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Situation grim in Pakistan as standoff between opposition and Imran, Tahirul Qadri continues Mob ransacks PTV Encircles Nawaz Residence ISLAMABAD: As the situation worsens in Pakistan the authorities lodged FIR against PTI chief Imran Khan and religious cleric Tahirul Qadri who are superheading a movement against PM Nawaz Sharif and are demanding his resignation .Earlier the supporters of the two stormed PTV building leading to a temporary disruption to the transmission and encircled the residence of PM Nawaz Sharif who has not budged to their demand of resigning from his post The army was called in to clear the building following which transmission resumed.

Tension continues to grip Islamabad after violence broke out on Saturday night when supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri marched towards the PM House using cranes to remove barricades.

Protesters several of whom are armed with batons and slingshots have clashed with police even breaking down a fence outside Parliament late Saturday.

Protests began with a march from Lahore on August 14 which reached Islamabad the next day.

Despite calls by Khan and Qadri for millions to join, crowds never exceeding the tens of thousands.

Both Khan and Qadri stayed overnight at the protests, spending most of their time in the containers.

The decision to march to the PM House was taken after talks between the government, PTI and PAT failed to end the deadlock over the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. PTI chairman Imran Khan has said that an independent probe of rigging in the 2013 general elections cannot be held if Nawaz Sharif remains prime minister. Khan

Imran asks Nawaz to resign

has called for Nawaz Sharif to step down until the proposed judicial commission completes its probe. Government and the majority of opposition parties have dismissed Khan’s demand for the prime minister’s removal.

Meanwhile Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) the media wing of the military has termed news reports of Army Chief General Raheel Sharif asking Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign or going on leave as baseless.

Reports broadcast by some news channels in Pakistan that Army chief General Raheel Sharif had advised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign was also dismissed by the government spokesman. He said that in the meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Monday it was agreed that there needs to be a political and constitutional solution to end the current deadlock.

On Sunday night the Corps Commanders meeting decided that further use of force would only aggravate the situation.

The meeting once again reiterated that the situation should be resolved politically without wasting any time and without recourse to violent means.

The ISPR statement on the meeting ended on the note that the army remains committed to playing its part in ensuring security of the state and will never fall short of meeting national aspirations.Meanwhile A case has been lodged in the Secretariat Police Station against PTI chairman Imran Khan, PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri and others. The case includes terrorism charges, violating the agreement with Islamabad administration and section 144.

SC gives PTI, PAT till Tuesday for possible solution Islamabad:The Supreme Court of Pakistan has given Pakistan PTI, PAT time till Tuesday to suggest a possible solution to resolving the current political tension. The

apex court heard the case pertaining to extra-constitutional steps during which Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk asked if the court could give any advice to resolve the crisis.

Imran Khan said can’t move forward without army: Hashmi ISLAMABAD: Making startling disclosures, President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Javed Hashmi Monday quoted the PTI chief Imran Khan as saying ‘the badge bearers’ wanted the PTI protesters to move along with Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) leader Tahirul Qadri.

The disgruntled PTI president while talking to media representatives outside the Parliament House, maintained: “Imran Khan said we can’t move forward without the army.”

“Imran Khan also said that all the matters had been decided and there will be elections in September,” Javed Hashmi claimed, adding, it appeared as if everything had been planned in advance.

Japan committed to invest 35 billion Dollars in India

Tokyo:Japan is committed to invest 35 billion dollars over the next five years in India to build smart cities and finance infrastructure projects. Japan will also supply financial, technical and operational support to introduce bullet trains in India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe during their summit talks also reaffirmed the importance of bilateral defence relations in their strategic partnership and agreed on greater defence equipment and technology cooperation.

The summit meeting took place on the third day of Modi's five-day visit to Japan when the two countries also decided to expedite talks on sale of US-2 amphibian aircraft to India for enhancing maritime security.

At a joint press conference, Abe also announced that as an example of Indo-Japan cooperation, Tokyo will help India in providing financial, technical and operational support to introduce Bullet trains, a project that Modi has been actively pursuing.

Japan will also help India in providing better connectivity with its neighbours, he said.

On the civil nuclear deal, which was expected to be finalised during the visit, Abe said they have directed the officials to accelerate negotiations for early conclusion of an agreement to strengthen partnership.

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J&K Bank holds literacy camps in Budgam Srinagar, Sep 1 : Jammu and Kashmir Bank conducted several financial literacy camps across the Budgam district during the last month.

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acy and credit counseling (FLCC) Centre Budgam organised awareness camps at villages Hamchipora and Trappy in Khaag, Brail in Khansahib, Suzeth in Narbal and Town Hall Budgam; which were attended by scores of people includ-

ing artisans, growers, students, senior citizens and women representing cross-section of the society. Business Correspondents and representatives from local B.Us were also present at the financial literacy camps organised partly in collaboration with Handicrafts Department and NABARD. Speaking at the camps in Hamchipora, Trappy and Town Hall Budgam, Facilitator FLCC Budgam informed the audience about the benefit of savings, opening of bank accounts and availing other financial products of the banks.

He urged the participants to open No Frills Account with the banks and keep their savings not only in the safe custody of banks but earn out of their savings as well.

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FIR lodged against Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri

“So, they are here with this kind of plan. I can’t say whose plan it is. Only the planners themselves would know this. But, their name is being brought into a bad repute,” Hashmi continued.

He, however, said there was a mention of ISI and army. “Imran Khan himself said this before the core committee.”

Hashmi further said that ‘a hijacked PTI has come here’. “We have been held hostage”.

Javed Hashmi said he is still the President of PTI, as Imran Khan did not follow the provisions of the ‘constitution’ in sacking him.

“Imran Khan should have gone through the party’s constitution first.”

President calls upon Universities to create the right environment for promoting entrepreneurship Knowledge holds key to success: Omar

Jammu, September 01: During the convocation 68 candidates who completed their Ph.D. during 2013 from Faculty of Science, Life Sciences, Arts, Business Studies, Social Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Education were awarded Degree of Doctor of Philoso-

phy. A total of 67 candidates were awarded the University Gold Medals / Cash Awards / Medals created out of the endowments for the year 2013. Out of these 12 students who are the Faculty toppers were awarded University See President On PG 11..

Making one disclosures after another, he said that Imran Khan did not even have regard for the Constitution of Pakistan.

The PTI President said Imran Khan is driven by whims and that he maligned the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Hashmi said he would even sacrifice his life for upholding the sanctity of the Parliament, Supreme Court and other institutions of the country.

On Sunday, Imran Khan announced to sack his party President Javed Hashmi and three other MNAs of the PTI, a move that is being criticized by the sacked members as being in clash with the party’s Constitution.

Don’t poke your nose in foreign policy: BJP to Omar ‘CM has sensed defeat’

Srinagar, Sep 01: Bharatiya Janta Party on Monday hit back at the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for questioning Centre’s decision to call off the talks with Pakistan.

The BJP’s Kashmir spokesman Khalid Jehangir in a statement here said, “Omar is playing to the galleries ahead of the assembly elections. He knows his report card on the performance front is zero. He is indulging in rhetoric to gain sympathy.”

Jehangir said that Omar should focus on local issues rather than “poking his nose” in the foreign policy of the country.

“Omar is raising non-issues to divert the attention of people from his dismal performance as

the Chief Minister,” he said.

Jehangir said that Omar is trying to appease separatists ahead of polls to get the political mileage.

