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VOL. 33 | NO. 350 | REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 | E-mail : [email protected] |epaper.glimpsesoffuture.com 111$'&(+-"-*##/./," *( Govt authorises 10 central agencies to monitor Big Boost to Industry Benefits under Northeast Industrial any computer; sets off political storm Development Package extended to J&K der as unconstitutional, that converting India into new powers" to any secu- Directorate of Signal added that these included % undemocratic and an as- "police state" won't solve rity or law enforcement Intelligence (in service ar- ' " #! "$ Capital Investment sault on fundamental his problems and it only agency, the statement eas of J-K, North East and Ten central agencies Incentive of 30%, Interest rights and an attempt by showed he is an 'insecure said, adding "each case" of Assam) and Delhi Police ! ( $ $&# $ Incentive of 3% and have been authorised by the BJP government to dictator'The order that computer interception, commissioner the Centre to intercept in- %#$" $# " ("# Insurance Incentives - all convert India into a "sur- authorised 10 central in- monitoring and decryp- The issue of notifica- for 5 years. formation from any com- veillance state" by resort- telligence, security and tion is "to be approved by tion also rocked the Rajya puter, a move that set off a The benefits given to ing to "snooping", invit- tax agencies to intercept, the competent authority, Sabha where Leader of spokesman, till June political storm Friday the Northeast, such as ing a sharp response from monitor and decrypt all which is the Union home Opposition Ghulam Nabi 2017, the benefits given to GST reimbursement, with the opposition accus- the ruling party the data contained in secretary" Azad alleged that "unde- new Industrial Units in Income Tax reimburse- ing the government of try- In a strong defence of "any" computer system The 10 agencies noti- clared Emergency has In a major step to- Jammu and Kashmir ment, transport incen- ing to create a "surveil- the government order, the was issued Thursday fied under the new order taken final shape" and "all wards promoting rapid were largely similar to tive and employment in- lance state" BJP said it is legal with night by the 'cyber and in- are the Intelligence federal agencies have industrialization and the benefits extended to centives were not extend- But the Centre said adequate safeguards and formation security' divi- Bureau, Narcotics been let loose", economic prosperity in Northeastern States un- ed to Jammu and the rules for intercepting in the interest of national sion of the Ministry of Control Bureau, Finance Minister Jammu and Kashmir, the der the Industrial Kashmir. “In fact, these and monitoring computer security, dubbing the op- Home Affairs(MHA) un- Enforcement Directorate, Arun Jaitley said the au- Department of Industrial Development Scheme of incentives are critical to data were framed in 2009 position's criticism as a der the authority of Home the Central Board of thorisation was given un- Policy and Promotion the Government of India. attracting new invest- when the Congress-led "text book case" of speak- Secretary Rajiv Gauba Direct Taxes (for Income der 2009 rules and dis- (DIPP), Government of “However, when a ment and consequently, UPA was in power and its ing without any home- As a controversy Tax Department), missed opposition's India today approved ex- new scheme was ap- very few units took ad- new order only notified work. The Centre also re- erupted, the MHA issued Directorate of Revenue charge of snooping tension of all benefits to proved for Jammu and vantage of this scheme,” the designated authority jected the opposition's a statement, saying the or- Intelligence, Central Jaitley said the oppo- J&K given to the Kashmir separately in he said. He said following which can carry out such charge of snooping der was issued to prevent Bureau of Investigation, sition was playing with Northeastern States un- 2017, only 3 benefits given the intervention of the action The opposition Congress chief Rahul "any unauthorised use of National Investigation national security and der North East Industrial to the Northeast were ex- Governor Satya Pal parties led by the Gandhi told Prime these powers" The new or- Agency, the Research and "making a mountain Development Scheme. tended to J&K,” the Malik and persistent Congress slammed the or- Minister Narendra Modi der "does not confer any Analysis Wing, "" *0. *) + $" According to an official spokesperson said and "" ")"#&.- *) + $" 2 Army officers H&MED issues Govt orders Vaishno Devi ropeway to be inaugurated on Dec 24 killed as Pakistan appointment orders placement of 3 SEs Trikuta hills of Jammu of Assistant and Kashmir's Reasi dis- violates ceasefire as Chief Engineers trict", CEO of Shri Mata Professors for 5 New Vaishnodevi Shrine in Kupwara Board (SMVDSB) Medical Colleges Simrandeep Singh told PTI. Singh said the trial " " The Government today ordered runs have been success- placement of 3 Superintending ful, with respect to "run, Two Army officers were Engineers (Civil) as I/C Chief loads, safety system and killed as Pakistani troops vio- To make the five new med- Engineers. According to an order emergency mechanism. lated ceasefire along the Line ical colleges functional from issued by the Public Works next academic session, the gov- The system certificate of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Department, the SEs promoted as ernment has started the has also been issued, offi- Kashmir's Kupwara district Chief Engineers include Balbir process for recruitment of fac- cials said. "Governor Friday, an official said. There Singh, Mohammad Iqbal Mir and ulty for these colleges. On the Satya Pal Malik will inau- was an unprovoked ceasefire Showkat Ahmad Jeelani. recommendations of Jammu gurate the ropeway proj- violation by Pakistan in Keran Consequent upon fresh promo- and Kashmir Public Service ect on December 24", the sector at 11.55 am. One junior tions, the Department has ordered Commission (JKPSC), the CEO said. The ropeway commissioned officer (JCO) transfer and posting of Chief "" *) + $" ect, which aims to make Bhawan-Bhairon passen- project works had been was killed in the firing and an- Engineers. According to the order, travel easier for Mata ger ropeway project will undertaken by the joint other succumbed to injuries DK Khanna, I/C Chief Engineer, $" Vaishnodevi pilgrims, be commissioned on venture of Garaventa AG, later at a medical facility, the Two way traffic Mughal Road Project, holding the will be inaugurated on Monday and it will be op- Switzerland and Army official said. He said the additional charge of the post of creates huge traffic The Bhawan-Bhairon December 24, officials erational for the pilgrims Damodar Ropeways Indian Army responded to the Chief Engineer, PMGSY, Jammu passenger ropeway proj- said Friday. "The visiting the cave shrine in "" &-%)* "0& *) + $" ceasefire violation effectively. jams on Srinagar- has been transferred and posted as Chief Engineer PMGSY, Jammu on Jammu highway full time basis. Sunil Kumar " " "" *0. *,!",- *) + $" Won’t go for any pre-poll alliance, PC Rahul no longer a 'Pappu' after poll
The Srinagar-Jammu high- win in 3 states: Farooq Abdullah way on Friday witnessed a will contest on all 87 seats in assembly 180 promotions huge traffic mess as the traffic ! $ instead of one way, the vehicu- confirmed in elections: Sajad Lone lar movement from the either National Conference sides was allowed by the au- " " # #(# )$" # ! $# chief Farooq Abdullah thorities, commuters said. PHE, I&FC Deptts ""%!$ * Friday said Congress presi- Hundreds of Srinagar-Jammu dent Rahul Gandhi is no bound vehicles remain strand- " " any pre-poll alliance with longer a "Pappu" and has ed at Qazigund due to the traf- any political party proved his mettle as a leader fic mess. The passengers trav- The PHE and I&FC Peoples Conference whether regional or na- by winning elections in three elling from Srinagar-Jammu Departments today ordered confir- (PC) chairman, Sajad tional but “we will con- Hindi heartland states. "" 1* *) + $" mation of the promotion of 180 Gani Lone on Friday said test from all the 87 seats Speaking at an event Junior Engineers, who have been that the party will not go in the upcoming assem- here, he also questioned the LMD books 23 erring since placed against higher posts. for any pre-poll alliance bly elections.” “Just wait need for the BJP's proposed mocked by the BJP and his The promotions were cleared at the for the upcoming assem- for the coming time, Rath Yatra in West Bengal opposition as "Pappu", a col- traders in Bandipora Departmental Promotion bly elections in Jammu many people will be join- and wondered whether the loquial sneer. Abdullah took Committee (DPC) meeting con- and Kashmir but will ing the politics wither the party wants to project itself on the government saying in- vened at JKPSC here today. fight alone in all the 87 as- former leaders or the new as a saviour of the Hindus. stitutions like the RBI are be- Secretary PHE, I&FC, Farooq sembly seats. Ansari and SMC Mayor faces. The PC will contest "Rahul Gandhi is no ing polluted under the pres- Ahmad Shah, Members for Public Notably, former MLA Junaid Azim Matoo. ent regime. He alleged that The Department of Legal the elections from all the longer a Pappu. He has Service Commission and other Zadibal, Abid Ansari Addressing a presser af- efforts are being made to di- Metrology on Friday booked 23 87 seats of the assembly proved his mettle by wining concerned officers were present at joined PC today in pres- ter welcoming Ansari in traders for violating legal across the State,” he three states," Abdullah said vide the country on religious the meeting. Farooq Shah said ence of the party chair- the party fold, Lone said metrology laws and imposed a added. Lone demanded during an interactive ses- lines. "It is wrong the way "" *) + $" man, Sajad Lone, Imran the party will not go for "" %/' *) + $" fine of Rs 7850 from them. A "" *)3. *) + $" sion. Gandhi has often been checking squad, headed by Assistant Controller Legal Metrology Bandipora, conduct- ed the inspection at Main Sub-zero temperatures in Kashmir HC stay further selection Market Bandipora, Bonakoot, Mantrigam and SumbalShadipora. On the oc- casion, officials interacted as Chillai-Kalan' sets in process of KAS 2016 "" *) + $" long 'Chillai-Bachha' in the matter with re- off. In addition, it is sub- " " (baby cold). " " " gard to KAS examina- mitted that the J&K Power shutdown The officials said tion notification of 2016. Public Service The 40-day harshest while the weather re- A Division Bench of A representation dated Commission has resort- State High Court winter period in mained dry across 17-12-2018 with the sig- ed to arbitrary scaling Kashmir, known in the Kashmir, temperatures Comprising Chief natures of 83 applicants and moderation which As per Chief Engineer, local parlance as dipped at most places Justice Gita Mittal and complaining the al- was not mentioned in Elect. Maintt. and R.E. Wing, 'Chillai-Kalan', began on last night and settled Justice Sanjeev Kumar leged irregularities in the notification when today treated the resp- Jammu, the power supply to a dry note on Friday, several notches below the J&K Public Service the post were adver- resentation filed by ag- Roop Nagar and its adjoining even as cold wave condi- the freezing point. Commission combined tised. In support of the grieved students of areas fed from 33/11 KV Roop tions continue to pre- The minimum tem- Competitive (Mains) prayer, the details of KAS 2016as Public Nagar line shall remain affect- vail in the Valley and perature last night was Examination held from following judicial Interest Litigation and K K ed on December 22 from 09 am Ladakh region as the also several points be- 2nd July to 08 August, judgements have been minimum temperature stay the further selec- M M to 01 pm. Similarly, the power mum temperatures ends on January 31, but low the normal for this 2018 has been placed be- annexed. DB observed settled several notches tion process. Division Y Y drop considerably -- the cold wave continues part of the season in the fore us. Complaints that Single bench judge-
supply to Residency Road, C
C below the freezing Bench observed that A Gujjar Nagar, Talab Khatikan, marked its beginning in even after that in Valley, they said. with regard to the digi- ment dated 30-12-2017 in point. 'Chillai-Kalan' -- a number of aggrieved Rajinder Bazar and adjoining Kashmir on Friday, Kashmir. The 40-day pe- Srinagar the sum- tal marking in the ex- OWP No. 1332/2017 and harsh winter period candidates, who are areas fed from 33/11 KV, MET department offi- riod is followed by a 20- mer capital of Jammu amination, data corrup- OWP No. 1413/2017 ti- when the snowfalls are present in person have "" *1", *) + $" cials here said. The day 'Chillai-Khurd' and Kashmir was the tion and huge human tled Hidayat Ahmed most frequent and maxi- 'Chillai-Kalan' period (small cold) and a 10-day "" / ",* *) + $" raised issues before us error are complained "" . 2 *) + $" Glimpses of Future 2 Obituary JAMMU sAtUrdAy deceMber 22, 2018 KRIYA/UTHALA 10TH DAY TENTH DAY OBITUARY With profound grief & sorrow, we With profound griefand sorrow we WITH PROFOUND GRIEF & SOR - With profound grief and sorrow, inform the sad & untimely demise regret to inform that Sh. Narender ROW WE INFORM THE UNTIMELY we inform the sad demise of our DEMISE OF SH RAMBHAJ DATT of Sh Shiv Kumar Dubey R/o Nath Koul S/o Lt. Sh. Gopi Nath beloved Sh Triloki Nath Saproo Koul originally resident ofSoafshali SHARMA S/O LATE SH HARI H.No. 17, Ranvireshwar Temple, CHAND SHARMA R/O H NO 164 (Baisaib) S/o Lt Sh Madhav Ram Shalamar Road, Jammu on 5-12- Kokernag Kashmir presently at LANE NO 20 GREATER KAILASH Saproo originally from Manigam 18. Kriya will be performed on Sh Shiv kumar H.No 150, Lane No. 2, Upper Sh. Narender JAMMU ON 13.12.2018. TENTH SH rAMBHAJ Ganderbal at present H.No 12-B- Sh triloki Nath 26/12/2018 at our residence at Dubey Barnai Jammu left for his heavenly Nath koul DAY WILL BE PERFORMED ON DAtt SHArMA 1, Laxmipuram Chinore Jammu, Saproo 12.00 Noon. Uthala will be per - abode on 14-12-2018. 10th Day 22.12.2018 (SATURDAY) AT THEIR VILLAGE BHALLAR P.O GHATI, who left for his heavenly abode formed on 26/12/2018 at shall be observed on 23rd of on December 15,2018. 10th Day December 2018. KATHUA. Brahman Sabha Parade Jammu Grief StrickeN Kriya will be performed on Grief StrickeN at 4.00 PM. SMT SHUBH LATA - WIFE JK GRAMEEN BANK. December 24, 2018 (Monday) at Smt. Mayawati Koul & Samast Koul Parivar of Grief StrickeN BROTHERS & BHABIS Soafshali, Panditas of Chinigund Verinag, Akhnoor. Veena Dubey -Wife SMT AND SH BODH RAJ SHARMA. Bhans of Midoora Tral, Dassis of Anantnag, SMT AND SH DES RAJ SHARMA Grief StrickeN Diksha & Dheeraj Gupta -Daughter & Son-in-law Bhats of Sirhama, Kouls of Sopore, Gojas of SMT AND SH PARSHOTAM KUMAR SHARMA Saproo, Sahib, Mattoo & Koul Parivar Sagar Dubey -Son Bidder Kokernag, other nears, dears & friends. SMT AND SH OMKAR DATT SHARMA 9796201680 & All Dubey Family Ph: 9419105981, 9149563643, 9469000879, 9419114357 SONS: Mob: 7006292148, 9086261739 DR MAJ AJAY KR SHARMA & DR AYUSHI SHARMA MAJ VINAY KUMAR SHARMA. 9419240924 , 9797678511,9419123346 OBITUARY With profound grief and sorrow, we OBITUARY OBITUARY regret to inform the sad and untimely With profound grief and sorrow, we demise of our beloved mother With Profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and untimely demise OBITUARY regret to inform the sad demise of our Arrandity Raina (Peti) W/o Lt. Lassa of Sh Chaman Lal Koul S/o Lt Vesh With profound grief and sorrow, we beloved Sh. Naranjan Nath S/o Sh Nath Koul, originally resident of Sofi Ram Raina of “Goshbug Pattan at inform the sad demise of our beloved Ragov Ram R/o Achhabal Adda, Lal Hamam Sopore Kmr. presently at present H. No. 153, Lane No. 1, Smt. Shanta Dhar (W/o Shri Raj Nath Chowk, Anantnag, Kashmir, present - Sari Rakhwala near Akhroat Factory Suryia Vihar Lower Muthi Jammu Arrandity raina Gou-Manasa Jammu. Tenth Day Dhar) originally from Khan Khai ly at Saraswati Vihar, House-1, Lane- Sh chaman Lal who died on 17-12-2018. 10th Day Sh. Naranjan Kriya will be performed at Muthi Ghat Sokhta, Nawakadal (Srinagar) on 4, adjacent to Amriteshwar Shiv koul Kriya will be performed at Nath near Directorate of School Education Saturday, 15th Dec. 2018. THE 10TH Temple, Tomal Bhori on 15th Dec on 22 Dec. Saturday at 9 am. Smt. Shanta Dhar “Directorate of School Education DAY KRIYA will be performed on 2018. TENTH DAY KRIYA will be per - Grief StrickeN Muthi Camp” at 9.30 am on 25-12- Sunday 23rd Dec. 2018 at formed on 24th Dec 2018 at Muthi Asha Koul -Wife 2018. Gangnahar (Ganga Ghat) Ghatt, Jammu at 9 am. Sh Shambo Nath Koul -Brother Grief StrickeN Rajinder Koul & Veena Koul -Son & Daughter-in-law Muradnagar (U.P.), 09.30 A.M. Later Grief StrickeN: Son & Daughter-in-law Daughter-in-Law Anil Koul & Hema Koul -Son & Daughter-in-law in the day, a prayer meeting will be Smt Tittly Raina & Sh Roshan Lal Raina Smt. Nancy Pandita W/o Late Sh Shiban Ji Pandita Sanu K. Gupta & Virender Gupta -Daughter & Son-in-law held from 3 P.M.