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Price: Rs.1 | Page 12 | Vol. No.: 10 | Issue No: 236 Postal Registration No. JK-458/16-18 epaper.dailyjammurising.in RNI No: JKENG/2011/40494 BRIEF NEWS Lockdown has ended, but virus Pak violates cease- J&K reports 589 new positive cases, fire along IB in still there; All must be cautious Kathua 79437 recovered so far Pakistani Rangers opened during festivities: PM JAMMU RISING Division and 421 from and 52269 in home sur- cases recovered today), 78 fire at border out posts NEW DELHI, OCT 20 JAMMU, OCT 20 Kashmir Division. veillance. Besides, 548026 deaths; Kulgam has 2049 (BoPs) and civilian areas With the onset of the festival season, The Government on According to the daily persons have completed positive cases (including along the International Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tues- Tuesday informed Media Bulletin on novel their surveillance period. 12 cases reported today) Border in Hiranagar sector day said this is not the time to be careless that 589 new positive Corona virus (Covid-19), Providing district-wise with 92 Active Positive, of Jammu and Kashmir''s as the novel coronavirus is still around cases of novel Corona out of 88958 positive breakup, the Bulletin said 2271 recoveries (including cases, 8124 are Active that Srinagar has 17944 02 cases recovered today), Kathua district, officials and even a small negligence can dampen virus (COVID-19), 241 from Jammu division Positive, 79437 have re- positive cases (including 46 deaths; Shopian has said on Tuesday. BSF the festive spirit.In his seventh address to the nation following the outbreak of and 348 from Kashmir covered and 1397 have 136 cases reported today) 2130 positive cases (in- troops guarding the bor- the COVID-19 pandemic, Modi said division, have been re- died; 463 in Jammu divi- with 1715 Active Positive, cluding 08 cases reported derline, retaliated effec- many videos have surfaced in recent ported today thus tak- sion and 934 in Kashmir 15894 recovered (includ- today) with 89 Active Pos- tively, they said. Officials times that show many people having ing the total number of division. ing 195 cases recovered to- itive, 2006 recovered (in- said the Pakistani Rangers stopped taking precautions. “This is not positive cases in The Bulletin further day), 335 deaths; Bara- cluding 07 cases recovered Jammu and Kashmir said that out of 2048631 mulla has 5285 positive today) and 35 deaths; started the firing around the right thing to do,” he said. to 88958. Also 09 test results available, cases (including 32 cases Anantnag district has 9.50 pm on Monday and Get access to premium Portfolio con- tries, the number of cases have seen a tent for 14 days hike yet again after seeing a decline in the COVID-19 deaths have 1959673 samples have reported today) with 1304 4038 positive cases (in- targeted BoPs and villages “If you are careless and moving around past, he noted. been reported; 03 been tested as negative Active Positive, 3845 re- cluding 39 cases reported „Turn to page 2 without mask, you are putting yourself, We should continue to be careful and from Jammu division till October 20, 2020. covered (including 22 today) with 347 Active children and the elderly at risk,” the not be callous until a vaccine is found, and 06 from Kashmir Till date 631601 persons cases recovered today), Positive, 3620 recovered India records 46,790 prime minister said. Modi said. Division. have been enlisted for ob- 136 deaths; Pulwama re- (including 45 cases recov- “We must keep in mind that lockdown The prime minister said the govern- Moreover, 770 more servation which included ported 4463 positive cases ered today), 71 deaths; new COVID-19 cases may have ended, but the virus is still ment is making all efforts to ensure that a COVID-19 patients have 21785 persons in home (including 30 cases re- Budgam has 5697 positive The number of new coron- there,” he said. recovered and discharged quarantine including fa- ported today) with 271 ac- cases (including 34 cases avirus infections reported In Europe, America and other coun- „Turn to page 2 from various hospitals in- cilities operated by gov- tive positive cases, 4114 daily in India dropped cluding 349 from Jammu ernment, 8124 in isolation recovered (including 38 „Turn to page 2 below 50,000 nearly after three months, taking India’s COVID-19 case- Two terrorists killed in Pulwama Advisor Sharma inspects citizens services Mela; load to 75,97,063, accord- ing to the Union Health Ministry data updated on encounter, operation continues inaugurates several Dev projects in Jammu City Tuesday. A total of 46,790 fresh JAMMU RISING infections were reported in JAMMU, OCT 20 Hails positive response of public a day, while the death toll Two terrorists were JAMMU RISING Chander Mohan Gupta, The Advisor interacted cants. climbed to 1,15,197 with killed by security forces in JAMMU, OCT 20 Commissioner JMC, Avny with the staff at each stall At the counter of 587 fatalities being regis- an encounter which en- Advisor to Lieutenant Lawasa, Deputy Mayor and inquired about the fa- Jammu Municipal Corpo- tered in a span of 24 sued during a Cordon and Governor K K Sharma to- JMC, Purnima Sharma cilities they provide to the rations he distributed loan hours, the data updated at Search Operation (CASO) day inspected stalls of var- and other concerned offi- public in the Mela. He cheques to the beneficiar- 8 am showed. in south Kashmir district ious departments in Citi- cers. asked the officials of vari- ies under PM Street Ven- The number of new of Pulwama on Tuesday afternoon, a police zen Services Mela The Advisor along with ous departments to regis- dor Atamnirbhar Nidhi „Turn to page 2 spokesman said. He said a organised under 'My a team of officers in- ter beneficiaries on the scheme, similarly the Ad- CASO was launched by Town My Pride' Program spected the stalls set up by spot under the welfare visor handed over Garah Narco case: NIA to troops of Rashtriya Rifles here at Parade Ground. various departments to schemes so that people Parvesh Keys to the benefi- (RR), Special Operation He was accompanied by aware the public about the get benefits of Mela. ciaries of PMAY-U scheme file charge sheet Group (SOG) of Jammu Financial Commissioner schemes of their respec- At a Counter of Revenue at the counter of Urban and Kashmir police and Health, Atal Dulloo, tive departments and for Department, the Advisor Local Bodies department. against ten CRPF at village Harkri- tip off about the presence opened fire with auto- Deputy Commissioner registration of beneficiar- also distributed Domicile Meanwhile, the Advisor pora Kakpora in Pulwama of terrorists. He said ter- matic weapons on security Jammu, Sushma ies under various certificates, Caste Certifi- laid the foundation stone accused rorists hiding in the area „Turn to page 2 Chauhan, Mayor JMC, schemes. cates among the appli- The National Investigation this afternoon following a „Turn to page 2 Agency (NIA) is all set to file a charge sheet against Lt Governor condemns DGP interacts with families of martyrs at DPL Srinagar; ten accused in connection JKUT Govt constitutes Apex, Divisional with its probe into the killing of Police Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) visits family of martyred police inspector at Bijbehara narco case, alleging that Committees to draw roadmap, modalities Inspector in Anantnag JAMMU RISING the Pakistan-based com- JAMMU RISING SRINAGAR, OCT 20 JAMMU RISING schedule for conducting partment not below the manders of the militant JAMMU, OCT 20 The Director-General of organisation conspired to JAMMU, OCT 20 elections to the District rank of Additional Secre- Lieutenant Governor, Police J&K Shri Dilbag raise money from India for Government of Jammu Development Councils in tary as members, while Manoj Sinha has con- Singh visited the family of the banned group, officials and Kashmir Union Terri- the Union territory of Secretary to the Govern- said. demned the killing of Po- Police Inspector Mohd. tory today constituted an Jammu & Kashmir. ment, Department of lice Inspector, Moham- Ashraf Bhat who attained „ Turn to page 2 Apex level and two Divi- As per the order, the Rural Development & mad Ashraf who was killed martyrdom in a terrorist sional Committees to Apex Level Committee Panchayati Raja will be by terrorists in Anantnag. attack in Chandpora Bi- Indian Army draw the road map for the will have Principal Secre- the member Secretary of The inspector was shot jbehara area of South vice-chief visits conduct of District Devel- tary to the Government, the Apex Commitee. dead while he was return- Kashmir yesterday in the opment Council elections Home Department as the The Committee may ing home after offering forenoon and in the after- US Army 25th in the UT. Chairman and Director have one co-opted Mem- prayers in a local mosque. noon he interacted with An order issued by the General of Police J&K, Ad- ber. The Lt Governor ex- the families of JK Police Infantry Division GAD stated that , ‘Sanc- ditional Director General The ‘Terms of Refer- pressed his anguish over martyrs of district Srina- Goel and SSP Anantnag assured all help to Mar- tion is accorded to the of Police (CID) and Divi- ence’ of the Apex commit- the killing and said that gar at DPL Srinagar. Shri Sandeep Choudhary tyr’s family. They prayed Lightning constitution of Apex Level sional Commissioner tee will be to draw a road such heinous attacks are The DGP accompanied met the family members for eternal peace to the de- Committee and Divisional Jammu, Divisional Com- map and detailed schedule attempts to create distur by IGP Kashmir Zone Shri of martyred Police Officer. parted soul. Academy Level Committees to draw missioner Kashmir, repre- Vijay Kumar, DIG South They conveyed their Inspector Mohd Ashraf „Turn to page 2 Vice Chief of the Army roadmap and detailed sentative of Transport De- „Turn to page 2 Kashmir Range Shri Atul heartfelt condolences and „Turn to page 2 Staff Lt Gen SK Saini vis- ited US Army 25th Infantry Division Northeast role model in every sphere of ACB arrested Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, the then Asstt. Executive Engineer, Lightning Academy on Tuesday and interacted Gulam Nabi Ganaie, the then Executive Engineer and contractor in Case FIR with the troops there. development: Dr Jitendra Singh Additional Directorate No. 32 of 2010 registered in PS ACB Kashmir NEW DELHI, OCT 20 ojana of the Government and Ashoka paper mills, General of Public JAMMU RISING the outcome of a verification con- neers of Sub-Division Kulgam, Information, Indian Union Minister for of India. Chief Minister Govt of Assam on the oc- Road Transport, High- Sarbananda Sonowal casion for sharing of land JAMMU, OCT 20 ducted by ACB South Kashmir. Dur- abused their official position and Army said in a tweet, "Lt Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested ing investigation it was found that hatched a criminal conspiracy with Gen S K Saini visited US ways and MSMEs Nitin presided over the virtual and logistics in Jogighopa. Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, the then these accused public servants have Mashooq Ahmad Khan, Nayees Ah- Army 25th Infantry Gadkari today laid the function. Union Ministers Speaking on the occasion, Asstt. Executive Engineer, Gulam abused their official position in mad Lone, Rafiq Ahmad Lon and Division Lightning foundation stone of In- Dr Jitendra Singh, Gen Nitin Gadkari said that his Nabi Ganaie, the then Executive En- league with the accused contractors Arshid Hussain Deen (the contrac- Academy. He interacted dia's first Multi-modal Lo- (Retd) Dr V K Singh and Ministry envisages devel- by virtue of misappropriation of tors) and in furtherance of criminal with troops after witness- gistic Park at Jogighopa in Rameshwar Teli, Minis- oping 35 Multi-modal Lo- gineer, and Rafiq Ahmad Lone ing Jungle Training & Assam today. The Rs ters from the Assam State, gistic Parks (MMLPs) in (Contractor), in Case FIR No. funds meant for execution of work conspiracy, executed these works on Chinook Helicopter Sling 693.97 crore park will pro- Members of Parliaments, the country, of which work 32/2010 registered in P/S ACB “Providing and fitting of Street manipulated allotment orders pur- Load Carriage." vide direct air, road, rail MLAs and senior officers on preparing DPR and Kashmir, under section 5(2) of J&K Lights” in Kulgam, town by the offi- portedly issued by the then Execu- Lt Gen SK Saini is on a and waterways connectiv- from the Centre and the feasibility report is under- P.C Act Svt.2006 r/w sections cials of R&B Special Sub-Division tive Engineer (R&B) Electric Divi- three-day visit to the US ity to the people. It will be State were present on the way. He said, SPVs will be 5(1)(c), 5(1)(d), 409, 468, 471 and Kulgam in the year 2004-2005. It sion, Kashmir in the year 1999 on command, from .. developed under the am- occasion. An MoU was formed for all these 120-B RPC. was found that for 21 works (both highly exorbitant rates. The instant case was registered on Civil and Electric), accused engi- „Turn to page 2 bitious Bharatmala Pariy- signed between NHIDCL „Turn to page 2 CMYK CMYK CMYK 2 Daily Jammu Rising NEWS Jammu, Wednesday October 21, 2020 FROM PAGE ONE

tive cases, 15044 recoveries (including 143 cases recov- during the COVID-19 pandemic. The department so and Rs 23 crore for rail lines. The work will begin next Pak violates ceasefire along IB in ered today), 239 deaths; Rajouri has 3132 positive far has provided medicine to 10.31 lakh people that month, he said. The Minister expressed hope that this cases (including 10 cases reported today) with 288 include various frontline workers, senior citizens, project will provide direct or indirect employment to Kathua active positive cases, 2799 recovered (including 42 PRIs, police/paramilitary personals and general nearly 20 lakh youth in the State. The Minister added in the Pansar-Manyari belt of Hiranagar sector. cases recovered today), 45 deaths; Ramban has 1525 masses. Moreover, preventive measures and Yoga that the distance of 154 km between Jogighopa and They said the exchange of fire between the two positive cases (including 11 cases reported today) with therapies are also being advised to the people to take Guwahati will be covered by making a 4-lane road on sides continued till 5.05 am but there was no report 74 active positive, 1439 recoveries (including 01 cases care of lifestyle/mental disorders so that physical and this stretch, a 3-km rail line will connect Jogighopa of any casualty or damage on the Indian side. recovered today) and 12 deaths; Kathua has 2342 pos- mental health is ensured during this pandemic. station to the MMLP, another 3-km rail link will con- According to official sources, 3,589 ceasefire viola- itive cases (including 09 cases reported today) with Public is advised to strictly follow the advisories is- nect it to the IWT, and the road to newly developed tions by Pakistan were reported along the Line of 53 Active positive, 2259 recovered (including 11 cases sued by the government from time to time and rely Rupsi airport will be upgraded to 4-lanes for easier Control and International Border in Jammu and recovered today), 30 deaths; Udhampur has 2582 only on the information released by the government connectivity. He said, the MMLP will have all the facil- positive cases (including 10 cases reported today) with through the daily media bulletin to print and elec- ities like, warehouse, railway siding, cold storage, cus- Kashmir till October 6 this year compared to a total 115 active positive cases, 2440 recovered (including tronic media. tom clearance house, yard facility, workshops, petrol of 3,168 in 2019. The highest 427 ceasefire viola- 12 cases reported today) and 27 deaths; Samba has People are also advised to refrain from spreading pumps, truck parking, administrative building, tions took place in September followed by 411 in 2086 positive cases (including 07 cases reported today) rumors and pay no heed to them at the same time. boarding lodging, eating joints, water treatment March and 408 in August, the sources said, adding with 413 Active Positive, 1648 recoveries and 25 plant, etc. Gadkari informed that the initial report and July recorded 398 ceasefire violations, June and deaths; Doda has 2527 positive cases (including 25 JKUT Govt constitutes Apex, Divisional master plan is ready for the 346 acre MMLP with April (387 each), May (382), February (366) and cases reported today) with 179 active positive cases, Committees to draw roadmap, modalities JNPT in Wardha Dry port area of Nagpur. Feasibil- January (367). The sources said 62 ceasefire viola- 2306 recoveries (including 52 cases recovered today), ity reports are being prepared for the Bangalore tions were reported in the first six days of this 42 deaths; Poonch has 2161 positive cases (including for conduct of Elections to the District Development MMLP, Sangrur warehouse complex in Punjab, Surat, Councils across the Union Territory on the basis of month. 13 cases reported today) with 559 active positive, 1580 Mumbai, Indore, Patna, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, and recoveries (including 50 cases reported today), 22 inputs from the Divisional Committees and upon as- Coimbatore. DPR is being made for MMLP near India records 46,790 new COVID-19 cases deaths; Reasi has 1209 positive cases (including 13 sessment of the ground level situation taking into con- Chennai port, and studies have begun for MMLP in cases reported today), with 112 active positive, 1090 re- sideration various requirements including security Pune and Ludhiana. Other 22 MMLPs are proposed in fatalities reported daily across the country was coveries and 07 deaths while Kishtwar has 1752 posi- logistics, personnel, equipment etc. Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Kandla, Vadodara, Ludhiana, recorded below 600 for the second consecutive tive cases (including 25 cases reported today), with The Divisional Level Committee(s) for Kashmir will Amritsar, Jullundur, Bhatinda, Hissar, Ambala, Kota, day. 228 active positive cases and 1510 recoveries (includ- have Divisional Commissioner Kashmir as the Chair- Jaipur, Jagatsinghpur, Sundarnagar. Delhi, Kolkata, The active cases of coronavirus infection remained ing 38 cases recovered today) and 14 deaths. man, Inspector General of Police Kashmir as the Pune, Nashik, Panaji, Bhopal, Raipur, and Jammu. below 8 lakh for the fourth consecutive day. Member, Director Rural Development Kashmir as the Dr Jitendra Singh, Union DoNER Minister said that There are 7,48,538, active cases of coronavirus According to the bulletin, of the total 88958 posi- Member-Secretary and any other member as co- India's first multi-modal logistics park in Assam is yet infection in the country which comprises 9.85 per tive cases in J&K 9464 have been reported as travelers opted by the Committee. another reiteration of Northeast emerging as a role cent of the total caseload, the data stated. while 79494 as others. The Committee for Jammu Division will have Divi- model in every sphere of development and this unique A total 67,33,328 people have recuperated from the The Bulletin said that the breakup represents dis- sional Commissioner Jammu as the Chairman, In- project will attract and inspire people from other disease so far pushing the national recovery rate to tricts from which the patients have been traced or are spector General of Police Jammu as the Member, Di- states to replicate the same elsewhere. He said, due 88.63 per cent while the case fatality rate due ordinarily residing. rector Rural Development Jammu as the to several unique and innovative mega projects, the COVID-19 stands at 1.52 per cent. The bulletin added that there are 1306 COVID ded- Member-Secretary, besides any other person as co- NE Region has emerged as a new model of develop- India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh icated beds, 1170 Isolation beds with 1056 vacant beds opted by the Committee as the Member. ment for the entire country under the bold, visionary mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 and 136 ICU beds where 87 beds are vacant in Jammu Based on an assessment of manpower, security, and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Shri lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh on division while there are 2345 COVID dedicated beds, logistics, transport, equipment and all other require- Narendra Modi. Dr. Jitendra Singh lauded the Union September 16, 60 lakh on September 28 and 2197 Isolation beds where 1679 beds are vacant and ments, the Divisional Level Committees shall submit Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin crossed 70 lakh on October 11. 