“The new government led

by Narendra Modi took a bold decision by calling off the talks with Pakistan and everyone has appreciated it,” he said.

Taking a dig at Omar for describing BJP’s slogan of 44 plus as a “Bollywood glitz,” Jehangir said, “BJP is emerging as a strong alternative for the people in Jammu and Kashmir.

Party’s growing popularity and increasing influence in Kashmir has unnerved Omar. He knows that days of the government led by him are numbered that’s why See BJP On PG 11..

ISM Task Force unearths scam Kashmir students demand migration in Budnumbal Dispensary from Chandigarh College Department to take action against Medical Officer Srinagar, Sep 1 : During a surprise inspection of ISM Dispensaries is of District Kupwara on 28th August 2014 by Task force of ISM department comprised Assistant Director, Indian Systems of Medicine, J&K, Srinagar Viz. Dr Sujad Shuja exposed the fraud and irregularities committed by Dr Shabir Ahmed Parray, Medical Officer ,ISM Dispensary Budnumbal.

The assistant director revealed that he reached ISM dispensary Budnumbal, District Kupwara at 10:45 a.m on 28-082014 , and on examining the attendance register maintained by Dr. Shabir Ahmad Parray, the Medical Officer posted there ,it was found had Dr. Shabir Ahmad Parray had fraudulently marked his attendance in advance for future dates 29-08-2014 to 30-08-2014 and even for 31/8/2014 despite being Sunday, an off day.

This has been done with the intention to deceive authorities and populace and to put himself to advantage illegally. However, it is well established principle that “crime never pays”. The local people

also complained that Dr Parray does not attend the dispensary due to which they have suffered. He had been habitual of doing this illegal practice for long but ultimately was exposed. The OPD Register was found to be fake and fraud as the doctor had in advance mentioned bogus names/ serial Nos. of patients and their so-called ailments for the future dates 29-08-2014 to 30-08-2014 which indicates the intensity and magnitude of fraud committed by Dr Shabir Ahmed Parray.

Dr Shabir Ahmed Parray had also prepared bogus OPD register in his own handwriting with fake names, serial Nos. of patients and their so-called ailments entered for the future dates 2908-2014 to 30-08-2014 to deceive the department and the public. This indicates the magnitude of criminal tendency and intensity/magnitude of fraud committed by Dr Shabir Ahmed Parray.

When contacted Dr Kabir Dar, director ISM said: “Such behavior of a doctor earns bad name for the department and for noble profession of doctor See ISM On PG 11..

Srinagar, September 01:A group of Kashmir students on Monday, who were allegedly thrashed in a Chandigarh College, last month, held a protest demanding migration from the institute here in summer capital.

The students, who were holding placards, assembled here Pratap Park and demanded migration from Swami Parmanand College of Engineering & Technology (SPCET). On August 27, the students had told GNS that they were thrashed by local students and residents because they were watching Pakistan

versus Sri Lanka match in their hostel rooms resulting in injuries to 6 students.

However, the students today claimed that they were not assaulted as a result of watching Pakistan match but blamed hostel warden for assaulting them.

“Sandeep Kumar, the warden, abused us and when we asked him to apologize, he instigated local students and they thrashed us ruthlessly,” the students told reporters here. “Despite being thrashed, we preferred silence because we feared for our careers, See College On PG 11..

Anganwadi workers stage protest in summer capital Srinagar, September 01: Jammu and Kashmir Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association (AWHA) on Monday took to streets and staged a protest in support of their demands here in summer capital.

The agitating workers assembled in Press Enclave Lal Chowk here and were

demanding regularization of their jobs, salary inflation, formulation of a pension scheme, immediate enhancement of their remuneration and withdrawal of the plan to privatize ICDS etc.

The protestors carrying banners and placards shouted slogans and demanded regularization of

their services as Class III and Class IV employees and the fixation of their salary, accordingly.

The president (AWHA) Tasleema Subhaan, while expressing concern over the plight of the working classes, said: “Our class has been mostly overlooked by the See Capital On PG 11..

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Japan....

While India is said to be pursuing the deal with Japan on the template of the landmark Indo-US nuclear accord, Tokyo is said to be not that enthusiastic about that being the basis.

The 3.5 trillion yen( 34 billion USD) of investment from Japan to India including Official Development Assositance(ODA) during a 5-year period will be under the aegis of IndiaJapan Investment Promotion Partnership for development of projects including infrastructure and building of smart cities.

The five-year period will also see the doubling of the presence of Japanese firms in India, Abe said.

Thanking Abe for providing him an opportunity to make Japan his first bilateral visit outside South Asia, Modi said," we both have decided to raise the relationship to a special strategic and global partnership by giving it a special emphasis".

Asserting that his visit ushered in a dawn of new era in Indo-Japan relations, Modi said there is no "limit" to partnership between the two countries.

Underlining that a closer and stronger bilateral strategic partnership is indispensable for advancing peace in the world, India and Japan today decided to promote economic and social development and engage with other nations to address regional challenges and promote peaceful resolution of disputes.

This was decided during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe. During the meeting, the two Prime Ministers affirmed their shared belief that "at a time of growing turmoil, tensions and transitions in the world, a closer and stronger strategic partnership between India and Japan is indispensable for a prosperous future for their two countries and for advancing peace, stability and prosperity in the world, in particular, in the inter-connected Asia, Pacific and Indian Ocean Regions".

"The two Prime Ministers decided, in particular, to draw on the strength of their two countries' shared values, convergent interests, and complementary skills and resources to build a strong partnership to promote economic and social development, capacity-building and infrastructure development in other interested countries and regions," a joint statement said.

They also affirmed their intention to engage with other countries in the region and beyond to address the region's challenges, deepen regional cooperation and integration, strengthen regional economic and security forums and promote peaceful resolution of disputes.

Modi said India considers Japan among its closest and most reliable partners and this relationship is "the highest priority for my government".

"This is not only because Japan is a vital partner for India's transformation, but also because India and Japan as two peace-loving and democratic nations can play an influential role in shaping the future of Asia and the world," he said.

"A successful India and a successful Japan will be of benefit to both countries. Even more, the relationship will be a force of peace, stability and prosperity in Asia and the world," the Prime Minister said.

The two Prime Ministers condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, irrespective of their perpetrators, origin and motivations.

They emphasised that the evolving character of terrorism called for stronger international partnership in combating terrorism, including through increased sharing of information and intelligence.

President....

Gold Medals by President of India.

Speaking during the 14th Convocation of the University of Jammu, the President of India Pranab Mukherjee said that universities today need to become drivers of innovation. Their focus should be on collaborative relationships with industry and Government.

Entrepreneurial activities in the universities could take various forms such as contract research, consultancy, patenting, licensing, spin outs, start-ups, incubating companies etc. It is essential that Universities create the right environment for promoting entrepreneurship amongst students as well as academicians.

He extended his good wishes to all the graduating students and hoped that they will do exceedingly well in their chosen careers in the years to come.

