C M C M Y B Y B Postal Regd No- JK/485/2016-18 Internet Edition : www.truthprevail.com, E-paper : epaper.truthprevail.com RNI No. JKENG/2012/47637

T3 ru6th P8 revFaair and Fiearl ess * CVC briefs Governor * Why Nargis is keeping away from Azhar promotion? * Modi Govt fails to stop rising prices : JWAM * Bukhari reviews status of Aadhar coverage in J&K * New Malaria Vaccine May Prevent Infection For Over One Year * SKUAST-Jammu Campus Goes Wi-Fi email : [email protected]

VOL 5, ISSUE NO. 131 JAMMU & KASHMIR FRIDAY MAY 13, 2016 DAILY 8 PAGE Re. 1/- IInnssiiddee Manohar Elected Unopposed as Mehbooba grieved over loss India, Pakistan Should Engage ICC's First Independent Chairman NEW DELHI, MAY 12 : cluded by May 23. thank all my colleagues in the of life in Uri car accident Veteran cricket administrator However, given that BCCI who have supported Shashank Manohar was today Manohar was the sole nomi - me during my recent time as SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : elected unopposed as ICC's nee for the position and the the BCCI's President. Chief Minister, Mehbooba iNnEW DSELHuI, MAmY 12 : mtour iof tbo-rdeLr Peooncvh aned lyea rnTing afor pleakce ansd tra n :- Fmaina benreficoiarieso of sq uch a National Conference Rajouri districts. quillity," he said, and lauded bold initiative. first independent Chairman, Board has now unanimously "These are exciting times Mufti, today expressed grief two days after he stepped supported his appointment, for international cricket as we over the death of five per - President Farooq Abdullah Addressing a workers their courage for braving the Responding to concerns today called for summit-level meeting in Poonch town, he brunt of hostilities. of border-dwellers over their down from the post of BCCI the independent Audit are presently carrying out a sons in a tragic car accident President. Committee Chairman, Adnan comprehensive review of the at Uri, in Baramulla district. talks between India and land holdings remaining Pakistan to make "a new uncultivated due to border The 58-year-old was Zaidi, who has been oversee - 2014 constitutional amend - The tragedy occurred elected to the post after the ing the election process, has ments which is aimed at not when the ill-fated car fell beginning" towards heralding fencing, the former chief peace and harmony in the minister urged the army to ICC Full Council's approval declared the process com - only improving governance into a 200-metre deep gorge of constitutional amendments plete, and Manohar the suc - structures, but cricket struc - near Silkote, in Uri early sub-continent. work out a mechanism so "We favour summit-level that farmers are able to culti - proposed by the Board fol - cessful candidate,' the ICC tures as well. The ultimate morning today. lowing its April meeting. said in a release. objective is to grow our sport In her condolence mes - talks between India and vate their land for suste - Pakistan. The leadership of nance. He also stressed on Manohar, who on Tuesday Manohar is a prominent and engage a whole new gen - sage, the Chief Minister con - resigned as the President of Indian lawyer who served his eration of fans and I look for - veyed her heart-felt sympa - both countries should rise to the need for immediate dis - the occasion and make a new bursement of compensation the Board of Control for first stint as the BCCI ward to working with all thies to the bereaved family Cricket in India, is the first President from 2008-2011. stakeholders to shape the members in their hour of beginning in heralding peace to those whose properties and harmony in the sub-con - were damaged due to border elected independent Following the passing of future of cricket, which has a grief and prayed for eternal Chairman of the game's gov - Jagmohan Dalmiya, Manohar proud history and rich tradi - peace to the departed souls. tinent," Abdullah said. shelling, besides incessant He said "bitterness and rains and the flash floods of erning body and will com - was re-elected as the BCCI tion." Lal Singh calls on Secretary hostilities of the past" should 2014. mence his two-year term with President in October 2015 In order to accommodate Water Resources not be allowed to hover over Stressing on the need for immediate effect. and, by virtue of that posi - the new position of an "inde - future of generations as a said the "traumatic" border Border-dwellers had ben - maintaining brotherhood, According to the election tion, has held the role of ICC pendent" ICC Chairman, on NEW DELHI, MAY 12 : "dark shadow". shelling over the years, espe - efited from the ceasefire especially in the wake of an process, ICC directors were Chairman since then. Monday the Full Council Minister for Forests, "People of India and cially last year, had left peo - agreement arrived at during "orchestrated campaign each allowed to nominate one Commenting on his elec - unanimously approved vari - Ecology and Environment Pakistan have the right to ple living a life of insecurity. the tenure of Atal Bihari unleashed by divisive forces" candidate, who had to be tion, Manohar said: "It is an ous amendments to the ICC's Choudhary Lal Singh today lead a dignified, peaceful and He said perpetual fear and Vajpayee as Prime Minister, to disturb communal harmo - either a present or past ICC honour to be elected as the constitution. The amend - called on Secretary, Ministry prosperous life, which entails element of uncertainty were Abdullah said, and hoped ny for their "petty political director. Nominees with the Chairman of the International ments also included the abol - of Water Resources, River peace on the borders and detrimental to overall growth that spirit would be a guiding interests", the National support of two or more Full Cricket Council and for that I ishment of the President's Development and Ganga spirit of good neighbourly of those residing on borders. force in normalising relations Conference President said a Member directors would am thankful to all the ICC post with effect from the Rejuvenation Shashi relations between the two "Damage caused to life between India and Pakistan. befitting reply to them would have been eligible to contest directors who have put their 2016 ICC Annual Conference Shekhar at Shram Shakti countries," Abdullah said and property continues to He said the people of further strengthen religious the election, which was faith and trust in my abilities. in Edinburgh, which has Bhawan, New Delhi. while winding up a four-day haunt the people, who are Jammu and Kashmir will be and regional unity. scheduled to have been con - I also take this opportunity to become redundant. During the meeting, the Minister discussed various Six Suspected ISIS Operatives Set Up SIT to Probe Wife-Swapping issues related to maintenance Involve legislators in formulating developmental and sufficient use of water Sent to Judicial Custody Charge in Navy : SC to Kerala Police resources to meet the grow - plans : Dr Drabu to officers NEW DELHI, MAY 12 : probe in the matter was at a NEW DELHI, MAY 12 : the facts and circumstances of ing demand of this precious ANANTNAG, MAY 12 : ing funds need to be utilized between the government offi - The Supreme Court today the case in hand, in the light of natural resource which is Six suspected terror opera - crucial stage and they were Minister of Finance, Culture judiciously for development cials and public representa - tives, alleged to have links needed to be confronted with ordered Kerala Police to set up ...Principles, we are of the view vital for environmental sus - and Labour & Employment, works. "Please don't focus tives to take up one sector in an SIT to probe into allegations that the case in hand does not tenance and sustainable eco - with ISIS, were today sent to other accused arrested in Dr Haseeb Drabu, Thursday on money alone but execute a particular year on priority judicial custody by a special connection with another ter - of wife-swapping lodged by the entail a direction for transfer - nomic development. The said the district plans should proposals fully. Identify and then work for the imple - estranged wife of a naval offi - ring the investigation from the action plan to be taken for court after NIA submitted ror case. be discussed by the adminis - areas which require govern - mentation of plans devised that they were not required The National cer. state police/special team of the preservation and conser - tration with elected represen - ment's intervention. Let's for that particular sector," Dr The apex court, which ruled state police officers to CBI. The vation of lakes of wild life for custodial interrogation in Investigation Agency (NIA) tatives of the people before the case. had told the court that their out CBI investigation into the facts and circumstances in area like Mansar, Surinsar, sending them for approval to FIR alleging that besides the which the offence is alleged to Ranjit Sagar Lake and According to sources, custody was required in the State Government. during an in-camera pro - order to unearth larger con - husband of the woman, four have been committed can be Wullar Lake was also dis - The Minister was speak - other Navy officers and a better investigated into by state C M ceeding, District Judge spiracy of ISIS. C M cussed in the meeting. ing during the District spouse of one of them were police." Y B The Minister also Amarnath sent accused It had earlier told the Development Board (DDB) y B Mohd Azeemusan, Mohd court that during the custodi - indulged in wife-swapping in It also rejected the submis - apprised the Secretary about in Anantnag which was also the force, directed the Kerala sion of the estranged wife of the the peculiar situation rising Osama, Akhlaq ur-Rehman, al probe conducted by the attended by Minister for Meeraj and Mohsin Ibrahim Delhi Police, certain names, DGP to set up the SIT headed navy officer that the cases, filed in Kandi belt due to scarcity Public Works, Abdul by a police officer not below by accused including other of water and laid stress on Sayyed to judicial custody codes and mobile numbers Rehman Veeri and Minister till June 10 after they were of some active members and the rank of a DIG and conclude naval officers in the Kerala the implementation of water for Hajj and Auqaf, Syed the probe in the 2013 FIR High Court seeking quashing of harvesting schemes. produced before the court on motivator of ISIS, were dis - Farooq Andrabi, besides expiry of three-day NIA cus - closed by them. "preferably" within three the FIR, be transferred to the The Secretary assured the other officials. months. A bench of Chief Delhi High Court. Minister that all possible tody. These members were "While there is no doubt The sixth accused, Mohd involved in furtherance of Justice T S Thakur and justices The apex court also said that help would be provided to that public representatives R Banumathi and U U Lalit, it transfers a case from one state the Jammu and Kashmir Mustaq Seikh, was sent to activities of their ideologies have to be involved in formu - judicial custody till May 19 using Internet-based com - while rejecting the plea for CBI to another only if there is a Government from the Union lation of district plans, the probe, said, "It is well settled "reasonable apprehension on Ministry for the conservation when his 90-day custody munications like Facebook, district administration should focus on specific sectors in Drabu said. Expressing con - period, since his arrest, will Skype and other platforms to that the extraordinary power of the part of a party to a case that and preservation of water. also do pre-DDB discus - particular areas. In all these cern over lack of desired the constitutional courts in justice will not be done". expire. lure youths in joining the sions, get suggestions from areas, involve local legisla - pace in implementation of Rajan Unfit to Be RBI The six accused were proscribed terrorist organisa - directing CBI to conduct inves - "Mere apprehension that the all the public representatives tors because they know the decisions taken in the previ - tigation in a case must be exer - accused are influential may not Governor Should Be arrested by the Special Cell tion, it had claimed. and then come to meetings," ground realities," he said. ous DDB meeting chaired by of Delhi Police in the case The Special Cell had reg - cised rarely in exceptional cir - be sufficient to transfer the Removed : Swamy Dr Drabu said. Dr Drabu directed the the then chief minister Mufti cumstances, especially, when case. Since a special team of for allegedly having links istered the FIR in January Dr Drabu, who is the officials to prepare individual Mohammad Sayeed, Dr NEW DELHI, MAY 12 : with ISIS. The Home under the sections of there is lack of confidence in state police officers is constitut - BJP leader Subramanian Chairman of DDB Anantnag, budget plans for connectivi - Drabu directed DDC the investigating agency or in ed for further investigation, we Ministry had later trans - Unlawful Activities said the state government has ty, medical infrastructure, Anantnag, Abid Rashid Shah, Swamy today suggested that ferred the case to NIA. (Prevention) Act and 120-B the national interest and for are not inclined to order the Reserve Bank Governor a limited budget, a large education, irrigation and to do multi-review of the doing complete justice in the transfer of the criminal miscel - The NIA had taken cus - (criminal conspiracy) of chunk of which is spent on other sectors. decisions in terms of physical Raghuram Rajan be removed tody of the accused, who IPC. Later the case was matter." laneous petitions from the High from the post as he was paying the salaries of the "Given our limited budg - targets and financial targets. Justice Banumathi, penning Court of Kerala to the High were in judicial custody ear - transferred to the NIA and a employees, and the remain - et, we can build consensus (Cont. on Page-2) responsible for "unemploy - lier, on the ground that the fresh FIR was registered. the verdict, said, "Considering Court of Delhi," it said. ment and collapse" of indus - trial activity. "In my opinion, RBI Pak's Tactical Nuke Weapons at Activist Trupti Desai Enters Haji Ali Governor is not appropriate for the country. I don't want Dargah Amid Tight Security to speak much about him. He Heart of Global Concerns : India NEW DELHI, MAY 12 : "Police cooperated with is not linked to any religion. Islam it is sin for women to has hiked interest rates in the NEW DELHI, MAY 12 : said. He was replying to a Swarup said government was After spearheading cam - us this time. This is a fight for The Maharashtra govern - touch a male saint, and garb of controlling inflation Amid growing global con - question on former Pakistan continuing to pursue the mat - paigns to break bar on entry gender equality. We will try ment had in February this hence, women are barred that has damaged the coun - cern over safety of Pakistan's Ambassador to the US ter. "Dawood Ibrahim is a of women in the sanctum to visit the inner sanctum year favoured the entry of from touching the tomb. try," he told reporters in sanctorum of two famous next time," she said. women into the Haji Ali Recently, Desai success - Parliament House. nuclear arsenals, India today Husain Haqqani's comment UN-designated global terror - said battlefield atomic that Pakistan's policy on tac - ist and a fugitive from the temples, Bhumata Ranragini Desai had led a high-pro - Dargah. The state govern - fully led movements to do The Governor's actions Brigade chief Trupti Desai file campaign last month to ment had then said before the away with ban on women have "led to collapse of weapons of that country were tical nuke weapons continue Indian law. At several points today entered the Haji Ali break the bar on women at Bombay High Court that into the core worship area at industry and rise of unem - at the heart of such apprehen - and they are going to create of time, his details have been Dargah in the heart of the core area of the Dargah, unless the Dargah Board is Shani Shingnapur and ployment in the economy", sions. such weapons which it will shared by the Indian govern - Mumbai but did not venture but stopped short of entering able to prove that ban is part Trimbakeshwar temples in he said. "The sooner he is "There have been interna - be handing over to its ment with the government of into the inner chamber of the the shrine at the last minute of their religious practice Ahmednagar and Nashik dis - sent back to Chicago, the tional concerns about brigadiers and colonels in the Pakistan which also includes shrine where women are not amid resistance by activists with reference to Quran, tricts of Maharashtra. better it would be." Pakistan's present nuclear field. his possible locations in allowed. of outfits opposed to the women should be allowed to In a related development, Rajan is the on-leave policy. Tactical nuclear Replying to a separate Pakistan... We will continue "At the Dargah, I prayed move. Desai, whose previous enter the sanctum sanctorum a civil petition has been filed Professor of Finance at the that women be allowed to campaigns were centred of Haji Ali. in a Mumbai court seeking a University of Chicago's weapons are at the heart of question on what steps India to pursue this matter and we such concerns...," External was taking to bring back expect Pakistan to hand over enter the inner sanctum, as around Hindu temples, had The Dargah Board had ban on the entry of Desai into Booth School of Business. was the case till 2011," Desai then maintained that her agi - said that the sanctum sancto - the core area of the Dargah. Affairs Ministry underworld don Dawood this international terrorist to said after coming out of the tation for right to equality for rum of the dargah houses the The court posted the matter Spokesperson Vikas Swarup Ibrahim from Pakistan, us," he said. shrine. women at places of worship grave of a male saint and in for arguments on June 15.

ComFputOer SR ervices Rawat Chairs First Cabinet Meeting Laptop Services CM interacts with top scientists from IIA, IUAA After Revocation of President Rule BSNL Broadband SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : at the Civil Secretariat this and research among our ting up of a planetarium at tific research. NEW DELHI, MAY 12 : in the state yesterday and Pan Card Calling upon the country’s top afternoon. youth, the Chief Minister Srinagar, primarily for pre - On forging greater collabo - Reinstated as Uttarakhand promised to work hard to Passport scientists to play their role in Minister for Education, highlighted the advantages of senting educational and enter - ration between IIA, IUAA and Chief Minister, Harish Rawat make up for the loss. popularizing the subject of Naeem Akhtar, Advisor to the benchmark technologies like tainment shows to the students the University of Kashmir in Contact :- today held the first meeting He had said the judiciary astronomy, Chief Minister, Chief Minister, Prof. Amitabh remote sensing in addressing about the movement of celes - the field of science, Dr. of his cabinet and decided to has restored the faith of peo - Rohit: Mehbooba Mufti, on Mattoo, Principal Secretary to the concerns of the state, par - tial objects. "It will also be a Sumak Ray Chaudhary said a expedite execution of deci - ple in democracy in Mob. 9419626826 Thursday said she will whole - the Chief Minister, Navin. K. ticularly in preventing disas - real attraction for tourists at concrete plan for establishing sions taken earlier. Uttarakhand and pledged to heartedly support any endeav - Chaudhary and Vice ters and reaching out to people night if we are able to create an ‘Advanced Centre for The cabinet meeting was start afresh forgetting the our which aims to inspire Chancellor, University of in far-flung and inaccessible such a facility here," she Research in Observational held a day after President's "bad patch" to take the state state’s young generation added. Astrophysics’, affiliated to the Rule was revoked in forward. towards a relatively alien The summer capital was Department of Physics, KU, Uttarakhand and he was rein - Rawat was yesterday Jai Baba Kali Veer Ji field. recently in the news as it will be submitted shortly. “To stated as chief minister. restored as Chief Minister of She also evinced keen offered the best site for watch - begin with, the research centre During the cabinet, it was Uttarakhand, 46 days after he interest in how astronomy and ing ‘Transit of Mercury’, a can start educating and train - decided to expedite imple - was ousted by the Centre in a MANOJ KUMAR & CO. astrophysics can foster devel - rare celestial event when Sun, ing young students which will mentation of the old deci - political battle that ended in a Fruit & Vegetable opment of tourism and agri - Mercury and the Earth were in be then taken forward by hav - sions of the Cabinet and setback to Narendra Modi culture sectors, which for long near unison. ing interface with colleges Government Orders, a brief government as the Supreme Commission Agents have been the backbone of The Education Minister, in across the state,” he added. communication from the Court put its stamp of state’s economy. his remarks, informed the Dr. G. C. Anupama of IIA information department said. approval on the floor test in Specialist In : Potato, Onion The Chief Minister was meeting of his recent interac - Bangalore, in a detailed pres - The press briefing, which the Assembly. interacting with a group of tion with ISRO Chairman at entation, explained to the was to be held after the Shortly after the court's Shop No. 69, Sabji Mandi leading scientists from the Kashmir, Prof. Khurshid Iqbal areas, which remain cut off for Srinagar. He said he will meet Chief Minister how J&K can Cabinet meeting at 12:30, directions, the Union Cabinet Indian Institute of Andrabi, were also present on long periods during hostile him again to discuss wide- take advantage of the excel - was cancelled. recommended to the Narwal, Jammu. Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore the occasion. weather conditions. ranging issues related to how lent locations to build in Rawat had regretted the President lifting of and the Inter-University Inviting suggestions from While interacting with the the state can benefit from world-class astronomical heavy loss suffered by President's Rule to enable Ph. 2475446, 94191-93836 Centre for Astronomy and leading scientists for inculcat - scientists, the Chief Minister ISRO’s outreach programmes facilities. She also presented a Uttarakhand due to pro - restoration of the Rawat gov - Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, ing a culture of exploration also floated the idea for set - in the field of advanced scien - (Cont. on Page-2) longed political uncertainty ernment.