148 ICU beds where 117 are vacant beds in Kashmir di- an outline of the possibilities and constraints to the Gadkari for sanctioning and completing several major According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of vision. There are a total of 3651 COVID dedicated Apex Level Committee. infrastructure projects in the Northeast Region in the 9,61,16,771 samples have been tested up to beds, 3367 Isolation beds with 2735 beds vacant and The Apex Level Committee shall submit its report to last 6 years. He said that more than 10 Inland Water- October 19 with 10,32,795 samples being tested on 284 ICU beds with 204 vacant beds in the Union Ter- the Government by October 27, 2020. The above ways (from Brahmaputra to Bay of Bengal) are being Monday. ritory of Jammu and Kashmir. Committee(s) shall be serviced by the Department of developed which will reduce the transportation cost of The Central Government is continuously monitoring Rural Development & Panchayati Raj. goods by one-fourth. He said, this cost effective mode the evolving situation of Covid-19 in the Union Terri- Lockdown has ended, but virus still there; All of transport will be a cheaper option for trade, business tory and is providing all necessary support towards and transportation and will boost the trade across the Narco case: NIA to file charge sheet effective containment of the spread of Covid-19 and must be cautious during festivities: PM borders especially with our eastern neighbours by better clinical management of positive cases. vaccine, whenever it is launched, reaches every In- leaps and bounds. Dr Jitendra Singh said, since 2014 against ten accused The government has also started free tele-consul- dian. when Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi came to “Today NIA is filing charge sheet against ten tation general OPD services by Specialists/MBBS “We all must remember, there can be no laxity till a power, massive steps were taken to bring the North accused in HM narco case at NIA’s Special Court Doctors for the residents of J&K under National Tele- medicine is found,” Modi said. Eastern Region at par with the other regions of the consultation Service. People can avail these services country. The Minister said after six years of all-round in Mohali,” an NIA official privy to the investiga- Advisor Sharma inspects citizens services Mela; tion requesting anonymity told news agency from Home by registering online on web portal development in the N-E region, he can say with confi- IANS. https://esanjeevaniopd.in/. The services are avail- inaugurates several Dev projects in Jammu City dence that the journey of "Sankalp se Siddhi" is on the able on Monday to Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 right path. He also referred to the inauguration of The official said that arrest of Hilal Ahmed Wagay for improvement of spectator stand at Parade along with Rs 29 lakh on April 25, 2020 helped to pm. People can also download and install esanjeevani Dhola-Sadiya bridge over the River Brahmaputra in OPD app from google play store. ground Jammu and beautification of 4th bridge at Assam by the Prime Minister in 2017, which is named bust the Hizbul Mujahideen narco-funding mod- Besides, 24x7 Rapid Antigen Testing facility for Bhagwati Nagar. after the legendary singer Dr Bhupen Hazarika and ule. COVID-19 has been started outside the emergency of He also inaugurated various development added that the bridge has enhanced connectivity and “It has been established that militant gang in this GMC Hospital Jammu .The facility will be very useful works/projects in Jammu City including Fountains greatly reduced travel time between Assam and case was smuggling, selling and channelising the for segregation of patients in emergency wing of GMC at J P Chowk, Vivekananda Chowk and Gujjar Nagar Arunachal Pradesh. Referring to a great network of proceeds to Pakistan through hawala and to Jammu. Chowk. Highways and Roads in the North Eastern Region in Hizbul Mujahideen militants in Kashmir via their Meanwhile, a 24x7 COVID Control Room has been Speaking on the occasion, the Advisor said that My the last six Years, Dr. Jitendra Singh said Shri Gad- overground workers and other associates,” the set up for redressal of the grievances related to Town My Pride programme initiative of the Govern- kari has also addressed the problems of dilapidated official said. COVID-19 positive patients admitted in the Associ- ment is aimed at to provide governance at the and orphaned roads through Special Road Develop- The official said that the conspiracy between ated Hospitals of Government Medical College, doorsteps of public in the urban areas on the pattern of ment Schemes. Hizbul commanders based in Pakistan and mili- Jammu and Government Hospital, Gandhi Nagar, the B2V. tant gang in India was to “raise money” for the DGP interacts with families of martyrs at DPL Srinagar; Jammu. Patients or attendants can call at 0191– 258 "This is the first time that the UT Government has banned militant organisation. 5444 (Control Room), Exchange: 0191-258 2626 / started such a program in urban areas which received visits family of martyred police inspector at Bijbehara Of the ten accused being charge sheeted on positive response from the public" he said. He also 258 5542 / 258 4290 /258 4291 / 258 4292 / 258 Bhat was critically injured in a cowardly terror attack Tuesday, seven have been arrested and two are said that the government decided to organize Citizen 4293/ 258 4294 for assistance. at his native place and was evacuated to the nearby absconding, reported IANS. Services Mela for providing better services to the pub- The bulletin has informed the people that, the best hospital where he succumbed to his injuries yester- One accused Riyaz Naikoo, Hizbul Mujahideen lic at a single point. way to protect themselves from COVID-19 is by main- day evening. commander, was killed in an encounter with secu- taining physical distance of at least 2 meter from oth- Later in the afternoon, the DGP interacted with the rity forces on May 6 this year in Jammu and Lt Governor condemns killing of Police ers, frequently cleaning hands with an alcohol based families of Police martyrs of district Srinagar at a sim- Kashmir. hand sanitizer or washing them with soap and water Inspector in Anantnag ple function organized by District Police Office Sri- According to top NIA officials, on July 30 this and following good respiratory etiquette and hygiene. nagar, at District Police Lines. year, the anti-militant probe agency’s sleuths raid- bance at a time when the Valley is witnessing an un- As a measure for social distancing in public places This interaction with martyrs families was organ- ed the residence of Wagay, a truck driver, who precedented developmental push. Our police force and workplaces wearing a face cover is compulsory. ized one day before the Police Commemoration Day was arrested by Punjab police on April 25 with will remain firm against such acts of terror and perpe- The bulletin again explained that early detection of being observed tomorrow in view of the COVID-19 over Rs 29 lakh in cash. trators will be brought to justice, he announced. COVID-19 can prevent the spread of disease so we The Lt Governor conveyed his heartfelt condolences advisories. At the very outset, one-minute silence was Two terrorists killed in Pulwama encounter, need to be responsible for the well-being of ourselves to the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace observed in memory of the martyrs. operation continues and everyone around us. “Not disclosing symptoms to the departed soul. He also assured all the possible During the interaction, the DGP heard patiently the could put life of individuals and their families at risk. help from the government to the family of the mar- grievances of all the families of martyrs. He also en- forces ensuing an encounter. However, one of the In case of symptoms like fever, cough and difficulty tyred cop. quired about the health of proud parents of martyrs, terrorists hiding in a house tried to break the cordon in breathing report early. Do not fear, call COVID-19 SRO -43 Cases pending and about the studies of their ACB arrested Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, the then Asstt. Executive and ran towards nearby orchard was killed. His iden- helpline numbers and seek medical advice”. kids and their scholarships. He gave on spot direction tity was being ascertained. He said second terrorists Advisory has further exhorted upon the people not to Engineer, Gulam Nabi Ganaie, the then Executive Engineer and in respect of some of the cases. was also killed by the security forces in the encounter. step out of home, unless absolutely necessary. “If you contractor in Case FIR No. 32 of 2010 registered in PS ACB Speaking on the occasion, the DGP said that the Po- The operation was still going on when the reports last have to move out for unavoidable reasons, ensure that Kashmir lice organisation is committed to look after the needs came in, he said adding additional security forces and you wear a mask and practice social distancing, per- It was further revealed during investigation that the and issues of all the families of our brave martyrs who police personnel have been deployed in the adjacent sonal hygiene and frequent hand washing with soap expenditure of Rs. 69,60,120/= was fraudulently have sacrificed their precious lives while safeguarding areas to prevent any law and order problem. and water.” shown against actual expenditure of Rs.50,94,868/- the interests of people. The DGP said no amount of In case of any emergency people can avail free ambu- incurred and drawn by these accused public servants money can fill the gap caused due to loss of a valuable J&K reports 589 new positive cases, 79437 lance services 24x7 at their doorsteps by calling on in league with the contractors and as such caused family member, however the monetary support creates recovered so far toll-free number 108 while as pregnant women and huge loss to the State Exchequer. sources of livelihood, education etc. for the dependents sick infants can avail free ambulance services by dial- of the martyrs. He added that financial support to the reported today) with 397 Active Positive and 5210 re- The investigation of the case is complete and soon ing toll-free number 102. families of martyrs in shape of relief amount has been covered (including 41 cases recovered today), 90 charge-sheet to be filled before the competent court. People can also call on toll-free national helpline enhanced up to rupees 75 lakhs (from all sources) in deaths; Kupwara has 4098 positive cases (including 04 number 1075; J&K COVID-19 Helpline Numbers Northeast role model in every sphere of develop- case of police personnel and upto rupees 34.50 lakh cases reported today) with 314 Active Positive, 3713 re- 0191- 2549676 (UT level Cell), 0191-2520982, 0191- (from all sources) in case of SPOs. He assured them covered (including 02 cases recovered today), 71 ment: Dr Jitendra Singh 2674444, 0191-2674115 (For Jammu Division), 0194- that the Police department will extend all possible deaths; Bandipora has 3897 positive cases (including MMLPs, and professionally qualified CEOs will be 2440283 & 0194-2430581 (For Kashmir Division) for help and support to the families of martyrs as and 32 cases reported today) with 287 Active Positive, appointed for each separately. The first such MMLP is support, guidance, and response to health-related when required. 3568 recovered (including 25 cases reported today), 42 being made by NHIDCL in Jogighopa of Assam, queries on Novel Corona virus Disease (COVID-19). Among others, IGP Kashmir Shri Vijay Kumar, DIG deaths and Ganderbal has 3341 positive cases (in- which will be connected to road, rail, air and water- The bulletin has informed that the Directorate of CKR Shri Amit Kumar, SSP Srinagar Dr Haseeb cluding 21 cases reported today) with 230 active pos- ways. This is being developed in 317-acre land along Indian Systems of Medicine, J&K is distributing Mughul, AIG Welfare/Communication PHQ Shri itive cases, 3081 recoveries (including 44 cases recov- the Brahmaputra. Shri Gadkari said, the first phase AYUSH Medicines having immunity boosting, im- Manoj Pandit and other officers of Srinagar district ered today) and 30 deaths. of construction is scheduled to be completed by 2023. muno-modulator, anti-oxidant, rejuvenator, anti- were present on the occasion. He informed that works worth Rs 280 crore have al- stress, metabolism regulator, anti-allergic, anti- Later DIG CKR Shri Amit Kumar distributed blan- Similarly, Jammu has 16340 positive cases (includ- ready been awarded, including Rs 171 crore for road pyretic, antitussives, bronchodilator, etc properties kets among the families of martyrs. ing 118 cases reported today) with 1057 active posi- construction, Rs 87 crore for erecting the structure, NEWS 3 Daily Jammu, Wednesday October 21, 2020 MCs organise "My Town My Pride" MC is only authority for approving building permissions with in limits : Visiting Officer program 19 & 20 oct 2020 JAMMU RISING JAMMU RISING Akhnoor Romesh Kumar, Tehsil- the program people were made JAMMU, OCT 20 JAMMU, OCT 20 dar Akhnoor and President MC aware about the need of having ra- The two days long programme The municipal committees Akhnoor Surinder Kumar and tion card, voter ID card, domicile concluded today "My Town My Akhnoor and Bishna organised an other officials. certificate , ahhar card and other Pride" at Dak Bunglow , Bhader- ambitious urban outreach pro- The number of departments on important documents so that wah for achieving the goal of two gramme at Government Boys the occasion create full awareness everyone should get benefit of the day long programme to empower Higher Secondary School Akhnoor about the people beneficiary ori- welfare schemes. The departments the urban local bodies living in and Girls Higher School Bishna re- ented development schemes avail- also create awareness about the towns with governance and their spectively to create an awareness able in their departments and the process and approach of availing doorsteps and ensure on spot re- among masses about the various process of availing benefit of such these documents and schemes. dressal of their issues and griev- schemes and programmes schemes without any hurdle.The On the occasion Media Axix ances. My town My pride calls for launched by the government of In- grievance redressal and participa- Agency headed by sandeep koul reaching out to urban population dian for the welfare of its people tory planning process was also part staged a Nukad Natak at both the with governance at their and development activities. of the program. places Akhnoor and Bishna to doorsteps.In Dak Bunglow a con- At Akhnoor, the program was at- In Bishna, the municipal com- highlight various issues and their clusion programme under my town tended by officials of many depart- mitte also organised a program on timely solution for keeping our en- my pride programme under the su- ments which include Joint Finan- "My Town My Pride" , which was vironment clean . The artists by pervision of visiting officer town cided that the building permis- sal all genuine demands and griev- cial Commissioner Agrarian attended by Dir Edu Jammu Anu- their actions attract the attention Pawan Singh Rathore Additional sions would be sanctioned and ap- ances as soon then we strong gross Reforms in the office of FC Rev- radha Gupta , officials of various of audiance about the need of Secretary Hospitality and Protocol proved by Municipal Committee roots levels and foundation stone enue Farooq Ahamad Shah, Deputy departments , chairman mc Bishna Swachh Bharat Abhiyan for clean Department and that other Nodal Bhaderwah as per Municipal Act was also laid for purposed shop- Dir Urban Local Bodies Sana Khan, Rajan Sharma, VC and councillors surroundings and healthy lifestyle and tehsil officers included ADC 2000 as was practiced in past and ping complex at new bus stand SDM Akhnoor Gopal Singh, EO MC of the committee. of masses. Bhaderwah Rakesh Kumar , ASP no authority would over lap in the Bhaderwah , park at Mohalla Bhaderwah Raj Singh Gouria ,Dr functioning of the Municipal Com- Kahkhal and renovation of spring Shahid Rehman Moghal , Execu- mittee Bhaderwah . Visiting offi- near college link road Bhaderwah tive officer Yusuf Ul Umar Bhat cer also listening public griev- and a cleanliness drive was also The Business School Bhaderwah Campus were present the programme. In ances, demands and other issues, conducted at community hall the review meeting it was also de- organizes one day National Webinar he also directed to officials redres- Bhaderwah . JAMMU RISING ation in India for organising this Samriddhi Scheme, securities mar- Hands on Training on National Generic Document JAMMU, OCT 20 webinar. He expressed that man- ket etc. The next speaker Mr. Dilip The Business School Bhaderwah agement of personal funds is the Singhal, Manager NSDL E-gover- Campus University of Jammu in key to success in the life of every in- nance Infra Ltd. spoke on NPS. His Registration System, e-stamping begins at Srinagar collaboration with Association of dividual and that this webinar will address cleared many doubts of gar, Masarat Hashim, Mutual Funds in India organized a definitely help the participants. employees under NPS. He ex- shared the post online reg- national webinar on the title “Strat- Prof. Gupta further added that the plained the various nuances asso- istration experiences of Sri- egy for Managing Personal Finance present webinar is an attempt by ciated with NPS. Mr. Manish nagar district with the par- – During and after Covid19”. 274 TBS, Bhaderwah Campus to help Sharma, Manager NSDL spoke on ticipants and asked them to take advantage of these ex- participants got registered for the various sections of society to learn the Demat account and made the periences and move to on- webinar out of which 140 partici- as to how to manage their finances participants aware of the various line mode in an easiest way. pated. The participants were from in the present scenario of Covid-19. risks prevailing in the financial During the programme, various states of India and abroad. He further informed that the market. He also guided the partici- Rafiq Ahmad Jaral, Tehsil- The webinar started with the wel- Bhaderwah Campus will keep or- pants about secure investments. dar in the office of Finan- come address by Dr. Umesh ganizing such types of events in fu- The presentations were followed by cial Commissioner Rev- Choudhary who was also the con- ture also. He also extended his threadbare discussion and ques- enue gave a live vener of the webinar. Dr. Choud- heartfelt gratitude to the key note tions on the topics covered in the aimed at up scaling the ca- Unit (SDU) Pune gave a demonstration on mode of hary introduced the theme of the speakers for kindly agreeing to be webinar.Webinar ended with vote JAMMU RISING pabilities of officers and of- power point presentation online registration of prop- Webinar to the participants. Prof. a part of this webinar.Shri Surya of thanks by Dr. Kuljit Singh Acad- JAMMU, OCT 20 ficials of Registration de- on introduction of NGDRS erties under NGDRS with Rahul Gupta, Rector Bhaderwah Kant Sharma, Sr Consultant- North emic Coordinator and Co- con- partment for complete through virtual mode, the assistance of SDU Pune Campus who was also the Patron of India, AMFI, who was the keynote vener of the Webinar to all the dele- A week long Hands on switchover to online regis- while as Harmandeep and NIC J&K. The participants ex- the Webinar delivered the presi- speaker for the webinar shared his gates. He expressed his special Training programme on tration of properties in the Singh expert of Stockhold- National Generic Docu- valley for better facilitation ing Corporation of India pressed their gratitude to dential address. He insisted on the knowledge and expertise on vari- thanks to Dr. Sunil Bhardwaj, Dr. Inspector General Regis- need of such valuable events in the ous investment avenues available Rohit Bhagat, Mr. Mohammed ment Registration System of the citizens besides re- Limited (SHCIL) gave a live (NGDRS) and e-stamping tration, J&K, Dr. Pawan present scenario. He appreciated in the market viz. real estate, gold, Avais, Dr. Subhash Chander and moving any ambiguities of demonstration on e-stamp- began here today. the present registration ing. Kotwal for arranging the the efforts made by both Dr. Umesh Government/RBI bonds, corporate Mr. Sabzaar Ahmad Wagay for pro- Under phase I of the process. Earlier, Registrar Srina- training at Srinagar. Choudhary, the Convener of the bonds, Government schemes (Post viding unflinching support for the training programme, the Gulzar Shabnam fur- webinar and Mutual Funds Associ- office schemes, PPF, NPS, Sukanya successful conduct of this webinar. Registrars and Sub-Regis- ther said that through NG- MC conducts mega event to mark culmination trars of Budgam and Gan- DRS, citizens can upload derbal districts along with their documents on website of ‘My Town My Pride’ programme their supporting staff domain ngdrs.gov.in once SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 20: To bridge the gap be- would be imparted training the online registration tween Government and the people, a grand event on the while the Registrars and takes off by the end of this culmination of ‘My Town My Pride’ programme was held to- Sub-Registrars of Bara- month in all districts of the day at Srinagar Municipal Corporation Office, Karanagar, mulla, Bandipora, Kup- Valley. Srinagar. wara, Pulwama, Shopian, AIGR, Kashmir asked The programme was attended by Principal Secretary, Kulgam and Anantnag dis- the participants to take Home Department, Shaleen Kabra, Deputy Commissioner tricts shall be trained under maximum benefit of the Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Chaudhry, Vice President KVIB, phase II and phase III of practical training pro- Miss Heena Bhat, Acting Mayor, Parveez Qadri, Commis- the programme in coming gramme and act as Master sioner SMC, Gazanfar Ali, Corporators and other officers. days. Trainers to train the entire While congratulating SMC and Councillors for successful Speaking during the in- human resource of the de- conduct of ‘My Town My Pride’ programme, Principal Sec- augural ceremony of the partment in their respec- retary said that the development demands for Srinagar city programme, Additional In- tive places. are always greater and it becomes prime concern of the Cor- spector General of Regis- On inaugural day of porators to identify and fulfill public needs in their respec- tration, Kashmir, Gulzar training programme, Ra- tive wards. He said this ambitious programme is an initiative Ahmad Shabnum said that jesh D.Bhusra, Scientist, to empower people and address their demands and griev- the training programme is Software Development ances on priority. 4 Daily Jammu Rising NEWS Jammu, Wednesday October 21, 2020 Apni Party seeks Govt's attention Lt Governor meets NEET topper growth and community towards promotion of sports JAMMU RISING development in the re- JAMMU, OCT 20 gion’, the Lt Governor ob- served. JAMMU RISING Lieutenant Governor, The 18-year-old Basit JAMMU, OCT 20 Manoj Sinha met J&K who hails from Narwa NEET topper Basit Bilal area of Pulwama was ac- Seeking attention of Govt Khan here at the Raj Bha- companied by his father towards the promotion of van today. Sh. Bilal Ahmad Khan and supports, Apni Party The Lt Governor con- Chief Education Officer, Provincial President and gratulated the topper for Applauding the efforts deserve every opportunity Pulwama, Ms. Soni Former Minister Manjit his extraordinary feat and of young NEET qualifiers to achieve their dreams, Sonam. He has scored 695 Singh today appealed for commended him for set- from across the Union and it is our duty to pro- marks out of 720, securing improvement in infrastruc- ting an incredible example Territory, the Lt Governor vide the resources and 99.98 percentile in the ture at the district level in a for all the youngsters. “I remarked that he is well support they need to suc- NEET-2020 exam, the re- bid to attract youth towards wish him many more lau- aware of the inherent ceed”, he said. sult of which was declared the mainstream. rels in the future. He rep- strengths of people of the ‘These achievements go recently. The sports activities have resents our future and his region and the govern- a long way to make posi- The Lt Governor ex- always played a positive role hard work and persever- ment is committed to pro- tive changes in the society tended congratulations to in the development of any ance are going to inspire viding the requisite envi- and all these young all the qualifiers and society and the same needs many to achieve their ronment for their achievers will be the key wished them success in to be done in Jammu and not available for the hockey Singh. ing before the group of goals”, he added. progress.“Our youngsters drivers of socio-economic their future endeavours. Kashmir by the Govern- players across Jammu espe- He said that “The increas- youth who joined the Apni ment, observed former min- cially,” the Former Minister ing narcotics smuggling and Party. Prominent among ister Manjit Singh in his ad- said. consumption in three dis- those who joined the party dress to the sportsmen. He said that the sports- tricts of Jammu plains have included Harjot Singh, Har- These sports men had men have alleged that the worried police and security winder Singh, Vishal Chib, Brigadier Cdr visits at Nagotra NCC camp come to the Apni Party of- coaches are not available, agencies. Besides, destroy- Avneet Singh, Manjder fice at Gandhi Nagar and there is poor infrastruc- ing the families and society Singh, Tarandeep Singh, through Simranjeet Singh ture and no play grounds for as a whole, the drug addic- Tanishpreet Singh, Gunjot in which they highlighted hockey players in Jammu tion has affected national Singh, Sanandeep Singh, their issues after facing neg- and Kashmir. security.” Rajinder Singh, Sandeep ligence from the Govt and “Having one hockey sta- He said that the Govt Singh and Harpreet Singh. Sports Departments. dium in Jammu district should take into account the Those who were present “There is complete silence does not mean that the role of the sports depart- on occasion included of the Govt on the promo- sports department has ment in promotion of sports Pranav Shagotra, Gourav tion of sportsmanship and played its role. They had to activities in all the districts. Kapoor, Raqeeq Ahmed the decisions are only con- develop infrastructure at the “We should involve youth in Khan, JP Singh, Dalbir fined to the files and office district level and it has mis- sports to keep them away Singh, Jagmeet Singh Bali, meetings. The grounds are erably failed to perform on from addiction,” he said. Vaibhav Mattoo, Vishal Zut- the ground,” said Manjit Manjit Singh was speak- shi among others. Salal Power Station dedicates 1.25 lakh ltr water tank to Bidda village

