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JAMMU SATURDAY JANUARY 19, 2019 No alliance with Cong, AAP to contest all LS seats in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi NATIONAL NEWS ON PAGE 7 President Trump cancels Speaker Pelosi's foreign 'excursion' amid govern- ment shutdown INTERNATIONAL NEWS ON PAGE 8 VOL. 34 | NO. 19 | REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 | E-mail : [email protected] |epaper.glimpsesoffuture.com ***!"%’’$)()&$" C Y M K C Y M K C Y M K C Y M K Man arrested with grenade in Kupwara district A man was arrested on Friday after he was found in possession of a hand grenade in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said. The arrest at a motor vehicle checkpoint in Lolab area of Kupwara district came on a day when militants carried out two # $# % Police nab man stealing from shrine's donation box in Rajouri A 60-year-old man was ar- rested for allegedly stealing from a donation box in a shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said Friday. Rs 17,392 in cash has been recovered from the posses- sion of the accused, a resident of the Dara Samote area in Poonch district, they said. A team of Rajouri police on night # $# % Power shutdown In order to carry out vari- ous developmental works, the power supply to Narwal Pain, Rani Bagh, Ajit Nagar, Colonel Colony, Satwari Special Bureau, Satwari Airforce, Airport, Military Hospital, Nai Basti, Ashok Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Mill Cantt and adjoin- ing areas shall remain affected on January 19 from 11 am to 03 pm. Similarly, the power sup- ply to Raghunath Bazaar, Sunder Singh Gurudwara, Gandu Chawni, Residency, Daru Gar Mohalla and adjoin $*& $# % Police seize 23 vehicles, fine 40 drivers for traffic rule violations in Rajouri Jammu and Kashmir Police seized 23 vehicles and fined 40 drivers for violations of traffic rules in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said. During a drive, several police teams checked vehicles in the past two days and seized 23 ve- hicles that were plying on roads without requisite documents, they said. Drivers of 40 other ve- hicles were fined for violations of various traffic rules, they added. Ten persons are feared dead after a snow avalanche buried the two trucks they were travelling in at Khardung La of Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. Bodies of five of the deceased have been recovered so far, while efforts are on to find the remaining five persons, whose chances of survival are bleak, a police of- ficial said here. "The two trucks, carrying 10 civilians, came under an avalanche at Khardungla pass, which is one of the highest motorable roads in the world at 17,500 feet, at 7.00 am," a defence spokesman said. He said the trucks were buried 20 feet deep under de- bris, nearly 800 metres from Khardungla Top towards South Pullu. As soon as the Army detachment at Khardungla Top was alerted about the incident, all re- sources of the Fire and Fury Corps were activated, the spokesman said. "Army teams deployed near the incident site swiftly moved in and com- menced search and rescue op- erations. Troops deployed at South Pullu and North Pullu were also moved to the site. Simultaneously, the Army Aviation helicopters were pressed into service to move the highly trained avalanche rescue teams of the Army -- Avalanche Panthers Teams -- from Siachen Base Camp and North Pullu," he said. These teams are equipped with specialised avalanche & $# % 10 feared dead in Khardung La avalanche Pakistan Rangers Friday violated ceasefire by resorting to firing along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, officials said. Pakistan Rangers resort- ed to small arms fire on border outposts (BoPs) in Hiranagar sector at around 11 am, they said. BSF troops, guarding the borderline, retaliat- ed strongly, the officials said. On Thursday, a civilian was injured when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and re- sorted to firing and mor- tar shelling along the Line of Control in Rajouri district. Northern Command chief Lt Gen Ranbir Singh had on Thursday said the Army was reply- ing befittingly to the Pakistani aggression. Pakistani troops resort- ed to firing and shelling along the LoC in the Jammu region of the state for 13 days of this month, the officials said. The year 2018 had witnessed the highest number -- 2936 -- of cease- fire violations by Pakistani troops in the last 15 years along the Indo-Pak border. The continuous Pakistani shelling and firing tar- geting villages has set in fear psychosis among the border dwellers. On Monday, Border Security Force (BSF) Assistant Commandant $# % Union Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) through Director Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Commissioner Secretary, State Higher Education Department for use of additional space and land at the transit campus of IIM here at the old University Campus. The additional accommoda- tion will enable IIM man- agement to meet the full intake capacity of the in- stitute with sufficient classrooms and other building infrastructure. It was informed that the construction of addition- al accommodation at the $# % EC may announce Lok Sabha polls schedule in March first week: Sources The schedule for Lok Sabha elections is likely to be announced in the first week of March, sources indicated on Friday. The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 3. The Election Commission is in the process of deciding the number of phases and the months in which polling would be held, they said. An EC spokesperson, however, said, "No decision has been taken as yet on the date when the elections $# % 2 grenade attacks on security forces in Kashmir Militants carried out two grenade attacks on security forces in Kashmir, including one in the Lal Chowk area of the city, on Friday but there were no reports of any casualty, police said. The ultras lobbed a grenade at a CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) bunker at Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) in Lal Chowk this after- noon, a police official said. The grenade exploded on the roadside, he said, adding no one was hurt in the attack. A private car parked on the roadside was partly damaged due to the explosion, the official said. This is second attack on secu- rity forces in Srinagar -- the &# $# % A tribe of Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region has de- manded that the Centre make serious interventions to help it preserve its cultural heritage, which, ex- perts say, is under threat due to rapid "modernisation, mi- gration and religious conversion". Members of the Dard Aryan tribe sub- mitted a charter of de- mands to Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Sudarshan Bhagat on Friday. The tribe, inhabiting Dha, Hanu, Beema, Darchik and Garkone villages in Leh and Kargil districts, claims to be the de- scendants of "pure Aryan race". Many re- searchers believe they are the descendants of Alexander, an official of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) said. "The villages are together called the Aryan valley. The peo- ple of the region are completely different from those in other parts of Ladakh. The community prohibits marriage with out- siders to keep the gene pool intact. Of late, the Dard men are marry- ing outside the tribe," the official said. The tribe is consid- ered "threatened" due to their depleting numbers, which, at present, is around 4,000. They are mainly dependent on agricul- ture and are "educa- tionally and economi- cally backward", he said. The Dard Aryans do not document their history and they have carried forward their cultural legacy orally. Most of them have em- braced Islam or Buddhism and mod- ernisation has had &(# $# % 'Threatened' Ladakh tribe seeks govt help to preserve heritage SSB clears 76 withheld selection recommendations The J&K Services Selection Board today cleared the release of withheld recommendations against various posts, in respect of 76 candidates, whose selections were earlier kept withheld on account of various deficiencies or cer- tain clarifications. The recommenda- tions were cleared after the candidates completed the deficiencies and various clarifications sought from the indenting Departments and other concerned au- thorities and were received by the Board, spokesman of the Board, Mr. Malik Suhail said. The spokesman fur- ther added that the Board is contemplat- ing to conduct a working knowledge of Urdu Test during the 2nd week of March, 2019 tentatively for the $# % Ahead of the Parliamentary and Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, sever- al political leaders are cur- rently holding delibera- tions to revive the third front which they believe will reemerge ahead of the elections. The political lead- ers who are currently in de- liberations to revive the third front, claimed that front is being reemerged as an alternative to the people. “In Jammu and Kashmir, there is existence of tradi- tional National Conference following which Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerged as an alternative but failed to sustain the po- sition. In this regard, the al- ternative is being made available for the people, which would likely emerge ahead of the elections,” they said. Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) Chairman, Hakeem Muhammad Yaseen said that the discus- sion between the likemind- ed people to revive the third front is going on. “Some likeminded people are cur- rently holding meetings and deliberations in this regard as there is a dire need of an alternative at this junc- ture,” he said. He added that people are demanding an al- ternative following which a step has been taken to re- vive the third front here. “People are the best judge who notice each and every development. The leaders who have credibility are discussing the revival of third front at present,” he said. Democratic Party Nationalist (DPN) President, Ghulam Hassan Mir told that the traditional party NC already exists in the State but at the same time PDP who emerged as an alternative failed to sus- tain, therefore some like- minded people are joining hands here to come up with an alternative. “We have been holding meetings and discussing the revival of third front here. There is no breakthrough so far but there is every possi- bility of third front reemerg- ing in the State before elec- tions,” he added. “It is too early to say when will it be revived again but I believe the third front will reemerge ahead of the elec- tions,” Mir added. However, the other leaders could not be contacted to have com- ments in this regard. (KNS) Ahead of elections, third front re-emerging in J&K Kashmir continued to be in the grip of cold wave conditions as the minimum temperature stayed below the freezing point with Pahalgam tourist resort be- ing the coldest recorded place in the valley, a weather depart- ment official said Friday. The minimum temperature in Srinagar rose last night from minus 1.3 degrees Celsius to set- tle at minus 0.7 degree Celsius, the official said. He said Qazigund the gateway town to the valley in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus 0.7 de- gree Celsius down from minus 0.2 degree Celsius the previous night. The nearby Kokernag town registered a low of minus 2.0 degrees Celsius last night same as the previous night. The mercury in Kupwara town in north Kashmir settled at a low of minus 2.8 degrees Celsius last night down from minus 1.5 de- grees Celsius a night earlier, the official said. Gulmarg ski-resort in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius ’"& $# % Kashmir under grip of cold wave, Pahalgam shivers at minus 10.3 deg C Pak Rangers violate ceasefire along IB in Kathua IIM Jammu to get additional accommodation Jammu & Kashmir women police personnel rehearse for the upcoming Republic Day parade, in Jammu.

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No alliance with Cong, AAP to contestall LS seats in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi

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President Trump cancels SpeakerPelosi's foreign 'excursion' amid govern-ment shutdown

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A man was arrested onFriday after he was found inpossession of a hand grenade inJammu and Kashmir'sKupwara district, police said.The arrest at a motor vehiclecheckpoint in Lolab area ofKupwara district came on a daywhen militants carried out two

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A 60-year-old man was ar-rested for allegedly stealingfrom a donation box in a shrinein Jammu and Kashmir'sRajouri district, police saidFriday. Rs 17,392 in cash hasbeen recovered from the posses-sion of the accused, a resident ofthe Dara Samote area inPoonch district, they said. Ateam of Rajouri police on night

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In order to carry out vari-ous developmental works, thepower supply to Narwal Pain,Rani Bagh, Ajit Nagar, ColonelColony, Satwari SpecialBureau, Satwari Airforce,Airport, Military Hospital, NaiBasti, Ashok Nagar, ShastriNagar, Mill Cantt and adjoin-ing areas shall remain affectedon January 19 from 11 am to 03pm. Similarly, the power sup-ply to Raghunath Bazaar,Sunder Singh Gurudwara,Gandu Chawni, Residency,Daru Gar Mohalla and adjoin

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Police seize 23 vehicles, fine 40 drivers for traffic ruleviolations in Rajouri��������������������������

Jammu and Kashmir Policeseized 23 vehicles and fined 40drivers for violations of trafficrules in Jammu and Kashmir'sRajouri district, officials said.During a drive, several policeteams checked vehicles in thepast two days and seized 23 ve-hicles that were plying on roadswithout requisite documents,they said. Drivers of 40 other ve-hicles were fined for violationsof various traffic rules, theyadded.

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Ten persons are feareddead after a snow avalancheburied the two trucks theywere travelling in atKhardung La of Ladakh regionin Jammu and Kashmir onFriday, officials said. Bodies offive of the deceased have beenrecovered so far, while effortsare on to find the remainingfive persons, whose chances ofsurvival are bleak, a police of-ficial said here. "The twotrucks, carrying 10 civilians,came under an avalanche atKhardungla pass, which is oneof the highest motorable roads

in the world at 17,500 feet, at7.00 am," a defence spokesmansaid. He said the trucks wereburied 20 feet deep under de-bris, nearly 800 metres from

Khardungla Top towardsSouth Pullu. As soon as theArmy detachment atKhardungla Top was alertedabout the incident, all re-

sources of the Fire and FuryCorps were activated, thespokesman said. "Army teamsdeployed near the incident siteswiftly moved in and com-menced search and rescue op-erations. Troops deployed atSouth Pullu and North Pulluwere also moved to the site.Simultaneously, the Army

Aviation helicopters werepressed into service to movethe highly trained avalancherescue teams of the Army --Avalanche Panthers Teams --from Siachen Base Camp andNorth Pullu," he said.These teams are equipped

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Pakistan RangersFriday violated ceasefireby resorting to firingalong the InternationalBorder (IB) in Jammuand Kashmir's Kathuadistrict, officials said.Pakistan Rangers resort-ed to small arms fire onborder outposts (BoPs)in Hiranagar sector ataround 11 am, they said.BSF troops, guarding

the borderline, retaliat-ed strongly, the officialssaid. On Thursday, acivilian was injuredwhen Pakistani troopsviolated ceasefire and re-sorted to firing and mor-tar shelling along theLine of Control inRajouri district.Northern Command

chief Lt Gen RanbirSingh had on Thursdaysaid the Army was reply-ing befittingly to thePakistani aggression.Pakistani troops resort-ed to firing and shellingalong the LoC in theJammu region of thestate for 13 days of thismonth, the officials said.The year 2018 had

witnessed the highestnumber -- 2936 -- of cease-fire violations byPakistani troops in thelast 15 years along theIndo-Pak border. Thecontinuous Pakistanishelling and firing tar-geting villages has set infear psychosis amongthe border dwellers. OnMonday, BorderSecurity Force (BSF)Assistant Commandant

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Union Ministry ofHuman ResourcesDevelopment (MHRD)through Director IndianInstitute of Management(IIM) Jammu todaysigned a Memorandumof Understanding (MoU)with CommissionerSecretary, State HigherEducation Departmentfor use of additional

space and land at thetransit campus of IIMhere at the oldUniversity Campus. Theadditional accommoda-tion will enable IIM man-agement to meet the fullintake capacity of the in-stitute with sufficientclassrooms and otherbuilding infrastructure.It was informed that theconstruction of addition-al accommodation at the

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EC may announceLok Sabha pollsschedule in Marchfirst week: Sources�����������������������������������

The schedule for Lok Sabhaelections is likely to be announcedin the first week of March, sourcesindicated on Friday. The term ofthe present Lok Sabha ends on June3. The Election Commission is inthe process of deciding the numberof phases and the months in whichpolling would be held, they said. AnEC spokesperson, however, said,"No decision has been taken as yeton the date when the elections

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Militants carried out twogrenade attacks on security forcesin Kashmir, including one in theLal Chowk area of the city, onFriday but there were no reports ofany casualty, police said. The ultraslobbed a grenade at a CRPF(Central Reserve Police Force)bunker at Ghanta Ghar (ClockTower) in Lal Chowk this after-noon, a police official said. Thegrenade exploded on the roadside,he said, adding no one was hurt inthe attack. A private car parked onthe roadside was partly damageddue to the explosion, the officialsaid. This is second attack on secu-rity forces in Srinagar -- the

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A tribe of Jammuand Kashmir'sLadakh region has de-manded that theCentre make seriousinterventions to helpit preserve its culturalheritage, which, ex-perts say, is underthreat due to rapid"modernisation, mi-gration and religiousconversion".Members of the

Dard Aryan tribe sub-

mitted a charter of de-mands to Minister ofState for TribalAffairs SudarshanBhagat on Friday. Thetribe, inhabiting Dha,Hanu, Beema,Darchik and Garkonevillages in Leh andKargil districts,claims to be the de-scendants of "pureAryan race". Many re-searchers believe theyare the descendants ofAlexander, an officialof the Indira GandhiNational Centre for

the Arts (IGNCA) said."The villages are

together called theAryan valley. The peo-ple of the region arecompletely differentfrom those in otherparts of Ladakh. Thecommunity prohibitsmarriage with out-siders to keep the genepool intact. Of late, theDard men are marry-ing outside the tribe,"the official said.The tribe is consid-

ered "threatened" dueto their depleting

numbers, which, atpresent, is around4,000. They are mainlydependent on agricul-ture and are "educa-tionally and economi-cally backward", hesaid.The Dard Aryans

do not document theirhistory and they havecarried forward theircultural legacy orally.Most of them have em-braced Islam orBuddhism and mod-ernisation has had ������&��(�#���$#�%������

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The J&K Services Selection Boardtoday cleared the release of withheldrecommendations against variousposts, in respect of 76 candidates, whoseselections were earlier kept withheld onaccount of various deficiencies or cer-tain clarifications. The recommenda-tions were cleared after the candidatescompleted the deficiencies and variousclarifications sought from the indentingDepartments and other concerned au-thorities and were received by theBoard, spokesman of the Board, Mr.Malik Suhail said. The spokesman fur-ther added that the Board is contemplat-ing to conduct a working knowledge ofUrdu Test during the 2nd week ofMarch, 2019 tentatively for the

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Ahead of theParliamentary andAssembly elections inJammu and Kashmir, sever-al political leaders are cur-rently holding delibera-tions to revive the thirdfront which they believewill reemerge ahead of theelections. The political lead-ers who are currently in de-liberations to revive thethird front, claimed thatfront is being reemerged asan alternative to the people.“In Jammu and Kashmir,there is existence of tradi-tional National Conference

following which PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP)emerged as an alternativebut failed to sustain the po-sition. In this regard, the al-ternative is being madeavailable for the people,which would likely emergeahead of the elections,” theysaid. Peoples DemocraticFront (PDF) Chairman,Hakeem MuhammadYaseen said that the discus-sion between the likemind-ed people to revive the thirdfront is going on. “Somelikeminded people are cur-rently holding meetings anddeliberations in this regardas there is a dire need of an

alternative at this junc-ture,” he said. He added thatpeople are demanding an al-ternative following which astep has been taken to re-vive the third front here.“People are the best judgewho notice each and everydevelopment. The leaderswho have credibility arediscussing the revival ofthird front at present,” hesaid. Democratic PartyNationalist (DPN)President, Ghulam HassanMir told that the traditionalparty NC already exists inthe State but at the sametime PDP who emerged asan alternative failed to sus-

tain, therefore some like-minded people are joininghands here to come up withan alternative.“We have been holding

meetings and discussing therevival of third front here.There is no breakthrough sofar but there is every possi-bility of third front reemerg-ing in the State before elec-tions,” he added. “It is tooearly to say when will it berevived again but I believethe third front willreemerge ahead of the elec-tions,” Mir added. However,the other leaders could notbe contacted to have com-ments in this regard. (KNS)

Ahead of elections, third frontre-emerging in J&K

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Kashmir continued to be inthe grip of cold wave conditionsas the minimum temperaturestayed below the freezing pointwith Pahalgam tourist resort be-ing the coldest recorded place inthe valley, a weather depart-ment official said Friday. Theminimum temperature inSrinagar rose last night fromminus 1.3 degrees Celsius to set-tle at minus 0.7 degree Celsius,the official said. He saidQazigund the gateway town tothe valley in south Kashmirrecorded a low of minus 0.7 de-gree Celsius down from minus0.2 degree Celsius the previousnight. The nearby Kokernag

town registered a low of minus2.0 degrees Celsius last nightsame as the previous night. Themercury in Kupwara town innorth Kashmir settled at a low ofminus 2.8 degrees Celsius last

night down from minus 1.5 de-grees Celsius a night earlier, theofficial said. Gulmarg ski-resortin north Kashmir recorded alow of minus 10 degrees Celsius

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Kashmir under grip of cold wave, Pahalgam shivers at minus 10.3 deg C

Pak Rangers violateceasefire along IBin Kathua

IIM Jammu to get additional accommodation

Jammu & Kashmir women police personnel rehearse for the upcoming Republic Day parade, in Jammu.

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JAMMU SAtUrdAy JAnUAry 19, 2019Obituary2Glimpses of Future

10TH DAYWITH PROFOUND GRIEF AND SOR-

ROW, WE INFORM THE SAD DEMISE

OF OUR BELOVED SMT ASHA BHAT

W/O SH P.L. BHAT ORIGINALLY RESI-

DENT OF ICHIGAM, BUDGAM KASH-

MIR AND AT PRESENT, SECTOR 1,

DURGA NAGAR, OPPOSITE LAXMI

BAKERY SHOP ON 14-01-2019 MON-

DAY DUE TO BRIEF ILLNESS. 10TH

DAY WILL BE PERFORMED ON 22-01-

2019 TUESDAY AT MUTHI GHAT NEAR

DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AT 9.30 AM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt Janki Rani Bhat -Mother-in-law

Sh P L Bhat -Husband

Mrs Deepali & Mr Ashwani Bhat -Daughter-in-law & Son

Mrs Meenakshi & Mr Nikhlesh -Daughter-in-law & Son

Nairit & Naira -Grand Children

Samast Bhat, Mattoo, Kitchloo & Wali Pariwar

Ph. 9419118904, 9419601933, 9711500725

SMT ASHA BHAT KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-form the sad demise of our belovedSmt. Vidya Devi W/o Lt. Sh. Rattan LalGupta (Smailpur Wale) R/o 181-B,Jeevan Nagar, Jammu, who left forheavenly abode on 8 Jan, 2019. Kriyawill be performed on Sunday 20th ofJan, 2019 at our residence. Uthala willbe performed on Monday 21st of Jan,2019 at Laxmi Narayan Mandir, GandhiNagar from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM.GRIEF STRICKENSon & Daughter-in-lawSh. Ashok Gupta & Smt. Sunita GuptaDaughters & Sons-in-lawL. Smt. Neelam & Sh. Krishan Lal GuptaSmt. Nirmal & Sh. Sham Lal GuptaGrand Son & Daughter-in-lawMr. Kapil & Mrs. Shikha GuptaGrand Daughters & Son-in-lawMrs. Ritika & Mr. Suraj ChopraMs. Monika GuptaMaster Kushaan - Great Grand SonContacts: Ashoka Iron Traders9419183494, 9796000181, 7006383081

Smt. Vidya Devi

CHOUBARSIFour years have passed since

you left us for eternal journey.

Your memories are still fresh

and your presence is felt every

where and everytime. We miss

you alot. Choubarsi of our

beloved Late Pt Keshva Nand

Sharma will be performed on

19-01- 2019 (Saturday) at our residence Lane No.

14, H.No. 5, Rajpura at 1 PM.

DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY:-

Sons & Daughters-in-Law Mr & Mrs Madhu

Sudan Sharma Mr & Mrs Mahesh Chander

Sharma Mr & Mrs Man Mohan Sharma Grand

Children: Deepak, Manik, Kanishq, Tanishq,

Ayush, Dhruv Ph No: 7006974319, 9906281947

Late Pt Keshva

Nand

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, we

inform the sad demise of our beloved

Pran Nath Koul S/o Late Dina Nath

Koul originally resident of Vessu

Anantnag presently at House No. 30,

Lane-1, Vivek Vihar Opp. Soap

Factory Paloura. 10th Day Kriya will

be performed on Thursday 24th Jan,

2019 at Akhnoor Ghat, Jammu and

Assembly will be held at Muthi Ghat

near Director Education Office at

12:00 Noon onwards.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Girja Koul - Wife

Sippy & Vijay Bakshi - Daughter & Son-in-law

Riya (Bulbul) - Daughter

Brothers

Sh. Pyare Lal Koul

Smt. & Sh. Roshan Lal Koul

Smt. & Sh. Roop Krishan Koul

Smt. & Sh. Bal Krishan Koul

Smt. & Sh. Bihari Lal Koul

Smt. & Sh. Surinder Koul

Bindu Ji & Roop Krishan Bhat - Sister & Brother-in-law

Mobile No: 9796024080, 9419286312, 9055046380

Pran Nath Koul

OBITUARYWITH PROFOUND GRIEF & SOR-ROW WE REGRET TO INFORM THESAD DEMISE OF OUR BELOVEDSHOBAWATI RAINA W/O LATELAKHMAN JOO RAINA OF VANPOHANANTNAG KASHMIR, AT PRESENTH.NO. 112, PHASE-2, VISHWABHAR-TI COLONEY, AKALPUR ROAD JAM-MU, WHO LEFT FOR HER HEAVENLYABODE ON 14-01-2019 (MONDAY).TENTH DAY KRIYA WILL BE PER-FORMED ON 23RD JANUARY, 2019(WEDNESDAY) AT 10 AM, AT MUTHIGHAT, NEAR DIRECTOR SCHOOLEDCUCATION OFFICE.GRIEF STRICKENMASSA KUMARI RAINA - DAUGHTER-IN-LAWRAKESH RAINA & MEENAKSHI RAINA - GRAND SON &DAUGHTER-IN-LAWSAMAST RAINA PARIVARCONTACT NO’S: 9419309903, 9419835640

SHOBAWATIRAINA

KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, weregret to inform the sad and untimelydemise of our beloved Anupama(Leenu) Sharma W/o VarinderKumar Sharma R/o Chenani Distt.Udhampur on 9-01-2019.Kriya willbe performed on 19-01-2019 andUthala will be held on 21-01-2019 atour residence Chenani.GRIEF STRICKENVarinder Kumar Sharma -HusbandSmt. Adarsh Bala W/o Late O.P. Sharma -BhabhiBhabhi & BrotherSmt. Manju Bala & Er. Vijay Kumar SharmaMohit & Vivan -SonsPh: 9419838166

AnupamaSharma (Leenu)

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of ourbeloved mother Smt. Rani RainaW/o Lt. Sh. O.N Raina originallyfrom Wanpora Pulwama Kmr. A/PRoop Nagar Enclave-B, Near,Paradise Guest House ChinoreRoad on 15-01-2019 (Tuesday)Tenth Day Kriya shall be performerdon 24-01-2019 (Thursday) atAkhnoor Ghat and condolencemeeting (Assembly) will be held atour residence 12:30 PM.GRIEF STRICKENSons & Daughters-in-lawRavi Raina & Dolly Raina (9419650444)Shanker Raina & Renu Raina (9871352800)Rajinder Raina & Arti Raina (9697123825)Daughters & Sons-in-lawPicha Khazanchi & Sunil KhazanchiDolly Bhan & Rajender Bhan (7051289039)Santoshi W/o Lt Sunil Raina

Smt. Rani Raina

KRIYA/UTHALAWith extreme grief and sorrow, weinform the sad demise of Sh KrishanLal Verma S/o Late Sh Paras RamVerma (Tikri Wale) R/o H. No. 119,Gali No. 12, New Plot, Jammu. Kriyawill be performed on 21 Jan. 2019(Monday) at our residence H.No.119, Gali No. 12, Jawahar NagarNew Plot Jammu at 11 AM. Uthalawill be performed on 21 Jan. 2019(Monday) at Pracheen Shiv MandirGali No. 16 Jawahar Nagar Jammuat 4 PM to 5 PM.GRIEF STRICKENSmt Chinta Devi -WifeSh Madan Verma & Smt Pushpa Devi Brother & BhabiSons & Daughters-in-lawSh Ajay Verma & Smt Poonam VermaSh Parul Verma & Smt Meenakshi VermaDaughters & Sons-in-lawSmt Rama Anand & Sh Sanjeev AnandSmt Nita Kaushal & Sh Surinder KaushalGrand Son’s & Grand Daughters: Arjun, Alisha, Palak,Ishan, Ishita, Rahul, Amisha, Shrishti, Shivam, Bhavyam.Mobile No. 9796039956, 9906070041

Sh Krishan LalVerma

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, weinform the sad and untimely death ofSh Rattan Lal Sharma S/o Late Sh.Lambooder Sharma of HawalPulwama at present Lane No. 25,Q.No 6, Block-163, Jagti Nagrota on14-1-2019. Tenth Day Kriya -23-01-2019. Tenth Day Kriya will be per-formed at TRT Camp Nagrota nearCommunity Hall at 10 AM on 23-01-2019.GRIEF STRICKENNancy Sharma -WifeVickey Sharma -SonSusheel Bhat & Pamposh Bhat - Son-in-law & DaughterVinod Sharma Bulbuli Sharma - Son-in-law & DaughterContact No: 9419860504, 7051296511

Sh Rattan LalSharma

KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, we

inform the sad demise of our

beloved Late Smt. Shanti Devi W/o

Late Sh. Bansi Lal Verma R/o H. No.

145, Lane-7 Lakad Mandi Jammu.

KRIYA will be performed on 21-1-19

at our residence at 10.00 A.M.

UTHALA will be performed on 21-1-

19 at Durga Mandir Lakad Mandi

Lane-1 at 4 P.M. to 5 P.M.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Sons & Daughters-in-law

Deep Kumar Verma & Sushila Verma

Pawan Kumar Verma & Sunita Verma

Mohinder Kumar Verma & Geeta Verma

Sanjeev K Verma & Rajni Verma

Grand Son

Romi Rocky

Dr. Sachin Verma

Karan Verma

Sourav Verma

Contact No: 90860-07298, 94197-56806, 99062-90994

Smt. Shanti Devi CHOUBARSIChoubarsi Ritual of beloved Late Pt. Beli

Ram Nambardar, Former Block

Chairman and Co-operative Society

Chairman Resident of Village Badyal

Tehsil Rajpura District Samba shall be

performed at our residence Badyal on

19-01-2019 (Saturday) SHEJ 1:30 PM.

DEEPLY MISSED BY :

Smt. Raj Dai -Wife

Sons & Daughters-in-law

Mr and Mrs M.J. Sharma, IFS

Former Addl. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,

9419187464

Mr & Mrs Rajinder Parsad Badyal, DSP (JKP)- 9419353161

Mr. & Mrs. Ramesh Chander Sharma, Range Officer-

7298059540

(ALL FAMILY MEMBERS/NEAR & DEARS)

Pt. Beli RamNambardar

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, we re-

gret to inform the sad & untimely de-

mise of our beloved mother Smt. Tara

Kotwal W/o Late Sh. Trilok SIngh

Kotwal on 14-01-2019 at 456-

Ambphalla, Jammu. Tenth Day will be

performed at Ved Mandir Ambphalla,

Jammu on Wednesday (23-01-2019)

at 9:30 AM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Daughters-in-law & Sons

Usha & Sanjeev Kotwal (Agri Deptt.)

Rashmi & Rajeev SIngh Kotwal (Agri Deptt.)

Daughters & Sons-in-law

Poonam & Bhupinder Singh Sambyal

Neelu & Nater Singh Thakur

Grand Children: Abhay, Vishali, Sunisha, Garima, Pari & Shorya

Nanands & Nanandois

Smt. Sharda Kotwal W/o Lt. Sh. T.C Kotwal (Retd. Judge)

Smt. Chand Gupta W/o Lt. Sh. Pushpinder Gupta

Smt. Chanchal Rana W/o Sh. Saroop Singh Rana

Smt. Veena Mankotia W/o Lt. Sh. K.S. Mankotia

Smt. Vimla Kotwal W/o Lt. Sh. B.S Kotwal (Retd. State

Officer) - Devrani

Sh. B.L Khostani (Ex. MLA) - Brother

Sh. K.L Thakur & Pushpa Thakur - Brother & Bhabi

Sh. Mohan Lal Wazir & Raj Wazir - Brother & Bhabi

Smt. Kamla Wazir W/o Lt. Sh. Sham Lal Wazir - Bhabi

Smt. Rani Wazir W/o Lt. Sh. Manohar Lal Wazir - Bhabi

Smt. Rajni Wazir & A.S Wazir - Brother & Bhabi

Smt. Krishna Thakur W/o Lt. Sh. Sardul Singh Thakur -Sister

Smt. Tara Kotwal

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad and untimely demise of

our beloved mother Smt. Rani Pandita

W/o Sh. Soom Nath Pandita R/o

Khwaja Bagh, Baramulla Kashmir,

presently residing at H. No. 16,

General lane Sarswati Vihar, Tomal

Bohri-Jammu on 17-01-2019. Tenth

Day Kriya will be performed at

Akhnoor on 25-01-2019 and

Assembly will be held at our residence

at 11:30 AM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Sh Soom Nath Pandita -Husband

Sh. Deepak Pandita -Son

Smt. Naiha Pandita -Daughter-in-law

Daughter & Son-in-law

Smt. Bimla & Sh. Ravinder Koul

Daughter & Son-in-law

Smt. Dazy & Sh Sanjay Bazaz

Smt. Neeru & Sh. Sujeet Dhar -Daughter & Son-in-law

Smt. & Sh. Chuni Lal Pandita -Devar & Devrani

Smt. Nancy Pandita -Devrani

Smt. Sheela & Swami Gokul Nath Pandita -Nanand & Nandoi

Dhruv, Radhika, Mehak, Aryan, Raksha & Hartik -Grand Children

Samast Pandita Parivar

Contact No: 8492893958, 8492893959, 9086017184

Mourning from Malun Side will also be held at same address

Smt. Rani Pandita

OBITUARYWith profound grief & sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved

mother Smt Kamleshari Pandita W/o

Lt Shri Janki Nath pandita on 16-01-

2019 originally from Chappergund,

Nuner, Ganderbal A/p H.No. 51,

Sector A/2, Laxmipuram Chinore

Bantalab, Jammu along Masjid Road.

Tenth Day Kriya shall be performed on

25-01-2019 (Friday at Akhnoor Ghat

and Condolence meeting (Assembly)

will be at residence at 12.30 PM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Sons & Daughters-in-Law

Nana Ji Pandita & Summi Pandita

Ramesh Pandita & Reema pandita

Daughters & Sons-in-Law

Smt Vijay Bhat & Ashok Ji Bhat

Smt Anjali Patwari & Ramesh Patwari

Grand Daughters & Sons

Suchitra & Namita, Rohit, Mohit & Akash

7889661740

Smt Kamleshari

Pandita

OBITUARYFOUR YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE

YOU LEFT US BUT WE ALWAYS RE-

MEMBER YOU. MAY ALMIGHTY

GOD BESTOW PEACE TO YOUR

NOBLE SOUL. CHOUBARSI OF OUR

BELOVED LATE SMT CHANCHAL

GUPTA W/O SH O.P. GUPTAAT MA-

HAJAN HALL, SHALAMAR ROAD,

JAMMU ON 19-01-2019 (SATURDAY)

AT 10 AM TO 1 PM.

DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY :

SH O.P. GUPTA -HUSBAND

(RETD. ADMN. OFFICER NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD.)

MRS AYOUDHYA GUPTA -DEVRANI

MRS KOMAL GUPTA -DEVRANI

DAUGHTERS & SONS-IN-LAW

MRS RASHMI & SANJAY GUPTA

(NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. JAMMU)

MRS RAJNI & AJAY GUPTA (STATION SUPERINTEN-

DENT RAILWAY JAMMU)

DAUGHTERS & SONS-IN-LAW

MRS JYOTI & MR JOGINDER GUPTA (J.J. TRADERS JAMMU)

MRS SEEMA & MR PARVEEN GUPTA

MOHAN JUICE CORNER JAMMU

KASHMIR ART & CRAFT (R.N. BAZAR)

M: 94191-16359

SMT CHANCHAL

GUPTA

10TH DAY/KRIYAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved Mr.

Vivek Gupta (Vicky) S/o Sh. Pyare Lal

Bucha R/o Ward No.8, near Pandav

Mandir Udhampur left for heavenly

abode on 10-01-2019 (Thursday).

10TH DAY will be performed at MAHA-

JAN HALL, CHABUTRA BAZAR, UD-

HAMPUR on 19-01-2019 (SATUR-

DAY) at 11.30 AM & KRIYA will be per-

formed at DEVIKA GHAT ON 22-01-

2019 (TUESDAY) at 10 AM (onward).

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt Shanti Devi W/o Late Sh. Devi Ditta Bucha -Grandmother

Smt. Asha Devi -Wife

Manaya Mahajan -Daughter

Maan Mahajan -Son

Pyare Lal Bucha & Kiran Gupta -Father & Mother

Udhay Raj Bucha & Sushma Devi -Chacha & Chachi

Jia Lal Bucha & Pinky -Chacha & Chachi

Bharat Bhushan Bucha & Bittu Devi -Chacha & Chachi

Anil Kumar Bucha & Suman -Chacha & Chachi

Raj Kumar Bucha & Rajani Gupta -Chacha & Chachi

Ashok Kumar Bucha & Monika -Chacha & Chachi

Chanchal Gupta & Mahesh Kailoo -Aunty & Uncle

Santosh Gupta & Shiv Charan -Aunty & Uncle

Vanita Gupta & Rajeev Gupta -Sister & Bother-in-law

Vandana & Rajesh Gupta -Sister & Brother in law

Sarita & Rajesh Gupta -Sister & Brother-in-Law

Rashi & Dheeraj Gupta -Sister & Brother-in-law

Contact: 9419157727, 941915897

Mr. Vivek Gupta

(Vicky)

10TH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved Sh

Madan Lal Saliada (Retd. SO) S/o Late

Sh Mukhtar Chand R/o Ward No. 4,

Hiranagar Distt. Kathua. Tenth Day of

the departed soul shall be performed

on 20th January 2019 (Sunday) at 11

AM at our residence. Kriya will be per-

formed on 21st January 2019

(Monday) at 11.00 AM at our residence.

Uthala will be performed on 23rd

January 2019 (Wednesday) at 2 PM at

our residence.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Smt Santi Devi -Mother

Smt Suraksha Kumari -Wife

Sons & Daughter-in-laws

Sh Harsh Vardhan & Smt Rachna

Sh Dheeraj Saliada & Smt Neelam

Brothers & Bhabis

Sh Pritam Dass Saliada & Smt Savirti Devi

Sh Tirath Ram Saliada & Smt Sushma Devi

Sh Subash Saliada & Smt Kusum Lata

Daughters & Sons-in-law

Smt Aruna & Sh Ashok Kumar

Smt Karuna & Sh Chander Kishore

Smt Jyoti Rani & Sh Rajesh Pandey

Cell No. 9622230993, 9797620663

Sh Madan Lal

Saliada

KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of our beloved

mother Lt. Smt Kamla Devi W/o, Lt. Sh

O.P. Sharma (Retd. Tehsildar) R/o 126,

Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal Jammu

who left for heavenly abode on 9th Jan.

2019.Kriya will be performed on

Saturday 19th of Jan. 2019 at our resi-

dence. Uthala will be performed on

Saturday 19th of Jan. 2019 between

4.00 to 5.00 PM at Tali Sahib

Gurudwara Canal Road, Jammu.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Son’s & Daughters-in-law

Smt Sunita Sharma W/o Lt. Sh Ashwani Sharma

Smt Rashmi Sharma & Sh Abhinav Sharma (Advocate

J&K High Court Jammu)

Daughters & Sons-in-law

Smt Manju Sharma & Rashmi Kant Khajuria

Smt Anju Sharma W/o Lt. Sh Ravi Sharma

Grand Children: Abhimanyu, Abhirash, Aditya, Rishi Khajuria,

Suvrat, Nitasha, Sahila, Manvi, Rucku.

Ph: 94191-75465, 9697603491

Smt Kamla Devi

10TH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad and untimely demise of

our beloved Sh. Kasturi Lal Gupta S/o

Late Sh. Chajju Ram Gupta R/o Pacca

Danga, Akhnoor on 10-01-2019. Tenth

Day will be performed at Jia Pota Ghat

Mandir on 19-01-2019 (Saturday) at

11:00 AM. Kriya will be performed on

22-01-2019 (Tuesday) at our residence

at 12 Noon. Uthala will be performed at

Jia Pota Ghat Mandir on 23-01- 2019

(Wednesday) at 4:00 PM.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Son & Daughter-in-law

Mrs. Mala & Mr. Anil Gupta

Daughter & Son-in-law

Mrs. Rachna & Mr. Vikas Gupta

Brothers & Sisters-in-law

Dr. Om Prakash Gupta

Smt. Chanchal & Sh. Mohan Lal Gupta

Smt. Asha & Sh. Virender Gupta

Smt. Nirmal Gupta, Smt. Sudesh Goel - Sisters

Mehak, Suhani, Ansh - Grand Children

All Gupta Family

Mob: 9419100298, 9419105613, 9419261187, 9469761674

Sh. Kasturi Lal

Gupta

10TH DAYWith profound grief and sorrow, we in-

form the sad demise of Smt. Urmila

Devi Kotwal W/o Sh. Sadhu Ram

Thakur R/o 3/131 Indera Vihar Old

Janipur Jammu on 10-01-2019. Tenth

Day shall be performed on 19-01- 2019

at 9.00 a.m. at Kali Mata Mandir, Shakti

Nagar, Jammu.

GRIEF STRICKEN

Thakur Family- Jammu & Ghai Desa

Kotwal Family- Khakkal Mohallah Bhaderwah

Mob.: 9419189610

Smt. Urmila Devi

Kotwal

FIFTH DAYWITH PROFOUND GRIEF AND SOR-ROW, WE INFORM THE SAD DEMISEOF OUR BELOVED SH JANAK RAJGUPTA S/O LT. SH NIHAL CHAND GUP-TA R/O LINK ROAD. THE 5TH DAY WILLBE PERFORMED ON 19-1-2019, SAT-URDAY AT GURUDWARA BIBI CHANDKOUR, CHAND NAGAR JAMMU AT 11AM.GRIEF STRICKENMunshi Ram Charan DassBelow Gumat, Jammu 9419206688Sanjay & Co. Narwal Jammu 9419103067Madan Lal & Sons, Canal Road, Jammu 9419130507Joginder Kumar & Co., Canal Road, Jammu 9419184962

SH JANAK RAJ

GUPTA

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Jammu and Kashmir PradeshCongress (JKPCC) Vice PresidentVice President and former MLC G NMonga has expressed sorrow andgrief over the loss of lives in an ava-lanche that took place at Khardunglapass in Ladakh. In a message heprayed for eternal peace to the depart-ed souls and strength to the bereavedfamilies in their hour of grief. Mongaalso urged the Governor administra-tion to gear up its men and machineryto meet any eventuality in wake ofheavy snowfall prediction made bythe Meteorological Department.

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The event was conducted by AirForce Station Jammu between 15-17Jan 19 at KK Haku Stadium (J&kSport council). A total of five teamsparticipates in the event TeamJammu Area, Halwra Area, AdampurArea, Amabala Area and HindonArea. Gp Capt NK Chaubey, Stn CdrAF Stn Jammu inaugurated the cere-mony. This station is proud to hostWAC Inter Area HockeyChampionship consecutively for fifthtime and in short Notice. This showsthe high degree of belief and faith byHQ WAC that Air Force StationJammu is competent enough to takeon any task and conclude it success-fully. The closing ceremony tookplace on 17 Jan 19. The final matchwas played between team Jammu andteam Adampur. Team Jammu areawon the match with 4-2. At the end StnCdr, Air Force Station Jammu con-gratulated all the player of winningteam and appreciated the efforts bythe participating team members.

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Shri Mata Vaishno DeviCollege of Nursing(SMVDCoN), Kakryal, organ-ised its annual prize distribu-tion function at the SpiritualGrowth Centre at Katra to-day. Maj. Gen. S. K. Sharma(Retd), Member Shrine Boardand Chairman of the

Governing Body of theCollege of Nursing, was theChief Guest on this occasion.He gave away prizes and me-mentos to the students of theSMVDCoN who have excelledin the various co-curricularactivities during the past oneyear. The prizes were givenfor their laudable perform-ance in the various events

which include poster presen-tation, quiz competition, es-say writing, collage making,face painting, poem writing,mime and cultural activities.Speaking on the occasion,

Maj. Gen. S. K. Sharma (Retd)congratulated the prize win-ning students, adding thatalongside academics, thesports and other co-curricu-

lar activities go a long way inall round personality devel-opment of the students. Among those present on

the occasion were Dr. V.Verma, Dean, SMVDU; Dr.(Brig) Man Mohan Harjai,Administrator of theSMVDCoN; Dr. J. P. Singh,Senior Consultant, NeuroSurgery, SMVDNSH; and Dr.Shailla Cannie, Principal ofthe College of Nursing, themembers of the GoverningBody of the College ofNursing; besides Dr. A. K.Sharma, Director, MedicalServices, SMVDSB; faculty,staff and students of theSMVDCoN as well as 40 stu-dents from Ladakh who arestudying in the various edu-cational institutions inJammu. Earlier, the studentsof the SMVDCoN presented acolourful cultural pro-gramme which was highly ap-preciated by the audience.

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Shiv Sena Bala SahibThackeray on Friday ex-pressed resentment againstthe Governor, J&K, Satya PalMalik for reaching out to theseparatist leaders.Addressing media persons

here, Dimpy Kohli, StatePresident Shiv Sena alongwith Manish Sahni GeneralSecretary, Raj Singh & RajuSalaria said that there is noneed to appease the Hurriyatleaders as they always promot-ed anti-India propaganda inKashmir Valley. Hurriyatleaders are openly advocatingand supporting Pakistan andit's a known fact that they areacting as the agent of Pakistan,Kohli said.“These people need to be

taken to task and dealt withunder the law. Any encourage-ment to such elements willprove to be counter-productiveand the government needs tounderstand this,” he said.Kohli said during 2014

flash floods in Kashmir noHurriyat leader was seen onroad to save the life and ex-

press solidarity withKashmiri people who were fac-ing hardships due to the floods.Indian Army has saved thelives of thousands of Kashmiripeople during the floods and al-so helped in the return of hun-

dreds of youth to their familieswho had gone towards terror-ism, he added.Kohli asserted that when

DySP Ayub Pandit, Aurangzeband SHO Umar Fayaz havekilled nomarch was taken out,

neither any Bandh was calledno action was taken by theHurriyat and its allies. “These separatist leaders

are destroying the future ofyouth in Jammu andKashmir," he asserted. ShivSena strongly criticized theHurriyat and other anti-na-tional elements which are in-stigating the youth of Kashmiragainst the security forces. Shiv Sena leaders said that

youth of the Valley should nowunderstand the game of theseHurriyat leaders as they don’thave anything to do with thepeople of Kashmir but only in-terested in filling their pock-ets. Kohli asked the Governor

Satya Pal Malik to take con-crete action against theseHurriyat leaders and put thembehind the bars to saveKashmir from further turmoil.He asked the Governor to with-draw security and all the givenbenefits to the Hurriyat lead-ers immediately. Kohli sug-gested the Governor involveShiv Sena and others like-minded parties in resolvingthe Kashmir issue.

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Today an oath-taking cere-mony was organised for thenewly elected ChairmanMunicipal Council Rajouri ArifJat and Vice-chairman BhartBhushan Vaid. The oath wastaken in the presence ofAdditional DistrictDevelopment CommissnorRajouri Sher Singh Thakur.Speaking on the occasion,Senior BJP Leader VibodhGupta congratulated and ex-tended warm wishes to them. Healso briefed them about the ex-pectations of the people and saidthat our mission is to fulfil theirwishes and aspirations. He fur-ther said that our primary focusshould be on maintaining clean-liness in Rajouri town to furtherthe dream of Swach Bharat.MLC also appealed people tocontribute in the same as onlycollective efforts of people andauthorities can develop Rajouritown on modern lines.Addressing the people, Arif Jatsaid that he will honestly abideby his duties as read in the oath.He committed people for overalldevelopment and grooming of

the town with proper and ade-quate water supply and electric-ity. He also complimented ef-forts of MLC Vibodh in bringingmajor progressive changes andtransformations in the townand promise to render service tothe people with same zeal andenthusiasm. He expressed hisgratitude towards people andBJP for assigning him this taskand said his only focus will be tostand on the trust and hopesshowed on him by both the peo-ple and the party. While inter-acting with the people ,Vice-President Bharat Bhushan Vaidalso committed to endure all hisresponsibilities as read in theoath with his sincere efforts. He

said that his dream is to makeRajour a Model town with allmodern facilities. He furtherpromised to upheld the slogan ofSabka Sath, Sabka Vikas andwork tirelessly irrespective ofreligion, caste and creed.Bharat Bhushan Vaid alsohailed BJP government for vari-ous achievements. Ex- PahariBoard Chairman Sh. KuldeepRaj Gupta, District PresidentDinesh Sharma,TazeemDar,Rajinder Gupta, Prof. M BMagray,and Javid Malik alsoSpoke on the occasion. The cer-mony was attended by manyprominent citezins and leadershailing from different politicalparties.

