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THURSDAY
04 June
2015
Jammu-India
We are what our thoughts have made
us; so take care about what you think.
Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they
travel far.
- Swami Vivekananda
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WORLD
Bikrami: 21 Jeth 2071
P-8
NATIONAL
P-7
Japan,
Philippines
huddle amid
increasing China
concerns
20 Houthi fighters killed in Aden
Sanaa: Arab air strikes killed
around 20 Houthi fighters outside
the southern Yemeni port city of
Aden on Wednesday, militiamen
opposed to the Houthis said, and
residents said overnight strikes also
killed a family of eight outside the
capital. A coalition of Arab states
have been bombing Houthi forces,
the dominant faction in Yemen’s
civil war, since March as part of
a campaign to restore President
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to power
shortly after he fled to Saudi Arabia.
The Houthis say they are campaigning to persuade Hadi’s administration to bring them into the political
system and seeking to stop corruption by senior officials.
Pak court adjourns
Mumbai attack trial
Lahore: A Pakistani anti-terrorism
court holding the trial of seven
Mumbai attack accused, including mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman
Lakhvi, on Wednesday adjourned
the hearing till June 10 as the judge
was on leave. “Today the Mumbai
case hearing could not be held as
the Anti-Terrorism Court Islamabad
judge was on leave,” a prosecution
official told. Lakhvi, however, did
not appear in the sixth consecutive
hearing since his release from jail.
“As the other six accused of the case
are appearing in the court hearing
at Adila Jail Rawalpindi, Lakhvi’s
absence in the court during hearings
(since he was released from jail on
April 10, 2015 on bail) is a sheer
violation of law.
Monsoon will be
promising: Skymet
New Delhi: Skymet, the private
weather forecasting agency, has
predicted a “promising monsoon” for
farmers in India, sticking to its stand
that rains this year would be normal
or 102 per cent of the long term
average. In a report released on its
website in the evening on Wednesday, Skymet said that “with the
Indian Meteorological department
predicting a second straight drought
year for the country, a massive
challenge could be ahead of Prime
minister Narendra Modi`s ambitious
plans of reviving India`s subdued
economy. However, it said it disagreed with IMD`s prediction of 88%
rains. Skymet said that Monsoon
2015`s overall performance will be
normal, and promising for farmers.
SC asks JKP to
protect couple
Jammu: Coming to the rescue of a
couple belonging to different faiths,
the Supreme Court today directed
the Jammu and Kashmir police to
protect them after the man and the
woman claimed they facing threats
from the family members of the
latter. A vacation bench of justices
Prafulla C Pant and Amitava Roy
also asked the Station House Officer
of a police station in Jammu not to
take any “coercive steps” against
the couple. Besides seeking police
protection, the couple, in their plea
filed through advocates Mandeep
Reen and Chetan Gupta, sought
quashing of an FIR lodged at Channi
Himmat police station in Jammu by
the woman’s father, Yaseen Ahmed,
under relevant provisions of the
Ranbir Penal Code.
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Centre rushes team to Kashmir
Over 600 mobile
to assess situation towers restored
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Srinagar, Jun 03|15: The
Centre on Wednesday dispatched a team of senior officials to Jammu and Kashmir to
take stock of the situation arising out of a series of attacks on
telecom towers in the state.
On the basis of its report, the
central government will decide
whether there is requirement
of any intervention to improve
the situation, they said. Headed
by Joint Secretary (Kashmir) in
the Home Ministry Rajit Punhani, the team will review the
precarious security situation
emerging in Kashmir valley due
to the persistent targeting of the
mobile telephone infrastructure
Mastermind among 4 OGWs held
Srinagar: Days after the attacks on mobile towers and the
killing of two persons, police have reportedly arrested four persons
including the mastermind behind the grenade attacks in North
Kashmir’s Sopore town.
According to sources, at least four persons have been arrested
who are allegedly involved in the recent attacks that were carried
out by gunmen in North Kashmir. Sources added that all the four
persons are Over Ground Workers of militant outfit Hizbul Mujhadeen. The head of the group has been arrested from Badambagh
Sopore where many mobile towers are located.
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by the militants. The central
delegation will make on-thespot assessment and submit its
report to the Home Ministry as
well as the Prime Minister’s Office, sources said.
Meanwhile, IGP Kashmir Syed
Javaid Gillani on Wednesday
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HM behind attacks on mobile towers: Police
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said that the investigation into
the telecom towers attack in
Kashmir points that it was the
handiwork of Hizbul Mujahideen.
Gillani told that boys affiliated
with Hizbul Mujahideen are involved in the attacks even if the
organisation may be denying it.
