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Vol No: XX Issue No. 134
Jammu Tawi
Wed, May 27, 2015 Pages - 12
Final-hour meet on
Jammu Bandh !
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JAMMU TAWI: The Coordination Committee led by
the president of Jammu Bar
Abhinav Sharma today held a
meeting to give final touches
to the tomorrow's Jammu
Bandh. The members who
spoke on the occasion were
Coordination
Committee Chairman
Transport Tankers Association, Yash Pal
President Abhinav Sharma, Association, T. S Wazir, Gupta Federation of Retailer
President CCI, Rakesh Gupta, Annan Sharma President Association.
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College postpones exams
due to Jammu Bandh
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JAMMU TAWI, MAY 26
organisations -- has called
for a Jammu bandh
tomorrow to protest against
The Government College
the shifting of AIIMS from
for Women on Tuesday
Jammu to Kashmir.
announced postponement of All the examinations of
the examinations scheduled students scheduled to be
for Wednesday to June 5 in held on May 27 have been
the wake of one-day Jammu postponed due to
bandh call given by the
"unavoidable
AIIMS coordination
circumstances", according
committee here.
to Principal Government
The AIIMS Coordination
College for Women, Parade.
Committee -- an amalgam
The exams would now be
of more than 70 social,
conducted on June 5, the
religious and political
principal said.
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Violence aimed at subverting PDP-BJP will be forced
J&K’s pol stability: Minister to step down: Cong
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SRINAGAR, MAY 26
Expressing dismay over the
latest incidents of violence,
Jammu
and
Kashmir
government on Tuesday said
"such acts are aimed at
subverting political and
economic stability" in the
state.
"The violent incidents at
Tangdhar along LoC, Yaripora
in district Kulgam and Sopore
in district Baramulla are a
grim reminder that the
elements inimical to peace,
are out to undermine the
efforts of the democratic
forces in Jammu and Kashmir
which are aimed at bringing
political
stability
and
economic prosperity to the
State," Education Minister
Naeem Akhtar said in a
statement here.
Seven persons including four
army personnel and two
66 medical camps enroute
Amarnath yatra
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SRINAGAR, MAY 26
Over five dozen medical
camps would be set up by
various agencies along the
twin routes leading to the
3,880 metre high holy cave
shrine of Amarnath in south
Kashmir Himalayas during
the annual yatra scheduled to
start in July.
"A total of 66 Medical Camps
will be set up by the State
Health Department, Army,
Central Paramilitary Forces,
police and NGOs along the
two routes - traditional 45-km
Pahalgam-cave route in
Anantnag district and shorter
16-km Baltal-cave route in
Ganderbal district," an official
spokesman said.
He said the decision was
taken at a high level meeting
chaired by Chief Executive
Officer, Shri Amarnathji
Shrine Board (SASB), PK
Tripathi, here.
The meeting, attended by
senior officers of various
security agencies and civil
administration, was convened
to review and rationalise the
number of medical camps to
be set up in the Yatra area by
the Government, Army,
CRPF, BSF, SSB, NGOs and
others during the ensuing
Yatra,
scheduled
to
commence July 2, the
spokesman said.
He said the state health
department would set up five
base hospitals at Baltal,
Chandanwari,
Sheshnag,
Panjtarni and the Holy Cave
with specialist
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militants were killed in the
three incidents of violence in
the Valley yesterday. While
three Armymen and an
infiltrator were killed near the
LoC in Kupwara, a soldier
and a militant were killed in
Kulgam district. A civilian
was gunned down by
militants in Sopore township
of Baramulla district.
Akhtar, who is also the state
government spokesman, said
as the state
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SRINAGAR, MAY 26
In a scathing attack on the
PDP-BJP dispensation in the
state, Jammu and Kashmir
Pradesh Congress on Tuesday
said the coalition government
would be forced to step down
in near future owing to its
"anti-people" policies.
"The people of Jammu and
Kashmir have lost faith in the
present regime and I can say
it with full confidence that
people want change and the
day is not far when PDP-BJP
coalition will be forced by the
people to step down," JKPCC
president and former minister
G A Mir said.
Addressing
a
day-long
political convention of the
party here, the Congress
leader expressed concern over
the "political instability" in
the state arising due to "antipeople policies" of the PDPled coalition government.
"People of Jammu and
Kashmir have never in the
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history
Will Jammu Bandh serve
as wake-up call for BJP?
JAMMU, MAY 26 (KIP)
Will the BJP led NDA
Government in the centre get
awakened by the expected
massive response of people to
the Jammu bandh being held
on Wednesday in protest
against discrimination and
maltreatment of the people of
the region of Jammu
especially over the refusal of
the Government of India to
establish one AIIMs in
Jammu.
Majority of people are
enraged over the way the
Government
of
India
sanctioned one AIIMS for
Jammu Kashmir which is
proposed to be established in
the Kashmir valley, where the
existing medical facilities are
better than the Jammu region,
without taking care of the
interests of people of Jammu.
Various political parties said
that there was no need for
mobilizing peoples' support
for the Bandh because
majority of people, including
traders, transporters and
several
categories
of
employees have voluntarily
extended their support to the
call for Bandh given by a
number of political parties.
A section of employees
especially
doctors
and
paramedical have decided to
wear black badges as a mark
of protest against the centre
for not having sanctioned
separate AIIMs for Jammu.
Even leaders of the state unit
of the BJP feel embarrassed
over the way the Government
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JAMMU | WEDNESDAY | MAY 27 | 2015
Udhay hand over Sikh organizations for united
command of J&K face in DGPC elections
unit to Kohli
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JAMMU, MAY 26
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JAMMU, MAY 26
State
President
Dimpy Kohli Rakesh
Gupta,
Vikrant
Kapoor and G.I
Singh of Shiv Sena
of Bala Sahib
Thackrey Tuesday
organized
Press
Conference. While
taking to media person Singh expressed anguish over the
attitude of some leaders who pose themselves tall leader of the
Shiv Sena of J&K. Bala Sahib Thackrey started this party with
the objective to strengthen the Nationalistic forces to fight
against antinational and disruptive forces. But some elements
posing themselves as leader suing the name of Shiv Sena for
their vested interest. They were not following the ideology of
Bala Sahib Thackrey Shiv Sena. Keeping all these factors
in view high command of Shiv Sena decided to replace the
guards of Shiv Sena J&K J&K unit. Thus it was jointly
decided by Anil Desai Ji, M.P Vinay Shukla Ji Parbahri
coordinator for J&K under the guidance of Udhay Thackrey Ji
to hand over the command of J&K unit to Dimpy Kohli after
merger of HSS with Shiv Sena high command appointed
Dimpy Kohli President of J&K State. News of merger HSS
and appointment of Dimpy Kohli published in official as you
"Saamna" Daily Newspaper on 22nd May. He warn such
elements who still claim to be leader of Shiv Sena in J&K to
desist from such acts otherwise disciplinary action will be
initiated against them.
Romeo Force organises
elocution competition
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Various Sikh Organizations of
J&K
State
including
Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal)
Akali Dal (Amritsar) Sikh
Students Federation & Sikh
Intellectuals Circle have
appealed to Sikh Community
in J&K State to Create
Positive Environment for
electing Panthik, dedicated
and religious candidates in
forth coming DGPC Elections
on 08.07.2015 and reiterated
that only our united voice and
strong leadership can
safeguard the religious and
other legitimate interests of
minority Sikh Community in
J&K.
Chairman
J&K
Gurdwara Parbandak Board
S. T. S. Wazir, While
addressing joint press with
senior Sikh Leaders here
today disclosed that for the
sake of united face of
community we tried our level
best to create selection with
consensus, but unfortunately
certain agents of Anti-Sikh
Forces and disgruntled
elements are creating hurdles
and have always strived for
capturing religious stages for
their personal and political
interest. Consequently the
minority Sikh Community is
being neglected in every
sphere by successive regimes
in J&K.Senior Sikh Leaders
with one voice disclosed that
we have resolved to face this
situation, under the leadership
of S. T. S. Wazir in entire state
and said we will strive for the
supremacy of Sh. Guru
Granth Sahib and Uniform
Rehat Maryada of Sh. Akal
Tofchat Sahib in all the
Gurdwaras of J&K State, to
further strengthen our
dedication and commitment
for the cause of Sikh Religion.
S. T. S. Wazir, and Sikh
Leaders expressed their
serious concern over the
arbitrary delay in providing
updated electoral roles and
other
formalities
by
concerned administration and
said consequently there is
urgent need to extend the time
limit for scrutiny etc. of
electoral roles.S. T. S. Wazir,
Chairman J&K SGPS
disclosed for the fair and
transparent selection of
candidates, core committees
comprising of prominent and
religious persons are being
formed at each District Level
in entire state and we have
started from Jammu District
the most populous District of
benefit of the schemes.
The girls who have left
their studies due to
financial problems were
asked to avail education
loan facilities and
continue their studies.
The ladies were asked to
come forward and take
soft loans under various
schemes like National
Minorities Development
Finance Corporation,
NBCFDC, NHDFC and
ESW from the
corporation and start their
own small business unit
to support their families
in running the day to day
life. Sh. Iqbal Kelu
District Doda, Sh. Ravi
Kumar, Field Supervisor
and Madan Lal also spoke
on the occasion. A team
of Disaster Management
from District Jammu
Headed by Rajinder
Kumar also gave
demonstration/awareness
safe on use of LPG and
how to save ourselves
during the LPG gas
leakage. Among others
Smt. Nisha Sharma Smt
Gayan Kour and Daljeet
Kour were also present in
the camp At the end of
the camp a refreshment
was served to the
participants.
conducted an elocution competition at Govt School Khorinar,
today. The topic of the elocution competition was "Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan". The students took active interest in the
elocution competition and were
full of enthusiasm to showcase
their talent. The subject was
specially chosen to imbibe the NL CORRESPONDENT
habits of cleanliness, hygiene and
civic sense amongst the present JAMMU, MAY 26
generation keeping in mind the
campaign for a clean India started An awareness camp was
by the Govt of India. The students organized by J&K State
and the school authorities Women's Development
expressed their desire for conduct Corporation at Gole
of similar programmes in the Pangpeer, Talab Tiloo
future. Such programmes help in
broadening the thinking of the District Jammu on
youth. On this occasion, Tuesday. More than 60
Headmaster of Govt School Ladies of the village
Khorinar conveyed his gratitude to participated in the camp
the army for taking up the noble and were apprised about
cause of this nationwide the schemes run by
campaign. He said that a concrete JKWDC by Vijay Tikoo
action plan should be organized
with the participation of all Development Officer
sections of the society to bring out JKWDC. Every scheme
mass awareness and lasting was discussed in detail
behavioral change in all to achieve during the camp and the
this goal.
ladies were asked to take
Sikh Community where the
core committee comprising of
S. Rajinder Singh, S. Narinder
Singh Khalsa, S. Giyan Singh,
S. Rattandeep Singh Anand, S.
Manjeet Singh (KSSS) Ranjit
Singh, S. Manjeet Singh
(Secy. DGPC), S. Kulwant
Singh, S. Mohinder Singh
Chatha, S. Rajinder Singh
Wazir, S. Amarjit Singh, S.
Kuldip Singh & S. Amirjit
Singh Simbal Camp. The core
committee for Jammu District
after proper consultation and
scrutiny has finalized the
names of S. Harjinder Singh
Raina from Digiana, S. Suijit
Singh from Gadi Garh, S.
Attar Singh from Gandhi
Nagar, S. Maiunohan Singh
from Guru Nanak Nagar and
S. Mohinder Singh from
Akhnoor and said soon
remaining six candidate of
Jammu District will be
announced and also a vision
based manifesto will also be
released for the overall
religious and political
upliftment
of
Sikh
Community in Jammu &
Kashmir.
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PYC holds protest against Modi Govt,
terms it as Suit-Boot Ki Sarkar
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JAMMU, MAY 26
Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh
Youth Congress held a
massive
protest
demonstration against the
Modi Government and the
BJP for its utter failure in all
fronts on its one year
completion, here today at
Press Club Jammu.The PYC
President Pranav Shagotra,
PYC General Secretary
Rajveer Manhas, LYC
Presidents Jammu-Poonch &
Udhampur-Doda
Satish
Sharma and Pankaj Basotra
along with hundreds of youth
Congress activists across the
State wearing suits holding
banners and pamphlets in their
hands amidits raising slogans
against the Modi Govt.
assembled at Press Club
Jammu to registered their
protest in a befitting
manner.While addressing
PYC activists and media
personnel Mr. Pranav
Shagotra highlighted the
drawbacks of Modi Govt.
(Suit-Boot Ki Sarkar). He said
that Modi Govt. has totally
failed during its one year
tenure and is working in
favour of Corporate Sector
and is against the farmers and
poor people. He said that Land
Acquisition Bill brought
recently is an example of its
failure which is totally against
the farmers and favouring to
Corporate Sector. He also
JKWDC organizes awareness camp Dimple appeals people to observe
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Final-hour meet on
Jammu Bandh !
All these associations extended their support and assured their
complete co-operation for ensuring the call for the Jammu
Bandh. T.S Wazir assured full co-operation and support on
behalf of the transporter association and assured that the
public transport shall remain suspended in the Jammu
Province and also raised the issue of Toll being charged by the
Government at Toll Plaza. He also urged to exempt the toll on
passenger vehicles visiting Vaishno Devi.
The chairman of the co-ordination committee appealed to the
people of Jammu Province to extend their full support and
commitment towards the call for the Jammu Bandh on 27th of
May for establishment of AIIMS at Jammu.
It was also decided that the elected representatives from
Jammu Province in the government formation to come out
with a Public statement on their stand on the AIIMS issue,
failing which the movement of the masses from Jammu
province shall be intensified. Meanwhile, the co-ordination
committee has also appealed to the Union Minster of Home
Affairs, Sh. Rajnath Singh who is also addressing a gathering
at Jammu on 27th of May, 2015 to clarify the stand of the
Central Government on the issue of AIIMS.
Rakesh Gupta President CCI and T.S. Wazir, Chairman
Transport Association also put forth other demands as
rationalization in VAT taxation, exemption of toll on all
passenger vehicles visiting Vaishno Devi, Gandola, Mubarak
Mandi, Artificial Lake and ISBT at BC Road Jammu
submitted to the government from time to time but are still
pending redressal. CCI warned the government that their
body shall confront the government out rightly and indulge
into total non-corporation to the government.
More members were co-opted into the co-ordination
committee included Sh. Sham Lal Langer (Sr. Vice President,
Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Jammu), Sh. Deepak
Aggarwal (Jr. Vice President, Chamber of Commerce &
Industry, Jammu), Sh. Arun Gupta (General Secretary,
Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Jammu), Rahul Mahajan
(Secretary, Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Jammu), Sh.
Ashu Gupta ( Treasurer, Chamber of Commerce & Industry,
Jammu), Sh. Madan Lal (President, Nagrota Shop
Association), Sh. Ramesh Chander (President, Central Basic
School Marg Businessmen Association, Purani Mandi), Sh.
Ramesh Kumar Tak (President, Traders Welfare Association
General Bus Stand, Jammu), Sh. Rajan Gupta (Gen Secy,
Traders Welfare Association General Bus Stand, Jammu), Sh.
Ashutosh Gupta (President, Tour & Travels Association,
Jammu), Sh. Sanjay Gupta (President, Gandhi Plaza
Merchant Association, Gole Market, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu),
Sh. D. R. Sharma (President, J&K Hotel Employees
Association, Jammu), Sh. Rajiv Gupta (Gumat Bazar), Sh.
Kamal Gupta (All Private School Association), Sh. Mast Nath
Yogi (President, Janta Dal Secluar J&K), Sh. V.K. Grover
(Gen Secy, Arorabans Sabha), Dr. C.L. Gupta, Sh. S.M.
Choudhary (President, J&K Gujjar United Front), Ch.
Showkat Gujjar (President, J&K Gujjar Bakerwal
Federation), Sh. Anil Padha (Chairman, J&K State
Integrations Public Relation Society), Smt. Sureshta Khajuria
(Life President, Young Blood Association), Sh. B.R.
Choudhary (President, Jaat Kalyan Sabha).
Violence aimed at subverting
J&K's pol stability: Minister
and its people are struggling hard to cope-up with the
distressing economic situation complicated by the devastating
floods of September 2014, the forces inimical to peace are
aiming at destabilising the situation once again to push
Kashmir into perpetual suffering. "Violence has neither
served any purpose in the past, nor is it going to serve any
purpose in future," he said adding "if anything, the violence
has only brought miseries to the State and its people by
adding to the numbers of the orphans, widows and destitute."
The minister said by attacking a telecom franchisee at Sopore
and killing an innocent employee there, the perpetrators of
violence have made their intentions clear that they do not
want people to earn their bread and butter.
"Such senseless and dastardly acts of violence have already
impeded the progress of the state to a considerable extent and
the persistence of the menace is not going to do any good to
the people," he said adding "all the right thinking people
should rise against such anarchism".
Expressing condolences with the bereaved families, Akhtar
said "I share the sorrow and pain of those who have lost their
loved ones in these reprehensible acts of violence".
PDP-BJP will be forced
to step down: Cong
experienced such a government, despite passing through the
complete Bandh on May 27th
JAMMU: Talking to media persons Sunil Dimple president
Jammu west assembly movement has appealed people in all
the ten districts of Jammu region from Lakhanpur to Banihal
to observe the complete Jammu Bandh 27 May.Dimple said
the BJP-PDP Govt especially BJP pushed the Jammu region,
for the "complete Jammu Bandh on 27 May", for its legitimate
right of AIMMS, which for the sake of chair and power BJP
sold the mandate of the people of Jammu region to
PDP.Dimple said the claims of the BJP bhartiya Janta Party
Dy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh that the BJP - PDP Govt
is stable will complete six years tenure.imple said the Jammu
Band on 27 May will speak the volume that how much people
of the region are happy with the Anti Jammu people mandate
and alliance with the PDP.Sunil Dimple said this fight will not
end with this Jammu Band, We will also call for the Jammu
Band on the visit of Narinder Modi in the state next month if
the AIIMS issue not resolved soon. Sunil Dimple said the
Jammu Band call especially has been given on the visit of the
home Minister Raj Nath singh on his Jam Smpark Abhiyan
mission on 27 May,Dimple also appealed all the Govt
employees to also leave one day casual leave to make Bandh
successful and to express solidarity for Jammu cause.
turmoil. They have wholeheartedly exercised their franchise
during the past and recent elections, having reposed faith in
electoral process but the present PDP-BJP coalition have
disappointed the people to a large extent," he said.
Mir said, "...Continuous controversial statements by BJP
leaders regarding the state have disturbed the socio-political
scenario and the credit for this goes to PDP."
"If BJP is in power in the state, the credit goes to Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed who joined hands with it for the sake of
power, not for the well-being of the people, but for the
survival of his party," Mir said.
"How long PDP-led government will mislead the people on
the name of good governance, relief or rehabilitation
packages?" he questioned and said, "they will have to answer
to the people."
Referring to the completion of first year in office by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, Mir criticised the NDA government
and alleged that the BJP government has made the lives of
farmers "impossible" and are putting them to great loss to
benefit the corporate houses.
"BJP government is anti-people and pro-corporate...BJP's one
year in office is a complete failure and it is an eye-opener for
every man, particular for farmers, poor and down-trodden
people," he said.
66 medical camps
enroute Amarnath yatra
doctors and facilities like Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers,
ECG machines, diagnostic kits, pulse oxymeter, Blood sugar
and medical and surgical kits, Portable Oxygen
Concentrators, Automated CPR machines, Defibrillators and
Cardiac Monitors, Portable X-Ray and Ultrasound Machines.
The Health department would also set up 14 Emergency Aid
centres and Nine Medical Aid Centres along the twin routes
besides providing adequate Medicines, the spokesman said.
He said the Department will also provide health facilities at
Neelgrath Helipad for the convenience of the
Yatris.Department of Indian System of Medicines will be
establishing eight Medical Camps at Baltal, Brari Marg,
Nunwan, Chandanwari, Sheshnag, Panjtarni, Lower Holy
Cave and two Mobile Camps which will move along with the
'Charri Mubarak', the holy mace of lord shiva, the spokesman
lambasted against the Govt.
for its failure to provide job
opportunity to the educated
youth. He criticized the Centre
Govt.(Suit Boot Ki Sarkar) for
its failure to provide relief to
the flood affected people of
J&K State.Mr. Shagotra said
that instead of focusing on
national interests, Mr. Modi is
busy in touring the foreign
countries and is without result
oriented and is misusing the
public money.. He said that
PYC in future will hold
protest across the State
against the failure of Modi
Govt. and will fight for the
cause of Common people,
especially
the
youth.Prominent others who
were present include Vinay
Sharma, Paramjeet Singh,
Charanjeet Singh, Bikramjeet
Singh, Ricky Dalhotra, Vijay
Mangotra, Kushwant Singh,
Balbir Singh, Sahil Sharma,
Jatinder Chib, Vinod Kumar,
Hoshiar Singh, Ravi Kumar
Seth, Sandeep Sharma,
Ashwani Sharma, Vijay
Tagotra, , Irfan, Waseem Jalal,
Shabir Kohli, Kasturi Lal
Khajuria, Prikshit Shagotra,
Ramineek Singh, Nimran
Deep Singh, Sandeep Singh,
Jagjot Singh, Manjot Singh,
Gurvinder Singh and others.
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said.
He said Army would establish six Medical camps, while BSF
will establish 10 such camps, the spokesman said adding
seven Medical Camps would be set up by CRPF along the
routes.
In addition, SSB would set up two medical camps and ITBP
and local police will set up one each medical camps, the
spokesman said.
He said three Medical Camps would be established by
different NGOs en route Yatra Track.
"These Medical Camps are located at an average distance of
two kms on the basis of actual conditions obtaining on the
ground and keeping in view the availability of required
infrastructure like water, shelter sheds, tents and sanitation
facilities," he said.
Will Jammu Bandh serve
as wake-up call for BJP?
ignored their protests. One senior BJP leader said that top
functionaries of the state unit of the BJP, including the Deputy
Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh had tried to persuade the
prime Minister and other top ministers for sanctioning one
separate AIIMS for Jammu but their
demand was not conceded so far.
The BJP leader admitted that the party had suffered severe
erosion in its vote bank in Jammu region because of the
AIIMS issue. He said "we do not want that AIIMS sanctioned
for the Kashmir valley be stalled only to set up one AIIMS in
Jammu. We want AIIMS to be set up in Kashmir but another
AIIMS be established in Jammu as was the case with the
Central University (CU)."
