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Vol. 3 ISSUE NO. 01 Jammu, Thursday 01, January 2015 PAGES 8 PRICE RS. 2/- Postal Regd. No. L-29/JK-509/13-15 Ceasefire violation in Samba, 1 BSF jawan Post Mufti's remarks, BJP awaiting Governor extends New dead, 4 Pak trooper killed in retaliation proposal from PDP on J&K govt formation Year greetings gy NEWS SERVICE number of 405 violations gy NEWS SERVICE Prays for well being JAMMU, dEC. 31: In took place along the interna - JAMMU, dEC. 31: and prosperity of the second ceasefire viola - tional border that is under Shortly after Peoples tion in the past 24 hours, the operational control of Democratic Party presi - people of J&K Pakistani Rangers on the Border Security Force dent Mehbooba Mufti gy NEWS SERVICE Wednesday fired on a BSF (BSF), Defence Minister said on Wednesday that JAMMU, dEC. 31: patrol party along the Manohar Parrikar had earli - any coalition in the state N. N. Vohra, Governor, has International Border in er told Parliament. should be formed on the extended New Year greet - Samba district of Jammu Of these, 344 violations development agenda of ings to the people of and Kashmir, killing a jawan were reported from the former PM Atal Bihari and injuring another. There Jammu sector and 61 from Vajpayee, the BJP Jammu and Kashmir and was heavy firing by the Indreshwar-Nagar sec - expressed its happiness prayed for their well-being Pakistan on a patrolling slip into the Indian side. spokesperson was quoted as tor, the minister said in the and was reported to be and prosperity. party of BSF along IB in Union Defence Minister saying by the ANI. Rajya Sabha. The 405 viola - awaiting a proposal from In his message of Suchtegarh forward belt in Manohar Parrikar had yes - Sepoy Amarjeet Singh tions along the international the party. greetings and good wishes Samba sector, Inspector terday asked the security was injured in the firing. He border were a steep rise BJP sources said they the Governor wished the General, BSF, Jammu forces to give a befitting has been hospitalised. from the 148 ceasefire are now awaiting a pro - Frontier, Rakesh Sharma reply to unprovoked firing "Indian troops guarding the breaches in 2013 and just 11 posal on government for - people a very Happy New was quoted as saying by the from the Pakistan side. LoC gave a befitting reply to and 21 in 2011 and 2012 mation from the PDP and in the state. But it is our and at the same time an Year and expressed sincere PTI. Reacting to reports of to Pakistani firing," the respectively. would react when the intention and effort that a opportunity for both hope that 2015 shall usher The Border Security ceasefire violations by spokesperson said. Pakistani Similar violations this same arrives. Senior stable government is Congress and NDA,” she in sustained peace, Force (BSF), however, retal - Pakistani troops in Jammu troops had Sunday violated year along the Line of party leaders are reported formed here to address said further, adding both progress and prosperity in iated heavily to firing from and Kashmir's Akhnoor sec - the ceasefire twice along the Control (LoC) and the sec - to have favoured an the huge problems faced the Congress and NDA the State. the Pakistani side. Sources tor, Parrikar said that India border in Arnia forward belt tion of the international bor - alliance with the PDP in by the people in the should use the opportuni - claimed that four Pakistan should not hold back and of Jammu and Hiranagar der controlled by the army the state, over National state," the PDP leader ty to reach out to the peo - soldiers have also been retaliate double. "The num - belt of Kathua district. stood at 150, the minister Conference. added. ple of J&K. 9 Callers register killed in the retaliatory fir - bers of ceasefire violations On December 25, said. This was a slight drop Mufti, after meeting Mufti said the people The recently-conclud - ing by the BSF. Firing is still across LoC have reduced as Pakistani Rangers indulged from the 199 violations of Jammu and Kashmir of J&K had entrusted PM ed Assembly Elections grievances in on in the area, the sources compared to last year, but in unprovoked small arms 2013. The figures were 51 in Governor NN Vohra this Modi with a big responsi - threw up a hung verdict 'PRAYAS' added. they have increased across firing in forward areas in 2011 and 93 in 2012. The morning, had invoked the bility and that any with PDP emerging as the gy NEWS SERVICE However, after the vio - international border. I say Pansar border out post minister said 14 civilians names of PM Narendra alliance that is stitched single-largest party with lation Pakistan called for don't hesitate, but react (BoP) belt of Hiranagar sub- and five security personnel Modi and Vajpayee while together should be on the 28 seats in the 87-mem - KATHUA, dEC. 31: ceasefire at Samba sector appropriately without hold - sector in Kathua district. A were killed in the Pakistani speaking on the forma - basis of the development ber House. Additional District while holding meeting with ing back; retaliate double," day earlier, on December firing this year till Nov 30. tion of a government in agenda of former PM The BJP emerged as Development the Indian side, say reports. Parrikar said. 24, Pakistani troops had There were no deaths of the state. Vajpayee. the second-largest party Commissioner Kathua, Meanwhile, Lt General There have been several fired mortar shells and small civilians in 2011 and 2013 “PDP's priority is not "We want that the with 25 seats followed by Narinder Singh Bali, today Subrata Saha today warned ceasefire violations by arms targeting the same while four civilians died in to cobble up majority for agenda of development National Conference at took stock of problems of that at least 150-170 mili - Pakistan in recent days and areas. 2012. the sake of government. and peace should be car - 15 and Congress with 12. tants trained in Pakistan are this was fifth case in the past As per a government The number of security We want to form a gov - ried forward. We want Smaller parties and the people during weekly waiting to cross into the week. "Pakistan troops report, fourteen civilians personnel killed on the bor - ernment that meets the (former prime minister) independents won seven 'PRAYAS' meeting. Indian side of the border. Lt resorted to firing on forward and five security personnel der in cross-border firing aspirations of the peo - Atal Bihari Vajpayee's seats. So far no single As many as, nine Gen Saha said that heavy posts along LoC in were killed in 555 ceasefire and other tactical incidents ple,” Mufti said after her peace process be carried party, or combination of callers registered their snowfall and inclement Pallanwala sector of Jammu violations by Pakistani was five in 2011 and 2012 one-hour long meeting to its logical conclusion," parties, have staked claim grievances and problems weather in the region is fur - district around late Tuesday forces this year in Jammu each and 12 in 2013, with the Governor. "We she added. “Today’s man - for formation of the gov - which were mostly related ther aiding these militants to afternoon," a defence and Kashmir. The largest Parrikar said. have support of 55 MLAs date is very challenging ernment. to basic amenities. ADDC directed the CS reviews flood relief, rehabilitation officers to take up neces - Notification for 12th Assembly sary steps for redressal of work in Kashmir, Jammu divisions people registered under the initiative. It is pertinent to in Jammu and Kashmir issued Administration to continuously gy NEWS SERVICE new legislators will take oath after the next keep up its efforts in this mention here that JAMMU, dEC. 31: After getting government is formed and the governor will regard. 'PRAYAS' is an initiative Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar appoint a pro-tem speaker who will adminis - While reviewing the by district administration Abdullah's mandatory approval, the state law ter oath of office to the new legislators. demolition drive underway to Kathua devised to address department has issued a notification for con - The 12th state Assembly has 87 members clear encroachments especially the problems of people stituting the 12th Legislative Assembly. - 28 from the Peoples Democratic Party along river and canal embank - especially hailing from far "After obtaining the mandatory approval (PDP), 25 from the Bharatiya Janata Party ments and waterbodies, Chief off and hilly areas who from the Chief Minister on fax from London, (BJP), 15 from the National Conference (NC) Secretary directed the con - the law department has issued a notification and 12 from the Congress. Seven indepen - gy NEWS SERVICE Commissioners to ensure zero announced by the government cerned departments to step up have to cover a long dis - for constituting the 12th state Legislative dents have also won elections. JAMMU, dEC. 31: pendency in respect of dis - in favour of all those families the effort further and submit tance to project issues and Assembly that supersedes the 11th PDP president Mehbooba Mufti will Chief Secretary, Mohammad bursement of rent as whose next of kin lost their weekly reports. He asked grievances before the dis - Legislative Assembly which was scheduled meet Governor NN Vohra on Wednesday to Iqbal Khandey, Wednesday announced by the government lives due to September Floods Irrigation & Flood Control trict administration. to complete its term on January 20, 2015," a discuss possibilities of the next government reviewed the relief and rehabil - in favour of all those families, has been handed over to the department, to step up dredg - Besides, more than 500 senior official of the state law department told in the state, while BJP general secretary Ram itation measures underway in who have preferred to stay in affected people. It was ing/de-silting process in major complaints mostly related a news agency. The notification was issued Madhav met the governor on Tuesday. Kashmir and Jammu Divisions rented accommodations. He informed that an amount of Rs rivers and canals besides late Tuesday. State BJP president Jugul Kishore will in a meeting, he chaired here. said the concerned district 156 crore in Kashmir Division strengthen the embankments. to the basic amenities were Under the state Constitution, the also meet the governor separately for discus - Chief Secretary received administration should ensure and Rs 42 Crore in Jammu Deputy Commissioners registered during the year Assembly has to be constituted by the state sions on Wednesday. Since no single party brief from both the Divisional suitable facilities to all those Division has been disbursed as informed the meeting that 2014 under PRAYAS. law department, while in other states, the could get a simple majority of 44 to form Commissioners and from families who have preferred to relief among the flood affected demolition drive has picked up notification about constituting assemblies is government on its own, negotiations are on Deputy Commissioners, via stay in pre-fab shelters con - families. and scores of illegal structures issued by the election commission of India. between the PDP and the BJP to stitch a rul - video conferencing regarding structed for them at various Khandey reiterated that the and thousands of trees along 02 died, 02 injured Jammu and Kashmir has its own ing coalition in the state. Omar Abdullah is the status of ex-gratia disburse - places across the state. relief and rehabilitation of the river/canal banks have been Constitution which is applicable to the state presently in London where his father Farooq ment to flood victims and their Meanwhile, Divisional flood victims shall remain pri - removed and more such illegal in road accident concomitantly with the Indian Constitution. Abdullah is recovering after a successful kid - proper rehabilitation. Commissioners informed that ority of the government and as structures and trees shall be gy NEWS SERVICE The senior law department official said the ney transplant surgery. Khandey directed Deputy ex-gratia amount of Rs 5 lakh such directed the removed in coming days. SRINAgAR, dEC. 31: Two persons died PDP has '55 MLAs', why aren't they Distt admn launches rescue while two others were injured in a road accident in Handwara. forming govt, asks NC spokesperson operation in border villages A Santro car bearing gy NEWS SERVICE chief Mehbooba Mufti met gy NEWS SERVICE along the border and security arrangements in registration number SRINAgAR, dEC. the state's Governor over JAMMU, dEC. 31: assessed the security situ - place and night patrolling Jk09A-1634 and a Bolero 31: Even as the political the issue of government In wake of border firing ation. being done. Bulletproof deadlock over government formation in J&K. along international border The Deputy bunkers have also been vehicle bearing registra - formation in Jammu and The PDP chief met in Hiranagar, the district Commissioner assured stationed along the bor - tion number JK01S-6491 Kashmir continues, Governor NN Vohra earli - administration has the villagers about safety der. SDM Hiranagar collided at Gund Kohroo, National Conference (NC) er this morning and later launched operation for and security of border Sohan Lal, SDPO Handwara. In this accident spokesperson Junaid told reporters that her safety and rescue of bor - inhabitants apart from Hiranagar Dewakar two persons Abdul Rashid Mattu on Wednesday said party is in no hurry to cob - der residents. providing all basic Singh, Tehsildar Lone son of Ghulam that it is unfortunate that ble up a formation. The Deputy Commissioner amenities at relief camps Meenakshi and other offi - despite emerging as the Assembly Elections threw Kathua, Dr Shahid Iqbal in case of migration cers accompanied the Ahmad resident of single-largest party in the up a hung verdict with Choudhary along with required to be done in deputy commissioner. Mandgam, Zoona Begum recently-concluded state PDP emerging as the sin - SSP Kathua Pawan wake of firing from Apart from taking to all the people of Jammu & Kashmir wife of Ghulam Ahmad assembly polls, the gov - gle-largest party with 28 Parihar and other senior across the border. He inti - proactive security and died on spot while other ernment is not being seats in the 87-member officer visited forward mated about the already safety measures the dis - two persons Basit Ahmad formed. House. BJP emerged as the border posts and villages notified relief camps and trict administration has Bhat resident of Mandgam "It is unfortunate that second-largest party with along international border nodal officers for various also notified 35 relief Speaker greets people on New Year despite having the strength 25 seats followed by in Hiranagar sector. The villages. The administra - camps in Hiranagar, gy NEWS SERVICE and Shakeel Ahmad Lone of 55 (Congress, PDP, NC) National Conference at 15 officers assessed situation tion cautioned the vil - Marheen and other areas JAMMU, dEC. 31: Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir son of Ghulam Ahmad got they are not forming the and Congress with 12. in Londi, Sherpur, lagers to stay indoors for safe shifting of border Legislative Assembly, Mubarak Gul today arrived Jammu seriously injured. Both the Govt. It is unbecoming of Smaller parties and inde - Lachhipura, Pahadpur, during night hours and be residents in wake of bor - here this afternoon. injured were shifted to a single largest party," pendents won seven seats. Bobiyan, Pansar and vigilant. Helpline num - der firing. The DC has The Speaker interacted with a cross sections of society Srinagar hospital for treat - Mattu told ANI. So far no single party, frontier areas of border bers have also been pro - directed concerned offi - including members of social and trade organizations. ment. Handwara Police has Mattu made these or combination of parties, villages and interacted vided. cers to ensure provision The Speaker greeted them on New Year and hoped that remarks shortly after have staked claim for for - with local villagers. They SSP Kathua also of all basic facilities at the year ahead would usher the State in new era of develop - registered a case in this Peoples Democratic Party mation of the government. also visited BSF posts assured the people about designated relief camps. ment, peace and prosperity. regard. 