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J&K floods: Death Mazher Hussain Calls on Governor toll climbs to 285 Omar visits Pulwama, ascertains GY NEWS SERVICE GY NEWS SERVICE SRINaGaR, SEPT. SRINaGaR SEPT 19: The death toll due to the floods in 19: Mazher Hussain, Jammu and Kashmir has climbed to 285 even as Chief Minister Executive Director, status of relief, rehabilitation process Confederation of Omar Abdullah on Friday expressed hope that the toll would not Voluntary associations be as high as feared earlier. "The death toll in Jammu is 203 (COVA), met N.N. Vohra, including the 44 members of a marriage party who are missing Asks cell companies to ensure complete restoration of services Governor , here at the Raj since there bus as washed away (in Rajouri district)," Omar told a Bhawan today. Hussain news agency. The rescue workers have so far recovered 77 bod - Assures people all help from Government presented to the Governor, ies from different parts of Kashmir Valley. "Other than the 44 per - GY NEWS SERVICE various cellular telecommunica - a strategy paper for rescue, sons from Jammu, we do not have many people reported missing. SRINaGaR, SEPT. 19: tion companies functioning in the relief and rehabilitation of If there would have been, we would have got to know by as com - Speaking to people in Pulwama State impressed upon them to the flood affected people munication systems have started working," he said. Omar also and other areas he visited on upgrade their efforts for complete of Jammu and Kashmir. He dismissed rumours that dogs were eating bodies of flood victims Friday morning to monitor relief restoration of mobile and internet offered the services of the or that some bodies had swept away to Pakistan-occupied and rehabilitation measures and services in the valley as early as COVA in facilitating the Kashmir (PoK). "There is no truth in these rumours," he added. receive the first hand information possible. locals to organize welfare Jammu and Kashmir has been hit by the worst-ever floods which about the same, the Chief Minister "You should work on war foot - committees at the grass have wreaked havoc in several districts. Omar Abdullah assured the people ing to ensure early restoration of root level, formation of advocacy groups to take up Meanwhile, Stating that 77 bodies have been retrieved sofar that he and his Government is the telecommunication services", issues of the affected peo - in flood affected areas of Kashmir valley, Abdul Gani Mir, the IGP with them at this juncture of crisis he told the senior officers and ple with the State and the Kashmir on Friday said that police is part and parcel of relief oper - and everything possible would be engineers of these companies. The Central Government and ations going on across the Valley. While talking to, Mir said that done to give required succor to the Chief Minister said that in order to safety assessment of the 77 bodies have been recovered from flood affected areas across flood affected families for their smoothen the relief and rehabilita - houses in rural areas and of the Kashmir valley since September 1. "So far the number of rehabilitation. tion work launched in the State by economically weaker sec - casualties across the Valley since September 1st is 77," the IGP The Chief Minister said that the Government to reach out all tions of the society. The Kashmir informed. Giving the breakup of these casualties, the priority has been given to make affected families, the dependable Governor thanked Hussain IGP Kashmir said that in eight bodies were recovered from food grains and other essentials telephone and internet service is and observed that his sug - Anantnag, nine bodies from Kulgam, two bodies from Shopian, available to the people besides of paramount importance. gestions would be duly four bodies from Awantipur, three bodies from Bandipora, four making hospitals functional and and has been reconstructed by the the water level measuring gauge. The representatives of forwarded to the Chief bodies from Kupwara, six bodies from Budgam, two bodies from cleaning garbage and carcasses Army temporarily to connect He said that some areas in telecommunication companies Minister. Ganderbal and 39 bodies from Srinagar. from the flood hit areas. He Pulwama district with other areas. Srinagar like Qamarwari, Bemina, assured the Chief Minister that However, Mir said that in Srinagar most of the deceased expressed hope that in the next He also appreciated Army for con - Batmallu, Jawaharnagar, Rajbagh, everything possible will be done Secretary GAD visits among 39 are non locals. "There are around 18 to 20 bodies' of few days situation will further structing the temporary bridge at Indira Nagar etc are still water to restore the services completely. Civil Secretariat, non locals among the 39 retrieved from Srinagar," the IGP improve and the relief and rehabil - Gador and underlined the need for logged. The Chief Minister in a meeting assures all help to Kashmir said. He said that out of 39 bodies retrieved from itation work will get intensified. having a concrete bridge at the The Chief Minister also with fruit growers representatives, Srinagar three were recovered from Police's East Zone, seven The Chief Minister also location to withstand floods and referred to the huge damage who met him here, expressed his employees were recovered from police West Zone, three from Police North chaired a meeting of district offi - other such eventualities. caused by the floods to the crops solidarity with them and said that GY NEWS SERVICE SRINaGaR, SEPT. particularly paddy, maize, veg - the Government would take all Zone, two were recovered from Police Hazratbal zone and 24 cers and was briefed about the The Chief Minister while 19: The Secretary GAD, were recovered from Police South Zone which besides other relief and rehabilitation works speaking to a gathering near the etable and fruit. He said he has measures to ensure transportation M.A Bukhari today visited places also include Rajbagh, Mehjoor Nagar and Batmaloo. A going on in the district. He direct - bridge he inaugurated, referred to taken up the issue of waving off of fruit from the State to the termi - the Civil Secretariat senior police officer informed that police has constituted several ed the officers to ensure full sup - the devastation caused by the the loans taken by the farmers on nal markets. premises to take stock of teams of police personnel for cleanliness drive in Srinagar. "We port and help to the affected fami - flood and said that the rise of the Kissan Credit Cards with the Omar Abdullah told them that the dewatering process and can understand that the municipal corporation alone can not cope lies and ensure that necessary water level in river Jehlum was Centre Government. He said he is the Horticulture Marketing and clean-up operations going up with this kind of natural calamity so we have constituted five relief reaches to them hassle-free. unprecedented which damaged its hopeful that Centre Government Transport Departments have been on there. Bukhari asked the teams of 25 police personnel each who have started clearance of The Chief Minister also visit - bunds and overflowed at various will accede to his proposal to pro - given directions to work in close officers of Fire & garbage in some flood hit areas of Srinagar. "These police teams ed some fruit orchards affected by places. He said that water level vide necessary succor to farmers cooperation with Fruit Growers Emergency Services to alongwith trucks and tractors were deputed in flood affected areas the floods and heavy rains. He not only surpassed the danger and fruit growers. Associations for transportation of speed up the dewatering in and around Batamaloo, Sher Garhi and Sonawar areas to clear inaugurated bridge at Gador mark of 18 foot but went many Chief Minister, Omar fruit from the State to outside mar - and cleaning process so the garbage from the main roads," the police officer added. which was damaged due to flood foots above the 30 feet mark on Abdullah in a meeting with the kets. that work is resumed in the Secretariat normally and more and more employees `Govt relief efforts confined to announcements' are able to make it up to their offices. Bukhari said all facilities would be pro - vided to the employees Mehbooba seeks effective dewatering mechanism, relief operation on war footing returning back to duty GY NEWS SERVICE "Many areas in South governments as hardly any North Kashmir the farmers caused huge damage to resi - including their accommo - SRINaGaR, SEPT. Kashmir, Srinagar city and major dewatering machinery have suffered immense loss dential houses, roads, dation and other logistic 19: Urging the state govern - other parts of central and is in evidence anywhere to the fruit after having made bridges, standing crops and needs. He directed the con - ment to put its act together North Kashmir continue to functional in the affected huge investment throughout infrastructure in various cerned that efforts should even at this late stage, be inundated", she said areas. the season. She said that parts of Jammu region and be made to salvage the Peoples Democratic Party adding that the mechanical Mehbooba said that whatever fruit has survived now the government inac - office records by taking all president Mehbooba Mufti dewatering of these areas has dewatering challenge is also is now facing the prospect of tion to provide timely relief possible measures. has said that the claims made not been taken up at the frustrating people in many rotting on the trees because to the affected people was by the government about desired pace. In Srinagar, villages of South Kashmir of non-availability of trans - compounding the miseries of Power restored in relief efforts are mostly con - she said, the main business where houses could collapse portation facility. In Kulgam, general masses", she said. majority of areas fined to the announcements. centers around Lal Chowk, now, after the flood devastat - she said, some villages have Most of the Relief, she GY NEWS SERVICE After visiting several affect - Badshah Chowk, Hari Singh ing their standing crops, fruit altogether disappeared ren - said, is being done on com - SRINaGaR, SEPT. ed areas of South Kashmir High Street, Residency and vegetables. She said that dering hundreds of families munity level despite tall 19: Power has been restored and Srinagar, the PDP presi - Road, Moulana Azad Road ernment has even snatched inability to dispose of dead it seems that the government homeless, but the adminis - claims being made by the to majority of areas in the dent, in a statement, said that continue to be filled with their opportunity to retrieve animals has made it impossi - is still unable to comprehend tration was yet to wake up government. The relief from State and efforts are on to the inadequate arrangement water with the result that the whatever goods might have ble for the survivors even to the impact of the floods and from its slumber. the government, she restore it in the so far inun - for pumping out flood shops and business estab - survived the calamity. visit these areas not to speak extent of devastation, which Mehbooba said that the observed, was not being dis - dated areas as soon as water waters from the most inun - lishments are not able to Along with the contin - of picking of threads of life is being compounded now reports reaching from tributed properly and to the recedes there. According to dated areas is threatening revive their activity. The ued inundation of residential again, she added. She said by administrative inaction. Jammu region also present a satisfaction of the general Principal Secretary, PDD, lives and surviving buildings business establishments areas like Rajbagh, Jawahar heavy duty pumps needed to The PDP president said grim picture of government masses giving an impression A.K Mehta, electricity con - besides adding to the eco - have suffered a huge loss in Nagar, Gogjibagh, be deployed but it seems that in rural Kashmir, especially inability and administrative that the ruling dispensation sumption in both the nomic loss suffered by peo - the recent floods but the Batmaloo, Karan Nagar, there is lack of coordination in the apple growing areas of apathy even at this belated was yet to realize the gravity provinces has almost reached the normal level ple in Valley. inaction on the part of gov - Bemina and Qamarwari the between centre and state Shopian, Pulwama and stage. "The floods have of situation. and more and more areas are getting power supply. He J&K High Court functions Div Com briefs about appreciated the promptness PM Modi asserts Indian Muslims will live with which power was Navratra arrangements restored by the field staff in from makeshift arrangement the affected areas. Mehta GY NEWS SERVICE and die for India, but won't join al Qaeda Festival to be a low key affair said barring Poonch, where SRINaGaR, SEPT. 19: The Jammu and Kashmir our country.” “If anyone thinks 65% areas are receiving High Court on Friday started functioning from a makeshift Indian Muslims will dance to electricity, in all other arrangement at Gupkar Road here after floods affected the their tune, they are delusional. Districts of Jammu Division court premises near Jehangir Chowk. Chief Justice MM Indian Muslims will live for electricity supply has almost Kumar requested the employees of the High Court to report India, they will die for India - been restored entirely. He for work at the makeshift office. they will not want anything bad said work is on to restore the The court work remained suspended for 11 days as for India,” he added. damaged infrastructure in flood water inundated the court complex on September 7. Asked about his opinion on Poonch District to ensure The Chief Justice said the objective is to restore to people why al Qaeda has not found 100% supply at the earliest. the obligation of providing them the fundamental rights. He favour with India's 170 million In the valley, Mehta said, hoped people would be benefited by this move and their Muslims, Modi said, “ Firstly, GY NEWS SERVICE repair and restoration of difficulties would be redressed. The Chief Justice is himself I'm not the authority for doing a JaMMU, SEPT. 19: Navratra festival this year shall be damaged electricity infra - putting up at the top floor of the makeshift building as his NEW DElhI, SEPT. 19: In his first psychological and religious analysis on this. a low key affair, this was stated by Divisional Commissioner structure is taking place on war footing, even as over residence at Sonawar has become inhabitable due to floods. ever interview since assuming office, Prime But the question is whether or not humanity Jammu, Shantmanu during a press conference, here today. 70% electricity supply has He said the District Court of Srinagar would start function - Minister Narendra Modi has defended Indian should be defended in the world. Whether or Divisional Commissioner while briefing the media regarding been restored in Srinagar ing from two points. For areas of North city, a temporary Muslims and said their patriotism cannot be not believers in humanity should unite. This the festival said that keeping in view the calamity which has city. He said as far the inun - court would be established in the Moot court rooms of Law questioned. Speaking to Fareed Zakaria of is a crisis against humanity, not a crisis hit the state and the loss of life and property caused by the dated areas are concerned, Department of Kashmir University. The areas comprise the CNN, Modi asserted that Indian Muslims against one country or one race. So we have floods, this year's Navratra festival will be without any com - as soon as water recedes jurisdictions of Police Stations of Rainawari, S R Gunj, will live for India and die for India and will to frame this as a fight between humanity ponent of festivities. The event shall be kept simple and the from these areas and they Soura, Khanyar, Nowhatta and adjoining areas. not want anything bad for India. and inhumanity, nothing else.” only event which shall mark the festival this year shall be become safe to receive elec - Similarly, for areas of South Srinagar coming under the Responding to a question on al Qaeda Talking about the Indo-US relationship, Bhagwat Katha for the well being of all those who have suf - tricity, they would be con - jurisdiction of Police Stations of Shergarhi, Parimpora, chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's recent announce - Modi expressed confidence that both the fered during the recent floods in the state. He also said that as nected with the electricity Maisuma, Batamaloo and Saddar, a temporary court has ment on creating India/South Asia specific countries can develop a genuine strategic per tradition Kalash Yatra will be taken out followed by com - grid. He said in District been set up at the Custodian General building at Hyderpora. branch of the terror outfit and that he wanted alliance. "The Indo-US ties should not be mencement of Bhagwat Katha. It will conclude with Havan Shopian, towers and other Kumar said most of records in the courts have been sal - to free Muslims from the oppression they seen within the limits of Delhi and and Purna Ahuti on 2nd October, 2014. Chief Executive infrastructure had been vaged and shifted to first and second floors. He appreciated face in Kashmir and Gujarat, the Prime Washington: Both the countries realise that Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Mandeep K. extensively damaged due to the efforts of the employees of courts, particularly of Minister said, “My understanding is that they their ties are in a much larger sphere," he Bhandari, Director Tourism Jammu, Soujanya Sharma were which, most of the villages Bijbehara court, who saved the court records. are doing injustice towards the Muslims of said. also present during the press conference. were left without electricity. 