The BJP leaders believe that if the Government of India does
not learn a lesson from likely response to the call for Jammu
Bandh
it will act as a last nail in the coffin of the BJP in the region
of Jammu.Leaders of the state unit of the BJP have again
pleaded with the central Government tht it should follow the
line that was adopted by the previous Congress led UPA
Government which sanctioned a separate Central University
for Jammu after the people in the region voiced their anger
when the Congress Government had sanctioned CU as well as
IIM for the Kashmir valley.(KIP)
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Minister raids flour
mills, imposes fine
NL Correspondent
JAMMU, MAY 26
: Acting on complaints
regarding substandard quality
of flour and violation of Public
Distribution System (PDS)
norms, Minister for Consumer
Affairs and Public Distribution
(CAPD) Choudhary Zulfkar
Ali conducted raids in various
flour mills on Tuesday.
The minister conducted
surprise raids at 'New Jammu
Flour Mill' and 'New Nav
Flour Mill', an official
spokesman said.
The minister took notice of
Punjab-made flour packing
bags being used in New
Jammu flour mill which, he
said, can be used for
commercialised
purpose
bringing a bad name to the
department.
He immediately suspended
the mill supervisor and asked
the mill employees to use bags
tagged with J&K, PDS, batch
number besides quantity and
manufacturing date in future.
He also observed that the
mill was not adhering to
certain norms like separate
compartment for grinding of
PDS flour and sale of
underweight flour bag both in
case of commercial and PDS.
He imposed a fine of Rs
50,000 on the mill and asked
the director to suspend lifting
of PDS flour from the mill and
issue a show-cause notice in
this regard.
At New Nav Flour Mill, the
Minister noticed multiple
MRPs on flour bags besides
use of un-calibrated filling
machine and underweight
bags.
He imposed a fine of Rs 1
lakh on the mill. This mill was
also not using separate
compartment for grinding of
PDS wheat.
The Minister constituted a
committee headed by Deputy
Director Food and Supplies to
monitor functioning of flour
mills and CAPD stores in all
the districts besides ensuring
strict adherence to the fixed
norms by these units.
The Minister appealed to the
people to register their
complains at the department's
grievances cell regarding the
services of CAPD as timely
and quality supply of essentials
is prime concern of present
dispensation.
"All efforts would be made
to ensure that the people get
hygienic and quality rations as
they have to be dependent on
our supply only", he said.
Earlier, the Minister also
paid surprise visit to CAPD
stores to get feedback on the
directions issued by him
regarding timely dispatch of
rations to all destinations.
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JAMMU | WEDNESDAY | MAY 27 | 2015
Shiksha Niketan achieved commendable
result in class 10th Board Exams
JAMMU, MAY 26
: The result of class 10th
(JKBOSE) declared and Shiksha
Niketan once again achieved the
high standard of academic
excellence. Giving out the details
of this unprecedented result of
class 10th, Rameshwar Mengi
(worthy Principal of the School)
said that this year a total number of
200 students appeared for board
examination in which the students
secured 100% result. The
apprentices of Shiksha Niketan
brought laurels to the institution by
achieving total no. of 26 positions
and 179 distinctions and 211st
Divisions and elevated the school's
flag high.
Rameshwar Mengi said that this
ceremony is significant for the
students as it gives them
opportunity to move ahead and set
the goal, he also encouraged others
to attain same height. He
advised the students that it is
just the beginning and you
still have to reach the
pinnacle. Worthy Principal of
the school also congratulated
the parents and the faculty
members of the institution.
Besides this, Rameshwar
Mengi
showered
his
blessings to the position
holders and boost them for
their future life. All the
students and the 300 teachers
celebrated this occasion on
the beat of Dhol with great
enthusiasm. The names of
the meritorious students are
as follows: Imbroz Singh,
Tamana Choudhary, Biranjot Kour,
Simran Gupta, Shubam Saini, Ashu
Bassan, Simran Choudhary,
Amandeep Choudhary,
Shivani
Sharma, Karandeep Kour, Riya
Balowria, Manpreet Singh,Naman
Sharma, TusharSangra, Dushant
Singh, Balvinder Kour, Sonali
Sharma,
Varun Magotra, Tezsvi
Jamwal, Akhil Jandyal, Gunpreet
Singh, Ankit Kumar,Sudhanshu
Bhogal and Prajwal Bagal.
Dawood under
watch: HM
KOLKATA, MAY 26:
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that
the Indian Government did not shut its eyes on
underworld don Dawood Ibrahim but international
relations at times created obstacles.
"On Dawood, I would only say we have not shut our
eyes on him. But at times there are obstacles due to
international relations," Singh told reporters here.
The Government recently found itself embroiled in
a controversy over its statement that it had no idea
where Dawood Ibrahim was.
Later, the Union Home Minister said that the
Mumbai blast mastermind was in Pakistan and that it
would not "rest" till he was brought back to the
country. (AGENCIES)
Militants snatch rifle
from hospital guard
NL Correspondent
Srinagar: Miltants on Tuesday snatched an
automatic rifle from a policeman deployed at a
hospital in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district,
police said.
"Militants today afternoon snatched an INSAS
automatic rifle from a police guard at Pulwama
hospital and escaped," a senior police officer told a
news agency here.
Yash Birla among 7 Indian names Kupwara MLA's son 207 die in 24 Hr taking toll to 757
made public for Swiss a/c
dies in road accident
BERNE/NEW DELHI (AGENCIES):
Industrialist Yash Birla and son-in-law of late
realty and liquor baron Ponty Chadha are among
seven Indians with Swiss bank accounts whose
names have been made public in Switzerland's
official gazette with regard to ongoing tax probes
against them in India.
Two Mumbai-based individuals named in the
famous City Limousines scam, a Delhi-based
businesswoman Ritika Sharma and two others Sneh Lata Sawhney and Sangita Sawhney- are
the other Indians whose names have been made
public.
The names of these seven "Indian nationals"
have been published in Switzerland's Federal
Gazette with regard to details sought about them
by the Indian authorities.
Among these, some details have already been
shared by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration
(FTA) with India, including about Birla and
Sharma of Blessings Apparel, as per the gazette
notifications.
In case of Sayed Mohamed Masood, being
probed for a major ponzi scheme run from
Mumbai through City Limousines, some details
were shared by Swiss authorities in the past. His
accounts were also frozen a few years ago
following a request from the Enforcement
Directorate.Fresh details about him and about
Kauser Mohamed Masood have been sought by
the Indian authorities, as per the notifications
published in Switzerland's official gazette.
While asking the named persons to appeal
within 30 days, the notifications mention the
names and date of birth of all the seven, including
Gurjit Singh Kochar, who is married into the
Chadha family and is said to be outside India
now. (Agencies)
68 bovines Modi committed to protect
minorities: Heptullah
rescued
Rajesh Tandon
POONCH, MAY 26
Continuing its drive against
bovine smugglers, District
Police Poonch has laid multiple
nakas at various places in the
district to prevent the illegal
transportation of Bovine
animals to the Valley especially
on Mughal road. Police parties
headed by Sh. Reyaz Ahmed
Tantray-DySP Surankote, SI
Zaheer Mushtaq of PS
Surankote and SI Amrit Katoch
of PP Behramgalla under the
supervision of Sh. Amit GuptaASP Poonch, S. Jatinder Singh
Johar SSP Poonch and Sh.
Ashok Kumar Atri-IPS DIG
Rajouri-Poonch Range, arrested
10 bovine smugglers and seized
07 vehicles used for illegal
smuggling of bovine animals to
the Valley through Mughal road.
The recoveries were affected at
Buffliaz and Behramgalla on
Mughal road. In this regard 04
cases have been registered at
Police Station Surankote i.e.
FIR No. 101,102,103 and 104
of 2015 U/S 188 RPC, 3 PCA
against the accused persons.
SRINAGAR, MAY 26
(PTI):
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi is fully committed to
protection of minority
communities living in the
country as enshrined in the
constitution,
Union
Minority Affairs Minister
Najma Heptullah said today.
"The Prime Minister has
clearly said that our
constitution is the holiest
book for us and we are
committed to protecting the
minorities," Heptullah told
reporters here.
The
Union
minister
highlighted the achievements of
the Modi-led Government
during its first year in power.
Asked why Modi had
remained silent in the wake of
several attacks on minorities in
the country, Heptullah said no
attacks had taken place against
minorities.
"The Prime Minister has
spoken loud and clear on this
issue four times in one year. He
spoke about it from the
ramparts of Red Fort in his
Independence Day speech, then
again at vigyan bhawan, during
the reply to motion of thanks to
President's speech and in
interviews to international
media.
The
previous
Government would not even
talk," she said.
She said there were no
attacks on minorities or riots in
the country, apparently referring
to the one-year BJP rule.
"Only verbal attacks were
taking place but that has
stopped now," she said.
(Agencies)
NL Correspondent
SRINAGAR, MAY 26:
Peoples Conference legislator
Bashir Ahmad Dar's son today
died while his sibling was injured
in a road accident in Baramulla
district of north Kashmir, police
said today.
Basharat Bashir Dar along with
his younger brother Fida Hussain
were on way to Srinagar when
their private car collided with a
minibus near Pattan, 27 kms from
here, a police officer said.
Dar brothers were injured and
immediately evacuated to hospital
where Basharat, a lawyer by
profession, was declared dead by
doctors on arrival, the officer said.
Peoples Conference Chairman
and Minister for Animal
There have been protests
against the directives, the
advocate appearing for the state
submitted and sought stay on
certain directions.
However, the bench said
"when such steps are taken
there will be a hue and cry" and
gave the example of SC order
directing the implementation of
CNG operated public transport
system in national capital.
The bench also said when the
apex court had delivered the
directions on the issue of CNG,
there was a lot of criticism and
hue and cry. Even the then
Delhi Chief Minister had
publicly stated that she would
disobey the order and go to jail,
it added.The bench, while
asking the taxi operators to
approach the NGT, noted that
they were not heard properly
before it as they had made an
oral plea before it. It asked the
taxi operators to file their
application within a week and
requested the NGT to consider
it on the next available day of
hearing. Him-Aanchal Taxi
Operators Union through
senior advocate Vibha Dutt
Makhija submitted that the
NGT order was coming in the
way of not only taxi operators
but also the middle-class
tourists. On the direction of the
green panel that all vehicles
should be subjected to
pollution check and get
certificates at the check posts to
comply with BS-IV standards,
Makhija said such fuel was not
available in any petrol pump in
the state. The union had also
approached the apex court
against the environmental cess
of Rs 2,500 on diesel vehicles
and Rs 1,000 on petrol vehicles
for each trip between Manali
and Rohtang Pass.
Rohtang is a 13,050 feet high
mountain pass on the eastern
Pir Panjal Range of the
Himalayas around 51 km from
Manali and acts as the gateway
to the remote district of Lahaul
and Spiti from the picturesque
Kullu Valley.
The NGT in its order has
restricted the number of
vehicles passing through
Rohtang Pass for tourism
purposes to 600 petrol and 400
diesel per day on first-come,
NL CORRESPONDENT ( WITH
INPUTS FROM AGENCIES)
JAMMU TAWI, MAY 26:
Temperatures across the
Valley were in similar range
recorded at 22.1 degree Celsius
but Jammu, the winter capital of
the state, was also going
through a heat wave.Jammu city
recorded
a
maximum
temperature of 37.3 degrees
Celsius, he said, adding the
mercury settled at a low of 23.6
degrees Celsius last night.
The maximum temperature in
Srinagar was recorded at 22.1
degrees Celsius today while the
minimum temperature was 10.4
degrees Celsius, an official of
the MeT department told PTI
here.
The sizzling heat wave
'Centre has to
move carefully on
nuclear projects'
SHILLONG, MAY 26 (PTI):
Union Minister Jitendra
Singh today said the Centre had
to move cautiously while
dealing with projects related to
nuclear and atomic energy
looking carefully into their
sensitivity aspect, security
angle and also the budget
implications. "The Centre is
always cautious while moving
ahead with projects related to
nuclear energy and atomic
energy as they carry a lot of
sensitivity element with them,
security angle and also huge
budget
implication,"
the
minister of State for Atomic
Energy said here.He was here
to highlight the achievements
of the one-year- old NDA
Government led by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi. His
statement also came as a
reaction to the stiff opposition
voiced from several quarters on
the proposed mining of
Uranium in Meghalaya, also a
uranium reserve state.
Plying vehicles in Rohtang Pass:
SC refuses to stay NGT order
NEW DELHI, MAY 26:
The Supreme Court today
refused to stay the operation of
NGT directions limiting the
entry of all diesel and petrol
tourist vehicles in Rohtang
Pass in Himachal Pradesh till
August 14 to 1,000 per day.
The apex court only stayed
one direction of the green
tribunal that all vehicles would
be subjected to pollution
checks and should get
certificates at the check post to
comply with BS-IV standards
before being allowed to operate
on the 13,050 feet pass which
links the Kullu Valley to the
remote district of Lahaul and
Spiti.
A vacation bench comprising
Justices A K Sikri and U U
Lalit said the taxi operators
could argue their case before
the National Green Tribunal
(NGT) which would give them
expeditious hearing.
The taxi operators have got
the support from the Himachal
Pradesh government which
said there were lot of problems
in complying with the
directives of the NGT.
Husbandry Sajad Gani Lone, on
hearing about the incident, rushed
to Kupwara to express solidarity
and sympathy with the bereaved
family.
"Lone postponed all his official
appointments and participated in
the funeral prayer of the deceased.
He visited the residence of MLA
Kupwara and prayed for eternal
peace to the departed soul," an
official spokesman said.
Governor N N Vohra and Chief
Minister Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed, Deputy Chief Minister,
Dr. Nirmal Singh expressed their
grief over the demise of
legislator's son and expressed
solidarity with Dar and other
members of his family, the
spokesman said.
first-serve basis and directed
that each vehicle allowed
would pay an environmental
cess.
The NGT has said the
amount thus collected would be
kept in the account under a
separate head by the state
government and utilised only
for the purpose of restoring
ecology and environment.
It had also directed the state
government to post a team of
police, transport and other
departments at Vashisht and
Gulaba areas between Manali
and Rohtang with complete
infrastructure and machinery.
Each vehicle, which carries
more than six passengers,
would be liable to pay
compensation of Rs 5,000 as
environmental compensation
for single entry.
NGT had also directed the
state to take all requisite steps
and call a meeting of
manufacturers and suppliers for
supplying CNG vehicles to
ensure that there was least
pollution in the eco-sensitive
area of Rohtang Pass.
(AGENCIES)
sweeping many parts of the
country claimed 207 more lives
since yesterday, raising the
overall toll to 757, with Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana bearing
the brunt.
Besides Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana,
sweltering
conditions persisted in Delhi,
Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana,
Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and
West Bengal with temperature
hovering around 45 degree
celsius in most places in these
states.
According to Skymet, a
private weather forecasting
agency, Angul in Odisha
recorded 47 degree, while
Chandrapur and Wardha in
Maharashtra witnessed 46.6 and
46.5 degrees, respectively.
Delhi recorded 45 degree
celsius, 0.5 degrees less than
yesterday which was the hottest
day.
There could be some respite
from the sweltering heat as
some parts of north and south
India are expected to experience
thunder storm in next two days,
thus bringing down the
temperature by a few notches.
Kashmir Valley, on the other
hand, is witnessing pleasant
weather
with
maximum
temperature around 22 degree
celsius.
The scorching heat claimed
the maximum lives in Andhra
Pradesh where 149 people died
since yesterday, raising the toll
in the State to 551. The number
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Lal Singh announces Rs 3.5 cr for DH
REASI, MAY 26Minister for Health and
Medical Education, ARI and
Trainings
departments,
Choudhary Lal Singh paid
surprise visit to District
Hospital Reasi last evening to
review the healthcare facilities
being provided to the patients.
The surprise inspection was
conducted by the Minister at 9
PM
following
public
complaints that most of the
pregnancies and other patients
were being referred to
Government Medical College
Hospital Jammu due to the nonavailability of doctors at DH
Reasi.
MLA Reasi-Ajay Nanda,
Deputy Commissioner ReasiSushma Chauhan, Director
Family Welfare Dr. Baldev
Sharma, Mission Director
NHM Dr. Yash Pal Sharma,
Senior Superintendent of Police
Reasi-Sujit Kumar and CMO
Reasi-Dr Parminder Singh
accompanied the Minister
during his visit. Ch Lal Singh
clarified to the people that there
is no shortage of doctors and
paramedics in the hospital. He
asked the MLA, Reasi to pay
surprise visits to the hospital on
regular intervals to monitor its
functioning.
During the
inspection, the Minister also
fined the medical staff,
including
Medical
Superintendent for dereliction
of duty. A fine of Rs 6,000
was imposed on Medical
Superintendent of the hospital
for not providing available
medicines to the patients, while
Rs 1000 fine was imposed on a
dentist for not attending the
duty as per the time mentioned
in the duty roaster.
In the male ward of the
hospital, the Minister found that
some of the patients were
without pillows and bed sheets
for which the staff nurse was
fined Rs 500.
The Minister directed the
medical superintendent to
conduct frequent rounds to
check cleanliness in the wards
and other sections of the
hospital. He also warned the
staff against unauthorized
absence from duties.
Later talking to the locals,
Choudhary Lal Singh said that
the Government has taken
several innovative steps in last
about three months to revive
health sector in State. He said
deployment of the staff in
remote areas and procuring
ASL (Advanced Life Support
System) ambulances was the
first step in this direction. He
said the enhancement of the
incentives of doctors working
in remote areas was also under
consideration
of
the
government to ensure parity in
healthcare facilities in urban
hospitals and health institutions
in the remote and far-off areas.
He also announced Rs. 3.5
crores for the construction of
the additional block of District
Hospital Reasi.
District
Development
apprised about the Gyan Setu
workshop being conducted in
the schools of Solki, Siot and
Lamberi
regarding
the
innovative ways in which
science education could be
made interesting for school
children. The workshop is
being conducted by the Deputy
Commissioner who herself
headed various sessions of this
3 day workshop and created
interest in the children towards
overall education. The Minister
appreciated this initiative of
district administration.
Earlier Chief
Education officer Rajouri gave
a brief resume regarding
functioning of Education
Department of the district
besides presenting various
issues and problems faced by
the department.
Giving
patient hearing to the problems
of the teaching fraternity, the
Minister assured for early and
speedy disposal of the issues
and called upon the fraternity to
work with zeal and missionary
spirit, adding that the image of
education department has to be
changed by showing excellent
performance.
Residents of Katra to get local
passes: Project Director NHAI
JAMMU, MAY 26
: A delegation of Hotel & Restaurant
Association Katra led by its President Shyam Lal
Kesar & Sr. Vice President Rakesh Wazir met
Project Director National Highway Authority of
India R P Singh and while submitting a
memorandum apprised him that instead of clear
directions and guidelines of Ministry of Road
Transport & Highways the people at Ban Toll
post are charging the exorbitant money from the
people who are exempted under different
categories including locals who are eligible for
monthly passes under local Category.
They said that as per rules the residents of
areas falling within the 20 KM of Toll post are
eligible for a monthly passes and since Katra falls
under that category and as such the residents of
Katra and around are eligible for that passes but
Delta Force
organises
Medical Camp
Doda: To commemorate 250
years of Army Medical Corps, a
Medical Outreach Camp for the
Locals, Veterans and their
dependents was organised by
Delta Force. The camp was
inaugurated by General Officer
Commanding, Delta Force at
Gwari, District Doda on 26
May 2015. The camp was
organised
to
deliver
comprehensive
medical
services at the doorstep of the
locals and veterans and their
dependents in remote and far
flung villages. A team of
doctors including a Medical
Specialist, a Surgeon, an
Orthopedic Surgeon, Eye &
ENT specialist, a Gynecologist,
a dentist and other general
Medical Officers including
Nursing Officers carried out the
medical checkup as part of this
endeavour.The camp was
attended by 1950 persons from
the area of district.
Wani expresses resentment over shortage of ration
DODA, MAY 26
: Ex-Minister for Roads and Buildings
and General Secretary JKPCC Abdul Majid
Wani resented shortage of ration and other
essential commodities in entire Doda
constituency. Situation are appalling. BJPPDP government is more interested in
transfers and postings on communal and
sectarian lines while this backward and
constituency of poor people is facing
drought like situation with water and ration
missing, said Wani.
He said ministers and MLAs of the PDPBJP government are more interested in
photo-sessions and cutting ribbons of the
projects which were started by the previous
Congress government in the state, caring
little about the poor people of Doda
constituency. Wani said most of the PHE
schemes which were started or inaugurated
or made functional by previous Congress
government are lying defunct. He said huge
labourer class lives in Doda constituency.
This new government has instead of
addressing the issue of unemployment
increased the number of unemployed youth
by being unable to keep treasuries
functional, said Wani.
He also criticised state government for
extreme power crisis in erstwhile District
Doda. Wani also appreciated gesture of exUnion Health Minister and now, Leader of
the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam
Nabi Azad for having requested Prime
Minister Narinder Modi to grant an AIIMS
like institution to Jammu region also. He
said by seeking AIIMS for Jammu region,
Azad has once again proved himself as the
only trustworthy, sincere leader of this
region and of the entire state. He applauded
the efforts and demanded construction of
AIIMS in Doda District.
MLA inaugurates exhibition
Priya reviews functioning
of Educatin Department
RAJOURI, MAY 26:
Minister of State for
Education, Information and
Culture Priya Sethi chaired a
meeting of officers of Education
Department at Rajouri today.
Member
Legislative
Assembly, Rajouri Ch. Qamar
Hussain, Member Legislative
Council Vibodh Gupta, District
Development Commissioner
Deepti Uppal, Additional
Deputy Commissioner, Chief
Education Officer, Principals,
ZEOs and other officers
attended the meeting.
Stressing for providing
quality education in government
schools, Priya exhorted upon
the principals and teachers to
provide quality education to
students to compete with private
institutions.
The Minister was also
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JAMMU | WEDNESDAY | MAY 27 | 2015
the same are being denied to them on one pretext
or the other by the people deployed at Ban Toll
Post and requested the Project Director for his
immediate intervention so that the people may
not have to pay exorbitant rates and regular
mechanism of issuing of passes be adopted over
there. R.P. Singh listened the delegation patiently
and gave on spot instructions for immediate
issuing of those monthly passes to the local
people around toll post particularly the residents
of Katra etc. @225/- per month and asked the
delegation that now onwards the people of Katra
can have that passes from Toll post on the
submission of resident proof & registration
certificate of the vehicle. The delegation among
others was comprised of Harish Dubey, Virender
Kesar, Parbhat Singh, Gardhari Lal, Varun
Jamwal etc.
