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Issues like poverty, unemployment and inflationhardly matters to Indians but what matters is tocorrect the symbol of slavery pasted upon fore-

head of Millions of Hindus living in India. Mehboobadid not possess qualification to discuss issues of sub-stance including correcting names of places andcities, which should have be done seventy years ago.At a time when Mehbooba is facing questions andcriticism on her ability and competence she must con-centrate how she could learn to run affairs of a party.She lost power and started cursing BJP but earlierwhen she broke coalition with Congress she forgotshe has become part of cheap politics. The result is asof now Mehbooba has shrink-ed her political spacefrom Bijbihara to Shangus. Even doctors of her nativevillage subscribe paracetamol for headache butMehbooba is treating her disease with a differentmedicine which is not going to cure her. So it is betterfor her to choose appropriate medicine to get cured intime and start again without falling in religious emo-tions as one of the leadership quality is not to

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Mehbooba shouldlearn running partyinstead cursing BJP

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JAMMU, DEC. 25The Jammu and

Kashmir ServicesSelection Board (JKSSB)today approved 55 finalselection lists for 463 dif-ferent posts.

According to a state-ment issued by MalikSuhail, Public RelationsOfficer, JKSSB, the selec-tion lists were approvedat 146th meeting of theBoard held under thechairmanship of ZubairAhmad, Chairman, J&KServices Selection Board.The marathon Boardmeeting continued fortwo days.

The meeting wasattended by the Membersof the Board includingAnil Koul, Prof Tasleema

Peer, Dr Nirupa Rai, AjayKumar Sharma, RachnaSharma, Vivek Sharmaand Abdul Aziz Sheikh,Controller ofExaminations, JKSSB,Musheer Ahmad Mirza,Secretary, JKSSB, RanjeetSingh and other officers ofthe Board.

Malik said theapproved selectionsinclude 303 posts ofPatwaris for 18 districts ofJammu, Kathua, Samba,Udhampur, Reasi, Doda,Ramban, Kishtwar,Rajouri, Poonch,Anantnag, Bandipora,Baramulla, Budgam,Ganderbal, Kulgam,Kupwara and Srinagar.The other selectionsapproved, include 160 dif-ferent posts including

Junior EmploymentOfficer, State Cadre,Labour and EmploymentDepartment and otherposts of variousDepartments for whichComputer Based Test(CBT) was held duringFebruary 2018.

He said theGovernment havingrecently approvedenhancing of waitlistlimit, on the request ofJ&K Services SelectionBoard, inclusion of 223candidates in differentwaitlists pertaining tothese selections was alsoapproved by the Board.

Malik said in additionto the fresh selections, theBoard also approvedrelease of withheld rec-ommendations against

various posts, in respectof 35 candidates. “It alsoapproved cancellation ofthe recommendations/candidature in respect of17 candidates, selectedearlier for different posts,whose recommendationshad been kept withheldfor completing deficien-cies, but who failed tocomplete these deficien-cies, despite notices by theBoard, as this shall helpthe candidates, figuring inthe waitlists to get benefit-ted,” he said.

Malik said while theaspirants know theirmerit in other selections,in respect of Patwariresults, the non-selectedcandidates, desirous ofknowing their score

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GY CORRESPONDENTHANDWARA, DEC. 25

Peoples' ConferenceChairman Sajad GaniLone on Tuesday said thatthe twin regional partiesof the NC-PDP alliancehad played a devious,negative role in disem-powering the people ofthe State by sidelininggrassroots democraticinstitutions and centraliz-ing power within twodynastic cores which havedrowned the State in mis-governance, nepotism andcorruption. Addressing amassive Workers'Convention at Handwara,the PC Chairman sought

effective, drastic reforma-tive measures from theGovernor's administra-tion and the CentralGovernment to empowerPanchayat and UrbanBody elected representa-

tives in the State. Dozensof elected Panchs andSarpanchs from the regionparticipated in the con-vention.

The PC Chairman alsoreiterated the party's com-

mitment to issue a whitepaper on the erosion ofthe State's specialautonomous status andsaid the white paperwould list, with details,the complicity of theNational Conference andthe PDP founders in theerosion of Article 370. "Wewill also come out with awhite paper on massiveloot, plunder and corrup-tion in the State pioneeredby the twin dynasties whohave amassed thousandsof crores in unearnedwealth by robbing theState of funds andthrough kickbacks at

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GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

As the recent killing ofseven civilians at theencounter spot in villageSirnoo in Pulwama dis-trict evoked wide-spreadanger triggering a debatewhether the standardoperating procedures(SoP) of forces was faulty,security grid of Kashmirhave started fine-tuningits encounter strategy toprevent repeat ofPulwama incident.

Reliable sources

revealed that forces were'reprimanded' by theGovernor S P Malik andhis security advisor VijayKumar for the seven civil-ian killings at theencounter spot at villageSirnoo where three localmilitants were also killed.

On Friday last, threelocal militants and sevencivilians including ateenager and a MBA grad-uate were killed in atSirnoo during anencounter. Forces saidthat the encounter took

place in an open field,where youth from alldirections tried to marchtowards the "spot wheremilitants were cornered"and in the heavy exchangeof firing seven civiliansgot killed.

However, while on onehand, the killing of sevencivilians triggered a three-day long shutdown inKashmir amid protests,the Governor Malik askedforces to follow the SOP intrue letter and

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NC-PDP disempowered, sidelined grassrootsdemocratic institutions: Sajad Lone

Seeks empowerment of Panchayat, Urban Body elected representatives

JKSSB approves 55 selection lists for 463 postsSelection for 2154 posts of Teachers being firmed up

To prevent civilian killings, Govt asks securityforces to fine-tune its encounter strategy

'Will take steps to ensure there is no collateral damage during gunfights'GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

The ministry of elec-tronics and informationtechnology has preparedthe draft InformationTechnology (IntermediaryGuidelines) Rules, 2018, tomake social media plat-forms accountable underthe law.

The proposed rules,which aim to strengthenthe legal framework, willreplace the 2011 guide-lines.

The draft rules havebeen issued for public

consultation till 15January, the ministry saidon Monday.

The proposed guide-lines puts the onus on adue diligence process thatsocial networking sitesneed to follow to ensurethat the platforms are notmisused to spread fakenews, which have led toincidents of violenceacross the country.

“The social networkplatforms are required tofollow due diligence asprovided in Section 79 ofthe Information

Technology Act, 2000, andthe Rules notified therein,subject to the import ofArticle 19(2) of theConstitution and ensurethat their platforms arenot used to commit andprovoke terrorism,extremism, violence andcrime,” said the ministry.

The government’smove comes against thebackdrop of a spate oflynchings following thecirculation of fake newsmessages on social media,primarily

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GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

Peoples DemocraticParty (PDP) president andformer chief minister ofJammu and Kashmir hashit out at the BJP govern-ment over changingnames of cities and placesin India.

Taking to twitter,Mehbooba said that thename changing gimmickis done to deflect attentionfrom real issues.

"At a time when ourcountry is witnessing ris-ing agrarian distress andunemployment,

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Name changing seems a gimmickto deflect attention from real

issues: Mehbooba

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

Peoples DemocraticParty (PDP) on Tuesdaycautioned the Governoradministration that whilerevising the stamp dutyrates, no measure is takenwhich is aimed at revers-ing the order that waivesoff stamp duty if the prop-erty is registered in thename of a female memberof the family.

In a statement issued to,, former Minister and sen-ior PDP leader NaeemAkhtar said that accord-ing to the media reports,the governor administra-tion is finalizing newstamp duty rates which

shall be applicable inKashmir from 2019 andPDP expects that theorder pertaining to Zerostamp duty for womenissued by the PDP ledgovernment in the pastisn't fiddled with. "It is arevolutionary measurewhich has for the firsttime sought to empowerwomen in the real senseby making them stake-holders in real estate andfamily property. Even theearly statistics also sug-gest that now more prop-erties are being registeredin the name of femalemembers of the familywhich inherently vestthem with unprecedented

leverage. Such a decisiontaken by the PDP govern-ment has come in praise atthe national level as well,"Akhar said.

The PDP leader saidthat waiving off stampduty for women in Jammuand Kashmir has been asingular and the mostimportant intervention toensure gender equality inthe state and hence thegovernment is cautionedthat it should not be fid-dled with.

Akhtar also stated thatwhile rationalization ofthe stamp duty is anongoing process, PDPhopes that it results in

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While revising stamp duty rates, don't fiddle with 'ZeroStamp Duty for Women' order, PDP cautions Guv Admin

"Decision sought to empower women for first time in real sense"

GY CORRESPONDENTASSAM, DEC. 25

Calling it a historic featthat will enhance connec-tivity to the Northeast,Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday inaugu-rated the country’slongest rail-cum-roadbridge in Bogibeel overthe Brahmaputra river inAssam. The inaugurationof the bridge coincided

with the birth anniversaryof former PM Atal BihariVajpayee, under whosegovernment the work forthe bridge started in 2002.

Addressing a publicgathering in Assam’sDhemaji district, Moditook a veiled dig at theerstwhile Congress gov-ernment, saying afterVajpayee lost power in2004 several key infra-

structure projects of hisera were not completed,which, in turn, adverselyimpacted the nations’development trajectory.

“Vajpayee ji had avision for the develop-ment of the Bogibeelbridge. This bridge is alsoa tribute to that vision ofAtal Ji. When Vajpayee’sgovernment lost power in2004, several key infra-

structure projects of hisera were not completed,”Modi said. The Bogibeelproject was a part of the1985 Assam Accord andwas sanctioned in 1997-98. The foundation stonewas laid by then primeminister HD Deve Goudaon January 22, 1997, butthe commencement ofwork on the project wasdone by Vajpayee onApril 21, 2002.

The PM also under-scored the fact that afterthe BJP governmentassumed office in 2014,priority was accorded tokey projects and theirquick completion was alsoensured. “Things havechanged after May 2014and topmost priority isbeing accorded to keyprojects. Delayed infraprojects were adverselyimpacting India’s

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PM Modi inaugurates Bogibeel Bridge, takesdig at Congress for delaying infra projects

RBI to soonrelease new Rs20 bank note

GY CORRESPONDENTNEW DELHI, DEC. 25

The Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI) will soonintroduce a new Rs 20 cur-rency note with additionalfeatures, according to adocument of the centralbank.

The central bank hasalready issued new lookcurrency notes in thedenominations of Rs 10,Rs 50, Rs 100, and Rs 500,besides introducing Rs200 and Rs 2,000 banknotes.

The new look notes arebeing introduced sinceNovember 2016

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GY CORRESPONDENTKARGIL, DEC. 25

The Indian Army hascreated a world record ofsorts as its pilots and tech-nicians successfully recov-ered a helicopter whichwas stuck in snow at analtitude of 18,000 feet atSiachen Glacier in Jammuand Kashmir.

The helicopter wasbrought back safely to theSiachen base camp withthe help of infantry troopsdeployed there.

According to sources inthe Army, an ALH(Advanced LightHelicopter) Dhruv, on anair maintenance sortie atthe 74-km-long

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GY CORRESPONDENTPUNE, DEC. 25

Former DGP of Jammu& Kashmir K RajendraKumar has said the USpulling out troops fromAfghanistan will haveimplications in the Valleyand militant outfits mayfeel emboldened.

Kumar was deliveringthe Lalitaditya MemorialLecture in Pune, organ-ised by Sarhad organisa-tion. During his speech,he also said that there is aneed to send a stern mes-sage to Pakistan for itssupport to militancy.

“Now USA is existingAfghanistan. It has itsimplications in Kashmir.It is a matter of time thatwe will be feeling its

implications in the Valley.After the US withdrawal,the militant organisationswould feel pumped up,emboldened,” he said.

Seeing America’s with-drawal as a “sign of victo-ry”, militant outfits canfeel that New Delhi canalso be defeated, so thereis an urgent need for Indiato adopt a “clear-cutroadmap” to deal

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GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

Residents of Jammuwoke up to a chillyTuesday morning as themercury plunged to 4.1degrees Celsius – the sea-son's lowest so far. Earlieron December 17, the cityof temples had recorded alow of 4.4 degrees Celsius.

The upward trend inthe mercury marked a dipon Monday when thenight temperature settledat 5.3 degrees Celsius,down from the previousnight's 6.7 degreesCelsius, a Meteorologicaldepartment (Met)spokesperson said.

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Jammu records season'scoldest day at 4.1degrees Celsius

Kashmir shivers in cold wave,water supply lines frozen

Government readies new rules tocheck misuse of social media

Army recovers snow-stuckhelicopter from SiachenGlacier, sets new record

India should adopt clear-cutroad map to deal with militancy

in Kashmir: Former top cop

Golden Yug JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, 26, DECEMBER , 2018STATE 2

GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 25

Principal SecretaryAnimal, Sheep andFisheries Department DrAsghar Hassaan Samoontoday inspected infra-structure and civic facili-ties here at wholesale andretail fish marketing com-plex Narwal. He wasaccompanied by DeputyCommissioner JammuRamesh Kumar, JammuMunicipal Commissioner(JMC) Pankaj Magotra,Director AnimalHusbandry Dr VictorKaul, Director SanjeevKumar and other officialsof Fisheries department.Representatives of fishtraders were also presenton the occasion.

Dr Samoon had adetailed tour of the facilityand asked for optimal uti-lization of its services. He

stressed on providing bestand satisfactory customerservice besides providingbest facilities including iceplant for preservation offish stocks to the sellers.

Saying that hygieneshall be priority, DrSamoon asked for regularmonitoring of materialbeing sold in the market.

"We will ensure that adedicated team under thesupervision of JMC healthofficer will check thefood items being sold hereon daily basis. Publichealth is our priority andit will be maintained asone of the well organizedand well maintained fishmarkets in India," Samoontold officials.

He asked officers forsegregation and disposalof waste on scientific linesat the facility. The JMCCommissioner assured

the Principal Secretary offull support in dealingwith the waste and otherissues at the facility.

Dr Samoon also askedfor diversifying the role ofthe market for ease of cus-tomers and making itmodel one-stop facility offood items with the intro-duction of meat, Eggs,cheese and chicken inwholesale and retail here."A diagnosis laboratorywill be also setup at thefacility," he said.

He said that among dif-ferent varieties of fishes,famed trout fish ofKashmir will also beavailable in the market.

Fish traders' delegationthanked Dr Samoon forcoming up with the facili-ty which will help the sec-tor besides boosting econ-omy of the people associ-ated with the trade.

Dr Samoon inspects facilities atfish marketing complex, NarwalDirects for maintaining hygiene, scientific disposal of waste

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SRINAGAR, DEC. 25

Advisor to Governor,Khurshid Ahmad Ganaion Tuesday said that thegovernment will provideall possible assistance tothe tourism stakeholdersin their efforts to projectKashmir as world's toptourism destination.

In an interactive ses-sion with tourists andtourism players here onthe banks of Dal Lake,Ganai urged the serviceproviders and stakehold-ers to work towards plac-ing famed Kashmiramong the world toptourism destinations bythe year 2020. He suggest-ed for introducing effec-tive tourist friendly meas-ures to make the stay ofthe tourists longer inKashmir. He also stressedon the need to introducevarious attractions such asevening cultural showsamong other festivals forextending the nightlife.

Stating that Jammuand Kashmir was thesafest place for the trav-ellers, Ganai appealedtourists to visit the State-which offers diversetourism products andunmatched beauty.

Extending greetings to

the tourists who had cometo celebrate Christmasand new year in Kashmir,the Advisor said for pastfew months, the touristfootfall here has beenencouraging which is theoutcome of the untiringpromotional activities car-ried out by the depart-ment and by the touroperators.

Ganai said over 8.5lakh domestic and 50,000foreign tourists have visit-ed Kashmir this year sofar and the hotel occupan-cy at Gulmarg is almost100 per cent for the NewYear.

"The tourist arrivalshave picked up and moretourists are comings. The

bookings have also pickedup which can be gaugedfrom the fact that theGulmarg is fully packedfor New Year. This is veryencouraging," Ganai said.

He also advised traveland tour operators tomake a good relationshipwith the outside statetravel agents, tourismpromoters. "Travel agentsand tour operators mustwork very hard to con-vince traveller to visitKashmir. You have tobuild upon your contactsand personal relation-ships with the travelagents from other stateswho bring tourists here,"he said.

The Advisor alsoemphasized on providingquality services to thetravellers so that they goback with happy memo-ries.

"We are extremelyproud of our peoplewhose conduct with

tourists is very pleasing.The travel and tour opera-tors are working veryhard to bring tourists toKashmir. We also have tofocus on providing thebest services to thetourists who will give thebest experience to thetravellers here in theState," he said.

Recalling about hisrecent visit to New Delhi,Ganai said that he hasappealed UnionGovernment to makeefforts to promote JKTourism at national andinternational levels.

Advisor Ganai alsoexhorted upon the peopleand the service providersnot to compromise on thefragile environment andkeep surroundings clean.He stressed on the stake-holders, including non-governmental organiza-tions to come forward andmake Kashmir clean andgreen.

He said that anotherkey issue that comes tothe fore was regardinginfrastructure. He said atsome of the tourist desti-nations, infrastructurewould be given a majorfacelift.

Director, Departmentof Tourism, KashmirNisar Ahmad Wani alsointeracted with the touristand the service providerson the occasion. Heassured full support to theservice providers in mar-keting the State as the besttourist destination of thecountry.

Wani said tourismdepartment will beaggressively promotingthe J&K State in the travelmarts and road showsoutside the State to attractmaximum traveller to theState.

On the occasion, repre-sentatives from varioustravel, hotel, houseboatand Shikara associationsgave various suggestionsfor the promotion oftourism. They also raisedmany issues confrontingtourism industry.

Advisor Ganai gavethem a patient hearingand assured that theirgrievances would beaddressed.

Deputy DirectorPublicity Reyaz AhmadShah, Deputy DirectorRecreation SarfarazMohammad, DeputyDirector M&W AbdulQayoom Kirmani besidesother officers were alsopresent on the occasion.

Ganai urges stakeholders to contribute in projectingKashmir as world's top tourism destination

'8 lakh domestic, 50,000 foreign tourists visited Kashmir this year'

GY BUREAU

RAMBAN, DEC. 25

Inspector General ofTraffic Police, Alok Kumartoday reviewed the statusof the Jammu -SrinagarNational Highway (NH44) here at a meeting of thePolice, Traffic Police andcivil administration func-tionaries.

The meeting wasattended by DistrictD e v e l o p m e n tCommissioner Ramban,Showkat Aijaz Bhat, DIG,Doda, Kishtwar &Ramban Range, BhimsenTuti, SSP, Ramban, AnitaSharma, SSP Traffic ShaktiPathak, ADC, Ramban,Dr. Basharat Hussain, Dy.SP. Traffic, SureshSharma, ExecutiveEngineers R&B andPGMSY, AD, FCS&CAand representatives of

construction companiesassociated with highwayfour laning and othernational projects operat-ing in the district.

IGP deliberated on thecondition of the highwayand other roads and thenecessary measures need-ed to be taken, with thelocal administrationbesides representatives ofexecuting agencies. Hedirected the concerned totake adequate steps forensuring smooth passage

of traffic by removing hin-drances and proper main-tenance of the stretchfrom Nashri to Banihalespecially during thesnowfall and rains.

IGP was informed thatdue to the ongoing high-way widening work theroad has been narrowed atvarious places. AlokKumar directed the con-cerned executing agenciesto take all necessary meas-ures in anticipation of badweather along the most

vulnerable points likePanthial, MehadMompassi, Marog,Nashri, Peeda, AnokhiFall etc. He directed themto station adequatemachinery on identifiedvulnerable spots on thebasis of the weather fore-cast, erect crash barriers,Iron Mesh cum boulderguards, and stay vigilantto minimise the reactiontime and keep ready withproper plan and manpower. Speaking on the

occasion, the DDC saidthat despite intermittentlandslides the vehiculartraffic was restored withinthe shortest possible timedue to the close coordina-tion of District administra-tion and Traffic Policewith the concerned roadmaintenance agencies. Hesaid construction compa-nies have been directed toensure prompt clearancein case of landslide toavoid inconvenience tothe commuters.

IGP Traffic reviews highway status,road clearance preparedness

GY BUREAU

SHOPIAN, DEC. 25Deputy Commissioner

Owais Ahmed today con-gratulated Jasia Akhterwho was recently selected

in 'India Reds' womencricket team.

Jasia is the first girlfrom Jammu and Kashmirwho has been selected inthe coveted cricket team.

The DeputyCommissioner met familyof Jasia and congratulatedthem on the grand suc-cess of their daughter."Jasia belongs to a farflung village of Bradiporain Shopian and despitethe odds, she has made itto the Reds," he said.

He said that the youthin rural areas are giftedwith great talent and theadministration has takenmany steps to guide themtowards greater success.

He said that Jasia notonly brought laurels todistrict Shopian but this isalso a moment of happi-ness for the whole state."This is the first time thatany girl from J&K hasbeen chosen for IndiaReds and we share thishappiness with the familyof Jasia and whole State,"he said.

Having many firsts toher credit already, acewoman cricketer of theJ&K, Jasia Akhtar, whoplays for Punjab in thenational arena has beenselected to play for IndiaReds team in the upcom-ing Women's ChallengerOne-day trophy.

Board of Control forCricket in India onSaturday announced itsthree teams for theupcoming SeniorWomen's ChallengerTrophy One-DayTournament-2019. IndiaReds, India Blue andIndia Green - all compriseof 13 players each andwill play against eachother in the event fromJanuary 3 in AndraPradesh.

Earlier, last year, Jasiahad become the secondcricketer from J&K afterRoopali Slathia of Jammuto be selected for thenational camp. Eventhough she took part inthe national camp butcouldn't make it to theIndian cricket team.However, this time Jasiais confident of making itto Indian cricket team bydoing well in the upcom-ing challenger trophy.

"I am happy to see myname in the list and beingrewarded for the hardwork. This is anotherchance for me to do welland get a place in TeamIndia," Jasia said.

Shopian: DC felicitates Jasia Akhter forher selection in India Reds cricket team

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

Natrang is going toorganise 8th TheatreFestival of the year fromFriday, 28th December,2018 at Natrang StudioTheatre, Jammu in com-memoration with the cele-brations of 35 years ofNatrang. Giving detailsNatrang Director BalwantThakur informed in apress conference here thisevening at Natrang StudioTheatre, Jammu.Accompanied by seniorfunctionaries of Natrangviz Anil Tickoo, andNeeraj Kant, DirectorNatrang Balwant Thakurelaborated that in connec-tion with the celebrationsof 35 glorious years ofNatrang, the organisationis organising a 4 day the-atre festival every monthand since May, 2018 and8th festival is startingfrom 28th December, fea-turing four theatre pro-ductions. With the com-pletion of this festivalNatrang will set an all-time record in the countryof staging 32 differentplays by the same groupin eight months.