JAMMU RISING where 203 cdts of NCC are pandemic and imparts and participation in social JAMMU, OCT 20 JAMMU RISING undergoingtraining. comprehensive training in service and community JAMMU, OCT 20 Brigadier laid emphasis health & hygiene and development activities. Salal Power Station dedi- on safety of cadets and in- other social service activ- He also interacted with cated a water tank with the Brigadier Satish Kumar structed staff to make ities. cadets and Training staff capacity of 1.25 lacs liters to GP Cdr NCC GP HQ cadets aware of social dis- He addressed the cadets regarding the conduct of the Villagers of village Bidda Jammu visited the NCC tance and wearing mask in and stressed on disci- training and other camp which was built under training Camp Nagrota view of ongoing covid pline/creative thinking, administrative aspects. NHPC's Corporate Social Responsibility-Sustainable Development Scheme HC directs GMC to grant admission to (CSR-SD) at a cost of ap- proximately Rs12 lakhs with a view to providing suffi- petitioner in Common Pool Quote ciently clean drinking water JAMMU RISING lege, Chandigarh to grant ination, the petitioner was as usual no response was in Bidda village by Smt. admission to the peti- just to approach the col- given by the authority con- Neena Devi, Block Chair- JAMMU, OCT 20 In a petition filed by tioner in the session com- lege for deposit of fee and cerned. It's nothing else man, block Arnas. On this Taseen Naiz Malik seeking mencing in 2020-21. For he was not to participate in but shirking responsibil- occasion, in addition to a direction for his admis- the purpose, one addi- counseling. The cause of ity. Hence, in my opinion, NHPC officials, Sarpanch of sion in MBBS course in tional seat shall be created action is a bundle of facts the petitioner does not de- local panchayat, Panches supply of water will be possi- is constantly striving to pro- speed of the proposed works Government Medical Col- as no other candidate in and if seen in totality, part serve to be granted any along with large number of ble by automatic gravity. vide various mass facilities covered under CSR-SD was lege, Chandigarh against any of the category, who is of cause of action had compensation. villagers were also present. It is pertinent to state here to the populace of this vil- slowed downbut nonethe- Central Pool Quota seat al- to get admission in the col- arisen in J&K, hence this Earlier, only a water tank that the Bidda village has lage. less, out of the above, lotted to the Union Terri- lege for the current session court has the jurisdiction Court further ob- should suffer on this ac- to entertain the lis. As far served that the argument been adopted by Salal Many skill development 125000 liters capacity big tory of Jammu and Kash- with a capacity of 30000 count. The college will as award of compensation raised by counsel for the liters was used to supply wa- Power Station as "Adarsh- workshops have also been water tank has been com- mir. Justice Rajesh Bindal af- complete the formalities to the petitioner is con- respondents that there is ter to the entire village. Gaon"under the Corporate arranged by Salal Power pleted and dedicated today. ter hearing Adv Navyug required for the purpose. cerned, in addition to the no prayer made in the peti- Whereas, due to lack of ade- Social Responsibility-Sus- Station in Bidda village in Besides, the construction Sethi for the petitioner, Justice Bindal further admission in the current tion for grant of admission quate power supply in the tainable Development the past. Apart from this, work of 2.5 km road and re- observed that that in case observed that as far as the session is concerned, the for the current session, village the pumps used to fill scheme (CSR-SD) of NHP- SwachhtaAbhiyan and free taining wall costing about the candidate is not at argument raised by argument has to be no- hence, the writ petition de- the water tank could not run Cunder which a plan is pro- medical camps have also Rs 105 lakhs is also in fault and had been follow- learned counsel for the ticed and rejected for the serves to be dismissed. properly due to which the posed to undertake various been organized by the Salal progress. Other proposed ing his case diligently, he Medical College that this reason that it is not a case The argument does not villagers were not able to get works in the areas of health, Power Station in Bidda vil- works will also be started should not be denied ad- Court does not have the ju- in which fault can solely be carry any weight as prayer sufficient water. With the sanitation, safe drinking lage from time to time. soon after the budget be- mission. The admission risdiction to entertain the attributed to the Medical made in the writ petition is lis, suffice to state that it is College for denying admis- for grant of admission to construction of this big tank, water, education, etc. NHPC Due to Covid-19, the comes available. can be granted even in next session with a direc- not a case related to ad- sion to the petitioner. It the petitioner to the first tion to create additional mission in the Govern- was on account of prevail- year MBBS course in the seat. At the time of hearing ment Medical College, ing circumstances in the 2019-20 session, in view of 100 mw Unit#1 of 300 mw Chamera-II Power Station it transpired that the Gov- Chandigarh only, where Union Territory of J&K the selection and recom- ernment Medical College, the petitioner was to apply (erstwhile State of J&K) mendations made by the Chandigarh has the sanc- and participate in the that the process of nomi- respondent Nos. 2 and 3 of NHPC restored and synchronized successfully tioned strength of 150 counseling, which was to nation was delayed and under Central Pool Quota seats for MBBS. The peti- take place at Chandigarh. thereafter the Medical Col- allotted to J&K, vide com- tioner is a sufferer of the It is a case in which the pe- lege had been directed for munication dated JAMMU RISING circumstances, which were titioner was nominated by admission of a student by 27.09.2019. Omnibus JAMMU, OCT 20 beyond his control. He had BOPEE in J&K for admis- Hon'ble the Supreme prayer is also there in the been nominated for ad- sion against Central Pool Court. writ petition. In any case, NHPC successfully re- mission for the session Quota seat to the Govern- The action was taken by the courts can always stored 100 MW UNIT#1 of commencing in 2019-20, ment Medical College, it considering that one seat mould the relief, which a its 300 MW Chamera-II however, could not get ad- Chandigarh. The process was lying vacant. In fact, litigant deserves to be Power Station of located mission. Hence, in my of selection for nomina- for filling up that seat, the granted instead of pushing in Chamba District, Hi- opinion, a direction is re- tion for Central Pool matter had earlier been him to protracted litiga- quired to be issued to the Quota seats was carried taken up with Medical tion and keeping the mat- machal Pradesh and has out in J&K. After his nom- Council of India. However, ter pending. successfully synchronized Government Medical Col- with the Northern Grid at 01:14 Hrs on 19th October 2020. Final Tests and Jammu interest sacrosanct, uncompromisable: Rana Synchronization activities JAMMU RISING belief of fooling the people, they actu- is because secularism has been the were successfully carried JAMMU, OCT 20 ally got exposed for their ill-will and bedrock of the party which has sur- out in-houseby the team Saying that Jammu interest is vested interest. Jammu suffered the vived most turbulent times during of NHPC Engineers. sacrosanct and uncompromisable, most during their nightmarish part- the past seven decades, he added. Unit #1 and Unit#2 of National Conference Provincial nership with a party they opposed Speaking on the occasion, former Chamera-II Power Station were under outage due to President Mr Devender Singh Rana for about a decade ferociously, he minister Mr Surjeet Singh Slathia fire incidents on today reiterated that any attempt to said and referred to injustice meted slammed those playing mute to 07/08/2019 in which Sta- trample this sacred trust of the peo- out in employment, development grave injustice meted out to youth tors of both the Units were ple will be resisted tooth and nail. and implementation of various because self interest was dearer to damaged. The restoration “Letting down Jammuties has schemes. The entire development them than the Jammu interest work was a herculean task cost the self-styled Messiahs the exercise undertaken over the years Mr Slathia observed that ignoring as it involved integrating most with people sending a terse got fractured due to the self-centric the Jammu interest tantamount to new components into message that their sentiments can’t approach of the perpetrators of in- insulting the self-respecting people, around 17 years old Units. NHPC through its in- be exploited anymore”, Mr Rana justice, he maintained. who have always been large hearted. house competencies ac- said while welcoming new entrants The Provincial President said that He said the time is not far when the complished the task de- into the National Conference at a appreciating the sensitivities of dif- people will make the exploiters ac- spite various odds and brief function here this afternoon. ferent regions and sub-regions, Na- countable for their sins committed amidst COVID-19 out- the Govt. norms & direc- in the process made the once again proved its break. tives were some of the key synchronization possible. He lamented that the Jammu re- tional Conference has formulated a against Jammu. worth in the area of Test- Arrangement of Mater- challenges addressed dur- Restoration activities gion’s interest was hugely compro- road-map in the format of regional Senior leader Advocate Muzaffar ing& Commissioning of ial, ensuring onsite avail- ing the restoration for Unit #2 are also in full mised in recent years, with the so- autonomy that envisions equal op- Khan welcomed the new entrants, Hydropower Units. The ability of Contractor's Per- process. Round-the-clock swing and expected to be called protectors turning portunities of progress and develop- hoping their dynamism will help Unit was restored over- sonnel, their quarantine work&dedicated efforts of restored and synchro- coming all hurdles and perpetrators and inflicting scars on ment for all, irrespective of caste, re- further reinvigorating the National arrangements in line with all the personnel involved nized very soon. multiple challenges faced public psyche. Under the mistaken gion, sub-regions and religion. This Conference at grass roots level 5 Daily Jammu Rising NEWS Jammu, Wednesday October 21, 2020 Justice Gita Mittal inaugurates first ‘My Town, My Pride’: HED Secy reviews ever ‘Family Court’ in Srinagar development scenario in Kathua MC JAMMU RISING She also suggested that the with J&K, Justice Tashi Rabstan; mem- JAMMU RISING JAMMU, OCT 20 the Court set up for such family mat- bers Family Court Committee, High JAMMU, OCT 20 In a first in the history of Jammu ters, it is imperative for presiding of- Court J&K, Justice Sindhu Sharma, and Kashmir, Chief Justice of ficers to be committed to protect the Justice Rajnesh Oswal also spoke Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education Depart- Jammu and Kashmir High Court, institution of marriage and to pro- and gave a brief overview about the ment (HED) Talat Parvez Gita Mittal today inaugurated a mote settlement of dispute through establishing of family court in J&K. Rohella- the Visiting Officer Family Court at District Court Com- reconciliation and counseling. Principal District and Sessions for Kathua MC, today plex Srinagar. “With the establishment of family Judge, Srinagar, Abdul Rashid Malik presided over the proceed- Addressing the inaugural func- court, J&K made an effort to de- presented vote of thanks saying that ings of ‘My Town, My Pride’ tion, Chief Justice observed that the velop a sensitive system and pro- the family court has been set up with programme and reviewed objective of establishing family cessing of family matters expedi- an objective to tackle a heavy backlog the development scenario in court in J&K is to ensure speedy jus- tiously, at the first place. We of cases pertaining to family matters the Municipal areas of the tice and inexpensive relief in family recognize that the proceeding before and hear them in congenial atmos- Town. matters with least formalities. family court are conciliatory and not phere, different from the intimidat- DDC Kathua O.P Bhagat, She highlighted background adversary as ours is a land of diversi- ing ones at regular courts. He said Chairman Municipal Coun- about the history of establishing of fied culture, local customs and vari- the family court would ensure a con- cil Kathua Naresh Kumar, Executing Officer Kathua family courts across India and the ous conventions,” she maintained. genial environment to deal with Municipal Council and enactment of Family Courts Act She said that so far 1100 cases matters such as marriage, divorce, other district officers were 1984 and its subsequent enactment have been recognized and trans- child custody and others. also present. in J&K after the promulgation of ferred to Srinagar family court and Earlier, Justice Gita Mittal in- Speaking on the occasion, J&K Reorganization Act 2019. “It such figures may increase as the spected a Guard of Honour and also Commissioner Secretary was a long journey for J&K to estab- process of identification of cases is inspected various sections of the said that Public outreach lish a family court, but I am confi- underway. family court at District Court Com- programme ‘My Town, My dent that we were capable to make She emphasized for urgency to es- plex Jammu. Pride’ was an effort to the family court a success in this re- tablish family courts in every district On the occasion, all the High strengthen Urban Local gion,” she reaffirmed. saying as soon as resources and man Court of J&K Judges, Advocate Gen- Bodies by coordinating, and Chief Justice Mittal added that it is power is available the process would eral, J&K, DC Raina, DGP, Dilbagh; interacting with frontline departments to achieve ur- not only to ensure speedy and inex- be started so as to ensure expedi- Secretary Law and Parliamentary well with its tax collection active sessions with front besides handing over 10 ban development targets. and revenue generation ef- line departments and ULB cheques to the PMAY and pensive justice but the parties in- tious justice in family court matters. Affairs, Achal Sethi, Divisional He said the public outreach volved in the matter would be hav- “We have already undertaken an Commissioner Kashmir, PK Pole, forts which can be enhanced members of Kathua Munic- employment generation in towns and service deliv- by adopting methods mutu- ipal Council to discuss the scheme beneficiaries. ing privacy in personal areas of exercise for which the committee is IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar; Deputy ery at doorsteps was an- dispute and difficulties relating to working on and is identifying space Commissioner Srinagar, Shahid ally decided by the Council plan of activities for short At Municipal committee other key objective of the members. and long term goals. He as- Nagri-Parole, the Visiting the family matters. She also thanked for the family court in Jammu and Iqbal Chaudhary and Registrar Gen- two day event. He said local government sured that the Town Under- Officer Mohammed Saleem Chairman Family Court Committee, hopefully we will shortly establish a eral J&K attended the inaugural Rohella said the two day entities have key roles in im- ground Sewerage Plan will (Director Tribal Affairs, High Court of J&K, Justice Tashi family court in Jammu also as well function via virtual mode while as programme was devised on plementing initiatives like be taken up with higher au- J&K) inaugurated lanes Rabstan for expeditious journey of as in other districts,” she added. Judicial Officers, government advo- the line of ‘Back to Village’ Swachh Bharat Mission, thorities for necessary ap- constructed at an estimated setting up of the family court in re- On the occasion, Chairman Family cates and others were also present to reach out to the people Open Defecation Free and proval and funds. cost of Rs 12 lacs. markable speed. Court Committee, High Court of during the event. living in towns and cities Waste management besides Meanwhile, similar activ- At Municipal committee and get feedback on the strengthening civic ameni- ities were held in other Hiranagar, Visiting Officer working of the depart- ties in fast expanding urban Muncipal townships of the Angrez Singh Rana, (MD ments. He said the public areas. District. At Municipal com- JKRTC) laid foundation DSEJ organises Webinar on ‘Breast Cancer service delivery at the Earlier, Principal Secre- mittee Basohli, Visiting Offi- stone for Extension of com- doorsteps of the people was tary inaugurated Commu- cer Anuradha Rani (Mem- munity hall and public park another good feature which nity Sanitary Complex at ber, J&K Special Tribunal) in Hiranagar town. He also Disease- Early Detection Saves Lives will give new dimension to Kalibari and Shaheedi handed over cheques of Rs gave away cheques to a the people centric gover- Chowk completed at an es- 3 Lakh to beneficiaries to PMAY beneficiary, 5 JAMMU RISING platforms which included HOIs, toms and treatment available for nance. timated cost of Rs 24 lakh start business under Na- cheques to the beneficiaries JAMMU, OCT 20 teachers, adolescent girls, students breast cancer. She stressed upon ‘The awareness compo- by Sulabh International. He tional Urban Livelihood of self employment scheme Directorate of School Education and members of the society. self-examination to be conducted nent by different depart- also laid the foundation Mission and laid the foun- and golden Health Cards Jammu in collaboration with While inaugurating the session, by girls and women so as to know ments during two days will stone of Parking-cum- dation stone of lane work at under Ayushman scheme. Medanta Hospital Gurugram or- Anuradha Gupta, Director School about any changes and consult the upgrade the knowledge of shopping Complex at ward no 3 of Basohli town. At Municipal committee ganised a webinar on ‘Breast Cancer Education Jammu emphasised on specialist on time. urban people about several Mukherjee Chowk of At Municipal committee Billawar, the Visiting Offi- Disease – Early Detection Saves the importance of the topic, saying Queries raised by participants re- schemes and services of Kathua town. He also par- Lakhanpur, the Visiting Of- cer Preduman Krishan government departments Lives’ for creating awareness about that the awareness about breast lated to breastfeeding, oral contra- ticipated in the Greh ficer Nawab Din (Regional Bhat, (Additional Commis- which can be availed by fol- this disease among Adolescent cancer needs to be spread so that ceptives, hormone replacement Parvesh ceremony of newly Director, Land and Sur- sioner, Commercial Taxes) lowing well explained pro- constructed house of a veys) distributed cheques of gave cheques to the tune of Girls and Female Staff of School Ed- girls and women who are shy to dis- therapy, breast reconstruction, cedures’, Rohella expressed. ucation Department. cuss such issues openly may get ac- treatment options,etc. were also ad- PMAY(U) beneficiary. Rs 10000 each to 19 benefi- Rs 41666 each among 24 Rohella said the Kathua Earlier, the Commis- ciaries of Prime Minister beneficiaries of PMAY(U) Director School Education quainted about its early symptoms dressed by the resource person . Municipal Council is doing sioner Secretary held inter- Street