Commissioner Ajay Singh
Jamwal,
Sub-Divisional
Magistrate,
Basholi,
S
Gurmukh Singh besides senior
officers of R&B, RDD, Health,
PDD, Education, Municipal
Committee
including
Sarpanchs and Panchs were
also present on the occasion.
The Minister said BJP-PDP
led Government was fully
aware about the problems of the
people and it was making all
out efforts to redress the same
in a phased manner. He
appealed the people to
cooperate with the Government
in developing every corner of
the State on modern lines. He
informed the people that
Basholi town is developed with
all basic amenities.
District
Silambam &
Speedball
C'ship gets
underway
Reasi, May 26
The District level
interschool
Silambam
and
speedball
championship
organized by District Youth &
Sports Services Department
Reasi gets underway today at
Bhartiya
Vidya
Mandir
Reasi.District
Sheep
Husbandry Officer-Dr H S
Rana was the chief guest and
Dy SP(DAR) Reasi Jugal
Kishore was guest of honour.
Prominent among others
present on the occasion were
District Youth & Sports
Officer-Dr SS Chib, ZEPO
Reasi-Om Prakas, ZEPO
Chassana-Manohar
Lal,
Principal Bhartiya Vidya
Mandir-Nresh Singh, Ram
Lalji Sharma, and a large
number of locals.Earlier, in
"Vel Kambu Veechu" Silambal
U-14, Rohit Sharma of Amba
Kids Katra emerged as winner,
and Vishal Puri of Trikuta
Shiksha Niketan Reasi got
second place, while in U-17
Deeraj of Trikuta Shiksha
Niketan got first place and
Aman Sharma of Bhartiya
Vidya Mandir got second
place.In Silambal , "Otrai
Kambu Vecchu" U-14 Hari Om
of Bhartiya Vidya Mandir got
first place and Raja Mohd Asif
of Amba Kids Katra got
second place, whereas in U-17
Sahil Verma of GHSS Reasi
emerged as winner and Bharat
of Trikuta Siksha Niketan
Reasi got second place.
Government failed to
deliver on all fronts: Niaz
BHADERWAH, MAY 26
: While addressing a huge
protest rally lead by former
Minister Mohammed Sharief
Niaz , Niaz said that govt has
failed on all fronts . Speaking
on the occasion Niaz alleged
that Govt has proposed to
reduce 100 beded hospital to 50
beds in Gandoh and has
cancelled the construction of
residential quarters for Doctors
in Bhaderwah which is deep
concern .
Niaz said that this disparity
will not be tolerated and
Congress will protest against
such decision . Niaz said that
Bhallessa Bhaderwah being a
remote area of State needs
attention in medical facilities
but on the contrary present govt
is reducing the facilities also
which were provided by
previous government . Niaz
alleged that Doctors have been
transferred from Bhallessa and
Bhaderwah leaving hospitals
without doctors .
Furthermore Niaz said that
Govt has failed to check
inflation and public is facing
hardship due to everyday price
hike in all goods due to increase
of price in fuel. Niaz alleged
that govt has failed to cope with
inflation due to inefficient
governance.
Not only price rise has
brought miseries to general
public but ever since PDP BJP
has formed govt most of the
employees of all departments
have not been paid salaries . He
further said that MGNREGA
which gave job guarantee to all
has
been
diluted
and
Contractors are not being paid
their dues creating a great
chaos.
Niaz said that there is acute
shortage of education staff in all
schools
of
Bhaderwah
assembly which needs to be
addressed at an earliest so that
education of students doesn't
get effected .
Niaz said that the speed of
developmental works is too less
and most of the villages of the
assembly are without electricity
due to damaged transformers
which have not been changed
for many months .
Niaz while addressing said
that PDP and BJP has
compromised
with
the
fundamental principles of their
parties like AFSPA , Article 370
and various others for the lust
of power. Govt has forgotten
the issue of kashmiri pandit
rehabilitation . Niaz demanded
that all the issues of public
should be addressed at an
earliest since the public of state
is feeling cheated after voting
BJP and PDP to power.
REASI, MAY 26
: To mark one year of
coming to power of the
Narendra Modi government
an exhibition projecting
achievements and policies of
the government was today
inaugurated by MLA ReasiAjay Nanda in an impressive
function here at Reasi.
General Manager Salal Power
Station-AG Ansari, officials
from Salal Power Station and
a large number of locals were
also present on the occasion.
The exhibition is organised
by the Directorate of
Advertising and Visual
Publicity (DAVP) Prasar
Bharti in coordination with
Salal Power Station of NHPC
Limited.
At the exhibition, different
initiatives of the government
in various sectors including
'Jan Dhan Yojana' for
financial inclusion, 'Annadata
Sukhi Bhava' for farmers'
welfare, 'Shramdeva
Jayate' for ensuring dignity of
labour, Beti Bachao, Beti
Padao Abhiyan , Pradhan
Mantri Bhima Yojana, Atal
Pension Yojana and
'Swacch Bharat' for
cleanliness were
shown.Outside the exhibition
premises, a video
summarizing the initiatives
with the tag-line "Utkarsh ka
ke varsh, Achhe din ki aur
agrasar'' (A year of
prosperity, en route to good
days) was also shown. Nanda
while speaking on the
occasion said an elaborate
plan has been made to take
government's achievements to
the people and the idea is to
capture all the initiatives
which have been taken by the
government in different
sectors whether it is
economy, social sector,
infrastructure, transparency
through pictorial designs and
multimedia exhibition.
Appx ‘A’ to GE Partapur letter No.8102/Adv/03/E8
MILITARY ENGINEER SERVICE
E-PROCUREMENT
Garrison Engineer Partapur on behalf of President of India invites application from eligible enlisted contractors of
MES and enlisted/unlisted Contractors working with other Govt Departments meeting eligibility criteria for
selection of Contractors for issue of tender of under mentioned work as per Appx ‘A’ attached :S.No Name of work
Estimat Completion Amount of Earnest Eligibility class Cost of Tender
ed cost period
Money/ Standing
and category
of
security deposit for
work
contractors not
(in
enlisted with MES
lakhs)
1.
Repair/Maint of
Internal
Electrification at
Zone ‘A’,
‘B’,’C’&’D’ and Spl
Repair to bldg No T283,T-278 & T- 270
by providing New
Electrical fittings
under GE Partapur
19.36 06(Six)
Months
Rs.38,720.00
Rs.50,000.00
Class ‘E’
Category b(i)
2.
Repair/Maint of
18.78 06(Six)
Internal
Months
Electrification at
Hunder, Khalsar,
Sasoma & Base
Camp and Spl repair
to bldg No T-95(OT)
for Rewiring at 403
Fd Hosp under GE
Partapur
Rs.37,560.00
Rs.50,000.00
Class ‘E’
Category b(i)
-do-
3.
Repair/Maint of
Solar BP light and
replacement of
backup Battery for
Solar BP light at
various locations
under GE Partapur
06(Six)
Months
Rs.39,600.00
Rs.50,000.00
Class ‘E’
Category b(i)
-do-
4.
Repair/Maint of
External water
supply pipe line,
Hamam and puff
insulated Tank and
lagging to pipe at
Zone ‘A’,’B’ &
Hunder under GE
Partapur
06(Six)
Months
Rs.38,000.00
Rs.50,000.00
Class ‘E’
Category a(ii)
19.80
19.00
Demand Draft/ Bankers
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favour of GE Partapur
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Farmers stage protest
outside Tehsil Office
KATHUA/NAGRI, MAY 26
In support of their long
pending demand of crop loss
compensation, a large number
of farmers of Nagri area
marched to Tehsil office to
lodge a strong protest
demonstration on Tuesday.
Before, marching, hundreds of
farmers gathered at Nagri Bus
stand and delivered speeches
demanding an adequate and
genuine compensation against
the crop which was lost to
heavy rains and floods in past.
In their speeches farmers
alleged that state government is
totally failed to address farmers
issue and to give them justified
crop loss compensation.
The adamancy and callous
attitude of state government has
proved that the new PDP-BJP
coalition is full arrogance and
undemocratic approaches and
not interested to entertain the
ABVP submits
memo to CEO
KATHUA 26 MAY: -
Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi
Parishad (ABVP) highlighted
subject lacking and inadequate
infrastructure issues of students
of Girls Government Higher
Secondary School Kathua and
urged state government to meet
out the said issues in short time.
In this connection, ABVP under
the leadership of ABVP city
president Navin Jasrotia met
with CEO Kathua and
submitted a memorandum at his
office
Kathua
on
Tuesday.
While speaking in front of
media ABVP unit Kathua said
that in Government Girls
Higher Secondary School,
Kathua there are about 880
students but only 13 class
rooms due to which it is very
difficult to accommodate such
huge number of students.
Despite this problem, ABVP
has also pointed out the non-
availability of commerce and
geography
subjects
in
Government Girls Higher
Secondary school while both
the Degree Colleges have these
subjects.
To sort out this issue of the
students, ABVP urged the state
government to bring commerce
and geography subjects in this
school as regular and routine
subjects and provide the proper
accommodation which is
required for the students so that
students could get a better
education in an institution of
full and proper infrastructure.
They said a separate
examination hall and a common
room have not been given to
this school till date that is also
affecting the study and counted
as lacking in proper
infrastructure. This is also
demanded in the school by
ABVP for the welfare of student
community.
farmers plights, speakers said.
After concluding speeches, the
farmers started to march in
form of a big procession from
Nagri Bus Stand to Tehsil office
Nagri with shouting slogans
"We Demand Justice" and
"State Govt Down-Down". The
protest demonstration was led
by mainly Mohinder Sharma,
Gulzar Singh, Ramesh
Chander, Garu Ram and Shiv
Ram.
Early childhood
educators training
workshop
organized at JPS
Jammu, May 26
PG Department of Home
Science, University of Jammu
in collaboration with Jodhamal
Public School organized one
day training programme for
early childhood educators at the
school premise today. The chief
guest on the occasion was Prof.
Rajni Dhingra, Dean Faculty of
Science and Head, Department
of Home Science, University of
Jammu.
The Guest of Honour was Dr.
Chand Trehan, a eminent
counsellor of the state. Dr.
Sarika Manhas, Assistant
Professor, Department of Home
Science, University of Jammu
was the resource person for the
training along with Prof.
Dhingra and Dr. Trehan.Dr.
Chand Trehan in her
introductory session underlined
the objectives of the training
programme.
JAMMU | WEDNESDAY| MAY 27 | 2015
Ex-Servicemen
rally organised
at Tangste
Jammu: An Ex-Servicemen
(ESM) Rally was organized
today at Village Tangste well as
to mitigate the problems of ESM,
veer naries, widows and their
dependents by an Army battalion
under the agies of Trishul
Division. Informative stalls such
as a helpline, ZSWO Cell, DPDO
Cell, SBI Counter and a medical
camp were established. The ExServicemen and veer naries
interacted with the Commander
Tangste Garrison. Existing and
future welfare schemes were
discussed and propagated by
ZSWO Cell, Leh.
IRCS organises interactive session
KATHUA MAY, 25TH:-
Based on seven
Fundamental Principles of Red
Cross which are lifeline of the
organization, the Red Cross
(IRCS) Kathua unit organized
an interactive session at Shiva
Public School Kathua.A
demonstration cum interactive
session was organized in the
school in which Staff members
& around fifty students
participated.
During the session, a brief
history of Red Cross was
shared and the of importance
of distinctive emblem "Red
Cross", how to stop its misuse
and knowledge of the
authorized users i.e. "Red
Cross Volunteers & Army
Medical Corp" was also
discussed at length.While
speaking on the occasion
Executive Secretary, IRCS
Kathua Ashish Singh said that
the main objective was to
educate the students so that
they can act as First Medical
Responder (FMR) responsibly
during any exigency. He said
Red Cross Kathua unit is
vigorously working to generate
awareness regarding the best
procedural action to be taken
in vague of emergency and
during other unforeseen
accidents.
The staff was also given
demonstration of the basic
Students of MHS DAV Senior Secondary
School, Kathua, Little Angel Higher Secondary
Kathua and Spring dales Kathua brought laurels
for Kathua people, school staff and their parents
after bagging top positions in yesterdays declared
result of 10th class by J&K Board of school
education on Monday. Students of MHS DAV
School bagged four positions and continued the
school's traditional routine of producing
meritorious students. Mega Bhola of bagged 13th
position by securing 96% marks,
Himanshi Sirivastava also bagged 13th position
by securing 96% marks, Hardeep Kour clinched
19th position by securing 94.6% and Anjali
Mishra also bagged 20th position by obtaining
94.6% marks in the result of class 1oth declared
by JKBOSE on 25th of May 2015.
All the four students are of MHS DAV Senior
Secondary School Kathua.
Their meritorious performance was celebrated
with great pomp and show jointly by parents,
students and school staff. Similar delightful
moments were also seen in Spring Dales and
Little Angel School.
Two positions were also bagged by the
students of Little Angel School Kathua in which
Tanishka stood to hold 15th with 95.6% and
Saurav achieved 18th positions in current result
of class 10th declared by JKBOSE a day ago.
While greeting to the students and school staff,
the principal of MHS DAV School Ashu Bhola
said that it is a jubilant moment for all toppers,
school staff, students as well as parents.
IN THE COURT OF
JMIC(MUNSIFF),
SAMBA
Present : Manzoor Hussain
Inter school Athletic meet concludes
NOTICE
KATHUA 26 MAY: -
Over the frequent defunctioning of water pumping
motor of PHE department at
Sawan Chack, the residents
expresses resentment and
lodged a massive protest
demonstration against the PHE
department by keeping the
National Highway block for one
hour at Hatli Morh Kathua on
Tuesday. The protest was led by
Blinder Singh Raju who alleged
the PHE department for being
failed to put in place a quality
water pum motor at Sawan
Chack due to which it gets
damaged after every two or
Salman Restaurant
A Family Restaurant
NOTICE
I, Sardari Singh S/o
Gain Singh R/o
Janglote, Tehsil and
three days nad forced the people dire consequences if the water District Kathua have
to face water crisis. He warned problem in the area is not
lost of Registration
the PHE department to face the addressed soon.
certificate of my vehicle
ONGRATULATIONS ONGRATULATIONS bearing no. JK08D7551. I am applying for
To
To
Parnav S/o
Arun Kumar
the duplicate of the
Sh. Joginder
S/o Ashwani
same. Objection, if any,
Kumar and
Smt. Suman
R/o Jakhbar.
may be conveyed to
Kumari R/o
Student
of
Krishna
R.T.O
Lakhanpur
Bhartiya
Colony,
within seven days from
Kathua.
Public High School,Jakhbar
Student of R.S.J.N higher Sec.
on getting 76% marks in
the date of publication
School Kathua on getting 92%
class
10th
exam.
marks in Class 10th Exam.
of this notice.
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office of the registrar of
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r e g i s t r a t i o n
ACT.1998(1941AD).objections
by post or in person if any from
individuals, institution, state or
semi
state
governments
organization may kindly be
communicated to the office of
registrar of societies/firms
(Directorate of industries and
commerce ) Ist floor Jawahar Lal
Nehru udyog Bhawan, Rail head
Complex , Jammu Within a
period 21Days from the date of
publication of this notice.
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,Vinay Jasrotia- General
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Sd/JMIC(Munsiff)Samba
Jammu : The Army's Miran
Transporters extend support to Jammu Bandh call
Vinay Koul S/O Tribawan Nath Koul R/o. Chak Manga
Rakwal, Teh & District Samba
V/S
S.H.O. Police Station, Samba
Whereas, an application stand filed in this court for
registration of birth of above mentioned persons R/o Chak
Manga Rakwal, Teh & District Samba in Police Station,
Samba 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 26th
day of May 2015
techniques of CPR & recovery
position in case of unconscious
person to harness their skills.
The students were also taught
the
hand
washing
techniques.Later, the student
groups were also made to
practically display the
preliminary techniques taught.
The proceedings of the
interactive session were
conducted by, Executive
Secretary, IRCS Kathua Ashish
Singh and supported by other
members of the Red Cross
team. The Chairman of the
School Marru Ram Gupta and
Principal, Rajesh K. Gupta
appreciated the efforts of the
Red Cross Kathua team.
Tiger Division
conducts
various camps
Sahib Brigade, under Tiger
Division organized a Medical,
Veterinary and Awareness
Camp for the people dwelling
in the border areas at Kanali
Tibba in the RS Pura Sector.
Major General Dushyant Singh,
GOC,
Tiger
Division
inaugurated the camp and also
interacted with the village
heads of Jammu region. A team
of doctors from Army and the
local health administration,
comprising of experts of varied
specialties attended to the
women, children and men and
were provided with free
medical aid and medicines.
Cattles were also treated by
associations. Mr. Singh said that the demand of Jammu province who are being Veterinary doctors.
JAMMU, MAY 26
: Transporters declared a Chakka Jam in of AIIMS for Jammu is the most genuine repeatedly discriminated against. He raised
support of the demand of AIIMS, Lake and demand and the transport organizations will questions about the conduct of Jammu Nagbani students
Other Developmental Activities of Jammu fully support the Bandh Call on 27th of Kashmir High Court Bar Association for
province said Mr. Surinder Singh Kala, May,2015.Kala further said that despite the projecting certain so called elements as
shine in CBSE
Convenor, J&K Motor Transport fact that JKHCBA( Jammu Kashmir High transport representatives and interacting
Companies Association Jammu. While Court Bar Association) has not bothered to with them who have a dubious and Class XII results
addressing a joint press conference of consult the transport industry with regard to questionable past having no association with
various Transport Organizations especially announcing an agitational programme transport industry. These are the same Jammu: It was joy and
J&K Motor Transport Companies concerning all issues dear to the people of people who are responsible for looting and jubilation in Maharaja
Association and All J&K Oil Tankers Driver Jammu but the transporters will support any destruction in of the most successful and Harisingh
Agricultural
and Cleaner Union and other allied transport issue pertaining to the wishes of the people thriving transport industry.
Collegiate School Nagbani
Jammu. The School has been
consistently showing excellent
results in CBSE Board Exams
in both Class XII & X.This year
however the excitement is even
successfully and total
(1st),Meenakshi Rani (CMP Samba) (2nd),Pinki Devi
(RAKESH PARBHAKAR)
more as 33 students scored
participants were 555. The Nud) (2nd),Shalini Saini
(GHS Rajpura) (3rd).In
SAMBA, MAY 26
above 90% marks, 102 Students
dignitaries present on the
(GHSS Nandpur) (3rd).In
Discuss Throw U/17
Today on 26TH of May
got above 80% in class XII
opening ceremony are
400 mtrs U/14 event, Prinka event,Sofia Rajput (Kristu
2015 the Department of
CBSE Board Exams declared
Marshal of the Meet Sh.
Devi (CMP Nud)
Jyoti Convent School
Youth Services and Sports
on 25.05.2015.
(1st),Sabjeet Kour (GHSS
Samba) (1st),Monika Devi
District Samba has organized Anirudh Singh Slathia,
Science group is topped by two
Activity Incharge Smt.
Nandpur) (2nd),Samita Devi (GHS Birpur) (2nd),Huma
Inter School District Level
students - Reshab Gupta and
(GHS Ghagwal) (3rd).In 600 Bibi (GHS Sujwan)
Athletic Meet U/14, U/17yrs Rekha Sambyal, Sh. Vijay
Singh Slathia, Smt. Rakesh mtrs U/14 event, Shalini (N (3rd).Overall Championship Aryan Magotra with 96.4%
Boys & Girls under the
marks in the aggregate. Arshiya
V Dhalote (1st),Sonia (HPS Girls: -GHS Sarna bags
supervision of District Youth Verma, Sh. B. D. Sharma,
Gupta topped in the Commerce
Bassi Kalan (2nd),Punita
U/17 title,Humanity Public
Services and Sports Officer Sh. Pardeep Singh and Sh.
group with 94% marks in the
Samba Sh. Subash Chander Raghubir Singh all are Zonal (Calvary Mission Ghagwal) School Bassi Kalan bags
aggregate.
U/14 title.
Bhardwaj. DYSSO welcome Physical Education Officers, (3rd).In long Jump U/14
The school Principal Mr. Alok
event,Yasmeen (HPS Bassi
Overall Championship
the Chief Guest, prominent Dr. Sunil Dubey and Dr.
Betab congratulated the
Monika. & Sh. Zorawar
Kalan) (1st),Sneha Devi
Boys: -Parveen Model
dignitaries and all the
Students, Parents and the staff
School Supwal bags U/17
participants. The Chief Guest Singh Sambyal.Results of the (GHS Sarna) (2nd),Saloni
Meet: Kundal (M I Sumb) (3rd). In title,N V Dhalote bags U/14 for this outstanding result. DAV
of the Occasion was the
Management also congratulated
In Shot Put U/14 (Girls)
Discuss Throw U/14
title,
Hon'ble District
the school on this achievement
The matches were
Development Commissioner event, Prinka Slathia (M V event,Prinka (N V Dhalote)
International) (1st),Prinka
(1st),Shobna Choudhary
officiated by Sh. Bhupinder of students.