The festival will openwill with MunshiPremchand’s play ‘Kafan

on Friday 28th ofDecember, 2018. On 29thDecember, 2018, hindiplay ‘Aashirvaad’ writtenby Ram Kumar Vermawill be presented. On thethird day of NatrangTheatre Festival, PratapSehgal’s ‘Zameen KaSwaal will be presentedand on the last day of yeari.e 31st December, 2018‘Apna Apna Dard’ will befeatured. All the playswill be staged at NatrangStudio Theatre, KachiChawni, Jammu at 5.30pm under the direction ofNeeraj Kant.

In connection with thecommemoration of 35years of Natrang, Natranghas already successfullyorganised Six Theatre fes-tivals featuring four playseach. The first festival wasorganised between 15th to18th May, 2018 featuring'Bawa Jitto', 'TwelfthNight', Kasak' and 'MindGames' under the direc-tion of Balwant Thakur,Aarushi Thakur Rana,Rahul Singh and SumeetSharma respectively. Thesecond festival was organ-ised between 19th to 22ndJune, 2018 featuring plays

'Romeo Juliet’, 'AapHamaare Hain Kaun,'Mata Ki Kahani' and'Ghumayee' under thedirection of AarushiThakur Rana and BalwantThakur. The third theatrefestival was organisedbetween 18th to 21st July,2018 in which ‘KauvaChala Hans Ki Chaal, ‘NaTeri Na Meri’, ‘Fandi’ and’A Mid Summer NightsDream’ were featured.The fourth theatre festivalwas organised between20th to 23rd of August,2018 in which Mahabhoj,Kharaashien, Mere Hisse

Ki Dhoop Kaha Hai andSainyan Bhaye Kotwalwere presented. The fifthfestival was organisedbetween 21st to 23rd ofSeptember, 2018 in whichcomedy play Kanjoosdirected by Adil Hussain& Harish Khanna,Balwant Thakur’s ‘SunoEh Kahani’, ‘GreatExpectations’ directed byAarushi Thakur Rana andcomedy play ‘BagiaBancha Ram Ki’ writtenby Manoj Mitra anddirected by Adil Hussainwere featured.

The sixth theatre festi-

val was organisedbetween 28th to 31st ofOctober, 2018 in whichFrintz Karinthy’s famousplay ‘Refund’ directed bySumeet Sharma, Jangiramki Haveli & Kafan direct-ed by Neeraj Kant andSalvaton Mein Samvaaddirected by Anil Tickoowere featured.

The seventh theatrefestival was organisedbetween 28th November,2018 to 1st December,2018 in which ‘Dur Se KisiNe Aawaaz and ‘SarkaariDaftar Ka Ek Din’ direct-ed by Neeraj Kant,Beemar directed bySumeet Sharma and Panjadirected by Anil Tickoowere presented. BalwantThakur further informedthat Natrang was estab-lished on 15th May, 1983with the presentation oftwo unique short plays'Neeli Jheel' and 'NanheinKandhey Nanhein Pair' atAbhinav Theatre Jammu.Natrang through the self-less contribution of thou-sands of its associates,brought the J&K theatre toNational andInternational limelightand its highly acclaimedplays vibrated the theatreworld and proudly trav-elled the whole length

and breadth of the coun-try and also crossed theboundaries of India aswell and won apprecia-tion in Russia, Germany,U.K., Singapore, Turkey,Hungary, Poland, andUAE and thus establisheda globally acknowledgedbrand called NATRANG.With over 6000 pro-grammes and events andparticipation in over 250National/Internationalfestivals Natrang estab-lished itself as one of themost happening theatregroup of the countrywhich has many firsts toits credit including hold-ing of the longest regularweekly theatre series ofthe country entitled'Sunday Theatre' andhaving the longest surviv-ing contemporary plays ofthe country like 'BawaJitto, Ghumayee, MereHisse Ki Dhoop KahanHai and Aap HamaareHain Kaun, this organiza-tion has been highlyinstrumental in giving anew cultural and intellec-tual identity to this trou-bled part of the countryand has creditably revolu-tionized the cultural life ofthe place through it’s outof the world cultural andartistic initiatives.

Natrang's 8th Theatre Festival of year begins from 28th Dec, 2018

Golden Yug JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, 26, DECEMBER , 2018STATE 3

GY BUREAU

SRINAGAR, DEC. 25

Advisor to theGovernor, KhurshidAhmad Ganai onTuesday said that there isdire need of strengthen-ing the Wakf Board as itwill ensure the growth ofWakf institutions in theState.

Advisor Ganai alongwith newly appointedVice-Chairman of theJammu and KashmirWakf Board, G R Sofi,today morning, visitedthe shrine of Hazrat SyedYaqoob (RA) at Sonwar totake stock of arrange-ments put in place for theongoing annual Urs of therevered saint.

Ganai along with otherofficials took stock ofarrangements providedby different departmentsat the shrine. "Wakf prop-erties have great potentialto generate resources forthe development of the

community assets fordevelopment of society,"Ganai said while interact-ing with the office bearersand devotees present atthe shrine. "This canbecome possible onlywith the involvement ofsociety and reinforcementof accountability at alllevels in the Wakf-runinstitutions."

He also interacted withoffice bearers of theshrine management. Hedirected officials to makeall possible arrangementsat the shrine for the con-venience of the devotees.He also interacted withdevotees and appealedthem to pray for the peaceand prosperity of theState. He directed all the

concerned departments toensure adequate arrange-ments for the smoothobservance of the Urs.The officials wereinstructed to ensure avail-ability of uninterrupteddrinking water andpower supply, adequatetransport and parkingfacilities, cleanliness andfirst aid arrangements.

"We as a society mustcome together and workfor strengthening theWakf institutions," Ganaisaid. "We will ensure thatWakf administration andmanagement bring trans-parency at all levels andgenerate more resources,which in turn can be usedfor the betterment of thepeople." He asked theWakf administration toexplore innovative waysto help Wakf manage-ment to work more effi-ciently.

The annual Urs cele-brations of the reveredsaint is held every yearfor a week beginning 11Rabi al-Thani of theIslamic calendar. Themain congregation,expected to draw hugenumber of devotees fromacross Kashmir, will beheld on 17 Rabi al-Thani.On that day the devoteescan have a glimpse of thesaint's relics.

Strengthening Wakf needs societalinvolvement, accountability: Advisor Ganai

Visits Hazrat Syed Yaqoob (RA) shrine, takes stock of arrangements for annual Urs

GY BUREAU

SRINAGAR, DEC. 25

A 2-day workshop on'Conservation Leadershipthrough Education'organised by theDirectorate of SchoolEducation Kashmir in col-laboration with WWF-India concluded at JKEDIPampore.

Speaking atValedictory function,Director, FloricultureKashmir, MathoraMasoom said the depart-ment will adopt 10 herbalgardens in schools andwill supply 30 thousandChinar saplings to beplanted in school com-pounds.

On the occasion,Director SchoolEducation, Kashmir, Dr.G N Itoo called uponteachers and students tobe ambassadors of greenpeace and schools to bedeveloped as hub of envi-ronmental awareness.Making the traininginputs more effective, rel-evant and purposeful,Director stressed upon allstakeholders to translate itinto action by ensuringmass community partici-pation.

He also announcedthat similar workshopwill be organised inJammu in the mid-January, 2019. Director

also announced that 21stMarch, 2019 shall beobserved as Chinar Dayby the School Educationduring which a massiveChinar Plantation Driveand events will be heldacross the valley.

Earlier, Dr. PankujChandan recapitulatedthe outcome of all the ses-sions held in the work-shop.

P e r t i n e n t l y ,Department of SchoolEducation has recentlysigned an MoU withWWF-India to take theherbal garden schemebeyond herbs and WWF isdeveloping more 60 gar-dens in different schools.

2-day workshop on 'ConservationLeadership through Education' concludes

Develop schools as hub of environmental awareness: DSEKDepartment of Floriculture adopts Herbar Gardens in schools

GY BUREAU

KARGIL, DEC. 25

Executive Councillor for Tourismand Zanskar Affairs Er Punchoq Tashisaid that career counselling for studentsat the school level can play a pivotalrole in guiding them to choose the rightcareer goal, better planning for it andgive them a better future ahead.

The Executive Councillor stated thiswhile addressing students at the con-cluding session of the three-day careercounselling programme for NIT andJEE aspirants. The programme wasorganized by the Students EducationalMovement of Kargil (SEMOK) and IITAspirants of Ladakh (IAOL) atLanguage Centre Kargil.

Around 300 students of 11th and12th science stream participated in thecounselling sessions where they wereenlightened about the examination pat-terns and other related aspects by thespeakers including the student of IITKharakpur Bashir Ahmad, Maisam Ali

Akhone of IIT Kanpur, MukhtarAhmed IIST Kerala and Nassir Ali IITMumbai.

The EC while appreciating theefforts of SEMOK and Aspirants ofLadakh (IAOL) for having organizedthe counselling programme expressedhope that it will go a long way in guid-ing the students for career options inengineering and allied sectors.

Er Tashi said that it is important thatstudents are guided through such coun-selling programmes from time to timeso as to enable them to find out theirinterests as well as strengths and weak-nesses. He said it will help them tochoose career options that are in linewith their interest and aptitude.

The EC urged upon the organizers tohold similar programmes in future aswell and assured all-out support fromthe Hill Council in this regard.

Others, who spoke on the occasionincluded members of SEMOK ZulikhaBanoo, Sadiq Ali and Aaoliya Zainab.

Career counselling programme forIIT, JEE aspirants concludes at KargilEr Tashi for starting career orientation right from school level

GY BUREAU

RAMBAN, DEC. 25

District DevelopmentCommissioner (DDC),Showkat Aijaz Bhat todayvisited Parlanka Gypsummine to take first handappraisal of work miningwork.

Accompanied by ateam of concerned offi-cers, the DDC said thatthis project will prove asone of the biggest employ-ment generating industryin the district and directedto provide employmentopportunities to peopleresiding near the minesite.

Later, he also visitedSangaldan area andinspected various ongo-ing developmental works.He directed officers to

complete constructionwork within prescribedtime to ensure functioningof the same.

The DDC directedSDM Gool Pankaj Bagotraand tehsildars to person-ally monitor all ongoingprojects besides payingregular visit to govern-ment offices to check thepunctuality besides ensur-ing work culture in theoffices. The local Peoplealso apprised the DDCabout their demands. Heassured them that theirgenuine demands wouldbe fulfilled in phasedmanner.

DDC Ramban inspects ParlankaGypsum mine, development works

Former MLA Rajesh Guptacelebrates Sushasan DiwasJAMMU, DEC 25: Jammu East former MLA & seniorBJP leader Rajesh Gupta organised a function to celebrateSushasan Diwas on the eve of birth anniversary of Shri AtalBehari Vajpayee Ji.The function was held in all the 11 wardsand 82 booths in Jammu East. On the occasion of SushasanDiwas 125 new party workers joined the BJP. Rajesh Guptawhile speaking on the occasion said that it was during theprime minister ship of Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee that ourcountry witnessed the best practices in governance and as aresult of which the nation witnessed an upward trend in allthe spheres of nation building. Rajesh Gupta eulogised thelate Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee as a towering personality onworld stage who left an indelible mark on the national poli-ty.Rajesh Gupta said that all the state governments and thecentral government must adopt the good practices that werein vogue during the reign of Shri Atal Ji.Distt.PresidentBaldev Singh Billowria and mandal President Gopal Guptawas present on the occasion.

Bovine smuggling bid foiled *37 bovine animals rescued, 01

bovine smuggler arrested*NAGROTA , DEC 25 : In its ongoing efforts to curb themenace of bovine smuggling, Nagrota Police today foiledan attempt to smuggle bovine animals towards Kashmir val-ley. Police had laid a naka near Ban Toll Plaza Nagrota.Truck bearing registration no. *JK01K/6078* was signalledto stop but the driver of the vehicle did not stop at nakapoint and accelerated the vehicle. On checking, it was foundloaded with *22* bovine animals. *01* bovine smugglernamely *Zahoor Ahmed S/o Ghulam Qadar R/o KachlooQazipora, Baramulla* was arrested on spot. Bovine animalswere tied very mercilessly in the vehicle. In this connec-tion, *Case FIR no. 329/2018 U/s 188/RPC, 3/5 PCA Act*has been registered at Police Station Nagrota.Similarlyveh.no.JK02AS 8717 was apprehended at Sidhra bridgecarrying 15 bovines, in this connection case FIRno.330/2018 under sec.188 RPC,3/5 PCA stands registeredat police station Nagrota Police team led by Insp. DeepakPathania SHO Nagrota, SI Parvez khandey icpp Sidhra,assisted by ASI Janak Singh, Ct. Mohd. Shafi, Ct.Parshotam Kumar made the arrest/recovery under the super-vision of Sh. Mohan Lal Sharma SDPO Nagrota,Sh.Dushyant Sharma SP Rural Jammu & Sh.Vivek GuptaIPS I/C DIG JKS Range.

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

Arun Gupta from ArunArt Printers and PankajSethi from Sethi ArtPrinters have been con-ferred National Awardsfor Excellence in Printingat 13th NAEP edition,2018 by Thiru Sellur K.Raju Minister of Co-Operation, TamilnaduGovernment at HotelCourtyard by Marriott,Madurai.

Having maintainedexcellence in the field ofprinting, Arun Gupta hasbeen yet again conferredanother Gold NationalAward and Pankaj SethiGold and three Silver. It ispertinent to mention herethat both have clinchedthe National Award forExcellence in Printing formaintaining proficiencyand quality excellence in

the field of printing con-sistently over a period ofpast four decades. Theawards were presented atMadurai during a func-tion organized by AllIndia Federation ofMaster Printers (AIFMP).

Ravi Gupta, PresidentJ&K Offset Printers'Association (JKOPA),

Jammu has congratulatedmember of JKOPA forreceiving NationalAward.

In this award functionAIFMP received entries indifferent categoriesincluding newspapers,book printing, posters,calendars, catalogue,diaries, packaging materi-

al, digital printing etc.which were divided intosmall, medium and bigcategories. This time thenew editions of the awardwere kept for SmallPrinters also.

The main categoriesincluded offset, screenprinting, flexography,gravure, small offset and

digital printing. Duringthe function attended bystalwarts of printingmedia 350 entries wereawarded. The highestnumber of entries wasreceived from Mumbai,followed by Nagpur &New Delhi.

This is one of the mostprestigious awards in theprint industry recognizedby Govt. of India, whichwas hosted by TheMadurai District OffsetPrinters Association,Madurai. This 13thEdition of NationalAwards for Excellence inPrinting witnessed a Pan-Indian participation asentries poured in fromJammu in the North toCochin in the South, fromSurat in the West toImphal in the East as alsofrom places like Dimapurand Viradhu.

Jammu Printers bring laurels to State, conferred National Awards for Excellence

GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, DEC. 25

The J&K Aam AadmiParty , apropos to variousviews published in a sec-tion of press, held a meet-ing here at Party OfficeBhalla Enclave, ChanniHimmat, Jammu underthe Chairmanship ofNational Council &Founder Member S. DeepSingh to discuss the bogeyof Autonomy being raisedby N.C President Dr.Farooq Abdullah.

Various speakersexpressing their views onthe subject said that nei-ther NC nor Congress,who ruled the State forabout 60 years, ever initi-ated any step to empowerthe public representativesby assuring decentraliza-tion of powers in a demo-cratic manner up to GramSabha & Panchayat level.This is obvious becausethey never strengthenedthe Panchayati Raj Actand instead made thePanchayati RajInstitutions tooth less bymaking several amend-ments in the main Act andevery effort was made tokeep the powers confinedto the corridors of civilSecretariat. Even now, theBlock Dev .councilChairman, which nevercame into being for last 70years, has now been mademandatory to be either aPanch or Sarpanch there-by directly strangulatingthe spirit of democracy inthe greatest democracy ofworld. What is the harm if

any person whose name isentered in any Panchayatof respective Block beallowed to nominate him-self for the office of ChairPerson of said Block? Itdirectly smack the illdesigns of theGovernment to put astumbling Block beforethe democratic/ constitu-tional Institutions to pushforward their own stooges& prevent the right think-ing person to come for-ward in the arena ofdemocracy in a transpar-ent manner, the releasesaid & urged upon theGovernor to look deepinto this matter and set thematter right using his con-stitutional powers.

The release furtherexpressed great resent-ment over the attitude ofBJP vehemently opposingthe concept of ThreeRegional Councils. TheBJP has miserably failed infulfilling the promisesmade to the people in 2014Assembly elections be itArt.370, Artificial lake, de-limitation Commission,citizen rights to refugeesof 1947,1965 & 1971 wars,allotment of 5 Marla plotsto LOC residents, etc. Weare strongly in favour of

decentralization of powersinto the hands of publicrepresentatives in demo-cratic manners throughthe mechanism of consti-tutionally guaranteed sys-tem of governance on thepattern of Leh & Kurgil,the release said and addedthat we further demandthat snow bound, remote,hilly, backward and un-accessible areas of ChenabValley & Pir Panjal. Whatharm it is going to inflicton BJP if Chenab valley orPir Panjal region get sub-regional council? Whythey are against decentral-ization of powers in thehands of public represen-tatives down up to gramSabha or Panchayat, thespeakers asked? Whatharm to the NationalUnity & integrity is beingcaused in Leh & Kurgilwhich is surrounded byPakistan & China fromthree sides & have beengranted Hill DevelopmentCouncil. Prominentamong those who partici-pated in the meetinginclude S/Sh Ram SinghChauhan, Farooq AhmedBanday, Kuldeep KumarRao, Parmveer Singh,Mehraj Malik, MeharSingh & Amit Langer.

Neither NC nor Congress initiated any stepto empower public representatives: AAP

GY CORRESPONDENTABID HUSSAIN WANIDODA ; DEC 25

All India StudentsFederation DistrictCouncil Doda, organizeda candle march in thename of "Dhikkar March"at District HeadquartersDoda. A tenth classStudent was burnt alive inAgra by two unidentifiedmen.

The programme wasorganized by AISFDistrict Council at oldBus stand Doda, in whichlarge number of studentsfrom differentEducational Institutionsparticipated.

Speaking on the occa-

sion Comrade SulinderParihar, District AISF saidthat the 15 year old sisterSanjali chanakya was seton fire using petrol by twounidentified men on a redmotorcycle as she waswalking home fromschool. She died of fullthickness burns to over 50

percent of her body atAgra. The case is underprobe and who so ever arethe culprits must be pun-ished as per law.

He further added thatwe are demanding justicefor the victim. It is veryunfortunate that on onehad we have "Beti Bachao,

Beti padhao" slogans, buton ground we are wit-nessing such shamefulincident day by dayacross the country almoston daily basis, which ismatter of great concernfor all.

At last he concludedthat "Cows are more safe

in UP as compared togirls". AISF is protestingcountry wide on 24 - 25 ofDecember as "DhikkarMarch".

Moreover DistrictPolice Doda tried todetain the protesting stu-dents. The officer was ask-ing for prior permission,but protestors successful-ly completed the March.

Others who were pres-ent on the occasion areAbid Zarger, Dheeraj,Adnan Ul Rehman,William Katoch, RajKumar, AjeetAryan,Danish Hussain,Shazim AhmedIrfan,Raman, Umar andmany more.

AISF organized "Dhikkar March" in Doda

DAILYBITE

It is Christmas and the ‘Ho

ho ho!’ jolly good old fellow in

red-and-white would have

arrived on his reindeer sleigh all

the way from the North Pole to

drop the gifts in your stockings

— if you have been good all

year.

So, who is this old man and

why should he gift the children

of the world?

Here is taking you through

the story of Santa Claus — or St

Nicholas, to address him by his

proper name.

History time, kids!

The legend of St Nicholas

goes all the way back to 3rd cen-

tury AD. It is believed that he

was born sometime around 280

A.D. in Patara, near Myra in

modern-day Turkey, to rich par-

ents who died in an epidemic.

He was raised by his uncle who

was a bishop.

Neither was St Nicholas jolly

nor was he fat. The only similar-

ities with Santa Claus he shared

were his generosity, kindness

and piety.

The legend goes that he gave

away all of his inherited wealth

and travelled the countryside to

serve the poor and sick. One of

the most told tales about him is

how he saved three poor sisters

from being sold into slavery or

prostitution by their father by

providing them with a dowry so

that they could be married.

Over the years, St Nicholas’s

popularity spread, and he

became famous as the protector

of children and sailors. His feast

day is observed on the anniver-

sary of his death — December 6

—by the faithful.

By the Renaissance, St.

Nicholas was the most popular

saint in Europe, and even the

Protestant Reformation —

which discouraged the venera-

tion of saints — did not dimin-

ish the popularity of St

Nicholas, who was associated

with a positive image.

Through these years he did

not have the pink-cheeked,

snow-bearded father Christmas

look that he is identified with

(even by toddlers) today. In

fact, during the 16th Century,

Saint Nicholas was pictured to

be somewhat like this:From St

Nicholas to Sinter Klaas —

Santa Claus is coming to town!

St. Nicholas arrived in the

imagination of the American

popular culture sometime in the

late 1700s. When the Dutch first

settled along the Hudson River

in 1624 and established the

colony of New Amsterdam on

Manhattan Island two years

later, they brought their culture

along.

It is said that in December

1773 and 1774, Dutch families in

New York had gathered to

observe St Nicholas Feast Day

on his death anniversary. The

American newspapers carried

the news piece as the obser-

vance of Sinter Klaas Day

(evolved from St Nicholas’s

Dutch name —Sint Nikolaas).

Since December 6 is considered

lucky for buying wealth and

associated with gifting, the gift-

giver was first mentioned as

‘Santa the Claus’ in a 1773 mag-

azine — Rivington's Gazette —

published in New York City,

saying, "Last Monday, the

anniversary of St Nicholas, oth-

erwise called Santa the Claus,

was celebrated at Protestant

Hall, at Mr Waldron's; where a

great number of sons of the

ancient saint, the Sons of Saint

Nicholas, celebrated the day

with great joy and festivity."

So how did the bubbly Santa

as we know him today arrive?

