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CM working very proactively for industrial development: Tanvir

Srinagar, Nov 20:

Stressing the need to invest big way in industrial sector in Jammu and Kashmir, Political Secretary to Chief Minister, Tanvir Sadiq said that industrialization is the key to state’s economic development.

Talking to a delegation from Kingdom of the Netherlands headed by Counsellor Economic and Commercial See Tanvir On Pg 11..

Gunshots at Tral Kar Irshad Tral, November 21:

Prior to the visit of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to Tral, Today at around 8 P.M gunshots were heard near Wani Masjid locality followed by a blast in other side of the town. Police, CRPF and Army cordoned off the area and search operations were going on when this report was filed.

Inside story Manohar inaugurates 2-days Employment Fair at Phinter, Billawar Minister of State for Fisheries and Cooperatives, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma inaugurated a 2-day Employment Fair organized by District Employment and Counselling Centre, Kathua here at Phinter Ground in Billawar today.

See More On Pg 10 Aijaz tours Gool, addresses public rallies, announces Community Hall for Chachuwah Minister of State for Revenue and Relief, Aijaz Ahmed Khan on Wednesday conducted extensive tour of far-flung areas of Gool block and addressed various public gathering at Chachuwah and Ind in district Ramban.

See More On Pg 10 16 dead in Uttarakhand accident DEHRADUN: At least 17 persons aged between 25 to 45 years, including 6 women, were killed and 5 seriously injured on early Wednesday.

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On Edit Page BoPEE the blunder bus – punctured at last The raids conducted by the state crime branch on the residences of former chairman BoPEE in Srinagar and Jammu are indicative of the fact that a lot of mess was going on in BoPEE ...

WEATHER

Weather will be mainly dry over the state.

FORECAST OF SRINAGAR:

Partly cloudy sky. Maximum & Minimum temperatures will be around 15°C & 00°C respectively.

TEMPERATURE MAXIMUM MINIMUM

16.4 0C -1.6 0C SUNSET ON(THURSDAY) 05:25 pm 07:12 am SUNRISE ON (FRIDAY)

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Former BoPEE chairman surrenders Quizzed for a full day

Interrogation to continue : IGP Crime One arrest effected so far Srinagar, Nov 20: After evading arrest from past few days, former Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Exams (JKBOPEE) chairman, Mushtaq Ahmad Peer surrendered before the Crime Branch on Wednesday morning. The Crime Branch quizzed Mushtaq Ahmad in connection with paper leakage case for Common Entrance Test (CET)-2012.

Talking to Kashmir News Service, Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gillani the IGP Crime said that Peer was questioned by the sleuths of Crime Branch for the full day today. “We have not detained him. He was questioned today and it will continue tomorrow.”

When asked, how many persons have been

sofar arrested by the Crime Branch in the matter? Mr Gillai replied: “We have arrested only one person Sajad Ahmad Bhat. He is from Anantnag and deals with some consultancy with its office in Bangalore. His

Received no reply on recommendations for transparency in CET: Khuda Srinagar, Nov 20: State Accountability Commission (SAC) chairperson Justice (retd) Y P Nargotra and state Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Kuldeep Khuda on Wednesday opined the selections of the candidates who have benefitted illegally in Common Entrance Test (CET) in 2012 should be declared null and void.

Talking to Kashmir News Service, Justice (Retd) Nargotra said: “the SAC has no power to take suo moto cognizance of this

matter and we can probe into the matter only after we receive a formal complaint. But if the investigations establish that candidates have benefited from the paper leakage as is being reported in press, the admissions of those candidates who got selected in 2012 CET should be declared null and void.”

Agreeing with the observations made by the SAC chairperson, Kuldeep Khuda, state CVC maintained that he had shot some recommendations to secretary General Administration Department (GAD), Board

“‘ W ‘ ‘ e have not formally arrested him but the fact is that he surrendered before the Crime Branch. Soon after, we started questioning him and hopefully CB is capable enough to unearth everything that has occurred during the tenure of Peer.”

consultancy deals with admissions.”

It may be recalled that the Crime Branch has registered a case against Peer and senior CB officials are supervising the investigations under (FIR NO. 24/2013).

The Crime branch carried out raids at peer’s residences in Srinagar and Jammu and seized some ‘incriminating documents and cash.”

Peer while talking to KNS had termed the raids carried out by Crime Branch at his residences in Jammu and Srinagar as ‘unethical’. “I have held a responsible position and am the member of over four national level committees. If there was some allegation, which I am sure is baseless, it was imperative for the crime branch to have my response first before carrying out such

Selections of CET-2012 should be declared null and void: Justice (Retd) Nargotra, Kuldeep Khuda of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE), urging the authorities to take certain cost effective measures to make the entrance examination transparent.

Elaborating on his recommendations, Mr Khuda told KNS: “I had recommended online examination for CET on the pattern of other competitive examinations held across the country. Second, I had suggested installation of CCTVs in examination centres for recording of impersonation, cheating and any See Khuda On Pg 11..

Srinagar, Nov 20 : As the valley continues to reel under darkness due to unscheduled power cuts, the health experts in valley Wednesdayexpressed serious concern over the effects of erratic power supply on children and the ailing people.

Dr. Altaf Hussain, the leading Child Specialist of Valley while talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), said the power crises can have the adverse affects valley’s children and that it could also affect their mental well being. “The most hazardous affect of the power crises on Children would be that it could damage their eye sight and if this could happen at young

Srinagar, Nov 20:

A lower court on Wednesday remanded Muslim League chairman and Huriyat conference (G) leader Masarat Alam Bhat on police custody for a day.According to the reports received by Kashmir News Service (KNS), Bhat was produced before the court of 3rd Munsif in connection with the case registered against him in police station Nigeen under FIR no. 60/2010. The court sent Bhat for one day police remand and he is expected to be produced before the court on Thursday.

Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), deputy spokesman of Muslim League Showkat Hakeem while condemning the continuous detention of Bhat, accused that the authorities are detaining Bhat on ‘false’ cases and that the attempts are being made to crush the political will of Masarat Alam. (KNS)

Cabinet records to be digitalized Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday reiterated the necessity of e-governance to galvanize the system of service delivery with promptness, bringing in transparency and catapulting responsiveness of the Administration to attend the needs of people on development count. “e-governance is right initiative to provide good governance and remove all

kinds of red tape that hampers delivery of services in a time bound manner”, he said adding that his government’s focused concentration on IT and ST sectors is yielding encouraging results. He said that the process of change in the functioning of government departments through IT initiatives and e-governance measures would bring revolutionary turn around in the system.Taking review of the See Omar On Pg 11..

Grim Power Scenario Omar Govt Resorting To Anti-people Policies as Favour to Nation: PDP Castigating the Omar Abdullah government for worsening power situation in the Valley, Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)Wednesday said only an insensitive, cruel and inefficient regime can resort to such antipeople policies and try to sell it as a favour to the people.

In a joint statement, the party legislatures Abdul Rehman Veeri, Abdul Haq Khan and Syed Basharat Bukhari said the deplorable electricity scenario has thrown the life out of gear in Kashmir, with student and business community worst hit. “The students have been preparing for different university exams

these days, and they have to face tremendous problems. Similarly, the grim power scenario has been forcing the business community to shut down their operations too early in the evening,” they added.

The situation has gone from bad to worse in Srinagar; the summer capital of J&K, with the Power Development Department resorting to unscheduled but pestering power cuts for hours together, even in the metered areas, they said and added the state of affairs is sad in the non-metered areas, where people have to face maximum brunt of the anti-people policies of the rulers.

The legislatures said it was

ironical, in a situation, when people have been paying hefty electricity dues, five folds more what they have been paying five years ago. In the rural areas, the authorities have been taking the masses for ride where electricity goes off for days together.

Omar Abdullah, who came into power with the promise that he will be giving free electricity to people, owes a lot of answers for making Kashmir to suffer. They said the previous PDP-led government’s reforms in the power sector, were made fun by the Chief Minister himself by ‘promising’ people ‘Meter Hatau, Heater Lagau (destroy heaters, use heaters), but all See PDP On Pg 11..

age, it becomes difficult to cure it later.”

Dr. Altaf further stated that the mental health of children could be adversely affected and that there are high chances that a child could land into depression.

The General Physician Syed Sajad Hussian said that the patients suffering from Astama are expected to be in the tough times in winter and especially when there is dearth of electricity. “We have some patients who are on nebulizers and the supply of electricity is necessary for the same and when there is dearth of the power supply the patient could land in trouble.”Dr. Sajad who is also the president of the Junior See Erratic On Pg 11..

Masrat remanded to police custody

7000 MW capacity mega projects in offing Jammu, Nov 20 :

raids,” peer had told KNS on Tuesday.

The former chairman BOPEE had observed that unfortunately there is no appreciation for working with dedication, commitment and honesty in Jammu and Kashmir. “I had given a system and work culture in BOPEE. There were many attempts to malign my image but with God’s grace, elements inimical to my position and status had to eat a humble pie,” Peer had told KNS. Meanwhile, the IGP Crime had informed KNS: “We conducted raids at the residence of Peer Mushtaq in Srinagar and Jammu where we found some incriminating documents. We have seized those documents besides the property papers. The documents will be scrutinized and See BoPEE On Pg 11..

Erratic power supply to affect children, ailing people

E-Governance right initiative to ensure prompt service delivery: Omar

Srinagar, Nov 20 :

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Rural sports infrastructure to be upgraded: Taj Kathua, Nov 20 : Minister for Youth Services and Sports and Medical Education, Mr. Taj Mohi-ud-Din, on Wednesday said that State government intends to equip every panchayat with sports infrastructure to nurture sporting talent among rural youth. Mr Taj was speaking on the Final day of the 12th J&K Open State Fencing Championship in Government Degree College at Billawar.

Minister of State of Fisheries, Cooperatives, Finance and Planning Dr Manohar Lal Sharma was also present on the occasion.

Mr. Taj said that the mo-

tive behind organizing such championship of modern sports like fencing is to attract the youth hailing from rural pockets and far flung areas to new games, where youth otherwise remain confined See Taj On Pg 11..

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BoPEE further action will be taken accordingly.”

When asked about the documents and other material seized by the Crime Branch, Peer had told KNS: “During the raids, the Crime Brach has seized certain files, a laptop, pen drives and cash (1,35000) from my residence. The laptop and pen drives contain some confidential details as I am the member of five national level examination committees. Perhaps they have seized my passport also.”

Asked will he cooperate with Crime Branch in its investigations into the matter, Peer had said: “Why not. There is no question of noncooperation. When I have mot committed anything wrong, why I should shy away from investigations. I am ready for a thorough probe,” peer told KNS.

Khuda other violations of examination code.”

Mr Khuda said that third he had recommended frisking of candidates so that it is ensured they don’t carry any prohibitory gadgets inside examination halls. “Like some Bluetooth devices were recovered from some candidates in some competitive examinations outside J&K recently. Fourth recommendation was that applications for the CET should carry scanned photographs and not the hard copies affixed on the applications. This will prevent exchange of photographs on applications.”

Mr Khuda told KNS that he had also suggested automatic photography on entry points of examination halls for CET and other competitive examinations in Jammu and Kashmir.

