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Volthe No: XXI|Issue No. 294northlines | 13.12.2016 (Tuesday) |Daily | Price ` 2/-| Jammu Tawi | Pages-12 |Regd. No. JK|306|2014-16 JK biggest victim of Vardah claims 4 Post-Cabinet differences, lives in Tamil Nadu partition: Mehbooba Cyclone shows signs of weakening: IMD ministerial panel set up other State. She asked people of the State to join NEW DELHI, DEC 12 (PTI) The issue of South China prioritise defence and hands and lead in Sea figured prominently in security cooperation, unbundling the knots which India and the world's most the talks and in a veiled besides ramping up efforts have tied them in a quagmire populous Muslim nation message to Beijing, both to ensure safety and of uncertainty and Indonesia on Monday sides asserted that the security of the sea lanes. hopelessness. decided to expand their dispute must be resolved "As the world's most The Chief Minister said she defence and maritime through peaceful means and populous Muslim nation, wishes the relations between security ties and resolved to without resorting to threat Indonesia stands for the two countries (India and effectively deal with or use of force. democracy, diversity, Pakistan) improve so that terrorism, calling for "zero Two MoUs, one on pluralism, and social there is maximum trade and tolerance" towards it. providing for cooperation in harmony. These are also our NL CORRESPONDENT showing signs of weakening NL CORRESPONDENT resolving issues confronting people's interactions The two countries, among youth affairs and sports and values. Our nations and CHENNAI, DEC 12 and will turn into a 'cyclonic JAMMU, DEC 12 (KNS) the State. resulting into a the very few fast growing another on standardisation societies have nurtured storm' in next 3-4 hours. Addressing a gathering of consequential benefit to the large economies globally, were signed. strong bonds of commerce Four people were killed as The cyclone, which started Saying that Jammu & displaced persons on the people of the State. She also decided to boost A joint communique on and culture throughout our heavy rains accompanied by making landfall near here at Kashmir has been the occasion of launch of sought the help of all bilateral trade and combating illegal and history," Modi, flanked by high-velocity winds on biggest victim of the Package of Financial stakeholders in 2 pm, uprooted hundreds of investment in areas of oil unregulated fishing was Widodo, said. Monday pounded the city subcontinent's partition of Assistance for Displaced accomplishing this saying it trees, disrupted land and air and gas, renewable energy, also firmed up. Asked whether India raised and coastal districts of north 1947, Chief Minister, Persons from PoK, the Chief is her earnest desire to see transport and threw normal IT and pharmaceuticals, In his media statement, the issue of Indian national Tamil Nadu due to cyclone Mehbooba Mufti today Minister said the people of the breeze of harmony, life out of gear. during talks between Prime Modi said the talks focused Gurdeep Singh, facing Vardah. As per the Indian asked people of every Jammu & Kashmir have friendship and peace sweep "The cyclone is still Minister Narendra Modi on the full range of bilateral death sentence in Indonesia Meteorological Department, region, ideology and been suffering since the entire region so that crossing, only the eye and Indonesian President cooperation and that both on drug charges, officials the cyclone as started religion to jointly fight for partition of 1947 unlike any South Asia P2 portion P2 Joko Widodo. countries agreed to did not P2 KPS Officers - Sulking in stagnation! In aspiring Digital India, a village in A mischievous Babu deprives KPS of their legitimate dues Jammu region lives in primitive darkness

NL CORRESPONDENT the Police deptt vide SRO 132 of table. induction of DySP level officers NL CORRESPONDENT SRINAGAR, DEC 12 2002 after the efforts of M A Over the years it has been seen that through the promotion route. These DODA, DEC 12 Bukhari who was then working as neither the departmental hierarchy promotions were governed by The impasse is not new to KPS Dy Secy in Home department. nor the political leadership has ever Recruitment Rules of 1977 read Amidst much talk of cadre. In 1984 such arrangement Notwithstanding the row over KPS shown any interest in addressing the with SRO 210 of 1994 and Home Digital India, Make in India was notified by the government cadre and differences between the service issues of KPS officers for Department order 349/ 1986, which and what not, a hilly village when the then DGP convinced the coalition partners surfaced during obvious reasons. fix the deputation, leave reserve and 'Dessa' of district Doda in state government that KPS needed the last cabinet meeting, local police As per the recruitment rules of training reserve posts in KPS, to be Jammu Region has to be organised like KAS to give officers are suffering from the govt 1977/1984/2002, the KPS cadre counted towards duty posts for remained in primitive more career prospects to the state apathy over the finalisation of starts with appointment of DySP calculating the posts for direct darkness since ages. Many police officers who couldn't make it seniority lists of DySP level. level officers, 50 percent through recruitment as well as for promotion generations have lived and to IPS. Since the Home Deptt comes under PSC exam and 50 percent through to DySP and SP. Since 1986 the perished seeing only These rules were notified vide SRO the control of CM, who gets little departmental promotion. promotion and recruitment has been thunder lightening during 549 of 1984 dated 19/10/1984. time to indulge in the problems of The direct recruitment got a big made on. cloudy weather. The recent However, the same invisible hand local police cadre. That being so the pause between 1984 and 1999 when The latest impasse owes its origin to two generations have seen created the similar misconceptions cadre management is left to 78 officers were inducted through the implementation of Supreme the glimpses of electricity as a result these rules were kept in bureaucracy which is hardly PSC and thereafter the exams were Court decision in the much just for few days when abeyance vide SRO 167 of 1985 interested in solving problems of conducted almost regularly by the publicised case Sheikh Abdul village was attempted to be dated 22/04/1985. local cadre. On the contrary IPS PSC. Rashid vs state of J&K in 2008 electrified once in 1980 and It was in the year 2002 that govt officers get their service benefits in In between these 15 years the Police where under the intense seniority of later under Rajiv Gandhi could issue Recruitment Rules for a hassle free manner from the same department continued with the promotee P2 Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojna in 2013-14, but 44 killed in Turkey blasts villagers claimed that poles, Tinted film removal of VC's vehicle transformers and wires collapsed in quick ISTANBUL, DEC 12 (AFP) succession due to bad relegated to dark era soon. off the file and funds. snowballs into major controversy weather that too within few The death toll from the Istanbul twin bombings The workmanship was Situated just 35 kilometers weeks and the village near a major football stadium has risen to 44, cosmetic and just to dispose away from P2 NL CORRESPONDENT Turkish Health Minister Recep Akdag said SRINAGAR, DEC 12 today. Govt to announce fresh panel The late Saturday attacks saw a car bomb The controversy erupted after a explode outside the home stadium of football police officer removed the for drafting new Nat Edu Policy giants Besiktas and less than a minute later, a black film on the vehicle of suicide bomber blew himself up near a group of Kashmir University Vice police at a nearby park. NL CORRESPONDENT have to ask them whether comprehensive discussions Chancellor Khurshid Iqbal NEW DELHI, DEC 12 (PTI) "It is very painful that we P2 they are ready because they with all stakeholders Andrabi on the Srinagar-Jammu will also have to work for including the states, National Highway a day before Months after former Cabinet three to four months," HRD educational institutes, has not died down with many Temperatures plummet, Secretary T S R minister Prakash Javadekar parliamentarians and taking sides with the VC and Subramanian-led committee told PTI in an interview. experts, and the the Police officer. minus 11.4 degrees in Leh JK Vice Chancellor's Forum submitted its draft report on The decision was described recommendations of TSR Social media users in Kashmir the new National Education as "not palatable" by Subramanian committee valley were divided over the condemns the 'high-handedness' SRINAGAR, DEC 12 (PTI) Policy, the government has Subramanian, who also will also be considered as an incident but some users decided to set up another supporting the police officer for JAMMU DEC 12 criticised the government "input". Night temperatures across Kashmir division panel to prepare a fresh draft for not recognising the The Minister also dipped after a day's respite with the mercury doing his duty. State Police Chief K.Rajendra The J&K Vice Chancellor's Forum, a body comprising of all the and an announcement in this "criticality of the need to maintained that settling below freezing point at most places, Vice Chancellor's of the Universities in J&K State, has expressed a said that the incident will be regard is likely to be made in carry out fundamental Subramanian Committee's including Leh, which was the coldest place in deep anguish on misbehaviour of a Police Officer with Prof. the next 10 days. changes required" in the mandate was to work on probed only after he receives a Khurshid Andrabi, Vice Chancellor University of Kashmir. the state at minus 11.4 degrees. "We will have a committee education system. evolution of a national The Meteorological P2 written complaint from the Strongly condemning the incident, the Forum has termed the complainant. behaviour of the Officer as completely unprofessional and uncalled headed by an eminent Talking about the process of education policy, indicating Is Kashmir safe for tourists? "There is no need to inquire the for, aimed at just harassment and intimidation. The prior presence of educationist in around ten formulating the NEP, that the Committee was not matter as everything is on the the Media on the scene also indicated that the action was days....We are discussing Javadekar said the ministry mandated to draft the final video. Policemen P2 premeditated and the Officer wanted to prove P2 some names but we also has already held policy. P2 JAMMU, DEC 11 (KIP)

Is Kashmir valley the safest place as claimed by 9000 transformers Chief Minister,Mehbooba Mufti ?There are Rise in plastic money over cash doubts about it. Yes she may have been damaged annually in J&K motivated to call Kashmir the safest place for tourists after the separatists invited tourists, after demonetisation: Survey State seeks assistance home as well as foreigners, to P2 NL CORRESPONDENT for the last three years. The NL CORRESPONDENT over cash for making bookings travel agents, chose luxury accommodation, SRINAGAR, DEC 12 (KNS) damage rate of transformers China says no change in MUMBAI, DEC 12 (PTI) and while travelling. The ban Yatra.com COO,(B2C), Sharat it added. in J&K is the highest in the As many as 9000 power stand on NSG, Azhar issues on old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 Dhall said. It said the advance booking country. distribution transformers get After failing to repair Post demonetisation there has notes has further led to a Winter Survey is done by continues with most people damaged in Jammu and been a rise in inclination to use significant 57.9 per cent Yatra.com annually from data looking at finalising their plans transformers from its own K J M VARMA Kashmir annually which is credit or debit cards, as 37.4 travellers booking through the taken from the actual bookings 15 days to one month in funds, the state government BEIJING, DEC 12 (PTI) highest in the country. per cent Indian travellers desktop and a drastic dip in done on the portal. advance. There has been a significant has asked the Central government to release funds India's diplomatic efforts to get China's backing choose plastic money over cash booking through offline Another key observation was Further, it revealed, increase in damaged for repairing of for NSG membership bid and getting JeM chief for making bookings and agents," Winter Survey by that people are preferring to demonetisation does not seem transformers in the state for transformers. Masood Azhar designated as terrorist by the UN during travel, a survey has said. Yatra.com has revealed. choose budget accommodation to have impacted the spending the last few years. During Official sources told KNS seems to be making no headway with Beijing "One of the key findings is the With demonetisation, the trend over luxury accommodation, capacity of travellers, with 2011-12, around 6000 today saying its stand on the two key issues inclination of Indian travellers of cashless transactions in the survey said. over 60 per cent willing to distribution transformers that government has even "remains unchanged". to use credit or debit card over travel will go up, and this will Over 38 per cent people opted spend between Rs 10,000 to Rs were damaged across the failed to clear the liability of "As for India's application for Nuclear cash. About 37.4 per cent have significant medium to for lodging options under Rs 25,000. state while their number private firms repairing Suppliers Group (NSG) P2 travellers choose plastic money long-term positives for online 4,000, while only 35 per cent The survey P2 reached over 9000 annually damaged P2 2 CITY the northlines Jammu | Tuesday | December 13 | 2016

the stay in Home Dept while others mention that his agenda million students. However, the government decided to have Delhi's efforts to access civilian nuclear technology. FROM PAGE 1 was to somehow give undue benefit to certain officers. more consultations and use it as an "input" for the future Jaishankar had also expressed dismay over the two Whatever may have been the reason the lost time can't be draft and not as a final draft report. countries not being able to come together on the issue of retrieved but there is urgent need on the part of Minister In "fundamentalist terrorism" at critical international forums, a JK biggest victim of charge Home & Law Departments to address the issue on reference to China blocking India's bid to get Azhar banned priority basis so that morale of the force is not effected Post-Cabinet differences, by the UN. partition: Mehbooba besides those officers who have given their whole life to China's second 'technical hold' on Azhar's banning in UN is police Deptt get their retirement dues without further delay. ministerial panel set up due to expire at the end of this month and the two countries are in talks on both the NSG and Azhar issues. gets rid of poverty, illiteracy, disease and destruction. give a direct reply but said the matter is under judicial Mehbooba Mufti said that wars all around have left behind Officials here are not clear about the complex process of the JK Vice Chancellor's Forum process in that country. UN 1267 committee where China, a veto-wielding member, a trail of death, destruction and displacement only. She said A joint statement said the two leaders condemned terrorism people of the State hold an important responsibility of has blocked India's application twice already, while the rest in all its forms and manifestations in the strongest terms, of the members supported it. ensuring and leading to friendly relations between India and condemns the 'high-handedness' holding that there must be "zero tolerance" for acts of terror Pakistan. "We have to go back to the era of Mr. Vajpayee On Jaishankar's remarks that China should respect each and that all states must deal with trans-national terrorism other's legitimate aspirations, Geng said as major when hostilities between the two neighboring countries his bravado. In case the Officer had noticed anything emanating from their territory by effective criminal justice developing countries it is natural that two countries need not were minimal and despite provocations like Kargil and against the law, he should have taken action by producing a response. see eye to eye on every issue. Parliament attack, option of war was not even considered. Challan or charged a fine as per the law. By detaining a "Both leaders discussed the threat from global terrorism and "Thanks to the concerted efforts of China and India the Rather it led to opening of hearts and minds between the respectable person of the society on the road side and more other transnational crimes and resolved to significantly strategic cooperation between the two sides have made all two sides which ultimately resulted into opening of borders, so a senior Academics of the State, the said Police Officer enhance bilateral cooperation in combating terrorism, round progress," he said. resumption of trade and more people to people contact", she has proven his insensitivity and ignorance. terrorist financing, money laundering, arms smuggling, added. "The two sides have been moving toward establishing a trafficking in human beings and cyber crime," it said. more closely knit strategic partnership for cooperation. As On the occasion, the Chief Minister handed over cheques of Modi and Widodo called upon all countries to implement financial package among the heads of some displaced Tinted film removal of VC's vehicle two major developing countries it is only natural for us to the UNSC Resolution 1267 (banning militant groups and not see eye to eye on all issues, but the mainstream of the persons' families. their leaders) and other relevant resolutions designating Earlier in his address, Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal snowballs into major controversy bilateral relationship is cooperation and the two of us are terrorist entities, seen as an apparent reference to China staying in communication on relevant issues," he said. Singh thanked the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and blocking India's move to get Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti for ensuring that the have to do their job," Rajendra told a news agency. The Chinese side is looking to work together with the He however, added that anybody having any complaint or Masood Azhar designated as a global terrorist by the UN. Indian side to expand bilateral mutual beneficial displaced persons get their due. The two leaders also asked all nations to work towards He said the Government has been sensitive to the problems grievance is free to submit that before the authorities. "Let cooperation and manage differences based on consensus the Vice Chancellor submit his complaint against the police eliminating terrorist safe havens and infrastructure, reached by leaders of both countries, he said. and difficulties of DPs and is working for the mitigation of disrupting terror networks and their financing channels and the same. officer, we will inquire the matter," the Director General of On the US Congress clearing the decks for India to become Police said. stopping cross-border terrorism,seen as a message to a Major Defence Partner of America, Geng gave a guarded In his address, Minister for Revenue, Relief & Pakistan. Rehabilitation, Syed Basharat Bukhari said the Government Meanwhile, Vice Chancellor Kashmir University Khurshid reaction saying that both America and India are important has been working for making this compensation more and Iqbal Andrabi said that he will submit a formal written countries. more easy for the displaced persons. He said his complaint against the police officer on Tuesday. "I have In aspiring Digital India, a village in "We welcome normal state to state relationship between Department would make all efforts in minimizing the already talked to Chief Minister's Secretariat and Mr BB different countries. We hope that the bilateral relationship difficulties of displaced persons. Vyas and tomorrow (Tuesday) I will submit a complaint in Jammu region lives in primitive darkness and cooperation will be conducive to regional peace and Chairman, Legislative Council, Haji Anayat Ali, several black and white," he said. development," he said. ministers, MPs, legislators, Chief Secretary, B. R. Sharma, A Deputy Superintendent of Police stopped Andrabi's district headquarters, villagers said they are living without Financial Commissioner, Relief & Rehabilitation, B. B. vehicle at Udhampur yesterday and removed the black film electricity since ages and even the Independence of India 44 killed in Turkey blasts Vyas, senior officers of various Departments and a large on the window panes of the vehicle, which is allowed for did not change their lives and have no meaning for them. vehicles of 'Z' and 'Z plus' protectees. Since the last collapse, no initiative was ever taken to re- number of displaced persons were present on the occasion. lost 36 of our police officers and eight civilians in a bloody Andrabi entered into an argument with the police officer electrify this village again. "Surrounding villages have been (KNS) attack," Akdag told parliament, Dogan news agency who said he was only doing his duty. A video of the incident electrified about decades back, but people of Gai, Sheinkly, reported. went viral on social media. Manjmi, Laloor, Gurkhan, Kunda, Gramdi, Saras, Gorkund, The blasts also injured 166 people and were claimed by the Andrabi told the police officer that "you have not grown out Chanderbatan, Thana, and Mushal hamlets of Dessa have Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), which is seen as a Vardah claims 4 lives of the colonial culture. If I had my (security) escort with me, been left to their fate and to live without electricity with no radical offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party you would not have dared to do this". hope. (PKK). The police official responded by saying. "I am doing my "The matter was brought to the notice of local in Tamil Nadu Turkey has been hit by multiple attacks this year blamed on duty" and that he would do it with any vehicle which did not MLAs/Ministers in past and present in the last seven comply with the rules." Kurdish militants and Islamic State jihadists. has crossed... Presently it is calm. It is showing signs of decades, but nothing changed for us," Chand Lal a Sheinkly The Supreme Court in 2012 banned use of black films on The TAK group has claimed three major strikes this year. weakening and the wind speed will reduce to 60-70 kmph villager said. window glass of the vehicles. Two were in Ankara: one on February 17 that left 28 dead in next 3-4 hours," a top India Meteorological Department Even the present MP and MoS in PMO, Dr. Jitendra Singh Only vehicles of protected persons falling in 'Z' and 'Z Plus' and another on March 13 that killed 34; as well as a car (IMD) official told PTI here. has been apprised of our miserable plight, but again nothing category may be exempted by police. bombing in Istanbul on June 7 in which 11 people died. "The wind speed near Chennai is 90-100 kmph. Heavy has moved. Villagers have to console themselves with just Kashmir University Teachers Association has also jumped (AFP) rains and storm surge is expected. Landfall process has lip service. over the bandwagon by condemning the incident. KUTA commenced at 2 pm. The cyclone will cross between 2 pm "Poles, wires and transformers were installed in several demands a through time-bound probe into the matter, strict and 5 pm," M Mohapatra, Additional Director General hamlets of village Dessa under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Temperatures plummet, minus action against the erring officer and an unconditional (Services) of IMD, earlier said. Vidyutikaran Yojna scheme in 2013-14, but owing to their apology, the spokesman said. "Two people have died. Twenty-four huts have been wrong installation and poor workmanship, entire 11.4 degrees in Leh reported damaged. More than 8,000 people have infrastructure collapsed in snowfall and torrential rains accommodated in 95 relief camps," the National Disaster Kashmir University Ministerial Staff Association within a month of its installation." he added. Department here has predicted mainly dry weather in the Management Authority said. also strongly condemned the incident. School students have been preparing for their studies and state for the week ahead which could lead to a further drop Power supply was suspended in many parts of these regions board exams under the light of firewood being the children in night temperature. as a precautionary measure. About 8,000 people from low- A spokesperson of the Association in a statement said, "The of lesser God. "We need proper electricity in our village not The temperature in Leh town, in Ladakh region, plummeted lying areas in north Chennai, Pazhaverkadu in Tiruvallur University fraternity has to collectively stand against it and merely an eye-wash, every time government claims over 12 degrees from the previous night's low of 1.3 degrees district and villages off Mamallapuram in Kanchipuram demand action against the accused cop". spending Celsius, to settle at minus 11.4 degrees Celsius, an official district were safely evacuated to 95 relief shelters, officials "In a brazen violation of Y security status protocol, which huge amount in the name of electrification, but all in air," a of the MET department said here. Leh was the coldest place said. the officer should have been aware of, started scrutinizing high school student said. in the state. Flight operations at the airport here have been suspended till all the documents pertaining to the vehicle," a spokesman of District Development Commissioner, Doda and PDD The official said the nearby Kargil town recorded a low of 5 pm. KUTA said in a statement. Executive Engineer were not available for comments minus 9.1 degrees Celsius. Long-distance buses have been stalled and traffic came to a Divulging information about the incident, Deputy despite many attempts over phone. Srinagar -- the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir grinding halt in most areas with uprooted trees and electric Superintendent of Police Sheikh Adil told that it was a basic recorded minimum temperature of 0.1 degrees Celsius, poles blocking the roads. police exercise and before checking the vehicle with tinted slightly down from the previous night's 0.5 degrees Celsius, All suburban train services have also been suspended. glasses, the police had checked more than 100 vehicles. "I 9000 transformers the official said. Southern Railway announced cancellation of all 17 trains have great respect for the Vice Chancellor but the fact is that originating from Chennai central, as well as Egmore. he was not present in the Vehicle in question but was damaged annually in J&K He said the city and the south Kashmir town of Kokernag State Principal Secretary (Revenue Administration) K occupying a Taveera that was also challaned for not having were the only two places in the Valley where the night temperature settled above the freezing point. Satyagopal said, "Human loss is two," without elaborating. proper documents. I only did my duty and there was nothing transformers and they had stopped repairing of transformers Kokernag registered a low of 0.4 degree Celsius over three In a statement, he said 260 trees and 37 electric poles had personnel," he said. many a times for the last three months, seeking releasing of degrees down from 3.7 degrees Celsius yesterday, the fallen and 190 trees removed. As many as 224 roads were The police officer vehemently denounced the allegations funds. official said. blocked and 24 huts damaged. PTI that he uploaded the video on his personal facebook Presently, 15 electric transformers manufacturing and repair Kupwara in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 0.1 account. "I was being tagged and each time a friend tagged units exist in Kashmir valley while 17 operate in Jammu degrees Celsius against 1.2 degrees Celsius of the previous me with this video I untagged it just for sake of VC's region. A mischievous Babu deprives night, while Qazigund, the gateway town to Kashmir dignity," he said and added that it was not in his hands to "The PDD has failed to curb on overloading resulting Valley, registered minimum temperature of minus 1.2 stop the media men from shooting the incident. maximum number of transformers get damaged in winter in KPS of their legitimate dues degrees Celsius, which was nearly five degrees down from the Valley and during summer in Jammu region," an official 3.6 degrees Celsius yesterday. of PDD said. "The government has now sought Central DySPs was refixed. Rise in plastic money over cash The ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a low assistance for repairing of damaged transformers. The After a deliberation of two years during which of minus 3.4 degrees Celsius compared to minus 2.0 repairing of damaged transformers is putting a huge burden representations/ objections of all stakeholders were called after demonetisation: Survey degrees Celsius previous night, the official said. on the state exchequer and government was prompted to and examined a final seniority list of superintendents of Pahalgam, which serves as a base camp for the annual seek financial help from New Delhi." police was notified by the Home Deptt in 2010. also found that a substantial drop in international travel with Amarnath Yatra shivered at a low of minus 4.2 degrees The PDD has also been contemplating of privatization of However, the directly recruited DySPs of 1999 batch felt over 74 per cent respondents willing to travel to domestic Celsius, which was nearly seven degrees down from the power distribution across the state as it has registered four dissatisfied with their placements and challenged the destinations. previous night's 2.6 degrees Celsius. power companies that will deal separately with seniority list in the High court of J&K at Jammu on the plea While the deserts and Goa have been highlighted as top Kashmir had received rainfall on Saturday night which had transmission, distribution and trading of power in the state. that 50:50 quota between direct recruits and the promotees choices amongst domestic destinations, Thailand and other ended a prolonged spell of dry weather in the Valley and But the employees of PDD have opposed any such move has not been maintained while implementing the Supreme islands top the list of most favoured international provided much needed respite from the weather-related and protested several times against the privatization of Court decision. The writ court in its order dated 22.11.2011 destinations. health issues like cough and common cold. power. directed the home Deptt to revisit the issue, hear the parties "Our winter survey shows that mobile bookings and the The minimum temperature across Kashmir division had The employees unions had said they would strongly launch involved and finalize the exercise by 9th Feb 2012. Since preference for budget accommodation are two areas where also increased due to the cloud cover, leading to a united struggle to oppose the proposed move of unbundling then there has been no clue about the finalisation of the we are seeing a tremendous surge. Contrary to the usual temporary respite from the cold conditions. of department. They fear that career of a large number of seniority list. preference of international destinations, we have seen a However, with the Meteorological Department forecasting PDD employees would become uncertain with the Informed sources from PHQ and the Home Deptt, on the number of travellers opting for domestic destinations this mainly dry weather in the state over the week ahead a privatization move. condition of anonymity, disclosed to KNS that the then winter vacation," Dhall said. further drop in night temperatures could be witnessed. special secretary in the Home Deptt was instrumental in Contrary to last year's winter survey, this year the findings After failing to bring down Aggravate Technical and creating the mess in the finalisation of Seniority of DySPs. reveal that spouses/partners was the more obvious choice as Commercial (AT&C) losses on its own, sources said the "He got committees and committees formulated on the travel companions followed by family, friends and solo state government has also sought Central assistance to Is Kashmir safe for tourists? same issue and wasted last five precious years which is the travel. check these losses. main cause of stagnation in KPS. By his incongruous The J&K has around 50-percent Aggravate Technical and visit Kashmir. attitude many DySPs retired having their pension fixed in Govt to announce fresh panel for Commercial (AT&C) and Transmission & Distribution Chief Minister is right when she has said that let tourists the rank of Inspector only and scores are working in OPG (T&D) losses, highest in the country. "The power enjoy the hospitality of the people in Kashmir. Yes, even in the rank of SP for many years now," sources added. drafting new Nat Edu Policy department has become a main priority for the state hoteliers, houseboat owners, traders and transporters may About 40 posts of IPS by induction of local officers are government for which it has sought adequate Central show hospitality to their customers but what about militants lying vacant. When asked about the mandate of the Committee, the funding to run it smoothly," a PDD official said. (KNS) who continue to operate in the valley. During these years no senior officer could ever spare former Cabinet Secretary said, it was up to the government Though the security functionaries say that there could be sometime for this important issue and allowed the drift in to interpret it whichever way it wants. "English language is China says no change in stand not more than 100 militants active in the valley but a dozen the exercise despite lapse of time mandated by the High very inventive and so are politicians," he said. can have the potential of derailing peace. Court. He said 90-100 suggestions were given by his panel out of on NSG, Azhar issues In the contexts of fresh calendars issued by separatists for If the insiders are to believed the special secretary did not which whatever was relevant should have been hartals and when people respond to these calls where shall allow anyone to even touch these files which remained in implemented, whatever needed more discussion should and listing issue pursuant to resolution of 1267 (to list tourists move. They do not want to spend money for his personal locker. have been debated and whatever was not relevant should Masood as terrorist), China's position remains unchanged," endangering their lives. Tourists, either foreign or home "His subjectivity can be gauged by the fact that he made have been rejected. "I don't know how else a policy is China's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang told a tourists, want a hassle free journey in Kashmir. Will Chief PHQ to revisit the seniority of feeding cadre of promotees couched," he added. media briefing. Minister guarantee peace? will separatists ensure peace for and even getting a contradictory advice from the law The T S R Subramanian committee, set up by former HRD His assertion that China's stand remains unchanged on both tourists ? So long tourists do not have any guarantee from department by misinterpretation of rules which gave rise to minister Smriti Irani, was entrusted with preparing a new NSG and Azhar issues was made while answering a the right quarters they may not be able to visit Kashmir. fresh litigations presently pending in the High court at draft education policy. question on Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar's remarks at an Pakistani troops continue to resort to ceasefire violations. Srinagar and Jammu." It submitted the report to the government in May suggesting India-China think tank forum in New Delhi last week when and within the valley militants keep on attacking soft targets Some in the corridors of power attributed it to his ensuring measures to strengthen the sector that caters to over 300 he said China should not give a political colour to New which has further vitiated peace(KIP)

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Printed, Publish 3 STATE the northlines Jammu | Tuesday | December 13 | 2016 Awareness campaign on ICCRJ to present dance demonetization organized show on cultural diversity NL Correspondent IT-BT capital of India Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 us should our full support to Bengaluru. Inspired by the ethnic traditional the Govt. in its efforts in Indian Council for Cultural performances, Balwant eliminating the scrooge of Relations, Jammu (ICCR), Thakur has devised a black money from our Ministry of External Affairs, programme entitled country. Corruption and Government of India is going 'Celebrating Diversity' accumulation of black to present a dance show which is winning accolades money by few people of the based on the diverse cultural and appreciation world country adversely impact the traditions of the state of over. On one hand when it is lives of millions of the poor Jammu & Kashmir devised promoting the cultural co- by Balwant Thakur in the people of our country." existence of the people of honour of Prime Minister of While promoting the J&K, it's also glorifying the India on 8th of January, 2017 positives of digitisation magnificent amazing at Bengaluru in 15th Bhartiya outside, NHPC too has diversity this State has got NL Correspondent aspects of the Pravasi Divas in which Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 gradually transformed itself to offer. demonetisation programmes in completely digitised representatives of 30 million as well as various initiatives NRIs and PIOs from across Awareness campaign on the organisation with almost all by Govt. of India to promote the world will participate. In Demonetisation initiative of project located across the the culture of cashless this connection, a group of RCJ holds clothes distribution camp Govt. of India is being length & breadth of the transactions in India are accomplished performers undertaken by the Sewa-II country are fully connected being explained and headed by Balwant Thakur Club would be undertaking Power Station for the through internet and all popularised by the Power will fly to Bangaluru on 5th projects to alleviate the welfare of the people living official works, Station. All workmen of the of January where it will sufferings of the in remote & poorly communications and project were provided Rs. rehearse on 6th and 7th for a underprivileged. connected neighbouring facilities like leaves, salaries, 10,000 in cash as a measure grand spectacular Rtn. Ravinder Kaul, regions of the Power Station to avoid heavy rush on the official documentations, performance on 8th January, President of the Club, lauded in the state of J&K. Many banks. tendering processes etc. are 2017. Terming this as a great the efforts of the members of Hoarding, Billboards & Bikram Singh, Chief being done online." honour for ICCR Jammu, the the Club in organising the Banners displaying various Regional Director of ICCR Engineer (I/C) said, "All of (Ventures) Camp and hoped that the informed that all has been future projects of the Club possible because of the NL Correspondent women and children. Warm Rtn Harpreet Singh, Project Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 would also see similar BBIA holds meeting, discuss issues constant efforts of ICCR blankets were also Director for the Winter Jammu in achieving high empathy and enthusiasm on distributed among the Clothes Distribution Camp, NL Correspondent levels of professional Rotary Club of Jammu City the part of all members. the Bari Brahmana Town which is the need residents of the hutments of said that it was the Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 standards which match with Rtn Robin Mehta, Rtn Adeep of hour keeping in mind the security concern organized winter clothes endeavour of the Club to the International performance migrant labourers. Mehta, Rtn. Sanjeev Vaid, due to ongoing Militancy in our State & with distribution camp on Speaking on the occasion bring some solace to the standards. Recently ICCR Rtn Sanjay Bansal, Rtn A meeting of the members of Bari a request to take up the matter with the R&B Monday for distribution of Arvind Sharma, Sub Judge, people living in the migrant Jammu mesmerised Brahmana Industries Association (BBIA) department to provide an alternate road link warm clothes among migrant Baramulla, who was the Sandeep Beri, Rtn Gurdev thousands of world audiences hutments as they are was held under the presidentship of Lalit through Balol Khad to Purmandal Road to labourers at the Labourer Chief Guest on the occasion, Singh Sodhi, Rtn Chaitanya at the Trafalgar Square, inadequately clothed to face Mahajan President, BBIA to discuss the Hutments near Marble lauded the humanitarian Sharma, Rtn Arun Ninawat, divert the traffic in the peak hours for the London and now this will be the cold weather, issue in respect of Extension of Flyover of Market, Trikuta Nagar Rtn Harvinder Singh, Rtn smooth flow of Traffic. yet another accomplishment efforts of the Club and said Rtn Anil Swaraj, Secretary, NH1A SIDCO Chowk Bari Brahmana up to Extension. Mayank Vaid, Rtn Anniet The meeting was attended by Rahul Bansal, of the organisation to perform that such initiatives at the Rotary Club of Jammu City, Balol Bridge Purmandal Morh Kour and Rtn Aishwarya Senior Vice President, Varun Singla Vice before the Honourable Prime The clothes had been grassroots level go a long emphasised the need to reach The issue regarding the massive traffic jam President, Ajay Langer, General Secretary, Minister of India who will brought in by all the way in helping the people out to the marginalised enthusiastically participated reported at SIDCO Chowk Bari Brahman on Viraaj Malhota Secretary/Treasurer BBIA & inaugurate this prestigious members of the Club and who need support from the sections of the society and in the Camp and made every NH1A resulting great inconvenience to the other Members of the Association. three day world event in the included clothes for men, society. said that in future also the effort to make it successful. Unit holders and General Public at large was discussed in detail and accordingly a detailed representation was submitted to JU VC promoting tainted, Shri. Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister, Road Bijral inaugurates medical camp Transport & Highways with a request to extend the Flyover of NH1A SIDCO Chowk they stressed upon adopting incompetent officials: JYF Bari Brahmana up to Balol Bridge healthy lifestyle to overcome the NL Correspondent has crossed all the limits. 5000/- plus Rs. 1240/- as Purmandal Morh. fear of diseases. Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 One among those is Dr Typing Charges (Total of The members appealed to Industries The specialist doctors who Anupama Vohra (Faculty Rs 6256/-). Minister, Chander Parkash to take up the provided free consultation to the Taking a strong note of of English in DDE) who Dr Vohra not only matter with the Union Minister, Road patients/attendants included Dr patronizing the corruption not only dared to bye-pass committed fraud by Transport and Highways for the Extension Bias Dev M.S Ortho, Dr Sanjeev in Directorate of Distance the system and committed exaggerating the bill but of flyover from SIDCO Chowk Bari Sharma M.S Surgery (Surgeon Education Department, Brahmana to Balol Bridge upto Purmandal fraud but deliberately gave also bye-passed the set Specialist), Dr Abhishek University of Jammu, Morh on National Highway with a wrong reply to RTI query procedure as she was not Chowhan M.D Psychiatry (Neuro Jammu Youth Forum (JYF) connection from the road of Industrial just to hide the fact that authorized to pass the bill psychiatrist) and others. today urged the Chancellor Complex towards SIDCO Chowk Bari she is a practically rather the same was to be On the sidelines of the camp, Dr of University N N Vohra Brahmana and also to provide an alternate Abhishek Chowhan deadwood and merely a done by Coordinator of link to Army Installations in and around of for immediate enquiry into liability on University B.A (Semester Ist & IInd), NL Correspondent Satish Bharti and Ch. Bishan. A Neuropsychiatric and De- the region's biggest addiction specialist stressed upon exchequer. he revealed. Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 team of specialist doctors from institution bestowed with the need of drug free society. He Deepak Kumar disclosed Deepak further said that Dr NCP celebrates various disciplines provided free the job of distance described various strategies to that Dr Vohra utilized the Vohra had claimed to have To provide proper health and medical consultations and care to learning. Jammu Youth quit drug abuse. A number of service of Prof Sudhir done compiling and proof- medical services and awareness, the local populace of the Forum (JYF) University Pawar's birth quarries about drug abuse and its Singh to write three reading of English Jat Kalyan Sabha President Ch. adjoining villages of Jumbain President Deepak Kumar treatment were also replied by lessons of English subject Literature of B.A Semester Kamal Singh organized a free Jattan, Bulanday, Kothay, Bana while addressing a press of B.A Semester-Ist (One Ist. "Actually, the proof- anniversary medical camp at village Jumbian Chack, Lalyana, Chorli, Dabber, him. conference here today. of Unit-IV and Two of reading was done by one Jattan, Tehsil Bishnah, District Waziray Chak etc. S S Bijral (IGP Retd) and State Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 As per press statement, the Unit-V) but when it came Nilza Angmo who had Jammu. The camp was Doctors explained to the patients Convener of Beti Bachao Beti State unit of Nationalist Congress Party, team of VC's blue-eyed in to remuneration claim; she submitted a remuneration inaugurated by S.S Bijral IGP and their attendants about the first Padhao while speaking on the under the chairmanship of Former Minister Directorate of Distance made a bill (dated 11-07- bill of Rs 1652/- for the Retired and State Convener of aid procedures and other life occasion mentioned of sheer bias Thakur Randhir Singh, NCP Chief J&K 16) of five lessons @ Rs same which exposes the lie Beti Bachao Beti Padhao in saving skills. During interaction against women in society without Education (DDE), state celebrated the 76th Birthday of NCP University of Jammu (JU) 1000 per lesson i.e. Rs. of Dr Vohra," he revealed. founder and National President, Sharad presence of Ch. Kamal Singh, with the patients and attendants basis. Education Minister meets Governor

NL Correspondent in the Valley, where the students have undergone Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 serious loss of the teaching schedules. The two also Naeem Akhtar, Minister for Education called on particularly reviewed issues relating to the examination Governor at the Raj Bhavan here today. Governor and schedules envisaged for the colleges and universities. Sh. Akhtar reviewed the current position in regard to The Governor accepted Sh. Akhtar's invitation to visit the functioning of the educational system at all levels certain schools in Jammu and in the Valley. SYST organizes medical camp Pawar here today. Addressing the media, state President of NCP, Thakur Randhir NL Correspondent Singh said that during my 60 years long Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 association with Sharad Pawar, he is the most dynamic and successful national leader who was four times most successful Dr. Mustafa Kamal Additional chief minister of Maharshtra, the Defence General Secretary J&K National minister of the country first to visit Siachen Conference inaugurated a medical glacier. Singh said Sharad Pawar has camp concerning dental care contributed a lot at the national level , who BALGRAN, a charitable Home for was the first agriculture, Food and Destitute children under the consumer affairs minister who has brought Balgran Charitable Trust at Channi the loan waiver scheme, doubled the Rama Jammu. Set up by Sikh agriculture production , has brought the Youth Sewa Trust of S. Tejinder Pal Horticulture commodities under organized Singh (Aman) Chairman today. sector for the first time in the country under This Trust for the destitute children wished them well. Confederation of Indian Horticulture (CIH) takes care of higher education of this Sikh Youth Sewa Trust with a Among others Mohd Farooq and the first leader to introduce drip children as well as their irrigation system in horticulture . pamphlet giving salient features Mughal Political Advisor to rehabilitation & medical treatment of proper dental care. Dr.Kamal Dr.Kamal, Dr.Gagandeep Singh, Others who attended the meeting were G & even marriage of inmates if so in his brief comments Dr.Anish Kashap, Dr.Amardeep M Pal, Satpal Sharma, Dr Liaquat Ali required. It has children who are complimented the Yeoman Kour, Randeep Singh, Amardeep Magray, Javed F Rehman, Raj Singh destitute & even flood & service of the Sikh Youth Sewa Singh, Kanwarjot Singh, Varinder Jamwal, Col Amar Singh, Bansi Lal Sodhi, earthquake victims. Each child was Trust for the welfare of this under Pal Singh, Nitish Goswami was RS Billowaria, and others. given dental care items provided by privileged class of children and also present on the occasion. 4 HILL DISTRICT the northlines Jammu | Tuesday | December 13 | 2016 '''' Fiitt ness Uniiverrrse'''' iinaugurrratt ed att Serrrii Pandiitt an Efforts afoot to boost tourism in JK's virgin areas: Priya Become job providers, not job NL Correspondent personality. Gool (Ramban), Dec 12 Meanwhile, the Minister also seekers: Bali to youth distributed 38 regularization orders Minister of State for Education, to ReT teachers including six of generate employment for the Tourism and Horticulture, Priya KGBV of Zone Gool who recently local educated youth. Sethi today said the Government is completed successfully five years of Speaking on the occasion, making concerted efforts to give their service in different schools. the Minister appreciated the initiative of the budding boost to tourism sector, which is the Responding to the issues of up- entrepreneur and said it mainstay of State's economy. She gradation of fruit nurseries at would help the consumers of said several steps are underway for Sangaldan and Gool, the Minister the State to have these the upgradation of infrastructure at disclosed that instructions have products on affordable various tourist resorts according to already been passed to the concerned prices. He said the venture for releasing funds for developing the needs of the tourists. will also provide the same. District administration Addressing an impressive public employment to the local will be geared up for holding camps NL Correspondent meeting at Gool, the Minister Limited", first of its kind in youth and help in boosting for promoting exotic fruits in the Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 assured that all important historical the State, at village Seri State's economy. The stones, she inspected the site and senior officers. She also highlighted hilly belts, she said. Panditan in Bhalwal block tourist sites in the area, especially Minister for Health & Minister called upon the evinced keen interest in the antique the educational importance of SDM Gool, Mohammad Bashir near here. Ghora Gali and Tata Pani will be Medical Education, Bali CEO and other members of valuables and said that every effort special children train 'Waadi Ki Sair' Lone, Chief Education Officer The Chief Executive Officer appropriately developed and brought Bhagat today inaugurated a the unit to strictly focus on will be made to preserve the site as a launched by Chief Minister, Mohammad Shrief, ZEO Om (CEO) and owner of the unit, on the tourist map. She said these blending and processing unit the quality parameters and cultural heritage. While reviewing Mehbooba Mufti and said that the Parkash, Chief Horticulture Officer Piyush Kerni is the founder sites have huge tourism potential and of fitness supplement providing the products to the the functioning of the educational students now will be able to get L K Bali and other officers also of the FU, and also a local authorities will undertake due products, popularly known local customers on genuine institutions in this hilly and remote chance of learning by practical accompanied the Minister. entrepreneur. He is a exercise for their exploration. as "Fitness Universe" (FU) rates. He also asked for area, the Minister called for experience after moving out of their Locals presented charter of demands mechanical engineer and a During her visit to historic Ghora under the name and style providing jobs to the locals maintaining punctuality of teachers four walls. This move certainly will particularly the up-gradation of fitness model by profession. Gali, an area having rare sculptures "Kerni Fitness Private only. of Mahabharata era carved out of and constant monitoring by the add to their outlook and harmonious schools to the Minister. According to the owner, the Several prominent persons initiative is aimed at and local BJP leaders providing completely Indian, including, Madhusudan Faculty Development Prog inaugurated Aga Hasan leads Milad procession safe and most hygienic Sharma, Ved Prakash Sharma products to the consumers on were present on the occasion. NL Correspondent the function, Chief Coordinator, competitive rates and to Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 NL Correspondent Alsafvi the love for Prophet On this occasion, the Srinagar, Dec 12 Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Muhammad (SAW) is the students from Jamia Babul SMVDU & Associate Professor, School of basic reason for the unity Alam participated in the President Anjuman-e-Sharie RR organizes dental camp National Level Faculty Development Business, Dr. Supran Kumar Sharma among Muslims. "This Naat and Qirat competition. Shian and senior Hurriyat Programme on 'Entrepreneurship extended warm welcome to the Milad shows our sincere Aga Syed Hasan distributed Development' was inaugurated at participating faculty members of the leader Aga Syed Hassan belief and love for our prized among the students. SMVDU. The programme is being programme. While introducing the aims Almosvi Alsafvi led a beloved Prophet," he said. He also awarded two organized by Entrepreneurship and objectives of the programme to the massive Eid-e-Milad Condeming the government females from Aarabal Development Cell, SMVDU with the participants, he underlined that this procession from Zadibal action barring Syed Ali Shalimar Jameela daughter financial support from DST-NIMAT programme aspires to provide essential Srinagar that marched Geelani from orgainzing a of Muhammad Akbar Bhat Project Government of India. During his tools and techniques related with through streets and roads seerat conference in and Malika daughter of Inaugural address Satish Kaul, Resident entrepreneurship development to the and culminated at Imam Hyderpora Srinagar, Aga Muhammad Abdullah Bhat Director, Emcure Pharmaceutical Ltd. and faculty members so that they can Bara Gulshan Bagh Hasan said that such actions for leading mourning Chief Guest of the ceremony highlighted effectively apply this know-how in their Botakadal. on part of the government is processions on 25th Doda, Dec 12 the effectiveness of such kind of classroom teaching, research and self- Shortly after the the direct interference into Muharamul Haram. A two day dental camp has been held in Goha village of the development programme for the faculty generated new knowledge. Dr. Ashutosh culmination of the the religious affairs. Pertinently, this year on mountainous district Doda by army where huge number of members. With the help of real life Vashistha, Associate Professor, School of procession a Milad While addressing the Milad 25th Muharamul Haram patients participated. Army's 4 Rashtriya Rifles-Bihar examples and short stories, he explained Business provided a brief overview of Conference was held that Conference, Anjuman-e- authorities had imposed organised two day dental camp at Government Primary the attributes of entrepreneurs and activities of School of Business and wished was attended by different Himayat-ul-Islam president curfew to foil the mourning Health Centre Goha under operation Sadhbavna. A team of mentioned that commitment and happy journey to the participants. Prof. sections of society. Maulana Khurshid Ahmed procession, however, these specialist doctors where there to check the diseases related to dedication are the key virtues for enjoying Sanjeev Jain, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU Throwing the light on the Qanango stressed upon the women took lead and teeth. On the first day doctors examined over 300 patients. success with flying colours on the path of conveyed his best wishes for the importance and value of people to follow the organized a massive The checkup camp will be concluded tomorrow. People entrepreneurial endeavors. Earlier during programme. Eid-e-Milad Nabi, Aga teachings of Prophed procession in the Shalimar appreciated this move of army and demanded more such Syed Hassan Almosvi Muhammad (SAW). area. (CNS) camps to hold in other remote areas as well. Army organizes cleanliness drive Kohli for Tarigami condemns Veeri hands over NL Correspondent inculcating Islamic Poonch, Dec 12 police action ambulances to hospitals values in life ANANTNAG, DEC 12 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, as NL Correspondent said that Police is the biggest Minister for R&B and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman part of "Swachhata RAJOURI, DEC 12 Srinagar, Dec 12 Greeting people on and reputed institution but few Veeri, today handed over one ambulance each to Pakhwada" aimed towards officers are hell-bent to malign Government District Hospital Anantnag and Emergency auspicious occasion of Eid- Expressing displeasure over developing sense of hygiene the very credibility of this Hospital Qazigund. The ambulances have been provided by and sanitation in the remote e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW), the incident involving a institution. "Chief Minister the Excise Department under Social Responsibility areas of Poonch District was Minister for Animal, Sheep police officer humiliating the Mehbooba Mufti must Programme. organised by the Army at Husbandry and Fisheries, incumbent Vice Chancellor intervene and take note of the Veeri was accompanied by Member of Parliament, Nazir Primary School Upper Salotri Abdul Ghani Kohli today of Kashmir University, CPI incident that has offended the Ahmad Laway, DC Excise Department Khurshid Ahmad in Poonch District on 11 said Islam is a religion of (M) leader Muhammad sentiments of students December 2016.The event peace, which teaches the Yousuf Tarigami Monday community and teaching Shah, CMOs of Anantnag and Kulgam, BMOs, doctors of was to educate students, comprehensive rural awards at various levels for values of amity, said that the behaviour of faculty," he said. "Let us hope Emergency Hospital Qazigund and other concerned. brotherhood, simplicity, youth and locals to sanitation programme. The maintaining good standards police officer is unfortunate. the matter will be probed and For infrastructural upgradation, the Minister directed the compassion and morality. accomplish the vision of a locals were educated on the of sanitation and clean "It is purely a publicity stunt action will be initiated against CMOs to prepare a list of requirements regarding district Addressing a Milad clean and serene nation. The importance of keeping the environment. Emphasis was by police officer. He was the erring police officer," he hospitals, sub-district hospitals and Emergency Hospitals Conference at Jamia Masjid more interested in uploading drive was structured on the surrounding areas clean and also laid on constitution and added. Pertinently, a under their jurisdiction. Kalakote, the Minister video than executing the law. national theme of "Swachh to follow good civic habits. use of toilets and proper probationary Deputy He said since most of the patients are dependent on facilities prayed for peace, well-being He has failed to adhere to the Bharat". The points included During the drive, it was also garbage disposal. The drive Superintendent of Police provided by the Government, it is the prime objective of the and prosperity of the people protocol and pay due respect stopped Andrabi's vehicle at policies of Government conveyed that there is an was well received as evident incumbent Government to provide best healthcare facilities of the State. He stressed the to the vice chancellor. The Udhampur on Sunday and required to be implemented incentive scheme offered by from the large number of need to rededicate ourselves single world condemn is not removed the black film on the at all district hospitals of the State. He said the Government and restructured with the government in the form of participants. to the service of humanity enough to express proper window panes of the vehicle is planning to develop model hospitals in every constituency and share our happiness with resentment against this while making him wait for of the State, so that healthcare facilities are improved at the IuMJA organizes Seerat Conference the poor and needy. incident," he said. Tarigami more than 20 minutes. (CNS) grassroots level.

