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'AAP would find
regional faces as it
expands'
13 grievance calls
received in PRAYAS
Governor inaugurates
workshop on CBCS
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P7 | NATIONAL
Coal scam: Jindal,
Koda, 13 others
summoned as
accused
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Congress Prez
Sonia Gandhi hits
out at PM Modi
New Delhi: Cong Prez Sonia
Gandhi today attacked PM
Narendra Modi, accusing
him of running a govt "of
some people, by one person,
for a select few" by
"centralising" power.
Sharp exchanges
between BJP,
Cong in RS
New Delhi: Sharp exchanges
were witnessed in Rajya
Sabha between members of
the ruling BJP and Congress
after the opposition members
said poor muslim families
were not being rehabilitated
by the Vadodara Municipal
Corporation in Gujarat after
displacing them.
CRPF sends relief
material to Nepal
New Delhi: The CRPF
today sent relief and food
material to Nepal as part of
its initiative to provide
succour to the quakeaffected people.
India, Russia to
discuss nuke
energy, defence
co-op
New Delhi: Cooperation in
civil nuclear energy, defence
and higher education will be
among the top issues that
will be discussed between
the two sides, when
President Pranab Mukherjee
meets
his
Russian
counterpart Vladimir Putin
during his visit to Moscow
beginning tomorrow.
Korean Parliamentary
delegation to visit
India tomorrow
New Delhi: A Parliamentary
Delegation from South
Korea will arrive here
tomorrow on a four-day visit
on the invitation of
Parliament of India.
BJP MP complains
about ministers in
party meeting
New Delhi: A BJP MP
from Uttar Pradesh today
warned the party brass of
''consequences'' claiming
that the policies and schemes
of the Central government
were not being implemented
on the ground and ministers
were
not
responding
adequately
to
their
complaints.
Akhilesh bats for
scientific approach
in farming
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Akhilesh
Yadav today stressed on
promoting use of scientific
methods in agriculture
besides redressing the
problems of farmers.
Without 'spice', bills
will get support:
Oppn to govt
New Delhi: Don''t convert
bills into ''khichdi'' by adding
''spice'' to them if you want
support to your legislations.
Nitish, Lalu hold
meet to sort out
differences
New Delhi: Bihar CM Nitish
Kumar and RJD supremo
Lalu Prasad had a one-on-one
meeting today to sort out their
differences over seat-sharing
and projection of the chief
ministerial candidate ahead of
the
crucial
Assembly
elections later this year.
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Salman Khan gets 5-Yr
jail in hit-and-run case
HC grants interim bail till May 8
characterised the prolonged
trial in the over 12-year-old
case, the actor was sentenced to
five years rigorous
imprisonment by sessions court
judge D W Deshpande and
placed under arrest
immediately thereafter, only to
be allowed a 48-hour breather
by the high court.
Minutes after the judgment
was pronounced in a packed
courtroom, Salman's lawyers
moved the high court in appeal
against conviction and seeking
bail.
Justice A M Thipsay of the
Bombay High Court offered a
breather to the beleaguered
actor when he granted him
interim bail accepting the plea
of his senior counsel Harish
Salve.
"So far, we have only got a
and-run case but escaped being actor on the ground that he had two-page operative part of the
MUMBAI, MAY 6
sent to jail after the Bombay
been handed over only a twoollywood actor Salman
judgement but not a detailed
High Court granted him interim page operative part of the
Khan was today
copy giving reasons for the
bail till May 8 when it will hear sessions court verdict and not a conviction," Salve said, seeking
convicted of culpable
detailed order explaining the
homicide and sentenced to five- his plea against conviction.
interim protection. "The
The high court granted
reasons for his conviction.
year rigorous imprisonment by
urgency in the matter is that the
Like the twists and turns that
a sessions court in the 2002 hit- interim relief to the 49-year-old
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Will focus on harnessing hydro-power in J&K: CM
SRINAGAR, MAY 6:
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed today said his Government will
focus on harnessing the full potential of
J&K in hydropower generation as well as
efficiently using its water reserves to
irrigate huge tracts of agriculturally-fertile
land. He was reviewing the pace of work on
Rs. 640.40 crore Parnai Hydro-Electric
Project (HEP).
He said the people are the principal
beneficiaries, who expect that all
developmental projects taken up by the
Government are completed within the
stipulated timelines.
Mufti Sayeed was speaking during a
high-level meeting, called to review the
pace of work on the Parnai Hydro-Electric
Project (HEP), here today.
He said the people are the principal
beneficiaries, who expect that all
developmental projects taken up by the
Government are completed within the
stipulated timelines.
Directing for completion of the project
within the stipulated timeframe, the Chief
Minister said the Parnai HEP has been
conceived as a multi-purpose project,
keeping in mind its potential to augment
both the power and irrigation-related needs
of Poonch district in Jammu region.
The chief minister was informed that
Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, is
holding weekly meetings to resolve the
land acquisition issues involved in the
project.
A chief engineer has been posted
exclusively for the project to coordinate
various aspects for its completion without
any impediments, an official spokesman
said.
He said Patel Engineering Limited, the
project-executing company, has been asked
to accelerate the construction work by
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Protest at New Delhi against Centre's announcing 'No separate township for KPs'.
Cancellation of KP Township is
victory of Kashmiris: Geelani
SRINAGAR, MAY 06:
Muslim Hardline Hurriyat
Conference today said the
Centre's assertion that there was
no proposal under consideration
for a separate township for
Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley
was a victory of "Kashmiri
brotherhood" and a defeat of
"communal mindset".
"The cancellation of separate
townships
proposal
for
Sub-inspector
sends
resignation via
‘Whatsapp’
KANPUR : In a first, a subinspector posted at Kanpur
Dehat district has sent his
resignation via Whatsapp to a
helpline number started by the
police for addressing the
complaints by the public.
Alleging harassment and
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Kashmiri Pandits is the victory
of the endeavor, unity and
brotherhood of the Kashmiri
nation and defeat of the
communal mindset," Hurriyat
Conference led by Syed Ali
Shah Geelani said in a
statement.
The Centre had yesterday
said it had no proposal for
setting up a separate township
for Kashmiri Pandits in the
Valley.
Replying to a question put
forward by nine MPs whether
there is any proposal to create
separate zones for the
community, Minister of State
for Home Haribhai Parathibhai
Chaudhary said, "No proposal
to create separate zones
exclusively for the Kashmiri
Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir
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CUK, CUJ, CUHP ink MoU
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06
As a major development in
implementation of CBCS,
Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) was inked among the
central universities of Jammu,
Kashmir
and
Himachal
Pradesh.
The VCs of the three varsities
termed it as a landmark
moment. The three central
varsities have agreed to
cooperate and collaborate in
many
areas
including
formulation
of
common
minimum curriculum in the
listed courses being taught in all
the
Universities;
interdepartmental visits of the
research scholars and students
for their wider academic
understanding and exposure,
exchange of faculty during
winter and summer vacations
and joint supervision of the
scholars; joint and collaborative
research and consultancy in the
thrust areas of respective
disciplines; joint organization
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No construction within Dharamarth questions KPs' Mansoor appointed political
advisor to PDP president
200 metres of Dal Lake claims over Valley shrines
SRINAGAR:
Lakes
and
Waterways
Development
Authority
(LAWDA) has warned the
people against carrying out any
kind of construction within 200
metres of Dal Lake.
"The general public is asked
not to undertake any kind of
construction within 200 metres
from the lake or green belts.
Illegal
construction
if
undertaken be demolished by
the defaulter at his own level or
else the authority will be left
with no option but to demolish
the illegal structures so raised,"
LAWDA said in a statement
here.
The LAWDA issued the
warning after it yesterday
carried out a successful
encroachment removal drive in
the vicinity of holy Hazratbal
Shrine, situated on the western
shore of Dal Lake.
The LADWA demolition
squad, in coordination with
Muslim
Waqf
Board,
demolished 30 illegal kiosks
and other constructions near the
shrine.
The Enforcement Wing of
LAWDA also seized six truckloads of construction material
near Dalgate early this month
and registered an FIR against
the erring persons.
LAWDA has been created by
the Government as an
autonomous body in 1997 to
serve as one point agency to
look after, mange and conserve
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JAMMU, MAY 6
Questioning the proprietary
claim of Kashmiri Pandits over
temples in Kashmir, a trust
headed by senior Congress
leader Karan Singh today asked
the community to abandon the
"negative and hostile attitude"
and support the various Hindu
trusts functioning in the Valley.
"It is most unfortunate that a
section of the Kashmiri Pandit
community has once again
raised the bogey of Hindu
shrines in the Valley...The
shrines located in Kashmir can
by no stretch of the imagination
be considered the property of
Kashmiri Pandits," President,
Jammu and Kashmir Dharmarth
Trust, Major General (Retd) R S
Jamwal said in a statement here.
He said after the exodus the
Kashmiri Pandit community
represented
a
minuscule
minority in the Valley and it
was the Dharmarth Trust that
fulfilled the responsibility of
managing these great shrines.
"After 1990, the Kashmiri
Pandit community virtually
disappeared from the Valley,
and it is to the credit of the
Dharmarth Trust that they
ensured that every temple under
their management remained
safe and operative during this
period," he said, adding "The
shrines are visited by lakhs of
Hindus from around the country
and abroad."
He said the distinction being
BJP may face erosion if it fails
to get AIIMs at Jammu
T
JAMMU, MAY 6
he state unit of the BJP
may lose the opportunity
for securing one AIIMs
for Jammu if there is further
delay in mounting pressure on
the centre for sanctioning the
campus for Jammu.
Already leader of the
opposition in the Rajya Sabha,
Ghulam Nabi Azad, has written
a detailed letter to Prime
Minister, Narendra Modi, in
which he has made a strong plea
for setting up of another AIIMs
in Jammu without snatching the
one sanctioned for Kashmir.
Now, the Panthers Party has
decided to stage a dharna at
Jantar Mantar in New Delhi in
protest against sanctioning one
AIIMs for Jammu. These events
could motivate the central
government to sanction one
AIIMs for Jammu when already
the Congress and the NC too
have favoured separate AIIMs
for Jammu.
Since the BJP has been
sharing power with the PDP it is
the duty of the BJP unit in
Jammu to persuade the central
government especially Prime
Minister for sanctioning one
AIIMs for Jammu when the
union minister of state in the
PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh had
announced the other day that the
AIIMs sanctioned for Kashmir
was actually meant for Jammu.
In addition to this, the Deputy
Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal
Singh had during his recent
meetings with the Prime
Minister and Union Finance
Minister made a strong plea for
establishing one AIIMs for
Jammu.
Once the central government
sanctions one AIIMs for Jammu
on the pattern the previous
Congress led UPA government
sanctioned separate central
university for Jammu after the
state unit of the Congress
mounted pressure on Sonia
Gandhi and then Prime
Minister, Manmohan Singh to
maintain regional balance by
sanctioning a central university
for Jammu when one such
university had been sanctioned
for Kashmir, the credit for this
would be taken by the Congress
and the Panthers Party.
It is in this context that there
is utmost need and urgency for
the state Unit BJP to air dash to
New Delhi and persuade the
central
Ggovernment
to
announce the Government of
India's decision to establish one
AIIMs in Jammu.
Once this was done it could
prevent the BJP unit in Jammu
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made between Kashmiri Hindus
and other Hindus is "pernicious
and unconstitutional".
Jamwal said Kashmiri
Pandits have neither the
organisation nor the resources
to manage these temples.
"The Dharmarth Trust as well
as other Hindu trusts in the
Valley, including the Sanatan
Dharam Sabha, the Arya Samaj,
the Srichand Chinar, the Adi
Guzar and the Dashnami
Akhada
are
functioning
efficiently and effectively.
"The experience of the
shrines actually managed by the
Kashmiri Pandit community,
with rare exceptions, has been
disastrous. We urge that they
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KPs to get
enhanced
cash relief
NEW DELHI:
A day after New Delhi
denied
separate
pandit
townships in Kashmir, it has
now decided to enhance
monthly cash relief for
migrants KPs from May 1 this
year.
The move is being read to
keep KPs in 'good humour'some of whom were recently
out at Delhi's Jantar Mantar
with "homeland" protest.
With this announcement,
migrant KPs will now get Rs
2500 as relief per soul from
May 1 maximum to Rs 10,000
for four souls and above.
A letter to this effect was
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SRINAGAR, MAY 6
Senior leader and former legislator Peerzada Mansoor Hussein
has been appointed as political advisor to the party president.
According to a party spokesperson Mansoor will assist the
president in day to day organisational matters and convey her
directions on different subjects whenever necessary. He will also
liaise with the party ministers and remain in contact with
government on behalf of the party president to take up and pursue
matters of public interest and grievances. The party State Secretary
Jatinder Bhat has also been given the responsibility of party's
frontal organizations in addition to his present responsibilities, the
spokesman said.
RS passes bill on exchange of
territories with Bangladesh
NEW DELHI:
Rajya Sabha today unanimously passed a historic bill to make
operational the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh that
provides for exchange of territories to settle the 41-year border
issue.
The Constitution 119th) Amendment Bill, which will allow
1974 India-Bangladesh Land Boundary agreement operational,
was passed with full support from 181 members. The bill will be
taken up by Lok Sabha tomorrow.
"This is an historic situation. We are going to implement the
agreement after 41 years. I am happy that everyone supported the
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Bukhari irate over
incomplete highway project
SRINAGAR, MAY 6
Expressing concern over the
delay in completion of
Qazigund-Panthachowk strip of
Srinagar-Jammu
national
highway project, the state
government has asked the
executing agency to complete it
at the earliest possible.
"The State Government
cannot act as mute spectator to
the sufferings of the people...
The project has already missed
several deadlines," Roads and
Buildings Minister Syed
Mohammed Altaf Bukhari said.
Bukhari visited the four-lane
Qazigund-Panthachowk strip
yesterday
along
with
Horticulture minister Abdul
Rehman Veeri and a team of
senior officers to take an onspot review of the progress of
work.
Terming the QazigundSrinagar road link as a "lifeline"
for Kashmir, Bukhari asked
Hyderabad-based infrastructure
firm 'Ramky', the executing
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CITY INFO
JAMMU | THURSDAY | MAY 07 | 2015
Sanitation workers stage
protests for govt to act
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Nagri demands
separate LPG
Counter
NL CORRESPONDENT sanitation workers had Dr Mushtaq Ahmed, he
KATHUA, MAY 06: visited CEO office under promised of paying the 17 NL CORRESPONDENT
Sanitation workers had the leadership of Ex- % balance amount of DA NAGRI, MAY 06:
warned the government of
intensifying the struggle if
their demands are not
fulfilled within time. In
order to fix the strategy of
the coming struggle the
union has staged signatory
protest today and if they
feel, ignored would go on
indefinite strike for which
the department would be
responsible. President of the
Union Sawan Cheeda said
these words while meeting
with CEO Santosh Kotwal,
here on Wednesday. The
Municipal
Council
President Rajinder Singh
Bubby. While condemning
the callous attitude of the
Director Local Bodies and
State Government towards
the sanitation employees
Sawan Cheeda said that
during struggles many
assurance were given by the
government but all turned
out to be futile forcing the
Union to restart its struggle
by launching the agitation.
He added that on April 27,
during meeting with ADC
and 10% balance of 6th Pay
Commission. He added that
his assurance remained
assurance and they got
nothing.
He further added that
Director Local Bodies is
asking them of shifting their
balance of 6th Pay
Commission in GP fund. He
warns that if their demands
do not fulfill until May 30,
they will have to intensify
the struggle for which the
government would be
responsible.
Nagri residents demanded a
separate LPG Gas counter at
Nagri and to highlight the issue
a massive meeting was also held
at Nagri on Wednesday. The
meeting was presided over by
Baldev Singh in which several
spokespersons Anil Singh and
Gagan Singh said that the Nagri
population is more than thirty
thousands and six to seven
thousands families are living but
they have to face multiple
hardships to get the LPG
cylinder from Kathua after
travelling a distance of more
than ten kilometer. In this
connection, we the people of
Nagri urged the state
government and District
administration to direct the
CAPD department to address Indian Army, alongwith locals, clear the 8-km track from Valuwa to Mandhra, blocked in the recent earthquake, in Kathmandu,
the issues by opening a LPG Nepal.
Gas counter to facilitate the
Dr.Khajuria completed his consumers.
JU VC felicitates two alumni
of School of Biotechnology
NL CORRESPONDENT India after rigorous
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06: inspection. With this Ph.D in Plant Genomics and
The
School
of
Biotechnology, University
of Jammu (JU), organized
the felicitation function of
its two alumni namely Dr.
Shri Ram Yadav, Assistant
Professor, IIT Roorkee and
Dr. Yash Pal Khajuria, DST,
Young Scientist (passed out
in 2002 batch of M.Sc.
Biotechnology, University
of Jammu).
As per press release,
Professor Manoj K Dhar,
Director,
School
of
Biotechnology welcomed
Prof. R. D. Sharma, Vice
Chancellor and other
dignitaries. Prof. Dhar
stated that School of
Biotechnology
has
progressed immensely and
has been ranked "A" by the
Department
of
Biotechnology, Govt. of
ranking, the School has
found its place in top
Biotechnology departments
of the country.
Prof.
R.D.
Sharma
felicitated Dr. Shri Ram
Yadav for his academic
accomplishments including
the prestigious Innovative
Young
Biotechnologist
Award from DBT Govt. of
India. Dr.Yadav is a Gold
Medalist from University of
Jammu and earned his Ph.D
from Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore and got
Post-doctoral training at
University of Helsinki,
Finland. He has published
papers in topmost journals
namely Science and Nature.
Prof. Sharma also felicitated
Dr. Yash Pal Khajuria for
getting the SERB, DST,
Young Scientist Award.
worked as Post-doctoral
scientist at National
Institute of Plant Genome
Research, New Delhi.
Prof. Sharma while
speaking on the occasion
expressed his deepest sense
of satisfaction over the
achievements of the School.
Prof. Sharma congratulated
the Faculty members for
producing such trained and
skilled students who are
doing cutting edge scientific
work and bringing immense
proud to the School and the
University. Dr. Jyoti Vakhlu,
presented formal Vote of
thanks.
Followed by the function
Dr.Shri Ram Yadav
delivered a talk on his work
entitled "Phloem Sieve
Elements Differentiation:
Near Death Experience"
MC takes
eatable samples
NL CORRESPONDENT
NAGRI, MAY 06: On the
directions
of
District
Administration, Municipal
Council carried out surprise
checking of milk, eatables,
polythene
and
other
objectionable things in the
market. Municipal Council's
food inspector Subash Raina
along with staff members not
only visited sweet shops and
checked the quality of the milk
and products but also checked
the quality of the milk brought
by the milkman's to the city.
During the checking, the team
found some shopkeepers using
polythene bags. As part of this,
the team seized 15-Kg
polythene from dissimilar
shops.
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KPs
dispatched by union home ministry to state
government Wednesday.
Kashmiri migrants were getting relief at the
rate of Rs 1650 per soul maximum to Rs 6600
for four souls and above.
Delhi's latest cash dispensation has fulfilled
a long pending demand of KPs, as the proposal
for their relief enhancement was submitted to
previous state government over one year back.
BJP
from suffering serious vote bank erosion.
The BJP's compromise on various issues after
it forged an alliance with the PDP for sharing
power has already enraged voters in Jammu
region and it was time for the BJP unit to
initiate measures for stalling vote bank
erosion.(KIP)
RS
passes
bill," said External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj while moving the bill for passage.
Talking about BJP's opposition to the
measure during UPA's tenure, she said,
"Earlier we had opposed it. We were told to
include Assam, which has been done."
Contending that the Agreement will benefit
both countries, she said the Union Home
Ministry will be the nodal ministry for
implementing it.
"We are aware of the complexities involved
in implementation of the agreement. The
earlier we implement (the agreement), sooner
we reap the benefits," she said.
The bill aims at giving effect to the
NL CORRESPONDENT
KATHUA, MAY 06:
Hailing the initiatives of
Chief Minister and Deputy
Chief Minister for promoting
J&K tourism, BJP State
General Secretary and MLA
Kathua constituency, Rajiv
Jasrotia has said that there is an
urgent need to develop state-ofthe-art infrastructure and
promote new destinations in the
picturesque of state.
Jasrotia urged the Govt to
work in "mission mode" to
attract tourists this season
especially to Jammu region
which has potential equivalent
to that of Kashmir but has
remained untapped. State
acquiring of territories by India and tranfer of
territories to Bangladesh through retaining of
adverse possession and exchange of enclaves
in pursuance of the agreement of 1974.
The territories in Assam, West Bengal,
Tripura and Meghalaya come under the ambit
of the bill. (Agencies)
Sukhnandan Kumar, Minister of State for
Power, I&C and H&UDD, Mohammad Ashraf
Mir, Chief Secretary, Iqbal Khandey, Principal
Secretary to Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas,
Principal Secretary, PDD, Sandeep Nayak and
Secretary, PHE, I&FC, Pervez Malik
participated in the meeting. PTI
Dal and Nigeen Lakes at the moment form
the core areas of attention of the authority
which has a whole time mandate to conserve
and mange the Lakes under National Lake
Conservation Plan. -PTI
The separatist grouping said it welcomed the
return of the Kashmiri Pandits as they are an
integral part of the society.
"We assure them that they are very safe in
the neighborhood of their Muslim brothers and
they will live with dignity in their homeland,"
it added.
Nothe water
construction
Cancellation
bodies and waterways in the state.
is under consideration."
Dharamarth
abandon this negative and hostile attitude
and in fact support the various Hindu trusts
that are functioning in the Valley," he said.
Bukhari
CUK
agency for the project to redouble its efforts
of
and increase both men and machinery on the
project to ensure that it is completed within
shortest possible time.
The minister also expressed concern over
the delay caused in completion of the project
despite full assistance being extended by the
state government to the executing agency.
"Road connectivity is the priority of the
government. On personal intervention of Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, the Centre
has agreed to release Rs 613 crore grant for
various key road projects in the State," Bukhari
said.
The state government has instructed Deputy
Commissioners of Srinagar, Pulwama and
Anantnag to settle all land dispute cases and
ensure that the required patch of land, which
has not been acquired so far, is handed over to
executing agency to carry forward the project
smoothly, he added.
The ministers have asked 'Ramky' to repair
the dilapidated patches of the existing highway
so that people travelling on this road can feel
some comfort in travelling.
Initiated in 2011, the project was supposed
to be completed by June last year after several
extensions.
Jammu Tourism vital in reviving
State Economy: Jasrotia
conferences/
workshops/
symposia/seminars
and
summer
schools/trainings/lectures; sharing of library
services such as books, journals and teaching
materials including textbooks, audio-videos,
publications, reports and other resources;
collaboration in respect of any other
academic/administrative matter of mutual
interest.
Sub-inspector
insult by senior officials, sub-inspector
Vinod Kumar posted at Rasulabad police
station sent his resignation last night, PRO of
the Kanpur Zone IG said.
"We have directed SP of Kanpur Dehat,
Sabharaj to investigate the matter and submit
the report within 24 hours following which
action would be taken," IG Ashutosh Pandey
said.
This is the fist time that a police official has
submitted his resignation through such a
platform, he said.
A helpline number, for the 176 police station
in the nine districts of Auraiya, Etawah,
Farukhabad, Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Kannuaj,
Jhansi, Jalaun under Kanpur Zone was started
on April 16 by IG Pandey.
A Whatsapp account was also created for the
people to register their complaints to the police
through video, audio and text messages. (PTI)
Will
focus
deploying required machines and manpower
at all the sites.
The work on the Parnai Project, which is a
Run-of-the-River (RoR) scheme with installed
capacity of 37.5 MW, began in April last year
and was also expected to irrigate vast tracts of
agricultural land after its completion in 2018.