But the state CVC also expressed dismay, informing KNS that sofar he has not received any reply from the authorities who got these recommendations. “I have written them again asking them if any recommendations have been considered and any measures take in this regard,” Mr Khuda told KNS. The state CVC agreed with the viewpoint of Justice (Retd) Nargotra that government should take a call on the veracity of the admissions of the candidates who were selected in CET 2012. “I am sure that investigations under crime branch led by IGP Crime Syed Javed Gilani will have a transparent and credible probe. Mr Gilani is a professional and I am sure he will take this case to logical conclusion. I also agree that the admissions should be declared null and void if the investigations establish any wrongdoing.” (KNS)

Erratic physicians association Kashmir said that the doctors at present in valley are advising the patients, suffering from breathing aliments, should leave valley during the harsh winters. “But at the same time we understand the plight of those patients who cannot afford to move outside valley, they will have to bear the brunt, we can only feel sorry for them.”

Several people across the state are also raising apprehensions that the private nursing homes in valley are not having any hot lines and those patients undergoing treatment in these hospitals are expected to go through the troubled times due to the prevailing power crises in valley. (KNS)

Omar achievements registered in the departments of Information Technology and Science Technology at a high level meeting, he chaired here, the Chief Minister gave nod to the digitalization of cabinet records and approved Rs. 40 lakhs for the purpose.

Omar Abdullah directed for exploring possibilities of direct placement of 1.5 percent budgetary grants earmarked in each department for e-governance to the IT and ST Department making it accountable for initiating measures for total e-governance in the government departments in a phased manner. “The Planning and Development Department should look for working out a viable and befitting strategy in this regard”, he added.

The meeting was attended by Minister for Science and Information Technology, Feroz Ahmad Khan, Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, Principal Secretary Planning and Development, B. R. Sharma, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas, Commissioner Secretary Science and Information Technology, Bipul Pathak and various senior officers.

Giving brief about the performance and achievements of the departments, Commissioner Secretary ST&IT in a PowerPoint presentation said that State Data Centre has started functioning in the State since 2013 while posting of CCTNS, Commercial Tax (DR Site) and NPR is in process and the RFP for Statewide area network has been floated. He said DPR have been approved and RFP floated for e-district scheme and State Service Delivery Gateway is likely to be launched fully in January 2014.

Bipul Pathak said that under the capacity building programme of J&K e-Governance Agency (JaKeGA) 150 KAS officers have been trained in project management and soft skills, 100 officials in EGLC and 1150 officials in CCC. He said 130 FA/CAO of Finance Department have been trained while capacity building training for 540 Accounts Officers and Assistant Accounts Officers has been completed and for 280 more is in pipeline.

He said 17 departments have been covered under eprocurement while as 1074 tenders have been floated worth Rs. 500634 lakhs till date. He said pay roll accounting and personal information system has been implemented. He said 84 Urban Local Bodies have been brought under e-municipalities while as 140 locations have been covered under mother and child tracking system. He said national animal diseasing system, e-hospital, vahansarathi and e-treasury besides date of birth certificates, electoral roll system etc are in place.

He said a Vision Document for Rs. 427 crore has been prepared for implementation in the State for realizing various short term and long term goals in IT sector.

The Chief Minister while receiving brief on Science and Technology Department gave nod to the undertaking of projects upto 10 MWs by JAKEDA and said that with the capacity building improvement in the Agency the upper limit can be further raised upto 25 MWs. He laid stress on harnessing of solar and other non-conventional energy sources to meet the domestic and commercial requirement of power in the feasible areas particularly in rural and far-flung villages.

The meeting was informed that 28 mini and hydro elec-

tric projects of about 50 MW-capacity have been taken up for execution during the current year. It was given out that 104 projects with 180 MW-capacity have been identified and DPRs of 75 have been prepared.

The meeting was informed that work is also in progress to explore launch of 2000 MW MMRE projects in Kargil and 5000 MW in Leh. It was stated that a Special Purpose Vehicle has been put in place to rope in joint venture partners in these projects. (KNS)

PDP those ‘promises’ stand flat now.

The leaders said the latest curtailment schedule announced by the government is humiliating and insulting in all means which shall be revoked keeping in view the tough wintry conditions ahead. (KNS)

Taj to the contemporary and traditional sports only.

On the occasion, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma appreciated the efforts of the Sports Minister for organizing the fencing championship in the Billawar tehsil. He also raised the demand for a sports stadium for Billawar Tehsil for which the Sports Minister Taj Mohi-ud-din assured that a team will assess the requirements.

As many as 207 players from 9 districts of the State took part in the 3- day Championship in which a total of 68 medals comprising 17 gold, 17 silver and 34 bronze medals were given. The matches during the event were held in Sabre, Foil, Epee, Open and Open Epee categories of under-12, under -14, under-17 individual age groups.

Three matches were played on the final day of the championship, in Open Saber Boys individual category in which Vishal Thapar of Jammu District bagged gold, Javed Ahmed of Jammu clinched silver, while Sushant Sharma of Jammu & Kushal Sharma of Kathua clinched bronze.

In open Saber girl’s individual category, Priya Khajuria of Jammu clinched Gold, Mansi Bral of Jammu won silver while bronze medal was bagged by Seema Bhagat and Simram Sharma both from Reasi district.

In under-17 Epee boys individual category Rajan Prasar of Udhampur won gold, Teja Singh of Jammu clinched silver while Ravi Sharma of Kathua district and Shubham Shari of Jammu won bronze medal.

Later the Ministers also gave away cheques among 98 beneficiaries of Billawar town under Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme.

ACR Kathua S.P Rakwal, SDM Billawar, SDPO Basohli, President J&K Amateur Fencing Association, Secretary J&K Amateur Fencing Association, Principal Government Degree College Billawar were also present on the occasion. (KNS)

Tanvir Affairs Sharmila Bihari along with Ravleen Pal Representative of the Business support who called on him at his downtown residence Srinagar, Tanvir said “State government under Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has been working very proactively for the industrial development of the state,” he added that Jammu & Kashmir has immense potential in Horticulture and Packaging of Food Processing.

Emphasizing the need of nurturing horticulture industry and the growers associated with it to nurture State’s economy. He said horticulture, handicrafts and tourism are the resourceful sectors in Jammu and Kashmir which can catapult financial status of the State and uplift the lot of the people associated with these sectors.

“Controlled Atmosphere Storage facility would help regulating the market and ensuring remunerative price for Kashmir horticulture produce” said Sadiq The Political secretary to Omar Abdullah said that setting up of infrastructure like Controlled Atmosphere Storages in the Valley and regulating the market by dispatching fruit as per the demand in the terminal markets would benefit growers in a larger extent. “This will also check the sudden fall in prices of fruit in the markets due to the glut”, he said.

The Political secretary to Chief Minister said that Kashmir is famous throughout the World for its handicrafts, fruit and natural beauty. He stressed the need of focusing on this aspect.

Tanvir said various facilities and concessions are being provided to the growers to strengthen their economic activity.

He added Omar’s Government has focused on nurturing locals to invest in the feasible fields and play an important part in the growth and development of the State’s economy.

J&K has been rapidly moving forward on all vital parameters of growth including infrastructure, investments, agriculture and tourism.

“J&K government is supportive, the climatic conditions are congenial and the connectivity is improving.” Tanvir said adding “that the climate of the state is conducive for the promotion of floriculture in the state” The state government has taken several steps to promote floriculture in a big way. The annual rate of growth in the floriculture industry is about 20 percent said the political secretary adding the floricultural products include cut flowers, which contribute about 60 per cent of the global trade, flowering and green potted plants and flowerbed plants.

While taking about the tremendous investment opportunities in hydropower sector he said that Omar led Government is also seeking investments in micro hydel projects as well as solar panel manufacturing, Tanvir added.

“Hydro power generation is key to achieve economic goals and generate employment and business activities for youth particularly in far-off villages and remote areas.” He added “The state has targeted generation of 9000 MWs of power within next 7 to 8 years. He said projects for generation of 2000 MWs of hydro electricity have been cleared and are at various stages of implementation. He said local generation of 9000 MWs would not only enable JK to provide 24x7 electric supply to domestic consumers and industry but its export would generate enough funds to launch wide-ranging development projects in various sectors of development. “It would also help to generate large-scale employment and give rise to various economic activities across the state”.

Later the Dutch delegation presented the political secretary with mementos and materials about their country and showed keen interest in investing in the state as they have done in other states. (KNS)

Development receives impetus during peace in J&K: Sadhotra JAMMU, NOVEMBER 20Minister for Planning and Development, Mr Ajay Kumar Sadhotra today said that a massive effort is underway to ensure inclusive development of the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir with focused attention on remote and far-flung areas.

Interacting with people after the inauguration of Ashirvaad Medical Hall at village Ladhore in Marh, the Minister said while thrust is being laid on ensuring infrastructural development in key sectors like roads and building, health, education, power and drinking water sectors, special attention is being provided towards prioritizing employment generation schemes.

Mr. Sadhotra expected continued support of people in implementing developmental agenda and assured that all necessary measures are being taken to meet basic requirements of the people in the far flung areas.

Referring to the initiatives taken for steering the state to progress and development, Mr Sadhotra said that the performance of Omar Abdullah led government is self explanatory and visible in good measure. This effort will be taken to logical conclusion with the support and cooperation of the people, he maintained.

He said the initiatives taken in recent years have fructified in the empowerment of the people in decision making with the Panchayati Raj be-

coming a reality. He also referred to the Right to Information and Public Services Guarantee Acts and said these revolutionary measures are aimed at empowering the people to make government accountable. He said a new era of peace has dawned across the state that has given fillip to economic activity and spurt to developmental initiatives. He particularly made a mention of turnaround in the situation and said that peace and normalcy have created a situation conducive for enhanced economic activity and faster development.

Responding to local demands, the Minister assured that these will be examined at appropriate level for early redressal.

Governor emphasizes sustained promotion of Scouts and Guides movement in J&K JAMMU, NOVEMBER 20 – Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor, today emphasized the need for the promotion of Scouts and Guides movement in the State to bring a significantly large number of youth under its umbrella.

The Governor, who is the Patron of the J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides, was interacting with a large group of Scouts and Guides who, along with the functionaries of the J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides, called on him at Raj Bhavan here today, in connection with their Annual Flag Day. Mrs. Usha Vohra, First Lady, was present on the occasion.

The Governor observed that scouting and guiding helps in character building and promoting the spirit of camaraderie and brotherhood which is of vital importance for sustaining the unity and integrity of the country. In this context, he stressed the high importance of bringing more and more youth under the ambit of Scouts and Guides movement in the State.The Governor announced a support of Rs. 4 lakh for providing uniforms to the Scouts and Guides who are studying in the Government educational institutions and for meeting other priority needs.

Referring to the support provided by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board for organizing the Scouts and Guides camps at Katra in the past year, the Governor suggested to the functionaries of the J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides to consider organizing such Camps during the lean period of the pilgrimage so that the required facilities can be provided without dislocating other arrangements.

The Governor observed that our children from J&K are very bright and talented and if provided the enabling opportunities they can excel

in their chosen fields of study and other extra-curricular activities, win awards and honours at the national level and bring laurels to the State.

Describing celebration of the Annual Flag Day as a very important event, the Governor congratulated

stickers, what are symbols of the Scouts and Guides movement.

In his welcome address, Mr. I. D. Soni, State Commissioner, J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides, dwelt on the activities of the organization undertaken in the recent past and those planned for the com-

all the functionaries of the J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides, scouters, guiders and the Scouts and Guides on this occasion.

The Governor and the First Lady made a contribution to the Annual Flag Day Fund and wished the Scouts and Guides all success in their mission. The Governor called upon all sections of the society to contribute generously to the Annual Flag Day Fund, for facilitating enhanced Scouts and Guides activities in the State.

