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Safai Karamcharis 'Kaam Chor Hartal' northlinesOrientation cum Community the Speaker inspects enters day 2 Mobilization prog held dev works

Continuing their struggle for re- District Development Commissioner, Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir organization of Jammu Municipal inaugurated one day orientation cum Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Corporation, enhancement of wages, community mobilization programme Gupta today visited inspected pace of 3 etc, Civic Safai Karamcharis held a organized by Zilla Shiksha Samiti on progress on the development works in protest dharna on .... 4 5 Jammu outskirts.....

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 Vol No: XXII Issue No. 65  17.03.2017 (Friday) Daily  Jammu Tawi  Price ` 2/-  Pages-12 Regd. No. JK|306|2014-16 Karra plays Muslim Card! Ruling parties differ on AFSPA revocation 'Will support who are BJP undecided over fielding of candidates for bypolls NL CORRESPONDENT together on an Agenda of ahead of the bypolls for two Sabha seats," Khannal said. SRINAGAR, MAR 16 Alliance which included Lok Sahba seats in The BJP leader said both against RSS-PDP menace’ revocation of AFSPA. Kashmir. the seats will go into the The ruling parties of Jammu "We should not shy away However, the ruling parties "kitty of the NDA" of and Kashmir-the PDP and from revocation of AFSPA. at the centre and the Army which the PDP is also a NL CORRESPONDENT parliament from Srinagar parliament was issue based BJP- differ over revocation When things improve, why have opposed views over part. However, the BJP SRINAGAR, MAR 16 parliamentary constituency and according to call of my of the Armed Forces not? We don't shy away withdrawal of the leader further said the party Tariq Hammed Karra said conscience. Since I had Special Powers Act in the when situation goes bad. controversial Act from the will field its candidates in "I am first a proud Muslim, despite being offered to resigned from parliament state. We don't shy away from state. the Panchayat polls. then a proud Kashmiri, then contest the parliament by- under protest against the "The BJP's stand is very calling more forces…We Khanna also said that the Reacting to Hizbul anything else. So it is my polls he choose not to fight issues like unabated clear that AFSPA can't be ask Army to be more party has not decided over Mujahideen posters asking religious duty to stand in as it would have been brutalities unleashed by the withdrawn until peace is proactive, but when the fielding its candidates from people to stay away from between my people and the unethical and a mockery of present government like restored and situation is situation improves, we Srinagar and Anantnag polls, Khanna said, "The forces who are against his resignation by going to killing of civilian youth, normal in the state. The should not shy away from Parliamentary militants should trust on the Islam. I cannot give RSS a the same parliament which blinding hundreds of young centre is monitoring the the fact we need to start constituencies. democracy and shun the cake walk and leave open had "failed to stop the boys and girls, by way of forum (Parliament) which situation very closely and revocation of AFSPA from "We have received feedback path of violence. People field for them to let loose barrage of atrocities using pellet guns, maiming has failed to address the will take decision at a right some places and see what is from the party workers and should come out for vote in their ingression, be it committed" on the people of of Kashmiris in general, grievances of my people in time," Khanna told the impact," she said, while leaders whether to field large numbers. We political, economical, Kashmir during 2016 unrest. arresting and slapping PSA Kashmir", he said. reporters on the sidelines of addressing a seminar on own candidates or support condemn threatening of religious or cultural in the "During my discussions on thousands of young Karra who had successfully a party function here. counter terrorism in New the PDP candidates. The people not to vote." He said State of Jammu and with the Congress president school going boys, contested the 2014 Khanna's statement, who is Delhi on Wednesday. The state leaders will hold more the government was Kashmir. I will fight to give and Congress vice president damaging of property and parliament elections against also Vice President of the opposition National deliberations and then providing security to protection to my people before joining the party, both agricultural and horticultural Dr. Farooq Abdullah said BJP, came a day after Conference and other convey the decision to the leaders of political parties (Muslims) of Jammu and the leaders had offered me to harvest worth billions of that he would fully support Mehbooba Mufti pitched regional parties of Kashmir BJP central leadership, based on reports of police Kashmir till my last breath," contest from any of the two rupees and those factors still the candidates in for revocation of the have also been demanding subsequently the final and intelligence agencies. Karra said. constituencies, Srinagar or persist on ground. It would combination of parties as he AFSPA from some areas of the revocation of the decision will be taken. No The BJP State General Srinagar, Mar 16 (KNS): Anantnag but I choose not to be totally unethical and was ready to make smaller the state. AFSPA. The demand from decision has been taken so Secretary, Ashok Koul, has Senior Congress leader and do so", Karra told KNS. mockery of my resignation maneuvers for bigger fight She said on Wednesday that regional parties for AFSPA far over pre-poll alliance to ruled out a pre-poll alliance former member of "My resignation from to seek mandate for the same against P2 the PDP and BJP had come revocation has intensified the bypolls of two Lok with its P2 PDP's focus on Anantnag LS seat, NC presses its machinery in Srinagar GST Council caps cess on

JAMMU, MAR 16 (KIP) machinery to ensure victory people to ensure victory of restless. Our victory is PCC Chief is the Congress demerit goods at 15 per cent for Mehbooba's brother who PDP candidate for the certain as we have enough candidate from Anantnag. As far as the PDP is is the PDP candidate. Anantnag-Pulwama Lok support in entire south The NC is sure to win the NL CORRESPONDENT Tax rate of 28 per cent on which will help create a concerned it has pressed its In fact the PDP has already Sabha seat," Sajad said. Kashmir," he said. Srinagar seat while the NEW DELHI, MAR 16 luxury goods and aerated corpus for compensating entire party machinery for started its campaign in The Anantnag-Pulwama National Conference and Congress is not sure about drinks. states for any loss of wooing the voters in Anantnag-Pulwama LS seat will go to polls on Congress have forged pre- Mir's success in Anantnag The GST Council has Briefing the press after a revenue from GST Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency by organizing April 12. The seat had poll alliance for Anantnag constituency. approved a maximum of 15 GST council meeting, implementation in the first constituency where the party workers' meet at fallen vacant after and Srinagar Lok Sabha Reports said while the per cent cess on top of the Jaitley said that the actual five years, might be lower peak Goods and Services Party has fielded Tasadduq district headquarters. Mehbooba Mufti took over seats. Congress has focused its cess on demerit goods, because the P2 Mufti, son of veteran Coordinator of PDP for as Chief Minister of the Jammu and Kashmir attention on Anantnag seat political leader and former south Kashmir and Chief State and resigned from the Pradesh Congress the NC has concentrated on Chief Minister,Late Mufti Minister Mehbooba Mufti's parliamentary seat. (JKPCC) chief, Ghulam Srinagar seat. And if Mir Pak proposal on Gilgit-Baltistan Sayeed. Despite the fact cousin, Mufti Sajad, held Mehbooba's brother Ahmad Mir, will be win the Anantnag seat he that the voters in the the workers meet at Tasadduq Mufti is PDP locking horns with may be replaced by Tariq constituency have been Khannabal housing colony candidate for the seat. Sajad Tasadduq. Under the Hameed Karra as PCC entirely unacceptable: India supporting the Muftis,first the other day.. said opposition was alliance Srinagar seat has Chief. This way the Mufti Sayeed and later While addressing the unnerved and therefore been allotted to the NC Congress has won his NL CORRESPONDENT to declare the Gilgit- Pakistan's Foreign Affairs Mehbooba Mufti, but its workers, he stressed them to resorted to a pre-poll and the Anantnag seat to support for the Srinagar LS NEW DELHI, MAR 16 Baltistan region, bordering Advisor Sartaj Aziz has alliance with the BJP may lead a door to door alliance. the Congress. While seat where its alliance disputed PoK, as the fifth proposed status of a India today termed as prove costly for the PDP. campaign to ensure victory "With the candidature of Farooq Abdullah will partner Farooq Abdullah has province. province to Gilgit-Baltistan, "entirely unacceptable" any That is the reason the PDP for the party." We have to Mufti Tasadduq, the contest the Srinagar seat been fielded by the Reacting sharply to reports External Affairs Ministry possible attempt by Pakistan has pressed its entire party work hard and reach to the opposition is feeling on the NC ticket G.A.Mir NC.(KIP) that a committee headed by Spokesperson P2 IN BRIEF JK Bank Chief launches Bajaj Allianz Health and Wellness Card 10,000 vacancies in KVs to be Kashmiri kickboxing NL CORRESPONDENT J&K Bank Chairman and filled up this year: Govt champion slams Govt SRINAGAR, MAR 16 CEO Parvez Ahmed made for lack of facilities these remarks today at the NL CORRESPONDENT (LDE) with the recruiting In pure business terms, launch of Bajaj Allianz NEW DELHI, MAR 16 agency CBSE," he noted. satisfied customer is our sole Health and Wellness Card On vacant posts in KVs SRINAGAR, MAR 16 strength. e draw all the The Government will fill up particulary located in here at Taj Vivanta in over 10,000 vacant posts in advantages from this presence of CEO & MD Andhra Pradesh, the Tajamul Islam, the eight- various Kendriya Minister said there are total particular geography and its Bajaj Allianz Tapan Singhal, year-old world kickboxing people. Therefore, all our Vidyalayas (KVs) in the 31 KVs functioning in the its Regional Head Aijaz champion from Bandipora plans, partnerships and country this academic year, state and vacant teaching Khan, J&K Bank Executive district, today hit out at the efforts must envisage our HRD Minister Prakash posts there were about 449. Presidents, Senior Jammu and Kashmir customers as ultimate Javadekar said today. Filling up of vacancies is a Presidents, P2 Government for not beneficiaries. "There are more than continues process and providing proper training 10,000 vacant posts in KVs action is taken from time to facilities and equipment Sadhya Arora Death Case: across the country. …We time as per the provisions of for her and P2 I-T dept failed to unearth are going to fill up all the relevant recruitment Monga chairs Joint House Committee meet vacant posts this academic rules, he added. 301 Indian black money despite info year," Javadekar said during Replying to a fishermen lodged in NL CORRESPONDENT also attended the meeting. Bashir Ahmad Shah Veeri Question Hour in the Rajya supplementary query on the JAMMU TAWI, MAR 16 The Committee held and Dr Shehnaz Ganai. NL CORRESPONDENT maximum VAT of 12.5 per Sabha. salary of contractual Pak jails: Sushma detailed discussion on the The Committee also NEW DELHI, MAR 16 cent in Maharashtra, CAG The recruitment process for teachers, the Minister said A meeting of the Joint preliminary report submitted suggested to Chairman to said in its report presented filling up of 6,206 vacancies that all three categories of House Committee (JHC) of The Income Tax of teaching staff of KVs NEW DELHI, MAR 16 by the SSP (Crime) and visit different hospitals in in Parliament last week. teachers get the same pay Jammu and Kashmir Department (ITD) failed to Govt Medical College Jammu city to ascertain as to In 2008-09, Maharashtra through direct recruitment scale and the government is Legislature, constituted to unearth black money As many as 301 Indian authorities on the matter. It whether the SoPs are being Sales Tax Department has already been initiated now trying to employ look into the alleged generated by several fishermen are currently enquired about the followed for the overall (MSTD) in a disclosure to and written exams were permanent staff. medical negligence into the Maharashtra based firms lodged in jails in Pakistan treatment, medical benefit of the patients. The Bombay High Court conducted in December last On opening of new KVs, the death of son of MLC, despite getting clues on which has confirmed the investigations and other suggestion was agreed by informed about its probe on year, he said. Minister said the Ramesh Arora in GMC suspects who raised only presence of only 77 and aspects related to the death the Chairman and Secretary 1,555 hawala operators After the recruitment government is trying to Jammu was held here today bogus bills resulting in tax Government is making all of Sadhya Arora. was directed in this regard to involving 39,488 process is over, the recruited establish more such schools under the Chairmanship of evasion of over Rs 10,640 efforts to secure their The Chairman of the fix the date for the visit. beneficiary dealers who had teachers will be posted in to provide quality Ghulam Nabi Monga. crore, according to official release, External Affairs House Committee directed Among others, Secretary passed on input tax credit of various KVs. education. The cabinet had Legislators, Dr Bashir auditor CAG. Minister Sushma Swaraj the Secretary Legislative Legislative Council, Abdul Rs 1,333 crore in the "In addition, action has also yesterday approved opening Ahmad Shah Veeri, Firdous Around 2,059 dealers issued said today. Council to forward the Majid Bhat besides senior previous three fiscals. been initiated for filling up up of 35 KVs. Ahmad Tak, Sham Lal invoices involving tax The proposals for opening Making a statement in the questionnaire to the officers and officials of They used to claim and of another 4,473 posts Bhagat, Naresh Kumar concerned within week's Council Secretariat were evasion of more than Rs obtain input tax credit through Limited new KVs are considered Rajya Sabha, P2 Gupta and Ramesh Arora 10,640 crore including time after it is framed by Dr also present in the meeting. against P2 Departmental Examination only if P2 2 CITY the northlines Jammu | Friday | March | 17 | 2017 New health policy promises increased Take action against policemen who assaulted our colleagues: Media persons health spending, says Nadda 'Police officials were asking the media persons to move back'

