMMU, April 11:

Sharaya Chib bagged first

place in the under-12 girls

swimming competition which

was organised by KC Sports

Club (KCSC) at the 12 meters

indoor club pool, here today.

The second place went to

Serena Chib while Pari Khajuria

remained third in the event. The

competition held under the

supervision of swimming

instructor, Babita Jamwal.

Event was part of the

initiative of the Club to provide

young swimmers of the Club a

platform to exhibit their skills

and excel. A good number of

young swimming enthusiasts

took part in the competition, a handout issued by the Club, here today informed.

Sharya wins U-12 girlsswimming contest at KCSC

Winners of a swimming competition held at

KC Sports Club Jammu on Tuesday.

JAMMU, April 11:

Member Legislative Assembly (MLA)

Bishnah, Dr Kamal Arora today inaugurated

wrestling Akhara within the Peer Bhaba

complex in tehsil Bishnah of district Samba.

The opening of sports facility also

witnessed wrestling bouts among local boys,

who were specially invited so as to make it a

memorable event.

The facility was declared open in the

presence of general secretary, J&K Indian

Style Wrestling Association, Bansi Lal Tidyal,

who thanked the MLA on behalf of the sports

body.

Prominent among others present were

Guldev Singh Saini, Saudagar Singh, Tara

Singh, Chajju Ram Tidyal, Dharam Paul

Tidyal, Madan Lal and Krishan Lal Tidyal.

MLA inaugurates Akhara at Bishnah

BENGALURU :

We have to give the juniors

an opportunity, says chief

coach Roelant Oltmans

Seven players from the

junior ranks found a place in

India’s squad for the 26th

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup,

announced here on Tuesday.

Four of those — goalkeeper

Sumit Karkera, defender

Gurinder Singh, and

midfielders Sumit and

Manpreet (Jr) — are in line

to debut, while Surender

Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh

and Harjeet Singh have

already earned senior caps.

“We always want a good

senior core but feel we have

to give the juniors an

opportunity,” said chief

coach Roelant Oltmans. “It’s

good for them to get

exposure. A number of

common (senior) names are

not involved but it doesn’t

mean anything for the

future.”

Fresh Olympic cycle

The Azlan Shah Cup, to be

held in Ipoh, Malaysia, from

April 29 to May 6, in some

ways marks the beginning of

a fresh Olympic cycle for

India. It was an opportunity

to experiment before bigger

assignments ahead, Oltmans

felt.

“This is not the most

important tournament for us

in 2017. The Asia Cup (Sep

30 to Oct 8, Dhaka) and the

HWL Final (Dec 1 to 10,

Bhubaneswar) are the main

ones. That doesn’t mean we

don’t want to perform in the

other tournaments.

“We want to test ourselves.

We want to try out all the

combinations in 2017

because 2018 is a huge year,

with the Commonwealth

Games, the Asian Games, the

Champions Trophy and the

World Cup.”

Dipsan Tirkey, who was

hugely impressive during the

junior World Cup, was not

called up, while Simranjeet

Singh was left out too.

“Dipsan had a good junior

World Cup and is a big talent

but this is maybe one step too

early,” Oltmans said.

Sardar impresses

Ramandeep Singh, Nikkin

Thimmaiah and S.K.

Uthappa, all of whom

featured at the Rio Olympics,

were rested while Sardar

Singh was not. Oltmans was

impressed with the veteran

midfielder’s attitude since

the national camp began at

the SAI here last month.

“He has made a good

impression on the coaching

staff during the last four

weeks,” the Dutchman noted.

“He is very eager. He’s been

training very well. He brings

experience which is still

needed.

Seven juniors get senior call-up

MUMBAI:

His ODI skipper Mashrafe

Mortaza had advised him

not to play in the IPL to

guard against injuries. The

Bangladesh Cricket Board

too wants to wrap him up in

cotton wool and protect him

and manage his workload.

However, Mustafizur

Rahman, the talented

Bangladesh left-arm seamer,

who created such an impact

for the Sunrisers Hyderabad

last year, will be joining the

defending IPL champions

for their game against

Mumbai Indians at the

Wankhede on Wednesday.

"He is arriving tonight

and is available for

selection," said SRH coach

Tom Moody on match eve

on Tuesday. "Who he will

replace will not be decided

until tomorrow. But more

than likely he is fit and

available unless something

happens overnight," added

Moody.

