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The smallest minority on 90:10 Funding Pattern earth is the individual. Those who deny Will Have Serious individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of Implications for JK: Mufti minorities. support will seriously hamper ...... Ayn Rand demands “Minimum the implementation of these guaranteed schemes in a state like ours," said the Chief Minister. devolution” to States Mufti was speaking in NITI at niti ayog Meet Ayog here today during the meeting of the Sub-Group of 10 Chief NEW DELHI: The Chief Minister Ministers, a think-tank constitut- PDP-BJP Panel Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today ed for rationalization of Central- stated that dispensing with the ly-sponsored Schemes. Holds Meet 90:10 funding pattern for Central- Minister for Finance, Dr. Has- ly-sponsored Schemes (CSSs) for eeb. A. Drabu, Principal Secretary, SRINAGAR: The first meeting of PDP Special Category states will have Planning & Development, B. R. and BJP government’s Coordination serious implications for J&K which Sharma and Principal Resident Committee is scheduled to be held is strategically located and has Commissioner, J&K, L. D. Jha also in Jammu later this evening. seen a difficult period since 1947. participated. Sources said the meeting would be He said states like J&K and the The meeting, which was held at the official residence of Chief North East, which have huge lo- chaired by the Chief Minister of Minister Mufti Mohamamd Sayeed cational disadvantages coupled Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh at 8 pm. “The meeting will be presid- with challenging security scenar- Chauhan, was also attended by ed over by the BJP leader and Deputy io, will be severely handicapped the Chief Ministers of Rajasthan, CM Dr Nirmal Singh and attended Observing nature from balcony made with exquisite Kashmiri design at Badamwari gives a differet feel- Pix courtesy Muhammad Aslam if the 90:10 funding pattern is Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and by all the members of the newly done away with. "We have seen Nagaland, besides the Lt. Governor formed Coordination Committee.” a turnaround for the better in of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. A member of CC told KNS that in the these states now. The recommen- While suggesting cutting first meeting issues in common min- dations to change funding pat- down CSSs to 17 Mega Schemes imum programme would PAGE 6 GoI’s refusal to transfer power projects to JK tern and de-link some Centrally- only from the present 66, the sponsored schemes from Union Chief Minister said PAGE 6 183 JK youth join army Ruckus in Assembly, SRINAGAR: One hundred eighty three youth from the J&K were in- ducted into the Indian Army on Fri- day at J&K Light Infantry Regimen- tal Centre in Srinagar. Singing their Legislator Injured Regimental Song, the young soldiers took the oath to devote their lives to JAMMU: Pandemonium marred protect India from all odds. These the proceedings of legislative as- Young Soldiers called themselves sembly on Friday as opposition Will go beyond Uri and Dulhasti: Mehbooba singularly privileged to join this il- members gathered near the speak- lustrious regiment which is the only er's podium amid slogan shouting SRINAGAR: PDP Friday said it will will go beyond the demand of Uri one in the entire Indian Army to have and noise against governments al- not confine its approach to the re- and Dulhasti’s return. BJp favours return been raised by the brave PAGE 6 leged failure to bring states back turn of Uri-I and Dulhasti power She maintained that the party power projects from NHPC. projects from NHPC but explore all will rectify the “wrongs commit- of power projects Reports said stormy scenes were options to make J&K rich in power ted by the National Conference in SRINAGAR: The deputy chief minister Sistani calls witnessed in both the houses of resources. the past and gave away the proj- Nirmal Singh Friday said the govern- Legislative Assembly with the oppo- The PDP president Mehbooba ects of the state against petty po- ment is committed in bringing back for unity sition parties National Conference Mufti said that besides exploring litical gains.” the power projects from NHPC to Medical ‘Negligence’ Claims BAGHDAD: Iraq's most revered cleric and Congress cornering government the modalities of returning Uri-I “We have the tenure of six state as mentioned in CMP between on Friday called for unity among the over its ‘failure’ in bringing back the and Dulhasti to Jammu and Kash- years and we want to assure that the PDP and BJP. 3 Lives in Baramulla country's forces battling the ISIS after power projects from NHPC and NC mir, the party is striving to revise all the biggest problem faced by the Dr Singh while talking to report- most of the Shia militias pulled out of legislator Abdul Majeed Bhat was royalties and would ensure that the people of the state is of power and ers outside the Legislative Assembly Authorities say both residents of Rafiabad died at the offensive in the militant-held city injured during a scuffle with the state get its due share. “We have same will be addressed during termed the uproar by the NC and Con- the district hospital after being al- of Tikrit in protest over US airstrikes marshals during the protest. put forward our point and pitched the present dispensation. Every- gress as an attempt to gain ‘cheap pub- elderly people had legedly administered expired dex- there. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's The house was adjourned after for one of six ultra mega thermal thing is in black and white. There licity’. He said that he has already held natural deaths trose by the paramedics on Thurs- appeal came a day after the militias, former chief minister Omar Abdul- projects at Madhya Pradesh,” Me- is nothing hidden from the people some talks with the Union power min- day, witnesses said. Many patients which had been instrumental so far lah led the protesting members hbooba said, adding that the PDP of the state,” Mehbooba PAGE 6 ister over the return of the PAGE 6 BARAMULLA: Three people, two also experienced shivering after in the sucesses, announced their boy- who came in the well. PAGE 6 of them women, died at the district they were administered dextrose by cott of the Tikrit offensive. hospital in Baramulla due to the the medicos in the ward No 1 of the The U.S. got involved in the operation alleged negligence of the doctors hospital, they said. and started providing PAGE 6 sparking off strong protests by the The deaths due to alleged negligence 2014 Floods attendants on Friday. triggered protests by the attendants and Why india Sumander Faqeer, 70, of Boniyar, the locals outside the hospital. Cop Goes Missing Bakhti Begum, 65, Hajra Begum, 70, Shouting slogans against PAGE 6 From Ganderbal Admires SC Seeks Status Report from JK Govt SRINAGAR: A Head Constable of the SRINAGAR: A division bench of the ‘Kashmir first, Kashmiri first’ Jammu and Kashmir Police has gone Atal Bihari? Supreme Court headed by Justice missing from central Kashmir’s Gan- NEW DELHI:- One of India’s most Madan B. Lokur and Justice U.U. Lalit Hurriyat (M) Raises New Slogan derbal district, reports said on Friday. charismatic leaders, Atal Bihari Friday directed the Advocate-General According to a police officials, Mo- Vajpayee, who was awarded the of J&K Government to provide status SRINAGAR: Pitching for inclusion of main stake holders while as India hammad Shafi Parray (belt no. 02/ Bharat Ratna today, is lauded as a report to the court regarding the dis- people of Kashmir in Indo-Pak talks, and Pakistan come second. We are BD) of Wussun Ganderbal went miss- statesman politician whose accept- tribution of relief to the flood victims Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman not the cannon fodder that could ing since today morning. He had not ability across the board broke barri- in J&K, reports said. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said be intimated about their fate while returned till last reports came in. ers pitchforking the Bharatiya Janata Supreme Court was hearing a writ his amalgam will start a Valley wide India and Pakistan sit and talk,” the Parray, according to the officials, is on Party (BJP) to centrestage of politics petition filed by J&K National Panthers campaign named ‘Kashmir first, Huriyat (M) chairman said. the rolls of District Budgam and has been in the late 90s. Party and others for the distribution of Kashmiri first’. He maintained that the bilateral absent from duty for the last PAGE 6 It was Vajpayee’s sway that equitable relief in cash and kind to the “We have neither given the right talks over Kashmir have so far failed brought new allies to BJP, then con- victims of floods and rain in Jammu to India, nor to Pakistan for speak- yield any results with the Kashmir is- sidered a virtual untouchable in and Kashmir in September, 2014. ing on behalf of us,” Mirwaiz said sue hanging since decades. “We will H1N1: 482 Test view of its rightist leanings, espe- Supreme Court granted four amid slogans while addressing present our case ourselves as there is cially after demolition of Babri Mas- weeks to the Jammu and Kashmir Friday congregation at Jamia Mas- no one who knows better than us the Positive in 2015 jid, in 1998. government to file its status report. jid here. He said that the people pain that we had to undergo during JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir gov- An orator par excellence and of Kashmir are the primary stake the conflict. Our stand is clear and ernment today said that 482 patients known for taking bold initiatives, holders during the dialogue process that is Kashmir first and Kashmiri have been tested positive for H1N1 notable being the attempt to bridge 300 people SRINAGAR: Government on Friday said that 300 people died and 25 suffered injuries in floods between India and Pakistan for the first during the Indo-Pak talks over influenza in the state in 2015 with Indo-Pak differences, Vajpayee that battered the state last September. Responding a question in Legislative Council, Minister resolution of Kashmir issue. Kashmir resolution,” said Mirwaiz. seven suspected deaths due to swine reached far beyond his BJP’s nation- Died in Sept for Relief and Rehabilitation Basharat Bukhari said that due to floods of 2014 in the state 300 “We will not allow India to dic- He added that his amalgam in flu. In a reply to a joint question of alist political agenda. PAGE 6 Floods: govt people died and 25 persons were injured. He further said that apart from damage PAGE 6 tate terms as Kashmiris are the near future is starting a PAGE 6 several members in Legislative Coun- cil, Minister for Health Choudhary Lal Singh said that health institutions of the state have reported 26 deaths which include seven PAGE 6 Indian market deluged by discarded medical devices from ‘developed’ world Do You Get Your Copy MUMBAI: Poor regulation countries end up being and Nigeria complained The problem is complex of Kashmir Observer and lack of indigenisation fleeced unwittingly by com- about poorly-calibrated, old with a range of stakehold- in India’s multibillion dol- panies looking for fatter mar- machines being dumped in ers calling the shots in an Regularly? lar healthcare sector, has gins, and are also delivered their hospitals in the name environment open to ex- set off a rampant trend of either unnecessary products of donations. ploitation in the absence of ‘dumping’ of medical equip- or pre-used and substandard TOI reports that domes- requisite legal frameworks If Not ment by first-world nations, hand-me-downs. tic manufacturers or checks and balances. say reports. In their quest While com- Spot Light in India, have also The main charge against to meet the massive de- plaints have start- repeatedly peti- the ‘dumpers’ is that, not mand for ‘certified’ medical ed to flood in from across the tioned government officials only are they imposing Contact equipment especially in the developing world, China led about the need to indigenise medical devices on develop- Circulation cardiac and orthopaedic sec- the pack, instituting a probe this sector quickly for simi- ing nations, the gadgets are Incharge: tors, markets like India, and last year, against western lar reasons. Indian manu- being 'sold at inflated prices' Pervez Ahmad even China, Uganda and Ni- and Japanese medical device facturers blame poorly-con- by first-world countries and 9419565003 geria have turned into des- makers for selling dialysis trolled Chinese companies trading companies. Or tinations for “diversion of kits at exorbitant prices in for exporting low-priced In terms of sheer num- 210 6304 unwanted stocks” from the comparison to indigenous equipment of questionable bers, the stakes are high in a first world. Patients in these versions. Recently, Uganda quality to this country. market like PAGE 6