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Responding toMehbooba Mufti’s tweeton Rasana rape and mur-der case, Brig Anil Gupta,State Spokesperson ofBharatiya Janata Party,has labelled her as thebiggest ‘communal face’ ofthe state surpassing theknown diehard hate mon-gers. She has once againshed crocodile tears in anattempt to re-enact hersupposed ‘master stroke’to divide Jammu commu-nally in order to garnerMuslim votes. In January2018, Mehbooba throughher cronies tried her bestto convert a law and orderproblem into an imagi-narysinister ploy to scareaway the Gujjar andBakerwal communityfrom Hindu dominated ar-eas. J&K assembly wit-nessed an uproar on 18January 2018 whereinwithout much evidence,the entire episode was giv-en a communal touch bythe Valley based legisla-tors and Mehbooba sup-ported them. The eventsthereafter unfolded like awell- planned script. ThePDP ministers visited thearea and gave provokingspeeches targeting the ma-jority community. A fraudyoung Gujjar leader claim-ing to be an advocate andsocial activist was un-leashed by Mehbooba tospread venom against thelocal Hindus and JK Policewas given a free hand to

torture and coerce the lo-cals. “A narrative wasbuilt to tarnish the imageand pride of local Dograsby accusing them asrapists and communalminded. A genuine de-mand of the locals seekingCBI enquiry into theepisode was portrayed tothe outside world as thesupport of rapists by theJammu Dogras. The entireKashmir media ganged upwith the Lutyen’s media toproject the people ofJammu as cruel, commu-nal and pro-rapists,” stat-ed Brig Gupta. While en-tire Jammu condemnedthe gruesome incident anddemanded the harshestpunishment to the perpe-trators of the heinous act,Mehbooba and her croniesaccused them of support-ing the rapists. DespiteSupreme Court directiveto not to disclose the iden-tity of the victim, the nameof the girl was deliberatelyleaked to arouse commu-nal passions across the

country. The reference toBJP law makers in her re-cent tweet is not only polit-ically but communally mo-tivated as well, rued BrigGupta. While Mehboobaand her cronies were re-joicing at the success oftheir smart move and ea-gerly awaiting for a verti-cal divide between theHindus and the Muslims,investigative journalismby a few local journalistsand some from the capitalsensed a foul play andsounded the alarm wells.The journalists came outwith clinching evidence topuncture the hyped narra-tive and exposed the plot ofcommunal divide spreadby the vested interests,claimed Brig Gupta. “TheRasana tweet suits hercommunal agenda but itremains to be seen if shewould tweet a single wordto condemn the horrificHolocaust Day of 19January 1990 when the in-digenous people ofKashmir, the KashmiriPandits, were forced toleave their home andhearth as part of a well-planned genocide and eth-nic cleansing by her co-re-ligionists and gun-totingmilitants whom she claimsto be sons of the soil,” ex-claimed Brig Gupta.Mehboooba has been thor-oughly exposed throughher own utterances anddeeds, she can no morehide her communal faceand play the victimhoodcard.

Mehbooba Mufti has exposedherself as the biggest ‘communal face’: Brig Gupta

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National ConferencePresident Dr FarooqAbdullah on Friday reiter-ated that his party wascommitted to regional au-tonomy in Jammu andKashmir, saying it will as-suage the urges and aspi-rations of the people of allthe regions “On being giv-en absolute majority inthe ensuing elections,National Conference willbring legislation in thefirst assembly sessionwith regard to regional au-tonomy”, Dr FarooqAbdullah said while inter-acting with various depu-tations besides welcomingnew entrants into the par-ty fold. Dr Farooq

Abdullah said a compre-hensive blue print has al-ready been drawn by theNational Conference afterextensive deliberationsnearly two decades agowith an avowed objectiveof empowering the regionsunder the overall superin-tendence of the state gov-ernment. He said due carehas been taken to the dis-tinct needs and urges ofthe people of various re-gions and hoped that thiswill go a long way in satiat-ing their aspirations. Hesaid the regional autono-my will build mutual trustbetween the regions andresult in harmoniousgrowth of the state, withpeople getting equal op-portunities of progress

and development. DrFarooq Abdullah askedthe party cadre to gear upfor the big challenge andwork for further strength-ening the NationalConference at every level.He said NationalConference is deeply root-ed across the state with itsvisibility in every nookand corner. The people, hesaid, have realized the cru-cial need of a strong andstable government to meetvarious challenges con-fronted to the state.“With the support of

the people we are confi-dent to provide a stableand people-friendly gov-ernment in Jammu andKashmir”, he asserted. Onthis occasion, senior

Peoples Democratic Partyleader from Poonch PeerNissar Hussain Shahalong with his supportersjoined NationalConference.Welcoming Peer

Nissar Hussain into theparty fold, Dr FarooqAbdullah said NationalConference is a massmovement which has beendevoted to the service ofthe people of Jammu andKashmir from decades. Hesaid the party is naturaldestination for all thosepublic spirited politicalworkers who want tosteer the state to peace,progress and develop-ment. Peer NissarHussain, who is alsoSarpanch of Sawjian

Poonch pledged to workfor the betterment of thepeople as a devoted work-er of NationalConference. He said it isthe only party in the statethat can meet challengesfaced to the people.National ConferenceGeneral Secretary, HajiAli Mohammed Sagar,Provincial PresidentJammu Mr DevenderSingh Rana and StateSecretary Mr Rattan LalGupta besides ProvincialYouth NationalConference PresidentJammu Mr Ajaz Jan wereamong the prominentleaders present on the oc-casion. They greeted thenew entrants intoNational Conference.

Sr PDP leader, others joins NC

NC committed to regional autonomy: Farooq Abdullah

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Indian Army organised a lecture on “Beti BachaoBeti Padhao” at Government Girls Higher SecondarySchool, Harni in Poonch district with an aim to gener-ate awareness and improving the efficiency of welfareservices meant for women. 137 students and 16 teachersattended the lecture conducted by an Army officer. Theevent was organised to bring awareness amongst themembers of society to include youth and school chil-dren, about importance of girl child and their educa-tion. The speaker highlighted the inequality, lack of op-portunity and ill treatment of women in various partsof the country. The speaker also brought out the need tosave the girl child as imbalance in the male to female ra-tio is causing problems in the society which need to beaddressed on priority. The awareness drive was wellreceived by the audience.

Army organised awarenesslecture on “beti bachao betipadhao” In poonch district

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Chief Justice Meghalayameets Governor

JAMMU, JANUARY 18:

Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, Chief Justice ofMeghalaya High Court, met Governor Satya PalMalik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Governor andthe Chief Justice exchanged views on various impor-tant issues relating to making legal system more ef-fective for meeting the aspirations of the people atlarge and their felt needs and demands.

CVC meets GovernorJAMMU, JANUARY 18:

Sh. P.L. Gupta, Chief Vigilance Commissioner,met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan andbriefed him about various important issues relatingto the functioning of the Commission and the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Governor emphasized high im-portance of ensuring transparency in the function-ing of the public institutions and role of institutionslike Vigilance Commission and Anti-CorruptionBureau, to see that the corrupt elements are effec-tively dealt with.

CGM SBI meets GovernorJAMMU, JANUARY 18:

Sh. Ashutosh Kumar Singh Rana, Chief GeneralManager, State Bank of India, Chandigarh Circle,met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavanhere today. Sh. Rana briefed Governor about SBI’sfunctioning in J&K, its future expansion plans andabout the services which are being offered to SBI’sclients. He presented a copy of book titled “Flow-India through Water” conceived by Sh. SunjoyMonga and supported by the SBIwhich highlightshow harvesting and storing water in indigenouslydesigned structures like step wells, ponds and em-bankments were a way of life in India. Governorlauded the SBI’s role in providing reliable bankingservices to its customers and stressed the crucial rolewhich must be played by the entire banking sector topromote all round growth and development in thecountry.

VC SMVDU meets Governor

JAMMU, JANUARY 18:

Prof. Sanjeev Jain, Vice Chancellor, Shri MataVaishno Devi University, met Governor Satya PalMalik, Chancellor of the University, at the RajBhavan today. Prof. Jain briefed Governor about theprogress achieved in the past months in the academ-ic, administrative and infrastructural developmentarenas and the initiatives presently underway.Governor emphasized the importance of ensuringthat there was no gap whatsoever in the quality ofteaching and stressed maintaining sharp focus onthe implementation of relevant research projects.

Delegation of The Kashmir FruitGrowers and Dealers Association

meets GovernorJAMMU, JANUARY 18:

A delegation of The Kashmir Fruit Growers andDealers Association, from Sopore led by its PresidentSh. F.A. Malik, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at theRaj Bhavan here today. The members of the delega-tion requested that the KCC loans of farmers bewaived off on account of damage to the horticulturecrops due to unexpected hailstorm; unhinderedmovement of fresh fruits outside the State be al-lowed; sanctioning of adequate funds for develop-ment of Fruit Mandi at Sopore; installation of HighMast Lights at Fruit Mandi Sopore and enroute fromSopore Bye-Pass to the Fruit Mandi; availability ofquality pesticides and Tree Spray oils at genuinerates; construction of a fly over fromChakrodaykhan up to Hakim Sonaullah Hospitaland Fruit Mandi; sanctioned railway track fromBaramulla to Kupwara be routed from AmargarhSopore station with a station in vicinity of FruitMandi; construction of a truck terminal at Tulball,Sopore and revival of juice plant at Doabgah.

Former MLA meets GovernorJAMMU, JANUARY 18:

Thakur Puran Singh, former MLA Billawar metGovernor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here to-day. Sh. Singh apprised Governor about several de-velopmental issues of his area and congratulatedGovernor for conducting peaceful elections to thePanchayats and Urban Local Bodies. Governor andSh. Singh discussed significance of establishingPanchayats and ULBs at the grass root level for theoverall development of the State.

Delegation of BJP MinorityMorcha meets Governor

JAMMU, JANUARY 18:

A delegation of the BJP Minority Morcha led byHaji Tariq Hussain Keen, Member of the StateExecutive Body of the Bharatiya Janata Party, metGovernor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here to-day. The delegation submitted a Memorandum toGovernor with the request for initiating various de-velopment projects for enhancing road connectivity,provision of quality healthcare, education and vari-ous other facilities in the Inderwal constituency.Governor assured the delegation appropriate consid-eration of its demands.

LEH, JANUARY 18:

Chief Secretary, B.V.RSubramanyam Friday said that Leh dis-trict of frontier Ladakh region possess-es immense tourism potential and theGovernor’s administration is keen toupgrade its tourism-related infrastruc-ture to attract increased tourist footfallto the region.

The CS made these remarks at ameeting with Executive Councillors ofLAHDC, Leh headed by Chairman andCEC, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal here.

Expressing happiness over the in-creasing trend of tourist inflow to Leh,touching around 3 lakh mark last sea-son with 50,000 foreigners, the ChiefSecretary stressed on LAHDC Leh towork out a master plan for guidingtourism sector towards inclusive andsustainable development of the district.

On the occasion, CEC Namgyalthanked Chief Secretary for his inter-vention in fulfilling long pending de-mands of Leh district including sanc-tioning of Cluster University forLadakh, Khaltse Degree College, fillingup of 33 posts of Medical Officers and up-gradation of SNM Hospital from 150 to300 bed capacity.

A charter of demand and issues

were taken up with Chief Secretary byCEC, Deputy Chairman and ExecutiveCouncillors, like inclusion of villagesalong ALC bordering China inChangthang region under reservationpolicy for recruitment to various posts,grant of 10% SDA in favour of StateGovernment Employees serving in Lehfor which the State Government has inprinciple agreed.

Besides, special consideration forregularization of casual labours of PWDCircle Leh and PDC Leh in view of thepeculiar working condition in theDistrict, inclusion of left out villages inBADP schemes, creation of posts inLREDA.

They further sought creation of sep-arate Hydraulic PWD Circle, Leh andthree more Hydraulic Special SubDivisions, creation of 124 posts of Bhoti

and Arabic teachers, up-gradation ofPHCs of Nyoma and Khaltse to SDH,creation of posts for NubraDevelopment Authority, PRC signingauthority for Khaltsi and Liker SubDivisions, financial support for organicproject of Leh district and release offunds from higher education to EJMCollege Leh, establishment of IceHockey Academy at Leh.

Responding to the demands, theChief Secretary assured to give due con-sideration to all the projected demands.

Principal Secretary, Planning &Development Rohit Kansal, DeputyChairman Gyal P Wangyal, ExecutiveCouncilor for Agriculture, PhuntsogStanzin, Executive Councilor forHealth Tsering Sandup and DC/CEO,LAHDC, Leh Avny Lavasa were alsopresent in the meeting.

Govt keen to tap Ladakh's immensetourism potential: Chief Secretary

Handicraft Depttorganises awarenesscamp at Udhampur

UDHAMPUR, JANUARY 18:

Handicraft Department, today organized anawareness camp to sensitize the local stakehold-ers about central schemes launched to boosthandicraft sector. Joint Director Handicraft,Jammu Anju Gupta was the chief guest who for-mally inaugurated the camp.Meanwhile, theHandicrafts Artisans present at the awarenesscamp were guided to take Handicrafts as theirsource of earning and livelihood and gettingthemselves registered as Artisans in the districtoffice.

A large number of villagers from ChakRakhwalan, Malhar , Bakli, Tikri , NeeliNallaha, Ritti and Tabbri participated in theevent. While addressing the camp, the chiefguest highlighted the schemes run by theDepartment. She said that the main objective oforganizing this camp is to generate awarenessamong women stakeholders about variousschemes of handicraft department. Meanwhile,the Handicrafts Artisans present at the aware-ness camp were guided to take Handicrafts astheir source of earning and livelihood and get-ting themselves registered as Artisans in thedistrict office. Assistant Director Handicraft,Jammu Ankush Hans Development OfficerTextile, Sukriti Sharma Development OfficerNon Textile, Mamta Devi Deputy DirectorPlanning, Yash Paul Assistant Registrar, K.LSharma and other officers/Officials of con-cerned departments besides large number ofwomen beneficiaries were present.

NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18:

Department of Tourism, J&K,concluded its promotional campaignat South Asian Travel and TourismExhibition (SATTE) here.

During the campaign officialsand stakeholders interacted with theleading travel and tourism industryleaders from across the globe.

The Department also held inter-actions with representatives from re-gional and national media personsduring the three-day exhibition.

SATTE is one of the biggest travelshows in Asia providing platform fortravel agents, tour operators, hote-liers, destination management com-panies, tourism boards to sell theirproducts and network to their poten-tial clients from across the globe.

Besides, J&K TourismDepartment, over hundred travelagents, hoteliers, other serviceproviders and heads of the varioustravel and hotel associations fromthe state participated in the travelshow to showcase the State’s tourismpotential. Secretary Tourism, RigzinSamphel, Director Tourism KashmirNisar Ahmad Wani and DirectorTourism Jammu Om PrakashBhagat along with other senior offi-cers from the Department participat-ed in the travel show.

The Secretary Tourism said theyhad a fruitful interaction with thetravel and tourism industry leaderswho were keen to promote the J&Kstate among the travellers.

“SATTE provided a platform forthe Department and for the travel

companies, hoteliers and houseboatowners of our state to project state’stourism potential. During our inter-action, the destination sellersshowed keen interest to promote J&Kwhich is a complete package for anytraveller,” said the SecretaryTourism at the concluding day of theexhibition.

Over 20000 visitors, including do-mestic and international sellers andbuyers, State tourism officials, headsof international tourism boards,hoteliers, and aviation experts show-cased their products and services tothe global trade community at thethree day event.

During the convention, localtravel and hospitality sector also con-ducted business sessions with thevisitors and the principal agents.

Tourism Department alsoscreened short films on different des-tinations and on various themes forthe visitors who were mesmerized tosee the State’s stunning beauty anddiverse tourism products.

Meanwhile, Jammu andKashmirTourism Department hasdecided to organize a travel show atPune on January 21, 2019, where thelocal travel and tour operators fromMaharashtra have been invited.

The Director Tourism Kashmirsaid the department has planned se-ries of road shows and shall also par-ticipate in travel marts in the nexttwo months.

JK Tourism’s promotional campaign concludes at SATTETourism Deptt to organize travel show at Pune on Jan 21

RAJOURI, JANUARY 18:

DeputyCommissioner,Mohammad Aijaz Asad,today inaugurated newlyestablished Drug De-ad-diction, counselling,Rehabilitation and SkillDevelopment Centre,here at District HospitalRajouri. SeniorSuperintendent of Police,Yougal Manhas andMedical Superintendent,Dr. Mehmood HussainBajar besides other staffwere present. The drugde-addiction, skill devel-opment, counseling andrehabilitation center, hasbeen equipped with ade-quate infrastructure totreat drug addicts as pa-tients. Currently the cen-ter has 10 beds, even asfurther technical supportwill be provided by Civiland Police administra-tion. While speaking onthe occasion, DeputyCommissioner said drugaddiction and substanceabuse affects the capabili-ties and energies of theyouth and it is the respon-sibility of all stakeholdersto work together and

eradicate the menace,which is growing at analarming rate. “Besidesde-addicting the drugusers, there is need to ad-dress the major reasonswhich provoke the youthto take drugs. Drug abusemakes the youth depend-ent, incapable to face thechallenges and finallytakes their life” he said.He said the district ad-ministration in associa-tion with the Police ad-ministration has takeninitiatives for the physi-cal, mental and skill de-velopment of the youth ofthe district. The DC di-rected the MedicalSuperintendent to submita DPR for development ofindoor game facility tochannelize the energies ofaffected youth. An isola-tion room will also be con-structed adjoining themain hall. “Our target isto make Rajouri a drugfree district and bring theaddicts in the main-stream,” he said addingthe provision for skill de-velopment has been madeto enable drug user to leada dignified life after leav-ing the Centre.

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Urban Mulberry plantation was today launched atKathua by Sericulture Department from the DeputyCommissioners Office. The programme was kick startedjointly with planting of Mulberry Saplings by AdditionalDistrict Development Commissioner (ADDC), Kathua, Dr.Shubhra Sharma, and Director Sericulture Gulzar AhmadShabnum in presence of District Sericulture Officer AnjuKoul and Senior Officers of District Administration andSericulture Department. The Additional DistrictDevelopment Commissioner, while appreciating the ini-tiative of Sericulture Department termed it as a viable ges-ture to reshape the urban landscape and ensure sustain-able healthy environment. She said that concerted effortsto facilitate such programmes shall have long lasting ef-fects on the conservation and beautification of cities andtowns.Speaking on the occasion, Director Sericulture enu-

merated advantages of urban Mulberry plantation andsaid that 2000 highly improved Mulberry plants are target-ed for plantation within the municipal limits of Kathua. Hesaid that the Department is delivering Mulberry plants atdoorsteps of people free of cost and extending all technicalassistance to the interested people. He said that under ur-ban Mulberry plantation institutions and other protectedestablishments and vacant state lands in Kathua townshall also be covered. He appealed the urbanites to avail thebenefits of this programme and associate with SericultureDepartment for a conscious role in beautification andmaintenance of healthy environment in the cities andtowns. District Sericulture Officer, Kathua also spoke onthe occasion and enumerated various facets of UrbanMulberry plantation. She said that all the stake holdersshall have to work together for better upkeep and mainte-nance of urban mulberry wealth and motivate urban popu-lace for venturing in profitable sericulture activities.

Urban Mulberry plantation takes off at KathuaInitiative to have positive impact on environment: Director Sericulture

DC Rajouri inaugurates drug de-addiction, counselling center

RAJOURI, JANUARY 18:

An awareness pro-gramme on ’Khelo India’was organized byRegional OutreachBureau, Ministry ofInformation andBroadcastingGovernment of India,Field Outreach Bureau,Rajouri here at Govt.Higher SecondarySchool Fatehpur.Principal, Rakesh Gupta,Performer ROB JammuRam Lal and other staffmembers of the hostschool were present. Inhis address, the Principalsaid that sports and fit-ness in one’s life are in-valuable adding thatplaying sports inculcatesteam spirit develops

strategic and analyticalthinking, leadershipskills, goal setting andrisk taking. He urged thestudents to participate insports and games andlead a healthy life and al-so encourage others toparticipate in sports andgames. The pledge for‘Khelo India’ was admin-istered by the Principleof the Institution. A Kho-Kho match for girls and avolleyball match for boyswere also organized onthe occasion. FayazQammer PET helped thestudents to conduct theevents. The registeredtroupes of ROB mesmer-ized the audience withtheir theme based Songs,Dramas and Dances dur-ing the ogramme.

FOB Rajouri organizes awareness prog on 'Khelo India’

SRINAGAR, JANUARY 18:

The four-day trainingfor the newly electedSarpanchs of districtGanderbal and Srinagarorganized by RuralDevelopment Departmentconcluded here today.

The DeputyCommissionerGanderbal, Piyush Singlawas the Chief Guest at thevaledictory function.

Addressing theSarpanchs, he said thatthey will have to work onthe grass root level andplay their role in solvingthe issues faced by people.

Singla said that theSarpanchs will have to de-vise developmental plansin consultation with lo-cals for need based devel-

opment.He added that dur-

ing the framing of GramPanchayat DevelopmentPlans last year, it was de-cided that the frontlineworkers, will act as repre-sentatives in each depart-ment to ensure the devel-opmental works are con-

ducted smoothly.The DC Ganderbal as-

sured the Sarpanchs offull cooperation from dis-trict administrationadding that the contribu-tion of line departments isnecessary to make pan-chayatssuccessful.Addressing the

Sarpanchs, he said thatthey will have to work onthe grass root level andplay their role in solvingthe issues faced by people.

Director RuralDevelopment departmentQazi Sarwar and otherRDD officials were alsopresent on the occasion.

During the four-daytraining programmeDirector RDD, officialsfrom various governmentdepartments, besides spe-cial Trainer fromGorakhpur Dr Tiwaritrained the Sarpanchs sothat they are ready to de-liver on the ground.

The Sarpanchs ex-pressed their satisfactionand said that they arehighly motivated to deliv-er on grass roots level.

4 day training prog for Sarpanchs of Gbl, Sgr concludes

Republic Day arrangementsfinalized at DodaDODA, JANUARY 18:

District administration Doda today finalized thearrangements for the celebration of Republic Day 2019 in thedistrict, here at a meeting chaired by Additional DistrictDevelopment Commissioner, Mohammad Hanief Malik.The meeting was informed that the celebrations of the Daywill start with the playing of Shenai Vadan by the DistrictInformation Centre and the main function will be held atthe Sports Stadium where the chief guest will unfurl theNational Flag and take salute at the March past. The ADDCissued directions with regard to the arrangements viz secu-rity, traffic management, cleanliness and sanitation, seat-ing arrangement, drinking water, power supply, Medicarefacilities, refreshment, arrangement of prizes, road clear-ance, arrangement of fire tenders, invitation card distribu-tion etc. Chief Education Officer, District Youth Services &Sports Officer and Cultural Officer were directed to ensurearrangements for the cultural programme for the Day.

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Chief Electoral Officer (CEO),J&K, Shailendra Kumar today in-teracted with the representativesof recognized political parties inthe State on various issues relat-ed to the electoral process, espe-cially on Special SummaryRevision and updation ofElectoral Rolls.

The CEO held wide rangingdiscussions with the politicalleaders and also sought theirviews on the forthcoming elec-tions in the State. He briefed onthe preparedness of the authori-ties for smooth conduct ofParliamentary as well asAssembly Elections.