2 JAMMU | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2014 Golden YuG Iranian youth behind Hunt for missing Malaysia New Ukraine peace talks after 'Happy' video sentenced plane to resume TEhRaN, SEPT. 19: A defence lawyer in Iran says six SYDNEY, SEPT. 19: Crews will resume the underwa - Obama rebuffs Poroshenko pleas young Iranian men and women videotaped dancing to ter hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at the end MINSk, SEPT. 19: lawmakers in a ceremonial major battleground defeats over the past 24 hours and Pharrell Williams' "Happy" and the video's director have of the month, and will begin the search in an area farther Warring parties in Ukraine joint meeting of both houses by rebels apparently backed another six were missing. been sentenced to suspended jail terms and lashes. Lawyer south than initially planned, a senior search official said on meet on Friday to try to find of Congress. by Russian elite troops. "We don`t know (what hap - Farshid Rofugaran said today the seven have been sen - Friday. a lasting solution to a brutal But Poroshenko`s Instead, a senior US official pened). I went to bed and he tenced to six months in jail and 91 lashes each, though the The search had been due to start next week, but the first conflict that has killed appeal for NATO to grant said Washington would was watching television," verdict won't be carried out unless the defendants commit of three ships that will scour a remote patch of the Indian around 3,000 people and Ukraine non-member ally offer Ukraine another $46 said Lubov Zikova, whose crimes and are found guilty in the future. He says the sus - Ocean for the plane that vanished in March needed to stoked Western alarm about status and for the shipment million in non-lethal aid. husband Vladimir Zikov pended jail term is the punishment for acting in the video undergo some additional work in Indonesia, Australian Russia`s territorial ambi - of weapons to help bolster And on Friday, Poland - was killed. and the lashes are over ignoring Islamic norms. He says one Transport Safety Bureau Chief Commissioner Martin tions. The talks take place in its defences were rebuffed, - which has nervously "There was a huge of the defendants also received another suspended sentence Dolan said. Minsk two weeks since a despite his warning that watched Russia`s actions explosion and everything of six months over charges of possessing alcohol, which is The ship, Malaysia's GO Phoenix, is now expected to fragile European-brokered non-lethal aid like "blan - across the border -- also fell on me. When I got out banned in Iran. The seven men and women were arrested in begin searching on September 30. ceasefire aimed at halting kets" can`t win wars. said it would not send arms from there I was calling to Officials have been refining their analysis of satellite five months of bloodshed Poroshenko told Congress or otherwise get involved in him, but he didn`t answer. May but released soon afterward. data from the Boeing 777 to get the best idea of where they was agreed in the that what he called Russian- the conflict. The United He was gone." Since the believe it crashed into the ocean far off Australia's west Belarussian capital with backed proxy wars must be States along with the ceasefire, a total of 34 civil - Four killed in Afghanistan bomb blast coast. The most recent analysis suggests the aircraft turned Moscow, Kiev and pro- contained. European Union has hit ians and servicemen have south earlier than previously thought, meaning it may have Russian separatist leaders. "If they are not stopped Russia with a series of sanc - been killed but there is no kaBUl, SEPT. 19: Four people were killed and eight entered the water in an area south of what was initially con - Overall, the truce has now, they will cross tions over its actions in information on rebel casual - others injured when a bomb went off in Afghanistan`s sidered the highest priority search zone, Dolan said. dramatically scaled back the European borders and Ukraine, the latest package ties. UN figures show that Baghlan province Friday, a local official said. "A bomb The GO Phoenix will therefore begin its search in that fighting across industrial spread throughout the targeting its major financial, almost 2,900 people have planted by militants in a bazaar of Burka district exploded southerly stretch of ocean, located along what is known as eastern Ukraine, although globe," he said. "I urge you energy and defence compa - lost their lives since the sep - at around 2 p.m. today leaving four persons, all civilians, the "seventh arc" -- a 60,000-square kilometre targeted area sometimes deadly shelling not to let Ukraine stand nies. But in a bid to ease aratists unleashed their dead and injuring eight others, including two security per - where investigators believe the plane ran out of fuel and and gunfire is reported alone." Just hours before his another dispute, the EU said uprising against Kiev in sonnel," Mullah Taj Mohammad told reporters. Women and crashed, based on the last ping from the engine transmit - almost daily around the speech, Kiev accused it would hold fresh talks April. Poroshenko was in children were also among the victims, he added, according ters. "Our plan has a sequence of priorities," Dolan said. flashpoint city of Donetsk. Moscow of advancing with Russia and Ukraine on Washington two days after to Xinhua. "It's all about probability -- we'll start with the highest With the crisis at a poten - 4,000 troops and weaponry September 26 to thrash out the parliament in Kiev rati - probability." The second ship, provided by Dutch contrac - tially pivotal point, US based in annexed Crimea to a deal on gas deliveries, fied a historic pact with the tor Fugro Survey Pty. Ltd, will likely focus on an area south President Barack Obama the border with mainland with fears of a disruption to EU in a further sign of his NATO respects Scotland's of the GO Phoenix when it eventually arrives, Dolan said. hosted Ukrainian leader Ukraine, further rattling supplies during the winter determination to take the Flight 370 disappeared on March 08 after veering off its Petro Poroshenko at the nerves. The US leader con - months. The conflict has former Soviet nation on a decision to remaion with UK northerly course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing for reasons White House Thursday, demned Russian "aggres - already wreaked havoc on Western path. unknown. It is thought to have crashed 1,800 kilometres off with both condemning sion" in Crimea and eastern Ukraine`s economy, with And in further legisla - BRUSSElS, SEPT. 19: NATO Secretary-General Australia's west coast, but no trace of the aircraft or the 239 Russian "aggression". Ukraine, which he said was growth set to shrink nine tion that will be crucial in Andres Fogh Rasmussen Friday expressed his respect for people on board have been found. But the meeting under - designed to undermine the percent this year.Although shaping the country`s Scotland`s decision to stay part of the United Kingdom, and Two survey vessels have spent months painstakingly scored the limits of US sup - country`s territorial integri - the ceasefire has largely future, lawmakers offered his confidence that Britain will continue as a solid ally. mapping the entire underwater search area, which reaches port for Kiev in the most ty and Poroshenko`s efforts held, shelling has rocked the three years of self-rule to "The United Kingdom is a founding member of NATO and depths of 6 kilometres. Once the search begins, the serious confrontation to introduce reforms to fix main insurgent stronghold the east. The autonomy I am confident that the United Kingdom will continue to Malaysian and Fugro ships will slowly tow equipment with between Moscow and the an economy on the brink of of Donetsk almost every move was hailed by Russia play a leading role to keep our alliance strong," Rasmussen side-scan sonar about 100 metres above the ocean floor to West since the Cold bankruptcy. But his admin - night. Donetsk city council but greeted with a mixed said in a statement. "I welcome Prime Minister (David) look for wreckage. The data from the "towfish" will be War.Poroshenko sat side- istration will not send arms reported the death of one response by separatist lead - Cameron`s statement that the United Kingdom will go for - transmitted in real-time back to crew aboard the ships, who by-side with Obama in the to bolster Ukraine`s armed civilian Thursday, while the ers and nationalist leaders in ward as a united country," he added. Scottish independence will analyse it for anything unusual. The search is expected Oval Office and drew multi - forces, which in the days Ukrainian military said two Kiev who fear Ukraine is was rejected by more than 10 points in the referendum that to take up to a year. ple standing ovations from before the truce suffered soldiers had been killed capitulating to Moscow. was conducted Thursday. The anti-independence vote won 55.42 percent (1.9 million votes) while pro-independence garnered 44.58 percent (1.5 million votes). UN rights chief demands justice Sierra Leone streets deserted as shutdown begins FREEToWN, SEPT. 19: Sierra and Liberia. Leone`s normally chaotic capital resembled The government has said the volunteers Bomb attack kills 2 troops on after migrant `mass murder` a ghost town on Friday as residents were will not enter people`s homes but will call GENEVa, SEPT. 19: smugglers, said to be tics" get in the way, he confined to their homes for the start of a emergency services to deal with patients or Syria border: Lebanon army People smugglers who Palestinians and said. According to UN three-day lockdown aimed at halting the bodies of which they become aware. Across aRSal, SEPT. 19: A bomb attack on a Lebanese mil - allegedly sank a boat Egyptians. refugee agency, more than deadly Ebola epidemic. Streets across the city residents waited on their verandas itary patrol killed two soldiers and wounded three others killing up to 500 migrants "This is a truly hor - 2,500 people have Freetown, a bustling city of 1.2 million peo - for the arrival of the health teams who are likely guilty of "mass rendous incident," Zeid drowned or gone missing ple, emptied from midnight and by dawn began their rounds at 7:15 am. Friday near the border with war-torn Syria, the army said. murder" and should be said, emphasising that attempting to cross the the rare echo of rain on tin roofs and the "We are here to talk to you about Ebola "Two soldiers were killed and three wounded when a bomb brought to justice, the countries circling the Mediterranean to Europe rumble of thunder had replaced the usual and to find out how much you know about exploded as a military vehicle was headed for Arsal," the UN`s new rights chief Mediterranean had a duty this year. blare of motorbike horns and the din of the disease, what you should do about its army said in a statement. Residents said the attack took said on Friday. "The cal - "to clamp down on the All countries should market stall music. prevention and -- if anyone is sick in the place in an area on the outskirts of Arsal called Wadi lous act of deliberately smugglers who are "do more to address the "Everyone seems to be complying and family -- to take him or her to the nearest Hmeid. They said Lebanese military surveillance aircraft ramming a boat full of exploiting one of the most range of factors pushing this is very good. This is an important way clinic," team leader Tommy Sackey told one overflew the area after the blast. Security forces cordoned hundreds of defenceless vulnerable groups on the so many people into the to fight Ebola. We expect everyone to stay family after knocking on their door in the off the area, a journalist said. An officer had said earlier that people is a crime that planet and endangering arms of the smugglers," at home," Freetown police chief Francis west end of the city. Smiling broadly, the the truck was probably hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. must not go unpunished," their lives, virtually on a Zeid said, stressing that Munu told AFP. Shops and offices were head of the family, Sammy Jones, offered The flashpoint town of Arsal has been hit by the Zeid Ra`ad Zeid al- daily basis, purely for "migrants have the same shut across the city, and only emergency the team a seat on the porch while summon - spillover from the conflict in neighbouring Syria. Last Hussein said in a state - financial gain." rights as all other human vehicles plied streets which are normally ing to his wife and three children "to come month, it was the scene of a major battle between the ment. In addition to finding beings." jammed with traffic throughout the day. listen to the crucial message on Ebola". Lebanese army and jihadists who had streamed across the "If the survivors` and punishing the perpe - Countries should react Munu said his officers, covering the day "The family is now in a better position frontier. Extremists in Lebanon view the army as backing accounts are indeed true - trators, countries world - as resolutely when in two shifts of 12 hours, were accompany - (with) the disease," Sackey told AFP after Shiite Hezbollah, which has sent thousands of fighters into - and they appear all too wide must address the migrants are killed by ing burial teams picking up bodies around handing out stickers and soap. Shipping Syria to support President Bashar al-Assad`s forces battle credible -- we are looking root causes of such smugglers at sea as when the city and were prepared to protect them if clerk Francis Coker, who had volunteered rebels trying to oust him. After the battle in August, the at what amounts to mass tragedies, said Zeid, who their own citizens perish they encountered resistance. to lead another team in central Freetown, jihadists took with them about 30 captured Lebanese sol - murder in the took over as UN High at the hands of criminal "Ose to Ose Ebola Tok" -- "House-to- told the response to the campaign had been diers and policemen. Two of them have since been behead - Mediterranean," he said. Commissioner for Human gangs at home, he said. House Ebola Talk" in the widely-spoken encouraging. "So far the most frequently In one of the deadliest Rights earlier this month. "Yet very few people Krio language -- will see more than 7,000 asked questions to our team have been ed. Arsal has a majority Sunni population that generally migrant shipwrecks on "Far too many who kill, rape or rob volunteer teams of four visiting the coun - about stigmatisation and untested drugs. It backs the anti-Assad revolt. But it is located in the Bekaa record, some 500 refugees and migrants are migrants during their try`s 1.5 million homes over the coming shows that people are aching for a cure," he Valley where the majority are Shiites who support migrants including up to dying all across the world journeys end up in court," days. The population of six million has been said. Steven Gaojia, who is coordinating the Hezbollah and Assad`s regime. 100 children drowned in an effort to flee con - he lamented. Pointing out told to stay indoors from midnight (0000 shutdown, told reporters 258 extra beds had after smugglers sank their flict, systematic political that refugees from war- GMT) for 72 hours except for essential been set up in makeshift treatment centres Yemen Shiite rebels agree to end ship last week when the oppression and human ravaged Syria make up business, with only emergency services, across Freetown in anticipation of the cam - Syrian, Palestinian, rights violations, includ - the largest and fastest security forces and other key workers paign uncovering dead bodies and new Sanaa clashes: Negotiators Egyptian, Sudanese and ing economic depriva - growing group of people exempt. Almost 30,000 volunteers will go cases in people`s homes. SaNaa, SEPT. 19: Yemeni Shiite rebels agreed other passengers refused tion," he said. seeing asylum in Europe, door-to-door to educate locals and hand out "Six ambulances are now on standby. Friday to halt fighting with Islamists and troops just north to change to a smaller The states of origin Zeid insisted that "it is soap, in an exercise that could lead to scores We have some 89 vehicles from humanitar - vessel on their way to must tackle the root caus - essential that refugees are more patients and bodies being discovered ian agencies while the Commercial Bikers of the capital that has killed dozens of people this week, Italy, survivors said. es for people fleeing, able to escape to safety." in people`s homes.Ebola fever can fell its Association has (offered) for our use some negotiators linked to UN mediation said. "Rebel chief Just 11 people sur - while the European Union Destination countries victims within days, causing severe muscle 382 motorcycles." Across the country, "Ose Abdelmalek al-Huthi designated two of his deputies to sign vived the incident off and other destination and meanwhile, should "not pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and -- in some to Ose" teams trekked bush paths to reach a deal in Sanaa in the coming hours, or tomorrow," one of Malta, with some of them transit countries should penalise them for taking cases -- unstoppable internal and external remote villages to spread the message. the negotiators told journalists in Huthi`s northern strong - telling the International seek better ways of man - irregular routes" and bleeding. "Ebola has uniquely brought people of hold of Saada. The fighting, which began early this week, Organisation of Migration aging growing numbers of should take "more robust More than 550 people have died from all shades of opinion together," said Mamud had intensified on Thursday, prompting international air - (IOM) their boat was migrants, without letting steps to protect them the disease in Sierra Leone alone, one of the Sherriff, a resident of Bo, the country`s sec - lines to suspend flights in and out of the nearby airport and intentionally sunk by the "xenophobia-driven poli - when they do." three hardest-hit nations alongside Guinea ond city. state television to stop broadcasting after coming under fire. The Shiite rebels, known as Huthis or Ansarullah, are demanding a new government, accusing the current one of corruption. They also want a voice in the choice of minis - Angry with Washington, 1 in 4 Americans open to secession ters and access to the sea from their northern redoubt. BoSToN, SEPT. 19: handling of issues ranging unionists won by a wider- with 29.7 percent favoring it It was most popular in independent, whatever," he Details were not immediately available on the ceasefire The failed Scottish vote to from healthcare reform to than-expected 10-percent - compared with 21 percent of the Southwest, where 34.1 said. Even in Texas, some agreement, which appeared to be the fruit of discussions pull out from the United the rise of Islamic State mil - age-point margin. Democrats. Brittany Royal, percent of respondents back respondents said talk about UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar has had with Huthi Kingdom stirred secession - itants drives some of the Falling public approval a 31-year-old nurse from the idea. That region breaking away was more of since flying to Saada on Wednesday. Government represen - ist hopes for some in the feeling, with Republican of the Obama administra - Wilkesboro, North Carolina, includes Texas, where an a sign of their anger with tatives also participated in those talks. United States, where almost respondents citing dissatis - tion, attention to the Scottish said anger over the activist group is calling the Washington than evidence a quarter of people are open faction with his administra - vote and the success of "Obamacare" healthcare state`s legislature to put the of a real desire to go it to their states leaving the tion as coloring their think - activists who accuse the reform law made her won - secession question on a alone. Democrat Lila Pope approves Sri Lanka`s first union, a new Reuters/Ipsos ing. U.S. government of over - der if her state would be bet - statewide ballot. One Texan Guzman, of Round Rock, poll found. Some 23.9 per - But others said long- stepping its authority - such ter off on its own. respondent said he was con - said the threat could per - saint ahead of visit: Church cent of Americans polled running Washington grid - as the self-proclaimed mili - "That has really hurt a fident his state could get by suade Washington lawmak - ColoMBo, SEPT. 19: The Pope has approved Sri from Aug. 23 through Sept. lock had prompted them to tia members who flocked to lot of people here, myself without the rest of the coun - ers and the White House to Lanka`s first saint, an Indian missionary credited with 16 said they strongly sup - wonder if their states would Nevada`s Bundy ranch earli - included. My insurance try. listen more closely to aver - reviving the Catholic Church on the island during persecu - ported or tended to support be better off striking out on er this year during a standoff went from $40 a week for a "Texas has everything age people`s concerns. tion by Dutch colonial rulers, the church said Thursday. the idea of their state break - their own, a move no U.S. over grazing rights - is dri - family of four up to over we need. We have the manu - "When I say secede, I`m Pope Francis is scheduled to canonise Joseph Vaz next year ing away, while 53.3 percent state has tried in the 150 ving up interest in secession, $600 a month for a family of facturing, we have the oil, not like (former National during his visit to the Buddhist-majority island, the of the 8,952 respondents years since the bloody Civil experts said. "It seems to four," said Royal, a and we don`t need them," Rifle Association president) strongly opposed or tended War that led to the end of have heated up, especially Republican. "The North said Mark Denny, a 59- Charlton Heston with my Catholic Church in Colombo said in a statement. to oppose the notion. slavery in the South. since the election of Carolina government itself year-old retiree living out - gun up in the air, `my cold Vaz, who was beatified in 1995, was born in India`s for - The urge to sever ties "I don`t think it makes a President Obama," said is sustainable. Governor side Dallas on disability dead hands.