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VOL. 33 | NO. 12 RNI No. 43798/86 REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17  
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JAMMU, JANUARY 11: ture management over the last three years. We have DY CM hails CM welcomes With a focus on reaping made concerted and coordi- the harvest of the radical fis- nated efforts to overhaul the budget proposals Budget proposals cal reforms undertaken by style and substance of finan- JAMMU, JANUARY 11: JAMMU, JANUARY 11: the State Government dur- cial management of the state ing the past three budgetary with macroeconomic stabil- Deputy Chief Chief Minister, New Delhi, Jan 11: tional-level talks" was exercises, the Minister of isation complemented by Minister, Dr Nirmal Mehbooba Mufti has "cross-border terror" and Finance, Dr Haseeb A structural reforms and fol- Singh today hailed the welcomed the Budget India on Thursday said ways to ensure the elimina- Drabu, today presented his lowed by systemic changes. budget proposals by 2018-19 presented in National Security Advisor tion of terrorism from the 4th Budget in the State They have now set the stage terming them as growth both Houses of State Ajit Doval met his region. "India and Pakistan Assembly terming it a major for meaningful public policy oriented and people Legislature today, Pakistani counterpart Lt have a dialogue process and step towards making interventions,” Dr Drabu friendly , which has terming it as develop- Gen Nasser Khan Janjua we have said terror and Jammu and Kashmir a truly said while presenting Rs catered to every section ment focussed and peo- (retd) last month in talks cannot go together. welfare state. “It will be a po- 80000 crore Budget for the of the society . In a mes- ple oriented. The Chief Thailand, noting that "talks However, there are other tential game-changer budg- fiscal 2018-19 in the House. sage, the Deputy Chief Minister said the high- on terror" can go ahead. dialogue mechanisms like et full of welfare initia- The Finance Minister Minister said that the est ever capital outlay in Raveesh Kumar, the at the DGMO level or be- tives,” he said. “The Budget said J&K is the first state in welfare budget, which this budget is the proof spokesperson of the tween the BSF and is a culmination of sus- the country that is present- was presented in the of her Governments Ministry of External Pakistan Rangers," Kumar tained work in building new ing the budget in the first See Dy CM Hails on Page See CM Welco on Page 11 Affairs, told reporters that said. "Similarly, the systems for public expendi- See Budget on Page 11 the focus of the "opera- See India, Pak on Page 11 News in Brief HC stays order to remove J&K Assembly again witnesses oppn walkouts, ruckus Forces recover Man absconding for 10 Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of weapons, SKIMS Director Medical Science (SKIMS) in years arrested Srinagar, Jan 11(JNF): Srinagar. As the House met ammunition in for the day, National Jammu, Jan 11 (PTI) Justice MK Hanjura today in a petition Conference (NC) MLA J-K's Rajouri filed by Dr. A.G. Ahanger, stayed the order of Devender Rana raised the A man wanted in a case of Jammu, Jan 11 (PTI) crime registered 10 years ago was GAD whereby Dr. A.G. Ahanger, Director, issue of "non-functional" ad- arrested today, a police official SKIMS and Ex-officio Secretary to ministrative units in J&K Security forces today said. Rakesh Singh was arrested in Government, is relieved of the duties of the post particularly his Nagrota recovered two weapons Gharota area of the district and was with immediate effect. He shall report to the constituency and sought a and over 400 rounds of am- produced in the court, he said. The General Administration Department and Dr. reply from the state govern- munition hidden by mili- accused was wanted in a case of Pawan Kotwal, IAS, Principal Secretary to the ment. Rana said that the ad- tants in Jammu and crime registered against him in 2007. Government, Health & Medical Education ministrative unit of Kashmir's Rajouri dis- Department, shall discharge the functions of Jandhra in Nagrota was trict, police said. Acting the post of Director SKIMS, in addition to his non-functional as no offi- on a specific input, a joint Drug peddler held in JK own duties, till further orders. After hearing cials were posted there. He team of police and the Sr. Adv ZA Shah for the petitioner whereas was supported by NC and Army launched a search with 2 kg poppy Advocate General JI Ganai for the state, Congress members, who ac- operation in Jatta Malian Jammu, Jan 11 (PTI) Justice MK Hanjura observed that law on the cused the government of forest in Kalakote belt of subject is luminous and clear. It provides that failing to make administra- the district and recovered Police today arrested one per- the rule of fairness in government action is an tive units functional. As the the arms and ammuni- son on the charges of drug ped- essential feature. However, such fairness has Jammu, Jan 11 (PTI) Kashmir Assembly today as was the state government's Speaker turned down their tion, a senior police officer dling, and seized two kilogrammes to be founded on reasons. The providing of rea- Opposition NC and failure to make several ad- request for a reply, the NC said. The haul included of poppy and cash worth Rs 11,300 sons demonstrates the concept of Noisy scenes were wit- Congress staged walkouts to ministrative units function- and Congress members See Forces on Page 11 from his possession in R S Pura See HC Stays on Page 11 nessed in the Jammu and protest what they claimed al and over the strike at See J&K Assem on Page 11 sector of Jammu district, a police officer said. The accused was See Drug Peddler on Page 11 HC dismiss CBI Mehbooba Mufti govt has Won't give land in south Mumbai, go patrol Two drug peddlers Pak border: Gadkari to Navy officers arrested in JK appeal in acquittal of failed on all fronts: Omar comments by Governor N N Mumbai, Jan 11: Srinagar, Jan 11 (PTI) Vohra certified this failure. Two alleged drug peddlers BSNL employees "The government has failed Union minister Nitin on all the fronts in all the Gadkari on Thursday said were arrested in north Kashmir's Jammu, Jan 11(JNF): Bandipora district and 2.5 kilo- ways and that certificate (of "not an inch" of land would grammes of charas was seized Justice MK Hanjura dismissed appeal of failure) has been given to it be given for Navy housing from their possession, a police offi- Central Bureau of Investigation against the ac- by the Governor," the in south Mumbai, wonder- cer said today. A police party laid a quittal of Tej Krishan Koul a BSNL employee in National Conference (NC) ing why all their personnel 'naka' at Shilwat in Bandipora corruption case and upehld judgment of trial leader told reporters here. here want to stay in this See Two Drug on Page 11 court. While upholding the acquittal of Tril Governor Vohra had on posh area when they should Court Justice M K Hanjura after hearing Adv Monday, while delivering be at Pakistan border. Monika Kohli for the CBI whereas Adv CM the 'The First Mufti Gadkari, who is the minis- Suspected thief Koul for the respodent, observed that judgment Jammu, Jan 11 (PTI) Memorial Lecture' to com- ter for Road Transport and detained from City of the trial Court is descriptive. It touches all memorate the Mufti Sayeed Highways, Shipping and the aspects of the case and nothing further re- Attacking the Day, said that the entire Water Resources, made the Jammu, Jan 10: quires to be added to it. It cannot be called in Mehbooba Mufti led dispen- polity and public services remark while voicing his question on any of the grounds be that the ap- sation in Jammu and of the state, and the people disappointment at the planned. The remark was needed at the borders from A suspected thief has been de- plication of law or the appreciation of the evi- Kashmir, former chief min- must work together to pro- Navy's objection to a float- made at a public event in where terrorists sneak in. tained by the City police for lifting dence. It is well written and complete in all the ister Omar Abdullah said tect the student community ing jetty plan at Malabar Mumbai in the presence of Why does everyone (in the goods from Kanak Mandi area. details as a corollary to which this appeal today that the state govern- and youth. "We have not Hill in south Mumbai, Western Naval Command Navy) want to stay in South Even as no case has been regis- See HC Dismiss on Page 11 ment had failed on all fronts been able to do so and I where a floating hotel and chief Vice Admiral Girish Mumbai? They (Navy) had tered, sources said, police caught a and claimed that recent See Mehbooba on Page 11 seaplane service are Luthra. "Actually, Navy is See Won’t Give on Page 11 man who was allegedly roaming suspiciously during late night. He See Suspected on Page 11 Working to ensure 'leading power' J&K's accession to India was Lost Bag carrying people's will: Mahesh Sharma diamond ring, 120 New Delhi, Jan 11 (PTI) curating this (exhibition) is dollars recovered India's membership in NSG: US envoy to show the young genera- Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu, Jan 10: tion how Kashmir became a New Delhi, Jan 11: to Islamabad, accusing it of "lies and our international partners to have been clear that we will not accession to India was the part of India. It (The acces- Police today claimed to have and deceit". Juster acknowl- secure India's membership in the tolerate cross-border terrorism will of the people of the sion) was the will of the peo- traced out a missing bag which The United States sees India edged that the US and India ini- Nuclear Suppliers Group," he or terrorist safe havens any- state, Culture Minister ple of Kashmir," Sharma was handed over illegally. Police as a "leading power" in the Indo- tially had "strained" exchanges said. Juster said shared values where," he said. A major part of Mahesh Sharma today said. said. "Maharaja Hari said that on Nov 21, 2017 a written Pacific region, Washington's en- on topics related to the transfer and "common interests" inform Juster's speech was on ways to Sharma was inaugurating Singh, when he signed this complaint lodged by Pawan voy to New Delhi Kenneth Juster of sensitive US technology with the vision of New Delhi and enhance economic and commer- an exhibition at the instrument (of accession), See Lost Bag on Page 11 said on Thursday, describing the both military and conventional Washington for the strategically cial relations. He also underlined National Archives of India only after that, I repeat, on- country as a potential regional applications. "Now, India is cele- significant Indo-Pacific region, that the US is concerned about here commemorating 70 ly after that, the Indian trade hub for American busi- brating its membership in two of in which the US considers India persistent trade deficits with years of the state's acces- forces went to that area. Vigilance Commissioners nesses. In his first policy speech the four multilateral export con- to be a "leading power". On de- India. He stated that a number of sion to India. The exhibi- This needs to be show- since taking over as ambassador, trol regimes -- the Wassenaar fence and counter-terrorism, US companies have reported "in- tion has on display war di- cased," he said. brief Governor Juster laid out the Trump admin- Arrangement on dual-use items, Juster observed that both India creasing difficulties" in conduct- aries with operational de- Sharma said the people K istration's agenda for India and tails of the Indo-Pak war of Jammu, Jan 10: which India just joined, and the and the US have suffered "horrif- ing business in China. of Kashmir have been K M emphasised that the US will not Missile Technology Control ic terrorist attacks" and continue Accordingly, some compa- 1947-48, original letters, "sometimes questioned" M Y P.L. Gupta, Chief Vigilance tolerate "cross-border terrorism" telegrams, documents, and

Regime." "We also expect in the to be targeted. nies are downgrading their oper- but they have accepted the Y C Commissioner, and Sh. Gazanffer or terror safe havens. However, very near future for India to join "We have a strong mutual in- ations there, while others are citations. All these have Gandhian thought and phi- C Hussain, Vigilance Juster made no reference to the Australia Group on chemical terest in eliminating this threat looking with great interest at al- been publicly shared by the losophy and want to be in Commissioner, met Governor Pakistan in his speech. The US and biological weapons. And we to our societies. President ternative markets. "India can Ministry of Defence for the India. "..and that has been See Vigilance on Page 11 recently suspended military aid are working closely with India Trump and other US leaders See Working on Page 11 first time. "The purpose of See J&K’s Acces on Page 11

CyanMagentaYellowBlac Glimpses of Future 2 Obituary JAMMU FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2018 OBITUARY 10TH DAY KRIYA CHOUBARSI KRIYA/UTHALA With profound grief and sorrow, we WITH PROFOUND GRIEF AND SOR - “Four years have passed away With profound grief and sorrow we in - inform the sad demise of Late Smt ROW, WE INFORM THE SAD DE - since you left us, but your memories form about the sad demise of our Dulari Fotedar W/o Sh Bansi Lal MISE OF OUR BELOVED FATHER will remain forever with us.” beloved Pandit Sansar Chand Magotra S/o Late Smt. Janki Devi & Sh. Jagan Fotedar, R/o-78 Rajpur Extn SH KASHI NATH KOUL S/O MA - CHOUBARSI of our beloved Late Nath Magotra R/o Barui Akhnoor on 02- Colony near DLF Chattarpur-Farm, HADEV RAM ERSTWHILE R/O VIL - Smt. Shakuntla Nanda will be per - 01-2018. Kriya will be performed on 12 Delhi-110068 on 8-1-2018. TENTH LAGAM (HANDWARA) AT PRESENT Smt Dulari SH KASHI NATH formed at our residence H. No. 6, Smt. Shakuntla Jan 2018 at our residence Shanti Pandit Sansar DAY KRIYA will be performed on Fotedar H.NO. 02, LANE NO. 05, K B NAGAR KOUL Sec-5, Nanak Nagar on 12th Jan. Nanda Colony Akhnoor, Ward No 12. Uthala Chand Magotra 16-1-2018 at Manav Chowk, Rohni BANTALAB WHO ATTAINED NIR - 2018 (Friday) at 12.00 P.M. will be performed on 12 Jan 2018 at our Sector-15, Delhi. WAN ON 09-01-2008. TENTH DAY DEEPLY MISSED BY: residence Shanti Colony Akhnoor, GRIEF STRICKEN : WILL BE PERFORMED ON 18-01- Flt. Lt M.L. Nanda (Retd. Air Force Officer) Ward No 12 at 5.00 pm. Daughter -in-laws & Sons 2018 (THURSDAY) AT AKHNOOR Daughter-in-law & Son GRIEF STRICKEN Sheetal & Amit Fotedar GHAT AND MOURNING ASSEMBLY Ruchi & Yuvraj Nanda (Sun Pharma) Sons & Daughter-in-laws Archana & Chetan Fotedar WILL BE HELD AT MUTHI GHAT Daughters & Son-in-laws Sh. S.K. Magotra & Smt. Seeta Samast Parivar of Fotedar’s, Kaks, Mattoo’s, NEAR DIRECTORATE OFFICE Sh. R.K. Magotra & Smt. Shakti Narayan’s, Trakroo’s & Koul’s. Renu & Narinder Khanna MUTHI AT 10.30 AM. Sapna & R.D. Verma (Retd. Exn. PDD) Sh. R.P. Magotra & Smt. Sunita CONTACT : 07982686448, 09999109183, Sh. Gopal Magotra & Smt. Sushma GRIEF STRICKEN Daughter-in-law & Nephew 09419141524, 09891042383 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW & SON Daughter & Son-in-law Guddi & Kumar Nanda SMT ANJLI KOUL & B K KOUL Smt. Sandhya & Sh. Puran Chand Sharma Bhabhi & Brother SAMAST PARIVAR Grand Son & Grand Daughter-in-law Rani & Madan Lal Puri KOULS, BHATS, THUSOOS Mr. Vikas Magotra & Mrs. Shruti Sharma Smt. Satya Nanda W/o Late Shiv Dutt Nanda-Jethani CHOUBARSI CELL NO. 9419132892, 9419354540 Great Grand Son - Master Vishwahetu Magotra Nanand Grand Sons - Neeraj Magotra, Manit Magotra, Parmod Four years have passed since you left Smt. Savitri Mengi W/o Late Sh. M.D. Mengi Magotra, Varun Pal Magotra us in deep pain and shock. You were a Grand Daughters - Bandana Sharma, Richa Sharma, Simran pious soul and epitome of love and af - Smt. Swarna Kohli W/o Late Sh. R.R. Kohli Sharma, Prakriti Sharma fection. Your simplicity, honesty, noble Grand Children: Sidharth, Surbhi, Oorya & Divya 10TH DAY KRIYA M/s Magotra Knitwears Akhnoor character, positive approach towards Ph.No: 2452622, 9419195563, 9419182648 9419227380, 9419133449, 9469231450 life and tremendous patience will al - Our dear mother (JIGRI) Smt. Gunwati ways be a guiding source of inspiration Smt. Kamla W/o Late Sh. Dina Nath Koul of for us. CHOUBARSI of our beloved Slathia Ratnipora Pulwama/10-829 Rajpora Smt. Kamla Slathia W/o Shri B.S. Mangotrian, Jammu left for heavenly 10TH DAY Slathia will be performed at our resi - abroad at her Noida residence on 4th With profound grief and sorrow, we in - 10TH DAY KRIYA January 2018. Her TENTH DAY With profound grief and sorrow, we re - dence Lane No. 57 Greater Kailash, Smt. Gunwati form the sad demise of my beloved Jammu on 12th January, 2018 (Friday) KRIYA will be performed on Saturday wife Anjali Bhat W/o Ashok Kumar gret to inform the sad demise of our at 12 Noon. 13th January 2018 at Ganga Ghat Bhat (Ramesh Ji) originally resident of beloved mother Smt. Kamla Wati W/o DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY: Murad Nagar. ASSEMBLY will be held Brariangan, Uma Nagari, Anantnag, at Sh. Mohan Lal Pandita originally resi - Shri B.S. Slathia Principal (Retd)-Husband at J-206, Amrapali Princeley Estate, present Lane No.-19 Block - 100, Flat dent of Maidanpora (Lolab) Kmr. Prof. Sucheta Pathania (University of Jammu)-Daughter Sector-76, Noida 12:30 p.m. onwards. 21 (Jagti Township). Tenth Day Kriya Anjali Bhat presently Garhi Behind Kral Bab GRIEF STRICKEN: Ashram Udhampur, who left for her Smt. Roop Rani Prof. Satishwar Pathania (G.W.C. Gandhi Nagar)-Son-in-law will be performed at 9:00 AM at TRT Wali Prof. Sujata Slathia (G.W.C. Gandhi Nagar)-Daughter Son & Daughter in law Nagrota on 18/01/2018, Thursday. heavenly abode on 8-1-2018. May her Shri Rajeev Slathia & Smt. Pratibha-Son & Daughter-in-law Kanaya Lal Koul & Phoola Ji GRIEF STRICKEN soul rest in peace. Tenth Day Kriya will Principal & Vice Principal, Naveen Shiksha Kendra, Bari Daughters & Sons in law Mr. Ashok Kumar Bhat -Husband (9419831131) be performed on Wednesday 17- 1- Brahmana, Samba Sheela Ji & Moti Lal Koul Mr. Sushil Bhat, Mr. Sahil Bhat -Sons (8492009637) 2018 at Devika Ghat Udhampur at 9:00 AM. Grand Children : Nirmala Ji & Bushan Lal Bhat Sons & Daughters GRIEF STRICKEN Sudhanshu, Siddharth, Shriya, Shrey, Swasti & Hridyanshu Grand Son & Grand Daughters in Law Amti Bhat, Ankit Bhat, Palak, Mehak Sh. Mohan Lal Pandita - Husband Mob Nos: 9419204634, 9086038261 Ashish Koul & Smeeta Koul Mr. Chand Ji Bhat, Rozy -Brother & Bhabi (9419783407) Sons & Daughters-in-law Ashwani Bhat & Peelu Bhat Mr. Vinod Ji Bhat, Indu Bhat -Brother & Bhabi (7006323160) Smt. Babli & Sh. Prediman Krishan Dharamveer Bhat & Sonia Bhat Smt. Sarla Ji & Sh. Ramesh Kumar Grand Daughter & Grand Son in Law Smt. Sharika & Sh. Roop Krishan Sunaina & Kuldeep Vali (P.K Pandita) - Son BARKHI Kiran ji & Kanwal Kanwal Krishan Raina & Grand Children One year has passed since you left for Sunita & Ajay Bhan 10TH DAY/KRIYA Mob: 8803108985, 9596733610, 9858443106 eternal journey leaving us in Tears. Bharti & Akash Munshi With profound grief and sorrow, we in - Your kind memories will remain in our Great Grand Children: Atul, Nidhi, Neha, Sakshi, Ronit, form the sad demise of our beloved hearts forever. The Barkhi of our Shivam, Amy, Aryander, Harsh, Aarav, Myra, Harshita. Smt. Chanchal Gupta W/o Late Sh. beloved Late Smt Shakuntla Devi W/o K.L.Koul- 9891623378/9899603458 Shiv Charan Gupta Resident of Late Sh Gouri Shanker (Thial Wale) Bandhole, Latti. Tenth Day will be per - 10TH DAY KRIYA Smt Shakuntla shall be performed at our Residence formed on 12-1-2018 (Friday) and With profound grief and sorrow, we re - Devi H.No 143, Ward 16, Dina Nagar Assembly will be held at their resi - Smt. Chanchal gret to inform that our beloved father Udhampur on Friday 12-01- 2018 at 12 10TH DAY dence at Village Bandhole, Latti at Gupta Karamyogi Sh. Prem Nath Bhat (Papa Noon. 12:00 Noon. Kriya will be performed on Ji) S/o Late Sh. Neel Kant Bhat origi - With profound grief and sorrow we in - DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY: 15-1-2018 (Monday) at their residence nally resident of Kullar Pahalgam, form the sad and untimely demise of Sons & Daughters-in-law at Village Bandhole, Latti at 11:00 AM. presently H. No. 128, Lane 9/A, our belove,d Dr. Satish Mattoo S/o Lt. Sh. Prem Nath Sh Kewal Krishan Gupta & Smt Kamlesh Gupta GRIEF STRICKEN Vinayak Nagar Muthi (Jammu) at - Sh. Shyam Lal Mattoo, original resi - Bhat Sh Mela Ram Jandial & Smt Swarna Gupta Daughters & Son-in-laws tained Nirvana on 3rd of January 2018. dent of Shivpora, Srinagar at present, Daughters & Sons-in-law Smt. Neelam Gupta & Sh. Puneet Gupta 10TH DAY KRIYA will be performed at H.No. 49, Lane 2/2 (Roop Nagar) Smt Vijay Kumari & Sh Dharam Parkash Chukarna Smt. Arti Mahajan and Sh. Chaman Lal Gupta Akhnoor Ghat on 12th of January 2018 Jammu, Prop. Suntusht ECG and Sh. Shyam Lal Smt Satya Devi & Sh Bishan Dass Vaid Devars & Devaranis (Friday) and Assembly will be held at Ultrasound Center (New Plots) Mattoo Smt Kailash Devi Sh. Davinder Gupta & Smt. Beant Gupta Muthi Ghat near Directorate of School Jammu on 04-01- 2018. Tenth Day will Smt Asha Rani & Sh Sanjeev Gupta (Dist. Vice President BJP Udhampur) Education at 11.00 A.M. be performed on 13-01- 2018 Shiva Agencies Sh. Mool Raj Gupta & Smt. Tripta Gupta GRIEF STRICKEN (Saturday) at Akhnoor Ghat and Mob: 9419625608, 9419139603 Sh. Ashok Gupta & Smt. Bandana Gupta Sh. Amar Nath Bhat-Brother Assembly will be held at our residence Nephew: Sh. Arun Gupta & Smt. Monika Gupta Smt. & Sh. Soom Nath Bhat-Brother & Bhabi H. No. 49 Lane 2/2 (Dr. Choudhary’s Smt. & Sh. R.K. Bhat-Son & Daughter-in-law Lane) Roop Nagar, Jammu at 11.00 a.m. Smt. & Sh. P.N. Bhat -do- GRIEF STRICKEN Smt. & Sh. A.K. Bhat -do- TENTH DAY Samast Mattoo Pariwar Smt. & Sh. B.K. Bhat -do- With profound grief and sorrow, we in - IN GRIEF:- 10TH DAY KRIYA Smt. & Sh. B.L. Bhat -do- form the sad demise of our father Sh. Koul’s (Ount’s), Katroo’s With profound grief and sorrow, we in - Sh. Inder Ji Bhat-Son N.N. Ganjoo S/o Lt. Sh. Gwash Lal Gandotra’s, Dhar’s, Tickoo’s form the sad demise of our beloved Smt. & Sh. C.L. Bhat-Son & Daughter-in-law Ganjoo erstwhile R/o Kocha Nidan, Mob.: 9469211511, Land Line: 2591356 mother Smt. Roop Rani Wali W/o Late Smt. Dolly & Sh. S.L. Raina-Daughter & Son-in-law Rainawari, Srinagar at present H. No. Sh. J.N. Wali R/o 123 Ambika Vihar Smt. Sunita & Sh. J.K. Tickoo -do- 73, Lower Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal on 07- Poonch House Talab Tillo Jammu on Grand Children : Meenakhshi & Varun Ji, Megha & Sandeep 01-2018. 10TH DAY will be observed Sh. N.N. Ganjoo 04-01-2018. TENTH DAY KRIYA will Smt. Roop Rani Sonal & Rohit, Madhu & Mayur Rahul, Upanshu & Yashu, on 16-01-2018 (Tuesday) at Akhnoor 10TH DAY KRIYA be performed at Akhnoor Ghat on 13- 01-2018 and the Assembly for culmi - Wali Karan, Nikhil & Shuhul, Sheetu, Dipshi & Dikshit and Assembly will be held same day at With profound grief and sorrow, we in - nation of mourning will be held at resi - Mob Nos: 9419103195, 8803600399, 9419202726, Vikas Nagar Mandir Park at 1.00 P.M. form the sad demise of our beloved Sh dence (Ambika Vihar) at 11.30 A.M. 9897407133, 9958686669 GRIEF STRICKEN Shambhu Nath Pandita S/o Late Sh GRIEF STRICKEN Smt. Sheela Ganjoo (W/o Lt. Sh. R.L. Ganjoo)-Bhabi Jia Lal Pandita R/o House No 97, Daughters-in-law & Sons Sh. Vinod & Ranjana Ganjoo-Son & Daughter-in-law Sector -5, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu Smt. Mohini & Sh. T.K. Wali Smt. Manorama & Prof Ashok Raina-Daughter & Son-in-law (Originally resident of Ganpatyar, Smt. Rita & Ashok Bhan -do- Sh Shambhu Nath Smt. Rajni & Sh. Vijay Wali 10TH DAY KRIYA Habba - Kadal Srinagar, Kashmir) on Pandita Smt. Rajeshwari & Sh. Rajinder Wali Sh. Krishan & Pooja Ganjoo-Son & Daughter-in-law 5-1- 2018. Tenth Day Kriya will be per - Our dear mother (Jigri) Gunwati Smt. Suman & Sh. Ravinder Wali Arti, Deepak, Raju & Amrit-Grand Children formed on 13-1-2018 (Saturday) at Kaul W/o Late Sh. Dina Nath Kaul Nears and Dears Hashia’s, Koul’s, Sapru’s, Dassi’s, Jalali’s and Wali’s Akhnoor Ghat and the Assembly shall of Ratnipora Pulwama at present 2549188, 9419130831, 9419203890 be held at our residence at 12.00 Noida attained Nirvana on 4th Noon. January 2018. TENTH DAY KRIYA GRIEF STRICKEN will be performed on Saturday 13th Gunwati Kaul Smt Raj Dulari Pandita -Wife 10TH DAY KRIYA January 2018 at Ganga Ghat OBITUARY Smt Pushpa Ji and Sh T.N Pandita -Bhabi & Brother With profound grief & sorrow, we regret Murad Nagar. ASSEMBLY will be With profound grief and sorrow, we regret Smt Lalita Saraf -Sister to inform the sad demise of our held at J-206, Amarpali Princeley to inform the sad and untimely demise of Smt Subhadhra Razdan -Sister beloved Sh Hira Lal Mukhi S/o Lt Estate, Sector 76, Noida at 11.00 our beloved Sh. Ravi Ji Bhat S/o Late Smt Uma Pandit and Sh O.N Pandit -Sister & Brother-in-law Rughnath Mukhi R/o Mattan, A.M. Shamboo Nath Bhat originally resident of Smt Nimmi & Ravinder Raina -Daughter & Son-in-law Anantnag, Kashmir, presently H.No GRIEF STRICKEN Namtihaal, Chadura, Badgam and at Smt Santosh & Sh Rajinder Kaul -Daughter & Son-in-law 80/2A, Shanti Puram, Lower Roop Samast Koul Parivar of Ratnipora presently at H. No. 419-B Vinayak Nagar, Ms. Pinky Pandita Nagar (Near BSNL Exchange) Muthi, Sh Hira Lal Mukhi Koul’s of Inder Sector-2, Muthi, Jammu, who left for Sh. Ravi Ji Bhat Jammu on 06- 01-2018. Tenth Day heavenly abode on 3rd January 2018. Fotedar’s, Vishin’s, Khudbali’s Bhat’s of Ladhoo TENTH DAY KRIYA will be performed at All Near & Dear Kriya will be held on 15-01-2018 K.L. Koul 9891623378/9899603458 Akhnoor Ghat and Assembly at resi - Contact: 0191-2470891, 9419213698, 7051296226 (Monday) at Akhnoor Ghat. Assembly dence (H. No. 419-B, Vinayak Nagar, will be held at our residence Muthi at Muthi) on 12-01-2018 at 11.00 A.M. 12.00 Noon. (Landmark: Near Geeta Bhawan, Muthi). GRIEF STRICKEN OBITUARY GRIEF STRICKEN Smt Rani Devi -Wife 10TH DAY KRIYA With profound grief and sorrow, we in - Smt. Nirmala Shouri Bhat-Mother Smt Krishan Rani W/o Lt. Kashi Nath Mukhi -Bhabi With profound grief and sorrow, we in - form the sad and untimely demise of Smt. Santosh Bhat-Wife Smt Phoola Rani W/o Lt Bal Krishan Mukhi -Bhabi form the sad demise of our beloved our beloved Shri Bharat Bhushan Rakesh Bhat & Arti Bhat-Son & Daughter-in-law Smt Suman & Sh Ravi Ji Mukhi -Daughter-in-law & Son Dr. Sachan Bhat & Dr Archana Bhat-Son-in-law & Daughter Karamyogi Sh. Bansi Lal Dass S/o Pandita S/o Lt. Sh. Balji Pandita R/o Smt Anju & Sh Vinod Ji Mukhi -Daughter-in-law & Son Bitto Ji Bhat & Asha Bhat-Brother & Sister-in-law Late Sh. Sansar Chand Dass R/o Mohalla Mumkak Sopore, presently at Smt Sujata & Sh Bharat Bushan -Daughter-in-law & Son B.L. Zutshi & Nancy Zutshi-Brother-in-law & Sister Bomai Sopore at present H. No. 190, H.No 17, Sharda Colony, Patoli Smt Prem Lata & Sh Gopi Krishan -Daughter & Son-in-law Rajinder Razdan & Veena Razdan-Brother-in-law & Sister Ambica Vihar Gole Gujral, near Mata Brahmana, Akhnoor Road, Jammu on Shri Bharat Athrv Bhat & Kyra Bhat-Grand Children Grand Children: Ashish, Aakash, Priya, Parth, Aditya, Aman, Vaishnov Sheil Putri Ashram. TENTH Sh. Bansi Lal Dass 05-01-2018. Tenth Day Kriya shall be Bhushan Pandita Ph. No: 7889783291 Kamana & Krishna DAY will be performed on 16-1-2018 performed on 14th January 2018 at Mob: 9419118800, 946927734, 9419756060, 9469233104 (Tuesday) at Akhnoor and ASSEMBLY Akhnoor Ghat and Assembly shall be shall be held at Muthi Ghat near held at our residence at 11 am sharp. Director School Education Office at GRIEF STRICKEN 10TH DAY 11.00 A.M. Smt. Dura Pandita - Wife With profound grief and sorrow, we in - GRIEF STRICKEN:- TENTH DAY Sister & Brother-in-law form the sad demise of our beloved fa - Smt. Phoola Ji-Wife With profound grief and sorrow, we in - Smt. Gopi Shouri & Sh. Somnath Dhar ther Sh Gopi Nath Bazaz S/o Late Sh Sunaina Dass-Daughter form the sad demise of our beloved Sh. Sisters-in-law & Brothers Samsar Chand Bazaz original R/o Smt. Gauri Shree Smt. Darshna Ji Shyam Lal Hakhoo S/o Lt. Raghav Smt. Pupli & Sh. Chaman Lal Pandita Karan Nagar Srinagar presently resid - Smt. Asha ji Smt. Kanta Ji Nath Hakhoo originally from Kani Smt. Jiga & Sh. Kuldeep Pandita ing at 381 Vipin Garden Kakrola Morh, Smt. & Sh. H.K. Dass Kadal Srinagar at present Govt. Qts. Smt. Anjali & Sh. Sunil Pandita Sh Gopi Nath Uttam Nagar New Delhi- 59 on 07-01- Smt. & Sh. B.L. Dass No. 178 Block ‘H; Subash Nagar Daughters & Sons-in-law Bazaz 2018. TENTH DAY KRIYA will be per - Smt. & Sh. Veerji Dass Jammu on 8.1.2018. at 5.30 A.M. Sh. Shyam Lal Smt. Archana & Sh. Anil Koul formed on 15th January 2018 Sh. Tej