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STATE | 3 INTERSTATE | 5 BUSINESS | 7 SPORTS | 8 SWITCH-OVER TO PAO SYSTEM: DGAT PM MODI'S ROADSHOW BLATANT VIOLATION STUDENTING ERA ANNOUNCES CARE, AN HOW ROHIT SHARMA HITS SIXES AT WILL, THE INTERACTS WITH STAKEHOLDERS OF MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT: INITIATIVE ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND DOUBLE-TON MASTER REVEALS SECRET Come, invest & engage with Is State headed for ‘Bhai- Behan Ki Sarkar’?: NC J&K: Drabu tells India Inc ‘Has BJP diluted its stand on dynastic politics’? Sr inagar, Dec 14: Reacting to media repor ts suggesting the Government had initiated the GOVT WILL TAKE process of nominating the Chief Minister’s brother Tassaduq Mufti to the Legislative HOLISTIC Council, National Conference on Thursday asked the Chief Minister to clarify which of her non-performing, corrupt Cabinet col- REVIEW OF SRO- leagues she was willing to sacrifice to offi- cially create space for a parallel Chief Min- 202: DR DRABU ister in her Cabinet? In a statement issued Srinagar, Dec 14:The significant move from Par t y Headquar ters ‘Nawa-e-Subha’ in by the Government to regularize ser- Srinagar, NC State Spokesperson Junaid Azim vices of daily earners languishing for Mattu also asked the BJP to clarify if they nearly two decades or so, is going to ben- had formally diluted their moral stand on efit thousands of such appointees in around dynastic politics? PDP-BJP GOVT HAS nine categories. “The PDP-BJP Government, as per media The beneficiaries will include Daily reports and as expected, has initiated the WREAKED HAVOC WITH Rated, Casual, Seasonal, HDF and Local process of nominating the Chief Minister’s SRINAGAR CITY: NC New Delhi, Dec 14: Minister for information technology, education, Special Economic Zone for exquisite Fund Workers, N YCs, Land Donors, SPOs brother Tassaduq Mufti to the Legislative Finance, Dr Haseeb Drabu today skill development and sports in J&K Handicraf ts and Spor ts Goods be- and Adhoc/Contractual appointees left- Council, consequently paving his way to the ‘No visible movement on smart-city, called for proactive engagement of which have strong inter-linkages sides attracting investment for set- out under the J&K Civil Services (Special State Cabinet. Improvising on the Honourable acute dearth of essential supplies’ major corporate houses from across with the other sectors,” Dr Drabu ting up a Dry Port and Cold Chain. Provisions) Act-2010 for want of eligibil- PM’s rhetoric, we might soon have a ‘Bhai- Srinagar, Dec 14: National Conference the country with Jammu and Kash- said while addressing the 90th A n- “I would request you to start ity criteria. Behan Ki Sarkar’ in J&K. Till now Tassaduq on Thursday lashed out at the PDP-BJP mir to channelize substantive in- nual General Meeting of Federation engaging with J&K and its people, The Government has firmed-up the Mufti - as the Head of the CM’s Grievance Government for wreaking havoc with Sri- vestment to the State. of Indian Chamber of Commerce to help us put the State on a faster process for regularizing their services Cell - was functioning as a parallel CM and nagar City by depriving it of vital infra- “There is tremendous scope for and Industry (FICCI) here this path of development and growth,” and the formal orders in this regard are after his formal inclusion into the Cabinet, structural and developmental requirements investment in potential sectors of morning. Dr Drabu told the business tycoons is likely to be issued soon by the Finance the State will now practically and formally and said there was no visible movement on strength like energy, horticulture, He said J&K also has potential from India Inc present at the meet- Department. have two Heads of Government pulling the the smart-city project despite frequent handloom and handicrafts, biotech- for becoming a Special Education- ing.  See Holictic....Pg 02 Government and the Administration  See PDP....Pg 02 nology, food processing, tourism, al Zone for foreign universities and  See Drabu....Pg 02  See NC....Pg 02 DRY SPELL TO Time to recognise Journalism as viable Hawal massacre 1990: SHRC’s Probe Team POLICE BUSTS BEGIN FROM FRI: GANG OF THIEVES, SONUM LOTUS economic sector: JK Bank Chairman submits interim report, seeks fresh inquiry TWO HELD ‘There would be dip in Sahafat Scheme for JK Journos launched Says CRPF's COI indicted 15 personnel, but no idea if action was taken They used to buy items day temperature’ Srinagar, Dec 14: The Srinagar, Dec 14: The State Jammu and Kashmir Bank Human Rights Commission through fake cheques Srinagar, Dec 14: Three chairman Parvez Ahmad on (SHRC) Police Investigation Srinagar, Dec 14: Jammu days after the Valley received Thursday launched special Wing (PIW) has revealed in and Kashmir Police has ar- intermittent rains and snow, financial scheme for print and its report that CRPF’s Court rested two persons allegedly the weatherman here have electronic media journalists of Inquir y (COI) had identified involved in over a dozen cheat- predicted dry spell for next of the state. “15 CRPF personnel involved ing cases. The accused were one week, saying that the The scheme will enable in the Hawal massacre” in identified as Tahir A min and weather would mostly remain journalists to buy cameras, which 35 civilians were killed, Waheed Ahmad Bhat of Bat- cloudy. laptops, tablets and books. occasion, JK Bank Chairman tions of the society as well. but there is no idea if any ac- maloo area of Srinagar. Talking to KNS, Director The minimum loan amount Parvez Ahmad said that the Hailing the courage of the tion has been taken. “The duo along with a lady Meteorological (MeT) depart- for the pur pose has been fi xed time has come when apart journalists working in the The PIWs report comes accomplice, Masrat Tahir wife ment, Sonum Lotus said that as Rs 50 thousand while as from empowering the state state, Parvez said that the two months after the Crimi- of Tahir Amin have cheated there is possibilit y of f ur ther the ma ximum cap is R s 3 Lac. government employees; finan- present scheme is a mere be- nal Investigation Department more than 30 business estab- dip in the day temperature According to the KNS cor- cial assistance is needed to ginning and much more is (CID) of J&K Police in its re- closed the case as "untraced". tigation Wing (PIW) in its lishments all over the Valley  See Dry....Pg 02 respondent, speaking on the be provided to the other sec-  See Bank....Pg 02 port submitted to SHRC has The SHRC’s Police Inves-  See Hawal....Pg 02  See Police....Pg 02 Regularisation of casual, daily wagers INTERNET GAGS Crackdown on Hurriyat leadership unprecedented governance measure: Madni ahead of Islamabad Chalo ‘Resolution of this lurking issue brings relief to thousands of families’ IMPACTING MASSES Sr inagar, Dec 14: A head of Joint Resistance  Leadership (JRL) call of ‘Islamabad Chalo’ Jammu, Dec 14: Peoples Democratic  Sadaf Khursheed the government on Thursday began the Crack- Party has hailed the decision regularising Srinagar, Dec 14: Frequent Internet ban in Kashmir down on Hurriyat leaders and activists by over sixty thousand Daily wagers, Casual has become a norm due to one or the other reasons. placing them under house detention or either Labour and workers on consolidated basis as At a time when everything works on Internet is it house confinement. “unprecedented” administrative measure simple filling of the examination forms or online market- Pertinently, JRL has called for a public from any government which will sufficiently ing, Kashmir presents a different story with netizens often Jalsa on 15th December at Lal Chowk Islam- contribute to Chief Minister’s resolve for good suffering. abad to demonstrate before the whole world governance. "My business runs mainly on internet as I run an in- what people of Kashmir stand for. The JRL NIA and ED terrorism. In a statement issued to KNS, party vice ternet cafe where students and the job aspirants come on statement said it is a litmus test for the claim- Reports reaching KNB said that almost president Mohammad Sar taj Madni said that daily basis to fill the form and even Internet blockade for ants of democracy, adding, this Jalsa will all the pro-freedom leaders have been detained the resolution of this lurking issue brings an hour is not good for my business, but here internet is highlight the miseries and hardships faced by the author ities to foil the A nantnag march relief to thousands of families and saves the blocked for days together," said a business man who owns by the people of Kashmir at the hands of called by JRL. Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz career of workers who were faced with un- He said, besides amply empowering the a cafe in main market Sopore. forces, the leaders said that Indian leaders Umar Farooq have been placed under house certainty and were hanging in wilderness basic structure, the decision comes in as  See Internet....Pg 02 falsely presume to have defeated indigenous arrest at their Hyderpora and Nigeen residence. from years together.  See Madni....Pg 02 Kashmiri resistance by military oppression,  See Chalo....Pg 02 JKSSB ASKED TO COMPLETE Rana decries NGT directive on DGP SANCTIONS SPECIAL REWARD, RECRUITMENT OF 2154 TEACHER MERITORIOUS SCHOLARSHIP OF ABOUT RS.6.00 LAKH FOR 141 POLICE WARDS POSTS IN 4 MONTHS Shri Amarnathji pilgrimage New Delhi, Dec 14: To meet dearth of staff in schools, ‘Scholarship has been sanctioned out the Government has directed the JK Services Selection ‘Sentiments of a section of society have been hurt by this unjust directive’ Board (JKSSB) to complete much awaited recruitment for Jammu, Dec 14: National the NGT directive on reducing of Central Police Welfare Fund’ 2154 teacher posts in next four months. Conference Provincial Pres- the number of pilgrims to Shri Jammu, Dec 14: Director General of Police, Dr. S.P The Department of Education has referred 3450 posts ident Devender Singh Rana Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine. Vaid has sanctioned special reward and meritorious schol- to JKSSB which include 2154 vacancies of teachers and on Thursday decried the Na- “We fail to reconcile with one arship of Rs.5,77,000/- in favour of 141 wards of serving 1,289 of non-teaching staff. tional Green Tribunal (NGT) after another directive in re- police personnel, who have secured above sevent y five per Chairing a meeting here today, the Minister for Educa- directive on declaring route cent weeks on the two impor- cent marks in the annual examination of class 8th during tion, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, asked Secretary to Shri Amarnathji Cave Shrine tant pilgrimages of Jammu the academic session 2016-17. School Education Department, Farooq Ahmed Shah and on Kashmir Himalyas as ‘si- and Kashmir”, he said and The scholarship has been sanctioned out of Central JKSSB Chairperson Simrandeep Singh to coordinate their lent zone’, describing it in- there should be no interfer- afternoon. made a strong plea to Gover- Police Welfare Fund. The contributory fund has been efforts to complete the paperwork and start the recruit- fringement of religious rights. ence in the matters of faith”, R ana said the sentiments nor N N Vohra, who is also created to encourage and boost the talented school going ment process in January. “We respect judicial pro- Rana said at an impromptu of a section of society have Chairperson of Shri Amar- children of police personnel. Those who have been  See JKSSB....Pg 02 cesses and have regard for press conference at Sher-e- been hur t by this unjust direc- nathji Shrine Board and  See DGP....Pg 02 NGT but expect as well that Kashmir Bhavan here this tive which comes weeks after  See Rana....Pg 02 02 SRINAGAR | December 15, 2017, Friday www.timeandus.com www.facebook.com/TimeandUs [email protected] timeandus @timeandus STATE Continue from Front Page......