` It`s more like mer Portugese colony of Goa but chose to spend most of his with Washington cuts across whole lot of difference any - Mordecai Lee, a professor (Pat) McCrory, I think he payments. Denny, a – we could do it if we had life working in neighbouring Sri Lanka in the 17th century. party lines and regions, more which political party is of governmental affairs at has a better healthcare plan Republican, had cheered on to," said Guzman, 62. "But "Most probably the canonisation will take place at the papal though Republicans and res - running things. Nothing gets the University of Wisconsin than President Obama." By the Scottish independence the first option is, golly, get mass" at a sea-front promenade in Colombo on January 14, idents of rural Western states done," said Roy Gustafson, at Milwaukee, who has stud - region, the idea was least movement. it back on the right track. the statement said. Pope Francis is due to spend three days are generally warmer to the 61, of Camden, South ied secessionist movements. popular in New England, the "I have totally, com - Not all is lost. But there in Sri Lanka from January 13 before heading to the idea than Democrats and Carolina, who lives on dis - `OBAMACARE` A cradle of the Revolutionary pletely lost faith in the fed - might come a point that we Philippines -- Asia`s largest Catholic country. The canoni - Northeasterners, according ability payments. "The state FACTOR War, with just 17.4 percent eral government, the people say, `Hey, y`all, we`re dust - sation of Vaz comes without attributing a second miracle to to the poll. Anger with would be better off handling Republicans were more of respondents open to running it, whether ing our hands and we`re the missionary known as the "Apostle of Sri Lanka". President Barack Obama`s things on its own." Scottish inclined to support the idea, pulling their state out. Republican, Democrat, moving on.`" 3 JAMMU | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2014 Golden YuG NUF donates wheel-chairs for aged, Sampark Economical Development Society distribute relief material physically challenged passengers GY NEWS SERVICE JaMMU, SEPT. 19: over to Divisional Traffic Manager Calling upon the resi - (Railways), R.N Meena by Chief dents of Jammu and Patron NUF, Vijay Mahajan at a func - Kashmir to untimely tion held in the Office of the Station face the calamity caused Superintendent, Railway Station by the un-presidented Jammu, here today. The occasion was floods in almost every graced by ADC Kalian Singh Parihar, nook and corner of the Assistant Commissioner (G) Shehnaz state. Continuing the Choudhary and Senior President distribution of relief Chamber of Commerce and Industry, material to the recent Sham Lal Langar. flash flood sufferers, NUF members including Bharat Sampark Economical Bhushan, Anil Sharma, U K Development Society Handoo, Sanjay Sharma, Rashid Jammu Distributed relief Malik, Nagar Mal and Munish material including blan - Gurdwara of Shatti Singh and Dharma Singh Arora were also present. The orga - kets, bed sheets tarpau - patashai village Mehron of Moga (Punjab) she nization had earlier provided wheel lin and ration among Distt Moga (Punjab). also appealed the gener - chairs to Government Hospital Flood affected families Nisha verma president of al public to cooperate Gandhi Nagar, besides providing of village Mandal phalai the society thanked the with the administration shawls to inmates of Home for and other adjoining vil - Gurudwara for sending in the restoration /relief Aged and Infirm and cloths to the lage Sampuran purakul - the timely relief of blan - works. Other member students of Bal Niketan Ambphalla. lian, Rambagh, Malikpur kets. present on the occasion JD NEWS SERVICE National United Front (NUF) donated passengers, who are aged, sick, infirm It has also provided assistance in Platta by the Society She was accompa - is M.R Bangotra B.R JaMMU SEPT. 19: In continua - wheel chairs to Railway Station or physically challenged. cash and kind in solemnizing mar - The blanket was donated nied by Mela Singh, Radha, Sushaint baigra tion with its social responsibility, Jammu for the convenience of such The wheel-chairs were handed riages of poor girls. to the society by local Baldev Singh Satnam Ganesh dutt. Kohli completes 10 days tour VRS employees of Vijay Kumar Bawa appointed of Kalakote constituency as state secretary PDP GY NEWS SERVICE JaMMU, SEPT. 19: Vijay Met flood affected people, demand immediate relief SRTC stage protest Kumar Bawa has been appoint - immediate need to search ed as state secretary of the for the Bakerwals who have Peoples Democratic Party gone to South Kashmir (PDP). According to party meadows with their live - spokesman, president of PDP, stock. Families have no Mehbooba Mufti has appointed information about their Vijay Kumar Bawa as state sec - whereabouts", Kohli said. retary of the party. A mass base Kohli has demanded leader, who has a strong following in Samba district espe - immediate release of finan - cially in Vijaypur assembly segment, Bawa is Sarpanch of cial aid to the people who Vijaypur area. Acknowledging his dedication and commit - have lost their homes during ment towards the party, PDP leadership has assigned impor - the flash floods and land - tant responsibility to Vijay Kumar Bawa. After joining PDP slides in the Kalakote area some years back, Baba has been assiduously working to and other parts of the strengthen party in Samba district. Expressing his gratitude Rajouri district. "Thought towards party leadership for assigning him such an impor - Indian Army and adminis - tant responsibility, Vijay Kumar Bawa assured the PDP GY NEWS SERVICE him help to get relief assis - tration is doing everything leadership that he would work with more dedication to JaMMU, SEPT. 19: A tance from the administra - to provide help to the peo - shoulder his new responsibility. social and political activist, tion early. ple, but there is need to GY NEWS SERVICE GHS employees. Abdul Gani Kohli today Kohli interacted with speed up the process as JaMMU, SEPT. 19: Demanding clear - He informed that the employees were State Bank of India resumes completed his ten days tour several people and met del - affected villagers will have ance of their pending dues and arrears, assured that their dues would be settled of several flood and land - egation from several vil - to face the winter months. Volunteer Retirement Scheme (VRS) within 60 days but nothing has been done so functioning in the Kashmir Valley slide affected areas of lages and heard their prob - As houses are damaged, employees of Jammu and Kashmir State far. GY NEWS SERVICE Kalakote constituency and lems who narrated their financial aid is necessary at Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) today The VRS employees demanded release JaMMU, SEPT. 19: State Bank of India has resumed took stock of situation in the plight as most of their the moment", he said. He staged a protest. of 126 slabs of COLA from January 1, 2006, its functioning in the Kashmir Valley. Out of 67 branches of area where administration homes have either fully highlighted that in absence A large number of retired employees led pending arrears from 1999 and 6th Pay State Bank of India in the Valley, 30 branches have started and army are trying to pro - damaged or need major of communication system by president All J&K SRTC Volunteer Commission arrears from January 1, 2006. functioning and the ATM's linked to these branches are also vide relief to the people. repair. He was also apprised and due to tough terrain Retired Employees Association, Dev Raj He also appealed the Chief Minister to functioning. State Bank of India is now in the process of During his visit, Kohli about the plight of the some areas are still inacces - Bali assembled at Press Club and shouted release their pending dues before the imple - operationalizing its more branches and ATM's in the visited Chatman, Dalogri, Bakerwal families whose sible for administration and slogans against State Government for its mentation of the Model of Code of Conduct. Kashmir Valley in the coming days. State Bank of India Bindi Jugrial, Nalooria, are still missing along with media where nature has failure to solve their long pending issues. Balwinder Singh, J.D Singh, Gulshan Singh, also despatched three mobile ATM vans to the Kashmir Triath, Sandpit, Moolah and their cattle in Kashmir val - shown its cruel face more Bali criticized the attitude of higher B.V Sharma, Surjit Singh, D.N Sharma, Valley to help people for withdrawing ca Also SBI is in the other areas and met the ley, who had gone there when compared with parts authorities of Transport and Finance Sain Mohd and Kulbir Singh were also pre - process of despatching four more mobile ATM vans to the affected people who sought with the livestock. "There is of the State. Department of the State towards VRS and sent. Kashmir Valley within a day or so. Social org. handed over relief J&K floods: Officials estimate crops worth Rs 365 cr washed away material to DDC GY NEWS SEVICE report has been submitted farm lands and later Bhagatpur, Suhagani, and adjoining areas, about Gajansoo Kana Chak and GY NEWS SERVICE JaMMU, SEPT. 19: to the government on the reclaiming these lands for Chakrali, Nai basti, Marh, 500 acres of cultivated Panjore areas, he said. UDhaMPUR, SEPT. 19: The Sports Persons and As the flood waters basis of the preliminary use in agriculture activi - Kana Chak, Kayanpur, area has been affected due At Kanachak, farmers Prominent Social Activists of Udhampur District today recede, a grim picture assessment done across ties", Jamwal said. Panjore and adjoining to breach of protection said the losses to veg - handed over relief material to District Development emerges from the agricul - the region. Taking stock of the sit - areas of Marh sub-divi - bunds and floods in Tawi etable and other rabi crops Commissioner Udhampur, Mrs. Yasha Mudgal for fur - ture sector in Jammu Jamwal, who himself uation, the Department of sion. River. was huge as areas, which ther distribution among the affective families of where the deluge has led teams of the Agriculture has pressed Hit by the floods, Some of the areas on were supplying vegetables Udhampur district after recent incessant rains, floods washed away crops worth Department of Agriculture into service its monitoring farmer Parkash Singh of which paddy and other to Jammu city, are now and landslides at Udhampur. Rs 365 crore and 13,000 to assess the losses caused teams to make an on-the- Kukerian area said, "There Kharif crops were grown unsuitable for cultivation. The relief material comprised of blankets, 20 ltr hectares of cultivable land. to crops and farm lands, spot assessment of dam - has been tremendous loss have been totally washed Many pumpsets and water gallons, tarpaulins, kitchen sets and torches along While the maize crop said 13,000 hectares of ages caused to vegetables, to the farmers of the area away. The land has been cattle sheds have also been with batteries etc. Mrs. Yasha Mudgal appreciated the suffered Rs 248 crore agriculture land has been paddy, maize, pulses and who need immediate relief converted into a riverbed damaged and washed role of sports persons, social activists, various NGOs damage, rice/paddy crops washed away in the fodder crops by the flash and help. We have lost and silt, sand and stones away due to the flood and associations of the district which are carrying out suffered a loss of Rs 48 floods. floods and heavy rains in everything. Our life have deposited on a large waters besides irrigation relief operations in the worst situations. crore followed by Rs 40 Tawi, Basantar and different districts of depends on farming". cultivated area. channels. The DDC appealed all citizens of Udhampur district crore loss to vegetable Devak rivers have Jammu division since 14 Similarly, Janak Singh "Vegetables particularly The Director, after vis - to come forward to help the victims by contributing in crops besides damage to changed courses at places September. said, "We cannot do farm - hybrids and cauliflower iting the affected areas at cash or kind. pulses and saffron. "Loss resulting in major damage Jamwal has also held ing for the next one year sown by farmers have Kothey Manhasan, Nai Among others, Senior Officers of the various of 365 crore has been to huge chunks of agricul - detailed interaction with as some land has been been completely destroyed basti, Kana Chak and department, Sports persons and Social activists which caused to crops in Jammu ture land in Niki Tawi and farmers of Kukrian, washed away and some due to heavy and continu - Panjore, has instructed the include, Raj Guru, Advocate Bharat Bhushan, Amar region in the flash floods", Ramgarh belts of Jammu Kothey Manhasan, rendered barren by the ous rains", Jamwal said. field staff to identify the Nath, Suresh Khajuria, Ajay Gupta, Harish Kumar Director, Agriculture, and Samba districts. Haripur, Chak Jaggar, floods. We will take more Vegetables which are damaged patches and Jandial, Sunil Slathia, Mr,. Pawan Regira, Arun Gupta, Jammu, SS Jamwal told "It is the biggest chal - Thub, Mahaveer Basti, than one year to reclaim sown early like radish and carry out detailed docu - P.D. Singh and Arun Mehta were also present on the PTI. lenge for the government Kothey Puran, Ghou the farm land". knol-khol have been dam - mentation of the crops and occasion. He said an elaborate to ensure protections to Manhasan, Sandawan, In Suhagani panchyat aged in Nai Basti, Marh, the areas damaged. DDC assess flood damages at Chhatroo MARG, Poswal, distribute relief items among flood affected people GY NEWS SERVICE caused to the houses, DDC also directed the GY NEWS SERVICE people accordingly". He kIShTWaR, SEPT. tourist buildings, roads, X En PHE, Irrigation and JaMMU, SEPT. 19: also criticized the govern - 19: To assess the damages Hr. Secondary School and Flood Control to ensure Bhartiya Gujjar ment alleging that many caused by the incessant the agricultural land by the speedy and timely restora - Mahasabha, State President affected people are still not rains andflash floods in the flash floods in Chatroo tion of protection works so J&K, Eshfaq-ur-Rehman getting relief as is claimed District and to supervise Nallah. X En PHE apprised that people may not face Poswal, in association with by the government. He the relief andrestoration the DDC about the dam - any further problems. MARG, an NGO, today demanded from the govt to work, District ages in detail and also Khan also inspected the distributed relief items speed up the relief opera - Development informed about the restoration work on differ - among the rain and flood tion and reach out to each Commissioner Kishtwar progress of restoration ent roads and instructed for affected people at Jindad and every victim. Mohammad Javed Khan works. DDC directed all speedy restoration of all Melu, RS Pura, and Slehar He also interacted with today visited different the concerned officers to road links He also interact - and Pahlain Mandal in the affected people and parts of Chatroo sub-divi - assess the losses and sub - ed with affected families at Jammu. inquired about their prob - sion. Sub Divisional mit the relief cases imme - various locations and Speaking on the occa - lems. He assured that all Magistrate Chhatroo diately for providing assured them that all possi - sion, Poswal expressed help will be provided to Kartar Singh, Tehsildar required relief to the ble help and assistance will grief and sorrow over the them Poswal also met with Chatroo , XEN affected people. He asked be provided to them. loss of lives and property in the volunteers at Slehar PHE,Irrigation and Flood the SDM and Tehsildar to DDC also impressed the recent calamity that who have been helping the Control Kishtwar organize special camps in upon the officers of struck the state. He said people in this hour of grief. andOfficials of Police, villages and provide door Irrigation & Flood Control that people have suffered He asked them to work Irrigation and Flood step services to the affect - Department to restore massive losses. "All sec - selflessly as they have been Control, R&B accompa - ed people so that they may damaged irrigation canals tions, business houses, doing. Bhushan nied DDC. not suffer unnecessarily for as early as possible so that NGOs, social, political and help the victims", Poswal been damaged, cattle and government should imme - Chowdhary, Manmohan During the visit, DDC getting relief cases sanc - the farmers of the region other groups should come said. their belongings washed diately make assessment of Singh and others also took stock of damages tioned. may not face any problem. together in this crisis and "Their houses have away", he said adding, "the losses and compensate the accompanied Poswal. 