Rahman picked up 17

wickets for SRH at an

astonishing economy rate of

6.90 last year.

Mustafizur Rahman availablefor selection, says Tom Moody TOI Sports bring to you the all the

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A-Listers get their due

The Superstar Shake-up week started

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Monday Night RAW much to the dismay

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it was not the Cenation leader nor Nikki

Bella who came out, in fact it was the A-

Lister The Miz and his wife Maryse

dressed as Cena and Bella who came out

thus reaffirming their switch from

Smackdown Live to Monday Night RAW.

However, roughly two minutes in to

The Miz's promo, the former

Intercontinental Champion was

interrupted by the current Intercontinental

Champion, Dean Ambrose - the third

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arrival clear by putting down The Miz

with the Dirty Deeds.

The Revival beat the New Day via

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After withering the early storm by the

New Day, Revival went on to isolate

Xavier Woods with their trademark tag

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followed by a straight elbow to the face of

Scott Dawson. Big E got his big moves in,

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leaping Woods ate a spectacular Shatter

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Curt Hawkins comes back to Monday

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TJ Perkins beats Austin Aries via

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Perkins went on the offensive early on

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Perkins attacked Aries and turned heel.

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BUSINESS the northlinesJammu | Wednesday | April 12 | 2017

11

Jammu, 11 April, 2017:

Kajaria Ceramics, India'sNo.1 and world's 9th largestmanufacturer of ceramic andvitrified tiles, announced thelaunch of its premium andexclusive range of lavishsized tiles ULTIMA todayWith the launch of this newproduct line which isdesigned to cover a largersurface area, KajariaCeramics becomes the firstin Indian ceramic industryto bring extra-largetechnical body tileengineered with state-of-artdigital printing and GVTcombination. The product

line was unveiled by MR.ASHOK KAJARIA (CMDKAJARIA GROUP) amidthe grandeur of the eventwhich was attended by 400+renowned architects,

builders, Internationaldelegates and interiordesigners across India.

With the launch ofULTIMA, Kajaria Ceramicsbecomes the first in India to

introduce lavish sized tileswith dimension (1200x1800mm). Speaking on thelaunch, MR. RISHIKAJARIA, JMD, KajariaCeramics and MR. PANKAJSETHI, COO ETERNITYsaid, "We are extremelydelighted to announce thelaunch of ULTIMA as one ofour exclusive product linefrom the house of Kajaria.We are also very proud to bethe first in the Indianceramic industry tointroduce the lavish sizedtiles range which has beenengineered with cutting edgetechnology that exists

globally. The idea behindintroducing this categorywas to bring a unique,innovative, aesthetic andfirst-of-its-kind range ofproduct line which had neverbeen introduced in theIndian market before. Weexpect an increase of 125-150 Cr in our overallturnover post inclusion ofthis new product line and weplan to open 50-100 retailoutlets in next 6-12 months."Available in 3 different sizes(120x180 cm/ 120x120 cm& 29x180 cm), ULTIMArange will have over 125variations in its category.

Kajaria launches premium range of tiles 'ULTIMA' Jammu:

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14 famous brands inwedding world from acrossIndia like Delhi baseddesigner Anu P.D ZARIINjewellery ,Puri exclusivewoman, Paisley Pop byTanya Anand, , Makeup bySaba Shafi, Makeup byTejasvini Chander StudioClassique by Shrinika, DiosaJewels, , Closet Cloud byAnum Siraj, Neetu Bali, ,The Memory Trunk by KritiAggarwal & Exclusivedesigner collections byStudio MG by Maansi Guptaparticipated in the event.Each of these brands not onlyshowcased their latest bridalcollections but also gave aninsight to an interactivestyling, shopping session andwhat's in trend and what'snot. The 'free entry' luxury

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India, April 2017 -

Launched in India by KOSÉCorporation, one of the largestbeauty and cosmetic companies ofJapan, 'Spawake' brings itsconsumers one step closer torevolutionary two new products -SpawakeMoisturising 2-in-1 FoamCleanser &Spawake WhiteningUltra Fresh Gel Cream. Based onthe concept of refreshing andrevitalizing the skin for a fresh,after-spa glow, Spawake productportfolio which currently includes18 product variants & 30 SKU's ismarketed at women living in urbanareas. Reminiscent of Japan, all theproducts contain an extract ofJapanese kelp (Laminaria Japonica)and sea salt, which are commonly