opportunity to seek power that has been replaced by an- tion of the case from 21/05/1990 to 13 August 1990 and Many young people who online business had had to shut DRABU other opportunity to be an unelected part of the Government submitted 20 Case Diaries (CD), wherein he hasn’t recorded down their business in the past because of the internet gag He said FICCI can help in tourism promotion in the State now”, the NC State Spokesperson added in the statement. statements of the eye witnesses, injured persons and has only and incurred heavy loss.Sane voices state Government justi- by organizing various high-profile events and also facilitate The NC State Spokesperson also questioned the stand recorded the statements of CRPF officials." fies the internet ban in Kashmir to stop protests which erupt building physical and digital connectivity and market link- and shrill rhetoric of the BJP on ‘dynastic politics’. “As the Afterwards, the case was taken up by then SHO Nowhat- due to encounters or any other human rights violation how- ages. “Given its network, FICCI can also help the state to Prime Minister and the BJP continue to speak against ‘dy- ta, Farooq Ahmad. "In the same CD, the IO stated that vide ever instead of stopping the violations, Government is restrict- strategize connectivity and infrastructure development for nastic politics’ – one wonders how they are going to justify a PHQ order Number 20-C/92 dated 13/11/1992. The investiga- ing a freedom which has been provided by the constitution creation of wealth in the areas of social, economic and eco- clear case of sheer nepotism and abuse of power in their tion of the case was later transferred to Crime Branch Kash- and upheld by Supreme Court."I am a journalist and work logical enterprises in J&K,” he said. Government in J&K. Have they changed their stand in Jam- mir. However, it’s not known that from 13/08/1990 to 13/11/1992, with online media and my work requires me to be updated Dr Drabu said given its geographical location, Jammu mu & Kashmir by first allowing the ‘father-daughter’ ascen- where the case file had been and no efforts were taken to every time and keep people updated too, but how will I do and Kashmir could become a hub for forging a new eco- sion and now paving way for ‘two siblings’ in the same Cabi- investigate it," it further reads. that work when internet here is stopped for days together", nomic linkage in the region between the South and the Cen- net? The BJP owes an answer to its voters if not the people at Consequent upon the case in Crime Branch, the case was said a journalist. tral Asia. “There is a convergence of views on varied issues large”, he added. taken up by then Dy. SP Mir Ab. Qayoom. "During the inves- and interests between the Central Asian Republics and India, tigation, in CD dated 16/03/1993, the IO mentioned that a CHALO including promoting economic, scientific and cultural coop- PDP list of 114 individuals has been provided by the Institute on eration in the region,” Dr Drabu said adding that given its 02/06/1990 showing the names of persons killed/injured." The JKLF Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was ear- historic links with Central Asia, J&K can become a surface statements by the Government in this context. Address- "The IO further recorded the statements of the relatives lier shifted to Central jail Srinagar along with other dozens transport passage for reviving traditional economic link- ing a high-level review meeting of Srinagar District at Party of the deceased persons and during investigation of the case of JRL leaders and activist when they tried to march towards ages in the region.Referring to implementation of GST, Dr Headquarters, ‘Nawa-e-Subha’ on Thursday, NC Provincial it was established that personnel of 69-BN were deployed at Lal Chowk Srinagar against the US decision to declare Jeru- Drabu said there may be operational and technical issues President Nasir Aslam Wani condemned the acute shortage place of occurrence who were requested to provide the court salem as Israel’s capital. Reports said that all the constituent involved in the implementation of the new tax regime, but it of essential commodities and supplies in the cit y and said the of enquiry papers, besides the list of officials deployed at and party heads of both the factions of Hurriyat Conference have has federalized the Indian economy and has transformed the Administration’s ruthlessness was a cause of great suffering around Islamia College,” reads the report. been either arrested or placed under house confinement. business ethics in the country. and misery for the people. During the course of further investigation citing the se- The government has also decided to impose strict restric- He called for doing away with the MRP (maximum retail The NC Provincial President said every single promise quence of investigations by Crime Branch, the CRPF had tions in parts of South Kashmir and Old City Srinagar to foil price) under the GST regime.“MRP is from a pre-liberalized made by the PDP-BJP Government with respect to Srinagar conducted a Court of Inquiry (COI) headed by a board of the pro-freedom march, besides shutting down the mobile era. We need to now abolish MRP as it has become redundant had been abandoned and broken. “This Government has officers consisting MP Singh IGP NES-CRPF, NK Tiwari DIG internet services in South Kashmir.Meanwhile according to under GST regime,” Dr Drabu said.He also suggested that ignored Srinagar District over the past almost three years (P) CRPF, R K Sharma Commandant 60-BN-CRPF. The COI the Hurriyat leaders police are continuing the raids and have composition scheme for small businesses with an annual resulting in a stagnation of developmental works and projects held 15 CRPF officers and cops of 69 BN responsible for arrested many leaders from various districts as well. One of turnover of up to Rs 1 crore should be tweaked to allow some – even those that were started by the previous Government. “indiscriminate firing". The personnel found responsible the leaders of Hurr iyat (G) in house arrest told K ashmir News input tax credit. “Larger companies are not buying from small It seems the Mehbooba Mufti Government is hell-bent to include one DSP, two SI's, three Lance-Naiks and nine con- Bureau on phone “The crackdown on genuine leadership has businesses due to lack of input tax credit,” he noted. persecute the people of Srinagar by depriving them of their stables of CRPF.“However, it wasn’t known what action has shown yet again that there is no democracy here but forced He also called for bringing back the reverse charge mech- basic governance rights”, Nasir Aslam Wani said. been taken against the delinquent officials and whether any and illegal occupation, adding, on the one side the Indian anism under GST that has been deferred till March. “The Government has turned a deaf ear towards frequent criminal proceedings have been conducted against them or Government talks about freedom of expression and on the Pertinently, besides Dr Haseeb Drabu, the Deputy Chief appeals by people from various areas of Srinagar. The power not,” reads the interim report submitted by DSP, SHRC, who other places “all genuine voices” behind bars.” Minister of Bihar, Sushil Modi, Finance Minister of West crisis has been further accentuated in the city due to inadequate is also IO of the case.While the Crime Branch has already Bengal, Dr Amit Mitra and Finance Minister of Kerala Dr T and faulty power distribution infrastructure that wasn’t re- closed the case as untraced, the SHRC’s PIW has sought that JKSSB M Thomas Isaac were specially invited to address the 2-day paired and upgraded ahead of the harsh winter months. Our fresh attempts be made to locate the injured persons and Annual General Meeting of FICCI which was inaugurated by ration ghats are w ithout basic supplies. Pr imar y Health Cen- report be submitted within couple of months before the Com- Setting the deadline, the Minister directed the SSB Chair- the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi here yesterday. tres (PHCs) across the Distr ict are dysf unctional and w ithout mission. person to complete the recruitment in all respects in next President FICCI, Rahesh C Shah and FICCI General Sec- basic medical supplies and doctors”, Nasir added. Meanwhile, Untoo in his rejoinder of SHRC report said four months. Meanwhile, the Minister also set three-month retary, Dr Sanjay Baru also addressed the session. The NC Provincial President also reviewed various orga- that despite the fact it was a case of massacre by CRPF per- deadline for completing the ongoing recruitment for 1,289 nizational activities and initiatives of the party in Srinagar sonnel of 69BN, the Crime Branch is responsible for closing non-teaching staff posts which include 575 posts of junior HOLISTIC District and asked the party leaders and office bearers to the case to give benefit to the involved CRPF men. Assistants, 392 Laboratory Assistances, 228 Library Assis- reach out to people, especially youth and involve them in the Untoo told KNS the report confirms about the persons tants and 94 posts of Junior Librarians. On the basis of their educational, technical and profes- party activities aimed at alleviating public issues and griev- involved, is there any need to get the matter further investi- It was informed that the 7 vacancies of drivers referred sional profile, these Workers have been categorized as skilled ances. The meeting was also attended by NC Srinagar District gated by CBI"The Commission may direct IG Crime to reg- by the department would also be advertised by the JKSSB and non-skilled for regularization and imbursement of re- President Peer Afaq, Senior Leaders including MLA Habba ister FIR against 15 personnel of 69 BN of CRPF named in soon. The Minister assured JKSSB of all cooperation and muneration. “They will be in addition entitled to all the fi- Kadal Shameema Firdous, Irfan Ahmed Shah, Provincial the final enquiry report," he said. said that department would ensure speedy flow of addi- nancial and service benefits including annual pay hike, pen- Secretary Showkat Ahmed Mir, Provincial President YNC tional information and data if the Board needs so. sion under NPS, leave & medical reimbursement, periodical Salman Ali Sagar, Ahsan Pardesi and Sabiya Qadri. POLICE The SSB chairperson assured that the recruitment process hike in remuneration akin to pay commission, maintenance would be completed within the stipulated timeframe. of service records and will be covered under work, conduct DRY during last six months,” said a spokesman. Additional Secretary to School education department and discipline rules including retirement,” a Finance Depart- “The gang used social media Applications and websites Mussarat-ul-Islam and other senior officers of education ment official said.“Following the initiative of the Chief Min- from Fr iday while the weather would mostly remain cloudy like OLX.com to cheat gullible customers by buying used department were also present in the meeting. ister, Ms Mehbooba Mufti, the Government has already ap- for the next one week.“There is predication of dry spell from electronic articles like Cell Phones, Ovens, LED TVs etc against proved the roadmap for bringing the daily wagers onto the now onwards for the next one week. As per the prediction no fake bank cheques.”“Similarly, they used to buy articles in- RANA rolls of government and the formal SRO in this regard will rains or snow would occur at any place in this period,” he cluding electric wires, bath fitting, clothing from renowned be issued by the Finance Depar tment w ithin a couple of days,” said, adding that there would be occasional sunshine as well. showrooms of the valley. Cheques of banks - Axis Bank, SBI Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board to take up the issue said Minister for Finance, Dr Haseeb Drabu. Earlier, the Valley including the tour ist destinations, Gul- and Punjab National Bank were used by them to make pay- with the NGT for corrective measures. He said the sensitive Although skilled and unskilled workers are to be put in marg, Pahlagam, Sonmarg and others received snowfall. ments for the purchases.”“The duo was arrested by Police religious matters should be left to bodies concerned and different scales of remuneration, it will correspondingly The authorities had made adequate arrangements to Station Ram Munshi Bagh after getting a written complaint every effort must be made to ensure freedom of practicing increase on the basis of their length of engagement. tackle any ‘deteriorate’ situation. from one business man of the Sonwar area. Accordingly, a religion.The Provincial President described the pilgrimages Regarding the number of Workers to be benefitted by the case (FIR 115/2017) under section 420 RPC was registered to Shri Amarnathji and Shri Mata Vaishno Deviji in Jammu regularization scheme, Finance Department officials said, BANK in Police Station Ram Munshi Bagh.”During investigation, and Kashmir highly sensitive and sacrosanct for the vast although various figures are being projected regarding their dozens of other cheating instances by the gang came forth mass of Hindus across the country and hoped that NGT will number, but the exact number will be determined and final- about to follow. “The kind of courage, zeal and enthusiasm and accordingly gadgets/articles worth lacs of rupees were reconsider and rescind its decision. “Let the Shrine Boards ized through bio-metric verification of every such worker. shown by the journalist fraternity over a period of time, it is recovered from them.Police said number of complainants ensure ecology of yatra related areas”, he suggested. The highest number of such workers are engaged in PHE time to recognise this sector as a viable economic sector and from different parts of valley have approached Ram Munshi To a question about BJP’s silence over this important Department followed by Power Development Department, make it financially comfortable,” Parvez said. However, he Bagh Police station.During the preliminary investigation issue, R ana said though the answer lies w ith the par t y, which School Education Department, Public Works Department, added, “I would like to request every one present here to police have so far recovered following items from the gang: is ruling the Centre and partnering the government in the Irrigation & Flood Control Department, Forest Department, please cooperate with the bank to make this product Mobile phone Note 8= 02, Mobile phone C9 GALAXY = state, yet the ‘silence’ is intriguing. He said the directive of Health & Medical Education Department, Agriculture De- successf ul.” The JK Bank chairman maintained that it is high 01, MOBILE PHONE V7 = 01, MOBILE PHONE GALAXY J7 not chanting ‘Bum Bum Bole’ on the route to Shri Amarnathji par tment, Housing & Urban Development Depar tment, Tour- time to understand that state’s premier financial institution = 01, MOBILE IPHONE= 02, MOBILE PHONE SAMSUNG Shrine has not gone well with the devout. Ironically, he replied ism Department, Animal Husbandry Department and Fish- should not confine empowerment schemes to the state gov- =07, MOBILE PHONE J5 GA L A X Y =01, LED T V SA MSU NG to the repeated queries over the issue, “The party which raised eries Department. There are also such workers in other De- ernment employees only. “We have developed the mindset of =01, LEDTV SMART TV=01, LED TV PANASONIC =01, its political edifice in Jammu on ‘Bum Bum Bole’ slogan in partments who will benefit from the regularization scheme. securing our advances through the guarantees of the state LEDTV SONY =01, LEDTV SANSUI =01, INVERTER with 2008, is now maintaining silence over the NGT directive”. Dr Drabu had during the last budget session made a com- government employees. If we see the other sections of the battery =01, Wire 1 mm HAVELLS =33, WIRE 1.5mm POLY- He replied in affirmative to a reporter’s question that mitment on the floor of the house that the process for regu- society, they have not been financially empowered because CAB =09, Wire 2.5mm POLYCAB =15, Wire Polycab 1 mm BJP’s silence over the declaration of Shri Amarnathji Shrine larization of casual workers of various categories will start of not having the regular income from the state government =15, Microwave oven =01, Jaguar Bath fitting items = 37. as ‘silent zone’ is its compulsion to remain glued to power. from the next financial year in terms of the set guidelines and or from the public financial institution,” Parvez Ahmad said. Rana also took the BJP head on for ignoring the NGT criteria.Pertinently, the state cabinet had, on October 23 this The chairman stated further that as JK Bank has the vi- MADNI directive on reducing the number of pilgrimage to Shri Mata year, accepted the roadmap prepared by the high-level com- sion to develop each and every section of the society, then it Vaishno Deviji Shrine on Trikuta Hills despite being in the mittee headed by the Chief Secretary for absorption/regu- is needed to empower all sectors of the state. fulfilment of a major electoral promise made by Party government. He asked the BJP to come clear and take a posi- larization of Casual/Seasonal Labourers/ Daily Rated Work- President Mehbooba Mufti. PDP has a reason to draw satis- tion on NGT directives.He said in a secular countr y like India, ers to ensure sustainable livelihood to hundreds of such HAWAL faction from this as thousands of families have been lent an atmosphere is needed to be created wherein all the religions Workers engaged over a period of several years. The cabinet well-deserved support and thousands of youth have been flourish in harmony. “There has to be inter-religious har- had asked the Finance Department to draft and issue the report submitted to SHRC against a complaint filed by relieved of perpetual stress.Madni said Mehbooba and her mony and every organization should desist from infringing formal orders for operationalization of the roadmap. chairman International Forum for Justice Human Rights Government had to undergo a cumbersome exercise to clear upon the matters of faith”, he added.Prominent among those Dr Drabu said policy enshrined in SRO-64 of 1994 for Mohammad Ahsan Untoo, regarding killing of civilians at or override legal and financial hurdles to resolve this complex present in the press conference included State Vice President