Krishen Sagar 10TH DAY will be performed on Hakhoo Smt. Arti & Sh. Sandeep Bhat (Monday) at Rohini Gath Sector 18, Smt. & Sh. Ramesh Ji Raina 16.1.2018 (Tuesday) at Akhnoor Ghat Smt. Sapna & Sh. Rohit Dhar Near Badali Telephone Exchange Daughters and Sons-in-law and ASSEMBLY will be held at our res - Smt. Priyanka & Sh. Arun Koul /Badli Metro Station at 10 AM. Smt. & Sh. Ravi Ji Pandita idence at 12.30 P.M. Grand Children : Tanmay, Aakash, Sneha, GRIEF STRICKEN Smt. & Sh. Puran Tickoo GRIEF STRICKEN Aditi, Aayaan, Tiya, Reyansh & BAZAZ FAMILY VIPIN GARDEN Smt. & Sh. Vijay Pandita Hakhoo’s, Nehru’s, Pahalwan’s, Samast Pandita Parivaar Cont : 7567881886, 9210598809, 9999777310, 9213088616 9796250008, 9419871062, 9419303067, 9906032525 Tickoo’s, Bhat’s & Harjai’s Parivar 9419222588 / 9419221010 / 9419258922 Glimpses of Future 3 state JAMMU FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2018 JKNPP protests seeking restoration DSS Ushers Destinguished Women To 2018 With Honour “Dhiyan Dogren Dian – Ek Malati” of J&K Assembly’s term to 5 years Jammu Jan 11 respect, recognition and keep - ing them ever alive for poster - Women have always en - ity. Such a gigantic task can Bring legislation to reduce the term of State legislature from six to five years: Harsh to BJP joyed a place of honour in the only be fulfilled by profuse, land of Dogras. The region Jammu, Jan 11 willing and purposeful public has a matriarchal society and participation. Therefore, the Strongly urging upon the known for ‘Shakti worship’. DSS has called for recom - State government and the Billions of devotees from the mended names of any interna - BJP in particular to bring a world over throng the tional / national / state level legislation in the current Trikuta Hills every year, for women achievers for inclu - Assembly session to restore seeking blessings of the Holy sion. Names with cabinet size and reduce the term of J&K Mother, the Mata Vaishno photographs may be forward - Legislative Assembly to five Devi. Women are worshiped ed to DSS office by 25th of years from the present six, a in many forms from the January 2018. Names and pho - strong contingent of Panther young (Kanya or Kanjak) up tographs can also be forward - activists spearheaded by Mr. to the Maa Bhawani in her ed on line to Secretary DSS on Harsh Dev Singh Chairman nine holy incarnations. The . ers staged a vociferous from the blessings of the from the desired status of op - ‘Nav Durga’ through the Girls students who have protest demonstration at great Holy Mother residing portunities, equalities, recog - mothers, sisters and daugh - secured Gold metals/ 1st posi - Exhibition Ground Jammu in her holy shrine abode of nition and share in power. ters of this pious land of tions in the University / today. The infuriated protes - Trikuta Hills. The followers Maa Durga has emerged re - Dogras”, said the DSS presi - Board Examination during tors accused the Saffron party wondered why the BJP being defer elections to Parliament used, to suit the convenience include worshipers from all peatedly, in many incarna - dent. With this as their aim the sessions 2013-14, 2014-15, of rabble rousing over the is - a equal partner in the ruling as well as State Legislatures. of a small coterie of the ruling communities and the holy tions, whenever the evil the DSS has planned to hold a 2015-16 and 2016-17 shall be ho - sue while it was in opposition alliance with 25 heavily man - But the amendment was polity in the State with no con - shrine echoes from forces dominated and de - seminar with distinguished noured. They are advised to but remaining mum after as - dated MLAs failed to utter a promptly reversed by the new - cern for the welfare of the peo - “Baran”—(religious songs) stroyed the demons in society Dogra ladies titled "Dhiyan forward their details to the suming power. They also word on the serious matter ly elected popular Union ple who were divested of their in praise of the mother sung to re-establish the ethical Dogren Dian" to give due Secretary DSS by 20th Jan torched the effigy of the BJP which had politically alienat - Government in 1977. regular democratic rights. by Muslims as much as by rule of law, love, peace and recognition to our Dogra 2018. Participants desirous of to express their anger for its ed J&K from rest of the Indian Ironically, while the then J&K Shamefully, the BJP also opt - Hindu and Sikh devotees. prosperity. Our State has women achievers of J&K who presenting their views in the double standards. Addressing states. He further added that Government headed by ed to support the ideology of Emperor Akbar is also re - been undergoing turmoil for have excelled in various seminar on 31th January 2018 the media, Mr. Harsh Dev in the wake of countrywide de - Sheikh Abdullah was quick to the coterie for the loaves of called to have come to the the past many decades. The fields of academics, art, cul - may please forward a synop - Singh asked the BJP-PDP bate on the merits of Art 370, adopt the Centre’s amend - power”, Harsh regretted. He holy shrine barefoot to seek youth have been going astray ture, administration, law / sis to DSS office at Dogra combine to bring in a legisla - the time was apt for all the po - ment extending State said that seminars would be mother’s blessings. It is note - and taking to drugs, crime judiciary, education and re - Bhawan by 20th January 2018 tion to restore and reduce the litical parties to end the anom - Assembly’s term from 5 to 6 held in state and New Delhi worthy that in spite of our and drawn to the path of self search etc, at State, national and a copy of the papers (3-5 term of State Assembly to five aly of six years term for the years, it conveniently turned besides other states t o apprise matriarchal society, little destruction. Under such con - and international level. This minutes) before presentation, years and pave the way for the State Assembly which was a a blind eye to the Centre’s leg - the nation about the abuse of meaningful has been done in ditions, mothers can play a unique get together of worthy since it may not be possible for simultaneous elections to the glaring example of the misuse islation to restore the term Art 370 by J&K leaders to en - this region to empower great role by guiding their Dogra daughters “Dhiyan the organizers to accommo - Legislative Assembly and the of the special status enjoyed back to 5 years. As a result, the joy the fruits of power for one women and to honour those children to the righteous Dogren Dian – Ek Malati” is date on the spot speakers. The Lok Sabha in 2019. While tak - by State under the pretext of J&K Assembly term contin - additional year. Prominent who have managed to reach a path of peace, academic en - being organized on 31st Jan media is also cordially invited ing a dig at the BJP, he said the said article. Recalling the ued for 6 years ever since the among those who spoke on place of recognition by their hancement and generate an 2018 at 10:30 AM at Dogra to cover the occasion on 31th that the Saffron party which chronology of events, Mr. 1977 General elections, Harsh the occasion included Rajesh own ability and emerged by urge for learning and to excel. Sadar Sabha Bhawan, Dogra January 2018 at Dogra Sadar during its opposition days Harsh Dev Singh stated that divulged. He maintained that Padgotra, Gagan Partap, persistent efforts of many It has therefore, become all Hall Jammu to Promote Sabha Bhawan, Dogra Hall, overtly cornered the previous the six year term of the State the term of Lok Sabha was 5 Shanker Singh Chib , Khajoor decades. Briefing the media, the more important to bring Dogriyat/ Dogra Culture and please. The Press conference State government over the is - Assembly was a grim re - years and likewise the State Singh, Raj Kumar Jandial, former minister and DSS to the fore the reckonable to honour the distinguished was addressed by Prof. N.K. sue had now seemed to re - minder of the Emergency pe - Legislatures and Panchayats Karnail Singh, Neeraj Gupta, President Th. Gulchain women force as embodiment women achievers of the re - Dogra, Col. K.S. Jamwal, Sh. main criminally silent after riod from 1975 to 1977 in the all across the country were en - Nirmal Kishore, Rashpaul Singh Charak said that it is of Maa Bhawani. The Dogra gion. Selected available dis - Prem Sagar Gupta, Col. coming to power. He said that history of Independent India. joying the term of 5 years but Singh, Mohinder Singh, Rohit sad that the nation as a whole Sadar Sabha (DSS) has al - tinguished women achievers Virendra .K. Sahi, VrC, Kr. during his tenure as a legisla - He reminded that the then the J&K was the only state of Sharma, Capt. Narotam, and our J&K State in particu - ways been taking lead to pro - will be honoured and given a Ghambir Dev Singh Charak, tor he had moved the con - Union Government led by the India with its Assembly hav - Vishav Singh, Udhayveer lar has not done much mean - mote the cause of the less place of honour in a special Prof. Anita Billoria, Mrs. Uma cerned bill a dozen of times Congress brought 42nd ing the term of 6 years. Singh, Lakhwinder, Roshan ingful for women empower - cared for sections of society gallery of outstanding achiev - Katal, Mrs. Santosh Magotra, which could not be passed due Amendment (1976) of the “Special status of J&K had Sharma, Des Raj besides oth - ment. Barring a very few se - and bringing them in the ers within the Dogra Sadar Prof. Vishav Raksha, Prof. to the lack of support, but Indian Constitution simply to been selectively used, or mis - ers. lected elite, the common forefront. “This initiative, is Sabha complex as a mark of Hema Gandotra. Jugal Kishore Sharma Kashmir gets 875, Jammu 210, “BBIA Hails J&K State holds Darbar, interacts Budget 2018-19” with Karyakartas, Public Ladakh 0 fair price shops; NSF Jammu Jan 11 Singh, Hon’ble Finance Minister Dr. Haseeb A. Drabu A Meeting of the Members & Sh. Chander Parkash, Public Darbar acts as boon for per - of Bari Brahmana Industries Hon’ble Minister for CAPD minister appeases Rajouri with 115 outlets: Dr Vikas Association was held here un - Industries & Commerce for sons in distress: Jugal der the President ship of Lalit Jammu Jan 11 yawning gap between Budgam 195, Kulgam 16, fronts including employment providing relief to Industrial Mahajan President BBIA in Sector in the Budget which will Jammu and Kashmir regions Kupwara 143, Srinagar 162, which has voted and support - presence of Sh. Suresh In an unprecedented type and shockingly making his Pulwama 86, Shopian 51, ed BJP leaders pushing them provide a great relief to the of discrimination so far no - Mahajan, Sr. Vice President, Existing Industry. While going own district Rajouri to get 115 whereas Jammu was provid - to finally enter the corridors Sh. Varun Singla Vice ticed in the history of dis - through the Budget Proposals, outlets ignoring other dis - ed 11, Samba 0, Doda 1, of powers for the first time in President, Sh. Ajay Langer criminatory tendency by the It has been observed that the tricts of Jammu region which Kishtwar 1, Poonch 02, the state. The people of General Secretary, Sh. Vivek successive governments, SGST Incentive announced by were d isposed off with very Rajouri 115, Udhampur 0, Jammu never anticipated Singhal Secretary and Sh. Minister of Consumer and the Govt. for the Units not cov - few or not a single fair price Reasi 08, Ramban 01, that the net result of support - Viraaj Malhotra Treasurer & Public Distribution not only ered under the Central shop. Ridiculing the ill inten - Kathua71, and Ladakh got ze - ing them shall ultimately be other members of BBIA. The failed to keep reasonable bal - Package of Incentives confined tion of the state government ro. Dr. Vikas pin pointed the fraught with unending dis - members present in the meet - to only Value Addition which ance while distribution fair to continue large scale dis - propensity of the concerned crimination with Jammu ing Hailed the Budget present - price outlets between is not sufficient for the sur - crimination with the people minister, who belongs to which has constantly been ed by Hon’ble Finance vival of Existing Small Scale Kashmir and Jammu divi - of Jammu, Dr. Vikas ex - Rajouri district and said that subjected to by earlier gov - Minister Dr. Haseeb.A. Drabu sions, but he too blessed his Units working in the State. pressed his anguish over the he left no stone unturned to ernments since independ - in which most of issues related Moreover no provision has own constituency, Rajouri fact that total 1085 new fair ensure as a minister CAPD ence. He urged the people of to the Industrial Sector, as with 115 fair price shops out been provided in the Budget price shops have been opened that 115 FPSs get operational - Jammu to join hands together highlighted by BBIA in the for providing CGST to the of total 210 shops given to in the state out of which 875 ize in his own constituency i. for fighting out the BJP and Pre-Budget discussions, have Jammu division. This was Existing Units and were put to operation in e Rajouri ostensibly to teaching it an appropriate les - been resolved in the Budget SGST/CGST Incentive to the Jammu Jan 10 stated by Dr Vikas Sharma, Kashmir region and only 210 strengthen his vote bank. He son at the right time which presented by Hon’ble Finance Units under Substantial Chief, National Secular MP Lok Sabha from Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary were opened in Jammu . criticized the BJP leaders and now it deserves. Among those Minister, J&K. We convey our Expansion and New Industrial Forum (NSF) in a press con - Constituency, Jugal Kishore Sharma conducted open pub - Unfolding details, Dr Vikas ministers who are maintain - who were present in the gratitude to Hon’ble Chief Units. We request the Govt. to ference today who pooh lic darbar to interact with party activists and general pub - Sharma stated that Anantnag ing studied silence towards press-conference included Minister Madam Mehbooba consider the following meas - pooled the government and lic to address their concerns at Party Headquarter, Trikuta District got 121 shops, silly act of discrimination Papinder Singh, Manmohan Mufti, Hon’ble Dy. Chief ures for the survival of MSME its minister for creating Nagar. State General Secretary Pawan Khajuria also ac - Bandipora 47, Baramulla 54, with Jammu people on all the Singh, and Ishtiaq Naik. Minister Dr. Nirmal Kumar Sector of the State: - companied the MP during darbar. While addressing during Public Darbar, Jugal Kishore Sharma stressed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Central Government has initi - Press Club of Jammu welcomes announcement ated a new era of development in the Nation keeping and de - JKFFA remembers Lal Bahadur Shastri livering on its promise of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. He that he proved an iron man of Medi-claim Insurance policy for accredited also said that the State Government, where BJP is an al - who gave be-fitting reply to liance partner has also taken steps on war foot to address the military aggression of working journalists the mass issues that have been kept afloat by the previous Pakistan in 1965. The mem - successive inefficient governments of J&K, thus breaking bers asked the citizens of JAMMU, JAN 11: states. Pertinent to mention Jammu has said that already the ice for the settlement of long pending issues in all the re - India to rise like Lal Bahadur here that at present, there is Press Club Mangement has Press Club of Jammu has gions of the state. He said that the schemes of the Central Shastri and all other martyrs no such scheme in the State submitted a memorandum to welcomed the State Government are specifically targeted to every geographi - and freedom fighters and for welfare of the journalists, the State Government along - Government's announcement cally difficult area of the state keeping in view the aspira - work for all over betterment who perform their duties with comprehensive propos - of mediclaim Insurance tions and the genuine requirements of the people and the re - of the masses and strengthen round the clock in most ex - als for launching Journalist Policy for accredited working gions, having mantra of “Antodya” in mind which targets the Nation. The young gener - treme conditions in militan - Welfare Scheme Fund, journalist. The announce - the welfare of the last man standing in row. “Public ation should also follow the cy-hit State at the risk of their Medical Insurance Schemes, ment was made by J&K path of sacrifice and patriot - lives. Many neighbouring Accident Insurance and Darbar” is acting as boon for the persons in distress by eas - Finance Minister, Dr Haseeb ism shown by the freedom States have already an - Pension Schemes for State ing out the hassle in approaching civil secretariat. More Drabu while presenting state fighters and martyrs, they ad - nounced several insurance journalists. He said that the than fifty deputations from all the areas across the regions budget 2018 in the floor of the vised. The prominent persons and pension schemes for the Chief Minister, Mehbooba visited Party office to discuss and present their issues to the house today. While welcom - Association, Ved Gandotra. who spoke on the occasion welfare of journalists and Mufti, Dy Chief Minister, Dr MP. Deputations included the problems like Installation JAMMU, Jan 11: ing the decision, PCJ presi - and repair of Handpumps, Tubewell, water scarcity, wells, Rajeev Luthra, Principle were State President Shri their families. Recently Nirmal Singh and Minister To remember former dent, Ashwani Kumar urged upgradation of lanes, laying of roads, bridges, electricity Luthra Academy, graced the Ram Sena, Rajiv Mahajan, Punjab Government for Finance, Haseeb Drabu, in Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur the govt yo extend the benefit and others. Deputation of Displaced persons presently in occasion as the Chief Guest. Pritam Sharma, S. launched a cashless insur - separate meetings with the Shastri, the J&K Freedom of this scheme to all the work - ance scheme, accidental in - management committee of Samba also presented their woes. Deputation of NHM also Floral tributes were paid to Sukhmohinder Singh Maini, Fighters Association (JKF - ing journalist and camera - surance and family insurance the Press Club of Jammu and approached the MP. MP sorted out many of their problems the noble soul and candles Gaurav Kumar, Karnail FA) on Thursday held a func - man. He also added that Govt schemes for accredited and senior journalists, have al - on the spot by telephonically interacting with the compe - were also lit in his honour. All Chand, R.R Raina, Rajinder tion at Dogra Shourya should also consider imple - recognized journalists, there - ready assured for announcing tent authority and forwarded the others to concerned de - the participants observed two Singh, Sourav Sharma, Samarak, Amphalla here. menting monthly pension by providing them a sense of pensionary benefits and in - partments with written instructions for their quick dispos - minutes silence. The mem - Raman Gandotra, S. Amarjit The function was organised scheme in favour journalist security. Ashwani Kumar, surance schemes for working al. MP interacted with the public from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. bers threw light over the life Singh, Bhim Sahu anf Kamal by its President of the on the pattern on many other Preident ,Press Club of journalists.” People appreciated the sincere effort on behalf of BJP and history of Shastri and said Sharma. MP Jugal Kishore for patiently attending to their problems. Whole programme was coordinated by State Secretary & Rehbar-e-Khel aspirants “Coalition replicating Mufti’s Good Governance” State Incharge Election related Matters Rajinder Sharma. appeal authorities to State Secretary Sanjay Baru, State Library Incharge Kulbhushan Mohtra, State Social Media Incharge Jaidev change Pro-rata basis to Rajwal and State Press Secretary Dr. Pardeep Mahotra qualification basis were also present on the occasion. Massive welfare measures giving youth their due share:Puneet Singh Jamwal Srinagar Jan 11 JAMMU, Jan 11: gers and settlement of over 1000 cases two Smart Cities in Jammu and Army Conducts Kaumi Ekta Meet The Physical education of SRO43 are all aimed at reaching Kashmir are some of the historic aspirants of recently an - People’s Democratic Party leader out to each and everyone with a posi - steps that are completely going to nounced Rehbar-e-Khel who from Jammu West Puneet Singh tivity. Addressing a workers meet in change the outlook of people towards At Bhaghwah, Doda District have obtained their degrees Jamwal today said that coalition gov - from the University of Jammu West, Puneet Singh Jamwal our state. Later youth present in ernment in Jammu and Kashmir is said the coalition government is do - meeting remembered late Chief Jammu: 11 January Kashmir (KU) have appealed replicating that era of Late Chief to authorities to change the ing whatever just and genuine is ex - Minister Mohammad Sayeed on his Indian Army organised a Kaumi Ekta meet at pro-rata basis criteria to quali - Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed pected from a democratically elected death anniversary and paid tributes Bhagwah on 11 Jan 2018. The meet was aimed at promot - fication basis. the candidates wherein transparency was key ingre - government. A visibly shaken oppo - to him. Resolving to carry forward ing regular engagement of religious leaders of all com - said that in the recently an - dient of Good Governance. Never in sition he added is also perturbed for the agenda of party, the youth present munities in the region, key opinion makers and locals to nounced Rehbar-e-Khel the history of J&K state such massive the reason that now government has in the meeting assured that they will scheme, the authorities have foster communal harmony and bonhomie amongst all welfare schemes were put in place be - also ordered holding of elections to counter negative propaganda of op - sections of society. A total of 55 locals attended the meet - kept pro-rata basis as the cause of which youth are getting mode of selection of the candi - Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies. position and not let masses be mis - ing. The gathering heartily participated and rejoiced at their due share honorably. Hailing These elections will put in place duly guided. Those present on the occa - dates. Under Pro-rata basis, 60 the statement of Chief Minister the existing love and respect each community has for oth - points have been kept for elected bodies at grass root level sion also appreciated Public out - ers and peace and harmony in the region. The partici - B.P.ED degree and 5 points for Mehbooba Mufti made in the state as - which will ensure decentralization of reach programmes launched by Chief pants were also informed about Army's initiative to - each higher degree. The candi - sembly that she's making concerted powers. This is not being digested by Minister, Mehbooba Mufti and said wards development of Doda district through various dates said that those who have efforts to get misguided youngsters the opposition. Asking youth to not that it's helping in a big way .The im - projects and the commitment of their Army to stand with obtained B.P.ED and other back to mainstream, Puneet Singh to fall a prey to divisive forces or get portant persons present on the occa - the local populace. The meet was well received and the lo - higher degrees from outside Jamwal said that amnesty schemes, Representative on J&K, fair recruit - misled by false and frivolous propa - sion were Rajat Gupta ,Vijay anand , cal leaders greatly appreciated and applauded the sup - the state have got a higher per - jobs, enhancement of grant for ment through PSC, SSB and Police centage, while as the candi - ganda of opposition, the PDP leader karan damir , Manik abrol , Narinder port provided by the Army in all spheres. Martyrs, women oriented schemes, Recruitment Board besides regular - dates who have obtained the said that establishment of important Sharma , Rajkumar Gupta , Praveen appointment of Centre's Special izing the services of 60,000 daily wa - said degrees from Kashmir. institutions like AIIMS, IIM, IIT and Sharma , Sishu Gandotra and others Glimpses of Future 4 state JAMMU FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2018 Deputation from Darhal visits BJP senior leaders, presents Governor Rule in J&K only way out To save their issues to Avinash Rai Khanna and Sat Sharma Jammu Jan 11 Panchayati elections. The dep - Sat Sharma also interacted utation also discussed about with the deputation and appre - A deputation of Senior the reservation for the Pahari ciated their concern for the Party’s workers led by Dev Raj speaking people of J&K who general masses. He said that J&K from disintegration Bhim Singh Sharma BJP State Working were fighting for their rights BJP has led the state on the de - Committee Member and from last 30 years in the state. velopmental path and the al - a ban on the legislative power bility for the people of the of highly placed persons (all nation from further death Jammu Jan 11 Incharge Darhal Constituency The deputation said that liance government has many of the Parliament to legislate state and does not deserve to from Central Services--not and destruction. Neither met BJP National Vice- Parhari speaking people of achievements in its kitty fo - Prof.Bhim Singh, in respect of all subjects in - govern the state. He called from States) to examine the bullets nor jails are the rem - President, Vice-Chairman J&K are socially economically cussed on the growth of the Supremo of National cluding Defence, Foreign on the President of India to requests/petitions/appeals edy. The only way out is re - Indian Red Cross Society & and educationally backward last man living in the most dif - Panthers Party & Sr. Affairs, Communications dismiss the present Govt. of of the so-called vival of democracy in the Prabhari J&K State along with and following same life style ficult of the circumstances on Advocate of the Supreme and Allied Matters which J&K, and advice the outlawed/dreaded youth in state through popular elec - BJP State President & MLA as the other tribes of J&K are the principle of “Antodya”. He Court of India urged the were signed by Maharaja Governor or J&K to dissolve any state who would offer to tions to the Assembly and Sat Sharma to present their is - following. The deputation assured them that the party President of India, Shri Hari Singh on the Instrument the Assembly of J&K which give up violent approach. extension of all sues in front of them. strongly demands ST status has taken due cognizance of Ramnath Kovind to invoke of Accession on 26th October, should be followed by special This committee should visit Fundamental Rights includ - Deputation discussed the is - for Parhari speaking people. their concerns. Other promi - Section 92 of J&K 1947. Why, he asked, Ordinance under Section 3 of those states including ing Human Rights to the sue of reservation of Panchyat Avinash Rai Khanna gave pa - nent persons present on the oc - Constitution directing the Parliament has been Article 370 as proviso under Jammu and Kashmir where people of J&K who have and Panch wards for schedule tient hearing to the issues put casion are Adv. Gurudev Governor of J&K to impose squeezed of his power to legis - Section 3 does not exist/no the youth have been involved been deprived of th eir civil tribes in Rajouri and Poonch forth by the deputation and Singh Thakur State Secretary Governor Rule in the state in late in respect of these three more relevant any longer as in militancy/violent activi - rights by Article 35(A) and district where more than 75% said that the BJP leadership is BJYM, Chain Singh Mandal the interest of the entire subjects also which Maharaja the so-called Constituent ties and they/anyone of them temporary Article 370. of Panch wards and more than committed to erase any type of President Peeri Maira, Abdul country and well being of the of J&K offered to the Union of Assembly of J&K is dead and offers to give up Article 35(A) must go and the 70% Panchayat (Sarpanch) is discrimination being faced by Rashid Ganai Sr. Vice- residents of J&K who hap - India like other 575 rulers of gone. The President is compe - violence/guns and join the President of India is the only reserved for schedule tribe any community at any level. President Darhal Mandal, pened to be citizens of India the mini states now Union of tent to issue an Ordinance in mainstream. If Mr. authority to do that. Article people. Further the deputa - He said that the PM Modi has Mohd. Farooq Ganai General also in spite of embargo laid India. NPP Supremo said this regard directing the Jaiprakash Narayan could 