In 1804, John Pintard, a mem-

ber of the New York Historical

Society, distributed woodcuts of

St. Nicholas at the society’s

annual meeting. The back-

ground of the engraving con-

tained the images of Santa Claus

similar to how we know him

today — complete with stock-

ings filled with toys and a fruit

handing over the fireplace. In

1809, Washington Irving

referred to St. Nicholas as the

patron saint of New York in his

book— The History of New

York.

However, until this point,

Sinter Klaas was associated

with gifting on Feast Day

(December 6) and not with

Christmas.

Here is a man dressed as

Sinter Klaas at a parade in

Amsterdam“Happy Christmas

to all, and to all a good night!”

Between 1820 and 1840,

stores began to advertise Santa

Claus in newspapers announc-

ing the Christmas shopping. In

1841, thousands of children

reportedly visited a

Philadelphia shop to see a life-

size Santa Claus model.

It was only a short while

before the children wanted to

take a peek at the live Santa in

the stores and the parents

tagged along as they shopped

for the holiday season. In the

1890s, the Salvation Army need-

ed money to pay for the free

Christmas meals they provided

to needy families. They began

dressing up unemployed men

in Santa Claus suits and sending

them into the streets of New

York to solicit donations.

Two New Yorkers —

Clement Clark Moore and

Thomas Nast — are responsible

for Santa Claus as we know him

today — the one for whom mil-

lions wait on Christmas Eve.

In 1822, Clement Clarke

Moore, an Episcopal minister,

wrote a long Christmas poem —

A Visit from St. Nicholas — for

his three daughters.

Moore’s poem (which inci-

dentally he was reluctant to

publish due to the ‘frivolous

nature’) went on to be called

"arguably the best-known vers-

es ever written by an

American", and became respon-

sible for the image of Santa

Claus. The poem describes

Santa as a ‘right jolly old elf’

who was chubby and plump,

and the supernatural ability to

ascend a chimney with a mere

nod of his head. His poem pop-

ularised the Santa Claus who

flew from house to house on

Christmas Eve — in “a minia-

ture sleigh” led by eight flying

reindeer — leaving presents for

children.

A reluctant Moore had creat-

ed one of the most popular

American icons.

In 1881, cartoonist Thomas

Nast drew on Moore’s poem to

visually create our jolly good

Santa Claus. The cartoon was

published in Harper’s Weekly

and gave Santa a bright red suit

trimmed with white fur, North

Pole workshop, elves, and his

wife, Mrs Claus.And does forc-

ing captive reindeer to drag the

fat old man across the globe-

trotting on a sleigh not amount

to animal cruelty? It seems

deliberate and premeditated

cruelty to me.

It is time Santa hired a very

good lawyer to argue his case!

There kids! Though we bust-

ed your Santa bubble, we still

hope you have a very Merry

Christmas and loads of happi-

ness ahead — with or without

the jolly good fellow!

Golden Yug JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, 26, DECEMBER , 2018OPINION 4

Despite winning elections

in three states Congress

has actually failed to

rejoice knowing that it cannot do

anything till BJP led NDA govern-

ment is in power. They won elec-

tions on farmers agenda of waving

loans and they did it within ten

days. Now, Sikh community

where already government is run

by Congress are demanding return

of Bharat Rattan of Rajiv Gandhi

and apology by Rahul Gandhi for

84 riots. Now the question arises

Congress is fulfilling demands of

people of every shade are now

they going to fulfill demand of

Sikhs or not, remains to watch.

However, A statue of former

prime minister Rajiv Gandhi here

was vandalized on Tuesday by

some persons, who Punjab Chief

Minister Amarinder Singh

claimed, owed allegiance to the

Shiromani Akali Dal in the state.

The chief minister has asked the

police to take action in the matter

and identify the perpetrators.

Paint was sprayed by the miscre-

ants on the statue at the Salem

Tabri area here, police said. They

carried out the act in full public

glare and blamed Rajiv Gandhi for

the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, they said.

Condemning the incident, Singh

tweeted, "Strongly condemn van-

dalisation of Rajiv Gandhi's statue

by @Akali_ Dal_ workers in

Ludhiana. Have asked Police to

identify the guilty & take strict

action." "@officeofssbadal should

apologise to people of Punjab for

this obnoxious act," he posted on

Twitter tagging the office of SAD

chief Sukhbir Singh Badal.

Amarinder Singh also asked the

SAD to apologise to the people of

Punjab for this act. Police said the

miscreants demanded that statues

of Rajiv Gandhi across the country

be removed and Bharat Ratna con-

ferred on him be withdrawn. The

statue was later cleaned by some

Ludhiana Congress leaders.

Congress's Ludhiana president

Gurpreet Singh said they have

lodged a police complaint.

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Merry Christmas! Here's what dented Brand Santa forever

AKSHAYA NATH

May 22, 2018, was the

100th day of the protest

against Sterlite in

Tuticorin. Men, women

and children took to the

streets and marched

towards the Secretariat to

show their solidarity and

demand their right to live

in a safe environment.

Little did 13 people in

this group know that

they were to breathe their

last and were to never

return home.

The 17-year-old

Snowlin, with a dream to

become a lawyer, had

talked to her mother and

sister-in-law into letting

her go for the protest. “If

not for them, who was to

speak for their right?”

This was the question she

asked her mother to

make them participate.

Snowlin was shot in her

head. Her parents have

still not got access to her

autopsy report.

But the recent autopsy

report accessed by

Reuters brings to light

that 12 out of 13 protest-

ers killed during the fir-

ing against anti-Sterlite

protesters in

Thoothukudi were

apparently hit by bullets

in the head or chest – and

half of them were shot

from behind.Though

police rules in India do

allow officials to use live

ammunition to counter

civil unrests, there is also

a clear rule that they

should not shoot to kill. It

has been clearly stated

that officials should

shoot below the waist

and only at the most

threatening part of the

crowd.

But was this followed

in the Tuticorin firing?

Was a 17-year-old girl a

threat? Snowlin’s family

recall a peaceful protest

turning violent – they

insist that the police

opened fire first. But

CCTV visuals from the

Collector do show men

attacking the police as

well as the government

building and setting gov-

ernment vehicles on fire.

Investigations by the CBI

are still underway.

But the news was

shocking for the families

of the 13 victims and

hundreds of others who

had suffered due to the

protest. Recently, on

December 15, the NGT

had dismissed the Tamil

Nadu government's deci-

sion to close the Sterlite

copper plant in Tuticorin.

The NGT court in its

order directed Vedanta

to deposit Rs 2.50 crore as

a token amount for their

alleged failures and

asked the company to

spend Rs 100 crores with-

in a period of three years

for the welfare of the

inhabitants in the area. “I

have lost my leg, I am not

able to walk properly. A

compensation of five

lakh was given. I will add

another lakh and return 6

lakh - will the govern-

ment be able to return

my leg?” asked

Princeton, a survivor of

the May 22 attack.

Henry Dephane, an

activist closely working

with the Sterlite case,

revealed with bewilder-

ment how the Madurai

bench’s order to provide

the post-mortem report

of the 13 people killed

has apparently still not

been implemented by the

state government.

“It has been seven

months since the incident

took place and seven

months that the govern-

ment of Tamil Nadu has

just not been able to pro-

vide certificates of the

post-mortem to the fami-

lies. This is atrocious. The

right to life means the

right of my family mem-

bers to know how I have

been killed and what

went wrong,” stated

Henry.

Politicians have added

their voice. “The Sterlite

shooting in Thuthukudi

is a planned murder of

the people by the

Edappadi government.

The autopsy report

shows that the people

were shot on the head

and chest and from

behind. A government

that has killed the com-

mon man for a corporate

will be taught a lesson by

the public,” wrote DMK

MP Kanimozhi on

Twitter.Her colleague

DMK MP TKS Elangovan

added, “This govern-

ment did not take cogni-

sance of the agitation

going on over there for

100 days and suddenly

opening fire at them is a

barbaric act. Now people

will understand how

brutal and barbaric the

state government is.”

While the AIADMK

doesn’t take the criticism

lightly, the party’s

spokesperson Kovai

Sathyan in a quick

response said, “I am sur-

prised DMK is making

this statement. If you

remember 1998's, peace-

ful protestors from

Manjolai tea estate were

killed and it was under

the DMK when M

Karunanidhi was the

CM. My statement is not

justifying the deaths in

Tuticorin. I am saying

there is a CBI inquiry

underway trying to

unravel the root cause of

the issue. The DMK’s

hands are tainted.”An

international non-profit

organisation, Global

Witness, in its study

states that India has seen

a significant increase in

killings and repressions

during protests and civic

activism. In more than

half the cases, the perpe-

trators are the people

whom we consider to be

our protectors in the legal

system – the police. In the

world, India was counted

as the fourth most deadly

state for registering the

killing of land and envi-

ronment defenders in

2016.

In Tamil Nadu itself,

multiple battles have

been fought –

K u d a n k u l a m ,

Kodaikanal Hindustan

Uniliver, Neduvasal

Hydrocarbon and many

many more. In each of

these, the common citi-

zen has been the victim.

Perhaps it is time to think

whether this develop-

ment really involves the

loss of such lives.

Those who lost their loved ones inTuticorin police firing deserve answers

NEW DELHI, DEC 25:There was no respite fromcold wave conditions onChristmas in north India withdense fog partially stallingflight operations at Delhi air-port, officials said onTuesday. Delhi recorded aminimum temperature of 5degrees Celsius, three notch-es below the normal, theweather office said. Flightoperations were partiallysuspended at the Delhi air-port due to low visibilityconditions as departureswere put on hold and morethan 80 flights were delayed,an official said. The humidi-ty level in Delhi was record-ed at 100 per cent. Shallowand moderate fog in theevening is in forecast. InHimachal Pradesh, coldwave conditions continuedwith the mercury plunging tominus 9.4 degrees Celsius inKeylong and popular touristdestination Manali reeling atminus 3.2 degrees Celsius.Kalpa, Solan, Bhuntar,Sundernagar and Seobaghalso witnessed sub-zero tem-peratures, Director ofShimla's MeteorologicalCentre Manmohan Singhsaid. The minimum tempera-ture in state capital Shimlawas 1.7 degrees Celsius.Cold wave conditions inten-sified across Kashmir as themercury slipped furtherbelow the freezing point,resulting in frozen waterbodies and water supplylines in several residentialareas. However, Srinagarwhich recorded the coldestnight in 11 years on Monday

at minus 6.8 degrees Celsius,experienced some respite asmercury settled over adegree higher at minus 5.5degrees Celsius last night,officials said. Qazigund —the gateway town to theValley — in south Kashmirrecorded a low of minus 5.2degrees Celsius, while thenearby Kokernag town regis-tered a low of minus 5.3degrees Celsius last night.Kupwara in north Kashmirrecorded a low of minus 5.2degrees Celsius last night,while in Pahalgam was at alow of minus 7.7 degreesCelsius last night. The ski-resort of Gulmarg recorded aminimum temperature ofminus 7.6 degrees Celsius.Leh recorded a low of minus10.0 degrees Celsius lastnight - up from minus 14.7degrees Celsius the previousnight. Nearby Kargil record-ed a low of minus 14.2degrees Celsius. Residents ofJammu woke up to a chillyTuesday morning as the mer-cury further plunged to 4.1degrees Celsius - the sea-son's lowest so far. The nighttemperature is on a declineacross the Jammu regionwith the minimum tempera-ture in Banihal and Batote,along the Jammu-SrinagarNational Highway, andBhaderwah in Doda district,slipping to sub-zero levels.Banihal, the gateway toKashmir, was the coldestrecorded place in the regionwith a low of minus 3.3degrees Celsius, followed byBhaderwah at minus 2.2degrees Celsius and Batote atminus 2 degrees Celsius.Freezing cold conditionsalso gripped parts of Punjaband Haryana as minimumtemperatures, which havebeen hovering below normallimits over the past twoweeks, further plummeted.Amritsar and Adampurreeled as the mercuryplunged to a minimum tem-perature of 0.4 degreesCelsius, officials said.Among other places inPunjab, Pathankot recorded alow of 2.9 degrees Celsius,Ludhiana 2.8 degreesCelsius, Faridkot 3.8 degreesCelsius, Gurdaspur 3.5degrees Celsius, Bathinda4.5 degrees Celsius andHalwara registered a low of3 degrees Celsius.Chandigarh recorded a mini-mum temperature of 5.5degree Celsius. In Haryana,Narnaul was the coldestplace with a minimum of 2.5degrees Celsius, while pierc-ing cold also gripped Hisar,which witnessed a low of 2.8degrees Celsius. The coldwave conditions are likely tocontinue in the two statesover the next few days, anofficial said. Most parts ofUttar Pradesh was also in thegrip of cold wave conditionsand isolated areas witnessedshallow to moderate fog.Muzaffarnagar experiencingthe lowest minimum temper-ature in the state at 1.6degrees Celsius. Accordingto the meteorological depart-ment, night temperaturesremained much below nor-mal in Allahabad, Meerut,Faizabad, Lucknow andBareilly divisions and belownormal in Varanasi, Agradivisions.

GY CORRESPONDENTMANDI, DEC. 25

The people ofAzamabad panchayat intehsil mandi protestagainst the Contractor"Makhan singh", Jhangir

ahmed says the contractorblocked the road illegallyAzamabad to dhangrifrom the last few days vil-lagers demand inquiry.

A large no of villagersled by Jhangir Ahmedassembled at azamabadto dhangri road ataround 1 pm and startprotest demonstration.They were shouting slo-gans against PWD deptt

and contractor to failureto provide better develop-ment road to the far flungarea azamabad todhangri.

People said this shouldbe done as soon as possi-ble if this road is notopened tommorow it willnot take time to worsenthe situation, then it isresponsible for the disttadministration here.

Golden Yug JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, 26, DECEMBER , 2018STATE 5

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

In a programme held atRaipur-Domana BJP Officeon Tuesday for paying flo-ral tributes to FormerPrime Minister Atal BehariVajpayee, over threedozen workers of differentpolitical parties joined BJPin presence of FormerMinister Bali Bhagat. Theywere welcomed into theparty-fold by FormerMinister Bali Bhagat andother Senior Leaders ofBJP which includes Ex.District PresidentBJP(Rural) SukhDev Singh

jamwal Prabhari State BJPKisan Morcha KaranSingh, VedPrakash,Kuldeep SinghChib and MohinderBhagat.

While paying tribute toformer prime MinisterAtal Behari Vajpayee,Bhagat said Vajpayee wasthe first non-Congressprime minister to completefull term of fiveyears.During his tenure asPrime minister; the econo-my was in a great shape—the GDP rate was above 8per cent, inflation wasbelow 4 per cent and for-

eign exchange reserveswere overflowing,headded.

He further elaboratedthe ambitious roads proj-ects he launched—theGolden Quadrilateral andthe PradhanmantriGramin Sadak Yojna.TheGolden Quadrilateral con-nected Chennai, Kolkata,Delhi and Mumbaithrough a network ofhighways while thePradhanmantri GraminSadak Yojna was plannedas a network of all-weatherroads for unconnected vil-lages across India. Both the

projects proved to beimmense success and con-tributed to India's econom-ic growth majorly. SarvaShiksha Abhiyaan was asocial scheme to provideuniversal access to free ele-mentary education forchildren aged 6-14 years.Within four years of itslaunch in 2001, the numberof out-of-school childrendropped by 60 per cent.

Bali Bhagat, while wel-coming the people whojoined BJP, said that wehave 65 per cent popula-tion of youth and theyhave a very important rolein making the mission ofNarendra Modi to makeIndia lead the world in21st century.

Those who joined BJPincluded DarshanS i n g h , B h a g w a nSingh,Ashok Singh,KaranS i n g h , N a r e n d e rKumar,Brij Mohan,MohitLangeh,Pola Singh,AshokSingh,Sheetal Singh,FaqirSingh, BishamberSingh,Hoshiar Singh,Rohit Singh,DharminderSingh,Bua ditta, RajKumar and Sanjay Kumar.

Vajpayee’s doctrine is acknowledged world over : BaliDozens joined BJP;Darshan Singh nominatedVice-President Raipur-Domana Rural Mandal

GY CORRESPONDENTABID HUSSAIN WANIDODA : DECEMBER 25

A six days long nation-al tour under the banner of"National Study Tour"was received by a group of100 students, who hadgone for “Bharat Darshan”tour on 19 December. Thetour was organised by the7th Bn SSB Jammu andwas flagged off onSeptember 20 Dec by theDIG Hqrs Jamnu M.SNegi.

Talking toCorrespondent AbidWani, Sanjeev Kumar DyCommandant said that,the purpose of organizingsuch Tour by the SSB is toprovide the students anopportunity to get experi-ence and exposure of his-torical monuments/places

in India that would bebeneficial for them in theirstudies and to achievegoal in life. He said thestudents for the tour weredrawn from variousTehsils of District Doda,Kathua and JammuDistricts who visited dif-ferent historical places,including India Gate,Akshardham Temple, TajMahal-Agra, Mathura,besides other historicplaces.

Securtity arramge-ments mde by SSB wothstudents headed byAssistant CommandantJagdsih Ram Bhat, staffmember Javed Ahmed,Kuldeep Singh, SanjeevSingh, Anwar Hussainand others.

While talking toCorrespondent Abid

Wani, Students laudedabout the TourProgramme and appreci-ated the arrangementmade by SSB during toand fro i.eA c c o m m o d a t i o n/Transportation as well asfor visiting historicalPlaces for sightseeing. Thestudents further expressedthat they feel very ecstaticduring the interactionwith Union Minister ofState for Home Affairs ofIndia Kiran Rijiju on throcassion of 55thAnniversary of SSB at SSBcamp Ghitorni, NewDelhi. Students expressedtheir enthusiasm whilesharing their experienceswhich they described as“lifetime memory” and“proud privilege” forthem.

Students Return from National Tour,Recieved with warm welcome

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

Remembering AtalBihari Vajpayee ji on hisbirthday, Jammu andKashmir Bharatiya JanataParty led by its seniorleaders State PresidentRavinder Raina, MP (LokSabha) Jugal KishoreSharma, former Dy. CMKavinder Gupta, StateGeneral Secretary (Org.)Ashok Kaul and othersenior party leaders gavetributes to the leader andorganized massive joiningprogrammes at booth lev-els across the state.

Ravinder Raina, whileaddressing in the joiningprogrammes, said thatAtal ji has set an unparal-leled example of publicworking in the world his-tory. He said that Atal jialways considered“Rashtra Dharma” aboveeverything and preachedthe noble thought of self-

less working to all. Hesaid that Atal ji’s wordshave guided his friendand foes equally. He saidthat BJP has been celebrat-ing the birthday of itsgreat ideologist for manyyears as “SushasanDiwas” across the lengthand breadth of the coun-try in the honour of theperson who has been heldin high esteem by even hispolitical opposites. Hesaid that PM Modi hasbeen following the foot-steps of Atal ji in takingthe Nation to the top ofthe world and expressedconfidence that he willlead the BJP to a massivewin in 2019.

Jugal Kishore Sharma,in his address, urged peo-ple to understand thefalsehood spread byCongress who havealways misguided massesfor their political benefits.He also highlighted the

contributions of BJP ledCentral governmentunder the leadership ofPrime Minister NarendraModi in the developmentof the area. He said thatIndri-Pattal-Jourian toPargwal bridge, Jammu-Akhnoor 4 lane have beengifted to Akhnoor belt.Central government iscommitted to the develop-ment which will dedicaterailway line up toNowshera.

Kavinder Gupta, in hisaddress, motivated thepeople to join the partyand connect with theparty ideology. He saidthat BJP is the only politi-cal party which hasworked on ground for theNation. He said that thepeople have adopted theparty as their own familyas the party is emotionallybonded with the masses.He urged the karyakartasand the newly joined

members to work dedicat-edly to strengthen thehands of PM Modi in tak-ing the Nation forward onthe path of progress.

Ashok Kaul, in hisaddresses, highlighted thelife events of Atal ji indetail. He said that Atal jihas led the life of the saintwhile working with sim-ple living and high think-ing. He said that the hardwork of Atal ji resulted inthe extension of partyfrom 2 seats to the presentday, where it has repre-sentation from every cor-ner of the country. Kaulsaid that Atal ji initiated apositive change in thesocial and political fabricof the country. He alsorecounted his importantcontributions like Riversunification, Pokharan testetc.

Sat Sharma, in hisaddress, welcomed all thenew entrants in the partyfold and expressed hopethat their efforts willresult in further extensionof party ideology. Heasked the people to followand understand the ideol-ogy of Atal ji to give himtrue tribute. He also urgedthe karyakartas tostrengthen the hands ofPM Modi in 2019.

Sanjay Baru, BaldevBillawaria, AyodhyaGupta and others wereamongst the prominentBJP leaders who led thejoining programmes onthe “Sushasan Diwas”

Remembering Atal ji, Massive joiningsby BJP on “Sushasan Diwas”

No shortage of KeroseneOil in Bhaderwah

BHADERWAH, DEC 25: Tehsil Supply OfficerBhaderwah Farooq Ahmed today inspected dozens ofK.Oil sale depots in Bhaderwah said that there is noshortage of Kerosene Oil in Bhaderwah and all depotsare open . TSO Bhaderwah visited Sartinga, Sungli ,Chamba road , Qilla Mohalla ,Chakka , Gatha ,Udrana , Jai road and other areas and found all K.Oildepots open . “There is no shortage of K.oil in theBhaderwah and the Food Department is having suffi-cient stock of oil which is being distributed in everycorner of Bhaderwah ,” he said.He informed that theconsumer affair and public distribution (CAPD)department released 9000 litres kerosene oil to 16depots in Bhaderwah and people are receiving thesame and all depots are open .TSO Bhadarwah FarooqAhmed said, "Strict action will be taken against thedefaulters and depot owners, whose outlets werefound closed . Meanwhile Youth Action CommitteePresident Naseer Mehboob Padder expressed satisfac-tion over the distribution process of K.Oil inBhaderwah and said all outlets in Bhaderwah areopened for 12 hours in winter season which is benefi-cial for common masses and criticized some people formaking baseless allegation against the outlet ownersfor their self interest

Dozens of NC, PDPworkers joined PC

SRINAGAR, DEC 25 : People Conference holdsConventional workers programme regards forthcom-ing Assembly election in which peoples Conferencecontest Assembly elections on all 87 seats.Hundreds workers participated in the conventionalprogramme. While addressing the party workersSajjad Gani lone aware their workers about the poli-cies and plans of People's conferenceWhile talking About Sajjad Gani lone told that theyhave failed to benefit people and listen to the people'ssufferings and meet to their needs in their time.He also added that the PDP was failed in developmen-tal works as well, Resulting People rejected them.Besides Senior PC leaders including District presidentKupwara Mir Hafizullah , Irfan Pandithpuri, Ab AhadKashmiri ,Ashiq Husssain villgami and block presi-dents & block Secretary's etc were also Present on theoccasion.