2 JAMMU | THURSDAY | JANUARY 01 | 2015 Golden YuG Six China firms fined USD 26 million for polluting rivers Palestinian resolution fails at UN Security Council BEIJINg, dEC. 31: Six Chinese companies have been UNITEd NATIoNS, lution did not address Palestinian envoy fined a whopping USD 26 million by a court for discharg - dEC. 31: The UN Security Israel`s security concerns Riyad Mansour accused ing waste chemicals into rivers, the biggest such penalty Council failed Tuesday to and set arbitrary deadlines. the council of failing to imposed in the communist nation. The companies from adopt a resolution on "This resolution sets the shoulder its responsibili - Taizhou City in eastern China were ordered to pay the Palestinian statehood that stage for more division, not ties and vowed to seek amount to an environmental protection fund within 30 days. was strongly opposed by the for compromise," US other venues to gain recog - They were found guilty of discharging 25,000 tons of waste United States. Ambassador Samantha nition. "The Palestinian acid into two rivers, which caused serious pollution, China, France and Power told the council. people and the world can Russia were among the "This text addresses the no longer wait. That mes - according to a ruling by Jiangsu Provincial Higher People's eight countries that voted in concerns of just one side." sage, despite the regret - court yesterday. favor of the text, but the res - Power defended the US table outcome today, is It is the highest fine of its kind in China ever imposed, olution fell short of winning position in favor of direct especially clear," he told state-run Xinhua news agency reported. In August, Taizhou the nine "yes" votes neces - talks, saying "peace will the council. Mansour said Intermediate People's court sentenced 14 people involved sary for adoption in the 15- come from hard choices and the Palestinian leadership in the pollution to prison terms ranging from two to five member council. Australia compromises that must be will meet Wednesday to years and ordered the companies to pay 160 million yuan and the United States voted made at the negotiating decide on the next steps. within nine months. against, and five other coun - table." US Secretary of The Palestinians have The six companies appealed and Jiangsu Provincial tries abstained, including State John Kerry had lob - said they are prepared to Higher People's court upheld the ruling. The hefty fines Britain. bied in the days leading up join the International were expected to set a new precedent to deter companies The resolution drafted to the vote, calling 13 for - joined China, France and stop here. It is our respon - effort to achieve a two- Criminal Court to launch from polluting the river systems affecting the drinking by the Palestinians and eign ministers to explain the Russia in supporting the sibility to try again, before state solution "now more legal action against Israel waters sources for millions of people in the down stream. backed by Arab countries American opposition. resolution. Lithuania, it`s too late," said Francois than ever." and use other international would have paved the way Washington was not, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Delattre. International On Tuesday, a fora to press their case if to a Palestinian state with however, compelled to Korea abstained, along with alarm is growing over the Palestinian teenager was the resolution fails. Israel - East Jerusalem as its capital. resort to its veto power to Britain. Diplomatic sources ongoing violence and the seriously wounded by - represented by the mis - Russia regrets UN failure to It set a 12-month deadline block the measure -- a move said Nigeria had been failure to restart negotia - Israeli gunfire in the West sion`s number three Israel for Israel to reach a final that could have undermined expected to suppo rt the res - tions that last broke down Bank, according to family Nitzan -- delivered a terse, adopt Palestinian resolution peace deal with the US standing in the Arab olution and changed its in April, when Kerry led a members. The army said four-sentence address to MoSCoW, dEC. 31: Russia expressed regret at the Palestinians and called for a world. A US veto risked stance at the last push for peace. he had thrown a suspected the council. failure of the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution on full Israeli withdrawal from angering key Arab allies, minute.France`s envoy European Union for - explosive device at troops. "I have news for the Palestinian statehood, describing it as a "strategic error". the Palestinian territories by including partners in the said he backed the resolu - eign policy chief Federica The vote capped a three- Palestinians -- you cannot "Russia regrets that the UN Security Council did not the end of 2017. US-led coalition carrying tion because of an "urgent Mogherini said the vote month campaign by the agitate and provoke your manage to adopt the draft resolution," Russia`s envoy to the Security Council mem - out air strikes against the need to act" and vowed to underlined the "urgency" Palestinians at the United way to a state," he said. "I United Nations Vitaly Churkin said after the vote late on ber Jordan had requested Islamic State group in Syria continue pressing for a UN for Israel and the Nations to win support for urge the council to stop Tuesday. "We consider this a strategic error," he told the the vote despite opposition and Iraq. role in reviving Israeli- Palestinians to resume a resolution that sets a indulging the Palestinians council in footage broadcast by the Rossiya 24 state news from the United States, Argentina, Chad, Chile, Palestinian peace talks. peace negotiations. She timeframe for ending the and put an end to their channel. which argued that the reso - Jordan and Luxembourg "Our efforts must not vowed a renewed EU Israeli occupation. march of folly." The Russian ambassador accused Washington of "monopolising" peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, as well as of bringing the negotiations "to a Top official in China`s Penny for her thoughts: Puppy heads dead end". Russia was among eight countries that backed the controversial resolution setting a 12-month deadline for restive Xinjiang replaced home after 2,400-mile US road trip Israel and the Palestinians to reach a final peace deal, one following the riots. Beijing, SEATTlE, dEC. 31: short of the nine required for it to pass. which blames Xinjiang-relat - A puppy called Penny could Australia and the United States voted against, while the ed violence on "religious be reunited with her worry- other five council members abstained. extremists", "separatists", and stricken US owners by "terrorists", has responded to week`s end after she went the current series of incidents on a nearly 2,400-mile road Police kill man who by launching a severe crack - trip that took her to an Iowa threatened US authorities down in recent months, with truck stop and a NEW yoRK, dEC. 31: A man who threatened on hundreds of arrests and around Pennsylvania pet hospital, 50 death sentences handed her family said on Tuesday. social media to kill police was shot dead by them near down. The floppy-eared Vizsla Philadelphia when he tried to run them down in his car, The campaign has extend - has one more stop before police said. Upper Darby police superintendent Michael ed to academics such as returning home to Chitwood said yesterday the suspect, a white man aged 52, BEIJINg, dEC. 31: The given another post, Xinhua prominent Uighur scholar Washington state. She has "threatened to kill police, threatened to kill FBI agents" in second most senior official in said, indicating that he had not Ilham Tohti, who in to travel from Pennsylvania, videos posted on YouTube. China`s strife-torn Xinjiang been dismissed. He was September was sentenced to where she has been in foster When police stopped the suspect's vehicle, "he put the region has been replaced, state appointed to the party post in life in prison for "separatism". care, to the District of car in reverse and tried to run over the Clifton police chief, media said, after the area saw 2003 and became head of the Seven of Tohti`s students have Columbia for a free ride picked her up while she was Penny`s Washington state smashing his SUV," Chitwood said. Five of the officers some of its worst violence in regional government in 2008, been jailed on the same home from US carrier wandering in her hometown roots by scanning the then opened fire on the suspect, he said. decades. Nur Bekri will be retaining his job even as unrest charge. Rights groups have Alaska Airlines, her owners of Royal City, a tiny com - dog`s micro chip, a "They shot and killed him. He was using his vehicle as replaced as the area`s vice spiralled, including 2009 riots condemned the targeting of said in a message on munity in eastern spokeswoman said. a weapon. They did what they had to do," Chitwood said. Communist Party secretary by between Uighurs and China`s Tohti, a respected economist Saturday on a Facebook Washington, her owners The dog has been stay - The man was identified as Joseph Pacini on Philly.Com. Shohrat Zakir, the official ethnic majority Han that left and moderate who had long page devoted to finding her. said. ing in foster care and the Xinhua news agency said in a about 200 people dead. denounced the repression of "When she went miss - "We were able to track family hopes to have her Police did not immediately confirm his name. brief dispatch late Tuesday. Xinhua d id not say what Uighurs. ing, we thought she ran off him down and when he back in Washington by the In recent months, demonstrators have taken to the Both men are Uighurs, the Nur Bekri`s next appointment They argue that harsh and we were never going to found out we knew he had end of the week, they said streets across the United States to protest what they say is nine-million-strong Turkic- will be, but his holding the police treatment of the minori - see her again. We`re just her, he dropped her off at a on Facebook. disproportionate police violence against unarmed African speaking, mostly Muslim eth - party post for more than a ty as well as government cam - happy knowing she`s alive," truck stop in Des Moines, Alaska Airlines said it Americans, including the nic minority that counts decade suggests Communist paigns against religious prac - Kendra Brown, Penny`s Iowa," her family said. learned about the dog on July choking death of Eric Garner in New York and the Xinjiang as their homeland. Party authorities in Beijing tices such as the wearing of owner, told Pittsburgh Already some 1,600 miles Dec. 26 and is "flying August fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Violence linked to Xinjiang have approved of his work. veils have led to violence. broadcaster WPXI. "I`m from home, Penny some - Penny home complimen - Missouri. Grand juries probing both those cases declined to has intensified over the past The top official in China denies allegations of sure if she could talk, she`d how ended up days later tary" from a District of charge the officers involved. year, with at least 200 people Xinjiang remains Zhang repression, saying it has have quite a few adventures in the care of a veterinari - Columbia area airport to killed in a series of clashes and Chunxian, who was appointed brought badly needed mod - to talk about." an at a pet hospital in Seattle on Jan. 2, a increasingly sophisticated as regional party secretary in ernisation and economic Penny`s cross-country West Township, spokeswoman said. Palestine regrets UN attacks in the resource-rich 2010 after his predecessor was development to the vast and voyage began on Dec. 19 Pennsylvania, a message Penny`s owners did not region and beyond it. sacked in a move widely seen landlocked region bordering when she got loose from her on Dec. 24 said. Banfield immediately respond to rejection of draft resolution But Nur Bekri would be as a bid to placate public anger Central Asia. owners and a truck driver Pet Hospital confirmed requests for comment. RAMAllAH, dEC. 31: A Palestinian official Wednesday said he regretted UN Security Council`s rejec - tion of a draft resolution that urges Israel to withdraw from Australian, two Germans missing on occupied Palestinian territories within three years. The Migrants from `drifting` ship arrive in Italy Palestinian draft resolution "can never be a unilateral step New Zealand`s highest mountain gAllIpolI, dEC. either by the Palestinians or by the Arabs. It is a legal right 31: Some 700 illegal for the Palestinian people to establish their state," Chief migrants rescued from a ship near the Greek island Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told Xinhua. of Corfu arrived in Italy "The Palestinian leadership is urged to immediately on Wednesday, after their launch alternative steps in the light of what happened in the boat was intercepted UN Security Council," Erekat said. The Arab-backed draft while "drifting" towards resolution, presented by Jordan Tuesday, failed to gain the the coast. Dozens of offi - minimum nine votes in favour needed for adoption from the cial cars met the migrants 15 state members of the UN Security Council. as they arrived in the port The US and Australia voted against it. Even if it had of Gallipoli, in the south - gained the nine votes needed for adoption, the US, one of east of Italy, at around the five permanent members of the council, would have 0230 GMT on Wednesday vetoed it. morning, according to an WEllINgToN, dEC. 31: An Australian and AFP reporter on the two German climbers were missing Wednesday on scene. AirAsia plane search: US New Zealand`s Mount Cook with police saying foul Police and maritime weather was delaying any chance of beginning a authorities will investi - pledges additional aid search. gate how the migrants, Greek waters and reports and was heading for the this year with a massive An alpine rescue team managed a brief flight over reportedly mainly from emerged of gunmen on coast on autopilot. jump in the number of WASHINgToN, dEC. 21: The US has pledged addi - the area in a light plane early in the morning but saw Syria and including a board. The latest safety scare migrants trying to cross tional aid to search for a missing AirAsia plane, as debris no sign of the three before being forced back by bad heavily pregnant woman, But an inspection of in the Adriatic comes the Mediterranean Sea to and six bodies have been found, a media report said on weather. came to be hidden on the the boat revealed "no after at least 13 people Europe, the majority of Wednesday. "US had deployed the USS Sampson, a guided "Conditions were quite rough for flying, and the Blue Sky M as it sailed to (mechanical) problems were killed in a huge res - them from war-wracked missile destroyer, and is ready to send another ship if need - weather forecast is for deteriorating weather," police the Croatian port of and nothing suspicious on cue operation to save an Syria or Eritrea. ed to join the search for Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501," officer Brent Swanson said. Rijeka. The boat was the boat," a spokeswoman Italian ferry that burst Responsibility for Xinhua reported, citing a statement issued by White House Australian Michael Bishop, 53, Johann Viellehner, boarded by Italian coast - for the port police told into flames in stormy seas patrolling Europe`s official Josh Earnest on Tuesday. 58, from Germany and his son Raphael Viellehner, guards late on Tuesday AFP. Media have specu - on Sunday. Both rescue southern shores in theory "We continue to work with Indonesia to identify what 27, were last seen roped together as they climbed after initially passing an lated that people traffick - operations have had to lies with Triton, a multi - additional resources may be required, and the US stands towards the summit of the mountain on Monday inspection by the Greek ers abandoned the ship combat strong winds and national operation run by ready to provide additional assistance during this difficult morning. Alpine guides said conditions were reason - navy. when authorities neared stormy conditions, the European borders ably good, but crevasses were an issue along with "Coastguard person - the boat as it crossed the according to port police. agency Frontex. time," he said. unstable snow bridges. The two older men were nel have boarded a cargo Adriatic sea between Italy has picked up But in practice the The Singapore-bound flight with 162 people on board described as experienced mountaineers and Bishop ship adrift with 700 Greece and Italy, but no 2,300 people from trou - Italian navy has contin - lost contact with the air traffic control, 42 minutes after tak - has previously climbed in the Mount Cook region on migrants," the Italian official confirmation has bled boats over the ued to carry out most of ing off from Surabaya Sunday. South Island. Mount Cook, also known by its Maori navy said in a tweet. A been given. Christmas period, lifting the rescues despite offi - Indonesia`s National Search and Rescue Agency con - name Aoraki, is New Zealand`s highest peak at 3,754 frigate, a Greek navy The ship was allowed to more than 170,000 the cially scaling back its firmed Tuesday that the debris found in Karimata Strait is metres (12,388 feet), and is a popular challenge for helicopter and two patrol to continue its journey number of migrants from own Mare Nostrum oper - of the ill-fated jetliner. AirAsia Indonesia said family mem - mountaineers from around the world because of the vessels were dispatched before it was intercepted North Africa registered as ation at the end of bers of the passengers will be invited to Surabaya, where skills required to reach the summit. It has claimed to rescue the Moldovan- by Italian coastguards, reaching Italian soil this October after failing to the recovered bodies will be identified. more than 200 lives since it was first conquered in flagged ship after it who suspected it had a year. The country has persuade other EU gov - 1894. issued a distress signal in cargo of illegal migrants been struggling to cope ernments to help fund it. 3 JAMMU | THURSDAY | JANUARY 01 | 2015 Golden YuG JKAACL organised multilingual mushaira at Kathua DDC reviews performance of banks gy NEWS SERVICE In his welcome address, JAMMU, dEC. 31: Dr. Arvinder Singh Amn 16366 accounts opened under Jan Dhan Yojna J&K Academy of Art, highlighted the activities