10th day kriya - Glimpses Of Future

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obituaries
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU THURSDAY AUGUST 18, 2016
OBITUARY
With profound grief and sorrow, we regret
to inform the sad demise of our beloved father Shri Jankinath Bindroo son of Late
Shri Radhakrishan Bindroo originally from
Ramghat Baramulla (Udheywalla Bohri)
at present Baner Pune Maharashtra
Shri Jankinath
411045. TENTH DAY KRIYA will be perBindroo
formed on 23rd August 2016 at 7:00 AM at
Dehu Ghat, Alandi Pune.
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY
Vijaya Bindroo - Wife
Ramesh & Pariksha Bindroo-Son & Daughter-in-law
Ashwani & Pooja Bindroo - Son & Daughter-in-law
Bharti & Jawahir Pandita - Daughter & Son-in-law
Shri Omkarnath and Mohni Bindroo - Brother & Bhabi
Shri Madan Lal and Asha Ji Bindroo - Brother & Bhabi
Smt. Dhulari Mantoo - Sister
Shri Surinder & Dhura Mantoo - In Laws
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Mobile :- 9767370123, 7387380123
OBITUARY
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform about the sad demise of our
beloved Grand Mother Smt. Roopawati
Kaul W/o Lt Sh. Anand Kaul, originally
resident of Bul Bul Lanker, Alikadal
Srinagar presently at H.No.2/132,
Smt. Roopawati
Shant Nagar, Old Janipur, Jammu Tawi
Kaul
on 15th August, 2016. Tenth Day Kriya
will be performed on 24th August, 2016
at Muthi Ghat at 9 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Daughters-in-law
Mrs. Asha Kaul W/o Lt Sh. Bansi Lal Kaul
Mrs. Reeta Kaul W/o Lt Sh. Ashok Kaul
Daughter & Son-in-law
Mrs. Kishni Bhan & Mr. M.K Bhan
Smt. Tosha Zutshi W/o Lt Sh. C.L Kaul - Daughter
Mrs. Basanti & Mr. A.K Kaul - Daughter & Son-in-law
Grand Children:
Mr. Sanjay Kaul & Mrs. Baby Kaul
Mr. Ajay Kaul & Mrs. Rosy Kaul
Mrs. Shivani Kaul & Mr. Arun Kumar
Mrs. Shefali Kaul & Mr. Ankush Bhat
9419110928, 9469214482, 9419147054
MOURNING/10TH DAY
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Sh.
Omkar Nath Kuchroo R/o House No.
07, Chinar Enclave, Old Khera Road,
Najafgarh, New Delhi-43. Originally
from Baramulla Kashmir on 11th
Sh. Omkar Nath
August 2016. The TENTH DAY KRIYA
Kuchroo
will be performed at Gauri Shankar
Mandir, Block-T, New Palam Vihar
Phase-1, Gurgaon on Saturday 20th August 2016. Well-wishers are requested to assemble at above residence address,
Instead of Gauri Shankar Mandir Ghat at 11:00 AM onwards.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Brothers & Sisters
Roshan Lal & Rohini Kuchroo
Chuni Lal & Vijay Kuchroo
Maharaj Krishan & Shanta Kuchroo
Parmashwari Malik
Brother-in-laws
Gopi Nath Bhan
Satish Kaul
Sons & Daughters-in-law
Bushan Kuchroo & Ramni
Vinod Kuchroo & Veena
Sanjay Kuchroo & Kalpana
Shalil Kuchroo & Anjni
Rajat Kuchroo & Neetu
Daughters and Sons-in-law
Madhu & Ashok Mattoo
Nalini & Brij Mohan Sharma
Suman & Opinder Saproo
Sonia & Ravinder Talashi
Pooja & Amit Pandita
Grand Children : Deepanshu, Aayushi, Nitika,
Kartik, Ruchika, Akshdeep, Siddhi, Shagun,
Naman, Tanishq, Krish, Meher, Prnn, Shivansh.
Cont : +919312383220, +919810400337,+ 919873253544
10TH DAY KRIYA
SMT NENCY KOUL W/O SH CHAMAN
LAL KOUL R/O 121/3 VIVEK VIHAR,
OPPOSITE
SOAP
FACTORY,
PALOURA, JAMMU (ORIGINALLY
FROM BAGH-E-SUNDER, CHATTABAL, SRINAGAR) LEFT FOR HER
SMT NENCY KOUL
HEAVENLY ABODE ON 11-8-2016.
THE TENTH DAY KRIYA WILL BE
PERFORMED ON 20-8-2016 (SATURDAY) AT 08.30 AM. LOCATION: MUTHI GHAT, NEAR DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION, JAMMU.
BEREAVED:
Sh Chaman Lal Koul (Husband)
Arun & Pamma Koul (Son & Daughter-in-law)
(Andover, Massachusetts, USA)
Rajni & Ravi Kaul Sahib (Daughter & Son-in-law)
(Sainik Colony, Jammu)
Samast Koul (Karihaloo)/Malla/Sahib/Ganjoo/Dhar Parivars.
Contact: 2532382/9419120521
OBITUARY
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved
mother Smt. Sham Rani Mugloo W/o
Late Dwarka Nath Mugloo originally
resident of Malapora Habakadal
Srinagar Kashmir, presently at 326/80,
Smt. Sham Rani
Patel Marg Mansarover Jaipur on 13Mugloo
08-2016 at Jaipur. TENTH DAY KRIYA
will be performed on 22-08-2016
(Monday) at Shani Ghat, Swaran Path,
Jaipur.
GRIEF STRICKEN
M L Chogtu
Sarla and A K Chogtu
Phoola and Ashok Mugloo (9419219760)
Asha Mugloo W/o Late Vinod Mugloo
Virja and Rajinder Mugloo (9419105803)
Vijay & Manoj Mugloo (0141-2782030, 08107078000)
Saroj & Satish Toshkhani
Deeksha & Abin Gadoo
Deepika & Rahul Zutshi
Vinay, Rahul, Akshay & Neeha Mugloo, Rainas, Dhars,
Hashias, Karihloos and Jailkhanies
BARKHI
Noble soul never dies but lives forever in
the hearts of their loved ones. Barkhi of
our beloved father Late Sh Darshan
Kumar Laira Retd. Sr. Teacher S/o Late
Sh Hem Raj Laira R/o Ward No. 3
Ramnagar. Barkhi will be performed at our residence Ward No. 3, Near City Middle School Sh Darshan Kumar
Ramnagar on 18-08-2016 at 11 AM.
Laira
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Neelam Gupta -Wife
Son & Daughter-in-law
Smt Komal & Sh Sachin Laira
Mr Akash Laira -Son
Daughters & Sons-in-law
Smt Kusam & Sh Jugal Kishore, AEE
Smt Arti & Sh Surinder Jandial
Smt Lakshmi & Sh Suresh Vaid
Bhabies & Brothers
Smt Lalita & Sh Nanak Chand Laira
Smt Urmila & Sh Som Raj Laira
Smt Santosh & Sh Ved Rattan Laira
Smt Neelam & Sh Kuldeep Laira
Smt Reva & Sh Virinder Laira
Smt Vijay & Sh Kulbhushan Laira
Sisters & Brothers-in-law
Smt Santosh & Sh Sita Ram
Smt Prabha & Sh Ram Krishan
Smt Kamli & Late Sh Virinder Gupta
Grand Children: Atul, Priya, Mitansh
Mob. No. 9797477059, 9018278125
BHOG/ANTIM ARDAS
With profound grief & sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of our beloved Aaina
Sethi D/o Sh Sudhir Sethi R/o 288
Mohalla Paharian Jammu. Antim Ardas
will be held at our old residence H.No.
238, Kanji House (Opp. Sunder Singh
Aaina Sethi
Gurudwara) on Thursday 18th August
2016. Bhog Shri Akhand Path at 10.00
AM. Antim Ardas at 11.00 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Father & Mother
Sh Sudhir Sethi & Smt Anju Sethi
Sh Romesh Sethi -Taya Ji
Sh Vinod Verma & Tripta Verma -Taya & Tayi Ji
Sh Vinod Sethi & Smt Sushma Sethi -Taya & Tayi Ji
Sh Satish Sethi & Smt Kanchan Sethi -Taya & Tayi Ji
Sh Sunil Sethi & Smt Renu Sethi -Taya & Tayi Ji
Sh Sanjeev Sethi & Smt Goldie Sethi -Chacha & Chachi Ji
Ankit & Neha Sethi -Bhaiya & Bhabhi
M/s Sethi Fashion Fusion Sethi Garments
M/s Tawi Steel Industries
Mob: 9419147809, 9419141809, 9419144442
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief & sorrow about the
sad & untimely demise of our respected
father Sh. Kanhya Lal Saraf (Bhai Sahab) S/o Lt. Sh Nand Lal Saraf R/o
Zaindar Mohalla, Malik Bagh in
Srinagar Prop. of Kanhya Trading
Sh. Kanhya Lal
House Maisuma Bazar Srinagar at
Saraf
present H.No 101, Sector -7, Trikuta
Nagar Jammu on 10-8- 2016. The
Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 19/08/2016 (Friday) at
Muthi Ghat (Near Directorate of School Education Office) at
9.00 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Brother
Sh Omkar Nath Raina (Saraf)
Daughter-in-laws and Sons
Smt Tej and P.N Raina (Saraf)
Smt Brij and Nana Ji Raina (Saraf)
Smt Sarla Ji and Dileep Raina (Saraf)
Daughters and Son-in-laws
Smt Vijay and C.N Chaku
Smt Vijay (Guddi) and H.K Shah
Grand Daughter-in-laws and Sons
Smt Pragati and Ravi
Smt Anam and Sunil Raina
Grand Daughters and Son-in-laws
Smt Ratti and Rajeev Khushu
Smt Shivani and Nitin Ganjoo
Samast Parivars of Koul’s, Saraf’s, Misiri’s, Daroga’s & Bhan’s
Cont: 9419100059, 9419120130, 9419118811, 01912470624
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and untimely demise of our
beloved father Sh Mohan Lal (Bairaj)
S/o Lt. Sh Mukand Ram originally resident of Chitti Bandi Aragam, Bandipora
Kashmir, presently at Flat No. 9, BlockSh Mohan Lal
130, Lane-21, Jagti Township Nagrota
(Bairaj)
Jammu on 13th Aug. 2016. The Tenth
Day Kriya will be performed at Muthi
Ghat on 22nd Aug. 2016 at 8 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Tosha Devi -Wife
Sh Sandeep Pandita & Archana - Son & Daughter-in-law
Sh Deepak Pandita -Son
Sh Omkar Nath Pandita & Jyoti Pandita - Brother & Bhabhi
Sh Hari Krishan Pandita & Rita Pandita - Brother & Bhabhi
Sh Ashok Kumar Pandita & Teja Pandita - Brother & Bhabhi
Smt & Sh Amit Pandita -Nephew
Smt & Sh Ajay Pandita -Nephew
Master Atharav Pandita -Grand Son
Mob. No. 9419153514, 9796625829
OBITUARY
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of Smt. Sham Rani W/o Lt
Sh. Sham Lal Kar originally resident of
Anderhama Kupwara Kmr. at present
H.No.2165, Kashmari Colony, Jain
Nagar, Karala N. Delhi-81, who expired
Smt. Sham Rani
on 11-08- 2016. Mourning will be held at
Delhi. 10th Day Kriya will be performed on
20-08-2016 at Manav Chowk, Sector-18,
Rohni N-Delhi.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt. Kashulyawati & Sh. Arjan Nath Kar - Devar & Devrani
Sh. Triloki Nath Dhar
Smt. Veena Ji & Sh. Bushan Lal Pandita
Daughters-in-law & Sons
Smt. Nirmala & Sh. Chaman Lal Kar
Smt. Daizy & Sh. Ramesh Kumar Kar
Smt. Dazy & Sh. Rajinder Kumar Kar
Smt. Sushma & Sh. Sanjay Kumar Kar
& All Children
Ph.No: 09716638490, 9868675814, 9419207247
10TH DAY KRIYA
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved
mother, Smt. Sham Rani W/o Sh. Sham
Lal Raina originally resident of
Chittergul, Anantnag Kmr. presently residing at Lane No. 03 Datta Colony
Smt. Sham Rani
Lower Barnai. Tenth Day Kriya will be
performed at Muthi Ghat near
Directorate Education on 25th of Aug
2016 at 7.30 a.m.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Sham Lal Raina- Husband
Ashok Kumar Raina & Usha Raina- Son & Daughter-in-Law
Sohan Lal Raina & Pinkey Raina- Son & Daughter-in-Law
Daleep Kumar Raina & Renu Raina- Son & Daughter-in-Law
Vijay Sathoo & Bushan Lal Sathoo- Daughter & Son-in-Law
Grand Children: Rinku, Sunny, Ansh, Anshika, Diya & Riya
Cont: 9796631978, 9419101129, 9419118637, 9596840681
10TH DAY KRIYA
WITH PROFOUND GRIEF & SORROW, WE INFORM ABOUT THE SAD
& UNTIMELY DEMISE OF OUR RESPECTED FATHER SH RADHA KRISHEN GOJA (BOB JEE) S/O LT. SH
RAGHAV RAM GOJA R/O GOJA MOSH RADHA
HALLA ANANTNAG A/P 98/4 ANAND
KRISHEN GOJA
NAGAR BOHRI JAMMU ON 11-82016. THE TENTH DAY KRIYA WILL
BE PERFORMED ON 20-8- 2016
(SATURDAY) AT MUTHI GHAT (NEAR
DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION OFFICE) AT 8.30 AM.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Daughter-in-laws & Sons
Smt Mohini & Sh B L Goja
Smt Usha & Sh C J Goja
Smt Kalpana & Sh Rajinder Goja
Smt Deepa & Sh Kuldeep Goja
Smt Bhavna & Sh Vijay Goja
Daughters & Son-in-laws
Smt Shori Talashi
Smt Kamta Koul & Sh B L Koul
Smt Lalita Raina
Smt Indu Dasi
Smt Sunita & Sh Chand Ji
Grand Daughter-in-laws & Sons
Vincy & Rohit Goja
Prerna & Rahul Goja
Grand Daughter & Grand Son-in-law
Rimple & Shardul
Grand Children : Ramesh Talashi, Anil, Deepak, Deeraj,
Deepali, Isha, Manvika, Rijju, Rivaa, Posh & Aarul
Smast Parivars of : Goja’s, Wattal’s, Koul’s, Bhat’s,
Raina’s, Pandita’s, Dasi’s & Talashi’s
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and untimely demise of our
beloved Smt Girja Raina W/o Sh
Ramesh Kumar Raina, H.No 68/8, K.C
Door’s Muthi, Jammu originally resident
of Upper Sathu Bar Bar Shah, Srinagar,
Smt Girja Raina
Kashmir. Tenth Day Kriya will be performed at Muthi Ghat Near Directorate
of Education, Jammu at 8.30 AM on
21/08/2016 Sunday.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Mother-in-law & Father-in-law
Smt Mohini Raina & Sh Dwarika Nath Raina - 8803651948
Sh Ramesh Kumar Raina -Husband (9469220020)
Daughter-in-law & Son
Smt Gayatri Raina & Sh Karan Raina - (09654316144)
Ankita Raina -Daughter (7298189115)
Sisters-in-law & Brothers-in-law
Smt Nirmala Raina & Sh Attan Ji Raina (9858604533)
Smt Sunila Raina & Sh Ajay Raina
TENTH DAY
With profound giref & sorrow, we inform
the sad demise of uor beloved Shri
Shridhar Pandita S/o late Sh Prasad
Ram Pandita, oroginal resident of
Athoora, District Baramulla, Kashmir, at
present, near K C Door, Jammu, who
left us for heavenly abode on 9th
August, 2016. Tenth Day will be performed on 18th August, 2016 at Muthi
Ghat near Director School Education,
Jammu at 8 AM.
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:Panditas, Bhats, Kouls
Contact No: 9419282966
Shri Shridhar
Pandita
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow we inform the sad demise of our Beloved
mother Smt. Krishna Raina W/o Late
Avtar Krishen Raina (originally resident
of Bulbul Lanker Alikadal Srinagar
Kashmir, presently at 8/375 Sector 3
Smt. Krishna
Rajinder Nagar Sahibabad Ghaziabad
Raina
UP) on 12th August at Rajinder Nagar.
TENTH DAY KRIYA will be performed
on 21/08/2016 at Muradabad Ghat UP
GRIEF STRICKEN
Rakesh & Kiran Raina (8800384668)
Ajit & Nancy Raina (8130256484)
Nitin & Shaily Raina
Neeru & Ramesh Ganju
Kachroo’s
Raina's(Nanwai)
Rishu, Sonia, Sarthak, Akshay, Akansha, Sheen
10TH DAY/KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we
painfully inform the untimely sad demise
of our beloved Sudesh Nagar S/o Vaid
Sh Rattan Chand Nagar R/o Lambi Gali,
near Sabzi Mandi Udhampur, who left us
on 11th of August 2016. Tenth Day will be
performed on 20th August (Saturday) in
Arya Samaj Mandir at 11 AM. Kriya will
be performed on 22-08-2016 (Monday).
GRIEF STRICKEN
Nagar Parivar
Lambi Gali Udhampur
Sudesh Nagar
A great river has flown gently into ocean.
We inform the sad demise of our beloved
father Sh Narayan Dutt Marrod S/o Lt. Sh
Chanday Ram Marrod of Katra on 9- 082016. 10th Day will be performed on 18-82016 at 10 AM at Katra. Kriya will be performed on 19-08-2016 at our residence
Sh Narayan Dutt
Jammu Road Katra.
Marrod
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Santosh Devi -Wife
Smt Amisha & Sanjay Sharma -Son & Daughter-in-law
Smt Deepti & Vikas Sharma -Son & Daughter-in-law
Smt Padma & Shakti Sharma -Daughter & Son-in-law
Smt Chanda Kanta & Jeevan Sham -Daughter & Son-in-law
Smt Savita & Varinder Sharma -Daughter & Son-in-law
Smt Rajni & Rohit Sharma -Daughter & Son-in-law
Ph. No. 94191-64028, 8713900000
KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform about the sad demise of our
beloved Sh Om Parkash Gupta Ji S/o
Late Sh Ram Saran Ji (Karloop Wali)
R/o H.No. 27-B Bhawani Nagar. Kriya
will be performed on Thursday 18th
Sh Om Parkash
August 2016 at 12 Noon at our resiGupta
dence.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Krishna Devi W/o Late Sh Prabhu Dayal (Bhabhi)
(Bhabhi & Brother)
Smt Kamlesh Gupta W/o Sh Rattan Lal Gupta
Smt Kamlesh W/o Late Sh Rampal Gupta (Bhabhi)
Daughters-in-law & Sons
Smt Minakshi Gupta W/o Sh Surinder Gupta
Smt Niza Gupta W/o Sh Rakesh Gupta
Mr Vijay Gupta (Son)
Mr Jatinder Gupta (Son)
Mr Ashwani Gupta (Son)
Smt Sneh Gupta W/o Sh Ashok Gupta
Smt Sunita Gupta W/o Sh Sham Lal
Smt Jyoti Gupta W/o Sh Deepak Gupta
Grand Children: Aman, Pallavi, Simriti,
Monika, Vikllap, Sonika, Avinash, Muskan,
Pari, Adrav, Sakshi, Palak.
Mob. 9419193792, 9086381010, 9469526768
OBITUARY
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of Sh. Triloki Nath
Bhat S/o Lt. Sh. Vishna Bhat R/o
Noorpora (Gairoo) Kashmir on
10/08/2016.The 10th Day Kriya will be
performed on 19/08/2016 (Friday) at
Sh. Triloki Nath
Naagbal Gowri Shri Asthapan
Bhat
Noorpora Kashmir.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Nancy Bhat -Wife
Sh Suman Vikas Bhat -Son
Smt Anupuma & Sh Munish Raina
Smt Amrita & Sh Raj Kumar Kour
Smt Pyaari Ji -Bhabhi
Smt Mohini & Sh H.L Bhat -Bhabhi & Brother
Smt Kamalwati Bhat -Mother-in-law
AND SAMAST BHAT PARIWAR
PH.NO: 9419897663, 9419301904, 9419121841
OBITUARY
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Mr
Aurubindu Munshi S/o Late Sh. M.L.
Munshi originally from Rang Teng, Ali
Kadal, Srinagar, presently residing at
M-102, Plot No. A-30, Shalimar Garden
Extn-II, (Near Ekta Park), Sahibabad,
Ghaziabad on 11-08-2016 at Ludhiana.
TENTH DAY will be performed on 2008-2016 (Saturday) at 7.00 A.M. at
Murad Nagar Ghat, U.P.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Krishna Munshi-Mother
Sister & Brother-in-law
Nivediata Munshi & Vinod Mahaldar
Vivek Munshi-Brother
Mob. No: 9313949058
Mr Aurubindu
Munshi
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sudden and untimely demise
of our beloved father Sh. Bhushan Lal
Sapru after brief illness. Originally resident of Drabiyar Habba Kadal, Srinagar
Kmr on 12- 08-2016. 10th Day Kriya will
be performed at Muradnagar Gang
Nehar Ghat, opposite Jain Shikanji,
Meerut Road U.P. on 21st of August,
Sunday at 9.00 a.m.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt. Lakshmishori Sapru- Mother
Sons & Daughter-in-Laws
Sh. Bhavnesh Sapru & Geetanjali
Sh. Rohit Sapru & Meenakshi Sapru
Abhinav & Mayank- Grandsons
Koul’s, Karihaloos and Rainas
Sh. Bhushan Lal
Sapru
10TH DAY KRIYA
With profound grief and sorrow, we inform that the sad demise of Sh Devi
Chand (Retd. Sub - Insp. JKP, Now
Sarpanch Sindra) R/o Sindra Teh.
Bhalla, Distt. Doda on 10th of Aug 2016.
His 4th Day Kriya will be performed on
Sh Devi Chand
13th of Aug 16 at his residence Sindra.
His 10th Day Kriya will be performed on
18th of Aug 2016 at 10.00 am onwards
at his residence.
GRIEF STRICKEN
Smt Darshana Devi -Wife
Brothers and Bhabis
Sh Davinder Kumar (Ex. Hav) & Smt Pushpa Devi
Sh Bodh Raj (DySP JKP) & Smt Indu Devi
Sh Parkash Ram (Head Master) & Smt Rajni Devi (Tr.)
Sons
Suneel Kumar (Lect.)