People protest againt Contractor, Azamabadto dhangri Road illegal blocked.

"Gareeb ki pukaar kon sune Ga"SRINAGAR, DEC, 25 : From next year,sugar won’t be available in ration depots asthe government has not kept any budgetaryprovision for it. The sweet commodity wouldnot even be available to lakhs of `poor peo-ple’AAY and BPL category consumers in theState. Sources said that government used topurchase the sugar from the open market andwould provide at subsidized prices to all con-sumers which was later restricted to thosebelonging to AAY and BPL categories. “Nojustification has been provided for doingaway with the subsidy on Sugar. How can apoor person purchase the Sugar at the doublethe cost,” said a local resident Nazir Ahmad,who belongs to BPL category. “The poorwould find hard to purchase it at subsidizedrate and how can he purchase it at the costwhich is more than double than that of ratesprovided at the ration depots,” said anotherpoor consumer, Gulzar Ahmad. “This is ananti-poor measure and the government needsto take a call,” he added. According to reportsthe decision to do away with the purchaseand distribution of sugar by the governmentwas taken on December 5 during the plan-ning committee’s meeting of Food CivilSupplies and Consumer Affairs Department.The meeting held under the chairmanship ofPrincipal Secretary Finance, Navin K

Choudhary took the decision, observing thatthe sugar was now available in open market,sources said. The government believes thatthe sugar was not an essential commodity andthe state used to give “extra subsidy over” it.The government has been tight-lipped overthe decision and has maintained silence overit even as the ruling administration was quickto rebut reports regarding the closure ofMufti Mohammad Sayeed Food EntitlementScheme (MMSFES). The former three-timechief minister and National Conference pres-ident Farooq Abdullah also recently censuredthe incumbent administration’s move to endthe disbursement of subsidized sugar tostate’s BPL and AAY consumers. He hadexpressed dismay over the withdrawal ofsugar subsidy and said ending the subsidywould adversely affect the poor.

“It is an anti-people move and will put theextra burden on daily wagers and economi-cally challenged the class of our society. ThePDP-BJP government, soon after coming topower, took no time in doing away with thesubsidy on rice and cooking gas. An abovepoverty line consumer had to pay less than Rs1,000 per quintal, but after the subsidy wasremoved by the then BJP-PDP government,consumers are paying Rs 1,500 per quintal,”he had said......go

BBIA delegation interacts withCommissioner/Secretary PDD

JAMMU, DEC 25: A Delegation of Bari BrahmanaIndustries Association (BBIA) led by of Sh. LalitMahajan President, BBIA in presence of Sh. SureshMahajan, Sr. Vice President, Sh. Ajay Langer GeneralSecretary, Sh. Vivek Singhal Secretary and Sh. ViraajMalhotra Treasurer interacts with Sh. Hirdesh Kumar,IAS, Commissioner/Secretary Power DevelopmentDepartment at his office chamber.During the course ofdiscussion, Sh. Lalit Mahajan President, BBIA conveyedheartiest thanks for the extension of Power AmnestyScheme & also highlighted the pending issues related toIndustrial Sector in which issuance of notification inrespect of Power Amnesty to Industrial sector of J&K,Simplification of Procedure for the Surrender of PowerConnections by Industrial Units, Provision of BunchCable in Industrial Complex, Bari Brahmana for 11KVFeeders, Ease of Doing Business Concept to be adoptedby the Power Development Department,Implementation of Decision taken in respect of SimpleInterest chargeable on the outstanding payments ofPower Bills as per SERC order.Hirdesh Kumar, IAS,Commissioner/Secretary Power DevelopmentDepartment patiently listen all the issues highlightedby Sh. Lalit Mahajan President, BBIA & assured the del-egation to resolve the pending issues related toIndustrial Sector immediately.

Poor ignored: No rethink by govton decision to end Sugar subsidy

North India reels under coldwave on Christmas; dense fogdisrupts flights at Delhi airport

GY CORRESPONDENTVIJAYPUR, DEC. 25

Former Minister andDistrict President,Samba, Manjit Singh onTuesday appealedGovernor Satya PaulMalik to reserveInternational Border.

Speaking before thehuge public gathering atGovind Garh villagealong the InternationalBorder, Manjit Singh saidthat border remainedunder-developed andpeople have no reserva-tion in Government jobs.

Singh appealedGovernor to reserveInternational Borderbecause poor peopleshould be given equalopportunity in competi-tion to get Governmentjobs like other residentsof Jammu and Kashmir.

“Many villagers alongthe International Borderhave windows and wallsstill with bullet marks

fired from across the bor-der by Pakistan,” saidManjit Singh.

He said that the poorborder residents have nooption, but to live underthe shadow of shelling

and border firing. “These people have

been living on edge andtheir lives are not safe.When their lives are notsafe, they flee for life dur-ing border hostilities,

and studies of their chil-dren also suffer. Hence,they should be givenreservation in

Government jobs andprofessional educationalinstitutions,” said ManjitSingh.

Recalling the plight ofpoor farmers, the formerminister said the admin-istration has turned theirback towards the suffer-ing of farmers becausebandh on Basanter Riverwas breached and it wasdamaged badly follow-ing which fields filledwith silt.However, theadministration has notwaken-up from the deepslumber even as many atimes issue of de-siltingof fields was made beforethem.“Government hasclosed eyes on the suffer-ing of border residents,while they do nothing onground for their welfare.They only provide lipservice to the border resi-dents,” he alleged.

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

Tehreek-e-HurriyatChairman, Mohd AshrafSehrai has strongly con-demned the "ill treat-ment" to Kashmirdetainees and under tri-als prisoners in DistrictJail Kathua.

"Certain family mem-bers and relatives of someof the detenues andundertrial prisoners who

are lodged in Kathua jail,informed that the jailauthorities have made thelife of Kashmiri prisonersmiserable, as they arebeating them every day,without any rhyme orreason," Sehrai said in astatement issued to ,.

"They stated thatKashmiri prisoners, whoare lodged in Kathua jail,are also lodged in smallcells and with criminalsdeliberately, where theyare further tortured bythose criminal and attimes by jail staff as well,"he added.

"Because of the illtreatment meted out tothem by the jail authori-ties, are so frightened thatthey don't want even tonarrate their woeful tail,"Sehrai said and appealedBar Association and otherHuman rightsOrganisations to take upthe matter with

International Red Cross,Amnesty Internationaland Asia Watch, so thatthey visit the Kathua jailand see for themselves, asto how the Kashmiri pris-oners are being maltreat-ed in the said jail, by thejail authorities.

Sehrai said the jailauthorities are not onlyviolating the internation-al covenants, but also thefundamental and consti-tutional rights of theseprisoners. "A jailed per-son is not stripped off ofhis fundamental or con-stitutional rights. He isentitled to every safe-guard enshrined in thejail manual and any vio-lation committed by thejail authorities of the saidmanual is punishableunder the same manual,which may even end intheir dismissal from theirservice as well," headded.

Moreover, Sehraiexpressed his profoundsorrow and pain over theTsunami in Indonesiathat left hundreds deadand property worth bil-lions damaged."Indonesia urgentlyneeds relief after anearthquake and tsunami.The Muslim Ummah inparticular should domore to help Indonesianpeople at this point intime," he added.

Sehrai extended soli-darity with theIndonesian governmentand the people ofIndonesia in this hour ofgrief, while extendingsolidarity and sympathywith those who lost theirloved ones and prayed toAlmighty to give courageto the Indonesian nationto face this challenge.

"People of Kashmir,who bore the brunt ofdeadly quake in 2005,and

devastated floods of 2014can fully understand thepain and sufferings ofpeople of Indonesia asbeing the suffers ofnature's fury them-selves," he said.

Meanwhile, Sehraiexpressed his heartfeltand deepest condolenceand grief on the demise ofprominent Islamic schol-ar of Kashmir and theImam of Jamia MasjidPulwama Moulana AlhajAli Muhammad andAunt of Mahaz e Azaadileader Mohd YousufGilkaar. Sehrai said, thedeceased (Moulana AlhajAli Muhammad) was areligious and social figurewho had been perform-ing his duties since thepast many decades inPulwama district in par-ticular with dedicationand honestly. He termedhis death as 'a great lossfor society'.

Golden Yug JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, 26, DECEMBER , 2018STATE 6

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

To mark the birthanniversary of formerPrime Minister Atal BihariVajpayee, state unit ofBharatiya Janta Party(BJP) led by Its GeneralSecretary Yudhvir Sethitoday held a number ofpublic meetings in differ-ent wards of Jammu Eastassembly constituencywhere scores of peoplejoined BJP and pledged towork for bringing in refor-mative measures. The daywas also observed as goodgovernance day.

BJP general secretarysaid that party chiefRavinder Raina hasresolved that on all goodgovernance days maxi-mum people should be

made to join BJP on BoothLevels and in that contin-uation scores of peopletoday Joined BJP fromWard No1,2,3,6,7,10,11,15,19 ofJammu East in presence ofYudhvir Sethi .

Speaking on the occa-sion, Yudhvir Sethi saidGood Governance Daywas established in 2014 toPrime Minister Vajpayeeby fostering awarenessamong the Indian peopleof accountability in gov-ernment. He said the pres-ent dispensation at theCentre led by NarendraModi has also good gov-ernance can be done byensuring accountabilityand bringing and trans-parency in the system.

He said Bhartiya Janta

Party governments any-where in the country ordoing well and coming upto the expectations of peo-ple. It's been four and halfyears since BJP took overthe reigns of union gov-ernment and ever sincethen there has not been asingle case of corruptionreported from any min-istry. This, he said isbiggest example of goodgovernance that needs tobe maintained.

Among others presentincluded Anilmasoom,Narottam shar-ma (Corporators),Gulshan Mahajan, PtViney, Rajesh Dogra,VIjay Shastri, Brij Mohan,Ramesh Gupta, GirdariLal, Ram Prasad Mahajan,Govind Sareen, Vishal

Kohli, Pradeep Sharma,Anil Mahajan, Ravi Singh,Kartar Mahajan, SardarGurcharan Singh, RajKumar Mahajan, ParveenKarni, Vijay Mahajan,Satish, Sunil Sethi,Vindod Gupta, GurdasSharma, Vishu PratapSingh, Trilochan NathDutta, Harvinder SinghSonu, Rajesh Bali, SanjeevSahni, Kaka Sharma,Sidhu Sharma and others.

Yudhvir Sethi asked

those who joined BJP

today to carry forward

programmes and policies

of BJP Government that

has led to upliftment of

weaker sections of society.

He said that scores of pub-

lic oriented schemes

including Beti Bachao,

Beti Padhao, ending gas

subsidy, building bridges

and roads in the country,

health schemes and hous-

ing for all besides helping

women of weaker sections

must all be taken to

deserving ones.Meantime, those who

joined BJP today resolvedto work for strengtheningparty at all levels andensuring that all people ofall wards of Jammu Eastare made aware of allschemes and at develop-ing state and is people.They remembered AtalBihari Vajpayee for hisgood governance andpaid their tributes to him.

Scores join BJP in Jammu EastGood governance is a way of life: Yudhvir Sethi

GY CORRESPONDENTABID HUSSAIN WANIDODA : DEC 25

With the aim tostrengthen Police-publicrelations and to bring peo-ple nearer to the policefor better output in pre-vention and detection ofcrime .On the directionsof Shabir Ahmed MalikSSP Doda, DySP head-quarters Doda IftkharAhmed along with SHODessa conducted PCPGmeetings at Manjmi andBhagwa area. The meet-ing was attended by

respectable's fromManjmi, Bhagwa andadjoining areas.

During the course ofmeeting, the participantsput forth differentvaious Issues viz. 1)Completion of Doda-Dessa road 2)Upgradation of LHSManjmi to High School3) PHC for Manjmi 4)Solar Lights for Manjmi5)Repair of damagedirrigation canal fromGadi to Bhagwa

DySP Hqtrs assuredthe public that their

demands will be com-municated to the con-cerned Departmentsthrough DeputyCommissioner Doda forconsideration/ redres-sal. People were asked tomaintain peace and com-munal harmony in thearea.They were alsoimpressed upon to lookafter the education of theirchildren as this will openavenues for them in theirfuture life. He also promisedto extend whatever helprequired from Doda Policeon this front.

Doda Police listen the greviences of Manjmi areas

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

Adbi Kunj todayorganized a special liter-ary get together “Ek-Sham-Seerat-Ke-Nam” onthe visit of renownedPunjabi poet Prof.“Surinder Singh Seerat”from California(America). Various liter-ary luminaries participat-ed in the programme from

the different parts of theState. This special eventwas presided over byrenowned writer and poetDr. Baljit Singh Rainawhereas anotherrenowned literary person-ality Dr. Harish Kela wasthe Guest of Honour.While addressing thegathering, Sham Talibthanks Prof. SurinderSingh Seerat and other

special visitors of thefunction. He also threwdetailed light on the vari-ous aspects of the literaryactivities of Adbi Kunjduring the ongoing year2018. On the occasion,Prof. Surinder SinghSeerat also threw detailedlight on the various activi-ties of the Punjabi literaryin California (America).Speaking on the occasion,

Dr. Baljit Singh Raina andDr. Harish Kela sharedtheir views on the role ofAdbi Kunj Jammu in theliterary field for the 44years. On the occasion, acomposite Mushaira wasalso held in which poetsrecited their variouskalams in different-languages. The poets par-ticipated in the meetinclude Surinder SinghSeerat, Daljit SinghRaina,Iqbal Singh, AarashDalmotra, Harish Kela,Bansi Lal, Sarwar ChohanHabeeb, Abdul Jabbar,Mohan Singh Ultaf,Ashok Muntiq, ChandKrishan, Sanjeev Kumar,Ved Uppal, MasoomKishtwari, Rajeev Kumar,Maharaj Krishan,K.L.Salgotra, BishanKhak, Raj Kamal,Jaitender Bassan, UttamSingh Rahi and ShamTalib. The vote of thankswere presented by AarashDalmotra, Chairman ofthe organization.

Adbi Kunj organizes “Ek-Sham-Seerat-Ke-Nam”

Sehrai condemns 'ill treatment' to Kashmir detainees

GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, DEC. 25

In this ChampionshipAbhijeet Singh clinchedGold Medal in Senior 18+yrs Male Kumite -75kgcategory defeating partic-ipants from Badgam,Gandebal,Jammu districtrespectively.Not only thishe also represented Indiain 9th CommonwealthKarate Championshipwhich was held atDurban,South Africa inNovember,2018. He wasalso appreciated andawarded by Dr.NaseemJavaid Choudhary,Secretary of J&K StateSports Council.

The championshipwas organized byAmateur Karate DoAssociation of Jammu &Kashmir recognized byJ&K State Sports Councilaffiliated to KarateAssociation of India(KAI) recognized byGovt. of India (Ministry

of Youth Affairs &Sports) member WorldKarate Federation (WKF)& Asian Karate DoFederation (AKF) recog-nized by InternationalOlympic Committee(IOC). More than 600 par-ticipants from differentdistricts viz Jammu,Rajouri, Kathua, Reasi,Srinagar, Ganderbal,Budgam, Bandipora,Kupwara, Udhampur,Kargil, Kishtwar, Doda,Shopian, Samba partici-pated in the tournament.

Sh. Chander MohanGupta, Hon’ble MayorJMC was the Chief Guest,Dr. S.M. Bali, JointSecretary Indian OlympicAssociation (IOA) wasthe Guest of Honour ofthe closing Ceremony.Mr. Nazir Ahmad Bhat,Vice President AKAJK/Organizing President ofthe tournament, Sh. AnilGupta, ChairmanAKAJK, Sh. Rahil Gupta,

Vice President AKAJK,Mr. Vishal Sharma,President Jammu DistrictKarate Association/Organizing Secretary ofthe tournament, Sh. TilakRaj Gupta, LecturerPhysical Education, Mr.Ajeet Upadhyay & Mr.Aman Sharma SocialActivists were the otherguests present on theoccasion. Mr. AmbedkarGupta, National KarateTeam Coach was alsopresent on theOccasion.Dr. S.M. Bali,Joint Secretary IndianOlympic Association(IOA), Guest of Honouralso appreciated theefforts done by Mr.Ambedkar Gupta and histeam to promote karategenuinely in the state. Healso appreciated theefforts of Mr. AbhijeetSingh and congratulatedhim for his wonderfulsuccess and wished hima bright future ahead.

J&K State Karate Championship2018 concludes at Mahajan Sabha

Reserve International Border villages toimprove livelihood of poor farmers: Congress

Saproo alleges grave injusticewith watch & ward employeesof BTS sites of BSNL Towers

JAMMU, DEC 25: State President Jammu & KashmirMilchar Front, Sh. Shamboo Nath Saproo has urged theBSNL authorities to pay watch and ward charges/salary for BTS sites to the poor employees regularlybefore 20th of every month and credited to the respec-tive accounts. He said that the salary of watch & wardemployees of BSNL tower sites & rent of the Tower Siteis pending for last 5 months which is very injustice withthese poor employees of BSNL Towers.Saproo, hasappealed to the Chief General Manager, BSNL &Principal General Manager BSNL Mobiles J&K state topersonally intervene and redress the genuine griev-ances of these watch & ward employees’ of Mobile tow-ers of the site and immediately release the salary ofthese watch & ward employees of BSNL towers & rentof the site of the Tower for 5 months & ensure that themonthly charges to the watch and ward employees onthis count are released on monthly basis on the patternof all private companies, without any further delay.

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

“In the way, our pack-age and demands arebeing destroyed underpreplanned conspiracy bythe Government of Indiaand the Governor’sadministration; PoK DPshave decided to launchindefinite Chain Dharnathat will begin fromThursday i.e. December27, 2018 until and unlessour main key issues relat-ed to PoK DPs are not ful-filled, this was stated by S.

O. S. InternationalChairman Rajiv Chuni ina Press Conference at itsheadquarters in BakshiNagar, Jammu.Whileinteracting with mediapersons here today, Mr.Chuni said that PoK DPsare fed up of the brutalapproach of Governmentto resolve the issues of thecommunity who havebeen starving for the last70 years and living underinhumane conditions asGovernment has failed toprovide much needed jus-

tice for the foremost vic-tims of State who tookfirst ever bullet in order tosave the existence of thiserstwhile princely State.“The Chain Dharna marksmain key issues related toPoK DPs in which imple-mentation of PoK DPspackage passed by NC-Congress Cabinet in 2014in toto, implementation ofuniform policy for all themigrants/displaced com-munities including PoKDPs, establishment of cor-ridors for PoK DPs to visit

their religious places &shrines located in PoK,restoration of 1/3rd i.e. 8seats lying vacant for PoKareas in LegislativeAssembly, inclusion of5300 DPs families livingoutside the J&K State inthe ambit of package forPoK DPs and return ofcash deposits of PoK DPslaying in the J&K Bank,Mirpur Branch”, Mr.Chuni revealed.He fur-ther said that S. O. S.International has beenwriting for seeking timefrom Governor for the last3 months but no responsehas been received so far. S.O. S. International in itslast Press Conference haswarned the Governmentof playing dirty gimmicksagainst PoK DPs but thespree did not end there-fore, we have launchedthis Chain Dharna.“Governor has made tallclaims that he is availableto everyone, doors of hisoffice are open to all thecitizens of the State, hisadministration is alwaysready to mitigate the suf-ferings of people butunfortunately all theclaims have been provedfarce. The attitude ofGovernor’s administra-tion is unbearable andintolerable as PS toGovernor Mr. Rana andADC to Governor MajorYadav keep on passingthe things to each otherover asking for responseof Governor’s office whencontacted. He further saidthat every day 5 PoK DPswill sit on Chain Dharnaat S. O. S. Internationaloffice and if at all situationarises this Chain Dharnastarting from Thursdaymay converted into Fast-unto-Death to fulfill ourdemands. He appealedPoK DPs from across thestate and country to sup-port the struggle untilmuch awaited justice isawaited”, he added

Golden Yug JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, 26, DECEMBER , 2018STATE 7

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

The Young brigade ofAll India Kashmiri Samaj(AIKS) an apex body rep-resenting KashmiriPandit organizationsworldwide held a meet-ing of stalwarts and expe-rienced professionalsfrom the KP communityat Jammu Press Club 24thDecember, 2018 . The del-egates deliberate and dis-cuss a few critical aspectsof Community. The dis-cussion was first of itskind interacting with ourvery own who sharedtheir insights, learningand thought leadership.The event was aimed tojointly create a vision toaddress a common issueof Kashmiri Pandit youthbrigade via a lens ofyouth .The Event wasattended by prominentleaders, Journalists, youth

activists and social work-ers of Jammu. The discus-sions revolved aroundstatus and positioning ofKashmiri Pandit youths,currents situations of theKP .Ajay Bharti, VP, BJPchapter shared the workinitiated by the BJP post-2014 and ensured his sup-port will always be there.He requested team AIKSto enrol more youth andbring all KP organizationsunder AIKS banner sothat the vice is strong andclear. He said the voice ofKashmiri Pandits shouldcross the corridors ofpower.Dr ManoramaBakshi, Social activist andWomen wing head ofAIKS stressed connectingthe dots and building thebridges. The discussionsalso stressed the role ofthe NGOs, CSO, FBOs.Who will do what? ProfMeenakshi and Dr also

spoke .Dalip K Kaul,Vice-President AIKSstressed the need of youthengagements. He ques-tioned the political will ofthe government to stopthe menace of terrorism.He asked KashmiriPandit youths to get bel-ligerent and make theirvoice loud andclear.Sanjay SapruProfessional , socialactivist and AIKSTreasurer shared his view, We as a KP communityhas given lot to the socie-ty since existence , nowsince last 30 years due toforced Migration wehave been looking forDoulos from Govt &Political Parties & Failedas a community . Insteadwe have to go back to thePosition of being giver tosociety again & rise abovein changing the narrativeback in Valley for India .

AIKS organizes programme to discusscritical issues of KP Community

SOS Intl to begin Indefinite Chain DharnaPoK DPs package destroyed under

pre planned conspiracy: Chuni

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

J&K BJP’s StateCooperative Cell led by itsState Convenor H. S.Pammi in the presence ofBJP’s State Incharge AllCells S. Varinderjit Singhheld a meeting of the Cell,at party headquarter,Jammu.S. VarinderjitSingh, while addressingthe meeting, threw lighton the role of Co-operativesocieties. He put thrust onthe role of Cooperativerelated schemes in the day

to day life of commonmasses and emphasizedthe role of Self-helpgroups in raising thesocio-economic status ofthe underprivileged sec-tions of the society. Hesaid that these organiza-tions have a great role par-ticularly the rural and sub-urban areas where otherjob and employmentopportunities are limited.