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Bharat Ratna ﬁtting Process for House passes r&B Grants recognition of Vajpayee’s return of power Pursuing key tunnel, road illustrious career: Mufti projects on: Akhtar NEW DELHI – Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today projects with Centre: Bukhari described the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as ‘opposition for sellout of the State’s wa- one of the tallest visionary statesmen of the country. He said ter resources in lieu of power. JAMMU- Minister for R&B, GP&FC, ture to understand the decisions Bukhari said the Union Minis- conferring Bharat Ratna on him is a fitting recognition of his vainly trying to “Let NC leaders tell the people Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari we need to take now” said Syed try of Road Transport and High- illustrious Political career. that have they ever made even today said that an effective com- Altaf Bukhari, adding that a sus- ways has recently declared seven The Chief Minister said this while attending a function here cover-up its follies’ a feeble effort to get back the munication network is essential tainable improvement in eco- new National Highways in the today where the former Prime Minister received the prestigious power projects from NHPC,” he not only for meeting the require- nomic performance requires a state, adding that the govern- award from the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. JAMMU: The State Government said and added that on the oth- ments of travel and transport but road network, the transport links ment is pursuing vigorously with Describing Vajpayee as one of the most outstanding Prime today made it clear that it has er hand successive NC regimes also for rapid socio-economic that connect people with jobs MoRTH to have Mughal road, Ministers of the country in the post-Independence era, Mufti already begun the process for continued to gift prime power development of the state and the and goods with markets. Ap- Doda-Desa-Kapran-Verinag road said he believed in taking the country forward through consen- return of power projects from stations, one after another, to country, adding that good con- preciating Members for giving upto Jawahal Tunnel exit and Ver- sus and reconciliation. NHPC and the issue has been the Government of India to nectivity and economic growth valuable suggestions regarding inag- Achabal-Mattan- Pahalgam Praising Vajpayee’s efforts during his tenure as Prime Min- flagged in the Common Mini- please their godfathers in Delhi. are linked with each other. He various developmental activities road declared as National High- ister in taking peace initiatives in the State, the Chief Minister mum Programme (CMP) of the Mr Akhtar said the question said road connectivity is even of the department, the Minister ways. He said efforts would be said Vajpayee is still admired in J&K for his historic initiatives PDP-BJP coalition. regarding return of power proj- more important because it is di- assured them that points raised also made to open Mughal Road in engaging all stakeholders in a constructive and meaningful Accusing National Confer- ects to J&K was submitted by rectly linked to the promotion of by them would be taken care of. for vehicular traffic earlier than dialogue. ence and Congress of trying to PDP MP, Mr Tariq Hameed Karra tourism. He said steps would be taken to its scheduled opening time. mislead the people over the in the Lok Sabha in January 2015, “To set J&K on the path of in- make R&B department efficient, Bukhari said project propos- Class 9th Passing out issue, Education Minister, Mr long before the PDP-BJP coalition vestment we need infrastructure responsive and accountable. als of Rs. 661.74 crore for fund- Naeem Akhtar said it is for the government finalized its CMP. planning and delivery to improve Giving details about the work ing for inter-state and intra-state student killed in parade held in first time that a tangible move He said given the fact that ju- the lives of our citizens across done the Minister said 1223 Km roads under various centrally accident has been made by the PDP-BJP dicious harnessing of the State’s the State” the Minister said in the road length across the State has sponsored schemes have been rangreth coalition government to re- water resources is fundamental Legislative Assembly today add- been blacktopped and WBM laid submitted to MoRT. These include Srinagar: A 15-year-old boy Srinagar: The Passing Out Pa- trieve the power stations gifted to J&K’s fiscal autonomy and ing that there is fundamental link for a length of 1683 Km during roads like Jammu –Pathankote, died after a the vehicle he rade of 99th batch of the young by successive NC regimes to the prosperity, it has been made between sound infrastructure and the current financial year so far. Mahanpur-Basohli, Basohli-Bani- was driving colloided with a boys from Kashmir, trained Centre. “It’s because of the stat- clear in the CMP that the PDP- productive state economy. He said He said Rs. 565.71 crore stands Bhaderwah to Bajootra HP, Bhag- speedy truck at Lawaypora and transformed into soldiers ed position of the Government BJP coalition government will infrastructure network enables expended under R&B Sector dur- wati Nagar-Akhnoor Road, Bridge near HMT in the outskirts of was held at Bana Singh Pa- of India on the return of power work with the Central Govern- people to gain access to jobs and ing 2013-14 while a road length of over Rawi River at village Keerian Srinagar city on Friday morn- rade Ground of the Jammu and projects, that the issue has been ment to explore modalities for prosperity. Quotation Noble Prize 1376 Km was blacktopped besides Kathua etc. The State Government ing. The victim was identified Kashmir Light Infantry Regi- flagged in the CMP so that the transfer of Dulhasti and Uri winner Paul Krugman “Productiv- laying Water Bound Macadam is pursuing the matter with Union as Hatim Latif Zargar, a class 9 mental Centre, Rangreth on long-pending demand for the hydropower projects to the ity is not everything, but in the (WBM) over a length of 2354 Km. Government for seeking external student of a private school. Friday. On this day the young return of these projects to the State besides seeking share in long run is almost everything”, The Minister said 6074 Kms financial assistance from Japan Police sources said the de- soldiers will be completing 42 State is taken to the logical the profits of NHPC emanating he said good road network is the have been restored out of the ag- International Corporation Agency ceased along with his friend weeks of strenuous training. conclusion,” Akhtar told media- from J&K’s waters and revisit- foundation stone for a successful gregate damaged road length of (JICA) under Official Develop- Momin Ahmed Pandit was Parents and relatives of the persons here. ing all royalty agreements. “Un- economy and productive and co- 6121 Km due to floods of Septem- ment Assistance (ODA) loan for on way towards his residence newly recruited soldiersalong He said NC has no moral like NC, our Government would hesive society, adding that roads ber, 2014. He said out of 600 dam- 20 major projects which includes Umarabad Zainakot in his ve- with a number of civil and authority to speak on the is- take the process to its logical should never be at a standstill. aged bridges, 510 bridges have construction of 06 tunnels and 14 hicle (JK0AS-391) when the military dignitaries attended sue, as the party is responsible conclusion,” he maintained. “You have to imagine the fu- been restored so far. major / district road projects. speedy truck (JK13C-5411) the function. rammed the vehicle causing An army official from Chinar the death of the boy on the Corps said that a vibrant na- CM greets Youth booked on spot. His friend Momin Pandit tional sprit was visible among Jalil was among pioneers suffered critical injuries and the trainees who passed out people on stone-pelting charges was rushed to nearby hospital. after rigorous training. ramanavami of struggle: Malik The truck driver whom po- “Army is continuing to stage protest lice identifed as Fayaz Ahmed provide opportunity to youth JAMMU - Chief Minister Mufti ‘His replacement has not been yet found’ Dagoo of Kakapora Pulwamma for employment in Armed Muhammad Sayeed has greet- demand speedy trial or general amnesty was arrested soon after the ac- Forces and even organising ed the people on the auspi- Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir sive measures can deter us from Anantnag: Scores of youth who have been booked for their al- cident. pre-recruitment training at cious occasion of Ramanavami. Liberation Front (JKLF) chair- this path.” leged involvement in stone-pleting and arson incidents during “A case vide FIR number numerous places across valley. In his message, the Chief man Mohammad Yasin Malik Meanwhile, in connection 2010 summer agitation and poll process Friday staged a protest 66/2015 has been registered Large number of youth have Minister prayed for communal Friday said advocate Jalil An- with the anniversary of Indrabi, outside the court presmises in South Kashmir’s Anantnag dis- and the investigation has been benefitted from these efforts," harmony, brotherhood, peace, drabi was among the pioneers JKLF held a protest sit-in at Par- trict demanding either amnesty or speedy trial of their cases. taken up,” Station House Of- he said adding that parents progress and prosperity in the of present struggle and his tap Park Lal Chowk today, a JKLF The protesters termed the slow trial of their cases related to ficer Police Station Parimpora feel proud for their sons join- State. He also prayed for the replacement has not been yet spokesperson said in a state- stone-pelting as a punitive measure and pressed for speedy trial. Muhammad Ayoub said. ing Armed Forces. well-being of the people of found. ment to KNS. “The sit in led by In 2011, then J&K state government had announced the in- the State. “Besides being a worthy ju- zonal president Noor Moham- troduction of an amnesty scheme to withdraw cases against rist, intellectual he was a coura- mad Kalwal was attended by people allegedly involved in stone-pelting that occurred during National Lok Adalat Pesticide, geous person who always cared JKLF seniors and activists. The unrest in the state in 2010. and worked for the betterment protest sit in was held as a show The protesting youth alleged that their studies and other on April 11 at Anntnag fertilizers dealers of society and even sacrificed his of solidarity with those lan- routine work gets affected on daiy basis as they have to pres- ANANTNAG: A National Lok Adalat is proposed to be held at in anantnag fined life in the way of steadfastness,” guishing in Jammu Kashmir as ent themselves frequently in the court of law. “Eleven FIR’s have CJM’s Court Anantnag under the Chairmanship of Chairman Malik said while remembering well as Indians jails especially been registered against me in different police stations of the Tehsil Legal Services Committee Anantnag on April 11, 2015 in ANANTNAG: According to Andrabi on his anniversary. who are serving a life detention. district. I have to make myself available in the court frequently which Labour, family matters etc pending and pre-litigation District Enforcement Officer Malik, who is admitted in On the occasion while speaking as a result my studies get affected and I fail to attend the col- matters shall taken up for amicable settlement. Special Mobile Anantnag /Pulwama 180 in- Delhi hospital and is, undergo- to media, Noor Mohammad lege,” a final year student Showkat Ahmed Gilkar told CNS. Magistrate, District Mobile Magistrate, Anantnag and Munsiff spections were conducted ing treatment, said, “Struggle Kalwal said that Indian govern- Another protester Asif Ahmed said that he was working as a (JMIC) Anantnag are requested to identify the cases in their respec- under fertilizer control order and sacrifice given by this ment has unleashed an undem- Salesman but lost three jobs so far due to his frequent absence tive court to this office by or before April 09, 2015. and 130 inspections under brother of ours has honored us ocratic and oppressive assault from job. “Police have booked in stone-pelting charges and 19 Interested parties who desire to put their cases in said Lok Insecticide Act 1968 by the and this nation can never forget on Kashmiri inmates. Their FIR’s have been registered against me. I can’t afford attending Adalat are directed to approach the concerned courts at Anantnag. agency and 35, 15 samples his courage, passion and sacri- days in incarceration are being court frequently and appeal to the government for the speedy were analyzed besides or- fices. We are duty bound to con- prolonged by oppressive mea- trial or review of our cases,” he said. ders for sale stop were issued tinue the struggle for freedom sures and they along with their Another protester Rouf Ahmed said that, “even though we aDC attaches 2 more test in favour of five insecticide that has been nourished by the families are being subjected to are not detained, but we face considerable uncertainty and stig- dealers during the period sacred blood of our martyrs like worst kind of state sponsored ma, and the risk of being detained again in order to aid inves- four officials positive for in Pulwama and Anantnag. Sahheed I Insaaf and no oppres- violence,” he said. tigations.” “We appeal to the present government to announce BARAMULLA: On the directions of Swine Flu Prosecution/FIR were filed general amnesty for us so that we can live a normal and peace- Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Ad- against 5 dealers during the ful life,” they said. ditional Deputy Commissioner, today Srinagar- Two more persons period. Five samples of insec- 80 sericulture farmers of attached four officials of Chief educa- were tested positive for ticides were found sub stan- tion office Baramulla, viz., Deputy deadly virus Swine Flu in dard. Warnings/ Notices were anantnag flagged off cet aspirants Chief Education officer, District Plan- Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of issued in favour of 15 insecti- ANANTNAG: District Development Commissioner Anantnag, Mr. seek date extension ning officer, Section Officer and Junior Medical Sciences (SKIMS) cide dealers and 35 fertilizer Bashir Ahmad Khan today flagged off two Buses carrying 80 pro- Assistant to the office of Additional Soura on Friday, an official dealers during the period. gressive sericulture farmers under ATMA Programme for one day Srinagar: Parents of students desirous of taking the Common Deputy Commissioner Baramulla. said here. PRO SKIMS, Kul- Five samples of pesticides training tour to Srinagar at a function organized by Sericulture De- Entrance Test (CET) for selection in various technical courses Meanwhile, the enquiry Commit- soom Bhat in a statement have been misbranded and partment Anantnag. The farmers belong to three Sericulture Zones have sought a week’s extension for submitting the forms. tee headed by the Additional Deputy issued to GNS said the toll the accused were prosecut- Kuthar, Dachnipora and Sarnal of the district. The last date, it may be mentioned, expired last week. A del- Commissioner has been constituted of infected persons have ed under various provisions On the occasion the DDC emphasized upon the farmers to avail all ben- egation of parents told newsmen that vital documents/certifi- for investigating the large scale trans- climbed to 401 in Kashmir of insecticide Act 1968 and efits from the departmental experts in building their socio economic pros- cates destroyed during the floods had to be procured in dupli- fer orders issued by Ex-Chief Educa- Valley. However, the spokes- a fine of Rs.37800 has been perity. He asked to the department to organize more such kind of tours cate from various agencies which caused the delay. tion Officer in education department person said, no death was imposed upon the accused inside and outside the state so that farmers related with sericulture sec- “If the forms of such applicants are not accepted and enter- after the transfer of the CEO. reported in last 24 hours. by the District Court Anant- tor can be awared by the ongoing central /state sponsored schemes under tained, they will lose a year,” they said. K nag. ATMA and other programmes for the welfare of the farmers. They urged the concerned to condone the delay. Y M C saturday 28032015 Kashmir Observer OPINION