Anil Kumar (Physical Teacher)
Nephew: Neeraj Kumar (Lab. Tech.), Naveen Kumar, Ankush
Kumar (Engineering), Ankit
Kumar, Suraj Parkash, Gagan Parkash
Mob: 9419122361, 9697035364
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Glimpses of Future
Shrine Board organises workshop on solid waste management
GOF Staff Reporter
Katra, Aug 17:
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
Shrine Board organised a
workshop on Solid Waste
Management at Spiritual
Growth Centre, Katra today
as part of awareness programme for Shrine Board officials, local administrators
and major stakeholders of the
area.Ajeet Kumar Sahu, Chief
Executive Officer, Shri Mata
Vaishno Devi Shrine Board,
in his keynote address, highlighted the crucial need of scientific solid waste management and the role and responsibilities of one and all in the
protection of environment
and ecology of the Katra town
and the area around the Holy
Shrine. In this context, he referred to the various measures which are being taken by
the Shrine Board for solid and
waste water management in a
scientific manner. He informed that a number of reputed expert agencies in the
country have been approached by the Shrine Board
for putting in place most effective approaches and technologies for finding solutions to
the solid waste management,
particularly mule dung generated on the track.He added
that the Shrine Board is also
promoting in a big way the use
of biodegradable materials for
prasad pouches and for other
packing material besides taking several other measures for
effective solid waste management. He added that the
Shrine Board has constructed
a chain of Sewage Treatment
Plants at various locations on
the track, in the Shrine area
and at its different establishments.
He emphasised the need
for putting in coordinated and
concerted efforts by all the
stakeholders for addressing
the issue of solid waste management and other related
matters in Katra town and the
area around to secure the desired results expeditiously.
Sat dedicates 250 KVA
transformer in Kabir Colony
He assured all possible support from the Shrine Board in
these initiatives. Dr. Lakshmi
Raghupathy, former Director,
Ministry of Environment and
Forests, Government of India,
in her expert and detailed
presentation dwelt on the
method of waste minimisation, segregation, handling,
transportation, storage and
disposal of solid waste.She
spoke about various aspects of
the solid waste management.
She lauded the Shrine Board
for an integrated waste management approach being
adopted by it, adding that this
being the most suitable and effective approach keeping in
view the hilly terrain of the
area.
Dr.
Shrine
Raghupathy’s presentation
was followed by a discussion
on the available alternatives
to polythene and their replicability in the present scenario
of Katra during which she
spoke about plastic waste
management as well as alterVasu
natives to plastic.
Yadav, Member-Secretary,
J&K State Pollution Control
Board, spoke at length about
the available legal framework
in regard to solid waste management especially of Plastic
Waste Management Rules,
J&K
Non-Biodegradable
(Management,
Material
Handling and Disposal) Act
and Solid Waste Management
Rules.
He also spoke about the
newly
formulated
‘Construction and Demolition
Waste Management Rules’ at
length.
He gave details of the various rules, guidelines, circulars and laws related to the solid waste management as well
as the well defined responsibilities of all the stakeholders
Ravinder
in this context.
Deputy
Kumar,
Commissioner, Reasi, speaking on the occasion, gave details about the various measures which are being taken
and those in the pipeline for
ensuring most effective solid
waste management to make
Katra the most neat and clean
town. He emphasised the role
of all the stakeholders to
achieve this objective. Dr.
Piyush Singla, Additional
Chief Executive Officer of the
Shrine Board, informed about
the aims and objectives of organising the workshop and
added that such interactions
of the stakeholders will go a
long way in enlarging awareness about the solid waste
management issues, particularly in the Katra town.Amit
Deputy
Chief
Vermani,
Executive Officer, SMVDSB,
conducted the proceedings of
the workshop.Among those
who participated in the workshop included Dr. M. K.
Kumar, Additional CEO of the
Shrine Board; Jagdish Singh,
Neelam
SDM Bhawan;
Khajuria, SDM, Katra; Sumir
Kotwal, Additional SP, Katra;
senior civil, police, Urban
Local Bodies and Municipal
Committee, Katra officers;
prominent citizens, representatives of hospitality industry,
trade and commerce, media
persons and the concerned officers and officials of the
Shrine Board.The participants of the workshop also put
forth several suggestions in
regard to solid waste management in Katra town.
MP Jugal covers Rajouri with Tiranga yatra
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Aug 17:
Jammu, Aug 17:
BJP State President and MLA Sat Sharma, dedicated a 250 KVA
transformer in Kabir Colony falling in Jammu West Assembly
Constituency in presence of a large number of party activists, local residents and senior officials of PDD.Sat Sharma, on this occasion, said
that a new transformer has been installed within few hours after the
earlier one got damaged in Kabir Colony as every effort is being made
to ensure that the people are not made to suffer on account of power
cuts or due to problems which may sometimes develop in the infrastructure in peak hours of the season due to over loading. He said that
whenever it is brought into his notice that the people of some area of
the Assembly Constituency are facing problems related to electricity,
water or other essential services, the matter is immediately taken up
with the concerned departments and people get relived of their problem. He assured that whatever is required for better development and
welfare of the people of Jammu West is being done.BJP State
Secretary Sanjay Baru expressed gratitude to the MLA for his quick
action in getting a new transformer installed in Kabir Nagar. He said
that the entire belt of Talab Tillo is getting developed and as a number
of developmental projects have been undertaken and a new face lift is
visible there. Besides PDD Executive Engineer Sanjay Sharma,
Assistant Engineer Rajiv Vaid, Junior Engineers Vijay Kumar and
Surinder Thappa, BJP Jammu West District President Ayodhya
Gupta, , District and Mandal office Bearers including Prem Gupta, Dr.
Dineshwar,Deepak Dutta were present on the occasion.
Continuing with the
BJP’s programme of reaching
every nook and corner of the
Parliamentary constituency
on scooters and bikes, Lok
Sabha MP Jugal Kishore
Sharma, along with Pahari
Board State Vice-Chairman
Kuldeep Raj Gupta, MLC
Vibodh Gupta and District
President Dinesh Sharma,
travelled through Muradpur,
Tangari and Palma areas
falling
under
Rajouri,
and
Darhal
Kalakote
Assembly Constituencies of
Rajouri district.
This rally with three hundred two wheelers finally culminated at Budda Amarnath
Yatra base Camp in Rajouri
City.Jugal Kishore Sharma,
while speaking to the people at
a number of places where he
was accorded warm reception, said that the focus of
“Tiranga Yatra” as part of the
celebration of the 70th
Independence Day is to remember and pay tributes to all
those martyrs who laid down
their lives during the national
struggle for independence
from foreign rule.All the celebratory programmes on the
occasion of 70th Independence
Day and spread over many
Jammu, Aug 17:
The premises of St. Mary's
Infant Pre School (SMIPS)
echoed with patriotic fervour
as the tiny tots along with the
staff and management of
celebrated
school
Independence week amid an
ambience of solemnity and
grandeur.A mélange of patriotic activities were organized
throughout the week to rekindle students' love and passion
for the motherland.A weeklong extravaganza included a
host of events through which
students expressed adoration
for country and its people.The
spirit of freedom came alive
with a glittering spectrum of
creative and cultural events
that were presented as an ode
to the nation. Dressed in tricolours, tiny tots drew scenes
spanning the different states
across the length and breadth
of the country that showcased
a colourful spectacle of India’s
vision and added lustre to the
festivities.Saluting the nation,
students gave scintillating
stage performances which included beautiful pieces of
dance performances specially
choreographed for the occasion and melodious songs
sung by children in the praise
of nation. The air reverberated with patriotism when students paid homage to freedom
fighters and depicted their
heroic sacrifices through soulful poetry and spirited
skits.The Independence week
celebration culminated with
unfurling of the tricolour flag
by Rajesh Bakshi, Member,
Cantonment Board, Jammu
Cantt along with Anna Mary,
chairperson of the school and
Sumitha Stevenson, Lecturer,
Bahrain University College.
SKUAST-TAJ convene 16th
executive meet, discuss issues
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Aug 17:
The 16th executive meet of
SKUAST-Teaching
Association
Jammu
(SKUAST-TAJ) was held under the chairmanship of its
President, Dr. Vikas Sharma
at Main Campus Chatha in
which all the executives from
KVKs, Research Stations participated and several agendas
pertaining to the association
and teaching fraternity were
discussed.At the outset of the
meeting, Dr. Rajeev BharatTreasurer presented the detailed statement on receipts
and expenditure of the
Association till date. During
the meeting it was impressed
upon that there should be
clearance of all pending CAS
promotion cases with in shortest possible time as it is creating financial liability as well
as delaying the promotions of
varsity staff.The house also expressed unanimously to display up to date statutes of the
Varsity on website for information of the employees and
for the preparation of the inters seniority list among all
cadres of the teaching staff. Dr.
Vikas urged concerned MLA
to look into the issue of road
connectivity of the university
to the nearest town as the pres-
ent road is in bad shape for the
last few years. SKUAST-TAJ
further hoped that State
Authorities will strengthen
the only farm/professional
varsity of region by providing
each and every basic amenity
so that the scientists can perform well and meet the expectations of the farming community. Dr. Vikas further added
that we are working for the
overall welfare, better functioning and progress of the
varsity and he assured that the
professional interests of the
scientists will not be ignored
at any caste. Conductance of
general body meet, visit to
KVK Reasi and Research
Station Raya, Dr. Arun Gupta
memorial award, were the other major issues discussed in
this
16th
Executive
Committee Meet of SKUASTTAJ. Besides, Dr Vivek M
Arya-General Secretary, Dr.
Devinder Sharma-Publicity
Secretary, the meeting was attended by the executives
namely Dr. Vinod Gupta, Dr.
Muneeshwar Sharma, Dr
Amitesh, Dr. Jai Kumar, Dr
Vijay Bahadur, Dr Poonam
Parihaar, Dr Anil Bhat and Dr
Sanjay Kaushal
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Aug 17 :
Hundreds of Talwara Migrants today held a massive demonstration at Talwara (Reasi) nearly 100 kms north of Jammu city
demanding implementation of SC order dated July, 2006 granting relief in cash and kind to Jammu migrants at par with
Kashmiri migrants. The demonstration was led by Anita
Thakur General Secretary of JKNPP and Chairman and
President of Talwara Migrants Action Committee Shri Balwan
Singh and Shri Jagdev Singh respectively. Addressing the migrants rally at Talwara Anita Thakur regretted that the Jammu
migrants have not been given any relief for the past nine months
which amounts to contempt of SC. She threatened that the
Panthers Party shall file a contempt application in the SC
though a contempt application of Jammu migrants is already
pending the High Court at Jammu since 2009.The Panthers
Party leaders who led this movement for Jammu migrants were
arrested in 2007 near Katra. The SC on 12th August 2016 had
awarded damages of 4 lacs to the Panthers Party leaders against
their illegal detention.
The Jammu migrants declared that they will demonstrate at
Jammu on Saturday 20, August 2016 demanding implementation of SC order to release compensation to Jammu migrants
(Talwara) accordingly to the judgment of the SC.
Shri Ram Sena condemns attack
on Budha Amarnath pilgrims
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Aug 17:
Expressing his anguish on the attack on the pilgrims of
Budha Amarnath pilgrimage, State President, Shri Ram Sena,
Jammu and Kashmir, Rajiv Mahajan on Wednesday strongly
condemned the attack on the Yatris.
In a statement issued today, Rajiv Mahajan said that this is a
very unfortunate incident and such anti-social designs of the
Pak sponsored militancy will be defeated by the brave and patriotic people of Jammu province.He said that by such type of cowardly acts the militants wants to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the region.
Rajiv said that the ant-national elements involved in such
incident must be immediately arrested and no one should be
spared.He said that the main reason of such incidents from
across the border is trying to disturb the communal brotherhood and harmony in the Poonch district.
Satwari Cantt residents
celebrate Independence Day
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Aug 17:
days, have special significance so that the people fully
appreciate and become aware
of the national history. India
had remained under foreign
rule for many centuries due to
the fragmentation and division of the country into many
small kingdoms and principalities.Their mutual rivalry
and competition facilitated
the Britishers to make India
its colony. He further said that
we have to guard against divisive and fractious forces in the
country, so that the country
does not get deviated from the
path of progress. The so called
activists, who find fault with
the governing system of the
Spirit of freedom comes alive at St. Mary's Infant Pre School
GOF Staff Reporter
Talwara Migrants hold
protest against close of relief
supply to Jammu migrants
The luminaries took the salute
to the rendition of National
Anthem and the tri-coloured
balloons were let out into the
air, much to the delight of tiny
tots who gazed at the balloons
until they disappeared from
the sight.The tiny tots relished
sweets amidst the spectacular
view of fluttering tri-colour in
the vicinity as the Principal,
Sheetal Anthony lauded the
commendable performances
and reminded students about
the greatness of country
which infused feelings of dedication and loyalty in the young
hearts.
country in every respect
should be ignored and we
must persist with our efforts
to realise the dream of
Modi
Prime
Narendra
Minister of India.
Vibodh Gupta said that
the Tiranga Yatra has been
successful in entire Rajouri
district and the same is clear
from the fact that people in
large, youth in particular,
joined us at different places.
He said that the enthusiasm
among the people is also an indicator that whether rural or
urban, everyone is concerned
for the nation, martyrs and
honour of its symbols. He also
spoke on various other events
Independence
Day celebrated
Jammu, Aug 17:
being organised under Azaadi
70 fortnight programmes.
Kuldeep Raj Gupta said
that this yatra has reminded
of the 1953 agitation when the
nationalist people got bullets
for carrying the tricolour in
their hands. Today the time
has changed and anyone can
raise the national flag.
District President Dinesh
Sharma said that the 70th
Independence Day celebrations through various programmes will obviously enthuse common people to identify themselves with the
dreams of Narendra Modi to
make India a true great nation.
Narwal Pain Satwari Cantt Mohalla Welfare Committee
celebrated the 70th Independence Day here, today.
Tricolour Flag was hoisted by S. Hardev Singh, Member,
Contonment Board. Slogans like Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Mera
Bharat Mahaan raised holding flags in hands to show solidarity, brotherhood and unity of the country.
Madan Raj during his address said India got independence
after a long struggle and sacrificing great dignities of the country. We live in Independent India and should maintain brotherhood, communal harmony among ourselves at any cost, added
Raj.Also speaking at the programme, Master Naresh Kumar
said that the entire nation owes a lot to Shaeed Bhagat Singh,
Sukhdev, Rajguru and a number of other brave freedom fighters who laid their lives for the sake of freedom and achieved it
after long struggle and sacrifices. All of us must have reverence
for them, added Kumar.
Prominent among others who also spoke on the occasion
and wished happy Independence Day to all the nation loving
people included Messrs Surinder Chib, Hav Des Raj, Tarsem
Lal, Sham Lal, Tilak Raj, G.L. Lakhotra, Mangal Singh and
Vijay Kumar.
At the end, vote of thanks was presented by Harbans
Choudhary and Gopal Choudhary.
Green Raksha Bandhan:
JU celebrates festival in a unique way
Independence Day was today celebrated with great fervour here at Government
School
Middle
Dhounthly.MLA Rajesh Gupta
was the chief guest of the function.The programme was inaugurated
with
Saraswati
Vandana performed by the students. The ZEO, Jammu,
Nirmala Pandita was the guest
of honour who applauded the
very efforts of the students and
the staff members.
JKAC organizes awareness
programme on ‘corruption’
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, August 17:
Jammu, Aug 17:
JK Against Corruption, a today organized a One Day
Awareness meeting ,held in the organization office at Kacchi
Chawani, Jammu. The organization is going to organize Debate
Competition on 19th September at Police Auditorium, Jammu in
which students of several schools are going to participate.Vikram
Singh Chairman of JKAC elaborated various sections about the
competition. This pledge is against Corruption in which students
of different schools are going to participate, he requested to all the
principals and parents to motivate their children to take
part.Pankaj Gupta President of JKAC appealed to the society to
come forward and strengthen this friendly organization which is
working for awareness against corruption by organizing Pledge
Ceremonies, Awareness Camps & Debate Programs in the State.
The JKAC President also highlighted the need of this competition
as the students have to take all the responsibilities of our nation
so it is important to teach them about corruption. This Debate
competition will give a motivation to all the youngsters to fight
against corruption as well as raise their voice whenever where
ever they see any case of corruption.Prominent amongst those
who were present on the occasion include Ranjeev Sethi Vice
President, Girish Sharma General Secretary, M.P Singh
Secretary , Ravi Sharma District President Rajouri, Tarseem
Manhas District President Rular Jammu, Sanjeev Sharma
District President Jammu Urban and others.
In order to express their
love, affection and harmony
towards
nature,
the
Department
of
Botany,
University of Jammu, Jammu
today organized a unique ceremony on the eve of ‘Raksha
Bandhan’ wherein the traditional sacred and protective
threads ‘Rakhis’ were tied to
the trees by the students, research scholars and the faculty members.The festivity
event was organized in the
beautiful and picturesque
Botanical Garden of the
University. Sacred threads
were tied by the participants
to some unique plants including sacred Tulsi, historic
Magnolia,
Sandalwood,
Rudraaksh,
Mahua,
Putranjiva, Peepal, Chandani,
Haarshringaar, Paarijaat etc.
The participants while tying
the Rakhis also took pledge to
protect and conserve the nature and its bounties to mitigate the challenges of climate
change for healthier future.
Speaking on the relevance
of such green concerns,
Director,
Ecology,
Environment and Remote
Sensing, J&K Govt OP
Sharma Vidyarthi, IFS, informed that the time has come
that besides strengthening the
family relations, we also need
to develop a strong bonding
with the flora and fauna as
well to have perfect balance in
ecosystems. Through the tree
talk programmes, there has
been a substantial awareness
generated among the masses
of India, in general and in the
Himalayan state of Jammu
and Kashmir in particular, He
observed. Congratulating the
Department for such endeavours, Prof. Archana Kesar, a
renowned Dogri litterateur
said that the festival of
Raksha Bandhan is celebrated
irrespective of caste and creed
by the people from all walks of
life. It is celebrated on
Shravana Poornima on the
full moon day of the lunar
month.Earlier, Prof. Yash Pal
Sharma, Head, Department of
Botany formally welcomed
the key speakers and expressed his pleasure for their
participation in this distinctive event. Prof. Sharma informed the nature lovers that
presently it’s imperative and
an ardent need that we show
special friendliness and affection towards our ‘Natural
Oxygen Generators’ and food
and shelter providers.
“Plants are conscious life
forms that feel, know, and are
mindful. The scientific field of
neurobiology has been effective in demonstrating plant
consciousness and therefore,
let us treat them like our close
relations, our own brothers
and sisters” appealed Prof
Sharma.
Others who were present
on the occasion include Prof.
Namrata Sharma, Dr. Veenu
Kaul, Dr. Harish Chander, Dr.
Geeta, Dr. Sikander Pal, Sh.
G.D Chalotra, IFS, forest officials, research scholars of
Botany and Dogri Department
and the MSc. students.
4
Glimpses of Future
LOCAL
JKNPP protests against proxy war
launched by Pakistan in Kashmir
Declare
Pakistan a
terrorist State:
Harsh Dev
Singh
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, August 17:
Admonishing Pakistan to
refrain from its interference
in the internal affairs of India,
a strong contingent of
Panthers party activists today
staged a massive demonstration which was spearheaded
by
Harsh
Dev
Singh
Chairman JKNPP, Balwant
Mankotia
State
Singh
President JKNPP and Yash
Paul Kundal State President
Young Panthers against its
overt and covert support to secessionists and terrorists in
Jammu and Kashmir at
Exhibition Ground Jammu today. Accusing the rogue country for converting Kashmir into a vortex of violence, the ardent protestors raised proIndia and anti-Pak slogans
and torched the effigy of
Pakistan. Addressing the media, Harsh Dev Singh lambasted Pakistan for its pernicious
designs in aiding and abetting
militancy in Jammu and
Kashmir and elsewhere in the
country with utterly malevolent, baleful and ulterior motives. He castigated Pakistan
for its highly malicious and
mischievous designs in spon-
soring militancy particularly
in J&K and pushing in proselytized traitors to vitiate
peace and harmony on our
of
the
borders.
side
Castigating Pakistan for its
terror training camps, its
Hawala deals, its drug trafficking, its moral and material support to secessionism besides its highly rancorous
propaganda in the print and
electronic media, against
India, Singh lamented that
Pak's notoriety had assumed
alarming an unacceptable
proportions. He said that the
belligerent neighbour endorsing all kinds of support to the
secessionists in Kashmir besides expressing sympathies
with the slain militant
Burhan Wani should be an eye
opener for the international
community. Singh disclosed
that PM of Pakistan crossed
all the limits when he recently
announced to observe July
20th as ‘Black Day’ in protest
Banyan International School
organizes workshop on first
aid for students & teachers
against the ongoing Kashmir
turbulence while addressing a
cabinet meeting at Lahore’s
Governor House. He further
divulged that Pakistan's termanufacturing
anror
tecedents were known the
world over and the recent venomous rants of Pak sponsored
terror outfits against India
had only unveiled Pakistan
being a terror exporting state.
Singh exhorted the international community including
the IMF, World Bank, etc to
impose sanctions upon the
rogue country and ostracize
Pakistan completely in order
to restore and sustain peace
and tranquillity in the region.
He also urged the UN to declare Pakistan a “Terrorist
State”. Castigating the hostile
neighbour for its highly dubious deals, Singh cautioned
Pakistan to break out from the
mindset of improbity, deceit
and belligerence that it has
embarked upon and to stop
Jammu, Aug 17:
Jammu, Aug 17:
Banyan International School managed in association with
Pearson Schools organized a First Aid workshop for students and
teachers as part of the Health, Safety and Safeguarding initiative.
Lt Col. Baby Annie along with her team from Military Hospital
conducted a lecture cum demonstration on the importance of
First Aid in reducing the severity of injuries and deaths in case of
accidents and emergencies. She elaborated how timely care by
any individual can save the life of the injured. She also demonstrated how to handle fractures, control bleeding and trained
some students in performing CPR- Cardio Pulmonary
Resuscitation. Speaking on the occasion, the Principal, T.R.
Ramesh emphasized how any individual can act as a First Aider
in case of emergencies and how one can play an important role in
saving the lives of others by providing basic first aid services.
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DAK calls for return of NRK doctors
GOF Staff Reporter
Srinagar Aug 17:
At a time when Kashmir is facing a medical emergency,
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today called for return of
Non-Resident Kashmiri (NRK) doctors who are working in foreign countries.' With number of sick and wounded mounting
each passing day, President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that NRK doctors must return in this hour of medical
crisis. There are many highly qualified Kashmiri doctors working outside and they are best in the world. They should come back
to their roots at this time of crisis when their services are needed
most. They have an obligation to their people who are in agony
and pain. It is not only their responsibility, but their duty. In the
ongoing civil unrest, thousands of people have been injured and
many lost their lives. Patients died in transit because of lack of
trauma and emergency care specialists in peripheries. Lot of
public money was spent on these doctors so that they serve their
people. It took decades of hard work and training to create these
doctors so that people get quality care within the state. These doctors who are working overseas owe a debt to the people of state.