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh,
who also holds the charge of Power
Development Department (PDD), Minister for
Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs, Syed
Basharat Bukhari, Minister for PHE, I&FC,
Salman
appellant (Salman)
who was on bail
throughout the trial is likely to be taken into
custody today. However, the copy of the order
has not been delivered yet," Justice Thipsay
said, adding "in all fairness and in the interest
of justice" the actor should be protected till the
time a copy of the reasoned order regarding his
conviction is furnished to him.
Earlier in the day, sessions judge
Deshpande convicted the hugely popular actor
of culpable homicide not amounting to murder
for running his Toyota Land Cruiser over a
group of people sleeping on the pavement
outside American Express bakery in suburban
Bandra that left one dead and four others
wounded.
He was awarded five years' rigorous
imprisonment under the charge of culpable
homicide, the crime which attracts a maximum
punishment of 10 years.
Salman was also found guilty of offences
under section 279 IPC (rash and negligent
driving) and sections 337 and 338 IPC
(causing hurt by acts endangering life or
personal property of others), which prescribes
six months jail.
Besides, he was sentenced to undergo jail
for six months under sections 181 (driving
without licence) and 185 of Motor Vehicles
Act (drink driving).
Salman was found guilty under the Bombay
Prohibition Act under section 66 (a) and (b) for
which he received two months imprisonment
and fine of Rs 500. All sentences will run
concurrently.
The sessions judge rejected Salman's
contention that his driver Ashok Singh was at
the wheel at the time of accident and accepted
the prosecution's plea that the actor was drunk
while driving and also did not have a driving
licence.
"All charges have been proved against
you...What you have to say? the judge asked
Salman who was in the dock.
"I hold that you were driving the vehicle.
You were intoxicated. I also do not agree with
your plea that the person who had died had
government should work
towards promoting Jammu as
an
independent
tourist
destination and plans to bring
the region's Dogra heritage into
focus as mentioned in the
Common
Minimum
Programme of the PDP-BJP
coalition government.
Calling for collaborated
efforts by stakeholders to
showcase various recreational
places in Jammu as one summer
package for tourists, Jasrotia
said the initiative to sell Jammu
as an independent tourist
destination will play an
important role in reviving
economy of state. Jasrotia drew
the attention of Govt towards
received fatal injuries after a crane dropped the
car on the persons underneath while removing
it," the judge said, rejecting the defence's claim
that the actor's driver Ashok Singh was at the
wheel when the accident took place.
Salman was in tears when Judge Deshpande
pronounced the verdict.
The actor, attired in a white shirt and light
blue denim jeans, however, insisted, "I was not
driving the car...But I respect your decision
and accept it. My lawyer will speak on my
behalf." Family by his side
Salman's bothers Arbaaz and Sohail, sisters
Alvira and Arpita, besides long-time
bodyguard Shera stood beside him in the
courtroom which, barring the media, court
staff and the lawyers, was declared out of
bounds for others.
A huge crowd of his fans had collected
outside the court premises in Fort area of south
Mumbai, throwing normal traffic into disarray.
Before the quantum of sentence was
pronounced today, prosecutor Pradeep Gharat
sought deterrent punishment for Salman
saying a strong message should go to the
society that such acts would be dealt with
seriously.
Gharat said he did not agree with Salman's
argument that the mishap was an act of God.
"It was a serious offence and maximum
punishment should be awarded to the
accused," he said.
On the other hand, the actor's lawyer Srikant
Shivade said, "Salman's case was on a better
footing than the Alistair Pereira and Sanjeev
Nanda BMW cases in which more than 5
persons were killed. In the Alistair case, seven
people were killed and a bottle of liquor was
found in the car."
In keeping with an earlier direction of the
Bombay High Court, Salman had also
deposited Rs 19 lakh as compensation for the
victims in 2002 itself, said his lawyer. The
HC's order had come while hearing a PIL.
The lawyer further said that in 2007, the
actor had started Salman Khan Foundation and
an NGO 'Being Human' to serve the society.
He has done a lot of community service, his
lawyer said.
The lawyer appealed to the court to take a
"compassionate" view while awarding the
sentence.
In a related development, the court rejected
the plea of activist Santosh Daundkar seeking
action against the police for perjury (giving
false evidence under oath) for examining a
wrong set of doctors in the trial, thereby
delaying the process of justice.
He had also sought action against the police
for not examining a key witness - singer
Kamaal Khan, who was in the vehicle at the
time of mishap.
Dismissing Daundkar's plea as "frivolous",
the court imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on the
activist. - PTI
several recreational and
historical places in Jammu
region which have not been
showcased so far including
places like Ranjit Sagar Dam in
Lakhanpur-Sarthal, Sanasar and
Baghliar Dam in Patnitop,
Surinsar and Mansar lakes in
Udhampur and Samba, Sinthan
Top, Warwan in Kishtwar,
Shahdara Sharief in Rajouri,
Budha Amarnath and the seven
lakes in Poonch have to be sold
in a big way this season to
promote Jammu as a
"destination with recreational
abundance".
Maintaining that J&K with
its vast potential and growing
economy has immense potential
for the sustenance of the
tourism industry, Jasrotia said
that this sector has given jobs to
a large number of people and
generated economic activities
especially in the tertiary
sectors. Its impact is visible in
service industry sectors of the
State such as transport,
hospitality, horticulture and
small scale industry. Adding
further he said that Nature has
bestowed us lush green forests,
sweet springs, perennial rivers,
picturesque alpine scenery and
pleasant climate of Kashmir
valley, now it is responsibility
of Govt to create facilities to
attract large number of tourists
to revive economy of state.
AAP holds protests in Jammu
over AIIMS issue
NL CORRESPONDENT demanded grant of another
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06: AIIMS project to Jammu
Amidst the growing
clamour over reports of
shifting AIIMS from Jammu
region to Kashmir, Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) today
held protests against the
state government.
AAP volunteers led by
Vipan Nischal, party's
regional president for
Jammu held demonstration
against the PDP-BJP
government for "taking
away AIIMS project from
Jammu and awarding it to
Kashmir region".
"The diversion of AIIMS
(All India Institute of
Medical sciences) from
Jammu to Kashmir was a
grave injustice to the people
of Jammu province",
Nischal told reporters here.
Raising anti-government
slogans, the protesters
region.
The AAP leader stated that
the people of Jammu
province
since
the
independence of the
country, has been meted out
with
step
motherly
treatment by consecutive
governments at the Centre
and the state.
Nischal appealed to the
common masses to join the
party in its fight to get back
AIIMS to Jammu region.
The issues related to
Jammu province like
permanent settlement of
West Pakistani refugees,
employment recruitment
policy of state, Jammu Tawi
Lake project, Gandola
project and international
airport at Jammu should be
given thrust by the Mufti
government, he added.
AIIMS Issue: One-month ultimatum
NL CORRESPONDENT
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06: Lashing out at the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) for surrendering All India Institute of
Medical Science (AIIMS) project to Kashmir, head of
various organizations staged a protest reiterating the
demand for the restoration of the premier health centre to
Jammu region.
State President Shri Ram Sena, Rajiv Mahajan, President
Kranti Dal, Pritam Sharma, Chairman Jammu Adhikar
Manch, Raj Kumar and District President Seva Dal, Satish
Kumar along with scores of workers assembled outside the
Press Club, here today and raised slogans against State as
well as Central Government.
While addressing media persons, Rajiv Mahajan lamented
that the NDA government like previous UPA government
totally neglected and deprived Jammu region and castigated
the BJP for its surrender on the issue of AIIMS in particular
which was actually announced for Jammu region.
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Ministry of Finance reviews social
security schemes in Jammu
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06 :
To review the ongoing
progress regarding mass
awareness
of
Prime
Minister`s ambitious Social
Security Schemes pertaining
to the insurance and pension
sector which will be
launched by the Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
9th May 2015, Mr. A K
Dogra, Deputy Secretary,
Ministry
of
Finance,
Government of India along
with Mr. B M Fazili, Deputy
General Manager, Punjab
National Bank, J&K Circle
visited Gura Patta and Dab
Karam Din villages in block
Bhalwal.Speaking at these
awareness cum enrollment
functions, Mr. A K Dogra
said that on the lines of Jan
Dhan mega rollout, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi will
launch on May 9 social security insurance and pension
schemes in Kolkata, while
other ministers will unveil
them in different cities. It
would be like Jan Dhan
scheme launch so that we
have maximum awareness in
minimum time and the common people should get the
benefit from these schemes,"
he added. "The enrolment for
insurance
and
pension
schemes would begin after
Prime Minister launches
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them.
However, the insurance
cover would be enforced
from June 1," he said. Fazili,
said that for creating awareness drives, massive campaign has already been
launched in the state through
all its branches as well as 83
Bank Mitra locations in the
state. This include colleges,
institutions, villages etc. and
people are coming for enrollment in good numbers. S S
chib, District Co-coordinator, PNB, Sarpanch Ravi
Kumar Verma of Dumi
Panchyat and a large number
of villagers were present at
the functions.
SRTC VREA holds protest demonstration
Job festival at Govt. Polytechnic
Jammu on May 9th
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06 :
More than 12 renowned
multinational and national
companies will conduct
their Placement process for
the final semester and passouts for Session 2014 of all
branches. As many as 1000
students will participate
from different Polytechnic
colleges affiliated under
Directorate of Technical
Education,
J&K
Government Polytechnic,
Jammu on May 9, 2015
(Saturday) with an endeavor
of providing employment
opportunities to Polytechnic
Students from all over
Jammu at 250 job vacancies.
More
than
12
renowned multinational and
national companies including Click Labs, Tyco
Electronics,
Videocon,
Embrix-infratech will conduct
their
Placement
process for the final semester students and pass-outs
for Session 2014 of all
branches. At the fest, there
will be as many as 1000 students
from
different
Polytechnic colleges. Arun
Bangotra (Principal, Govt.
Polytechnic, Jammu) said,
"Only those candidates are
eligible to appear in Final
interview who will have to
qualify the pre-assessment
test." He informed that the
pre-assessment test has
already started from May 2,
2015. This test is for the students of 2015 batch while
pass-out students of 2014
batch can have direct entry.
Appearing for the different
round of group discussion
& written test students will
be shortlisted for the personal interview round. The
pre-assessment test was
held on Govt. Polytechnic
Jammu/Samba/Kathua,
Govt. Women Polytechnic
Jammu, NITS Jammu and
Government Polytechnic,
Udhampur.
Besides there will be a
seminar
on
Group
Discussion and Personal
Interview by the experts.
Abhishek Soni (Deputy
Director, Centre for Career
Planning and Counseling,
CT Group of Institutions)
said that the "Job Fest" is
one of the most remarkable
events that will organizes
competitive and professional job seekers; thereby
serving as the platform for
an open and wide-ranging
employment opportunities
for the students.
Anganwadi workers protest
against termination
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06:
Anganwadi workers and
helpers, who have been
working in the ICDS for the
last more than 10 years,
under the banner of J and K
Trade Union Front on
Wednesday held a protest in
front of Press Club Jammu
condemning their termination order by State Mission
Director ICDS. Hundreds of
Anganwadi workers and
helpers gathered in Press
Club Jammu raising slogans
against the ICDS authorities
who have issued this unlawful and unjustified order for
termination of those who
were engaged in this Central
Sponsored Scheme and are
continuously working in
ICDS to make this nutrition
programme
successful.
Addressing the workers and
helpers, State President J and
K National Trade Union
Front, Mohammad Gafoor
Dar condemned the State
Government particularly the
ICDS Minister who has started harassing and victimizing
the poor Anganwadi workers
and helpers by issuing termination orders with malafide
intention to enroll his own
people in the ICDS. Dar
appealed to the Chief
Minister for intervening in
the matter to save them from
this
termination
order.
Besides Dar other activists
who addressed the gathering
include Rajinder Kumar,
Mehjabeen, Zaida Akhter,
Aruna, Komal, Suman,
Shahida Parveen, Naida and
Vikramjeet Singh. Other
demands raised in the protest
include enhancement of honorarium of Anganwadi workers and helpers to Rs. 10,000
and 5,000 per month respectively, enhancement of promotion quota of ICDS supervisors, workers and helpers
from 50 per cent to 80 per
cent, removal of pay anomalies of ICDS supervisors at
par with their counterparts in
the country and purchase of
best quality nutrition as per
the local needs of the area.
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06 :
A seminar on welfare of Veer
Naris and widows was organized at Tiger Sainik Institute,
Satwari on 06 May. Veer
Naris and widows from
Jammu region were invited
for the seminar. The event
was chaired by Mrs Usha
Singh, Chairperson Family
Welfare Organisation, Tiger
Division. Welfare schemes
for Veer Naris and widows
relating to pensionary issues,
medical, education and
employment opportunities
for their wards were
explained
in
detail.
Screening camps for Breast
Cancer and dental were also
organized.In addition, registration for Aadhar Card and
Ex-Serviceman Contributory
Health Scheme was carried
out. Army Postal Service
briefed them about various
investment schemes under
Field
Post
Offices.
Scholarships for children and
other welfare schemes by
Centre, State Govt and Army
were
also
highlighted.
Welfare Officers from various brigades as well as Zila
Sainik Board were also present for the event. Informal
interaction with the Veer
Naris and Widows over tea
and lunch provided a sense of
belonging, affection and genuine concern for their welfare.
Casual labour fainted while working
Karamcharis urge to halt
sanitation drive
Tiger Division felicitates Veer Naris
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06 :
pending dues COLA arrears
16 slabs w.e.f. 1.1.12006, 18
slabs w.e.f. 1.1.2007, 26
slabs w.e.f. 1.1.12008, 35
slabs w.e.f. 2009 and 31 slabs
upto April, 2010, thus total
126 slabs and arrears since
1999 total amount of which
comes
to
Rs.30,16,10,673.00. Total
742 VRS employees of the
J&K SRTC are suffering
badly. As we have been given
faise promises by the ExGovt. and we had expected
that the new Govt. will
release our dues but unfortunately that Govt. also did not
come into existence and
finally we appeal to His
Excellency to please release
our pending dues and the
bills which have been complete in all respects are lying
pending in the office of the
Finance Department, Civil
Secretariat Jammu. And in
this struggle for five years 09
VRS employees died as they
could not afford good medical treatment as their dues
have not been released after
VRS.
In the said demonstration
among others there were
Balwinder Singh, J.D. Singh,
Gulshan Singh, D.N.Sharma,
Surjit Singh, Sain Mohd,
Kulbir Singh, Sat Bhushan
(Topi) and others were
present.
JKSKK holds monthly review meeting
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06 :
J&K Samaj Kalyan Kendra
(Regd) voluntary Social and
Charitable
NonGovernmental Organisation
established in 1980 is running a school for Hearing
Handicapped children in an
evacuee property building at
Shahidi Chowk Jammu since
1981.
This was revealed by
Inderjeet Khajuria President
Samaj Kalyan Kendra in an
Executive Committee meeting of the Kendra to have a
monthly review on the working of the organization.
Continuing his address
Khajuria informed that
school was upgraded and recognized by the education
department to the level of
secondary school during
1995 and higher secondary
classes were added from
2012 on the directions of
Directorate of Education
recognition of which is
awaited. The school is providing totally free education
and technical training in two
trades. Besides free education uniforms and stationery
is also being provided to the
students by the school whenever available. Presently 84
boys and girl students are
studying in the school. So far
85 students of which 44 are
girls have passed 10th class
and 12 students have passed
12th class of which 8 are
girls. Four of the passed out
students of our school have
entered into government
service of which 3 are male
and one female.
Efforts are in progress to get
further employment to the
passed out students against 1
% quota for Dumb and Deaf.
The school for Hearing
Handicapped children upto
Higher Secondary level
imparting free education
unique in the J&K State is
being run purely on public
donations with negligible
contribution of the state
Government Social welfare
department.
The JDA has allotted 8
kanals piece of land at Gole
Gujral to our Kendra for construction of hostel for the
convenience of students, but
it has been disputed and the
case is presently in the High
Court, it is hoped that it will
be decided early. The Kendra
appeals to public in general
that admission is available
throughout the year and it is
requested to one and all that
to send deaf and dumb students to get education for
their career. The others who
were present in the meeting
included senior vice president Vijay Bhagotra, general
secretary JK Vaid, vice president ML Sharma, Treasurer
Krishan Singh, assistant
treasurer OP Verma, SP
Khajuria and Gurdarshan
Singh.
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06 : A Safai Karmachari, working with
Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) today becomes unconscious; while working in ongoing sanitation drive. As per
press release, Rakesh Kumar son of Danila was fainted due to
allege unbearable heat and un favaroble workable conditions
at ward no 20 old Jammu city.
Soon he rushed to hospital and his condition was stated to be
stable now. Meanwhile, Akhil Bhartiya Safai Mazdoor Sangh
(ABSMS) today appalled Jammu Municipal Corporation to
stop the ongoing Sanitation drive in the city.In a statement,
Dev Anand Gill, state president ABSMS said that JMC
authorities had started the sanitation drive un workable
months. He informed that last year two civic workers lost
their lives due to extreme work load in unbearable weather.
He urged the commissioner to initiate such drives in month of
March- April or October-November but May-June is not suitable for drive in Jammu, when summer is ay its peak in
Jammu.Gill demand completed postpone of sanitation drive
in Month of May-June
Cong condemns paramedical
student's murder
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06 :
Expressing grave concern
over the gruesome killing of a
paramedical girl student in
Jammu,
J&K
Pradesh
Congress Committee has said
that the incident has sent shock
waves in the society requiring
a high level independent probe
in the matter.
Strongly condemning the
gruesome murder the JKPCC
Chief Spokesman Ravinder
Sharma said that the inputs of
the preliminary investigations
appearing in the media indicate
a very alarming situation of the
law and order. Such incidents
totally shatter the confidence of
the people in the prevailing
conditions in the society.
In view of the motives
behind the incident and the
gruesome manner of the crime,
it requires a high level independent probe to bring the culprits to exemplary punishment,
he added.
The Pradesh Congress
Committee also condemned
the police action over the
media persons covering congress protest, yesterday at
Srinagar.
Ravinder Sharma termed it
as most unfortunate that media
persons became the victims of
use of force while performing
their professional duty. The
attack on journalists is an
attack on the freedom of press
and expressed sympathies with
the journalists injured in the
incident.
Won't accept J&K converting to
Muslim State : Panun Kashmir
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06 :
Panun Kashmir (PK)
today expressed its anguish
over what it alleged as deteriorating internal security environment for the small numbers of Hindus living in
Kashmir valley particularly
after public opposition of
Pakistan to the return of
Hindus of Kashmir to
Kashmir valley.
Jointly addressing the
media persons here today, the
PK leaders including Dr Ajay
Churngoo, chairman, Omkar
Nath Trisal and Prof M K
Raina said it has no doubt that
a gearing up of the entire infrastructure of the genocidal
enterprise, the masters, perpe-
trators and collaborators, who
had embarked upon the operation of cleansing Kashmir of its
Hindu population to Islamize it
irreversibly and totally, is taking place in Kashmir.
Leaders said, "PK also
watched with shock and disbelief the meek and apologetic response of the central
government to the Pakistan's
objection and disapproval of
the return of internally displaced Kashmiri Hindus."
Instead of stating it clearly and unambiguously that
Pakistan was responsible
along with the communal
establishment,
separatist
flanks and terrorist regimes
operating in Jammu and
Kashmir for the genocide and
religious
cleansing
of
Kashmiri Hindus, central
government has chosen a
meek and pusillimanious
course of educating Pakistan
about the fact that Hindus of
Kashmir were the state subjects of Jammu and Kashmir
as if it was ignorant about
this fact, leaders said.
Panun Kashmir wants to
state it clearly to the central
government that Hindus of
Kashmir will not accept the
conversion of Jammu and
Kashmir into a de facto
Muslim state. Concepts of
townships or colonies for
Kashmir Hindus in Kashmir
valley are not only ridiculous
but also sinister because they
actually envisage pushing the
victims of genocide back into
the grasp of the perpetrators
of genocide, leaders said.
Leaders said that no
return of Hindus of Kashmir
is possible to Kashmir valley
unless a centrally administered Union Territory is
carved out to the north and
east of river Jhelum in
Kashmir Valley for rehabilitating them.
WEF concerned over spurt in crime against women
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06 :
The Women Empowerment
Forum (WEF) has expressed
dismay over the spurt in the
crime against women especially rape and murder, and condemned the state government
for turning mute spectator to
deterioration in law and order
situation vis-à-vis softer sex.
Addressing a Meeting here
today, WEF president Dr
Anuradha Goswami said,
"Recent gruesome killing of
nursing student has exposed
the chinks in the system which
has no safeguards for the softer
sex. The criminals are at their
free will to kidnap, rape and
murder the women in Jammu
and Kashmir whereas, the law
enforcing agencies are least
worried about such incidents.
She said it was shocking that
there was not even a single
political party or any social
organization which has come
forward to condemned the
heinous crimes against women.
Shockingly, the State Women
Commission (SWC) also exists
only on papers and not doing
anything for mitigating the sufferings of the women folk, she
lamented. She emphasized on
the need to evolve a collective
approach to tackle such things
and also to pull up the law
enforcing agencies so that
criminals who are roaming
freely shall be brought under
check. The WEF president also
sought the intervention of
Governor N N Vohra and the
First Lady Mrs Usha Vohra to
take cognizance of the same
and ask the government about
its slackness to handle the
cases of crime against women.
She also asked the civil society
to come forward to collective
strategy to pull up the administration for safeguarding the
rights of women.
Among those who were present in the meeting included,
Adv. Salim, Adv. Raman
Kumar, Dr. Vivek Sharma, Dr.
KD Singh, Manju Kumari,
Neeha Sharma and Monika
Sharma.
Shat-Darshan Sadhu Samaj donates
Rs. 1, 1,000.00/- in PM Relief Fund
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06 : Shat-Darshan Sadhu Samaj
Jammu & Kashmir has collected a sum of Rs. 1,01,000
(One Lakh One Thousand only) to donate in Prime
Minister Relief Fund for Nepal Earthquake Victims. Sh.
Rishivan ji President, Pir Ravi Nath Ji Vice President, Sh.
Mohan Bharti Ji Gen. Sec. & Swami Sarvanand Saraswati
Ji Sec. Shat-Darshan Sadhu Samaj Jammu & Kashmir
with Demand Draft of Rs. 1,01,000.00/-.
VKMI holds Certificate
distribution function
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 06 :
Vichar
Kranti
Manch
International organized a
Certificate distribution function at Seminar Hall of
Environment
Sciences
Department
of
Jammu
University for the students,
who have successfully completed the Three Months'
Certificate Course in Moral
Education and Spiritual
Values.
Prof. Anurag
Gangal, Director, Gandhian
Study Centre and Conflict
studies in Jammu University
was the Chief Guest. Shri
I.D.Soni,
State
Commissioner,
Bharat
Scouts and Guides presided
over and Dr.D.L.Choudhary
former Director, The Yoga
Centre, Jammu was the
Guest of Honour.Ms. Pooja
Jain got Ist. Position, Mr.
H.K.Kichloo
and
Mr.
Kanchan
Sharma
IInd
Position and Shri Ashok
Gupta, Chairman, Vimal
Public School got IIIrd position in the said Course.
Others who participated were
S/Shri
Lokesh
Kumar,
Gourav
Sharma,
Dr.
M.L.Gupta, Ashok Kumar
Kohli, Ms. Sarela Jain and
Meena Gupta.Faculty members namely S/Shri Dr.
Anurag
Gangal,
Dr.
D.L.Choudhry,
I.D.Soni,
Prof. Sarla Kohli, Mrs.
Sushma Misri, Dr. Usha
Tickoo, Ram Gopal Sharma,
Mrs. Sakandra Jain, S.Ajeet
Singh Nagra, Dr. P.L.Koul,
Mrs. Rashmi Jain, S.K.Jain,
Chander Mohan Sharma,
Ashok
Kumar
Gupta,
S.Harjinder Singh and Yash
Pal Sharma were also hon-
oured.Mrs. Sushma Misri,
Project Director welcomed
the dignitaries, all the participants and the students.