While seeking cooperationfrom the Political parties to en-sure complete transparency inthe electoral process, the CEOurged the leaders to make optimaluse of the on-line facilities of vari-ous services being offered by theElection Commission of Indiathrough online portal NVSPhttp:/ /www.nvsp.in, which canbe accessed at a click of button forenrolment as well asverifying/rectifying particularsof an already enrolled voter. Heurged them to educate the peoplethrough their workers and BoothLevel Agents (BLAs) to enroll newvoters, delete the names of deadvoters and rectification of wrongentries/particulars.

Sharing the progress on SSR-2019 for which the final publica-tion date was Ist January 2019,Shailendra said that the exercisewas launched on Ist of September,2018, but the date was extended by

the Election Commission of Indiafor J&K State along with someother States till 31st January,2019. During this period, asmany as 307813 additions, 125834deletions, 94565 corrections and14989 transpositions were made.The process of addition of any leftout eligible electors shall contin-ue as part of continuous updationprocess till 31st January so thatno eligible voter is left out. He re-quested the political parties to usetheir good offices and help in facil-itating the people in this impor-tant exercise.

Briefing about the function-ing of EVMs, the CEO informedthat to ensure complete trans-parency in the electoral process,now the Election Commission hasadded another component calledVVPATs which shall be availableat each and every polling stationto further enhance the confidenceof voters. To familiarize the vot-ers and BLAs about the function-

ing of EVM-VVPAT, a massiveawareness programme is beinglaunched soon whereby the elec-tion officials will be visiting everynook and corner of the State to ed-ucate the masses. Necessary in-structions in this behalf havebeen conveyed to the DistrictElection Officers (DeputyCommissioners), said the CEO.

He further informed that theElection Commission of India hasallocated 17,000 additional EVMswith VVPAT facilities to the Statefor being used in the ensuing elec-tions. He said as and when the ma-chines will reach in different dis-trict headquarters, the concernedDistrict Election Officers (DeputyCommissioners) will inform thePolitical parties to inspect thesemachines and after their propersatisfaction the same will bestored in the designated strongrooms under proper security.Such instructions have alreadybeen issued to the concerned

DEOs. The CEO urged the political

leaders to appoint their BLAs onpriority who can help the BLOs inensuring right particulars of newvoters and alterations in the voterlists. He said the District Electionauthorities will organize trainingprogrammes for the politicalworkers, BLAs on use of EVMsand other election related activi-ties so that they can educate thevoters about the same. He also in-formed that after publication, thenew Electoral Rolls will be madeavailable to all the parties fortheir information and furtheruse.

On the issue of holding of si-multaneous polls and readiness ofthe State Government, the CEOinformed that his office has al-ready taken necessary steps forholding the elections, but deci-sion lies with the ElectionCommission, who will take a finalcall at an appropriate time after

taking into consideration all theaspects. He said that a team ofElection Commission will visitthe State soon to have a review ofsituation with political leadersand other stakeholders for hold-ing the elections.

The CEO said that he will reg-ularly interact with the represen-tatives of the political parties inhis office to take their valuablesuggestions on further improvingthe electoral process to ensurefair and transparent elections inthe State. He said cooperation ofall political parties is mandatoryfor this essential exercise and hisoffice will ensure close coordina-tion to achieve better results.

Almost all the political lead-ers were unanimous to hold si-multaneous poll in the State andexpressed their readiness for thesame. They suggested severalmeasures to improve the electoralprocess to ensure smooth andtransparent elections in the State.They asked for setting up ofpolling stations as per the conven-ience of people in the central loca-tions and creation of necessary fa-cilities for the voters. They askedfor special arrangements forphysically challenged, senior citi-zens and women at the polling sta-tions.

Prominent among those pres-ent on the occasion included,Raman Bhalla and Usman Majeedfrom Indian National Congress,Harshdev Singh from JKNPP,Nizam-ud-Din Bhat from JKPDP,Yudhveer Sethi and RajinderSharma from BJP and SheikhBashir Ahmed from NationalConference.

Shailendra interacts with representatives of political parties, seeks cooperation on improving electoral process

Training program fornewly elected Sarpanchesconcludes at KishtwarKISHTWAR, JANUARY, 18:

A 4-day training programme for newly electedSarpanches concluded here today. DistrictDevelopment Commissioner, Kishtwar, Angrez SinghRana chaired the valedictory function.

As many as 44 Sarpanches from block Drabshalla,Bounjwah, Palmar, Thakrie and Warwan took part inthe 04 days training session under Ist Batch.

The DDC congratulated the participants for under-going training with great enthusiasm and passion.

He hoped that the training session will help theSarpanches in the smooth delivery of their duties in ac-cordance and consonance to the provisions of J&KPanchayati Raj Act.

He asked them to monitor the punctuality of teach-ers, other staff to develop work culture at the grassroot level.

He enjoined upon the Sarpanches to work withhonesty and sincerity to fulfill the aspirations of de-serving and needy rural poor.

He asked them to work in collaboration and tandemwith the line departments as well as members of gramSabha for strengthening people’s participation andthus enhancing governance accountability.He askedthem to monitor the punctuality of teachers, other staffto develop work culture at the grass root level.

He further asked them to gear up to boost theSVEEP activities, Beti Bachao Beti Parao Scheme,Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Gramin DigitalSaksharta Technology (PMGDISHA) besides spread-ing awareness regarding Central and State govt spon-sored schemes among the rural populace. He askedthem to work in collaboration and tandem with the linedepartments as well as members of gram Sabha forstrengthening people’s participation and thus enhanc-ing governance accountability.

Meanwhile, District Panchayat Officer thankedthe participants for showing keen interest in the train-ing session and wished them good luck in deliveringtheir duties with full devotion and determination.

He further said that such training programmes willbe conducted in future also to update the PRIs about thenew schemes launched from time to time.

PULWAMA, JANUARY 18:

District DevelopmentCommissioner Ghulam MohammadDar today inaugurated one day work-shop on National ScheduledCaste/Scheduled Tribe Hub (NSSH)and other related schemes organizedby Jammu and Kashmir Khadi &Village Industries Board (KVIB), hereat District Administrative Complex.

Assistant CommissionerRevenue, District Officer KVIBAhmadullah Malik, district officers ofline departments, representatives ofDirector RSETI, JKEDI, DIC,Handloom, Handicraft, Chief AnimalHusbandry, District Officer SheepHusbandry and persons from targetedpopulation were present on the occa-sion. The workshop was organized forthe dissemination of informationabout various schemes of the centraland State Governments for welfare ofscheduled caste/scheduled Tribe pop-ulation. Speaking on the occasion, theDDC said schemes like NationalST/SC Hub are envisaged to impart

entrepreneurial skills to ST/SC popu-lation to enable them to establish theMSME (Micro Small and MediumEnterprises). He said NSSH can play apivotal role in socio-economic devel-opment of these marginalized commu-nities and bring them at par with themainstream. He said that under thecapacity building initiative of NSSHprogramme, large number of SC/STentrepreneurs will be imparted skilltraining by skill councils for estab-lishing enterprises by formulatingclusters. He said in order to give up-

ward flip to the business of MSEsowned by SC/ST entrepreneurs, thegovernment has mandated 4% of totalprocurement by central Ministries,Departments and CPSEs from theseMSEs. Deputy CEO KVIB, briefed thetribal population about the benefitsentailed under various self-employ-ment schemes and flagship pro-grammes for inclusion of marginal-ized communities in developmentalprocess. He also gave informationabout eligibility criteria and other pa-rameters fixed by policy makers.

Pulwama DDC inaugurates KVIB workshop on NSSH

BARAMULLA, JANUARY 18:

To review the preparedness ofIntensified Pulse PolioImmunization (IPPI) campaign inthe district, an action plan was final-ized in a meeting of District TaskForce (DTF) under the chairman-ship of District DevelopmentCommissioner, Dr Nasir AhmadNaqash held here today. AdditionalDeputy Commissioner, BaramullaFarooq Ahmad Baba, Chief MedicalOfficer Dr Bashir Ahmad Chalkoo,Deputy Chief Education Officer,DSP HQ Baramulla Javeed Gilani,District Immunization Officer, DrShabir Ahmad Pathan, NodalOfficer ISM Dr Reyaz Ahmad Khanand various other concerned offi-cers were present in the meeting. Athorough discussion was held overall sorts of arrangements that havebeen put in place for the successfulcampaign in the district next month.It was given out that under the IPPIProgramme in the district all the

children below the age of 5 years arebeing covered. It was informed that160185 children will be immunizedacross district Baramulla under thePulse Polio Immunization Program.

The meeting was informed that863 vaccination booths have been setup across the ten blocks of the dis-trict. 1746 teams consisting of 3380

team members including Healthworkers, ASHA workers and ICDSworkers will be deployed across thedistrict. Besides, supervisors havealso been put in place throughoutthe district. Transit camps for rail-way stations and Bus Addas and mo-bile teams have also been constitut-ed for the purpose. It was also in-

formed that Masjid committees willbe involved for the purpose of an-nouncements regarding the pulsepolio campaign. While stressing up-on the officers for efficient coordina-tion and cooperation, the DDC saidthat the effective Pulse PolioProgramme should be carried in thedistrict and all children under 5years of age should be covered underthe programme. Meanwhile, DDCconvened a meeting of concerned of-ficers to review the progress underAyushman Bharat Scheme.Speaking on the occasion, DC direct-ed the concerned officers to speed upthe pace of work and ensure comple-tion of targets within one week. Healso directed for organizing aware-ness camps in remote and far-flungareas to mobilize people so that thebenefits of the scheme could reach tothe deserving. The people have alsobeen asked to visit their respectivecommon service centres (CSC) forregistration and generate goldencards.

DDC Baramulla finalizes IPPI Action Plan,reviews progress under Ayushman Bharat

BANDIPORA, JANUARY 18:

In view of the inclement weatherforecast this weekend, DeputyCommissioner Bandipora Dr ShahidIqbal Chaudhary on Friday convened ameeting to review the preparedness ofthe government agencies to deal withany kind of exigency.

The meeting discussed action plansprepared by the concerned depart-ments to prevent interruption to serv-ices during the snowfall. The DC, whilehailing their efforts during the lastsnowfall in the district, asked the con-cerned departments to ensure evenfaster response to the inclement weath-er forecast for the coming days.

The DC directed for ensuring thatsnow clearance machines are posi-tioned at all critical spots and thatthese are pressed into service as soonas snow starts to accumulate. Hestressed on prioritising snow-clear-ance from roads leading to all impor-tant installations across the district in-cluding Hospitals.

Dr Choudhary said all the men andmachinery have been put on high alertin the district since last week and thesnow clearance operations will startsoon after the snow starts accumulat-ing on roads to ensure all major roadsare cleared on war footing.

He said the Mechanical EngineerDepartment has put about 20 SnowCutter machines on standby at differ-ent locations of the district so thatthese can be pressed into service at ear-liest alongside machinery of variousMuncipalities. He said the inner linkswhere the machines cannot work, thesnow will be cleared manually and an

action plan has been framed for thesame. He said the men and machineryis on high alert in view of the snow pre-diction from 19th January to 25thJanuary. The meeting was informedthat adequate ration and LPG has beenstocked in the district including inGurez valley. It was given out thatthere are 33184.36 quintals of ricestocked in Bandipora district exceptGurez valley while 21900 LPG cylinderswere distributed among consumersthis month so far while 1500 cylindersare still stocked besides continuousscheduled stocking and supply of LPG.

In Gurez, the concerned depart-ment has distributed ration uptoMarch 2019 in advance among con-sumers while 9365 quintals are stillstocked. 597 quintals of sugar are alsoavailable in Gurez valley. It was statedthat 73477 litres of Kerosene have alsobeen distributed in the valley up toApril 2019 while 29590 litres are stillavailable there. 6150 LPG cylinders arealso stocked in the Gurez valley.Officials informed that there is nodearth of ration in the district asenough ration has been stocked in thedistrict. Dr Choudhary said inSnowbound Gurez area, Sub-Divisional Magistrate will monitor thesnow clearance operations and all ma-jor roads in Tulail, Dawar and adjoin-ing areas would be cleared on priorityso that people don’t suffer. He said theadministration has set up a controlroom in the Mini SecretariatBandipora and urged the people to con-tact on phone numbers 18001807059,01957-225322, 01957-225276, 7006526985,9797151356.

Weather forecast: DC Bandipora reviews preparedness of Govt agencies

Demise of Ram Rattan, JointDirector (Planning) condoledJAMMU, JANUARY 18:

The office of Director Planning with FinancialCommissioner Revenue today expressed grief and sorrow overthe demise of Ram Rattan, Joint Director (Planning) posted at JKSUIDA.A condolence meeting was held here which was chairedby Director (Planning) Ghulam Mohammad Hajam and was at-tended by the officers and Officials of the Planning Wing.

A two-minute silence was observed for peace to the departedsoul and for courage to the bereaved family to bear the irrepara-ble loss.

DC’s Super 30 Initiative programmestarts in ShopianSHOPIAN, JANUARY 18:

The DistrictAdministration Shopian hasinitiated a comprehensive FreeCoaching/Guidance pro-gramme under the name ‘DC’sSuper 30 Initiative’’ for civilservant aspirants. At the cen-tre, the district officers and ex-perts from renowned coachinginstitutes will give useful in-sights to 30 selected aspirantsregarding preparation strate-gies for prelim, mains and per-sonality test with special focuson preparation of CSAT and GSComponents. In this connec-tion, applications have been in-vited from eligible aspiringgraduates of District Shopianfor free coaching /guidanceclasses for preliminary, mainsand personality test stages ofIndian Administrative Service(IAS) and KashmirAdministrative Service (KAS).

ANANTNAG, JANUARY 18:

Electoral Roll Observer ShahidInayatullah today chaired a meeting ofthe officers to review the progress onthe special summary revision ofElectoral Roll of Anantnag district.

The District Election Officer,Mohammad Younis Malik gave a de-tailed account of the status of progress,claims and objections, updation of thedatabase, EPIC status, and other de-tails, besides, highlighting the issues inuploading the database on ERO Net.The meeting was informed that 58polling stations have been added re-cently which has enabled to identify 714polling stations at 432 locations. TheDEO further informed that the processof summary revision is being carriedunder proper monitoring. He addedthat there is a notable increase in thenumber of electorates during the pastfew years. He also said that DistrictContact Centre on Call Centre patternwith four trained operators have beenestablished with a toll-free contactnumber 1950 for the quick redressal ofelectorate grievances.

The DEO also said that VoterAwareness Forum (VAF) is an informalforum for generating discussions andawareness about the electoral process.He further said that VAFs will be con-stituted in all the departments at thedistrict level for facilitating the elec-toral process. He added that due to theefforts of various agencies related withelection process 28000 new entries havebeen recorded. On the occasion, theelectoral roll observer said that addi-tions and deletions need to be done withgreater care as a single vote decides thefate of the candidates in the democraticprocess. He stressed upon coordinationbetween the administration and vari-ous political parties for the successfuland transparent poll process. The EROurged to take every necessary step forenrolment of an eligible person as elec-torates and generate awarenessthrough camps and events at Tehsil lev-els among new and young voters aboutvoting and voting rights. Among oth-ers, the meeting was attended by ADCAnantnag, ACR Anantnag, Dy ElectionOfficer Anantnag All SDMs andTehsildars, other senior officers .

ERO reviews progress on Special Summary of Electoral Rolls at Anantnag

KARGIL, JANUARY 18:

A delegation from Minjee led by thelocal Councillor Sheikh Ghulam Mehdicalled on the Executive Councillor forHealth Zakir Hussain and took up withhim various issues and demands of thepeople of the area. The delegation pro-jected several demands including theaugmentation of water supply, healthcare facilities, release of payments on ac-count of land compensation besides other

related demands. Officers including theChief Medical Officer, ExecutiveEngineer R&B II and In ChargeExecutive Engineer PHE were also pres-ent on the occasion. The ExecutiveCouncillor gave a patient hearing to all is-sues raised by the delegation and assuredthem of the fulfillment of all genuine con-cerns in a phased manner. Zakir issuedon spot instructions to the concerned offi-cers to take immediate requisite steps soas to redress people’s issues.

Minjee delegation meets EC Health;projects public issues

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Frame regularization policy

There are thousands of casual workers work-ing in various departments of theGovernment of Jammu and Kashmir. Like

other departments these employees are working inHealth Department under NHM and are on strikefrom few days to force the government to mitigatetheir issues. One of their important is the regular-ization of their services. Health services are alsosuffering due to strike of these employees. FormerHealth Minister has also held meetings with the em-ployees and after the meeting, government had con-stituted a Committee of officers to examine their allissues on merit and the said the Committee, alongwith other issues, had recommended regularizationof employees in a phased manner as it was difficultto regularize more than 8000 employees in one go,who are presently working in NHM and other relat-ed schemes in Health & Medical EducationDepartment across the state. Since NHM is a purelyGovernment of India scheme and entire fundingcomes from the Centre, State government must takeup the issue with the centre to resolve the matter atthe earliest. It is embracing situation where highlyeducated contractual lecturers and strike from somany days. He stressed for a policy to be framed foreach department where the contractual or casualemployees are engaged against the recommendedposts. The issue has to be resolved once for all andfor the permanent solution is framing a strong regu-larization policy for Contractual, casual and cen-trally sponsored scheme employees which is the ne-cessity of the hour. No doubt the demands of NHMemployees are genuine and everyone supportsthese demands, but the Health Services are suffer-ing due to the strike and patients are suffering dueto their strike. Keeping in view the sufferings of thepatients across the State, striking NHM employeesshall suspend their ongoing strike and adopt someother step for symbolic protest. And on the otherhand Government must take the issue seriously andframe a concrete regularization policy in the inter-est of the protesting employees.

Cyber problemsLax data protection norms and callous understanding of security

are making India a prime target for cyber criminals. Data has beendeclared as the new oil. Much like the early days of oil exploration bycompanies, there is a rush to secure the most valuable data as soon aspossible and extract, or rather mine it, for enrichment. But becausedata is not a physical asset, protecting it is a lot more complicatedthan safeguarding oil, gold or anything physical. Data, by its very na-ture of being amorphous, can reside anywhere and everywhere inthe world. One’s data on social networks is based in the UnitedStates, or possibly Ireland and maybe even Iceland. But it should notmatter where one’s data resides as long as it is safe. Unfortunately,many Governments and intelligence agencies think otherwise. Thisis why the Indian Government has been insisting that online compa-nies from social media networks, email service providers and even e-commerce majors host their data within India. But the fact is thatIndian agencies and companies, with possibly the exception ofIndian financial services firms, have been very callous with data.Breaches have led to copious amounts of Aadhaar information beinginadvertently released. Besides, several Indian mobile applicationshave had their data stolen. Phishing attacks, which are not quite databreaches, are extremely common in India, given low levels of digitalliteracy in a nation that is rapidly going online. The recent GlobalRisks Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) high-lighted this fact. Of course, this is not to downplay other major risksthat India faces, such as the tremendous fear of population displace-ment due to global warming, but data breaches in our country are ex-tremely disturbing. In the aftermath of the right to privacy that theSupreme Court upheld, the Government should have urgently comeup with a set of laws to enshrine that right. Instead, it is moving aftera more draconian set of laws that will intercept and store informa-tion, potentially violating the apex court’s ruling. Sure, there is anurgent need to control the spread of malafide information on socialmedia, and there might be the need for the Government to controland register applications available on mobile phones.

H I S T O R Y T H I S D AY

1778 : Cook discovers HawaiiOn January 18, 1778, the English explorer Captain James Cook

becomes the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands whenhe sails past the island of Oahu. Two days later, he landed at Waimeaon the island of Kauai and named the island group the SandwichIslands, in honor of John Montague, who was the earl of Sandwichand one his patrons. In 1768, Cook, a surveyor in the Royal Navy, wascommissioned a lieutenant in command of the H.M.S. Endeavor andled an expedition that took scientists to Tahiti to chart the course ofthe planet Venus. In 1771, he returned to England, having exploredthe coast of New Zealand and Australia and circumnavigated theglobe. Beginning in 1772, he commanded a major mission to theSouth Pacific and during the next three years explored the Antarcticregion, charted the New Hebrides, and discovered New Caledonia.In 1776, he sailed from England again as commander of the H.M.S.Resolution and Discovery and in 1778 made his first visit to theHawaiian Islands.

The seats around the Afghan round table

BJP’s election eve bonanzas

The Trump possibilityBY : ISHAN JOSHI

Aesthetically repugnant as hemay be, many of the US President’spolicies, if he walks the talk, repre-sent an opportunity for India tofurther its national interest. Of allthe speeches, tweets and off-the-cuff remarks which together con-stitute President Donald J Trump’sarticulation of the US’ global policypriorities and ideological positions(or lack thereof), there has neverbeen one that defines his presiden-cy more than his address to theUnited Nations in end-2017.

It was the most unambiguousspeech by a world leader to theglobe’s most ambiguous institu-tion in recent history. In a sense, itwas a rather effective exercise inshowing the mirror to the UN. Hestarted off by putting the cat firmlyamong the pigeons by remindingthe gathering that President HarryS Truman was instrumental in es-tablishing the UN as an organisa-tion specifically for post-WW II na-tion-states to help build democrat-ic institutions in their respectivecountries that would strengthenmember-states’ sovereignty andhelp them serve their citizens bet-ter. It was a timely intervention.After all, someone needed to juxta-pose what was intended with whatthe UN has become a sinecure forthe elite of various nations whichpasses ineffective and often unim-plementable resolutions, an illib-eral club which has ended up be-stowing legal rights to groups at

the cost of the individual and an or-ganisation that happily toleratesgrotesque aberrations of a Libya orSudan finding a place on its humanrights council, for example.

Trump also laid out his doc-trine for America’s place in theworld which, over the past yearand a bit since his speech, seems tohave been broadly accepted by theAmerican establishment thoughhis style of doing things is, perfect-ly understandably, unacceptableto many, including the simpatico.But let us not confuse style withsubstance. This doctrine emphati-cally underlines the supremacy of

the nation-state in global interac-tion and/or cooperation whilechampioning sovereignty, securi-ty and prosperity for them individ-ually. Crucially, he was careful toemphasise the demonstration ef-fect of robust, liberal, democracieseven as he iterated thatWashington was not in favour ofimposing a way of life on othersand was accepting of diversity ingovernance models across theglobe which may not albeit be ide-al. Where he was explicit was incalling out Iran/Yemen, as cor-rupt, despotic (Islamist) dictator-ships and Cuba/Venezuela as cor-

rupt, totalitarian (Socialist) dicta-torships. He did, of course, take aswipe at Russia and China, withoutnaming them, for their expansion-ist moves in the Ukraine and theSouth China Sea respectively aswell. But there was a qualitativedifference in the latter criticism,rooted as it was more in fightingboth countries as global powercompetitors as opposed to the “bo-gus internationalism” of the so-called Islamist/Socialist countrieswhich are ideologically committedto undermining the global orderpremised on nation-states or blocsthereof as the primary unit of in-teraction. (North Korea and Syria,also attacked by Trump, representproxy threats for the US and are adiscussion for elsewhere.)

His definition of such rogue na-tions as the “wicked few” and hisexhortation to “decent nations notto become bystanders” were justsound and fury signifyingAmerican strategic interests, sothey need not detain us here. Buthis frontal attack on bogus interna-tionalism and exhortation to allUN member nation-states to puttheir country first just as he wasputting America first providesIndia the opportunity it needs to re-calibrate its own place in the worldat a time of geo-strategic flux.

