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One dies in road mishap Srinagar, Feb 2: One person died while his sustained injuries in a road accident in Pattan area of Baramulla District this morning. A Maruti car bearing registration number DL3C-2044 turned turtle near Diver crossing, resulting in injuries to driver of the Maruti car Harjeet Singh and her sister Ranjeet Kour residents of Alachibagh, Srinagar. Both the injured were shifted to Sub District Hospital, Pattan where Harjeet Singh succumbed to his injuries. The injured Ranjeet Kour was referred to SKIMS, Soura for further treatment. Pattan Police has registered a case in this regard.

Unidentified body recovered in Srinagar Srinagar, Feb 2: The body of unidentified male was recovered at Meloora, Srinagar last evening. Police recovered a male unidentified body near Maloora, in the jurisdiction of Police station Parimpora. The deceased is about 65 years of age. Police Parimpora has initiated inquest proceedings under section 174 CrPC to ascertain the cause of the death. Anybody having any kind of information regarding the identity of the deceased may contact to SHO Parimpora on Mobile number 9419042364 or Police control room Srinagar on Dial 100.

Soldier among 3 drunkards arrested in Kupwara

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Syria should surrender its chemical weapons: Us

Creation of adm units a historical decision: Sagar

Omar meets PM

Discusses Pathribal case closure, LoC trade suspension Jammu, Feb 02: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Sunday afternoon met Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh here and discussed Pathribal case closure by army and suspension of cross LoC trade. Besides this, CM briefed him about the peace and development prevailing in the State at present. According to GNS, Chief Minister during an hour long meeting with Prime Minister at Raj Bahawan here in Jammu discussed the issue of closure of case by army in respect of Pathribal incident and emphasized the need of giving justice to the families of victims and punishment to those responsible for innocent killings. The Chief Minister also discussed suspension of trade across LOC after the seizure of truck load of contraband drugs and stressed the need for amicable resolution of the matter with Pakistan so that the important CBM of trade across the LOC is not jeopardized. Chief Minister also apprised the Prime Minister of the achievements registered by the coalition government during the last five years in the State in various fields of socio-economic development, empowerment of people, employment generation and restoration of peace and stability. Matters pertaining to security and law and order also came up for discussion in the meeting. The Chief Minister expressed gratitude to the Prime See Omar on pg 07

Political Parties studying New Adm Units report

Srinagar, Feb 2: After the creation of new administrative units in the state was finalized by the government on Saturday, most of the mainstream political parties Sunday reserved their comments over the development saying they are analyzing the report. Opposition, Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) earlier having accused that the creation of new administrative units in the state is ‘a fixed match’ on Sunday refused to comment on the same saying that a proper statement will be issued on the matter after the party finishes studying the report. The PDP had earlier also demanded Mushtaq Ganaie report be made public so that the people of the state could give their respective opinions over the issue. We will make our observations public soon after studying the report. We have to analyze certain bad’s Crime Branch inwe don’t want to compoints and ment in haste,” 2004 when Ishrat, 19, said chief spokes-

Srinagar, Feb 02: Police have arrested three drunkards in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, official sources said Sunday. They said that the trio including Sepoy Mohd Shafi son of Wali Mohd of Sogam (Territorial army man of 160 bn attached with 28 RR), Tariq Ahmad Shah son of Ghulam Mohidin of Krusun, Lolab (working in Military Engineering Service) and Reyaz Ahmad Dar son of Late Ghulam Nabi of Sogam (MA student) have been booked for creating annoyance in public. The trio was arrested in unconscious state last evening near main market Kupwara after locals informed police about them. A case under FIR number 11/2014 u/s 510 RPC has been registered in police station Kupwara against them, sources told GNS. Meanwhile, the locals of the area hailed the police role and demanded action against them so that such incidents are prevented in future.

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Jahan killing: Top cop nde surrenders, finally

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man PDP Naeem Akhtar. Talking to KNS, CPI (M) State Secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said that the report warrants a thorough study not in terms of ‘embedded political maneuvering by the two coalition partners’ but he will have to go deep into the financial implications of the cabinet decision. “We have from day one said that it should be a pro people exercise and the same should not be used for any political gains. But one can say anything about this report only after going through it properly,” Tarigami, who is also the convener of Awami Mutahida Mahaz (AMM) told KNS. Peoples’ Conference Chairman Sajad Lone who earlier had accused that the creation of new administrative units in the state is ‘a vote fetching exercise by the present dispensation’, Sunday stated that he is yet to study the report. “I was busy See Politicla on pg 07