He said that he is glad to learn that the University of Jammu is making rapid strides in all areas of its functioning. The Universitythrough its main campus, offsite campuses, affiliated colleges and ,Directorate of Distance Education offers a wide range of programmes in areas such as Arts, Business Studies, Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Education, Law, Engineering and Medicine. Such a vast canvas naturally enables students to fully utilize their potentialities and excel. The University is also involved in world class research through ‘A Large Ion Collider Experiment’ (ALICE) collaboration and is a part of the Indian team involved at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Experiment at the World Laboratory ‘European Council for Nuclear Research’ (CERN), Geneva. The setting up of the National Apple Germplasm Repository at its campus in Bhaderwah is indeed an important step towards conservation of an important genetic resource of the country. I congratulate the University on it being listed as one of the twenty nine universities in the country under the "Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence”(PURSE) programme of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. The University has also hosted, for the first time ever in Jammu & Kashmir, the 101st session of the Indian Science Congress.

These recognitions are a tribute to the quality of leadership as also, in equal measure, to the untiring efforts of the faculty, research and technical staff, students and all other stakeholders.

He further added, “It is also noteworthy that the University has been identified as a "Level 1” point-of-presence on the National Knowledge Network, given that technology and the internet have virtuallyrevolutionized the teaching - learning process. Indeed, it is with a sense of satisfaction that I say that the University of Jammu has created for itself a niche in the academic field. Notwithstanding these achievements, you cannot afford to be complacent and rely on your past laurels. As it is with everything else, as in the field of education also, you will need to constantly strive for excellence in a global order which is dynamic, ever-changing and dismissive of mediocrity.”

Zabarwan Times “Higher education in India faces great challenges today. On a broaderplatform, the XIIth Plan places a high priority on education as an instrument for achieving accelerated and inclusive growth with emphasis on expansion, excellence and equity. Quality up-gradation of state-level institutions, which account for 96 percent of the higher education capacity, needs to be accorded high priority. The Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is an important initiative in this direction”, added Sh. Mukherjee.

He said, “An important focus area is the role of innovation in higher education. While several policy initiatives have been taken in this area, these need to be implemented effectively to revitalize and boost the higher education framework in the country. One concept that has attracted attention, and will mark a paradigm shift in highereducation, is that of the Meta University. The student must be given complete flexibility and be benefited by the expertise, courses of study and infrastructure available in other Universities and institutions of higher learning. Thus, a student enrolled in a management programme in the University of Jammu should be able to take up a course in Philosophy in Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra.

This kind of flexibility will create an environment conducive to innovation and promote inter-disciplinary approaches. It will also expand access while making the best use of technology.”

He further added, “Another inter-linked aspect is that of innovation and entrepreneurship. Realizing the centrality of innovation in the growth and development process, 2010-20 has been declared as the Decade of Innovation. India’s Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policy 2013 emphasizes boosting innovation through research and development (R&D), driven mainly by private sector participation, publishing more research papers, achieving gender parity in S&T and seeking global cooperation. It is here that University’s third axis, the first two being teaching and research, becomes critical. While it is well recognised the world over, enterprise incubation as a part of the academia - industry linkage is still at a nascent stage in India.

Some IITs and IIMs have set up formal incubation centres over the years to foster innovation, research and entrepreneurial activities in technology based areas The State of Jammu and Kashmir is emerging as a knowledge hub in the country with nine universities and more than 300 affiliated colleges.

All these institutions would benefit by collaborating in teaching and research and establishing common research facilities. The University of Jammu should move towards establishing research clusters to enablescholars and faculty members to explore emerging research areas, especially related to local and regional needs, and to collaboratewith industry and research organisations.

Some of the major thrust areas would be Horticulture, Floriculture, Soil dynamics, Seismology, Organic farming, Tourism, Precious gems, Handicrafts etc. I am sure that over time the University shall boast of world class, state-of-the-art research and innovation facilities along with the necessary eco-system to sustain them.”

“Most importantly, however, it will be the quality, spirit and ethosof the students and faculty which will determine the footprints you leave on the sands of time. All the graduating students would do well to remember that they are central to the vision of an India which isdynamic, prosperous, equitous, all embracing and inclusive. I can dono better than quote Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of Nation:"You are the hope of the future. You will be called upon, when you are discharged from your College, to enter upon public life to lead thepoor people of this country. I would, therefore, like you students tohave a sense of your responsibilities and show it in a tangible manner.””

In his presidential address, N. N. Vohra, Governor of J&K state andChancellor, University of Jammu While congratulating University of Jammu for its recent initiatives in the past, called upon the Universities of the state to introduce courses which are job, skill and market oriented. He said that the faculty members should act as motivators and counselors in the process of giving guidance and inspiration to students and focus on value based education and character building for making them good citizens. In a knowledge based society, it is imperative for faculty members to undertake and promote collaborative research that help in solving regional and national issues.

Earlier Prof. Mohan Paul Singh Ishar highlighted the achievements of the University.

Meanwhile Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Monday said that the universities and higher educational institutions and young intellectual vanguard are the crucibles of change towards holistic development.

Addressing the distinguished gathering of scholars, faculty, educationists, students and others at the Jammu University Convocation here this afternoon, the Chief Minister said that human agency alongwith dynamic institutions evolve permutation and combinations that lead to a creativity where synthesis becomes vital in the scheme of things.

The Chief Minister said that the universities, to use a metaphor that all of us can easily identified with, is the hardware of the nature of development while the students and intellectuals are its software. “Both exist in a symbiotic relationship and find sustenance and nourishment from each other. No one is immune from the winds of change”, he said adding that those who do not master this change will be severely disadvantaged.

Omar Abdullah said that in the present new world order, “We must shine within to radiate outward. We must allow wide space and scope for human agency and unleash the creative potential to attain new highs”. He said that an institutional matrix complemented by a dynamic policy design and process especially in the domain of education is the prelude to the transformation that is required.

The Chief Minister said that the State has great institutions of learning and development and the people are proud inheritors and legates of glorious intellectual traditions that go back to millennia. “It is these fine traditions and legacies that we need to build upon and use as catalysts for a more vigorous transformation that keep us for ahead of the learning curve and change”, he said elaborating that this can happen once the intellectual and others hold hands together and master the change and transformation.

This, he said calls for a new outlook, a new attitude and temper. “In this scheme the young generation and young intellectual have a significant role to play which is full of responsibilities and calls for co-evolution of institutions, student community and intellectual fraternity in a direction that is salubrious and healthy”, he said and added that responsibility greatly lies on young scholars and students. He said that students equipped with knowledge and understandings have to take on the world with confidence and determination. “You are empowered individuals and upon you are also social responsibilities”, he told the

passing out students adding that they have to shoulder local, national and global responsibilities.

Wishing the passing out students all success in life ahead, the Chief Minister advised them to face all challenges and difficulties with bravely and confidently.

“The degrees which have been the result of hard work, dedication and scholarly endeavours that we will give out validate your intellectual capacities, capabilities and academic credentials and integrity.

This, however, is just the beginning. The more significant challenges lie ahead. Armed and equipped with knowledge, the ability to think critically and clearly, and new skill sets, you will now find yourselves centre stage in a world transformed. The challenges are immense and profound. I have no doubt in my mind that all of you will take these on with gusto, make us proud

BJP.... he is talking about Bollywood glitz.” Jehangir said, “People are fed up of Family Raaj and they will give a befitting reply to Abdullahs in coming elections.

Claims of Omar will stand punctured within a few months as NC will lose it address in JK.” “Omar has sensed defeat and his utterances are an ample proof it,” he added. (GNS)

Bank....

He encouraged them to avail the benefit of the loan schemes which attract low rate of interest to improve their economic conditions.

Since maximum population of the village is engaged in Shawl, Sozni and Crewel works, they were urged to register themselves with handicrafts department and avail the financial support from banks under ACC scheme which attracts low rate of the interest easily affordable for every artisan.