  Contemporary art In KasHmIr Kashmir Observer saturday, 28 MArCH, 2015 4 Friday, 01 February, 2013 OPINION Driverless Cars State Sanctioned Vandalism he newest Mercedes autonomous car Syed Mujtaba Rizvi Kashmir) came to see the exhibition, hardly any creative spaces for the art- and enthusiasm. Once the space was looks like a car on the outside but like a he became so furious that the artists ists. The lone institute of music and ready, we worked closely with the art- lounge on the inside, with four swivel seats n the opening day of Gal- literally ran away jumping through fine arts is in shambles. What will be- ists and put together a fantastic show facing each other in a multimedia bubble lerie One, I was in a con- the windows. “What nonsense are come of this place? never conceived before. Finally Kash- of padded leather and walnut veneer. versation with Rajendra these paintings,” Bakshi has shouted. This question started to haunt mir’s first ever art Gallery, Gallerie TThe F 015 ‘luxury in Motion’ concept car un- Tickoo, Masood Hus- There were works by some of the most me at an early age. And therefore, One, came into existence and was sain, Shabbir Mirza, M influential artists of the time like G.R. in August 2009 I decided to take the thrown open to people on 12 January veiled at the Consumer electronics show in las O matter into my own hands. Kashmir 2015 at 2:00 pm. A Mehboob, Shaiqa Mohi and several Santosh, Trilok Koul, S.N. Bhat, Nisar Vegas earlier this year is completely self-driving other senior artists from Jammu and Aziz and others. The exhibition was Art Quest was born and we started to Within one month we received but still has a steering wheel and brake if you Kashmir. The opening of the first ever closed. organize various art projects locally, global media coverage, and put to- want to swivel around and drive it manually. centre for contemporary arts and re- Later, Bakhshi had visited some nationally and internationally. We gether a world class exhibition of daimler, the maker of Mercedes and inventor search in Kashmir was a dream come ‘important’ art exhibition in New Del- established an annual contemporary artworks by leading and emerging of the original automobile, wants to be among true for all of them. They told me that hi and there he saw works that were arts show, international art exchange artists of Kashmir. Many exhibiting the first to re-invent the car, CEO Dieter Zetsche they had waited all their lives for such formally quite similar to what he had programmes, film screening events, artists have already been recognized an initiative and how several great seen in Kashmir. When he arrived travelling projects, educational work- by galleries and institutions nation- said at the CES, which he says will become more artists had died with the dream of hav- back in Kashmir, he asked his offi- shops, seminars, research projects ally and they have already started than just a means of transport and will turn into ing an art gallery in Kashmir. They cers to gather all those artists again and several other physical and online working with them on various proj- a mobile living space. were all very excited. They shook my and helped them organize another initiatives. Over the years we worked ects. We also executed the first ever German rival Audi, Tesla, Google and a num- hand again and again and hugged me exhibition. He even acquired many with around 500 artists worldwide Design Summit to boost the creative ber of other companies are working on their before and after. artworks and was quite instrumental and partnered with some of the most economy in Kashmir and to bridge own versions of driverless cars, fulfilling the The artist Rajendra Tickoo had in the establishment of J&K Academy prestigious organizations and insti- the gap between arts and the rest of forecasts that they will be a reality on the roads come especially for the opening of of arts culture and languages. Today, tutions. We had started to revive the the industry. We had already started the gallery from Jammu, even though we don’t really know what happened art-scene in Kashmir and took it to the collaborating with artists, institu- perhaps as soon as the end of this decade. none of his artworks were in the open- to those works acquired by Bakshi. international stage. Young Kashmiri tions and organisations locally and In fact, all the technology needed for a self- ing exhibition. We all stood in a circle Those works used to adore the walls artists are re-living the legacy of their internationally. Every Sunday we or- driving car exists already. Current features like amidst a rush of visitors to the gal- of old Tourist Reception Centre. old masters and doing some really ganized artist talks, and every Thurs- adaptive cruise control and self-parking preview lery, each artist sharing their memo- Like the disappearance of those dynamic and exciting work – gaining day we screened art documentaries what a fully autonomous car can do. ries. Rajendra reminded the other artworks, the art scene also started to critical recognition globally. which have gathered more and more It is likelier to be legal and liability issues that artists about a weird incident that disappear from Kashmir. Probably be- But an art gallery – a creative public participation. Gallerie One slow down actual deployment. That and social ac- had happened in the same building cause of the conflict. There were wars; space – an open breathing space – was was already becoming a major attrac- tion for locals and tourists. What we ceptance of such a radical change could dampen in 1960s – during the days of Ghulam there was the armed uprising, kill- still missing in Kashmir. So I spent Mohammad Bakshi – long before the ings, encounters, rapes, mass graves two years in London at Goldsmiths established was no less than any pub- the trend more than a lack of technology. building was destroyed on April 6, and a lot of other horrific things to preparing a functional & sustainable lic asset. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a recent inter- 2005 in an encounter between Indian deal with. model for a centre for contemporary However in an unfortunate turn view, however, that the change in thinking armed forces and militants. If research is to be believed, then arts and research in Kashmir. When of events, the gallery was controver- could be no different than the shift from eleva- The artists had put up a show in there is ample evidence as to how arts I returned last year, I discussed this sially vandalized and seized by tour- tors manned by operators to today’s completely one of the halls of the old building. spur economic development, how arts vision with the Ex-Director Tourism, ism officials on Monday 23rd Febru- automatic elevators. These were the days when Modern boost tourism, how arts influence the Mr. Talat Parvez, Commissioner/ ary 2015. We were not served with any There is little question that driverless cars Art was not really modern and the social, cultural and intellectual evolu- Secretary Tourism & Culture, Mr. notice, neither was any proper expla- Bombay Progressive Artists’ group tion of a society. But the artists had Shailendra Kumar, and other of- nation given as to why they behaved will improve fuel economies not only because had recently disbanded and were not become ghosts. Even the crafts in- ficers. Eventually we received sup- the way they did. Artworks were dam- they smooth out the braking and accelerating of too mainstream yet. The Kashmiri dustry was slowly decaying. Artifacts port from the tourism department in aged and all our operations came to human drivers, but also because they improve artists were a league ahead, accord- were reduced to mere objects to be terms of converting the main hall on a sudden halt as a result of their ac- traffic flow by finding optimal routes and -miti ing to MA Mehboob, and had heavily sold for consumption by tourists and the 1st Floor of the newly Constructed tions. gating congestion. The lower accident rate will influenced the progressive group. But people outside Kashmir – In a place Tourist Reception Centre Srinagar Just before Rajendra Tickoo was mean fewer traffic jams from that cause as well. due to lack of any space, they used to where the arts was deeply manifested into an art gallery. We conceived and telling us the story of the 1960’s exhi- Also, there will be fewer cars on the road be- get together and organize shows in a in its traditions, economy, culture, ar- prepared the entire project proposal, bition, the Tourism Director in his tent at Pratap Park in Srinagar. The chitecture, and even religious practic- and formulated the business model. inaugural statement had called the cause a single driverless car per family can take members of the progressive group es. Kashmir is dying a cultural death. Kashmir Art Quest gave have them gallery “the intellectual character of both parents to work, drop the kids off at school, used to visit Kashmir often and And the signs of this are even visible free advice, expertise, and personnel Kashmir.” Little did we know that pick them up afterwards and obviate the need worked closely with Kashmiri art- in the ugliness of its cities situated support to prepare a world-class gal- just over a month after its opening the for the two or three-car family. ists independently or in various artist amidst jaw-dropping landscapes, as lery. We even contributed our sav- gallery will be vandalized, damaged A recent study from the University of Michi- camps. But this exhibition at the old if from paradise. The irony is evident ings, not to mention the time and en- and seized by the officials of the same gan suggests, however, that overall fuel con- Tourist Reception Centre was too bold everywhere. ergy. We worked hard day and night department. sumption could increase because the cars on for the people in Kashmir especially The J&K Academy of arts culture and our team was constantly at the Syed Mujtaba Rizvi is an art- considering its deep rooted practice in and languages, which boasts of one of construction site. The September ist, and Founder, Managing Direc- the road will get a lot more use. But of course handicrafts. When Ghulam Moham- the richest art collections, has become floods disrupted some progress, but tor – Kashmir Art Quest and initia- that can be balanced out by greater reliance on mad Bakhshi (then prime minister of almost defunct today. There are still we resumed soon with greater spirit tor of Gallerie One, Srinagar. non-fossil fuel energy to power the cars. Stock market analysts are already talking about this evolution because investors looking at the big picture can put their money into the auto- makers and suppliers who are moving in this di- OTheR OPiniOn rection and who will have an important head start. Along with Audi and Mercedes, BMW is on that list, as well as General Motors, Volvo and Toy- ota. Auto suppliers that are in this trend include Yemeni Conﬂict Expands TRW, Delphi, and Borg Warner in the U.S., as well as Europe’s Continental and Japan’s Denso. HE situation in Yemen is, by any de- conflict. Yet the government had maintained conflict. Egypt and Turkey have supported This transformative automobile technology scription, incendiary and Pakistan, a largely ambiguous stance, until yesterday’s the Saudi intervention while the US is also in- will be a game-changer for other industries as as matters stand, appears to be get- developments. The pressure on Pakistan was volved. well, from software makers to suppliers of enter- ting ready to jump into the fray. indeed immense to tag along in the anti-Houthi The Houthis, on the other hand, have tainment. As cars truly do become mobile living T On Thursday