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VOL 7, ISSUE NO. 64 JAMMU & KASHMIR WEDNESDAY MARCH 07, 2018 DAILY 8 PAGE Re. 1/- IInnssiiddee Commercial Taxes Deptt launches From Parliament to the street, we are changing MSeRIhNAbGoARo, bMaAR rCeH viAermwy san ds oethcer userciurtityy , LA&DGOP, sCiIDt,u Aa tGi oMnir; drive to sensitize tax payers 06 : Chief Minister, agencies to maximize their Divisional Commissioner, liable under the GST in J&K Mehbooba Mufti took a public outreach to ensure that Kashmir, Baseer Khan; IGP, New Delhi : Prime empower citizens. There are It listens to the suggestions ple, when there is an interac - JAMMU MARCH 06 : how government works : PM Narendra Modi review of the security and the grievances of people on Kashmir zone, S P Pani; sen - Minister Narendra Modi on five pillars of modern infor - given by you on social tion between the two. The law & order situation at a the ground are listened to and ior officers of other security Commercial Taxes Tuesday inaugurated the new mation highway on which we media. We have sometimes fourth pillar is 'Act'. If there Department, Jammu has high level meeting of officers addressed promptly. agencies were present in the premises of the Central are working simultaneously - made changes in our policies is no action taken after ask - here today. launched a comprehensive Information Commission in Ask, Listen, Interact, Act and based on the feedback given ing, listening and interacting, drive to conduct surveys and During the meeting, Delhi. Inform." by people," he said. then all the hard work done is the Chief Minister sensitise the dealers liable to It is a state-of-the-art a waste. While addressing pay Goods and Services Tax impressed upon all the green building constructed all the complaints, when security agencies to under the GST legislation by National Building Goods & Services Tax applicable in the State of work in synergy to Construction Corporation (GST) was implemented, ensure that Standard J&K. and houses all the hearing we made new rules and During the drive, 1691 Operating Procedures rooms of the CIC, with many rules were changed as laid out should be dealers were surveyed and modern IT and video confer - too. 'Inform' is the fifth notices were issued under strictly adhered to and encing systems. pillar the f modern infor - in no way be these vio - the relevant provisions of Speaking on the occa - mation highway. It is the law in 192 cases. As a conse - lated or overlooked. sion, he said, "Changes in duty of the govt to give Every aberration in this quence of survey and sensiti - the arrangements are being right facts about their zation, 1253 dealers have regard, she reminded seen from Parliament to the actions. We are doing the officers, amounts to been registered on GSTN street, from the Prime everything to provide real Portal and GST dues to the furthering the evil Minister's Office to the time information to the designs of elements tune of Rs 5.1 crore have Panchayat Bhavan, to every people on the projects been recovered. New dealers inimical to peace in the State. The Chief Minister was meeting. side," he said. govt is doing." The Chief Minister briefed by heads of various Earlier the Chief Minister include coaching institutes PM Modi added, "I On the issue of digiti - and textile dealers also. advised heads of all security security and intelligence arrived in the winter capital believe that the commission sation, PM Modi said, agencies to ensure that no agencies about the prevailing from Poonch where she was Wreath laying ceremony will keep improving its sys - "If I talk in detail about PM Modi further said, "Today India is swiftly mov - collateral damage is allowed security situation in the State, on a public outreach pro - of Sapper Amardeep Singh tem keeping in mind people's the first pillar 'Ask', then all "The third pillar of modern ing forward towards becom - to happen during security particularly Kashmir Valley. gramme. Soon after, the comfort. I believe that the the questions asked by the information highway is ing a digitally empowered operations and care should be Chief Secretary, B B Chief Minister was briefed Jammu : The Wreath lay - empowered citizen is the people on government poli - 'Interaction' & this is as society. Information ing ceremony of Sapper taken that common masses Vyas; GoC, 15 Corps, Lt. by the GoC, 15 Corps about strongest pillar of our democ - cies and projects are given important as the previous Technology has not only are not put to inconvenience Gen. A K Bhatt; Principal the overall security situation Amardeep Singh took place racy. Our government has priority. The second pillar is two. I believe there is an made things easy, it has also on Tuesday. during these operations. Secretary, Home, R K Goyal; in Kashmir Valley particular - been making efforts since last 'Listen'. Today India has a emotional connect between ensured transparency and Mehbooba Mufti asked Principal Secretary to Chief ly in the backdrop of recent Amardeep Singh, who four years to inform and govt which listens to people. the government and the peo - quality of service." had passed away after he the heads of civil, Police, Minister, Rohit Kansal; Shopian incident. was caught in a snow slide Conrad Sangma Takes Oath as Meghalaya CM; on Mar 4, 2018, was a part of 351 ceasefire violations by Pakistan Normalcy returning to the Snow Clearing Team at Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh Attend Function Kashmir Valley Pharkian Gali. New Delhi, March 6: vive in the northeast. However, he was later Conrad Sangma took oath as “I congratulate Conrad since January 1: Government Srinagar : Normalcy Pahnoo village on Sunday. rescued from Kupwara's New Delhi : Pakistan has check ceasefire violations and civilians and 31 Jammu and appeared to be returning to The protesters were agi - the 12 chief minister of Sangma. There was a percep - violated the ceasefire agree - terrorist intrusions from Kashmir Police personnel lost Keran village, after being Meghalaya on Tuesday, The tion that only Congress party the Kashmir Valley on tated over the killing of two washed away in an ava - ment along the Line of across the border that has their lives while 46 Army per - Tuesday even as clashes militants and four civilians in oath taking ceremony in can survive in the northeast Control (LoC) in Jammu and resulted in considerable loss sonnel, two BSF men, 99 lanche at Pharkian Top. Shillong was attended by but now that BJP has gained erupted between security Sunday's gunfight. Kashmir as many as 351 times of life including that of securi - civilians and 85 state police forces and protesters in Authorities have suspend - Communal Riots in Sri lanka Home Minister Rajnath victory here that perception since January 1 this year, the ty personnel in the last few personnel were injured. Singh, Bharatiya Janata will change,” Rajnath Singh Jammu and Kashmir's ed Internet services in south Live: Nation-Wide State of government said on Monday. years. In a separate reply, Bhamre Shopian district amid a crip - Kashmir areas to prevent the Party (BJP) president Amit told reporters. Of these, 209 cases said that the defence forces Emergency Imposed by Govt Shah and other top party Conrad Sangma, chief of pling shutdown there. spread of rumours. occurred in January while 142 have taken various measures Youths clashed in Elsewhere in the Kashmir Colombo, March 6 : The leaders. National People’s Party instances were noted since to check terrorist attacks on C M Sri Lankan government on Congratulating Sangma, (NPP), took oath as even as February 21, Minister of State army camps such as intensify - C M Tuesday imposed a state of Rajnath Singh said BJP’s the Hill State People’s Y B for Defence Subhash Bhamre ing intelligence gathering and y B emergency for 10 days after alliance with local parties Democratic Party (HSPDP) told the Rajya Sabha in a writ - deployment of drones for sur - number of violence was and forming the government expressed reservation in ten reply. veillance. reported from various places will change the perception forming the government with "Appropriate response to "The government had in the country. The state of that only Congress can sur - the BJP. these ceasefire violations has In 2017, a total of 860 issued broad guidelines for emergency is for 10 days to Biplab Kumar Deb to be New Tripura Chief been carried out wherever instances of ceasefire viola - security of defence installa - control law and order in the necessary. During ceasefire tions by Pakistan occurred in tions to the defence services country, following the vio - Minister, Jishnu Deb Burman to be His Deputy violations, the inhabitants of which 15 Army personnel lost and in compliance to the said lence against the minority Agartala, Mar 6 : Bharatiya the oath-taking ceremony of border villages, which are vul - their lives while 58 were guidelines, the defence servic - community in Kandy district Janata Party (BJP) state president Biplab Kumar Deb and other nerable to shelling and firing, injured. Also, four Border es have taken a number of over the last two days. Biplab Kumar Deb will be the leaders. Biplab Deb, a former are shifted to safer locations Security Force (BSF) person - actions including risk cate - SB Dissanayake, Sri new chief minister of Tripura and RSS volunteer, was elected BJP to prevent any loss of life. All nel were killed and 14 were gorisation of military bases; Lankan Social Jishnu Deb Burman will be his state president in 2016. He arrangements are made to injured, according to the appraisal and upgradation of Empowerment Minister said deputy in the state. The replaced Sudhindra Dasgupta, the shift them to safer locations," information provided by the intelligence gathering capabil - that the decision was taken announcement was made by longest-serving president of the the Minister said in his reply. government to the upper ities; strengthening and in today’s cabinet meeting, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on party. “I am elated. I, Biplab Ji He added that the defences House. streamlining of the response chaired by Sri Lankan Tuesday after a joint meeting of with all the MLAs will work along the border are "periodi - In these cross-border fir - mechanism; Unmanned Aerial Shopian town with security Valley, life limped back to President Maithripala newly-elected MLAs of the BJP together to take Tripura on the cally fortified" and made ings, 12 civilians also lost Vehicles (UAVs); periodic forces who used tear smoke normal after Monday's Sirisena and gazette in this and its ally, the Indigenous path of development and will "more robust and resilient" their lives while 79 got security audit of all military shells to disperse the protest - protest shutdown. Shops and regard will be issued later on People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT). make it number one state. through continuous improve - injured. installations etc," the Minister ers. businesses opened while Tuesday. The swearing-in of the new Education, health, rural and tribal ments to withstand the Besides, 33 infiltration said. "The Army also carries A large number of people public transport was normal The decision comes after ministry is likely to be held on development are the biggest attacks. bids were foiled by the army out an in-depth analysis of the gathered at the house of a in Srinagar and other places. a curfew was reimposed on March 8 at the Swami issues here which need stress,” The opposition has been while 131 terrorist-related terrorist incidents and security militant killed in a gunfight But educational institutions Monday in two police divi - Vivekananda Maidan in the heart Jishnu Deb Burman, as reported critical of the Narendra Modi incidents happened last year. breaches that are identified with the security forces along have been closed till sions of Kandy district till of the town. Prime Minister by ANI, said after his election for government for its failure to In these cases, 14 with various incidents," he with five other persons in Thursday as a precaution. Wednesday morning follow - Narendra Modi is likely to attend the deputy CM post. contain Pakistan in order to Armymen, two BSF men, 40 added. ing the tense situation. Several houses and busi - Russian Transport Plane Crashes in ness establishments in the Rahul Takes a Dig at PM Modi, Says 'Ek Nirav Modi Hai, Dusra Modi Nirav Hai' district, belonging to minori - Syria, 32 People on Board Killed New Delhi, March 6 : ing the second half of Budget Modi) The investigation related ty Muslim community, were Congress president Rahul Session leading to repeated The Enforcement to Rs 12,636 crore scam per - burnt on Monday while the New Delhi, March 6: A underway. The latest mishap take off from Hmeimim in Gandhi on Tuesday took a adjournments. “Sansad mei Directorate (ED) had earlier taining to fraudulent issuance body of a young man was Russian plane, carrying 26 dig at Prime Minister aaj ek zordar naara sunayi issued summons to the duo of Letters of Undertakings found inside a burnt house passengers and 6 crew mem - Narendra Modi for being pad raha hai — Nirav Modi, asking them to appear before (LoUs) and Letters of Credit today. bers, crashed while landing quiet on the multi-crore Modi nirav. Ek Nirav Modi the central agency. However, (LCs) from Brady House near Hmeimim base near the Punjab National Bank finan - Hai, dursa Modi nirav hai. (A Modi, his family, and Choksi branch of PNB in Mumbai in The police have said that cial scam saying “Ek Nirav slogan was being heard in left the country in early favour of his and his uncle the special security arrange - Syrian coastal city of Latakiain on Tuesday. Modi hai, dusra Modi nirav Parliament — Nirav Modi, January, much before the Mehul Choksi’s companies, ments put in place in the Initial information said hai”. The case related to the Modi nirav. One is Nirav Central Bureau of the CBI had said. areas will continue and the that the crash may have been over Rs 12,700 crore PNB Modi, second is Modi nirav Investigation received a com - The quantum of the Special Task Force (STF) caused due to a technical fraud by diamond jeweller (quiet).” plaint from the PNB. They alleged fraud perpetrated in has been deployed to main - fault. Nirav Modi and his uncle On March 3, a special are being investigated by the bank by billionaire jew - tain peace. In a statement, the Mehul Choksi, owner of court issued non-bailable multiple probe agencies fol - ellers Modi and Choksi This is the second such defence ministry said that a Gitanjali gems. warrants (NBWs) against lowing a complaint by the stands close to US $2 billion incident over past couple of Russian transport plane has The Congress was seen Nirav Modi and Choksi in PNB that they allegedly after the teams of the CBI weeks after Ampara in crashed in Syria killing all 26 protesting against the PNB the alleged Rs 12,700 crore cheated the nationalised bank and PNB found fresh LoUs Eastern Province witnessed passengers and six crew scam near Mahatma Gandhi Punjab National Bank scam. to the tune of over Rs 12,000 and LCs worth Rs 1,251 similar attacks last month. members believed to have statue in Parliament today. (Also read: My Fate Was crore, with the purported crore related to Choksi’s been on board. comes after a Sukhoi military October last year, killing two The party even raised the Already Decided in PNB involvement of a few Gitanjali group of compa - An investigation is now jet crashed while trying to crew. issue inside Parliament dur - Fraud Case, Says Nirav employees of the bank. nies.

ComFputOer SR ervices Laptop Services Kashmir on boil after six deaths in firing BSNL Broadband Srinagar : Hundreds of The deaths on Sunday Gowhar Ahmad Lone, 24, "Our troops, in self- tant and a resident of village authorities imposed restric - Anantnag and Pulwama dis - Pan Card people, including several evening occurred after a mil - was also found on Monday defence, responded with fire. Harmen in Shopian. "Three tions in parts of Srinagar city tricts and Badgam in central Passport gun-toting militants, attended itant travelling in a car morning, some 250 metres In the ensuing gunfight, one more bodies were found in and south Kashmir region. Kashmir where youths the funeral of a slain attacked an Indian Army's away from the gunfight site. terrorist was hit and he fell the vehicle during the search. Internet connectivity in south clashed with the security Contact :- Lashkar-e-Taiba 'comman - mobile vehicle checkpost These individuals were Kashmir was suspended forces. Rohit: der' in south Kashmir despite near Pahnoo village in accompanying the terrorist." while its speed was curbed at Jammu and Kashmir Mob. 9419626826 people's movement being Shopian district, some 60 km The statement said Bhat, other places in the Valley. Liberation Front chief Yasin restricted and internet curfew south of Srinagar. whose body was recovered The State Public Service Malik was arrested from here clamped across the Kashmir Four persons were con - on Monday, was also linked Commission ordered the can - on Monday during a protest Valley on Monday, a day firmed dead on Sunday night with the same chain of events cellation of Monday's civil march against the killings. after four civilians and two and two more bodies were that took place on Sunday services exams in the state. Police intercepted the Jai Baba Kali Veer Ji insurgents were killed in a recovered on Monday morn - evening. All university and school Malik-led protest march and shootout with the Army. ing, police said. Chief Minister Mehbooba board exams scheduled on took the separatist leader and Dozens of clashes involv - Police said they recovered Mufti said she was "deeply Monday were postponed. some of his supporters into MANOJ KUMAR & CO. ing stone-pelting erupted in the bullet-ridden body of LeT distressed by more deaths of People thronged Kapran custody. Shopian as people came out militant Ashiq Hussain Bhat civilians caught in the cross - village of Shopian to partici - Speaking to media per - Fruit & Vegetable on the streets to protest at Saidpora area in Shopian, fire in Shopian" and pate in the funeral of Lashkar sons, Malik said: "It is the Commission Agents alleged civilian deaths in the about six km from the firing expressed her "heartfelt con - commander Ashiq Hussain MLAs of the state who are south Kashmir district on spot. He was missing since dolences to the deceased's Bhat. Half a dozen militants responsible for the killings of Specialist In : Potato, Onion Sunday evening. November 13, 2017. The Army said in a state - off the vehicle. The vehicle families". were also seen offering the these civilians. While the security forces "Preliminary investigation ment that militants fired at veered off the road towards a Separatist leaders Syed congregational Nimaz-e- "The Army has been given Shop No. 69, Sabji Mandi claim that all those killed suggests that Bhat's death the mobile check post from stream and the second vehi - Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Janaza of the slain command - a free hand as no effort has were militants or their over- was part of Sunday's gunfight two vehicles. It said troops cle sped off." Farooq and Yasin Malik er. The militants then fired in been made by the so-called Narwal, Jammu. ground workers, separatist in Pahnoo village. Further signalled the vehicles to stop Later, the army personnel called for a valley-wide the air to honour their dead law makers of the state to leaders and locals alleged investigation is on," a police near the check post but they recovered the body of a ter - protest shutdown against the colleague. repeal the Armed Forces that four of them were civil - officer said. moved on and opened heavy rorist, who was identified as killings. Protests also broke out in Special Powers Act Ph. 2475446, 94191-93836 ians. The body of a civilian, fire. Amir Malik, a Lashkar mili - Fearing street protests, the Shopian's neighbouring (AFSPA)."