H. S. Pammi, in hisaddress, talked of agreater role of women andless educated including

those who are unskilled inany vocational skills tohelp earn their livelihood.He asked the Cell mem-bers to promoteCooperative schemes inthe masses which will cer-tainly do a great deal indevelopment of theirareas. He informed thatBJP’s State CooperativeCell will organize Campsin the selected areas whichwill particularly focusupon the unemployedyouth to curb the menaceof unemployment in stateby promoting self-employment. He alsothanked honourableGovernor for amendmentin the Cooperative act asSelf-Reliance CooperativeAct 2018 in which variousbenefits will be given inthe Cooperative institu-tions. He also requestedthe honorable Governor totake effective steps likefinancial and other meansto revive Cooperative cul-ture in the state.AshokSingh Sambyal, MohanSingh Jamwal, CharanjitSingh Charak, S.C.Goswami, Suraj SinghCharak were also presentin the meeting.

BJP’s State Cooperative Cell holds meeting

TBS,JU organises 'VASL' 2018JAMMU, DEC 25: The Business School, University ofJammu organized the Alumni Meet ‘VASL’ 2018. Theday commenced with an interactive session with thealumni of the batch 1991-1993 who completed their 25years and had their silver jubilee this year. Prof. ManojDhar, Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu, the ChiefGuest on the occasion lauded the efforts of the depart-ment and appreciated Prof Alka Sharma, Director TheBusiness School for organizing such interactive eventswhich help in all-round development of the students.AToken of remembrance was presented to the prestigiousalumni of 1991-1993 batch. The formal Alumni sessionin the morning was followed by an informal eveningcultural event. The event was started by a dogri skit fol-lowed by a group song by the students of the BusinessSchool.

Earlier, Prof. Alka Sharma, Director, The BusinessSchool, University of Jammu presented welcomedaddress. Alumni meet at The Business School attendedby Mr. Ajay Wali, (Vice President InternationalMarketing), Mr. Rajeev Jain, (Entrepreneur), Mr. NeerajSharma, (Special Secretary to Vice Chancellor), Mr.Sanjeev Rometra, (Engineer JKPDD), Mr. AshimKhudda, (Independent Renewable & EnvironmentProfessional from AK Renewable,) Mr. Kishore Chib,(KAS) and Mr. S.R.Sangra who gave their valuableinsights on shaping the career path of the students. Itwas a walk down the memory lane for the silver jubileebatch. They were over whelmed to visit their almamater and look forward for more such interactions withthe students. The formal vote of thanks was presentedby Dr. Amisha Gupta, Assistant Professor, The BusinessSchool, University of Jammu.

JKSWDC organizes awarenessCamp at Mahore, Reasi

REASI, DEC 25 : J&K state women's development corpo-

ration organized an awareness camp at Village Mahore

District Reasi to aware the women folk about the schemes

being implemented by them. The Chief Guest of the camp

was Uttam Singh Ward Member Mahore. Speaking on the

occasion Mohd Iqbal District Manager Women’s Dev.

Corporation Reasi, highlighted various schemes being

implemented by JKWDC viza viz NMDFC , NBCFDC,

NHFDC WEP, and Education loan schemes launched by

JKWDC for socio-economic upliftment of women. Uttam

Singh Ward Member Mahore ,.who requested the women to

come forward and take the benefits of the loan schemes pro-

vided at nominal rate of interest. Also spoke about Beti

Padao Beti Bachao and Swacch Bharat Abhiyan.Others who

attended the camp were Laxmi Devi , Sunita Devi , Madhu

Kumari Social Worker & JKWDC Staff Gulzar Ahmed

other prominent peoples. The women were made aware

about state / centrally sponsored schemes launched and

sponsored by the women’s Development Corporation for

upliftment of women. At last refreshment was served to the

gathering.

Pak PM raises Kashmirissue with UN chief

SRINAGAR, DEC 25,: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran

Khan telephoned United Nations chief Antonio Guterres

this week and raised the issue of Kashmir, a U.N.

spokesman has said. Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for

the U.N. Secretary-General, did not divulge details about

the conversation between Khan and Guterres but confirmed

that the phone call took place.

India's external affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh

Kumar in response said that "the statements coming out

from their side demonstrates the insincerity and duplicity".

In response to India's strong retort to Khan that Pakistan

should mind its own business and that Kashmir is an inte-

gral part of India, Mr. Dujarric said, "Our position on

Kashmir has been reiterated. There is an observer group as

mandated by the Security Council," referring to the U.N.

Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

(UNMOGIP).

"It's only normal that the Secretary-General speak to Heads

of Governments and Heads of State and, as I said, I can con-

firm that the call took place and that the Prime Minister

raised the issue of Kashmir," Dujarric said.

In recent tweets, following the killing of seven civilians in

the disturbed Himalayan region claimed by both India and

Pakistan, PM Khan said that "Kashmiris must be allowed to

decide their future".

India maintained that the UN observer group in Kashmir has

become irrelevant after the Shimla Agreement and the con-

sequent establishment of the Line of Control (LoC).

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

Pradesh YouthCongress, J&K, onMonday organised adebate on theme 'Soch SeSoch ki Ladai' with a viewto discuss the problemsbeing faced by the youthof the State.

On the occasion, ShahNawaz ChoudharyGeneral Secretary JKPCC,Uday Chib J&K PYCChief, Navneet MishraEducationist, NeerajKundan NationalSecretary NSUI, AijazChoudahry, AmirBanday, Dr K.K Tiwariand Jyoti Sharma were theresource persons.

Youth from across theJammu city were partici-pated in the discussionand raised serious con-cern over the growingunemployment across thecountry. The participantsraised serious concernover the exploitation ofyouth in the J&K State.

“The Government isexploiting educated youthof the State by implement-ing the so called new jobpolicy and pushing theminto disillusionment,”they said, adding thatafter spending nearly Rs20-25 lakh on the educa-tion they were strugglingto feed their families withthe meager salary.

“On one hand, the gov-ernment brought the newpolicy to tackle the cashcrunch but on the other,the salaries of lawmakershave been doubled,” theyasserted.

“BJP led Government

has been failed to addressproblems of youth of ourcountry be it unemploy-ment, education policy,corruption, women secu-rity,” the participants saidadding that it’s theresponsibility of rulinggovernment to addressthe issues of youth of thecountry.

“The previous regimeshave been to address theproblems being faced bythe youth residing theborders areas. Due to theheavy shelling at bordersvillages after regularintervals, the youth arefacing severe problemsparticularly their educa-tion. The lack of previousgovernment policies haveforced youth to compro-mise with their studiesresulting in unemploy-ment,” they said.

S h a h n a w a zChoudhary criticised theBJP Government at theCentre for its failure tocreate two jobs per years.He said BJP has failed tofulfill its poll promisesand always give hollowslogans to lure voters of

the country. The miseriesof the people have beenincreased manifold due tohollow policies of BJPGovernment.

Uday Chib, J&K PYCChief, exhorted upon theyouth to come forwardand strengthen CongressParty in the comingParliamentary andAssembly elections so thatthe grievances of youthwould be resolved. Heasked the youth to

“The Congress will beable to fulfil the dream ofa ‘new India' in a truesense with the support ofthe youth, he said, addingthat the party's leadershiphas worked out a realisticroad map based on peo-ple's aspirations as itmoves forward,” Chibsaid.

"The Congress is anumbrella institution,which takes along eachsection of the society.With the support of newyoung generation, theparty will be able to fulfilthe dream of a new Indiain a true sense,” Chibasserted.

Youth Congress holds debate ontheme 'Soch Se Soch ki Ladai'

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25Jammu and KashmirLiberation Front (JKLF)on Tuesday held a meet-ing at party head officeAbi-Guzar in which vari-ous leaders participatedand deliberated upon dif-ferent issues concerningthe resistance movement.

In a statement issued to,, the JKLF leaders saidprolonging incarcerationof its chairman,Muhammad Yasin Malikand others is 'an exhibi-tion of the fact that Indiathrough its proxies wantsto establish peace ofgraveyard in Kashmir'.

"This should also serveas an eye opener to thosewho are habitually criti-cizing JRL and leadersand policies related toresistance," JKLF leaderssaid.

Speaking on the occa-sion, JKLF leaders saidthat "suppression by mili-tary and police means hasrisen to new heights inJammu Kashmir andpolice and forces havebeen let loose in JammuKashmir, turning Kashmirinto a police state whereonly the law of Jungle isprevailing."

They said Malik wasarrested along with vicechairman Mushtaq Ajmal,Muhammad Hanif Dar,Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar,Imtiyaz Ahmad Ganie,Shakir Ahmad Ahangar,Fayaz Ahmad andBasharat Ahmad from apeaceful protest at LalChowk.

"JRL, its constituentsand the JKLF chairmanalong with his associatesactually presented them-selves before the authori-ties with a motto 'insteadkillings Kashmiris of oneby one kill us all together'.Police resorted to tear andpepper smoke shelling,Lathi-charge and otheroppressive measures andeven do not spare womenprotesters," they said

"After using force,police arrested JKLFchairman and others andbooked them U/S 107,151but on the next day whena magistrate bailed themout, police came up with

new concocted chargeslike U/S 307 (attempt tomurder) to prolong theirincarceration," theyadded.

After re-arrest, Malikand others were present-ed before a court whichremanded them for sevendays police custody whichended today, the state-ment said, adding that"what is more astonishingis that those who usedmight to suppress apeaceful protest arecharging those whobecame victims of theiraggression with acts like307 (attempt to murder)."

Leaders said that jailsand incarcerations arenothing new for JKLF andits leadership but this pro-longed incarceration ofMalik and others for tak-ing out a peaceful protestagainst unabated killingsshould serve as an eyeopener for those who arehabitually criticizing JRL,its leadership and poli-cies/programs related toresistance.

Speakers said that"these people sitting intheir cozy rooms andactually promoting Indiannarrative, on daily basiscome up with new kindsof criticism regarding theresistance and JRL."

"Someday these peoplecome up with critique onshut downs calling theseas anti-people but whenJRL comes up with peace-ful alternative programslike candlelight protestsor kill us all programs andpolice crackdown againstJRL and its constituents isunleashed, these'chameleon like thinkers'vanish in thin air," thestatement said.

JKLF leaders said that"India want to suppressevery voice of dissent bypolice and military might,crumple our peacefulresistance and establishpeace of graveyard inKashmir but we want totell them and proxies pro-moting their narrativesthat their day-dreamingwill yield them nothingbut shame and it is theoppressed that will God-willingly have the lastlaugh."

Yasin Malik's seven day remandends today, JKLF holds meet

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

Appealing New Delhito learn lessons from theadvice given by formerDirector General of PoliceK. Rajandra Kumar, AIPPresident Er. Rasheed hassaid that withdrawal ofUS troops fromAfghanistan should trulybe a wakeup call for NewDelhi.

While addressingparty workers atLachampora Handwaratoday Er. Rasheed said,"K Rajindra Kumar'sword of advice is likeconfession of truth likebetter late than never.Who doesn't know thatMr. K. Rajindra in histenure as JK police chiefclaimed on more than oneoccasions that J&K hasbeen made militancy freeand now his words thatwithdrawal of US troopsfrom Afghanistan willhave serious conse-quences on J&K do meana lot and deserve sincereanalysis and attention.His words are confessionof the fact that wars arenever won be inAfghanistan or inKashmir. It is natural thatif US has been compelledto leave Pakistan forwhatsoever reasons, notonly militant outfits buteveryone who believes inJustice would expect itspositive implications onKashmir. It is high timefor New Delhi to give uparrogance and false

claims and come forwardwith sincere efforts toresolve seventy year longpolitical dispute whichhas claimed six lac. livessince 1947 and hasbecome a nuclear fleshpoint between India andPakistan. If Americansdespite being such astrong super power couldnot conquer Afghanistan,how is it possible for NewDelhi to find a militarysolution to an interna-tionally accepted dispute.While New Delhi hasalways claimed thatPakistan is pushing mili-tants in the valley, in thechanging scenario inAfghanistan it would bemore difficult to dealwith the situation in J&Kwithout addressing thereal issues". Er. Rasheedappealed New Delhi andIslamabad to cool theirtempers and learn lessonsfrom what has been hap-pening in Afghanistanand reiterated that thegenuine right to self-determination forKashmiris cannot be sup-pressed just by ignoringthe ground reality andmisleading world com-munity.

Er. Rasheed addedthat while K. Rajindra'swords are of much signif-icance, Army officers likeGen. Huda and manyothers too have tried toconvey New Delhi thatthere is no military solu-tion to the political dis-pute.

Former DGP K. Rajindra'swords deserve immediate

attention: Er. Rasheed

GY CORRESPONDENTVIJAYPUR, DEC. 25

A strong and vibrantNational Conference isanswer to surmounting allchallenges facing toJammu and Kashmir, for-mer minister and StateSecretary Mr SurjeetSingh Slathia said onT u e s d a y . “ N a t i o n a lConference is a force toreckon with and beingsecular by core it is theonly party that can keepthree distinct regions ofthe state united”, MrSlathia said whileaddressing a workersrally at Sha Talab BariBrahmna in VijaypurAssembly Constituency.

Slathia enumeratedthe huge role played byNational Conference dur-

ing different spells of gov-ernance in changing theeconomic and develop-mental landscape of thestate whenever voted topower and assured thatserving people willalways remain top of itsagenda. He said publicservice has been the solemotivation of NationalConference, which neverallowed instability andfought all odds withactive support and coop-eration of the people. Heregretted over the currentpolitical stalemate andhoped the era of uncer-tainty will end soon and ademocratically electedgovernment will be put inplace. He asked the cadreto get ready for big chal-lenge in coming monthsand intensify further theirmass outreach pro-gramme. He, however,exhorted them to remainvigilant against themachinations of disrup-tive and divisive ele-ments.

Making a strong pleafor promoting the timetested ethos of communalharmony and amity, theformer minster said, “Wehave to survive and flour-ish as a secular party, asenvisioned by Sher-e-Kashmir SheikhMohammed Abdullah”.He urged the party func-tionaries to play theiruseful role in isolatingdivisive forces that werehell bent on taking thecentre-stage again by

polarising thesociety.Referring to vari-ous problems faced to thepeople across theConstituency, Mr Slathiasaid he has been project-ing these at appropriatelevels for seeking redres-sal. He blamed the BJP forpushing the VijaypurConstituency to the wallin respect of developmentand implementation ofvarious welfare schemes.He lamented that the pre-vious government aban-doned various pro-grammes initiated duringthe NC government foroverall development ofthe constituency thatadversely affected vari-ous key sectors themost.Prominent amongthose who spoke andwere present in the rallyincluded DistrictPresident NationalConference Mr MohinderGupta, Vice President MrVijay Singh, BlockPresident Mr BhagwanSingh, District SecretaryMr Om Prakash Attri, for-mer President MunicipalCommittee Mr RamanGupta besides SarpanchesMs Shehnaz Akhter, MsTejinder Kour, Mr DaljeetSingh, Mr Brijpal Singh,Mr Balwan Singh, MadhuCharak and ex-Sarpanches MrMohammed Sadiq, MrGhulam Nabi, Mr JagdishSingh, Mr Gulab Din, MrRashid Ahmed, MrMohammed Younis andMr Ayub Din.

JAMMU, DEC 25: Face toface Live Open ComedyConcert and Meet & Greetevent held at Bahu PlazaJammu with actorSanyam free entry. ActorSanyam Pandoh alongwith his team of actors.Sanyam, also popularlyknown as Sam said that

this live event is exclu-sively designed by histeam on special demandby the followers and sub-scribers of his YouTubeChannel Sam'sProduction from all overthe state of Jammu andKashmir. He said thatthey have already donemany shows one show ona grand scale which washeld at Abhinav Theatrefew months back that wasa houseful show and nowthey are coming withanother show which willbe held open at BahuPlaza, Central Park.Sanyam appealed the peo-ple of the state that theycan meet their lovelyactors of sam productionand avail this opportuni-ty, come along with alltheir family members andfriends to enjoy and havea lot of fun face to facewith your actors.

Golden Yug JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, 26, DECEMBER , 2018STATE 8

GY CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, DEC. 25

While wishing a warmand happy merryChristmas to the entireChristian community MrsSandhya GuptaChairperson Women ClubMeri Pehchan andProminent social andPolitical Activist Er.RishiKaul Kilam NationalExecutive Council memberNSC a grand function wascelebrated at Sunrise PublicSchool Channi. Prominentmembers of various socialorganizations participatedin the colourful MerryChristmas function organ-ised by women club MeriPehchan and NSC studentwing of NCP.The studentsof the school displayedtheir skills and culturalactivities in different ways

which was appreciated bythe audience. The vibrantand spectacular perform-ances of the students addedthe beauty of the Christmasevent. Talented Students ofLBM blind school for girlsalso participated in theevent and displayed theircultural activity whichadded the charm andcolour on the occasion. Theorganisers of the functionRishi Kaul Kilam NationalExecutive Council MemberNSC and Mrs SandhyaGupta ChairpersonWomen Club MeriPehchan distributedSweets ,fruits among thestudents. While speakingon the occasion Rishi saidthat he feels proud that hisentire family memberswere the products of theTyndle Biscoe school

Srinagar run by the chris-ten community for cen-turies together and impart-ing quality education to thestudents with remarkableco-curriculum activities.He added that the christenshave contributed a lot ineducation field in J&Kstate. The members andFounder director of sunrisepublic school ManpreetKour thanked all the partic-ipants for making theChristmas function a mem-orable and joyfulevent.Prayas NGOChairman Pawan DevSingh and Divyang Sevaashram ChairmanPurshotam,Sanjay Tickoo,Veena Dhar,ShardaTickoo,Abhishek Rali,MKbadyal Convenor LBMschool and Others alsograced the occasion

Kilam and Sandhya Gupta celebratedMerry Christmas at Sunrise School

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

Sunil Dimple PresidentJammu West AssemblyMovement and Presidentof the Ring Road ActionCommittee led a strongDhrna and protest rallyfor the construction offour way circular ringRoad and for startingMetro Rail train fromAmphalla Janipur HighCourt road, Roop Nagar,Bantalab uptoAkhnoor.Traders joinedin hundreds in the rallypassed, and staged protestdemonstration onAmphalla Janipur highcourt road, in protestagainst the govt proposalfor widening 20 ft of theAmphalla Janipur highcourt road up to Bantalabfrom both the sides of the

road.He said the agitationwill continue and “- vishalrally” on 2 January asnobody in govt is hearing

the traders plight and theGovt is not taking thetraders residents in confi-dence and wants to bull-

doze the people and wantwants to turn the Jammucity in the cremationground, kabristan, he

alleged this proposal waspassed by the BJP duringits four years governancein the state. Sunil dimplealleged that the J&K govtwants to destroy theCrores birth business, res-idential properties, livelyhood of the 50 years oldthe residents on theseroads. He warned thegovt will have to cross thedead bodies of the tradersbefore approval of thisplan. He said now this allnonsense will not be toler-ated and we will intensifyour do or die agitationnow. As in the last fouryears the Jammu MLAsfailed and did nothing tosolve the traffic problemand only brought the roadwidening plan, proposal,for the residents, peopleof the west constituency.

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

As if University GrantsCommission is sub-servient to Prof AshokAima, Vice Chancellor,Central UniversityJammu, all the instruc-tions issued through vari-ous notices by UGC toCentral Universitiesfalling under its jurisdic-tion are being boldlyflouted by VC CUJ byallowing contractual fac-ulty members to work assupervisors for M. Philand PhDscholars.Addressing thepress conference heretoday, State ChiefNational Secular Forum(NSF), Dr Vikas Sharmainformed that various

notices issued by UGCfrom time to time clearlyinstructs CentralUniversities not to deployany faculty member whoare either contractual,tenure based or alike assupervisors for researchscholars as such a tenden-cy will obviously violatethe Regulations of M. Philand Ph. D which shall beviewed seriously by UGC.

Such an avoidableaction on the part of anyuniversity shall attractstern action against theerring university as pro-vided under UGC Act1956, they said addingthat the name of universi-ty shall be out in thedefaulter list on the UGCwebsite in case it violates

the set norms.Dr Sharma further said

that as per Notice of UGCdated 29th September2016, UGC directed all theuniversities to take pro-active steps for making itcocksure that all the regu-lations of UGC are fol-lowed in full letter andspirit.He further allegedthat UGC appears to beirrelevant for VC ofCentral University Jammuwho continues to floutregulations and notices ofUGC with impunity per-taining to allotment ofduties as supervisors forM. Phil and Ph D. DrSharma said that ProfAshok Aima is habitual ofdoing so during his tenurewhen he was Dean/Head

in the Department ofHRM & OB on contractualbasis in CUJ and surpris-ingly Prof Aima standsawarded the job of VC ofthe same university forviolating regulations andnotices of UGC pertainingto allotment of duties assupervisors to scholars.Not only this, Prof Aima,soon after taking over thechair of VC, made one ofhis favourites Scholar asco-supervisor for researchscholars during his con-tractual tenure as well.

As if working as super-visor for research scholarsis extremely dear to theheart of Prof Ashok Aimafrom his contractualtenure as Head/Dean ofHRM and OB, he still

prefers to work as super-visor for scholars which isa moot question for UGCto determine.Appealingthe UGC authorities andMinistry of HRD GOI totake cognizance of theserious lapse on the part ofincumbent VC, ProfAshok Aima, he said thata team of seniors officersfrom UGC/HRD bedeputed to CUJ to investi-gate the matter in order toput a deterrent on the ille-gal action of universityadministration and restorethe academic ambiance inthe campus soon. Amongthose who were present inthe press conferenceincluded Papinder Singh,Manmohan Singh, andRishikesh Rana.

Corruption, nepotism on its peak at CUJ: NSF

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

A special PanthersParty Christmas meetingwas held at Jammu whichexpressed internationalgreetings to all the peopleof the world praying forworld peace. The meetingspecially made a mentionof Jerusalem, birthplace ofJesus Christ, Bethlehemhas been decorated asgreat memorial Churchwhich was visited byProf.Bhim Singh severaltimes.