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, August 17:
To commemorate the celof
70th
ebrations
Independence Day of India,
Department of Students
University
of
Welfare,
Jammu in collaboration with
J & K Academy of Art,
Culture & Languages organised ‘Jashn E Azadi’, a cultural programme featuring the
music and dances of Jammu
at Brig. Rajinder Singh
Auditorium, University of
Jammu. Vice Chancellor,
University of Jammu, Prof.
R.D. Sharma was the Chief
Guest at the occasion.
Appreciating the efforts of
Dean Students Welfare, Prof.
Satnam Kour, Prof R.D.
Sharma stated that the cultural activities are as important as the academic activities for the overall development of students and also for
channelizing their tremendous energies in positive
manner. While praising the
performances, he said that J
& K State has rich old traditions and heritage which reflect unity in diversity and
National Integration which
has been very impressively
reflected in today’s performances. He also mentioned that
such collaborative effort in
the field of Literature,
Culture and Visual performing arts can be carried on in
future for the benefits of student community in particular and youth in general.
Earlier in her welcome address, Prof. Satnam Kour informed that the celebration of
such events goes a long way
in imbibing a sense of nation-
Gujjars plea to PSC; maintain balance,
equality in ST category select lists
GOF Staff Reporter
GOF Staff Reporter
meddling in the affairs of
J&K. He further called for vacation of Pak aggression from
the occupied territories of
J&K which are very much a
part of Jammu and Kashmir.
said
that
Union
He
Parliament had also passed a
resolution in 1994 for liberating POJK as this same fell
within the domain of Indian
Union. Ridiculing the BJP
over its muscle flexing while
in opposition and ambiguous
stance while in power, he said
that JKNPP was constrained
to lodge a protest as the State
government has miserably
failed to control the situation
in Kashmir and the BJP despite its tall harangues and
rhetorical overtures had abdicated its responsibility of
questioning the belligerent
nation over its misadventures
and
violent
posturing.
Balwant Singh Mankotia and
Yash Paul Kundal while condemning Pakistan for inciting
violence and trouble in J&K
called upon the international
community to take cognizance of the utter hostility
and belligerence of the neighbouring country. They said
that Pakistan had created
dozens of terror groups in the
name of 'Jehad' who were resorting to violence and propagating secession and separatism. They asserted that
Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and no
power on earth can change
this fact. Warning Pakistan to
desist from its highly mischievous and hostile conduct, the
NPP leaders maintained that
the Union Govt. must give a
blunt message to Pakistan restraining it from indulging in
day dreaming on the issue of
J&K. He said that the Nation
was eagerly awaiting the
tough posturing against
Pakistani misadventures as
emphatically proclaimed by
the BJP led NDA government
in the Centre. They revealed
that increase in the frequency
of the cease fire violations besides proxy war launched in
the State of J&K by Pakistan
called for stern measures
against the rogue nation without any delay to restore peace
in the region. Prominent
among those who led the
included
Rajesh
protest
Padgotra, Shankar Chib,
Sham Gorkha, Gagan Partap,
Kishore,
Rajesh
Nirmal
Gondhi, Kailash Mohan,
Jamwal,
Ravinder
Udheyveer, Rakesh Verma,
Narinder Sharma, Ashok
Chouhan besides others.
‘Jashn E Azadi’, a programme of
music & dances showcased at JU
The Gujjar and Bakerwal
tribal communities today
strongly criticised the working
of
J&K Public Service
Commission and alleged that
their community is being marginalised by the commission in
the select lists issued under ST
category. The community
members in a programme organised by J&K Gujjar and
Bakerwal Joint Forum (JKGBJF) here today expressed deep
concerned over the attitude of
PSC authorities for ignoring
community candidates in each
interview and suppressing
their constitutional rights of
being tribal. Haji Shamsheer
Ali Bokan, the state president
of the Forum while addressing
a large gathering here stated
that
Public
Service
Commission is openly suppressing and ignoring over
tribe. He added that in a number of select lists of PSC for various jobs, the Gujjar Bakerwal
candidates have been largely
sidelined and ignored. He said
that Gujjars and Bakerwal
Communities constitute 80 percent of the total ST population
and in each select list under
this category the PSC has largely given preferences to candidates, other tribes which is unfair and unjust. He said out of
total 55 candidate selected by
PSC under ST category for different jobs only 09 belongs to
Gujjars and Bakerwals, hence
the 80 percent population of
Gujjar Bakerwal under ST getting less than 20% share in the
category while 20 percent population in the category have
been given 80% share in the job
which is against the set system
of justice. He said the PSC was
constituted by the Government
to maintain a fair balance between various tribes, castes,
communities and Universities
but it fails to protect the rights
of their communities. Ch
Hasham Din Dhakar Vice
President of the forum said
that this is a matter of great injustice that out of total 10%
reservation for STs the Gujjar
Bakerwals who are a major
group are getting less than 2%
which a matter of great concern. He appealed the commission to draw a balance between
various tribes and communities while selecting candidates
under marginalised groups.
He said that Gujjars who are
mainly nomads could not compete with affluent tribes of
Ladakh who have been enrolled outside state and getting
education from main universities of India but PSC has to
maintain a balance and equality among different groups under ST. Quoting an example
from list of Assistant Professor
English Her Education and
published in news papers
Ayoob Chowdhary a functionary of the orgainsation
stated that out of 9 selected candidate under ST non belongs to
Gujjars and Bakerwal Tribes
which speaks the story of injustice and unfairness with the
tribal communities. Similarly
in select list for the posts of
Assistant Professor (Physics)
Higher
Education
in
Department only 1 candidate of
belongs
to
Gujjar
and
Bakerwal Community out of 4
selected.
Sanatan Sabha condemns attack on Budha
Amarnath yatries in Poonch
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Aug 17:
Sanatan Sabha today condemned attack on Budha
Amarnath yatries in Poonch.
As per the statement, a meeting
was held here under the chairmanship of Jagdish Dogra,
president Shree Snatan Sabha
Jammu Province, on the act for
militancy on the yatries of
Shree Budha Amarnath ji
Shrine Rajpura Mandi Poonch.
Participants of meeting said
that it is a matter of great concern for the society peace and
harmony of Poonch region by
making hurdles to Shree Budha
Amarnath Yatra. Meeting also
condemned the ill incident occurred in Poonch on August 16,
2016 and said that anti national
elements cannot be succeeded
in their ill desire to disturb the
piece and harmony in Jammu
Province. Participant also appealed the people of all the sections of society to stand together
and defeat the nefarious desire
of trouble manager trying to
disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the state. They also appealed to the concerned authorities to look into matter and
strict action should be taken
against the antinational, anti
social, anti peace loving elements, trying to disturb Shree
Budha Amarnath Yatra at
Rajpura Mandi Poonch. Beside
the president of Shree Sanatan
Dharam Sabha the meeting was
also attended by
Kanotra
Jagdish Sharma, Bodh Raj
(vice president), P.S. Jamjal
(General Secratery), Bodh Raj,
Sat
Pal
Singh
Rathore
(Secretaries), Kuldeep Singh,
prem Kumar Gupta, Balwan
Singh, Dr. B. R. Sharma, Yash
Pal Sanson, Vijay Pehalwan.
and
brotherhood
alism
amongst the young students
which are the future of the
Nation and University of
Jammu is celebrating the
70th Independence Day of
India with great zeal. In this
connection a painting & slogan writing completion and
mass singing of National
Anthem is also being organized. Dr. Arvinder Singh
Amn, Additional Secretary J
& K Academy of Art, Culture
& Languages informed about
the performances which represented different regions
and diverse culture of J & K
State he assured the continued collaboration with the
University for such events.
Different items which were
presented included Kashmiri
& Dogri Dances choreographed by Aakash Dogra,
and Dogri Songs by Salathia
Brothers, Punjabi Songs by
Kewal Kumar Lehria and
group. Chairman Campus
Culture Committee, Prof.
Arvind Jasrotia presented
the formal vote of thanks.
The show was witness by a
huge gathering which included the members of Campus
Culture Committee, faculty
members, staff, students and
the members of civil society.
The artists who performed in
different items included
Rakesh Singh Slathia, Vishal
Nirbhay
Singh
Gupta,
Slathia, Kamal Sharma
(Rhythm), Sunil Sharma
(Synth), Joginder Pal (Tabla),
Sunil Sharma(Flute), Bishan
Kewal
Das(Harmonium),
Kumar Lehria, Ramesh Lal,
Sohan Lal, Sansar Chand,
Goli Raj, Billa, Akash Dogra
Bunty Kumar, Ikesh Sharma,
Sonali Pandita, Avneet Kour,
Priya Kumari, Sehaj Jain,
Bhavya Jain, Vaishnavi,
Shikahs, Aditi Verma and
Shagun Anthal. The show
was beautifully anchored by
Kusum Tickoo and was coordinated by Sumeet Sharma
and Ifra Kak. The sound was
looked after by Kulbhushan
Thakur. Radhika Sharma
and Abhishek Sharma looked
after the hall management.
JKFFA pays tributes CRPF
commandant, other martyrs
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Aug 17:
To pay homage to the CRPF
commandant Pramod Kumar
who was martyred during a
gun battle between terrorists
and security personnel in
downtown
Srinagar
on
Monday, J and K Freedom
Fighters’ Association (JKFFA)
held a tributes paying function
at Dogra Shaurya Stamb,
Amphalla, here on Wednesday.
The programme was organised
by the President of the
Association Ved Gandotra
which was presided over by
Varun Sharma, President
Youth Wing of JKFFA. The
members remembered the
CRPF commandant Pramod
Kumar and others Martyrs by
observing two minutes silence
and by lighting candles in their
honour. Underlining the role of
armed and paramilitary forces
in gradual restoration of normalcy in the Jammu and
Kashmir State and combating
militancy, The JKFFA members praised the role of paramilitary forces, who have been
fighting militancy for more
than two decades at the cost of
their own lives in order to save
the life and dignity of the innocent residents of the Jammu
and Kashmir State. They also
condemned the role of the separatist leaders, who were misguiding the local youth in the
name of religion and were
working against the democratic system. He said that due to
the sacrifices of security forces,
peace has greatly rooted and
militancy incidence decreased.
JKFFA President said, “We
wish the day comes when there
will be no incident of militancy
and no killing of any one takes
place.” He also wished prosperity and permanent peace in the
State. The members also expressed solidarity with the
families of the martyred
jawans and prayed to the
Almighty to give courage to the
bereaved families to bear the irreparable loss suffered by
them. They also prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls.
The prominent persons who
were
Rajiv
participated
Mahajan State President
Shri Ram Sena, General
Secretary Parphat Kapahi,
Pritam Sharma, Ram Rattan
Raina,
Sardar
Rajinder
Singh, Tej Ram Dogra Sushil
Verma and others.
Mustafa Kamaal anguish over write-ups against NC in Kashmir
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Aug 17:
National Conference’s additional
general secretary, Dr Sheikh
Mustafa Kamaal today expressed dismay at the recent trend of daily writeups in some English newspaper of
Srinagar denigrating National
Conference and its leaders. He said
that through these hired writers just
to vilify National conference in the
eyes of the people particularly the
youth who, as it, do not know full well
the glorious history of the National
Conference or for that matter the
state of J&K. To compare PDP with
National Conference is like the bad
with the good. All know that PDP is
the creation of LAL Krishan Advani
and Atal Behari Vajpayee in 1999 repeatedly against cash payment of Rs
24.00 crores just to challenge
National Conference and attempt its
downfall as attempts in the past to do
so in 1953, 1977, 1984 and 1990 had
failed to achieve. The present attempt
having gone awry and has instead
landed the people in deep trouble, disorder and a vicious cycle of death and
destruction with seemingly no end in
sight PDP is now using the media to
tarnish the image of National
Conference and provoke people
against National Conference. There
is also a brazen attempt to hide behind vilification campaign against
National Conference for PDP’s gross
and unpardonable excesses against
the people and back tracking on their
promises. This is destined to fail being a bundle of un- adulterated lies
just as the failure of forces in the historic 1977 elections which had arrayed against National Conference
with Indira Gandhi leading the pack
which included her trusted lackey
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and his cohorts. National Conference is proud
of its rich legacy of liberating the people of J&K State from a century long
oppressive autocratic rule in 1947
just when doom, gloom, helplessness
and despair was writ large on the face
of these impoverished people with despondency having become their fate.
Immediately after this life – giving
freedom Sher- i- Kashmir Sheikh
Mohammad Abdullah started in
right earnest and with his heart and
soul in it to heal the wounds and scars
of abject poverty , hunger, ignorance,
disease, illiteracy from this liberated
hapless people of J&K State.What we
see today is a people whose lives have
been totally transformed from slaves
to master enjoying the fruit of their
labour with memories of tyranny and
misery of a hundred years from 1846
to 1946 under the infamous “Treaty of
Amritsar” between the British East
India company and Maharaja Gulab
Singh now a thing of past and a fading
memory. PDP in a desperate bid to
cover up its heinous crimes, misdeeds and gross acts of omission and
commission against Kashmir society
has taken recourse to painting
National Conference black which
will be of no avail and eventually
back fire. PDP under a different banner played a leading role in the havoc
of militancy post 1989-90 being master minded by Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed and his masters in Delhi as an
aftermath of the ignominious defeat
at the hustings in 1987 of Mufti
Sayeed created MUF (Muslim United
Front). Still smarting from that defeat PDP tires not crying hoarse that
1987 election was rigged and that too
without even a shred of evidence
whatsoever from either the judiciary
or the Election Commission of India
who are mandated to deal with such
complaints. Unseating ( from Lok
Sabha) of the then Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi
by a court in
Allahabad on election rigging charge
by an opposing candidate Raj Narain
is a case in point. His hand- picket
Governor in 1990 when Mufti Sayeed
was home Minister was a team which
ushered militancy, facilitated exodus
of Kashmir Pandits to keep them safe-
ly out of harms way and using the
black law AFSPA cover killed around
80,000 people in the first few years itself with no holds barred because
Muslim would be the one who would
get killed. PDP has failed its supporters miserably be it common minimum Programme “Goli instead of
Boli” “killing touch instead of healing touch”, war tries of HMOS is
Prime Ministers office Dr Jitender
Singh against PAK instead of talk,
with Pakistan. Also the saga of
Killings , woundering and maiming
of innocent people irrespective of sex
and age in which the very young and
the old have also not been spared and
the hardships of curfew for days and
nights on end will be a painful memory long after this is over. National
Conference on its part always espoused the cause of the people
through its over 80 years of existence
since 1931. Looking back over seventy years National Conference is justly proud of the present day vibrant
socity having equal opportunity to
grow, progress and prosper with dignity irrespective of Religious , region, caste, color, creed or language
National Conference gave J&K a separate constitution , a separate flag,
Article 370 of the Indian constitution ,
constitution application order of 1950
and the Delhi agreement of 1952 is all
based on the instrument of accession
of Maharaja Sir Hari Singh. National
Conference committed to the restoration of Greater Autonomy as existed
in 1953 for which the greater
Autonomy resolution of State
Legislature of year 2000 passed by
over 2/3 majority could form the basis. This resolution continues to have
legal and constitutional relevance
notwithstanding the cold shoulder
given by the then NDA Govt headed
by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and is the
voice of the people of all three regions
of J&K and should be treated as unanimous demand of the people of J&K.
National Conference also believes
that India and Pakistan amicably resolve the Kashmir problem a legacy
of partition in a spirit of mutual trust
and confidence and to the mutual satisfaction of the three stake holders ie.
India, Pakistan and J&K on both sides of
the LOC including part gifted to china by
Pakistan. Make J&K a bridge of peace
and friendship said Sher-I Kashmir to
India and Pakistan when on a peace mission to Pakistan in 1964 as an emissary of
the then Prime Minister Jawahar Lal
Nehru only days after release from
eleven long years of imprisonment in the
Kashmir conspiracy case He advised
PDP is “Dilver or Quit” Blame game will
not help them from cutting a sorry figure
on their “day of reckoning”.
5
Glimpses of Future
LOCAL
AIBCU organises discussion on
‘Hindu-Muslim-Sikh-Esahi Ithaad’
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Aug 17:
India
Backward
All
Classes Union Social (AIBCU)
today organised a programme
on the topic “Hindu-MuslimSikh-Esahi Ithaad.” AIBCU
held a conference in context of
15th August, the day on which
India got independence on the
topic “Hindu Muslim Sikh
Isahi Ithad”. This day was celebrated as the unity of all religions of the state particular
and in the country in general.
On this occasion, people from
all walks of life participated in
the programme and highlighted the importance of this celebration. Sandokh Chand gave
detailed deliberations on this
day. Prof. Kali Dass, Gen.
Secretary of the union said
“Govt and political parties celebrated 15th August every
year as the independence day
but the air of freedom could
not reach to the common people under the specific agenda
of the rulers in the past”. In
J&K those who ruled the state
since independence did not allow the air of freedom to reach
to the poor people and this has
become the cause of unrest
everywhere in the country in
general and Kashmir in particular. Current statements of
NC, Congress leaders are very
discouraging. Union Govt,
State Governments, political
parties and Social organizacelebrated
Dr.
tions
Ambedkar’s Birthday on 14th
of April 2016. AIBCU also celebrated the same at Kulgam
(Kashmir). We must recognize this man who wrote
Indian constitution. Mandal
report has been implemented
throughout the country and in
all the states except J&K,
where 26th January is also celebrated as the Republic Day
every year. Under RTI, we got
information that Governor of
the State has the power to
nominate 8 MLCs, 3 from
OBCs and 5 from the civil societies with knowledge of social
justice and having high qualifications in the social field.
Till date neither Indian constitution nor the state constitution has been implemented
in the state. They always
raised pseodu secular slogans
without social justice and befooled the state peoples all the
times. The recent statement of
Omar Abdullah to implement
the interculators report of
2010 must know that this report also includes the recommendations of the implementation of Mandal Report in the
state and the statements of
Prof Soz and Ghulam Nabi
Azad who said in the parliament is also very discouraging and their statements seem
to be without the consultation
with madam Sonia Gandhi.
Protest of NC at Srinagar under the leadership of Ali Mohd
Sagar and Congress leaders in
Jammu do not stand on any
logic. Demand of NC-Congress
not to do one thing is understandable but never suggested
the alternative. Leaders of
both NC - Congress must make
a chain before the protestors
to stop them from stone pelting; will prove the easiest
method to diffuse the unrest
in Kashmir if they have the
courage to do so. NC-Congress
statements only encourage
the disturbance creators and
never supported the C.M.
Mehbooba Mufti and her
Govt. which reflects that they
are busy to regain the lost po-
litical grounds. Rtd CEO
Munshi Ram Bangotra stated
that now a new trend has been
started to attack muslims/
Dalit and backwards on the
name of cow those who claim
themselves as the cow protectors must study the war between Vishwamiter and
Vashishitmuni and animals
cannot be placed as more superior than the human beings.
All animals are valuable for
the human beings but to give
much importance to specific
animals as comspices of
pared to the human beings is
no
humanity
job.
Perpetrators in the form of
cow protectors want to maintain supremacy in the country
against the Mool Niwasi to
which Prime Minister has to
analyze over it. Besides Prime
Minister made many statements for the upliftment of the
poor during his parliament
elections in Jammu but no
central/ state leader has till
date made any statement for
the State OBCs. Criticism by
Hindu Mahasabha and VHP
unit of Gujarat against the
prime minister’s statement is
not new. It is their old tradi-
tional mind set against Dalits,
OBCs, Muslims, Sikhs in the
country without practical execution of the accused in Dalit
beating shall be considered as
a political gamics in view of
UP and Gujarat Assembly
elections. BJP has started a
programme from 9th Aug.23rd Aug. for martyrs only to
divert the attitude of the
Shudhras to hide his manifesto / vision document issued
during parliament / assembly
elections of 2014. Why not
Prime Minister and state BJP
leaders give any statement
over the implementation of
mandal report which also includes the decision of all party
meet on August 12, 2016 at
New Delhi? In this meet PM
Narinder Modi is ready to address the grievances of all sections of the people. What
about the statement of Dr.
Jatinder Singh MOS of PM
Office on 23-03-2015 at his
Jammu residence on “Sabka
Sath Sabka Vikas” who openly opposed it saying, “it has no
validity in J&K State”.
President of the Union Abdul
Majid Malik appealed the JK
People in general and
Kashmir in particular to
maintain peace and political
parties should support the
CM Mehbooba Mufti to diffuse the Kashmir unrest without any political gamics. The
interest of the state people
must be watched by granting
their due constitutional
rights to bring the majority
poor people into the main
stream for the smooth and
peaceful ruling in the state.
Besides, a Central Committee
members, many others including Dr. Sanjay Bhasin
(president JKRCEA), Bodh
Raj Bhagat (National Viceof
Bhagat
president
Mahasabha), Raj Kumar
(Distt. President Kathua),
Puran Chadgotra, S. Rajinder
(Distt.
President
Singh
Samba), Romesh Kumar
(Distt. President Udhampur),
Master Sain Dass, Romesh
Tak, Brij Mehra, Darshan Lal,
Ch. Said Mohd (Gujjar
Leader), Ch. Murad Ali (Head
Master), Ch. Hussain Mohd
(Principal Rtd.), all shared
their views and put forth the
suggestions for the Pol.
Parties for a positive role in
the state.
IVF honoured NSS,
SMVDU for environmental
awareness & conservation
DSS expresses concern over total failure of
State Govt & deteriorating conditions
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Aug 17:
Jammu, Aug 17:
International Volunteer
Foundation honoured NSS
Unit of Shri Mata Vaishno
Devi University, Katra for
their outstanding contribution to environmental awareness and conservation in an
impressive award ceremony
held at Maitrika auditorium.
The award was received by
the Chairman of NSS committee of SMVDU Yougal
Khajuria in the presence of
Dr. Sanjeev Jain, ViceChancellor of SMVDU and
Ajay Khajuria, Registrar,
SMVDU. He dedicated this
award to the students of
SMVDU for their volunteer
services. This award was announced on 5th June 2016 on
the occasion of World
Environment Day by IVF. It
is pertinent to mention that
NSS unit of SMVDU has been
organising various activities
related
to
environment
awareness and conservation
at regular intervals of time.
Prominent among these are
Save the Trikuta Mountains,
a bi-annual awareness and
cleanliness campaign series
in collaboration with IVF
and Shrine Board Katra
since march 2014, planted
thousands of useful trees in
katra
during
Van
Mahahotsav, numerous lectures
on
environment.