Earlier, the Scouts and Guides presented Scarfs to the Governor, Lady Governor; Mr. Navin K. Choudhary, Principal Secretary to the Governor; and pinned on them the Flag Day

ing months. He thanked the Governor for taking keen interest in the Scouts and Guides movement and for extending strong support for this purpose.

Mrs. Roma Wani, Senior Vice President, J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides, presented a Vote of Thanks.

Mrs. Nasreen Khan, Guides Commissioner, J&K State Bharat Scouts and Guides, also spoke on the occasion.

Among those present on the occasion were Mr. G. A. Qureshi, Director, Industries and Commerce, Jammu, senior functionaries of the organization, Scouts and Guides and Principals of various educational institutions.

High Court organizes pre lok adalat session JAMMU, NOVEMBER 20-

Pre Lok Adalat session for the MACT cases and forest cases was organized in Jammu wing of High Court, by Secretary J&K High Court Legal Services Committee, under the Chairmanship of Justice Virender Singh, Judge, High Court of J&K and Executive Chairman, J&K State Legal Services Authority.

Four benches were constituted comprising of Sanjay Gupta, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Jammu, Mohd Akram Choudhary, Presiding Officer, MACT, Jammu, Yash Pal Boureny, Ist Additional District and Sessions Judge Jammu and Mrs Nighat Sultana, 2nd Additional District and Sessions Judge, Jammu.

The pre-lok adalat session was attended by advocates, representatives/standing counsels of respective banks/departments and litigants. The national lok adalat is scheduled to be held on November 23rd.

DDC reviews progress of developmental activities in Doda DODA, NOVEMBER 20-

District Development Commissioner, Doda Mr. Mubarak Singh today convened a meeting to review the progress of developmental activities under District Plan, Centrally sponsored Schemes and flagship programmes.

Additional District Development Commissioner Doda Mr. G. N. Balwan, Chief Planning Officer Doda Mr. Yoginder Katoch besides others District and Sectoral Officers were also present in the meeting.

He expressed his displeasure in respect of those officers whose achievements is very low and asked them to speed up the pace of progress by ending of November 2013.

District and Sectoral Officers were asked to restrict to 75% expenditure under Revenue and Normal Capital component instead of 100% on the revised outlay communicated to them and 50% funds under SPA (Projectised), till details are uploaded on CAS-MIS and subsequent authorization by the Planning and Development Department.

Symposium on National Integration held

Muneshwar declared best speaker UDHAMPUR, NOVEMBER- 20:-

Muneshwar Sharma a student of GHSS Boys Udhampur was declared as best speaker in an Inter School symposium contest on the topic, “ National Integration”, organized in connection with the weeklong programme celebration of Communal Harmony and National Integration in the premises of Govt. Girls Higher school, Udhampur here today.

The programme was organized by Department of Information in collaboration with Education and Youth Services & Sports Departments. Chief Education Officer, Mr. Balbir Singh was chief guest on the occasion.

While speaking on the occasion, CEO said a comprehensive programme has been chalked out to celebrate the Communal Harmony and National Integration in a befitting manner, which mainly includes symposium, cultural programme and skit. He called upon the students to spread the message of communal harmony and brotherhood among the masses for peace and prosperity of the nation.

Miss Meerul Samyal and Miss Sonam Sharma both students of GHSS Girls Udhampur were adjudged for second and third positions respectively.

As many as 19 students from different schools participated in the programme and deliberated upon the various facets of communal amity. They stressed on the need for communal harmony and brotherhood for the peace and prosperity of the country.

Office of the Regional Transport Officer, Kashmir NOTICE

Where as an application has been received from one Shri Rafiq Ahmad Malik S/o Mohammad Shafi Malik R/o Iqbal Colony Indra Nagar Sgr. owner of vehicle number JK0lM-4186 for cancellation of hire purchase agreement with M/s State Bank of India B/o Jammu. Now, it is therefore, notified for general information that objections, if any to the proposed cancellation of hire purchase agreement shall be filed in writing in the office of the Regional Transport Officer, Kashmir within a period of 12 days from the date of publication of this notice.

No. JKRTOK 6773 Sd/- Regional Transport Officer Dated: 20-11-2013 Kashmir

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EC of State Finance Ministers reaches consensus on various issues

Rather chairs meeting at Shillong, Meghalaya MEGHALAY NOVEMBER 20:

cial status enjoyed by Union lists is not at all the State of Jammu and required as the proAchieving a significant milestone to Kashmir as guaranteed posed Article 246-A unify the nation into one common mar- under the Constitution of gives power to the ket, the Empowered Committee of State India should not be temUnion and the Stated Finance Ministers converged the views of pered with in any case to levy GST. various States and framed recommenda- while introducing GST Mr. Rather tions by consensus on the revised draft in the State. The argusaid that the EmpowConstitution (One Hundred and Fifteenth ments advanced by the ered Committee more Amendment) Bill, 2013 regarding intro- State Finance Minister in or less agreed with duction of Goods and Services Tax in In- this respect from time to the recommendations dia. time were unanimously of the Committee of This was disclosed by the Chairman of agreed. It was also recofficers constituted the Committee, Mr. Abdul Rahim Rather, ommended that an inby Empowered Comwho is also Finance Minister of J&K in a dependent mechanism mittee to look into the two days marathon meeting of the Em- needs to be provided in revised draft Constipowered Committee of State Finance the constitution for entution (One Hundred Ministers chaired by him at Shillong in suring the determination Fifteenth AmendMeghalaya which concluded today. and settlement of compensation to the ment) Bill, 2013.

Various issues including the crucial states against the losses, if any, which Briefing the press after the meetissues of settlement of CST compensa- they may suffer by the implementation ing, Mr. Rather said that all the States and tion claims of various States and revised of GST. The Empowered Committee also union territories of the country were in draft Constitutional Amendment Bill for endorsed the view of most of the States, agreement for implementation of this GST were comprehensively deliberated that the petroleum products, alcohol important tax reform in the country proupon in the meeting which was attended and Entry Tax, in lieu of Octrio, should vided the genuine concerns of the States by the Chief Minister, Meghalia, Finance not be brought within the ambit of GST. were addressed appropriately while legMinisters of various States, officers of The Empowered Committee was also islating GST in India.

Government of India and Taxation au- against any provision in the constitution Apart from revised draft Conthorities of the States. empowering Government of India to de- stitutional Amendment Bill, 2013, EmWhile giving details of the decisions clare any goods as “goods of special im- powered Committee had thorough deLone News Agency Kangan Khan News Agency Ganderbal taken and recommendations made, Mr. portance” thus categorizing them as “de- liberations on the settlement of GST Gulzar News Agency Soura Zahid Bookcommittee Depot Chadoora Rather said that the Empowered Com- clared goods”. The empowered compensation claims of various states.

Tariq News Hawal Bashir News Agency mittee has recommended thatAgency the spealso felt that insertion of GST in State andNowhatta These States expressed deep anguish

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against the delay in the settlement of their genuine claims. The Chairman informed the Empowered Committee that he has already taken up the issue with the Union Finance Minister and requested him for an early settlement of these claims out of the budgetary allocations of Rs.9000/- crores earmarked for the purpose. The representative of Government of India assured that the matter was being looked into by the Government of India. Other issues that were deliberated upon were the update on Goods and Services Tax Network and Proposed Pre GST Service Project for which detailed presentations were made by the Chairman of GSTN and NSDL. Earlier Dr. Mukul Sangma, Chief Minister of Meghalaya welcomed the guests to the abode of clouds, “Meghalaya” and thanked the Chairman for accepting his invitation to hold the meeting of Empowered Committee in Meghalaya.

He mentioned that there was a continued misunderstanding regarding law and order situation in the State and requested the guests to see it for themselves and be the ambassadors of the State to convey about the peaceful atmosphere in the State and encourage people of their states to visit this unique region which used to be the summer capital of eastern region in the undivided India.

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Sheikh News Agency Hyderpora Hilal News Agency Budgam JAMMU, NOVEMBER 20: Lone News Agency Tangmarg Bhat News Agency Chadoora JAMMU, NOVEMBER 20: bursed Rs. 31.06 lakh among 2980 Bhatwill News Agency Magam Zargar News Agency Kunzar Indian Air Force (IAF) start to operate AN-32 Coubeneficiaries, after supply of 2.50 rier Service to Kargil from the first week of December,2013 Dar News Agency Beerwah Bashir Welfare News Agency Sumbal Social Minister, Sakina lakh jute bags to Shri Mata Vaishno and will remain operational as perAgency the requirements who isNews also Agency the Chairman Reshi News Safapora of LA- Itoo, Saleem Pattan JK Devi Shrine Board.

HDC, Kargil during the winter season after closure of the WDC,Reyaz inaugurated a 10 day exhibiAppreciating the WDC for Basharat News Agency Bandipora News Agency Pampore only surface link Srinagar-Kargil-Leh National Highway. tion at Jammu, today. organizing the event, the Minister Altaf News Agency Pulwama Javaid News Agency Qazigund The decision was taken in a high level meeting, chaired Being sponsored by Na- said that such efforts would go a long Jeelani NewsMr. Agency Baramulla G.MMinorities News AgencyDevelopment Sopore byAdvisor to the Chief Minister Qamar Ali Akhoon tional way in educating the women about here, following the requisition

by Kupwara Ladakh AutonoShah Newsmade Agency Sultan News Agency Handwara and Finance Corporation (NMDFC), the schemes meant for their sociomous Hill Development Council for start the exhibition has been organized Younis News(LAHDC) Agency Kargil Langate Sheikh News Agency Islamabad economic emancipation besides givof IAF Sorties. by J&K State Women Corporation ing them much needed exposure and Reshi News Autonomous Agency Islamabad Three Way News Agency Tral Executive Councilors Ladakh Hill Develwith an objective to provide mar- marketing support. “Gone are the Turray News Agency Tral Badru News Agency Bijbehara opment Council (LAHDC) Kargil Haji Mohammad Shafi ket support to the beneficiaries days wh en women were confined and Kacho Ahmad Ali Khan besides Officers of Civil AdRahi News Agency Kulgam Malik News them Agency Arwani besides helping learn market to the four walls of the house. The ministration, Air Force and get required exposure. women today are equally participatRah(AF), NewsAirport AgencyAuthority Byepass of India trends Shaheen News Agency Kargil

Sakina inaugurates 10 day JKWDC’s exhibition

Distributes Rs. 80 lakh loan cheques

(AAI), Civil Aviation, Police, Transport and other security agencies participated in the meeting.

After discussing threadbare, the pros and cons for smooth operation of the service, it was decided that the AN-32 Courier Service shall operate as per past practice from Srinagar to Kargil and back thrice in a week on every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, while as it will also operate from Jammu to Kargil and back once in a week on every Tuesday.

It was also decided in the meeting that in view of heavy rush of passengers at Jammu, the government will take up the matter with the Ministry of Defence for operation of one additional sortie from Jammu to Kargil for the convenience of the people who get stranded due to closure of Zojila Pass following heavy snowfall in the area.

The Advisor instructed the Deputy Commissioners of Kargil, Srinagar and Jammu to nominate Liaison Officers in their respective district who can easily be contacted by the people for booking of tickets and other related matters.