In calling for a renewal of thefounding principle of the UN,which is its member-states’ sover-eignty, focussing on outcomes notideology and adhering to what may

BY: - OMKAR DATTATRAY

Democracy is definitely a bet-ter form of government and gover-nance but still it is not free fromlimitations. People are supremesource of power in a democracy butat the same time elections whichare the means of formation of peo-ple’s government are a strangephenomenon, thanks to the maneu-vering and machinations of therulers given the fact that electioneve promises are driven by politi-cal expediency and are made onlywith an eye on elections no matterwhat such populous measures anddecisions will have on the economyand development of the country.The rulers are hardly botheredabout it but only focus on their im-mediate gains and this regard theultimate source of power-theplebian which is very disturbingphenomenon but there seems to beno way out from this gimmicks andjumla (deceit). However, the fact isthat these election eve gifts are lostin election den and buzz of election-eering when elections take placeand leave the gullible voters highand dry and left them to fend forthemselves. Same is happening inthe largest democracy of the worldjust before the Lok Sabha electionswhich are now few months away.Sensing that the people by andlarge are not happy with the BJP

led government of NDA and its fourand half years of rule, BJP is des-perate and in this desperation isannouncing popular gifts to resur-rect its fading image and to lurevoters as a last time effort. Thus,the party and its leader right fromPrime Minister Narinder Modidown to its state apparatus is mak-ing efforts to entice voters and isbusy in announcing one after otherbonanza when the government isin its last leg and thus when thegovernment is about to leave, itsshould not offer popular schemesand gifts which the governmentshould have done in its four ½years rule. Realizing that peopleare not happy with the perform-ance of BJP because of non fulfill-ment of the promises made in 2014general elections, Modi and hisBJP is not leaving anything tochance but is making last ditch ef-forts to revive its fortunes in theupcoming elections.Announcement of ten percentreservation to economically back-ward or poor among the generalcategory candidates is a decision offar reaching ramifications and it isa good step and decision but thetiming of this decision is not right.Piloting of the bill in this regardand passing of this important pieceof legislation when both houses ofparliament were on the way to beadjourned and even extending

their dates for passing the billwhen the govt. itself is on the lastlongue is very disturbing.Otherwise the bill is the need of thehour because there are a large sec-tion of people among upper casteswho are very poor and need reser-vations to uplift them so that theysee and receive the fruits of devel-opment. Passing of the bill in LokSabha and then in Rajya Sabha is amatter of satisfaction as in Upperhouse BJP has no magic numbersto pass the bill but still it has beenable to pass the bill without amend-

ments is a historical developmentto put in the words of PM Modi.However, the criteria to determinewho is poor as per the provisions ofthe bill is arbitrary and the criteri-on of eight lakh family income ofthe person to seek the reservationand even the criteria about landholding is also inconsistent and ar-bitrary. When citizens having an-nual income of 2.5 lakh are subjectto income tax, the fixing of criteriaof Rs. 8 lakh for a person to seekbenefits of quota is the big lacuna

BY : RAKESH SOOD

India must shed its diplomaticdiffidence as a stakeholder, evenwith the Taliban’s presence. Oneyear ago, on New Year’s Day, theIndian establishment welcomedU.S. President Donald Trump’stweet: “The United States has fool-ishly given Pakistan more than 33billion dollar in aid over the last 15years, and they have given us noth-ing but lies & deceit, thinking ofour leaders as fools. They give safehaven to terrorists we hunt inAfghanistan, with little help. Nomore!” This year, in a Cabinetmeeting on January 3, he rambled,“I get along very well with Indiaand Prime Minister Modi. But he isconstantly telling me he built a li-brary in Afghanistan. Okay, a li-brary… That’s like, you know whatthat is? That’s like five hours ofwhat we spend [in Afghanistan].And he tells it and he is very smart.And we are supposed to say, oh,thank you for the library.” This leftthose in the Indian establishmentmiffed and scratching their heads,only to conclude that Mr. Trumppossibly mistook the Parliamentbuilding in Kabul built by India ata cost of $90 million for a library.

Mr. Trump is frustrated withhis Afghanistan policy and is des-perately seeking a way out. To be

fair, when he announced hisAfghanistan policy in August 2017,he had said that his original in-stinct was to pull out. He was per-suaded otherwise by his thenDefence Secretary James Mattis,Chief of Staff John Kelly, NationalSecurity Adviser H.R. McMaster,and Afghanistan commander Gen.John W. Nicholson, all of whomhave since been replaced, makingit easier for him to follow his ‘in-stinct’. Failure of the Afghan policyCurrently, the U.S. spends $45 bil-lion a year in Afghanistan, includ-ing $5 billion for Afghan security

forces and $780 million on econom-ic assistance. The balance is forU.S. forces and logistical support.These figures have reduced overtime, as U.S. troop deployment isdown to 15,000 now from 100,000 in2010. However, over the last 18years, the cumulative cost to theU.S. has been estimated at $800 bil-lion on U.S. deployments and $105billion in rebuilding Afghanistan.About 2,400 U.S. troops have beenkilled though casualty figuressince 2015, when the U.S. withdrewfrom combat operations, are downto 12 a year. Despite expending this

blood and treasure, the situationon the ground continues to deterio-rate. Mr. Trump’s questioning ofthe usefulness of continuing U.S.military presence in Afghanistanis justified.

The 2017 policy aimed at break-ing the military stalemate by ex-panding the U.S. presence by 5,000troops, putting Pakistan on notice,and strengthening Afghan capabil-ities. More than a year later, clear-ly the policy has failed. The mili-tary situation has improved infavour of the Taliban, while theTaliban and Haqqani Networksanctuaries in Pakistan remain in-tact. Afghan security forces aresuffering unacceptable attrition.Since 2015, when the Afghan secu-rity forces took charge of combatoperations, they have sufferedaround 30,000 casualties. Civiliancasualties are over 3,000 a year.With recruitment drying up anddesertions on the rise, the Afghansecurity forces are down by morethan 10% from their sanctionedstrength. Parliamentary electionswere conducted on October 20 lastyear with much fanfare but the an-nouncement of the final results hasbeen repeatedly postponed amid al-legations that more than one-fourth of the votes cast were rigged.Unconfirmed reports that the U.S.

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was withdrawing 7,000 troops from Afghanistan beganto circulate hours after James Mattis’s resignation asDefence Secretary. The White House backtracked bysubsequently clarifying that this was one of the optionsbeing explored but no decision had been taken.However, it is clear which way the wind is blowing.Accumulating mistakes The reason is that over the last18 years, the U.S. (and coalition partners) have made aseries of mistakes, of omission and commission. TheAfghan Constitution, adopted in 2004, centralised pow-er in a U.S.-style presidential system but lacking the in-stitutions of legislature, judiciary and civil society,checks and balance were missing. Governance struc-tures were weak as an entire generation had been lostin the anti-Soviet jihad and Taliban conflicts. The Iraqinvasion in 2003 rapidly sucked in more and more U.S.resources as the focus shifted away from Afghanistan.By 2006, when the Taliban had regrouped and begun to en-gage in suicide attacks and IED blasts in Afghanistan, theU.S. was unwilling to acknowledge it and preferred tobribe Pakistan to gain its cooperation. Poppy produc-tion grew to finance the Taliban insurgency. Since 2002,the international community has spent nearly $15 bil-lion on counter-narcotics, and yet, in 2017, poppy pro-duction was four times what it was in 2002.International troop presence from 34 countries lacked aunified command and control and adopted differentrules of engagement. British troops, deployed inHelmand, were the first to reach a quiet understandingwith the local Taliban by ignoring the opium cultiva-tion. Hamid Karzai was President from 2001 to 2014.During the Barack Obama administration, his rela-tions with the U.S. grew increasingly strained withboth sides engaging in frequent sniping. His open criti-cism of Pakistan’s duplicity irritated the U.S., whichwas even more dependent on Pakistan after the surge inU.S. troops in 2010. Mr. Obama’s decision to announcethe surge along with a timetable for withdrawal onlyemboldened the Taliban. The strength of the Afghan se-curity forces was hurriedly doubled to enable them totake combat lead in 2015 but lack of training and equip-ment soon began to take its toll. Only the Special Forces(Ktah Khas) raised in 2015 have successfully bluntedTaliban onslaughts. But their numbers are limited and

they are dependent on U.S. airlift and intelligence im-agery. The cumulative effect is that the U.S. has lostgoodwill and its troop presence is a liability. It is hardlysurprising that the U.S. is now seeking an exit.Managing the optics of withdrawal is critical thoughand that is what Zalmay Khalilzad, as the SpecialRepresentative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, istasked to ensure. The Afghan presidential election hasbeen pushed by three months to July 20 but it is unlike-ly that the election machinery can be reformed and thepromised biometric ID system put in place. The nation-al unity government led by President Ashraf Ghani andChief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has lost legitimacyand cannot continue beyond July. Since the securitysituation does not permit new elections, the U.S. is like-ly to push for a new version of the 2001 Bonn Conferenceto set up an interim government that can plan a LoyaJirga and an election in a year or two. The processwould provide the window for a U.S. exit. The differ-ence is that unlike in 2001, it is clear that the Talibanwill be present at the table, speaking from a position ofstrength. This is evident from their announcement onJanuary 8 that they were calling off the next round oftalks with the U.S. on account of differences on issuesrelating to release of Taliban prisoners, participation ofAfghan government officials and U.S. troop withdraw-al. Reflecting the Taliban’s growing legitimacy,Russiais planning another regional conference in the Moscow for-mat. Pakistan had engineered a meeting of the Taliban withSaudi Arabia and the UAE while a Taliban delegation wasin Tehran in end-December. What India should do.India needs to shed its diplomatic diffidence becauseunlike in the 1990s, India’s options for engagement to-day are not restricted. It may not have the leverage ofbeing a spoiler but neither does it carry uncomfortablebaggage. During the last 18 years, India has earnedgoodwill cutting across Afghanistan’s geographies andethnicities. Instead of playing favourites, it has sup-ported institution building and shown that its interestscoincide with the idea of a stable, secure, independentand peaceful Afghanistan. What is needed is more ac-tive and coordinateddiplomacy, official and non-offi-cial, so that India remains at the table as Afghanistan’spreferred development partner through its transition.

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of the bill and as said by opposition it is a bill in haste.Some opposition parties have accused that the bill is amid night robbery and an election jumla which it right-ly is. But the matter of satisfaction is that 10 percentquota for general category is above 50 percent reserva-tion limit for SC/ST and OBCs and they will not be af-fected by this new reservation law.

The bill is a constitutional amendment to article 14and 15 of the constitution but the fact is that the apexcourt had earlier fixed a limit of 50 percent for all reser-vations but with this bill this quota has been exceededand the constitution does not have any provision up tonow to have any reservation for the people of Uppercastes. The bill has been given accent by the Presidentand has become a law, now the govt. is going to notifythe legislation. As expected the bill was subjected to lit-igations as an NGO filed a case against the legislationin Supreme Court only one day after the bill was passedby Rajya Sabha. Opposition has been stumped out bythe googly of ruling BJP by piloting and passing theUpper Caste 10 percent quota bill and it gives BJP ahandle to pressurize opposition in run up to elections.Back to election bonanza, the bill seeking to provideIndian citizenship to non muslims from Bangladesh,Pakistan and Afghanistan was passed in Lok Sabha.The bill provides for a according Indian citizenship toHindus, Jains, Christains, Sikhs and Parsis from thesecountries after 6 years of residence in India instead of12 years currently in vogue. Here also the bill was need-ed but the timings of the bill are doubtful as it is timedjust before 2019 general elections to entice voters be-longing to these faiths. The bill has irked PDP presi-dent and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti whocriticized and questioned this bill. The announcementand inauguration of various development projects indifferent states of India is an election time trick to lurevoters by hoodwinking them. To top it all the new andinnovative scheme of universal basic income for thepoor which seems to be in the pipeline is nothing butelection eve gift to lure an entice voters just before elec-tions and it does not surprise psychologists and politi-cal pundits anymore. Promising of free electricity con-nection to rural poor is big and popular measure whichwill do no good to the country’s economy but may givesome immediate relief and succor to the people livingin poverty. Last but not the least is the bonanza of GSTexemption limit doubled to Rs. 40 lakh as relief to smallbusinessmen. Thus, in a bid to give relief, GST councildoubled exemption relief to small businessmen and

hiked it to Rs. 40 Lakh as against the existing limit ofRs. 20 lakh. Government also announced higherturnover cap of 1.5 crore for availing compositionscheme of paying one percent tax and it will be effectivefrom 1st April. Earlier, to this GST council had also giv-en relief to businessmen and had slashed differentslabs to give relief to them. But one thing is clear that itis nothing but a political arithmetic and a gimmick toblackmail voters just before general elections. As an-nounced by Finance Minister Arun Jateily more suchdecisions of populism are in the pipeline for the benefitof citizens but all this is done just before few months ofelections and there are no takers of these election evegifts which only amount to hoodwinking the innocentvoters and making them to vote for BJP which is fear-ing repeat of the election results of assembly electionsof M.P, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. In panic BJP is an-nouncing one after another decision to salvage its sag-ging image among the electorate. Asking the apex courtto fast track the case of Ram Janam boomi – BabriMasjid and to hear it on day to day basis is also aimed atwinning the support of majority community. But herethe Govt shys away from exacting a law to pave way forthe construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhaya. Peopleof the country read voters are showed enough to see thegame plan of BJP and other parties and they will vote asper their conscience and free will in 2019 elections andthe last moment efforts of the saffornites will not im-press the votes. In budget session of Parliament BJPgovernment is going to take big decision to entice vot-ers. What a politics government is treading just beforethe general elections. It was the time for the govern-ment to close its innings and work so but its makingand taking various decisions only with an eye on gener-al elections. Populism and popular nationalism has be-come a mahamantra the World over and Indian politi-cal scene is no exception to it. Thus popular narrativehas become a modern catch word of the politician andrulers and this has manifested in the popular themesand incentives given to various segments of society justbefore the general elections. When the government ison its last leg of its tenure , it should be prepared todemit the office and should not take extra ordinary de-cisions which are aimed only to win the elections andhas nothing to do with governance but are politicallymotivated and the voters are better judges to decidewho are their real saviors and who are not . Last hourefforts and decisions to lure voters may prove counter-productive.

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be termed principled realism, the US, if it continuesdown this path, has opened up space for India to attemptand secure its strategic interests in a substantial man-ner. To be facile, all we need is to replace Iran withPakistan in the countries listed by Trump at the UN andwe are good to go! The reality, of course, is more compli-cated than that; for example, Saudi Arabia should in anideal world make it to any list of despotic Islamicregimes but it is neither in the US’ nor India’s interestto proffer such a suggestion. The situation, however, isnot so complicated as to not provide New Delhi enoughleverage to make space for itself at the high table, pro-vided we keep our domestic internal security situationunder control, economic growth robust and democraticinstitutions ticking over despite the odd setback or two.Especially, given Washington’s targeting as articulatedby Trump in his UN speech of those nations which sup-port and promote the aims of “Al Qaeda, Hezbollah,Taliban and others”, the last-mentioned presumablykeeping the door open for inclusion of terroristtanzeems operating in the Indian State of Jammu andKashmir in this list. Of course, in isolating pseudo-so-cialist totalitarian regimes and repressive Islamictheocracies though that does not mean one doesn’t dealwith them in one’s national interest even if with apinched nose Trump is focussed on US interests; thetrick for New Delhi to pull off is to see how far our inter-ests align with Washington’s given this once-in-a-generation opportunity. It is not only about meta-nar-ratives but also the smaller issues on which there is an

emerging convergence of views. For example, Trumpwas emphatic in telling the UN that pressure by itsrefugee organisation on the US to allow refugees state-side was in effect dictatorial, chipped away at sover-eignty and untenable. At the cost of resettling onerefugee in the US, we can help 10 make a better life intheir own countries, he said. New Delhi, grappling withsimilar pressure despite not having the economicwherewithal of the US in regard to, say, accommodat-ing Rohingya refugees, should obviously take note. It isthe citizens of low-income neighbouring countries whobear the cost both of refugees fleeing conflict and op-pression or plain economic migrants. US emphasis onresult/outcome-orientated global actions, however,does require a fundamental reform of the UnitedNations itself. That is where the real opportunity forIndia lies if it can find common ground with the US. Forexample, given his transactional approach, PresidentTrump has been quick to articulate the long-standinggrouse of the American conservative establishmentthat the US’ contribution to the UN budget is 22 per centof the total despite the US being just one of the UN’s 193member-states. But he was quick to add even while en-couraging other members to contribute more that theinvestment was worth it if peace and global order couldbe delivered. The disproportionate military/financialcontribution of the US in terms of the influence it has onthe world body is a sentiment India is in a good positionto exploit if it is adroit in the steps it needs to take to se-cure its strategic objectives.

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PRESS TRUST Of INDIANew Delhi, Jan 18

The Delhi High Courton Friday granted bail toalleged hawala dealerMohammad Aslam Wani,arrested in a money laun-dering case involvingKashmiri separatistShabir Shah. JusticeNajmi Waziri granted re-lief to Wani, who has beenin jail since he was arrest-ed in 2017. The court di-rected him to furnish apersonal bond of Rs 3 lakhand two sureties of thelike amount. Wani wasarrested by theEnforcement Directorate(ED), with the help ofJammu and KashmirPolice, from Srinagar onAugust 6, 2017 and is cur-rently in judicial custody.Shabir Shah was arrestedby the agency fromSrinagar on July 26, 2017.

The ED had opposedWani's bail plea sayingthe investigation was stillgoing on. It said there wasan apprehension that ifreleased, Wani may fleefrom justice. A trial courthad earlier denied bail toWani in the decade-oldcase.

Wani was earlier ap-prehended on August 26,2005, with the ED claim-ing that Rs 63 lakh hadbeen recovered from him.Advocate M S Khan, ap-

pearing for Wani, hadsought bail after theSupreme Court set asideall orders by which bail toan accused was denieddue to a stringent condi-tion in money launderingcases and directed thatsuch cases be remandedback to the respectivecourts to be heard on mer-it. Khan had said a 2010trial court judgementclearing Wani of terrorfunding charges in 2005case, based on which the

current money launder-ing case was lodged in2007, was later confirmedby the Delhi High Court.The ED had claimed thatWani had not cooperatedin the probe and the mon-ey trail was yet to be as-certained. In September2017, the agency filed acharge sheet againstWani and Shah, whosebail application in thecase was also dismissedon August 22, the sameyear. The ED's actionagainst the two was inpursuance of the August2005 case in which theDelhi Police's Special Cellhad arrested Wani, who isalleged to have claimedhe had passed on Rs 2.25crore to Shah. The agencyhad registered a criminalcase under thePrevention of MoneyLaundering Act againstShah and Wani.

PMLA case : HC grants bail to Aslam Wani

PRESS TRUST Of INDIANew Delhi, Jan 18

Mizoram Chief Minister ZoramthangaFriday said there should not be any dilu-tion of the 64-year old Citizenship Act. Thecontroversial Citizenship AmendmentBill, which has triggered large scaleprotests in the northeastern states includ-ing Mizoram was passed by the Lok Sabhaon January 8. "It (amendments) should notbe there. Let it be as it is. Let is not beamended as it is proposed. That's what wewant," Zoramthanga told reporters here.

All northeastern states are opposingthe bill and the matter has been discussedin detail with Meghalaya chief ministerand Union Home Ministry officials, headded. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,2016, provides for according Indian citizen-ship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs,Buddhists and Parsis who fled religiouspersecution in Bangladesh, Pakistan andAfghanistan after six years of residence inIndia instead of the current requirement of12 years, even if they do not possess anydocuments. Zoramthanga was in the na-tional capital to discuss state issues withseveral union ministers

Mizo CM againstdilution of existingCitizenship Act

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The Kerala governmenton Friday told the SupremeCourt that more than 50women have entered theSabarimala shrine since theapex court turned down theage-old practice of denying en-try to women of menstruatingage. The top court was hearingthe petitions of two women intheir 40s -- Bindu andKanakadurga – who had en-tered the Sabarimala shrineearlier this month. Senior ad-vocate Vijay Hansaria, ap-pearing for the state govern-ment, submitted a note statingthat till now 51 female devo-tees, between the ages of 10and 50 years, have entered theLord Ayappa shrine of LordAyappa. However, advocateMathews J Nedumpara ap-pearing for some petitioners,who have filed a review pleachallenging the decision of thetop court to allow women of allages to enter the temple, saidthat none of the female devo-

tees has entered the shrine.The two women, Bindu, a col-lege lecturer and CPI(ML) ac-tivist from Kozhikode dis-trict's Koyilandy, andKanakadurga, a civil suppliesdepartment employee fromAngadipuram inMalappuram, who visited theshrine on January 2, soughtprotection following threats.Kanaka Durga was allegedlyattacked by her mother-in-lawon Tuesday on her return andwas admitted in the hospital.The Supreme Court today di-rected the Kerala Police to pro-vide round-the-clock securityto the two women.

The plea had also soughtdirections declaring all au-thorities not to conduct therite of purification or to shutthe temple if any woman of thebanned age group enters thetemple. It had said that the pu-rification ritual is representa-tive of a cleansing ceremony,signifying the petitionerswere impure, which is viola-tive of their dignity underArticle 21 of the Constitution.

51 women below 50 have enteredSabarimala : Kerala govt tells SC

PRESS TRUST Of INDIANew Delhi, Jan 18

Congress president RahulGandhi extended his support toMamata Banerjee on Friday for her"show of unity" in Kolkata onJanuary 19 and hoped that it wouldsend a powerful message of a unitedIndia. Gandhi is likely to skipMamata's rally and the Congresshas deputed its leader in the LokSabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, to rep-resent the Grand Old Party at theevent. In a letter to Banerjee, theCongress chief commended the"great people" of Bengal, who had"historically been at the forefrontof defending our ideals". "I extendmy support to Mamata Di on thisshow of unity and hope that wesend a powerful message of a unitedIndia together," Gandhi wrote in

the letter. In a Facebook post, hesaid, "The entire opposition is unit-ed in our belief that true national-ism and development can only bedefended on the tested pillars ofdemocracy, social justice and secu-larism, ideas that the BJP and MrModi are intent on destroying." In

his letter to Banerjee as well as inthe post on the social media plat-form, Gandhi said there were pow-erful forces that were fanned by theanger and disappointment of mil-lions of Indians, who had seenthrough the "false promises andlies peddled by the Modi govern-ment". "These forces are moved bythe hope of a new tomorrow; a to-morrow filled with the idea of anIndia in which the voice of everyman, woman and child will beheard and respected no matterwhat their religion, economic sta-tus or region is," he said. A host ofOpposition leaders are likely to at-tend the Trinamool Congresssupremo's rally in Kolkata onSaturday, which is being projectedas her "show of oppositionstrength" ahead of the Lok Sabhapolls.

Rahul extends support to Mamata's megaopposition rally in Kolkata on Saturday

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Putting all specula-tion about a pact to rest,the Aam Aadmi Party onFriday declared ruled outany alliance with theCongress in the upcom-ing Lok Sabha elections.Senior AAP leader andthe party's Delhi unit con-vener Gopal Rai said, “No

alliance with Congress,AAP will contest all LokSabha seats in Punjab,Haryana and Delhi.” Raisaid the decision came inthe wake of the recentstatements of Punjab CMAmarinder Singh andDelhi Congress chiefSheila Dikshit, opposingan alliance with the AamAadmi Party (AAP). "Inthe interest of the coun-

try, we were ready todrink the poison of theCongress, but the state-ments show that theCongress is still seeped inits arrogance. The AAPwill contest all the LokSabha seats in the threestates on its own," Raisaid. The names of thecandidates for the LokSabha polls will soon beannounced by the party.

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Tunisian workers stage a protest in front of the national union headquarters in the capital Tunis. Workers around Tunisia are on strike to demand

higher pay in a standoff with a government struggling to tame unemployment, poverty and social tensions.

Washington, Jan 18 (PTI)

The US has announced anew missile defense policyaimed at addressing the chal-lenges posed by Russia andChina, which seeks to dis-place America in the Indo-Pacific region and has adopt-ed an assertive posture in dis-putes over territorial bound-aries with its neighbours.