C M C M Y B Y B TRUTH PREVAIL 2 SPECIAL JAMMU FRIDAY MAY 13, 2016 DG CRPF calls on Rajendra, discusses Dy CM for time-bound redress of people’s grievances coordination for better deliverance Dr Singh convenes grievance redressal camp at Bandipora SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : in the State. They reiterated personnel for the forthcom - comprehensive deployment SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : essary measures for their endeavor to ensure holistic undertaken the skill develop - Director General CRPF, Mr. for better synergy among the ing Shri Amar Nath Yatra plan for the smooth conduct The Deputy Chief Minister, redressal. He said the gov - development of the state, the ment initiative under skill K. Durga Prasad called on of Yatra. Dr Nirmal Singh today said ernment is committed to Deputy Chief Minister said India which will go a long Director General of Police, He said that sufficient the problems being faced by ensure that people’s prob - that the present government way in providing the Mr. K. Rajendra Kumar at manpower from different the people especially those lems are solved and also pro - has undertaken several his - employability to the youth Police Headquarters (PHQ) agencies would be deployed living in rural areas would be viding them with all the req - torical initiatives, which and by 2020 we would be here today. They jointly from Lakhanpur to Holy redressed on priority and uisite amenities. would ensure that the state having 40 lakh skilled people reviewed overall situation Cave on the both routes of necessary mechanism has Dr Singh said the govern - comes up as one of the model which will ensure the cre - and various matters related to Yatra. Communication net - already been put in place for ment has identified certain states in coming future. ation of more job opportuni - deployment of forces, work would be established the same. The Deputy Chief sectors on priority basis The Deputy Chief ties among the youth. The besides coordination for along the routes in order to Minister was interacting with which include education, Minister while responding to Deputy Chief Minister also ensuring safety and security ensure communication and the people during the day power, health, Social Welfare the people’s demands of directed the Deputy of the people. coordination among the long grievance redressal and several path-breaking equipping the District hospi - Commissioner to solve the Mr. Prasad was accompa - agencies at all levels. camp (public durbar) organ - programs have been under - tal said that he would take up water logging problems nied by Additional DG DG CRPF assured that ized at Guest house, taken in these sectors. He the issue with the concerned. being faced by people living CRPF, Mr. S.N. Srivastava, full cooperation would be Bandipora here today. said the people should also He also said that all un-elec - in Hajin area of the district IG CRPF Operations made available for ensuring Deputy Commissioner come forward and exhibit a trified hamlets of the and also come up with a (Headquarters), Mr. Zulfikar peaceful Yatra. He said that Bandipora, senior political participatory role in the Bandipora would soon be detailed project report for its Hasan and IG CRPF, Mr. CRPF would stand by JKP activists and senior officers implementation and formula - provided with electricity. redressal. Atul Karwal. agencies, besides joint train - commencing from July 2nd, shoulder to shoulder and of different departments tion of the schemes, which Dr Singh also directed the Later, Dr Singh while The senior officers dis - ing programmes for the per - 2016. It was decided that make the efforts fruitful. were also present on the constitute the basis of any Deputy Commissioner to conducting an extensive tour cussed deployment of Police sonnel in order to enhance interactions at different lev - Special DG occasion. democratic setup. “It is the ensure that the benefit of the of the Bandipora town and CRPF personnel at dif - their capabilities ensuring els would enhance coordina - (Coordination), Mr. SK Dr Singh while directing endeavor of the government Mudra scheme launched by directed the Director Urban ferent fronts and deliberated security of the people. tion and ensure smooth con - Mishra, ADsGP, Mr. Navin the officers to maintain a to ensure that the people get the Prime Minister reaches Local Bodies for making a on coordination among the During the interaction, duct of Yatra. Agarwal and Mr. VK Singh close liaison with the people all the requisite facilities at the people of the district by detailed project report for sister Organizations for officers discussed deploy - Mr. Rajendra said that were also present in the dis - of the district said that by their doorstep and they are taking up the issue with the constructing a multiplex in ensuring peace and security ment of police and CRPF JKP has already formulated a cussions. doing so they would be get - also involved in day to day banks so that the benefits of the town which would be ting effective feedback about governance”, he added. this scheme reach the target - having commercial shops, Zonal level inter-school the problems being faced by Referring to the PDP-BJP ed populace. He also said parking and other related them and also initiating nec - coalition government’s that the government has facilities. Mushtaq Siddiqi appointed Vice-Chancellor of tournament concludes DODA, MAY 12 : A two- Islamic University of Science and Technology day zonal level inter school AWANTIPORA, MAY and became youngest PhD his duties as Professor Sher-e- tournament of Ghat zone Ashok Koul chairs party meeting at Bhaderwah 12 : Dr Mushtaq Ahmad awardee at that time. In 1983 Kashmir Institute of Medical organized by department of Jammu : BJP State More and more people are people at booth level and working untiringly to miti - Siddiqi was Thursday he did his Post Doctorate Sciences (SKIMS) from 1998 Youth Services and Sports General Secretary getting associated with BJP educate them about the gate the sufferings of the peo - appointed as Vice-Chancellor from School of Medicine, to 2012, as Centre concluded at Government (Organisation) Ashok Kaul, as they are convinced by the developmental projects and ple. He assured the party of Islamic University of Chiba University, Tokyo Coordinator Advanced Center Higher Secondary School alongwith State General policies and programmes of welfare schemes and help activists that each one of Science and Technology for Genetic Diseases from here. Secretary Pawan Khajuria Narendra Modi-led govern - them in availing the benefits them is important part of the (IUST) Awantipora. 2004 to 2012, Chairman and The tournament was held and District President Manjit party and will get due respect Chief Minister Ms Head Department of under the supervision of Razdan, chaired a meeting of and honour. Mehbooba Mufti, who is also Immunology & Molecular Zonal Education Planning BJP activists from booths to Pawan Khajuria spoke on Chancellor of the varsity, Medicine at SKIMS Srinagar Officer in which around 350 district level at Bhaderwah, the future programmes to be appointed Dr Siddiqi as VC from 2003 to 2012, HoD students in the age group of wherein discussions were undertaken at different levels IUST for a period of three Central Laboratory Medicine under-14 and under-17 par - held related to party activities to get more closer to the peo - years after a panel comprising and Clinical Biochemistry at ticipated. The competition and the pro-people initiatives ple. He also spoke on the Prof Amitabh Mattoo SKIMS Srinagar from 1990 included games like volley taken by the state’s coalition importance of the regular (Advisor to CM), Dr V S to 2003. ball, kabaddi, kho-Kho, government. The party lead - meetings and interactions Chauhan (Former Director He has been visiting Wrestling and Athletics. ers also sought booth level with the grass root activists. ICGEB, Member UGC), Prof Scientist/Professor at In the under-17(Boys) cat - reporting about the political BJP District General Jalees Ahmad Khan Tareen Universities of Japan and egory, in Volleyball competi - and organizational activities Secretary (organization) (Former VC University of Germany, besides been select - tion Higher Secondary of the last two months. Vipin Sharma, senior leaders Kashmir/ Pondicherry ed for Post-Doctorate Jodhpur emerged victorious Ashok Kaul, while ment at the centre. The peo - of such schemes which have Koushal Kotwal, Raj Singh University/ B S Abdur Fellowship at Ministry of by defeating HSS Ghat by 2- addressing the meeting, said ple are also appreciable of the been launched for the social Kotwal and Raj Singh Rehman University) and Dr G Japan. Science, Art & Culture, 1, in Kabaddi HSS Ghat that BJP has become a party state’s coalition government, and economic upliftment of Charak, Mandal President N Qazi (VC Jamia Hamdard) Previously Dr Siddiqi Government of Japan, Tokyo defeated LHS Bhatta by 12 which has its supporters and which has BJP as a partner. the poor and weaker sections. Ramneek Manhas, Narinder recommended his name for remained as VC Designate from 1981 to 1983. points and in Kho-Kho HSS members in every area of all Ashok Kaul asked the He appreciated MLAs of Kotwal and Sanjay Saraf the post. and Project Director Dr. Siddiqi also has more Ghat defeated LHS Sharerna the three regions of the state. party activists to reach the Doda and Bhaderwah for attended the meeting. Born on June 15, 1955 Transworld Muslim than 100 international and 20 by 4 points. Dr Siddiqi did his PhD from University project from 2012 national publications to his In Under-14 (Boys) in Jammu University in 1979 to 2014. He also discharged credit. Kabaddi competition M/S Kashore defeated GMS Ghat by 8 points and Kho-Kho GAoNAvNTtN AtGo, M AbY u12 :ilKdas hmir,” aDr tDreabur sanid. ityu nhableo tos gpet tiretatamenlt oan tc iAvil nanda ponlicet andmainisg tra - GMS Ghat defeated BMS Minister of Finance, Culture, During the meeting, the time. tion, including Chief Abdul Haq makes surprise visit to Sopore offices Ghat by 3 points. In Under- Labour and Employment, Dr Finance Minister issued on- Dr Drabu said the project Engineers of I&FC, PHE and 17 (girls), Kabaddi H/S Haseeb Drabu, Thursday said spot instructions to the was envisioned by the former Public Works Departments. Calls for strict action against absent employees Jodhpur emerged victorious the state government will Deputy Commissioner, Chief Minister Mufti The Minister assured the SOPORE, MAY 12 : ed Deputy Commissioner Government has introduced by beating HSS Ghat by 15 construct a super-specialty Anantnag, to prepare a blue - Mohammad Sayeed and it legislators that the develop - Minister for Rural Baramulla to enquire about biometric attendance system points and Kho-Kho HSS maternity hospital at print for establishing the will be a tribute for his com - mental works will be taken Development, Law and their absence and take action which will bring in punctuali - Ghat defeated LHS Bhatta by Anantnag. maternity hospital which will mitment towards the people up under separate plans for Justice, Abdul Haq Thursday against them. ty in the offices. 6 points. The announcement was cater to patients from south of the District. different sectors like educa - made a surprise visit to vari - The Minister said the Abdul Haq took note of Similarly in under-14 made by the Minister while Kashmir districts of The meeting attended by tion, healthcare, etc. “We can ous offices in Sopore town to Government is committed to the poor sanitary situation in (Girls), Kabaddi competition chairing District Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama Minister for Public Works prioritize works in one sector check the functioning and provide good governance to the town and directed the offi - M/S Kashore defeated M/S Development Board meeting and Shopian. Abdul Rehman Veeri, in one year so that projects punctuality of the employees the people of the State and cials for proper disposal of the Ghat by 9 points and in Kho- here today. The Minister said the hos - Minister of State for Hajj and get adequate funding for in the offices. will not tolerate any leniency garbage. Kho GMS Ghat defeated “The hospital will be pital will end the trauma of Auqaf Farooq Andrabi, timely completion,” he said. The Minister visited in the discharge of duties by He asked the district BMS Ghat by 2 Points. funded by the Prime people living in far flung Legislators Gulzar Ahmad, Meanwhile, Dr Drabu Municipal Office and BDO’s the government officials and administration to ensure prop - In individual games like Minister’s TAIMER program areas of south Kashmir who Amin Bhat, Abdul Majid also announced that he will Office Sopore and checked will not tolerate absenteeism er cleanliness in the town and Wrestling and Athletics vari - under which Rs 1500 crore are often referred to Bhat (Larmi), Abdul Rahim arrange an MRI machine for the functioning of these in the offices. make a comprehensive plan ous players emerged winners have been set aside for Srinagar’s Lal Ded hospital Rather, Altaf Ahmad Wani Anantnag district hospital offices. He found several He said to ensure punctu - for disposal of solid waste on in different weight cate - strengthening the healthcare during maternity complica - and Bashir Ahmad Veeri through a Corporate Social employees absent and direct - ality in government offices, scientific lines. gories. sector of Jammu and tions with many of them besides top officials from the Responsibility arrangement. Akhtar for speedy restoration Aseia Naqash reviews implementation of flood-hit infrastructure at Degree College Bemina BJAMaMlU,i M BAY h12 a: gTahe Mtin iskter ailsoc stakrted sespteciaally rin rturasl an d dfar-oeff vthe wworks oin ar fikxed s time of late CM’s directions Minister for Health and the construction work of link pockets. frame and ensure that the SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : officers informed the Minister Minister also took stock of SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : Medical Education, Bali road from Seri Panditan to The Minister said that quality of work is done. Minister of State for Housing that three Community Halls the various other in-progress Minister for Education, Mr Bhagat today kick started the Lawarna in block Bhalwal. government is committed to Baldev Raj Sharma & Urban Development have been constructed on projects and called for early Naeem Akhtar has called for macadamization work of The construction and black- provide durable assets to the (Chairman, Development Department, Social Welfare CM’s directions and are ready completion of these projects. immediate restoration and road from Radha Swami topping of 1.25 km long road people of the state adding Committee Upper Gurha and Health and Medical to be inaugurated soon. She The meeting was attended upgradation of infrastructure Ashram to Gurha Brahmna at will cost Rs. 60 lakh. He said that various development Brahmana) besides locals of Education, Aseia Naqash at Degree College Bemina Ganga Nagar, Bantalab to be that focused attention is projects are in the pipeline. the area thanked the Minister today reviewed the imple - which suffered massive dam - constructed at an estimated accorded by the government The Minister directed the for fulfilling their long pend - mentation of directions given ages in the devastating floods cost of Rs. 50 lakh. to improve the road network officers of PWD to complete ing demand. by former Chief Minister of September 2014. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed The Minister visited the during various tours of College yesterday to take Srinagar city last year. stock of the restoration works The Minister asked the there. DLRC meeting held at Shopian officials to implement the SHOPIAN, MAY 12: Crore to 2544 beneficiar - towards the achievements sion exhorted upon the He issued on-the-spot Deputy Commissioner ies. Other priority sector in the DCP financial year bankers to speed up their decisions made by the former authorization for utilization Chief Minister in letter and Shopian today chaired the received credit disburse - 2015-16 is 78.07%. The activities and work with of Rs 1 crore out of the 4th District Level Review ments of Rs. 27.32 Crore to bank has disbursed Rs. zeal and dedication so that spirit and asked them to per - College Development Fund sonally monitor the projects Committee meeting at cir - 496 beneficiaries against 356.35 Crore out of the downtrodden and common for restoration and upgrada - cuit house. an annual target of Rs. total disbursement of Rs. people be benefited. and review the progress on was also informed that the by Vice Chairman LAWDA tion of infrastructure at the monthly basis to ensure their renovation and make-over of Sarmad Hafeez, MLA Shopain, was also 26.59 Crore to 2659 benefi - 458.83 Crore by all the ACR, LDO, RBI, DDM, College. present in the meeting. ciaries. The credit sanc - banks operating in the dis - NABARD, and all line timely completion. Sangarmal Shopping complex Commissioner, SMC Mr. The Minister also called She said it was the dream have also been completed. Bashir Ahmad Khan, Vice It was informed that the tioned to education sector trict by the end of financial departments and represen - for establishing a Reading total credit outstanding of during the period is Rs. year 2015-16. tatives of Banks were also of Ex-Chief Minister to devel - The officers further Chairman SDA Mr. Tahseen Room and Sports Facility in op the Srinagar City on mod - informed the Minister that Mustafa, Chief Town Planner all the banks as on 31-03- 1.32 Crore to 87 beneficiar - DDC on the occa - present the College, which could be 2016 has been to the extent ies against the target of Rs. ern lines and make it the work is in progress at various Mr. Iftikhar Ahmad and sen - also used by the local youth. model city in the country and other projects which were ior officers of concerned of Rs. 924.60 crore against 11.35 Crore to 227 benefi - said his vision will be carried started on the directions of departments and engineers of DDC Kathua reviews deposits of the district ciaries. Involve legislators in...... which stood at Rs. 714.91 Credit disbursed "I will expect monthly report on the progress achieved on forward by the present gov - former Chief Minister Mufti different wings attended the progress of the decisions taken today. The district administration should ernment. During the meeting Mohammad Sayeed. meeting. developmental projects crore as such taking CD to housing sector during Ratio to 129.33% . the period under review has also do a quarterly review of the decisions so that the process KATHUA, MAY 12 : In It was informed been Rs. 2.77 Crore against of governance isn't hit. I think the biggest tribute to Mufti view of ensuing District that against the financial the annual target of Rs. Sahab will be that whatever we have committed today, is done I wish to see Cricket flourishing in the Development Board (DDB) target of Rs 508.26 Crore 10.90 Crore. with regard to on ground," Dr Drabu said. meeting, the District and fiscal targets of 17570 the annual credit plan J&K The Minister urged the Anantnag district officials to pre - Development Commissioner, beneficiaries under priority Banks achievement by the pare a plan for building a maternity hospital in the town under Kathua, Ramesh Kumar the economic reconstruction plan (TAIMER) announced by SRINAGAR, MsAtYa 1t2 e: : SIchmool rteamn sco Rreda 15z3 arun s Ancaslleda urpi on the youths to sector the banks have dis - end of financial year 2015- today convened a meeting to bursed Rs. 411.03 Crore to 16. the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi last year. He said there Minister for IT, Youth in twenty overs. Kamran come forward and participate review the progress of works is an allocation of Rs 1500 crore to resuscitate the healthcare Services and Sports Moulvi Ahmad was the top scorer in different sports activities 14809 beneficiaries upto to Since the incep - done under district plan and end of Financial year 2015- tion of KCC scheme vari - sector of J&K under TAIMER. Imran Raza Ansari Thursday with 46 runs. organized by the Youth various programmes and The Minister also directed the Planning Department to pre - said the government will Moulvi Ansari said he is Services and Sports and other 16 and in agriculture sector ous banks operating in the schemes approved by the the banks have disbursed district have disbursed pare and circulate a template on 'Model Schools' and 'Model facilitate more and more Government for the year Health Centres', keeping in view the diversity of resources sports events in the state to Rs. 320.19 Crore to 11844 41917 loan cases under the 2015-16. During the meeting, beneficiaries against the scheme amounting to the used to fund these initiatives. He also directed the government give opportunity to youth to the DDC took a detailed departments in Anantnag district to remove Russian poplars showcase their talent. annual targets of Rs. extent of Rs. 831.42 Crore review of physical and finan - 357.66 Crore to 11922 ben - till 31-03-2016 and thus while announcing to get an MRI machine for patients in the He said the government is cial achievements made by district under the CSR initiative who have to travel to Srinagar committed to promote sports eficiaries. covering 100% out of various departments