Vendors Nidhi Yojna scheme. Jammu, Anuradha Gupta, presided and share this knowledge with oth- Romesh Sharma, Head Coun- over the session while Dr. Kanchan ers, especially girls. She encouraged selling Cell DSEJ coordinated this Kour, Director Medanta Divisional the participants to ask more and webinar whereas Alka Sharma, Health Services was the Resource more questions about breast cancer Team Member, Cultural and Edu- Advisor Sharma inaugurates 2 skill Person. More than two thousand without any hesitation from Dr. cational Cell DSEJ moderated the participants attended this session Kanchan Kour. proceedings of the session. Mr. So- development courses at ICICI Skills Academy Live and subsequently many more Dr. Kanchan Kour, Director hail Wani, incharge IT cell, pro- took the benefit of the webinar Medanta Divisional Health Services vided the required technical sup- through various other social media threw light on the causes, symp- port. Udhampur: Dr Kotwal reviews performance of revenue department Appreciates progress of Jamabandi writing JAMMU RISING platforms which included HOIs, toms and treatment available for JAMMU, OCT 20 teachers, adolescent girls, students breast cancer. She stressed upon Directorate of School Education and members of the society. self-examination to be conducted Jammu in collaboration with While inaugurating the session, by girls and women so as to know Medanta Hospital Gurugram or- Anuradha Gupta, Director School about any changes and consult the ganised a webinar on ‘Breast Cancer Education Jammu emphasised on specialist on time. Disease – Early Detection Saves the importance of the topic, saying Queries raised by participants re- Lives’ for creating awareness about that the awareness about breast lated to breastfeeding, oral contra- this disease among Adolescent cancer needs to be spread so that ceptives, hormone replacement Girls and Female Staff of School Ed- girls and women who are shy to dis- therapy, breast reconstruction, JAMMU RISING Shakti Nagar. courses namely Office Ad- that the twin courses would ucation Department. cuss such issues openly may get ac- treatment options,etc. were also ad- JAMMU, OCT 20 Deputy Commissioner ministration and Selling run for 3 months free of cost Director School Education quainted about its early symptoms dressed by the resource person . Jammu, (CEO Jammu Skills, and Electric & Home and every student will get Jammu, Anuradha Gupta, presided and share this knowledge with oth- Romesh Sharma, Head Coun- Advisor to Lieutenant Smart City Limited), appliances have been intro- 100 percent placement after over the session while Dr. Kanchan ers, especially girls. She encouraged selling Cell DSEJ coordinated this Governor K K Sharma today Sushma Chauhan, Regional duced to benefit the local completion of the course. Kour, Director Medanta Divisional the participants to ask more and webinar whereas Alka Sharma, inaugurated two Skill devel- Head ICICI Bank, Kuldeep candidates. Fifteen candi- It was informed that over Health Services was the Resource more questions about breast cancer Team Member, Cultural and Edu- opment courses at ICICI Raj Gupta and other staff dates will be trained in Offi- 240 students will be trained Person. More than two thousand without any hesitation from Dr. cational Cell DSEJ moderated the Academy for Skills. members of the Institute cial Administration and every year by the Academy. were present on the occa- Selling Skills, while 13 stu- On the occasion, the Ad- participants attended this session Kanchan Kour. proceedings of the session. Mr. So- The Courses have been launched in collaboration sion. dents would be trained in visor along with DC visited Live and subsequently many more Dr. Kanchan Kour, Director hail Wani, incharge IT cell, pro- with Jammu Smart City Giving details of the Electric and Home appli- each block of the Academy took the benefit of the webinar Medanta Divisional Health Services vided the required technical sup- Limited and Government courses, the concerned offi- ances course. and inquired about the fa- through various other social media threw light on the causes, symp- port. Polytechnic for Women cials informed that two It was further informed cilities. Sharma gives away sanction orders to ‘My Town My Pride’ culminates at Kulgam orchardists under beneficiary oriented schemes JAMMU RISING who projected various demands vided to the people with the JAMMU, OCT 20 and problems seeking an early re- aim to increase green cover Multifarious activities across dressal to the same. in Jammu city, to produce Frisal, Kulgam, Devsar and Kulgam Meanwhile, Kansal chaired a organic fruits for home con- towns marked culmination of am- meeting with Deputy Commis- sumption and also to reduce bitious ‘My Town My Pride’ pro- sioner, Kulgam, MD KPDCL, Chief pollution in the atmosphere. gramme here today. Engineer Distribution, Joint Direc- In this regard, Principal Secre- tor Planning and other officers to Sanction letters of vari- tary, Power Development Depart- review functioning of PDD in dis- ous beneficiary oriented ment and Information, Rohit trict Kulgam. schemes of the department Kansal, today laid foundation stone Present on the occasion were were also distributed to the for various development projects Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam, Orchardists by the Advisor on the spot. besides inaugurating modern Earlier, the Principal Secretary He also participated in plantation Showkat Aijaz Bhat, Managing Di- JAMMU RISING Ground under the My Town Different kinds of fruits slaughter house at Chatabal Kul- inaugurated divisional level work- drive at Boys Higher Secondary rector KPCL, Mohammad Aijaz and My Pride programme. produced in Jammu were gam which was a long pending de- shop at grid station which has come School Chawalagam and planted other officers besides ULB mem- JAMMU, OCT 20 A large number of people displayed at the stall and mand of the people. He also laid up with a cost of Rs 97.59 lakh. saplings there. He interacted with bers. visited the venue to avail 90 queries of the people re- foundation stone for 33KV, Yari- Later, Kansal inspected 6.3 MVA the students and asked them to take Later, Kansal visited revered Advisor to Lieutenant percent subsidy on three garding schemes of the de- pora transmission line which will receiving station at Chawalgam and advantage of every single opportu- Shrine of Hazrat Mir Syed Ali Sim- Governor, K K Sharma to- partment, fruits, fruit streamline the power scenario in directed the concerned to complete nity to become successful person in nanya (RA) here in main town kul- day visited Departmental fruit plants per beneficiary Yaripora and adjacent areas bene- all pending works on station within life. He also interacted with Auqaf gam and prayed for peace, progress stall of Horticulture Depart- being provided by the horti- plants, pests and disease fitting about 1 lakh souls. shortest possible time. Committee Members and locals and prosperity of Jammu and Kash- ment put up here at Parade culture department. The control were discussed in mir. subsidized plants were pro- detail. Jammu Rising 6 Jammu, Wednesday October 21, 2020 EDITORIAL Fifty-eight years later, India-China relationship has HOPE AND CAUTION changed. Inequality has grown ndia may be entering the festival SANJAYA BARU tional Bank for Reconstruction sweeping internal reforms that orably changed after the 2008 GDP was estimated to be $293.6 and Development (IBRD) — now contributed to a massive boost to trans-Atlantic financial crisis. The billion, compared to India’s season on a note of hope. A panel Fifty-eight years ago, Chinese the World Bank — were created, what Chinese scholars have called Chinese economy entered what $293.2 billion. Today, the Chi- troops entered the Indian terri- for parity with China. It was the its Comprehensive National the economist Walt Rostow nese economy is nearly five times Iappointed by the Union Ministry tory to make a point. Historians United States that voted in favour Power (CNP). India, too, began to would have called stage four — the size of India’s in US dollar and international relations schol- of China being given a higher vote pick up and, thanks to the succes- “the drive to maturity”, having terms and almost two-and-a-half of Science and Technology (MST) has ars have spent half a century try- share than India, and John May- sive leadership of Prime Ministers successfully stayed at the wheel times India’s in purchasing power reported a steady decline in COVID-19 ing to explain that unexpected nard Keynes, the intellectual ar- P V Narasimha Rao, Atal Bihari during stage three, “pre-condi- parity terms. Moreover, in terms and first-ever war between the chitect of the IMF and WB, was Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh, tions for take-off” phase from of CNP, which incorporates scien- cases since September 17, when the two Asian giants. The simple deployed to chastise his former the Indian economy began gain- 1990 to 2008. India, on the other tific and technological power and point that Mao Zedong tried to students, who were now Indian ing momentum. hand, has faltered, especially af- human capital formation, China country recorded nearly 98,000 cases make at the time to Jawaharlal government officials, to fall in The so-called “India story” was ter 2012, remaining firmly in out-ranks India many times over. Nehru was that China did not re- line. defined in simple numbers — an stage three. Xi’s confidence is based on the — the highest spike in a day. The graph, gard India an equal. Fifty-eight Independent India, however, annual average rate of growth of To cut a long story short, material foundations of Chinese in fact, has fallen sharply in the first years later, that is precisely the insisted on viewing China as an 3.5 per cent in 1950-80 (close to Nehru’s hubris in the 1950s had power, requiring Modi to adopt a point that Xi Jinping has been equal. Two recently published China’s own rates of around 4 per some historical and material ba- more cautious approach. For all fortnight of October — the number of trying to make to Narendra Modi. books show clearly Nehru’s think- cent), 5.5 per cent in 1980-2000 sis. However, it was not backed ei- the bravado of Modi’s domestic There is, however, one funda- ing along these lines. Francine and 7.5 per cent in 2000-2015. ther by military capability or politics, he has so far walked a active cases fell by about 18 per cent in mental difference. Frankel’s When Nehru Looked China’s great moderniser Deng diplomatic effort. On the other cautious diplomatic path, while In the 1950s, objective circum- East: Origins of India-US Suspi- Xiaoping was willing to tell Prime hand, India under Modi finds it- keeping the powder dry. Modi this period. On Sunday, these numbers stances and material reality of- cion and India-China Rivalry and Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1988 self in a better military and diplo- cannot afford Nehru’s pretence went below the eight-lakh mark for the fered adequate reasons for Nehru Tanvi Madan’s Fateful Triangle: that “Only when China and India matic space. Indeed, Indian for he can easily pay Nehru’s to imagine that India was China’s How China Shaped US-India Re- have developed will a real Asian diplomacy today has been supe- price. To regain global stature, In- first time in six weeks. The mortality equal and he, Mao’s. In 2020, lations During the Cold War offer century emerge”. It was this narra- rior to that in the run-up to 1962. dia has to continue to focus on its Modi would be living in a make- adequate evidence to suggest that tive that fed the popular discourse Nehru paid the price for heeding domestic economic capability and rate is also falling appreciably. If the believe world in case he har- Indian hubris was as responsible best captured in Singapore’s Krishna Menon’s advice. Modi is human capital. There are no short boured any such illusions. Xi for the 1962 border war as Chi- founder-leader’s metaphor of benefitting from S Jaishankar’s cuts to global power and influ- current trend persists, according to the wants him to get the message. nese duplicity. In the two decades Asia being the jet plane that was mature advice and Rajnath ence. panel, the contagion could run its In the 1950s, and indeed till the following the 1962 clash, India taking off, powered by two en- Singh’s quiet leadership. India’s Modi may have sat on the same turn of the century, there were emerged stronger at least in part gines — China and India. The Chi- relations with the Quad countries swing with Xi in Ahmedabad and course in the country by February. The good reasons for Indian leaders to due to the destructive impact of nese were amused by this narra- have added diplomatic muscle to drawn attention to India’s glori- view China as an equal. Apart the Cultural Revolution on tive, given the rapid pace of their an adequately competent military ous past at Mahabalipuram, but past 10 months have, however, shown from civilisational legacies and China’s economy and the benefi- own rise post-1980 and the frame. he and his advisors would know that the virus defies prediction. There cultural factors, the performance cial consequences of the Green slower pace of India’s. However, However, the major power dif- that Xi merely played along, like of both economies allowed them Revolution for the Indian econ- till around 2015, they were will- ferential is economic and techno- Mao did with Nehru. Good is much about the pathogen that to feel so. Indeed, before the two omy. ing to tolerate this view. logical. In 1960, China’s gross do- fences, they say, make for good became independent nations, In- China bolstered its position Prime Minister Modi clearly mestic product (GDP), valued in neighbours. A more impressive remains in the realm of the unknown — dian representatives fought hard over the last quarter of the 20th hoped to build on this foundation. US dollars at 2010 prices, was es- CNP, along with better relations at the Bretton Woods conference, century first by building a strong However, the material basis and timated to have been $128.3 bil- with other neighbours and with in fact, we still do not have a conclusive where the International Mone- alliance with the United States the international environment for lion, while India’s was $148.8 bil- other powers, is the real fence to reason for the slowing down of the tary Fund (IMF) and the Interna- and, second, by carrying out the bilateral relationship had inex- lion. Even as late as 1978, China’s keep. infection rate. The hope generated by reports of the disease being past its Bangladesh’s rise is an opportunity for India, but is peak, therefore, needs to be tempered with caution. overshadowed by negative domestic politics While the jury is out on the precise C. Raja Mohan Bangladesh was never really abad does not. East Asia, including China, In the east, Delhi and Dhaka are small; its population today There is no question that Pak- Japan, South Korea, and Singa- eager to promote greater cooper- impact of the dipping temperature on he International Mone- stands at about 160 million. It is istan’s negative geopolitical pore. The US, which traditionally ation; but there has been little the coronavirus, the recent upsurge of tary Fund’s latest World demographically the eighth- weight in the world will endure, focused on India and Pakistan, political enthusiasm in Kolkata. TEconomic Outlook pub- largest nation in the world. thanks to its muscular foreign has woken up to the possibilities In Assam, the issue of migration cases in Europe suggests that the com- lished last week has triggered But it did not seem to matter. policies driven by the army. in Bangladesh. That the US continues to impose major polit- ing winter will be critical in the battle much outrage in India. The The global interest, of course, Bangladesh does not have an Deputy Secretary of State, ical constraints. provocation was the IMF’s pre- was riveted on Pakistan — its nu- atomic arsenal like Pakistan nor Stephen Biegun, travelled last Prime Minister Narendra against the health crisis. As epidemiol- diction that Bangladesh’s per clear weapons, claims on Kash- does it weaponise violent reli- week from Delhi to Dhaka rather Modi deserves much political capita GDP will overtake that of mir, wars with India, role in gious extremism; but its growing than Rawalpindi, says something credit for getting parliamentary ogist and a member of the MST panel, India this year. The projected dif- Afghanistan and its cosy rela- economic muscle will help about Washington’s changing approval of the boundary settle- Gagandeep Kang, told this newspaper, ference is rather small — $1,888 tionship with international ter- Dhaka steadily accumulate South Asian perspective. ment in 2015, despite the oppo- to $1,877 — and unlikely to last rorism. The economic rise of geopolitical salience in the years Bangladesh does not want to get sition in his own party. The UPA “there is a seasonality associated with beyond this year. But it offered Bangladesh is changing some of ahead. into the fight between Beijing government, which negotiated the spread of viruses and based on that enough ammunition for a politi- that. If there is no end to bad Third, Bangladesh’s economic and Washington, but the great the boundary pact in 2011, could cal attack on the NDA govern- news from Pakistan, Bangladesh growth can accelerate regional power wooing of Dhaka is bound not muster sufficient political experience, it would not be out of place ment’s economic record. provides a positive narrative integration in the eastern sub- to intensify in the new geopoli- support. Modi also accepted the There are many reasons for about the subcontinent’s continent. Whether one likes it tics of the Indo-Pacific. 2014 international arbitration to suggest that the coronavirus might anxiety about India’s economic prospects. or not, the region’s prospects for a Finally, the economic rise of award on the maritime boundary spread in winter”. The high level of par- slowdown in recent years. But in The second implication is collective economic advance are Bangladesh could boost India’s dispute between India and using Dhaka’s impressive eco- about the changing economic rather dim. Thanks to Pakistan’s national plans to accelerate the Bangladesh. ticulate matter in the air of several nomic performance to attack weights of Bangladesh and Pak- opposition to economic cooper- development of its eastern and But the very positive dynamic Delhi’s, India is missing the big- istan in South Asia. This year, ation with India and its support northeastern states. Consider Indian cities during early winter could surrounding the bilateral rela- ger story about the strategic con- Bangladesh’s GDP is expected to for cross-border terror, the main this: Bangladesh’s economy is tionship in Modi’s first term has, increase the vulnerability of those with sequences of Bangladesh’s eco- reach about $320 billion; the regional forum for the subconti- now one-and-a-half times as unfortunately, acquired a nega- nomic rise. IMF did not have the 2020 num- nent, the South Asian Associa- large as that of West Bengal; bet- tive tone in the second amidst the respiratory ailments. A National Centre International development in- bers from Pakistan to report but tion for Regional Cooperation ter integration between the two poisonous rhetoric in India of Disease Control report has warned stitutions are convinced that the in 2019, Pakistan’s economy was (Saarc), is in a coma. would provide a huge boost for around the Citizenship Amend- rest of the subcontinent and de- at $275 billion. Instead of merely praying for eastern India. So would connec- ment Act. There is much room veloping countries around the Even more consequently, while the revival of Saarc, Delhi could the Delhi government of a sharp uptick tivity between India’s landlocked for course correction in Delhi world can learn much from Bangladesh continues to grow, usefully focus on promoting re- Northeast and Bangladesh. and to shift the focus from legacy in COVID-19 cases during the winter. Dhaka’s experience — the so- the IMF suggests that Pakistan’s gionalism among Bangladesh, Undoubtedly, there has been issues to future possibilities. called “Bangladesh model”. Our economy will contract further Bhutan, India and Nepal. The some progress in strengthening Bangladesh is getting ready to The report’s suggestion to the Delhi focus here is different. It is about this year. A decade ago, Pak- BBIN sub-regional forum — in- economic ties and connectivity celebrate the golden jubilee of its the regional implications of istan’s economy was $60 billion volving the four, activated in the between eastern India and government for the festive season — liberation from Pakistan in Bangladesh’s economic success larger than Bangladesh. Today, middle of last decade — has not Bangladesh in recent years. But March next year. Modi, who engage with religious leaders to ensure — five of them stand out. Bangladesh’s weight is bigger advanced fast enough. It is time so much more is possible — those plans to join the celebrations, First, rapid and sustained eco- than Pakistan by the same mar- for Delhi and Dhaka to take a prospects are overshadowed by that celebrations like Durga Puja, must use the special occasion to nomic growth in Bangladesh has gin. fresh look at the forum and find negative politics in India. Dussehra and Chhath Puja remain low- begun to alter the world’s men- A US dollar today gets you 85 ways to widen the scope and pace In Punjab, the chief ministers jointly develop and pursue with tal maps of the subcontinent. Bangladeshi taka and 162 Pak- of BBIN activity. Meanwhile, of both Congress and Akali Dal Dhaka an ambitious framework key affairs — is pertinent for govern- Over the last five decades and istani rupees. The trend line is there is growing interest in have often demanded greater for shared prosperity. That would help India consolidate the ments in most parts of the country. The more, South Asia, for most pur- unlikely to change in the near fu- Bhutan and Nepal for economic economic engagement with West poses, has meant India and Pak- ture — for Bangladesh has con- integration with Bangladesh. Punjab. This sentiment was re- golden chapter in India-Bangla spike in Kerala’s caseload after the istan. The other countries were trolled its population growth and Fourth, the economic success ciprocated by the Sharif brothers relations that Modi has sought to generally described as the