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CM, Governor review security Srinagar, July 10: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today called on Governor N N Vohra here and discussed certain important issues relating to the governance and security of the state. Omar also briefed the Governor about the discussions which he had with the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission in New Delhi yesterday and the size of the state's annual plan (2013-14), an official spokesman said after the meeting at See CM on Pg. 11

Summer vacations from 15th July Srinagar, July 10: Government has ordered summer vacations in all the Government Institutions including recognized Private Schools upto Higher Secondary level falling in Kashmir Division and Winter Zone of Jammu Division w. e. f. 15th July, 2013 to 24th July, 2013.

Any default on the part of Private School(s) in observance of the calendar of vacations so authorized shall attract action under rules.

Gurudwara looted Srinagar, July 10: In the ensuing night between 9th and 10th of July burglars barged into the Gurudwara at Shadimarg, Pulwama and decamped with See Looted on Pg. 11

Infiltration a threat to security in Valley: Army

Srinagar, July 10:

Army on Wednesday said that infiltration was a threat to the security scenario in the valley but the security agencies were working in a coordinated manner to take on the challenge.

General officer Commanding of Army's 15 Corps Lt General Gurmit Singh said, "Infiltration threat is there. There are training camps and launch pads which are active (in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir).

We have effective intelligence in place.”

Singh was talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here.

"We have got a synergised intelligence grid with all the agencies and we will take on the challenge," Singh said.

Lt Gen Singh lauded the efforts of the troops along the Line of Control (LoC) saying their alertness ensured that the infiltration attempt by militants to sneak into Kashmir through Keran sector of Kupwara was foiled.

"It was because the troops were alert that the attempt to infiltrate in Keran sector was foiled and five terrorists were eliminated," he said.

The Corps Commander said there is excellent synergy between the various security forces operating in Kashmir to counter the challenges with regard to security scenario.

"We also have the support of the people who assist us in intelli-

gence gathering process. Jammu and Kashmir police also has got an excellent intelligence network," he added.

Asked about the number of militant training camps and launch pads active on other side of LoC, he said the numbers did not matter as effective intelligence would help in overcoming the challenge.

ation in Keran sector is an indication that intelligence system is in place," he said.

In response to another question, Lt Gen Singh said the security situation in Kashmir is under control. "Our entire counter infiltration methodology and procedures and drill are being executed well".

Lt Gen Singh said army has learnt

Pak trying to disturb peace: Kichloo Kathua, July 10: Pakistan was consistently trying to disturb peace in Jammu and Kashmir, Minister of State for home Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo said today.

"The atmosphere in Kashmir is peaceful, but our neighbour from across the border try to disturb the situation whenever it is peaceful. It is continuous process," Kichloo said when asked about recent terrorist activities in the state. The minister, however, said that the overall situation in the Valley was calm.

"Overall the atmosphere in Kashmir is normal and peaceful. Tourist are coming and thousands of people are participating in the Amarnath yatra," he said. On the video footage of the beheading of an Indian soldier by Pak troops in Mendhar area of Poonch district earlier this year, being put on the Internet, Kichloo said, "Our police and Army is investigating the issue and the truth will come out soon." Kichloo, who was here to inaugurate an industrial unit, preferred to remain silent on the recent Chinese incursion in Chumaar area of Ladakh.

"I would not like to go into the number of training camps and launch pads. What is of importance to me is to have intelligence about the intentions, capability and plans of the militants. I am satisfied with the intelligence efforts we have produced. The oper-

its lessons from the militant attack in Hyderpora area of the city last month in which eight soldiers were killed.

"It was an unfortunate incident.

We have also learnt our lessons and you would notice that See Army on Pg. 11

No question paper was leaked

BOPEE attributes goof up to human error Sringaar, July 10: Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) has ruled out leakage of any paper in the Combined Entrance Test (CET) even as it has attributed the goof up which led to cancellation of the examination to “human error.”

“There is no leakage of any paper. The paper of Biology got opened because of human error only,” Secretary JKBOPEE has stated in a reply filed before the State Human Rights Commission.

The SHRC had issued a notice to J&KBOPEE, seeking factual report on the question paper mix-up in the CET at some centers in Srinagar on June 22 and their subsequent cancellation and postponement.

“The setting and printing of paper is being made at the machine level while the packing and sealing is done manually. In view of

KU Website Goes Offline, Students Aghast, Officials Unmoved Srinagar, July 10: In a major setback to the Kashmir’s student community, the KU’s official website remained offline for the second consecutive day today. The students today alleged that the “callous approach” of varsity authorities have put them in quagmire.

A day after the server of Kashmir University’s official website had ‘crashed’, thousands of students had to suffer a tough time due to the ‘callous’ attitude of IT department which has

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these facts it is established that the mistake in manual packing of the Chemistry paper series D is the main cause of this episode,” reads the reply.

On July 22, the invigilators of the CET at five different centers in Srinagar found that the packets of D-series question paper in Chemistry actually contained the Biology paper, which was scheduled to be held next day.

As soon as the mistake came to notice, Secretary said, invigilators and Superintendents collected the Biology papers back in the sealed stapled form itself and handed over them to Chief Superintendent in presence of Government observers and Monitoring Squad Member.

“These authorities immediately sealed these papers in an envelope and affixed their signatures on it at their respective examination centers and handed

failed to restore it, official sources said.

According to figures available, more than 20000 students have submitted their forms for the different courses under the Distance Education program during the past 14 days and nearly 12 thousand more students are to be expected to submit their admission and revaluation forms.

Students urged the vicechancellor to take action against the officials for not maintaining the website servers properly.

See KU Website on Pg. 11

over the same to the staff deployed by BOPEE for safe custody.”

The centers where discrepancy was detected include Government Polytechnic for Women (Bemina), Government Women’s College M A Road, SP Higher Secondary Institute Srinagar, Government Girls Higher Secondary Institute Kothibagh and Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar, the Secretary said.

Regarding fresh examination of all papers, the Secretary said that as the BOPEE initiated action for preparation for conduct of the test for cancelled and postponed papers of Chemistry and Biology on July 5, there was an order by the government directed that entire examination be cancelled and fresh dates be notified for all four papers afresh.

Consequently, the Secretary said the examination See BOPEE on Pg. 11

Gunfight in Lolab, Soldier Killed

Srinagar, July 10:

A soldier succumbed after being seriously injured in a gunfight with militants in Lolab area of frontier Kupwara district.

The army personnel was seriously injured after the search party came under heavy fire from the militants, the army man latter succumbed to his injuries, army sources said.

According to reports troops See Gunfight on Pg. 11

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Govt keen to promote industrial sector in J&K: Kichloo

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Hyderpora is intense built up area. You would appreciate that the soldiers exercised utmost restraint, there was no collateral damage.

"There are some standard operating procedures we have identified. The court of Inquiry (into the incident) is going on. There are certain areas of intelligence we are trying to focus," he added.

On revocation of Armed Forces Special Forces Act (AFSPA), he said "we have made our stand known to the higher authorities."

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Kathua, July 10: The Minister of state for Industries and Commerce, Mr Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo, Wednesday said that the government was keen to promote industrial sector in the state which suffered huge set back during last two decades of turmoil.

Speaking at the inaugural function of newly established Rubber recycling unit here Wednesday, the Minister said that several steps have been taken by the state government to help the revival of closed and promotion of new industrial units in the state. He

said the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah was taking personnel interest in promotion of Industrial sector in the state considering its employment generation potential.

He said for the purpose the state government was providing easy clearance of formalities to facilitate the entrepreneurs.

Listing the measures taken by the government, the Minister said that it was after concerted efforts by the state government that the centre has extended the special incentives to encourage investment in the state. He

will be held on July 27 and 28 in the same examination centers where the aspiring candidates appeared earlier on June 22 and 23. The Secretary further said that Board has requested government (ARI and Training Department) to advise the advocate on record at The Supreme Court of India to move an application before the apex court with the request to grant extension in the time for completion of admission and counseling process only for engineering degree course up to September 15 as a special case.

“In addition, J&KBOPEE is very much conscious about the future and career of the candidates concerned and every New Delhi, July 10: India a n d M o n g o l i a a n d possible effort are being made to recover the precious time has offered to cooperate extending an invitation to lost to the candidates due to cancellation of the CET-2013 w i t h M o n g o l i a i n the Mongolian President papers.” developing its renewable to visit India. Dr Abdullah energy sector as well as in also met Mongolia’s human resources develop- Foreign Minister Mr Lu “If the University has its full-fledged IT department, how ment. This was agreed by Bold and Minister of come this server or website whatsoever crashed,” they Minister for New and Environment and Green asked.