the needy and destitute. They emphasized on the universal acceptance and relevance of the teachings and message of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Kavinder Gupta extended his greetings to the people on the auspicious occasion and expressed the hope that the auspicious occasion would be harbinger of harmony, peace, progress and prosperity in the State. Speaking on the occasion, Syed Farooq Andrabi impressed upon the people NL Correspondent amongst the prominent to be united and follow the Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 participants in the teachings of Prophet conference. In connection with the Several prominent Islamic Muhammad (SAW). Vice- celebrations of Eid-Milad- Scholars from different parts President, All India Muslim ul-Nabi (SAW), Anjuman of the country participated Personal Law Board, Dr Islah-ul-Muslimeen Jammu and extensively deliberated Sayed Kalabe-e-Sadiq in in collaboration with Hajj on the teachings of Islam and his thought-provoking and Auqaf Department Prophet Muhammad (SAW). address said that the true organized a day long Seerat The speakers highlighted the Muslim is not the one who Conference here today. teachings and message of offers prayers five times a Speaker Legislative Prophet Muhammad (SAW) day, but who practically Assembly, Kavinder Gupta, laying stress on promoting adopts the real teachings of Minister of State for Hajj human values and love, Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and Auqaf, Syed Farooq mutual brotherhood, in his life and educates Ahmad Andrabi were tolerance, peace and helping others for doing so. the northlines 5 KATHUA Jammu | Tuesday | December 13 | 2016 4th Foundation Anniversary of Bhim Brigade observed

NL Correspondent and causing hardships are Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 routed out completely from the society. Several political and social Prof. Bhim Singh said that activists from different walks Bhim Brigade represents the of life and different corners mighty Bhima of of India gathered together at Mahabharata and the Jantar Mantar, New Delhi in foremost leader of the front of the Headquarters of freedom movement National Panthers Party to Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar observe 4th Foundation besides the spirit and Anniversary of Bhim commitment of the great Brigade which was leaders and Maharathis of convened by a strong group Mahabharata who destroyed of social activists under the the evil rule of the Kaurvas leadership of Shri Sushil Panthers Party, its Sr. Vice and others. Mahabharata. So that the evil and gave light to destroy the Khanna, a foremost social People offering Eid prayers in Jammu on Monday President, Shri Romesh Prof.Bhim Singh in his forces polluting the society darkness of Kalyug. NL photo by Surjit Singh activist in the Indian Khajuria, Ms. Sunita strongest message to the capital.Prominent among Chaudhary, General great people of India PHE workers' delegation those who addressed this Secretary-DPNPP, Shri Kali congratulated them for the Malhotra concerned over revolutionary group of social Ram Tomar, President, resurrection of the meets Minister activists included Shri B.S. Samata Samaj, Anil Sharma, movement to wake up the Billowria, Advocate, Lokesh Srivastava, sleeping partners in the shifting of govt school Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 Supreme Court, Shri Sushil R.P.Singh, K.K. Raghav, society to ensure that India A deputation of All J&K PHE, ITI Trained Worker Khanna, Rajiv Jolly Khosla, B.R. Pal, Pawan Kumar, wakes up once again like it NL Correspondent the State Govt. in nexus upon them to strengthen the Association, Jammu today called on Minister for PHE, Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 President Delhi Pradesh Reena Singh, Pawan Singh happened after the with the bureaucracy is Congress party in their Irrigation & Flood Control Sham Lal Choudhary to apprise dismantling a Girls High respective areas, as the General Secretary JKPCC him about the problems being faced by them. The School to make way for Congress is the only party 'VISAKA' campaign launched Vikram Malhotra has deputation led by Sajjad Ahmed, Davinder Pal, Raj Kumar expressed serious concern and Mohan Lal submitted a memorandum of demands and over the shifting of Govt. requested the Minister to personally intervene for releasing at Bhaderwah campus Girls High School City their wages on regular basis, besides seeking regularization on priority basis. The Minister gave a patient hearing to NL Correspondent addressed the gathering and District which will be Chowk Jammu and Kathua, Dec 12 described it most unfortunate their demands and assured that appropriate steps would be motivated and inspired the extended to the whole taken to address the same. young blood for adopting Chenab Valley decision of the State Govt. The Bhaderwah Campus and spreading the campaign progressively. Malhotra was speaking in a University of the Jammu meeting of Congress Bhat greets people on Eid of cashless economy. Prof. One hundred fifty faculty today formally launched workers of Ward No.7 of Bhat has motivated the members and students from Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyaan Jammu East, today. He said students of the School of different departments Fayaz Ahmad Bhat Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Peace (VISAKA) campaign. that closing of Govt. School Education to Follow each registered themselves as Foundation today greeted a happy Eid-e-milad-ud-Nabi VISAKA is a Ministry of in the middle of academic volunteers today on the web (SAW). He said that this day has very importance session without making link: significance in our life. Fayaz Ahmad Bhat said that Eid-e- adequate arrangement http://mhrd.gov.in/vabhiyaa Milad is celebrated in the memory of Prophet Muhammad cannot be described a wise n/ and the process shall (S.A.W). The Holy Prophet was born on the twelfth day of decision. It has created continue upto 12th of Rabi-ul-Awwal in 570 C.E Saudi Arabia, Mecca. Rabi-ul- uncertainty in the minds of Awwal is the third month of the Muslim year. Eid-e-Milad January 2016. students studying there. The is both, a time to rejoice and a time to mourn, since the Bhaderwah Campus has Govt. should has waited till Prophet passed away on the same day. The tradition of already started receiving the the end of academic year i.e celebrating the Holy Prophet's birthday on a large scale fee and making payments March-April 2017. He parking. He observed that it which gives due began in Egypt by the Prophet's descendants, through his digitally using different questioned MoS Education was astonishing how without representation to each and daughter Fatima. It was celebrated mainly by religious digital payment modes. The and Local MLA, why they any prior notice the School every section of the society. scholars and religious establishments. They gathered to hear students were also are mum over such issues of was closed down and the Prominent among those sermons, distributed sweets, alms and particularly honey, one teach ten mission to encouraged to open bank poor and marginalized attended the meeting include Human Resource public concern and why they the Prophet's favorite.He said that this auspicious occasion spread the concept and accounts so that they can go parents and students were Thomas Khokhar-Secretary Development of India did not react over the closing would be the harbinger of harmony, peace, progress, and advantages of digital cashless hence fourth. There left in a lurch. PCC, Michal Wazir, Nassur (MHRD) programme for of a Govt. School in the prosperity in the state. He said "It's an occasion to pray to economy in the society. The was a good response from He also distributed Active Masih, Vishal Gupta, Rakesh promotion of digital middle of session, since both Almighty Allah and seek his forgiveness and blessings for Students of Department of the students, who Members Cards amongst the Badyal, Sanjay Sharma, Raj economy in the country. The represent the same the entire mankind" he said that Islam teaches us the values Education have already appreciated the initiative by Congress Workers of Kumar, Ram Lal, Ajit of brotherhood, simplicity, compassion and morality all of programme was attended by constituency. taken an innovative initiative the MHRD and follow up On one hand, when Narinder Mohalla Kanji House, Prem Kumar, Rama Devi, Geeta which need to be vigorously inculcated in today's trouble more than two hundred namely "Each one Teach action by the Bhaderwah Modi is raising the slogan of Nagar, Hari Nagar and Choudhary, Babli Devi, torn world. Fayaz Ahmad Bhat prayed for the well being students and faculty one", in which each student Campus. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Christian Colony and urged Depu Kumari, Benu Tezi. and happiness of the people of the state. members from different has adopted an illiterate departments. The students child or adult to make were trained and made aware him/her literate which has Minister lays foundation of Lift Irrigation Scheme about the (VISAKA) in the already been a resounding Day Long work Shop. Dr. success in the Chenab Syed Aijaz Ahmad, from The Valley. Now the students NL Correspondent Addressing people at a and better amenities for the instructions have been Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 Business School, Mr. Haris have been assigned with the function organized in people. He said the Lift issued to the officers of Riaz, Mr. Abrar Ali Sheikh responsibility of "Each one connection with the Irrigation Scheme which is Forest Department to Minister for Forests, from the Department of Teach Ten", in which each foundation laying ceremony coming up at an estimated maintain and update Computer Science and IT student will make aware and Ecology and Environment of Lift Irrigation Scheme at cost of Rs 4.44 crore would comprehensive data gave presentations and help ten families in going Choudhary Lal Singh Mandla, Basohli, Choudhary be completed within the regarding the forest cover demos of different ways of cashless by adopting digital Monday said that various Lal Singh said concerted stipulated time to meet the across the Basohli area. He paying and receiving money currency system. The target ambitious projects are in the efforts are being made to requirement of the irrigation directed for taking up digitally. of the Institution is to spread pipeline to bring Basohli on develop Basohli town on facilities in the area. massive plantation drive to Professor G.M Bhat, the Man the concept of cashless the development map of the modern lines for creating During his visit to the area, improve the green cover and Behind the mission economy in the entire Doda State. world class infrastructure Mr Singh was also informed stressed on developing about various developmental ornamental and medicinal schemes and programmes plants. Cultural evening organized for visiting hockey players underway in the town and administration to accelerate of the Department of Forest SDM Basohli, Devinder other areas of Basohli work on Dodla road, coming to work in close tandem and Sharma, ACD Kathua, DFO DGP presents mementoes to participants constituency. up at an estimated cost of Rs show positive results on the Basohli, besides other senior On the occasion, the 2.84 crore. ground. He also took stock officers of RDD, R&B, NL Correspondent and Kashmir Police for its their future career. competitions. Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 Minister also took stock of The Minister also directed of the nurseries and other Forest, PHE and PDD endeavour to organizing Rajendra said that JKP has On the occasion, the DGP the road projects and Divisional Forest Officer assets of the Forest accompanied the Minister such cultural evening in been organizing various distributed mementoes Jammu and Kashmir Police directed the district and officials of other wings Department. He said that during his visit. honor of the visiting teams. events, to promote sports among the participating organizes a cultural evening Director General of Police and providing opportunities teams. for the national level (DGP), K. Rajendra Kumar, to the budding players in Among others, the function visiting hockey players at who was chief guest on the various competitions, was attended by ADsGP, Gulshan Ground here last occasion while addressing besides cultural activities in VK Singh, Dilbag Singh evening. Best singers of the the audience, said that in the State. The department and L. Mohanti, IsGP, State thronged the venue addition to its professional has already taken several Yogiinder Koul, Damish and gave their mesmerizing duties, the organization has initiatives to promote sports Rana, MA Ganai and SA performance. been conducting such activities in the State and Watali, DIsGP, Alok Kumar, The players keenly activities and providing a assistance has been provided AA Wani, Surinder Kumar witnessed and enjoyed the platform to the young artists to the youth to make them and Nisar Ahmed, SSP, performance of singers. The to nourish their hidden able to participate in various Sunil Kumar and other audience hailed the Jammu talent which could boost national level sports police officers. Jamwal hails CM's initiative

NL Correspondent going to schools'. Hailing this move, state have suffered a lot because of Jammu Tawi, Dec 12 People's Democratic Party (PDP) Zone political uncertainties and other issues President Jammu West, Puneet Singh and such moves will not only help them 'After having launched several schemes Jamwal today said that prior to this stay cheerful but also enable them to aimed at helping women of Jammu and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti who is commute between different distances Kashmir live with dignity, the Chief also PDP Chief had started special with safety and comfort. Minister Mehbooba Mufti took buses for women, launched schemes Urging youth to strengthen hands of children onboard and started a special for women, helped baby girls with PDP and not fall a prey to divisive train for them which will chug between financial assistances and even politics launched by opposition leaders, Banihal and Baramulla. This distributed two-wheelers amongst girl Puneet Singh Jamwal said coalition fortnightly train service will stay students which were all aimed at giving government is not having any dearth of exclusively for children and help them women folk a dignified life. He said funds but needs support of public to have joy rides as well as commute that special train is also part of that implement welfare schemes aimed at between the mentioned stations for move which is nothing but much talked strengthening people's resolve in their daily routine works including about 'Peace Initiative'. Children in our democracy. the northlines 6 OPINION Jammu | Tuesday | Dec 13 | 2016 Half-term report card on Modi government's economic progress the northlines performance. products remained the same that size of GDP grows. A robust banking sector is the On a comparative assessment, it year. However, this point needs some backbone of any economy. Banks Tuesday | Dec 13 | 2016 appears that UPA-I got a flourishing If impact of decrease in import of attention since GFCF as percentage keep the investment cycle moving, economy in legacy while indicators petroleum is neutralised in FY 2014- of GDP has gone below the which in turn helps in pushing growth suggest the economy was in sluggish 15 then there was an increase in psychological level of 30 per cent and generates employment. Currently, AgustaWestland mode when NDA-II assumed power, imports. Decrease in imports for FY (GFCF at current prices). The banks are facing the issue of rising and it has managed to bring inflation 2015-16 is largely attributed by government has already spent half of NPAs as well as shrinking credit. deal shamed us Shshank Saurav down to a reasonable level along decrease in petroleum products its tenure and any new investment Both of these matters are a serious with increasing growth (refer table cause of concern because a large part Yes, demonetisation will leave an imports and therefore the concern will take substantial time to yield 1). of NPAs belongs to government- he arrest of former Air Force chief S P Tyagi by the impact. put forward by many analysts is not results and therefore more focus CBI on Friday in the Agusta-Westland Helicopter deal Some analysists have raised their supported by data. should be on ongoing projects and owned banks and a decline in bank has brought in enormous embarrassment not only to concern over change of base year loan clearly means that growth will T re-Budget consultations have Similarly, if the impact of decrease in schemes where results can be visible armed forces enjoying respect and having record of probity from 2004-05 to 2011-12, but it is a take a blow. Everyone is in wait-and- been initiated by the finance exports of petroleum is neutralised in in the near future. and professionalism but for the entire nation which has been continuous phenomenon and watch mode and hoping that decline ministry and this year's Union FY 2014-15 then there was an 3) Other key indicators: There are re-emerging with its new image. P developed nations like the UK revise in credit is temporary, which is Budget has its own importance increase in exports. Almost 55 per various other indicators of the The alleged irregularities in the procurement of helicopters the base year every five years. primarily due to disruption caused by because it would be presented in the cent of decrease in exports for FY economy which indicates that the for VVIPs during the erstwhile UPA regime at the Centre has Data released by MOSPI (refer table demonetisation. shocked countrymen not because of its occurrence but shadow of demonetisation and 2015-16 is attributed by decrease in Indian economy is doing far better 3) clearly shows that our GDP is Although a period of two-and-a-half because it related to the defence of the country. While it is because GST is expected to see the export of petroleum products and the under NDA II as compared to UPA increasing on YoY basis and even if premature to blame such a high-ranking Forces officer of light of day from the next fiscal. remaining is on account of global regime (refer table 4). years is too short for visualising any the argument of changing the base such shocking wrongdoing, the truth needs to come out to set Meanwhile, the NDA government factors which has caused decrease in FDI inflows in the current financial significant change in a vast economy year is considered for a while, then the record straight. There were initial claims that some completed its halfway mark in iron and steel, ships/boats etc. year are also on a similar trend and like India, since the government has revised GDP growth for FY 2013-14 journalists were also under a cloud. Along with Air Chief November and it is the appropriate It must be noted that export is overall FDI inflow is $29,016 already crossed its halfway mark, Marshal Tyagi (now retired), his cousin Sanjeev and a lawyer was 6.9 per cent while it was 7.56 per time to take stock of expectations dependent on the global economy million for the six months ended people want to know the tangible from Chandigarh, Deepak Khaitan, were arrested too in the cent for FY 2015-16 on the same and achievements so far. also and conditions are such that Tata September 2016, in which $21,624 changes that have come to their life, Rs 450 crore bribery case. The three were accused of taking parameters. Keeping aside the benefits coming Steel was planning to sell its UK million was towards equity and this is the area where kickbacks in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal. While the Apart from GDP, there are other out of the mammoth demonetisation assets due to decline in demand. investment. complacency of elected cases were registered in 2013 when the scam first surfaced, widely accepted performance exercise, it's arguably an economic Moreover, export increased in June India is a capital-scarce country and representatives is costing the the arrests have been made now and the CBI claims it has a indicators to assess the economic watertight case. It was alleged in the chargesheet that the disruption which will impact and the balance of trade situation has we need foreign investment to government. scenario of any economy. Let's look former Chief of Air Staff entered into criminal conspiracy business in the short term and the improved continuously over the mobilise growth and increase in FDI Forget about financial data, even the at them to have an understanding of with other accused persons and in 2005, conceded to change RBI has even revised GDP growth years. One has to analyse is a good sign (although sectoral importance and benefits of social the claims made by the government IAFs consistent stand that the service ceiling of VVIP estimates after considering this commodity-wise import-export trend representation by FDI is still a welfare schemes launched as the JAM helicopters be 6000 meters and reduced the same to 4500 and the counter-voices. aspect. and mere analysis of overall import- concern as priority sectors and the trinity (Jan-Dhan, Aadhaar, Mobile) meters. Such a change in operational requirements made the 1) Export-Import (foreign trade): export numbers are bound to give infrastructure sector are not the major Though GDP numbers are not the are not reaching the masses. private company based in the UK (AgustaWestland) eligible Both exports and imports have misleading results. beneficiaries of FDI). barometer of the economy, it is one Economists and analysts would to participate in the process for competing in India's declined over the past two years but 2) Fixed capital formation: Gross Nikkei's Purchasing Managers Index acquisition of VVIP helicopters. It was revealed during of the prime indicators of economic continue to take stock of economic it would be improper to draw a fixed capital formation (GFCF) is a (PMI), which is used to review the investigation that such undue favours were allegedly shown progress and we have to choose other performance but it's an appropriate benchmarks also for comparison. conclusion merely on the basis of measure of new value added which expansion of any particular sector, to the company by accepting illegal gratification from the time for the government too to carry Most importantly, we have to overall numbers. According to has been invested in the economy for clearly indicates that both accused vendors through middlemen/relatives including the out a self-appraisal and highlight then Air Force chief's cousin and an advocate who accepted understand the legacy of the UPA details available with the ministry of further production. GFCF is manufacturing and service sectors are achievements along with taking the illegal gratification for exercising influence through and NDA regime to have an commerce (refer table 2), there was increasing in absolute terms and the doing better under NDA. illegal means, or using personal influence over the concerned objective assessment of their significant decline in imports in FY decline in GFCF as percentage of Areas of concern for the Modi corrective and accelerated steps to public servants. Rejecting the allegations, Air Chief Marshal 2013-14 while import of petroleum GDP is bound to happen when the government meet the targeted results. Tyagi had said the change of specifications, which brought AgustaWestland into contention, was a collective decision in which senior officers of Indian Air Force, SPG and other departments were involved. The case against the errant Donald Trump is a blank sheet of paper company was being simultaneously pursued in an Italian T V R Shenoy way of direct action is the only way forward.' in fact, identified himself at varying times as Minister Abe -- and the South Koreans court in Milan where on April 8 this year a court of appeal overturned a lower court verdict and convicted the That is, boiled down to essentials, the same a Republican, as a Democrat, and even as an could well go in for nuclear options of their company's executive Giuseppe Orsi to four years' ou can ascribe any ideology to him, creed that Donald Trump was preaching. [As, independent. own if they believe that they are no longer imprisonment for paying a 30 million Euro bribe to Indian and it will be equally right or by the way, are Arvind Kejriwal and his That elusiveness means that he could well be under America's umbrella. politicians, bureaucrats and Indian Air Force officials. 