370 needs to be amended that tion discussed that most of the always strived for the uplift - Secretary Darhal Mandal, by the clouds of Article 370. what is happening in the so- Parliament of India to legis - persuade gun wielding da - can also be amended by the Panchayats are reserved for ment of the poor and the down - Chain Singh General NPP Supremo also urged called Legislative Assembly late, at least, in respect of coits and bring them in the President in his absolute ST category where population trodden that have been left out Secretary Kha Jamola the Prime Minister of India to of J&K and is watched and its three subjects which mainstream why can’t we power under Article 370(3) as of other categories are also by the successive previous Mandal, Sobey Singh General look for the interest of the proceedings read all over the Maharaja Hari Singh has persuade the educated youth proviso attached with this equal in ratio than ST, which Congress led Governments Secretary Kot Ranka, Ghulam people of the entire country country is a matter of shame signed under his own seal to give up bullets and take up section had become redun - is discrimination with other and assured that every effort Mustafa Malik President from J&K to Kanyakumari when J&K MLAs represent a and signatures on 26th ballots. dant on 26th January, 1957 communities. The deputation will be done to address the gen - Minority Morcha Darhal who happened to be citizens Assembly which is not under October, 1947. He also urged Prof.Bhim Singh said when Constituent Assembly appealed the senior leaders to uine aspirations of the people Mandal, Munshi Khan Jatt of India in spite of the betray - the control of discipline of the President of India to use that he has lot of youth in turned redundant the day so- look into the matter and take represented by the deputation, Vice-President OBC Darhal al by the Constituent Constitution of India. The his exclusive constitutional the country who can play called Constitution of J&K necessary steps before the is - while laying the stress on Mandal and Amit Sharma Assembly of India by putting Assembly has become a lia - power to appoint a committee that role to save this great was imposed in the State. suance of notification of “Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas”. BJYM. Swiggy starts BJP holds Booth DLL organises Career Counselling Annual Mail of Khajuria operation in programme at APS, Ratnuchak Chandigarh sammelan at Sumb Biradari on Jan 14 Chandigarh, January 11 Jammu Jan 11 el and celebrating all the party festivals among the general JAMMU, JAN 11- In a push to further the Swiggy, India’s largest masses. He also laid emphasis agenda of party into the interi - Annual Mail of Khajuria Biradari is being ceremonised food ordering and delivery on the “Mann Ki Baat” the pop - on 14th January 2018 at Sh Bawa Ambo Samarak Near Bagh- or areas of the region, BJP led ular AIR programme of PM platform, announced the e-Bahu Jammu. Pertinent to mention here that more than by its State Additional Modi for directly talking to the launch of its service in 20000 peoples from J&K, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Treasurer Arvind Gupta along people. Chandigarh today. After con - Pradesh and other adjoining states expected to visit this holy with District President Samba While discussing the tinued success in Mumbai, Jangbir Singh held an impres - preparations for the place. Biradari Mail programme will in the early morning Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, sive programme in the ongo - Panchayat elections, he with blessing of Baba ji, Havan, Puranahuti and after that Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, ing schedule of Booth prompted the party leaders devotees will have preeti Bhoj. Open Invitation to Khajuria Kolkata, and most recently Sammelans at Mandal Sumb and activists for ensuring the Biradari Members at Sh Bawa Ambo Sanarak Near Bagh-e- Ahmedabad, Swiggy is now in Samba District. Arvind win for every single Bahu Jammu. Please visit & obtain the blessings of Sh Bawa expanding its operations to Gupta, while addressing the Panchayat Candidate in the Ambo Sanarak on 14th Jan 2018. Chandigarh, considered the Sammelan threw light on the coming election in the state. culinary hotspot of India. importance on the regular Every single public welfare meeting between all the func - Through its service, Swiggy scheme started by the Centre Army Organised tionaries of the party and de - Government must reach the is bringing the choicest food liberated that the Booth options in the city to the targeted population, he asked Jammu, January 11: Kumar, Associate Professor, years. Dr. Rewa Khajuria in - Sammelans are being organ - the activists. Jangbir Singh al - Painting Competition At doorsteps of Chandigarians, ized by the party with a vision Department of Statistics, troduced the guests and in a so addressed the activists and With the objective to ex - coupled with the superior to incorporate the feeling of to - University of Jammu, Dr. brief presentation spoke said that every BJP activist is pose the students to the vari - customer experience that the getherness between the senior Jeevan Jyoti, Sr. Assistant about the importance of ca - devoting his time and energy ous career options through Navapachchi, Kishtwar brand is known for. These in - leaders and the booth level ac - Professor, Department of reer counselling at this level. for the welfare of the society academic courses after 12th, clude a range of legendary tivists of the party. He said Commerce, University of Dr. Parmil Kumar in his ses - Jammu: 11 January 2018 while not caring for his per - the Employment Information eateries, trendy new cafes, that this whole exercise has a sonal interests. He also threw Jammu, Dr. Harish Dutt, sion explained the career op - To promote Artistic Skills of young children in the re - special significance in the Cum Advisory Bureau ice cream parlours and na - light on the constructive work Assistant Professor, tions in non-medical stream motest part of Kishtwar, Army organized “Painting present times when BJP under (EIAB), the counselling unit tional and international done by the Vistaraks for the Department of Botany, and Dr. Harish Dutt talked Competition” at Navapachchi, Kishtwar on 11 Jan 2018. its National programme has of Department of Lifelong Quick Service Restaurants extension of party activities in University and Dr. Rewa about career options in med - About 114 boys and girls from various schools of committed to practice the high Learning, University of (QSRs) across Sectors 1 to 47, the area. State Executive Khajuria, Counsellor, EIAB, ical stream. Dr. Jeevan Jyoti morality in the political life by Jammu organised a Career Navapachchi exhibited their talents. The painting of stu - Chandigarh Industrial Area, Member Kashmir Singh, DLL,JU. The programme apprised the students about dents reflected the spirit of patriotism and love for nature in every single activist and this is District General Secretary Counselling programme at started with the lightening of career options in commerce Manimajra, IT Park and a major move to rescue the Army Public School, the young minds. The creativity of the children was com - Punjab University. More (Org.) Samba Naresh Sharma, lamp. Ms. Sonal Sharma, after 12th and graduation. mendable and praiseworthy. The creativity exhibited by the Nation out of deep slumber Narsingh Dayal, Shiv Manyal, Ratnuchak here today. Dr. than 250 restaurants in the principal of the school wel - The programme was attended children evoked patriotism on one hand and love for nature which was forced upon by the Tara Chand Mandal President Kavita Suri, Director DLL comed the guests and appreci - by about 130 students of 11th city are already available on malpractices by the previous on the other. On culmination of the event and recognizing Kumar Singh, Balwinder provided guidance in the or - ated the efforts of EIAB, JU and 12th class who appreciat - the food ordering and deliv - governments. He prompted their efforts prizes were given to best student from each class Singh, Tarsem Sharma, Bodh ganisation of this pro - which has been organising ca - ed the information provided ery platform. Srivats TS, VP– the booth activists to devote to motivate and build confidence amongst children. The Raj, Sanjay Singh, Ramesh gramme. The Special re - reer counselling for the stu - to them by the resource per - Marketing at Swiggy said more time for the strengthen - school teachers and parents of students appreciated Army Singh, Buti Ram were among source persons of the pro - dents of 12th class students sons from the University of “Chandigarh is synonymous ing various teams at booth lev - for their effort in promoting young talent. the prominent persons. gramme were Dr. Parmil regularly for the last five Jammu. with rich, wholesome and flavourful food." said, " The restaurant scene here is a 'Poll preparedness reviewed' perfect mix of traditional and Army Organises Drawing And fast-food, making it a food lover’s paradise. From Pasta Booth level workers are bridge between organisation, govt: Yudhvir Sethi to Punjabi Chole, foodies in the city can enjoy food from Jammu Jan 11 and Suresh Sharma co-in - Painting Competition For Students the finest neighbourhood charge of the district who BJP Vice President were also present on the occa - restaurants on Swiggy with Udhampur (J&K) : 11 Jan Yudhvir Sethi today said that sion said that booh level just a touch of a button.” booth level workers are not workers have always stood by In the ongoing bid to pro - Over the years, Swiggy has only foot soldiers of party but the party and its this force mote creativity and talent become the go-to app for food are vital link between organi - which disseminates party's among the youth, the Army sation and government who delivery in India by bringing ideologies amongst masses. organised a Drawing and leave no stone unturned to convenience, choice, relia - They said that its their patri - Painting Competition on the percolate party's pro - bility and a great food-order - otic zeal and a commitment theme “Save Environment” ing experience. Known for its grammes and policies towards people that is keep - amongst masses. These are at Gool in Ramban district on lightning-fast delivery, ing them go on the right path the party workers who also 11 January 18. A total of 43 Swiggy helps users with easi - and strengthen party at all students from the schools of stand as shield between peo - levels. The function was or - er discovery of food and Gool Block participated with ple and negative propaganda sive forces who he alleged are member BJP in his address ganized by booth level com - restaurants, personalised lot of vigor and unbridled en - launched by opposition. out there to divide country on asked booth level workers to mittee and Mandal Pardhan thusiasm. The aim of the suggestions, faster order Yudhvir Sethi was speaking communal or regional lines, prepare themselves for Neelkanth. Later, Yudhvir placement, and a seamless at a booth level workers meet Yudhvir Sethi said recent vic - Panchayat polls and said that Sethi appreciated the role of competition was to inculcate ordering and tracking expe - at Mathwar in Nagrota as - tories of BJP in Gujarat and Prime Minister Narendra booth level workers in every the spirit of competition and rience. Recognizing sembly Constituency today. Himachal Pradesh are testi - Modi intends to decentralise election and also asked them tap their inherent budding Chandigarh’s love for food Asking party workers to stay mony to the fact that country powers only to ensure that to gear up for coming panchy - talent. Students creatively and its fast-changing tastes, prepared for Panchayat polls, has made up its mind to not to people at grass root levels are at elections with full throttle. used this platform as an en - he said that this exercise will Swiggy now brings its signa - hand over power into the made to participate in devel - It is because of this force that tertaining way of addressing also prepare them for 2019 ture offerings to the city. hands of corrupt. BJP ruled opment works of their respec - BJP is scaling new heights crucial issue of environment The event was followed by stone in fostering bond of general elections. Like past, states he added are delivering tive areas. He said that prizes being given to those friendship between the local Having signed on many and winning over hearts of conservation in our day to party workers especially as per aspirations of people Panchayat elections will be day functioning. It was securing top three positions populace and the men in uni - restaurants already, the masses in entire country in - those at booth level will have and this is for the first time followed by local bodies’ polls cluding Jammu and Kashmir heartening to see number of and a special consolation form and a small step to - service is also slated to ex - to put in double the efforts to that state like Jammu and which in turn will pave way State, he asserted. Also as - kids including girls coming prize for all enthusiastic par - wards identifying and show - pand to the neighbouring register BJP's victory with Kashmir too is witnessing for establishing smart cities sured all possible help to forward to showcase their ticipants. Master Mushraf casing the immense and un - thumping majority. cities of Mohali, Panchkula ever governance. Nand in Jammu and Srinagar. Omi them in strengthening organ - talent which demonstrated Baeg clinched the first prize. explored talent in youth of Cautioning people from divi - and Zirakpur in a few weeks. Kishore, state executive Khajurua, District President isation at all levels. their concern for the cause. The event was another mile - the region. Alarming rise in unemployment among educated VC JAKFED Munish Sharma hosts Lohri Milan Jammu, Jan 11: main touch with our tradi - tional culture and appreciate youth is no concern of the government: Tarigami Jammu and Kashmir Vice Chairman for organiz - Cooperative Supply and ing such a beautiful program Government Service quired for governmental pur - for lacs of desperate and pau - JAMMU, JANUARY 11 Marketing Federation limit - & greeted people & said that Assistants(GSAs) which in poses.Crop insurance perized artisans has been ed organized a special func - Senior CPI (M) leader Lohri Festival is grand in our reality means contractual scheme has been confined to made in the budget. Creation tion on the eve of lohri with and MLA Kulgam cultural ethos and exhorted status with category-wise announcements only and of cess could have been sug - great enthusiasm and fervor Mohammad Yousuf them to celebrate such a occa - wages and without full serv - nothing is being done to im - gested on the lines of here today at JAKFED prem - Tarigami has said that the sion with happiness. ice benefits. Grant of mini - plement it on the ground. No Construction Workers Board ises wherein a group of budget presented by the Dr. Chander Mouli Raina mum wages is even other - substantial budgetary sup - with some budgetary sup - Sanskrit scholars also graced Finance Minister has no appreciated the effort of the wise the right of every work - port has been suggested to port. No intension has been the occasion. mention of tackling the ever Vice Chairman for holding er and no special favour been strengthen the sheep and ani - expressed to increase the The function was increasing problem of unem - the festival event at office and extended by the government. mal husbandry sector which budgetary allocations of presided over by the Vice ployment of the educated conveys a message of unity The announcement of ac - has the potential of generat - Education sector, an impor - Chairman JAKFED Munish youth in the state. No policy amongst the people. cepting the recommenda - ing employment opportuni - tant catalyst for improving Sharma alongwith Managing frame work has been sug - The programme conclud - tions of the 7th Pay ties for our rural youth. the life of the people. Further Director Deepika Sharma of gested to address this huge ed with a vote of thanks pre - Commission and the com - There has been a penden - no mention has been made the JAKFED. and vulnerable problem. In sented by the Sanskrit schol - mitment to implement it ret - cy of thousands of cases in for increasing allocations to On this occasion, Shri absence of other viable av - ars Prominent among those rospectively from January, every district in respect of health sector for provide Kailakh Jyotish Avim ings. Sweet, groundnuts and sense of brotherhood among enues, the government sec - who were present included 2016 is a welcome step. This payment of monthly finan - health care facilities to the Sansthan trust President other eatables were distrib - the peoples of other communi - tor is the only area which Amar Nath Shrine Board has been a persistent de - cial assistance under various far flung areas of the state. Mahant Rohit Shastri hon - uted among the scholars and ties to revive this rich dogra provides some opportunity member Dr. Chander Mouli mand of the employees and schemes in social welfare de - Though corruption at every oured Vice Chairman with official. cultural tradition to large ex - for generating employment. Raina, State BJP Kissan pensioners. partment including Old Age level is rampant in the state Bawa ki Chunri and a mo - Vice Chairman greeted tent. Vice Chairman further But the inability of the gov - There is no mention of Pension, Widow Pension, and should have been of the mentum as a token of grati - the scholars and the staff of said that for jammuites this is Morcha President Rajinder ernment to create such op - any relief for the farmers, the Specially Abled Persons, serious concern for the gov - tude. All the senior officials & the JAKFED, on this auspi - more than just a festival, it Singh Chib, Puran Chand portunities the future seems backbone of our rural econo - Marriage assistance, ernment but instead a casual staff members assembled in cious occasion and threw signifies the harvesting of Shastri, Tilak Shastri, Rajesh to be bleak for our younger my. Nothing substantial has Militancy Victim cases etc. reference has been made in the JAKFED premises where light on the rituals related to crops and the joy of life. Sharma, Bippen Shastri, Pt generation. The demand of been announced for fruit Budgetary support should the budget speech. Instead of the traditional bonfire was lit lohri festival and said that Rohit Shastri also ad - Dev Dutt Shastri, Sudhir the daily wagers/casual etc. growers, saffron producers have been earmarked for one tackling this menace effec - by the Hon’ble Vice Lohri commemorates the dress the people on the occa - Jamwal, Shamsher Prajapati, for regularization has not and no mention of adequate time settlement of these tively nothing concrete has Chairman by throwing puffed passing of the winter season sion and said that such a festi - Sumit Shastri, Goutam been met while some of them compensation to those farm - pending cases. No mention been suggested to fight this rice and popcorn into the & urged youth of the State to val program should be organ - Shastri, Ram Pal Shastri and will be designated as ers whose land has been ac - for social security measures virus. flames & exchanged greet - come forward and spread a ized so that people will re - others. Glimpses of Future 5 state JAMMU FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2018 Budget 2018-19 Div Com directs Ansari felicitates Wushu players An empowering Budget; to give impetus for ensuring smooth traffic for bringing laurels to the state to state economy, people welfare: Veeri movement in city JAMMU, JANUARY 11 – Finance Minister for also be - ary history of the State and SRINAGAR, JANUARY 11: ing conscientious towards said that the initiatives Reiterates govt’s commitment towards promoting sports culture in the state Minister for Revenue, needs of the employees who highlighted in the Budget Divisional Haj & Auqaf and are the backbone of any ad - will go a long way and have Commissioner Kashmir, JAMMU, JANUARY 11: Parliamentary Affairs, ministration with measures fruitful implications.`Veeri Baseer Ahmad Khan today Abdul Rehman Veeri has Minister for like implementation of rec - also welcomed the special called for continuing con - congratulated the Finance Information Technology ommendations of 7th Pay initiatives presented by the Minister Dr Haseeb A Drabu certed efforts from differ - Technical Education, Youth Commission, Group Medi- Finance Minister for the for presenting a very con - ent agencies for ensuring Services and Sports, Imran claim Policy, ‘Assured Revenue Department in - scious budget that caters to smooth traffic movement Raza Ansari, today felicitat - Career Progression cluding provision of Rs 10 the concerns of all stake - in Srinagar. The Div Com ed Rajinder Singh and Scheme’, creation of corpus crore for improvement of in - holders across sections in - was chairing a meeting to Bhanu Pratap Singh for fund of Rs 12,000 crore for frastructure in the field, The cluding common masses, bringing laurels to the state. making timely GPF pay - Minister called the Budget review the traffic scenario employees, businessmen, The duo bagged Bronze ments to the Government as an innovative effort in the in the city. The meeting was traders, youth, poor and medals in the 14th World employees in future, reduc - budgetary history of the attended by Deputy marginalized in the Wushu Championship, tion in the eligibility for full State and said that the initia - Commissioner Srinagar, Budget.“With special focus which was held at Kanzan pension from 28 years of tives highlighted in the Traffic Advisor, RTO on uplifting rural economy Russia. The event was host - qualifying service to 20 Budget will go a long way and empowering the mar - Kashmir and other offi - ed by the International years besides, a well-knit so - and have fruitful implica - cials. He stressed the need ginalized, this budget will cial security net for all em - tions.creation of ‘Revenue Wushu Federation. to make drivers follow the give necessary thrust to the ployees.He appreciated the Infrastructure Development The team won the rules and regulations, State in all sectors especial - Finance Minister for also be - Fund’ and approval to medals under the guidance ly horticulture and local in - which will have a monu - of National Chief coach ing conscientious towards charge minimum 2 percent dustries", the Minister mental impact on the over - Kuldeep Handu. Besides, needs of the employees who of the amount involved in said.The Minister called the are the backbone of any ad - the land acquisition in each all traffic scenario. He ap - Rajinder Singh secured the Budget as an innovative ef - ical victory and wished them has unparalleled sports tal - in the state by ensuring mod - ministration with measures case as service fee which preciated the steps taken in Silver medal in the Asia cup, fort in the budgetary history success in their sports fu - ent among youth which ern sports infrastructure like implementation of rec - will be further utilized for this regard over the last few held at Guangzhou (China) of the State and said that the ture. He also appreciated the needs to be recognized and and providing them an ap - ommendations of 7th Pay meeting the departmental months. The Div Com said under the guidance of initiatives highlighted in efforts of the coach as proper encouraged,” he added. propriate platform to give Commission,The Minister infrastructural needs with Kuldeep Handu. the Budget will go a long way that effort should be to pro - The Minister congratu - guidance and training is The Minister reiterated necessary exposure at na - called the Budget as an inno - the consent of Finance vide maximum relief to and have fruitful implica - vative effort in the budget - Department. lated the duo for their histor - necessary to hone the talent that government is commit - tional and International lev - tions.He appreciated the commuters. He gave direc - of an individual. “Our state ted to promote sports culture el. tions with regards to im - proving car parking facili - ties and taking action Disaster management awareness Republic Day celebration against traffic violators with a mission mode. programme held in Pulwama arrangements finalized in Kulgam Director Info PULWAMA, JANUARY 11: Commissioner Pulwama asters. Showkat Ahmad Rather was During the workshop, KULGAM, JANUARY 11: grieved over A day-long workshop on the Chief Guest. participants were imparted disaster awareness and Speaking on the occa - hands-on training in search Arrangements for the demise of Pt management besides mock sion, ADC said that aim of and rescue, fire-fighting and celebration of Republic Day- exercises were organized by such programmes is to raise first aid. A mock exercise 2018 were finalized today at a Pitambar Nath District Disaster awareness about effective was also held on the occa - meeting here chaired by Management Authority at actions, policies and prac - sion. The training was im - Deputy Commissioner, Fani Government Degree College tices taken to reduce expo - parted by expert trainers Talat Parvez Ruhella. for Women, Pulwama here JAMMU, JANUARY 11: sure to disaster risk at the from SDRF, Civil Defense The meeting was attend - today.The programme was community level to save and fire services. ed by all sectoral officers in - Director Information, held in collaboration with property and human loss. He Deputy Director Civil cluding police and security Muneer-Ul-Islam, has ex - State Disaster Authority in agencies. Owing to the in - said that such awareness Defense, Deputy Director pressed profound grief and which more than 100 volun - clement weather conditions, programmes will be organ - Fire and Emergency, shock over the demise of Pt teers from different parts of ized in future as well to gen - Principal Government the DC directed all the con - the district participated. Pitambar Nath Dhar Fani, erate maximum awareness Degree College for Women cerned officers to redouble On the occasion, a noted Kashmiri poet, among the general public to Pulwama were also present their efforts so that the func - Additional Deputy writer and educationist. minimize losses during dis - on the occasion. tion is celebrated in a smooth manner.The main Paying tributes to the renowned poet, the function shall be held at dis - cussion with regard to seat - the Day. The Chief Medical Kulgam, Assistant Awareness prog on e-way bill under GST held in Shopian trict headquarters. Besides, ing arrangements, barricad - Officer and DD Fire & Commissioner Revenue, Director said that “Fani the Republic Day function was a bright example of SHOPIAN, JANUARY 11: ers. He said awareness programme was vital ing and preparation of ven - Emergency were directed to Exens of R&B, PHE and shall also be celebrated at how the Sufi and secular for getting all stakeholders—businessmen, ue, drinking water supply, deploy two ambulance vans PDD, Chief Education District Administration Shopian in col - DH Pora sub-division and educationists, media persons, public ser - electricity and illumination with doctors, paramedics Officer, Deputy Director ethos of Kashmir, which we laboration with Commercial Taxes Tehsil headquarters of the vants, lawyers, entrepreneurs ready for its in and around the venue, re - and life-saving drugs and Fire & Emergency call Kashmiriyat, tran - Department organized an awareness pro - district. The contingents of implementation.The GST provision, requir - freshment, sanitation and fire extinguishing canisters Department, scend religious lines. He gramme on e-way bill under Goods and school children, J&K Police, ing any good more than Rs 50,000 in value to heating arrangements were at the venue on the day. The Representatives of 9 RR was one of the most noted Service Tax (GST), here today at Mini IPR, CRPF, youth clubs and be pre-registered online before it can be held in the meeting. CEO and ARTO were direct - Devsar, 62RR Behibagh, 18 Hussaini poets of the mod - Secretariat Arhama Shopian. NCC will participate in the moved, is likely to kick in from October after Meanwhile, the ed to ensure transport facili - BN CRPF Kulgam, District ern era,”.The Director con - Speaking on the occasion, District march past. The DC stressed a centralized software platform is ready. Additional Deputy ties for the school children Youth Services & Sports veyed heartfeld condo - Development Commissioner Shopian, on all sectoral officers to en - The provision, called the e-way bill, Commissioner was desig - and the visitors. The meet - Officer, all Tehsildars, AR - Mohammad Aijaz appreciated the efforts of sure their presence and ac - lences to the bereaved fami - would be implemented after infrastructure nated as the