Renewable Energy Dr D e v e l o p m e n t M s “We had to face the difficult time. We had come here from Farooq Abdullah with Sanjaasuren Oyun.

Kupwara to submit our admission forms and nothing is P r e s i d e n t T s a k h i a President Elbegdorj’s oath been done as the official website of the university has gone Elbegdorj of Mongolia at taking ceremony was defunct. Even though the university has a separate IT Ulaanbaatar Wednesday. attended by members of department who looks after it has also failed to resume it,” a D r A b d u l l a h i s i n Mongolia’s parliament student from a North Kashmir said.

Ulaanbataar to represent and government as well as Students allege that if there was anything wrong with the India at the inaugural representatives from website, the university authorities should have rectified ceremony of the President s e v e r a l c o u n t r i e s , and restored the website within few hours as it is consid- of Mongolia Tsakhia including Ministerial level ered the highest seat of learning and daily thousands of Elbegdorj, who has been delegations from Russia, student visit the campus for the admission process. re-elected to a second four Japan, China and France.

These days university takes admission applications for MA year term. Dr Abdullah India and Mongolia have Urdu, Economics, English, LLB and other diploma also handed over a letter of close and warm ties courses. The official sources said that the IT department is felicitation from President u n d e r p i n n e d b y getting experts from Delhi for the recovery of the records.

Pranab Mukherjee lauding civilisational and cultural A group of students said, “We are worried what will happen the personal vision and l i n k a g e s w i t h t h i s to our forms. If this happens with the highest hub of commitment of Elbegdorj predominantly Buddhist learning what should we expect from other institutions?” to the Comprehensive nation. A large number of The students alleged that this is extremely tragic that the IT Partnership between India Mongolians travel to India department which is headed by so many senior Professors had failed to maintain its official website. However the official website of the university reads, “In our continuing efforts to improve our IT services and operations in University of Kashmir, we are doing system maintenance.

During this period, University e-Governance Services will remain unavailable.”

When contacted Public Relations Officer, University of Kupwara, July10: In view Development, Handwara Kashmir, Showkat Shafi admitted that the website has been of the ensuing Holy month a n d S u b D i v i s i o n a l offline. “We are on it. We have been joined by IT and SS of Ramadan commencing Magistrate, Karnah to experts from Delhi and we will very soon start it,” he from Thursday, a meeting ensure the availability of added. of officers of PHE, PDD, essentials during the C A & P D S , R e v e n u e , month.

Police, Food Safety, Meanwhile, the Sub of 31RR kilo force came under fire from militants in Metrology departments Divisional Magistrate, Warnah Lolab early in the morning at about 8:30 am. was convened by the K a r n a h c o n v e n e d a Reports reaching here said that army personnel Govind Deputy Commissioner, meeting at officers to Singh got seriously injured and latter succumbed. Army Kupwara, Itrat Hussain review the arrangements sources say that exact number of militants present in the Rafique here Wednesday. for the holy month of area is unknown as the area is under the cover of dense The Deputy Commr., Ramadan and asked the forests. General Officer Commanding Kilo force Shard Kupwara impressed upon officers to monitor the Chandra told our correspondent that operation is on to nab the concerned officers to supply of essentials and the militants. According to sources Special Operation ensure availability of conduct market checkings group of Jammu Kashmir police assisted by CRPF is essential commodities. regularly. conducting the search operation. 18 RR, 28 RR, 31 RR and The officers were directed The checking squads were 47 RR is also participating in the ongoing search operation. to intensify the market constituted comprising on According to sources the operation was still going on and checking to curb the black Police, Legal Metrology reportedly the militants have fled the area after the initial marketing, hoardings and department, Consumer onslaught. profiteering in the markets A f f a i r s a n d P u b l i c of Kupwara, Handwara Distribution System and and Karnah during the Revenue officers on the Raj Bhavan. The spokesman said the Governor and the Holy month of Ramadan. occasion. Arrangements Chief Minister also reviewed the progress of the ongoing He also exhorted upon the for ensuing Ramadan were Amarnath Yatra, during its first 13 days.

Municipal Committees for also reviewed during an ensuring cleanliness and officers meeting with sanitation around the main Deputy Commissioner, the cash chest and other valuables. The burglary took place mosques in the district.

Bandipora, Mohammad in spite of the police guard and many devotees present in Itrat Hussain directed the Yousuf Zargar in chair at the premises. Sources said that the Gurudwara of Assistant Commissioner Bandipora.

Shadimarg Rajpura Pulwama is the center of worship of the Sikhs of area and according to locals the cash safe might have been filled with lakhs of Rupees donated by the devotees as Chadawah. Police has registered the case NOTICE and started investigation. So far no arrests have been made.

The schedule for submission of examination forms from eligible (both Regular and Backlog) candidates of following courses taught in the University and its affiliated Institutions is notified as under:-

asked the major industrial houses of the country to invest in J&K and contribute in its development.

The newly established Unit MS Kohinoor Reclametious and Eastman Reclametious deals in recycling of old tyres of vehicles.

Member Legislative As sembly (MLA), Charanjeet Singh Jasrotia, Commissioner secretary Industries and Commerce, Shantmanu, Director G A Qureshi, MD SIDCO, MD, SICOP and other senior officers of the department were present.

Dr. Farooq Abdullah attends oath taking DBT schemes ceremony of Mongolian President reviewed at for spiritual, educational Ganderbal and medical purposes.

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PUC reviews functioning of JKSFC

Srinagar, July10: The Committee on Public Undertakings (PUC) of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly which m e t h e r e We d n e s d a y chairmanship of MLA Muhammad Sharief Niaz, undertook stock of the performance of the State Finance Corporation and asked them to furnish the detailed report with regard to pending loan cases for uneducated youth of the State along with the list of defaulters and recovery of loan statements as on date to the Committee for it s c r u t i n y. L e g i s l a t o r s ,

G.N.Monga, Ali Muhammad Dar, Javid Ahmad Dar, Jugal Kishore, Jagdish Raj Sapolia, Peer Aafaq Ahmad, Syed Basharat Ahmad Bukhari, Dr. Shafi Ahmad Wani and Abdul Gaffar Sofi gave their valuable suggestions in making the working of SFC more viable and result oriented. The panel discussed matters related to whether the Corporation has extended loan facilities to non-state subjects, if so, the details of the said loanees and whether they have set up their own units within the State or outside the State.

Last date for submission of examination forms together with fee by the candidates in their respective Institutions/Department.

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Indian cuisine and cinema are becoming increasingly popular in this landlocked nation of nearly three million people.

Bilateral relations have expanded over the past few years to cover cooperation in defence and strategic issues in addition to cultural and educational exchanges. Presiden t Elbegdorj had made India the destination for his first overseas visit after taking over as President of Mongolia for his first term in 2009. The government’s decision to depute a senior Cabinet Minister to the President’s inauguration underlines the importance that India places on further strengthening its bilateral relations with Mongolia.

Ganderbal, July 10: The DDC Ganderbal Wednesday convened a meeting regarding the implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer schemes being implemented on pilot basis in six districts of Jammu and Kashmir including Ganderbal. The DDC stressed upon all the sectoral officers of the departments to ensure opening of bank accounts by the eligible beneficiaries so that the benefits of these schemes percolate to the gross root level. The bank authorities were directed to organise camps at school, villages and block levels to make the people aware about the benefits being made available under these schemes.

Speaker for face-lifting of LA complex Srinagar, July 10: The Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Mubarak Gul Wednesday directed the Jammu and Kashmir Project Construction Corporation (JKPCC) authorities to take up face lifting of Assembly Complex before ensuing Assembly Session. He also directed them to start construction work of Rs 7.2 crore additional block of the complex.

These directions were given by the Speaker in a high level meeting of officers of Law, Estates, Fire and Emergency Departments and JKPCC here Wednesday.

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was held on installation of fire extinguisher in the Assembly complex besides face lifting.

The JKPCC authorities informed the meeting that the projects for installation of fire extinguisher at an estimated cost of Rs 10.68 crore was prepared in February 2010 and forwarded to the Law Department for further necessary action. The Speaker took serious note about the delay and directed all the concerned departments to work in tandem to start the construction work of fire extinguisher on modern lines on war footing basis.

