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theNPP committed to seek justice northlinesPace of ongoing developmental MoS inaugurates 63 KVA transformer for Jammu people: Mankotia works reviewed To declare Jammu Province a Minister of State for Finance and Planning, Labour and Employment, Minister for Rural Development and separate State National Panthers Panchayati Raj Abdul Haq Khan Party has initiated a "Haq Insaf Rath Ajay Nanada inaugurated a 63 KVA transformer at village Dub Pouni here today conducted extensive tour of Yatra". Today Yatra reached at Jib Ramban and Udhampur districts and 3 Thathi area participated ... 4 today. Concerned .... 7

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 Vol No: XXII Issue No. 126  29.05.2017 (Monday) Daily  Jammu Tawi  Price ` 2/-  Pages-12 Regd. No. JK|306|2017-19 We found a 'permanent solution' Sabzar's killing 'Dirty war' in Kashmir to be fought Situation in valley tense with innovative ways: Army Chief for Kashmir: Home Minister NL CORRESPONDENT but under control: IGP NEW DELHI, MAY 28 inviting separatist refused to elaborate on what The Indian Army is groups for talks on kind of solution the BJP facing a "dirty war" in Kashmir and said government has found for SRINAGAR, MAY 28 (KNS) and his associate Faizan said happened due to Jammu and Kashmir whoever wanted to Jammu and Kashmir, which Muzaffar of Tral. "crossfire". However, locals which has to be fought talk "development is battling nearly three Amid curfew and Police said that the situation said that he was killed by with "innovative" ways, and peace" was decades of a violent restrictions imposed by remained "under control, forces during protests. insurgency operations. Army Chief Gen Bipin welcome. separatist campaign. authorities on Sunday, tense barring minor" incidents of The divisional "People are throwing stones Rawat has said, stoutly "We have come up Pressed further if the situation prevailed over the stone pelting at few places. administration had imposed at us; people are throwing defending the use of a with a permanent solution was "political in Kashmir valley a day after The two militants were curfew in Khanyar, petrol bombs at us. If my Kashmiri as a 'human solution to solve nature", Rajnath Singh said: Hizbul Mujahideen killed by forces in Saimoo Nowhatta, Safakadal, M R men ask me what do we do, shield' by a young officer. NL CORRESPONDENT Kashmir. The initiative has "It is too early to discuss it commander Sabzar Bhat village of Tral during an Gunj, Rainawari, Kralkhud should I say, just wait and In an exclusive interaction NEW DELHI, MAY 28 begun. We are moving in public. I don't want to was killed in south encounter on Saturday. and Maisuma police station die? I will come with a nice with PTI, Rawat said the forward," Rajnath Singh discuss it with the media." Kashmir's Tral. While Faizan was buried in areas, while restrictions coffin with a National Flag main objective of awarding Union Home Minister said. Asked about the possibility and I will send your bodies Curfew and restrictions his village in Tral on under section 144 in towns Major Leetul Gogoi, when a Rajnath Singh on Sunday He was replying to a of talks with Hurriyat home with honour. Is it what were imposed by authorities Saturday evening, Sabzar to prevent protests. Mobile Court of Inquiry was asserted that the BJP-led question from agencies leaders, the Minister said the I am supposed to tell them in major areas of Srinagar was buried today forenoon internet and phone services finalising its probe into the NDA government has found while talking to a group of government was ready for as a Chief? I have to and other "sensitive" places in his native Rathsuna were suspended in south incident, was to boost the a "permanent solution" to journalists on the sidelines talks with all stakeholders maintain the morale of my in the valley to thwart village amid pro-freedom Kashmir by the authorities. morale of young officers of the vexed Kashmir issue but of a BJP function to but there would be no troops who are operating protests and people from slogans by the mourners. A As per reports, clashes broke the force who are operating there would be no highlight achievements of invitations to individuals or there," Gen Rawat said. reaching Tral, while a young civilian, Aqib Rashid, out in Meemander in in a very difficult compromise on the the three years of the NDA organisations. Talking about the shutdown, called by of Khanqah Tral was also Shopian and Warpora in environment in the territorial integrity of India. government. "We have never said no to complexity of the security separatists, was observed killed yesterday near the Sopore, Trehgam in militancy-infested state. The Minister also ruled out The Minister, however, talks. I went P2 challenge in the state, he over the killing of Sabzar encounter site, which police Kupwara P2 "This is a proxy war, and suggested it would have proxy war is a dirty war. It is been easier for the armed NIA summons separatists played in a dirty way. The forces if the protesters were India opposed to 3rd party intervention on K-issue rules of engagements are in Pak funding probe firing weapons instead of there when the adversary throwing stones. JAMMU, MAY 28 (KIP) available for helping in India and Pakistan as peaceful solution through comes face-to-face and NL CORRESPONDENT Both of them were "In fact, I wish these people, bringing India and tensions increase dialogue. fights with you. It is a dirty SRINAGAR, MAY 28 questioned for four instead of throwing stones Clashes between Pakistan together to between the two South war.... That is where consecutive days earlier this However, India has been at us, were firing weapons at protesters and security resolve differences if it Asian neighbors. On innovation comes in. You The National Investigation month as part of the ongoing opposed to any third us. Then I would have been forces over the killing of was acceptable to them. mediation being not fight a dirty war with Agency has ordered investigation. party intervention or happy. Then I could do what three militants in Tral "As you know, about the acceptable to India, Haq innovations," Rawat said. separatist leaders Farooq The summons came after mediation since it has I (want to do)," he said. and the separatists' call question of good offices, reiterated that that the The Army Chief's Ahmad Dar and Javed the probe agency named made I t clear that for Gen Rawat, who had served for two-day shutdown good offices are "very nature of the Commendation medal to Ahmed Baba to appear Pakistan-based LeT chief reopening channels of in Jammu and Kashmir and March to Tral is part available to all parties if principle of good offices Gogoi, who had tied a man before its court in New Hafeez Saeed, Hurriyat dialogue with Pakistan extensively, said if people in of the plan of anti-India they mutually agree to is that the parties to an Army jeep and used Delhi after its initial probe leader Syed Ali Shah Islamabad has to accept any country lose fear of the forces to invite third this. So, that's the case in themselves need to be him as a human shield from Geelani and Jammu and various conditions put into allegations of Pakistan country mediation or this situation as in every willing to accept it." stone throwers last month Army, then the country is funding. National Front Chairman forth by India. Hitherto, doomed. Nayeem Khan in a intervention in other situation," Last week, Guterres' was criticised by human Dar alias 'Bitta Karate' and the settlement of the Guterres' deputy spokesperson Stephane Pakistan has not rights activists, Kashmiri "Adversaries must be afraid Baba alias 'Gazi' of Tehreek- Preliminary Enquiry (PE), responded and instead it of you and at the same time PTI reported. Kashmir dispute. spokesman Farhan Haq Dujarric had said the UN groups and by a few retired e-Hurriyat will reach the has been aiding your people must be afraid Khan has been suspended It is the rise in level of said here yesterday at a chief is watching the Army generals. national capital on Monday infiltration and moral, of you. We are a friendly from the Geelani-led violence and turmoil that daily press briefing. rising tensions between A video of the incident had for further questioning. the UN has reaffirmed Haq made the remarks India and Pakistan very material support to triggered a row with many Army, but when we are They have been asked to Hurriyat Conference. that the "good offices" of when asked if the closely and reiterates the separatists and militants condemning it. called in to restore law and carry bank and property The probe was launched Secretary-General Secretary-General will need for the South Asian operating in Gogoi was awarded for his order, people have to be documents by the NIA. after Khan P2 Antonio Guterres were use his good offices for neighbors to find a Kashmir.(KIP) sustained efforts in counter- afraid of us," P2 IN BRIEF Over one thousand appear Bodies of 3 Indians Dialogue only after stone-pelting AEE PHE Bhaderwah for army recruitment tests retrieved from Mt. Everest ends in Kashmir: Amit Shah

booked for sexual NL CORRESPONDENT crevice after conquering the NL CORRESPONDENT PDP before they formed the development to far- flung SRINAGAR, MAY 28 (KNS) Srinagar," Army PRO in KATHMANDU, MAY 28 world's tallest peak. His NEW DELHI, MAY 28 government in the state talks areas which, he added, had harassment Kashmir, Rajesh Kalian body was also recovered about holding dialogue with been connected in a strategic Amid curfew and told KNS. aBodies of three Indian from the same camp. BJP president Amit Shah all internal stakeholders. way. MOHD MAJID MALIK shutdown, army Sunday He said that the Common climbers, two of whom had Their bodies have been sent has ruled out dialogue on the "We have said that we will For the first time, he has BHADERWAH, MAY 29 said that more than a entrance written died last year on Mount to Kathmandu by helicopter Kashmir issue until stone- start dialogue once stone- said, Jammu and Ladakh, thousand candidates examination was held for Everest, were retrieved for the post-mortem, My pelting ends, but insisted pelting stops. As long as two other regions in the state In a shocking revelation a appeared in the selection of Soldier Grade, today from a high altitude Republica said. that the government will talk there is stone-pelting, there besides Kashmir, believe Assistant Executive recruitment in army for Technical, tradesmen in camp on the world's tallest Nath and Gosh, who had to everyone once violence cannot be dialogue. We that they have got "justice". Engineer of Bhaderwah various jobs. the Indian army being peak and airlifted to the reached in camp-4 on ends. cannot give them flower if He also played down the has been booked for "Defying the two day conducted at Srinagar & Nepalese capital. March 15 last year, were Asked if the government they pelt stones. They will current cycle of violence in sexual harassment of bandh call given by Pattan today. Paresh Chandra Nath, 58, found buried under snow. will speak to the Hurriyat have to understand it," he the valley, saying the region District President PDP various factions of "All who are 'interested in and Gautam Gosh, 50, were They were associated with (separatists) too as was done said. has seen such "hot situation" Woman wing Doda. As inimical bodies, out of their life and career are missing from April 7 last Trekking Camp Nepal by the previous NDA Asked if he was satisfied in stretches of six, eight or per police sources, District 815 candidates, 800 seeking' and not falling year. Private Limited, government, he said, "Once with the performance of the 12 months earlier as well, President of PDP woman appeared at Pattan and prey to bandh and abetted Kathmandu for the Everest Ravi Kumar, 27, had died violence ends and an state government, in which before security forces wing Doda P2 493 out of 502 appeared at turmoil," he said. (KNS) expedition. P2 last week when he fell into a atmosphere of dialogue is the BJP is a junior partner to controlled it. created, we will talk to the PDP, he said it had done "You cannot assess the 718 people booked for encroachment on water bodies, wetlands every one." very good work on situation in Kashmir by The Agenda of Alliance developing infrastructure picking one stretch of six NL CORRESPONDENT Dogra said in a report. In Kashmir Valley, five sealed by the BJP and the and succeeded in bringing months. P2 JAMMU, MAY 28 Various factors such as wetlands have been migration of labourers and identified where India's defence preparedness A large number of wetlands nomads, rapid urbanisation encroachments have been and water bodies in Jammu and movement of people recorded by the wildlife and Kashmir has been from rural areas to Jammu department and the revenue always optimal: Jaitley encroached upon, posing a city have led to large-scale authorities, Dogra said. first ever Aeronautical Test and therefore the level of our serious threat to biodiversity. encroachment. He said that 718 people have NL CORRESPONDENT The state government has Temporary settlements have encroached 422 acres in five CHITRADURGA, MAY 28 Range (ATR), set up near defence preparedness always said that 718 people have come up along the banks of wetlands - Hokersar, here for testing unmanned should be optimal," he said. encroached upon 422 acres nullahs and ravines, he said. Hygam, Mirgund, Chattlum In a veiled reference to and manned aircraft being For the level of defence of wetlands in Kashmir The report states that and Fresh Kori - in the Pakistan, Defence Minister developed locally, he said preparedness always to be Valley. encroachers have also valley. Arun Jaitley today said it has India was geographically optimal, "you need to in the To retrieve water bodies upon as the Jammu Several water bodies, too, attempted to grab major It has registered more than perpetuated a security threat located in a region that was long run eventually establish from encroachers, the state Development Authority is have been encroached upon ponds at Patoli Mangotrian, 400 cases against for nearly 70 years and not free from trouble. the facilities - to a large forest department has yet to demarcate 6,818 acres in the past few decades, Paloura and Upper Paloura encroachers. hence India's defence "We have a neighbour who extent possible - for its initiated various measures. of land, meant for Nodal Officer and Chief areas in Jammu. But these Giving details, he said 381 preparedness should always for almost seven decades has manufacturing within the In Jammu, 1,510 acres of development, given to it in Conservator of Forest (Eco attempts were foiled the encroachers have grabbed be optimal. perpetuated a security threat country itself," he added. land has been encroached 1973. Tourism and Wildlife) M P civic body. parts of P2 Inaugurating the country's as far as India is concerned (AGENCIES) 2 CITY the northlines Jammu |Monday | May| 29 | 2017

Restrictions to continue on Monday 'All edu institutions in valley to remain closed on Monday'

SRINAGAR, MAY 28 (KNS) Saturday. Inspector General of that of today will be imposed "All schools in Kashmir will Authorities Sunday said that Police Inspector General of in the sensitive areas to be closed on Monday", he told the restrictions will continue Police, Kashmir, Muneer maintain law and order," KNS. Curfew-like restrictions to be imposed in Kashmir on Khan told KNS that Khan told KNS. Meanwhile, were imposed in Khanyar, Monday to "maintain law and restrictions will continue to be the Director School Education Nowhatta, Safakadal, M R order" following the killing of imposed on Monday in view Kashmir Dr. G N Itoo told Gunj, Rainawari, Kralkhud Hizbul Mujahideen of the situation arising after KNS that all schools and and Maisuma police station commander Sabzar Bhat in the killing of the HM militant. colleges will remain closed areas, while restrictions under south Kashmir's Tral on "Tomorrow, restrictions like tomorrow (Monday). section 144 in towns. Situation in valley tense being maintained while handling the situation in the Valley. They died last year but their remains could not be moved FROM PAGE 1 Gen Rawat said that as the Army Chief, it was his duty to due to bad weather, according to tourism department but under control: IGP lift the morale of the Army personnel in Jammu and officials. (AGENCIES) We found a 'permanent solution' for Kashmir and he did it by awarding Major Gogoi. Kashmir: Home Minister as forces fired teargas shells on protesters to disperse them, "As Army Chief my concern is morale of the Army. That is NIA summons separatists in while the protesters pelted stones towards the forces, my job. I am far away from the battle field. I cannot triggering clashes. influence the situation there. I can only tell the boys that I Pak funding probe there (Kashmir) last year and stayed for three days for talks Witnesses said that despite restrictions, thousands of people am with you. I always tell my people, things will go wrong, with all stakeholders. Those who wanted to talk came attended the funeral prayers Sabzar. Reports said that some but if things have gone wrong and you did not have forward. Even (Chief Minister) Mehbooba Mufti had was allegedly shown in a sting operation confessing to militants also participated and addressed the people during malafide intent, I am there," he said. written a letter of invitation to separatists, but..." receiving money from Pakistan-based terror groups through the funeral. Gen Rawat said there was a ploy to break the trust between Rajnath Singh said Kashmir had indeed been a challenge for hawala channels. The sting was aired by a news channel. The separatists have called for shutdown for Sunday and various security forces, and Major Gogoi could not have the government but refused to accept Opposition claims that Both Dar and Baba will be questioned again in Delhi for Monday against the killing of the militants and the civilian, refused to provide security when polling agents had sought the PDP-BJP ruling combine in the state was responsible for their alleged role in collecting and transferring funds for and 'Tral Chalo' on Tuesday. security assistance. it. terror and fuelling unrest in the Valley. The authorities had deployed huge contingents of police "Tomorrow elections have to be held in Anantnag and "Kashmir has been burning and the problem is decades The agency has also collected details of 13 accused charge- and paramilitary forces across the valley to enforce strict similar things may happen. If the Army does not respond to old," he said. sheeted in the Valley for causing damage to public property restrictions. Major roads in towns leading to Tral were call for assistance, then the trust between the people whom Rajnath Singh attributed recurring street unrest, increasing as part of a "larger conspiracy". sealed with coils of concertina. we are protecting, the police and Army will break. number of stone-pelting protests and heightened militancy The NIA's Preliminary Enquiry alleged that the separatists Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Muneer Khan, said "That is something I cannot allow to happen. This is what related incidents to radicalisation of youth in the Kashmir were receiving funds from the LeT chief to carry out that the situation was under control throughout the day as the militants want. It can create a divide between the Army Valley. subversive activities in the Kashmir Valley, including police and security forces were deployed in the valley to and other security forces," he said. "Radicalisation is a global phenomena. We are aware of it pelting on security forces and damaging public property. maintain law and order. The Army Chief said he had a broad idea about what was and we will tackle it." "Restrictions were imposed in jurisdictions of seven police going on in the Court of Inquiry into the Gogoi incident, Asked if the central government was satisfied with the way 718 people booked for encroachment stations and in districts to maintain law and order. Except and that is why he went ahead with awarding the Major. "I the state administration was handling the situation in the for the minor stone pelting incidents took place in Shopian, know what is happening in the COI. It is being finalised. on water bodies, wetlands wake of fresh trouble, the Minister said: "There is no reason Warpora, and Tahab, situation remained very well under What do we punish him for?" to be unhappy about it." control," Khan told KNS. He said armed forces have the right of self defence and Hokersar wetland, followed by 212 in Mirgund wetland and The Kashmir Valley has been on the boil since the April 9 "Police exercised maximum restraint to prevent injuries on Major Gogoi could have opted for firing at the crowd, but 125 in Hygam wetland. Lok Sabha polls for the Srinagar parliamentary Saturday. However, miscreants pelted stones on security he chose not to resort to it. The Hokersar Lake, which attracts migratory birds from constituency when eight civilian protesters were killed in yesterday in which some persons were injured. One person Farooq Dar, who was allegedly tied to the jeep, says he is various parts of the world, is facing a threat from massive firing by security forces guarding voting stations. from Mutton was in critical condition yesterday, but today not a militant or a stone thrower, and was only returning encroachments. The gunning down on Saturday of Hizbul Mujahideen his condition had improved in the hospital and he is out of home after casting his vote in the by-election when he was As per the report, three major wetlands of Shallabug, commander Sabzar Bhat has triggered widespread protests danger," the IGP told KNS. (KNS) hauled away. Chanthang-Pangong Tso and Tsomoriri, spread on an area once again. Bhat was a close aide of militant 'poster boy' He says he still suffers from physical and mental trauma of 398 square kilometres in Ladakh region, have also Burhan Wani, whose death last year led to months of violent after being paraded on the jeep's bonnet with a sign slung recorded encroachments. unrest that left some 100 civilians dead. AEE PHE Bhaderwah booked around his neck, warning stone pelters of the consequences. Wildlife and revenue authorities have prepared lists and A top BJP leader at the function said Bhat's "fate was The Army Chief said just four districts of South Kashmir cases have been registered. written" when he picked up the gun to fight security forces for sexual harassment were disturbed and it was incorrect to say that entire In Srinagar, the total area of Dal-Nageen Lake has shown a and it was true about anyone who resorts to violence. Kashmir has gone out of control. decrease from 25.86 square kilometres to 25.76 square "Whoever picks arms, will be killed. They will have to die," who belongs to Bhaderwah yesterday visited the office of "It will have to be a composite solution. Everybody will kilometres in 2009 as per satellite imagery, the report said. the BJP leader said, speaking on condition of anonymity. AEE PHE where officer sexually harassed the woman and have to get involved. Army's role is to ensure that violence In Jammu, all the encroachments are being removed and The BJP leader, who is also a top policy maker for the party, after that she lodged a written complaint of sexual does not take place and the common man who is not FIRs being registered against the encroachers, the report ruled out the possibility of talks with separatist leaders at a harassment against the said officer with police station indulging in this (violence) is protected," he said, when said. time when the valley was burning. Bhaderwah. Sources further said that AEE PHE who is asked about the solution to the Kashmir issue. The forest department, along with the JDA, has prepared a "Is it possible to hold talks with those who throw stones?" identified as Manzoor Ahmed Mir allegedly demanded He also emphasised on the need for taking harsh measures plan for developing the Tawi riverfront. he asked. sexual favour from a female in lieu of getting her work done to stop infiltration and counter-terrorism. The forest department is also contemplating dredging Asked why not talk to the civil society in Kashmir, the BJP .Woman is a renowned social worker and is associated with The Army Chief also wondered why not much noise was operations in the wetlands in Kashmir, a proposal for which leader said: "Many feel that stone-pelters too are members PDP from the last 18 years and is presently district president made when young Army officer Lt Umar Fayaz was killed has been submitted to the Ministry of Environment and of the (Kashmir) civil society...There can't be talks in such Woman wing Doda . Acting over the complaint, a case by militants when he was on leave. Forests and Climate Change under the National Plan for an environment." under FIR Number 64/ 2017 under Section 354 RPC has Asked whether there should be a political initiative to reach Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems (NPCA). been registered at Bhaderwah police station and out to the Kashmiri people, the Army Chief said it was for Measures for prevention of pollution to Wular lake through investigation started.When contacted, SHO Bhaderwah , Dialogue only after stone-pelting the government to decide, adding such initiatives were scientific techniques are also envisaged in the plan. Inspector Jatinder Singh confirmed the registration of FIR taken in the past as well. The Rs 34.04 crore plan will also have provisions for ends in Kashmir: Amit Shah against the AEE PHE Bhaderwah . "We are investigating "Has political initiative not been taken in the past? enhancement of sustained livelihood of dependent the case and an arrest will be made in due course of time", "What was the result, you had Kargil...," he said. communities, including fishermen. he added. You will have to see the entire period from 1989 to May To another question, the Army Chief said he does not Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Forest, Environment and 2017. There have been many stretches of six months, eight anticipate a "limited war" with Pakistan. PTI Ecology Choudhary Lal Singh said on Sunday that over months or one year when the situation has been hot before 'Dirty war' in Kashmir to be fought 2,801.23 hectares of forest land of total recorded our security forces controlled it," he said. with innovative ways: Army Chief Bodies of 3 Indians encroachment of 14,345 hectares has been retrieved in the Kashmir has been witnessing frequent clashes between past three years. security forces and stone-pelting mobs in the past few The state has 1,230 big and small lakes and water bodies - months. (AGENCIES)x he said. retrieved from Mt. Everest At the same time, he asserted that maximum restraint is 425 in Kashmir, 150 in Jammu and 665 in Ladakh region.