evening, after a coalition. warned of a “wider war” in response to the spaces, there will be new revenue streams as meeting chaired by the prime minister, the gov- Yet despite the heat from Riyadh and others, Saudi action, while the Iranian government has ernment announced that a high-level delega- considering the regional situation and Paki- dubbed the airstrikes a “dangerous step. companies figure out ways to monetize the ex- tion, including the defence minister and repre- stan’s own predicament, neutrality would have It is difficult for Pakistan to play favourites tra time people have in their cars (movies, music, sentatives from the military, would be heading been the wisest option. with either Saudi Arabia or Iran — consider- games – the list goes on). to Saudi Arabia today to “assess the situation”. Intervention in others’ internal affairs is ing Pakistan’s strategic relationship with the Car safety, but also cybersecurity – nobody This comes swiftly on the heels of Saudi air- always a tricky proposition. For example, how former and geographical proximity with the wants to have their car hacked - are issues that strikes inside Yemen targeting the Houthi rebel are we to justify coming to the aid of the Yeme- latter. This is something both capitals need to need to be developed and tested. movement, which is locked in a struggle with ni government while opposing, say, Bashar Al- understand. Tesla’s Musk noted that driving in dense ur- the Yemeni government. Assad’s regime in Syria? Also, Pakistan is fighting its own internal Getting involved in what is essentially an Also, considering the regional dynamics in war against militants. Can we realistically af- ban environments at intermediate speeds pose internal conflict is unwise, but the prime min- play in Yemen, Pakistan needs to tread care- ford to despatch troops overseas when the the greatest challenge for current technologies ister seemed quite concerned with protecting fully. Saudi Arabia backs Yemen’s beleaguered military is currently engaged in Fata and else- and these must be thoroughly tested before Saudi Arabia’s territorial integrity, any viola- President, Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who also where? driverless cars are allowed on the road. tion of which, he said, would evoke a “strong has American support, while the Houthi move- If anything Pakistan should use its good of- But the self-driving car is coming to a show- response” from Islamabad. ment is said to enjoy the confidence of Iran. fices to help achieve a diplomatic solution, rath- room near you sooner than you think. Earlier, there had been some talk of the Sau- It is clear that Yemen has become the latest er than become a party in this conflict. ------Darrell Delamaide dis wanting Pakistani troops involved in this regional theatre of the Riyadh-Tehran proxy --Dawn Biscoe School on Decline! nO hOlDS bARReD e the parents of the functioning of the school and teaching not to speak of quality or class 10th students has adversely affected the aca- method of teaching. This has cer- of "TYNDALE demic career of our wards. Unless tainly put a question mark on the BISCOE SCHOOL" your teachers are able to make the popularity of the students . WSheikh-Bagh, wards understand the method of Hope the Principal of the Srinagar are embarrassed with solving any particular question or school make arrangements on pri- the poor performance and lack of chapter of any subject for its solu- ority to save the academic career qualified teachers, more impor- tions no one on the earth can we of our wards as the 10th examina- tantly the experienced teachers expect the desired results in the tions are approaching fast where in the school which is popularly performance. we expect excellent performance known for its reputation in past. The teachers not only lack by our wards. In case the school The teachers lack ability and method of teaching but do not fails to do away with it, we may knowhow of teaching and are thus have grip on Maths , Science and start a poster campaign against unable to convince the students in Urdu more importantly the Eng- the poor performance of the TBS the class or to make them under- lish and grammar. Despite our teachers besides highlighting in stand in a manner that suits the repeated requests to the school au- all leading newspapers and elec- students. thorities no improvement is vis- tronic media. It is the school management ible when we check copies of our that is responsible for such a wards. We cannot compromise ADNAN BHAT messy situation and we are left with the education and career of [email protected] with no alternative but to send our wards despite the fact we pay our wards to tuition centers monthly fee to the school on prior- on behalf of which put an extra financial bur- ity. Whatever the school authori- Parents of 10th Class Students den on us had the school not been ties demand from the parents, we Tyndale Biscoe School, Srinagar so callous and insensitive towards as parents never hesitate to abide the academic side of the student. by. Why cannot the Principal of The students are made scapegoats the school appoint or arrange X X MAIL YOUR LETTERS for the lust of money or some in- quality teachers for teaching the P.O. Box # 337, GPO, Srinagar-190 001 ternal crisis/ mismanagement. students instead of raw hands email: This has put a question mark on who even do not have concept of [email protected] saturday 28032015 Kashmir Observer PANORAMA SIMPLE ACCOUNTING 5 Things The J&K Budget Can Teach India Haseeb Drabu’s budget tries to set a new tone in budget-making in India “I am asserting that I shall not go with a begging bowl to New Delhi. This despite the fact that we not only have a friendly government at the Centre, we also have an exceptionally sensitive and accommodating Union Finance Minister. By doing so, I do hope to restore the dignity of the people of J & K who are forever being accused of surviving on subsidies and largesse. The goal of our government is economic self-reliance and ﬁscal autonomy.” – Haseeb Drabu, Finance Minister, Jammu & Kashmir

former banker, edi- knowing what’s happening and beloved of Indian financial babu- 4,336 crore). And this Rs 4,336 21 years, she will receive about ing to latest estimates, service first for any Indian state, most of tor and now full-time changing it immediately is a dom, such as plan, non-plan, capi- crore is to be “financed by prep- Rs 6.5 lakh. This handout is to sector constitutes 57% of the which face economic bottlenecks politician, regarded address the state’s low sex ratio. GSDP (gross state domestic prod- because of electricity shortages. as a “renegade” by Cost: Rs 35 crore. uct), its contribution to the state He said power-sector devel- AKashmiri separat- Here’s a look at the six pos- exchequer is next to nil. So far, opment held the key to fiscal ists who once believed he was sible districts in J&K where the we have not been able to tap the autonomy through 24×7 “reli- one among them, has just set the programme could be implement- entire potential of this sector.” able and affordable power to all tone for budget-making for In- dian states in the era of Narendra Modi. In line with the prime minister’s intention to devolve more power and finances to the states, the seasoned Drabu, 54 – econo- mist from Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, former bank chairman, former columnist with Mint, editor of business- standard.com and member of legislative assembly from Raj- pora, J&K – presented last week a budget that aimed at financial independence. “I shall not seek any financial assistance or grants from the Centre other than what is provided for in the Constitution of India for all the special category states SOURCE: J&K BUDGET, 2015-16 as a part of the federal fiscal system,” said Drabu, author of the ed – it will begin as a pilot project So, included under the tax domestic, commercial and indus- first budget of the People’s Demo- – based on the 2011 census: net now are advertising agen- trial consumers” and “unleash- cratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Source: Census 2011 cies, security services, place- ing of a new era of development”. Party alliance. Jammu & Kashmir has seen ment services, salons and health Presenting a detailed plan Here are five things that the child sex ratio (females per clubs. This should generate Rs of what he hoped to do, Drabu stood out in Drabu’s budget: 1,000 males) decline to 859 in the 150 crore. said 57 projects – hydel, solar and 2011 census from 941 in the 2001 Services make up nearly 60% thermal – with a capacity of 9344 1) Plain speaking on census. of India’s gross domestic product, MW (mega watt) are planned. wasteful government and services are taxed in India They require an investment of Rs 4) Taxing services to based on the negative list regime 1 lakh crore ($16 billion). Here’s what Drabu said increase revenue (not covered under service tax The state faces a peak defi- about his own government: “To Drabu intends to balance act including services provided cit of 22%. Electricity demand spend Rs 10,000 crore on the SOURCE: RBI; FIGURES IN RS CRORE dole handouts with new sources by central/state governments is 2,657 MW in 2014-15, of which economy, the government is of revenue. and RBI). IndiaSpend had earlier only 2,050 MW is likely to be met. spending nearly three times (Rs tough ask. tal, revenue and non-revenue. ositioning of the 14th Finance “J&K is the only state in the reported how service tax collec- Our verdict: Drabu’s 30,000 crore) that amount on the “In the next budget, we will Starting from the next fis- Commission grants without machinery that spends Rs 10,000 provide details of the physical as- cal year, 2015-16, the budget will seeking any additional funding”. crore!” sets that have been created on the have only two parts: receipts and That’s Drabuspeak for no favours J&K, along with Bihar, Him- ground by the money that was expenditure. from Delhi. achal Pradesh and Delhi, spends spent,” said Drabu. “The expenditure budget more money on revenue expen- The Finance Minister prom- will, in turn, have only revenue 3) Protecting the diture – which includes salaries, ised a law that would allow mon- and capital expenditure esti- vulnerable: small pensions, interest payments and ey to be borrowed only for financ- mates,” said Drabu. “The entire businesses, farmers, other money that the government ing capital assets. IndiaSpend old classification of the plan and spends on itself – than on capital previously reported how Ma- non- plan has been discarded. women expenditure to build assets and harashtra has built up a debt of This is a major change which has Drabu has balanced fiscal other infrastructure for the peo- $48 billion and now must borrow far reaching implications on the responsibility with subsidies ple, according to a state-budget money to repay borrowed money. allocation, efficiency and moni- and handouts that could allow analysis by the Reserve Bank of Haseeb also did some plain- toring of public expenditure. vulnerable people in his flood- India. speaking when he emphasised job This change will demystify the ravaged province to become self The financial year 2011-12 creation over asset creation: “Jab budget to a great extent.” sufficient. was a year of high capital spend- dukan chal padaygee, makaan “Now there will be only two Some examples: ing for all the three states. How- toh bun hi jayegaa!” (When busi- categories of expenditure, cur- * Waive 50% of the Kisan ever, in the following years, nesses will run, houses will get rent and capital; the former being Credit Card loans of farmers who 2012-13 and 2013-14, it is clear that made). what is spent to meet our daily have an outstanding balance of revenue expenditure is far high- expenses and the latter is what less than Rs 1 lakh. Cost: Rs 150 SOURCE: CENSUS 2011 er than capital spending in the 2) Simple accounting: is spent on making assets on the crore. three states as well as Delhi. This income & expenditure ground. In the years to come, we * For 50,000 widows: zero bal- country that has the power to tax tion was expected to be higher budget is an effort to set a new means governments that spend can start the mapping of asset ance savings account, life insur- services,” he said. “By virtue of than other taxes in 2014-15. tone in budget-making in India— more on themselves than on the With one stroke, Drabu has creation with money that has ance cover of Rs 25,000, accident the Goods & Services Tax Act, from a state that appears to be people they govern. rewritten the rules of budget- been spent.” cover of Rs 25,000 sickness/dis- J&K has the power to tax both 5) A budget for the main perpetually at conflict with India. Drabu also explained his writing and accounting. Drabu’s budget calculations ease cover of Rs 5,000 and matu- goods and services. All other economic bottleneck – government’s spending plan in It’s very easy to understand are simple: total revenue re- rity/survival benefits of Rs 25,000 states of India have the power to electricity This article was originally 2015-16: Rs 11,246 crore for build- where the money is coming from ceipts: Rs 42,137 crore; total pub- after five years. tax only goods. The moot point published on IndiaSpend.com, ing assets and Rs 35,227 crore for and where it will go. Gone are lic expenditure: Rs 46,473 crore; * Rs 1,000 per month to every is that J&K is a special taxation Drabu also presented a 41- a data-driven and public-inter- revenue expenditure. Obviously, those confusing terminologies resource gap (46,473-42,137= Rs girl for 14 years from birth. At area. Given the fact that accord- page power budget for J&K, a est journalism non-profit.