-4 P.M. at Community Mohini Patwari -Sister Daughters & Sons-in-law Son & Daughter-in-law Centre, Sector-33, Noida. Grand Children -Aakash, Eshan, Vibour, Sneha & Rohin Sh Rattan Lal Wali & Bitte Wali Sh. Vimal Krishen and Smt. Rajni Pandita iN Grief & Garoo’s, Pandita’s, Koul’s, Nazir’s, Qasba’s, Raina’s Sh Veerji Koul & Sunita Koul Sons-in-law & Daughters Ph: 09811556201, 8899167944, 9622173318 Shri Raj Nath Dhar-Husband Sh Surender Bhat & Smt Jyoti Bhat Sh. Hari Krishen and Smt. Sarla Dhar Mrs Nimmi & Mr Virinder Dhar-Daughter-in-law & Son Sh Vijay Sopori & Smt Rakhie Sopori Sh. Kamal Krishen and Sujata Sidha Mrs Pushpa & Mr. Vijay Malla-Daughter & Son-in-law Grand Children: Ishan Raina, Mohit Raina, Rohit Wali, Grand Children: Upasana, Vinod, Subash, Umesh, Mrs Nirmal & Mr Sunil Bhat-Daughter & Son-in-law Ashish, Neha, Akshay, Ashna & Hemanshu Robin Wali, Tashu, Puchu, Bhavish, Angel 13TH DAY/KRIYA Mrs Kusum & Mr Dleap Boni-Daughter & Son-in-law Ph. 9728777769, 9086003555 Mob: 9469311537 With profound grief & sorrow, we in - Mr M.L. Fotedar-Brother form the sad demise of Sh Anchan Grand Children: Sujay, Arvind, Deepti, Rahul, Sakshi, Singh Rana S/o Late Sh Sandhoor Priyanka, Akhil, Ameksha, Swati, Purvi & Sachin Singh Rana R/o Arnora Ghat Doda Dhars, Tickus, Mallas, Bhats, Bonis and Fotedars CHOUBARSI on 10-12-2018. 13TH DAY/KRIYA TENTH DAY Four long years have passed since Address: C-83, Sector-33, will be performed on 22-12-2018 at With profound grief and sorrow you left for your eternal journey leav - Noida-201307 H. No. 195, Dogra Nagar Durga Sh Anchan Singh we regret to inform you the sad ing us all alone. With all your loving Ph: 9810577014, 9971014899, 9167826583, 9167826587 Nagar Sector-1 at 11.00 A.M. rana demise of Smt. Mel Kour W/o memories which will never fade. Grief StrickeN Late S. Sewa Singh (Retd. BSO) CHOUBARSI of our beloved SH TEJ Smt Rita Devi -Wife M.E.S R/o H.No F-81/3, Shakti RAM GUPTA will be performed at Son & Daughter-in-law Nagar, Jammu. Tenth Day and Laxmi Naryan Mandir, Dakki Sarajan SH teJ rAM 10TH DAY KRIYA Smt. Mel kour Sh Chanderdeep Singh Rana & Smt Lalita Devi Satsang will be performed on 22- link road Jammu at 12.00 noon on GUPtA With profound grief and sorrow we in - Daughters & Son-in-law 12-2018 from 10.30 am to 11.30 Saturday 22nd of December 2018. form the sad demise of our beloved Smt Vishali Rana & Sh Ranjit Rana am Guru Ka Langar onwards. Grief StrickeN Sh. Makhan Lal Bhat (Muflis) S/o Smt Seema Katoch & Sh Kulbir Katoch Grief StrickeN Sons & Daughters in law Late Neelkanth Bhat R/o Diver (Tral) Grand Daughters: Avni, Nitya Daughter-in-law & Son Smt Vimla Gupta & Sh Jagdish Gupta. A/p H.No 69/A, Sector-2, Lane - 2, Mob: 9797326814, 9797576814 Smt Shashi Gupta & Sh Pritam Gupta. Sharika Vihar, Nr. Telephone Tower, Srd. Narinder Kour & S. Kuldeep Singh (Kugu) Sh. Makhan Lal Smt Chanchal Gupta & Sh Kewal Gupta. Lower Roop Nagar, Muthi on 16th Amrit Kour - Daughter Bhat Smt Ramni Gupta & Late Devinder Gupta Dec. 2018. Tenth Day Kriya will be Grand Son & Daughter-in-law Smt Jyoti Gupta & Sh Pardeep Gupta. performed on Monday 24th Dec. Harvinder Singh (J&K Bank) & Manpreet Kour Daughter & Son in law. FIFTH DAY 2018 at 9.30 am near Directorate Shampy, Shanu, Simran - Grand Childrens Smt Sudesh Gupta & Sh Bodh Raj Gupta. With profound grief & sorrow we in - Education, Muthi Ghat. Sharan & Karan - Great Grand Children Smt Chand Gupta & Sh Vijay Gupta. form the sad demise of our beloved Grief StrickeN Mob:- 9419146586 Smt Rama Gupta & Sh Sunil Gupta. Sh Parmod Kumar Bakshi (Retd Smt. Kishni Bhat - Wife Mobile:-9419200395, 9419105027,9419183999 Director Rural Development Deptt, Brothers & Bhabhi’s Jammu) H/o Smt Asha Bakshi. 5th Smt. & Sh. Sham Lal Bhat - 9419211882 Smt. & Shri Chaman Lal Bhat - 9149484379 Day will be performed on 22-12-2018 Sh Parmod FIFTH DAY Sisters (Saturday) at 11 AM at Radha kumar Bakshi WITH PROFOUND GRIEF & OBITUARY Krishan Mandir Near Rani Park, Smt. Mohini Raina W/o Lt. K.L. Raina Smt. Vijay Raina W/o Lt. Sham Sunder Raina SORROW, WE INFORM THE With immense grief we inform the sad Jammu. Daughter & Son-in-law SAD DEMISE OF SMT PREM demise of our beloved matriarch Smt. Grief StrickeN Smt. Neeru Koul & Sunil Koul - 9796460862 LATA BALGOTRA W/O LATE SH Mohini Ticku W/o Sh. G.L. Ticku, erst - Parents-in-Law Smt. Beauty & Amit Sopori JANAK RAJ BALGOTRA R/O while resident of 19 Shallakadal, Smt Prem Lata & Sh Mohan Lal Suri Smt. Komal Bhat & Chander Kant Bhat – 9873418555 663-REHARI COLONY, JAMMU SMt PreM LAtA Srinagar, presently at 1F-44, Vishal (Retd Asstt Com Revenue) Sons & Daughter-in-law BALGOtrA Nagar, Talab Tillo, Jammu. TENTH Brother-in-Law & Sister-in-Law LEFT FOR HEAVENLY ABODE Smt. Mohini ticku Smt. & Sh. Ramesh Bhat DAY KRIYA and prayer meeting will Sh Vikas & Smt Suverchla Suri ON 19-12-2018. 5th Day will be Smt. & Sh. Nana Ji Bhat be held at Muthi Ghat at 9:30 AM on Ms Vimmi Suri - Sister-in-Law performed on 22-12-2018 at Smt. & Sh. Rajeev Bhat 23rd December, 2018 (Sunday). Ph No: 01912544887, 0191-2549817, 9419142615 Raghunath Temple, Katra at Smt. & Sh. Susheel Bhat Grief StrickeN 11.00 AM. Smt. & Sh. Avinash Bhat G.L. Ticku - Husband Grief StrickeN Grand Children: Bulbul, Aahi Bhabhi and Brother-in-law Smt Taro Devi -Mother Chuni Ji and S.N. Tickoo OBITUARY Mrs & Mr Vijay Gandotra -Brother Sons and Daughters-in-law With profound grief and sorrow, we Mrs & Mr Shammi Gandotra –Brother Kusum and Satesh Kumar Ticku inform the sad demise of our beloved Saroj and Vinay Ticku Sh. Shamboo Nath S/o Lt. Sh. Shiv FIFTH DAY Kiran and Praveen Tickoo Ram R/o Sagam Anantnag A/p TRT With profound grief and sorrow we re - Daughters and Sons-in-law Nagrota Block G-21. He left for heav - gret to inform the sad demise of our FIFTH DAY Kusum and R.L. Waza enly abode on 18-12- 2018.10th Day beloved sister Smt. Darshana Devi Sh. Shamboo Urmilla and Rahul Koul Kriya will be held on 27-12-2018 at W/o Late Sh. Anand Parkash, R/o With profound grief and sorrow, we Nath Grand Children : Shivani and Amit, Neha and Sumit, Ghat near Community Hall TRT Samba. 5th Day will be performed on inform the sad demise of our beloved Shilpa, Rohit, Swati, Kastur, Dharni, Seemantika and Arjun Nagrota at 9.00 a.m. 22-12-2018 (Saturday) at our resi - Smt Kamla Devi W/o Sh Hindi Smt. Darshana Bushan R/o Channi Himmat, Jammu Great Grand Children : Ahana and Ivaan Grief StrickeN dence W.No. 6/7 near Danga Mandir Devi SAMAST TICKU PARIVAR, DHARS, Smt. Vijay Devi- Wife Samba at 10.00 AM. on 19-12-2018. Fifth Day will be per - KOTHIDARS AND RAINAS (BAZAZ Sunil Kumar- Son Grief StrickeN: formed on 22-12-2018 at 11 AM at Smt kamla Devi Sh. Soom Nath- Brother Bhabis and Brothers Brahman Sabha, Parade, Jammu. Daughters & Sons-in-Law Smt Sureshta Sharma W/o Nand Kishore Sharma Grief StrickeN Smt. Princy & Sh. Sanjay Ji Maratha Smt Ravindra Sharma W/o Lt Sh. Rajpal Sharma Brothers and Bhabhis Smt. Rinku & Sh. Vimal Ji Pandita Kamla Sharma W/o Lt Sh. Tilak Raj Sharma Smt Vijay Lakshmi & Sh Sat Pal Gupta 10TH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALA Smt Raj Rani Walking through life without you is dif - In-Laws Side Himani Sharma W/o Vishal Sharma (Nephew) Smt Sangeeta ficult Mummy but sweet memories of Smt. Mayawati- Mother-in-Law Smt Isha Sharma W/o Sh. Manoj Kumar (Nephew) Smt Kamla and Sh Romesh Malgotra you will make us going. You've left a Smt. Babli & Sh. Avtar Krishen Pandit- Brother-in-Law Distt. Gen. Secty, JKNPP Sister’s and Jijaji great void in life. May your soul rest in Smt. Pinky & Sh. Mahraj Krishen Pandit- Brother-in-Law Contact: 7298415825, 9419149260, 9419113368 Sh Madan Lal Gupta peace With profound grief and sor - Sisters-in-Law & Brothers-in-Law Smt Mohini and Sh R.R Gupta row, we regret to inform the sad de - Smt. Guga & Sh. Omkar Nath Pandit Mobile No: 9419146951, 9149755209 mise of our beloved Smt. Kailash Smt. kailash Smt. Prana & Sh. Bal Krishen Pandit Sharma, who left for her heavenly Sharma Smt. Usha & Sh. Bal Krishen Koul KRIYA/UTHALA abode on Friday, 14th December, Smt. Dazy & Sh. Radha Krishen Pandit With profound grief & sorrow, we in - 2018. Tenth Day will be performed at Mob.: 8803568730, 8803702614 form the sad & untimely demise of our our residence Sarore Adda, NHW, beloved Sh Raj Kumar Abrol S/o Lt FIFTH DAY Jammu on Sunday, 23rd December, Sh Munshi Ram Abrol (Kot Wale) R/o WITH PROFOUND GRIEF AND 2018 at 11 A.M. Kriya will be per - H.No 178, Ext Housing Colony SORROW, WE REGRET TO IN - formed on Monday, 24th December, 10TH DAY KRIYA Janipur near Ram Sharnam Ashram. FORM THE SAD DEMISE OF OUR Sh raj kumar 2018 at our residence at 12 Noon. With profound grief & sorrow, we re - Kriya will be performed on 22.12.18 BELOVED SH RAMESH CHANDER Abrol Uthala will be performed on Monday, gret to inform the sad demise of our Saturday at 12.30 PM Uthala will be BUCHA S/O LATE SH ISHER DASS 24th December, 2018 at our resi - beloved father Sh Kanaya Lal performed on 22.12.18 from 3.30 to BUCHA R/O GALI GEETA BHAWAN SH rAMeSH dence from 4.30 P.M. - 5 P.M. Pandita R/o Hardhu Chanam Kmr. 4.30 at Arya Samaj Mandir, Janipur, UDHAMPUR. FIFTH DAY WILL BE cHANDer Grief StrickeN A/P Swaran Colony, L.No. 01 Near Ram Sharnam Ashram. PERFORMED ON 22-12-2018 (SAT - BUcHA Smt. Amar Devi W/o Lt. Pt.Srinivas- Mother in Law Trilokpora Jammu. 10th Day Kriya Grief StrickeN URDAY) AT 11.30 AM AT OUR RESI - Sh kanaya Lal Sh. Har Gopal Sharma- Husband will be observed on 27th of Dec. Swarn Kanta Abrol -Wife DENCE W.NO. 1 SUBASH NAGAR Pandita Sisters-in-Law & Brothers-in-Law Thursday at Muthi Ghat near Brother & Babhi OPP. RAJ THEATER NEAR AOC Sudesh & Harbans Lal Sharma, Manager, Bank of Baroda Directorate of School Education at Neelam Abrol & Lt Sh Suresh Abrol SCHOOL, UDHAMPUR. Prabha & Ashwani Sharma , Accounts Officer ( Retd.), CDS 0830 AM. Sons & Daughters-in-law Grief StrickeN Pushpa & Kundal Lal Sharma Grief StrickeN Bhawana Abrol & Sunil Abrol Smt Neelam Bucha -Wife Daughters-in-Law and Sons Smt Rani -Wife Anita Abrol & Amit Abrol Smt Sudarshna Gupta W/o Late Sh Kewal Krishan Gupta Renuka ( Manager,JK Bank, Patli) & Sanjeev Sharma Smt Shoki & Sh Sunil Kumar -Daughter-in-law & Son Diviyani Abrol & Rahul Abrol Smt Geeta Devi & Sh Hari Krishan Gupta Sapna & Rajiv Shrikul Smt Sunita & Sh Raj Kumar -Daughter & Son-in-law Daughter & Son-in-law Smt Sarla Devi W/o Late Sh Vijay Gupta Daughter & Son-in-Law Smt Sushma & Vicky Bhat -Daughter & Son-in-law Reena Kohli & Ravi Kohli Mr Gian Parkash Gupta Dr. Vandana & MK Sharma (Pr. Dist.Sessions Judge, Samba) Deeply Remembered By: Nephews MALGURIA FAMILY Grand Children: Mridul, Neha, Dhruv, Mona, Aryan, Prabhat, Pratik, Yashika, Khushi, Vidhya, Vansh. Shaly Abrol, Chekku Abrol Din Dayal Kewal Krishan, Batwara Srinagar Matngi, Saanvi, Saket, Vihaan, Ridhaan 9469511618, 9906692624, 9419286292, 7006432754 Mob: 9622323777, 9210881927, 8082470436 (LL) 01992270863, (M) 9796896689, 9149905243, 946952388 Glimpses of Future 3 lOcal JAMMU SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 , 2018 Governing Body reviews functioning of SMVD Educational trip of Reasi farmers Narayana Superspeciality Hospital Kakryal Chemotherapy and Endoscopy facilities to be extended in Jammu OPD KAKRYAL, DECEMBER 21 CRPF, BSF and the various Public and Private Insurance Companies The 54th Governing Body meet - and TPAs. The hospital also offers a ing of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi 15% discount to the employees of Narayana Superspeciality Hospital the Jammu and Kashmir Bank for (SMVDNSH), Kakryal, was held the Indoor Treatment. here today and reviewed the func - The meeting while taking a re - tioning of the hospital and took sev - view of the functioning of the eral decisions for further expand - Jammu OPD of the SMVDNSH de - ing and upgrading the diagnostic cided to further expand the services and treatment facilities to enlarge at its existing OPD Centre at Sansar Jammu Dec 21 These 57 farmers belong of. In addition to cultiva - its operational capacities for ensur - Tower, near Bahu Plaza, Jammu to both- temperate and tion, the farmers will also ing highest standards of patient for the convenience of the patients. An educational trip of sub-tropical areas of dis - be taught about plant-dis - care in consonance with the emerg - For this purpose, the GB discussed farmers was flagged off trict Reasi. In first leg of eases, pests and plant ing requirements. Dr. S. S. Bloeria, short, medium and long term meas - by District Development the tour, the farmers will health management. Member Shrine Board, chaired the Navneet Bali, Director Northern tients at this 230-bedded tertiary ures. As part of this expansion pro - Commissioner, Dr Sagar visit Badolla Nursery and They will also visit Model meeting, which was attended by Region, NH; Mr. Manu care hospital, 10 more dialysis ma - gramme, a 6-bedded Chemotherapy Dattatray Doifode from Food & Vegetable Nursery Batote. Before Mr. Simrandeep Singh, Chief Ramachandar, Facility Director; chines have been made operational. Unit and Endoscopy facilities will District Headquarters Preservation Centre at flagging off the trip, Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Mr. K. S. Dattatreya, designate With this, the total number of dialy - be set up shortly at the Jammu here today. 57 farmers Udhampur. For the next Horticulture Officer VK Vaishno Devi Shrine Board; Dr. Facility Director and Dr. Saumya sis machines functioning in the OPD. It is pertinent to mention that from various blocks of three days, the farmers Gupta briefed the DDC (Brig) Man Mohan Harjai, Chief Ahuja, Medical Superintendent of SSH, Kakryal has gone upto 24. this Day Care Centre of the hospital the district are part of will be trained at Ramban about the tour. The DDC Administrative Officer, the hospital. Further, the Front Office desks of provides an easy access to the pa - this trip to various horti - where they will be intro - also had a detailed con - SMVDNSH; Mr. M. M. Gupta, Chief The Governing Body expressed the hospital have been strength - tients of Jammu and nearby areas culture centres of the duced to trimming, prun - versation with the farm - Engineer; and Mr. Manu Hansa, satisfaction at the functioning of ened by adding more manpower to for regular check-up and follow ups state. The trip has been ing, budding and grafting ers. Horticulture Assistant CEO from the Shrine the SSH, Kakryal, while emphasis - facilitate the patients. Reviewing who are not able to visit SSH conducted under of temperate crops like Development Officer, Board side. Those who took part in ing the need for intensifying en - the to-date status of the SMVDNSH Kakryal for regular consultation. Centrally Sponsored apple, walnut, apricot, Rajinder Kumar accom - the Governing Body meeting delib - deavours and taking all requisite in regard to its empanelment with Other matters which came up for Schemes- Agricultural peach, plum and pear. panied the farmers on the erations on behalf of NVDSHPL / measures to further upgrade and the various organisations for pro - discussion in the meeting included Technology Management They will also be intro - tour. District Level NH included Mr. Viren Shetty, expand the services, wherever re - viding cashless treatment, the GB feedback and suggestions from the Agency, ATMA and duced to modern methods Subject Matter Senior Vice President, Strategy and quired. In this context, the meeting was informed that such an arrange - patients, planning of 3rd anniver - Mission for Integrated of strawberry propaga - Specialist, Raghunath Planning, NH; Mr. Sunil Kumar was informed that to further aug - ment has been put in place with sary celebrations of the hospital in Development of tion and olive cultivation Upadhyay was also pres - CN, Regional Director, NH; Cdr. ment dialysis facility for the pa - CGHS, ESIC, NHPC, FCI, RBI, April 2019 etc. Agriculture, MIDH. and oil extraction there - ent at the occasion. One Week Workshop on “Time Series Econometrics” Concludes at JU Jammu, Dec 21 sis, unit root test, panel data econometrics, etc during the The one week workshop one week workshop. In all on Time Series Econometrics there were 32 participants organized by Udhampur from different educational in - Campus, University of stitutions across the country Jammu from December 17, who took the benefit of this 2018 was concluded today. workshop by increasing their Dr.RajendraParamanik, expertise in research using Department of Humanities strata software. Prof. and Social Sciences, IIT Patna Hardeep Chahal, Rector and Dr.Sourabh B. Udhampur Campus, Paul,Department of University of Jammu briefly Humanities and Social explained the proceedings of Sciences, IIT Delhi were the the one week workshop. She resource persons for work - learning but collaboration as by presenting a detailed re - appreciated the efforts of the shop. The valedictory session well. Jhanvi Khanna, port where in it was informed resource persons who practi - began with the sharing of ex - Lecturer, Department of that total 20 sessions were cally applied the statistical perience of one week work - Economics, Udhampur conducted covering various techniques to make the work - shop by participants. The par - Campus conducted the pro - concepts related to time se - shop more fruitful. She also ticipants discussed the key in - ceedings of the valedictory ries econometrics like auto - felicitated the resource per - takes of the workshop in All J&K Need Base Casual Labour Union PDD Prortest Rally session and elaborated upon correlation, stationarity, son by awarding him the cer - terms of not only academic the conduct of the programme model fit, multivariate analy - tificate of appreciation.