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Printed, Publish 3 STATE the northlines Jammu | Monday | May 29 | 2017 Public grievance redressal camp held Harsh lambasts PDD over unscheduled power cuts NL Correspondent NL Correspondent power supply, he unbundled He said that the government 5 hours a day in different under scanner with Ramnagar, May 28 Jammu Tawi, May 28 a three pronged strategy - despite charging hefty power colonies had created huge allegations of omissions and Delinking power supply of tariff had cheated the public resentment with people commissions and poor Ranbir Singh Pathania, Lambasting the Power Battal-Ballian Industrial as the scheduled and questioning the timing of the quality of materials used for MLA Ramnagar on Sunday Department for effecting Estate from 33KVa unscheduled power cuts shutdown. Alleging large implementation of the reiterated his commitment huge scheduled and Ramnagar line; continued unabated despite scale irregularities and scheme. Elaborating further, to ensure Power and potable unscheduled power cuts, Commissioning of Battal- installation of much corruption in the he said that the RAPDRP drinking water for all Harsh Dev Singh, Jammu Hiranagar-Manwal line; and trumpeted new cables and implementation of RAPDRP, project was sanctioned by habitations in the Ramnagar and Kashmir National establishment of 2x20 MVA electronic meters. constituency. Panthers Party (JKNPP) Singh further charged the the GOI in 2013 for Jammu grid station at Ramnagar for He said that being a widely chairman and former Reacting to the successive PDD of being hand in glove city at a whopping cost Rs. which land is being spread area with a swelling minister said that the poor power curtailment schedules with IRCON international 775.71 crore and was to be identified. He assured that populace, Ramnagar quality cables installed under announced by the Power Ltd which was assigned the completed by 2014 but was by 2019, each and every requires a renewed and centrally stressors RAPDRP Development Department contract of improvement of in-ordinately delayed with house as well as hamlet will extra focus. After being and Plassan. Pathania said immediate respite to the scheme in Jammu were for various areas of Jammu electricity distribution PDD favouring the IRCON be electrified. elected as a legislator, his that work on road public from Drinking water largely responsible for the to execute the works under networks in Jammu. He said Co. with one extension after Others who were present first priority was to connectivity from problems, two Hand-pumps extremely chaotic state of R-APDRP, Singh described that IRCON co was already the other. strengthen the worsening Ramnagar to Jandriari is for Jandriari Panchayat and during the occasion affairs. He said that there the move as highly atrocious law and order situation in going to be commissioned, 01 hand pump for Balandh including Rajinder Sharma, were large scale complaints and outrageously wicked the constituency. and blacktopping of road was announced on the spot," Sham Lal, Raghbir Sharma, of the newly used bunch which had come as a shocker JYF holds protest against CM He was speaking during a from Daler More to Incha he added. To improve the Kartar Chand, Master cables getting heated after for the people of the affected public Janta Darbar held at shall be initiated very power scenario in Ramnagar Gopal, Vijay pardhan, taking load for a couple of areas. He said that the PDD Jammu, May 28 Thaplal, Thand-pani, Daliya shortly. To provide and ensure uninterrupted Charanjeet. hours and then getting burnt. order for a shutdown for 4 to Taking a strong note of patronizing the corruption in Directorate of Distance Education Department, University of Jammu, Jammu Youth Forum (JYF) today protest Contractual lecturers' hunger NPP committed to seek justice for against the pro-Chancellor of University Mehbooba Mufti for delay the conducting enquiry into the DDE new strike enters 103rd day building scam. Addressing the gathering here today JYF University Jammu, May 28 Jammu people: Mankotia president Deepak Kumar said that JU administration The hunger strike by (10+2) contractual lecturers enters NL Correspondent instead of ordering inquiry into the sub-standard in its 103rd day. These Lecturers today protested in front Jammu Tawi, May 28 of Press club Jammu and raised slogans against construction trying to cover up the same by ordering repair works at the cost of University exchequer. government in order to show their resentment towards the To declare Jammu Province "The Vice Chancellor should have ordered the inquiry and government. a separate State National asked the Contractor concerned to carry out the repairs as While addressing the media person Arun Bakshi, Panthers Party has initiated a a part of obligation. But instead the University has decided president Contractual Lecturers (10+2) Forum said that "Haq Insaf Rath Yatra". to bear the expenses for repair which gives a complete this governmentt is totally handicapped who is unable to Today Yatra reached at Jib impression that the incumbent VC is covering up the do any work for the welfare of the people. He said it is Thathi area participated by misdeeds of officials who approved the DDE building and very strange to say that we are here on hunger strike many hundreds of Panthers compromised the building standards owing to which the which enters 103rd days but nobody showed even Party activists under the building has starting showing signs of deterioration," he humanity to reach then and here them. leadership of State President 1947 Jammu region was front of PDP for the lust of with the people of Jammu said. It is a inhuman act on the part of the government, even Panthers Party and Ex- MLA cruelty especially on the part of the Jammu Based BJP being become the scapegoat power and fulfilling their region. Deepak disclosed that Director DDE vide order No: Balwant Singh Mankotia. Ministers as well as MLA's who came to power after a of National and Kashmir anti- India and anti- Jammu Mankotia further said that DDE/Adm/16/1772 recommended to the Vice Chancellor Panthers activists were on long pending wait to home people have given mandate Centric political parties for agenda. People of Jammu National Panther party is with respect to 'Repairing of steel railing of DDE new Scooters, Motorcycles and with some expectations. their political interests. region are totally fed up with struggling for the people of building; repairing of windows, window panes and Light Vehicles. They reached Bakhshi said that each and everything has happened He further said that now the the political parties those are Jammu region against the washrooms of DDE new building; and whitewash of the at village Kamal Danga in adverse and beyond expectations of the people as well as people of Jammu region advocating J&K United discrimination with the building after sanitary repairs' and the Vice Chancellor shape of a rally. While the highly educated youth. have understand that BJP is State because they are people and we have initiated also showed the urgency and cleared the file. "Now, after addressing the rally Balwant Those who were on hunger strike included Pankaj becoming the B team of PDP understood that present State "Haq Insaf Rath Yatra" to hue and cry over the new DDE building scam the Vice Singh Mankotia has Sharma, Zabir Hussain Shah, Ramana Kumari and in Jammu & Kashmir State Government has crossed the declare Jammu a separate Chancellor and the DDE Director has gone on defensive expressed that right from Madhvi Sharma. and they have surrendered in every limit of discrimination State. path as repair work has been started despite approval. Others who were present during the protest included Govt facilitating illegal settlement of Sachin Singh, Rajiv Manhas, Atul Sharma, Sanjay Singh, Natrang stages 'Firouti' Atul Gupta. NL Correspondent Jammu Tawi, May 28 Rohingya, Bangladeshi immigrants: NSF IIMC conducts entrance NL Correspondent different places like Karyani years which is negligible as Natrang presented 'Firouti', Jammu Tawi, May 28 Talab, Rakia Nallah, Narwal monthly revenue from each exam for journalism courses a play in Hindi which was Bala, Sunjwan, Bhathindi connection comes to Rs 18 Jammu, May 28 Stepping up its campaign written by Uday Shankar and its adjoining areas from only. "Rohingyas and Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) today against illegal settlement of Bhat and directed by Neeraj 2008 to Feb 2017." "The Bangladeshis have been conducted entrance exam for journalism courses in Rohingya and Bangladeshi Kant at its Sunday Theatre illegal immigrants have been consuming electricity at various centres across India including Northern Region immigrants in Jammu, the Series. The play carried a provided with the electricity much higher level as most of Campus, Jammu. National Secular Forum very important message connections whereas the them use Refrigerators, IIMC received 6,600 applications this year for various (NSF) today questioned the which was effectively genuine state subjects of the Coolers, TVs, Heaters and journalism courses against 4,700 applications received people sitting at the helm of conveyed by the performers. state are being made to run other electrical gadgets last year. In Northern Region Campus Jammu, a total of affairs for facilitating power The play opens at the home from pillar to post to get whereas people of Jammu 35 candidates appeared in the entrance exams for English supply to them connection. It speaks volume are being made to pay of one 'Baisakha Ram' Journalism, Hindi Journalism, Radio, TV and unauthorizedly and that too about the larger plan to settle electricity bills at much where all the family Advertising/Public Relations. at highly subsidized rates. the illegal immigrants in higher rates, which means The shortlisted candidates would be called for members are very tense and Jammu wherein the people that locals are being Addressing a press Interview/Group discussions and the classes for new 'Baisakha Ram' himself has conference here, NSF State sitting at the helm of affairs exploited and at their cost academic session will commence from August, 2017. turned mad as someone had Chief Dr Vikas Sharma while facilitating the same at the illegal immigrants are being Pertinent to mention that IIMC, Jammu campus headed by kidnapped his son and is citing a RTI reply said, "The instance of their political settled here in large number," Regional Director, Manohar Khajuria was declared as demanding a huge amount to Power Development bosses," he alleged. he mentioned. Northern Region Campus recently for providing quality set him free. Mihir Gujral as 'Beta', all operated by Neeraj Kant and Department (PDD) Dr Sharma also revealed that Others who were present education in the field of journalism. The land for Mahikshit Singh as young artists of Natrang Music was scored by sanctioned as many as 7273 PDD collected meager during the occasion 'Baisakha Ram', Sonali Wali performed their respective Bhisham Gupta. The show connections to the Rohingya revenue of Rs 1.42 crore including Rishikesh Rana, establishment of permanent campus has also been allotted as 'Maa', Abhi Bargotra as roles as per the requirement was coordinated by and Bangladeshis presently from 7273 connection Anshu Sharma, Rahul by the State Government. The construction of boundary 'Muneem', Akshit Kaul and of the script. Lights were Mohammad Yaseen. putting up in Jhuggies at holders for the period of nine Sharma and Istaq. wall for said land is already in progress while as the construction work of various operational buildings is likely to be started this year. MLA kick-starts Shaheedi Divas of Guru Arjan Presently, the institute is operating from the PLS conducts literary meet accommodation provided by State Government at Vikas Bhawan, Jammu. blacktopping work Dev to be celebrated on May 29 NL Correspondent The stories were presented by Jammu Tawi, May 28 Hardeep Singh Deep and Resham Jammu, May 28 NL Correspondent Parbandhak Committee & Women ransack wine Jammu East MLA and Chief Whip of BJP in the Jammu Tawi, May 28 Kour Resham with the titles MLA Delhi legislative Punjabi Lekhak Sabha today 'Maan Daan' and 'Hello' Assembly Rajesh Gupta today kick started the Assembly, S. Tarlochan A Gurmat Samagam is conducted its fortnightly literary respectively. An article was also shop, destroy liquor work of black topping of the roads at Talab Singh Wazir Chairman J&K being held at Gurudwara meet at Tagore Academy, Rani presented by Pritam Singh Anjaan. Khatikan in Ward number 5 here. Gurdwara Parbandhak DODA, May 27 Sri Guru Arjun dev Ji Talab, Digiana, Jammu. Hardeep The April- June issue of quarterly He was accompanied by AEE of the PWD Board & S. Charanjit Singh Some irate women today attacked a wine shop located Akhnoor Road Domana to Singh Deep, president, IPTA, J&K Punjabi magazine 'Aabru' was Yaseer Kitchloo, Jagdish Singh JE, Rakesh Khalsa MLC shall also on Batote-Kishtwar Highway at Assar, ransacked it and commemorate the Saheedi Chapter and a renowned Punjabi released on this occasion. Dr. Khajuria JE and SHO Parvaiz Malik. address the sangat on the destroyed all the Diwas of "Shaheeda De short story writer presided over Baljeet Raina, Editor congratulated Rajesh Gupta while speaking on the occasion importance of the shaheedi liquor. As per the Sartaj" fifth Guru Sri Guru the meet. The members of the all the contributors for publication congratulated the Muslim brothers on the first diwas & on the life and Sabha condoled the death of in the international standardized reports, the women Arjan Dev Ji on May 29. Roza and prayed for the peace and prosperity of teachings of Sri Guru Arjan Joginder Singh Mastana, an active literary magazine which has now of the area were The Samagam is organized the state. Rajesh Gupta said that the holy month dev Ji, who sacrificed his member of the Sabha, Punjabi been put in the approved demanding by Sant Pura dana of Ramzan has huge significance as it inculcates life for the sake of peace, writer and Retired Inspector in magazines of the UGC. shifting of the Charitable Trust along with in us a sense of peace and discipline. harmony and humanity. Police Department. Two minutes shop from the area the Management Rajesh Gupta said that the developmental Sri Guru Arjan dev silence was observed and the as per the Committee Gurudwara Sri Two arrested with heroin activities would not be allowed to suffer under compiled the Sri Guru Almighty was prayed to grant judgement of Guru Arjan Dev Ji, under Jammu, May 28 any circumstances and we would be always Granth sahib in its present peace to the departed soul and Supreme Court, rthe patronage of Dera Two persons were arrested today guided by the mantra of Sab ka Saath Sab ka form which is now the final, courage to the family members of for quite some Mukhi Sant Tejwant Singh from Bahu Fort area here for Vikaas. sovereign and eternal living the deceased to bear this time. However, as Ji. possessing heroin, police said. He said that as the Modi government at the guru of the Sikhs. Guru irreparable loss. Kavi Durbar and the wine shop was Renowned Ragi's including Story recitation were conducted Police intercepted a car without a centre completes its three years we look with Arjan dev ji was the first still running, about S. Satnam Singh ji hazuri during the meet. Balwinder Singh registration number at Kalka great satisfaction at the achievements of the Shaheed of the Sikh faith a dozen irate women today attacked the liquor shop and ragi Sri Darbar sahib Deep Singh presented his Ghazal Colony here and recovered around nation at all the fronts. He said that Prime destroyed the liquor stored in the shop by throwing them Amritsar, S. lalit Singh ji of and set an example not to and a song. Two songs were 10 grams of heroin from the outside the shop. The irate women further demanded Minister Narendra Modi has really galvanized Suhana along with local succumb to the barbarism presented by Piara Singh Dhanjal. possession of the driver and immediate closure or shifting of the shop to some other the whole country towards the path of progress Ragis shall recite the and oppression of the rulers Other poets who presented their another occupant of the vehicle, a area. Deputy SP Doda, Iftikar Ahmed said that the and development in all spheres of life. Gurbani kirtan. Besides of his time and to be poetry included Pritam Singh police official said. They were Others who were present on the occasion them other renowned prepared for laying down Anjaan, Resham Kour Resham, arrested and booked under relevant police is investigating the matter and a case FIR No included Hari Om, Saudagar Mal, Surinder personalities like S. and sacrificing the life for Amar Singh Kuka Dr. monojit Dr. sections of the Narcotic Drugs and 11/2017 has been registered against the mob, which Anand, Rajesh, Jia Lal, Naveen Anand, Ashok Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Gen upholding the faith in one Nirmal Vinod, Dr. Baljeet Raina Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) attacked shop, under Sections 379/452/427/353/511 at Dafara and Rajesh Gupta. Secretary Delhi Gurudwara God and equality for all. and Devinder Singh Vishavnagrik. Act, the official said. police station Assar. 4 TRAVEL the northlines Travel Jammu | Monday | May| 29 | 2017 Interlaken is a quiet resort town located in the Places to visit in stunning country of Switzerland. A rising tourist destination among its European counterparts, Interlaken Interlaken is a hub of myriad places to visit. that will charm you Sightseeing options in the from it and now is an independent water body. Mount Jungfraujoch traveller can definitely find solace and peace. At over Surrounded by amazing landscapes in all sides, Lake city are aplenty and you will Famously known as the Top of Europe, Mount 11000 ft, the summit of this range can be reached by a Thun is a treat for the ones who find peace in nature’s Jungfraujoch is beyond doubt the prime tourist train ride, an experience that is going to be etched in your grandeur. This lake offers wonderful boating need to plan your days attraction in Interlaken. The entire Jungfraujoch memory. Thanks to the staggering altitude, on a clear day experience and there are different boat trips to be made region is a paradise set in you can see as far as Italy, Germany and France! The here. The main trip starts from Interlaken itself and according to your snow and lush green Ice Palace situated in the heart of the mountain takes about 2 hours to complete. A boat trip over the preference. Take a day out vegetation is home to a rich and colourful collection waters of Lake Thun is the best way to enjoy the where a of ice sculptures. You can also stand beautiful region at a slow pace. to go on a train ride along witness to the mind-numbing St Beatus Caves view of Europe’s longest A collection of caves located on the northeastern shore the valleys of Mount remaining glacier Great of Lake Thun near Interlaken, St Beatus Caves are a Aletsch from part of the local folklore. Legend has it that thousands Jungfraujoch or drive down Jungfraujoch. of years ago, there lived a ferocious dragon in those to Lake Brienz and Lake Lake Thun caves that let no one near them. Meanwhile wandering Situated on the Irish monk St Beatus chose the cave for hermitage and Thun for a soothing stroll. western side of came face to face with the tyrant dragon. After an epic Interlaken, Lake face-off, he drove it away to the depths of Lake Thun Be adventurous in the St Thun is an Alpine and made it human-friendly. Folklores apart, St. Beatus Caves while you try lake in the Bernese Beatus Caves are a marvellous work of nature that Oberland region of leads deep into the interior of the immense Niederhorn to spot any remains of a Switzerland. Named Massif. A pre-historic settlement as well as the cell of after the the city of St Beatus can also be viewed in the caves. Take a cave dragon from folklores or Thun, on its northern tour that includes visiting stalactites and stalagmites shore, this lake was crisscrossed by underground waterfalls. just pay a visit to the created after the last Drive down to this beautiful lake from Interlaken for a Interlaken Monastery and glacial period. Earlier it day spent amid nature and its myriad marvels. Located was a part of Lake Brienz just north of the Alps, Lake Brienz is about 14 km in but after 10th century it split length and 2.8 km in width and all these at an elevation Castle. of 1850 ft above sea level! The lake gets its name from a nearby village called Brienz. Before the 10th century, this lake was even bigger as Lake Thun was not yet divided by a tongue of land called Bodeli. Passenger ships have been plying over the waters of Lake Brienz since 1839 and you can enjoy a ride on one of them even today.