4 JAMMU | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2014 Golden YuG 49 years on, India-Pak disputes still intractable Golden Yug kaNWaR SaNDhU and coordinated. Besides, the but Pakistan was worse off. With China using Pakistan to exfiltration plan had not been Besides, Sino-Pak relations serve its strategic interests, we EDITORIAL EVEN 49 years after India thought through. were yet to take a concrete are today faced with the spectre and Pakistan fought an indeci - After 17 days of intense shape then. Since India had of a two-front war. sive war over it, the Western attacks and counterattacks, after the 1962 debacle raised a Despite such a challenge, Front, bordering Kashmir, both sides were running low on couple of mountain divisions modernisation of the armed Uneven recovery remains extremely volatile. ammunition and a stalemate and the overall force ratio was forces has been neglected. The Clearly, the two neighbours set in. By then, while India had in India's favour, the ceasefire synergy between the three If there is one clear signal that comes out of learnt few lessons from the 3,000 battlefield dead, Pakistan need not have been rushed armed forces of the kind the latest set of economic data released on infla - bloody clash, because the con - had 3,800. When ceasefire was through. What was also para - required is still missing – as tentious border issues that led called out, India had captured mount was that the national was evident during the Kargil tion, industrial growth and trade, it is this: the to the 1965 war have grown 1,800 km territory in Lahore patriotic fervour too was war. Even though Pakistan is recovery process is on but it is uneven and still only more sensitive. and Sialkot sectors, while strong. continuing to use irregular war - in first gear. Wholesale price inflation was down Pitched battles Pakistan had captured about Unfortunately, the political fare as a weapon in Kashmir, at a five-year low of 3.7 per cent in August but After Partition, though the 550 km in Sind-Rajasthan, leadership did not quite com - we have failed to cobble two armies had clashed in The then Prime Minister Lal Bhadur Shastri atop a besides the strategic area of prehend long-term strategic together an effective counter to retail price inflation, which is the benchmark for 1947-48 over Kashmir, it was captured Patton tank after the 1965 India-Pakistan war. Chhamb in Jammu Sector. issues of war and peace. If a its strategy before and during a the Reserve Bank of India, is still sticky at 7.8 only in September 1965 that On hindsight, tactical fail - strategic aim had been formu - full-fledged encounter. There per cent. Industrial output growth was almost the two fought pitched battles. Slam on September 1 and famous Battle of Assal Uttar ures and lack of strategic fore - lated, we could have gone for have been numerous rounds of flat at 0.5 per cent in July after a 3.9 per cent rise It was for the first time since made a bid to capture Akhnoor followed. The Pak offensive sight were evident during the decisive gains in J&K before talks and efforts through back- World War II that a conven - and threaten Jammu with the was stalled but not before caus - six-month-long face-off agreeing to a ceasefire. The channel diplomacy but the in June, while export growth fell to a five-month tional war using armour and air intention of severing Indian ing panic in some military and between the two sides. Not 1973 Arab-Israeli War readily unresolved issues have only low of 2.35 per cent in August. The see-saw in force on such a scale was supply lines and also the lines political quarters. only was the Indian response in comes to mind; Israelis, though become more intractable with industrial output, especially of consumer fought. The conflict sounded of communication. Pakistan Also on the Western Front, the Rann of Kutch half-heart - surprised initially, regained the the passage of time. While the durables and capital goods, clearly shows that alarm bells across the world. had the advantage of not only the Indian 1 Corps offensive ed, it lacked punitive action. initiative and surrounded the 1968 Tribunal verdict resolved Although by the end of it, surprise but also superior arma - towards Sialkot achieved a What was worse, in spite of a Egyptian Third Army to dictate the larger issue of the Rann of the recovery is tentative as yet. Of course, the there was a stalemate of sorts, ments procured from America measure of success. However, clear warning, India was taken terms at the post-war negotia - Kutch, the Sir Creek issue, crucial automobiles sector is beginning to show the Indian Army managed to as a member of the South-East in subsequent battles, the by surprise by Pak actions in tions. Least of all, we ought to which is over a 96-km strip of firm signs of a turnaround with passenger car redeem its image that had Asia Treaty Organisation offensive was held off at Jammu and Kashmir, starting have wrested control of marshy land, still lingers. manufacturers seeing a return of demand. taken a beating in the 1962 war (SEATO) and Central Treaty Chawinda by Pak’s newly from August 1965. When India Northern Areas. This was a Though the Cease Fire Line with China. At the same time, Organisation (CENTO). raised second armoured divi - did react on ground, its mistake we were to repeat in was converted into the Line of Maruti’s Chairman R.C. Bhargava is on record since Pakistan was able to hold Indian offensive sion (6 Armd Div). response was reactive and 1999. We agreed to a ceasefire Control (LoC) during the as predicting at least 5 per cent growth for the off a bigger neighbour, its mili - However, due to a last Meanwhile in Rajasthan, poorly coordinated. Though when Pak intruders had been Simla Agreement in 1972, on industry this fiscal and a 10 per cent growth for tary and political leadership got minute change of command of Pakistan managed to advance the 1 Corps offensive in the merely pushed back in Kargil. ground it has made little differ - his own company. The positive impulses from emboldened. This perhaps led its lead infantry division, the deep inside Indian territory – Sialkot sector achieved opera - What is surprising is that ence. The continuing LoC dis - to the 1971 war with India, Pak attack on Akhnoor was up to Longewala in Jaisalmer tional surprise, the gains were we also did not look at East pute in Kashmir has led to ten - the auto industry are encouraging because it can resulting in its dismemberment delayed which gave just about and Munabao in Barmer sec - frittered away by poor execu - Pakistan as Pakistan’s vulnera - sion further North in the glacial have a cascading impact on downstream indus - and the creation of Bangladesh. enough time to the Indian tors (Longewala was to tion. ble underbelly. What was heights of Siachen since tries such as ancillaries that host thousands of The clouds of war had Army to recover and rush rein - became a battleground once Lessons from the war achieved in 1971 could have 1984.The lingering issues have jobs. Yet, it is worrying that the capital goods started forming in January- forcements. As the Indian again in 1971). Clearly, prior to 1965 our been got in 1965 itself. led to large-scale organisation - February 1965 when foot Army held on against the The unique feature of the preparation for war against Pak Post-war negotiations at al changes and augmentation industry is still not seeing a viable change in its patrols on both sides started offensive, it opened up another 1965 war was the intense use had been neglected. Our Tashkent have also come under in force levels and weaponry fortunes. If anything, this indicates that compa - probing the Rann of Kutch front across the International of air power by both India and armoured forces were obsolete, criticism. Haji Pir Pass cap - on both sides. If anything, since nies are still not willing to commit investment in area to set up border posts. In Border (IB) in Punjab on Pakistan. Though the IAF had except for Centurions and tured by us, which was vital to both are armed with nuclear fresh capacities. April, Pakistan launched an September 6. the numerical superiority, the AMX tanks. Our anti-tank our defences in the Uri-Poonch weapons, the uncertainty only This fact is also borne out by the poor credit off - attack to evict the Indian Pakistan had not catered two sides were more or less capability and artillery were sector, was returned while heightens. guards from some of the posts. for the crossing of the IB at this evenly balanced on the neglected. In the IAF, except Chhamb captured by Pakistan Lack of readiness for war take from banks. Despite the RBI’s efforts to free up Both armies joined in and after juncture for they felt that India Western Frontier since India for Gnats, there was nothing was got back. Since we were to Prior to 1965, our prepara - funds through the two cuts made in statutory liquid - a few weeks of fighting, a would restrict the war to J&K. had to keep a sizeable force in else which was a match for F- lose Chhamb yet again in tion for war against Pakistan ity ratio over the last few months, banks have not ceasefire was brokered by the The Indian offensive in Punjab the east for fear of Chinese 86 Sabres and F-104s. The 1971, the return of Haji Pir at had been neglected. seen any increase in lending, which is something then British Prime Minister, forced Pakistan to divert its intervention. Though numeri - Army-Air coordination was Tashkent continues to rankle. Our armoured forces were Harold Wilson on June 30, force from Kashmir to save cally inferior, the PAF boasted poor. What is worse, when the Pakistan in possession of obsolete, except for Centurions that RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan alluded to a 1965. Lahore. Between September 6 of F-86 Sabres, F-104 war finally broke out in Chhamb is definitely at an and AMX tanks. few weeks ago. What lends confidence are two fac - Operation Gibraltar and 10, the western plains of Starfighters and B-57 Canberra September, half of the Indian advantageous position as it Our anti-tank capability tors — the favourable show by the monsoon in the The troops of both sides Punjab and Rajasthan wit - aircraft. Against this the IAF Navy ships, including the air - makes Akhnoor vulnerable, and artillery were neglected. later half and the downtrend in global commodity withdrew but remained battle nessed some memorable had Hunter, Gnats, Vampires, craft carrier, INS Vikrant, were which in turn has wider ramifi - In the IAF, except for ready. Within one month, ground offensives. Indian EE Canberra bombers and one undergoing refit and were unfit cations for the linkage of Gnats, there was nothing else prices, notably crude oil. The latter is bound to have Pakistan launched Operation Army’s repeated attempts to squadron of MiG-21. Though to give battle. As a result, even Jammu to the Kashmir Valley. which was a match for F-86 a salutary impact on inflation and the fiscal deficit; Gibraltar, codename for armed cross the Ichhogil Canal in a neither side managed to gain when the port of Dwarka was Weaknesses remain Sabres and F-104s. Also, the diesel subsidy, for instance, has already been wiped insurrection by a few thousand bid to get to Lahore failed due air superiority that was essen - bombarded, the Indian Navy Even after 49 years we Army-Air coordination was out. With the next monetary policy announcement of Pak Army’s airborne para - to Pakistan counter-attacks and tial for a decisive victory, but was not allowed to retaliate, appear to be found wanting in poor. troopers and guerillas in also because the breakthroughs there were some heroic tales of despite protestations by the certain crucial aspects. An When the war finally of the RBI close at hand, pressure is rising on the Kashmir. They were to mix up which had been achieved by valour on both sides. While the then Chief of Naval Staff, Vice effective organisation for high - broke out in September 1965, central bank to review its hawkish stance now that with the Indian populace and some infantry columns were PAF played a great role in the Admiral B.S. Soman. Thus we er direction of war and the half of the Indian Navy ships, retail inflation is close to its benchmark of 8 per cent incite locals to join them. not followed up. defence of Lahore, the Indian- failed to inflict our full war- required politico-military syn - including the aircraft carrier by January 2015. Dr. Rajan, of course does not Taken aback at first, the Indian Pak counter-attack built Gnat earned the sobriquet waging potential on the enemy. ergy are not in place. Despite INS Vikrant, were undergoing Army soon recovered and in Meanwhile, Pakistan of “Sabre slayer”. Since India went to war repeated rejigs of our intelli - refit and were unfit to give bat - seem to be in the mood to oblige, going by his mid-August crossed the cease - counterattacked and took On the bidding of the PAF, without a clear-cut strategic gence-gathering machinery, tle. remarks a couple of days ago, and rightly so. There fire line. While Pakistan man - Khem Karan. But its armoured Pakistan’s Special Services aim, it agreed to a ceasefire correct inputs and assessments Even when the port of is little point in tinkering with rates unless the down - aged to make headway in some columns did not make head - Group (SSG), attempted some without decisive results. The have belied us and thus Dwarka was bombarded, the trend in inflation is clearly established, which is not areas, India captured, besides way as the infantry support daring missions. Three SSG war having been started by allowed us to be surprised like Indian Navy was not allowed the case now. The approaching festival season will other places, the strategic Haji could not fetch up and instead teams of about 40 comman - Pakistan provided a good in Kargil in 1999. to retaliate, despite protesta - Pir Pass between Uri and of making a dash for the Beas does each were para-dropped opportunity to solve the We are still grappling to tions by the then Chief of be crucial for industrial growth as purchases of Poonch. Bridge and bypass Amritsar, to neutralise the airfields of Kashmir problem on our terms understand Pakistan’s aims and Naval Staff, Vice Admiral B.S. durables and automobiles generally picks up during Having failed in its objec - the armoured division with - Pathankot, Adampur and by continuing the war. At the strategy on Kashmir. Nor have Soman. this period. That may well determine the robustness tive to create mayhem in the drew into harbours at night. Halwara. However, all three end of it, our war-waging we come to grips with the We failed to inflict full of the ongoing economic recovery. Kashmir Valley, Pakistan When they finally advanced, teams failed in their mission as potential and ammunition implications of the Sino-Pak war-waging potential on the launched Operation Grand the Indians were ready and the the raids were poorly planned reserves were terribly depleted, nexus and the response thereof. enemy. A sobering moment for the BJP

SaNJaY kUMaR declined in all the States as leads in Assembly seg - massive decline in the vote 2014 Lok Sabha election. PRaNaV GUPTa compared to the party’s vote ments). The absence of the share of the BJP in these Interestingly, in both share in the 2014 Lok Sabha BSP and weakening of the States. The BJP’s vote Rajasthan and Gujarat, the The party’s poor perfor - elections. A deeper worry Congress made these direct share in the by-poll con - increase in the Congress’s mance in the recent by-elec - for the BJP could be that it contests between the BJP stituencies in Rajasthan vote share is much higher tions comes as a wake-up seems to be losing momen - and SP. This along with the declined by 10.8 percent - than the negative shift of call before next month’s tum, as this is not the first Hindutva-loaded campaign age points as compared to the BJP. This also seems to Assembly elections in round of by-polls where it of the BJP resulted in a 2014 and 8.2 percentage indicate some degree of Haryana and Maharashtra failed to perform well. In sharp consolidation of points as compared to the consolidation of the oppo - The results of the recent the last two rounds of by- Muslim voters in favour of 2013 Assembly election. sition vote against the BJP. by-elections have sprung polls too, the BJP’s perfor - the SP. Victories for the SP The Congress on the other The BJP should be cau - many surprises. Though the mance had been below par. in some of the Dalit-domi - hand managed to increase tious in celebrating its vic - Bharatiya Janata Party Though the Samajwadi nated constituencies such as its vote share by 17.5 per - tories in Silchar in Assam (BJP) has lost many seats, Party (SP) managed to wrest Sirathu and Charkhari indi - centage points as compared and Basirhat Dakshin in this defeat should neither be eight seats from the BJP, it cate that there could have to the 2014 Lok Sabha West Bengal. Rather than seen as a verdict against the would be committing a mis - also been a shift of Dalit elections. What is surpris - considering these success - policies of the Central gov - take if it saw these results as voters in favour of SP can - ing about the BJP’s loss in es as opportunities for ernment nor as a sign of an approval of the work didates. The fact that the Rajasthan is that this has making inroads into these declining trust of the people done by its government in drop in voter turnout in occurred within the first States, the party should in the Central government U.P. in the last two and half these two constituencies as year of the new BJP gov - consider them to be conso - and declining popularity of years. And although the compared to the 2012 ernment coming to power. lation prizes and incentives Prime Minister Narendra Congress managed to win Vidhan Sabha election was One would have expected to continue expanding its Modi. But it would also be three seats each in Gujarat much lower than the aver - the BJP to win all four organisational base. equally incorrect to say the and Rajasthan, it would be age indicates that despite Assembly seats as it is cur - Undoubtedly, the real BJP should not worry about premature for the party to the BSP’s absence, Dalits rently enjoying a “double winners of this round are these results as they hardly identify this as a sign of its voted this election. The honeymoon” phase in the the SP in U.P. and the affect the stability of any revival in these States. BJP’s vote share in these State. Congress in Gujarat and government. Continuation of earlier 11 constituencies has Performance in Gujarat Rajasthan. The by-polls There seem to be trends increased as compared to Similarly the party may can be considered a warm enough reasons for the BJP The SP’s victory in U.P. the 2012 Lok Sabha elec - find it difficult to justify up to the bigger electoral to worry as the reverses in was in some ways a contin - tion (as the contest turned why it lost in Gujarat in race in Haryana and Gujarat, Rajasthan and uation of earlier trends as them, as the BJP and its ally misjudging the results if it electoral arithmetic. Our almost bipolar) but the seats which are considered Maharashtra next month. Uttar Pradesh seem to be even after the 2004 and Apna Dal had won all these sees these victories as an analysis shows that almost majority of the BSP voters the party’s strongholds — This defeat comes as a contrary to past trends. The 2009 Lok Sabha elections, seats in 2012 and were indicator of increasing pop - all of these seats have size - seem to have shifted to the it had been going strong in wake-up call for the BJP incumbent party at the State incumbents had won ahead in 10 Assembly seg - ularity for the party. able proportion of Dalit or SP. The increase in the Khambhalia since 1995 before next month’s Centre and its allies had 66 per cent and 46 per cent ments in the 2014 Lok An analysis of the Muslims voters. SP’s vote share as com - and had won the other two Assembly elections; the won almost two-thirds and of the by-polls in States Sabha election. Some seats demographic profile and The BSP seems to be an pared to 2012 (27.8 per - seats in 2007 and 2012. party should guard against four-fifths of the Assembly where the Central and State like Thakurdwara and past electoral trends of the important player in these centage points) was almost Even though the BJP man - complacency. The BJP by-elections post the 2004 incumbents were different. Bijnor can be considered to eight constituencies that the seats as it was the runner-up five times the increase in aged to win six of the nine should remember that the and 2009 Lok Sabha elec - However, it is still impor - be BJP strongholds as the BJP lost clearly shows that in five and three seats the BJP’s vote share (5.7 Assembly seats this time, national wave that it had tions in States where they tant to understand the nature party has won them multiple the absence of the Bahujan respectively in the 2012 percentage points). its vote share declined by managed to create in the were in power. The BJP’s of these victories and the times in the last two Samaj Party (BSP) had a Vidhan Sabha and 2014 Lok Decrease in vote share more than 11 percentage Lok Sabha election is not vote share in these by-polls possible factors behind decades. The SP could be crucial impact on the local Sabha election (based on There has also been a points as compared to the eternal. 5 JAMMU | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2014 Golden YuG