Speaking on the occasion,
Shri S.K.Jain President
VKMI broadly explained the
activities of VKMI and also
the future activities of the
Manch including starting of
Three Months' Certificate
Course in Yoga duly
approved by Kaivalyadham,
oldest Yoga Institute in the
World at Lonvala Pune.
Others who spoke on the
occasion were S/Shri Anurag
Gangal,
I.D.Soni,
Dr.
D.L.Choudhary, Dr.P.L.Koul
and
Saudagar
Shah
Gupta.Vote of Thanks was
presented by Prof. Sarla
Kohli, Vice President, VKMI
and former Principal, GGM
Science College.
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Social Welfare Department
holds awareness camp
REASI, MAY 6
Social Welfare Department
Reasi organized an awareness
camp at Porha Kotla, Reasi
today. The awareness camp
was an effort to provide
benefits of various schemes
run by department at the door
step of people and to
familiarize the public with
various social welfare
schemes being implemented
by the department.
The camp was attended by a
large number of locals
including
sarpanches,
panches, prominent citizens,
Asha workers, Anganwadi
workers, school teachers and
students.
During the camp the
medical team led by BMO
Reasi-Dr Tanveer Ahmad and
BMO Pouni Dr Rashpal Singh
assessed the people with
disabilities and on spot issued
40 disability certificates. They
were also assured that the
Dept will provide them basic
assistance very soon.
Besides the team also
issued 140 age certificates to
old aged and widows. In order
to streamline disbursement of
pension,
ensure
the
disbursement
to
right
beneficiary, eliminate errors
in beneficiaries' list and filter
out ineligible beneficiaries,
social audit was also carried
by the department during the
camp.
While addressing the
gathering District Social
Welfare Officer Reasi-Rafiq
Ahmad Jaral stressed upon the
people to come forward for
availing the benefits of
various schemes such as
Pension schemes (National
Social
Assistance
Programme, Integrated Social
security
Scheme,
Contributory Social security
Scheme), National Family
Benefit Scheme, Aam Admi
Bima
Yojna
and
Rehabilitation of militancy
victims scheme. Teachers
were also requested for in
time
submission
of Jaral informed that it is
scholarship proposals of necessary that awareness
eligible students under should be created for taking
various categories.
advantage of the welfare
2 residential houses,
shop damaged in fire
SRINAGAR: Two residential houses and a shop were damaged in
three separate incidents across the valley. Firstly, a fire broke out
in the joint house of Ghulam Hassan Thoker and Mohammad
Amin Thoker both son of Sheer Mohammad Thoker and in the
house of Shabir Ahmed Thoker son of Ghulam Hassan resident
of Shappora Loher, Kokernag resulting in complete damage to
both the houses, police said. Fire was brought under control with
the help of fire tenders and police. Meanwhile, second fire broke
out in the house of Gulzar Ahmed Dar son of Abdul Khaliq Dar
resident of Marwal Kakapora resulting in complete damage to the
house. In the incident Gulzar Ahmed Dar received minor injuries.
Fire was brought under control with the help of fire tenders and
police.
In third incident, fire broke out in a shop belonging to Fayaz
Ahmed Kangar resident of Bimdoora, Kokernag Anantnag,
resulting in complete damage to the shop. Fire was brought under
control with the help of fire tenders and police.
DODA, MAY 6
Students protest against PHE
UDHAMPUR: The students of Government Primary School,
Kupper alongwith their parents today protested against PHE
Department. The protestors raised slogans against the PHE for not
restoring the installation of water connection in the school and
hardship students have been facing.
5 injured in road mishaps
Doda: ZN Manhas, SSP Doda visited Gandoh and conducted
police public meetings with the prominent citizens and
respectables of the area. The aim of the meetings was to strengthen
the police-public relationship, which was attended by 70-80people
including Sarpanches/Panches, members of social and political
groups and prominent citizens/local of the area. Participants
cherished the role of District Police for conducting such types of
meetings to bond the relations between Police and Public. Bushan
Kumar Ganjoo, SDPO Gandoh and Inspr. Sajjad Haider, SHO P/S
Gandoh were also present in the meeting. Prominent among others
were Ishrat Ali, Sarpanch Sinoo, Mohd. Younis, Sarpanch Budhli,
Jaswant Singh Manhas, Sarpanch Chilli, Mohd Hanief, Sarpanch
Dhadkai, Abdul Latief, Sarpanch Bhatoli, Mushtaq Ahmed,
Ranjeet singh, Umar Din Niak, Mohd. Abbas Khan, Balwant
Singh, Om Parkash, Abdul Latief. People demanded establishment
of Fire Station at Gandoh, Crime Police Post at Chilli and Bhatyas,
posting of lady officials at Police Station Gandoh, checking of
vehicles to curb the menace of overloading, release of pension in
favour of widows, providing of ration, posting of SPOs to their
nearest Police unit, re-engagement of disengaged SPOs etc.
Participants were assured that their genuine demands will be taken
up with concerned Departments for redressal and those pertaining
to the Police Department will be redressed on priority.
Police-public
interaction held
Reasi: In order to bring better
schemes and for this a
comprehensive awareness
programme is going to be
launched in the district to
PM Jan Dhan Yojna, Beti
Bachao Beti Padao, Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan, Mission
Indradhansh among others.
A quiz contest based on
various aspects of these
programmes followed by
expert lectures was organized.
The team represented by
Sheetal Katoch and Vishali
Sharma was adjudged the
winner among the four teams
that participated in quiz.
While interacting with the
audience, Shri Gurnam Singh,
Incharge Field Publicity Unit
Doda, highlighted the benifits
of these schemes and
underlined the importance of
maximum participation of
people to making such
initiatives a success.
Presiding over the function,
Dr. Mohammad Naseem,
Principal of the Institute
provided elaborate information
about these nationwide
programmes and asked for
more
such
awareness
initiatives about these schemes
in far flung areas. He also
appreciated the role of
Directorate of Field Publicity
for
organizing
such
programmes for rural and
remote pockets of the country.
Demanding holding of
interviews for various non
teaching positions, Gupta
expressed shock that the
University has no Assistant
Registrar, whereas there is large
scale shortage of non teaching
staff which is hampering the
development of the University.
He said that various youth of
Rajouri Poonch who had
applied for various posts of non
teaching staff in the University
have
approached
him,
complaining that no interview
has been held for the posts since
last many years.
He demanded the University
to hold interviews in time bound
period, so that to make the
institution more effective.
Meanwhile Gupta also visited
University Polytechnic and
accessed the overall functioning
of the Polytechnic. He said that
University has fixed huge fee
for the Diploma courses which
need to be revived.
Army organises lectures on join Indian
Army & Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
JAMMU :
a positive response from the
students in the area who
showed keen interest in joining
the Indian Army.
Alecture on Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan was also organized
by the Rashtriya Rifles
Battalion, under Romeo Force,
for the villagers at Loran,
district Poonch on 05 May
2015.
The lecture was aimed at
generating awareness about
the importance of hygiene and
sanitation. The lecture was
attended by 21 locals from
Loran and adjoining villages.
The important issues like
maintenance and repair of
sewage lines, proper disposal
of organic waste, recycling of
solid waste and keeping the
surroundings clean were
deliberated upon.Indian Army
has taken the initiatives to
spread awareness on such
social and civil topics which
are essential for the progress of
these remote villages and will
improve their quality of life.
Asia's largest dairy federation
(Amul) Jammu branch on
Wednesday contributed Rs.20,
100 to the Prime Minister's
National Relief Fund to support
rescue, relief and rehabilitation
operations for the people
affected by various natural
calamities in Nepal.
Devinder Thakur, Amul
distributor from Reasi said, "As
a responsible corporate, we are
extending full cooperation to
the government in all measures
for rescue, relief and
rehabilitation to those who have
suffered from these natural
calamities."
UDHAMPUR, MAY 6
While speaking in a
Valedictory function of a
seminar on "Economic issues
in J&K" held in Udhampur
campus of University of
Jammu here on Wednesday,
Balwant Singh Mankotia
stressed upon eradicating the
menace of corruption and
building
appropriate
infrastructure in the State for
sustainable tourism growth
and development.
Mankotia who was invited
as a chief guest in the function
maintained that J&K state is
mainly dependent on tourism
economy which has been
blessed with extraordinary
natural
topography
encompassing snow capped
mountains, dense forests,
picturesque meadows and
valleys, plethora of fauna and
flora apart from historical
monuments and shrines. The
State especially the Jammu
region has a vast tourism
potential which can be
developed into an ideal
destination for cultural,
leisure, pilgrimage and
wildlife tourism. He added
that J&K has been bearing the
Jammu, May 6:
Doda Unit of Directorate of Field Publicity,
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,
Government of India organized a special
interactive programme at Government Higher
Secondary School, Assar.
The event was organized in close coordination
with the department of education, Nehru Yuva
Kendra and Friends Youth Club.
The main objective of the programme was to
create awareness about special initiatives
launched by Central Government including PM
Jan Dhan Yojna, Beti Bachao Beti Padao,
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Mission Indradhansh
among others.
A quiz contest based on various aspects of these
programmes followed by expert lectures were
Demanding 25 reservations
in jobs for Rajouri Poonch
people, Gupta said that there
was already a set criterion in
University for 25 percent
reservation for the candidates of
Poonch Rajouri but no such
reservation is being given.
Gupta has also expressed
anguish over condition of road
for this University and said that
R&B Department should
immediately work on it and take
up the road on priority basis.
brunt of the social evils like
insurgency and corruption
with the latter spreading its
roots in every nook and corner
of the State. The poor rural
infrastructure and the
dilapidated quality of road
connectivity in the villages
are also responsible for the
lack of tourism growth in the
region.
Mankotia said that the
present government of J&K
should take necessary steps to
eradicate corruption from the
State and focus on developing
adequate infrastructure to
promote tourism and allied
sectors.
He said that J&K has a
potential to become the
richest state in India if the
government seriously work on
effective tourism planning.
Mr. Mankotia also exhorted
the State and Central
governments to work in
synergy for creating the
congenial atmosphere of
peace and tranquility in the
disturbed region. He said that
peace and harmony is a prerequisite for sustainable
tourism development in the
disturbed State like J&K.
organized. The team represented by Sheetal
Katoch and Vishali Sharma was adjudged the
winner among the four teams that participated in
quiz.While interacting with the audience, Shri
Gurnam Singh, Incharge
Field Publicity Unit Doda, highlighted the
benifits of these schemes and underlined the
importance of maximum participation of people
to making such initiatives a success.Presiding
over the function, Dr. Mohammad Naseem,
Principal of the Institute provided elaborate
information about these nationwide programmes
and asked for more such awareness initiatives
about these schemes in far flung areas. He also
appreciated the role of Directorate of Field
Publicity for organizing such programmes for
rural and remote pockets of the country.
R&B Bhaderwah executes
works in 2014-15 without
inviting tenders: RTI activist
Kishtwar-Sinthan road to
open for traffic next month
Kishtwar: The National highway Kishtwar-
Sinthan road will be made open next month for
the traffic, this was informed by Member of
Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Inderwal,
G. M. Saroori today while addressing a public
meetings here at Chatroo and Chingam areas
of district Kishtwar. During the second day
tour to Sub-Division Chatroo people gave him
warm reception and thanked Vice President
J&K PCC, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, who
has been pivotal in pushing the SinghporaVailoo tunnel, Kishtwar-Sinthan Tourism
Project, Kishtwar-Sinthan project and other
projects through.Saroori said after opening of
Kishtwar-Sinthan road it will make shortest
road link connectivity between the people of
twin hilly and far-flung districts of Doda and
Kishtwar with summer capital Srinagar.
Amul donates Rs 20100 to Prime
Minister's National Relief Fund
REASI, MAY 06:
For tourism to
grow, corruption needs
be checked: Mankotia
Directorate of Field
Publicity organizes awareness
programme in Doda
Vibodh asks BGSBU to fill vacant posts
Rashtriya Rifles Battalion,
under Romeo Force,
SRINAGAR: Five persons were injured in two separate road
conducted a Motivational talk
accidents across the valley, police said. Police said that a Maxi
at Government School,
Magic vehicle bearing registration number JK09A/2461 hit and
Khorinar, district Poonch to
inspire the students to join the
injured a pedestrian, Asifa daughter of Nazir Ahmed Ganie
Indian Army, today. Important
resident of Kachwari at Kachwari, Handwara. The injured was
aspects like challenges of the
shifted to District Hospital, Handwara for treatment. Handwara
job and various advantages of
police has registered a case in this regard. Meanwhile, a Maruti
car bearing registration number JK09/2511 met with an accident serving in the Army were
on NHW near Nutnusa, Drugmulla Kupwara resulting in injuries covered in detail. Around 30
to four persons. All the injured were shifted to nearby hospital for students from Government
School Khorinar participated
treatment. Kupwara police has registered a case in this regard.
in the event. The talk received
Police Public meetings
held at Gandoh
JAMMU | THURSDAY | MAY 7 | 2015
and closer relations between
police and public, Reasi district
police organised Police-Public
interaction meeting under the
supervision of SSP Reasi-Sujit
Kumar at Talwara today, which
was attended by Sarpanches,
prominent citizens and youth of
the area.The meeting was
chaired by DySP (Hqr) ReasiMohan Sharma who was
accompanied by In charge
Police Post Talwara-Rajeet
Rao.During the meeting
threadbare discussions were
held on various public issues
including regular market
checking, regular patrolling in
the area, gambling and Drug
Addiction. Sharma assured the
participants that police will
continue to work relentlessly
against the drug menace and
other social crimes and also
sought their cooperation in this
regard. He appealed to the
participants to share their
valuable ideas and suggestions
for improving police-public
relation in the district.The
participants appreciated and
welcomed the initiative taken
by SSP Reasi for organising
make people aware about the such meetings that would
various schemes and provide certainly help in bridging
them benefits of these distances between Police &
Public.
schemes at their door steps.
Interactive programme
held at Doda school
Doda Unit of Directorate of
Field Publicity, Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting,
Government of India organized
a
special
interactive
programme at Government
Higher Secondary School,
Assar. The event was
organized
in
close
coordination
with
the
department of education,
Nehru Yuva Kendra and
Friends Youth Club. The main
objective of the programme
was to create awareness about
special initiatives launched by
Jammu: Scores of students from different institutions of Jammu Central Government including
today joined CVSA in presence of State President Chenab Valley
Student's Association Mehran Anjum Mir.
The event was the good will programme of the organisation with
the aim to form largest organisation for students in the state. Mir
welcomed the new entrants within the folds of organisation and
said them to struggle for students cause whatever the conditions RAJOURI:
Member Legislative Council
might be. Meanwhile expanding the organisation, District
committee Jammu framed with new faces. Yasser Hussain Shah is & State Vice President of
appointed as new District President and Vishal Charak as Vice Bhartiya Janta Party Advocate
President. CVSA president said to the new appointed office Vibodh Gupta today met Vice
and Registrar of
bearers to find the problems of students and solve them in every Chancellor
Baba
Ghulam
Bhadshah
possible manner. Mir expressed hope that new elected team will University to Shah
discuss issues
leave no stone unturned in projecting the genuine demands of the concerning varsity.
students and will work for strengthening of the CVSA throughout
Advocate Gupta took up
the state. Prominent students who joined CVSA and took the various
related to
pledge to work for student community in future and will maintain Universitymatters
and
assured
full
the legacy included Jaspreet Singh, Kawaljeet Singh, Sourav support for the overall
Kotwal, Souvagaya Dogra, Deep Narayan, Gourav kotwal, development of the institution.
Damandeep Singh, Tasir salariya
Many students joined CVSA
4
HILL DISTRICTS
BHADERWAH, MAY 6:
The Road and Buildings Department, Bhaderwah has
ostensibly executed more than 60 works during the year 2014-15
without inviting tenders and had allegedly allotted the work to
blue eyed contractors through the backdoor, RTI activist and
Bhaderwah Youth Action Committee President Naseer Mehboob
Padder told reporters here.
Padder claimed that more than 60 works done by R&B
Department without inviting tenders for them .
"Being the head of the state it is the responsibility of the state
Chief Minister to take action against the corrupt official of
Bhaderwah R&B division but the way he has been maintaining
silence is quite astounding,"
Naseer said and demanded inquiry in all departmental works
done by R&B division during the year 2014-15 . He also alleged
that R&B Bhaderwah officers have also withdrawn payments for
various works through self cheques sheer violation of all rule and
norms. He said he filed an RTI and got reply that during the year
2014-15 R&B had done maximum departmental works without
inviting tenders.
SDPO Surankote
accorded farewell
RAJOURI:
People from Surankote area of Poonch district today accorded
warm farewell to Sub Divisional Police Officer, Ajay Sharma,
who has been transferred out of the area.
These farewell parties were organised in different villages of
Surankote including Draba, Marhote, Bufliyaz, Chandimarh
whereas Transporters' Union of Surankote also gave farewell to
DySP Ajay Sharma.
While addressing the farewell programmes, prominent people
of Surankote said that during his tenure as SDPO Surankote,
DySP Ajay faced tough challenges which included flood situation
and conduct of parliamentary and assembly polls "but he
overcome these challenges and served the area with his tireless
efforts". Later, outgoing SDPO Surankote Ajay Sharma
appreciated the cooperation imparted by the people of the area and
appealed locals to keep cooperating with police in the similar way.
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Willow clefts seized
at Lakhanpur
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KATHUA, 6 MAY: -
A truck loaded of willow
clefts is apprehended by
excise department and handed
over to forest department at
Lakhanpur toll post on
Wednesday. The willow clefts
are banned to take outside of
the state because of its falling
under green-area jurisdiction,
but this truck bearing number
JK02G-7481 heading to
Punjab from Kashmir carrying
KATHUA, MAY 6:
MLA Rajeev Jasrotia carried
out public meeting at Krishna
Nagar, on Wednesday. A large
number of people from ward
number 3 and 4 welcomed MLA
garlanding him. The locals
apprised MLA about the worst
condition of streets of the colony.
They said that the main street,
which divides both the ward, is
in worst condition adding that
the condition of other streets is
also not so good. "People of the
colony are staying over here
since thirty years yet you would
not find a single street having
proper lane and drain facility",
they added. Miffed over the
Municipal Council, K K
Khajuria said that they are facing
hardships over here due to the
lack of cleanliness facility. "We
do not have proper and
maintained road as well drainage
system. As there is no flow in the
drains, the polluted water
remains stagnant, creating foul
smell", he added. Moreover, the
absence of sanitation workers is
too enhancing the problem.
Another habitant, Balbir Singh
said, "Many a times we had
requested the council officers
and the administration to
maintain lanes and drains,
however, they always turn a deaf
ear to their demands.
willow clefts was found to
violate this ban which was
seized by Excise department
at Lakhanpur toll post which
was after charging plenty
handed over to forest
department.
KATHUA, MAY 6:
KATHUA, MAY 6TH:-
Under 'PARYAS' an initiative
by the District Administration
Kathua to listen to the
grievances of the public
telephonically, 13 callers
registered their grievances with
ADDC Kathua Manmohan
Singh today here at DC Office
Complex Kathua. During one
hour session; people from
different parts of the district
projected their problems;
mostly related to the provisions
of basic amenities. Responding
to the issues projected by
different callers, ADDC Kathua
issued on the spot instructions
to the officers for early redressal
of their grievances.
their service in the leadership
of BJYDistrict Vice-President
Arpan Verma removed
garbage, cleaned drainage;
cleared bushes emerged in the
premises
of
hospital.Expressing his views
to the media Arpan Verma
appealed people to adopt the
teachings and messages of
most dynamic and veteran
leader Narinder Modi who has
been accepted as world's most
powerful, visionary and
progressive Prime Minister.
He laid stress to follow and
adopt cleanliness as a natural
habit like eating food, drinking
water and wearing cloths so
that we could get a hygienic,
healthy and happy life.
He informed the public about
the importance of cleanliness
and hygiene.
The cleanliness is not about
cleaning own house but
cleanliness starts with our self,
our family, our locality, our
village and our work place. He
emphasized that if the
mohalla's and villages are
clean, the people are vigilant
then the country would
automatically become clean.
He explained that the
countries, which look neat &
clean, are so because their
citizen neither litter nor allow it
to happen. Pandu Kumar,
Sharma, Ravi Andotra, Rakesh
Saini and other activists were
among the participants.
Yuva Morcha organizes Swachhta
Abhiyan at Nagri
KATHUA, MAY 6:
Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha
(BJYM) unit of Nagri
organized "Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan" in and around SubDistrict Hospital of Nagri to
sensitize and create awareness
among children, villagers,
women about cleanliness and
hygiene. Other than this, the
volunteers of Red Cross
Society initiated cleanliness
drive at Old Age Home.
Dozens of youth contributing
IN THE COURT OF ADDITIONAL
MOBILE MAGISTRATE (JMIC), SAMBA
Present : Smt. Swati Gupta
Jasbir Singh S/O Gurbaksh Singh R/o. Chack Ram Chand,
Tehsil & District Samba
V/S
S.H.O. Police Station, Samba.
Application U/S 13 (3) of Registration of Birth/Death Act,
seeking directions to S.H.O. Police Station, Samba to enter the
birth particular of applicant.
PROCLAMATION
Lamp by the Chief Guest,
Guests of Honor, Madam
Shakti Kohli Director of the
College, Himanshu Kohli
Trustee of college, Dr. K R Jha
Principal of the College and
Mrs. Brij Kohli Vice-Principal
Kathua Polytechnic protest
against staff shortage
of the College. Chief Guest
while interaction with the
participants said that a teacher
have to take initiative to
improve the quality and value
education.
He said that states as well as
central Govt. has introduce
various
policies
and
commissions from time to time
to improve the system of the
education but the results are not
achieved as per the required
standard.
REMEBRANCE
27th DEATH ANNIVERSARY
"NOBLE SOUL NEVER DIES"
Whereas applicant has filed the above titled application in this
court for issuing direction to S.H.O. Police Station, Samba
regarding registration of birth particulars of applicant namely
Jasbir Singh S/o Gurbaksh Singh & Surinder Kour R/o Chack
Ram Chand, Tehsil &, District samba in Police Station, Samba
who was born on 10-03-1989 at home and through the medium
of this proclamation, general public is informed that any person/s
has/have objection to the same, in that event he/she/they shall
file same before this court on or before 13-05-2015,failing which
appropriate order shall passed. Take notice that in case the date
of fixed is declared holiday, the matter shall be taken in the next
working day.
Given under my hand and seal of this court today 5th day of
May 2015.
Addl. Mobile Magistrate (JMIC)
Samba
The inspiring spirit of "CHAMBYAL
FAMILY"
DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:Sons & Daughters-in-law:-
Th. Pratap Singh & Mrs Indu Rekha
(Distt. Gen. Sec. BJP Mahila Morcha
Kathua)
Th. Vijay Singh & Mrs Veena Devi,
Daughters & Sons-in-law.
The students of Kathua Polytechnic College today held a protest
demonstration against the lack of staff and proper infrastructure
due to which they said their studies are adversely affected. They
said that they were raising the issue for the notice of Directorate of
Technical Education Govt of J&K.
Govt Polytechnic College of Kathua which is provisionally
functioning in the premises of a Kartar Public School, Barnoti on
the rental basis. Leading protest, students of Polytechnic College
led by Puran Singh said the state government has established the
polytechnic in 2012 and since then classes have been functioning
in rented building but now the shortage of required staff affecting
their course.
Mrs Raj Kumari & Retd. Session Judge Pavitar Singh
Mrs Vimla (Darshi) & Retd. Col. B.S. Chili
Mrs Sudha & Retd. Director Sheep Husbandry Dr. Ajit Singh
Mrs Meena & Retd. Capt. B.S. Kharwal
Bhabhi & Brother
Mrs Vimla & Retd Asst Comdt. B.S.F. Sh. Prakash Singh
Sisters & Brothers-in-law
Mrs Kamla & Retd. Ranger Officer Sh. Parmodh Singh
Grandsons and Grand-daughters:- Bhanu Partap Singh(City
President BJYM Kathua), Prakriti, Pushpankar, Mailvika &
Anshuman Sambyal.