nodal officer for ing was attended by ADDC, TO, AD FCS&CA, EO commercial taxes officers for organizing an tive participation in the ly and prayed for eternal for smooth generation of registration and its monitoring all the arrange - ASP Kulgam, Principal Municipality Kulgam and event for explaining salient features and ben - function. Threadbare dis - solace to the departed soul. verification through hand-held devices with ments for the celebration of Government Degree College other district officers. efits of e-way bill under GST to all stakehold - tax officials is ready. JKCL records Rs 82.5 Cr sale DDC Shopian chairs ATMA Medical camp for SDM reviews R-Day specially-abled cial year will be achieved by arrangements at Ramnagar end of March 2018. During the Governing Board meet children held at RAMNAGAR, JANUARY 11: meeting, the Vice Chairman SHOPIAN, JANUARY 11: meeting reviewed and ap - also reviewed monthly rev - proved Strategic Research Sumbal Sub Divisional Magistrate Farrukh Qazi reviewed the District Development enues achieved viz-a-viz ex - and Extension Plan (SREP) arrangements for Republic Day celebration-2018 at a meet - Commissioner Shopian, BANDIPORA JANUARY 11: penditure incurred by the and annual action plans that ing held here today It was decided in the meeting that the Mohammad Aijaz, today company and stressed upon are prepared and submitted The Department of main function would be held at Government Higher convened a meeting of the management to utilize to the participating unit. It Education Bandipora in Secondary School, Ramnagar where the chief guest would Agriculture Technology full efforts to improve the effi - was also resolved to foster collaboration with State hoist the National flag followed by march past by the con - Management Agency (AT - ciency in every field. He ex - the organization develop - Project Director SSA , RM - tingents of NCC and school children of various MA) Governing Board and pressed optimism about JK - ment of Farmers Interest SA and ALIMCO today or - Government and private educational institutions. ATMA Management CL becoming biggest manu - Groups (FIGs) and Farmer Committee (AMC) meet. ganised a medical check- Cultural programmes by school students would also be pre - facturing industry of the Organizations (FOs) within The DDC is also Chairman up camp for specially- sented on the occasion. Threadbare discussion was held on State in the near future and the district. It was also de - ATMA Governing . Chief abled children at various arrangements related to smooth conduct of the reposed full trust in workers cided to facilitate the Planning Officer, Chief Secondary School function like seating, barricading, drinking water and pow - and the Management of the greater involvement of pri - Horticulture Office, Chief Bharabad village of er supply, sanitation, first- aid, security, transport and traf - Corporation. DGM, vate sector and firms and or - SRINAGAR, JANUARY 11: Ahmad Yatoo today to re - Agriculture Officer, AD Sumbal. Over 100 children fic regulations. The SDM urged upon the concerned officers FA&CAO, Company ganizations in providing in - view the progress of the or - Planning besides other offi - of Hajin and Sumbal areas for ensuring better coordination and making effective & Kashmir Cements Secretary, Heads of puts, technical support, ganization. It was informed cers and officials of con - were checked by the doc - arrangements pertaining to their departments. Among oth - Limited (JKCL) has regis - Administration, agro-processing and mar - that sales recorded by the or - tors on the spot and recom - ers, Tehsildar, Ramesh Singh besides officers of concerned tered a sale of Rs 82.5 crore cerned Departments were ganization this fiscal have Engineering, Sales, keting service to the farm - departments and heads of educational institutions were during the current financial present in the meeting. The mend for the provision of improved compared to last 3 Environment, IT, RD&QA ers. present in the meeting. year, so far. This was stated artificial limbs and other years. It was resolved that the wings and other concerned at a meeting chaired by JKCL required appliances. Zonal production and sales targets officers were present at the DDC Pulwama reviews IPPI preparedness Vice Chairman, Er. Nazir meeting. Education Officer Hajin, fixed for the current finan - Nodal officer SSA, RPs, PULWAMA, JANUARY 11: Special Educators and oth - District Development Commissioner Pulwama, (Appx ‘A’ to GE Jammu letter No 8000/Adv/01/E8 dt 09 Jan 2018) er concerned were present Ghulam Mohammad Dar today convened a meeting to re - on the occasion. view the preparedness of upcoming Intensified Pulse Polio Earlier, similar med - Immunization (IPPI) campaign in the district.During the ical camps were held at MILITARY ENGINEER SERvICES meeting, it was given out that as many as 472 Pulse Polio Boys Higher Secondary booths have been set up in different areas across the district School Kaloosa and HSS and vaccines and other related material has already been NOTICE INvITING E-TENDERS Nadihal in Bandipora. dispatched, while as around 534 Asha Workers, 573 Anganwari Workers, 759 Health workers, and 95 supervi - Garrison Engineer Jammu on behalf of President of India invites online item Rate Appendix ‘A’ sors shall be deployed on duty for achieving cent percent 8009/67/E8 Dt 04 Jan 2018 target.The DDC directed for making coordinated efforts to bid on two Cover Bid System for following work:- ensure all children up to the age of five years are covered Ser Name of work Estimated Completion Tender Id under the process.He said all the measures should be adopt - MILITARY ENGINEER SERvICES ed to archive 100 percent target especially in remote areas No Cost of Period of the district. The DDC directed for making coordinated ef - work as (in Days) forts to ensure all children up to the age of five years are per market NOTICE INvITING E-TENDERS covered under the process.Among others, the meeting was attended by CMO Pulwama, Medical Officers, CDPOs, (Rs in lakhs) AGE (I) CIF (U) Reasi on behalf of President of India invites online item rate/percent - ASHA coordinators and other concerned. age rate/lump sum bids on single stage two cover bid system for the following work :- 1. 2345 DDC Shopian distributes NFCH cheques Sl Name of work Estimated Completion Tender I D (a) Maintenance and Rs. 19.50 335 2017_MES_169547_1 No Cost Period among 86 beneficiaries Operation of certain (in Rs) SHOPIAN, JANUARY 11: water supply installa- 1. Addition/alteration to 9.50 150 days 2018_MES_168755_1 District Development Commissioner Shopian, tion at Sunjuwan Mil officers Mess at Sila Lakhs Mohammad Aijaz today distributed scholarships worth Rs Stn under GE Jammu garrison. 11, 22,750 each under National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) scheme among 86 beneficiaries. The For further detail, refer web site eprocuremes.gov.in/eprocure.gov.in (b) Provn of Certain B/R Rs. 46.00 180 2017_MES_169693_1 scholarship provides assistance for the rehabilitation of Note :- child victims of societal violence. Additional Deputy and E/M sanctioned 1. Notice inviting Bid as published in newspapers shall not form part of Notice of Commissioner Shopian, Parvaiz Sajad Ganie, and other works at Mil Station Tender/Bid document. concerned officers were also present on the occasion. Damana. Speaking on this occasion, DDC threw light on the various 2. Type offender (lump sum/item rate etc) shall be as applicable and bid system shall aspects of the scheme implemented by Social Welfare be specifically mentioned as decided by Accepting Officer. For further detail ref web site www.eprocuremes.gov.in/eprocure.gov.in Department. He highlighted the need for identifying the genuine beneficiaries and termed social service the duty of 8000/Adv/01/E8 Garrison Engineer 8009/67/E8 every human being. Glimpses of Future 6 edit/OpiniOn JAMMU FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2018 Glimpses of Future Deadliest air pollution The map of rural deprivation ir pollution in India is becoming a big problem for By : Santosh Mehrotra 2011-12, the number of cultivators in rural people across the country and diseases due to pol - areas fell from 160 million to 141 million and Aluted air are increasing day by day. A global study For millions hit by agricultural dis - the number of landless labour from 85 mil - has revealed that emissions from domestic biomass burn - tress, the escape to construction jobs is lion to 69 million, both because they found ing has emerged as the deadliest air pollution source in grinding to a halt. With the Union Budget to non-agricultural work. India with it being responsible for around a quarter of the be presented on February 1, it is hoped that Construction employment deaths caused by PM2.5. And this may only be the tip of the Finance Minister will make a signifi - The real net domestic product of the con - the iceberg as the study does not take into account indoor cantly higher allocation for investment in struction sector had only increased at the exposure to biomass burning, especially in rural areas infrastructure. It is vital for addressing ru - annual rate of 3.94% between 1970-71 and where charcoal, firewood and animal dung are used for ral distress. The Socio Economic and Caste 1993-94. From 1993-94 to 2004-05 and 2004-05 to cooking in the absence of cleaner fuels. According to the Census (SECC) informed us that ‘landless - 2011-12, the growth rate in the construction latest Global Burden of Diseases (GBD MAPS) report by ness and dependence on manual casual sector output accelerated to 7.92% and the Boston-based Health Effects Institute, residential bio - labour for a livelihood are key deprivations 11.5%, respectively. Consequently, the mass burning was behind 2,67,700 deaths or nearly 25 per facing rural families’, which make them far share of the construction sector in rural out - more vulnerable to impoverishment. Based put increased from 3.5% in 1970-71 to 10.5% cent of the deaths attributable to PM2.5 in 2015. The re - on indicators. The rural census, or SECC, in 2011-12. Employment in the construction port, which was released today, builds on the GBD report, mapped deprivation using seven indicators: sector increased 13 times during the past which was launched in November last year. That report ‘households with a kuchha house; without four decades, which led to its share in rural had attributed over 1.1 million deaths recorded in 2015 to an adult member in working age; headed by employment rising from 1.4% in 1972-73 to outdoor exposure to PM2.5, which are ultrafine air-borne a woman and without an adult male in work - 10.7% in 2011-12. This sector absorbed 74% particulates as tiny as 30 times the width of a human hair. ing age; with a disabled member and with - of the new jobs created in non-farm sectors The latest study focuses on the major sources of PM2.5 out able-bodied adult; of Scheduled in rural areas between 2004-05 and 2011-12. that are behind the deaths namely, residential biomass Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST); without These trends indicate that rural areas wit - burning, coal combustion in industries and thermal pow - literate adults over 25 years; and the land - no literate adult above 25 years and 54% groups which did reasonably well in labour nessed a construction boom after 2004-05. er plants, burning of crop residue and vehicular combus - less engaged in manual labour. The more each of SC/ST households and female-head - market outcomes both in terms of job Further, growth in employment in the con - tion. "Coal combustion, roughly evenly split between in - the number of parameters on which a house - ed households without adult male members growth as well as wage growth between struction sector was higher than output dustrial sources and thermal power plants, was responsi - hold is deprived, the worse its extent of are also landless households. At the same 2004-5 and 2011-12; these were the young who growth during both periods under consider - ble for 169,300 deaths (15.5%) in 2015. The open burning of poverty. Nearly 30% have two deprivations, time, 47% households without an adult were getting educated at hitherto unheard ation. One reason for the much higher agricultural residue was responsible for 66,200 PM2.5-at - 13% have three. Only 0.01% suffer from all member of working age are landless labour - of rates, and the older, poorly educated co - growth in the number of rural workers in tributable deaths (6.1%)," the report says. Transport, dis - seven handicaps’. While 48.5% of all rural ers as are 45% of those with disabled mem - hort of landless labour in agriculture, who construction over the manufacturing or tributed diesel and brick production were responsible be - households suffer from at least one depriva - bers and no able-bodied adult members’. saw construction work rise sharply. services sectors is that there are fewer skill Farmer distress However, the question is: does the econ - hind 23,100, 20,400 and 24,100 deaths respectively, it says. tion indicator, “landless households en - and educational requirements in construc - Along with landless families, small and omy have the capacity to create non-agricul - However, the researchers of the study engaged with pre - gaged in manual labour” are more vulnera - tion. Construction employment grew at a re - marginal farmers are getting pauperised tural jobs for both groups whose numbers mier institutes in the US, China, Canada and India ble. Nearly 54 million households are in the markable rate from 1999-2000 onwards. landless-labourer category; assuming that and more engaged in manual labour. The will grow over the next decade until 2030? While it employed only 17 million in that among others, noted that the findings may be underesti - each such household has five members, that overall farm size, which has been dropping The young have been entering and remain - year, the number jumped to 26 million by mating the actual contribution of transport sources. makes 250 million of the nearly 850-900 mil - since the early 1970s, and down from the 2.25 ing in education in unprecedented numbers 2004-5. However, what happened after that "Transportation and distributed diesel sources typically lion rural population. This number is al - hectares (ha) average to a 1.25 ha average in for the last two decades. Hence, as a result, was totally unprecedented. It grew to 51 mil - operate in closer proximity to populations than do large most certainly an underestimate, since 84% 2010, will continue to become even smaller. while the young joining the labour force has lion by 2011-12, which is a doubling in seven stationary sources such as power plants and industrial of all those who even hold agricultural land For these farmers, agricultural incomes are been just 2 million per annum between 2004- years or a tripling in 12 years from the turn facilities. "For that reason the approach taken in this are small and marginal farmers. also likely to fall, hastening the exodus from 5 and 2015-16, from this point onwards, the of the millennium. This was possible be - analysis may underestimate actual exposures and the re - The intersection of any of the six other agriculture. In fact, farmer distress has numbers of the young will indeed grow sig - cause of the sustained growth in investment lated disease burden attributable to these sources. The handicaps with “landless labour” makes it been growing, with the past year witnessing nificantly. However, the numbers of land - in infrastructure, especially over the 11th burden of disease, in terms of the numbers of deaths at - more acute. The SECC also said that ‘59% of farmers protesting on the streets in several less and small and marginal farmers look - Five Year Plan period (2007-12) of $100 bil - tributable to total PM2.5, is expected to grow in the fu - households with kuchha houses are land - States. National Sample Survey (NSS) data ing for non-agricultural work is an immedi - lion per annum, two-thirds of which was ture, as the population ages and grows and leaves more less labourers; similarly, 55% of those with show that there are two demographic ate and top priority. Between 2004-5 and The map on Page 7 people susceptible to air pollution, the researchers have forecast. The study says that if emission control meas - ures are not taken, the number of deaths caused by PM2.5 in the country will rise to 1.7 millions in 2030 and reach 3.6 millions in 2050. It projects another scenario marked Kashmir narratives that nail the difference - II by major commitments to emissions reductions in the face of continued economic growth are made, which may By : Anirban Ganguly were deployed in the State. By September that the speedy development of the State arrest any further rise in the deaths and contain them to 18, 2014, about 2,00,000 persons had been would be the guiding star for his the 2015 levels in 2030. Jagmohan’s seven-point agenda to moved to safer places... All this was a great Government.” Jagmohan also flags Modi’s reinvent the State of Jammu & Kashmir is humanitarian service, a historic feat, of emphatic call to the people and leaders of being implemented by a promising helms - which any country could be proud...” the State to work in a spirit and approach of India in struggle man in Narendra Modi and that is a cause That year in October Modi spent a “ekta, mamta, vikas and vishwas”, it was a for great hope for the nation. In his seven- working Diwali in Srinagar, following up new message the like of which was last point programme delineated in the 12th edi - on the flood relief work that he had initiat - heard when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was at against climate change tion of his seminal work on Jammu & ed earlier. Public memory is short, the helm. Such a call was never heard dur - Kashmir (My Frozen Turbulence in Chidambaram’s memory is even shorter ing Chidambaram’s phase, it is only a confi - By : Kota Sriraj across the globe. For in - Kashmir), Jagmohan has no space for sepa - and, therefore, he only speaks of the muscu - dent and self-possessed leader who can dis - stance, thorough statistical ratists, takes no soft line on Pakistan and lar approach, as if that was the only ap - play the gumption of giving such a clarion Extreme weather events analysis of many extreme on terrorism; he has seen the situation proach of the Modi dispensation. call and more importantly of standing by it. across the world are grow - heat events across the world evolve from too close to hold some fancy He conveniently skirts the fact that the Jagmohan exposes the human rights ing. India must leverage its are proving that heat waves utopian notions that will be bought over muscular approach was only limited to ter - propaganda machine as well, he writes, advantages, such as its would not have occurred and be palatable to indigenous as well for - rorists, to their sponsors, their protectors “With regard to the allegations of large unique scientific and re - without climate warming. eign human rights brigades. He argues that and their fronts. During his days at the scale violations of human rights in search capabilities, to bring Globally, extremely each of these seven steps is being meticu - helm of internal security, Chidambaram Kashmir, the boot, for most part of it, would succour to a climate change warm nights that used to lously put into action by the Modi dispensa - never displayed a muscular approach, ei - be found on the other leg. In the earlier embattled world. The cli - come once in 20 years, now tion. In a detailed analysis of events and ther he did not have muscles or even if he chapters of this book, I have analysed a mate change process seems occur every 10 years and ex - episodes, Jagmohan takes the reader possessed them did not have the temerity to number of specific cases in which inten - to be changing gears and the tremely hot summers, those through the last 33 months, narrating display them, cowed down perhaps by the tional falsification had been done to prop going is definitely getting more than three standard among other things, how at every step, burden of international opinion, up the culture of radicalism, extremism tough with the world seeing deviations above the his - Modi had reached out to the people. He Pakistan’s belligerence and his own party’s and antagonism. They show how brutal two extreme ends of temper - toric average, are now ob - writes of the ravaging floods of September perennially incoherent and inconsistent concoctions, culled out of brutalised mind, atures all within a span of a served in about 10 per cent of 2014 result of years of exploitation and approach towards terrorism and sepa - in an atmosphere brutalised by contrived fortnight. As Christmas hol - the global land area, com - faulty environmental planning in the State ratism in the State. Jagmohan analyses the feelings of victimhood are resorted to with aforementioned period of 33 months hold idays unfolded, parts of the pared to 0.1-0.2 per cent for when Omar Abdullah’s administration formation of the BJP-PDP coalition and ex - impunity. While Pakistan and its valley- out a promise of finding a new helmsman United States saw plummet - the period 1951-1980. This was clueless and “virtually paralysed from amines its working and the challenges that collaborators continue to spread their net - who could steer the ‘boat’ through stormy ing temperatures that re - unmistakable worsening of top to bottom” with Omar himself admit - it had to face. Despite many challenges and work of subversion and terrorism to serve sea and turbulent winds and bring it safely sembled an Arctic blast weather is hard to miss. ting at a certain point of time that “his difficulties, the coalition moved ahead and their purpose of gobbling up Kashmir, it is to a calm and clean shore, from where a new which caused water pipes to These extreme trends have Government went missing for a couple of as Jagmohan writes, the BJP leadership, the common folk who are put to all sorts of journey, with a new mind motivation, freeze, and led to icicles not occurred due to natural days.” Jagmohan reminds us as to how at “both at the Centre and at the State lost no miseries.” The one question that could begin.” In his detailed and masterly forming everywhere. weather related variations, the peak of the floods (September 2 to 5 time in making it clear that issues of na - Jagmohan asks himself and then convinc - analysis of the last 33 months of a situation Compared to this, bare - sufficient external anthro - 2014), “Prime Minister Narendra Modi had tional security could not be trifled with...” ingly and unequivocally answers, is: “Are of which he knows the deep innards, like ly a week thereafter, the oth - pogenic influences are in - an aerial survey. He described the damage He reminds his readers again how Modi’s better days in store for the nation in which few do, Jagmohan veers round to the view er side of the world saw strumental for these to life and property as a national calamity development agenda for the State was at the it could repair and renovate its leaky and that in the “courage, consistency and ‘res - Sydney undergoing blast changes. In fact, during and announced a financial aid of Rs 1,000 forefront when in November 2015, while ad - rickety ‘boat of destiny’, retrofit it with new olute practicality’ that he has displayed furnace-type weather with weather observation stud - crore for relief and rehabilitation of the suf - dressing a public rally, he announced a ‘timber’ and place its sail in the charge of a Prime Minister Modi, is certainly the temperatures touching 47 ies and research, it is only ferers. Thousands of stranded families package of Rs 80,000 crore for radically aug - determined leader with expansive vision ‘promising helmsman.’ “From the above degree centigrade, prompt - after including human in - were rescued by the Indian Army, the Air menting the social and economic infra - and penetrating mind?” His quest is to ex - analysis of events of 33 months of Narendra ing the citizens to practical - fluences the computer mod - Force and the Navy. About 30,000 troops structure of the State. “He underscored amine whether the “developments of the Kashmir narratives on Page 7 ly live on the beach near the els are also able to repro - sea to beat the heat. The heat duce the current climate wave impact was such that changes. These changes in - bats fell out of the sky with clude an increase in the severe burns, whereas the number of warm nights, un - A NON-EXISTENT REVOLUTION IN IRAN asphalt on the road melted. usually hot days, and heat Heat waves have become a waves, as well as warming of frequent phenomenon the warmest night of the By : Kabir Taneja der US President Donald Trump’s world over usually lasting year, warming of the coldest Administration. While Trump has publicly several days to weeks com - nights and days of the year, While factions within Iran’s polity may given support to the Iranian protests (de - prising of abnormally hot and warming of the hottest have played some role in the protests that void of following an actual policy), weather that breaks the usu - day of the year. unfolded, the fact that the uprising was President Barack Obama had maintained a ally set pattern of tempera - The scale of weather-re - leaderless shows recklessness on the part distance in 2009 when similar events had tures. In the past three to lated extremities is rather of a significant part of the Western dis - occurred, not to spook the Iran nuclear ne - four decades, there has been large and sustained envi - course. Over the past few weeks, Iran, the gotiations that he was hoping would be - an increasing trend in high ronmental disregard over seat of Shiite Islam and one of the tri-poles come an enduring part of his legacy. humidity heat waves, which the decades have brought of influence in the Middle East, saw a spurt However, the latest protests, as Reza have also been character - the situation to such crisis. of protests erupt across various towns and Marashi, Research Director at the National ized by the persistence of ex - In order to diffuse this envi - cities as the country’s large youth demo - Iranian American Council (NIAC), correct - tremely high night-time ronmental abnormality, ef - graphic voiced their anger against stunted ly illustrated in his writings, were about temperatures. A combina - forts must be taken on a economic conditions, stale job market and the long fight for civil rights in Iran, and tion of high humidity and global basis under a cohe - the global pandemic of the failures of ‘trick - not entirely about regime change. A lot of high night time tempera - sive and effective agenda to le-down’ economics. According to figures discontent in Iran currently comes from ture can make for a deadly get the desired results. provided by Iranian reformist parliamen - how the country’s political structures pairing, offering no relief, Nations across the world are tarian Mahmoud Sadeghi, more than 3,700 work, the challenges from the conservative particularly posing threat to currently engaged in one people have been placed under arrest by lobbies to Rouhani’s presidency and the the elderly. Extreme heat meeting after another at the Iranian authorities. This is not the first role of the Ayatollah, the Iranian events are responsible for various exotic locations time protests in Iran have made global Revolutionary Guards (an elite military more deaths annually than where the designated na - headlines, previously, in 2009, similar force only answerable to the Ayatollah) in hurricanes, lightning, tor - tional representative ani - protests led by economic stagnation and so - the country’s economy. The success of the nadoes, floods and earth - matedly discusses about cial constrictions erupted in the capital nuclear deal was important to the Iranians quakes combined. At the how to protect the environ - Tehran, only to be quenched effectively by bates remains that Iran is some sort of a country to rapid growth. as they expected their economic situation same time, low humidity ment and slowdown global the police forces. The general public dis - hermit state, like North Korea, and the Iran holds some of the largest oil and to get significantly better, and the youth, heat waves associated with warming. But it is a conspic - course around such events in Iran usually truth cannot be further away from such natural gas reserves, and till some years particularly in rural areas, looked towards droughts and fueled in part uous fact that inspite of pendulums between the ill-informed and discourse. Under international sanctions ago, was India’s second largest supplier of being gainfully employed. However, re - by climate change con - these officious conferences the critically