NEW DELHI, MAR 16 spending on health to 2.5 per health sector and ensure the tracking of disability leprosy by 2018, kala azar SRINAGAR, MAR 16 (KNS) offering a clear detail of the appropriate action against cent of the GDP in a time- availability of two beds per adjusted life years index as a and lymphatic filariasis by police assault. the 'erring' police official. India's new health policy bound manner. Current 1,000 people in a manner as measure of burden of 2017. Journalists associations have The members of KPPA later "The media persons were seeks to provide assured levels of expenditure are to save lives within the disease and its trends by It seeks to reduce blindness condemned the attack on staged a protest performing their health services to all and around 1 per cent of the golden hour. major categories is another incidence to 0.25 per 1,000 their colleagues by police demonstration at Press professional duties but it is raise public spending on GDP. In an important move, the goal, so it reduces in under- people by 2025. while they were performing Enclave in Srinagar and unfortunate the police health to 2.5 per cent of the The policy, approved by the policy sets health goals to be five mortality to 23 by 2025, To reach the goal of assured their professional duties demanded action against the official targeted the GDP. Union Cabinet on achieved until 2025, maternal mortality to 11, health services for all, the during the scheduled press DO Humhama for assaulting photojournalists for no Talking about the nuances of Wednesday night, aims at including improvement of neonatal mortality to 16 and policy advocates a strong conference Hurriyat leaders. the photojournalists. reasons," they said. the policy in the Lok Sabha reaching health care in an life expectancy from 67.5 still birth rates to single digit participation with the Kashmir Press said that it The KPPA statement said if "The police official must be on Thursday, Health assured manner to all, years now to 70 years and by 2025," Nadda said in the private sector besides strongly condemned the no action would be taken dealt with strictly according Minister JP Nadda said a particularly the poor. It reducing total fertility rate Lok Sabha on Thursday. moving away from sick care assault on Agence France against the DO Humhama, to the law," the protesting crucial component of the targets setting aside two- to 2.1. The policy repeats Budget approach to prevention and Presse (AFP) not only the photojournalists media persons said. policy is to raise government thirds resources for primary "Establishing a regular targets of eliminating wellness. photojournalist, Tauseef but the entire journalist SSP Budgam, Waseem Mustafa and other community participate in a Qadri told KNS that no Govt receives proposals AAP alleges step-motherly treatment photojournalists while they protest march against the assault took place but the were dispatching their police brutality on Saturday restrictions had been for setting up new airlines at Amarinder's swearing-in professional duties of and stop covering all the imposed around the covering the scheduled joint events of J&K Police. residence of Geelani and the New Delhi, Mar 16 CHANDIGARH, MAR 16 the back of the pandal.” Khaira claimed that denying a press conference of Hurriyat Kashmir Video Journalists media persons were asked to Reacting sharply to AAP’s chair to poeple's leaders Syed Ali Geelani, Association (KVJA) also move back. The Government has received proposals from four entities The Aam Aadmi Party on charges of inefficient representatives is like Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and demanded suspension of "You might have seen the for setting up new airlines, the Minister of State for Civil Thursday alleged that its handling of the event, the disrespecting the people of Muhammad Yasin Malik at said cop who was involved video in which the media Aviation Jayant Sinha said today. MLAs were given a step- PPCC spokesperson, in a Punjab. Hyderpora. in this incident. persons were trying to enter The Civil Aviation Ministry has received proposals from motherly treatment and not release, said, “A panic- The Congress failed to come The KPPA statement said Meanwhile, the in the area where restrictions Ghodawat Enterprises Private Limited, GSEC Limited, even offered chairs to sit at the stricken AAP, unable to out of its feudal mindset and the DO Police Station photojournalists in the have been imposed. The Aviation Connectivity and Infrastructure Developers swearing-in ceremony of the swallow its ignominious the people will not accept Humhama assaulted afternoon staged protest police officials were asking Private Limited and Ravindra Purushottam Deshmukh, Amarinder Singh-led defeat in the Punjab assembly such behaviour, he alleged. Mustafa and caught hold of against the assault on their the media persons to move Sinha said in the Lok Sabha. Congress government in polls, was trying desperately "If Congress cannot organise his throat and attempted to colleagues at Hyderpora. back however they didn't While GSEC Limited has applied for Air Transport Cargo Punjab. to defame the newly formed a function properly then what suffocate him. The The protesting media pay any heed thereby the Services, Ghodawat Limited has applied for permission to Reacting to charges, a Congress government in the else can the people of Punjab statement said there is clear persons while condemning officials tried to push them operate Scheduled Air Transport Service, Sinha said. spokesperson of the Punjab state by making false and expect from them,” the photo and video evidence the police action demanded back," he said. (KNS) Aviation Connectivity has sought permission for a Pradesh Congress Committee baseless allegations.” Bholath MLA asked. Scheduled Commuter Operator and Ravindra Deshmukh (PPCC) said all arrangements Phoolka said the AAP MLAs We wish that the Congress No deputy CM post for Sidhu, takes has made a request under the category of Scheduled for the event were made by don't seek any VIP treatment fulfils its promises of giving Commuter Operator- Individual, he added. the Raj Bhavan, with the but being the representatives jobs, waive off loans of oath as Cabinet minister In its civil aviation policy, announced last June, the Congress government not of people, they should have at farmers, eradicate drugs from government had introduced a new category of airline, even sworn in till the least been given seats to sit. the state, etc., he said, adding CHANDIGARH, MAR 16 Punjab Chief Secretary seat with a margin of over Scheduled Commuter Airline, under which an operator is completion of the ceremony. The AAP MLAs follow a that if the ruling party, it among 12 top transfers 42,000 votes. allowed to run air services between two or more Attacking the Congress culture of simplicity, he would have to feel the heat of Cricketer-turned-politician Capt Amarinder Singh takes Sidhu had earlier remained places/routes except on Category I routes (key trunk government on the day it took claimed. ‘Aam Aadmi’ (common Navjot Singh Sidhu was on oath as Punjab CM Member of Parliament routes). over, the AAP leaders said it AAP’s Bholath MLA Sukhpal man). Thursday inducted as a However, Sidhu has not (MP) from Amritsar when Ajmer blast case India's internal matter; should come out of its "feudal Singh Khaira alleged that, Congress under the leadership Cabinet minister in the new been designated as Deputy he was part of the mindset". “The swearing-in-ceremony of Amarinder had won 77 Congress government in Chief Minister, as was being Bharatiya Janata Party Pak has no business to interfere: MEA In a statement, AAP’s Dakha depicts the work culture of seats in the 117 member Punjab headed by Chief speculated in political (BJP). He was elected MP MLA H S Phoolka claimed Congress and feudal mindset Assembly elections wresting Minister Amarinder Singh. circles. in 2004, 2007 (by-election) NEW DELHI, Mar 16 that, “This was the first time of Captain Amarinder Singh." power from the SAD-BJP Amarinder Singh’s journey Sidhu, who joined the and 2009. in the history, that while chief He said AAP MLAs attended alliance which was relegated to being Punjab's Captain a Congress party in January, He was nominated to the India today slammed Pakistan for questioning the acquittal minister was taking oath of the function respecting the to the third spot with 18 seats. second time just days ahead of the Rajya Sabha by the of Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Ajmer Sharif blast his office, the leader of main mandate of the people when New entrant AAP won 20 Atul Nanda appointed February 4 assembly Narendra Modi government case, saying the country had no locus standi to interfere in opposition party along with Akali and BJP leaders were seats and two seats went to its Punjab Advocate-General elections in Punjab, won in April 2016. the judicial process in this country. his colleagues was standing at missing from the programme. ally Lok Insaaf Party. Karan Avtar Singh named the Amritsar-east assembly —IANS FROM PAGE 1 now." 1,000 sticks or ad valorem of 290 per cent. Cess on coal 10,000 vacancies in KVs to be The function concluded with a Vote Of Thanks from the would be at Rs 400 per ton. No decision has been taken to bank's Exertive President Abdul Rauf, who thanked all the levy cess on bidis as of now, an official said. 'Will support who are filled up this year: Govt participants for their valuable presence. The panel also cleared the State-GST (S-GST) and Union He also urged the leadership of Bajaj Allianz to speed up Territory GST (UT-GST) legislations and approved final against RSS-PDP menace' sponsored by the Centre or state governments committing their exercise of doing tie-ups with the local hospitals, drafts of central GST (C-GST) and integrated GST (I-GST) resources for setting up of these schools. health centers and nursing homes so that the Health and laws. Wellness Card serves the interests of our customers in the The supporting S-GST and UT-GST legislations together fascist and Nazi like forces. The Centre has received proposals for setting up of two new best possible way. with the GST Compensation Law will go to the Cabinet for National Conference and Congress on Wednesday KVs in Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh and they were a formal sanction before they are tabled in Parliament in the announced to contest parliament by-polls on seat sharing found to be feasible, the minister added. (AGENCIES) ongoing Budget session that ends on April 12. arrangement. While NC president and former chief minister Ruling parties differ on The government is hoping the C-GST, I-GST, UT-GST and Farooq Abdullah will contest from Srinagar, Congress JK Bank Chief launches Bajaj the GST Compensation laws will be approved in the current president, G A Mir, has been fielded from Anantnag AFSPA revocation session of Parliament and state legislatures will soon clear parliament seats. The polling in Srinagar and Anantnag is Allianz Health and Wellness Card the S-GST Bills so that the new indirect tax regime can be slated for April 9 and 12 respectively. coalition partner for elections to two Lok Sabha Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Zonal Heads, Insurance rolled out from July 1. "I will fully support both the candidates on the two constituencies. He has said the party would contest the polls coordinators and other officers of the bank and Bajaj Jaitley said the GST Council would meet again on March 31 parliament seats. My support to Dr. Farooq Abdullah will be independently. On Tuesday, he asked the workers to gear Allianz. to approve rules after which fitting goods and services in the issue based. I will be fighting the elections against RSS. up for scheduled by-elections for two Lok Sabha seats of The product features include in-patient hospitalization four-slab tax structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent will be PDP-RSS alliance is an indigestible anathema to the Anantnag and Srinagar. treatment including pre and post hospitalization, road taken up. PTI Muslims of J&K State. PDP is a horse and RSS is a pillion The state unit has suggested the party's central command in ambulance, day care procedures, organ donor expenses, in total control. I have to stop both horse and the pillion New Delhi a list of potential candidates, which it plans to sum insured reinstatement benefit, hospital cash benefit, from religious, constitutional, cultural and administrative field in Srinagar and Anantnag by-polls slated for the next Kashmiri kickboxing champion preventive health checkup, ayurvedic and homeopathic ingressions by this unholy combination in my State," he month. He said the BJP would announce the names of hospitalization expenses. slams Govt for lack of facilities said when asked if he would support Dr. Abdullah against candidates by Saturday. With Health and Wellness Card at Bajaj Allianz' tie up whom he had contested and won 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Its alliance partner, the PDP has chosen J&K CM centers, one can also avail cashless hospitalization, other sportspersons from her district. "My fight is a bigger fight on a larger canvas and one of Mehbooba Mufti's brother Mufti Tasaduq Hussain to discounts on OPD consultation, discounts on blood, In a four-minute video uploaded on Facebook, Islam, who them is to liberate Kashmir Valley, Chenab and Pir Panchal contest Anantnag and former Congress leader Nazir Khan radiological, pathological investigations, discounts on won a gold medal at world kickboxing championship in areas from the fascist forces and its collaborators and from the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. The opposition dental consultations and other dental procedures discounts Italy last year, said it is a matter of shame that the State facilitators, which is PDP. And in doing so for the purposes National Conference and Congress has announced Farooq on specs, lenses, etc., access to wellness portal to track your Government has not been able to build a proper indoor of attaining larger gains for the people of my State, I would Abdullah and G A Mir candidates for Srinagar and health and make it better and discounts on annual health stadium in Bandipora for sportspersons which could have not hesitate to make smaller maneuvers. Winston Churchill Anantnag constituencies, respectively. has said 'don't hesitate to go two steps backwards for check-ups. enabled them to train throughout the year. moving four steps forwards'", Karra said. "Going forward from here, we need to hedge businesses "We do not have mats and a proper (roofed) hall where we Karra, who resigned as PDP MP last year amid uprising, here in the valley. Our bank has got a huge business here I-T dept failed to unearth can practice. The State Government talks big but has not against the "Nazi-type brutalities of PDP-RSS government" running in thousands of crores besides other businesses done anything to provide these things to us," she said in the took potshots on chief minister Mehbooba Mufti for across the valley having colossal value in monetary and black money despite info video. congratulating BJP on UP election win. other terms. And all these businesses operate in a fragile "By congratulating Narendra Modi for BJP's victory in UP, environment which can be covered with highly customized declaration of fake tax invoices without actual transactions. 301 Indian fishermen the CM has put a stamp of her personal and her party's insurance products," he added. The MSTD started putting out names of entities involved in endorsement for the fascist agenda of RSS. Mr. Narendra Commenting on the product, Chairman Parvez Ahmed said, such practises on its website from November 2011. lodged in Pak jails: Sushma Modi for his party's electoral gains went so low to evoke "All our operative levels must remain alive to the needs and (AGENCIES) communal passions and his disrespect and disregard for expectations of our customers. They must make the she said India has taken up the issue with Pakistan and has Muslims when he used the words like Qabristan and customers aware about the features of the product and put a policy in place where officials of both countries Shamshan Ghat to mobilize Hindus against secular forces," educate them about its significance in the current times. GST Council caps cess on exchange information about prisoners lodged in each others' he said. More importantly, they need to have proper consent from the customers after presenting pros and cons of the demerit goods at 15 per cent jails. She said the last time such an exchange took place was on Pak proposal on Gilgit-Baltistan product." Earlier, MD & CEO Bajaj Allianz Tapan Singhal in his council had given headroom for exigencies. January 1 this year. entirely unacceptable: India presidential remarks said, "Insurance products are Giving an example, he said if a luxury car at present "Since 2014, we have been able to secure the release of essentially products with no returns for the idea is to sell commands a total tax of 40 per cent, under the new indirect 1,261 fishermen lodged in Pakistan jails. In the last three tax regime, a GST of 28 per cent plus 12 per cent cess months, we have secured the release of 438 Indian Gopal Baglay said any such step would not be able to hide protection and cover risks; business is only incidental. And would be levied to keep the tax incidence at the same level. fishermen. the illegality of Pakistan's occupation of parts of Jammu and when it is about the risks involving one's life and health then The 15 per cent cess cap would apply on luxury cars and "There are a total of 301 Indian fishermen currently lodged Kashmir which it must vacate, forthwith. quality of service should be the central concern. Today, this aerated drinks. On pan masala, the cess has been capped at in Pakistan jails, but Pakistan has so far confirmed the Noting that the issue pertains to the sovereignty of India, he Health and Wellness Card is a sincere gesture from Bajaj 135 per cent ad valorem. presence of only 77 of them," Swaraj informed the House. said the Government's position is very well known on the Allianz towards the people of this state, who have always Tobacco cess will be capped at a mixture of Rs 4,170 per (AGENCIES) matter. been warm and welcoming to us more almost 15 years

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Printed, Publish 3 STATE the northlines Jammu | Friday | March 17 | 2017 Safai Karamcharis 'Kaam Chor Deport Rohingyas, Bangladeshis or face Hartal' enters day 2 the wrath of Dogras: Harsh to Govt

NL Correspondent was forcing them to further hegemony of separatists in Jammu Tawi, Mar 16 intensify agitation as no Kashmir, glorification of action was being taken on militants, incentives and Continuing their struggle for their long pending demands jobs to stone palters amid re-organization of Jammu and hence they were left the unlawful settlement of Municipal Corporation, with no option other than to immigrants in the city of enhancement of wages, etc, continue the protest. Rinku temples was undoubtedly Civic Safai Karamcharis Gill president Civic manipulative and dangerous. held a protest dharna on 2nd Safaikaramcharis Union Fearing these foreigners day of Kaam Chor Hartal. stated that number of times being prone to 'Jehadi Members of the JMC we met with municipal NL Correspondent leaders staged a vigorous persecuted and forced to extremism' in the militancy Drivers and Conductors authorities and submitted Jammu Tawi, Mar 16 hit state, he revealed that Union, Supervisors Union protest demonstration at leave Myanmar because of our genuine demands but no Rohingyas were under the and Clerical Union also took of JMC, scrapping of NGO protest dharna was Exhibition Ground Jammu their involvement in the positive action has been Describing the Rohingyas continuous surveillance of part in the joint protest system, converting the organized under the banner today seeking their criminal and terror related taken by the Municipal and Bangladeshis illegal the intelligentsia as they dharna, during which the Casual Labours as PDL, of Civic Safai Karamcharis immediate deportation. The activities had been Administration in the settlement in Jammu as a could fall prey to the terror Civic Safai Karamcharis regularization of Union, Jammu Municipal enraged protestors raised mysteriously allowed to interest of the employees so grave threat to the cultural, outfits active in the valley. raised slogans in support of Contractual Drivers, Corporation, led by its far. Rinku Gill also stated historical and religious slogans of 'Rohingyas Quit enter Jammu directly all the He called upon intellectual their demands. The enhancement of wages of president Rinku Gill, who that if any epidemic disease identity of Dogras, a strong Jammu' and 'Bangladeshis way long from their native forums, social organizations, protesting Civic Safai Civic Safai Karamcharis, had announced 'Kaam Chor occurred regarding Health contingent of Panther Go Back' besides anti- Govt. country under a deep rooted Karamchari Union, Jammu Insurance coverage to Hartal by the agitating and Sanitation in Jammu activists led by Harsh Dev slogans. While addressing conspiracy. Harsh Dev nationalist forces, youth and Municipal Corporation, is workers and Safai workers on March 15. He City, the JMC Authorities Singh Chairman JKNPP and the media, Harsh Dev Singh Singh regretted that while student organizations to get demanding re-organization Karamcharis, etc. The alleged that the Government shall be responsible for that. Former Minister and other said that Rohingyas were the Burmese and united to launch a mass Bangladeshis could manage agitation against the soaring to settle in the Jammu in menace which otherwise BJP rule has changed Exposure visit for farmers flagged off recent years, unfortunately would prove detrimental to the West Pak refugees being the peace, tranquillity and the citizens of India were harmony of Duggar land and the country: Khanna farmers. The objectives of the visit is still struggling for the State her pristine glory. Rajesh to impart knowledge and practical subject rights since Padgotra, Sham Gorkha, Jammu, Mar 16 skills to the farmer club members independence. He further Nirmal Kishore, Udhayveer, Ahead of crucial by-elections in two vital Lok Sabha regarding soil health and its said that the mass exodus of Mohinder Singh and several seats- Srinagar and Anantnag, Bharatiya Janata Party maintenance, in drawing a Kashmiri Pandits from the others were present at the representative soil sample from their National Vice- President & Incharge Jammu and valley followed by occasion. Kashmir, Avinash Rai Khanna, on Thursday held a fields, soil health card scheme and to detailed meeting with party workers at Srinagar. Khanna motivate them for recommendation is on two day visit to Kashmir to take detailed feedback based application of fertilizers as well Jandial assumes office as from party workers. While greeting party high command as manures in the soil and to arouse for the success, Khanna told the workers that BJP is interest among the farmers on soil VC JKSIDCO committed to its agenda of development and good health management for sustainable Jammu, Mar 16 governance in all the states of the country. "BJP's three agriculture development by Subash Jandial today assumed the office as Vice Chairman, year rule has changed the country and people have interacting with progressive farmers. J&K SIDCO here today in presence of Deputy Chief accepted its mode of governance," Khanna said adding Visiting farmers will also attend the NL Correspondent Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh, Minister for Industries and that it was the reason why people voted for BJP shunning and organized by the team of scientists Kissan Mela being organized by Doda, Mar 16 Commerce, Chander Prakash Ganga and Minister for from KVK Doda under the guidance SKUAST Jammu at Chatha. At creed, caste and religion. BJP State President & MLA Health and Medical Education, Bali Bhagat. VC Kissan of Dr R.K. Arora, Associate Director SKUAST Jammu, farmers will learn west asked party workers to gear up for upcoming Vikas Board, D.S.Chib, VC SC/ST and OBC Board, Balbir elections in the state. He asked workers to participate en DC Doda, Bhupinder Kumar today Extension and Incharge KVKs, about .soil health and Ram Ratan, Legislators, Ashok Khajuria, Rajesh Gupta, masse in the elections. MLA also appreciated the youth flagged off an exposure visit of Krishi SKUAST Jammu and sponsored by recommendation based use of Charanjet Khalsa, prominent political and social activists in Kashmir for actively involving in the mainstream Vigyan Kendra (KVK) farmer club NABARD under CAT programme. fertilizers and drawing representative were also present on the occasion. Later in an introductory politics. On the occasion, Ashok Kaul, State General members of the District for enhancing Rajesh Badyal DDM NABARD and soil samples for testing through Secretary (Org.), took feedback from the workers about their knowledge and skills on soil Sanjeev Mahajan LDM were also method demonstrations. They will meeting with the functionaries of the Corporation, the Vice the "Jan Sampark Yatra" and listened the genuine issues health management for promoting present during the occasion. Dr. also participate in the farmers- Chairman assured that he will try his level best to contribute faced by people particularly in rural areas. The party sustainable hill agriculture from 16 to Narinder Paul, scientist KVK Doda scientist interaction on soil health for the development and welfare of the organization with leadership also facilitated newly appointed Vice- 19 March. The visit has been planned accompanied the group of visiting management. the support of all the functionaries. Chairmen G M Mir, Khalid Jehangir and Dr Ali. MLCs Sofi Yousuf and Surinder Ambardar were also present on 'Bikram Chowk Flyover to be the occasion. After his Kashmir tour, Avinash Rai Plus-2 Lecturers' Forum calls on Edu Min Khanna will reach Jammu to chair meeting of Jammu commissioned by Apr 2017' West and Jammu Districts at Trikuta Nagar Office on NL Correspondent sanctioning of Running immediate promotion of addressed and said that Jammu Tawi, Mar 16 March 17 and later take part in a massive rally at NL Correspondent project were directed to Grade Pattern which the Lecturers to Sr. Lecturers, since Bye-Parliamentary Udhampur on March 18 in connection with Jammu Tawi, Mar 16 further accelerate the pace forum has been relentlessly Sr. Lecturers to Principals, Election at Srinagar and A delegation of All J&K "Vijayotsava" programmes. of work on these left over fighting since 2005 when CEOs and Jt. Directors and Anantnag Constituencies Vinod Sharma, Chief Plus-2 Lecturers' Forum minor works to ensure they were placed in 8000- equivalents on fast track are coinciding with the Govt miserably failed in providing Executive Officer of ERA called on Minister for commissioning by April, 13500 pre revised scale basis as large number of holding of Annual Lecturer accompanied by technical Education Syed Mohammed which is a running scale as posts are lying vacant Day on 09-04-2017, he 2017. CEO ERA was civic amenities to people: DCC staff of JKERA had a Altaf Bukhari in which they per SRO 225 and without which affects the smooth won't be able to honour the accompanied by R.K Gupta Jammu, Mar 16 detailed inspection of highlighted their demands. which a worst type of functioning of the School occasion as the Model Director ERA Jammu, S K The delegation was led by A meeting of District Congress Committee (Urban ) Bikram Chowk Flyover to stagnation has been caused Education Department and Code of Conduct has been Gandotra, Project Manager, Deepak Sharma, Working Jammu was held here today at PCC HQ Shaheedi identify the minor left over amongst the members of achievement of overall announced and assured that Transport, JKUSDIP, president of the forum. Chowk Jammu under the chairmanship of its President works to be completed Plus-2 cadre and the academic excellence. he will definitely attend Jammu, Shakti During the meeting, the Sh. Anil Chopra . The meeting discussed in details the before the completion of the lecturers have to wait for Minister gave a patient the same on some other delegation urged requested present political scenario of the state. All the participants flyover. The Rs. 77 crores Sagar,Deputy Project atleast 20 years to get hearing to the delegation day. The Central body his intervention in further elevation in next and assured all the genuine decided to postpone the expressed their concern and deep anguish over the failure prestigious project Manager, Transport, Jammu, addressing all the genuine grade as Principal. demands of the Plus-2 Annual Lecturer Day of government on all fronts. It miserably failed in comprising of 1.3 km long and other officers of ERA demands with main focus on Forum also demanded community will be accordingly. providing civic amenities like power, drinking water, flyover from Bikram Chowk and other experts. ration, besides hike of prices of ration the people are not to Green Belt Gandhi Nagar getting ration and sugar and it looks the government least is being executed by JKERA bother about the problems of people. Speaking on the under its ongoing Jammu Rasool re-elected NGEU President for 2nd term School celebrates Annual Day occasion, Raman Bhalla said that the Government has and Kashmir urban sector Jammu, Mar 16 Secretary. Muzahhar Nabi Wani was elected Jammu, Mar 16 miserably failed to fulfil any of its promises made during Development investment programme funded by Asian Ghulam Rasool Mir was reelected as as Secretary while as Parveez Ahmed Khan Blue Bells School celebrated its annual day with great the elections. It failed to check the prices of essential President of Civil Secretariat Non Gazetted and Kulbir Singh were elected as Publicity pump and show in an impressive function held at Jammu commodities like ration, pulses, sugar etc. Instead of Development Bank. With the commissioning of Employees Union (NGEU) for 2nd term Secretary and Treasurer respectively. Club.Poonam Kotwal, teacher from Presentation Convent putting check on price hike, the State Govt. has increased here on Thursday. He defeated Rouf Ahmad Ghulam Rasool's group bagged all the 20 School was the chief guest on the occasion.The function project the movement of the price of ration at Govt. depots. The most unfortunate by a margin of 335 votes. Hailing from positions of members of the Union by began with Ganesh Vandana by the students.Tiny toddlers traffic from Bikram Chowk is that in spite of hike Govt. failed to provide adequate Anderhama, Kupwara, Mir is known for his defeating their nearest rivals by convincing attired in fascinating dresses presented different cultural to Satwari will be ration to the people, he added. While referring the results affable and employee friendly attitude. He margins. Addressing the supporters, items including dance on Lakdi Ki Kathi', Dogri Dance, streamlined to great extent. of just concluded elections of 5 states, Bhalla said that started his career as junior assistant and by Ghulam Rasool Mir assured the employees Karatte, Apni to Pathshala and patriotic songs which were The structural part of the Congress won in three states. The BJP in spite of 2nd dint of hard work rose to the position of that their team will work with full highly applauded by the audience.The chief guest, while flyover is almost complete number party in Goa and Manipur formed Govt. by way Office Superintendent. The results of dedication for the betterment of the addressing the gathering, appreciated the performance of to the extent of 95%. Now of unfair means. District Congress Committee also elections were declared by Returning employees. Pertinently, the Civil Secretariat the little children. She congratulated the Principal and emphasis is being laid on demanded holding of elections to the Municipal Officer, Zubair Ahmad, Special Secretary to (Non Gazetted) Employees Union elections management of the school for organizing such a allied works like lighting, Corporations, Municipal Committees, Town Area Government Home Department. Ghulam were held on Wednesday March 16, 2017 wonderful programme. Principal of the school, Shruti painting, premixing, Committees, as the elections of these bodies are overdue Rasool Mir got 670 votes while as his rival under stick vigil by the observers and Manhas, highlighted the activities of the school and erecting of crash barriers, Rouf Ahmed Bhat got 335 votes. Suresh Returning Officers appointed by the and it should be held before the elections of Panchayats assured that the institution is committed to provide view cutters etc. All Bedi was elected as Vice President, while as government. Elections were held on the 6 quality education. The programme was concluded with which are also due. agencies associated with the Thanna Ji Bhat was elected General executive posts and 20 Office bearers. vote of thanks by Principal of the school. Several joins Lok Janshakti Party PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE I, Ranjeet Singh S/o S. Janak Singh R/o H.No. 105 Sec-B, I, Janak Singh S/o Late Sh. Gulab Singh R/o H.No. 165 NL Correspondent persons Ravi Tickoo said," state. The Party will also who were present on the Jammu Tawi, Mar 16 Sainik Colony, Chowadhi, Jammu have a purchase Plot No. Sec-C, Sainik Colony, Chovvadhi, Jammu have a purchase we have high hopes from contest each upcoming occasion were Bodh Raj 477 Sec. 7 Housing Colony, J&K Housing Board, Channi, Plot No. 478 Sec. 7 Housing Colony, J&K Housing these political activists who elections on all seats. Those Sharma and Bhupinder Jammu from S. Jagir Singh S/o S. Rattan Singh Board, Channi, Jammu from S. Jagir Singh S/o S. Rattan Many political activists of are joining Lok Janshakti who joined the party were Singh - State General R/o 10 Preet Nagar, Digiana, Jammu.Original allottee in Singh R/o 70 Preet Nagar, Digiana, Jammu. Original allottee different parties have joined favour of Manjeet Singh S/o Sh. Jaswant Singh R/o H.No. Party giving a boost to the Anita Chandpuri, Kamal Secretary, Rakesh Bhardwaj, in favour of Smt. Santosh Gupta W/o Late Sh. M.L Gupta with Lok Janshakti Party 59 Sec.6 Nanak Nagar, Jammu and have applied for transfer R/o H.No. 102 Ward No.1 R.S pura, Jammu and have party strength in Jammu and under the leadership of Sh. Chandpuri, Dazy Bhat, Harpreet Singh Mehta, and of lease hold rights of above said plot in my favour. applied for transfer of lease hold 'rights of above said plot in Ravi Tickoo State President. Kashmir. We all have to Bunty Raina, Amita Rajput, Monika Sharma - State Objection, if any, may be conveyed to the Managing my favour. Objection, if any, may be conveyed to the work for betterment and Pinky Devi, Anita Rani, Secretary, Pankaj Sharma Director, J&K Housing Board, Green Belt Park, Gandhi Managing Director, J&K Housing Board, Green Belt Park, Tickoo welcomed the newly Nagar, Jammu within a period of 7 days from the date upliftment of the people of Kamlesh, Vishal Kumar, State Coordinator, Aman Gandhi Nagar, Jammu within a period of 7 days from the joined persons into the party of publication of this notice. However, no objection will be the state."Ravi Tickoo also date of publication of this notice. However, no objection by garlanding them. All the Sureshta Devi, Rajesh Famyial State Press entertained after the expiry of the above will be entertained after the expiry of the above said newly joined person showed added that the main Khajuria, Meenu Choudhary, Secretary, Antu Kotwal State said period. period. their keen interest in party objective of the party in Mohd Arif, Gurmaz Singh, President Woman cell, Vicky Name: Ranjeet Singh Name : S. Janak Singh ideology and vision. Jammu and Kashmir is to Mahesh Mahajan, Parveen Gupta District President S/o S. Janak Singh S/o Late Sh. Gulab Singh R/o H.No. 105 Sec-B, Sainik Colony, Chowadhi, Jammu Addressing the media work and serve the people of Gupta, Joginder Chib. Those Jammu were also present. R/o H.No. 165 Sec-C, SainikColony, Chowadhi, Jammu 4 HILL DISTRICT the northlines Jammu | Friday | March 17 | 2017 Orientation cum Community MoS launches work of PMGSY road