used marine cosmetic ingredients.'SpawakeMoisturising 2-in-1 FoamCleanser', that works as a doublecleanser in one go - 1. A daily facewash 2. Light makeup removal.It isan oil-free foaming cleanserenriched with SEA MINERALS thatinstantly creates a light, airy foam to

lift away impurities, excess oil andlight makeup in one step. 'SpawakeWhitening Ultra Fresh Gel Cream', awhitening daytime moisturizer withfeathery touch and SPF15/PA+ thatdrenches skin in refreshing moisturewhile protecting against harmfulUVA and UVB rays. Commenting

on the launch of the new products,Takashi Nomura, Director & CEO,KOSE Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.said, "We are very happy toannounce the launch of our newproducts that are revolutionary andhave been made after extensiveresearch. They have especially beenmade to address the skincareproblems of Indian women that theyare facing currently - overdrynesswhile using cleansers or notapplying moisturisers in summerseason to avoid skin greasiness.With infusion of Japanesetechnology, sea ingredients andfruity floral fragrance we are able tolaunch products that will cater tothese needs and will help bloom thebeauty of Indian women."

Spawake announces launch of revolutionary Skincare Products

11 April 2017, Bangalore:

Global Consumer Products Pvt. Ltd., one ofthe fastest growing FMCG companies, withinnovation at its helm, has today announcedthe launch of the country's first ever greenand eco-friendly99.5% natural coil - 'DNDSpira Coils'. GCPL had recently launchedproducts inmosquito repellent category underthe flagship brand of 'DND'- DO NOTDISTURB. DND Spira Coils uses patentedJapanese technology using theSumioneActive molecule (Patented Japanese ActiveSumione from Sumitomo, Japan),which islight and evaporatesmuch faster thus creatingan effective 360 degree preventive shield.DND Spira Coils are 99.5% natural coils,making it an environment friendly solution.

Mr. A. Mahendran, the creator of the

household insecticide category in India andalso the creator of DND, promisesworld-classpath breaking innovations with DND SpiraCoils, the first ever eco-friendly coilmanufactured in this country.

GlobalConsumer Products Pvt Ltd., ayoung and fast growing companyin theFMCG segment,designs and developsproducts that are technology oriented andinnovative in approach. DND is based on thephilosophy of prevention rather thanprotection. With DND, the company aims toprovide effective 'prevention' against entry ofmosquitos as a proactive solution rather thana conventional 'protection' approach. Thishelps DND to stand by its name "Do NotDisturb" while its consumers are having agood sleep at night.

Global Consumer Productslaunches 'DND Spira Coils'

Mumbai, April 2017:

Singularity University (SU)successfully completed thesecond edition of its flagshipSummit at the JW MarriottSahar in Mumbai today. Thetwo-day Summit, hosted inassociation with INK and incollaboration with Deloitte,brought together top thinkers,global business leaders, andorganizations. During theSummit, thought leaders andprofessionals shared theirinsights on the big trends andtechnologies that are

reshaping industries,governance, health, andsociety. "We are proud torenew our association withINK to bring togetherexponential leaders and game-changers who are drivinginnovation," said Rob Nail,CEO and Associate Founderof Singularity University.Speaking about the Summit,Lakshmi Pratury, Founder andCEO of INK and Director ofthe SingularityU IndiaSummit, said, "The ability toamalgamate technology and

people to build on existinginnovations is the core ofexponential innovation. Weare delighted to be associatedwith the SingularityU Summitfor the second consecutiveyear. Exponential technologyinnovations are rapidlymoving across boundaries andIndia stands to make a criticalcontribution to thistransformation. INK is proudto have been able to bringSingularity University'sthinking and speakers to Indiato start this conversation."

SU successfully completes secondedition of its flagship summit

11 April 2017:

Baisakhi is a vibrantfestival celebrated in NorthIndia, which marks thebeginning of a bountifulharvest season. On thisauspicious day, give yourhome a refreshing new lookwith colour tips from KansaiNerolac.

Festivals fill your homewith a divine aura. They arean apt time to make newbeginnings or even do thesame things differently.Changing the furniture athome can be expensive andtedious. However, you cancompletely revamp the entirelook and feel of your home bysimply changing the colour ofyour walls. You will beamazed to find what a singlesplash of paint can do to yourhome. Opt for the brightcolours of this season like red,yellow, green and orange.

Add more zest to the décorby putting up diyas, candles,flower decorations, stringlights and rangoli. When itcomes to Baisakhi, the ideasto decorate home interiors andexteriors are endless.