Indian Army Interacts Army Organises Army Conducts SMVDU Organises Short Term Course With Retired Government Ekta Committee Inter Village Kabaddi Employees And Newly on Techniques for Generation X Elected Sarpanches And Tournament Jammu Dec 21 Meet Udhampur (J&K) : 21 Dec Panches At Hubi Jammu : 21 Dec A TEQIP-III sponsored Short Term Course (STC) on Udhampur (J&K) : 21 Dec Highlighting the prosperity, bonhomie With an aim to foster and reinforce and harmony among the local populace and “Advanced Techniques for Next Generation Networks In order to strengthen the bond be - the spirit of peace and communal har - the Indian Army, a ‘Inter Village Kabaddi with Focused on 5G, IoT and tween the local populace and Indian mony in the region, Army organised a Tournament’ was organized by the Army at Aerially Controlled Army, regular interaction with locals Ekta Committee meet at Sondar region Kalakote, Reasi from 19 to 21 Dec 18. The of Kishtwar District on 21 December HETNETs” began at the and village heads is organised by the event was part of the Army’s efforts to pro - 2018. The event provided a platform to mote positive youth development through School of Electrical & Army. Continuing the trend, an inter - the local populace from various reli - sports and provide a platform to showcase Communication action was organised with retired gions and different walks of life to inter - their talent. A total of six teams from Engineering (SoECE), Shri government employees and newly act with each other on a common plat - Kalakote, Dali, Sialsui, Songri, Parat and Mata Vaishno Devi elected Sarpanches and Panches at form and to spread the message of unity Barakh villages of Rajouri District partici - University (SMVDU), Katra, Samote on 21 Dec 18. The event was at - & brotherhood. A total 15 locals attend - pated in the tournament on league cum with an objective to provide tended by 67 persons to include 07 ed the meet. The local populace and knock-out basis. Team from Sialsui was an exposure to the faculty time of the next generation Associate Dean (R&D), Dr. Sarpanches, 38 Panches and 22 re - Community leaders lauded the initia - eventually adjudged the champion team af - members, research scholars, networks and also intro - Sumeet Gupta, Associate tired government employees from tive and expressed hope that such initia - ter beating Dali village team in a competi - and postgraduate students, duced all the renowned re - Dean (Academic Affairs), and Hubi, Kotranka, Upper Kandi, Lower tives by Army will give a fillip to com - tive and keenly contested match. The event working in the field of next source persons to the audi - Prof. P. Chandra Sekhar Kandi, Jaglanoo, Khadyoon, Khah I munal harmony in the region and occa - witnessed an over whelming response both generation networks and net - ence. The resource persons Reddy, ECE, JNTU and II, Kanthol and Swari villages of sions like this provides an unique op - in terms of participation and spectators. work security. Dr. Sachin K. from various reputed insti - Hyderabad, including the Rajouri district. The meeting was portunity to reaffirm age old traditions Over 175 locals from a number of villages in Gupta and Dr. Vijay K. tutes and industries conduct - Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, aimed to congratulate newly elected and faith in the values of tolerance, co- Rajouri District turned up to witness the fi - Sharma, coordinators of the ed various sessions. The coor - Dr. Sanjeev Jain, for his con - Sarpanches and Panches for their existence and brotherhood in a multi- nal match, which was a heartening sight for event, highlighted the impor - dinators thanked Dr. K R Jha, stant motivation and sup - success in recently conducted cultural and multi-religious society. such a remote area of the state. tance of STC in the present HoD, SoECE; Dr. R. K. Jha, port. Panchayat elections and points per - taining to role of government employ - ees post retirement in the develop - ment of the region. Various issues re - Jammu Municipal Corporation Demolishes BJP announce Training team to lated to development in the area, problems faced by the local populace and the work done by the Army to sus - The Unauthorized Constructions organise training camp for tain peace and improve the quality of living of the local populace was dis - supervision of Secretary cussed. All present applauded the Jammu Municipal Corporation, Corporators and Councillors support provided by the Army in all the illegal hoardings were re - Jammu Dec 21 Corporation at Party nated for JMC Training spheres. These meetings not only en - moved from Gujjar Nagar, Headquarter Trikuta Camp and Altaf Thakur hance the bond between the Army Panama Chowk, Zorawar Bharatiya Janata Nagar. Charak further State Spokesperson BJP Chowk, Gole Market Gadhi and AWAM but also boost the morale Party Training added that the main ob - for Kashmir Region. Nagar and Satwari etc. which of the locals which in turn assists in Department, J&K today jective of these camps is to Jammu Zone comprising were installed at different ro - maintaining peace and harmony in held meet at Party discuss the working sys - of Jammu Rural, taries and also removed en - the region. Headquarter Trikuta tem of organisation and Akhnoor Samba & RS croachments made by the shop - Nagar under leadership role of representatives in Pura District, Rajouri keepers by keeping their materi - of State Vice President & their respective ward in Zone comprise Rajouri, Army Establishes al outside their shops from the Training Department order to fulfil the mission Poonch & Nowshera areas viz. Upper Gumat, Gumat Incharge Kr. Rajeev of “Saab Ka Saath, Saab District, Kathua Zone Gymnasium For The Youth stairs, Lower Gumat, Charak. While speaking Ka Vikas” and good gov - comprise Kathua, Bani Vivekanand Chowk, Sunder Jammu : 21 Dec on the occasion, Kr. Singh Road and Mohalla ernance at grass root lev - Billawar & Basohli Rajeev Charak briefed Paharian, Jammu. Further, the el. During the meeting, District, Udhampur com - Continuing with the initiative to the agenda of meeting and Jammu Municipal Corporation Incharge and Co- prise Udhampur, Reasi, promote sports and physical fitness in said that Training appeals to the General Public to Incharge was appointed Ramban, Doda and the remote areas of the state and gar - Department is going to or - Zone Wise; Subash Kistwar District and JMC Jammu Dec 21 molished two number of ongo - refrain from making illegal con - ner interest of the youth, Army has es - ganise training camps for Bhagat Co-Incharge comprise of 43 BJP tablished a “Gymnasium” at Kuchhal, ing illegal construction work structions and get building the elected representa - Training Department & Corporators. Altaf Kishtwar district on 21 December While further continuing viz. shop at Shakti Nagar and plans whether commercial / res - tives of all municipal cor - Adv. Ishant Gupta was Thakur said that in all the 2018. A total of 53 locals and youths and intensifying the drive structure at Gandhi Nagar idential approved from Jammu porations, councils and nominated for Jammu districts of Kashmir were present during the inauguration against the unauthorized con - (structure raised by Ex. MLA). Municipal Corporation other - committees. He said that Zone, Jagdev Singh & Region training camps of the Gymnasium centre. This initia - structions, on the directions of The said constructions had wise action as admissible under on 28th Dec. 2018 the train - tive by Army was highly appreciated Commissioner, Jammu been raised unauthorizedly and rules leading to demolition / Dheeraj Singh for Rajouri will be organised from ing camps will be organ - by the youth and locals who expressed Municipal Corporation, the in violation of the building plan. sealing of the building will be Zone, Parshotam Sharma first week of January their gratitude towards the Army. Enforcement Staff led by the The Jammu Municipal taken against the violators and ised in all other districts & Keshav Dutt Sharma 2019. Sanket Sharma With this distinctive initiative, the Chief Enforcement Officer un - Corporation initiated the action shopkeers are also appealed to of Jammu Region and on for Kathua Zone, Prithvi Office Secretary Training Army has once again touched the soci - der overall supervision of Joint under the provisions of J&K keep their material inside the 29th Dec. 2018 it will or - Singh & Amit Heera for Department and Rakesh Commissioner (A), Jammu Control of Building Operation shutter line to avoid any sort of ganised exclusively for Udhampur Zone, Adv. Sharma was also present Municipal Corporation have de - Act 1998. Further, under overall encroachment. Jammu Municipal Ishant Gupta is also nomi - on the occasion. Glimpses of Future 4 lOcal JAMMU,SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2018 Manzoor Memorial Football ALSAJ delegation meets Governor 7A-side tournament Shalimar United defeats SFA HMT by 5-3 SRINAGAR, DECEM - were quick to react to the ture at many tournaments BER 21: Shalimar United situation. Muneeb Majeed in the Valley, but for some FC today defeated SFA Mir and Manzoor Hussain, reasons the team was away HMT by 5-3 in a knockout playing with their captain from playing any major game of Manzoor Ashfaq in the mid-field tournament for past some - Memorial Football 7A-side scored a piece to bring time. However, the ab - tournament here at Amar their team at par with SFC sence from the field did not Singh College ground. The HMT. seem to have made any ef - high voltage game started The first half ended on fect on the quality of the JAMMU, DECEMBER 21: and extended an invitation to him for its with SFA scoring the open - level terms with scorecard game that the Shalimar upcoming annual Losar Cultural er in the second minute of reading 3-3. However, United is known for. Over A delegation of All Ladakh Student Programme scheduled to be organised on the game only. Recovering Shalimar United came all the period of time, the team Association Jammu (ALSAJ), led by its 30th December. from the early jitters, guns blazing in the second has infused new blood and President Lobzang Norboo, met Governor Governor urged the members of the Shalimar United soon half. With their striker, has made some drastic Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here to - delegation to work hard and contribute scored the equalizer Syed Mustafa displaying change in its playing day. constructively in building a peaceful and through its striker Syed his excellent skills with the him scoring two more 5-3 in Shalimar United’s squad, yet the class affiliat - The delegation thanked Governor for progressive society. He wished them Mustafa, who effortlessly ball and Shalimar United’s goals for his side. Playing favour. Syed Mustafa for ed with it has not dimin - giving a full fledged University for Ladakh bright future ahead. broke SFA’s defense to put overall accuracy in ball with their 2-3-1 combina - his overall brilliance and ished even a little bit as the ball in their net. passing proved as the ma - tion Shalimar United’s de - hattrick was awarded the Amar Singh college The SFA managed to jor difference between the fence managed by Sahil man of the match award at ground on Thursday stood score two more goals after two sides. Syed with his and Basarath alias Basu the end of the game.\ witness to it. Playing in yel - ADC Bandipora for special this and so did the lethal striking power creat - ensured that lead taken by Shalimar United FC- led by low jerseys, the team took Shalimar United. ed fear among the opposi - their team was main - its manager cum captain little time to warm up to the Shalimar United players tion camp, only to result in tained. The game ended on Ashfaq, was a regular fea - game. awareness campaign BANDIPORA, DECEMBER 21: Officer Bandipora Munshi ities. Javed, District Social Mir also directed the Additional Deputy Welfare Officer Altaf Department of Rural Addl Secy MoRD reviews implementation 2 girls from Kulgam Commissioner Bandipora Hussain, representative of Development to hold Zahoor Ahmad Mir on Govt Degree College awareness programs in of Himayat, Umeed schemes in JK selected for National Friday directed to launch Sumbal, BDO Bandipora, rural areas and engage the a special campaign for cre - Nodal Officer Khelo India, gram Panchayats in the JAMMU, DECEMBER 21: Operating Officer, HMMU said that the State Government Science Congress ating awareness among Peerzada Khursheed program with special fo - briefed the meeting about the is taking both these schemes se - girls with regard to educa - Ahmad Shah, all CDPOs cus of women empower - SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 21: Additional Secretary, progress and implementation of riously as it is directly linked tion and sports. and supervisors of ICDS ment. The Department of Ministry of Rural Development the Himayat scheme. It was giv - with the youth of the State. She While chairing a meet - besides other officials. Social welfare was also di - Two Girl students from Government (MoRD), Government of India ing of officers, Mir asked en out that 32 projects have added that stringent instruc - Girls Higher Secondary School Kulgam He also urged the de - rected to participate in the Alka Upadhyay today chaired been sanctioned and presently tions have been issued to PIA to have been selected for National level com - them to initiate a special partment of education to 15-day long program that an elaborate meeting to review as many as 5590 candidates are complete the stipulated target. petition in Science Congress at drive for next 15 days un - hold special drive in next will focus on women em - progress and implementation of under training. She also informed the meeting Bhubaneswar Orissa to be held from 27-31 der 15 days to enroll more girl powerment. Himayat & Umeed schemes run Additionally, 2586 candi - that Himayatcentres will be es - December 2018. Director School BetiBachaoBetiPadhao to child and school drop outs He said that by the Department of Rural dates have already completed tablished in each and every dis - Education Kashmir, Dr G N Itoo has focus on empowerment of so that they can continue BetiBachaoBetiPadhao Development & Panchayati Raj, training out of which 1177 can - trict of the State. Pertinent to hailed the performance of both the stu - girl child. He asked the of - their studies. campaign has proved J&K. didates placed in various sec - mention, Himayat is Skill dents who were awarded a cash prize of ficials to hold seminars, The department of quite fruitful in creating Secretary, Rural tors under Himayat. Development-cum-Placement rupees 5000 for this achievement. The two symposiums, conferences, Youth Services and Sports mass awareness regard - Development & Panchayati Raj, Addl. Secretary said that programme for unemployed students namely Zeenat Ansari class 12th workshops, sports and was also directed to dedi - ing the importance of girls Sheetal Nanda, Mission employment space available in youth targeted at school and and Nazima Naushad, class 11th have al - other events to create cate the next 15 days for in building a balanced so - Director, Umeed Abdul Rashid the country can be captured by college drop-outs. ready been selected at the State level com - awareness among women the girl child and organise ciety. He added that this Var, Regional Head, DDUGKY, the youth of J&K State through Later, the Additional petition held in Jammu for their project folk about various initia - sports events and training scheme is very effective in Murtaza Hussain Mir, Chief skill development training and Secretary, Alka Upadyay work on “PhysolisAlkenerg” a multi- di - tives taken by the govern - programs for girls under enhancing the number of Operating Officer, Himayat, honing of their energy in the de - toured Himayat centres and ex - mensional plant from the prospect of ment for women empower - Khelo India and also asked girl children and in bring - Kapil Sharma were also present velopment process in the State pressed satisfaction about the Health and Environmental. Both the fe - ment. them to hold special mar - ing down the dropout rate male students were working on the proj - in the meeting. and the country. Secretary to training progress and other The meeting was at - tial arts coaching for girls in schools and number of ect for last 6 months under the guidance of Kapil Sharma, Chief Government, Sheetal Nanda arrangements. tended by Chief Education besides other sports activ - female foeticide cases. Khursheed Ahmad Rather. DDC Reasi flags off farmers VC KVIB reviews functioning of Board group for exposure tour REASI, DECEMBER 21: Rs 33.68 crore subsidy
District Development Commissioner, Dr Sagar disbursed under PMEGP Dattatray Doifode today flagged off a group of 57 farmers of various blocks of the district for an expo - sure visit to horticulture centres of the state. JAMMU, DECEMBER 21: Jammu and Kashmir Rural The visit has been organised by the Department Employment Generation of Horticulture under Centrally Sponsored Schemes Vice-Chairperson Jammu Programme, by establishing Agricultural Technology Management Agency, (AT - and Kashmir Khadi and Village more than 1890 micro industrial MA) and Mission for Integrated Development of Industries Board (KVIB), Dr units across the state. Agriculture, (MIDH). The participating farmers be - HinaShafi today reviewed the Appreciating the work of Board, longed to both temperate and sub-tropical areas of functioning of the Board here at a Vice Chairperson underscored district. During the tour, the farmers will visit meeting. The meeting was attend - the need for reaching to the re - Badolla Nursery and Food & Vegetable Preservation ed by Secretary/CEO, KVIB, mote and far-flung areas of the Centre at Udhampur and for the next three days they Rashid Ahmed Qadri, Financial State. She exhorted upon the offi - will be trained at Ramban where they will be intro - Advisor & CAO, KVIB- cers to organize awareness camps duced to trimming, pruning, budding and grafting of Mohammad Ashraf Iqbal Haqla, for the common masses, especial - Secretary/CEO while highlight - 2018 has established 1762 micro Caste Scheduled Tribe Hub temperate crops like apple, walnut, apricot, peach, Dy Chief Executive Officer-Javed ly youth in a bid to extend finan - ing Board’s achievements said industrial units involving mar - (NSSH) in J&K State. He also ap - plum and pear. The trainees will also be introduced Anjum Mir, Divisional Officer cial help for their sustainable liv - that under Prime Ministers gin money outlay of Rs 33.68 prised Vice Chairperson that to modern methods of strawberry propagation and Jammu-Pawan Gupta, ing. “Far flung areas of the State, Employment Generation crore, thereby envisaging em - State Government has designated olive cultivation besides oil extraction thereof. Administrative Officer-MY especially Leh and Kargil must be Programme, the board has sur - ployment for 11450 persons. J&K KVIB as the Implementing Besides, the farmers will also be taught about plant- Reshi, Publicity Officer Pardeep made priority for organizing passed the target of 1002 micro in - Secretary informed the chair that Agency for the implementation of diseases, pests and plant health management besides Singh and district officers and of - awareness camps, seminars and dustrial units by establishing in July 2016, J&K Khadi & Village newly launched Jammu and visiting Model Nursery Batote. Earlier, Chief ficials of the board. The meeting workshops, so that common peo - 2024 micro industrial units in Industries Board was designated Kashmir Rural Employment Horticulture Officer VK Gupta briefed the DDC was informed that KVIB has dis - ple of those areas can avail bene - 2017-18. He added that the Board as Nodal Agency (NA) for the Generation Programme, involv - about the tour. bursed Rs 33.68 crore subsidy un - fits of these schemes,” said Dr recorded 202 percent of the physi - state of J&K under SFURTI by ing margin money of Rs. 25.00 Horticulture Development Officer, Rajinder der Prime Minister’s HinaShafi Bhat, adding that such cal target and 175 percent of the fi - Ministry of MSME (GOI). The Crores. As of Now the Board has Kumar, accompanying the farmers during the tour. Employment Generation programmes must be organized at nancial target within the span of Board has also been nominated as established 123 micro industrial District Level Subject Matter Specialist, Programme and sanctioned Rs least once in a month. Earlier, one year. In 2018-19, against the Nodal Agency for the implemen - units under REGP involving mar - Raghunath Upadhyay was also present at the occa - 3.45 crore under newly launched target of 797, the Board as on 20-12- tation of National Scheduled gin money of Rs 3.45 crore. sion. PWD seeks ADC Srinagar flags off mobilization Improve income of farmers by technology stakeholders’ views van for skill training promotion on draft Standard under Himayat interventions: Dr Samoon to scientists Bid Document SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 21: Inaugurates cattle awareness cum demonstration camp JAMMU, DECEMBER 21: Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, KK The Public Works (R&B) Sidha, Friday flagged off a mobilisation van for pro - JAMMU, DECEMBER 21: moting skill training among the unemployed youth Department has said that it is under Himayatprogramme. Asking scientists to improve in the process of reframing the The van is a part of the mobilisation component livelihood of farmers through Standard Bidding Document of the training-cum-placement programme which in - technology interventions, (SBD) for inviting cludes skill development training and job placement Principal Secretary to Animal, tenders/bids for roads, build - of the unemployed youth of the State. Sheep and Fisheries department, ings and bridges etc. The component will include mobilisation aimed Dr Asghar Hassan Samoon asked According to Commissioner at creating awareness in villages and colonies target - for modernization of laboratories Secretary R&B, Khurshid ing school and college dropouts. Those interested to meet the challenges. Ahmad Shah, the Department will then be offered free-of-cost six-month skill train - “We have to focus on giving has put the Draft Standard Bid ing at dedicated centres followed by job placement in high yielding breeds of livestock Document in the public do - the organised sector.The van is a part of the mobilisa - to the farmers with the commer - main to seek tion component of the training-cum-placement pro - cial potential so that it becomes suggestions/views of the gramme which includes skill development training one of the preferred entrepreneur - stakeholders. He said the draft and job placement of the unemployed youth of the ships in the state. Livestock busi - SBD is available on the official State. ness should fetch farmer good re - website of the Public Works The trainees will be entitled to free boarding and turns, and then only he will ex - ior officers of department. A de - Veterinary sciences department Meanwhile, Dr Samoon inaugu - lodging for residential and travel allowance of 120 ru - pand his business,” he said during tailed deliberation was held with and interacted with young re - rated demonstration come aware - Department at: http://jkpw - pees a day for non-residential candidates, free books an interaction with professors of professors for increasing the searchers. ness camp organised under drb.nic.in/pdfs/Tender-sbd- and stationary, free medical assistance and a tablet veterinary sciences at Chatha farmer’s income with their pro - They sought intervention of Agriculture Technology RandB-2018.pdf (gadget) during the training. campus of SKUAST-Jammu. He posed technological interven - Principal Secretary in setting up a Management initiative here at The comments/sugges - The programme is being run by Assent Infotech was accompanied by Director tions. On the occasion, Dr Samoon separate veterinary university in Animal Husbandry department tions on SBD can be mailed to Private Limited. Himayat is a placement linked skill Animal Husbandry Jammu highlighted the scope of the live - the state and informed him about Regional cattle development Commissioner Secretary training programme for unemployed youth of Victor Kaul, Chief Animal stock sector in the state and chal - its scope for growth of livestock centreMiran Sahib. Hundreds of PW(R&B) Department on com - Jammu & Kashmir and is being implemented by the Husbandry Officer Jammu lenges and opportunities it offers sector here. Dr Samoon assured farmers had gathered at the [email protected] by J&K State Rural Livelihoods Mission. Mohammad Ismail and other sen - in lessening the import bill of the them that their demands will be awareness event organized to in - 11th January 2019. state. Later, he had a tour of projected at appropriate level. form them about various scheme. Glimpses of Future 5 lOcal JAMMU SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2018 Horticulture department Chairman SPCB convenes Training cum workshop on organizes awareness 6th Census of MISs, WBs held meeting with Polythene Carry UDHAMPUR, DECEMBER 21: camp in Kathua The Revenue department organized day long training cum workshop for revenue officers and KATHUA, DECEMBER 21: farmer’s fields for on spot officials regarding 6th Census of Minor Irrigation solutions of their technical Bag Manufacturers Schemes and Census of Water Bodies here today. The Department of issues. She exhorted upon District Development Commissioner, Ravinder Horticulture today organ - the Sericulture department Kumar was the chief guest on the occasion. ized a mega awareness to redouble their efforts to Emphasizes constitution of Producer Responsibility Deputy Director Planning FCR Office, Khursheed camp here at village Sahar. make kathua number 1 in Khassana gave a brief about the minor irrigation Director Horticulture, cocoon production which census reference 2017-18. While addressing the Rakesh Kumar Srangal, occupies 3rd rank in the Organisations for effective management of plastic waste gathering, the DDC said that irrigation plays a was the chief guest, while state. JAMMU, DECEMBER 21: Scrap Dealers, who have easy access thene bags below 50 microns in the pivotal role in enhancing agricultural produc - Additional District The Chief Horticulture to Mohallas and streets to collect the State and assured them that their tion. He said that the water management is of cru - Development apprised the meeting about Chairman, State Pollution used polythene from source or they names shall be kept secret. cial importance for sustained development of Commissioner, Shubra the status of Mango village Control Board, Ravi Kesar Kumar shall also constitute a Producer The members of the Polythene agriculture. He exhorted upon the field func - tionaries to step up their efforts for effective im - Sharma, was the guest of established under CAPEX today convened a meeting with the Responsibility Organisation (PRO) manufacturers association of above plementation of policy and planning regarding honor. 