As many as 40 stalls have been established by 80 beneficiaries of different Self Help Groups from almost all the districts of the State including Rajouri, Poonch, Pulwama, Baramulla, Kulgam, Shopian, Kishtwar, Ganderbal, Anantnag, Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Doda etc.

The Minister also distributed loan Cheques worth Rs. 80 lakh among 48 beneficiaries besides giving certificates of appreciation to the various entrepreneurs.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister informed that the JKWDC has disbursed Rs. 75 crore among 10236 beneficiaries across the State.

Besides, the Corporation has also dis-

ing in every sphere of life”, she maintained. She, however, expressed concern that the women especially tribals and those living in inaccessible parts of the state are still not being covered under such schemes and asked the officers to expand their network to such unattended areas also.

Spelling out the achievements of the department, the Minister extolled that for the first time, the government has sanctioned Rs. 12.50 lakh for women under SKEWPY. She said under the stewardship of Omar Abdullah, the department is according focused attention to empower women socially, economically and politically particularly those belong-

ing to poor and under privileged sections of the society by launching several innovative social welfare programmes.

Sakina also stressed upon the need of promoting female education in rural and far off areas, describing it essential for women empowerment.

She appealed that the women to go for education which is being ensured under different government schemes without any hesitation as age should not be a bar to learn.

She asked the beneficiaries to adopt self-employment ventures in Agriculture, Horticulture, Floriculture and other vital sectors instead of confining themselves to only conventional sectors.

She lauded the WDC officers for their earnest efforts in implementing the women development schemes successfully, expressing hope that they will carry forward their noble services with the same spirit. Among others present were Director, Social Welfare, Jammu, MD, SC&ST Corporation, Director Handicrafts, Mission Director, Women Empowerment, Director Tribal Affairs, Social activists Indu Rathore and Nasreen Khan besides other senior officers of the department and Corporation.

Manohar inaugurates 2-days Employment Fair at Phinter, Billawar KATHUA, NOVEMBER 20: Minister of State for Fisheries and Cooperatives, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma inaugurated a 2-day Employment Fair organized

by District Employment and Counselling Centre, Kathua here at Phinter Ground in Billawar today.

The Minister after inaugurating the employment fair visited the stalls and inspected the exhibits of various departments.

Stalls drawn from different departments including Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture, Floriculture, Fisheries, Industries, Handloom, Cooperatives, and Animal husbandry, Sheep Husbandry, Rural Dev. Deptt, DRDA, Social Welfare, Health, education, labour, JKEDI, Handicraft, Khadi Village Industrial Board, Employment &Counselling Centre and bankers were installed.

The stall of progressive farmer namely Sanjay Kumar remained the attractive stall during the first day of the fair.

Member Parliament ChLal Singh, MLC Subash Gupta, DDC Kathua, Jitendra K Singh, Deputy Commissioner Excise Mushtaq Ahmed, SSP Kathua, Mohan Lal SDM Billawar Deep Raj, SDPO Basohli Rafiq Manhas were among the present on the occasion.

Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma on the occa-

sion said that Youth shoud avail the benefits of state and central sponsored employment schemes viz PMEGP, SKEWPY, UDAAN and UMEED. He said Billawar has diverse climatic conditions which is ideal for multi cropping and multi trade farming. He said youth should come forward to adopt bee keeping, fish farming, dairy farming and flower growing besides contemporary crops to get sufficient earning.

He said the purpose of the Employment Fair is build awareness among unemployed educated youth about the existing government sponsored schemes implemented by different departments and agencies for establishment of income generating units. He said employment deptt is shouldering responsibility to reach out to the unemployed educated youth to provide the benefits of various schemes and make them become self-reliant.

MP Ch Lal Singh while speaking on the occasion said that Government of India has formulated scheme for skill development of the youth by sponsoring their pursuit of professional education. He said PRI’s bear responsibility to make aware the people about the schemes / programmes of the government. He added that government of India is providing agricultural implements, high

Motorcycle rally organized for electoral participation REASI, NOVEMBER 20To spread the message of voter awareness and participation motorcycle rally was organized in which more than 50 bikers and car borne youth participated, here today.

The rally took off from Mini Secretariat Reasi and went up to Ransoo, base camp of Shiv Khori Shrine, holding youth meetings en route covering a distance of over 120 KM with day long cultural programmes and awareness sessions.

Slogans showcasing voter participation in elections and ensuring cent percent voter coverage were main attractions of the march. Deputy Commissioner Reasi, Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary flagged off the rally. People from town and villages enroute the rally participated enthusiastically. Electoral registration related material was also distributed for coverage of left out voters. A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) “We Care” motivated the youth to come forward for effective participation in the motorcycle rally, which generated tremendous response from urban as well as rural areas. Volunteers of NGO carried out placards, banner showing slogans regarding voter participation in Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections. Cartoons and caricatures were a attraction.

Choudhary appreciated the overwhelming participation of youth in these programmes and lauded the active role played by participating departments and NGO.

quality seeds and fertilizers at subsidized rates to raise the socio economic status of the farmers.

MLC Subash Gupta while speaking on the occasion appealed the youth to come forward and avail the benefit of various self employed scheme to become self-reliant.

Leaflets, literature and pamphlets of schemes and programmes of different departments were distributed among the visitors in the fair.

Resource persons and technical experts of the departments presented details about self-employment schemes. They also suggested methods & means to establish small units not only to become self-reliant but providing employment opportunities for others too. Speakers also called for registration of unemployed youths to get benefit of Voluntary Service Allowance under Shere-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme of state government under which allowance is given to unemployed youths.

District and Tehsil level officers, Panches and Sarpanches and a large number of people were also present on the occasion.

Later on the concluding day of the Cooperative Week a function was organised to commemorate the occasion. The programme was organized by Cooperative Deptt. in col-

laboration with the societies of cooperative command area development District Kathua and J&K State Cooperative Union at Dayalachack in Tehsil Hirangar.

Minister of State for Cooperative, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma was the Chief Guest on the occasion.

MP Ch. Lal Singh, MLC Sh. Subash Gupta were also present on the function.

The Societies of Command Area Development District Kathua, highlighted their achievement and overall performance. The representatives of participating societies putforth the problems faced by the societies before the Minister.

Dr Manohar lal Sharma Sharma while speaking on the occasion said cooperative is a movement chiefly meant to organize the agricultural and allied sector which is the backbone of the Indian economy. He said government has initiated several steps to nurture the cooperative culture in the state by restoring sick cooperative societies.

Among others Registrar, Additional Registrar, Deputy Register Command Area Development Hiranagar, Asstt. Register cooperative Hiranagar Asstt Register Barnoti, Representatives from societies Sarpanches, Panches and large number of people were present on the occasion.

Aijaz tours Gool, addresses public rallies, announces Community Hall for Chachuwah GOOL (RAMBAN), NOVEMBER 20: Minister of State for Revenue and Relief, Aijaz Ahmed Khan on Wednesday conducted extensive tour of far-flung areas of Gool block and addressed various public gathering at Chachuwah and Ind in district Ramban.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that State government has launched various social and developmental schemes for overall development and welfare of remote areas and weaker sections of the society.

The Minister announced a Community Hall at Chachuwah and directed the Rural Development Department to submit a DPR in this regard so that work on the project can start at the earliest.

He said that UPA government initiated several flagship programmes including, MGNREGA, NRHM, SJSY, SSA,

RAMSA, PMGSY for the benefit of rural and far flung residents of the country.

He said governments recent initiatives regarding food security and Land Acquisition will also provide necessary succour to the millions of farmers and people belong to weaker sections of the society.

Earlier, people apprised the Minister about their demands including

opening of PHC and Higher Secondary School at Chachuwh, new ration cards, roads under PMGSY, new Niabat, block status to the area, upgradation of schools, adequate staff for chools and health centres, electrification of the uncovered areas, poles and transformers, additional JK Bank branches, More Health Centres and Ambulance etc.

Responding to the demands of the people, the Minister said that government is committed to provide health facilities, electricity and road connectivity to all uncovered areas besides assuring that all genuine demands will be fulfilled in a phased manner.

Tehsildar Gool, other District and Sectoral officers, Sarpanches, Panches and other prominent citizens of the area attended the function.

HOROSCOPE Aries

March 21-April 19 Recognition could finally come for hard work and goals reached. You’re feeling very good about the situation. Your self-confidence and mental strength are high. You’ll receive a lot of letters or calls, some from far away. Don’t be surprised if you spend most of the day talking.

Taurus April 20-May 20

Information on psychology, particularly dreams, could capture your imagination. You could decide to collect as much information as you can. The dark side of the personality may be especially appealing. You’ll remember anything you read or hear today, as your mind is particularly retentive.

This includes financial trends and ways to increase your income.

Gemini May 21-June 21

Short trips and long talks with your special someone are on the agenda today. You may decide to drive into the country, perhaps to visit quaint shops and rustic restaurants. A confusing call could come from an acquaintance this evening. The person won’t seem to be telling you anything yet expect some kind of feedback. Don’t be afraid to ask for an explanation!

Cancer June 22-July 22

A lot of paperwork that you need to complete could have you nervous and stressed. You might experience some headaches. Don’t sacrifice your well-being for this. You won’t lose your focus if you have to put off some tasks until tomorrow. Calls or visitors could also get on your nerves.

Turn off the phone and tell people you’ll visit later. They’ll understand.

Leo

July 23-August 22 Ideas you read could inspire you to develop some new ideas of your own. You might want to write these down or share them with others. Some of the ideas you explore might be unclear in some way, but you’ll enjoy digging into them. The dark side of life might hold a special fascination for you now, too.

Virgo

August 23-September 22

The presence of children in your home could arouse your nurturing instincts today. You might want to read to them or tell them stories. Stay away from any particularly gruesome fairy tales. The atmosphere may be a bit gloomy, and the macabre may have too powerful an effect on them and you. In the evening, plan a private, intimate evening with your special someone.

Libra

September 23-October 23 Newspapers may bring knowledge of strange events that capture your imagination. You might want to learn more about the stories and similar events. Your mind is sharp enough to grasp it all, yet there will still be hidden elements that render it that much more fascinating. The human mind and its dark side might be especially interesting to you today.

Scorpio

October 24-November 21 A heightened sense of ambition might have you developing your writing skills today. This could mean learning technical or creative writing. Either way, if you’ve been thinking about it, this is an excellent time to take a course or jump in and do it. Books on the subject as well as talks with those experienced in these matters could help.

Sagittarius November 22-December 21

A letter or other communication serves as a sort of wake-up call today. A long-term goal is finally going to be reached. Your ambition should take on a new dimension, possibly going for a second career either in addition to or instead of the one you have. You might not be sure where you want to take it, but it’s worth pursuing.

Capricorn December 22-January 19

A letter or call from someone you know who’s ill and confined to the hospital or home might come today. You might decide to pay this person a visit. You may not know him or her well, but your humanitarian instincts are awakened. Take care of business that needs to be handled and then go see this person. You’ll feel better for it.

Aquarius January 20-February 18

Letters and calls pertaining to your long-term goals or those of a group you’re affiliated with could take up a lot of your time today. You might have to deal with paperwork at some point, and you might not understand some of it. Ask for help if you need it. You might not be familiar with the material, and the matters involved are too important to take a chance on getting it wrong.

Pisces

February 19-March 20

A lot of paperwork might need doing today. You’ll feel mentally sharp and able to take care of it easily, though some of what needs to be done may momentarily elude you.

Communications from neighbors or other acquaintances might seem suspect. You may feel they have their own agendas. Don’t repeat anything you hear.