of to initiate self employment Culture and Languages the cultural Academy and enterprises. organised multilingual also informed about the However, a joint task mushiara in a Silver Jubilee future activities. He also force of district officers function of Sab Ras Sahitya thanked all the participating and bankers to chalk out a Sangam, Kathua on the eve poets. detailed action plan for of its 25th celebrations. Dr. The proceedings of the ensuring comprehensive Bharat Bhushan KAS, Chief programme were conducted financial inclusion in the Executive Officer, by Mrs Azra Choudhary edi - district was also constitut - Lakhanpur-Sarthal tor Hindi and vote of thanks ed during the meeting. Development Authority was presented by Kartar The meeting was also was the chief Guest while Verma. gy NEWS SERVICE to galvanize their efforts informed that under Jan Manohar Singh renouned The poets who recited KISHTWAR, dEC. and give boost to rural Dhan Yojna 16366 Urdu poet presided the func - their poetry include:- 31: District Development credit dispensation. He accounts have been opened tion. Dr. Arvinder Singh Manohar Singh (Urdu), T.R Commissioner Kishtwar, asked the banks to extend during this quarter. LDM Amn, Additional Secretary Sumbria (Dogri), Khajoor Mohammad. Javed Khan soft loans to weaker sec - Kishtwar, Satish Gupta J&K Academy of Art, Singh (Dogri), R.S Katal today chaired a meeting of tions and needy people, appraised the house that Culture and Languages and (Punjabi), Pt. Naresh Kerni District Level Review particularly in rural areas. CD ratio of 23.80 percent Kasour Verma were also (Dogri), Dr. Guru Parshad Com mittee (DLRC) to The DDC said that was achieved during this present in the presidium. (Hindi), B.K Shastri, review the performance of housing, agriculture, edu - quarter. He further While delivering his (Hindi), Smt. Renu Padha banks under Annual Credit cation, micro and small informed meeting that new presidential address, (Dogri), Dharamveer Plan (ACP) for the quarter scale enterprises should be ATM machines with Manhor Singh appreciated Kathua. He also compli - poet depicts depth of the J&K Cultural Academy and (Hindi), Sudesh Kousar ending September, 2014, given priority. He asked CCTVs are being installed the cultural Academy and mented the poet who partic - mindset of the society said that since last few (Urdu), Miss Saroj Bala DDC while reviewing the sponsoring agencies to in the town. The meeting also thanks for organising ipated in this multilingual through the medium of their months J&K Cultural (Hindi), Som Akela (Dogri), the progress under various organize awareness camps was attended by AGM, this multilingual Mushiara mushira. creativity and also requested Academy has accelerated Dr. Param jeet (Hindi), Sh. government sponsored in far- flung and remote RBI and other senior offi - on the occasion of 25th cel - Dr. Bharat Bhushan all to follow the massages of the pace of Academy activi - Rakesh Lovely (Hindi), schemes like JKSES, pockets so that more and cers of banks and con - ebrations of Sab Ras Sahitya KAS, CEO, while speaking the poet of the respective ties in all Districts of Jammu Madan Lal Toofan KCC, etc called upon all more people are educated, cerned government depart - Sangam today here at on the occasion said that the regions. He also applauded province. (Punjabi). line departments and banks motivated and facilitated ments. DLRC meeting held at Kupwara Republic Day arrangements reviewed at Ganderbal Tarigami, Hakeem and Engineer 2573 RUPAY Debit Cards issued under PMJDY Rashid advocates early formation gy NEWS SERVICE Kupwara apprised the meet - cent as compared to 57.79 of non-BJP government KUpWARA, dEC. 31: ing of achievements made percent as on September 30, gy NEWS SERVICE The DLRC/DCC meeting of upto September 30, 2014 3014. SRINAgAR, dEC. 31: In a joint statement, district Kupwara was held saying that 43.40 percent of The representatives of M.Y.Tarigami, Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen and Engineer here today under the the target under annual the Banks, Horticulture and Abdul Rashid today urged the non-BJP parties to come Chairmanship of District credit plan 2014-15 has Agriculture departments closer for the formation of the government in the state at the Development been achieved at the end of were asked to put in extra earliest. Commissioner Kupwara, 2nd quarter of the current efforts to achieve 100 per - The legislators said that due to the recent devastating Itrat Hussain Rafique, to financial year. He informed cent target under KCC floods and the onset of severe winter, the people of the state review achievements under that the financial institu - scheme as per the extended are facing untold miseries while the administration is virtu - Annual District Credit Plan tions have provided credit deadline. ally unconcerned. In this scenario only the elected govern - 2014-15. of Rs. 123.67 crore to 6429 Meanwhile, a meeting ment can come to the rescue of the affected people by start - Additional District income generating unit of District Level ing the stalled reconstruction and rehabilitation work, the Development holders under Priority Implementation Committee MLAs stressed. Commissioner Kupwara, Sector and Rs. 111.25 crore for PMJDY was also held gy NEWS SERVICE It was informed that Education, They cautioned the BJP against the imposition of its Chief Planning Officer to 2622 beneficiaries under today to review the progress gANdERBAl, dEC. 31: In connection Information and Youth Services & Sports partisan interests, power mongering and ignoring people’s Kupwara, Cluster Head Non-Priority Sector upto achieved so far. It was with the celebration of, District Development departments will jointly arrange the cultural sensitivities. The leaders said that the BJP’s efforts to cap - J&K Bank, LDO from RBI, September 30, 2014 for informed that till date, the Commissioner, Ganderbal, Sarmad Hafeez programmes on the occasion. The meeting ture power at any cost will increase the alienation of the DDM NABARD besides development of the area and Banks have opened 43,039 convened a meeting to discuss the arrange - held threadbare discussion on arrangements Kashmiri masses and harm the already fragile political District Coordinators of eradication of poverty and accounts under PMJDY ments for celebration of Republic Day- 2015. like security, power supply, PAS system, process. financial institutions and unemployment. He further scheme wherein an amount The meeting decided to organize the main drinking water, medicare, refreshment to The legislators appealed the parties who won a sizable representatives of various informed that deposits of of Rs. 6.71 crore has been function at Mader-e-Meharban Stadium, school children, barricading, seating arrange - number of seats on anti-BJP plank to respect the mandate Government departments the district have increased held as deposits. The Banks where the chief guest will unfurl the tricolor ments besides sanitation and cleanliness of the given to them, shun vacillation and try seriously for the for - and sponsoring agencies by 5.13 percent and have also issued 2573 and take salute of the march past consisting town and venue. mation of a stable government, which could respond to the were also present in the advances by 29.67 percent RUPAY Debit Cards to the contingents of JKP, JKAP, IRP, Forest Hafeez stressed upon all the officers to put real and genuine aspirations of the people. The leaders reit - meeting. besides the CD ratio of the account holders under the Protection Force, CRPF as well as contingents in place all the arrangements well in time for erated their firm support to any non-BJP alliance and Lead District Manager district stands at 71.28 per - PMJDY. of various Educational Institutions. the smooth celebration of Republic Day. affirmed it is in the best interest of the state. JMC continues anti Sant Bal Yogeshwar Maharaj offers Bhog Training Programme organised in encroachment drive to RADHA RANI with 108 tons of fruits on Farm School under NMAET gy NEWS SERVICE JAMMU, dEC. 31: The Enforcement Staff led by the Goverdhan Parvat Parikarma on Jan 1 of the on Farm School. Chief Enforcement Officer of Jammu Municipal However, elaborate Scientist from SKUAST (Jammu) Dr. Corporation under the guidance of Er. Kiran Wattal arrangements have been Vikas Gupta in his technical message aware Commissioner Municipal Corporation Jammu while fur - made on the Parikarma the farmers regarding weed control by apply - marg. ing selective weedicides in 35 to 38 days of ther continuing and intensifying the drive vigorously The main part of the wheat crop. He also suggest some remedial against encroachers and illegal hawkers from the areas of entire programme was the measures to control both dicot and monocot Gumat Bazar, JP Chowk, Kanak Mandi, Rajinder Bazar, participation of families of weeds. Ragunath Bazar, Sheedhi Chowk, Jammu which were martyrs and those of killed Rajesh Kumar (R-E-Z) from agriculture causing obstructions in the free flow of vehicular traffic in 26/11 terror attack. department in his lecture Delivered practical and hindrance to the pedestrians. Besides this, during the Meanwhile, after offering demonstration regarding how to use of drive about no's of vendors / hawkers were also removed Bhog with 108 tons of fruit Weedicide in farmers field. Twenty eight no who were selling goods by encroaching upon footpaths to Radha Rani, the same of farmers participated in the training pro - and pavements in these areas and 01 no truck loads of will be distributed to 108 gy NEWS SERVICE gramme. Farmers of the on Farm School gave materials / goods seized during the drive were impounded villages by the prominent JAMMU, dEC. 31: Second one day feedback regarding impact of previous train - in the Municipal Yard. Further the team also demolished saints on January 2, 2015 Training programme was organised in on ing programme with the experts. Relevant lit - two no's of khokha at Gumat Bazar, Jammu. The drive has and Bhandara will also be farm school at village Jerda, Block Ramgarh, erature was also provided to the participants been conducted with the help of police force from District organized on the same day. District Samba, under National Mission of of the on Farm school during the training pro - Police Lines, Jammu. The Jammu Municipal Corporation On the occasion, vari - Agricultural and Technology. Project gramme. once again appeals to the General Public/ the shopkeepers ous religious programme Director ATMA V. K. Bhushan in his impres - Mohan Singh Bhatti, Sarpanch Village to keep their goods within their shops / establishments to gy NEWS SERVICE Saints, devotees and people also be performed and 25 sive lecture regarding Farm Machinery and Jerda at the end of the training programme avoid seizure of these goods and penalty for such defaults. JAMMU, dEC. 31: In participated in Bhog cere - beautiful artificial gate shall aware the farmers to adopt scientific based thanks the experts from ATMA, Scientist a unique religious pro - mony along Sant Bal be erected. Various singers techniques in their farm by using latest farms from SKUAST (J) and Departmental officers The staff has been directed to be more vigilant and ensure gramme, Sant Bal Yogeshwar Maharaj also performed on the occa - machinery. for their positive attitude towards the partici - that no encroachment take place in their respective areas Yogeshwar Maharan has The programme was sion in Bhagan Sandhya, Dy. Project Director ATMA Ashok Gupta pants by delivering important and relevant of jurisdiction. offered Bhog to Radha Rani started on earlier with religious programme. delivered the Technical message regarding technical message in phase manner in on with 108 tons of fruits here Kanya Poojan and on Sant Bal Yogeshwar safe handling and use of systemic insecticides Farm School. Achiever farmer Sd. Mehar Reen extends New Year today Radha Kund at January 1, 2015 i.e first day Maharaj has appealed devo - and fungicides and aware the farmers about Singh remains present in the training pro - Mathura. The Bhog cere - of the year 2015, Bal tees and people of the the spray techniques by using mask and gramme. mony was also attended by Yogeshwar Maharaj along nation to participate in gloves. Agricultural Technical Manager Agricultural technical manager greetings, thanks voters 112 families of those who with other devotees will Goverdhan Parvat parikar - Romesh Razdan aware the farmers regarding Parshotam Sharma, Ms Neelu Slathia, and Jr. gy NEWS SERVICE sacrifices for the nation. perform Parikarma of ma and make it a grand suc - termite control in standing wheat crop and Agriculture Extension officer, Yash pal also JAMMU, dEC. 31: Peoples Democratic Party leader Thousands of Sadhus, Goverdhan Parvat. cess. suggest the remedial measures to participants participated in training programme. and party candidate from Gandhi Nagar S Amrik Singh has extended New Year greetings. He also thanked the people of Gandhi Nagar Assembly Constituency who exercised their franchise in his favour during the recent Assembly Dr Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah pray for peace in subcontinent on New Year eve Elections. Reen said, "I appreciate the sentiments of the people and hope that the elected representative of the Dr Farooq says despite every odd and tough times, Kashmiris have emerged as a courageous nation Gandhi Nagar constituency shall come up to the expecta - gy NEWS SERVICE in Jammu and Kashmir scious nation." these things are possible in tions of the local people, especially the youth of the area and SRINAgAR, dEC state. He said our very own Kashmir only and now address their immediate problems." Reen said that he will 31: On the eve of the New "We hope that the New people especially the here else in the world," he continue to serve the people of Gandhi Nagar who posed Year, Parton Jammu and Year will bring an era of youth of the state played a said and added "People of Kashmir National peace of and prosperity in great role in saving the Kashmir have faced the faith upon him and the PDP. He also thanked the party Conference Dr Farooq the entire subcontinent lives of thousands of peo - tough times and chal - workers and activists who have worked hard in this election. Abdullah and Party particularly in Jammu and ple across Kashmir and lenges in the past but this Working President Omar Kashmir state so that the then organized community courageous nation Abdullah Wednesday poor people can reap the kitchens for the affected emerged successfully time Fire incidents prayed for peace and pros - benefits of a developmen - people, the examples of and again despite all gy NEWS SERVICE perity in the state. tal era in the region," the such brotherhood can be odds." SRINAgAR, dEC. 31: Fire broke out in village Mudder, In a statement issued leaders said in a joint found nowhere in the Meanwhile, Party Bandipora resulting in damage to the residential house and cow here, Parton Jammu and statement. entire world. "In a place General Secretary shed of Abdul Salam Rather son of Mohammad Shaban Rather Kashmir National Dr Farooq Abdullah where the people affected Advocate Ali Mohammad resident of Madder Bandipora. Fire was brought under control by Conference Dr Farooq said that the previous year by floods, themselves Sagar and Additional fire tenders and local police. Fire broke out in the mess shed of Abdullah and Party was a troublesome year become the volunteers to General Secretary Dr 29BN CRPF camp at Sanat Nagar, in the jurisdiction of Police Working President Omar for the people of Kashmir Kashmir valley bringing geous people of Kashmir help and save others, irre - Sheikh Mustafa Kamal Abdullah have prayed for as after the incessant rains, miseries to a huge popula - shaking hands in hand spective of their creed and have also congratulated Station Sadder, Srinagar, resulting in partial damage to the shed. long lasting peace in the a great deluge hit the most tion," he said and added with each other, emerged, cast and provide them people on the eve of New Fire was brought under control by fire tenders and local Police. subcontinent particularly important parts of "But, the way the coura - proved that we are a con - with the shelter and food, Year. 4 JAMMU | THURSDAY | JANUARY 01 | 2015 Golden YuG Indian captives in Iraq: Question of answers Golden Yug regional and non-regional players in West Asia, both EDITORIAL The fate of the missing Indian workers in the state and the non-state, is crucial in any effort to Mosul, many of them from Punjab, is a secure the release of the cause for concern. In a two-part series, a workers. ISIL has no overt Impropriety of ordinance friends or apologists in the former Indian Ambassador to Iraq looks region. However, all By promulgating ordinances within days of the at the complex situation and how their regional states and extra- winter session of Parliament coming to a close, the release can be sought. The first part regional powers with local Narendra Modi government has shown that it is not stakes keep an active tab on averse to repeating what his party would have con - focuses on Iraq’s political scenario. its reach, networks and resources overtly and sidered a constitutional impropriety, had it been done covertly. Principal help by a Congress government. The power to issue ordi - R dAyAKAR harbouring a strong sense of which they