2018-19 saying that about 100 Polythene Carry Bag Manufacturers for effective management of plastic 50 Micron promised to extend their Over 200 orchardists minor irrigation in their respective areas. Among ha of land would be covered of above 50 microns. waste. full cooperation in effective imple - from Sahar and its adjoin - others present were Tehsildar ead , Arti under the project in four Member Secretary SPCB, Member Secretary SPCB mentation of Plastic Waste ing villages participated in years. Besides, 22.85 ha land Bhardwaj, Tehsildar Udhampur, Ved Parkash B.M.Sharma, Regional Director, stressed upon all the polythene man - Management Rules. Member the camp. has been covered in Mango Assistant Director FCR Office, Mohd Iqbal be - SPCB, Shally Ranjan, Legal Advisor, ufacturers to strictly adhere to the Secretary SPCB stressed upon all the Deputy Director villages, Janglote, Sahar, lo - sides all Naib Tehsildars, Patwaries, GQ’s and SPCB M.M.Shah and other senior of - Rules and Regulations of the Plastic polythene manufacturers to strictly Sericulture, Anju Koul, gate, Kharote Budhi, field functionaries of concerned departments. ficers participated in the meeting. Waste Management (Amendment) adhere to the Rules and Regulations Chief Horticulture Officer, Mearth, Nanan, Bhallwar The Chairman expressed con - Rules, 2018 and other such SROs is - of the Plastic Waste Management Chaman Lal Sharma, and Ghati during the cur - LMD books 23 erring traders cern over the menace of polythene sued by the State government from (Amendment) Rules, 2018 and other District level Subject rent year. carry bags below 50 microns being time to time and any violation in this such SROs issued by the State gov - Matter Specialist, Sanjeev Sarpanchs, Bholi in Bandipora supplied in the open market despite regard shall be dealt with strictly un - ernment from time to time and any Kumar and Horticulture Singh, Mohan Singh and BANDIPORA, DECEMBER 21: ban on it by the state government. der Rules. violation in this regard shall be dealt Development Officers of dif - Om Parkash Panchayat He asked the manufacturers to come Regional Director SPCB empha - with strictly under Rules. ferent blocks, Sarpanchs, Sahar, Kharote and Budhi The Department of Legal Metrology on Friday up with a buy-back action plan un - sised upon all the manufacturers of They also promised to buy back Panchs and prominent citi - respectively spoke on the booked 23 traders for violating legal metrology der Extended Producer zens were present on the oc - occasion and assured the polythene Carry bags of Jammu re - the used polythene carry bags at laws and imposed a fine of Rs 7850 from them. A Responsibility (EPR) involving State casion. department of all support gion to come forward and inform the about Rs 30/kg and also give wide checking squad, headed by Assistant Controller Urban Development Department ei - The Director asked the towards promoting Board about the illegal manufactur - publicity regarding this campaign to Legal Metrology Bandipora, conducted the in - farmers to take optimum Horticulture in the district. ther individually or collectively ing and trading of Polythene carry give awareness among the general spection at Main Market Bandipora, Bonakoot, advantage of such aware - On the occasion, the through their own distribution bags below 50 Micron. She also masses to give up the practice of Mantrigam and SumbalShadipora. On the occa - ness programmes to en - Director along with other channel or through the concerned lo - asked the manufacturers to inform “throw away plastic culture “ and in - sion, officials interacted with the customers and hance their knowledge in dignitaries released a hand - cal body. He also advised manufac - her telephonically about the illegal stead adopt environment friendly informed them about consumer rights besides the latest techniques of book titled “Mango village turers to involve Rag Pickers and manufacturing and trading of poly - practices. various relevant laws of legal metrology. farming. He urged upon the for entrepreneurship Sarpanchs and Panchs of Development of farmers” the area to take up horticul - which will serve as handout ture related issues of their (technological tool) for ben - GOverNMeNt Of JAMMU AND kASHMir DDC Ramban reviews progress areas with the department eficiaries of mango village Office Of tHe StAte PrOJect DirectOr, POSHAN ABHiYAAN, J&k for redressal. He stressed The programme con - Sheikh Hamza Complex, Sheedgunj Srinagar / Haj House 3rd Floor Rail Head, Jammu the farmers to integrate the cluded with distribution of Horticulture with other al - improved toolkits among ADvertiSeMeNt NO: 02 Of 2018 on Power sector schemes lied sectors viz. the trainees of the Skill de - DAteD: 20 . 12. 2018 RAMBAN, DECEMBER 21: of Highway four-lane project and other util - Agriculture, Floriculture velopment programme and Applications on prescribed format are invited from eligible candidates of J&K State, for fol - ities including their reinstallation. He di - and Sericulture to get round beneficiaries of Mango vil - District Development Commissioner rected concerned department to take up the year income. lage. Besides, 500 mulberry lowing posts on contractual basis for centrally sponsored scheme POSHAN Abhiyaanas Showkat Aijaz Bhat, today chaired a meet - shifting of tower work in time to avoid any The ADDC asked the plants were also distributed per below given details. ing of the concerned officers and executing power breakdown and untoward incident field functionaries to strive among the participants to S. No. Position No. of Posts Level Consolidated Remuneration agencies to review the progress on execu - besides ensuring immediate protection of hard for achieving the tar - give fillip to peripheral 01. District Coordinator 22 District Rs. 30,000/- per Month. tion of several projects and schemes under vulnerable towers. He also reviewed the gets in full and also conduct plantation in mango or - power sector. The DDC took a comprehen - progress status receiving stations and pro - regular visits to the chards. 02. District Project Assistant 22 District Rs. 18,000/- per month. sive review of schemes viz Saubhagya, posed augmentation.The DDC stressed up - The detailed advertisements, terms & conditions and Applications forms are available on UJALA, PMDP, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya on the officers to strengthen the existing the official website of the Department i.e., www.jkicds.com. Gram Jyoti Yojana and directed the con - LT, HT network besides argumentation of Last date for receipt of Application forms 10-01-2019 ( Thursday) till 4:30P.M cerned for achieving 100% target of electri - sub stations which are overloaded at the fication of all households under For any enquiry and clarification contact: earliest. The DDC was apprised regarding Saubhagya. It was informed in the meeting the status of establishment of transformer 0191-2479030 State Project Director, POSHAN Abhiyaan J&K, Jammu that five languishing power projects have bank and workshop in Banihal and Batote. 0194- 2450083 Deputy Director ICDS Kashmir been sanctioned and work would be started The meeting also discussed the issue of re - 0191-2479880 Deputy Director ICDS Jammu soon. The DDC fixed the time line for com - pairement of damaged transformers in the Sd/- pletion of ongoing power projects in the dis - district and it was impressed upon PDD trict asking the executing agencies to fur - that all the damaged transformers should virJiHangloo (kAS) ther step up their efforts to achieve the set be repaired at the earliest on first come State Project Director, targets. He reviewed the progress on shift - service basis and be installed at their re - DiP/J- 4291-P/18 POSHAN Abhiyaan, J&k (Jammu) ing of HT towers coming in the alignment spective locations immediately.
GOverNMeNt Of JAMMU AND kASHMir DSEK promotes 636 officials Office Of tHe DePUtY cOMMiSSiONer DODA SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 21:
Notification No. 01 of 2018 dated 19-12-2018 Director School Education Kashmir Dr. G.N. Sub: Declaration of missing persons as "PERSUMED DEAD". Itoo today accorded sanction to the promotion of 636 Whereas, the Senior Superintendent of Police Doda vide his communication, as detailed against each below men - officials, including 59 non-teaching cadre to the tioned person, has reported that the persons are missing for last more than seven years. higher pay scale. 1888 officials in Teaching and Non- teaching have been given benefit of promotion from Whereas, the Senior Superintendent of Police Doda vide his communication has recommended for taking neces - July 2018. Pertinently, the Directorate has devised a sary action under Section 108 of Evidence Act Samvat, 1977 in the said cases: transparent mechanism for prompt disposal of all S. Name of Particulars of the Date of FIR/DD No Name of Police Station/ No. and Date of report cases including GP Fund cases. No Tehsil missing person missing & Date IC PP where report of SSP Doda Meanwhile, Director has also granted registra - entered tion to 107 Private Coaching Centres on the terms 1. Doda Shashi Devi W/0 Rakesh Kumar 20-10-1994 DD No. 13 Police Station Doda CRB/Missing/2017/ and conditions already in vogue. This has been done R/O Shiva dated 22-10-1994 32671-71dated with the objective of providing additional facility for 13-10-2017 students who want to pursue career in various com - 2. Kahara Mureed Baksh S/O Ghazi Gujjar 02-12-1994 N/A N/A CRB/Exg/Missing/ petitive professions, Director hoped that teaching R/O Bathri 2013/5932dated 13-02-2014 and non-teaching officials shall work with more zeal and responsibility for the achievement of quality ed - 3. Assar Sadiq S/O Jamal Din Bakerwal 09/1999 DD No.06 dated Police Station Assar CRB/Missing/14/2 R/O Karmail 06-10-1999 5650-54 dated ucation in schools. 11-06-2014 4. Kastigarh Mumtaza Banoo D/O Ghulam 03/04-06-2000 FIR No. 67/ 2000 Police Station Doda CRB/SHRC/2017/4 Mohd Butt R/O Dhandal U/S 452, 363 RPC 1491-94 dated ADC reviews Special Summary dated 07-06-2000 29-12-2017 5. Kastigarh Kunj Lal S/O Rasila Ram 01-11-2001 DD No. 04 dated Police Station Doda CRB/Missing/18/3 Revision of Electoral Rolls R/O Mundhar 11-11-2001 2619-21 dated 15-09-2018 BHADARWAH, DECEMBER 21: 6. Doda Sudesh Kumar S/O Om Raj 05-04-2002 DD No. 03 dated Police Post Khellani CRB/Exg/13/31767 R/O Sarsi 08-04-2005 dated 20-09-2013 Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Ravi 7. Doda Mohd Akram S/O Kher Din Batt 05-04-2002 DD No. 03 dated Police Post Khellani CRB/Exg/13/31767 Kumar Bharti, today chaired a meeting here to re - R/O Sarsi 08-04-2005 dated 20-09-2013 view Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls- 8. Doda Bipan Kumar S/O Gian Singh 05-04-2002 DD No. 03 dated Police Post Khellani CRB/Exg/13/31767 2019 in Sub District Bhadarwah. The meeting was at - R/O Sarsi 08-04-2005 dated 20-09-2013 tended by AEROs and supervisors besides the staff of 9. Bhagwah Mansoor Ahmed S/0 Mohd Sharief 20-07-2004 N/A N/A CRB/Exg/Missing/14/ election cell of tehsil Bhadarwah, Bhalla, Thathri, R/O Kotal Bijarni 7882 dated 28-02-2014 Chiralla, Kahra, Gundoh and Chillipingal. 10. Doda Shamoon Ahmed S/O Ghulam Hassan 12/ 2004 N/A N/A CRB/Exg/2014/20 393 While reviewing the percentage of inclusions in R/O Koti dated :10-05-2014 the roll, the AERO informed that booth level camps 11. Kastigarh Zubaida Banoo D/O Mohd Iqbal Dar 03-03-2009 DD No.03 dated Police post Kastigarh CRB/Missing/18-03- shall be held on 23 December 2018 (Sunday) at all R/O Kuddhar 05-03-2009 2914-16 dated polling stations by the concerned BLOs. He said the 18-09-2018 electoral rolls shall be read to seek the objections so Whereas, the SSP Doda vide his communication referred in column No. 07 above, has also further reported that that purification and updating of electoral rolls be despite strenuous efforts made by the Police as well as concerned relatives/family members, the said missing per - made. During the meeting, the AEROs presented sons could neither be traced out nor their whereabouts known. physical verification reports of polling stations, de - Whereas, the above detailed persons remained untraced from the dates shown against each above in column tail of disable voters, besides the report of PR and NPR voters and updated detail of claims and objec - No. 04, for the whole period falling subsequently. The SSP Doda has recommended for necessary action in the cas - tions as per format up-to 20th December 2018 before es U/S 108 of Evidence Act Svt. 1977. the Electoral Registration Officer. Whereas, the cases have been discussed and subsequently cleared by the District Level Screening cum Coordination Committee Doda in its meeting held on 14-12-2018, for issuance of declaration of the missing persons, "as presumed dead" and grant of relief of Rs. One lac, benefit under SRO-43 of 1994, SRO-199 of 2008 as the case DLSA awareness camp in may be in each missing case as detailed enlisted at S. No. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9, in the above list. Therefore, it is hereby notified for information of general public, relatives/family members/neighbours of the Arigatnoo today above said missing persons that if any of themhas/have any information with regard to aliveness/well being of any KULGAM, DECEMBER 21: missing person(s), he/she/they should report the matter to the Additional Deputy Commissioner Doda, immediately for further necessary action. Further more, it is also desirable by virtue of publication of this notification that any per - District Legal Service Authority Kulgam is or - son(s) having any objection with regard to issuance of declaration of death of missing persons and grant of ex-gratia ganising an awareness camp regarding various Government Schemes here at Arigatnoo Village to - relief, benefit under SRO-199 of 2008, SRO-43 of 1994, shall file his/her/their objections before the Additional morrow (22 December 2018). The general public has Deputy Commissioner Doda, within a period of fifteen days from the date of publication of this notification in newspa - been invited to participate in the awareness camp to per(s) get information about various schemes launched by (Anshul Garg) iAS State and centre. Moreover, the persons having any Deputy commissioner case pending before any department in Kulgam with Distirct Magistrate regard to any government scheme can approach the DiP/J-9851/18 Doda office of Chairman DLSA Kulgam by or before 22 Glimpses of Future 6 Edit/OpiniOn JAMMU SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2018 Glimpses of Future Towards a genetic panopticon ESTABLISHED IN 1986 BY : SUHRITH PARTHASARATHY forensic science. Much like finger - ferent categories, including a prints, a person’s DNA profile is crime scene index, a suspects’ in - The DNA Bill will give the state unique (except in the case of identi - dex and an offenders’ index, with a untrammelled access to deeply per - cal twins) and can, therefore, help view to “facilitating identification Curtail Separatists role sonal and penetrating material. in establishing the identity of, say, of persons”. This attempt at identi - Parliament today serves less as a a suspect. That only a small fication may relate, among other o establish peace in Kashmir, the govern- locus for debate and discussion and amount of genetic material is need - things, to a criminal investigation, ment must curtail the role of separatists in more as one for din and discord. ed to create such a profile makes to a judicial proceeding of any But the pandemonium that ap - valley as they are not interested in peace the form of evidence especially ap - kind, and even to civil cases such T pears to be the permanent state of pealing to criminal investigators. as “parental disputes”, “issues re - there. They have always exploited the sentiments affairs in both Houses scarcely And to be sure, across the world, lating to pedigree”, and “issues re - of the people there. They have always exploited the seems to stop the government from the use of DNA evidence has helped lating to establishment of individ - passing laws, as we’ve seen this exonerate a number of innocent ual identity”. The proposed law, tuation to agitate the people, to fan anti-India sen- si winter session. The government’s people from wrongful conviction, however, is not only decidedly timents which lead to law and order situations. disdain for dissent, though, makes and has also helped find the guilty vague on how it intends to main - Financing from across the border for militants and the potential introduction of the party in complex investigations. tain this DNA Bank, but it also con - DNA Technology (Use and It is to that end that we no doubt flates its objectives by allowing the separatists is also a biggest cause cause of concern. Application) Regulation Bill, 2018, need a law to help regulate the collection of DNA evidence not on - Pakistan has been perpetrating terrorist activities for consideration by the Rajya manner and circumstances in ly in aid of criminal investigations Sabha an especially invidious on Indian soil from Jammu and Kashmir to which the state may be entitled to but also to aid the determination of proposition. Problems with the collect biological material from a civil disputes. Punjab. The security situation in the hinterland draft Bill The draft statute, ap - person. The requirement for such a Moreover, while consent is not and in Jammu and Kashmir continues to be vitiat- proved by the Union Cabinet in law is only accentuated by an required before bodily substances July, not only disregards the seri - ed. Attempts by militants to infiltrate in large num- amendment made to the Code of are drawn from a person accused ous ethical dilemmas that are at - Criminal Procedure in 2005, which and arrested for an offence punish - bers, intermittent attacks and efforts at local re- tendant to the creation of a nation - expressly authorises investigating able with either death or imprison - the Bill fatally ignores is that the cruitment continue. Terror infrastructure in al DNA database, but also, con - officers of a crime to collect a DNA ment for a term exceeding seven trary to established wisdom, virtu - disproportionality of the DNA sample from an accused with the years, in all other cases a person re - Pakistan and PoK remains in the form of training ally treats DNA as infallible, and as bank that it seeks to create, and the help of a medical practitioner. But fusing to part with genetic material camps, launching pads and communication con- a solution to the many problems invasiveness of its purport and for years, every iteration of a pro - can be compelled to do so if a reach, imposes a Faustian bargain trol stations. The security establishment must that ail the criminal justice system. posed Bill, aimed at regulating the Magistrate has reasonable cause to What’s more, any infringement of on the citizen. The genes encoded use of DNA, has failed to provide a believe that such evidence would check efforts to revive terrorism in Punjab. The re- civil liberties, caused by an almost in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), constitutionally sustainable mod - help establish a person’s guilt. cent terror incidents in Punjab and related inter- indiscriminate collection of DNA, which can be collected from blood, el. In its latest form, the draft law Therefore, there’s no end to the is seen as a legitimate trade-off hair, skin cells and other such bodi - diction indicate concerted efforts on part of the seeks to create a National DNA state’s power in coercing a person made in the interests of ensuring ly substances, have undoubtedly Data Bank, which will be main - to part with her DNA. proven to be an important tool in Pakistan establishment and Sikh extremist ele- superior justice delivery. But what tained on the basis of various dif - towards a genetic on Page 7 ments based in Pakistan to revive terrorism in the border state with active support from Sikh radical and extremist entities based abroad, especially Lessons in agitprop Europe and America. Pakistan establishment is seeking to forge an understanding between Sikh BY : ISHAN JOSHI vehicle which will bring these de - extremist groups and Pakistan-based Islamist out- mands to fruition. That does not The movement for a Ram tem - mean these issues are not impor - fits as well as Kashmir-centric terrorist groups for ple, a so-called core issue for the tant for millions of Indians but sim - targeting Indian interests. India witnessed very BJP, is best led by socio-cultural ply that the RSS and its affiliates, organisations and not a political which have been agitating for and few incidents of IS-inspired violence. He said the party. When LK Advani picked up providing the theoretical frame - new phase of Islamic State propaganda emanating and ran with the Ram Temple work within which these demands from Afghanistan-Pakistan region needs to count- movement as a political project to gained currency over the decades, headline the Indic impulse that today have the organisational heft, er effectively. The economic installations and icon- had been airbrushed from post- intellectual tools and agitprop abil - ic institutions are also being continuously targeted colonial historiography, it was a ity to press their case independent major ideological intervention in from across the western border through espionage of the BJP and with whichever ad - national discourse albeit one that ministration that governs India. and cyberspace. Pakistan is continuing to abet ter- could have done without the unac - It was Advani’s advent on the rorism. Now Pakistan establishment is seeking to ceptable lumpen violence which scene which, many conveniently accompanied it. Of course, there is forge an alliance between the Sikh extremist forget, took the agitation for a Ram no denying that it helped the party temple at Ayodhya and through it groups, their country's Islamist outfits and he helmed at the time, the the project to promote a civic na - Kashmir-focused terrorists to hurt Indian inter- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), tionalism contextualised in an electorally; whether more as cause Indic civilisational tradition out of ts. es or effect is a debate for elsewhere. its crude, exclusivist provenance What the BJP’s current leader - and made India pause and think ship needs to understand, howev - about our nation-state’s trajectory ship model premised on a negation ceptance by sober thinkers of the er, is that without context we do post-1947. From Rajiv Gandhi to of the notion of an Indian excep - Centre Right that lumpen violence not exist. So, to try and re-heat AB Vajpayee and Murli Manohar tionalism signalled by the over - needed to be quelled far more rigor - A demon called waiver what it apparently thinks is the Joshi, Narasimha Rao to George turning of the Shah Bano judgment ously than it eventually was. But key trigger issue for the party’s and made their peace with it in dif - today the boot is on the other foot. There is no doubt that Indian farming is in crisis but loan write- Fernandes, the leading