Governments befooled the Mobilization prog held people in the name of development and that is why performance in the even after decades of the examination held recently. independence, many areas of A huge gathering comprising the State lack even basic learners under Adult facilities, the Minister Education Programme asserted. participated in the function. He asked the people to have The speakers highlighted the patience and put their full activities and objective of faith in plans and policies of Zilla Shiksha Samiti. the present Government, It was informed that Zilla which he said, are aimed at Shiksha Samiti is making NL Correspondent The Minister was addressing present Government is Reasi, Mar 16 development and welfare of every effort to reduce the locals after launching the committed to meet the NL Correspondent all sections of the society. (SBM) here today. were also present on this percentage of illiteracy. work of PMGSY road from developmental aspirations of Jammu Tawi, Mar 16 Principal DIET Banihal, occasion. Reiterating the resolve of the He instructed the concerned Besides, the adult education Panasa to Dasanu to be the people, for which a well- Sham Lal Bhaghat, Deputy The District Development programme is being run in government to connect all executing agency to completed at an estimated devised programme has been District Development Chief Education Officer, Bal Commissioner appreciated 111 Panchayat Halqas by left out habitations, Minister complete the road project in cost of Rs 2.78 crore. The 5 formulated. He said every Commissioner, inaugurated Ji Thaplo, District Nodal the efforts of the Samiti in 176 Preraks and under the of State for Finance and a time bound manner and km road would benefit a untouched part of the state one day orientation cum Officer, Nazir Ahmed Itoo, the field of education which programme 11500 people Planning, Ajay Nanda today also sought cooperation of large number of people would witness all-round community mobilization DIET Faculty and is crucial for development of have been covered so far said that a huge road net the people in resolving any programme organized by Coordinators Zilla Shiksha a society. under the literacy works is being developed living in the two villages and development in coming type of issues and Zilla Shiksha Samiti on Samiti Pawan Kumar, On the occasion, learners programme in 6 blocks of across Jammu and Kashmir their adjoining areas. days. bottlenecks associated with Saakshar Bharat Mission Gulzabir Daing, Tirath Singh were awarded for best the district. under PMGSY. The Minister said that the He said all the successive the construction of the road. Int'l Women's day celebrated Digi Dhan Mela to be 'Govt committed to NL Correspondent emphasized on how Srinagar, Mar 16 women can create heaven encourage local researchers' on earth if given a chance. held on Mar 18 To commemorate NL Correspondent The day was International Women's day Rajouri, Mar 16 commemorated not as a a function was held at S.P battle against the men but College Srinagar. Minister for Food, Civil Vice Chancellor, Cluster as an alarming reminder to Supplies and Consumer University Srinagar, Dr the world community in Affairs, Choudhary Zulfkar Sheikh Javeed Ahmed, realizing the importance of Ali today said that Registrar, Cluster standing together for the government is committed to encourage and promote the University Srinagar Dr sustainable peace, honor local research and provide Yaseen Ahmed Shah, and integrity of women. The other speakers scientific solutions to Chairperson Help NL Correspondent meeting. stalls during the mela for sensitized the audience Udhampur, Mar 16 challenges ranging from Foundation, Mrs Nighat It was decided in the raising awareness about the about the pain and agony climate change to healthcare. Shafi Pandit and large meeting that the mela benefits of digital payment of those women who are Secretary, Information He said that scholars of the number of participants would be organized at New among the common victimized by the violence, Technology Department, state can act as tools to attended the function. Town Hall, near MH from masses. Besides, stalls achieve sustained growth technology." ideas of the researchers and poverty and patriarchy. Sanjeev Verma today On this occasion, Dr 11 am to 5 pm which would would also be established and development and for that The Minister was speaking development of They emphasized the convened an officer's Yaseen Ahmed Shah provide banking, Aadhar at the venue by the J&K there is need to promote at valedictory function of technologies. He said that common course of meeting to finalize praised the efforts of and other related services Bank, Beopar Mandal and research and innovation in National Conference on this part of the state is full of women and stressed upon empowerment that is to arrangements for Digi to the people for others to facilitate cashless the state institutions. He said Interdisciplinary Sciences intellectuals and literary the need to do away with stand with the passion, Dhan mela to be held in the encouraging digital transactions. that innovation has not only and Humanities at PG persons and such kind of the binary opposition. Dr purpose and power for a district on March 18. payment system. Meanwhile, cultural led to more-efficient College Rajouri. conferences will provide a Sheikh Javeed Ahmed positive change. Arifa Jan- Deputy Commissioner, Various government programmes based on the production methods, but it Hailing the College platform for them. reflected on great women a young entrepreneur who Niraj Kumar, Additional departments like Social subject would also be has also brought dramatic administration for organising Minister also announced Rs personalities and hailed revived Numdha craft of Deputy Commissioner, Welfare, Horticulture, organized on the occasion changes in people's way of such conferences, the 5 crore for the overall their work and dedication. Kashmir was also Avny Lavasa besides other Agriculture, MVD and to educate the people about life. He said it is time to Minister said that such development of the PG Mrs Nighat Shafi Pandit felicitated on the occasion. officers were present at the DRDA would install their digital economy. "look for affordable events facilitate exchange of College, Rajouri. 19 cases settled in Police Public meet held JKEDI conducts DDC for proper maintenance of NHW Lok Adalat Entrepreneurship Awareness Prog BARAMULLA, MAR 16 Srinagar, Mar 16 NL Correspondent instructions to the companies were identified at Dhalwas, Ramban, Mar 16 A Lok Adalat was held today in the In its endeavour to reach out to the general public and ANANTNAG, MAR 16 engaged on job for removing Perah, Kunfer, Karol premises of Court Complex strengthen the police public relations, a police public The Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship all bottlenecks on National ,Mehar, Seri, Batery District Development Baramulla in which 19 cases of meeting was today held at Town hall Qazigund in Kulgam Development Institute (JKEDI) Thursday conducted a Highway. He said that the Chashma, Digdole, District. The meeting was chaired by SSP Kulgam Shridhar Commissioner, Mohammad various natures were settled special Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (EAP) at public is being affected at Panthyal, Ramsoo and Patil and was attended by a huge gathering of the people Government Degree College, Anantnag. The program Aijaz today convened a high amicably and an amount of Rs 4.05 large due to lack of proper Hingni and deadline has from Qazigund area including Transporters Association and was intended to provide an insight into the world of level meeting with the lakh was recovered from the maintenance of National been fixed for taking members of trade union Qazigund. The participants raised entrepreneurship to the participating students. The officers and representatives defaulters in various banks cases, Highway by the companies immediate necessary action various issues including black-marketing of essential EAP was part of the special series of awareness of construction companies of while Rs5.00 lakh was recovered in their respective areas. He to remove the same. commodities, drug peddling, eve-teasing, encroachment of programs being conducted by the JKEDI on the National Highway projects in other cases. The Lok Adalat was directed the concerned The DDC asked the NHAI footpaths, wrong parking, etc. They also hailed the police instructions of Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti who operating in the district. supervised by Chairman District authorities to ensure smooth to ensure start of protection drive against the drugs menace. SSP Kulgam, Shridhar Patil has listed the entrepreneurship development and self The meeting was attended by legal Services authority (Principal employment among the top priorities of the and safer passage of traffic work on the sites of unsafe while speaking on the occasion thanked the participants for SSP, Mohan Lal, SSP Traffic District & Session Judge) Government. It was said that the Chief Minister has by maintaining drainages towers due to earth cutting their participation and assured them that their highlighted Sanjay Bhagat, ADC, Baramulla, Syed Tawqeer Ahmad. stressed on proactive role for JKEDI to create an besides ensuring proper and shifting of transmission issues will be looked into on priority. He sought their Angrez Singh Rana, PD enabling environment for entrepreneurship maintenance of NH1A at all line's towers on priority The Lok Adalat comprised of two cooperation in creating peaceful and crime free atmosphere NHAI Jammu M.T Attarde development in the State to reach out to the talented crucial places from Patnitop basis so that work on four benches, 1st bench was jointly in the area. Tehsildar Qazigund, ZEO Qazigund, Executive and representatives of the presided over by the Chairman youth of State to provide them a platform where they to Jawahar tunnel. laning project is not delayed. officer Municipal committee Qazigund, SDPO Qazigund can succeed collectively. It was further told that an companies IL&FS, HCC, District Legal Services Authority Various measures being He also directed all Abdul Khalid, Dy.SP traffic Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather, Dy.SP interaction with the local successful entrepreneurs is GAMMON India, Navayuga taken up by the construction construction companies' for Baramulla and Sub-Judge Uri. Nawaz Ahmad, SHO Qazigund Nazir Ahmad, , JK Bank also part of such awareness programs to act as besides other officers. companies in this construction of toilet The 2nd bench was presided over Branch Manager, Officials of PHE department, and motivators, besides to create awareness among the Taking into account connection were also complex at identified places by the Sub-Judge Baramulla and other senior officers of various departments were youth about different Government schemes for importance of prestigious discussed in the meeting. for public convenience Munsiff Baramulla. among others present on the occasion. entrepreneurship development. four lane work, DC issued Besides, critical bottlenecks along national highway. Rs 205 cr annual plan approved for Rajouri Teachers imparted training on learning skills NL Correspondent Minister directed the concerned to for which Rs 20 lakhs were Jammu Tawi, Mar 16 expedite the construction work on released during 2016-17 be taken NL Correspondent techniques. all ongoing and new hospital up on priority. Jammu Tawi, Mar 16 Giving brief about The District Development Board buildings in the district. The Chairman expressed programme activities, (DDB) Rajouri that met under the The Minister was informed that satisfaction over the performance To acquaint teachers with TBFF team said Chairmanship of Minister for construction of Government of the district administration in the innovative methods and Generation Global Agriculture, Ghulam Nabi Lone Medical College Rajouri is apace optimal utilization of the available learning skills, a training cultivates students' skills Hanjura today approved an annual at a cost of Rs 139 crore. The funds. He exhorted upon the programme was held at of dialogue, critical plan of Rs 205.01 crore for the Minister instructed the concerned officers to put in more dedicated College of Education here. thinking, as well as district. officers to ensure quality work efforts and work with utmost zeal The programme was cultural and digital Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and completion within a to complete the ongoing projects organized by Tony Blair literacies. "Students are & Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), stipulated time frame. and get the new proposals Faith Foundation (TBFF) through. Hanjura directed the then able to practice these Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali, Minister Responding to various issues under its Generation district administration to involve for Animal & Sheep Husbandry projected in the meeting, Global (Gen-G) skills, directly the local representatives before and Fisheries, Abdul Ghani Kohli, including public complaints programme, during which encountering their global formulating any developmental Vice Chairman J&K State Pahari regarding excessive power tariff 40 teachers were imparted peers through facilitated project. He also asked them to training curriculum via videoconferences and a Advisory Board, Kuldeep Raj bills, the Board decided to implement the decisions taken in participatory and hands-on moderated online Gupta, Vice Chairman OBC Board constitute a Committee to assess previous DDB meetings in letter activities. community," they added. Rash Paul Verma, Legislators, and report on the issue to the and spirit. Dr Ian Jamison, Head of At the end of programme Ravinder Raina, Qamar Hussain, concerned quarter for further Minister for Food, Civil Supplies Education (TBFF) and certificates were Vibod Gupta, Surinder meeting. mechanism for the scrutiny and appropriate & Consumer Affairs, Chowdhary Choudhary, District Development The Chairman took a implementation of all the redressal. Zulfkar Ali directed the concerned TBFF Education distributed among Commissioner (DDC), Shabir comprehensive review of the decisions in letter and spirit so that Stressing on early commissioning to expedite the construction work Consultant Asia, Sandhya participants by the Ahmed Bhat, Heads of various implementation of the decisions benefits percolate down to the of Abdullah Bridge, Mr Hanjura on all ongoing developmental Gupta imparted training to Director School Education Departments and other Senior taken in the last DDB meeting. He grassroots level. impressed upon the officers that works in the district and complete teachers with focus on Kashmir, Kumar Rajiv Officers were present in the directed for evolving effective Reviewing the Health sector, the the approach road to the Bridge them in a stipulated time frame. pedagogy and teaching Ranjan. the northlines 5 KATHUA Jammu | Friday | March 17 | 2017 JJM holds meeting, project demands Speaker inspects dev works