Congress seeks probe into Jadavpur Shiv Sena, BJP to part ways; contest MP: MLA caught on camera wiping hands University police assault off ex-BJP MP's saree, calls it a prank Maharashtra assembly polls separately? BhoPal, SEPT. 19: An Independent lawmaker kolkaTa, SEPT. 19: Leaders of the West Bengal Dinesh Rai in Madhya Pradesh has been caught on camera unit of the Congress Friday met Governor K.N. Tripathi MUMBaI, SEPT. 19: to all this: MA Naqvi on Shiv- state will stand behind Uddhav wiping his hands off the saree of a former Bharatiya Janata and demanded a judicial probe into what they called a The tussle over sharing of Sena BJP alliance Thackeray over whatever "barbaric assault" on students of Jadavpur University seats for the forthcoming Commenting on seat- decision he takes," Raut said. Party (BJP) MP Neeta Pateriya during an event recently. by police. assembly elections in sharing row with BJP, Raut Meanwhile, senior BJP leader The MLA indulged in the shameless act while attending an A delegation of the state Congress committee called Maharashtra now threatens further said, “In Maharashtra, MA Naqvi has expressed hope event for farmers in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh. on Tripathi and submitted a memorandum, demanding the 25-year-old ties between Shiv Sena is a party that gives, that the seat-sharing impasse Rai is an elected member from the Seoni constituency. his intervention to solve the impasse and removal of Shiv Sena and the BJP with not a party that takes. If some - will be over soon. “Talks are After the visuals of Rai's act went viral on social network - Jadavpur University vice chancellor Abhijit reports on Friday suggesting one tries to insult on going, I am sure we will ing sites and local media channels highlighted it, the MLA Chakrabarty. "We said what happened in Jadavpur that the two parties have Maharashtra, they will get a have a positive outcome to all told the media that he was just playing a prank. University is barbaric. The vice chancellor has lost his decided to go alone in the befitting reply.” Thackeray this,” Naqvi said. BJP had pro - Further clarifying his unjustified act, Rai said that credibility. He must be removed. There should also be electoral battle. Sources also had called an emergency posed, after its landslide victo - Pateriya was like a sister-in-law to him and he wiped his a judicial probe into the police assault," state Congress claim that the two sides will meeting of his close aides at ry in Lok Sabha polls, that hands off her saree just out of fun. It was a 'harmless joke', chief Adhir Chowdhury told reporters after coming out today hold a high-level meet - ing to BJP's ultimatum to take his residence yesterday after both parties should contest 135 he said in his defence. Reports say that Rai later tele - of Raj Bhavan here. ing on the seat-sharing issue a final call on the seat-sharing BJP asked Sena to agree on a seats each (of the total 288 phoned Pateriya and apologised to her. Initially, the BJP Many students of the university were hospitalised and formal announcement pact for Maharashtra seat-sharing formula or face a Assembly seats). But Sena leader had laughed off Rai's act, but after media highlight - after police allegedly beat them Wednesday as they over the fate of BJP-Sena Assembly Elections. "We break-up of the alliance. rejected this demand. ed the matter, she has registered a complaint with her party were protesting outside Chakrabarty's office, seeking a alliance will be made later in won't compromise on our self- Senior Sena leaders, In the 2009 elections, BJP and left the final decision on it. fresh inquiry into the sexual harassment of a student on the day. respect. We met (party presi - including Gajan an Kirtikar, had contested 119 seats and the campus last month. The police crackdown has been With the Shiv Sena refus - dent) Uddhav Thackeray Sanjay Raut, Ramdas Kadam, Shiv Sena 169. However, this widely condemned, with students and political parties ing to budge even an inch, today and had a discussion on Subhash Desai and Diwakar time both parties would have 66 IPS officers transferred demanding Chakrabarty's removal as the vice chancel - BJP national president Amit alliance. Shiv Sena does not Raote, were present at the to cede some seats for other lor. Both Police Commissioner Surajit Kar Shah is reported to have told obey anybody's ultimatum. meeting. Raut said the party members of their 'grand in Madhya Pradesh Purakayastha and Education Minister Partha Chatterjee the state uit leaders of the The final decision will be top brass authorised alliance' namely BhoPal, SEPT. 19: In a major reshuffle, Madhya have refuted claims that the students were baton party to be prepared to fight taken only by Uddhav Thackeray to take a decision Swabhimaani Shetkari Pradesh government has transferred 66 IPS officers, charged or assaulted. the polls alone. Development Thackeray," Sena MP Sanjay on the alliance with BJP. Paksha, RPI, Rashtriya Samaj including three Additional Director Generals of Police, Political parties, students and members of civil comes hours after Shiv Sena Raut told reporters here. Talks "Any decision taken by Paksha (RSP) and MLC four zonal Inspector Generals, eight Deputy Inspector society have condemned the police chief for uttering said that it would not be dictat - are on going, I am sure we the party chief on the alliance Vinayak Mete's Generals and 18 Superintendents of Police posted in vari - what they dubbed "blatant lies". ed by anybody while respond - will have a positive outcome with BJP will be final. The Shivasangram. ous districts. The list was issued by the Home Department after midnight, posting Director Sports V K Singh as the Threats don't work, Ajit Singh Gujarat fisherman's body arrives in new Director General Jails in place of Surendra Singh, who has been appointed as OSD at the Police Mumbai from Pakistan Headquarters prior to his elevation as Madhya Pradesh prepares to shift residence Director General of Police, a senior official said today. IG (RLD) workers are VaDoDaRa, SEPT. the two officials left with the Singad, an official had earli - Jabalpur Upendra Jain has been posted as Director Sports, demanding that Ajit 19: Fifty-five days after his body last evening. er said. Singad's wife Bhopal, while IG Law and Order Sonali Mishra will be the Singh's bungalow be death in a Pakistani jail under "We have received the Samjuben had earlier said, "I new IG Intelligence, Bhopal. IG Intelligence D Sriniwas declared the mysterious circumstances, body which is being taken by learnt about the death of my has been posted as IG Jabalpur range. Similarly, IG Chaudhary Charan the body of a Gujarat fisher - road to Soneri village," husband from a letter written Morena DC Sagar has been posted as IG of Naxal-affect - Singh Memorial man was flown to Mumbai Gadiya said. Singad, his two by his younger brother ed Balaghat district. The SPs of Gwalior, Sheopur, Seoni, Centre like the bun - from where it is being brothers and some other fish - Bharat (lodged in Karachi Agar Malwa, Satna, Datia, Sidhi, Panna, Ratlam, Umaria, galows of late prime brought to his native village ermen were arrested by jail) which was delivered to Jhabua, Morena, Khargone, Bhind, Chhindwara, Barwani, minister Indira in the state on Friday. The Pakistani Marine Security me August 28." Tikamgarh and Dindori have also been transferred, the Gandhi and leaders mortal remains of fisherman Agency (PMSA) off Jakhau The letter, written soon official added. Lal Bahadur Shastri, Bala Narad Singad, who died coast in April this year for after her husband's death was Kanshi Ram and in a Karachi jail on July 25, allegedly straying into its ter - not allowed to reach her for Jagjivan Ram were. reached Mumbai late last ritorial waters illegally. over a month, the woman, Maoists torch mobile About 200 farm - night and is expected to The Pakistani govern - who is illiterate, had alleged. ers and policemen reach his native Soneri vil - ment has not mentioned any - She had later approached her towers, bus in Bihar NEW DElhI, SEPT. said that "threats" on being were injured on Thursday in lage in Una taluka of Gir thing over the release of his village sarpanch, who BaNka, SEPT. 19: Armed Maoists torched three 19: With the Centre categor - asked to vacate his govern - clashes when the RLD and Somnath district later today, two brothers, also lodged in informed her about the mobile towers and a bus in different areas of the district, ically rejecting his demand to ment bungalow here "won't Bharatiya Kisan Union Gujarat fisheries department the same jail in Karachi, an demise. She also demanded a police said Friday. Around 40 women Maoists cadres, all convert his Tughlaq Road work". (BKU). official J K Rathod, who official said. probe into the 'mysterious' in police uniform, raided Bhedia and Gonda villages and bungalow into a memorial "Threats won't work," The farmers were received the body, told PTI Learning about his death circumstances leading to the torched mobile towers of the telecom operators - BSNL, for his late father Chaudhary Naidu had told reporters demonstrating against the over phone. after over a month ago in death of her husband. Charan Singh, Rashtriya Lok without directly naming Ajit water and power supply The state government August, the Indian High Meanwhile, All Gujarat MTS, and Vodafone - last night, Superintendent of Police Dal (RLD) leader Ajit Singh Singh. being snapped at the Tughlak had deputed Rathod and Commission office had Fisherman Association Dr Satyaprakash said. Simultaneously, about nine Maoists, on Friday appeared ready to Naidu also said that there Road residence of Ajit Singh another official P Gadiya to informed the government. appealed to the Gujarat gov - riding on three bikes, torched a bus at Bhalua and another shift his residence to some was no question of political to force him to leave the gov - receive the body in Mumbai. The state government did not ernment and social organiza - group of ultras exploded bombs and fired several rounds other locality. The develop - vendetta against Ajit Singh, ernment bungalow. Ajit After completing the want matters to be delayed tions to provide financial in the air to scare people in Bhedia Bazar, he said. ment came shortly after former civil aviation minister Singh lost the Lok Sabha required formalities at further and hence, took assistance to the deceased's Incidentally, the Maoists had called for a 24-hour Union Urban Development in the Manmohan Singh cab - elections in April-May this Mumbai's Chhatrapati immediate steps to complete family, comprising his wife bandh in Bihar and Jharkhand yesterday to protest the Minister M Venkaiah Naidu inet. The Rashtriya Lok Dal year. Shivaji international airport, the procedures to bring back and three minor children. recent killings of their four colleagues. Barack Obama nominates Richard Commuters hit as unions observe 'total Allow mercy killing for sick Verma as new US envoy to India daughter: Parents to President WaShINGToN, SEPT. 19: President Barack Obama PaTNa, SEPT. 19: The poor parents of a Bihar on Thursday nominated Indian-American, Richard Rahul transport strike' in West Bengal today woman who is suffering from a debilitating disease have Verma, as the next US Ambassador to India, ahead of Prime kolkaTa, SEPT. 19: urged President Pranab Mukherjee to either pay for their Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Washington later this Commuters in the city faced daughter's medical treatment or permit mercy killing. month. If confirmed by the US Senate, Verma, who earlier harrowing time as the trade Pinki, 29, has been suffering from cerebral palsy -- a served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative unions observed a "total" disorder that causes physical disability -- since she was Affairs and is now in the private sector, would be the first transport strike across the four years old. The parents say they can no longer pay for Indian-American to serve as the top US diplomatic position state of West Bengal on the medical expenses nor can see their daughter in pain. in New Delhi. Obama announced his nomination along Friday. "We cannot watch her in so much pain anymore. Please with several other key administration appointments. Today's total strike comes allow her mercy killing or provide her medical help "I am grateful that these impressive individuals have after over 30,000 taxis because we cannot afford it any longer as we are poor," chosen to dedicate their talents to serving the American remained off the roads yester - Pinki's father Kishori Sao, a resident of Mor village in people at this important time for our country. I look forward day. President of Joint Patna district, said here Friday. "We have already spent to working with them in the months and years ahead," Council of Bus Syndicate Obama said in a statement. Sadhan Das said earlier that whatever we had for her treatment, but she not showing The US Embassy in New Delhi is currently headed his organisation supported the any sign of improvement," the father added. Sao says he by a Charge d'affaires, Kathleen Stephens. Verma, 45, strike. The strike is a vital has no option other than seeking the mercy killing of her said to be a close confidant of the President and also for - matter and we support it... But daughter. Pinki's mother Rukmani Devi said her daughter is mer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, currently serves we have not taken any deci - suffering from the rare disease for the last 25 years. "We as Senior Counselor at Steptoe & Johnson LLP and sion to participate in today's have consulted doctors, ayurvedic practitioners, quacks as Albright Stonebridge Group. He is also a Senior total strike," Das said. There taxis," Ramen Pandey, "Yesterday's strike was an will continue until the govern - well as priests for her treatment but failed. Even visiting National Security Fellow at the Center for American has been no reaction from INTUC state president had absolute success... Police have ment responds properly... We temples, churches and gurdawaras has yielded no results," Progress. Previously, he was Assistant Secretary for State Transport Minister told rep orters earlier. arrested few taxi drivers, but it cannot help it because the suf - she said. She said some doctors here advised them to take Legislative Affairs at the Department of State from 2009 Madan Mitra on today's Claiming yesterday's taxi will not help the situation. The ferings of the people are their daughter to a reputed hospital in Delhi. "But where is to 2011 and Partner at Steptoe and Johnson LLP from strike. strike as 100 per cent success - state government should have because of the government." the money. We are fighting for survival, how can we take 2007 to 2009. He was Senior National Security Advisor, "We don't want to com - ful, CITU state president called them and looked for an Taxi unions have been calling her to a big hospital. Urging the president to permit mercy Counsel and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Senate ment on the views of any par - Shyamal Chakraborty alleged amicable solution," Mr flash strikes since August 7, killing is the only option left with us," the mother said in a Majority Leader Harry Reid from 2002 to 2007, and an ticular bus operators' body, the police arrested few taxi Chakraborty told PTI. Asked demanding the state govern - choked voice. "We are now begging for her peaceful Associate at Steptoe & Johnson from 1998 to 2002. but Friday's strike will be drivers. He said the govern - whether any decision has been ment to raise fares, drop legal death," she said. Doctors of the Mokama Referral Hospital, Verma served on active duty in the US Air Force from total, which will also include ment should have taken initia - taken regarding the taxi strike proceedings against 450 taxi where Pinki was treated, said she is 90 percent disabled due 1994 to 1998 and received, among other decorations, the state transport depart - tives to listen to the taxi keeping in mind the approach - owners and put a stop to to the disorder. Her condition can be improved by treat - the Meritorious Service Medal and Air Force ment-run buses, ferry service, unions' demands rather than ing Durga Puja, he said, imposing penalty of Rs. 3,000 ment through physiotherapy, the doctors said. According to Commendation Medal. contract carriages and luxury using the police to arrest them. "Indefinite means indefinite. It for passenger refusal. medical experts, the disorder often occurs at a premature age -- during pregnancy, during childbirth, or after birth up to about age three -- affecting the brain development of An outsider all her life, Hema Malini wants children. About two percent of all cerebral palsy cases are widows to stay out of Vrindavan: Sanjay Nirupam believed to be due to a genetic cause. MUMBaI, SEPT. 19: and Bihar should not crowd defended her previous state - plight? Of course I intend SC to examine kids' safety issue Congress leader Sanjay Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh. ment in a series of tweets, doing what I can to improve Nirupam has taken a dig at Hema Malini said that she saying no one listened to her their condition but Vrindavan at unmanned railway crossings actor-politician Hema Malini said this in the context of their "actual interview" to the has a space limitation too. NEW DElhI, SEPT. 19: The Supreme Court on for suggesting that the wid - deplorable condition in their media. State govt too should con - Friday decided to examine the "serious" issue of children's ows from other states should respective states, alleging that "I haven't said anything tribute," she added. The not stay in Vrindavan, reports they were being ignored in that I should be ashamed of. I actress said she had done safety at unmanned railway crossings saying it is necessary said on Friday. Criticising the their home states and govern - stand by my statement that nothing wrong by saying that to address the matter to protect them from becoming vic - BJP MP, Nirupam said, ment there was not doing they should be allowed to live "sons & daughters cannot dis - tims of accidents. "A serious issue has been raised about “Hema Malini has been an enough for them. with dignity. Sad state for a card their duty and cannot unmanned railway crossings where children have died in outsider all her life but she The 65-year-old BJP Lok country once known for the bundle them onto a train & accidents. Lot many illustration of children being killed at wants widows from other Sabha MP also said she had respect shown to women. forget about them". unmanned railway crossing has been given," a bench head - states to stay out of not mentioned anything that This is what I was trying to "For no fault of theirs, ed by Chief Justice R M Lodha said. Vrindavan.