Representative from handicrafts department educated the village artisans about the formalities and procedures for obtaining Artisan Credit Cards from the department and availing credit facilities from banks to boost their activity under the scheme.

The audience was informed about the services offered

by J&K Bank RSETIs while providing free of cost skill training to rural poor and enabling them to start their own units with the assistance of bank finance.

Explaining to the audience at Brail Khansahib, FLCC Budgam emphasized the need of covering each household under financial inclusion and connecting them with financial system so that everyone gets benefited from the fruits of financial and economic development of the state.

Besides continuing with developmental and promotional initiatives in the area of farm & non- farm agriculture sector, the camp in Suzeth was organised to give boost to sericulture activity through a package of incentives from NABARD at state and central level and through formation of Farmers Club.

Speaking on the occasion, LDM Budgam apprised the participants about the sericulture activity, which falls under priority sector and assured of financial support from all the banks in the district.

Deputy Director Sericulture NABARD assured the participants that the efforts were being made at state level to bring the said activity under KCC scheme enabling them to get all the benefits of the scheme including interest subvention.

ISM.... and entails stringent disciplinary action against the delinquent officer. The department is going to take disciplinary action under rules against Dr. Shabir Ahmad Parray, Medical Officer for committing fraud and for his unbecoming of a Government servant.”

(KNS)

College.... but after sometime we were again thrashed but this by locals. Many among us sustained injuries,” they said.

The students said they are not secure in the institute and demanded admission in Kashmir colleges. “We want migration because we are not secure there. Our lives are under threat,” they added. (GNS)

Capital.... government. We have no other option than to protest for our demands.”

The police swung into action after the protest swelled.

As a preventive measure police detained the vice president Khawaja Naseem, general secretary Rafiqa Khanum, and the president Tasleema Subhaan. All of workers were released later on, the police said. (GNS)

Traffic Police organizes seminar on drug addiction in Bla Baramulla, Sep 01: A daylong seminar on drug addic-

tion and its lethal consequences was organized by the J&K Traffic Police Rural at Sheerwani Hall Baramulla today. The objective of the seminar was to highlight the impacts and miserable effects of narcotic drugs on human life on the occasion.

Deputy Commissioner Baramulla said that the cigarette smoking and use of drugs during driving has become crucial problems in the society, resulting accidents and loss of human life. He stressed upon youth to cooperate with the administration and police in eradicating the bad menace.

While throwing light on the symptoms and outcomes of disease like asthma, heart attack, bronchitis, hypertension and cardio vascular disease, Deputy Inspector General of Police North Kashmir said that drug addiction not only results in human resource loss but also in moral degradation of civilized society. He said that the need of the hour is to provide awareness in schools and colleges to curb this evil.

Besides college students and prominent citizens and drivers association participated in the seminar. (GNS)

Regular Highway Status updates on new android software: IGP Traffic Srinagar, Sep 01: (GNS) The Inspector General of Police Traffic, J&K, through a press release has informed

the public in general and motorists in particular that Traffic Police has introduced an Android Software “JK Traffic Police NHW” which can be downloaded for free from Google Play Store/Android market. The Software which has been got developed for Traffic NHW Ramban will provide regular Highway status updates, general do’s & don’ts for drivers and other road users, Contact numbers of the Police, vulnerable areas/interims of accident prone areas etc.

The IGP has further said that Traffic Police National Highway has also introduced Close User Group (CUG) system–public outreach, Toll Free No.18001807043, for quick response, besides; he said 20 vehicles of Traffic National Highway have been fitted with “Hi-Tech GPS Tracking Devices”.

He said under the public outreach compaign, feedback window to seek feedback regarding the working of Traffic Police NHW and suggestions, inputs to improve the working of Traffic Police will also be available. (GNS)

Take snowbound areas into consideration: NC appeals ECI Srinagar, Sep 1 (KNS): Reacting over the reports that

the upcoming state elections in the state may be held in mid December or early January, the ruling National Conference Monday said that the election commission should consider the snow bound mountainous areas of the state.

Talking to KNS, NC provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani said that the party has no objection with the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) that the polls in the state shall be held in December- January. He maintained that the snow bound regions and the mountainous areas of Kashmir must be looked into so that election process in those areas could be held amicably.

He maintained that the new government in Jammu and Kashmir be formed around January 5. “We in 2008 had the same schedule of elections. The last phase of elections in 2008 were slated during the last week of December in Srinagar while as in the far flung areas of the state, the process was already concluded.”

Pertinently, the reports earlier informed that Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand may witness elections in late December-early January. The Election Commission is working on the schedules and may announce the programme for Maharashtra and Haryana by the middle of September. (KNS)

AICTE counseling in Valley:

Limited choice of colleges being given: Students Srinagar, Sep 1 (KNS): The students undergoing

counseling for the Prime Minister’s scholarship programme by AICTE, Monday said that they are being given limited choice of colleges that too in North India region only.

The students while talking to KNS stated that counseling by AICTE team is being conducted in SP College of Srinagar from the last few days and that the choice being offered to the students if merely from the 20 north India colleges.

They added that when they brought the issue before the notice of the AICTE officials, who are at present on valley tour, the officials shrugged their shouldersstating that only in these colleges, the students can enroll themselves.

Reports informed KNS that there are around 8-10 AICTE officials including the Director Administration on the state tour and are holding counseling sessions in Srinagar’s S.P college. It was informed further that under the scholarship program, various courses are being offered to the students of valley including Engineering, BDS, BBA, MBA besides several others.

The students said that despite there are AICTE approved institutions across India in hundreds, why the limited 20 colleges are being offered to them. Smelling rat into the issue, the students stated that there must be the wide choice into the scholarship scheme so that they could chose the institute wherein they would feel secure.

Meanwhile, after the repeated attempts, the contact with the director administration Dr R.S. Rathore could not fructify. (KNS) 4449 posts of doctors, paramedics vacant Srinagar, Sep 1 (KNS): There are 1144 posts of doctors in the state lying vacant while as around 3305 posts of paramedics yet to be filled.

According to the KNS correspondent, there are 4449 posts of doctors and paramedics staff lying vacant in the state with the government assuring that the speedy measures are being taken for the filing up of the posts.

The details maintained further that the CT scan facility is available in four district hospitals of Kashmir division and that the remaining district hospitals will be provided such facility in phased manner, subject to the availability of funds. The government however admitted that there is no MRI facility available at the district hospital.

While proving the details about Jammu region, the government stated that there is no MRI facility in the health institutions of the Jammu division. However, the government maintained that CT scan facility is available is district hospitals Katua, Udampur, Dodo, Kishtiwar, Poonch, Rajoori, Ramban, Government hospital Gandhinagar and SDH Bhaderwah. The state authorities stated that in district hospital Samba and Reasi, the installation of CT scan is under process.

(KNS)

09 injured in road mishaps Srinagar, Sep 1 (KNS): Nine persons were injured in

different road accidents across the valley.

A motorcycle bearing registration number JK03/8638 collided with Tata 407 vehicle bearing registration number JK01F/3610 at Halmulla in the jurisdiction of police station Bijbehara Anantnag, resulting in injuries to the motorcyclist Syed Altaf and pillion Syed Aadil residents of Magam Kokernag. Both the injured persons have been shifted to Hospital for treatment. Bijbehara police has registered a case in this regard.