can extend to nances is normally to be exercised to bring in urgent discrimination and victimi - captors, ex-Baathists do not ISIL air strikes by US and improbable. Possible clue - India in the matter would be legislative measures when Parliament is in recess. It THE blanket silence sation by Baghdad and the seem to be the custodian of its allies, though under-con - lessness in ISIL on leverag - in the form of actionable from the abductors and nationalists who see the the workers and another struction places might not ing the custody of the work - inputs, constant assessment is not one to be resorted to merely because the gov - absence of verifiable inputs government in Baghdad as stream in ISIL may be hold - necessarily be among the ers who do not carry any of the ground situation, ernment of the day lacks a majority in the Upper on their location and safety imposed from outside and ing them.It is also not clear priority targets.) worthwhile political or eco - timely tips, development of House or is unable to break a deadlock in Parliament. has led to an existentialist the geopolitical (those whether the ex-Baathists are Need for new hideouts nomic weight could also contacts and dependable However, it is seen that inefficient floor manage - debate on the fate of the opposed to the Iranian influ - still deeply involved with After their work is com - have led to their continued intermediaries. Countries Indian workers detained ence in Iraq and the region). ISIL after it has mutated to pleted, maintenance of detention without a thought with a potential to play ment, fear of facing a House in which the incumbent from a labour camp in Its fighters, estimated to Islamic State (IS) secrecy would demand that for an end game to the cap - helpful role in the matter in party does not have a majority, and a reluctance to Mosul in mid-June by the be between 20,000 to Harming hostages the workers are held incom - ture . It is also to be noted varying degree are Jordan, make pragmatic concessions across the floor in the terrorist group Islamic State 30,000, include nationals Nonetheless, a conclu - municado indefinitely lest that non-Muslims captured Turkey, Saudi Arabia, interest of sticking to its legislative agenda are the in Levant (ISIL).The current from some 80 countries. sion that the workers are not they should be a source of by ISIS had been given a Qatar, UAE, Iraq, Syria, information available with Information on the nature of harmed may be drawn from tip-off to the anti-ISIL choice between change of Lebanon, Iran, Israel, USA main reasons for prolonged deadlocks. It is a situa - the Government of India and coordination and division of some observations and rea - alliance. Given ISIL’s con - faith and harm’s way. and the UK. Major non- tion rich in irony as the BJP had often questioned the shared with the Parliament functions among such soned speculation. Harming stant need for new secret Jihadist campaign state players include the United Progressive Alliance government’s promul - appears to be based on sec - diverse strands of member - of hostages by ISIL so far hide-outs for operational India figures among the Iraqi exiles of different gation of ordinances in close proximity to a parlia - ondary or tertiary sources. ship and its chain of com - has been to make political purposes, requirement for third rung of nations in political, ideological and All the leads from the mand is too scanty to strate - and ideological statements the services of the workers ISIL’s jihadist campaign, sectarian background locat - mentary session. As in the case of the impasse in the sources in the region, relied gise any approach to secure and was graphically publi - could be continuous. the first two being Arab ed in Iraq’s neighbourhood, Rajya Sabha that occasioned the ordinances recently on so far by the Government the release of the captives. cised by ISIL itself. The one harm that could countries and non-Arab various factions of the issued to make legislative changes in the coal and to assure the workers’ fami - Becoming incommuni - ISIL made no effort to have befallen the workers is Islamic countries, respec - Sunni Tribal Confederation insurance sectors, logjams are often the result of the lies of their safety, seem to cado hide their brutality, whether that possibly some ISIL tively.( As for the brutal with members scattered in taper off in dead-ends, with The Indian workers it was against the western activists, out of an ideologi - execution of western Anbar, Mosul, Baghdad, government’s aversion to resolving issues raised by no further onward trail to the became incommunicado hostages or Yazidis or Kurds cal fervour and in an impul - hostages by ISIL, it seemed Erbil, Ankara,Istanbul and the Opposition. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s justifi - workers or the captors. This from mid-June soon after or Assyrian Christians or sive zeal and outside the a retaliatory action in the Amman and the local fran - cation for exercising the President’s legislative is perhaps understandable the fall of Mosul to ISIL, Sabeans or Shias or rival ISIL’s chain of command, wake of the military inter - chises of the Muslim power is that it had to avoid any further delay in the with ISIL being a phantom while the 40-odd Indian Sunnis and took pleasure in might have taken upon vention by US and UK in Brotherhood and Tablighi monstrosity that never ceas - nurses also held by ISIL publicising the same. themselves to inflict a sum - defence of the Kurds Jamaat. e-auction of coal blocks; and that raising the cap on es to spring surprises with around the same time in the The silence of ISIL on mary harm on the workers. against ISIL rather than as a Role of Indian officials foreign direct investment in insurance from 26 per an invisible leadership and a neighboring Tikrit were the Indian workers, there - A long-time Sunni resi - doctrinal compulsion.)India None of the state or cent to 49 brooked no further delay. And it has now structural and functional safely handed over to Indian fore, provides a ground to dent of Mosul had reported does not seem at present to non-state entities would be approved yet another ordinance to amend the land framework that is highly officials near Mosul though rule out a premeditated end-June that ISIL's mod - constitute a prime target for in a position to provide compartmentalised — mak - ISIL had a need for the reprisal having taken place ules in Mosul had some ISIL, whose current focus singly a solution to the acquisition law when there appears to be no urgent ing contact or communica - nurses to treat its members against the workers. The Kashmiris in its ranks, is centred on Iraq and Syria. workers’case or ever accept need to do so. tion with its core power cen - wounded in the occupation Indian workers are no prize going by their last name and At this juncture, it is that they or their acquain - On the flip side, it is a fact that the combined tres nearly impossible. The of Mosul. catch for ISIL, given their that they are presumably unlikely to spread its atten - tances knew ISIL or some - opposition, which outnumbers the ruling party and conclusion by the govern - There were unmistak - social and economic status from PoK. If the Indian tion and resources thin at one else who knew ISIL, ment that the workers are able Baathist signs in the that confers on them no sig - workers were indeed the cost of its immediate though in private they its allies in the Rajya Sabha, was determined to stall safe, therefore, seems to be initial seizure of Mosul by nificant political or mone - harmed and the ISIL has, concerns in Syria and Iraq. might be forthcoming more the proceedings until the demand that the Prime in the nature of an optimistic ISIL, particularly in the tary value . uncharacteristically, made ISIL’ s current attention candidly under guaranteed Minister himself make a statement on the ongoing surmise from an uncertain manner of fighting, gover - Financial burden no statement in that regard, towards India is to secrecy. ‘reconversion’ drive organised by affiliates of the situation. One only hopes nance, treatment of the On the other hand, hold - it could mean that the harm mobilise fresh recruits from It is for the Indian offi - earnestly that this is indeed locals and security arrange - ing them indefinitely in was done to the workers sections of its vast masses cials to nudge them into part - Sangh Parivar was met. Mr. Modi could have inter - the reality. ments. Release of the nurs - secrecy imposes a financial without an explicit order to swell the Jihadist ranks, ing with the details they have vened at least once to clear the air on allegations that Sunni groups es is attributed to the ex- and organisational burden from ISIL's top command. particularly so as the west - and to piece together the his government was conniving at the controversial ISIL that overran Mosul Baathist component of ISIL on the captors. A possible Internal repercussions ern conduits are being constantly emerging bits of ghar vapsi programmes across the country. For a is an aggregate of different who had taken control of utility from the workers to Harming of non-com - plugged by a concerted information to move for - Sunni groups that have Tikrit and who saw no ISIL is that by lacking any batants, without an order of action by the governments ward. Contacts with the cap - government committed to undoing the ‘policy paral - bonded together to unseat advantage in prolonged ideological or sectarian ISIL’s top brass, would have there and to score points tors, when it materialises, ysis’ of the previous regime and revitalising econom - the democratically elected detention of the nurses affinity and ignorant of local ensued some unpublicised vis-à-vis Al-Qaida in the will most likely be through ic reforms and good governance, his regime has Shia majority government in unwilling to work and in the topography, they are well- internal repercussion and incipient competition for indirect channels and could shown notable reluctance to rein in fringe Hindutva Iraq for reasons that include face of the heightened con - suited to be deployed safely disciplinar y action within the Jihadist turf in the sub - involve multiple relays in a the doctrinal (the puritanical cern in India about their on their sensitive work. In ISIL. Further any such continent. dispersed human chain in elements that do not seem to care for the govern - Wahabis viscerally oppose safety. As a natural corollary other words, ISIL might impulsive action against Diplomatic drive transmitting messages to and ment’s growth and development objectives. Finance the ruling Shias in Iraq and , if the workers are in the have put them on some the workers, if at all it had To bring back the work - fro the captors. It will neces - Minister Arun Jaitley’s claim that the promulgation were joined by foreign custody of former secret construction work taken place, would have ers, India has launched a sarily be a slow process and of the ordinances signify the government’s commit - recruits fired by the ISIL’s Baathists,their physical like command-and-control occurred in the first flush of special diplomatic drive in could take considerable time call for Jihad ) as well as the safety is reasonably assured centres, ammunition and victories in Mosul. Further, West Asia to reach out to even to get across a single ment to reform is questionable. An easier way to political (the disempowered and there is reason to be weapon storage sites. (That if that were not the case, a the kidnappers.Its scope message. Need to maintain demonstrate its commitment to reform would have and banned ex-Baathists, hopeful for their eventual would pose a risk of a differ - subsequent impulsive or a and results are understand - secrecy and zero traceability been to create conditions conducive to getting the who now have rechristened release. Given the difficul - ent kind in that the workers premeditated harm having ably not in the public of the relay would decide the Bills passed in the House. themselves as Nakshabandi ties the Government is fac - might be vulnerable to col - taken place against the domain. Given the nature pace and impact of the nego - Order), the tribal militias ing even in contacting the lateral damage in the anti- workers seems highly and nurture of ISIL, help of tiations. India needs to take the lead UdAy ABHyANKAR — and suffers from the energy-guzzling U.S. pro - by private corporations. tiations. presence of mosquitoes duces four times more Budgets in developed Improving energy effi - Without Indian leader - and other vectors that can GDP per unit carbon diox - countries are under pres - ciency ship, there will be no cli - carry infectious diseases. ide emissions than India sure and there is not going The only significant mate change agreement. Global warming leads does — many energy-effi - to be much additional climate-related financing The country should to changes in weather pat - cient EU countries pro - money for climate aid. India has received is improve its own energy terns that could make the duce six times more. If Whatever is available to through the Clean efficiency monsoons more erratic ‘Make in India’ products lease or purchase green Development Mechanism The latest marathon and extreme weather require four times as much technology, or for mitiga - (CDM). Under the CDM, negotiations on climate events more likely. With carbon-based energy, can tion and adaptation, will Indian entities receive change recently finished glaciers melting more they be internationally go to African and other payments from developed in Lima, Peru. Many out - rapidly, there will be more competitive? Moreover, Least Developed country enterprises for CO side observers feel that the floods followed by water unless India reduces car - Countries and Small reductions that the latter centrepiece of Lima, the scarcity. Rising sea levels bon intensity, its rapidly Island States. India should can use to meet their car - Intended Nationally due to warming will growing imported oil and welcome receiving aid but bon reduction obligations. Determined Contributions threaten our coastal cities coal requirements will at the same time cannot But this will only work in (INDCs), neither to be and low-lying villages. weigh heavily on external expect to get much climate future if there is a strong reviewed nor externally Higher temperatures could payments, and pollution in aid. Sub-Saharan African new climate agreement. monitored, are too weak to reduce yields of some cities will worsen. But if it countries, smaller Latin Otherwise the carbon mar - have any real impact on major crops while bring - improves carbon efficien - American and Caribbean ket will collapse and our climate change. ing in tropical diseases cy to current U.S. levels, countries, and Small CDM financing, which is Despite this, the Indian that have not been endem - the GDP could grow four Island States are more significant, will dry up. delegation expressed satis - ic in the country so far. times without an increase concerned about their Without Indian leadership, faction over the result. So Rising emissions, espe - in CO emissions. future in a world of erratic there will be no climate has the U.S, which is cially in urban areas, have There is now growing we emphasised on in the additional CO in the global body that tracks the weather and rising seas change agreement. understandable since little worsened pollution and recognition of this and climate change negotia - atmosphere following the science of climate change, than they are about histor - India needs to is really being asked of it made the air in many there are serious plans to tions? The key ones have industrial revolution, has said is the threshold ical responsibility. improve its own energy in terms of commitments. Indian cities unhealthy. reduce the carbon intensi - been equity and historical should provide the solu - which could trigger dan - Moreover they know that efficiency. It should But what is India seeking? More vulnerable ty of Indian production, responsibility of the tion. But developed coun - gerous effects. their emissions are small, leverage this necessity to Let’s look at the situa - India is far more vul - construction as well as developed countries; tries like the U.S. stress Regarding financial and little will be asked of lead the way to a mean - tion. India is a warm and nerable to global warming energy consumption hence Common but that the developing coun - aid and concessional tech - them, and that their limit - ingful international agree - primarily subtropical than developed countries through more energy-effi - Differentiated tries of today — China, nology transfer, does giv - ed financial requirements ment in Paris. Its policy country where agriculture which are located in cool - cient vehicles. Progress is Responsibilities (CBDR), India, Brazil and others — ing high priority to them are likely to be substan - goal should be to reduce and drinking water depend er temperate zones. So, it being made. But wouldn’t financial aid and green are responsible for more really make much sense in tially covered by a combi - the dangers of global on the monsoons. needs strong collective it be logical to leverage technologies to develop - than 50 per cent of global terms of India’s interests? nation of additional cli - warming for its people Northern India depends on international action to domestic actions we need ing countries for mitiga - CO emissions. Unless a Following a decision of mate finance and multilat - and get financial and river systems which are limit climate change and to take in our own inter - tion and adaptation to cli - collective effort is made, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee eral aid. So India’s other benefits from cli - sustained by melting global warming more than ests to promote commit - mate change. Recently CO emissions cannot be government, India reject - approach that only devel - mate change agreements Himalayan glaciers. The these countries do. ments by major emitting India called for adaptation reduced sufficiently to ed development aid from oped countries should through, for example, an country has a long coast - Making the economy more countries, accountable to be given the same prior - limit global warming to 2 most donor countries for have binding international enhanced CDM. line. It is also regularly energy-efficient, which within an international ity as mitigation. On equi - degree Celsius — the tem - over a decade. Do we seek commitments does not get Unfortunately India’s cur - exposed to extreme weath - will reduce carbon emis - agreement? ty it has argued that devel - perature that the aid from them now? much resonance; develop - rent approach is achieving er events — floods, sions, is in the country’s Against this back - oped countries, which are Intergovernmental Panel On technology, most ing countries are often neither. Perhaps it is time droughts and hurricanes own interest. Even the ground, what issues have responsible for most of the on Climate Change, the green technology is owned fragmented in these nego - for some fresh thinking. 