Sheetal Nanda (IAS)
Jamwal (N. V. Dhalote)
(GHS Sarna) (2nd)Parul
Singh, Sh. Dildar Singh, Sh.
inaugurated the meet by
(2nd),Sonia (HPS Bassi
Charak (GHS Birpur) (3rd). Kulbir Singh, Sh. Purab
giving the start to 100mtr
Kalan (3rd). In 100 Mtrs
In 200 mtrs
Chander, Sh. Vinod Sharma,
Sprint Race. She also
Race U/14 (Girls)
U/17event,Shameem Akhtar Sh. Naresh Sharma, Smt.
awarded the medal and
trophies to the winners and event,Yasmeen Akhtar (HPS (GHS Sarna) (1st),Ruksana Roopa Sambyal Smt. Sushma The below Mentioned persons
(GHS Bainglar) (2nd),Neha Rani, Smt. Shashi Bala, Smt. have applied for the registration
runners. During her address Bassi Kalan) (1st),Isha
Jaral (HPS Bassi Kalan)
Navjyoti Slathia, Smt.
she praised the participants Jamwal (N. V. Dhalote)
of society (NGO) under the name
(2nd),Sneha Devi (GHS
(3rd). In Shot Put
Chanchala Devi, Sh. Raj
(Boys and Girls) for their
and
style
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Sarna) (3rd).In 200 mtrs
U/17,Huma Bibi (GHS
Singh Chib, Sh. Sudesh
mass participation in the
U/14 (Girls) event,Yasmeen Sujwan) (1st),Sofia Rajput
Sharma, Sh. Avtar Singh, Sh. Society(Immediate Breaking
athemtic meet. Today the
News 24 Society),Kathua in the
Akhtar (HPS Bassi Kalan)
(Kristu Jyoti Convent School KeshaV Singh,
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uch is said for and against the one year
performance of the Narendra Modi
Government in the last few days before
even completion of one year in power. A more
accurate analysis of the performance of the
Narendra Modi Government's first year in office
will be possible if the evaluation is done from the
prism of where it has reached from what it had
inherited, along with a balance sheet of
expectations and delivery. While the two are
inter-connected, given that high expectations
arose out of the mess the Congress-led UPA had
left behind, it is also true that these hopes rode
on Mr Modi's track record of good governance as
the Chief Minister of Gujarat and the emphatic
promise of change he made repeatedly
throughout the 2014 election campaign. When
the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government
came into office exactly 12 months ago, the
economy was not the only crisis. A series of
high-profile scams had dented the country's
image. Worse, the Prime Minister's office had
landed in discredit, with enough to indicate that
the then Prime Minister, Mr Manmohan Singh,
was not in control. The result was a debilitating
policy paralysis. The year gone by has seen the
emphatic re-assertion of the office of the Prime
Minister and Mr Modi's hold over Government
and governance. No one can say that the Prime
Minister plays second fiddle to a power-centre
outside
the
Government. There may be some snide
There may be
remarks from the
some
snide Opposition that the BJP-led
remarks from
the Opposition regime is taking directions
from the Rashtriya
that the BJP-led
regime is taking Swayamsevak Sangh, but
directions from there has been nothing to
the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak suggest that the RSS has
Sangh,
but determined the course of
there has been daily governance or that
nothing
to Union Ministers have been
suggest that
the RSS has demonstrating loyalty more
determined the to an extra-constitutional
course of daily authority than to the Prime
governance or
Minister.
that
Union
Ministers have been demonstrating loyalty more
to an extra-constitutional authority than to the
Prime Minister. The primacy of the Prime
Minister is essential because, from thereon,
flows good governance. A weak Prime Minister is
the fountainhead of every governance failure including corruption and other serious forms of
irregularity. With an assertive Prime Minister at
the helm, decision-making has made a
comeback. Since the broad economic indications
over the past year - inflation, foreign direct
investment flow, fiscal deficit, current account
deficit, ease of doing business etc - tell the story
of a turnaround in the making, the Opposition
has latched on to perceptions instead of facts to
claim failure on the Government's part. The suitboot ki sarkar jibe falls flat when viewed from
the slew of social security initiatives, such as the
insurance and pension schemes for the last man
in the line, the Modi Government recently
launched. The other in the list announced earlier
is the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. If these
have the potential to mark an unprecedented
social change, others such as Make in India, Skill
India and Digital India can trigger large-scale
employment in the months and years ahead. But
there have also been hiccups which the Modi
Government will need to address if they are not
to derail its ambitious plans. The land acquisition
Bill remains the biggest problem. The Opposition
has to an extent created an impression (even if
flawed) that the Government is out to snatch
land from farmers on the pretext of
development. Modi and his team should more
effectively counter this propaganda before it
begins to stick as a metaphor for the antipoor/pro-rich image the Opposition is out to
construct of the Government.
T
Sachida Nand Jha
he central premise
behind
an
embodiment of a
nation focuses on the
establishment of an order
of dharma. It is this
distinctive character of
Indian nationalism that
historian
Partha
Chatterjee ignores while
he places the Gandhian
thought outside the scope
of nationalism
The incumbent political
dispensation at the Centre
has completed the first
year of its tenure. For the
maiden journey that the
Modi Government has
made so far, it has evoked
divergent responses - like
fulsome praise for the
focussed and fruitful
approach of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
to international relations
and almost equal fulsome
brickbats for the economy
not going the way it was
intended to - where no
visible transformation has
taken place, in fact
nothing much has really
happened, if we are to
believe Mr Arun Shourie.
And liberal traditions in
educational institutions
have been ignored,
autonomy has been
undermined and secular
principles have been
demolished with gay
abandon for the simple
reason the academic
reforms are bound to go
the
saffron
way,
subverting the very idea
of India - if we have to
listen
to
secular
intellectuals. Therefore,
the first anniversary gives
us an appropriate
occasion to rethink
whether we can develop a
sense of India bereft of
stereotypes, ideological or
otherwise.
The evolution of Indian
nationalist discourse in
the colonial world has
been debated and
discussed a great deal by
Partha Chatterjee, the
noted historian of
subaltern persuasion. In
the Nationalist Thought
and Colonial World: A
Derivative Discourse, Mr
Chatterjee suggests that
our nationalist ethos is not
only heavily influenced
but also primarily caused
by an ambivalent
approach to the Western
notions of nationalisms
which were largely
responsible for the
emergence and upsurge of
colonialism. His book
focuses on three diverse
representatives
of
nationalist thought and
they are Bankim Chandra
Chatterjee, Jawaharlal
Nehru and Mahatma
Gandhi.
The book locates the
genesis and growth of the
first two nationalists'
worldview in their ability
to make a distinction
between the domains of
material and those of
spiritual. Both these
leaders focused on the
superiority of the East in
the domain of spiritual but
acknowledged perhaps
with deep gratitude, the
advancements made by
the West in the areas of
science and technology, of
economy and statecraft,
and emphasised the need
to 'learn the material skills
from the West without
losing our spiritual
heritage'.
But the book places the
Gandhian thought outside
the scope and parameter
of nationalism. Mahatma
Gandhi,
for
Mr
Chatterjee, does not either
make an attempt "to
establish the superior
spiritual claims of Hindu
religion" or care to be
consistent, because of his
"universalist religiosity"
with the "dominant
thematic of postenlightenment thought".
In his next book, The
Nation and its Fragments:
Colonial and Postcolonial
Histories,Mr Chatterjee
maintains the theorical
premise that Indian
nationalism is ambivalent
in its character because of
its indebtedness to both
'the forms of postenlightenment scientific
thought and a sovereign,
superior spiritual tradition
of India'.
The absence of Vinayak
Damodar Savarkar is
inexplicable. Regardless
of the fact that Mr
Chatterjee may agree or
disagree with Savarkar's
vision of Hindutva, the
idea should have found its
rightful place in Mr
Chatterjee's scheme of
things. One way to look at
its conspicuous absence is
that this celebrated
scholar may have faced
tremendous difficulties in
robbing the indigenous
traits and attributes
inherently embedded in
the concept. Moreover,
his
attempt
is
contradictory since the
discovery of a superior
spiritual heritage Mr
Chatterjee so vigorously
claims to be an essential
characteristic of Indian
nationalism, cannot be
located anywhere else so
completely
and
illuminatingly as in
Gandhian thought. It adds
to the Mahatma's
greatness that he did not
believe
in
the
advertisement of such
superiority.
Modi-government completes a year at Union
I
Amit Srivastava
t is slightly more than a year
for Modi-government in
New Delhi. On 26 May,
2014 Prime Minister Modi and
his afresh cabinet took oath of
office to administer Republic of
India. Since then Prime
Minister Modi and his cabinet
colleagues are trying hard to
deliver on many of their
promises--many
time
successfully, many times not
so.
The fact is that Mr. Modi was
my favorite since he was
anointed as the Prime
Ministerial candidate of the
BJP. He has great oratory skills.
His caste and his Gujarati
identity do help him
significantly provided he is able
to deliver. The fact is that
despite of him being very
patriotic he is slightly regional
as well and this should be clear
to any reasonable person as he
was Chief Minister of Gujarat
for 13 long years before taking
the oath as the Prime Minister
of the nation. But then these
things never bother me and I
also find me being Hindi as one
of the reasons as to why I am
not that regional. The fact is
that for whatever reasons,
Hindis are the least regional but
at the same time most casteist
people in India. May be they
are least regional because they
do not have too many big icons
except in politics.
I tell you, Prime Minister
Modi has great public relations
skills; probably higher than that
of Rajiv Gandhi. But then this
is not what is always sufficient.
While good speeches do make
differences; many times
significantly, but they are not
suffice in themselves. It
requires all to change-all
segments of Indian society;
contributors and inert alike--not
the chosen few standalone--to
make a marked difference in
political, economic and social
aspects of a nation's life. India
is very vast and probably a
nation with the widest
distributions possible in the
world and thus participation
from masses becomes more
important and even urgent.
But I must say that Prime
Minister is a very patriotic and
committed politician and he
definitely
exceeds
the
performance by his many
predecessors, including that by
former Prime Minister
Vajpayee. It is a slightly hard
fact to accept as Mr. Vajpayee
was from the same constituency
where I live and I have had
some admiration for him for
quite a long time. Prime
Minister Modi is far better
performer than his immediate
predecessor Dr. Singh. I think
most of us would agree on that.
While no body can disagree
that Prime Minister Modi is
very dedicated and nationalistic
Hindu leader, the fact is that he
is simply and slowly loosing
emotions that he had when he
was Prime Minister-elect on
May 13, 2014. The fact is that
he has become more
authoritative
and
less
consensual and I hesitate to say
though, but he probably
disagrees with many of his
cabinet colleagues. May be he
underestimates many among
them. It appears more evident
in Foreign and Defense
portfolios. But I believe he is
quite comfortable with Rajnath
Singh and Arun Jaitley. Frankly
speaking, these two gentlemen
are also my favorite among
India's cabinet members but I
do admire Sushma Swaraj and
General (Retd.) V K Singh as
well.
Nevertheless Prime Minister
Modi's performance on many
fields have been excellent,
particularly that during his
foreign visits. Indian diaspora
have found a new voice in him
and they themselves may have
been benefited because of
Prime Minister Modi. The fact
is that world is paying more
attention to India since Prime
Minister Modi's coronation.
Indians are becoming more
assertive though there are
constraints as well. In the end,
Indians are Indians and it
becomes difficult for them to
fully accept Prime Minister
Modi's brand of Indian
nationalism. Greed and
selfishness would stop Indian
expatriates from fully falling
into the great luring trap of
Indian nationalism. This was
quite evident from response he
received
from
Indian
expatriates in Beijing and
Seoul. I think Prime Minister
Modi should take note of it and
should also adapt to the
situation in appropriate ways to
the extent possible for him
without diluting his agenda of
creating a global pan-Indian
identity. Nationalism is an
attractor though at the same
time not that big; not even for
domestic
population,
particularly for elites amongst
them!
However, criticisms of his
foreign visits by opposition
parties, particularly by the INC,
are definitely unfounded. The
fact is that in this interconnected world making good
relationship with foreign
countries are the most required
things for any Indian
government after putting its
house on order. The fact is that
India requires huge capital and
expertise from other countries,
particularly from the United
States-led West to actualize its
potential and fulfill its dreams
of becoming global Asian
power by being on the path of
sustainable high growth. For
that Prime Minister Modi needs
to woo the investors and create
business-friendly environment
in India.
But I will caution him one
thing-never let foreign
investors over-compete with
each other. In particular Prime
Minister Modi should not
believe that by letting investors
compete more FDI and
expertise would come to India
as individual investors and
companies would look for their
own selfishness and profits and
thus they each would bring
better products, more capital
with higher efficiency because
of competition and noncompiling among them would
die-out as a consequence.
The fact is that free hands do
not operate in India-in fact not
even in the West in the strictest
ideal sense-Indian government
is Godfather for most of
Indians, including for big
businesses. So, if there is
excessive competition, foreign
investors would segment
among themselves and they
would include their Indian
partners in that as well and
together they could form
cartels; formal or informal.
The
Indian
Union
government would loose
influence as a consequence and
Indians a good deal for them.
Many
anguished
and
dissatisfied investors could
withdraw as well.
On economic front he is
mostly following the policy of
social inclusiveness of the
previous governments. But his
style is completely different.
The fact is that Modigovernment has launched
several popular schemes but in
my opinion, it should be aware
of fiscal health of the nation as
too many subsidies can put
downward pressure on INR and
upward pressure on inflation as
the Indian Central Bank; the
RBI, may be on printing spree
because of political diktats.
On domestic front, things are
literally quite and Modigovernment
is
acting
cautiously. The fact is that one
year is too small a time to judge
any government whose full
term lasts five years. But still
there has been stalemate in
dealing
with
various
insurgencies the nation is
facing, particularly that in
Kashmir. The fact is that Modigovernment should use its
position in Jammu and Kashmir
government to strike out a
mutually acceptable and
working solution to the long
pending dispute. On Naxalite
front the response from
government, as expected, has
been conservative. In my
opinion, natural resources do
not belong to aboriginals and
autochthons as they have never
bought land nor paid any tax on
them. But still they should be
properly and humanly
rehabilitated and amnesty
should be granted to maximum
among them.
I think that there are uphill
tasks for Modi-government in
coming years. The biggest
challenge that it faces is to get
legislative work done as the
government and its supporters
do not have a majority in the
Upper House of the Parliament.
The fact is that in order to
perform governments in
democracies have to pass bills
but then because of competitive
politics, political parties and
their leaders in India mostly
work on the principle of
selfishness and not necessarily
on emotive nationalism. The
same was true about the BJP
when it was in opposition at the
Center except with the
exception of it tacitly letting Dr.
Singh government survive a no
confidence vote brought by the
Left parties and it itself over the
UPA1 signing 123 civilian
nuclear agreement with the
United States. I remember the
BJP scuttling the Land
Acquisition Bill brought about
by the UPA2 and I think it also
expressed some reservations on
Goods and Service Tax bills as
well. Now the BJP is bringing
these very same bills with some
amendments and the INC is
opposing it tooth and nail. I
think the BJP needs to prove the
utility of governing and
governance to the INC and it
will have to prove it in tangible
terms to the Centrist party.
The fact is that Prime
Minister Modi has charisma
and he is a die-hard pragmatic
politician with immense urge to
rule over India. As long as he
does it nicely everything is fine.
But it so happens that Prime
Minister Modi looks tiring and
without energy many times he
appears on television. I cannot
guess the reason properly but
my observations just cannot go
wrong. See it yourself and do
not always relate tiring with
workload. However, I would
suggest Modi-government one
thing-to address growing
regional and sub-regional
asymmetries throughout the
nation and never take for
granted the provinces of UP and
Bihar. I know that this is an
uphill task for any Indian leader
as a lot depends on provincial
governments as well but I think
that in the best interests of the
nation, Prime Minister Modi
should give it a hard try. Rest is
fine with me.
The fact is that Modigovernment's performance is
well above average and if that
is not the case then I wonder
which alliance can do it for
India.
The fact is that I have biases
in favor of Prime Minister
Modi and his team but not those
big that I loose objectivity. It
needs to be accepted that Modigovernment has been clean,
neat, and corruption and
scandal free to the extent an
Indian government can be.
Sure, there are motormouth in
the party and in the NDA
alliance but then that is what
makes this government what it
is today.
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Parrikar downplays Mukherjee’s AAP govt moves assembly resolution,
remark on Bofors scandal
seeks to impeach LG Najeeb Jung
New Delhi : Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar on
Tuesday avoided commenting
on
President
Pranab
Mukherjee’s remark that the
Bofors arms scandal was more
of a ‘media trial’ and none of the
charges have been proved in any
Indian court.
“I can’t comment on that. You
will have to ask him (President
Mukherjee) under what
condition he was in when he
spoke. If you ask me, the quality
of Bofors is good,” he said.
President Mukherjee, had
earlier in an interview with
Dagens Nyheter newspaper
ahead of an official visit to
Sweden next week, said that the
Bofors scandal had had not been
proven to be a scandal in a court
of law.
“First of all – it is yet to be to
be established that there was a
scandal. No Indian court has
established it. I was the defence
minister of the country long
after Bofors, and all my
generals certified that this is one
of the best guns we are having.
Till today, Indian army is using
it. The so-called scandal which
you talk of, yes, in the media, it
was there. There was a media
trial. But I’m afraid, let us not
be too much carried by
publicity,” said President
Mukherjee, who was earlier the
country’s Defence Minister.
“I do not know. I’m not
describing it, you’re putting that
word. Don’t put that word.
What I am saying is that in
media it was publicised. But up
to now, no Indian court has
given any decisive verdict about
the alleged scandal,” he added
when asked if the Bofors scam
was just a media scandal.
The Bofors scandal was a
USD 285 million contract
between the Indian Government
and Swedish arms company
Bofors, signed for supply of
155mm howitzer field guns in
1986.
The Bofors gun was used
during the Kargil conflict with
Pakistan and the gun proved
very effective and it is still one
of the main artillery weapons of
the Indian Army.
New Delhi : The ruling Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) cleared a
resolution in the assembly on
Tuesday seeking powers to
impeach the lieutenant governor
in a move that deepened an allout turf war between the Delhi
government and the Centre.
The resolution pushed by
deputy chief minister Manish
Sisodia was ratified on the first
day of a special assembly
session that was called to
discuss a union home ministry
notification giving absolute
powers to the L-G in
appointment and transfer of
bureaucrats and issues of police
and public order.
The power struggle between
chief minister Arvind Kejriwal
and L-G Najeeb Jung is rooted
in Delhi’s unique position as a
union territory functioning as
the Capital, with the state
government having no power
multinational company at the over several important
time of his arrest.
departments and agencies that
He was originally booked function under the lieutenant
under provisions of the Indian
Penal Code for “waging war”
against the state and under the
UAPA for supporting a terror
group.
Home ministry sources said
there has been no delay from
DELHI: There does
the Karnataka government, but notNEW
to be any respite
the team working on Biswas' fromappear
severe
wave
prosecution
is
getting conditions in manyheat
parts
of
the
impatient.
as the Indian
"If the state government's country
Department
clearance comes in the next two Meteorological
(IMD)
on
Tuesday
afternoon
days, we will be able to wrap up
and submit the charge-sheet on predicted such conditions to
time. If we delay, he might get continue in Delhi, Haryana,
Chandigarh, Punjab, Vidarbha
bail," said a police source.
Media reports suggested that region of Maharashtra and parts
information provided by of Odisha for at least next two
Twitter on accounts linked to days.
Asking people to be vigilant
the IS and its supporters will be
included in the charge-sheet of such conditions, the IMD
said, " Andhra Pradesh and
against Biswas.
Telangana which experienced
severe heat wave conditions
Bengaluru police racing to charge-sheet
youngster who operated pro-IS Twitter handle
Bengaluru : The city police
are racing against time to
complete their charge-sheet
against Mehdi Masroor Biswas,
who was arrested in Bengaluru
last December on the charge of
operating the pro-Islamic State
Twitter
handler
@shamiwitness.
Sources in the police said
that under the provisions of the
Unlawful
Activities
(Prevention) Act,UAPA, which
was used to book Biswas, the
accused is entitled to bail if
authorities do not complete
investigations and file charges
within 180 days.
"We have around 15 days
before the 180-day deadline
expires," a source told
Hindustan Times.
The Centre has granted
permission to city police to
press charges of international
terrorism against Biswas under
the UAPA for allegedly running
the pro-IS Twitter handle.
The Karnataka government,
however, is yet to give similar
permission to the police.
Biswas, 24, was arrested
after Britain’s Channel 4 named
him as the person behind
@shamiwitness. He was
working as an executive in a
Ramdev's Divya pharmacy if
there were objections.
"The name of the medicine is
like that, nothing has been
added. Even the scriptures call
the jadi booti (herb) by the same
name," Naik said.
The medicine had sparked off
a debate in Parliament, after a
section of the Opposition
accused Ramdev of peddling a
product which promised
delivery of male children.
While Ramdev later clarified
that 'putrajeevak beej' (seed that
gives life to a son in its literal
translation) was only meant to
treat infertility and had only
borrowed the name from
ayurvedic scriptures, AYUSH
ministry had set up a committee
to probe the issue.
While Naik confirmed the
committee had not submitted its
report yet, he also ruled out that
the medicine was marketed in a
misleading way.
"The (committee's) decision
has not come... Suppose there
are objections, then there would
no problem in changing the
name," Naik said.
The newly formed AYUSH
(Ayurveda,
Yoga
and
Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy) ministry oversees
affairs related to alternative
medicines in the country.
Ramdas Athawale not allowed to
board aircraft for arriving late
Mumbai: Republican Party
of India (A) chief Ramdas
Athawale was on Tuesday
allegedly not allowed to board
a Jet Airways aircraft despite
the airline having issued
boarding pass to him,
prompting irked party workers
to protest outside the private
carrier's office here.
Athawale had to board the
Jet Airways aircraft 9W 313
this morning scheduled at 5.15
am. He had planned his
journey from Mumbai to
Aurangabad from where he
was scheduled to go to
Maharashtra's Beed district to
attend the funeral of deceased
to uproot corruption and offer of
cheap water and power.
The NDA government’s
notification barred Delhi’s anticorruption branch (ACB) from
registering cases against officers
and political functionaries of the
central government.
However, the Delhi high
court ruled on Monday that the
ACB had the authority to
investigate central government
officials, including the city’s
police personnel.
Alleging that the notification
IMD predicts continuation of severe
heat wave conditions for next two days
Ramdev's 'Putrajeevak beej' is
named after herb: AYUSH minister
Panaji: Giving a clean chit to
'Putrajeevak Beej', an ayurvedic
medicine promoted by yoga
guru Baba Ramdev's trust,
Minister of State for AYUSH
Shripad Naik on Tuesday said
the medicine was named after a
herb of a similar name.
He said the medicine does not
guarantee birth of male
children, as claimed by the
Opposition.
Speaking to reporters at the
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP)
state headquarters here Naik, a
North Goa MP, however, also
said that his ministry was also
open to changing the name of
the product manufactured by
governor, who reports to the
Centre.
“Tomorrow the central
government can say that you
don't have control over the
sources of water so you can't
supply water to the city,”
Sisodia said. “The issuance of
the notification is an insult to
the biggest mandate given by
Delhi’s people.”
The AAP scored a landslide
victory in this year’s Delhi
elections, winning 67 of the
Capital’s 70 seats with promises
activist Eknath Ahvad.
"The flight was scheduled to
take off at 5.15 am and I
reached at airport 27 minutes
before departure and got the
boarding pass also. But I was
shocked to hear from the
ground staff that I cannot get
entry into the plane as I was
late by 4-5 minutes," Athawale
told a news agency.
The leader said that being a
frequent and disciplined flyer
with Jet Airways, he should
have been allowed to travel.
"I will file a complaint with
Aviation Minister and also
raise this issue in Rajya
Sabha," Athawale said.
Later,
Jet
Airways'
spokesperson issued a
statement and denied the
allegations.
"Jet Airways airport staff
had briefed the guest's protocol
team in advance about the
departure time of the flight to
ensure on-time boarding.
Unfortunately, the guest could
not reach the airport in time.
We offered to make alternate
arrangements for his travel,"
the statement said.