Meanwhile, an Eon car met with an accident at Wussan crossing Tangmarg resulting in injuries to two persons including the driver of the car. Both the injured were shifted to Sub District hospital for treatment. Baramulla police has registered a case in this regard.In another accident, five persons were injured when truck bearing registration number JK01A/2388 and a Maruti van Bearing registration number 8152/ JK03C meet with an accident on NHW near Lasjan bridge.

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Telangana govt completes three eventful months HYDERABAD: The first govK Chandrasekhar Rao to also taken up several exercises ernment of the newly-formed GHMC: Reclaim encroached govt to ensure that the schemes are Telangana state under K Chan- landK Chandrasekhar Rao to be not misused, one of the and their drasekhar Rao has completed sworn in as first CM of Telanga- benefits are not cornered by the three months in office. na tomorrowTelangana is born undeserving.

It is too early to assess the performance of the maiden government.

Suffice to say that despite facing teething troubles, the TRS regime has shown earnestness to resolve the issues faced by the state and formulate plans to bring development and prosperity to the people.

The first challenge that Telangana faces is the truant monsoon that has the potential to adversely affect the kharif crop, thereby putting strain on the government’s finances. Infrastructural bottlenecks due to severe power shortage are also adding to the woes of the people. The bureaucracy is yet to become fully functional as the final allotment of All India Service (IAS, IPS and IFS) as 29th state, K Chandrasekhar Government is spending officers and the division of the Rao takes oath as fi...Govt gears thousands of crores on welfare state-level staff is pending. The up for kharif crop, more land schemes such as scholarships state’s financial position is pre- under SRIMohammed Saleem and fee reimbursement, pensions carious, as the tax flow has not hosts iftaar party at Exhibition for senior citizens, widows and gained momentum.

Ground in Hyderabad disabled, Rs one a kg rice scheme, The TRS government un-Agency While focusing on welfare power for farmers, ArogyasLone News Kangan Khan free News Agency Ganderbal veiled its vision for Telangana schemes, particularly for the ri, Deepam programme and subGulzar Soura castes, scheduled Zahidsidized Book Depot Chadoora and its people through the News gov- Agency scheduled housing among others.

Tariq News Bashir News Agency Nowhatta ernor’s address to the state leg-Agency tribes,Hawal backward classes, miAll schemes are meant for islature in the maiden session Ali in News norities, women and Bazar disabled the News below-the-poverty line (BPL) Muzaffar Agency Alamgari Budshah Agency Lal Chowk June this year. theChowk government has families varied Abdullah Newspersons, Agency Lal Sikendar Newswith Agency Lal criteria Chowk of

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income ceiling and other conditionalities. However, countless ineligible persons have been availing the said benefits.

The TRS government has decided to continue all the welfare schemes, besides introducing a few new ones, by focusing on the delivery mechanism. The quantum of assistance under pension schemes is being raised.

The overall allocations for SCs, STs, BCs and minorities are being raised to Rs 20,000 crore per annum over a five-year period. Government has promised to hike reservations for Muslims and the scheduled tribes to 12 percent each, in keeping with their proportion to the total population of the state.

Since the scholarships and fees reimbursement schemes constitute a big chunk of the allocations earmarked for the SCs, STs, BCs and minorities, the government has sought to modify the scheme to weed out undeserving’ beneficiaries and participating colleges on the one hand and focus on “Telangana sons-of-thesoil” on the other.

Although lakhs of people from other regions and states settled in Telangana since 58 years raised concerns over the nativity issue, it has raised hopes among the natives of Telangana that they

Gupkari News Agency Lal Chowk Raina News Agency Gund Kangan Khan News Agency Regal Chowk Rashid News Agency Dalgate Sheikh News Agency Hyderpora Hilal News Agency Budgam Lone News Agency Tangmarg Bhat News Agency Chadoora Bhat News Agency Magam Zargar News Agency Kunzar Dar News Agency Beerwah Bashir News Agency Sumbal Reshi News Agency Safapora Saleem News Agency Pattan LUCKNOW: Stung by electoral setBasharat News Agency Bandipora Reyaz News Agency Pampore Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh was on was not convinced with the total project- backs, BSP chief Mayawati, addressAltaf News Agency Pulwama Javaid News Agency Qazigund Monday arrested on orders by a Delhi ed requirement of the vehicles and it ap- ing her party workers on Sunday, fell Jeelani News Agency News Agencyhas Sopore court, which dismissed his bail plea for al- Baramulla peared to him that G.M the requirement back on castigating the upper castes legedly offering Rs 14 crore bribe to then been inflated, the agency said, addingHandwara Shah News Agency Kupwara Sultanhad News Agency for their alleged anti-dalit agenda. She Army Chief GeneralYounis V.K. Singh clear- Langate V.K. Singh had sought fresh opinion on the Islamabad Newsfor Agency Sheikh News Agency said the upper castes have historically ing file pertaining to procurement of 1,676 issue from different quarters.

News Agency Islamabad Three Wayhad News Agencytried Tral to mislead the dalits into believheavy mobility TatraReshi vehicles.

In its charge sheet, the CBI alleged ing that Ambedkar gave News Agency Special CBI JudgeTurray MadhuNews Jain Agency rejected Tral that Tejinder Singh Badru met V.K. Singh in hisBijbehara them a “backward idenTejinder Singh’s bailRahi application and sent office in South Block Malik on September 22, 2010,Arwani News Agency Kulgam News Agency tity” while treating them him to judicial custody till October 20. and during the meeting, he had offered a Rah News Agency Byepass Shaheen News Agency Kargil as their slaves. This per-

Tejinder Singh arrested in Tatra deal case

“Take him into custody,” the judge said.

“To come up for scrutiny of documents and arguments on charge on October 20,” the court said.

The court had taken cognisance of the charge sheet on August 28 after relying upon the statements of former Defence Minister A.K. Antony, V. K. Singh and other witnesses whose testimonies were recorded by the agency during the probe.

The CBI in its charge sheet had alleged that in August-September 2010, the file pertaining to procurement of 1,676 Tatra vehicles was pending before V.K. Singh.

The then Chief of Army Staff (COAS)

Mayawati reverts to upper caste bashing

bribe of Rs 14 crore to V.K. Singh for clearing the file of Tatra vehicles by first week of October.

V.K. Singh got infuriated and asked Tejinder Singh to immediately leave his office and he, thereafter, intimated Mr. Antony about the whole incident of bribe being offered to him, the CBI had said.

The charge sheet had claimed that Mr. Antony had confirmed having been informed by V.K. Singh about such offer of bribe made to him about by Tejinder Singh.

A case was lodged by CBI against Tejinder Singh on October 19, 2012, following complaint by V.K. Singh.

Centre to SC: Don’t cancel all coal blocks The government on Monday appealed to the Supreme Court not to cancel all the coal blocks that have been declared illegal.

Attorney general Mukul Rohtagi told the court that 40 of the 218 coal blocks in the country were ready for production and they should not be scrapped.

The attorney general also told a Supreme Court hearing that the government was open to re-auctioning the coal blocks if their allocations are revoked.

Last week the court had stopped short of de-allocating the blocks, and said the issue required further hearing. 155 of the blocks were allotted by the previous UPA regime and 63 by the NDA government under AB Vajpayee.