Working Committee ofJ&K National PanthersParty in resolution calledon the United Nations tomake a declaration on thisday asking all the coun-tries to follow total disar-mament formula so thatthe world lives in peacewith the message of Jesus

Christ that he left whenhe was crucified morethan 2000 years ago bythe Roman Rulers defiedby Jesus Christ whobelieved in peace, humandignity and human love.Christ faced crucifixionwith a message from thealtar, “Forgive them myLord they know not whatthey do.” ????? ??????????? ?? ??? ?? ????, ?????? ????? ?? ?? ???? ?? ??????? NPP Supremo saidthat this message shouldbe conveyed with convic-tion by the UnitedNations.

Panthers PartyWorking Committee alsohoped that peace shallreturn in J&K and thepeople of J&K shall begiven justice and equitynot jails and bullets.Panthers Party also hoped

that the people of thethree regions of the statenamely, Ladakh, Kashmirregion and JammuPradesh shall get justice,equity and peace shallreturn to the entire stateof J&K.

The Panthers Party in aresolution urgedGovernor of J&K, ShriSatya Pal Malik toappoint DelimitationCommission for thedelimitation of theAssembly constituenciesas well as for the bound-aries of Lok Sabha seats.No delimitation was heldfor the Assembly con-stituencies since 1995. Nodelimitation was heldeven for the Lok Sabhaseats in spite of the judge-ment of the SupremeCourt in a Panthers PartyWrit Petition the

Governor was directed tohold delimitation as it isbeing carried throughoutthe length and breadth ofthe country. The StateGovt. have violated theorder of the SupremeCourt and did not imple-ment Supreme CourtOrder to hold delimita-tion of the Assembly con-stituencies. Prof.BhimSingh said that Governorof J&K, Shri Satya PalMalik should hold ameeting with the legaladvisors on the issuebefore holding Assemblyelections in J&K.

Those who participat-ed in the special WorkingCommittee meetingincluded Chairman, Mr.Harsh Dev Singh, StatePresident, Mr. BalwantSingh Mankotia, Advisor-JKNPP, Bansi Lal Sharma,Adv., Vice-Presidents,Mr. Masood Andrabi, Mr.P.K. Ganjoo and GeneralSecretares, Ms. AnitaThakur, Mrs. ManjuSingh, Mr. YashpalKundal, Ex-MLA, Mr.Bisharat and several dis-trict presidents and work-ing committee membersincluding Mr. ShankerSingh Chib, DistrictPresident-Poonch, Mr.Ashfaq Rana, ProvincialSecretary Mr. NareshChib, State Secretary Mr.Shiv Charan SinghSamyal and others.

NPP holds special ChristmasSession, prays for world peace

Sant Nirankari Mandal organizesManav Ekta Samagam

JAMMU, DEC 25: With the divine blessings of Her

Holiness Satguru Mata Sudiksha ji Maharaj Sant

Nirankari Mandal Jammu organized Manav Ekta

Samagam at Trikuta Nagar Jammu Where about 2000

devotees of all ages from every nook and corner of city

and surrounding areas participated in the congregation

and sought blessings of satguru. The congregation was

presided over by Rev Ajit Singh ji Zonal Incharge SNM

Jammu while speaking on the occasion he elaborated

the age old teachings of saints like love, affection,

humility, peace and universal brotherhood. He stressed

it is the foremost duty of a human being to know the

God he worships and it is possible only by the blessings

of True Master of the time. Sant Nirankari Mission is

engaged in spiritual and social upliftment of human

beings through samagams and extending helping hand

in natural calamities. Unity in diversity is the slogan of

the mission.A free Medical Camp was also set up at

Samagam site along with free Blood Sugar and BP check

up camp by Medanta.

Ravinder for addressing genuineissues of Sikh minority in state

JAMMU, DEC 25: Former MLC and Chief

Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma has advocated for due

attention towards the genuine demands of equal oppor-

tunities and equitable development and recognition of

the linguistic and of religious rights of Sikh minority

view of their valuable in various fields of nation build-

ing. Addressing a huge religious congregation at

Nonial Nowshera in connection with the death anniver-

sary of Sant Bawa Sunder Singh ji today, Mr Sharma

said that ensuring due attention towards minorities and

addressing their genuine concerns strengthens the

nation and it's democratic spirit and ignoring their jus-

tified demands breeds resentment and feeling of dis-

crimination. The demands like batter opportunities of

promotion of Punjabi Language and upgrading facili-

ties for living, Pilgrimage and performance of religious

duties should get top priority of the Government.He

urged the Govt to upgrade and widen Nowshera to

Nonial central Gurudwara, Early taking up of the road

link to Bhata from Nonial.

PCC condoles deathof Haji Abdul Kabir

JAMMU, DEC 25: Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress

Committee has deeply condoled the sad demise of Haji

Abdul Kabir, brother of Shri Jahangir Mir (Ex-Minister)

who expired today morning at his native town Poonch.

He was 85.President JKPCC Shri Ghulam Ahmed Mir

expressed deep shock and grief over the sad demise of

Haji Abdul Kabir. In his condolence message Shri Mir

described him as a great social worker who remained

associated with the Congress party and devoted his

entire life in the service of people. PCC Chief on behalf

of rank and file of the party has conveyed heartfelt con-

dolences and deep sympathy to the bereaved family

and prayed for peace to the departed soul in heaven.

JAMMU, DEC 25:Neha Lahotra-the renowned actor and directorof the state has once again stagedher most famous play ‘MainDamini Bol Rahi Hun’.‘Damini’is the name given to theDecember 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape victim.'Main Damini BolRahi Hun’- written, directed andperformed by Neha Lahotra,Junior fellow member of Centrefor Cultural Resources andTraining (CCRT), has expressed

the pain of the dead girl, risingout of her half-burnt funeralpyre.Actress Neha Lahotra re-lived Damini as she portrayedher harrowing experience andmade the audience wiping theirtears throughout her perform-ance.“Main Damini Bol RahiHun’ has staged four times tillnow, but whenever I act asDamini, It totally breaks me intoPieces. I feel the pain of that girlwho was a daughter, a sister, a

lover and moreover a women ofour country,” said Neha Lahotra.

“I just tried to open the eyes ofthe society, who have showntheir sympathy for her after shewas raped and brutally mur-dered. But no one came to helpher, when she was in trouble andbeing raped on the roads of theNational capital,” she added.Thehalf-an-hour play was a saluta-tion to the rape victim and an eyeopener for the society.The so-

called victim questions the cow-ardice of her betrayers frommedia, politicians, law makers aswell as administrative parapher-nalia.The play was highly appre-ciated by the audiences, whohave been demanding NehaLahotra to come again with theplay on stage.The play wasstaged during Rang TarangFestival-2018, organized byAnuroop Pathania under thebanner

Jammu gives tearful tribute to ‘Damini’with Neha Lahotra’s performance

Neha once again relive Delhi gang rape victim

Strong, vibrant NC answer to allchallenges facing J&K: Slathia

JWAM activists protest for constructionof the Ring Road, Metro Rail

Live open comedy concertheld at Bahu Plaza

GY CORRESPONDENTPOONCH, DEC. 25

The approval to the long

pending Jammu-Poonch rail

line by the centre govern-

ment after several years is a

well coming step for the wel-

fare of Pir Panjaal public.

The Ex. MLC Dr. Shehnaz

Ganai has said that though it

was announced in 2008 by

UPA-I for detailed survey

and was projected by UPA-II

in 2012 as national project,

but later on it was kept in

abeyance for unknown rea-

sons as no funds were kept in

the budgets for the same

thereafter. Interacting with

media here in Poonch on the

subject Dr.Ganai told that in

this regard she had also

appealed the then President

of India Sh. Pranab Mukherji

for the construction of this

project through a memoran-

dum presented to him

regarding the development

of twin border districts of Pir

Panjaal in Aug, 2013. She

further told that during state

budget session in Feb, 2014

she also moved a call atten-

tion over the starting of

Jammu-Poonch railway line

and now thanks God finally

it has been approved after

many years of struggle.

Treating it as better late than

never she congratulated the

Legislators of Pir Panjaal

who accompanied up to

Delhi in 2016 and recalled

the Prime Minister Sh.

Narinder Modi of his prom-

ise made to the public at

Poonch during his assembly

election rally in 2014. She

told that more than 12 lakh

population of Pir Panjaal will

be benefitted with this mega

project who were always

ignored of such big projects.

The linking of the area with

railway line will give new

boost to the area, will

improve the socio-economic

conditions of the masses and

uplift the tourism be it

leisure, adventure or pilgrim

will increase and the tourists

will have alternate destina-

tions within Jammu region

she added.

Golden Yug JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, 26, DECEMBER , 2018STATE 9

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

Terming the VillageChild ProtectionCommittees as eyes ofJuvenile Justice system,Justice Hasnain MasoodiFormer Judge of J&K HighCourt and ChairpersonSelection cum OversightCommittee under JuvenileJustice Act J&K Govt.assured that Village ChildProtection Committeeswill be framed in all thevillages of J&K State by31st March 2019 andstrongly advocated forstrengthening child pro-tection mechanism atVillage level. Speaking ina training programme forVillage Level ChildProtection Committees ofdistrict Jammu organizedby National DevelopmentFoundation in collabora-tion with Selection cumOversight Committee andDirectorate of ICPS J&Kwith the funding supportfrom European Union.Justice Masoodi comple-mented the efforts of NDFand European Union intaking lead in piloting vil-lage level Child ProtectionCommittees in three dis-tricts of Jammu andKashmir. He called uponthe CPC members to workas child rights advocate intheir respective villages sothat child rights can

become reality in the stateof Jammu and Kashmir.He also asked the CPCs tokeep a close eye on theGovt. schemes meant forthe protection and welfareof the children and askedparticularly the Sarpanchand Panch members of theChild ProtectionCommittees to link chil-dren with such schemes.He also cautioned theCPCs about the exploita-tion of the childrenthrough the digital medi-ums and pitched for theuse of internet by childrenunder parent’s surveil-lance.

Mrs. Neha GandotraChief Operating OfficerNDF, Mr. Parvinder SinghProgramme ManagerNDF and Ms. ArtiChoudhary ProtectionOfficer Non InstitutionalCare DCPU Jammu werethe resource persons on

the occasion while Mr.G.A. Sofi State MissionDirector ICPS, Mr. RajivKhajuria FounderEmeritus NDF/ MemberSelection Cum OversightCommittee, Prof. Dr. ArtiBakhshi Member Selectioncum OversightCommittee, Mrs. ArtiSharma Chief FunctionaryNDF were also present onthe occasion. Members ofChild ProtectionCommittees from ten vil-lages of Jammu districtparticipated in the work-shop.

Mr. Sofi in his addressasked the CPC membersto report child right viola-tions to Block ChildProtection Committee andChildline (1098). He alsospoke in detail about theroles of Child WelfareCommittees and JuvenileJustice Boards and theprovisions under

Integrated ChildProtection Scheme. Mr.Rajiv Khajuria in hisaddress assured JusticeMasoodi and Mr. Sofi thatNDF will facilitate allefforts in establishing CPmechanisms at village,block and district level. Hecalled upon the ChildProtection Committees toset positive examples byenhancing reporting andaddressing the matterreported in a reasonabletime as children cannotwait for justice and every-one is duty bound torespond to their needs ofcare and protection.Adding Mr. Khajuria saidthat children are the rightholders and parents, com-munity, Govt. and every-one must play their role inensuring a happy child-hood; free from abuse,exploitation and discrimi-nation to all children.

VCPCs to be in place byMarch 2019: Justice Masoodi

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

A day-long conven-tion of Dalit ShoshanMukti Munch Unit J&Kwas held which waspresided over by its StatePresident Sewa Ram. CPI(M) leader, MohammadYousuf Tarigami was thechief guest on the occa-sion.

According to a state-ment issued to ,, the con-vention deliberated uponvarious issues and prob-lems confronting Dalits,minorities, reservations inpromotions, reservationsin private sector, specialrecruitment drives to fillbacklog posts, ban oncontract system, allot-ment of land to landless,free and equal education,reservation in armedforces.

While addressing theconvention, Tarigami,said that there has been a

spurt in atrocities againstDalits and minoritiesthroughout the country."The attacks on minoritiesand the atmosphere ofhatred and violence fos-tered to divide the people.Instead of addressing thepeoples' issues, the gov-ernment policies had onlydeepened people's miseryand tried to divert theirattention into issuesaimed at sharpening com-munal polarization," hesaid.

He said the Dalits havebeen deprived of evenhuman status by theircaste system since cen-turies. "Dalits continue tobe victims of gross dis-crimination. Atrocities ondalits and other weakersections have increasedeven since the BJP Govtled headed by NarinderModi come to power," headded.

Tarigami said theNCRB data compiled con-firms that the crimesagainst SC,s ST,s in BJPruled states haveincreased manifolds."Dalits are denied of theirshare in resources and arebeing dispossessed ofeven their meager landholdings. It is under thegarb of cultural national-

ism that Manusmriti issought to be introducedthe aim is to replaceIndian constitution anddiscrimination based oncaste and gender arebeing perpetrated," headded.

He stressed the neces-sity of unity of alloppressed sections toresist cultural nationalismand caste system."Attacks by vigilantgroups in the name of"Gowrakshak" onMuslims and Dalits arecontinuing," he said.

Referring to the anti-encroachment drive inJammu area, he said thatadministration under thegarb of anti-encroach-ment drive is targetingonly the poor and down-trodden classes whileleaving the big sharksuntouched.

"The drive againstencroachments will havecredibility only if it isapplied uniformly and noparticular group is target-ed throughout the state. Itis a welcome step but atthe same time we demandthat the administrationshould begin with theland sharks and thencome to small holders.Targeting particular

group and downtroddenpeople is creating animpression of victimiza-tion and vendetta againstthem. There should be nounilateral or selective tar-geting of people," headded.

Sewa Ram in itsaddress said that highlevels of unemploymentbeing a cause of seriousconcern have not beenaddressed seriously bythe successive govern-ments thereby puttingour youth in a state ofdespair and worrisome."Widespread under-employment of dalits isalso gaining momentumas highly qualified andskilful youth are doinglow end and unskilledjobs. The government hasnot taken measures tomaximize employmentopportunities," Sewa Ramadded.

Tarsem Khullar,President AmbedkarSena, Bodh Raj Rao, TaraChand Bhagat said that"we always stand by theS/ST/OBC and down-trodden classes of thesociety and will alwayssupport the cause ofDalits."

Romesh Sarmal con-ducted the proceeding ofthe stage.

Attacks on Dalits, minorities onrise throughout country: Tarigami

'Under garb of anti-encroachment drive, administration targeting particular community'

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

Special prayers forpeace in Kashmir wereheld as Christmas was onTuesday celebrated withreligious fervor andenthusiasm in the Valley.

In his Christmas mes-sage, Father Jobi of HolyFamily Catholic Churchat MA Road in Srinagarsaid the day is veryimportant day for theentire world when birthof Jesus is being celebrat-ed across the globe.

"Jesus was born tobring peace, so the mes-sage of Christmas is loveand peace," father Jobisaid.

The priest said thecommunity held veryspecial prayers forKashmir as the region isgoing through very diffi-cult times.

"I prayed for the peacein Kashmir. Today in a

very special way weprayed for peace inKashmir. As we all knowthat Kashmir is a placewhere we have lot of tri-als and tribulations andtensions. Let thisChristmas bring love andpeace in Kashmir," hesaid.

He said Jesus in his lifepreached only love andpeace and lived for peaceonly.

"We believe whenthere is love among peo-ple there will be peaceamong all the religions,"father Jobi added.

A two-hour-longprayer was held from 11am at the church in theheart of summer capitalSrinagar.

Nisha Raina Koul, whoalso participated in thecelebrations, told GreaterKashmir that minoritycommunities are verymuch secure in Kashmir.

"I am living here frompast four years. And as aminority I don't feelthreatened. We all cele-brate festivals together beit Muslim festival orChristian or our (Pandit).I brought my daughterhere to explain here howall of us celebrateChristmas festival togeth-er," Ms Raina said.

As expected the daystarted with specialprayers at all churcheswhile main prayers wereheld at Saint Luke'sChurch and All Saints'Church in the summercapital city Srinagar, SaintJoseph's Church in northKashmir's Baramulla dis-trict-the oldest CatholicChurch in State-and at achurch at the touristresort of Gulmarg.

Similar prayers meet-ings were also held inparts of the winter capitalJammu as well.

Special prayers for Kashmir peaceduring Christmas celebrations

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

Dogra Brahman PratinidhiSabha, alongwith other socialorganizations today urged thePrime Minister to review socalled resolution passed by theprevious regimes, relating tothe stalling of the process forthe delimitation of assemblyconstituencies in J&K Statewhich has not only discriminat-ed the political class but alsohad evoked a sense of insecuri-ty amongst the people Jammu

and Ladakhregion."Considering the popu-lation, area, voter strength con-stituency-wise particularly inJammu and Ladakh region hasdone utter injustice by passingthe said resolution", VedParkash Sharma presidentDogra Brahman PratinidhiSabha and other while address-ing a meeting of activists ofsabha and other social organi-zation here. Advocate P.C.Sharma while addressing onthe occasion said that those

who are playing regionalautonomy card are befoolingthe people of the state for theirvested interest. Sharma cau-tioned the people from differentwalk of life of their nefariousdesign prior to the upcomingassembly election. Prominentsocial activist B.S Jamwal (Retd.Dy. Commissioner) whilespeaking on the occasion saidthat immediately setting up ofthe review committee followedby delimitation commission toaddress the imbalance of popu-

lation, voter strength in eachconstituencies of the stateassembly. While appreciatingthe functioning of the GovernorAdministration, it was urgedthat President rule should con-tinue till delimitation commis-sion give its report. Theyexhorted the public to supportthis noble cause to defeat thedesign of vestedinterests.Sharma added that allstakeholders including the gov-ernments should not delay theconstruction of Ram Mandir at

Sri. Ram Janam BhoomiAyodhya as the nation cannotafford the same. Vice-PresidentVirendar Mohan Magotra,Satyanand Sharma, SubashShastri, Jagan Nath Sharma,Shiv Ram Sharma, RomeshSharma, Sat pal Sharma, SatpalKhajuria, Nanak ChandSharma, Madan Lal Sharma,K.L. Sharma, Dr. Som DuttMagotra, Raman Sharma, SomNath Sharma, Prem Balotra,Shanti Saroop Baru, GurdassSharma, Davinder Sharma

(Babu) Sri Kerni, Jagan NathSharma (M), Sham Lal Sharma,Rajesh Bargotra, M.L. Sharma,Girdhari Lal, S.C.D Sharma hasalso demanded for immediateconstituting of minority com-mission in Jammu Kashmiralso.D.B.P.S president VedParkash Sharma furtherannounced that the sabha willcelebrate the Jayanti of firstParamveer Chakar VijaytaShaheed Som Nath Sharma on31st January 2019 with fervorand enthusiasm.

DBPS reiterates demand of delimitation of assembly constituencies

Christmas celebrated withfull fun & fervour at MHAC

JAMMU, DEC 25: Soaking in the spirit of Christmas,

the tiny tots of MHAC School, Nagbani celebrated the

festival on 24th Dec, 2018 with gaiety. Dressed as

Santa Claus, the little Kindergartens were seen mov-

ing about in the Nagbani Campus singing Christmas

Carols. The whole School vibrated with the echoes of

carols. The boundless joy of celebrating the festival

was amply visible on the faces of the children especial-

ly when they were distributing sweets to one another.

Principal Mrs. Sween Puri expressed her delight on

seeing such enthusiasm in the children who brought

the spirit of Christmas to life.

Former MLA Eidgah protest againstGovernor admin for ignoring area

SRINAGAR, DEC 25 : Former MLA Eidgah Mubarak

Gul on Tuesday Protest against Governor

Administration over ignoring Eidgah and other areas

of Srinagar city.

Mubarak Gul said that "People of Eidgah, Soura

and adjoin area face lot of problems due to non-avail-

ability of Boy college in Eidgah Area."

He added, "We have already provide 65 kanals

land for govt but they always ignore Eidgah".

He alleged that both the administration was acting

as roadblocks to the project. "We deserve the college in

every way," he said.

He added, "I appeal Governor Sahab to approve

college for Eidgah, added Is people of Eidgah are only

for killings Mubarak asked?.

He added "People of Eidgah face lot of problem

due to non-availability of degree College, as there is

not a single college from Eidgah to Ganderbal which is

the main reason students face lot of issue".

He added "By killing people govt can't achieve any-

thing and what they did in Pulwama and in Eidgah in

2010 still they can't achieve anything, govt should find

a way to solve Kashmir issue and try to talk with

Pakistan and solve issue as soon as possible"

He further added on LoC both sides Army volatile

ceasefire and kill Kashmiri from both side of the

Kashmir either is Pakistan side or India Side at the end

of the day Kashmiri is killed".

He added Jammu, Kashmir and Ladkah is One and

no one can break us and "we will die together and live

together".

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

A meeting of SangramSena, Jammu and Kashmirwas held today under theChairmanship of RamRattan Raina, Presidentand Kapil Sharma,President DograLiberation Front, Jammujointly in which the execu-tive body members of therespective parties werealso present.

During the meetinggrave concern wasobserved on the successivegovernment of the J&KState who for their vestedinterests allowedBangladeshi and other for-eigners to settle in theJammu region of the state.These foreigners have vir-tually settled at Jammuproper, have procuredration card with some thendisgruntled leaders ofJammu who for their vest-ed interests allowed themall facilities. This has

directly affected the livingof the Jammuties.

Ram Rattan Presidentwhile addressing meetingsaid that the successiveleaders of Jammu havenever through for theJammu, instead have soldthe interest of Jammu fortheir mean ends, and nowby allowing Bangladeshisetc to settle in Jammu cityis suicidal to Jammu peo-ple. He added that theircontinuing in Jammu willproved dangerous forwhole of the state, and willtake dirty turn which can’tbe controlled. In hisaddressed he said this isproper time to fight collec-tively and dragBangladeshis etc. out ofthe state.

While concluding heurged and appealed theGovernor and their advi-sor of the state and publicJammu take positive stepsin dragging outBangladeshis from Jammu

in otherwise Jammuitieswill be forced to come onstreets and fight for thecause of Jammu. Heexpressed his hope inGovernor of J&K for hewill take immediate effec-tive steps in this regard.