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Omar pays rich tributes to Madr-e-Meherban

Srinagar, July 10: Paying Begum Sher-i-Kashmir rich tributes to Madr-e- S h e i k h M o h a m m a d Meherban Begum Akbar Abdullah.

Jehan on her death anniver- “ P r o p e r n u r t u r i n g o f sary, Chief Minister, Omar c h i l d r e n p a r t i c u l a r l y Abdullah has described her b e l o n g i n g t o w e a k e r epitome of courage and s e c t i o n s , G u j j a r a n d compassionate mother.

Bakerwals and other “It was Madr-e-Meherban economically downtrodden who always supported Sher- categories was her highest i-Kashmir and spare headed dream to realize. She worked his mission when he was in throughout her life in this jail, she exhibited highest direction”, he said adding courage, determination and that holistic development of commitment to lead the women and children and people in absence of Sheikh their educational excellence Sahib”, he said adding that was her aim in life.

B e g u m A k b a r J e h a n “From my childhood , I dedicated her life to people remained closely attached to and worked tirelessly for my Dadi and found her their welfare and develop- always working for the ment with special focus on welfare of people especially d o w n t r o d d e n , w e a k e r women and children. s e c t i o n s , w o m e n a n d Whenever I entered her children. room, I saw her either The Chief Minister said that offering Nimaz or reciting constitution of Gujjar and Quran. I saw her always Bakerwal Advisory Board, praying for the betterment Mobile Schools and Mobile and welfare of the people Dispensaries for them, and prosperity of the State”, energizing Red Cross Omar said and maintained movement and establish- that the best way to pay ment of Miskeen Bagh h o m a g e t o M a d r - e E d u c a t i o n a n d C r a f t Meherban is to carry forward Training Centre for Women her mission of devoting were some of the historic selfless service to the people decisions taken by the and treating all with love and Government on the advice of affection.

Saifullah chairs Select Committee meeting Srinagar, July 10: A meeting of Select Committee of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held under the Chairmanship of Minister for Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, Mir Saifullah here Wednesday. Threadbare discussion was held on the list of amendments to “A Bill to provide for the better management, protection, administration and governance of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious places in the State and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto (L.A Bill 11 of 2009)”. Legislators, Prof ChamanLal Gupta, Abdul RehmanVeeri and

AshwaniKumar Sharma gave their valuable suggestions to protect the property of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious places.

Committee directed the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir and Relief Commissioner, Migrants to maintain the records of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious places in the State on their Website. It also directed to Deputy Commissioners of all the districts for demarcation of property of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious places in the State in the shortest possible time and submit its report in the next meeting of Committee.

Office of the Assistant Regional Transport Officer Anantnag

NOTICE Whereas a joint application has been received by this office from Mr. Gh. Qadir Mir S/o Gh. Mohammad Mir R/o Achabal Adda Anantnag (Party No. Ist) as Transferor, (Seller) owner of the vehicle Truck bearing Regd.

No. JK03-0470 (Commercial/Non-Commercial) covering under R/P No. 1948/GC/Ang and Mr. Ab. Rashid Allie S/o Gh. Nabi Allie R/o Ukhoo Kakapora A/p Khanabal Ang. (Party No. 2nd) as Transferee (Purchaser) requesting for transfer of R/C and R/P of the above noted vehicle from Party No. Ist to 2nd and cancellation of hire purchase agreement with Araham Traders Jammu. Before the case is disposed off on its merits anybody having objection regarding the proposed transfer may file his objection within 7 days from the publication of this notice to the office of the undersigned. No, representation/Objection shall be entertained after stipulated period.

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Office of the DFO Lidder Forest Division Bijbehara AUCTION NOTICE

For and on behalf of Governor of J&K state, an open auction of walnut fruits (crop 2013-14) of Mattan, Pahalgam, Bijbehara and Tral Ranges of Lidder Forest Division Bijbehara except Wildlife areas and Soil Conservation Closures will be held on 15 July 2013 (Monday) in Bijbehara Divisional office at 1.00 p.m. The walnut fruits intended to be auctioned will be sold on "as is and where it is basis". The terms and conditions of the auction to be conducted shall be followed strictly as given below:In case the auction is not conducted on fixed date and time due to any reason, the auction shall be conducted on next working day.

CONDITIONS:1. The auction will be held by the undersigned in presence of the constituted committee on the above fixed date and time as per the venue fixed.

2. The Auction shall be held for Tral Range as one part and Bijbehara, Mattan & Pahalgam Ranges as another part.

3. Before starting the auction the person who are interested in the auction shall have to deposit an earnest money of Rs. 10000/in the shape CDR in J&K Bank pledged to the DFO, Lidder Forest Division Bijbehara. The amount of earnest money however can be paid in cash also at the time of auction. No person will be allowed to bid unless he deposits the required earnest money.

4. The successful bidder shall have to pay the bid amount in full soon after the bid is closed and shall have also to pay the VAT @ 13.5% if admissible under rules. 5. The undersigned reserves the right to defer the auction, till department is in a position to obtain reasonable rate for sale of the fruit.

6. The auction will be closed immediately after obtaining reasonable bid. After the fall of the hammer, no claim for reopening the auction will be entertained under any circumstances.

7. The earnest money of first, second and third bidders will be retained by the department till sanction to the offer of highest bid is received from sanctioning authority, which shall be communicated to the successful bidder for executing necessary agreement with the department regarding the observation of all the terms and conditions related with this auction. The earnest money in case of other bidders will be released at the close of auction.

8. In case the highest successful bidder defaults in executing the agreement the next highest bidder will be allowed to execute the agreement of highest bidder, but against the highest sanction bid amount. In that event the earnest money of the 2nd and 3rd bidder respectively will not be refunded to them and they shall have to pay the sanctioned bid amount at the time of executing agreement by any of them, in lump sum. The backed out highest bidder shall forgo his deposit.

9. The successful bidder will wholly and solely be responsible for watch and ward of the fruits till these are finally harvested and for any damage whatsoever he will himself be responsible and the department will in no case compensate for such damages.

10. The successful bidder shall be responsible for any damage to the forest crop trees in the above forest areas during the intervening period for which he will be dealt/prosecuted under Forest Act. 11. The black listed persons shall not be allowed to participate in the auction. 12. The undersigned reserves the rights to accept or reject any of the highest bid amount without assigning any reasons thereof. 13. The telegraphic communication; shall not be entertained for the auction.

14. Any other condition which the department likes to impose shall be communicated before start of the auction which will form part and parcel of the auction notice.

Sd/- DFO, Lidder Forest Division DIPJK: Bijbehara

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Yatra suspended for the day due to rains SRINAGAR, JULY 10

rity Forces enroute Yatra. The CEO directed Camp Director, Domel to finally suspend the movement of Yatris towards Holy Cave for the day around 10.00 A.M. as weather was not showing any sign of improvement and incessant rains had created slippery condition at various places enroute Yatra from Baltal side. The CEO has also directed Camp Director, Sheshnag to not allow any pilgrim to leave Sheshnag after 11.00 A.M. towards Panjtarni.

He has spoken to the Army Officers and Camp Directors to ensure patrolling by Security Forces personnel, Rescue Teams of J&K Police, personnel of NDRF and SDRF on Yatra route on continuous basis this afternoon and evening to help any stranded Yatri.

At the end of 12th day of Yatra yesterday, a total of 1,73,593 pilgrims had performed Darshan at the Holy Cave, at an average of 14,466 number of Yatris performing Darshan per day.

In the meantime, one pilgrim, namely Smt. Vijaya from Srigandakavel, Karnataka, lost her life due to Car-

At the end of 12th Due to incessant rain, the movement of Yatris from Baltal route was day of Yatra yessuspended for the day after 7.40 A.M. today. Till then, 3124 Yatris had crossed Access Control Gate at Domel terday, a total of towards Holy Cave. Remaining Yatris were advised to stay at Baltal Base 1,73,593 pilgrims Camp for the day and, weather permitting, will be allowed to move towards Holy Cave tomorrow when had performed Yatra resumes again. However, Yatris from Pahalgam route were alDarshan at the lowed to cross Access Control Gate at Chandanwari till 11.00 A.M. with a half an hour stoppage at 8.00 A.M. Holy Cave, at an due to rain. From this side, a total of 5477 Yatris left for Sheshnag and average of 14,466 further onwards for the pilgrimage.