The court found the allocations “arbitrary, unfair and illegal” and that guidelines were observed more in the breach. The court also slammed the government for the “lack of objective criteria, and criteria for evaluation of comparative merits.”

nicious upper caste attitude, she said, was adopted to deny dalits the benefits of quota.

Mayawati, who after her 2007 electoral victory had advocated upper caste entry into the BSP, said the dalits were not only enslaved by the British but also by the upper caste. “Ambedkar used to visit the colonies of dalits to get them enlisted in the scheduled caste list so that they could avail of the benefits of reservation.

Around the same time, the upper caste people too came to dalits and tried to convince them that Ambedkar was fooling them in the name of reservation,” she said.

“The Brahmins and upper caste people used to tell the dalits that by getting reservation, they would always be categorized as lower caste. This was a big conspiracy,” she told BSP workers. According to a reliable source at the meeting, those present included senior Brahmin leaders of the party like Satish Chandra Mishra, Ramveer Upadhayay and Brajesh Pathak. Subsequently, Mayawati said, the dalits were converted into “fake Brahmins, Thakur and Baniyas”. Mayawati asserted the BSP cadres needed to work among dalits who were once again being fooled by the upper castes.

No nuke deal, but Japan, India agree to boost strategic ties at Tokyo summit TOKYO: Japan and India agreed on Monday to strengthen strategic ties as Asia’s second and third biggest economies keep a wary eye on a rising China, and agreed to accelerate talks on the possible sale of an amphibious aircraft to India’s navy.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi also agreed to speed up talks on a so-far elusive deal on nuclear energy cooperation.

“The two prime ministers reaffirmed the importance of defence relations between Japan and India in their strategic partnership and decided to upgrade and strengthen them,” Abe and Modi said in a statement after a summit in Tokyo.

The two countries agreed to pursue comprehensive security and defence cooperation, including maritime security.

“Concerning economic matters,

we have agreed to move towards a common goal of dramatically increasing Japan’s investment in India,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on the occasion.

Dawn of a new era in India-Japan relations. Special Strategic & Global partnership launched. http://t. co/4QtN1qyBaw — Syed Akbaruddin (@MEAIndia) September 1, 2014 Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Shinzo Abe for inviting him and said he was happy that within 100 days of becoming PM he got the opportunity to visit Japan.

“The attention which Shinzo Abe accorded to me during this visit shows his love for India,” Modi said adding, “the visit had raised hopes for the future.” Japan to invest $33.5 bn in infra projects: ModiIn Japan, Modi and Abe bond over temple

Case of sexual harassment at Visva-Bharati: No bail for accused SANTINIKETAN: A Bolpur court on Sunday turned down the bail plea of three students of Visva-Bharati’s Kala Bhavana and remanded them to three days in police custody for “sexually tormenting” a girl, also a first-year fine arts student from Sikkim. The fourth accused is still on the run.

The three accused — Anirudhha Karmakar, Anirban Giri and Masum Asick Molla — were arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged

by Visva-Bharati’s proctor Harish Chandra after a university sexual harassment committee found four people responsible for the crime.

The move by Visva-Bharati authorities to lodge an FIR was partly prompted by Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling reacting to the incident strongly. Chamling termed the incident as unacceptable.

“The state government will do whatever it takes to secure justice for the girl and her family so that their reputation and dignity are not tarnished. I request all the concerned authorities of Visva-Bharati

would get attention now.

There are numerous promises that the TRS has made in its election manifesto. As the party which formed the first government of the new state, it has both tremendous responsibility and opportunity to translate its assurances into action.

People are eager to see implementation of its promise of free education from KG to PG. However, long-term plans such as making Telangana a power surplus state and bringing irrigation waters to each of the 100-odd assembly segments in the rural areas are promises that may take longer to fructify.

Over the last three months, KCR and his cabinet colleagues have thoroughly reviewed the performance of various departments and schemes and also come up with several announcements.

Apart from unveiling measures to give a fillip to the agriculture sector through focus on creation of irrigation facilities, the government has contemplated mega plans to provide a boost to industry, infrastructure and services sectors, besides making Hyderabad a truly global city. All the grandiose plans require lakhs of crores over the next 15 to 20 years to achieve “Bangaru Telangana.”

University and the government of West Bengal to take appropriate action for speedy justice so that the dignity of the girl and her family are redeemed. The state government is confident of assistance and

The state government will do whatever it takes to secure justice for the girl and her family so that their reputation and dignity are not tarnished. cooperation from the concerned authorities,” he said in a statement.

The girl had reported the matter to the Kala Bhavana principal on Tuesday. She was admitted and treated in the varsity hospital for

two days.

The absconding fourth accused from Bolpur used to frequent the university campus, police said.

“We have clues on his whereabouts.

Raids are on. We expect to get more information after interrogating the three accused,” Bolpur SDPO Surya Prasad Yadav said. Yadav said police would meet the varsity doctor where the girl was admitted on Monday. “Medical reports will be the key.” The absconding fourth accused from Bolpur used to frequent the university campus, police said. “We have clues on his whereabouts. Raids are on. We expect to get more information after interrogating the three accused,” Bolpur SDPO Surya Prasad Yadav said. Yadav said police would meet the varsity doctor where the girl was admitted on Monday. “Medical reports will be the key.”

The three accused were arrested on the basis of an FIR filed by the varsity’s proctor. The FIR was partly prompted by the Sikkim CM’s strong reaction to the incident.

tour; will hold talksTrying to bring the Japanese level of efficiency in PMO: ModiPM Modi visits Kinkakuji Temple in JapanIndia, Japan sign MoU to develop Varanasi into ‘smart city’ 10 things to know about the IndiaJapan partnershipModi deplores ‘expansionist’ tendency of some nationsModi announces special management team for Japan’Japan aims to double India investment in 5 years’Modi narrates story of Lord Krishna to students Modi hailed Abe for announcing investment to the tune of $ 35 billion and said, “ PM Abe has understood my vision and assured support in various sectors.”

On the nuclear deal, Shinzo Abe said, “I had frank discussion on this issue, we are able to deepen our understanding on both sides.

Rajnath has no plans to meet Pak counterpart

NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Monday dismissed reports that Rajnath Singh has plans to meet his Pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of the Saarc conference in Nepal later this month.The home minister’s office said in a tweet that Singh was of the firm opinion that terror and talks cannot go together.“Unless Pakistan stops terrorism and violence no dialogue is possible,” the home minister’s office said.The home minister will visit Nepal on September 18 and 19 to attend the SAARC home ministers’ conference.

BJP forms committee to coordinate govt social schemes

To ensure that NDA’s social welfare schemes such as the recently-launched Jan Dhan Yojna are well-publicised and reach the people, the BJP has formed a committee comprising Union Ministers and party leaders, which will coordinate between the government and the party.

The initiative is to make sure that the social schemes have the active participation of the people and reach the beneficiary.One of the major reasons for setting up the highpowered panel is to make sure that the schemes were not ‘hijacked’ by middle-men, sources said.The committee comprises Ministers Ananth Kumar, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Kumar and Smriti Irani and BJP leaders Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, J.P. Nadda, Ram Lal and Bhupinder Yadav.“The panel will ensure that government’s social welfare programmes are communicated properly and have maximum people’s participation. The party wants to ensure that the schemes do reach the people.”

02. 09 .2014

HOROSCOPE Aries

March 21-April 19

Don’t discount your ability to be extremely resourceful if you need to be, Aries. If you don’t have everything you need or all of the required information, take time to think. Who can you ask? What places can you access? Who might know where you can find what you need? Rather than panic because the pieces aren’t all there, instead make a list of contacts and go for it. Trust in yourself.