NL Correspondent NL Correspondent the foundation stone for Kathua, Mar 16 Jammu Tawi, Mar 16 construction of lanes and drains in the area. He asked the officers to Jan Jagriti Munch (JJM) Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir organized meeting at Kathua effectively implement the schemes Legislative Assembly, Kavinder of the central government to on Thursday in which the Gupta today visited inspected members of the organization benefit the people. Addressing pace of progress on the urged the state government to locals at the Bazigar Basti, the development works in Jammu provide the ration in proper Speaker said that the liberal way to the people and remove outskirts. funding being provided by the the long running practice of The Speaker visited Kanjwani, centre would take Jammu and ration delaying. The Gangyal, Bazigar Basti, Bahu Kashmir to the new heights of programme was a part of the failed to improve the ration concern over the ration issue, unaffordable rates. In the Fort and Pacca Talab-Bahu Fort development. JJM's movement titled crisis and many unwanted spokes persons of JJM in the meeting, JJM spokesperson, and inspected lane and drainage Kavinder Gupta passed "Bashan Nahi Ration Dau", illegal practices related to meeting said the PDS is in Sanjay, Kulbir, Raj Kumar, construction works in these instructions to the engineers and JMM spokes person said. ration distribution. They also shambles and the government Deepak, Gulshan, Chandan areas. He also inspected the contractors to accelerate the pace While addressing the JJM announced that a ration depots across state and Suresh jointly asked the pace of work on under of work so that people are activists, they strongly memorandum of demands have gone dry which is government to fulfill its basic construction additional benefited. condemned the state relating to ration crisis will be forcing the people especially responsibility and provide classrooms at Primary School During the visit the Speaker was government and said the submitted to government after the poor, to buy ration from hassle free ration to the Pacca Talab-Bahu Fort. accompanied by officers from government is miserably some days. Expressing grave the open market at people without any delay. At Kanjwani, the Speaker laid various departments. BJC unfurls religious flag RBU opens counselling centre Office of the Vivekanand Public School

NL Correspondent Airwan management Committee Kathua, Mar 16 S.no. Name Parentage Qualification Occupation Designation 1 Rajesh Kumar Sh. Sat paul B.SC,B.ED,D Principal Present/Staff To facilitate the students of CAM district Kathua, Rayat 2. Darbari lal Sh. Hans raj 12th Sarpanch member Bahara University has 3. Ambika W/o Sh. Anoop M.A,B.ED Social Member opened a counseling centre Sharma Sharma worker at Kathua on Thursday. The 4. Sohan Lal Puran Chand M.A Teacher of Secy/Staff centre was inaugurated by School Rep. the director of university 5. Neelam Devi W/o Sh. Rajesh M.A House Wife member Kumar Kathua, Mar 16 Sumit Behal. On the occasion, District Manager, 6. Ranjeeta W/o Sh. Tara 12th Social Member To celebrate the forthcoming Navrataras, the Bhandara and Kumar Chand worker SC, ST/OBC Development Jagrata committee has unfurled the flag of Mata Vaishano Behal told the benefits of university. On the 7. Mohan Lal Sh. Chain Dass 12th Business member in ward number 6 at Kathua on Thursday. On the occasion, Corporation Kathua, Kuldip this centre and said many occasion, a large number of man hymn and slogans in praise of Mata Vaishano Devi Ji were Kumar was also present as students from Jammu and students were also joined 8. Baldev raj Sh. Kaka Ram 12th Ex- member also performed by the activists of committee. While special guest. While Kashmir, Punjab and and made the occasion Serviceman speaking on the occasion, the committee members, Shung, speaking on the occasion, Haryana are studying in the relevant. 9. Ashok Kumar Sh. Dev raj 12th Ex- Member Kewal, Subash and Madan told that on the eve of Navratra Serviceman celebration, seven days langar will be held in the ward GHSS students 10. Dimple Kumar Sh. Subash 10th farmer Member number 6. Committee members appeals all to participate in Abducted minor girl Kumar celebrations and seek blessing of Mata Vaishno Devi. call on ADC 11. Rakesh Kumar Sh. Chaino ram 12th shopkeeper Member Kathua, Mar 16 Note:- Objection if any may be conveyed to concern authority. recovered, accused held Sd/- Students of class 11th of Seminar on GST organized Principal NL Correspondent P/S Samba. Thereafter SSP Government Higher Samba, Mar 16 Jammu, Mar 16 Samba constituted a team Secondary School Ramnagar Commercial Taxes Department, Jammu under the under the supervision of Keerian, called on Additional Acting swiftly Samba supervision of Commissioner Commercial Taxes, J&K and Dy. SP Headquarters DC Kathua in Kathua on Police recovered a Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes Samba to trace out the Thursday and urged him to kidnapped minor girl from (Administration), Jammu organized a seminar on Goods & kidnapped girl. During the end up the long dispute Mansar within 12 hours of Services Tax here today. course of investigation, between two teachers of the Aimed at educating the traders on various aspects of Goods her kidnapping and arrested police conducted raids at school and provide English & Services Tax, the programme was attended by the the kidnapper. According to different suspicious lecturer to cover the syllabus. traders of Ware House, Nehru Market, Nai Basti Satwari, police, a complaint was Students also submitted the Jammu and other business establishments. The seminar received from Major Ram locations in and around the Samba and Udhampur memorandum regarding the commenced with an overview on the new tax regime with S/o Paras Ram R/o Naid problem of the school and border as well as in Jammu focus on mechanisms of transparency and self-policing teh. Samba that his urged immediate border and on the tip-off it inbuilt in this PAN India indirect tax reform. daughter has been intervention to address the The experts of Commercial Taxes Department, Jammu kidnapped by one Monu recovered the girl from dispute of two teachers. deliberated on various provisions of the Draft Act and its S/o Sat Paul R/o Samlah Papad, Mansar. The Students told that a dispute implication on the State economy. Besides, a Power Point tehsil Samba late last night accused person namely has been going on in between Presentation on Registration, Return and Payments and in this connection a Monu has been arrested a Govt Middle School female involved in Goods and Services Tax was displayed by the case FIR No 49/2017 U/S and further investigation is teacher and a male English officials of the department. 363 RPC was registered at going on. lecturer of Govt Higher Secondary School Ramnagar In the court of Chief Judicial In the court of Judicial Magistrate Keerian since long which is affecting the future of the Magistrate, Samba 1st Class (Addl. Munsiff), Samba hundreds of students. In this Present : Deepak Sethi Present :Junaid I. Mir concern, students urged Suman Kumwar S/o Mani Ram r/o A/P Kuldeep Amba Brick Kiln administration to take Tehsil Ghagwal Distt. Samba. Aziz Din S/o ILam Din r/o Mohar Garh, Janda Tehsil Samba Distt. strong and immediate action V/S Samba. to resolve the issue and INCHARGE Police Station Ghagwal V/S Application U/S 13 (3) of Registration of birth/death Act, seeking INCHARGE Police Station Samba provide the English lecturer directions to INCHARGE Police Station, Ghagwal to enter the birth In the matter of in the school. particular of applicant's children. Application for Registration of birth/death of:- ILam Din D.O.D.24-11-1947 At home PROCLAMATION Father's Name: Jawaher Whereas applicant has filed the above titled application in this court Notice for issuing direction to INCHARGE Police Station, Ghagwal regarding registration of birth particulars of applicant's children NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLIC I, Ashwani Kumar S/o Sh. namely Arun Kumwar (M) & Rahul Kumwar (M) both sons of Whereas, an application stand filed in this court for registration of Mulkh Raj R/o Vill. Ramloo Suman Kumwar & Amrita Kumwar R/o A/P Kuldeep Amba Brick death of ILam Din S/O Jawaher r/o Mohar Garh, Janda Tehsil & Rasolian, Tehsil Ramgarh, KilnTehsil GhagwalDistt. Samba in Police Station, Ghagwal who Distt. Samba in Police Station Samba and through the medium of Distt. Samba have purchased 3- were born on 21-01-2006 & 04-07-2011 At home respectively and this publication notice at large and any other interested person is/ are wheeler passenger bearing through the medium of this proclamation, general public is informed informed that in case anybody has any objection in respect of registration no. JK02AL-6462 that any person/s has/have objection to the same, in that event aforementioned application then he/she/they shall file their from Sham Lal S/o Pana Ram he/she/they shall file same before this court on or before 23-03- objections in this court within 5 days from the date of publication of R/o Kamore, Tehsil Ramgarh, 2017,failing which appropriate order shall passed. Take notice that notice, failing which appropriate order shall follow. Distt. Samba. Now, I am in case the date of fixed is declared holiday, the matter shall be taken Given under my hand and seal of this court today 16th applying for the transfer of the in the next working day. day of March 2017. R/C of the said vehicle in my Given under my hand and seal of this court today 16th Addl. Munsiff, favour. Objection, if any, may day of March 2017. (Judicial Magistrate Ist Class Samba) be conveyed to concern Chief Judicial Magistrate, RTO/ARTO within 7 days after Samba publication of this notice. In the court of Addl. Mobile In the court of Judicial Magistrate Magistrate, Samba In the court of Addl. Mobile In the court of Chief Judicial 1st Class (Addl. Munsiff), Samba Present : Swati Gupta Present : Junaid I. Mir Magistrate, Samba Magistrate, Samba Present : Swati Gupta Present : Deepak Sethi Romesh Lal S/o Sh. Mukhtiar Singh r/o Suchetgarh Kullian, Tehsil Rakesh Kumar S/O Ayudhya Ram R/o Meen Charkan Morha and District Samba . Ajeet Singh S/o Lt.Sh. Gujjar Singh r/o Khanwal Camp, Tehsil and Mohinder Lal S/o Pannu Ram r/o Dugh Chhani Fatwal Tehsil Khadergal Teh Bari Brahmana Distt. Samba V/S District Samba . Ramgarh Distt. Samba. Vs INCHARGE Police Post Rakh Amb Talli V/S V/S Incharge Police Station Bari Brahmana Application U/S 13 (3) of Registration of birth/death Act, seeking INCHARGE Police Station Samba INCHARGE Police Station Ramgarh In the matter of directions to INCHARGE Police Post, Rakh Amb Talli to enter the Application U/S 13 (3) of Registration of birth/death Act, seeking Application U/S 13 (3) of Registration of birth/death Act, seeking Application for Registration of birth/death of:- death particular of applicant's wife. directions to INCHARGE Police Station, Samba to enter the death directions to INCHARGE Police Station, Ramgarh to enter the death Massu Ram @ Mast Ram (Female) D.O.D. 02-02-1980 at home particular of applicant's mother. particular of applicant's father. Father's Name: Lathu Ram PROCLAMATION Whereas applicant has filed the above titled application in this court PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLIC for issuing direction to INCHARGE Police Post, Rakh Amb Talli, Whereas applicant has filed the above titled application in this court Whereas applicant has filed the above titled application in this court Whereas, an application stand filed in this court for registration of Samba regarding registration of death particulars of his wife namely for issuing direction to INCHARGE Police Station, Samba for issuing direction to INCHARGE Police Station, Ramgarh death of Massu Ram @ Mast Ram S/o Lathu Ram R/o Meen Anuradha (Female) W/o Sh. Romesh Lal R/o Suchetgarh Kullian , regarding registration of death particulars of his mother namely regarding registration of death particulars of applicant's father Charkan Morha Khadergal Teh Bari Brahmana Distt. Samba, in Teh & Distt. Samba in Police Post Rakh Amb Talli, Samba who was Kako Devi (Female) W/o Late Sh. Gujjar Singh R/o Khanwal Camp namely Pannu Ram (M) S/o Bhagat Ram R/o Dugh Chhani Fatwal Police Station Bari Brahmana and through the medium of this died on 20-10-2015 at home and through the medium of this , Teh & Distt. Samba in Police Station, Samba who was died on 10- Tehsil Ramgarh Distt. Samba in Police Station, Ramgarh who was publication notice at large and any other interested person is/ are 08-1993 at home and through the medium of this proclamation, died on 14-12-1988 At home and through the medium of this proclamation, general public is informed that any person/s has/have general public is informed that any person/s has/have objection to proclamation, general public is informed that any person/s has/have informed that in case anybody has any objection in respect of objection to the same, in that event he/she/they shall file same before aforementioned application then he/she/they shall file their the same, in that event he/she/they shall file same before this court objection to the same, in that event he/she/they shall file same before this court on or before 21 -03-2017,failing which appropriate order on or before 21-03-2017,failing which appropriate order shall this court on or before 23-03-2017,failing which appropriate order objections in this court within 5 days from the date of publication of shall passed. Take notice that in case the date of fixed is declared passed. Take notice that in case the date of fixed is declared holiday, shall passed. Take notice that in case the date of fixed is declared notice, failing which appropriate order shall follow. holiday, the matter shall be taken in the next working day. the matter shall be taken in the next working day. holiday, the matter shall be taken in the next working day. Given under my hand and seal of this court today 16th Given under my hand and seal of this court today 16th Given under my hand and seal of this court today 16th Given under my hand and seal of this court today 16th day of March 2017 day of March 2017. day of March 2017. day of March 2017. Addl. Munsiff, Addl. Spl. Mobile Magistrate, Addl. Spl. Mobile Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, (Judicial Magistrate Ist Class Samba) Samba Samba Samba the northlines 6 OPINION Jammu | Friday | March | 17 | 2017 What survivors can teach you about cancer that internet can't