A sneak peek into the prominent places to visit in Kalimpong

Kalimpong is one of the most frequented hill stations in idols of the presiding deity creates a perfect peaceful highest point that offers most spectacular views of the the same premises near the entrance. the Northeast, around 50 km from Darjeeling. The place, ambience. You can see magnificent Himalayas from region. On one side, you will see the buzzing town, Be prepared to climb up a fleet of stairs if you want to apart from being applauded for its beautiful natural topmost floor of the monastery. Later, several changes and nearby villages, the mighty Kanchenjunga and the vast reach Lord Hanuman’s statue. It is worth the effort as the sights and Buddhist monasteries is also known for its additions have made to the monastery. It has now become Relli Valley while on the other, you will see the Teesta hilltop offers a spectacular view of the Kanchenjunga ginger production in huge amount. Among various an unmissable tourist spot of Kalimpong. River meandering its way beautifully. On a clear day, peak on a clear day. You can also see the neighbouring beautiful places to visit in Kalimpong, Dr. Graham’s Zang Dhok Palri Phodang you can also see the snow-clad mountains of west Sikkim and the beautiful Lava and Kafer hills on a bright Home, Mangal Dham, Deolo Hill and Hanuman Tok are A sense of calmness and quietness prevails as you enter Sikkim from here. It won’t be wrong to say that Deolo sunny day. the most significant ones. For those with a religious Zang Dhok Palri Phodang, which is also known as Durpin Hill offers a 360-degree view of Kalimpong and the Hanuman Tok is about 5 km from Kalimpong town and bend, there are splendid monasteries such as Zang Dhok Monastery and Lava Monastery. Consecrated in 1976 by neighbouring region. the drive is hassle-free. Taxi drivers are well versed with Palri Phodang (Durpin Dara) and Tharpa Choling His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this largest monastery of There is a well-maintained tourist guesthouse atop the this area hence they know where to park the car and let Monastery. Apart from all these religious buildings and Kalimpong houses the rare Kangyur text in 108 volumes hill which is run by the government. You need to make you enjoy the views and click pictures. temples, Kalimpong is cactus and flower nurseries that which he brought from Tibet. The monastery is quite bookings in advance to avoid inconvenience as this Lepcha Museum are quite a charmer here. Overlooking the great popular for its three-dimensional appearance, majestic property is quite famous because of its outstanding For art and culture enthusiasts, a visit to Lepcha Museum Himalayas, Kalimpong makes for a perfect tourist architecture and beautiful paintings. location. Besides, the gardens are well manicured and is a must. Historically, Lepcha community is indigenous holiday destination. Here is a list of some unmissable Perched at 1372 m on the peak of Durpin Hill, Zang Dhok full of exotic varieties of flowers. No wonder, the parks to this region and presently, they reside mainly in sights of Kalimpong! Palri Phodang is also a wonderful place to enjoy are a popular picnic spot for tourists as well as locals. Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Nepal and Bhutan. The Dr. Graham’s Home spectacular views of the town and the surrounding forest Hanuman Tok museum is an effort to preserve and illustrate their culture Dr. Graham’s Home is one of the prime places of with rich flora and fauna. If you are there on a clear day, When you go to Deolo Hill, you cannot miss Hanuman and tradition. Located close to the main town, the attractions situated on lower steep of Deolo Hills in spend time enjoying the beautiful sight of Mt Tok which is located very close. As the name suggests, museum displays various articles of worship, original Kalimpong. Founded by Sir Anderson in 1900s, this Kanchenjunga. there is a huge 30 feet high statue of Lord Hanuman. Lepcha musical instruments, handicraft items and place is an important education hub here. The place is Deolo Hill There is also a small and clean Durga Temple situated in manuscripts. Every piece reflects and illustrates the life, spread across a huge 550 acres land and a number of Deolo, at an altitude of around 5500 feet, is Kalimpong’s culture and tradition of the community. For those who vocational courses are practiced here such as medication, have interest in studying heritage and old collections, poultry, farming, dairy management and baking, among Lepcha Museum is one of the essential places to visit in others. Moreover, this international institution gets loads Kalimpong. of funds from not only national but myriad prominent You are lucky if you meet the 90-year-old Padmashree international NGOs. Tourists visiting Kalimpong make Sonam Tshering Lepcha who single-handedly runs the sure to pay a visit to this famous institute that has earned Lepcha school and the museum, one of its kind in whole fame for itself! of Asia. He is a wonderful musician himself and plays Mangal Dham various wind instruments. Mangal Dham is one of the most significant religious Explore cactus and flower nurseries centres in the beautiful hill station of Kalimpong. The Considered as one of the finest cactus nurseries in Asia, place was built in the memory of Guruji Shir Kalimpong is a must visit for plant lovers. It is fascinating Mangaldasji Maharaj who in 1940 arrived at Kalimpong to see almost 2000 varieties of cacti, ranging from the and made it his home. He got several orphanages, simple to the most exotic ones at one place. The collection schools and temples constructed here to serve God and is spellbinding. Depending on the variety, the price humans. Spreading over an area of about two acres, the ranges from as low as Rs. 50 to a few lacs! It has been temple features a prayer hall on the top floor where idol developed and maintained as a private venture; hence, the of Raj Shyamji is placed. So make sure to visit this pure nursery is well maintained. and pious spots whenever in Kalimpong. Did you know that Kalimpong produces 80% of India's Tharpa Choling Monastery gladiolas and is an important orchid growing area? I Tharpa Choling Monastery, founded in the year 1912 by guess not, just like me! Sri Ganesh Moni Pradhan Domo Geshe Rinpoche, is counted amongst the oldest Nursery and Udai Mani Pradhan Nursery are worth Gelugpa monasteries in the country. Perched on a hilltop visiting. in Kalimpong, this beautiful gompa with its colourful the northlines 5 KATHUA Jammu | Monday | May 29 | 2017 JKRETTF holds meet, discuss issues Blood donation camp organized

NL Correspondent after recent ceasefire NL Correspondent Rahouri, May 28 RAMBAN, May 28 violation that left many injured in Nowshera. He A blood donation camp was also assured to take up Jammu Kashmir Rehbar- E - organized by Sant Nirankari Taleem Teachers Forum Charitable Foundation in proposal for blood banks at (JKRETTF) zonal unit collaboration with District Koteranka, Darhal and Ramban and Batote Red Cross Society and Thanamandi. organised a meeting Health department at "Keeping in view incidents regarding the elections of District Hospital, Rajouri in of ceasefire violations and the forum in the three zones which 70 volunteers resultant civilian injuries in of the district.The meeting including 25 women from Nowshera sector, part of organised at Dak Banglow Sunderbani, Nowshera, today's collection will be Ramban under the President executive members Batote,Pardeep Chand Others who was present in Poonch and other areas sent to Blood Storage Units ship of District President finalized the election Ramban and Sharief Ahmed the meeting including donated blood here today. at Nowshera and JKRETTF Ramban Farooq commission of all three as Chief Election Kerpal Sumbria, Hafiz-Ur- MLA Rajouri, Ch. Qamar Sunderbani," Runyal in which all zones and the dates of Commissioner for zone Rehman, Pritam Singh, Hussain and District Superintendent District Executive members of the election notifications was Ukhral. IQBAL Katoch,Basant Developmentvolunteer donors and asked Health department to Hospital Dr. Mehmood concerned zones also fixed. Keeping in view All the participants Ram, Javid Ahmed, Zaheer Commissioner, Rajouri Dr. assured full cooperation to organise mass awareness Bajjar said. participated. The main the fair elections of all three appreciated the decisions Sohil, Farooq Rashid, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary the Foundation in such programmes on blood Zonal Incharge Sant agenda of the meeting was zones including Ukhral, and thanked the state forum Tanvir Murtza, Mubashir attended the camp and endeavors. donation, especially in far Nirankari Mandal J&K, B P to conduct the elections of Ramban and Batote. leader ship and concerned Hussian, Javen Lal, surinder applauded the efforts of the Informing that the district flung areas of the district. Singh and Convenor Sant Zonal Presidents in Zone In the meeting, Bahari Lal district President for taking Singh, Zia-ur-Rehman, Foundation for organizing administration will organise The DDC also appreciated Nirankari Mandal Rajouri- Ukhral, Ramban and Batote. Sharma was appointed Chief such steps in strengthening Vijay Singh and Amit blood donation camps. a mega blood donation camp youth for coming up in large Poonch, Anil Kapoor also During the meeting Election Commissioner the JKRETTF at zonal level. Singh. The DDC also congratulated after Ramadan, the DDC numbers for donating blood attended the camp. MoS inaugurates 63 KVA transformer MLA kick-starts development works PDDC organizes

NL Correspondent number were present on the The Minister reaffirmed the Reasi, May 28 Pagan Devta Mela occassion . commitment of the While speaking on the government to provide all REASI, MAY 28 Minister of State for Finance occasion Nanda said that basic amenities to the people One day Pangan devta Mela was organised at Bomag by and Planning, Labour and many households would be of the state and said that local Pangan Devta development committee here today. Employment, Ajay Nanada requsite steps are underway People from, Phagori, dangakote, Surjandhar, Barote, to augment power and water devigarh, Tote, Dharangli, Charalakote, Sari, Sarote, supply besides better road Sersundwan, Harotekote, Lali, Baryote attended the mela connectivity is receiving in large numbers . focused attention by the The devotees gathered at main location and took part in NL Correspondent residents Dr Manyal said Jan Dhan Yojana, Mudra present dispensation. Samba, May 28 charu poojan of holy devta followed by langer. Locals of the area while construction of these lanes Yojana, State Marriage On the occasion cultural programme ,devotional songs interacting with Minister and protection works will Assistance Scheme, Laadli State president BJP SC and bhajan by the local artists was also organized besides informed him about several definitely help the locals a beti scheme and others. Morcha and MLA Samba Dr popular Kud dance. issues of the area and urged lot and it will be assured Responding to the for early redressal of the Devinder Kumar Manyal that every possible facility demands of the locals, Dr 1 killed, 4 injured in same. He assured the public today kick-started the is provided to them at their Manyal assured them that that all their genuine construction of lane/drain door steps. He said that it is their genuine demands demands would be fulfilled and two protection wall his priority to cover each would be redressed on road accidents in a phased manner . works in village Pacholi, and every nook and corner priority. inaugurated a 63 KVA benefited by the new He also inspected the block Purmandal which will of the Constituency on the Others who were present transformer at village Dub transformer as the areas was ongoing developmental be constructed by the Rural aspect of development. on the occasion included Pouni here today. facing power cuts and works in the area and Development Department Dr Manyal also stressed Rural Development Concerned officers of PDD problem of low voltage and directed the concerned to with an estimated cost of Rs upon the people to avail Department, Govind department, prominent now the people can heave ensure its time bound 4.50 lakh. the benefits of centrally Sharma, Mool Raj, Amit, citizens and locals in large sigh of relief. completion. While addressing local sponsored schemes like Rattan, BJP party workers. Patwari suspended in Rajouri 50 Anganwadi Centres allotted Govt buildings RAJOURI, MAY 28 Kathua, May 28 The Revenue Department, Rajouri suspended Patwari Halqa, NL Correspondent additional land. During a comprehensive Langar, Sain da Bangla,Tank Rajouri, May 28 One person was killed and four others were injured in two Lam, Mohammad Imran and ordered an enquiry into the matter. The Rural Development exercise conducted by Mohalla, Kanara, Dharali, separate road accidents in Kathua on Sunday. According The residents of Lam and Pukherni had submitted a complaint to Department will carry out district administration, Badhoon Thathi, Upper Aiti, to sources, an elderly person died in a car and scooty Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri. Tehsildar, Qila Darhal conducted The district administration fencing of these premises dozens of government Gurah Pattian, Kathanu, collision near Kalibari on the highway. Sangram Singh, the enquiry and reported regular absence of Patwari and denial of has issued directions to the and plantation while as buildings in Rajouri have Ghai, Kalapra , Lamba who was riding the scooter bearing no. PB 35 F-6638, basic services to people like abstracts of Khasra-Girdawri, Education Department for Tehsildars have been also been traced which Khater, Chakli, Mudwal, Jamabandi and Misl Haqiat apart from routine revenue reports. handing over 50 schools was coming towards the Kalibri Chowk, when a speeding directed for mutation of land would be used for Tanda, Dodasan Bala, car bearing no. JK 02 BC-4164 coming from the back hit buildings to ICDS Projects Jan decries divisive politics, in favour of concerned accommodation of various Narutti, Manjoor and the scooter in which he died on the spot. Later, after in Phase I for making Social Welfare Department other offices presently Bhatelli. conducting the post-mortem, the body was handed over to calls for unity Anganwadi centres with Project Officer, ICDS running in hired buildings. DC, Rajouri Shahid Iqbal the relatives of the deceased. Meanwhile, in another functional. Poonch, May 28 as custodian of land and The Anganwadi Centres Choudhary has directed incident, a car went out of the control of the driver and Pursuant to decisions taken Youth National Conference Provincial President Ajaz Jan on buildings. The Education which have been provided Tehsildars to have in place collided with the road divider in which four persons have in joint meeting of Education Sunday decried divisive politics of the PDP-BJP government, Department will further buildings in Phase I are village coordination sustained injuries. According to reports, the injured were saying that religious and regional divide is a sinister plan to and ICDS on May 23, the conduct exercise for located at Potha, Dandesar, committees of parents in identified as Ruby, Neeraj, Vijay Kumar and Kratika. The pollute the harmonious atmosphere of the State. "In order to Education Department has providing additional Rajal, Pishwalagurah, collaboration with ICDS injured were brought to the district hospital Kathua for divert the attention from failures on all fronts, the coalition handed over 50 school buildings. Mangal Devi, Chak Maidan, Project Officers and field treatment. Police have registered cases in both the partners are indulging in polarizing politcs", Ajaz Jan said buildings to ICDS. The buildings provided to Jatta Brahmna, Shah Jamal, staff for efficient functioning accidents and initiated further proceedings. while addressing workers here this morning. He said time has Project Officer, ICDS has ICDS were spared by Andrari, Takiya, Kangota, of Anganwadi centres in come when people, irrespective of religion, region or caste, been asked to furnish these Education Department in Lam wala, Dara Chowkian, district. Protest held over power shortage will have to stand and fight the fascist forces. The Provincial buildings and shift 2015 due to coloration of Karima Beriali, Panjnara, They have also been YNC President urged the people to remain vigilant against the Anganwadi centers. The schools. Total cost of these Mehrote I&II, Kurajegni, directed for regular machinations of the parties like BJP and PDP, the main agenda transferred assets include buildings is estimated at Rs. of which is to polarise the situation and benefit from division GPS Panjnara, Upper Johar, inspections and extending 133 rooms and 94.70 kanals 5 crore. in the society. He described PDP and BJP two sides of the Burshian, Mehjoor Hill, Kha all help to ICDS staff for same coin and said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir will Baryali, Beri Bain, Dokhari, setting up and functioning of give these divisive forces a befitting reply by maintaining time Career guidance prog held Rumbla Khater, Khaladi, centres apart from tested unity. Urging the workers to further strengthen National Charan, Danna, Gurah forwarding grievances of Conference, Jan said that the great movement of Sher-e- DODA, MAY 28 Brahmna, Potha, Panoti, field staff from time to time. Kashmir Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah is committed to the A career guidance programme for girl students was organized agenda set for securing and safeguarding political rights of the at Government Higher Secondary School, Mohalla under Minister inaugurates people of the state. He said the party has to strive hard and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) in which play its destined role by taking the people of three regions more than 200 students participated. Medical Officer, Govt. along. The district functionaries and block bodies of the Ayurvedic Dispensary Dr. Ravinder Singh was the chief medical camp National Conference discussed various problems confronted guest on the occasion while as Naib Tehsildar, Mohalla Surat NL Correspondent Kumari and Physician Dr Kathua, May 28 to the people and hoped that the administration will shun its Ram was the guest of honour. On the occasion, the booklets Samba, May 28 Residents of Shiva Nagar held protest against the PDD inertia and ensure regulated power and drinking water supply containing detailed information regarding various career SA Rather examined more than 500 patients and Department in Kathua on Sunday over failing to restore besides rations at the CAPD sale outlets. Prominent among options were provided to the students and they were also Minister for Industries and provided free medicines to the power supply of the area. The protestors gathered those present in the meeting are working president Sardar informed about various welfare schemes being implemented Commerce Chander Parkash them. on the college road and raised slogans against the Harcharan singh Khalsa, Bhaghhussain Rathore, Ishaq khan, by the government. Principal, HSS Mohalla Daljeet Singh Ganga today inaugurated Speaking on the occasion, concerned department. While leading the protest, Sayeed Khurishid shah and others. (KNS) and teachers were present on the occasion. free medical camp Chander Parkash Ganga Inderpaul, Manu Sharma, Shar Singh, Shammi Kumar organized by Vijay said that the power supply of the aera has been out of Memorial Clinic and appreciated the efforts of order from the last seven days and they have brought SSS, TKK pay tribute to O.P Sambyal Diagnostic Centre in Vijay Memorial Clinic for this matter in the notice of the officials of the Vijaypur. organizing free medical concerned department but nothing has been done in this NL Correspondent During the camp, District camp and stressed the need regard. They warned the administration that if the Kathua, May 28 Health Officer Dr Harbaksh for providing free treatment Singh, Neurologist Dr to the patients belonging to power supply of the area is not restored at the earliest, Rajneesh Sharma, Eye weaker sections of the they will launch a strong protest against the concerned Sabaras Shatiya Sangam and Triveni Surgeon Dr Pramilla society. department and state govt. Kala Kunj organized a programme in which the members of the organizations paid rich tributes to the Notice Notice artist O.P Sambyal in Kathua on Sunday. During the meeting, the I, Pawan Kumar S/o Sh. Balkar Chand R/o Raghunath Pura, I, M/s Best Crop Science Plot No. 29 to 32 IID Centre Tehsil Hiranagar, District Kathua have purchased vehicle SICOP Govindsar Kathua, have lost Form - C bearing members of the organizations said that bearing regd. no. JK08C-6188 from Vinod Kumar S/o Udhey No.05V-735769 (Original, Duplicate & Counter File ) O.P. Sambyal was renowned artist of difficult to fill the void after his death. T.R. Sumbaria, Sanjay Sehgal, Vijay Chand R/o ward no.6, Tehsil Hiranagar, District Kathua. issued by the Sale Tax Department Kathua at Maroli Kathua. the city and he was a source of They expressed condolences to the Sharma, Dr. Usha Monga, ML Tufan, Now, I am applying for the transfer of RC. Objection, if any, If anybody found it, please return the same to M/s Best Crop inspiration for the youth. They said that family of OP Sambyal. Others who Kartar Verma, B.R. Verma, Renu may be conveyed to concerned authorities within 7 days Science Plot No. 29 to 32 IID Centre SICOP Govindsar the city has lost an artist and it is were present on this occasion include Padha, Sham Lal Khajuria. from the publication of this notice. Kathua - 184102 within the 7 days of publication. Prabhu Prabhu the northlines 6 OPINION Jammu |Monday | May| 29 | 2017 Remembering KPS Gill: The bold cop of Punjab