5 JAMMU | THURSDAY | JANUARY 01 | 2015 Golden YuG Two-year-old in US Saradha chitfund scam: Entire Bengal will burn How can you trust a leader who runs accidentally shoots, kills mother away? Sheila Dikshit on Arvind Kejriwal if Mamata Banerjee is arrested, says TMC MP NEW dElHI, dEC. 31: Ahead of the upcoming irregularity going on." Assembly polls in the national capital, former Delhi chief The remarks from Ali indicates the minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday took a dig at Aam growing pressure on the state's ruling Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and said that party as four of its top leaders had already how can people trust someone who runs away. been arrested in connection with the "How can a leader, who runs away, be trusted again?" multi-crore Saradha chitfund scam case. Dikshit was quoted by ANI. Talking about Kejriwal's brief Suspended TMC leader Kunal tenure as the chief minister of the national capital, she Ghosh had earlier made serious allega - reportedly said, "He keeps claiming about all that he has tions by saying that Mamata was the achieved during his 49 days tenure. I don't think he was WASHINgToN, dEC. 31: A two-year-old boy on biggest beneficiary of the scam. The really able to achieve anything." Tuesday accidentally shot and killed his mother in a Saradha scam brought a huge embarrass - Dispelling speculations about her return to active pol - Walmart store after taking a gun from her purse, police said. ment for TMC chief and West Bengal itics, the three-time former chief minister of Delhi said The shooting took place in the store in Hayden, Idaho, CM Mamata Banerjee as TMC MP that her New Year resolutions includes staying away from where a woman was shopping with her children and other Kunal Ghosh, Madan Mitra, Mukol Roy active politics as she wants to focus on things that she family members. "Once on scene, deputies found a 29-year- and many other top leaders got arrested wants to do personally. "I hope to be able to write the his - old victim was deceased from an apparent gunshot wound," for being involved in the scam. This has tory of Delhi of the last 15 years," she added. Dikshit's Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger said in a statement. KolKATA, dEC. 31: A prominent Basirhat has threatened to resort to vio - left the party worried with leaders com - statement comes even as the political parties including "Her son was seated in the shopping cart and accessed member of the West Bengal's ruling party lence in West Bengal if Mamata Banerjee ing out in the open and calling the accu - Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are gearing the victim`s concealed weapon from her purse and dis - Trinamool Congress has threatened of is framed in the Saradha chitfund scam sations to be fake. up to start campaigning for the Assembly polls from charged it, striking the victim," he added, noting that the dire consequences in the event of his by the CBI. Ali reportedly made the Meanwhile, reports suggest that January 10. BJP will project Prime Minister Narendra shooting appeared to be accidental. party chief and Chief Minister Mamata statement at a public rally yesterday. Ali's another TMC MP Satabdi Roy is likely Modi as the star campaigner and is likely to kickstart the Sources told a local television station that the woman, Banerjee's arrest in connection with the remarks are being seen as an open and to be summoned by the CBI in connec - party's campaign with his rally on January 10. who was spending the holidays in the area, had a concealed multi-crore rupees Saradha chitfund direct threat to the CBI, which is probing tion with the ongoing probe. Multiple weapons permit. "A very sad incident occurred at our store scam. “If Mamata Banerjee is arrested in the case. Idris Ali's remark has evoked central agencies including the ED, CBI today involving the death of a female customer," the local the Saradha scam, entire West Bengal sharp reactions from the Congress party. and the Serious Frauds Investigation Army wasn't late in reacting to Walmart store said in a statement. "We are fully cooperat - will burn,” Idris Ali, TMC MP was quot - Senior Congress leader PC Chacko Office (SFIO) under the Corporate ing with the Kootenai County Sheriff`s deputies as they ed as saying by the ANI on Wednesday. said, "Saradha scam inquiry must take Affairs Ministry are currently probing Bodo attack: Manohar Parrikar investigate this matter." As per reports, the TMC leader from place in a proper manner if there is any the Saradha chitfund scam case. NEW dElHI, dEC. 31: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has denied that the Army was late in reacting to the attack by Bodo militants in Assam, and said they had Convict in Musharraf assassination Modi government's latest: Mission to wait for a request from the local administration. "We were alert about the attack even before the news was flashed in the media. The armed forces stationed there attempt case executed Empowerment for minorities were ready, but we had to wait for request from local 6, 2006, when a condemned NEW dElHI, dEC. administration," Parrikar said on Tuesday night during an prisoner, Mawas Khan of 31: In order to take his interaction with journalists. "As soon as the local adminis - Sufaid Sung area in development agenda to the tration requested, we deployed the forces," he said. The Peshawar, was hanged to minorities, the Narendra minister said 73 columns of the Army were now deployed death. In the first assassina - Modi government has tion attempt on Musharraf, launched 'Mission in Assam, where Bodo militants massacred dozens of trib - which took place near Sashaktikaran', as per als two days before Christmas. Jhanda Chichi bridge in reports on Wednesday. The Rawalpindi Dec 14, 2003, highlights of the scheme six PAF personnel were con - are economic empower - Two die in Silgiuri hotel fire victed by a field general ment and security for the SIlIgURI, dEC. 31: Two people, including a court martial at the PAF Base minorities. woman, died when a fire broke out at a hotel in this north - ISlAMABAd, dEC. Swabi district. He was kept Chaklala Oct 3, 2005, after Earlier too the BJP-led ern West Bengal town early Wednesday, police said. 31: A former Pakistan Air at the Haripur Central Prison they were kept in detention NDA government had come It may be recalled that Organizations. Twenty five people were rescued, while three to four sus - Force (PAF) junior techni - until Tuesday, from where he for over 20 months. up with certain schemes for in his campaign for the Najma Heptulla is the tained minor injuries. Two fire tenders were rushed to the cian, convicted in former was shifted to the Peshawar Since Dec 19, four per - the minorities like the 'Nai 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Minister for Minority Yatri hotel close to the Siliguri railway station after the president Pervez Musharraf Central Prison in a heli - sonnel - former junior techni - Roshni’ which they redis - Modi had laid emphasis on Affairs in the present gov - blaze was reported around 1 am. The blaze was brought assassination attempt case, copter. Earlier, the adminis - cian Adnan Rashid, who later covered. This was the lead - - ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka ernment. The government under control after a two-hour battle, officials said. "The was executed Wednesday, a tration had deployed police escaped during the 2012 ership-initiation pro - Vikas’ - or development for is reported to have acceler - bodies of a man and a woman were brought out of the media report said. and army personnel in and Bannu jailbreak, former gramme for young Muslim all. ated the pace of welfare of affected first floor and 25 others rescued. Three to four Niaz Mohammad was around the prison amid ter - chief technician Khalid women, which was a In the 2014-15 budget, six notified minorities people had minor injuries," said a police official. hanged at the Peshawar rorist threats. The Sher Shah Mehmood, former senior scheme of the previous his government had allocat - including the implementa - The cause of the fire is yet to be known. Central Prison, Dawn online Suri Road, where the prison technician Karam Din, and UPA government but had ed `12.50 crore for the tion of the existing reported. He was sentenced is situated, had already been former corporal Nawazish - not seen the light of the day. implementation of the schemes. to death for attempting to closed to the traffic Tuesday have been sentenced to This was designed to scheme for the leadership The present govern - Jharkhand bids 2014 goodbye assassinate Musharraf in night. death. However, the sixth bring Muslim women to the development of minority ment's thrust area is appar - with stable mandate Rawalpindi in 2003. The last death sentence convict, Nasrullah, also a mainstream of education women, which is imple - ently making the minority RANCHI, dEC. 31: After 14 years of uncertain and He was a resident of at the Peshawar Central junior technician, was sen - and other fields which mented through Non- youth skilled and their fragile alliances ruling Jharkhand, the electorate gave the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa`s Prison was carried out June tenced to life imprisonment. would be productive. Governmental placement. BJP-Ajsu coalition an absolute majority in 2014 with new Chief Minister Raghubar Das saying the assembly election Defence agents to be legalised by mandate was for stability and development. Delhi sets new rules for radio taxis, including Uber The third assembly elections, spanned over five phas - tion. mid-February: Manohar Parrikar es, gave Jharkhand its 10th government on December 28 As per the new guide - NEW dElHI, dEC. 31: Changes in the Defence after the previous Houses saw nine regimes since the foun - lines, the operators will Procurement Policy to legalise representatives from foreign dation of the state on November 15, 2000. "In the past 14 have to record reasons if defence firms will be done in another month and a half, years, Jharkhand has become infamous. Give me time to the GPS stops function - Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said. In an interaction put the state on the fast track of development," Das said. ing, along with the dura - with journalists late Tuesday night, he also said that the The state has seen five chief ministers - Babulal tion when it was on the ministry is thinking of giving conditioned and limited Marandi, Arjun Munda (thrice), Shibu Soren (thrice), blink. approval to dealing with banned firms, and a ban has been Madhu Koda and Hemant Soren - heading nine govern - The new guidelines lifted to get spare parts for Tatra trucks. ments. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed several have said the colour of "Representatives from defence firms are already rallies, appealing to the people to end instability in the the radio taxi should be allowed in the Defence Procurement Policy... the problem state and usher in development that could put Jharkhand in white "with a coloured is it does not say what is not acceptable," Parrikar said. top bracket of developed states. strip on both sides of the "Changes will be made to the DPP, representatives will Though fragile governments tend to encourage Maoist taxi prominently display - be allowed but commission, or percentage of profit for the activities, Naxal-related deaths, till October declined with ing the name of the deals will not be allowed. The representative's remunera - 130 killings (seven policemen, 77 civilians and 46 licensee. The permit tion shall be declared by the company," he said. Naxalites) compared to last year which recorded 211 issued by the transport Parrikar added that a draft of the changed policy is deaths (36 policemen, 126 civilians and 49 Naxalites, authority should be dis - ready and a final draft will be ready in another 8-10 days. It according to police records). played at a prominent will then go through further procedures before going to the The casualties of Naxalites also included killing each NEW dElHI, dEC. services following the the passenger can trans - place inside the radio cab. union cabinet. other in turf wars. The police records say Jharkhand has 19 31: App-based cab book - rape of a 25-year-old mit a signal to the control The New rules also "The process shall be completed in another one and a Naxal outfits, including CPI (Maoist), People's Liberation ing services like Uber, financial analyst alleged - centre of the lincencee say that the fleet size of half months," said Parrikar, but noted that those agents who Front of India and other splinter groups. Maoists blew up which reignited the ly by the driver of a cab and therefrom to the near - the radio taxis must be cut have been banned by the ministry will not be permitted a vehicle carrying polling and police personnel in Dumka women safety debate in she booked through est police station or the from 500 to 200. under the new arrangement. in the third and final phase of polling in the Lok Sabha India, may be back on Uber’s mobile-applica - Police Control Room However, after the He also said that banned firms can be conditionally elections on April 24, inflicting eight casualties. Delhi roads given if they tion. New guidelines for (PCR). tweak in the rules Uber allowed. "Based on merit and necessity, one can think of follow the new set of radio taxis for plying in One of the key change said that the new guide - lifting the ban to a reasonable level," he said. The police also made some important arrests in the rules by Delhi Transport Delhi - is the permission to the lines do not help them Parrikar said the state-run Bharat Earth Movers Limited Naxal ranks. On the crime front, air rifle shooter Tara Department. Under the new rules, operators to book cab for serve their riders as it is (BEML) has been allowed to supplying spare parts for Tatra Shahdeo hogged headlines after she walked out of her The online cab-hailing for the taxis to operate the passengers through not a radio taxi company. trucks, as long as it does not deal with the British subsidiary marriage with Ranjit Kumar Kohli alias Rakibul Hasan on companies, including San within the national capi - telephone, mobile or its The company, value at of the company, which was banned following irregularities the ground that Hasan allegedly cheated, deceived and tor - Francisco-based Uber tal, a panic button must web portal. Companies about $40 billion said it in its deal with BEML. tured her. Shahdeo exposed how Kohli allegedly had con - Technologies Inc, were be installed in the cab so like Uber were operating will continue talks with "Limited NoC (no objection certificate) has been given tacts with officials from judiciary, government and politi - banned from providing its when in case of distress through a mobile applica - the transport office. to BEML because we need Tatra trucks," he said. cians with one of the judicial officials placed under sus - pension and names of two ex-ministers in the erstwhile Hemant Soren cabinet figuring during the course of probe. Kohli's contacts with politicians was evident when for - mer Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari Development of 100 smart cities saw push in 2014 admitted at a media conference that he had taken his "ser - NEW dElHI, dEC. 31: flagship programme Jawaharlal migration from rural areas to other parameters. Housing and Poverty rent fiscal. With the aim of facil - vices" to get a person released on parole. On corruption Development of 100 smart cities Nehru National Urban Renewal cities, the NDA government in