threw at us was a terrible While he was explaining the countdown. During this and its prognosis. While we caught up with our daily fit and mentally prepared to down? Instead, he is even prognosis and disappointing grave consequences of Flag phase, she would be on 24X7 juggled with several ideas in chores and feel bogged down take on the mighty mountain. more determined to battle the case studies of people IDA, a toxic chemotherapy oxygen support with an the BMT ICU, one day my by the challenges life throws Here, it was a cancer survivor disease like a warrior and succumbing to the disease. drug given to patients infected lung filled with fluid. twin came up with the idea of at us, few people acquaint us with one lung who managed beat it for the third time. The world outside the suffering from leukemia as a I would be with her in a bone starting a website called with the idea of living a to do the impossible. Not In the middle of a deep crisis internet felt like the reflection salvage option, I had my gaze marrow transplant ICU www.strongerthancancers.co mission despite being in the only this, Sean has climbed we often find ourselves of what the internet spoke fixed on his lips pronouncing through the day and watch m with the mission to fill the middle of painful all other six tallest summits complaining about what the Sonika Bakshi about. Everybody we broke the painful truth. He said that her fight the battle with void with hope for millions of circumstances. People who and has trekked across ideal should be. On the the news of her medical my sister might not be able to complete faith on the doctors cancer warriors who are inspire us with an undying Antarctica to the South Pole. contrary, we have Monika, he internet these days condition looked at us with tolerate the drug and might and herself. made to believe that cancer spirit. At the moment, he is all Sean and Rahul who have is flooded with chaos, sympathy and with an succumb within seven days She would often call me by cannot be cured. While I am talking about the geared up to trek to the North managed to find a purpose in Tmisinformation, hatred expression that cancer can of treatment and emphatically her side and mutter her To break the stigma, we message of hope, I can't miss Pole to complete the their life and are and all that epitomises only bring upon death. mentioned that 10 per cent conviction to me. She would decided to bring the stories of the mention of Sean Swarner. Explorer's Grand Slam. Sean meaningfully living a confusion. And if you wish to For a cancer patient and his patients actually die during raise her hand in a victory marvellous victories of Amid so much negativity is carrying a "Flag of Hope" mission, in the face of their cull out relevant information kin, even one story of success this treatment. symbol affirming that she cancer warriors over the spilled all over the internet along with him, with the worst crisis. about cancer, it is a cauldron means life. And to our I had to take a call will win, come what may. disease and inspire every about cancer, Sean has names of cancer survivors Though it is hard to imagine of scary facts and figures, dismay, there was not a single immediately. I decided that And I'd hold her hand to say, cancer patient to fight and managed to deliver a very and the names of those who how they managed to gather carefully curated for anxious thread of motivation left for my twin who I was born with "of course we will". Also, win like no one ever powerful message to those fought valiantly but the courage to plan their cancer patients and their kin. us to latch on to. and had spent the entire life she'd often call me near her imagined. The mission affected by the disease - that succumbed. initiatives to bring hope, the I had the first taste of Most often inspiring ideas are gathering so many memories and mumble a request and behind the website was to there is hope. Sean calls this initiative truth is they have and with a consuming dismal born from the womb of with, will take the toxic that was "don't believe what ensure that no one took Sean is the only cancer Mission of Hope. The money lot of heart and toil put information about the disease adversity. In our case, we treatment. The outcome the doctors say. I will win". chemotherapy with a broken survivor in the world to have raised as part of the mission together. when my twin sister, my best decided to create a platform could be lethal but I took the It wasn't easy for me as her morale and spread the climbed the Mt Everest with will be directed towards According to a WHO report, friend and my other half which works towards call on her behalf that she twin to see her go through so message that cancer is only a one functional lung. funding cancer research, globally one in five men and Monika was diagnosed with survival awareness, which will. much pain with immense diagnosis and not a death Sean says: "The human body supporting those suffering one in six women will Acute Myeloid Leukemia in means helping those affected One day my twin came up strength and often found sentence. can live roughly 30 days from cancer and empowering develop cancer before the age October 2015. by cancer find hope and with the idea of starting a myself burying my fears, From the hospital ICU, without food. The human survivors. In two days, Sean of 75.And one in eight men, After having been in stories of people who have website. apprehensions and confusion Stronger than Cancer was condition can sustain itself will begin his trek and with it and one in 12 women, will remission for a few months, fought the disease with true As I stepped out of the in the face of the worst crisis born and has successfully for roughly three days the message of hope will die from the disease. the disease relapsed and this valour and emerged doctor's cabin, I noticed my of my life. Both of us were managed to bring inspiring without water, but no human reach millions affected by Currently, 14 million people a time with more aggression. victorious. sister sitting outside with a fighting a lonely battle, albeit stories of success of cancer alive can live for more than cancer and otherwise. year are diagnosed with Since then, all I have How we arrived at the idea is confident look on her face. I with each other by our side. warriors over their disease 30 seconds without hope." Another ray of hope for all cancer. According to that experienced with her is a in itself a story that should be felt emotional but held back Seven days passed like a and shall continue to live its Sean is a two-time cancer cancer patients and their kin report, the numbers will roller-coaster ride. We have recounted for sheer need of the tears almost welling up in storm but the calm after that mission. After all, there is no survivor and synonymous to is Rahul Yadav, the founder increase to 19 million by together battled the disease motivation among people and my eyes and pushed the lump felt surreal. She began to dearth of cancer awareness. the power of the human spirit of Yoddhas. Yoddhas is a 2025, 22 million by 2030 and like warriors. 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Dr Madhav Godbole Babri Masjid. The Liberhan commission of inquiry, even after toiling for thinking in the Shockingly, none of these was fulfilled. 17 years, failed to bring out the enormity of the crime and country. 'It is imperative that all parties make a commitment that When the central government decided to station 20,000 identify those who should be held responsible. The moves which the they shall abide by the final decision of the Supreme paramilitary forces at a distance of about 10 kilometres The criminal cases against the guilty have not made any BJP makes for Court.' from Ayodhya, Kalyan Singh had furiously objected to it. headway though over twenty years have elapsed. construction of the 'This will be the best way to bring a closure.' Repeated suggestions of the central government to deploy It is only on March 7, 2017 that the Supreme Court has Ram temple at the 'It is time India moves on to face several other the central paramilitary forces in the first protective ring held that the discharge of senior BJP leaders on a technical disputed site will be a challenges,' says Dr Madhav Godbole, the distinguished around the Babri Masjid were turned down by the state ground was inappropriate and has given directions to litmus test for this civil servant who resigned as Union home secretary after government. reopen the cases. purpose. the Babri Masjid demolition. Kalyan Singh had also given instructions that under no The court has also expressed concern at the delay in The construction of circumstances should the state police guarding the conducting the trial. the temple in Ayodhya ever before had the Bharatiya Janata Party won structure open fire on the kar sevaks. This is an eloquent commentary on the total failure of is an emotive issue for such a massive mandate in Uttar Pradesh. Its Kalyan Singh had also warned the central government that governance on this highly emotive and sensitive issue. large sections of Nperformance in the three other states, and if any pre-emptive action was taken by it to impose I have deliberately invited attention to these shocking Hindus. All efforts particularly in Uttarakhand, has been impressive. President's rule or to take over the structure, no guarantee developments during the BJP regime in UP in 1992. made during the last Nearly two third of India's population now lives in BJP- could be given for its protection. It must be underlined that the massive mandate received two decades to arrive at an amicable solution in ruled states. This opens a new chapter not only in the Unfortunately, P V Narasimha Rao, the then prime by the BJP in the elections this year was entirely due to consultation with Muslim groups have failed. The matter is history of the BJP, but also of India. Hereafter, all major minister, was reluctant to act on the home ministry's Modi Magic and his slogan 'Sabka saath, Sabka vikas.' now before the Supreme Court. national and regional issues will have to be considered advice to dismiss the Kalyan Singh government and to This has galvanised people belonging to all religions, It will be best if all stake-holders, including the state and with this new perspective. impose President's rule under Article 356 of the castes, creeds and communities. central governments, and the Hindu and Muslim groups The foremost among these is the construction of the Ram Constitution. This new social engineering needs to be strengthened and make an appeal to the Supreme Court to take up this case temple in Ayodhya at the site where the demolished Babri As a result, ultimately, the Babri Masjid was wantonly carried forward consciously in a responsible manner. for a very early decision. Masjid stood. demolished by the kar sevaks under the watch of the Mayawati has pertinently observed that even in Muslim Attention needs to be invited in this context to the Though not even a day had elapsed since the declaration Kalyan Singh government and in full view of the massive majority areas in UP the BJP has received a clear mandate. suggestion made by some BJP activists that if the court of the results in UP, hot-heads in the Rashtriya strength of the state police and senior BJP leadership. This is a very welcome development from a national decision goes against the Hindus, a law should be passed Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP, and its 'so-called' ally, the It was only after the demolition of the masjid was nearly perspective as it clearly shows that Muslims and scheduled by the state government to take up the construction of the Shiv Sena, were already demanding that expeditious steps complete that the state government called for the castes, scheduled tribes and other weaker sections have temple at the disputed site. must now be taken for the construction of the Ram temple assistance of the central paramilitary forces. reposed their faith in Modi's appeal for inclusive growth. These are dangerous portents. at the disputed site. But since magistrates were not made available by the state Nothing must be done to let down these widely held It is imperative that all parties categorically make a The BJP's response to this single issue will decide the government for quite some time in spite of repeated expectations. commitment that they shall abide by the final decision of course of India's history. requests by the paramilitary forces, they were unable to The BJP has been harping on a Congress-mukt Bharat. In the Supreme Court. Public memory is phenomenally short. It would therefore enter Ayodhya which had lakhs of kar sevaks milling their turn, the so-called secular parties are calling for a This will be the best way to bring a closure to the issue. be pertinent to recall the BJP's stint in power in Uttar around. BJP-mukt Bharat. This has split the Indian polity, like the It is time India moves on to face several other multifarious Pradesh in 1992 under chief minister Kalyan Singh which When Kalyan Singh was hauled up for contempt of court Republicans and Democrats in the USA. challenges before it. actively promoted the demolition of the Babri Masjid by for having failed to abide by the commitment given to the In spite of the BJP's massive win in the recent elections, it Dr Madhav Godbole is a former home secretary and its actions and inactions. court, he got away only with imprisonment till the rising needs to be stated that the BJP is considered an secretary justice, Government of India. His memoirs, Kalyan Singh had given a commitment to the central of the court! untouchable by most other political parties in the country. Unfinished Innings -- Recollections and Reflections of a government, the National Integration Council and the After the BJP came to power at the centre in 2014, Kalyan It may be considered a travesty, but it shows that even the Civil Servant bring out the decision-making process during Supreme Court that all steps would be taken to protect the Singh was rewarded with governorship of a major state. BJP needs to be brought into the mainstream of political the time. Why India should watch out for Trump's agenda

Shyam Saran but under Trump, the confrontation aspect has gained sharper ride this resistance. Our growing relations with the US have created some salience. These three elements are positive in India's geopolitical apprehensions in Russia, as its own relations with the US and the ndia needs to consider whether the Donald Trump This is both in the area of trade and investment relations as well perspective even if they prove, for the moment, to be of tactical West in general, have deteriorated. Its closeness to China has administration can actually deliver, says former foreign as the security equation. While there may be tactical shifts, such or less than enduring significance. similarly created concerns in India. Isecretary Shyam Saran. as Trump walking back from his questioning the one-China Any development, which constrains Chinese room for This could change for the better once US-Russia relations It has been nearly two months since Donald Trump became the policy, we should expect heightened US-China contention. manoeuvre, should be welcome to India. improve. However, this is one element of the Trump strategy president of the United States. Two, counter-terrorism -- and in Trump's view, this is Islamic If the recently announced increase in US military expenditure which seems to be coming unstuck and we need to take that into There has been rising anxiety among allies, friends and terrorism -- will be centre-stage in this administration. The increases the robustness of US presence in Asia-Pacific, this may account in our calculations. adversaries, too, about what may be in store over the next several persistence with the visa ban on citizens of several Muslim slow down the Chinese penetration of the Indian Ocean maritime This means that we need to handle our relations with Russia years of this administration, given the uncertainty and countries, despite legal challenges, is clearly indicative of this. space. without the collateral benefit of improved US-Russia relations. unpredictability which has so far marked its early days. One should expect increased US pressure on countries that are We get a little more breathing space to beef up our own While seeking to leverage these elements in Trump's foreign The US, even if it is in relative decline, has a very large global seen as providing havens to terrorist groups or where threats capabilities. The growing Chinese pressure on Japan, South policy, we should be mindful of another likely and negative footprint, both in economic and military terms. from terrorist groups are endemic. The downside to this may Korea, Southeast Asian countries and Australia may diminish in contingency. Decisions made in Washington, even if they are driven by well be an increase in terrorist attacks on the American homeland the short term. Irrespective of what these shifts may imply for India and the domestic factors, have an impact on countries far and near; and this may set into motion a dynamic that confirms sentiments However, China's footprint in the Asia-Pacific and beyond will larger geopolitical landscape, a great deal will depend upon hence, the need to assess carefully the political drama that is across the Islamic world that the US is against Islam. continue to expand, barring an elemental crisis in that country. whether this administration finally clear the decks and settle being played out there. But for the present, a focus on counter-terrorism may introduce Thus, India and other countries in the region, who have reason to down to be able to deliver on its agenda. This is particularly important for India, not only because of the a degree of caution in countries such as Pakistan which have be concerned about the growth in Chinese power, should Prolonged domestic political turmoil, the growing polarisation in consequences of specific policies, such as enhanced restrictions been using cross-border terrorism as an instrument of state actively work together to cope with a world in which the US role American society and the inconsistency in policy making may on visas for Indian information technology professionals, but policy. in our shared region may diminish over time. have a bigger impact by making it difficult for the administration also second-order effects, for example, the recent racist attacks Three, Trump wants to reset US relations with Russia and this A more focused and energetic US counter-terrorism policy will to give attention to external issues that require urgent and well- on Indian citizens and Indian-Americans in the general anti- makes sense in terms of the first two objectives. The similarly be of advantage to India but only as long as it does not considered attention. immigration sentiment, sharpened by the both the rhetoric and crystallisation of a China-Russia strategic alignment is not in the degenerate into Islamophobia and the targeting of Muslims An absent US may be more problematic for the world than an policies adopted by Trump. interest of the US and the West in general and Russia is not a indiscriminately. inconsistent one. On a larger geopolitical canvas, the emerging picture from an military threat to them. In the latter case, a secular country like India, with a large The writer is a former foreign secretary, and currently senior Indian perspective is mixed and still somewhat fluid. Russia is also a credible ally in the fight against jihadi terrorism Muslim minority, may find itself in a very uncomfortable and fellow at the Centre for Policy Research. Nevertheless, it may be useful to mark some of its less represented by the Islamic State and Al Qaeda. The interests of perhaps even an untenable situation. ambiguous features. the West have been served by Russian participation in the war For the present, however, there is more scope for strengthening Trump's world view has three consistent elements. against IS in Syria, though this is not fully acknowledged. counter-terrorism cooperation with the US and any pressure on (Disclaimer: The views expressed here are personal One relates to China. Each US administration since the end of Among the three items on Trump's agenda, it is his Russia policy Pakistan on this score is welcome. opinions of the writers. The information, facts or opinions the Cold War has seen China as an adversary but also a partner which has generated the most significant resistance, and one On Russia, any improvement of US-Russia relations should be appearing in the articles do not reflect the views of The in addressing specific regional and global issues. The US's China might even add, even subversion by the American political and welcome from India's point of view, given our own long- Northlines and it does not assume any responsibility or strategy has thus been a mix of confrontation and cooperation, security establishment. It remains to be seen if he is able to over- standing partnership with this friendly country. liability for the same) the northlines 7 KASHMIR Jammu | Friday | March 17 | 2017 Workshop on Disaster Pace of ongoing developmental Navroz arrangements Preparedness held reviewed NL Correspondent Gundhasi Bhat, Abi Guzar Srinagar, Mar 16 projects reviewed Srinagar, Mar 05 and other Shia dominated A day long district level workshop on disaster areas. He also directed PDD preparedness and Mitigation was organized by Civil hurdles on the Rambagh- Divisional Commissioner and PHE Departments to Defense Anantnag today. The workshop was inaugurated Tengpora under pass road Kashmir Baseer Ahmad ensure uninterrupted power by DC Anantnag Dr. Syed Aabid Rasheed Shah at District immediately so that the Khan today chaired a and water supply especially Home guard lines, Anantnag. During the workshop the construction work on this meeting at Imam Bara, in these areas during Navroz. participants including the students and volunteers were vital road is taken in hand. Hassanabad, Rainawari to He also directed the instructed regarding different levels of disaster The spot for construction of review the arrangements concerned authorities to preparedness and Mitigation by the experts. Among new Bailey bridge being put in place for ensure immediate repair of others, SSP Anantnag Zubair Ahmad Khan, Dy connecting Barzulla- Navroz. defunct street lights in these Controller Civil Defense Anantnag Riyaz Ahmad Shah Alochabagh was also Additional Deputy areas. and Chief Warden Disaster Management Anantnag Mr. identified. Commissioner, senior The officers of FCS&CA Tassaduq Rasheed spoke on the occasion and shared Later Div Com inspected were asked to ensure valuable information regarding disaster preparedness engineers and officers of ongoing construction work availability of Rice, besides, and mitigation with the participants. PHE, PDD, SMC, Traffic, on Rambagh-Jehangir Traffic, LAWDA, RTO, additional quota of Kerosene NL Correspondent Additional Deputy encroachments on both Chowk flyover being Police, Health, SDA, Oil and LPG for Shia Election training prog concludes Srinagar, Mar 05 Commissioner, Chief sides of Batmaloo-Tengpora executed by ERA) at an Fisheries, besides population. The Health SHOPIAN, MAR 16 Engineer R&B, IGP Traffic, road for the smooth estimated cost of Rs 262 Department was asked to Divisional Commissioner, representatives of Local A two day long training programme for the officials who SP Traffic, Police, Revenue movement of traffic and for crores. He urged the Mohalla Committees were make medicare facilities are being deputed for duties for upcoming Parliamentary Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad officials to make judicious officers, officials of convenience of pedestrians. present in the meeting. available, besides keeping by-election for Anantnag constituency, concluded here Khan, today conducted an Economic Reconstruction He directed R&B officials use of funds and ensuring Div Com directed the all the Health Centers in today. extensive tour of Srinagar Agency (ERA), Irrigation & to undertake the quality work. He also asked Fisheries Department to these areas open on Novroz. The training programme was organised by the District City and reviewed the Flood Control, macadamization of the road the officials to work in ensure availability of The SMC officials were Election Officer at Degree College Shopian, DIET and progress of various ongoing (I&FC),SMC & PDD. immediately. tandem so that the vital sufficient stocks of Fish at asked to ensure proper Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School, Shopian. developmental works. Div Com directed the SMC He directed the concerned project is completed within Gagribal, Alamgaribazar, sanitation and cleanliness in The programme was attended by the 2500 officials of He was accompanied by the officials to remove all officers to remove all the the stipulated time. Chandpora Harwan, these areas. Education, PHE, FCS&CA, Revenue, Treasury Department and DIC Shopian. Speaking on the occasion, the District Election Officer PSGA implementation reviewed DLRC meeting held Manzoor Ahmad Qadri said such training programmes are organised with an aim to equip the officials with technical know-how necessary to operate EVMs and to NL Correspondent by Additional Deputy PSGA for a responsive and Baramulla, Mar 05 acquaint them with Election related matters. Commissioner, Joint efficient administration. He Director Planning, Assistant directed the officers of Patrolling intensified around District Development Commissioner Revenue, revenue Department to gear Commissioner, Baramulla SDMs of Pattan, Uri, District up for the work of Sindh Nallah to check pouching Dr, Nasir Ahmad Naqash digitization of SRINAGAR, MAR 15 revenue records. The Fisheries Department today said that patrolling has He further directed been intensified around Sindh Nallah to check pouching the Informatics NL Correspondent of fish. district coordinators of of the total credit disbursed Officer to provide Bandipora, Mar 05 "The Fisheries Department staff posted around the Sindh various financial by all the banks operating in Internet facilities to Nallah is performing their duty 24x7 to ensure effective institutions, besides the district. the Tehsil offices of A meeting of District Level monitoring against killing of fish," a handout issued by representatives of RBI and On the occasion, Potential the district so that Review Committee (DLRC) the Assistant Director Fisheries Ganderbal said while NABARD. Linked Plan (PLP) of all essential was held under the responding to a news item appearing in a section of the Giving details, LDM Rs.419.58 crore for the year documents chairmanship of Additional press regarding alleged use of bleaching power and Bandipora informed the 2017-18 under NABARD including District Development electric current to kill fish in Nallah Sindh. meeting that credit to the was also approved which Commissioner here today. According to the statement, no case of use of bleaching Permanent tune of Rs. 116.51cr has includes Rs 379.55 crore powder or electric current to kill fish has been reported in Residence The meeting reviewed been provided to 6491 under priority and Rs. 40.03 Nallah Sindh during recent months. Certificate (PRC), progress achieved under beneficiaries under priority crore under non- priority today convened a meeting of "For effective monitoring night headquarters have been Informatics Officer, Deputy Intikhab etc are made District Credit Plan (DCP) and non priority sectors sectors. revenue officers of established are also maintained by the staff at Wayl, District Election Officer and available online, besides up to 3rd quarter of the during the first three The ADDC on the occasion Baramulla District to review Preng, Naranagh, Mammar and Kullan. The patrolling of all Tehsildars of the district. organize short term training current fiscal. quarters of the current fiscal directed the officers and the implementation of Public the area has been further intensified to curb pouching On the occasion, the DDC for Tehsildars to speed up the The meeting was attended in the district. He said that bankers to work with Service Guaranty Act which are more during the lean season" the handout impressed upon the process of digitization for by Lead District Manager J&K bank alone has coordinated efforts so that stated further," it said. (PSGA), 2011. concerned officers to ensure convenience of general Bandipora, CPO, officers of advanced Rs.90.20 crore pending cases are resolved Training prog for The Meeting was attended effective implementation of public. sponsoring agencies and which amounts to 77 percent at the earliest. Sheep breeders held DDC inspects developmental works Public durbar held BUDGAM, MAR 16 NL Correspondent at Narbal A daylong training-cum-awareness programme for Kulgam, Mar 05 sheep breeders of Budgam was held today which was NL Correspondent public grievances Budgam, Mar 05 inaugurated by District Development Commissioner, patiently and assured Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam, Mir Altaf Ahmad. them of timely redressal Showkat Aijaz Bhat today conducted To redress public The programme organized by Sheep Husbandry of all their genuine an extensive tour of various remote Department under Agricultural Technology grievances, a public concerns. He also sought areas of the D.H Pora which were Management Agency (ATMA) scheme is aimed to help durbar was convened by cooperation of the people affected by recent heavy snowfall. the breeders to acquaint themselves with the latest District Development in ensuring better public The DC along with the senior officers technology and practices in the Sheep Husbandry sector. Commissioner Budgam, delivery system. He of district administration visited Speaking on the occasion, the DDC stressed breeders to Mir Altaf Ahmad, at different villages of D H Pora directed officers to gear avail the benefits of modern technology used in sheep Narbal Budgam today. up and ensure that the including Kutamarg, Badijalan, Senior officers of the rearing and such programs be conducted at block levels. Chimer, DK Marag, Manzgam, problems being faced by He advised them to make full use of latest technology district administration and the people are addressed Tangmarg & Aharbal and took stock a large number of the and rear genetically modified cross breeds to start sheep of the availability of essentials. He and resolved at the public grievances. He instructed the being provided to the patients in people were present on the farming as a viable income generating option. He also also inspected ongoing developmental earliest. Exen PDD to provide power supply as different health institutions. He occasion. advised them to be forthcoming in their needs and projects including Laisoo Bridge, and He directed the PHE per schedule to the consumers besides directed the officers to ensure better During the durbar, various authorities to supply district administration shall facilitate their legitimate Degree College DH Pora & enquired ensuring immediate repairs of the facilities to the public and redress deputations put forth drinking water through demands. about their status. A number of damaged transformers. Later, the their grievances and issues on demands regarding health tankers service to Officials of the Sheep Husbandry presented a detailed deputations of different villages Deputy Commissioner visited priority. care, power and water inhabitants of Check report of various steps taken by the Department to boost interacted with the DC and apprised Aharabal and other adjoining villages The DDC was accompanied by CEO, supply, roads, education, Kawoosa Chinar Colony the sector and about dosing and vaccination carried out him about various problems and reviewed the availability of Aharbal Development Authority, irrigation and flood immediately till water to prevent the livestock from various diseases besides confronting them.The DC gave on essentials including supply of Tehsildar DH Pora, AEEs of PHE, control. supply is restored in the also about various incentives and subsidies. spot directions to the concerned drinking water and power. He also PDD, R&B, besides officers of Police The DDC listened to area. Progress of 4-lanning of officers for redressal of some of the took stock of the healthcare facilities Department. Boulevard Road reviewed DIC organizes Mushaira Functioning of MVD reviewed SRINAGAR, MAR 16 Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad NL Correspondent Manzoor Ahmad Qadri was A.R. Fida, Yasmeen Shadab, NL Correspondent camps at regular intervals online. The Minister asked Shopian, Mar 05 Srinagar, Mar 05 Khan today convened a meeting to review the the chief guest and Director Shaista Rafiq, Ahmad in the valley to aware the the concerned officers to progress on Rs 33 crore 4-lanning project of RESTI Shopian, Dr. Shookeen and Masood public about online come up with a The District Information Minister of State for Boulevard road from Nehru Park to Kralsangri. Mohammad Shafi Ayaz, Abbas.. services Department offers, comprehensive plan for Office, Shopian today Transport, Sunil Kumar Additional Commissioner Kashmir, Deputy presided over the function. While speaking on the besides to acquaint them identification of land for organized a Mushaira in Sharma, today chaired a Commissioner Srinagar, IGP, Chief Engineers of A large number of poets occasion, the DDC said the with traffic rules and road upgrading infra. PWD, PDD, PHE, UEED, Director Tourism, General poets are important meeting to review the Manager BSNL, Chief Wild Life Warden, Collector part of our society functioning of Motor Land acquisition, Tehsildhar South and other and they should Vehicles Department concerned officers were present in the meeting. come forward to (MVD), Kashmir. It was given out that about 123 kanals of land fight against social The meeting was attended including 17 structures, 12 shops and 03 plots of evils such as drug by Commissioner Theed, Brain, Asthal, Zethyar, Nowpora and Gupkar addiction, child Secretary Transport, areas comes under the prestigious project. marriage, female Transport Commissioner, Div Com directed the Chief Engineers PDD and PHE feticide etc. through Regional Transport Officer Kashmir, Assistant to take measures for shifting of electric poles and their poetry. Regional Transport water supply pipes coming under the project In another Mushaira, safety programs. organized by Officers and other The meeting also held immediately. He also directed General Manager The Minister directed the District Information concerned officers. threadbare discussion on BSNL to start the work of relocating mobile towers to concerned to make Centre Shopian, The Minister was informed other related matters ensure timely completion of the project. department more public collaboration with Maraz from across Kashmir Malik Bashir Basharat, about various aspects of including conducting of Div Com stressed the revenue officials to clear all centric by bringing participated in the Mushira Hilala Kosar, Javaid Dilbar, the departments driving tests daily and pending land acquisition cases within the time bound Cultural Sangam, Shopian at including Shehzada Rafiq, Begum Noor Jahan functioning in detail. He transparency in its issuance of permits, manner and disburse the compensation among the town hall Shopian. The District Development Bashir Ahmad Parwana, participated and presented directed the officers to functioning through driving licenses and fitness affected land and property owners at the earliest. Commissioner Shopian, Mohammad Amin Nishat, their poetry. conduct public awareness making services available certificates for vehicles. 8 HEALTH the northlines Jammu | Friday | March | 17 | 2017 Nation the northlines 9 Jammu | Friday | March 17 | 2017