Later, some RPI(A) workers
held a demonstration outside
the Jet Airways' office here and
demanded an apology from the
management.
over the last few days will
continue to have heat wave
conditions over today and
tomorrow also. "Heat wave
conditions are also to prevail in
parts of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Madhya
Pradesh, Chhatisgarh over next
two days". The country's
national weather forecaster,
however, predicted fall in
temperature in many areas from
May 28 onwards. It at the same
time in its latest weather
bulletin predicted heavy rainfall
in parts of northeastern states
from Wednesday onwards for
the next three days. Youth enjoy
a dip in Krishna river close to
Prakasam Barrage after a
sizzling day where temperature
touched 44 degrees in
Vijayawada on Saturday. (TOI
photoby Mahesh G) It said,
"Fall in day temperatures by
about 2°C over Andhra
Pradesh,Telangana
and
Vidarbha from May 28 onwards
leading to abetment of heat
wave conditions is predicted.
"On the other hand in the
north-eastern states of the
country, heavy rainfall is
predicted in isolated places for
tomorrow and over next three
days".
was in violation of the
Constitution, Sisodia said his
government moved the
resolution in the House as
attempts were being made to
“curb the rights” of a
democratically-elected
government. “Delhi was
plagued by corruption. People
have given us a massive
mandate to run the government.
This government has taken
corruption head on and
achieved
unprecedented
success,” he said. “The Centre is
trying to thwart the Delhi
government's attempts. The
ACB has done unprecedented
work in the last 100 days despite
several odds.”
During a 49-day stint in
2013-14,
the
AAP
administration ordered the ACB
to register an FIR against then
union petroleum minister M
Veerappa Moily and Reliance
Industries Limited chief
Mukesh Ambani for alleged
corruption in gas pricing.
under control. The languishing
economy was rejuvenated,
building on stable, policydriven proactive governance.
Discretionary allotment of our
precious natural resources to a
about in work culture,
nurturing a combination of
empathy as well as
professionalism, systems as
well breaking of silos. State
governments have been made
chosen few was replaced with
transparent auctions. Firm
steps were taken against Black
Money, from setting up a SIT
and passing a stringent black
money law, to generating
international consensus against
the same. Uncompromising
adherence to the principle of
purity, in action as well as
intent, ensured a corruptionfree government. Significant
changes have been brought
equal partners in the quest for
national development, building
the spirit of Team India. Most
importantly, we have been able
to restore Trust in the
government.
Guided by the principle of
Antyodaya, our Government is
dedicated to the poor,
marginalized and those left
behind. We are working
towards empowering them to
become our soldiers in the war
Kolkata: India on Tuesday
said its eyes were not shut on
underworld don Dawood
Ibrahim, but "some international
compulsions" were hindering his
extradition from Pakistan. "On
Dawood, I will only say we have
not kept our eyes closed," union
Home Minister Rajanth Singh
told a media conference at the
Press Club here. "But you know
there are some international
compulsions due to which there
are often some obstacles," the
minister said to questions about
Dawood's extradition from
Pakistan. There was a
controversy recently over junior
Home Minister Parathibhai
Chaudhary's reply in the Lok
Sabha that location of Dawood
was unknown and extradition
proceedings against him would
start once he was traced.
However, Singh then clarified
that India has credible
information that Dawood is in
Pakistan and the central
government would not rest till he
is brought back. Pakistan has
denied time and again the
fugitive's presence on its soil.
CBSE Class 10th results 2015 will be
published on cbse.ac.in, cbseresults.nic.in
New Delhi: The Central
Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE) will declare CBSE
Class 10th results 2015 on
cbse.ac.in and cbseresults.ac.in
at 12 pm today (Wednesday).
CBSE Class 10 results 2015
can be accessed by students by
logging on using their roll
number. Over 13 lakh students
and their tense parents are
waiting with bated breath for the
declaration of the Class X board
results.
Board Exam Result plays an
important role in defining career
avenues for students. Arts,
Science,
commerce
or
vocational, the choices open up
depending on marks earned in
the Class 10 Board. Personal
This is just the beginning: PM
on NDA govt's 1 year in power
New Delhi: As the Narendra
Modi-led NDA government
completes one year in office,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, Tuesday, reached out to
the nation. In his message, the
PM said that he devoted every
moment of his time last year in
the service of the nation.
The Prime Minister termed
the first year of his government
as "just the beginning", adding
that the aim is to transform the
quality of life of all sections of
the society.
Service, in our Indian ethos
is the ultimate duty – Seva
Parmo Dharma. One year ago,
you had entrusted me with the
responsibility and honour of
serving you as your Pradhan
Sevak. I have devoted every
moment of every day, and
every element of my body and
spirit, in fulfilling the same
with fullest sincerity and
honesty.
We assumed office at a time
when confidence in the India
story was waning. Un-abated
corruption and indecisiveness
had paralyzed the government.
People had been left helpless
against ever climbing inflation
and economic insecurity.
Urgent and decisive action was
needed.
We systematically went
about addressing these
challenges. Runaway prices
were immediately brought
Our eyes not shut on
Dawood : Rajnath
inclination towards a particular
stream of study also plays a role.
CBSE had declared Class 12
results on May 25 with 82 per
cent students passing the exam
and girls faring better than boys.
The pass percentage of girls
stood at 87.56 as compared to
77.77 per cent of the boys.
The overall pass percentage
was marginally lower than last
year where 82.70 per cent
students had passed the exam as
against 82 per cent this year.
Thiruvananthapuram Region
registered the highest pass
percentage at 95.41.
M Gayatri of New Green
Fields school, New Delhi has
topped the exam in the country
securing 99.2 per cent.
UPSC encourages
women to apply for
civil services exam
against poverty. Numerous
measures and schemes have
been initiated – from making
school toilets to setting up
IITs, IIMs and AIIMS; from
providing a vaccination cover
to our children to initiating a
people-driven Swachh Bharat
mission; from ensuring a
minimum pension to our
labourers to providing social
security to the common man;
from enhancing support to our
farmers hit by natural
calamities to defending their
interests at WTO; from
empowering one and all with
self attestation to delivering
subsidies directly to people’s
banks; from universalizing the
banking system to funding the
unfunded small businesses;
from irrigating fields to
rejuvenating Ma Ganga; from
moving towards 24x7 power to
connecting the nation through
road and rail; from building
homes for the homeless to
setting up smart cities, and
from connecting the NorthEast
to
prioritizing
development of Eastern India.
Friends, this is just the
beginning. Our objective is to
transform quality of life,
infrastructure and services.
Together we shall build the
India of your dreams and that
of our freedom fighters. In this,
I seek your blessings and
continued support.
New Delhi: In order to ensure
gender balance in workforce, the
Union
Public
Service
Commission (UPSC) has
encouraged women candidates
to apply for the prestigious civil
services examination to select
IAS and IPS officers.
"Government strives to have a
workforce which reflects gender
balance and women candidates
are encouraged to apply," the
UPSC said in the notification
issued for civil services
preliminary examination 2015.
Women had bagged the top
slots in the 2010, 2011 and 2012
civil services examinations.
Whereas, a male candidate
topped in the 2013 exam. There
were 15 males and 10 females in
top 25 positions in 2013 civil
services exam results.
The result of civil services
examination 2014 is yet to be
declared. The civil services
examination is conducted by the
UPSC annually in three stages - preliminary, main and
interview -- to select candidates
for
prestigious
Indian
Administrative Service (IAS),
Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
and Indian Police Service (IPS),
among others.
This year, the preliminary
examination will be held on
August 23 in 71 centres at about
3,000 venues.
This time the candidates are
required to apply only through
online mode for the civil
services and Indian Forest
Service examinations and "no
other mode for submission of
applications is allowed", it said.
Speaker throw out BJP MLA OP Sharma from Assembly
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) government in Delhi has
convened a two-day emergency
session of the Legislative Assembly
beginning Tuesday amid a bitter fight
between Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor
Najeeb Jung.
If Kejriwal thinks that the MHA
notification is not right they should
reach the court. AAP MLAs were
using unparliamentary language
against the LG and PM Narendra
Modi, says BJP MLA OP Sharma.
Speaker calls Marshals to throw
out BJP MLA OP Sharma from Delhi
Assembly. The BJP MLAs were
protesting against Speaker's criticism
of the LG.
AAP MLA Adarsh Shastri seeks
amendment in Article 155 of the
Constitution seeking powers for Delhi
Assembly to impeach the LG.
Delhi Assembly adopts the motion
to discuss the notification issued by
MHA.
MHA notification disrespects
people's mandate given to the AAP
government, says Sisodia.
It appears the Centre is afraid of the
action Delhi government is taking
against corrupt officials, says Sisodia
in Assembly.
Sisodia says the MHA notification
is opposite of what is stated in the
Constitution.
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia
introduces resolution in the Assembly
to discuss Centre's notification on
LG's powers.
Delhi Assembly special session
proceedings are underway.
As per reports, the Kejriwal
government may, during the
Assembly session, pass a resolution
against the Centre's notification
granting more powers to the LG.
Special Assembly session of the
Delhi Legislative Assembly begins.
Meanwhile, ANI reports that the
Kejriwal-led Delhi government today
transferred nine IAS officers
including one principal secretary and
six others. Kejriwal discussed with
LG issues relating to functioning of
the Anti-Corruption Branch of the
Delhi government, reports PTI.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal meets Lt Governor Najeeb
Jung ahead of the special Assembly
session. Also present are Deputy CM
Manish Sisodia and Chief Secretary
KK Sharma.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
government in Delhi has convened a
two-day emergency session of the
Legislative Assembly beginning
Tuesday amid a bitter fight between
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and
Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung.
The main aim of the 'emergency'
Assembly session is to deliberate on
the Central government's notification
giving absolute powers to the LG in
appointment of bureaucrats and issues
of police and public order.
The Assembly was originally
scheduled to meet in June for the
passage of Budget. Officials said the
session will deliberate on the gazette
notification issued by the Centre as
well as issues relating to sharing of
power between the elected
government and the LG.
They said the government had
sought legal opinion from
constitutional expert KK Venugopal
and former Solicitor General Gopal
Subramanium and both felt that the
notification is against the provisions
in the Constitution and laid down
norms.
"Legal opinions from noted
constitutional expert KK Venugopal
and former Solicitor General of India
Gopal Subramanium were placed
before the Cabinet and discussed in
the meeting," the Chief Minister's
office said.
The Cabinet also decided that
depending on the requirement, the
session can be extended further.
In the notification issued on Friday,
the Centre gave absolute powers to
the LG in appointment of bureaucrats
while also clarifying that he need not
"consult" the chief minister on
subjects like police and public order.
The notification had also barred the
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the
Delhi government from registering
any case against officers and political
functionaries of the Central
government.
However, in a victory for the
Kejriwal government the Delhi High
Court yesterday ruled that the ACB
can act against Delhi Police officials.
The High Court also noted that
Lieutenant Governor of Government
of National Capital Territory of Delhi
is bound to act upon the aid and
advice of the Council of Ministers
who are directly elected by the
citizens of Delhi and the Centre's
"executive fiat" siding with him is
"suspect". After the notification was
issued, Kejriwal had launched a
frontal attack on the Centre, accusing
it of "back-stabbing" the people of the
city by "siding" with the Lt Governor
to run Delhi through "backdoor" and
protect the corrupt.
Yesterday, in an address at an "open
cabinet" to mark 100 days of the AAP
government, Kejriwal said that the
Centre's notification giving absolute
powers to the Lt Governor reflected
its "dictatorial attitude" and accused
the BJP-led government of taking
revenge against people of the city for
handing the party a crushing defeat in
the assembly polls.
The appointment of senior
bureaucrat Shakuntala Gamlin as
acting chief secretary by LG earlier
this month had triggered a full-blown
war between the ruling AAP and LG
Jung, with Kejriwal questioning the
LG's authority and accusing him of
trying to take over the administration.
the NORTHLINES Jammu
BJP's stand on Art 370
has exposed PDP: Sagar
NL CORRESPONDENT
SRINAGAR, MAY 26
National Conference Tuesday
said that BJP's formal demand
for the abrogation of Article
370 had exposed PDP's sellout for power on key issues
that concern the political
rights and honor of the people
of Jammu and Kashmir. In a
statement issued from Party
Headquarters in Srinagar, NC
General
Secretary
Ali
Mohammad Sagar lashed at
out PDP for maintaining a
criminal silence over BJP's
recent overtures demanding
the the abrogation of Article
370.
Pertinently
BJP's
National Spokesperson, Dr.
Sambit Patra raked up the
issue on Monday had raked
up BJP's demand to abrogate
Article 370 while clarifying
that
BJP
had
not
compromised on this stand.
Ali Mohammad Sagar said
National Conference had
strived for the restoration of
Article 370 to its original,
pristine form and would
continue to stand by this
demand.NC
General
Secretary said Article 370 was
the constitutional bridge
between J&K and the rest of
the country and those issuing
statements
about
its
abrogation should know that
any such move would make
the State's accession to India
null and void. The statement
was also signed by NC
Provincial President Nasir
Aslam Wani, Senior NC
Leaders
Mohammad
SayeedAkhoon,
Ali
Mohammad Dar and Peer
Mohammmad Afaq.
DAK expresses concern over
deteriorating condition of GMC Sgr
NL CORRESPONDENT
SRINAGAR, MAY 26
Doctors Association Kashmir
(DAK) today expressed
serious concern over the
deteriorating condition of
Government Medical College
(GMC) Srinagar and its
associated hospitals.
President DAK Dr Nisar ul
Hassan in a statement said
that GMC Srinagar which was
known for its standards of
patient care and medical
education is crumbling.
The previous dispensation
ignored and gave step
motherly treatment to GMC
Srinagar which hollowed the
pillars of mother of all health
institutions. The premier
teaching
and
research
institution is headless and is
run by a re-engaged principal
which has created disinterest
among aspirants and has led
to uncalled for stagnation.
The re-engaged principal of
GMC Srinagar enjoys the
privilege of continuing to
hold his post despite
termination of re-employment
by government.
The favorite official instead of
focusing
on
restoring
devastated GMC spends most
of his time in power corridors
to retain his illegally occupied
position. The menace of
private practice by doctors
has eroded GMC Srinagar
which is in complete
shambles. Patient care and
medical education in GMC
are worst hit and quality
research which is critical for a
tertiary care institution is a
distant dream because of bug
of private practice. Patients
have to wait for ages for
procedures and surgeries in
GMC associated hospitals
because of dual practice of
doctors and they are forced to
go to private sector. Patients
during emergency hours are
left to the mercy of trainees
when senior doctors are
needed most who at that time
are in their private clinics. It is
agonizingly painful to see our
premier institution dying
down and government is duty
bound to save it. If
government is serious in
restoring GMC Srinagar, it
should immediately appoint a
permanent principal and
impose a blanket ban of
private practice of doctors.
Governor, CM
BJP's one year in
office a complete condole demise of
failure: Mir
MLA Kupwara's son
SRINAGAR: Pradesh
Congress Committee held a
one day political convention
of Party Functionaries,
Senior Leaders, Block
Presidents, etc of District
Anantnag today. The
convention was presided
over by Former Minister &
President J&K Pradesh
Congress Committee G.A.
Mir. Speaking on the
occasion, Mir expressed
concern over the political
instability in Jammu and
Kashmir State arising due to
anti people policies of
Coalition Govt. He said
from the day one PDP BJP
coalition came into
existence, it seems Jammu
and Kashmir State have lost
its identity. He said people
of Jammu and Kashmir
have never in the history,
experienced such a
Government. Despite
passing through the turmoil,
people of Jammu and
Kashmir have wholeheartedly exercised their
franchise during the past
and recent elections, they
have always reposed faith in
Electoral Process every
time, but the present regime
of PDP BJP Coalition have
disappointed them.
Referring to the NDA
Govt's one year in office,
he said NDA Govt led by
Narinder Modi has made the
lives of Farmers impossible
and termed BJP Govt anti
people and Pro Corporate.
Mir said that BJP's one
year in office is complete
failure and it is an eye
opener for every country
men. Referring to the PDP
BJP Coalition in the State
he said if BJP is in power in
the State, the credit goes to
Mufti sahib who joined
hands with BJP for the sake
of power, not for the well
being of the people.
Akhtar felicitates Yellow poplar dangerous
environment, human
meritorious students for health
: LA Panel
NL CORRESPONDENT
SRINAGAR, MAY 26
NL CORRESPONDENT
SRINAGAR, MAY 26
Felicitating the students, who
qualified Higher Secondary Part
Two examination meritoriously,
Minister for Education, Naeem
Akhtar today said meritorious
students, especially those from
Government schools, have shown
that government-run schools in
the State can achieve better
results. The Minister said the meritorious students have not only
brought laurels to their schools but their families as well. He said
that another heartening thing to note is that the top positions have
been again bagged by girls. He said the Education Department
would reach out to well-performing government schools with
additional facilities to encourage and motivate them. Akhtar said
government schools in the State have the ability to achieve better
results; only thing needed is the motivation and encouragement,
to bring about the much-needed turn around in the academic
environment. The Minister said various initiatives are being
taken by the Government to encourage excellence among the
students. Akhtar said while the pass-percentage of Higher
Secondary Part two examinations is around 55%, he would have
liked it to be more than that.
The
Committee
on
Environment of Jammu and
Kashmir Assembly headed by
G. M. Saroori has expressed
serious concern over the
pollution and its impact on
environment in the State.
The Committee which met here
discussed threadbare the
measures to be taken to control
the pollution. It decided to seek
detailed report from the
Pollution Control Board about
the measures taken for the
purpose. The Committee
decided to call Pollution
Control
Board
and
Environment Departments in
the next meeting of the
Committee.
Legislators Shamima Firdous,
Abdul Majid Larmi, Altaf
Ahmad Wani, Muhammad
Amin Bhat, Deleep Singh, Dr.
Krishan Lal, Muhammad
Abbas Wani, Aijaz Ahmad Mir,
Neelan
Kumar
Langeh,
Davinder Kumar Manyal,
Gulzar Ahmad Wani, Dr.
Gagan Bhagat and Anjum
Fazili attended the meeting.
They unanimously said that the
court directions in respect of
cutting of yellow poplar needs
to be implemented with letter
and spirit as these poplars are
not only dangerous for
environment but are unsafe for
human health also.
Earlier, Secretary Legislative
Assembly M. Ramzan briefed
newly nominated members of
the Committee about its way of
working. Besides the Secretary
Assembly, senior officers of
Assembly Secretariat attended
the meeting.
Bukhari orders anti-encroachment
drive on highway, other roads
NL CORRESPONDENT
SRINAGAR, MAY 26
Stating that quality of works is
the
essence
of
the
Government's envisaged road
communication development
programme, Minister for
Public Works, Floriculture
and Gardens & Parks, Syed
Mohammad Altaf Bukhari
today ordered setting up of
inspection teams in R&B
Department to supervise and
make sure that the works
being executed by the
department conform to the
prescribed specifications and
standards.
Speaking at a meeting to
review the progress of
ongoing projects in Public
Works sector, the Minister
said it will be the
responsibility
of
the
inspection teams headed by
the officers of the rank of
chief engineers, to make sure
that up gradation of roads,
especially the blacktopping,
conforms to the prescribed
norms. Bukhari said in
addition to checking the quality
of material at site, there will be
regular inspection of works
carried out by these teams who
in turn will report to his
ministry. Emphasizing on
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KASHMIR
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015
ensuring usage of standard
material in the works, Bukhari
said there would be no
compromise on quality of
work. He said the department
has huge and important
responsibility and asked
officers to improve their
working to ensure visible
change on the ground. The
Minister said accountability
would be made more effective
at all the levels of
administration
so
that
delinquent officials are dealt
with as per the law. He said that
construction of drainage
facilities alongside roads
besides using the right mix will
ensure greater durability of the
roads. Bukhari said the
Enforcement Wing will start
functioning immediately and
launch a massive drive to
remove all illegal structures
raised along the highways and
other roads in the State.
The Minister gave three weeks
to the land grabbers/encroachers
to remove all the structures
raised by them in violation of
Ribbon Development Act on the
highway and other roads or
otherwise the department will
take action. The Minister also
instructed the officers to launch
an anti- encroachment drive on
National Highway both old and
the new alignment and
dismantle all illegal structures.
He asked them to sensitize
people through print and
electronic media about the
repercussions of encroachments.
He said that no construction
should be allowed on both the
sides of expressways and
directed the officers to keep
close watch on such illegal
activities.
NL CORRESPONDENT
SRINAGAR, MAY 26
N.N. Vohra, Governor, has
expressed grief over the sad
demise of Basharat Bashir, son
of Bashir Ahmad Dar, MLA
Kupwara, who died in a road
accident in Pattan this morning.
In a message of
condolence, the Governor has
expressed sympathy with Dar
and his family and prayed for
eternal peace to the departed
soul.
Meanwhile,
Chief
Minister, Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed, has expressed grief
over the tragic death of
Basharat Bashir. In his
condolence message, Mufti
Sayeed expressed solidarity
with Bashir Ahmad Dar and
other members of the bereaved
family and prayed for peace to
the departed soul.
Mir's statement absurd,
self-contradictory: Mattu
SRINAGAR:
National
Conference on Tuesday called
Pradesh Congress Committee
Chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir's
statement on Afzal Guru
execution as absurd and selfcontradictory and said such
statements don't behove the
PCC Chief and also goes
against facts. NC Spokesman
Junaid Azim Mattu said while
reacting to NC Working
President Omar Abdullah's
factual statement that UPA
hanged Afzal Guru for political
motives, the PCC Chief had
issued a statement that
contradicted the fact that
Congress MLAs in the State
had signed a letter ahead of the
MLC elections in J&K
apologizing for the Guru
execution and terming it as a
miscarriage of justice. The NC
Spokesman said Mir seems to
have forgotten that he was a
Cabinet Minister in the NCCongress Government in the
State headed by Omar
Abdullah.
EJAC condoles demise of Basharat Dar
SRINAGAR: A condolence meeting of EJAC
third Front and J&K trs Welfare Association was
held at Handwara over the sad demise of Adv
Basharat Ahmad Dar in a tragic road accident at
Pattan. late Basharat who was son of MLA Kup
Adv Bashir Ahmad Dar was travelling to Sgr.
Every person in the meeting was in tears because
Basharat was a young, talented, kind, humble and a
nice human being. The tragic road accident took his
life and with it all snatched the ambitions, aims and
hopes of his parents. Basharat's death was termed
as a huge loss to whole community nd especially
for the people of Distt Kupwara. EJAC third Front
paid rich tributes to the departed soul nd offered full
sympathy with MLA Kup Bashir Ahmad Dar nd
his whole family. We the Employees of the state are
with them in this crucial juncture. A high level
delegation of EJAC third Front including state Gen
Sec Syed Gh Rasool Geelani, State Spokesman Pir
Nisar Ahmad, Gh Nabi Khan, Gh Mohd Dar, Ali
Mohd Dar and others went to Jaggerpora to attend
funeral of Basharat.