'Yequally wrong.' merry band -- but that is a tale for another a Socialist, a Capitalist, or anything between. Trump spoke at his rallies of imposing a Significantly, on March 25,2013, the then Defence Minister 'Even though the comrades on the Left will column.] Having made no attempt to articulate a clear 45% tariff on Chinese imports into the A K Antony had confirmed corruption allegations by stating never admit it, he seems as much Stalinist as In the second stage, the Bolsheviks reached set of policies before or during the campaign, United States; what if he extends that : "Yes, corruption has taken place in the helicopter deal and capitalist,' says T V R Shenoy. out to the proletariat of imperial Russia, the only clues to his future policy lie in his principle to India? bribes have been taken. The CBI is pursuing the case very 'Is Donald Trump a Communist?' a voice mostly industrial workers but also past actions. How prepared is, for instance, India's vigorously." As of June 2014, the Indian government had bellowed across a transcontinental line early disgruntled, ill-paid soldiers. He has been a consistent supporter of the software sector if new charges are laid on recovered a total amount of Rs 2,068 crore and had recovered one morning. And it was precisely these people who police -- security personnel in general -- and India-based services? around Rs 1,620 crore (45% of the total contract value of Rs My first thought was that I had misheard. My responded most enthusiastically to Donald it is quite possible that he will try to push Long before the Iron Curtain came into 3,600 crore) it had paid to AgustaWestland. With that telephone connection has intermittent Trump's blandishments. through legislation that makes it mandatory being, long before World War II began, background it is odd that the Congress party is now crying 'wolf' over the arrests. The party has questioned why BJP was problems, and in any case I was groggy (the 'Proletariat' is a word that no mainstream to enforce the death penalty for killing an Stalin had begun the process of ring- quiet all this while considering that for 30 months since it result of staying up half the night to watch the American politician would employ, but it was officer of the law. fencing the Soviet Union economically, came to power if it had all the evidence? The Congress has American election results). army veterans and the unemployed -- or And he may also be as willing as the George trying to turn it into a self-sufficient entity. claimed that the BJP is flustered with the demonetisation My second thought was that my friend was underemployed -- workers from once W Bush administration to permit 'enhanced While Trump almost certainly does not backlash and this is just a divisionary tactic. The BJP, suddenly going back to the MCarthyism that booming American factories in states such as interrogation techniques' -- a fancy term for believe in Five Year Plans, his vision of meanwhile, said Congress has always been defensive. A BJP was prevalent in the United States back in my Michigan and Pennsylvania who carried the 'torture' -- where terrorists are concerned. America as a self-contained economy is not leader said that CBI is finally doing what it is supposed to do own school days. (According to some Republicans to victory. That is of no concern to India, as it lies in the all that different. And he definitely shares and that rattles the Congress. There is an element of truth in surveys, many Americans apparently believe In the third and final stage, having won domain of internal American policy. But the Soviet dictator's obsession with grand this which the Congress can contest only at peril to its that the 1950s were some sort of a Golden power, the Communists built walls. Trump has also been a remarkably consistent credibility which in any case was severely compromised by projects -- dams, bridges, highways Age, so why not?) 'Iron Curtain' may have been a figure of opponent of free trade as far back as 1987 spreading across the continent, and so forth. the series of scams that occurred during the time when the Many a Hillary Clinton supporter did try to speech, but the Berlin Wall was a physical when he openly criticised Ronald Reagan, Manmohan Singh government was in the saddle. There are other worryingly neo-Stalinist paint the Republican candidate as a puppet object made of concrete and barbed wire that one of the patron saints of the modern When the Italian trial was on, a note presented in the Italian tendencies to Trump's personality. He has on a Russian string, the thought that the extended for 43.1 km through the heart of the Republican party.How will these policies court, sent by middleman Christian Michel, had asked Peter no great love for a free media, and has Hulett, an AgustaWestland employee, to target key advisers classic film The Manchurian Candidate was German capital. affect India? being enacted in real life, with Trump playing Donald Trump, of course, won his early The Chinese economy, it is generally agreed, threatened to bring in new laws that would to Sonia Gandhi and listed their names. If some of them were make it easier to sue for libel. recipients of kickbacks in the deal as was being alleged by Frank Sinatra's role, was too much to plaudits by vowing to build a wall between is slowing down, and an American assault the prosecution, it is a serious matter and needs to be swallow. Mexico and the United States. could drive it into outright recession. And, like most Russian rulers, from the investigated threadbare. The Milan court had taken note of So, I came up with the appropriate response, And none of that makes Donald Trump a Faced with domestic discontent, Chinese's Tsars down to Vladimir Putin, his attitude conversations between the three middlemen - Carlos Gerosa, "Um, what?!" Communist! autocratic rulers could be driven into the to women has been uncompromisingly Christian Michel and Guildo Haschke - who mention a 'Mrs My friend explained. The American real The point is that Donald Trump is the closest classic response of adventurism in foreign chauvinistic. (By the way, can you name Gandhi' as being the driving force behind the deal. After estate tycoon's brief career in politics rather that any American politician has come in policy, using the surge in national spirit to any woman that has been either general allegations surfaced that Rs 3,600 crore was paid as a bribe, resembled the progress of the Communists in modern times to being a blank sheet of paper. counter home-grown unease. That is not secretary of the CPI-M, or chief minister in the Indian government had cancelled the deal in February Russia. You can ascribe any ideology to him, and it good news for India. a CPI-M government?) 2013. Clearly, this is no ordinary case. Agreeing with the To start with, the Anarchists, political will be equally right -- or equally wrong. The US Navy has kept the sea lanes open to Congress party that the Modi government should have acted My friend was obviously joking in calling swiftly on it and not taken three years to get to this stage, ancestors of the Marxist-Leninists, were little The 'establishment,' which he railed against traffic for all nations. If American power is Trump a 'Communist'. And he is far too there is no denying that the process needs to be taken to its more than bomb-throwers. They lived by a in rally after rally, was as much Republican withdrawn and if the Chinese try to fill that much of a maverick to be a 'Manchurian logical conclusion. Those who are innocent ought to be set of simplistic slogans. as it was Democrat. That means he comes to vacuum there is likely to be a realignment Candidate'. But yes, even though the cleared speedily while those who are found guilty of 'Everyone in authority is corrupt.' the most powerful job in the world absolutely of powers all across South-East and East comrades on the Left will never admit it, he accepting bribes must be unmasked and deterrent action 'There can be no progress until the whole untrammelled by any Republican principles. Asia. seems as much Stalinist as capitalist. taken against them regardless of their political clout and rotten system is completely shattered.' There is a chameleon-like quality to Trump Both the Japanese -- themselves undergoing I foresee interesting times when Donald standing. 'Incremental progress is a pipedream, our that makes him hard to pin down. And he has, a surge in nationalistic spirit under Prime Trump takes charge. I got Jayalalithaa bail, she surpassed all politicians in India

Chennai demanding bail for extend to the end of the liberty, even for her. game. Lalu Prasad in Bihar She was truly the head of her Kripalani, Shiela Dixit, Democracy and the rule of her, while M Karunanidhi Assembly's term. Unfortunately, sending a had his meeting with him in a administration. My two Vasundhara Raje or Rabri law are the two axles which was savagely gunning for I had given her "political person to jail is a political circuit house bedroom. interfaces tell a lot about the Devi, or even Mayawati. drive Indian governance. Our her incarceration. oxygen" at a time she event designed to humiliate. In the discussion, she was lady. She was not somebody's politicians sometimes forget What he had done was needed it. The arguments Strangely for these three politically aware of both the She was of course a cult appointee. Her place belongs the need to maintain the sneaky. Her 13-odd cases reached a crescendo when I years, I learnt to respect her opposition and support for leader who had strayed into above the dynamic Indira balance. were distributed all over spoke of Karunanidhi's clarity, her self-respect, and WTO. Why should she file in more than temptation. Gandhi. Democratic power without Rajeev Dhavan Tamil Nadu. tamasha court as just a case her re-definition of herself as the Supreme Court? Lonely by herself, she A politician who had to find the rule of law is tyranny. The The big bonanza was to get of "regime revenge". a mass leader concerned Then I pressed the argument adopted Sasikala, a wheeler her following, created a bond rule of law without he thought of all of them to Chennai so Jayalalithaa sent a message about her people. We that the agriculture treaty dealer who brought of love with her people, democracy is meaningless. Sasikala succeeding that the spectacle could summoning me to Poes eventually lost, but she eventually capped agriculture companionship but also the thought through political and Jayalalithaa understood this Ther destroys begin. Garden. Around the time I savoured the political oxygen subsidies including 'revenue charge of corruption against administrative decisions, had balance better than most Jayalalithaa's legacy. Argument was doing NTR's case. He I got her. for gone up to 10 per cent Jayalalithaa. She destroyed clarity with compassion and Indian politicians, but she Of all the women politicians The Acting Chief Justice had the grace to talk to me My second interface with (still a distance away). Jayalalithaa's career. an unerring belief that she transgressed the law and paid in India, J Jayalalithaa acceded to Karunanidhi's personally. Jayalalithaa was when George Relationship Obviously prone to the evil to belonged to the people whom heavily by the process which surpasses them all. My own request to continue all cases Jayalalithaa's third-party Fernandes, Mr Keyala and I This, according to her, abuse of power that belonged she loved and who loved her is in itself a punishment. encounter with her was in Chennai by an messages to me were went to persuade her to interfered with her to the people, Sasikala played in return. Jayalalithaa lies off Marina peripheral. The first as a administrative order. Politics insulting. All it needed was a oppose the "World Trade relationship with farmers. The on her loneliness. Her iconic status eclipses the Beach in a silence of mind lawyer, the second as a disrupts law. phone call. She did not make Organisation" (WTO) which official experts made Jayalalithaa also lost a friend travails of her sad but and spirit. But she was and lobbyist against the WTO. My simple argument was it. I refused the journey to would open the country to calculations to present figures. and strategist in Cho gigantic figure in politics; she will remain one of the Sometime in the mid- that "transfer" of cases is a Poes Garden, "to her surprise economic pillage and Her voice stepped in Ramaswamy took it as a responsibility and greatest contributors to 1990s, the DMK wanted to judicial process and not a and chagrin". surrender India to global emphatically: "No Mr contemporaneously. The not just a game of thrones. Indian governance. make a huge tamasha conspiracy between She had her spies in court corporations. Secretary, these were last thought of Sasikala To govern is one thing, to do Goodbye Jayalalithaa. (ruckus) of the Jayalalithaa Karunanidhi and the Acting taking notes. She was well- The meeting was in the year's figures." succeeding her destroys so with a sense of justice is trial. A new modernised Chief Justice. It worked. informed about what I was Cabinet room. Food was set She asked me to make an Jayalalithaa's legacy. quite another. (Courtesy of Mail Today.) court had been created with She got bail. Then the case arguing. I do not grudge her out. Officers were in exception and get the Democracy (Disclaimer: The views expressed here are personal was fought over three years. imperiousness. My PIL attendance. She presided and, materials I needed. From the Jayalalithaa was not another a structure designed to opinions of the writers. The information, facts or dramatise with Mess gallery. Eventually we lost, but I friends teased me for insisting that we eat first ministry I examined the woman political leader who opinions appearing in the articles do not reflect the The absence of a good spent months on end at the appearing for a tyrant. while she looked on. figures. Jayalalithaa was had built a cult around lawyer in Delhi found me in Adiyar Sheraton expanding One of them kindly agreed Hospitality? Heavens no. right. The subject of subsidy herself. She was not another views of The Northlines and it does not assume any the case so that it would that bail was a matter of civil Another little political power was not scheduled. Nandini Satpathy, Sucheta responsibility or liability for the same) the northlines 7 KASHMIR Jammu | Tuesday | December 13 | 2016 Haq lays foundation of link roads Int'l mountain day celebrated JKMEGA deputation calls on FM Srinagar, Dec 10 KUPWARA, DEC 12 A deputation of Jammu and Kashmir Mechanical Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Law In the first half of the day, Graduates Association (JKMEGA) called on the Minister and Justice, Abdul Haq today laid foundation of three Banff movies were for Finance, Culture, Labour and Employment, Dr Haseeb link roads here at Shotpora, Manegah and Behak Sabya, showcased at SKICC A Drabu here today. coming up at a cost of Rs 14.56 crore under RIDF-XII auditorium. In the second Headed by JKMEGA President, Er Firdous Ahad Bhat, the (NABARD) and PMGSY. half, J&KMHC gave their The Minster directed the concerned departments to own presentations. deputation sought the intervention of the Finance Minister ensure effective planning and execution of works to On the occasion, the in addressing the long-pending demands of the achieve result-oriented development. He also stressed department of tourism and Mechanical Engineering fraternity including running upon the officers to properly plan the developmental JKMHC gave away annual grades, enhancement in Frequent Travel Allowance (FTA), works and execute them in time-bound manner. He added Prof Hamid Award of creation of Mechanical Engineering division for Mughal that concerted efforts should be made to achieve tangible Excellence. Road and keeping provision of posts for the mechanical results which he said would help in providing better The department also engineers in newly created Disaster Management recognized the services of Department. amenities and services to the people. NL Correspondent Celebrating diversity and natural and unparalleled Srinagar, Dec 12 this recently retired officer The deputation informed the Minister that as a part of the The Minister was briefed about the upgradation and strengthening identity" beauty. Naseer Ahmad by Life Time Assured Career Progression every engineer upon his maintenance of various roads in the area taken up under Secretary Tourism, Farooq A He urged the state The Department of Tourism Achievement Award. promotion to the next post must be provided the grade and PMGSY. Shah was the chief guest on government to involve youth pay of the post on which he/she has been promoted. The Minister was accompanied by Additional Deputy Kashmir in collaboration the occasion. in mountaineering which A book titled Mountain Man Pressing for enhancement of FTA, the deputation said that Commissioner Kupwara, SSP Kupwara, Engineers of with J&K Mountaineering He highlighted the will help them generate authored by Imtiyaz Ahmad FTA being provided to an engineer is just Rs 30 per various wings and district officials. and Hiking Club (JKMHC) importance of adventure livelihood. was also released on the Later, he also visited different areas of Lolab celebrated International and tourism and sports. Col Chauhan also offered occasion. month. The issue of setting up of Mechanical Engineering constituency, besides interacting with public delegations Mountain day here at Shah said Kashmir Valley help to the state government Director Tourism Kashmir Division for Mughal Road and creation of posts of at various places. The Minister gave patient hearing to SKICC. has great potential for from IMF with regard to said the department is Mechanical Engineers in the Disaster Management the delegations and assured that their demands will be The International Mountain adventure tourism. promoting mountaineering. gearing up to conduct many Department was also discussed with the Minister. The redressed soon. Day (IMD) is organized President of Indian He said the places like adventure sports activities in deputation also pleaded with the Finance Minister about IAY cheques distributed every year on December 11 Mountaineering Federation Manali offer just one tenth of the winter which include ice- preventing the closure of Stores and Procurement worldwide to create (IMF) Col H S Chauhan what Kashmir has to offer. climbing in Pahalgam, ice- Department and requested him to provide financial among 25 beneficiaries awareness about the (Retd) was the guest of Speaking on the occasion skating and snow skiing in support for enhancing the efficiency and standards of the sustainable mountain honor. Director Tourism Kashmir Gulmarg. said department by way of setting up a high-tech material KULGAM, DEC 11 development. Speaking on the occasion, Mahmood A Shah said Large number of students, testing laboratory in the department. Legislator Abdul Majeed Padder today said that the The theme for this year's Col Chauhan who is also a Kashmir has significant mountaineers and travel The Minister gave a patient hearing to the deputation and Government is committed for overall development and mountain day was veteran mountaineer himself importance for adventure trade fraternity participated assured that their genuine demands would be looked into progress of the State, besides is taking steps for uplift of "Mountain Cultures: said Kashmir is blessed with tourism. in the daylong event. and addressed in time-bound manner. weaker sections of the society. He was speaking at a function organized by Rural KNTF seeks redressal Development Department in Kulgam to distribute Status of health centres reviewed cheques among 25 beneficiaries under Indira Awaas of their problem Yojana (IAY). NL Correspondent During the function, cheques worth Rs 4.45 lakh were Srinagar, Dec 12 NL Correspondent added that electric wires distributed among the beneficiaries. Srinagar, Dec 12 that too high tension wiring of PDD pass very close and Minister of State for Health and Dilapidated road The Traders Community at low height to the Medical Education, Asiea Naqash, Monday alleged that the commercial buildings today convened a meeting to review the condition irks residents main commercial hub of thereby putting the lives of status of heath centres of Hazratbal Srinagar City has been Srinagar, Dec 12 the people in danger. In block. ignored by the government Despite tall claims of State administration that they will past, there have been such During the meeting, it was said that authorities. President continue to macadamize the roads in Kashmir valley instances where people Block Hazratbal constitutes 16 health Traders Federation Karan despite the harsh winter months by importing a specific have got electrocuted centers which include 4 Urban Primary Nagar Ajaz Shahdhar said chemical from outside, the dilapidated road leading from because of this and as well Health Centers (UPHC), 6 New Type that the street lights of this Palpora to Kukroosa Village of Kupwara district here as because of old and Primary Health Centre (NTPHC) and 6 commercial hub are defunct continue to irk people. The inhabitants living in the areas damaged electric wires and Sub-Centers. from past couple of years It was given out that the UPHC here have appealed the higher ups to look into the matter electric poles that are yet to and diet for pregnant women under equipped labour room for normal and no efforts are being Hazratbal provides all kinds of test and redress their genuine grievance at earliest. Locals be replaced. Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram deliveries, dental procedures and made to rectify them or any facilities and has fully equipped said that the roads in their area has been macadamized Though the effort of road (JSSK). immunization. measures taken to make ophthalmic section. The Minister was several times but soon after it was macadamized, roads widening were taken earlier She was informed that X-ray and ECG It was further informed that the UPHC them functional, informed that free investigations are developed potholes but the officials didn't pay heed over but those widened roads are facilities have been already procured has started Adolescent Health Clinic considering that Karan being provided to children in the age it. Locals alleged that the officials failed to check the yet to be macadamized for the UPHC and will be installed and Life Style Preventive Clinic from quality of material used in road repairing, saying, Nagar road leads to the group of 6 months to 18 years under leading them to damps in within two months of time. the month of October. He said that while the government has macadamized the premier hospitals of the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram rains and thereby causing The Minister also reviewed health The MoS Health also interacted with roads in the district, at the same time administration has state SMHS and SKIMS. (RBSK). Similarly, the UPHC provides lot of inconvenience to facilities at UPHC Tailbal. It was given locals and enquired about the facilities neglected their areas thereby leaves them to lurch at "After the sunset and in the free investigations, referral transport general public by all means. out that the health center has a fully being provided at these health centres. large. absence of street lights, the "At least six villages are connected by this road. Due to shopkeepers windup their The Traders Federation pathetic condition of the road, students, employees and business appealed has sought the Govt has demeaned writ of Cabinet: NC also patients face immense hardships to reach their much early than the intervention of Chief required time," he said. Minister Mehbooba Mufti. respective destinations," they told KNS. (KNS) NL Correspondent The Traders Federation (CNS) NC Provincial President support this move," NC Minister as BJP has clearly Srinagar, Dec 12 Nasir Aslam Wani said the said in a statement issued opposed this move. constitution of a Cabinet to KNS. "If the State Cabinet has Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi (SAW) celebrated National Conference on Subcommittee on this issue The statement further reads to get all moves and Monday expressed is a mere deflection of the if the Government is decisions unofficially disappointment at the PDP- Chief Minister standing serious about this issue the vetted from New Delhi with religious fervour BJP Government her ground on this issue. Chief Minister should before taking any action, demeaning the stature and "Restructuring of the show some bare minimum what is the fun of having 'Devotees throng Hazratbal to have glimpse of holy relic' writ of the State Cabinet Kashmir Police Service so conviction and get this Cabinet Meetings? The by referring every that young KPS officers issue discussed and duly Chief Minister has made a NL Correspondent greeted people on the Gunj office and culminated Sopore, Kupwara, administrative decision to Srinagar, Dec 12 have the same parity in approved by the Cabinet. joke out of the State occasion while local traders at its Shadipora in the Handwara and other places New Delhi for prior terms of promotional Referring this decision to Cabinet and has denigrated had decorated the markets outskirts of the city. of Kashmir. approval before being Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi avenues as KAS officers is New Delhi in the guise of the constitutional powers and had announced The Traffic Police Thousands of devotees took approved by the Cabinet. a vital issue and will a committee's report is and stature of her own (SAW), the birthday of discounts on various items. department had also made out a rally from the shrine of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) Referring to the recent deliver justice to our unfortunate", the NC chair. This is extremely Syed Janbaz Wali Shrine and failure of the Cabinet to young state cadre police Provincial President said. unfortunate and is a was Monday celebrated with marched through the main even discuss the Kashmir officers. Former Chief He said the decision to systemic political religious fervour and market of the town. Police Service (KPS) Minister Omar Abdullah form a Cabinet disempowerment of the enthusiasm across the Similar processions were restructuring in terms of had been a strong advocate Subcommittee to constitute State in terms of its ability Valley. reported from Ganderbal, avenues of promotion of of this restructuring and a report on this issue is and autonomy to take Thousands of devotees Bandipora, Pulwama, National Conference has just a complicated manner policy decisions", Wani thronged the Hazratbal Shopian, Tangmarg, KPS officers at par with shrine, which houses the Anantnag, Beerwah, Kangan, their KAS counterparts, and will continue to of surrender by the Chief said. (KNS) holy relic of the Prophet Sumbal, Hajin and other (SAW) of Islam. Emotional places. scenes were seen at the In different areas of Pulwama shrine while the holy relic including Kakapora, was being displayed. Men, Pampore, Patipora, Photo/Omar Amin women and children, young Hadiwara, Alochibagh, and old were loudly reciting Various Milad processions arrangements for smooth Gadoora, Munghama and Quranic verses while having were also taken out across movement of people to and Muran massive Milad the glimpse of Holy relic of the state where speakers from the shrine. Besides processions were taken out in Prophet Muhammad (SAW). threw light on various private and public transport, which thousands of people The devotees across aspects of the life and State Road Transport participated. In Budgam, Kashmir also observed the teachings of the Prophet Corporation (SRTC) were prayers were held throughout night long prayers at various Muhammad (SAW). pressed into service for the day at Ziyarat of Hazrat mosques and shrines. The Milad processions were ferrying the large number of Syed Hussain Simnani (RA) However, the large carried out from various devotees. and Charar-e-Sharief. gathering of devotees was masjids and shrines also Reports from Kargil said Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) was witnessed at Dargah including Saboor Bab Sahab that thousands of people celebrated with religious zeal Hazratbal. shrine at Habba Kadal, celebrated Eid Milad-u-Nabi and fervour in Kishtwar. Apart from offering prayers, Fateh Kadal Masjid, Dalgate (SAW) in the town. In the Several Milad processions people had decorated their Masjid, Aali Kadal Masjid, day long function, religious were taken out in the town in respective areas including Khanka-e-Moulla shrine and scholars threw light on the which the participants recited Habba Kadal, Fateh Kadal, others. life and teachings of Prophet Durood. Khanka-e-Moulla, Khanyar, A huge Milad procession Muhammad (SAW). They Thousands of people took out Rajouri Kadal, Ali Kadal was taken out by Karwan-e- also emphasized the need to Milad procession from the and other areas with banners Islam chief, Ghulam Rasool follow the Islamic teaching historical Jamia Masjid and flags that reading wide Hami at Shaheed Gunj in as per the Quran and the Bhaderwah. The procession range of Islamic teachings which hundreds of devotee's Hadith. passed through various and verses of holy Quran. participated. The car There were reports of streets of Bhaderwah town Various religious, social and procession started from congregational prayers from and reached back to the business organisations also Karwan-e-Islam Shaheed Ganderbal, Bandipora, Jamia Masjid. (KNS) the northlines 8 BEAUTY Jammu | Tuesday | December 13 | 2016 the northlines 9 NATION Jammu | Tuesday | December 13 | 2016 Don't tamper with Nalanda Those unhappy with the alliance free No mechanical sand mining allowed, University's autonomy: Nitish Kumar NGT tells Andhra, Telangana govts PATNA: Bihar Chief International University, also Minister Nitish Kumar has questioned the constitution to quit, Goa CM Parsekar tells MGP written to Union minister of new governing body by NEW DELHI, DEC 12 Sushma Swaraj, expressing the Centre "when no PANAJI, DEC 12 government, he should Dhavalikar said. decide whether to go it disappointment at the amendment in the Nalanda The National Green Tribunal has directed Andhra Pradesh resign and go, and then MGP has already alone in the?polls or have resignation of Nalanda University Act, 2010 has and Telangana governments to ensure that there is no The rift between the BJP make a public statement announced that it will snap alliance with any University Chancellor taken place". mechanical sand mining on the riverbeds in the states. A George Yeo over the and MGP in Goa widened against us." ties with BJP for the otherparty. The amendment in the bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Centre's "intervention in the Central Act was proposed on Monday with Chief Later, Maharashtrawadi forthcoming state "The decision on alliance Kumar took note of photographs filed by an NGO and functioning of the after it came to light that Minister Laxmikant Gomantak Party (MGP) Assembly polls, if will be taken only after institution" and urging the there were flaws in Parsekar saying those president Dipak Parsekar continues to lead thestate election dates are directed both the states to file affidavits of secretaries NDA government not to provisions related to unhappy with the alliance Dhavalikar told PTI that, the BJP. announced," Dhavalikar concerned on the issue of sand mining in major rivers like "tamper with the essence formulation of the governing are free toquit and the "The current BJP-led state In turn, Parsekar accused said. Krishna, Godavari, Vamsadhara, Penna, Pranahita and their behind the idea of Nalanda". body, he said. minor ally daring the government is not a stand- the MGP of not being loyal During 2012 Goa tributaries. In his strong-worded two- "All the stakeholders are "Both the states, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana shall file page letter to Swaraj, he said worried about the direction senior partner to dissolve alone victory of the party to the alliance partners. elections, BJP won 21 affidavits of Secretaries concerned as it is specifically the Chancellor alleged that in which this University is the state Assembly rather (BJP). "They are not loyal to the seats while MGP, the "he was not taken into headed. than asking its ministers to MGP and BJP had pre-poll alliance, they only cling to state's oldest regional contended by the applicant that largescale illegal and confidence on the decision "Under the circumstances, resign. alliance. BJP's candidates power. Before 2012 party, bagged three seats. unauthorised mining is going on in both the States. to dissolve the previous it is requested that the MGP leader and state who won the election had a elections they were with Suspecting that Sudin "In the meanwhile we restrain both the States, any governing board or Central government should Transport Minister Sudin share of MGP votes too in the Congress," he said. Dhavalikar was being corporation, authority or person for carrying on mechanical constitute a new one". not tamper with the essence Dhavalikar recently their victory." "The current government instigated by some mining in the river bed," the bench said. "Yoe has reportedly behind the 'idea of Nalanda'. The green panel's direction came while hearing a plea by resigned from his post citing Its importance that dignity accused Parsekar of taking "So if BJP wants us to go, is mine. If someone is not elements against the central government's should be kept in the state 10 years they should dissolve the happy with it or we are government, Parsekar NGO Readiness for Empowerment through Legitimate interventions as affecting the perspective while furthering backward during his two- Assembly. It is not the non-performing, they are questioned the minister's Action (RELA) and Polavaram Mandal ex-president Vara autonomy of the institution. the activities of the and-half year rule. government of their own. free to resign and go," the sudden angst in the last Laxmi seeking directions to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, He has emphasised that he University," he said. Hitting back, Parsekar told We also have a share in it. Chief Minister said. few days. Odissa and Maharashtra governments to ban illegal sand was not taken into The university will flourish reporters here that, "Sudin Let BJP dissolve the There are two MGP "What has happened that mining. confidence on the decision only if the academic Dhavalikar is no one to set Assembly and face ministers in Parsekar-led suddenly Dhavalikar has The matter is now listed for hearing on January 25, 2017. to dissolve the previous autonomy and continuity is the agenda for me. If he election on their own and Cabinet. The MGP chief started reacting this way in The plea, filed through advocate Sravan Kumar, had also governing board or allowed and maintained, feels suffocated in the state win the majority seats," said his party is yet to last two-three days. constitute a new one," Kumar said, adding his sought directions to formulate and place on record strategy to Kumar said in the letter, a prevent illegal mining and a cumulative impact study on copy of which was made rampant sand mining in these states. available to the media last Students thrashed by 20 people for not rising for national anthem night. CHENNAI: A group of of imprisonment. collar and threatened to kill thrashed them were taken to the police station. Bangladesh Home Minister to He went on to say that "the college students was Four boys and four girls him for disrespecting the laughing and cheering at A case was filed on a fact that an important decision was taken without manhandled and threatened were attacked, allegedly by national anthem," one of sexist jokes in the movie, complaint by Vijayakumar celebrate Vijay Diwas in Kolkata consulting the Chancellor of inside a movie theatre in a group of 20, during the the girl students was and attacked one of their that the students, apart from Chennai on Sunday, 11.30 am show of "Chennai reported as saying. female friends. remaining seated, also took the university is disturbing KOLKATA, DEC 12 and raises questions about allegedly because they did 600028 II". The students were asked The students finally selfies and chatted. He also the autonomous nature of not stand up when the No one has yet been by the security guards to walked out in the middle of claimed that people in his Led by Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, a the university". national anthem was arrested for the assault, said leave the theatre but did the movie. The police, group were beaten. Kumar, the prime mover playing before the film. the report. not, alleging that which had been called by The Supreme Court 72-member delegation of war veterans and "Mukti Jodahas" behind the idea of reviving According to a report in "During the interval, Vijayakumar had then, waited for the other recently passed an order (freedom fighters) from the neighbouring country will take ancient glory of Nalanda NDTV, the students have people sitting behind us threatened to thrash them group to come out so they making it mandatory for part in Vijay Diwas celebrations at Fort William in Kolkata University and been charged with insulting were passing lewd remarks the moment they left. could be identified, said the people to stand when the this Friday. conceptualising the anthem, a crime that and a man, Vijayakumar, The students also claimed report. national anthem is playing Held annually to mark India's victory over Pakistan in the establishment of Nalanda can entail up to three years grabbed my friend by the that the group which The two groups were then in movie halls. 1971 liberation war on December 16, the celebration will begin on Tuesday with a military band concert at Princep Ghat, an Army officials said. On December 14 and 15, a horse show, para jump and List of major cyclones that have hit India over the last few years band display will be held at RCTC grounds while on twenty kilograms of rice recorded losses upto USD recently, Cyclone Nada December 16 the wreath laying ceremony will be at the and five litres of kerosene 688 million. Odisha appeared to threaten the historic Vijay Smarak memorial in Fort William. to each family in flood- recorded the casualties to peninsula in late November Altogether, a 72-member delegation comprising war affected areas with Rs. 2 be 44 people dying due to 2016. However, as the veterans, 'Mukti Jodhaas', senior retired officers and serving lakhs also to be given as storm related accidents. states geared up, the personnel of all the three services will pay homage to our compensation to the Cyclone Hudhud: The cyclone seemed to fizzle valiant martyrs."Massive security arrangement has been families of the victims. The last time a cyclone of out with its landfall in made," said Major General R Nagraj, MGGS of Eastern total damage estimated by Vardah's scale breached Tamil Nadu. Heavy winds Command. Mukti Jodhaas" who had participated in the the Indian government was from the Bay of Bengal were encountered, 1971 war have been coming for the annual reunion for the USD 53.55 million with was in October 2014 when however. Schools were last 10 years. Visakhapatnam district Cyclone Hudhud shut for two days to acts as suffering a damage of USD originated from the storm shelters for the 18.53 million, Nellore Andaman Islands and citizens. Unfortunately, 12 Hope administration will district suffering a damage snowballed into a category deaths were still recorded of USD 22.59 million and IV cyclone, being dubbed related to the storm. take all precautions: Sonia Prakasam district suffering as 'Extremely Severe.' It Turning from 'very a damage of USD 12.43 proceeded to hit the Indian severe' to 'severe', Cyclone million. states of Andhra Pradesh, Vardah has breached Tamil NEW DELHI, DEC 12 Cyclone Phailin: Chattisgarh, Madhya Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Originating and named in Pradesh, Odisha. The With its landfall, the In the wake of cyclone 'Vardah' making a landfall in Vietnam, Cyclone Phailin estimated damages were cyclone is currently at Chennai, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday was a cyclone of matched approximated to a total of category 1 strength and is hoped the local administration will take all precautions for magnitude to hit the USD 3.4 billion. Death toll expected to weaken with the safety of the citizens. peninsula in October 2013. due to the cyclone hit 124. sustained winds of 80 to 90 "As cyclone Vardah crosses the coast and hits Chennai, we NEW DELHI: As deaths in Sri Lanka, flooding which led to the The cyclone hit Andhra Unlike most Bay of Bengal kmph. watch anxiously and pray as the city braces itself to Cyclone Vardah has made Andhra Pradesh and Tamil demise of 59 people and Pradesh and resulted in the storms that dissipate Schools have been closed withstand the force of nature's fury. We trust the an appearance and made a Nadu amounting to 65 and similarly claimed four evacuation of 64,000 quickly over land, Hudhud and India's labour administration will take all precautions for the safety of the landfall in Tamil Nadu and cost of damage reached a more lives in Malaysia. people from low-lying has been the only tropical department has issued an citizens during this time of hardship. Andhra Pradesh, here are a total of USD 117.49 Subsequently, Jal areas. A total of 134,426 cyclone whose remnant advisory, requesting "I am sure the people of Chennai and Tamil Nadu will list of previous cyclones million. Fishermen, who proceeded towards Andhra people were eventually ever reached as far north as companies to allow show the nation the same courage with which they faced a that have struck India. set out in about a 100 Pradesh where, through evacuated. Power and the Himalayas. The employees to work from similar calamity last year. Entire Congress Party stands Cyclone Laila: In 2010, boats, were lost at sea, timely warnings. 70,000 communication lines went cyclone further proceeded their homes. firmly by them," she said in a statement. after a gap of two decades according to fisheries people were evacuated down across the district. up north to trigger an Fishermen too, have been Two persons were killed as heavy rains accompanied by the south-eastern part of department sources. from villages where With one casualty, the avalanche in Nepal. Prime advised to stay away from high velocity winds on Monday pounded the city and India was hit by two Cyclone Jal: Following damage was expected to be damage amounted to USD Minister Modi announced waters. In addition, the coastal districts of north Tamil Nadu due to severe cyclonic 'severe' cyclones within a Cyclone Laila, Cyclone Jal the highest. On 9th 8.1 million in Andhra of October 15th that USD agricultural sector has been storm "Vardah" which began making landfall near Chennai, gap a few months; The first formed in the Pacific November, the C.M. of the Pradesh alone. Other 136 million was to be hit severely with uprooting hundreds of trees, disrupting land and air being Cyclone Laila which Ocean on 31st October. state declared 54 people affected states like Odisha, awarded as aid for affected widespread destruction of transport and throwing normal life out of gear. entered along the coast of Torrential rains poured in dead due to the storm. The Jharkhand and areas in Andhra Pradesh. banana plantations, papaya "The landfall process of cyclone Vardah has begun," the the Bay of Bengal. Total Thailand causing extensive Centre then promised neighbouring states Cyclone Nada: More groves and rice paddies. India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Ex-bureaucrat questions big-fat VVIP weddings; writes to Prime Minister