M Rajivlochan times, these were mass killings carried out surreptitiously to the local primary health centre for disposal. These were Gill showed the world that it was possible to contain a by planting booby-trapped bombs. bodies of those who had been shot the previous night by terrorist movement. By now, the political leadership too s we bid goodbye to KPS Gill, Thousands were also killed in the name of giving to them the extremists. stopped playing around with religion as a tool to mobilise we recall that almost three the punishment decreed by the extremists. Often such killings were the consequence of menfolk of a the people. The people of Punjab too realised the Adecades ago, the policies pursued The Akalis, who, till recently, had been claiming for house objecting to the rape of their women or the looting insidious role that extremism can play in fostering terror. by the Congress had showered death and themselves the role of the leaders of the Sikhs, went silent of their belongings. Gradually, many of the extremists too realised how misled destruction on Punjab. and allowed the extremists to take centre stage. It was routine for the extremists to kill all the dogs in a they were by both, Pakistan and the NRIs. Many of the Using that as an opportunity, a handful of people decided Pakistan by now had become a strong believer in another locality to ensure that no one was warned about their extremists joined the normal democratic political process. to enforce a religion of the book on the people of Punjab. religion of the book. Pakistan provided extensive nightly movements. Many like Simranjit Singh Mann, a former police officer, They readily used gun violence against anyone and monetary and logistic support to the terror-spreading The government of India stood by helplessly all this continue to pursue the cause of imposing a religion-based everyone who objected to such impositions. People called extremists in Punjab. while. state on Punjab but, today Mann is not eager to pursue his them "extremists". Much monetary help also came from Non-Resident Then, KPS Gill was asked to head the police force and cause with the barrel of a gun. When the police caught such persons, the justices of Indians (NRIs) who were now rolling in money in western take Punjab back from the hands of the extremists. He seeks alternate, more peaceful ways to convert people Punjab quickly released them. Some in the name of the countries like America, Canada, Germany, Britain, and In a few months, he was able to convince the people of to his views. law, others because the justices were simply too scared to Norway. Punjab that the police was capable of protecting them This transformation in Punjab was possible because at even give the law as an excuse to release extremists. Using the very lax laws of those lands, these extremists from the extremists. one particular moment, one man decided to stand up and These extremists resorted to the killing of thousands of used the protection of the law of those lands to fund and In a few more months, with active help and support from convinced many others that they too had the ability to people. encourage violence in Punjab. In areas like Tarn Taran, the people, Gill could snatch Punjab back from the stand up, and drive out the extremists. Sometimes these were mass killings done openly. At other every evening would bring tractor trolleys full of bodies terrorists and impose the rule of the law once again. This man was KPS Gill. Why people don't trust the Opposition The apologia for terrorism - an