political core constituency a Ram temple at ferent ways. The impact of this en - Some of the successors of offs are nothing except shoving good money after bad. Congress chief figures of their times, not to men - Ayodhya (and for many also at dis - Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter yesterday morning to pat himself on tion the intelligentsia, all grappled gagement can be seen in contempo - Vajpayee, Advani and Joshi in the puted sites in Mathura and Kashi) the back for the successful signing of the files pertaining to farm loan with this political-theoretical ri - rary India from the temple-hop - BJP are unfortunately the rabble- and serve it up in time for the 2019 waivers. But for the last few days, irritated urbane users of social poste to an emerging and very wor - ping spree of Congress president rousers themselves while the media platforms have been making mostly tasteless jokes about general election is likely to end as a rying at least to most independent- Rahul Gandhi during the recent Sangh Parivar has started throw - them. Of course, that belies the fact that tax-paying classes are in- damp squib. Because in the main, minded, responsible citizens who Assembly polls campaign to the in - ing up many more thinkers of some creasingly becoming angry at subsidising the Indian farmer. A truly as this article will argue, the BJP is did not subscribe to a doctrinaire terventions by secular intellectu - ability, confidence and sophistica - smart politician, who can notice the increasing urbanisation of no longer seen even by its so-called Marxist, neo-Islamist or effete-lib - als on the zeitgeist of the tion than it did in the past while its India, should celebrate the city-dweller now instead of the villager. core support base as the primary eral worldview differential citizen - Hindu/Indic tradition and the ac - Lessons on Page 7 But that is another story. Many have argued that a farm loan waiver is bad economics and good politics. The populism might work for now but it compounds bad economics because it does not solve the real crisis. Indian politicians have celebrated farmers but have en- Against the mandate for inclusion: the Transgender Persons Bill 2018 abled policies, and worse still, encouraged crop patterns that have led to the fiscal ruination of farmers across the country. Loan BY : AJITA BANERJIE Article 21 (right to life and personal waivers might make for great headlines but almost every State Gov- liberty), and affects the rights of ernment is acutely aware of their financial position. It was only re- The Transgender Persons Bill persons who have no other means cently proven in Karnataka that the small text in any waiver has so will do more damage than good if many terms and conditions applying to them that few of the really of sustenance but to beg. passed without revision. The impoverished benefit. And even if they do, loan waivers, instead of The Bill fails to extend protec - transgender community has once being the smartly designed financial literacy programmes, mean tion to transgender persons who that farmers eventually end up in debt again a few years later. Some again been let down, as the Lok might be victims of sexual assault are pushed towards middlemen because banks refuse to finance Sabha passed the Transgender or rape, as the Indian Penal Code them after the write-offs. They might only be outside the formal fi- Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, recognises rape in strict terms of nancial system. And it is the farmers who have declined, not farm- 2018 in a hurry amid ongoing men and women as perpetrator ing. Indian food production is touching record highs which, coupled protests over the Rafale deal. The and victim, respectively. While the with better cold-chains and transportation infrastructure, has meant Bill, ostensibly aiming to protect Bill makes “sexual abuse” punish - that India, a nation that not so long ago imported food, now produces transgender persons’ rights, has able, with a disproportionate pun - a lot more than it needs. And supply and demand is basic economics been drafted hastily, with no real ishment of imprisonment only up after all; if the supply is more than the demand, prices will fall. But understanding of gender identity to two years, it does not define the try explaining that to a farmer who gets a rupee per kilogram for his and expression. This was made am - acts that constitute sexual of - onion crop. The only sustainable way out of this crisis for millions ply clear in the original draft, with fences, making it complicated for of Indian farmers is to get them out of tilling the soil into the facto- the offensive and unscientific defi - transgender persons to report such A demon on Page 7 nition of a transgender person as without the mandate of any med - and for public appointments.” crimes and access justice. someone who is “neither wholly ical certificate or sex-reassign - To make matters worse, the Bill Moreover, the Bill does not grapple male nor wholly female”. After sev - ment surgery (SRS). In fact, NAL - criminalises begging, thereby tar - with the realisation of civil rights H I S T O R Y T H I S D A Y eral submissions made by the SA had clearly directed that “any geting transgender persons who such as marriage, civil partner - transgender community and the insistence for SRS for declaring rely on begging for sustenance. ship, adoption and property rights, recommendations of a parliamen - one’s gender is immoral and ille - Such provisions disregard the thereby continuing to deprive 1803: The French surrender Orleans to the US tary standing committee, the defi - gal”. A regressive Bill Drafted by lived realities of transgender per - transgender persons of their fun - nition of transgender has been rec - the Ministry of Social Justice and sons for whom begging often is the damental rights and the constitu - Without a shot fired, the French hand over New Orleans and tified and made inclusive of di - Empowerment in 2016, the Bill was last resort. In fact, provisions such tional guarantee provided by the Lower Louisiana to the United States. In April 1803, the United States verse gender identities. However, met with immediate protests from as these could give immunity to the Supreme Court in NALSA. purchased from France the 828,000 square miles that had formerly all nuance of people’s self-identi - the transgender and intersex com - police to exert force on transgender Transgender persons have been French Louisiana. The area was divided into two territories: the fied gender expression is lost in the munity as it has several provisions persons and “rehabilitate” them in faced prejudice, discrimination northern half was Louisiana Territory, the largely unsettled (though Bill. It proposes setting up a that take away from the rights ac - beggars’ homes or detention cen - and disdain for years, and it is de - home to many Indians) frontier section that was later explored by District Screening Committee corded through NALSA while in - tres against their will. Such harsh humanising to deny them their dig - Lewis and Clark; and the southern Orleans Territory, which was pop- comprising five people, including a jecting disempowering and regres - measures of detaining margin - nity, personhood and, above all, ulated by Europeans. Unlike the sprawling and largely unexplored medical officer and a psychiatrist sive clauses. The Bill does not pro - alised individuals under the garb their basic human rights. The Bill hich eventually encompassed a dozen large northern territory (w to certify a transgender person. vide for employment opportunities of rehabilitation have also been in its present form continues to states), Orleans Territory was a small, densely populated region that This process is in direct violation through reservations, disregard - criticised by the Delhi High Court push them into obscurity, making was like a little slice of France in the New World. With borders that of the Supreme Court’s directions ing the directions of the Court in in Harsh Mander v. Union of India, a mockery of their lives and strug - roughly corresponded to the modern state of Louisiana, Orleans in National Legal Services NALSA “to treat them as socially 2018, declaring provisions of the gles by failing to secure for them Territory was home to about 50,000 people, a primarily French popu- Authority v. Union of India (or and educationally backward class - Bombay Prevention of Begging their constitutional rights. Still lation that had been living under the direction of a Spanish adminis- NALSA), 2014 that affirmed the time to reconsider The need of the tration. These former citizens of France knew almost nothing about es of citizens and extend all kinds Act, 1959 as unconstitutional on right to self-determination of gen - American laws and institutions, and the challenging task of bringing of reservation in cases of admis - grounds that it violates Article 14 hour is a robust Bill with strong an - der as male, female or transgender 1803 on Page 7 sion in educational institutions (equality before the law) and Against the mandate on Page 7
Printed, published and owned by Prem Nath Sharma, Printed at Glimpses of Future Press 63 Padha Street, Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191-2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Glimpses of Future 7 natiOnal JAMMU SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2018 TRS chief's federal front Contn. from Page 6 ...... Towards ...... move a non-starter: TDP Infringement of privacy When, in August 2017, a permissible limits, who might have been compelled to nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court in Justice K.S. give her genetic material may well see this evidence be - PRESS TRUST Of INDIA Modi, 16 Union Ministers, Puttaswamy (Retd) v. Union of India declared that the ing used against her in an altogether different proceed - Hyderabad, Dec 21 and some Chief Ministers Constitution recognises a fundamental right to priva - ing of a purely civil nature. campaigning for the par - cy, it also explicated the various facets of this right. Given that in India, even illegally obtained evidence TRS chief K ty. "They (BJP) helped Significantly, it ruled that any meaningful right to pri - is admissible in a court of law, so long as the relevance Chandrasekhar Rao's TRS by splitting anti-TRS vacy would include protection over the physical body. and genuineness of such material can be established, move towards forging a votes (in the December As a result, even if, for the purposes of argument, we the Bill’s failure to place sufficient checks on the use of non-Congress, non-BJP seven Assembly polls)," were to consider a mandatory collection of bodily sub - DNA evidence collected in breach of the law makes the federal front is a non- Reddy said. "Anti-TRS stances from a person as consonant with the right process altogether more frightening. What’s more omi - starter, said a key votes were effectively against self-incrimination that the Constitution guar - nous is that the Bill potentially allows DNA evidence to Telangana TDP leader, split by BJP. By virtue of antees although on a dubious rationale courts have be used for any other purpose that may be specified who claimed that the that, TRS got a massive tended to see the drawing of genetic material as non-tes - through subsequent regulations, thereby according to Chief Minister's game - victory". "BJP definitely timonial it would unquestionably impinge on a per - the state a potential power to create a “genetic panopti - plan was to help the Amit helps KCR (K son’s right to privacy. Indeed, a 2012 report filed by a con,” to borrow the words of the late U.S. Supreme Shah-led party by 'split - Akhilesh (Yadav) and (Telangana Rashtra Chandrasekhar Rao). group of experts on privacy, led by Justice A.P. Shah, Court Justice Antonin Scalia. That this is a distinct pos - ting' anti-NDA votes. As (Biju Janata Dal supre - Samiti)."TRS, BJP, MIM, BJP has split votes in found explicitly that a person’s basic liberties stand vi - sibility is clear from the range of privacy protections things stand today, there mo) Na veen Patnaik", the Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's Telangana, third front olated by a compelled extraction of DNA from her body. that are absent in the Bill. As Helen Wallace, Director, are only two fronts -- the TDP (Telugu Desam Party) YSCRP all those com - (Rao's proposed federal To be sure, that the right to privacy is infringed does GeneWatch UK, wrote in these pages, the draft law does NDA and UPA with their politburo member said. bined together in front) will split anti-NDA not mean that the government cannot under any cir - not restrict DNA profiling to the use of non-coding allies -- and only two- Reddy said Banerjee Telangana (Assembly forces (votes)," he said.In cumstances gather DNA evidence. What it does mean is DNA, which would ensure that the evidence can only be three regional parties are "has been with the elections). MIM contested the December seven that such collection ought to be made under a legisla - used for the purposes of identification and not for deter - outside these combina - Congress a number of oc - limited number of seats Assembly elections in tive regime guided by principles of necessity and pro - mining personal characteristics, including medical tions, Ravula casions". "Patnaik will but campaigned exten - Telangana, the TRS portionality. That is, the state must show that there ex - conditions. As a result, the state will effectively have at Chandrasekhar Reddy not join any front. He will sively for TRS," he said. bagged 88 seats in the 119- ists a legitimate reason for extracting DNA evidence, its disposal the ability to profile every one of its citi - said. "This gentleman have his own thinking, The BJP contested in 118 member House, pushing and that the extent and scope of such extraction does zens. It’s been reported previously, for instance, that (Rao) wants to have al - his own ideology. It (Rao's seats out of the total 119 the Congress to a distant not disproportionally contravene a person’s right to the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, liance with (TMC chief federal front proposal) is but forfeited security de - second position with 19 privacy. The use of DNA evidence In its present draft, whose director will occupy an ex officio place in the and West Bengal Chief non-starter as of now," he posits in 105 constituen - seats. The TDP, an al - however, the Bill woefully falls short of meeting these DNA Regulatory Board, already seeks information on a Minister) Mamata told PTI. Reddy also al - cies, he said, despite BJP liance partner of tests. World over, the idea behind maintaining a DNA person’s caste during the collection of genetic material. Banerjee, (Samajwadi leged that the BJP was President Amit Shah, Congress, bagged a mere database is to help match and compare samples collect - One hardly needs to spell out the dangers inherent in Party President) hand-in-glove with TRS Prime Minister Narendra two seats. ed from a crime scene against a set of stored profiles, gathering such data. To enact the law in its present thereby helping in the identification of a potential sus - form, therefore, would only add a new, menacing pect in a criminal investigation. India’s Bill, though, weapon to the state’s rapidly expanding surveillance HC grants bail to activist Paswan holds talks with Jaitley seeks to make the DNA Bank available for a slew of un - mechanism. We cannot allow the benefits of science connected purposes, including permitting its use in civ - and technology to be privileged over the grave risks in PRESS TRUST Of INDIA il cases. Consider the consequences: a person wrongful - allowing the government untrammelled access to Rahul Easwar New Delhi, Dec 21 PRESS TRUST Of INDIA ly accused of a crime, say, for speeding a vehicle over deeply personal and penetrating material. Kochi, Dec 21 LJP president Ram Vilas The Kerala High Court Friday granted Paswan Friday met BJP leader Lessons ...... bail to Ayyappa Dharma Sena leader Arun Jaitley amid indications Rahul Easwar, who was re-arrested earlier that the two parties may soon affiliates have acquired the organisational strength to this issue, especially when its credentials as an up - this week for defying the bail conditions arrive at a seat-sharing agree - to demonstrate, agitate and protest to build pressure holder of policies for cow protection as prescribed in imposed in a case related to violent ment in Bihar for the Lok Sabha on issues close to their heart on all political parties the Constitution were not in doubt, remains inexpli - protests at Sabarimala in October.He was polls.Paswan's son Chirag, who (sans those which seek to de-legitimise it ideological - cable. Now, with the elections close, any attempt by arrested on Monday after a local court re - has been vocal in airing his par - dent Amit Shah had earlier an - ly like the Communist parties). Against the backdrop the party leadership to try and play on the issues it voked his bail.Granting the fresh condi - ty's differences with the BJP, nounced that his party and the of such a landscape, the BJP, as a political party could have but did not take up will be subject to the tional bail, Justice Sunil Thomas directed told reporters that talks were on JD(U) will be contesting equal which was voted into power with a brute majority in law of diminishing returns. The BJP ought to resolve the activist not to enter Pamba, an impor - and claimed there were other is - number of seats in the political - 2014 under the leadership of Narendra Modi, is high - it will make the corrections required in its policy im - tant pilgrim spot enroute to the hill shrine sues besides sharing of ly crucial state where the BJP- ly susceptible to the charge that it wants to rake up plementation architecture and go to the people ask - of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala.The judge also seats.Another Lok Janshakti led NDA had won 31 seats in the emotive Ram temple issue for electoral gain just ing for a renewed mandate on its performance, hop - directed him to sign at Pathanamthitta police Party leader, who spoke on the 2014.The deployment of Jaitley, before the Lok Sabha poll. The feedback from the ing for the best. The electorate, while it may over - statio n once every month. Easwar was ar - condition of anonymity, said an old Bihar hand in the party ground is if that is indeed what is tried, the charge whelmingly support the Ram temple as a matter of rested from a rest house in Palakad on that talks have been positive with friendly relations with will stick; if not wholly then at least very substantial - faith, is showing welcome signs from a governance- Monday, two days after the court at Ranni and they were hopeful of an ear - leaders of different parties, by ly. This is, naturally, not to suggest that as a political accountability perspective of voting on develop - in Pathanamthitta district ordered his ar - ly solution. the BJP to buy truce with the party the BJP does not have the right to lend its sup - ment. If the Ram temple and development-gover - rest for failure to appear before the local police "If all goes well, we will con - LJP underscores the impor - port to the agenda of its choice just as, say, the CPI-M nance are posited as binaries, the BJP’s so-called as stipulated in the bail condition.The Ayyappa test six of the 40 Lok Sabha seats tance the saffron party has at - has an unalienable right to demand the redistribu - core issue is likely to get trumped even among the Dharm a Sena leader spearheaded protests in Bihar," he said.There is spec - tached to continuing its alliance tion of wealth. All political parties also have to func - non-card holding simpatico. In any case, the Ram against the implementation of the ulation that the regional party with Paswan's party, which en - tion within the parameters of the Constitution. It fol - temple is far too important and sensitive an issue for Supreme Court verdict permitting women has also sought a Rajya Sabha joys strong influence among lows, therefore, that the BJP should have been work - political-electoral theatre. There needs, ideally, to be of all age groups into the Lord Ayyappa berth. If the LJP is given six Dalits. Top BJP leaders, includ - ing from the day it came to power four-and-a-half omnibus legislation for temples at Ayodhya, temple.He was earlier arrested in the case seats, as many as it had won in ing its president Amit Shah and years to pass relevant legislation, including via joint Mathura and Kashi as part of an inclusive, non-de - sittings of Parliament if required given its lack of nominational national project on the lines of the re - relating to violence at the Lord Ayyappa 2014, then the BJP and its anoth - Jaitley, had held an hour-long numbers in the Rajya Sabha, on this traction-gener - construction of Somnath with the participation of as shrine when it was opened for the monthly er ally Janata Dal (United), meeting with LJP chief Ram ating issue for the party faithful. many Indians as possible regardless of ethnicity, prayers on October 17, for the first time af - which is headed by Bihar Chief Vilas Paswan and his son But it chose, in its wisdom, to go for the low-hang - jaati and mode of worship. That is unlikely ter the apex court lifted the ban on men - Minister Nitish Kumar, will Thursday to resolved their dif - ing fruit such as supporting anti-cow slaughter agita - though not impossible in the few months left be - strual age women visiting the shrine. contest 17 seats each.BJP presi - ferences. tions which soon descended to random vigilantism fore the General E lection. To be blunt, however, a Home Ministry team to review and led to a grotesque, violent and entirely unaccept - Vajpayee may have managed it but the current dis - Two lakh anganwadi posts lie able killing of human beings whom mobs set upon be - pensation does not have a leader of that calibre. But Pondy finances : Kiran Bedi cause they were suspected of being involved in cow then a Vajpayee also couldn’t get a decisive mandate smuggling/slaughter. Crucially, this issue was not like Modi did, so the ironies of history continue Puducherry, Dec 21 vacant in the country : WCD something that needed to be put on the statute book apace. The Union Home as most States of the Union already had pretty strin - In the interim, socio-cultural organisations, PRESS TRUST Of INDIA said in a written reply. gent laws to deal with illegal cow/progeny slaughter. faith-based outfits and advocacy groups working on Ministry will soon depute New Delhi, Dec 21 He also said a total of 12.8 lakh anganwadi a team to take up audit of fi - If the argument was that these laws were not being the ground and through the legal system on the workers and 11 .6 lakh anganwadi helpers implemented rigorously, and there is some truth to Ayodhya issue are best placed to take ownership of it nances of the Puducherry There are over 24 lakh anganwadi are working across the country. Bihar that, then (recognised) socio-cultural organisations and work on having a clear roadmap on dealing with government, Lt Governor staffers working across various centres has the highest number of vacant angan - working in the field needed to petition respective whichever party comes to power at Centre to ensure Kiran Bedi said Friday. in the country, and two lakh posts for an - wadi posts, with 53,000 unoccupied posi - State Governments with their concerns and build its implementation. If it’s the BJP, it should be asked Officials of the territorial ganwadi workers and helpers are lying va - tions, he said. Out of the total number of public pressure for stringent application of the law. to learn from its mistakes; if it’s the Opposition, it government should be cant, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday. anganwadi centres, 86.15 per cent of Why a ruling political party elected to administer the should be asked not to repeat them. Is the Congress "prepared to answer the Minister of State for Wom en and Child them, which is about 12.83 lakh, are run - country effectively thought it appropriate to wade in - listening? questions the team mem - Development Ministry Virendra Kumar ning from concrete buildings, the remaining bers would raise," she said said a package of six essential services 13.85 per cent are operating from make- in a comm unication to the comprising supplementary nutrition, shift buildings, he said, adding there are media. She said Puducherry immunisation, health check-up, referral 13.63 lakh operational anganwadi kendras A demon ...... "is poor not because it does services, pre-school non-formal educa - in the country. "The government has made not have the resources but tion and nutrition and health education provision of funds for providing medi - ries. This will boost economic production and also ad- half a billion people, almost all farmers and farm work- because revenue generat - are prov ided to the targeted beneficiaries. cine kit of Rs 1,500 per annum for angan - dress severe