-----BOOKS re-imagining the days of ghalib and Mir reading the book: the kind of intellectual robustness The individual lives of the poets are described in technique, Faruqi can take liberties with his storyline the time in a rather monotonous simplicity. Such views which reminds one of the literary spirit of the esteemed fanciful detail with great imagination and intellectual which would have been deadly in the hands of a less are challenged in Faruqi’s literary criticism such as Dr Samuel Johnson’s The Lives of the Poets or Muham- fervour but the real character is the cultural capital of skilled writer. Faruqi can sometimes overload the story Sher-e-Shor Angez, but it is fiction where Haque comes mad Husain Azad’s Ab-e-Hayat, which Intizar Husain Delhi; the seat of political and cultural power, and a great with period detail. ‘Bright Star, Lone Splendour’ opens alive as a great human figure, and what more can one say insists on reading as a sort of novel in the making. This centre of learning which draws talented people from all with details of the Rajput lineage and its background of Mushafi who seems to come alive on the page. is not surprising in a book which takes around. As a large supporting cast of many characters while the protagonist’s birth is discussed on page nine. The stories come to their grand finale in the enig- its dramatis personae to include a distinguished move through the pages — like the multitude thronging Some readers may become impatient with this matically entitled ‘Timecompression’ but then the tale cast of Mir Taqi Mir, Mushafi Ghulam Hamdani, Ghal- the crowded bazaars of a burgeoning metropolis — we much detail but for Faruqi this is an essential component describes exactly what it promises: a Borgesian incident ib and Abdul Hayy Taban. In a less dexterous writer’s get a sense of the rich and varied culture of North India, of his narrative style. As the story draws to a close we are from the annals of Urdu poetry which must have been hand, this matter would have turned pedantic and dull. associated with the Indo-Persian, and later Urdu poetry reminded that earlier events are being recorded by the true. This is the only tale which is not taken from the But in Faruqi’s hands, the critical acumen is retained moving and breathing like a living character. More than narrator in his twilight years yet everything is still vivid author’s Urdu collection Sawar but appeared later and and becomes one strand out of the many with which the a richly described background, the very atmosphere to him and dream-like. It is obvious that language is an separately as a long tale. Historical detail colours the narrative is woven. takes on the attributes of a powerful character in a fic- essential element in achieving this quality. It is at once background of a miracle of time and the classical Urdu One of the most respected figures in contemporary tional world. The book breathes and moves with the many-layered and, at times, somewhat quaint in keeping poet’s life provides for the occasion. Like the other sto- Urdu literature for his erudite literary criticism, Faruqi spirit of this culture which is not so much described as with the sense of historicity. So we find that in the same ries in the book, this one too is savoured and relished Chandni Chowk in time of glory- 16th century is no stranger to fiction. Known for his modernistic evoked to show its enlivened presence. story, a character is respectfully addressed as “Exalted by the reader. It has been said of fiction that all but the stance and learned interpretation of Ghalib, he broke In the opening tale, ‘Bright star, lone splendour’ a Presence”. names and dates are true, in contrast to history in which new ground with his four volumes on exegesis of Mir’s fictive but apparently all-but-real narrator fulfills a life- Persian poetry forms an essential part of the back- only the names and dates ring true. Faruqi has taken this ASIF FARRUKHI selected poetry and then single-handedly established time dream when he encounters the entirely real and ground in ‘The Rider’ and we read: “The breezes that a step further as even the dates and, at least, some of the the poetics of the dastan which had become a victim of justly celebrated Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib. The blew so pleasantly through the lanes and bazaars of names are true, and what is not true, is fashioned out of N HIS latest work, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi bril- neglect. narrative invokes the tazkirahs and other such stories of Delhi resonated anyway with the poetry of Mirza Bedil, the truth. liantly spins stories of 18th- and 19th-century Urdu Farqui surprised the literary world by his foray in famous poets from that time and age. Reading it one gets his disciple Achal Das, his friend Muhammad Afzal Sur- The reviewer is a fiction writer and critic literati the realm of the novel with the marvelous Kai Chand the sense that Faruqi has perfected a technique. He takes khush, and younger poets like Anand Ram Mukhlis, Mir- A RICH and lovingly crafted tapestry of long- Thay Sar-e Aasman, which he himself translated into biographical and historical material from the lives of the za Mazhar Jan-e Janan and scores of others. The winds Iish tales, critic-turned-novelist Shamsur Rahman English as The Mirror of Beauty. The Sun That Rose poets and infuses them with imagination. wafted away the poetry to far-off places.” Faruqi’s latest book, The Sun That Rose From the Earth, From the Earth stories, too, carry the same stamp of ge- The young Rajput in this story is a convenient ve- Faruqi provides his language with a sonorous and is hefty, 600-odd pages of a connected narrative, offer- nius that mark his criticism and fiction, and cover new hicle for revealing the author’s all-encompassing enthu- supple quality and at the same time gives his phrases an the Sun that rose ing a dazzling variety which few novels, let alone short ground. Originally published in Urdu, they created a sen- siasm for Ghalib — the poet as well as the person. And Indian touch without making them quaint or Oriental in From the earth story collections provide. Five longish tales which can sation. I remember when the first story was published in in this process the Rajput acquires a life of his own, and manner. And because he is so well grounded in his own (SHORT STORIES) also be read as components of a longer, broken narrative Shabkhoon, the literary journal Faruqi edited from Al- the circumstances of his life move us as we read of his culture, he can play with concepts and take the title of By Shamsur Rahman flow into each other effortlessly so that by the end of the lahabad; it was done under the pen name of Umar Sheikh distinguished lineage, and how his family was destroyed his story about Ghalib from the haunting sonnet by John Faruqi book, you cannot decide if it is one story you have read Mirza. But this was a tale few were ready to believe and in the upheaval of 1857. The story conjures up Ghalib and Keats, a lone star in a different tradition. Penguin Books, India or more. there was much speculation regarding its author. Soon the turbulent age with enough force that even a shelf-full ‘Bright Star, Lone Splendour’ reads like a personal ISBN 9780670086917 The lives of poets and literati in the 18th- and 19th- Faruqi’s authorship was established and the stories of Ghalibiana cannot hope to achieve. Mir and Mushafi testimony. However the poetic worlds of Mir and Mu- 610 pp. century milieu of Delhi and its environs form the materi- eventually appeared under the title Sawar Aur Doosray are observed in later stories through an entirely differ- shafi are brightly coloured and sensuous in a different al of the short stories, but then this is just the beginning. Afsanay: truly a modern classic. Published in English as ent lens, stories which are similar in spirit but different style. Mir is described in very simplistic terms by Maul- The biographical details are sketched out with such ful- The Sun That Rose from the Earth, the stories have once in technique. vi Abdul Haque in his selections from the works of the some details that one derives a critical pleasure from again been translated by Faruqi. Knowing his subject well and having perfected his great poet, almost like somebody whining and crying all 6 SATURDAY 28032015 Kashmir Observer   The repatriation of the professional Indian expatriate

TRANS ASIA NEWS expand globally, there is a definite rise in anomaly. Yet, professionals are returning, such a trend was witnessed was about a the number of Indian repatriates.” thanks to stagnation in foreign markets decade ago between 2005-07 when In- MUMBAI: Its a different kind of Ghar Counter intuitively the homecoming and better opportunities for skill-devel- dia’s GDP growth was around 8% to 9%. Wapasi- one that involves the home- of the Indian professional expat is a gain- opment in a growing economy like India. However, following the subsequent un- coming of those Indians that chose once ing trend despite the fact that money is Post the financial crisis of 2008, banks in certainty surrounding the global finan- to leave the comfort of home and hearth no longer the big or only lure. The mone- India started grooming talent from within cial crisis and lower growth in India, the and make a leap into the unknown, over- tary benefits that these executives could so that they wouldn’t have to rely on ex- trend plateaued out, she said. seas, in search of the promised better expect to earn has reduced over the last pats and returning Indians. In finance and At Citi, Indian managers based abroad life. Confidence, spurred by a resurgent few years reports TOI. The gap in premi- operations, where the supply is greater with varied experience have indicated Indian economy, improvement in the um between what the managers would than the demand, Khandelwal said the gap their interest to come back to India, given standards of living, and better education have expected, say, three years ago and in premium salary (pre-2011 levels and the positive market sentiment. As com- opportunities are drawing back home- now has nearly halved, say hiring ex- now) for returning Indians has reduced. pared to the 9% growth in compensation in sick Indian professionals. perts. However, the reasons for their re- “So if a VP level in finance and operations the Indian banking sector, developed mar- The trend has reportedly spread be- turn largely combine family-related mat- was earlier coming at Rs 50 lakh, he/she kets offer around 2%. “More than compen- yond just the IT sector, to include bank- ters and better job prospects. today is ready to take up the assignment sation, the opportunity for these managers ing and finance, pharmaceuticals, auto, Oddly, market factors have proved to for between Rs 35-40 lakh,” he noted. is in up-skilling themselves in a growing textiles and food processing. And sur- be the big leveller. A combination of high Foreign banks in particular are wit- market like India,” Kumar points out. prisingly, this is despite the fact that inflation in India along with the search ness to this reversal of brain drain. An- Its the dynamism in India’s market monetary remunerations have as much for top talent has reportedly helped to uranjita Kumar, chief HR officer, Citi that’s providing it magnetism as well. as halved in India compared to prospects reduce the difference in compensation it's just about 30% to 40%.” gap has been reduced as the early mov- South Asia says, “We have seen a lot of With economic growth stalling in the only a few years ago. between India and western nations. Up- Other observers like Nilay Khandel- ers had a better advantage than people interest across the developed markets West, leading to slower career growth The reverse brain-drain is now trend- paluri says, “About a decade ago, the dif- wal, regional director, Michael Page, a re- moving at later stages. So, for example, from managers wanting to relocate to opportunities, India on the other hand, is ing says, Moorthy K Uppaluri, CEO, ference in the junior and middle levels cruitment firm, find that the differences a 40-50% premium in the past is now re- India, whether for personal or profes- a market which appears to be be growing Randstad India, a leading recruitment was as much as 75%, and at the top man- are reducing mainly in areas which have duced to 20-30%,” he said. sional reasons. In the last 18 months, the and changing, offering better job pros- and staffing firm. “With the recovery of agement level it was about 50% to 60%. traditionally remained with India for a The banking sector is peculiar be- trend of returning Indians has gathered pects to NRIs. What's assisting the pro- the Indian economy and increase in the Today, the difference at the junior and longer time, such as analytics, risk, fi- cause premiums have steadily reduced momentum.” cess is a change in the standard of living number of Indian companies looking to middle levels is about 50%, and at the top nance and operations in banking. “The for returnees, owing to a supply-demand According to Kumar, the last time in India and its education system. From FroNt PagE