The IGP Kashmir also informed
that damaged telecom towers
have been restored and that 80
percent of towers which were
not working have started working. Authorities have restored
over 600 of the 1,058 mobile
transmission towers affected by
the recent militant attacks and
threats in Kashmir while efforts
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P-10
Rosetta
probe
makes key
comet
atmosphere
discovery
Vansh
clinches
Gold in
Fencing
C’ship
Forces on high alert to
stop infiltration: Parrikar
AGENCIES, JUN 03|15
New Delhi: Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar today asserted that security forces are
on high alert to thwart any attempt of terrorists to infiltrate
in Jammu and Kashmir from
across the border.
Talking to reporters here Mr
Parrikar said, ” We are on alert
for stopping infiltration.” To a
question what action plans the
government has put in place to
stop infiltration, he said, “Action plans are not discussed in
front of TV cameras. Our plans
are visible on the ground.”
Mr Parrikar said, “You have
seen one of our action plans
where systematic special forces
were used quickly, eliminating
4 people who were trying to infiltrate.
When asked about his statement in which he talked about
“neutralizing terrorists through
terrorists”, that attracted sharp
reactions from across the border, Mr Parrikar mocked Pakistan by using a Hindi phrase.
When asked in Hindi, “Aapkay ek bayaan say Pakistan ko
bohat mirchi lagii lagta hai, Mr
Parrikar said, ” I wont reply
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Tension erupts after removal of Bhindrawale’s hoarding
Govt to introduce new
crop insurance scheme Sikhs stage protest, block road near Gadi Garh
SI stabbed; SHO
for fruit growers: Mufti among two injured
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Srinagar, Jun 03|15: Emphasizing upon introduction of
weather-based crop insurance
scheme for all fruits, in particular apple, the Chief Minister,
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, today directed the Horticulture
Department to make a big push
for popularizing high-quality
fruit plants to enhance export
of fruits from the State. He observed that our orchards need a
complete makeover so that both
crop yield and quality of fruit
match standard benchmarks.
The Chief Minister said this
while chairing a high-level
meeting of Horticulture Department, here today. Minister for
Horticulture, Haj & Auqaf, A.
R. Veeri, Minister for Public
Works, Gardens & Parks, Syed
Altaf Bukhari, Minister for Finance, Dr. Haseeb A. Drabu,
Minister for Agriculture Production, Ghulam Nabi Lone,
Chief Secretary, Iqbal Khandey,
Principal Secretary, Planning,
B. R. Sharma, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, B. B.
Vyas, Commissioner / Secretary, Agriculture Production,
M.A. Bukhari, VC SKUAST,
Kashmir, and other senior officers of Horticulture and Agriculture Departments were present on the occasion. Referring
to the huge damage suffered by
the Horticulture sector in last
year’s floods, the Chief Minister
said an effective mechanism has
to be worked out for providing
weather-based crop insurance,
in particular to apple orchardists, so that some sort of financial security and risk cover is
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
extended to them.
The Chief Minister was informed that the insurance
scheme for fruit growers will
first cater to the losses suffered
on account of hailstorm. Under
the new scheme, the Government expects to cover 70% of the
total area under apple cultivation. Mufti Sayeed directed the
Horticulture Department to expedite the modalities for providing insurance cover to the fruit
growers, who remain vulnerable to weather vagaries.
He also passed instructions
for making assessment of damages to crops suffered due to
hailstorm yesterday in Tral,
Dachnipora,
Shangus
and
Khuripora areas in Pulwama
and Anantnag districts. Along
with Handicraft, Horticulture
remains State’s main export oriented sector. However, the 2014
floods badly impacted the sector with losses assessed to the
tune of Rs.1568 crore. The sector
contributes 7-8 per cent to the
State’s GDP.
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Jammu, Jun 03|15: Traffic
on Satwari-R S Pura road remained suspended for about 6
hours today as the angry Sikh
protestors blocked the road at
upper Gadi Garh area under the
jurisdiction of Police station Satwari, after local Police removed
a hoarding which was placed
there without permission. The
said hoarding displayed schedule of a Sikh Samagam for June
6, 2015 in the memory of 1984 riots (Operation Bluestar) besides
depicting portrait of Jarnail Sin-
Modi-Mufti
accord only for
power: Omar
EARTH NEWS SERVICE
Srinagar, Jun 03|15: Taking
a dig at PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, former
Chief Minister Omar
Abdullah
said
the
only objective of Narendra Modi
and Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed accord was to get
power. Abdullah reacted on the
reports that villagers of Sarora
in Jammu were paid compensation cheques from Rs 47 to Rs 378
for the damage suffered by farmers. The working
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Sikhs stage protest holding poster of Bhindarawale on Jammu-R S Pura road near Gadigarh on Wednesday
(Left). Injured SI Arun Kumar rushed to Govt Medical College after being stabbed by miscreants (Right).
gh Bhindrawale who was killed
during operation Bluestar.