under Banks have dis - 29503 eligible farmers of to avail the facility. in every nook and corner of various centrally sponsored Speaking on the occasion, Minister of Public Works, AR the state so that the youths of bursed Rs. 59.43 Crore to the district. schemes and other flagship 2275 beneficiaries in small It is in place to Veeri, lauded the Finance Minister for his efforts in turning the state are able to utilize programmes. During the around the economy of the state. Recalling the contribution of their positive energy. enterprises against and mention here that the con - meeting, the DDC instructed annual target of Rs. 101.76 tribution of J&K Bank late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Mr Veeri said the government The Minister was speaking the Divisional Forest Officers is committed to fulfill his vision for Jammu and Kashmir. at the concluding ceremony of to fence the forest land to pre - The meeting was also attended by legislators of Anantnag a cricket tournament organ - vent encroachment and CM interacts with top.... district who pitched the demands of people in their constituen - ized by private school at SK stressed on plantation drive brief report about the current status of Himalayan Chandra cies during nearly six-hour long deliberations held at Dak Stadium Srinagar. He also during the ensuing monsoon Telescope, a cutting-edge observatory operated by IIA at Hanle, Bungalow. The Finance Minister gave them a patient hearing watched the second innings of season at identified locations. Leh, which has emerged as one of the top five locations in the and promised to address the issues raised by them. the final match played keen to see cricket flourishing institutions and clubs of the He directed officials of Social field of astronomy. “Given the top-notch facilities available at The meeting approved an annual plan of Rs 186 crore plan between Burn Hall School in the state and stated that sta - state. Later, he gave away Forestry Department to carry Leh, we intend to have two more observatories at Merak and for the district. and Dr AGM City School. dia will be developed and awards and trophyies to the out plantation drive of orna - Hanle,” she said. Chief Engineers of PHE, R&B, I&FC, Director School Burn Hall School team world class facilities will be winners and the runners up. mental plants at Lakhanpur Also present in the meeting were senior scientists, Dr. P. Education, Chairmen of Kokernag Development Authority, beat Dr AGM School by six provided to the sports persons He appreciated the overall and Nagri to give a facelift to Sreekumar, Dr. Dipankar Banerjee and Dr. Ajit Kembhari, Pahalgam Development Authority, besides top officials of the wickets. Earlier Dr AGM of the state. Moulvi Ansari sportsmanship of the students. the area. besides HoD Physics, KU, Dr. M. Malik. district administration also attended the meeting. TRUTH PREVAIL 3 NEWS JAMMU FRIDAY MAY 13, 2016 Dy CM tours Srinagar city, reviews progress SRINCAGARV, MAYC 12 : cbases, wrhichi were enfquirsed m eGndationos incluvde: imemedi - rbyn the Coommisr sion, which, of projects in urban development sector Mr. Kuldeep Khoda, Chief by the State Vigilance ate digitization of revenue under the SVC Act, is SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : properly. He also asked him than 400 vehicles and would problem of the persons who Vigilance Commissioner, Commission, serious charges records; installation of mandatory to be done within The Deputy Chief Minister, to ensure cleanliness of all go a long way in decongest - are getting displaced from J&K, called on Governor were established and the CCTV cameras in govern - one month. He also stressed Dr Nirmal Singh has asked lakes and water bodies ing the area. He also asked Dal area. He said that due N.N. Vohra at the Raj same were referred to the ment offices having public the need for the the officers of the Housing besides ensuring their preser - for taking up the project on care should be taken to Bhavan here today and pre - concerned Administrative dealings; developing online Municipalities in the State and Urban Development vation. PPP mode so that it gets com - ensure that the colony is sented the State Vigilance Secretaries for initiating mechanisms for payments by not to compound cases departments to speed up pace The Deputy Chief pleted within the stipulated replete with all the necessary Commission’s (SVC) report departmental action against government departments; against the prescribed rules of work on various develop - Minister also inspected the time frame. parameters needed for urban to him. the identified officers. He enforcing compliance of the and regulations. ment projects undertaken in upcoming multiplex food The Deputy Chief living having a fool proof Mr. Khoda informed the stressed the need for timely Public Services Guarantee The Governor advised the said sector so that people court cum recreation centre Minister also inspected the sewerage system and other Governor that till date there action against such offend - Act; grant of permissions, Mr. Khoda to see that the get modern and requi - are 8,935 complaints pend - ers. The CVC informed that clearances and sanctions in CVC steadfastly continues to site housing amenities ing with various till 31st March 2016, the individual cases to be made discharge its statutory duties and infrastructure. Departments of the State Commission received 3,697 online; implementation of to see that the corrupt ele - The Deputy Chief Government The Vigilance complaints out of which the Supreme Court’s recom - ments, particularly those Minister was interacting Organisation has sent 884 3,271 have been disposed mendations for promulgation occupying senior echelons, with the officers during cases to different govern - off. Of these, 109 cases have of the New Police Act; are effectively dealt with and his extensive tour of the ment departments for depart - been registered against offi - amendment of the SVC Act all required actions initiated Srinagar city to take mental action in the case of cers against whom charges to enforce attendance of all to enhance transparency in stock of the pace of var - all complaints in respect of were established after those persons required by the the functioning of the public ious projects undertaken which, on the basis of evi - enquiry by the Commission. Commission for conducting institutions. The Governor in housing and urban dence collected, prima facie The Governor was enquiries; and discontinua - expressed serious concern development sectors. charges have been estab - also informed about the rec - tion of interviews for recruit - over the indifferent respons - He was accompanied by lished against identified offi - ommendations sent by CVC ments to the non gazetted es of the concerned depart - Commissioner cials. So far action has been to the State Government for posts. Mr. Khoda also ments and observed that he Secretary Housing and taken only in 37 cases and enhancing transparent and informed the Governor about would be taking up these Urban Development near Sangarmaal City Centre multiplex coming up at related things. the remaining 847 are con - accountable functioning of the to-date status of the State issues with the Chief Department, Hridesh Kumar, and called for speeding up Sheikhbagh, Lal Chowk and The Deputy Chief tinuing to pend for varying the various government Government’s response to Minister at his next meeting Vice Chairmen LAWDA, Mr the work on the project as it directed for its early comple - Minister said that the project considerable periods. 262 departments. The recom - the recommendations made with her. Sarmad Hafeez, Vice- would provide the necessary tion. He also directed for tak - coming up at an estimated Chairman SDA Shiekh recreational facilities to the ing up the project in PPP cost of Rs 416 crore would Dy CM grieved over loss Tahseen Mustafa and other people of the city. mode for its time bound com - come up as a mini township Govt to revisit Industrial Policy-2016 senior officers. Dr Singh while inspecting pletion. within the city. He also of lives in Uri accident While inspecting sewer - the parking lot at Press While inspecting the pace directed the officers to ensure SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : age treatment plant at Brari Colony Srinagar having a of work on Rakh-e-Arth that the directions given by Nambal, Dr Singh directed capacity of 200 vehicles housing colony, Dr Singh the late Chief Minister Mufti The Deputy Chief, Dr Nirmal WSiRlIlN AmGAaRk, eM AiYt m12 o: rean db inrcolusaived w-itbhoauts coemdpro , -inacskleud stihve eI:n Adukstrhiest a&r Singh has expressed grief VC LAWDA to ensure that directed for constructing a directed for its time bound Mohammad Sayeed while The State Government has mising the JK’s special posi - Commerce Department to necessary mechanism is put multi-level mechanical park - completion maintaining that inspecting the site should be over the road accident in Uri decided to revisit the Jammu tion,” Akhtar told media-per - resubmit the Policy to the in which several persons lost in place to ensure that all ing facility there which the plots given to the allotees implemented in letter and & Kashmir Industrial Policy- sons. State Cabinet for its holistic STPs of the city function would accommodate more would solve the housing spirit. their lives. 2016 which was approved by The Minister said J&K has review,” he said and added The Deputy Chief the State Administrative many important sectors like that the stakeholders would be Minister while expressing Council on 15 March 2016 horticulture, medicinal plants also consulted before finaliz - Bukhari reviews status of Aadhar Excise dept to hold solidarity with the bereaved during the Governor’s rule. and other areas that need to be ing the policy. painting competition to families prayed for the peace This was announced by the classified as an industry to He said the main objective coverage in J&K highlight drug abuse to the departed souls. Minister for Education and boost the growth of such key of the Industrial Policy will be ’82.67 % population covered till date’ State Government sectors. “As a democratically to rejuvenate the industrial SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : During the meeting, the process gets hindered, which JAMMU, MAY 12 : To DC pays surprise visit Spokesman, Mr Naeem elected Government we have sector in the State that will not Minister for Revenue, Relief Minister directed that left out is being corrected. raise awareness about ill to Govt schools Akhtar here today. to take care of the aspirations only provide new jobs but take and Rehabilitation, Syed population should be brought The Minister directed effects of drug abuse, the “The government has of a larger section of the peo - the state to the next level of Basharat Bukhari today under the coverage of Aadhar holding of meeting of IT and Excise Department is going REASI, MAY 12 : The decided to revisit the Industrial ple and stakeholders within economic development chaired a meeting of officers and efforts would be made to Postal department on 24th of to hold a painting competi - Deputy Commissioner Reasi, Policy-2016 to make it more the State. With this objective through expanded industrial to review the status of Aadhar check the discrepancies in the this month to sort out soft - tion on May 22, 2016 Ravinder Kumar today paid comprehensive, broad-based in mind, the Government has activity. enrolment in the state. whole process. ware and postal address (Sunday). The theme of the surprise visit to various The meeting discussed competition is ‘Drug addic - Government schools in the measures adopted in prepara - tion is an invitation to death and destruction’. district. During the visit, the tion of Aadhar cards and mechanism to check discrep - The event will be held at DC checked attendance of Bali Bhagat lauds role of nurses Government Higher teachers, staff and took stock JAMMU, MAY 12 : that the directed the Health Earlier, a scintillating cul - ancies in the enrolment Nurses are the cornerstone of authorities to convene meet - tural programme was also Secondary School (Boys) of the infrastructure besides process. health service and they ings of DPC after every six presented by renowned artists On the occasion, the con - Rajouri. Both the government other facilitates being provid - always serve their patients cerned officials briefed the and private schools shall take ed to the students including with dignity and respect with - Minister that the population part in the said competition. mid-day meals. out any bias or prejudice, whose records were digitized The Deputy Minister for Health and by the census department is Dr Drabu offers Fateah Commissioner said that Medical Education Bali 10,213,518, while as total cit - administration is taking care Bhagat said this while izens enrolled till May 10, at Mufti Sayeed’s grave of every aspect of functioning addressing the gathering at 2016 stands at 90, 46,692 The Minister was told that issues, so that the whole BIJBEHARA, MAY 12 : of the schools like availabili - GMC auditorium during the which is 82.67 percent of the there is a proper mechanism process is completed without Minister of Finance, Culture celebrations of International ty of school infrastructure, total population. to check duplication in the any discrepancies. and Labour & Employment, Nurses Day, here today. The Minister was also Aadhar enrolment, however, Bukhari directed the con - Dr Haseeb Drabu, Thursday absenteeism among teachers, Referring to contribution informed that till May 10, due to some software issues cerned officials to rectify the offered Fateah at the grave of quality education, better of Florence Nightingale in 2016 about 81, 17,999 Aadhar and the incorrect postal discrepancies within a month late Mufti Mohammad school management besides modern nursing, Bali Bhagat cards have been generated in addresses registered for and come up with a detailed Sayeed at Dara Shikoh Park factors like improving stu - called upon the nurses to fol - the state. Adhaar enrolment, the project report. here. Dr Drabu, who chaired dent teacher ratios and stu - low her footsteps and selfless - the District Development dent enrollment. He stressed ly serve the mankind. He said Asiea conducts surprise visit of Board meeting at Dak on ensuring quality education healthcare is a noble profes - Bungalow Anantnag, visited the majestic garden in among students with equal sion in which nurses have a months so that the eligible of Jammu which was highly District Hospital Budgam crucial part to play. He asked employees under the health applauded by the present Bijbehara town, where the focus on imparting moral val - SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : ities and poor sanitation the patients and inquired the the Nurses fraternity to work sector would be promoted audience. Later, the Minister Minister of State for Health & Minister warned the hospital facilities being provided in Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is ues. with dedication in providing under norms of the health also distributed mementos Medical Education, Asiea administration to perform the hospital. She stressed on buried, to offer the Fateah While interacting with best healthcare facilities to the department. among those nurses who pro - Naqash last evening conduct - their duty with dedication. cleanliness of the wards and prayers. He prayed for eternal students and staff members, patients. On the occasion, the nurs - vided best health services in ed surprise visit to District During her surprise visit, corridors besides maintaining peace of the departed leader. Kumar stressed upon devel - Lauding the role of nurses es also demanded risk the hospital. Hospital Budgam. Asiea directed the administra - proper sanitation of the hospi - The Finance Minister also oping reading and writing in healthcare, the Minister allowance and accommoda - Principal GMC Dr. Zahid Deputy Commissioner tion to ensure attendance of tal. took stock of the works being undertaken for beautification skills. He called upon the said they work tirelessly for tion facilities to be given to Geelani, Medical Budgam Mir Altaf and other medicos and paramedics in She further said that the patient care and they have a them. Superintendent Dr. Ravinder health officials accompanied the hospital as per duty roast - Government is taking health - of the Dara Shikhoh Park, teachers to focus on all round conceptualized by the late development of students, prime role in treatment of ail - The Minister asked the Rattan Pal, president J&K the Minister. er and provide round the care as top priority and the ing. He added that various Principal GMC&H to con - Nursing Association Madhu Mufti Sayeed. He was accom - adding that studies and co- Taking serious note of the clock healthcare facilities to main aim is to provide hassle- reformative measures are struct entry gate of the hospi - Khajuria besides Heads of absent doctors and paramed - patients. free treatment facilities to the panied by officers of the curricular activities should be being initiated to improve the tal on modern lines, beautify Departments of various wings Finance Department, besides ical staff, defunct digital X- She also inspected patients in the Government some officers from police and given equal attention for working condition for nurses. the parks and establish multi- of the GMC and associated ray units & other testing facil - wards and interacted with health institutions. overall personality develop - Responding to the demand tier parking in the hospital hospitals were present on the civil administration. ment of students. of nurses, the Minister said premises. occasion. Govt committed to ensure better personnel Ensure time bound completion of Leh management in education sector : Priya Sethi beautification project: Chering Dorjey JAMMU, MAY 12 : fled as per the roster main - results. getting good response from LEH, MAY 12- Minister Administrator Muncipal Dorjey Mutup to speed up the Colony, SE PWD- Tashi Underlining commitment of tained in the policy. She said that a major the teachers, adding that for Cooperative, Chering Corporation Dr. Zaida Bhano works by taking both the Chombel informed the the government towards bet - “We were getting com - revamp is underway in the these Melas are a step further Dorjey today inspected the and Executive Engineers of Councilors of Leh into confi - Minister that almost all the ter personnel management in plaints from the teaching fra - department and teachers who in the direction to promote progress of work on beautifi - different wings. dence. He also stressed for household of H. Colony have the education department, ternity with regard to post - have served more than their transparency in the depart - cation project of leh. The Minister inspected close coordination among dif - been connected to water sup - Minister of State for ings and it is for the first time tenures in tough terrains are ment. Minister was accompa - Main Market, Housing ferent agencies while execut - ply and black topping of Education, Tourism, that the government has brought back and are She said good results are nied by Executive Councilor Colony, Ibex Colony, ing works. Inspecting the roads will start within a week. Technical Education, ensured that those teachers replaced by other teachers. coming from the government (EC) for Works Dorjey Murtsey colony, Fort road, Main Market, the Minister For early black topping of Culture, Horticulture, who had completed their “A motivated team can schools and all out efforts are Mutup, Councilor Upper Leh Old road and Gangles in Leh. directed engineers to have an roads of Murtsey and Ibex Floriculture and Parks Priya tenure outside district head - always perform better and being made by the govern - Gay Lobzang Nyantak, The Minister directed emergency plan and stressed Colony, Minister directed Sethi said that innovative quarters are brought back,” teachers have been asked to ment to upgrade infrastruc - Councilor Lower Leh Superintending Engineer on giving easy access to Fire Executive Engineer, Public steps have been taken in the she added. give their choices as per the ture in the government run Punchok Wangdan, PWD for early completion of Brigade vehicle to the interior Health Engineering to han - department to ensure effi - Underscoring the need for transfer policy, we will schools so that faith of peo - Superintending Engineer different works by engaging market. dover the roads to cient utilization of the man - addressing the genuine ensure that teachers are post - ple is reposed back in the Public Works Department extra men and machinery. He While inspecting works in Construction Division at the power and to ensure trans - demands of the teachers, the ed keeping in mind the schools. (PWD)- Tashi Chombel, also instructed EC Works, different streets of Housing earliest. parency in effective transfer Minister said that the govern - requirement of the school She said quality education policy. ment is committed to and the available human is top priority of the govern - She said that strict orders improve the education sce - resources,” she stressed. ment and necessary steps have been issued for ensuring nario in the state and a moti - She said that Transfer have been taken to ensure Hanjura orders survey of areas in