C M C M Y B Y B TRUTH PREVAIL 2 SPECIAL JAMMU WEDNESDAY MARCH 07, 2018 168 bridges constructed in Udhampur Basharat Bukhari reviews action taken status district this fiscal : Abdul Haq on CM’s directions for Sangrama Constituency JAMMU, MARCH 06 : macadamization of by May 2018. PHC Tarzoo has been made Govt effectively implementing SBM to declare JK ODF by October 2018 Minister for Horticulture Shrakwara-Kachwa- Further regarding direc - fully functional. Taking note, UDHAMPUR, MARCH He said the government is control protection, Panchayat Ahmad Sheikh, Chief Syed Basharat Ahmed Dandmoh road, including tions passed for augmenta - the Minister directed for 06 : With an aim to provide using the MGNREGA funds Ghars, Rural drinking water Planning Officer, Ashok Bukhari today chaired a allied links have not been tion of education sector, the immediately taken up works relief to the people of remote judiciously by creating valu - and Rural Sanitation. Khajuria, Assistant meeting to review the executed in full with signifi - Minister was informed that for setting up of dispensary at villages of the, the able assets in rural areas. He While stressing on main - Commissioner Development, progress achieved on the Nijibhat Sopore. Department of Rural said the department is also taining proper sanitation in Angrez Singh, PO IWMP, commitments/ directions Regarding the local Development is constructing constructing 27 playgrounds the district Minister stressed Sushil Kesar, District issued by the Chief Minister demand for PHC on custodi - 168 bridges in Udhampur in Udhampur district so that on the officials to implement Panchayat Officer, Rachna during visit to Sangrama an land at Potkhah, the district under project ‘Rahat’. the youth of this district are Swach Bharat Mission in let - Sharma, besides BDOs, Constituency in the year Minister asked the health and This was revealed by the able to play there. ter and spirit by constructing JEEs, Panchayat Inspectors, 2015 and 2017. custodian departments to Minister for Rural Gram Sewaks, GRS were Commissioner Secretary work in tandem and sort Development Panchayati present on the occasion. Power Development modalities so that this work Raj, Law and Justice Abdul Assistant Commissioner Department Hirdesh Kumar, can be taken up on priority. Haq Khan while reviewing Development, Udhampur Commissioner Secretary Taking view of works to the physical and financial gave detailed power point Revenue Shahid be executed by tourism achievement of RDD in cur - presentation and briefed Anayatullah, Commissioner department including devel - rent financial year in block wise progress of vari - Secretary PWD (R&B), opment of helipad and park Udhampur District. ous developmental works Sanjeev Verma, Secretary at Shakwara, development of The Minister stated that under various schemes in Education Farooq Ahmad Nakpathri–Bandiballa–Satris the department while contin - 2016- 17 & 2017 - 18 of Shah, Secretary PHE Dept cant stretches having been under the 10 computers for ura as a tourist destination, uing its efforts to increase the Udhampur District. M. Raju, Secretary Tourism left incomplete. He directed the Imamia public school the Minister asked for neces - connectivity in rural areas On the occasion, the min - Sarmad Hafez, DDC to initiate action so that the Watergam have been provid - sary action to be taken and took up the task to construct ister also gave the dead line Baramulla Dr Nasir Ahmad tendered-out works are exe - ed besides Government High works expedited. 168 bridges during the cur - to the concerned officers for Naqash besides other officers cuted in full at the earliest. School Watergam has been Regarding the power sec - rent fiscal and that till now it the completion of develop - from concerned departments He also directed the con - facilitated with the required tor scenario in the area and has completed 111 bridges mental pace of pending were present on the occasion. cerned to expedite pace on laboratory equipment and directions issued thereof for while the work is in progress The minister further stat - latrines so that the state can works on 31 March 2018. During the meeting, the macadamization of work is in progress for con - its augmentation, the on other 57 bridges. He said ed that under various be declared Open Defecation Minister emphasized Minister took a department Watergam link road and take struction of additional block. Minister asked the depart - the project has been named schemes of RDD including Free (ODF) by October this upon the concerned officers wise progress report for the up works on the remaining The Minister directed ment to immediately take up as Rahat (Relief) aiming to MGNREGA, the department year. for effective implementation commitments made by the stretch on the road besides Secretary Education to works for setting up of provide relief to the people of has taken up 7359 works While addressing the of rural development Chief Minister to resolve var - removing bottlenecks on the review modalities and imme - Receiving Station at Hygam, these villages who had to were in various sectors out of meeting, the Minister asked schemes so that the common ious concerns put forth by the Hygam-Tarzoo road for its diately take up work for and Kandi Sultanpora, travel miles on foot in which 1313 has been com - the concerned officers to masses avail maximum bene - people during her public out - early execution. upgradation of school at besides augmentation works absence of proper connectiv - pleted so far while 6046 ensure completion of target - fits of these schemes. He fur - reach programme and visits Regarding setting up of Nijibhat Sopore. for Putkha- Muqam RS. ity. works in progress. ed works of the year as early ther directed the functionar - to the constituency. Lift Irrigation Scheme at It was also informed in Further directions were Minister said in absence He said durable assets are as possible and said in case ies of the department to Pertaining to works under Haritar, the Minister was the meeting that works have also passed to PDD and DDC of the proper connectivity in being created under MGN - of lapse of funds, the con - speed up the pace of works the ambit of Public works informed that works are been taken up for construc - Baramulla to immediately rural areas, many deaths were REGA besides providing cerned officers will have to being executed in the district department, the Minister said under way and the scheme tion of additional block for ensure installation of dedicat - reported every year especial - jobs to the rural youth. He take the responsibility and with maximum utilization of that works for widening and will be made fully functional Wagoora hospital, besides ed feeder for Tarzoo hospital. ly in summers as people had said the works including con - that action will be taken funds. Earlier the Minister to cross streams on foot in struction of foot bridges, against such officials. inaugurated a Photo Govt constitutes absence of bridges. He said roads, water harvesting The meeting was attended Exhibition organized by the APCC for clearance the efforts of the RDD will tanks, Drought proofing, by District Development Department of Rural Speaker inaugurates renovated ease the problems of the peo - Micro irrigation, Renovation Commissioner, Udhampur Development Department of industrial units ple and will reduce the hard - of traditional water bodies, Ravinder Kumar, Director showcasing the achievements JAMMU, MARCH 6 : For ships caused to the public. land development, Flood Rural Sanitation, Nazir of RDD in the district. JAMMPUu, MbARlCiHc 06 P: aatrionkal baenetfit s Sin hthe aurbsan trlaitio nN ofa ang opean gr ym in the clearance of Medium and Large Speaker J&K Legislative environment, besides it pro - park and other demands will Scale Industrial Units involving Deputation of contractors Setting up Multi-Modal Logistic Parks in JK Assembly Kavinder Gupta vides a place where people also be fulfilled in the stipu - an investment more than Rs. 25 today inaugurated renovated refresh themselves and boosts lated timeframe. Earlier, the crore in plant and machinery, meets Chief Minister, Administrative Secretary PWD Lal Bahadur Shastri their mental health. speaker also visited the ward Government has constituted a puts up demands Memorial park at Shastri MLC, Vikram Randhawa 52 of Channi Himmat to take State Level Apex Project designated Nodal Officer Nagar here today. also highlighted the benefits stock of the developmental Clearance Committee (APCC) SRINAGAR, MARCH JAMMU, MARCH 06 : Chairman and CEO Sultan and other trade-able goods The renovation includes of public parks and sought works being executed in the under the Chairmanship of 06 : A deputation of local The State Government today Ahmed Bin Sulayem in pres - from J&K directly to the mar - earth filling, restoration of cooperation from the commu - area, the speaker was apprised Chief Secretary. contractors today met the designated Administrative ence of the Prime Minister kets worldwide bringing damaged grill fencing, pave - nity populace for its preserva - that works are being executed The Committee comprises Chief Minister, Mehbooba Secretary Public Works Narendra Modi and the down the transportation costs ment patching, repairs and tion. On the occasion, a public apace and soon will be com - with Administrative Secretary, Mufti here today and brought Department (PEWD) as Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi substantially. other related works. delegation briefed the speaker pleted. He exhorted upon the Housing and Urban many of their issues into her Nodal Officer to coordinate Mohammed bin Zayed Al Prior to signing of MoU, MLC, Vikram Randhawa about certain issues and concerned officers to bring Development Department, notice.The contractors with the Union Ministry of Nahyan at Presidential Palace Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, was accompanying the speak - demanded installation of open further pace in their work to Administrative Secretary demanded release of their Road Transport & Highways, in Abu Dhabi last month. alongwith a team of Senior er, besides several other con - gym and plantation of diverse mitigate the public sufferings Finance Department, pending payments under the development of Multi- The MoU would facilitate Executives of Dubai Ports cerned officers were also flower plants in the park. in the area. A public delega - Administrative Secretary, NABARD and NRDWP Modal Logistic Parks in J&K. maiden FDI to the tune of Rs visited J&K to hash-out the present on the occasion. They also demanded that tion met the speaker and Planning, Development and projects. They appreciated Pertinently, the State 5000 crore to Jammu and modalities for setting up Speaking on the occasion, modernly equipped seesaws apprised him about issues Monitoring Department, the Government for introduc - Government has already Kashmir, through Joint Inland Logistics Parks in the Speaker reiterated that be installed in the park. being faced by them. While Administrative Secretary tion of PAO system in the signed an MoU with Dubai Venture, over the next five Jammu and Srinagar. The government is committed to In response to the demands giving the patient hearing to Industries and Commerce State to root out red tapism Ports World for setting up years. Dubai Ports delegation held providing more public spaces raised by the deputation, the their projected demands, the Department, Administrative and chances of corruption Multi-Modal Logistic Parks The proposed Inland detailed deliberations with the and recreation services which speaker said that concerned speaker assured for early Secretary, Power Development while suggesting that this in Jammu and Srinagar. Logistic Parks to be estab - Chief Minister, Mehbooba provide the intrinsic environ - officers will be directed to redress of their genuine Department, Administrative system be put to implementa - MoU for setting up first lished at Samba in Jammu and Mufti, Finance Minister, Dr mental, aesthetic and recre - form an estimation for instal - issues. Secretary, Forest, Environment tion after clearing the backlog ever Multi-Modal Logistics Ompora in Kashmir would Haseeb Drabu, Industries and Ecology Department, of payments. The Chief Park (MMLP) and transporta - include warehouses and spe - Minister, Chander Parkash Chairman, J&K State Pollution Minister assured the deputa - tion hub in the State through cialized storage solutions Ganga and other State Control Board, Director tion to look into their Foreign Direct Investment including CA Stores and Cold Government officials and also Industries and Commerce (con - demands and take appropri - (FDI) was signed by J&K Storage Chains for transporta - visited the proposed site for DeJAlMeMgUa, tMioARnC Hle 0d6 : byre Cmohvael orf iUnpsghi CDheockr Pjoasty; meThee tmsem Gbeorsv oef trhen doeler - cerned), Managing Director, ate action on the same. Finance Minister, Dr Haseeb tion of agriculture, horticul - the Logistics Park at Samba in A delegation on behalf of and continue exemption to gation included Sh. Thupstan JKDFC, Representative of Drabu with the Dubai Ports ture and handicraft products Jammu. Trade and Service sector of Hotel and Travel Trade serv - Chhewang, Member Industrial Association con - Evacuation of cross-border firing victims: Ladakh led by Sh. Chering ices under the SGST tax. Parliament; Sh. Nawang cerned as its Members, whereas Dorjay, Minister for Further the delegation Rigzin Jora, MLA Leh; Sh. the Managing Director, J&K Core Group constituted for coordination Altaf Bukhari reviews progress of Cooperatives and Ladakh SIDCO would serve as RAJOURI MARCH 06 : Affairs, met Governor N.N. Convener of the Committee. Chairman District Legal education sector works in Khansahab Vohra at the Raj Bhavan and The committee shall be Services Rajouri Shehzad JAMMU, MAR 06 : other senior officers were stressed on timeline comple - apprised him about the socio- Minister for Education Syed present in the meeting. tion and close monitoring of served by the Department of Azeem constituted a core group economic problems faced by Industries and Commerce. to be headed by Chief Judicial Mohammad Altaf Bukhari The Minister took detailed the works. the people of Ladakh. The Magistrate for better coordina - today called for timeline com - review of the progress of Highlighting the impor - delegation requested incorpo - DSLA Rajouri to tion with District Administration pletion of infrastructure additional accommodation in tance of school education, the ration of necessary safeguards organise Legal Literacy works and effective interven - various schools of the con - Minister said that there is for timely evacuation of victims through the GST Act such as Camp, Law Fair of cross border firing. The group tions under SSA and RMSA stituency. He directed for strong need to work towards reducing GST rates on all was constituted on the direction to bring down dropout rate in supplies and goods & services RAJOURI MARCH 06: District of Executive Chairman J&K the government schools. Legal Services Authority Rajouri is to the Ladakh region be put going to organise a day long Legal State Legal Services Authority He also directed for hold - under the minimum tax slab ing remedial classes to com - Literacy Camp- cum-Law Fair on Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar. of 5%, with complete Input requested that Services Sector Riyaz Ahmad, President March 10, 2018 at Muradpur at Soon after its formation, mem - pensate loss of studies due to Tax Credit; increasing GST be brought within the ambit of Merchant Association Leh; 10.00 AM. Enumerating the objec - bers of core group including Sub certain reasons. exemption for the Scheduled the “Jammu and Kashmir Sh. Tanyot Tashi, President tives of the camp, Chairman DLSA judge Nowshera and Secretary The Minister was speaking Tribe residents of Ladakh to a Reimbursement of Taxes for Contractor Association, Leh; Shehzad Azeem informed that in the Legal Services Authority at a meeting convened to minimum of Rs. 40 lakh promotion of Sh. Tselon Angchok, camp general public will be given Rajouri along with senior offi - review the pace of develop - turnover; all goods and serv - Small/Medium/Large Scale President All Leader Tour awareness about various schemes cers of district administration ment works including con - ices supply in Ladakh region Industries in the State of Operators Association, Leh; related to their legal rights and visited relief camps established struction of additional accom - be made eligible for composi - Jammu and Kashmir”. Sh. Ashraf Ali, President All redressal of problems through serv - in Nowshera and interacted with modation, new school build - ice providers on issues related to tion levy scheme upto a Governor advised the del - Kargil Travel Trade and children and senior citizens, victims inmates of camps. A temporary ings and staff position in managing adequate funds for realization of the fundamental turnover of Rs. 1.5 crore; e- egation to have an early meet - Association, Kargil; and Sh. Legal Aid Clinic was also Khan Sahib Assembly con - completion of proposed objective of making govern - of disasters and those of human traf - filing by residents of Ladakh ing with Finance Minister Tashi Motup Kau, President ficking apart from issues of labour - opened in the relief camps by stituency. Local Member works under capex budget, ment schools as hub of mod - during the lay-off period of 6- Drabu, before the matter is All Ladakh Hotel and Guest the core group for any kind of ers in unorganised sectors and those Legislative Assembly (MLA) SSA, RMSA and Tameer. It ern education centres. 7 months be exempted; mooted to the Centre. House Association. of ST/SC respectively. legal service required by the Hakim Mohammad Yasin, was informed that the depart - The Minister reiter - people living in camps. The Secretary School Education, ment has mooted proposal for ated the government’s resolve clinic will be manned by Para Farooq Ahmed Shah, Director up-gradation of accommoda - to meet bare minimum educa - Legal Volunteers including RMSA Tuffail Matto, tion of various Higher tional requirements including Chief Secretary conducts city tour, Rahul Sharma and Ankush Director Sarva Shiksha Secondary and High schools infrastructure and staff in all Sharma. Abiyan (SSA) A R Waar and in the constituency. He the government schools. inspects developmental works SRINAGAR, MARCH The Chief Secretary also completed by April 2020. persons and ensure installa - 06 : Chief Secretary BB Vyas visited multi-level parking While reviewing the sta - tion of fire extinguishers. Stop dumping of garbage in densely populated along with Principal facility being constructed by tus of the construction work During his whirlwind Secretary (Home) Raj Kumar Srinagar Development on the centrally placed SPS tour, Chief Secretary visited Kot-Bhalwal Block; Team Jammu to JMC Goyal today conducted an Bemina, where 500-bedded Jammu, Feb 25 : including women and elderly Zorawar Singh Jamwal and villages have been protesting extensive city tour and Maternity and Pediatric hos - Extending full support to agi - lot, Chairman Team Jammu, extended full support to agi - for last about a month against inspected pace of develop - pital is being constructed at tating people of Kot-Bhalwal Zorawar Singh Jamwal came tating people till the dumping the illegal dumping of mental works going on in the the cost of Rs 70.63 crore. He Block under the banner of down heavily on all those of garbage is stopped by con - garbage by JMC but adminis - Capital city. was informed that major por - Kandi Belt Movement, Team officials at helm of affairs cerned authorities. tration has paid no heed. Divisional Commissioner tion of the construction work Jammu today described Ex-Sarpanchs, Raj Dev Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad stands completed. The move of the Jammu Singh, Sukhdev Singh and Khan, Deputy Commissioner mechanical and electrical Municipal Corporation to advocate Ram Mohammad in Srinagar Dr Syed Abid work on the hospital has also dump City’s garbage in that their speeches stated that it Rashid, Commissioner SMC started and will be completed area as illegal and demanded was very unfortunate that Reyaz Ahmad Wani, SSP in a time-bound manner. inquiry against all those offi - from February 2018, JMC in Traffic Tahir Saleem, Chief Secretary asked the cials who have given NoCs violation of Solid Waste Director ERA, Satish executing agency to expedite for dumping of garbage in Management Rules and Razdan, Joint Director the work. such a highly populated area State Pollution Control Information Kashmir of Jammu district that too in Board rules has again started Division, Zahoor Ahmad Mir violation of Solid Waste dumping about 200-250 and other concerned officers Management Rules. trucks of solid waste in were accompanying Chief Volunteers of Team Bhalwal area. Secretary. NI, DhOaramT VIir CGupE ta, S/o Jammu along with other Among others present on During the tour, Chief Lt. Sh. Jagat Ram R/o Q.No. prominent people of Kandi the occasion included ex- Secretary inspected the 146. Rehari Colony Jammu belt including 20 today Sarpanchs Balbir Singh, progress on the grade sepa - Authority (SDA) at Sheikh library, Vyas was informed have applied for issuance of blocked Kot-Bhalwal road Anwar Khan, Sanjeev Singh, rator being constructed at Bagh. He was briefed by con - that the library will have N.A.C of death Record of and did not allow the vehicu - who gave NoCs for dumping Addressing the gathering Vabishan Singh, Narinder Radio Kashmir Crossing. cerned officials said the four- facilities like separate sec - my Maternal Grand Mother lar movement for three of garbage in such a highly Sh. KD Singh Chairman Singh, Sukhdev Singh, He directed ERA engineers storey building, would allow tions for children as well as namely Lt. Smt. Bhaiyan hours. The protestors raised populated area. “There is fear Kandi Belt Movement Kuljeet Singh, Pratap Singh, to complete the construction vehicles to reach top floors, elderly persons in addition to Devi W/o Lt. Chet Ram R/o slogans against district of epidemic looming large strongly condemned the ille - Fakir Chand, Kasturi Lal work at an earliest while will accommodate 467 cars students. Q.No. 52 Rehari Colony administration and state gov - among local inhabitants as gal move of the Jammu Sharma, Jagdish Raj, Singh, keeping safety parameters and 131 two-wheelers at a The project is being com - Jammu in the office of Sub- ernment and demanded entire belt is being filled up Municipal Corporation to Raj Roop Singh, Prabhakar on board so that the com - time. The parking lot is being pleted at a cost of Rs 32.15 Register Vital Statistics immediate stoppage of with filth and litter. The dump garbage in Kot- Singh and Kulbhushan muters can benefit from it. constructed as part of the crore and the library shall Muncipal Corporation Town dumping of garbage in that dumping site is in the center Bhalwal, a highly populated Singh, Surinder Singh Gilli, Chief Secretary was briefed Atal Mission for house over one lakh books Hall Jammu. area. They threaten to inten - Government Degree College, area of Jammu district in vio - Sunil Raipuria, Pardeep that work on the project is in Rejuvenation and Urban which will include historic Objection if any may sify the agitation if govern - Sanskrit University besides lation of Solid Waste Baloria, Danish Jamwal, full swing and the grade Transformation (AMRUT) manuscripts and rare treasure convey to concerned Officer ment failed to amend its deci - religious establishments like Management Rules. Komal Singh, Shamsher, separator would be made — a centrally sponsored for book lovers. He directed Jammu within seven days sion. Temple, Mosque and ages He said that people of Rishu Chib, J P Singh, Lucky functional by September scheme aimed at developing officials to incorporate ramp from the date of publication Addressing the protestors old Dargah,” pointed Kot-Bhalwal and adjoining Singh and T P Singh. 