EDITORIAL/ OPINION Zabarwan Times Thursday 21 November 2013

BoPEE the blunder bus – punctured at last

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he raids conducted by the state crime branch on the residences of former chairman BoPEE in Srinagar and Jammu are indicative of the fact that a lot of mess was going on in BoPEE and the institution has been turned into a den of favoritism, omissions and commission and alleged corrupt practices. Even the Jammu & Kashmir High Court had earlier expressed its displeasure on the working of BoPEE which is being run like a private enterprise by some politicians through their stooges whom they appoint in this Board on various posts. This year also like previous years BoPEE created a mess in the entrance examinations and subsequently examnation of the papers was cancelled when the public pressure mounted on this Board. Yesterdays raids and alleged recovery of incriminating documents besides the stories published in local media have exposed the wrong doings of this Board which was once considered to be a transparent and creditable body. As the media has always been in the forefront to point out the various omissions and commissions of this Board and the honorable High Court has expressed its anguish on its working hence at last the authorities seem to have woke up and ultimately some action in the shape of yesterdays raids were initiated. It needs guts and courage for every government to immediately act when complaints are received about a certain body or organization but in our state the things are totally different and everybody takes the reports and allegations so lightly that no action which could satisfy the people is taken.

Similar action is needed in case of BOSE also which has always been in the news for wrong doings and recently the two out of syllabus papers have claimed the lives of two innocent students who could not face the humiliation of getting a low percentage of marks. This really strange and shocking that no FIR was registered against BOSE officials though the whole media reported the incidents in their several issues wherein allegations leveled that the two students committed suicide because of the out of syllabus papers. The government of J&K particularly the chief minister should at least show some respect to the departed souls and initiate action against the BOSE officials if the charges prove correct.

Zabarwan Times Thursday 21 November 2013

INS Vikramaditya – Game changer

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t the time of attaining our Independence our visionary leaders saw the centrality of a powerful Navy and set us on the right course by envisaging an Indian Navy centred on aircraft carriers for sea control in our expansive areas of maritime interest. INS Vikrant, India’s first aircraft carrier was acquired from Great Britain and commissioned on 04 Mar 1961. INS Vikrant was a Majestic class CATOBAR (Catapult Assisted Take Off but Arrested Recovery) carrier and operated Sea Hawk

fighters, Alize (Anti-Submarine Warfare) aircraft and Seaking helicopters. Consistent with its vision, India next acquired HMS Hermes, a Centaur class STOVL carrier and a veteran of the Falkland War. INS Viraat was commissioned on 12 May 1987 as India’s second aircraft carrier and India’s first STOVL carrier operating the Sea Harrier aircraft. Soon after the acquisition of INS Viraat, INS Vikrant was also converted from a CATOBAR carrier to a STOVL (Short Take-off and Vertical Landing) carrier. INS Vikrant was decommissioned on 31 Jan

1997, after 36 years of glorious service under the Indian ensign. For almost a decade India had two aircraft carriers and the Indian Navy was fully cognisant of the criticality of having an aircraft carrier available for deployment on each seaboard to fulfil the Navy’s assigned tasks. In recognition of the importance of aircraft carriers, the Indian Navy had already started exploring the possibility of indigenously designing and constructing an Aircraft Carrier, this project took off in right earnest in the late 90s as the Air Defence Ship was conceived. However, given the

long gestation period of such projects, the search for a replacement for INS Vikrant gained momentum as its decommissioning drew closer.

It was at this juncture that Russia offered Admiral Gorshkov to the Indian Navy. Negotiations over acquiring the 44,500 ton Admiral Gorshkov started in 1994. Various high level delegations who had assessed the ship had independently concluded that the ship’s hull was in good material state and would be worth considering for exploitation in the Indian Navy with a suitable mix of aircraft.

refurbishment process was started in right earnest, soon it was realized that the work and equipment requiring replacement was significantly higher than originally estimated. Entire length of cable, large portions of steel hull, motors, turbines and boilers, etc. would have to be completely replaced with resulting in cost escalation and time slippage.

A protracted renegotiation for arriving at a mutually acceptable price for refurbishment was held in the ensuing

months. Finally, in Dec 2009, the Indian and the Russian sides arrived at an agreement on the final price of delivery of this ship. More significantly, it was agreed that the delivery of the ship would take place only in the year 2012. Though the re-negotiated price was significantly higher than what was originally agreed upon, the fillip that the addition of Gorshkov would give to the Blue water requirements of Indian Navy compensated the greater price.

Signing of the Contract After detailed negotiations the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding in Dec 1998 during a visit by Russian PM Yevgeny Primakov.

The Inter-Governmental Agreement which included acquisition of Project 11430 (Admiral Gorshkov) was signed between the Federation of Russia and the Union Government of India on 04 Oct 2000. After a Detailed Project Development Review, contractual negotiations and thereafter price negotiations, Government approved the acquisition

on 17 Jan 04 at a cost of Rs 4881.67 Cr for the complete package of R&R of the ship, spares, infrastructure augmentation and documentation. The deal was signed on 20 Jan 04 and the effective date of the contract was established as 24 Feb 04. The R&R of the ship commenced from 09 Apr 04.

The repair and refit was being undertaken by FSUE Sevmash, the state owned shipyard at Severodvinsk, Russia. The R&R was scheduled to have been completed within 52 months. Though the

The Journey of Admiral Gorshkov (nee Baku) The journey of ‘Vikramaditya’ began as the Kiev class aircraft carrying cruiser ‘Baku’. Developed from the Moskva class helicopter carrying guided missile cruisers the Kiev class was a pioneering Soviet era design, featuring a flight deck arrangement capable of operating fixed wing VTOL fighters for the first time in the Soviet Navy. Baku was constructed

by Chernomorsky Ship Building Enterprise, Nikolayev (now in Ukraine).

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About 400 enterprises and nearly 1,500 - 2,000 workers from different republics of USSR took part in building of the ship. The ship was commissioned on 20 Dec 1987. Conceived as an armed cruiser, Baku was heavily armed with twelve Anti-Ship Missile launchers, ten gun mounts of differing calibre and rocket launchers and depth charges. The air element comprised Yak-38 aircraft.

‘Baku’ was envisioned to be a full-

fledged aircraft carrier by Admiral SG Gorshkov, however, due to conflicting dynamics at that time, the ship turned out as the last ‘compromise’ ship of the Kiev series. After her development and construction, it became clear to the Soviet leadership that the vision of Admiral Gorshkov of a classical aircraft carrier with ship borne aircraft as the primary weapons was indeed the most logical way ahead to develop the sur-

face forces. On 07 Nov 1990, the ship was named after Admiral Sergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov.

Baku/Admiral Gorshkov began its active operational service with the Northern Fleet and was deployed in the Mediterranean Sea and remained in active service till 1992 and thereafter continued in service albeit with limited operational deployments. The ship was finally decommissioned in 1996.

Admiral Gorshkov was put in hibernation after her last sailing in 1995. With most of her equipment lying un-utilised since then, the task of breathing life and converting her from a VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) missile cruiser carrier to a STOBAR aircraft carrier involved substantial degutting, equipment removal, refit and re-equipping. The major works envisaged were modification of flight deck to include ski-jump and arrester gear; modification of bulbous bow, aft aircraft lift & ammunition lifts; modification of 1750 out of 2500 compartments; installation of new main boilers; installation of new and additional Diesel Generators; replacement of existing distilling plants; fitment of Reverse Osmosis plants, new AC plants and Refrigeration plants and installation of new sensors and equipment. In 2007, as the refit and repair of the ship was in progress, the yard realized that the scope of work was much larger than initially estimated and so a revised timeline for completion of the task of modernization was agreed upon by both Russian and Indian sides. With a revised timeline the delivery of ship was expected by end 2012.

Creation of Ski Jump Creation of the flight deck with structural modification to convert the VTOL carrier to a STOBAR carrier was the most intricate and arduous. The task involved installation of Sponsons to increase the breadth at the Flight Deck and a fitment of a new 14 degree Ski jump, strengthening of arresting gear area, strengthening of run way area and elongation of the aft end to generate the required length of landing strip aft of the arresting gear. In all 234 new hull sections were installed to achieve the desired shape. Total steel work for carrying out structural modification on flight deck amounted to 2500T.

Modification of Super structure The superstructure was modified to accommodate a host of sensors and equipment such as radars, Electronic Warfare suite and Action Information Organisation system and other systems to suit the requirements of ship borne fighters and rotors. A very unique structural modification that was carried out on board the ship was the installation of the aft mast for accommodating various communication antennae.

Machinery Modification Vikramaditya in its older avatar was powered by boilers fuelled by heavy oil, FFO. The re-equipping included replacement of these old boilers with state of the art boilers utilizing LSHSD and providing a steam capacity of 100 Tonnes per Hour each.

Electrical re-cabling The initial estimate included replacement of only 1400 kms of old cable with new cables. However, as degutting progressed and confined spaces were accessed it was realised that an additional 900 kms of cable will need to be replaced. Finally the mammoth task involved replacing 2300 kms of cable, which is a little short of half of the entire coastline of India.

Outfitting The modification plan of Vikramaditya was not restricted to the gears and sparks alone. The change also necessitated revamp of the living spaces and galleys to cater to the needs of the Indian men in uniform. Of 2500 a total of 1750 compartments were completely re-fabricated. A host of new galley equipment suited for preparation of Indian food like dosas and chapatis was also installed.

Arrestor and Restraining Gears The conversion of VTOL carrier to STOBAR involved fitment of three 30m wide arrester gears and three restraining gears. Installation of these equipment not only involved modification and strengthening of the flight deck but also changes to internal layout of compartments.

To sum it up, a total of 234 new hull sections were fabricated using 2500 tonnes of steel which is almost equivalent to the standard displacement of a mid-size frigate. Repair and re-equipping of Vikramaditya to give a new lease of life as a full- fledged carrier was no mean task and was probably as demanding a task as constructing a similar tonnage ship from the drawing board. The task was enabled by the expertise and experience of the Russian designers and yard workers working hand in glove with Indian experts.

The extreme cold weather conditions of winter only made the work environment harder. At the end of this refit, spanning a little short of a decade, Vikramaditya has metamorphosed into a fully capable and potent platform.

Rise of the Phoenix …

Vikramaditya sailed for the first time under own power at 1200 hrs on 10 Jun 12, after a gap of about 17 years.

The New Avtar ‘Vikramaditya’ An aircraft carrier carrying potent long range multi-role fighters is a platform inherently deigned for power projection. In as much as ‘Gorshkov’ was transformed to create ‘Vikramaditya’, so also Vikramaditya will transform the face of the Fleet Air Arm of the Indian Navy.

Vikramaditya, the floating airfield has an overall length of about 284 meters and a maximum beam of about 60 meters, stretching as much as three football fields put together. Standing about 20 storeys tall from keel to the highest point, the sheer sight of this 44,500 tonnes mega structure of steel is awe inspiring. The ship has a total of 22 decks.With over 1,600 personnel on board, Vikramaditya is literally a ‘Floating City’. Associated with this large population is a mammoth logistics requirement - nearly a lakh of eggs, 20,000 litres of milk and 16 tonnes of rice per month. With her complete stock of provisions, she is capable of sustaining herself at sea for a period of about 45 days. With a capacity of over 8,000 tonnes of LSHSD, she is capable of operations up to a range of over 7,000 nautical miles or 13000 kms.