Chrar-e-Sharief that no midterm transfers are vated and dedicated work - Melas are being organised in that standard of education in constituency vulnerable to land erosion made and teachers are shuf - force will provide better the state and the exercise is the state improves. SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : concerned quarters within informed that Rs 4 crore have construction and upgradation Minister for Agriculture, Mr fortnight so that action plan been utilized on Doodhganga work of Hapathnar and Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura will be formulated in consul - Nallah project on different Branwar-Neegu Jabad roads Three Nursing Colleges to be setup soon: Asiea Naqash today called for formulating tation with other departments works. on priority. an action plan to prevent land like Fire & Emergency, District Development While taking stock of Lauds role of nurses in state healthcare system erosion in vulnerable areas of Revenue, PHE, Irrigation & Commissioner, Budgam, Mir Rural Development Works, SRINAGAR, MAY 12 : She said there is a dearth The Minister also called ment of J&K. Chrar-e-Sharief the Minister announced Minister of State for Health of such colleges in the state for a High-tech training pro - Lauding the role of nurses Constituency. release of Rs 12 lakh out of and Medical Education and and students had to go out - gramme for the nursing stu - in hospitals, the Minister said Chairing an officers’ his Constituency Social Welfare, Ms. Asiea side to peruse degrees in dents in the colleges and the nurses in state worked meeting here today to review Development Fund (CDF) in Naqash today said the gov - nursing. She said five gener - schools and said the govern - round the clock despite huge the progress of works in favor of Rural Development ernment will soon setup three al nursing schools are func - ment is committed to provide work load in the hospitals as Chrar-e-Sharief constituency, Department for taking up of nursing colleges in the state. tional at various districts and facilities for the students. She compared to other medical the Minister directed the different works in Chrar-e- She was speaking at staff. offices of Geology and Sharief Constituency. It was a function organized on She said the govern - Mining and Soil informed in the meeting that the eve of International ment will consider all Conservation Departments to an amount of Rs 28 lakh Nurses Day at GMC the genuine demands of depute a team of experts and would also be met out of Srinagar organized by the nurses and asked officers to Laden Nowgam, NREGA. J&K Nurses them to come up with Watkulo, Chontinar, Mr. Hanjura asked the Association. The theme their grievances Chradipora, Hapathnar, Flood Control, R&B, RDD Altaf Ahmed, Director concerned to submit a of this year’s program through proper chan - Brinjan, Kanikote, Nilnag, and Forest Departments. Geology and Mining, Farooq detailed report about the was “A force for nels so that their griev - Surisyar, Branwar and Neeru The Minister said con - Ahmed Khan, Assistant works done under conver - Change-Improving ances could be consid - Jabad areas and conduct sur - struction of flood protection Commissioner Development, gence programme. health System’s ered. vey with regard to status of bunds on Apzari Nallah and Budgam, Dr Zahoor Ahmed Addressing the meeting, Resilience”. Principal GMC Prof land of these areas and sug - Tulabrang Nallah in Chrar-e- and other senior officers of the Minister directed the offi - Ms. Naqash said the Kaisar Ahmad, gest views for immediate Sharief constituency would Soil Conservation, R&B, cers to speed up pace of work government is current - President Kashmir protective measures for land be taken up at an estimated Irrigation and Flood Control on all ongoing developmen - ly in process of establishing government is in process of said the government already Nursing Association and erosion and rehabilitation of cost of Rs 60 lakh. He said Departments were present in tal works and complete them three nursing colleges at establishing more general, provides scholarships to the Medical Superintendent affected families. He asked construction work of protec - the meeting. in a stipulated time frame. He Baramulla, Rajouri and nursing schools at Pulwama, candidates desirous to under - SMHS Dr Nazir Chaudhary them to prepare a compre - tion bund at Lolipora on While reviewing the R&B also asked them for judicious Anantnag with an intake Kulgam, Sopore , JLNM go the training in private col - besides other officials and hensive report in this regard Apzari Nallah is already sector, the Minister directed use of funds and standard capacity of 80 students every Srinagar, Kokernag and leges, provided the college is nurses were present on the and submit the same to the apace. The meeting was the concerned to take up the material. year. Bandipora. affiliated with the govern - occasion. TRUTH PREVAIL 4 EDITORIAL/ARTICAL JAMMU FRIDAY MAY 13, 2016 A tale of two judgments Taxing times for In 1947, Justice Felix clause. His meeting with process in India. In this (Amendment) Act, 1995, Frankfurter of the U.S. Frankfurter was the final case, the constitutional which received the assent the nation EDITORIAL Supreme Court advised nail in the due process cof - validity of the Haryana of the President of India on When the government in the wake of independ - one of the chief architects fin for the Indian Panchayati Raj March 4, 2015 (here - released detailed income ence from colonial rule, of India’s Constitution, Sir Constitution. In March (Amendment) Act, 2015 inafter, the “Beef Act”). tax data a few days ago, it the colonial exploiter is Lessons from Uttarakhand Benegal Narsing Rau, to 1947, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, was in question. Under the Among other provisions gave us an opportunity to replaced by the native delete the words “due a product of Columbia Act, five categories of per - which were challenged, study one of the vital exploiter. Nationalism Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish process of law” from the Law School himself, had sons were considered inel - Section 5-D of the Beef areas of our economic thus becomes an “empty Rawat’s victory in the floor test was a foregone con - text of India’s draft drafted a provision for the igible to contest elections Act made it a criminal life, hitherto hidden from shell, a crude and fragile clusion after the Supreme Court barred nine dissi - Constitution. However, Indian Constitution which for certain offices in pan - offence to have in one’s public scrutiny. It expect - travesty of what it might two recent cases, one was very similar, if not chayats in Haryana (for possession, in the state of edly generated commen - have been”. dent Congress legislators from participating in the tary on the implications The current national - decided by the Supreme identical, to the due example, those against Maharashtra, the flesh of a confidence vote. The votes of 27 remaining loyalists of the data for the econo - ist/anti-nationalist binary and a six-member bloc have seen him through. The Court and the other by the process clause of the 14th whom criminal charges of cow, bull or bullock my and so on. But what it is the most potent exam - Bombay High Court, tell a amendment. It read: “… a certain kind were slaughtered outside the has not generated is ple of this travesty. An result, which has been confirmed by the Supreme very interesting, yet con - Nor shall any State deprive framed, those who had not State of Maharashtra. The moral and political reflec - anti-national is one who Court, brings an end to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s flicted, story about the any person of life, liberty paid their electricity dues, question was whether this tion on the data. refuses to chant “Bharat political misadventure in exploiting the dissidence incorporation of the U.S. and property without due those who did not have provision violated the right If we consider the data Mata ki Jai”, not the one within the Congress and attempting to install a gov - doctrine of substantive due process of law.” After specified educational qual - to privacy under Article 21 from the latter point of who refuses to pay tax. process in Indian constitu - Rau’s meeting with ifications, those who did of the Constitution. view, two things emerge. One can indulge in the ernment either run or backed by defectors. Ever tional law. Frankfurter, Ambedkar’s not have a functional toilet Section 5-D was struck One: the data cannot be grossest forms of eco - since the government led by it hastily imposed The 5th and 14th clause was substantially in their homes, etc). The down by the court. It was termed as anything but nomic corruption and shocking. And two: more, participate in shoring up President’s Rule on the eve of a floor test scheduled amendments to the U.S. altered. Property was alto - Act was challenged on the held that the right to priva - importantly, the data an exploitative economic in March, it has been unable to convince the judici - Constitution provide that a gether deleted from this ground that it was “wholly cy is a part of the right to gives the lie, in a searing order, but that does not ary of the justification for doing so. Two legal prin - person cannot be deprived clause, to make way for unreasonable and arbitrary life under Article 21 of the fashion, to the recent dis - make one anti-nationalist. ciples stood in the way of its plan: the bar on defec - of “life, liberty or property, the extensive land reforms and therefore violative of Constitution, and that the course of nationalism, As economists have without due process of which were being contem - Article 14 of the right to eat the food of sponsored by the ruling shown, India is an tion and the primacy of the floor test in determining law”. Only a few decades plated in the Constituent Constitution”. Though the one’s choice, if the food party and the govern - extreme case when it a government’s majority. Whatever be the right of before the meeting Assembly. “Liberty” was Supreme Court rightly itself is not injurious to ment, and amplified by comes to relying over - legislators to disagree with their leadership, it is lim - between Frankfurter and qualified with the word held that a statute cannot health, is a part of the right the elite classes. whelmingly on indirect ited by the rule against defection, as the law stands Rau took place, the U.S. “personal”, so as to limit be invalidated merely to privacy. By declaring Numbers do not add taxes, with its catastroph - Supreme Court had used its meaning. And the because it is “arbitrary”, it that the right to life under up ic consequences for the at present. In Uttarakhand, of course, the situation How is it that in the poor, unlike the devel - the “due process clause” in words “due process of also went on to reject the Article 21 of the year 2012-13, there were, oped countries, which was complicated by the fact that a clear majority in the 14th amendment to law” were replaced with U.S. doctrine of substan - Constitution includes the the State Assembly — made up of BJP and rebel believe it or not, three rely overwhelmingly on invalidate social welfare the words “procedure tive due process by hold - right to privacy, the individuals who paid a direct taxes on income Congress MLAs — had pressed for a division of legislation. This phase in established by law”. Thus, ing that Indian courts “do Bombay High Court was, tax of Rs.100 crore or and wealth. votes in writing in advance of the Appropriation Bill American constitutional Article 21 of the Indian not examine the wisdom of in essence, circumventing more? In the same year, Why any of this does being taken up. While there is no escaping the fact history is often described Constitution now reads: legislative choices unless the intent of the framers of there were 46 dollar bil - not cause any moral out - that Mr. Rawat had lost his majority in the House, as the “Lochner era”, “No person shall be the legislation is otherwise India’s Constitution (who lionaires in India who rage is because national - named after the dreaded deprived of his life or per - violative of some specific had deliberately qualified were collectively worth ism has been reduced to a one lesson from the development is that one piece of case of Lochner v. New sonal liberty except provision of the the broad word “liberty” $176 billion, or Rs.11.61 symbolic/cultural entity impropriety (remaining in office by the use of the York (1905) in which the according to procedure Constitution”, as “to with the word “personal”). lakh crore; that is ten unyoked from its material times more than the underpinnings. That is Supreme Court invalidated established by law.” undertake such an exami - Recognising an unenumer - Speaker’s disqualification powers) does not justify Rs.1.14 lakh crore col - why we see the exagger - another piece of possible illegality (the imposition a New York law which In the early decades, the nation would amount to ated right like privacy is an lected from all the indi - ated and virulent battles of President’s Rule after attempts at toppling a gov - prohibited confectionary Supreme Court of India virtually importing the example of substantive due vidual income taxpayers around the emotive idea ernment were stalled). establishments from interpreted Article 21 doctrine of ‘substantive process. in the country! How is it of the nation, rather than employing workers for faithfully to the intent of due process’ employed by Section 9-B of the Beef that there were only its material organisation. As for Mr. Rawat, he will still have to face possi - more than 60 hours per the framers of India’s the American Supreme Act cast the burden of 18,358 individuals who While the Prime Minister ble prosecution if the CBI decides to press ahead week. The Lochner era is Constitution. However, Court”, and under the proof on the accused in had an income over Rs.1 of Iceland resigns over with its probe into a ‘sting operation’ that showed said to have come to an beginning in the 1970s, an Indian Constitution “the some cases. The court was crore, and only a million his name figuring in the him offering bribes to some MLAs for their support. end around 1937, starting activist Supreme Court test of due process of law examining its constitution - people with incomes over Panama Papers, there is with the decision of the started incorporating the cannot be applied to al validity. This was a pro - Rs.10 lakh? This is when, hardly a ripple in India The legal challenge to his reinstatement is also by as a report put it, in 2011- regarding the Indian U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. constitutional doc - statutes enacted by cedural due process no means over, with the Supreme Court still to take 12, four luxury carmakers names in them. While the West Coast Hotel v. trines of “procedural due Parliament or the State inquiry, as the provision alone sold 25,645 vehi - “nationalist” government a view on whether the disqualification of the rebel Parrish (1937), when process” and “substantive Legislatures”. reversed a well-known cles with an average price is proactive in jailing Congress MLAs was valid. At a larger level, the President Franklin Delano due process” in India. The Rajbala decision is procedural rule of evi - of Rs.40 lakh. “seditious” students, it is Uttarakhand crisis raises important questions that Roosevelt threatened to Though Article 21 formal - particularly interesting dence in criminal trials, In total, there were hardly serious about are relevant to the functioning of democracy: should “pack” the Supreme Court ly provides that a person’s because earlier Benches of that is, the burden of proof 2.87 crore individual investigating the 1,200 with favourable justices in life and personal liberty the Supreme Court, in is on the prosecution. income tax returns in powerful Indians in the Chief Ministers who have lost their majority take order to ensure the survival can be deprived so long as cases like Ramlila Maidan Section 9-B was also 2012-13 (out of a popula - Swiss Leaks. As Fanon recourse to the anti-defection law to stay in power? of his ambitious “New there is merely a “proce - Incident (2012) and Selvi struck down by the court. tion of 125 crore), out of would have put it, it “pro - Is disqualifying inconvenient MLAs an acceptable Deal” legislation. dure established by law” v. State of Karnataka It was held that the “right which 1.6 crore assessees vides nationalism alone did not actually pay any as food for the masses”. Rau and Ambedkar (that is, a validly enacted (2010), have repeatedly of life and liberty under way of managing the majority of a government? On tax. So, effectively, Benedict Anderson the flip side, should a few lawmakers, who consti - Even though the law), the doctrine of proce - held that substantive due Article 21… clearly covers income tax payers had shown that the nation tute a fraction of a party’s strength in the legislature, Lochner era had come to dural due process man - process and due process the [substantive] due amounted to 1 per cent! is conceived as a commu - an end around a decade dates that this procedural generally are a part of process aspect envisaged To give a comparative nity; that is, despite the be allowed to topple a regime at the behest of the prior to the meeting law must be “fair, just and Indian constitutional law in the American jurispru - sense, Canada (of course, huge disparities between opposition? While the floor test rule to prove major - between Frankfurter and reasonable”. under Article 21 of the dence.” a G8 country), had the people within the nation, ity laid down by the Bommai judgment must Rau, Frankfurter believed The doctrine of Constitution. Thus, interestingly, same — 2.88 crore it is imagined as a com - remain, the time may have come to rethink the pro - that the words “due substantive due process Beef in Maharashtra while the Supreme Court returns, out of a popula - radeship. As he put it, visions that give Speakers untrammelled power to process of law” imposed enables a court to question Thereafter, in Shaikh of India in the Rajbala case tion of 3.5 crore! “ultimately it is this fra - an “undue burden” on the not merely procedural Zahid Mukhtar v. State of has strongly rejected the Amazingly, the tax- ternity that makes it pos - GDP ratio has remained sible, over the past two adjudicate on the issue of defection, particularly judiciary and that they laws, but the substantive Maharashtra, decided on doctrine of substantive due when such rulings can have a direct bearing on a almost constant even centuries, for so many should be deleted from the value choices of the leg - May 6, 2016, a Division process, the Bombay High after two and a half millions of people, not so trust vote. Bommai insured State governments to a draft Indian Constitution. islative branch of govern - Bench of the Bombay Court has, following earli - decades of spectacular much to kill, as willingly large extent against the Centre’s machinations, as Even prior to his meet - ment as well. High Court was dealing er Supreme Court pro - growth and wealth cre - to die for such limited the BJP has just rediscovered to its embarrassment. ing with Frankfurter, Rau In a recent case, Rajbala with the constitutional nouncements, applied and ation in which the GDP imaginings.” In the India But the growing misuse of the anti-defection law by (who was the v. Haryana (2015), a two- validity of the Maharashtra reiterated the doctrine in increased 4.5 times (the of the present, the burden Constitutional Adviser to judge bench of the Animal Preservation Act, Indian constitutional law. recent social media buzz of such sacrifices is ruling parties across the political spectrum suggests the Constituent Assembly) Supreme Court of India 1976, as amended by the Abhinav Chandrachud was that India is now the exclusively placed on the that Assemblies need some insurance against was having serious misgiv - strongly rejected the doc - Maharashtra Animal is an advocate at the fastest-growing economy marginalised and the scheming State governments as well. ings about the due process trine of substantive due Preservation Bombay High Court. in the world, overtaking oppressed castes and even China). In the mid- classes, while the power - 1990s, there were only ful and the wealthy, leave two dollar billionaires alone sacrificing for the with a combined worth of nation, do not even pay Insure farmers against climate change $3.2 billion. But in 2016, what is simply due from Bundelkhand is where death), were instead mitigation. Marginal farm - Other staple crops — agement and insurance returns to breeders. there were 111 billion - them. India’s marginal farming offered wheat bundles. land will increasingly be sorghum, groundnut, chick - coverage) can reduce the Changing planting dates aires with a net worth of This is the conceit of dream died. Known for the India, a climate change useless for agriculture. pea — could see a sharp majority of the potential could have a significant $308 billion, or Rs.20.48 nationalism that no one dacoits of Chambal and the hotspot Our dependency on rain decline. Its impact is loss due to drought impact; research highlights lakh crore. who profits from it wants Rani of Jhansi, the arid India is uniquely vulner - continues to amplify — already prevalent: it is esti - (Intergovernmental Panel that planting wheat earlier The statistics are evi - to address. By joining the region, occupying districts able to rising temperatures rain-fed agriculture is prac - mated that without rising on Climate Change, 2013). than usual can help reduce dence of shocking levels circus supposedly expos - of Uttar Pradesh and — it ranks in the top 20 in tised in the majority of our temperatures and rain vari - Drought strategies should climate change-induced of tax evasion, fraud and ing corruption perpetrat - Madhya Pradesh, has expe - the Climate Change total cropped area support - ability, India’s rice produc - be extended to the village damage. Zero tillage and also legally sanctioned ed by politicians, the rienced drastic variation in Vulnerability Index. Our ing a significant proportion tion over the past four level — for example, each laser-based levelling can tax breaks on income and privileged conveniently climate in recent times. It average surface tempera - of the national food basket decades could have been 8 village should have a vil - also help conserve water wealth favouring the rich - ignore their own partici - faced a drought from 2003 ture, over the past four (55 per cent of rice, 90 per per cent higher. India is lage pond, created under and land resources. Crop est classes. What does pation in the economic to 2010, then floods in decades, has risen by 0.3° cent of pulses, 91 per cent home to the largest hungry the Mahatma Gandhi planning can be conducted this mean for the dis - fraud perpetrated on the 2011, delayed monsoons in Celsius, accompanied by a of all coarse grain). Our population — falling agri - National Rural as per the climatic zones of course of nation and nation. Their rapturous 2012 and 2013, and rising incidence of floods, regional crop patterns cultural yields will only Employment Guarantee different regions, while nationalism? What kind singing of the national drought again since 2014. droughts and cyclones. assume a specific range of make matters worse. Scheme. utilising better genotypes of a nation are we talking anthem, wittingly or Farmers tried everything to With the majority of all weather variability, failing Some policy prescrip - Indian agricultural poli - for rain-fed conditions. about when vast numbers unwittingly, becomes a adapt — growing a mix of landholdings in India meas - to cope with the recent high tions cy has made us structurally We should focus on of its middle and upper mask. Evading taxes is dry crops during the kharif uring less than a hectare, periods of heavy rainfall Our low agricultural vulnerable to climate expanding our formal cred - classes, the so-called not an aberration; it is a season, while interspersing marginal farmers face a with long dry intervals. In productivity remains a key change. As suggested often it system to reach all mar - wealth creators, are the mundane activity. If “no the winter rabi wheat with steep decline in household 2013, large crops of wheat, constraint. According to the by the National ginal farmers. Insurance very sections that eviscer - taxation without repre - cash crops like chickpea income and a concomitant gram, lentils and mustard, Swaminathan Committee Commission on Farmers, coverage should be ate the economic vitals of sentation” was the rally - and mustard. They invested rise in household poverty weeks away from harvest - on Farmers (2006), for rice, conservation farming and expanded to all crops while the nation by not con - ing crying of the heavily in borewells, trac - through exacerbated ing, were destroyed in we produce 2,929 kg per dryland agriculture should reducing the rate of interest tributing to the national American Revolution, in tors, threshers and seeds droughts. Climate change untimely rains. India’s hectare, while China pro - be promoted. Each village to nominal levels, with cause? India there is representa - and fertilizers through for - would impact soil health, flood-affected area has duces twice as much. For should be provided timely government support and an The new ‘nationalism’ tion without taxation. mal and informal credit. with increasing surface doubled since other staples, we remain rainfall forecasts along expanded Rural Insurance The “drain of wealth” While releasing the tax The past two winters, temperatures leading to Independence, despite gen - woeful, producing 913 kg with weather-based fore - Development Fund. A debt theory was one of the data, Prime Minister with hailstorms and unsea - higher CO emissions and erous state spending on of groundnut per hectare, warnings regarding crop moratorium policy on greatest economic and Narendra Modi said that sonal rain, destroyed crops reducing natural nitrogen flood protection schemes. while Indonesia produces pests and epidemics in var - drought-distressed hotspots moral weapons of the it should “lead to (chickpea yields were availability. Mitigating this Research has highlight - nearly half as much more. ious seasons. Afforestation, and areas facing climate Indian nationalists enhanced insights for pol - mostly wiped out, the arhar by increasing chemical fer - ed the deleterious impact of As suggested by the in a biodiverse manner, change calamities should against colonial rule. icymaking on taxation.” crop failed completely), tilizer usage could impact climate change on crop National Commission on should be encouraged to be announced, waiving Ironically, the nation is What he did not say was leading to farmer suicides long-term soil fertility, production. By 2100, the Farmers, a rural spending help modify regional cli - interest on loans till farm - subject to the same drain that it was a scathing (3,500 since 2003) and leaving the soil open to kharif season will face a plan, focussed on invest - mates and prevent soil ero - ing incomes are restored. of wealth now. Around commentary on the mass migration. Mitigation greater erosion and deserti - varying temperature rise ments in agriculture infra - sion. Our agricultural The Centre and States $450 billion has gone out nation.Unless the cultural has been lacking; contrac - fication. Meanwhile, (0.7-3.3° Celsius) with structure, particularly in research programmes need should launch an integrated of India, illegally, from idea of the nation as com - tors not farmers benefit, migration patterns, farmer rainfall significantly irrigation, rainwater har - to be retooled towards dry - crop, livestock and family 2002. In the same period, radeship and fraternity is and instead of providing suicides and stagnating impacted. Limited temper - vesting and a national net - land research — it has been health insurance package the FDI inflows into India complemented by materi - crop insurance, warehouses rural incomes, along with ature rises could lead to a work of soil-testing labora - argued that adoption of while instituting an were around $150 billion. al and economic arrange - are built. Bereaved fami - increasingly ad hoc land 22 per cent decline in tories is needed. Simple drought-tolerant breeds can Agriculture Credit Risk As Frantz Fanon, the ments that realise this, the lies, hoping for compensa - acquisition in the name of wheat yield in the rabi sea - water harvesting and con - help reduce production Fund to provide relief in philosopher and anti- nation will remain only in tion from the Uttar Pradesh public goods, have politi - son, while rice yield could servation measures (micro- risks by nearly a third, the aftermath of successive colonial revolutionary, name. It will be Frantz government (Rs.7 lakh on cised the idea of climate decline by 15 per cent. irrigation, watershed man - while offering attractive natural disasters. noted many decades ago, Fanon’s empty shell. TRUTH PREVAIL SPORTS/BUSINESS 5 JAMMU, FRIDAY MAY 13, 2016 Ailing Roger Federer Ousted Rio Olympics: Ministry won't interfere in Narsingh- From Rome Masters Olympics: Ravinder Khatri, Babita Kumari Among Eight Indians to Bag Rio Berths Sushil issue, says Sarbanandap Seteo. nowal Wrestlers Ravinder Sushil had won his two Khatri and Babita Kumari Olympic medals in the 66kg have secured spots at the division and has upgraded upcoming Rio Olympics after a revamp of the weight after their rivals failed a categories. The Wrestling Federation dope test, taking the total of India (WFI) has so far not number of quota places clarified on the issue, leav - from India to eight. ing room for speculation Khatri was awarded the and controversy. berth in the Greco-Roman Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Joint 85 kg after Kenzheev Secretary Rakesh Gupta Zhanarbek of Kyrgystan said even if Sushil's name tested positive at the Asian was not in the probables list Olympic qualifier. sent to them by WFI for Babita gets a shot at com - accreditations, his name can peting in Rio with still be added later. ROME: Swiss third seed off an obviously ailing Mongolian wrestler NEW DELHI: Sports insisted that a trial be held to "See, yesterday, Babita Roger Federer's Rome Federer in 1hr 18mins. and Ravinder Khatri quali - Sumiya Erdenechimeg fail - Minister Sarbananda determine who should ulti - Masters bid ended at the In the quarter-finals, Sonowal today refused to be mately represent India at the fied. There names were not third round with a 7-6 (7/2), Thiem will now play either ing the dope test in 53 kg drawn into the raging con - Rio Games. there in the list but that does freestyle, also at the Asian troversy on the Olympic "It is the Federation crite - not mean they will not go. If 6-4 defeat to Austrian 13th French 11th seed Richard participation of wrestlers ria that has to be followed. someone qualifies after one seed Dominic Thiem on Gasquet or Japan's sixth seed qualifier. Sushil Kumar and Narsingh We can't interfere. They are month, will that athlete not Thursday. Kei Nishikori, who face off Last week, Vinesh Yadav, saying he won't autonomous body. It is the go?," Gupta, who is India's Federer, who withdrew in a third round clash later Phogat clinched a gold as "interfere" in the matter and responsibility of the Chef de Mission for Rio last week from Madrid with Thursday. she and Sakshi Malik it has to be resolved by the Federation," Sonowal said Games, said making it clear back pain, admitted It could be the beginning secured Rio berths in 48 Federation. categorically at a ministry that if WFI wants Sushil to Wednesday he had been sur - of a Rome Masters fairytale go, it will be done. and 58kg respectively at the Narsingh had won the program. prised to get past second for the 22-year-old Austrian, Olympic quota place in the Narsingh, who won the Sonowal said according second World Olympic 74kg category at the World quota place with a bronze to the inputs he has received round opponent Alexander who is approaching 30 wins Qualifying tournament in a Championships. But double medal finish at the World from various National Zverev in straight sets. for the season having secured historic feat of two Indian Rome marks only the two titles already and suf - Olympic-medallist Sushil, Championship, asserts that Sports Federations (NSFs), women wrestlers qualify - who missed the event owing he is the best in 74kg cate - there is a strong possibility fourth tournament of the sea - fered defeat to Germany's to a shoulder injury, has gory and thus should com - that India can win more than son for Federer, who under - Philipp Kohlschreiber in the ing for Olympics for the 10 medals. went knee surgery in early final at Munich nearly a fort - first time. While Vinesh Sonowal was speaking at February, the first operation night ago. won a gold in 48kg catego - women wrestlers from In fact, this is the first J&K speed ball team wins runner up a function to release the case of his career. Later, defending champion ry, Sakshi bagged a silver in India have qualified for the time that India will be rep - study done by IIM 58kg class as they booked a Olympics. At 2012 London resented in all three formats trophy sub-junior national-2016 Ahmadabad on successful The 17-time Grand Slam Novak Djokovic faces TP NEWS SERVICE conduct of South Asian champion only decided to Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci Rio Games quota place Games, Geeta Phogat was - men's freestyle, female JAMMU, MAY 12: Jammu & Kashmir speed ball team won Games. face Thiem at the last minute while seven-time winner each for the country. the lone Indian female wrestling and Greco- on Central Court, and the Rafael Nadal plays runner up trophy sub junior championship 2016 at 8th national The study was conducted This is the first time two grappler in the fray. Roman - at the Olympics. under professor Sanjeev Austrian capitalised to finish Australian Nick Kyrgios. speed ball championship in Puna about 300 students from 11 Tripathi. The IIM faculty states of our country participating in the event 13 members team member said it was pulled from J&K participated under the supervision of Sunny Nanda & off in about 100 days Puna team won over all champion trophy while J&K got the sec - because of "fast decision ond place and Kerala claimed third place the J&K team won 7 making" and good coopera - Euro 2016: Arsenal's Danny Welbeck Ruled Out For Nine Months tion between Sports LONDON: Arsenal FC "Danny will miss the Euro injury in March and started gold,4 silver and 1 bronze respectively. Chief Patron of associa - Authority of India and the have announced their England 2016 Championship in the Arsenal's previous Premier tion Navin Aggarwal IPS presented a token of appreciation to Ministry. "Also, with the striker Danny Welbeck will be summer and his full recovery League match against Sunny Nanda & also highlighted his achievement & other mem - Minister deciding to head sidelined for nearly nine is expected to take approxi - Manchester City before exit - bers Dr Pawan kotwal (div com), Vijay Gupta, S.P Langer, V.K the Organising Committee months after undergoing a mately nine months," Efe ing the field after feeling knee Sharma, Viond Gupta, Suram Singh congratulated the team for made an impact. There were fears among officers due to surgery on the right knee. He quoted Arsenal as saying. pains. the best performance of the team players & coach Sunny Nanda the baggage of 2010 will miss the Euro 2016 in Welbeck, 25, who played "Everyone at Arsenal will & official of team Aditya Singh, Simran Slathia among those who Commonwealth Games but France. 35 games with England and be working hard with Danny clinched gold medal in their respective categories included the teams bonded well to In a statement published on scored 14 goals, will miss his throughout his recovery and Manthan Pandoh, Janvi Sharma, Ashutosh singh, Suryansh rabog - make it a success," Tripathi its official website on chance to feature in Euro look forward to seeing him tra, Ajay Singh, Aryan kangotra, Adveer kunal and silver- said. Sports Secretary Rajiv Yadav said it looked techni - Wednesday, Arsenal said: 2016 and as well the first half back on the pitch as soon as Amanadeep, Pranay Gupta, Mansi Slathia, Gurmanjeet Singh cally impossible to host the "Specialists determined sur - of the 2016-17 season with possible," Arsenal added. bronze Krish Sharma and all gold medallist players will be select - event in such a short time gery was required after scans Arsenal. England will play in Euro ed for speed ball federation cup championship 2016 in the Aug of but it was made possible by and tests revealed significant Welbeck returned to the 2016 in Group B along with A.P. team work. cartilage damage." pitch after picking up a nasty Russia, Wales and Slovakia. Gold price dips below Rs 30K- Raghuram Rajan questions feasibility Panama Papers: 2,000 Indian links mark, silver down by Rs 600 of 'helicopter money' policy revealed in fresh ICIJlaw l efirma kMos ssack Fonseca, LONDON: Calling for a one of the world?s top cre - debate among central bankers ators of hard-to-trace compa - on 'helicopter money' policy, nies, trusts and foundations. RBI Governor Raghuram "ICIJ is not publishing the Rajan Tuesday questioned totality of the leak, and it is political feasibility and eco - not disclosing raw documents nomic benefits of such an or personal information en easy direct-to-public money masse. The database contains transmission. a great deal of information 'Helicopter drop of money' about company owners, prox - is used as a metaphor for an ies and intermediaries in unconventional monetary secrecy jurisdictions, but it NEW DELHI: Sliding for year. Silver fell by 2.55 per - policy tool that typically doesn't disclose bank the second straight day, gold cent to USD 16.99 an ounce. involves central banks print - accounts, email exchanges dipped below the Rs 30,000- In the national capital, gold ing large sums of money and and financial transactions mark by losing Rs 250 to Rs of 99.9 and 99.5 percent puri - distributing it directly to the contained in the documents. 29,850 per ten grams at the ty tumbled by Rs 250 each to public or investing in public projects. many countries, or produce earned 'Helicopter Ben' NEW DELHI: Nearly offshore companies and "The leaked data covers bullion market Tuesday, amid Rs 29,850 and Rs 29,700 per economically the desired moniker for Bernanke, who nearly 40 years, from 1977 a subdued demand from jew - ten grams, respectively, a So far a hypothetical mon - 2,000 individuals, entities and trusts." etary policy, it is being debat - effect," the former Chief became US Fed Chairman in addresses with links to India "We do not intend to sug - through the end of 2015," it ellers and a weak trend over - level last seen on April 28. Economist of IMF said. 2006. said. seas. Silver also dived by Rs The precious metal had lost ed to spur spending and figure in the latest edition of gest or imply that any per - boosting economic growth in Last weekend in New The term has become even 'Panama Papers' giving infor - sons, companies or other enti - The Modi government has 600 to Rs 40,600 per kg on Rs 250 yesterday. Delhi also, Rajan had said more popular in recent times also said the IT department poor offtake by industrial Sovereign, however, times of near-zero interest mation on offshore holding of ties included in the ICIJ rates and ultra-low or nega - that when the rate of price in the wake of the US central companies in tax havens. Offshore Leaks Database has issued notices to all enti - units and coin makers. remained steady at Rs 23,300 rise threatens to fall below the bank's quantitative easing ties named after the first leak. Marketmen said sentiment per piece of eight grams in tive inflation. A random check of the have broken the law or other - Delivering a lecture here at lower band or zero, one of the (QE) policy and is now being database for India displays wise acted improperly," the Indian investigators had remained bearish largely in limited deals. options before the govern - referred to as 'QE for the pub - said they "will be looking tune with a weak global trend Tracking gold, silver ready the London School of about 22 offshore entities, body said on its web portal as Economics, Rajan said it ments and central banks is lic'. 