Sh. Ram Rattan Raina,Dr. Rampal Sharma,President DograLiberation Front, Sh.Rajesh Banathia, ChiefOrganiser, Sh. BhushanGupta, Chief Advisor, Sh.Raju Jamwal, PresidentWard No. 8, Rehari, Dr. A.K. Chopra, District JammuPresident, Sh. RajeshLanger, President WardNo. 10, Pacca Danga, Sh.Shiv Kapoor, StateSecretary Sangram Sena,Th. Vishal Singh, PresidentSangram Sena YouthWings, Sh. Arjun Singh,Panch Nagrota, AdvisorSangram Sena, Th. RaviSingh, Panch Kamini, Sh.Sudhir Padha, ChairmanDivine Touch and others.

Take steps in dragging outBangladeshis from Jammu: SS to Guv

Ganai hails approval to longpending Jammu-Poonch rail line

Golden Yug JAMMU, WEDNESDAY, 26, DECEMBER , 2018STATE 10

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

National Conference(NC) leader and formerMLA Eidgah, MubarakGul on Tuesday led aprotest against the gov-ernment for 'ignoringSher-e-Khaas on allfronts'.

Gul along with scoresof his activists and localsassembled in Srinagar'sPress Enclave in this after-noon and chanted slogansin favour of theirdemands.

According to , corre-spondent, Gul said thatthe government hasignored Shehr-e-Khaas onall fronts, saying that the

authorities have evenfailed to allot a college inShere-e-khaas.

"The free land of over60 kanal have been pro-vided to the State govern-ment for the establish-ment of the college butunfortunately the admin-istration has failed to allotany college on the land,"he said.

He said not only ineducation, the govern-ment has also failed toprovide proper drainagefacility in Shehr-e-Khaasareas. "Besides improperdrainage facility, all thesewage is being dumpedinto Achan followingwhich no steps are being

taken for its degradation,thus leaving the peopleliving nearer to it to suf-fer," he said.

Gul said people ofShehr-e-Khaas are notmeant for pellets and bul-lets but they deserve thedevelopment and everyother facility but unfortu-nately nothing is beingprovided to them. "Theuse of pellet guns inKashmir and killings mustbe stopped forthwith anda peaceful process shouldbe adopted to resolve theissue so that the peoplecould heave a sigh ofrelief," he said.Meanwhile, the protesterslater dispersed peacefully.

NC's Mubarak Gul leads protestin Srinagar, says 'Shehr-e-Khaas

ignored on all fronts'GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

Public HealthEngineering (PHE)Kashmir Joint EmployeesAssociation on Tuesdaysaid that they will launchValley-wide agitationfrom January 07-15 topress for their demandsand to protest against thegovernment for failing tofulfill their promises donewith thousands of causallabourers, daily wagersand land donors.

As per correspondent,addressing a press confer-ence here at PHE's KothiBagh office, President ofKashmir PHE JointEmployees Association(KPHEJEA), Sajad AhmadParray said that the casuallabourers, land donors,daily wagers and othershave decided to launch aValley-wide agitation topress for their demandsfrom January 07, 2019.

Parray said that in thisregard the forum hasdecided to lock down allthe offices district wisefrom January 07-15 tomark a protest against thegovernment for failing to

come up to the expecta-tions of the casual labour-ers, daily wagers and landdonors.

He said that the gov-ernment has totallyignored them at all fronts."Governor Satya PalMalik led administrationhas even ignored thedepartment in the recentBudget as well," he said.

Parray told reportersthat all the promises done

with the casual labourers,land donor and dailywagers by the successivegovernments includingGovernor led administra-tion proved 'hoax' as noteven a single promise wasfulfilled so far, thus leav-ing thousands of employ-ees to suffer.

"We have been prom-ised of regularizationfrom past several yearsbut nothing has been done

in this regard," he said,adding that the govern-ment must come clear onthe issue of those employ-ees who lost their liveswhile performing theirduties.

He added that the filesfor regularization of casu-al labourers, daily wagersor land donors are gather-ing dust in differentoffices. "We appeal theauthorities to fulfill our

demands at an earliest,"he said.

Parray said to mark aprotest against the gov-ernment and in favour oftheir demands, the associ-ation has decided tolaunch Valley-wide agita-tion during which theywill lockdown the offices,sub-divisions and otheroffices district wise fromJanuary 07, 2019.

He informed that onJan 07, all the offices, suboffices and others will belocked down by theemployees in Baramulladistrict while as on Jan 08,all the offices will belocked down in Budgamdistrict. "On Jan 09, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15, all the officesin Bandipora, Kupwara,Ganderbal, Anantnag,Kulgam and Srinagarrespectively will belocked down to mark aprotest in favour of ourdemands," Parray said.

He informed that onJan 12, the offices inShopian and Pulwamabesides Anantnag will belocked down against thegovernment for failing tofulfill their demands.

Kashmir PHE Joint Employees associationto launch valley-wide agitation from Jan 07Sajjad Parray says 'will lock down offices district wise from Jan 07-15'

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

The Young brigade ofAll India Kashmiri Samaj(AIKS), an apex body rep-resenting Kashmiri Panditorganizations worldwideheld a meeting of stal-warts and experiencedprofessionals from the KPcommunity at JammuPress Club.

The delegates deliber-ated and discussed a fewcritical aspects of the com-munity.

According to a state-ment issued to ,, the eventwas aimed to jointly cre-ate a vision to address acommon issue ofKashmiri Pandit youthbrigade via a lens ofyouth.

The event was attend-ed by professionals,prominent leaders, jour-nalists, youth activists andsocial workers of Jammuand Kashmir. The discus-sions revolved aroundstatus and positioning ofKashmiri Pandit youths,currents situations inJammu & Kashmir.

Ajay Bharti, VP, BJPchapter congratulated the

organizers for initiatingthis very pertinent initia-tive of connecting theyouth. He apprised theaudiences of the key ini-tiatives taken by the com-munity to survive withdignity and pride.

He said that the KP aremade of a very specialDNA. "Time and again,we have faced atrocitiesbut even then we havecome up like a phoenix,"he said.

He requested teamAIKS to enroll more youthand bring all KP organiza-tions under AIKS bannerso that the Voice is strongand clear. He said thevoice of Kashmiri Panditsshould cross the corridorsof power.

"We have been able tohave 106 our own peoplein ULCs," he said. Hespoke about high culturalethos and about the excel-lence weaved by philoso-phers right from AbhinavGupt to swami Ram.

However, he cautionedabout the poor documen-tation of Kashmiri litera-ture.

While sharing his

views Anil Bhat (HeadPTI Jammu chapter)apprised the audience ofstrengthening the four pil-lars of democracy. "Ourpeople have joined corpo-rate ladders, but the needis to establish ourselves toget our kids enrolled inhaving good numbers inexecutive, legislature,judiciary and media," headded.

Sarpanch Sogam AjayRaina deliberated aboutthe increasing number ofKP voters and will try toinvest his local fund forbuilding or renovatingtemples and stop theencroachments.

Dr Manorama Bakshi,Professional Social activistand Women wing head ofAIKS stressed connectingthe dots and building thebridges. The discussionsalso stressed the role ofthe NGOs, CSO, FBOs.Who will do what? Sheemphasized that NGOs inthe state are not raisingthe voice of the KPs, theirresettlements. Shestressed on the role ofconstructive media inbuilding blocks.

Dalip K Kaul, LeadingCA, Professional & Vice-President AIKS stressedthe need of youth engage-ments in communityactivities. He askedKashmiri Pandit youths toget belligerent and maketheir voice loud and clear.Dalip K Kaul furtherurged the Youth to comeback & joinAdministrative Servicesour core area of strength.

Sanjay SapruProfessional, socialactivist and AIKSTreasurer shared his view,We as a KP communityhave given lot to the soci-ety since existence, nowsince last 30 years due toforced Migration we havebeen forced to look atDoles from Govt &Political Parties & Failedas a community. Insteadwe have to go back to thePosition of being a giverto society again & riseabove in changing thenarrative back in Valleyfor India.

Sunil Koul,Professional, socialactivist, AIKS Secretarystressed that this is hightime for all KashmiriPandits, like-mindeddemocratic forces acrossIndia to come together tochalk out the most effec-tive / Workable solutionfor this Problem. SunilKaul further talked aboutimprovement of conditionof KP living in camps &under PM Package vari-ous location in Jammu &Kashmir State.

AIKS holds meet at Jammu press club

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

Though Sadak, Bijli,Pani remained a war cryfor all the successiveregimes in the past elec-tions, but the promisesproved 'hoax' on theground and KhiramKasnard village inBijbehara area of SouthKashmir's Anantnag dis-trict is a glaring exampleof such promises as over100 households are beingforced to walk almostthree kilometers to fetchdrinking water to quenchthirsty.

According to , corre-spondent, KhiramKasnrad village, which is

almost 25 km kilometerfar from main townBijbehara, is withoutdrinking water facility

since years together asthe successive regimeshave so far failed to pro-vide water supply to the

villagers.In the 21st century,

the villagers especiallywomenfolk are beingforced to walk almostthree kilometers to fetchwater, thus putting aquestion mark on both,the promises of succes-sive regimes and also thework of the concerneddepartment.

Talking to ,(,),Basharat AhmadChauhan said no drink-ing water facility is beingprovided to them sinceyears and are beingforced to walk three kilo-meters to fetch drinkingwater to quench thirsty.

"We have been prom-

ised by the successiveregimes that the watersupply will be providedsoon but unfortunatelynothing has been done inthis regard," he said.

He said the politicalleaders visited the vil-lage during elections,only to get votes as thepromises done with thevillagers were not ful-filled.

Another local, Nizam-ud-Khattana said thatthe government isdepriving them of basicfacilities. "The village hasbeen ignored at all frontsas the villagers are beingforced to face waterscarcity," Khattana said.

Meanwhile, ChiefEngineer PHE, AbdulWahid while talking to,(,) said that concernedAssistant ExecutiveEngineer (AEE) has beendirected to submit areport in this regardwithin a period of oneweek following whichappropriate steps will betaken to provide watersupply to the village.

"The department willprovide bore well facilityto the village on the firstinstance following whichfurther requisite stepswill be taken to providedrinking water facility tothe village," AbdulWahid said.

In 21st century, Khiram Kasnard villagers walk 3 kilometers to fetch water to quench thirsty

AEE directed to file report within one week: CE PHE

Aga Hassan calls on Iran'senvoy in Delhi, discusses

issues concerning Muslims

SRINAGAR, DEC 25 : President J&K Anjuman-e-Sharie Shian Aga Syed Hassan Mousavi Al Safavi calledon the Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran Dr AliChegini here in New Delhi.

According to a statement issued to ,, the meeting last-ed for an hour and many issues were discussed. AgaHassan specifically inquired about the defeat of ISISand other major events in the West Asia. The politics ofoppression around the world was discussed, speciallythe US Israel Policy and new divide and rule.

The Ambassador assured that the Islamic Republic iscommitted to the unity of the Muslims across the world.Aga Hassan prayed for the strength of the IslamicRepublic and long life of the Leader of Islamic Republic,Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei.

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

Strongly condemningthe continuous arrestspree in the ValleyKashmir, Jammu KashmirDemocratic FreedomParty (JKDFP) has saidthat even all the jails havebeen filled New Delhi andits local agents are busy inintimidating their politi-cal opponents by usingpolice and other govern-ment forces.

In a statement issuedto ,, Spokesperson ofJKDFP strongly con-demned the acts of pro-longing the detention ofits ailing chairman, ShabirShah languishing in Tiharjail along with other pro-freedom leaders andactivists. The Indianinvestigating agencieshave failed to prove any-thing against Shabir Shahso they have started touse courts to prolong hisillogical detention despitehis serious ailments.These courts issue longdates for hearings hencedenying justice to Shabir

Shah and other Kashmiripolitical prisoners. Thesame story is beingrepeated by courts eversince Shabir Shah wasarrested by ED in fake,fabricated and alreadydecided cases, in July2017. The irony is thatShabir Shah is not beingprovided proper and suit-able medical treatmentdespite repeated requestswhich has endangered hislife and which is givingsleepless nights to hisnears and dears.

The JKDFP Spokesmanstrongly condemned thecontinuous arrest spreeand said that these areattempts to curb andcrush the deep rootedpolitical aspirations of thepeople of Kashmir. Hepraised the freedom aspi-rations of the people whodespite every oppressionand suppression areexhibiting steadfastnessand are continuouslydemanding their genuinerights already acceptedand acknowledged byinternational community.

Government forces beingused against political

opponents: JKDFP

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

ICICI Prudential LifeInsurance has become thefirst life insuranceCompany in India tohavedirect integration withWhatsApp. This hasenabled the Company tohave a verified businessaccount on the globallypopular messaging plat-form. ICICI PrudentialLife will utilize theWhatsApp messagingplatform as a customerservicing channel.This isthe latest digital initiativetaken by the Company toprovide its customerswith easy access to detailsof their life insurance poli-cies. Customers consent-ing to receive messages onWhatsApp will receivewelcome kits, policy cer-tificates, premiumreceipts and a host ofother services too can beavailed of.

High levels of encryp-tion on the messagingplatform ensures thatinformation received and

shared with the customerremains confidential.Puneet Nanda, DeputyManaging Director, ICICIPrudential Life Insurancesaid, “We are happy tohave formally partneredwith WhatsApp. We nowhave a WhatsApp verifiedbusiness account on themessaging platform. Weare always looking to addnew layers of convenienceto offer to our customers.It is estimated that thereare about 200 millionactive WhatsApp users inIndia on a monthly basis.The popularity of this appmakes it an ideal channelfor delivering customerservice. Customersalready using WhatsAppto communicate withfriends or family can sim-ply send a message to theverified business accountnumber of ICICIPrudential Life and getinformation on their poli-cies. With this new initia-tive we have another 24x7customer service touch-point.”

ICICI Prudential Life partnerswith WhatsApp to offer

next-gen Customer Service

Kabaddi matches playedunder Khelo India games

KATRA, DEC 25: On second day of district level KheloIndia games, kabaddi matches were played at theSMVD Shrine Board Sports stadium here today.

Girls team of Arnas-A bagged gold by beatingMahore-B, who bagged silver. Bronze medal was wonby team of Arnas-B. Among boys, Reasi-B got the topposition by defeating Mahore-B team. The third spotwas acquired by team Arnas. The day’s matches wereofficiated by Potters Arun Dev Singh, Jagdev Singh,Mohd Rayaz, Avinash Kumar and Sanjay Kumar. ChiefGuest, Naib Tehsildar Kukdeep Singh distributedmedals among the winners and runners-up teams. Healso appreciated the sportsman spirit of the teams.

And due to some rescheduling, football matches willbe played on December 27 and athletics events onDecember 28.

PM Modi ...development trajectory. When we assumed office,

we added speed to these projects,” the PM said. Afterinaugurating the bridge that connects Dhemaji andDibrugarh, Modi and his cavalcade took a ride, stop-ping in the middle and waving at thousands of peoplewaiting on either side. The PM also flagged off theTinsukia-Naharlagun Intercity Express. The train willrun five days a week. Calling the bridge a lifeline forcrores of people in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh,Modi said it would also boost the economy andimprove trade. The bridge would help the patients inNorth East with improved connectivity and faster trans-portation, the PM said.“The people of Assam havemade a strong contribution towards the development ofour nation. Several stalwarts from Assam wereinvolved in the freedom struggle as well,” he said. Thedouble-decker bridge, the fourth across theBrahmaputra, has two railway lines on the lower deckand a three-lane road on the upper, strong enough towithstand movement of heavy military tanks.TheBogibeel Bridge, which will have a serviceable period ofaround 120 years, is India’s only fully welded bridge forwhich European welding standards were adhered to forthe first time in the country.

Jammu records...The night temperature is on a decline across the

Jammu region, with the minimum temperature inBanihal and Batote, along the Jammu-Srinagar NationalHighway, and Bhaderwah, in Doda district, slipping tosub-zero levels, he said.

Banihal, the gateway to Kashmir, was the coldestrecorded place in the region with a low of minus 3.3degrees Celsius, followed by Bhaderwah at minus 2.2degrees Celsius and Batote at minus 2 degrees Celsius,the spokesman said.

He said Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting thefamous cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in Reasi district,recorded a low of 5 degrees Celsius, down from 6degrees Celsius the previous night.

Cold wave conditions intensified across Kashmir,except Srinagar city, as the mercury slipped furtherbelow the freezing point, resulting in frozen water bod-ies and water supply lines in several residential areas onTuesday.

Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmirwhich recorded the coldest night in 11 years on Mondayat minus 6.8C, experienced some respite as the mercurysettled over a degree higher at minus 5.5C last night, aMet department official said.The official said Qazigundthe gateway town to the Valley in south Kashmirrecorded a low of minus 5.2C, while the nearbyKokernag town registered a low of minus 5.3C lastnight.

Kupwara in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus5.2C last night, he said.The night temperature inPahalgam, which serves as one of the base camps for theannual Amarnath Yatra, in south Kashmir,settled at alow of minus 7.7C last night, the official said, adding theresort was colder than Gulmarg and the coldest place inthe Valley.The ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmirrecorded a minimum temperature of minus 7.6C, hesaid.

The official said Leh recorded a low of minus 10.0Clast night up from minus 14.7C the previous night.Thenearby Kargil recorded a low of minus 14.2C, headded.The cold wave has resulted in freezing of somewater bodies, including the fringes of the famous DalLake here, and residential water supply pipes in manyareas of the city and other towns of the Valley.

Kashmir is currently under the grip of 'Chillai-Kalan'the harshest period of winter when chances of snowfallare maximum and the temperature drops consider-ably.'Chillai-Kalan' ends on January 31, but the coldwave continues even after that in Kashmir. The 40-dayperiod is followed by a 20-day 'Chillai-Khurd' (smallcold) and a 10-day 'Chillai-Bachha' (babycold).However, the winter this season has been dry sofar, although there was a spell of early snowfall in theValley in first and second week of November.

The prolonged dry spell has resulted in an increasein common ailments like cough, cold and other respira-tory problems, especially among children andelderly.The Met office has forecast mainly dry weather

till Wednesday.

Mehbooba should ...differentiate people on religious line. Every one is

aware about her mental disturbance because of presentposition as she has been all alone now after almost allher party leaders left her party barring two old people.However, PDP president hit out at the BJP governmentover changing names of cities and places inIndia.Taking to twitter, Mehbooba said that the namechanging gimmick is done to deflect attention from realissues. “At a time when our country is witnessing risingagrarian distress and unemployment, crores still livewithout a roof on their head. Name changing seems tobe a mere gimmick to deflect attention from the realissues,” Mehbooba tweeted. “Fail to understand whatpurpose would it achieve? Will it help in alleviatingpoverty or addressing inflation? Instead attempts arebeing made to distort history,” she added.

Government read-ies...

through Facebook Inc-owned messaging serviceWhatsApp. Incidents have been reported from UttarPradesh, Assam, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tripura, andWest Bengal.

“The instances of misuse of social media by criminalsand anti-national elements have brought new chal-lenges to the Law Enforcement Agencies,” said the min-istry.

These include inducement for recruiting terrorists,circulation of obscene content, spread of disharmony,incitement of violence, public order, and fake news.

“At present, the consultation process is underway. Itstarted with inter-ministerial consultations and there-after consultations were held with other stakeholders,including major social media platforms/ messagingservices platforms such as Facebook, Google, Twitter,Yahoo, and WhatsApp, as well as associations such asthe Internet and Mobile Association of India, CellularOperators Association of India, and Internet ServiceProviders Association of India, representing intermedi-aries. The government intends to consult all stakehold-ers in the process,” the ministry said.

The draft rules require a platform to break end-to-end encryption and introduce systems for retainingdata and information so that the origin of the messagescan be traced, according to a report.

This is crucial as the central government and socialmedia platforms are trying to reach common groundover the mechanism to ensure that fake messages can betraced. Earlier, WhatsApp had said that it was not pos-sible to trace the origin of a message given its privacysettings. However, the government has sought “techni-cal innovation” from the company to address the issue.

The insertion of Rule 3(4) makes proactive monthlynotification across intermediaries to warn users repeat-edly effective. “The government is committed to thefreedom of speech and expression and privacy of its cit-izens as enshrined in the Constitution of India. The gov-ernment does not regulate content appearing on socialnetwork platform,” said the ministry.

The draft Information Technology (IntermediaryGuidelines) Rules, 2018, requires intermediaries, oronline platforms, to “deploy technology-based auto-mated tools or appropriate mechanisms, with appropri-ate controls, for proactively identifying or removing ordisabling access to unlawful information or content”,the Indian Express report said.

However, social media platforms have to be account-able under the law to prevent its misuse and spread offake news, it said.

Army recovers ...Siachen Glacier, developed a snag and had to be

landed around a post called Khanda in January thisyear.

The pilots managed to land safely on soft snow butcould not reach the helipad there, the sources said.

Though the chopper landed safely, the overnightsnow resulted in its falling sideways.

Attempts were made to recover it but there was nosuccess till July, they said.

The attempts were successful in July when the tech-nicians and pilots of the Army ALH squadron 203 inLeh managed to put new parts on the chopper and

bring it back safely to the Siachen Glacier base camp.“I know the pilots and technicians who were

involved in this operation. Knowing these people as Ihave headed this Army Aviation Corps for a couple ofyears, all I can say is that nothing is impossible for thesemen from Indian Army,” former Army Aviation chiefLt Gen P K Bharali (retd) told on Tuesday.

The chopper was stuck at 18,000 feet and recoveringit from there is a world record of sorts because India isone of the very few countries in the world who operatechoppers at such high altitudes.

The Cheetah and Chetak choppers, which areFrench-origin machines in the Indian Army, fly ataround 23,000 feet. The French military also doesn’t usethem for such extreme operations where the margin oferror is very thin.

To prevent...spirit besides "streamlining their synergy while

engaging themselves in counter insurgency operations."Governor's advisor Vijay Kumar too chaired a meetingin Jammu and passed similar directions to the forces:"Follow the SoP to ensure civilian causalities don'toccur."

A source said that all the security agencies have beenin a huddle since past many days to "find out what wentwrong in Sirnoo."

"It has unanimously been decided that the law andorder component will be further strengthened to dealwith the protesters who try to inch closer to theencounter sites in a bid to help militants flee," the sourcesaid. "All the measures will be taken to fine tune theSOPs, to prevent collateral damage."

A top police officer confirmed that police, CRPF andthe army top officials have held a series of meetings tofine-tune the SoPs just to ensure no civilian causalitytakes place during counter insurgency operations.

"Various layers of cordons will be further strength-ened to ensure zero collateral damage. As far as blow-ing up of houses is concerned, forces only resort to thatwhen there is a firing from the other side," he said,wishing anonymity. (,)

Name changing...crores still live without a roof on their head. Name

changing seems to be a mere gimmick to deflect atten-tion from the real issues," Mehbooba tweeted.