regularization of daily rated workers/work-charged employ- Hawal on May 21, 1990, revealed that CRPF's Court of In- and difficult issue. It was not an easy baggage to be jettisoned Thakur Kashmira Singh, senior leader T S Wazir, Provincial ees engaged prior to cut off date of January 31, 1994 is already quiry (COI) had “identified 15 personnel involved in the mas- to the advantage of all stake holders and she did it ably, he Secretary Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, Provincial Vice Presidents in place from the date of issuance of the SRO-64. sacre, but there is no idea if any action was taken”. added.Madni said that is why Chief Minister is being widely Jugal Mahajan, Gurdeep Singh Sasan, Choudhry Haroon and He said the Empowered Committee of the is meeting at J&K Police's CID wing in its report submitted had stated appreciated for showing sympathy towards the workers and Anil Dhar, Co-Chairman OBC Cell Abdul Gani Teli, District regular intervals and will continue to meet till last one of the that during the course of investigation, the statements of the labourers and the political will to streamline services at President Dharamveer Singh Jamwal besides S S Bunty, adhoc/contractual appointee, eligible and registered with some CR PF personnel deployed at the place of occurrence on the lower rung. He said the casual employment of workers Dilshad Malik, Ch Riyaz Haqla, G H Malik, Rohit Bali, Som the Finance Department is cleared for regularization, if eli- the date of incident were recorded. "As per CRPF personnel, was seen a liability and a feature of mis-governance. The Raj Taroch and others. gible, in terms of the J&K Civil Services (Special Provisions) curfew was imposed on the day and during curfew hours decision for regularisation is a big incentive which will ben- Act-2010.Dr Drabu said the Government is also taking a some unknown militants fired upon the CRPF men with efit both the state as well as the employees. DGP holistic review of SRO-202 which was issued on 30 June 2015. intention to kill them and in retaliation CRPF fired in self He said each Department will now have a legitimate man- As per this SRO the appointees in non-gazetted cadre are defence in which some 35 civilians died on spot," reads the power, skilled and unskilled to do the grass root work and granted reward include 72 girl students. Sixty one wards entitled to basic minimum pay and grade pay during the first CID report.The report further reads the investigation of the each workers potential will be utilised to improve the qual- who have secured above 90 percent in the annual examina- five years of the service. case was entrusted to Crime Branch Kashmir. "During the it y of the work and functioning of the ser v ice par ticularly the tion during the academic session 2016-17 were provided course of investigation, the case has been closed as untraced emergency services.Madni said, Chief Minister has taken R s.3000/- each. Twent y t wo wards were prov ided R s.10000/- NC as no clue was found despite strenuous efforts," further reads series of measures aimed at bringing relief to people and each for clearing examination conducted by UPSC/PSC/ the CID report.However, the SHRC’s Police Investigation resolv ing complex issues of Governance and political nature. BOPEE/Central Board. They include Suhail Qasim Mir S/o apart in two different directions. Till now Tassaduq Muf- Wing (PIW) punctures the CID report. The PIW report says He hoped that her sincere efforts will bring the desired relief HC Mohammad Qasim who qualified IAS, Tabassum Hassan ti used to humiliate Cabinet Ministers by by-passing them that during its investigation it was found that an FIR 35/1990 on all fronts and PDP’s agenda w ill see sired accomplishment D/o HC Gh. Hassan Lone, Shahiesta Malik D/o HC Moham- and directly summoning files and senior officers from their stands registered in Police Station Nowhatta regarding the with public support in tune with its established policies and mad Amin, Shafkat Ulla S/o HC Mohd. Sadiq, Aabid Nazir departments and now it seems he will soon be summoning incident.The PIW report reads that according to the FIR, the commitments. S/o HC Nazir Ahmad, Sonali Kotwal D/o HC Karan Singh, the Cabinet Ministers too for direct, official explanations. sequence of events that had taken place on the day of incident. A lka Kumar i D/o Ct. Hans R aj, Iram Jan D/o HC Jan Moham- One can only empathize with them”, the NC State Spokes- “At 2:40 PM on that day, ASI of J&K police Mohd Rafiq had INTERNET mad Altaf for qualifying MBBS, Arshi Sharma D/o Krishan person said.The National Conference Spokesperson also submitted a written docket through Ct. No 686 to SHO P/S Chand who qualified B.VSc., Pankaj Sharma S/o Inspr.(S) asked for an explanation of how a ‘runaway candidate' from Nowhatta, mentioning that during the law and order duty, it With the coming of Internet to Kashmir, everything has A shok Kumar, R ahul Chadgal S/o HC Sat Paul, Tajamul Islam the aborted Anantnag Parliamentary elections was being was learnt that Moulvi Mohammad Farooq of Awami Action slowly started shifting online be it online shopping, ordering S/o SGCt. Mohd. Ashraf, Aarif Manzoor S/o HC Manzoor deemed capable of holding a permanent seat in the Legislative Committee has succumbed at Medical Institute Soura due food, e-tickets or studies."Preparing for civil service exami- Ahmad, Yasir Bilal Sheikh S/o ASI Bilal Ahmad, Dheeraj Council. “What happens to all the promises made by this to bullet injuries and his body was being taken to Rajouri nations demands from an aspirant to study about ever y thing Anthal S/o ASI(M) Kulbir Chand, Gunjyot Singh S/o SI(M) gentleman to the people of Anantnag during his campaign Kadal in a procession and near Islamia College some rounds around globe and internet comes handy at this point but when Varinder Singh, Akhil Sharma S/o HC Jagdish Raj, Faisal there before the election was aborted after PDP feared an were fired as a result of which lot of persons in the procession every now and then internet is blocked for pity reasons lose Ullah Khan S/o Inspr. (S) Nassar Ullah Khan for qualifying imminent and resounding defeat? One had thought the ‘run- have died,” it reads. the track of my studies", said an aspirant preparing for civil B.Tech, Najam-us-Saqib S/o Ct. Jalal-ud-Din for qualifying away candidate’ would at least pretend to serve the constitu- The PI W repor ts f ur ther reads that on the day of incident, services.According to a report of Freedom house (United BDS, Ishrat Shafi D/o SI Mohammad Shafi for qualifying ents of the Anantnag Parliament Segment after he ran away the then SSP headquarters, Srinagar, N Sarvade was en- States based research and advocacy NGO) people in Kashmir B.F.Sc and Kifayat Ali S/o SI Ghulam Mohammad Peer for from the Lok Sabha elections but it seems that was just an trusted to investigate the case. "Sarvade conducted investiga- are denied internet for 18-25 days on average basis. getting selected for post of Lecturer. 03 SRINAGAR | December 15, 2017, Friday www.timeandus.com www.facebook.com/TimeandUs [email protected] timeandus @timeandus NEWS Veeri conducts surprise inspection J&K Bank Chairman launches 3-day Bajaj Allianz health camp for bank employees of SDM, Tehsil offices in Jammu Srinagar, Dec 14: Aiming to create aware- ness of heart related ailments due to sedentary Calls for prompt delivery of services to people, proper maintenance of records lifestyle, Bajaj AllianzGeneral Insurance Company (BAGICL) today launched a 3-day JAMMU, DECEMBER 14 - Min- tain register and display their touring health camp under its country-wide campaign ister for Revenue, Disaster Manage- and office days for the convenience of “Dil Ko Dhadakne Do” for J&K Bank em- ment, Relief Rehabilitation & Recon- of general public. He further directed ployees here at auditorium of Corporate Head- struction and Parliamentary Affairs, to ensure that office displays board quarters. Abdul Rehman Veeri today conduct- highlighting services rendered by J&K Bank Chairman and CEO Parvez vival and rehabilitation of affected traders, ed surprise inspection at Sub-Divi- them under Public Service Guarantee Ahmed inaugurated the camp in presence of individuals to a great extent”, he said. sional Magistrate and Tehsil Office Act.Speaking on the occasion, the BAGICL Chief Financial Of ficer (CFO) Milind “This health camp organized by them for in Jammu and scr utinized records of Minister said that following public Chaudhar y, Zonal Head Nor th (BAGICL) A i- J&K Bank employees shall further strength- different sections of the offices. complaints regarding negligent and jaz Ahmad Khan, Bank’s Executive Presidents en the time tested relationship between the The Minister was accompanied unsympathetic attitude of some rev- S S Sehgal and Vagesh Chander besides senior two organizations,” he added. by Commissioner Secretary Revenue, enue officials towards the general management and other officials of the bank Meanwhile, he urged the Bajaj Allianz to Shahid Inayatullah and Deputy Com- public and alleged lack of work culture and Bajaj Allianz. extend the scope of these medical check-ups missioner Jammu, Kumar Rajeev in these offices, we have decided to Expressing gratitude to Bajaj Allianz, to the bank’s Zonal Offices and other branch- Ranjan. conduct surprise inspections of rev- Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed stressed es in the state, which was readily agreed upon Veeri first visited SDM and Teh- enue offices and similar kind of ex- upon the need to create a balance between the BAGICL representatives. sildar office in Janipur and enquired ercise will be carried out throughout employees’ work and lifestyle. Earlier, speaking on the occasion, CFO about the progress of issuance of the state. “This is one of the best events I have ever BAGICL Milind Chaudhary said, “Nowadays Permanent Resident Certificates (PRCs) “Revenue department has a close chaired, for the issue of employee well-being our lifestyle is contributing to our ill-being and other nature of works at the SDM issues raised by the people on prior- pending mutation cases, retrieval of relation with the public and it is sole always remains close to my heart and soul. at an alarming rate particularly among work- and Tehsil Office. ity and to deliver the services in a time state land etc. duty of everyone working in this de- And we know that the competitive and stress- ing class leading to various ailments which The Minister also inspected the bound manner under Public Service Veeri also inspected the Aadhar partment to work with responsibility ful job conditions make it difficult for us to are life threating at times. Health issues like registers at the office and asked the Guarantee Act (PSGA). ‘Public visit- Enrollment process at the office and to live up to the expectations of com- look after our health as we hardly get time to abnormal Blood Pressure, heart ailments, concerned to maintain them regu- ing the of fices w ith their cases/issues asked the concerned to expedite the mon people, the Minister said”. undertake regular medical check-ups.” diabetes are found to be affecting individuals larly by putting in all the entries neat, should be provided proper guidance work. He also directed to conduct The Minister said that the lacka- “I thank Bajaj for this great goodwill ges- even in age group of 30’s which is a serious clean and dependable. He also di- regarding all requisite documents for special camps at far off places and daisical approach of any revenue of- ture as such initiatives will help our staff to cause of concern. With such initiatives, we rected to expedite the process of clear- timely delivery of services to them’, Kashmiri Migrants Township in ficial would not be accepted at all. evaluate their health and heighten their sense intend to make colleagues working with our ing pending mutation cases besides the Minister asked the officers. Jagti so that people living at these Performance of every office would be of health awareness thereby leading them to partner companies aware of their personal carrying out work of retrieval of en- He asked the SDM to conduct filed places can be enrolled for Aadhar. monitored and appropriate action will healthy and peaceful life”, he added. health and urge them to maintain the healthy croached state land in their respective visits to listen people grievances re- He also interacted with the public be taken against those who do not Highlighting the strong relationship be- life standard in order to lead a normal, healthy jurisdiction. lated to the revenue department so and sought their feedback regarding takes his job seriously, he added. tween J&K Bank and BAGICL, Parvez Ahmed life”. He urged the audience to register and Veeri also interacted with public that can be redressed properly. their issues and work ing of the of fice. Veeri stressed upon the revenue complemented the latter for their exemplary avail the benefits of medical camp set-up right v isiting these of fices and sought feed- Later, the Minister visited Tehsil The Minister asked Tehsildar to ensure officers to ensure prompt and effective role in settling the claims of 2014 deluge to at their work place. The launching ceremony back from them regarding their f unc- office in Nagrota and conducted de- prompt service delivery to the people redress to the grievances of the peo- the tune of around Rs 1200 Cr thereby help- ended with a vote of thanks presented by tioning. He personally enquired from tailed inspection in different sections with regular monitoring of people’s ple in an effective manner and to bring ing to revive the economy of state post floods. Head Branding BAGICL Monika Mayur. the people of the purpose they visited involved in issuance of PRCs, catego- issues besides improving the work in work culture in the offices. ‘It is “BAGICL has proved to be a tested, trust During the camp, various tests including to this office and listened to their is- ry certificate, income certificate and culture and instilling transparency our duty to provide justice to the worthy partner for J&K Bank. The swift BMI, BP, BSL R, HbA1C, Cholesterol, Triglyc- sues and feedback. The Minister asked other important services related to in the working system. people who have great expectations settlement of insurance claims to the tune of erides, LDL, VLDL, HDL and ECG were con- the SDM to ensure redressal of the land and revenue including clearing Veeri directed the officials to main- from us’, he added. Rs 1200 Cr after 2014 floods helped in re- ducted by the doctors and technicians engaged. Naeem, Kohli inaugurate Rs 7.41 cr Sham Choudhary inaugurates tube well, guest house at Jourian Dhanwan-Chakli Bridge Hands over regularization orders to PHE DRWs Lay foundation of Rs 6.30 Cr bridges JA MMU DECEMBER -14: RAJOURI, DECEMBER special attention of present Minister for PHE, Irrigation 14: Minister for Public Works, dispensation in this regard. and Flood Control, Sham Lal Naeem Akhtar and Minister The Minister, while elu- Choudhary today inaugurated for Animal and Sheep Hus- cidating the initiatives of the tube well at Potha Kandyal and bandry and Fisheries, Abdul government in expanding a PHE guest house at Jour ian of Gani Kohli today inaugu- durBLE ROAD NETWORK Akhnoor Constituency. The rated the Dhanwan-Chakli IN THE STATE, said that a projects have been completed Bridge. number of roads have been at a cost of Rs. 42 lakh and Rs. Constructed with Rs. 7.41 constructed and upgraded 16.50 lakh respectively. croere under NABARD, the under PMGSY, BADP, CRF MLA Akhnoor Rajeev bridge will provide connectiv- while speaking at a public district”, the Minister said etc thereby ensuring connect- Sharma, MLA Khour Dr Kris- ity to more than ten thousand meeting at Chatiana empha- adding the government’s prime ing even in the remotest parts han Lal Bhagat, Chief Engi- souls from Dhanwan, Chak- sized that the government is concern is to ensure the qual- of the state. neers, PHE and Irrigation & li, Baryan, Dagani, Loorekote carrying out sustained and ity of work for which strict The Minister asked the Flood Control, Jammu, Ex- and other contiguous vil- equitable development of all instructions have been given officers to ensure that all works ecutive Director CCDU, besides lages. the three regions of the state to the agencies to replicate done by them prove to be of large number of locals were The Ministers also laid with equal allocation of re- the work standard of nation- immense help for socio eco- present on the occasion. foundation stones for Rs. 4.69 sources. al highways for all sorts of nomic empowerment of the The Minister said that with ises, the Minister said that ment is mulling to start water and Rajeev Sharma handed crore Kallar-Potha Bridge Referring to late Mufti roads. people which is the ultimate the commissioning of tube old machinery and worn-out transportation from Reasi- over regularization orders to being constructed under Prime Mohammad Sayed’s v ision of Stressing that no project objective of the present gov- well a long pending demand pipes would be replaced to Hamirpur Sidhar with five 52 Daily Rated Workers (DRW) Minister Re-Construction enhancing the inter-regional will be left uncompleted, ernment. He also called upon of locals has been fulfilled. ensure the proper functioning stations alongwith approach of PHE Department of Package and Rs. 1.62 crore connectivity with State-of-Art Naeem Akhtar said that he the public to take benefit of He said the tube well would of WSS. He said that all ongo- road at Akhnoor, Jio Pota, Akhnoor and Khour Con- Chatiana bridge over Doongi- road infrastr ucture and tun- has ensured that no work various development and pump out 10, 000 Gallons Per ing schemes in the area would Sangrampur, Indripotton and stituencies at Akhnoor. Nallah under NABARD. nels, Naeem Akhtar said the w ithout DPR and administra- welfare schemes of the state Hour (GPH) and would meet be completed so that people Hamirpur, saying that this Complementing the work- Naeem Akhter, while re- government has already un- tive approval is taken up and and center government as well. the requirement of water sup- can avail the benefit of these would go a long way in provid- ers of PHE department who viewing the Detailed Project dertaken the four-laning of time limit is fi xed for comple- The Ministers were ac- ply to Potha, Kandyal, Chak schemes. He asked the Chief