Furthermore, they have successfully organised National
Bamboo Mission, Tree Talk,
one day workshops on organic farming in nearby villages
by Biotech department, etc.
have
made
They
Environemental Sciences as
a compulsory subject for the
students and maintained
Botanical garden with variety of herbal and medicinal
plants. The SMVDU campus
is one among the reputed institutions which is green,
neat and clean. Kiran Kumar
Sharma, Chairman, IVF appreciated the efforts of SMVDU students, teaching and
non-teaching faculity and
management in the promotion of environmental awareness and conservation. He
said that time has come when
we must take an oath to make
our environment clean,
green and plastic free. The
event was followed by plantation drive where 60 useful
medicinal trees saplings
were planted in the campus.
GOF Staff Reporter
Expressing grave concern
over the prevailing deteriorating conditions in Kashmir valley, the Dogra Sadar Sabha observed that there is no
Government and law enforcing authorities visible anywhere in Jammu and Kashmir
especially in Kashmir valley
which has given agony and
pain to the right thinking citizens. Under such circumstances and with a view to provide better environment,
peace, harmony and healing
touch to the people, the Sabha
demanded immediate imposition of Governor Rule in the
State. The Sabha which represents holistic socio and cultural heritage of Jammu region
since its inception for more
than a century, in its executive
body meeting discussed in detail about the socio political
scenario and expressed its
views in order to maintain
peace and tranquility in its far
flung and hilly districts including Rajouri and Poonch.
Reiterating its resolves to preserve and maintain the pristine heritage “Mubarak Mandi
Complex”, Jammu, which is
presently suffering destruction due to ongoing rainy season, the Sabha unanimously
decided to stress upon the
Government for its proper
care and protection. It was also
decided that to generate public
awareness about this historic
Dogra treasure peaceful
demonstration would be carried out. The Sabha also castigated the concerned authorities for not taking any effective
action to preserve the heritage
despite repeated memoranda
to them. Coming heavily on
the administration for not taking any disciplinary action
against a police officer deployed at “Balidan Stambh”,
for his desecration acts the
Sabha once again asked the
concerned ministry as well the
department to honour the sentiments of the people by taking
befitting action against such a
irresponsible, uncultured person posted at such sacred place
“the memorial of Martyrs”. In
case of any delinquency, the
people of Jammu would be
compelled to come to the
streets, the Sabha decided. The
Sabha said that in case proper
action was not taken, the mischievous elements can further
spoil the peaceful atmosphere
at Jammu as such incidents
have already occurred in temples where the persons involved were branded as mentally unsound by the administration. The Sabha also expressed deep concern over the
prolongation of lawlessness
and destruction in Kashmir
valley and gave a clarion call to
the Civil Society of Kashmir to
come forward and cooperate
with “All Jammu Civil Society
Forum” in its efforts to find
some pragmatic solution for
solving the problem. The
Sabha also suggested that the
government employees from
Jammu on duty presently at
Civil Secretariat Srinagar
may be deployed in Civil
Secretariat Jammu to ensure
functioning of Govt. in peaceful environs of Jammu as the
of
Civil
functioning
Secretariat in Srinagar has totally collapsed. The President
of Dogra Sadar Sabha who is
also convener of All Jammu
Civil Society Forum disclosed
that special teams formed by
the Forum have visited the
twin border districts of
Rajouri and Poonch and held
meetings with the local Civil
Society there. The local civil
societies have assured their
full cooperation in preserving
peace and harmony in Jammu
region in particular and entire
State in general. The meeting
was attended by Dr. N. K.
Dogra, Brig. M. S. Jamwal
(Retd.), Prof. Ayyub Khan,
Janak Khajuria, Col. Karan
Singh Jamwal (Retd.), Madan
Rangila , Dr. P. S. Pathania,
Amrik Singh, Dr. M. S. Baloria
(Retd. Principal), Kulwant
Singh, Retd. Capt. Sardar
Singh, J. S Mangal & Ravi
Singh Slathia.
Separatists thrive not only
on turmoil in Kashmir but
also on deaths
Jammu, August 17:
Separatists, both moderates and hardliners, do not
thrive only on turmoil in Kashmir but now they have started
thriving on bloodshed of people. This is indicated by their repeated calls for shutdown during which clashes do occur between the protesters and the security forces. Now these separatists, both moderates and hard liners, have given a call to
people to organize a 72-hour march to the UN headquarters.
Once they start their march will be placed under restrictions
and barricades and barriers were to be set up by the police
which the protesters may try to break. This would result in
severe clashes between the security forces, trying to enforce
restrictions and the protesters keen to start the march.
Again many civilians would be killed and this would not
spare security personnel. And if ten people have been killed
in last three days six security personnel including the CRPF
commandant were killed. And separatists count their success on the number of deaths per day. Since each death ignites anger among the people separatists believe that enraged people could measure muscles with the security
forces. Experts believe that even the use of pepper guns,
chilli grenades and sound cannons may not end the violence
in Kashmir. Yes their use can simply reduce the rate of
killing and the separatists want more blood to get spilled on
the roads which would give them a chance to rake up the
Kashmir issue. In this connection Chief Minister, Mehbooba
Mufti should invite these separatists for talks and suggest to
them to stop giving calls for hartals and marches which may
be the only way to end violence, turmoil and killings. (KIP)
MPEJ hails Mehbooba
Mufti for her speech on
Independence Day
GOF Staff Reporter
Jammu, Aug 17:
Movement for Peace
Equality and Justice (MPEJ)
appreciated
the
today
Independence day speech of
Chief Minister, Mehbooba
Mufti wherein she had said
that “neither the common
masses of Kashmir have any
complaint with India nor the
Indian masses have any complaint with the people of
Kashmir; rather it is only
self
interest
some
Kashmiri’s” In a statement,
Kuldeep Kumar Rao, leader
MPEJ, furthered quoted
Mehbooba as saying that “A
minority of some politicians
which is creating anti-Indian
hatred and anger for their
selfishness. But at the same
time he regretted that the resentment which people of
Jammu Province has because of unequal treatment
meted out to them in respect
of allotment of funds and also
allotment of Parliamentary
and Assembly constituencies.” The Chief Minister
ought to have admitted this
error committed by previous
governments and her government also. Further she ought
to have made an announcement that now her government would rectify all this.
Will she do it before it is too
late? Whatever partially
good speeches are made on
such auspicious occasions,
should not remain confined
to speeches only but it would
be transformed into action.
Not only at state level but also at the Central level,
speeches of politicians must
be followed by honest practical work. The “Swachh
Bharat Mission” launched by
Prime Minister, Narendra
Modi ji is highly appreciable
but still there is no check on
corruption in the construction of toilets etc. Rao said
that unless the Parliament,
Assembly and Bureaucracy
are cleaned of dirty, corrupt
& criminal elements and unless commission based corruption at high level is
cleared, this external or physical cleanliness is not going
to yield much fruit. The internal cleanliness of the mind &
the soul is much more important than the external one.
What Rajiv Gandhi lamented
some 30 years back is still in
vogue. He had candidly stated
that only 15% of developmental funds get utilized on
ground whereas 85% goes into private pockets. This is all
due to unchecked political
corruption. For this, strong
vigilance coupled with electoral & judicial reforms,
without which great Modi’s
vision will be difficult to be
realized.
JKIPRS organizes at home function to celebrate Independence Day OFFICE OF THE ExECUTIVE ENGINEER PWD (R&B) DIVISION RAJOURI
masses and at the same time
GOF Staff Reporter
strengthening our roots in
SHORT NOTICE INVITING TENDER
Jammu, Aug 17:
economy and other spheres.
Taking lead from the
practice of “At Home functions” organised on the occasion of national festivals, J&K
State Integration and Public
Relations Society (JKIPRS)
today organized at Home
function in connection with
the 69 years of Indian
Independence. The function
was organised in association
with
Young
Blood
Association, Jammu at KL
Sehgal
Hall,
Jammu.
Kavinder Gupta, Speaker
J&K Legislative assembly
was the chief guest on this occasion. At home was attended
by large number of renowned
personalities
from
the
Jammu province. The welcome address was presented
by Anil K Padha, Chairman
J&K State Integration &
Public Relations Society who
explained the logic behind organizing such functions. He
informed the august audience
present on this occasion that
JKIPRS in its efforts to bring
KV Sunjwan
organises freedom
run to commemorate
Independence Day
GOF Staff Reporter
Sunjwan, Aug 17:
Kendriya
Vidyalaya
Sunjwan today organized freedom run to commemorate the
celebration
of
the
70th
Independence Day anniversary. In this freedom run about
200 students participated and
waved the flag of India all
around Sunjuwan Cantt and
the occasion was organized by
Rajesh Kumar PET, Anil
Khajuria Sports Coach and
Mukesh Sharma Yoga Teacher.
The students of Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sunjuwan distributed the handmade greeting
cards to the Jawans.
about harmony and peace in
society is pushing such novel
ideas so that our society is galvanised and a mass movement for ensuring good public
relations in our society in all
the three divisions of our
state are met. He highlighted
the importance of unity and
impressed upon the people
present to work for strengthening of our state culture and
stooping of blood shedding
that we are cwitnessing
presently.
Sureshtha
Khajuria, Life President
Young Blood association
asked the people to come forward in celebrating our national festivals rather than
staying indoors and wathching television. In his keynote
address, Speaker Kavinder
Gupta complimented JKIPRS
for their efforts in last two
years since their inception in
galavinising public opinion.
He said functions like these
are important to keep a society vibrant and watchful. He
gave details of the steps being
taken by the present government both in state and centre
for upliftment of common
He admitted the fact that
Government cannot work
without the support of its people and for a government to be
a change maker, every citizen
has to be a change maker. He
called upon the civil society
members to bring about the
change in themselves prior to
seeking such change in the society. Veteran VHP leader
Ramakant Dubey also spoke
on this occasion. Dinesh
Gupta, Chairman Citizen
Cooperative
Bank,
KK
Sharma,
Director
Floriculture and Kuldeep
Gupta, General Manager
Citizen Cooperative Bank
were honoured by the Speaker
for rendering their support to
JKIPRS for its noble and social cause. A mesmerizing
musical programme by Vijay
Anand, Amit Anand, Jyoti
Sharma and Rajat enthralled
the present audience. The programme ended with a vote of
thanks by the General
Secretary, JKIPRS Vinul Koul
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Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Division Rajouri on behalf of Governor of J&K State, invite tenders by e-tendering mode from approved and eligible contractors registered with
J&K State Govt./CPWD and Railways upto 1800 Hrs on 26-08-2016 for the following work.
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Upgradation of road by way of providing and laying 25mm
thick OGPC over 50mm thick BM on road from Sorah to
Ghambir Gali in Km 1st RD 0 to 1000 (L=2.00Km (2nd Call)
51.50
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of providing/laying WBM Gr-III and 25mm thick OGPC over
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Up-gradation of road by way of providing and laying 25mm 103.00
thick OGPC over 50mm thick BM on road from Saaj to Basan
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Up-gradation of following roads road by way of providing and 114.00
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construction of 01 no. 0.90 mtr dia RCC Hume pipe culvert
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Up-gradation of following roads road by way of providing
and laying 25mm thick OGPC over 50mm thick BM, construction of drain and strengthening of shoulders on road
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Upgradation of road from Parinar Larkutti road by way of
providing & laying 25mm thick OGPC over 50mm thick
BM/WMM & construction of pacca drain in Km 1st RD 0
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Upgradation of road from Mandargala to Panjnara by way 73.30
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ding & laying of 25mm thick OGPC over 50mm thick BM/
WMM in patches/ stretches, WBM Gr-IInd and construction
of pacca drain/ laying of RCC hume pipes culverts in Km
1st RD 0 to Km 2nd RD 500 (L=2.50Km)
1000/-
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Upgradation of road from Samote to Targain by way of providing & laying 25mm thick OGPC over 50mm thick BM/
WMM & construction of pacca drain in Km 1st RD 0 to Km
2nd RD 1000, Km 5th RD 0- 1000 (L=3.00Kms)
87.00
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Upgradation of road from Kandi to Hubbi road by way of
providing & laying 25mm thick OGPC over 50mm thick
BM/WMM & construction of pacca drain in Km 1st RD 0
to Km 5th RD 1000, (L=5.00Kms)
140.75
6000/-
281500/- 01 Month
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Upgradation of road from Kotedhara to Higher Secondary 177.70
School Panihad by way of providing & laying of 25mm thick
OGPC over 50mm thick BM /WMM in patches/ stretches,
WBM Gr-IInd and construction of pacca drain/ laying of RCC
Hume pipes culverts in Km 1st RD 0 to Km 6th RD 1000
(L=6.00Kms)
6000/-
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edit/opinion
Glimpses of Future
Glimpses of future
Enemies of children
After onset of militancy in Kashmir, people of Valley
prefer to send their children out of Kashmir for studies.
Education of children suffers due to frequent calls of
bandh by the separatists. As curfew continues the students in Kashmir are not attending schools, the new concept of 'Curfew schools' has emerged in the valley. A number of college-going students, government teachers and retired personnel have come together so as to teach the needful to the students. Education of children should be the
main concern as rioters often attack schools which are
found open. The idea of curfew schools in the valley is being practiced in community centres, houses and even in
courtyards across the state. These schools are scattered
across various centres in the valley. Those depriving innocent children of thie right to education are the enemies of
humanity. We all need to stand united against them reject
their calls for shutdowns. As the students were unable to
attend school since July 1, the educated youth took the responsibility to teach the kids. A number of schools are
running in Srinagar, including Khanyar community hall
in Kow Mohalla, Imambara in Hassanabad, and a mosque
in Bemina. It is not that all the youth are pelting stones in
street but educated youth are working for the welfare of
society. Security forces also cooperated and allow free
movement of children who carry school bags with them.
As many as 300 students study at Khanyar community
hall, where the classes are divided into groups and four
shifts, including morning, noon, afternoon and evening,
as per grades. In Baramulla region, a residential school is
running in Khawjabagh, where as many as 93 students are
receiving education. In Anantnag, a courtyard residential
school is running, around 70 students from Nursery to
class 10 are taking the classes. We should salute these
teacher who are doing a noble job despite threat from separatists and terrorists. The so called fight for Azadi has ruined the careers of children in Kashmir and parents have
no choice except sending their children to other parts of
country for education. Sympathizers of separatists plan to
exploit Kashmir students who study in metros of India and
try to disturb peace in the name of seminars like one happened in Bangluru. Those fomenting trouble in Kashmir
are enemies of children. Violence in no way is solution to
any problem, so violence must stop.
An avoidable war of attrition
By : sanJay Hegde
Francis Bacon wrote in 1625, “Let
judges also remember, that Solomon’s
throne was supported by lions on both
sides: let them be lions, but yet lions under the throne; being circumspect that
they do not check or oppose any points of
sovereignty.” Throughout history,
strong rulers facing resistance from an
unappreciative judiciary have resorted
to all kinds of measures to bring judges to
heel. Global precedents When components of his New Deal got struck down by
the Supreme Court of the United States,
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
threatened to increase the number of its
judges from nine to 15. He reasoned that
packing the court with six new judges
would bring about a new majority that
would side with the government. Shortly
thereafter, ‘a switch in time saved the
nine’. In 1937, Justice Owen Roberts
switched his vote to side with the government-leaning judges, and FDR thereafter
did not need to pursue court packing.
In Pakistan the Army got used to
tame judges when Chief Justice
Muhammad Munir invented the
Doctrine of Necessity to legitimise
General
Ghulam
Governor
Muhammad’s dismissal of the Prime
Chief Justice T.S. Thakur’s public
complaints over executive delay in
clearing judicial appointments must
be seen not as plaintive cries, but an
admonition to the government to respect constitutional redlines
Minister. Some years later, the doctrine
granted absolution to General Ayub
Khan’s coup. Still later, General Zia-ulHaq got the judges to swear personal allegiance to himself as President. One of the
few who refused and resigned his position was the great Justice Dorab Patel.
down,
General
Pervez
Further
Musharraf tried to bully Chief Justice
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry into resigning. The resultant backlash of a
lawyers’ movement ended in the fall of
General Musharraf.
India too has had its ‘lionhearts’
striving to keep the throne balanced in
the path of dharma. There was a near irretrievable loss of credibility for Peshwa
rule over the Maratha empire when the
ever-righteous Chief Justice Ramshastri
Prabhune resigned after convicting the
sitting ruler, Peshwa Raghunathrao, of
the murder of his predecessor, Peshwa
Narayanrao, in 1773. From Nehru to
Indira In the first decades after
Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru’s government had its own misgivings with the
judiciary’s interpretation of the new
Constitution. The initial interpretations
of the fundamental right of free speech
led to the first amendment of the
Winning back hearts and minds in Kashmir
By : asHok k meHta
the
following:
On
Consider
Pakistan’s independence day terrorists
hoist flags, address rallies urging
Kashmiris to follow Hurriyat’s calendar
of
protests;
Pakistan’s
High
Commissioner Abdul Basit dedicates this
year’s independence day to the freedom
of Kashmir, firmly believing that the sacrifices made by the people of Jammu &
Kashmir will not go in vain; counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations suspended for 40 days for fear of
clashes and collateral damage; locals glorifying terrorists as freedom fighters during funerals; at least 25 police stations
burnt down and weapons looted; young
stone-pelters and protestors, mostly leaderless (and include women) are asking
for azadi; Burhan Wani’s father has become a celebrity of sorts;. Srinagar is in
lockdown for a straight 40 days with 65
civilians killed and more than 6000
wounded majority are wounded, security personnel; pellet guns blinded nearly
100 persons; on India’s independence day,
despite the lockdown, terrorists attacked
the CRPF in the heart of Srinagar killing
a Commandant and wounding ten troopers. Alienation and anger are palpable.
Seventy years on, this is your Kashmir
valley. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti
made a memorable speech in the Bakshi
Stadium urging Kashmiris to covet the
azadi they already have. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi in his 95-minute long
speech failed to reach out to the
Kashmiris. Instead, he raised from the
ramparts of the Red Fort, the disquiet and
human rights violations in Balochistan,
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit
Baltistan. No Prime Minister has sought
a moral equaliser of Kashmir in
Pakistan. Modi’s unwillingness to apply
the healing touch from the Red Fort is
part of the strategy of not acting under
pressure. Union Home Minister Rajnath
Singh has, on the advice of agencies, decided to wait it out till fatigue sets in and a
lid can be put on the protests, no matter
what the cost. A tactical breather is being
sought by shifting the focus from the uprising in Kashmir to the human rights violations in Balochistan, PoK and Gilgit
Baltistan. While providing political,
diplomatic and moral support to the oppressed in these regions is not going to be
easy due to lack of contiguity, no infrastructure and doubtful political will, still
it is an exercise worth attempting.
What is more vital is raising the cost
for Islamabad for its cross border terrorism. Voices are being raised in Pakistan
by retired diplomats including former
Foreign Secretary Najmuddin Shaikh
who are advocating that Pakistan prevent the use of its soil for hostile activities against its neighbours. Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, India and Iran are periodically accusing Pakistan for exporting terrorism. Despite being ‘frenemy’ country,
Pakistan has its sympathisers in the US
intellectual community most notably nuclear experts George Perkovich and Toby
Dalton who had recommended incentives for Pakistan to go slow on its nuclear weapons programme. Now the two
Prachanda 08 vs Prachanda 16
By : Hari BansH JHa
Political instability has become the order
of the day in Nepal. On an average, no
Government in the country lasts for more than
a ysear. On August 4, Maoist leader Pushpa
Kamal Dahal, popularly known as Prachanda,
became the Prime Minister of Nepal, after the
fall of the nine-month old Government of KP
Sharma Oli on July 24. The overwhelming majority of the population in Nepal is satisfied
with the change in Government. Expectations
are high that Prachanda will deliver on all
those fronts where Oli failed addressing
Madhesi issues, war-era criminal cases
against Maoist fighters, implementation of the
new Constitution, rehabilitation of earthquake victims, and maintaining a balance in
foreign relations vis-à-vis India and China.
Only time will show if Prachanda is able to
meet these challenges and that too within the
fixed time frame of nine months, after which he
will have to transfer power to Sher Bahadur
Deuba of the Nepali Congress, as per the seven
point agreement between the Communist
Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre (CPN-MC) and
the Nepali Congress. If Prachanda performs
well as Prime Minister, it is likely that the
CPN-MC under his leadership will regain its
image. During the Constituent Assembly elec-
tion of 2008, the party had emerged as Nepal’s
largest political force but it substantially lost
its image and was pushed to the third spot in
the Constituent Assembly election of 2013. His
failure, on the other hand, will not only weaken
his party, but might also invite further political instability in the country. Notably,
Prachanda’s performance during his nine
month tenure as Prime Minister in 2008-2009
was far from satisfactory. He annoyed India by
undertaking his first foreign trip to China in
2008. By tradition, a Nepalese Prime Minister
always visits India before going to any another
country in view of the special relationship that
exists between India and Nepal. Prachanda also incurred the wrath of the Nepalese people
when he made an unsuccessful attempt to sack
Army chief Rookmangud Katawal and replace
him with who shared his own communist ideology. It was only at the intervention of
President Ram Baran Yadav that Prachanda’s
move to remove Katawal was foiled. Also,
Prachanda visited China at a time when in
Nepal hundreds were were dying in the Koshi
floods and thousands were struggling for their
life. He had no time to address the problems of
those who needed immediate relief from the
Government. As if this was not enough,
Prachanda even allowed Maoist cadets to become priests of the Lord Pashupatinath
Temple in Kathmandu for some time. This was
against the Hindu tradition of assigning this job
to particular castes of Bhatt Brahmins from south
India. Significantly enough, Dahal made several attempts to bring Nepal closer to the Chinese
axis in 2008-2009. He strongly advocated in
favour of the extension of Chinese railways deep into the Nepalese territory, right up to Lumbini, the
birthplace of Lord Buddha, which lies at a
stone’s throw from the Nepal-India border. He
knew well that this could jeopardise India’s security interests. Chinese penetration in
Nepalese affairs multiplied during his tenure
be it in the Army, the armed police force, the
police and other administrative services.
Prachanda vocally opposed India and raised
contentious issues such as Kalapani and Susta.