M/s FASHION ARCADE (GRASIM & Multi Branded Showroom)
W.no. 2 Col. Bhagat Singh Market near PNB Kathua
9018832252 , 9419377767, 9697626733.
IN THE COURT OF JUDICIAL
MAGISTRATE 1st CLASS (ADDL
MUNSIFF) SAMBA
Present : Madhu (KCS Judicial)
Tula Ram Sharma S/o Sh. Buta Ram r/o Amwal ,Tehsil &
Distt. Samba.
V/S
S.H.O. Police Station Vijaypur
In the matter of
Application for Registration of birth/death of:-
Vishav Sharma (male) D.O.B.10-09-2003 at home
Father's Name: Sh. Tula Ram Sharma
Mother's Name: Smt. Asha Sharma
NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLIC
Whereas, an application stand filed in this court for
registration of birth of Vishav Sharma (M) r/o Amwal,Tehsil &
Distt. Samba in Police Station, Vijaypur and through the medium
of this publication notice at large and any other interested person
is/ are informed that in case anybody has any objection in respect
of aforementioned application then he/she/they shall file their
objections in this court within 7 days from the date of publication
of notice, failing which appropriate order shall follow.
Given under my hand and seal of this court today 5th day of
May 2015.
Addl. Munsiff
(Judicial Magistrate Ist Class)
Samba
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER HORTICULTURE (P&M) DIVISION JAMMU
NOTICE INVITING TENDER
E-NIT NO: 01 OF 2015-16 DATE 2-5-2015
Remembers Lt. Col. Bhagat Singh
KATHUA 6 MAY:
JAMMU | THURSDAY| MAY 7 | 2015
13 grievance calls received in PRAYAS
Jasrotia takes MC
Kathua to task
National Seminar on Teachers'
Initiative held at LBS College
Lal Bahadur Shastri College
of Education, Rajbagh Kathua
organized National Seminar on
the Topic 'Teacher's Initiative
towards Quality and Value
Education' in Multipurpose
Hall of college on Wednesday.
Prof. Janak Singh Principal of
Government Women College
Kathua graced the occasion as
chief guest whereas Professor
Yashpaul
Sharma
of
Government Women Degree
College Kathua, was the Guest
of Honor. Other than this,
Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi and
Lakshmi Niwas Pandey HOD
Education Deptt Rashtriya
Sanskrit Sansthan Garly (HP)
were the special guests.The
Seminar started with the
lightening of the traditional
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KATHUA
For & on behalf of the Governor " Jammu and Kashmir State, the Executive Engineer Horticulture (P& M) division Jammu, as his representative invites tenders by etendering mode from the eligible contractors registered with PWD /CPWD/MES for the following works
S Name of work
Name of
Estimated
Cost of
Earnest
time
time and
Class of
No
division
cost (Rs in lacs)
tender
money(Rs in allowed for date of opening
contractor
document lacs)
completion of tender
(in Rs)
1 Balance work of Crib
Horticulture
51.00
6000/1,02,000/60 days
23-5-2015 at 1000hrs
AAA
structure (first floor) and brick (P&M) division
in the office of executive
work(ground floor) of Extension Jammu
engineer Horticulture (P&M)
of Kisan Ghar at BR-2 Shalimar
Division Jammu
Bagh New Delhi
1. Date of publishing: 6-5-2015
2. The Bidding documents can be downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 900 hours on 7-5-2015 to 20-5-2015 upto 1400 hrs)
3. a the bids shall deposited in electronic format on the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 900 hours on 8-5-2015 to 20-5-2015 upto 1400 Hrs. the bids receive d will
be opened at 1000 Hrs on 23-5-2015
b. the complete bidding upon will be online.
c. Technical bids/ hard copies of bidder shall be opened in the office of the Executive Engineer Horticulture (P&M) Division Jammu on 21-5-2015 at 1000 hrs.
4. List of tender documents to be scanned and upload with the period of bid submission
i) EMD in the for of CDR/FDR/ bank Guarantee ( pledged in favour of tender opening authority.
ii) Registration card duly renewed for the current financial year viz 2015-16
iv) Demand drafts towards the cost of tender documents (drawn in favour of tenders opening Authority viz Executive Engineer Horticulture (P&M) division Jammu
v) the bidder must have successfully competed similar natur of work the value of which should not be less than 1/5th of the advertised cost as a prime contractor in any
one year during last five year & certificate to this effect should be from and officer not below the rank of Executive Engineer.
vii) The bidder must possess turn over certificate issue by the Charted Accountant, for 40% of the advertised cost in any one year during last five years.
05The original instruments in respect of Cost of Tender documents ,EMD, Attested photocopies of PAN card , Registration Card and Sale Tax Certificate must be
delivered to the tender opening authorities on 20/05.2015 up to :1400 Hrs by speed post /registered post/courier only .If the office happens to be closed on the date of
receipt as specified , the same will be received on the next working at the same time and venue.
06 The bid for the works shall remain open for acceptance for a period of 90days from the dates of opening of bids .if any bidder /tenderer with draws his bid/ tender
before the said period or makes any modifications in the terms and conditions of the bid ,the said earnest money shall stand forfeited .
Instruction to bidders regarding e-tendering process
0. 7The interested bidder can download the NIT /bidding document from the website http;//jktenders.gov.in
i.To participate in bidding process bidders have to get (DSC)” Digital Signature certificate”as per information Technology Act -2000,to participate in on line bidding .
ii.This certificate will be required for digitally signing the bid bidders can get above mentioned digital certificate from any approved venders. The Bidders ,who already
posses valid (DSC) Digital Signature certificates need not to procure new Digital Signature Certificate.
iii.The bidders have to submit their bids on line in electronic format with Digital Signature the bids can not be up loaded without Digital Signature o Proposal will be
accept in physical form .
iv.Bids will be opened on line as per time schedule mentioned in column 8 in the above table.
v.Before submission of on lines bids , bidders must ensure that scanned copy of all the necessary documents have been attached with bid.
vi.The department will not be responsible for delay in online submission of bids whatsoever reasons may be .All the required information for bids must be filled and
submitted on lines
vii.The details of cost of documents , EMD specified in the tender documents should be thee same ,as submitted on line (scanned copies ) other wise bid will not be
accepted.
viii..
ix.In case of the amount of the bid offered by the lowest bidder is less by 15% or More he has to deposit additional security of 5% of the amount ,in the shape of CDR/FDR
pledged to the Executive Engineer Horticulture (P$M)Division Jammu while submitting the hard copies in the office
8No extra lead / lift other than advertised in the e-NIT shall be paid
Ther Relevant information :-
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Position of AAA
Position of T.S
Position of Funds
Position of Land
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Accorded
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No :- EEHPM/eTender/2015-16/01-9
Date:
02-05-2015.
DIP/J- 973/2015
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Sd/(Er.S.A.wani)
Executive Engineer
Horticulture (P&M) Division
Jammu
The NORTHLINES
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OPINION
www.thenorthlines.com
JAMMU | THURSDAY | MAY 07| 2015
ANDACombative
Opposition
Why
India
must
not
tinker
with
B'desh
border
deal
must build consensus on real estate Bill
I
t is heartening that the Government has reached out to
all parties to build consensus on the Real Estate
(Regulation and Development Bill), 2013, and may
even consider a demand by some Rajya Sabha members to
send it to a select committee. The Bill has been on the verge
of becoming a political hotspot ever since Congress vice
president Rahul Gandhi tried using it as a springboard to
reach out to the middle-class votebank. On Saturday, he
told the public that he had learnt it was not just the farmers
and the rural poor who had 'land issues' but also that the
middle classes were under pressure.
Then he went on to list the many problems faced by
prospective homeowners - these may have been a
revelation to the Congress scion but were as stale as
yesterday's newspapers to the public - and finally, surmised
that the real estate Bill, as amended by the Modi
Government, was "pro-builder" and "anti-buyer".
Remember that the problems faced by prospective
homeowners today did not emerge in this past year alone.
This sector has been a cesspool of black money and land
sharks for several years and it is the Congress that has been
at the helm for much of that time. Yet, it was only in 2013,
at the fag end of its second tenure, that the Congress-led
UPA regime brought the real estate Bill which seeks to
regulate the sector.
The voting public, of course, sees through this political
gimmick; however, the problem is that Mr Gandhi's
weekend grandstanding has seemingly prompted his party
colleagues to harden their positions on the issue. Hence,
there is now the possibility that the real estate Bill may
become yet another victim of a combative Opposition's
obstructionist ways. The onus is on the Government to
bring the Opposition on board. It must take the lead in
explaining to parliamentarians, and the public at large, why
the amendments it has made to the real estate Bill do not
weaken the law but make it more practicable.
The big bone of contention here is the escrow account
provision. The original Bill mandated that builders deposit
70 per cent of the money, that they collect from buyers, into
a separate bank account, which can only be used to meet
the construction expenses of the ongoing project. This was
to ensure that builders don't divert funds from one
incomplete project to another, leaving buyers in the lurch.
However, the Modi Government has brought down the 70
per cent requirement to 50 per cent. The Opposition claims
that this hurts the interests of the buyer. It would be correct,
only if it assumes that the cost of construction is 70 per cent
and the cost of land 30 per cent.
However, if the equation is changed - the cost of
construction dips and the cost of land rises, as may be the
case in commercial properties in prime locations - then the
funds in the escrow account will sit unused. This will
necessitate external financing and increase the price of the
project. Notably, the UPA's version did not include
commercial properties which the current Bill does. Other
problematic areas include the amendment allowing
builders to make 'minor alterations' in the sanctioned plan
without permission from two-thirds of the buyers and the
supposed weakening of the appellate body of the proposed
real estate regulator. These issues can, and should be,
resolved amicably.
Civilisational
connections
Modi's Buddhist pitch is not just
W
diplomatic PR
hile other empires were built by kings and
soldiers who conquered vast swathes of
territory, the Indian civilisational empire, it can
be said, has been raised by saints and seers who found a
place in our souls. Unfortunately, in the recent past, India
has failed to acknowledge, leave alone develop, those
spiritual ties of yore with its friends and neighbours. This is
partly the result of the misguided policy perspectives of
some post-Independence leaders, who confused secularism
with irreligiosity, (if not willfully undermined it through
minority appeasement), and also partly the result of the
public's own detachment from its civilisational history. It is
against this backdrop that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
heartfelt address on Buddha Poornima, highlighting Lord
Buddha's relevance in the contemporary world, must be
viewed.
This is the first time in recent memory that Buddha
Poornima has been celebrated on such a massive scale by
the Government with a message for audiences abroad and
at home. In the first case, Mr Modi's Buddhist pitch reaches
out to our South Asian neighbours such as Sri Lanka, Nepal
and Bhutan, and our friends across Asia, from Cambodia,
Laos, Thailand and Myanmar to China, South Korea,
Japan, Vietnam, Singapore and Mongolia. It highlights
India's civilisational connect with these countries and its
undisputed position as an Asian powerhouse. Hopefully,
these efforts to underline India's soft power will bring in,
apart from more tourists, also diplomatic leverages in the
years ahead.
Those who have sought to dismiss the Buddha Poornima
speech as publicity gimmick for Mr Modi's upcoming
China trip, should keep in mind that Buddhism has been an
important leitmotif of Mr Modi's diplomacy. In Japan last
year, he prayed at the Toji and Kinkakuji Buddhist temples,
and in Sri Lanka this March, he addressed Buddhist monks
at Colombo's Mahabodhi Temple and worshipped the
Mahabodhi tree in Anuradhapura. In China, later this
month, he is expected to visit the Great Wild Goose
pagoda, dedicated to famous Buddhist pilgrim Huen Tsang.
On the domestic front, the speech marks a rare outreach to
the Buddhist community which, though tiny, is still about
eight million-strong. Moreover, after centuries of decline,
Buddhism is on the rise in the land of its birth, primarily
due to the migration of Tibetan Buddhists and the
conversion of Hindu Dalits.
Gautam Sen
By revising the India-Bangladesh land boundary
agreement, the NDA is going for short-term gains and
losing the long-term perspective, says Gautam Sen.
he Union Cabinet has cleared a Constitution
T
amendment bill on a modified land boundary
agreement with Bangladesh, excluding the exchange
of enclaves and territories in adverse possession in the
Assam segment.
Bangladesh's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
Mohammad Shahriar Alam is reported tohavestated to
themedia that Dhaka is not yet clear on this issue. It is clear
that political compulsions of the Bharatiya Janata Party
which dominates the National Democratic Alliance
government,inthe context of the assembly elections in
Assam next year, has driven the government to decide
against an LBA as it has been originally framed to
encompass the entire India-Bangladesh border. The BJP
does not want to be seen as compromising on surrender of
excess Indian land in Assam to Bangladesh.
Sheikh Hasina's Awami League-lead Bangladesh
government has been staving off serious political challenges
from the communal Jamaat-e-Islami and its ally, Begum
Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh National Party over the past few
years. With the Teesta River waters-sharing still to be
formally agreed upon and the BNP bandying it as a major
failure of the government, a successful LBA in its original
form would be politically convenient Hasina.
The NDA government should heed wiser counsel and
formally conclude the original LBA, actually having its
genesis in the Indira Gandhi-Mujib Rehman agreement of
1974 without any further delay. The LBA is in India's
overall interest and a parliamentary standing committee on
external affairs had unanimously recommended its early
finalization in December 2014.
The LBA will bring about more stability to IndiaBangladesh bilateral relations and strengthen the friendly
Hasina government. Above all, such an agreement will
contribute towards economic development of the enclaves,
adjacent border areas and bring about a sea change in the
lives of both Indians and Bangladeshi residents with
provision of basic minimum services to them and back-up
the law enforcement apparatus, practically non-existent at
present.
Some compensatory economic measures will be required in
Assam and West Bengal for Indian citizens of the enclaves
which will pass on to Bangladesh. The West Bengal
government has already hinted on its willingness to take on
such a burden. Adjustment for some of the Bangladeshi
citizens who prefer to stay on in the enclaves, which
eventually get assimilated in India would also be required.
The number involved would be a few thousands only and
the territorial content will not be large.
The Congress-lead Assam government of Tarun Gogoi is
already committed to the LBA. Gogoi was part of United
Progressive Alliance Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's
official delegation to Bangladesh which agreed to the draft
content of the LBA in September 2011.
It will be politically expedient for the NDA government to
push through the LBA in its present form, without truncating
it well before the Assam elections. West Bengal will also go
to its assembly polls next year. Before competing political
stances bedevil the environment, it will be prudent and in
the country's long-term interest of beneficial bilateral
relations to put the LBA in the statute book of India's
international treaties. The impact of accommodating a few
thousand Indian citizens of the Bangladeshi enclaves will
not be very high. The BJP and the NDA should be able to
manoeuvre the political situation in Assam in its favour
when its government steps in with an economic resettlement
package and adjustment of Bangladeshis who prefer stay on
and assume Indian citizenship.
Political will and foresight on the part of New Delhi will be
of the essence. From the regional geo-political perspective,
in the interest of security of India's north-east, as well as
facilitating the NDA government's 'Act East Policy', stable
and cooperative India-Bangladesh relations will be
necessary.
The Hasina government has already facilitated many of
India's infrastructural projects in the north-east by enabling
road and riverine transport from mainland India through
Bangladesh. A perceptibly better security scenario prevails
in the north-east over the past 5-6 years, owing to Dhaka`s
networked action in concert with the government of India's
security agencies in controlling militants operating against
India.
A comprehensive LBA will only reinforce bilateral relations
and earn goodwill for India in Bangladesh. The LBA will
help control illegitimate movements to and from Indian
territory in places where enclaves and territories in adverse
possession are located. The scope of using these places as
hideouts of inter-state criminals will be reduced. Border
management can consequently be upgraded.
Finally from the administrative angle implementing the
exchange process is a feasible proposition. In fact, the
directors land records and survey of West Bengal and
Bangladesh are ready since 2011 to execute the enclave
exchange process as is evident from the India-Bangladesh
joint protocol of September 2011. There should not be any
intractable problem on the Assam side in finalising the
cadastral maps pertinent to the land transfer there.
Ensure safe drinking water for all
KP Shashidharan
More than two billion poor
people around the world
have no other option but to
drink unprocessed water
that, apart from containing
toxic impurities, also has
traces of human and
animal waste. This needs
to change
uman survival is
increasingly
becoming difficult
in an unsustainable,
polluting world. Clean air,
water, flora, fauna, nontoxic vegetables, poultry,
milk and meat are all going
scarce.
Safe food is
becoming expensive and
unaffordable, not only for
the poor but also a vast
majority of the population.
In a TV show recently, one
of the world's richest men
and the co-founder of
Microsoft, Mr Bill Gates
drank processed sewage
water and underlined a
pertinent message to the
world: Sewage is bad. It
causes a lot of diseases
because people don't have
good sanitation systems.
The omniprocessor machine
that Mr Gates was
promoting converts sewage
water into drinking water. It
can also help increase the
availability of potable
water. There is no denying
that more than two billion
poor people around the
world have no other option
but to drink unprocessed
water that, apart from
having toxic impurities, has
traces of raw human and
animal waste.
The poor people are faced
with Hobson's choice: They
cannot afford to buy
H
processed water but by
drinking dirty water, they
can get fatal infections.
Alas! there is no easy
solution to the most
complex issue of human
survival in a rapidly
becoming unsustainable
world. If immediate
measures are not taken to
prevent the deterioration of
the environment, buying
oxygen cylinders may
become a reality.
Many people suffer from
food poisoning from toxic
vegetables and fruits and
hormone-injected meat and
fish. Heavy use of
insecticides, pesticides,
chemical
fertilisers,
unhealthy agrarian practices
and hazardous environment
are the cause of many health
issues.
Environmental
deterioration leads to
climate change and frequent
natural calamities.
A recent report by the
United Nations World Water
Development discusses how
water is inextricably linked
to economic, social and
environmental aspects of
sustainable living. Though
more than 2.3 billion people
in the world have gained
access to drinking water
between 1990 to 2010, still
about 748 million people
are deprived of potable
water.
The report further states that
the world's slum population
is expected to reach nearly
900 million by 2020. And an
annual investment of $53
billion for a five-year period
will be required for
universal provision of
access to water and
sanitation facilities. The UN
water report will be
discussed at the 69th session
of the UN General
Assembly. The discussion
will focus on finding
solutions to the increasing
competition for water
between water uses and
water users. Inter-State,
inter-regional international
water
conflicts
and
confrontations are going to
increase in the future.
The report gives valuable
insight
into
water
management and water
governance. It states that
provision of drinking water
is essential for poverty
reduction, inclusive growth,
improved health, food and
energy security, urban and
rural livelihood and better
agrarian practices. Fresh
water resources are to be
equitably governed. New
technological solutions like
the sewage water converter
can help enhance the
availability of drinking
water, but affordability of
the processed water by the
vast majority of the people
is a critical issue.
What is more important is
that the Government, in
collaboration with private
enterprises,
nonGovernment organisations,
community leaders and
villagers, work towards the
preservation
of
the
ecological systems, the flora
and the fauna. They should
de-pollute and clean the
water bodies. There should
also be an increase in the
availability of pure air,
water, food and
sustainable environment.
Water
harvesting,
wastewater re-use, water
efficient power plant
cooling systems, increasing
capacity of wind, solar and
geothermal energy are the
key determinants of a
sustainable water policy for
the future. By 2030, the
world is projected to face a
40 per cent global water
deficit when population
grows to 9.1 billion by 2050
with an urban population of
6.3 billion. Collaboration
between natural resource
managers and health,
agriculture and industry is
essential to bring an
appropriate
policy
formulation.
India has only four per cent
of the world's renewable
water resources with more
than 18 per cent of the
world's population and 2.4
per cent of the world's land
area. As the country is
affected by frequent floods
and droughts, there is a
possibility of deepening
water conflicts. Access to
water for sanitation and
hygiene and lack of sewage
treatment are serious
national problems. A
holistic
and
interdisciplinary approach to
address
water-related
problems is the need of
hour. Comprehensive water
policy and legislation for
optimum development of
inter-State rivers and river
valleys will ensure scientific
planning of land and water
resources.
(The writer is former
Director General, office of
the Comptroller and
Auditor-General of India)
Narendra Modi's NDA government should take a call in the
matter as early as possible, reckoning the local political
dynamics but in juxtaposition with India`s long-term
strategic interests, and the welfare of both eastern India and
the country's north-east.
If regional political compulsions of the NDA are so
preponderant -- though there is no reason why it must -- and
turn out to be unmanageable to the detriment of overall
national interest, it may be advisable to put off the formal
conclusion of the LBA till the assembly polls of West
Bengal and Assam are over in 2016.
Truncation or tinkering with the LBA given shape to at the
highest level between India and Bangladesh in 2011 should
not be done at all in the present circumstance.
Gautam Sen is a retired Indian Defence Accounts Service
officer who has served with the home and defence ministries
in different capacities and has been extensively associated
with north-east matters.
A comprehensive LBA will only reinforce bilateral relations
and earn goodwill for India in Bangladesh. The LBA will
help control illegitimate movements to and from Indian
territory in places where enclaves and territories in adverse
possession are located. The scope of using these places as
hideouts of inter-state criminals will be reduced. Border
management can consequently be upgraded.
Finally from the administrative angle implementing the
exchange process is a feasible proposition. In fact, the
directors land records and survey of West Bengal and
Bangladesh are ready since 2011 to execute the enclave
exchange process as is evident from the India-Bangladesh
joint protocol of September 2011. There should not be any
intractable problem on the Assam side in finalising the
cadastral maps pertinent to the land transfer there.
Narendra Modi's NDA government should take a call in the
matter as early as possible, reckoning the local political
dynamics but in juxtaposition with India`s long-term
strategic interests, and the welfare of both eastern India and
the country's north-east. If regional political compulsions of
the NDA are so preponderant -- though there is no reason
why it must -- and turn out to be unmanageable to the
detriment of overall national interest, it may be advisable to
put off the formal conclusion of the LBA till the assembly
polls of West Bengal and Assam are over in 2016.
Truncation or tinkering with the LBA given shape to at the
highest level between India and Bangladesh in 2011 should
not be done at all in the present circumstance.
Gautam Sen is a retired Indian Defence Accounts Service
officer who has served with the home and defence
ministries in different capacities and has been extensively
associated with north-east matters.
West's old enemy is
China's new friend
G
By Himani Pant
iven its troubles in Tibet, China is officially opposed to
separatist movements. But that hasn't prevented Beijing
from cosying up to an isolated Russia, post-Crimea
The turmoil in Ukraine began in late 2013 and the situation has
remained tensed ever since. While the West has increasingly
showed its discontent with Russian intervention in Crimea,
China has maintained a well calculated distance from the crisis,
considering its stake in both Europe and Russia. China's
diplomacy is focussed on making all encompassing progress in
the 'belt and road' initiatives. In this regard, promotion of
connectivity, building corridors for overland economic
activities and pillars of maritime cooperation tops the list of its
priorities. Cordial relations with Europe thus become important
from the point of building the 'road' initiative. However, at the
same time, Russia is an important strategic partner for China. In
fact, sanctions against Russia have given China, an opportunity
to make the best deals in terms of procuring resources from
Russia. As James DJ Brown of the Temple University, Japan,
puts it: "Current US policy on the Ukraine crisis is driving
Russia into China's embrace". So, if there is one country which
has actually gained economically from the Ukraine crisis, it is
China.
However, the present situation also places China in a diplomatic
bind. A strong proponent of the absolute nature of sovereignty,
it does not support separatist movements. More significantly,
the Constitution of China underscores its policy of noninterference in the internal affairs of other states. Russia's use of
a referendum to break Crimea away from Ukraine contradicts
this fundamental tenet of Chinese foreign policy. China
obviously will not want the precedent set by the Crimean
referendum to be repeated in its own disputes, be it with Tibet,
Xinjiang or Taiwan. In general, what we see is a cautious and
neutral China which has maintained a restrained approach on
the crisis.