under-employment problem in the coun- ers, out of extreme poverty. Of course, there has been ing departments are not About 1.09 lakh anganwadi worker positions wadi centres and Rs 750 per annum for try. Unfortunately, while Indian politicians were a price that China and its people have paid — the price being proactively adminis - are vaca nt, while 1.18 lakh positions for mini-aganwadi centres and other ad - dithering and succumbing to farming lobbies that of free speech and the democratic process. What that tered." anganwadi helpers are unoccupied, h e ministrative expenses. wanted to plant sugarcane in water-scarce Marath- also means, however, is that India has missed the bus wada and in the Cauvery catchment zone, or growing of rapid industrial growth. There might be another one Basmati in water scarce Haryana, they must remem- coming though, but for that, we need to put the money ber that 40 years ago to the week our eastern neighbour on the ground investing in human capital, such as in All recruitments in UP being done in fair manner : CM pretty much decided that farming was an unsustain- children of these farmers, putting them in better able way of keeping its economy going. China got its schools and colleges. Farm loan waivers solve nothing, PRESS TRUST Of INDIA minister said since irregularities people out of the land into the factories and its growth they will keep farmers poor and keep the povertarian Lucknow, Dec 21 were committed during interviews, in those four decades has been incredible. It has lifted politicians and elitists in power. it has been done away with for non- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister gazetted posts and the scope of mon - Yogi Adityanath Friday claimed ey being used for appointments has 1803 ...... that all recruitments in the state been checked. are being carried out in a free and them into the American fold fell to the newly appointed Claiborne found that most of his time was spent not gov - "It has been made clear that in governor of the region, twenty-eight-year-old William erning, but dealing with an unrelenting procession of fair manner and rejected all allega - case of any shortcoming in appoint - Claiborne. Historians have found no real evidence that crises like riots, robberies, and runaway slaves. tions in this regard. "All the recruit - ments, the chairman of the board the French of Orleans Territory resented their transfer Despite his concerns, Claiborne knew that somehow ments being done by the UP Public concerned will be answerable stern to American control, though one witness claimed that these people had to be made into American citizens, and Service Commission and others are action will be taken against anyone when the French tri-color was replaced by the Stars and over time he gradually made progress in bringing the being carried out in a free and fair playing with the future of the Stripes in New Orleans, the citizens wept. citizenry into the Union. manner as had never been done be - youth," Adityanath said.With The French did resent that their new governor was In December 1804 he was happy to report to fore," the chief minister told the Leader of the BSP Legislature Party appointed rather than elected, and they bridled when Jefferson that “they begin to view their connexion with Legislative Assembly during the tion of UP PSC members, stating Lalji Verma objecting to assertions the American government tried to make English the of - the United States as permanent and to experience the Zero Hour. "In the past one-and-a- that a former chairman had to be re - of money being taken for appoint - ficial language and discouraged the use of French. It benefits thereof.” Proo f of this came eight years lat - half years, over a lakh recruit - moved following a direction by the ments in the past, the chief minis - didn’t help matters that young Claiborne knew neither er, when the people of Orleans Territory drafted a ments have been made and appoint - high court as the individual did not ter asked him to prove the existence French nor Spanish. Claiborne soon found himself im - constitution and successfully petitio ned to become ment letters issued," he have the required eligibility for the of such a practice under the current mersed in a complex sea of ethnic tensions and political the eighteenth state in the Union. Despite Claiborne’s said.Rejecting allegations of anom - post. "What used to happen (earlier) government and promised to take unrest that he little understood, and in January he doubts about whether the French would ever truly fit aly, he said the UP PSC was an au - is that when recruitments were an - stern action against it. wrote to Thomas Jefferson that the population was “un - into their new nation, the approval of that petition tonomous body in which the gov - nounced, members of a party or "But if the charge is being lev - informed, indolent, luxurious-in a word, ill-fitted to be meant that the people of Louisiana were officially ernment had no role."The decision those connected with a family used elled in the House without evi - useful citizens for a Republic.” To his dismay, Americans. on how an examination has to be to move about in the state with a dence, the member will have to conducted and which agencies bag to collect money," the chief min - apologise to the House and the have to be used for it is taken by the ister said. "We inherited solvers state," Adityanath asserted.Later, Against ...... concerning commission and the gangs which were active during the the House was adjourned sine die government does not interfere in previous governments. STF and after a brief four-day winter session ti-discrimination provisions that will remedy the his - Rajya Sabha. It is hoped that the Bill will be revised and it," Adityanath stressed. other agencies will nab these per - during which the second supple - torical injustices faced by the transgender community, brought in line with the NALSAjudgment to ensure full He attacked the previous gov - sons and then everything will be mentary budget totalling Rs 8,054 which continues to fight for the most basic rights even realisation of transgender persons’ fundamental ernments in the state over the selec - out in the open," he added. The chief crore was passed. today. The community has its hopes pinned on the rights. Glimpses of Future 8 wOrld JAMMU SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2018 Pope vows Church will 'never again' ignore abuse accusations Vatican City, Dec 21 responsibility, disbelief, lack of inner circle months after they training, inexperience, or spiritu - were tainted by paedophile scan - Pope Francis vowed Friday al and human short-sightedness, dals and ahead of a Church-wide that the Catholic Church will nev - treated many cases without the se - meeting on the "protection of mi - er again treat abuse allegations riousness and promptness that nors" next year. without "seriousness and prompt - was due. "That must never happen Australian Cardinal George ness", calling on abusers to hand again. This is the choice and the Pell and Chilean Cardinal themselves in to police. decision of the whole Church." Francisco Javier Errazuriz were "The Church will never seek to The pope on Friday also called both removed from the so-called C9 hush up or not take seriously any on for anyone who has committed Council of Cardinals, an interna - case," the pope said in his annual child abuse, including priests, to tional advice body set up by address to the Church's governing hand themselves over to justice. Francis himself, the Vatican said Curia at the Vatican. "Let it be "To those who abuse minors I on December 12. clear that before these abomina - would say this: convert and hand The last time the C9 met in tions the Church will spare no ef - yourself over to human justice, September, Errazuriz, who is ac - fort to do all that is necessary to and prepare for divine justice," the cused of ignoring reports of abuse bring to justice whosoever has pope told Curia. in Chile, and Pell, who faces committed such crimes". A litany Francis has struggled to re - charges in Australia related to his - of child sexual abuse scandals has solve the problem as the steady torical child sexual offences, were rocked the Roman Catholic drip of scandal corrodes the both absent, and the council said it Church, which has 1.3 billion fol - church's authority but fresh cases was considering restructuring. lowers around the world, with the surface regularly against a back - Despite being removed from pope as recently as Wednesday ac - ground of sharp divisions in Rome the C9, Pell, 77, remains in charge Ground personnel help International Space Station (ISS) crew member cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, of Russia, to get out of capsule after landing cepting the resignation of a US over the issue. of Vatican finances, the third most in a remote area outside the town of Zhezkazgan, formerly known as Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Three astronauts have returned to Earth after more auxiliary bishop over his "miscon - The pope last week removed powerful position in the Roman than six months aboard the International Space Station. duct" with a minor. "It is undeni - two prominent cardinals from his Catholic Church. able that some in the past, out of ir - Trump to withdraw 'significant' troops from Afghanistan Sri Lankan Parliament
Kabul, Dec 21 comment about the troop with - bring the militants to the negoti - tion the loss of all our gains and drawal when contacted by AFP. ating table with the Afghan gov - paving the way toward a second approves interim budget US President Donald Trump But a senior Taliban command - ernment. They discussed issues 9/11," he warned via Twitter. Colombo, Dec 21 (PTI) has decided to pull a significant er welcomed the decision. ranging from the group's long - Afghan forces have been tak - number of troops from "Frankly speaking we standing demand for a pullout of ing what experts describe as "un - Sri Lankan parliament on Friday ap - Afghanistan, a US official told weren't expecting that immedi - foreign troops, the release of sustainable" casualties since proved the interim budget to cover pub - AFP on Thursday, with the ate US response," the official told prisoners including Anas NATO pulled its combat forces lic expenditure for the next four months Afghan presidency brushing off AFP from an unknown location Haqqani, son of the Haqqani net - out of Afghanistan at the end of following weeks of political crisis that concerns the drawdown would in northwest Pakistan. work's founder, and a ceasefire, 2014. led to government dysfunction. affect security. "We are more than happy, Khalilzad told Afghan media in Lieutenant General Kenneth The Vote on Account (VoA) for Rs Reports suggested as many they realised the truth. We are Kabul on Thursday. McKenzie, who has been nomi - 176500 crore was approved with 102 MPs as half of the 14,000 troops in the expecting more good news." "That decision has been nated to lead the US military's voting in favour and six Janatha war-torn country could be leav - It is not clear if US peace en - made. There will be a significant Central Command, warned ear - Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MPs voting ing. voy Zalmay Khalilzad or the withdrawal," the American offi - lier this month that unless re - against. Parliamentarians from The surprise move stunned Afghan government had been cial told AFP on condition of cruiting and training improve, President Maithripala Sirisena's United and dismayed foreign diplomats warned of Trump's plans in ad - anonymity. Tuesday was also local forces will not overcome People's Freedom alliance (UPFA) were and officials in Kabul who are in - vance.But a spokesman for the day Trump told the Pentagon the current casualty rate. not present at the time of the voting. The volved in an intensifying push to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani he wanted to pull all US forces The United States has about newly-appointed Cabinet of ministers end the 17-year conflict with the downplayed the effect of any out of Syria. Defense Secretary 14,000 troops in Afghanistan yesterday passed a proposal for a vote on Taliban, which already controls Speaking during the debate in pullout. "If they withdraw from Jim Mattis quit Thursday, say - working either with a NATO account to allow state spending after the vast amounts of territory and is Parliament, the leader of the opposition, Afghanistan it will not have a se - ing his views were no longer rec - mission to support Afghan political and constitutional stand off causing "unsustainable" Afghan Mahinda Rajapaksa, accused Prime curity impact because in the last oncilable with Trump's. forces or in separate counter-ter - which plagued the island's government troop casualties. Minster Wickremesinghe government of four and half years the Afghans Critics suggest the presi - rorism operations. since October 26 ended last week. The "If you're the Taliban, giving into the IMF dictates in its eco - have been in full control," presi - dent's twin foreign policy deci - The Wall Street Journal and budget for 2019 was to be presented to Christmas has come early," a nomic policy management. Sirisena on dential spokesman Haroon sions on Syria and Afghanistan the New York Times reported Parliament on November 5, but the polit - senior foreign official in the Thursday named a 30-member Cabinet Chakhansuri said via social me - could unspool a series of cascad - that more than 7,000 troops ical crisis erupted on October 26. "This Afghan capital told AFP on the while rejecting some of Prime Minister dia. US-led NATO combat troops ing and unpredictable events would be returning from needs to be approved to cover the expens - condition of anonymity. Wickremesinghe's nominees and re - withdrew from Afghanistan at across the Middle East and in Afghanistan. The Taliban was es such as wages, pensions payments for "Would you be thinking of a tained control over the security forces the end of 2014, handing respon - Afghanistan. toppled from power by a US-led the next four months. We were to present ceasefire if your main opponent and police. The new Cabinet was ap - sibility for securing the country US Senator Lindsey Graham invasion in 2001 following the the Budget on November 5 but we were has just withdrawn half their pointed after an unexpected delay of to local forces. Trump's decision described the Afghanistan deci - 9/11 attacks masterminded by denied the chance to do so by the events troops?" three days since Wickremesinghe was apparently came Tuesday as sion as a "high risk strategy". Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin that happened on October 26," Finance Taliban spokesman sworn in as Prime Minister on December Khalilzad met with the Taliban "If we continue on our pres - Laden, who had been harboured Minister Mangala Samaraweera said. Zabiullah Mujahid would not in Abu Dhabi, part of efforts to ent course we are setting in mo - by Afghanistan. 16 following weeks of political crisis . Trump's demand for wall pushes government closer to shutdown
Washington, Dec 21 "Now we find compromise," House Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., the chair - Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., man of the conservative Freedom Caucus, The federal government was careening said. "We have time right now to get it said he was not convinced after a White toward a partial shutdown Friday after done." House meeting with GOP leaders that President Donald Trump's quest for a bor - Late Thursday, the GOP-led House vot - Trump would sign the Senate bill. der wall left Congress without a clear plan ed largely along party lines, 217-185, to at - "I looked him in the eyes today, and he to keep the government running past a mid - tach the border wall money to the Senate's was serious about not folding without a night deadline. bill after GOP leaders framed the vote as a fight," Meadows said. The Senate was being called back to ses - slap-back to Nancy Pelosi. Trump's sudden rejection of the Senate- sion to consider a package approved by She is poised to become House speaker approved legislation, after days of mixed House Republicans late Thursday that in - on January 3 and had warned Trump in a messages, sent Republican leaders scram - cludes the USD 5.7 billion Trump wants for televised Oval Office meeting last week that bling for options days before Christmas. the border with Mexico. he wouldn't have the votes for the wall. House Speaker Paul Ryan, exiting the It is almost certain to be rejected by the House Republicans also tacked on near - hastily called meeting with Trump at the Senate. Senators already passed their own ly USD8 billion in disaster aid for coastal White House, said Thursday, "We're going bipartisan package earlier in the week to hurricanes and California wildfires. to go back and work on adding border secu - keep the government running with border Some Republicans senators cheered on rity to this, also keeping the government security at existing levels, USD1.3 billion, the House, but prospects in the Senate are open, because we do want to see an agree - but no money for the wall. grim amid strong opposition from ment." Both bills would extend funding Democrats. Even though Republicans have By afternoon, Trump shifted his termi - through February 8. agencies, including the departments of January. a slim majority, 60 votes are needed to ap - nology, saying he's not necessarily de - The White House said Trump will not Homeland Security, Transportation, Congress had been on track to fund the prove the bill there. manding a border wall but "steel slats" travel to Florida on Friday as planned for Interior, Agriculture, State and Justice, as government but lurched when Trump, af - One possibility Friday is that the Senate which is similar to the border security fenc - the Christmas holiday if the government is well as national parks and forests. ter a rare lashing from conservative sup - strips the border wall out of the bill but ing already provided for in the bill. shutting down. More than 800,000 federal Many agencies, including the Pentagon porters, declared Thursday he would not keeps the disaster funds and sends it back "We don't use the word 'wall' necessari - workers will be facing furloughs or forced and the departments of Veterans Affairs sign a bill without the funding. to the House. House lawmakers said they ly, but it has to be something special to do to work without pay if a resolution is not and Health and Human Services, are fund - Conservatives want to keep fighting. were being told to stay in town for more pos - the job," Trump said at a farm bill signing at reached before funding expires at midnight ed for the year and would continue to oper - They warn that "caving" on Trump's re - sible votes. the White House. The nuance could provide Friday."The president's been clear from the ate as usual. peated wall promises could hurt his 2020 re- With Pelosi's backing, the Senate- Trump a way to try to proclaim victory beginning, he wants something that gives The U.S. Postal Service, busy delivering election chances, and other Republicans' as passed bill likely has enough support for since the Senate bill includes money for border security and he's not going to sign packages for the holiday season, would not well. House approval with votes mostly from fencing, but not the wall. something that doesn't have that," White be affected by any government shutdown Senate Majority Leader Mitch Democratic lawmakers, who are still the Democratic leaders have made clear House press secretary Sarah Huckabee because it's an independent agency. McConnell, R-Ky., warned senators they minority, and some Republicans. they will not budge on their opposition to Sanders told reporters. The shutdown crisis could be one of the may need to return to Washington for a vote Others were not so sure. "I don't see how the border wall that Trump campaigned on At issue is funding for nine of 15 final acts of the House GOP majority before Friday. Many senators already left town for we avoid a shutdown," said retiring Rep. saying Mexico would pay for it. Mexico has Cabinet-level departments and dozens of relinquishing control to Democrats in the holidays. Dennis Ross, R-Fla. refused. US industry body to open Bihar chapter State support for terrorist proxies will not be tolerated: US Washington, Dec 21 (PTI) In the report, the Pentagon said Pakistan. The United States contin - that Afghanistan faces a continu - ues to convey to all levels of The US has told all its regional ing threat from an externally sup - Pakistani leadership the impor - to facilitate investments partners, including Pakistan, that ported insurgency and the highest tance of taking action against all state support for terrorist proxies regional concentration of terrorist terrorist and militant groups," it Washington, Dec 21 (PTI) high powered state delegation com - of the double-digit growth Bihar has will not be tolerated, the Pentagon groups in the world. "In this report - said. prising Health Minister Mangal achieved over the last decade and has said, expressing concern over ing period, the US continued to call According to the report, the In a first of its kind, a top Pandey and other senior officials, is the vast investment opportunity it the free movement of some militant on regional partners to reinforce Haqqani network continues to be American industry advocacy group currently on a visit to the US as part offers in sectors like agri-technolo - groups in Pakistan that are pre - our messages that state support for an integral part of the Taliban's ef - will open its Bihar chapter to be - of the Bill & Melinda Gates gy, food processing, healthcare, senting security challenges for terrorist proxies will not be tolerat - fort to pressure the Afghan govern - come partners in the development Foundation's funded Bihar pharmaceuticals, energy and skill Afghanistan. The Pentagon, in its ed, that cross-border cooperation ment in Kabul and eastern and facilitation of investments in Technical Support Program. development among others. semi-annual Afghan report to the between Afghanistan and Pakistan Afghanistan. Sirajuddin the state. Hosted by the USISPF, the round - Encouraged by the interest of US in - US Congress that covers the period is essential, and that the Taliban Haqqani's role as a Taliban deputy The US India Strategic and table on Wednesday was attended dustries in the state, Gaurav of June to November 2018, said on cannot achieve its objectives probably increased Haqqani influ - Partnership Forum (USISPF), by representatives from some of the Verma, chief operating officer of Thursday that Taliban and the through continued military con - ence within the Taliban leader - whose membership comprises of top American companies like USISPF, announced to open a Bihar Haqqani Network retain freedom flict," the Pentagon said. "Although ship, and resulted in an increase in Fortune 500 companies, announced Amazon, FMC and Qualcomm, Chapter under the Strategic of movement in Pakistan. Pakistani military operations have Haqqani influence to areas outside its decision following a industry whose officials expressed their Partnership Forum to enable devel - The Pentagon's remarks came disrupted some militant sanctuar - its normal operating areas of roundtable with the visiting Bihar's keen interest in becoming a partner opment of partnerships and facilita - amidst reports that President ies, certain groups such as the Paktika, Paktiya, and Khost Deputy Chief Minister Sushil in Bihar's developmental journey. tion of investments in an organised Donald Trump is planning to with - Taliban and the Haqqani Network provinces in eastern Afghanistan, Kumar Modi. Modi, along with a The business leaders were apprised manner. draw US troops from Afghanistan. retain freedom of movement in it said. K Glimpses of Future M