NEW DELHI, DEC 12 He said he had sought a probe into the transfers in his 35-year tenure, in his ironic that you yourself should exhort demonetisation will certainly come government, he went on leave and source of money for Reddy's daughter's different letters pointed out at the the common man to stand in queues to under public scrutiny," Sarma said. later applied for a central posting. With demonetisation affecting wedding before it took place but it was lavish weddings, comparing them with uphold your grandiose mission to fight Seeking a full-fledged investigation, A post-graduate in nuclear physics weddings at large across the country not carried out. those of common citizen. against black money?" the letter said. the former bureaucrat also said that if from the Andhra University and in with a Rs 2,50,000 cap on withdrawal "There was no investigation, and after Hundreds of commoners were In another letter to the Prime Minister, the government does not act, he will public administration from the for weddings, a former bureaucrat has the marriage was over, a junior team compelled to cancel weddings Sarma mentioned the suicide by the seek "judicial intervention". Harvard University, Sarma, in 2000, questioned VVIP wedding went but it gave a clean chit to Reddy," following the note ban due to cash driver and said: " What distresses me is "If you do not act quickly and firmly quit the finance ministry over extravaganzas. Sarma said. shortage. that, despite my cautionary letters on these letters of mine, I will be differences in the public policy issues E.A.S. Sarma, a bureaucrat who retired A twist in the tale came when a 30- "Apparently, there is one set of rules addressed to you, the Finance Minister, constrained to seek judicial with the Atal Behari Vajpayee-led as a secretary to Government of India, year-old driver of a Special Land and standards for NDA ministers and the Union Revenue Secretary, the intervention, as every citizen in this NDA government. shot letters to Prime Minister Narendra Acquisition Officer (SLAO) of another set for the common man on the Enforcement Director and CBI country has the right to question the Post demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs Modi, Congress vice-president Rahul Bengaluru committed suicide accusing street," Sarma said in one of his letter Director, all the central agencies seem basics of governance," he said. 1,000 notes announced by the Prime Gandhi and also the Enforcement in his suicide note that the officer had to the Prime Minister. to have deferred raids on Reddy's In his letter to Rahul Gandhi, the Minister on November 8, limits were Directorate. helped Reddy convert old notes into "As a result of the prevailing cash premises till he had successfully former bureaucrat pointed out at the imposed on cash withdrawals from He pointed out the lavish spending at new currency ahead of his daughter's crisis, many families have put off their laundered the black cash holdings and presence of Congress leaders at the ATMs and banks. several weddings, including those of wedding. scheduled weddings. Many other allowed the local officers to give him a wedding. At present there is a limit of Rs 2,500 daughters of Union Ministers Mahesh According to Sarma, around Rs 100 weddings have broken down. But, Gali "clean" chit." Known as an honest and upright for ATM withdrawals per day and Rs Sharma, Nitin Gadkari, and Karnataka crore was converted. Janardhana Reddy, Mahesh Sharma "Modiji, while the demonetisation bureaucrat, Sarma, while serving in 24,000 for bank withdrawals per week. politician G. Janardhana Reddy. "They have arrested the officer who and Gadkari feel no crisis whatsoever, mission launched by you is a Andhra Pradesh in 1994-95, had For families with weddings, the "I have written three letters to the colluded with Reddy, but they should as they seem to have the blessings of commendable step forward, if it is opposed Telugu Desam Party withdrawal limit is Rs 2,50,000. Prime Minister, one to Finance have probed it before the wedding took bigwigs from both BJP and the NDA," established that your government is government's plan to set up power However, there were reports of Minister (Arun Jaitley) and to Rahul place," he said. the letter said. complicit in letting the money plants without any competitive weddings being cancelled across the Gandhi. I have not got any reply yet," Sarma, a 1965 batch IAS officer of the "While your ministers are indulging in launderers off the hook, the credibility bidding. country due to the cash crunch. Sarma told IANS. Andhra Pradesh cadre, who got 26 such unhealthy extravagance, is it not of what you have done in the name of When he could not overrule the —IANS the northlines 10 SPORTS Jammu | Tuesday | Dec. 13 | 2016

65tt h Allll IIndiia Polliice Hockey Champiionshiip Fitness first is the mantra as teams LOC Club enters Cricket final J&K Police, Punjab enter quarterfinals get wary of a new, improved India POONCH, Dec 12 The LOC Club today entered the final of the ongoing Singh’s insistence on fitness Police Martyrs' Cricket Tournament, part of the sports JAMMU, Dec 12 THE RESULTS: Punjab bt Meetai, 12th, 62nd; Seraj being the foundation to all festival being organised by district police at Sports Maharashtra 3-1 (Satwinder Alam, 28th, 39th; Jaswinder success all these years, Stadium, here. Hosts Jammu and Kashmir Singh, 40th; Jagmeet Singh, Singh, 30th; Jaswinder when past greats would and Punjab Police today 46th; Amit Sandhu, 50th. Singh, 45th; Vinod Yadav, continue to put emphasis on Earlier, in the semifinal, LOC Club defeated Glamorous Club by three wickets. Batting first, after winning the qualified for the knock-out Kunal Jagdale, 59th); 54th; Ravi Xess, 58th; skills instead. toss, Glamorous made 141 runs in 20 overs game. Sunil stages of quarterfinals Haryana bt Gujarat 5-2 Harwinder Singh, 60th, German coach Valentin and Gurvinder remained top scorers with 38 and 21 runs winning two games each in (Pardeep, 2nd, 14th, 19th; 61st); Telengana bt Altenburg is among the respectively. Adnan and Israr Charak took three wickets pool of three in the ongoing Mukesh, 16th, Balinder, Chandigarh 3-2 (G Saliesh, increasing number of young each from LOC Club. 65th All India Police 35th. Dalip G Damor, 21st, 32nd, 62nd; Sai, 60th. Amit coaches who like to In reply, LOC Club achieved the target in 19:1 overs Hockey Championship at 63rd); CRPF bt Kumar, 42nd, Darminder experiment in an attempt to push their teams to their losing seven wickets. Israr Charak played superb innings different venues, here. Chhastigarh 16-0 (Jayant Singh, 51st); Andhra limits. contributing 72 runs while Nawaz made 32. Both these While J&K Police has made Tirkey, 5th, 17th, 25th, Pradesh bt Karnataka (V When someone tried to ask batsmen played unbeaten innings. Later, Israr was to the last eight stages from 59th; Bikas Kujur, 7th, Krishan Kishore, 3rd, 4th, S about the “last 10 minutes” declared man of the match. group-G, Punjab Police 12th, 22nd, 29th, 69th; S Raju, 8th, 34th; P play by the Indian team, In today's semifinal, DySp Sager Singh salathia was chief qualified from group-B Rajinder Singh, 8th, 26th, Nagendra Prasad, 25th, Lucknow: About a decade England the constant Oltmans cut him short. guest while Mohd Tariq Khan, DySP, Dr Saleem, DySP making it absolute wins in 63rd; Prasant Tirkey, 19th; 66th. B Kasiviswanadham, ago, as Indian hockey outrunning of opposition, Effort and determination: Mohan Lal and Inspector Anzar Hussain were among their two outings. Saroj Ekka, 24th, 31st; 19th, Rajashekhar, 20th, struggled to hold on to the ability to effect Harendra credited physical others present. Narinder Kumar. Parvaiz and Romesh Earlier, in their league Javed Khan, 70th); 55th; S Chethan Kumar, distant glories wile turning a turnovers and attack, falling trainer Cody Tribe for the Sharma officiated today's match. matches, J&K blanked Uttrakhand bt Jharkhand 4- 52nd; NB Pardeep, 60th). blind eye to desperate back to defend and the achievement. “He has Bihar Police 8-0 and Punjab 2 (Manoj Singh Rawat, 2nd, FIXTURE: requests from the active desperate grouping to worked so hard to get them J&K tennis ball cricket Police had some tough time 61st; Parkash Chandra, K K HAKHU STADIUM: players, a senior Indian repossess the ball. to this level. He is almost team member was candid Fruition of a process: It against last years' runners- 21st; Pankaj Kumar, 67th); CRPF V/s Haryana at 7.30 [obsessed with] their fitness enough to admit how the was a vindication as much teams bag silver up side of Maharashtra Jammu and Kashmir bt am; West Bengal V/s and I think it shows in their world’s top teams rarely of the level of hard work efforts as well,” he said. JAMMU, Dec 12 Police before they emerged Bihar 8-0 (Satwant Singh, Karnataka at 9 am; bothered to match Indian put in by the players in And Armaan Qureshi, one Jammu and Kashmir bagged runners-up trophies in both 3-1 winner. By this, Punjab 14th, 18th; Sikinder Pal Telengana V/s CISF at skills, knowing well they raising their levels as of the of the new tribe of boys and girls sections in the just concluded 24th Junior Police has made a major Singh, 20th; Surinder 10.30 am; ITBP V/s could easily outplay the process put in place for the youngsters in the Indian National Tennis Ball Cricket Championships held at Karnal upset by sending the silver Singh, 36th, 38th; Jaspreet Jharkhand at 12 noon; BSF Indians in every other 7-8 years. It began with side that is cocky enough to in Haryana. The title trophies in both boys and girls sections medallist Maharashtra Singh, 53rd; Manjeet Singh V/s Uttar Pradesh at 2 pm. department. Spaniard Jose Brasa, who know they are among the went to Goa, who proved to be better in both the categories. pack. 54th; Sumit Pal Singh, JU GROUND: Bihar V/s Cut to 2016, and the one was the first to introduce the best, insisted that it was an Earlier, in the semifinals, J&K beat Gujarat while Goa Meanwhile, in other groups, 65th); Tamil Nadu bt CISF Puducherry at 7.30; feature of the Indian team concept of a scientific added motivation. trounced Uttar Pradesh. Similarly, in girls section, J&K beat defending champion, ITBP (Rajesh, 39th, Killivalavan, Manipur V/s Odisha at 9 participating in the ongoing advisor to Indian hockey Belgian coach Jeroen Baart was all set to qualify from 59th. Neeraj Yadav, 9th); am; Uttrakhand V/s RPF at Junior World Cup here that (Jesus Garcia Pallares) and concurred. Senior coach Jharkhand and Goa downed Uttar Pradesh. Rustam Ali of Poonch emerged most successful bowler from J&K with 12 Pool-A with two victories ITBP bt RPF 12-0 10.30 am; Gujarat V/s has rival coaches concerned continued with every coach Roelant Oltmans loves wickets in the competition. Imran Malik was named best all to their credit. (Gurwinder Singh, 4th, MC Chhatisgarh at 12 noon. is its supreme fitness and that followed, including putting his team under quickness on the field. That Roelant Oltmans at present. pressure to test them and rounder while Abhinav Khajuria was named best batsman. fitness was visible in every It was also a vindication of has been suitably impressed The team took part in the competition under the banner of Chennai soccer club makes it to aspect of the game against junior coach Harendra with the performances here. J&K Tennis Ball Cricket Association and sponsored by J&K State Sports Council. national league after 12 years Kulgam Club wins district Korfball title Chennai: The long wait is finally over for club's financial strength, practice and home Coaches didn't expect me to return so soon: Saina SRINAGAR, Dec 12 Chennai football fans. There will be a team from grounds, plans to develop grassroots activities the city -Chennai City FC -playing in the I and ability to generate an interest in football in Mumbai: Saina Nehwal is "I was frustrated by the her keenness to take to the Kulgam Club bagged the district Korfball title beating League, the most prestigious club tournament of the region. While most of the clubs had fulfilled no stranger to injuries. The initial turn of events, but now court at such short notice hosts Stamford School 7-5 in the final of the India, after a gap of 12 years. the technical criteria, it was on the financial front London Olympics bronze- I am happy to have faced this after her injury. "The coaches championship. The event was organised by District It was first reported by TOI on November 19 that where Chennai City FC and Minerva scored. medallist has braved quite a because I got to know what were not expecting me to Korfball Association under the aegis of J&K Korfball Chennai City FC could get the nod. The All India Dutta said Chennai City FC was the strongest few of them in her long and my weaker begin so fast. Two Association. Third place went to Friends Club. In the final Football Federation (AIFF) granted them direct among the five bidders. AIFF vice-president illustrious career. But, areas are and or three weeks after surgery, and prize distribution function, Principal, M K Bhan was Subrata Dutta said, "They had all their documents in order.” nothing had prepared the 26- where I I told Vimal sir (her coach) chief guest, presented the medals. BA Ahangar, AR Chennai City had submitted their bid to year-old for the trauma that need to that I want to begin playing. Ahangar, Jahangeer and secretary of the Association, participate in I-League when the AIFF opened would follow, post her improve. He asked me whether I was Nusrat were among others present. tenders last month.However, most of the clubs crashing out of the Rio The sure, because someone failed to meet the stringent financial criteria of Olympics when she could champion who comes back after Sunil, Priyanka, Sushant excel in TT having a net worth of `500 crore and producing a barely move on court during shuttler has surgery can take up bank guarantee of `100 crore. As a result, AIFF her group match against competed to six weeks after JAMMU, Dec 12 was forced to call for fresh tenders and relax the Ukraine's Maria Ulitina. in three rehab to get back Sunil, Sushant and Priyanka (double title) excelled in the norm. The net worth was reduced to `100 crore To make matters worse, to decent fitness. while the bank guarantee was `1 crore and it district level table tennis tournament of Reasi held at paved the way for Chennai City FC and Minerva doctors had recommended Saina's objective SMVDSB Sports Complex, Katra under the banner of to get selected. surgery to the right knee. as of now is to J&K Table Tennis Association. While Priyanka claimed Now, this was something just regain top Chennai City FC had started their journey two under-17 girls and senior women category titles, Sunil years ago when they bought Nethaji SC. The club new to her. Not only Saina, fitness in order to entry on Sunday along with Minerva Punjab FC. then went on to win the first division of the but even her near and dear tournaments post her take her to the heights she excelled in under-14 and Sushant clinched the senior The I-League, that will kick off from January 7, Chennai Football Association (CFA) League in ones were anxious. "It was comeback and reached the has attained previously. "In boys' title trophy. The competition was open to school will now have 10 teams including Kolkata giants their maiden season. Rohit said that they had my first surgery. In fact, I quarterfinals in Macau and the tournaments that I played students, employees of the Shine Board and other locals, East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and AFC Cup picked up the tender to participate in I-League was crying in front of my Hong Kong after her first- in recently, I didn't expect to informed Amit Heera of the district association. In finalists Bengaluru FC. The last Chennai team to two seasons ago. Unfortunately his dream could parents. Even my mom was round exit at the China Open. win. I just wanted to see how today's finals, Additional CEO SMVDSB, Dr M Kumar play in the I League (earlier known as National not be realized due to technical reasons. "We League) was Indian Bank, way back in 2003-04. didn't have academies and proper practice not very comfortable at the "I feel it's easier to come I performed," she said. "I am was chief guest while SDPO Katra, Dr Ashok Sharma The AIFF bid committee, comprising vice- grounds then which are very important to make idea of surgery. back after surgery because of happy to see that even with was guest of honour. Joint Secretary, State Sports president Subrata Dutta, general secretary Kushal the I-League grade. It was only after we won the It took her three months to the things you have already moderate fitness levels I was Council, Shiv Kumar Sharma and secretary, J&K Table Das and I-League CEO Sunando Dhar, met in first division, we opened two academies in get back to action, and the endured by then," she doing well. I am sure with Tennis Association, Ajay Sharma were special guests. New Delhi to evaluate the bids submitted by five Kanyakumari district in Thoothoor. There have former World No. 1 believes observed. another 3-4 weeks of good Among others present were AEE PHE Katra, Ajay clubs -Neroca FC, Minerva Punjab FC, Sudeva been talks that I-League might be merged with the past few weeks have Saina also said that people training, my fitness should be FC, FC Bardez Goa & Chennai City FC. ISL in the near future. But Rohit isn't too taught her valuable lessons. around her were surprised at back to its best." Sharma, Sohan Chand, Ashish Padha, Vishal Kapoor and The criteria for selecting a team was based on the bothered about it for the moment. Parveen Singh. Sehwag wishes Out of the five series that we’ve won, this is the best by far: Kohli Chandigarh youth wins Indian Rajnikanth on his Golf Union amateur championship Mumbai: Having steamrolled England “We know England is a quality Test two and half years. Once you get the 66th birthday by an innings and 36 runs to seal the side and we knew that they will try to momentum in partnerships then you, Chandigarh: For the last amateur player to win a one of the toughest in India series, captain Virat Kohli described bounce back. Even in this game after as a batsman, can press yourself. So it New Delhi: Virender three days, 17-year-old PGTI event by winning the and it will test my game,” India’s triumph against the visitors as being 2-0 down, they put 400 runs in also depends on your teammates as Sehwag and his epic Chandigarh golfer PGTI Players said the youngster, who is a the best so far under his leadership. the first innings. This is not a team that well, how they help you in tough birthday wishes to Karandeep Kochhar has had Championship. He currently student of St John’s High “Out of the five series that we’ve won, will throw in the towel. They will moments when you are not sort of in- celebrities, be it from the to play a total of 36 holes sits at the top spot in the School, Chandigarh. this is the best by far, because of the fight, and we saw another example of form or want to get back into touch. world of sports or twice instead of the usual 18 IGU order of merit and will Kochhar trains under coach quality of the opposition, and the kind it. He also did not see the series victory as entertainment, have been a holes in any tournament in play in the All India Junior Jesse Grewal, who believes of cricket that we’ve played. We’re He also said the pitches in this series revenge for past defeats. big hit on Twitter. the 116th Amateur Golf Golf Championship, which that winning the All India very proud of that, and for me as a have been more true than in the “Not at all, that’s all for TRPs. I feel all The latest piece of this never Championship of India, begins from December 19 in Amateur title will help the captain, this is definitely on top,” said these little visuals that you see on Star ending jigsaw puzzle of conducted by the Indian at Gurgaon. “Winning the youngster before he turns Kohli after the thumping victory. and TV before the series, a lot of the Golf union at the Royal PGTI Players Championship professional. Kohli has literally led from the front campaigns are pretty exciting for Calcutta golf Club, Kolkata. too helped my confidence “This is a very important by accumulating 640 runs from the people to watch actually. They like Playing against Arjun and I am eagerly waiting for win for Karandeep. He won first four Tests and his magnificent 235 those sort of things, people talking Prasad, Kochhar won the the IGU All India Finals. I a professional event, won in the fourth Test at the Wankhede about the series and saying this one 36-hole final 2 up with one Stadium helped the team reply will thrash this one. As cricketers, hole to play and became the strongly to England’s challenging first honestly, it’s far from what we think third player from the tricity innings score of 400 with 631. about.” in the last six years to win Kohli, however, said the series His brilliant 235, along with the the coveted title, which was triumph, that was sweet revenge for centuries from Murali Vijay and Jayant first won by JF Macniar in having tasted defeat against the same Yadav, set up India’s great reply, but 1892. opponents, three times in a row, did Kohli rated his Adelaide century as the Panchkula lads Angad not come on a platter. best among all his 15 centuries, Cheema and Shubhankar “I don’t think it’s been easy. We have including three double hundreds this Sharma won the title in been put under pressure many times. I year. 2011 and 2012 respectively. Viru's birthday bombs is non think I would give my team a lot of preceding one against New Zealand Giving the example of Jayant Yadav, A regular winner at the IGU other than the superstar credit for bouncing back from those which his side won 3-0. Kohli said such talent should be Ranjinikanth, who turned 66 tough situations. We haven’t got Kohli said that the best advice he had identified and pitchforked into circuit, Kochhar started years old today. anything on the platter. We have had to received from Sachin Tendulkar after international cricket rather than make playing golf at the age of plan to turn professional the All India Amateur title India's most loved star, work hard for it. And it’s been a result his poor run in England in 2014 was them wait and lose them. three years with his father most probably by January and is almost sure of the Thalaiva!"