While the total budget allo - Alleviation Ministry is mandat - itating construction of houses in front, the ED froze former chief minister Madhu Koda's and housing for all by 2022 Mission (JNNURM), a massive its budget announced that cation of the ministry was ed to formulate policy for pro - a proper way, it is bringing about bank accounts. Koda's former cabinet colleague, Anosh were the mantra of Ministry of city-based modernisation "unless new cities are developed around Rs 7060 crore for 2014- viding affordable housing and a bill for regulation of the real Ekka, was arrested in connection with the murder of a Urban Development and scheme launched in 2005 for to accommodate burgeoning 15, Rs 500 crore was earmarked also regulation and development estate sector keeping the con - teacher. Pursuing with the 2013 Patna bomb blast and Housing and Poverty seven years and then extended number of people, the existing in the first phase for Smart City for economic and caste census sumers interest in mind. The Alleviation in 2014. for two years. cities would soon become unliv - and heritage city projects alone. in the urban areas. According to Real Estate (Regulation and Bardhaman blast cases, the National Investigation Agency With the NDA government Referring to cities as the able". Pursued under Heritage City ministry data, there is a shortage Development) Bill, crucial for raided at places located in Ranchi and Pakur. The fragile replacing the UPA in May, BJP "engine of growth", UD Keeping the need for rapid Development and of 18.7 million houses in urban construction of affordable hous - nature of coalition governments, in which multiple parties veteran M Venkaiah Naidu Ministry aims to draw out urbanisation in mind, the min - Augmentation Yojana (HRI - areas at the beginning of the ing, is likely to be taken up for join them, had been evident when former Chief Minister assumed charge of the twin min - growth path to ensure that they istry chalked out an action plan DAY), government has short - 12th Plan. The ministry aims to consideration in the next Budget Hemant Soren dropped three ministers for dissent. At least istries giving a push to cleanli - function efficiently because an to develop 100 smart cities as listed 12 heritage cities - spend Rs 36,000 crore during Session of Parliament. Naidu 16 MLAs quit ahead of the assembly polls to join one or ness and punctuality at office. effective engine is critical to eco - satellite towns of larger cities Amritsar, Ajmer, Mathura, the 12th Plan period to construct has emphasised that the bill, the other party in the hope of retaining seats. But several The year also witnessed launch nomic development. Speeding and by modernising the existing Gaya, Kanchpuram, one million houses and provide while seeking to promote hous - of them failed in their "opportunistic objective" as inter - of Swachh Bharat Mission and up urbanisation with the help of mid-sized cities. These cities Vellankanni, Varanasi, Puri, interest subsidy for another one ing activities, should aim at har - preted by some of the senior political leaders. The assem - urban renewal of 500 cities for latest technology offers employ - will be equipped with modern Dwarka, Badami, Warrangal million houses. In order to pro - monising the concerns of con - bly elections saw the defeat of former chief ministers providing better amenities in ment opportunities and also facilities like continuous power and Amrawati in the first phase. vide housing for all, the ministry sumers and real estate develop - Babulal Marandi, Arjun Munda, Madhu Koda and Hemant urban areas. National Urban improves quality of life, Naidu and water supply, easy health - Housing for all by 2022 was a wants to attract private invest - ers, rather than introducing Soren - though Soren won Barhait he lost his home turf Renewal Mission for 500 cities has maintained. care, clean air, sanitation, securi - major policy announcement by ment in a big way. It has got strangulation in the name of reg - Dumka - and nine incumbent ministers. replaced UPA government's Taking note of large-scale ty and entertainment among the Modi government in 2014. about Rs 4000 crore in the cur - ulation. 6 JAMMU | THURSDAY | JANUARY 01 | 2015 Golden YuG New NASA instrument to accurately measure Earth's soil An unclaimed legacy WASHINgToN: NASA is all set to launch an instru - By C RAJA MoHAN When the BJP manifesto of 1999. When he took freedom of action for his ment that will measure the moisture lodged in Earth`s soils generated some confusion on charge, cross-border terror - government. Vajpayee was with unprecedented accuracy and resolution. Scheduled for Turning Atal Bihari the question of India’s ism was rampant. No major convinced that Delhi’s pur - launch Jan 29, the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Vajpayee into a national icon nuclear doctrine, Modi power in the world was suit of hegemony over the instrument has a radar, a radiometer and the largest rotat - does not necessarily mean moved in quickly to insist willing to support India’s subcontinental neighbours ing mesh antenna ever deployed in space. the BJP and RSS appreciate that his government would contention that Pakistan was counterproductive. The mission`s science instrument ropes together a sen - his diplomatic legacy, espe - abide by the principles of was sponsoring terrorism Even more important, he sor of each type to corral the highest-resolution, most accu - cially towards the neigh - nuclear restraint outlined by across the border. Against understood that India’s for - rate measurements ever made of soil moisture - a tiny frac - bours. In opposition during Vajpayee. Unlike the BJP in great odds, Vajpayee per - eign policy must be deeply tion of Earth`s water that has a disproportionately large the decade-long UPA rule opposition, Modi has recog - sisted with the normalisa - sensitive to the multiple effect on weather and agriculture, the US space agency (2004-14), the BJP did nised the dangers of playing tion of bilateral relations tragedies triggered by the said in a statement. Remote sensing instruments are called everything to undermine for - politics with the historic civil with Pakistan and the Partition of the subconti - "active" when they emit their own signals and "passive" mer Prime Minister nuclear initiative. The PM Beijing. As the external Modi’s special outreach exploration of a framework nent along religious lines. when they record signals that already exist. To enable the Manmohan Singh’s pursuit has affirmed his determina - affairs minister in the Janata to Pakistan Prime Minister for the resolution of the Vajpayee also saw the pro - mission to meet its accuracy needs while covering the of Vajpayee’s bold interna - tion to find a way around the government of 1977-79, Nawaz Sharif, and his Kashmir question. found interconnection globe every three days or less, SMAP engineers at NASA`s tional agenda. nuclear liability act that has Vajpayee began the effort to promise to implement the Vajpayee’s patience and a between religious harmony Whether it was the prevented domestic and for - normalise relations with important land boundary constructive approach to at home and relations with Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, attempt to end India’s pro - eign suppliers from partici - China that had frozen after agreement that Manmohan Pakistan paid off in the Pakistan. His opposition to designed and built the largest rotating antenna. longed nuclear isolation, pating in India’s atomic ener - the 1962 war. When he Singh had negotiated with greater international sup - the demolition of the Babri SMAP`s radar uses the antenna to transmit microwaves deepen the partnership with gy programme. became prime minister two Bangladesh, suggested that port for India’s position. Masjid in 1992 and deep toward Earth and receive the signals that bounce back the United States, normalise Modi, like Vajpayee, decades later, Vajpayee the new PM was acutely con - There was widespread dismay at the 2002 Gujarat called backscatter. SMAP`s radiometer detects differences relations with China or sees a strong partnership worked out a new political scious of the strategic imper - expectation that, as a strong riots, his efforts to bring in Earth`s natural emissions of microwaves that are caused improve relations with the with the US as central to the framework for negotiating atives of a good neighbour - leader, Modi was in a better peace to Kashmir and nor - by water in soil. The SMAP will be the fifth NASA Earth neighbours, especially pursuit of India’s internation - the boundary dispute with hood policy. The bonhomie position than Manmohan malise relations with science mission launched within the last 12 months. Pakistan and Bangladesh, al interests. Despite the Beijing. between Modi and Nawaz Singh to pursue the peace Pakistan and Bangladesh Manmohan Singh followed decade-long denial of an Modi has now added a Sharif, however, did not last process with Pakistan. But were part of one important in Vajpayee’s footsteps. If the American visa, Modi took new dimension by making too long as tensions contin - those hopes receded as recognition: India’s hopes Rare white rhino treated for Congress party was reluctant the first opportunity to visit China a critical element of ued on the border and Delhi Modi put the brakes on the for peace and prosperity, to support Manmohan Singh, Washington and arrest the his strategy to accelerate suspen ded the dialogue engagement with Pakistan. and its aspirations for a mystery illness in California the BJP turned hostile. slide in bilateral relations that India’s economic develop - with Pakistan. It was He also appears to be hav - larger role in the world are SAN dIEgo: An aging northern white rhinoceros, During the election cam - had occurred during the ment. He also seems ready to protesting against the con - ing problems in keeping his deeply tied to the restora - one of just five left in the world, appeared to be respond - paign, Modi invoked UPA’s second term. In invit - emulate Vajpayee’s policy of tact between Pakistan and word to Bangladesh on the tion of the subcontinent’s ing to treatment of an unidentified bacterial infection that Vajpayee’s name when talk - ing US President Barack improving ties with the the Kashmiri separatist ratification of the LBA, strategic unity. This in turn, has veterinarians worried for a subspecies limping toward ing about India’s foreign pol - Obama for the Republic Day neighbours. As foreign min - groups on the eve of formal given the opposition from Vajpayee knew, depended extinction, a California zoo said on Tuesday. Nola, age 40, icy. Modi’s critics saw this as celebrations next month, ister, Vajpayee was the first talks between Delhi and his own party units in on overcoming the bitter was showing signs of improvement after San Diego Zoo a tactic to rebrand the Gujarat Modi is being true to senior Indian leader to travel Islamabad. Vajpayee faced Bengal and Assam. consequences of Partition. chief minister as a moderate. Vajpayee’s surprising procla - to Pakistan after the 1971 a much more difficult situ - Vajpayee kept the profes - Despite Modi’s claim to Safari Park keepers gave her antibiotics to ward off an ill - While Modi continued to mation in 1998 that India and war. He pressed for normali - ation than either sional hawks in the nation - Vajpayee’s strategic legacy, ness whose symptoms on Monday included a runny nose, surprise with his broad the US were “natural allies”. sation of relations with Manmohan Singh or Modi al security establishment the latter’s understanding decreased appetite and lethargy, a zoo spokeswoman said. adherence to the contours of Modi has also followed Bangladesh that went into a when dealing with and the conservatives in his of the subcontinent’s past "She seems to be feeling better today, she has been Vajpayee’s foreign policy, his Vajpayee in departing from deep chill after the assassina - Pakistan. He had to fight a own party at bay in the and his vision for the walking around and eating," said Darla Davis, a zoo capacity to persist is being Delhi’s conventional wisdom tion of its founder, limited war to repel making of India’s foreign region’s future appear to spokeswoman. "The vets think she is responding to antibi - tested by the extremist trends on China and Nagpur’s long- Bangabandhu Mujibur Pakistan’s aggression in the policy. It is not clear if have little resonance within otics." Nola, a 4,000-pound (1.8-tonne) female who came in the extended RSS family. standing hostility towards Rahman, in 1975. Kargil sector in the summer Modi can sustain a similar the BJP and RSS. to San Diego in 1989, is considered a geriatric rhino in a subspecies whose individuals generally live 40 to 50 years in captivity, Davis said. On Dec. 14, a 44-year-old northern white rhino named Angalifu died at the same Safari Park, where he was being treated for age-related conditions. With Godse at the centre Angalifu`s death brought the worldwide total of known By INdER MAlHoTRA Hindus”. This was the Chahal, the administration remaining northern white rhinos down to five from six, result of Partition, for has taken “serious note” with Nola in San Diego and four counterparts elsewhere, Since the advent of the which the responsibility of the incident and one at a zoo in Europe and three in preserves in Africa, Narendra Modi sarkar, there was “Mr Gandhi’s”. The ordered the police officer Davis said. "Nola had a thick drainage coming out of her have been a spate of hate Hindu Mahasabha in charge of the area to nose," Davis said. "The vets swabbed the mucus, and statements and potentially spokesman went on to say register a case and pursue disastrous demands such as that, unfortunately, there it vigorously. Some of cytology tests showed bacteria, so they began treating her that for “ghar wapsi” or was no law under which those present at the earth- with antibiotics." reconversion of Hindus “Mr Gandhi” could be breaking ceremony have The Safari Park vets also took blood for tests from the converted to Islam or brought to book. So reported that the general creature`s tail, Davis said. "She`s such a gentle animal, she Christianity over centuries. Godse did what he had to. secretary of the party was lets the keepers work on her," she added. Northern white This issue cannot be treated There was not an iota of critical of Modi for hav - rhinos were driven to near extinction by poaching in as inconsequential because support for the Hindu ing done nothing about Africa, where the animals` horns are prized for their sup - no less a person than the Mahasabha’s position dur - building the Ram Temple posed medicinal value. None of those remaining in captiv - supreme leader of the RSS, ing the TV debate but it is or to repeal Article 370. ity has reproduced. Semen and testicular tissue from the who is also the “karta” of scandalous beyond mea - The worthy seems male northern white rhino have been stored in the hope that the sprawling Sangh sure that so little notice unaware that the BJP, new reproductive technologies will allow recovery of the Parivar, Mohan Bhagwat, was taken of the vile keen to be part of the new subspecies in the future, the zoo said. has endorsed it. In West words against the father government in the sensitive White rhinos rank as the world`s heaviest land mam - Bengal, there has been a of the nation and so much state, or even to head it, has mals after African and Indian elephants. There are only constant exchange of foul praise heaped on his mur - to tread softly on this emo - about 30,000 rhinos of all types left in the world, and a rhi - abuse between the TMC, derer. Both government tive issue. It is needless to noceros is believed to be killed by poachers somewhere in ruling in the state, and the and Opposition parties add that this is by no means the wild every eight hours, the zoo said earlier this month. BJP, ruling at the Centre. A have been equally all. Things are becoming TMC MP went so far as to come from a senior BJP MP, “genetic abnormalities”, words. The Hindu neglectful in this respect. more controversial and Davis said Nola did not share a habitat with Angalifu and threaten to unleash his Sakshi Maharaj. As a result said a leader of the Akhil Mahasabha’s national Last week, the Hindu tense in Maharashtra as had not bonded with him. She lives with a southern white henchmen and goons to of the prime minister’s pri - Bharatiya Hindu general secretary, Acharya Mahasabha held a bhoomi well. Hindu Mahasabha rhino named Chuck. “rape” the women in the vate advice or directive to Mahasabha, Muslims Madan, justified the pujan ceremony for the activists there have made a families of those attacking him, he withdrew his state - “should be packed off to Mahatma’s murder by construction of a temple documentary called Desh his party. Now the two sides ment and declared that he Pakistan”. Why Pakistan Godse. He argued that dedicated to Godse in the Bhakt Nathuram Godse Small lizard species found in Australia are threatening to cut off the no longer thought that would accept such a huge “killing for a cause” was Meerut district of Uttar (Patriot Nathuram Godse), SydNEy: A lizard species that weighs barely 16 gram hands of each other’s work - Godse was a patriot. Yet exodus from this country or no crime, and that patriot - Pradesh. But the matter which is scheduled for and