Yellow helps create a

welcoming warm atmospherein a room. It is light and airy,as well as bright andinvigorating. Bothexpressions of the colour areequally charming in homeinteriors. The ratio of yellowto other colours like white inthe room also influences theoverall impact of the colour.

Use of white to createsections or demarcate spaceswith yellow also adds apleasant aesthetic to the layoutof a heavily furnished room.Pops of bright yellow are eyecatching against dark and lightneutral coloured walls. Thisworks in adding a peppy air tothe room.

The colour of fall andharvest, Orange can be used tocreate an energizingatmosphere that stimulatesmental activity.

A mix of red and yellow;orange is a good colour forsocial spaces. Brighter tonescan be used for areas like thekitchen and softer tones oforanges may be used in thebedroom for a warm butrelaxing feel. Lighter tonesalso help make the room lookairy and brighter.

Jazz up your home in thecolours of the Harvest Festival

Mumbai:

Radhakishan Damani mayshun the limelight, butinvestors in his firm AvenueSupermarts, the owner of D-Mart chain of retail stores,have no such qualms. OnMonday, they bought heavilyinto Avenue shares, boostingits market cap past the Rs50,000-crore mark and itsshare price to a new high ofRs 806.80. The shares rose7% initially before endingthe day 3.3% up.

Investors' fervour forAvenue has shown no signsof easing since March 21when its shares listed at morethan 100% premium to offerprice of Rs 299. The sharesare up 160% as of Monday ,making Avenue the mostexpensive brick-and-mortarretail stock in the world onkey financial parameters.

While giants such as Wal-Mart, Costco, Tesco, Target,Metro and Carrefour among

others are trading at a marketcap-to-sales ratio of below 1,Avenue is trading at nearly5.6 times. The market capto-sales ratio measures thepremium that investors arewilling to pay for future sales.

D-Mart's eye-poppingvaluation and the stock surgehave forced analysts and fundmanagers to warn aboutirrational exuberance.Thoughinvestors don't mind paying apremium for the fastest-growing and most-profitableretail stock in the country,

they are finding it difficult tojustify the 96 times FY17multiple for the stock.

"The stock with low float isgetting into bubble territory"said Sanjiv Bhasin, EVP-markets, IIFL. "We areextremely cautious."

The FY18 numbersdiscount the current marketprice by 65 times comparedwith 16.8 times for WalMart,30.05 times for Costco andTarget's 13.33 times.

Avenue's sales and marketcap are tiny compared with

the retail biggies of the worldbut the fact that investors arewilling to pay lavish premiumto own the stock is helpingthe Mumbai-based firm hogthe global limelight.

"Valuation at nearly 100 PEis not at all justified, butinvestors are giving AvenueSupermarts a lavish valuationbecause of its growthvisibility and clarity instrategy ," said Daljit Kohli,head of research,IndiaNivesh Securities. "It isa quality play on the Indianretail sector and investors arepaying hefty premium asthere are limited options toinvest in the fast emergingIndian retail sector."

Avenue is worth $7.52billion at end of trading onMonday, more than that ofTata Steel, Cipla, Dr Reddy's,Tech Mahindra, Britannia orMarico.

Over the past five years,Avenue's like-for-like sales

has grown 20% on an averagedespite subdued macroenvironment. Despite newstore additions, same storesales growth (SSSG)numbers have not seen anysignificant moderation,implying healthyperformance of the oldstores.

"From a 12-monthperspective, we believe scopefor absolute returns islimited, even as long-terminvestors may continue toown this name given lowfloat and healthy long-termgrowth prospects," saidLatika Chopra, analyst, JPMorgan. "Given limitedcatalysts for earningssurprise, we do not find roomfor further re-rating, rather,we highlight potential riskson the downside related todelay in store openings, softcomps growth andorincreased investments in e-commerce."

D-Mart now the most expensive retailer in the worldNEW DELHI:

Banks have been cuttingrates in the recent times asthey want to use liquidityavailable with them, FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley onTuesday said in the RajyaSabha as some parties,including ruling NDA, saiddemonetisation did not havepositive impact on creditgrowth.

Shiv Sena member SanjayRaut said it was claimed thatdemonetisation would havepositive effects on creditgrowth but that did not seemto be happening while therewere also concerns related tobanks cutting down staff.