ill-informed. For some rea - for a good part of the past decade due to its crude oil. In fact, the Mangalore oil refin - gional politics, the Syrian war, the never- tribute to dry conditions on environment and post son, in a lot of public perception, including nuclear programme (which Tehran main - ery in southern India was specifically de - ending race for Shia-Sunni supremacy be - that are also driving wild millions of dollars of public in India, Iran is perceived as a hermit-state. tains is for peaceful energy purposes), the signed to handle the ‘heavy crude’ variety tween Saudi Arabia and Iran saw Tehran fires. Scientific studies have money being spent on them, This debris of thought from the post-9/11 Iranian economy suffered significantly as of oil that India imported in large quanti - increase its spending in arming Shiite documented that human-in - there almost always ab - era when, during the run-up to the Iraq foreign investment dried up and interna - ties from Iran. Labelling these Iran rebels across Syria to defeat the Islamic duced climate change has sence of consensus. war, while delivering the State of the Union tional financial highways came under protests as ‘revolution’ and thinking any State and other Sunni insurgencies, not increased the frequency and However, one aspect is a speech on January 29, 2002, the then US heavy scrutiny for Iranian money. public dissent in the country is a call for necessarily returning the liberated lands severity of heat waves India in struggle on Page 7 President George W Bush clubbed Iran, More than 60 per cent of Iran’s popula - regime change, is a disservice both to the to the people, but replacing the vacuum Iraq and North Korea as the ‘axis of evil’. tion is estimated to be under 30 years of age Iranian people, who had patiently weath - with their own brand of militias. The costs Printed, published and owned by Prem nath Sharma, Prior to this moniker’s aiding the very (2013 figures as per the World Bank), ren - ered many storms as their political class for these policies were tremendous, both Printed at Glimpses of Future Press 63 Padha Street, problematic terminology of ‘war on terror’, dering the issue of employment and eco - negotiated a long and tiresome deal with economic and human, so much so that Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, American and Iranian ties, while fraught, nomic aspirations one of the biggest chal - the P5+1 group of Western nations and Tehran went ‘shopping’ to Afghanistan for Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191- were still facing towards the positive direc - lenges to the Government of President came to an agreement, one that was deemed Shiite fighters, bringing them to Iran for 2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], tion. Perhaps due to these chain of events, Hassan Rouhani, a moderate, trying to end historic then, but today faces the careless training and then deploying them in Syria [email protected], [email protected] perception amongst the generalised de - an impasse with the West and open up his disruptions of the international order un - The Iranian crisis on Page 7 Glimpses of Future 7 natiOnal JAMMU FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2018 Man acquitted of Yogi Adityanath orders probe into charges of raping Orchestrated campaign to alleged lobbying in favour of Lalu minor girl malign Aadhaar: Nilekani Press Trust of India, Press Trust of India, references and calls for you" Thane, Jan 11 Press Trust of India, Lucknow, Jan 11 without naming the people Bengaluru, Jan 11 who had called him up. A special court acquitted Taking note of news re - Prasad was later awarded a a 40-year-old powerloom Former Unique ports, Uttar Pradesh Chief sentence of three-and-a-half worker in Bhiwandi town - Identification Authority of Minister Yogi Adityanath years in jail and a fine of Rs 5 ship here of charges of raping India (UIDAI) chairman today ordered a probe into lakh. However, DM Akhtar a four-year-old girl. R N Nandan Nilekani said there allegations of government refuting the allegations, Bawankar, the judge of the was an "orchestrated cam - officials calling up a CBI spe - said, "I never spoke to CBI special court for hearing cas - paign" to malign Aadhaar. cial judge to seek favours for Special Judge Shivpal Singh es under the Protection of He was reacting to the filing fodder scam convict and over phone. I have been here Children from Sexual of an FIR on The Tribune RJD chief Lalu Prasad. On (Jalaun) just for four months Offences (POCSO) Act, ob - newspaper report relating to the basis of media reports and he had come to meet us served that the prosecution an Aadhaar data breach. about lobbying in favour of in November in connection failed to prove the charges "There is 100% an orches - the fodder scam convict, or - with his land dispute in the against the accused. The trated campaign to see how ders have been issued to the district. Nothing else was man, a resident of Khadipur Aadhaar gets maligned, yes commissioner Jhansi divi - discussed." "How can some - locality in Bhiwandi, was absolutely," Nilekani told sion to carry out a probe and one level such serious alle - booked under section 376 of ET Now on the sidelines of submit a report at the earli - gations without any evi - the Indian Penal Code (rape) the Infosys Science est, a tweet issued on the offi - dence? I belong to Assam and and provisions of the POCSO Foundation Awards here. cial handle of the CM Office, am working in Uttar Act for allegedly sexually as - The Delhi Police had on taking a negative view (on to a query, he welcomed put - GoUP @ CMOfficeUP, said. Divisional Magistrate the fodder scam case. During Pradesh. I have no connec - saulting the girl when she Monday registered the FIR Aadhaar) and not a con - ting in place a two-layer se - Reports in a section of the Bhairpal Singh of Jalaun the proceedings of the case tion of any kind with Laluji," was playing outside her home on a complaint by an UIDAI structive view, then you also curity system to reinforce media have alleged that had called up CBI Special in Ranchi on January 4, the he said. A 2011-batch IAS of - in his neighbourhood on official following a newspa - have other (negative) reac - privacy protection for District Magistrate (DM) Judge Shivpal Singh to seek CBI judge had also stated ficer, Akhtar became Jalaun November 22, 2016. The vic - per report on the data breach tions. I think everybody has Aadhaar ID number holders Mannan Akhtar and Sub- favours for the RJD chief in "Laluji, we are getting a lot of DM in September last year. tim's mother had filed a com - of more than 1 billion plaint at the Nizampura Aadhaar cards, naming the to accept that Aadhaar is by the UIDAI. "I think this is Police Station, following journalist who wrote the sto - here to stay," he said. The a very significant announce - SC to hear plea for probe which he was arrested. Three ry. The official told the po - Aadhaar is here to stay be - ment by the UIDAI and in 2000 Red Fort attack suspect eyewitnesses deposed in the lice that the correspondent, cause as many as 119 crore some sense it really makes into judge B H Loya's death court but did not support the posing as a buyer, had pur - people have it, 550 million the case against it go away," prosecution's theory. After chased a service offered by have linked the numbers to he said. The former UIDAI Press Trust of India, sent to 10-day police custody hearing both sides, Judge anonymous sellers over their bank accounts and Rs chief said it has introduced a New Delhi, Jan 11 95,000 crore has been trans - virtual identification for ID Press Trust of India, Bawankar acquitted the man WhatsApp that provided un - ferred into Direct Benefit holders so that the actual The Supreme Court on Friday will while observing that since restricted access to details of New Delhi, Jan 11 Transfer accounts, he said. number need not be shared hear a plea seeking an independent probe the eyewitnesses did not sup - Aadhaar numbers. Nilekani said the issue has been Nilekani said he was very by people to authenticate A man, arrested in into the death of special CBI judge B H port the case, the evidence blown out of proportion as confident of the Supreme their identity. connection with the Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin submitted on record by the the Aadhaar system has far Court upholding Aadhaar Simultaneously, it has fur - 2000 Red Fort attack Sheikh encounter case. A bench compris - investigating officer was not too many security layers and under the fundamental right ther regulated the storage of case, was today sent to ing Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices sufficient to prove the it is not possible to randomly of privacy because it meets the Aadhaar number within 10-day po lice custody by a A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud to - charges levelled beyond rea - penetrate it. "If you are just the test of the law. Replying various databases, he said. Delhi court. Chief day took note of the submission seeking ur - sonable doubt. Metropolitan Magistrate gent hearing on the plea for a probe into Deepak Sherawat al - Loya's death on December 1, 2014. lowed the plea of Delhi The plea was filed by Maharashtra- Police seeking 10 days based journalist B R Lone. He submitted Kamala Mills fire : '1 Above' pub custody of Bilal Ahmed that a fair probe was needed into the myste - Kawa, who arrested yes - rious death of Loya, who was hearing the terday from Delhi air - formed it that Kawa, police said, adding that sensitive Sohrabuddin encounter case in port in a joint operation who had been declared a money to the tune of Rs which various police officers and BJP owner Abhijeet Mankar held of the Delhi Police and proclaimed offender in 29.50 lakh was trans - president Amit Shah were named as par - Gujarat Anti-Terrorism the case, was travelling ferred through hawala ties. Loya died of a cardiac arrest in Press Trust of India, the Sanghvi brothers and Squad (ATS). Three peo - from Srinagar to Delhi. in various bank ac - Nagpur on December 1, 2014, when he had Mumbai, Jan 11 Abhijeet Mankar -- owners ple, including two Army Kawa, who was suspect - counts, including those gone to attend the wedding of a colleague's of the 1 Above pub. The trio Abhijeet Mankar, owner jawans, were killed in ed to be linked with of Kawa, to fund the at - daughter. The issue came under the spot - had been booked for culpa - of '1 Above' pub, was arrest - the December 22, 2000 Lashkar-e- Toiba, was tack. Kawa was on the light in November last year after media re - ble homicide not amounting ed today in connection with Red Fort attack. arrested last evening run since 2000 and hid - ports quoting his sister fuelled suspicion to murder and other offences the December 29 Kamala According to the police, from the T-3 terminal of ing in Kashmir, it about the circumstances surrounding his under the Indian Penal Mills fire here that claimed the Gujarat ATS in - the Delhi Airport, the claimed. death and its link to the Sohrabuddin case. Code. Police had also an - 14 lives. The 30-year-old ho - nounced a reward of Rs 1 telier was on the run along lakh for information about How will homeless get CBSE, ICSE board exam dates released with co-owners of the pub, their whereabouts, police Kripesh Sanghavi and Jigar said. Last week, Tulli's part - Aadhaar cards, Supreme Press Trust of India papers, both Indian and foreign, in - Sanghavi, since the day of abouts and apprehended spot, he said. Our teams are ner in Mojos, Yug Pathak, New Delhi, Jan 11 cluding Kannada will be held on the incident. "Our team ar - him from Marine Lines, trying to trace him in son of retired Director March 20. English language and lit - rested owner of the 1 Above Pathan said. The Sanghvi Hyderabad, the official said. General of Police and former Court asks UP govt The Central Board of Secondary erature paper will be held on March pub, Abhijeet Mankar, from brothers were arrested from "The hearing on Tulli's an - Commissioner of Police, Press Trust of India, Education (CBSE) will conduct 12, Hindi Course-A and Hindi Marine Lines in the early the Andheri area here, ticipatory bail application is Pune, K K Pathak, was ar - Course B on March 6 and Home sci - hours," Ahmed Pathan, New Delhi, Jan 11 board examinations for the students Additional Commissioner of scheduled today, following rested. According to police, of Class X and XII from March 3. ence on March 24. The exams will Senior Police Inspector, N M Police S Jaikumar told PTI. which further action will be the action was taken on the While the board examinations for conclude with Painting paper on Joshi Marg Police Station The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked "Now our teams are in decided according to the or - basis of Fire Brigade report, the Class X students of the CBSE April 4. CBSE's class XII board ex - told PTI. Last night, the in - the Uttar Pradesh government how Aadhaar search of Yug Tulli, owner of ders of the court," he said. which said the fire broke out schools will end on April 4, the board aminations will begin with English vestigating team of the city cards of the urban homeless people were being Mojo's Bistro pub, who is al - All the arrested accused will from Mojo's Bistro and examinations for the students of elective and English Core on March police had arrested 1 Above's made. The bench said this while hearing a mat - so on the run," another po - be produced before the spread to 1 Above. The sec - Class XII will conclude on April 12. 5. Physics will be held on March 7, Jigar and Kripesh Sanghvi ter relating to providing shelter to the urban lice official said. Tulli was Bhoiwada Court this after - tions of culpable homicide The Council for the Indian School Chemistry March 13, Biotechnology from Andheri, he said. homeless across the country. "If a person is spotted at Hyderabad air - noon, the official added. The not amounting to murder Certificate Examination (CISCE) March 17, Mathematics March 21, During the interrogation of homeless, how is he described in the Aadhaar port day before yesterday, police have so far arrested were added against the own - will conduct the Indian Certificate Computer Science on March 23 and the duo, we got the informa - card," the bench asked Additional Solicitor but was unable to fly. He lat - Vishal Kariya, a hotelier, for ers of Mojo's Bistro, they of Secondary Education (ICSE) ex - Biology on March 27. Cost tion about Mankar's where - General Tushar Mehta, who was representing er disappeared from the allegedly giving shelter to said. aminations for the students of Class Accounting paper will be on March Uttar Pradesh government. Responding to the X from February 26 to March 28. query, Mehta initially said, "in all likelihood, 8, Business Studies March 9, The Indian School Certificate they would not have Aadhaar". To this, the Accountancy March 15 and Contn. on Page 6 ...... (ISC) examinations for the Class XII bench asked whether such homeless people Economics March 26. Examinations students will be held from February who do not have Aadhaar "do not exist for the for History will be held on March 20, 7 to April 2. Both the boards, howev - Union of India or the Uttar Pradesh govern - Philosophy March 27, Psychology er, did not announce the date of dec - ment" and will they not be accommodated in April 5, Political Science April 6 and The map of rural ...... laration of the results. Here are the shelter homes. Mehta clarified that it was not Sociology on April 10. The exams public, and the remainder private. In addition, there was a and small and marginal farmers the most, since their house - date sheets for Class X and Class XII correct to say that those who do not have will conclude with Home Science pa - real boom in real estate, residential and commercial, holds had benefited the most from the tightening of the CBSE and ICSE examinations: Aadhaar do not exist, as they have other identi - per on April 12. The CISCE will start throughout the country. However, private investment is now labour market that had ensued in rural and urban areas be - Class X CBSE board examinations fication cards like voter IDs which contain ICSE examinations for Class X stu - much lower than earlier. Construction is the main activity cause of rising construction jobs. Rural demand in particular will begin on March 3 with 12 elec - their address. "We are dealing with a human dents with English language paper absorbing poorly educated rural labour in the rural and ur - has risen, raising consumer demand for simple manufac - tives and vocational subjects includ - problem. Permanent address can be given for it on February 26. Exams for ban areas. These workers are characterised, as noted above, tured goods, especially in the unorganised manufacturing ing Information Communication (Aadhaar). They remain a floating population," Mathematics will be held on February by very low levels of education. It is estimated from NSS and sector, raising employment in those sectors especially in ru - Technology as well as Beauty and Mehta told the bench, adding that the state was 27, Physics on March 16, Chemistry Labour Bureau data that the absolute number of those in con - ral areas. The Union government has sustained rural devel - Wellness. Examinations for Science alive to the situation and trying its best to en - March 19, Biology on March 26. struction who were illiterate was 11 million in 2004-5, but opment expenditure for the last two years, especially for ru - theory paper will be held on March sure that all such persons are accommodated in History and Civics will be on March which rose to 19 million in 2011-12. Construction jobs were ral roads, under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and 16, Social Sciences March 22, shelter homes. However, the court said as per 7, Geography March 12, Economics growing so fast between 2004-5 and 2011-2 that the share of rural housing under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Mathematics March 28. the government, over 90 crore people in the March 21 and Environmental construction in total jobs for 15 to 29 year olds in the work - (Urban). The Surface Transport Ministry has also attempted Exams for 33 various language country have been given Aadhaar. Science on March 28. force doubled from 7.5% to 14%. Since then construction job to sustain public investment in infrastructure to generate growth has slowed, such that the share of construction in to - construction jobs for growing surplus rural labour. The tal youth employment fell to 13.3%. Construction jobs are Budget for 2018-19 should sustain this public investment ef - growing more slowly since 2011-12, as public investment has fort. The announcement that the government plans to bor - EC bribery case: HC dismisses middleman's bail plea • fallen. And with the rising non-performing assets of banks, row an additional 50,000 crore in this financial year, is wel - Press Trust of India, conspired to bribe Election private investment has fallen as well. The result: fewer work - come. Hopefully, the intention here is to raise public invest - ers have been leaving agriculture since 2011-12. From the 5 ment, especially for infrastructure investment. New Delhi, Jan 11 Commission (EC) officials to get the 'two leaves' symbol for their party. The million leaving agriculture per annum between 2004-5 to 2011-12, the number is down to just over 1 million per annum Santosh Mehrotra is professor of economics and Chair of the The Delhi High Court today reject - police has also included in the charge between 2011-12 to 2015-16. This is hurting landless labour Centre for Labour, Jawaharlal Nehru University. ed the bail plea of a middleman, arrest - sheet allegations of forgery for purpose ed in the Election Commission bribery of cheating, using a forged document as case allegedly involving AIADMK genuine, possessing a forged document, Kashmir narratives ...... leader TTV Dhinakaran and others. intending to use it as genuine and crim - Justice Mukta Gupta dismissed the bail inal conspiracy. Chandrashekar has al - Modi regime”, concludes Jagmohan, “it could be asserted, new sea-lane. He remains confident even when this lane is application of middleman, Sukesh so moved a separate plea in the high with a fair degree of reasonableness, that India which, in re - crossed by heavy winds and ominous clouds...” While await - Chandrashekar, who was arrested on court alleging he was tortured despite lation to the Kashmir issue, has been suffering, for years to - ing the 13th edition of Jagmohan’s opus, we must continue to April 16 last year and was denied bail an order not to subject him to violence gether, ‘trials and judgements’ of a turbulent sea, has, found a trust his promising helmsman to steer us through and not be once by the high court and thrice by the inside the Tihar Jail where he is in cus - promising helmsman. He has shown the calibre to chart out a swayed by the buccaneers of a sinking ship. trial court. The Delhi Police had op - tody. The claim was denied by the jail posed his bail plea saying his conduct, authorities, who said it was an "after - even while in custody, had shown scant thought of the shrewd mind of the ac - India in struggle ...... cused". Chandrashekar was arrested respect for the law and therefore, he common outcome of these meetings the developed nations, lead on practical environmental protection that is action and for allegedly taking money from should not be granted the relief. having made sufficient economic progress without the car - result oriented — a ecological preservation strategy that Dhinakaran to bribe EC officials to get Additional Public Prosecutor bon emission restrictions, now want the developing nations marks a clear departure from the existing limbo and aims to the AIADMK 'two leaves' symbol for the Hirein Sharma had told the court that prosecutor alleged. Senior advocate to cut down on their carbon emissions, which is feistily op - get tangible and measurable results in environmental pro - Sasikala faction in a by-election to the R three more cases were registered Sudhir Nandrajog and advocate Anand posed by the developing nations. It is critical for humanity tection. The current weather related extremities are taking K Nagar Assembly seat in Tamil Nadu. against Chandrashekar while he was in Pandey, appearing for Chandrashekar, that we get out of discussions and swing into action. The cur - the world through a common suffering and India must lever - Dhinakaran, also charge-sheeted custody and there were a total of 24 FIRs had contended that the alleged main rent NDA Government is an apt example of action-oriented age the unique scientific and research capabilities at its dis - lodged against him. Referring to the beneficiary, Dhinakaran, was already by the police, was arrested here on governance. Whereas earlier regimes kept planning and re- posal backed by, most importantly, the political will to bring new FIRs lodged against him while he out on bail and the same relief was April 25 after four days of questioning planning, the current Government has put premium on ac - succor to the climate change embattled world. If achieved, was in custody, the prosecutor had said granted to the policemen. They said the for allegedly attempting to bribe EC of - tion. With this level of initiative and competence available in this can very well mark the beginning of India as an environ - while Chandrashekar was supposed to other accused in the case, including ficials for the symbol. The bypoll was India, it is surprising that the country is not taking a global mental superpower. be taken by train, he was going by air Dhinakaran's close aide Mallikarjuna, necessitated by the death of Tamil along with nine policemen, all of whom as well as suspected hawala operators Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, who repre - were dismissed from service. Nathu Singh and Lalit Kumar were on sented the assembly segment. The EC A non-existent ...... The lawyer had also claimed that bail. The high court had on June 15 last had frozen the AI ADMK's symbol after the accused had made a call to the trial year rejected his bail plea on the the two factions one led by Dhinakaran's as local reinforcements started to get exhausted. largely purposeless yet still getting branded as a revolution court judge hearing the case, imperson - ground that the police had seized a fake aunt Sas ikala and the other by former These regional battles of hegemony only exasperated an with regime change as the end-game, shows more reckless - ating a person from a Supreme Court Rajya Sabha member ID card from his chief minister O Panneerselvam staked already precarious social situation in the country. While it ness from a large yet significant part of the Western dis - judge's office and asked her to release possession. A charge sheet was filed by a claim to it. Mallikarjuna was arrested is not out of the questions that factions within Iran’s polity, course than just highlighting Iran’s internal political trou - him on bail. The call was traced to a the police before the trial court in the for allegedly facilitating a Rs 50 crore looking to undermine a moderate Government, may have bles. constable's phone while case on July 14 last year, alleging that deal between Dhinakaran and played some sort of role in the events that unfolded, the fact (The writer is an Associate Fellow with the Observer Research Chandrashekar was in custody, the Dhinakaran and Chandrashekar had Chandrashekar. that the said ‘uprising’ was leaderless, directionless and Foundation, New Delhi) Glimpses of Future 8 wOrld JAMMU FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2018 Israel approves more than 1,100 Southern California mudslides: Death toll new West Bank settlement Jerusalem, Jan 11 rises to 17; 100 single-family homes destroyed Israeli authorities have approved more than 1,100 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the Peace SANTA BARBARA Jan 11 : and shredded cars into tan - Stoops, as he stood in front of later inspecting the damage. Now NGO said today, the latest in a raft of such moves in re - gles of metal. THE SOUND his house, which was sur - "There used to be a fence cent months. The approvals were given on Wednesday by a The death toll from dev - OF DESTRUCTION One res - rounded in mud 3 feet deep, right here. That`s my neigh - defence ministry committee with authority over settle - astating mudslides in afflu - ident of Toro Canyon de - or nearly a metre. Officials bour`s house. Devastated," ment construction. Some 352 of the homes received final ent communities along a scribed being awakened be - have ordered residents in a she said. Talk-show host approval, while the others are at an earlier stage in the stretch of Southern fore dawn Wednesday when large swath of Montecito to DeGeneres posted a picture process, Hagit Ofran of Peace Now, which monitors settle - California coastline rose to his home began shaking and stay in their homes so that of a mud- and debris-filled ment building, told AFP. A total of 1,122 housing units were 17 on Wednesday after two he heard sounds like those of rescuers can better go about street outside her Montecito advanced, including seven already existing homes given more bodies were recovered, a freight train and snapping their work.Helicopters were home on Twitter, saying she retroactive approval. According to Ofran, the majority of the local sheriff said, and the wood. "What they were was a ferrying people out of the did not yet know the condi - the approvals are for settlements deep in the West Bank number of people missing al - bunch of trees that were be - Romero Canyon neighbour - tion of the house . Former that Israel would likely need to evacuate as part of a two- so climbed to 17. The two ad - ing snapped by the mud and hood, where about 300 peo - tennis star Jimmy Connors state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."It's a part ditional fatalities were dis - boulders and debris that ple were cut off after a mas - said in a tweet that he and of the general trend that the government is doing, which is covered as some 500 res - were sliding down Toro sive debris flow blocked the his wife, Patti, had been to build all over the West Bank, even more in places that cuers using search dogs, hel - Canyon," Jonathan road into the area. The mud - evacuated by helicopter on Israel would need to evict, and in this way to torpedo the icopters and thermal-imag - Reichlen, 45, who owns an slides closed several historic Tuesday from their home in ing equipment dug through possibility for a two-state solution," she said.A shooting urban landscaping compa - hotels, including The Four the posh hillside communi - the waist-deep mud for vic - that killed an Israeli settler on