This was disclosed by Mr. Navin K. number of Yatris Choudhary, CEO, SASB. Giving further details, the CEO said that on the instructions of Govperforming Darernor of J&K, who is also the Chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, shan per day. rigorous monitoring of weather situZabarwan Times ation commenced after last midnight and the CEO has been constantly in touch with the Weather Department, all Camp Directors, District officials and Commandants of various Secu-

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diac arrest at Baltal Base Camp yesterday. Expressing sadness, the CEO informed that the pilgrim along with her husband reached Baltal Base News Agencyhad Ganderbal

Camp day before yesterday and felt uneasiness. She was immediately referred to Government Medical Camp at Baltal, where she was thoroughly checked and advised

by Doctors not to proceed for the Yatra. While this lady, as per Doctor’s advice, decided not to go for the Yatra and was resting at the Camp, she died due to Cardiac arrest. The Camp Director, Baltal, immediately made arrangements for shifting of the dead body to Sonamarg for completing legal formalities and further movement onwards to Srinagar.

Another Yatri namely, Shri J. L. Shaw from Kolkata, breathed his last at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, where he was admitted following illness yesterday. The Yatri had reportedly performed his pilgrimage and, on his way back, fell sick and was immediately rushed to Srinagar for specialized treatment. With these two unfortunate casualties, the death toll during the current Yatra has raisen to five.

The CEO has again appealed to the Yatris to be hundred percent con-

Lone News Agency Kangan Khan Gulzar News Agency Soura Zahid Book Depot Chadoora Tariq News Agency Hawal Bashir News Agency Nowhatta Muzaffar Ali News Agency Alamgari Bazar Budshah News Agency Lal Chowk Abdullah News Agency Lal Chowk Sikendar News Agency Lal Chowk 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 Agency Tangmarg Bhat AgencyaChadoora DODA, JULY 10: SRINAGAR, JULY 10: Lone News with a people friendly reharoads. He saidNews that presently Bhat News Agency Magam News Agency bilitation policy.

He said that networkZargar of roads is being de- Kunzar The up-gradation of 42 KiMinister for Urban Dar DevelArth Colony is being velopedBashir in the colony facili- Sumbal NewsRakh-iAgency Beerwah NewstoAgency lometer Bhaderwah –Chamba opment and Urban Local Boddeveloped as modern colony tate the people already settled Reshi News Agency Safapora Saleem News Agency Pattan road is likely to be completed ies, Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora on there.The Minister assured the Basharat News Agency Bandipora Reyaz Agency Pampore by next year end thus providWednesday dedicated 40 Mtrs locals that pace News of the developThe Minister asing Jammu and Kashmir state Javaid News long pedestrian Janta Altaf BridgeNews Agency Pulwama ment work of the colonyAgency would Qazigund alternate surface link with at Mir Behari to public inJeelani pres- News speeded so thatSopore sured the locals that be further Agency Baramulla G.M Newsup Agency the rest of the country. Being ence of MLA, Dr. Mustafa Kathe transition of the dwellers Shah News Agency Kupwara Sultan News Agency Handwara pace of the develop- is assured constructed by PWD (R&B) mal, constructed at a cost of Rs. as soon as possible.

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Jora, Kamal dedicate Janta Bridge to public

struction of wooden pedestrian bridge restored the linkage for around 22 Mohallas and thus providing a great facility to a large chunk of population of Dal dwellers living inside the lake.On the occasion, addressing a large section of the people, Mr. Jora said that rehabilitation programme of the Dal dwellers is under way and added that Government has already formulated a comprehensive plan to ensure smooth transition of Dal dwellers to their new colony developed at Rakh-i-Arth and relocate them in accordance

so that the transition of the dwellers is assured as soon as possible.

with the provision of all the latest civic amenities like Educational Institutions, health care centres, parks, sewage and drainage, roads, electricity, water supply, commercial areas, religious places. He further said that colony is being linked both with Goripora as well as Durbal with 4-lane

go both for their land as well as their structure to enable them to rebuilt their new houses at Rakh-i-Arth colony. Minister said that their genuine problems would be given due consideration Latter, the Minister alongwith MLA and Vice Chairman LAWDA, Mr. Irfan Yaseen took a round of various areas of Dal including Sultan Mohalla, Moti Mohalla, Mir Bahari Kani Kachi, Kan Mohala, Sheikh Mohalla, Teli Mohalla, Lito Mohalla and Abi Karapora and interacted with people living in these areas.

Up-gradation of Bhaderwah-Chamba road likely to complete by next year end, work on Bhaderwah- Basoohli road in full swing

completed by the end of next year. The information was given to District Development Commissioner, Doda Mubarak Singh who, along with a team of district administration inspected the pace of work on the road here today.

Project Manager MGCPL, Kultar Singh, apprised the DDC that out of 42 Km long road, 15 Km have been completed and blacktopped.It was also apprised that the 42 Km road has three bridges and work on superstructures of two have been completed , while as work on the remaining one bridge is in

Traditional approach to performance needs paradigm shift: Omar NEW DELHI, JULY 10 – Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday underscored the strong need for shifting focus from traditional approach and broadening the contours of accountability system. This, he said can be achieved by creating a framework based on certain critical indicators to measure the outcomes.

“It is a well established principal that measured things tend to get done, and if results are not measured, success cannot be ascertained and repeated as also we cannot learn from failures”, he added and said that the performance of a political government mostly depends on the status of delivery and outcomes of development programmes. However, he said that the good performance of a government does not necessarily win votes in the elections as in our Country religion, caste, region and other aspects impact the polls.

Speaking on the topic of ‘Performance Management and its Political Dimensions’ and replying questions during the interaction session at the International Workshop on Government Performance Management here this morning, the Jammu and

Kashmir Chief Minister said that performance measurement in government involves three factors of inputs, outputs and outcomes. “It is, however, the outcome which is the most significant.

The Chief Minister said that the status of performance by the Ministers and Bureaucrats at the end of the year based on the outcomes and results of the programmes targeted by each department for completion and delivery in a particular year impacts public perception and helps to learn from shortcomings.

Omar Abdullah said that the Result Framework Document Scheme launched in the State this year in 33 Government Departments is an important initiative in this direction. He said the enlistment of the key objectives of each policy initiative of a department and specified ways and actions of achieving these objects in a fixed time frame is what is required today. He said the strategy will synchronize the means and ends enabling the measurement of performance in a much easier way. He said this initiative is a befitting and scientific scale to assess the functioning of departments and individuals. He said it will also help in a great way to bring in accountability and

transparency at all levels in the administrative functioning.

The Chief Minister lauded Performance Management Division (PMD) of Cabinet Secretariat Government of India with whose support Jammu and Kashmir has been able to prepare the RFDs for 33 Government Departments for the year 2013.

He expressed hope that it would prove to be the successful exercise.

Omar Abdullah said that political executives are elected every five years while the tenure of a career bureaucrat is over 30 years. “In other words there is an established mechanism for reviewing the performance of political executives every five year while no such mechanism exists for bureaucracy. Therefore, I believe that the performance management has much more to do with the civil servants as well”, he said and added that the civil service as an entity is needed to be programmed to engage itself consciously for achieving outcomes rather than focusing only on the outputs. He said the outlook knowledge, skill and attitude of civil servants must also relate to inter-generational dimensions of the socio-economic milieu.

3.24 lakh Cmt of Lake de-silted

Maintain ecological balance: Mian Altaf to forest officers SRINAGAR, JULY 10: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Mian Altaf Ahmad has instructed the officers of Wullar Conservation and Management Authority (WUCMA) to maintain ecological balance while implementing Wullar Conservation Project. He asked that the plantation process should be banned henceforth in the catchment areas of the Lake and the existing lot of trees should be felled down to make Dal lake pollution free and maintain its pristine glory.

The Minister was reviewing the progress of the project at an officers meeting here today.

Commissioner Secretary

Forests, Sheikh Aijaz Iqbal, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Vinod Ranjan, Chief Executive Officer, WUCMA, Abdul Razaq, Chief Conservator Forests, I. K. Sharma, Director Fisheries, L. K. Dogra besides other senior officers of Forest Department were present on the occasion.

Mian Altaf said that environment protection should be priority of the Authority and directed officers to take forward the project in a planned and systematic manner.

He asked concerned officers to handover identified portion of lake to fisheries department for establishment of fish ponds for which Rs. 30 lakh have already been earmarked.