While Russia and China may not be best of friends, what brings
the two powers together at this time is mutual need and
prospects of gain. Sanctions have exposed the EU and Russia,
in terms of energy and technology exchange between the two.
While Russia is in search of new markets after Western
sanctions came into force, China is the pre-eminent power with
a need for natural resources. Hence, a partnership of
convenience exists between the two.
Russia and Chinese trade amounted to approximately $95.3
billion last year, and China's Foreign Minister Wang Li has
hinted at closer cooperation this year. Thus, it may not be an
exaggeration to say that Sino-Russian relations have entered a
new phase since the West levied sanctions on Russia. During his
visit to Shanghai in mid-2014, Russian President Vladimir
Putin remarked that bilateral interactions between the two had
become "best in all their many centuries of history." A case in
point is the $400 billion gas deal signed between China and
Russia last year. In 2014, it was reported that Russia was ready
to supply Su-35 fighter jets to China. The two countries also
conducted a combined military exercise in the East China Sea.
Europe, which used to be outside China's strategic influence,
has also come closer. The EU is China's biggest trading partner
while China is the EU's second largest trading partner. China
has also found support from Europe in its Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank Initiative with France, Germany,
Luxembourg, Switzerland, Denmark and Austria seeking
membership of the bank in spite of US opposition.
the NORTHLINES Jammu
BJP's 'Jan Kalyan Parv' to highlight welfare schemes
New Delhi: Union ministers and BJP MPs and functionaries will fan out across
the country to tell people
about the welfare measures
taken for the underprivileged
sections and farmers as part
of a week-long 'Jan Kalyan
Parv' which the party has
lined up to mark the NDA
government's completion of
one year in office.
The announcement of the
week-long observances from
May 26 to June 1 was made
at the BJP Parliamentary
Party meeting today. Union
Minister Ananth Kumar told
Congress slams government for not referring GST
Bill to standing committee
New Delhi: Reiterating that
the Goods and Services Tax
(GST) Bill should be sent to the
Standing Committee, Congress
leader Mallikarjun Kharge on
Wednesday alleged that the
government has violated all
parliamentary procedures by
directly introducing it in the
current session of Parliament.
"Around eight to nine amendments have been brought by the
Modi Government, but what
repercussions these amendments will have can only be
understood when the bill is
referred to the Standing
Committee with a time limit set
by the Speaker on the same.
The time limit could be one or
two months after which it
should be sent back from the
Standing Committee," he said.
Asserting that every bill is
referred to a Standing
Committee first, Kharge said
the government has violated all
parliamentary procedures with
its move. "Every bill is referred
to a Standing Committee first,
but the Central Government has
violated all parliamentary procedures. The bill has been
directly introduced in the current session of the Parliament,"
said Kharge. "Hence, there lies
no scope of detailed discussion
over the bill. Moreover, the
loopholes that need to be
addressed are being overlooked
due to shortage of time," he
added.
Meanwhile,
the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
has issued whip to its MPs to be
present during the passage of
the GST bill in the Lok Sabha.
Union Parliamentary Affairs
Minister M Venkaiah Naidu
while talking to the media after
the BJP parliamentary party
meeting today sought the cooperation of the opposition parties
to support the government in
passing of the bill.
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the party MPs that the initiative was for highlighting the
schemes, policies and programmes of the Narendra
Modi government.
The Prime Minister was
present for the meeting when
the announcement for the
commemoration was made
and its contours explained.
"The government has
decided that May 26 to June
1 will be observed as 'Jan
Kalyan Parv' under which
ministers, MPs and senior
functionaries of (BJP) will
travel across the country to
highlight the welfare measures and various policies and
initiatives taken by it for the
welfare of poor, downtrodden and farmers," Union
Minister Venkaiah Naidu
told reporters after the meeting.
Party general secretary
(Organisation) Ram Lal,
meanwhile, also talked to
members about the mass
contact programme launched
by BJP after its membership
drive to reach out to all its
members. He said that BJP's
aim was to reach out to every
section of society irrespective of caste, creed and religion and the campaign
would create awareness
about the policies, ideology
and principles of BJP.
Anti-corruption amendment bill to
be taken up in Rajya Sabha today
New Delhi: An anti-corruption amendment bill
aimed at enhancing penalty
for graft to a maximum of
seven years from at present
five years, among other, is
slated to be taken up for discussion in Rajya Sabha on
Thursday.
According to the schedule
of legislative business of the
Rajya Sabha for tomorrow,
Union Minister Jitendra
Singh to move the bill to
amend the Prevention of
Corruption Act, 1988, be
taken into consideration and
it be passed. The Prevention
of Corruption (Amendment)
Bill, 2015 also aims to provide a shield of protection to
government employees after
they have resigned or retired
from the service.
Union Cabinet had on
April 29 given its nod to official amendments to the bill
that provides for more stringent punishment for the
offences of bribery--both for
Those seeking change are not
anti-govt: US to India on NGOs
New Delhi: The US on
Wednesday hit out at Modi
government for the punitive
action against scores of
NGOs, saying those who act
peacefully to seek change are
not anti-government and not
trying to weaken national
security.
US Ambassador Richard
Verma further said citizens
have a "inalienable right" in a
democratic society to argue
peacefully and ask questions
or challenge laws.
"I read with some concern
the recent press reports on
challenges faced by the
NGOs operating in India.
Because a vibrant civil society is so important to both of
our democratic traditions, I
do worry about the potentially chilling effects of these
regulatory steps focused on
NGOs," Verma said.
He was delivering a lecture
on "Foundation of the USIndia
Strategic-Plus
Relationship" at Ananta
Aspean Institute, a thinktank. In a crackdown on
NGOs allegedly receiving
illegal foreign funds, the
government last month had
cancelled licences of nearly
9,000 such entities for violation
of
the
Foreign
Contribution Regulation Act
(FCRA).
The
US-based
Ford
Foundation has also been put
on the 'watch list' by the
Home Ministry, which
directed that funds coming
from the international donor
should not be released by any
bank to any Indian NGO
without mandatory permission from it. The government
had also barred Greenpeace
India from receiving foreign
funds with immediate effect.
Noting that it was natural
to have areas of disagreement
between the two countries,
he said he was looking forward to some tough discussions with India on certain
issues, indicating that action
against NGOs may be one of
them.
"I also know there will be
times when we disagree, and
I look forward to those conversations, too. Yes, I look
forward to the tough discussions because my argument
is not that our two sovereign
countries must be exactly the
same," he said.
After the Ford Foundation
was put on the watch list, the
US State Department had
protested and the issue was
also reportedly raised by
under secretary for political
affairs Wendy Sherman during her meetings with senior
Indian officials here last
week.
'AAP would find
US envoy voices concern over
'challenges faced by NGOs in India' regional faces
New Delhi: The US envoy
to India Richard Verma on
Wednesday voiced "concern"
over reports about "challenges faced by NGOs operating in India", as the government has put the US-based
Ford Foundation under the
scanner.
Speaking at the Ananta
Aspen Institute on the
Foundations of the US-India
Strategic-Plus Relationship,
the ambassador said: "I read
with some concern the recent
press reports on challenges
faced by NGOs operating in
India."
"Because a vibrant civil
society is so important to
both of our democratic traditions, I do worry about the
potentially chilling effects of
these
regulatory
steps
focused on NGOs," he added.
Verma said that during his
tenure he hoped to find
"many areas of agreement
and forward progress" with
his official and unofficial
friends, "but I also know
there will be times when we
disagree, and I look forward
to those conversations too".
He said, "It is a suggestion
that our democratic traditions
are strengthened when we
use discussion and debate to
improve." "Therefore, we
can build resilience in our
bilateral relationship by having frank discussions on all
matters of shared concern,
including the importance of
civil society and free expression to the promotion of a
more peaceful, prosperous,
and stable future."
On Tuesday, the government
said
the
Ford
Foundation had funded some
NGOs which are not registered under the provisions of
the Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act (FCRA),
2010, as well as the Sabrang
Trust which is linked to
activist Teesta Setalvad.
"There are inputs from
security agencies that some
amounts have been credited
from Ford Foundation to
some NGOs which are not
registered under the provisions of FCRA, 2010,"
Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju told the
Lok Sabha.
"Hence, to keep a watch on
such recipients, the credits
from Ford Foundation have
been put under prior permission category under FCRA,
2010," he added. Last month,
the government put international donor Ford Foundation
on the watchlist for funding
organisations not registered
under the FCRA.
Verma said that in the
world of today "a great deal
of the search for the refinements that can improve our
governments is undertaken
by civil society organisations".
He said President Barack
Obama had convened members of the international community on the margins of the
UN General Assembly in
2013 to launch the Stand
with Civil Society Agenda.
The objectives were "to
improve the policy environment for civil society organisations in various countries
around the world; coordinate
diplomatic
actions
in
response to restrictions on
civil society; and to develop
innovative mechanisms for
providing civil society organisations with technical and
financial support".
Verma said the US and
India are collaborating on a
variety of healthcare issues.
He said epidemiologists
from the US and Indian
Centers for Disease Control
are working together on the
India Epidemic Intelligence
Service Programme and may
have found the source of the
disease that was killing many
children
in
Bihar's
Muzaffarpur district.
Health agencies of both
sides were also collaborating
to find a vaccine for
rotavirus.
He said after Obama's visit
and that of several top officials, the two sides are
engaging on more than 70
initiatives, "everything from
space to vaccines".
These include "launching a
civil nuclear contact group
that moved us past some of
the obstacles that had stalled
progress for years; restarting
the trade policy forum to
address intellectual property
and food security issues;
signing Memoranda of
Cooperation on Smart Cities
and Transportation; and hosting the bilateral India-U.S.
Technology Summit".
China visit will lay foundation for enhancing economic cooperation: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister
Narendra
Modi
on
Wednesday said his upcoming visit to China will lay the
foundation for enhancing
bilateral economic cooperation between New Delhi and
Beijing.
The Prime Minister took to
Twitter to share his views.
"Looking forward to visiting China from 14-16 May to
boost friendship between our
2 ancient civilizations and 2
largest developing nations,"
he posted.
"I am confident my visit
will lay the foundation for
further enhancing economic
co-operation with China in a
wide range of sectors," he
added.
Sharing his travel itinerary,
the Prime Minister also stated
that he looks forward to visiting Xi'an in the Shaanxi
Province in central China.
"In China I will visit Xi'an,
Beijing and Shanghai. I
eagerly await productive dis-
tion and to gauge if the party
is ready to contest the 2017
Legislative Assembly elections. When asked if AAP had
become a party which
revolved around only one
man, Gupta said, "We are not
saying that we are not going to
develop new faces. Even at
national level we have multiple faces and they are doing
extremely good job. Since
Arvind Kejriwal has become
the Chief Minister of Delhi, he
New Delhi: Members in
Lok Sabha were left amused
on Wednesday when a BJP
member asked the government why it was not working
on steps to "control" hailstorm.
Obviously concerned over
the large-scale damage to
crops due to recent hailstorm
and unseasonal rains, Dilip
Kumar Mansukhlal Gandhi
asked the question to Earth
Sciences Minister Harsh
Vardhan, who said science
has so far not found any way
in which hailstorm or earthquake can be prevented.
Gandhi, who represents
possible but "there is no mechanism
where I can forecast earthquakes for
the next 24 hours," he said during
Question Hour. Late last month, a
massive earthquake devastated large
parts of Nepal and affected some
areas in India. Over 7,550 people,
including over 40 Indians, have been
killed by the temblor.
Referring to the advances made by
India in the area of earth sciences,
Harsh Vardhan said that about the
recent earthquake, Prime Minister
cussions with President Xi
Jinping and Premier Li
Keqiang," he wrote.
"Honoured that Mr. Xi
Jinping invited me to Xi'an in
his home province and a land
associated with Xuan Zang,
who visited India," he added.
Prime Minister Modi further said that he looks forward
to interacting with industrialists in Shanghai.
"I also look forward to
meeting the captains of industry in Shanghai and sharing
with them the wonderful
opportunities India has to
offer," he posted.
"Am certain that my visit to
China will strengthen stability, progress and prosperity in
Asia," he added.
In addition, the Prime
Minister also posted his messages in Chinese. Prime
Minister Modi's visit to China
will be the first leg of his sixday, three nation tour, which
also includes visits of
Mongolia and South Korea.
Ahmednagar in Maharashtra,
asked that though advance
warnings are being issued to
farmers or fishermen about
rains or storms, "why are you
not working on a process to
control hailstorm which
would provide relief to the
farmers?"
"Is your Ministry working
in this direction," he asked
during Question Hour which
left
several
members
amused.
In
response,
Harsh
Vardhan said "so far, science
has not progressed so much
as to stop hailstorm or earthquake from occuring."
New Delhi: Soon after
Congress president Sonia
Gandhi criticised the central
government for its tax regime,
party vice-president Rahul
Gandhi echoed similar sentiments and said the ruling government wants to favour only
a few industrialists.
"When we were in power
we fought for transparency. He
(Narendra Modi) wants to
favour only a few industrialists, that's all. Not the common
people of India," he said.
"This government of 'SuitBoot' wants to snatch away the
land of its people. CVC,
Lokpal appointments have
been halted and it has been
months that these posts are
vacant," he added.
Further criticising the Prime
Minister's approach, Rahul
said, "The Prime Minister
wants to be the sole person
holding power and that is why
he wants to finish the RTI. He
wants to finish 'institutions'."
The Congress president had
earlier in the day said that the
economy is faltering and
exports are falling and
slammed the government for
its indifference to the neglect
and distress of farmers.
Modi confident China
visit will lay
foundation for
enhancing
cooperation
New Delhi: Ahead of his
visit to China, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
Wednesday expressed confidence that the trip will lay the
foundation for enhancing
cooperation in a wide range
of sectors and strengthen stability, progress and prosperity in Asia. "Looking forward
to visiting China from May
14-16 to boost friendship
between our 2 ancient civilizations & 2 largest developing nations," he tweeted in
English and Chinese.
In China, he said, he will
visit Xi'an, the native place
of President Xi Jinping,
besides
Beijing
and
Shanghai. "I eagerly await
productive discussions with
President Xi Jinping &
Premier Li Keqiang. I am
confident my visit will lay
the foundation for further
enhancing economic cooperation with China in a
wide range of sectors," Modi
said in further tweets.
"Am certain that my visit
to China will strengthen stability, progress and prosperity in Asia," he added. He said
he was also looking forward
to meeting the captains of
industry in Shanghai and
sharing with them the wonderful opportunities India has
to offer. Besides China, Modi
will also be travelling to
Mongolia.
GST, land boundary Bills: BJP
itation in saying?that... On the
same note, as we are going to
the other states, we are looking for new faces. We want to
identify the faces which will
become our regional faces,"
Gupta said.
The AAP leader is in Goa to
strengthen the local organisa-
has hardly had time to be the
face of the party in any way.
He is completely busy with
administration." The AAP
leader also hinted that the
party was going to focus on
expansion in Punjab and
Haryana, among other states,
in the near future.
New Delhi: BJP on
Wednesday issued a whip to
its MPs in both Houses of
Parliament till Friday to
ensure their presence during
the passage of two constitutional amendment Bills pertaining to the GST and land
boundary agreement with
Bangladesh, for which it has
also sought the support of
all parties.
Stating that the two legislations were in the country's
interest, the government
today said the amendment
Bill to introduce GST will
come up in Lok Sabha today
while the one to operationalise the land boundary
agreement with Bangladesh
No mechanism available to predict earthquakes: Govt
New Delhi: There is no mechanism as of now to forecast earthquakes but all aspects are monitored
closely to ensure that warnings are
issued at the earliest, government
said on Wednesday.
Science and Technology and Earth
Sciences Minister Harsh Vardhan
told the Lok Sabha that the country
has the best possible collaboration
with various agencies.
Everything is monitored properly
and warnings are issued as early as
Lokpal or Lokayukta, as the
case may be, for investigation of offences relatable to
recommendations made or
decision taken by a public
servant in discharge of official functions or duties," as
per the official amendments
to be included in the bill.
The NDA government has
refrained from introducing
large-scale amendments to
the PC Act and made only a
few
changes
to
the
Prevention of Corruption
(Amendment) Bill, 2013 that
was introduced in the Rajya
Sabha on August 19, 2013 by
the previous UPA regime.
It was referred to a
Parliamentary
Standing
Committee which had submitted its report to the Upper
House on February 6, last
year. But the bill could not be
passed. Non-monetary gratification has also been covered within the definition of
the word gratification in the
amendment bill.
Why govt not working on ways to
control hailstorm, asks BJP MP
as it expands'
Panaji: The Aam Admi
Party (AAP), which is trying
to expand outside Delhi,
would try and find regional
faces in every state, a senior
leader said here. "We (have)
realised that Arvind Kejriwal
is the face of the party... We
have also realised that the
party has to grow," said AAP's
national secretary Pankaj
Gupta.
"Arvind Kejriwal is a
national face. We have no hes-
the bribe giver and the bribe
taker.
The Cabinet has enhanced
penal provisions under the
bill from minimum six
months to three years and
from maximum five years to
seven years. The seven year
imprisonment brings corruption to the heinous crime category. The bill proposes to
ensure speedy conclusion of
corruption related cases by
providing that trial be completed within two years period. The amendments being
brought through the bill propose to confer the powers of
attachment upon the trial
court (Special Judge) instead
of the District Court.
It is also proposed to
extend the protection of prior
sanction for prosecution to
public servants who cease to
hold office due to retirement,
resignation etc.
"Further, prior sanction for
inquiry and investigation
shall be required from the
Rahul criticises PM for
favouring
industrialists
Narendra Modi got information
about it even before his Nepalese
counterpart knew. The country has
made "extraordinary progress" in
this regard, he said.
Emphasising that the country was
not lagging behind any others in
terms of earth sciences and related
forecast, he said whatever information is received related to weather the
same is utilised properly.
Harsh Vardhan said it is now possible to give early warnings about
possible tsunami which is shared
with other countries. Every effort is
made to ensure that information
about weather is shared promptly
with various agencies, he added.
Noting that hailstorms cannot be
stopped, he said to help farmers,
whatever research is required, is
being done. The government has
Memorandums of Understanding
with various countries and organisations for collaborations.
To a question that the Ministry's
budgetary allocation is less, the
Minister said it would put the money
to optimal use. "We are developing
new strategies and technologies... If
needed we will ask for more budget,"
he said. Some preliminary work has
been initiated under Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) between
Earth System Science Organisation
(ESSO), which is under the Earth
Sciences Ministry, and the US-based
University
Corporation
for
Atmospheric Research (UCAR).
will be taken up in Rajya
Sabha.
"BJP has issued a whip to
all its MPs till Friday to be
present during voting on
important
bills
in
Parliament," sources told
PTI.
"GST is a revolutionary
tax legislation brought after
consultation with all states.
It has been pending for
many years now and was
brought by the last government. We feel it should be
passed in this session itself.
To get the Bill passsed is in
the
nation's
interest,"
Parliamentary
Affairs
Minister M Venkaiah Naidu
told reporters.
Addressing party MPs at
a meet of the BJP
Parliamentary Party here,
Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley gave details of the
Bill, saying "it is a revolutionary taxation reform that
will help arrest the leakage
of revenue, end corruption,
the burden of multiple taxation and harassment of common people".
Naidu termed it "a very
progressive piece of legislation" and said the government "appeals to all political parties to support the
Bill".
He added that the concerns raised by the states
have been addressed to the
maximum extent and, if
issues still remain, they can
be taken up later. He said
the Bill will be put to vote
after the Finance Minister
replies.
Regarding the Bill to
operationalise the land
boundary agreement with
Bangladesh, Naidu again
assured that "it was in the
nation's interest".
"Our boundary will be
secured, fencing will be
done with Bangladesh and
there will be no further
infiltration. The road distance between India and
Bangladesh will also be
reduced and good ties will
be maintained... We decided
to accept Congress's suggestion of including Assam
in the agreement, after it
initially opposed it," he
said.
Asked to comment on
Congress's threat to stage a
walkout during the passage
of the GST Bill, Naidu said,
"I earnestly hope they will
understand the need for a
tax reform Bill and will support it."
the NORTHLINES Jammu
JAMMU | THURSDAY, MAY 07, 2015
SBI Life posts net profit
of Rs. 820 Cr
Jammu, May 06:
SBI Life Insurance today
announced a net profit of Rs.
820 crores as compared to
last year's net profit of Rs
740 crores, an increase of
11%. The individual new
business
premium
has
increased from Rs. 3,217
crores in FY 2013-14 to Rs
3,757 crores this year,
recording a growth of 17%.
Commenting on the financial
results of the Company, Arijit
Basu, Managing Director and
CEO, SBI Life, said, "We
attribute our growth to our
strong multi-channel distribution system, innovative
new products and good customer service. We continue
to grow consistently and will
be entering our 15th year in
the Insurance business. Our
focus will be on enhancing
distribution efficiency, lowering operational cost, introducing innovative products
and continue to be customer
centric. We look forward to
the coming year to write
many more success stories
through our continuous and
dedicated efforts."
SBI Life Insurance has a
suite of products in various
categories like protection,
wealth creation, savings,
child, retirement, etc. together with insurance, to address
needs of diverse customer
segments.
In the FY 2014-15, SBI Life
has been awarded as the
'Most Trusted Private Life
Insurance Brand' by the
Economic Times, Brand
Equity for the fourth consecutive year in a row, besides
being announced as "Most
Promising Brands" by The
Economic Times.
The company was also felicitated as runner up for the
'Best Life Insurance Provider
2014' by Outlook Money
Awards for the second consecutive year and won the
"Indian Insurance Award
2014" for 'Non- Urban
Coverage- Life Insurance'
'Best
Life
Insurance
Company'.
Another honour bestowed
upon the company was the
'Most
Admired
Life
Insurance Company in the
Private Sector' by Asia
Banking, Financial Services
and Insurance Excellence
(BFSI) 2014 Awards. These
awards are testimony to the
company's
value-driven
commitment towards its customers.
The Michelin Latitude Sport-3
tyre makes India debut
Jammu, May 6
Michelin, the world's tyre
technology leader, today
launched the internationally
acclaimed premium range
SUV tyres in India. The
Michelin Latitude Sport 3
offering an uncompromising
safe and silent ride, the tyrehelps the company further
strengthen its product portfolio in India that offers more
driving pleasure and maximum performance for the
discerning Indian owners of
SUVs and CUVs.
The new Latitude Sport 3
(LS3) is the third generation
of Latitude on-road SUV and
CUV tyres in the Michelin
line-up. The design of the
new tyre conveys an image
of power and control and is
capable of supporting the
vehicle weight and driver
expectations with enhanced
safety performance, while
delivering outstanding grip
on all types of on-road surfaces.
LS3 stops 2.70 meters shorter on wet roads with 4%
improvement in dry braking
and is more fuel efficient
because of 25% reduction in
rolling resistance than the
previous generation tyre*.
The tyre provides high level
of comfort and maximum
torque transfer when braking
or accelerating, thus improving steering precision.
LS3 features a unique tread
pattern with variable tread
blocks ensuring a silent and
comfortable ride. The tyre
also uses an innovative tread
compound with the latest
generation of elastomers for
greater longevity and a 2 ply
casing to provide enhanced
strength.LS3leverages
Michelin Total Performance,
the company's technology
strategy to develop tyres
capable of simultaneously
delivering superior levels of
performance in the key areas
of safety, fuel efficiency,
grip, longevity and performance.
Mohan Kumar, Commercial
Director, Michelin India said
"We are delighted to bring
the iconic Latitude Sport 3
tyres to the Indian market at a
time when demand for premium SUVs in India, is
growing. Latitude Sport 3
will cater to the tech savvy
and upwardly mobile consumer, who wants a dynamic
and luxury performance,
with practicality of everyday
use.