tain areas, the cost of delivery of public services party’s links with Hindu groups. stations, 11,671 kms of electric conductors, be- adapting devices to customised settings. Ruckus in J&K is very high as compared to other parts of Undeterred by party hawks who accused him sides 6,466 other buildings suffered damages due A collaboration between The Lancet and Impe- “Your CMP (Common Minimum Programme) the country,” Chief Minister said and added that of embarking on a misdirected visit to Pakistan to floods. rial College London, UK, in 2012 which examined says return of power projects; Governor’s address cost norms for Central schemes should be based in 1999, Vajpayee rode triumphantly into Lahore how medical technology should best be used also says the same. This deceit won’t do,” Omar on State Schedule Rates. aboard a bus, on an initiative that was pursued by to improve health in low- and middle-income asked the BJP-PDP coalition government. The Chief Minister said that the recommenda- his successor Manmohan Singh. Indian market countries found that instead of relying on hand- Congress legislators also joined the NC in the India. Contributing about 6% of India's $40 tions of 14th FC have been such that they have de- Vajpayee’s diplomatic breakthrough was hailed billion healthcare sector (Ficci estimate), the me-down technologies from wealthier countries, protest, following which the Speaker Kavinder cisively given more revenues and responsibilities to as the dawn of a new era in Indo-Pak relations. But which can be costly, inappropriate for local con- Gupta adjourned the house. medical equipment sector is small but vital to the states but the manner in which these recom- it was another story that Pakistan army undertook the healthcare industry. Consider cardiac and or- ditions, and even dangerous, there should be an Later, when the house resumed, NC members mendations have been implemented by the Union a covert operation to send its troops into Kargil effort towards developing what they call "frugal again started protesting on the issue after coming thopaedic- the sector's biggest revenue-earners. Government has hurt the Special Category states. that led to a limited conflict that Pakistan lost. About 3 lakh Indians undergo heart procedures technologies”. These are cost-effective technolo- in the well resulting their scuffle with marshals. Pointing out the difficulties some of the States Vajpayee first became Prime Minister in 1996 gies that are developed specifically to cope in Meanwhile, the upper house was also ad- and around 1 lakh knee-replacement surgeries. are facing in catching up in growth and develop- after four decades in opposition. He lasted only 13 These cost a patient between Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 5 local conditions. Examples include: the Jaipur journed two times as opposition continued its ment, Mufti called for accommodating certain days as prime minister for lack of numbers. foot, a rubber prosthetic for people who have lost protests over New Delhi’s refusal to transfer pow- lakh. Each involves use of medical devices. From area-specific requirements while designing the The lack of a stable majority ended his second the high end stent or a ball-and-socket knee joint their leg and foot below the knee; PATH's Uniject er projects to the state. guidelines of the schemes. He said Centre should stint in power from 1998 after 13 months. His gov- injection system, which allows once-only use of As the house convened on Friday morning, NC to the humble clip or blood pressure-monitoring consider the security situation, hostile geographi- ernment collapsed after AIADMK supremo J Jaya- cuff, devices play a crucial role. The US Food & needles for injectable contraceptives; and the members started shouting slogans against the cal conditions, limited working season and the lalithaa withdrew her support from the coalition. eRanger, a durable rural ambulance, based around Mufti Muhammad Sayeed government as they Drug Administration lists 150 types of medical massive hit the State’s infrastructure took last He was reelected in 1999 at the head of amore devices used during angioplasties and cardiac by- a motorbike and stretcher sidecar (which can be displayed copies of a local newspaper report car- year due to devastating floods while framing the stable coalition that lasted its full term. modified to carry one or two people). ried on Friday saying the central government had pass surgeries and over 120 types for orthopaedic guidelines of the Central schemes. The compulsions of coalition politics forced operations. The medical devices list is long. Ficci The report also advocated a wider understand- denied financial support to the state for wresting Speaking on the occasion, the Finance Minister BJP to put on the backburner issuesdear to its ing of what is meant by medical technologies, the ownership of NHPC-run hydro-power projects. estimates about 14,000 product types. Yet few Haseeb A. Drabu said the NITI Ayog will have to heart– scrapping of special status for Jammu and Indians ask doctors about the make of stents or pointing out that technological improvement to The Common Minimum Programme worked re-look on how the Centrally-sponsored schemes Kashmir, building a Hindu temple on the site of sanitation and road conditions could also have a out by the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party-Peoples intra-ocular lenses. are implemented in the States, keeping in view the mosque in Ayodhya and adopting a uniform The medical devices segment in India is worth far-reaching impact on public health in many low- Democratic Party coalition includes central sup- the recommendations of 14th Finance Commis- civil code. Widely respected within the country and middle-income countries. The authors of the port to the state government so that the NHPC over Rs 35,000 crore. “Imports account for Rs sion. He said the new system under 14th FC will and abroad as a statesman of the genre of Jawa- 27,000 crore and could balloon to Rs 85,000 crore report said advances in technology need to be owned and run hydro power projects are trans- become regressive if the size of financial transfer harlal Nehru, Vajpayee’s 1998-99 tenure as prime accompanied by innovation to have a significant ferred to state government. soon,” said a healthcare expert. TOI reports that to the States from the Centre is reduced. “With a minister was characterised as one year of cour- unfortunately for Indians, the Drug Controller effect on health, which includes the development tax buoyancy of only 18% under 14th FC, we will age of conviction. It was during this period that General of India's office has regulations for only of effective delivery mechanisms and novel ap- Will go have to look for other ways to fill the gaps of fund- Indiaconducted a series of successive nuclear proaches to financing. --EJ said. 20 devices. A new legislation widening the scope ing CSSs,” Dr. Drabu said. tests at Pokhran in May 1998. Those close to Va- Pertinently, the Legislative Assembly Friday wit- of regulation is expected this year. jpayee say his personal mission was to improve nessed ruckus over the refusal of Center in return- According to Rajiv Nath of Hindustan Syringes relations with Pakistan and the seeds were sown PDP-BJP Panel ing the power projects to the state. Medical ‘Negligence’ and Medical Devices (HSMD), which makes sin- be discussed and deliberated upon. “The meeting the hospital administration, the protesters when he was the Foreign Minister in the Morarji gle-use injections, there's little awareness among would discuss how agenda for the alliance is imple- BJP favours blocked Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road near Kanth Desai Government in the late seventies. After the Indian lawmakers that medical devices are clas- mented within the defined timeframe and all the power projects and that the state government Bagh for several hours. The protesters were de- Lahore peace overtures failed to carry forward, sified into seven fields (disposables, consumable, policy issues adhered to in letter and spirit.” would continue its efforts in bringing back Uri and manding a probe into the circumstances that another initiative was the historic Agra summit electronics, equipment, implants, diagnostic and The ten-member Coordination Committee is head- Dulhasti from NHPC. caused the deaths. with General Pervez Musharraf in 2001 but that surgical instruments). "They club these with ed by Dr. Nirmal Kumar Singh while other members The deputy chief minister stated that the ruck- Later, a team of civil and police officials, in- failed. The demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya medicines without realising that electronic medi- of the Committee include party presidents Mehboo- us of the opposition parties is nothing but futile cluding ADC, Baramulla, Riyaz Ahmad Wani, DSP by kar sewaks on December 6, 1992 when he was cal devices are different from, say, consumables ba Mufti and Jugal Kishore, Muzaffar Hussain Beigh. attempts to gain prominence. “People know the headquarters, Feroz Yahya visited the hospital to the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha was an acid used in operations. Just as you wouldn't want one Tariq Hamid Karra, Thusptan Chhewang and Sham- politics of such partiers better that anyone and take stock of the situation. test for Vajpayee on where he stood on secular- doctor performing your heart surgery and knee sher Singh, Members of Parliament and Choudhary are aware that such tactics would not make them According to Mohammad Maqbool Sheikh who ism. Vajpayee’s trusted lieutenant L K Advani and replacement, you cannot have one set of regula- Lal Singh, Abdul Rehman Veeri and Naeem Akhter, dearer to the people of state,” he said. was attending on his brother, admitted in the hos- most BJP politicians supported the demolition but tions for the pharmaceutical industry covering all Cabinet Ministers in the coalition Government. He maintained that the government is commit- pital for urine infection, said he developed shiver- Vajpayee condemned the attack unequivocally. medical devices." ted in bringing back state’s power projects from ing after being given dextrose by the paramedics His personal integrity has never been seriously There's another problem: Pricing. According 183 JK youth NHPC and the state dispensation is working for on Thursday night. questioned but arms bribery scandals have ex- to Dr G S K Velu of Trivitron Healthcare, a Chen- & patriotic sons of this glorious state in 1947-48 the same. “My only question is that what the pre- “My brother was shivering badly. We kept him posed corruption in his government and at times nai medical devices company, “Many companies vious government could not do in six years, how warm with several blankets and brought drugs cast doubts on his judgement. sell drug-eluting stents at heavy premiums. They Sistani calls airstrikes on Wednesday in support of the mission could the present government do that it mere 20 from the open market that provided him relief A bachelor, Vajpayee is also a poet of some re- possibly get it at Rs 5,000 to 10,000 but charge at the request of Iraq's government. Al-Sistani said days,” he added. after sometime,” Sheikh said. pute and he is often quoted by his party. patients Rs 75,000." Nath said: "The government that coordination between the military, militias and He said later in the night two people died at the Born on December 25, 1924 at Gwalior, Madhya reduced duty on imported medical devices. Was tribes is necessary for the success of the operation, Dispensing With hospital after being given dextrose by the para- Pradesh to Krishna Bihari Vajpayee and Krishna this benefit passed on to patients? Did govern- according to his representative Ahmed al-Safi in the the other schemes should be wound up and its re- medics. He said that the panicked attendants also Devi, Vajpayee, a high-caste Brahmin brought ment check if the MRP of imported implants or holy site of Karbala. It is up to the ``high command sources subsumed in the kitty of 17 Mega Schemes. called the Medical Superintendent but to no avail. with him a long parliamentary experience span- stents has come down? of (the Iraqi) armed forces to adopt the proper and "More than 86% funds are being sourced to 17 flag- Refuting the allegations