The meeting was informed that Rs 16 crore stands expended against Rs. 30 crore released in order to undertake afforestation and protection of wild life in various area in the State. The enumeration of compartment No. 1, 2 and 4 have been completed while the same work in compartment No. 3,5, and 6 would is expected to be completed within next two weeks, it was added.The meeting was told that 3.24 lakh Cubic meters of the Lake have been de-silted apart from carrying out minor civil works.

Regarding procurement of machinery, the Minister said that the matter would be taken up with Finance Department for allocation of more funds.

fident of their health condition before performing this arduous journey to Holy Cave and with slightest doubt or uneasiness, must contact the nearest Medical Camp and proceed for Yatra only after obtaining Doctor’s advice.

Also, the Yatris must follow all health advisories and should not try to complete the Yatra in a hurry, the CEO advised.

Referring to another incident, wherein a Yatri continued to move further for the Yatra despite being advised by the Doctor at Brarimarg for not doing so after evaluating his health condition when he reported sickness, the CEO has directed the Camp Directors to stop such Yatris from further proceeding on the Yatra route when the Doctor has advised such Yatris not to do so. He directed Camp Directors to make suitable arrangements for such sick Yatris for sending them back to the Base Camps. The CEO has also appealed the Yatris to not proceed further on the Yatra track if they have fallen sick and Doctors have advised not to proceed further.

In the meantime, Yatris have been yet again advised not to proceed to Baltal and Pahalgam without obtaining their Registration beforehand.

progress and the inter –state road project is expected to be complete in all respects by the end of 2014.

Earlier, the DDC also inspected the pace of work on inter-District 166 Km Bhaderwah-Bani – Basohli road being constructed by the GREF. The DDC conducted enroute inspection up to Chattergalla pass and directed the executing agency to expedite the pace of work and ensure its early completion, he asked GREF authorities to carry out simultaneous protection works on the road like construction of retaining walls to avoid damages to the road and public property due to rain and snow. He directed the Revenue and GREF authorities to conduct joint survey to demarcate the land so that the widening at these stretches was carried out effectively. He also directed them to expedite the process of land acquisition and compensation disbursement to avoid delay in the work due to pendency of the same At Paneja Bhaderwah, GREF authorities apprised the

DDC that there was a need for up-gradation of the existing bridge as per the two lane specifications and sought the cooperation of the concerned departments in shifting the public utilities to facilitate the work . The DDC directed PDD Department to shift the poles and conductors which may hamper the construction work.

Later, interacting with the locals, the DDC said that with the completion of work on Bhaderwah-Bani-Basohli and Bhaderwah- Chamba roads, the people of erstwhile Doda and Kathua districts would have an all weather double lane alternate road connectivity with rest of the country.“With the construction of proposed 6 km long tunnel on 166 Km Bhaderwah-Bani road at Chhatergalla, the distance between the two points will be cut by about 50 Km , while the roads once made through will open flood-gates for the tourists from within and outside the State thus giving further boast to the fast growing tourism industry in the area” , the DDC hoped.

Saifullah chairs Select Committee meeting SRINAGAR, JULY 10: A meeting of Select Committee of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held under the Chairmanship of Minister for Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, Mir Saifullah here today.

Threadbare discussion was held on the list of amendments to “A Bill to provide for the better management, protection, administration and governance of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious places in the State and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto (L.A Bill 11 of 2009)”.

Legislators, Prof ChamanLal Gupta, Mr. Abdul RehmanVeeri and Mr. AshwaniKumar Sharma gave their valuable suggestions to protect the property of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious places.

Committee directed the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir and Relief Commissioner, Migrants to maintain the records of Kashmiri

Hindu Shrines and Religious places in the State on their Website. It also directed to Deputy Commissioners of all the districts for demarcation of property of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious places in the State in the shortest possible time and submit its report in the next meeting of Committee.

Among others the meeting was attended by Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Mr. Shailender Kumar, Secretary Law, Mrs FarhatTasneem, Secretary Assembly M. Ramzan, Secretary Revenue Mr. VinodKoul, Relief Commissioner, Migrants, Mr. R.K. Pandita, Deputy Commissioners, Srinagar, Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam and Budgam, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora, Kupwara, Pulwama, Additional Secretary Law, besides senior officers and officials of Assembly Secretary were present in the meeting.

Taj lays foundation of Indoor stadium, Bla

BARAMULLA, JULY 10:-

Minister for Medical Education, Youth Services & Sports, Mr. Taj Mohi ud Din today laid the foundation of an ultra modern indoor stadium here today.The indoor stadium would be first of its kind in the State, given the facilities and amenities proposed and it would be completed within a span of 18 months. It would be built at a cost of Rs. 18 crore in two phases, out of which Rs. Six crore have already been released.Minister for Higher Education, Muhammad Akbar Lone, former Deputy Chief Minister and MLA, Baramulla, Muzaffar Hussain Baig were present on the occasion.The stadium would have courts and rings for playing all the indoor games, spectators’ lounges, change rooms and other facilities. It would also

be equipped with latest gadgetry and sports material.

Addressing the gathering after laying the foundation stone, Mr. Taj said Government intends to upgrade and equip sports infrastructure in the State. He said Government has devised an action plan under which every block would be provided a sports complex and every panchayat would have a sports field.

The Minister asked the public representatives to identify land in their respective areas so that the same would be developed as sports fields. He said Government intends to develop indoor stadia across the Valley because for most of the year it remains in the grip of cold climate. The aim is to encourage sporting activity for youth throughout year, he said. He thanked Minister for Higher Educa-

tion, Mr. Muhammad Akbar Lone for donating a piece of land of Degree College (Boys) Baramulla for construction of the indoor stadium.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Lone hoped that the stadium would be a unique one in whole of the State. He said the present Government led

by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is keen to develop the State on modern lines and make it an exemplary state.

The Minister hoped that similar sports complexes would be developed at other District headquarters as well and for this he suggested that the matter may be taken up at the earliest.Earlier, former Deputy Chief Minister and MLA, Baramulla, Muzaffar Hussain Baig complimented both the Ministers for choosing Baramulla for developing a state of the art indoor stadium.

11 .7.2013

HOROSCOPE Aries

March 21-April 19 Your life is taking off in many different directions, Aries. Everything seems to be expanding at once. It may be difficult to get a solid grip on any one thing. Try not to get overwhelmed. Take it one step at a time and remember to maintain a good sense of humor in every situation. Keep things light and energetic.

Taurus April 20-May 20

This is a great day for you, Taurus. There’s a terrific feeling of expansion in the air. This is one of those times in which a small germ of an idea can grow into something big right before your eyes. Projects are moving quickly, and information is being rapidly dispersed.

Catch the energy and set your dreams in motion. You can accomplish a great deal if you try.

Gemini May 21-June 21

Your head and heart are working in concert today, Gemini. Things are coming together just as you expected them to. Have confidence in yourself. More than likely, you have the perfect solution to every situation.

Maybe your incredible perception of the circumstances will catch someone off guard. Be prepared for some surprised reactions.

Cancer June 22-July 22

Get in touch with your vulnerable side today, Cancer. Don’t pretend to be someone you’re not. Realize that you can be yourself and still have a good time without needing to hog all the attention. Stabilize your mind and create space to grow. Take some of the advice that you give to others and apply it to yourself.

Leo

July 23-August 22 This is your day, Leo, so don’t let anyone take it away from you. The key will be to get a head start on whatever goals you wish to accomplish. Don’t waste time thinking about exactly how you’re going to accomplish them. Just get started. The first step is the most important. You’re grounded right now, helping you get a better handle on what it is you need to do.

Virgo

August 23-September 22

Open up and reveal more of your sensitive side, Virgo. The more willing you are to share with others, the more they will feel comfortable sharing things with you. Your head and heart are in agreement, so use this to your advantage. Ground your mind and use it to take a rational approach to your feelings. The truth of the situation will become clear.

Libra

September 23-October 23 Things should go well for you today as long as you can keep the drama to a minimum. You can jump over any hurdle in your way, so don’t worry about a thing.

You have a sharp, intuitive wit about you that’s grounded in the real world. Take care of the details and plan your next big move. Clean, organize, and throw away things that no longer serve you.

Scorpio

October 24-November 21 You may have to bring yourself down to ground level in a rather sobering fashion, Scorpio. Maybe you’re forgetting an important piece of a goal that you’ve been shooting for. This is a good day to review your progress and deal with any details that require attention. Keep your adventurous spirit alive, but have at least one foot on solid ground.