- wrote Sehwag of constant pressure that we have not to read what’s written about him The victory here was highly satisfying Sandeep Kochhar and grand next year and my first target IGU All India Finals title on his twitter handle. forced the opposition to make and captaincy has taken him off the for Kohli. father Dr. GS Kochhar. He will be the Indian Open in win. What more can he ask Viru also mentioned the mistakes. reading and brooding about part. “I would say it was really satisfying. It has won a total of four March. Even if I do not turn for in his amateur career? term 'Thalaiva' in his tweet “With the bat as well we have shown Kohli has been in superlative form and was a test of patience. Knowing we are tournaments in category A professional, winning the There were some South which is widely used for really good character to come back has been instrumental in the team’s 2-0 up, we can’t taking anything for in the IGU circuit this year All India Amateur has African golfers playing in Rajinikanth. The term means into the game, showing enough success under his captaincy. However, granted going into the last Test. You with four second place guaranteed a spot in the the All India Amateur same as the Tamil word patience, more than the opposition, so he said it was a total team effort. don’t want to leave one Test with the finishes. Last month, the 17- Indian Open for me and I Championships and to Thalaivar, which means a I would credit my team than calling it “You cannot alone do it in the middle, opposition still having a chance to year-old youngster made am looking forward to the emerge as the winner in leader, boss, and is spoken an easy series. No series win is easy, and there have been guys who have level the series. So from that sense, it history when he became the challenge. such a field is tremendous,” for Rajinikanth with respect. especially not this one. been part of partnerships in the last was very important to wrap it up here.” youngest and only Indian The DLF Golf Course is shared Grewal. 11 the northlines BUSINESS Jammu | Tuesday | Dec. 13 | 2016

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Enjoy etail stores across India. was announced in the last budget. Other suggestions include specifying the involvement in a multi- spread panic amongst the In the meeting the software services industry roadmap for reduction of corporate tax from crore black-money scam. general public, body - National Association of Software and 30% to 25%, addressing the anomaly that It clarified to the demoralise the staff and Services Companies (Nasscom) and hardware resident investors are taxed two times foreign National Stock Exchange damage the reputation of Govt conducts sting operation in 500 bank branches industry body MAIT had a positive discussion investors and address the issue of carry that the repot that the bank," the lender forward losses benefit not being available if it New Delhi: The series of IT black money hoarders and reached finance ministry with Jaitley. The main areas Nasscom focused regulatory action will be said. on are improving ease of doing business, is dilution of equity. raids to unearth black help them in converting and action will be taken taken against the bank Axis bank's Chandi increased incentives for R&D, issues MAIT made four suggestions - extension of money following their black money into against such officials as and are "false and malafide". Chowk branch in New surrounding GST and taxation issues that concessional duty benefits to all IT agreement demonetisation, exposed white, Finance Ministry has when the order is restored The bank added that it Delhi has been in the plague startups. In order to encourage R&D goods; list of computer premise equipment large cache of black money conducted sting operations regarding supply of notes in has strong systems and news over the last few and innovation, the industry has asked for the such as wireless access points, USB adapters stashed in the newly in around 500 bank the banking system. and wireless access controllers to be included controls as per the norms days for alleged provisions existing in Income Tax Act to be released Rs 2,000 and 500 branches to expose corrupt There have been several under the excise duty concession scheme, or prescribed by the RBI. involvement of its made applicable to the IT industry as well. notes. This speaks volumes bank employees. reports coming from across Chandrashekhar reiterated the need to relook preferential rate of GST at 12%; It also sought to assure officials in a racket of on the corruption prevailing As per reports, around 400 the country where large harmonisation of IT product lists across its customers, investors, illegally converting old GST. “GST is a major concern for services in India's banking system. CDs with clinching cache of new currency notes sector and while it is good for the country as a central and state indirect tax jurisdictions and and members of public notes in connivance with In order to nab culprit bank evidence against these have been seized by income establishment of convergence cell to provide that the bank as strong banking authorities. whole, for intangible services like IT it is officials who connived with corrupt bank officials have tax officials. hugely problematic. impetus for the ICT sector. 12 JAMMU || TUESDAY | DEC | 13 || 2016 www.thenorthlines.com The NORTHLINES Thick fog affects normal life at India's dream of splitting Pak is 'a fallacy': Khan

ISLAMABAD, DEC 12 (PTI) but a fallacy," Nisar said, tence after India got divid- ernment." he asserted. many places in Punjab, Haryana describing Rajnath's ed on religious lines but it "Indian government has Khan claimed arrest of India's dream of splitting remarks as just a "shallow could not keep itself united. erected a wall of hatred in Kulbhushan Jadhav and Pakistan into several geo- claim". In 1971, it got split into two the whole country. BJP other Indian agents in major injuries, Assistant graphical entities is "noth- "India is being divided not and, if it does not mend its government's hands are Pakistan is "clear proof of Sub-Inspector of Police ing but a fallacy", Interior by any other country, but its ways, it will get splintered stained with the blood of Indian meddling into Darshan Singh said. Minister Nisar Ali Khan own policies," Khan was into 10 pieces and India innocent Kashmiris," he Pakistan affairs." The pile-up however dis- said today, a day after quoted as saying by Radio will have no role in it." said. Khan went on to Jadhav, who was reportedly rupted traffic on the road. Home Minister Rajnath Pakistan. Responding to Singh's accuse India of openly arrested in Balochistan Chandigarh recorded a min- Singh warned that Pakistan Addressing a Martyrs' Day remarks, Khan claimed that interfering in Balochistan after he entered from Iran, imum temperature of 9.9 would get "splintered" into function in Kathua district life has become miserable and other parts of Pakistan. has been accused by degrees Celsius, two notches 10 pieces if it failed to quell in Jammu and Kashmir, for minorities in India and "We wish peace in the Pakistan of planning "sub- above normal. terrorism."BJP's dream of Singh yesterday said, they are "facing risks and region, however, will not versive activities" in the CHANDIGARH, DEC 12 Gurugram and other places. Ambala recorded a low of splitting Pakistan is nothing "Pakistan came into exis- threats under the Modi gov- accept Indian hegemony," country. Visibility was reduced due 11.9 degrees Celsius, up Poor visibility caused 15 to foggy weather in four notches against normal. vehicles to pile up at differ- Chandigarh as well early in Karnal recorded a low of Pak appoints new ISI chief ent places near Shahabad the morning. 10.2 degrees Celsius, three India ranks 4th most vacation Markanda on GT road on Normal movement of vehic- notches above normal. Monday, as heavy fog in ular traffic was also affected Hisar registered a low at deprived country globally SAJJAD HUSSAIN nominating the head of affected everyday life in at many places in the two 12.2 degrees Celsius, five ISLAMABAD, DEC 12 (PTI) Pakistan's premier intelli- Punjab and Haryana, even states due to fog while sev- degrees above normal. gence agency. MUMBAI, DEC 12 (PTI) Expedia, India, Marketing up social media and televi- Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar, an It is believed that the new ISI though temperature was eral trains were reported In Punjab, Amritsar record- Head Manmeet Ahluwalia sion while 30 per cent would intelligence veteran, has been chief enjoys the confidence above normal. running late due to reduced ed a low of 12.8 degrees India has been ranked as the said. give up Internet and 27 per appointed chief of Pakistan's of both the civilian and mili- According to the MeT visibility caused by the Celsius, eight degrees above fourth most vacation The report was conducted cent can give up contact powerful spy agency ISI with tary leadership and it would department here, fog foggy weather. normal. Ludhiana's mini- deprived country globally, on behalf of Expedia by with their besties for a week, new army chief Gen Qamar go a long way in healing dif- reduced visibility at several Fifteen vehicles crashed into mum also settled at 12 as 63 per cent take fewer Northstar, a globally inte- all for one additional day of Javed Bajwa effecting the ferences between them, places, including Amritsar, each other near village degrees Celsius, up five days of the vacations that grated strategic insights con- vacation. first big reshuffle to tighten observers said. Ludhiana, Patiala, Dhantori on the GT Road notches while Patiala regis- they get, according to to a sulting firm online from Most Indians are evolving, his hold on the military that The military has been in Jalandhar, Ambala, after one truck over-turned tered a low of 11.6 degrees report. September 12-29, 2016, from a tourist to a traveller plays a key role in the coun- charge of the country for Kurukshetra, Karnal, on two cars, they said. Celsius, three degrees above "After Spain (68 per cent), across North America, as 77 per cent said they find try's affairs. more than half of Pakistan's Panipat, Faridabad, Passengers escaped without normal. PTI UAE (68 per cent), Malaysia Europe, South America, and happiness by exploring As part of a major shake-up nearly 70-year history since Muslim cleric issues fatwa against Bengal BJP Chief (67 per cent) and South Asia Pacific. somewhere new, 55 per cent of the military top brass, independence. Korea (64 per cent), India is It was conducted among said they eat what they want, Bajwa abruptly removed As part of other major KOLKATA, DEC 12 (PTI) beloved chief minister who Bangladesh or Pakistan that ranked as the fourth most 9,424 employed adults aged meeting new people (54 per Director-General of Inter- changes in the army's top is the most secular leader of he will issue fatwa against vacation deprived country 18 years of age and older cent) and getting a lot of Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt brass, according to an army A muslim cleric today said our country? I issued the me? He can issue fatwa globally," according to across 28 countries. likes or comments on social Gen Rizwan Akhtar and statement, newly-promoted he has issued a fatwa against fatwa which states that he against TMC, they will lis- Expedia 'Vacation The report also found that media posts, it said. named Mukhtar in his place Lt Gen Bilal Akbar has been Dilip Ghosh for making should be pelted with stones ten to him, but not BJP. It Deprivation report 2016'. 27 per cent Indians did not Indians mostly prefer travel- while also ringing in several appointed Chief of General 'filthy' comments against and then kicked out of seems that Barkati no longer The report revealed that 40 take vacations as they found ling with one or two others other changes. Staff while Lt Gen Nazir Lt Gen Akhtar, who was at Butt -- presently President of West Bengal Chief Minister Bengal. He does not deserve wishes to stay in Bengal or per cent Indians don't use all it difficult to coordinate time (77 per cent) and their the centre of a controversy the NDU -- has been Mamata Banerjee, drawing a to stay in Bengal," Barkati India. I think he is planning vacation days as work with their spouse or family favourite travel buddies are following a Dawn newspaper appointed Corps bitter reaction from the state said.Barkati was accompa- to migrate to Pakistan or schedule does not allow for and 32 per cent felt personal spouse (73 per cent), chil- report which said that the Commander Peshawar (11 BJP president. nied by TMC MP Idris Ali, Bangladesh," Ghosh told vacation or don't have schedule did not allow them. dren (59 per cent) and Nawaz Sharif government Corps), replacing Lt Gen Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan who too condemned Ghosh PTI. enough staff to cover and 32 About 21 per cent Indians friends (53 per cent), said had told the army to either act Hidayat-ur Rehman. Mosque Maulana Noor-ur for his comments. The Trinamool Congress per cent are not able to take also felt that important work the report. against terrorists or the coun- Rehman has been appointed Rahman Barkati told a press Reacting to the Barkati's had yesterday condemned vacation days due to person- decisions will be made when About 41 per cent Indians try would face international Inspector-General Training conference today that he has charges, Ghosh lashed out at Ghosh for using "abusive al schedule. they are on vacations and 21 would like to mix one long isolation, has been shunted to and Evaluation (IGT&E) at issued the fatwa against him and said this country is and goonda-like" language "Vacations play a critical per cent said it will be per- holiday and several short President National Defence General Headquarters Ghosh for "making filthy neither Pakistan nor against Banerjee, while role in creating work-life ceived positively on their vacations in a year and 86 University (NDU). (GHQ). . The appointments comments against the chief Bangladesh that he could announcing a three-day balance as it re-energises employers as the reasons for per cent would take a vaca- The nomination of the new are seen as a move by the minister". "From where does issue fatwa and would go protest against the Centre's people to be more focused at not taking any leave. tion during the holiday sea- ISI chief was delayed for a new army chief Bajwa to put he get such audacity to make scot-free. "What does demonetisation of high- work (95 per cent of Indians Ahluwalia said, 47 per cent son that was not tied to fam- short time as initially army in place a 'new team' after filthy comments against our Barkati think, is this value notes. agree in the survey)," of Indians are ready to give ily obligations, it added. announced that the incum- taking charge on November bent head was removed and 29 as the 16th Chief of Army UK minister praises Modi appointed as president of Staff. 6 youths in custody for not standing NDU. However, later in the A career infantry officer night, the new ISI boss was belonging to the Baloch for demonetisation also named, ending specula- Regiment, Bajwa is said to up during national anthem tion. have extensive experience of Aditi Khanna Prime Minister Theresa Akhtar possesses a vast expe- handling PoK affairs and LONDON, DEC 12 (PTI) May's Cabinet, Patel has THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, rience in the field of intelli- northern areas of Pakistan. often spoken out in favour of DEC 12 gence and has headed the Among other changes he Britain's senior-most Modi's initiatives and the counter-terrorism wing of the undertook yesterday, Lt Gen Indian-origin minister Priti need for the UK to support At least six persons were spy agency in Islamabad. He Asim Salim Bajwa, present- Patel has praised Prime his efforts. taken into custody for was commissioned in the ly heading army's media Minister Narendra Modi for Before a recent visit to India, allegedly showing disrespect Armoured Corps regiment in wing, has been appointed the demonetisation move, she had said: "Prime Minister to the national anthem after 1983. Inspector-General Arms (IG saying it is a right step to Modi's vision for India has they refused to stand up A graduate of the Command Arms) at GHQ. curb black money and sends been phenomenal. He has while it was being played at and Staff College, Quetta, Newly-promoted Lt Gen a "strong message" to the transformed India's reputa- the ongoing International National Defence University, Hamayun Aziz has been whole world against illegal tion internationally in a very Film Festival of Kerala. Islamabad, and War Course appointed Inspector General deals and trade. strong way, showing that They refused to stand up USA, Mukhtar has also com- Communications and IT at "It (demonetisation) is a India is not just a rising coun- while the national anthem manded a Mechanised GHQ, while Lt Gen Qazi right step to tackle the root try but it is dynamic, innova- was being played in Division. Ikram has been appointed causes of corruption. Too tive and out there to attract Kannakakunnu Nishagandhi There was speculation some- Chief of Logistic Staff. much black money is circu- the brightest and best when it open air theatre at IFFK, time back that Prime Lt Gen Sher Afgun has been lating in the world which comes to overseas businesses, police said. Minister Sharif wanted to posted as 31 Corps funds terrorism and illegal skills and capacity building." Even after the policemen appoint Mukhtar as ISI chief Commander which is based trade. Prime Minister Modi "We have always been clear who were present at the hall but then army chief Raheel in Bahawalpur near the should be commended for a about the strength of the rela- requested them to stand, Later, police took them to val. filed a complaint seeking Sharif resisted the move. Indian border, while newly- strong message to the whole tionship; I have said on they did not budge. Museum police station. He also directed the officials action against the persons, Technically, ISI should be promoted Lt Gen world that the era of illegal numerous occasions that we IFFK organisers and Meanwhile, DGP Loknath to take into custody those who refused to stand up answerable to the Prime Muhammad Afzal will con- deals and trade is over," the stand shoulder to shoulder Director of Chalachitra Behra directed police to who insult the national while playing national Minister who should also tinue as DG FWO and Lt UK's international develop- with India. We have so many Academy Charmin Kamal keep a watch all those who anthem. anthem, as per the recent appoint its chief but over the Gen Naeem Ashraf has been ment minister said. natural ties and synergies," also asked the six persons to show disrespect to national Earlier in the day, BJP's directives of the Supreme years the army chief has appointed Chairman Heavy A key member of British she said. stand up, but they refused. anthem during the film festi- youth wing, Yuva Morcha, Court. — PTI earned the prerogative of Industries Taxila (HIT). Mistry removed as Tata Industries director, no more chairman

MUMBAI, DEC 12 (PTI) company of the USD 103 bil- lion salt-to-software con- Cyrus Mistry was on glomerate -- on October 24. Monday removed as director Since then, interim Chairman of Tata Industries following Ratan Tata has moved to con- shareholders' vote, the first solidate his position by seek- such instance of the embat- ing to remove Mistry from tled executive being ousted boards of key listed firms. from the board since his EGMs of listed companies, removal as Tata Group chair- which have been called to man. consider Tata Sons' proposal Mistry also ceases to be the to remove Mistry as director chairman of the company from their boards, are lined following his removal as up throughout the month. director, Tata Industries said. The board of Tata Industries, "Tata Industries, at its post the EGM, comprises, extraordinary general meet- KRS Jamwal, R Bhinge, ing on December 12, 2016, Ireena Vittal, Ashish removed Cyrus P Mistry, as a Dhawan, N Srinath, and F N director of the company. Subedar. Tata Industries is a Hence, he also has ceased to subsidiary of Tata Sons. be the chairman of the com- Several Tata companies, pany," it said. Mistry was including Tata Motors, Tata abruptly ousted as chairman Power, Tata Steel, hold equi- of Tata Sons -- the holding ty in the company.