New 177 blocks will accelerate development of rural areas

Jammu Feb 02: Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Ali Mohammad Sagar has termed the creation of new administrative units in the State as a historic decision, which would go a long way in accelerating the socio-economic development of the people. The Minister said that the creation of these units was a long pending demand of the people of these respective areas and the present Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has ensured that the creation takes place and the demands of the of these areas are met. He said that this step

Omar Govt is example of worst failures on governance, administrative fronts: PDP Udhampur, Feb 2: PDP candidate for Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat Arshad Malik on Sunday flayed National Conference led coalition regime for ignoring far-flung and backward areas. According to a statement issued to KNS, addressing series of public meetings at Gordi, Barmin and Nallah Kora, Dhanal, Sarsoo areas of Udhampur district, Malik said that during the last five years all developmental activities have been stalled as this government has failed to puruse development agenda of previous PDP led coalition government. He mentioned that construction of bridge was started in Gordi area during the tenure of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed but this

regime has failed to complete the project. He further pointed towards non availability of health facilities in this belt. He said that having pushed Jammu and Kashmir into a state of political and governance morass, NC-led coalition government has exposed the State to the worst failures both on institutional and governance fronts and people now desperately want to get rid of this anarchist regime, sooner the better. He said NC has all along exploited the people on emotive slogans.He said plagued by ineptitude, disorder and corruption, the political structure of the present coalition government has completely collapsed See PDP on pg 07

Top HM commander falls in Naka trap Srinagar, Feb 02: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a divisional commander of Hizbul Mujahedeen outfit from south Kashmir's Anantnag district. Acting on a specific information about the movement of the HM commander, army's 1 RR, 140 bn CRPF and SOG cordoned off the Hanz Danter area of the district Saturday evening, a police official told GNS.

He said that later the joint team had established a naka at main road Hanz Danter connecting Anantnag to Harnag. Subsequently, the forces started frisking the passersby and vehicle to vehicle searches till late in the evening. Mubarak Ahmad Wani alias Major Saqib, son of Mohammad Ramzan Wani, Divisional Commander of Hizbul See HM on pg 07

is a historic one and would ensure the sustain development of different areas of the State. Sagar also complimented the Cabinet Sub Committee (CSC) for projecting the demands of the people and the deputations who had come to put forth their view point and these were also accommodated. He said that it is endeavour of the Government to work for overall and sustained development of the State and this landmark decision is a watershed in the history, which would ensure the acceleration and speedy implementation of See Sagar on pg 07

Azad given additional charge of WR Ministry New Delhi, Feb 2: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has been given additional charge of Water Resources Ministry. This follows resignation by Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat who has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. See Azad on pg 07

DoT to conduct Spectrum auction today New Delhi, Feb 2: The Department of Telecom will conduct Spectrum auction tomorrow. 8 companies including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio Infocomm will battle it out at the auction. The Department of Telecom has put on the block around 385 MHz of radio waves in the 1800 MHz band, and 46 MHz in the 900 MHz band. The third round of spectrum auction follows a Supreme Court order

in 2G case directing that all the radio waves freed from the cancellation of 122 licences in February 2012 should be auctioned. In a special hearing today the Supreme Court allowed the Centre to go ahead with the auction of spectrum while rejecting any interim relief to telecom companies who sought a stay on the auction. The government See Spectrum on pg 07

MGNREGA Wage Rate to be hiked from April this Year: Jairam

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into the matter. The Minister also exhorted the officials to motivate and help the small and marginal farmers to undertake land leveling and irrigation schemes on their land under MGNREGA and lamented that only 10 percent farmers have so far benefitted from this provision. He also called upon officials to bring MGNREGA workers under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana as only 15 to 20 percent such workers are at present covered under the scheme. Ramesh said that 2014-15 should be celebrated as Convergence Year for MGNREGA. Speaking on the occasion Minister of State for Rural Development Pradeep Jain Aditya said that MGNREGA

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has brought about a revolution in the rural India and stopped the distress migration from rural to urban areas. He said in the world’s biggest ever rural job scheme, this year more

Jammu District bags National award Jammu, Feb 02: Jammu District of the State has bagged the prestigious National Award for the effective implementation of MGNREGA scheme in the Jammu and Kashmir. The Award was given during the two day MGNREGA Samalen in New Delhi by the Union Minister for Rural Development, Jayram Rame The award was given to K.K Sidha Assistant Commissioner Development (District Programme Coordinator) Jammu for his initiatives in improving NREGA implementation. The District was shortlisted after scrutiny and inspection by the AWARD COMMITTEE constituted by Ministry of Rural Development Government of India after presentation by ACD Jammu K .K .Sidha. The District has involved representatives of Panchayats in See Award on pg 07 than 3crore 80 lakh families got benefitted so far. jain said that fighting corruption in its implementation is a big challenge, but this is the responsibility of the State Governments. In his address, the Minister See Jairam on pg 07