Y 9 SpOrtS JAMMU SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2018 C Laxman's 281 is the greatest innings Ranji: Mumbai to miss Dhawal Kulkarni against Saurashtra played by an Indian cricketer: Dravid dent and are looking for - ward to this contest. "Stepping up and tak - here. said. was, playing according to the merit ing on these challenges "I really had the best seat in the Dravid, who smashed 180 and of the ball. have been our strength house for the greatest Indian in - stitched 376-run partnership for "And we did not have too much this season," said Unadkat nings ever played," he added. fifth wicket with Laxman, said he of conversation. All we did was who has taken over the Dravid also lavished praise at was not in greatest of form, but he punch the gloves and said 'one more reins mid-season from his stroke-making capabilities dur - gained confidence after watching over'. We broke it down into small Jaydev Shah who retired ing the epic knock. Laxman bat, who was already in goals," Laxman said. after Saurashtra's last "I was still imagining him and the 90s. Asked about the conversation game. visualising him, stepping outside "To be honest, I was not in the they both had in the middle of the "As I have seen the leg-stump and hitting Shane greatest of form leading into that pitch, Dravid said he was keen on Bombay (Mumbai) in the Warne through the covers, for a particular innings. By the time, I striking a conversation with past, they definitely look ball that is pitched yards outside went into bat (at No 6), Laxman was Laxman, but was busy marking on the weaker side on pa - the legs-stump. Or to be able to flick batting at 90-odd. I was not playing lines round the batting crease. per, but they are playing at a ball on the middle and off-stump well in that series and watching "He had so many of his routines, home. But yes, this is our Bengaluru, Dec 21 (PTI) on a turning track in Kolkata, him play gave me a lot of confi - like, he will tap the gloves, then he best chance (to beat across the line, against a great dence. It was a magical day," he will go to the crease, mark seven Mumbai, Dec 21 (PTI) Mumbai, for a change, them)," he added. Rahul Dravid had the "best bowler like Shane Warne," he said. said. times this side and six times the need to win the game out - Mumbai, who had beat - seat" in the house when VVS "Or driving Glenn McGrath or "I am truly grateful and blessed other side. Mumbai will miss the right for the first time this en Saurashtra outright in Laxman scored his epic 281 against Jason Gillespie. The way he did it, I to have had that opportunity and to "Then Laxman will come and services of senior pacer season but it will be a their last two encounters, Australia at the Eden Gardens, an think, for me, it was an incredible have experienced that, with some - stand. He was in such a rush to do Dhawal Kulkarni who has tough ask against will once again bank on innings that the former captain experience, watching him bat," he one who I knew when I was a kid. In all his lines that there was no time dropped out after being Saurashtra who are flying captain Siddesh Lad (530 termed as the "greatest innings by added.Dravid also said he does not lot of ways, it (281) defines Laxman to have a conversation. I am wait - named in the squad to take high after two back-to- runs) and attacking top or - an Indian". like watching lot of cricket but more than me." ing there to talk to Laxman and he on zonal rivals and table back victories to lead the der batsman Shreyas Iyer, "Without a doubt, I think, the when he enjoyed Laxman's 281 runs Laxman said both he and is busy marking lines. I always toppers Saurashtra in combined groups table with help from the all- 281 was probably one of the most innings, sitting in his house. Dravid played according to the used to pull his leg about it," Dravid their Ranji Trophy Elite with 25 points from six rounders like Shubham significant and greatest innings "It was absolutely phenomenal merit of the balls and hardly con - recollected. Group A game beginning matches. Ranjane and Shivam Dube played by an Indian cricketer, in to watch. Sometimes, I don't like versed, but punched each others Gundappa Viswanath, Roger here from Saturday. "He "We have our backs to (489 runs), to post a strong terms of the context, the conse - watching a lot of cricket. I really gloves to stay on the wicket. Binny, EAS Prasanna, Syed has dropped out. He prac - the wall. And the only way total. quence, the innings was played in, hate watching myself bat again "It was a terrible situation for Kirmani, Javagal Srinath, Anil tised yesterday, but I think out of this is going forward. But their depleted Dravid said at the launch of when sometimes they show these all of us to be in. We were thinking Kumble, Dodda Ganesh, Robin he wasn't 100 per cent. We We have to fight it out. We bowling, both in pace and Laxman's autobiography "281 and old matches. If I am playing in that, of the present. We are 274 runs be - Uthappa and several other former will miss him in this will look to play aggressive spin, appears weak. Dube Beyond" late Thursday evening I actually change the channel," he hind (after following on). All we did cricketers, graced the oaccsion. match," said Mumbai cricket. We will go on the (17 wickets) has been wicket-keeper batsman front foot. Mumbai's standout per - Aditya Tare on the eve of Mentally we are pre - former with the ball this the crucial game for the 41- pared to play some positive season. Saina says playing in end-of-year time champions. and aggressive cricket," Saurashtra, without Solitary goal win for The hosts, struggling Tare promised. India players Cheteshwar PBL sometimes affects body in the 13th position with "We have been in this Pujara and Ravindra Hero Club in Football eight points from five situation in the past. Jadeja, will also miss the Mumbai, Dec 21 (PTI) matches in the combined Mumbai teams of past recently retired Shah who JAMMU, Dec 21: table of Groups A and B in have been in this situation has topped the batting The Premier Badminton League (PBL), starting here on Saturday, is being held at comparision to Saurashtra as well where they had to charts with 427 runs from Hero Club today registered a solitary goal win the end of the year after a hectic season and at times it does affect the players' bodies, feels who are on top, are not cer - win all their games. five games. against Shaheen Blue in the ongoing Senior Division- star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal. "Everyone gives their 100 per cent, that's for sure, and tain of the availability of "So, we can draw inspi - Harvik Desai (412 A League, organised by District Football Association wants to win. But it's the end of the year and sometimes it gets to the body. It's not easy for batsman Eknath Kerkar, ration from those teams runs), Arpit Vasavada (DFA) Jammu at GGM Science College, here. all the players. It's one of the toughest tournaments, but everyone gives their best," said too, who has suffered an in - and try to emulate same (379) and Sheldon Jackson The only goal of the match came through Deepak Saina at a PBL pre-season 4 media conference here. Saina, who would be leading North jury and underwent a fit - sort of success this time as (343) have been among the Sangral in the 55th minute of the match. Meanwhile, Eastern Warriors in the nine-team League, was to a query whether the players could ness test. well. We are pretty opti - runs, other than Shah. another scheduled match of the day ended in replicate in the PBL the intensity with which they normally play in the Super Series "He had his test. We mistic of our chances going In bowling, walkover awarded in favour of Young Rovers after events. "It's not the same as a tournament. It is a team event. You enjoy playing a team will check tomorrow forward," he said confi - Dharmendra Jadeja has Christian Star failed to report the venue. event. For us it's sometimes like a festival. We see so many matches. Youngsters also ben - again," said Tare. dently.Saurashtra skipper grabbed 32 wickets for The match officiated by the technical penal in - efit. Badminton is growing now because of the performances (of the top shuttlers) and be - "It is a crucial game for and left-arm pacer Jaydev Saurashtra so far with his cluding Rocky Sharma, Dheeraj Meenia, Ricky cause of the league," insisted the 2012 London Olympic Games women's singles bronze us. We have to win all our Unadkat was also upbeat Kumar and Suresh Kumar. left-arm spin and appears medallist. Reigning Olympic and world women's singles champion Carolina Marin games starting from to - about his team's chances. In today’s match, Secretary J&K Bank Sports to be the main threat for agreed with Saina. "The pressure is much different. For us, we have to think about team morrow. Our focus is on to - "The momentum is Board, Showket Ahmed Khanyari was special guest Mumbai's batsmen along not ourselves," said Marin who is to captain league debutantes Pune 7 Aces. National morrow's match and we with us. We have got two who interacted with the teams. with Unadkat (9 wickets) will try to get the best re - outright wins in the last Making mockery of Division-A badminton coach Pullela Gopichand said the league has helped someone like Kidambi and another left-arm pacer sult that we can," he said. two matches. We are confi - Considering the name, Division-A, the ongoing Srikanth over the last three years to improve his game at the international level. Chetan Sakariya (13). competition by the important district unit in the en - tire Jammu Division, the DFA Jammu has become more of a ‘poor quality’ competition. “Senior Division means all important and quality teams of the only ac - tive DFA Jammu in the entire Province. Going Smith hopes to recover lost ground before World Cup with strong IPL show through the media reports, I have learned that as many as two walkovers have been awarded till now. A Sydney, Dec 21 (PTI) has participated in several T20 where I haven't wanted to get out walkover in the Division-A competition is never ac - competitions, including in of bed and things like that. But ceptable, the management must initiative some ac - Former Australia captain Canada and the Caribbean, in a I've had a close group of people tion,” a veteran and prominent football player of the Steve Smith Friday said he is des - bid to get play time. The IPL is around me to help me know that state pleading anonymity said. perate to recover lost ground scheduled to be held in April-May it's OK," Smith said. Furthermore, the organisers have reduced the ahead of next year's World Cup by followed by the World Cup in "These ninth months have time duration of the matches from normal 90 minutes competing in the IPL after being England starting May 30. been a big learning curve for me, to 60 or 75 minutes, which was again not a healthy left so deflated by the ball-tamper - The 29-year-old plays for having a year out of the game has sign. When contacted an office bearers of the J&K ing scandal that getting out of bed Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. given me a time mentally refresh Football Association (JKFA), associated with the or - became a struggle. Although Smith stepped down and get myself in a good head - ganising committee, said, “The request comes from Smith and former vice-cap - from captaincy in the wake of the space to go again," he added. the team to reduce the time duration, so we have to tain David Warner were handed ball-tampering scandal, he con - On what transpired in the concede to such demands. I know, it is not good for the year-long international bans for tinues to be a part of the fran - dressing room during the infa - game as a whole, especially in the Senior Division, but their role in the ball-tampering chise."I was playing in the mous Newlands Test, Smith said things are like that only.”Furthermore, the organis - scandal in South Africa in March Bangladesh League, but I don't it was a failure of leadership on ers have reduced the time duration of the matches which forced a review of know what is happening there at his part. from normal 90 minutes to 60 or 75 minutes, which Australia's cricket culture. the moment. After that I have the "In the room I walked past Smith was also asked about last week in Perth," he said refer - was again not a healthy sign. When contacted an office "Now the way the One Day Pakistan League and then the something and had the opportuni - his thoughts on the ongoing India- ring to the second Test which bearers of the J&K Football Association (JKFA), asso - game is played it's almost like an IPL, which I think is adequate ty to stop it and I didn't do it. It Australia series. The batsman Australia won by 146 runs to draw ciated with the organising committee, said, “The re - extended T20. So I think T20 crick - preparation for the World Cup, if went out and happened on the said it hasn't been easy to watch level in the four-match series. quest comes from the team to reduce the time dura - et is a good way to prepare and the I'm selected," Smith said. field," he recalled. from the sidelines. "...I think Tim Paine's leader - tion, so we have to concede to such demands. IPL is one of the best tournaments Asked about the nine months "I had the opportunity to stop "...particularly when the boys ship has been exceptional since In another one such instance, the junior boys of around the world," Smith said in since the scandal, Smith said it it rather than say I didn't want to haven't played their best in a cou - taking over as captain. He has ob - Param FC, who otherwise train at Hiranagar, have his first press conference after the was a difficult period but he has know anything about it. That was ple of games. It's been hard watch - viously been faced with difficult been registered with not so active Engineers XI. tearful breakdown following the learnt to deal with it. my failure of leadership for that ing and knowing that I can't go out circumstances to begin with but FIXTURE: Climate FC shall meet Engineers XI at return from South Africa. "I've had my ups and downs. and I have taken responsibility and help them. But I was really he has done a terrific job," he 1.30 pm; Sainik Colony FC to face Param FC at 3 pm to - While serving his ban, Smith There have been some dark days for that," he said. proud of the way the boys played added. morrow.
Tug of War teams selected for Nationals BSF Primary School bags overall trophy JAMMU, Dec 21:
the BSF Primary School emerged overall champion in under-12 year category earning highest points in both boys and girls sections in the two-day 4th Jammu District Sambo Championship held at Indoor Complex, MA Stadium, here under the banner of J&K Sambo Association. Overall second place went to Dewan Devi School while Shastri Memorial School remained third. Overall trophies and other individ - ual prizes given away by chief guest former JAKFED VC and president of All Yuva Sangthan BJP, Munish JAMMU, Dec 21: Sports Council officials, Hazi Abdul Vishesh Choudhary. Sharma. Qayoom (CSO) and Ravi Singh Kumar Federation Cup 560 kg mix (men Among others present were Aarihant Mahajan, Ist; Dhruv Singh, Winners of Jammu District Jammu and Kashmir Tug of War (Divisional Officer) at Green Play and women): Vishali Sharma, Rajani , Sanjeev Singh, Shiv Sharma, Arun 2nd; Aadhyan Chib and Aayansh Association, under the presidentship Fields, here. Aakankhsa, Arti , Kajal, Narinder Charak, Ranjodh Singh, Vishal Sharma, joint 3rd. Sambo Championship pose of Hardeep Singh Anand today named The Teams: Singh, Santok Raj, Shahnawz, Vikas Singh and Sanju Sharma. Under 16 years: 35 kg: Suja, Ist; with chief guest at Indoor the contingent taking part in the 20th Sub Junior 500 kg mix (men and and Farqam Ahmad BOYS: Under-12 year: 20 kg: Lakshdeep, 2nd; Prajeet and Complex, MA Stadium, Sub Junior, 31th Junior Mix (men and women): Chahat Mahajan, Deepika Federation Cup 600 kg men: Abhi Anmol, Ist Abdul Zahid, 2nd; Saksham, joint 3rd. 40 kg: Ayush, Ist; women) and 16th Senior Federation Sharma, Sneha Devi, Ritika Tandon Choudhary, Bilal Ahmed, Parvaiz , Mayank and Dhanjaya, joint 3rd. 25 Ritesh, 2nd; Ishant and Vineet Chib, Jammu on friday. Cup (men and women) National ,Amrita Saini, Manpreet Singh, Shakel Ahmed, Antriksh, Manzoor, kg: Aryaveer Singh, Ist; Darsh, 2nd; joint 3rd. 45 kg: Akshay, Ist; Rajat, Championships to be held at Peerzada Abhzar , Ranjot Singh, Rahul, Nazakat, Govind and Ayaz ah - Vinayak Bhau and Ajitesh, joint 3rd. 2nd; Yatin and Sourav, joint 3rd. 55 and Deveshi Pandita, joint 3rd. 30 kg: Sholingur in Tamil Nadu from Peerzada Imran Inayat and Mintazir mad. 30 kg: Annish Raina, Ist; Chetanya kg: Karan, Ist; Sunny Thakur, 2nd; Diya Rajput, Ist; Chahat Singh, 2nd; December 26 to December 30. Muzafar. Federation 640 kg men: Balbir, 2nd; Saksham and Amrit Raghav Langar and Rohit, joint 3rd. Dhiti Rajdhan and Neetu, joint 3rd. Working secretary, Jodh Singh Junior Men 520 kg mix (men and Sukhvinder Singh, Aadil Hussain, Gupta, joint 3rd. 35 kg: Pranshu, Ist; Plus 60 kg: Rajat Chib, Ist; Ayush, 35 kg: Tanushka, Ist; Marigha Isher, joint secretary, Jasvir Singh women): Tanisha Charak, Pavitra, Shivan Raina, Jashan Singh, Zahoor Manat Langeh, 2nd; Vatsal and 2nd; Raghav Vaid and Suraj Pandita, Sharma, 2nd ; Khushi and Navya, were also part of the selection penal. Prachi Sharma, Dechen Choskith, Gulzar, Mohd. Naseem, Shivam Sunil, joint 3rd. 40 kg: Mohit, Ist; joint 3rd. joint 3rd. Under-10 year: 20 kg: Niyeti The selected teams also underwent Muskan Mehra, Vikalp, Sanchit, Sharma, Amjad Ali, Israr Ahma and Virat Mangotra, 2nd; Nilgiri and GIRLS: Under 12 years: 25 kg: Raina, Ist; Parihat Rajput, 2nd; screening conducted by the J&K State Faizan Altaf, Shubam Manzoor and Tawseef Ahmad. Meet Khajuria, joint 3rd. Open: Ridhima, Ist; Ayushi, 2nd; Anshika Akhila and Urvashi, joint 3rd. Glimpses of Future 10 EntErtainmEnt JAMMU SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 , 2018 Happy birthday, Tamannaah Bhatia! 10 pics of the Baahubali Filmy Friday: Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 20 December actress that prove she is all 2018 written update of full episode: Kartik about style, sass and being sexy Ali Khan have an interesting connection in dilemma to reveal the fact to Naira
Today’s episode starts with doctor Sharma advising Kartik to take Naira to the best gynac as her clot can occur at any time. Doctor explains that currently Naira is fine but as there are hormonal changes in the body due to pregnancy, the blood be - comes thick so there are chances of clot re - occurring. Kartik gets very tensed. Doctor also tells him further that normally pa - tients with clot history get the baby aborted if they conceive. Kartik is very much shocked to know all that. So the doctor again advises Kartik again to get Naira checked by the best gynac who has the expe - In 2018, we have seen content answer for you. the hype and buzz of Simmba, we are rience of pregnancy cases like this. He also speaking volumes over star power. Both the stars had two releases expecting the masala entertainer to asks Kartik to make his mind up. Kartik is Small films like AndhaDhun, Raazi, in one month. While Ayushmann open to packed-houses in the domes - very much shocked and furious. He recol - Badhaai Ho, Hichki worked won - nailed the month of October month tic market. We have one more star, lects the way they were happy with the ders at the ticket windows and made with AndhaDhun and Badhaai Ho, who had two releases in one month pregnancy news but now he is very much the producers happy, encouraging Sara Ali Khan is enjoying December and that is Sunny Deol. depressed with what doctor told him. He is them to explore new genres. Talking with the success of Kedarnath and The actor's Mohalla Assi and in dilemma about whether he should reveal about the content we also got an in - upcoming release Simmba, which is Bhaiaji Superhit released in this fact to Naira or not. Later Naira comes teresting connection about the two expected to be a blockbuster at the November but none of them man - there. She asks him about what he is doing stars, which is quite a rare case. The box office. The cumulative business aged to garner footfalls at the ticket there. Kartik pretends that he is waiting for two gen-next stars, Ayushmann of AndhaDhun and Badhaai Ho is windows and were box office disas - the doctor as he is busy. But Naira is very Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, have above Rs 210 crore and honestly, we ters. However, we are expecting the much hungry so she wants to eat some - something in common this year. are expecting the same business for Ghayal star to bounce back with thing. She asks him to talk to the doctor lat - Don't bother to guess, we have the Kedarnath and Simmba. Looking at Fateh Singh and Blank. er on. Kartik and Naira go to the café. Anushka Sharma to Shah Rukh Khan: You are Katrina Kaif has special the most giving actor that I have worked with New Year’s Eve plans and
with Shah Rukh-starrer 'Rab Ne you’re not invited Bana Di Jodi' and has featured with him in 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' and 'Jab Harry Met Seja l'. In a message to SRK, she said, "I would like to say that you are the most giving actor that I have worked w ith. It is strange and beau - tiful that I have done some of my most challenging works with you. Simple yet sexy, striking yet delicate, talent - "In the journey of our four films, I ed yet humble - That's South's leading lady - have seen myself grow and I have Tamannaah Bhatia for you! For the last twelve seen you being there and showing years the actress has worked in films across the same enthusiasm and support multiple industries. While some may have for me to shine." 'Zero' is directed worked, and some may have not, it hasn't by Aanand L Rai, writer Himanshu stopped Tamannaah Bhatia from surging Sharma and actor-producer Shah ahead. Nothing seems to deter the spirit of this Rukh. In the film, releasing on leading lady who is now a force to reckon with in Friday, Anushka essays a woman the Tamil and Telugu industry. with cerebral palsy. "It is incredi - Baahubalimight stand out among all her proj - ble that they have dared to dream, ects but it's also roles in films like Dharma dhu - dared to think that they can create rai, Devi, Kandhen Kadhalai that showed off her something so spectacularly new. It skills as an actor. Apart from her acting chops, is one of my most challenging roles her style statements have gone through a major and thank you Aanand L. R ai for be - evolution. Bold colours, subtle styles, boho ele - lieving in me, for letting me create ments seems to be a current style state of mind. Aafia on screen." On her character, And you know what, she pulls it off!She is about Anushka said, "Sh e is an embodi - style, sass and being sexy! Today, on her birth - 'Zero' is actress Anushka is for her. "I realised this very re - ment of strength, happiness, re - day we want to show you 10 gorgeous pics of the Sharma's fourth film with Shah cently and I had to put it out. I start - solve and love and I am so proud to diva that will make you want to raid her Rukh Khan. She says he is the most ed my career with you Shah Rukh present this incredible person to wardrobe! The actress has 5 releases next year - giving artiste and that she has done and it's really beautiful that on my you. I wish this world had more F2 – Fun and Frustration Films, That Is some of her most challenging roles tenth anniversary as an actor, we people like Aafia." She thanked the Mahalakshmi, Kanne Kalaimaane, Sye Raa with him. In a social media post on are releasing our fourth film to - team, including actress Katrina Narasimha Reddy, Devi 2. She is also part of the Thursday, Anushka recounted the gether," Anushka wrote. The ac - Kaif, for making "a dream turn into Telugu remake of Queen. 2019 already looks ex - "beautiful coincidence" that 'Zero' tress had started her film career a beautiful reality". citing for Tamannaah. Emraan Hashmi's Cheat India trailer to be attached with Zero
The trailer of with Zero. To recipro - Emraan Hashmi-star - cate the goodwill, the rer Cheat India is being Cheat India produc - attached to Shah Rukh ers have agreed to at - Khan's Zero that releas - tach the trailer of Katrina Kaif has been having a busy few weeks. After es tomorrow. The rela - Badla (directed by she was occupied with the release of Thugs of Hindostan, tionship between Sujoy Ghosh and star - which also starred Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan in Emraan and SRK is su - ring Amitabh the lead, followed by the promotions of Zero, that features per strong, as Emraan Bachchan) with their Anushka Sharma and Shah Rukh Khan in lead roles. The is currently shooting film when it releases actress has also been juggling the making of Salman Khan’s for the superstar’s on January 25. When Bharat. Since she has had a lot on her plate lately, the ac - mega Netflix series, we exclusive met tress has decided to take a break for New Year. Speaking to Bard of Blood. Having Emraan Hashmi re - Deccan Chronical, the Zero star shared that she’ll welcome bagged an overwhelm - cently, he gave us 2019 with her sister. "I am promoting the film. Last year I ing response online, three reasons why was here. New years I will be spending with my sisters as I the trailer of T-Series, everyone must watch don’t have much time as I will start shooting for Bharat. I Ellipsis Entertainment Cheat India. hope the audience likes it,” she told the publication. This and Emraan Hashmi "The film is rele - time last year, Katrina was promoting Tiger Zinda Hai with Films’ Cheat India is vant for students and Salman. The movie went on to become on the biggest hits of set to wow cine-goers. It parents. It will enter - the year. Katrina will head back to filming Bharat once her will be seen India-wide tain you, will make New Year celebrations wrap. Katrina will also be keen on before the forthcoming you think. It is some - taking a break since she had previously said that working SRK-starrer Zero. T- thing that will shock on Babita Kumari took a toll on her. Sharing her experience Series and Shah Rukh you too. Many people of working on the Aanand L Rai directorial, the actress said, too share an old rela - don't know about the “The work was inspiring and challenging, but personally it tionship and T-Series issue. Within these was not a fun place to go to. After a 10-day or a two-week also holds the music two hours, we have schedule, we’d take a break, and when I got back to the set, rights of Zero. Red shed light on all I’d confess to Aanand sir that I didn’t want to go back to the Chillies Entertainment everything is eating deeply sad space where Babita’s obnoxious behaviour stem - agreed to attach the up our system alive," ming from. He’d nod, “I know mere bachche, but kar na,” trailer of Cheat India he said. she said. 11 JAMMU SATURDAY DECEMBER 22, 2018