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PWD (R&B)
CONST. DIV. NO. II, JAMMU
SHORT FRESH NOTICE INVITING TENDER (2nd TIME)
Fresh e-NIT No. 24 of 2015-16 Dated 23-05-2015
Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Const. Div. No. II, Jammu on behalf of Governor of J&K State, invite tenders by e-tendering mode from approved
and eligible contractors registered with J&K State Govt./CPWD and Railways upto 1600 Hrs on 29-05-2015 for the following work.
1/ Date of Publishing from 23-05-2015
S . N NAME OF WORK
O
Name of Divn Estimat ed
Cost (in
lacs)
Cost of
Earnest Money Time Allowed for Time and date Class of Position of
document (in Rs.)
completion
of opening of Contrac Funds
(in Rs.)
tender
tor
1
1
3
PWD (R&B)
Const. Div.
No. II
Jammu
5
6000
2
Upgd. of roads by way
of providing and
laying 30mm thick
SDBC on:-
4
124.57
6
7
@ 2% of the
03 Months
Estimat ed cost
(a)
Jewel Canal road (Jewel Rotary to Canal Head)
(b)
Commerce College Gate to Canal Head Via Dr. Goyal and Fishery Office.
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30-05-2015
(1400 hours)
9
Hot Mix
Plant
Holders
Demanded
2/ The Bidding documents can be downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in from
0900 Hrs on 24-05-2015 to 29-05-2015 (1600Hrs).
3/
a/ The Bids shall be deposited in electronic format on the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 24-05-2015 to 29-05-2015 upto 1600 Hrs. The bids
received will be opened at 1400 Hrs on 30-05-2015 on line.
b/ The complete bidding process will be on line.
c/ A Pre-bid meeting will be held on 25-05-2015 at 1200 Hrs in the office of the Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu - Kathua Circle,
Jammu to clarify the issues and to answer question on any matter that may be raised at that stage as stated in Clause 9 of instruction to bidder of the
Bidding documents.
d/ Technical bids of bidders shall be opened on line in the office of Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu - Kathua Circle, Jammu on 30-052015 at 1400 Hrs
4/ Bid documents can be seen at and downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in Bid documents contain qualifying criteria for bidder,
specifications, bill of quantities, conditions and other details.
5/ The site for the work is available
6/ Bids must be accompanied by bid security and cost of Tender Document as specified in column 5 & 4 of the table payable at Jammu Pledged in
favour of Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu - Kathua Circle, Jammu Bid security will have to be in any one of the forms as specified in
the bidding documents and shall have to be valid for six months or more after last date of receipt of Bid.. The cost of downloaded tender documents
in form of DD shall be in separate envelope with cover marking cost of document pledged in favour of Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Const. Div.
No. II, Jammu.
7/ The original instruments in respect of cost of Documents, EMD/Bank Guarantee and relevant technical bid documents etc must be delivered to the
Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu - Kathua Circle, Jammu, Lok Nirman Bhavan, Rail Head Complex Jammu w.e.f. 28-05-2015 to 30-052015 upto 1100 Hrs. If the office happens to be closed on the date of receipt as specified, the EMD Documents fee will be received on the next working
day at the same time and venue.
8/ Bids will be opened in the office of the Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu - Kathua Circle, Jammu. If the office happens to be
closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bids will be opened on the next working day at the same time and venue.
9/ The bid for the work shall remain open for acceptance for a period of 90 days from the date of opening of bids. If any bidder/tenderer withdraws
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.
10/ No Engineer of Gazetted rank or other Gazetted Officer employed in Engineering or Administrative duties in an Engineering Department of
the State Government is allowed to work as a Contractor for a period of two years after his retirement from Government service, without permission
of the Government. This contract is liable to be cancelled if either the contractor or any of his employees is found any time to be such a person who
had not obtained the permission of the Government as aforesaid before submission of the tender or engagement in the Contractor's Service.
11/ Other details can be seen in the bidding documents.
12/ Instruction to bidders regarding e-tendering process
a/ The interested bidder can download the NIT/bidding document from the website
http://jktenders.gov.in
b/ To participate in bidding process, bidders have to get (DSC) "Digital Signature Certificate" as per Information Technology Act-2000, to
participate in online bidding. This certificate will be required for digitally signing the bid bidders can get above mentioned digital certificate from any
approved vendors. The Bidders, who already possess valid (DSC) Digital Signature Certificates, need not to procure new Digital Signature Certificate.
c / The bidders have to submit their bids online in electronic format with Digital Signature. The bids cannot be uploaded without Digital Signature
No Proposal will be accepted in physical form.
d/ Bids will be opened online as per time schedule mentioned in Para 3(a).
e/ Before submission of online bids, bidders must ensure that scanned copy of all the necessary documents have been attached with bid.
f/ The department will not be responsible for delay in online submission of bids whatsoever reasons may be.
g/ All the required information for bid must be filled and submitted online
h/ Bidders should get ready with the scanned copies of cost of documents & EMD as specified in the tender documents The original instruments
in respect of cost of documents, EMD and relevant documents be submitted to the Tender Inviting Authority
by Registered post/courier as per time schedule specified.
i/ The details of cost of documents, EMD specified in the tender documents should be the same, as submitted online (scanned copies) otherwise bid
will not be accepted.
j/ Bidders can contact the undersigned for any guidance for getting DSC or any other relevant details in respect of e-tendering process.
k/ The guidelines for submission of bid online can be downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in
13/ The key constructional material viz bitumen of grade 60/70 shall have to be used and purchased by the executing firm, all the requisite test of the
bitumen i.e Ductility, Penetration, Striping value and Elongation etc. shall have to be got done by the firm at its own cost and submit the same to the
concerned Executive Engineer/Nodal Officer before the start of work. In case the firm intends to buy bitumen from the Department, the same shall be
supplied at the stock issue rate of Rs. 51000/Per M.Ton.
14/ Bitumen issued if any by the Department shall be accounted for 30mm thick SDBC layer only.
15/ As per Circular No. CEJ/G/9993-10017 dated 04-10-2014 issued by Chief Engineer, PW (R&B) Department Jammu, qualification criteria required
for the work is as under :S.NO Particulars
Amount
Financial Turnover
Similar Nature
1
All Civil Works
UPTO RS. 100.00LACS
NIL
NIL
2
ALL CIVIL WORKS
ABOVE RS. 100.00LACS
UPTO RS. 200.00LACS
40% OF THE ADVERTISED SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST COMPLETED ONE WORK
AMOUNT IN ANY ONE OF SIMILAR NATURE 1/5TH OF ADVERTISED
YEAR IN LAST FIVE YEARS AMOUNT AS A PRIME CONTRACTOR IN ANY ONE
YEAR IN LAST FIVE YEARS
ABOVE
RS. 200.00LACS
AS PER TERMS & AS PER TERMS & CONDITIONS OF
CONDITIONS OF NOTICE NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT)
INVITING TENDER (NIT)
3
BITUMINOUS WORK
Only registered plant holder can
of other eligibility conditions.
participate in tendering process, subject to fulfillment
16/
5% extra bank guarantee shall have to be given by the lowest eligible bidder within 05 days from the date of intimation failing which the
offer will be given to 2nd lowest eligible bidder at the rates offered by the first lowest
bidder having a minimum period of 03 Years (Defect
Liability Period). It will be the responsibility of the firm executing the work to maintain the road surface during the Defect liability period. Any
pot holes/patches/bleeding developed or any other type of failure on the road shall be repaired by the contractor, failing which the bank guarantee shall
be operated upon and repair shall be done at risk and cost of contractor / Firm.
17/ The design mix formula shall have to be got approved from the concerned Executive Engineer/Nodal Officer before the start of work.
18/ Labour for Traffic control/watch and ward as per necessity at site shall be supplied by the firm and nothing extra shall be paid in this behalf by the
Department.
19 / No payment shall be made without the required test from the PWD lab for density test as well as bitumen quality test.
NO: 3088-3160
DT: 23-05-2015
DIP/J-1713/2015
DATE:-26-5-2016
Sd/Executive Engineer
PWD (R&B) Const. Div. No. II
Jammu
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Nokia withdraws plea to sell
Govt has put derailed economy
Chennai unit as buyer backs out back on track in one year: PM
New Delhi: Nokia India on
Tuesday withdrew from Delhi
High Court its plea seeking
permission to urgently sell its
mobile manufacturing unit in
Chennai, which was frozen
over a Rs-10,000 crore claim
raised by the Income Tax
department, saying the
proposed buyer has backed out.
At the same time, Nokia and
I-T department told the court
that a report has been received
from Ernst and Young India Pvt
Ltd (EY) on valuation of the
company's assets.
As per the report, Rs 361
crore was the valuation of
assets if they were to be sold as
'on going concern' (company
not bankrupt) and Rs 417 crore
if 'non going concern'
(company has gone bankrupt),
they said.
Nokia submitted before a
bench of justices Badar Durrez
Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva
that it was withdrawing the plea
seeking permission to urgently
sell the unit as the proposed
buyer has withdrawn.
It told the court that the buyer
had offered it Rs 400 crore for
the assets.
In response to Nokia's
Adequate
food stocks to
help contain
inflation:
Subramanian
New Delhi: India's adequate
food stocks would help contain
inflation, even if summer
monsoon rains turn out to be
weak, Chief Economic Adviser
Arvind Subramanian said on
Tuesday.
The
June-September
monsoon season is vital for
India as half its croplands lack
irrigation, but a forecast of less
rain than usual this summer due
to the emergence of the El Nino
has threatened farm output.
India's retail inflation in
April cooled to a four-month
low of 4.87 percent on slower
annual increases in food costs,
government data showed earlier
this month.
submission, the court noted the
proposed buyer had also offered
a price that was in the same
range as the valuation by EY.
The matter was listed today
after the court had on May 19
agreed to give it an urgent
hearing after Nokia said a buyer
had been found for its Chennai
unit.
Initially, the matter was listed
for hearing on September 7.
EY was appointed by the
court as the valuer for Nokia
India's Chennai mobile plant
and its other assets.
The court had said that EY
would do the valuation of the
assets of the company on both
'on going concern' (company
not bankrupt) and 'non going
concern' (company has gone
bankrupt) methods.
On April 24, the Income Tax
department had told the court
that the amount offered by an
"arm's length buyer" for Nokia
India's Chennai plant was "very
little".
An 'arm's length' transaction
is one in which the buyer and
seller of a product act
independently and have no
relationship with each other to
ensure that they act according
to their self-interest and are not
influenced by other party.
The I-T department had said
that the offer amount was very
little and if the unit and related
assets were sold, it would be
difficult to recover the tax
amount which it has tentatively
placed at Rs 10,000 crore.
This tax amount was only for
one assessment year and there
were demands for other
assessment years, it had said.
On April 17, Nokia had
submitted before the court and
IT department the name of the
prospective buyer and the offer
made in a sealed cover.
The court had on that date
asked the department to
examine if the offer was
acceptable and if not, it should
consider appointing an
independent valuer to carry out
valuation of the plant and
related assets.
Another alternative, the court
had suggested, was to put up
assets for auction, by making
amount offered as a reserve
price, saying "ultimately we
have to maximise the price".
The department had claimed
in the court that according to
previous orders, Nokia or its
parent company in Finland had
to secure the department up to
an amount of Rs 3,500 crore,
but this was not done.
Nokia had argued that each
day the assets remained
attached and unused, their value
decreases and suggested the
department was free to sell it
and take the sale amount
towards the company's tax
liability.
It had said it had met all the
"players" in market and was
finally able to find an "arm's
length buyer" for its assets, but
cannot confirm whether the
buyer will buy the assets if too
much time lapsed.
The high court in December
2013 had directed de-freezing
of Nokia's assets and allowed
the company to sell them
subject to fulfilment of certain
conditions including safeguarding the I-T department for
a minimum of Rs 3,500 crore.
The alleged tax evasion
pertains to royalty payment
made against supply of
software by its parent company,
which attracted a 10 percent tax
deduction under the Tax
Deducted at Source (TDS)
category.
Samsung to merge two major units
Seoul: Samsung Group Samsung C&T 8.6 trillion won key units in recent years as he
announced Tuesday the merger
of two major affiliates, as the
South Korean business giant
accelerates restructuring efforts
ahead of a generational power
transfer within the founding Lee
family.
The all stock deal, approved
by the boards of both companies
would see Samsung`s de facto
holding company Cheil
Industries -- which has interests
from fashion to theme parks -acquire general trade and
construction affiliate Samsung
C&T.
The merger, which is
expected to be completed by
September pending shareholder
approval, will see Cheil offer
0.35 new shares for each
Samsung C&T share.
The two companies are both
listed on the Seoul stock market,
with Cheil valued at 22 trillion
won (US$2 billion) and
Dish TV makes first
profit at Rs 35 cr in Q4
New Delhi: DTH service
provider Dish TV India Ltd on
Tuesday reported standalone net
profit of Rs 35.01 crore for the
fourth quarter ended March 31,
2015, coming into the black for
the first time in 11 years of
existence.
The company had posted net
loss of Rs 149.05 crore for the
January-March period of the
previous fiscal, 2013-14, Dish
TV said in a filing to the BSE.
Dish TV net income from
operation on standalone basis
during the quarter under review
was Rs 752.49 crore, up 18.53
per cent, as against Rs 634.85
crore in the year-ago period.
Dish TV COO Salil Kapoor
told PTI: "This is a turning
point for us. We have been
improving quarter after quarter.
We have been focusing on
increasing the average revenue
per user (ARPU)."
During 2014-15 fiscal, Dish
TV reported a consolidated net
profit of Rs 3.14 crore as
against a net loss of Rs 157.61
crore in the year-ago period.
Dish TV's net sales/income
from operation during fiscal
2014-15 was Rs 2,773.20 crore,
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up 10.97 per cent, compared
with Rs 2,499.04 crore a year
ago. "ARPU has increased now
to Rs 174 this fiscal. Moreover,
we have added 1.5 millions of
new subscribers and the
profitability has increased due
to measures as price increase
and differential pricing. This
gave a boost of 11 per cent in
our operating revenue," Kapoor
said. Dish TV has introduced
differential pricing after
successful absorption of higher
pack prices in Delhi, Mumbai,
Pune and Kolkata. It has now
extended it to 38 cities covered
under digitisation, he added.
On the future outlook,
Kapoor said: "From here
onwards, we would keep on
increasing." Dish TV Managing
Director Jawahar Goel said:
"Fiscal 2015 was a satisfying
year. Our single-minded
devotion to being the leader in
the DTH industry along with
uncompromised
financial
discipline, enabled us to reach
the net profitability milestone
much ahead of our peers".Dish
TV stock was trading at Rs
92.80, up 9.43 per cent, on the
BSE.
as of Tuesday morning.
The combined company -- to
be called Samsung C&T -- will
target annual sales of about 60
trillion won in 2020, compared
to their combined sales of 34
trillion won in 2014, Samsung
said in a statement.
"The two companies expect
to create synergy by combining
their construction businesses,
while Samsung C&T`s global
network will help develop new
opportunities overseas for
Cheil`s fashion, resort and
catering businesses," the
statement said.
Tuesday`s announcement
was the latest in a series of
moves apparently aimed at
solidifying the Lee family`s grip
on the sprawling behemoth.
The family-run Samsung
Group, currently chaired by Lee
Kun-Hee, has merged, broken
out or newly listed some of its
prepares to hand over helm to
his son, J.Y. Lee.
The Lee family controls the
vast Samsung Group via a
complex web of cross
shareholdings across the
group`s subsidiaries, including
Cheil, where J.Y. Lee has a
controlling stake.
Samsung C&T has a four
percent stake in Samsung
Electronics -- the group`s
flagship unit which is the
world`s top maker of
smartphones and mobile
phones. The Lee family
currently has a less than five
percent stake in Samsung
Electronics, a holding that will
be boosted by the merger.
"This is a merger of the two
most important Samsung units
from the perspective of the
heir," said Lee Kwang-Soo,
analyst at Seoul-based Mirae
Asset Securities.
Retail stake in NSE companies
zooms to 6-year high at 21.35%
New Delhi: Retail investors'
holding
in
NSE-listed
companies has hit a 6-year high
of 21.35 percent at the end of
March 2015, with a valuation of
nearly Rs 8 lakh crore, primarily
due to a sharp jump in equity
markets. Interestingly, retail
investors opted for smaller
companies to invest as
institutional investors typically
gave them a miss.
According to Prime Database,
the holding went up to 21.35
percent at the end of March
2015, from 20.99 percent as of
March 2014.
Foreign portfolio investors'
(FPIs) ownership in NSE-listed
firms read 6.44 percent while
that of domestic institutional
investors (DIIs) came in at 5.01
percent. "The retail ownership at
21.35 percent is the highest in
the last six years, rising from
20.96 percent in June 2009...
The value of retail holdings has
recorded a handsome increase,
reaching the highest level at Rs
7.94 lakh crore, up 50 percent
from a year ago, courtesy the
buoyant markets," the report
stated.
However, the retail share in
Nifty companies stood at a
meagre 7.31 percent whereas for
the top 100 NSE-listed firms, it
read 8.19 percent. The increase
was driven largely by the
optimism about reform
measures taken by the Narendra
Modi government, according to
experts. The analysis is based on
shareholding patterns filed by
1,467 of the total 1,471
companies listed on NSE for the
quarter ended March this year.
Overall, retail holding rose in
712 companies listed on NSE
while their stake fell in 718
firms. The increase in retail
shareholding is in sync with the
BSE benchmark Sensex surging
25 percent in the past fiscal.
In terms of retail shareholders
by numbers, the Reliance Group
took the lead. The top five
companies with highest number
of retail shareholders are
Reliance Power (37.82 lakh),
Reliance Industries (27.44 lakh),
Reliance
Communications
(16.35 lakh), State Bank of India
(11.95
lakh),
Reliance
Infrastructure (11.48 lakh) and
Reliance Capital (10.25 lakh).
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (along
with his wife Rekha
Jhunjhunwala) is the largest
'individual' public shareholder
with their cumulative holding as
of March 2015 at Rs 8,331 crore
compared with Rs 5,262 crore a
year ago.
New Delhi: The government
has put the derailed economy
back on track, contained
inflation and improved investor
confidence in the last one year,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
said Tuesday while promising to
do more in the coming days to
meet "high expectations" of
people.
"Economic growth has been
revived, and (India) is amongst
the fastest in the world. Inflation
is substantially down. Fiscal
prudence has been restored.
Confidence is up. Foreign
investments have increased.
"This positive outlook is
endorsed by major rating
agencies and international
institutions across the world,"
he said in an open letter to
citizens on achievements of his
government on the economic
front in the last one year.
The government, he said, has
implemented the pending "bold
reforms" like decontrol of
diesel, raising Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) limit on
insurance and defence and is
moving ahead to roll out the
Goods and Services Tax (GST).
"One year ago, you had
entrusted me with the task of
building a new India and putting
a derailed economy back on
track. We have achieved a lot,"
he said, adding "this is just the
beginning. There is much more
to be done and I know your
expectations are high."
The Indian economy is
expected to grow at over 8
percent in the current fiscal, up
from 7.4 percent in 2014-15.
The fiscal deficit is budgeted to
come down to 3.9 percent of the
GDP this fiscal, from 4 per cent
a year ago.
"Bold reforms pending for
decades
have
been
implemented", Modi said,
stressing that the benefits of
growth should reach all sections
of society, especially poor,
farmers and women.
"Economic growth benefits
all Indians. Growth, however,
has meaning only if it empowers
the poor, farmers, women, as
well as middle and neo-middle
classes of all communities. To
enable us to continue paying
remunerative prices to our
farmers, we secured a
permanent 'peace clause' at the
WTO," he said.
He further said that through a
financial inclusion drive a
record 15 crore plus bank
accounts have been opened and
deposits of over Rs 15,800 crore
mobilised.
An affordable social security
system including pension, life
insurance and accident
insurance has already witnessed
6.75 crore enrolments in its first
week, he added.
MUDRA has been set up with
a corpus of Rs 20,000 crore to
help small businessmen, who
despite being the biggest job
creators have historically been
starved of credit, he said.
In order to combat the
menace of black money, the
Prime Minister said, the
government has set up a Special
Investigation Team (SIT) and
successfully piloted a new
stringent law in Parliament.
Parliament recently passed
the Black Money (Undisclosed
Foreign Income and Assets) and
Imposition of Tax Bill, 2015,
which provides for a steep 120
percent of tax and penalty on
undisclosed foreign assets and
income besides a jail term of up
to 10 years to deal with black
money stashed abroad.
The government, Modi said,
is focusing on ease of doing
business and working through
'Make in India' initiative to
create new jobs.
The other initiatives of the
government include transferring
cooking gas subsidies directly
into the bank accounts to ensure
that "right amount of subsidy,
reaches the right people, at the
right time."
Besides increasing the FDI
limits in insurance, railways and
defence production, Modi said,
"we have embraced the states as
equal partners in national
development, working as Team
India in the spirit of cooperative
and competitive federalism."
More Swiss a/c names tumble out;
Yash Birla among notified ones
Berne: Industrialist Yash
Birla, as also two Mumbai-based
individuals behind City
Limousines scam, are among
five Indian nationals with Swiss
bank accounts whose names
have been made public in
Switzerland's official gazette
with regard to ongoing tax
probes against them in India.
The other two are Gurjit Singh
Kochar, son-in-law of late realty
baron Ponty Chadha, and a
Delhi-based businesswoman
Ritika Sharma.
The names of these five
"Indian nationals" have been
made public in Switzerland's
Federal Gazette with regard to
details sought about them by the
Indian authorities.
Among these, some details
have already been shared by the
Swiss
Federal
Tax
Administration (FTA) with India
including about Birla and
Sharma of Blessings Apparel.
These are in addition to the
two other Indians -- Sneh Lata
Sawhney and Sangita Sawhney - whose names have also been
made public in similar manner
for being probed by the Indian
tax authorities.
In case of Sayed Mohamed
Masood, being probed for a
major ponzi scheme run from
Mumbai
through
City
Limousines, some details were
shared by the Swiss authorities
in the past. His accounts were
also frozen a few years ago
following a request from the
Enforcement Directorate.
Fresh details about him and
about Chaud Kauser Mohamed
Masood have been sought by the
Indian authorities, as per the
notifications published in
Switzerland's official gazette.
There was no reply to queries
mailed to Birla's office, while
repeated calls to Sharma did not
elicit any response.
Earlier also, when Birla's
name had come out in a leaked
HSBC list of Swiss bank
accounts, he had declined to
comment.