“ she should be "ashamed of". holy town which is home to She had said that there are point out," she tweeted. they are thrown on the streets However, before passing any order on the PIL, the The remarks from the Hema Malini, during a thousands of destitute already 40,000 widows in "It is traumatic to see & are compelled to beg to sur - bench said the petition needs to be drafted properly as there Congress politician came visit to her parliamentary con - women, should not be crowd - Vrindavan, which is part of these poor widows begging vive. Is this fair? Do you think has been lot of incoherency in averments and the petition - even as Hema Malini sought stituency Mathura, had stoked ed by widows from other her constituency, and there on the streets even for their these old women deserve this er has mixed up the facts of railway accidents with road to defend her remarks that a potential controversy when states like West Bengal and was no room to accommodate daily existence. Have all of fate? Also most are from West mishaps. widows from West Bengal she said that Vrindavan, a Bihar. more. The actress today you ever witnessed their Bengal, Bihar & Orissa. 6 JAMMU | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2014 Golden YuG

Samsung's Galaxy Note 4 'phablet' to be launched on Oct 17, pre-orders begin today Samsung's Galaxy Note 4 'phablet' to be launched on A Government in Deep Slumber Oct 17, pre-orders begin todaySan Francisco: Samsung It seems like both have gone response, coordinate pre - grills here and there over NDRF, PMFs, all related There is a definite need to announced Thursday that its eagerly-anticipated Note 4 into a self induced coma, ventive actions, monitor, already existing structures resources and support ren - show a graduated focus to "phablet" will be released on October 17. refusing to be medicated till muster resources, make during their visits as a pre - dered by private agencies the areas on other side of antidotes are forcefully assessment of what has hap - cursor to the election. and volunteer contributors. the Jawahar Tunnel. The South Korean consumer electronics titan credited injected, both by the cir - pened, what is the severity Except for aiming at their Yes, the defense forces will There are spates of with being the first major manufacturer to blend tablet and cumstances and a central and magnitude, what we cheap popularity, all such continue to reassure the questions left answered smartphone features said it will begin taking orders for the government trying to prove have to tackle, what we minor tasks could well be Indian public that they are and surely the government coming model on Friday, the same day rival Apple launch - its mettle faced by its first need and where or whom to delegated to a local old cou - their brethren and would will be listing them. They es its new-generation iPhone 6. "Samsung created the national disaster. tap. Not to counter the justi - ple, national/ international always stand by them with - need to (A) understand that large screen smartphone category with the Galaxy Note Our honorable Chief fication projected by the awardees, sportsmen and out any exception of politi - disasters do not have a and we are on our fourth generation, a category others are Minister, Mr Omar CM the other day in a wide - social worker. It is meant to cal, geographical and reli - defined scale, (B) need for just entering," Gregory Lee, Samsung`s BY Col ShIV Abdullah, conscious of the ly read newspaper saying rise amongst the rubble gious boundaries. The few an alternative establish - Telecommunications America president, said in a state - ChoUDhaRY (RETD) likely volley of questions that he was devoid of com - when people most need it. It likes of Yasin Malik on the ment during dire crisis, (C) and public outcry on his late munication, road connectiv - is appreciated that no gov - pay roll of ISI, must be control, coordination and ment. "The Galaxy Note 4 delivers a refined Note experi - The unforeseen floods knee jerk reaction, has ity and his establishment, ernment can perhaps antici - ignored by the sensible accountability to a single ence, and the latest technology that consumers want in witnessed in the state of employed an en number of the honorable CM's body pate such impending crisis public to be tackled quick - agency for the distribution their smartphone." Jammu and Kashmir have ways to divert the attention language threw different but none can stop the gov - ly by the state Government of aid, (D) zero tolerance In what was seen by some as a direct shot at Apple, taken away the precious of the public. However, indications. Instead of ernment machinery from lest they will get a most for corruption, (F) question Samsung promised that anyone ordering a Note 4 by lives of our loved ones, people have been watching showing a positive mustering and coordinating undeservingly space in the senior level absenteeism, October 16 would be entitled to a trade-in value of USD infrastructure, and our spir - him with a careful eye, with demeanor whenever and resources it has at its dispos - media. The least our Chief (G)assessment ofl local 200 for any working smartphone. The Note 4 boasts a 5.7- its in a major way. I extend a sense of time, purpose and wherever he could and giv - al even after ten days of the Minister could have done resources, (H), justified inch high definition screen, improved front and rear cam - my heartfelt condolences to effect. His elaborate com - ing hope to the marooned deadly wave. Alas it too is ensured the realigning of compensation and eras, speedy charging, and an "S Pen" to write, draw or the bereaved families and mentary kept aside, he has ones, he failed to rise to the happens when one does the available resources to demands (I) make the support to the survivors. At absolutely failed to act, with occasion. As if this was not home work during non provide local support to the actions visible and last but edit on the touch screen more naturally. Samsung has been the same time, I also salute or without his seat of power. enough, he preferred to calamities. One also does central forces in terms of not the least (J) what actu - poking Apple in ads portraying the California company`s the efforts of those who've Sadly, the politicians always push out a few loafs of not need to be unduly wor - local guidance and naviga - ally resulted into such a latest iPhones -- the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus unveiled moved forward and playing underestimate the public bread from the belly of a ried about not having an tion and reign in few anti havoc. The Chief Minister, last week -- as inspired by the Note`s size. a stellar role in the rescue visibility, public's common flying helicopter, another establishment since such an India voices. despite many limitations The new iPhone 6 models also boost screen sizes in operations. However, in the judgment, politicians crave gimmick to make news. epitome of rightful and par - Also, where are the like impending election, what some see as the tech giant catching up to the midst of these headlines and for political power and the No Mr Chief Minister, tial wrongful power could bureaucrats and the state militancy, coalition govern - "phablet" trend. The iPhone 6 will have a screen of 4.7 everyday news to chew on, limitation of taking current you have failed the people be blown off by an adver - police personnel? All sym - ment, the colossal retrieval inches and the 6 Plus will have one of 5.5 inches, allowing a significant detail has been electorates for a ride. of Jammu & Kashmir time sary at any time. An author - pathy goes out to these and repair work ahead, lim - missed. People of J&K have As far as the public is and again, but this time ity has to operate as quickly people as well who were ited resources, has every - Apple to adapt to consumers` apparent preference for big - lost their confidence and concerned, very few under - you've failed miserably and as possible and here is an duly affected, and perhaps thing promised by the ger displays. Apple said Monday it had received record hope in an establishment stand the physical existence sadly noticed by general occasion offered by the nat - fled from the scene. One Prime Minister. He should pre-orders for the new models, and that some customers they put all their faith into. of a government but every - public. The disaster was ural fury to you and your may ponder over the idea use his dynamism and time will have to wait for the larger-screen versions of the They aren't questioning the one is aware of their leaders indeed unprecedented but Government to gain some that why does the state to fast track the restoration smartphones. The announcement means Apple may see role of an elected govern - and collective leadership. the state leadership is not lost ground. government really need to and public settlement for shortages and long lines at its retail stores when sales ment or its executive Leadership consists of peo - meant for day-to-day mun - The state government is fill all Government posts the state in the most trans - begin on Friday. machinery in a democratic ple who are elected, dane ceremonies like going still shying aw ay from the of these verticals with the parent way. He must task state. Rather, they are still empowered, expected to on a spree of ribbon cutting unstinted, unambiguous locals only? It may need to his coteries to get into a trying to find out where the automatically rise during and inaugural boards for and unhindered role and modify that formula from synergy mode. The public state government is hiding crisis, shoulder responsibili - community centers, model financial support from the this lesson. It is also is watching with their anger Is Facebook Messenger and what good is its execu - ty, be present in adverse villages without hope of centre in terms of extremely sad to see the and dampened spirits, wake tive machinery doing for its locations, stand by the budget allocation and uncapped funds and self - attention only being given up or continue in the app tracking your privacy? people in this hour of crisis. affected ones, plan quick putting few bricks/ steel less role of the Army, AF, to the Kashmir region. comatose state. NEW YoRk: The new Facebook Messenger app, that has been downloaded over 500 million times on Android-based devices, may have spyware that keeps an eye on your chats and other information, claims an inter - Saeed Ajmal's case highlights ICC's new tough avatar net security specialist. According to Jonathan Zdziarski, BY ChaITaN PaPNaI come at a worse time, for career. “messenger appears to have more spyware type code in it the bowler himself as well This is a tough phase First cricketer that as for Pakistan. According for the bowler and for intended specifically for enterprise surveillance”, the web - comes to mind when we talk to the ICC rules, bowlers Pakistan, a country that is site motherboard.com reported. about chucking is the leg - can bend their arms by up known to produce some “There is a lot of code that suggests Facebook is run - endary Sri Lankan spinner to 15 degrees. But anyone world-class spinners -- ning analytics on nearly everything it possibly can moni - Muttiah Muralitharan, who suspected of going further Saqlain Mushtaq, Abdul tor on your device,” Zdziarski said in a twitter post. After remained in news through - than the permitted angle, Qadir and Mushtaq Ahmed looking through the binary, Zdziarski said the app logs out his career, either for his can be sent to Australia for to name a few. Though, almost everything a user is doing. A spokesperson for the superlative performances testing. For Ajmal things Ajmal looks quite confident social networking site, however, denied the claim. with the ball or for his con - are more complicated of making a comeback in “Privacy is core to our approach with Messenger and like troversial bowling action. because the report reveals International cricket soon, In fact, few ICC that all his deliveries the road is not looking any developer, we analyse usage trends to make our apps umpires and former crick - exceeded the 15 degrees by smooth for him at least for better, faster, and more efficient,” the spokesperson told eters still criticize the Sri which the arm is allowed to the time being. Gizmodo. Lankan for his suspect bend. And this is something Chucking not new action. One among them is serious, especially for a among Pakistan bowlers former Indian skipper match-winning bowler of a It’s not the first time a New wireless system to Bishan Singh Bedi, who is country, that too months Pakistan bowler has been sus - quite outspoken. Murali’s before the World Cup. In pected for chucking. Earlier, reduce traffic congestion long time critic Bedi, once fact, the chucking row can Ajmal’s current team mates NEW YoRk: Researchers at Massachusetts Institute called the spinner a ‘shot - But in August 2014, away. followed them before Ajmal prove to be career threaten - like Shahid Afridi, of Technology (MIT) have developed a new wireless sys - putter’ and even compared Pakistan off-spinner Ajmal's Off-spinners under ICC being booked for the same ing for the right-arm Mohammad Hafeez and tem called RoadRunner that uses GPS like turn-by-turn his action with a Javelin action came under scanner radar offence. And the list contin - bowler, who is known to Shoaib Malik too were sus - directions to route drivers around congested roadways. In thrower. Bedi, often criti - after the first Test match Saeed Ajmal is not the ues to grow, as after Ajmal, have a happy-go-lucky per - pected for their bowling cized the ICC too, for bend - against Sri Lanka in Galle. only bowler in the recent Zimbabwe off-spinner sonality in the dressing actions. Temperamental simulations using data supplied by Singapore's Land ing its rules to give the offie His action was found to be past, who has been suspect - Prosper Utseya and room. And the major reason speedster from Rawalpindi, Transit Authority, the researchers compared their system the license to continue rep - illegal by ICC's accredited ed for chucking or throwing Bangladesh speedster behind it is, he is on the Shoaib Akhtar, too came to one currently in use in Singapore, which charges drivers resenting his country, all team of Human Movement the ball. In fact, Ajmal was Sohag Gazi were the latest wrong side of 30s. The PCB under scrutiny for his contro - with dashboard-mounted transponders a toll for entering these years. Specialists at the National the fifth bowler to be report - to face th e heat from the had an option to appeal versial bowling action. congested areas. The Singapore system gauges drivers' Very much like Murali, Cricket Centre in Brisbane ed for a suspect action in the ICC. against the decision of the Now PCB has roped in locations with radio transmitters mounted on dozens of who holds the record of 800 and he was suspended from last 10 months. Is the batsman’s game ICC. But it decided not to former Pakistan off-spinner gantries scattered around the city, like the gantries used in Test scalps, Pakistan’s international cricket with Interestingly, each one of getting a bit harsh on exercise it's right by going Saqlain Mushtaq for helping many US wireless toll systems. prime spinner Saeed Ajmal immediate effect. them is an off-spinner. First bowlers, especially spin - ahead with the appeal as the suspended Pakistan offie RoadRunner, by contrast, uses only handheld devices too was suspected for his It’s certainly a big blow two to come under the ICC's ners or for that matter off- PCB was aware if Ajmal's to undergo corrective mea - bowling action by the ICC for Pakistan, who must have net were Shane Shillingford spinners? It’s a debate action was found to be ille - sures in his illegal bowling clipped to cars' dashboards. Nonetheless, in the simula - during his formative years been making their bowling and Marlon Samuels – both which is yet to catch fire. gal for the second time, he action. So it would be interest - tions, it yielded an eight percent increase in average car at international circuit. The strategies around their most from West Indies. Sri Saeed Ajmal running might have to face a ban for ing to see how long Mushtaq speed during periods of peak congestion. latter was reported for his reliable bowler, Ajmal, for Lanka’s Sachithra against time a year or so, which could will take to fix Ajmal's prob - “With our system, you can draw a polygon on the map 'doosra' at that time but the ICC World Cup 2015, Senanayake and New Faisalabad born Ajmal's possibly be the end of the lem, as time is major issue for and say, 'I want this entire region to be controlled',” said eventually came out clean. which is just five months Zealand’s Kane Williamson suspension couldn’t have road of his cricketing the ageing Ajmal. Jason Gao, a graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science. "You could do one thing for a month and test it out and then change it without having to dig up roads or rebuild gantries,” he added. With his advisor Li-Shiuan Peh, a professor of electri - cal engineering and computer science, Gao also tested their system on 10 cars in Cambridge, Massachusetts to evaluate the efficiency of the communications system and of the vehicle-routing algorithm. It also provided reliable data about the system's performance for use in simula - tions. Selfie addiction may lead to low self-esteem loNDoN: Those who are habitual selfie takers are prone to having low self-esteem, says a study. The research, conducted by money-saving app VoucherCloud, found that over half of young people take selfies at least once a week. Nearly 60 percent of youngsters admitted that behind their smile is a low self-esteem. Only 13 percent said they felt “confident in my own skin”. “A selfie is subject to lighting, Photoshop and a whole host of other factors so often people actually look very little like they do in real life,” Matthew Wood, man - aging director of vouchercloud.com was quoted as saying in media reports. The study involved 2,071 British men and women aged 18-30. It revealed that 39 percent pre - ferred taking pictures of themselves rather than their fam - ily, partner or pets. “It seems as if the selfie trend is just growing more and more. This is a phenomenon which will be around for some time,” Wood added. 