Minister of State forFinance Santosh Gangwarsaid, "while such concernshad been expressed, if welook at figures, there hasbeen a positive impact oncredit growth."

Another member raised a

question about sluggishcredit growth, to whichJaitley said steps which aretaken to give boost to theeconomy also mean thatcredit growth shouldincrease.

Alternative source ofcredit such as bonds haveseen a significant revival, hesaid. Jaitley said that,notwithstanding themonetary policy decisions ofthe Reserve Bank of India,immediately after thedemonetisation in the first go

itself, in the month ofJanuary, the banks had cuttheir rates down by almostabout 80 to 85 basis points.

"Recently, again, at thebeginning of this month, Isaw there was a marginal cutby some banks," Jaitley said,adding "therefore, bankshave themselves also beenindulging in the exercise ofcutting down the rates,essentially, because excessliquidity is available withbanks and they want to usethis amount."

Banks cutting rates to use liquidityavailable, says Arun Jaitley

MUMBAI:

Snapping its three-day losing run, thebenchmark BSE Sensex on Tuesday zoomedby about 213 points to close at 29,788 oninvestor optimism about March quarterearnings amid mixed global cues.

Sectoral indices such as FMCG, capitalgoods, PSU, realty and banking were in thelead, giving sentiment a lift.

Sensex resumed higher before ending at29,788.35, a recovery of 212.61 points, or0.72 per cent. The gauge had lost 398.50

points in the previous three sessions.The NSE Nifty again crossed the 9,200-

mark to hit a high of 9,242.70 and settled55.55 points, or 0.61 per cent, higher at 9,237.

Stock brokers said optimistic buying aheadof industrial production (IIP) data forFebruary and retail inflation for Marchtomorrow halted the three-session fallingstreak.

Hopes of good show by IT major Infosysfor the March quarter, due on Thursday, alsohelped.

Sensex vaults 213 points aheadof economic data, earnings

MUMBAI:

The cup of woes for the rupeeseems to be brimming over asit weakened 13 paise more to64.69 against the dollar in earlysession on Tuesday as US ratehike fears come back to hauntparticipants.

Fed officials' highly hawkishcomments mainly soured forexmarket sentiment.

Dealers said dollar flexingmuscles overseas and itsincreased demand fromimporters put the squeeze onthe rupee.

They said, however, a higheropening in the domestic stock

market limited the rupeelosses.

On Monday, the rupee hadretreated after a three-sessionwinning run and lost 28 paiseto end at 64.56 against thedollar with simmering

geopolitical tensionstaking the centre-stage at the globallevel.

Some cautionahead of key macronumbers —i n d u s t r i a lproduction (IIP) forFebruary andconsumer inflation

for March to be released onWednesday — also added tothe pressure.

Meanwhile, the benchmarkBSE sensex recovered 55.50points, or 0.18 per cent, to29,631.24 in the beginning.

Rupee falls more, higherequities contain damage

BIJNOR, APR 11

The vice president of AIM-PLB has said that the boardwill end the practice of tripletalaq itself in one-and-a-halfyears so the governmentshould not interfere in thematter.Kalbe Sadiq also advised theMuslims against eating beef.Sadiq, who was here yester-day to attend a programme,was speaking to reporters atthe residence of President ofDistrict Civil BarAssociation.The Shia scholar said thetriple talaq system wasunfair to women but it was apersonal affair for the com-munity and they wouldsolve it themselves withinone to one-and-a-half years.He said the governmentshould not interfere in it.On the issue of beef con-sumption, he said in reli-gious books eating beef isnot advised and Muslimsshould not have it.Sadiq said if the governmentenacts laws banning cowslaughter and beef eating inthe country, the Muslims

would welcome it.He condemned the unlawfulactivities of cow vigilantesand demanded that it bestopped.On the Ram temple issue, he

said the dispute should endnow and the Hindus and theMuslims should yield someground to each other so thata compromise could bereached.He said Muslims should notinsist on making a mosqueat the site where the templewould be built.Sadiq said Muslim leaderswere responsible for thepoor state of the community.He said Kashmiri youthsshould open their eyes andunderstand the nefariousdesigns of Pakistan. He saidIndia should be united for itto become a prosperouscountry. — PTI