1,046 officers or individual part of the disclaimer on the into" into as much fresh infor - and fading demand from jew - dropped by Rs 600 to Rs 'helicopter drop' of money. Interestingly, Bernanke as mation that comes in this case ellers and retailers at current 40,600 per kg and weekly- needed to be asked whether links, 42 intermediaries and release of the offshore "leaks" the global monetary policy However, there was a prob - Fed Chairman embarked on as many as 828 addresses database. India, taking note of including the latest revela - levels at the domestic spot based by Rs 565 to Rs 40,800 ability that people may not various rounds of 'quantita - tions. The Supreme Court markets. Globally, gold per kg. was increasingly becoming within the country. over 500 entities that surfaced part of the problem, rather spend and save it, thereby not tive easing' to invest trillions These range from the tony in the first set of names also had yesterday sought plunged by 1.89 percent to On the other hand, silver contributing to growth, he of dollars into the system to response from the Centre on a USD 1,263.40 an ounce in coins continued to be traded than being part of a solution. and posh locations of metro - released last month, had cre - "It is not absolutely clear had said. boost economic growth in the politan cities like Delhi, ated a Multi-Agency Group plea seeking CBI inquiry New York yesterday on spec - at previous level of Rs 'Helicopter drop' was first US. against Indian offshore bank ulation that the Federal 69,000 for buying and Rs that throwing the money out Mumbai, Kolkata and (MAG) comprising officers of the window, or targeted proposed as an alternative to Rajan, known for his frank Chennai to mofussil locations from various central inves - account holders named in the Reserve is still on track to 70,000 for selling of 100 quantitative easing by the views on domestic and global Panama papers. boost US interest rates this pieces. cheques to beneficiaries will like that in Haryana's Sirsa, tigative agencies like the be politically feasible in noted American economist macroeconomic issues, how - Bihar's Muzaffarpur, Madhya Income Tax department, FIU, Milton Friedman way back in ever has been lately seen as Pradesh's Mandsaur and state RBI and Foreign Tax and Tax 1969. However, it became disapproving lower interest capital Bhopal and those in Research (FT and TR) under 7th CPC: Govt to consider minimum monthly popular when Ben Bernanke rates to boost growth, saying North Eastern states. the Central Board of Direct referred to this term in 2002, low rates actually lead to peo - "The International Taxes apart from the Special when he was a Federal ple saving more rather than Consortium of Investigative Investigation Team (SIT) on pay at Rs 24,000; payout to begin from July Reserve Governor. This spending. Journalists (ICIJ) publishes black money reviewing probe NEW DELHI: With that DoP&T is actively today a searchable database in these cases. each passing day, the pic - considering for grant of that strips away the secrecy of Names and addresses put ture of higher monthly one time relaxation for Indians' average wealth soars nearly 2,14,000 offshore enti - up on the website of the body payout for central govern - compassionate appoint - ties created in 21 jurisdic - not only shows identities of ment employees, than ment in Ministry of 400% in 2005-15, says report tions, from Nevada to Hong some individuals and address - what was recommended Defence. He added that NEW DELHI: Average over 100 percent and in Kong and the British Virgin es along with description of by the 7th Pay Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh wealth of an Indian surged by Canada by over 50 percent in Islands. the companies held but also Commission, is emerging has ruled out possibilities 400 percent in 10 years to the same period. "The data, part of the specifies the date of incorpo - clear. of strike to get a better 2015 while that of an One of the major issues that Panama Papers investigation, ration of the firms in some In a meeting with the salary revision under 7th European citizen declined by has deterred wealth creation is the largest ever release of cases. BJP's labour wing Pay Commission. "We are 5 percent during the period, in Europe is migration of information about offshore The database has around Bharatiya Mazdoor not part of those who say says a report by New World wealthy people out of Europe companies and the people 30,000 documents listed with Sangh, Jitendra Prasad, that we will strike"to get a Wealth. (mainly to countries such as behind them. This includes, India links. Union Minister of State better pay hike, added The report said that in USA, Canada, New Zealand, when available, the names of ICIJ said it was releasing for Personnel, Public Kumar. emerging markets such as the Caribbean and Australia). the real owners of those these additional details on Grievances, Pensions, told As per report, the India, China and Vietnam, The global financial crisis opaque structures," the con - names and addresses in "pub - the delegation that gov - tral trade union organiza - employee in the new pay National Joint Council of average wealth has gone up in 2008 and the related hous - sortium said. lic interest" and also to "find ernment would positively tion in India, and claims to matrix is proposed to be Action (NJCA) has decid - by over 400 percent during ing crisis, had also heavily The global body that out who's behind almost look into the demand of have more than 10 million done by multiplying his or ed to serve indefinite the 10-year period (2005-15). impacted on the wealth of brought out last month the 3,20,000 offshore companies the central government members. her basic pay on the date strike notice to the Govt The average European citi - most European citizens. first edition of the 'Panama and trusts from the Panama employees. "The minister The trade union also of implementation by a on 9th June 2016 and to zen is currently worth around Other reasons being, rising Papers', by way of secret off - Papers and the offshore leaks said we will consider the sought increase in the factor of 2.57. commence indefinite USD 86,000. During the past income tax rates, which shore data sourced from a investigations." proposal of minimum pay Multiplication Factor and "We are expecting the strike from 11th July 10 years (2005 - 2015) this deterred new business forma - Panamanian law firm The group said the "new of at 24,000”, Pawan changes in the HRA. notification for implemen - 2016, if the Govt fails to figure has declined by 5 per - tion and loss of jobs to Asia, Mossack Fonseca, said the data that ICIJ is now making Kumar, Regional The 7th CPC under AK tation of the 7th Pay come to a negotiated set - cent. particularly in the manufac - information about a particular public represents a fraction of Organizing Secretary told Mathur had proposed Commission in the last tlement on 7th CPC relat - This compares poorly to turing sector and inability of country could have "dupli - the Panama Papers, a trove of Zee Media Bureau. Multiplication Factor of week of June, and payout ed issues with the JCM other developed markets as certain countries to handle cates" as it reiterated that more than 11.5 million leaked The Bhartiya Mazdoor 2.57, according to which to begin in July", added National Council Staff the average wealth of a person large pension obligations (like "there are legitimate uses for files from the Panama-based Sangh is the largest cen - the fitment of each Kumar. He further assured Side. in Australia has increased by Greece). TRUTH PREVAIL ENTERTAINMENT/HEALTH 6 JAMMU, FRIDAY MAY 13, 2016

Nargis Fakhri who will Deepika Padukone who has media platform. Reason film and this is surely Why Nargis isne xtk be seeen eessapying inbeegn in coanstanwt touch aybein g,f thre acotressm will Agoing tzo beh a treaat forr promotion? the role of former crick - with her fans through be seen using a gun her fans and audiences! eter Azharuddin's sec - her social media has widely in one of the Here is an image of ond wife, Sangeeta, in one more news to crucial sequences in the Deepika training with Balaji Motion Pictures share! climax of the film. Mike. and Sony Pictures The actress has been taking The actress has been infact The last we had seen Networks' Azhar , has training on operating a training with real life Deepika with a gun was been advised bed rest gun for her forthcoming military personnel in Ram Leela, however by her doctors on Hollywood debut! named Mike extensive - this time we would be account of ill health. Deepika who is current - ly for same. The train - witnessing the actor in Exhaustion has taken a toll ly in Toronto shooting ing session has been a completely distinct on the actress, who has for XXX : The Return going on for about 4 to character. been working around Of The Xander Cage 6 weeks, for a few Deepika Padukone, will the clock and promot - has been posting a few hours and Deepika play the role of a ing the film . Nargis sneak peeks for her fans loves every bit of it. huntress named Serena will now have to skip which has her sporting She will be seen sport - in xXx sequel, the film the last leg of the cam - a gun on her social ing a real gun in the starring Deepika paign and the makers Padukone and Vin and her co-stars have Diesel is scheduled to been extremely sup - hit the theaters in 2017. portive and accommo - dating, as they do Is this the new understand that her health is top priority. gimmick of Says a source , "Nargis Veena? despite being unwell Veena Malik, whose has been going all out appearance in the and promoting the Indian TV show 'Bigg film.Her doctors now Boss' sparked a row in have strictly advised Pakistan, is now going rest as she has been to devote herself to the working around the study of Islam. clock .She also had to Dawn News says she will cancel out a couple of do this under the guid - promotional events in ance of Mufti Naeem of Dubai due to ill health madrassah Jamia and has had to now can - Binoria and ensure that cel Delhi. The actress her children also also fainted on the sets receive Islamic educa - of the film's Oye Oye tion. song shoot and has The one-time model and been battling with ill actress, who has spent health for a while. the past few years However, being the abroad, said this to the professional she is she media in Karachi. Her has tried her best to husband and Mufti keep with all her com - Naeem were on her mitments. side. The cast and the crew along "In my two years in with the producers have America, I read a lot of been very understand - literature recommended ing and have told by Junaid Jamshed Nargis to rest and recu - sahib," she said. perate as that's the first "My life was turned upside priority. In the mean - down a while ago and while the team of Azhar my elders cautioned will go ahead with the that it's very hard to promotions but Nargis stay on the right path in added. to relevance when she will have to give the times like this. In 2011, after Veena appeared topless on the last leg of the campaign "Indeed, in the past three appeared on the contro - cover of Indian FHM a skip on account of ill years, I have been versial reality show magazine sporting an health". tempted to stray several "Bigg Boss" hosted by 'ISI' tattoo on her arm. times. Thankfully, I superstar Salman Khan, Over the past few years, New Kickass Babe have had Mufti Naeem, members of the reli - Veena has withdrawn In Town: DP trains Maulana Tariq Jamil gious community in from the public eye and and Junaid Jamshed Pakistan criticized her given birth to two chil - with real soldiers sahib to guide me," she harshly. Veena also shot dren.

Unique Study Tests How Zika Virus Stunts Foetal Drugs To Prevent Salt Room Therapy Beneficial Child Sex Abuse Brain Development STOCKHOLM, SWE - brain," he explained. DEN : "No one would In Asthma Treatment: Doctors The study, published in choose this, it's obvious," NEW DELHI : As deterio - the journal Cell Stem Cell, said Anders who has rating air quality can lead to also showed that inhibiting unwanted sexual thoughts increase in asthma cases, this mechanism reduces about children. health experts have suggested brain cell damage, hinting at He is at the forefront of a salt room therapy as highly a new therapeutic approach unique scientific study beneficial in the treatment of to mitigate the effects of underway in Sweden to see the respiratory illness. prenatal Zika virus infec - if drugs can prevent pae - According to them, salt tion. dophiles from acting on room therapy has been tested "The good news is that we their urges. in various parts of the world. It have TLR3 inhibitors that Anders, who agreed to be is completely natural and can can stop this from happen - interviewed using a pseu - donym, says he has never provide symptomatic relief to ing," Mr Rana pointed out. patients suffering from respira - This new research has abused children but sought help because he knew his tory problems. been conducted only in "Dangerously high level of human and mouse cells sexual fantasies were "not normal". He hopes the pollution has taken a toll on NEW YORK: stem cells need to specialise growing in the laboratory the respiratory health of the thus far. ground-breaking trial will Researchers have discov - into brain cells and turns on halt his "improper" urges. people. Not just older people ered how hijacking a human genes that trigger cell sui - In addition, the Zika virus strain used in this study At Stockholm's and children, but youths and immune molecule the Zika cide. When the researchers Karolinska Institute, apparently healthy people are virus infection in pregnant inhibited TLR3, brain cell (MR766) originated in Uganda, while the current patients like Anders who also falling prey to rising pol - women can stunt neonatal damage was reduced. have sought help for pae - lution. Treatment like Salt brain development, leading "We all have an innate Zika outbreak in Latin America involves a slightly dophile fantasies, but have Room Therapy which is a nat - to babies born with abnor - immune system that evolved not acted on them, are ural form of treatment can pro - mally small heads -- a con - specifically to fight off different strain that originat - ed in Asia. being given a drug normal - vide symptomatic relief to the dition known as micro - viruses, but here the virus ly used to treat advanced cephaly. turns that very same defence "We used this 3D model patients," said Animesh Ray, of early human brain devel - prostate cancer to deter - Consultant Pulmonologist at Using a 3D, stem cell- mechanism against us," said mine if it reduces the risk of based model of a first- senior study author Tariq opment to help find one Fortis Vasant Kunj. salt particles after reaching the therapy is it normalizes the and said: "Salt room therapy is mechanism by which Zika them sexually abusing a Explaining the therapy, Dr trimester human brain, the Rana, professor of pediatrics child. nose and the respiratory tract passage of air through the a drug-free treatment for asth - team discovered that Zika at University of California, virus causes microcephaly Ray said that patients are remove all debris and bacteria. bronchial tubes, leading to ma, chronic bronchitis, sinusi - in developing foetuses, but "The goal is to establish a activates TLR3, a molecule San Diego school of medi - preventive treatment pro - asked to relax in a room with They also help in the abate - widening of the airway pas - tis, allergic and skin ailments. I human cells normally use to cine. we anticipate that other walls thickly lined with salt. ment of bronchial inflamma - sages and restoring the normal am hopeful that this initiative researchers will now also gramme for men with pae - defend against invading "By activating TLR3, the dophiliac disorder that is Light air is continuously tion and strengthening of the transport of mucus and unclog - will not just help people with viruses. Zika virus blocks genes that use this same scalable, blown into the room, helping reproducible system to both effective and tolerable immune system that decreases ging blockages in the bronchi, respiratory and skin conditions In turn, hyper-activated tell stem cells to develop so that we can prevent child the minute salt particles mix in allergic reaction to pollen. thereby helping control asth - but will offer them an effective TLR3 turns off genes that into the various parts of the study other aspects of the infection and test potential sexual abuse from happen - the air which is breathed by the Varsa, another city based matic attacks. drug free treatment option to therapeutics," Mr Rana ing in the first place," psy - patient. respiratory expert, said the Agreed, Anju Chandra, fight the rising pollution all added. chiatrist and lead researcher According to doctors, the basic science behind the salt founder of Salt Room Therapy, around us." Being A Foodie Can Christoffer Rahm told AFP. Actually Keep You Lean LONDON: Personal belief the University of Liverpool in about food addiction can influ - Britain. ence how much we eat: Study "This appears to be because Do you perceive yourself to be the perception of being a food a foodie? If yes, chances are addict made them concerned WNASeHIwNGT OMN: aAln arIin athi s Vtriaal, crescearichners e VaMccinea; y32 Ppartriciepanvts epnantst, a nId tnheref weerec not sieroi - n For Over One Year that you may end up influenc - about their eating behaviour," experimental malaria vac - assessed if protection could served as controls and were ous adverse events attributed ing the amount of your intake Ruddock added. cine protected healthy adults last for five months to a year. not vaccinated. to vaccination. as well as decrease the risk of The team examined the from infection for more than "Malaria remains one of Vaccine recipients were Additional results showed becoming obese, often attrib - impact of changing partici - a year in a clinical trial in the most devastating diseases divided into several groups that antibodies may play a uted to an addiction to food, pants' personal food addiction US, an advance that may in the world, especially to assess the roles of the role in malaria protection finds new research. According beliefs on eating behaviour, in help control and ultimately among young children in route of administration, dose, early after the final immuni - to researchers, when the study two separate studies. eradicate the deadly disease. Africa," said Anthony S and number of immunisa - sation, but inducing T cells participants were told that they Women completed a series Researchers at the Fauci, director of the US tions in conferring short- and in the liver is likely neces - were great food addicts, they of computer tasks about food. University of Maryland con - National Institute of Allergy long-term protection against sary for durable protection. tend to consume fewer calories On completion, they were ducted the clinical evaluation and Infectious Diseases malaria. "It is now clear that than those who were told they given bogus feedback on their of the vaccine, which (NIAID). The results showed that administering the PfSPZ had low or average score. performance which indicated involved immunisation and "A malaria vaccine that the PfSPZ Vaccine provided Vaccine intravenously con - Further, they also reported that they had high low, or aver - exposing adults to the malar - provides long-term protec - malaria protection for more fers long-term, sterile protec - greater concern about their age levels of food addiction. ia-causing parasite tion is urgently needed to than one year in 55 per cent tion in a small number of eating behaviour, which in Their intake of unhealthy Plasmodium falciparum (P reduce mortality and elimi - of people without prior participants, which has not turn, reduced the amount of foods (chocolate and crisps) falciparum). nate transmission. This study malaria infection. been achieved with other time they spent tasting the was then measured in a taste The PfSPZ Vaccine, is is an encouraging step for - In those individuals, the current vaccine approaches," foods. "Our research found test. "Our study is first to show composed of live, but weak - ward in our goal to control PfSPZ Vaccine appeared to said Robert A Seder, from that participants who believed that personal beliefs about ened P falciparum sporo - and ultimately eradicate confer sterile protection, NIAID. Long-term, reliable themselves to be 'food addicts' food addiction can influence zoites - the early develop - malaria," Fauci said. meaning the individuals protection is important for reduced the amount of time how much we eat. Further mental form of the parasite. The Phase 1 trial enrolled would be protected against people who are vaccinated they were exposed to work with a larger sample Previous research showed 101 healthy adults aged 18 to disease and could not further but not exposed to malaria unhealthy foods and ate less as group and over a longer time the PfSPZ Vaccine to be 45 years who had never had transmit malaria. for months, such as travellers a result," according to Helen period is now needed," highly protective three malaria. Of these volunteers, The vaccinations were also and military personnel, Ruddock, doctoral student at Ruddock said. weeks after immunisation. 