Pakistan has not. Dhaka has a of Bangladesh is drawing atten- in Lahore, but crushed by script with Prime Minister week-long Onam festivities in August is “smaller” states of the region. grip over its inflation and Islam- tion from a range of countries in Rawalpindi’s strong resistance. Sheikh Hasina. a warning — festivals can be super- spreaders. Isher Ahluwalia and Devaki Jain fashioned feminism out of lived experience The MST panel report should be seen Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta ography by an Indian woman, were vulnerable to infections; some doubt or the necessity of a rueful accomplishments, the writers of in conjunction with the recent serolog- wo recent autobiographies Breaking Out (2012) by Padma Desai. did not survive. The girls grew up compromise. But they persisted. these spare, reflective life stories also by Indian women econo- The book describes her difficult pas- seeing the stoicism of women, and “Sometimes the most we can do is to include their families, friendships ical studies in several parts of the coun- Tmists describe how they sage from childhood in a traditional the helplessness of widows and un- learn not to be broken by our expe- and connections and their own made their way in a discipline and a middle-class family in Surat, married women. Jain describes her riences, to rebuild our lives with what growth in relation to those with try. They indicate that about 30 per world dominated by men. But they through a painful first marriage, to aunt Andal as the “living example of materials are at hand, bit by bit, whom they interacted. also say much more. In Breaking becoming a successful economist in unpaid family labour, and this was slowly and patiently,” writes Jain. There are lessons to be drawn cent people have been exposed to the Through, the late Isher Judge the US. In a reflective account, she the pattern for all unmarried daugh- As ambitious young girls, they re- from these thoughtfully narrated life virus in urban areas — an ICMR study Ahluwalia recounts in thoughtful, writes about her complicated rela- ters and relatives — stigmatised and alised that education was the way to stories. For academia, historically understated prose how her child- tionship with her parents as well as enslaved”. Desai dedicates her book freedom. Higher education was a shaped at a time when it consisted conducted across 70 districts in the hood — as a young girl from a con- her evolving understanding of her to Kaki, her uncle’s widow, a sad, brave new world of independent liv- mainly of men, it is time to find more servative, middle-class Sikh family, daughter’s choices in a culture differ- silent figure who stayed with them, ing, and freedom of movement and egalitarian ways of working. For a country in September, in fact, points attending a Marwari girls’ school in ent from the one in which she had cared for the children, and did the choices. They built networks of care more equal society, women and men out that this figure could be as low as Calcutta — was the starting point for grown up. cooking. “Were I to charge God with and solidarity with other women. both need fulfilling and decently paid her feminism. In The Brass Note- All three women were born before a case,” she writes, “I would bring my Not least of all, they married men jobs, supportive parental leave, or- seven per cent at the all-India level. By book, Devaki Jain shows how her ap- India attained Independence: Desai Kaki as my first witness.” who regarded them as equals. ganised childcare, and ways to share proach to economic questions was in 1931, Jain in 1933, and Ahluwalia In their own lives, the women dis- The titles of all three books reflect domestic and family responsibilities. all accounts, therefore, it would be pre- shaped by her struggle for freedom in 1945, a year after the Presidency covered that academic success was the authors’ quest for freedom. The Career graphs need not be straight mature to say that the virus has from an affluent but restrictive up- College first started admitting only the first step; there were other narratives describe their intellectual lines. Working conditions can be bringing. Though the two women’s women students. Their fathers were hurdles. A flasher on the Delhi bus; a and emotional growth. These are more flexible. Women’s accomplish- exhausted its supply of vulnerable peo- childhoods could not have been family patriarchs. Their mothers had predator at Oxford; an offensive women who fashioned their femi- ments often depend on help from more different, both knew that educa- married young, with little or no edu- evening on an IMF tour; being nism out of lived experience. other women who care for their chil- ple. The receding rate of infection tion was their path to freedom. cation, which made them ensure that passed over for promotion because What is the measure of a life well- dren and do the domestic work. The should not bring a lowering of guard. Reading their stories, I was re- their daughters went to school. a man needed it more. There were lived? Rather than speaking only work of all women should be recog- minded of another deeply felt autobi- Those were difficult times. Children also moments of agonising self- about themselves and their individual nised and paid for. Daily Jammu Rising 7 SPORTS Jammu, Wednesday October 21, 2020 Struggling CSK to bring in more youngsters; Ahmedabad to host pink ball Test against Dhoni says they have lacked spark England: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly ABU DHABI, OCTO- KOLKATA, OCTO- quality players, they will be BER 20:Chennai Super BER 20:Ahmedabad will fine." Kings coach Stephen host the day-night pink ball As for the domestic sea- Fleming and skipper Ma- Test during England's big- son, the BCCI has decided hendra Singh Dhoni say ticket tour of India early to start the Ranji Trophy that the bottom-placed next year, BCCI president from January 1, and Gan- team will ring in the Sourav Ganguly said here guly said the details would changes in its upcoming on Tuesday. be worked out in the up- IPL matches by trying out England are slated to coming Annual General youngsters even though tour India from January- Meeting (AGM). the Indian is yet to notice March for five Tests and a "The AGM will happen the requisite “spark” in limited overs series. soon and there we will de- them. "Ahmedabad will hold cide about the Ranji Tro- With just three wins the day-night Test," Gan- phy." from 10 matches so far, guly said at the Kolkata Ganguly unveiled a Ben- CSK now have only mathe- Press Club while launching gali book on COVID-19 matical chances of making a book by CPI(M) MLA cluding creating bio-secure their priority was the up- pandemic – Corona, Purba the play-offs. They next Ashok Bhattacharya. bubbles. coming Australia tour, the O Uttar, Nagarayan O take on defending cham- Owing to a surge in Ahmedabad, Dharam- team selection for which Arthaniti – authored by pions on October 23. COVID-19 caseload in In- sala and Kolkata are likely would happen in a few Bhattacharya. “I think it’s fair that we dia in the recent past, there to be the three venues for days. A COVID-19 survivor, will be turning that over,” had been speculations that the Test series, but Ganguly "Before England, we the 71-year-old Bhat- Fleming said after the the series could be shifted said they were yet to take a have Australia series com- tacharya has recounted his seven-wicket loss to Ra- tation ceremony on Mon- But if you look at the tions you are exposed to to the UAE, where the IPL final call. ing up. There will be team experience of overcoming jasthan Royals when day. three-year cycle, we won spinners, it is difficult to 2020 is currently under- "We have made some selection happening in a the deadly virus, in the asked if there will be a “But what this result has the first year, lost the last get the innings underway. way. tentative plans but nothing few days." Ganguly said book. shift from the team’s pol- done is give those young- one last year,” Fleming ex- We lost wickets through- But the BCCI is deter- has been decided as of now. switching to the Test for- Bhattacharya is also the icy of sticking to a squad. sters a chance in the rest of plained. out. The consolidation pe- mined to host England in We still have four months' mat immediately after the chairman of Board of Ad- The three-time winners’ the tournament. Maybe “We always thought the riod became longer. We the country and is explor- time," said Ganguly. IPL won't be a problem for ministrators of the Siliguri poor run this season has going forward we bring third year was an ageing could not get momen- ing all possible options, in- The BCCI president said the players. "They are all Municipal Corporation. put a question-mark on them in and they play group and would be diffi- tum,” Fleming added. the approach and Dhoni, without pressure,” he cult and Dubai has Asked about not bowl- trying to justify it, said added. chanced us with a whole ing a spinner after 12 that the younger lot has Fleming said the cur- new set of requirements. overs, Fleming said: “It’s PV Sindhu in London for ‘nutrition and not done enough to force rent slump should not be “We have some players more of a question for MS, a change, until now. a bolt from the blue for the that we will look at...,” the to be fair,” adding: “They “You don’t want to chop side, which has an average former New Zealand cap- are trying out. Even in and change. Insecurity is age of over 30. tain added. Sharjah, it felt that it goes recovery’, denies reports of 'family rift' something you don’t want “We have been really Fleming said the slow easier towards the NEW DELHI, OCTO- Olympic hopefuls and to prevail in the dressing consistent over the years conditions and some su- evening. They (Smith and BER 20:World Cham- was training with her Ko- room. Also, the young- with our selection. It is fair perb bowling by Royals Buttler) played the spin- pion P V Sindhu on Tues- rean coach Park Tae Sang sters, we didn’t see the to say that looking at the spinners did not let his ners out of the game with day said she is in London ever since Kim Ji Hyun spark to push the guys,” table now, this team has side settle into a rhythm. their partnership, Buttler to work on her nutrition resigned last year. Dhoni said at the presen- run out of a bit of juice. “When in slow condi- batted exceptionally.” and recovery needs with Gopichand refused to due consent of her family respond to Ramana's re- and coaches, denying re- marks. ports of a fallout with ei- "I don't want to re- Boosted by Ferguson's entry, KKR ther of the two even spond to what her father though her father spoke of has to say, if Sindhu says her dissatisfaction with something, I will re- the national camp in Hy- spond," he added. look to make amends vs RCB derabad. The 25-year-old later The Olympic silver- said that there is no issue NEW DELHI, OCT 20: Kuldeep Yadav, who too medallist has been in Lon- between her and the for- Kolkata Knight Riders have was included against SRH af- finally found their mojo with ter being benched for eight don for the last 10 days mer All England cham- the late inclusion of tearaway matches, looked decent along and posted a picture with pion. pacer Lockie Ferguson and with their regular spinner sports nutritionist Re- "Also I do not have any they would look to avenge Varun Chakravarthy. becca Randell of the issues with my coach Mr their first leg rout by the star- RCB, on the other hand, are Gatorade Sports Science Gopichand or the train- studded Royal Challengers ahead of KKR by two points Institute (GSSI), her train- ing facilities at the acad- Bangalore when the two and occupy the third place in ing base, on her social me- emy," Sindhu wrote. sides clash in the IPL, in ABu the table after their seven- dia page on Monday. Ramana said Sindhu Dhabi, on Wednesday. was after her father P V current world champions wicket win over Rajasthan A report claimed that Ramana told PTI that her and the Indian said being had informed the Bad- It needed KKR nine Royals. Sindhu left the country move was a result of train- in London gives her a minton Association of In- games, and a change of cap- De Villiers has been in omi- "due to tensions in her dia (BAI) regarding her taincy, to realise the true po- nous form for them and sin- ing "not happening prop- chance to prepare for tential of the World Cup star gle-handedly won the game family", a speculation she erly at the camp in Hyder- next year's Asia leg. trip to London and had pacer for runners-up New with an unbeaten 55 from 22 rejected. abad". Ramana claimed that also kept Gopichand in Zealand, and when the Eoin It's a welcome inclusion for the much-needed impetus to balls in their 178-run chase "I came to London a few The celebrated Indian is the celebrated shuttler the loop. Morgan-led side finally the Morgan-led KKR (10 the side, but KKR are still against the Royals. days back to work on my gearing up for the Asia leg was not happy with her "She had sent a letter to brought him in, he blew away points) who are placed fourth struggling with their star all- Skipper Virat Kohli will Sunrisers Hyderabad with with five matches left and rounder Andre Russell who nutrition and recovery of the Badminton World training at the national BAI last week about her his relentless pace and vari- Ferguson will be their key capped yet another flop show also look to convert his starts needs with GSSI. In fact I Federation's calendar, camp. trip, with a copy to ations. man to take them to the play- with the bat. as they look to brighten their have come here with the scheduled in January next "Her practice was not Gopi...and since she will Ferguson made all the dif- offs at a time when their star Their go-to man in the last playoff hopes with a double consent of my parents and year. happening properly here. be there for at least eight ference to KKR's yet another Aussie recruit Pat Cummins edition, Russell has just 92 against KKR. absolutely they (sic) were Owing to the COVID-19 After the 2018 Asian weeks, she will be prac- (three wickets from nine runs from nine matches at an Teams: ordinary show, returning no family rifts in this re- pandemic, the BWF has Games, Gopi (chief coach ticing with England matches) is not making much average of 11.50. The opposi- Kolkata Knight Riders: with sensational figures of gard," Sindhu said in a been forced to move the Pullela Gopichand) did- team. So, she requested 3/15 (four overs) and 2/2 of an impact of late. tion bowlers seem to have Eoin Morgan (c), Shubman statement posted on Twit- World Tour Finals (Janu- n't take interest in her BAI to put in a word to from three balls in Super- AB de Villiers' incredible found out his weakness for Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tri- Over. assault of 73 not out from 33 short deliveries. pathi, Dinesh Karthik (wk), ter on Tuesday. ary 27-31) and the two training. He didn't pro- Badminton England," The imposing bowler, who balls, which had led to an 82- If his abysmal form was not Andre Russell, Kuldeep Ya- "Why will I have prob- Asia opens (January 12- vide a proper practice Ramana said. returned with just two wick- run defeat not many days enough, the Jamaican has dav, Lockie Ferguson, Pat lems/issues with my par- 17 and January 19-24) to partner to train with Sindhu skipped the re- ets from five games for KKR ago, will be still fresh in their also picked up some niggles Cummins, Varun ents who have sacrificed Bangkok. her," he said. cently-concluded Den- last season, was on the go minds. on the field and it would not Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, their lives for my sake? Sindhu will not get a "She was not having mark Open Super 750 from his first ball when he It will be interesting to see be a bad ploy to give him a Tom Banton, Siddhesh Lad, how Morgan uses Ferguson breather. Mine is a very close knit- direct entry in the enough quality practice tournament and will next claimed his Kiwi skipper Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh ted family and they will al- rescheduled World Tour and was fed up with the be seen in action at the Kane Williamson, brilliantly against the likes of De Villiers, In spin, it remains to be Krishna, Sandeep Warrior, ways support me. I am in Final as the BWF has de- treatment," he claimed. Asian leg of the adjusted mixing up his raw pace with RCB skipper Virat Kohli and seen whether they bring in Shivam Mavi, Rinku Singh, slow deliveries to nail the op- opener Aaron Finch. Sunil Narine, whose action Chris Green, M Siddharth touch with my family cided against handing Sindhu has been part of BWF World Tour 2020 in position. Ferguson's inclusion gave has been cleared. and Nikhil Naik. members everyday." This automatic invitations to the national camp for January. Australia still negotiating India's arrival for Test series NEW DELHI, OCT 20: coming from the United there is clarification re- held on Oct. 31 and a rugby Only a few weeks before the Arab Emirates, where the quired in order to finalise league team from Canberra players are due to start arriv- Indian Premier League arrangements," CA said. was last week denied per- ing, Cricket Australia are still (IPL) concludes on Novem- "We would like to thank mission to arrive in the state negotiating with Queens- ber 10, but CA have not yet our friends at the BCCI for a few hours early before a land health officials over the had their plans agreed by their patience and under- major match in Brisbane. quarantining of the India Queensland's health depart- standing as we work towards If CA cannot reach agree- team ahead of their block- ment. a swift and successful out- ment with Queensland buster Test series. CA said they held a "pro- come. Health, they might soon The India squad is sched- ductive" meeting with Queensland was the most have to start looking at other uled to quarantine in Bris- Queensland Health on Mon- successful of the populous options to ensure the lucra- bane and play six short-form day and were confident of eastern Australian states at tive series goes ahead. internationals in Queens- hosting "a full schedule of containing the new coron- The chairman of the Syd- land in late November and matches" against India. avirus and closed its borders ney Cricket Ground Trust, early December before mov- "This is an extremely de- to the rest of the country in which controls the historic ing on to Adelaide for the tailed and complex plan that early August. venue and other stadiums in first of four Tests. places the health and safety Health security has be- the city, said New South The Indian and many of of the community, players come an issue in campaign- Wales would be willing and the Australian players will be and staff as paramount and ing for state elections to be able to help out. Owner & Editor Ashok Atri Ph: 0191-2464363 Mob. 9419192797, Printer & Publisher: Satish Mahajan Mob: Associate Editor Satish Mahajan 8717044445, 7889664902, Printed at Early Times Press Samadhian Road Jewel Chowk Jammu, Published at: H.No. 219 Sector 1 Housing Colony Channi Himmat Jammu. Email :- [email protected], editor.dailyjammurising.in 08 Daily Jammu Rising NATIONAL Jammu, Wednesday October 21, 2020 Arnab Goswami, Republic TV to sue Mumbai Police chief Punjab Assembly unanimously for Rs 200 crore for ‘damage to reputation’ in TRP case passes 3 Bills to counter MUMBAI, OCTOBER 20: Re- sure a fair and transparent probe and the Mumbai police and its commis- gation is at a nascent stage. Maybe public TV on Monday said, that it will also on the ground that the case will sioner Param Bir Singh to hold press many other media channels are also sue Mumbai Police Commissioner have pan-India repercussions. conferences in such matters. involved," Sibal told the court. Centre’s farm laws; session Param Bir Singh for Rs 200 crore for The plea said the HC should stay the "We don't know if it is the correct The TV channel filed the plea in HC allegedly damaging its reputation by investigation and restrain police from method or procedure to give inter- on October 16, a day after the extended by a day linking it to the Television Rating taking any coercive action against the views to the media. We are not talk- Supreme Court refused to hear a plea Points scam. petitioners pending hearing of their ing about just this matter but many filed by one of its senior officials chal- CHANDIGARH, OC- laws. ment on Price Assurance The channel added, that it will file a petition. sensitive cases...we find police giving lenging the summons issued to them TOBER 20: The Punjab As- "We reject the three agri- (special provisions and Pun- contempt petition against Special Ex- Appearing for the petitioners, senior information to the media even when by the Mumbai police. sembly on Tuesday unani- culture laws as well as the jab amendment) Act, makes ecutive Magistrate and the Assistance counsel Harish Salve sought the court investigation is in progress. Police are "The officers and key managerial mously passed three Bills to Electricity Amendment Bill it mandatory for those enter- Police Commissioner Sudhir Jamb- to grant Goswami protection from ar- not supposed to reveal incriminating persons of the channel and Arnab counter the Centre’s farm 2020. These laws are against ing into contract farming wadekar “on account of the fact that rest. information pertaining to the case," Goswami have reasonable and tangi- laws. the interests of the farmers of with farmers too will have to he initiated chapter proceedings with "The police have been targeting him Justice Shinde said. ble grounds to believe they will be ap- The official resolution Punjab, Haryana and west- pay the MSP or over the respect to the FIRs [first information (Goswami) and there is apprehension Sibal, while agreeing to this, assured prehended by the Mumbai police in moved by Chief Minister ern UP. The House unani- MSP. Punishment of three reports] that have been suspended by that he may be arrested," Salve said. the court that the police shall not connection with the FIR which is Capt Amarinder Singh and mously rejects these three years if the Act is violated. the Bombay High Court,” it said in a Senior counsel Kapil Sibal, appear- speak to the media with regard to the false, frivolous, politically motivated the three laws countering the laws and the proposed Essential Commodities statement. ing for Maharashtra government and TRP scam case. and an attempt to muzzle the media Centre’s farm laws, were amendment,” he says. The (Spl Provisions and Pb Meanwhile, Republic TV’s an- police, said