2018. city infrastructure would be facilities for differently-abled of this notice. TRUTH PREVAIL 3 NEWS JAMMU WEDNESDAY MARCH 07, 2018 Governor holds meeting with Education Minister to review issues relating to Kashmir and Jammu Universities In a first, JK High Court adjudicates 4 advises need to ensure uniformity of examination standards and marking cases through video-conferencing systems between parent universities and cluster universities JAMMU, MARCH 06 : technical courses in both the State, schemes of the of the Jammu and Kashmir ‘Landmark step towards bringing judiciary at the Governor N.N. Vohra, Engineering Colleges. Government of India and University Statutes. Chancellor of the Chancellor advised that internal resources of the To ensure high and uni - doorsteps of people in far-flung areas’ Universities of Kashmir and for enhancing the objectives Universities. Chancellor form standards of academics SRINAGAR, MARCH the videoconferencing venue ticipate in court proceedings conferencing regarding the Jammu, chaired a meeting to of higher learning in J&K it urged that at least one build - in all the institutions of high - 06 : In a first of its kind ini - in Kargil. without physically appearing cases of far-flung areas of the discuss the issues relating to was of crucial importance ing should be made function - er learning, Chancellor tiative, the proceedings of Justice Mir said the new in the court,” Justice Mir State including Leh and University of Kashmir and that the State Education and al in every offsite Campus. emphasized the vital impor - four cases at Jammu and University of Jammu at the Agriculture Departments Education Minister agreed to tance of ensuring uniformity Kashmir High Court were Raj Bhavan here today. provided very strong support have the Chief Minister have of examination standards and carried out through video- Sh. Mohammad Altaf marking systems. Education conferencing, marking a Bukhari, Minister for Minister agreed that adher - landmark step to reform the Education, Prof. R.D. ence to this principle is bene - functioning of higher judici - Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, ficial to the maintenance of ary in the state. Jammu University, Dr. high and uniform standards. A single bench of Justice Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi, It was agreed that this objec - Mohammad Yaqoob Mir at Vice-Chancellor, Kashmir tive shall be materialized J&K High Court delivered University, Sh. Umang through a very early meeting judgments in two cases on Narula, Principal Secretary between the VCs of the the spot while one case was to Governor, Dr. Asgar mother Universities and the reserved for order out of four Hassan Samoon, Principal Cluster Universities. Also, cases taken up by the court Secretary Higher Education, joint academic and research through video-conferencing. Sh. Rohit Kansal, Principal meetings between the Cluster The four cases from Secretary to Chief Minister and the State Universities Kargil and Leh pertained to initiative of conducting court said. Kargil. participated in the meeting. to the four State Universities, an early meeting with shall be held on regular basis. Ladakh Autonomous Hill proceedings through video “In future, the facility can On the occasion, Justice After discussions with Sh. which included two Farm Finance and Education Chancellor recalled that in Development Council which conferencing is a landmark be used where the counsel for Mir praised the Chief Justice Bukhari it was decided that Universities and alongside, Minister to settle this pend - the last round of University was represented by Counsel step towards bringing judici - a party can argue and present of J&K High Court, Justice University Institute of the Universities closely ing issue. Council Meetings it had been Asif Maqbool in Srinagar. ary at the doorsteps of people the case from far-flung areas Badar Durrez, for making the Engineering and Technology adhered to the decisions of It was decided that the 5th clearly settled that VCs of the The parties to the cases par - living in far-flung areas of like Leh, Kargil and Gurez. video conferencing facility (UIET), Janglote,shall con - their University Councils. It and 6th Semester examina - two Cluster Universities shall ticipated in the proceedings the state. This will make the justice functional within a short span tinue to be a Constituent was decided that all State tions of the Undergraduate be permanent invitees to the via video conferencing from “It will bring relief to peo - delivery system available at of time. The proceedings of College of the University of Universities shall coordinate batch of 2015 in colleges meetings of University DC Office Kargil. ple of Jammu and Kashmir the doorsteps speedily and the case in Srinagar were wit - Jammu with its permanent closely with the State affiliated to the University of Council meetings of the par - Principal District judge living in far-flung areas who inexpensively,” he added. nessed by dozens of lawyers campus at Janglote, Kathua. Education and Agriculture Kashmir should be held as ent universities. It was also Kargil, S K Bhagat, Deputy want to approach the High Justice Mir said the Chief and staff of the court. Education Minister assured Departments and the early as possible for which decided that students should Commissioner Kargil and Court for redress of their Justice has already asked the full financial and logistical Education Minister shall Prof. Andrabi, Vice- be made aware about the President Bar Association, grievances. Now they will be Bar at Leh and Kargil to hold Low Danger support to expedite the ongo - have early meetings with Chancellor, was asked to pre - processes and procedures Kargil, were also present at able to file petitions and par - such court hearings via video ing construction of the per - Union Home Minister and pare a well-considered calen - involved in modern examina - Avalanche Warning manent Campus at Kathua. It Defence Minister for secur - dar after consulting the tion tools like filling of issued by SDMA was also decided that the ing early vacation of their Academic Council. It was Optical Mark Recognition Institute of Engineering and lands presently under the also decided that decisions (OMR) sheets by holding SRO-202 to be reexamined, future JAMMU, MARCH 06 : Technology, Safapora, shall occupation of the Army and relating to academic matters trainings /workshops before roadmap soon : Dr Drabu On the basis of information be designated as a Govt. Central Police Forces. such as introduction of new the conduct of these exami - received from SASE, Low College of Engineering and Chancellor emphasized that courses, framing rules and nations. Governor observed SRO-202 employees delegation calls on FM danger avalanche warning Technology since the long pending issues relating regulations for running that an early further meeting JAMMU, MARCH 06 : Minister, Ms Mehbooba their issues will be taken up has been issued for University of Kashmir to Offsite Campuses of the courses, authorizing shall be held with Education Minister for Finance, Dr Mufti regarding SRO-202 and a roadmap would be Baramulla, Gulmarg, already has a full-fledged Universities such as the cre - Professors, Associate Minister and all Vice- Haseeb A Drabu today said Furkian-Z Gali and Engineering College at its ation of teaching and non- Professors and Assistant Chancellors to review any the Government will reexam - Kupwara-Chowkibal- Zakura Campus. Chancellor teaching staff and construc - Professors of the Colleges to remaining issues which may ine the concerns regarding Tangdhar, Poonch, Rajouri, advised both the VCs to tion of incomplete buildings act as Guides/ Co-Guides for be affecting the implementa - SRO-202 and define a Reasi, Ramban,Doda, ensure that AICTE approvals should be settled by pooling M.Phil/ Ph.D. scholar etc. tion of academics pro - roadmap soon to resolve such Kishtwar Udhampur, are duly obtained for running resources available with the shall be taken only in terms grammes. employees’ issues and ensure Anantnag, Kulgam, Badgam, their assured career progres - Kupwara,Bandipora, Govt constitutes State Advisory Prof Amitabh Mattoo awarded “Capital Foundation National Award” sion and financial benefits. Ganderbal Kargil and Leh The Minister said this dur - Districts, Bandipora- Body for implementation for his Contribution to Education & Academic Reform ing a meeting with a delega - Kanzalwan-Gurez sector and JAMMU, MARCH 06 : Minister of Jammu and Institute and Professor of tion of employees appointed Srinagar-Jammu National of DBT Mission Professor Amitabh Mattoo Kashmir, appointed by the International Relations at the under SRO-202, who called Highway. JAMMU, MARCH 6 : Advisor to Chief Minister, one government to recommend University of Melbourne, on him here this afternoon. People living in these ava - For effective implementa - of India's leading thinkers and interventions in schools, col - Victoria, Australia. He is the The delegation had called lanche prone areas have been tion of Direct Benefit writers on international rela - co-chair of the Australia India on the Finance Minister as a advised by the Disaster Transfer (DBT) Mission in tions has been awarded the Leadership Dialogue and co- follow up to a recent state - employees. The Finance defined soon for redressing Management Authority to the State, the Government prestigious Capital Foundation Chairs the Chaophrya ment made by the Chief Minister assured them that their grievances. take precautionary measures. has constituted a State National Award for his invalu - Dialogue, the most influential Advisory Body (SAB) able contribution to Education Track II process between India Addl. DG CRPF calls under the Chairmanship of and Academic Reform. and Pakistan. Providing safe drinking water to people Chief Secretary. The Capital Foundation is a Prof Mattoo is widely on Governor The SAB comprises with non-governmental voluntary regarded as an inspiring and Govt’s priority : Sham Chaudhary JAMMU, MARCH 06 : Accountant General (A&E) organization that brings innovative builder of institu - JAMMU, MARCH 06 : the water for others,” he said. said. He also asked the PHE Sh. V.S.K. Kaumudi, who J&K, Administrative together men of thought and tions and the foremost Indian Minister for PHE, Irrigation Sham Chaudhary said that Department to check the took charge as Addl. DG Secretary, Finance learning to articulate public intellectual seeking to build and Flood Control Sham Lal providing safe portable drink - water quality of all hand CRPF, J&K, last month Department, Administrative opinion on policy issues. Their peace in the South Asian Chaudhary today sought the ing water is the utmost priori - pumps and other water called on Governor N.N. Secretary, Health and members include Mr. Ram region. He received his support of general public in ty of the state government and resources in the area. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here Medical Education, Nath Kovind, President of Doctorate from the University supporting its efforts of pro - far the last three years large The PHE Minister said today. Administrative Secretary, India, Dr Parnab Mukherjee, leges and institutions of higher of Oxford and has been a visit - viding safe and potable drink - While lauding the impor - Planning, Development and ex-president of India, Union learning to make the education ing Professor at Stanford ing water to every household tant role being played by the Monitoring Development, Ministers, senior Civil system socially relevant and University, the University of of the state. CRPF in maintaining security Administrative Secretary, Servants, Vice Chancellors, global competitive. Notre Dame, the University of The Minister was speaking in J&K, Governor advised Power Development Chiefs of the Indian Armed He is also Honorary Illinois, and the Maison des during a workshop titled heightened surveillance on Department, Administrative Forces, Senior Academics, Director of the Australia India Sciences de l’Homme in Paris. “Constituency level work - all fronts. Secretary Revenue Judges, Social Activists & Institute @Delhi and serves, in He has published extensively shop on water, Sanitation” Department, Administrative eminent professionals from all an honorary capacity, as including eight books and organized by PHE department MLA Khansahib Secretary, Social Welfare walks of life. Chairman of the Governing more than a hundred articles. and National Development Department, Currently, Advisor to the Board of Kirori Mal College, Professor Mattoo was awarded Foundation (NGO) at Baspur calls on Governor Administrative Secretary, Chief Minister, with the status University of Delhi. Prof the Padma Shri, one of India’s in Suchetgarh constituency. JAMMU, MARCH 06 : School Education of a Cabinet Minister Prof Mattoo has been the chief highest civilian awards, for his The PHE Minister said numbers of new water supply that both the state and central Sh. Hakim Mohd. Yaseen, Department, Administrative Mattoo chairs the Knowledge executive officer & inaugural contribution to education and that his department is making schemes have been started by government are laying MLA Khansahib, called on Secretary, Food, Civil Initiative, with the Education Director of the Australia India public life in 2008. all its efforts in providing safe the government to overcome emphasis on better healthcare Governor N.N. Vohra, at the Supplies and Consumer and portable drinking water to problem of drinking water. of people and providing safe Raj Bhavan here today. Affairs Department, every household of the state The Minister said that pur - drinking water to people is Sh. Yaseen informed Administrative Secretary, Efforts on to mitigate problems of and it can only be achievable pose of today’s programme their priority. Governor about the varied Rural Development common people : Kohli when people will support with a NGO is to aware peo - The PHE officials on the concerns and difficulties aris - Department and Panchayat JAMMU, MARCH 06 : Sardari Lal, Advocate Thakur facts and demands of the peo - their cause. ple about the importance of occasion gave a presentation ing from challenges to securi - Raj and any other officer as A deputation of prominent cit - Surinder Singh Bharti, ple of the area and assured “People should judiciously water and its use. “People of how testing of drinking ty maintenance in the Valley. may be co-opted by the izens and political workers of Yashpaul Sharma, M. Khan, them that their genuine use drinking water. In some should conduct lab test of water is being done in their Governor urged Sh. Chairman will serve as Nowshera, Sunderbani and causes it has been seen people water in nearby PHE labs. lab.A large number of people Yaseen to continue his Members of the Committee. Kalakote areas led by Dr are using drinking water to The tube well water is also present in the camp appreciat - endeavours for promoting The mandate of the Ashok Sharma, Tuesday, other purposes. It should not major sources of water to irri - ed the effort of the department peace, normalcy and devel - Committee will be to pro - called on the Minister for happen. People should save gate our agriculture fields,” he in organizing the camp. opment of his area. vide necessary guidance, Animal, Sheep Husbandry advice and support to the and Fisheries, Abdul Gani State Direct Benefit Kohli and apprised him about Transfer (DBT) Cell in the problems being faced by them Maintain consistency in learning, attach yourself Finance Department for in wake of constant bandh call addressing State Project given in the area in support of to a goal : Priya Sethi tells students Management Unit and State district headquarter. Conducts string of visits to government schools, Inspects examination centres Level implementation The deputation discussed JAMMU, MARCH 06 : academics, sports and other store/Bio and Commerce them a great success for their specifics, coordinate with various developmental issues Extending her best wishes to hobbies must also be pursued class rooms and classrooms examinations. the other departments, of the area including the alter - students for taking their simultaneously so that over - from 9th to 12th standard. Taking stock of the ongo - Capacity Building require - nate education arrangements annual board examinations all growth of child is devel - The Minister also took a ing work for the Playway ments in the State and also in view of closure of schools being conducted by State oped. round of the school premises wing in the school premises, to review the progress of and providing of relief to the Vikram Sharma, Junaid demands will be looked into Board of School Education Priya Sethi asked children and took stock of available the Minister directed the implementation of DBT in people whose livestock was Khari, Mohammad Shabir. on priority and government is (BOSE), the Minister of State school administration to pre - the State. killed or injured in the area Interacting with deputa - taking all efforts to mitigate for Education, Technical pare a proper publicity plan The SAB shall be served due to border shelling. tion, the Minister said that the the problems of the general Education, Culture and to spread the word for the by the Finance Department. The deputation included government is aware about the masses. Tourism, Priya Sethi said that opening of admissions for the each and every student must Playway wing. She asked do his or her best without them to hold meetings with Surinder Choudhary chairs DRSC III meet caring for the end result. the local parents to ensure the The Minister visited sev - more number of enrollments. Examines working of Estates, H&P Departments eral examination centers in During her visit to JAMMU, MARCH 06 : also discussed the issue of as per the protocol given to about 400 flats have been Jammu and took stock of Government Primary School, The meeting of Department making adequate transport them. completed at