Omar Abdullah Chief Minister J&K

Ali Mohd Sagar Minister for Rural Development & Panchayti Raj

For revolutionary steps of reconstitution of administrative units and creation of new administrative units For historical decision of creating 177 CD blocks and associating Patwar Halqas to more than 4000 Panchayat halqas For people’s friendly initiatives of creating thousands of direct job opportunities to educated unemployed youth. For taking governance at the door steps of the people. For decentralizing powers and functions of Governance and Administration. Congratulations to Omar Abdullah Hon’ble Chief Minister and Ali Mohammad Sagar Hon’ble Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats for their successful and result oriented efforts. From: Ghulam Nabi Mir President, Panch and Sarpanch United Forum Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar

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Omar Minister for his support to the State in its endeavour to fast track development and move ahead towards achieving the cherished goal of prosperity and tranquility. Omar Abdullah wished good health and well-being to Dr. Manmohan Singh which he reciprocated warmly. The Prime Minister also wished peace and progress in the State and well-being of its people. Earlier, Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived here this afternoon on two day visit. He is scheduled to address Indian Science Congress at Jammu University tomorrow. According to GNS, the Prime Minister was received at the Airport by Governor, N. N. Vohra, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, Chairman Legislative Council, Ait Malhotra, Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand, Members of the Council of Ministers, Parliament Member and President J&K Predesh Congress Committee, Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz, Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, Director General Police, Ashok Prasad and top brass Army, Police and Civil officers.

Sagar various welfare programmes of the Government. The Minister further maintained that the creation of 177 Blocks in the State would ensure that the rural areas get developed on a faster pace and rural economic gets a big boosts. He said that this decision of the government would go a long way in accelerating the pace of development of various rural and far-flung areas of the State.National Conference Provincial President and MLA Amira Kadal, Nasir Sogami has congratulated Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on the creation of new administrative units in J&K in what he termed as a historic, landmark structural reform that will bring governance within closer reach of the common man. This exercise will go down in the history of this State as a testament to Omar Abdullah’s vision of transparency, good-governance and pro-people politics. According to a statement issued to KNS, felicitating the people of the State at large, Nasir Sogami said that the creation of new administrative units will help in dispensing good governance, ensuring effective utilization of funds and locally beneficial implementation of welfare, poverty-alleviation and development schemes.Terming Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s step for creation of 659 new administrative units in the state a historical and revolutionary step National Conference leader Mir Sajjad Shaheen has said that the initiative of taking the administration to the people will go in the annals of history with golden letters. According to a statement issued to KNS, a massive public rally was held by National Conference workers in Banihal Constituency today and similar rally was also held in Ukharhal to celebrate the announcement of creation of new administrative units in Jammu and Kashmir including two sub Divisions ,two Tehsils, two CD blocks ,four Niabats and patwar Halqas at each panchayat and was received with jubilation, beating of drums and bursting of crackers and a road rally was also organised in Banihal market.

Political in interacting with the people. Once I am free only then I can study the report make my statement over the issue.” Sajad said that he has received several complaints over the creation of new

units but he is waiting to study the report first. Peoples’ Democratic Front (PDF) Chairman Hakeem Mohammad Yasin told KNS that the creation of new administrative units is a welcome step but the same must be implemented on ground at the earliest. “There are various areas where people complain that they have been ignored. W have to address their grievances.” Awami Ittihaad Party (AIP) representatives and thousands of workers under the leadership of senior journalist Rashid Rahil held a protest meeting at Phag area of District Ganderbal to agitate against the government decision to sideline vital Phag area while granting new administrative units (Tehsil , Naib Tehsil , Naiybat) status. According to an AIP statement, while terming the government move to grant administrative units as ‘a mere ploy dictated by vote bank politics’ the AIP representatives termed it as historic blunder. Rashid Rahil stated, “ Phag has a population of over 2 lac and is an important belt but despite these realities it has been not recommended for any administrative unit status.

PDP resulting in the paralysis of the state’s administrative structure as well.He said that National Conference (NC) has completely run out of people’s confidence and it is time to formalize its exit from the State’s political arena once and for all. “People must exercise their vote positively to rid the State of the party that symbolizes our miseries and misfortune,” he said and added the NC leadership is fully aware that it has lost Jammu & Kashmir because of its wrong policies.