Mohammad Sajjad questions. Why? It will strengthen degrees. Comparisons do carry oddities. industry of unending distress Hindutva, they say. Killers of various varieties -- be it the Why are the 'secular' parties silent By not asking such questions, they cow vigilantes and lynch mobs of today about the lynchings on our streets? ignore the fact that they have created a or those in the so-called 'Muslim Dimple Koul repeating verses from the my faith. Am sure the message that can be vacuum which has come to be filled in friendly' regimes of Lalu Yadav, Quran, written in the violence in the name of interpreted only by a re they so busy forging political by Hindutva forces. Akhilesh Yadav and their predecessors - yrs old Saffie Rose early days of the Islamic Islam makes most limited set of scholars, for alliances that they ignore the The likes of Lalu Yadav, Mulayam - have always enjoyed impunity. Roussos is no more. movement, to substantiate Muslims squirm. Nobody more than a billion people, Anumerous distortions of Singh Yadav, Mayawati etc are Yet, they manage to keep getting the 8 Is she someone the peace factor. These is accusing them of being is bound to create havoc, Constitutional values? extremely discredited today, yet they votes of the victims. important, you wonder? people will avoid inherently violent especially, when Mohammad Sajjad examines the state of doggedly refuse to learn any lesson. In 1996, the Bharatiya Janata Party Yes, absolutely. For her informing the world that towards fellow human allegiance to the faith is India's Opposition parties three years No traditional 'secular' party is prepared protested when Mohammed parents, friends and such verses, despite being beings. expected to trump any after Narendra Modi and the BJP were to accommodate the rising aspirations of Taslimuddin -- perceived to be close to family as long as she was a part of the Holy Book, By covering up for those other allegiance, elected to power. the OBCs, Dalits, MahaDalits and other Lalu Yadav -- was appointed minister of alive. And more so, now, stand abrogated by later who give Islam a bad Nationality, for instance. From the perspective of a deeply lower castes and classes. These left-out state for home in the H D Deve Gowda for the many milestones verses that preach the name through their I have personally seen it concerned citizen, it appears that Indian groups have been lured by the saffron government despite his dubious she did not live to see. believers the very actions, the apologists, happen in the last twenty- democracy is passing through its worst forces. background. This child left for her opposite of what is including the left liberals, seven years - in the region phase. Today, these traditional 'secular' forces In 2017, the same BJP selected a chief heavenly abode in such showcased. Nobody will insult all those people I inhabit, the country I This became much more evident with are neither willing to nor capable of re- minister who faced serious charges. an untimely manner, for, highlight that one Verse who actually believe inhabit and the world I what happened on May 18 in Jharkhand, scripting the grammar of politics. One of the biggest failures of Indian we, the grown-ups of the Sword cancels or Islam to be a religion of inhabit. Keeping mum, a few kilometres away from the steel Even the intelligentsia has become democracy has been in the domain of the believe that a deranged replaces 124 verses that peace. The people who even as I am concerned, city of Jamshedpur. palpably partisan. They shout against the criminal justice system where killings in group of fanatics shall call for tolerance and must surely be worried, scared and According to news reports, in two omissions and commissions of saffron the name of identity-based hatred somehow disappear patience . embarrassed by the agitated, is not a viable different villages, because of absolutely establishments, but they choose to (against Muslims, Dalits, tribals, etc), through hash-tagged It is high time that the heinous deeds of their co- proposition any more. I baseless rumours, four Muslims and two become less shrill and less strident when are rarely taken to their logical prayers. Doctrine of Abrogation is religionists. This cover- am not an immortal. This Dalits were barbarically lynched by they are needed to speak against the conclusion. Has living real lives highlighted and the up indirectly indicates is, therefore, not about me mobs, consisting mostly of tribals. non-saffron forces. Quite often, even well-meaning people virtually done this to us? stance of the peaceful that the apologists have or my remaining years in The consequent degree of outrage about The liberals, for instance, did not speak insist on forgetting and moving on. That we believe that majority made clear. no faith in their faith and this world. It is about the these murders from civil society is out against the Akhilesh Yadav regime This is how the perpetrators of such Facebook solidarity, Many non-Muslims do that they blame all world - the present and the woefully inadequate. whose police in Dadri, Muzaffarnagar, crimes enjoy impunity and are Twitter sympathy and not know that in Muslims. future. Do we wish to People seem to have either gone mute or and elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh failed to emboldened further. These acts of Instagrammed grief will situations wherein verses Do we? Most definitely leave humanity better than so gotten used to such ghastly killings uphold Constitutional values. 'forgiveness' embolden the thuggish hate make it all vanish. contradict one another, not! It is just that we are we found it or not? which are increasingly the order of the For citizens, even more alarming is the merchants and killers. Expression online and the early verses are aware of the fact that If yes, then let us start day across the country. unwillingness of the liberal-secular In such a bleak scenario, why cannot the silence in the real world overridden by the latter devout Muslim parents, with being honest. We Is it indeed the 'new normal'? Neither the intelligentsia to speak against politics intelligentsia and media help the is not going to make it verses. According to one all over the world, ensure want our Muslim brethren, Opposition nor the intelligentsia which schemes to grab power through country? go. It cannot. We have of Islam's classical that their kids read, who truly believe in opportunistic and self-serving Because even those universities, hitherto (including most of the media, a centuries of History, in reference books "al- memorise and learn the peace, to take charge and coalitions, negotiated in luxurious known for their anti-establishment substantial section of which has already all its genocidal details, Nasikh wal-Mansoukh" Quran, either in Madarsas lead the spiritual rinsing hotels. politics and academics, are now being been kowtowing before the vouching for it . Of what (The Abrogator and the or at home. We cannot and cleansing. Can they If frequent lynching and similar made to confront this crisis of credibility establishment) speak of the breakdown use is our empathy if we Abrogated), authored by fault these children for assure the world, through atrocities across the country cannot in an unprecedented manner. of the Constitutional machinery in the do not substantiate it with the revered Muslim looking at the world their words and deeds, that Bharatiya Janata Party-governed make the Opposition come out onto the In the 1960s and 1970s, when the our courage of scholar Abil-Kasim differently from us, once their worldview does not Jharkhand. streets, then what can move them? hegemony of the ruling Congress had to conviction? What good is Hibat-Allah Ibn-Salama they grow up. With the support the division of the Nobody speaks of imposing President's People are not prepared to trust the be challenged, sections of motivated the seeming resilience in Abi-Nasr, out of 114 population of Muslims world into believers and Rule in the state. existing Opposition parties who have students and teachers took to the Life goes on? Surahs (chapters), there being substantial, Kafirs; that even if they No political party has come out onto the been cheating them for long. In the revolutionary path and joined the poor Have we become so are only 43 Surahs that political correctness is believe that there is only streets to protest the killings. name of secularism and social justice, landless labourers of Bihar, West inured to the regular remain unaffected. The certainly not going to one God for them, it is No opinion writer of a liberal-secular they have only perpetuated their Bengal, and other parts of India. mayhem and terror that majority of its chapters help. OK for the rest to have persuasion has asked the non-BJP dynasties. They lived with them, they suffered for we find pride in going on cannot be taken at face It is natural for the rest of their own beliefs; that it is parties to take its support base out on the Never before have India's Opposition them, were imprisoned as well. As late even when the spectre of value. The cancelled the world to wonder if not their religious or streets to protest the brutality. parties and the intelligentsia witnessed as the 1990s, Chandrashekhar, a student verses are mixed in with the real believers are spiritual aim to make the Not only power-seeking politicians, but such a pathetic crisis of credibility. leader at Jawaharlal Nehru University, terror simply refuses to the authoritative verses aware, concerned or rest of us come round to also the liberal-secular intelligentsia Both India's polity and society have rather than opt for a comfortable career go? Life should not, must and only schooled complicit. The rest of the what they believe - desperately wait to stitch together a been reduced to a bizarre binary as if no in academics at elite universities chose not go on! Things should Islamist know which is world would definitely through persuasion or broad alliance which can dislodge the third space really exists anymore. On to fight the gangster-landlord nexus in be at a standstill. What which. need some reassurance. persecution and that a BJP from power in 2019. social media sites, it seems India has Saran, patronised by the state they killed in Manchester Now, if even the So will the real believers Sharia compliant world is Within the confines of luxurious hotels, only two colours: Saffron and non- government. or elsewhere is, perhaps, followers cannot discern please stand up? Stand not what they seek. talks on coalitions and alliances are saffron. In this act of revolution, he made the not just innocent lives but the real meaning, the with Humanity and The world wants them to taking place for the elections to be held A polychromatic India is becoming supreme sacrifice. Ironically, the state something more. Our misinterpretation excuse against these Barbarians, open-mindedly see and two years from now. elusive. government was then controlled by sensitivity has been None are prepared to come out of their One rarely finds someone who can someone professing his commitment for stunned to death by these is clearly long past its for, the time for subtle accept that their faith was comfort zones and take to the streets. simultaneously speak out against scams social justice and secularism. repeat attacks. expiry date. Using it, gestures is over. The preceded by many other Little do they realise that mere unity on all sides of politics, be it the fodder All these sacrifices and contributions And in a bizarre state of time and again, does world is craving for faiths and beliefs. Hence, from the top can no longer befool the scam or Vyapam. from those at these educational warped logic, sensitivity nothing to calm our visible overtures for any insistence on only masses in the name of secularism and One set will say speaking about the institutions seem to have gone in vain. is seen in Ostriching our fraying nerves as we lose reform, for a their faith being right is social justice. fodder scam will strengthen the Today, motivated political forces have way out of each event, as fellow human beings, in denouncement of those akin to a teenager insisting In fact, such moves of opportunistic Hindutva forces while the other side will succeeded in unleashing propaganda, it unfolds, one bloodier one attack after another. actions stemming from on being considered older unity at the top would create a counter- argue that speaking against lynching and accusing those very institutions and than the other. Let me How can the peaceful explicit verses, which and more experienced than mobilisation with greater vengeance in Vyapam will bring back the regressive emancipatory ideologies to be emphatically state that majority leave their even when used to spread his forefathers. It can't the BJP's favour. dynasties. unpatriotic, seditious, and what not. calling everyone, who religion in the hands of the faith in the initial happen, won't happen, for, Mayawati has not come out onto the Forget the ruling elites, even citizens on Today, even the most illiterate segments highlights the obvious, an few schooled Islamists stage, were as it is not correct. The world streets when thousands of Dalits are social sites have become partisan and in the remotest hinterlands have been Islamophobe is not being when they have seen unacceptable then, as wants the true believers of protesting against the atrocities in fall prey to the carefully constructed fed with lies about those institutions, sensitive. Let me also, what a PhD in Islamic these are now. By the religion of peace to Saharanpur. Nor did Akhilesh Yadav, bipolarity of politics. that they are dens of treasons. even more emphatically, Studies is doing to the repeatedly saying that start a dialog, work Uttar Pradesh's recently dislodged chief They will feign shameless ignorance We should not and cannot dismiss it state that painting all world? more Muslims get killed zealously on reform, and minister, join these protests from about crimes and corruption on one side merely by saying that since this is the era Muslims as terrorists is It is not that we mistrust in terrorist incidents, the stand up for peace in the Saharanpur to Delhi, even while stating while speaking out loudly against the of mass stupidity, rumours are replacing reprehensible. or misjudge Muslims. I, message that we receive real world. his willingness to align with Mayawati. same on another. truth successfully. However, it is an for example, have grown is that there is some We belong to one species. The leaders will bargain about coalitions They will invoke 'jungle raj' of one There is certainly more to it. Despite so established fact that a up being persecuted for hesitation from their end. It is perfectly alright to for power, but they won't ask their regime, but look away from similar or many anti-people economic measures substantial chunk of my faith by some Muslim It indicates an have diversity of race, core/captive support bases to come even more palpable failures of the inflicted upon the masses by this global terrorism emanates fundamentalists. I have unwillingness towards religion, region and more. together to protest these lynchings on Constitutional machinery under another government, the Opposition parties are from one or the other sect no empathy for anyone reform, spiritual cleansing But it is just not alright to the streets. regime. unable to mobilise the people against the of the followers of Islam. who perpetrates violence or long-lasting and lose sight of our core In November 2015, after the If the Rashtriya Janata Dal's supporters incumbent regime. So why is the world so and bloodshed in the sustainable peace. And values. Before being a true Mahagathbandhan won the Bihar were not shaken by the massacres of The suffering masses just don't trust the apologetic? If a sect of name of his religion. I this causes discomfort believer (be it in a book assembly election, Lalu Yadav, the Dalits and other crimes when Lalu Opposition parties anymore. people believing in the consider such people to among non Muslims. or an individual), you darling of the secularists, boasted of Yadav or his wife Rabri Devi were chief Religion of Peace has no be the worst forms of The debate is not about need to believe in camping in Varanasi -- Prime Minister minister, saffron supporters are hardly qualms in blowing away life. At the same time, misinterpretation - then or humanity, equality, peace, Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha outraged about the lynch mobs. Both Professor Mohammad Sajjad, who little children to pieces, some of my good friends now. Common sense and compassion and mutual constituency -- to launch a mass enjoy(ed) impunity under the respective teaches at the Centre of Advanced why is creating are Muslims from various logic suggests that the respect. Do You? mobilisation against the PM's unkept regimes. Study in History, Aligarh Muslim innovative excuses the parts of India- one who promises. While drawing this parallel, one runs the University, is the author of Muslim world's immediate believes in Yog, another (Disclaimer: The views expressed here are personal Lalu is now busy affirming the power risk of being condemned for having Politics in Bihar: Changing Contours concern after every terror who works on his opinions of the writers. The information, facts or opinions ignored the degrees of ferocity of base for his two sons inside the coalition Contesting Colonialism and attack? Chakras and yet another appearing in the articles do not reflect the views of The suffering of the victims. They must Separatism: Muslims of Muzaffarpur government in Bihar. Yet, his support We will have another who is happily married to Northlines and it does not assume any responsibility or understand that one isn't ignoring the since 1857. base refuses to ask him some pertinent cycle of apologists the love of his life from liability for the same) the northlines 7 KASHMIR Jammu | Monday | May 29 | 2017 BJP's political immaturity pushes JK to uncertainty: Wani Minister kick-starts Doda, May 28 democratic set-up. that a special focus was given further extended upto Banihal. administration. Wani Lashing out on the BJP In a statement issued to on conceiving and starting He said likewise a number appealed the Prime Minister to government at Centre for its KNS, he said there is total historical projects like zojila of power projects were started adopt a people friendly and a developmental works failure to tackle the situation snap of communication tunnel, Ramsetu bridge, by the central government in soft approach in J&K and to in J&K state, former R&B between the people and the Ganpat Bridge, Nashri & J&K when Congress Party take immediate measures for SUCHETGARH, MAY Minister and General state authorities. Both the Banihal Tunnels, Sudh was in power at the centre. reconciliation and restoration of 28 - Secretary of the Pradesh ruling coalition partners in Mahadev Goha Dessa Capran Majid Wani further said that people's trust on the Minister for PHE, Congress Committee said J&K are, today, totally cut off road project, widening of the present regime at centre is administration. Irrigation and Flood Control Abdul Majid Wani Sunday from the people and the public Jammu Srinagar National experimenting with the The political maturity, if Sham Lal Choudhary today said that the political living in whole Kashmir Highway, Gandola projects at Kashmir valley and its shown in this regard, shall kick started developmental immaturity shown by the BJP valley is being treated like Patnitop & Bag-e-Bahu, people. Even there is silent definitely bring positive results works to the tune of Rs leadership at center, during people of some enemy restoration of The famous unrest and sense of insecurity and bring about the restoration 15.25 lakhs at various last three years has brought the country. He said a number of Mubarak Mandi palace, Toll simmering among public of of people's trust and confidence places in Suchetgarh J&K state at dangerous point major infrastructural Plaza at Lakhanpur & Nagri most of areas in Jammu back on the democratic set up of constituency. of uncertainty, insecurity, development projects were Parole, Tawi Lake project. province due to non India and get people of the state The Minister started the death and fear, which have conceived and started during Railway services were started performance and mis- out of slumber of unrest & a blacktopping work of 500 otherwise no place in a those twelve years. Wani said in Kashmir valley and were governance of the civil war like situation. (KNS) metre long Ramnagar Basti- Badiyal Brahamna road in 6 injured in road accidents Suchetgarh to be MoS visits hospital, orders constructed at the cost of border areas. Panjgrain, Shera Chak, Srinagar, May 28 hospital for the treatment. Rs. 5.25 lakh. He further said that a Nanowali, Korotana, Sai Six persons were injured in Meanwhile, an accident took He also inaugurated comprehensive plan has Kalan and Flora action against absentees road accidents in Kashmir place between a Tata Mobile newly constructed lanes and been prepared under which participated. Valley on Sunday. According vehicle bearing regd. no. drains at Ramnagar Basti- upgradation of The villagers apprised the SRINAGAR, MAY 28- general wards. He asked the from hospitals free of cost. to sources, a motorcycle JK05B-9685 and Santro car Badiyal Brahamna and Roop infrastructure in all essential Minister about the problems Minister of State for Forest, Management of the hospital He said in this regard several bearing regd. no. JK22A-1457 bearing regd. no. JK09-3262 Nagar Basti constructed at sectors including R&B, being faced by them related Environment, Animal & for ensuring punctuality and initiatives have been taken by hit and injured a pedestrian at Dargazpora, Chitergam in the cost of Rs. 5 lakh each PHE, Irrigation, PDD, to power supply, water Sheep Husbandry, maintaining roaster register the Government during last identified as Amreena D/o Srinagar, resulting in injuries under CAPEX budget. Education, Health, Sports supply, education, sanitation Cooperative and Fisheries, of medicos and para-medicos two years. He said that Bashir Ahmad Magray R/o to four persons boarding the While addressing the and Transport would be and healthcare. After Mir Zahoor Ahmad yesterday so that the patients do not establishment of AIIMS at Watoo at Watoo, D.H.Pora in Santro car. All the injured locals, the Minister said the done. listening to the grievances paid surprise visit to Sub face any inconvenience. He Awantipora is big District Kulgam. The were shifted to the hospital for government is taking one Later, the Minister also of the people, the Minister District Hospital Pampore. also asked the management achievement of the motorcyclist Abid Ahmad R/o treatment. Police have step after the other for the convened a public grievance assured them that their During the visit, the for maintaining cleanliness in Government, saying that with Matribugh Shopian was also registered cases in both the development of the State redressal camp at grievances would be Minister checked the and around the hospital the functioning of this injured in the incident. Both accidents and initiated further and special focus is being Suchetgarh in which redressed in a time bound attendance of the staff and premises. prestigious hospital patients the injured were shifted to the proceedings. given to the development of villagers hailing from manner. found that 15 employees of Interacting with attendants of the Valley particularly different cadres were absent and patients in hospital, the Pulwama and Anantnag from duty. Taking serious Minister said that the districts will get proper Pace of ongoing developmental works reviewed note of it, he passed Government headed by Chief medicare at their door steps. directions to Director, Health Minister Ms. Mehbooba The Minister gave them RAMBAN, MAY 28 - Ramban over nallahs and panchayats.He also directed Services Kashmir for taking Mufti is committed to provide patient hearing and assured Minister for Rural flowing streams for the DDC to call an strict action against the better healthcare to people of that their genuine demands Development and uninterrupted movement of explanation from concerned absentees under rules. the State at their door steps. would be looked into. He, Panchayati Raj Abdul Haq the people during rainy officers in this regard. The Minister also went He said that health however, in some cases gave Khan today conducted season besides helping to Earlier the Minister also round various sections of the institutions have adequate on-the-spot directions to the extensive tour of Ramban prove the roll of children in visited Udhampur and hospital including X-ray, stock of life saving drugs and concerned for immediate and Udhampur districts and schools. inspected various ongoing dental, outdoor patient and the patients have to get these redressal. reviewed the pace of While inspecting Circuit developmental works in the ongoing development House Building in Maitra, district. Tourism Deptt sets up helpline for tourists works. the Minister directed the MLA, Udhampur Pawan At Ramban, the Minister executing agency to Kumar Gupta and Director, SRINAGAR, MAY 28 of assistance. Director Tourism, Kashmir was accompanied by MLA redouble their efforts and RDD Jammu RK Bhat also In view of the current situation in the 9419024542, SP Tourism Mr. Amarjit Singh Ramban, Neelam Kumar expedite the pace of works accompanied the Minister Valley, the Department of Tourism, 9419009728 & 7889562262, SHO Tourism Langeh, District to complete the project during the visit. Kashmir has started helpline services for Mr. Suhail 9419018626, Srinagar Airport Development Commissioner within stipulated time frame. While inspecting various the convenience of tourists who are on visit 0194-2303635. (DDC), Ramban During his surprise visit, development works of Valley. The department has also Deputy Director, Tourism Mr. Waseem Mohammad Aijaz, SSP the Minister directed ACD to including foot bridges, activated its officers and tourist police at Raja 9419072309, Assistant Director Ramban Mohan Lal, ACD, place VLWs of Maitra and lanes, drains and khuls, the prime tourist destinations to ensure smooth Tourism Gulmarg Mr. Ilyas 9419708180, DPO, Executive Engineer Kunfer under suspension Minister directed the movement of tourists and their comfortable Assistant Director Tourism Pahalgam Mr. and other officers. difficulties for the officers ease the life of rural masses. and terminate the services of officers of the concerned stay. Bilal Ahmad 9419023611, Incharge officer The Minister said that and appreciated the Rural The Minister informed GRSs concerned for not departments to complete the Director Tourism, Kashmir Mehmood Tourism Kokernag Rubeena 9906606555, Ramban is a hilly district Development Department that RDD has constructed implementing ban on construction work within Ahmad Shah has said the situation in Incharge officer Tourism Qazigund Mr. which poses unique set of for working relentlessly to more than 33 bridges in polythene use in their stipulated time frame. Kashmir especially in Srinagar is normal Showkat 9419722730, Incharge officer and tourists can move easily to tourist Tourism Manasbal Mr. Hajjam 9419955899 Minister launches blacktopping work CS reviews destinations. and Incharge officer Tourism Sonamarg Mr The tourists already in Kashmir can Aslam 9419743697. The tourists have also JAMMU MAY 28 developmental scenario contact on following numbers for any kind been asked that they should not be panic. Minister for Health and Medical Education, Bali PULWAMA, May 27 regular meetings with civil JK Civil Services Judicial Exam Bhagat today launched To assess the overall law society members, religious blacktopping work of 3 link & order scenario and to heads and renowned persons Admit cards to be roads in Raipur-Domana review the status of ongoing of the areas so that they can constituency with an mega projects in Kashmir contribute in bringing peace estimated cost of Rs 1.40 division, the Chief Secretary in the valley. He also asked treated as Curfew Passes crore. B B Vyas today convened a them to engage Women Self The roads on which the high level meeting with Help Groups for constructive SRINAGAR, MAY 28 restrictions. Meanwhile, the candidates who have been work has started included senior officers here. programmes. According to Divisional examination centre set up in allotted examination centre Purkhoo to Ghari with a The meeting was attended The Chief Secretary Commissioner, Kashmir, the the Gandhi Memorial at Gandhi Memorial length of 1.5 km, Ghari to by Director General Police directed the DCs to keep a admit cards of the College, Shamaswari, College, Shamaswari, Jungvari with a length of 1.6 than 100 kms road length has the locals to personally Dr S P Vaid, Principal check on airing of TV candidates appearing for Srinagar for the said Srinagar shall report at J&K km and Ghari to Ram Temple already been blacktopped and supervise the quality of works. Secretary to the channels by local cable J&K Civil Service (Judicial) examination has been Public Service Commission with length 1.2 km. With the efforts are on to cover all link On the occasion, the Government, Home operators which are banned Competitive Examination- shifted to J&K Public Examination Hall, Solina, blacktopping of these roads a roads during the current Minister also announced Department Raj Kumar by the Government and to 2017 and identity cards of Service Commission Srinagar for appearing in the long pending demand of locals financial year in the setting up of one health sub- Goyal, Divisional closely monitor the media invigilators shall be treated Examination Hall, Solina, said examination from shall be met. constituency. He directed the centre at Village Ghari. He Commissioner Kashmir content. as curfew passes in case of Srinagar. "Therefore, the 29.05.2017 onwards,". Speaking on the occasion, engineers to maintain quality also assured the people that Baseer Ahmad Khan, Deputy DGP Dr S P Vaid while the Minister said that road of work strictly as per the new the developmental works in Commissioner Pulwama addressing the district police connectivity is the top most specifications to ensure the constituency shall be Muneer-ul-Islam and SSP heads asked them to conduct KU postpones exams priority of the government and longevity of roads. H said any expedited Pulwama. regular visits in the areas and focused attention is being deviation in the quality of Senior officers of concerned Deputy Commissioners hold meeting with people for scheduled on May 29, 30 accorded on upgradation of works shall be viewed departments were also present and SSPs of all the districts better police-people the link roads. He said more seriously. He also called upon on the occasion. of Kashmir division, Chief coordination and listen to the Srinagar, May 28 university examinations scheduled to be held Army organizes Conservator Forests problems of people which Authorities at the Kashmir university on on may 29, 2017 (Monday) and may 30, Kashmir, along with Chief will help to build peoples Sunday announced the rescheduling of all 2017(Tuesday) are postponed," said a KU counselling session Engineers PHE, PDD PWD trust on administration and examinations scheduled on May 29, 30. spokesman. He said that the fresh dates for (R&B), System & Operation police. "In view of concerns expressed by students the deferred examinations shall be notified Poonch attended the meeting through Status of ongoing mega due to prevailing circumstances, all Kashmir separately, later. (KNS) Army organised a video conferencing. projects in Kashmir division motivational cum counseling During the meeting, including National Highway session on "Join Armed Deputy Commissioners and project, construction of Ring Forces" at Jaran Wali Gali in district police heads apprised Road and laying of Poonch district. Army is the Chief Secretary about the transmission lines was also conducting such motivational law & order situation in their discussed in the meeting. events to inspire the youth of respective districts and While addressing the Deputy the area to take up the measures taken to bring Commissioners, Chief respectable profession. The normalcy in disturbed areas. Secretary directed them to speaker encouraged the youth While addressing the pace up the works and to to participate in different officers, B B Vyas asked remove bottlenecks if any recruitment rallies being them to initiate mass contact hindering the progress of conducted to join a noble and programme by holding these mega projects. fulfilling career.The motivational talk was 9 structures damaged in fire attended by a large number of Srinagar, May 28 belonging to Farooq Ahmad eligible local youth from A house and eight shops Ganaie and Abdul Rashid village Jaran Wali Gali. were damaged in a fire Ganaie both son of Abdul Participants were imparted incident in Kulgam last Salam and eight shop were awareness about the evening. damaged. Fire was brought eligibility and procedures to joinArmy and Para Military Fire broke out at D.H pora under control by fire tenders Forces to include physical and in Kulgam district in which a with the assistance of police educational requirements. joint residential house and locals of the area. 8 FOODS the northlines Jammu | Monday | May| 29 | 2017