since Goswami has not "But at the same time, even the peti- and silence the news reporting by Re- passed by the Punjab Vidhan CM then tabled three Bills in Amendment) Bill keeps all nouncement came hours after the been named as accused in the case as tioner channel should assure the court public TV," the petition said. Sabha unanimously. the House. powers to fix stock limits of Bombay High Court said if the Mum- of now, there cannot be any order it will not indulge in vilification of the The Mumbai Crime Branch regis- The Vidhan Sabha session The three Bills are The food grains with state. Re- bai police crime branch proposes to granting him protection. police and conduct a media trial," he tered the FIR under various sections of has also been extended by a Farmers Produce Trade and jects Centre’s powers to fix arraign Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Sibal told the court that till now po- said. Indian Penal Code for cheating, crim- day. Commerce (Promotion and stock limits. Imprisonment Arnab Goswami in the television rating lice have issued summons to eight To this, Justice Shinde said, "Media inal breach of trust and criminal con- Amarinder also appealed Facilitation) Special Provi- of three years and a fine in points (TRP) case, it should first issue persons in connection with the TRP is considered as the fourth pillar of spiracy against Republic TV and its to the protesting farmer sions and Punjab Amend- case anybody compells a summons to him as was done for eight case and questioned them. democracy and, hence, they too need senior officials and also against two unions to lift their ‘rail roko’ ment Bill, 2020, The Farm- farmer to sell his agricultural others in the case. "None of these persons has been ar- to behave responsibly." other local regional channels. protests as it was bleeding ers (Empowerment and produce below MSP. A division bench of justices S S rested," he said. Salve, while seeking for the FIR to The plea also said the court should Punjab. Protection) Agreement on The Aam Aadmi Party, Shinde and M S Karnik said if such a In a media release, Republic TV be quashed, argued that no offence is initiate a CBI inquiry and disciplinary “Losses to the industry are Price Assurance and Farm however, objected to the Bills summons is issued then Goswami claimed Maharashtra government made out and the entire conduct of proceedings under the service rules of Rs 40,000 crore and the Services (Special Provisions being introduced without the shall appear before the police and co- and Mumbai police have admitted in the police reeks of malafide and was against Param Bir Singh for "gross 170 lakh tonnes of paddy be- and Punjab Amendment) MLAs being given time to go operate with the investigation. court that the channel is not named in only an attempt to silence the voice of dereliction of duty and abuse of ing procured this year can be Bill, 2020 and The Essential through them. The court also directed police to the FIR in the TRP case. the petitioners. power". accommodated only if the Commodities (Special Provi- The MLAs staged a protest submit for its perusal investigation The court noted that since "The petitioner has been targeted "Republic Media Network Editor- trains are allowed to transfer sions and Punjab Amend- in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha papers pertaining to the case in a Goswami has not been named as an by the police and the Maharashtra in-Chief and Managing Director the previous year’s stocks,” ment) Bill, 2020. since Monday noon till 5.30 sealed cover by November 5 when it accused in the case, it cannot pass an government since his strong reports Arnab Goswami has directed his legal he said. As per The Farmers Pro- am on Tuesday over the is- would hear the matter. order granting him protection or di- during the Palghar lynching incident. team Phoenix Legal to initiate the pro- Earlier, the two-day Pun- duce Trade and Commerce sue. "The FIR is not an encyclopedia. recting the police to not take any co- A slew of FIRs has been registered ceedings to sue Mumbai Police Com- jab Vidhan Sabha special Special Provisions and Pun- Meanwhile, cutting across We would like to peruse the investi- ercive action against him. against him after his reports then. missioner Param Bir Singh for Rs. session resumed on Tuesday jab Amendment Bill no sale party lines, the Congress, gation papers and see what probe has "In case the Investigating Officer This whole thing is a disguise and ex- 200 crore damages-- Rs. with Amarinder addressing of paddy and wheat in Pun- SAD and AAP legislators led been done from today till the next date proposes to name petitioner No 2 cuse to target Goswami and Republic 100 crore for damage to the reputa- the House and moving a res- jab will be valid unless it is by Capt Amarinder Singh of hearing," the court said. (Goswami) as accused in the case, TV," Salve said. tion of Arnab Goswami, and Rs. 100 olution rejecting the three paid equal to or over MSP. met the Punjab Governor The court was hearing a petition then, as done with the eight persons, Sibal, however, said the Palghar crore for the damage caused to Re- farm laws passed by Parlia- Imprisonment of three years and demanded approval to filed by ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd, summons shall be issued to him lynching incident and the petitioners' public Media Network," Republic TV ment. and a fine in case anybody the Bills before sending these which owns Republic TV, and (Goswami). The petitioner No 2 shall reports on the same have nothing to said in the statement. The resolution mentioned compells a farmer to sell his to the President. All the Pun- Goswami seeking to quash the FIR then cooperate with the police," the do with the present case. "At present, the legal teams of Re- that the three laws were agricultural produce below jab Vidhan Sabha MLAs will lodged on October 6. court said. "The present investigation pertains public are in the process of filing the "anti-farmer". The Vidhan MSP. meet the President between The petition has also sought a direc- The court also raised questions on to money paid to rig TRPs in order to defamation suit against Param Bir Sabha had earlier passed a The Farmers (Empower- November 2 and November tion to transfer the case to CBI to en- whether it was correct on the part of gain commercial profit. The investi- Singh," the channel said. resolution rejecting these ment and Protection) Agree- 5. Hyderabad floods: Delhi will donate Rs 15 Final Trump-Biden debate will feature crore to Telangana, announces Kejriwal ‘mute’ button after chaotic first clash after 1908, which forced WASHINGTON, OC- “I will participate but it’s the state government to re- TOBER 19: The final de- very unfair that they locate about 37,000 people bate between President changed the topics and it’s from low-lying areas to re- Donald Trump and Democ- very unfair that again we lief camps. ratic rival Joe Biden will have an anchor who’s to- According to him, 33 feature a mute button to al- tally biased,” Trump told people in Greater Hyder- low each candidate to reporters aboard Air Force abad Municipal Corpora- speak uninterrupted, or- One as he returned to tion (GHMC) and adjoin- ganisers have said, looking Washington from rallies in ing areas, and 37 people in to avoid the disruptions Arizona. districts have lost their that marred the first Kristen Welker of NBC lives. matchup. News, a respected White A fresh spell of heavy The Trump campaign House reporter, is slated to rains on Saturday night voiced objections to the anchor the debate. time. man?” caused flooding on Sunday change — made after the Biden’s campaign said “President Trump is Trump backed out of a in parts of the city after it President repeatedly talked both sides previously committed to debating Joe second scheduled debate last week witnessed one of over both Biden and the agreed to let moderators Biden regardless of last- set for last Thursday over a the worst deluges in recent moderator at last month’s choose the subjects. It said minute rule changes from disagreement about the times following unprece- debate in violation of its Trump wanted to avoid dis- NEW DELHI, OCTO- "Floods have caused As many as 70 people the biased commission in virtual format following his dented downpour in over a agreed-upon rules — but cussing his stewardship of BER 20: Chief Minister havoc in Hyderabad. Peo- have died in rain-related their latest attempt to pro- COVID-19 infection. At century. said the Republican would the coronavirus pandemic, Arvind Kejriwal on Tues- ple of Delhi stand by our incidents during the past vide advantage to their that time, he raised con- The Telangana govern- still take part in the Thurs- which surveys show is the day announced a donation brother and sisters in Hy- one week in the state, favoured candidate,” cam- cerns about having his mi- ment, in a preliminary es- day night event, one of his top issue for voters. of Rs 15 crore for relief ef- derabad in this hour of cri- Telangana Minister KT paign manager Bill Stepien crophone muted. timate, had pegged the last chances to reach a large “As usual, the President forts in flood-hit Telan- sis. Delhi govt will donate Rama Rao said on Monday. said. “You sit behind a com- losses at over Rs 5,000 prime-time audience be- is more concerned with the gana, saying people of Rs 15 cr to the Govt of The minister said Hyder- The Biden campaign did puter and do a debate. It’s crore caused due to rains fore voting ends on No- rules of a debate than he is Delhi stand with residents Telangana for its relief ef- abad received the second not immediately respond ridiculous and then they and floods. vember 3. getting a nation in crisis the of the state. forts," he tweeted. highest recorded rainfall to a request for comment. cut you off whenever they The Presidential Com- help it needs,” Biden More than 30 million want,” Trump said in an mission on Debates said spokesman TJ Ducklo said. Americans have already October 8 interview on Fox each candidate’s micro- The number of Ameri- cast their ballots, limiting Business. phone at the debate in cans who voted early SpiceJet launches 4 international flights Trump’s chances of re- Earlier on Monday, Nashville, Tennessee, reached 30.2 million on framing a contest that na- Trump’s campaign said it would be silenced to allow Monday, according to the tional and state opinion was unhappy with the an- the other to make two min- University of Florida’s to Muscat, 58 on domestic routes polls show him trailing. nounced set of topics for utes of opening remarks at United States Elections Trump repeatedly inter- Thursday’s debate, arguing provement in demand, we the beginning of each 15- Project. rupted Biden during a that it should focus more are delighted to launch 62 minute segment of the de- That number represents chaotic and ill-tempered on foreign policy and as- new flights on our domes- bate. Both microphones more than one-fifth of all debate on September 29, at serting that the nonparti- tic and international net- will be turned on to allow a the votes cast in the 2016 one point provoking Biden san group was tilted toward work which will provide back-and-forth after that election. our customers with multi- to snap: “Will you shut up, Biden. ple travel options," said Shilpa Bhatia, Chief Com- mercial Officer, SpiceJet. Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam booked Besides connecting Mus- cat with flight from Delhi and Ahmedabad, SpiceJet for holding anti-govt rally in Pak will be the first and only domestic carrier to launch LAHORE, OCTOBER 20: For- hammad Safdar was also named in flights on the Delhi- mer Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s the FIR. He was earlier arrested in Kandla-Delhi sector, she daughter and Opposition Pakistan Karachi for allegedly violating the said, adding, "we are confi- Muslim League-Nawaz’s vice-presi- sanctity of Quaid-e-Azam mau- dent of seeing very good dent Maryam Nawaz was on Tuesday soleum. He was later released on bail. demand on all the routes booked along with over 2,000 party According to the FIR, Maryam was we have announced.” members for holding an anti-govern- accused of instigating the party lead- SpiceJet will enhance its ment rally in Lahore where she called ers and workers to get ready to send operations with additional Prime Minister Imran Khan a “cow- Khan’s government home and frequencies on the ard, selected and puppet” who hides chanted slogans against the state insti- The Pakistan Army, which has Kolkata–Bagdogra–Kolkat behind the Army. tutions. ruled the country for more than half MUMBAI, OCTOBER include services on Delhi- Madurai-Delhi-Madurai a (2nd frequency), The rally by the 11-member oppo- Earlier, the Lahore police had regis- of its 70 plus years of existence, has 20: Budget carrier Spice- Kandla-Delhi sector, and Mangalore-Delhi- Delhi–Varanasi–Delhi sition alliance Pakistan Democratic tered a sedition case against Sharif hitherto wielded considerable power Jet on Tuesday announced Ahmedabad-Goa-Ahmed- Mangalore sectors, Spice- (2nd frequency), Ben- Movement (PDM) was held here on and others for speaking against the in the matters of security and foreign the launch of 62 new abad, Goa-Hyderabad- Jet said in a release. galuru–Patna (2nd fre- October 16 before the Gujranwala Army and judiciary while addressing policy. The First Information Report flights, including four in- Goa, Mumbai-Guwahati- All these new services quency), Delhi- public meeting. the party meeting via a video link (FIR) was registered for chanting slo- ternational services to Mumbai, will be operated with a mix Dharmshala-Delhi (2nd Maryam had openly called Prime from London. gans against the government and the Muscat from Delhi and Ahmedabad-Kolkata- of its Boeing 737 and Bom- frequency), Minister Khan a “coward, selected The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf gov- state institutions, causing trouble for Ahmedabad and back, Ahmedabad, Delhi-Durga- bardier Q400 aircraft on Delhi–Kolkata–Delhi (3rd and puppet” in the rally, saying he hid ernment appears to be panicked as it citizens, blocking roads, using loud- starting Thursday under pur-Delhi, Hyderabad- all these routes, it said. frequency), Bengaluru- behind the Army to cover up his has been registering a number of speakers and microphones, and vio- the air bubble agreement Mumbai-Hyderabad, "As we are slowly return- Kolkata (3rd frequency) ‘Nalaaiki’ (bad governance). cases against the PML-N workers lating coronavirus standard operat- with Oman. Kochi-Kolkata–Kochi, ing back to normalcy and besides a few other sectors She dared the “selected” prime since the PDM launched its move- ing procedures. The 58 domestic flights Pune-Chennai-Pune, there is a continued im- as well, the release stated. minister to arrest her as she is not ment to oust the Imran Khan govern- afraid of going to jail. Maryam’s husband Capt (retd) Mo- ment. 09 Daily Jammu Rising BUSINESS Jammu, Wednesday October 21, 2020 Sensex ends 113 points higher; A new battle rages on between Jio and Airtel NEW DELHI, OCT 20: them fall in this category, it Reliance Jio’s falling share explains 3-5 per cent of the HCL Tech spurts 4 pc of active customers, also VLR gap. known as the Visitor Loca- This hypothesis is rein- MUMBAI, OCTOBER 20: Do- tion Register (VLR), against forced by the fact that the mestic equity benchmark Sensex Bharti Airtel's growing decrease in VLR has coin- ended 113 points higher on Tuesday, numbers, is a talking point cided with Jio’s increase in tracking gains in HDFC Bank, HCL in telecom circles. the rural subscriber base, Tech and Infosys amid a rebound in VLR denotes subscribers especially after the launch the global markets. who are active on the net- of the Diwali Dhamaka. The 30-share BSE index settled work, can send or receive For instance, the com- 112.77 points or 0.28 per cent higher calls, don’t have their mo- pany saw its rural sub- at 40,544.37. The broader NSE Nifty bile switched off and are not scriber base increase by 16 rose 23.75 points or 0.20 per cent to outside the coverage area. per cent between Q2 FY 20 11,896.80. For some investors and to Q1 FY 21 to hit 166 mil- HCL Tech was the top gainer in the analysts, Reliance Jio’s lion. lower figure is definitely In the same period, Air- Sensex pack, rallying over 4 per cent, tive customers stood at tomers which is 88.4 per concerning, a source said. tel’s went up by 9.4 per followed by Tech Mahindra, Asian only 6 million, implying cent of TRAI’s reported According to the Telecom cent. Paints, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, that 98.14 per cent of its to- gross subscribers of HLR of Regulatory Authority of In- Fourthly, Jio has a rela- L&T, TCS, M&M, Nestle India and tal customers were Airtel.Jio’s reported num- dia (Trai) data for June re- tively more conservative Infosys. active.The July figures re- ber of subscribers in its leased last month, when the churn policy - only 0.5 per On the other hand, ONGC, Power- leased by Trai on Monday June quarterly results was Grid, NTPC, Reliance Industries, trend came into sharp fo- cent compared to 2-3 per Further, positive cues from global deals. captured a similar trend on the same as its HLR. ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, HDFC and cus, Reliance Jio and Airtel cent of incumbents, despite markets too buoyed investor mood Meanwhile, international oil the declining VLR ratio. If these two numbers are SBI were among the laggards. had more or less the same a higher proportion of pre- here, they said. benchmark Brent crude was trading HLR contains details of taken into account, then According to traders, the domestic number of active sub- paid customers, said Axis Bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong 0.33 per cent lower at USD 42.48 per all subscribers who are the gap between Airtel’s stock market was broadly driven by scribers (311 million) or Capital. and Seoul ended on a positive note, barrel. telco-active or inactive - as paying customers and Jio’s buying sentiment in index-heavy- VLRs. This could work to lower while Tokyo settled in the red. In the forex market, the rupee de- long as they remain with declared quarterly HRL weights HDFC Bank, HCL Tech, In- But a huge difference was the VLR ratio by another Stock exchanges in Europe were preciated by 12 paise to close at 73.49 the telco’s network. numbers shrinks by 10 per- fosys and TCS. spotted between the two ri- 1.5-2.5 per cent because Jio largely trading with gains in early against the US dollar. When Trai talks of mar- centage points. vals in their respective per- has a higher proportion of ket share, this is the rele- Secondly, Jio, with an all centage share of active cus- subscribers in the high vant number. 4G network, is used to a tomers to their total tenure plans which leads But for financial analysts, higher proportion of data- subscriber base. the company to give them a Gionee launches budget the key number is VLR or only customers as well as a This includes active and larger buffer for recharge. active customers. higher number of MiFi inactive customers and is Yet another factor is that Jio and Airtel declined to (dongle) users who connect also known as the Home Jio removes inactive sub- comment on this con- to the network at specific smartphone for Rs 5,499 Location Register (HLR). scribers from the network tentious issue. times of the day and are not The percentage is known only after 180 days, unlike NEW DELHI, OCTO- ment.The smartphone But Axis Capital dis- always on like a mobile cus- as the VLR ratio. its competitors who do so BER 20: Smartphone comes with a 5.45-inch LCD missed alarm over its lower tomer, said Axis Capital. Jio had over 87 million after 90 days owing to a dif- maker Gionee on Tuesday display and a 3000mAh bat- VLR as ‘unwarranted’ for It estimates that there are users who were inactive ferent interpretation of the launched a budget device tery. the following reasons. about 15-20 million such customers in June, accord- telecom tariff rules. Gionee F8 Neo for Rs 5,499 The device is powered by One, Airtel in its quar- revenue paying customers ing to Trai. Under these rules, a tar- in the ongoing festive sea- an Octa-core processor with terly results reported a who therefore might not be That means only 78.15 iff plan once offered has to son. 2GB RAM+32 GB ROM fea- third subscriber number included in the peak VLR per cent of its total sub- be available for a minimum The device is available in ture (expandable up to 256 and that is of revenue pay- reported by the regulator scriber base was active, cre- of six months and the in- three colours—blue, black GB via microSD card). ing customers who because their devices are ating concern that Jio is coming call service cannot and red. The device is equipped recharged connections off during that time. battling a falling share of be chargeable. “Gionee products are go- with a single rear camera of within 30 days. Thirdly, according to active customers while “Based on Jio’s interpre- ing to be developed by the 8MP and a 5MP front selfie If they don’t, their serv- Axis Capital, Jio has a sub- managing to shore up its tation, these rules imply team based in India. The shooter. ices are disconnected pro- stantial number of rural overall customer base (or that once customers have company is also committed The handset is also loaded gressively. users (166.3 million in HLR) to grab market share. enrolled in any tariff plan, to locally manufacture all its with features such as face This number is lower June) who also do not keep Despite the fact that a they have to be provided products in the country. In unlock, slow motion, than its VLR also. their phone on all day for substantial portion are not free incoming calls for 180 the smartphone category, panorama, night mode, In June, Airtel reported various reasons. paying any revenue at all. days,” said a source close to Gionee intends to provide time-lapse, burst mode, QR 280 million such cus- Assuming 10 per cent of In contrast, Airtel’s inac- Jio. an unadulterated UI and UX to the consumers,” the company said in a state- code, face beauty and more. Lawsuit filed against Trump's Why luxury car market has new H-1B visa rules failed to flourish in India NEW DELHI, OCT 20: tion that makes it manda- by 2021,” said Dhillon but “The luxury segment at- NEW DELHI, OCT 20: tions are approved only for ment's ability to enforce mented by the Department Frequent and sudden policy tory for imported models to the 20 per