Pampore arrangements made for stu - Jullaka Mohalla, the Minister Related Standing Committee and accommodation facili - The Committee appreci - Srinagar and work on 28 dents for smooth conduct of directed the concerned offi - (DRSC-III) of Jammu and ties available to the ated the efforts taking by flats at Muthi area in Jammu examinations. She said that cials to make the school Kashmir Legislative Council Legislators during their vis - H&P department to upgrade district is to be started soon. this is for the first time that functional by starting the was held here today under its to New Delhi. the infrastructure at JK The Committee also schools where there are nursery and primary classes. the Chairmanship of MLC, Principal Resident House Chanakyapuri New sought a detailed report on examination centers have Later, the Minister visited Surinder Kumar Choudhary Commissioner, H&P Delhi. structural integrity and other been asked to stay off for the Government Middle School, to examine the functioning Department, New Delhi, R The Committee also aspects for government day so that incidents of mass Digiana and directed for the of Estates, Hospitality and K Gupta briefed the directed the concerned quarters at Nehru Market, cheating or any other kind of to play sports, do yoga, med - facilities and infrastructure. completion of the ongoing Protocol departments (H&P) Committee on working of authorities that while allo - Sarwal and other areas in the disturbance is avoided. itate and build a discipline Citing the importance of work at the earliest while inside and outside the State. Guest Houses of the depart - cating accommodation to state. It also sought a com - Considering the stress of and consistency in their life. maintaining a clean and maintaining the quality Legislators, Shawkat ment outside the state and patients, priority should be prehensive report detailing examinations on the students, Meanwhile, During her healthy environment, the norms. Taking serious note of Hussain Ganai, Thakur accommodation and trans - given to needy and genuine total collections of revenue Priya appealed the parents to visit to Government Model Minister announced funds to damaged and unsafe struc - Balbir Singh and Charanjeet port facilities being provided cases. from commercial units and not put much examination Central Basic Higher be released from her CDF for ture in the school premises, Singh attended the meeting to the legislators. He Director, Estates, government flats in the state. pressure on their children. Secondary School, the enhancing the sanitation the Minister directed the con - and gave their suggestions informed the meeting that Tassaduq Jeelani and Special Secretary, The aim shall not be to score Minister laid foundation for facilities. She said that Prime cerned officials to prepare a regarding the working of renovation works have been Director, Hospitality and Council, Mohammad Ashraf only higher grades but to the Floor tile work as a part Minister’s nationwide clean report in this regard. Estates and H&P depart - taken up for blocks B and C. Protocol, Majid Drabu also Wani, Special Secretary, attain the knowledge and of the upgradation pro - sanitation drive Swachh The Minister was accom - ments. On completion of these briefed the Committee about Resident Commissioner contribute towards the wel - gramme under state funds for Bharat Abhiyan is making a panied by MLA East, Rajesh Threadbare discussion works, the problem of short - the functioning of Estates Office, New Delhi, Nazim fare of the society and devel - the school. Under the scheme solid impact and the schools Gupta, Joint Director, was held on the functioning age of accommodation at the and H&P departments and Khan, Deputy Secretary, opment of the nation. “Strengthening / Renovation shall not left behind. She also Education, Charanjeet Singh, of these departments in the location will be resolved, he the steps taken by the depart - Council, Ali Mohammad She said that instead of in HS/HSS Schools, a total of instructed the school admin - Chief Education Officer, State as well as the function - said. ments to upgrade the exist - Rawat and other senior offi - pushing children into unnec - Rs 9.90 lakhs were released istration for maintaining the Jammu, JK Sudan, Senior ing of JK House and Guest He also assured that the ing infrastructure in the cers of Estates, H&P depart - essary competitions, they for the renovation of the green spaces in the school Politician, Yudhvir Sethi Houses in New Delhi, department will provide suit - state. ments and Council must be asked to do their best school which includes the premises. besides senior functionaries Chandigarh, Amritsar and able accommodation to the Director, Estates Secretariat were present in according to their abilities. work for laying vitrified tiles Priya also interacted with of the concerned depart - Mumbai. The Committee Legislators, on priority basis informed the Committee that the meeting. Emphasis should be laid on and ceramic glazed tiles for the students there and wished ments. TRUTH PREVAIL 4 EDITORIAL/ARTICAL JAMMU WEDNESDAY MARCH 07, 2018 Army chief raised the right issue LEARNING BETTER IN Among the religious group was con - must explain… what is Rohingyas had entered Bangladeshi nationals sciously nurtured to the Border Security India illegally from MOTHER TONGUE listed in the National alter Assam’s demogra - Force or the Army Bangladesh and EDITORIAL Mother-tongue based of nine, it is apparent the Register of Citizens, a phy long before doing?” Myanmar. This is clear - primary education should language of instruction foreigner detected in Partition. Amalendu Anger over changing ly an Islamist project as, be our priority for better can be the mother tongue. June 2005, has acquired Guha (Planter Raj to demography was sim - instead of settling with Strategies and tactics schooling results. It is As we choose any other a voter’s identity card Swaraj: Freedom mering when the co-religionists in unfortunate that while language in place of the For the BJP, flush with the hugely significant if and Aadhaar card. Struggle and Electoral Congress gave voting Kashmir, they are grab - resources are available, mother tongue, we do differentiated victories in the three States of Tripura, Obviously, the popula - Politics in Assam 1826- rights to four lakh immi - bing lands in Jammu the will is lacking. away with the wealth of Meghalaya and Nagaland, the change from aggres - tion of illegal aliens 1947; ICHR, 1997) grants during the 1983 Province and frighten - Saving our mother knowledge which sive offence to aggressive defence, in the words of a determined to settle in records that Muslim Assembly poll; the ing Hindus with their tongue should not be explains the milieu of the senior leader, will have to wait till after the Assam is a natural vote- presence in the Nellie massacre fol - rising numbers. taken as a linguists' child. By the time the bank for the party that Brahmaputra Valley lowed. The Illegal The intruders have Karnataka Assembly poll due next month. For, like romance but as the most child comes to school, provides the documenta - rose from nine per cent Migrants ration cards, voter cards, in the North-East, in the key southern State, the BJP important national agen - he/she has already spent tion enabling eternal in 1881 to 19 per cent in (Determination by Aadhaar cards and even is looking to oust the opposition rather than defend da. An understanding, hours learning the other residence and rights in 1931 and 23 per cent in Tribunals) Act 1983 was permanent resident cer - its own citadel. The aura of electoral invincibility, at that all must learn and (mother) tongue but by India. Little wonder that 1941. In Barpeta sub- duplicitous and made it tificates (PRC), which least in the near-term, the party is acquiring under speak one single lan - choosing a different lan - Bangladeshi immigrants division, Muslims were impossible to deport proves administration the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and guage, is erroneous. A guage for classroom always have infallible just 0.1 per cent of the outsiders; it was struck connivance. Only bona party president Amit Shah will of course help large number of those interaction, we brush proof of Indian citizen - population in 1911, but down by the Supreme fide Jammu & Kashmir languages, which we call aside the time and effort strengthen its narrative to counter the opposition dis - ship, while needy citi - almost 49 per cent in Court in 2005, for citizens are entitled to a dialects, have an enor - spent by that child in course aided and abetted by the usual suspects of the zens in remote hamlets 1941. endangering the security PRC, which entitles mous wealth of informa - learning his/her mother ruling party supposedly losing its sheen as evi - starve for want of Five time Chief of the North-East and them to buy land, get tion accumulated in them. tongue. denced in Congress by-poll victories in Rajasthan Aadhaar linkage with Minister SM Sadullah reducing the local peo - Government jobs and Millions of children drop Prime Minister Modi, and Madhya Pradesh which followed a narrow albeit the ration shop. As we (1937-1946) imported ple to a minority in pursue higher studies in out of schools because while addressing the stu - fifth consecutive win for the BJP in Gujarat. That await the efficacy of so many east Bengal some districts. Indeed, it the State. Hindu resi - the transition from home dents in Pariksha pe Assam’s National Muslims, ostensibly to encouraged Bangladeshi dents struggle to get the momentum, especially if the BJP manages to win language to school lan - Charcha, a show organ - Register of Citizens, we ‘Grow More Food’ dur - intruders to spread to cards for their children; Karnataka, is expected to serve in blunting to some guage (medium of ised by the Ministry of urgently need a law to ing World War II that the other north-eastern Hindu refugees from extent at least the anti-incumbency it certainly faces instruction) becomes so Human Development on deny citizenship to the Congress and even Lord States. The Inter- West Pakistan (1947) in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh wide that children find February 16 , aptly said, offspring of infiltrators. Archibald Wavell, Services Intelligence languish without state where Assembly elections are due later this year. themselves lost. A major “I cannot speak many At a defence officers’ dubbed it a ‘Grow More (ISI) recruited illicit citizenship, but Combined with a renewed focus delivery of servic - contributor to this gulf is languages but I would seminar on ‘North-East Muslims’ strategy (The migrants to make Rohingyas have bought es and schemes for the rural population and the the language difference like this interaction to be Region of India — Northeast Question: inroads into groups like State land in Jammu. between home and reached in all Indian lan - poor/marginalized sections of society apart from Bridging Gaps and Conflicts and Frontiers, the United Liberation Rohingyas have set - school. Home language guages”. He also men - motivating young and women voters, party insiders Securing Borders’, Pradip Phanjoubam, Front of Assam (ULFA). tled close to Army and school language tioned that there are more are already talking about a 2:1 result in its favour organised by the Centre Routledge, 2015). One China has joined the camps in Jammu. An invariably do not match than 1,500 languages spo - (with only Rajasthan seemingly still a bridge too far) for Joint Warfare lakh bighas in the game. illegal Rohingya settle - because even at the lower ken in India. A few years as opposed to a 1:2 verdict (with only Chhattisgarh Studies and Integrated Brahmaputra valley Bangladesh’s official ment exists near primary level (i.e. classes back, Union Information Defence Staff at DRDO were given to these census of 1991 noted a Sunjwan military station retained) that was being whispered about as a dis - I to III) children start talk - and Broadcasting Bhavan (New Delhi, migrants in 1939-40 “missing population” of that was attacked tinct possibility till just a few weeks ago. And the ing in their mother Minister Smriti Irani February 21), the Chief alone. Sadullah joined six million (Illegal onJanuary 10, and took brahmastra, as it were, of advancing the Lok Sabha tongue. Children between started a project which of Army Staff, Gen the Muslim League in Migration from the lives of six soldiers poll by a few months to ensure the Modi Effect can six and seven years are she herself chaired to Bipin Rawat, flagged 1937 and supported the Bangladesh, BB Kumar, and a civilian; three be maximised in a simultaneous poll situation is still admitted to school and by translate textbooks in all the demographic inva - Cabinet Mission Plan 2006). In 1998, Assam Jaish-e-Mohammed open to use. In sum, the BJP will spend the next few this time, they acquire Indian languages. In the sion from the east. The grouping that would Governor Gen SK Sinha militants were killed. months trying to ensure that the index of opposition one language, their moth - first instance, textbooks deliberations were in- have placed Assam in sent a 42-page report to Barely a month later, a unity stays low. er tongue, to understand were to be translated into house; the partial leaks Pakistan, but for the President regarding sentry post at Sunjwan and express themselves. 100 languages. There Old Hindi heartland warriors Mayawati of the which sparked media Mahatma Gandhi, an ISI plot (Operation was pelted with stones However, they may not could be no other initia - BSP and Mulayam/Akhilesh Yadav of the SP have outcry unfortunate. Gopinath Bordoloi and Pin Code) to grab the (February 25). be able to understand or tive more important than already cottoned on. The alliance between the two Rawat reportedly said Sarat Chandra Bose. “chicken neck” Siliguri Rohingyas have links express themselves in any this at this juncture. which is not an alliance apparently but is still effec - the influx of illegal The original map of the corridor and cut off the with the ISI and terror of the scheduled lan - We must have our tively fighting the prestigious Gorakhpur and migrants from Muslim League before North-East. In 2005, groups. In 2015, a mili - guages in the translation machinery Bangladesh into Assam 1947 included all of West Bengal Governor tant killed by security Phulpur Lok Sabha by-polls, necessitated by the res - Constitution. geared up for swift explains the exponential India’s North-East. Gopal Krishna Gandhi forces in south Kashmir, ignations of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and The debate about pro - action. This has been rise of Maulana Maulana Ajmal legiti - warned President APJ Abdur Rehman al Deputy CM respectively, as well as the Legislative viding primary education mentioned again and Badruddin Ajmal’s mately claims that the Abdul Kalam that the Arkani or Chota Burmi, Council and Rajya Sabha polls together is a clear in mother tongue has again but it is surprising fledgling party, All India AIUDF and the Aam State was sitting on an was from Rakhine. pointer of the shape of things to come. While the been going on since that neither the National United Democratic Aadmi Party rose due to “infiltration time Last year, Union BSP is not fielding any candidates for the Lok Sabha Independence but little Translation Mission Front (AIUDF). He the mis-governance of bomb”. In 2011, Home Minister of State for by-polls for which Akhilesh has already started cam - efforts have been made in (NTM) nor any other advocated amalgamat - large parties, and that Secretary Madhav Home Affairs, Kiren this direction. Most of agency has been able to paigning for the SP candidates, the Congress is also ing the population that his party gives a good Godbole estimated 1.5 Rijiju, promised to those who make policies, do this. Not providing considering not contesting the by-polls including a came before independ - number of seats to crore aliens across the deport 40,000 believe that there are just textbooks to primary chil - seat (Phulpur) which was once represented by ence and addressing Hindus. But to lambast North-East; his Task Rohingyas, but profes - 22 languages spoken in dren in their mother Jawaharlal Nehru, in the interests of opposition problems in the North- the General for making Force on Border sional malcontents our country and all our tongue results in dropouts unity. Mayawati has made it clear that her party's East with development. a “political statement” is Management should be rushed to the Supreme children speak only these (not the only cause but a aim is to defeat the BJP in both seats and the mes - The influx is part of a absurd; a military strate - made public. Court, which unfortu - languages included in the major reason) from proxy war by a western gist understands the A crisis is brewing in nately admitted the peti - sage is out to her cadre that SP candidates must be Eighth Schedule of the school which also results neighbour (Pakistan), political dimensions of Jammu & Kashmir, tion. So, Rohingya supported; coordination for the Council and Rajya Indian Constitution. in wastage of expenditure supported by a northern every issue. where Rohingya enjoy their freedom, Sabha polls (for which she is likely to be the com - Unfortunately, research made on other areas like neighbour (China). However, Ajmal Muslims from distant selling girls from bined Opposition candidate) are clear preparation findings and recommen - construction of class - A thinking General, rightly observes that Myanmar have been set - Myanmar and heroin for an anti-BJP front for the General Election. dations about the role of rooms, libraries, play - Rawat noted that the New Delhi has never tling with impunity in sourced from the Which is where the meeting of minds between mother tongue in educa - grounds and also salary AIUDF, launched in raised the issue with recent years, long before Pakistan-Afghanistan Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao tion and reasons for child of teachers. 