ing transportation, besides got regularization orders, the Repor t of K allar-Potha Br idge, all major highways in the state tion of the approved projects. companied by Chief Engineer and adjoinning villages of Engineer PHE for proper f ur- promote economic and tour- Minister exhorted upon them took a serious note of non- and the process for construc- While responding to the Sudhir Shah, ADC A S Chib, the area. He said that keep- nishings of newly construct- ism activities in area. to work with dedication in ex- inclusion of approach road in tion of tunnels on Mughal demands raised in the public SSP YougalManhas, ACR Ab- ing in view the requirement ed guest house, Jourian. Highlighting the develop- tending their services to people. the DPR and directed the S E Road and Kashmir-Leh high- meeting, the Minister assured dul Qayoom Mir, S. E. Majid of water in area, the work on Sham Choudhary said that mental initiatives taken by He said that daily wagers ren- PWD Rajouri-Poonch to con- way is also in final stages. time bound redressal of all Wani, X. Engrs. Saddeq Wani, installation of 4 more tube the government has taken up the government for the de- dering services in different duct a detailed inquiry in the “A slew of projects includ- issues. Parvaiz Ahmad, Mushtaq wells is going on, of them t wo several developmental projects velopment of area, Rajeev departments would also be matter and fix the responsibil- ing new roads and bridges Kohli, while speaking on Raina besides other district are nearing completion. under different sectors, add- Sharma announced Rs. 5 lakh regular ized and the government ity of the concerned officer wor th R s.180 crore would be the occasion, said the road officers. Calling for maintaining ing that with their completion for construction of bathing is working in this regard. He for this serious lapse on his started in the next financial connectivity is key to progress Later, Abdul Ghani hand- proper sanitation in and a new era of development ghat at Jourian. Later, the said that the government has part. year apart from completion and prosper it y of an area and ed over an ambulance to NT- around the Water Suplly would be witnessed in the Minister along with Legisla- also enhanced the honorarium Later, the Works Minister of all ongoing projects in the this vital sector is receiving PHC KallarChatyar. Scheme and Tube well prem- area. He said that the govern- tors, Dr. Krishan Lal Bhagat of DRWs. Khursheed Alam chairs Privilege, House Committee meetings Panel seeks comprehensive report regarding JK House New Delhi, spurious drugs JAMMU, DECEMBER 14:A The Committee was informed Feb 7, 2016 evening. The Committee sought a com- meeting of the Committee on that the Resident Commissioner, The Committee expressed its prehensive detailed report on what Privileges of Jammu and Kashmir JK House, New Delhi was expect- dissatisfaction over the facilities action has been taken by the health Legislative Council was held under ed to attend the meeting but due and protocol being provided to authorities on spurious drugs and the Chairmanship of MLC, Mo- to sad demise of his father, the the legislators at K ashmir House, furnish the same to the members hammad Khursheed Alam, here officer was forced to leave back New Delhi and decided to discuss of the Committee so that they can today. and could not attend the meeting. all the issues in the next meeting. scrutinize the matter and save Threadbare discussions were The Committee expressed its Later, MLC, Mohammad Khur- precious lives of people of the state. held on the breach of privilege deep shock over the sad demise sheed Aalam also chaired an- The Committee also sought a notices given by MLC Surinder and condoled with the Resident other meeting of House Commit- status report on 43 testing labo- Choudhar y against the Residence Commissioner. The Members also tee constituted on spurious drugs/ ratories which have already been Commission Office, Kashmir prayed for peace to the departed equipment being supplied in the declared substandard and what House, New Delhi and by MLC soul. state. action has been taken against them QaiserJamsheed Lone against In order to have brief about Threadbare discussions were till date. Superintending Engineer Electric the f unctioning of K ashmir House, held on directions and suggestions Special Secretary, Council Circle, Sopore and Executive En- New Delhi, Former Resident Com- made by the prev ious House Com- Mohammad Ashraf Wani also gineer Electr ic Div ision Kupwara, missioner, Lokesh Jha briefed the mittee headed by Dr Shehnaz briefed the Committee about the Kashmir. meeting about the arrangements Ganai. work ing and proceeding of prev i- Legislators, Thakur Balbir and other activities and said that Legislators, Showkat Hussain ous House Committee besides, Singh, Surinder Choudhary and the period involved in breach of Ganai and Ramesh Arora attend- Additional Secretary, CM Secre- Aga Syed Mahmood Al-Moosvi privilege notice does not pertain the protocol held by legislators, status report regarding officers/ provided on account of lodging ed the meeting and gave their tariat, Sushil Kumar, Deputy Sec- attended the meeting and gave to his tenure. but at the same time the shortage officials posted at New Delhi, date and boarding with time to time valuable views and suggestions retary Council, Ali Mohammad their valuable suggestions to make He maintained that the depar t- of accommodation disrupts the of posting, tenure/post, block wise and block wise detail to provide regarding substandard and spuri- Rawat and other senior officers the Committee more vibrant and ment is ethically, morally and same. detailed information regarding accommodation to guests with ous drugs prevailing in the health and officials of Council Secre- result-oriented. legally duty bound to take care of The Committee sought the accommodation, charges, facilities effect from February 2, 2016 to institutions and market. tariat were present in the meeting. 04 SRINAGAR | December 15, 2017, Friday www.timeandus.com www.facebook.com/TimeandUs [email protected] timeandus @timeandus EDIT/ OPED TAMIL CINEMA’S HIGH-STAKES BATTLE: ON THE IRAN ELECTIONS With Iranians going to the polls on Friday to DOUBLE ACT elect a President, the odds appear to be in favour of the incumbent, Hassan Rouhani. Since the  By SASHI KUMAR infants in arms, young boys and girls, old 1979 Revolution, all but the first President of the men and women—in the r uthless, organised IT is perhaps truer today than ever before trade of beggary, we cannot look away as we Islamic Republic, who had been impeached, have that there is Tamil cinema and Tamil cinema. would when we run into them in any city or served two terms. Mr. Rouhani is particularly There is, at the very top, the rarefied realm pilgrim centre. Their screen presence is com- popular among the reformist section of the elec- of super-stardom, where Rajinikanth is pelling, and humiliating. The director does torate, and is seeking to return to of fice on a clear firmly ensconced as the reigning deity and not use the afflicted, assorted group of dis- political platform of integrating Iran further where Kamal Haasan, in spite of, or maybe torted human forms as bait for our sympathy. with the global order and initiating reforms at because of, his multitasking with the me- Their coarse, self-deprecatory humour, home. Still, his victory in the first round, for dium, finds himself often on slippery ground. their beggary act to elicit attention and the M.G. Ramachandran and, like Kamal Haas- mockery of those who won’t drop coins into which he needs more than 50% of the vote, is far an to a less acute extent, Shivaji Ganesan their bowls in response, their emotional give- from certain. In 2013, after eight years of Mah- form the other two of the quartet to ever and-take in their rudimentary, fragile com- moud Ahmadinejad’s rule, which saw Iran’s in- occupy this hallowed ground. Rajinikanth munity, threatened every once in a while by ternational isolation grow and repression at home and Kamal Haasan, unlike contemporary one traumatic intervention or the other and, harden, voters across the spectrum rallied behind stars in Hindi or other Indian language films above all, their stoic fatalism are worked in Mr. Rouhani. He had promised to break Iran’s including Tamil, do not ever endorse, or such behavioural detail as to make it look isolation, resolve the nuclear crisis through dip- model for, commercial products in the mar- many of them with impressive runs at the at camera stylo—using the camera like a like documentation woven into fiction. In ket. They and their fans take their image far box office. Among them are Radha Mohan pen—personalisation here. parallel, the narrative thread of the fierce lomatic means and turn that into economic ben- too seriously for any commercialisation with his Mozhi (2007), Vasantha Balan with They are not, even within the Tamil Aghori, who is brought back to his home efit for all citizens. He delivered on some of those other than that of the box office. Films—their his Veyil (2006) and Angadi Theru (2010), filmic canon, clear-cut departures into the after long rigorous years of tantric self-mor- promises. He clinched the nuclear deal and plots, scripts, situations and dialogues—are Bala’s Naan Kadavul (2009) and now Para- experimental or the artistic like, say, Jayab- tification in Kasi and cannot naturally rec- oversaw greater Iranian engagement on the world custom-made for them; their remuneration desi (2013), Ameer’s Paruthiveeran (2007), harathi’s Kudisai (1979) or Nasser’s Avataram oncile to this domestication, leads to a sub- stage. But he has yet to make good on his goal of accounts for a good portion of the lavish bud- Sasikumar’s Subramaniapuram (2008), M. (1995). They may not achieve the subtle limated realm of a different moral order. It attracting foreign direct investment and mod- gets which go into their films. And the films Anbazhagan’s Sattai (2012), and Mysskin’s amoral boldness of the sterling, one-of-its- is a film that jolts any preconception we might ernising the economy. It is partly not in his hands. literally ride on their shoulders in the race Chithiram Pesuthadi (2006). kind, J. Mahendran’s Uthiripookkal (1979), have of Tamil cinema, even if less charitable at the theatrical circuit. Their themes are, for the most part, sui although they can be strident against tradi- viewers may resent being force-fed on slices International companies and banking giants When age begins to work against the su- generis. These are films that firmly belong tional mores. At the same time, they steer of the raw underbelly of society and having still shy away from making deals with Tehran. perstar in meeting the extraordinary expec- to their milieus (not the hybrid variety of clear of the sophisticated stylistics of Mani- aham brahmasmin (the Naan Kadavul, or, I Though the UN-mandated sanctions on Iran were tations placed on him, especially in action Bollywood catering more to the non-resident ratnam or Gautam Menon, or the mannered am God, credo) dinned into their ears. lifted after the nuclear deal, the non-nuclear sanc- sequences, modern, digital 3-D effects and Indian sensibility) and articulate the collo- commonness of Cheran. They combine, Bala’s Paradesi pushes despondency fur- tions imposed by the U.S. are still in place. The animation can come to his rescue in creating quial tongue with assurance. They do not shy syncretise and improve on the breakaway ther, in fact all the way, with no silver lining expected thaw in relations between Washington his spitting proxy image in a computer rath- away from the device of song or dance, but languages of K. Balachander and Bharathi- whatsoever. It is, again, an uncommon and and Tehran did not take place in the wake of geo- er than through live shot footage; a virtual use it befittingly to nuance or further the raja, avoiding their irritant angularities—the uncertain, not to mention uncomfortable, doppelganger put together as pixels that can narrative. They are not self-consciously dis- stilted situations and verbose punning in feeling to be stuck on the threshold of suf- political tensions in West Asia. Worse, the Trump outperform him and his conventional human tanced or cosmopolitan, but redolent of the dialogues of the one and the cloyingly ex- fering through the entire stretch of the film. administration’s anti-Iran rhetoric is not only scar- stunt double. The audience does not care as local idiom and custom. They do not pretend otic ruralness of the other. Set in the pre-Independence period, it is about ing off western investors but also playing it into long as the verisimilitude is maintained. If to be an alternative to the mainstream or to What Seamus Heaney describes as the a poor but free village community in the old the hands of the hardliners in Iran. his latest film and description of future films combat the star syndrome; and, in fact, often technique, as against the craft, of the poet is Madras Presidency being inveigled into work- The hardliners now see an opportunity to are any indication, this seems to be the shape demonstrably defer, in their work, to the as applicable to these directors. Their tech- ing as bonded labour on the tea estates run take back power from the “elitist” Mr. Rouhani. of Rajinikanths to come on the screen. This legacy and influence of the stars who exercise nique is the watermark that identifies and by the British; their anomie and deprivation Ebrahim Raisi, a cleric and a former aide of the embrace of technology to perpetuate the such a hold on the public mind. An extended unifies their films without, however, making in their new circumstances are compounded mythico-physical persona of the star would scene in a police station in Naan Kadavul, them uniform—technique which, as Heaney by ordeal after ordeal visited on them by their Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is Mr. be different from its application in Hollywood for instance, has the enslaved and abused puts it, “involves also a definition of his stance British master, his Tamil Kangani (overseer) Rouhani’s main rival. Though Mr. Khamenei to create science-fictional humanoids or group of stunted, maimed or otherwise de- towards life, a definition of his own reality. and a coterie of henchmen. has not openly endorsed any candidate, the creatures. Here, it meets a peculiarly Indian bilitated beggars doing a blissfully liberative It involves the discovery of ways to go out of The film has the effect of one sustained, clerical establishment’s preference is no secret. hankering after youthfulness for stardom mimicry routine, with MGR, Shivaji and his normal cognitive bounds and raid the relentless ululation. This is how it was, the The Iranian presidency is not a strong institution and reluctance to accept that stars can age R ajinikanth as their stock-in-trade subjects, inarticulate: a dynamic alertness that medi- director seems to defiantly tell us, and there compared to other presidential systems. In the and fade. Rajinikanth himself has made it to entertain the exploitative policemen. The ates between the origins of feeling in mem- is no escaping it. It is in fact the songs in Islamic Republic, real power lies w ith the Supreme manifest that he has no use for such delusion protagonist in Veyil, a projectionist in a run- ory and experience and the formal ploys that between (scored, with the rest of the music, or pretence in his real life. He is one of the down cinema theatre, is as much a reveller express these in a work of ar t… it is that whole by G.V. Prakash Kumar) which prov ide some Leader, who is not directly elected by the people. few stars who do not hide or disguise greying as the spectators in the exultant fan ritual creative effort of the mind’s and body’s re- breathing space and emollient relief as they Nonetheless, the office of the President lends beard or balding head off-screen. But then, that accompanies every screening of each sources to bring the meaning of experience philosophise the irredeemable plight of the credence to the country’s theocratic system, and stardom and its attributes are not as much film featuring their favourite stars. within the jurisdiction of form.” To pursue protagonist and his co-victims and, by trans- a visionary, popular leader can manoeuvre a state of mind of the star himself as of those The approach of these directors to their that quality and comparison further with muting it from sense perception into something within the limitations and push his agenda that make and see him as one. “craft” and “technique” enunciates the dif- Heaney, it is like the technique of the water to ponder about, make it to that extent bear- gradually. Mohammad Khatami, one of Mr. In the more stretchable “star” band just ference between these two concepts as flagged diviner, “a gift for being in touch with what able. Rouhani’s predecessors, tried to do so, with below this figure are younger actors such as by the Irish Nobel laureate and poet Seamus is there, hidden and real, a gift for mediating Bonded labour of the market is the theme Ajit, Vikram, Vijay, Surya, Dhanush, Karti, Heaney (in Preoccupations: Selected Prose between the latent resource and the com- of Vasantha Balan’s Angadi Theru. We find limited success. Though his first term was not Jeeva and a few others whose filmic images, 1968-1978) in the context of verse. For a poet, munity that wants it current and released”. ourselves amidst the exploited workforce, flawless, Mr. Rouhani has demonstrated that again, are caught in their fan club expectation he says, “craft is the skill of making…. It can They, therefore, meet a felt need in the inter- and its subhuman communal living condi- he is capable of nav igating through Iran’s com- trap. The directors may perhaps have better be deployed without reference to the feelings stices of a saturated and star-dominated tions, of a busy textile shop complex in Ran- plex power dynamics, perhaps more efficient- leeway in pushing character and plot in new or the self.” Craft in the films of this clutch market. ganathan Street in Chennai. The workers, ly than Mr. Khatami could. It is now his chance directions here, but the films cannot escape of directors too is uniformly external and Bala’s Naan Kadavul combines outland- including the protagonist couple who turn to convince voters to give him one more term so being formulaic