Here's how you can go about it The kitchen is just ShareShare somesome Take a lot of time Cooking with kids cannot be a hasty affair; it should not be done on a the place to help your tight time schedule. Involving them while cooking a quick meal is not a great idea. kids look beyond Set a menu Plan in advance what you'll prepare together. Beginners should playing their favourite consider starting with simple dishes with less than seven ingredients, so that they can games through the remember them easily . A pizza or a mix pasta salad can be a good starter projects. day during summer Do it stepwise Before starting to cook, list Kitchen the ingredients and the method on a neat vacations. It's also a Kitchen piece of paper or a magic board and fix it close to the counter. Discuss the steps that learning ground, your child can do independently . Make sure you follow the right order of where they can see preparation so that your child doesn't get confused with the sequence. 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Take the pizza base, and spread a layer of Slightly older ones can be taught to do easy Teach them post-cooking cleaning Kids pizza sauce evenly on it cannot be counted on to be neat in the Add grated mozzarella cheese on this layer kitchen, hence, be prepared for some extra Then add the onions, bell peppers, baby mess while they are at it.However, make corn, tomatoes, chilli flakes, mixed herbs sure that you seek their help while clearing and salt up the kitchen after the cooking is done, so Finally , sprinkle the remaining mozzarella that they learn the importance of cheese evenly over it maintaining hygiene and keeping things in Place the pizza on a greased baking tray and order. bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°c (400°f) Veggie crunch pizza for 15 minutes (help them with the Ingredients microwave settings) - Pizza base -7 inch Cut into equal wedges and serve Pizza sauce -2 cups immediately Grated mozzarella cheese -2 cups Mango strawberry smoothie Sliced bell peppers (red and yellow) -1 cup Ingredients Blanched and diagonally cut baby corn -1 Ripe mangoes peeled and chopped-3 cup (substitute with strawberries as per your Tomatoes cubed -1 cup choice) Onion cubes -½ cup Yogurt-5 tablespoons Dry red chilli flakes (paprika) -1½ Chilled milk-3 cups teaspoon Ripe mango peeled, and cubed -1 Method Take the yogurt in a blender Add mango pieces and milk and blend till smooth Pour the smoothie into a glass, and add some crushed ice Garnish with more mango cubes Mix pasta salad Ingredients Macaroni, penne and fusilli -2 cups Red and green bell peppers chopped -2 Tomato -1 cup Olive oil -1 tablespoon Mayonnaise -1 cup Mushrooms -1 cup (can be substituted with chicken) Bean sprouts -½ cup Oregano mix -1 tablespoon Method Boil a large pot of lightly salted water, and add the different pastas to it and cook till they get soft Drain, and rinse with cold water, and transfer them to a large bowl Stir in red and green bell peppers, tomato, mushrooms (or chicken), ones will be interested in experimenting with trying to measure and combine ingredients Dried mixed Italian herbs (readymade) - things like buttering bread, boiling pasta, for recipes. Tip Cooking time can also be 1½ teaspoon bean sprouts and olive oil cracking eggs or mixing ingredients while different cuisines. used to talk about issues as well as good Olive oil -1 tablespoon Mix in mayonnaise, and sprinkle the baking. Beginners can see how the dishes are done nutrition. It can lay the foundation for Salt to taste oregano mix; toss the salad properly Teenagers would like to enhance their cooking and put together. healthy eating and living for the future Method Refrigerate for a few hours before serving skills and take important tips for future. Older They can also enhance their math skills while 4 popular bedtime Simple fruit Beverages jelly recipe Great with kids, this quick and easy recipe is also a great dessert option for summer After a long day, all you want to do is unwind with a hot cup of steaming coffee. We 11/2 cup assorted fruits 200 grams sugar list down a few delicious alternatives that you can sip on, on a cold wintry night. 300 ml water Peppermint tea: 3 tbsp gelatin This herbal tea has properties that will help your body de-stress, relax and 1 ¼ tbsp citric acid eventually sleep better. It is a great option to calm jittery nerves, reduce 1 tbsp raspberry red essence nausea and relieve anxiety. ½ tbsp red color Cocoa: DIRECTIONS The most popular bedtime drink in the world, this is a winter favourite 1.Boil 150 ml water and keep separately. because of its delicious taste. Even the ancient Mayans consumed it by 2.Add sugar, citric acid, raspberry roasting the cocoa beans and adding some spice to it. essence and red color to remaining 150 Chamomile Tea: ml water and boil till sugar melts. Like peppermint tea, it is also another non-milk tea that has soothing 3.Add gelatin to a cup of water and mix qualities. For best results, drink this tea around 30 minutes before your bed thoroughly. time. 4.Add mixed gelatin with boiled water Hot toddy: and cook till blending of gelatin. This traditional alcoholic beverage involves pouring hot boiling water in a 5.Blend this mixture with other mixture fruits when it cools. Refrigerate it for 4-5 little whiskey and adding a twist of honey, lemon and cinnamon stick for thoroughly. Hours. flavour. It is good to prevent cold and flu during winter and is very delicious. 6.Lastly, pour it into a container and add Nation the northlines 9 Jammu | Monday | May 29 | 2017

Constructive criticism strengthens democracy: Modi on 3-year analysis by media New Delhi, May 28 pradhan sevak (prime servant). There Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been several surveys and opinion welcomed the analysis in various polls. I consider this entire exercise media fora about the performance of healthy,” Modi said. his three-year-old government at the “I thank those who have given critical Centre, saying “constructive criticism” and important feedback.... I greatly strengthens democracy. value such exercises... It provides an He said some opinion polls and opportunity to correct the weaknesses surveys had appreciated his and the drawbacks that may be there,” government’s work, some had Modi said. supported it while some highlighted From the result of these surveys, the the drawbacks. government can take lessons and move Appreciating this exercise conducted Modi, who led the Bharatiya Janata ahead, he added. over the last one month, Modi said he Party to victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha Answering the critics of his ‘Mann Ki believed that in a democracy the polls, was sworn-in as the prime Baat’ radio broadcast, Modi said he government should be answerable and minister on May 26 that year. had not thought it would be viewed must present its report card to the He noted that the surveys have politically when he launched the people. assessed in detail his government’s programme over two years back. “...such exercises are immensely performance on all fronts and said it He said through the programme, he important,” the Prime Minister said in was a “great exercise”. had “become like a member of every THE WRECKAGE OF THE SIKORSKY VT-CMM-CMM HELICOPTER,HELICOPTER, CARRYINGCARRYING MAHARASHTRAMAHARASHTRA CHIEFCHIEF MINISTERMINISTER DEVENDRADEVENDRA FFADNAVIS “Three years back, you (people) had his monthly radio programme ‘Mann household” of the country, conversing AND HIS TEAM, THAT CRASHED-LANDED FOLLOWING A TECHNICAL SNAG SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF AT NILANGA IN LATUR. Ki Baat’. given me the responsibility of the with “my family” about routine issues. AND HIS TEAM, THAT CRASHED-LANDED FOLLOWING A TECHNICAL SNAG SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF AT NILANGA IN LATUR. Indian scientists prepare new Rs 1 crore in demonetised notes Family hails naming of new Assam rocket for takeoff in June seized in Gujarat, four arrested bridge after Bhupen Hazarika An FIR was registered at London, May 28 Indian scientists Indian rocket succeeds in by the United States, Bharuch C division police Tej Hazarika, the US-based are preparing to launch a its maiden launch,” said Russia, Japan, and new station after they failed to son of Bhupen Hazarika, and new rocket capable of Isro chairman AS Kiran private companies have all provide a satisfactory reply Prabin Hazarika, the latter’s carrying two times more Kumar. The group is failed. Last September, a about the source of the UK-based brother, have weight into space than its aiming for a launch date of Falcon-9 rocket owned by defunct bills, the official hailed the Narendra Modi predecessors. If all goes June 5. SpaceX, a company led by said. government’s decision to according to plan, the India already has two billionaire tech The accused were identified name India’s longest bridge rocket could one day be operational rockets. The entrepreneur Elon Musk, as Chatur Singh Sodha, Bharuch, May 28 across the Brahmaputra after used for India’s first human Polar Satellite Launch caught fire and exploded on resident of Barmer in The police on Sunday the iconic singer-composer. space mission. Vehicle (PSLV) can hoist its launchpad. Rajasthan, Denis Gangani, arrested four people and Called the ‘Bard of Designed by the Indian 1.5 tonnes of satellites into Using its older rockets, Isro from Bhavnagar, Himanshu government for the honour, were written”. “And also, let seized scrapped currency in Brahmaputra’, Hazarika Space Research space. It was used for has performed 50 successful Megdani and Viral and hoped the bridge will also us not forget, the region's Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 passed away in November Organisation (Isro), the India’s first missions to the launches. It earned a world Ranpariya, from Surat. span across diversities, infrastructure is 10 years denominations with a face 2011, leaving behind a rich new rocket costs an Moon and to Mars. It failed record in February after “We seized their mobile cultures and people in the behind the rest of the country value of over Rs 1 crore. and vibrant body of work in phones and documents they north-east and elsewhere. Tej and the blame goes to a lot of estimated Rs 300 crore, but on its maiden launch but successfully placing 104 Bharuch Special Operations music, literature and film that were carrying and launched Hazarika said: “May it help players, not just one party. could result in equally high has supported 38 successful satellites in orbit. Group (SOG) made the brought him a range of top savings if it allows India to missions since. The Isro’s new rocket, the arrest after intercepting an an investigation,” the honours, including the the north-east become the This is not a 'blame' game. It rely on locally The second rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite SUV which was coming official said. Dadasaheb Phalke Award. crown of India's great is infrastructure, to benefit manufactured technology to Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III here from Surat in Sheetal They did not reveal the Named after Bhupen diversity. Bhupen Hazarika everyone”, he added. launch communication Launch Vehicle Mark II (GSLV Mk-3), is the Chowk area, a police source of the scrapped Hazarika, the 9.15km bridge had a vital message for all Tej Hazarika added that credit satellites. India currently (GSLV Mk-2), can carry heaviest rocket it has made, official said. notes, but said they wanted linking Assam with Aunachal Indians. Let us pay it some for the naming was due to uses French Ariane-5 two tonnes of satellites. weighing in at 705 tonnes, As many as 11,322 to exchange them for a Pradesh near the India-China mind and bring better many appeals by the people of rockets launched from Because of its repeated roughly equal to 200 full- demonetised notes having a commission, the police border was inaugurated by education, opportunity and Assam, but also to Modi “for Kourou in South America. failures, it has been dubbed grown Asian elephants. This face value of Rs said. Modi last week. Leicester- wealth to the descendants of his sensitivity regarding my “We are pushing ourselves ‘the naughty boy of Isro’. is 1.5 times heavier than the 1,01,98,000, were found in An SOG team has left for based Prabin Hazarika told ancestors, some of whom father's position in Assam”, to the limits to ensure that Space travel is a risky GSLV Mk-2 and almost a travel bag kept in the Surat to probe the matter, Hindustan Times the family have lived in this region a and to the chief minister of this new fully self-reliant business. Rocket launches double the PSLV. vehicle, he said. he said. was grateful to the Indian long time before India's epics Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal. Youth Congress workers slaughter cow in Yogi Adityanath govt sets up 339 crime prevention Kerala market, animal activists cry foul sectors to check sale of illicit liquor Allahabad, May 28 and sale of hooch,” said a Thiruvananthapuram, asked its cadres to use The Yogi Adityanath senior official at excise May 28 restrain during protests. government has given a go department. The “beef festival” in Left- BJP state president ahead to the excise “Earlier, the division of ruled Kerala took a nasty turn Kummanam Rajasekharan department to reorganise circles was uneven with a in Kannur on Sunday tweeted the video of the itself to check the sale of single excise inspector evening when a group of slaughter, saying it was the illicit liquor and prevent having multiple tehsils Youth Congress leaders “peak of cruelty”. cross-border smuggling of spread across 4-5 police slaughtered a cow in public Youth Congress activists foreign liquor in Uttar stations under him. Now, an and distributed the cooked defended their move, saying Pradesh. excise inspector will have meat. Several youth groups it was a natural form of As part of the exercise, the of measures in 915 permission from the state only one tehsil under him,” of the ruling CPI(M)-led protest. “The Centre is excise department has set up cities/towns and 821 government. Additional chief said deputy excise LDF and Congress-headed denying food to the people, it 339 tehsil-level crime development blocks in the secretary (excise) Deepak commissioner (law), UP, UDF opposition have stooped so low for publicity,” towards animals and is the biggest cruelty,” Youth prevention circles/sectors in state was felt. Trivedi, through a missive Harish Chandra Srivastava. organised these festivals to CPI(M) member of demanded action against Congress leader Rejil all 75 districts of the state. However, the plan could not dated May 1, 2017, informed “Only seven districts – protest against the Centre’s Parliament MB Rajesh said. Youth Congress activists. Makutty said. Each sector will be headed be implemented due to lack excise commissioner Dheeraj Kanpur Nagar, Fatehpur, recent decision to ban sale Beef is a staple in Kerala and The BJP, which is trying to Police registered a case by an excise inspector who of manpower and the Uttar Sahu about the government’s Pilibhit, Varanasi, Ballia, and purchase of cattle from the new rules have caused gain a toehold in the state and against Youth Congress will have at least two head Pradesh Public Service nod to the proposal. Chitrakoot and Farrukhabad animal markets for slaughter, widespread anger. won its first seat in the last activists who slaughtered a constables and five Commission (UPPSC) was “Instead of 218 parent – will continue to function a move criticised by several Though Kerala is one of the year’s assembly election, cow in public and cooked its constables under him. asked to fill vacant posts in circles, the districts have according to earlier circles as states. “It is a thoughtless act few states where cow also criticised the meat. They were booked Reorganisation of the excise department. been divided into 339 crime they were found to be as per and it will only help Sangh slaughter is not banned, slaughtering of the animal at under IPC Section 428 and department was first After the department got preventive circles, including the norms. Changes will be Parivar outfits. It is sad that animal lovers said “such a busy market in the heart of section (ii) of the PCA Act proposed in 2010 when the equipped with adequate 121 new ones, to launch a effected in remaining 68 Youth Congress activists brazen acts” glorify cruelty Kannur while the Congress 1960. need for better enforcement manpower, it again sought crackdown on bootleggers districts,” he said. In UP, Pilibhit police beat WhatsApp Gujarat CM downplays concerns over Stone hurled at barking dog rumour mongers at their own game keeping Zika infection report under wraps leads to murder of man, violence and is said to be one of the is no need to panic,’’ he said. daughter at a Bihar village masterminds behind the clashes. Singh said one case at The rumours started with a WhatsApp Ahmeadbad Civil Hospital Madhubani, May 28 an immediate sequel to message, which started doing the rounds on was reported on November 9, A dispute arising out of a stabbing of Mukhiya’s son Friday evening, and eventually spurred the 2016 when at time of stone thrown at a barking Pradeep Kumar, 13, by district administration into taking damage- delivering child, a 34-year- dog led to the stabbing of a owner of a barking dog at control measures. “The message stated that old woman had reported 13 year old boy, and the which the boy reportedly Devi died under mysterious circumstances fever. Her blood samples, subsequent killing of his threw a stone to stop the which were tested negative Bareilly, May 28 in the district prison and went on to accuse father and sister, at a village animal from biting him. for malaria and chikungunya Beating rumour mongers at their own game, the police for the death,” said Pilibhit Ahmedabad, May 28 measures to check the spread in Madhubani district of Pradeep was grazing cattle at B J Medical College and police officials in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit superintendent of police (SP) Devranjan Gujarat chief minister Vijay of the dreaded virus in the north Bihar. The man who in the outskirts of the village Hospital, were sent to NIV used mobile messaging application Verma. “It was a rumour but some villagers Rupani on Sunday turned to state. committed the murders is when the dog went after him. Pune for further tests and WhatsApp to quell rumours and restore used it to incite others,” he added. The damage control mode after “The government has taken said to have criminal When Mukhiya saw his son reports came out positive for peace in Gaubhoj village of the district. rumours worked for the conspirators as having kept the Zika outbreak all the precautions to deal antecedents. lying in a pool of blood, he Zika virus on November 14. In recent days, rumour mongers have used villagers started gathering near the Assam report in Ahmedabad under with the issue. These cases Bhola Mukhiya, 45, and his entered into a verbal duel social media to create bad blood among highway at around 6 pm on Friday. This sent wraps for over a year. came to light a long time ago In addition to this during the daughter Arti Kumari, 22, with the person who had people that, in some cases, resulted in arson, the police administration into a tizzy. The World Health and the government has taken period of January 6 to were stabbed to death with stabbed Pradeep. The violence and deaths. Administrative officials also took notice of Organisation (WHO) had strict actions to ensure that January 12, 2017, in ante sharp edged weapons, late assailant then attacked After Gaubhoj residents clashed with police the development. It was then that the SP reported on Saturday about the virus doesn’t spread,” natal clinic 111 blood evening on Saturday, at Mukhiya with a sharp-edged over demolition of a temple on May 23 and rushed to the district prison to find out about the ZIka infections in 2016- Rupani told reporters at samples were collected. Out Bachhi village under Rahika weapon, causing his 24, tension returned to the area on Friday Gomti’s condition. The officer also recorded 17. Rupani tried to play down Kheda of these samples of 22-year- police station of Madhubani immediate death. Mukhiya’s following rumours of custodial death of a a short video, which showed Gomti holding the scare saying the cases Later in the day chief old pregnant woman was district, about 165 km north daughter, who tried to save woman prisoner Gomti Devi. The woman the day’s newspaper while the officer were reported a long time ago secretary J N Singh too took found to be positive for Zika of state capital, Patna. him, was also stabbed and was arrested on May 25 following the inquired about her health. and his government took the adopted a similar line. “There virus. The gruesome incident was died from her injuries. 10 SPORTS the northlines Jammu | Monday | May 29 | 2017 Haryana's Naresh, Benia of J&K share Gran Morh Dangal title Mo Farah runs year’s JAMMU, May 28 Bajrangi Akhara Jammu who Master, Dharam Chand, Wrestler Naresh Kumar defeated Rinka of Ashok Kumar Numberdar, fastest 5000m in Oregon (Pappu) of Sonipat in Chandigarh while third bout Mohd. Rashid, Vakilu, Haryana and Benia Min of between Nisar of Doda and Santokh Singh, Naresh EUGENE pressure. J&K Police shared the 32nd Talab of Mallerkotla ended Kumar (Pappu Lakri), ill be moving up to the “Theres a lot of people Annual Gran Morh Dangal in a draw. The fourth bout Rajinder Kumar, Om marathon after August's doubting me, Mos getting title held at Gran Morh in claimed by Teg Ali of Parkash Verma, Deepak IAAF world championships old,” he said. “There was lots district Reasi. Mallerkotla in Punjab Wazir, Dheeraj Kumar, in London, sprinted down the of talk, a lot of youngsters Both the wrestlers jointly beating Ajay Sharma of Sanjeev Sharma, Vijay Singh straight to defeat a high- coming through talking a lot. awarded with cash prize of Udhampur. In fifth bout (Biju), Tulinder Kumar and quality field in 13 minutes, I let my running do my Rs 61,000 by chief guest, Tinku of Rohtak defeated Murli Dhar (Munna). 00.70 seconds. talking. Thats what Im good District Development Paula of HP. Other Results: Javed beat “Everybody was in that probably ranked sixth or at.” Commissioner (DDC) Reasi, Members and technical Dinu, Amir Khan beat race and I used my seventh in the race and then I Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha Ravinder Kumar, Senior officials who helped for the Roshan Lal Sharma, Laikat experience to come away come with the British record, finished second in 13:01.21 Superintendent of Police Wrestlers Naresh of Haryana and Benia of J&K shake hands conduct of this wrestling Ali beat Jatinder, Pritam with a win,” said Farah. “Its the European record and and Kenyan Geoffrey (SSP) Reasi, Tahir Bhat, before start of the main bout at Gran Morh in district Reasi. event included Raj Kumar Singh beat Jamat Ali, Gulab massive, and what a way to made my breakthrough year Kamworwor claimed third in president J&K Indian Style Sharma, Capt. Lehar Singh, beat Panku, Babba beat end my career in the U.S. and ended up winning in 13:01.35. Wrestling Association, Shiv Gran Morh Dangal Director NHPC Salal, AG Sham Lal, Som Raj, Gulam Nigam, Muneer Khan beat “This track is where we London 2012. Two-times Olympic triple Kumar Sharma and chairman Committee in collaboration Ansari contributed Rs. Rasool, Kartar Chand, Capt. Dheeraj, Bharat Bushan beat started in 2011,” said the The 34-year-old, who plans jump champion Christian of Gran Morh Dangal with J&K Indian Style 10,000 as financial Kartar Singh, Capt Kamal Karnail Singh, Ranjit Singh crowd favourite who trains in to double in the 5,000 and Taylor shared the spotlight, Committee, Raj Kumar Wrestling Association. In all, assistance to the organizers. Singh, Bir Singh, Gulshan beat Kalu, Robbin beat nearby Portland. 10,000 at the world bounding 18.11 metres on the 60 bouts were decided in this The second main bout won Sharma. Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Munshi Chain Singh and Balwan “I remember it clear. I championships, said the race sun-splashed day, the third day-long dangal. Executive by Ishaq Ahmed (Lallu) of Dangal was organized by Ram, Makhan, Jugal Kishore Singh beat Natin. wasnt the favorite, I was also brought on a lot of longest triple jump ever. South Korea upset China India will retain Acid test for new Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed Champions Trophy, KARACHI screaming instructions at his explosive opener Sharjeel says Saha New captain Sarfraz fielders during the West Khan, who is currently facing to win Sudirman Cup Ahmed will face his stiffest Indies series, warned that a tribunal for spot-fixing and test yet when he leads Pakistan cannot be counted could face a life ban if found GOLD COAST Wriddhiman Saha may not unfancied Pakistan in the out. guilty. (Australia) South Korea on be part of India’s Champions Champion’s Trophy - starting “It’s true we are (ranked) Umar Akmal, the other Sunday won badminton's Trophy campaign, but the country’s No. 1 Test with a highly-charged clash number eight but we are batsman seen as capable of Sudirman Cup for the first wicketkeeper is strongly against India. his first four games, two capable of giving a tough time consistently clearing the time in 14 years with an backing the national side to After qualifying by the skin against the West Indies and to our opponents,” Sarfraz boundary, was kicked out of emotional 3-2 victory over retain the title. of their teeth, Pakistan will one against lowly Zimbabwe. told AFP. “We will overcome the squad and sent home for 10-time champions China at Asked which teams had the need to overcome serious But former captain Ramiz our weaknesses during our failing two fitness tests. The Australia's Gold Coast. chance to win the Champions batting deficiencies to be Raja believes the team lacks preparations in a camp in bowling department is in The South Koreans claimed Trophy, Saha said he could not competitive following their the skill-set needed to Birmingham and will be better shape. New boy Shadab their fourth cup in the world think beyond India. “My first struggles in the one-day regularly beat top sides in noticed for our fight.” Khan can spring a few mixed teams competition with choice is India, second choice is format in recent years. modern limited-overs cricket, learing the ropes surprises with his leg-spin in a charged 21-17, 21-13 win India and third choice is also Pakistan’s tournament in which tilts heavily towards Pakistan’s biggest task will an attack led by Mohammad by Choi Sol-Gyu and Chae India,” said Saha. England starts with the batting. be matching the big-hitting of Amir, whose swing and Yoo-Jung in the mixed “Don’t regret not being part toughest of games against “They say a captain is as other teams. accuracy was almost back to doubles match. of the team. I want the team to arch-rivals India, the good as his team and this side Pakistan is “playing the its former best in the West lacks power-hitting skills,” The victory - their first in It was an outstanding singles 21-12, 21-16 in 49 win.” Saha was speaking on the defending champions, in style or brand that belongs to Indies. occasion of the launch of a Raja told AFP. “Also, to win the biennial tournament since performance by Choi and minutes. Chen Long, the Birmingham on June 4. the 1990s when the game has Pakistan have never won special edition cricket ball, he needs to find wickets with Eindhoven in 2003 - ended Chae, ranked 14th in the reigning Olympic champion, They are looking to halt a moved on, so we need a huge the Champions Trophy but ‘Bengal Tigress’, in honour of slump that began with a first- the new ball. He has to be in lift in that area”, head coach they reached the semi-finals in China's 14-year grip on the world, against the second- two-time World champion world’s leading woman ODI round exit from the 2015 control of his emotions - he Mickey Arthur said. 2004 and 2009. On both Sudirman Cup. ranked Chinese combination and All England champion, wicket-taker Jhulan Goswami. World Cup, prompting all- must have a flexible plan For Raja, the problem lies in occasions they got the better South Korea, who also won of Lu Kai and Huang was too strong for Jeon Saha said: “There is no rounder Shahid Afridi and based on discipline to create a the number of dot deliveries of India, their only wins the Sudirman Cup in 1991 and Yaqiong. Hyeok-Jin and took 47 pressure on India. If they take skipper Misbah-ul-Haq to exit winning environment.” (balls from which the batting against their bitter rivals in a 1993, fought back from 2-1 Rio Olympic champions Fu minutes to wrap up a 21-10, pressure and play, that will not the one-day scene. Test Pakistan squeezed into the side does not score) that multi-national ICC event. down in the final to claim Haifeng and Zhang Nan gave 21-10 victory to give China a be good. If they don’t take specialist Azhar Ali then led eight-team tournament allows the run-rate to dry up. For Sarfraz, Pakistan’s victory. China a confident start, 2-1 lead. pressure and play (with the Pakistan to an embarrassing courtesy of their clean-sweep “I would recommend Sarfraz opener against India will set Upon winning match point rolling through the opening But third world-ranked pair confidence) as defending 3-0 whitewash in Bangladesh against minnows Zimbabwe to bat at four or five just to the tone for the rest of their the entire South Korean team men's doubles match 21-14, Chang Ye-Na and Lee So-Hee champion, it will be good.” and 4-1 reverses to both in May 2015, while also shake things up,” he said. tournament. descended on Choi and Chae 21-15 in 42 minutes. took the final into a fifth On India’s opening match England and Australia before profiting from England’s Veteran Shoaib Malik and “We all know how lively and swamped them in World bronze medalist match with a 21-19, 21-13 against Pakistan on June 4, Saha Sarfraz was handed the reins. whitewashing of the West all-rounder Imad Wasim will these Pakistan-India matches celebration, with Chae Sung Ji-Hyun levelled the win over Chen Qingchen and said, “It is better to not look at The wicketkeeper-batsman Indies. be required to give impetus to are, so we will turn up fully eventually climbing off the final when she mastered He Jia Yifan in a 55-minute which opposition we are is credited with injecting new But the animated Sarfraz, the batting line-up. But the motivated to have a winning playing. Instead, we should floor in tears. Bingjiao in the women's women's doubles rubber. energy after winning three of who was often spotted team is lacking the services of start,” he said. look at the process. Champions Trophy: MS Dhoni the finisher at finishing line Returning Kvitova wins Buoyed by the success of the far from here. But it's a call that the Indian But then again, we are Bollywood biopic factory, if The ability to score runs at team management doesn't want dealing with Dhoni here - the the producers of 'Dhoni, the the crunch was the cornerstone to take, at least not before a ultimate survivor Indian cricket Roland Garros opener Untold Story' plan a sequel, of the Dhoni phenomenon for tournament as important as has ever seen. There's no need they would struggle. The more than a decade. But it's no Champions Trophy. So they to reiterate how Dhoni has PARIS I'm really glad reason being Dhoni 2.0's script longer the same. A key word have gone for the experience of fought obstacles in a rather Petra Kvitova cruised into to have made would lack an important from the MSD dictionary is an out-of-form veteran than a nonchalant way all his life. the French Open second round the decision component - a winning climax. missing: consistency. He does talented teenager who is still a There were very few who on Sunday as the Czech star that I'm going Not that there haven't been win a few here and there, but bit of an unknown quantity believed in him when they saw returned from a lengthy lay- to play here," enough chances in recent times play this year's IPL final in that gave them the title and under pressure situations. his rather unorthodox - off after a harrowing knife Kvitova said - the 2015 50-over World Cup, your mind and you will know silenced all possible criticism. But there's a rider. Dinesh bordering on the uncultured - attack at her home in afterwards. the World T20 in India last where he is going wrong of This time around, things are Karthik, a talented cricketer way of batting in the early December. "Thank you year, or even this year's IPL late. equally complicated, albeit on reduced to a fringe player 2000s. But there was one who The two-time Wimbledon for everything, final. Each time, the stage was Now, it's over to the a different front. In 2013, because of Dhoni's excellence did -Dhoni himself. champion swept aside you helped me beautifully set for Dhoni to Champions Trophy - a nobody was questioning over the last decade, is also The word self-confidence is American Julia Boserup 6-3, through this repeat the April 2, 2011 impact, tournament that prolonged his Dhoni's place in the Indian there in the Champions Trophy synonymous with Dhoni. 6-2 in her first match since difficult time. but each time he failed. captaincy career four years team, but now many are. And squad. He had a terrific There's no one who knows suffering career-threatening "I'm glad speaking to reporters at And now, the clock is ticking back. He had gone into the it has a lot to do with the domestic season and in case better than Dhoni himself injuries to her left playing with how I played today. Roland Garros on Friday. - MSD is running out of time. tournament playing dumb emergence of a talented Dhoni starts faltering in the whether he is still the best hand when she tackled an There are a few things to However, the 15th seed won He might not mind mocking charades with the media just youngster from Delhi by the initial stages of the tournament, wicketkeeper-batsman in the intruder at her home in the improve but what can I expect the opening point of the match journalists in a public space after the IPL match-fixing name of Rishabh Pant. He is captain Virat Kohli has a ready- country. We can pin down his eastern Czech town of after such a long time." with a sweeping cross-court when quizzed about his controversy had broken out, as exciting as the Dhoni of made replacement option in lack of batting consistency to Prostejov. Kvitova, a French Open forehand and needed just 74 international longevity but and the sword was hanging early 2000s, and there are place. As improbable as it may his age, the diminishing hand- Kvitova was left fighting to semi-finalist in 2012, will face minutes to overcome world Dhoni is intelligent enough to precariously over his head. But many who believe that the sound, the truth is that Dhoni eye co-ordination, but the man save her career after the Bethanie Mattek-Sands or number 86 Boserup. understand that off-field the team led by him had an Delhi boy should have been on has to deliver in order to hold himself still believes he can attack, admitting her hand was Evgeniya Rodina in the next "It's a pleasure to be here, cockiness won't take him too outstanding five-game streak that plane to England. on to his place in this team. overcome those obstacles. "still not 100%" while round. Vettel ends Ferrari's long wait for Monaco Grand Prix victory MONACO 2001. It was the 82nd 1-2 in the Felipe Massa was ninth for On a circuit with only two said the Finn. enable Vettel to win, and boost Sebastian Vettel secured a team's history. Williams ahead of Dane Kevin possible overtaking places - at This delay allowed the his drivers' championship bid, memorable one-two for Ferrari It was also the 29-year-old Magnussen in the second Haas. Ste. Devote and at the chicane leaders to close up until, on lap had unfolded. in Sunday's 75th Monaco German's second Monaco Jenson Button, back for one after the tunnel, both requiring 28, they surged past Button. Hamilton finally came in Grand Prix to extend his world triumph, his third win this year race to replace two-time co-operation - this was hardly Raikkonen then passed after 45 laps from sixth, championship lead to a and the 45th of his career, champion Fernando Alonso, welcome news for those Wehrlein who, briefly, held up rejoining seventh, but Vettel luxurious 25 points over Lewis lifting him 25 points clear of who was due to race at the hoping for something other Vettel. The gaps re-opened to was out of sight, nine seconds Hamilton. Hamilton of Mercedes in the Indianapolis 500 later Sunday, than a processional contest 1.5 and 3.5 seconds with down the road and clear of Taking full advantage of title race. retired his McLaren after a decided by pit stops or Ferrari in clear command. Raikkonen, with Ricciardo a generous support from his Australian Daniel Ricciardo, collision with German Pascal reliability. The first leader to pit was further five seconds adrift in team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, who was unlucky not to win Wehrlein's Sauber. Hamilton finally advanced Verstappen from fourth after 32 third. who led from pole position to last year, finished third for Red The crash left Wehrlein's car one place after 16 laps when laps followed immediately by By lap 50, it was 10.2 the start of the pit-stops, the Bull, despite hitting the barrier on its side at Portier, but he was German Nico Hulkenberg Bottas whose Mercedes' crew seconds and the paddock was four-time champion came at Ste Devote, ahead of Valtteri unhurt. pulled clear to lead from Vettel By lap seven, Raikkonen retired, his Renault spewing oil did their job 0.8 seconds abuzz with claims about home 3.1 seconds clear of the Bottas of Mercedes and Dutch On a perfect afternoon on the and Bottas with Hamilton was two seconds clear of Vettel at Portier. When Sergio Perez quicker than the Dutchman's. Vettel's undisputed status as Finn in glorious Mediterranean teenager Max Verstappen in the Cote d'Azur, the track passing Vandoorne to take 12th and 5.2 ahead of third-placed pitted, from seventh, for front When Vettel pitted after 39 Ferrari's number one driver. sunshine. second Red Bull. temperature was 50 degrees on the opening lap. Bottas. wing repairs, he was 10th. laps, he rejoined in the lead Attention was soon Vettel's success was Ferrari's Carlos Sainz was a well- and the air 26 as the drivers The conditions were ideal Hamilton's frustrations By lap 27, Raikkonen was ahead of Raikkonen with refocused on the track when, first in the principality in 16 judged sixth for Toro Rosso stood for a minute's silence in for sunbathing, but not for race behind Kyvat were clear before behind Button's McLaren, but Ricciardo third, thanks to fast on lap 60, the Safety Car was years since seven-time ahead of Hamilton, who had memory of the victims of the incidents as the field stretched he complained on team radio. without blue flags waved to tell pre-stop laps, and Bottas fourth. deployed after Wehrlein was champion Michael started 13th, and Frenchman Manchester terrorist attack. out, the top eight remaining in "Our race comes later," said his the Englishman to move aside. For Ferrari, it seemed a tipped into the barrier at Schumacher triumphed in Romain Grosjean of Haas. At the start, Raikkonen grid order. engineer 'Bono'. "How close do I have to get?" perfectly executed plan to Portier. 11 BUSINESS the northlines Jammu | Monday | May 29 | 2017