of negligence, the ning over five decades. He became a Member of Worse, retailers and hospitals blackmail In- right decision,'' al-Sistani said. ship programmes under CSSs. It will be prudent if Medical Superintendent (MS) district hospital, Parliament for the first time in 1957. As a teen- dian manufacturers to maintain the same MRP the other 14% funds allocated to 49 other schemes Baramulla, Dr Bashir Chalkoo said that the elderly ager Vajpayee was jailed briefly for opposing Brit- as importers so they get their margins." A doctor are transferred for a more coordinated implementa- ish colonial rule, but played no major part in the Cop Goes patients had a natural death. who didn't want to be named pointed to `indirect one year. tion of CSSs in the states," he suggested. “I say with confidence that no death has been freedom movement. He flirted with communism dumping': Diversion of unwanted stocks to the Asking the Centre to see from the same lens before choosing to support the Hindu national- He has been suspended on 31/01/2014 in case FIR no caused by drip reaction or drugs given at the hos- third world. He said a landmark clinical trial on 06/2014 u/s 307.353, 510,427/RPC stands registered and do away with its policy of one-size-fits-all pital. The patients were elderly and were suffering ist Rashtriya Swamyamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the drug-eluting stents, COURAGE, in 2009 proved for forging a better match between schemes and Jan Sangh – both right-wing organisations that against him in police station Ganderbal. from lung disease,” he said. angioplasties don't necessarily help more than “Already notices served to him by DPO Budgam”, needs of the states, Mufti urged upon the Central He said that some patients, who had developed later developed close links with the BJP. Vajpayee aggressive medical management in patients with Government to consider funding pattern of all dropped out of law school to run an RSS magazine he said, adding that first notice was issued on shivering after being administered with the dex- stable coronary artery disease. “After the trial, 14/01/2015 and second notice was accordingly issued Centrally-Sponsored schemes for Special Catego- trose, were stable and doing well. in the early 1950s. Later, he transcended his po- there was drop in stent use across the US. Foreign ry states in the ratio of 90:10. litical roots in the RSS to emerge as the moderate on 27/02/2015. He further said that today we have “Drip or allergic reactions happens in a few cas- manufacturers flocked to countries such as India registered a case after Parray’s family files missing The Chief Minister said it is quite possible that es. But the death due to cold have not happened in voice of the BJP. His involvement in politics began to promote stent use,” he said. fiscal imbalance in states can be caused by the fis- as a freedom-fighter during the Quit IndiaMove- report in police station Ganderbal and further inves- the hospital,” he said. (GNS) Dr Velu says, “CT and MRI scanners and ventila- tigations have been taken up. “We have constituted a cal mismanagement of the Centre. “If the Centre ment of 1942-1945. He started out as a commu- tors can be imported with zero regulation. Patient doesn’t meet its budgeted revenues, the states nist but shed that for membership in the Rash- special team to trace him,” the official said. Hurriyat (M) monitors and dialysis machines are brought in Meanwhile, family members of the Parray staged will bear the brunt of the shortfall,” the Chief Min- valley-wide campaign so that the world comes triya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), an organization without regulation.” Many of these machines- a protest demonstration at Wussun Ganderbal de- ister said while pushing for a “Minimum Guaran- to know that without the inclusion of Kashmiris, propounding Hindutva, or Hindu Nationalism and some refurbished after a year's use and resold manding his whereabouts. (GNS) teed Devolution” for the states. the talks over the resolution are futile and will not considered Right-Wing inIndian politics. cheaper - are dumped in India, where the regula- Referring to the State’s weak resource base, the yield any desired results. “I had a meeting with Vajpayee became a close follower and aide tory framework is feeble, he says. H1N1: 482 Chief Minister said J&K is experiencing difficulties Pak envoy in New Delhi and he assured me to to Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, founder of the Yet, Dr Nath of HSMD says, ironically, doctors suspected deaths from H1N1 influenza. Most of the to fund large number of CSSs. He asked for contin- raise the issue with the GOI that talks over Kash- Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), BJP’s predecessor. prefer a refurbished imported machine over a deaths occurred to patients suffering from comor- uation of financing scheme for CSSs as 90% grant mir cannot be held without the inclusion of the Vajpayee was at Mookerjee’s side when he went new India-made one as the latter isn't certified by bidites, the minister said, adding, 482 patients have and 10% loan. “Keeping in view certain innate people of Kashmir. It has been the slogan of the on a fast-unto-death in Kashmir in 1953, to protest the government. "Who do we go to for certifica- tested positive for H1N1 influenza in the state. structural and infrastructural deficiencies afflict- people here that Kashmir which we nourished by against the system of carrying a permit for enter- tion? Government regulates a handful of medical Referring to measures taken by the government, he ing the State, we are not in a position to take any our blood is ours,” Mirwaiz said with the pro-Aza- ing the state and the “inferior” treatment of Indian devices, the rest are in the unregulated sector. A said that soon after first confirmed case was diagnosed Centrally-sponsored Scheme for outright transfer di slogans reverberating within the masjid. citizens visiting Kashmir, as also the special treat- known, imported brand is thus preferred," he said. at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences on Jan- to the State Budget,” he said, while requesting the Huriyat (M) chairman said there will be no ment accorded to Kashmir because it had a Mus- A Mumbai medical equipment vendor conced- uary 27, an action plan was framed to deal with the in- Central Government to continue to treat J&K as a solution to Kashmir issue without the ‘self rep- lim majority. Mookerjee’s fast and protest ended ed dumping was rampant. "Do Indian consumers fluenza which envisaged setting up of isolation wards Special Category state, as recommended by the resentation’ while condemning the GOI over its the identity card requirement, and hastened the know if the dialysis machine they're strapped to in tertiary hospitals of the state. He said that till March National Development Council. recent remarks that only bilateral talks will be integration of Kashmir into the Indian Union. But or oximeters checking their oxygen levels aren't 23, 8,665 health-care workers have been vaccinated to While highlighting the recommendations of held between India and Pakistan for the resolu- Mookherjee died after weeks of weakness, illness new? Or whether they're calibrated to function in protect them from contracting the virus. A 32-bedded the 14th Finance Commission, the Chief Minister tion of Kashmir. “It should be understood by all and confinement in jail. These events were a wa- Indian settings?” he wondered. isolation ward was made functional at SKIMS, Soura, called for implementation of cooperative federal- the Kashmir dispute is not the issue of electric- tershed moment for the young Vajpayee. A 2012 report in The Lancet showed that about for patients suffering from swine flu, he said, adding ism by considering more decision-making pow- ity, roads and drains but about the future of the Taking the baton from Mookerjee, Vajpayee 40% of healthcare equipment in poor countries similarly, a four-bedded Intensive Care Unit and 10 ers and greater devolution of Central taxes to the people of Kashmir.” won his first election to Parliament in 1957. As is out of service mainly because of ill-conceived isolation rooms were earmarked in SMHS hospital. States. He said the CSSs should not be treated on Meanwhile, he pitched for the separate dates of the leader of BJS, he expanded its political appeal, donations-for instance, oxygen concentrators do- Isolation wards with capacity of ten beds each were a standalone basis and must be seen as part of an entrance examinations being held at Aligarh Mus- organization and agenda. In spite of his youth, he nated to a Gambian hospital worked on a voltage also made operational at G B Panth Hospital and Chest integrated fiscal federal system. lim University and by the BOPEE here. “We appeal soon became a respected voice in the opposition incompatible with the country's power supply. disease Hospital in Srinagar, he said. In Jammu, a ward Reiterating its earlier position of allowing that the dates must not be similar so that students — one of reason and intelligence. His broad appeal But the Advanced Medical Technology Associa- with 48 independent rooms was earmarked for swine greater flexibility in the guidelines of Centrally- who appear at the entrance at Aligarh could also brought respect, recognition and acceptance to a tion (AdvaMed), which represents most American flu in GMC Hospital here. The department established sponsored Schemes by factoring in local require- appear in BOPEE exams,” he said. rising nationalist cultural movement. manufacturers, denies that foreign makers don't round the clock control rooms at directorate of health ments, the Chief Minister suggested front-loading care about their end users. Vibhav Garg, co-chair services in Jammu and Srinagar. of bulk CSS releases preferably in the month of Why India 300 People caused to 26,1361 structures, farm sector of 3.27 AdvaMed-India Working Group said, in the con- As far as the testing facilities are concerned, SKIMS April, keeping in view the limited working season text of Indian consumers, “AdvaMed's member has testing facility for H1N1 virus and state cabinet As India’s longest serving prime minister out- lakh hectares of agricultural land and 3.96 lakh in states like J&K. “We have been raising the issue companies try to make appropriate technologies has sanctioned two testing laboratories for H1N1 at side Congress party, Vajpayee is often described as hectares of horticulture land also suffered damage. of allowing flexibility in guidelines of the schemes available to the Indian market to help India ad- Government Medical college Jammu and Govern- the moderate face of BJP. According to the government data 6,910 kms for quite some time. Non-release or untimely re- dress its non-communicable disease burden," ment Chest Disease hospital Srinagar, he said. He fur- His detractors used to call him a “mask” of the of road length, 559 bridges, 3,063 PHE schemes, lease of funds results in cost and time overruns. adding that his company actually focuses on ther said the method of treatment varies from patient RSS, his benign smile of moderation hiding his 6,423 irrigation works and schemes, 4,202 sub- Due to difficult terrain and inaccessibility of cer- to patient depending upon the severity of the disease. NEWS