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The key to happiness is to do the same things you do everyday but with a slightly different approach. Start bringing those changes in your attitude towards life and you'll see how simple it is to be happy!

Life Coach Ramon Llamba shares nine significant attitudes that help you become happier in life.

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you're letting yourself regale in an unhealthy sense of superiority. If you demean yourself in front of others, it means all your hard work and progress has been in vain. While social comparisons are unhealthy, self-improvement is effective.

Bypass surgery improves blood tients who’d been taking curcumins with the MD Anderson Cancer Center side effects. supply to the heart muscle. However, had a heart attack, compared to 30 in Houston, Texas, which studies the In the study, 41 men were treated during the surgery that is usually Despite per- differences per cent in rituthe placebo group. After use of curcumins in cancer therapy, with focal HIFU. After 12 months, formed with the heart stopped,als theand or- beliefs amongforthe accounting any initial pre-surgery according to the Daily Mail.According none were incontinent and one in ten gan can be damaged by prolonged lack major differences, Wongcharoen world's religions, suffered impotence. The majority, 95 of blood flow, increasing the patient’s colleagues calspiritualityand oftenhis enhances per cent, were free of cancer after 12 risk of heart attack. The new findings c u -health, ac-lated that individuals' months suggest that curcumins may cording reduce to University of “This changes the paradigm. By such risks when added to traditionMissouri researchers. focusing just on the areas of cancer al drug treatments.The resultsThe MU researchers bewe reduce the collateral damage to need to be confirmed through lieve that health care proresearch, said viders could take advanExperts have said the results are surrounding tissue,” said Dr Hashim further WongchaAhmed, who led the study at Univer- Wanwarang ‘very encouraging’ and were a ‘paraThe result offers new hope for tage of this correlation There's a scientific readigm’ shift act in treatment of the disease. sity College London Hospitals NHS roen from Chiang Mai tens of thousands men with prostate between health - particuson behind every of Appreciate what of you have University in Thailand, Foundation Trust and University ColIt is hoped that large-scale trials cancer. larly mental health - and and value it. Try count- kindness that you do. who led the study, the It is hoped the new treatment, can now begin so the treatment could lege London. “Our results are very enspirituality by tailoring American Journal of someone selfing your positives and be Helping be couraging.

We’re optimistic that men offered routinely on the NHS withwhich involves heating only the tutreatments and rehabilitaCardiology reported. lessly releases serotonin grateful for all the good diagnosed with prostate cancer may mours with a highly focused ultra- in five years. tion programs to accom- religion and health," Co- as cancer, stroke, spinal Researchers at the Thai in your brain (Serotonin things and people in your soon be able to undergo a day case surThe National Institute for Health sound, will mean men can be treated modate an individual's hen added. university studied 121 gical procedure, which can be safely is the hormone that conlife.

Stop complaining and cord injury and traumatic without an overnight stay in hospital and Clinical Excellence will say in new spiritual inclinations. trolsef-your mood) be thankful you side The MU study used the brain injury, appears to guidance nextand week that the treatment repeated once or twice, to treat their patients who had nonand avoiding for the what distressing "In many ways, the re- results of three surveys to be related significantly to hence makes feel already have with and current you'll therapies. is safe you and effective and larger scale condition with very few side-effects. emergency bypass surgery fects associated That could mean a significant im- between 2009 and 2011. sults of our study support determine if correlations positive spiritual beliefs and yourself soonInstart feelingthe happy. trials should goalahead. a study, scientistsgood foundabout Half the patients were given the idea that spirituality mostfo-instantly.

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Focal HIFU that focal HIFU, high-intensity existed among partici- especially congregational one-gram curcumin to capsules functions as a personality pants' self-reported men- support and spiritual inand feel connected ev- to nothing like having some“This study provides the prooftion of of tumours, ing‘perone act kindnessas small as a grain of cused ultrasound, provides the take four times a day, starting three trait," said Dan Cohen, as- tal and physical health, terventions," said Cohen. we need to develop a much erything that exists in this onegland whoand you share prostate tar-can of-concept fect’ of no effects rice, to within flushtheout Treatoutcome failure as an major oppor-sideeveryday days before their surgery and continuyou have goal, work larger look at awhether focal world. sistant teaching professor personality factors, and "Spiritual beliefs may be a yourfocused experiences So trialIf to them with highly ultra- with. and free of cancer 12 and months theafter toxinsgeting of depression tunity to learn a new ing for five days afterwards. The on it. as Anything is therapy istowards as effective the current of other religiouspeostudies at MUple spirituality nurture these relationsound to heat them and destroy them. treatment, in nine out of ten case,” the from your system. copingit device help in Buddhists, better lesson from life, drugcurcumins had a 65 per to researchers, is likelyto that the inanachievableinif protecting you put your standard treatment the half took the same number ofand one of the co-authors ships and say goodbye to a The advantage over previous Telegraph reported. dividuals deal emotionally Muslims, Jews, Catholics and that's the trick to free placebo capsules.

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Wholehearted health of the men treated for prostate of the study. "With in- and Protestants. Across all with stress," he added. that lonesome is existence.

Traditional surgery or radiother- HIFU and other treatments manufacture optimism very, very encouraging,” said Bharat erties of curcumin may have helped dedication and long diligence medium and term,” found that during their post-bypass apy canNever only provide perfect out- damage to surrounding tissue is mi- cancer in the creased spirituality people five faiths, a greater degree Cohen believes spirituality in life. give upthe tryhospital stays, 13 per cent of the pa- Aggarwal of the study. Aggarwal works limit heart damage in the patients. nimised, meaning there are far fewer he stated. can bring extraordinary re- Love yourself and love come in half of cases currently. reduce their sense of self of spirituality was related may help people's mental ing because that's an inand feel a greater sense of to better mental health, health by reducing their Hatred is a negative feel- sults and consequentially your body! Your physidication that something add to your happiness. oneness and connected- specifically lower levels of self-centeredness and deing and harbouring it will cal condition has a direct better is in store. Once ness with the rest of the neuroticism and greater veloping their sense of beconnection with your you start harbouring an Relationships keep us alive have nothing but negative universe. What was inter- extraversion. Forgiveness longing to a larger whole. effects on your well-being. optimistic attitude to- and kicking. In fact, acwell-being. A fit body and Getting great skin is tooth enamel and protect cells and unclogging pores. esting was that frequency was the only spiritual trait As the authors note, spiriwards life, success will cording to research studies Stop thinking about the now within your reach your teeth from cavities. Strawberries: The vitamin C healthy mind is reflective of participation in relihateful emotion/person interventions such as mental health tual automatically follow. without spending oodles of predictive It is also of high in protein, in strawberries help protect of happiness. workloneliness doubles people's The Gallbladder is a vital takes us through gallbladder itching all over Start the body due gious activities or the perand let it go. Forgive if Spirituality teaches us that money in the parlour.

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Rahul Gandhi ridicules BJP govt's claim of laying roads Agencies

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Amid the war of words between former NDA allies, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today rubbished BJP’s allegations of telephone tapping and snooping and took a jibe at Narendra Modi, saying his government does not have expertise in them like a ‘big leader from the west’.

“We do not have expertise in sting operations and snooping like a big leader from the west who specialises in such acts,” Kumar told reporters to a question on allegations of telephone tapping and sting operation levelled against him by senior BJP leader and his former deputy

Prashant Bhushan apologises to Supreme Court Agencies The Supreme Court on Wednesday took exception to counsel Prashant Bhushan’s comment that it was hesitant in taking action against Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati, but later in the day accepted his apology that he did not intend to lower the esteem of the court or hurt judges.The apex court bench headed

by Justice R.M. Lodha, hearing the matter of irregularities in coal blocks allocation, capped the controversy as it recorded Mr. Bhushan’s statement: “I have highest regard for the court and if the

statement of mine has hurt the court, I apologise.”At the outset of the hearing, Justice Lodha said that when the extracts of the interview by Mr. Bhushan to a news mag-

azine were brought to their notice, they were deeply hurt. More so, because such a statement came from an arguing counsel and that too Mr. Bhushan.

16 dead in Uttarakhand accident

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DEHRADUN: At least 17 persons aged between 25 to 45 years, including 6 women, were killed and 5 seriously injured on early Wednesday, after a private taxi carrying these 22 persons from remotely located Ranthi village to Dharchul town on Kailash Mansorvar-Dharchula road, in Pithoragarh district, skidded of the road and fell into a 100-meter deep ravine.

A senior IPS officer said a 10-member police rescue team has managed to recover all 14 bodies from the ravine, two hours after the accident. DIG (Kumaon range) G N Goswami said the incident occurred around 7am when the taxi was returning to Dharchula tehsil from Ranthi village, some 25km from Dharchula.

Goswami said that the accident occurred as driver of an overloaded speeding taxi applied the brake to negotiate a sharp bend near Dobat crossing, to head for Dharchula, it suddenly slipped off and fell into a roadside ravine. DIG Goswami said while 14 persons including six women aged between

Mumbai girl stalked on Facebook, commits suicide

A 14-year-old girl reportedly committed suicide on Tuesday after she was allegedly stalked and humiliated on Facebook by a 16-yearold boy in Mumbai.

The girl ended her life after she was continuously stalked by a boy who posted explicit material on her Facebook page, said a newspaper report.

The Class IX student was a resident of Kandivali West.

The girl's parents called the police that they found her body hanging in the study room.

According to the girl's father, a 16-year-old boy was posting obscene messages on his daughter's Facebook page for the past few days.

He had also gone to a police station to lodge a complaint against the boy. He also alleged that police did not take any interest in the case and told him to go back without filing any complaint.

A police official said they had identified the boy. He has not yet been arrested.

Nitish rubbishes BJP's telephone tapping charge He is in the eye of a storm over alleged snooping of a woman in 2009

DHAR (Madhya Pradesh): With BJP tom-tomming about development of roads in states ruled by it, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said mere creation of infrastructure has no meaning till the needy have access to education and healthcare.

“It is not that we do not create infrastructure. But the opposition’s thinking is that you make roads and everything will be all right...(but) the poor don’t get benefit from the roads,” he said at an election rally here.

The Congress vice-president said while farmers sweat it out in their fields, the roads and airports are used by the selective rich.

“Roads alone won’t give food to the child or a woman... from his field, a farmer sees an aircraft and hopes that one day his children will travel by it,” Gandhi said, castigating the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh.

He said in Rajasthan, the Congress government has provided free medicine to people.

Gandhi said when the government brought employment guarantee scheme, people asked about the funds required.

“When we talk about needs of dalits, tribals, minorities and the poor, we are asked about funds...but people remain silent when the sand mafia robs you,” he said.

28 to 40 year, died on the spot, two others succumbed to their deep head and other multiple injuries in Dharchula Community Health Center (CHC), soon after they were admitted there.

A senior MO in Dharchula CHC said five other seriously injured are also admitted there in a critical condition.

“As most of the injured are in a critical condition, possibility of them being succumbed to injuries cannot be ruled out”, said a senior medical officer at Dharchula.

A senior police officer in Pithoragarh told TOI that the accident occurred primarily because of the taxi being overloaded and rash and negligient driving. Chief minister Vijay Bahguna has expressed his shock over those killed and injured in the accident. Bahuguna said he has asked Pithoragarh DM and other senior officials concerned to immediately release an ex-gratia to the kin of those killed and seriously injured in the incident. “I have also asked senior medical authorities to refer the injured persons to a higher medical centre in Dehradun for better and immediate treatment”, said CM Bahugna.