7 JAMMU | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2014 Golden YuG Grand Slam winner Champions League: No Li Na announces Continental spectacle set to roll INCHEON: Waving flags and sport - Hurricane effect on Punjab ing big smiles, a bunch of little chil - retirement dren landed at the Incheon Airport on MOHALI: KIrrespective of WUHAN, CHINA: Li Na, Wednesday night. The 17th Asian the number of speed-break - a two-time Grand Slam Games open here on Friday and they ers it faces, Kings XI champion from China who have come to cheer their Chinese Punjab seems to have mas - took tennis in Asia to a new team. tered the art of covering the level, has retired due to Meanwhile, the Kazakhstan athletics distance without changing recurring knee injuries. team landed here a couple of weeks gears. The 32-year-old Li posted ago to get used to the conditions in the The host illustrated its the news on her microblog hope of winning some big medals. adeptness once again when on Friday, ending a week of In sharp contrast, the Indians it overhauled the target of intensifying speculation appear to be among the least prepared 145 set by Hobart that she would announce as Incheon rolled out the red carpet Hurricanes. her retirement ahead of the for the biggest multi-event sporting Notwithstanding the new WTA event at Wuhan, spectacle after the Olympics. The first-ball dismissal of her home town. Li won the boxing team, which got a confirma - Virender Sehwag and 2011 French Open, becom - tion that it could go only on Tuesday David Miller failing to ing the first player from after it was allowed to fight under the score, Kings XI kept the China to win a Grand Slam Indian flag, missed a few crucial chase alive and finished the singles title, and clinched training sessions allotted for teams job with five wickets and the Australian Open title in here over the last few days. 14 deliveries to spare. January in her third trip to “The boxers have not come yet The result also marked the final at Melbourne and I don’t know when they will be Kings XI’s triumphant Park. She only entered coming here. The wrestlers too have something around 50. Especially after silver in the men’s 50m free pistol. debut in the Champions seven tournaments after not landed,” said Adille Sumariwala, the pullout of some of the big stars in The Chinese and the Koreans have League at the expense of that, and hasn’t played the Indian contingent’s Chef de tennis, including Somdev Devvarman been dominating the Worlds and that another first-timer in the since a third-round defeat Mission, at the Athletes Village here who brought two golds from could make things very tough for the competition. at Wimbledon. She with - on Thursday evening, and that didn’t Guangzhou, and the absence of cue Indians. But one just hopes that the It was a day when Kings drew from three tourna - present a promising picture at all. The sports — which provided four medals Granada disappointment makes our XI’s bowlers raised the bar ments in August, including boxing team, one hears, left Patiala on including a gold in 2010 — in this shooters hungrier to put up a better but the batsmen did not the U.S. Open, citing a Thursday morning and is expected to edition of the Games. show here. quite do justice to their rep - right knee injury. “Most reach here on Friday. Athletics won But sport has a strange habit of Meanwhile the Chinese, who fin - utation. Since the target people in the tennis world five of the India’s 14 golds at the last throwing up surprises when you least ished second behind the US in the was far from intimidating, know that my career has Asiad in Guangzhou four years ago expect them. And that offers hope. medal table at the 2012 London the host crossed the finish- been marked by my trou - but the full team has not reached here While discus throwers Vikas Olympics, look stronger than ever. line after facing some anx - bled right knee,” Li said in yet. And with trials being planned for Gowda, Seema Punia, triple jumper China is so strong and powerful that ious moments until Glenn a statement posted on two triple jumpers and the men’s mile Arpinder Singh and the women’s mile host South Korea and Japan will be Maxwell made his presence social media. “After four relay team at Patiala, the last of the relay team appear to be in the gold content to fight for the second spot. felt. knee surgeries and hun - track and field stars are expected to range, kabaddi looks set to bring in Some of the world’s best in bad - The sparsely-filled PCA dreds of shots injected into leave for Incheon only on September two yellows like it has done in the last minton, table tennis, gymnastics, Stadium witnessed a three in the fourth over, Hurricanes batsmen could my knee weekly to allevi - 24. With that being the situation, few editions. swimming and shooting will be in counter-attack from Maxwell straightaway only manage a sub-par ate swelling and pain, my though Sumariwala predicted that The ongoing World action here over the next 16 days Maxwell who provided the raced away to a 25-ball 43 total. Ben Dunk, Aiden body is begging me to stop India could finish with a similar tally Championships in Spain had been here. But there will also be stories of brightest part of the comprising two sixes and Blizzard, Travis Birt and the pounding. “My previ - like the last edition in Guangzhou — mainly a story about heartbreaks for athletes fighting against the odds, of innings, though it was the four boundaries. When Jonathan Wells were all ous three surgeries were on 65 medals that helped it finish sixth in the shooters, who had been in fine heart breaks and near misses. unfinished 69–run partner - Maxwell was around, guilty of throwing away my right knee. My most the medal table — it looks a very form in the recent Commonwealth And that makes the Games such a ship, off 41 deliveries Kings XI added 54 runs promising starts. recent knee surgery took tough task. It is more likely to be Games, with only Jitu Rai getting a beautiful and interesting affair. between skipper George with the Aussie doing most Wells and Birt were place this July and was on Bailey and Thisara Perera, of the scoring. involved in a 52-run stand my left knee. After a few that firmly dashed But the Man-of-the- for the fifth wicket to raise weeks of post-surgery Hurricanes’ hopes. match was Perera whose visions of a competitive recovery, I tried to go Mumbai City FC welcomes Sweden & Arsenal legend In fact, Bailey struck 20-ball unbeaten 35, fol - tally. But their dismissals, through all the necessary two successive boundaries lowing his two wickets for in the space of 13 runs, pro - steps to get back on the to signal the end of the 17, truly made him the per - vided a late twist to the court.” Li set a host of Freddie Ljungberg to its power packed squad chase against his team in former of the day. script. The last 18 deliver - milestones for tennis in MUMBAI: With 419 Ljungberg has earned 75 Halmstads BK to move him Cup double. the Big Bash League. Earlier, after Kings XI ies produced only 16 runs China, including being the inspiring appearances over caps scoring 14 times. from p12 to p14, which was Ljungberg became a reg - Walking in at 23 for chose to field, the as Kings XI pulled things first Chinese player to win two decades, the former Speaking about the signing, against Halmstad's policies ular in Arsenal's starting a WTA title and the first to Swedish National Team team owner Ranbir Kapoor at the time. lineup following the depar - win a major. Captain is also among said, “Mumbai City FC is At age 14, he joined the ture of Emmanuel Petit and 'Lions need consistency in batting order' Arsenal FC’s most loved immensely proud to sign a junior team under Coach Marc Overmars in the sum - LAHORE: Test discarded players of all time player like Freddie Robert Nordström. His per - mer of 2000. wicketkeeper/batsman Susan Koshy New Delhi: Mumbai City Ljungberg today. As a for - severance paid off because For several seasons he Kamran Akmal, while con - FC on Thursday announced mer Sweden captain and three years later he was played a major role for the gratulation the Lahore makes junior the signing of the outstand - Arsenal great, the world moved up to the senior club including being a Lions team for qualifying ing Freddie Ljungberg as football fraternity under - team where he made his member of the unbeaten 49 the T20 Champions League 3P final the marquee player for the stands what he is worth and senior debut on 23rd game run for Arsenal. After main round in India, inaugural season of the I’m sure Mumbai’s football October 1994 in the his nine years at Arsenal warned its captain NEW DELHI: National upcoming Indian Super fans will be delighted with Allsvenskan against AIK. FC, Ljungberg went on to Mohammad Hafeez to keep women’s champion League (ISL). Karl Fredrik his presence in the team. He In 1995, Ljungberg played play for West Ham United, continuity in the batting Elizabeth Susan Koshy fin - Ljungberg, better known as will enrich us with his tal - 31 games in which he Seattle Sounders FC, order. "These are the ished eighth, after 40 shots Freddie Ljungberg, is a for - ent and experience and we scored his first goal as a Chicago Fire, Celtic moments of pride for all of in a nerve-wracking cli - mer Swedish National look forward to seeing him professional player. That Glasgow and Shimizu S- us that Lahore Lions have max, in the junior women’s Team Captain and a mid - making Mumbai proud in same year Halmstad won Pulse. Mumbai City FC entered the main round for 50-metre rifle 3-position fielder who has been a crit - the coming season.” After the Swedish Cup. welcomes Freddie the first time, but now a final at the 51st world ical part of football clubs joining the Mumbai City Ljungberg was signed by Ljungberg to its fold and tough main round has start - move," he said. Cheema are taking part in shooting championship in such as Arsenal, West Ham FC team, Freddie Arsenal in 1998 for £3 mil - his addition strengthens the ed, so, I would like to About his own chances for the Champions League in United and Halmstads BK. Ljungberg said, “Mumbai lion, which at the time was Granada, Spain, on football club further ahead advise Hafeez not to repeat comeback in the national India for Lahore Lions, His presence at Mumbai City FC presents a thrilling the highest transfer fee ever Thursday. of its inaugural Indian the mistakes he has made in team, Kamran said it was therefore they cannot take The 20-year-old had quali - City FC will ensure the opportunity to play in India for a Swedish player. Super League season. the qualifying round by up to the selectors to give part in the Pakistan fied in sixth place with a team has a strong midfield and I’m glad to be part of Arsenal scouts watched him unnecessarily changing the him a chance as he was try - National T20 event, which total of 579, following with Ljungberg comfort - the team in the very first for over a year and Wenger batting order," Kamran told ing hard to perform better at started in Karachi on rounds of 193 in kneeling, able playing on either wing Indian Super League sea - took the unusual step of Our Sources. the domestic. Wednesday. 199 in prone and 187 in in midfield. Ljungberg is son. Talented Indian players authorizing the signing New Zealand's "Batting orders of Saad Some of top players like Their absence will definite - standing. She did not have recognized the world over together with the likes of after watching Ljungberg Nasim, Umar Siddique, Ahmad Shahzad, Nasir ly affect domestic event's a great start in kneeling and for his skill and contribu - Anelka, Friedrich, Cmovš play for Sweden in their star all-rounder Umar Akmal and Nasir Jamshed, Mohamamd value which dates are that cost her a better posi - tion to the sport when he and others will make the victory against England on Jamshed were changed Hafeez, Umar Akmal, already clashing with the tion, as she could not com - was part of Arsenal’s feared team an exciting outfit and I television, without seeing Chris Cairns which was not a good Wahab Riaz and Aizaz Indian event. pensate adequately in the lineup in the early part of look forward to contribut - him play live. Ljungberg prone section. In men’s this millennium. For sever - ing to the team’s success.” proved himself without dif - driving truck skeet, National champion al seasons, he played a Ever since the Vittsjö ficulty and scored on his Man Singh shot 73 out of major role for the club born talent started playing debut after coming on as a Korea will look to extend 75 with rounds of 23, 25 including being a member football, he was credited as substitute against rivals and cleaning and 25, to be close behind of the unbeaten 49 game being someone who was Manchester United, the the leaders at the half-way run for the team. In 2008, remarkably capable for his match ending 3–0. Some of bus shelters to supremacy at home stage in a strong field of Arsenal's manager Arsène age and a player who would Ljungberg's best form came INCHEON: A happy for the Olympics that esting is the report card 129. Arozepal Sandhu (70) Wenger placed Ljungberg pass the ball to his friends in the second half of the sustain family blend of professionalism Korea announced its of the women, the winner and Mairaj Ahmad Khan 11th in Arsenal Gunners' so that they would have a 2001–02 season, when MUMBAI: Former star all supported by an arrival as a major force in of the gold four times in (66) followed him at a dis - Greatest 50 Players. For his chance to score. At the age Arsenal won their second rounder of the New admirable attempt to the game. eight appearances with tance. home country of Sweden, of 12, Ljungberg convinced Premier League and FA Zealand cricket team, Chris attain perfection gives The gold medal tri - three silver medals. Only Cairns is driving a truck to the ambience of the 17th umph signalled a new in 2006 did the women make ends meet and sup - Asian Games as you era. Today, the Koreans miss the podium finish. port his family. The 44 year touch down at the spick are reckoned as one of The aim now is to get a Asian Games: Tough draw for Indian teams old cricketer, who for and span airport. the most formidable double. The Seonhak INCHEON: Yuki Bhambri and com - time around will be the point of headed by the 65th ranked Yaroslava many, would be among the The formalities asso - opponents on the con - Hockey Stadium, which pany may have to beat the best team interest. Shvedova — in the quarterfinals of best the Kiwis produced in ciated with accreditation temporary scene. is among the venues for in the draw, Kazakhstan, to match India’s bronze in the last edition the 16-team draw, in which top- cricket, drives a truck for are completed in a jiffy What captured the conducting handball and India’s semifinal entry and bronze (it went down 2-1 to eventual cham - seeded China will have a first round $17 an hour, and cleans bus leading the weary trav - imagination of the hock - boxing, was bristling medal in the previous edition at the pion Chinese Taipei) formed the bye. shelters, international eller into an area of com - ey fraternity, accustomed with life on Thursday Asian Games that opens on Saturday. foundation for the Indian challenge The tough draw cannot stop the media reports showed. fort. to the aesthetics associat - with the technical offi - After a bye in the first round, India in Guangzhou, as the team added the Indian girls from improving the Cairns has reportedly taken For a nation which is ed with India and cials testing equipment will play Nepal in the pre-quarterfi - individual singles and doubles gold record of Guangzhou, when India up a job with Auckland on the threshold of host - Pakistan was the athleti - and clock, which needs nals, as per the draw made here on medals in the men’s event, apart was beaten 3-0 in the first round by Council which operates ing its third Asian Games cism and adeptness, to be recalibrated to suit Thursday. In comparison, Kazakhstan from the mixed doubles silver Indonesia. trucks that are used for — the first in 1986 — especially in the area of to the demands of the — with Andrey Golubev (62), through Sania Mirza and Vishnu In the men’s section, Ze Zhang water blasting bus stations. and being the venue for penalty corners impro - four-quarter format, Mikhail Kukushkin (73) and Vardhan. Sania did well before bow - and Di Wu put China in a strong Cairns had been alleged for one of the best Olympic vised by the Koreans. under the guidance and Aleksandr Nedovyesov (99) in its ing to Akgul Amanmuradova of position, while Japan will have match fixing, after New Games noted for its In the men’s competi - supervision of Brian fold — will play Hong Kong in the Uzbekistan in a three-hour battle in Yuichi Sugita and the young Zealand test batsman Lou unprecedented number of tion, Korea has won the Fernandez, the