59 received the PfSPZ well-tolerated among partici - researchers said. NATIONAL/STATE TRUTH PREVAIL 7 JAMMU, FRIDAY MAY 13, 2016 Uttrakhand defeat a warning President’s Rule lifted, States hesitant to acknowledge call for BJP: SS JAMMU: Shiv Sena Dr. Jatinder Singh and Rawat to be CM again drought : SC (Bala Sahib Thackery) other so called stalwarts of NEW DELHI: Making a NEW DELHI: The today said that defeat of BJP. He said that BJP party “graceful” exit from Supreme Court said on BJP at Uttrakhand is a is now also start ditching Uttarakhand, the Centre con - Wednesday that Bihar, warning sign for party. its own friends because of ceded on Wednesday in the Gujarat and Haryana were While addressing hun - majority in Lok Sabha. He Supreme Court that deposed hesitant to even acknowledge, dereds of party workers at make a scathing attack on Chief Minister Harish Rawat let alone address, a drought or party headquaters SS state BJP that all days are not won the trust vote conducted a drought-like situation. They President Dimpy Kohli Sundays and party must on May 10. President’s rule in had not disclosed the full along with Sandeep amend its way of working. the State was revoked later in facts about the conditions pre - Bhagat, Rajan Gupta, Raj Dimpy said that BJP must the day. The Centre said Mr. vailing in their States. Singh, Narinder Dev rule the country according Rawat, who had led the It was hearing a PIL filed Chunni, MM Nagotra said to the law of the land and Congress-led government by Swaraj Abhiyan seeking that BJP is living in fools must think itself as King of before his ouster on March relief for drought-hit regions paradise and is ruling the the whole world. He said 27, is to be restored as CM the in the country. party in a dictorial way that BJP must take lesdon very moment President’s rule In the case of Bihar, the He said that BJP must do from Uttrakhand defeat is revoked. “You can wait at Court said, two definite con - introspection with this and will work like a demo - the gate. The moment it is clusions could be arrived at. September 2015 in 19 of the were facing a moderate or defeat and on this defeat of cratic party before some - revoked, go in and take First, the information provid - 38 districts in Bihar and the mild drought as on 30th BJP whole world is laugh - thing will happen again charge,” Attorney-General we set aside the disqualifica - claimed on May 27 morning ed by the State did not reflect situation got progressively September, 2015. ing upon Narendra Modi, and brings shame for the Mukul Rohatgi told Mr. tion of the MLAs in the and the MLAs were disquali - the ground situation in dis - worse. If the coverage for the “Under the circumstances, Amit Shah , Arun Jaitely, party leadership. Rawat’s lawyers in an aside future, there will have to be fied in the evening. tricts or tehsils or blocks. entire State in this period was it appears to us that there is during the court hearing. another floor test,” Justice “Once the President’s rule Instead, it was intended to considered, the deficit would more than sufficient material The offer from Mr. Misra observed. has set in, the Speaker had no reflect the position in the be 27 per cent. By October to suggest that there is a per - Kranti Dal serves seven day Rohatgi came even before a Challenges disqualifica - power to disqualify these nine entire State. “We have already 30, the deficit grew to 31 per ceptible threat of a mild or Bench of Justices Dipak tion MLAs,” Mr. Sharma said, mentioned that drought con - cent. moderate drought in some ultimatum to CAPD Misra and S.K. Singh opened The court proceedings saying his client could not ditions may exist in a taluka, The area under sowing was districts, tehsils or blocks of JAMMU: Kranti Dal has need ration and not bhashan the sealed cover containing took an interesting turn when bring this point to the atten - tehsil or block, but not neces - considerable during June and Bihar. The unfortunate part of asked the CAPD depart - of the politicians and the results of the floor test. one of the disqualified MLAs, tion of the court as she was sarily in the entire district or July, 2015, but the status of the exercise undertaken by us ment to streamline the bureaucrats and wondered The Attorney-General’s open Shaila Rani Rawat, stood up fighting the Uttarakhand for - State and that is why micro the Kharif crop thereafter was is that Bihar is in a state of ration distribution in whether these were the so admission of Mr. Rawat’s 33- to challenge the Speaker’s est fire. Though it asked Ms. level information should be not disclosed. Was it is wilt - denial,” said the court. About ing due to deficit rain and low Gujarat, the Court said its Jammu city within one called "Achey Din" for 28 victory against the BJP in powers to disqualify her. Ms. Rawat “why did you not come considered.” the trust vote won him plau - Second, it was quite clear moisture or was there an ade - affidavit and contentions week or face the heat of the which Jammuites had voted Rawat, represented by advo - before us with this point,” the dits from senior advocates cate Manohar Lal Sharma, Bench dismissed her writ that there was deficit rainfall quate network of canals, raised an important issue — people saying Kranti Dal BJP to power. Kapil Sibal and Abhishek said President’s rule was pro - petition. for the period June to ponds and bore wells? Also should continued importance activists would resort to He said that it was for the Manu Singhvi for being the Normalised Difference be given to the traditional massive protests all over first time since “very, very fair.” Vegetation Index (NDVI) in method of drought assess - the city if people don't get Independence that people ‘Wedded to democracy’ August 2015 was generally ment by following the ration immediately. were not getting ration The Bench, granting the Coalition committed to develop Jammu as good in most areas, except for ‘annewari’ system, rather than Kranti Dal president adding the depots some - Centre liberty to revoke some parts of Bihar. The situ - rainfall deviation? The manu - Pritam Sharma in a state - times bring wheat some - President’s rule, recorded in ation at the end of September al prepared by Government of independent tourist destination : PDP 2015 and thereafter was not India would like to discard ment has said that CAPD times rice but never distrib - its order that the “Centre is JAMMU: Hailing Chief to have darshan of the holy people will take benefit of wedded to democracy.” Minister, Mehbooba Mufti shrine Mata Vaishno Devi, this historic welfare initia - known. The Moisture the ‘annewari’ system, but department was adopting a ute like it used to be distrib - Adequacy Index (MAI) for Gujarat continued to hold on “It is clear from the news for initiating concrete steps the present government is tive of the present regime. casual approach for the uted earlier. that an orderly voting took Bihar showed that large areas to it. most essential needs of the Sharma said that if the place in the Assembly on May to explore tourism potential working on a plan to divert “This government is car - people adding citizens have BJP leadership continues to 10. It is clear that Respondent in this region, Peoples these pilgrims towards other rying forward the welfare MEA awaiting ED’s advice on not been given any ration play deaf to the miseries of 1 [Rawat] won a majority. We Democratic Party (PDP) tourist destinations to agenda initiated by the per - for the past 90 days and the Jammuites they will will revoke the order of today said that coalition improve socio-economic vious coalition government next action against Mallya served an ultimatum of face the music in next elec - proclamation of President’s government is committed to conditions of the people”, headed by Mufti NEW DELHI: External remain in that country. seven days to the depart - tions and reminded them rule today itself and this develop Jammu region as he said. Mohammad Sayeed”, he Affairs Ministry on Thursday “At the same time the UK ment to either start distrib - that Jammuites were watch - assurance is from the highest independent tourist destina - Listing various revolu - said and pointed out that said it was awaiting acknowledges the seriousness quarters,” Mr. Rohatgi sub - uting ration or face the ing their actions as they had tion. Party observed that tionary steps being taken by during the last one month Enforcement Directorate’s of the allegations and is keen mitted at the very beginning Jammu region has huge Chief Minister, Mehbooba this government has taken “advice” on the next steps to to assist the Government of protests. voted them to power with of the hearing. Sharma said that people great hopes. potential of developing as Mufti for the last one some major initiatives as a be taken to get back Vijay India. Second floor test a possi - Mallya from the United They have asked GoI to bility: SC most important tourist desti - month, Sardar Rangil Singh part of its response to the nation of the country. said that the Chief Minister marginalized, disadvan - Kingdom, which has refused consider requesting mutual SMVD College of Nursing organises awareness The Supreme Court Bench to deport the liquor baron legal assistance or extradi - of Justices Dipak Misra and Addressing one day con - has been working assidu - taged and other sections of charged with money launder - tion,” it had conveyed to the S.K. Singh on Wednesday vention of Jammu rural and ously to address grievances the society. “Addressing ing. Indian government. programme on International Nurses' Day clarified that the petition filed Samba district, vice presi - of the people. “With in grievances of marginalized KAKRYAL: To celebrate strated the cardio-pulmonary Giving details of the India had on April 28 asked by former Uttarakhand Chief dent of the PDP, Sardar tenure of just one month, lot is priority the govern - response of the British govern - the UK authorities to deport the International Nurses' resuscitation technique to the Minister Harish Rawat on the Rangil Singh said that dur - Mehbooba Mufti has ment”, he said. ment, which has asked India to Mallya, whose Indian passport Day, the Principal of Shri visiting students who larger question of the consti - ing the last one month, proved that she has zeal and President Mahila Wing request for the fugitive busi - was revoked in a bid to secure tution-ality of proclamation of Mata Vaishno Devi College showed keen interest and Chief Minister has taken commitment to ameliorate Vijaya Dogra, nessman’s extradition, MEA his presence for taking forward of Nursing, Kakryal, organ - demonstrated their first aid President’s rule on March 27 Spokesperson Vikas Swarup the investigation against him would be kept alive and judi - effective steps to develop socio-economic conditions Spokesperson Ved Mahajan, ised an awareness pro - skills on mannequins. spots in the border areas to of the people”, he said and Sr leaders T S Bajwa, Shanti said, the U.K. government has under the Prevention of Money gramme for the students of Later, the students and cially reviewed. conveyed that as per its law it Laundering Act 2002. The court would also sepa - develop border tourism on added that Chief Minister Devi, Daman Bhasin, Ch Government Higher their teachers visited Shri cannot deport Mallya but A non-bailable warrant has rately hear the pending peti - the pattern of Wagha border. has proved herself as an Hussain Ali Waffa, V C crown prosecution services also been issued against Secondary School, Panthal, Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana tions of nine dissident “It was dream of late Mufti efficient and effective J&K Advisory Board for here today. Superspeciality Hospital. Dr. would be ready to discuss the Mallya. Congress MLAs who had Mohammad Sayed to devel - administrator. SCs Bhushan Dogra, Fallail key issues to consider (request Following the UK’s refusal XII class students accom - (Brig) Man Mohan Harjai, challenged their disqualifica - op some points on “The PDP-BJP coalition Singh, Surjeet Kour, for extradition) with the Indian to deport Mallya, Finance panied by 5 of their teachers Chief Administrative Officer, tion by the Speaker for International Border (IB) on government is working with District Jammu Rural High Commission. Minister Arun Jaitley had said ‘horse-trading.’ were taken around by Dr. SMVDNSH, accompanied the pattern of Wagha border commitment and dedication President F C Bhagat, “Now we await the advice India will now have to initiate Shailla Cannie, Principal of them and explained to them It had refused to stay their of Enforcement Directorate on extradition proceedings after a disqualification, due to which to attract tourists from dif - to accelerate developmental President District Samba Dr the College, to various wings the latest technological ferent parts of the country”, activities in the State”, he Harmesh Salathia, all zonal the next steps,” Swarup said. charge sheet is filed to bring of the Nursing College. The equipments for various tests they were unable to vote in The U.K., in its response on back the embattled tycoon to the decisive apex court- Mr Singh recalled and said. presidents of both the dis - faculty of the College as well other state-of-the-art May 5 to India’s request for face money laundering charges ordered floor test. Had they hailed Chief Minister Exhorting the workers to tricts, Satpal Singh Charak, the deportation of Mallya, had as also to recover Rs 9,400 informed the students about diagnostic and treatment voted, the numbers would Mehbooba Mufti to carry - educate the people about Rajender Manhas, several important matters equipments which are avail - said that under the 1971 crore loans extended by a con - have favoured the BJP in the ing forward that agenda welfare schemes like Mufti Sukhwinder Singh, R K Immigration Act, it does not sortium of banks to his now relating to health, hygiene, able at this 230-bed Assembly in the trust vote. while mentioning towards Mohammad Sayeed Food Bali and others addressed require an individual to hold a defunct Kingfisher Airlines on sanitation and proper hand Superspeciality Hospital. The court indicated that in interest being shown by Entitlement Scheme (MMS - the convention. valid passport in order to which he has defaulted. case it decides the petitions in washing techniques. The Nursing College, Chief Minister in develop - FES) to supplement the Dr. (Brig) Man Mohan Kakryal, is scheduled to favour of the disqualified MLAs, a second floor test ing Baba Chamlayal and National Food Security Act Harjai, Administrator, commence the first session Suchetgarh as tourist points (NFSA), Mr Singh it is duty College of Nursing, demon - in July 2016. may be a possibility. “If this man [Rawat] becomes Chief on IB. “Lakh and lakhs of to party workers to ensure Charak Chairs first meeting of Purnima constitutes BJP Minister now and supposing pilgrims visit Jammu region that deserving and needy Gen Zorawar Singh rifle club Mahila Morcha team JAMMU: To encourage JAMMU: BJP Mahila Publicity Secretary and the Art & Science of Morcha State President Poonam Sharma is State Ten day Tribal & SC Children's Marksmanship throughout Purnima Sharma, in consul - Additional Publicity the Jammu & Kashmir State tations with BJP State Secretary. President & MLA Sat Pooja Kapoor is State theatre workshop Concluded particularly among civilian Sharma (C.A) and Morcha Media Secretary and Sonia group spoke on the occa - population, as a healthy Incharge Munish Sharma, Koul is State Additional sion that The Sangram sport, Gen. Zorawar Singh today constituted State team Media Secretary. Mrs Bhan Theatre group sure to pro - Rifle Club affiliated to of Mahila Morcha. and Neeru Sharma have vide platform time to time Shakuntla Gupta, Neelam been nominated as Social for the budding talent artist Jammu & Kashmir Rifle Nargotra, Updesh Andotra, Media Secretaries. to fly high in the field of Association had its first Tundup Dolma, Haleema, Advisory Board comprise Theatre, Art, Music and meeting in Dogra Monika Khosla, Sharda and of Raj Rani Jamwal, Kamla dance. Educational Complex at Bari Sunita Gupta have been Gupta, Sushma Manhas, Headmaster Onkar Brahmana. nominated as State Vice- Usha Sharma, Sureshta Singh Thakur spoke on Presidents. Jamwal, Sheela Handoo, concluding function that Thakur Gulchain Singh Sanjita Dogra, Veenu Pushpa Wazir and Pushpa. the aim at showcasing The Charak, Former Minister & Khanna and Anju Dogra Those nominated as State cultural heritage of the the President of the Club in informed that a state of the Joint Secretary, Mr. Anupam region and traditional form have been nominated as Executive Members include his opening remarks thanked art 10M Shooting Range for Singh Sambyal - Member, State General Secretaries. Veena, Vandhana, Babu of cultural performance Shri Dilbagh Singh, IPS, Raffia Syed, Bindu Bali, Guman, Kamla Gupta, was beauty fully presented Pistol and Rifle shooting is Mrs. Bela Thakur - Member, Neena Sharma, Usha Vaishno Devi, Seema Devi, by the participants artists Addl. DGP & President of coming up in the Dogra Mrs. Ruchi Charak - Slathia, Neena Gupta, Kunti Ram Pyari, Swarna Arora, and also thanks the Jammu & Kashmir Rifle Educational Complex in col - Member, Mr. Rajesh Virdi- Jasrotia, Anu Gupta and Kailash, Vanita Arora, Asha JAMMU: Ten days the participants. The story Sangam theatre Group and Association for granting the laboration with Sports Craft Member (JKRA), Mr. Sharat Monika Sharma have been Rani, Rani Mattu, Sharda State cultural Academy for Tribal & SC Children's the - of the play was again dealt club affiliation to promote Inc. The club shall provide Chander Singh - Member nominated as State Parihar, Radha Sharma, atre workshop was con - with the theme of female organized such type of pro - shooting as a sport in the Secretaries. Kamini Gupta, Jyoti, cluded at Govt. High infanticide. The play, a col - gramme in this school for National Coaches to train the (JKRA), , Mrs. Anita Bhatia - Neeru Anand is State Abhinash, Swarna Gupta, School Talwara. The work - lage of many illustrations the benefit of upcoming state and further informed youth from schools and col - Member & Hony. Subedar Treasurer and Rekha Mrs Rathore, Puja Chouhan, shop was organized by from mythology, ends with artists . Besides, dignified that the local population in leges, in addition to the other Maj. Darshan Lal - Member Mahajan is Co-Treasurer. Shashi Gupta, Raksha Sangam theatre group an interesting turn of people from civil society the area is gifted with special civilian populations who can also put up various plans & Bimla Padha is State Jerath, Amita Sharma, Reasi with help of J&K events. Due to mindless were also present on this traits to achieve excellence in Office Secretary and Suresh Rani Jamwal, Savitri seek membership of the club. proposals to create this club Akademy of Art, culture female infanticide, a stage occasion included Panch, the upcoming sports of Rifle Sushma Gupta is State Sharma, Neelam Gupta, and languages Jammu. Sh comes in the society when Serpanch, students Other office bearers of as a Centre of Excellence at Additional Office Secretary. Vidhushi,Kanta Devi, Vidya Mohd Rafiq Sarpanch due to very less number of Teachers, Parents wit - & Pistol shooting in our Gen. Zorawar Singh Rifle grass root level to encourage Sonia Gupta is State Devi and Chand Bhagat. Kheral was the chief guest girls in the society the nessed the performance country. He cited the exam - Club, Brigadier M.S Jamwal sports of shooting in J&K, on the concluded function. tables turn on the boys of and appreciated. During ple of Sh. Chain Singh, son (Retd.) - Vice President, Ms. since Jammu & Kashmir the workshop days, not Trupti Desai enters Haji Ali dargah, serves 15-day while Sh. Onkar Singh marriageable age. Now of the soil from Doda, who Uma Katal- Vice President, Rifle Association has already Thakur Headmaster was they are being evaluated by only the learners but par - has done our country proud ultimatum to trustees to allow women presided over the function, girls, mothers for their ticipants was infused with Kr. Samar Dev Singh Charak scheduled 7th J&K State NEW DELHI: gah on Thursday morning. About fifty students Boys skills in cooking washing the glittering atmosphere in Asian Games 2014, and he - Gen. Secretary, Kr. shooting championship-2016 Bhumata Ranragini As opposed to the last time & Girls participated in the and other hold chores. of theatre activity in the is a big hope for Rio Gambhir Dev Singh Charak - in General Zorawar Singh Brigade leader Trupti she tried to enter the dar - workshop included Asha The experts of the work - school. Olympics. He further Treasure, Mr. S.C. Khajuria - Rifle Club in August, 2016. Desai on Thursday visited gah on April 28, when she Kumari, Gulnaz, Khalida shop was Shadab Khan, the Haji Ali dargah in was accompanied by a Begum, Mumtaz Bibi, Anil k. Bharti, Bodh Raj NEW DELHI: BJP leader country,” he told reporters in short-term lending rate from Mumbai and left after large group of supporters, Sheena, Shahnaz Bano, Menia, Anam Khan Subramanian Swamy on Parliament House. The 7.25 per cent to 8 per cent and offering prayers. She she only had three mem - Asmat, Ranu, Shupali, ,Rajesh Ajnabi , Akram Thursday suggested that Governor’s actions have “led had retained the high rates entered the shrine along bers of her Brigade with Jyoti, Ayana,Sapna, Pooja, Khan and Rohit Kumar Rajan unfit Reserve Bank Governor to collapse of industry and throughout 2014. He kept the with some women devo - her this time. Rekha, Kamlesh, Preeti, who covered all the ele - Raghuram Rajan be removed rise of unemployment in the rates high, citing inflationary tees in line with proper "Ms Desai visited the Anjali, Nazia, Sakshi, mentary knowledge of the - from the post as he was economy”, he said. “The concerns despite intense pres - procedure and stopped just dargah at 6:00 am on Anjuman, Mashu, Nitu, atre viz Direction, writing to be RBI responsible for “unemploy - sooner he is sent back to sure from the Finance short of the inner sanctum, Thursday and left after Zarina, Anjana Priya, of play scripts, designing ment and collapse” of indus - Chicago, the better it would Ministry and the industry for as is the custom for women offering prayers. There is Zaffar, Altaf, Jawad, of play, acting, stage art trial activity. “In my opinion, be.” Mr. Rajan is the on-leave softening them with a view to at the dargah. Senior already security at the dar - Karamat, Mohd Asmail, and crafts, confidences, set Governor: RBI Governor is not appropri - Professor of Finance at the boosting growth. The Mumbai Police officials gah and we also deployed Khalida, Noshian, and designing, body move - ate for the country. I don’t University of Chicago’s Governor began the process said Ms. Desai contacted some extra personnel," Parveen. ments and other aspects of want to speak much about Booth School of Business. of lowering the rates in them on Wednesday and said Joint Commissioner On the concluding day the drama. Swamy him. He has hiked interest After assuming charge as RBI January 2015 and since then it informed them that she of Police (Law and Order) A play "Beti Bachao Beti M. Akram Khan rates in the garb of controlling governor in September 2013, has come down by 1.50 per should be visiting the dar - Deven Bharti. Padhao" was performed by Director Sangram Theatre inflation that has damaged the Mr. Rajan gradually raised the cent to 6.50 per cent. TRUTH PREVAIL 8 STATE JAMMU, FRIDAY MAY 13, 2016 RR conducts Congress always took landmark steps to Modi Govt fails to stop rising talent hunt competition uplift poor sections of society: Bhalla prices : JWAM TP CORRESPONDENT TP CORRESPONDENT TP