2005, has grown rela - Dhaka, and, “If there are the current ethnic con - border. As the city of dropouts remain in uni - The question is: If this and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tively faster than the so many illegals, how flict in Rakhine temples prepares to versity libraries and has been realised and on the need for a non-Congress, non-BJP ‘People's Bharatiya Janata Party did they get the right to Province. The Rashtriya descend into lawless - research institutes. Those reported many times, then Front', which is also being looked upon favourably (BJP), which grew out vote, those documents? Swayamsevak Sangh ness, media and liberals who drop out because of why are we not able to by Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Delhi of the Jan Sangh that … Those who are in (RSS) warned the berate the Army Chief language barrier are the work on it? The answer is Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other regional had just two MPs in power now and who Centre in 2010 that for “political” (factually first generation learners simple: Translation is a 1984. In fact, an ethno- have been in power nearly 40 lakh correct) statements. forces, comes into play. and they are nobody's low return job. concern. Construction of a build - Our policy-makers are ing will always be more unaware of the actual lin - lucrative than translation PROMOTE THE GIRL CHILD ALL THE TIME guistic scenario and those of textbooks. Providing Before we shout slo - In India, SRB, is not specific to any child as on the boy and Mudra Yojana lies have become suc - who understand the role primary education in gans, share pages on defined as the number of region but is seen across child. Scheme for women are cessful even after defy - of language in education mother tongue should be social media and sign female births to every the country. However, How to promote the aimed at promoting ing prevalent social are not even consulted. our priority in the educa - petitions for millions of 1,000 male births, has three States that have value of the girl child? women entrepreneurs by norms — so that others The question we need to tional front but it does not missing girls, let us take for decades remained defied this decline are Well, socio-economic providing them easy can draw inspiration ask is: Are we neglecting seem to be happening. steps to save the girl significantly below the Bihar, Punjab and Uttar development, that access to credit/loan for from and follow the suit. education in mother Neither the budget not the child and not limit their natural ‘sex ratio at Pradesh. In Jammu & brings greater economic income generation. The main challenge tongue because those expertise is lacking.The value to the days set birth’, which as per the Kashmir there was no prosperity, improved However, these schemes though is that the peo - who suffer the loss are argument often given is apart on the calendar. World Health change. Three of these education, greater expo - need to be implemented ple, who are to pursue not ‘our' children but that we do not have Let us make it a point to Organisation (WHO), is four States continue to sure to different cul - effectively to have a local strategies, them - include empowerment often considered to be have SRB less than 900 tures, does loosen the noticeable impact on the selves need to be free ‘their' children? Our chil - enough experts in these in our conversations around 950, that is, on (Bihar is the only excep - grip of traditional think - empowerment of girls from the social biases dren obviously go to languages; which does If you want to know an average, there are tion). ing and practices as peo - and women. that they are trying to English medium schools not stand as translation of the value of a child, ask 105 males for every 100 To remedy this, the ple adopt cosmopolitan The second strategy change. This challenge and we prepare them at primary textbooks does a childless couple yearn - females at birth. report suggested two views and liberal values. to promote the value of can’t be easily wished home to cope with not require great linguis - ing to have one. Ask the A recent report by measures: First, to effec - However, one cannot the girl child is to build away. English medium class - tic competence. School value of a girl child NITI Aayog, entitled tively implement the rely on the socio-eco - awareness and sensitise The final strategy is rooms. This argument teachers, who might from a father who has ‘Healthy States, Pre-Conception and Pre- nomic development the public. Indeed, the to address other factors may pinch many but this know one of these lan - only sons. Similarly, ask Progressive India’, that Natal Diagnostic which is a gradual Government has been behind the observed is the truth. Protecting our guages, can easily trans - the value of a male child ranks States along with Techniques Act. Second, process to improve undertaking intensive social preferences and languages should be our late primary textbooks. from a mother who has several health indica - to take appropriate SRB. The need for affir - nation-wide advocacy norms. These factors are only daughters. The tors, pointed out that measures to promote the mative action too has and media campaigns to be found in the inher - concern. We have resources avail - value of any child, or India’s SRB is less than value of a girl child. The been long acknowl - aimed at challenging itance laws, matrimonial Every language has able but the will to do it is gender-preference of a 950 in 17 out of 21 first one is a regulatory edged. Accordingly, gender stereotypes and practices among others. rare knowledge relevant lacking. child, is circumstantial States. In eight of these measure which can be successive Governments social norms. To deal with these, to the geographical area We need to work on — doesn’t remain uni - States, this ratio is less implemented relatively have made interventions To be effective, such some of the measures and people who speak schemes and also create form across parents and than 900. These eight quickly by States while aimed to empower national level cam - suggested include hav - that language. Local lan - pressure on the families. But these are States (Haryana, the second relates to women. The Modi paigns need to be com - ing more stringent laws, guage includes words and Government so that not natural parental prefer - Uttarakhand, Gujarat, socio-economic devel - Government too has plemented by local preventing early child expressions which are only children who drop ences, uninfluenced by Rajasthan, Maharashtra, opment leading to come up with a few pro - strategies. For example, marriage through com - relevant to express activi - out of school because any external or societal Chhattisgarh, Karnataka girl/women empower - grammes such as Beti amplifying the effect of pulsory registration of ties — social, environ - they could not cope with pressures. and Himachal Pradesh) ment which can be Bachao Beti Padhao social messaging by co- marriages and so forth. The reality, however, are in northern and achieved only over a (save daughter, educate opting local leaders All the three strate - mental and others — an alien language of is more complex. Often western parts of the longer term. daughter) — a pan-India whom people listen to. gies aimed at promoting mostly to the people instruction are retained parental preferences are country. While regulatory programme aimed at Similarly, local role the value of the girl whose ancestors devel - but also to save thousands subjected to and shaped Further, it is disturb - tightening will have empowering girl child models must be created child need to be imple - oped the language and of language that have by social pressures ing to note that in 17 out some positive effect on through education. whom people can emu - mented in earnest if we transferred from genera - grown and survived for steeped in social prefer - of 21 States, this ratio the SRB, the needed Similarly, pro - late. Here, the challenge want the fertility behav - tion to generation. As we millennia. This is the ences and norms that has declined between change will not come grammes such as Stand is in creating positive iour to be guided by the have a primary school at most pressuring national have resulted in lop - the base year (2012-14) without the change of Up India for scheduled deviants — that is, spot - number of children an average distance of agenda which the sided sex ratio at birth and reference year mindset that places the caste/tribes as well as ting or creating local desired and not by their one kilometre available to Government is ignoring (SRB) in the country. (2013-15). This decline same value on the girl women entrepreneurs examples where fami - gender! all children below the age at the cost of the nation. TRUTH PREVAIL 5 ENTERTAINMENT/HEALTH JAMMU, WEDNES DAY, MARCH 07, 2018

Shraddha Kapoor has taken shooting, the actress was When Shraddhtimea of f Kfor hera mopther oor took time ouadtam anft oon reprorti ngs on osets meone special! amidst her hectic work sched - as per schedule." ule. Considering the outdoor Shraddha Kapoor's mother, schedule of the film, Shivangi Kolhapure wanted Shraddha understands that to spend some time with her. being on schedule is impor - So Shraddha has taken her tant, she doesn't want the mom away for a sojourn so team on standby because of that both can spend some her health. quality time with each other. Even with the director's Off lately Shraddha has insistence to take rest, been travelling a lot for her Shraddha has continued outdoor shoots and other shooting with fever since the work commitments. last 2 days. Spokesperson shares, Shraddha is currently jug - `Shraddha has been travelling gling shooting schedules hop - a lot lately as her shoot sched - ping between the sets of her ules have been outside social comedy-drama Batti Mumbai. So, this was a Gul Meter Chalu opposite much-needed catch-up time Shahid Kapoor, in addition to with her mom.` Stree with Rajkummar Rao So the actress has not had and the ultramodern Saaho any time for herself and her opposite Prabhas. family. This mini vacation Shraddha is known to be a with her mother will make up very creative person, be it for the lost time. through her dancing, her On the work front, singing or painting. Shraddha will be seen in She is someone who cre - Saaho, Batti Gul Meter atively channelizes her Chalu, and Stree. thoughts, and she is a very Shraddha Kapoor who expressive person. began shooting for her While on sets a place upcoming film Batti Gul which is so picturesque, the Meter Chalu on February actress channelized and made 11th in Uttarakhand has fall - doodles of it. en under the weather. Shraddha has posted sever - Shraddha recently shared a al images, where she has story on her Instagram where made many different kinds of she was seen sipping on some doodles. . hot turmeric milk. Shraddha took to her social Turns out that the actress media and wrote, "When not who is shooting in Tehri, has shooting. Tehri Tree in caught up with flu and has process #Shradoodle ?? been running a high tempera - @jinal.jj" ture. The actress decided to go However, the ill health has for 'Shradoodle'. It's a term the actress undeterred to coined by the actress for her report to her sets. doodling skills. Sources from the sets On the work front, share, "Shraddha has been Shraddha is currently shoot - under the weather for the last ing for Batti Gul, she will be few days. She has been shoot - seen opposite Prabhas in ing inspite running a temper - Saaho which is an action ature. While director Shree thriller, Post which the actress Narayan Singh offered her to will be seen in Stree opposite stay indoors and cancel Rajkummar Rao. A greener habitat can help boost children's Vegetarian diet just as effective as Mediterranean diet in reducing heart disease Ketamine may cut depressive brain development: Study risk, claims study from birth up through to the symptoms in two hours NEW DELHI: Researchers NEW YORK: time of the study. have claimed that a vegetarian Brain anatomy was studied Ketamine, a widely used diet which includes eggs and anesthetic agent, could using high-resolution 3D dairy products but is devoid of magnetic resonance images produce an anti-depressant meat and fish, can be as effec - response in two hours (MRI). Working memory and tive as the Mediterranean diet inattentiveness were evaluat - rather than weeks com - when it comes to reducing the pared to other medica - ed with computerized tests. risk of heart diseases and The data analysis showed tions, offering a wholly stroke. new approach to treating that long-term exposure to While a lacto-ovo-vegetari - greenery was positively asso - severe depression, an diet includes animal prod - researchers say. ciated with white and grey ucts such as eggs and dairy matter volume in those parts Current treatments for products but excludes the major depressive disorder of the brain that partly over - intake of meat and fish, the lapped with those associated and bipolar depression Mediterranean diet includes have major limitations with higher scores on cogni - the consumption of poultry, tive tests. with many patients not fish and some red meat as well responding to available Peak volumes of white and as fruits, vegetables, beans and grey matter in the regions antidepressant drugs. Even whole grains. for those who do respond, NEW DELHI: Living and well-being. associated with green space "The take-home message of growing up in green sur - Spending time outdoors is it takes several weeks Ketamine and related Ketamine may exert its depression. However, exposure predicted better our study is that a low-calorie drugs may represent a antidepressant effects by since the drug is FDA- roundings helps boost brain a relaxation technique many working memory and before symptoms improve. lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet can Ketamine, an anesthetic, "paradigm shift" in the "acutely disabling the approved only as an anes - development in children, a people around the world use reduced inattentiveness. help patients reduce cardiovas - study has said. to destress, while some also is one of several gluta - treatment of major depres - emotional resources thetic, use of ketamine in Green spaces are said to cular risk about the same as a sive disorder and bipolar required to perpetuate the depressive disorders is As per the study, growing prefer working out in the provide children with oppor - matergic drugs affecting low-calorie Mediterranean neurotransmitters in the depression -- especially in symptoms of depression", "off-label", unregulated, up amid greenery affects midst of greenery instead of tunities for psychological diet," said lead author children's brain development going to a gym. central nervous system. patients who do not as well as by increasing and not standardized. restoration and prompt exer - Francesco Sofi, Professor at respond to other treat - emotional blunting and "Efforts are underway to in a positive way leading to "Our findings suggest that cises in discovery, creativity, In patients with treat - the University of Florence in ment-resistant major ments, according to Carlos increasing activity in bring ketamine to market, better working memory and exposure to green space early and risk-taking, the Italy. reduced inattentiveness. in life could result in benefi - depressive disorder, keta - A. Zarate, from the reward processing. standardize its use, and researchers said. "People have more than one National Institute of The two studies on keta - determine its real-world Primary school children cial structural changes in the Furthermore, greener areas mine produced initial choice for a heart-healthy reductions in depressive Mental Health, National mine and other glutamater - effectiveness," Zarate said. raised in homes surrounded brain," said the lead author of often have lower levels of air diet," Sofi added. by more green spaces will the study, Payam Dadvand, a symptoms within two Institutes of Health, in gic drugs for depression Independent of how ket - pollution and noise and may The study found that a veg - Maryland, US. were published in the jour - amine works or its ulti - tend to have larger volumes researcher from the enrich microbial inputs from hours, with peak effects at etarian diet was more effective 24 hours. Several studies Another study led by nal Harvard Review of mate role in clinical treat - of white and grey matter in Barcelona Institute of Global the environment, all of which at reducing LDL (the "bad") certain areas of their brain, Health (ISGlobal). have reported "rapid, Cristina Cusin, from Psychiatry. ment, antidepressant could translate into indirect cholesterol, while the Massachusetts General Ketamine may also rap - response to glutamatergic researchers said. "This is the first study that benefits for brain develop - robust, and relatively sus - Mediterranean diet resulted in tained antidepressant Hospital, showed that ket - idly reduce suicidal drugs points to an exciting Those anatomic differ - evaluates the association ment. greater reductions in triglyc - ences are, in turn, associated between long-term exposure response" to ketamine, amine-induced changes in thoughts. It has also pro - conclusion: "that rapid The study was published erides, high levels of which several brain areas duced rapid antidepressant antidepressant effects are with beneficial effects on to green space and brain in the journal Environmental injected intravenously at increase the risk for heart low, subanesthetic doses, involved in the develop - effects in patients with indeed achievable in cognitive function, they structure," Dadvand added. Health Perspectives. attack and stroke. added. Researchers examined 253 the researchers said. ment of depression. treatment-resistant bipolar humans". It has earlier been shown school children. Lifelong that having an interpersonal exposure to residential green relationship with nature is space was estimated using good for the mind and body satellite-based information and in general, for overall on the children's addresses Antidepressants do actually CNEWo mDELpHIo: Au trneat -d aiffencte dS joicntso. rpion bovdye. In thois cmase, itm affecats yd armaegidng uthe cjoients . severity of arthritis: Study work in adults: Lancet ment that improves the While there are numer - the joints," said Beeton. "In previous work, we lives of nearly 1.3 million ous treatments for the con - "Cells called fibroblast- identified a potassium LONDON: In what could author Andrea Cipriani from people with rheumatoid dition, like medication, like synoviocytes (FLS) channel on FLS of patients put to rest considerable the University of Oxford in doubts raised over the effec - Britain. An estimated 350 arthritis might originate physiotherapy or some - play a major role in the dis - with rheumatoid arthritis tiveness of antidepressants, a million have depression from scorpion venom, one times surgery, which help ease. As they grow and and found that the channel new study has found that worldwide. day, a study has said. reduce symptoms and move from joint to joint, was very important for the many of such pills actually The findings of the new As per the study conduct - improve quality of life, they secrete products that development of the dis - work quite well in adults. The study are based on more than ed by Baylor College of there is still no cure. damage the joints and ease," Beeton said. "We research, published in the 500 trials done between 1979 Medicine, a component In the course of the study, attract immune cells that wanted to find a way to journal Lancet, involved a and 2016 comparing 21 com - found in scorpion venom a group of researchers led cause inflammation and block the channel to stop comparison of more than 20 monly used antidepressants. can reduce the severity of by Dr Christine Beeton pain. As damage progress - the cells damaging the commonly used antidepres - A total of 8,7052 partici - rheumatoid arthritis. found that one of the hun - es, the joints become joints." sants. It found all of them to pants had been randomly Arthritis is a clear sign of dreds of components in enlarged and are unable to Potassium channels work be more effective than place - assigned to receive a drug, poor bone health that scorpion venom can reduce move." by opening gates on the hundreds of different com - Tanner. bo for the short-term treat - and 2,9425 to receive place - approaches primarily as the severity of the disease Current treatments target surface of cells that allow ponents. One of the compo - "Here, we investigated ment of acute depression in bo. The majority of patients one starts ageing. It mainly in animal models, without the immune cells involved potassium ions – small nents in the venom of the whether this venom compo - adults, with effectiveness had moderate-to-severe affects the joints and people inducing side effects asso - in the disease and none are charged atoms – to flow in scorpion called Buthus nent, called iberiotoxin, ranging from small to moder - depression. All 21 antide - suffering from it complain ciated with similar treat - specific for FLS. and out of the cell. The tamulus specifically blocks would be able to specifical - ate for different drugs. "Our pressants were more effective of joint pain and stiffness. ments. Beeton and her col - flow of ions through the the potassium channel of ly block the FLS potassium findings are relevant for than placebo, the study said. Other symptoms may "Rheumatoid arthritis is leagues studied FLS look - channels is necessary for FLS and not the channels in channel and reduce the adults experiencing a first or "Antidepressants can be an include redness, warmth, an autoimmune disease – ing for an 'Achilles' heel' the cells to carry out many other cells such as those of severity of rheumatoid second episode of depression effective tool to treat major -- the typical population seen depression, but this does not swelling, and a decreased one in which the immune that would allow them to of their essential functions. the nervous system," said arthritis in rat models of the in general practice," said lead necessarily. range of motion of the system attacks its own prevent or stop them from "Scorpion venom has first author Dr Mark disease." TRUTH PREVAIL 6 SPORTS/BUSINESS JAMMU, WEDNES DAY, MARCH 07, 2018 Manu Bhaker wins second Nemanja Matic Winner Helps Manchester United gold at shooting World Cup ISSF World Cup: Sensational Manu Bhaker NEW DELHI: The sensa - stamped her class in the tourna - tional Manu Bhaker, all of 16, ments she competed in. Fightback From 2 Goals Down vs Crystal Palace shot her way to a second suc - Asked about her penchant for Strikes Successive Second Gold United paid the price for cessive gold medal in a mixed winning medals with record- The sensational Manu Bhaker, their lethargic start in the 11th team event as India consolidat - breaking feats, the unassuming all of 16, shot her way to a minute. ed their position at the top in the pistol shooter said, "It just hap - second successive gold Christian Benteke was ISSF World Cup in pens. I don't think about them. medal in a mixed team allowed to jink into the Guadalajara, Mexico. At times I don't even know event as India consolidat - United penalty area Partnering Om Prakash what the records are. ed their position at the top unchecked by Smalling and Mitharval, the Indian teenager "I am grateful to all my in the ISSF World Cup in when his pass picked out clinched the 10m air pistol coaches for their advice and the Guadalajara, Mexico. Townsend 18 yards from mixed team title, a day after she hours they have put in to hone Partnering Om Prakash goal, the Palace winger won the women's 10m air pistol my technique," Manu added. unleashed a shot that took a individual gold on what is turn - Last December, she won the Mitharval, the Indian wicked deflection off ing out to be a memorable sen - 10m air pistol