In its 'Missile DefenseReview' report releasedThursday, the Pentagon saidRussia and China were devel-oping advanced cruise mis-siles and hypersonic missilecapabilities that can travel atexceptional speeds with un-predictable flight paths whichchallenge the existing defen-sive systems. These are chal-lenging realities of the emerg-ing missile threat environ-ment that US missile defensepolicy, strategy, and capabili-ties must address, it said.

"While Russia and Chinapose separate challenges andare distinct in many ways,

both are enhancing their ex-isting offensive missile sys-tems and developing ad-vanced sea and air-launchedcruise missiles as well as hy-personic capabilities," ActingDefense Secretary PatrickShanahan said.

The report presents a com-prehensive and layered ap-proach to prevent and defeatadversary missile attacksthrough a combination of de-terrence, active and passivemissile defences, and attackoperations to destroy offen-sive missiles prior to launch.

This comprehensive ap-proach to missile defensestrengthens America's abilityto protect the homeland, alliesand partners and deters ad-versary threats and attacks,Shanahan said. It assures al-lies and partners, engages indiplomacy from a position ofstrength, hedges against fu-ture risk and preservesAmerica's freedom of actionto conduct regional militaryoperations in defense of its in-

terests, Shanahan said."China seeks to displace

the United States in the Indo-Pacific region and reorder theregion to its advantage," thereport said.

Offensive missiles play anincreasingly prominent rolein China's military moderni-sation, its coercive threatsand efforts to counter US mili-tary capabilities in the Indo-Pacific, it said.

China has deployed 75-100ICBMs, including a new road-mobile system and a new mul-ti-warhead version of its silo-based intercontinental ballis-tic missile (ICBM).

While Russia illegally oc-cupies territory outside itsborders, seeks to coerce anddestabilise its neighbours,and flouts treaty obligations,China has adopted an increas-ingly assertive posture in dis-putes with its neighbours,many of whom are US allies orpartners, the Pentagon said.

"These include disputesover territorial boundaries,

claims to contested island ter-ritory, and a campaign tobuild and militarise islands inthe South China Sea. The mili-tary forces and doctrines ofthese and other States featureoffensive missile capabilitiesthat are growing rapidly insize, sophistication andprominence," the Pentagonsaid.

"China can now potential-ly threaten the United Stateswith about 125 nuclear mis-siles, some capable of employ-ing multiple warheads, and itsnuclear forces will increase inthe coming years. Beijing alsois developing advanced tech-nologies, such as MaRVs andHGVs," it said.

Observing that China isdeveloping missile capabili-ties intended to deny it the ca-pability and freedom of actionto protect US allies and part-ners in Asia, the Pentagonsaid a key component ofBeijing's military modernisa-tion was its conventional bal-listic missile arsenal designed

to prevent US military accessto support regional allies andpartners.

"China is improving itsability to strike regional tar-gets, such as US bases andnaval assets, at greater rangeswith the addition of the grow-ing number of medium and in-termediate-range ballisticmissiles. This includes so-phisticated anti-ship ballisticmissiles that pose a directthreat to US aircraft carriers,"it said.

The Pentagon said thewide-ranging developmentsin China's expansive offen-sive missile arsenal posed apotential nuclear and non-nu-clear threat to US forces de-ployed abroad, and are ofacute concern to US allies andpartners in the Indo-Pacificregion. China is aggressivelypursuing a wide range of mo-bile air and missile defense ca-pabilities, including the pur-chase of S-400 systems fromRussia, each with four inter-ceptor missiles, and is devel-

oping additional theatre bal-listic missile defense systems.It also has announced that it istesting a new mid-course mis-sile defense system. Russiaconsiders the US and the NA-TO to be the principal threatsto its contemporary revision-ist geopolitical ambitions androutinely conducts exercisesinvolving simulated nuclearstrikes against America, thereport said. The Russian lead-ers claim that Moscow pos-sesses a new class of missile,the hypersonic glide vehicles(HGV), which maneuver andtypically travel at velocitiesgreater than Mach 5 in or justabove the atmosphere, it said.North Korea continues to posean extraordinary threat andthe United States must re-main vigilant, the report said."One of Iran's primary tools ofcoercion and force projectionis its missile arsenal, which ischaracterised by increasingnumbers, as well as increasesin accuracy, range, and lethal-ity," it said.

US announces new missile defence systemto counter threats from Russia, China

Washington, Jan 18 (PTI)

US President Donald Trump hasannounced his intent to appointprominent Indian-American financialexpert Prem Parameswaran to a keypresidential advisory committee, theWhite House has said.

Parameswaran, 50, is the onlyIndian-American among the 12 mem-bers the president intends to appointto the President's AdvisoryCommission on Asian Americans andPacific Islanders. Based in New York,Parameswaran is the Group Chief

Financial Officer and president ofEros International's North Americaoperations. Trump also announced hisintent to designate Elaine L Chao to beCo-Chair of the White House Initiativeon Asian Americans and PacificIslanders, the White House said in astatement on Thursday.

Other members the president in-tends to appoint to the panel areMichelle Park as co-chair, Paul Hsu asco-chair; Jennifer Carnahan, David BCohen, Grace Y Lee, George Leing,Jan-Ie Low, Herman Martir, AmataColeman Radewagen, Sean D Reyesand Chiling Tong, it said. Former USPresident Barack Obama establishedthe President's Advisory Commissionon Asian Americans and PacificIslanders, composed of leaders from awide spectrum of industries includingbusiness, health, universities, non-profit organisation, government andmore. These commissioners workwith all agencies of the federal govern-ment to improve the health, educa-tion, and economic status of AsianAmericans and Pacific Islanders com-munities.

Trump announces intent to appoint Indian-American to advisory committee

Indian-origin mancharged for a womanmurder in SingaporeSingapore, Jan 18 (PTI)

A 34-year-old Indian-ori-gin man was on Fridaycharged with the murder of awoman, who was found deadin a rented apartment here,according to a media report.Singaporean M Krishnan al-legedly killed 40-year-oldMallika Begum RahamansaAbdul Rahman in the apart-ment in northern housingestate of Woodlands lateWednesday night, revealed acourt document. Police saidthat the two knew each otherand were understood to be ina relationship. Both had fre-quent quarrels, Today, anonline portal, reported.When the police arrived atthe murder scene shortly af-ter receiving a call at 1.34 amon Thursday, Mallika waslying motionless inside aroom. Paramedics pro-nounced her dead at thescene, the report said.Though Krishnan fled thescene by then, the policemanaged to apprehend himhours later as his identitywas quickly established , thepolice said. Krishnan, whofaces death penalty if con-victed of murder, was notrepresented by a lawyer onFriday. Bail was grantedand he was remanded at theCentral Police Division. Thenext hearing for Krishnan'scase has been set on January25.

Brexit crisis: May tocall EU's JunckerBrussels, Jan 18

Prime Minister TheresaMay will talk by telephone toEU president Jean-ClaudeJuncker on Friday at theBritish leader's request, EUofficials said. May andJuncker have only been intouch by text message sinceTuesday, when the Britishparliament rejected theirBrexit divorce deal.

"President Juncker willtalk to Prime Minister Maytoday early afternoon at herrequest," EuropeanCommission spokesmanMargaritis Schinas said. "Idon't know how decisive ornot this will be." Britishpoliticians are now wran-gling over how to get out ofthe impasse.

Bogota, Jan 18

Colombia' s government de-clared three days of mourningThursday after at least 21 peopledied in a car bomb at a Bogota po-lice cadet training academy, and68 were wounded -- the worstsuch incident in the city in 16years.

The defense ministry said the"terrorist act" was carried out us-ing a vehicle packed with 80 kilo-grams (around 175 pounds) of ex-plosives. "Unfortunately, the pre-liminary toll is 21 people dead, in-cluding the person responsiblefor the incident, and 68 wound-ed," Colombian police said in astatement, adding 58 of those in-jured had been discharged fromhospital. The defense ministryhad previously reported 11 deadand 65 injured.

"All Colombians reject terror-ism and we're united in fightingit," President Ivan Duque tweet-ed in the aftermath.

Later in a statement to the na-tion, he said he had ordered rein-forcements to Colombia's bor-ders and routes in and out ofcities. "I have also requested thatpriority be given to all the inves-

tigations ... to identify the mas-terminds of this terrorist attackand their accomplices," he said.

The bomber -- who authori-ties confirmed was killed in theattack -- struck at the GeneralFrancisco de Paula SantanderOfficer's School in the south ofBogota during a promotion cere-mony for cadets. No group hasclaimed responsibility, but pub-lic prosecutor Nestor HumbertoMartinez named suspect JoseAldemar Rojas Rodriguez as the"material author of this abom-inable crime." Martinez saidRojas Rodriguez entered theschool compound at 9:30 am (1430GMT) driving a grey 1993 NissanPatrol truck, but gave no detailsabout the explosion.

He said the truck underwentan inspection in July in theArauco department on the bor-der with Venezuela -- a tradition-al stronghold of ELN Marxistguerrillas.

Ecuador's President LeninMoreno said one of the dead wasan Ecuadoran cadet, while a sec-ond suffered light injuries.

"The brutal act of terrorism inBogota took the life of a compatri-ot," Moreno said on Twitter. "My

sincerest thoughts go to the fami-ly, friends and companions ofErika Chico." Meanwhile,Panama's President Juan CarlosVarela said that 45 Panamaniancadets were present during theattack, with two injured.

Fanny Contreras, theColombian armed forces' healthinspector, told local radio thatthe truck "entered (the schoolcompound) suddenly, almost hit-ting the police, and then therewas the explosion." Carol Oviedosaid her brother Jonathan, acadet, told her on the phone hehad been injured, before the con-nection was cut. "In two yearssince he joined the police, he'snever had to face a situation likethis," she said. Like other fami-lies, she was lingering in thevicinity of the academy hoping tohear some news.

United States assistant secre-tary of state in charge of LatinAmerica, Kimberly Breier con-demned the attack and said: "Ourcondolences and sympathies goto the victims and family mem-bers of those killed." The US em-bassy in Bogota offered its "helpin investigating this reprehensi-ble attack."

Rosalba Jimenez, 62, wasopening her confectionary storenear the school when the bombwent off.

"When we turned to look atthe school the sky was grey withsmoke. People were running,sirens... horrible, horrible, itseemed like the end of the world,"Jimenez told AFP. Authoritiessealed off the area to the pressand increased security servicepatrols in the south of the city,AFP reporters said. Right-wingDuque, who assumed power inAugust, has peddled a tough lineagainst Marxist rebels and drugtraffickers in the largest cocaineproducer in the world. Peacetalks with ELN guerrillas -- whoin the past have claimed respon-sibility for bomb attacks on po-lice -- stalled before Duque re-placed Juan Manuel Santos aspresident, and have not beenrestarted. Duque has made sever-al demands, including the releaseof all hostages, as prerequisites tokick-starting the peace process,but the ELN has dismissed thoseas unacceptable. After the 2016peace accord signed by Santosand FARC guerrillas, turning theformer rebels into a political par-

21 dead in car bomb attack on Colombian police academy

Islamabad, Jan 18 (PTI)

Justice Asif SaeedKhosa, known for addinglyrical flair in his judg-ments, Friday took oathas the 26th Chief Justiceof Pakistan in a simpleceremony held here at thePresident's House whichwas also attended by for-eign legal luminaries, in-cluding from India.

Justice Khosa, 64,who was administeredoath by President ArifAlvi, will serve as topjudge for nearly 337 daysand is scheduled to retireon December 21, 2019.

Prime MinisterImran Khan, judges ofhigher courts, ministers,diplomats, civil and mili-tary officials, lawyersand foreign guests includ-ing from India were pres-ent at the oath taking cer-emony, the Dawn report-ed.

Former judge of theSupreme Court of India

and President GoverningCommittee of theCommonwealth JudicialEducation InstituteJustice Madan BhimaraoLokur and Sandra EOxner, former judge andfounding presidentCommonwealth JudicialEducation Institute,Canada took part in theceremony, the reportsaid. They arrivedthrough the Wagah bor-der in Lahore onThursday to attend theceremony, it said.

Five senior judgesfrom Turkey, SouthAfrica and Nigeria alsoattended the oath takingceremony.

Born in 1954 in DeraGhazi Khan area of thePunjab province ofPakistan, justice Khosastudied at the Universityof the Punjab andCambridge University.

Known as the "poeticjustice" for his knack forinvoking works of litera-

ture in his observationsand judgements, he isconsidered as Pakistan'stop expert in criminallaw. Justice Khosa in thelandmark Panama pa-pers verdict that disquali-fied Nawaz Sharif as theprime minister in 2017cited the Honore deBalzac epigraph fromMario Puzo's 1969 novel"The Godfather", whichreads: "Behind everygreat fortune there is acrime."

"It is ironical and asheer coincidence thatthe present case revolvesaround that very sen-tence attributed toBalzac," he had said.

He started his prac-tice as a lawyer in 1977and was elevated as highcourt judge in 1998. Hewas made judge of theSupreme Court in 2010.Justice Khosa has decid-ed around 50,000 cases inhis long career. He was al-so part of the benches

"Poetic Justice" Asif Khosa takes oathas new Chief Justice of Pakistan

Washington, Jan 18 (PTI)

US President Donald Trump hasdenied House Speaker Nancy Pelosia military plane for an "excursion"to Brussels and war-tornAfghanistan, a tit-for-tat retaliationthat deepened the divide betweenthe two leaders amidst the longest-ever federal government shutdown.

President Trump's unusualmove to postpone Pelosi's overseastrip came on Thursday, a day afterthe 78-year-old top Democrat, urgedhim to reschedule his annual Stateof the Union address slated forJanuary 29, citing security con-cerns triggered by the shutdownthat has entered its 27th day.

The shutdown is a result of thebitter political divide over bordersecurity issue as the Democratswho now enjoy majority in theHouse of Representatives have re-fused to pass a legislation approv-ing USD 5.7 billion in federal fund-ing to construct a wall across theUS-Mexico border, a poll promiseby the Republican president.

"Due to the shutdown, I am sor-ry to inform you that your trip toBrussels, Egypt, and Afghanistanhas been postponed. We willreschedule this seven-day excur-sion when the Shutdown is over,"Trump, who is also the commander-in-chief of the military, said in a let-ter to Pelosi, a copy of which was re-

leased to the press, an hour beforeher delegation was due to leave forthe week-long trip.

"Obviously, if you would like tomake your journey by flying com-mercial, that would certainly be

your prerogative," Trump wrote toPelosi, who is third in line to thepresidency.

Trump also informed theSpeaker of the House ofRepresentatives that he also feelthat, during this period, it would bebetter if Pelosi stayed inWashington negotiating with himhow to end the crippling govern-ment shutdown and back his de-mand for funds to construct a bor-der wall with Mexico. The presi-dent also said postponing Pelosi's"public relations event" was totallyappropriate. Later on Thursday,the White House announced itwould not send a US delegation tothe World Economic Forum in

Davos, Switzerland later thismonth, over the shutdown.

Trump had previously said hewould not attend, and on Tuesdayannounced a scaled-back delega-tion, which was to be led byTreasury Secretary StevenMnuchin.

The longest-ever shutdown inUS history has rendered over800,000 federal employees withoutwork, crippling the functioning ofseveral key wings of the govern-ment including Security and StateDepartment.

"In light of the 800,000 greatAmerican workers not receivingpay, I am sure you would agreethat," Trump said.

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Indian cricket team members pose with the Border–Gavaskar Trophy during their one day international cricket match against Australia in Melbourne,

Australia.

Melbourne, Jan 18 (PTI)

"No one is more committed toIndian cricket" than MahendraSingh Dhoni and batting at numberfive is the ideal spot for him, saidVirat Kohli in stout defense of theformer captain.

Dhoni faced criticism for slowbatting in the ODI series-opener inSydney before redeeming his prideand reputation with match-win-ning contributions in the Adelaideand Melbourne ODIs.

Acknowledging Dhoni's contri-bution in the historic series-tri-umph in Australia, Kohli defendedthe former captain, saying heshould be allowed breathing space.

"I think firstly as a team we arevery happy for Dhoni. That he isamongst the runs, because it isvery important to get runs underyour belt to get that rhythm and getthat confidence back. Especiallywhen you have not been playing somuch international cricket," saidthe India captain at the post-matchpress conference.

"Many things happen on theoutside. People say a lot of thingsbut as an individual we know thatthere is no one more committed toIndian cricket than Dhoni and peo-ple should let him have his spacebecause he has contributed somuch for the nation.

"They should let him figure outthings on his own and what heneeds to do. He is one of the most in-telligent cricketers and he is notsomeone who is not aware aboutwhat needs to be done. As a team weare totally in sync with what he isdoing and we are all very happy forhim," said Kohli.

The skipper also reckons thatthe just-concluded Australia serieshas proved that number five is the

most logical spot for Dhoni."Dhoni batted at number

four in 2016 for a while. But af-ter that he has been prettyhappy playing at five and sixfor the team. We felt that num-ber five was the ideal positionfor him. And if you saw himbat at Adelaide as well he waspretty comfortable in that po-

sition because that allows him to doa bit of both - get some game time aswell as finish games off, attackingas and when required," Kohli said.

Dhoni, batting at number four,played a crucial role in India win-ning the decisive third ODI with

his unbeaten 87-run knock onFriday and at Adelaide too his un-beaten half-century had scriptedIndia's win.

"He was more himself from thatgame (Adelaide) on, and he builtonto this knock today. We are pret-ty happy with the batting combina-tion that we had in Adelaide. Whensomeone like Hardik Pandya is notthere you have to balance some-how. So a lot of things vary in thatregard. But we as a team, and my-self as captain, we feel that Dhoni atfive is the most logical. It is the ide-al place for him and the team aswell," Kohli said.

No one is morecommitted to Indiancricket than Dhoni: Kohli

No.4 position is something wewant solidified: KohliMelbourne, Jan 18 (PTI)

India captain Virat Kohli Friday said the number four slot in thebatting line-up is still to be "solidified", months after he backedAmbati Rayudu for the position till this year's World Cup. The skip-per said that there has been a lot of experimentation at number four,and while the batting line-up at Adelaide, where Rayudu batted atfour, was an ideal one, they would like to keep things mixed up untilsomeone assumed responsibility at number four. "If you look at thatlast game, Ambati Rayudu batted at four, Dhoni at five and DineshKarthik at six. Because we brought in Vijay Shankar and KedarJadhav, we didn't want Karthik to change his spot because he is doinga good job," he said after the third and final ODI of a historic tour ofAustralia. Rayudu was backed for the position by Kohli during thehome series against West Indies last year. India became the first teamnot to lose any series in Australia, winning the Test and ODI rubberwhile drawing the T20 engagement. The triumph came as a massivemorale-booster after unsuccessful tours of South Africa and Englandlast year. "...the middle order we saw in Adelaide is pretty much themost balanced if you look at it. The number four position, again, hasbeen a sort of an area which we want solidified," he said. "But becauseof the combinations we want to play, some times you have to makethose changes. Anyone who bats at four will have to take the responsi-bility for the World Cup, whoever it might be. That person will have totake responsibility at number four, he added. Unpredictability isIndia's strength heading into the World Cup this year, declared Kohliand commended his team for making him look good as a captain. "Ourstrength as a side has been unpredictability. We haven't been pre-dictable with our combinations in the past year, if you see the kind ofteams we have played with," Kohli said after the third ODI whichIndia won by seven wickets here. The skipper said each one of histeammates delivered when it mattered and that has made the sidesupremely confident for the World Cup in England, which starts May30. "If you see it has been a team performance in all three series andeveryone has contributed which is a very good sign for the world cup.

JAMMU, Jan 18:

The state women team today leftfor participation in the 9th HockeyIndia Junior Championship goingto be held at Kollam in Kerela fromJanuary 23 to February one.

Led by Abhilove Kour fromPoonch, the team a day earlier, un-derwent screening conducted by theJ&K State Sports Council (JKSSC)

under the guidance of AbdulQayoom (CSO), Ravi Singh (DSO)and Ashok Singh (Manager) and inthe presence of office bearers of theHockey J&K.

Jasprit Singh and GurmeetKour have been named manager ofthe coach of the team respectively.

The Team: Abhilove Kour,Manisha, Kavreen, GunjanpreetKour, Chanpreet Kour, Priya

Thakur, Sarabjeet Kour, Muskan,Geetan Sunani, Kajal Sunani,Shivani Sexana, Palak Manhas,Hurmah Shah, Maltee, Ritu Devi,Anjali Kumari, Rukaya Khaki andKiran.

Women hockey team leaves for Kerala

State women’s Junior Hockey team

poses with officials at K K Hakhu

Stadium, Jammu on friday.

JAMMU, Jan 18:

Hero Football Clubshall be playing againstJ&K Power DevelopmentCorporation (JKPDC) in thefinal of 12th Christmas GoldCup Football Tournament,organised by the All J&KChristian WelfareAssociation, at GGMScience College ground,here tomorrow.

In the semifinals, decid-ed today, the emerging sideof Hero Club had a toughtime against ShaheenFootball Club beating latter6-5 via tie-breaker. Earlier,in the stipulated time, thematch between the two lo-cal sides ended in a 1-1draw. Hero FC took the firstlead when Basit netted theball in the 29th minute.Shaheen brought in theequaliser in the 48th minutethrough Arjun.

In other semifinal, sail-ing on the brilliant showfrom Aqib Mushtaq,JKPDC defeated the J&KPolice. Both the goalsscored by Aqib in the 21st

and 55th minute of thematch.In the semifinals, de-cided today, the emergingside of Hero Club had atough time against ShaheenFootball Club beating latter6-5 via tie-breaker. Earlier,in the stipulated time, thematch between the two lo-cal sides ended in a 1-1draw.

The matches officiatedby the technical penal com-prising Ricky Kumar,Suresh Gupta, VijayKumar, Rocky Sharma,

Dheeraj Meenia, RockySharma and Ajay Singh.

As per the organisers,the final shall be played at 3pm, followed by the prizedistributionfunction.Earlier, in thestipulated time, the matchbetween the two local sidesended in a 1-1 draw.

In one of the semifinals,between J&K Police andJKPDC, senior Congressleader, Vikram Malhotrawas the chief guest, who in-teracted with the teams.

Hero FC meets JKPDC inChristian Gold Cup final

Semifinal between Shaheen fC and Hero Club in progress

at GGM Science College ground, Jammu on friday.

Melbourne, Jan 18 (PTI)

Mahendra Singh Dhoni rekin-dled his love affair with finalflourishes, anchoring India totheir maiden bilateral ODI seriestriumph in Australia for a perfectfinish to a historic trip DownUnder here Friday.

Virat Kohli's men became thefirst country to return fromAustralia without losing a singleseries having won the Test series2-1 and drawn the T20Internationals 1-1.

From a dasher, to a finisher tofinally the anchor in the last leg ofhis career, Dhoni 3.0 was in fullflow during India's successfulchase of 231 on a sluggishMelbourne pitch after YuzvendraChahal set it up with a career-best6 for 42.

Dhoni's unbeaten 87 off 114balls was a testimony to his highquality match awareness as thestreet-smart Kedar Jadhav (61 no,57 balls) donned the role of a fin-isher.

The former India skipper'srole going into the business end ofhis illustrious career is that of ananchor, who takes the game deep.

He performed his role to per-fection with world class exhibi-tion of running between the wick-ets in what could well be his lastmatch on theAustralian soil.

Not to forget the 'Man of theSeries' award for a hat-trick ofhalf-centuries and two coming inwinning causes.

While Dhoni was lucky to bedropped on 0 and 74 butAustralian bowling never had thesting to unsettle the Indian bats-men despite skipper Virat Kohli(46) being dismissed with morethan 100 runs left.

Chasing 231, India got off to aslow start as well. Australia creat-ed some good pressure with thenew ball, in particular JhyeRichardson (1-41) who tied downRohit Sharma (9).

It worked as the right-handedopener was caught at slip in thesixth over. Despite Kohli comingto the crease thereafter, Indiastruggled in the first powerplayand only scored 26-1 in the first tenovers.