As soon as the police removed
the said hoarding some miscre-
ants amongst the protestors
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World Bank approves $250 mn loan
for J&K flood recovery project
AGENCIES, JUN 03|15
New Delhi: Multi-lateral lender World Bank today approved
USD 250 million loan for Jhelum
and Tawi Flood Recovery Project for reconstruction of floodaffected public infrastructure in
Jammu & Kashmir. It will also
strengthen the capacity of state
government to respond and better manage natural disasters in
future, World Bank said in a release. The project will be funded
by credit from World Bank’s
concessionary --International
Development Association (IDA).
The loan has a maturity of 25
years, including a 5 year grace
period. A continuous spell of
rains in September 2014 had
caused Jhelum, Chenab and
Tawi rivers, their tributaries
and many other streams to flow
above the danger mark which
had severely affected livelihoods in the state.
Due to the unprecedented
heavy rainfall, the catchment areas, particularly low lying ones,
were flooded for more than two
weeks, while Jhelum breached
its banks at several places.
“This region is highly vulnerable to natural disasters that
can push millions into poverty.
In addition to reconstruction,
which includes reconstruction
of roads, bridges and public infrastructure, the project will
also help the region be better
prepared for the future,” said
Onno Ruhl, World Bank Coun-
try Director in India, in the
statement.
“The challenge is to build
smarter, so that they do not undermine the fragile eco-system.
It will incorporate lessons from
previous national and global
post-disaster recovery projects
to ensure that recovery is targeted, effective and more resilient
to future disasters,” he added.
The recovery project will focus on 20 districts -- Anantnag,
Baramula, Budgam, Bandipora,
Ganderbal, Kupwara, Kulgam,
Pulwama, Shopian, Srinagar,
Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Reasi, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban,
Poonch, Rajauri and Udhampur.
It will help rebuild damaged
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Amar Mahal Palace: House of Dogra history and the golden throne!
the residence of Raja Amar
Singh was converted into a
museum after the merger of
the J&K state with India and
Shivang Satya Gupta houses not only the rich hisEditor-in-Chief tory of the state but also the
rare golden throne weighing a
whopping 120 kgs of pure gold
besides an art gallery and a big
mar Mahal, is a palace
library.
made of red sandstone
The scenic background of
depicting grandeur of
the place enhances the beauty
an erstwhile royal Dogra era
of this palace manifolds. The
located at the most scenic place
stunning sight of River Tawi
of Jammu between Shivaliks
flowing below and the Shivaand River Tawi with a view
liks in the north makes one’s
of the entire eastern part of
heart beat fast and leaves
Jammu including the majestic
the visitor gushing about the
Tawi and hills on the other side
beauty of the palace.
of the Tawi, mesmerizing the
The place is already a known
visitors with its sheer beauty
tourist destination and a visual
of the French-chateau style of
treat to the all categories of the
architecture and the unique
tourists while the richer ones
location of the palace.
or the international tourists
The palace which was once
can have some relaxing mo-
j&k: a dream destination
A
ments too with its adjoining
star heritage hotel with the
name of Hari Niwas palace that
is actually a part of the Amar
Mahal Palace complex.
The place is easily approachable located on the
Jammu-Srinagar highway and
also reachable through local
transport like auto rickshaws,
mini buses etc.
The star attraction of this
museum is the golden throne
of Jammu, weighing a whop-
ping 120 kgs, done up in pure
gold. The art collection here
is also quite impressive, with
paintings of M F Hussain and
Laxman Pai on display, among
other famous Indian contemporary painters. Another
interesting aspect is the Pahari
paintings displayed here, depicting tales from the Mahabharata and other folklore, especially those of Nal Damyanti.
The museum also organises
heritage walks around the complex to give detailed insights
into the history of Jammu and
surrounding cities.
Amar Mahal Palace was built
in the nineteenth century for
Raja Amar Singh, a Dogra
king by a French architect on
the lines of a French Chateau.
The palace was donated to the
Hari-Tara charitable trust by
Dr. Karan Singh for use as a
museum. It has many exhibits
including a golden throne,
Kangra miniature paintings, a
library of 25,000 antique books
and many rare art collections.
The palace was the last official residence of the Dogra
dynasty, and a large collection
of portraits of the royal family are also on display in the
Museum.
Amar Mahal is situated on
the right bank of the Tawi
River, on a bend of the river.
Jammu, once a princely city, is
also famous for forts, palaces
and temples. The Sivalik Hills
or ranges to the north of the
Mahal, on the left bank of the
river, provide a grand view,
with the Tawi River flowing in
between, draining the valley.
The Amar Mahal Palace was
planned by a French
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