Azad An official release from the President’s Secretariat today said that President Pranab Mukherjee has accepted the resignation of Harish Rawat from the Union Council of Ministers.

HM Mujahideen was apprehended in a jiffy after forces stopped a vehicle in the area in which he was travelling," the official said. 1 AK 56, 02 magazines, 60 Ak rounds and one pouch was recovered from his possession, he said. Wani, hailing from Bangadar, Anantnag, had joined militancy in 2001 when he had crossed the Line of Control to Pakistan-administered Kashmir to get arms training, he said. The officer said that Wani returned to the Valley in 2007 and was subsequently arrested the same year. After serving a two-year detention, Wani was released and rejoined the militant ranks in 2010. He was again arrested the same year and released the next year. The arrested militant commander had recycled for the third time in March 2013 and was active in the area of Pulwama, Kulgam and Anantnag since last one year. A case under FIR number 10/2014 u/s 7/25 arms act has been registered in police station Anantnag in this regard and investigation has been taken up, the official added.

Spectrum expects a minimum of 11,300 crore rupees in upfront payments from the auction of airwaves, which are worth about 49,000 crore rupees at the base price. In November 2012, bids worth Rs 9,407 crore were received for spectrum. In March 2013, no GSM operators bid at the auction and only CDMA operator Sistema Shyam bought spectrum of

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER LAKE DIVISION NO IST J&K LAKES AND WATERWAYS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SRINAGAR FRESH EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

about 3,600 crore rupees in eight of the 21 service areas. This time, Telecom authority has fixed the base price for sale of spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band for pan-India at 1,765 crore rupees per MHz, about 26 percent lower than in the March sale. The government is hopeful that the entire spectrum put on auction table would be sold out.

OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN DISTRICT RURAL HEALTH SOCIETY/ DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER BARAMULLA

Jairam of State for Rural Development Lal Chand Kataria said, MGNREGA has led to creation of durable assets, besides recharging ground water through watershed schemes thus helping in expansion of irrigated land. He said, for its more effective implementation, the Ministry of Rural Development has started a process of convergence among different departments and Ministries. Mihir Shah, member Planning Commission said that in the last three to four years MGNREGA has been made more flexible and about 30 new works were added as per state specifications. He said, social audit has checked corruption to a large extent and with full implementation of Direct Benefits Transfer, the role of middlemen will be abolished. Speaking on the occasion, Secretary, Rural Development L.C. Goyal said that Ministry is on the verge of taking new initiatives for the rural job scheme, which has already provided dignity and self respect to women in rural areas. He said, MGNREGA has deepened the democratic process by strengthening Gram Panchayats.

Award implementation and supervision of the scheme by duly establishing the procedures and processes involved, the review of which is held at Panchayat level, block level, and District level. Jammu has also taken lead in converging MGNREGA with other schemes and programmes being implemented by the other department. A Unique innovation which has been done by the district is maintenance of Record files , books of accounts and other registers mandated under the scheme which shall now being replicated in the whole country. ACD, Jammu further acknowledged the guidance and support of Minister for Rural Development Ali Mohammad Sagar, Commissioner Rural Development, Farooq Ahmad Peer Director Rural Development Jammu, Shafiq Ahmad Raina, Development Commissioner Jammu,Ajeet Kumar Sahu and also to the field functionaries, members of PRI's , REW wing , and the dynamic team of Block Development Officers of Jammu District.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

DIRECTORATE OF COMMAND AREA DEVELOPENT LAL, MANDI, SRINAGAR, KASHMIR OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN DIVISIONAL LEVEL COMMITTEE FOR RECRUITMENT TO CLASS-IV POSTS IN COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT KASHMIR Subject:

Recruitment to Class-IV posts in Command Area Development Department, Kashmir (Divisional Cadre, Kashmir). Advertisement Notice No: 11 /CADK/ADM of 2014 Dated 31.01.2014

Applications are invited on prescribed format, as per Annexure-"A" to this notification from the permanent residents of Jammu & Kashmir State belonging to Kashmir Division for recruitment to the following Divisional Cadre Class-IV posts in Command Area Development Department, Kashmir in accordance with recruitment policy issued vide Govt. Order No: 735-GAD of 2008 Dated: 30.05.2008, Govt. Order No: 731-GAD of 2010 Dated: 24.06.2010, Govt. Order No: 112-Agri of 2011 Dated: 31.03.2011 Govt. Order No: 257-of F 2011 Dated: 27.10.2011 read with SRO: 332 of 2011 Dated: 28.10.2011. However in respect of posts reserved for scheduled caste category, candidates of the whole state can apply. The category wise breakup of the posts is as under:

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