A
family
representative declined to
comment on the notification
issued about Kochar, who is
believed to be outside India. He
is facing probe by the Income
Tax Department and other
agencies for quite some time. No
contact details were available for
comments from Masoods.
Sony India launches Xperia M4
Aqua smartphone for Rs 24,990
New Delhi: Sony on Tuesday
launched a new smartphone –
Xperia M4 Aqua at a price tag
of Rs 24,990. Sony Xperia M4
Aqua was announced in March
this year.
The smartphone is water and
dust proof smartphone which
measures 145.5 x 72.6 x 7.3 mm
and weighs 136 grams. It runs
on Android Lollipop 5.0
operating system.
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua sports
a 5 inch HD IPS display
protected with Corning Gorilla
Glass 3. It is powered by a 64
bit Octa core (Quad-core 1.5
GHz + Quad core 1.0 GHz)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615
Processor with 2GB of RAM.
It offers a 13MP rear camera
with LED flash and a 5MP front
camera. It comes with 16GB
inbuilt storage which can be
expanded upto 128 GB through
MicroSD card.
The connectivity options
include 4G, LTE, GPRS/EDGE,
3G, Wi-Fi, GPS/AGPS,
GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth,
DLNA and Micro-USB. It
packs a 2,400 mAh battery
which offers 13 hours of
talktime.
The Xperia M4 Aqua will be
available at Sony Centers, Sony
Smartphone Lounges and all
major electronic stores in Black,
White, and Coral colours.
Political interference in
public sector banking decisions
is a thing of the past, he said,
adding "transparent coal
auctions and allotments have
mobilised potential revenues of
Rs 3.35 lakh crore to coalbearing states over the lifespan
of mines. And reform in the
Mines Act has replaced a
discretionary mechanism with a
transparent auction process."
Modi said nearly Rs 1 lakh
crore of public investment has
been allocated in this year's
budget to improve physical as
well as digital connectivity.
"A
comprehensive
transformation of the railways
into a locomotive of growth has
begun. Stalled highway projects
are being restructured and
revived. Power generation is at
an all-time high. A new National
Infrastructure Investment Fund
has been set up with an annual
government funding of Rs
20,000 crore," he said.
Zappos, the
company that
believes in a
world without
bosses
San Francisco: A world
without bosses is possible, or at
least that is the firm belief of
companies like Zappos, the
online
shoes-and-more
marketing firm that last April
eliminated all managerial
positions and handed over the
reins of the business to its
employees. The e-tailer Zappos
is part of a small but growing
corporate movement that says
the absence of a hierarchical
structure
promotes
the
entrepreneurial spirit among
employees and stimulates
collaboration, innovation and the
flow of ideas.
Defenders of this trend
champion
management
philosophies like "holocracy", a
system in which the taking of
decisions is divided among selforganised teams instead of being
the province of the corporate
structure`s top echelons.
Zappos started trying out
holocracy with a small group of
employees in 2013, and soon
afterwards its CEO Tony Hsieh
announced his intention of
eliminating managerial positions
altogether while letting the
company`s approximately 1,500
workers take the helm.
Since then, the firm has
launched "circles" to which are
added employees depending on
the kind of work they do and in
which the roles and
responsibilities of each, as well
as the goals accomplished, are
established in meetings.
The process has had its ups
and downs -- this month Zappos
announced that 14 percent of its
staff or slightly more than 200
employees have decided to leave
the company -- but even so the
firm believes the advantages
well outweigh the drawbacks.
Manmohan warned him of harm on 2G issue : Baijal
New Delhi: Yet another book has
come out damming the previous UPA
government with former TRAI
Chairman Pradip Baijal alleging that
the then Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh had warned him of harm if he
did not cooperate on 2G telecom
licenses. An accused in the 2G
spectrum allocation scam case, he
also claimed that the CBI wanted him
to "implicate" Arun Shourie and
Ratan Tata in the case.
In his self-published book, "The
Complete Story of Indian Reforms:
2G, Power and Private Enterprise - A
Practitioner's Diary', Baijal, who was
appointed head of the telecom
watchdog by the NDA government in
2003, said the 2G scam trail began
under UPA's Telecom Minister
Dayanidhi Maran regime.
"They (CBI) had warned me in
each case that I would be harmed if I
didn't cooperate. Incidentally, this
was exactly what the eminent
economist Prime Minister had told
me would happen if I did not
cooperate in their scheme of things in
the 2G case," Baijal writes in an
apparent reference to 2G case and
disinvestment issues.
There were no immediate
comments available from the former
Prime Minister, while Baijal told PTI
"I have said everything. It is 100
percent correct and I have evidence
to prove everything."
This is the third book in last more
than a year that has come to haunt
Singh and his government about state
of affairs during his regime. The first
book was written by his aide and
media advisor Sanjaya Baru and later
by former coal secretary P C Parekh
who is also an accused in the case
relating to coal blocks allocation.
Baijal said he was "not treated
properly"
after
he
gave
recommendations on the unified
licensing regime. "That led to many
problem and that led to adverse
inference against me by the ruling
party then."
"When I met Prime Minister late,
he said that you must listen to your
minister and you must take his view
in to consideration. I said his view
will get me in to lot of trouble," he
said.
Maran, who was telecom minister
in UPA-1 from May 2004 to 2007,
threatened Baijal with "serious
consequences" if he gave
recommendations on Unified
Licences that would have replaced
the old system of giving out permits
on first-come-first-serve basis.
"Dayanidhi Maran told me in my
first meeting with him not to give
Unified Licensing recommendations
as directed by the Cabinet of the
previous government. He further
indicated that there would be serious
consequences if If I did," Baijal
wrote.
When he took up the matter with
the then Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, he wrote that "The PM also
told me to cooperate with my
Minister in the coalition government
he headed, since non-cooperation
could compromise his government."
Baijal said that both Maran and his
successor A Raja suppressed his
recommendations and sold spectrum
to "a selected few without following
any rules or procedures."
He claimed that CBI wanted him
to implicate "Ratan Tata and Arun
Shourie". Baijal writes that Maran
knew exactly about discussion
between him and Singh.
"I can only surmise that they were
all working in tandem possibly along
with the PM, Chidambaram and
Kapil Sibal at different stages and
were guiding the CBI enquiry,
getting files removed and, making
false statements in the media to make
a case against the erstwhile TRAI."
Baijal has alleged that Ratan Tata
in 2004 informed him that "he was
being threatened by Dayanidhi
Maran that unless he accepted the
merger of Tata Sky with Sun TV, he
would ruin him. Ratan Tata refused
to cooperate." "They would
alternatively threaten to harm me and
my family and then dangle a carrot of
sparing me if I implicated Ratan Tata
and Arun Shourie," he wrote.
Baijal
said
that
his
recommendation was meant to
replace Unified Access Services
Licence that were allocated with
spectrum
but
TRAI's
"recommendation
was
not
considered and the old regime
continued which led to 2G scam
later." The recommendation on UL
was followed by another
recommendation on spectrum related
issues in May, 2005 that suggested
bidding of spectrum in case adequate
spectrum is not identified despite
best efforts. He said that bidding
process must be avoided in view of
the existing high burden of license
fee, service tax, spectrum charges,
etc. "Had I cooperated with
Dayanidhi Maran and the PM, I
would have been in jail today, held
guilty for the 2G scam," Baijal said.
Baijal said that he flagged issue of
Maran being appointed as minister as
he is also a broadcaster but the "PM
dismissed the concerns with serious
argument that there is no conflict of
since TRAI was an independent
regulator."
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GHS Sarna girls bag under- Teachers, officers sports meet of JU
Raj Kumar
17 trophy in athletics
SPORTS & ALLIED NEWS
SAMBA, MAY 26
Government High School Sarna
girls clinched the overall trophy
in under-17 category in the
inter-school athletics meet of
district Samba. The meet was
organised by the Department of
Youth Services and Sports
(DYSS), here today.
The overall title trophy in girls
under 14 category went to
Humanity Public School Bassi
Kalan. Similarly, in boys
section, Parveen Model School
Supwal secured the under-17
trophy
while
overall
championship in under-14 year
age group bagged by NV
Dhalote.
In the finals and prize
distribution function, District
Development Commissioner,
Samba, Sheetal Nanda was
chief guest, who gave away the
title trophies to the winning
teams. Speaking to the
gathering, she appreciated the
district officer of DYSS, Subash
Chander Bhardwaj for making
the event a success.
Prominent among others present
were Anirudh Singh Slathia,
Rekha Sambyal, Vijay Singh
Slathia, Rakesh Verma, BD
Sharma, Pardeep Singh,
Raghubir Singh, Dr Sunil
Dubey, Dr Monika and Zorawar
Singh Sambyal.
Today's events officiated by the
technical penal comprising
Bhupinder Singh, Dildar Singh,
Kulbir Singh, Purab Chander,
Vinod Sharma, Naresh Sharma,
Roopa Sambyal, Sushma Rani,
Shashi Bala, Navjyoti Slathia,
Chanchala Devi, Raj Singh
Chib, Sudesh Sharma, Avtar
Singh and KeshaV Singh,
The Detailed Results:
GIRLS: Under-14: Shot Put:
Prinka Slathia (M V
International), Isdt; Priyanka
Berlin: The International
Olympic Committee (IOC) has
emerged as the clear winner in a
battle for influence over
international sports federations
as
rival
organisation
SportAccord has been left in
tatters.
A rare public confrontation
that began last month with a
scathing attack by SportAccord
President Marius Vizer on the
IOC has essentially ended with
the complete isolation of
SportAccord, an umbrella
organisation for some 100
sports federations.
Dozens of them, including
most Olympic federations, have
either
withdrawn
their
membership of SportAccord or
made their opposition to Vizer`s
comments public, siding with
the IOC.
Vizer had accused the IOC of
lacking transparency and
blocking new events, calling
their system "expired, outdated,
wrong, unfair and not at all
transparent."
Even after Vizer proposed a
meeting with the IOC to clear
the air with a 20-point agenda
that included major demands in
favour of his members,
federations continued to drop
out of SportAccord en masse.
In an interview with Reuters
last week, Vizer, the head of the
International Judo Federation,
cried foul, accusing IOC
President Thomas Bach of
pulling federations` strings in
the background.
"They (the IOC) did not
analyse my proposals but just
took measures to punish me
because I expressed a voice on
behalf of me and millions of
sports people," Vizer said.
"I was straight and direct and
I feel that president Bach has
stayed just behind all the story,
in the shadows."
COMPLETE CONTROL
It is clear that Bach, elected
in 2013, has emerged the big
winner in this conflict against a
potential competitor, who was
eager to increase his control
over federations.
Vizer took over SportAccord
two years ago and immediately
announced the United World
Championships, an event the
IOC saw as possible
competition to the Olympics.
It never materialised after he
opted to break them down into
four smaller events so as not to
threaten the IOC -- but the battle
lines had been drawn.
Federations are the lifeline of
the Olympics. They bring the
big names to the Games,
making them the IOC`s most
valuable stakeholder.
A lack of top athletes would
mean no top sponsors nor top
broadcasting deals.
"I believe it was about
making a point, about telling
IOC emerge as clear winners
in SportAccord battle
advance in
men's Carrom
Jamwal (N V Dhalote), 2nd and
Sonia (HPS Bassi Kalan), 3rd.
100 mts: Yasmeen Akhtar (HPS
Bassi Kalan), Ist; Isha Jamwal
(NV Dhalote), 2nd and Sneha
Devi (GHS Sarna), 3rd.200 mts:
Yasmeen Akhtar (HPS Bassi
Kalan), Ist; Meenakshi Rani
(CMP Nud), 2nd and Shalini
Saini (GHSS Nandpur), 3rd.
400 mts: Priyanka Devi, (CMP
Nud), Ist; Sarbjeet Kour (GHSS
Nandpur), 2nd and Samita Devi
(GHS Ghagwal), 3rd. 600 mts:
Shalini (NV Dhalote), Ist; Sonia
(HPS Bassi Kalan), 2nd and
Punita (Calvary Mission
Ghagwal), 3rd. Broad Jump:
Yasmeen (HPS Bassi Kalan),
Ist; Sneha Devi (GHS Sarna),
2nd and Saloni Kundal (MI
Sumb), 3rd. Discuss Throw:
Priyanka (NV Dhalote), Ist;
Shobna Choudhary (GHS
Sarna), 2nd and Parul Charak
(GHS Birpur), 3rd.
GIRLS: Under-17: Shameem
Akhtar (GHS Sarna), Ist;
Ruksana (GHS Bainglar), 2nd
and Neha Jaral (HPS Bassi
Kalan), 3rd. Shot Put: Huma
Bibi (GHS Sujwan), Ist; Sofia
Rajput (Kristu Jyoti Convent
School), 2nd and Pinki Devi
(GHS Rajpura), 3rd. Discuss
Throw: Sofia Rajput (Kristu
Jyoti Convent School), Ist;
Monika Devi (GHS Birpur),
2nd and Huma Bibi (GHS
Sunwan), 3rd.
SPORTS & ALLIED NEWS Today's matches officiated by
JAMMU, MAY 26
the
technical
penal
comprising Ravish Vaid and
Raj Kumar Bakshi today Gagan Kumar.
advanced in the next round of Other Detailed Results:
the carrom event in the TABLE TENNIS: Men:
ongoing teachers and officers Tarsem Singh beat Akash
sports meet, organised by the Bhola 11-05, 11-07. Women:
Directorate of Sports and Dr Aarti Bakshi bt Dr Sarita
Physical
Education, Sood 12-10, 11-08; Dr
University of Jammu (JU), Madulika Bhagat bt Dr
here.
Kavita Suri 11-05, 11-08.
Raj Kumar outplayed Dr BADMINTON: Men: Vivek
Sushil Sharma in an easy Salathia (Deputy Registrar)
game. Earlier, Dr Sushil beat Raj Kumar Bakshi 21Sharma, in his opening round 15, 21-18; Vikas Karlopia
game, defeated Dr Daud Iqbal beat Goutam Sharma 21-10,
Baba. In another scheduled 21 - 17; Vikas Karlopia beat
match, Prof PVKS Baba Akash Bhola 21-13, 14-21,
outplayed Ameet Targotra. 21-17. Men's Doubles: Vivek
Similarly, in women's carrom Slahtia and Ameet Targotra bt
event, Dr Kavita Suri won her Tarsem Singh and Dr
both the games to move Sandeep Arya 21-18, 17-21,
ahead of her competitors. In 21-15; Gautam Sharma and
the second round, Kavita Vikesh Sharma bt Raj Kumar
defeated Dr Madulika Bakshi and Vikas Karlopia
Bhagat. In earlier game, Dr 21-17, 21-14. Women: Dr
Kavita trounced Dr Aarti Madulika Bhagat beat Dr
Bakshi. Dr Sarita Sood also Kavita Suri 21-15, 21-10; Dr
won her match played against Madulika Bhagat beat Dr
Dr Meghna Dhar.
Savita 21-18, 21-10.
London: Formula One
champions Mercedes will be in
full gremlin-hunting mode
when they regroup at their
factory on Tuesday after
committing one of the sport`s
biggest strategic blunders at the
Monaco Grand Prix.
Although they won Sunday`s
showcase race for the third year
in a row with Germany`s Nico
Rosberg, the headlines were all
about how the dominant team
blew a surefire victory for
Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton had the race under
control until the safety car was
deployed some 14 laps from the
end and the Briton was called in
for a needless pitstop while
rivals stayed out.
The world champion finished
third, his overall lead over
Rosberg halved to 10 points.
Mercedes motorsport head
Toto Wolff said an extensive
debrief had been carried out
already involving about 100
personnel from the factory,
engine side and trackside
operations on Sunday evening.
"We discussed it in an
overview and we get back
together on Tuesday morning to
analyse it and by then we will
know where we had a gremlin
in the system," the Austrian told
reporters. Hamilton, who was
Mercedes to hold factory
inquest after Monaco gaffe
excused the post-race debrief
and usual team media duties in
Monaco, is unlikely to attend
after struggling to comprehend
what had happened.
Others were equally
mystified, with former racer
David Coulthard among those
saying the driver was badly let
down. Wolff said the decision to
declare a `virtual safety car`, a
new development since last
season, followed by a real safety
car and Hamilton complaining
about the state of his tyres had
caught the team out.
They thought he had enough
time to pit and rejoin the race in
the lead but the figures were
Surrey: Shiv Kapur grabbed
a spot in the US Open for the
second year running through the
International
Sectional
Qualifiers at Walton Heath, here
on Tuesday. Playing two rounds
on the same day, Kapur totalled
10-under 134 for to finish one
shot behind medallist Alexander
Levy of France, who earned his
a debut appearance at the US
Open. He shot 67-67 in the two
rounds.
Jeev Milkha Singh, however
missed out, finishing two shots
away from getting into a playoff. Jeev carded 69 and 72. A
total of 11 spots were available
from the qualfiers, where 82
players started off.
In the first round played in
the morning, Kapur had four
birdies and two bogeys on front
nine and then birdied times
13th, 15th and 16th on back
nine for a 67.
In the afternoon round, he
was flawless as he birdied third
and eighth and birdied the same
holes as morning for another 67.
Kapur will join his friend and
colleague Anirban Lahiri in the
second Major of the year a
Chambers Bay from June 18 to
21. This will be Kapur?s fourth
appearance in a Major and he
has come through a qualifier
each time.
He has twice played at British
Open (Hoylake 2006 and
Muirfield 2013) after gaining
spots in qualifiers and for US
Open in 2014 (Pinehurst) and
now 2015 in Chambers Bay.
Kapur was ecstatic with his
performance, saying,"That's
two years in a row now I've
qualified from here (for US
Open) so it is my happy hunting
ground. I had a decent showing
at Pinehurst last year (tied 23rd)
so hopefully I can do even
better this year. This afternoon I
was blemish free ? five birdies,
no bogeys, so I'm very pleased."
He added,"Last year, was the
coolest event I've played. I got
cheered around all the way and
coming up 18, I remember
finishing with a birdie and it
was the biggest cheer I've ever
heard, so the US Open is really,
really cool. At the end of the
day, we play the sport to play
the Majors and compete against
the best, so it is a dream come
true."
Commenting on being at the
US Open, he said,"Michael
Campbell showed it can be done
(winning the US Open after
coming through qualifiers in
2005). Last year, I was on the
leaderboard for a while and I
know if I play my best it is not
out of the equation. But I just
want to go out there and enjoy
playing in another US Open."
Levy earned a debut
appearance in the US Open after
finishing one shot clear of
Kapur even as one-handed
chipper Jason Palmer secured a
Major Championship debut.
Two-time European Tour
winner Levy followed a six
under par round of 66 on the
Old Course in the morning with
a five under par 67 on the New
Course in the afternoon to finish
on 11 under par, heading the 11
players to earn a spot at
Chambers Bay Golf Club, in
Washington.
Others making the grade
were Englishman John Parry,
Sweden's Alex Noren, who was
one over par after 19 holes of
the 36 hole qualifier and then
surged up the leaderboard with
eight birdies and an eagle in the
space of 15 holes to earn his
third US Open appearance with
a closing 64 to take fourth spot
on eight under par.
Denmark's
Lucas
Bjerregaard,
Englishman
Palmer, Germany's Marcel
Siem, Australian Marcus Fraser
and the South African trio of
Van Der Walt, Thomas Aiken
and Garth Mulroy secured their
spots at the third play-off hole.
Welshman Oliver Farr the man
to miss out on a Major debut to
be one of the two alternates with
Fabrizio Zanotti.
New Delhi: Young West
Indies ODI captain Jason
Holder feels that his stint at
Chennai Super Kings was a
well spent one as he learnt
about the nuances of
captaincy from none other
than India's limited overs
skipper Mahendra Singh
Dhoni.
"MS is an influential figure.
In true sense, he is a leader
and I found that during my
stint with Chennai Super
Kings in the Indian Premier
League. As a captain, I have
always looked upto MS's
leadership qualities for
inspiration," Holder told PTI
during an interaction.
Asked which qualities of
Dhoni he would like to imbibe
in his captaincy, Holder
said,"The manner in which
Dhoni handles pressure is
exceptional. That is the reason
he has achieved so much
while leading a team with
players from different
countries. There is so much to
learn from him."
The 23-year-old Holder is
one of three international
captains that West Indies have
currently.
For the record, he played
for SunRisers Hyderabad
during the 2014 IPL season
but didn't take part in the IPL
due to West Indies'
international commitments.
While Holder enjoyed
watching IPL from back
home, he was happy playing
the Test series against
England during the window.
"I would only be too happy
to be involved in IPL again
but this time I had a different
goal. I was trying to help the
West Indies and solidify our
position. At the international
level, you will have good days
and bad days but you need to
have self-belief to perform,"
said the tall all-rounder,
referring to his match-saving
maiden Test hundred against
England at Antigua.
Holder was appointed
captain last year during West
Indies' tour to South Africa
replacing Dwayne Bravo and
he said that he was neither
weighed down by the
pressures of the job nor by the
presence of many senior
players in the dressing room.
During my first tour as
captain to South Africa, my
job was to assess the
individuals. We needed to put
some solid plans in place. I
needed to understand how as a
team we react to certain
situations. I was an U-23
captain and the situations
provided me with a
challenging experience," said
Holder, recollecting the
experiences of his first tour as
captain.
The youngster also insisted
that the "change of role"
hasn't changed his equation
with the senior players as he
still shares a very cordial
relationship with them.
Holder will be representing
Barbados Tridents in the
Caribbean Premier League
(CPL) but currently his whole
focus is on the West Indies'
home series against Australia,
with the first Test starting in
Roseau on June 3.
"Right now, my entire focus
is the Australia series and
after that I will think about the
CPL," the all-rounder made
his priorities clear.
On the composition of the
Tridents side that has players
like Kieron Pollard, Justin
Ontong, Shoaib Malik, Holder
termed it as a "very balanced
side".
"It's a side which has got
good players and especially
with guys like Pollard and
Ontong, ours is a very good
fielding unit," said Holder.
Sardar Singh to lead India in World League semis Look upto Dhoni's
leadership skills for
inspiration:Holder
New
Delhi:
Veteran
midfielder Sardar Singh will
lead an 18-member Indian
hockey team in the FIH World
League semifinal to be played in
Belgium from June 20 to July 5.
The League featuring ten
teams is divided in Pool A and
Pool B. India is placed in Pool A
along with France, Poland,
Pakistan and Australia whereas
China, Ireland, Malaysia, Great
Britain and Belgium are in Pool
B. Sardar, who has to his credit
of 216 International caps, will
be supported by PR Sreejesh as
his deputy. Playing their first
match on June 20, India are
slotted against France in their
opening match of the
tournament.