Minister Venkaiah Naidu Faces Slipper Thrown At Union Minister At Laddoo In Hand, Amit Shah Opposition Anger In Rajya Sabha Deceased JNU Student's House Sets The BJP a New Target NEW DELHI: Moreover, it was not his job NEW DELHI: The taste of victory is sweet and the BJP Information & to intervene as he was TAMIL NADU: A man the incident as Muthukrishnan died due to for the last 60 years", he wants more. At a weekly meeting of lawmakers today, party Broadcasting Minister M neither the Agriculture allegedly hurled a chappal "undesirable" and asked the hanging. claimed. "In Mr president Amit Shah offered a laddoo from the famous Venkaiah Naidu today Minister nor the (slipper) and a stone at Tamil Nadu BJP unit not to A judicial probe will be Muthukrishnan's death, I Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor to Prime faced the Opposition ire Parliamentary Affairs Union minister Pon felt like having lost my own Minister Modi - brought by a lawmaker as blessings of Lord when he got up to rebut Minister, who responds in Radhakrishnan, who had younger brother," Mr Balaji - and immediately informed his colleagues that they their criticism of the absence of the concerned come to pay respects to Radhakrishnan said. begin preps for he BJP's next big target, the 2019 Lok Sabha government for allowing minister, he said and shot Dalit JNU scholar J Salem collector Sampath polls. duty free import of wheat at back at Mr Naidu: "You are Muthukrishnan, who had handed over a cheque of Rs. The party will hit the ground running. It has planned a the time of bumper crop. habitual of intervening." allegedly committed suicide 3 lakh by the state week-long outreach programme to mark Dalit icon Bhim at a friend's house in New government to Mr Angry exchanges were Deputy Chairman P J Rao Ambedkar's birth anniversary on April 14. The Delhi on March 13. His Jeevanandam, Mr witnessed during the Zero Kurien said ministers have celebrations, which will start on April 6, the BJPs' body was brought to Tamil Muthukrishnan's father. But Hour after the minister a right to respond but foundation day, will be held in every panchayat ward in the Nadu's Salem district today. state BJP chief Tamilisai termed as "unfair" the criticising and attacking the country in an attempt to reach out to the Dalit community. As the Union Minister of Soundararajan condemned opposition criticism of the government on policy PM Modi has also asked party leaders to give a boost during State for Road Transport the chappal-throwing government for not issues is a right of the and Highways and incident. that week to digital payment platform BHIM - short for fulfilling the promise of members. "Members can do Shipping, Radhakrishnan, An M.Phil student, Mr Bharat Interface for Money which he dedicated to paying a minimum price that." was addressing the media, make a big issue out of it. initiated based on the Muthukrishnan, who was Ambedkar - by educating the masses about it, Parliamentary equivalent to one-and-a - Raising the issue after his some students and activists Suspecting foul play, the autopsy report, Mr staying at the Jawaharlal Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar told reporters. half-times the cost to rule 267 adjournment started raising slogans family of Mr Radhakrishnan told Nehru University's Jhelum The laddoos, enough for all, celebrated the BJP's farmers for their crop. motion was converted into against the BJP-led central Muthukrishnan had reporters. hostel and said to be at the spectacular performance in assembly elections this Leader of Opposition a Zero Hour mention, government. A man then demanded a probe into his Mr Muthukrishnan also said forefront of a students' weekend. The party has swept crucial Uttar Pradesh and Ghulam Nabi Azad asked Sharad Yadav from Janata allegedly hurled a chappal death on Tuesday following that he will not accept movement following Dalit also Uttarkhand and has managed to install governments it why should the minister Dal (United) said farmers at the Union minister, which a five-member (accusations) that this research scholar Rohith leads in Goa and Manipur. At today's meeting of party MPs, "unnecessarily intervene" were being forced to do which, however, missed the medical board was (death) has happened Vemula's death, had the architects of the wins, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Zero Hour which as distress sale of wheat and target. The police have constituted to conduct the "because of the BJP coming severely criticised the JNU's and Amit Shah were felicitated. The BJP has pegged the per rules is members' time pulses as zero-duty import taken the person into autopsy. The preliminary to power". admission policy in a election results as a victory of PM Modi's leadership and the to raise issues pertaining to had been allowed in a year custody. report by AIIMS doctors These incidents "have been Facebook post days before people's verdict on his ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes in public interest. of bumper harvest. Mr Radhakrishnan called stated that Mr happening at many places his alleged suicide. November, aimed at eliminating tax evasion. Goa Cop Says Catholic Saint Helped Him Track Irish Tourist's Killer

PANAJI: A police officer, who led the his Facebook post. probe into the murder of Irish tourist in "On further investigations, he Goa, has claimed that his Catholic confessed of having involved in the patron saint helped in tracking the main gruesome murder of the innocent lady. accused. I thank Jesus Christ and St. Anthony for A 25-year-old Irish tourist was found hearing my prayers. I thank all my dead on a beach in Goa. She was friends and well-wishers due to whom I reportedly seen playing Holi with feel blessed, I assure that I will always villagers on South Goa. thrive to do my best towards the society In a Facebook post, uploaded on and give needy the justice. I thank for Wednesday night, Deputy my colleagues from Goa Police Superintendent of Police (Canacona) Department and the superiors for the Sammy Tavares said that praying to St. was to pray Jesus and St.Anthony who thrust shown by them in me which has Anthony, a Portuguese-born Francisan is my patron. It was a Tuesday, made me stronger to achieve Catholic priest from 12th century, St.Anthony's day. I demanded with St. something in my life. I also assure all helped him track the main accused, Anthony should intervene and help me that no stone will be left unturned to Vikas Bhagat, within 24 hours. in solving this sensational case. Within give justice to the near and dear ones of "On 13th morning at about 9am when I few hours of investigations, we came the victim," he further added in the received a shocking news about a across a clue, upon which we worked Facebook post. naked dead body of a dead foreigner out and within 4 hours the suspect was A forensic team will examine the A HINDU DEVOTEE WALKS ON BURNING EMBERS IN A PIT DURING A HINDU TRADITIONAL FIRE female at Canacona, the first thing I did put behind the bars," said Mr Tavares in victim's body for sexual assault. FESTIVAL IN NAYPYITAW, MYANMAR. Three Indian Cities Among Top 20 Threats By Azam Khan Near Global Megacities: Report Counting Centre Caught On Camera

NEW DELHI: Three trillion of economic tipping point on many urban population at 758 RAMPUR: will be off in a few days and then, I'll "Is this why I brought you here? You Indian cities -- Delhi, activity, according to the issues: poor governance million, followed by India A huge outburst over a bit of mud, take action against you," Mr Khan is had cried and asked for a transfer. Mumbai and Kolkata -- report. and weak institutions, with 410 million and the US caught on camera, has led senior heard saying in the video footage to You change colours this easily? have been named among The report says that cities inadequate infrastructure, at 263 million. The US is Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan Suppose I had fallen down? There the top 20 global across the world are set to rising inequality, housing, among the world's most to a totally unexpected slip. On the would have been a tamasha," the 68- megacities in a Bank of be transformed by environmental challenges urbanised nations as 86 per day of counting, while his party got year-old leader is heard saying in the America Merrill Lynch disruptive technology like and new and pervasive cent of the population is routed by the BJP, Mr Khan had won video. (BofAML) report. broadband, 5G, sensors, risks," it added. urban. - one of the 47 Samajwadi Party The official is yet to register a Tokyo is expected to Internet of Things(IoT), Big According to BofAML The countries with the greatest leaders to do so. But to collect his complaint. remain the world's largest Data, cloud and Artificial Smart City Indicator, urban populations in 2050 will certificate, he reportedly had to walk A senior minister in the earlier urban agglomeration in Intelligence. Singapore, London, New be China (1 billion), India through a muddy stretch. The Akhilesh Yadav government, Mr 2030, with Delhi and "Cities have become the York, Paris, Tokyo, (875 million), the US (365 infuriated leader had allegedly lashed Khan is no stranger to controversy. Shanghai maintaining their engines of global economic Stockholm, Amsterdam, million) and Nigeria (218 out at the sub-divisional magistrate, Three years ago, his lost buffaloes second and third positions, growth, with economic Seoul and Vienna are some million). who went by the rules and had not had given sleepless nights to the state respectively. activity of about $62 of the "smartest" cities in The report also noted that the Eighty per cent of the cities trillion per annum (around the world. world will have 41 mega cities allowed the former minister's car into Abhay Kumar Gupta, the Sub police. While three policemen were across the world are 85 per cent of global GDP), "We see the Smart City and 11 meta cities by 2030. the counting centre. Divisional magistrate of Rampur suspended for "dereliction of duty" showing signs of fragility, rising to $115 trillion by market growing to $1.3-1.6 While mega cities are defined The former minister threatened him Sadar. for failing to trace the lost bovines, despite the the fact the 55 2030," BofAML said in a trillion by 2020," the report by a population of more than multiple times -- an exchange that The official is seen hanging his head the former minister had blamed the per cent of the people live research note. noted. 10 million, meta cities have was caught on camera. "The election as the controlled fury of the former media for making too much of the in cities, accounting for $62 "Our cities are reaching a Globally, China has the largest over 20 million inhabitants. code of conduct is in place now, but it minister washed over him. matter. As China Arms Pakistan, India Trains Vietnamese Soldiers In Jungle Warfare