monitor or decrypt information generated, transmit- the people of my constituency,” he added. (KNS) ted, received or stored in any computer resource for the purpose specified in sub-section (1) of Section 69 of the Act", the ministry said Therefore, it said, the lat- Rahul Congress always strengthen bonds of est order has been issued "in accordance with rules they are trying to divide the nation on the basis of framed in year 2009 and in vogue since then and no religion. The way there has been interference in new powers have been conferred to any of the security Muslim religion and its practices is unfortunate," the or law enforcement agencies" Law Minister Ravi former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir said. unity and secularism in state: Bhalla Shankar Prasad said the order is legal and the com- ments by opposition leaders amounted to playing with national security Sub - Zero Prasad said the IT Act, which has provisions for only place in the valley where the night tempera- Former Minister and such an interception, was brought by the Congress- ture rose last night. The city recorded a low of minus senior Congress leader led UPA dispensation, and the latest order has only 4.4 degrees Celsius last night compared to minus 4.9 Raman Bhalla on made it more accountable by naming designated degrees Celsius the previous night, the officials said. Thursday claimed that agencies which can carry out such an interception They said the minimum temperature in the city both BJP and PDP threw "The UPA had enacted the law. We have made it ac- was around three notches below the normal for this dust into the eyes of their countable," he said time of the season. The officials said Qazigund the respective electorate by Responding to privacy concerns, he told reporters gateway town to the Valley - in south Kashmir record- diversionary tactics to en- that the government will protect privacy but there ed a low of minus 4.7 degrees Celsius, while the near- joy power but now people can be no compromise with national security The by Kokernag town registered a low of minus 4.0 de- of this state are politically ministry statement also said the new notification had grees Celsius last night. Kupwara in north Kashmir awakened and mature three benefits It is aimed at among other things ensur- recorded a low of minus 5.8 degrees Celsius last night, enough to see through ing that any interception, monitoring or decryption they said. The night temperature in Pahalgam, which their real game plan, of any information through any computer resource is serves as one of the base camps for the annual which was to remain glue done in accordance with due process of law. Amarnath yatra in south Kashmir, settled at a low of to power, despite contra- minus 7.5 degrees Celsius last night down from the dictions and bickering on previous night's minus 6.8 degrees Celsius. The ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir all sensitive issues aris- Benefits recorded a minimum temperature of minus 6.0 de- ing in the state,” said against previous govern- which is taking toll of peo- Bhalla said. He said it is efforts by the J&K’s Industries Department with grees Celsius last night down from the previous Bhalla.He said previous ment as it has not fulfilled ple, fresh recruitment and the BJP’s style to remain the concerned Union Ministries, the Department of night's minus 5.4 degrees Celsius, the officials said. government created mis- its promises made at the their increasing attacks, glued to the chair for over Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of The normal for this time of the winter in the twin re- trust and uncertainty all time of Assembly elec- targeting security forces three-and-half years with India today finally approved the extension of the ben- sorts is minus 4.4 degrees Celsius and minus 4.8 de- around and its continu- tions. Bhalla said “People is a matter of great con- PDP, and now has the efits of the Northeast Industrial Development Package to Jammu and Kashmir as well. The key ad- grees Celsius respectively. Leh district of Ladakh re- ance itself is full of uncer- are realising the futility of cern. He said that merely cheeks to shift the blame ditional benefits include; GST reimbursement of gion recorded a low of minus 12.7 degrees Celsius last tainty, although on every electing a government strong worded statements solely to PDP and escape Central Share of CGST and IGST for 5 years, Income night up from minus 14.7 degrees Celsius the previous alternate day they reiter- that was not only insensi- would not help to control the entire responsibility, Tax reimbursement for 5 years, Transport Incentive night, the officials said. The nearby Kargil registered ated the stability of their tive towards their prob- the situation on the under the slogan of patri- of 20% for transport by Railways or Waterways and the minimum temperature of minus 15.1 degrees coalition despite opposed lems but also responsible ground. Stating that the otism, commitment of 33% by Air and Employment Incentive of an addition- Celsius last night. The MET office has forecast mainly in adding to these on previous regime threw all ending injustice to to each other on all issues. al 3.67% of employer’s contribution to EPF in addi- dry weather for the week ahead. every front.”He said that rules and regulations to Jammu. On this occasion They cannot divert atten- tion to 8.33% already paid by the Central Government BJP has failed to repre- winds”, Bhalla said, high he felt confident that peo- tion of the people from under PMRPY. their total failure,” he said sent the sentiments and profile appointments ple of the Country and This was a long-standing demand of all Chambers HC Stay adding that people are deliver the promises it were made without fol- State have realized that it of Commerce in Jammu and Kashmir and of in- Mir and Ors. V/S State of JK and ors and Division aware of the compelling made to the electorate and lowing the set protocol is the Congress Party vestors, the spokesman said adding that these new in- Bench Judgment of this Court dated 13-3-2018 in LPA circumstances. The has been merely in- and appointed unquali- alone which has served centives would give a tremendous boost to invest- No. 03/2018 titled J&K Public Service Commission Coalition Government dulging in rhetoric to fied and undeserving can- them (people) best and he ment in Jammu and Kashmir especially in MSME V/S Hidayat Ahmed Mir and Ors. Judgment of which was in the State emotionally charge the didates” to the plum posts felt confident that sector, creating new job avenues for the local youth, Division Bench of Orisa High Court dated 24-07-2018 that we earlier called as people for their political corridors of power. Congress Party being an revenue for the Government and a huge fillip to the in WP © No. 9890/2018 titled Dibya Jyoti Nanda V/S an “unholy or ethnic al- interests. Asserting that Ridiculing BJP leaders for all-weather friend of the State economy. Central Board of Secondary Education and Anr. liance” pushed the State Congress is capable of ad- taking claims of initiating people would continue to DB giving the importance to the issues raised by into Governor rule and we dressing grievances of all developmental activities, strive hard for the overall the aggrieved candidates, issue notice to the respon- openly held PDP and BJP the sections of society, Bhalla said that all prom- development of the State Vaishno Devi dents. Same is accepted by Mr. Azhar Ul Amin, ap- responsible for this. Bhalla asked the people to ising made by BJP leaders and people Construction Co (P) Ltd, Kolkata, under the super- pearing on behalf of the J&K Public Service Neither the people of the vote and support confined only on papers. If Congress party is vision of RITES. The equipment and cabins of the Commission and Mr. M.M.Dar, appearing on behalf State are responsible for Congress candidates to Bhalla said Congress voted to power again, a ropeway have been imported from Switzerland, of the dropped candidates. DB directed respondents to file detailed counter it, nor the Congress par- ensure development of is the only destination for new phase of development Singh said, adding the system was being fully affidavit meeting the objections pointed out by the ag- ty”, he said.Bhalla cau- their respective areas. He those who want peace to will start in the J&K par- equipped in accordance to safety regulations. The grieved candidates and to show cause as to why this tioned the workers not to cautioned people against sustain and development ticularly in Gandhi Nagar ropeway has a carrying capacity of 800 persons per petition be not admitted. Division Bench appointed fall prey to the falsehood nefarious designs of BJP to remain focused agenda constituency as the party hour and pilgrims to the cave shrine will be able to Sr. Adv ZA Shah as Amicus Curie who will he assisted and divisive propaganda which can go to any extent of the government in the gives priority to the pros- comfortably pay obeisance at Bhaironji Temple by Ms. Mokshah Kazmi, learned Advocate. Learned of the BJP and other to win these state. Bhalla also said the perity and development of which was earlier difficult, particularly for the elder- ly and specially-abled, owing to the steep climb to an Amicus shall examine the matter and place appropri- forces over various cur- elections.“BJP will not initiatives taken in this the three regions of the altitude of 6,600 feet, officials said. The trial and test- ate written submissions before the next date. DB fur- rent controversies. Senior hesitate to adopt deceitful regard by Congress gov- State-Jammu, Kashmir ing of the project formally began on November 26 and ther ordered that meanwhile, till next date of hearing, Congress leader said that tactics to befool the inno- ernments especially the and Ladakh", Bhalla as- has concluded, said Singh. Besides trial and testing of there shall be stay of further selection process. JNF Congress is well prepared cent voters”, he asked the previous one has been serted. He said that only the passenger ropeway, mock rescue and evacuation for Assembly elections voters and exhorted the negated by the BJP-PDP Congress can ensure bet- drills were conducted, simultaneously the shrine people to teach BJP a les- anti-people dispensation. ter development in the and expressed hope that board staffers have been trained for the same, offi- H&MED son for cheating them in He exhorted the party State. He said Congress is Congress will emerge vic- cials said. The disaster management task force Health and Medical Education Department has torious as cheated and be- the coming assembly elec- workers to make people committed for peace and (DMTF) of the shrine board had organised rescue and till date issued formal appointment orders of 12 trayed people of the State tions. aware about the peace, development and this is evacuation drills. The director security and enforce- Assistant Professors (Lecturer) for these colleges. by previous PDP-BJP While criticizing BJP, prosperity and secular the only agenda of the par- ment Suresh Sharma, along with a platoon of 'sa- The Department has issued appointment orders of Government are very Bhalla said that agenda of policies of the Congress, ty. The first time rule un- hayaks' and a section of SDRF team from Reasi, par- 4Assistant Professors for GMC Kathua, 1 for GMC much clear to give man- alliance was nothing but so that the communal der BJP proved to be ticipated in the rescue drills last week. Rajouri, 1 for GMC Doda, 4 for GMC Anantnag and 2 date to Congress as they an eye wash for the people forces, who are trying to worse of its kind where the for GMC Baramulla. Pertinently, the government has have realized by now that and added that BJP has create a wedge between common masses were suf- sanctioned five new medical colleges at Kathua, PDP-BJP Coalition taken Jammu and Ladakh communities, are given fering and ruling class en- Govt orders Rajouri, Doda, Anantnag and Baramulla with an ini- Government miserably for granted and has failed befitting reply in the joyed royal lifestyle.“They Gandotra, I/C Chief Engineer, SKIMS, Srinagar tial grant of Rs 189 crore for each medical college. failed to live up to the ex- to recognize the develop- forthcoming Assembly never cared for Jammu has been transferred and posted as I/C Chief pectations of the people. mental priorities and rep- elections. Urging Party where from they got their Engineer, SKAUST, Jammu against an available va- While interacting with resent the aspirations of workers to reach out to the votes. The people who vot- cancy. Ghulam Jeelani, I/C Chief Engineer, PMGSY, Two had to face tremendous hardships today due to the prominent persons at the people. He said that people for resolution of the ed them to power faced fre- Kashmir has been transferred and posted as I/C Chief traffic mess. They said that the traffic mess has again BJP failed to represent the issues confronting them, quent power cuts, lack of Engineer, SKIMS, Srinagar vice Sunil Kumar Babliana in Gandhi Nagar returned to the highway following the transfer of erst- sentiments and deliver Bhalla described the drinking water supply, Gandotra. Constituency in a public while IGP Traffic, Basant Rath. A commuter said that meeting organized by the promises it made to Congress Party as an in- price rise of essential com- Balbir Singh, on his placement as I/C Chief Engineer has been posted as I/C Chief Engineer, they left from Srinagar at 06:30 in the morning but Satish Sharma Block the electorate and has strument of service, duty modities, militant went up failed to cross the Jawahar Tunnel till 02 pm due to the President and Sunita Rani been merely indulging in bound to seek resolution like in 90s, failed to deal Chenab Valley Power Projects (P) Limited against an available vacancy. Mohammad Iqbal Mir, on his traffic mess on the either sides of the highway. Sarpanch Babiana. rhetoric to emotionally of the issues confronting with Pakistan on borders, “We are not able to reach even Nowgam Banihal,” Prominent among those charge the people for their people. BJP failed to an- border violated increased placement as I/C Chief Engineer has been posted as I/C Chief Engineer, Mughal Road Project vice DK he said. Pertinently, the traffic department had an- present on the occasion political interests. He said swer questions lurking in due to which many sol- Khanna. Showkat Ahmad Jeelani on his placement as nounced that the vehicles coming from Srinagar- include Shamsher Singh the concern of people of the minds of Jammu peo- diers got martyred in ab- I/C Chief Engineer has been posted as I/C Chief Jammu will be allowed to play on the highway today. Ex Sarpanch, Bitu,Baba the State and the entire ple over the total surren- sence of strong foreign pol- Engineer, PMGSY Kashmir vice Ghulam Jeelani. However, the vehicles from the either sides were Paramjit Singh,Pinky nation is restoration of der of BJP during its coali- icy,” he alleged. He said allowed to ply on the highway, thus creating traffic ,Mohan Lal And peace and normalcy by tion government with that BJP has brought mess, which resulted in hardships to the passengers. others.Bhalla said that containing militancy in PDP and bartering the in- Jammu and Kashmir at a PHE (KNS) there is a strong resent- Kashmir valley and to ad- terests of Jammu region stage with one region is even the Chief Engineers, Executive Engineers, ment among the people dress the current unrest for the sake of power,” stood against other. Assistant Executive Engineers and Assistant Engineers of I&FC and PHE Departments have been LMD working as Incharge for decades. “Some engineers with the customers and informed them about con- are on the verge of retirement but they are still techni- sumer rights besides various relevant laws of legal CONTD FORM PAGE 1 cally JEs and some are already retired from the de- metrology. They urged the consumers to get proper partment,” he said. The Department has now started bills while shopping so that they are not duped. finalizing the seniority lists of engineers at all levels and conduct regular DPCs to regularize the promo- judgement that right to privacy is a fundamental tions. Power Govt right. The government has done it by strength we col- Residency line shall remain affected on December where even a molehill doesn't exist" Congress lectively oppose it," Sharma told reporters The oppo- 23 from 09 am to 01 pm. leader Anand Sharma said the issue is serious as it is sition parties, including the CPI(M), the Samajwadi Won’t Likewise, the power supply to Gandhi Nagar, related to fundamental rights and "India will become Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Trinamool early elections in Jammu and Kashmir, saying Nanak Nagar, Trikuta Nagar, Residency Road, a police state" with such "sweeping powers" to agen- Congress, said they will collectively oppose the order that it good for the people to get their elected represen- Dhounthly Bazar, Karan Nagar, Kachi Chawani, cies to intercept information The BJP government, the opposition leaders said, tatives at an earliest. “We demand elections to be held Channi Himmat, Transport Nagar Sainik Colony and Responding to the charge, Jaitley said it would was converting the country into a surveillance state in the month of February but why National Bhatindi fed from 220/132/33 KV Grid Station Jammu have been better if the Opposition had obtained all in- "From Modi Sarkar to stalker sarkar, clearly the Conference leader Omar Abdullah is asking for the at 33 KV level shall remain affected on December 23 formation before raising this issue. He told the House string of losses has left the BJP government desperate elections when they boycotted the previous from 08 am to 02 pm. that the rules under which agencies will be autho- for information," the Congress said on its official Municipal and Panchayat elections by linking it with Meanwhile, the power supply to Chatha Farm, rised to intercept information were framed in 2009 Twitter handle According to the order, the 10 central Article 35-A case.” Chatha Mill, Raipur Satwari, Bhour Camp and its ad- when the Congress-led UPA was in power "So what probe and snoop agencies are now empowered under About NC president Dr. Farooq Abdullah’s state- joining areas fed from CH-1, CH-2 and CH-3 feeders you are doing Mr Anand Sharma is making a moun- the Information Technology (IT) Act for computer in- ment regarding autonomy, Lone asked what hap- shall remain affected on December 22 from 10.30 am to tain where even a molehill does not exist However, terception and analysis The agencies, according to pened to the previous resolution when NC had a ma- 03 pm. Similarly, the power supply to Residency Road, Azad retorted that there is no mention of national se- the order, have been authorised "for the purpose of in- jority in the past. “I honestly want that at this age, Christian Colony, Raghunath Bazar, DPS Road and curity in the order. "The BJP seems to think it has terception, monitoring and decryption of any infor- Farooq Abdullah should speak truth to the people. We its adjoining areas fed from R-6 and R-7 feeders shall ownership rights over national security and it means mation generated, transmitted, received or stored in will certainly support the resolution but there should remain affected on December 22 from 09 am to 01 pm. nothing to us," he said taking a swipe at the govern- any computer resource under the said Act (section 69 be white paper on certain things including who erod- Likewise, the power supply to Raghunath Bazar, ment." of the IT Act, 2000)" ed the previous resolution, who was behind that, Partap Garh, Malhotra Mohalla, Gali Gujrai, Kanak To this, Jaitley said, "These are elementary In the statement, the Home ministry said ade- what happened in the elections that took place in 1987, Mandi, Super Bazar, Dogra Hall, SRML Boys Higher things. It is an authorisation order. The provisions of quate safeguards are provided in the IT Act, 2000 and 1996 and 2002 and on the anti-corruption too.” He said Secondary School and adjoining areas fed from S-8 national security are written in Article 69.... You are similar provisions and procedures already exist in that everything has been done by them and now they and S-12 feeders shall remain affected on December 23 playing with the security of the country. That is what the Telegraph Act along with "identical safeguards" claim the resolution of autonomy. Lone added that it from 09 am to 03 pm. Meanwhile, the power supply to you have done just now" "The present notification is analogous to the authori- is better to call off the operations by the security University of Jammu Campus and its adjoining areas Since the Act has been in place these orders of au- sation issued under the Telegraph Act. The entire forces when there is possibility of any civilian killing. fed from RC-2 feeders shall remain affected on thorisation are repeated from time to time, he said, process is also subject to a robust review mechanism Meanwhile, Lone also welcomed Ansari in the party December 22 from 09 am to 02 pm. Similarly, the pow- adding that they can be used for interception in cases as in case of Telegraph Act. Every individual case will fold. Ansari while talking to reporters in the presser er supply to Gandhi Nagar and its adjoining areas fed related to national security, disruption of public or- continue to require prior approval of Home ministry said that he feel happy to join the party, which was from RC-1, RC-7 and JDA-6 feeders shall remain affect- der, etc Outside Parliament, CPI-M chief Sitaram or state government. MHA has not delegated its pow- founded by his brother Molvi Iftikhar Ansari and ed on December 22 and 24 from 09 am to 01 pm. Yehcury said the order was unconstitutional The BJP ers to any law enforcement or security agency," it said Abdul Gani Lone. “I was already the party of PC and Likewise, the power supply to Channi Himmat and its government is converting India into a surveillance The ministry used Rule 4 of the IT (Procedure and today I decided to join the party formally,” he said. adjoining areas fed from CH-8 feeder shall remain af- state through the order, Anand Sharma said with oth- Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring and Asked why did he left PDP, Ansari said that there was fected on December 22 from 09 am to 01 pm er opposition leaders by his side "It is the ultimate as- Decryption of Information) Rules 2009 to elaborate its nepotism and corruption in the party. “The party fails Meanwhile, the power supply to Sainik Colony and its sault on fundamental rights and the right to privacy. point It provides that "the competent authority may to come up to my expectations. I was promised certain adjoining areas fed from SC-4 feeder shall remain af- It is also in direct conflict with the Supreme Court authorise an agency of the Government to intercept, things for my constituency but nothing was done for fected on December 22 from 10 am to 01 pm. C Y M K C Y M K brass. (KNS) some leaders on by the working of party top issued statements the The meeting will also deliberate on Sabha Lok of ahead party the en and the steps required to strength- thorised multiple agencies to au- now has government the computer system. "Given that f agencies to intercept "any in- and assembly elections in the state. ing the current spate of dissidence to review the party affairs includ- sources told, the meeting is likely Party Srinagar. road Gupkar at Saturday at her fair view residence der which allows government the legality of the Centre's or- will take a "long hard look" at h expressed Friday Abdullah n o prys oe ru on group core party’s of minister ing chief Mehbooba Mufti has called a Kashmir meet- and Jammu former and (PDP) Party " " Kashmir chief minister Omar " " Omar agencies: investigative to powers snooping giving order govt attakeslook SC hard long,Hope Mehbooba calls Mehbooba party affairs party review to meeting group core PDP’s ormation" contained in any in contained ormation" ope that the Supreme court Supreme the that ope President Peoples Democratic F re Jmu and Jammu ormer ueu f netgto and Investigation of Bureau Central Bureau, Intelligence the as such agencies Central Information Home Ministry authorises 10 and Security' division of the Union 'Cyber order The p tweeted. 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