Sensex Nifty Gold LUPIN DRREDDYSLA RIL POWER GRID Dollar LEAD MUM SUNPHRMIND SUGAR S GRAD CIPLA 30188.15 9400.90 28059.00 1111.90 2411.70 1335.80 202.85 64.36 134.95 568.55 3758.00 491.60 -62.83 (-0.21%) -21.50(-0.23%) 55.00 (0.20%) -2.29% -0.64% +2.53% +2.09% -0.08 (-0.12%) +1.61% -3.93% +15.80% -2.48% Govt open to strategic Why hunting bugs online is a lucrative job, except in India They try to break into globally, an anonymous Anand Prakash is among the valid reports - duplicate reports disinvestment in Air India: FM computer systems and secure independent British security most sought-after bug bounty that come later are not networks, and make thousands researcher "accidentally" hunters in India. He shot to regarded. "It turns out to be a NEW DELHI 50,000 crore. Your money does Air India, the finance minister of dollars out of it. None of this activated a "kill switch" fame after Facebook paid him fraction of the cost for the Finance minister Arun not go into private sector said that if a good management involves holding data to slowing the virus from $15,000 in March last year for company," says Vinod Senthil, Jaitley has said that the airlines such as Indigo, comes forward, government ransom, or misusing credit spreading. For this, bug bounty reporting a critical bug. "You who runs an infosec startup in government is open to the idea Spicejet, Go Air, Jet Airways will consider disinvestment. cards. Rather, large tech, hosting platform HackerOne can have an in-house team with Chennai. How it works is this: a of inducting a strategic partner then why should you put Rs Jaitley explained that of Rs in Air India and the civil 50,000 crore in running Air 50,000 crore debt, nearly Rs banking, and finance gave him a bounty of $10,000. limited know how to handle company may host a bug institutions. These pay bug aviation ministry was India? Government money 25,000 crore is the value of companies serve them up with Interestingly, in the case of security issues. But if you open bounty programme either on a bounty hunters anything from exploring all possible options means your money. This aircraft. The airline also has rewards or bounties for the recent data theft at up with a bug bounty hosting portal like Bugcrowd or $100 to $22,000 and more as for the ailing state-run airline. money can be used for some other assets. The civil highlighting software bugs that restaurant search and food programme, you can have the Hackerone or independently prize money. This is the first clear education," Jaitley said during aviation ministry is exploring let them break in. They search portal Zomato, the best experts from everywhere where hackers can try and After the recent spate of comment from the government a panel discussion on all options. "If 86% of the participate in formal "bug hacker allegedly asked the to analyse your systems," says break into their website or about the future of Air India. Doordarshan News. flying can be handled by the bounty" programmes held by Wannacry ransomware attacks company to hold a "healthy" the former Flipkart employee, network. The caveat is that the "Today they have a market When asked about the private sector they can handle the likes of Uber, Facebook, affecting business and bug bounty programme. pointing out that companies hacker reveals the chinks in the share of 14% and a debt of Rs government's strategy to deal 100% also," Jaitley said. Tesla, and even government government operations Information security expert usually pay bounties to the first armour only to the company. BSNL plans satellite phone service for all in 2 years Fairfax to sell 12% in ICICI Lombard for Rs 2,500 crore NEW DELHI in the first phase when there are only MUMBAI be buying a which could make it the first State-run BSNL is planning to extend about 4,600 connections in the country. Fairfax Financial Holdings, strategic stake in non-life insurer in India to go satellite phone services for all citizens in "Satellite phones also cost Rs 40,000 the joint ventures partner of the nonlife public. As on March 31, two years that can work at any corner of and more. All the satellite phones are ICICI Bank in ICICI company promoted 2016, the company had issued the country and remain immune to imported at present. Once we open it for Lombard General Insurance, by Kamesh Goyal, over 1.58 crore policies and breakdown of mobile services during citizens, the volumes will drive down is selling 12.2% in the Indian former CEO of settled over 16.2 lakh claims, natural calamities. the cost of calls as well as handset. non-life insurance major to Bajaj Allianz in it said. "We have applied to International Even, huge volume can attract satellite three entities for nearly Rs India. Under ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Maritime Organisation. It will take some phone manufacturers to set-up their unit 2,500 crore.The three funds current rules, an Kochhar draws Rs 7.8cr in time to complete the process. In 18-24 in India. We expect it to create a new which are buying into the entity holding more 2016-17: equal to Rs 2L per months, we will be in a position to open ecosystem of satellite services in the company are Red Bloom than 10% in an day satellite phones service for citizens in a to citizens in a phased manner. country," Shrivastava said. Investment, an arm of global insurance venture Chanda Kochhar, the head phased manner," BSNL chairman and The service will cover areas where no Satellite phones in India are presently private equity major Warburg Tamarind Capital and IIFL can not hold stake in another of country's largest private managing director Anupam Shrivastava networks are present and be provided by provided by Tata Communications, Pincus, Tamarind Capital, a Special Opportunities Fund, insurance company in the sector lender ICICI Bank, has told PTI. INMARSAT which has 14 satellites. which inherited the licence from Videsh company owned by the each buying 1.59% in the country. In January, Reuters drawn Rs 7.85 crore as total Satellite phones will able to work in Agencies handling disasters, state Sanchar Nigam Limited (now Tata Clermont Group of Singapore company, will individually had reported that Watsa was remuneration in 2016-17, a any part of the country, even inside police, railways, Border Security Force Communications Ltd). and IIFL Special pay about Rs 325 crore. In keen to dilute his stake in jump of over nearly 64% flights and ships, as they depend on and other government agencies will be The services of TCL will be phased Opportunities Fund, managed October 2015, after India ICICI Lombard to buy a stake from a year ago. Chanda signals directly from satellites located given the phones in the first phase. out by June 30, 2017 and all the by the IndiaInfoline group. allowed foreign players to in another insurance venture. Kochhar's basic salary about 35,700 kms above the earth. "The number of satellite phone connections will be transferred to The deal values ICICI hike stakes in insurance After this stake sale, ICICI increased over 15 % to Rs Traditional mobile networks cover connections in India is very little but BSNL. There are 1,532 authorised Lombard, one of the country's companies to 35% from 26% Bank will hold 63.31% in the 2.67 crore during the fiscal around 25-30 kms around towers and once we open it for citizens, the whole satellite phone connections that can leading general insure rs, at earlier, Fairfax, owned by general insurer while Fairfax ended March 2017, as per can transmit signals to phones placed dynamics in the market will change. The operate within the country and a about Rs 20,300 crore, a India-born Canadian will hold 22.13%, the release bank's annual equal to or below the height of the volumes will bring down the cost of majority of them are used by security release from the company billionaire Prem Watsa, had said. report.Calculated on daily tower. service. We are charging only Re 1 over forces. TCL has also issued 4,143 said. At current valuations, bought an additional 9% in Employees hold about basis, her cost to the company BSNL has started satellite phone the cost that satellite firm will bill to us," permits to maritime community for use Red Bloom, which is set to ICICI Lombard for about Rs 2.38% in the company. There was Rs 2.18 lakh. During the service using INMARSAT service Shrivastava said. of such phones at ships. There have been pick up 9% in the company 1,550 crore, valuing the are talks that ICICI Lombard year, she took home which will be initially offered to Call rates on satellite phones are security concerns on use of satellite would have to pay a little company at about Rs 17,200 is planning to list on the performance bonus of Rs 2.2 government agencies and later extended expected to be in the range of Rs 30-35 phones in India. over Rs 1,800 crore while crore. Watsa is understood to bourses through an IPO, crore. Severe underemployment more serious Proposal to cut PF Banks write off Rs 2.2L crore contribution nixed