enough to protect the respec- competent; there is no great identifiable dif- ishness and dismalness in a volatile mix that lovers and struggle in vain to cope with this he can continue this gradualist but substantive tive star brands. It is such a market of mul- ference or personal stamp in their framing, makes for a very uncommon and chastising barely subsistence mode of existence, are tiple niches and slotted appetites that, lensing or editing. None of them is setting viewing experience. Even as we recoil at the gullible or helpless migrants from the coun- reform agenda. roughly over the last decade, a wave of new out to be an auteur in the sense of the Euro- sight of the mangled physiques and bruised tryside, drawn to the city in organised hordes films and film directors has washed over, pean new wave film-maker. There is no attempt and bleeding spirits of the forced conscripts— in search of livelihood. Contemplative triptych  SASHI KUMAR her transformation w ith a cornea trans- with a delicate combination of ruminant rhosis of the liver and finds that the cure plant that bestows sight to her. When restlessness and coiled-spring terseness entails a liver transplant and medication HE ship of Theseus is as old blind, she is surefooted, instinctive, works by the Egyptian actor Aida El-Kashef, using products manufactured by the as conundrums go, harking within a monochromatic axis of black may be afflicted by a crisis of identity same companies, he resorts to the ulti- Tback to the vessel in which the and white, is drawn by her other sen- just because after the corneal graft, to mate act of “Santhara”, or death by star- mythic Greek slayer of the Minotaur sor y faculties—and some electronic jigs put it rather plainly, she begins seeing vation sanctioned by Jainism, but relents sailed. The poser as it was first recorded attached to her camera that can read of f with someone else’s eyes. Her dilemma in the last minute and decides to submit by Plutarch was: if the planks of the ship distances—to zero in on her shot, and is, rather, one of identification, expres- to the surgery. Again, there are other were replaced one after the other until driven by her keenly cultivated internal sion and creativity as she moves from a paradoxes at better work here than that nothing of the old timber was left on it, rhythm to capture the moment as the state of being blind to one of becoming of the film’s title, but by now the over- would the ship remain the same? Ancient vision clicks in her mind. Absence of visually enabled. She has, literally, to arching intellectual hypothesis no lon- philosophers, including Heraclitus, eyesight virtually invests her frames readjust her sights to the colour and light ger nags. We are, we realise, into a re- Plato and Socrates, took a shot at this with a cutting edge. All this dissipates and forms of the visual external world. splendent film whose every moment riddle, and Hobbes in the 17th century with the corneal transplant and the com- Without a histor y of seeing, it is perhaps needs to be savoured, irrespective of the raised the obverse scenario: what if all ing of sight and light in her life, and she a quantum leap into sight and into the theoretical constructs. And it is in this the old timber of the ship had been saved finds herself faltering and struggling to attendant problems of adjustment that segment of the monk and his cause that and used to build another ship? Which cope with the abundance and disorder Oliver Sacks has recounted in his case the film is at its heart-wrenching best. would then be the original ship? Varia- of what she sees around her. world,” he says, “if I can’t imagine… in serves that “the main questions posed study (“To See And Not See” in The New The actor and theatre director Neer- tions of this theme have engaged others Thanks to what seems a vague pla- my own way. When a blind person says by the transition from analog to digital Yorker of May 1993) of a middle-aged aj Kabi puts body and soul into the role down the ages. Now we have a young giarism charge—that this plot is modelled ‘I imagine’, it means he too has an inner photography can be considered in rela- man he calls Virgil, who had been ren- with devastating effect, stirring us with film-maker, A nand Gandhi, who sets up on another short film of a blind painter representation of external realities.” tion to blindness. While analog photog- dered blind from childhood by a form his infectious warmth, spurring us to the paradox afresh as the framework for and the crisis of creativity that the gift It is no coincidence that the camera raphy tends to think of itself as not being of complicated cataract; the cataract keep pace with his hurried strides on his film of the same title. In the process, of sight forces on her—Anand Gandhi images captured by the blind young blind, digital photography knows itself was surgically removed and he could his unending karmic path, drawing us perhaps unk now n to himself, he sets of f has volunteered the information that woman in the film bear a resemblance to be blind and operates accordingly. then see, but he could never relate to his into his utterly selfless humaneness, a subset of a paradox himself because the inspiration behind the character was to those of Bavcar. They are, both, man- While analog photography equates the faculty of sight. But this is a different touching us with the poignance of his the entry point to the film with a loaded the blind Slovenian photographer Eve- ifestly digital—light sources leave an visual and the visible, digital photogra- problem and the Theseus paradox seems inner turmoil, and challenging us to title like this is essentially cerebral; but gen Bavcar, whose work s of, and thoughts incandescent trail as the shot is of move- phy presupposes their distinction. While farfetched in her circumstance. behold him as he wastes away into skin its philosophical overlay seems over- on, photography are seminal to an un- ment or in movement, the compositions the referents of analog photography ap- The film leaves her there, grappling and bones before our eyes. The physical, wrought and to distract, if not detract, derstanding of how the camera mediates have an oneiric strangeness about them. pear to be ocular, digital photography with sight, and moves on to the second the emotional, the intellectual and the from the three situations portrayed of between blindness and sight. Bavcar As an aside, it is interesting to note, in demonstrates that pictorial referents situation about a young Jain monk, win- spiritual come together into lived daily being and becoming, where the heart makes a distinction between the visual, the larger context of the techno-cultur- are not merely the objects of sight, but somely affable but resolute in his ways, routine and banter without ever becom- and free will, as much as the mind, play as “that which our eyes see”, and the al shift from the analogue to the digital, essentially the objects of the gaze. In and fighting, even while observing the ing overtly profound. This stretch of the decisive roles and where the gestalt is visible, as “that which our mind sees”. that as part of a write-up on Bavcar sum, blind photography is digital pho- austerities enjoined on him by his faith, film is covered with masterly finesse by not a sum of the body parts. The camera v iew is, for Bavcar, “the gaze (titled “The Blind Photographer”), the tography ‘avant la lettre’.” a legal case against exper iments involv- the director, with the tightly engaging, The first in the triptych is about a of the third eye” and imagining images psychoanalyst and exper t on blind pho- There is no reason to infer that our ing animals by pharmaceutical compa- peripatetic camerawork of Pankaj Kumar blind young Egyptian photographer and is existence itself. “I can’t belong to this tography Benjamin Mayer Foulkes ob- blind protagonist with the camera, played nies. When he is diagnosed with cir- to match. Let Col Purohit, first Army officer arrested ffor terrorism, claims innocence

05 SRINAGAR | December 15, 2017, Friday www.timeandus.com www.facebook.com/TimeandUs [email protected] timeandus @timeandus INTER STATE PM Modi's roadshow blatant SC to hear Vodafone tax dispute case after Jan 10

violation of model code of NEW DELHI: The Su- preme Court on Thursday said the Vodafone tax conduct: Chidambaram dispute case won't be heard before January 10. NEW DELHI: Senior Congress Gehlot accused the Election Com- A bench headed by leader P Chidambaram on Thurs- mission of "working under the Chief Justice Dipak Misra day launched a scathing attack at pressure from PM and PMO." said, "The Vodafone the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Voter turnout of 39 percent was tax dispute case under for conducting a roadshow on the recorded till 12 pm in the second India-UK treaty won't final day of Gujarat Assembly elec- and final phase of Gujarat Assem- start before January 10 tions after casting his vote at a bly elections on Thursday. as it is listed for hearing polling booth in Sabarmati and The voting will continue till 5 before the Delhi High termed it as a gross violation of pm in more than 25,000 polling Court in early January." the model code of conduct. stations.The second phase of elec- Earlier on October 26, In a series of tweets, the former tions is underway in 93 constituen- the Delhi High Court al- finance minister said: "Allowing cies spread across 14 districts in lowed the Vodafone a roadshow of PM on voting day is north and central Gujarat. Group to go ahead with a gross violation of code of conduct. A total of 851 candidates are in arbitration proceedings It is an election campaign. What the fray and over 2.22 lakh people against India, under a is the EC doing?" will take part in the election to treaty with the United USD 11 billion acquisition of stake in Chidambaram said that con- decide their fate. Kingdom, in connection with a Rs. Hutch by Vodafone was liable for tax de- ducting a full-fledged campaign The security has been increased 11,000-crore tax demand raised against duction at source under the Income Tax on the polling day is a shocking in various parts of the state in the the firm in relation to its USD 11-billion Act. As Vodafone had not deducted tax at violation of rules. wake of the polls. deal for acquiring a stake in Hutchinson source, the government had raised the de- "The images on TV will leave The BJP has fielded 93 candi- Telecom, which held the group's Indian as- mand of Rs. 11,000 crore, which was sub- no one in doubt that the BJP and He further stated, "Let the me- violation of the code of conduct. dates for this phase, while the sets.However, in an interim order of Au- sequently quashed by the apex court on PM have conducted a full fledged dia look at the images on the TV Condemn the EC for allowing this Congress has fielded only 91. gust, the high court restrained the group January 20, 2012. campaign on polling day. Shocking screens, search its conscience and gross abuse." A political slugfest The voter turnout in the first or its subsidiaries from going ahead with The government later made a retro- violation of Rules. EC is sleeping reach a conclusion. There has not erupted after Prime Minister Modi phase of the polls was 68 per cent. arbitration under the India-UK Bilateral spective amendment to the Income Tax on the job," he tweeted. been a more blatant violation of went to meet his supporters, who The results will be declared on Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA) Act which re-fastened the liability on Vo- Denouncing the roadshow, Chi- the code of conduct on polling day." were chanting "Modi, Modi", after December 18. as the company had initiated similar pro- dafone. This aggrieved the firm and the dambaram said it was a "blatant The Congress leader concluded casting his vote for the Gujarat In the 2012 assembly polls, the ceedings on the same issue under the In- Vodafone International Holdings BV in- violation of the code of conduct on his Twitter tirade by saying, "Stand assembly elections. BJP won 115 seats, while the Con- dia-Netherlands BIPA.The court noted voked the arbitration clause under BIPA polling day". up Media to this unprecedented Meanwhile, party leader Ashok gress bagged 61. that the government was of the view the between India and Netherlands. Mandatory ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVE LAUNCHED IN GURUGRAM With a vision to improve road to develop innovative programs that Haryana takes place in Gurugram Health Organization, injuries caused road fatalities. We hope to make Aadhaar linking: safety and reduce road traffic fa- will have real-time impact on road as it also provides passage to two by traffic accidents are increasing, road safety a top priority in the talities in Gurugram, Haryana, safety."Prof. (Dr.) Satish Chandra, of the most important highways, being one of the main causes of death agenda of decision makers and Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), Director, Central Road Research NH8 and NH48. in the world, and representing a private sector leaders. In this con- SC reserves order U NITA R, CR R I, A IMTC, SR F, IR SC, Institute, (a national laboratory of Echoing the sentiment of com- heavy burden on families and the text, this partnership will be of DLF and OL A Cabs today announced CSIR on Road Research) congratu- mitment towards the initiative, S national economy. strategic significance to us." NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved the launch of the #SaferRoadsFor- lated the partners and said, "We are K Mittal, President, All India Motor Speaking at the occasion, David According to the Ministry of its interim order for tomorrow on pleas seeking a stay on the Gurugram initiative. extremely proud, and motivated to Transport Congress, said, "In align- Braunstein, President, Together For Road Transport and Highways government's decision of mandatory linking of Aadhaar with A work ing group of representa- be a part of this initiative, and hope ment with its aims, AIMTC extends Safer Roads (an international con- 2016 report, 4,80,652, road ac- various welfare schemes. tives from these eight organisations to build strength into the campaign its commitment to this campaign sortium on road safety) said, "Saf- cidents occur in India resulting A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice will lead this initiative - bringing by providing robust research sup- to reach-out to the truckers and tour er Roads are a shared responsibil- in 1,50,785 deaths and 4,94,624 Dipak Misra said the final hearing on the petitions challeng- together government, industry as- port on various aspects of road bus operators, who form an integral ity for all of us, and by striking the injuries. Haryana, in particular, ing the Aadhaar scheme itself would commence from Janu- sociations, academia, research, NGOs safety such as insights on road de- part of this stakeholder spectrum. strategic partnerships Safer Roads has one of the highest fatality per ary 17 next year. and corporates to tackle road safe- sign and engineering." We look forward to working to- for Gurugram has taken an impor- capita in road accidents in India The central government had yesterday attempted to con- ty in India with an initial focus on "Road Safety is a quintessential gether with all partners to achiev- tant first step in the right direction. with an average of 43 fatalities in vince the court not to interfere with its deadlines, promising Gurugram. part of DLF 's vision to make Guru- ing the common target towards We are pleased to see this coalition every 100 accidents to extend it for another three months till 31 March 2018 for The first focus of this working gram a sustainable city. increasing road safety in Gurugram." gaining momentum and encourage Amar Srivastava, Founder, those who do not have Aadhaar. group will be to conduct a baseline We are glad to extend our sup- Mohammad Imran, Founder, other organizations to partner in Indian Road Safety Campaign, Earlier on October 25, the Supreme court had said that study and analysis of existing road port in making Safer Roads For Safe Road Foundation, expressed improving road safety and in reduc- (largest Indian student lead move- the deadline for compulsory linking of Aadhaar to receive safety data, which will be used to Gurugram initiative a roaring suc- his opinion, "Safe Road Foundation ing road traffic deaths and injuries ment on road safety) said, "We benefits of government schemes has been extended till March define a clear roadmap and action cess, in conjunction with all the is pleased to show its support, in in Gurugram."Congratulating the believe in the power of youth and 31, 2018 for those who do not have the 12-digit unique bio- plan to improve road safety in par tners." said Col. Prakash Tewar i, partnership with other like-mind- partners on this first step, Alex- is committed to support this cause metric identification number. Gurugram. Executive Director, DLF CSR. ed organizations, to raise awareness ander A. Mejia, Director, Social by leveraging its vast network of Earlier the court had tagged 22 cases to be heard by a Ben Verhaert, President-India, According to a report published around the issue of road safet y among Development Programme, UNITAR college youth to be the carriers of smaller bench. Anheuser-Busch InBev, said, "We by WRI, Gurugram is at the helm various stakeholder groups. (UN Institute for Training and change. We also look forward to The cases challenge several aspects of Aadhaar, including are delighted to bring together a of this initiative as it is one of the We hope to garner more citizen Research) said, "U NITA R is com- bringing value to this campaign the use of data collected under the unique identification group of stakeholders with such fastest growing cities in the country partnership to make Gurugram mitted to strengthening capacities by suggesting relevant technical programme. diverse expertise to develop an in- and commercial hub for Indian and roads safe for all."Road safety is one to improve road safety, through innovations."Safer Roads For Gu- As of now, the 12-digit Aadhaar number is compulsory to tegrated approach to improve Road foreign companies. From the per- of the greatest global challenges in the implementation of capacity rugram initiative will also con- be linked to bank accounts, PAN cards, government services Safety in Gurugram. We