cent that will be tracts the highest import Several individuals and or- qualified beneficiaries and compliance through work- of Homeland Security and changes coupled with high get BIS (Bureau of Indian imported will have only 10 duty as well as the GST. ganisations, including the petitioners, a move which site inspections and moni- the Department of Labor taxation had stymied the Standards) certification for models. "That’s one of the rea- US Chambers of Commerce is likely to affect thousands tor compliance before, dur- undermine high-skilled growth of the luxury car alloy wheels, windshield “For such low volumes, sons why the luxury cars and the National Associa- of Indian IT professionals. ing and after an H1-B immigration in the US and market in India, said a top and wheel rims. it’s difficult to procure the account for just a per cent tion of Manufacturers, The interim final rule an- petition is approved. a company's ability to re- executive at Audi India. A regulation like this will parts such as an alloy of the total sales in India,” have filed a lawsuit against nounced by the Depart- The lawsuit filed by the tain and recruit the very Cars priced above Rs 25 eventually force compa- wheel locally,” he said. he said. the Trump administra- ment of Homeland Secu- US Chambers of Com- best talent," said US Cham- lakh account for a per cent nies to reduce the number Such low volumes make All automakers will have tion's recent rules related to rity will narrow the merce, the National Asso- ber CEO Thomas J Dono- in India’s 3 million car mar- of models they plan to it unviable for the alloy to comply with the new the H-1B visa, terming definition of “speciality oc- ciation of Manufacturers hue. ket. That has remained un- bring to India, he pointed wheel makers to produce regulation but local arms them "arbitrary" and "hap- cupation" as Congress in- (NAM) and several other If these rules are allowed changed over the last five out. them locally. of Mercedes-Benz, BMW hazard" regulations that tended by closing the over- organisations in the North- to stand, they will devastate years. Audi launched the Q2 re- The luxury carmakers and Audi will suffer the will undermine high skilled broad definition that ern District of Columbia on companies across various The absence of a consis- cently as part of a larger should be exempted from most as they have the high- immigration into America. allowed companies to game Monday alleges that industries, he said. tent long-term roadmap strategy to bring more vol- such certifications, he est ratio of imported parts. Early this month, the the system. "harmful and haphazard The H-1B visa is a non- has been hurting the over- ume models for the Indian pointed out. These companies have Trump administration an- It will also require com- rules on H-1B visas" if left immigrant visa that allows all plans including intro- market. The volume and luxury made multiple representa- nounced new restrictions panies to make “real" offers in place, would affect hun- US companies to employ duction of new models, It will launch at least half carmakers are treated dif- tions through the industry on H-1B non-immigrant to “real employees," by dreds of thousands of foreign workers in speciality Audi India head Balbir a dozen models in 2021 as ferently when it comes to body, Society of Indian Au- visa programme which it closing loopholes and pre- American-based workers occupations that require Singh Dhillon told Business part of that strategy. taxations, so it is only fair tomobile Manufacturers said is aimed at protecting venting the displacement and disrupt manufacturers' theoretical or technical ex- Standard. “Eighty per cent of the that regulations are also (Siam), and are seeking American workers, restor- of the American workers. ability to hire and retain pertise. It is most sought- ing integrity and to better And finally, the new rules critical high-skilled talent. after among Indian IT pro- He was referring to the volumes that we sell India different for this category, more time for implementa- guarantee that H-1B peti- would enhance the depart- "The rules being imple- fessionals. recent government regula- will be assembled locally Dhillon added. tion. Tanishq ad created a ‘movement’; many buying products to make point: Ad maker MUMBAI, OCTOBER 20: ond Tanishq advertisement, withdrawing the advertise- just communicate about a More number of people have which shows a Muslim ment, Akali backed Tanishq product or just talk about the seen the now-withdrawn Tan- mother-in-law caring for her terming the client as a “brave” festive season. The stance we ishq advertisement as the con- pregnant Hindu daughter-in- company which took the took was Ekatvam or unity,” he troversy also created a “move- law, in the wake of a furore on- stance of employee safety in said and stressed that there ment” where many were line and displeasure among the face of the controversy. was nothing audacious in tak- buying Tanishq products to certain groups for alleged “I would have taken exactly ing the stance despite the take a stand, the advertise- communal tones. the same decision if I would events such as the anti-CAA ment campaign’s creator said “People are going out there have been in the client’s shoes. protests and general commu- on Tuesday. and telling us that we will not Nothing is more important nal attitude in the country. “The ad showed realities and let this film get deleted. They than the safety of an employee. “We didn’t set out to do au- after the controversy, a silent are sharing the film on their It is a brave client and the dacious things, we set out to do majority of people has started own even though it has been client took a stance for the correct things, things happen- speaking out against a vocal removed. Or there is a move- safety of its employees,” he ing around us and this is nor- minority,” according to Amit ment where people are buying said.However, he declined to mal reality. A mother-in-law Akali, managing partner and Tanishq and showing us the elaborate on the difficulties taking care of the daughter-in- creative head of ‘Whats Your bills,” Akali told PTI. encountered since the contro- law is the reality,” Akali said Problem’, the agency behind Despite the advertisement versy erupted. and asserted that he is himself the advertisement campaign. being withdrawn, many people The past week since the con- a Hindu-Sikh married to a In an interview to PTI, he came in support of the cam- troversy seems longer than Parsi.When asked whether the also asserted that no one paign and made their displeas- seven days but the love re- advertisement could be would have expected the back- ure against the online trolls ceived from across the world termed as an inflection point lash because “communal har- known. was “beautiful, fantastic and where the silent majority had mony is the centre of our fab- “We are at that stage where Spiral of silence referred to a Akali said the broader ‘Ekat- in our society where multiple overwhelming”, Akali said. started speaking out, Akali ric”. the majority is speaking up large part of the majority stay- vam’ or unity campaign of communities thrive, he added. He said an online group had said he did not want any such Nevertheless, on withdraw- and that is where the love for ing silent because this was a Tanishq would continue. He said the advertisement been created where over 200 credit and added that the soci- ing the advertisement, he Tanishq started coming in. I way of life for them but there Stating that the society sided which ran into the controversy people have come up with ety was always outspoken. termed Tanishq as a “brave” think this is a normal phenom- was a vocal minority which with Tanishq because the mes- was part of a broader cam- their own stories of interfaith He, however, exuded confi- company that considered the enon in any country,” he said, keeps speaking, he said. sage resonated with it, he said paign called ‘Ekatvam’, marriage and attempts are be- dence that history would look safety of employees in the face pointing out that this was con- Making it clear that the in- “more people have seen the wherein the jewellery brand ing made to document these at the campaign as a “water- of the controversy. trary to the behavioural phe- tent behind the campaign was message than if it wasn’t re- has tied up with 1,000 crafts- experiences as a book as well. shed moment” from a market- The $120-billion Tata Group nomenon called “spiral of si- just to show cultural realities moved”. It was a simple film men across 15 cultures of India “We were very clear that we ing perspective where a brand chose to withdraw the 55-sec- lence”. which gel well with a brand’s showing how a pregnant to launch a collection. wanted to take a stance versus spoke what it wanted to. promise and not political at all, daughter-in-law was cared for On the Tata Group company 10 Daily Jammu Rising ENTERTAINMENT Jammu, Wednesday October 21, 2020 Yami Gautam is full of zest and vibrance as she expresses her gratitude for love and support from the audience!

ami Gautam is one of the most Ytalented and ver- satile actresses of Bolly- wood. She also has a vast fan following on social me- dia and is envied for her fashion sense and eccentric style. The diva recently shared a picture of Insta- gram. Yami sweeps us off our feet, looking vibrant acces- sorised with oxidised silver jewellery. She captioned the picture, `It's been over a week & #GinnywedsSunny is still trending on top ! All due to you guys- our audi- ence...Can't thank you enough for your love & support! Keep it coming` Yami Gautam is playing comedy film in Ginny Vikrant Massey opposite check it out- the lead in the romantic Weds Sunny starring her. It will be directed by Shalini Tomar ready to step into the shoes of a singer! Rakul Preet Singh flaunts her beauty in a red hot outfit young girl from Faridabad, Ess Alia Bhatt & Deepika Padukone are all set for ATee aka Shalini Tomar shifted to Delhi, willing to make big in the showbiz industry. And to- Bhansali's period saga 'Baiju Bawra'? day, six years later, she is ready to turn her big dream into reality. Shalini will be releasing her first single, a peppy number shot amid the beautiful scenery of Dubai. The young artiste will not only give her voice to the song but will also be seen in the music video. Shalini had no godfather in the industry and hence achieved everything with her hard work, determina- tion and perseverance. During the last six years, she hosted TV shows like 'India's Dance Idol Season 1 and 2'. Besides, she judged the beauty contest 'Mr and Ms Jhansi 2018' along with Mahek Chehel. Shalini has hosted shows for Sourav Ganguly, Sunil Shetty, Karishma Kapoor, Gulshan Grover and many other celebrities. She has also been fea- tured in the much-popular song by MD titled 'Super- n February 2019, it heroines. For both the ther adds, "The movie re- famed musician at the man', which brought her a was reported that heroines, SLB has decided volves around the charac- court of Akbar, is responsi- lot of appreciation. On In- Ifilmmaker Sanjay to go with his current fa- ters of Baiju and Tansen ble for his father's death. stagram, she is followed by Leela Bhansali is planning vorites Deepika Padukone and the conflict between The movie then follows renowned names like Mika a remake of 'Baiju Bawra' and Alia Bhatt. He has nar- the two. For Baiju's charac- Baiju's attempt to avenge Singh, B Praak and Ajaz film (1952). Now, the ru- rated the script to both of ter, Ranbir has almost been his father's death by chal- Khan. mors are floating around them and they have both finalized. The paperwork is lenging Tansen to a musical the corners of tinsel town loved their parts.``In all yet to be done but SLB has duel.Earlier also a remake We can't wait to see more of this talented girl creating a niche in the in- dustry. that Sanjay is all set to cast probabilities, Alia will be already discussed the film of the film tentatively titled Deepika Padukone and Alia paired opposite Ranbir's with the actor and he's liked Baiju-The Gypsy was an- Bhatt in the female lead Baiju in the film, stepping the script. For Tansen's nounced in November Nushrratt Bharuccha is looking glamourous and elegant roles. The filmmaker has into Meena Kumari's shoes role, they need a much 2010. As per the details, it also locked Ranbir Kapoor from the original. Deepika older actor and they are al- was to be written, directed for Baiju's role in the film. will play the other female ready in talks with two big and produced by Ameri- Cumberbatch neck lined bodice and pants ensemble! In the original film, Bharat lead, that of dacoit Roop- superstars to come on can-Indian writer Krishna Bhushan played the role of mati essayed by Kuldip board." Shah and big names like ushrratt Baiju, and Meena Kumari Kaur in the 1952 drama. The original 'Baiju Aamir Khan and A. R. Rah- Bharuccha is portrayed his love interest Both the actors will be Ran- Bawra' merges the legend man were to come together one of the most N Gauri. On the other side, bir's romantic interests in of Baiju Bawra with the his- in this film but eventually, charismatic and talented actresses of Bollywood. Kuldip Kaur played the role the period saga and have toric setting of Mughal Em- the film was shelved. Well, if The B-town beauty is ex- of the dacoit queen Roop- shown a keen interest in the peror Akbar's court in In- rumors are true then we'll tremely versatile and is mati. project. If this materializes, dia. Baiju was the son of a soon get a period saga fea- known to fit any sort of According to the sources, this will be a big casting musician who also grew up turing Alia, Ranbir, and role or personify any `It's a story of four charac- coup for sure`, continued to be a musician. He comes Deepika all together for the character. She recently ters - two heroes and two the source.The source fur- to believe that Tansen, the first time. shared a photoshoot of herself on Instagram looking stunning. Sunny Deol celebrates birthday with She Is looking glam- ourous and elegant wearing separates by WEAR SYZYGY, which is Dharmendra and Bobby; pictures go viral an off-white Cumber- ctor-politician also wished the actor. batch neck lined bodice Sunny Deol turned "Happy birthday papa. Love with puffed sleeves, she A64 on Monday, you," wrote Karan, with a paired it with classy and his father, veteran actor picture of him sitting next to pants. Nushrratt cap- Dharmendra, and brother, Sunny. tioned the picture, `Even actor Bobby Deol, wished Sunny Deol made his when they ask me to re- him on social media. debut as a Bollywood actor lax, I end up posing!`, Dharmendra posted a in 1983 with Rahul Rawail's check it out- video comprising throwback musical superhit "Betaab". Nushrratt was last pictures of Sunny from his He established his space as seen in the comedy film, Dream Girl which was younger days. The video was an action superstar with directed by Raaj made by a fan of Sunny. Rajkumar Santoshi's Shaandilyaa and co-pro- "Remembering Sunny on "Ghayal" (1990), which was duced by Ekta Kapoor his Birthday," Dharmendra produced by Dharmendra, and Shobha Kapoor un- tweeted. and later went on to enter- der their banner Balaji Younger brother Bobby tain the audience in numer- Motion Pictures. black comedy film di- Bhushan Kumar. Singh under his banner shared a photo where Sunny ous films including rected by Hansal Mehta The actress will also be of Karma Media and En- Bobby. bhaaiji," actor Darshan Nushrat is currently flashes his trademark grin. obby's Instagram posted Kumaar commented. "Border", "Damini", "Gadar: filming for her upcoming starring Rajkummar Rao seen in the romantic film tertainment. The film and will be produced by Hurdang directed by features Sunny Kaushal "Happy birthday to the has garnered a lot of birth- Sunny's elder son Karan Ek Prem Katha", "Ghatak", project, Chhalaang. greatest soul! A brother! A day wishes for Sunny. Deol, who made his "Ziddi", "Yateem" and Chhalaang is a social Ajay Devgn, Luv Ranjan, Nikhil Nagesh Bhatt and and Vijay Varma in the Ankur Garg, and produced by Shailesh R lead roles. Father! A Friend," wrote A very happy birthday to Bollywood debut last year, "Dacait" and "Arjun". 11 Daily Jammu Rising HEALTH Jammu, Wednesday October 21, 2020 IIT researchers discover new molecule as Nine in ten recovered COVID-19 targeted therapy to treat prostate cancer patients experience side-effects Researchers at the Indian Nine in 10 coronavirus Institute of Technology patients reported experi- (IIT), Gandhinagar, claim encing side-effects such as to have discovered a new fatigue, psychological after- molecule which can be used effects and loss of smell and as a targeted therapy for taste after they recovered prostate cancer. from the disease, according The research, in collabo- to a preliminary study by ration with scientists at South Korea. Louisiana State University The research comes as the Health Center, US, and the global death toll from University of Manchester, COVID-19 passed 1 million has also been published in on Tuesday, a grim mile- international journal “Cell stone in a pandemic that Press, iScience”. has devastated the global According to Sivapriya economy, overloaded Kirubakaran, Professor at health systems and IIT Gandhinagar, who led changed the way people the research, about 5.56 live. lakh Indians die of cancer In an online survey of 965 every year, and the increas- recovered COVID-19 pa- ing resistance to anti-cancer tients, 879 people or 91.1% said. 16.7% of them participated through a detailed analysis drugs is also of grave con- responded they were suffer- Other after-effects in- in the survey, said Kwon. involving CT scans on re- cern. ing at least one side-effect cluded psychological or While the research was covered patients next year, “Prostate cancer, the sec- from the disease, the Korea mental side-effects and loss done online for now, lead Kwon told the briefing. ond most commonly occur- new molecule called J54 was the first selective in- cancer in mice model. Also, Disease Control and Pre- of taste or smell. researcher Kim will soon The country reported 38 ring cancer in men world- which has shown great po- hibitor of the protein that the amount of drug used is vention Agency (KDCA) of- Kim Shin-woo, professor publish the study with de- new infections by midnight wide needs a hormone tency not only in cells but causes cancer initiation and considerably reduced when ficial Kwon Jun-wook told of internal medicine at tailed analysis, he said. on Monday, for a fifth day of called ‘androgen’ to grow. also in animals (mice growth, mainly in the compared to known ther- a briefing. Kyungpook National Uni- South Korea is also con- double-digit increases, tak- The standard treatment model) to completely re- prostate. apy. The efficacy and po- Fatigue was the most versity School of Medicine ducting a separate study ing the national tally to method is hormonal ther- duce tumour (prostate can- “Since J54 combination tency shown by J54 mole- common side-effect with in Daegu, sought comments with some 16 medical or- 23,699 cases, with 407 apy or androgen-depriva- cer) in 50 days (in male therapy is targeted to a spe- cule create hope for a faster 26.2% reading, followed by from 5,762 recovered pa- ganisations on potential deaths. tion therapy (ADT) which mice). The median time for cific protein, it is expected therapy of prostate cancer. difficulty in concentration tients in South Korea and complications of the disease provides respite from dis- prostate cancer to shrink in to be more effective and The scientists are confident which had 24.6%, Kwon ease progression. However, human male patients is personalised for the treat- that the findings pave the it could fail when cancer about 18 months, some ment of a particular patient. way for a new targeted ther- spreads to other parts of the quicker, some slower, de- It has not shown any side ef- apy for prostate cancer with Strong activation of anti-bacterial cells of immune body leading to a terminal pending on the size of tu- fects or toxicity effects in fewer side effects, if proved phase of the disease,” mour detected,” she added. normal cells and animals. successful in clinical and Kirubakaran told PTI. Sivapriya further ex- The new molecule com- human trials,” she added. plained that this molecule pletely reduces prostate system linked to severe COVID-19: Study “We have discovered a A type of the immune sys- said. tem’s T cells known to fight The scientists added against bacterial infections that the number of MAIT Saliva tests could quickly detect is strongly activated in peo- cells in the blood of con- ple with moderate to severe valescent COVID-19 pa- COVID-19, according to a tients recovered at least study which provides a bet- partially in the weeks af- asymptomatic COVID-19 cases ter understanding of how ter disease, which can be Testing self-collected saliva the body responds to the important for managing samples could offer an easy, novel coronavirus infection. bacterial infections in in- quick and effective mass test- Researchers, including dividuals who have had ing approach for detecting those from the Karolinska COVID-19. asymptomatic COVID-19 Institutet in Sweden, noted They said the MAIT cases, according to a study. that this component of the cells tended to be ex- The research, published in immune system called tremely activated in the the journal Clinical Infectious MAIT cells make up about vere COVID-19 disease and Based on these results, patients who died.“The Diseases, tested and com- one to five per cent of T cells compared these with blood the scientists suggested findings of our study pared the nasopharyngeal in the blood of healthy peo- samples from 14 healthy that the MAIT cells were show that the MAIT cells swabs and saliva samples of ple, and are primarily im- controls and 45 individuals engaged in the immune are highly engaged in the almost 2,000 people in portant for controlling bac- who had recovered from response against the immunological response Japan who did not have teria but can also be COVID-19. novel coronavirus SARS- against COVID-19,” COVID-19 symptoms. recruited to fight some viral Four of the patients died CoV-2. This pattern of Sandberg said. "Rapid detection of asymp- infections. in the hospital, the study reduced number and ac- The scientists believe tomatic infected individuals infection in 77-93 per cent ples have high sensitivity and COVID-19 infection, espe- They explained that T noted. tivation in the blood was the characteristics of will be critical for preventing and 83-97 per cent of sub- specificity to the SARS-CoV-2, cially where diagnosis is re- cells are a type of white To find potential treat- stronger for MAIT cells MAIT cells make them COVID-19 outbreaks within jects, respectively. Teshima said "saliva testing quired at the point of sample blood cells that are spe- ments against COVID-19, it than for other T cells, engaged early on in both communities and hospitals," Both the tests were also has significant logistic advan- collection, like in sports ven- cialised in recognising in- is important to understand they said. the systemic immune re- said Takanori Teshima from able to identify those without tages over the commonly ues or at airports," Teshima fected cells and are an es- in detail how our immune The study also noted sponse and in the local Hokkaido University in the infection in greater than used nasopharyngeal swab said. sential part of the immune immune response in the Japan. 