Later in 2012, he made a deal with the China-backed
Asia Pacific Exchange Cooperation Foundation
to bring three billion dollars for the development of Lumbini. This caused great embarrassment of India. However, before becoming
Prime Minister this time, Prachanda publicly
acknowledged that he had made some mistakes while in power in 2008-2009 because he
lacked experience of governance that time. He
also made a promise that he would do all within
his means to address the crucial challenges
faced by the country, both on domestic and foreign fronts. Accordingly, he entered into three-
point agreements with the Madhes-based parties before becoming Prime Minister, promising to address their grievances. Soon after becoming Prime Minister, Prachanda also declared those killed during the Madhesi agitation to be ‘martyrs’. His Government has made
arrangements to pay each of the martyrs’ family one million rupees. He is paying for the medical expenses of those who were injured during
the movement and has withdrawn cases
against Madhesi activists detained on false
charges. These gestures are welcome. Yet,
Prachanda’s real test will lie in addressing the
main demands of the Madhesi agitators such
as re-drawing of provincial boundaries, the determination of parliamentary, provincial and
local electoral constituencies on population basis,
proportional representation of Madhesis and other excluded groups in the state mechanism, and
correction of mistakes made in the new
Constitution’s citizenship clauses. However, given the mindset of the ruling elite group of
Bahun-Chhetris that represent only 28 per cent
of Nepal’s total population, it is unlikely that
they would like to share power with the overwhelming majority of disadvantaged groups
such as the Madhesis, Tharus, Dalits and hill
Janajati who form nearly 72 per cent of Nepal’s
population. Even the Maoist party suffers from
this mindset.
THE BEIJING BALANCING ACT
By : sHyam saran
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s
August 11-13 visit to India was closely
watched for clues on the current state of
India-China relations and the outlook going
forward. There are two forthcoming multilateral summits, the G-20 summit hosted by
China in September and the BRICS summit
hosted by India in November. Neither country would like the summit it is hosting to be
overshadowed by bilateral differences.
Therefore, at the very least, both need to
downplay their differences and seek to create a positive ambience for the forthcoming
summits in whose success each has a stake
as host country. Mr. Wang’s visit does appear to have achieved that. Putting mechanisms in place . On the vexed issue of China’s
opposition to India’s membership of the
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), it was
agreed that a focussed dialogue take place between the Indian Joint Secretary dealing
with disarmament and international security and China’s Director-General of Arms
Control and Disarmament. On other issues
having a bearing on bilateral relations, another mechanism has been established between the Indian Foreign Secretary and his
Chinese counterpart, Vice Foreign Minister
Zhang Yesui. This appears to be in addition
to the existing annual Strategic Dialogue at
the Foreign Secretary level and the regular
Special Representatives dialogue which, in
the past, has gone beyond the mandate of border negotiations. One presumes that the issue of China’s “technical hold” on the listing
of Masood Azhar, the Jaish-e-Mohammad
leader, as a terrorist at the United Nations,
and Chinese activities in Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir (PoK) under its One Belt, One Road
(OBOR) initiative will be on its agenda.
It is unlikely that China will materially
change its stand on these outstanding issues
but the proposed dialogue creates a more
propitious ambience for the forthcoming
summits. Since these dialogue mechanisms
are engaged with these contentious issues,
the leaders themselves need not have to deal
with them beyond generalities. At least that
would be the Chinese expectation. For the
Chinese, summit meetings are expected to be
orchestrated encounters where leaders
avoid unpleasant exchanges and project all
that is positive in the relationship. One has
learnt from Chinese friends that both at Ufa
last year and Tashkent this June, Chinese
President Xi Jinping was unprepared for the
blunt talking and persistent airing of differences by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Mr. Wang would have wanted to ensure that
forthcoming leadership meetings do not
cause discomfort to his boss.
China is faced with a complex and deteriorating political and security situation in its
Asia-Pacific periphery. The categorical and
entirely negative arbitration award against
China over its claim to the South China Sea
handed in July by a tribunal constituted under the provisions of the UN Convention on
the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is a major setback for Beijing. Its relations with ASEAN
(Association of Southeast Asian Nations) are
now under unprecedented strain. To add to
its woes, the deployment of the THAAD antimissile defence system by the U.S. in South
Korea has led to a worsening of relations
with a neighbour with which China has, over
The Beijing on Page 7
Constitution. The court’s rulings on
property rights led to several constitutional amendments. But, all told, the initial decades showed a healthy institutional respect, with the legislature and
judiciary working in tandem. Indira
Gandhi was a different matter. Her relationship with the judiciary was fraught
with confrontation and conflict. It did not
help that she saw some judges, such as
Justice K.S. Hegde, as owing allegiance
to the Congress (O) which opposed her.
The Supreme Court’s judgments striking
down the nationalisation of banks and
the abolition of privy purses made it look
like an “arena for constitutional quibbling for men with long purses”. Cabinet
led
by
Mohan
ministers
Kumaramangalam called for a “committed judiciary” which was deferential to
the socialistic temper of the times. When
the Supreme Court’s 11-judge ruling in
the Golaknath case put property rights
on a fundamentally unbreachable
pedestal, she promoted to the Supreme
Court, judges who publicly vowed to undo the judgment. Things came to a head
in 1973 in the Kesavananda Bharati case.
All 13 judges of the court sat for months
on end to reconsider Golaknath. Though
Golaknath was overruled, parliamenAn avoidable on Page 7
have come up with a book whose title is
self-explanatory: Not War Not Peace:
Motivating Pakistan to Prevent CrossBorder Terrorism. For India to blame
Pakistan for all the ills in Kashmir will be
patently wrong, though it is time for New
Delhi to declare cross border/LoC infiltration as acts of war and take the fight to
PoK, which in any case is India’s own territory, as an act of legitimate self defence.
The parliamentary resolution on J&K on
August 3 was anodyne and must be linked
to the one unanimously passed on
February 22, 1994. Dr Karan Singh is
right: While J&K is an integral part of
India, as nearly half of the original J&K is
in adverse and illegal possession of
Pakistan, J&K is not an internal matter.
Besides proactively reclaiming and obtaining vacation of Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir including Gilgit and Baltistan,
the Government in Srinagar should reserve appropriate number of seats in the
State Assembly for PoK and Gilgit
Baltistan areas. The Centre should also
similarly reserve seats in the upper and
lower houses of Parliament. One hopes
that the ‘Rajnath tactics’ of postponing to
another day the healing touch and unWinning back on Page 7
Obduracy of the WhatsApp Elite
By : navneet anand
Of the several WhatsApp groups that this author is a
member of, the one comprising many friends including bureaucrats and journalists, is especially fascinating. Over 80
per cent of the discussion here revolves round Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. There is a fierce and blanket cynicism, and
every argument in defence is shot down as naïve. August 15
was no different, as Modi-haters ripped apart the Prime
Minister's speech at the Red Fort, and yet again questioned
his style, content and intent. The essence of ‘reform, perform
and transform’ that the Prime Minister so passionately articulated was, to them, yet another oratory trick that did little to
enthuse this group of perennial skeptics.
To this writer, the intense and at times inexplicable reaction of this group can be traced to three major factors. First,
we are a generation enamored by the status quo. Our growingup was anchored in believing the given compliance to social
norms was often rewarded, deviation frowned upon. We were
conformists to the core. A reflection of this was the kind of
professions that the majority of us got into. We became bureaucrats, academics, managers, NGO workers, journalists
all old school vocations. When Modi disturbs the status quo
through his words and deeds, and dares to dismantle the old
and the irrelevant, we squirm and moan. Two, we are also a
generation whose political upbringing has been conditioned
by identity politics. We grew up in an atmosphere of intense
animosity that was triggered by the implementation of
Mandal Commission recommendations by VP Singh.
Government jobs, much like politics, were the preserve of the
upper caste. The Mandal Commission threatened to tilt that
balance. For the upper castes which dominated the elite universities of Delhi and elsewhere in the 1990s, this came as a
jolt. The status quo was massively challenged and so was the
hegemony of the elite. We grew up to be sceptics, and all those
who failed the civil service examinations, blamed it on this
factor. That culture of ascribed superiority continues to guide
our sub-conscience. When a low-caste Modi, who does not conform to our framework of the elite political class, attracts astounding glory, it doesn't comfort us either. We, including this
writer, admired Rajiv Gandhi and drool over Rahul Gandhi;
we idolise kings and aristocrats of the Congress. Modi doesn't
fit into our notion of the political class, and when he speaks to
us from the Red Fort, we fret and frown. Third, we have been
conditioned to celebrate quiet Prime Ministers. With the exception of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, most of the Prime Ministers
of our times Chandra Shekhar, PV Narasimha Rao, Deve
Gowda, IK Gujral, and Manmohan Singh have not been good
communicators. We are wary of outspoken leaders and the influential minority of Delhi has often exhibited enormous disdain for the likes of outspoken mass leaders like Lalu Prasad
and Mayawati. It is little surprise then that when Modi
speaks, and makes a whole lot of sense, it tampers with the
legacy of the silent Prime Minister that the status quoists so
adore. To these sceptics who accuse Modi of just spewing rhetoric and thrive on criticising him, this writer would like to
present a few facts from the Prime Minister's Independence
Day speech, and pose a few questions. Modi said that cooking
gas cylinders were made available to 60 crore people in the
last 60 years whereas 14 crore have got it in the last 60 months.
Is this not good? Modi said, it took 70 years for a village in
Uttar Pradesh, which is three hours from Delhi, to get electricity. Is this a fairytale? LED bulbs which cost Rs 250 are now
available at Rs 50 is it not worth a pause, forget praise? When
Modi says he has implemented the long-pending demand of
One Rank One Pension, is he not stating a fact? Should the increase of pension to freedom fighters by 20 per cent be condemned? Is the clearing of arrears to Uttar Pradesh’s sugarcane farmers a bad thing? About 10,000 villages, out of the
18,000 unelectrified lot, now have power is this good news or
bad? Will doing away with job interviews, which perpetuated
corruption, of over 9000 Group C & D jobs adversely affect our
society? That the thrust to solar power and rural roads construction has intensified in last two years is a fact. Should it
not be celebrated?
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NATIONAL
Union Minister's wife alleges
blackmail,files police complaint
PReSS TRuST OF INDIA
384 (extortion) and 506 (criminal intimidation) on August 12. The complainant said
that Pradeep was known to her as a friend
of her nephew. She alleged that he had
been calling her for a few days threatening to make public the "doctored" audio
and video clips, contents of which were
not known to her. The accused allegedly
called her several times and threatened to
"ruin" her husband's reputation. He allegedly called repeatedly on the night of August
6. Singh also alleged in her complaint that
the accused had posted a video on Youtube
levelling false allegations against her husband, who is Minister of State for External
Affairs in Modi government, and family.
She also expressed "grave threat" to her
security alleging that Pradeep was a "dangerous" man who carried guns.
New DelHI, AuG 17
Union Minister VK Singh's wife
Bharti Singh has filed a police complaint
here against a man alleging that he was
trying to extort Rs two crore by blackmailing her with "doctored" audio-video clips
to defame her husband. In her complaint
lodged at Tughlaq Road police station,
Singh alleged that Pradeep Chauhan, a
resident of Gurgaon, had even threatened
her of "dire consequences" if the money
was not paid. "We are investigating the
matter and the accused has been questioned by us. He will be called for second
round of questioning soon. He is not yet
arrested," said a senior police officer.
The FIR was filed under IPC sections
SIT arrests Aurangabad HAM's Kejriwal defends min wage hike,
dist prez in toppers scam
dares BJP,Cong govts to follow
Press Trust of India
Aurangabad, Aug 17
PReSS TRuST OF INDIA
The special investigation team probing the
intermediate toppers scam in Bihar today arrested district unit president of Hindustani Awam
Morcha(HAM)-Secular Ajay Kumar Singh along
with 19 blank answer sheets. The special investigation team (SIT), which came here from Patna,
arrested Singh with the help of local police from
his residence at Yodhanagar colony of
Aurangabad district. Confirming the arrest,
deputy superintendent of police P N Sahu said
the blank answer sheets had been siezed from the
residence of Singh. A car was also seized by police, Sahu said, adding the SIT took Singh to
Patna for interrogation. HAM (Secular) national
spokesman Danish Rizwan, however, said that
Singh was not the district unit chief of the party
and the process to elect new president was currently on. Over 20 persons, including the main
accused Bachcha Rai, principal of the Bishun Rai
College of Vaishaali from where state 'topper'
Ruby Rai and other 'meritorious' students appeared for the exam. Former BSEB chairman
Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh and his wife, ex-MLA
Usha Sinha have so far been arrested in the case.
Ruby Rai was arrested by the SIT on June 25 soon
after the re-test by the Bihar School Examination
Board (BSEB). She was granted bail on August 1.
SIT had on August 4 arrested inter science topper
Rahul Kumar from Vaishali district.
Defending his government's decision to
hike minimum wages in
Delhi, Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal today
said money in the hands
of the poor and middle
class, and not "Ambani
and Adani", will benefit
the country's economy.
Kejriwal said it was to be
seen whether BJP and
Congress show the
courage to take similar
decisions in the states
ruled by them. The Chief
Minister was addressing
a gathering of labour
unions at his residence
here. "I told those who
are threatening to strike
work and shut industries that overall business is anyway bleak
across the country since
no one has money in
hand. When money will
reach the poor then it
New DelHI, AuG 17
will have a positive effect on the economy as
demand and subsequently consumption
will rise," Kejriwal said.
Interestingly, ruling
AAP's trade wing has
warned of a strike in
Delhi in case the decision to raise wages is not
withdrawn. It is also going to the raise the issue
with Lt Governor
Najeeb Jung.
"Policies have to
benefit the poor. There
will be an escalation of
cost, no doubt, but in the
middle term and long
term it will benefit
everyone when money
will reach the middle
class and poor," Kejriwal
said. Repeatedly referring to "Ambani and
Adani" in his address,
Kejriwal alleged that
government policies are
"deliberately" framed to
ensure profit for few
families in the country,
leading to "deepening"
chasm in the society and
spike in unemployment
and crime. "We will have
to implement it in Delhi
and then raise our voice
across the country. I
urge Modiji to look beyond Ambani and care
for the people. If the
Centre wants then it can
implement the same
across the country in
one go," he said.
Kejriwal had announced
the government's decision the raise wages his
Independence Day
speech. As per the proposal, the minimum
wages for unskilled person will be Rs 14,052
against the existing Rs
9,568 in the national capital. Besides, the same
for semi-skilled and
skilled persons will increase from Rs 10,582 to
Rs 15,471 and from Rs
11,622 to 17,033 respectively.
SC asks Guj to reply
on pleas to defreeze
a/c of Teesta,others
New Delhi, Aug 17
UP Cabinet Minister Azam Khan being garlanded by his supporters during the Jashn-e-Azadi
Mushayara organised on his birthday in New Delhi
Police sub-inspector commits
suicide in Telangana
Sangareddy(Tel), Aug 17
A police sub-inspector allegedly committed
suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver in Medak district in
the wee hours today, with
his family members alleging that he took the extreme step due to harassment by senior officers.
Ramakrishna
Reddy
(aged around 45), the subinspector
posted
at
Kuknoorpally
Police
Station, allegedly shot
himself in the forehead
with his service revolver
in his house at around 1.30
AM when he was alone,
Togutta Police Station's
circle inspector said. The
other policemen rushed to
his quarters soon after
hearing the firing sound
and found Reddy dead.The
body was later shifted to a
hospital at Gajwel. The deceased's family members
alleged that he committed
suicide due to harassment
by senior officers. They also claimed that the deceased had written a suicide note in which he mentioned the reasons for taking the extreme step.
However, police remained
tight-lipped about any suicide note found at the spot.
Medak
district
Superintendent of Police
Chandrashekar
Reddy
visited Gajwel hospital.
Police have registered a
case and are looking at
various angles to find out
the reason for the suicide.
Ramakrishna Reddy was
a
native
of
Bakkamantram Gudem
village in Mathampally
madal of Nalgonda district.
He had sent his wife
and two children to their
parental home two days
back. Before joining the
police force in 2005, he had
also worked in the Army,
according to his relatives
The Supreme Court today sought the
response of Gujarat Government on the
pleas filed by social activist Teesta
Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and
two NGOs challenging the freezing of their
accounts by the Crime Branch of
Ahmedabad Police. A bench of justices
Dipak Misra and U U Lalit issued notice to
the state and Additional Solicitor General
Tushar Mehta said they would file their response within two weeks. The court has
now fixed the matter for hearing on
September 21. Teesta, her husband and the
two NGOs Sabrang Trust and Citizens for
Justice and Peace have approached the
apex court challenging the October 7 verdict of the Gujarat High Court which had
rejected their pleas for defreezing their
personal bank accounts. The action of the
Ahmedabad Police had come soon after
the Crime Branch had started probing a
case in which Setalvad and others are accused of embezzling Rs 1.51 crore collected
to convert Gulberg Society -- where 69 people were killed during the post-Godhra riots -- into a 2002 riots museum. The high
court had upheld the verdict of a lower
court in this regard observing that the
probe was at a serious point in the alleged
case of Gulberg society fund embezzlement.
Hyderabad, Aug 17
A Manila-bound flight from Dubai was
diverted to the airport here after a woman
delivered a baby girl mid-air. The Cebu
Pacific Air flight was diverted to the Rajiv
Gandhi International Airport due to a
medical emergency on August 14, airport
sources said. "The woman, a Philippines
national, delivered the baby on board. The
flight was diverted due to medical emergency on board," sources said.
Gopalganj (Bihar), Aug 17
that the persons had consumed spurious liquor last
evening after which they died
while some other relatives of
the deceased gave in writing
that they did not die because of
CONTN. FROM PAGE 6
An avoidable war
.................................................................
tary power to amend the Constitution was also restricted to
not damaging its basic structure. The government won its basic
case, but on a small majority of seven judges against six, it lost the
larger argument of unbridled power. The day after the judgment,
three of the seven judges in the majority (including Justice
Hegde) were superseded for the office of Chief Justice. The fourth
in seniority, Justice A.N. Ray, was appointed Chief Justice, leading to the resignation of the three superseded judges. C.K.
Daphtary, India’s first Solicitor General, quipped, “The boy who
wrote the best essay won the first prize.” These events cast their
shadow on the declaration of Emergency in 1975, shortly after the
Allahabad High Court invalidated Ms. Gandhi’s 1971 election to
the Lok Sabha. While her appeal was pending in the Supreme
Court, Ms. Gandhi retrospectively amended the Constitution to
immunise her election from legal attack. That attempt was invalidated by the court, which nevertheless upheld her election on
other grounds. In those tumultuous times, the Supreme Court’s
darkest moment was when by a four-one majority, it upheld the
government’s contention that a citizen’s right to life could be suspended during an emergency. The lone dissenter, Justice H.R.
Khanna, was thereafter soon superseded for the office of Chief
Justice, and he too resigned from the court. The Emergency also
saw inconvenient high court judges being transferred to faraway
courts. Other less documented measures to render judges docile
were also used. The judicial pushback The lifting of the
Emergency and the election of a non-Congress government saw
the judiciary attempt to salvage its independence. Public Interest
Litigation (PIL) became a new mantra for judicial intervention in
fields of executive neglect. Soon the judiciary became an active
stakeholder in governance. Despite the 1976 judgment in
Sankalchand Seth, upholding the Government’s powers of transfer, the 1982 judgment in S.P. Gupta began defining the judiciary
and executive’s roles in consultations on the appointment and
transfer of judges. The fall of the Babri Masjid, the agitation over
the Mandal report, and an era of fragile coalitions set the stage for
the 1993 judgment in the first Supreme Court Advocates-onRecord case. The court ensured that the judges would have the
dominant voice in judicial appointments and administration. A
collegium consisting of the Chief Justice and senior judges would
have the last word on appointments and transfers. Subsequent
judgments built on the structure and strengthened the collegium
system. Internally, the government and the judiciary worked out
a memorandum of procedure, which regulated the process of appointments and transfers. For two decades, ruling coalitions
chafed at judges anointing newer judges as their successors. In
the meanwhile, PILs and election disputes ensured that politicians remained ever wary of the courts. Executive reassertion
The 2014 general election, which threw up a stable single-party
majority, saw the political class strike back. One of the first acts
of the Narendra Modi government was to shaft the collegiumcleared nomination of Gopal Subramanium to the Supreme
Court. Mr. Subramanium’s prosecution of Bharatiya Janata
Party leader Amit Shah and his appearance as the United
Progressive Alliance’s Solicitor General in several matters arising out of the Gujarat riots of 2002 rendered him unpalatable to
the new rulers. A constitutional amendment, backed by the
Opposition, including the Congress, next followed. It sought to
take away the power of appointments and transfers from the collegium and vest it in a new body called National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC), where judges would be represented but would not have a dominant say. A constitutional
challenge to the amendment was entertained by the Supreme
Court. Pending the hearings, the then Chief Justice, H.L. Dattu,
announced that he felt inhibited from participating in meetings
about the independent members to be appointed to the NJAC.
Resultantly, no substantive appointments came to be made
through 2015, and many additional unconfirmed judges had to be
continued in office by virtue of judicial orders of extension.
The constitutional amendment was struck down in 2015 by
the Supreme Court as violative of judicial independence, which
is part of the Constitution’s basic structure. The court’s institutional memory, of the Emergency and its aftermath, played a significant role in the decision. A subsequent order also directed the
government to finalise a new memorandum of procedure in order
to regulate fresh appointments. After the first judgment, the unconfirmed judges were confirmed in their posts. Appointments
were recommended and processed in many cases, including
some appointments to the Supreme Court. However, the drafting
of the memorandum of procedure is as yet not finalised. The government has sought to retain powers to veto candidates recommended by the collegium on grounds of “public interest” or “national security”. The judiciary led by the collegium has refused to
let in a Trojan horse into its citadel of independence. Over 75 appointments to the high courts and some transfers appear to be
stuck in the process for over eight months. In a country with
around 1,200 judges in the constitutional courts, and nearly 400
vacancies at that level, this is an unacceptable position. Judges
retire regularly, and if no fresh appointments are made, it is possible to bring the system to a complete halt. In this situation, one
cannot fault Chief Justice T.S. Thakur who, in April this year, got
emotional in the Prime Minister’s presence at a conference of
judges. This week, in his Independence Day speech at the
Supreme Court, he has again lamented the government’s lack of
alacrity in the matter of appointments. A government which
wants to be seen as dedicated to the rule of law can ill-afford a war
of attrition. The Chief Justice’s public remonstrances must not
be seen as the plaintive cries of the least dangerous branch of government. They must instead be received as an admonition on
Rajdharma from the Bhishmapitamaha of the judiciary. An unnecessary Mahabharata must be avoided by addressing institutional distrust. Caesar must render unto the judges what is theirs
a constitutional assurance of independence.
Winning back hearts ................................................
veiling the long-awaited political package works, and does
not become one that comes too late and is too little. Besides losing
human lives averaging more than one a day and Rs 120 crore daily in revenue, it is the forfeiture of trust, moral authority and governance that is more troubling. This is not a law and order problem but one of insurgency and terrorism acquiring religious
overtones, threatening to transform Kashmiriyat into Islamiyat.
But most of all, it is a political problem as well as of development.