The NORTHLINESJAMMU || WEDNESDAY | APRIL | 12 || 201712

ISLAMABAD, APR 11

Pakistan Defence MinisterKhawaja Asif on Tuesdaysaid that Kulbhushan Jadhavhas a right to appeal againsthis death sentence within 60days, even as he justified thedeath penalty given to theIndian national. Jadhav, 46, was awardeddeath sentence by militaryField General Court Martialunder the army act for hisalleged involvement in ter-rorism and espionage. Thedeath sentence was con-firmed by powerful armychief Gen Qamar JavedBajwa.Speaking in the Senate,upper house of parliament,the defence minister todaysaid Jadhav has the right to

appeal against his death sen-tence within 60 days.The sentence sparked angryreaction from India whichsaid Jadhav's executionwould be treated as "pre-meditated murder."Asif dismissed Indian con-cerns that proper legalprocess was not observed inthe trial. “There was nothingin the [legal] proceedingsthat was against the law," hesaid.He also rejected the chargesof premeditated murder."It's not premeditated mur-der, what's happening inKashmir is (premeditatedmurder)," he alleged.The minister further said thetrial of Jadhav went for wenton "for three months",rejecting rumours that hewas hastily convicted.The minister said thoseworking against the securityof Pakistan would be treatedwith "iron hands”. "Whetherthe enemies come fromacross the border or within

Pakistan, they will receivepunishment," he said.He said that Jadhav had con-fessed his crime in the con-fessional statement, which isavailable on record.Pakistan claims its securityforces had arrested Jadhavfrom the restive Balochistanprovince on March 3 lastyear after he reportedlyentered from Iran. It alsoclaimed that he was "a serv-ing officer in the IndianNavy."The Pakistan Army had alsoreleased a "confessionalvideo" of Jadhav after hisarrest.India had acknowledged thatJadhav had served with thenavy but denied that he hasany connection with thegovernment.The incident is expected tofurther deteriorate alreadystrained Indo-Pak ties whichwere hit after deadly attacksin Pathankot and Uri byPakistan-based terrorists lastyear. — PTI

Jadhav can appeal againstsentence within 60 days: Pak NEW DELHI, APR 11

There is still a ray of hopefor those in possession ofdemonetised currency notesas the Supreme Court onTuesday said if it decided toextend the window forexchanging scrapped notes,it would be for the generalpublic and not for the peti-tioners alone.A Bench headed by ChiefJustice of India JS Kheharsaid it won’t decide individ-ual cases but only the ques-tion on opening a windowfor exchange of old currencynotes. However, it deferred thehearing on the issue to July

after the summer vacation.Attorney General MukulRohatgi opposed it, sayingeven if the court were toopen a window; eligibility ofindividuals to deposit oldcurrency for exchangewould be decided by thegovernment.The NDA government hadon March 21 faced sometough questions from the topcourt which asked it toexplain why it didn’t givetime to those who could notdeposit demonetised curren-cy notes before December31 if they had genuine rea-sons for not meeting thedeadline.Repeatedly referring to

Prime Minister NarendraModi’s November 8 speech,it had said there was a prom-ise that those unable todeposit currency notes of Rs1000 and Rs 500 would getopportunity till March 31.It had asked the government

and the RBI to file separateaffidavits explaining theirrespective stand by April 5.The government has stuck toits guns and defended itsdecision in the affidavit filedbefore the court. It main-tained that it was a crime to

possess demonetised curren-cy notes.Rohatgi, however, told thetop court that there cannot bea separate window (todeposit notes) for individu-als. But if the court openedthe window then it had to befor all.The top court is seized ofpetitions filed by almost adozen individuals challeng-ing the government’s deci-sion to deny them timebeyond December 31 todeposit old currency noteswith RBI-designated banks.A law made possession ofoutdated currency a criminaloffence and those with suchnotes can be prosecuted.

SC says if old notes exchange is allowed it would be for everyone

Muslim Law Board to end tripletalaq in 1.5 years: AIMPLB VP

MOGADISHU, APR 11

Somali security forces haveliberated an Indian cargoship from the pirates whohijacked it, but only two ofthe ten-man crew were res-cued, authorities in centralSomalia have said.Abdulahi Ahmed Ali, dis-trict commissioner for thepirate-hub region of Hobyo,told local press yesterdaythat the "Al Kauser" shiphad been held off the IndianOcean coast near Yemenafter the hijacking on March31."We have the boat and twoof the crew members buteight other members of thecrew are still missingbecause the pirates tookthem off the boat," the com-missioner said.Ali said the two rescuedcrew members from Indiawere healthy and thatauthorities were seekingtheir colleagues.Their abductors are believedto be holding them nearHobyo.The pirates had "refused acall by the local authorities