Sushil Kumar Modi.

Narendra Modi, Kumar’s bete noire, is in the eye of a storm over alleged snooping of a woman in 2009.

Sushil Modi had yesterday charged Kumar with ordering tapping of phones of the party’s leaders and carrying out

Cold reception for PM, Sonia in Mumbai Agencies MUMBAI: High profile Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and more than half a Union Cabinet members were in the city on Tuesday for the launching of the first ever women’s bank in the memory of late PM Indira Gandhi, but the crisis-ridden Congress miserably failed to en-cash the land mark event.

On the occasion of their visit, there was not a single banner or poster across the metropolis to welcome them. “It was for the first time in the history of the Mumbai Congress that the organization completely ignored the visit of both Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh,” a senior Congress minister told ToI. If the Congress minister is to be believed, then an upset chief minister Prithviraj Chavan asked women and child welfare minister Varsha Gaikwad and minority affairs minister Naseem Khan to ensure that a few posters and banners are displayed at least near the airport. “It’s shocking, we did not seek even a single poster or banner,” the minister said.

Since the visit of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia

Gandhi was decided a week ago, it was expected that in view of the guidelines prescribed by the Bombay high court either the Mumbai Congress led by Janardan Chandorkar or state Congress president Manikrao Thakre seek permission from the BMC for displaying banners and posters. “No one approached the BMC, as a result, the visit went unnoticed, particularly when the Lok Sabha polls are just six months away. Most of the Congress leaders were busy collecting their entry passes for the event,” he said.

In his budget speech, finance minister P Chidambaram had declared that the Centre will set up a bank exclusively for the women folk. The launching was scheduled to be held in New-Delhi on November 19, the birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, however the venue of the event was shifted to Mumbai in view of the code of conduct in force following the New Delhi assembly elections.

On the day the election commission declared the polls dates, it was

decided to launch the bank in Mumbai and accordingly, it was informed to governor K Sankaranarayanan, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, Chandorkar and Manikrao Thakre.

“Chavan was indeed upset over the complete failure of both Chandorkar and Thakre to take the advantage of visit of Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi. We failed to create a proCongress atmosphere in the city on the occasion of their visit,” the minister said.

The minister pointed out that if there is no change in the approach of the Congress leaders, then it will be difficult for the party to take on the saffron combine in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.

sting operations to settle political scores.

The charges followed Nitish Kumar deriding him for scolding party leaders at Hajipur for inadequate attendance of mediapersons when he had gone there last week to meet those injured in the October 27 serial blasts.

The episode was put on Youtube in which Sushil Kumar Modi is seen angrily telling partymen that reporters of only a few TV news channels were present and the channels would drop his programme after two hours to highlight BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.It seemed Sushil Modi was in competition with the BJP prime ministerial candidate (Narendra Modi) for whom he was initially firing salvos at him, Kumar had added.

Two persons shot dead by Maoists, bandh in Odisha’s Malkangiri MALKANGIRI (Odisha): Maoists shot dead two persons in Odisha’s Malkangiri district suspecting them to be police informers even as a bandh was being observed by the ultras on Wednesday demanding withdrawal of security forces and halt to anti-Naxal operations.

A group of heavily armed ultras stormed into Bahiliguma village in remote Chitrakonda area late Tuesday night and gunned down Satirao Hantala (45) and Laxmi Khara (37) after calling them out of their houses, Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Akhileswar Singh said.

The assailants left the place immediately after committing the crime and swiftly disappeared into the nearby forest, he said.Hantala was believed to have worked for the Maoists earlier but appeared to have snapped ties later, the police said. The ultras apparently killed the duo as they suspected them to be police informers.

Security personnel rushed to the area soon after the incident and a combing operation was launched to track the ultras, the police said.

BJP’s PM candidate has neither shame nor morals: Manish Tewari Agencies: There is no question of asking Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to resign following the “unauthorized” surveillance scandal because BJP’s prime ministerial candidate has neither shame nor morals, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said here Wednesday.

Tewari was taking political questions at a press conference in Panaji ahead of the inauguration ceremony of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

Responding to a question as to whether Modi should resign following the revelations of the controversial tapes, Tewari said: “Resigna-

Harsh Vardhan takes on Sheila Dikshit, but only for reforms Agencies NEW DELHI: BJP’s chief ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan criticized her for failing to reform the city in every aspect in 15 long years, even as he expressed his regard for Sheila Dikshit at a personal level.

Vardhan, who was at an interaction in Indian Women Press Corps on Tuesday, promised that Delhi will be granted “full statehood” if his party comes to power in the city as well as at the Centre for better coordination between agencies.

“Once we come to power and once Narendra Modi becomes the Prime Minister, of which we are confident, we will work on getting Delhi statehood,” he said while accusing Dikshit of never trying to get full statehood for Delhi despite being at the helm for so long.

Taking on Dikshit for her claims of development, Vardhan said it “starts with the Metro and ends with flyovers”. He also accused her of taking credit for projects started during the BJP rule. “There are multiple authorities and lack of coordination leads to harassment of the public. Delhi needs statehood so that land and police come under it and all development programmes and policies can be

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implemented well,” added Vardhan.

He said that a bill for granting statehood to Delhi that was tabled in Parliament during the NDA regime, but it was referred to a parliamentary committee following reservations by Congress. He claimed that after the NDA lost the election, the bill was not taken up again.

Accusing Dikshit of doing nothing to improve the lives of people, Vardhan said BJP will make Delhi a better city if it comes to power.

“I want to return Delhi back to Delhiiites. Delhi has lost a lot in the last 15 years. Delhi was known for its values, art, culture and greatness on so many other fronts. But it has become inhuman now and things have become mechanical,” he said.

“She failed on every front.

There has been acute shortage of paramedical staff, essential drugs at hospitals, power and water scarcity, inflation, scams, corruption. Thousands of posts for teachers are lying vacant in schools,” he said.

tions should be sought from those who have morals.”

“If he had any shame, he would have re-

signed after the 2002 pogrom in Gujarat. This is a shame,” Tewari further said without naming Modi directly.

The image of Narendra Modi and his aide Amit Shah is under cloud after the tapes released by the media last week revealed that a woman allegedly had been put under surveillance by the state government.

The tapes also revealed that the state antiterror police was allegedly keeping tabs on her, purportedly on the request of her father who feared for his daughter’s safety.

“It is a travesty. Putting people under unauthorised surveillance is a criminal offence which is punishable under our constitution,” Tewari said.

Gujarat snooping row: Beware of ‘ skeletons in cupboard’, BJP tells Congress Agencies NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday warned Congress that it should desist from raking up the issue of the alleged snooping of a woman by Gujarat government, saying the party “would have nowhere to hide if the skeletons in its cupboards are brought in the open”.

Party spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said Congress should let the matter rest now that the girl’s father has written to the National Commission for Women stating that the Narendra Modi government had made security arrangements for his daughter with the family’s consent.

“I think Congress should stop at that. If personal attacks begin, Congress has many skeletons in its cupboards and it will have nowhere to hide,” Javadekar told reporters.

He remarked that, bereft of any issue, the ruling party had resorted to the “disgraceful” tactic of attacking the privacy of a family to target Modi.

“This is disgraceful and dangerous. Let’s do politics of issues,” he said.

BJP also attacked finance minister P Chidambaram for his attack at Modi over the issue yesterday.

Javadekar said that instead of attacking a family’s privacy, Chidambaram should talk about price rise, the fall in the value of the rupee and rising unemployment.

“The first time I have heard that there is a request for providing security and in that wonderful state (Gujarat), security is provided by stalking and snooping,” Chidambaram

had said in his comments.

Congress and BJP have been sparring over the issue after two investigative portals released audio tapes allegedly of conversations between the then Gujarat home minister and Modi aide Amit Shah and an IPS officer discussing the surveillance of the woman.

Congress said it was illegal and showed how individual liberty was being undermined by the Modi government while BJP asserted that it was part of security arrangements for her with her father having sought the same.

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Dhoni refuses to underestimate Windies Agencies It would be a mistake to believe that India will enjoy an upper hand against the West Indies in the ODI series just because the Caribbean side has lost the Test series, Mahendra Singh Dhoni said.

India had won the series 2-0, but Dhoni said it was not an easy task to get that scoreline and the ODI format may actually suit the West Indies cricketers.

“The West Indies are a good team.

You may say that the Test matches got over on the third day itself and it was easy, but it was not. There were situations where we were under pressure and then we had to build a partnership. It was not an easy series as the scorecards suggest,” Dhoni said at the pre-match press conference.

“It is important that we take the match with a right frame of mind and not thinking about whether the opposition played well or not.”

Most of the matches in the ODI series against Australia were high score affairs. Asked if similar scores could be expected in the three-match series, the Indian skipper said it could not be predicted at this stage.

“It all depends on how the wicket here is going to behave. Before the start, it is not easy to say what will be the good score to win a match. We will see how the wicket behaves and then we plan and may be 260 or 280 could

be a good score if it becomes flat. If the dew factor comes into play, then an average of 230 or 240 could be an ideal score.”Dhoni said his players have worked hard on bowling in the death overs, and hoped that the results will show on the field gradually.

“They are putting in a lot of effort and we have seen a lot of improvement in that front. I am hoping that they come out well after the effort they are putting in,” he said.

Dhoni said there was no fixed slot for any batsman in the team and the batting order maybe changed according to the situation, but emphasised

that number four slot was crucial.

“Number four is the platform where you consolidate the innings. It is a very huge slot and who will bat at four or five you will have to wait and watch. We do not give anyone a slot that you will bat at number four or five or so on. It all depends on the number of overs available.

“If a good partnership is going and they bat for 30 or 32 overs, then we shuffle our batting order. It depends on the situation,” he said.

Talking about Yuvraj Singh’s comeback, Dhoni said,”The conditions will be tough. You know it is very

DEHRADUN: Sachin Tendulkar, who announced his retirement from the international cricket, on Wednesday arrived in Mussoorie to spend a quiet vacation with his family.

The legendary batsman, accompanied by wife Anjali, headed straight for the hill station soon after landing at Jollygrant Airport in a chartered plane, airport authority officials said.

Tendulkar would be staying at a family friend and business partner Sanjay Narang’s hotel in Mussoorie.

Tendulkar had spent a few days in Mussoorie last year also after announcing his retirement from the ODI cricket.

The master blaster used to visit this hill station along with his family to celebrate Christmas and the New Year.

Tendulkar brought the curtains down on his glittering career after playing his final and

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200th Test last week against the West Indies.

He bowed out as the most successful batsman in international cricket with 15,921 runs in 200 Tests. In his ODI career, the Mumbaikar amassed 18,426 runs in 463 matches.

Tendulkar is the only batsman in international cricket to score 100 centuries. He was the first batsman to get a double hundred in one-dayers.

BRISBANE (Australia): He’s “arrogant” and “Mr. Ego”, but as he prepares for his 100th Test this week

in Brisbane, England’s Kevin Pietersen is not just unapologetic, he seems to be loving the attention.

The swaggering, flashy batsman with a mouth to match has been the main target of Australian media in the Ashes build-up, eclipsing even unpopular bowler Stuart Broad.

Kochi: Seeking to put the humiliating Test-series defeat behind them, West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo on Wednesday said his team is more comfortable and confident in playing the limited-overs format as it gives them freedom to express themselves.