Sagittarius November 22-December 21

You have a tremendous ability to understand the inner workings of any situation. You may need to give someone a reality check to make sure they’re on the same page as you. Use your criticism constructively so you don’t alienate yourself from the people. Help to fill in the blanks in a situation that isn’t fully understood by all parties, and move the project to the next level.

Capricorn December 22-January 19

Don’t say anything about someone behind his or her back that you wouldn’t want to say if the person were standing right next to you, Capricorn. Feelings are easily hurt on a day like this. People will instinctively know that you’ve been saying negative things about them.

Come clean with any confessions that you might need to make toward someone you love.

Aquarius January 20-February 18

When it comes to decisions, Aquarius, do what’s best for you today. Don’t feel like you need to perform certain tasks just because of guilt over a past situation.

Do things because you want to, not because you feel obligated to someone else. The only obligation you have is to you. If it’s truly your desire to help someone out, then go for it, but don’t sacrifice too much of yoursel.

Pisces

February 19-March 20 It’s time to settle down from the rapid-fire activities of the past few days and retreat to a quieter state of mind.

Take care of the details you failed to attend to while you were out having fun. Now is the time to turn inward and reflect. Rely on your inner reserves as opposed to your outwardly directed actions. Stay grounded and let your emotions work with your rational side.

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Zabarwan Times Thursday, 11 July 2013

Forget them not

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he holy month of Ramadan is beginning today. Ramadan is the month in which Quran was revealed. Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. The gates of Heaven would be open all the month and the gates of Hell would be closed. This is the month of good deeds to earn more and more blessings from the Allah Almighty. During this period, the Muslims in Kashmir need to focus on the plight of thousands of orphans, who are spread along the length and breadth of the state. Thousands of orphans strive in their own way to survive.

Majority of them struggle for fending themselves and their dependents. Those who are lucky manage to gain entry in orphanages and secure their survival. In absence of the State coming forward to create a safety net for them, the sense of assisting them inflates in civil society which has led to mushrooming of orphanages in Kashmir. In an independent unpublished study conducted by a Freelance Researcher, it was revealed that the institutional rehabilitation of orphans fails to bring the desired results. Most of the orphans in Kashmir are the direct victims of violence and the orphanages do not offer specialized service of care and protection so as to help them to come out of such tendency. Invariably the Kashmir orphanages employ local people to take care of the orphans. They are neither trained in child care nor in management of the residential houses which is a major reason for lack of standards of care in orphanages. Recently in an art competition most of them sketched the guns and the destruction Kashmir is witnessing over the past 23 years. Rehabilitation at the mental level is more important than offering them a room to live in, delicious food to relish and a colour television to watch.

We need to regulate the orphanages at first place. Orphanages could do better if there are minimum standards of care applicable to all of them. It is the responsibility of Government to collaborate with the organizations which have experience in the field and come up with a regulatory mechanism which should bring minimum standards of care as guidelines for running orphanages. Every orphanage should comply with these standards failing which their license to run the orphanage might be reconsidered and even cancelled in some cases. There are four important guidelines given in United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child, endorsed by India in 1992 which need to be linked with orphanages for ensuring special care to them.

Child participation, best interest of the child, non-discrimination and survival and development, most of them are absent in our slipshod orphanages. When it comes of dealing with the issue of orphans the state is largely silent whether in terms of policy or program. The condition of the state run houses is extremely bad. There are no significant packages for orphans.

The government of Jammu and Kashmir has actually never listed it as a problem which is the worst part of it. Kashmir orphans continue to think about the dual loyalties. Only a radical welfare policy will bail the hapless orphan out from the deep misgivings they encounter whether they are in an orphanage or begging in their villages.

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Thursday, 11 July 2013

A dependent existence has no existence

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Ashok Raina

earn by heart the precious expression of Russian scholar of oriental studies Theodo (Fyodor) Stcherbatsky which I enclose here it in quotes,” A dependent existence has no existence” the significant thought here is not just without reasons to utilize I once it again. The logic conception more strongly clears our position for equally we need to notice and defend otherwise we are all guilty of ignoring .Beside we have sufficient weight of argument against the unreasonable ethnicity contiguous and induce upon us in an ill will manner.

Those who argue and claims that the Kashmiri Pandits are now well settled and become the self reliant are essentially long-suffering from the estimation of this thought “ dead dog laughing in a cloud” are the characteristics which often always implied by orthers. We do not erase the past but continuing the impact of settlement and customs created new tensions. The increasing pressures and undermining of traditional authority go much deeper than references to what went before that continues to have a devastating effect. These processes are proved often painful, troubled grounds for low growth rate to highest death rate among the community since their unfortunate exodus from the valley.

The history of outstation movement of Kashmiri Pandits knows everyone is not necessary to recall but the continuing impact of settlement and unconcerned attitude of government including change in policy of government have produce tensions or divisions within a community.

The debate on “settlement” necessitate to confront with keenness and frankly.

Although land and what might be describe as “intellectual Property” were great significance but basically Kashmiri pundits did not have value of these things nowadays become totally dependent upon a meager amount of cash relief. So it

can easily to say that” A dependent existence has no existence”.

Society, culture and religion- a process which is a continuing one, but on the other hand this pattern is not universal because and after all every man is born free but he where is in chains. Beside the rule of law the legitimate authority attempt and strive to make ineffective and be too intensive for all time by means of exercise their influence through the elected office holders. The example of “APEX COMMITTEE” is much sufficient for whole understanding what has been happened with the KP community at large. Those who are living in tattered tented accommodation from several years

The history of outstation movement of

Kashmiri Pandits knows everyone is not necessary to recall but the continuing

impact of settlement and unconcerned

attitude of government including change in policy of government have produce

tensions or divisions within a community. are still awaiting for a roof to live with their extremely dependent children.

These people continue to face difficult choices about their lives and their place in their own communities.

Statistics on poverty and disadvantage are inadequate concerning the KP community. With whom I worked were shocked that the KP community have the lowest growth rate ,the lowest birth rate, the highest death rate, the worst health and housing and the lowest educational, occupational, economic, social and legal status of any identifiable section of the

India’s First Dedicated Navigational Satellite IRNSS-1A

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ith the launch of IRNSS-1A satellite, India has joined a select group of nations with indigenously developed navigation systems. India’s first dedicated navigational satellite the IRNSS-1A developed by the ISRO was successfully put into orbit on the night of 1st July 2013.This is the first of the seven satellites of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS).

Overview of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) IRNSS is an Independent regional navigation satellite system being developed by India. It is designed to provide accurate position information service to users in India as well as the region extending up to 1500 Km from its boundary, which is its primary service area.

The Extended Service Area lies between primary service area and area enclosed by the rectangle from Latitude 30 degree South to 50 degree North, Longitude 30 degree East to 130 degree East. IRNSS will provide two types of services, namely, Standard Positioning Service (SPS) which is provided to all the users and Restricted Service (RS), which is an encrypted service provided only to the authorized users. The IRNSS System is expected to provide a position accuracy of better than 20 metres in the primary service area. IRNSS consists of a space segment and a ground segment.

The IRNSS space segment consists of seven satellites, with three satellites in geostationary orbit and four satellites in inclined geosynchronous orbit. Thus, IRNSS satellites revolve round the earth at the height of about 36,000 km from the earth's surface. IRNSS ground segment is responsible for navigation parameter generation and transmission, satellite control, ranging and integrity monitoring and time keeping. Applications of IRNSS include land, sea and air navigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking and fleet management, integration with mobile phones, provision of precise time, mapping, navigation aid for hikers and travelers, visual and voice navigation for drivers. It can track people or vehicles and can be of immense use in disaster situations like the recent one in Uttarakhand. Even the

state population. Those who are more skilled in the ways and concepts of the wider community society than elders are being deprived on the change in settlement policy. The extent of past dislocation and dispossession is well document, but it is more difficult to assess its impact on current poverty and disadvantage among the common people of the community .However in comparison to1981 national population census the official record also indicates at present the vital numerical change in the population of KP community .Despite the several disadvantage factor the number of KP community families still in force to retain the life as dependent existence in several

Railways may find it useful to track its wagons. Apart from India, its benefits would extend to a range of 1500 km in the region.