Tuesday in the West Bank ny, said in a phone inter - Seasons Biltmore, which tims or survivors of the ty. The number of fatalities led to fresh calls for further settlement building, though view. "I just kind of waited it had just reopened on mudslides, which were trig - sprawling Los Padres ties including television per - surpassed the death toll the plans approved on Wednesday were already in the out because I did not want to Monday after repairing gered by a heavy downpour National Forest also de - sonality Oprah Winfrey and from a California mudslide works. to Peace Now, 6,742 housing projects were approved go down to Toro Canyon wildfire damage. The court - early on Tuesday. Three stroyed 100 single-family talk-show host Ellen on Jan. 10, 2005, when 10 peo - in the settlements last year, the highest figure since while ... the mudslide was ac - yard of the 90-year-old more people were rescued homes, damaged hundreds DeGeneres, who both live in ple were killed as a hillside 2013.Israeli settlements are seen as illegal under interna - tually going on," he Montecito Inn, built by from the path of debris on of other buildings and in - the upscale hillside commu - gave way in the town of La tional law and major obstacles to peace as they are built on said.Reichlen said he had silent movie actor Charlie Wednesday. None of the jured 28 people, said Amber nity of Montecito, known for Conchita, less than 20 miles land the Palestinians see as part of their future emergency food supplies Chaplin, was filled with a dead have been publicly Anderson, a spokeswoman its natural beauty and prox - (30 km) south of the latest state.Prominent members of Israeli Prime Minister and water but no hot food thick crust of debris driven identified. "We realise that for the Santa Barbara imity to Los Angeles. disaster. Last month`s wild - Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government openly op - and was trying to figure out by the slides. The disaster this is going to be a long and County Fire Department. Verdant hillsides that had fires, including the Thomas pose Palestinian statehood. According to Ofran, the major - a way to get safely out of the followed a violent rainstorm difficult journey for all of us A major north-south provided estates with a Fire, which became the ity of the approvals are for settlements deep in the West canyon. It was the latest that dumped as much as 6 and our community," Santa highway along the coast, sense of seclusion were largest in California history, blow to a region still rebuild - inches (15 cm) of water onto Bank that Israel would likely need to evacuate as part of a Barbara County Sheriff Bill U.S. Route 101, was closed in largely denuded by last not only burnt away trees, ing after the wildfires. areas northwest of Los two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."Israel Brown told reporters at a both directions and not ex - month`s historic wildfires, grass and shrubs that held "First we got burned out Angeles. Winfrey posted faced sharp criticism from the administration of former late afternoon news confer - pected to reopen until next making them vulnerable to soil in place, but also baked a at our ranch that caught on videos on Instagram show - US president Barack Obama over settlement construction, ence.The walls of mud that week. the massive mud and debris waxy layer into the earth fire and now we`re flooding, ing her wading through but that has not been the case with US President Donald roared through foothills and Among the damaged slides that sent boulders that prevents water from so the last month has been nearly knee-deep mud on Trump's White House and Israeli officials have sought to valleys sandwiched between properties were historic ho - crashing into homes, turned sinking deeply into the pretty bad," said Charles her Montecito property and take advantage of his backing. the Pacific Ocean and the tels and the homes of celebri - highways into raging rivers ground. North Korea's 'army of beauties' all set to invade South for Winter Olympics Jan 11 ports, the Winter Olympics the cheerleaders were lav - nuclear programme and its group could be accommo - ished with attention as they increasingly belligerent be - With their good looks dated on a cruise ship sang and danced in the haviour.And displaying the and sharp moves, North moored in Sokcho, making stands.In 2005, former North Korean flag and play - Korea`s female cheerlead - it easier to monitor them. North Korean cheerleader ing its anthem are illegal in ers are a marked contrast to An Chan-Il, a defector re - Cho Myung-Ae -- whose the South, where they are the regime`s menacing nu - searcher who runs the good looks had gained her a regarded as symbols of sedi - clear ambitions.Dubbed the World Institute for North huge following in the South tion under Seoul`s national "army of beauties" in South Korea Studies, said the -- appeared in a television security laws, hence the use Korea, the young North cheerleaders are cherry- commercial for a Samsung of the unification flag at Korean women -- mostly in picked by the regime based mobile phone with South past inter-Korean matches. their late teens or early 20s - on tough criteria. Korean pop star Lee Hyo- When a North Korean - have attracted huge pub - "They must be over 163 Ri.The supporters have al - flag was draped over a rail - licity whenever they have centimetres (5ft 3ins) tall ways proven to be a major ing at a North-South foot - been sent to the and come from good fami - ticket draw, and their atten - ball game during the 2014 South.North Korean leader lies," An told AFP. "Those dance is good news for the Asian Games in Incheon it Kim Jong-Un`s future wife who play an instrument are Pyeongchang Games organ - was removed by Ri Sol-Ju was among the from a band and others are isers."It will help with tick - officials.The rule will not group who attended the mostly students at the elite et sales," said Pyeongchang be enforced within the 2005 Asian Athletics Kim Il-Sung Organising Committee Olympic venues, where IOC Championships in University."The Koreas` spokesman Sung Baik-You. protocol applies, but could Incheon.The cheerleaders separation makes citizens "It will fulfil our desires for become an issue else - are set for their fourth ap - of the North an object of a peace Olympics."When where.The two teams pearance in the South after some fascination for North Korean teams have marched behind the unifi - Pyongyang agreed this Southerners. The cheer - played in the South without cation flag when they en - week to send a delegation to Riot police clash with demonstrators during anti-government protests in Tebourba, south of Tunis, Tunisia. Tunisian authorities say 237 people were arrested and leaders made their first ap - accompanying supporters, tered the stadiums together dozens of others injured across the country in recent days as violent protests against government-imposed price hikes spread to more cities and regions. next month`s Winter pearance at the 2002 Asian pro-unification South for the opening ceremonies Olympics in Pyeongchang, Games in Busan, hitting the Koreans have turned out to of the 2000 and 2004 just 80 kilometres (50 miles) headlines when nearly 300 support them, such as at a Olympics in Sydney and south of the Demilitarized of them arrived on a ferry women`s ice hockey match Athens, and the 2006 Winter Netanyahu hopeful Zone that splits the penin - dressed in colourful han - last year in Gangneung, an Games in Torino.But if they 'Obama received gifts worth USD3K sula in two.North and of expanding ties boks -- traditional Korean Olympic venue."A joint do so again at the opening South have been totally sep - dresses -- and waving so- cheering squad would be ceremony on February 9, it with India arated since the end of the called unification flags, a phenomenal," said Lee Sun- would mean the South`s em - during Jan 2015 India visit' Korean War in 1953, with no pale blue silhouette of the Kyung, who organised the blem would not appear on Jerusalem, Jan 11 (PTI) direct telephone or postal photo of Marian Anderson's "Winged Wonders of whole Korean group.But the Northerners` the stadium floor at its Not disheartened by links between them.Any radio interview in India on Rashtrapati Bhavan RB peninsula.Hundreds of presence also has potential home Olympics.How could India's vote against Israel North Korean delegations the lid. Among other gifts Series 2012 2014" along with a Busan residents lined the to create some diplomatic the South accept that reali - at the UN General to its neighbour are careful - from Modi were a CD set, ti - Photobook, titled "State port to greet them, with sev - headaches. There are con - ty, the Chosun Ilbo newspa - Assembly on the issue of ly chosen by Pyongyang, tle: All India Radio Visit of His Excellency eral homes also flying unifi - cerns that South Koreans per asked in an editorial Jerusalem, Prime Minister and their movements are Interview with Marian Barack H Obama, President cation flags.With their tight may not be as welcoming as Wednesday, having secured Benjamin Netanyahu has tightly controlled in the Anderson, November 18 of the United States of choreography -- sometimes in the past, given their op - the Games "through tearful expressed hope that bilater - South. According to re - 1957, New Delhi. America and Michelle using props such as fans -- position to North Korea`s efforts after two failures"? al ties would receive a fur - Obama also received a Obama to India on January ther boost during his mile - hand-carved black wooden 25 to 27 January 2015". The stone visit to the country. Jali box with painting on the gifts were estimated to be Washington, Jan 11 (PTI) India in December voted in Zimbabwe`s former president Robert Mugabe Soldier killed, lid; blue Shahmina shawl, USD 825. favour of the UN General Former US president red Shahmina shawl and The First Lady Michelle Assembly resolution con - two injured in Barack Obama had received beige and cream coloured Obama received gifts worth ousted by `military coup`: Ex-minister demning the US for its deci - gifts worth about USD 3,000 shahmina shawl. The State over USD 1500, according to Harare Jan 11 : sion to recognise IED blast in Pak during his visit to India in Department Protocol Office the list. All the gifts have Jerusalem as the capital of Zimbabwe`s former pres - 2015 as Chief Guest at the have estimated their value been handed over to the Peshawar, Jan 11 (PTI) Israel. Netanyahu, who ident Robert Mugabe was Republic Day Parade, ac - at USD 1,231.The Rajghat National Archive. would be leaving for India ousted by a "military coup" A remote-controlled cording to the State Samadhi Committee pre - Michelle was given by on January 14, said: "Well I that forced his resignation, improvised explosive de - Department. Obama was the sented him a model spinning Modi a hand-embroidered would have preferred a dif - former cabinet minister vice today hit a patrolling first US head of state who at - wheel with white tread Shahmina shawl, hand- ferent vote to be frank but I Jonathan Moyo said in an in - party of security forces, tended the parade in looped around the wheel and carved wooden Jali box, and don t think it materially terview with the BBC broad - killing a soldier and injur - 2015.According to the a cloth scroll listing the assorted Indian tea of an esti - changes the tremendous cast on Thursday. Moyo, a ing two others in Pakistan's Department of State's Seven Social Sins as articu - mated value of USD 662. flowering of relations be - former higher education restive northwest tribal re - Protocol Office, Prime lated by Mahatma While rest of the items were tween India and Israel". minister under the last presi - gion.The planted explosive Minister Narendra Modi Gandhi.He also received a given to the National Prime Minister Narendra dent and an ardent Mugabe device was detonated presented Obama telegram book on Mahatma Gandhi ti - Archives, the tea box was Modi had also visited the loyalist, said Zimbabwe`s through a remote control facsimile from the US to tled "An Autobiography The handled pursuant to United Jewish state in July,becom - new President Emmerson when the patrolling party India's Constituent Story of my Experiments States Secret Service policy, said. "The constitution of the Mugabe.That was widely ing the first Indian premier Mnangagwa stole power and reached near the site in Mir Assembly in 1946 and repro - with the Truth" and a the Office of Protocol said. country has been subverted seen as a reference to to do so. "I think everybody was leading an "illegal Ali tehsil of North duction of the cover page of a bronze-coloured bust of And finally, President and there has to be a return to Mugabe`s wife Grace and can see that. Prime regime"."Mnangagwa and Waziristan Agency. report on India's Mohandas Karamchard Mukherjee presented to onstitutionalism."Moyo said supporters of her apparent Minister Modi's visit was a (Vice President Constantino) One soldier was killed Constitutional Debates. Gandhi on a wood base. The Michelle pashmina Shawl the army acted unconstitu - desire to succeed the 93-year- very important milestone Chiwenga, they know only and two others were in - Modi also presented him gifts were estimated to be a with hand-embroidery and tionally when it briefly took old statesman -- efforts that in that. My visit to India is too well that they have come jured in the attack, officials a framed photograph of value of USD 929.01.The then specially commissioned tea power from the government riled many in the military es - the other one," Netanyahu into power via the bullet and said.The planted explosive Marian Anderson's radio in - president Pranab set, including pot, six cups, in November."The army de - tablishment.Moyo also said said addressing the not the ballot," Moyo, who is device was detonated terview in India and a hand- Mukherjee presented six saucers, milk pitcher, ployed itself in Zimbabwe that the new government un - Government Press Office's in self-imposed exile, told the through a remote control carved wooden Jali box with Obama a book titled and sugar jar, at an estimat - when the constitution says der Mnangagwa was an "ille - annual end-of-year recep - BBC`s Hard Talk pro - when the patrolling party a small wooden latch and "Thoughts and Reflections", ed value of USD 900. only the president can deploy gal regime" that had strug - tion for the foreign press gramme. It was unclear reached near the site in Mir it," he said.The commanders gled to assert its legitimacy.e corps yesterday. When where he gave the interview. Ali tehsil of North involved in the campaign to pointed to Mnangagwa`s vis - asked about the impact of "We have a... constitution Waziristan Agency.The Donald Trump says US could `conceivably` seize power and ease Mugabe it last week to ailing opposi - India s recent decision to that the people of Zimbabwe forces cordoned off the area from power, which included tion leader Morgan cancel a half a billion dol - made for themselves and it and have started search op - then-general Chiwenga, in - Tsvangirai as evidence of the return to Paris climate deal lars defence deal related to has been broken and it has eration to nab the attack - sisted they were targeting new president`s efforts to as - District of Columbia jan 11 : to limit average warming to under two de - development of spike anti - been broken via a coup," he ers. grees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over criminals around sert himself politically." President Donald Trump said on tank guided missiles, the pre-Industrial Revolution levels.Standing Israeli leader said, "I think Wednesday that the United States could "con - alongside Norwegian Prime Minister Erna ceivably" return to the Paris climate accord, you are going to see an ex - Japan PM spills 'national secret' to beauty pageant winner Solberg, Trump presented himself as a cham - pansion of economic and although he stopped short of signaling any pion of environmentalism."I feel very strong - Jan 11 sive 68 and that she had tried November, where the pair round."Well, my best score move in that direction. "Frankly, it`s an other ties regardless of this to turn pro. warmed up for their high- is 79, a long time ago, ly about the environment," he said. We "want or that deal". Pointing to - Japan's golf-mad Prime agreement that I have no problem with, but I "That`s amazing," said stakes diplomacy with a though." the premier told to have clean water, clean air, but we also wards the tremendous Minister has finally re - had a problem with the agreement that they the prime minister, asking quick nine holes. her in front of the TV cam - want businesses that can compete.""One of strengthening of ties on all vealed the "national secret" signed, because, as usual, they made a bad her whether this was for a The prime minister had eras.The round just outside the great assets of Norway is a thing called fronts, Netanyahu ex - of his best score -- in a good- deal," Trump told a news conference."So we full 18 holes or a half-round. previously dubbed his play - Tokyo, with one of the water," Trump said. "They have tremendous pressed optimism saying, natured brag to his coun - can conceivably go back in," added the presi - "Well, my best score is ing scores a "national secret" world`s top professionals, hydro power, tremendous. In fact most of "overtime I hope I will see a try`s Miss Universe repre - dent, who announced his intention to pull 79, a long time ago, though." and refused to say who had Hideki Matsuyama, also your energy or your electricity is produced reflection of that more of - sentative. out of the 2015 accord on curbing global the premier told her in front emerged victorious in the made headlines when by hydro. I wish we would do some of ten in the voting of India in A relaxed and beaming warming emissions last June.The process of that."The US president has at times seemed of the TV cameras. golfing battle of the world footage emerged of Abe tum - leaving is long and complex, and Trump`s international forums. "It Shinzo Abe received a cour - torn between advisors like his daughter Abe likes to play golf leaders."That`s amazing," bling backwards into a comments will renew questions about does not nullify the fact that tesy call at his office from Ivanka, who advocate for policies that miti - with Donald Trump, most re - said the prime minister, ask - bunker, with Trump march - whether he actually intends to withdraw or with India, with other Momoko Abe, 23, who told gate the effects of climate change, and aides cently during the US presi - ing her whether this was for ing down the fairway seem - simply wants easier US emissions targets.A countries in Latin America the prime minister that her who believe international accords hold dent`s trip to Asia in a full 18 holes or a half- ingly oblivious. full US pullout could jeopardize global efforts and Africa . best round was an impres - America back. Glimpses of Future 9 spOrts JAMMU FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2018 We are fine, Sanjay Manjrekar speaks of his ICC approves Perth Stadium to host all international formats 'cold' relationship with Sachin Tendulkar Jammu 11: event held at the ground. is a wonderful, refreshing, "The stadium is a mag - world class stadium, and I Perth Stadium is set to Jan 11 : would have loved to play un - nificent asset for the state of have no hesitation in recom - der him. Among the take over hosting duties Sanjay Manjrekar ap - WA and its sports fan," said mending that the venue is Indians, I like Mahendra from the historic WACA pears to have touched quite Cricket Australia CEO approved for staging all Singh Dhoni. I also would ground after the a few interesting topics in James Sutherland. "We very three formats of internation - have liked to play under International Cricket his autobiography much look forward to bring - al cricket," he added.The (current captain) Virat Council (ICC) approved the "Imperfect" and at the ing this big Australia- ODI between Australia and Kohli. He's an in-your-face newly-built venue to host all launch of the book on England one-day match to England will be the fifth and leader who hates losing international formats, Wednesday, the former Perth to the Stadium on 28 final match of the series, games and gets very upset Cricket Australia (CA) said India cricketer discussed January."The state-of-the- which begins on Jan. 14. It then," he said.Talking about on Thursday. big cricketing personalities art stadium will also host follows the home side's domi - his father, who featured in The 50,000-seater stadi - like Sachin Tendulkar, matches from the domestic nant 4-0 Ashes test series 55 Tests for India, the 52- um will now become the Imran Khan and his own fa - Big Bash League, Australian win.The WACA, which has year-old said: "I had no plan main venue for cricket in ther Vijay Manjrekar un - rules football and soccer. hosted cricket matches since of including him in my book Western Australia, and the equivocally. ICC match referee the early 1890s, will be at first. But then I decided to fifth one-day international Manjrekar, who played Richie Richardson said the turned into a boutique include all those who had between Australia and his last international games stadium was "world class" af - ground with a capacity of made an impact on me. The England on Jan. 28 will be in 1996, took up cricket com - ter an inspection. 10,000-15,000 by the local strongest emotion I felt the first major sporting mentary after retirement "The new Perth Stadium board. when near him was fear and quite a few times which was common (be - seemed to be critical of ar - tween father and son) in guably India's greatest bats - was Tendulkar's Test debut last Test match came said without beating those days. man and fellow in Karachi way back in 1989. against South Africa under around the bush. "The way he (the late Mumbaikar. Manjrekar re - Manjrekar, who played the captaincy of Tendulkar. A well-known voice in Vijay Manjrekar) handled vealed how things were be - 37 Tests and 74 ODIs be - Manjrekar explained why world cricket nowadays, me had a lot to do with my tween them now. "We bump tween 1987 and 1996, accord - he didn't try hard enough to Manjrekar was quick to success as a cricketer. I'm into each other at grounds. ing to many, didn't do jus - stage a return to the nation - choose Pakistan legend happy that both my chil - He looks at me. I look at him. tice to his great batting tal - al team. "I did not want to Imran Khan when asked dren have nothing to do We are fine," said ent. At one time, he was con - undergo the grind of play - who he thought was the best with cricket and I had al - Manjrekar, who scored an sidered India's most techni - ing in the Ranji Trophy to captain. "It's a no-brainer. I lowed them to chart their unbeaten century in what cally correct batsman. His regain my lost place," he am a fan of Imran Khan. I own careers." Law panel may recommend Virender Sehwag gives India just 30% bringing BCCI under RTI chance of comeback in South Africa the details including court Jan 11: New Delhi Jan 11 : Wednesday.Sehwag is of the "Don't fiddle with deliv - verdicts which suggest that The Law Commission is opinion that India should go eries outside the off-stump the body should come under Former opener mulling bringing the Board of in with six specialist bats - will be my advice to the bats - the ambit of the information Virender Sehwag reckons Control for Cricket in India men and four men. Play as straight as pos - law," a senior functionary of that India now only have Defending men's singles champion Switzerland's Roger Federer waves to the crowd during a ceremony for (BCCI) under the ambit of RTI bowlers."India can go in sible. Your 'go to' shots the panel said here. around "30 per cent chance" the official draw at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. to allow people to seek infor - with an extra batsman in should be straight drive and In July, 2016, the Supreme of making a comeback in the mation about the functioning Ajinkya Rahane. They flick. Get prepared to be Court had asked the commis - three-Test series against of the sports body. According should also try to go in with hurt by some short stuff. sion to recommend whether South Africa after losing the to a 'working paper' of the pan - four specialist bowlers. If Rather than trying to fend Nagrota Club beat the cricket board can be opening encounter by 72 North Zone Inter-Varsity el circulated to its members, India want to win, Virat off short balls, get prepared brought under the Right to runs."As of now, it looks the BCCI gets a lot of govern - (Kohli) and Rohit (Sharma) to take blows on your body," KCC Akhnoor by 4 Information Act.Before the like only 30 percent chance ment grants, including tax ex - will need to play a big role," he said." men’s TT meet begins at JU members of the panel meet to is there of making a come - wkts emptions, and offered sub - the dashing opener of yes - The tennis-ball bounce take a final call on the issue, back. It is going to be very JAMMU, Jan 11: Gourav Sharma under the sidised rates to buy lands for teryears said. in South Africa means that JAMMU, Jan 11: the commission will seek tough from now on. Also the Organised by the supervision of VK Gulati stadia. The BCCI got tax ex - Sehwag, who hit a hun - opinions of income tax experts it will be very difficult for Directorate of Sports, and Yatish Kumar. Nagrota Cricket Club emptions worth of Rs 2,100 Indian team management to help members firm up their dred on debut in any batsman to get bowled. University of Jammu (JU), The Results : Central crore in a ten-year period end - should look whether condi - registered a four runs win views.The working paper says Bloemfontein back in 2001, So one needs to stay positive the North Zone Inter- University Mohali beat ing 2007. "The report has not tions at the Centurion war - against Krishna Cricket that the BCCI can be termed as advised the team to leave as and try to score runs at the University men’s Table SMVDU Katra 3-0; yet been finalised and no final rant a place for Club (KCC) Akhnoor in the a 'public authority' under the many deliveries outside the rate of at least three runs view has been taken, but the Ravichandran Ashwin," Tennis Tournament started Kurkshetra University beat ongoing KC Sports Club existing legal framework. off-stump as possible. working paper mentions all Sehwag told India TV on per over," he concluded. today at Gymnasium Hall Thappar University Patiala (KCSC) Cup Cricket on the campus, here today. 3-0; Amity University Tournament at KC Public Out of the 14 scheduled Haryana beat SRM School (KCPS) ground, matches on the inaugural University 3-2; Chitkara Dravid lets himself go in birthday celebrations here today.Batting first, Kanwal Sports enter QFs day, none of the teams from University Punjab beat Nagrota Club set a target of J&KJ universities could GJUST Hissar 3-0; MRSPTU 111 runs, which, in reply, of Christmas Cup make it a win against the Bathinda beat BMN KCC could not chase and JAMMU, Jan 11: outside opponents. As many University Rohtak 3-0; NCU as five matches ended in Gurgaon beat PEC bundled out for 106 runs. Sports Anantnag today qualified for the quarterfinals walkovers.The teams from Chandigarh 3-2; DCRUST Vishal played fine innings of the ongoing 11th Christmas Gold Cup Football J&K universities, who lost Murthal beat Islamic of 40 runs while Vikasdeep Tournament, organised by All J&K Christian Welfare their opening matches, were University of Science and added 17 from Nagrota Association, at GGM Science College ground, here. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Technology Kashmir 3-1; Club. From KCC, Lovely In the pre-quarterfinal, Kanwal Sports defeated one of University (SMVDU) Katra PTU Jallandhar beat took two wickets.Batting the top clubs of Jammu, Vijay Club 4-2 via tie-breaker. and Islamic University of Bundhalkhand University first, Nagrota Club set a tar - Meanwhile, in the second match of the day, Param Science and Technology Jhansi by 3-0; JMI get of 111 runs, which, in re - Football Club (FC) beat Young Hero’s 1-0. It was in the 40th Kashmir.Out of the 14 University New Delhi beat ply, KCC could not chase minute when Param FC took the first lead through scheduled matches on the PAU Ludhiana 3-0; KR and bundled out for 106 Amritpal Singh, which they maintained and emerged win - ner. Since the game was neck to neck, it led to foul play from inaugural day, none of the Manglam University got runs. Later, chasing the both the sides. It resulted into punishment in the shape of teams from J&KJ universi - walkover CSKHP target, Krishna Club lost all yellow cards to Gagandeep Singh (FC), Pawandeep Singh ties could make it a win Palampur; CSJM their wickets for 106 runs. (Young Hero’s) and goalkeeper Aman Manathia (Param against the outside oppo - University Kanpur got Mrinal and Jimmy were FC). Today’s matches officiated by the technical penal in - nents. As many as five walkover Jamia Hamdard main scorers who made 20 cluding Suresh Gupta, Dheeraj Meenia, Romesh Kumar, matches ended in University Delhi; and 15 runs respectively. Jan 11 : also urged fans to get behind Singh was most unique in Rocky Sharma, Ricky Kumar, Sanjay, Hilal Ahmed and walkovers.Today’s matches University of Kashmir got Jatinder bowled brilliant the team. Watch him deliver his tribute that featured a Mohinder Kalsi. conducted by the technical walkover CCSHAU Hissar; Rahul Dravid is known spell from Nagrota Club the message here. Bollywood song. Wishing a FIXTURE: J&K Bank Academy shall take on Param FC penal including Deepak, RML University Avadh for his reserved disposition taking away five wickets. One can just hope this very happy birthday to the at 1 pm while Shaheen FC shall meet Churchill Brothers at 3 Mahit, Gurvinder, Faisabad got walkover UTU but on Thursday the birth - Later, Jatinder was de - camaraderie gets a great re - Great Wall of India.. pm. Gurpreet, Monarch Chopra, Uttrakhand; GNA day boy appeared to have a clared man of the match for sult when the team starts its #RahulDravidwhat a play - Sujay, Manisha, Pushp Phagwara got walkover good time with his charges his five wickets haul. campaign against Australia er..a song from Bollywood I Australia vs England ODIs: Surprise Lata, Meenu Rajesh and Sharda University Noida. in New Zealand, where at Mount Maunganui on wanna dedicate to u is NA India's Under-19 team January 14 and beyond. KOI HAI NA KOI recall for Cameron White after three year presently is to participate in India are placed in Group B THA.....CRICKET MAI Melbourne Jan 11 : the 2018 World Cup. alongside Australia, Papua TUMHARE JAISA.. Class Ben Stokes, Liam Livingstone in England In a picture posted by the Cameron White will fancy playing his first one-day in - New Guinea and Zimbabwe. apart outstanding batting BCCI on Twitter, the former ternational in three years after replacing the injured Chris Birthday wishes also skills and slip catcher India cricketer and current Lynn in the Australia squad for the five-match series cricket squad for New Zealand Tests poured in from several for - pic.twitter.com/QW2qCfl8h head coach of India's Under- against England beginning on Sunday.A calf injury to ex - mer and current cricketers. R Ajinkya Rahane, who was Jan 11 19 team can be seen smiling plosive batsman Lynn opened an unlikely door for 34-year- Virender Sehwag paid trib - dropped from the first Test Allrounder Ben Stokes surrounded by several old White, who played the last of his 88 ODIs in 2015 and has ute to his former team-mate against South Africa, mean - was included in England's young players. since been critical of a pro-youth policy he felt did not re - in a manner only he can. while extolled Dravid for 16-man cricket squad for And one can also see the ward the performance of senior players."Cameron's in very Sachin Tendulkar too took leading a simple and digni - their Test tour of New birthday cake rubbed across good form, as his figures demonstrate. He's playing very to Twitter to wish one of the fied life. Zealand Thursday, while his face, and that clearly sug - well," selector Trevor Hohns said in a statement on greatest Indian batsmen of I've always looked up to Lancashire batsman Liam gests The Wall, who turned Thursday, referring to White's impressive displays for all time. Both Sehwag and Rahul Bhai, not only for his Livingstone got his first call- 45 on Thursday, let himself Melbourne Renegades in this year's Big Bash League."He's Tendulkar shared photos cricket achievements but al - up. Seamer Mark Wood re - go in the spirit of the occa - one of the leading run-scorers in this season's BBL, he's ex - with Dravid from their play - so for the way he leads his turns after struggling with sion.In a video shared by the perienced, he's a very smart cricketer and he's a good field - ing days. life with simplicity and ut - injury, and Ashes underper - International Cricket er. He ticks all the boxes for what we need at this stage." However, Harbhajan most dignity. formers Mooen Ali, James Council on Twitter, Dravid White's unexpected selection ahead of Glenn Maxwell. Vince and Mark Stoneman were all retained. But Gary Ballance, Jake Roger Federer to open Australia Open against Aljaz Bedene Ball and Tom Curran, who were all part of the Australia Jan 11 : seeded after a ban and will Ricardas Berankis, or ter of the draw, while Nadal on is scheduled take on England selectors said system with Lancashire and Test squad, miss face Germany's Tatjana Novak Djokovic potentially would appear to have the France's Jessika Ponchet in he was in the frame "though over the past couple of years Roger Federer will open out.England play two Tests Maria. standing in his path in the easier section, although for - the first round, while his involvement remains with the England Lions," he his Australian Open title de - in New Zealand starting in Williams' sister Venus, quarter-finals. mer U.S. Open champion French Open champion subject to any relevant legal said. "He is a very talented fence against Slovenian Auckland on March 22 after who lost to her sibling in the Six-times Melbourne Marin Cilic looms as a last- Jelena Ostapenko was or disciplinary develop - and tough cricketer who has Aljaz Bedene next week, being thrashed 4-0 by final last year, is seeded Park champion Djokovic, eight opponent. paired with veteran ments in relation to the inci - the ideal qualities and char - while top seed Rafa Nadal, Australia in the Ashes series fourth and the 37-year-old seeded 14th after missing the If the draw goes to seed - Francesca Schiavone and dent in Bristol in acter to be successful in the the losing finalist last year, that ended in Sydney this was handed a tricky first en - back end of last season with ing, Dimitrov would face U.S Open champion Sloane September". "Should the Test arena."Selectors also was paired with Dominican week. In the chastening cam - counter against Swiss for - an elbow injury, will take on American Jack Sock in the Stephens will take on ECB receive formal confir - recalled Durham seamer Victor Estrella Burgos at the paign, Australia record four mer world number seven American lefthander last eight, with ailing world China's Zhang Shuai.f the mation that Stokes has ei - Wood, who is back in the draw on Thursday. comprehensive wins -- in - Belinda Bencic, who is 17 Donald Young in his first number five Dominic draw goes to seeding, ther been charged or that he Test squad for the first time Women's top seed cluding two innings victo - years her junior. match with mercurial Thiem, who withdrew from Dimitrov would face will face no charges, they since last year. "After a frus - Simona Halep of Romania ries and a 10-wicket tri - Men's third seed Grigor Frenchman Gael Monfils Kooyong because of illness American Jack Sock in the would convene within 48 trating period with injuries, faces Australian wildcard umph.Stokes missed the en - Dimitrov will face a qualifi - looming in round two.Men's on Thursday, taking on last eight, with ailing world hours to make a decision on Mark is now back to full fit - Destanee Aiava in the first tire series in Australia after er, with Alexander Zverev, third seed Grigor Dimitrov Zverev. number five Dominic his availability for the team ness and is looking forward round, with second seed being banned from interna - ranked fourth, playing will face a qualifier, with Britain`s Andy Murray Thiem, who withdrew from at that stage," they said. to being part of our Test Caroline Wozniacki starting tional duties while police in - Italian Thomas Fabbiano Alexander Zverev, ranked and Japan's Kei Nishikori Kooyong because of illness Livingstone was reward - plans," said Whitaker. "He out against Halep's compa - vestigate his alleged role in a but with 2014 champion Stan fourth, playing Italian have already withdrawn on Thursday, taking on ed for his form with will play a significant part in triot Mihaela Buzarnescu. fight outside a nightclub in Wawrinka, returning after Thomas Fabbiano but with from the championships and Zverev. Lancashire, with National our forthcoming ODI tour of Serena Williams will not Bristol three months ago. surgery, in his section of the 2014 champion Stan women's world number Australia's sole men's Selector James Whitaker Australia and we will be pay - defend the women's title hav - He kept his hand in by draw. Wawrinka, returning after three Garbine Muguruza seed, Nick Kyrgios, takes on saying they had been watch - ing close attention to his ef - ing had her first child last playing for Canterbury, his Young gun Zverev had surgery, in his section of the has twice pulled out of tour - Brazilian Rogerio Dutra ing him for some time. "Liam forts over the next few year but 2008 champion New Zealand birth province, little luck in his first draw.Federer also has Milos naments over the last two Silva and local women's 18th has been a player that we weeks."England play five Maria Sharapova, who for a month, but has since re - Australian Open draw as a Raonic, Juan Martin del weeks due to leg cramps and seed Ashleigh Barty takes have been impressed with one-dayers against failed a drugs test at the tour - turned home to be with his top five seed with either Potro, David Goffin and a thigh problem. on Belarusian Aryna for quite some time, having Australia, starting in nament in 2016, is back un - wife and young family. Wawrinka, who plays Tomas Berdych in his quar - The Wimbledon champi - Sabalenka. performed well in the county Melbourne on Sunday. 10 entertainment JAMMU FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2018 Aishwarya Rai Fukrey Returns box office collection day 34: Bigg Boss 11: Luv Tyagi Bachchan may be REALLY wanted to see the leading lady The comedy film crosses the Rs 80 crore mark this eliminated in Jasmine contestant in the finale

The elimination of Luv Tyagi a few days back from the Bigg Boss 11 has been the most talked about one so far. The boy from Gurgaon bid the show good-bye after he was voted out during the mall task. The young man is pretty satisfied with his journey inside the house and EX - CLUSIVELY told Bollywood Life, “It is okay, yaar! I am happy I made it to the 14th week, the semi-finale week. I am satisfied. Yes, kahin na kahin disappointment rehti hai (There is some disappointment somewhere). It is like there is just one more week left to go. But then, it is ok.”Now, it is confirmed that Hina Khan, Shilpa Shinde, Director Mrighdeep Singh crores, Fukrey Returns has be - thrilled. The team is over - change and the world is only Vikas Gupta and Puneesh Sharma have made it to the fi - Lamba’s Fukrey Returns has come one of the most profitable joyed. I am happiest for my di - getting smaller and the stage nale. Of course, Luv also wanted to be finale. When managed to remain in its fifth ventures of 2017. The film rector Mrig because he de - bigger. I am proud to be part of Bollywood Life asked him to name another contestant week at the box office. The bud - which features the ensemble serves this. Happy to see the this change. To the team of ex - whom he felt was finale matter, he said, “Apart from me, I dy comedy, which is playing in cast of Pulkit Samrat, Manjot film being loved so extensively cel and my brilliant producers think Sapna (Chaudhary). That was why I never told minimal screens has crossed Singh, Ali Fazal, Varun and to see everyone going out Ritesh and Farhan sir, I thank them ke mujhe save karo (please save me). They decided the Rs 80 crore mark at the tick - Sharma, Priya Anand, in numbers to see and enjoy them for always being there for to do it. It was really sweet and nice of them. et window. Trade analyst Vishakha Singh, Pankaj the film.” Also, Ali Fazal stat - us.” By looking at the tremen - Unfortunately, Sapna had to exit the show. I really regret Taran Adarsh shared the col - Tripathi and Richa Chadha ed,”I had a feeling and I re - dous response, the makers of that Sapna had to leave for me. She went for me. It was a lections on his Twitter ac - has managed to impress the member telling a friend – we’re the film, Farhan Akhtar and big thing.” He says that he will be friends with Benafsha count, “#FukreyReturns audience and critics with its a part of a change. Everyone Riteish Sidhwani are planning Soonawalla, Sapna, Priyank and Hina outside of the crosses 80 cr mark… IN - bang on comic timing. The film one of us in this film.. the 100 for the third part of this suc - house.The young man also told that he is overwhelmed CREDIBLE… [Week 5] Fri 12 has joined the success of likes crore mark is just a small mile - cessful franchise, which is in - by his newfound popularity. “I mean people are recognis - lakhs, Sat 17 lakhs, Sun 23 of Judwaa, Housefull, Golmaal stone for the history books and deed a great news for all the ing me on the streets. It is kind of new for me. I am just lakhs, Mon 9 lakhs, Tue 8 as one of the most successful the soothsayers of Bollywood. movie buffs. Are you excited trying to understand the whole situation. Let us see what lakhs, Wed 8 lakhs. Total: franchises in the comedy The people who sit back and for Fukrey 3? Share your happens in the future.” He also spoke about the anthems. 80.13 cr. India biz.”Made on the space. Speaking about this predict and decide people’s ca - thoughts in the comment sec - moderate budget of Rs 22 Richa said,”I am really reers. The times are going to tion below. “It is really sweet of people. I love you all,” he says. Sunny Deol’s Mohalla Assi finally gets Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter clearance for release from Delhi high court Suhana gets clicked while Chandraprakash Dwivedi said, “The court ordered the film to be released after muting one word. No cuts rustling up some instant or modifications were peculations are rife that Anushka Sharma was asked for, which raises the offered KriArj Entertainment’s Jasmine. But re - question why did the exam - noodles and the internet Scently, Anushka’s spokesperson rubbished ru - ining and reviewing com - mours and said that producers had never offered mittees of the CBFC object Jasmine to Anushka. While the guessing game is still in the first place. It seems on, officials declare that nothing has been finalised at the guidelines for certifica - can’t get enough of her this point. Shree Narayan Singh, who is director of the tion are being misinter - movie, officially declared, “We are in the process of preted by the CBFC.” When casting for Jasmine and are in discussions with asked to him that ex-chief Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. However, it’s too soon to Pahlaj Nihlani might have comment at this stage. Casting for a film is a creative been the reason for process that cannot be rushed into. An official an - Mohalla Assi’s delay, he nouncement will be made soon once things have been replied, “I don’t know what finalised.” Thus they confirm that they are in talks the agenda was, but every with Aishwarya. Previously, when rumours were rife possible attempt was made about Anushka’s involvement in the movie, producer by the CBFC and the FCAT Prernaa Arora declined all the news and quoted, to delay the film.” “Anushka Sharma is one of the finest actors of our Chandraprakash Dwivedi time. Every producer wants her to helm their film. We also talked about his con - had earlier expressed that it would be great to have her in Jasmine but we would like to clarify that we had nev - cern for other filmmakers, er approached Anushka to do the film. The rumours who have suggested the are completely untrue and we vehemently refute this Shyam Benegal committee information.” Now, we can only wait, till the officials to introduce more cate - take a decision. Jasmine is an out-of-the-box movie gories for the films, where which deals with surrogacy. Akshay Kumar’s Toilet: Sunny Deol and Sakshi Tanwar-starrer explicit content, which will hurt communi - the films can be certified without altering Ek Prem Katha fame director, Shree Narayan Singh Mohalla Assi, which was not getting ap - ties and their sentiments. Director of the film, their script. “The system has worsened, the told Mumbai Mirror, “It is inspired by a real-life story proval for its release from CBFC for last two Chandraprakash Dwivedi, who fought for board may have a new chairperson, but I of a woman in Gujarat who doesn’t want to have chil - years, has been finally cleared by the Delhi over two years for its release says that film - don’t think how the CBFC functions will dren but decides to become a surrogate mother for High Court. The film, which is based on makers need to be prepared for a legal battle if change. Every filmmaker may have to pre - someone else. After a point, she gets attached to the Kashinath Singh’s novel, Kashi Ka Assi, was they want to certify their films. In an inter - pare for a prolonged legal battle with the child and wants the child back.” objected to by the CBFC due to its abusive and view with Hindustan Times, CBFC for certification.” Bigg Boss 11: Instagram fans pick Hina Khan over Shilpa Shinde as the winner of Salman Khan’s show

The grand finale of Hina here too, like she has been Bigg Boss 11 will take place doing on all the other polls. this Sunday (January 14) However, in our Instagram poll, and out of the 19 contestants Hina has received the 56 per that set foot inside the cent of votes, while Shilpa has house, Shilpa Shinde, Hina 44 per cent. Check out the Khan, Vikas Gupta and screenshot right here:Talking Recently, Shah Rukh Khan bade goodbye to daughter Suhana as she Puneesh Sharma have man - about the grand finale of Bigg went back to London for her studies. Now, a picture of Suhana mak - aged to become the four fi - Boss 11, all the evicted contest - ing Maggi has leaked out and as expected, social media is going nalists.The winner will be ants will re-unite. There are gaga over it. Her picture will surely remind you of those days when announced this Sunday some dance performances in the pack of instant noodles came to your rescue. The picture shows (January 14). At this stage, store for the viewers. In fact, a cheerful Suhana cooking with a beautiful smile on her face. Shah fans of Shilpa, Hina, Vikas Arshi Khan and Hiten Tejwani Rukh recently posted a picture with both Suhana and Arayan and and Puneesh are making have already started rehears - wrote, “Holidays as they say should really be given a speeding tick - sure that their favourite ing for their act, as we told you et…hate dropping my kids to the airport….when holidays end…” contestant comes out of the that the two will be doing a sexy We guess daddy Shah Rukh will be happy to see Suhana smiling. house as the winner. Going act. And then there is Akshay Check out the picture here… Lately, Suhana has been making head - by the voting trend on social Kumar and Sonam Kapoor, lines for her pictures, where she flaunted a floral printed soft pink media, Shilpa is leading who will share the stage with lehenga by Seema Khan and matching phool maang-tikka. While with a huge margin. But Salman Khan as they will pro - Aryan is studying in California, Suhana is finishing her school in surprisingly that is not the mote their upcoming film, London. Unlike Aryan, Suhana wants to join Bollywood soon. In an case on our official Padman. How excited are you interview with a leading magazine, talking about her decision to Instagram page. So we de - for the grand finale of Bigg Boss take up films, Shah Rukh said, “If she has the passion and guts to cided to run a poll and asked 11? Let us know in the com - work five times harder than me and get paid 10 times less than I do.” our followers to pick be - ments below and stay tuned for He further added, “I want her to experience what my female co- tween Shilpa and Hina. We all the latest update on the stars have gone through. My daughter will be an actor like them expected Shilpa to beat show. and I want to feel the pain.” 11 natiOn JAMMU FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2018

the floods of 2014 and the situation in 2016, Dr Drabu said the Gadkari said. Claiming that stopping such developmental RBI approved a loan restructuring package for borrowers work has become a habit, Gadkari wondered what has the in the state. “In deference to our Chief Minister, I have de - Navy got to do with the Malabar Hill area which is primari - Govt committed to safeguard the cided to rollout a "CM's Business Interest Relief Scheme". ly a private residential zone also having official residences For all the RBI approved restructured accounts, the of Maharashtra governor and chief minister. "Where is the Government will contribute one third of the total interest Navy at Malabar Hill? There is no Navy at Malabar Hill and payment of all these borrowers. In other words, one third of the Navy has nothing to do in the area," Gadkari said and in - the monthly instalment will be paid by the state vited the Navy for talks to resolve the issue. Gadkari said he interests of consumers: Zulfkar Government and two thirds will be paid by the borrowers,” chairs a committee for stalled infrastructure projects, he said and added that it is a conscientious and caring budg - adding that projects are cleared "as soon as they come on the Directs for establishing Price Monitoring Units at district level et reaching out to every section of the society. agenda". "We are the government. The Navy and the Defence Ministry are not the government," he added. GOF Staff Reporter HC Stays JAMMU, JANUARY 11: J&K’s Accesion reasonableness. The government could have justified Government is commit - its action by stating that some inquiry was pending against rightly showcased by this exhibition through the pic - ted to safeguard the inter - the petitioner or that he involved himself into a conduct un - tures," said Sharma. Asked about the presence of divisive ests of consumers, for becoming of a person manning a post and so on and so forth. elements in the state, Sharma said the prime minister and which, several revolution - This could have, at least, given a semblance of fairness to the people of Kashmir had been giving them befitting ary measures have been ini - the order. It is not seen to have been done in the action pro - replies over the years. "And more such replies will follow," tiated. This was stated by posed and taken by the Government. Justice is not only law said Sharma. He urged the youth to visit the exhibition to Minister for Food, Civil and its administration but it is, in any case, above law and is know more about the accession of then 'riyasats' (princely Supplies and Consumer done to save an individual from whatever he/she seeks pro - states) to the Indian Union. The exhibition features rare Affairs (FCS&CA) and tection. Our country is a welfare State where everyone is— documents like The Treaty of Lahore -- March 11, 1846; The Tribal Affairs, Chowdhary as far as possible looked after. Any law, which has to be ad - Treaty of Amritsar -- March 16, 1846; the Instrument of Zulfkar Ali today while ministered, has to be administered on the basis of princi - Accession -- October 27, 1947; and the Standstill Agreement chairing a review meeting ples of justice. Says Voltaire, "The sentiment of justice is so between the newly independent dominions of India and on working of Consumer natural, so universally acquired by all mankind, that it Pakistan and the Princely states of the British India prior to Affair Department. During seems to me independent of all law, all party, all religion". their integration in the new dominion. Starting today, the What requires to be added to this is what Jeremy Tailor exhibition will be open for free public viewing on all days. the meeting, threadbare dis - redressing their problems. formed about various activ - ernment departments relat - said, "No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or cussion was held on apt im - The Minister, while calling ities of enforcement wing ed to consumer affairs and to use the sharpest sentence. A just man does justice to every plementation of Essential for further strengthening of and Legal Metrological laws to protect their inter - Mehbooba man and to everything and then if he be also wise, he knows Commodities Act and the Consumer Forums in Department along with ests. The Minister called for there is a debt of mercy and compassion due to the infirmities regret to say that," the governor had said. Abdullah said Consumer Protection Act to the state, said that govern - measures taken to control launching an extensive me - of man's nature; and that is to be paid". I do not presume to be that as far as welfare schemes were concerned, people provide yardsticks for bet - ment is committed to secure over charging of products, dia campaign to create wiser than these two wise men, to add anything here, but the would not have been on the roads if they were getting their ter protection of the inter - the rights of the consumer short weightment, adulter - awareness on different is - action of the Government does not appear to be transparent. due. "Whether it is in Jammu or in Kashmir. People are ests of consumers. The besides providing them ation and various consumer sues concerning consumer No reasons for making such an order have been given. The holding protests. People are demanding their rights. People Minister assessed the with a strong, accessible concerns related to essen - rights and applicable laws. order does not seem to be reasonable or in the public interest. are not getting their rights," he said. The former chief min - progress made in last three grievances redressal mech - tial commodities like LPG, The meeting was at - It has not been stated by the learned Advocate General that ister said that had the government undertaken develop - years in different sectors anism. The Minister em - petrol, drugs, fertiliz ers in - tended by Commissioner any inquiry has been initiated against the petitioner and as a ment work, it would not have been forced to postpone elec - and asked the concerned of - phasized upon the need for cluding selling of books and Secretary FCS&CA, sequel thereto, the order impugned has been passed. tions in Anantnag. On the Centre's special representative ficers to submit comprehen - checking adulteration of uniforms. Ch Zulfkar exhort - Mehraj-ud-Din Khan, Petitioner is aggrieved of and impugns the Government or - Dineshwar Sharma, Abdullah said "if he does good work, re - sive report of past achieve - various items like milk, ed upon the officers to en - Director FCS&CA, der no.45-GAD of 2018 dated 6th January 2018, whereby he sults will be before us. It will be premature to give him a cer - ments and future course of drugs, petrol etc. He also re - sure that the traders are Kashmir, Nisar Ahmad has been relieved of the duties of the post of the Director, tificate of his work. First we have to see what is his mission. action. Ch Zulfkar directed viewed the functioning of charging a reasonable price Wani, Director FCS&CA, SKIMS and Ex-Officio Secretary to Government, with imme - And then we will know whether he has done right work". to constitute Price District Consumer Forums for their product while main - Jammu, Ch Rashid Azam diate effect and directed to report to the General Monitoring Unit at district and sought detailed report taining the quality. The Inqalabi, Controller LMD, R Administration Department. Justice MK Hanjura after hear - level to be equipped with fa - on consumer grievances re - meeting also decided to hold K Katoch, Joint Controller Dy CM Hails ing both the sides in length observed that kooking on the en - cilities such as toll free dressal mechanism along consumer affairs awareness LMD Jammu V S Sambyal, tire gamut of the controversy raised in the petition on hand, State Legislature today has the potential of catapulting number, computers, and in - with services provided to programmes in every dis - Joint Controller LMD the order of attachment of the petitioner prima facie does not the growth indices of the state by ensuring holistic and sus - ternet facility to register the consumers by both govern - trict to spread awareness Kashmir, Amar Singh be - appear to have been passed by the appointing authority. The tained economic growth. He said that it will ensure that the complaints of consumers ment and the private hospi - among the people about their sides other senior func - Advertisement Notification, by which the applications were economy of the state gets the requisite boost and it comes up and expedite the process of tals. The meeting was in - rights, role of different gov - tionaries of the department. invited from Indian Nationals for the position