The responses to the political, economic and human rights issues are available in many reports prepared by interlocutors in
the past. Addressing the internal dimension entailing an intraKashmir dialogue followed by a Centre-State interaction to re-affirm the contours of self rule is both urgent and complex. A fulltime Union Minister in charge of Jammu & Kashmir is necessary, as was the case in the past when George Fernandes was appointed Minister for Kashmir Affairs. The parameters of the external peace process need to be reinstated also. Given the new
low in India-Pakistan relations, resuming the dialogue process is
the big challenge. Most Pakistanis including Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif agree that the four-point formula evolved during
backchannel talks a decade ago under the watch of Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf can
be made acceptable if the Pakistan military is on board. No one
has come up with any other model than the Musharraf formula
that can be the basis of resuming talks on J&K. If nothing else, at
least an interim solution can be hammered out based on the
Northern Ireland model. De-escalation of the ongoing protest
campaign the priority for now which is essentially faceless and
devoid of leaders is a sticky starting point. No one knows where
to start. This should not be delayed any further as it will damage
the counter-insurgency grid painstakingly established in the valley as Army is mostly confined to the barracks. Terrorists are
taking advantage of this by fanning the protests and opening infiltration routes. CM Mufti should utilise her intellectuals for her
outreach to youths and parents. The CRPF and police require
specialised training and kits for crowd control with minimum or
no use of pellet guns till an alternative deterrent is found. This is
the last chance to win back the confidence and trust of Kashmiris
in the valley and recover the lost plot. There is a limit to how often security forces can pull the political chestnuts out of the fire.
the years, assiduously nurtured close political, economic,
commercial and even cultural relations. (Korean pop music is
extremely popular in China.) These are new and adverse developments even while the U.S. and Japan continue to be perceived as major security threats to China in the region.
Against this background, China would want to keep its western periphery with India relatively stable and benign. It is for
this reason that Chinese official media has persisted with the
message that there is no fundamental clash of interests between the two countries and that their convergences outnumber their differences. There is anxiety that India may move
closer to the U.S. and participate in security arrangements
more directly challenging China in the South China Sea.
Beijing has cautioned that India should avoid getting “entangled” in the South China Sea issue, but there is also an expectation that it will continue to adhere to its stated policy of
strategic autonomy. In fact, India’s reaction to the tribunal
award has been measured, calling for utmost respect for the
UNCLOS but also stressing the need for resolving differences
through peaceful dialogue. It is reported that Mr. Wang did
not raise the South China Sea issue in Delhi. This appears to
confirm the view that China’s current preoccupation is to prevent India from escalating its stand on this issue. China expects that at the forthcoming G-20 summit at Hangzhou, the
U.S. and its western allies and Japan may raise the South
China Sea issue and embarrass the host country. India’s role
could prove to be significant in this regard. That gives India a
tactical advantage and this may well have been the reason for
Mr. Wang to appear forthcoming on issues India is concerned
about. I doubt whether China will change its substantive
stance on these issues any time soon. New Delhi’s reality
check In dealing with China, India has to be conscious of the
fact that in terms of both economic and military capabilities,
the asymmetry between the two countries continues to expand. China’s economy is five times as large as India’s and
even with slower rates of growth China will be adding more
muscle from a larger base while India will have to grow much
faster over a longer period of time to begin to narrow the gap.
There are only two ways to deal with this power asymmetry;
one is to acquire and deploy capabilities which will make any
aggressive military move by China a risky proposition. The
other is to enmesh oneself more tightly in the U.S.-led countervailing coalition targeting China. The latter does run counter
to India’s view of itself as an independent power but there is a
steady creep in that direction. In terms of developing asymmetrical capabilities, my sense is that we are not quite there
and remain vulnerable. This vulnerability increases if there
is a coordinated move by China and Pakistan. In previous
India-Pakistan wars, post-1962, China supported Pakistan politically and with supplies but refrained from attacking India
across the border. This reassuring pattern of behaviour needs
to be under our constant review and assessment. China’s willingness to stand alone in blocking India’s membership of the
NSG on behalf of Pakistan, and in shielding it from international pressures consequent upon its use of cross-border terrorism as an instrument of state policy against India, point to
an enhanced strategic role for Pakistan in Chinese regional
and global calculations. Pakistan has so far been important to
China as a low-cost and effective proxy against India. It is now
becoming important for China’s ambitious OBOR project,
which is long term in nature. It is also assuming importance
in China’s Central Asian strategy. No surprise therefore that
China is reported to be encouraging the Pakistan Army to
take charge of implementing the China-Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC) since the civilian government of Nawaz
Sharif is said to be too slow on delivery. With Mr. Modi now
explicitly committed to the return of PoK including Gilgit and
Baltistan to India, how would the Chinese react? Without
Pakistani control over this disputed territory there would be
no CPEC. If India additionally encourages anti-Pakistan militants in Balochistan, this would adversely affect the utility of
Gwadar port, another key link in the OBOR. China would at
least be under pressure to assuage heightened anxieties in
Islamabad, and this may have a negative fallout on IndiaChina relations. The setting for managing India-China relations has become more complex and risky. Over the past several years, leaders of both countries have seen it in their mutual interest to keep relations on an even keel despite their essentially adversarial nature. A careful balance has been
maintained between the competitive and cooperative components of the relationship. This has just got much harder to deliver.
Woman delivers mid-air,
flight diverted to Hyderabad The Beijing balancing ..............................................................
13 die due to suspected hooch consumption in Bihar, probe on
Thirteen persons have
died after suspected consumption of spurious liquor in
Gopalganj district of Bihar,
where prohibition was implemented in April, even as authorities claimed that the reason behind the deaths is not
clear and ordered a probe.
"Thirteen persons have died so
far. The deaths have been reported from different areas of
five police stations of the district in the past 24 hours. One
person is admitted at a Sadar
hospital," Gopalganj District
Magistrate Rahul Kumar told
PTI. Asked whether the deaths
were the result of consumption of illicit liquor, he said
some family members alleged
Activits of Shiv Sena and Dogra Front burnt of National flag of Pakistan during a protest in support of demands of the Baluchistan
and Pakistan occupied Kashmir people, in Jammu
spurious liquor.
A single reason may not be
the cause of the deaths with the
deaths having been reported at
different time from different
locations under five police sta-
tions of Majha, Thawe,
Yadavpur, Sidhwalia and kotwali here, Kumar said. A
probe has been ordered into
the deaths to find out if consumption of spurious liquor
was the reason in some cases,
he added. "The team would
conduct probe from all angles,"
he said. Of the 12, the administration has taken possession of
the bodies of five persons from
their relatives for carrying out
postmortem as the remaining
seven bodies have already
been cremated by the relatives, Kumar said. "As of now,
we cannot say the exact reason
behind the incident. We can
tell you only after getting the
medical (post mortem) report,
statements of relatives of the
deceased and raids," the
District Magistrate said.
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Glimpses of Future
WORLD
China, ASEAN countries to finalise South
China Sea framework by mid-2017
Beijing August 17
Scattered cars remain after flood waters subside on Ireland Road, east of Ironwood Road, in South Bend, Indiana.
Global Brief
World Trade Center
mall reopens, shows
progress since 9/11
New York Aug 17 :
The reopening – and reinvention – of
the World Trade Center mall on Tuesday
reflects how much lower Manhattan has
changed since the 9/11 attacks. Once a
scene of massive destruction, the area is
now a vibrant one of office towers and upscale hotels, with three times the number
of residents as before the attacks, weekday
employees in industries beyond Wall
Street, and millions of tourists visiting
every year. Shops from Apple to Forever
21 to H&M to John Varvatos will serve the
increasingly diverse area where real estate experts say people have been eager for
new stores and restaurants. The new
spaces also let customers tap into technology, as some retailers use the space for
their latest ideas. The location is a "symbol of hope, opportunity, progress and perseverance," said Bill Hecht, chief operating officer of Westfield Corp.'s US division. Westfield manages the retail properties, while the Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey owns the real estate. More
than 100 stores will occupy the 365,000square-foot center, with about 60 opening
Tuesday and the rest by the winter holiday season. Ford Motor Co. is set to open
this fall the first FordHub, a showroom for
innovations that's not a dealership. Shoe
purveyor Aldo Group Inc. is using the
opening to launch an app feature for its
store, which will be rolled out to other locations. Digital billboards include a 280foot-long one. Food options include
Eataly's second Manhattan location,
which features foods from Italy and coffee
and gelato bars. It stretches along a fourblock underground network that spans
the bases of three office towers. While
mostly below street level, light beams in
through the windows of the winged
Oculus, designed by Santiago Calatrava,
that top the transportation hub of 13 subway trains and river ferries. More than
300,000 commuters use it on a daily basis,
many for jobs beyond finance in advertising and media. "When you look at how
many people now live in the neighborhood, how many commuters work in the
neighborhood and how many tourists now
are coming to the memorial, emotionally
it was a no-brainer and financially it was a
no-brainer," Angela Ahrendts, Apple's retailing chief, said at the store's opening
Tuesday. More than 60,000 residents live
within blocks of the World Trade Center
area, about three times the number from
right before 9/11. The former shopping
mall in the World Trade Center was one of
the most successful properties in the
world, but catered to daytime weekday
shopping, said Robin Abrams, vice chairman of The Lansco Corp., a real estate advisory firm. The new mall is expected to
have a vibrant night and weekend atmosphere, and Hecht noted a deliberate move
to include shops with necessities like
drugstore Duane Reade.
Indo-American couple
jailed for producing
fake medical reports
for $4.8 million
washington Aug 17:
An Indian-American couple has been
sentenced up to 8 years in the US for receiving more than USD 4.8 million from
Medicare and private insurance companies
for knowingly producing thousands of
fraudulent medical test reports. Kirtish N
Patel, 54, and Nita K Patel, 53, from New
Jersey pleaded guilty in November to health
care fraud related to their Biosound Medical
Services and Heart Solution PC. Federal
prosecutors say Nita Patel received a sixand-a half years sentence on Tuesday, while
Kirtish Patel was sentenced to more than
eight years. They must pay more than USD
4.8 million in restitution. According to court
papers, Mr Patel admitted to, from October
2008 through June 2014, fraudulently interpreting and writing diagnostic reports produced by Biosound despite having no medical license and knowing that the reports
woul be used by the referring physicians to
make important patient treatment decisions. Nita Patel admitted assisting her husband in forging physician signatures on the
fraudulently produced reports to make them
appear legitimate. Kirtish and Nita Patel also admitted falsely representing to Medicare
that the neurological testing performed by
Biosound was being supervised by a licensed neurologist. Federal prosecutors alleged that more than 10,000 diagnostic reports generated by Biosound between
October 2008 and June 2014 were never actually reviewed or interpreted by a physician.
China and a grouping of Southeast
Asian nations aim to finish by the middle
of 2017 a framework for a code of conduct
to ease tension in the disputed South
China Sea, state media said on
Wednesday. Since 2010, China and the 10
members of the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been discussing a set of rules aimed at avoiding
conflict among rival claimants in the busy
waterway. In July, an arbitration court in
the Hague ruled that China had no historic title over the South China Sea and
had breached the Philippines’ sovereign
rights there. The decision infuriated
Beijing, which dismissed the court’s authority. But Beijing has been keen to get
diplomacy back on track since. Meeting in
northeastern China, the two sides agreed
to get the framework for the code of conduct done by mid-2017, and also approved
guidelines for a China-ASEAN hotline for
use during maritime emergencies, the of-
ficial China Daily said. They also agreed
that a pact on unplanned maritime encounters, signed in 2014 by countries in
the region, applied to the South China Sea,
the newspaper added.Chinese Vice
Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said documents on the hotline and unplanned encounters would be presented for final approval to leaders in Laos in September at a
meeting between China and ASEAN members, the paper said. “There is another
achievement – we reached broad consensus on pushing forward the negotiations
on a code of conduct for the South China
Sea,” it quoted Liu as saying. “All sides
agreed to raise the frequency of the negotiations in a situation without interference,
and seek to finish a draft framework of the
code of conduct by the middle of next year,”
he added. This is the third meeting on the
code this year. “It shows that as the situation in the South China Sea is getting more
and more complicated, especially with the
interference of external forces, ASEAN
countries and China have realised that we
have to grasp the key to the South China
Sea issue in our own hand,” Liu said.
China has blamed the United States and its
allies in the region, such as Japan and
Australia, for stoking tension in the South
China Sea. China claims almost the entire
South China Sea, through which more
than $5 trillion of trade moves annually.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan
and Vietnam also have claims in the sea,
believed to be rich in energy deposits.
Turkey to release 38,000 prisoners
to accommodate coup plotters
ANZ bank officials told
billionaire Oswal family their
children would be orphans
ANKARA, Aug 17
High-profile Indian billionaire businessman Pankaj
Oswal’s wife on Wednesday
told an Australian court that
top Australia and New Zealand
Banking Group (ANZ) executives forced her to sign the guarantee of over 1 billion dollars
and a mortgage despite she
making clear that she did not
want to be liable for her husband’s debts. Pankaj and his
wife Radhika Oswal are fighting a legal battle against the
ANZ for allegedly undervaluing shares of their fertiliser
company to recoup millions in
debts. The Victorian court
heard that ANZ chief legal officer Bob Santamaria told
Radhika that her children
would be “orphans” if they did
not sign a guarantee, media reported. The court heard ANZ
sought the guarantee after it
emerged that Pankaj had forged
documents to show his company, Burrup Fertilisers, had the
support of European banks
ahead of getting a further 1 billion dollars in loans from ANZ.
Radhika told the court she was
told as “Both of them will go to
jail and the children would become orphans. You played a
part in defrauding the bank and
you would go to jail too.”Stating
The measures would not apply
for crimes committed after July 1,
excluding any people later convicted of involvement in the failed
July 15 coup. In an apparent move
to reduce its prison population to
make space for thousands of people who have been arrested as part
of an investigation into last
month’s failed coup, Turkey issued a decree paving the way for
the conditional release of some
38,000 prisoners, the Justice
Minister said on Wednesday. The
government decree, issued under
Turkey’s three-month long state of
emergency that was declared following the coup, allows the release
of inmates who have two years or
less to serve of their prison terms
and makes convicts who have
served half of their prison term eligible for parole. Some prisoners
are excluded from the measurespeople convicted of murder, domestic violence, sexual abuse or
terrorism and other crimes
against the state. The measures
would not apply for crimes committed after July 1, excluding any
people later convicted of involvement in the failed July 15 coup.
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag
said on his Twitter account the
measure would lead to the release
of some 38,000 people. He insisted
it was not a pardon or an amnesty
but a conditional release of prisoners. The government says the attempted coup, which led to at least
270 deaths, was carried out by followers of the movement led by
Muslim
cleric
U.S.-based
Fethullah Gulen who have infiltrated the military and other state
institutions. Gulen has denied any
prior knowledge or involvement
in the coup but Turkey is demanding that the United States extradite him. The Turkish government declared a state of emergency and launched a massive
crackdown on Gulen’s supporters
in the aftermath of the coup. Some
35,000 people have been detained
for questioning and more than
17,000 of them have been formally
arrested to face trial, including
soldiers, police, judges and journalists. Tens of thousands more
people with suspected links to
Gulen have been suspended or dismissed from their jobs in the judiciary, media, education, health
care, military and local government. In separate decree, also issued Wednesday, the government
dismissed 2,300 more officers from
the police force, in addition to another 136 military officers and 196
employees from its information
technology
authority.
Wednesday’s decrees also allow
the air force to hire new pilots or
take back pilots who had resigned
or were discharged before the
coup to replace pilots who have
been arrested or dismissed for alleged participation in the coup or
links to Gulen. The government
crackdown has raised concerns
among European nations and human rights organizations, who
have urged the Turkish government to show restraint. Turkey’s
180,000-person prisons were already filled to capacity before the
crackdown on Gulen’s movement,
with some rights groups claiming
that inmates were forced to take
turns to sleep on beds. Turkey has
issued several prison amnesties
over the past decades to ease conditions in its prisons, but the
measures proved unpopular with
the public. Bozdag insisted
Wednesday that those being released would still be supervised.
“This measure is not an amnesty,”
Bozdag said on Twitter. “The punishment will be served outside
through supervised released.” “I
hope that the arrangement is beneficial to the prisoners, their loved
ones, our people and our country,”
the minister wrote.
Iran denies presence of permanent
Russian base for Syrian strikes
Tehran August 17
The speaker of Iran’s
parliament stressed on
Wednesday that Russia
does not have a permanent military base within the Islamic Republic,
a day after Moscow announced
launching
airstrikes on Syria from
Iran.
The fact that Iran allowed Russian warplanes
to take off from its territory to bomb targets in
Syria was an unprecedented move, underscoring the deepening cooperation between two powerhouses heavily invested
in the Syrian civil war.
The comments by the
Iranian
official,
Ali
Larijani, seem geared at
easing domestic concerns
over the strikes. Iran’s
constitution, ratified after its 1979 Islamic
Revolution, bars foreign
militaries from having
bases within the country.
In his remarks, reported
by the state-run IRNA
news agency, Larijani did
not directly discuss the
strikes, though he said
Iran has “cooperated with
Russia, as it is our ally on
regional issues, especially
on Syrian issues.” “We
have good cooperation
with Russia and we say it
loud and clear,” Larijani
said. Russia’s Defense
Ministry
announced
Tuesday that it launched
the strikes from near the
Iranian city of Hamedan
and struck targets in three
provinces in northern and
eastern Syria.It is virtually unheard in recent history for Iran to allow a foreign power to use one of its
bases to stage attacks.
Russia has also never
used the territory of another country in the
Middle East for its operations inside Syria, where
it has been carrying out an
aerial campaign in support of President Bashar
Assad’s government for
nearly a year. Iran is also a
major supporter of Assad.
Col. Christopher Garver,
a U.S. military spokesman
in Baghdad, told reporters
at the Pentagon that the
Russians activated a communications link with
coalition officials just
ahead of the bomber mission. “The Russians did
notify the coalition,” he
said, adding that they “informed us they were coming through” airspace that
could potentially put them
in proximity of U.S. and
coalition aircraft in Iraq or
Syria. Asked how much advance notice the Russians
gave the U.S., Garver said,
“we did know in time” to
maintain safety of flight.
“It’s not a lot of time, but
it’s enough” to maintain
safety in the airspace over
Iraq and Syria, he said.
That raises questions
about whether the move
was a strategic necessity or
a political message from
the
Kremlin
to
Washington. The announcement from Russia
marks the first significant
stationing of its troops in
Iran since World War II.
Melbourne August 17
Southern California orders
82,000 people to evacuate
over wildfire
Mexican President
who compared
Trump to Hitler
wants to meet him
los Angeles August 17
Mexico city Aug 17:
Authorities in southern
California ordered the evacuation of 82,000 people on
Tuesday, after a wildfire broke
out in a mountain pass and rapidly engulfed 9,000 acres (3,642
hectares), an official said.
Officials said 700 firefighters
were battling the blaze in an
area called the Cajon Pass, the
latest in a series of wildfires
that have blackened nearly
300,000 acres (121,400 hectares)
of the drought-parched US
West. “It is a very fast-moving
fire, it has wind behind it,” said
US Forest Service spokeswoman Lyn Sieliet.The socalled Bluecut Fire erupted in
heavy brush just west of
Interstate 15, the main freeway
between Las Vegas and the Los
Angeles area, forcing the closure of one stretch of the highway. The blaze prompted the
orders for residents of the community of Wrightwood, about
75 miles (120 km) east of Los
Angeles, to leave their homes,
said Lynne Tolmachoff, of the
California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection
(Cal Fire). In all, about 82,000
people were ordered to flee, as
flames destroyed an unknown
number of houses, the Cal Fire
spokeswoman said by telephone. The Bluecut Fire,
whose cause officials said they
were still investigating, came
as crews more than 600 miles
(970 km) to the northwest began to make headway against a
Northern California wildfire
that has destroyed more than
175 homes and businesses. The
so-called Clayton Fire was 35
percent contained, according
to Cal Fire. It has charred 4,000
acres (1,620 hectares) in and
around the community of
Lower Lake, forcing hundreds
of people to flee. Damin
Pashilk, a 40-year-old arrested
on suspicion of setting that
blaze, and several others in the
area over the past year, is set to
appear in court on Wednesday.
China may reportedly prefer Donald Trump
over Hillary Clinton for tackling ISIS
Beijing August 17
Despite his anti-China rhetoric,
Beijing may prefer US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over his
Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for his
promised anti-terror campaign against IS,
which is reportedly attracting militant
groups from its Muslim-majority
Xinjiang region, state media reported on
Wednesday. “Trump’s foreign policy,
which centres around fighting what he
calls ‘radical Islamic terrorism,’ will to
some extent ease the current sour ChinaUS ties,” Liu Weidong, a researcher at the
Institute of American Studies of the China
Academy of Social Sciences, told state-run
Global Times. “China and the US share a
lot in common on fighting terrorism and
Trump’s policy seems to shift from the
present focus on competition between major powers, which mainly targets China to
anti-terrorism,” Xin Qiang, deputy director of the Centre for US Studies at Fudan
University said.China regards East
Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM),
which is active among Uyghur Muslims in
Xinjiang bordering Pakistan Occupied
Kashmir (PoK) and Afghanistan as main
threat to the stability of the strategicallylocated province. Trump said on Monday
that his administration will “aggressively
pursue joint and coalition military operations to crush and destroy ISIS, interna-
that it was unjustified for the
bank to drag her into her husband’s problems, she said, “I
thought they’d gone nuts or
something and I wasn’t going to
be party to it.” The couple have
filed a lawsuit against ANZ and
receivers PPB Advisory claiming damages worth 2.5 billion
dollars over the sale of a 65 per
cent stake in Burrup Holdings,
in 2012. They sold their share in
the company for 560 million dollars. The court heard that ANZ
pressured them into under sell
their share and ANZ chief risk
officer Chris Page told Pankaj
to “bloody well sign the documents or we will destroy you”
during negotiations in 2009.
“We had an arrangement. I had
said I would sign and they had
said they would not report the
matter and our lives would go
on as normal,” Radhika said
while referring to ANZ chief
risk officer Chris Page who had
told her that he would not report her husband’s alleged
fraud to Australian Prudential
Regulatory Authority if she
agreed to sign the guarantee.
She said that Page told her “You
are here because none of us
want this to come out. If we
wanted this to come out don’t
you think that we would have
already reported the matter and
sent Pankaj to jail.”
tional cooperation to cut off their funding,
expand intelligence sharing and use cyber
warfare to disrupt and disable their propaganda and recruiting”. Observers said
ETIM, which was previously aligned with
al-Qaeda, reportedly shifted its allegiance
to ISIS as substantial number of Uyghurs,
a Turkik speaking Muslims from
Xinjiang, made their way to Syria to fight
along with it. Chinese officials apprehend
that many of them may return with heavy
training and battle experience posing a
major challenge to Chinese security
forces. While Pakistan has conducted military operations against the ETIM bases
in its tribal areas, recent bombing in
Balochistan’s Quetta, purportedly by
ISIS, caused concern amid reports that
many of the Sunni Islamic militant groups
in Pakistan as well as sections of Taliban
shifted allegiance to it.