event, outclass - teenager clinched the 10m Lindelof as it looped past ior World Cup debut. ing the highly-experienced air pistol mixed team title, David De Gea. The 11th standard student Heena Sidhu at the 61st a day after she won the class in the tournaments 777 for a qualifications With Matic and Paul Pogba could be the youngest ever to National Shooting women's 10m air pistol she competed in. world record score. rattled by Palace's relentless win senior World Cup gold Championship in individual gold on what is Asked about her penchant for Mahima Agrawal and Shahzar Jose Mourinho admitted Liverpool into second place pressing, United were unable medals for India, though the Thiruvananthapuram where she turning out to be a memo - winning medals with Rizvi, representing India Manchester United rode their in the Premier League and to match their opponents' National Rifle Association of broke Heena's long-standing rable senior World Cup record-breaking feats, the '2', shot 763 to be posi - luck as Nemanja Matic's late within 16 points of runaway intensity. India (NRAI) could not con - national record. She won a stag - debut. The 11th standard unassuming pistol shooter tioned fourth and made it thunderbolt capped a dramat - leaders Manchester City. The out of form Pogba, firm. Also, the duo of Deepak gering 15 medals, including ic 3-2 win at Crystal Palace "You always need that little dropped several times by Kumar and Mehuli Ghosh won nine gold, during the tourna - student could be the said, "It just happens. I to the five-team final on Monday. Mourinho's side bit of luck to win a match in Mourinho recently, was a the country its sixth medal of ment. youngest ever to win sen - don t think about them. At round from among the 16 trailed to Andros Townsend's the last few minutes," major cause of the visitors' the competition - a bronze in Bhaker's tryst with shooting ior World Cup gold times I don t even know competing teams. early opener and Patrick van Mourinho said. woes as the France midfielder the 10m air rifle mixed team began when her father took her medals for India though what the records are." In the final, there were three Aanholt's second-half effort "We played very good wasted possession and was event. Deepak and Mehuli shot to the range and asked her to try the National Rifle "I am grateful to all my coach - pairs in contention from at Selhurst Park. But Chris quality football in the second caught out of position time 435.1 in the five-team final, fin - her hand at the sport. She fired Association of India es for their advice and the the very beginning - India Smalling got one back for half but we made so many and again. ishing behind the Romanian a few shots that found the cen - (NRAI) could not con - hours they have put in to '1' represented by Bhaker United and Romelu Lukaku defensive mistakes. Stole the points pair of Alin Moldoveanu and tre of the target and the rest is firm. hone my technique," and Om Prakash, team equalised with 14 minutes "That disgraceful, childish He was playing so badly Laura-Georgeta Coman who history. On the third day of Also, the duo of Deepak Manu added. Reitz of Germany and the remaining. That set the stage second goal changed every - that United legend Gary shot 498.4 for silver. China's competitions in the Mexican for Serbia midfielder Matic to thing. But the players kept an Neville, working for Sky Xu Hong and Chen Keduo won city, once again both Indian Kumar and Mehuli Ghosh Last December, she won the French pair of Celine score for the first time since amazing attitude. Sports, was moved to say: gold in a world record score of entries in the 10m air pistol won the country its sixth 10m air pistol event, out - Goberville and Florian his move from Chelsea last "I cannot tell you half of "It's like everything he does is 502.0. But it was Bhaker, the mixed team event made it medal of the competition - classing the highly-expe - Fouquet. year with a blistering blast the things I told my team at like a YouTube or Instagram girl from Jhajjar, Haryana, who through to the medal rounds. a bronze in the 10m air rienced Heena Sidhu at After a sea-saw battle from the edge of the area in half-time because there video. stunned the shooting world Bhaker and Om Prakash shot rifle mixed team event. the 61st National between the three, the stoppage-time. would be lots of bleeping on "It's like it's not serious, it's with a second successive gold 770 in qualification to be placed Deepak and Mehuli, compet - Shooting Championship Indian and the German It was an escape act that television. like a joke to him in terms of in as many days. For someone second behind the German hus - ing as India '2', shot 435.1 in Thiruvanthapuram pair pulled ahead of the seemed unlikely when United "To come back from 2-0 the way he goes about who took to shooting just a lit - band and wife pair of Christian in the five-team final, fin - where she broke Heena's French duo decisively fell 0-2 behind after being away from home against a things." tle over two years ago, winning and Sandra Reitz who shot 777 ishing behind the long-standing national after 38 shots, with the out-fought and out-played by team that is desperate for Mourinho kept faith with two gold medals in a global for a qualifications world a Palace team fighting game - points, it gives us a great feel - Pogba, instead sending on event of this magnitude would record score. Mahima Agrawal Romanian pair of Alin record. She won a stag - Germans ahead of the ly to avoid relegation. ing." Marcus Rashford for Scott easily qualify as some achieve - and Shahzar Rizvi shot 763 to Moldoveanu and Laura- gering 15 medals, includ - Indians. But Mourinho took heart Third bottom Palace McTominay at half-time. ment. Shooting happened to her be positioned fourth and made Georgeta Coman who ing nine gold, during the With the final six shots from the way his players deserved better, but they But just three minutes after by chance after a brush with it to the five-team final round shot 498.4 for silver. tournament. remaining the Germans shrugged off their limp open - remain one point from safety the interval, United were contact sports (boxing, martial from among the 16 competing China s Xu Hong and Chen Bhaker's tryst with shooting were ahead of the Indians ing to move back above after a heartbreaking loss. caught cold again. arts) and Bhaker has already teams. Keduo won gold in a began when her father by 0.1, but Bhaker and world record score of took her to the range and Om Prakash finished 502.0. asked her to try her hand strong to clinch the battle But it was Bhaker, the girl at the sport. She fired a after 48 shots, almost a from Jhajjar, Haryana, few shots that found the point ahead of the Yuvraj Singh Celebrates Manchester United's Comeback Win Enthusiastically, Twitter Loves It who stunned the shooting centre of the target and the Germans. Yuvraj Singh is among League match away from got one back for United and quite a few Indian cricketers home at Selhurst Park. Romelu Lukaku equalised world world with a sec - rest is history. The final scores in favour of who follow football diligent - Yuvraj was in high spirits. with 14 minutes remaining ond successive gold in as On the third day of competi - the Indians read 476.1 to ly and it is no secret that the He first egged Manchester and Nemanja Matic complet - many days. tions in the Mexican city, 475.2. stylish southpaw is a big United and then after the ed the dream comeback with For someone who took to once again both Indian Mahima Agrawal and Shahzar Manchester United fan. match went gaga and cele - a stoppage-time winner. shooting just a little over entries in the 10m air pis - Rizvi finished fourth with Yuvraj was even once pic - brated the Red Devils' come - Matic scored for the first two years ago, winning tol mixed team event a score of 372.4 in the tured with Zaheer Khan, bat - back win with great enthusi - time since his move from two gold medals in a made it through to the finals. ting great Sunil Gavaskar asm. Chelsea last year with a blis - and his son Rohan watching Manchester United had a tering blast from the edge of global event of this mag - medal rounds. In the women's trap, India's a Community Shield match poor first half that saw them the area. With the win, nitude would easily quali - Bhaker and Om Prakash, rep - Seema Tomar was the best between the Red Devils and fall two goals behind relega - Manchester United moved fy as some achievement. resenting India '1', shot finisher, shooting 111 in Wigan Athletic at Wembley. tion-threatened Crystal back above Liverpool into Shooting happened to her by 770 in qualification to be qualifying to end in 15th On Monday night, Yuvraj Palace. But a sterling come - second place in the Premier chance after a brush with placed second behind the spot. Shreyasi Singh shot was awake late cheering his back in the second half, saw League and within 16 points contact sports (boxing, German husband and wife 106 to finish 22nd while team on as they took on the English giants win the of runaway leaders martial arts) and Bhaker pair of Christian and Shagun Chowdhary shot Crystal Palace in a Premier match 3-2. Chris Smalling Manchester City. has already stamped her Sandra Reitz who shot 101 to be placed 26th. Fitch says Indian ABS not Rotomac case: I-T dept files 6 charge Facebook settles lawsuit over sheets against Vikram Kothari 2012 IPO for $35 million affected by PNB anfd rthe aaccouuntd bank will be Facebook Inc and Chief replaced with another eligi - Executive Mark ble entity. Zuckerberg have reached a "Four Fitch-rated transac - $35 million settlement of tions had exposure to PNB class-action litigation as an account bank as of accusing them of hiding February 21, 2018," it said worries about the social without giving details. media company`s growth "However, all have amor - NEW DELHI: The by a consortium of seven prior to its May 2012 initial tised by at least 70 per cent Income Tax Department has banks. public offering. since closing, resulting in said it has filed six charge The CBI had filed a crimi - The settlement was filed available CE (as a percent - sheets against Rotomac owner nal case against Rotomac on Monday in the federal age of the notes outstanding) Vikram Kothari for alleged Global Pvt Limited, its direc - court in Manhattan and NEW DELHI: Fitch ing contracts and home- at least 3.5x the closing CE tax evasion. tor Vikram Kothari, his wife won preliminary approval Ratings on Monday said equity loans. (as a percentage of the clos - The prosecution complaints Sadhana Kothari, son Rahul from U.S. District Judge Indian asset-backed securi - "The recent banking fraud ing notes' amount)." were filed in a special court in Kothari and unidentified bank Robert Sweet. ties (ABS) transactions are at Punjab National Bank, The transactions' perform - Lucknow under various sec - officials based on a complaint It amounts to a small unlikely to be affected by the uncovered on February 14, fraction of Facebook`s cur - ance has also been relatively tions of the Income Tax Act, from Bank of Baroda and from mobile devices and ly respond to a request for Rs 11,400 crore fraud at 2018, is unlikely to affect the stable, with reported they said. conducted raids against them. rent market value of rough - Punjab National Bank Indian ABS transactions ly $537 billion as of has estimated that mobile comment. 90+days past due (dpd) The taxman had earlier The ED also registered a advertising generated more Sweet scheduled a Sept. (PNB). rated by Fitch," the rating delinquencies (as of the attached four immovable money laundering case Monday`s market close. PNB, it says, still remains agency said in a statement. Shareholders led by the than 86 percent of its $40.7 5 hearing to consider final February trustee reports) assets of the Rotomac group against them. billion total revenue in settlement approval. eligible as an account bank "Our view takes into account only around or less than 1 and its promoters in this case. It will probe if the alleged - Arkansas Teacher for Indian ABS transactions the replacement triggers for Retirement System and 2017. The settlement The accord was reached per cent of the closing notes' It had attached 14 accounts ly defrauded bank funds were resolves claims against after mediation, and pro - rated at 'BBB-sf'. the transactions' counterpar - balance. of the group in various bank laundered and the proceeds of Fresno County Employees` ABS are bonds or notes ties; a stable performance; Retirement Association in Facebook, officials includ - vides an average recovery "The transactions are like - branches in Uttar Pradesh. crime subsequently used by ing Chief Operating Officer of about 11 cents per share, backed by financial assets. and significant build-up of ly to suffer only a minimal These assets were attached the accused to create illegal California accused Typically, these assets con - credit enhancement (CE)." Facebook of concealing Sheryl Sandberg and direc - or 7 cents per share after impact, if any, even if the to "recover outstanding tax assets and black money. tor Peter Thiel, and bank possible legal fees and sist of receivables other than Fitch said, should PNB be entire CE with PNB were to demands" of about Rs 106 This is the second major internal concerns about mortgage loans, such as downgraded to below 'BBB- how growth in mobile underwriters covering a costs, court papers show. be written off. The current crore from the group, they financial scam to break out five-day period surround - Insurers may cover some credit card receivables, auto ', it expects the replacement available CE, excluding the said. after the sensational Rs devices might reduce rev - loans, manufactured-hous - triggers will be executed, enue, even as it quietly ing the $16 billion IPO, of the payout. portion with PNB, is at least The Kanpur-based group is 11,400-crore fraud allegedly from May 17 to May 21, Lawyers for the share - 3.25x the closing CE for being probed by the CBI and committed by billionaire jew - warned its banks to cut their forecasts. 2012. holders called the settle - WhatsApp leak: Sebi asks HDFC three out of four related the Enforcement Directorate ellery designer Nirav Modi Facebook made its mar - ment "fair, reasonable, and transactions, and around (ED) in connection with the and his uncle Mehul Choksi, Unlike in 2012, the Menlo Park, California- ket debut on May 18 of that adequate," citing the risk of Bank to probe matter 0.8x for the fourth transac - alleged swindling of Rs 3,695 who is a promoter of Gitanjali year at $38 per share and a loss at trial, according to tion," Fitch added. crore of loan funds advanced group of companies. based company now gener - NEW DELHI: Market said. ates most of its revenue saw its share price languish court papers. regulator Securities and Last year in December, the below that level for more Facebook shares rose Exchange Board of India market regulator had, in a than a year before it $1.64 on Monday to close (Sebi) on Friday asked similar ruling, ordered Axis Donald Trump says 'getting nothing' rebounded. "Resolving this at $184.93 on the Nasdaq. HDFC Bank to identify indi - Bank to strengthen its sys - case is in the best interests The case is In re: viduals, including bank offi - tems and conduct an internal of the company and our Facebook Inc IPO cials responsible for the leak - probe after finding that the after India reduces tariffs on motorcycles shareholders," Associate Securities and Derivative age of its financial results, as company's results for the WASHINGTON: Trump said. General Counsel Sandeep Litigation, U.S. District the markets regulator has June 2017 quarter were President Donald Trump He said the US gets Solanki said in a statement. Court, Southern District of found inadequate controls at "either identical or matched has once again raked up "zero" when it buys an A lawyer for the share - New York, No. 12-md- the lender as 'prima facie' closely with the figures" that the issue of high import Indian motorcycle. holders did not immediate - 02389. reason for the leak. were in circulation on duty on Harley-Davidson "So when they have a In the high-profile leakage WhatsApp prior to an offi - motorcycles by India, say - motorbike -- a big number, Mercedes launches new S-Class 350 case where sensitive finan - cial announcement. ing the US was "getting by the way -- they have a cial details of various com - "HDFC Bank shall nothing" with the New company that does a lot of d, India's first BS-VI vehicle panies, including HDFC strengthen its processes/sys - Delhi's recent announce - business. They have a PUNE: Luxury car brand tures radiator trim with three Bank, got leaked on tems/controls forthwith to ment that it had slashed motorcycle or a motorbike Mercedes-Benz has launched twin louvres and vertical bars WhatsApp before their for - ensure that such instances of customs duty on imported that comes into our country the new S-Class 350 d – touted in high-gloss black, new lower mal announcement, Sebi vir - leakage of unpublished price motorcycles from high-end -- the number is zero. We to be India’s first ‘BS VI com - bumper with large, sporty air tually censured the top pri - sensitive information do not brands to 50 percent. get zero. They get 100 per - pliant vehicle. intakes and multibeam LED vate sector lender and asked recur in future," Sebi said in He added the US wants cent, brought down to 75; The Mercedes-Benz S 350 d headlamps. It also has rear it to strengthen the systems its latest order. Sebi has also fair and reciprocal trade has reduced tariffs on favour," he said. brought down, now, to 50. is priced at Rs 1.33 Crore, bumper with integral tailpipe and controls to check any directed the bank to submit a deals. "When they (Harley imported motorcycles, but "I wasn't sure -- he said it Okay," Trump said. while the petrol version S 450 trim elements for all engine such leak in future. report on the present systems Davidson) send a motorcy - the US was "getting noth - so beautifully. He's a beau - "It's a great company. is priced at Rs 1.37 Crore variants and new LED tail In an order, Sebi said that and controls and how they cle to India, as an example, ing". tiful man. And he said, 'I When I spoke with your The new Mercedes-Benz S- lights with crystal-look tail it can prima facie be inferred have been strengthened, who they have to pay 100 per - "Now, the prime minis - just want to inform you chairman or the president Class features a raft of lamp. that the unpublished price are the persons responsible cent tax -- 100 percent," ter, who I think is a fantas - that we have reduced it to of Harley, they weren't changes, both externally and The new S-Class comes sensitive information (UPSI) for monitoring such systems Trump said in his remarks tic man, called me the 75, but we have further even asking for it because internally. The new S-Class with an advanced panoramic relating to financials of and the periodicity of moni - to a gathering of governors other day and said we are reduced it to 50'. And I they've been ripped off 350 d is fitted with a new sliding sunroof with an HDFC Bank was leaked. toring. "HDFC Bank shall of all the states at the lowering it to 50 percent. I said, huh. What do I say? with trade so long that they inline-6 that delivers an output obstruction sensor. It is fitted "Such leakage is prima conduct an internal inquiry White House. said okay, but so far we're Am I supposed to be were surprised that I of 210 kW (286 hp). Mercedes with a new multi-function facie attributable to the inad - into the leakage of unpub - Referring to his recent getting nothing. So we get thrilled? And that's not brought it up. I'm the one said that the OM 656 motor is steering wheel with ergonomic equacy of the processes/con - lished price sensitive infor - conversation with Prime nothing. He gets 50 (per - good for you people, espe - that's pushing it more than the first BS VI compliant touch control buttons. The car trols/systems that HDFC mation relating to its finan - Minister Narendra Modi, cent), and they think we're cially as governors. It's just they are, but it's unfair. diesel engine that is capable of has electrically operated roller Bank as a listed company cial figures including NPA he said the "fantastic man" doing -- like they're doing not right. And we have And India sells us a lot of running on BS IV fuel. sunblind for the rear glass and had put in place," the Sebi (non-performing. informed him that India us a favour. That's not a many deals like that,? motorbikes," Trump said. On the exterior, the car fea - side windows. NATIONAL/STATE TRUTH PREVAIL 7 JAMMU, WEDNES DAY, MARCH 07, 2018 Popovic plots Pune Child Marriages Drop By Half In India, Results In Global Decline: UNICEF MUMBAI: The propor - PUNE: C Going intoi the tnamyes from 'ISL s3; Go lden rsitione before gcoing into a sea - rrampagding Blue s at rhome, usuccess n has been Popovic's tion of girls getting married in fourth season of Hero Indian Boot winner Marcelinho and son, a