IRNSS-1A The satellite is based on ISRO's I1K satellite bus and has two solar panels with Ultra Triple junction solar cells that together generate about 1660 Watts of electrical power. A rechargeable Lithium ion battery of 90 Ampere-Hour capacity is also part of the power system of the satellite. Sun and Star sensors as well as gyroscopes provide orientation reference for IRNSS-1A. Special thermal control schemes have been designed and implemented for some of the critical elements such as atomic clocks of the satellite. The Attitude (orientation) and Orbit Control System (AOCS) of IRNSS1A maintains the satellite's orientation and its propulsion system consists of a Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) and 12 thrusters. After injection into the circular geosynchronous orbit, the satellite will be located at 55 degrees East longitude with an inclination of 29 degrees with respect to the equator. The mission life of IRNSS-1A is about ten years.

IRNSS-1A was built at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore with important contributions from VSSC, LPSU, IISU and Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS).

Payloads IRNSS-1A carries two types of payloads – a navigation payload and a ranging payload. The navigation payload of IRNSS-1A will transmit navigation service signals to the users. This payload will be operating in 1.5 band (1176.45 MHz) and S band (2492.028 MHz). A highly accurate Rubidium atomic clock is part of the navigation payload of the satellite. The ranging payload of IRNSS1A consists of a C-band transponder which facilities accurate determination of the distance to the satellite (ranging).

IRNSS-1A also carries Corner Cube Retro Reflectors for laser ranging.The other mission, launch of IRNSS 1B navigational satellite will be decided based on the performance and in-orbit testing of IRNSS-1A.

camps exists in across the country .

There is much need of study and survey regarding the KP minority community people of Jammu and Kashmir. The displaced community has not been settled till date. More than 3 Lakh families were being forcibly removed from the valley, among them only 7,000 families were to be adjusted in the simple government accommodations in the different localities of Jammu region. Though the remaining exodus families induce the path of rummage sale of their property at their native land at a negligible rates

despite the restraining the sale deed Act of 1997. The income of per month of per head of the KP community has been fixed by the government of India 1250/(Rupees twelve hundred fifty) only in these much more price hike surroundings. Amazing is that the local state government recognized this community as temporary residents (As bolded typed in their home town ration cards) and not stand for any expenses upon these citizens during their mass migration from the valley. What the maintainers assert is totally incorrect and baseless as initiation the propagandas against the community is understood for all.

No at all is prepared to brazen out the real state of affairs and position causes a grave concern among the community. The prevalence of the several diseases like diabetes, Hypertension thyroid, eye diseases, psychological, nerves and other physique problems has been estimated to be 15 times greater than for other nearby population. In some areas more than 77% of population relating to this community is adversely affected. Notwithstanding these circumstances the large number of the community people are facing power cuts for more than 18 hours cannot sleep or performing the normal activities in view of the major power cuts by the government and despite the repeated pleases with the government power supply has not been improved still yet.

Jagti township of the displaced Kashmiri migrants is becoming a torture cell for its residents in absence of water and supply .The KP community in general face problems of inadequate housing, lack of water, sewerage ,transport, inadequate facilities for school going children, non arrangement for orphan, physically handicapped or militant victim effected children of the community.

Social disruption and frequent conflict with the police and the courts are similarly part of fringe dwelling life. In short we can easily to say that “A dependent existence has no existence” at all.

NSFDC - Playing Important Role in Economic Development of Target Group

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he Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing a number of schemes for development of Scheduled Castes and National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) is playing an important role in economic development of the target group. The Corporation is active at National level and provides financial assistance ranging from 30,000/- to 30 lacs to entrepreneurs belonging to scheduled castes for setting up their own business ventures. NSFDC also provides 100% grant for skill development training programmes and also provide education loans to students for pursuing higher studies.

The Corporation has assisted more than 8.50 lakh beneficiaries by providing loan of more than 2500 crore in last twenty four years.

In the rapidly changing scenario in the World, empowerment of masses does not end with providing financial assistance for starting any business activity, but also involves inclusion of weaker sections in all spheres of development. Good education is one of the foremost requirements for getting employment or starting a self-employment venture. The youth of today needs financial assistance to follow their dreams of getting quality education and livelihood earning skills. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment assists the target-group by giving post-matric scholarships and national overseas scholarship for pursuing higher studies. As the present day education has become an expensive affair particularly if one is to study away from his/her home by staying in hostels, there is a need to fill the gaps in scholarship amount and the actual expenditure. NSFDC is playing a major role in meeting this requirement. Its Educational Loan Scheme has been drafted in such a manner so as to cover all items of expenditures and provide wide coverage of courses.

Getting education from foreign universities by the students is also possible through NSFDC's Educational Loan Scheme.

Further, it is very essential for young persons to be well trained in their chosen area of occupation. Self-employment or wage employment requires exhaustive skill development training. The Government has established number of institutions in the

country for imparting these trainings. In this endeavour, NSFDC has entered into partnership with many of such training institutions and are imparting short-term skill training programmes for the educated unemployed youth belonging to scheduled castes. All the expenses of such courses are being met by NSFDC. NSFDC also provides stipend of Rs.1,500/- per month to these trainees for meeting miscellaneous expenses. In the present business environment - schemes of providing finances for self-employment venture - care should be taken that forward and backward linkages to the business activity undertaken with financial assistance from NSFDC are

In the rapidly changing scenario in the World,

empowerment of masses does not end with

providing financial

assistance for starting any business activity, but also

involves inclusion of weaker sections in all spheres of development.

available so that beneficiary can increase their business in future by these linkages.

The investment in the business should be sufficient to generate enough income, so as to make beneficiaries financially independent. The fund requirement should be met completely, so that beneficiaries need not look for supplementing their requirement from other sources. State Channelizing Agencies should also provide guidance to beneficiaries for running their business successfully and adopt an attitude of holding the hand of the beneficiary for a longer time.

Efforts should also be made to bridge the gap between the rural, urban and semi-urban youth belonging to scheduled castes, in all fields.

Disclaimer : The contents and comments appearing in any article published in this paper are purely the personal opinion of the writer.

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Ex-minister Raghavji arrested on sodomy charges Bhopal: Former Madhya Pradesh finance minister Raghavji, who had to quit after his servant levelled allegations of sodomy against him, was arrested here Tuesday, police said.

The former minister was arrested from a house in Kohefiza area of the city and taken to Habibganj police station, a police official said.

Police had Sunday registered a first information report (FIR) against the former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister following his domestic help Rajkumar Dangi’s complaint.

Dangi has alleged that Raghavji sexually abused him for over three years on the promise of getting him a government job.

Dangi claimed that a sex CD had also been made.

Raghavji had gone missing from Vidisha after the FIR was registered.

The Congress accused Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of

Puri Rath Yatra begins amid tight security BHUBANESWAR: The annual Ratha Yatra (chariot procession) of Lord Jagannath, his brother Bhalabhadra and sister Subhadra began at Odisha's beach town of Puri amid tight security on Wednesday, officials said.

The ceremonial procession of the deities known as Pahandi - carrying the deities out of the temple to the chariots started at 9.45am, Laxmidhar Pujapanda, public relations officer of the temple administration, said.

More than 800,000 devotees reached the town, some 55 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar, by 11.30am.

Their numbers could swell to more than a million by evening, Pujapanda said.

The festival marks the annual journey of the three deities from the 12th century Jagannath temple in three splendidly decorated wooden chariots, pulled by devotees, to the Gundicha temple, around three km away.

The festival ends nine days later when the deities make their way back home to the Jagannath temple. The return journey, known as Bahuda Jatra, will be held July 19.

Devotees from different parts of the country and abroad attend this annual procession to get a glimpse of the deities,

which is considered auspicious. The chariots are pulled with ropes by devotees amid chanting of hymns.

The state government has made adequate security arrangements to maintain law and order during the festival. Over 7,000 policemen are deployed across Puri to prevent any untoward incident, superintendent of police Anup Kumar Sahoo said.

It is for the first time that the vehicles of VIPs are not being allowed to reach close to the temple. Such vehicles have to be parked at a distance, Sahoo said.

Besides a large number of closed circuit cameras installed at various places, bomb detection and disposal squads and fire tenders have been deployed to meet emergencies, the officer added

trying to shield his colleague but the BJP rejected the charge. Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh said the charges against Raghavji were condemnable.

“The chief minister tried to save him but could not,” party general secretary Digvijaya Singh told reporters in New Delhi.

Madhya Pradesh BJP spokesperson Hitesh Bajpai said the allegations levelled

by Digvijaya Singh were “baseless” and “untrue”.

“He is fabricating lies for electoral gains.