second round after a bye. the women’s singles semifinals that Yoshihito Nishioka, who recently Vincent named him as countries contesting gold medal four times Tournament Director. Sanam Singh, Saketh Myneni and fetched her bronze. beat Somdev Devvarman in a Mister X, the former star under the IOC flag in (1986, 1994, 2002 and Interestingly, the Divij Sharan, along with Yuki In the other half of the current Challenger final. player that lured Vincent 1988, the nitty-gritty of 2006) in 11 appearances administration of the Bhambri, will have to be at their draw, Japan and host Korea figure in Other leading players include Yeu into match fixing with grasping of the complex - with a silver medal Stadium is under the for - competitive best to cause a coup in the same quarter, and Uzbekistan, Tzuoo Wang and Yen Hsun Lu of promises of substantial ities of conducting a (1998) and a bronze in mer Olympian Jeong the absence of the country’s leading Chinese Taipei and Thailand make Chinese Taipei, Thailand’s lone cash rewards. Vincent has mega event is quite trans - 1958, the year when Sang Hyun, who played players Somdev Devvarman, up the last quarter. entry and former Asian Games since admitted manipulat - parent in every area. hockey was introduced in here in 1988. The teams Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna, With Sania Mirza busy with Cara champion Danai Udomchoke, apart ing the outcome of matches Competitive hockey the Asian Games. are getting a feel of the who were compelled to focus on the Black of Zimbabwe in the doubles from the finalist of the last edition in 12 countries and has gets a little more focus in The statistics only blue turf at the venue and professional circuit. draw of the WTA event in Tokyo this from Uzbekistan, Denis Istomin, and received 11 life bans from this soccer obsessed confirm that the men had of course in the four- Devvarman had risen to the chal - week, the Indian women’s challenge Farrukh Dustov. cricket for those activities. country thanks largely to cornered the gold on both quarter format, which lenge in the last edition in will be in the hands of Ankita Raina, The team seedings: Men: 1. Mid day report quoted the consistently good the occasions when seems to have injected an Guangzhou, China, wining both the Prarthana Thombare, Natasha Palha Kazakhstan, 2. Chinese Taipei, 3. another former player, performances of the Korea hosted the Asian element of excitement to singles and doubles gold medals, and Rishika Sunkara. Uzbekistan, 4. Japan, 5. China, 6. Dion Nash who said he national teams, men and Games. They are, under - the players as well as the apart from helping the team to the They will open their campaign India, 7. Korea and 8. Thailand. supported Cairns and was women, since 1986. standably, gearing for it spectators. Everyone bronze, when the stars were missing. against Oman and run into the sec - Women: 1. China, 2. Kazakhstan, by his side for the fixing It was at the Seoul this time before the home seems to be looking for - Whether someone steps up this ond-seeded Kazakhstan — spear - 3. Japan and 4. Thailand. issue. Asian Games, a rehearsal audience. Equally inter - ward to this here. 8 JAMMU | SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 20 | 2014 Golden YuG BJP, BJYM leaders collect donations for flood affected families GY NEWS SERVICE making appeals to the people these families, the donations that the Yuva Morcha activists providing every kind of help JaMMU, SEPT. 19: State to donate for the noble cause. collected through setting col - are working in unison with the and the state government BJP General Secretary & Kavinder Gupta, while lection stalls will also be uti - BJP in this hour of grief and should distribute it in an Former Mayor Kavinder expressing sympathies with lized in providing essential sorrow and reaching the peo - impartial manner so that there Gupta, alongwith BJYM State the families which have lost commodities for survival and ple to get their cooperation is no complaint discrimina - Prabhari Ashok Singh their kiths and kins and suf - other basic needs. He and some sort of help in the tion. Chauhan and other leaders fered heavy losses of houses, announced that the party lead - form of material and money. Karan Sat Sharma, Ajay setup a collection counter at crops, livestock etc. said that ers and activists have been He said that although we can - Pargal, Ayodhya Gupta, Sat Talab Tillo area of Jammu being human beings and part setting the such collection not get the expired members Pal Karlupia, Bhanu Singh West district to seek donations of the society, it becomes our stalls in different parts of the of the families back but our Jasrotia, Lovkesh Gondhi, from the general public for the duty to come forward and help state for reaching maximum efforts to wipe the tears of the Rinku Chauhan, Keshav help of the people who have the suffering people whatever people with and appeal to families can provide them Chopra also took part in the been affected by the recent is possible. While relief mater - donate. some relief. He said that the party's campaign of donations rains and floods. They were ial is being distributed among Ashok Singh Chauhan said Union government has been collection. ‘Display Your Talent - 2014-15’: Classical Vocal (Solo), Pt. Bhajan Sopori announces 'SaMaPa Fund Raiser Programmes' for Kashmir flood victims GY NEWS SERVICE Semi Classical Vocal (Solo) Competitions held JaMMU, SEPT. 19: Perhaps the worst floods in GY NEWS SERVICE was awarded to Sonali students. The programme Kashmir, the catastrophe has claimed hundreds of lives JaMMU, SEPT. 19: Bharti from Govt. Degree was attended by large gath - and caused large scale devastation. The Jammu and Classical Vocal (Solo) and College (Boys), Udhampur. ering who applauded every Kashmir has suffered one of the worst natural catastrophes. Semi Classical Vocal (Solo) Prof. B.S. Bali, Vijay K. performance. Among other While the Army, Air force and other relief agencies are Competitions were orga - Sambyal and Balbir Beera, Prof. Parmeshwari Sharma, working round the clock to save and rehabilitate everyone, nized by Department of were the judges for Semi Chairperson, Campus Music legend Pandit Bhajan Sopori and maestro Abhay Students Welfare, Classical Vocal (Solo) Cultural Committee, Dr. Rustum Sopori have decided to create avenues for raising University of Jammu at event.Dr. Shashi Prabha, Abdul Rashid Manhas, funds for the victims of the catastrophe through fund rais - Brig. Rajinder Singh was the Teacher Inchagre Assistant Dean (SW), ing concerts. Pandit Bhajan Sopori announced that Auditorium under the ongo - for Classical Vocal (Solo) Faculty Members, Teacher SaMaPa (Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts) ing "Display Your Talent" while Dr. Rakesh Atri, Inchagres from various will organizes a series of concerts over the next few weeks 2014-15. Teacher Incharge for Semi affiliated Colleges, Ifra to raise funds. The concerts will be organized by SaMaPa In Classical Vocal (Solo) Classical Vocal (Solo) event Kak, Cultural Officer, in collaboration with other like-minded groups. Mukteshi Sharma and and made the participants Sumeet Sharma, Drama Sopori and SaMaPa are acclaimed as cultural bridge Shingarika Malhotra both conversant with rules and Instructor, Rahul Sharma, between J&K and rest of the country. Pt. Sopori in the from Govt. College for regulations.The proceed - Secretary, Students Cultural Press release said he was deeply pained to see what peo - Women, Parade, Jammu, ings were ably conducted Council, Aenny Mattoo and ple of his native place J&K have had to go through in the clinched the first and third by Anjusha and Maida Tanya Sohal, Joint last two weeks. While he is set to extending support at his prize respectively whereas Rasool whereas Rakesh Secretaries, Students personal level for his disciples and musicians in the Rakesh Deol from Institute Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. (Solo) respectively while Diksha Kumar acted as the time Cultural Council, Jagpreet Valley, he felt the need to do something at a larger scale of Music and Fine Arts, Prof. B.S. Bali, Vijay. K Sonali Dogra and Kumari from Govt. College keeper in both events.Prof. Kour, Jatinder Singh and to bring people together through music and create funds bagged the second prize. Sambyal and Mrs. Suninana Muketeshi Sharma both for Women, Gandhi Nagar, Pankaj K Srivastava, Dean other members of Students for the victims of the Kashmir Floods. The coming win - The Certificate of Merit was Koul, were the experts for from Govt. College for Jammu bagged the third Students Welfare, distrib - Cultural Council, Scholars ters are going to be very tough due to the floods and awarded to Komal Chib Classical Vocal (Solo) event. Women, Parade, Jammu prize. uted the certificates and Students were also pre - SaMaPa feels its responsibility at this time for the State from Govt. College Women, In Semi Classical Vocal adjudged as first and second The Certificate of Merit amongst the participating sent. of J&K, he added. Sham distributes relief among flood victims More ration, LPG being pushed in, 'Assures all help from Government' Ch. Ramzan reviews supply position GY NEWS SERVICE safer place. He informed R&B, UEED, PDD and JaMMU, SEPT. 19: that in Chowki Choura, two RDD. The officers informed Minister for PHE, Irrigation persons lost their life and the Minister that 57 pacca and Flood Control, Sham ten other injured due to houses fully and partially Lal Sharma on Friday visit - flood while 1639 Kaccha damaged in the area and ed Chowki Choura, Mera and Pacca residential hous - 868 kaccha houses, 101 huts Mandria and other adjoin - es were damages in fully and 106 livestock died. ing areas to assess the dam - and partially. He further The Minister also dis - ages caused to public infra - informed that 488 cattle tributed 180 cheques of structure, agriculture land, sheds collapsed in the area. relief worth Rs. 12.51 lakhs crop, roads and other infra - He said, the area received among the flood hit families structure along the Jammu- Rs. 95 lakh loss due to flash of the Mera Mandria. He Rajouri roads due to recent floods and heavy rains. asked the Revenue Officers flash floods and heavy It was briefed to the to distribute relief cheques rains. Minister about the loss of to other panchayat families After assessing the loss agriculture land, paddy, after assessment of losses of damages at Chowki Government norms. Mandria and its adjoining maize crops as well as horti - personally without any GY NEWS SERVICE floods hit the State. "More ter months. Choura, Mera Mandria and Sharma said people of areas so that the people do culture crop including delay. Appreciating the SRINaGaR, SEPT. and more ration should be The Minister also its adjoining areas, the hilly and remote areas have not face any inconvenience. roads, power, PHE, irriga - efforts of Army, SDRF and 19: Minister for CA&PD, moved to the flood affected received brief on the Minister interacted with the faced lot of difficulties due He directed them to work in tion channels and protection NDRF those playing vital Ch Mohammad Ramzan, areas in coming days so that availability and distribu - villagers and said to recent natural calamity, coordination in restoring the walls of barsati nallahs. role in saving the human Friday reviewed the supply it reaches to all people" the tion of LPG Cylinders, Government is committed resulted public and private public utilities in their Later, at Mera Mandria, the lives across the State. and distribution of essential Minister said. even as over 8000 LPG to provide all basic ameni - infrastructure are washed respective areas. Minister interacted with the A 2-minute silence was commodities in general and The Minister directed Cylinders have already ties to the flood affected away and road connectivity Sham asked the flood hit families and observed for eternal peace specifically in flood hit officials to ensure that nor - been distributed to the people of the State, adding cut off. He said that govern - CAPDD to provide six assessed losses caused due to the departed souls who areas, in a meeting with mal functioning of ration people in Srinagar city that there is no constraint of ment efforts to provide month free ration to the to flash floods and heavy died in recent heavy rains CA&PD officials, here. ghats is resumed and ration after the floods. He asked funds under State Disaster financial assistance to the flood affected families as rains in the area. and flash floods. Among The Minister took brief supplied to them for distri - the officials to ensure sup - Response Fund. He said affected families under okayed by the Government. Sharma said that others SE Hydraulic, Rajeev about the supply position in bution among the people ply to all areas so that peo - instructions have been SDRF. The Minister asked The SDMs apprised the Government has taken all Malhotra, SDM, Tehsildar the Srinagar city following across the State. He also ple do not face any incon - issued to the Revenue the accompanied officers to Minister that all possible measures to provide all nec - Chowki Choura, Executive the floods and the quantum directed that supply and venience in this regard. Officers to pay their visit to gear up their men and relief and rehabilitation essary help including relief Engineers, PHE, Irrigation, of ration dispatched to the dumping of essential com - The State Government has flood hit area and assessed machinery in restoring the measures are being done on of damage private infra - Flood Control, PWD and all people. He was told that so modities as per past prac - already directed to pro - the losses of public and pri - public infrastructure in the war-footing in flood hit structure. He also received sectoral officers, sarpanchs far over 2500 tonnes of tice should be ensured to vide free ration for 6 vate infrastructure and sub - flood affected areas of the areas besides affected peo - brief on the loss of various and panchs were also pre - ration has been pushed to various border areas that months to the flood affect - mit the same for relief and Chowki Choura and Mera ple are accommodated in sectors including PHE, sent on the occasion. various areas after the remain cut off during win - ed people. Jagjivan seeks 6 months rations, Sadhotra takes stock of damages caused by floods in Poonch Asks officers to take up relief, restoration work on war footing rehabilitation of flood sufferers GY NEWS SERVICE tial commodities to the GY NEWS SERVICE the state and said timely between multiple agen - PooNCh, SEPT. 19: affected people. He asked REaSI, SEPT. 19: intervention has helped cies involved in rescue Minister for Planning and the DDC to ensure food, National Conference can - in saving hundreds of and relief measures and Development, Labour and blankets and other items of didate from Reasi lives in the Reasi district. expressed his solidarity Employment, Ajay requirement to the flood-hit Assembly Constituency He said losses to proper - with those who have suf - Sadhotra today visited flood families. He also asked the Jagjivan Lal on Friday ty and crops have been fered during the calami - affected areas of Poonch to DDC to project the demand sought immediate assess - immense in the two vil - ty. take stock of the damages for complete restoration of ment of losses to due to lages besides Sadhohi Jagjivan Lal assured caused by the incessant the damaged infrastructure recent floods and land - near Tote and Tobia the people of worst hit rains and flash floods. and relief material like slides, saying that focus while several people areas that entire Jammu Sadhotra took stock of the tents, blankets etc. should shift now to the were killed in Sadal in and Kashmir stood damaged Sher-e-Kashmir Sadhotra complimented rehabilitation of the the wake of incessant and behind them in this hour Bridge and the adjoining the district administration affected population. torrential rains. He com - of crisis and the Omar residential area of Shanker for proactively and effi - "While free rations to the plimented Deputy led government was com - Nagar that has been washed ciently handling the crisis flood hit people is a wel - Commissioners of Reasi mitted to mitigate their away. He also visited Khari and assured all the help for come step, it needs to be and Uhampur for timely difficulties. He urged the and Chakkan-da-Bagh rehabilitation and restora - continued at least for six response and coordinated revenue and other agen - along the LoC. tion. He impressed upon the months", Jagjivan Lal efforts in reaching out to cies to expedite survey Later, Sadhotra chaired 65 persons have been crops, cattle and public XEn PDD to ensure that officers to discharge their said while interacting the affected areas. He about losses so that suf - a meeting of district officers injured in the flood affected infrastructure including power supply to all the duty with utmost commit - with the sufferers at Serri also made a mention of ferers are compensated in the conference hall of the areas of the district. He was roads, bridges, schools, hamlets in the district is ment and dedication. He near Dera Baba Bandha damages caused in adequately. DC office complex wherein, informed that 20 dead bod - water supply schemes and restored. He appreciated said that the government is and Sadal in Panjer Panchari block, render - He also stressed the District Development ies have been recovered power installations. The OC, BRO for restoring all committed to restore all the Panchayat. ing several families need for putting basic Commissioner, M H Malik from various locations Minister also received brief the 32 damaged roads with - damaged public infrastruc - The former minister houseless, damage to utility services in place presented in details the along the course of the river. on the rescue and relief in a week time. The CMO ture and provide adequate lauded the efforts of the houses and the standing and restoring road net - damages caused by the flash He was also told about the operation in the district. was directed to organize relief to the affected people. Omar led government in crops. work so that the rehabili - floods and incessant rains. devastation in the villages Sadhotra directed the regular medical camps in MLA, Haveli, Ajaz Jan and initiating urgent rescue The National tation in the affected He informed the Minister as a result of the landslides officers to work on war rural areas of the district. He MLC, Devinder Singh Rana measures soon after the Conference leader also areas is undertaken effec - that as many as 26 human and huge damage caused to footing to restore the essen - asked the AD, CAPD to also accompanied the natural calamity struck appreciated coordination tively. lives have been lost while private property, houses, tial services. He directed the ensure availability of essen - Minister.

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