has remained practically unchanged for the past six ers. nothing deterred the Hindu what the international ic Godse had a just cause. came to light only on release on January 30, the million years has been found in Australia, a media report However, nothing could Mahasabha from demand - community would think of The anchor asked him Christmas (sorry, Good Mahatma’s death anniver - said Wednesday. Scientists discovered the world's smallest have been more despicable ing the construction of India’s expulsion of 13 whether his unacceptable Governance!) Day. The sary. But a Pune court is goanna lizard in Australia's Kimberley region. than the campaign of the Godse temples and installa - per cent of its population behaviour could give oth - Samajwadi Party govern - hearing a civil suit demand - The new species grows to just 23 cm and weighs only Hindu Mahasabha to glorify tion of his statues across the seems to be of no concern ers the right to strangulate ment in Lucknow has ing a ban on it. Years ago, a 16 gm, while other goanna species can grow to over three the assassin of Mahatma country. To this folly, it to Godse’s bhakts. him. He ducked the ques - ordered an inquiry into play praising Godse was metres in length. The Dampier Peninsula goanna, or Gandhi. It must be men - added a new doctrine on What happened during tion but went on pontifi - the whole affair. banned. To allow the new Varanus Sparnus, is the 26th goanna species identified in tioned that the first state - conversions. Since the a debate on the subject on cating that “Mr Gandhi” According to the acting film to be shown is bound Australia and the 1,001st overall reptile species, Xinhua ment hailing Nathuram reconversion of Muslims to a TV news channel was was responsible for the district magistrate of to create great tension and reported. Scientists believe it has remained unchanged for Godse as a “patriot” had Hinduism would lead to abominable beyond death of “10 lakh Meerut, Navneet Singh trouble. over six million years. Simulation of universe with realistic galaxies created loNdoN: An international team of astronomers has developed a simulation of the universe in which realistic galaxies are created. In the simulation, the mass, size and age are similar to those of observed galaxies. Their similarity is caused by the simulation of strong galactic winds - gas winds that are blown from galaxies. “The universe generated by the computer is just like the real thing. There are galaxies everywhere, with all the shapes, sizes and colours I hav seen with the world's largest telescopes. It is incredible,” said co-author Richard Bower from Durham University. The simulations took several months to run at the “Cosmology Machine” in Durham and at “Curie” in Paris, among the largest computers used for scientific research in Britain and France, respectively. The galaxies formed in the EAGLE- simulation (Evolution and Assembly of GaLaxies and their Environments) are a much closer reflection of real galaxies thanks to the strong galactic winds, which blow away the gas supply needed for the formation of stars. EAGLE's galaxies are lighter and younger because fewer stars form and they form later. In the EAGLE simulation, these galactic winds - which are powered by stars, super - nova explosions and supermassive black holes - are stronger than in earlier simulations. “In the EAGLE uni - verse, I can even press a button to make time run back - wards,” Bower added. Astronomers can now use the results to study the development of galaxies from almost 14 billion years ago until now. 7 JAMMU | THURSDAY | JANUARY 01 | 2015 Golden YuG Dhoni led by example, Some success, some heartbreak ndia’s cricketers stumble Sangakkara and Mahela not by rhetoric: Dravid into the New Year with a Jayawardene walked into the Idefeat and a valediction. T20 sunset in a blaze of glory, NEW DELhI: Former one was predictable; the borne around the Sher-e- Indian skipper Rahul other, not so. As Australia Bangla Stadium on the shoul - Dravid said Mahendra wrapped up the Border ders of their joyous colleagues. Singh Dhoni would go Gavaskar Trophy with a draw Elsewhere, Pakistan down as a captain who at the MCG, M.S. Dhoni astounded the way only led “more by example stepped down as Test captain. Pakistan can, comprehensive - than by rhetoric or by he may have presided over yet ly beating Australia 2-0 in words”. another failed series — India their Test series in the UAE. “one of the things I won one and lost six of its 10 More incredible is that really liked about play - Tests in 2014 — but Dhoni Pakistan did it without Saeed ing under MS was that retires as the country’s most Ajmal, the most high-profile he never asked you to successful leader, having mar - casualty of the ICC’s clamp - do anything that he shalled the team’s rise to No. 1 down on chucking. Along the himself didn’t do,” he and overseen a gilded period. way, Misbah-ul haq, often said. It was a year, however, that ridiculed for being dour with Dhoni retired from will forever be blotted by an the bat, clobbered the joint- Test cricket at the end extraordinary tragedy. on of the third Test against November 27, three days short seas in three summers — but well for the World Cup, only fastest hundred in Test histo - Australia, which ended of his 26th birthday, Phillip the disappointment, of at six weeks away now. ry. in a draw on Tuesday. hughes died after suffering a times surrendering the upper The competition will repre - Back on New Year’s Day, Dravid said Dhoni blow to the head while at the hand, will linger. Truth be sent a formal changing of the New Zealand’s Corey earned the respect of crease. told, though, this is a young, guard for India, for only three Anderson broke Shahid his teammates by set - Dravid said Dhoni “he was never defen - It plunged Australia into relatively-inexperienced side of the 11 that started the final Afridi’s record for the quickest ting an example with deserves credit for sive when captaining in enormous grief, and cast a with potential. at the Wankhede Stadium in oDI century, while two his own performance. inspiring a whole gener - India. When he had long shadow on all cricket in In coloured clothing, India 2011 remain. The omission of months later his captain “The reality was he ation of small-town spinners, he was always the immediate aftermath. understandably made a better Gautam Gambhir, Virender Brendon McCullum became had to build a younger cricketers. attacking, on turning India’s series was hastily fist of it, winning 14 of 24 Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Test cricket’s 24th triple cen - group who were coming “For someone to come tracks, he was willing to rescheduled, but the results oDIs. The highlight of the Khan and harbhajan Singh turion. through,” Dravid said. from a small town like force the game. It’s just that followed threw up no sur - home season was undoubtedly from the list of probables came Farewells “In a sense he was Ranchi, to go on and overseas, and over the prises. The team sank to a 2-0 Rohit Sharma’s 264 in as no surprise but still a World 2014 will also be remembered not the most commu - captain India and play last three or four years, deficit, failing to wipe away Kolkata, when he put Sri Cup squad represents a sort of as a year of goodbyes: to nicative of captains, but 90 Test matches, to do it that I just think he memories of the defeats in Lanka to the sword in a lop - firm dividing line. Jacques Kallis and Graeme he tried to earn your the way he has, I think maybe felt he didn’t New Zealand (1-0) and sided series that was only Lanka’s memorable year Smith, and perhaps Kevin respect by walking the he brought a lot of dig - have the bowling England (3-1). arranged after West Indies — Before the embarrassment Pietersen, for whose absence talk. he never took a nity to the job of cap - resources to be able to Those engagements were mired in incessant pay dis - in India, Sri Lanka enjoyed a international cricket will be backward step, and led taincy,” Dravid said. take 20 wickets, and he not without their bright spots putes — flew home mid-tour - memorable year, winning a poorer. Then there was the more by example than Dravid also lauded found himself, at many — notably the Ishant Sharma- nament. Test series in England and saddest farewell of them all, to by rhetoric or by words. Dhoni’s leadership style stages, always behind inspired triumph at Lord’s, The settled nature of claiming the World Twenty20 hughes, who was felled by a More by actions,” he and called him an the four-ball,” Dravid India’s first Test victory over - Dhoni’s one-day side augurs title in Dhaka. Kumar bouncer and never rose again. added. attacking captain. said. Sood takes 10 as Agar reminds me of Gilchrist: Langer Poovamma hopes government would Delhi thump Gujarat SYDNEY: he's been deal with the axing. "When he learns how ing the dizzying highs provide facilities to athletes picked for his spin, but Although his bowling to make runs and he and heartbreaking lows Ashton Agar's prowess has endured its ups and starts thinking like a of Test cricket in such a MANGALURU: having a couple of months with the bat could be downs while playing for batsman rather than a short period. decided not to represent would help athletes to his ticket back into Test Western Australia, tail-ender, he's going to "You have those rises another state, Incheon improve the perfor - ranks, according to Agar remains proficient be a fantastic talent." and you're in Women's Asian Games Bronze mance, she said. cricket great Justin with the bat, having Agar said he was Day or Women's winner in 400 mts event In Mangaluru on a Langer. scored six half-centuries over the moon to learn Weekly, and you're M.R. Poovamma has two-week leave from Agar is in line to play in 27 first-class match - of his Test recall, and he meeting the queen. And said she hoped the the in next week's fourth es. has no qualms about then the next minute Karnataka government Thiruvananthapuram Test against India at Nathan Lyon is con - taking on the role of an you're back playing first would make available training camp, Ms. the SCG after he was a sidered a certainty to all-rounder after work - or second XI cricket at all facilities required for Poovamma said she is shock selection in play at the spin-friendly ing closely with Langer WA," Langer said. the athletes represent - preparing hard for the Australia's 13-man SCG next week, but over the past two years. "I don't think he han - ing the state. Rio olympics 2016. squad. Langer said Agar "I feel like I'm bat - dled it very well, but In an informal chat While her best record in The 21-year-old's should also be strongly ting pretty well at the he's fought back. he with presspersons here the 400 mt event has recall brings back mem - considered - even if moment," said Agar, went through the on Monday, Mr. been 51.73 seconds, she ories of his Test debut Australian selectors who is a chance to mourning period, and Poovamma retracted is aiming at beating the in 2013, when he scored aren't after two special - replace Joe Burns in the now he's back playing from her earlier state - international record of 98 while batting at ist spinners. Test team. really good cricket." ment of representing 48.06 seconds. Training No.11 in the Ashes "They might play "I'm just so rapt that Agar will link up another state for vari - in India should start at opener in England. him as an all-rounder I've got another oppor - with the Test team after ous reasons, including very early age, line in Agar played just one like we have," Langer tunity to be around the playing for the Perth non-availability of facil - the West, to bring out more Test before being said on Wednesday. group again. The Scorchers in Thursday ities and lesser cash the best of the talent, dropped back to State "he's as natural a dream's alive." night's Twenty20 clash prize to winters of she felt. ranks, with the talent as I've seen with Langer said Agar had with the Sydney national and interna - Regarding the facili - Victorian-born left-han - the bat since Adam learned some valuable Thunder at the WACA tional events. She ties for athletes in der taking some time to Gilchrist. lessons after experienc - Ground. hoped that her demand Mangaluru, Ms. for a personal coach, Poovamma said the nutrition expert, phys - recently laid synthetic iotherapist and physi - track at Mangala NEW DELhI: Left-arm spinner Varun Sood took Ranji Trophy 2014 Group C: Services cian would be met by Stadium is a good move. his match haul to 10 wickets as Delhi completed an the government to however, the track gets innings-and-109-run win over Gujarat on the improve the perfor - damaged by regular fourth day. This was Delhi's third outright win in bowlers restrict Hyderabad on Day 3 mance considerably. walkers and joggers. as many games and their second with a bonus If not personal coach “They even disturb out point. MUMBAI: Services Replying to and other facilities, the practice sessions,” she Sood and offspinner Shivam Sharma had bowlers struck back to Jharkhand’s first least the government lamented. To a ques - reduced Gujarat to 152 for 7 on the third day with check hyderabad’s first innings total of 337 all could do is to send tion, she said the a deficit of 123 runs and they could only add 14 innings lead to just 32 out, Kerala scored 383 promising athletes for Athletics Federation of runs to their total before being bundled out for 166. runs on Day 3 of the all out in their first training abroad, in India has planned ath - Shivam took two of the three wickets to fall five Group C Ranji Trophy essay. institutes of interna - letics league on the overs into the final morning, dismissing the cricket match at the At stumps on day tional repute, Mr. lines of IPL and overnight pair of Jesal Karia and Pranjal Sutaria Rajiv Gandhi three, Jharkhand were Poovamma said. There Kabaddi leagues, to within four balls. In the next over, Sood dismissed International Stadium, on 68 for one with are some special insti - popularize athletics. Kushang Patel, sealing the win for Delhi. Sood and Uppal, in hyderabad on Shabaz Nadeem tutes in the United But the dates are yet to Shivam finished the game with career-best figures. Tuesday. unbeaten on 39 and giv - States and training for be finalized, she added. Sood, who had taken a maiden five-for on the third Resuming on their ing him company at the evening, ended with a match tally of 10 for 93. overnight score of 210 other end was Virat Shivam's 4 for 52 in the second innings took his for three in the four-day Singh on six. Gareth Bale not for sale match figures to 6 for 91. encounter, hyderabad Resuming on 179 for were bowled out 338 five, overnight batsmen after losing seven wick - Prem, who started the at any price, says Perez Didn’t want to give ets for just 117 runs. day on 35 and Gomez, Centurion hanuma who resumed on 3, Vihari (119) added just played with a lot of India a sniff: Smith five runs to his responsibility to make MELBoURNE: Steve Smith had some hard ques - overnight score before sure Kerala did not con - tions to answer from the Australian media, on the being scalped by left- cede the first innings delayed declaration. The Australian captain said arm spinner Saurabh lead. he did not have any regrets in batting till lunch on Kumar, who bagged The duo shared a 68- day five. four wickets in the Brief Scores: (63) and Abhijit Dey run partnership for the “India has some very good batters in its side. innings. Services 1st Innings: (49). sixth wicket to consoli - The wicket didn’t break up; it was still a very good The hyderabad 306 and 96/4 in 34 overs Goa in their second date the innings before wicket. lower-order also resist - (Nakul Verma 21, innings were 123 for Prem got out. his knock “ There wasn’t any up-and-down movement, and ed but new-ball bowler Devender Lohchab 20 five and led the hosts by came off 116 balls, stud - we got a little bit of reverse swing, which was Roshan Raj and left- not out; Akash 109 runs at stumps. ded with seven fours handy for us. arm spinner Abhishek Bhandari 2-40) Goa 251 and 123/5 and a six. Gomez took “But, we really didn’t want to give India a sniff. Sakuja bagging three hyderabad: 338 in (Rahul Keni batting 20, 173 deliveries for his 76 MADRID: Real Madrid have made it clear to We have got another series win, which is what we wickets apiece, made 132 overs (hanuma Deepraj Gaonkar bat - that included nine Manchester United and other possible suitors for were after, and hopefully we can finish well in sure the the hosts are Vihari 119, Akash ting 25; Abhijit Sirkar boundaries and a six, his signature that Gareth Bale is not for sale at Sydney.” not able to stretch their Bhandari 36 not out; 2/13) Tripura 265. while Monish’s 75 was any price. Real president Florentino Perez told on Australia settling for a draw with four overs lead much. Saurabh Kumar 4-92). Kerala take first- scored in 160 balls and Spanish newspaper Marca that Welshman Bale, left, Smith said: “I don’t think there was still a win Getting behind the Tripura take first innings lead over with the help of seven who signed for the European champions for a there. trail, the visitors were innings lead against Jharkhand fours and two sixes. For world record 100 million euros ($121.6 million) last “All our bowlers were pretty cooked, and it was 96 for four at stumps Goa Riding on half-cen - Jharkhand, RP Singh year, was key to the club's present and future. just time to finish. I don’t think we had four wick - with Devender Lohchab Tripura made 265 in turies by lower order (4/74) and Nadeem "Just as I can't imagine Real Madrid without ets in us at the end.” (20 not out) and skipper response to Goa’s 251, batsmen — Rohan (4/83) were the pick of Cristiano (Ronaldo), I can't imagine Real Madrid Smith said he did not approach the morning ses - Yashpal Singh (6 not giving then a crucial Prem (51), Raiphi the bowlers. Brief without Bale either," Perez said. Bale has been sion with a defensive mindset. out) battling on. first innings lead on day Gomez (76) and KS scores: Jharkhand: 337 linked with a move to Premier League giants “We always play to win, but it was one of those Leg-spinner Akash three of the Ranji Monish (75) — Kerala & 68 for one in 23 overs United, who have been undertaking very expensive circumstances where India had an opportunity to Bhandari (2-40) has Trophy Group C match took a slender 46-run (Shabaz Nadeem bat - rebuilding under manager Louis van Gaal. "We take the new ball this afternoon as well. been the destroyer-in- in Agartala on Tuesday. first innings lead over ting 39). Kerala: 383 all have not received an offer from Manchester or any “They didn’t do that, so we thought ‘you know chief so far with pace Tripura, starting the Jharkhand on the out in 132.1 overs other club for Gareth Bale," Perez said. "We what? We’ll just give you a few less overs to get spearhead Ravi Kiran day at 139 for five, went penultimate day of their (Rohan Prem 51, Raiphi haven't received any offers for one simple reason: these runs!’” he added. and left-arm orthodox past Goa’s first innings Ranji Trophy Group C Gomez 76, KS Monish every club knows that Gareth Bale will never leave Smith said left-arm spinner Ashton Agar had Mehdi hasan bagging a score with the help of cricket match in 75; RP Singh 4/74, Real Madrid and that the club will not discuss been added to the squad for the Sydney Test. wicket each. Manisankar Murasingh Dhanbad on Tuesday. Nadeem 4/83). their star, no matter how much is offered." 