Nobody trusts him,” Bajpai said.

BJP leaders rejected the Congress’s allegation that Chouhan had seen the CDs. They said that Dangi had not given the CD with his complaint to police and there was no question of the chief minister viewing them.

said.

In another incident, four persons were killed and another injured when a JCB (earth moving machine) slipped into a ditch while repairing a road at Dwarikhal Development Block in Garhwal.

SDM Lansdowne P.L.Shah said

Woman gang-raped, neighbour arrested A 26-year-old has claimed she was gang-raped by at least three persons in Sector 16, Dwarka, in southwest Delhi. A case has been registered on basis of the woman‘s statement. All the accused are her neighbours. One of the accused was arrested.

Police are investigating if the brutal attack was in retaliation to a petty dispute.

A senior police officer said the victim had an argument with her neighbours a few days ago. She and her husband had even lodged a complaint with local police. Meanwhile, one of the accused, identified as Mukram, threatened the victim and asked her to withdraw her complaint.“On Monday night, Mukram asked the victim to meet him for a settlement. After sometime, he went to her house with two associates identified as Kashmim and Nasim. The victim was alone at home. They molested her and, when she objected, allegedly gang-raped her and fled. Mukram was arrested,” said the officer.

Supreme Court suggests Tatas to return Nano land to government

The court asked Tatas' counsel Gopal Jain to respond to its suggestion by August 6.

The Supreme Court Wednesday asked Tata Motors to consider restoring the land for small car Nano factory in West Bengal back to the state government so that it could be returned to the agriculturists from whom it was acquired.

The apex court bench of Justice HL Dattu and Justice Dipak Misra told Tatas that they are lease holders.

"You are not carrying out any business there. You cannot be expecting any profit from land. Why should you come in the way of the state handing it back to the agriculturists?" the court said.

The court asked Tatas' counsel Gopal Jain to respond to its suggestion

by August 6.

The West Bengal government and the central government represented respectively by senior counsel Rakesh Dwivedi and Solicitor General Mohan Prasaran told the court that the state is willing to return the compensation with interest to Tatas if they restore the land to the farmers.

The court's suggestion to the Tatas to hand over the land back to the state came in the course of the hearing of a petition by the West Bengal government challenging the Calcutta High Court order quashing its law to take over the Singur land.

1984 anti-Sikh riots: HC issues notice to Sajjan Kumar,CBI on victim's plea NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today sought responses from the CBI and Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on a plea filed by the family of the victims challenging his acquittal in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

A bench of justices G S Sistani and G P Mittal issued notice to CBI and Kumar for August 27.

The notice was issued on a plea filed by members of the victims' family who contended that the trial court had failed to appreciate the legally admissible evidence in its verdict.

The appeal filed by Jagdish Kaur and Nirpreet Kaur, who had lost their close relatives in the carnage following the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, have sought setting aside of the trial court's April 30 judgement. They have in their plea filed through advocate Kamna Vohra contended that the verdict was "erroneous" as the trial court had failed to appreciate that there was ample legally admissible evidence against Kumar to show he had allegedly "engineered" the murders of five Sikh persons in Raj Nagar area of Delhi Cantonment.

They also submitted that the trial court had ignored the statements of Jagdish Kaur, Jagsher Kaur and Nirpreet Kaur who were direct witness to Kumar's presence and "speech of hatred" given by him on November 2, 1984.

On April 30, allowing Kumar to walk free in the case, the trial court in its 129-page verdict had said that Jagdish Kaur's subsequent testimony, that she had seen him instigating

Seven of a family die as house ceiling collapses due to heavy rains in Chamoli Heavy rains continued to wreak havoc in Uttarakhand where seven persons of a family were killed when the ceiling of their house collapsed in Chamoli district today, while four persons were killed when a machine engaged in repairing a road fell into a ditch in Garhwal.

The house collapse incident occurred at about 3.30 AM in Dhikauna village when debris from the hillside including rocks and boulders where the house was located hit it under the impact of heavy overnight rains, Chamoli ADM Sanjay Kumar told PTI over phone.

The dead included two women and three children.

Five bodies have been recovered and efforts are on to extricate the remaining two which are still trapped in the debris, he said.

Senior officials including Chamoli District Magistrate S A Murugesan have reached the spot to supervise rescue operations, he

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the JCB was involved in debris removal in Ghandalu village when the incident took place on Monday evening.

Four persons, including the operator of the JCB, died on the spot while one person was injured and hospitalised.

a mob with his provocative speech, was "not acceptable and believable".

The court had acquitted Kumar, a former Lok Sabha MP from Outer Delhi, but convicted five others -Balwan Khokkar, an ex-councillor, Mahender Yadav, an ex-MLA, Kishan Khokkar, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal -- for their involvement in the case.

The case relates to anti-Sikh riots that had broken out after the assassination of Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984. Gandhi was shot dead by two of her bodyguards at her residence here. The case, in which these five persons were held guilty, deals with the death of five Sikhs -- Kehar Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Raghuvender Singh, Narender Pal Singh and Kuldeep Singh -- who were members of the same family. Kehar and Gurpreet were the husband and son respectively of complainant and eye witness Jagdish Kaur while Raghuvender, Narender and Kuldeep were the brothers of Kaur and another witness Jagsher Singh. The case against Kumar and others was registered in 2005 on a recommendation

by Justice G T Nanavati Commission. CBI had filed two charge sheets against him and the other accused in January 2010.

The trial court had in May 2010 framed charges against Kumar and the five others under Sections 302 (murder), 395 (dacoity),

Hemant Soren set to be Jharkhand’s ninth CM If all goes well, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren will be the ninth chief minister of Jharkhand.

Backed by the Congress, RJD and legislators from smaller parties and independents, Soren staked claim to forming a new government when he met Governor Syed Ahmad on Tuesday.The JMM handed over names of 43 legislators who it said will back the JMM-led government.

All eyes are now on the governor.

According to Raj Bhawan sources, the governor has sent a report to the central home ministry.

The new government will be in place once the central government lifts President’s Rule.

Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in November 2000. Babulal Marandi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the first chief minister.

Marandi was replaced by Arjun Munda of BJP. JMM chief Shibu Soren was the

Mumbai: 2 dead, 4 still trapped in a landslide at Antop Hill Mumbai: Two people have died and one is critically injured in a landslide that took place at Antop Hill in Mumbai on Wednesday morning. According to reports, three people have been rescued and four are still feared trapped under the debris.

BMC has sent a team of 40 members for the rescue operation. Rescue operations are on to save the trapped people.

The incident took place at 8:00 am. It has been raining since last night and the area is said to be prone to landslides.

Mumbai saw light showers throughout the night, with rains

427 (mischief to cause damage to property), 153-A (promoting enmity between different communities), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and other provisions of the IPC. The Delhi Police had earlier probed the riots case and the investigation was handed over to CBI in 2005. CBI had told the court there was a conspiracy of "terrifying proportion" between Kumar and the police during the riots.

The agency had said the police had kept its "eyes closed" to the widespread violence.

CBI had also alleged that in all the complaints wherever Kumar's name had cropped up, it was "immediately eliminated" from the Delhi Police records.

letting up a little in the morning.

Meanwhile, the BMC disaster management has not received any reports of water logging or traffic jams. No traffic or train problems have been detected so far. Colaba has received 22.0 mm rainfall and Santacruz 24.0 mm rainfall.

third chief minister. He quit after just eight days. Arjun Munda of BJP succeeded him.

Madhu Koda, an independent legislator backed by the Congress, JMM and RJD, became the fifth chief minister -- in September 2006.

Shibu Soren became the sixth chief minister in August 2008. He took oath again in December 2009.

In September 2010, Arjun Munda became the state’s eighth chief minister. Now it is the turn of Hemant Soren.

Supreme Court notice to Centre on age of consent for sexual relations NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking a direction for fixing the age of consent of a wife at 18 years for having sexual relations with her husband.

Agreeing to hear the PIL, a bench headed by Justice K S Radhakrishnan sought response from the Centre on the issue.

The court passed the order on a petition filed by an NGO, iThought seeking its direction for amendment of section 375 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code which makes an exception on age of consent of

the wife for sexual relations with her husband.

The exception in section 375, which was recently amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 2013, states that "sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under 15 years of age, is not rape."

Advocate Vikram Srivastav, appearing for the NGO, submitted that if the age of adulthood has been fixed at 18 years, the same should apply in the case of age of consent of a women for sexual intercourse.

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