to release the vessel andlocal forces forcefullyengaged them," local securi-ty official Qoje Abdulahitold AFP by phone.Somali security forcesexchanged fire with thehijackers who fled to theshore aboard a fast boat,taking eight of theirhostages with them, Alisaid.The Al Kauser was the thirdvessel seized by pirates inless than a month off thecoast of Somalia, withexperts warning that shipshave lowered their guard inthe five years since theheight of the piracy crisis.The Indian ship was carry-ing cargo, including wheatand sugar, from Dubai viaYemen to Somalia's Bossasoport when it came underattack, owner Isaak Themtold AFP.The president of the KutchSeafarers Association,Adam Them, from the west-ern state of Gujarat wherethe vessel originated, toldAFP last week that thepirates had made ransomdemands.

Hijacked Indian cargo shiprescued but 8 crew missing

KATHMANDU, APR 11

The Nepal government onTuesday tabled a newConstitution amendment billin Parliament to address thedemands of the agitatingMadhesi parties which aredemanding more representa-tion and re-demarcation ofstate boundaries ahead ofnext month's local elections.According to the new bill,the government may form afederal commission to rec-ommend it on the issuesrelating to the number ofprovinces and their bound-aries.The coalition governmentregistered the newConstitution amendment billat the Parliament Secretariatafter Minister for Law,Justice and ParliamentaryAffairs Ajaya ShankarNayak withdrew the previ-ous bill tabled in Parliamenton November 29 last year.

A Cabinet meeting yester-day endorsed the new billwith a view to addressingthe demands of agitatingMadhes-based parties andbringing them on board thelocal polls scheduled forMay 14.The new bill aims ataddressing some of the keydemands raised by UnitedDemocratic Madhesi Front(UDMF).The Parliament meeting waslater adjourned for eightdays, Speaker Onsari Ghartisaid.The Madhesi parties, thathave been demanding morerepresentation in all statemechanism, are opposingthe local body elections slat-ed for May 14.Madhesis, mostly of Indian-origin, launched a prolongedagitation betweenSeptember 2015 andFebruary last year againstthe implementation of the

new Constitution which theyfelt marginalised the Teraicommunity.They are demanding morerepresentation and re-demarcation of state bound-aries in the Constitution.The protest had resulted inthe death of at least 50 peo-ple. — PTI

Nepal tables new Constitution amendmentbill to address Madhesis' demands

NEW YORK, APR 11

A 31-year-old Pakistani manhas pleaded guilty to his rolein a 140 million dollar schooland college “diploma mill”fraud run through a Pakistanicompany that was shut downby the country’s law enforce-ment.Umair Hamid of Karachipleaded guilty on Mondaybefore US District JudgeRonnie Abrams to conspira-cy to commit wire fraud inconnection with the interna-

tional diploma mill schemethat collected tens of mil-lions of dollars from thou-sands of customers. Thecharge carries a maximumsentence of 20 years inprison and Hamid will besentenced in July.He was arrested in Decemberlast for his role in the schemethat collected approximatelyUSD 140 million from tensof thousands of consumers,the Southern District of NewYork had said.As alleged in the indictment,Hamid and his co-conspira-tors made false representa-tions to consumers on web-sites and over the phone totrick them into enrolling in

purported colleges and highschools, and issued fakediplomas upon receipt ofupfront fees from con-sumers.“Operating from Pakistan,Hamid helped fraudulentlyrake in millions of dollarsfrom unwitting Americanconsumers who paid toenroll in, and get degreesfrom, high schools and col-leges that did not exist. As aresult of his fraud, peoplewho thought they wereinvesting in an educationreceived nothing more thanworthless diplomas and aharsh lesson in the world-wide reach of deceit,”Acting US Attorney Joon

Kim said.Hamid, using the aliases‘Shah Khan’ and the ‘Shah’,and others operated a mas-sive education “diplomamill” through the Pakistanicompany Axact, whichdescribed itself as one of theworld’s leading informationtechnology providers.Hamid served as Axact’sAssistant Vice President ofInternational Relations andmade misrepresentations toindividuals across the world,including throughout the USand in New York, in order todupe these individuals intoenrolling in supposed highschools, colleges and othereducational institutes.

Pak man pleads guilty in USD 140 mn diploma mill fraud in US