of Director as one of the most vibrant economies of the country. Every Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, makes section of the society like industrialists, horticulturists, this position beaming, blazing and lucent. Para 5 of the employees, journalists have been given due attention by Notification running under the head "Appointing taking care of their needs and aspirations in the budget, he DDC discusses City Development Plan Authority" provides that the Governing Body of SKIMS shall added. He said that these types of welfare budgets are nor - be the Appointing Authority for the post of Director. The or - mally presented by the governments during the election - Rehabilitation plan for displaced families approved der of the attachment does not appear to have been passed by eering year but the government has presented it well before the appointing authority. With these observations, Justice that with the motive of implementing it in toto so that the MK Hanjura stayed the impugned order no.45-GAD of 2018 people of the state get benefited from it. GOF Staff Reporter Park to be established over household in Khasra No 261. that available land within dated 6th January 2018 till next date of hearing before the RAJOURI, JANUARY 11: an area of 35 Kanals which Housing assistance involves municipal lands will be ac - Bench. However, this order shall be subject to objections Lost Bag will be a major recreation Rs 2.50 Lakh. Pertinently, Rs quired for public infrastruc - from other side. List on 31st January 2018. JNF District Development facility. Establishment of 25,000 cash assistance and ture. Fencing of state land Kumar son of late Mela Ram Sharma of PWD Colony in Commissioner, Dr Shahid two parking lots and con - one month ration apart from measuring 431 Kanal in the Kathua that his niece namely Sharuti Sharma daughter of Iqbal Choudhary today re - struction of circular road temporary accommodation vicinity of town was also dis - J&K Assembly Ram Dass Sharma of Shaheedi Chowk in Kathua was going viewed the City from new bridge to Tariq was provided to all six fami - cussed and revenue officials rushed into the Well of the House. They waved banners from Jammu to Delhi by Indigo Airline on November 17, Development Plan for con - bridge was also finalised lies already. The committee were directed for further with messages - 'make administrative units functional' and 2017 lost her red color bag Safari made containing silver struction of public ameni - DPR for which has already of officers also discussed mapping of state land and raised slogans creating ruckus. "The way government is utensils, diamond platinum ring costing around 2.5 Lacs, ties and infrastructure and been prepared. Parking lots construction of alternate common lands for retrieval working you won't see us here inside the House," Devender Mangalsutar, ATM Cards Credit cards, Pan Cards, 01 pair of also approved the rehabili - will be established on land road for old district hospitals and necessary legal action. Rana told the House and after half-an-hour long protest NC Golden earring, one branded goggle, 120 Dollars and brand - tation plan for the displaced measuring 50 Kanals at two in view of establishment of 2 Some of the persons involved and Congress staged a walkout. The previous Omar ed cloths weighing total 11 Kgs. By the strenuous efforts of families. The meeting was locations. Discussion was major institutions, foot-over in sale of state land have also Abdullah government had set up 659 administrative units Police Team of Police Station Satwari and Indigo Airlines attended by SSP Yougal also held regarding estab - Bridge for Govt Boys Higher been identified during the in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014. Speaking to reporters out - today the said bag was found in Pune Airport. The said bag Manhas, CPO A H lishment of bus stand for Secondary School and ongoing investigation it was side, Rana said the functional administrative units were a was brought back to Jammu Airport and the said bag hand - Choudhary, ACD Noor Mughal road, and vehicles widening of Gujjar Mandi revealed in the meeting. tool of governance and the government had failed to make ed over to the legal heirs along with all the valuable items. Alam, ACR Abdul Qayoom bound for Darhal and road apart from other vital Meanwhile district adminis - them functional. "The delay raises many questions regard - Mir, DSWO Dr Abdul Thanamandi routes. developmental projects. tration has appealed all the ing the political motivation of the BJP as the issue is hang - Vigilance Khabir, AD FCS&CA Javed Meanwhile, the rehabili - Department of Revenue, sections of society to cooper - ing decision despite assurances held out in the Legislative Iqbal, Dy Registrar tation plan for 6 families dis - PWD, Municipality along ate with law enforcement au - Assembly and in various forums," Rana said. He alleged N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here today. Gupta briefed Cooperatives Waqar Talib, located on account of re-de - with BRO will develop the thorities in removal of en - that the government was delaying the functioning of Governor about the main features of the 4th Annual Report of Tehsildar Salam Din, BDO velopment plan was also fi - plan for organised develop - croachments from vital pub - 'Tehsil' (administrative units), as it was created by the J&K State Vigilance Commission which has been tabled in Z A Kaifi and other officers nalised providing establish - ment of amenities in town in lic utilities especially roads Omar Abdullah led Government. "If urgency can be shown the Upper House and the special efforts which are being made of the department. District ment of houses under a time-bound manner during and markets to decongest the by the PDP in posting Assistant Commissioner in to dispose off the pending inquiries before the Commission Administration approved Government schemes in - current financial year. It was town and providing public Bhaderwah despite non-availability of any such post what and to enhance the accountability of the administrative sys - the construction of City volving 10 Marla land per also decided in the meeting infrastructure. is the problem in making duly created Jindrah Tehsil func - tem. Governor advised the Chief Vigilance Commissioner tional, he asked. Opposition NC and Congress also raked up (CVC) to speed up the processes of the Commission to see that the issue of the strike in the state's most premier institute the corrupt elements, particularly those occupying senior SKIMS for last few days resulting in shut down medical echelons, are effectively dealt with, if transparency is to be in - CONT FROM PAGe 1 services causing difficulties to the patients. They walked in - troduced in the functioning of the public institutions. to the Well of the House and staged a walkout alleging unsat - Budget major relief for the state employees and pensioners, Dr isfactory reply by the Minister for Health Bali Bhagat. The CM Welcomes Drabu said the government will set up a corpus fund of Rs minister said that OPD was functioning at the hospital and half of the last quarter of the current fiscal while the 12,000 crore, which will be used for making timely GPF pay - efforts were being made to end the strike. developmental premise. She said based on the feedback central budget is taking place a month later. “We were the ments to the Government employees in future. “To express from her public outreach programmes, Rs. 200 crore have first state to move from the archaic Plan-Non Plan my gratitude to all the employees of the state Government, I been earmarked for drinking water supply in the State besides Expenditure to Capital and Revenue Expenditure which am announcing release of 1 per cent Dearness Allowance HC Dismiss Rs. 50 crore for completing around 1000 ongoing schemes. was followed by other states. All the systematic changes due to the employees from 1st July, 2017. Our Government entails dismissal and accordingly, the same is dis - This, she said, depicts the developmental intervention this been made so far have started paying off,” he said and added is already committed to the implementation of 7th Pay missed and the judgment of the trail Court is upheld. Government has thought of for changing the socio economic that a new, robust, sustainable and people-friendly finan - Commission Recommendations from April 1, 2018, which Justice MK Hanjura observed that 14. Before parting it profile of the State. Mehbooba Mufti said the budget, by fo - cial architecture is taking shape in the State. Amid thun - will be effective from 1st January, 2016,” he said, adding needs to be said in an apparent digression that while leafing cussing on panchayats, has fully displayed the commitment of derous applause from the Treasury benches, the Finance that the various anomalies in different departments will be through the file, I was sadly reminded of Sarmad's commit her Government to strengthen local self government in the Minister said that it is perhaps for the first time in the budg - addressed during the course of implementation of 7th Pay when he was sent to the gallows, of which I offer a tame State at political, administrative and financial levels. etary history of J&K that the revised estimates for the cur - Revision. In line with it, being an employee friendly translation: "Long years since Mansur's voice was heard, rent year are much better than the budget estimates pre - Government, we recently reduced the eligibility for full Which now has grown faint; I must revive it now with the Suspected sented last year. “Revenue Estimates envisaged to be Rs pension from 28 years of qualifying service to 20 years of help of The headman's binding ropes And block of wood."I 9931 crore, have been exceeded and in the process, we have qualifying service. This measure alone will benefit more am anguished that while we speak of, and about, improve - was detained with the help of some locals, who had com - crossed the Rs 10,000 crore mark of own tax collection,” he than half of the number of employees on the rolls of the ment for in house renovation of our Judicial system, the plaint that some thief lifted their goods from outside the shop said. “When I took over as the Finance Minister, there were Government, as they were denied full pension for want of outer world of social, ethical, political, philosophically and from last some times. “Locals kept eye in the market during huge departmental liabilities of more than Rs 11000 crores qualifying service. As a major social security initiative for even mythological opinion is throwing challenges to our night as well and last night apprehended a suspiciously roam - of which Rs 7,000 crore were of power and Rs 4,000 crore the children who lose their parents, “unmarried daugh - very fundamentals- so many so much that even self evident ing and handed over to the local police,” said the sources. The across all departments. Today, the departmental liabilities ters” of the employees, who were hitherto not entitled to re - theories along with the legal system are now in peril of their business men have appealed police to apprehend his accom - have come down to just Rs 600 crore or so of works done and ceive pension, have now been made eligible to receive pen - life from such attacks. This case started on its odyssey some plice in the crime so that gang of thieves could be arrested. power purchase liabilities have been reduced to a little sion once the employee and his/her spouse is no more. when in September, 2000. The accused was acquitted in more than Rs 3,000 crore,” he said. The Finance Minister “This is a step towards promoting gender equity as well. November, 2004. The case has wended its course, by now for Two Drug said the State was facing an unfunded resource gap of over Also, the Group Mediclaim Insurance Policy which, unlike more than 17 years, the accused tottering and doddering his Rs 3,000 crore. “As the year comes to an end, I have a surplus in the past covered only gazetted employees, will now also way to register his presence in the Court alone and forlorn. district and during checking, two people identified as of more than Rs 1300 crore. The fiscal deficit which is re - be available to the Government employees including pen - The appeal remained pending in the High Court for about 13 Tawkeer Ahmad Hajam, a resident of Check-Ganastan and garded to be the single most important indicator of fiscal sioners and accredited journalists. Given the fact that there years during the tardy and doubtful course of this long de - Jameel Ahmad Hajam, a resident of Rakhi Shilwat were ar - performance, was estimated at around 9.5 per cent but has are 4.5 lakh employees, and about 1.5 lakh pensioners, this lay. God's delay may not be denials but the delay of, and, in rested, the police officer said. Police have registered a case actually turned out to be around 5.7 per cent; an improve - insurance cover extends to about 30 lakh people,” he said Courts are certainly so. Reasons are numerous and endless. against them and an investigation is underway, he said. ment of nearly 400 basis points. This is unprecedented,” he and added that even the BPL families would be now covered The bulk of cases, the volume of cases with which each said and added it indicates that systems, which were in a under the insurance. To cater to the rural areas of the State Judge has to deal day in and day out, the paucity of Judges Working state of disarray, have started stabilizing and functioning where the government employees are reluctant to get post - and so on and so forth but in the ultimate analysis the liti - in a better way now. “Because of a well-run financial set up, ed, the Finance Minister said such a practice impacted the gant becomes a casualty. This judgment has been an - seize the strategic opportunity through trade and in - we are able to take decisions that change lives of the people service delivery. “In order to incentivise transfers and post - nounced by Vacation Judge Sanjeev Kumar. JNF vestment to become an alternative hub for US business in for good, especially of the most vulnerable and margin - ings in rural areas, Government shall come out with a the Indo-Pacific region," he said, adding that Trump's poll alised. We hiked the minimum wages of the working class scheme to incentivise the postings in the remote areas. slogan 'America First' and the Centre's flagship initiative substantially and a new category of highly skilled worker Besides having rational framework of allowances, it will al - Won’t Give 'Make in India' are not incompatible. was introduced and Rs 400 was fixed as the minimum so have a built-in incentive for postings in the rural areas, come to me, asking for a plot (of land). I will not give wage,” the Finance Minister said. While announcing a slew while dis-incentivising "deployment" in urban areas,” he even an inch of land. Please don't come to me again," India, Pak of measure for the socially and economically disadvantaged said. The Finance Minister said the last few years have been Gadkari said. "Everyone wants to build quarters and flats sections of the society, Dr Drabu said the State Government very damaging for business in general. “Be it tourism, man - on south Mumbai's prime land. We do respect you (Navy), NSA-level engagement is part of operational-level talks. We under the leadership of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti ufacturing, or household enterprises, all are in one kind of a but you should go to the Pakistan border and do patrolling." have said terror and talks cannot go together, but talks on terror have woven a social security net around the poorest of the distress or the other. First the localised factors; floods of A few important and senior officials can stay in Mumbai, can definitely go ahead," Kumar added. The meeting between poor, insured their lives, protected them against disability, 2014, and then the disturbances of 2016, then came the policy Gadkari said, adding that land on the eastern seafront being the two NSAs took place in Thailand nearly three weeks ago. disease and death, provided for their children’s education shock of demonetisation which was followed by a major tax jointly developed by the state-run Mumbai Port Trust and and given them access to small credit. “I am sure this will regime change, the Goods and Services Tax. The short term the Maharashtra government, would be utilised only for the Forces make life simpler and more secure for 3 lakh families; that disruptive influence has been more pronounced on the benefit of local citizens. South Mumbai is home to a sizeable is 15 lakh people,” Dr Drabu said. To revive the traditional SMEs all around the country, more so in J&K,” he said. presence of the Navy and houses the headquarters of the one AK-47 rifle, one magazine, 400 rounds of AK rifle, one pis - handicrafts industry of Kashmir, Dr Drabu said the govern - “Considering the importance of industries for employ - Western Naval Command, as well as the naval residential tol with magazine, one hand grenade and two IED circuits, the of - ment is setting aside Rs 5 crore each to the Handicraft ment generation, I also propose an incentive for SMEs and quarters at Navy Nagar in Colaba. Berths for naval ships ficer said, adding that a case was registered in this connection. Development and Handloom Development Corporations industrial units to get them listed at SME Exchange and oth - are close to the Port Trust assets used by merchant ships. for raw material and inventory upgradation. “This will set er Stock Exchanges in the country to raise capital through Over a period time, a lot of cargo handling has moved out of Drug Peddler them on a path of recovery and from there we will clean IPOs or other market tools. I make an initial budgetary pro - the Mumbai Port, one of the oldest ports in the country. "I their balance sheets and restructure their business opera - vision of Rs. 1.00 crore and will provide additional money, if heard that you (Navy) gave a stay to the floating jetty plan at arrested from Phinder village in Miran Sahib area and a tions as is underway in the case of J&K HPMC,” he said. In a required,” he said. 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Budget fails to fulfill commitments fulfill failsto Budget G.A.Mir ofAlliance: underAgenda made n the state to turn euphor- n a bid to address privacy bid to n a dentification Authority of tating that it provides no t was the 4th budget of the nen, h UDI on UIDAI the oncerns, rinagar, Jan 11(KNS):      )     * ut rightly fails to imple- rfcto, nta of instead erification, SIM including urposes, older can generate from its ew concept of 'Virtual ID', hursday termed govern- hulam Ahmad Mir told ebsite and give for various ih n Aadhaar-card an hich ent’s budget announce- dedy nrdcd a introduced ednesday T A he state Congress on day after the Unique o t not migrate to the new sys- from their users. Agencies ID that do Virtual the cept ac- to authentication take for all agencies that under- compulsory be will it 2018 i e v f tr acpig t from it March 1, 2018. From June 1, accepting start will body Aadhaar-issuing the and number Aadhaar person's a to mapped ber ocable 16 digit random num- will be a temporary and rev- ID Virtual The generated. is one fresh a once celled can- automatically gets ID older The wants. she or he erate as many Virtual IDs as Officials said a user can gen- enough for any verification. p t b t t g d I t s m f a a B its unholy nexus with the t government. “At that time, s Alliance that BJP and PDP made in the Agenda of n ment. Ironically, there are Congress chief said. b assistance in this year’s inancial inancial disincentives. The ng ng Aadhaar details of more ails ails like name, address and em to offer this additional this offer to em horised agency like a mo- a like agency horised he user would give any au- etcto. h Virtual The hentication. D, which would be a ran- a be would which D, unds from Modi govern- he PDP tried to legitimize tipulated deadline will face rs rs on Whatsapp were offer- igned in 2015 to form the te wt boerc of biometrics with ether ption to their users by the ealed ealed that anonymous sell- oorp, hc are which hotograph, de- limited company, ile m 6dgt ubr to- number, 16-digit om n unprecedented flow of nd Kashmir would witness udget as well,” the o traces of any financial JP stating that the Jammu ove came after reports re- M ir added that the a "classical case of dual uses t D c ubr o ces public services and benefits. access to number people to link their Aadhaar forcing from government that petitions stop the to court the wants of bunch he tweeted. The (sic)," SC is hearing a Technology of C w p s that the data is fully safe and A that there has not been any oges spokesperson Manish Tewari termed it as said. Congress Chidambaram ed," bolt- have horses after ble security layer is like locking the sta- service New many providers. with ber al- ready shared Aadhaar num- have persons of lions mil- compulsion, "Under after done. already was damage mistake the its rectify that to trying was Government stating ture fea- security new Centre's took to Twitter to mock the Chidambaram on Thursday f ehooy. "Aadhaar Technology". of T t s n Aadhaar number. UIDAI de- d the Aadhaar card of any in- o for market the in available t claimed report The 500. Rs c than a billion Indians in ex- e one, all the bottles were t say it is old wine in new bot- a due for the state of Jammu i p i w NHM employees and Asha t the state as it has no men- i stoic silence over address- budget has maintained a o spy/ surveill & police peo- he existence of a software, . o dsge t b a be to designed Not y. ecure. ic services thru an identi- ommenced to enable RESI- s that it was already over- s beating the trumpet of 7th ng the unemployment in hange of a meagre sum of sum meagre a of hange les as right from the day ion of Aganwadi workers, nly Rs 300, which can print vda b etrn their entering by ividual le online & offline. That is ied the report and assured mpty,” Mir said. nd Kashmir. We can’t even OOL for big brother state lassical Case of dual uses ay commission but the fact ENTS of India to access ba- dar aa rah and breach data adhaar a i hs become. has it hat orkers. “The government C nrs lae P leader ongress l is reeling under the turbu- c stitutions of the state into a c as the present regime has a m i K the state. “Jammu and b plementing the previous e further slammed the gov- ent times,” Mir said. (KNS) ronically not even imple- omplete mess and the state onverted the financial in- rnment over not even im- nnouncements in the state udget announcements in Visitors check out the books at a stall in World BookFairVisitors checkoutthebooksatastallin atPragatiMaidaninNewDelhi. government employees are Qayoom Wani told KNS that the Abdul state Committee (EJAC), Action Joint The President of the Employees friendly. employee stating that the budget was while war without victory of 7th pay commission as a m g K p Srinagar, Jan 11(KNS): State employees term 7th pay commission pay 7th term employees State announcement ‘Victory without War’ without ‘Victory announcement ashmir government has ented its previous budget vrmn’ announce- overnment’s oes n am and Jammu in loyees smr ae emd the termed have ashmir ent over implementation over ent The state Congress chief T e oenet em- government he 

 J t thankful to the chief minis- if if the government in today’s readying were ployees ry without war,” Wani said. mission. For us, it is a victo- n t b i e b p themselves themselves to hit the streets K unveiled by the Jammu and t unemployment problem, in o t Y K J No framework to check rising onbudget unemployment: Tarigami te mlye friendly employee the s er and finance minister of te oenet o an- for government the o s of the state. “In general, it ammu, Jan 11(PTI) mu n Ksmr for Kashmir and ammu hat there was no suggestion udget and we are thankful enefits the common mass- that budget the resenting e s 033 rr budget crore 80,313 Rs he ouncing the 7th pay com- pay 7th the ouncing f a framework to tackle the uu Trgm alleged Tarigami ousuf ashmir government today. la, Mohammad ulgam, e de ta te em- the that added He P() L from MLA CPI(M) s t n an- have wouldn’t budget p a c d M ttd ntig bu the about anything stated w demand that SRO 520 relat- we Further, same. the veal re- to it want We mission. arrears of the 7th pay com- inability of the government h of employment generation," p sector is the only area which v problem. In absence of other t address to suggested been " c He said. Tarigami ation," b be to seems future the ties i w t m cases regarding payment of ugtr spot should support budgetary i ion of the 7th pay commis- ion to the government em- ommission arrears which n creating such opportuni- g n vr dsrc and district every in ng i hg ad vulnerable and huge his ance under various social various under ance re due since January 2016. No policy framework has framework policy No isbursement of the 7th pay oe. oee, Wani However, loyee. ucd h implementa- the ounced amd ht huad of thousands that laimed iable avenues, government leak for our younger gener- rovides some opportunity e told reporters. "But, the "But, reporters. told e ne te Finance the anted inister to clarify about the elfare schemes were pend- nhy iaca assis- financial onthly “The government hasn’t p ed to the regularization of regularization the to ed ys n Principle ployee friendly budget. and em- for Finance Secretary Vyas Drabu, Chief Secretary B B Haseeb Minister Finance Mufti, Mehbooba Minister ( S a l g d t t m com- the and Commission d of accepting the recommen- c one-time settlement of these h no mention of any relief for C sioners," Tarigami said. The a be a esset de- persistent a been has 2 rospectively from January, s our rural economy. Crop in- c o t m ground." PTI AB d y wagers working in PSUs KNS) Wani thanked Chief thanked Wani KNS) he daily wagers must be im- ions and public sector un- sector public and ions he farmers, the backbone of overnment has left the dai- rne cee a been has scheme urance nd Corporations out in the 016 016 is a welcome step. This onfined onfined to announcements ases. "The announcement "The ases. lemented for the corpora- the for lemented raig a wl a the as well as ertakings RO 520,” Wani told KNS. told Wani 520,” RO l ad ohn i being is nothing and nly ations of the Seventh Pay Seventh the of ations one to implement it on the v be erakd for earmarked been ave PI(M) MLA said, "There is itment to implement it ret- and and of employees and pen- J AMMU FRIDAYJANUARY12,2018 o lg tutrl loop- structural plug to d has been blended with the t c t e ing a people-friendly budg- H Dr felicitated today lone T Trainings and Science and W h n cnen o al the s all of concerns and s Minister has taken in con- t architec- financial the of f re- at aiming essentially p r i t a slackness the counter to a decades and that first time h Lone said systematic slack “Pro-people a B it made er er arrears by the industri- neet bt oh the eco- term long and both short but interests mind not only the people’s been prepared keeping in new initiatives. industry and other several tourism sector at par with of tariff power bringing of fruits produced in state, abolition of toll on export vention on education loan, scale industrial units, sub- small to owners; and amnesty power resort hoteliers tourist alists, terest and penalty on pow- H t s t b has attempt an and state the of objectives nomic D b f i c b across different sectors. sentiments economic the excellence exercise infiscal distinctive for Drabu Dr felicitates Sajad Lone J Sta; GOF Reporter AMMU, JANUARY 11: orming and restructuring rhr ttd ht the that stated urther hat hat financial benevolence he decision of implement- ng the transgender. Lone ng 7th Pay Commission, Pay 7th ng ive exercise in fiscal ex- fiscal in exercise ive ure. He said the Finance the said He ure. x t oe Mna and Munda lower at ax he tourism sector in the in sector tourism he ideration ideration the aspirations aeodr ad has and takeholders ae eie providing besides tate lae f A o h em- the to DA of elease ellence, the minister said lass of the society includ- t. Terming it as a distinc- nd malaise. n attempt has been made een made to further boost esire of the government the of esire oes aoiin f toll of abolition loyees, de peetd y Dr by presented udget neglected the to enefit oles. He said the budget is as been staring at us for us at staring been as cnlg, aa Gani Sajad echnology, de” n el sense. real in udget” au s on t boost to bound is rabu eerpur, waiving off of in- aseeb aseeb Drabu for present- lae n ARI and elfare iitr o Social for Minister h Mnse hailed Minister The He He said the Budget has     



  



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