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Vol. 6 No: 358 | JAMMU, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2014 | Pages: 12 | Price: R 2.50 | Air surcharge 50 paisa for Leh
District Development
Commissioner Samba,
Mubarak Singh
addressing officers
during a meeting
Mesmerising
experience of
white waters:
Noori Chhamb
Haryana CM
Manohar Lal Khattar:
Have been receiving
over 500 complaints
every hour
Third Christmas
T-20 begins
“A friend to all is a friend to none.”
TEMPERATURE
MAX
: 19.9 °C
MIN
: 9.1 °C
RELATIVE HUMIDITY : 49 %
SUNSET : 5:28 pm Today
SUNRISE : 7:26 am Tomorrow
In BRIEF
Village Sadal
residents face another
displacement
KASURI : Having lived
their worst nightmare
after their entire village
was buried under massive
landslide that was triggered by the heavy rainfall in September, the residents of Sadal village of
Udhampur district are
now faced with another
displacement.
Now, with the cold
wave at its peak, they
have been served with a
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notice
Army prepares to
tackle Chinese threats
more aggressively
NEW DELHI: In a candid admission, the Indian
Army has said it is arming
to deal with a future scenario where eastern
neighbour China may get
more hostile and aggressive.
Vice-Chief of Army
Staff Lieutenant General
Philip Campose while
deposing before the
Parliamentary Standing
Committee Contd. on P-4 Col 2
PDP seeks assurance from
BJP on Article 370, AFSPA
SRINAGAR, DEC 27: PDP today set
tough conditions for BJP which is
wooing it for the formation of the new
Government in Jammu and Kashmir,
declaring that its stand against revocation of Art 370 was "non-negotiable".
Indicating that PDP, with the highest tally of 28 followed by BJP with
25, may find it hard to do business
with the saffron party, it also said it
remained committed to the revocation
of the controversial Armed Forces
Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that is
unlikely to be acceptable to BJP.
With Governor N N Vohra setting a
deadline of January 1 for PDP and
BJP to come up with proposals for
Government formation, behind-thescene contacts among the principal
players including the National
Conference (NC) and the Congress
intensified.
For the record, PDP said that "all
options are open and that no decision
has been taken yet" but there were
reports it was facing stiff opposition
from a substantial chunk of its newlyelected MLAs to any tie up with BJP.
PDP's alternative option is to
accept the support of the Congress
party which has 12 MLAs and the NC,
which has 15 in the 87-member
Assembly. It is in touch with both the
Talks on with other parties on
Govt formation in J&K: BJP
NEW DELHI: BJP
today said talks are
going on with other
parties on government
formation in Jammu
and Kashmir.
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"We have
Jugal for Jammu
based CM from party
JAMMU: Bhartiya
Janata Party state
president and Member
Parliament
Jugal
Kishore Sharma today
advocated for next
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Jitendra parries questions
on Govt formation in J&K
NEW DELHI: Union
Minister Jitendra Singh,
a prominent BJP face
from Jammu region, on
Saturday parried questions on government
formation in Jammu Contd. on P-4 Col 1
parties as it wrestles with the dilemma
of joining hands with the BJP.
There was speculation in political
circles that if it is not able to reach an
agreement with PDP, BJP may present
to the Governor a list of 30 MLAs by
January one to show that it had two
more than PDP, raising the remote
possibility of it being invited first to
take a shot at ministry formation.
In such a scenario, the PDP could
show the support of at least 55 MLAs
including those of the NC and
Congress.
BJP maintained today that it would
be involved in Government formation.
"We have a crucial mandate in Jammu
and Kashmir. We will be involved in
Government formation. Talks are
going on. Let us see what happens,"
party General Secretary Ram Madhav
said in New Delhi.
He said somehow they wanted to
find a way to form a stable
Government. Things were at a very
early stage and no conditions are
being discussed.
"The best combination will be a
stable Government in the State. We
will explore what will be the best
combination. Hesitation, if at all, is
there on both sides. BJP has a very
important mandate Contd. on P-4 Col 1
YEH HAI JAMMU
JAMMU: Claiming that
63 per cent of Kashmiri
Pandits in Habbad Kadal
Assembly constituency
exercised their franchise
in the recently held
assembly polls, senior
BJP leader Moti Kaul
today termed it as an
encouraging practice in a
democratic set up.
"Out of these KP voters, about 63 per cent of
them exercised their franchise,
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Absconder
arrested
JAMMU: Railway Police
arrested an absconder
who was evading arrest
since 1998.