look forward spective of road safety, most num- public health and well-being in the building initiatives that contribute tribute to the Haryana government's and cell phone services. to collaborating with our partners ber of road accidents in the state of 21st centur y. According to the World to achiev ing SDG 3.6 and to reduce 'Haryana Vision Zero' campaign. Congress workers protesting against GUJARAT POLLS: 47.40% TURNOUT PM Modi's roadshow detained RECORDED TILL 2 PM Congress workers marching towards tanced itself from all its responsibilities", AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Chief Elec- Election Commission in protest over Congress leader R andeep Sur jewala said toral Officer, BB Swain on Thursday Prime Minister Modi's roadshow after in a press conference here. informed that the voter turnout in the casting his vote today were stopped by He added that Prime Minister Modi's second phase of the state assembly elec- police outside Sardar Patel Bhawan near sink ing boat is getting help from the EC. tions 2017 is 47.40 percent till 2:00 pm. Patel Chowk here. Another Congress leader, Ashok Earlier in the day, a voter turnout of The Police also detained few Con- Gehlot, further said that Prime Min- 39 percent was recorded till 12:00 pm. gress workers. ister Modi's road show after casting Till 10 am, 12.39 percent of voter Earlier in the day, the Congress vote is a clear case of violation of the turnout was recorded. Party attacked the Election Commis- model code of conduct. The voting will continue till 5 pm in sion (EC) say ing that the poll body has eyes while the constitution is being Bashing the Election Commission, more than 25,000 polling stations. gone mum and distanced itself from blasted every moment. Prime Minister Surjewala said that the former has be- The second phase of elections is take part in the election to decide their of the polls was 68 per cent. its responsibility. Modiji forgot that after 22 years of poor come a "frontal organisation" of the BJP. conducted in 93 constituencies spread fate.The BJP has fielded 93 candidates The results will be declared on De- " The way Modiji is doing road shows governance, people of Gujarat have re- Surjewala had earlier said that the across 14 districts in north and central for this phase, while Congress has cember 18.In the 2012 assembly polls, with the help of Election Commission jected the BJP and no techniques are Congress party will expose the "double Gujarat.A total of 851 candidates are in fielded only 91. the BJP won 115 seats, while the Congress shows that the puppet EC has shut its going to help him. The EC too has dis- standards of Election Commission." the fray and over 2.22 lakh people will The voter turnout in the first phase bagged 61. Just a case of sour grapes: BJP on Congress' 'puppet' remark Private healthcare sector GANDHINAGAR: The When Congress comes in attacked Prime Minister Naren- Surjewala said in a press con- The voting will continue till must improve credibility, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) power, it always tries to keep dra Modi and the BJP on their ference here. 5 pm in more than 25,000 poll- general secretary in-charge for others as puppets. I would say, road shows during the polls, He added that Prime Minis- ing stations.The second phase of says JP Nadda Gujarat, Bhupendra Yadav, on for whom grapes are sour, now saying that the Election Com- ter Modi's sinking boat is get- elections is conducted in 93 Thursday said that the Congress they are blaming the constitu- mission has gone mum and dis- ting help from the EC, which is constituencies spread across 14 NEW DELHI: Union Minister JP Nadda on Thursday Party always tries to pull strings tional bodies". tanced itself from its not going to help the former. districts in north and central said the image of private healthcare sector is at stake and and now that it is about to face a He added that the entire na- responsibility."The way Modiji Another Congress leader, Gujarat.A total of 851 candi- that it should adopt a self regulatory system to improve defeat, it is blaming the Election tion knows that in 1977, the is doing road shows with the Ashok Gehlot, further said that dates are in the fray and over their credibility. Commission (EC). Congress captivated the help of Election Commission Prime Minister Modi's road 2.22 lakh people will take part "Private healthcare sector's image is on stake. Speaking at a press confer- country."They are known for shows that the puppet EC has show after casting vote is a clear in the election to decide their Their credibility has to be seen and they should go for ence here, the BJP leader said, breaking guidelines of constitu- shut its eyes while the constitu- case of violation of the model fate.The security has been in- a self regulatory system. A common man's aspiration should "During the last Rajya Sabha tional bodies and we condemn tion is being blasted every mo- code of conduct. creased in various parts of the also be taken care," Nadda said while addressing 14th India elections when the Election Com- it. Wherever there are elections ment. Prime Minister Modiji "EC seems to be working un- state in the wake of the polls. Health Summit here. mission gave the verdict, we ac- between two or more parties, forgot that after 22 years of der pressure from the Prime The BJP has fielded 93 can- He added that the issue has to be resolved by improving cepted it. Congress then hailed the Congress has always lost. poor governance, people of Gu- Minister and the Prime Minis- didates for this phase, while communication within the organisations. the same EC for being impartial. Further, I congratulate the peo- jarat have rejected the BJP and ter Office", he added. Congress has fielded only 91. "We have to have a regulatory mechanism. Now that the Congress is about to ple of Gujarat for coming in no techniques are going to help Bashing the Election Com- The voter turnout in the first I have written letters to all the chief ministers to look face a terrible defeat, they are such large numbers to vote," Ya- him. The EC too has distanced mission, Surjewala further said phase of the polls was 68 per into the matter," Nadda further said. putting allegations of all kinds on dav said.Yadav's remark came itself from all its responsibili- the former has become a "fron- cent.The results will be declared The 14th India Health Summit was organised by the the Election Commission. after the Congress party today ties", Congress leader Randeep tal organisation" of the BJP. on December 18. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) today. 06 SRINAGAR | December 15, 2017, Friday www.timeandus.com www.facebook.com/TimeandUs [email protected] timeandus @timeandus HEALTH This is how chimps Music therapy along with traditional died in Uganda treatments may ease depression: Study Poachers, predators and deforestation are not the only threats that chimpanzees now face. New research The power of music is undeniably one included 79 people. finds that even a human "common cold" virus can give unmatched. Various studies have The total number of treatment them a deadly blow. confirmed highly effective results sessions ranged from eight to 48, The virus, known as rhinovirus C, was responsible when it comes to the healing prop- and the duration of sessions varied for killing healthy chimps during an outbreak of respi- er ties of music in situations of emo- from 20 minutes to two hours. ratory disease in Uganda in 2013, said the study published tional and/or mental stress. Only one of the studies in the online in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases on It not only has an impact on hu- analysis compared active versus Wednesday. mans, but on animals too, which passive music therapy, and it didn’t "This was an explosive outbreak of severe coughing many researches have shown as well. find a difference in the short-term and sneezing," said Tony Goldberg, Professor at Uni- Many people resort to music when severity of depression. versity of Wisconsin-Madison in the US and a senior they feel low, sad or depressed, be- “The most important finding is author of the study. cause it is soothing and makes you that music therapy shows short-term "It was completely unknown that rhinovirus C could feel calm and at ease. beneficial effects for people with infect anything other than humans," Goldberg said Supporting that, a research re- depression when added on top of while giving reference to a two-year-old chimp named view has suggested that traditional baseline psychological or pharma- Betty, who succumbed to the virus and whose body was depression treatments like psycho- cological treatment,” said Dr. Gjin quickly recovered and autopsied after her death. therapy or medication might work Ndrepepa, a researcher at Technical R hinov ir us C is one of three rhinov ir us species, each better for some patients when doc- University in Munich, Germany, who causing respiratory disease in humans. But rhinovirus tors add a dose of music therapy. wasn’t involved in the study. C is notably more severe than its relatives, rhinovi- Researchers examined data on How it works isn’t clear, Ndre- ruses A and B. 421 people who participated in nine pepa said. "It was surprising to find it in chimpanzees, and it previously completed short-term But modern brain imaging stud- was equally surprising that it could kill healthy chim- experiments testing the benefits of patients’ symptoms and functioning, participating in a musical perfor- music could help but was only done ies have shown that music therapy panzees outright," Goldberg said. music therapy on its own or added and that this finding holds across a mance, or some combination of these in one countr y and lef t many unan- activates regions of the brain that The outbreak occurred in February of 2013 and af- to traditional interventions for de- var iet y of settings, countr ies, t y pes approaches. What sets therapy apar t swered questions, he said. are involved in regulating emotions. fected most chimps in the community. During that time, pression. of patients, and types of music from other musical endeavors is that “The present review update con- Joyful and sad music can have dif- five chimps out of 56 died, including Betty. Overall, the analysis found pa- therapy,” said senior study author it is typically led by a person with firms these findings and broadens ferent effects, too, Ndrepepa added. The findings are a cautionary tale about human tients felt less depressed when mu- Christian Gold of Uni Research training in counseling, psychology them,” Gold said by email. “We still More research is still needed to interactions with wild apes, Goldberg said. sic was added to their treatment Health in Bergen, Norway. or treating depression. think that more research is needed; figure out what type of music ther- In Africa, people encounter chimpanzees and other regimen, according to the analysis More than 300 million people Even though music therapy has however, we feel that research on apy works best for specific patient apes when human set tlements expand into ape habitats, in the Cochrane Library. worldwide have depression, which long been used all over the world, music therapy for depression can situations, Gold said. through activities like tourism and research, and when Music therapy also appeared to is projected to become the leading research to date hasn’t offered a clear now turn to more specific questions, “Until we have more specific apes leave the forests to raid crops. help ease an xiet y and improve f unc- cause of disability by 2020, Gold picture of its benefits, Gold said. such as comparing different types research results comparing differ- tioning in depressed individuals, and colleagues write. The last rev iew of music therapy of therapy to each other.” ent music therapies to each other, and it appeared just as safe as tra- Music therapy can include pas- published by Cochrane in 2008 didn’t Studies included in the current music therapy should be seen as one ditional treatments. sive approaches that involve listen- offer as much evidence of benefits, review ranged in duration from six of a variety of options,” Gold said. Autistic people with “We can now be more confident ing, active treatments that involve Gold said. A milestone study that to 12 weeks. The smallest study had “It is important to have choices be- psychosis at greater that music therapy in fact improves playing an instrument or singing or came out in 2011 concluded that just 14 par ticipants, and the largest cause no therapy works for everyone.” risk of attempting Over 7,92000 cancer cases worldwide may happen due to obesity, diabetes: Report Obesity and diabetes are percent of the total, were linked how diabetes or obesity di- suicide two such conditions that are with a high body-mass index rectly cause cancer. Another mostly lifestyle-induced, apart (BMI, a ratio of weight to limitation is that because many According to a study, autistic people, who have from being hereditary. height), and 280,000, or 2 cancers can take years to de- psychosis, are at greater risk of depression and thoughts Shown by numerous stud- percent, were linked with velop, a decade-long study of suicide.The research, le d by Professor Stephen Wood ies as the beginning of more diabetes.A BMI of 25 or high- might underestimate the con- at Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth serious health issues, both er indicates overweight, and nection between cancer and Mental Health, showed that, among people with psy- diabetes and obesity are ris- a BMI of 30 or higher indicates these other health problems. chosis, depressive symptoms and thoughts of self-harm ing in countries across the obesity.“Increases in diabetes “Perhaps most surprising were not because of the psychosis, but instead were world, with medical experts and high BMI worldwide could is that the already striking linked to the level of autism traits a person had. expressing concern. lead to a substantial increase findings of the study are "The more autism traits people with psychosis had, Adding to the disturbing in the proportion of cancers likely to be underestimates the lonelier and more hopeless they felt and were more situation, a new report has attr ibutable to these r isk fac- of the true impact of obesity likely to think about suicide," Professor Wood said."When suggested that many cancer tors, if nothing is done to and diabetes on cancer rates,” a person presents with a psychotic illness, such as cases worldwide may happen reduce them,” said lead study said Dr. Graham Colditz, au- schizophrenia, they are at an increased r isk of self-harm at least in part because people author Dr. Jonathan Pearson- thor of an accompanying or suicide.People with autism are also at a heightened are overweight or have dia- Stuttard of Imperial College editorial and a researcher at risk."Professor Wood`s team explored how the two betes.Diabetes and being London in the UK. Washington University School might be related by reviewing people with a clinical overweight or obese were a “These projections are cet Diabetes and Endocrinol- followed by east and southeast tributed the highest number of Medicine in St. Louis, Mis- diagnosis of psychosis and those without."What we factor in 5.6 percent of new particularly alarming when ogy.Both high BMI and dia- Asian countries at about 24 of cancer cases related to souri.The biggest increases found was that with both groups the more autism traits cancer cases worldwide in considering the high and in- betes are risk factors for percent.Although cancers are diabetes and high BMI, at 25 in weight and diabetes-relat- a person had, the more likely they were to have depres- 2012, or about 792,600 cases, creasing cost of cancer and various types of cancer, po- still less common in some low percent and 38 percent, re- ed cancers were seen in low sive symptoms and suicide ideation."Professor Wood the authors say. metabolic diseases, and high- tentially due to biological and middle-income countries spectively. and middle-income countries, said to prevent people attempting suicide it was im- Researchers examined light the need to improve changes caused by these than in high-income nations, By 2025, growing rates of where rates of overweight and por tant to identif y those most at r isk."Our study shows rates of 12 types of cancer from control measures, and increase conditions – such as high these countries had particu- diabetes and obesity could obesity have been rising dra- that a person`s level of autism traits is an extremely 175 countries in 2012. Then, awareness of the link bet ween insulin, high blood sugar lev- larly large impacts from dia- contribute to a 30 percent matically in recent years, impor tant marker in helping identif y those people w ith because cancer can take a long cancer, diabetes, and high els, chronic inflammation, betes and high BMI. increase in the number of Colditz noted.“It is hard to psychosis at risk of suicide," he said."What we need to time to develop, they looked BMI,” Pearson-Stuttard said and dysregulated sex hor- For example, between 9 cancers related to these con- overstate the importance of do now is improve care for people with high levels of back at 2002 data on rates of in a statement. mones such as estrogen. percent and 14 percent of all ditions in women, and a 20 working to maintain a healthy autism traits who develop a psychotic illness.This means overweight or obesity and type Worldwide, an estimated The biggest proportion of cancer cases in Mongolia, percent increase in related weight,” Colditz said by email. better training for clinical staff to support people with 2 diabetes, which is caused 422 million adults have dia- cancer cases related to dia- Egypt, Kuwait, and Vanuatu cancers in men, researchers “It lowers the r isk of multiple both autism and psychosis, and the need to ask about in part by obesity. betes and more than 2 billion betes and high BMI - about were tied to high BMI and estimated.The study wasn’t cancers – as well as diabetes, autism traits in clinical assessments." Overall, about 544,000 adults are overweight or obese, 38 percent - occurred in high- diabetes.Globally, liver cancer a controlled experiment de- heart disease, liver disease, cancer cases, or about 3.9 researchers report in the Lan- income western countries, and endometrial cancer con- signed to prove whether or and arthritis.”