than unemployment: Niti Aayog PUNE of bad loans in five years NEW DELHI According to 2006-07 NSSO The proposal to reduce PUNE "Severe underemployment" survey of service firms, the 650 employees and as well as All scheduled commercial and not unemployment is a largest enterprises accounted for employers' contribution to banks (SCBs) wrote off Rs more serious problem as a job 38 per cent of services output Employees' Provident Fund 2,25,180 crore cumulatively in that needs to be done by one but only employed two per cent (EPF) from 12% to 10% the five-year period ended person is often performed by of service workers. was defeated unanimously March 2016, the Reserve two or more workers, says the "Put another way, the in the meeting of central Bank of India (RBI) said in an government's policy think tank remaining service firms board of trustees here on RTI reply filed by TOI. SCBs Niti Aayog. employed 98 per cent of the Saturday. represent all public sector This assertion comes amid work force but produced only The representatives of banks, private sector banks, Congress's criticism of the 62 per cent of the outcome," the employees' unions, foreign banks, regional rural Narendra Modi government report said. employers' unions and the banks and some co-operative over creating lesser jobs. Citing the example of China's state government strongly banks. These represent over In its draft three-year action ageing work force, the Niti opposed the proposal to 95% of the formal credit given recovery from written-off those years (see table). Since agenda report for 2017-18 to Governing Council members over more than three decades, it Aayog stressed on attracting big reduce the employers' out by all financial institutions accounts constitute only a tiny 2011, banks started lending 2019-20, the Niti Aayog (consisting of chief ministers of said. firms working in that country to contribution. Employees in the country. "This could be fraction of the overall written- heavily to large corporates stressed on the need for creation all states and others) of the Niti Citing examples, the Niti India which has availability of contribute 12% of the basic the highest ever write-off in a off accounts, available data and, according to analysts, the of high-productivity and high- Aayog on April 23. Aayog said as per NSSO large workers at competitive salary (excluding allowance), five-year period in absolute shows. In the financial year problem suddenly became a wage jobs. Contrary to some assertions survey, in 2011-12, 49 per cent wages. and employers chip in with a terms as are the total stressed 2014-15, banks could recover lot bigger as "corporate "Indeed, unemployment is that India's growth has been of the work force was employed "The experience of countries like amount — a part assets in the banking system," only 11.85% (Rs 6,968 crore) leveraged built up". The the lesser of India's problems. jobless, the Employment in agriculture but the sector that managed to transform (8.33%) of which is also set said Abhishek Bhattacharya, of the written-off accounts in traditional tools of recovery The more serious problem, Unemployment Surveys of the contributed only 17 per cent of rapidly, such as South Korea, aside in a separate employee director and co-head for that year and 13.8% (Rs 9,717 like debt recovery tribunals, instead, is severe National Sample Survey Office India's GDP at current prices. Taiwan, Singapore and China, pension scheme. EPF financial institution India crore) of the written-off and Securitisation and underemployment. (NSSO), which till date remain Second in 2010-11, firms shows that the manufacturing contributions are mandatory Ratings. accounts in FY 2015-16. The Reconstruction of Financial A job that one worker can the most reliable sources of with less than 20 workers sector and the ability to compete for people earning a basic Banks and the RBI have data for previous three years is Assets and Enforcement of perform is often performed by information on the country's employed 72 per cent of India's in the vast global marketplace salary up to Rs 15,000. A often stated that these write- not available with the RBI, it Security Interest (Sarfaesi) two or more workers," it said. employment situation, have manufacturing workforce but hold the key to the creation of proposal to increase this to offs are just technical in nature said. "The information on Act, 2002, have become blunt The draft report was consistently reported low and contributed only 12 per cent of well-paid jobs for law and semi- Rs 25,000 is being discussed and an exercise to clean up the recovery from written-off in the face of such huge bad circulated among the stable rates of unemployment manufacturing output, it said. skilled workers. in policy circles. balance sheets. They have accounts from FY 2011-12 to loans from large corporate further argued that banks 2013-14 is not available with accounts. IOC overtakes ONGC to become India's most profitable PSU continue to retain the right to us," the RBI said in its RTI "Newer mechanisms are recovery from these written- reply. Though the amount needed to deal with these big NEW DELHI Sarraf said the company lost cost of production is very off accounts. "Writing off of from recovered loans in FY15 loans and they have to be Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has Rs 3,000 crore in net profit very significantly higher than non-performing assets (NPAs) and FY16 might not pertain to dealt with on a going-concern overtaken Oil and Natural due to government's natural current gas prices," he said. is a regular exercise conducted that financial year alone, the basis. The usual recovery Gas Corp (ONGC) to gas pricing policy that has Oil Minister Dharmendra by banks to clean up their numbers show the actual mechanism will not work," become India's most made the business Pradhan in a written reply to balance sheets. A substantial recovery to be only a tiny according to Bhattacharya. He profitable state-owned economically unviable. a question in Lok Sabha on portion of this write-off is, fraction of the total amount added, "Recovery will take company. The BJP-led government March 20 had stated that the however, technical in nature. written-off and also to be a time and won't happen in a IOC, which has for had in October 2014 evolved cost of production of natural long protracted process. hurry." decades been India's biggest a new pricing formula using gas in the prolific Krishna It is primarily aimed at In each of these five years, The RBI said in its RTI company by turnover, posted rates prevalent in gas surplus Godavari basin is between cleansing the balance sheet loans written off showed an reply that it did not have the a 70 per cent jump in net nations like the US, Canada $4.99 per mmBtu and $7.30 and achieving taxation increasing trend — at an required data on the "number" profit to Rs 19,106.40 crore and Russia to determine rates per mmBtu. efficiency. In 'technically average addition of over Rs of loans written off by banks in the financial year ended in a net importing country. The same for other basins written off' accounts, loans are 12,000 crore each year. The and the "sectoral break-up of March 31, 2017. Prices have halved to is in the range of $3.80 per written off from the books at worst year was FY15, when reduction in NPAs due to This was more than the Rs $2.48 per million British mmBtu to $6.59 per mmBtu, the head office, without banks cumulatively wrote off write-offs," by SCBs for the 17,900 crore net profit financial year 2016-17. most profitable PSU by IOC. thermal unit since the he had said, adding the foregoing the right to Rs 16,550 crore more than the years FY12 -16. However, ONGC posted in the 2016-17 Tata Consultancy Services, In the previous 2015-16 formula was implemented. production costs of recovery. Further, write-offs fiscal, making IOC the most India's largest software fiscal, IOC had a net profit of Sarraf said the company companies vary from field to are 'generally' carried out previous year. Banks reduce most analysts believe that the profitable PSU, according to services exporter, with a net Rs 11,242.23 crore as lost Rs 5,010 crore in field depending upon size of against accumulated written-off loan accounts bulk of the write-offs were earning statements of the profit of Rs 26,357 crore was compared to ONGC's Rs revenue on natural gas the reservoir, location, provisions made for such from their overall non- primarily in the large companies. the second most profitable 16,140 crore. business from 35 per cent logistics and availability of loans. Once recovered, the performing assets. Adding the corporate accounts. Also, Billionaire Mukesh company in the country. While IOC Chairman B drop in gas prices in last one surface facilities. provisions made for those same back, the actual gross though the percentage of Ambani-led Reliance ONGC was long India's Ashok attributed the profit year. "Our profit would have ONGC is the country's loans flow back into the profit NPAs at banks could look a written-off accounts as a Industries retained the crown most profitable company but growth to higher refining been about Rs 3,000 crore biggest gas producer, and loss account of banks," lot worse every subsequent share of NPAs is lower in FY of being India's most lost the crown to private margins, inventory gains and higher if we got accounting for some 80 per the RBI said in a clarification year than it already does. 2015-16, it is primarily profitable company for the sector Reliance and TCS a operational efficiencies, remunerative gas price," he cent of the 70 million to a media report, based on an Written-off loans accounted because the NPAs grew a third year in a row, posting a couple of years back. It has ONGC Chairman and said. "Natural gas is no more standard cubic meters per day RTI reply in February 2016. for 11-16% of overall bad massive Rs 2,56, 848 crore in net Rs 29,901 crore in now been unseated as the Managing Director Dinesh K profitable business because current output. Be that as it may, the loans of the bank in each of the year. 12 JAMMU || MONDAY | MAY | 29 || 2017 The NORTHLINES Every department should disclose ‘Mann ki Baat’: Modi greets demonetisation details: CIC nation on Ramzan 5th June is observed as World Environment Day. “It is very difficult to recon- Ramswaroop, who had sons, impact and remedial “This year the UN have cho- cile with the attitude of sought information from the measures, if discovered any sen ‘Connecting People to building steel forts—that post office in Pinto Park Air negative impact,” he said. Nature’ theme’,” he said and could not be broken even by Force area about the total He said the CPIO should not urged people to plant saplings ‘Bahubali’—around the currency exchanged there, have brushed aside this RTI in the coming monsoon sea- public affair of demonetisa- the people who exchanged it request which reflected his son. tion in a democratic nation, and the number of customers blatant anti-transparency Referring to 21 June which is if governed by rule of law,” who provided their identifi- attitude. now celebrated as World Yoga he said. cation proof for exchange. He said each person was Day, the PM said that yoga is He was referring to the 2015 The postal department affected by the decision and India’s gift to the world and it blockbuster film Bahubali. claimed they did not have even beggars, rikshaw NEW DELHI, MAY 28 People from all walks of life is now connecting the world The observations assume the information in a consoli- pullers, push-cart sellers live here harmoniously,” Modi also. “ I got a very interesting importance in the back- dated form. reeled under this stroke. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as he reached out to people suggestion, since its 3rd ground of the Prime Directing the department to “If the suffering was just on Sunday began his ‘Mann Ki across the country. International Yoga Day on Minister’s Office, the disclose the information, temporary and there will be Baat’ radio programme by Modi remembered Veer June 21, why not three genera- NEW DELHI, MAY 28 cy panel on the lack of infor- Reserve Bank of India and Acharyulu also said all pub- windfalls in future, let that reaching out to the nation and Savarkar on his ‘jayanti’ and tions of a family come togeth- mation about the note ban the Finance Ministry reject- lic authorities should reveal also be told to the people greeting people on the begin- recalled fondly his visit to the er and practice yoga,” Modi It was the duty of every gov- decision, Information ing RTI applications which information about the move officially by each and every ning of the holy month of Andaman Islands where he said and asked people to share ernment department con- Commissioner Sridhar sought the reasons behind which has affected every cit- public authority concerned Ramzan. visited the Cellular jail where their experience on his cerned with demonetisation Acharyulu said any attempt the note ban. izen of the country. with demonetisation,” he The prime minister said this is so many of India’s freedom Narendra Modi app. to spell out all relevant facts to withhold information The move to scrap Rs 1,000 “All the public authorities said. a country with people from all fighters had been lodged. He ”Swachhata has become a and reasons behind the radi- would generate serious and Rs 500 currency notes have a moral, constitutional, He said if public authorities religions and communities. expressed his happiness over mass movement today. It has cal move, the Central doubts about the economy. was announced by Prime RTI-based democratic shy away from disclosing (Follow The Tribune on the fact that today’s youth is generated a spirit of competi- Information Commission He said the attitude of build- Minister Narendra Modi on responsibility to explain to any information related to Facebook; and Twitter taking an interest in learning tiveness between the cities. has observed. ing “steel forts” around the November 8, 2016. each and every citizen who note ban, it would raise seri- @thetribunechd) about the freedom struggle of Media too has played a vital In what could be the first decision needed to be done Acharyulu was deciding a is affected by demonetisa- ous questions in the mind of “It has people who believe in the country. role in furthering the message comments of the transparen- away with. case of an RTI applicant, tion, the information, rea- general public. — PTI God and those who don’t. The prime minister said that of cleanliness,” he said. VC’s post: Two varsities, 273 applications

CHANDIGARH, MAY 28 experience as professor. Now, ‘distinguished aca- One would think there are demic career’ is difficult to long queues of job-seekers interpret. But many acade- for low-paid jobs. Not true. micians with 10 years of In Punjab, more than 270 teaching experience as pro- persons have applied for the fessor see themselves quali- post of Vice-Chancellor of fied for the post. Hence, the Guru Nanak Dev University number of applicants is (GNDU), Amritsar, and quite high,” explains a uni- Punjabi University, Patiala. versity don. The last date for submitting Critics say the criteria is applications was May 25. “flawed” as one does not The University Grants expect a scholar of emi- Commission (UGC) clearly nence to submit an applica- lays out that distinguished tion for the post. Rather, academicians are to occupy according to Dr SS Johl, the post. who has been VC of Punjabi Sources say the five-mem- University and Punjab ber search committee set up Agricultural University, by the state government has Ludhiana, those applying received 139 applications for the post should not be for the post of VC, Punjabi considered at all. University, and 134 in case “A search committee’s job of GNDU. Apart from some is to search, not select, a retired Army officers, a candidate. Instead of calling good number of professors for applications, the com- already teaching in these mittee should have universities have applied for approached persons who the job. have made a mark in the “UGC rules state that academic world. Eminent besides a ‘distinguished scholars do not apply for academic career’, the appli- posts. These are offered to cant must have 10 years’ them,” Dr Johl says. Centre to include sports in school curriculum: Naidu

need to be given at each level, from family and communities to schools, regional academies, states and national level,” he said at DD Sports Conclave today. Sports improves physical and mental health, and fos- NEW DELHI, MAY 28 ter team spirit, the Union information and broadcast- Union minister M Venkaiah ing minister said, adding Naidu today said sports movies made on lives of should be an integral part of sportspersons go a long everyone’s life and the way in inspiring youth to Centre is in the process of take up sports. include it in school curricu- On developing Varanasi as lum. a smart city, Naidu sought He said the government will people’s participation and promote traditional sports said the attitude that gov- like kabaddi and kho kho in ernment will do everything the country and will also cannot help in bringing draw a road map in view of change. the task force constituted by “For smart city project, the Prime Minister for the what is required is smart next Olympic games. administration, smart infra- Referring to the prime min- structure and smart people ister’s Mann ki Baat radio who believe they are also programme in which stakeholders in the devel- Narendra Modi had empha- opment arena. “I am positive that the ener- sised on the importance of davp 15401/13/0020/1718 sports, Naidu said the youth gy and enthusiasm shown should be motivated to take by the Uttar Pradesh gov- up sports especially in ernment will help in trans- school. forming Varanasi into a “I believe that to achieve smart city,” he said. excellence in sports, efforts (AGENCIES)