Kohli added 44 runs withShikhar Dhawan (23) for the sec-ond wicket, but it was a slowerpartnership than usual thanks to

some tight bowling and fieldingby Australia in this passage ofplay. The duo tried to cut loose, asPeter Handscomb dropped Kohli(on 10) at first slip off BillyStanlake (0-49) in the 12th over.But things turned around forAustralia when Dhawan lobbed areturn catch to Marcus Stoinis inthe 17th over. It worked as theright-handed opener was caughtat slip in the sixth over. DespiteKohli coming to the crease there-after, India struggled in the firstpowerplay and only scored 26-1 inthe first ten overs.

While Kohli and Dhoni added54 runs off 82 balls for the thirdwicket, it was an uncharacteristicpartnership. There were two inci-dents of confusion between thewickets first in the 21st over whenKohli was stranded and was savedfor a lack of a direct hit.

The Dhoni-Jadhav (121 runs)partnership then took some timein getting going. In the meantime,Dhoni reached his 70th ODI half-century off 74 balls.

Jadhav then soothed Indiannerves as he scored his fourth ODIhalf-century off 52 balls, as theequation came down to 14 needed

off 12. He struck two fours in thepenultimate over off Peter Siddle(1-56) to close in on the match.

Earlier, Yuzvendra Chahalpicked up 6-42 as Australia werebowled out for 230 runs (48.4overs).

Chahal matched AjitAgarkar's 6-42 in 2004 as he record-ed the joint best-ever ODI figureson Australian soil. In doing so, healso improved on his previousbest of 5-22 against South Africa atCenturion in January 2018.

Chahal varied the pace of hisdeliveries and also used the decep-tion in his flight to make life mis-erable for Australian batsmen.

For Australia, PeterHandscomb (58) scored a fightinghalf-century and took them to a re-spectable total after they were re-duced to 161-6 at one stage.

Play was delayed by ten min-utes because of rain and, after thefirst two balls in the Australianinnings there was a further 20-minute delay before weather im-proved. The hosts faltered undercloudy skies though asBhuvneshwar Kumar (2-28) andMohammed Shami (2-47) bowledexcellent opening spells.

Standing tall Down Under: Dhoni anchors,Kedar finishes as India win ODI series

Samar Clubenters semis ofKCSC Cup JAMMU, Jan 18:

Samar Cricket Club todayqualified for the semifinals of theongoing KC Sports Club CupTwenty20 Tournament at KCPublic School ground, here. In thequarterfinal, Samar Club defeat-ed Laxmi Cricket Club by ninewickets.

Earlier, batting first, Laxmimade 101 runs. Paras and Nipunwere main scorers with 46 and 20runs respectively. From SamarClub, Vishwajeet Singh andDeepak Dogra claimed four wick-ets each.

In reply, Samar Club attainedthe target in just 13.5 overs losingone wicket. Jatin Wadhwanplayed fine innings of half centu-ry adding 53 runs to the totalwhile Samad contributed 36.Sameer Khajuria secured thelone wicket lost b Samar Club.

Later, Vishwajeet Singh wasnamed man of the match for hisbrilliant half century.

Army Goodwill,Sunrises Schoolwin Cricket ties RAJOURI, Jan 18:

Army Goodwill Public Schooland Sunrises School won theopening matches of the RajouriPremium Cricket Tournament,organised by the Army, here to-day.

While Army Goodwill out-played Dawn Public School in su-per over, Sunrises Schooltrounced Rajouri Public Schoolby seven wickets.

In total, 14 teams are takingpart in this tournament involvingstudents up to 12th standard.Earlier, the event was declaredopen by the Incharge SportsStadium Rajouri, BA Bakshi inthe presence of army officers andthe locals.

Mumbai, Jan 18 (PTI)

Last year's top Indian finishers, GopiThonakal and Sudha Singh, are aimingto attain the qualifying standards formen and women set for this year's WorldChampionship in Doha, Qatar, whenthey run in the Tata Mumbai Marathonon January 20.

The men's qualifying mark has beenset at 2:15:00 by the world athletics gov-erning body IAAF, while the womenhave to clock 2:37:00 to qualify for theDoha World Championships scheduledfrom September 27-October 6.

Both Gopi, the reigning AsianChampion in the 42.195- km race, and3000m steeplechase specialist SudhaFriday expressed confidence of attain-ing the IAAF-set marks when takingpart in the 16th edition of the MumbaiMarathon."I am training well on my ownand have fully recovered from the ham-string injury that I sustained two-threeweeks ago. I am aiming to attain 2:15 andqualify for the World Championships,"Gopi told reporters here. "Participationin Mumbai Marathon was the turningpoint in my life and I have gained a lot ofconfidence by winning the Asian title in2017," said Gopi, who had clocked 2:15:48in the Asian championship in China tobecome the first Indian to clinch the con-tinental crown. Gopi, who had comehome in 2:16:51 as the top Indian finisherhere in 2018 after finishing 24th in 2:15:25in the Rio Olympics in 2016, is expectedto face a stiff challenge from courserecord (2:15:48) holder and 2016 champi-on Nitendra Singh Rawat. The 30-year-old JCO in the Army Sports Institute,Pune, had finished third in the Delhi halfmarathon in November 2018, after whichhe had injured his hamstring whiletraining in Bengaluru.

Sudha, winner of the gold and sil-ver medals, respectively, in the 3000msteeplechase for women in the 2010 and2018 Asian Games, was not even surewhether she will compete here before do-ing well by finishing second in the 25Krun in Kolkata on December 16, 2018."My only target is to qualify for theWorld Championships by clocking2:37:00. After the Asian Games (2018) Ihad taken a two-month break and thenparticipated in the Kolkata 25K race,"said Sudha. "I was not ready to run inMumbai but decided to take part afterdoing well in the 25K run in Kolkata. Ihave done three times the 35 kms runand feel confident that I will do well inthis Sunday's Marathon," said the 32-year-old Railway athlete. "I have beentraining for the Mumbai Marathon withjunior boys in Bengaluru," said Sudha,who is trying to finish on top amongIndian women and emulate the feat ofLalita Babar who did it three times in arow between 2012 and 2014. Sudha hadclocked 2:48:32 last year, but has a muchbetter personal best of 2:35:35 that shedid in the 2015 World Championshipwhile coming home in the 19th positionin China. She is expected to face somechallenge from two-time top Indian fin-isher Jyoti Gawte.In the overall eliterace for men, Ethiopia's Abera Khema,with a personal best of 2:05:50, is amongthose to watch out for in his maiden ap-pearance in the race along with Kenya'sJacob Kendago and Elijah Kemboi, bothwith personal bests under 2:08:00.Among the elite women runners are de-fending champion Amane Gobena ofEthiopia (personal best - 2:21:51) andthree of her compatriots - two-timechampion Dinknesh Mekash and ShukoGenemo (2016 winner), all of who haveclocked personal bests of sub-2:25:00.

Gopi, Sudha aim to attain WorldChampionship qualifying time

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Priyanka Chopra 'Chanel's her love for hubbyNick Jonas in the most stylish manner

Alia Bhatt shares an adorable message forVarun Dhawan as they wrap-up Kalank

Amrita Rao confesses sheturned down promisingroles as they required herto do 'intimate scenes

Janhvi Kapoor's multi-coloured outfitfor an awards function was a real mess

Is Katrina Kaif romancing Akshay Kumar inSooryavanshi? Director Rohit Shetty answers

Street kids try to get MalaikaArora's attention with theirantics and make her smile!

Since yesterday, reportsabout Katrina Kaif reunit-ing with Akshay Kumar onthe silver screen after a peri-od of nine years for RohitShetty's Sooryavanshi havebeen doing the rounds.Needless to say, Akshay andKatrina's fans went berserkover this development asthe two were last seen inTees Maar Khan (2010).Looks like, their fans willhave to wait for their re-union for a bit longer. AsShetty has rubbished the ru-mours of Katrina being fi-nalised as the female lead ofSooryavanshi. As per aFilmfare report, the direc-tor refuted these rumours asfalse. "It’s not true'. We arestill working on the script,"Rohit was quoted as saying.This may break the hearts ofthe fans who were eagerlywaiting for their collabora-

tion. In the past, Akshayand Katrina have workedon several films that in-clude Singh is King,Namastey London,Welcome, Humko DeewanaKar Gaye and De Dana Dan.Most of the films they werea part of, did well at the boxoffice. While a few doomedat the ticket windows.

Now it remains to beseen as to which actress willbe cast opposite AkshayKumar in Sooryavanshi. Ifa report in Pinkvilla is to bebelieved, then Akshay willbe seen in the role of ATS of-ficer Veer Sooryavanshi inthis comedy-drama film ap-parently, the actress who ispaired romantically oppo-site him will play his girl-friend and wife who is a pil-lar of support to him inbackground full of corrup-tion and intrigue.

Janhvi Kapoor was seen last evening atan awards function where she bagged a tro-phy for being the Best Debutant Female forDhadak. The actress wore an elaborateAnamika Khanna ensemble for the awardceremony, which looked rather tacky onstage. The outfit was in one of her favestyles, trousers with a skirt and crop top.The denim pants had embroidery done onthem. The fabric was a global printed oneand the top also had small tassels in variouscolours. While the hues of blue, black, pinkand bit of yellow looked pretty, the dresswas surely not meant for an awards func-tion. We do not expect the young and bub-bly actress to dress maturely but she literal-ly looked like she had walked out of a beachparty into the ceremony. The dress is stillpassable when filmed against a plain whitebackdrop but in the function with thatboard that had a hundred things written onit, it looked bad. There was nothing thatcould redeem it. It looked like she wasdressed to give a performance on stage.

We have often seen Shah Rukh and Salman Khan ac-knowledging the love of the street kids who mob them themoment they see them. Often these two actors have even fedmen asking for the same. Aryan too was seen helping aneedy with money. But Malaika Arora surely had a muchbetter day with these street kids trying to get her attentionwhich made her smile. These are such lovely pictures. Afterdismissing rumours of dating Arjun Kapoor, the couple fi-nally made it official when they sat together for a fashionshow. Later, their sightings became frequent with them go-ing on dinner dates and attending film events. But Malaikastill doesn't want to talk much about it. She had said in an in-terview, "I never answer personal questions. Not that I shyaway from answering or whatever. I just don’t feel comfort-able talking about my personal life. And whatever my lifehas been, everyone is aware of it. I don’t need to be talkingabout it. I am just enjoying my life - it’s beautiful and pre-cious." We love every time these two go on dates and guessthat what sparked rumours about their wedding.

Priyanka Chopra andNick Jonas are in NewYork and are spending asmuch time together asthey can. Post their wed-ding, they have been seengoing on small vacationsto the Carribean andOman. They even had along Jonas family vacationin Switzerland where they

went skiing. Now in NewYork, the pair is giving usmajor couple goals bytwinning in a cute way.There are pictures of thetwo looking extremelystylish. PC kept thecolours so arranged thather bag matched Nick'sjacket. It's a mutedcoloured Chanel bag. The

singer is wearing a similarcolour. Guess like RanveerSingh and DeepikaPadukone, these two havewarmed up to the fad ofcouples twinning. We lovethese couples who putsome effort into telling theworld they are togetherand so much in love thattheir costumes match. 2018

has been really special forPriyanka and Nick. Fromdating briefly to gettingmarried, the couple did allthat in just one year! That'sunheard of. In fact, Nickbecame so popular in Indiathat he beat his own wife totake the second spot as themost searched celeb onGoogle in India last year.

Finally, it's a wrap for VarunDhawan in Karan Johar's multi-starrer period drama Kalank. The25-year old Alia Bhatt shared this

news a few minutes back, whichmeans the makers will soon startthe post-production process of thefilm. Apart from the giving the

wrap-up news, the Raazi starshared an adorable message forco-star Varun with their beautifulon set pic and captioned it, "& it’sa film wrap for Varun onKALANK.. Our 4th film complet-ed together and he still managesto surprise me with his hard workand crazy energy everyday.. Alsomanages to make me laugh like acrazy person by just being him-self.. I can’t can’t can’t wait foryou guys to see the stuff he’s donewith his character in the film!Generally, any normal Bollywoodfilm takes 3-4 months to completeits shooting but Kalank took moretime due to its scale, ensemblecast and the injuries and obsta-cles faced by them during the pro-duction. But the good thing is thatits all done and we they are happywith the output of the film.Kalank marks the fourth collabo-ration between Varun and Alia af-ter Student of the Year, HumptySharma Ki Dulhania andBadrinath Ki Dulhania. The filmis directed by 2 States helmerAbhishek Verman and is pro-duced by Karan Johar. It alsostars Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit,Aditya Roy Kapur and SonakshiSinha in pivotal roles and is set tohit the screens on April 19.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui needs no introduc-tion. When he started off nobody knew he wouldbe such a star in Bollywood. But oh well, how thestars above have changed! More than a star, heis a versatile actor, who has proved his mettleand the classic examples of it are Freaky Ali,Gangs Of Wasseypur and his last release Manto.In fact, he is all set to do what he does best inThackeray where he will bring to life the life andlearnings of Bal Thackeray. The Abhijit Pansedirectorial has all the makings of a blockbusterand it has fans on the edge of their seats. Like theabove-mentioned was not enough, Amrita Raowho was was away from the silver screen for awhile is also making a comeback! In fact, we re-cently sat down with the actor who agreed say-ing, "It’s not a comeback to acting, because I de-buted on TV, but it is a comeback to the 70 mm."In a candid chat, she spilled the beans about herself-imposed time off and everything she did toessay the character of Mina Thackeray, wife ofBalasaheb Thackeray. While speaking aboutcoming on board, she said, "I didn’t choose this(film). Mina Tai’s character fell into my lap. Onefine day, I got a call from Sanjay Raut’s officesaying the director will come and meet and I wasgiven a narration. Soon after, before I couldopen my mouth, the director just closed thescript on me and said, ‘I’m taking it for granted.You are our Mina Tai.’" He also added that shewas a very pure and pious lady and we werelooking at an actress who extended the same im-age in the mind of the audience. And I truly be-lieve, in this journey, I have earned that imageby the choices I have made for myself. It’s not aneasy space to be in because you have to let go ofbig opportunities."

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10 feared rescue gear, medical equipment and avalanche res-

cue dogs, which are being utilised in the search opera-tions, he said. The Army Aviation helicopters are con-ducting the Deep Search Radars which can detect hu-man beings through snow. Lieutenant General Y KJoshi, GOC Fire and Fury Corps, carried out an aerialassessment of the incident and issued necessary direc-tions for the smooth conduct of the rescue operations.

Governor Satya Pal Malik, National Conferenceleader Omar Abdullah and PDP president MehboobaMufti condoled the loss of life in the accident.

In his message, the governor prayed for eternalpeace to the departed souls and strength to the bereavedfamilies in their hour of grief. The governor announcedan ex-gratia relief of Rs 5 lakh for the next of kin of thosekilled in the avalanche.

While condoling the deaths, Omar, in a tweet, saidthe accident once again highlighted the importance oftunnels and strategically important passes.

He called for tunnels under ZojiLa, KhardungLa,Razdan, Sadna and Sinthan passes, and a tunnel to con-nect Keran in North Kashmir and under Peer ki galli onthe Mughal Road, so as "to stop areas being cut off inwinter." Mehbooba said, "(I am) Saddened to hear aboutthe loss of lives because of the avalanche inKhardungla, Ladakh. Prayers for the families of the de-parted." PTI

Pak Vinay Prasad was killed in sniper firing by

Pakistan Rangers along the IB in Hiranagar-Samba sec-tor of Kathua district.

On the same day in another incident, Pakistanitroops resorted to firing and shelling along the LoC inSunderbani sector of Rajouri district.

On Sunday, an Army jawan was injured in ceasefireviolation along the LoC in Keri sector of Rajouri.

On Friday last, an Army porter was killed whenPakistani troops resorted to firing in Nowshera sectorof Rajouri district.

On the same day, an Army Major and a soldier werekilled in an IED blast on the LoC in Laam sub-sector ofRajouri.

On Thursday last, Pakistani troops resorted to fir-ing and shelling in two sectors of Rajouri and Poonch re-sulting in injuries to an Army Major and a BSF jawan inthe Tarkundi forward area of Balakote sector.

Ec would be announced." The charting of the phases

would depend on the availability of security forces andother requirements, the sources said, adding the an-nouncement of the mega exercise is likely to be made infirst week of March.

There is a possibility that the EC may go by prece-dent and hold assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh,Odisha, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh along with theLok Sabha polls.

Since the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly has beendissolved, the EC is bound to hold fresh polls there with-in six months.

It was dissolved in November 2018 and the upperlimit ends in May. The poll panel may hold elections inJammu and Kashmir along with the Lok Sabha polls aswell. But it can be held before that also as much dependson the complex security situation there, they said.

In normal circumstances, the J-K assembly's six-year term was to end on March 16, 2021. The other stateassemblies and Lok Sabha have a five-year term. Whilethe term of the Sikkim Assembly ends on May 27, 2019,the terms of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and ArunachalPradesh assemblies end on June 18, June 11 and June 1respectively. In 2004, the Election Commission had an-nounced four-phase Lok Sabha polls on February 29.While the first date of poll was April 20, the last date wasMay 10. In 2009, the EC had announced Lok Sabha pollscheduled on March 2. The five-phase polls began onApril 16 and ended on May 13. In 2014, the EC had an-nounced the election schedule on March 5 and the nine-phase electoral exercise was spread across April andMay. While the first phase polling was on April 7, thelast phase was on May 12.

IIM transit campus of IIM will be executed by CPWD at

an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore. The MoU was signed inthe presence of Advisor to Governor, Khurshid AhmedGanai. The additional accommodation will be used byIIM for class rooms, faculty rooms, administrative of-fice, hostel and other facilities.

Commissioner Secretary, Higher EducationDepartment Sarita Chauhan, Director IIM Jammu ProfB.S Sahay and Principal GGM Science College DrSatinder Singh, Chief Administrative officer IIM M LSharma were present on the occasion.

2 Grenade summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir -- within 24

hours. Militants hurled a grenade on police personnelat Zero Bridge here on Thursday, resulting in injuriesto three policemen.

In another incident, militants lobbed a grenade atsecurity forces in Shopian district of south Kashmir,

the police official said, adding there was no injury toanyone and damage to properties due to the explosion.The attacks come less than 10 days ahead of RepublicDay celebrations.

Threatened a negative impact on their traditions, he claimed.

Members of the tribe -- participating in a six-day festi-val, 'Celebrating Dard Aryans of Ladakh', here --claimed that there were only three high schools in theirvillages and very limited resources of livelihood.

As such, they have no option but to migrate to cities.They demanded that the government set up a tribal hos-tel in the region and declare the Aryan valley a heritagevillage. "So far, the government has not been able toanything for the Dard Aryans. Its policies and pro-grammes have failed to reach them. Not many people inthe country know about the tribe, which is consideredthreatened," Virendra Bangroo, an INGCA scholar,said. "We are making an effort to help these people pre-serve their culture and tradition, which is under threatdue to modernisation, migration, and conversion,"Bangroo added. PTI

SSB candidates provisionally shortlisted for the posts of

Naib Tehsildars, State Cadre, Item No. 007 ofAdvertisement Notification No. 01 of 2015, whose inter-views and counseling cum document verificationprocess concluded on 12th January 2019. The exact dateof the test shall however, be notified separately.Further, the board has informed the candidates that thegeneral guidelines and criteria for qualifying the work-ing knowledge of Urdu Test for the posts of NaibTehsildars and Patwari have been notified by the Boardvide Notice No. SSB/Sel/Secy/2017/11832-46 dated18.11.2017. A copy of these guidelines is also available onthe official website of the Board, www.jkssb.nic.in.Thecandidates are advised to prepare for this examination,accordingly, the spokesman said.

Kashmir last night same as the previous night. Pahalgam

tourist resort in south Kashmir recorded a low of minus10.3 degrees Celsius down from the previous night's mi-nus 5.1 degrees Celsius, the official said. The tourist re-sort town in south Kashmir -- which serves as the basecamp for annual Amarnath Yatra -- was the coldestrecorded place in the valley. He said Leh in the frontierLadakh region recorded a low of minus 15.6 degreesCelsius, while the mercury in the nearby Kargil settledat a low of minus 19.2 degrees Celsius. A fresh westerndisturbance is expected to hit Kashmir from Saturday,resulting in moderate to heavy snowfall or rain over thenext four days. Kashmir is currently under the grip of'Chillai-Kalan' the 40-day harshest period of winterwhen the chances of snowfall are most frequent andmaximum and the temperature drops considerably.'Chillai-Kalan' ends on January 31, but the cold wavecontinues even after that in Kashmir. The 40-day periodis followed by a 20-day long 'Chillai-Khurd' (small cold)and a 10-day long 'Chillai-Bachha' (baby cold).

Man grenade attacks on security forces in Kashmir, in-

cluding one in Lal Chowk area of the city Initial investi-gations have revealed that the accused, MohammadAslam Beigh, was planning to join militant ranks, a po-lice spokesman said, adding, he was motivated to takeup arms through social media by "entities based inPakistan". Beigh was found in possession of a grenadeand some incriminating material, the spokesman said.On Friday, ultras lobbed a grenade at a Central ReservePolice Force bunker at Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) inLal Chowk. Militants also hurled a grenade at securityforces in Shopian district of south Kashmir. No casual-ties were reported in the incidents. The attacks camearound a week ahead of Republic Day celebrations.

Man patrol noticed some suspicious activity near the re-

ligious place, the police said. The police team found aman hiding there, who later tried to run away. But thepolice team nabbed him, they said. During investiga-tion, the accused told police that he broke open the do-nation box and took the cash from it, police said. A casehas been registered against the man, they said.

Power ing areas shall remain affected on January 19 from

10 am to 02 pm. Likewise, the power supply to GujjarNagar, CM Complex shall remain affected on January20 from 10 am to 02 pm. Meanwhile, the power supply toMohinder Nagar, Shakti Nagar, Patel Nagar, GuestHouse, Kailash Nagar and adjoining areas shall remainaffected on January 19 from 11 am to 03 pm. Similarly,the power supply to Bari Brahmana, Vijaypur,Smailpur, Jakh, Kartholi, Parts of Greater Kailash,Industrial Units feeder Narbada and Birpur Complexfeeders shall remain affected on January 20 from 10 amto 03 pm. Likewise, the power supply to Kathua,Barnoti, Palli, Nagri, Basantpur, Hatli and adjoiningareas shall remain affected on January 20 from 09 am to04 pm.

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Alleging a conspiracyto kill the reservation ofSC/ST/OBC by the coali-tion government of BJP &PDP, first by befooling thepeople of reserved cate-gories by the politicians in-cluding Ex-CM Ms.Mehbooba Mufti and nowby Hon’ble Governor, hisState AdministrativeCouncil (SAC) and the bu-reaucrats, the leaders of so-cio-religious, retired em-ployees forum, unem-ployed youth/students andwomen wings of JammuKashmir ReservedCategories EmpowermentAlliance (JKRCEA), inpress conference held heretoday have said that thepresent dispensations atCentre and the State aswell remained totallyagainst the SC/ST & OBCcommunities as last fiveyears have proven a worstever time in the post inde-pendent Indian age. Theleaders of JKRCEA whilecondemning the Anti-SC/ST/OBC stancedemonstrated by the au-thorities at the helms of af-fairs have asked few lead-ers from amongst theSC/ST communities not tomislead them by distortingthe facts as according tothem none cared about Dr.B.R.Ambedkar and his ide-ology but used his name toexploit these communitiesfor vote politics.

Sham Lal Bassan,President Dalit ChetnaManch while speaking onthe occasion said that it isvery unfortunate state ofaffairs that despite the peo-ple from SC/ST/OBC un-der the banner of JKRCEAhave, since October 2015,many times approachedevery bureaucrat, MLA,

minister, Chief Minister,Mehbooba Mufti duringthe popular governmentand Advisors to governorand the governor himselfduring the governor rulein the state of Jammu &Kashmir for getting thestay order granted by ApexCourt in case of reserva-tion in promotion imple-mented to give the reserva-tion in promotion as perreservation Act 2004 &reservation rules 2005 butunfortunately all in vain.He appealed the governorto personally look into andresolve the stalemate.