luxury which was not something teams found tough faith in young players. While India has nearly halved in a Super League, FC Pune City Marcos Tebar, two key per - afforded to Popovic, who this season, until Baljit Sahni's many coaches tend to be cir - decade, the United Nations had the dubious distinction of formers behind Delhi joined the club after they red card turned the tide around. cumspect when it comes to children's agency UNICEF being one of two teams (other Dynamos' semi-final run in abruptly parted ways with His decision to field Adil handing out chances to young - said on Tuesday, which has being NorthEast United) to 2016, and Emiliano Alfaro Habas. Khan as a midfielder also paid sters, Popovic has been the contributed significantly to a have never qualified for the (NorthEast United FC), found Many would arguably write off with the former Mohun exact opposite. And his trust in global decline in child mar - semifinals. Pune City is one of their way at Pune. But it is off a club which runs into trou - Bagan defender putting in them has paid dividends. riage. the first club in ISL which Popovic who has made the ble with coach even before excellent displays in the centre Vishal Kaith (21), Golui UNICEF said 25 million invested early in the academy, biggest impact, despite not season kick off. Even the start of the park alongside Tebar, (20), Isaac Vanmalsawma (21), child marriages were prevent - marketing and established con - being involved in the any of was not to anyone's liking. which lent the side some sta - Ashique Kuruniyan (20), Rohit ed worldwide in the last nect with fans. However, the recruitment before the sea - They were down 0-3 in their bility and steel, allowing the (21) and Sahil Panwar (18) all decade, with the largest reduc - tion seen in South Asia - despite being strong on paper, son. The Stallions had planned opening clash against Delhi talented frontline of Alfaro, played key roles during the in the country is 18 for women wedding hall decorators and they never got the results they for the season with Antonio Dynamos before pulling two Marcelinho and Diego Carlos season. "We want to make where India was at the fore - front. and 21 for men. Last year the priests were enlisted last year deserved. Habas, who was continuing goals back. In the next game, some freedom. most players possible for Supreme Court ruled that sex to help combat it, said the law Almost four months into the from last year, in mind. Habas however, Popovic orchestrated In fact, Popovic used versa - Indian national team and make "India constitutes more than 20 percent of the world's with an underage wife consti - had made an impact. current season, the team has was involved in the player a response by upsetting tile players extensively during the league stronger," said tuted rape. "But things are still going overcome the jinx to make recruitment, right from identi - defending champions ATK 4-1 the season with Baljit Sahni, Popovic. adolescent population and accounts for the highest num - The Prohibition of Child on clandestinely," he said. maiden debut in play-offs and fying foreign players to formu - away. Popovic's tactical nous Rohit Kumar, Adil Khan and The Serbian coach has made Marriage Act imposes a fine of Jayna Kothari, executive much of that credit goes to lating the strategy for the and selection of personnel has Sarthak Golui popping up in the most of the players handed ber of child marriages in South Asia given its size and popula - Rs. 1 lakh and two years in director of the Bangalore- their Serbian coach Ranko domestic player draft in July come to the fore many a time different positions according to out to him and made further prison for parents caught try - based Centre for Law & Popovic. 2017. during the season. Against the needs of the team in differ - improvements in the winter tion," said Javier Aguilar, UNICEF's chief of child pro - ing to marry off their underage Policy Research, who has peti - Indeed Pune City were Any coach would want to Bengaluru FC, for example, ent matches. transfer window by bringing in children. tioned the government to smart to recruit some proven have a say in the squad compo - Popovic managed to stifle the Another key factor to Pune's Marko Stankovic and Lolo. tection. "In the current trend, 27 Despite the law, child mar - declare child marriages percent of girls, or nearly 1.5 riage remains deeply rooted invalid, said more action was million girls, get married and accepted in society, and is needed. Jeep Compass is India's most awarded 9 Cases Of Dengue In Delhi, Malaria And before they turn 18 in India. widespread in parts of the "Better awareness of the This is a sharp decline from 47 country. Supreme Court's verdict SUV of 2017 with 26 Awards percent a decade ago," he told Mahesh Bhagwat, police would deter child marriages, Chikungunya Cases Also Reported chief of Rachakonda district in and declaring them invalid MUMBAI: Fiat Chrysler "We are incredibly proud to NEW DELHI: At least the Thomson Reuters Automobiles (FCA) India is have won so many presti - Foundation. Telangana, where child mar - would strengthen India's laws nine cases of dengue have riage is widespread and where against them," she said. thrilled to announce that the gious awards for the all-new been reported in Delhi in the Child marriage adds to Made-in-India Jeep® Jeep Compass, within seven first two months this year, health, education and abuse Compass was the country's months of its market launch. indicating early spread of the risks, and increases the chance most awarded vehicle in "Thanks must go not only virus carrying the vector- of intergenerational poverty, 1 Killed As Naxals Torch Buses, 2017. After receiving 26 to the judges, but also to the borne disease in the national said Anju Malhotra, automobile and technology thousands of employees capital. UNICEF's principal gender Truck In Chhattisgarh's Sukma awards from various print, across India that have Of the nine cases reported adviser, in a statement. RAIPUR: Naxals Besides, naxals also broadcast and online media worked tirelessly to deliver till March 3, six were record - "Given the life-altering torched two buses after ask - reported to have torched a titles, the Jeep® Compass is the Compass - from research ed in January and three in impact child marriage has on a young girl's life, any reduction ing passengers to alight in truck which was passing also India's most awarded and development, quality, February, according to a Chhattisgarh's insurgency- through the spot during the SUV for 2017. In total, the engineering, manufacturing municipal report released. is welcome news, but we've Jeep® Compass received 7 and commercial operations. got a long way to go," Ms hit Sukma district on Friday incident, he said. The cases of vector-borne night, police said. As per eyewitnesses, they "Car of the Year" awards and As a collective team, we are diseases are usually reported Malhotra said. Campaigners and officials One person was reported also killed a person after set - a further 19 awards including honoured and humbled." between mid-July and were not Delhi residents, but 1,142 and 940 respectively. 15 "SUV of the Year" The Jeep® Compass November-end, but this peri - attributed the drop in child to have been killed by naxals ting vehicles on fire, but it had died in the national capi - Of the 9,271 dengue cases, marriages to better access to awards. launched in India on July 31, od may stretch up to mid- tal. 4,726 patients were from at the spot, they said. could be officially con - Manufactured in FCA's 2017 and the first vehicle December. education for women and The incident took place firmed once security forces The official toll main - Delhi, while 4,545 had come increased public awareness on joint venture facility at rolled off the production line "Two cases of malaria and tained by the Delhi munici - to the city from other states between Peddakudthi and reach the spot, which is Ranjangaon near Pune, the in Ranjangaon on June 1, three cases of chikungunya, the negative impact of child pal authorities till December for treatment, according to marriage. Penta villages under around 500 km away from Jeep® Compass, which is 2017. both in February, have been 26 had stood at four, even the SDMC. Dornapal police station lim - the state capital, the official built with 65% local parts The SUV is available in UNICEF estimates that 12 reported, while in January though some hospitals had In 2016, at least 21 dengue its when the two buses, were said. and componentry has crossed three premium trims in the none of the cases of both the million girls a year are married reported a few more deaths deaths were reported from globally, and says more is heading to Hyderabad, a Security forces have been the 25,000 unit production range - Sport, Longitude and diseases have been report - due to dengue. various city hospitals, milestone last month, Limited, and is offered in 10 ed," according to the report. needed to end the practice by senior police official told asked to take extra precau - The mosquito-borne tropi - including nine at the AIIMS, 2030 - the target set under the February 2018. variants with 2.0-litre Turbo Incidentally, there were no cal disease had claimed its though the official figure of PTI. tion while going to the spot The Company began Diesel and 1.4-litre Turbo cases of any vector-borne U.N.'s Sustainable While one bus was going which is located on an first victim in the city last the civic bodies was 10. Development Goals. exporting the SUV to inter - Petrol Multiair powertrain disease till January 13. year on August 1, when a 12- Seventeen deaths, suspect - to Hyderabad from extremely sensitive Sukma- national right-hand drive options, with 4x4 and 4x2 At least 10 people died in UNICEF's conclusions on Jagdalpur, another was Konta road, he said. Naxals year-old boy died of dengue ed to be due to malaria, were India came after comparing markets in October last year derivatives available in the Delhi due to dengue last shock syndromes at the Sir also reported by the civic headed from Malkangiri might have executed the and has already shipped over line-up. year, according to the South data from its 2006 and 2016 Ganga Ram Hospital bodies in 2016. At least 15 health survey that asked (Odisha) to Hyderabad via incident in retaliation to the 5000 units to key markets The Jeep® Compass Delhi Municipal Corporation (SGRH). fatalities were also reported including Australia, Japan received top honours adjudi - women in the 20-24 age group Sukma, he said. recent encounter on March 2 (SDMC), which tabulates the Three more deaths were from various city hospitals Armed naxals stopped the in Pujari Kanker area of and the United Kingdom. cated by industry experts data for the entire city. whether they had married reported in October by the due to complications trig - before they turned 18. It also buses between Peddakudthi Bijapur district where 10 Commenting on the who have comprehensively The vector-borne disease SDMC. gered by chikungunya, awards, Mr. Kevin Flynn - evaluated the product in test - had affected 9,271 people in took into account child mar - and Penta and asked the pas - naxals were gunned down The numbers of malaria though the civic authorities riage data from the 2011 cen - President and Managing ing sessions preceding the 2017. and chikungunya cases had kept the death tally, due sengers to alight before set - by Greyhounds force of Director, FCA India said, final awards announcements. Five of the 10 victims sus. ting them ablaze, he said. Telangana, he said. recorded in 2017 stood at to it, at zero. The legal age of marriage Conrad Sangma, With 11 Ministers, Takes Judge Loya Case: Supreme Court Says Roster Change In Bombay High Court "Routine Affair" SHILLOONG: atChonr adAwsou ldM deliver ogn ihts maandlatae. ywaon 19C seaths in ithee afss emMbly icnhoicie soft Mer Sr angma as the NEW DELHI: The which is not common among Supreme Court on Monday other high courts of the coun - Sangma, the 40-year-old Even he, however, would not elections and has the support next chief minister when even said questions should not be try. chief of the National People's have seen his first challenge of six legislators from the the NPP had projected anoth - raised over the change in the "Many a times a judge Party (NPP), took oath at appear less than 24 hours United Democratic Party, er leader, Prestone Tynsong, judge hearing the hearing the bail matters or 10.30 this morning as the new later. four from People's as the party's presumptive Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake say appeals would like to chief minster of Meghalaya at The Hill State People's Democratic Front (PDF), and chief minister. encounter case in Bombay have change of the roster. the head of a five-party coali - Democratic Party (HSPDP) - two each from the HSPDP Mr Basaiawmoit later led High Court, as the change in There are sometimes person - tion. Eleven other ministers one of the coalition partners - and the BJP, besides an his party leaders to the resi - the roster was a "routine" al issues or sometimes insti - also took oath this morning. has threatened to boycott Mr Independent lawmaker dence of United Democratic affair which is in accordance tutional issues but in any case The BJP is one of the partners Sangma's swearing-in cere - Samuel Sangma. Party president Donkupar with the established tradition part-heard matters are never and party chief Amit Shah mony. On Monday, Ardent Mr Basaiawmoit said there Roy expressing "disappoint - there. The top court said this assigned to the same judge. and union Home Minister Basaiawmoit, president of the was no need for the BJP to be ment and disagreement" to after the Bombay lawyers' When I became Chief Justice Rajnath Singh are expected to HSPDP objected to Mr part of the coalition when the proposal made by the Association, which has filed 8-10 weeks the roster and asked searching and of Allahabad High Court, the attend the oath ceremony in Sangma, a Lok Sabha mem - Meghalaya's regional parties UDP that Conrad Sangma a petition seeking independ - changes and no judges are intriguing questions from the roster system was intro - state capital Shillong. ber, being named to be the had the numbers to form the should be the CM. ent probe into the alleged allowed to hear a part-heard CBI was assigned to hear bail duced. Being a Chief Justice Minutes after he picked up alliance's chief minister, government on their own. This decision was taken mysterious death of Special matter," said a bench com - and anticipatory bail applica - you have to sometimes take a his invite from Meghalaya's without consulting all con - "Our stand right from unilaterally by the UDP and CBI judge B H Loya, argued prising Chief Justice Dipak tions. "Those judges, who considered decision," Justice that it was a deliberate Misra and Justices A M stood in the way were pun - Chandrachud said. Raj Bhavan on Sunday to stituents. before the election was to without consulting us. It is Khanwilkar and D Y ished and those who have take oath today, Conrad Conrad Sangma said, "In a have a non-Congress non- the job of the alliance to attempt to remove Justice Mr Dave said that this is a Revati Mohite-Dere of the Chandrachud. dealt were awarded. This was very "serious and complex" Sangma had admitted that it democratic process , every - BJP government. We now see decide who should lead the Bombay High Court from Senior advocate Dushyant a deliberate attempt to take case in which "things cannot wasn't going to be easy run - one has a right to express there is a possibility to have government," he said. hearing the appeals in the Dave, appearing for the away the case from the judge be wished away" as 30 wit - ning a coalition government. their views . And the HSPDP such a government where the No party won a majority in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake lawyers' body, said that a new in the name of roster nesses have turned hostile till "It is never easy," Mr chief was right in expressing NPP-led coalition could have Meghalaya, but the Congress encounter case. development has taken place change," Mr Dave said. now, 12 persons were dis - Sangma, the son of former what he felt. But there is also easily been formed with 32 emerged as the largest party "Your arguments may not in Bombay High Court To this, Justice charged by the trial court and Lok Sabha Speaker PA a parliamentary party of the MLAs," Mr Basaiawmoit winning 21 seats in the be correct. It is a routine recently in which Justice Chandrachud said that he has CBI "conveniently" filed Sangma, had told NDTV, but HSPDP and ultimately they said, according to news assembly election, results for affair in Bombay High Court Revati Mohite-Dere, who served in the Bombay High appeals against the discharge said he hoped that the the are with us." agency PTI. which were announced on which is part of its estab - was hearing the Sohrabuddin Court and knows the practice of only six, who were about coalition led by his NPP Conrad Sangma's NPP has He also questioned the Saturday. lished tradition there. Every Sheikh fake encounter case of roster change there and to give the statements. BJP To Form Government With NDPP In A week-long celebrations for Left, BJP Blame Game Over Tripura Nagaland, Says Himanta Biswa Sarma women customers of Renault India NPF emerged as the single Renault, the number One tions, many other privileged Post-Poll Violence, Lenin Statue Razed largest party in the elections, European automotive brand offers for women customers AGARTALA: Clashes winning 26 seats. On in India, is celebrating the during the week-long cele - between BJP and Left sup - Sunday, Mr Zeliang had met International Women's Day brations could be availed at porters were reported across the Governor and expressed with zeal and enthusiasm for all Renault dealerships. Tripura over the last 48 his intent for another term, their remarkable achieve - These include 10% discount hours, after BJP-led alliance saying he would talk to BJP ments in diverse spheres of on Parts & Accessories, 10% swept the Assembly elections leaders in Delhi. life. International Women's discount on Labor & Value in the state, unseating the Governor PB Acharya Day, which is celebrated added services (VAS), 10% two-decades-old CPM gov - expressed surprise as he had across the globe on March 8 discount on Renault Secure ernment of Manik Sarkar. expected Mr Zeliang to every year, is an opportunity (Extended Warranty) and CPM offices were attacked in resign. to honor the life, grit and RSA, free vehicle check-up state capital Agartala and Advising Mr Zeliang to determination of women. and health check-up for elsewhere; a Lenin statue, "resign gracefully respecting To make this day extra spe - women customers during the situated in the middle of democratic norms", Mr cial for all the women week, special offer on Belonia town in south Sunday night. Das said that supporters of Sarma said it wouldn't be employees and continue Renault Assured insurance Tripura, was razed by bull - "The cases include arson at the BJP and its ally KOHIMA: In Nagaland, had been in power in the proper for the NPF leader to Renault India's endeavour to renewal and assured gifts to dozers. two CPI(M) offices at Sidhai Indigenous People's Front of both the incumbent chief state since 2008. meet central BJP leaders develop long-term trust and women customers. In order to Eyewitnesses claimed area in West Tripura district, Tripura (IPFT) were terroris - minister TR Zeliang and the "Today, I can officially say now as that "will send wrong strengthen relations with its keep things fun and interest - bulldozers, allegedly brought 25 km from Agartala, and ing Left workers and vandal - aspirant Neiphiu Rio have that we have no truck with signals to the people". If women customers, Renault ing, the activities have been in by BJP workers, demol - clashes between CPI(M) and ising party offices since the staked claim to form the the NPF and there is no Zeliang desires, he can meet India would be celebrating planned to make the celebra - ished the statue amid chants BJP supporters at Kadamtala announcement of poll results government in alliance with question of going back to the them after formation of the 'International Women's Day' tions more delightful and of "Bharat Mata Ki Jai", in North Tripura district", the on March 3. the BJP. But putting all NPF in forming the govern - government, Mr Sarma across all Renault India deal - engaging, whilst giving the according to reports. Superintendent of Police "Arson, attacks and loot uncertainty to rest, at least ment. We will go with the added. erships from 6th - 11th women customers a special Home Minister, Rajnath (Control) Pradip De told were carried out in around for now, BJP strategist NDPP," said Mr Sarma, Rio, who refused to reveal March. During this period, privilege and an unmatched Singh, has spoken to the Press Trust of India. 