MIZORAM: Deep in the Vietnamese Army officers and and Joyjatra, the first submarines Vietnam is a key part of that. In Visakhapatnam. forests around the town of the skills they pick up here will to enter the fleet of the addition to training soldiers, Both India and Vietnam operate Vairengte in Mizoram, three be transferred to regular infantry Bangladesh Navy. And across New Delhi has offered Hanoi the the same class of submarine soldiers of the Vietnamese Army soldiers of the Vietnam Army, an the Indian peninsula, there are state-of-the-art BrahMos though India has decades of are on the hunt for "terrorists". Army which fought a full- reports that China may be supersonic anti-ship missile, the experience in operating the type, They approach their targets fledged border-war with China in prepared to deploy thousands of extended range version of which experience which the slowly, taking cover behind 1979 in which tens of thousands marines to defend the deep water was tested last week. Vietnamese Navy sorely lacks. rocks before opening fire with of lives were lost. port of Gwadar port in Pakistan The missile, which can strike Back at the Army's Jungle Indian-made INSAS rifles. This Since then, Hanoi's relationship constructed with Chinese targets on land or out at sea Warfare School in Mizoram, the could be a counter-insurgency with Beijing has been patchy. funding, key to the $46 billion travels at speeds nearly three three officers of the Vietnamese operation anywhere in the world. While economic ties have China-Pakistan Economic times the speed of sound and can Army share their experiences of Except, the targets aren't real. significantly improved, Vietnam Corridor (CPEC) which extends hit targets 400 km away. This being in India and training with They're pop-up targets which has grave concerns over China's to China's Xinjiang province missile system represents a the Indian Army in broken appear amidst the undergrowth at expansion in the South China through Pakistan Occupied serious threat to any Chinese English. Captain Sun, a young a jungle warfare range of the Sea where Beijing has been Kashmir. Naval operations in the South officer said, "I like India. India is Indian Army's Counter constructing artificial reefs along China is also in the process of China Sea. very good. India is a beautiful Insurgence and Jungle Warfare the Spratley and Paracel chain of a friendly partner-nation is not increasing frequency besides selling the Pakistan Navy eight New Delhi has also reportedly country. And India is friendly. School. islands, a move that has been uncommon, the context of this drastically stepping up its diesel-electric submarines at a offered Hanoi the indigenous They help me in many things." The soldiers don't look too bitterly contested by several training is critical. India is military cooperation with not cost of at least $5 billion, the Akash Surface to Air Missile And perhaps, more significantly, unlike their Indian colleagues. regional countries and India as deeply concerned about an just Pakistan, India's traditional largest ever military export deal system now in service with the "The training is very good. I One of them is wearing Indian well. A strong mutual distrust expansionist China whether rival, but also Bangladesh and China will have closed. Indian Air Force. Vietnamese think that after this training, I Army fatigues, while the other also characterises relations along the long frontier along the Myanmar. Worried at the growing strategic sailors are also being trained to know many, many things about two have Vietnamese Army between the people of the two Himalayas or, more recently, in On Sunday, Bangladesh's Prime presence of China in India's operate Russian Kilo class diesel counter-insurgency and counter- standard issue jungle countries, the legacy of a bitter the Indian Ocean region where Minister Sheikh Hasina officially traditional areas of interest, New electric submarines at INS terrorist operations. It is very camouflage. past. Beijing has been operating commissioned two Chinese- Delhi has begun a small but Satvahana, the Navy's submarine useful for operations in my Significantly, all three are Though training three officers of nuclear submarines with made submarines, the Nabajatra concerted counter-offensive. training school in country." 10 SPORTS the northlines Jammu | Friday | March 17 | 2017 JJJammu Marrratt hon on Marrrch 19 Iron Rush fitness club to 400 children from remote areas participating in mega event: Mohanti organize C'ship with four titles Jammu, March 16 Championship. Iron Rush tobacco," he added. bodybuilding. Cash Prizes different categories, the Run would Iron Rush Fitness club is had successfully conducted Pushpinder Bharti, the of Rs. 3 Lakhs will be start from Police Sports Stadium going to organize 3&K's Iron Rush Classique 2016 founder president of the Iron distributed to the winners Gulshan Ground. Full Marathon open biggest ever Body Building and this time we come up Rush Classique, who himself and gifts worth Rs. 5000 will male category would start their Run Championship-2017 with be given to each participant with first flag off ceremony at 6.30 four different titles in of the event. The event will a.m.and return after covering a collaboration with Nutrition be sponsored by Sindh TMT distance of more than 42 kms via Heart on April 9 in Jammu, Bar, J&K Bank, J&K Sidhra Bridge Crossing. Half for which the participants Tourism department, LIC of Marathon for males and females from all over the country India, fashion Secret, Trishul would have to run a distance of 21 will participate. For the first Chemicals, Vodafone, Viva kms, which would start at 6.40 a.m. time in the history of state Fitness, Optimum Nutrition, from the venue up to Bajalta Crossing body building Absolute Nutrition and many and back. Similarly, under-14 boys championship, participants more. Others who were JAMMU, MARCH 16 Club, besides private firms and and girls category would start their run Jammu and Kashmir Police is agencies are participating in the event. can apply for four different present in the Press from the venue and cover a distance of titles on a same day-Iron Conference were, Rajneesh organizing State Level Marathon "Run ADGP said that 400 children from 6 and 8 kms, respectively, Mohanti for Fun" on March 19, 2017 (Sunday) down trodden and remote areas of Rush Classique & Men's Sharma, Chairman, Kr added. Physiquefor everyone and with a biggest ever is International Rajeev Charak, Vice at Jammu. The Marathon being different districts of state like To facilitate the participants, buses will organized under Civic Action Baramulla, Budgam, Shopian, Senior Mr. J&K & Junior championship of the state Bodybuilding athlete Chairman, Pushpinder be made available at different places in Programme is expected to witness a Kupwara, Bandipore, Rajouri, Mr. J&K for citizens of J&K. with four titles," said Dr. informed the media that they Bharti, President, Rohit Jammu City including Satwari Chowk, huge participation of the people from Poonch, Doda and Kathua are also The event will be conducted Devinder Kumar Manyal, have made it an annual Verma, General Secretary, Talab Tilloo Bohri, Panjthirthi near Radio different age groups. expected to participate in the State under the guidelines of Chief Patron of the event. "I feature for J&K to encourage Dr. Vijay Thappa, Vice This was disclosed by Additional Level event. Arrangements for their Station, Parade, Narwal Chowk, 'Indian Body Building & would like to make an appeal youth towards fitness and President and sponsors. Director General of Police (ADGP) boarding, lodging and transport have Gurbaksh Nagar via Jewel, Rehari Fitness Federation (lBBFF)' to the youth of country and Armed,. L. Mohanti, here at a Press been made by JKP. Amphalla and Shaheedi Chowk. These Registrations for particularly of J&K to SoI takes on AG Jammu in Conference held at Police Mohanti, said that counters buses will depart from their respective participation will start from participate in such events Headquarters (PHQ) today. established at different battalion points at 4.45 AM. Prize distribution will March 20 to 25 at Iron Rush and focus on your health and CGEWCC Cricket final He said that various departments and headquarters have already started be held at 10.30 AM at the venue in Fitness Club at Greater physique. Such events JAMMU, Mar 16 organizations like Higher and School registration. Besides control room at presence of Chief Guest. Main attractions Kailash Jammu. "This is encourages youth to remain Survey of India (SoI) shall be playing against star-studded Education, Youth Services and Sports, Gulshan Ground is also making of the rally will be cultural programme, going to be the biggest ever conscious about their health side of Accountant General (AG) Jammu XI in the title Industries and Commerce, Jammu Bar registration of the participants. band display, and medical checkup for event in the history of state and stay away from the evils clash of the ongoing cricket tournament, organised by Association, Press Club, Amar Singh Mohanti further disclosed that with senior citizens, added the ADGP. body Building of the society like drugs and Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee (CGEWCC), at GGM Science College Hostel Boxing Federation of India Ground, here tomorrow. Earlier, in the semifinals, played VC Sports Council Arun visits Poonch today, the SoI defeated Prasar Bharti XI by a huge margin to debar boxers participating of 73 runs. Batting first, SoI made 153 runs in given 20 Officer of JKSSC), Incharge overs for the loss of five wickets. Subash and Sanjeev in non-sanctioned events Sports Stadium, Nirdosh Sharma played fine innings of 46 and 34 runs respectively Kumar, Mustaq Ahmed while Dalbir Sodhi (18) and Sahshi Jamwal (18) were other New Delhi main contributors to the total. From Prasar Bharti, Suresh The Boxing Federation of India (BFI), the governing body (Boxing), Tarlochan Singh claimed three wickets. In reply, Prasar Bharti XI bowled for the sport in the country, is considering taking action (Football), Pawan Kumar out for 86 runs. Ravinder Singh remained top scorer with 31 against those competing in non-sanctioned tournaments in (Hockey), Mukesh Kumar runs while Rajesh Singh added 23. Shashi Jamwal and Labi future. BFI secretary-general Jay Kowli said that there was (Hockey), Narinder Singh Ram shared three wickets each while Maheshwar Singh a possibility of boxers facing sanctions if they participated (PEM) , Sourab Sharma bagged two from SoI. For his all round performance of 34 in tournaments not under the BFI banner. “Certainly there (PET), Ravinder Singh and runs and one wicket, skipper, Sanjeev Sharma was declared will be some kind of restriction if they compete in events Mohinder Bali. not sanctioned by the BFI. We are working on the issue and POONCH, March 16 ground staff and above all for me to visit Poonch. The Arun also interacted with man of the match. Meanwhile, in other semifinal, the star- will announce (it) soon,” he said. The BFI also hinted that International football player veteran and senior players district has a lot of talent payers in the disciplines of studded side of AG Office Jammu trounced Intelligence such boxers could be debarred from representing the from J&K and Vice as also retired officials from and potential in sports. Hockey,Volleyball, Boxing Bureau (IB) by 74 runs. Earlier, batting first after winning country. “We are a new federation and working on various Chairman of the J&K State the sports departments to However, the district lacked ,Handball and Football and the toss, AG set a target of 181 runs for the loss of three issues. We will announce our policy soon,” he said. Sports Council (JKSSC) gather fist hand in proper infrastructure, encouraged them to work wickets. Sahil Bhawal played brilliant knock of 82 runs On Wednesday, Royal Sports Promotions announced the district Poonch, Arun information. especially in indoor games. hard to achieve higher goals hitting 11 fours and two sixes. Bandeep Singh contributed dates for the Pro Boxing India Championship this year. But Malhotra paid a maiden He also called on the The young lot is full of in life. 34 while Aditya Pratap Singh and Ravi Rainia added 30 and the BFI distanced itself from the event saying, “They have visit to the sports hub of District Development passion for sports and to Meanwhile, in a meeting 12 runs respectively. Batting second, IB XI bundled out for nothing to do with the tournament”. Poonch to look into Commissioner (DDC), MH infuse confidence in young with DDC Pooch, MH 106 runs. S P Bhagat (17), Rajinder (15) and Anil (11) were The organisers in a press release said that top national and different aspects of sports Malik, who happens to be boys, I involved them in a Malik, Arun discussed the only batsmen to touch the double figure mark. Ashwani international players will compete for eight teams in the and its infrastructure. the Chairman of the district brief training session to issues and problems faced Gupta, Rahil Singh and Sahil Singh clinched two wickets month-long tournament. During his two days tour of council, and asked for early impart important tips," Arun by young budding players each. Later, Sahil Bhawal was declared man of the match. Recently, the BFI had also announced that it would organise the border district, Arun constitution of the District told SAN. during their practice hours Today's semifinals were officiated by the technical penal a franchise-based league at the end of the year. The league, interacted with regular Council by nominating the Among those coaches and at Sports Stadium Poonch. comprising Shashi Jamwal and Atul Sharma as umpires. according to BFI, will “benefit players in terms of finance trainees at the Sports members. officials present were The DDC assured all Now, the final shall be played between SoI and AG Office and exposure”. Stadium, the coaches, "It was a great experience Krishan Lal (retired Sports possible help at its end. Jammu tomorrow at 10 am. IPL 2017: Mumbai Indians tickets go live UEFA Champions League: Monaco overturn two-goal deficit to beat Manchester City JAMMU, March 16 purchase through various will be announced later. review, re-transmission, Mumbai Indians, today other online payment Rohit Sharma led Mumbai conversion to hard copy, Monaco: lot of pride,” said Bakayoko, through its website modes. 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Federer, Nadal win to set up early showdown Foxes sneak into last 8 Leicester, March 15 Europa League aristocrats everybody. We had a game USA, March 15 Wednesday will be the defeated 2013 finalist Juan a-half-hour, third-round Kerber’s serve five times to From heroes to zeros and Sevilla’s dream of a first plan, we stuck to it and it Roger Federer edged Steve match in 95-degree (35 C) forge ahead before holding back again, Leicester City’s appearance in the Champions came off perfectly,” Johnson 7-6(3) 7-6(4) in a heat with a forehand winner. off a late rally by the German. remarkable rollercoaster ride League quarterfinals turned Schmeichel, who made two hard-serving duel at the BNP Fourth seed Kei Nishikori Seven-time Grand Slam took another twist as a sour as Samir Nasri was sent other important saves, said. Paribas Open, setting up a routed Gilles Muller 6-2 6-2, winner Williams, the 12th superb 2-0 victory over off shortly before Steven Leicester have now won all fourth-round match against while Kyrgios beat Alexander seed, recovered from a slow Sevilla put them in the N’Zonzi’s 80th-minute three matches since Ranieri, Rafael Nadal. Zverev 6-3 6-4. start to grind down China’s quarterfinals of the penalty was saved by the man who led them to the Federer fired 12 aces — his Vesnina upsets Kerber to set Peng Shuai 3-6 6-1 6-3. Champions League on Leicester keeper Kasper Premier league title last May, fastest serve registering 131 up Venus quarterfinal World No. 3 Karolina Tuesday. Schmeichel. paid the price for a woeful mph — and never faced a Russia’s Elena Vesnina Pliskova advanced to the last Down 2-1 from the first leg The Dane, whose father and run of form that had the break point against Johnson, ousted German second seed eight after 15th seed Timea last month in Spain — when former Champions League Foxes careering towards the who reached 136 on the radar Angelique Kerber 6-3 6-3 to Bacsinszky of Switzerland they were also careering winner Peter was watching ignominy of relegation as gun and fought off all four reach the quarterfinals. retired from their match towards relegation — inside a pumped up King champions. They are still just break points against him. The victory was the 14th- while trailing 5-1 in the first Leicester rolled back the Power Stadium, also saved a three points above the drop Nadal advanced with a 6-3 7- seeded Vesnina’s first against set. clock to last season’s Premier penalty in the first leg in zone but with Ranieri’s 5 win against 26th seed a top-three player and put the The Czech will face reigning League title heist as goals by which a dominant Sevilla former assistant Craig Fernando Verdasco for his earliest they have played Martin del Potro 7-5 4-6 6-1 doubles specialist into a last- French Open champion skipper Wes Morgan and could have won by a Shakespeare confirmed in 50th career victory at the since their first match in 2004 and next faces Nick Kyrgios eight showdown against Garbine Muguruza of Spain, Marc Albrighton put them in landslide. “It is an full-time charge, they can desert tournament, where at Miami, where Nadal won. in the same quarter of the Venus Williams. Vesnina a 7-6(5) 1-6 6-0 winner over the last eight in their first unbelievable achievement look forward to a potential he’s won three titles but none Five-time Indian Wells draw as Federer and Nadal. blasted 28 winners to 21 in-form Ukrainian Elina crack at Europe’s elite for the club. I am proud of clash with the likes of since 2013. Their meeting on winner Novak Djokovic Nadal closed out his one-and- unforced errors and broke Svitolina. competition. the boys and proud of Barcelona or Real Madrid. 11 the northlines BUSINESS Jammu | Friday | March 17 | 2017 Zebronics announces its Tower Speakers Prominent Australians call on

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We understand dataprints for WPI-CPI variance NEW DELHI, MAR 16 mentioned. delivered to Adani’s Gujarat the Adani Group has not For the levy of GST, the headquarters by an made a final investment The GST Council is likely to peak rate has been put at 40 Australian community decision on the Carmichael endorse on Thursday percent and a similar cap delegation currently visiting coal mine. We strongly urge supplementary legislations will also have to be India. you to decide to abandon needed for implementation approved for the cess. The letter said, “We are this project. of the goods and service tax While the C-GST will give writing to respectfully ask “We the undersigned – and (GST) regime. powers to the Centre to levy you to abandon the Adani we believe all Australians – The Council, headed by GST on goods and services Group’s proposal in would support and welcome Finance Minister Arun after Union levies like Queensland’s Galilee moves by your company to Jaitley and comprising excise and service tax are Basin... Pollution from invest further in renewable representatives of all states, nod before they are new system. subsumed, the I-GST is to be burning coal was the single energy in Australia,” the may also take up capping the presented in Parliament in Sources said the Council has levied on inter-state biggest driver of global open letter said. — PTI MUMBAI, MAR 16 which is composed of the cess to be levied on demerit the ongoing Budget session already finalised a four- tier supplies. relevant WPI (wholesale goods like luxury cars and that ends on April 12. tax structure of 5, 12, 18 and The S-GST, which will With most analysts refusing price index) for each sub- tobacco products for The government is hoping 28 percent, but the model allow states to levy the tax to buy into the official sector within the creation of a corpus that will the C-GST, the I-GST, the GST law has kept the peak after VAT and other state growth numbers due to vast manufacturing sector. be used for compensating UT-GST and the GST rate at 40 percent (20 levies are subsumed in the differences between GDP "Therefore, the fall in states for any loss of revenue Compensation laws will be percent to be levied by the GST, will have to be passed and GVA, a Crisil analysis wholesale inflation has had from GST implementation approved in the current Centre and an equal amount by each state Assembly. The has blamed the variance to a greater impact on real in the first five years. session of Parliament and by states) to obviate the need UT-GST will also go to the steeply falling WPI and manufacturing GDP than The panel, which had at its the S-GST by each of the for approaching Parliament Parliament for approval. the more-or-less stable CPI. retail inflation which further last meeting approved the state legislatures soon to for any change in rates in Sources said the model GST According to a report induces real manufacturing final draft of central GST help roll out the new indirect future. Law will have a clause to formulated by Crisil chief GDP growth to increase (C-GST) and integrated tax regime from July 1. On similar lines, the Council enable levy of up to 40 Delhi Airport declared 'Best economist Dharmadikari more than the IIP growth," GST (I-GST) laws, will on The Council may also be is also likely to decide on a percent tax, but the effective Joshi and his team, "The Crisil said. Thursday take up for given an update on cap rate for cess to be levied tax rates will be kept at the Airport in India and Central Asia' main reason for the faster It can be noted that many approval the state GST and technology preparedness at the peak rate of tax to previously approved levels. Union Territory GST (UT- This will also help in a growth in manufacturing have been questioning the and migration of assessees create the compensation NEW DELHI, MAR 16 GDP is that growth in the new GDP series for not GST) laws, official sources to the new regime. corpus. scenario where the cess on value of inputs used for being aligned with ground- said. Once approved, the Migration of all the 85 lakh Sources said any law demerit goods being GMR Group-led consortium Delhi International Airport production has been slower level indicators. The main supporting legislations central and state taxpayers is approved by Parliament proposed to compensate (DIAL) on Wednesday said Delhi`s Indira Gandhi than the value of the final flaw in the dataprints is that together with a GST planned to be completed by cannot have open-ended tax states for loss of revenue International Airport (IGIA) has been declared as the "Best output." it jacks up the Compensation Law, will go March 31. So far, over 51 rates and therefore a cap or from GST is to be merged Airport in India and Central Asia" by Skytrax. As a result, the value-added manufacturing GDP over to the Cabinet for a formal lakh have migrated to the peak rate will have to be with the tax rate itself. The announcement was made at the World Airport Awards has grown faster than the what IIP generally reflects. held at Passenger Terminal Expo in Amsterdam, volume of output. The issue has gained notice Netherlands on Wednesday night. The former is used for since the 2008 global Anil Agarwal to buy stake worth $2.4 billion in Anglo American The Skytrax World Airport Awards are a global benchmark calculating GDP while the financial crisis when NEW DELHI, MAR 16 of up to 2 billion pounds," with Anglo was rejected. where they are sold to small of airport excellence and widely known as the Passengers latter for IIP. manufacturing GDP has the company announced late Agarwal said the purchase and medium diamantaires Choice Awards. "The reason for growth in been growing faster than Mining billionaire Anil last night. being made now was a and even big companies. "It is a matter of great pride for us to receive yet another value of inputs being slower IIP. But coinciding with this Agarwal plans to buy stake Volcan is a holding family investment and he India is the largest consumer coveted award off global repute and I fully dedicate this to than the value of output is trend is the divergence in in South Africa's Anglo company, wholly owned by won't make a takeover bid. of rough diamonds in the all our stakeholders and business associates at Delhi that the prices of inputs fell wholesale and retail American Plc for up to 2 the Agarwal family trust, Commenting on the world. Airport. It is indeed an exemplary accomplishment, which more relative to the prices of inflation numbers. billion pounds (USD 2.4 and this is a personal investment Agarwal said: Vedanta Resources in a is the result of our customer centric approach," I. output," Joshi said. Again since the 2008 crisis, billion) to gain a foothold in investment by Vedanta "This is an attractive separate filing said the Prabhakara Rao, Chief Executive of DIAL, said in a "This is confirmed by WPI has been trending diamond mining business. Resources Group Chairman investment for our family company confirms that the statement. inflation trends where WPI below CPI (consumer price Anglo is the owner of the De Anil Agarwal. trust. Anglo American plc is proposed investment is being The statement cited that the 2017 Awards were based on (that captures inflation in index). And so is the IIP Beers, the world's leading According to industry a great company with made by Volcan alone, and 13.82 million airport survey questionnaires that were commodities used as inputs) diamond exploration, estimates, the investment excellent assets and a strong that the company is not completed by 105 different nationalities of air travelers has been consistently lower growth that has trailed GDP mining and marketing will give Agarwal about 12- board and management team participating in Volcan's during the survey period. than CPI (that captures growth, the report said. company, producing over 30 13 percent stake in Anglo, who are executing a focused investment. "Vedanta is The Skytrax survey was operated from July 2016 to inflation in goods sold in "The variance may be due to million carats of diamonds making him the second- strategy to drive shareholder committed to its strategic February 2017, covering 550 airports worldwide and retail markets) since the the fact that IIP measures per annum, 35 percent of largest shareholder after value. I am delighted to priorities, including ramping evaluating traveller experiences across different services 2008 global financial the volume of output, while global rough diamonds South Africa's Public become a shareholder in up production from its and products key performance indicators from check-in, crisis," he said. manufacturing GDP production. Investment Corp. Anglo American plc." portfolio of low cost assets, arrivals, transfers, shopping, security and immigration. The report argues that the aggregates the value added, "Volcan Investments Ltd The stake purchase The diamonds sold by De increasing its free cash flow, The IGIA had recently achieved the world`s second real manufacturing GDP is which is obtained by announces that it intends to announcement comes nearly Beers to its clients trickles and continuing to optimise position in the highest category -- over 40 million obtained by dividing subtracting the value of make an investment in a year after Agarwal's plans down to the secondary and deleverage its balance passengers per annum (MPPA) -- of Airport Service nominal GDP by intermediate goods from the Anglo American plc shares to merge his mining business market in Surat and Mumbai, sheet," it said. Quality Awards 2016, the statement added. manufacturing GDP deflater value of output," Joshi said. GAAR from April 1, 2017; to be invoked in fair, rational manner: CBDT