In a bid to prevent infiltration of militant, the armed forces of China and
Pakistan recently launched joint patrolling
along the PoK-Xinjiang border while
Beijing
formed
a
Quadrilateral
Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism
in
Counter
Terrorism
involving
Afghanistan-China-Pakistan-Tajikistan
Armed Forces to guard against militants
threat to Xinjiang and the region. Its first
meeting was held in Urumqi, the provincial
capital of Xinjiang on August 2.
Mexican
President
Enrique Pena Nieto said on
Tuesday he was willing to
meet with Donald Trump,
months after comparing the
Republican presidential candidate to Adolf Hitler and
Benito Mussolini. "Yes, I
would meet with him," Pena
Nieto said, referring to
Trump in a pre-taped television interview broadcast on
Tuesday night. "I have never
met him. I can't agree with
some of the things he has
said, but I will be absolutely
respectful and will seek to
work with whomever becomes the next president of
the United States." Trump
has sparked outrage in
Mexico with his campaign
vow to build a wall along the
southern US border to keep
out illegal immigrants and
drugs, and to make Mexico
pay for it. In a Mexican newspaper interview in March,
Pena Nieto said Mexico
would not pay for the proposed wall under any scenario, likening Trump's
"strident tone" to the World
War II era dictators.
Brazil's Rousseff
proposes plebiscite
if restored to power
Rio de Janeiro Aug 17:
Suspended
President
Dilma Rousseff made a lastditch effort on Tuesday to
avoid impeachment, telling
Brazilian lawmakers she
would let voters decide if
they want an early presidential election if she is restored
to power. Rousseff had been
publicly mulling the idea of a
plebiscite for weeks as the
Senate moves closer to an impeachment vote on charges
her administration violated
fiscal rules to hide a gaping
budget deficit. The vote is
scheduled for August 25, four
days after the end of the
Olympics being held in Rio
de Janeiro. She made the
proposal official in a long letter "to the federal senate and
Brazilian people" in which
she mixed expressions of regret for failing to listen to her
compatriots with stern admonishments for critics she
accused of plotting to carry
out a "coup."
Glimpses of Future
JAMMU thUrsdAy AUgUst , 18 , 2016, PAgE 9
Ace shooter Jitu
Rai recommended
for Khel Ratna
New Delhi, Aug 17 : (PTI)
Asian Games gold medallist Jitu Rai has been recommended for the prestigious
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Award for his exploits in pistol shooting in the last two
years although he couldn't
win a medal in the Rio
Olympics."Yes, we have recommended Jitu's name for
Khel Ratna award," National
Rifle Association of India
(NRAI) secretary Rajiv
Bhatia said.NRAI has also
recommended woman rifle
shooter Apurvi Chanela and
men rifle shooters Gurpreet
Singh and PN Prakash for the
Arjuna Awards, according to
Bhatia.The 29-year-old Rai,
ranked third in the world in
the men's 10m air pistol, was
one of two Indian shooters to
make the final of their respective events in Rio, the other
being Abhinav Bindra.Rai
entered the final of the men's
10m air pistol before ending
up eighth but could not advance to the same stage in the
50m pistol, his pet event, in
the Rio Games.Khel Ratna
award is the country's highest sporting honour.
India eyeing another big win to regain No 1 Test ranking Jentia Bhat bags first
Port of Spain Aug 17 : (PTI):
On a high after sealing the
series with comprehensive victories, an upbeat India will be
aiming to complete a 3-0 rout in
order to regain its No 1 Test
ranking when they meet a listless West Indies in the final Test
match of the series, here tomorrow.Having already taken an
unassailable 2-0 lead in the fourmatch series after their crushing 237-run win in the third Test,
Virat Kohli and his men will be
aiming to go for the kill in their
bid to displace Australia from
the pole position in the ICC Test
rankings list.However a draw at
the Queen's Park Oval would
mean that Australia will maintain their top position while
Pakistan by virtue of their creditable 2-2 draw against England
will be the No 2 Test team.With
skipper Kohli making it clear
that he will like to have Rohit
Sharma at No 5 and promote
himself to No 3, it is unlikely that
the core batting line-up will
have any change in the final
Test match.However with
Shikhar Dhawan not having
much of a performance barring
his 84 in the opening Test, it will
be interesting to see if Murali
Vijay, who was dropped in the
last game despite being fit
makes a comeback in the play-
ing XI. The opener's thumb injury has fully healed, as announced by batting coach
Sanjay Bangar previously.At
this point of time, Cheteshwar
Pujara getting a lifeline seems
unlikely.Even the five-pronged
bowling attack could undergo
change. In a long season, where
India play another 13 Tests, the
workload for the likes of Ishant
Sharma and Mohammed Shami
needs to be managed.One of
them could be afforded a
breather, with a rebounding
chance given to Umesh Yadav,
or even newbie Shardul Thakur
could get a look-in, if Kohli is in
experimental mode.Away from
these permutations and combinations, India look set in their
plans. Their energy will be focussed on attaining consistency, and as the skipper put it, in
expressing themselves. The
standout performer in the series
India
has
been
for
Ravichandran Ashwin, who is
now world No 1 all-rounder in
Test as per the official rankings.With two centuries and two
five-wicket hauls, the Tamil
Nadu lad has been the toast of
the team. His 235 runs and 16
wickets have gone a long way to
ensure that India have cantered
to victory in the two Test matches.More importantly, Ashwin
has scored runs in pressure situ-
place in swimming
GoF Staff Reporter
JAMMu, August 17:
Jentia Bhat bagged first place in the under-12 girls competition which was organised by KC Sports Club, here today.
Second place went to Xena Bhandu while Maliha Sharma remained third. Earlier, after competing in the preliminary
rounds, five girls made it to the final at the 20 meter indoor
swimming facility at the club. The final turned out to be quite
exciting as the swimmers put in their best effort to outdo each
other using their own swimming styles since there was no restriction of using a particular style only, a handout issued by
the Club here today informed.
Inter-school TT tourney
from August 29
JAMMu, August 17:
ations and provided crucial
breakthroughs just when it was
required.
If Ashwin is a sureshoit candidate for the Man of the Series
award, one certainly needs to
applaud Mohammed Shami for
his lion-hearted performances
in the three-Test matches after a
hiatus of nearly one and half
years due to serious knee injury.11 wickets in 3 games may
not be much in terms of volume
but he has been very effective
with the new as well as the old
ball.
The most experienced West
Indian Test batsmen like
Marlon Samuels and Darren
Bravo had been troubled by the
Bengal speedster.Among the
batsmen, opener KL Rahul (236
runs) has been pretty consistent
with a big hundred and a halfcentury in the two Tests while
Ajinkya Rahane has again
showed why he is such an important cog in the Indian team's
wheel with 243 runs that includes a ton and a half century.
Jammu and Kashmir Table Tennis Association, under the
auspices of Table Tennis Federation of India and in collaboration with 11 Even Sports, shall be holding 2nd J&K Inter-School
Tournament to be held at Indoor Complex, MA Stadium, here
from August 29.The three-day event shall be conducted following the laid down norms of the Table Tennis Federation of India
(TTFA). Those interested teams from schools have been advised
to submit their entries before August 26 at Table Tennis Hall to
Satish Gupta, Sandeep Khandotra, Meenu, Shorya Sharma and
Gurvinder Singh.The competition shall be held in two different
age categories of up to 7th standard and those studying in class
8th, 9th and 10th in both boys and girls sections. The entry fee for
both the groups has been fixed at Rs 500 each team, a handout issued by the Association here today informed.
Whitewash as Sri Lanka wins 3rd Australia Test
Colombo, Aug 17 :
India's Sindhu Pusarla, right, greet by China's Wang Yihan after winning the Women's Singles Quarterfinal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Sri Lanka clinched their
first series whitewash over a
major cricketing nation today
as they won the third and final
Test against Australia by 163
runs, with spinner Rangana
Herath taking 7-64.Set a formidable target of 324 in their second innings at Sinhalese
Sports Club (SSC), the world
number one Test side collapsed
in the afternoon session on the
fifth day and were all out for
160.It was the third time in a
row that the Australians had
lost all of their Tests in away series against teams from the
sub-continent.Openers David
Warner and Shaun Marsh gave
Australia some hope of a consolation win with a brisk start in
the morning session but once
their partnership was broken,
the visitors suffered a rapid collapse.off-spinner Dilruwan
Perera struck just before lunch
to send Marsh, who scored a
century in the century in the
first innings in Colombo, back
to the pavilion on 23.Herath
soon took over from his fellow
spinner to dismiss Australian
skipper Steve Smith and senior
batsman Adam Vogues in the
same over.Warner, who had
batted well for his 68 with six
fours and a six, was Perera's
second big strike.Herath, who
had claimed six wickets in the
first innings, then ran through
WADA challenges clean All eyes on shuttler Srikanth after Sindhu's inspiring win
chit given to Narsingh
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (PTI) :
RIO De JANeIRO, August 16 :
Wrestler Narsingh Yadav’s Olympic campaign on Tuesday
hit a massive roadblock after the World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA) decided to appeal against the clean chit given to him by
NADA in a dope scandal.“WADA has appealed against the NADA clearance in Court of Arbitration (CAS). Now, the hearing is
on and the IOA Secretary General [Rajeev Mehta] is there with
WADA officials,” Indian contingent’s chef-de-mission Rakesh
Gupta told PTI.Narsingh was supposed to begin his campaign on
August 19 but now faces the prospect of a career-ending four-
Kidambi Srikanth, the centre of attention in the Rio
Olympics today, can take heart
from Hyderabad city mate P V
Sindhu for his men's singles
quarterfinal clash against
Chinese badminton icon Lin
Dan here.Sindhu's stunning
straight-game victory over formidable Chinese shuttler Wang
Yihan on day 11 yesterday to
reach the semis is the ideal
morale boost for Srikanth as he
confronts two-time Olympic
champion Dan.With the memorable win, Sindhu became the
second Indian badminton player to reach an Olympic semifinal after Saina Nehwal
achieved the feat four years
ago.Sindhu's highly inspirational 22-20 21-19 victory over
the current world no 2 and silver medal winner in London
four years ago has boosted the
country's sagging hopes of a
medal from the Games.The 21year-old Indian now stands just
a win away from assuring India
an elusive medal at the Games
here.However, the task for
Srikanth against Dan is formidable as national coach P
Gopichand said."It's going to be
a tough match and he
(Srikanth) will give his best.
Let's see how it goes. All past
records have no significance.
It's about keeping the momen-
tum," said Gopi after guiding
Sindhu past Wang.Srikanth
has beaten Dan famously once
to win the China Open two
years ago, but the Chinese ace
has looked unstoppable in past
Olympics.Indian athletes, including P T Usha's protégé
Tintu Luka (women’s 800m)
and lone woman golfer Aditi
Ashok are still in the fray, but
India's receding medal chances
now rest mainly on badminton
and wrestling.Tintu would be
running in round one of the
women's two-lap race today
while Aditi will start her campaign in the four-day stroke
play golf competition.Also in
action today are women
freestyle grapplers Vinesh
Phogat (48kg) and Sakshi Malik
(58 kg).The country's campaign
in the Olympics has been beset
by a series of disappointments
and controversies.In fact
Sindhu's superb show against
Wang in 54 minutes overshadowed
wrestler
Narsingh
Yadav's Olympic participation,
which was put in doubt after
the clean chit given to him by
the National Anti-Doping
Agency in the dope scandal
back home was challenged by
world body WADA in the Court
of Appeal for Sports."WADA
has appealed against the NADA
(National Anti-Doping Agency)
clearance
in
Court
of
Arbitration (CAS).
Sindhu cruises into semis; one step away from a medal
year ban if the CAS upholds WADA’s appeal. He had tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid — Methandienone — in tests
conducted on June 25.The World Championships bronze-medallist had claimed that he was victim of a conspiracy by rivals, a
theory that was accepted by NADA which exonerated him after
an appeal.The latest setback marks another chapter of turmoil
in Narsingh’s career. He had been in the eye of storm ever since
he was picked ahead of double-Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar,
who dragged the matter to court demanding a trial to pick the
best man to represent India in the 74kg category.The court as
well as the WFI rejected his demand, following which
Narsingh’s Olympic bid was derailed by the dope scandal.He
managed to get the NADA and WFI backing in time to board the
flight to Rio but could well be grounded for good if WADA’s appeal is upheld by the CAS.
RIO De JANeIRO, August 17 :
Two-time World Championship bronze
medallist P.V. Sindhu stood just a win away
from assuring India an elusive medal after
she stunned London Games silver medallist
Wang Yihan of China to enter the women’s
singles semifinals at the Rio Olympics on
Wednesday.The 21-year-old Indian, who
came into the match with a 2-4 head-to-head
record, dished out a compact game to outmanoeuvre the more experienced Wang 2220 21-19 in a gruelling battle lasting 54 minutes.With the memorable win, Sindhu became the second Indian badminton player
to reach an Olympic semifinal after Saina
Nehwal achieved the feat four years ago. It
was a battle of nerves as the duo engaged in
fast-paced rallies with each trying to close
out the points.Some fierce stroke play was
on display with the one having better control prevailing over the other. In the opening game which lasted 29 minutes, Wang
raced to a 3-0 lead after dictating the pace of
the rallies before Sindhu grabbed a couple of
points. The Indian made it 5-5 after Wang hit
the net. Sindhu showed some good judgement and accumulated points riding on her
opponents unforced errors but Wang still
entered the break with a 11-8 lead.Sindhu,
who had beaten Wang in the Denmark Open
last year, grabbed three straight points to
make it 11-12 but left a shuttle at the baseline
next. The Indian levelled par at 13-13 when
Wang hit it way wide off the court.Sindhu
tried to make Wang cover the longest distance by pushing her to the back corner and
then drawing her forward to the net, earning her a few points. The Indian used her
reach to play some reverse angled strokes to
catch Wang off guard and grabbed the lead
when Wang found the net.At 18-18, Sindhu
won a video referral to get two crucial game
point advantage after once again Wang’s return buried at the net.
the Australian middle and lower order as the visitors' batsmen had no answer to his leftarm spin.The 38-year-old took
the final wicket of Nathan Lyon
to trigger wild celebrations in
the Sri Lankan camp.Earlier
Sri Lanka, who resumed on 312
for eight, declared their second
innings on 347 for eight with
overnight
batsman
Dhananjaya de Silva unbeaten
on 65.Playing in just his third
Test, de Silva smashed 10
boundaries during his 74-ball
knock, after scoring a century
in the first innings.Kaushal
Silva's gritty 115 played a big
part in Sri Lanka registering
their first series sweep against
a major side since gaining Test
status in 1981.Defiant centuries
from Dinesh Chandimal and
Dhananjaya de Silva ensured
that the hosts get a decent first
innings score of 355.Australian
pace spearhead Mitchell Starc
remained the standout performer for the visitors with his
24 wickets in the series including three five-wicket hauls.Sri
Lanka had only ever beaten
Australia once before in a Test
match but they won the first
two contests of the series comfortably in Pallekele and Galle
before wrapping up proceedings in the capital.
Woman trolled for tweeting about
Dipa's performance, case lodged
Jaipur, Aug 17 : (PTI)
A woman who faced life threats and sexual abuses online for
her tweets ahead of gymnast Dipa Karmakar's performance in
Rio Olympics sought the help of Union Minister Sushma Swaraj
following which a case was lodged by Rajasthan Police.A case
against three Twitter handles of unknown persons was registered under 66 D (Punishment for cheating by personation by using computer resource) and 67 (Punishment for publishing or
transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the IT act,
police said, adding they were trying to trace the accused.In a series of tweets on August 14, the woman wrote, "Conflicted about
Dipa Karmakar's Olympic Vault final."It is an incredible
achievement, of course but gymnasts from richer countries
don't have to perform the produnova, called the death vault, to
gain points."They can do easier vaults and execute it better because: better infrastructure, better training, better everything.
Tonight, she is going to risk her life to win an Olympic
medal."Life is not worth any medal, for any damned
country."Her tweets drew sharp criticism including threat to
life and rape warnings following which she sought help from the
External Affairs Minister.After her plea, the Chief Minister's
Office intervened and a senior police officer met her."After receiving directions, I met the girl on the night of August 14 and
spoke to her about the matter. She filed a complaint and the FIR
was lodged on August 15 with Pratap Nagar Police Station," DCP
East Kunwar Rastradeep said today."We are in the process of obtaining some IP addresses and are writing to Twitter seeking information about certain the handles."Since their server is located out of the country, it will take some time for us to reach to the
users who abused her," the officer said."
10
entertainment
Glimpses of Future
Jacqueline to train for
action sequences in
Mansukhani's next
Arbaaz Khan and wife Malaika
Arora Khan are separated as of
now, confirms the actor!
Their relationship took the
high road earlier this year and
looks like things are still not
sunshine and butterflies between them. Malaika Arora
Khan and Arbaaz Khan’s relationship went kaput earlier this
year and ever since then, speculations of reconciliation and divorces have been flying about.
Nobody really knows what’s going on between them and they
themselves never divulged information on the same. But now
we finally have a definitive answer to our queries regarding
their relationship status. The
actor has confirmed that they
are indeed, separated, as of
now. As per reports in Mumbai
Mirror, Mr Khan spilled beans
on how things are highway for
both of them now. He said, “At
this point of time we are not together, we are separated, and
that’s about it.” That doesn’t
sound good. We thought things
were merry between them!
Well, when the news of their
separation initially hit the
newsstands, everybody was
wondering what went wrong.
Malaika literally cut off from
the Khan family as she never
was spotted with them and even
didn’t come in front of the media. Arbaaz on the other hand,
kept stressing on things are
fine. However, soon he too
caved in and stated that they
were separating. But soon
Malaika stared chilling with
Khan family once again. This
fueled rumours of them sorting
their differences and giving
their marriage a second chance.
In fact, even on Arbaaz’s birthday, his estranged wife posted
their pic with a sweet message
stating, “Happy bday Arbaaz
happiness always!” confusing
us all the more! For all the ignorant, Arbaaz and Malaika had
issued a joint statement about
their separation earlier this
year stating, “The truth is, we
have taken a break, but that
doesn’t mean people can presume, assume and speculate
things of such malicious nature. We are taking out time to
figure out our lives. Yes, it’s
true that we are separated, but
where our lives go and what
transpires between us, it is for
us to decide. Wherever it goes
from here, we will talk about it
when we are ready to.”
Actress Nargis Fakhri
duped of Rs 6 lakh
Bollywood actor Nargis Fakhri has allegedly been
cheated of around Rs 6 lakh through fraudulent use of her
credit card in the United States, police said today. The actress filed a compliant in this connection at Juhu Police
Station on late Monday night. About 14 transactions,
amounting to over Rs 6 lakh were made through the actress's credit card in the US, an official at the Juhu Police
Station said. Fakhri was in Mumbai when the incident
happened.The official said the card was used to withdraw
money and not for other purposes like shopping.Details
from the concerned bank regarding the fraudulent transactions is awaited, the official added. Police is also probing as to why the bank did not initiate any action when
the transactions went on for 4 hours, he said.
Kajol turned down a villain’s role Zareen Khan exicted to work
with Irrfan in 'Divine Lovers'
in Salman Khan’s Dabangg 3?
Actress Jacqueline Fernandez is gearing up
to train for action sequences for her next film,
which will be helmed by Tarun Mansukhani.
After "Dostana", Tarun is back with an untitled
film featuring Jacqueline and Sushant Singh
Rajput in the lead. "It's a fun film, a different kind
of action film. It's interesting. I will definitely be
training for action. I am excited about doing this
film. Tarun will be directing a film after eight
years," Jacqueline told PTI. There has been speculation that Tarun's directorial comeback may be
co-produced by Karan Johar and Salman Khan. "I
think so it's Dharma Productions. I don't know... I
haven't found out about it (Salman co-producing
the film)," the 31-year-old "Kick" actress said.
Jacqueline will be seen next in Remo D'Souza's "A
Flying Jatt" opposite Tiger Shroff. The movie releases August 25
Well, Salman Khan’s Dabangg 3 has
been quite the limelight grabber thanks to
being the franchise’s third installment and
supported with news of Sonakshi Sinha’s
exit. Technically, it’s not her exit but the
makers don’t want her in the film. Once you
take panga with Bollywood’s Sultan, you
know damn well that the repercussions of
the same aren’t going to be good. So yes, in
all probability Sona is out of the scene.
However, there are reports suggesting that
Kajol has been approached to don a negative role in the film. Kajol has not signed
any film post Dilwale and recently it was reported that Arbaaz Khan had approached
her to do a negative role in Dabangg 3, but
the actress has declined the offer. A source
says, “Kajol has a knack for refusing good
films like she had refused 3 Idiots. She had
told a shocked Rajkumar Hirani to make
her role as strong as Aamir Khan. Now,
Kajol turned down Dabangg 3 because she
wants as strong a role with the main lead
Salman Khan. It is learnt that she told
Arbaaz the film can’t have two Khans!”
Arbaaz when contacted says, “It’s not true.
Rubbish news!” We think so too. The
Dilwale actress as we all know has already
worked with all the Khans so seeing her reconnect with one of the Khans would be
quite a sight. However, with the reports being false, here’s a hope that we’ll rest for
now and wait until some confirmed news on
the same start buzzing. But would you like
to see Kajol and Salman Khan in one film
again? What are your thoughts? Tell us in
the comments section below and stay tuned
to this space for more gossips and latest updates!
Alia Bhat much more successful
than I imagined: Mahesh Bhatt
Filmmaker Mahesh
Bhatt says he is proud of his
daughter Alia Bhatt's work
and feels she must taste failure as well. In her five-year
career, Alia has garnered
rave reviews for her acting
and also got commercial success with films like
"Highway", "2 States",
"Humpty Sharma Ki
Dulhania", "Kapoor and
Sons", "Udta Punjab", barring
"Shaandaar" that did not do
well. "It's good. She (Alia)
should taste failure. She is
just a human being like everybody else," Bhatt told PTI. The
"Saaransh" helmer looks at
the work of his 23-year-old
daughter with pride. "She has
evolved from a reasonably
good talented beginner to an
extraordinary actor in 'Udta
Punjab'. She has nailed it in
that film. I wonder where this
emotional intelligence is coming from. Alia staggered me
in 'Udta Punjab'," the 67-year-
old filmmaker said.