CORRESPONDENT of the family is being given. JAMMU, MAY 12 : The JAMMU, MAY 12 : JAMMU, MAY 12 : The Dimple said on one hand Rashtriya Rifles in a major Former Minister and senior shav yatra funeral procession the Govt is not giving sugar effort to nurture the young Congress leader Raman on The Janipur Ampalla high and atta in the Jammu city talent in rural areas conduct - Bhalla has said that PDP-BJP court road of the NDA govt and on the other hand every ed a `Talent Hunt ' competi - government has utterly failed taken out in protest against day the the Director CAPD tion for children from eight to fulfill basic necessities of the failure to control the ris - employees are black market - schools at Bagga in Mahore common man in state. ing prices, no return of aschey ing atta ration sugar, kerosene tehsil with the aim of giving Addressing a large gathering din as committed during the oil every day. a platform to the young of public at Bhour Camp in parliament elections by this He said thousands of litters minds to showcase their tal - Gandhi Nagar constituency BJP Prime Minister Narinder kerosene oil, 118 bags of ent apart from getting an today, former Minister today Modi. sugar and quintals of CAPD opportunity to learn by inter - said that coalition partners The protesters raised slo - atta seized by police in the action with their counterparts have dismayed and disap - gans against the Narinder raids in jammu region and in from other schools. pointed their respective elec - Modi led NDA govt and Doda Kishtwar districts. torate besides exposing their Photo by Uttam Photo by Ajay A total of 147 students in union CAPD food and supply He demanded the Govt to the different age group par - hallow and false commitment minister burnt in protest they will get the share of He demanded to exempt immediately solve the sugar to their slogans always used and a betrayal of the people, youth who have fallen victim ticipated in various competi - particularly the poor, disad - to drug abuse and narcotics against the rising prices for no black money fifteen lacks in the VAT and sale tax on the supply and alleged the Govt tion like painting, drawing, by them to hoodwink the peo - kerosene oil, atta supplied on their accounts. sale of petrol diesel in the has also stopped the sugar ple. Bhalla said that the gov - vantaged and the unem - due to frustration and unem - essay writing, poetry, debate ployed. This government till ployment, Bhalla added. the ration depots, black-mar - He said the Narinder Modi country. He said the prices of supply on the Govt ration and extempore speech. ernance failures writ large in keting of the ration, sugar govt is going to complete two petrol and diesel has depots. almost every field, adding to now has singularly lacked the Speaking on the worst The students were also vision to galvanize economic power scenario in state, bags, kerosene oil by the years in PM office and the increased the prices of all the He said the people are exposed to a plethora of fun the miseries of each and every CAPD employees, is at peak prices of the essential com - commodities. without ration on depots for section of the society. The growth and has chosen Bhalla said that Govt should filled activities like `Tug of instead to create a smoke - give high priority to the in the director CAPD office modities edible oils, dals, He said the petroleum min - the last so many months in the War' making the event a government has failed to Jammu. vegetables, pulses prices have ister and the NDA govt jammu region and city. ensure delivery at the basic screen making boastful development of power memorable one for the par - claims," said Bhalla. resources of the State and to Addressing the protesters increased so high, behind the should look in to this and He alleged no kerosene oil ticipants apart from present - levels like availability of Sunil Dimple president reach of the common man. reduce the petrol diesel prices is being supplied on the ration, power, health, educa - Former Minister raised the extend the benefit of electrici - ing lectures on environmen - demands of the people of the ty to all villages of the State. Jammu west assembly move - He said it has become diffi - in the country. depots for the last four tal preservation and preven - tion sector & unemployment ment said the NDA govt has cult for the common man to Dimple alleged only one months and the quantity of oil besides rehabilitation of flood area complaining about the The State Government should tion of water borne diseases lack of rations of prescribed ask the Central Government badly failed to control the ris - earn his lively hood for the man in the country the Prime has also been reduced, from 5 to the students on the occa - affected people and the farm - ing prices in the country and family. Minister Modi is happy and litters to 3 litters per ration ers. The employees of differ - scale for the past several to ensure that the power gen - sion. The event was conduct - months and failure of govern - eration in the State should be particularly in our Jammu He alleged the economy of enjoying the full luxuries life card. ed with aim to encourage ent categories including Kashmir state. the finance ministry, the all foreign tours. He asked his He also warned the CAPD teachers, daily wagers, casual ment to provide basic ameni - available to the maximum students in the art of public ties to people. Speaking on extent possible for meeting Dimple said the prime min - finance minister Arun Jaitly is foreign tour expenditures ministry to check the black speaking as well as giving and need based workers and ister Narinder Modi has failed totally failed as there is no should be made public. marketing of sugar, atta, other such categories of peo - the occasion, Bhalla said that the needs of the State. Special them opportunity to portray Government should make sin - emphasis must be laid on pro - to return Aschey Din in the flow of money in the market Dimple coming down ration and the kerosene oil by their talent. Prizes were ple are regularly seen on state and country as commit - and all business man and the heavily on the CAPD min - his CAPD employees in the protests for their just and gen - cere efforts to ensure that vision of basic minimum awarded in presence of every nook and corner receive needs such as provision of ted by him during elections consumer are in great prob - istry of the BJP-PDP govt and state and particularly in the teachers, students, parents uine demands. This kind of that he will control the rising lem. the directorate Jammu Jammu region. situation has disappointed an equitable share of safe drinking water, sanita - and officials from the civil resources available for devel - tion, rural roads, primary prices in hundred 100 days Dimple said the prices of alleged that govt announced Dimple said no flying administration and Army. every common man who are and will bring back black petrol diesel are so low in the to give atta 10 kg per member squads of the CAPD are visi - already facing the brunt of opment. It should make sin - health care and elementary The local populace cere efforts to ensure that the education and school build - money from Swiss banks. international market but in but no atta is being given and ble to check the rising prices, thanked the Army for such sky rocketing prices of all The people of the country our country and state is being the govt is giving only three 3 hoarders and the black mar - essential commodities and backlog of development and ings, Bhalla demanded. event gave an opportunity to employment at the regional Former Minister remarked should accounts in banks and sold on the much higher rates. Kg ration atta to the members keters. the students. items of daily use. Former Minister said that BJP-PDP and district levels is made that the people in cities and coalition government in the good within a specified time towns are provided with low Ford India Introduces EcoSport State has failed in all fronts. frame. Bhalla strongly main - voltage and erratic power sup - SKUAST-Jammu People of all walks of life tained that Congress has plies, the people living in in a Trendy 'BlackEdition' including farmers, border res - always given top priority to rural and far flung areas are idents, students, employees the preparation of an employ - without electricity that too at a Campus Goes Wi-Fi TP CORRESPONDENT bezel, black roof rails & ment oriented medium term time when the power supplies JAMMU, MAY 12 : Roof cross bars. and small and medium level Dr. Manish Sharma, Nodal traders are suffering due to the development plan laying par - are needed more to cope-up officer NKN & Data Centre on Ford India today introduced Packed with outstanding opportunistic attitude of both ticular emphasis on the devel - with the hot humid weather. the launching of Wi-Fi servic - a trendy 'Black Edition' of power and unmatched qual - BJP and PDP. He said that opment of agriculture, horti - He further said due to care - es briefed the university its capable compact SUV ity, Ford EcoSport will con - Congress party is the only culture, handicrafts, tourism, less attitude of Government information technology, food they have failed to pay atten - administration about availabil - Ford EcoSport to further tinue to dominate the com - unifying force which would enhance its sporty and pact SUV segment with its fight for the rights of the peo - processing and environment tion to PHE, Irrigation and ity of dynamic website, which imposing stance. premium styling and several ple of the state and appealed friendly industrial activities. Flood control casual employ - will allow scientists to update The Ford EcoSport 'Black first-in-segment, best-in- party workers to be united and Employment and welfare of ees and ITI Trained as a result the youth should receive spe - the common man is also fac - their information regarding Edition' will be available in class features including: vigilant to expose the PDP- ongoing projects & other BJP coalition government in cial attention. Measures ing hardship due to erratic three variants -- Trend+, Unmatched peak power should be taken to help those water supply. research activities. On the the state and protect the poli - Titanium & Titanium+, -- of 100 PS (73.8 kW) & out - cies and programmes which occasion, Prof. Sharma, Vice- Photo by Bikas Bhagat and sold at prices starting standing fuel economy of were initiated by the Congress PDP condoles death of Zubair Chancellor appreciated the IT from INR 858,500*. It'll be 22.27 km/l with 1.5L TDCi for the welfare of the pluralis - TP CORRESPONDENT with the speed up to 100mpbs activities taken up by the Data sold with a choice of three diesel engine tic, poor & downtrodden sec - Ahmad of Sheeri Baramulla JAMMU, MAY 12 : Sher- at its campus. Prof. Pradeep K. Centre and hoped that the new powertrains -- Ford's trusted Greater choice with tions of the society for which TP CORRESPONDENT Nizamudin Bhat today visit - e-Kashmir University of Sharma, Vice Chancellor, facility will help students and 1.5lTiVCT petrol engine Ford's fun-to-drive Congress has always JAMMU, MAY 12 : ed the family of deceased to remained on the fore-front People Democratic Party convey their condolaces and Agricultural Sciences and SKUAST Jammu, launched faculty members to improve with both manual and auto - 1.5lTiVCT petrol engine Technology of Jammu the Wi-Fi service through matic transmission options, that delivers 112 PS of since independence. (PDP) has expressed shock express sympathies to them. their technology skills. He and grief over the death of a Among others who also 1.5lTDCi diesel engine as power and fuel efficiency of Bhalla further said that (SKUAST-Jammu) added yet National Knowledge dedicated the Central Wi-Fi Congress always took land budding engineer Zubair expressed their grief include well as globally-acclaimed 15.85 km/l another feather to its cap Networks (NKN) at the service to faculty, research mark steps to uplift the down - Ahmad Rather of Sheeri senior party leaders, 1.0lEcoBoost engine. Both five-speed manual launching Wi-Fi connectivity University's Data Centre. scholars and students. He trodden & poor sections of the Baramulla in a road accident Mohammad Dilawar Mir, "Besides an outstanding transmission as well as society and ensured the par - at Chandigarh. Zubair was Fayaz Ahmad Mir, MP; advised for making other cam - value for money proposi - Ford's renowned six-speed ticipation of the deprived sec - the son of Ghulam Hassan Syed Basharat Bukhari, puses of SKUAST Wi-Fi. The tion, the Ford EcoSport con - dual clutch PowerShift tions in every sphere of life Rather a prominent social Minister ; Molvi Imran officers of the university pres - tinues to be admired for its automatic transmission and appealed the people of and political luminary of Raza Ansari, Minister; ent at the launch were Dr. D.P impressive, head-turning Up to six airbags for an different shades of the society Baramulla. Abdul Haq Khan, Hon'ble Abrol, Dean Faculty of design. The new 'Black enhanced level of protection to come under the umbrella of Expressing heartfelt con - Minister; Javaid Hussain dolences with the bereaved Baig, MLA; Mohammad Edition' accentuates for the driver and as well Congress party in order to Agriculture; Dr. K.S Risam, strengthen the social and sec - family, particularly to GH Abass Wani, MLA; Yawar Director Extension; Dr. J.P EcoSport's bold design, giv - passengers ular fabric of the state and Hassan Rather the party Dilawar Mir, MLA; Raja Sharma,Director Research; Dr. ing the compact SUV an SYNC with AppLink, ensure the overall develop - president, Mehbooba Mufti Manzoor, MLA; Deepak Kher, Project even more striking look and Ford's advanced in-car con - ment of each and every sec - has prayed for eternal peace Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Planning and Monitoring a substantial road presence," nectivity system that allows tions of the society. "The gov - to the departed soul. MLC; Chief Coordinators, said Anurag Mehrotra, drivers to stay connected ernment's tenure is marked by Meanwhile Senior pary Mufti Sajjad Hussain, Raja Office; Dr S.K Sen, executive director with their digital lives, gross non-delivery, acknowl - leader and MP Muzaffar Aijaz Ali; Youth President Comptroller. Head of Marketing, Sales & Service along with potentially life - edged failure to fulfill the Hussain Baig along with Waheed Ur Rehman Parra; Divisions of Faculty of at Ford India. saving Emergency promises given to the nation party general secretary and others. Agriculture & Dr ViKas The new 'Black Edition' Assistance Sharma, President SKUAST- will offer aggressive yet Automatic headlamps, TAJ, the technical staff, Dr. sophisticated all-black exte - signature light guide, day - Vibodh Conducts Extensive Komal Bhat, Programmer riors including a black time running lights, electro- Hardware; Pankaj Sharma, grille, black-out moulded chromic mirror, rain sensing Programme Assistant and headlamps, 16-inch black wipers, push button start Tour of Thana Mandi Area Atulya Giri ,Programmer alloy wheels, black mirror and scores of other intuitive TP CORRESPONDENT covers, black fog lamp features. RAJOURI, MAY 12 : BJP Software were also present. senior leader and MLC Vibodh Gupta today conduct - ed a extensive tour of Thana JK emerging as highest spending Mandi area of Rajouri and visited Government High state on tobacco products School ManyalGali and many TP CORRESPONDENT adults in J&K (69.7%) are products through progressive villages in the area. During JAMMU, MAY 12 : With exposed to tobacco smoke at restrictions and to protect the first leg of the tour of nearly 70 percent of adults home, out of which 72.1% non-smokers from passive MLC, he visited Government exposed to tobacco smoke in are men and 66.9% are smoking. Girls High School Jammu and Kashmir, the women. 67.9% of adults are The Tobacco Control Law ManyalGali and interacted state is now emerging as the exposed to tobacco smoke at prohibits smoking in public with the students and teachers highest spending state on workplaces, out of which places, ban on the there. During this interaction tobacco products. 70.6% are men, 61.4% are Advertisement, Promotion many girl students of the "The state's monthly women and 35.2% of adults and Sponsorship of all school raised the issue of a spending on smoking tobac - are exposed to tobacco Tobacco Products and ban on boundary wall for the school. The students informed the co as far outstrips the nation - smoke in public places, out of the sale of tobacco to and by MLC that as their school is al monthly expenditure aver - which 46.1% are men, 23% minors and prohibition on along the main road of the ages. While nationally, smok - are women," the survey sale of tobacco products area, the lack of a boundary ers aged 15 and above spend reveals. within 100 yards of educa - wall for the school is creating Rs 399.20 a month on ciga - According to the Ministry tional institutions. The a lot of problems for the girl rettes and Rs 93.40 on bidis, of Health and Family Welfare implementation of COTPA is students of the school. those in J-K spend Rs 513.60 data, nearly 37% children in best done when the Addressing the students and and Rs 134.20, respectively, India initiate smoking before system/mechanism is institu - staff of the school MLC on these tobacco forms," the the age of 10 and each day, tionalized. Vibodh announced that Local people informed that a to the demands of the local Global Adult Tobacco 5500 children begin tobacco "It is heartening to see that through the convergence of sub district hospital was people MLC assured his full Survey, (GATS) Government use. "The findings of these Government of Jammu and his CDF and MANREGA a announced about seven years support to locals in early of India reveals. studies highlight the need for Kashmir is coming forward good boundary wall will soon ago but this project still has to redressal of their genuine Consequently, health haz - targeted interventions among to protect the health of people be constructed for the school. see the light of the day. Many demands. He announced that Editor, Printer, Publisher & Owner : ards due to passive smoking youth in general and students by supporting COTPA He said that proper education people in the public meetings from his CDF a 400 KV Pooja Gupta are also more in J&K than in particular, especially given enforcement. The state specially for the girl students raised the issue of poor condi - transformer will soon replace is the top priority of the tion of roads of Thana Mandi the existing 250 KV trans - Executive Editor : Manoj Kumar, 94191-93836 (Mob.) elsewhere in the North. the marketing overdrive of should set an example there - Interestingly, the survey the tobacco industry to pro - by banning smoking in public Government and various specially the road stretch former. He further informed between Thana Mandi and the gathering that all the Bureau Chief : Vijay Chandel (Delhi), reveals that 26.6% popula - mote the use of tobacco places, banning tobacco schemes of the Goverment DKG. During this interaction demands raised by the promi - Add:- A-43 Pocket 3-DDA Flats Bindapur Uttam Nagar tion of in Jammu & Kashmir among youth," said Seema advertisements at point of towards this are a indication of the seriousness which of the MLC with local people nent citizens of the area are is using tobacco product in Gupta, Director Programmes sale and banning the sale of New Delhi, 98101-96251 (Mob.) Government accords to this another important issue of very genuine demands and he one or the other of its form. at the Voluntary Health tobacco products near educa - Printed at : M/S G K Offset Printing Press, Roop Nagar, Jammu. issue. low capacity transformer for will raise these issues at the Out of these users 41.6% are Association of India, tional institutions. With all Latter MLC addressed the area was also brought to forthcoming district develop - Published at F-668, Bharat Nagar, Rehari Colony, Jammu. males and 10.3% females. (VHAI). these measures, the public meetings at village the notice of MLC. People ment board meeting at Tele./Fax 0191-2520911 The average age at daily initi - Pertinently, the Cigarettes Government can safeguard ManyalGali and at Thana informed that currently they Rajouri. E-mail: [email protected] ation of tobacco use are 17.3 and Other Tobacco Products the health of the people espe - Mandi. During these public have a 250 KV capacity During this tour of MLC years in adults, 17.5 years in Act (COTPA), Tobacco cially the children and meetings local residents of transformer when the actual Abdul Gani Shawl, *Responsible for the selection of News under the PRB Act males and 14.9 years in Control Act enacted in 2003 women across the state," said the area raised their various requirement is of a 400 KV MishriChoudhary, Ranjeet all the disputes are subject to the execulsive jurisdiction of females. applicable to the entire coun - Afzal Mukhdoomi, issues specially with regard transformer. While address - Tara, Zahid Ahmed and competent Courts and Fourms in Jammu and Kashmir. "It has come to light that try was mainly to discourage Consultant Tobacco control, sub district hospital, bad con - ing the gatherings of the local Amjad Khan accompanied the highest proportion of the consumption of tobacco VHAI. dition of road and electricity. people and while responding the MLC.