Gene therapy drug shows promise of haemophilia cure Half the world's population lacks access A single treatment with a gene haemophilia using a single treatment Recurring bleeding into joints can ting factor. Following patients for up therapy drug has shown promise in for people who at the moment must also lead to progressive joint damage to nineteen months, tests show that to basic health services: WHO curing patients with haemophilia -- a inject themselves as often as every and arthritis. The only current treat- eleven out of thirteen patients in the disorder in which blood does not clot other day. It is so exciting," said John ment involves multiple weekly injec- trial now have normal or near normal normally, results of a clinical trial in Pasi, Professor at Queen Mary Uni- tions to control and prevent bleeding, levels of the previously missing factor Britain show.Over one year on from versity of London. but there is no cure.In the trial, a and all thirteen patients have been a single treatment with a gene ther- A hereditary genetic condition single infusion of the gene therapy able to stop their previously regular apy drug, participants with haemo- dominantly affecting men, people with drug showed improved levels of the treatment."We have seen mind-blow- philia A (the most common type) are severe haemophilia A have virtually essential blood clotting protein Fac- ing results which have far exceeded showing normal levels of the previ- none of the protein factor VIII which tor VIII, with 85 per cent of patients our expectations. When we started ously missing protein, and effective- is essential for blood to clot. achieving normal or near-normal out we thought it would be a huge ly curing them, showed the study It puts those affected at risk of Factor VIII levels even many months achievement to show a five per cent published in the New England Jour- excessive bleeding even from the after treatment.The trial saw patients improvement, so to actually be seeing nal of Medicine. slightest injury as well as causing across England injected with a copy normal or near normal factor levels "We really now have the potential spontaneous internal bleeding, which of the Wmissing gene, which allows with dramatic reduction in bleeding The World Health Organisation ending poverty - we must urgently scale to transform care for people with can be life-threatening. their cells to produce the missing clot- is quite simply amazing," Pasi said. (WHO), in a joint report with the World up our efforts on universal health cov- Bank, on Wednesday revealed that es- erage,” World Bank President Jim Yong sential health services are out of reach Kim said in a statement with the report. for at least half the world’s population, The report, however, also had some observed a group who drank sugar-sweetened while many others are forced into ex- good news: This century has seen a Want to lose that drinks with their meals over an eight-week pe- treme poverty by having to pay for rise in the number of people getting riod. Their diets didn’t otherwise change, but healthcare they cannot afford. services such as vaccinations, HIV/ extra belly fat? Cut they put on an average of three pounds. How- Approximately 800 million people AIDS drugs, and mosquito-repelling ever, this wasn’t all, as participants were found worldwide spend at least 10 percent of bed nets and contraception, it said. to have significantly increased abdominal fat too. their household income on healthcare But, there are wide gaps in the avail- out this one food But how to actually cut out sugar and lose belly for themselves or a sick child, and as ability of services in sub-Saharan fat? One of the most popular diets for those try- many as 100 million of those are left Africa and southern Asia, the report from your diet ing to cut out sugar and lose belly fat is the keto with less than $1.90 a day to live on as found. In other regions, basic services diet. Fighting belly fat is 80% healthy diet. Reduce a result, the WHO said. such as family planning and child im- One of the most common questions people eat the wrong foods, and studies have shown calories by filling yourself up with protein, veg- Expressing their concern and dis- munization are more available, but ask these days is how to lose belly fat. Belly fat is there is one type in particular that should be etables, whole grains, and replacing bad habit appointment with the situation, the families are suffering financially to actually the most dangerous type of fat - besides avoided. snacks with good ones. UN health agency further said that it pay for them.Yong Kim said this was aesthetics, large waist lines are indicators of -- Sugar and foods high in sugar have been linked A great trick is a sprinkle of cinnamon in your was completely unacceptable that more a sign that “the system is broken”. disease. According to Express.co.uk, weight loss to type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease. Many morning coffee or oatmeal - the spice has been than half the world’s people still don’t “We need a fundamental shift in can be a slow process, but there are foods and studies have shown a relationship between high shown to help stabilise blood sugar. It also slows get the most basic healthcare. the way we mobilize resources for health exercises dieters can try to speed things. As well sugar intake and increased abdominal fat. In a the rate at which food exits the stomach, which “If we are serious – not just about and human capital, especially at the as eating the right foods, it is important not to study conducted in 2009, a group of researchers helps you feel fuller longer. better health outcomes but also about country level,” he said. 07 SRINAGAR | December 15, 2017, Friday www.timeandus.com www.facebook.com/TimeandUs [email protected] timeandus @timeandus BUSINESS Studenting Era announces CARE, an initiative on child development and behavioral management NEW DELHI: Studenting Era specially at the stage of adolescence. transform into a happy human of counselors in the schools, which (Business Strategist), Sudipta has announced a major initiative It is a collaborative platform where being."Raja Dasgupta, CEO of is also causing such problems. In Gupta (Director ELT), Varun Khul- for child development and behav- leaders from across the fraternity Studenting Era, shared that addition, many panelists also sup- lar (Vice President, Education ioral management called CARE have joined together for a common "Through this initiative, Student- ported that lifestyle is very respon- Category at Paytm), Dr. Paresh to socially contribute to the student cause.Anil Swarup, Secretary, ing Era would like to address the sible for all of these. Rughani (International, Motiva- community. It was announced at School Education and Literacy, positive aspects of adolescence Cyber Expert Gururaj P said, tional and Inspirational Speaker The Park, New Delhi in an inau- Ministr y of Human Resource De- like education, aspirations, self- "Social media may at times play ACMA (UK). Some more panelists guration ceremony and conclave velopment, Government of India, confidence and motivation as well a role in enhancing the crime. To were Anshul Pathak (Vice Chair- that was attended by prominent made a keynote speech in the in- as the challenges like addiction, what extent the Internet is to be man, Delhi Public School, Ghazi- people in the education sector auguration and said "Child Devel- child abuse and safety, cybercrime used and it is important to under- abad Society), Dr. Nanditesh Nilay including academicians from opment is that aspect of child's and social media protection." stand the side effects on children." (Social Scientist and Thinker) and schools, colleges, institutions, growth that we all need to focus. Anu Aggarwal, iconic actress More speakers such as Vasant Arunabh Singh (Principal and universities and the government. At this time of our growth cycle and model, said, "Yoga and med- Agarwal (Author and Leading Promoter of Nehru World School CARE is an initiative by Stu- there is a need for proactive guid- itation can prove to be a panacea speaker on De-addiction), Prof. Ghaziabad). denting Era whose main objective ance and support from parents, in child development. It has been Daniel Khan (An International Studenting Era w ill be organiz- was to build an ecosystem which mentors and teachers. Managing adopted in many major universi- Educationist), Alka Verma (Senior ing a ser ies of activ ities under this supports the process of internal behavioral changes among children ties abroad and the results have Consultant for Education, Priya initiative. These will include col- and external development of a child is the key and we should observe been found to be quite positive." "The children need to have adequate and their development." Dr. Jiten- Bhargava (Freelance writer and laborative tools, seminars, confer- and take initiative to address the changes, analyze them, initi- A panel session was also orga- emotional nutrition in the school dra Nagpal, Senior Psychologist, Author), Navin Gulia (Accom- ences, workshops, online com- various aspects of their behav- ate discussion, engage and col- nized in the program, in which and family, to remove them from Moolchand Hospital, Delhi also plished Author and Motivational munities, and others to help create ioral changes as they grow up, laborate with the child and to help panelist Saeed Kausar said that, the problem of child trafficking believed that there is a huge lack Speaker), Rameesh Kailasam a difference in the grassroots. 38 pct people have symptoms of mental health difficulties, W.Bengal require immediate professional advice: survey Finance Minister says NEW DELHI: As many as 38 make them aware about the existing ticipation. The platform uses latest mental health. The survey has been moderate changes in health and GST rollout a hasty one percent of the people show some risks. The survey was conducted big data technology to personalize prepared to allow people to self- lifestyle may help in some cases, NEW DELH: West Bengal Finance Minister Dr. Amit significant signs of mental health during the last week of November the homepage of each user, as per rate and help become aware of if the symptoms persist for a long Mitra on Thursday described the rollout of the Goods and difficulties and require immediate and witnessed over 50,000 unique their interest area. Participation in early signs of any mental health time or impact one's quality of life, Services Tax (GST) as a hasty one, but added that the state professional medical assistance to participations. the survey was made easy it was issue," said Dr. Sameer Kalani, one may need to consult a mental government had agreed in principle to its necessity and know the actual well-being of their The participants had to respond shared on a mobile phone, a per- Consultant Psychiatr ist at CIMBS, health professional for assessment gradual implementation.Dr. Mitra was taking part in a spe- mental health, reveals a survey con- to 10 questions, especially designed sonal device having exclusive access New Delhi.As per the survey, only and help at the earliest. cial session on GST along with his counterparts from Jam- ducted by Cosmos Institute of Men- by CIMBS, in order to test the men- to the user only. 8% people reported of not having RS Sharma, Business Head, mu and Kashmir (Dr. Haseeb Drabu) and Bihar (Sushil tal health And Behavioral Sciences tal health risks of users. "With the rising prevalence of any symptoms of mental health LiveHindustan.com said, "We are Kumar Modi). The event was organised by the Federation (CIMBS) and LiveHindustan.com The survey was conducted on mental illnesses, the society's fo- difficulties.The survey findings delighted to participate with UC of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). on UC Browser. UC Browser, a leading content dis- cus needs to shift on not just treat- highlighted that 52 percent people Browser for such reader-oriented GST has been dubbed as the single-most important reform The objective of the survey was tribution platform in India, which ing these disorders but also to showed psychological difficulties campaigns. We will be happy to measure in the annals of India's taxation regime. The three to create awareness about mental leveraged the strength of its huge effectively detect them at an early which may be warning signs of be part of such campaigns in future state finance ministers expressed their views, ranging from health issues among readers and user based to attain maximum par- stage and also towards promoting mental disorders. While making as well." "unprecedented in its adverse consequences, especially for the SMEs" to "a deal that gives a virtual tax insurance pol- icy to the states" and "a Herculean task of integration of all taxes into a common and uniform tax code". Dr. Mitra declared that West Bengal's stated position ANAROCK Launches Only 13 pct companies use digital for was that it had agreed, in principle, to bringing in GST. But the hasty manner, in which it was rolled out, had taken a Report on Affordable huge toll on the revenue collections. For instance, revenue both growth and efficiency: Report collections in October 2017 at Rs. 83,346 crore are signifi- Housing in NCR cantly down from the September figure of Rs. 95,131 crores. NEW DELHI: A recent joint survey changing, how their purchasing jour- Sukhtankar also pointed out that He expressed concern at the dip that the November figures NEW DELHI: ANAROCK Property Consultants by Internet and Mobile Association of neys are changing and then evolve your the role of a Chief Digital Officer (CDO) would show.Dr. Mitra cautioned the business chambers to on Thursday released its definitive research report India (IAMAI) and Accenture India has products and services to be able to will play a critical role in defining the be wary of the provisions of arrest under the GST law and 'NCR - An Affordable Housing Goldmine' at the stated that only 13 percent companies delight the consumers," R ajan A nandan, digital reinvention and the roadmap advised them to oppose the provision. According to him, Delhi leg of Economic Times' ACETECH - Asia's use digital technologies to drive both Chairman, IAMAI and Managing Di- which complements the organization's filing of FIR under the due judicial process was the way to leading trade fair for architecture, building mate- growth and efficiency. rector, Google India, said. business journey. go.A lluding to the political economy of the GST, he said that rials, innovation and design. The survey which focused on deploy- However, the report further stated Research shows that combining it was demonetisation that first throttled SMEs and the The report pitches the phenomenal expansion ment of digital technologies to drive that 64 percent of the executives fear technologies leads to higher savings and pre-mature launch of GST has landed them in dire financial and urbanisation rate of India's largest planned ef ficiency and customer exper iences said for their company's survival if they are greater enterprise value for companies. straits.Dr. Haseeb Drabu said these were still early days and region against the real estate industry's affordable that 34 percent of the companies focus unable to deliver on these two impera- In the Indian automotive sector, if the it would be unfair to judge the GST system just yet. "Give it housing response. Intensely data-driven, this study on digital to unlock new levels of effi- tives of efficiency and customer experi- average company uses autonomous ro- another three to four months. If the government and the lays bare the opportunities, shortcomings and ciency whereas 44 percent utilise it to ences with their digital investments. bots, artificial intelligence, blockchain, GST Council are as responsive as they have been, what we challenges that Delhi-NCR presents to the real drive new sources of growth. "Rapid changes to technology coupled big data analytics, and 3D printing, in have in the making is a robust GST which works for business, estate sector. Companies no longer perceive digi- with falling technology costs and an combination, it can raise productivity the Central Government and the States", he emphasized. Anuj Puri, Chairman - ANAROCK Property tization as an end state and instead focus easier access to capital is leading to equivalent to USD 63,000 per employ- He said that the biggest gain of GST was that it represents Consultants said, "Affordable housing has once on an ongoing process aimed at two never before envisaged technology led ee in savings. India's first truly genuine federal legislation. Revenues may again taken centre-stage in all real estate forum objectives, greater operating efficiency innovations. This pace of technology The joint IAMAI - Accenture India not have increased in the last couple of months, but the re- discussion, and deservedly has the undivided at- and new customer experiences. change is unlocking unique digital op- survey conducted in 2017, interviewed gime has given the States a sub-national freedom to legislate. tention of all industry stakeholders including de- "Regardless of which industr y you por tunities for organizations which they 931 senior executives from large com- The transition, he said, was not as glamorous as globalization velopers, investors, customers and the Government." are in today digital transformation is can harness to achieve extraordinary panies mostly with turnover exceeding and liberalization, but it marks a certain move towards "As India's largest urban agglomeration, Delhi- absolutely critical and very important gains," Nachiket Sukhtankar, Senior USD one billion and spread across 12 formalization of the economy. NCR is extremely important from every perspective to understand how your consumers Managing Director for Accenture's tech- manufacturing and production industries Dr. Drabu said, " The most impor t aspect of the legislation - not least of all since it contributes as much as 7-8 are evolving, how their behaviours are nology practice in India said. in India and other leading economies. was that GST changes the basic ethics of the country and percent of India's total GDP. The region's sheer size the regime's transparent processes enable us to know ex- and exponential growth bring forth an immediate actly what is going where." The States, he said, have got "a and ever-escalating requirement for affordable tional organizations such as wonderful deal as GST guarantees revenues at 14 percent housing. This report takes a deep-dive into how Korn Ferry StoveKraft Private Limited, growth year-on-year and what we have is a virtual tax insur- appropriately the region's real estate sector has Dell, Idea Cellular, Colgate ance policy for five years". been able to address this requirement - and what Futurestep - India hires Palmolive, Agro Tech Foods Mr. Sushil Kumar Modi said that GST was being opposed factors aid or hinders this response," he added. and Heinz prior to this. Also, by fabric and textiles sectors, MSMEs and small traders as With the vast area under coverage and the pres- most recently he was the Senior they had come under the tax net for the first time. Besides, ence of well-established services, manufacturing Kunal Sen as MD Vice President for TeamLease, the consumers were opposing GST as a tax