NEW DELHI, MAR 16 GAAR, it said, will come into effective from assessment year the world to have laws that aim Principal arrangement. It would also not 2015, deferred GAAR force from April 1 and can be 2018-19 and "shall not be to close tax loopholes. Beginning Commissioner/Commissioner of apply if an arrangement is held implementation by two years and Seeking to assuage investor invoked only through a two- invoked merely on the ground with Australia in 1915, GAAR is I-T and at the second stage by an as permissible by the Authority also said that the investments concerns ahead of stage process involving a nod at that the entity is located in a tax in force in nations like Approving Panel headed by a for Advance Rulings. made up to March 31, 2017 shall implementation of GAAR from the level of principal efficient jurisdiction," it said. "If Singapore, China and the UK. judge of High Court. "Further, it has been clarified not be subjected to GAAR, April 1, the Tax Department commissioner of income tax and the jurisdiction of FPI is CBDT said the adoption of anti- "The stakeholders have been that if an arrangement has been which was to be applied on those Friday said the provisions of tax a panel headed by a high court finalised based on non-tax abuse rules in tax treaties may assured that adequate procedural held to be permissible in one claiming tax benefit of over Rs 3 avoidance rules will not apply to judge. commercial considerations and not be sufficient to address all safeguards are in place to ensure year by the PCIT/CIT/ crore. a transaction that does not carry The new rules give tax the main purpose of the tax avoidance strategies and the that GAAR is invoked in a Approving Panel and the facts CBDT today clarified that Rs 3 a tax benefit based on the authorities the right to scrutinise arrangement is not to obtain tax same are required to be tackled uniform, fair and rational and circumstances remain the crore limit of tax benefit jurisdiction it is routed through. and tax transactions which they benefit, GAAR will not apply." through domestic anti-avoidance manner," CBDT said, adding that same, GAAR will not be calculation for each arrangement It said adequate procedural believe are structured solely to This essentially means that any rules. the government is committed to invoked for that arrangement in a cannot be read with a single tax safeguards are in place to ensure avoid taxes. transaction that carries a tax "However, if a case of avoidance providing certainty and clarity in subsequent year," CBDT said. payer as GAAR is with respect that General Anti-Avoidance But it "will not interplay with the benefit could be questioned. The is sufficiently addressed by tax rules. The Tax Department also to an entire arrangement that has Rules (GAAR), which seek to right of the taxpayer to select or taxman may potentially want to Limitation of Benefits (LoB) CBDT further said that if at the clarified that levy of penalty been entered into. prevent companies from routing choose method of implementing know whether the transaction provisions in the tax treaty, there time of sanctioning an under GAAR would depend on "One good thing is that CBDT transactions through other a transaction", the Central Board was done in the normal course of shall not be an occasion to arrangement, the Court has "facts and circumstances of the has clarified that if LoB countries to avoid taxes, are of Direct Taxes said in business or conducted simply invoke GAAR," it said. explicitly and adequately case and is not automatic". sufficiently addresses tax invoked in "a uniform, fair and clarifications on GAAR. with the intention to avoid taxes. The proposal to apply GAAR considered the tax implications, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley avoidance then GAAR will not rational manner". GAAR provisions shall be India will be the 17th nation in will be vetted first by the GAAR will not apply to such an had in his Budget speech in apply. 12 JAMMU || FRIDAY | MARCH | 17 || 2017 The NORTHLINES Capt Amarinder Singh takes oath as Punjab CM EVMs are tamper-proof, says

CHANDIGARH, MAR 16 The cynosure of all eyes was leader from the Opposition Election Commission Arusa Alam, Amarinder’s to participate in the ceremo- Congress Legislature Party friend, who was seated in the ny NEW DELHI, MAR 16 leader Capt Amarinder first row of the VVIP enclo- *Tripat Rajinder Bajwa gets Singh was on Thursday sure. Most leaders made it a himself clicked with Rahul Under attack from political sworn in as the 26th Chief point to exchange pleas- Gandhi leaders who alleged that Minister of Punjab. He took antries and get them pho- *Sadhu Singh Dharamsot Electronic Voting Machines oath as CM for a second tographed with her. also greets Rahul spewed rigged results in time at a well-organised cer- Later, she said she hoped for *Manpreet Badal seeks Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, emony at Punjab Raj peace between India and blessings of Amarinder the Election Commission on Bhawan here. Capt Amarinder Singh (right) being sworn in by Pakistan. She said she would before his swearing-in. Governor VP Singh Badnore at the Punjab Raj Bhawan Thursday reiterated that Minutes before the begin- in Chandigarh on Thursday. pray for Amarinder so that Later, he meets Manmohan these were tamper-proof and ning of the ceremony, securi- he could discharge his duties Singh and Rahul Gandhi that the integrity of the poll ty personnel had a tough minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, well. *Navjot Sidhu takes bless- process is preserved. time controlling Congress A battery of Congress lead- Tript Rajinder Bajwa, Rana In the family enclosure, ings of Rahul and “The ECI unequivocally leaders trying to get through ers were present. These Gurjeet, Charanjit Singh Preneet Kaur and Malwinder Manmohan after his swear- reiterates that given the the security cordon at the included former PM Channi and ministers of state Singh, brother of Amarinder, ing-in effective technical and entrance to the VVIP venue Manmohan Singh, Congress Aruna Chaudhary and Razia were among those present. *His wife Navjot Kaur administrative safeguards, Delhi High Court, all earlier ECI-EVMs,” it said, adding for special dignitaries. Vice President Rahul Sultana. Highlights Sidhu greets him and con- EVMs cannot be tampered allegations about tampering that such allegations and Amarinder was wearing a Gandhi, Himachal CM Mohindra, immediately after *PM Narendra Modi con- gratulates him after he is with and the integrity of with EVMs were raised. suspicions had not been full-sleeve kurta and a black Virbhadra Singh, Anand taking the oath, walked up to gratulates Amarinder on tak- sworn in electoral process is pre- However, the High Court raised for the first time. jacket and sported his Sharma, Kapil Sibal, Manmohan Singh and Rahul ing over as CM; wishes him *Navjot Sidhu forgets to served,” an ECI statement satisfied with the detailed Even on earlier occasions, medals. Rajinder Gupta, Navin Gandhi to take their bless- the best in working for the shake hands with the said. reply of the ECI as to why the Commission had offered Jindal, Sachin Pilot, Rajiv ings. Other ministers fol- Also read state’s development Governor; is reminded by Rejecting charges by BSP EVM could not be rigged opportunities more than Priority will be to restore Shukla and Raj Babbar. lowed suit. Rahul warmly the secretary *Order of swearing-in: leader Mayawati and AAP and about the ECI efforts on once to those alleging it; no lost glory of Punjab: Amarinder, along with seven greeted Charanjit Singh *Traffic jam near Punjab Amarinder Singh, Brahm convener Arvind Kejriwal, developing Voter Verifiable one had been able to demon- Manpreet Badal cabinet and two ministers of Channi, Navot Sidhu and Governor’s house Mohindra, Navjot Sidhu, the ECI said: “At this stage, Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) strate to the Commission Amarinder Singh’s journey state (independent charge), Manpreet Badal. *Raj Babbar and Vir baseless, speculative and Manpreet Badal, Sadhu disposed of the case in 2012. that the EVM with the ECI to being Punjab's Captain a was administered the oath by While Amarinder and Rana Sanghvi also present at the wild allegations are being The ECI has put in place an and used in the country’s Singh Dharamsot, Tript second time Governor VP Singh Gurjeet took oath in English, venue made, which deserve to be elaborate technical and election process, could be Rajinder Bajwa, Rana Atul Nanda appointed Badnore. Aruna Chaudhary took it in *Security personnel have a rejected.” administrative system of manipulated or tampered Punjab Advocate-General The first one to take oath Hindi and others in Punjabi. Gurjeet Singh, Charanjit tough time manning the Since 2000, EVMs have safeguards to ensure error- with. The Commission did Karan Avtar Singh named after Amarinder was senior- Former chief minister Singh Channi, Aruna VVIP entrance to the venue been used in 107 elections to free functioning of EVMs in not find any merit in such Punjab Chief Secretary most Congress MLA Brahm Parkash Singh Badal and Chaudhary and Razia *Ex-Haryana CM legislative assemblies and elections. allegations and rejected all among 12 top transfers Mohindra, followed by Leader of Opposition HS Sultana Bhupinder Singh Hooda and three general elections held “The Commission is thus such allegations and suspi- No deputy CM post for Navjot Singh Sidhu, Phoolka were conspicuous *Harinder Singh Khalsa, Congress leader Kapil Sibal in 2004, 2009 and 2014. fully satisfied with the tamp- cions raised by some politi- Sidhu, takes oath as Cabinet Manpreet Singh Badal, by their absence. AAP MP, was the only present In 2009, in a case before the er-proof functioning of the cal parties, it was said. Judge freezes Trump's Justice Karnan demands Rs 14-Cr Manohar Parrikar wins trust vote in Goa Assembly compensation from SC judges revamped travel ban One Cong MLA skips voting Parrikar, the BJP managed to cobble up an alliance of NEW DELHI, MAR 16 court judges to pay the com- sion was convened to con- Rane remained absent dur- HONOLULU/NEW YORK, order did not mention Islam GFP, MGP and pensation amount in seven duct the floor test following ing the voting. MAR 16 by name, "a reasonable, Independents. Controversial Calcutta High days, failing which he threat- an order by the Supreme The test was passed through objective observer ... would An aggrieved Congress Court judge CS Karnan - who ened to restrain them from Court. a clear division which was Just hours before President conclude that the Executive is facing a bailable warrant for performing judicial and moved the Supreme Court Parrikar, who resigned as ordered by Pro-tem Speaker Donald Trump's revised Order was issued with a failing to appear before the administrative work - an order on March 13 to stall the Defence minister earlier this Siddharth Kuncolienkar, a travel ban was set to go into purpose to disfavor a partic- Supreme Court to respond to a the Supreme Court has passed swearing-in of Parrikar with week, was sworn-in as the BJP member. effect, a US federal judge in ular religion." Watson was contempt notice - on Thursday against him. the claim that it should have Chief Minister along with Senior Congress leader Hawaii on Wednesday appointed to the bench by demanded a compensation of He alleged that the contempt been invited to form the nine other MLAs by Pratapsinh Rane sought to issued an emergency halt to former Democratic Rs 14 crore from the seven top order was issued with government since it was the PANAJI, MAR 16 Governor Mridula Sinha on raise a point of order when the order's implementation. President Barack Obama. judges who heard the case for malafide intention to harass a single largest party. March 14. Parrikar moved a motion The action was the latest Trump said the judge's legal "disturbing his mind and nor- dalit judge. But the apex court refused to The Manohar Parrikar gov- The 61-year-old BJP leader seeking vote of confidence. legal blow to the adminis- block "makes us look weak" mal life". Justice Karnan requested the stop the swearing-in and ernment on Thursday proved proved his majority with 12 The Speaker, however, did tration's efforts to temporar- and represented "unprece- In a letter addressed to the top court to cancel the seven- ordered to hold the floor test its majority on the floor of legislators from the BJP, not allow Rane to raise the ily ban refugees as well as dented judicial overreach," seven seniormost judges of judge bench constituted to today. the Goa Assembly by win- three from the Goa Forward point of order and continued travelers from six predomi- speaking at a rally in Supreme Court, including hear the contempt case Ahead of the trust vote, all ning the trust vote with the Party (GFP), three from the the voting process. nantly Muslim countries. Nashville, Tennessee. He Chief Justice of India JS terming it "unconstitutional". the 40 legislators took oath. support of 22 legislators in Maharashtrawadi Gomantak The Congress, despite The new ban, signed by the said he'll take case "as far as Khehar, Justice Karnan said, He also demanded that his Later, the session was the 40-member House. Party (MGP), three emerging as the single president on March 6, had it needs to go" including to "You (Supreme Court judges judicial and administrative adjourned till March 22 The opposition Congress Independents and one from largest party in the elections, aimed to overcome legal the Supreme Court. who heard the contempt case work be restored. when it will meet again to could muster only 16 votes the NCP voting in favour of could not form the govern- elect the Speaker. This problems with a January Paul Ryan, the Republican against him) have insulted me In a first, the Supreme Court against the government, with the trust motion. ment while the BJP made would be followed by the executive order that caused Speaker of the U.S. House in the general public consist- had on Friday issued a bailable one of its legislators absent- The Opposition benches deft moves by securing sup- Governor’s address on chaos at airports and of Representatives, said the ing of a population of 120 warrant against Justice Karnan crore in India..." after he failed to appear before ing from the crucial floor included 16 MLAs from the port from regional outfits March 23 and presentation sparked mass protests ban was needed to improve Justice Karnan in his two- it for the second time to test. Congress, while its newly- and independents. of the state budget on March before a Washington judge vetting of people entering page order directed the top answer a contempt notice. The special Assembly ses- elected member Vishwajit Riding on the charisma of 24. — PTI stopped its enforcement in the United States and he had February. no doubt that it would be US District Judge Derrick upheld by higher courts. 1 hurt in bomb blast at IMF's office; shooting at French school Watson put an emergency The legal battle is likely to stop to the new order in move now to the federal PARIS, MAR 16 police source said. minister," the Conspiracy of At least three people were A second source said it Interior ministry spokesman response to a lawsuit filed appeals circuit and could Although no link has been Fire Nuclei group said in a injured after a shooting at a appeared that two students Pierre-Henry Brandet told by the state of Hawaii, eventually get to the U.S. An employee at the Paris established at this stage, a statement posted on an anti- high school in the small had opened fire on the head- France Inter radio that three which argued that the order Supreme Court. offices of the International Greek far-left group claimed establishment website. southern French town of master, who had been people had been injured, and discriminated against Rebuke Monetary Fund suffered that it had sent a parcel bomb German police said on Grasse, and a 17-year old injured, adding that the sus- advised families to remain Muslims in violation of the injuries to her hands and to the German finance min- Thursday that they had dis- student carrying a rifle, pects did not seem to be mil- patient as police took control US Constitution. President Hawaii and other opponents face after opening a letter istry in Berlin, more than six covered the "explosive" handguns and grenades was itants. to stabilise the situation. He Trump has said the policy is of the ban claimed that the that exploded on Thursday, years after waging a similar package at Finance Minister arrested, the interior ministry "One of the two was arrested had earlier told BFM TV critical for national security motivation behind it was police said. campaign against European Wolfgang Schaeuble's office and police sources added. and the second fled. There eight were injured. and does not discriminate Trump's campaign promise Several people were evacu- officials. building, a day before he "The individual does not was panic and the students He said checks were under- against any religion. of "a total and complete ated from the building near "We claim responsibility for was due to host his new US seem to be known by took refuge in the (neigh- way on the possibility of a Judge Watson concluded in shutdown of Muslims enter- the Arc de Triomphe monu- sending a booby-trapped counterpart Steven Mnuchin. police," one police source bouring) supermarket," said second assailant. his ruling that while the ing the United States." ment "as a precaution", a parcel to the German finance Shooting said. the source. The incident comes with