saturday 28032015 Kashmir Observer NEWS Saudis, Allies Bomb Yemen For 2nd Day SANAA - Yemen's beleaguered also affiliated with Saleh. government said Saudi-led Yemeni oil flows through airstrikes would not last long the Marib pipeline, its main ex- on the second day of a Gulf port route, at a rate of around Arab-led campaign against 70,000 barrels per day (bpd). the Iranian-allied fighters that The well-armed tribes are the could escalate a proxy conflict de facto authority in the cen- spreading through the region. tral province so their support Warplanes targeted An- for the air strikes was signifi- sarullah forces controlling Ye- cant. men's capital and their north- In his first reaction to the ern heartland on Friday and, in attacks, Ansarullah leader a boost for Riyadh, fellow mon- Abdel-Malek al-Houthi on archy Morocco said it would Thursday called Saudi Arabia join the rapidly-assembled co- a bad neighbor serving Ameri- alition against the anti-West- can and Israeli interests, saying ern group. in a televised speech Yemenis Fighters, also called Houthis, would confront the "criminal, advanced south despite the Yemen’s fugitive President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (L) is unjust and unjustified aggres- airstrikes and Pakistan, named welcomed by Saudi Defense Minister Prince Mohammad bin sion". by Saudi Arabia on Thursday as Salman upon arrival in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on March 26. Iran denounced the surprise a partner, said it had made no assault on the Houthis and de- decision on whether to con- manded an immediate halt to tribute. killing or injuring at least 15 Television also said that an- The fighters entered the city the campaign. installation that houses mis- Saudi-led military operations Riyadh’s move is the lat- people, according to Yemen’s ti-aircraft guns have shot down of Lodar in Abyan after clashes In the Iranian capital Tehran, siles. and, on Friday, accused Turk- est front in a growing regional al-Massira TV. a reconnaissance plane west with tribal forces loyal to Hadi, Friday prayer leader Ayatollah OIL REGION HIT ish President Tayyip Erdogan of contest for power with Iran The airstrikes against Sana’a of Sana’a. Health Ministry of- and also took over Bayhan in Kazem Sadeghi described the The Republican Guards are fomenting strife in the Middle that is also playing out in Syria, resumed during the early ficials say 39 people have been Shabwa, where they faced less attacks as "an aggression and loyal to former president Ali East, rebuffing his accusation where Tehran backs govern- hours of Friday. killed in Yemen since Saudi-led resistance. interference in Yemen’s inter- Abdullah Saleh, Houthi's main that Iran was trying to domi- ment against US backed rebels, The planes bombed mili- strikes began. Mosques in Saudi capital on nal affairs". Sunni ally who retains wide nate the region. and Iraq, where Iranian-backed tary and civilian targets in and But undeterred Houthi Friday preached fiery sermons Residents said aircraft tar- power despite having stepped According to Ansarullah militias are playing a major around the Yemeni capital. fighters entered the southern against the Ansarullah fight- geted bases around Sanaa of down in 2011 after Arab Spring leader, two fronts will be es- role in fighting extremist ISIS. The airstrikes targeted the provinces of Abyan and Shab- ers and their Iranian allies, de- Republican Guards allied to the protests. tablished in the country, a On Friday the warplanes of al-Samaa military base north wa on Friday through the cen- scribing the fight as a religious Houthis, including one near Earlier air strikes south of defensive front to preserve the Saudi-led alliance attacked of the capital and al-Istiqlal tral province of Bayda, extend- duty. Saudi Arabia's top cleri- the presidential compound in a the city and in the oil-produc- security in the capital, and an a popular market in the north- camp on the western edge of ing their reach into the south, cal council issued a fatwa on southern district, around dawn ing Marib region appeared to offensive front to counter the western Yemeni city of Sa’ada, Sana’a. according to tribal sources. Thursday giving its blessing to and also struck near a military target military installations Saudi-led strikes. IN HIS FIRST REACTION TO THE ATTACKS, Ansarullah leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi on Thursday called Saudi Arabia a bad neighbor serving American and Israeli interests, saying in a televised speech Yemenis would confront the "criminal, unjust and unjustified aggression". mccain applauds Pak Refuses To Join Conflict saudi offensive ‘That Divides Muslims’ in Yemen ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s De- order to facilitate the termina- for tat killings by extremist WASHINGTON: US Republican Senator John McCain has fence Minister Khawaja Asif tion of conflicts in the Islamic groups. applauded the offensive launched by Saudi Arabia and its Friday said that no decision to world." The defence minister's allies against Yemen, speculating that the “conflict will participate in war on Yemen "We will not take part in any statement comes a day after probably escalate” into a regional war in the Middle East. has been taken and that Paki- conflict that could result in dif- Saudi Arabia said that Pakistan McCain said on Thursday Saudi Arabia and its allies “did the stan has only pledged to safe- ferences in the Muslim world, will join its operation against right thing” by launching the offensive against the country. guard the territorial integrity causing fault-lines present in Iran-backed Shia militants in The Armed Services chairman added the invasion saved of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Pakistan to be disturbed, the Yemen, for a conflict that is oil exports from the Middle East because if Yemen were to (KSA). aggravation of which will have rapidly escalating into a murky fall, it could choke off oil exports from the region. He stressed on Pakistan's to be borne by Pakistan," he as- civil war. The minister's an- role as 'facilitator' to end the serted. nouncement today apparently oil tankers carry almost four conflicts in the Muslim world. The request from Riyadh rules out Pakistan's immedi- million barrels daily through the Bab Dont Rush To Yemen: "Instead of aggravating the comes at a time when the ate participation in the Yemen situation by participating in Pakistan military is engaged conflict. el-Mandeb strait, which connects the it, Pakistan should do what it in an operation against terror- "Division on the basis of re- Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and Imran Advises Sharif can to prevent it for the al- ists in North Waziristan. Asif's ligion or sect is rising in Syria, ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek- wars. liance and unity of the Muslim reference to 'fault-lines' hints Iraq and Yemen. Instead of the Arabian Sea. The strait is 18 miles i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran He said Pakistan was facing world," the defence minister at Pakistan's widespread sec- conflagration or proliferation wide at its narrowest point. Khan said Friday that Pakistan a huge sectarian issue, adding told the National Assembly tarian conflict, as a result of ... It should be contained," he should be playing the role of that the country had already . "Pakistan is ready to adopt which Shia and other religious added. The offensive has raised concerns about the vulnerabil- a key negotiator in peace talks suffered enough in ten years. whatever role is needed in minorities are targeted in tit ity of the Bab el-Mandeb strait between Yemen and Dji- rather than becoming a par- Saudi Arabia had said on bouti, which has been identified by the US Department of ticipant in the Yemen war, in a Thursday that five Muslim Energy as a potential “chokepoint” in the global oil market. series of tweets posted on his countries including Egypt and Instead of aggravating the situation by participating in it, Pakistan The tankers carry crude on a daily basis through the official Twitter account. Pakistan want to participate in should do what it can to prevent it for the alliance and unity of the Red Sea and Suez Canal to Europe. Oil supplies to the Imran said Pakistan had suf- the Gulf-led military coalition "Muslim world," the defence minister told the National Assembly . United States take a longer route around the southern tip fered huge losses in the past against Shia Houthi rebels in "Pakistan is ready to adopt whatever role is needed in order to facilitate the of Africa. due to its involvement in other Yemen. termination of conflicts in the Islamic world."

Kejriwal wanted to form govt 2014 devastating Year Books This Weekend with Congress: Bhushan for palestinians: un GAZA: Amid a surge in hostilities and an ongoing blockade, A mother's dilemma, a virtual world, Nepal NEW DELHI: AAP leader 2014 was a traumatic year for millions of people living in he nightmare of being the mother of a 27-year-old, looking at a Prashant Bhushan on Friday al- Yogendra, Bhushan should the occupied Palestinian territory, a senior United Nations relationship through the lens of virtual reality and a journey through leged that following the party's humanitarian official said on Thursday, as the Organization TNepal are some of the hand-picked gems presented here. Take a look. massive defeat in 2014 Lok 'depart gracefully': Kumar released its latest report on the situation on the ground. Sabha polls, AAP's national con- am Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vish- "Continued occupation undermines the ability of Palestin- 1. 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But a "devastating" one for Palestinians in both Gaza and the West W daughter brings home the most disgust- culture - but imperceptibly over two posing voices. there are also some forces for the rift within the Bank. The OCHA report, entitled Fragmented Lives, recalls that ing specimens of mankind imaginable? years, he grows so attached to the village "After the Lok Sabha elec- AAP," he said.Meanwhile, BJP leader Shazia Ilmi 1.8 million people in Gaza experienced an escalation in hostil- I There is the hypochondriac hostelite with that he ultimately leaves it in tears. Fol- tions there were talks that AAP said that it was "unfortunate" that excuses were ities during the 2014 conflict between Gaza-based Palestinian D the appetite of a locust, the firang who lowing the alienation of his departure, he should form government in Del- being made and the impression given that Yadav and militants and Israeli forces, resulting in over 1,500 Palestinian loves hanging out in slums and others. sets off on a reckless, solo climb of Mount hi with the support of Congress. Bhushan were against the party. civilian fatalities, including more than 550 children, and leav- E And then to be accused of being an evil Pharchamo, hardly caring whether he A PAC meeting was called and Kumar Vishwas had earlier accused Yadav of ing some 100,000 residents without a home. In addition, five khap panchayat mum.Even worse, in be- survives. Now, 34 years, later, Deutschle five were opposed to the idea being 'two-faced', claiming the latter's statements Israeli civilians, including a child, as well as a security guard A tween relationships, Simi doesn't do nor- returns to his village, intent on learning while four supported it. would vary depending on his audience, with different were killed. Moreover, it adds, reconstruction efforts in Gaza mal girly things to recover; she turns to the fate of his family and his students in "Arvind said that as national remarks made before the party and the media. following the 51-day conflict have been slow, hampered by N religion, anarchy and bad poetry.It is ter- the wake of Nepal's bloody Maoist civil convener, he had the right to He also linked the calls for Delhi Chief Minister the continued blockade and the lack of funding, although the ribly frustrating, because Simi's mum is war. take the final decision and he has Arvind Kejriwal's removal from the post of the AAP's temporary Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism has enabled the G dying to introduce her to medical student 4. Book: The Debt Collector's Due; Au- decided to take Congress' sup- national convener after Prashant Bhushan raised his import of construction material. 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His less than ordinary known as the celebrated Swarup to head the external ‘Chief Coordinator’ for India would be deprived of adequate water and sanitation services, invention is still in its trial phase, an ac- life takes a mad turn when he is mistaken author of bestselling novel publicity and public diploma- Africa Forum Summit which and food assistance. Access to basic healthcare and education cident kills Krish's sister, Maya. Little does by mob boss Pande for a hitman and given “Q&A”, made into Oscar win- cy divisions, was issued late will be held on October 29 in would also be compromised. he know that Dan and Maya were deeply Rs. 75 lakh as payment. Samay wants to ning film ‘Slumdog Mil- evening on 25 March. He was New Delhi. 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He sets about creating some- ma of college heartbreak and terrifying (MEA). He is expected to take him execute the high-profile later on. He could be made Bank, including East Jerusalem. thing unique that he knows will fulfill murder in south Mumbai's Parsi colony, over on 18 April, a day after responsibility given to him. India’s next High Commis- "A record number of 1,215 Palestinians were displaced due Maya's dream of becoming a dancer and from the sweaty alleys of Crawford Mar- the return of PM Narendra Meanwhile Syed Akbarud- sioner in London, a post cur- to home demolitions by Israeli authorities, while settlement also satisfy his need to be with her. ket to the mist-filled valley of Panchgani. Modi from his 3-nation Link din who made quite an im- rently held by former foreign and settler activity continued, in contravention of interna- But is it the right thing to do? 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