Bod Raj Bhagat,President, socio-religiouswing of JKRCEA said thatif the government fails totake immediate positivedecision in the matter,JKRCEA shall be com-pelled to launch astatewide agitation whichwould be otherwise peace-ful virat rally but in casesome mis happening willoccur that shall be the soleresponsibility of the stategovernment. Prof. G.L.Thappa, President RetiredWing, while deliberatingappealed the HonbleGovernor to directly inter-vene in this very sensitiveissue, he being custodian

of the constitution andmatters of reservation areconstitutional in nature.He said that after Supremecourts clear directives andDOPTs circular directionsdated 15th June 2018, thereis no room left for any de-lay in the matter. He fur-ther said that if some bu-reaucrats for their person-al gains are becoming stum-bling block in the matter, inthe larger interests of thesemarginalized sections, inthe larger interests of thesemarginalized sections, theyshould be adequately dealtwith, so that situation onground does not worsen dueto negative attitude of thesebureaucrats. He also urgedthe government to immedi-ately appoint a ScheduledCaste member to JK PublicService Commission whichis lying vacant for morethan one year.M.R.Bangotra said that theemployees of reserved cate-gories have been worst suf-ferers as they met gross dis-crimination in not only inposting & adjustment but inpromotions and placementtoo. Not only this, citing fewexamples of PDD, R&B andHealth & MedicalEducation department, hedisclosed that few officers

from SC/ST categories whoare otherwise at panel posi-tions have been droppedwhile making the promo-tion which is an irre-versible loss to these em-ployees. Prof Kali Dass(AIBCU) advised the gov-ernment to act quickly onotherwise sensitive issuebefore the reserved catego-ry people constitutingabout 60% population be-come unrest and take somedrastic steps that shall notbe in the larger interest ofanybody. He also demandedfor implementation ofMandal Commissions re-port in J&K and enhancereservation for OBCs inJ&K as per their popula-tion. Among othersMohinder Bhagat,M.L.Banalia, Er. PawanBhagat, T.C.Bavoria,R.L.Dogra, Bhadur Lal,Girdhari Lal Bhagat, SatPaul, Manohar Lal, NighatShafeeq, Girdhari Lal Rahi,Master Baldev Raj, BihariLal Bhagat, Puran Atri,Tara Chand Samyal, SachinBhagat, Bishan Dass, Er.K.K.Darora, Er.R.C.Bhasin, Bahadur Lal,Muktiar Kalia, Sat Paul,F.C. Satia, Shashi Kumar,Sunita Kumari, ManojKumar and many others.

Reserved Categories anger reignites againstBJP & PDP on reservation in promotion

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All J&K Passengers’Welfare Association(AJKPWA) has stronglycondemned the lootingand robbing incident ofpassengers travelling 2AC coaches of DurantoExpress and asked theGovernment of India andall the state governmentsto take strict measures inthis regard as this inci-dent should be treated aseye-opener.

As per the press state-

ment, the president of AllJ&K Passengers’ WelfareAssociation Pt RCSharma has termed thisincident most shamefulbesides exposed the en-tire machinery of uniongovernment and the stategovernment.

He said that leadersof the government aretalking much high abouttheir performances buton ground it is a big zero.He asked the RailwayMinister to take the cog-nizance of this unfortu-

nate and unwarranted in-cident of looting in trainespecially in North India,which ever remainedfree from such looting in-cident but now it is a mat-ter of concern and gov-ernment should comewith a new vision to con-tain such incident in allover the country. He alsoasked the Government ofIndia to make foolproofsecurity arrangementsfor the security of thepassengers in the entirecountry and also install

CCTV and other latestequipments in all thecoaches of all trains.

The president askedthe Railway Ministry tosuitably compensate thevictims as they havefaced the trauma and de-pression during the oper-ation of this incident andaftermath. He said suchincidents shows that ourgovernment has filed toprovide secure atmos-phere to the passengersand people, which shouldbe taken seriously.

AJKPWA condemns looting in DurantoExpress, asks to upgrade security

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Alleging politicizationof bureaucracy and opencampaigning by certaincivil and police officers insupport of erstwhile rulingparties in J&K, Mr. HarshDev Singh JKNPPChairman and FormerMinister today lodged hisprotest during the course ofAll Party Election meetingconvened by J&K ChiefElectoral Officer in Jammutoday and staged a walk outthere from.

Speaking during thecourse of the meeting, Mr.Harsh Dev said that severalofficers who had been giv-en significant and prizedpostings by erstwhile BJP-PDP govt were still work-ing under the shadow oftheir previous masters and

promoting their politicalinterests in their respec-tive jurisdictions. He saidthat the complaints weremore pronounced inDistrict Udhampur wheresome officers had beenspecifically planted toweaken Panthers Partywhich was the major oppo-sition party of the Districtand had won all assemblyseats in the District in thepast. He said that one IASofficer and some police offi-cers of Ramnagar andMajalta were openly pro-moting BJP while harass-ing, intimidating andthreatening NPP workersand even implicating sev-eral of them in false andfrivolous cases. He saidthat the ElectionCommission of India, theSate Governor and

Election Authorities ofJ&K had also been ap-prised in the past of thehighly biased and preju-diced conduct of these offi-cers who had shun even thepretence of impartiality intheir over ambition toplease their political mas-ters. How can you expectthe elections to be free andfair under the supervisionof such officers?Questioned Harsh.

Mr. Harsh Dev Singhfurther drew the attentionof the Chief ElectoralOfficer towards the viola-tion of directions of ECI byofficers in the state.Pointing towards the orderof ECI dated 27thSeptember, 2018, Mr. Singhsaid that the ElectionCommission of India hadcategorically ruled that

provisions of Part-VII ofModel code of conduct shallcome into operation imme-diately in case of pre-ma-ture dissolution ofAssembly in any state.Surprisingly, J&K Statehad chosen to defy thesame with impunity withsome overzealous officersaccompanying BJP Ex-MLAs for holding inaugu-rations, he said. In DistrictUdhampur, the DeputyCommissioner had re-leased around Rs. 6 croreout of CDF grants in favourof Ex-MLAs in violation ofdirections of ECI with noneto take cognizance, ruedSingh. Under such circum-stances, the slogans of freeand fair elections had alsobeen reduced to mockery, amere Jumla, said Harshwhile staging a walk out.

Allegations of politicization of bureaucracy

Harsh Dev stages protest in CEO meet, stages walk out

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Former Minister and seniorCongress leader Raman Bhalla to-day inaugurated Platform Gym atGreater Kalash in Gandhi Nagarconstituency.Speaking on the occa-sion, Bhalla said that while health isimportant throughout one’s entirelife, focusing on physical health inteens is especially important. Ifteenagers stay physically fit and ac-tive, they can avoid health problemsand other complications in the fu-ture. Staying active can reduce thelikelihood of obesity and otherweight related problems.Combining physical fitness with ahealthy diet can also reduce the riskof heart disease and increase the lifespan of health individuals. Youthneed regular opportunities to bephysically active, he added. aUnfortunately, schools are notmeeting their needs through physi-cal education classes and recess,and many children and adolescentslive in neighborhoods with limitedspace and options for safe, age-ap-propriate physical activity outside

of school hours. The health of theirgrowing children is a priority inany parent’s life, and few things areas important to kids’ health as theirlevel of exercise and fitness. Stayingphysically fit early in life can pre-vent potential conditions from de-veloping, and it helps children stay

positive and energetic. Sportsevents keep the youth engaged inconstructive and productive pur-poses. This will not only keep themphysically fit, but also keep themaway from the menace of drug ad-diction and other crimes, anti-so-cial activities he maintained.

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As the firestorm overRafale deal raged further,the Defence MinistryFriday said it has giventhe CAG access to all thefiles relating to the con-tract and it would be bestto await the report of thenational auditor on the is-sue. The ministry alsodubbed as "factually inac-curate" a newspaper re-port which claimed thatPrime MinisterNarendra Modi's deci-sion to buy 36 Rafale jets,instead of 126 as negotiat-ed by the previous UPAgovernment, while by-passing mandated proce-dures pushed the price ofeach aircraft up by 41 percent. "The article is factu-ally inaccurate. It doesnot adduce any new argu-ment. All the issues havebeen answered in detailby the Government atvarious fora and most re-cently by the RakshaMantri in an open debatein Parliament," a defenceministry spokesperson

said. The official also saidthat the Supreme Courthas gone through the de-tails of "pricing and com-mercial advantage" buthas not found anythingadverse in the deal andrefused to order an inves-tigation into it. "TheComptroller and AuditorGeneral (CAG) has beengiven access to all thefiles related to Rafaledeal. It is best to await thereport of an authoritativeagency like the CAG," thespokesperson said. Theministry also stuck to itsearlier position that thepricing details of the dealcannot be revealed as thecontract is covered undera Indo-French agreementof 2008. The report in TheHindu said that the Euro1.3 billion cost claimedfor the 'design and devel-opment' of 13 IndiaSpecific Enhancements(ISE), and its distributionover 36 jets instead of 126bare-bone aircraft,pushed the price up in asignificant way. The offi-cial said the report com-pared the "un-escalated

price of 2007 with theprice of 2016 without con-sidering the escalationfactors inherent in theprice bid". The UPA gov-ernment had started theprocess of procuring thejets in 2007. The ministryspokesperson said theIndia SpecificEnhancements were partof the requirements of theIndian Air Force toachieve tactical superior-ity over our adversaries."These were part of the2007 bid and continued tobe part of the 2016 deal.The cost of the IndiaSpecific Enhancementswas on a fixed basis in the2007 bid which was nego-tiated down in the 2016deal," he said.The official, at the

same time, added that tocompare the cost for pre-vious contract whichnever materialized withthe cost of the 36 aircraftprocured in 2016 is "falla-cious". "A negotiation,especially between twocountries, is a compre-hensive deal and by selec-tively picking certain as-

pects while ignoring oth-ers, creates doubts byvested interests on a mat-ter of vital national secu-rity," said the spokesper-son. The Congress hasbeen ramping up attackon the government, alleg-ing a massive scam in theRs 58,000-crore deal. Theparty has accused the PMof increasing the 'bench-mark price' of the dealfrom 5.2 billion Euros to8.2 billion Euros and al-leged that the NDA gov-ernment paid over Rs1,600 crore per aircraftagainst UPA's negotiatedprice of Rs 527 crore.It was learnt that at

least two members of theIndian negotiating teamhad objected to the pricefinalised for the deal. Thedefence ministryspokesperson said allviews were aired andrecorded and a collegiatedecision taken after con-sidering such opinions."Decisions on the dealwere taken after dueprocess of inter-minister-ial consultation," he said.Asked about an offer of 20

per cent discount per air-craft by European aero-space corporation EADS,the official said its ac-ceptance after declara-tion of the L1 (lowest bid-der) would have been vio-lation of the laid downnorms. "The issue ofbenchmarking and theoffer of EADS to give a 20per cent discount are re-lated. Even the UPA gov-ernment had rightly re-jected the EADS offer of20 per cent discount in2012 after opening of bidsas violative of proce-dure," the official said.He said consideration ofthe offer would haveagain made the govern-ment subject to charge ofviolating basic proce-dure. "It is best to avoid the

pitfalls of a corporate bat-tle which has been goingon since 2012 which hasadversely affected the ca-pabilities of the IndianAir Force. "The contro-versy should be put torest in the interest of na-tional security," thespokesperson added.

Govt again rejects allegations of wrongdoingsin Rafale deal, says wait for CAG report

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India on Friday sum-moned the Deputy HighCommissioner ofPakistan and lodged astrong protest on a recentorder by PakistanSupreme Court extend-ing its jurisdiction overGilgit-Baltistan. The Pakistani official

was conveyed that the en-tire state of Jammu andKashmir, which also in-cludes the so-called'Gilgit-Baltistan', "hasbeen, is and shall remain

an integral part of India",the Ministry of ExternalAffairs said.In an order, the

Pakistan Supreme Courthas said that its jurisdic-tion and power extend toGilgit-Baltistan."The Deputy High

Commissioner ofPakistan was summonedtoday and a strongprotest was lodged on re-cent order by SupremeCourt of Pakistan on theso-called 'Gilgit-Baltistan' which is an in-terference in India's in-ternal affairs," the MEA

said. It also said Pakistanwas asked to immediate-ly vacate all areas underits illegal occupation."Pakistan

Government or judici-ary have no locus standion territories illegallyand forcibly occupied byit. Any action to alterthe status of these occu-pied territories byPakistan has no legal ba-sis whatsoever," theMEA said in a state-ment.It said India rejected

such continued at-tempts by Pakistan to

bring material changein these "occupied terri-tories and to camouflagegrave human rights vio-lations, exploitationand sufferings of thepeople living there".In the order, the

Pakistan SupremeCourt has also asked thefederal government inPakistan to promulgatea new law within a fort-night to grant morerights, including funda-mental human rights, tothe people of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

India lodges strong protest with Pak over courtorder extending jurisdiction to Gilgit-Baltistan

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Vacation Judge ofJ&K High Court SrinagarWing Justice SanjeevKumar today dismissed apetition seeking quash-ment of PSA filed by al-leged Stone Pelter. Whiledismissing the petitionfiled by Irfan Ahmad Lonechallenging the Orderno.65/DMB/PSA/2017dated 21.08.2017, ofDistrict Magistrate,Baramulla (for short "de-taining authority'"), plac-ing one Irfan Ahmad Loneson of MohammadAbdullah Lone resident ofBilal Colony, Qamarwari,Srinagar (for brevity "de-tenu") under preventivedetention to prevent himfrom acting in any man-ner prejudicial to themaintenance of securityof the State, JusticeSanjeev Kumar observedthat it is the settled lawthat the detention order,grounds of detention anddocuments, referred toand relied on, are to becommunicated to the de-tenu in a language under-stood by him so that hecould make an effectiverepresentation againsthis detention, the ques-tion arises as to whetherthe courts have necessari-ly to accept what is statedby the detenu or it is per-missible for the Court toconsider the facts and cir-cumstances of the case, soas to have a reasonableview as to the detenu'sknowledge of the lan-guage in which thegrounds of detention wereserved. If the detenu'sstatement is to be accept-ed as correct under all cir-

cumstances it would beincumbent on the part ofthe detaining authority ineach such case to furnishthe grounds of detentionin the mother tongue ofthe detenu which may in-volve some delay or diffi-culty under peculiar cir-cumstances of a case. Onthe other hand, if it is per-missible to ascertainwhether the statement ofthe detenu in this regardwas correct or not, itwould involve a subjec-tive determination. Itwould, of course, alwaysbe safer course in suchcases to furnish translat-ed script in the detenu'sown language. TheSupreme Court after say-ing so in Kubic Dariusz v.Union of India & ors, AIR1990 SC 605, has viewedthat it would be open forthe Court to consider thefacts and the circum-stances of a case, to rea-sonably ascertainwhether the detenu isfeigning ignorance of thelanguage or he has suchworking knowledge as tounderstand the groundsof detention and the con-tents of the documentsfurnished. The SupremeCourt has held that the de-tenu is not required towrite an essay or pass anylanguage test. A workingknowledge of English en-abling him to understandthe grounds would beenough for making a rep-resentation. He couldvery well send his repre-sentation in the languageknown to him. In the pres-ent case, perusal of the de-tention record, producedby learned counsel for re-spondents, reveals thatthe detenu has put his sig-

natures, both on overleafof detention order whenthe detention was execut-ed and on Receipt ofgrounds of detention, ac-cepting and admittingthat he understood thecontents of the grounds ofdetention as the same hasbeen explained to him inthe language which he un-derstands, i.e. Kashmiri.Here, one important as-pect is to be taken note ofthat the documents, ex-cept the detention order,the grounds of detentionand the communicationfor making representa-tion to the detaining au-thority and Government,in the shape of FIRs andother relevant material,are in Urdu language.And insofar as these ex-cepted documents, viz. de-tention order, grounds ofdetention and communi-cation, albeit, are inEnglish language, buthave been explained to de-tenu in KashmiriLanguage. Besides, thedetenu has studied up toClass 12th. This is so stated in the

grounds of detention,which fact the petitionerhas not disputed in thepetition. Thus, it cannotbe heard saying that thedetenu has no knowledgeabout the English lan-guage. The fact that thedetenu has read up to12th and the grounds ofdetention have been ex-plained to him in his ver-nacular, go a long way toshow that the right of thedetenu to make an effec-tive representation hasnot been impaired in anymanner. Be that as itmay, the petition lacks inmerit. JNF

HC refuses to quash thePSA of stone-pelter

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Prime Minister NarendraModi Friday said India is aim-ing at being in the list of top 50countries in ease of doing busi-ness by next year. The country'sranking has jumped 75 places in

the World Bank's ease of doingbusiness rankings, Modi said.India is now ranked 77th in thelist. "I have asked my team towork harder so that India is inthe 'Top 50' list in ease of doingbusiness next year," Modi saidin his inaugural address at the9th edition of the Vibrant

Gujarat Summit here. Modisaid his government is focusedon removing the barriers whichwere preventing the countryfrom achieving its potentialand will continue with the paceof reforms and deregulation.The administration has

worked with a focus to reducegovernment and enhance gov-ernance, with the mantra of 're-form, perform, transform andfurther perform', Modi said.With an average growth

rate at 7.3 per cent per year inthe last four years, GDP expan-sion has been the highest since1991, Modi said.The Vibrant Gujarat

Summit was conceptualised in2003 by Modi who was thenGujarat chief minister to re-es-tablish the state as a preferredinvestment destination withinIndia.The event has evolved into a

platform for brainstorming onagendas of global socio-econom-ic development, in addition tobeing a facilitator for knowl-edge sharing and forging effec-tive partnerships.

India aims 'Top 50' rank nextyear in ease of doing biz: Modi

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A Delhi court onFriday extended by sev-en days the NIA remandof a man arrested fromUP in connection withits probe against anISIS-inspired group forallegedly planning sui-cide attacks and serialblasts targeting politi-cians and governmentinstallations in Delhiand other parts of northIndia. Special JudgeRakesh Syal allowedthe NIA's plea for fur-ther remand during in-chamber proceedings

after 24-year-oldMuhammed Absar wasproduced in court on ex-piry of his six-day custo-dial interrogation, hisadvocate MohammedNoorullah said.The NIA had arrest-

ed 12 men, including a'mufti' from Amroha, al-so in western UttarPradesh, who it saidwere planning suicideattacks and serial blaststargeting politiciansand government instal-lations in Delhi and oth-er parts of north India.The NIA had seized a lo-cally made rocketlauncher, material for

suicide vests and 112alarm clocks to be usedas timers during itssearches in Delhi andUttar Pradesh. Thosearrested included the al-leged mastermind, 29-year-old MohammedSuhail, a Muslim legalexpert empowered togive rulings on reli-gious matters, fromAmroha, an engineer-ing student of AmityUniversity in Noida anda third-year undergrad-uate student in humani-ties of a university inDelhi as well as twowelders, according toNIA officials.

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Vacation Judge ofJ&K High Court SrinagarWing Justice SanjeevKumar today State to ap-point Fayaz AhmadAhangar as Sub-Inspector in Jammu &Kashmir Armed Policeunder SUPC categorywith effect from 24thJune, 2015 when Sh.Kulvinder Dev, petition-er in SWP no.2830/2010was so appointed alongwith all consequentialbenefits. While disposingof the case filed by the pe-titioner, Justice SanjeevKumar observed that in

the year 2009, the respon-dent no.2 invited applica-tions for the posts of Sub-Inspectors in the Jammu& Kashmir Police(Armed). In all 210 vacan-cies of Sub-Inspectorswere to be filled up, out ofwhich 190 were to be filledup from the open meritcategory and four,amongst the others, fromthe Socially UnderPrivileged Class (SUPC)category. The selectionprocess was conductedwhich culminated into is-suance of the select list.The cut of merit i.e., themerit of the last selectedcandidate came to befixed at 58 and 57 points in

the open merit and SUPCcategories respectively.Some of the selected can-didates did not join re-sulting in shortfall of 35posts (24 under the openmerit, 07 under SC, 03 un-der RBA and 01 underALC categories).Accordingly, the waitinglist was operated by re-spondent no.2 in terms ofPHQ order No.3693 of 2010dated 24.11.2010, as a re-sult whereof the cut ofmerit under open meritcategory was reduced to55 points. One candidate,namely, Javed Hussain,who had secured 56points under SUPC cate-gory approached respon-

dent no.2 seeking his se-lection in the open meritcategory on the groundthat the cut of merit in theopen merit category hadgone down to 55 points.His request was accededto and he was selected un-der the open merit catego-ry. Taking que from theaforesaid development,one Kulvinder Dev, whowas in the waiting list ofSUPC category having se-cured 54 points, ap-proached this Court atJammu by way of SWPNo. 2830/2010. The saidwrit petition was dis-posed of by this Court atJammu vide order dated10.02.2015.

Appoint petitioner as SI Sub-Inspector inJKAP under SUPC category: HC

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A man was arrested for alleged-ly cheating more than 10 mobilesellers of over Rs 2.5 lakh here, po-lice said Friday. The accused wasidentified as Azad Malhotra andhis real name was revealed asSunny Sharma, a resident of WestPunjabi Bagh, they added. A per-son named Harshit Gaur filed acomplaint, stating that the ac-cused, Azad Malhotra, had cheatedmany persons Delhi and NationalCapital Region by purchasing mo-bile phones on an e-tailing website.Instead of making payment in cashhe paid via NEFT. To gain confi-dence of the seller, he used to gener-ate a message regarding initiationof NEFT payment, which gets de-livered on the mobile of com-plainant. After seeing the message,the complainant gave the mobilephone, along with mobile bill. But,the sale amount never got creditedto the complainant's account, a sen-ior police officer said. During in-vestigation, police made a plan andasked the complainant to make arequest on e-tailing. After the com-plainant made a request regardingsale of his mobile, iPhone X, the ac-cused approached him after seeingthe message, said Madhur Verma,deputy commissioner of police(New Delhi). To finalise the deal,the accused called the complainantto a coffee shop at Connaught Placeon Thursday, where the policewere already present, the DCPsaid, adding that when Malhotracame there to finalise the deal, hewas apprehended. Later, it came tonotice that his original name isSunny Sharma. Malhotra used tosearch for sellers on e-tailing sites,who wanted to sell their expensivephones. He fixes a deal with theseller and asked the seller to meetand make a delivery and, instead ofmaking payment in cash, he paidvia NEFT online, he said. His ac-count was in a private bank, wherethere is a facility that the accountholder can schedule his paymentand later cancel it if he did not wantto transfer the money or paymentget automatically cancelled if theaccount does not have sufficientamount, Verma said.

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A day before TMC’sbrigade rally in Kolkata,Congress MP ShashiTharoor wished for its suc-cess and said the oppositionparties must come togetherto save the country frompresent danger. Speakingon the sidelines of an eventat NSHM KnowledgeCampus, Tharoor de-scribed the 2019 general

election as “a battle forIndia’s soul and its future.”“The next election is notjust an election in the ordi-nary course, it is a battle forIndia’s soul and for its fu-ture and there theOpposition parties all standtogether. I definitely hopefor its success,” said theCongress MP. Assertingthat the Congress stands bythe opposition parties in itsfight against the BJP-led

NDA government, Tharoorsaid, “Congress presidentRahul Gandhi has been re-ally clear that the Congressstands very much with theother Oppositionparties.There is clearly aperception in the countrythat this country which wehave seen in this countrysince 2014 has taken us in analarming and dangerous di-rection undermining ourdemocracy.

Lok sabha election, a battle for India’s souland its future: Shashi Tharoor


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