8 JAMMU | THURSDAY | JANUARY 01 | 2015 Golden YuG DIG inaugurates Cricket tournament for wards of Police Martyrs Progress of marginalized segments gy NEWS SERVICE energies in the right direction. JAMMU, dEC. 31: In today's matches, JKP to remain core of NC agenda: Rana Range Police Jammu in col - Jr. XI earned 3 points and his victory, given the confidence of the laboration with Christian Charistian Sports Jr.-XI got 1 sagacious electorate. He particularly Sports Organization today point. The next test series eulogized their wisdom in not getting organized Cricket shall be played on 2nd of swayed by emotive and divisive slogans Tournament under 14 (4-14) January-2015. Parshotam and preferring development over every - Boys for wards of police Sharma, Deputy Director, thing else. "Respecting the deep longing martyrs and serving police Prosecution Member of the people for development of personnel. Organizing Committee, Nagrota, let me assure you that I will Shakeel Ahmed Beig, Rajesh Gill, Manmohit remain at your beck and call, day in and DIG Jammu, who inaugurat - Sharma, CPO RPHQ Jammu day out and do whatever is possible to ed the tournament, said that and Vivek Shaikher, Deputy realize our vision about the constituen - this tournament has been Superintendent headquarters gy NEWS SERVICE Kathar, Kishenpur, Korga and Sahnoo. cy", he maintained. organized to keep the wards Jammu were present on the NAgRoTA, dEC. 31: Asserting He said no effort of growth and progress Rana recalled with sense of pride the of Police Martyrs and Police Officers mentally and physi - cally fit and channelize their occasion. that National Conference will continue can succeed unless all segments of the cooperation bestowed by the forward- to work for progress of all segments of society feel a sense of belonging and get looking people of Nagrota to him during Sagar urges transport agencies to make available the State, particularly the most marginal - equal opportunity to develop. the past seven years when he picked up Ration supply reviewed at Kupwara ized, Provincial President Devender Rana said rhetoric or populist slo - the threads of development and got transport for devotees at Hazratbal Shrine gy NEWS SERVICE Singh Rana on Wednesday said that gans were not answer to the vexed prob - engaged in reshaping the developmental gy NEWS SERVICE KUpWARA, dEC. 31: Special Secretary, Consumer development becomes meaningless if lems faced to Jammu and Kashmir, as profile of the constituency. "Those were SRINAgAR, dEC 31: General Secretary Jammu and Affairs & Public Distribution (CA&PD), Mohammad any section of the society feels deprived. the challenges were enormous and the the times when the area lacked mini - Kashmir National Conference Advocate Ali Mohammad Akbar Ganai convened a meeting of officers to review the During his thanks-giving tour of the response, therefore, has to be matching. mum basic facilities and with a sense of Sagar has appealed the transport commissioner and the stock and supply position of food grains in the district here Nagrota Constituency, consecutively on In this context, he referred to initiatives satisfaction I can say that Nagrota has transport agencies to make necessary transport service today. The Assistant Director CA&PD Kupwara, the second day today, Rana said that taken over the years which not only put traversed a long way during the past arrangements for the devotees who throng the Hazratbal Supervisors and Tehsil Supply Officers were present in the National Conference led government the state on the path of development but seven years", Rana said while assuring Shrine during these holy days. meeting. The Special Secretary impressed upon the officers implemented developmental schemes also generated an atmosphere where the people that this journey will continue In statement issued here, Sagar who is personally mon - to conduct a general survey in their respective areas about and welfare programmes largely in the democracy flourished immensely. He with renewed vigour in the years to itoring the arrangements in the ongoing Milad Ul- Nabi the rationees registered under various categories. three distinct regions of Jammu, lauded the hard-work and visionary out - come. (SAW) celebrations in Hazratbal Shrine, has also urged the It was informed that 44,486 ration card holders have Kashmir and Ladakh during the past six look of the Chief Minister Omar He hoped the people will continue to divisional administration especially RTO Srinagar and been registered under BPL/AAY while 96,701 rationees years. Abdullah, which gave a new direction to bestow upon him the patronage so that other transport agencies to make sure that the transport have been registered with CA&PD, of which, 31,151 are "Whatever the capacity, National the state, especially in the wake of the blue-print conceived about this remains available for the devotees who thong the Hazratbal under APL category. It was also revealed that about 13,000 Conference will strive for steering the morass it was in when he took over. important constituency is implemented Shrine during these days. "People are complaining that quintal of rice, 720 quintal of atta, 440 quintal of sugar, sensitive state towards inclusive and The newly elected Member from in letter and spirit. He said he will need transport services are not upto the mark during these holy 24,000 litre of k.oil and 1708 LPG cylinders are available holistic development", the Provincial Nagrota expressed his gratitude to the the guidance of the people in fixing pri - days. I appeal RTO Kashmir to make available the transport for distribution in the district. Besides, 12,827 flood affect - President said while addressing a series people, who remained by his side during orities to the developmental projects and for the devotee's from dawn to dusk so that the people of far ed ration card holders were provided 44,889 quintal ration, of public meetings at Bajalta, Pargalta, thick of the campaigning in recent implementation of various welfare pro - flung areas don't face any inconvenience," Sagar said. free of cost, for 6 months. Tuttan-Di-Khui, Saroisar, Sagooh, months, and said he was confident about grammes. Hum Hain… Ummeed-E-Kashmir, a joint initiative by ZEE & its philanthropy partners, announces its first handover of shelters to villagers in Pulwama gy NEWS SERVICE communities in eight of the Business Head, Zee TV, rebuild communities for Hejmadi. support extended by our Aditi Singh Sharma, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam pUlWAMA, dEC. 31: worst affected villages of said, "Our initiative 'Hum those affected. United Way United Way of India is corporate partners and Harshdeep Kaur, Rekha & Vishakhapatnam. Ten The fund raising campaign Pulwama District, Jammu & Hain… Ummeed - E- has been sharing a regular a community impact hundreds of individual Bhardwaj, Shantanu news channels of ZEE Gionee presents Hum Kashmir by end of Kashmir' truly highlights Project Update with each organisation that works at donors we were able to get Moitra, Anupam Kher, Media Corporation Limited Hain… Ummeed-E- December. The initiative Zee TV's core proposition, donor so that they know getting different stakehold - 108 transient shelters in a Imtiaz Ali, Vidhu Vinod connected the multiple Kashmir powered by Clinic has collected over Rupees 7 'Har Lam ha Nayi Ummeed' where every rupee of theirs ers together to create mea - record time. I must also Chopra, Mukesh Bhatt, events being held simulta - Plus for flood-stricken vic - crores till date and has suc - that aims to capture the was spent. 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Medical facilities Rajendra further said (PDP) President, tion and development and large numbers in the Police (DGP), K. Rajendra ing these bigger challenges, than 3,665 jawans and offi - were provided to the people that thrust was laid on Mehbooba Mufti would take a decision on hope to bring about a Kumar has greeted all ranks he asserted. Rajendra said cers were imparted training to check possibility of post establishing rapport with Wednesday said though aligning with other polit - change in governance, of JKP their families includ - that the professional exper - in various skills and flood health complications; the people and strengthen - the people of the Jammu ical parties only after it ending political uncer - ing the families of martyrs tise of JKP in maintaining deployed in different areas he said and added that pre - ing relations with public. and Kashmir participated feels that the people of tainty and ultimately besides wishing a happy conducive atmosphere has of policing. "In addition to ventive medicines like chlo - "A mechanism was overwhelmingly in the all regions of the state convert it into the change and prosperous year ahead been reflected in every field this , 479 jawans and offi - rine tablets were distributed chalked out to reach out assembly elections but feel the change that they in the life of every indi - for the people of the State of life during the bygone cers were deputed to vari - to avoid out-break of any the people and strengthen the divided nature of the voted for. Mehbooba said vidual. She said the state and the Police Parivar. year. "Hectic and peaceful ous Training Institutions epidemic. The DGP further bonds with them, besides mandate has thrown up a according to the expres - faces problems of pecu - In his New Year political activities, the outside the state for under - said that Medical camps organizing different activi - challenge to political sion of support made by liar nature and the PDP Message, Rajendra said that arrival of more than 11.5 lac going different training were organized in which ties for the development of leadership in the state as the parties like Congress, would try to explore the JKP, during the concluding tourists and 3.72 lac Amar courses "the DGP added. experienced doctors and the youth, including com - well as the national level. National Conference and best option in the cir - year, made the people of the Nath pilgrims that helped Referring to September para-medical staff of Police munity policing and estab - Addressing media per - some independent candi - cumstances so that the State feel secure, by instill - boost the economy of the floods that left thousands of Hospitals, and doctors from lishing the youth clubs. sons after meeting gover - dates as reported in people feel impact of the ing a sense of security State bear testimony that people homeless in the outside the State rendered People have shown good nor, N N Vohra, for dis - media, the PDP has the change in government. among them. "We are satis - the year was a great suc - State, Rajendra said, Jawans medical services. response in community cussions about govern - support for forming gov - Mehbooba said the PDP fied with our efforts as the cess" he added. Elaborating and Officers of the force, The Police organization policing and the pro - ment formation in Jammu ernment from more than if it was able to form a good turnout in the the achievements of the with other agencies, braced also held Blood donation gramme has yielded and Kashmir, she, how - 55 members. "If forming stable government would Assembly Elections makes Organization, the DGP said up in rescue operations in camps at various places desired results" he added. ever, said this challenge the government and want the peace building one believe that people that JKP has intensified the the first instance, despite with an aim to provide He further asserted that the could be converted into assuming power had been initiatives of Atal Bihari were free from any fear to drive against crime and they had faced huge loses assistance to the sufferers as Organization succeeded in an opportunity with the only objective of the Vajpayee that were inter - exercise their right to vote" criminal activities for which themselves, and a number health sector in the State achieving desired results appropriate response PDP we would have done rupted by the outgoing DGP said and suggested all professional skills at all of people were evacuated to had suffered a lot during the on all fronts during the by from the national leader - it within a matter of government. She said the to ponder upon new areas, ranks have been sharpened. safer places. floods, added Rajendra. gone year and this became ship be that of the NDA hours," she said and Congress and National "where we could have done "Latest techniques of inves - Giving further details, Giving details of the wel - possible only with the or Congress. Mehbooba added but our concern is Conference in spite of better". tigation and crime detection he said after rescue opera - fare measures for the police cooperation of the people. said while the PDP as the to constitute a stable having a very comfort - Rajendra reiterated that have been introduced in the tions, the force, using its all personnel a nd their fami - "I assure that all ranks single largest party real - and effective government able majority in the JKP is committed to provide syllabus of different train - available sources, chalked lies, the DGP said that of Jammu and Kashmir izes the anxieties among that is able to meet the assembly and being part better police service to the ing courses, while special out a mechanism to orga - more than Rs. 35 crore was Police would continue the people over delay in serious challenges faced of the UPA at the Centre people. "After creating con - training courses have been nize relief and medical sanctioned under different their efforts with dedica - government formation by the state. as well failed to push any ducive atmosphere, the introduced in training insti - camps for the flood hit peo - schemes for the welfare of tion to serve the people and but the situation caused Mehbooba said while of the components of the force is focusing on better tutions to equip the person - ple. "In collaboration with serving and retired person - the nation" he said and by the fractured nature of the uncertainty over the Vajpayee initiative for public service and profes - nel with the skills of investi - some NGOs and other nel, besides families of added "I wish all ranks of the people's verdict the delay in government for - six years but the PDP's sional policing" he said. gation and crime detection" socio-religious organiza - martyrs and SPOs. This Jammu and Kashmir party treads cautiously to mation is understandable idea of forming a govern - While the force with its he informed. tions, the JKP conducted a includes ex-gratia relief, Police, their families and try and form the govern - but we believe it is time ment revolves round car - professional skills per - He further said that one massive relief drive and dis - special welfare relief, the families of the martyrs ment that is able to deliv - for the national leader - rying forward its mission formed well in all the situa - each cyber forensic lab and tributed material including retirement gifts, welfare a happy and prosperous er on political and devel - ship especially the Prime of peace, reconciliation tions, the Cooperation from DNA lab is being estab - edibles, kitchenware, loan and scholarship to the "New Year". opment fronts. Minister, Narendra Modi, and development.

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