rate of 28 percent and automobile sectors, NCR's massive employment NEW DELHI: Korn Ferry on Thursday announced ap- which is, India's largest and seemed too high. However, he noted that in the pre-GST era, generation yields a very high demand for affordable pointment of Kunal Sen as Managing Director, Korn Ferry first publicly listed staffing and the tax rate was more than 28 percent but as excise was housing.This report takes a deep-dive into the Futurestep - India with effect from December 12. HR Services Company. included in the commodit y pr ice, it was not v isible. He hoped supply-absorption trends of affordable housing in In his role as Managing Director, Kunal will be respon- Kunal holds a Masters in this would be resolved by the GST Council and the final NCR, examines how existing policies and regula- sible for the growth, profitability and overall management of Business Administration from visible tax rate brought down to 14 percent. tions have helped meet the huge gap, and frankly the Futurestep business in India. He will be based out of Korn XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has Mr. Sushil Modi, who has w itnessed the process of imple- states the major challenges that impede the effec- Ferry Futurestep's Bangalore office. featured among some of the mentation of both VAT and GST regimes closely, said that tive implementation of affordable housing projects Kunal is a business leader with strong operational back- Most Influential HR Leaders when VAT came into force, the then finance minister had in the region. ground and has over two decades of diverse experience. He in India 2017 by the World HR D announced compensation for three years for states. But even has held senior positions in eminent Indian and multina- Congress in Mumbai. after two years, no state came forward to claim compensa- tion. He was, therefore, confident that with the government announcing a compensation period of five years after roll out of GST, there would be enough cushion to satisfy the WeDoSky, Drone Data Science, solutions raises funds from Mumbai Angels Network States.He said that the aim of the GST Council in the coming months would be to reduce the number of GST slabs and NEW DELHI: Higher in resolu- Drone data for business intelligence tions in India. startup better market and promote bring electricity, petroleum & real estate under the GST tion than Google Earth/Maps and is a USD 127 bn opportunity Jaspreet Mak kar, Founder, We- its undertakings. With a strong team ambit. Speaking about the anti-profiteering clause, he said updated as often as daily, WeDoSky's WeDoSky™ counts titans like DoSk y™ has been featured in "Forbes in place, I am positive that WeDoSky that it was brought about to ensure the passage of benefits Drone Data Science solutions help Adani Enterprises, Tata Power, Azure 30 under 30" under Enterprise is set it to scale heights," said Deal to consumers by the manufacturers. answer the 'What' and the 'Where' Power, and ACC Cement amongst Technology category. Lead Mumbai Angels Network, Is- Mr. Modi said that sorting out 37 different tax jurisdic- for a geographical area that needs its many clients. The company was "I was impressed when I met han Singh. tions and 16 different tax levies and integrating various to be monitored. established in August 2014 when Jaspreet in Jan 2017 and the busi- "We are excited to be associating taxes in GST was a Herculean and unprecedented task. WeDoSky™ is a data science the founder, Jaspreet, thought of ness potential of the model was with leaders like Ishan Singh and Highlighting some of the challenges in the implementation company focused on generating commercializing his passion in ro- evident. After tracking his progress Mumbai Angels Network to catapult of GST, Mr. Modi said that simplifications of the IT network actionable business insights using botics and drone building. else currently available in the mar- over the past few months, I am glad WeDoSky's growth. We are glad to and processes were the top priorities besides the need to drone imagery, to assist various Noting the tremendous need for ket.WeDoSky™ has now raised its to lead the investment in this high be providing services that can reduce the existing tax slabs. industries like mining, construction, drone-based data in multiple indus- first round of investment from Mum- potential company in a high growth eradicate inefficiency from growing Mr. Harsh Mariwala, Chairman, FICCI Task Force on energ y and solar. The data ex traction tries, the team developed the software bai Angels Network, after bootstrap- industry. I further look forward to sectors of Data Science and Drone GST and Past President, FICCI, who moderated the session, and analysis is done using their for improved project management. ping for over two years. The funds welcoming the team at RevStart, imagery. We are charged to be the said that while the complex GST legislation faces issues in proprietary software 'visualAI'™. Repor ts laud the company's solutions will be used for the global expansion the Co-Working, Incubation and front-runners in initiating a change Implementation, it was just a matter of time before these This is also offered as a standalone to be 72x faster than conventional of 'visualAI'™ and to integrate solu- Acceleration centre where I'd be able from experience driven decision would be resolved. SaaS platform for Drone-enabled survey technologies as it has a mil- tions for agriculture, infrastructure, to personally oversee their growth, making to data driven decisions," FICCI's Outgoing President Mr. Pankaj R Patel, Incom- businesses across the globe. Accord- lion+ data points with ground reso- and insurance industries after suc- mentor them to achieve key mile- said founder WeDoSky, Jaspreet ing President Mr. Rashesh Shah and FICCI Secretary Gen- ing to PricewaterhouseCoopers, lutions much higher than anything cessf ully assisting leading organiza- stones, along with helping the Makkar. eral Dr. Sanjaya Baru also shared the dais. 08 SRINAGAR | December 15, 2017, Friday www.timeandus.com www.facebook.com/TimeandUs [email protected] timeandus @timeandus SPORTS How Rohit Sharma hits sixes at will, the double-ton master reveals secret MS Dhoni treated like ‘god’ in Mohali ODI despite Rohit Sharma’s record double ton MUMBAI: Rohit Sharma cre- to stop him from doing so, the fan ated history when he slammed his had his moment as he did manage third double hundred in ODIs, to touch the stumper’s feet. He becoming the first batsman in his- was then taken off the ground by tory to achieve this feat . His 153- security personnel. The incident ball 208 helped India beat Sri underlined the god-like status of Lanka by 141 runs to level the Indian cricketers. three-match series 1-1.Despite all This was not the first instance the attention on Rohit’s world re- of Dhoni receiving this kind of cord double ton, Mahendra Singh treatment. Earlier in Januar y this Dhoni had an unforgettable mo- year, a fan was seen touching ment which stole Rohit’s thunder. Dhoni’s feet during a warm-up Dur ing the second half of the match match between India A and Eng- when India were on the field, a fan land. The same scene was witnessed MOHALI: Soon af ter scoring a record break- have looked easy from the stands, but Rohit insists ran on to the playing arena to touch dur ing a Vijay Hazare Trophy match ing third double ton in ODIs, Rohit Sharma revealed says there was more to hitting sixes than meets Dhoni’s feet. Though Dhoni tried later this year. the secret to scoring big and his art of hitting the eye. “Nothing is easy. May be when you watch sixes at w ill. Hav ing scored 208 of f 153 balls w ith it on TV it looks easy, but it is not. Trust me, when 13 fours and 12 sixes, India’s stand-in skipper you are out in the middle, you have to use your so fast that India were 245/1 is not always that you can A nd then, the R anji Trophy So first I tried to penetrate k new if I stayed long enough, said that unlike AB de Villers, Chris Gayle and brain and you have to time the ball. I was trying at the start of 41st over and clear the rope easily. So, that (four-day) cricket. Then the the on-side, but I could not. batting will only get easier. MS Dhoni, who sometimes use their sheer pow- to play according to the field, playing the scoop by the end they almost is the advantage of having ODIs. T20s came much So I tried hitting straight You have been there, took er to clear the ropes, he has to rely on timing and shot, trying to hit over point. Those are my touched 400-run mark. five fielders inside. You can later,” Rohit said, whose most because the fielder at long- out the toughest part of the play the field. Sample this: for his 100 of f 115 balls, strengths,” he said. Suranga Lakmal, the toast play according to the field productive shot was the pull on was up inside the circle,” game. You have batted, your Rohit had hit nine fours and just one six of Nuwan Another thing that has helped Rohit is the of Sri Lanka’s win in and shot selection becomes which fetched him 71 runs he said.Rohit said after team is in a good position Pradeep in the 27th over on Wednesday. rule of having five fielders inside the circle, which Dharamshala, went for four key. I don’t think T20 crick- (2x4, 9x6).“Their bowlers spending time on the field and you also have wickets But as the innings progressed, Rohit hit four opens up enough gaps for a batsman like him sixes in the 44th over as et has made me what I am were trying to bowl yorkers it becomes relatively easier in hand. So all those put more boundaries, but his sixes count reached 11, who has a full repertoire of shots. India plundered Rohit raced from 116 of f 126 today. I have started playing outside off stump with just to place the ball, find the together, gives you freedom effortlessly clearing the field each time. It may 147 runs off last 10 overs. The acceleration was balls to 140 off 131 balls. It three-day cricket at school. three fielders on the leg side. gaps. “I started off slow. I to play those shots,” he said. Real Madrid rally to beat Al Jazira 2-1, reach FIFA Club World Cup final IPL 2018: Kings ABU DHABI: Real Madrid’s without it,” Bale said. Gareth Bale needed less than a min- Madrid had already seen a goal XI Punjab name Brad ute to help them reach the FIFA by Benzema disallowed about 10 Club World Cup final after his team minutes earlier, after the referee Hodge as head coach faced a potential shock elimination signaled a foul by Ronaldo on a de- from the tournament. fender.The hosts took advantage of Bale scored with his first touch Madr id’s early str uggles and opened after coming on as a substitute in the scoring in a counterattack just the 81st minute as Real Madr id came before halftime.Madrid defenders from behind to beat Emirates club were unable to clear a ball near Al Jazira 2-1 in Wednesday’s semi- midfield, and allowed Romarinho final.Madrid will try to win its third to enter the area and send a low shot world title in four seasons when its into the far corner.The UAE team faces South American champion had the chance to take a shock 2-0 Gremio of Brazil on Saturday. lead early in the second half after The match had two goals disal- another mistake by Madrid’s defense, lowed by video review, one for each which allowed two Al Jazira players team. There was confusion when low left-foot touch from the center It’s a shame that he has been injured, Madrid appeared to have opened to break into the area with only NEW DELHI: Former Australia cricket team batsman Madrid’s first-half goal was ruled of the area after a pass by forward because he is very important for the the scoring with a header by mid- goalkeeper Keylor Navas to beat. Bard Hodge has been appointed as the head coach of the out by a decision that took a few Lucas Vazquez, who had also come team.”European clubs have made fielder Casemiro in the 30th minute. Mbark Boussoufa scored, but a Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kings XI Punjab minutes before the Video Assistant off the bench. it to the Club World Cup final every Brazilian referee Sandro Meira video review later showed that he (KXIP) for a three-year term. Referee became involved. “It was great to be able to score, time since the competition’s new Ricci initially disallowed the goal, was just offside when he received Hodge, 42, held a similar role with Gujarat Lions for the Madrid struggled early and al- but the most important thing was format started in 2005, winning then said it counted and carried the the pass from his teammate.Madrid last two seasons and will now report to KXIP’s mentor-cum lowed the local league winners to the victory,” said Bale, adding that nine out of the last 10 titles. ball back toward the center circle began to rally a few minutes later, director of cr icket, Virender Sehwag. K X IP’s head coach’s job open the scoring with a goal by he’s still not at 100 percent. “It’s Madrid, which fielded its top for the restart, only to eventually with Ronaldo controlling a pass from was informally held by Sehwag after India team’s batting Brazilian forward Romarinho just been a long wait, I’ve had to be players, was in control from the start rule it out again after requesting a Luka Modric inside the area before coach Sanjay Bangar resigned in December 2016. before halftime. patient.”He has played only 11 but made a series of mistakes in video review.He signaled that his sending a low shot into the far cor- “We have signed a three-year agreement with Brad, who But Cr istiano Ronaldo equalized matches with Madrid this season front of goal and couldn’t capitalize final decision, made nearly three ner for his sixth goal in the Club will be our head coach,” Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness early in the second half and Bale bec ause of linger ing muscle problems. on its numerous chances. A l Jazira minutes after the goal, was based World Cup, surpassing Lionel Wadia was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.“Viru (Sehwag) netted the winner less than a min- “Bale is all about scoring goals,” goalkeeper Ali Khaseif made sev- on Benzema being offside. Messi and Luis Suarez, who each will be actively involved, too, as our director of cricket.” Hodge ute after replacing Karim Benzema. Madrid defender Nacho Fernandez eral difficult saves before being “The issue of video review is not have five.Benzema had twice hit the continues to feature as an active player and will be playing The Wales forward, coming off said. “He is a fantastic player. He substituted with an apparent in- something that is up to me to decide, post as Madrid pressed forward for Melbourne Renegades in the 2017-18 Big Bash League a series of injuries, scored with a scored a goal that means a lot to us. jury early in the second half. but I think football is better off after conceding before halftime. (BBL) before joining KXIP as the head coach. Indore’s Holkar stadium to host Gremio beat Pachuca to reach Club World Cup final AL AIN: Gremio have put a and Pachuca keeper Perez doing Ranji Trophy final for second South American team back in the well do turn a goal-bound shot Club World Cup final.The Brazil- from Luan round the post after consecutive year ian team defeated Mexico’s Pa- an hour.At the other end, Gremio chuca 1-0 with a goal by winger defender Bruno Cortez made two NEW DELHI: In- Everton five minutes into extra excellent blocks in the first half dore’s Holkar stadium time on Tuesday, giving South while Pachuca’s Guzman scraped will host the final of America a shot at the title after the outside of the post with a the 2017-18 Ranji Tro- missing out on the final last year. header after 80 minutes. phy, according to a The Copa Libertadores cham- The defeat was another let- BCCI media release. pions will face Cristiano Ronaldo’s down for the CONCACAF Cham- The final will be played Real Madrid or Al Jazira of the pions League winners. The from December 29 to UAE for the title on Saturday. Mexican side have now played January 2. The 21-year-old substitute in five Club World Cup tourna- This is the second Everton scored the only goal when ments w ithout reaching the final. consecutive time the he drifted inside from the left wing “The team competed incred- Holkar stadium is host- and slammed home a fierce r ight- ibly,” Pachuca coach Diego A lon- ing the Ranji Trophy footed strike beyond Pachuca’s so said. “But in extra time the final. In the 2016-17 44-year-old goalkeeper Oscar “It’s the end of the year as well, Pachuca made it to the semi-finals team started to feel a bit tired. season, it played host Perez into the far corner.Pachuca, we are tired but we were the better by defeating African champions Wy- But I’m delighted, I need to congrat- to the final between who qualified as club champions of team and now we can concentrate dad Casablanca of Morocco 1-0 in ulate my players.” Gujarat and Mumbai, mered 41-time Ranji champions Mumbai the Caribbean and North and Central on the final.” extra time on Saturday. Earlier, Japan’s Urawa Reds with Parthiv Patel’s side winning by five by an innings and 20 runs in Nagpur. American region, saw their hopes of Last year, Kashima Antlers of Both Latin teams fought out a claimed fif th place as t wo goals from wickets. Delhi defeated Madhya Pradesh by seven an equaliser all but end with Victor Japan knocked out South American scrappy 90 minutes in Al Ain that Brazilian Mauricio steered the Asian The semi-final dates and venues were wickets while Vidarbha, the team that Guzman sent off for a second book- entry Atletico Nacional of Colombia featured 35 fouls and few clear-cut Champions League winners to a 3-2 also announced. Bengal will take on have sprung plenty of surprises in this ing 10 minutes from time.“We were in the semi-finals, then lost to Real. chances.“We were too anxious, mak- victory over African champions Delhi at the MCA stadium in Pune while season of the tournament, hammered nervous at the start and we didn’t Gremio, winners of the Intercon- ing too many passing mistakes,” Wydad.Ismail El Haddad had can- Vidarbha will take on Karnataka in Kol- Kerala by 412 runs. need to be,” said Gremio coach Re- tinental Cup — the forerunner to the Everton said. “It took a while but celled out Mauricio’s opener, but kata on December 17-21. Bengal knocked In the last Ranji Trophy final at the nato Portaluppi. ““We improved in Club World Cup — in 1983 and run- eventually we were able to get into Yosuke Kashiwagi put back Urawa out the 2016-17 winners Gujarat thanks Holkar stadium, Parthiv Patel led from the second half, and in extra time ners-up in 1995, will now aim to the game.”Gremio were the slightly back in front before Mauricio net- to the first innings lead in their drawn the front and smashed 143 as Gujarat chased Everton got the goal that we needed. become the first non-European team more positive side, particularly in ted again on the hour mark, with quarter-final game in Jaipur. down 313 against Mumbai to win the We overcame a great opponent to to win the title since compatriots the second half, with Edilson coming Reda Hajhouj grabbing a late con- On the other hand, Karnataka ham- Ranji Trophy for the first time ever. make it to the final. Corinthians beat Chelsea in 2012. close to scoring with three free kicks solation from the spot.

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