Govt to deliver basic amenities
at people's doorstep: Haq
BARAMULLA, MAY 6
Minister
for
Rural
Development and Panchayat
Raj, Abdul Haq today inaugurated two overhead drinking water storage and supply
tanks at Mughama Kunzar
and
Nengerpora
in
Baramulla district. The
tanks have been constructed
at a cost of Rs 11.08 lakh
and Rs 10.05 lakh respectively under Integrated
Watershed
Management
Programme (IWMP) of
Rural
Development
Department which will cater
to the needs of about 300
families of the area.
MLA,
Tangmarg,
Mohammad Abbas Wani,
besides Director Rural
Development Department,
Kashmir Tasaduq Jeelani
and other concerned officers
and public representatives
were present on the occa-
sion.
Speaking on the occasion,
the Minister said that the
coalition government headed by Chief Minister Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed will
ensure that people are provided all basic amenities at
their doorstep.
He hoped that by commissioning these two overhead
drinking water storage and
supply tanks people of the
area will get potable drinking water round the clock
and was a long pending
demand of the people which
has been fulfilled. The
Minister also interacted
with the people of the area
who expressed satisfaction
over the commissioning of
these tanks and said that
they used to travel long distances for want of potable
drinking water.
Compensation for fire victims sought
Srinagar, May 6
National Front Chairman,
Nayeem Ahmad Khan today
heading a high level party
delegation went to Baramulla
to express solidarity with the
families affected by devastating fire in Jalalsahab
Mohalla. The delegation
included advocate Hilal
Ahmad, Mushtaq Ahmad
Matto, Abdul Hamid and
Abdul Rahman.
25 residential houses of 46
families were gutted yesterday after fire broke out in the
old town area of Baramulla.
Nayeem
Ahmad
Khan
appealed the people of the
district and around to come
to the rescue of their brethren
of old town who lost their
shelters. Nayeem Ahmad
Khan met the affected people
and assured them that the
whole nation is with them.
"Baramulla people have suffered a lot in the ongoing
freedom struggle so it is our
religious and moral duty to
help them in the present
times of distress," Nayeem
Khan said while appealing
the people of Kashmir. He
said that we should nourish
the sentiment of helping each
other without waiting for the
government help. "The people at the government level
are hardly bothered about our
problems which is proved by
the fact that our traders who
suffered immensely in the
last year floods are still to
receive any considerable
financial assistance from the
so called government,"
Nayeem Ahmad Khan said.
He added that instead of any
help whenever the suffering
traders try to raise their voice
against the callous approach
of government, they face the
wrath of the men in uni-
8
KASHMIR VALLEY
form."Let us come forward
and help each other by curtailing our expenditures a little bit," Nayeem Khan
appealed the people of
Kashmir.
He added that Sangh Parivar
is hell bent to make Kashmiri
people dependable that is
why first international aid for
the flood victims was
blocked and now they are
being compelled to come on
roads. Nayeem Ahmad Khan
said that Sangh Parivar and
its paid agents are trying
everything to integrate
Kashmir with India and for
their purpose they block government funds even to the tax
payers which speaks volumes
about their heartless attitude.
Nayeem Ahmad Khan said
that the cruel approach of the
so called government was
also visible when senior most
resistance leader, Syed Ali
Geelani was placed under
house arrest. Condemning
the detention of Syed Ali
Geelani, Nayeem Ahmad
Khan said that such oppressive tactics will bear no fruits
for the oppressors.
'Goodwill Operation' employs
10 Kashmiri youth
Srinagar
Amid outcry created by the
new dispensation's new job
policy, the army continues to
provide employment to
Kashmiri youth under its
much-touted
'Goodwill
Operation'.
The defence spokesman said
that army provided employment to a group of ten youth.
"These youth have been provided employment under
Project Aasra-an initiative
under Sadhbhavana Project
of Chinar Corps," defence
spokesman NN Joshi said in
a statement.
"The youth," Joshi said, "are
being employed by Safe
Express, a logistics compa-
ny."
He said the youth will be
trained for three months at
Indore, where they will be
provided with "free food,
accommodation, training and
stipend of Rs 2500".
"After successful training,"
he said, "the youth would be
given employment starting
form Rs 15000/- in logistics
based companies."
It is second batch under
Aasra Project, he said, and
youth were selected by
Boniyar (Baramulla) camped
army.
"The GOC of the Baramulla
Division Maj Gen Raj
Shukla, interacted with the
youth and motivated them to
work hard and utilise this
opportunity to progress
ahead in life," Joshi said. "He
exhorted the youth to explore
new avenues in life and constructively
contribute
towards the society."
Notably, in the unemployment-marred state, the army
is fast turning out to be a
'reckoning'
employer.
Recently some 20,000 youth
turned up in Srinagar for
some 50 odd army advertised
jobs. Besides the army
recruitment rallies held last
month witnessed massive
youth rush-making certain
quarters to speculate that
army is stepping in state's
shoes.
Governor inaugurates
workshop on CBCS
SRINAGAR, MAY 6
Governor, N.N. Vohra today
inaugurated a Workshop on
Choice Based Credit System
(CBCS), organized by the
Central
University
of
Kashmir (CUK) in collaboration with University Grants
Commission (UGC), at the
Sher-i-Kashmir International
Conference Centre (SKICC).
The Governor who is the
Chancellor of the State
Universities, highlighted the
need and high importance of
experienced and well qualified faculties being available
for teaching the required
range of subjects to enable
the success of the CBCS
within and between the
Universities. He said that
while CBCS has been introduced in the State at the Post
Graduate levels there are still
many issues on which UGC's
support is required to make
CBCS meaningfully operational. The Governor hoped
that the discussions at the
Workshop would enable satisfactory solutions being
found for the several outstanding issues relating to the
implementation of CBCS and
Credit Framework for Skill
Development (CFSD).
Thanking Prof Devaraj, Vice-
Chairman, University Grants
Commission, for finding
time to visit Kashmir the
Governor hoped that in the
ensuing discussions during
the day Prof. S.S. Chahal,
Joint Secretary UGC, would
assist the Vice-Chancellors in
finding appropriate solutions
to questions relating to the
new grading system and fix-
ing of standards and co-relating credits for various subjects. He also hoped that
Prof. Devaraj would also
consider what best can be
done for providing timely
support under RUSA for the
Universities in J&K.
Expressing satisfaction on
the recent research initiatives
taken in the arena of science,
the Governor urged the
Universities to also encourage and promote research in
the field of Humanities. He
lauded the very good results
achieved by two Universities
in enabling students to qualify and secure Research
Fellowships.
Prof.
Devaraj,
ViceChairman, University Grants
Commission, spoke about
goals and objectives of the
higher education and highlighted the importance of
introducing CBCS and providing the much required
flexibility in designing curricula and assigning credits.
Prof.
Mehraj-ud-Din,
incharge Vice-Chancellor,
CUK also spoke on the occasion.
The Welcome Address and
the Vote of Thanks, on the
occasion, were presented by
Prof. M.A. Zargar, Registrar
CUK, and Prof. N.A.
Nadeem, Dean CUK, respectively.
The participants in the
Workshop included the Vice
Chancellors, Deans and
Registrars of the various
Universities in J&K and
experts from UGC.
High density root stockings to
be imported from Europe: Veeri
SRINAGAR, MAY 6
Minister for Horticulture,
Abdul Rehman Veeri has said
the government has earmarked a budgetary provision of Rs 150 crore for
development of horticulture
sector in the State. He said
high density fruit plants and
root stockings would be
imported from European
countries to boost fruit production.
This was stated by the
Minister during a meeting
with the representatives of
Kashmir
Valley
Fruit
Growers
&
Dealers
Association (KVFGDA) here
on Wednesday.
Chairman KVFGDA and
presidents of Fruit Growers
and Dealers Associations of
all districts attended the
meeting.
Veeri said the horticulture is
the mainstay of the States'
economy and government is
making all out efforts to
boost the fruit production by
initiating several innovative
measures. He said soil testing
laboratories would be setup
in each district and scrutiny
of pesticides, fungicides and
fertilizers would be ensured
so that penetration of substandard material is checked.
He said the government has
already taken several measures to curb the menace of
spurious pesticides and fertilizers in the markets.
"Enforcement wing of the
Horticulture Department has
been strengthened and vested
with more powers to control
and check the sale and purchase of spurious pesticides,
fungicides and fertilizers", he
said and warned that any
dealer found selling spurious
pesticides and fertilizers
would be dealt with stringently.
The Minister said cold storage facility would be provided in the districts adding that
steps have already been taken
to expand fruit and vegetables mandis in all districts.
He said measures for upgradation of Fruit Mandis at
Sopore, Pulwama, Pampore
and Narwal have already
been initiated while as development of several fruit and
vegetable markets including
Jabalpora are apace and
would be completed within
stipulated time.
Responding to the demands
of the Association, the
Minister said the government
has approached the Centre
for flood relief package
adding once funds are
released, the same would be
provided to the affected fruit
growers across the State.
The Minister said the issues
regarding extension of loan
recovery period besides
waiving off interest on
advances would be taken up
with concerned authorities.
For providing adequate and
timely transport facility to
fruit growers for dispatching
their fruit crop outside the
state, the necessary steps are
also being taken.
Seeking the cooperation of
fruit growers for development of horticulture sector,
the Minister said that Jammu
and Kashmir has immense
horticulture potential and to
give this sector a boost we
need to work collectively.
Kohli for streamlining traffic in Srinagar
SRINAGAR, MAY 6
Minister for Transport Abdul Gani Kohli
today directed the officers to take necessary
steps for ensuring decongestion of the
Srinagar city to facilitate smooth traffic
movement. He also directed the concerned
authorities to launch a drive against overcharging and overloading.
The Minister was addressing officers in a
meeting convened to discuss various issues of
the traffic department.
The Minister stressed upon the officers of the
National Highway Authority to speed up the
pace of work on Srinagar-Jammu highway as
the dilapidated condition of the road is causing immense inconvenience to the com-
muters. He also called for fast-tracking the
leftover work on the national highway.
The Minister also called for taking necessary
and corrective measures to check the menace
of overcharging and overloading. He said a
proper mechanism should be put in place to
check such malpractices.
The meeting was attended by the
Commissioner Secretary, Transport Baseer
Ahmad Khan, Transport Commissioner,
Inspector General of Police Traffic,
Commissioner
Srinagar
Municipal
Corporation, Chief Engineer Mechanical,
RTO Kashmir, Joint Commissioner Transport,
Chief Town Planner, GM National Highway,
representatives from SDA and Beacon.
JKFA to begin
coaching classes
from May 22
Jammu, May 6
Last year Jammu & Kashmir Football Association had
opened an Academy under the name and style of JKFA
Academy but due to the unprecedented flood the whole
Kashmir Valley witnessed the said Academy could not continue their programme such as practice/matches in the
Srinagar.
The Academy will start the coaching session of the last year
enrolled players will start from May 22, 2015 at sympathetic turf TRC ground for both boys and girls, between the age
groups 8 years to 16 years.
The players last year registered are requested to contact
immediately
on
these
mobile
numbers
9796923399/01942451661.
The students/ players who have not registered their names
last year can also contact immediately on the above mentioned numbers for their current registration admission. The
selection of the players will be mode purely on the merit
basis.
Poswal hails
'tribal varsity'
in state
Srinagar, May 6
A delegation of about 100 Gujjar and Bakerwal delegates
from all the districts of Kashmir valley led by BJP leader
Ishfaq-ul Rehman Poswal met Dr. Nirmal Singh Deputy
CM.
The delegations thanks PDP BJP Government for the creation of tribal affair university in J&K and requested the
government to appoint District Tribal officers to check the
lapse of the tribal funds because of the non utilization of it at
grass root level. Poswal also brought into the notice of
Deputy CM the issues pertaining to the tribals in the
Kashmir region and sought early action to resolve them for
overall development of the Gujjar and Bakarwal community
of the Kashmir Division.
He highlighted the role of tribal community in curbing the
tentacles of militancy in J&K especially in border areas of
the Kashmir Division to save the mother land from the
enemy.
The other members of the delegation expressed their displeasure over the non implementation of plans meant for the
development of Gujjar and Bakarwal community especially
in the road communication and health sector.
The Deputy CM assured all possible efforts by the J&K
Government to ensure overall development of the community and also to save guard their due share in the developmental plan.
Among others the delegation comprised of prominent leaders Fazuldin, Nekalam, Bashirudin Bania, Manzoor,
Mushtaq and Rajwali.
Week after being set
ablaze, woman dies
Srinagar
A woman set ablaze allegedly by her husband in Khanqahe-Maula area of Srinagar died of burn injuries, hospital
sources confirmed to Greater Kashmir on Wednesday.
38-year-old Manzeela had received severe burn injuries after
her husband allegedly sprinkled kerosene oil on her and set
her on fire more than a week ago.
She was immediately evacuated to SMHS hospital in
Srinagar where doctors had said that her chances of survival
were bleak as she had suffered 90 per cent burn injuries.
Police said that Manzeela would often fight with her husband because of his drinking habits and that he wouldn't do
any work.
Mazeela, sources said, breathed her last today even as the
doctors tried their best to treat her.
CM visits late GR
Mufti's family, offers
condolences
Srinagar
Chief
Minister,
Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed,Tuesday
visited the residence of late
Mufti Ghulam Rasool, former
Superintendent Engineer, to
personally convey his condolences to the bereaved family.
The deceased was the father of
well-known journalist and
Bureau Chief of CNN-IBN,
Srinagar, Mufti Islah.
The Chief Minister spent some
time with Mufti Islah and the
other members of the family and expressed solidarity with
them in their hour of grief. He also prayed for eternal peace
to the departed soul.
Shah sameer
Kashmir..
Srinagar May 6
Today Hajj awareness programme was organised by
Administration and senior Hajis at Tral Pulwama. Where as
many as 50 Hajis were being trained and we're instructed
how to perform this Holy Haj peacefully in upcoming Haj
tour to Saudi Arabia..
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the NORTHLINES Jammu
JKFA to
begin coaching classes
from May 22
Jammu Tawi, May 6
Last year Jammu &
Kashmir Football ssociation
had opened an Academy
under the name and style of
JKFA Academy but due to the
unprecedented flood the
whole Kashmir Valley witnessed the said Academy
could not continue their programme
such
as
practice/matches in the
Srinagar.
The Academy will start the
coaching session of the last
year enrolled players will start
from May 22, 2015 at sympathetic turf TRC ground for
both boys and girls, between
the age groups 8 years to 16
years.
The players last year registered are requested to contact
immediately on these mobile
n u m b e r s
9796923399/01942451661.
The students/ players who
have not registered their
names last year can also contact immediately on the above
mentioned numbers for their
current registration admission. The selection of the
players will be mode purely
on the merit basis.
LIC acquires
NMDC shares
worth over Rs
1,116 cr
New Delhi: State-owned
iron ore miner NMDC on
Wednesday
said
Life
Insurance Corporation of
India (LIC) has acquired
almost 8 crore of its shares
shares worth over Rs 1,116
crore in a market purchase.
In a BSE filing, NMDC
said the country's largest
insurer
has
acquired
7,98,39,172 shares or 2.013
per cent stake in the firm in a
market purchase through various brokers worth over Rs
1,116.17 crore on April 11,
2015. Post the share purchase, LIC's stake in NMDC
has risen to 10.124 per cent
from 8.111 per cent, it added.
The NMDC scrip was
trading down by 3.18 per
cent at Rs 131 on the BSE.
Reliance
Communications says
looking to monetise
tower assets
Mumbai:
Reliance
Communications Ltd said on
Wednesday it had invited
proposals from investment
banks to monetise assets of
the company`s tower unit,
Reliance Infratel, within the
year ending March 2016.
The country`s number
four telecom operator, which
had a net debt burden of
close to $6 billion at the end
of 2014, has been looking to
divest assets to reduce debt
levels and focus on its core
business. An English daily
had reported earlier that the
company, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, was
looking to sell a majority
stake in Reliance Infratel at a
valuation of up to 250 billion
rupees ($3.94 billion).
SBI Life posts net profit of Rs. 820 Cr
Jammu tawi, May 06:
SBI Life Insurance today
announced a net profit of Rs.
820 crores as compared to
last year’s net profit of Rs
740 crores, an increase of
11%. The individual new
business
premium
has
increased from Rs. 3,217
crores in FY 2013-14 to Rs
3,757 crores this year,
recording a growth of 17%.
Commenting on the financial results of the Company,
Arijit Basu, Managing
Director and CEO, SBI Life,
said, "We attribute our
growth to our strong multichannel distribution system,
innovative new products and
good customer service.
We continue to grow consistently and will be entering
our 15th year in the
Insurance business. Our
focus will be on enhancing
distribution efficiency, lowering operational cost, introducing innovative products
and continue to be customer
centric. We look forward to
the coming year to write
many more success stories
through our continuous and
dedicated efforts.”
SBI Life Insurance has a
suite of products in various
categories like protection,
wealth creation, savings,
child, retirement, etc. together with insurance, to address
needs of diverse customer
segments.
In the FY 2014-15, SBI
Life has been awarded as the
‘Most Trusted Private Life
Insurance Brand’ by the
Economic Times, Brand
Equity for the fourth consecutive year in a row, besides
being announced as "Most
Promising Brands" by The
Economic Times. The company was also felicitated as
runner up for the ‘Best Life
Insurance Provider 2014’ by
Outlook Money Awards for
the second consecutive year
and won the
"Indian
Insurance Award 2014" for
'Non- Urban Coverage- Life
Insurance'
‘Best
Life
Insurance Company’.
Another honour bestowed
upon the company was the
‘Most
Admired
Life
Insurance Company in the
Private Sector’ by Asia
Banking, Financial Services
and Insurance Excellence
(BFSI) 2014 Awards. These
awards are testimony to the
company’s
value-driven
commitment towards its customers.
The Michelin Latitude Sport3 tyre makes India debut
Jammu Tawi, May 6
Michelin, the world’s tyre
technology leader, today
launched the internationally
acclaimed premium range
SUV tyres in India. The
Michelin Latitude Sport 3
offering an uncompromising
safe and silent ride, the tyrehelps the company further
strengthen its product portfolio in India that offers more
driving pleasure and maximum performance for the
discerning Indian owners of
SUVs and CUVs.
The new Latitude Sport 3
(LS3) is the third generation
of Latitude on-road SUV and
CUV tyres in the Michelin
line-up. The design of the
new tyre conveys an image
of power and control and is
capable of supporting the
vehicle weight and driver
expectations with enhanced
safety performance, while
delivering outstanding grip
on all types of on-road surfaces.
LS3 stops 2.70 meters
shorter on wet roads with 4%
improvement in dry braking
and is more fuel efficient
because of 25% reduction in
rolling resistance than the
previous generation tyre*.
The tyre provides high level
of comfort and maximum
torque transfer when braking
or accelerating, thus improving steering precision.
LS3 features a unique
tread pattern with variable
tread blocks ensuring a silent
and comfortable ride. The
tyre also uses an innovative
tread compound with the latest generation of elastomers
for greater longevity and a 2
Core infra growth loses steam,
falls to 3.5% in 2014-15
New Delhi: Crude oil,
natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser and steel have
contributed to the lower
growth of eight core infrastructure sectors in 2014-15,
Parliament was informed on
Wednesday.
Growth of the eight sectors slowed to 3.5 per cent
in 2014-15 compared with
4.2 per cent in the previous
fiscal. "Crude oil, natural
gas, refinery products, fertiliser and steel have contributed to the lower growth
in overall index during
April-March
2014-15,"
Commerce and Industry
Minister
Nirmala
Sitharaman said in a written
reply to the Rajya Sabha.
In 2014-15, crude oil, natural gas and fertiliser
recorded a negative growth
while output of refinery
products and steel has registered a steep decline during
the period. "In general, low
production of crude oil and
natural gas was inter alia
due to ageing fields,
water/sand ingress, environmental problems, etc. And
that of refinery products
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was due to shutdown of certain units on account of
accidents," she said. She
attributed the decline in production of steel to procedural and infrastructural bottlenecks faced by the industry.
"Production of fertiliser
was affected due to nonavailability of adequate natural gas, unforeseen shutdown and shortage of raw
materials of phosphoric
acid," she added. The
Minister said the government is taking steps to
revive production in these
industries, which include
measures relating to policy,
procedures,
improving
infrastructure and ensuring
availability of required
inputs. Replying to a separate question, the Minister
said India is not a participant
in
the
ITA-2
(Information Technology
Agreement) negotiations.
India was part of the ITA-I
pact and according to
experts, it had a negative
impact on the domestic
electronics hardware sector.
The first ITA was signed in
1997.
ply casing to provide
enhanced strength.LS3leverages
Michelin
Total
Performance, the company’s
technology strategy to develop tyres capable of simultaneously delivering superior
levels of performance in the
key areas of safety, fuel efficiency, grip, longevity and
performance.
Mohan
Kumar,
Commercial
Director,
Michelin India said “We are
delighted to bring the iconic
Latitude Sport 3 tyres to the
Indian market at a time when
demand for premium SUVs
in India, is growing. Latitude
Sport 3 will cater to the tech
savvy and upwardly mobile
consumer, who wants a
dynamic and luxury performance, with practicality of
everyday use.
Coal scam: Jindal, Koda, 13
others summoned as accused
New Delhi: Congress leader and
industrialist Naveen Jindal and 14 others, including former Minister of State
for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao and exJharkhand Chief Minister Madhu
Koda, were Wednesday summoned as
accused by a Special court in the
Jharkhand's Amarkonda Murgadangal
coal block allocation scam case.
Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar
directed all the accused, including five
firms, to appear before his court on
May 22. The court summoned them for
alleged offences punishable under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 420
(cheating) and 409 (criminal breach of
trust by public servant) of the IPC and
under the provisions of the Prevention
of Corruption Act.
Besides Jindal, Rao and Koda, the
other seven individual accused summoned by the court are former coal secretary H C Gupta and six others -- Gyan
Swaroop Garg, Suresh Singhal, Rajeev
Jain, Girish Kumar Suneja, R K Saraf
and K Ramakrishna Prasad.
The five firms which have been summoned as accused in the case are JSPL,
Jindal Realty Pvt Ltd, Gagan
Infraenergy Ltd, New Delhi Exim Pvt
Ltd and Soubhagya Media Ltd.
The court summoned them as
accused after taking cognizance of the
CBI charge sheet.
"I am summoning all the 15 accused
under sections 120-B, 420 and 409 of
the IPC read with 13(1)(c) and 13(1)(d)
(criminal misconduct by a public servant) of the Prevention of Corruption
Act(PCA)," the judge said.
The CBI had chargesheeted all the
accused for the offences of 120-B read
with 420 of the IPC and section 13(2)
(punishment for public servant committing criminal misconduct) read with
13(1)(d) of PCA.
While pronouncing the order, the
court said Naveen Jindal, Suneja, Saraf,
JSPL and Gagan Infraenergy Ltd were
being summoned on substantive
offence of cheating while Rao and
Gupta have been summoned for sub-
stantive offences under section 409 of
the IPC and 13(1)(c) and 13(1)(d) of
PCA.
The court said that it was summoning
Koda for substantive offence under section 13(1)(d) of PCA.
CBI had on April 29 filed the charge
sheet filed in the case relating to
alleged irregularities in allocation of
Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in
Jharkhand's Birbhum district in 2008 to
Jindal Group firms -- Jindal Steel and
Power Ltd (JSPL) and Gagan Sponge
Iron Pvt Ltd (GSIPL).
Court had on April 30 fixed the matter for today for considering the charge
sheet. CBI has alleged in the charge
sheet that Jindal group firms had misrepresented facts to acquire the coal
block in 2008. In its FIR lodged in the
case, CBI had alleged that Jindal group
was shown favour by the Jharkhand
Government which had dropped other
firms from its recommendation for
allocation of coal block in the state in
2007. The FIR was categorical that
Ministry of Power was against the proposal for allocating Amarkonda
Murgadangal coal block to JSPL and
GSIPL.