Taurus April 20-May 20

Try not to let today’s blues get you down, Taurus. While it’s true that some days can seem to drag on, the busier you are the faster time will pass. Get down to finishing any work still before you and then make plans for tonight. If there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, not only will things seem to speed up but you’ll feel better knowing it’s coming.

Gemini May 21-June 21

Dare to be different, Gemini. It can be so easy to fall into a drill.

Sleeping at the same time, eating at the same time, wearing the same style, and going about work the same way day after day. Before you know it, you feel like you’re in a rut. The only way to get away from this is to make a decision to break free by doing something unique. Try a new haircut. Wear colors that are unusual for you. If the need is there, consider a new career. Pursue expansion.

Cancer June 22-July 22

If your lifestyle is considerably different than that of others, resist feeling self-conscience about it today, Cancer. Try to remember that you chose the life you have for specific reasons. Even if you’ve come to a point where you’re considering a change, there’s no need to feel badly, ashamed, or embarrassed about where you are now. Everyone has to make his or her own way. If this conforms to the norm, that’s fine. If it doesn’t, that’s fine, too.

Leo

July 23-August 22 An enhanced feeling of determination could motivate you today, Leo. Finish the things that aren’t complete and make some plans for this evening. Don’t hesitate to take on something that feels complicated or big. Chances are you’ll be able to handle most anything and it will feel great when it’s finished. Enjoy your day by making the most of opportunity.

Virgo

August 23-September 22

Feeling the effects of today’s energies, Virgo? Take heart if this is the case, because the end of the tunnel isn’t as far away as it seems. Do your best to take things one step at a time and see about making some plans for a little fun this evening. Get together with friends or take in a movie. Help yourself feel better by staying busy and focused and follow up with some recreation. Before you know it, the aspect will pass and you’ll be back to normal.

Libra

September 23-October 23 Consider making some plans for a vacation or short getaway, Libra. Looking forward to something fun can make even the toughest of days far easier to handle. You’ll be amazed how much you can manage when there’s an end in plain sight. Your entire attitude can lighten. So take the bull by the horns and create an incentive for yourself. Do something special to reward the hard work you do day after day.

Scorpio

October 24-November 21 Don’t judge someone if he or she has a different lifestyle than what you consider to be OK, Scorpio. You probably lean toward the traditional, yet not everyone feels this way about relationships, working, or lifestyle. While it may seem impossible to understand and even frighten you, try not to be too harsh on those you deem odd. You’d be better off using that energy to keep your own life on track.

Sagittarius November 22-December 21

Friends seeking advice or a shoulder to cry on could be plentiful today, Sagittarius. You’re one of best people to give them the support and care they need. Just be sure that you don’t give so much to others that you don’t have anything left for yourself. True friendship is about sharing and the exchange of problems and help. Running yourself down will leave you in a place where you aren’t going to be much help to anyone.

Capricorn December 22-January 19

Getting through today shouldn’t pose too big a problem for you, Capricorn. You may feel a huge second wind that can give you the drive and determination to see your chores and projects through. Make some plans for this evening, such as getting together with friends or taking in an event that really intrigues you.

Until then, go about your tasks bit by bit. You’ll get things finished before you know it.

Aquarius January 20-February 18

Working within boundaries and restrictions could really get to you today, Aquarius. Yours is an independent spirit and your best achievements are often born of doing things your own way. Yet like it or not, we all have to follow guidelines and rules. Do your best to follow suit and finish what needs to be done. Afterward, you may find more freedom to act independently without consequences. Exercise patience and diligence as needed today.

Pisces

February 19-March 20 Chances are that you’ll feel upbeat and positive today, Pisces.

Consider sharing this energy with those around you who are feeling less than content. Your attitude can have a profound effect on friends, partners, spouses, and children. Even neighbors and extended family can pick up on your spirit without you even realizing it. Share your optimism with everyone you can today. If you see someone hurt or angry.

EDITORIAL / OPINION EDITORIAL Editorial/Opinion The Daily Quote of the day

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IICT Srinagar: In Pursuit of Excellence in Carpet Industry in J&K

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he Indian Institute of Carpet Technology Srinagar (IICT) is an ISO 9001:2008 certified autonomous institute, established by office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of textiles, Government of India and the Department of Industries & Commerce (Directorate of Handicrafts), Government of Jammu & Kashmir. The IICT, Srinagar has been set up to provide technical support and development support to the carpet industries specific to Jammu & Kashmir.

The main activities of IICT Srinagar revolve around Human Resource & Development (HRD), Research & Development(R&D), Design Creation and Development(DCD)and other Technical services to the industry. The IICT, Srinagar is a satellite centre of Institute of Carpet technology, Bhadohi, UP. The institute commenced functioning in the year 200405. It is managed by an Executive Committee headed by Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, J&K Government.

Carpet Designs & Talim Scripts IICT has introduced a modern technique which is a locally developed Carpet Design Software, in the field of carpet designing wherein carpet designs are automatically converted into Talim Scripts (a unique Coded Pattern). The designs herein created and developed are preserved for ever. This innovation has eased the design work enormously as it used to take months together for a group of persons comprising of Naqash (Designer), Talim Writer and a Talim Copyist to make the carpet design of standard size and to transfer the design drafted on graph paper (outline only) into the coded pattern known as talim in the local language. With the help of this technology, one can view the complete design on the monitor of a computer before actually going for manufacture.

Modern Carpet Loom After an extensive research for more than four years (2005-2008), the Institute conceived the design of Modern Carpet Loom, first of its kind in the entire country, and developed its one prototype. This was

aimed at improving the working conditions of the carpet artisans. The necessary testing and trial runs of this prototype were conducted at the Institute for more than two years and its working was observed on regular basis. After additional trial runs in more than 100 carpet training centres of State and Central Government were conducted to make them user friendly, these looms were approved for introduction in the carpet industry of the State.

Subsequently, Office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India has earmarked funds to the tune of 32.0 Crores for the introduction of 8000 such looms in the carpet Industry under Mega Carpet Cluster Project as per funding pattern of 80:20 as the share of Government of India and State Government respectively which implies that Modern Carpet Loom along with the sitting bench shall be made available to the artisans free of cost.

The Institute has distributed first consignment of 500 Modern Carpet Looms in 10 districts of Kashmir division (50 looms/district) in July 2012.

Skill Up-gradation To educate and upgrade their skill and broaden their information & Knowledge base, IICT has devised Skill Upgradation/Orientation Training/ Design Workshop programmes for over 1700 persons comprising of Artisans, Designers, Talim Writers, Washer-men etc. This will help in manufacturing best quality carpets as per the current market requirements which in turn will address the issue of low economic returns to the artisans.

Infrastructural Facilities The Institute has set up Design Studio with latest digital equipments wherein 561 Carpet and 107 Kani Shawl Designs in the digital form were developed with the application of Carpet Design Software.

IICT generated revenue of Rs 13.17 Lacs from the industry while providing these on nominal charges.

Library has been set up with relevant books and magazines of international repute for the reference of Industry & trade. Design Bank has been set up for the carpet craft in the digital format wherein

287 old/traditional carpet designs presently available in the form of manually written Talim paper scripts (coded pattern) have been digitised so far.