Police arrested one
absconder
identified
Tarseem Lal, resident of
Phinter, R S Pura, Jammu
against FIR number 10 of
1998 under section 379 of
RPC registered at GRP
Jammu.
The accused was
arrested
by
Neeraj
Choudhary Contd. on P-4 Col 3
BEATING THE COLD: People enjoying tea along the roadside to beat the chill on Saturday.
Jammu recorded minimum 2.6 degree Celsius temperature on Saturday.
Amar
Court denies pre-arrest bail to
Ex-Minister Manohar Lal
JAMMU, DEC 27: Exminister Manohar Lal
Sharma who was booked on
charges of attacking a
police officer on duty and
also his opponent, BJP candidate, Nirmal Singh, was
today denied anticipatory
bail by Principal Session
Judge, Kathua, Vinod
Chatterji Koul.
"Accused persons are
absconding. As per the
police report, offences have
been established against the
accused, Dr. Manohar Lal
Sharma and eleven others,
whose names have been
given in the report.
Recovery of weapons of
offence is yet to be effected.
According
to
report,
accused are required by the
police for investigation purposes", the Court said while
deciding the anticipatory
SRINAGAR: A woman
was charred to death after
fire broke out in a house
in the frontier district of
Kupwara, official sources
said here today.
They said fire broke
out in the house of one
Khazir Mohammad Lone
at Kralpora in the frontier
district of Kupwara. Fire
tenders were rushed from
different areas to the spot,
Contd. on P-4 Col 3
A road side vendor selling roasted fish, being in great
demand as these are traditionally consumed in Kashmir
during the harsh winter days.
(UNI)
"It is our good luck that
the lake froze when we
were here. The feeling is
water bodies and drinking
water taps in the city while
early morning motorists
Season’s minimum 2.6
Degree Celsius in Jammu
faced difficulties due to a
thin layer of frost on the
roads.
Qazigund, the gateway
town to Kashmir Valley in
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south
2014 saw slight decline in casualties
of security forces in J&K
India asks
Pak to hand
over Dawood
insurgency operations rose
by 10 per cent to 110, number of security personnel
killed dropped from 61 last
year to 51 this year.
The year began on a violent note when Assistant
Sub-Inspector of Police
Kafeel Ahmad was killed
and three policemen were
injured in an encounter on
January 7 between security
forces and militants in
Sopore township of north
Kashmir's Baramulla district.
A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
militant was also killed in
an encounter in Beighpora
area of Awantipora town in
Pulwama district of south
Kashmir, the same day.
Six days later, on
January 13, a 'divisional
commander' of Jaish-eMujhahideen was among
three foreign militants
killed in Contd. on P-4 Col 1
Kejriwal escapes unhurt as
Pak violates
ceasefire on IB man hurls stone at him in rally
JAMMU,
DEC
27:
Pakistan yet again violated
ceasefire and targetted forward Border out Post
(BoP) in Arnia sub-sector
of Jammu.
"Pakistani rangers late
last night violated the truce
by firing small arms on forward Bikram BoP in Arnia
sub-sector,"
official
sources said here today.
They said the firing started
at 2300 hrs and lasted till
0130 hrs.
"The Border Security
Force (BSF) troops effectively
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NEW DELHI, DEC 27: A
youth today hurled a stone
at AAP chief Arvind
Kejriwal at a rally in South
Delhi's Tigdi today but the
former
Delhi
Chief
Minister escaped unhurt
and blamed BJP for the
attack.
Kejriwal was addressing a rally in the area
under Deoli Assembly
constituency when the
incident occurred.
The youth in his 20s
was stopped by AAP
activists as he was hurling
the stone and it fell short
of podium where Kejriwal
was standing.
Reacting to this incident, Kejriwal said, "The
BJP is scared and has
become restless which is
why it is resorting to such
activities."
Later he tweeted, "One
person threw a stone at me
in deoli jansabha today. Is
BJP so scared? Resorting
to violence? I wish well
for the boy who did it."
The youth was handed
over to police who were
deployed at the meeting.
(Agencies)
NEW DELHI, DEC 27:
India today asked Pakistan
to hand over underworld
don Dawood Ibrahim saying enough evidence have
been given to it on the
prime accused in the 1993
Mumbai serial blasts.
Minister of State for
Home Kiren Rijiju said
India's stand has been very
clear for a long time that
Dawood has been in
Pakistan and he has been
living in Karachi.
"We have been asking to
hand over him to India for a
long time. Already many
evidence have been given
to Pakistan. Pakistan
should now act and hand
him over to us," he told
reporters here.