1,539 houses. Many rubber Himanta Biswa Sarma said adding that "enough signals" details of the agreement Renault India will propose brand experience to cherish Governor and the police The CPI (M) tweeted, gardens, hundreds of small in Kohima on Monday that had been sent to Mr Zeliang. sealed with the BJP on the special offers for women cus - for a long time. chief of Tripura and asked alleging workers of the shops, were forcibly occu - his party will not have any The BJP had a pre-poll representation of parties in tomers across its dealerships, International Women's Day them to check violence till a Bhartiya Janata party were pied, ransacked or burned at truck with the incumbent alliance with the NDPP and the government, said the which include free car pick & is a global day celebrating the new government is in place. "spreading fear" in the state. around 500 places," CPI-M Naga People's Front (NPF) the people have given us the coalition would be called drop facility and education economic, political and social Three people have been Tripura CPI(M) secretary, state secretary and central and will stick to its pre-poll mandate, Mr Sarma said. "People's Democratic on the car maintenance and achievements of women from arrested over the last 48 Haripada Das, alleged that committee member Bijan ally, the Nationalist While the BJP won 12 Alliance". The 48-hour necessary checks with the past, present and future. The hours in Tripura, for what the over 240 people have been Dhar told reporters on Democratic People's Party seats, the NDPP bagged 18 deadline given by the gover - objective of making them entire world celebrates this police has described, as injured in attacks on party Monday night. The party said (NDPP). seats in the 60-member nor to Mr Rio and Mr more self-reliant and inde - day to highlight the endeav - "post-poll' violence. The offices and offices of Left- it has "urged the administra - After a meeting with Mr assembly. The alliance also Zeliang to submit the signa - pendent. ours and achievements of the police said on Monday that it backed trade unions; he tion and the BJP leadership Rio, Mr Sarma told reporters has the support of one JD(U) tures of the elected members Acknowledging women women which give them had received four complaints claimed homes of leaders to take adequate measures to that his party was no longer lawmaker and an independ - supporting them will expire and their contribution to the courage and freedom to per - of violence from various have also not been spared. stop these post-poll violence in alliance with the NPF that ent lawmaker. on Tuesday evening. world, society and organiza - form much better in life. parts of the state since Speaking to reporters, Mr immediately,". TRUTH PREVAIL STATE JAMMU, WEDNES DAY, MARCH 07, 2018 8 JPPF calls for CBI inquiry in Kathua girl case VC JAKFED calls on Dr Jitender Singh; BJP has become laughing stock, protesting, TP CORRESPONDENT JAMMU, MAR. 06: Jammu Province Peoples' discusses key agricultural issues creating hurdles in the ways of IG Forum (JPPF), an amalgam TP CORRESPONDENT TP CORRESPONDENT and PDP-BJP govt to solve of more than 50 social, com - JAMMU, MAR. 06: Vice JAMMU, MAR. 06: In the burning traffic problem mercial and other organiza - Chairman JAKFED Munish the high level meeting with of the Jammu city start the tions on Tuesday asked gov - Sharma today called on IG Traffic Basant Rath and work on the construction of ernment not to politicise the Union Minister of State Sunil Dimple President Flyovers at Rehari Chungi, issue of minor girl of village (Independent Charge) for Jammu West Assembly Jewal Chowk and the widen - Rasana Hiranagar. development of North Movement apprised Basant ing of the BC Road. Addressing the press con - Eastern Region (DoNER), Rath of the grave traffic He demanded the IG ference here, the President of MoS PMO, Personnel, Public problem in the Jammu city, Traffic Basant Rath for the the Forum , Paviter Singh Grievances, Pensions, created by these positions. construction of alternative said, “We are shocked on the Atomic Energy and Space, Dimple said Rath the four way circular road from incident and surprised that Dr Jitendra Singh in New BJP-PDP Govt, has no for - Amphalla Manda to high such a heinous crime is com - Delhi today and discussed mula to solve the traffic prob - court Janipur to Roop mitted by someone who is various issues related to lem, no mobile plan for the Nagar, to Bantalab . To ease not identified yet, we all con - youth to take-up farming and Jammu city and people of traffic on the Janipur Road. demn the brutal act by those problems faced by the Jammu are in constant great Jewal Chowk to Talab whosoever committed and farmers of J&K State. stress of jams and accidents. Tillo via Bhagwati Nagar and wants that the culprit should Vice Chairman, apprised Dimple praised the way in for the widening of the Jewal be dealt with the iron the Dr Jitendra Singh that which IG Traffic Basant Rath Chowk to Purkhu Akhnoor hands.” “This kind of act is majority of youth expresses is doing the excellent Road. intolerable and we all extend its future outside the agricul - Photo by Bikas reforms, improvement in the Photo by Bikas Dimple demanded Rath to our whole heartily support to ture, the govt needs to come traffic scenario in the Jammu submit a mobile plan to the the government but on the up with schemes so that stu - ers & other agricultural could get good return. There city. Dimple said this BJP 3 MPS are creating hurdles in govt, for starting Metro Rail, other hand we are also aston - dents are given a license to equipment will be sold under is a need to explore markets He said this shame for the party today has become the the work of IG Basant Rath Mono Rail and construction ished to see that how this is market and supply various one roof, which will provide in the country and abroad for BJP, the party of 25 MLAs laughing stock of the Jammu work when the whole people of circular Roads to solve the being politicized by the dif - agricultural inputs to farmers. a major boost to the farmers. State's famous agricultural which failed to do anything City. of all section, youths of traffic problem faced by the ferent entities for the benefits Youth should be taught about The objective of opening crops like Saffron, Basmati for the traffic reforms The Ruling BJP protest Jammu are satisfied with his people of Jammu City. best known to them,” he said. organic farming as it doesn't Kisan Seva Kendras is to pro - Rice, Rajmash, Pomegranate improvement in the Jammu indicates that how much BJP working style. Dimple demanded for IG He added that almost a require heavy investments it vide all agricultural inputs Seeds (Anardana), Apples, city. is week party and could get He said the son of the Soil for the construction of the month has passed but still the is more profitable farming. under one centre as farmers Morel Mushroom (gucchi), BJP MLAS party failed to even an simple IG Basant Rath has become idol small proper parking stands agencies are not able to find Both the govt and corporate & villagers are suffering a lot Apricot, Red Rice, Walnut, construct the Rehari Chungi Transferred which is in the hero of the young generation in the markets of Jammu city out culprit and the kind of sector need to increase the to buy these agricultural Spices and various agricul - Jewel Chowk Fly Overs, cir - govt and have cabinet minis - and is true that he is a for the vehicles parking. environment which has been number of scholarships for products. tural produce. cular ring roads around the ter. Singhm Part 2. IG Traffic Basant Rath created in the village cannot agricultural students to Vice Chairman informed Hon'ble Dr Jitendra Singh jammu city. This 25 MLAs BJP party He alleged but the BJP- gave very patient hearing to be explained in words, just enhance research and devel - that these centres will be heared the Vice Chairman The BJP Dy CM, Speaker, could not get a single state PDP Govt Minister Nayeem Sunil Dimple SSP traffic imagine the innocent people opment. This will also help developed only for the wel - patiently and agreed that all minister, MLAs only hold tea holiday on the birth anniver - Akhtar, refused to construct Joginder Singh, SP police of that village were under them become better profes - fare & development of farm - the above issues will be party meeting with Britannia sary of Maharaja Hari Singh, the flyover at Rehari Chungi north Vinod Kumar were also such a severe threat that they sionals and improve their ers so that they could get fer - redressed at an earliest. biscuits to make photo shoot, what harm it will do to hon - Jewel Chowk and the circu - present in the meeting left their houses in search of earning capacities. tilizers seeds & organic urea Terming Kissan Seva Kendra headlines in the media. est, young, dynamic IG lar, ring roads proposal is IG Basant Rath said and more secure place. Expressing concern over of high quality at reasonable a great revival plan by Vice He said it is the shame Basant Rath. also in the cold store. assured Dimple that he will He asked the government the welfare of farmers Vice rates. We are focussing on the Chairman, to bring a boost on that BJP state president, Vice He said the BJP protest is In the meeting Dimple recommend the Govt for the to immediately hand over the Chairman briefed Dr Singh goals set by Hon'ble Prime the farmers in J&K, Dr. president provoking, holding shame and the mockery of said IG Traffic Basant Rath Flyovers, ring roads, circular case to the CBI for fair and that to boost farmers and Minister Narendra Modi ji's Jitendra Singh lauded the protest against the honest the BJP party, its Dy CM, to recommend to the Chief roads, parking spots for the transparent enquiry to bring agriculture of State JAKFED vision to doube the income of Seva Kendra plan of Vice Basan Rath. Cabinet ministers, 25 MLAs Minister Mehbooba Mufti matadors, auto stands. justice. is planning to come up with farmers by 2022. Chairman & assured that the Kissan Seva Kendras outlet During the meeting Vice Ministry of DoNER would across the various locations Chairman, also stressed on always be ready to support Deputation of AIBCU of Jammu & Kashmir where - the need to popularize the the farming community with Sat inaugurates lane, in various products related to promotion of various local modern technology in order met CM at Poonch farmers and agriculture like food crops of J&K at interna - to increase the agricultural drain work in ward 17 TP CORRESPONDENT tion. Granting 3% reserva - hybrid seeds, organic fertiliz - tional market so that farmers productivity. the working culture of the JAMMU, MAR. 06: A tion to Paharis on the Pahari political and administrative deputation of AIBCU of Language and 6% on the set up. He said that all the Distt. Poonch met with name of socially and eco - When CM accepted slain youth were focus has now been shifted to Hon'ble C.M. Ms. Mehbooba nomically to upper caste is the basic cause in the propa - Mufti under the directions of totally unconstitutional under civilians, what stops her from acting? gation of public concern State Gen. Secretary Prof. the misuse of Article 370 TP CORRESPONDENT The NC State Assembly assured the people issues. SRINAGAR, MAR. 06: Spokesperson said besides that she would take that case Sat Sharma also credited Kali Dass. Mr. Kabir Qureshi which is creating a havoc in lead the deputation and the state and rulers are busy National Conference on the Chief Minister accepting to a ‘logical conclusion’? Prime Minister Narendra Tuesday asked Chief the slain youth were civil - What ‘logical conclusion’ is Modi led centre government apprised the Chief Minister in giving false statements for the sufferings of the state "We are committed to do the Minister Mehbooba Mufti to ians, the PDP MLA from this? Why is the State for ushering India into new clarify why she hadn’t taken Shopian too has categorical - Government’s stand being era of development. He said other Social Castes (OSCs). Welfare of the People". A any legal action in the ly stated that the youth were represented in such a shoddy, that the countries all over the The main points of the agen - befooling statement the mat - Shopian killings incident civilians killed in a grue - half-baked and half-hearted world have started to look da were :- ter ever remained under dis - despite accepting that they some and deliberate manner. manner in the Supreme forward to India for innova - To enhance the creamy cussion was of the OSCs but killed youth were civilians. “When both the Chief Court despite the dramatic tions in all the major sectors layer for 4.5 lacs to 8 lacs and Govt. acted according to the In a party statement issued Minister as well as her local rhetoric of the Chief like space, health etc. also resented against the Dogri phrase "Anna Bande from NC Headquarters, MLA from Shopian are con - Minister in the Assembly? It Sharma also called upon the ‘Nawa-e-Subha’ in Srinagar, fessing that innocent civil - seems like our State youth of the state to come MOS Mrs. Asia Naquash Ryoriyan Mur Mur Kar Deya MOS of Social Welfare Noo" NC State Spokesperson ians were gunned down by Government and Chief Photo by Ajay forward and contribute in the Junaid Azim Mattu asked the the security forces, why Minister are taking their dic - growth of the society, state Deptt. who for no reasons A appointment of TP CORRESPONDENT Ayodhya Gupta along with Government to clarify their haven’t arrested been made tations from either the BJP and Nation. He prompted the returned the Income Slab file Chairperson and members of stand as their silence was not and why hasn’t a specific, directly or a couple of JAMMU, MAR. 06: other local BJP leaders, youth to propagate positive for many times and delayed Backward classes commis - Pursuing development agen - social activists and promi - only abjectly shameful but detailed FIR been filed aggressive, jingoist news vibes, while working for the enhancement of deliber - sion were never from among also incidicated a complete against the errant troops?” channels”, the NC State da in the Jammu West con - nent citizens from the locali - themselves as well as the stituency, BJP State President ty also accompanied the ately for no reasons inspite of the OBCs, which is other - surrender to remain in the NC State Spokesperson Spokesperson added in the society. directions by your goodself wise meant for the other power. asked the Government to statement. & local MLA from MLA during inauguration of Sat Sharma also appealed Constituency, Sat Sharma development work in the in the Budgam OSC deputa - social caste; does not carry “The Chief Minister clarify. “This shameless sur - “It is incumbent upon the local population to contribute tweeted accepting that the render and silence comes in Chief Minister to clarify why inaugurated the construction area. in the "Swacch Bharat tion on 08.10.2017 and on any sense. work of lane and drain at Sat Sharma, while inter - 15.01.2018 in Civil Sectt. Co-ordination Committee youth killed in Shopian by the aftermath of the State she hasn’t taken any action Abhiyaan" and create aware - the security forces were Government’s surrender on in the killings of these civil - Ward No. 17 of New Plot acting with the local gather - ness for the same. He also Directions. of the PDP-BJP promised to area. ing, threw light on the vari - civilians while telling us that the earlier issue of the killing ians – which she has herself prompted them to check the Emphasis was laid on the advertise 8700 posts of she was ‘distressed’ because of the youth in Shopian on an admitted and what her BJP State Additional ous landmark activities being quality of the ongoing devel - OBC survey which has never teachers in the month of Feb. Publicity Secretary pursued by the BJP in the of this incident. What the earlier instance. course of action on this and opment work so as to ensure been done in the State inspite 2018 but till date nothing has people would like to know is The State Government in the previous Shopian FIR is. Parduman Singh, District area. He stressed that BJP the longevity of the present President Jammu West has given new meaning to of Govt. orders in 2014 as been done so far, a great why no legal action has been its status-report filed in the According the media reports, work. well as in 2016. This OBC resentment against the Govt. taken by the State Hon’ble Supreme Court has the Ministry of Home Affairs During inauguration of Government against the said the name of Major has admonished the Chief lane work in Ward No. 17, survey costs nothing of the by the state youth and their Govt. but ignoring this sub - parents in particular and errant culprits when it has Aditya doesn’t figure in the Minister for tweeting about Sharma, while giving details accepted the young men FIR. Copies of the FIR avail - the Shopian incident and of the ongoing work, Sharma ject reflects the deep rooted among general public in gen - conspiracy of the respected eral. were not militants of OGWs able locally and visible of other such cases and asked told that the Jammu but innocent civilians? It is social media clearly show her to fall in line. Never in Municipal Corporation Govt.s and the present Govt. It was appealed to the not the job of the Chief Major Aditya’s name men - the history of the State has a (JMC) will carry out the is also following the same Chief Minister Ms. Minister to sulk and hang her tioned in the FIR. So has the Chief Minister been reduced present work with the total foot prints which are also not Mehbooba Mufti to redress head in sorrow. She hasn’t State Government misled the to a rubber-stamp in such a cost of 7.26 lakh rupees. good for the present dispen - all the problems of the state been elected to be a mute Supreme Court or have they humiliating manner. The Ex. Corporator Dinesh sation. and state OSCs which are spectator as civilians are fudged the FIR in that case to Chief Minister is now, effec - Gupta, Ex. Corporator killed – only to tweet her save its skin and remain in tively, a captive of power”, Balwan Singh, Onkar Singh Till the survey, an interm most genuine and needs relief of about 10% reserva - immediate redressal. condolences. She is duty power? Mehbooba Mufti on the NC State Spokesperson Bose, Sangeeta Gupta, Vijay bound to hold the culprits the floor of the Legislative added. Sharma, Gurcharan Singh, tion is the urgent need for Those who accompanied OSCs and Govt. must do it at the deputation were Mushtaq accountable and if she Manohar, Balbir Singh, chooses not to do so – this Shiva and others were among the earliest as 2% reservation Ahmed Nazar, Dilpazir would be a serious derelic - Kapahi inaugurates lane, drain the prominent persons who is nothing but to befool the Razaq Qureshi, Mohd Sayed, tion of her constitutional accompanied the MLA dur - OSCs people who are more Mohd Rashid Foji and oth - duties yet again”, the NC work in Bhagwati Nagar ing the inauguration. than 50% of the State popula - ers. State Spokesperson said.

Photo by Bikas TP CORRESPONDENT He claimed that under the JAMMU, MAR. 06: BJP BJP led NDA government at State Vice-President Pramod the centre as well as alliance Kapahi initiated the con - government in the state, our struction work of lane and state has progressed on the drain work in Ward No. 14 never before pattern. area of Bhagwati Nagar Kapahi also threw light on falling under Jammu West the various public welfare Constituency. schemes and prompted local While speaking on the social and political activists occasion, Parmod Kapahi to acquire complete knowl - Editor, Printer, Publisher & Owner : thanked local MLA from the edge about the schemes, so Pooja Gupta constituency Sat Sharma that they can effectively who is also BJP State extend the reach of benefit of Executive Editor : Manoj Kumar, 94191-93836 (Mob.) President for his ardent inter - these schemes to the targeted Bureau Chief : Vijay Chandel (Delhi), est in pursuing the develop - population. Add:- A-43 Pocket 3-DDA Flats Bindapur Uttam Nagar ment works in the constituen - Kapahi also interacted cy. He said that the MLA has with the local population and New Delhi, 98101-96251 (Mob.) provided 11.45 lakh rupees enquired them of any issues Printed at : M/S G K Offset Printing Press, Roop Nagar, Jammu. out of his Constituency concerning them regarding Development Fund (CDF) day to day affairs. He assured Published at F-668, Bharat Nagar, Rehari Colony, Jammu. for the present work in the them that the BJP is working Tele./Fax 0191-2520911 locality. Parmod Kapahi sincerely to end their woes. E-mail: [email protected] forcefully said that BJP has Asha Sharma, Darshan pioneered the agenda of true Lal, Som Raj, Santosh *Responsible for the selection of News under the PRB Act development rather than Bhagat, Sohan Lal, Janak Raj all the disputes are subject to the execulsive jurisdiction of going for only mending and others were also present money that was being done during the inauguration of competent Courts and Fourms in Jammu and Kashmir. by previous political parties. lane and drain work.