JSPL, in a statement, had denied the
Bloodbath on Dalal Street: Sensex tanks
723 points; Nifty closes below 8,100-mark
Mumbai: Stock market
witnessed
a
bloodbath
Wednesday with Sensex
tanking 723 points -- its second biggest single day fall
since Narendra Modi government took over -- on huge
sell-off by FIIs on concerns
over GST and other reforms.
Across-the-board sell-off
was triggered by concerns
that reform process may get
delayed as the key GST bill
faces strong political opposition even as it got through
Lok Sabha. Slowdown in the
services and manufacturing
sectors as also persistent taxation worries added to the
pressure.
Some traders said that conviction of hugely popular
bollywood actor Salman
Khan in a 13-year-old hit and
run case could also have been
at play, as a large number of
HNI investors and traders
typically rotate their funds
between stock market, real
estate and film industry.
"Traders remained concerned due to prevailing conflict between the opposition
and government over key
bills in the parliament," said
Jayant Manglik, President of
Retail distribution at Religare
Securities. The 30-share
Sensex after opening a shade
higher at 27,473.36 and
advanced to a high of
27,501.15.However, it succumbed to selling pressure
and dipped below the
27,000-mark with blue-chip
stocks ICICI Bank, ONGC,
Cipla and ITC, among other
plummeting. It touched a low
of 26,677.64 before settling
722.77 points or 2.63 percent
lower at 26,717.37, the lowest in nearly 5 months.
This is the biggest single
day fall in last four months
after 855 points plunge on
January 6. Besides, this is the
second-biggest since Modi
government took over on
May 26, 2014.
The 50-share NSE Nifty
crashed by 227.80 points or
2.74 percent to close below
8,100-mark at 8,097.
On expectations of speedy
reforms
promised,
the
Sensex was on an upward
spiral for over nine months
and soared to an all-time high
of over 30,000 points early in
March this year.
However, it has lost over
3,300 points from its peak,
wiping out more than half of
the gains made since the
change in government.
"The Sensex has lost nearly 2,400 points (over 8 per
cent) in the last three weeks
primarily on account of the
concerns pertaining to the
FIIs taxation (MAT) issue,
the nervousness surrounding
the March quarter earnings
season, which has failed to
surprise on the upside as yet
and the possibility of a second consecutive year of weak
monsoon," said Hitesh
Agrawal, Head of Research
at Reliance Securities.
Traders said panic offloading at algo trading platforms
added to the sell-off pressure.
They added that in today's
case, a breach of the 200-day
average (considered a strong
support for Nifty) sparked
strong selling on algo platforms. "Strong selling on
algorithmic trading platforms
and constant selling by foreign investors on ongoing
worries about retrospective
taxes forced indices to close
at the lowest level in 2015,"
said Jignesh Chaudhary,
Head of Research at Veracity
Broking Services.
allegations made against it and its management and had said that it would take
appropriate remedy in accordance with
law. In its FIR, the CBI had said that
the Jharkhand government had on June
20, 2007 recommended allocation of
Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block to
three companies namely (1) M/s Lanco
Infratech Ltd (40 percent), (2) M/s
JSPL (30 percent) and (3) M/s GSIPL
(30 percent). "However vide its letter
dated July 30, 2007, Government of
Jharkhand changed its recommendation
and recommended the allocation of
Amarkonda Murgadangal block to only
the two Naveen Jindal Group companies i.E. JSPL (70 percent) and M/s
GSIPL (30 percent)," the FIR had said.
It had also alleged that both JSPL
and GSIPL had misrepresented facts in
its application/feed back form on the
count of their preparedness in setting
up their proposed end used plant as
well the previous allocation of coal
blocks to their group companies.
Regarding Rao, CBI had claimed
that in order to influence the decision
of the Screening Committee in favour
of JSPL and GSIPL, the then Minister
of State for Coal had written a note on
July 27, 2007 to the Coal Secretary,
who was also Chairman of the
Screening Committee. It had said that
JSPL had submitted its application for
coal block allocation in January 2007
to the Coal Ministry for securing few
blocks earmarked for power sector,
including Amarkonda Murgadangal
coal block in Jharkhand for its proposed 1000 MW captive power plant to
be set up at Patratu.
GSIPL had submitted its application
dated January 10, 2007 to the ministry
for its 1000 MW independent power
plant in Dumka district in Jharkhand,
the CBI said, adding that the allocation
letter was issued to the two firms on
January 17, 2008. Rao, a former
Congress Rajya Sabha MP, held position of Minister of State for Coal
between 2004-06 and between 2006
and 2008.
Bhel commissions GVK's
hydro-power project in
Uttarakhand
New Delhi: On 6th may,
State-owned power equipment maker Bhel has commissioned GVK Group's
82.5 MW greenfield hydro
electric
project
in
Uttarakhand. Bharat Heavy
Electricals Ltd said in a regulatory filing that it has "successfully commissioned the
first unit of 82.5 MW at the
upcoming Shrinagar Hydro
Electric Project (HEP) in
Uttarakhand". "The greenfield hydro electric project
consisting of four units of
82.5 MW each is being set up
by Alaknanda Hydro Power
Corporation Ltd (GVK
Group)," said the Bhel filing
to the BSE.
The project is located on
the Alaknanda River (near
the town of Shrinagar in
Pauri Garhwal District of
Uttarakhand), a major tributary of the Ganga.
The project is designed to
utilise the waters of River
Alaknanda by way of a
diversion dam.
Bhel said power generation from Shrinagar HEP is
likely to result in reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions.
Bhel's responsibilities in
the project include design,
manufacture, supply, installation and commissioning of
4 units of 82.5 MW francis
turbines, among other works.
At present, the company is
executing hydro electric
projects of around 4,000 MW
which are under various
stages of implementation.
Other hydro power projects under execution by Bhel
in Uttarakhand include Lata
Tapovan HEP, Tapovan
Vishnugarh HEP, Vyasi HEP
and Vishnugarh Pipalkoti
HEP. "So far, more than 500
hydro generating sets of various ratings have been contracted on Bhel in India and
abroad, with a cumulative
capacity of more than 26,000
MW. Of these, equipment for
about 5,000 MW generating
capacity has been contracted
outside India," the company
added. Bhel's scrip was trading at Rs 234, down 4.39 per
cent from the previous close
on the BSE.
Lok Sabha approves GST Bill, paves way for uniform tax regime
New Delhi: The long-pending
GST bill was approved by Lok
Sabha Wednesday after a walkout
by Congress even as government
vowed to compensate states for
any revenue loss and assured that
the new uniform indirect tax rate
will be much less than 27 percent
recommended by an expert panel.
The Constitution Amendment
Bill to implement the Goods and
Services Tax (GST), originally
mooted by the UPA, was passed
by 352 votes against 37 after the
government rejected the opposition demand of referring it to
Standing Committee.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
was not present in the House at the
time of voting.
Opposition members moved
several amendments to the bill
which were negated. Some members like Saugata Roy of
Trinamool Congress and B
Mahtab did not move some of the
amendments after assurances by
the Finance Minister.
GST, which is proposed to be
implemented from April 1, 2016,
will subsume excise, service tax,
state VAT, entry tax, octroi and
other state levies.
Replying to the debate on the
bill before Congress walked out,
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said
the proposal to reform the indirect
taxes has been pending for the last
12 years and his predecessor P
Chidambaram had also mooted it
during UPA rule.
Rejecting the Opposition
demand for referring the Bill to the
Standing Committee, he said the
panel has already examined various provisions of the new legislation and several of its suggestions
have been incorporated.
"A bill is not a dancing instrument that it will be jumping from
Standing Committee to Standing
Committee," he said.
Commending the bill, he said
this is a "very important moment"
because the whole process of indirect taxation in India will change
once the GST is implemented.
With regard to a recommendation of an expert panel for revenue-neutral GST rate of 27 percent, Jaitley said it is "too high"
and will be "much diluted".
He said GST would ensure
seamless and uniform indirect tax
regime besides lowering inflation
and promoting growth in the long
run as he sought to allay concerns
of the states that they would be
hurt by its implementation.
Seeking to address states' concerns, the Finance Minister said
they will be compensated by the
Centre for five years.
"Our clear understanding with
the states is, in a tapering manner
the losses incurred by the states
will be fully compensated for five
years," he said.
As per the GST structure, 100
percent compensation would be
provided for first three years, 75
percent for fourth year and 50 percent for the fifth year.
AIADMK
leader
M
Thambidurai, who is Deputy
Speaker of the House, questioned
what will happen if states lose revenue even after five years and
wanted a guarantee in the proposed Act to compensate.
To this, Jaitley said GST
Council will consider all such
issues and the Centre will under-
write the loss.
He said concerns of both manufacturing states like Maharashtra,
Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, and other
consuming states have been taken
into account and states would
stand to gain by implementation of
GST.
The new measure will also benefit mineral-producing states as
well, Jaitley said after members
from Odisha questioned about the
fate of their states.
Responding to members' concerns that 27 percent revenue-neutral tax rate for GST as proposed
by an expert panel would fuel
inflation, Jaitley said, "A 27 percent RNR will be too high...
Government or GST Council has
not decided on the rate... This figure is going to be much diluted."
The reform of the indirect taxation was initiated by the Kelkar
Committee in 2003 following
which the UPA government in
2006 proposed a GST. The Bill
had initially been brought in 2011.
Questioning opposition by
Congress to the bill, Jaitley
recalled that Chidambaram had
been pushing it earlier. To this,
Congress leader Veerappa Moily
said this was not a matter between
two Finance Ministers. Hitting
back, Jaitley said, "you may have
disowned all of your Finance
Ministers, but the country cannot".
"It is only erroneous to take GST
as a UPA-NDA issue. GST is a
Centre and state issue," he said.
Asserting that the government is
committed to cooperative federalism, Jaitley said "Federalism
means strong states but it doesn't
mean a weak Centre." He was
responding when some members
questioned why the Centre should
have a veto power in voting GST
Council even while having 1/3rd
weightage in voting.
As states demanded that the voting power of the states in the GST
Council be increased from twothird at present, he said "India is a
Union of States. What you are suggesting ... the consequence would
be so immense.. The Centre and
states will have to work together to
reach a consensus".
GST, which has been pending
since 2006, will be the biggest
indirect tax reform since 1947.
The Constitution Amendment Bill
on GST was introduced in the Lok
Sabha in December 2014.
Once GST is implemented, the
Centre and states will have concurrent power to levy tax on goods
and services.
"I do not foresee any state incurring a loss and the Constitution
Amendment Bill provides that
they would be compensated for
five years," Jaitley said.
To address the concerns of
states on account of transition to a
new indirect tax regime the Centre
has allowed states to levy 1 percent additional tax on inter-state
trade for a period of two years.
Besides, petroleum and petroleum products would not come
under the GST levy till a date recommended by the GST Council.
Once GST is implemented, the
Centre and states will have concurrent power to levy tax on goods
and services. Jaitley said once the
Centre doled out a package which
includes 5 year compensation, 1
percent additional tax and non taxation of petroleum products, the
manufacturing states came on
board. The proposed GST Council
will have Union Finance Minister
as its Chairman and comprise twothird of members from states and
one-third from the Centre. The
decision of GST Council will have
will need to be approved by a
three-fourth majority.
"Necessarily cooperative federalism would be at play.. To reach
three-fourth both Centre and states
would have to work together," he
said.
As regards a proposed Revenue
Neutral Rate (RNR) for GST at 27
percent, Jaitley said: "I straightaway concede that 27 percent
would be very high".
He said the 13th Finance
Commission had suggested 18
percent as a possible figure and
hence the rate would have to be
worked out.
RNR is the rate at which there
will be no revenue loss to the
states after GST implementation.
The RNR for GST is under consideration and a final view on this
would be taken by the GST
Council.
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SPORTS
JAMMU | THURSDAY, MAY 07, 2015
Minister endorses Hockey JK idea of new astroturf
Assam, Rajasthan, MP among winners on opening day
Sports & Allied News
JAMMU, May 06:
Assam, Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
won their respective group matches
on the opening day of the Vth
Hockey India Sub-Junior boys'
National Hockey (Division-B)
Championship started today at K K
Hakhu Stadium, here.
While Dadra and Nagar Haveli
and Hockey Rajasthan made it onesided contests against their opponents, Assam and Madhya Pradesh
faced some resistance from their
opponents before their emerged triumph.
In the first match of the day,
Assam defeated Bhopal 3-1. It was
an intense clash from the beginning
of the game where both the teams
fought to take the first lead. After a
powerful struggle, it was Assam who
struck the first goal coming from the
stick of Arjun Bhagat in the 24th
minute of the game.
In the 32nd minute, Assam bagged
their second goal, a penalty corner,
converted by Manish Sahani. After
the breather, Bhopal strived hard to
gain momentum in the game and
scored their first goal in the 54th
minute through Yasir Jafri's field
effort. Hereon, an intense battle was
witnessed by both the teams as one
team was trying to equalize but the
other team was looking at increasing
the goal margin further. The spectators viewed another goal by Assam
Hockey as they went on to win the
match 3-1.
In another Pool A match Dadra
and Nagar Haveli secured a convincing win over Goans Hockey making
it 18-0. It was the outstanding performance Kawalpreet Singh, who
contributed most of the seven goals
which helped his team win the game
with a huge margin. In the early
eighth minute Dadra and Nagar
Haveli opened the account through
Dheeraj Vats who capably converted
a penalty corner and thereafter there
was no stopping.
The second goal was scored by
Nilesh Kathoute in the 11th minute.
With more energy and aggression,
Gurbinder Singh surged ahead and
scored three field goals in the 19th,
21st and 28th minute taking the score
to 6-0. However, trailing by six
goals, Goans Hockey did not disappoint themselves and continued to
attack the opponent's D but all their
efforts went in vain. Before going
into half time Dadra and Nagar
Haveli Association added two more
goals and ended the session at 8-0.
The second half was the same story
as Dadra and Nagar Haveli continued its onslaught as they added 10
more goals and took the win 18-0
over Goans Hockey.
The third another one sided match
of the day Rajasthan outplayed
Kerala 9-0. Rajasthan ensured to be
in form from the initial moment itself
scoring their first goal in the second
minute with a penalty corner perfectly converted by Sahil Tiwari.
Without giving a chance to the opponents to retaliate, Rajasthan bagged
their second goal coming from
Parveen Singh in the seventh minute.
Goals continued to rain in from
Rajasthan with two more field goals
in the 19th and 23rd minute by
Arvind Tanwar and Urmil Kumar
Sharma respectively.
Keeping the second half of the
game aggressive, Parveen Singh
from Rajasthan once again sneaked
into the opponent's half with a field
goal in the 46th minute and created a
difficult situation for Kerala.
Keeping up with his brilliant performance, Parveen Singh once again
entered the opponent's D in full confidence in the 49th minute and
smashed a fantastic field goal.
Maintaining his goal spree,
Parveen Singh earned a penalty corner for Hockey Rajasthan in the 51st
minute of the game and was the centre of attraction by now. With a perfect co-ordination the Hockey
Rajasthan stole the show scoring
another two field goals in the 54th
and 67th minute coming from
Parveen Singh and Himanshu
Sharma respectively. With this, the
match concluded announcing a triumph for Hockey Rajasthan thrashing Kerala Hockey with a massive 90 score.
The match of the day won by
Madhya Pradesh beating Puducherry
by a convincing margin of 6-1.
Displaying good efforts in the initial
minutes itself, Madhya Pradesh started the proceedings in the 10th
minute of the game when Vijay
Yadav converted a penalty corner for
the team. In the 19th minute Madhya
Pradesh bagged their second goal
coming from Risabh Anand
Kuswaha.
Hockey Puducherry looking to
retaliate managed to do it in the 32nd
minute with a penalty corner which
was earned by S Surjith.
By the end of the first half Madhya
Pradesh keeping their momentum in
the game scored another field goal
again coming from Risabh Anand
Kuswaha in support of the team.
Hockey Madhya Pradesh continued
to score with brilliant skills and in
the 49th minute Danis Khan beautifully converted a penalty stroke.
Keep high the spirit of the team,
Risabh Anand Kushwaha score two
more field goals in the 52nd and 54
minute helping the side made it a big
win.
Earlier, the championship was
declared open by Minister for
Sports, Imran Raza Ansari in a well
attended function at K K Hakhu
Stadium, here this afternoon. He
encouraged the young hockey players in their endeavour to excel at the
international level. The Minister
endorsed the idea of a new Astroturf
at K K Hakhu Stadium replacing the
existing aging turf.
He expressed his desire to promote the game of hockey as one of
the favourite games in the state by
way of building required infrastructure and encouraging the talented stuff.
Maria, Kvitkova through
in Madrid Open
Madrid: The morning
session at the Mutua Madrid
Open tennis tournament on
Tuesday saw three men's
seeds advance into the second round, while Maria
Sharapova enjoyed a comfortable first match, a media
report said on Wednesday.
Number 10 seed Grigor
Dimitov defeated American
Donald Young 6- 4, 3-0 in a
game that had to be abandoned before an hour of
by defeating Pablo Cuevas
3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and Leonardo
Mayer enjoyed a straight
sets triumph over Giles
Muller.
In the women's tournament, reigning champion
Maria Sharapova had a
straightforward first game
in the defence of the title
she won last year.
The Russian, who is number 3 seed this year, defeated Colombian qualifier
play when Young was
forced to withdraw because
of physical problems,
Xinhua reported.
Number
12
seed,
Frenchman Jo Wilfried
Tsonga has a 7-6, 6-3 win
over Czech, Lukas Rosol,
while 13 seed Gael Monfils
needed one hour exactly to
get past Russian, Viktor
Troicki 6-2, 6-0.
Meanwhile Spanish qualifier Alfred Ramos Vinolas
produced a slight surprise
Mariana Duque Marino 6-1,
6-2.
Number four seed Petra
Kvitkova was made to work
a lot harder as she was taken
to three sets in a match that
lasted almost two hours
against American, Coco
Vandeweghe 6-4, 2-6, 6-3,
while 15 seed Sara Errani
became the victim of the
first surprise of the competition as she lost 6-3, 7-6(6)
6-4 to Russia's Anastasia
Pavlyuchenkova.
Kumar Sangakkara signs up IPL 8: I am just trying to use my
for Australia's Big Bash
experience, says Harbhajan Singh
Sydney: Sri Lankan batting great Kumar Sangakkara
has given Australia`s domestic Twenty20 league a major
shot in the arm by signing up
to play for the Hobart
Hurricanes from next season.
Sangakkara, who retired
from limited-overs internationals after the recent World
Cup in Australia and New
Zealand, will be based at the
picturesque Bellerive Oval
for the next two editions of
the Big Bash.
"I have always loved
Hobart when visiting with
the Sri Lankan team, the people are friendly, the scenery
Kapil Dev calls
on PM, donates
Rs 51 lakhs for
PMNRF
New Delhi: Former Indian
cricketer and chairperson of
Khushii
(Kinship
for
Humanitarian Social and
Holistic Intervention in
India), Kapil Dev called on
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Wednesday. He presented a cheque of Rs 51
lakhs for the Prime Minister's
National Relief Fund on the
behalf of Khushii to the
Prime Minister.
is beautiful and I am looking
forward to spending more
time there and getting to see
more of it," the 37-year-old
said in a statement.
Sangakkara has scored
three centuries in seven tests
and one-dayers at Bellerive
Oval, including 192 in a test
against Australia in 2007 and
an unprecedented fourth
straight ODI century against
Scotland during the World
Cup.
Mumbai: After a magical
bowling performance that
saw him bagging the man of
the match award against the
Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai
Indians`
veteran
offie
Harbhajn Singh said he was
using his experience to deliver at his best.
Harbhajan, nicknamed turbanator, finished with figures
of 4-1-11-2, that was praised
as "magical" by his skipper
Rohit Sharma after the hosts
carved out a five-wicket victory over Delhi Daredevils in
a thriller at the Wankhede
stadium here.
"Especially
in
the
Wankhede you have to slow
it up. I am just trying to use
my experience and take the
chances whatever I can do to
the best of my ability," said
Harbhajan after the match.
On his failure with the bat
after being promoted in the
order, Harbhajn said: "I need
to score a few more runs to
count myself as a allrounder.
I played a bad shot and I
should have given myself
some ten balls. I was playing
too many shots. Next time, I
will do better."
Away goals top of Pep Guardiola`s priority list in Barcelona
Munich: Bayern Munich
boss Pep Guardiola believes
his side must score in his old
stomping ground at the
Camp Nou on Wednesday to
have any chance of eliminating Barcelona in their
Champions League semifinal.
Guardiola is Barca`s most
successful ever coach having
won 14 trophies in four years
in charge between 2008 and
2012, but faces an unfamiliar
problem in trying to stop the
Catalans, who have won 26
of their last 28 games to
maintain hopes of just a second treble of La Liga,
Champions League and
Copa del Rey in the club`s
history.
Bayern have reached the
semi-finals for the fourth
Lleyton Hewitt to
skip French Open
Paris: Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt has
decided to skip this year's
French Open in what is likely to be his last year on the
ATP Tour. The 34-year-old
planned to retire after playing his 20th Australian Open
in January 2016.
Having struggled with foot
and hip injuries in recent
years, Hewitt is currently
two-time Grand Slam champion opted to focus on
Wimbledon and Australia's
Davis Cup quarterfinal
against Kazakhstan in July,
said his manager David
Drysdale, according to
L'Equipe's website, Xinhua
reported. Hewitt, who won
the Wimbledon Open in 2002
and the U.S. Open in 2001,
said in January that he
ranked 108th in the world
and not included in the firstly
announced 104-man main
draw for this year's French
Open men's singles.
He reached the quarterfinals of the clay-court grand
event in 2001 and 2004, but
has not been past the first
round since 2010.The tournament starts May 24 at Roland
Garros.
consecutive season thanks to
their home form after disappointing results on the road
in the first-legs of their ties
against Shakhtar Donetsk
and Porto.
A 0-0 draw in Ukraine was
followed by a 7-0 thrashing
for Shakhtar in the last 16,
whilst the German champions roared back from a 3-1
first-leg defeat to beat Porto
6-1 in the quarter-finals.
However, Guardiola is
aware that they cannot leave
themselves with a mountain
to climb in next week`s
return at the Allianz Arena
against the greater quality
that Barca possess.
"We need to score. We are
in the semi-finals and we are
here
because
Thiago
(Alcantara) scored a goal in
the first-leg (in Porto).
Without that goal it would`ve
been very hard to play in
Munich.
"It is almost impossible to
get to the final if we don`t
score at least one goal. We
can`t go out to defend, we
need to play as we know how
and that is attacking."
And he admitted that he
doesn`t know how he will
react should Bayern find the
net against his boyhood club.
"I don`t know what I will
do, but my respect for Barca
doesn`t depend on whether I
celebrate or not.
"If my players score a goal
I will be very happy. Barca is
a part of my life, but I am
here to win."
Barca boss Luis Enrique is
a former teammate and
friend of Guardiola`s from
their time together at the
Camp Nou and he believes
the attacking intent of both
sides will lead to a great
spectacle.
"There is only one ball and
we both want it. Tomorrow
we will see who is better, but
it will be one of the most
attractive games you can see
in European football.
"Knowing Pep, I am sure
that there will be things that
will make like difficult for
us, but during the season we
have overcome the problems
the opponents have put in
front of us. Against Bayern
we will try to do the same."
Bayern travel to Catalonia
without the injured Arjen
Robben, Franck Ribery,
Holger Badstuber and David
Alaba,
whilst
Robert
Lewandowski will have to
wear a protective mask after
breaking his nose and cheekbone in last week`s German
Cup exit on penalties to
Borussia Dortmund.
However, Enrique dismissed suggestions his side`s
clean bill of health made
them clear favourites to
progress to next month`s
final in Berlin.