Rijiju said Pakistan
should cooperate with
India in fight against terrorism if it is serious. "We
want it to act on evidence,"
he said.
In Lucknow, Home
Minister Rajnath Singh
said Dawood is India's
most wanted terrorist and
India has repeatedly asked
Pakistan to hand him over
to it.
"Wait and watch," Singh
said without elaborating,
when
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State BJP wants Jammu CM to head first three-years
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Woman charred
to death
bail application.
"There is nothing on
record to show that the
accusations against the
accused stem out from any
ulterior motive to humiliate
or harass him, but allegations, prima facie, show
that offence alleged has
been committed by the
accused. The nature of
accusations is serious and
in case,
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SRINAGAR, DEC 27:
Famous Dal Lake and other
water bodies froze partially
as Srinagar city, the summer capital of Jammu and
Kashmir, witnessed the
coldest night of this winter
with mercury plunging to
minus 5.6 degrees Celsius.
Dal Lake located in the
heart of the city was partially frozen early this morning
as cold wave conditions
intensified with mercury
plunging nearly 1.5 degrees
to settle at the season’s lowest minimum temperature
so far.
Dal dwellers, using their
oars, were seen breaking
the layer of ice at several
places to make way for
their shikaras to reach the
banks of the lake.
While the freezing cold
added to the woes of the
residents, the tourists were
happy to witness it.
A Gujrati couple, who
had come to the Valley after
visiting Mata Vaishno Devi
Shrine in Jammu, said they
were lucky to see the frozen
Dal Lake.
indescribable,"
Madhu
Bhai, a Gujrati businessman settled in Mumbai,
said.
The cold wave led to
freezing of many other
SRINAGAR, DEC 27:
Year 2014 was perceived to
be "challenging" for the
security grid in Jammu and
Kashmir in view of the US
announcement of troop
pull-out from Afghanistan
and two elections in the
state but the number of
casualties suffered by the
security forces decreased
slightly.
While number of militants killed in the counter-
‘63 pc KPs voted
in Habba Kadal’
Dal Lake, water
bodies freeze in J&K
JAMMU, DEC 27:
A
lthough the speculations are on cards that
the
Peoples
Democratic Party and the
Bharatiya Janata party are all set
to form the next coalition government in the state for another
six years, the state unit of BJP
has asked for Jammu based Chief
Minister besides heading the first
three years of alliance.
PDP has emerged as single
largest party with 28 seats in its
kitty followed by the saffron
party having 25 seats.
The local leadership including
Lal Singh :
Past: Two time
MP, MLA,
Cabinet
Minister
Present: MLA
some of the newly elected MLAs
have expressed their wish that if
the BJP high command agrees to
go ahead with PDP for alliance
on 'conditional' 'power sharing'
formula then the BJP must head
the state for first three years to
meet the expectations of the people, who have whole heartedly
voted in favour of the party to
create history by swelling their
tally from 11 to 25 MLAs in
Nirmal Singh:
Past: Professor in
History, Member
National Executive
Committee
Present: MLA
Kavinder
Gupta:
Past: BJP
leader,
Ex-Mayor
Present: MLA
Jammu province alone besides
having secured the largest vote
share in the state.
"It becomes our right to form
the next government in the state
because we have popular votes in
anonymity said.
He said that people of the
state especially from Jammu
region are eyeing BJP's next government in the state to see an era
of development, good gover-
Jammu region as the votes in
Kashmir were divided," a newly
elected BJP MLA pleading
nance and the 'mantra' on which
the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is working.
BJP-PDP 'POWER-SHARE' CONSENSUS
CMYK
Dr Krishan Lal
Bhagat:
Past: Doctor
Present: MLA
He further added that as the
final decision is to be taken by
the national stalwarts of BJP but
the stakeholders from the state
must also be taken into confidence to avoid any kind of divide
and resentment within the party,
which will be in the interest of
the people and the state as well.
"The national leadership
should
project
a
Chief
Ministerial candidate from
Jammu, which would be like
dream coming true for the people
of Jammu region as for the last
more than six decades, only a
candidate from the majority
community headed the state,"
another elected MLA expressed.
He asserted while alleging
that if PDP will be first allowed
to head the government for the
first three years, what is the guarantee that the political scenario
that erupted in 2008 during PDPCongress alliance will not be
repeated. It is pertinent to mention here that PDP in 2008 withdrew support from the Jammu
and Kashmir Government over
Amarnath
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