Nowadays, quite a few
Bollywood actresses are going to the West to explore
new options. When asked, if
he would be ok with Alia going to Hollywood, Bhatt said
he will be a supportive father. "She is an adult who is
far more successful than I
would have ever imagined
her to be at this age. She is
the master of her own life,
she is the captain of her
ship. "She can do whatever
what she chooses to do, I
will walk with her, help and
applaud her," he added. The
"Arth" helmer is excited
about his upcoming TV
show "Naamkarann", of
which he is the creative
writer. To be aired on Star
Plus channel next month,
the show explores the journey of a 10-year-old who
carves out her identity and
takes charge of her own destiny.
Actress Zareen Khan has rubbished reports that she has opted out of
"Divine Lovers" and says she is excited to work with Irrfan Khan in the
film. Earlier this year, director Sai Kabir had confirmed that the "Hate
Story 3" star had replaced actress Kanagna Ranaut in the project.
Recently, however, there were reports that Zareen leftthe project. When
asked about it, Zareen told PTI, "I don't know where this news came from
about me not doing it. I think somebody tried asking me about it at an
event and I said, 'I'll talk about it later, it's not the occasion'. Then the story
came out that 'She is not doing it'." "I, in fact, never said I am doing the
movie from my end. The director gave out the quote that I am doing the
film," she added. "Divine Lovers" is billed as an adventure comedy and
will see the 29-year-old actress pair opposite Irrfan for the first time. "I am
more than happy that the film is offered to me, and I'll be working with
Irrfan sir who is such a great actor.
Working with him is the biggest thing. I'll be getting to learn so much
from him," she said. It revolves around the lower middle-class section of
society and is set in the heartland of India. The movie was scheduled to go
on floors this September, but now will begin early next year. The "Veer"
actress said it will be best for her to comment more on the project in detail
once the makers start talking about it. "It was supposed to start somewhere in September-October, but due to some reasons it has been pushed
forward to the beginning of next year. There is nothing that I am not doing
it. When the makers of the film start talking about it, it will be right for me
to comment more rather than saying anything right now."
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Glimpses of Future
LOCAL
Pathania leads BJP’s Tiranga
yatra in Ramnagar, Manwal
GOF Staff Reporter
Ramnagar, Aug 17:
As an offshoot of nationwide programme of ‘TirangaYatra’, Ramnagar unit of
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)
under the supervision and
survellience of Ranbir Singh
Pathania, MLA, organized an
impressive Tiranga Yatra in
Ramnagar/Manwal towns.
Hundreds of party workers
lined up in serpentine rows
and bee-lines, wearing party
caps and holding national
flags were brimming out with
joy and renting deafening slogans - “Bharat-Mata Ki Jai”;
Vande-Matram; Algavbaad
Murdabad,
Prajatantra
Zindabad” - rocking the
streets and bazaars of
Ramnagar. Shamsher Singh
Manhas (MP, RajyaSabha) led
the Tiranga Yatra passing
through various streets and
bazaars of Ramnagar which
had become virtual sea of party workers and public; culminated at Rani Park Ramnagar,
where Manhas delivered a
scintillating speech on the
very essence and purpose of
taking out this Yatra which is
being organized across the
length and breadth of country.
He further called upon the party workers to strengthen the
spirit of nationalism, brotherhood and peace. Taking potshot at Congress and National
Conference, he said that both
the parties have ruled over the
state for nearly five decades
but the state has witnessed
least development under
them. This apart nationalism,
brotherhood and spirit of mutual co-existence have been
major causalities of their
regimes.
Whereas,
RS
Pathania while addressing the
garthering, complimented the
party workers and public for
coming out in large numbers
and maintaining peace and
mutual brotherhood during
troubling times. He cautioned
the anti-nationalist and divisive forces that they will not
succeed in their nefarious designs and will be dealt strongly. He also complimented the
public for strengthening the
hands of nationalistic forces
and not falling prey to divisive
thoughts and ideologies. He
further threw light on the various developmental schemes
like Jan-Dhan Yojana, BetiBachao; Beti-Padao, Atal
Pension Yojna, etc of Central
Government led by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
which are slowly creating rip-
ples across the lower strata of
the society to bring about a
phenomenal change in the
country at a large. He also
dwelt upon the major developmental initiatives taken by
him in Ramnagar constituency –setting up of Degree
College at Majalta, Setting up
of ITI at Ramnagar, 2x20 MVA
grid at Ramnagar, resumption
of work on Manwal, BattalHiranagar electricity line,
work on Thial –Shri Mata
Chountra Devi Ji road under
CRF, Sanctioning of 24 roads
under PMGSY, Setting up of
Model Schools at Ramnagar
and Majalta, augmenting of
water supply in Ramnagar
town, Refurbishing and beautification of Natha Singh
Park,
Rani
Park
and
Bindraban
Parks
in
Ramnagar town, Black topping of Samba-Battal road. He
also dwelt on Sattian footbridge and Nallah -Mallian
motorable bridges which
were completed in a record period of time which otherwise
had been abandoned since
decades. He also announced
early start of work on motorable bridges up to Siameri
and Chigla Balota. Whereas a
wide galaxy of local leaders of
Bhartiya Janta Party were
present, prominent among
those were Bishan Dass,
Rajinder Sharma, Sham Lal,
Shiv Charan (All Mandal
Pardhans), Amit Sharma (district general secretary), Capt
Gopal Singh, Dr B D Gupta,
Makhan Lal, Raghuvir Master
Gopal, Shonku, JagMohan,
Yudhvir Singh, Mohan Singh,
Ved Pal, Mohan Lal Geeta
Devi,
Raj
Kumari,
Purshottam Pal Singh, Ranjit,
Rattan Sharma, Amarnath,
Gian Chand, Rattan Singh,
Mohan Lal, Madan Lal, Vijay
Kumar, Hem Raj, Duni Chand
and others.
BJP President Amit Shah with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley pay homage to Swaminarayan sect's spiritual head Pramukh Swami at a temple in Sarang-
Imran Ansari for inculcating sports
culture among youth
SRINAGAR, AuGuST 17:
Minister for Information
Technology (IT), Technical
Education & Youth Services
and Sports (YSS), Moulvi
Imran Raza Ansari chaired a
meeting in his office chambers to review the functioning
of the Youth Services and
Sports, Sports Council and the
Education
Technical
Department. The Minister reviewed the progress of the special package approved for the
development of sports infrastructure in J&K. He reviewed the progress of works
for construction of Indoor
halls in eleven districts for
which such halls already
stand sanctioned. He urged
the officers to expeditiously
settle all outstanding issues
including transfer of land so
that construction work can
begin in right earnest. He also
impressed upon the officers
initiate process of identification of suitable land for indoor
Janmashtami r Mufti Sayeed always advocated ‘dialogue’
arrangement Peace is imperative for socio-economic CONTD FROM PAGE 1
discussed at development of J&K: Hamid Choudhary Hurriyat’ s
peace to dawn so that they are
GOF Staff Reporter
returned to the High Court complex after staging a peaceful
Jammu
implemented with same sit-in at Jehangir Chowk. The officials said residents of several
JAMMu, AuGuST 17
Deputy
Additional
Commissioner Jammu Arun
Manhas today convened a
meeting to discuss the arrangements for Janamashtmi celebrations. It was informed in the
meeting that the Shobha Yatra
will be taken out on August
24th which will pass through
main bazaars of old Jammu
city. SP Security Kulwant
Singh, SP Traffic Suneel Raj,
SP City Vinod Kumar, Deputy
CMO J. P. Singh, Executive
Engineer PHE V. K. Khajuria,
Executive Engineer PDD
Ashok Kumar Gupta, Deputy
Director Fire & Emergency
Services Ashok Wangoo, AEE
PWD Yasir Kichloo, Health
Officer JMC Saleem Khan, representatives of various religious organizations and other
officers from concerned departments attended the meeting. Threadbare discussion
was held on various issues pertaining to security arrangements, traffic regulation, fire
services, cleanliness, drinking
water arrangements, un-interrupted power supply, medical
arrangements etc.
Jammu, Aug 17:
People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) leader and former member J&K State Advisory Board
for Gujjars and Bakerwals,
Abdul Hamid Choudhary
while seconding the Chief
Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s
call for revival of ‘Healing
Touch’ stated that late chief
minister Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed always advocated a dialogue with anyone who was
able to contribute towards socio-economic development of
Jammu and Kashmir State
and restoring peace in the entire sub-continent. In his statement issued here, Hamid
Choudhary said unending cycle of violence has caused irreparable loss to several families and pushed the development of state towards wall.
Several precious lives have
been lost, tourism badly hit,
development stagnated, education suffered, children confined indoors, social engagements cancelled and most importantly opposition which is
unable to digest repeat of 20022005 governance period pro-
vided with enough fodder to
add fuel to fire which is literally unhealthy and uncalled for
development. The state known
for its beautiful locations, hospitality and now best education system has not received
tourists for the past over a
month. Instead of making
youth part of development and
involve them in their prosperity, several vested interests are
pushing them towards violence thereby jeopardising
their future. Both state as well
as central government are
having ample socio-economic
development plans for the
state but are awaiting for
vigour that was displayed
during the regime of Late
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.
This is the time when people
and especially youth do not
need only Healing Touch but
also want to be heard and
talked to. Fortunately, Chief
Minister Mehbooba Mufti too
is advocating same policy of
dialogue and reconciliation
to give people her best. She
has dreams of filling in IIM,
IIT, Medical and Engineering
colleges besides nursing colleges and other prestigious
institutions like Central
Universities with students
and watch them excelling in
all fields to secure safe and
honourable jobs for them.
Urging people and especially
youth to let peace prevail in
the state, Choudhary Hamid
hoped that in days to come
calm will prevail here and
this cycle of violence will end.
We need to save all the precious lives and go by the principles of holding dialogue
which is the only solution to
every complex issue, he
maintained.
Govt Ayurvedic dispensary Janipur Rich Harvest School celebrates
organizes free medical camp
Raksha Bandhan
GOF Staff Reporter
GOF Staff Reporter
JAMMu, AuG 17:
Jammu, Aug 17:
Under the directions of Dr. Abdul Kabir Dar Director
General Indian Systems of Medicine and ADMO Jammu
Dr Saroj Sharma, Government Ayurvedic dispensary
Janipur organized a Free Ayurvedic Medical camp by Dr
Sakshi Sharma with pharmacist Kamlesh at
Ramsharnam Aashram Janipur. In which 85 patients suffering from different ailments were treated in the camp. Dr
Sakshi examined the patients of different diseases and free
medicines were also provided to them. Dr Sakshi told them
about the role of cleanliness in maintaining good health.
Many other staff extended their services for the camp.
Rich Harvest School, Bari Brahmana today celebrated Raksha
Bandhan festival with great fervour and enthusiasm. Students were present
in colorful dresses and were excited since morning. As per a press statement, Kindergarten Girls tied Rakhi at the wrist of boys who in turn offered
gifts for new eternal bond of holy love between brother and sister. “Kids love
to experiment with Rakhis,” said Ruchi Charak, Trustee of the school who
believes that celebration of festivals in schools is necessary. “Due to nuclear
families, children today are deprived of true spirit of such festivals. Such celebrations in schools teach students about our traditions,” she added. Food
items such as apricots, raisins, cherries, cloves and even chocolates found
favour among students to decorate their Rakhis. Principal Anita Bhatia appreciated the efforts put by the students in making Rakhis creatively.
Recruitment process for hundreds of posts in limbo
Recruiting agencies devising strategies for timely filling of vacancies;
Administration asked to facilitate aspirants
SRINAGAR, AuGuST 17:
Jammu and Kashmir
Public Service Commission,
Service Selection Board,
District Level Recruitment
Committees
and
Departmental Committees are
facing tremendous administrative issues for recruitment
and selection of candidates
against hundreds of notified
vacancies because of the prevailing law and order situation. The recruiting agencies
are devising strategies for
timely filling of vacancies in
view of the inability of candidates to reach the designated
offices due to the prevailing
situation. According to officials in the Jammu and
Kashmir
Public
Service
Commission (JKPSC), the
Commission has notified 277
posts
of
Kashmir
Administrative Service (KAS)
and 24 posts of Veterinary
Assistant Surgeons for which
last date of filling online application forms was fixed as 25
July 2016 which was later extended to 10 August 2016.
Deputy Commissioners of all
the districts also facilitated
more than 2300 candidates for
filling up online forms at respective NICs. However, a
large number of candidates
are yet to complete the formalities and accordingly the PSC
has once again extended the
last date. According to PSC officials, the interviews for the
post of Medical Officer and
MO Ayurvedic have been
rescheduled to be held on 28
August 2016 as the same could
not commence on notified date
of 10 July 2016. Seven posts of
dental surgeon were also notified for which interview has
been
postponed
to
12
September 2016. Likewise,
According
to
Service
Selection Board officials, re-
cruitment process for more
than 800 vacancies notified by
the Board has also been delayed and cut-off dates were
extended with latest being on
15 August 2016. These posts,
according to SSB, include
Assistant Cameraman, Junior
Yatchman, Presenting Officer,
Drivers, Physical Training
Instructors,
Draftsman,
Enforcement Inspector, Crafts
Instructor,
Technicians,
Electricians,
Junior
Assistants, Teachers, VLWs
and Senior Assistants in departments of Information,
Tourism,
Law,
Finance,
FCS&CA, Higher Education,
School
Education
and
Industries
&
Commerce
among others. Similarly,
District Level Recruitment
Committees headed by Deputy
Commissioners have also initiated process of recruitment
of Special Police Officers
(SPO) after notification for fill-
ing of posts was issued by
Director General of Police on 6
August 2016 with last date for
filling application forms fixed
as 25 August 2016. A large
number of applications have
already been received at district
headquarters.
Department of Tourism earlier notified posts of Tourist
Guides, Garden Guards and
Landscapers across the state
for which last date has been extended to 3 September 2016 and
selection process will be followed by training at Institute
of Hotel Management in collaboration with Ministry of
Tourism.
Divisional
Administration has been
asked by State Government
for making all arrangements
to facilitate the candidates for
recruitment process to ensure
that candidates are not left out
of the employment opportunities available in various sectors and departments.
localities in the city including Batmaloo, Chattabal, Safakadal,
Noorbagh, Rainawari, Dalgate, Brain, Rawalpora, Shah Kadal,
Habbakadal, Fatehkadal and Guru Bazar also staged peaceful sitins after their attempts to march to the UN office were scuttled by
security forces.
NIA
10 lakh has been deposited in any account in one go and also if
they notice regular flow of large amounts into it from the same
source.Therefore, the sources said, the money is deposited in
various accounts in order to avoid being noticed and named in
STR. The same set of people is used after a gap of no less than
three to four months. Over invoicing of goods by some Kashmiri
businessmen doing trade in the Gulf has also come under NIA
lens, sources said. The Income Tax authorities have also been
asked to share details about some businessmen to ascertain if the
money transferred by them was used to fund militancy in the
Valley, they said. Inputs about money being pumped into the
Valley was shared by the army with the NIA after which the
agency registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) to probe the matter, they said. PTI SKL SK
Start
the path of self destruction and not self determination.The
President Rakesh Gupta announced and conveys to the people in
Kashmir though Media that if by Friday , August 19 , 1 pm the
Jammu Chamber does not get a positive message from representatives of Kashmir Civil Society for intra region dialogue followed by a joint delegation of representatives from three regions
of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh to call on Hon’ble CM Mehbooba
Mufti with a charter of demands if any for consideration and necessary action as the Chamber reposes full faith in our democratically elected CM, the Jammu Chamber shall be left with no option but to call for a Jammu Bandh on Saturday Aug 20 in support
of Peace , in support of Communal Harmony and against the
agenda of the anti national elements in the state of JK. The
President Chamber further warned those who were trying to radicalize the youths and appealed for total communal harmony
throughout the state of Jammu & Kashmir. He further warned
those political parties who are trying to add fuel to the fire rather
than acting responsibly to contain the situation. The President
felt proud in saying that all those Kashmiri families have temporarily shifted to Jammu in wake of the worse situation in
Kashmir because they feel that Jammu is the safest for people
from all religious to live.
The prominent present in the meeting include Sh. Sham Lal
Langer, Sr. Vice President CCI, Sh. Deepak Aggarwal, Jr. Vice
President CCI, SH. Arun Gupta, Secretary General CCI, Sh.
Ashu Gupta, Treasurer CCI. The Presidents and Secretaries of all
Bazars, Trades, Industrial, Tourism and Transport Associations
were also present in the meeting.
halls to be constructed in other districts for which an
amount of Rs 88 Crores stands
earmarked. The Minister
while reviewing the activities
plan of the department emphasized the need to involve
the youth in a big way so that
their energies could be better
harnessed for constructive engagement. He also enquired
about the action plan under
KHELO INDIA, a flagship
scheme of the Government of
India which has components
of both activities for youth engagement as well as infrastructure development. While
reviewing the Polytechnic
Sector, the Minister was informed that as per the guidelines of the Supreme Court of
India, the admissions for new
batches had to be finished by
15 August 2016. Admissions in
Jammu division have almost
been completed while in the
Kashmir division, provisional admissions have been
made.
was seen as a move to woo Muslim voters in Poonch and Rajouri
area. His grandfather Colonel (retired) Peer Mohammad Khan,
who was in the army of Maharaja Hari Singh, was the first state
president of the Jammu and Kashmir Jana Sangh.
Bail
District Kishtwar who was involved in rape case.According
to the police case that prosecutrix developed friendship with a
boy namely Sunil Kumar telephonically whose mobile number
was given to her by a girl of her locality about 1½ years ago. The
accused no. 1 used to chat with her and she fell in love with him.
One day, she was called by accused no. 1 at Bakshi Nagar to meet
him and on her reaching at Bakshi Nagar Jammu, she found two
boys sitting in a tempo, one of them disclosed his name as Sunil
Kumar and the other as Ghulam Hussain. Thereafter, both of
them forcibly got her seated in the tempo and took her towards
Bus-Stand in an isolated place. Accused no. 1 Sunil Kumar disclosed her that his actual name is Fayaz Ahmed S/o Bashir
Ahmed Khan R/o Dedpath, Kishtwar and caught hold and tried
to molest her and on her resistance also assaulted her and told
her that he is a married person. Thereafter, he left her in the vehicle along with Ghulam Hussain S/o Ghulam Mohd. Accused no.
2 took her to his sister's house at Bantalab under threat and committed rape upon her and thereafter accused Ghulam Hussain
left her at Bus Stand. Court after hearing both the sides observed
that crime against women, particularly, incident of rape of minor, the Courts have already sounded that precaution is to be taken while considering the bail pleas of the offender(s) of such
heinous crime. It has been impressed upon the Judicial Officers
and Sessions Judges dealing with such cases to take care and caution in exercising discretion to consider the release or otherwise
of the accused on bail pending investigation and trial, lest the discretion so exercised affects adversely the societal interests, investigation and fair trial. With these observations Court rejected
the bail application. JNF
BSF
Rajiv Ranjan has surrendered before the BSF this morning,"
said an officer.Ranjan allegedly stabbed Rajbir Singh after a scuffle on July 24 and fled with the LMG and cartridges from
Akhnoor sector.On July 26, Punjab Police recovered the weapon
and the cartridges and arrested two of his accomplices - Mithun
and Mohan Chaudhary -- from Jalandhar. "The jawan is being
questioned," the officer said.
Army
Sepoy Mohmmad Mullah at Animal Transport Company
(ATC) unit in Ghambir area here following which he opened fire
with his INSAS rifle at Mullah and killed him, they said. Kumar
escaped from the spot but later surrendered, police said, adding a
case has been registered against him. The body has been handed
over to army after postmortem, they said.
India
Chinese
Bangladesh Film Archives for digitization and archiving.
The Ministers also agreed to promote capacity building and
training workshops for media persons, exchange programme for
officers associated with Information and Broadcasting and exchange of programs between DD and its counterpart in
Bangladesh.
ful for people. SSP Jammu Dr Sunil Gupta said on eve of
Raksha Bandhan, and Janamashtami people use the Chinese
string (Manja/Gattu) for flying of kites. This Chinese string is
harmful as it has already taken many lives from different areas of
the country. Recent incident took place in Delhi is evidence of the
same. It is appealed to the general public in district Jammu not to
use, manufacture and sale of Manja/Gattu string as the
Government has imposed totally ban on it. Taken action near
about 10 cases have been registered, 12 persons arrested and approximately 1500 rolls (material) seized from different areas of
Jammu district.
China
at a proper position in bilateral relations so as not to impact
the overall friendliness," it said. "Meanwhile, the two sides
should continue to work on solutions to specific problems
through dialogue and consultation," it said, apparently referring
to differences over India's admission to the Nuclear Suppliers
Group (NSG) and listing Masood Azhar, the head of the Pakistanbased terrorist group Jaish-e-Muhammad, as a terrorist by the
UN. "The most important consensus reached by the two sides
during the visit was that the two have agreed to support each other in making the G20 Hangzhou Summit and the BRICS leaders
meeting in Goa a success, in a bid to enhance cooperation and solidarity among developing countries and elevate the status of
emerging markets in global governance," it said. "The two sides
reiterated that they attach great importance to developing bilateral relations, and believe that the mainstream of China-India relationship is good, and that the two sides should bear in mind the
larger picture of friendly cooperation between the two countries,
press firmly ahead with pragmatic cooperation and build a closer China-India partnership of development," it said.
Farooq
Kashmir. After enquiries made at various levels followed by
a CBI probe, Khan was given a clean chit and army officers were
held responsible for the killings.A recipient of President's police
medal for meritorious service and many commendations by the
army and other security agencies, Khan's entry into the BJP fold
Man
of Akhnoor. Police said that murder case at Pargwal wherein
the housewife was murdered and later her body was set ablaze
which subsequently resulted into death of 8 months old baby in
her womb, the challan of the case has been produced against her
husband Kala Ram son of Ajeet Lal Bhagat and her mother-in law Sudesh Kumari wife of Ajeet Lal Bhagat both residents of Nai
Basti, Bela Jamana Tehsil in Pargwal. They have been booked
under section 302, 498-A, 316, 436, 120-B, 201 of RPC police station
Khour in Court of JMIC Akhnoor. Next date of hearing is fixed
for 05-09-2016 in court of Principal Sessions Judge Jammu. Both
the accused persons have been lodged in Central Jail Kot
Bhalwal Jammu. The case was investigated by Inspector
Ravinder Singh Rakwal SHO PS Khour.
Body
Police said that four persons were crossing river near Chichi
Mata Temple in Samba when they were washed away by the flash
flood. Police said that out of four, two were rescued immediately
while two drowned. Both the bodies have been recovered so far.

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