The digitised designs are preserved forever and can be recreated as per the current market requirements. Besides, Testing Laboratory for Physical and Chemical Testing of raw materials like Silk, Wool, Cotton etc., has been set up.

A detailed research study has been completed by the Institute to look for ways and means to streamline the process of carpet washing which has remained unchanged since centuries together and to standardise the use of chemicals and auxiliaries to improve the finishing of carpets.

Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) The Institute has introduced two unique Short and Long term courses under Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS) of Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. Under the programme, over four thousand persons shall be trained, over a period of five years, with the objective to develop a trained human resource for the carpet Industry in Kashmir division. Besides, it is aimed to create additional self employment opportunities for the educated unemployed youth in the Handicrafts sector by providing them requisite technical and entrepreneurial skills so that they could set up their own income generating units for the growth and development of the Carpet Industry.

Under the scheme, 4200 candidates from eight districts of Kashmir division viz Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla, Budgam, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Pulwama & Srinagar, shall be trained under four months Certificate Course in Carpet Manufacturing (CCCM) and 100 candidates shall be trained under One year Diploma in Carpet Technology & Entrepreneurship Development (DCTED). The scheme is in progress since January 2012.

Mega Carpet Cluster Project A massive Skill up-gradation and Capacity Building programme under

Mega Carpet Cluster project sanctioned b y O ff ic e o f th e D e v e lo p me n t Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India and Industries & Commerce Department, Government of Jammu & Kashmir has recently been launched at seven different areas of district Srinagar.

Around 4000 carpet artisans of Srinagar District shall be trained over a period of three years. The objective of this programme is to educate the artisans about quality of Raw Materials, Yarn Dyeing, Carpet Designing (Traditional/Modern), Carpet Finishing, Quality Control & its importance, Marketing & Marketing Techniques, Formation of SHG’s/ Clusters/ Cooperative Societies & their benefits and to sensitize them about the Modern Carpet Loom designed by IICT, Srinagar.

Awareness Camps In addition, awareness sessions about the developmental schemes of various departments and organizations are organized so that artisans can avail benefits from such schemes. Awareness camps were organized at Shangus (Anantnag), Devsar (Kulgam), Reyar Khan Sahib (Budgam), and Ajas (Bandipora) for setting up of Carpet Production Centers.

Around 1000 artisans and carpet weavers participated in these awareness cum interactive camps.

Study tours and field visits are also organized to broaden the horizon of their practical exposure so that artisans can assimilate changes that are taking place at the national and international level.

Studies IICT has undertaken successful completion of study on feasibility and suitability of locally produced high quality reeled Mulberry Silk as raw material for Hand knotted Silk Carpets instead of spun silk yarn being imported from outside the State.

In order to provide legal protection and safeguard against use of registered Geographical Indication by others, the Institute is presently working on the project of “Registration of Kashmiri Hand Knotted Silk Carpets under Geographical Indication Act”.

Bharat Nirman Volunteers - Agents of Rural Awakening

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Bharat Nirman Volunteer (BNV) is an individual who comes voluntarily from a rural household to act as an organic link between a group of families and hosts of various line departments with a purpose to ensure the unreached households to access benefits under various government sponsored progarmmes. In other words, they are “the last mile human connectivity between programmes and the unreached”.

Till date, 31,000 volunteers have enrolled as BNVs in different states of the country and the target is to enrol around one lakh sixty thousand by March this year.

Why Bharat Nirman Volunteers?

The Government and the State Governments concerned have been implementing various welfare and development programmes for over many decades, however many evaluation studies have shown the gaps in implementation of the programmes affecting the delivery of benefits to the intended BPL families. The delivery mechanisms placed at different levels are limited in size and the inadequate time to reach out to the targeted rural households also make the schemes reach not only untimely but also undeserving.

Therefore, in order to provide the human face at the last mile connectivity with the rural households, it is envisaged to use the potential youth in the name of Bharat Nirman Volunteers (BNVs) to create awareness about all welfare and development programmes among rural households for better planning and quality implementation of programmes with transparency and accountability.

Why should they work voluntarily?

Over a period of time, the rural fabric has suffered due to factors like mushrooming of local power groups, lack of unity among various communities, lack of awareness

about issues concerning them, indifference of the service delivery sectors, lack of awareness about procedural aspects of programme implementation and therefore, the benefits of different government programmes are not reaching the poor deserving households. Moreover, participation of rural families in the process of planning and implementation of various welfare and development programmes is found to be inadequate. Therefore, voluntary involvement of villagers themselves, particularly youth was found necessary to provide opportunities to participate in socio-economic change, for village development whereby development of their own households was possible.

BNVs found perceptible change in their personality/attitudes, they earned selfrespect, recognition and in the event of achieving any milestones, the feeling that “we did it” gave enormous self-esteem.

The training imparted to them emphasized values and morality coupled with the objectives of all the development schemes of the government has attracted their attention to several of the social ills afflicting their communities from ages like alcoholism to migration to school drop outs to issues of the rural economy, governance and planning. The way in which they put to good use the institutions of the gram sabha, gram panchayat and the instruments of committees for resolving issues amicably and in a disciplined and planned manner was amazing, nay unimaginable. They went to the extent of confronting the entrenched power structures and brought them to fall in line with their development agenda.

Village after village reported that they had cleaned up the streets, removed garbage, cleaned up tanks, laid out approach roads through shramdan and at times with their own hard earned money contributed. Some

of them identified destitute families with single women headed households with dependents for whom the PDS rice was insufficient. The volunteers contributed the deficit amount of rice to each of these families to ensure they had three meals every day. Several of the volunteers are planning to set up alternative sources of energy for lighting up their villages seeking funds from government schemes. Some are planning for solar street lighting and some even for solar cookers and lighting even for their homes. Long standing disputes between various sections in the village have been resolved and amity restored. The BNVs have managed to get all the departments at the mandal level to respond to the unfulfilled requests of the community. Several of them have got the administration to identify and notify place for burial grounds, play grounds and some have got buses to ply to their villages. Almost all the villages are reporting efforts to weed out belt shops (liquor vending shops) and many have succeeded in closing them down. Some have banned the sale of pan and ghutka in the village shops.

Many reported a 100 % ISLs coverage.

Many have approached the administration for construction of drainage lines. One of the villages has included individual soak pits for every household as it’s goal and they are confident of achieving it shortly. In some villages open air libraries are commissioned. The magazines and newspapers are kept in a small room until the evening and they are brought to the choupal built around a tree in the evening when a large group enjoys silent reading. After they finish for the day the material is put back in the room by a BNV incharge of the task.

All the BNVs are instilled with “volunteerism” in the APARD’s training program facilitated by resource persons as varied as psychologists from Osmania

University , Brahma Kumaries, the Lead India Foundation started by Abdul Kalam ,the former President of India, veteran activist journalists and the progressive sarpanches and the APARD. The most important dimension of this experiment is that all these volunteers get no financial support or honoraria from any source whatsoever. On the contrary, they spend their own money for expenses to give

Several of the

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alternative sources of energy for lighting up their villages

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government schemes. contributions to various causes as and when required. They have proved that village communities are not dormant nor are they incapable of solving their problems. They have amply proved that they can actualize the long unfulfilled dreams of their community that would surely lead to improvement in the quality of living in rural Andhra Pradesh. One incredible development APARD noticed is the healthy working relationships that emerged between the elected representatives and BNVs contrary to the earlier apprehensions of conflicts and confrontations.

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