99.9 per cent of subjects, the testing." Researchers point to a lim- system reacts, and in some that pro-inflammatory system. cases, perhaps contribute MAIT cells accumulated airways to which they are Two different virus amplifi- researchers said. "Self-collection of saliva is itation of the study that they In the current study, pub- recruited from the blood cation tests were performed The virus loads detected in painless for examinees, and did not follow up with clinical to worsening the disease," in the airways of COVID- lished in the journal Science said Johan Sandberg, a 19 patients to a larger de- by inflammatory signals. on most of the samples: the nasopharyngeal swab and more importantly, it elimi- outcomes. Immunology, the scientists “There, they are likely widely available PCR test, co-author of the study at gree than in healthy peo- saliva were equivalent and nates the close contact with They suggest that the re- assessed the role played by to contribute to the fast, and the less commonly used Karolinska Institutet. ple. highly correlated, they said. the examiners, reducing the sults give good indication that MAIT cells in COVID-19 innate immune response but faster and more portable "PCR sensitivity is much risk of viral exposure," said mass screening using self- According to the study, “Taken together, these disease. against the virus. In some RT-LAMP test. higher than previously Teshima. collected saliva and rapid RT- the number of MAIT analyses indicate that They examined the pres- people with COVID-19, the The number of positive thought 70 per cent that "We also found that it is un- LAMP testing could provide cells in the blood decline the reduced number of ence and character of MAIT activation of MAIT cells be- and negative results in all came from initial data of likely that the sensitivity of easy, non-invasive, quick and sharply in patients with MAIT cells in the blood samples was very similar, symptomatic patients," RT-LAMP is significantly less relatively accurate results, cells in blood samples from moderate or severe of COVID-19 patients is comes excessive and this with the nasopharyngeal Teshima said. than that of the PCR test, sug- with minimal risk of viral 24 patients admitted to COVID-19, and the re- at least partly due in- correlates with severe dis- swabs and saliva samples While finding both na- gesting that it might be a use- transmission to healthcare Karolinska University Hos- maining cells in circula- creased accumulation in ease,” Sandberg added. able to detect those with the sopharyngeal and saliva sam- ful alternative for diagnosing workers. pital with moderate to se- tion are highly activated. the airways,” Sandberg Covid-19: New global test How hormone therapy slows will give results 'in minutes' progression of atherosclerosis s one of the most com- study ‘Effect of Estradiol Therapy mon treatments for effec- on Markers of Inflammation: Re- Atively managing sults From the Early Versus Late menopause symptoms, hormone Intervention Trial With Estradiol therapy (HT) is also known to pro- (ELITE).’ vide multiple health benefits, in- “Stratified by time since cluding slowing the progression of menopause, women within 6 years atherosclerosis. of menopause when randomized A study based on Early Versus to hormone therapy showed a sig- A test that can diagnose many countries' attempts Gates Foundation to pro- Late Intervention Trial With nificant reduction in the levels of Covid-19 in minutes will to control the spread of duce 120 million of the Estradiol (ELITE) data evaluated E-selectin, ICAM-1, and IL-8 com- dramatically expand the coronavirus. tests, Tedros explained. the underlying mechanism of such pared with placebo; only E-se- benefit and will be presented dur- capacity to detect cases in In some countries with The deal covers 133 lectin levels was significantly lower ing the 2020 Virtual Annual Meet- low- and middle-income high infection rates, includ- countries, including many in women randomized to hormone ing of The North American countries, the World ing India and Mexico, ex- in Latin America which is therapy 10 or more years since Health Organization perts have said that low currently the region hard- Menopause Society (NAMS), opening on September 28. menopause compared with (WHO) has said. testing rates are disguising est-hit by the pandemic in placebo,” said Karim. The $5 test could trans- the true spread of their out- terms of fatality and infec- Atherosclerosis is a chronic in- flammatory process of blood ves- “This study helps us better un- form tracking of Covid-19 breaks. tion rates. HT on the biomarkers of inflam- fewer than 6 years away from sels that is central to most cases of derstand the potential physiologic in less wealthy countries, The "new, highly "This is a vital addition to mation in the postmenopausal menopause showed the greatest cardiovascular disease. The risk of mechanisms that could explain which have shortages of portable and easy-to-use their testing capacity and women involved in ELITE. anti-inflammatory benefits from cardiovascular disease in women why hormone therapy slows pro- healthcare workers and test" will provide results in especially important in ar- As part of the study, which com- HT compared with women more rapidly increases after menopause gression of heart disease early after laboratories, the BBC re- 15-30 minutes instead of eas of high transmission," pared oral estradiol to placebo, re- than 10 years after menopause. and remains the leading cause of menopause, but not in women ported on Monday. hours or days, WHO Direc- Tedros added. searchers measured the circulat- “In the total sample, average on- death in US women. more distant from the menopause A deal with manufactur- tor General Tedros Ad- "This will enable the ex- ing concentrations of 12 trial levels of E-selectin, ICAM-1, Data from ELITE already ers will provide 120 million hanom Ghebreyesus told a pansion of testing, particu- inflammatory markers in 643 IFNg, and IL-8 were significantly transition,” says Dr. Stephanie demonstrated the benefits of HT tests over six months. news conference on Mon- larly in hard-to-reach areas postmenopausal women. lower in the hormone therapy Faubion, NAMS medical director. in reducing the progression of ath- The WHO's head called it day. that do not have laboratory Through this analysis, they con- group compared with placebo- “Additional research is needed to erosclerosis in relatively younger, a major milestone. Drugs manufacturers facilities or enough trained firmed that HT significantly re- treated women,” said Dr. Roksana more fully understand how time healthy postmenopausal women. Lengthy gaps between Abbott and SD Biosensor health workers to carry out duced the circulating concentra- Karim from the University of since menopause alters the impact In this new study, researchers taking a test and receiving have agreed with the chari- tests," he said. tions of a number of key South California Keck School of of hormone therapy on heart dis- specifically evaluated the effect of a result have hampered table Bill and Melinda biomarkers. Women who were Medicine and lead author of the ease risk,” Karim added. BACK PAGE 12 Daily Jammu Rising Jammu, Wednesday October 21, 2020 Advisor Khan attends series of events at Bandipora ‘My Town My Pride’ is a movement towards transforming on culmination of ‘My Town My Pride’ towns, cities into model entities: Advisor Bhatnagar gramme at Nishat Park in ‘Back to Village’ pro- sues faced by the people in tions and assured them that their issues will be ex- JAMMU RISING which more than a dozen of gramme the Lieutenant urban areas. He said the amined for an early redres- JAMMU, OCT 20 delegations and individuals Governor gave an innovate government is out at the called on him and apprised idea of reaching out to the doorsteps of the people to sal. Meanwhile, Advisor Bhatnagar distributed Advisor to Lieutenant him of various issues of urban population by listen and assess the griev- sports kits among the Governor, Farooq Khan, public interest including launching “My Town My ances and take long term school children as well as today attended a series of augmentation of electricity Pride” programme across and short term measures to income and domicile cer- events in Bandipora on cul- and water supply infra- the UT. He said the govern- ease out problems of the tificates among the benefi- mination of ambitious “My structure, improvement of ment is committed to em- people. He asked the offi- ciaries. He also distributed Town My Pride” pro- urban drainage system, power the Panchayati Raj cers to be responsive to cheques under PMAY and gramme in Bandipora beautification of town, con- Institutions and Urban Lo- their needs and demands. NULM among the identi- town. struction of mechanized cal Bodies to ensure de- He further asked the offi- fied beneficiaries. Principal Secretary Skill car parking in town, con- sired development of vil- cers to make efforts for en- Advisor also handed over Development, Dr Asgar struction of DIET complex lages and towns. suring maximum satura- Baby Kits to newly born girl Hassan Samoon, Deputy in Bandipora, establish- Advisor impressed upon tion of social security and children under BBBP be- Commissioner, Bandipora, ment of IT park and the public to monitor the beneficiary-oriented sides distributing sanction Dr Owais Ahmad, Senior women college and aug- development process in schemes. ration of beneficiary ori- A delegation from Awan- letters under Ladli Beti Superintendent of Police mentation of health infra- their areas to ensure tangi- Earlier, DC apprised the JAMMU RISING ented schemes. He added tipora Town raised the is- Scheme. He also distrib- Rahul Malik, Additional structure in the town be- ble development of their Advisor of achievements on JAMMU, OCT 20 that the purpose behind sue of beautification of uted wheel chairs, hearing District Development sides job opportunities for areas. He appreciated the various major projects and this unique initiative is to town, rehabilitation of land aids, walking sticks among Commissioner Afsar Ali, educated skilled and un- efforts of DC Bandipora for other development activi- Advisor to Lieutenant strengthen the roots of owners, establishment of the persons with disabili- Additional Deputy Com- skilled youth. roping in youngsters in ties taken up by different Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhat- good governance in J&K Trauma center, choking of ties. Later, Advisor re- missioner Zahoor Ahmad The delegations included MTMP programme and departments across the nagar, today said that ‘My and empower the common drains, macadamization of viewed the developmental Mir, Chairman Municipal Traders Federation Bandi- said that the future lies district. Town My Pride’ is a move- people besides giving direc- internal roads and up gra- scenario of Awantipora Council, Basharat Ahmad pora, Civil Society Bandi- with the younger genera- Later, Advisor handed ment towards transform- tion to new governance dation of PHC hospital Subdivision wherein Addi- and other senior officers of pora, members of Ashiana tion and they need to come over keys of houses to the ing towns and cities into model in entire Jammu whereas a delegation from tional Deputy Commis- the district were present on (NGO), Volunteer Group of forward and visualize the beneficiaries of PMAY(U) model entities adding that and Kashmir. Letpora demanded settle- sioner, Awantipora ap- the occasion. Bandipora, Youngsters future of their city and and honoured the COVID welfare of common people During his visit, Advisor ment of land records. prised him regarding issues Farooq Khan also at- Group of Bandipora, Ali town and work to achieve warriors. is the priority of present Bhatnagar inspected the Similarly a delegation like AIIMS, languishing tended sports festival at SK Sports Academy and Ku- that goal. Advisor along with other dispensation. stalls at Town Hall Awan- from traders fraternity de- projects, flagship pro- stadium Bandipora organ- lusa Welfare Society. Principal Secretary Skill dignitaries laid foundation The Advisor stated this tipora, installed by differ- manded proper drinking grammes, National Saffron ized by district administra- Advisor Khan gave a pa- Development said that the stone for community hall at while participating in My ent departments and en- water facility besides a Mission besides other is- tion in collaboration with tient hearing to the delega- MTMP programme en- Ranger Khan (Nowpora) Town My Pride pro- quired about the community centre for town sues related to infrastruc- Municipal Council Bandi- tions and assured them sures holistic and need and beautification work on gramme at Town Hall, grievances redressal mech- while as a delegation of tural development of the pora, District Youth Ser- that the issues raised by based development of ur- Kaloosa Bridge. They also Awantipora. anism being adopted by business community de- area. District Development vices and Sports Bandipora them will be looked into for ban areas of the Union Ter- visited ITI Bandipora, Girls Advisor said that ‘My them to satisfy the public manded sanctioning of Commissioner, Pulwama, and Bandipora Police and redressal. ritory. He said during this Higher Secondary School Town My Pride’ is aimed at aspirations. Community hall and beau- Dr Rahgav Langer, SSP witnessed several games. Farooq Khan said that two-day programme where Bandipora and BMS to improve service delivery On the occasion, the Ad- tification of town besides Awantipora, ADC Awan- Later, Advisor attended encouraged by overwhelm- he had a detailed assess- Lankershipora. and redress the public visor interacted with the expeditious completion of tipora besides other district public interaction pro- ing public response to ment about a range of is- grievances within the people in the Town Hall AIIMS in Awantipora. shortest possible time and and listened to their issues Advisor gave patient officers were also present Navin inaugurates Agriculture Complex, Aadhaar Seva achieve cent percent satu- and grievances. hearing to all the delega- on the occasion. Kendra, addresses public grievances redress camp ‘My Town My Pride’ concludes at Kupwara

JAMMU RISING with overwhelming public participation JAMMU, OCT 20 of the town besides pro- JAMMU RISING jecting some important is- The ambitious ‘My Town sues concerning growth My Pride’ programme con- JAMMU, OCT 20 and development of the cluded here today with area. Principal Secretary, Agri- Government’s unique Commissioner also met culture Department, Navin initiative ‘My Town My various delegations who Kumar Choudhary, partici- Pride’ today ended here at projected their demands pating in a multitude of ac- Kupwara with Commis- and problems regarding tivities held in Kupwara sioner, Survey and Land their development require- Town as part of the pro- Records (SLR), Shah- ments. gramme. nawaz Bukhari, visiting Commissioner heard Principal Secretary was Langate to assess public is- accompanied by District sues and concerns besides them patiently and assured Development Commis- taking stock of develop- them that their demands sioner (DDC), Kupwara, ment scenario of the town. will be fulfilled in a time Anshul Garg; Director Commissioner, Visiting bound manner. Agriculture, Aijaz Altaf An- Officer for Municipal Com- Commissioner also dis- cers to facilitate the appli- wara and common citizens SOPs of mining extraction mittee Langate, convened tributed domicile Certifi- drabi; Additional District cants in filling up of online besides district administra- in Nallahs flowing around Development Commis- a joint meeting of officers, cates, baby kits and other application forms for tion participated. the town. He directed the councillors and senior citi- revenue papers under vari- sioner, Mohammad Ashraf JKPSC and JKSSB besides On the occasion, various concerned to speed up the this programme is to reach ple in a time bound man- Bhat, ADC Kupwara, zens at Government Girls out to urban population to ner. ous individual beneficiary delivering prompt Aadhaar members and citizens demolition of illegal struc- Higher Secondary School Oriented Schemes. Chairman, Municipal related services. raised their issues about tures and other encroach- redress their grievances. President, Municipal Council Kupwara (MCK), Langate and discussed the He took feedback from the Committee, Langate, Later, Commissioner Principal Secretary also development of Kupwara ments in the town. development issues of the witnessed sports activities besides, other concerned visited Agriculture Farm at town. He also asked the DDC to Councillors and asked con- Oruje-e-Mohi-u-Din officers. town. cerned officers to redress briefed the Commissioner and interacted with the Kupwara and inspected Principal Secretary gave inspect the land identified He said the main aim of players. Principal Secretary inau- various varieties of vegeta- a patient hearing to the for establishment of the grievances of the peo- about development profile gurated Agriculture Com- bles being grown up in poly people and issued on spot Women College at Kral- plex at Kupwara completed green houses. directions to the concerned pora. at a cost of Rs.1.50 crore Earlier, Principal Secre- officers for resolving their Later, Principal Secretary and CSC Aadhaar Seva tary addressed a public issues in a time bound laid foundation stone for Kendra at ACD Office Kup- grievances redressal camp manner. link road from Bye pass to wara. at Town Hall Kupwara in Principal Secretary di- Usmanabad in presence of Principal Secretary di- which ward members of rected the DDC to issue a DDC, Chairman MCK and rected the concerned offi- Municipal Committee Kup- blanket order regarding the other officers. CUJ contributes chapter in National Education Policy JAMMU RISING Speaking on the occasion tributed a Chapter title, and General Secretary, As- JAMMU, OCT 20 the Governor said that book NEP2020: Transforma- sociation of Indian Univer- would help future road map tional Change For Multidis- sity, Prof Raj Kumar,VC Hon'ble Governor of for implementation NEP ciplinary and Holistic Edu- Panjab University, Prof Chhattisgarh Anusuiya 2020. The book comprises cation System in the book. Neeraj Gupta ,VC Central Uikey on Monday released of 106 chapters, con- Dignitaries on the occa- University of Rajasthan, a book National Education tributed by very wide range sion including Prof Kuldeep Prof Sanjay Diwedi, DG Policy-2020: Reflections of senior academicians for Chand Agnihotri, VC Hi- IIMC, Prof R.P Tiwari,VC from Stakeholders, edited different disciplines. Dr machal Central University, Central University of Pan- by Prof Manoj Saxena Bachha Babu, Sr. Assistant Prof Baldev Bhai Sharma, jab were present and on the (CUHP), Prof Qazi Majhar Professor, Department of VC Kushabhau Thakre book releasing ceremony Ali (AMU), Prof Kalpana K Mass Communication and journalism University, and also participated in dis- Mahajan (PU) and Prof New Media, Central Uni- Raipur, Dr.Pankaj Mittal, cussion on the book. Ravi K Mahajan. versity of Jammu, also con- Additional Secretary, UGC Don't create confusion in Panchayati Raj system: Bhardwaj JAMMU RISING He said that it is befuddling that ig- tees, the already elected Sarpanchs JAMMU, OCT 20 noring the strong force of elected and Panchs should be given represen- Sarpanchs and Panchs, the Govern- tation in these panels that would lead Senior Congress leader, Mr Mohin- ment has proposed to introduce yet to better coordination and connectiv- der Bhardwaj has questioned the another level of elected representa- ity for identification and execution of Government's move to introduce a tives to the DDCs and Planning Com- developmental works or else it would system of District Development mittees. Elections at yet another tier become a free for all kind of a situa- Councils and Planning Committees at would entail more expenditure from tion. the grassroots levels in the name of the public exchequer at a time when Mr Bhardwaj wondered whether devolution of power. the state's economic condition has the Government has any plans to hold Reacting to this decision taken by worsened. At the same time, it would assembly elections and what would the Union Home Ministry, Mr Bhard- diminish the significance of the be the status of the MLAs, if as and waj, who is also a senior advocate, elected Sarpanchs and Panchs and when the polls are held, under the said that the devolution of powers to start a new warfare of supremacy and new multi-tier system. It is intriguing the grassroots levels through the disputes at the grassroots levels. that the focus is on adding more flab to mechanism of Panchayati Raj was the Mr Bhardwaj suggested that the the current setup whereas there is to- dream of former Prime Minister, Mr Government first must clarify about tal quietness on preparing for assem- Rajiv Gandhi which was imple- its motive behind the move and take bly election. " It is surprising that the mented by the successive Congress all stakeholders into confidence. They Delimitation Commission in its seven governments. However, the current should also clarify as to what would and a half months of existence has not dispensation by using the alibi of de- then be the role of Sarpanchs and bothered to visit Jammu and Kash- volution of power is creating more Panchs. mir even once. This raises doubts confusion and ignoring the existing Instead of having elected members about the real intention of the Gov- realities. to the DDCs and Planning Commit- ernment," he added. K CMYK