Speaking
on
the
announcement of the team,
India Chief Coach Paul van Ass
said, "The team is full of
confidence which they proved
Dexamethasone is not in the recent Japan series where
performance-enhancing but a
commonly administered antiinflammatory corticosteroid
that is not forbidden when used
off-season for rehabilitation but
deemed illegal if discovered in
an athlete`s body during
competition. Facing a careerending two-year ban, Lee
argued that he gained no benefit
from a supplement he had taken
Paris: World number one
inadvertently, convincing the
Djokovic, nine-time
BWF to reduce his back-dated Novak
Rafael Nadal and
suspension to eight months. He champion
women`s title winner
was able to return to double
Serena Williams get their 2015
competition in early May.
French Open campaigns under
LOST POINTS
Tuesday.
Lee is now racing against wayToponseed
bidding to
time to get match-fit for what is win a first Djokovic,
Garros and
likely to be his last world become just Roland
the eighth man to
championships in Jakarta this achieve the career
Slam,
August before he ends his is scheduled to faceGrand
Nadal in the
career at the 2016 Olympics in quarter-finals.
Rio. The lost ranking points
But his first job is to take on
during his ban dropped him to Finland`s Jarkko Nieminen, one
third among Malaysian shuttlers of 39 men over 30 to start the
and with only two slots per main draw this year.
country available, he was
Nadal, with a record in Paris
controversially selected for the of 66 wins and just one defeat, is
world championships ahead of seeded six, his lowest rank for a
higher-ranked
compatriot decade.
Chong Wei Feng.
He starts against French 18Building form and fitness in year-old Quentin Halys, ranked
team competition before the 296 in the world and making his
more taxing challenge of Grand Slam debut.
individual
action,
Lee
Women`s top seed Serena
impressed with three victories Williams, the 2002 and 2013
in as many matches in the champion, begins against the
Sudirman Cup earlier this Czech Republic`s Andrea
month and will be tough to beat Hlavackova.
in Singapore.
The 190th-ranked Czech lost
they gave Japan a tough time
and beat them 3-0.
"As they will be clashing
with the finest of the teams, the
boys are working upon their
strategies and confident to put
up a good show in the
tournament. Their pool is tough
but the boys are confident of
putting up a great show. The
team is excited to face Australia
yet again."
The Team:
GOALKEEPERS:
PR
Sreejesh, Harjot Singh
DEFENDERS: Manpreet
Singh, Birendra Lakra, Kothajit
Singh, VR Ragunath, Jasjit
Singh Kular, Gurmail Singh
MIDFIELDERS: Gurbaj
Singh, Dharamvir Singh, Sardar
Singh, Chinglensana Singh,
Lalit Upadhyay
FORWARDS: SV Sunil,
Nikkin Thimmaiah, Yuvraj
Walmiki, Akashdeep Singh,
Ramandeep Singh.
Lee Chong Wei happy to
be team player in quest
for individual goals
Former world number one
Lee Chong Wei is by far the
biggest name in the Southeast
Asian Games` badminton
tournament but the Malaysian
shuttler is happy to keep his
return from a doping ban lowkey as he eyes bigger goals.
For 32-year-old Lee, his
appearance in the men`s team
event will end a 10-year hiatus
from the multi-sports gathering
and while his presence will
install Malaysia as favourites,
an elusive world or Olympic
title remains his ultimate target.
Lee has spent more than 300
weeks at the top of the rankings
since 2006, collecting 55 titles
along the way, yet has never
been able to claim one of
badminton`s biggest prizes,
falling short in two Olympic
finals and in three world title
showdowns.
Four of those defeats came
against arch-nemesis Lin Dan
and the Malaysian had put off
retirement for one last tilt at
overcoming his Chinese rival
and crowning his career with
either title before his world
came crashing down last
August. Lee tested positive for
dexamethasone at the world
championships in Copenhagen
and when his `B` sample
confirmed the findings, he was
temporarily suspended by the
Badminton World Federation
(BWF) as he appealed the
decision.
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JAMMU | WEDNESDAY | MAY 27 | 2015
Shiv Kapur grabs spot in US
Open, joins Anirban Lahiri
Novak Djokovic, Nadal, Serena
Williams star in super Tuesday
6-0, 6-0 to Williams in their only
other meeting three years ago at
the US Open.
Wimbledon champion Petra
Kvitova, the fourth seeded
Czech, opens play on Court
Slovakia`s Lukas Lacko.
Former world number one
Caroline Wozniacki, who has
never got beyond the quarterfinals, faces Italy`s Karin Knapp,
the weekend winner of the
Philippe Chatrier against Marina
Erakovic of New Zealand.
Spanish seventh seed David
Ferrer, the runner-up to Nadal in
2013, starts proceedings on
Court Suzanne Lenglen against
Nuremberg title.
Canadian sixth seed Eugenie
Bouchard, who made the semifinals in 2014, plays France`s
Kristina Mladenovic.
French Open order of play on
showcourts on Tuesday, the third
day of the 2015 tournament at
Roland Garros (x denotes seeded
player; 0900GMT start):
Court Philippe Chatrier
Petra Kvitova (CZE x4) v
Marina Erakovic (NZL)
Quentin Halys (FRA) v Rafael
Nadal (ESP x6)
Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) v
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Serena Williams (USA x1) v
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE)
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Lukas Lacko (SVK) v David
Ferrer (ESP x7)
Karin Knapp (ITA) v Caroline
Wozniacki (DEN x5)
Richard Gasquet (FRA x20) v
Germain Gigounon (BEL)
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) v
Eugenie Bouchard (CAN x6)
Court N.1
Kiki Bertens (NED) v
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x18)
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) v
Michael Berrer (GER)
Andrea Petkovic (GER x10) v
Shelby Rogers (USA)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x10) v
Jack Sock (USA)
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Pak Taliban video shows Chinese
tourist begging govt to pay ransom
BEIJING: China today said it with Pakistan to verify the al-Hadeed have told him that Global
is verifying a video released
by the Pakistani Taliban
which showed a kidnapped
Chinese tourist appealing to
his government to pay the
ransom demanded by his
captors to secure his freedom.
Hong Xudong, a cyclist, went
missing after he crossed over
from India to Pakistan and
was kidnapped by the TTP in
May last year from Daraban
area in Dera Ismail Khan
which is close to the lawless
northwestern tribal region.
The Chinese embassy in
Islamabad is in close contact
information, Chinese foreign
ministry spokesperson Hua
Chunying said at a media
briefing here.
"We will check on whether the
video footage is true or not
and will properly deal with the
relevant issue," she said
referring to the payment of
ransom to his kidnappers.
In the video released on
Sunday, Hong asked the
Chinese government to meet
the ransom demand but did
not mention a specific
amount. He also said that the
Taliban splinter group Jaish
he would be killed if the
money is not paid.
"Any cyclist should know that
northwestern Pakistan is a nopass zone, but an increasing
number of people are lured to
'prove themselves' by some
chicken soup travel books," Li
Rui, a well-known Chinese
cyclist said.
Online posts by Hong's
friends after he lost contact,
said that he entered Pakistan
from India in April, 2014 and
was planning to head for Iran,
which looked "random and
carelessly planned," the
Times reported
quoting Li.
Acquaintances of Hong told
the daily that they are also
waiting for the official
confirmation on the identity of
the man in the video.
Pakistani police said that they
found his passport, bicycle
and belongings.
Wang Guoxiang, an associate
professor at the Beijing
Academy of Social Sciences,
said that this is not the first
time the Taliban has targeted
Chinese nationals and in
Afghanistan alone, at least 20
Chinese were killed in 2014.
Two Chinese engineers were
kidnapped by Taliban
militants in Pakistan in 2008.
One escaped, but the other
one was freed after nearly 167
days as a hostage.
Three Chinese nationals were
kidnapped and killed in
Afghanistan in August, 2013.
"The released video feels like
a provocative gesture as it
gives China a dilemma. A
direct ransom payment would
not only look like a
compromise to international
terrorism, but may also
encourage terrorists at home,"
Wang said.
help the fraudsters, 'The Sun'
newspaper reported.
London-based
Asma
Khanam, 46, a trustee of
Families for Survival UK,
was among 13 arrested as part
of the investigation and has
already appeared before
Redbridge magistrates.
Several people were expected
to appear in court this week
charged with conspiracy to
defraud after a joint
investigation by Scotland
Yard, the Department for
Work and Pensions (DWP)
and Redbridge council in east
London, the report said.
The charity's website says that
it runs projects in Bangladesh
and Kenya, as well as
supporting elderly and
disabled people in the UK.
The investigation is believed
to have discovered many of
the claimants left the country
hours after lodging their
benefit claims.
It is said that fraudsters
allegedly made millions of
pounds over three years.
Councils such as Newham
and Tower Hamlets are
probing whether they have
been defrauded.
The migrants obtained EU
citizenship in Italy before
flying to London and using
one address in east London to
carry out their scheme.
An investigation was started
after reports of a significant
number of Bangladeshis with
Italian passports arriving at
Stansted airport with return
flights booked for the same
day. "Our fraud investigators
have powers to track benefit
cheats around the world and
bring them before the courts.
"We are determined to crack
down on people who abuse
the system, so that benefits
only go to those who really
need this help. In addition to
any sentence imposed by the
courts, fraudsters must pay
back all the money they
falsely obtained and face a
criminal record for life," a
DWP spokesperson said.
Scotland Yard has refused to
comment at this stage.
Bangladesh teacher jailed Bangladeshi migrants fraudulently
for life for raping student make millions in UK, 13 held
DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced a
school teacher to life imprisonment for raping a five-year-old
student. Tanjina Ismail, judge of the fifth Women and Child
Repression Prevention Tribunal in Dhaka, gave the sentence
to 24-year-old Md Minhaz Uddin, a teacher of Holy Crescent
School in Shewrapara and also fined him 200,000 taka
($2,570) for the rape on March 11 last year, bdnews24.com
reported. The parents of the child found out about the
incident when she was crying in pain on her way home from
school. They saw blood on her pants when undressing her.
When asked, the five-year-old said the teacher lured her with
a chocolate to a washroom of the Holy Crescent School and
College and raped her. She was rushed to Dhaka Medical
College Hospital and her father filed a report with Mirpur
Model Police Station mentioning Minhaz Uddin as the culprit
while his daughter was undergoing treatment. Statements of
nine witnesses were recorded during the trial, said their
lawyer Salma Ali, executive director of the Bangladesh Jatiya
Mohila Ainjibi Samiti. State prosecutor Ali Asgar Swapan
said the convict was brought to court from prison during the
trial and on the day the judgment was read out. He added that
the court has ordered half of the fine to be paid to the family
of the victim.
LONDON:
Italy-based
Bangladeshi migrants are
accused of making millions of
pounds by misusing the UK's
taxpayer funded welfare
schemes,
prompting
authorities to arrest 13 people
following a probe.
Each claimant is said to have
received an average of 9,000
pounds (USD 13,868).
The migrants are believed to
have attended interviews at
Jobcentres in London to get
national insurance numbers
which are compulsory to
claim any state-funded
support.
Hundreds of Bangladeshis
have been flying to Britain
from Italy for the day to con
the system out of millions of
pounds in housing benefit.
Five organisations, including
a charity, are suspected of
providing fake job details to
France suspends
security cooperation Greece talks need to `speed
with Burundi: Diplomat up`: EU commissioner
BUJUMBURA:
France has suspended its security
cooperation with the crisis-hit central African nation of
Burundi, a French diplomat told AFP Tuesday.
The source said aid to the country`s police and defence
establishment had been halted amid a crackdown on protests
against President Pierre Nkurunziza`s controversial bid to
stand for a third consecutive term.
Litany of problems
keep Iraqi army weak
BAGHDAD: Iraq`s leadership was indignant after US
accusations that its forces lack the will to fight but
assessments of the army`s ability suggest the rank-and-file
have reasons to shy from battle. Pentagon chief Ashton Carter
said Sunday, a week after the loss of Ramadi to the Islamic
State group, that there was "an issue with the will of the Iraqis
to fight". The fall of the capital of Iraq`s largest province to
the jihadists saw a chaotic retreat of security forces and dealt
Baghdad its worst blow in almost a year.
OFF BEAT
M
ATHENS: Talks between to tell there is no progress on
Greece and its creditors need
to "speed up", the EU`s
Economic and Financial
Affairs Commissioner said
Tuesday, as the Greek
government warned that it
was running out of money.
"We are aware of the
liquidity problems in Greece
and this is why it`s so
important
now
that
negotiations that take place in
Brussels speed up," Greece?
told reporters on the sidelines
of a conference in Dublin.
"We want that agreement, we
want it fast -- we are working
on it hard," said Moscovici, a
former French finance
minister. "It would be wrong
substance -- we are now
discussing on concrete
proposals," he said.
But he added: "We still have
a way to go if we want an
agreement". The cash crunch
has been caused by Greece`s
inability to agree with its
creditors -- the International
Monetary
Fund,
the
European Union and the
European Central Bank -- on
reforms that would unlock
7.2 billion euros ($7.9
billion) in promised bailout
cash. "There is no plan B.
There is a plan for a solid
Greece remaining in the
eurozone," Moscovici said on
Tuesday.
Hey, you look gorgeous
any celebrities from
the fashion and film
world have to thank
make-up ace Natasha Nischol
when they are complimented
for their looks.
Her father, the late Hindi film
actor Navin Nischol, was
popular in the 1970s for his
chocolate-boy looks. Daughter
Natasha is known for her newage ways to make people look
good and put their best face
forward. Her first brush with
the world of glamour would
have been through Bollywood,
but Natasha arrived on the
scene by mastering the art of
make-up. Balancing her time
between modelling and film
shoots and guiding students at
her Mumbai-based make-up
academy Fat Mu that she runs
with Virginia Holmes, Natasha
is excited about the growing
awareness on cosmetics and
make-up. “The Academy is my
way of filling the void in
make-up education in the
country. How many can afford
to go abroad to get trained?
The courses are not just for
those who want to take it up
professionally; there are also
finishing workshops for
women who want to learn
make-up techniques to present
themselves in the best possible
manner.”
It wasn’t an easy decision
though when Natasha decided
to pursue a career as a make-up
artiste. A graduate from the
London College of Fashion,
she shifted base to Mumbai
about a decade ago after
working at London and Hong
Kong. Natasha had trained
FUNNY PHOTO OF THE DAY
Litany of problems keep Iraqi army weak
BAGHDAD:
Iraq`s
leadership was indignant after
US accusations that its forces
lack the will to fight but
assessments of the army`s
ability suggest the rank-andfile have reasons to shy from
battle.
Pentagon chief Ashton Carter
said Sunday, a week after the
loss of Ramadi to the Islamic
State group, that there was "an
issue with the will of the
Iraqis to fight".
The fall of the capital of Iraq`s
largest province to the
jihadists saw a chaotic retreat
of security forces and dealt
Baghdad its worst blow in
almost a year.
Carter`s words were criticised
in Iraq as insulting and
divisive and US Vice
President Joe Biden later had
to call Prime Minister Haider
al-Abadi to acknowledge "the
enormous sacrifice and
bravery of Iraqi forces over
the past 18 months".
The problem is not whether
Iraqi security forces are
valiant enough but just about
everything else, analysts said.
"The Iraqi forces that left
Ramadi this weekend did so
under great pressure and only
as a last resort," said the
Soufan Group intelligence
consultancy in a recent brief.
"It is not bravery the forces
lacked but weapons and
leadership
and
rapid
logistics," it said.Ahmed alFadhily wanted to fight IS
when it captured swathes of
Millionaire especially was
enriching. You are exposed to
the trends and demands of a
global market and being a part
of an international set-up
boosts your self-confidence.
As for Hindi films, Paa was a
challenging project with the
kind of experiments in makeup the story necessitated,” says
Natasha, who is now busy with
Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne
Do.
“It’s on the ramp though that I
can put my wackiest and
wildest ideas to test,” she
laughs. “Quite like in films
where I have to know well the
storyline, characterisation and
the personality of an actor,
fashion shows call for enough
research. You have to create
looks that go with the
designer’s line, the theme of
the creations and the location
of the show,” explains Natasha.
She’s happy that designers
these days work on the total
appeal of an outfit. It’s not just
cut, colour and pattern; it’s also
the accessories and make-up
that bring out the beauty of a
dress.”
And what according to
Natasha are musts in a
woman’s make-up kit?
Concealer
to
cover
imperfections.
Powder to set the concealer.
Blush to add some colour to
the face.
Mascara to add depth to the
eyes.
Brow gel to groom your brows.
Gloss to add shine to your lips.
PS: Buy make-up according to
your requirements, lifestyle
and skin type.
Iraq last year and imposed a
reign of terror. But to do so,
he quit the army and joined a
Shiite militia.
"When I was in the military,
we never got ammunition
when we asked for it.
Sometimes we would be
marooned on a base with no
supplies," he said.
"We knew nobody would
make any sacrifice to rescue
us. It`s different in the Hashed
al-Shaabi... The fighters have
faith," said Fadhily, who now
fights for Ketaeb Hezbollah.
The Hashed al-Shaabi
(`popular mobilisation` in
Arabic) is an umbrella for
many Iran-backed Shiite
militias and volunteers which
is only nominally under the
prime minister`s control.
"We are fighting to protect
our land from Daesh (IS),
while most soldiers and
officers work for the salaries,"
said Fadhily.
Yet corruption is still rampant
in the security forces despite
recent government measures,
and low oil prices and the
high cost of war are emptying
Iraq`s coffers fast.
That means some fighters in
the security forces have not
been paid for months while
some corrupt top officers get
rich, policemen and soldiers
say.
Iraq is still paying the price of
the
de-Baathification
campaign that followed the
US-led toppling of Saddam
Hussein in 2003, with many
of the former Sunni regime`s
best-trained
military
commanders defecting to the
jihadists.
The US-led coalition fighting
IS sent thousands of military
advisers and trainers to Iraq
last year.
But transforming what was
still recently derided as a
million-strong "checkpoint
army" into a lean, efficient
and professional military
cannot be achieved overnight,
or even in months, analysts
say.
The much-vaunted UStrained Golden Division has
stood out since IS seized
swathes of the country.
It successfully spearheaded
the fightback on several fronts
but it has been overused and,
according to several reports, it
retreated just the like the rest
in Ramadi.IS`s hyperaggressive tactics -- including
the use of terrifying,
armoured suicide truck bombs
-- have played no small part in
the Iraqi army`s modest
showing.
Ahmed Ali, an analyst with
the Education for Peace in
Iraq Centre, argued that
Carter`s remarks were
inopportune but admitted that
the list of woes afflicting the
army was long.
"These issues include
logistics challenges, poor
command and control, lack of
unit coordination, intelligence
deficit, and difficulty securing
supply lines," he said.
January, when the left-wing
government of Alexis Tsipras
took power on promises of
ending austerity and reversing
some reforms agreed with the
creditors by the previous
government.Despite progress
on other issues, a deal cannot
yet be reached because the
creditors believe that to repay
its huge public debt, Greece
should be running a higher
primary surplus, or the
balance before debt servicing
costs, than Athens is prepared
to accept.
To achieve that surplus, the
creditors believe Greece
should raise its Value Added
Tax rate and balance its
pensions budget.
Greece, however, believes a
lower primary surplus would
make the economy grow
faster, increasing the chances
of the creditors getting repaid.
Sand ripples have caused
Curiosity a lot of drive slip in
the past but there appeared to
be terrain with rockier, more
consolidated characteristics
directly adjacent to these
ripples.
"So we drove around the sand
ripples onto what we
expected to be firmer terrain
that would give Curiosity
better traction," Roumeliotis
added in a NASA statement.
The drive of about 72 feet up
slopes as steep as 21 degrees
brought Curiosity close to a
target area where two
distinctive types of bedrock
meet.
The rover science team wants
to examine an outcrop that
contains the contact between
the pale rock unit the mission
analysed lower on Mount
Sharp.
Curiosity has been exploring
on Mars since 2012.
It reached the base of Mount
Sharp last year after fruitfully
investigating outcrops closer
to its landing site and then
trekking to the mountain.
Germany sees progress on Greece,
EU officals to confer on Thursday
BERLIN: A senior German likely to default on the IMF
official said on Tuesday there
was no reason to believe
Greece would be in default
after a 300 million euro
payment to the IMF falls due
on June 5. Separately, euro
zone officials said deputy
finance ministers would hold
a teleconference on Thursday
to follow up on days of
negotiations
between
representatives of Greece and
creditors the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), the
European Central Bank and
the European Commission.
Greece must repay four loans
totalling 1.6 billion euros
($1.76 billion) to the IMF next
month, starting with a 300
million euro payment on June
5. If no deal is reached within
EU/IMF for new loans to be
disbursed to Athens, Greece is
loan repayment. This would
start a process that could lead
Greece out of the euro zone.
But in Berlin a senior German
official, speaking on condition
of not being named, said it
was encouraging that Greece
had signalled its desire to
meet the looming debt
obligations. "I find it
encouraging, if it is true, that
the
Greeks
signalled
yesterday their desire to repay
the 300 million euros to the
IMF on June 5," the official
said. "I think there is reason to
believe that we will not be
talking about a default
situation around June 5,
neither before or immediately
thereafter." Talks between
Greece and its creditors on
more funding have been
dragging on since late
Science and Technology
with Oscar-winning make-up
designer Jenny Shircore in the
U.K. and assisted her on a
variety of projects such as The
Phantom of the Opera and The
Four Feathers. “It took quite
some convincing about the
importance of designing a look
for a commercial or cinema.
People here were wary of
coming out of their stereotyped
images and feared lack of
acceptance. A few, of course,
dared to be different and began
playing with their looks. And
when they found success, the
rest followed. Thus began my
tryst with faces.”
Now, she has a roster full of
assignments and an array of
celebrity clients. “I see every
opportunity as a new beginning
and every face as a blank
canvas. Working on Slumdog
The NORTHLINES
Curiosity rover begins
new journey on Mars
WASHINGTON: Unable to
reach
a
comparable
geological contact farther
south on Red Planet, NASA's
Curiosity rover has now
approached an alternative site
for investigating a geological
boundary.
Such geological contacts can
reveal clues about how
environmental conditions that
produced one type of rock
were related to conditions
that produced the other.
Two weeks ago, Curiosity
was headed for a comparable
geological contact farther
south.
Foiled by slippery slopes on
the way there, the team
rerouted the vehicle and
chose a westward path.
The mission's strategic
planning keeps multiple route
options open to deal with
such situations.
"Mars can be very deceptive,"
said Chris Roumeliotis,
Curiosity's lead rover driver
at NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory,
Pasadena,
California.