"I don`t think there is a
favourite in a semi-final of
this level. "Independent of
who we are playing, we
always try to play our game
because we don`t know how
to play in a different way. At
home, with our fans, we will
be stronger, but in the second
game we will prepare in the
same way."
We should have won the game from 40-4: Yuvraj
Mumbai: After rediscovering his
form with a stroke-filled half century,
Yuvraj Singh rued that his team Delhi
Daredevils could not deliver the knockout blow on the Mumbai Indians despite
reducing the hosts to 40 for 4 and lost the
crucial IPL cricket game.
"We had them (reeling) at 40 for 4. We
should have won the game from there,
but we didn't pick up wickets," said
Yuvraj at the post-match presser after MI
won by five wickets with three balls to
spare at the Wankhede Stadium here.
"I think after the rain came, the dew
set in and the wicket got better. There
was no spin. I think it worked to their
advantage. No doubt they played well.
But from 40 for 4, you should win games
from there," he added.
Yuvraj, who made 57 off 44 balls ?only his second half century this season,
complimented rival skipper Rohit
Sharma and Ambati Rayudu for the manner in which they guided MI from the rut
and took them close to the winning target
of 153.
"I think Rohit and Rayudu played very
well. The wicket was gripping a bit at the
start but because dew came in, the ball
was coming on nicely to the bat," he
said.
"If there was no rain and we got a bit
of turn, may be the result could have
been different. But to be fair to MI, they
played well under pressure from 40-4.
Rohit and Rayudu took it to the end,"
said Yuvraj.
Yuvraj said he got some time to get his
eye in after his side lost early wickets,
but rued it all went to waste as the
Daredevils lost their sixth game out of
ten and have only a very slim chance of
going into the play-offs.
"T20 is a small format and is tough for
batsmen batting at 4-5. You have to go
and start hitting from the first ball. Today
I got some time as we lost some wickets
and I could bat till the end," said Yuvraj,
whose previous highest of 54 was scored
against his old team Kings XI Punjab at
Pune.
"Good for me, good for the team but
the important thing is to win. If you don't
get two points it's a waste." Yuvraj did
not agree with the suggestion that the
home team would have won on a canter
had rain not interrupted MI's run-chase
twice.
"160 was a winning target, 150 could
have gone either way. I don't think so
(that MI could have won on a canter but
for the rain). I think we bowled well,
picked wickets. Anyway batsmen go on
the attack in the first 6 overs. They were
going for the shots and we picked wickets," Yuvraj pointed out.
Asked if the Daredevils could qualify
from this difficult situation, Yuvraj
showed the example of defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders last year.
"We got four games. It's going to be
tough, but is not impossible. Last year
KKR won 6-7 games in a row to qualify
for the last four and then went on to win
the tournament. Anything is possible in
cricket."
Asked if he has silenced the critics
with his 44-ball knock yesterday, Yuvraj
said he does not have the time to read
criticisms. "My job is to play cricket,
critics' job is to write. I don't read what
comes out. I don't have that much time in
my life at the moment. I try and stick to
my job and you guys stick to your job,"
he said.
Floyd Mayweather open
to rematch with Manny
Pacquiao: Report
New York: Floyd
Mayweather added another
wrinkle to the fallout of his
fight against Manny
Pacquiao by saying he
would be open to a
rematch after the Filipino
southpaw recovers from
shoulder surgery, according
to an ESPN report on
Tuesday.
Mayweather has one
fight remaining on his
Showtime contract and has
repeatedly said he intends
to retire after a bout fight
in September, although
after Saturday`s fight he
told reporters that he is
"human" and occasionally
contradicts himself.
"I will fight him in a
year after his surgery,"
Mayweather, who earned a
unanimous decision over
Pacquiao, told Smith in a
text on Tuesday, according
to ESPN.
His reported comments
added to the complicated
aftermath of the so-called
"Fight of the Century,"
with possible lawsuits in
the works and Pacquiao
likely to face disciplinary
action for failing to disclose a pre-bout shoulder
injury.
Barely one hour after the
contest ended, Pacquiao`s
promoter, Bob Arum, said
the 36-year-old southpaw
had been hampered by a
previous injury to his right
shoulder.
On Monday, an MRI
scan in Los Angeles confirmed the boxer has a torn
rotator cuff that will
require surgery.
Apparently neither
Pacquiao nor his team
informed the Nevada
Athletic Commission about
the shoulder issue until a
couple of hours before the
start of the fight when they
asked for an anti-inflammatory injection.
At that point, it was too
late for the commission to
investigate whether
Pacquiao was suffering a
genuine injury and there
were no MRIs or medical
paperwork to support the
claim made by the boxer`s
team, the commission said.
When Team Pacquiao
filled in its pre-fight medical questionnaire on
Friday, a query about any
shoulder injury was clearly
marked "No" before the
form was signed by
Pacquiao and his advisor.
The fact that Pacquiao
did not disclose his injury
until the night of the fight
could also lead to possible
lawsuits from boxing fans
who may feel cheated after
paying record sums for
tickets in the MGM Grand
Garden Arena or pay-forview (PPV).
Some of the ringside
spots in the 16,800-seat
arena demanded up to
$350,000 on resale site
StubHub while a record
$300 million or more is
expected in PPV revenue
from at least three million
customers who paid $100
to watch.
12 JAMMU | THURSDAY | MAY 7 | 2015
Farthest known galaxy
in universe discovered
An international team of astronomers has said they have
discovered the most distant galaxy ever measured in the
universe.
By using a powerful instrument called MOSFIRE on the
Keck I telescope at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, the
team determined that the galaxy, EGS-zs8-1, formed more
than 13 billion years ago at a time when the universe was
only five percent of its present age.
Only a handful of galaxies currently have accurate
distances measured in this epoch of the universe and none
younger than this, according to the team led by Yale and the
University of California, Santa Cruz.
The galaxy, one of the brightest and most massive objects
in the early universe, was originally identified based on its
particular colours in images from the US Hubble and Spitzer
space telescopes.
The new measurement also enabled the astronomers to
determine that EGS-zs8-1 was forming stars very rapidly,
about 80 times faster than our galaxy today.
“While we saw the galaxy as it was 13 billion years ago,
it had already built more than 15 per cent of the mass of our
own Milky Way today,” Xinhu news agency quoted lead
author Pascal Oesch of the Yale University as saying in a
statement on Tuesday.
“But it had only 670 million years to do so. The universe
was still very young then.”
The observations see EGS-zs8-1 at a time when the
universe was undergoing very important changes: the
hydrogen between galaxies was transitioning from a neutral
to an ionised state.
“It appears that the young stars in the early galaxies like
EGS-zs8-1 were the main drivers for this transition called
reionisation,” said Rychard Bouwens of the Leiden
Observatory, co-author of the study.
The discovery, published in the US journal Astrophysical
Journal Letters, was only possible because of the relatively
new MOSFIRE instrument on the Keck I telescope, which
allows astronomers to efficiently study several galaxies at
the same time.
The Dictionary's New Entries:
Dark Web and Agender
In this frame from video provided by the La Paz Sheriffs'
Office, fake skeletons are strategically placed to appear as if
they were sitting together with their lawn chairs bound to
large rocks in the Colorado River near the Arizona and
California border. A man snorkeling came across the two
fake skeletons sitting in lawn chairs about 40 feet
underwater and reported the skeletons to the La Paz County
Sheriff's Office on Monday, May 4, 2015, launching a hunt
for what authorities believed could be real bodies.
12 Truths All Dog
Owners Have Come…
Armed only with a scalpel, Marc Hagan-Guirey AKA
Paper Dandy, transforms an ordinary sheet of
single A4 paper into a breathtaking piece of threedimensional architecture. His new collection, called Cut
Scene, has taken two years of intricate work and sees iconic
moments from the movies depicted in Kirigami: a similar art
form to origami but the paper is folded as well as cut.
Pictured: Milennium Falcon with Darth Vader and ObiWan Kenobi fight from "Star Wars: A New Hope."
A sci-fi fan has recreated stunning scenes from the Star
Wars films, by painstakingly cutting them out
of paper. Armed only with a scalpel, Marc Hagan-Guirey
AKA Paper Dandy, transforms an ordinary sheet of
single A4 paper into a breathtaking piece of threedimensional architecture.
Synchronise desktop and mobile
Pasteasy helps you copy text, links, photos, files, and
screenshots between desktop and Android phone
Pasteasy is a productivity app that makes your daily
workflow simple and speeds it up, thereby saving you
valuable time. It lets you share a clipboard between your
devices privately. This means, you can simply copy and
paste to move text, or share photos privately.
You can use it to copy snippets of text, various links, share
photos, files, and screenshots. It is very useful if you want
some text on your phone but are really not very comfortable
typing on the touch screen. You can type it out on your
computer and paste it to your Android to send! You can share
photos easily from the gallery of your phone right to your
computer, and transfer as many photos you want in just one
shot. You can also take screenshots on your computer or
phone and they will appear automatically on the other
device. If you copy a URL on your phone, the app will
automatically open and load the webpage on your
computer’s browser.
Pasteasy is a very useful app for those who work with
more than one device, irrespective of the profession.
One of the best features of this app is that it syncs the
clipboard instantaneously, thereby making it ridiculously
simple to share text and photos without the need of any extra
effort. Users will only need to interact with the app to
connect the devices. There is the question of the privacy of
your data. The makers say that the data is encrypted and you
can use your local WiFi to share. In fact, if you have a
portable hot spot, you will not need WiFi. In order to
connect to a device, users will have to scan a bar code. This
means, you will not need an email address, a phone number,
a shared link, a friend request, or anything of that sort to
share photos.
This app is versatile enough to work across Android, iOS,
and Windows platforms.
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Dolphins have
social networks too!
Just like humans, dolphins
form highly complex and
dynamic networks of friends,
preferring to mingle with some
fellow dolphins while avoiding
others, scientists say.
Researchers
studied
interactions between bottlenose
dolphins in the Indian River
Lagoon (IRL), a 251-km long
estuary located on Florida’s east
coast.
They found that individual
dolphins exhibited human-like
preference and avoidance
behaviour - they have dolphins
they like and associate with and
ones they avoid.
In the study, scientists at
Harbour Branch Oceanographic
Institute (HBOI) at Florida
Atlantic University learned
about the association patterns as
well as movement behaviour
and habitat preferences of some
200 individual dolphins through
NASA has developed and
successfully flight tested a
battery-powered plane with 10
engines that can take off and
land like a helicopter and fly
efficiently like an aircraft.
The Greased Lightning or
GL-10 prototype successfully
transitioned from hover to
wing-borne flight during
several test flights, NASA said.
“We have a couple of options
that this concept could be good
for,” said Bill Fredericks,
aerospace engineer at NASA’s
Langley Research Centre in
Hampton, Virginia.
“It could be used for small
package delivery or vertical
take off and landing, long
endurance surveillance for
agriculture, mapping and other
applications. A scaled up
version — much larger than
what we are testing now —
would make also a great one to
four person size personal air
vehicle,” he said.
The GL-10 is currently in the
design and testing phase.
The initial thought was to
develop a 6.1 meters wingspan
aircraft powered by hybrid
diesel/electric engines, but the
team started with smaller
versions for testing, built by
rapid prototyping.
“We built 12 prototypes,
starting with simple 2.3
kilogram foam models and then
11.3 kilogram, highly modified
fibreglass hobby airplane kits
all leading up to the 24.9
kilogram, high quality, carbon
fibre GL-10 built in our model
shop by expert technicians,”
said aerospace engineer David
North.
The remotely piloted plane
has a 3.05 meters wingspan,
eight electric motors on the
wings, two electric motors on
the tail and weighs a maximum
of 28.1 kilogram at take off.
“During the flight tests we
successfully transitioned from
hover to wing-borne flight like
a conventional airplane then
back to hover again. So far we
have done this on five flights,”
said the engineer Fredericks.
“We were ecstatic. Now
we’re working on our second
goal — to demonstrate that this
concept is four times more
aerodynamically efficient in
cruise than a helicopter,” he
said.
intensive photo-ID surveys
conducted along the IRL, which
were carried out over a six- anda-half year period.
In a paper published in the
journal Marine Mammal
Science, researchers said that
individual dolphins exhibited
both preference and avoidance
behaviour.
The study also found that IRL
dolphins clustered into groups
of associated animals, or
‘communities’, that tended to
occupy discrete core areas along
the north-south axis of the
lagoon system.
“One of the more unique
aspects of our study was the
discovery that the physical
dimensions of the habitat, the
long, narrow lagoon system
itself, influenced the spatial and
temporal dynamics of dolphin
association patterns,” said
Elizabeth Murdoch Titcomb,
research biologist at HBOI.“For
example, communities that
occupy the narrowest stretches
of the Indian River Lagoon have
the most compact social
networks, similar to humans
who live in small towns and
have fewer people with whom
to interact,” Titcomb said.
NASA’s 10-engine electric Chikungunya
plane completes flight test vaccine shows
promise
A college with 11 students just
canceled all of its classes until 2016
The school has struggled for
years and lost its accreditation
in 1997, which has led to
plummeting enrollment.
As of this semester,
Knoxville's enrollment was
reportedly only 11 students, a
major decline for a college that
once educated between 600
and 700 students.
Knoxville
has
an
accreditation
application
pending with the Accrediting
Council for Independent
Colleges and Schools,
according to a local ABC
News station.
But several problems facing
the college could hamper that
application. For example, in
2011, the school had a more
than $4 million deficit,
according to ABC News'
WATE 6.
This deficit has definitely
contributed to Knoxville's
deteriorating campus, which
houses eight buildings listed
The chikungunya virus
(CHIKV) is transmitted by Aedes
mosquitoes and causes an
infection in humans known as
chikungunya
fever.
An
experimental
chikungunya
vaccine to induce neutralising
immune responses to kill the
viruses once they enter the body
has shown promise in mice. Mice
vaccinated with the vaccine were
“partially protected” even when
they were infected with a high
dose of chikungunya virus. In
nature, the viral load will be much
lower when it is transmitted by a
mosquito. In all probability, the
protective effect of the vaccine
may be “sufficient to protect
against a mosquito derived
infection.” The prophylactic
ability of the vaccine can be
enhanced if it is used with an
appropriate adjuvant (a
compound that can increase the
immune response).
The NORTHLINES
OFFBEAT
funny photo
The Dictionary's New Entries:
Dark Web and Agender
The Australian Koala
Foundation estimates there are
now fewer than 100,000 of the
animals left in the wild
Koala 'Blinky Bill' saunters
into Australian hospital
Milennium Falcon with Darth
Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi
fight from Star Wars: A New
Hope Star Wars shown in
Marc Hagan-Guirey’ paper cut
art.Photos: Artist makes plea
for stunning 'Star Wars' paper
art As the Word Turns: Some
slang words will be added to
dictionary.com's database. ©
Hugh Pinney/Getty As the
Word Turns: Some slang
words will be added to
dictionary.com's
database.When
online
dictionary users see the “Did
you mean” autocorrect
message, it could mean
they’ve simply misspelled a
word. Often, however, it
means the words they’re
searching for are so new that
lexicographers (noun: the
people
who
compile
dictionaries) haven’t caught
on yet. The people behind
Dictionary.com say they
watch
over
those
autocorrected entries, looking
for new words or old ones that
have taken on new cultural
significance.
About four times a year, the
dictionary attempts to play
catch-up with a language that
is constantly changing. Each
update contains a few
thousand entries. Among the
latest additions: cybercrime,
brogrammer, revenge porn
and smartwatch.
“If you are a lexicographer
working for Dictionary.com,
you are constantly, as you go
about the world, looking up
[words] to see, do we have
that?” says Jane Solomon, a
senior content editor at the
site. “There is never an end to
the
work
of
the
lexicographer.”
Solomon says there are no
restrictions to the words they
will consider. “As far as we’re
concerned, Dictionary.com is
a very inclusive dictionary,”
she says. “We have slang, we
have slurs, we have the most
offensive words in English,
but also as we add those very
offensive words, we like to
make sure that we give some
context.”
The new update includes
words related to technology,
gaming, cybercrime, pop
culture and politics. There’s a
new meaning for basic
(“characterized by predictable
or unoriginal style, interests or
Authorities find fake skeletons in
underwater lawn chairs
Milennium Falcon with Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi fight
from Star Wars: A New Hope Star Wars shown in Marc HaganGuirey’ paper cut art. British Gamblers Bet On Cuckoo
MigrationBritish gamblers place their bets on cuckoo migration In
this frame from video provided by the La Paz Sheriffs' Office, fake
skeletons are strategically placed to appear as if they were sitting
together with their lawn chairs bound to large rocks in the Colorado
River near the Arizona and California border. A man snorkeling came
across the two fake skeletons sitting in lawn chairs about 40 feet
underwater and reported the skeletons to the La Paz County Sheriff's
Office on Monday, May 4, 2015, launching a hunt for what
authorities believed could be real bodies. © AP Photo/La Paz
Sheriff's Office In this frame from video provided by the La Paz
Sheriffs' Office, fake skeletons are strategically placed to appear as if
they were sitting together with their lawn chairs bound…CIENEGA
SPRINGS, Ariz. — A man snorkeling in the Colorado River near the
Arizona and California border was terrified — and later embarrassed
— when he came across two fake skeletons sitting in lawn chairs
about 40 feet underwater. The man reported the skeletons to the La
Paz County Sheriff's Office on Monday, launching a hunt for what
authorities believed could be real bodies. It turned out the skeletons
were fake and had been strategically placed to appear as if they were
sitting together, their lawn chairs bound to large rocks. A diver from
the Buckskin Fire Department captured the scene on a video camera
attached to his head. The sheriff's office called the scene a tea party.
In this frame from video provided by the La Paz Sheriffs' Office, fake
skeletons are strategically placed to appear as if they were sitting
together with their lawn chairs bound to large rocks in the Colorado
River near the Arizona and California border. A man snorkeling came
across the two fake skeletons sitting in lawn chairs about 40 feet
underwater and reported the skeletons to the La Paz County Sheriff's
Office on Monday, May 4, 2015, launching a hunt for what
authorities believed could be real bodies. © AP Photo/La Paz
Sheriff's Office In this frame from video provided by the La Paz
Sheriffs' Office, fake skeletons are strategically placed to appear as if
they were sitting together with their lawn chairs bound…
animals left in the
wildWestern District Health
Service chief executive
Rohan Fitzgerald said the
furry animal was "very
casual" when he marched
into the facility in Hamilton
town about 300 kilometres
(185 miles) west of
Melbourne.
"He was a koala that knew
his own mind," Fitzgerald
told AFP.
"He came in around about
3.27am, the electronic eye on
only posted on Facebook late
Monday. It has since been
viewed more than 40,000
times, with American
television networks running
the footage.
Fitzgerald said animals
were known to enter the
backyards of homes in the
area, but he had never seen
one as brazen as "Blinky
Bill" -- named after an
Australian cartoon koala
popular in the 1930s.
"Blinky Bill was a little
koala. He was quite
mischievous and he liked to
go and explore things... he's a
bit of an Australian icon
really, as far as koalas go," he
said.
The much-loved koala has
been under increasing threat
across Australia in recent
decades, particularly from
habitat loss, disease, dog
attacks and bushfires. The
Australian Koala Foundation
estimates there are now
fewer than 100,000 of the
animals left in the wild.
on the National Register of
Historic Places. In recent
years, many of the buildings
have been shuttered as the
college is unable to maintain
them.
"Shards of broken glass and
long abandoned classrooms are
all that's left in many of the
Knoxville College buildings,"
WATE 6 reports.
McKee Hall — a main
campus building that was
home
to
Knoxville's
administration — has been
ruled "not safe for occupancy,"
according to the ABC station.
Additionally, Knoxville was
recently hit with a nearly
$500,000 bill from the
Environmental
Protection
Agency, "for an intervention to
clean up thousands of
Still image of a baby duck
hazardous chemicals posing a
rescued
from a storm drain
public safety risk in the
campus's vacant science by firefighters in Louisiana.
Quacking duck ringtone
building," the Knoxville News
Sentinel reported in February. helps firefighter rescue
ducklings
As the Word Turns: Some
slang words will be added to
dictionary.com's
database.The Dictionary's
attention to the cuckoos. It's a New Entries: Dark Web and
true high-stakes race—33 of Agender An inquisitive koala
the tagged birds perished nicknamed "Blinky Bill" has
early. But the remaining 17 sauntered into the emergency
embarked unknowingly on a department of an Australian
race tracked in real time on the hospital, exploring the
BTO site."The average stake waiting room for several
was just a few British pounds, minutes before wandering
which is typical of a market back out.
which nobody has ever bet on
The unexpected visit,
before—perhaps in years to
come we will have specialist captured on CCTV, delighted
professionals wagering huge health workers and has gone
amounts on cuckoo races!" viral on Facebook.
The Australian Koala
Jon Ivan-Duke, a spokesman
for the bookie, told Audubon. Foundation estimates there
"Each year we are hoping to are now fewer than 100,000
grow the market to be a of the animals left in the wild
profitable venture and along © Provided by AFP The
with the BTO, raise awareness Australian Koala Foundation
about this unique and brilliant estimates there are now
species."
fewer than 100,000 of the
Koala 'Blinky Bill' saunters
into Australian hospital
British gamblers place their bets on cuckoo migration
In this frame from video
provided by the La Paz
Sheriffs'
Office,
fake
skeletons are strategically
placed to appear as if they
were sitting together with
their lawn chairs bound to
large rocks in the Colorado
River near the Arizona and
California border. A man
snorkeling came across the
two fake skeletons sitting in
lawn chairs about 40 feet
underwater and reported the
skeletons to the La Paz
County Sheriff's Office on
Monday, May 4, 2015,
launching a hunt for what
authorities believed could be
real bodies.
Authorities find fake
skeletons in underwater lawn
chairs Figurines representing
French Brigade of Lancers are
seen on a 40-square-metre
miniature model of the June
18, 1815 Waterloo battlefield,
in Diest Video player from:
YouTube
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Policy)British Gamblers Bet
On Cuckoo Migration ©
iStock British Gamblers Bet
On Cuckoo MigrationIf the
high-octane
Kentucky
Derby—over
in
mere
minutes—isn't exactly your
speed when it comes to
betting on animal races,
perhaps the months-long
migration of the British
cuckoo would appeal to you.
As of this year, gamblers in
the United Kingdom can place
some pounds on their favorite
bird making a speedy trip
back from Africa, where the
species spends their winter.
It's all in the animals' best
interests. Since the 1980s, the
population of the British
Common Cuckoo has
declined by a startling 65
percent, and scientists aren't
exactly sure why. To gain a
better understanding of the
birds' lifestyles, researchers
from the British Trust for
Ornithology (BTO) started
tagging and satellite-tracking
birds in 2011.
This year, with 50 birds
tagged, the researchers
partnered with William Hill,
one of the world’s most
prominent bookies, to open a
unique betting pool and draw
behavior”) and dark web (“the
portion of the Internet that is
intentionally hidden from
search engines”). New
additions also include
politically charged terms such
as microaggression (“a subtle
but offensive comment or
action directed at a minority or
other nondominant group”)
and agender, bigender and
gender-fluid.
“We think of updates to the
dictionary not only as an
opportunity to add slang
words that people are
confused about and that will
grab headlines, but also add
words that are really troubling
people,” says Rebekah Otto,
director of content for the
website.
Online dictionaries seem to
be competing for the most
relevant entries. Last year,
Oxford Dictionaries added
duck face, humblebrag, bingewatch
and
YOLO.
(Dictionary.com has those last
two.) Also last year, MerriamWebster addedhashtag, selfie
and catfish. (Dictionary.com
has those as well.)
Some phrases are still
perhaps too new; on fleek
didn’t make the cut, though
Solomon and Otto say it was
up for consideration.
the doors picked him up and
he accessed the waiting room
by himself.
"He walked around the
waiting room for three
minutes and then propped in
front of the external doors
and the eye of the doors
picked him up again and he
exited the waiting room.
"That was his experience
in the hospital's emergency
department."
The incident happened on
April 20 but the video was