“This format (ODIs) gives us more freedom. In Tests, it is about balance of skills and other things. It is a different story altogether here. The Test series loss is behind us now. We see ourselves more comfortable with this format and more confident too,” Bravo told reporters on the eve of first one-dayer here.Bravo, who joined the team for the ODI series, said they are aware of the challenge in front of them, and is expecting his players to put their best foot forward.

“We are aware of playing the world champions. We respect their strengths but at the same time we know as to what we need to do to win matches. It is not going to be easy.

We will represent ourselves well in

“He’s so arrogant not even his own team likes him,” read a headline in Brisbane’s Courier-Mail, while another report said he was “widely despised in the cricketing community”.But Pietersen, whose South African accent has marked him out as different for his entire England career, has shown every sign of relishing the exchanges.

Like Broad, who is under attack for failing to give himself out at a key moment in the last Ashes series, Pietersen has happily returned fire.

In mainly good-humoured exchanges on Twitter, Pietersen labelled Australians as “convicts” and suggested nobody outside the country had even heard of Brisbane.

As he approached the 100 Test milestone, Pietersen, who has survived turbulent times to remain a linchpin of the England side, explained why he can come across as brash.

“I’ve got to be confident in my ability,” he said. “Clearly, as a South African coming into England, I had to really fight some tough battles and had to be single-minded in achieving what I’ve had to try and achieve.

“I can’t help people thinking that I’m arrogant.

I think a lot of great sportsmen out there have that

little bit of something to them that makes them try and be the best and want to be the best.

“I call it confidence. You guys (media) call it arrogance, it makes for better headlines.”

Pietersen, born and raised in South Africa, has been a controversial figure since opting to represent the native country of his mother.

Even his telling contributions with the bat have failed to convince doubters, who still question whether the man with the Three Lions tattoo should be wearing an England shirt.His maiden Test century was an audacious counter-assault against an attack including Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee and Shane Warne that saw England wrest back the Ashes in 2005.And in Mumbai last year, he made 186 against India on a spinners’ pitch where most batsmen were struggling just to stay at the crease.

Pietersen’s decision to abandon South Africa was partly motivated by the post-apartheid quota system, which he felt was harming his prospects.

The fact that South Africa, which classed him as an off-spinner who batted, didn’t quite realise what they had may have been due to Pietersen’s unorthodoxy.An initial overly-long stride forward, and an ability to whip off-stump deliveries through midwicket, are not in the coaching manual.

Agencies 15-year-old Mumbai teenager Prithvi Shaw created a national record today, hitting an astonishing 546 playing for Rizvi Springfield against St Francis D’Assisi Borivali in an inter-school match for the prestigious Harris Shield here today.

Touted as one of the bright young prospects emerging out of Mumbai school of batsmanship, the state U-16 captain Prithvi hit 85 boundaries and five sixes in the match played at the Azad Maidan.In the process, Shaw became the first schoolboy cricketer to hit a 500 plus score in an official interschool match. Prithvi eclipsed his senior schoolmate and former India opener Wasim Jaffer’s nephew Arman’s score of 498, which he scored a few years back.

Having bowled out St Francis for 92, Shaw was unbeaten on 257 off 166 balls yesterday and smashed another 289 runs on the day.

It was Harris Shield, which first brought Sachin Tendulkar into national prominence after his world record partnership of 664

with Vinod Kambli that was broken a few years back.The previous highest by an Indian in any form of registered competitive cricket is 515 by Dadabhoy Havewala for BB and CI Railway vs St. Xavier’s College at

BANGALORE: There is a definite Bengal flavour in Padma awards for sports this year.

Tennis star Leander Paes is the Union sports ministry’s lone choice for Padma Bhushan while veteran footballer Arun Ghosh has been nominated for Padma Shri.

Also in the Padma Shri mix is the Kolk-

ata-born table tennis legend Indu Puri, who moved to New Delhi to further her career in the game in the 1970s and 80s and won the national title a record eight times.

Former national shooting coach Sunny Thomas and wrestler Late Khashaba Jadhav, who won India’s first individual Olympic medal (bronze) at Helsinki in 1952, too have been shortlisted for the award.

Paes, who won the US Open doubles

the coming one day series,” he said.

The recent matches against Australia witnessed totals over 300 being scored frequently and Bravo said he would want his bowlers to bowl better than their Indian counterparts.

“It happened in different conditions and different venues and different bowlers as well. So, our bowlers are mostly in different mould of talents. If we can bowl better in this series than India, it will be better for us.

“I think One-day and T20 cricket gives you more freedom. One player could be turn out to be a match winner. That is why this format is rather easy for us playing be it against India or Sri Lanka. As long as you play smart in a 50-over match, then one could win the series,” the allrounder said.While the Caribbean side possess genuine quickies like Ravi Rampaul and Tino Best, Bravo wants his bowlers to not only look for pace but mix up their deliveries to get success in the Indian conditions.

“It is good we have two good fast bowlers in our ranks. They are used

‘Mr Ego’ Pietersen set to sweep to 100th Test

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title in August with Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, is the only sportsman recommended by the ministry for Padma Bhushan. Last year, the ministry had forwarded the names of Rahul Dravid (cricket) and Sushil Kumar (wrestling) for the same honour and Dravid ended up getting it.

Paes, who got the Arjuna award in 1990, the Khel Ratna in 1997 and the Padma Shri in 2001, has won the ministry’s vote for his consistent performance on the ATP circuit. He has 53 titles against his name including the WinstonSalem crown with Daniel Nestor of Canada and the US Open title this year.

He would be only the second tennis player from the country to be bestowed the honour after Ramanathan Krishnan in 1967.

A 1960 Olympian ( Rome), Ghosh was also a gold medallist at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta.

He served as India’s coach and AIFF’s technical director later in his career.

The Union home ministry will make its final choices from this list. Last year, Sushil’s recommendation was rejected although he had won the silver at the London Olympics owing to a guideline that says that there has to be a gap of five years between two Padma awards to the same sportsperson. Sushil had been given the Padma Shri in 2011.

We are more confident in limited overs format: D. Bravo

Sachin Tendulkar arrives in Mussoorie after retirement Agencies

humid out there. So, I think it is very important that he enjoys the game without thinking about our performance in the Test series. One has to be in a good frame of mind.”

Asked if he had a team from the current lot of players in mind for the next World Cup, he said, “As of now, we have to get a pool of bowlers. That is what we are doing. Most of them have done well at the domestic levels and they have also played in few international matches and done well.

But we have to see them in few more games to see as to how they bowl and then we will have a fair idea as to what needs to be done.“We are trying to give the present lot chances and of course there are priority and at the same time you are looking at winning the ODI series. It is a slow process and it is good if they are able to get their chances in the middle and see how they handle pressure,” the skipper added.Asked If the Indian team was under pressure to win ODIs against the West Indies after an emotional series and before embarking for South Africa tour, Dhoni said there was nothing new when it comes to pressure.“You are talking about emotions but we will have to see which was difficult. Whenever an Indian team plays whichever the opposition, we play irrespective of where we are playing. We are always set to be under pressure and we always are set in a situation where it is difficult to win a series.

Leander Paes recommended for Padma Bhushan

Mumbai during 1933-34 season.This is the third highest score if one goes by all the registered scorecards available worldwide since the inception of competitive cricket. As per available information, AEJ Collins scored

to bowling 140 and above. But, here in India, there are small fields and batting friendly pitches. One has to display his skills and not bowl with too much pace. Most of the guys who bowl sheer pace haven’t been successful,” Bravo said.

Bravo, who was appointed ODI captain earlier this year, said he would like to emulate his India opposite number Mahendra Singh Dhoni under whom he plays in the Indian Premier League.“Most of the West Indian and Indian players have been together playing in IPL for different team. We are definitely going all out to give our best for our country. As a new captain, I will certainly try and emulate Dhoni in certain ways,” the 30-year-old said.

Asked about the slump in West

Indian cricket in the recent years, Bravo said sufficient opportunities should be given to the youngsters to showcase their talent.

“There are ups and downs in every players performance and as a team we have not been consistent and our senior players were not playing. But, now we have a new and young team and when there are changes in the team, there are more challenges.

Force India eye strong finish to end 2013 season

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SAO PAULO: Sahara Force India would not be complacent going to Brazilian Grand Prix, final race of the F1 season, as the team wants to finish sixth on the constructors title and the drivers want to sign off on a high on Sunday.Force India enjoy a strong 24-point lead over Sauber and are not likely to lose the sixth position.

“I think the odds are in our favour, but there’s no room for complacency.

We need to make sure we get the job done in Interlagos,” Team Principal Vijay Mallya said.

“The weather forecast is for some rain and that

628 not out in a competitive match in England in 1899 and CJ Eady struck 566 in another competitive match in 1901.There has been a buzz about Prithvi’s immense talent in the Mumbai cricket circuit for quite some time. He also went on a cricket scholarship to the United Kingdom where he had trained at the Gloucestershire academy and also played some practice matches for their second team.His personal coach is Raju Pathak and father Pankaj Shaw has been everything for the boy, who lost his mother when he was only four years old. Father Pankaj, who is a Bengali by birth, has a modest income but he has tried his best to give his son best of facilities. That he was talented also helped as he got scholarships from various associations.

From the age of eight, he used to travel around 70 kms from suburban Virar to be in time for his coaching camp and matches in Mumbai Maidans.With performances like these, there is a possibility that the junior selection committee under the chairmanship of Connor Williams will be seriously thinking about Shaw with the Under-19 World Cup in mind next year.

would introduce an element of unpredictability. That was the case last year when Nico [Hulkenberg] was leading the race, so we have good memories of Interlagos.”

Paul Di Resta said the small 4.309km Interlagos circuit is difficult to negotiate.“Because it’s such a small track every hundredth and thousandth of a second

becomes even more critical in qualifying. The lap has a very nice flow with a real variation of corners. There are fast sections, slow corners, elevation changes and off-camber parts of the lap. It may be small, but it has everything you need from a track.“..It would be great to round off the year with a special result. The weather forecast looks uncertain and it’s a track which always generates an interesting Grand Prix. It’s the final race for the V8 engines so I really hope we can end the era on a positive note.”Adrian Sutil said the track should suit their car and likely wet conditions would also benefit them.

Baskaran to be part of Indian hockey team's coaching staff Agencies NEW DELHI: Hockey India on Wednesday appointed former Olympic gold-medallist V Baskaran as a coach of the men’s national team to work under the recently-appointed chief coach Terry Walsh.

“Baskaran has joined the training camp of the senior men’s hockey team at SAI Centre, Bhopal for preparations of the FIH World League Finals in Delhi in January 2014 and the FIH World Cup to be held in The Netherlands next year,” the HI said in a statement.

HI secretary general Narinder Batra felt Baskaran’s experience will come in handy for the team.

Baskaran has coached the team several times, the last time at the 2006 Men’s Hockey World Cup in Monchengladbach.

Currently he is the chief coach

of Bhopal Badshahs in World Series Hockey league.

“Mr Baskaran will form an integral part of the coaching staff headed by Mr Terry Walsh. I am sure his valuable experience will help the Indian team in its 2014 World Cup and help take Indian hockey to new heights,” Batra said.

Baskaran said he was pleased to come back as coach for the side. “It’s a pleasant comeback for me with the senior men national team. It will be excellent to work with Mr. Terry Walsh for the betterment of Indian Hockey,” he said. Baskaran, who was the captain of the team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, has 287 international caps and has represented India in the Olympic Games in 1976 Montreal, two World Cups in 1973 Amsterdam (Silver) and in 1978 Buenos Aires.