"Fail to understand what purpose would it achieve?Will it help in alleviating poverty or addressing infla-tion? Instead attempts are being made to distort histo-ry," she said in another tweet.

JKSSB approves...in written test, interview or working knowledge of

Urdu test alongwith status (qualified/disqualified), canapply for the same, as per the provisions of J&K Rightto Information Act, 2009 and rules made there-under, toPublic Information Officer, J&K Services SelectionBoard, Central Office, Sehkari Bhawan, RailheadComplex, Jammu, after the selection lists are notified onthe official website of J&K Services Selection Board forwhich the process shall commence tomorrow. “ThePublic Information Officer, J&K Services SelectionBoard, has been asked to provide such details to thedesirous candidates, expeditiously,” he said.

He said the Board was also apprised that two in-house Committees of the Board are presently finalizing42 selection lists of Teachers for various districts in thedisciplines of Urdu, Science/Math and General Line.The Committees are required to complete the massiveexercise of finalization of selections for 2154 posts andalso firming up waitlist for inclusion of nearly 1100 can-didates in these lists, on the remarks and reports of theCounseling-cum-Document Verification Committees,in light of the documents furnished by the candidates inindividual cases, he said and added that the Board wasapprized that a substantial number of candidates haveobtained dual degrees with overlapping periods ofstudy and the Counseling-cum-Document VerificationCommittees have recommended that their entitlementfor assigning of additional weightage for higher qualifi-cations needs to be carefully established.

The Board was further apprized that on the advice ofthe Department of Law, Justice and ParliamentaryAffairs and General Administration Department, thesteps required to be taken in the High Court in respect

of 10 different court cases, concerning these selections,have now been taken.

India should ...with militancy in Kashmir, he asserted.The US is planning to withdraw 7,000 troops from

Afghanistan. The American troops contribute to train-ing and advising local forces fighting the Taliban andthe Islamic State group.

NC-PDP disem...the cost of effective development in Jammu and

Kashmir", the PC Chairman added. "Both NC and PDP are parties based around two cor-

rupt dynastic nuclei. They are two similar parts of apolitical cartel which collectively strives for nepotism,theft and plunder of the State's resources so that the twofamilies can amass wealth for their coming generations.It is time for the political leaders to wonder if surrender-ing their dignity at the service of these two corruptdynasties is worth it. Omar Abdullah and MehboobaMufti were both born with silver spoons in theirmouths and have left no stone unturned to further plun-der the State and deprive its young of opportunities todream of a bright future. Their alliance is an ingloriouschapter of desperation that has come to fore as a befit-ting tribute to the destructive role played by these twodynasties in the State - of fueling alienation in Kashmirthrough stentorian rhetoric and slogans while shame-lessly furthering their own economic interests by pre-tending to be nationalists in Delhi", the PC Chairmansaid.

The PC Chairman said NC and PDP had left no stoneunturned, during their successive tenures, to disem-power and sideline elected grassroots democratic insti-tutions. "Both twin dynasties of the NC-PDP alliancehave always been paranoid about decentralization ofpower to the grassroots institutions. Left to the two fam-ilies, they would prefer to even centralize the powers oflegislators and Ministers within the four walls of theirpalaces on Gupkar Road. They have been petty andinsecure when it comes to Panchayat and Urban LocalBody representatives. Their tantrum of allegedly 'boy-cotting' the ULB and Panchayat Elections was in somemeasure based on this insecurity. The tantrum was pri-marily a blackmailing tactic where the two twin dynas-ties embraced each other against the emergence ofPeoples' Conference as a viable, effective and popularalternative to their political monopoly", Sajad GaniLone further said in Handwara.

Seeking the effective empowerment of Panchayatand Urban Local Body elected representatives, SajadGani Lone said the elected grassroots representativesshould be given powers to improve the delivery of gov-ernance where the two dynasties have utterly failed."The Governor's Administration and the CentralGovernment should ensure the elected representativesare given utmost respect and dignity and provided withfacilities, reasonable honorariums and powers to bringabout change at the ground level. Their safety and secu-rity should be ensured and the Administration shouldgive them every possible opportunity to work for thebenefit of the traditionally disempowered sections ofour society", the PC Chairman added. (,)

While revising ...creating an atmosphere conducive to more progress

and benefits the landowners especially whose lands arebeing acquired for development projects in Jammu andKashmir. (,)

RBI to ...under Mahatma Gandhi (New) series. These are dif-

ferent in size and design compared to the notes issuedpreviously.

The currency notes, except for banned Rs 500 and Rs1,000, issued under old series continue to remain legaltender.

According to the RBI data bank, there were 4.92 bil-lion pieces of Rs 20 note in circulation as on March 31,2016. The number more than doubled to about 10 billionpieces by March 2018.

The Rs 20 notes accounted for 9.8 per cent of the totalnumber of currency notes in circulation at the end ofMarch 2018.

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NEW DELHI: In a befittingresponse to Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan 's"minorities" jibe at India,former Indian cricketerMohammed Kaif on Tuesdaysaid that Pakistan is the lastcountry that should be "lec-turing" any nation on how totreat minorities “There werearound 20 per cent minoritiesat the time of partition inPakistan, less than 2 per centremain now. On the otherhand, the minority popula-tion has grown significantlyin India since Independence.Pakistan is the last countrythat should be lecturing anycountry on how to treatminorities,” Kaif tweetedearlier today. Hours afterKaif's tweet, the Pakistanpremier raked up the issueagain, saying that his gov-ernment will ensure equalrights for all communities,unlike "what is happening inIndia". Khan asserted thatPakistan, as envisioned byfounder Muhammad AliJinnah, stands for the rightsof minorities. "Quaid(Jinnah) envisaged Pakistanas a democratic, just andcompassionate nation. Most

importantly he wanted ourminorities to be equal citi-zens. It should be remem-bered that his early politicalcareer," he tweeted on theoccasion of Jinnah's birthanniversary. The PakistanPrime Minister, who hadinvited criticism from Indiafor his remarks on rights ofminorities under the Modigovernment, said that hiscountry will ensure thatminorities in Pakistan aretreated equally, unlike India."His (Jinnah's) struggle for aseparate nation for Muslimsonly started when he realisedthat Muslims would not betreated as equal citizens bythe Hindu majority. NayaPak is Quaid's Pak & we willensure that our minorities aretreated as equal citizens,unlike what is happening inIndia," he added. Last week,Khan had evoked stern reac-tions from India for sayingthat he will "show" the Modigovernment how to treatminorities. "We will showthe Modi government how totreat minorities .. .Even inIndia, people are saying thatminorities are not beingtreated as equal citizens," he

had said. Following his com-ment, leaders from acrosspolitical parties lashed out atKhan, saying that thePakistan PM should firstmend the affairs of his owncountry before sermonizingIndia. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(AIMIM) presidentAsaduddin Owaisi had askedKhan to borrow some leavesof wisdom from India,specifically about “inclusivepolitics and minority rights.”Taking to Twitter, Owaisistated, “According to thePakistani Constitution, only aMuslim is qualified to bePresident. India has seen mul-tiple Presidents fromoppressed communities. It ishigh time Khan Sahab learnssomething from us aboutinclusive politics and minori-ty rights.” Addressing a pressconference, BJP nationalspokesperson Sambit Patraalso slammed Khan, sayingthat he can "surely teachCongress a lot. After all, theparty considers the nationangelic". "Pakistan is 'terroris-tan'. It gave shelter to (OsamaBin) Laden. It need not teachus anything," he said.

'Pakistan last country that should lectureon minorities': Kaif hits out at Imran Khan

SRINAGAR: The National Highway–the only road linking Ladakh regionwith Kashmir– and historic 86-km-longMughal road remained closed onTuesday due to accumulation of snowwhich has now frozen due to sub zerotemperature even during the day also.

However, due to less snowfall thisyear, the roads leading to dozens of far-flung and remote villages, includingthose near the Line of Control (LoC) innorth Kashmir are so far open whichotherwise remained closed during mostpart of winter.

Meanwhile, only one-way traffic willcontinue to ply with some restrictionson the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammunational highway, the only all weatherroad linking Kashmir valley with therest of the country.

The Ladakh region remained cut offfrom the Kashmir valley due to suspen-sion of the traffic as the road remainedslippery due to frozen snow, particular-ly at Zojila pass, Meenmarg and Zeropoint, official sources said.

The snow remained frozen even dur-ing the day due to which there is almostno chance of allowing traffic on theroad from Sonamarg in central Kashmirto Drass, the worlds second coldestplace in Kargil district of Ladakh

region.However, traffic was plying from

Drass-Kargil to Leh due to less snow-fall. Due to no chance of resumption oftraffic on the highway, the authoritieshave announced helicopter fromJammu and Srinagar to Kargil.

The historic Mughal road, connect-ing Shopian in south Kashmir withRajouri and Poonch in Jammu regionalso remained closed due to accumula-tion of snow and slippery road condi-tions.

The senior civil and police officersfrom both sides of Pir-Ki-Gali in theirreport have recommended to DivisionalCommissioner, Kashmir, to declare theroad closed for six winter months asthere is no chance of resumption of traf-fic. However, only one-way traffic onthe Srinagar-Jammu national highwaywas plying on Tuesday, a traffic policeofficial said.

Today Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs)and Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) willply from Jammu to Srinagar with somerestrictions, he said.

He said LMVs will be allowed to plyfrom 0500 hrs to 1400 hrs. However, theHMVs will be allowed from 1300 hrs to1900 hrs, he said adding no vehicle willbe allowed from opposite direction.

Ladakh, Mughal roads remain shut, onlyone-way traffic on Kashmir highway

Bogibeel bridge world’slongest incrementally

launched steel bridge: HCCNEW DELHI: India’s longest rail-cum-road Bogibeel

bridge, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Tuesday, is not only the country’s first fully-welded

steel bridge but the world’s longest incrementally

launched steel bridge, infrastructure major HCC said.

The Prime Minister inaugurated the the 4.94-km-

long double-decker strategic bridge, built by HCC, over

the Brahmaputra river at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh in

Assam.

With the width ranging from 1.2 km to 18 km, the

Brahmaputra has been bridged only four times in the

past, and HCC holds the distinction of building two of

these bridges and has now constructed the fifth, the

company said in a statement.

“Built on the Brahmaputra river in Dibrugarh district

of Assam, it is the first fully welded steel bridge and the

longest rail-cum-road bridge in India. HCC constructed

the entire 4.9 km-long superstructure,” it said.

Bogibeel bridge will provide connectivity to nearly

five million people residing in Upper Assam and

Arunachal Pradesh.

HCC said the project boasts of multiple benefits such

as strategic and speedier access for defence forces to the

Indo-China border, seamless access for medical facili-

ties to remote north-eastern states, and most important-

ly reducing by nearly 10 hours the transportation dis-

tance between NH-37 and NH-52, saving transportation

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Man found dead at hisunder-construction house insouth Kashmir's PulwamaPULWAMA, , DEC 25 :A man was found dead at

his under-construction house in south Kashmir'sPulwama district on Tuesday, police said.

An official said that Asif Rashid Wani son of AbdulRashid Wani was found dead at his under construc-tion house in Tengpuna village of the district ataround 4 pm.

He said that a case was registered into the incident."An investigation is underway," he said.

250 KV power transformerstolen from Harran village incentral Kashmir's GanderbalGANDERBAL, DEC 25 : Unknown persons stole a

power transformer from a village in central Kashmir'sGanderbal district last night.

Reports said that unknown persons stole a 250 KVtransformer from Tehlipora locality of Harran villagein the district.

Executive Engineer, Power DevelopmentDepartment Ganderbal, Javed Ahmed told that thestolen transformer fed power to around 75 house-holds. Station House Officer, police station Ganderbal,Arshid Ahmed said that they are investigating thetheft.

ADGP Armed orderspromotion of 609officers, officials

SRINAGAR, DEC 25: Additional Director General ofPolice Armed J&K Shri A.K. Choudhary-IPS orderspromotion of 609 officers and officials of J&K ArmedPolice after the Departmental Promotion Committeesheaded by him found them fit for the promotion.Asper three different orders issued by ADGP ArmedJ&K, 101 Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASIs) have beenpromoted to the rank of Sub Inspectors (SIs), 179 HeadConstables have been promoted to the rank of ASIsand 329 Sg. Constables have been promoted to therank of Head Constables in J&K Armed Police.ADGPArmed J&K Shri A.K. Choudhary-IPS, his staff OfficerSSP Shri Mehmood Ahmed, CPO APHQ Shri MohdShafi Rather and DySP Personnel APHQ ShriMushtaq Ahmad Wani have congratulated the pro-moted officers and expressed their best wishes to theofficials and their families on this occasion.

Youth dies, two injured inAnantnag road Accident

ANANTNAG, DEC 25: Youth died while two otherinjured in South Kashmir's Nowbugh Veeri Area ofBijbehara in Anantnag district on Tuesday afternoon.

The deceased has been identified as Sameer AhmadBhat son of Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, a resident of KhayarHapatnard. Officials said, an Auto And ScootyCollided resulting in on spot death of the SameerAhmad bhat and injuring of two others.

The injured persons were immediately shifted toSub District hospital Bijbehara for treatment.Theinjured persons have been identified as MuneebFarooq Son of Farooq Ahmad bhat And Faizal AhmadBhat Son of Bilal Ahmad bhat residents of AnchidoraAnantnag.

Police has Registered a in this Regard and Startedfurther Investigation.

Massive operation launchedby forces in Mendhar, one

arrested: ArmyMENDHAR, DEC 25 : Army claimed to have arrestedone person in Mendhar. In a joint operation by 37 RR,16 RR and 156 TA one individual was apprehended bythe forces from Harni . Weapon (Pistol) along with 7rounds and a mobile phone was also recovered.Operation in progress.

Tral shuts on fourthstraight day to mourn

militant killings

TRAL,DEC 25: A complete shutdown is beingobserved in Tral township of south Kashmir'sPulwama district for fourth straight day on Tuesdayagainst the militant killings.

Six militants of Zakir Musa-led Ansar Ghazwat ulHind, including the deputy chief, were shot dead bythe government forces during a gunfight on Saturdaymorning in Arampora village of Tral.

All shops and other business establishments areclosed while thin movement of public transport is vis-ible on the roads.

People continue to visit the families of slain mili-tants to express condolences and offer prayers.

GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 25

Sh. Arvind Pandey,Minister for Education,Uttarakhand State,accompanied by Sh.Balraj Pasi, formerMember Parliament fromUttarakhand, metGovernor Satya Pal Malikat the Raj Bhavan here

today.Sh. Pandey and

Governor discussed arange of issues relating tothe interventionsrequired in the Educationsector to make it respon-sive to the job market andways and means toenhance enrolment inschools and provide

quality infrastructure forimproving the overall lit-eracy rate in the country.

They discussed thecrucial importance ofpromoting sports andother extra- curricularactivities and providingample opportunities toyouth for their holisticdevelopment.

Uttarakhand's Education Minister meets Governor

GY CORRESPONDENTMANDI, DEC. 25

One side the govtclaims for providing bet-ter health facilities forpeople and another sidethe health facilities aretotaly paralysed for thepast 20 years.

The condition of subcentre building of pan-chayat balnoi block mandispeaks the volume as it istotaly damaged for lastmany years and healthdeptt in deep slumber andplaying with the lives ofpeople. people say that weall speak up to the disttofficers but till date it wasnot repaired, people alsosay that some MLA'Scome here and by hollowpromises.

The deptt has construct

the building of S/C Balnoimany year ago , and leftunattended and runningcentre in private accomo-dation.

People alleged that thepanchayat balnoi is 35 kmaway from distt head-quater poonch,They

demanded to the gover-nor of jammu and kash-mir satya pal malikrelease wages for this subcentre as soon as possible,so that poor people ofpanchayat balnoi here besatisfied with clinicalytreatment.

Health sub centre Balnoi building inshambles, Authorities in deep slumber "Gareeb awaam ka Allah hi Hafiz"

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

Former DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP),Kuldeep Khoda onTuesday said that the with-drawal of US troops fromAfghanistan can have littleor marginal impact onKashmir, saying thatGovernment of Indianeeds to review its policyon Jammu and Kashmir todecrease radicalization andalienation among the peo-ple.

Talking former DGPsaid that there is a less pos-sibility of Afghanistanturning into ISIS dominat-

ed base and in case it hap-pens, then it can have onlymarginal impact onKashmir as the people inthe Valley are dismayed atthe fallout of ISIS activitiesin Iraq and Syria.

"ISIS is not getting

much support fromPakistan or separatists ontheir agenda of getting abase for terror activities inKashmir, though a smallgroup of Zakir Musa iskeen to get a foothold.However, overall impact

of withdrawal of US troopsfrom Afghanistan won'thave significant impact onKashmir situation," hesaid.

About Jammu andKashmir, former DGP told, that the Government ofIndia must take a relook atits policy and develop acomprehensive Kashmirpolicy to address theincreasing radicalizationand local recruit ofKashmiri youth in militantranks. Besides, the surren-der policy needs to bemade more practical to getthe desired results," headded.

No snowfall in Kashmir tillNew Year; Srinagar shiversat minus 5.5 degree Celsius

SRINAGAR, DEC 25 : An unabated cold wave contin-ued on Tuesday in Kashmir with the Met denying anypossibility of rain or snow till New Year.

There was no relief from the severe cold that hasbeen lashing the valley for a fortnight with minimumtemperatures reaching minus 5.5 in Srinagar minus 7.7in Pahalgam and minus 7.6 in Gulmarg.

Drass in Kargil was the coldest place in Jammu andKashmir at minus 19.5 degrees Celsius. The townremained literally frozen as even the maximum temper-atures in the town remained below freezing point.

Leh recorded minus 10 and Kargil minus 14.2 as theminimum temperature today.

Jammu was at 4.1, Katra 5, Batote minus 2, Bannihalminus 3.3 and Bhaderwah was at minus 2.2 degreesCelsius.

Dr. Farooq grieved overloss of lives in Indonesia

SRINAGAR, DEC 25 : Jammu and Kashmir NationalConference President Dr Farooq Abdullah on Tuesdayexpressed heartfelt grief over the loss of lives in a tsuna-mi that hit Indonesia the other day.

Dr Farooq who represents the Srinagar parliamen-tary constituency said that the loss of lives has sad-dened me to core. "I take this opportunity to pray toalmighty for the fast recovery of those who are injured.I am hopeful that the country will rise again," he said.

Dr. Farooq said that such natural calamities likethese jolt the whole humanity. "Man in the realm ofnature is too feeble; however we can only try to live inharmony with it by strictly adhering to disaster man-agement rules and regulations. This is not the first timenature has played such havoc in this territory, howeverwe didn't learn any lesson from the past experiences,"he said. Dr Farooq while expressing his anguish said,"The rescue and relief operation is on, I pray for the sur-viving members of devastated families to bear the lossof their loved ones." Meanwhile Dr Farooq Abdullahalso expressed grief over the demise of a senior memberof Saudi family Talal Bin Abdul Aziz saying, "He was aprogressive leader and had played a pivotal role inestablishment of various medical care institutions. Ipray for peace to departed soul."

GY CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, DEC. 25

Activists of NationalSC/ST/OBC Studentsand Youth Front(NSOSYF) and All IndiaConfederation ofS C / S T / O B COrganisation's membersburnt Manusmriti Bookand remembered theaction of their MassiahBharat Ratna Baba SahibDr. B R Ambedkar whoburnt this Book on 25thDecember 1927 anddenounced following thisbook which preachedcaste system, VarnVivastha, unch-nechuntouchability, giving noopportunity to the lowercaste of the society includ-ing women to take educa-tion and to earn respect inthe society and alwayscalled the majority com-munity of Bharat asShudra.The Activitistschose this particular dayas Baba Sahib Ambedkarburnt this book on 25thDecember 1927 and sentout the message that any-thing derogatory towards

Dalits & women will notbe tolerated.

R K Kalsotra, StatePresident Confederationsaid “I have problemswith Manusmriti whichhas derogatory remarkstowards women and Dalitsand we will educate ourmasses to not followManusmirit and Protectthe Indian Constitutionwhich gave everyone allequal rights, opportunity,self respect". Gahru Bhattianother leader ofConfederation said someanti Constitution anti secu-lar forces are trying hard tochange the Indian

Constitution and instead ofit trying to imposeManusmriti. We will fightto expose them tooth andnail.Sumit SyalCoordinator NSOSYFopposed the derogatoryremarks made againstDalits, Women in theManusmriti,such as norights of possessing educa-tion to them and burnt it.

Abhimanyu Kalsotraanother Coordinator said,Manusmriti was being fol-lowed as Hindu law book.But it didn't give equalrights to the vulnerablesections of society. Rightswere denied to women as

well. Dr BR Ambedkarburnt this law book to formthe basis of secularConstitution which seesevery individual equallyirrespective of their genderand caste. The membersraised slogans such asManuwad ho barbad,Jatiwad ho barbad, ho bar-bad. Indian ConstitutionZindabaad, Zindabaad,Baba Sahib AmbedkarZ i n d a b a a d ,Zindabaad.Other whospoke were AshwaniBhagat, Ramesh Bains,Satish Dogra, ShamSarmal, VarunPangotra,Luxman Bhagat

NSOSYF burns Manusmriti Book

GY CORRESPONDENTPOONCH, DEC. 25

Army on Tuesday apprehended a 17-year-old stu-dent and recovered a pistol from his possession fromMendhar area of this district while he was on way toKashmir valley to join militant ranks. The youth, astudent of government degree college Surankote, hadcome to Medhar from Surankote and was going toKashmir to join the militant ranks, defence sourcestold. The student, whose name is being kept secretbeing a juvenile, was apprehended by the army’s 37and 16 Rashtriya Rifles and other units of the armywhile acting on specific information. He was appre-hended while he was travelling a passenger sumovehicle. A pistol and some rounds were recoveredfrom his possession, the sources said.

The army has also apprehended his father, ateacher by profession, for further investigation, theysaid.

“The youth is being handed over to police stationGursai for further investigation,” the sources said.

Advisor Kumarto meet peopleat Jammu on

Dec 26GY BUREAU

JAMMU, DEC. 25

In view of officialengagements, Advisor toGovernor K Vijay Kumarshall hold this week'spublic hearing pro-gramme at Jammu onDecember 26(Wednesday) instead ofThursday.

The public delegations,deputations, organiza-tions and individuals arehereby advised to meetAdvisor Kumar this weekon Wednesday to projecttheir issues, register theirgrievances at BanquetHall, Jammu from 10 amto 12 pm.

Youth held with pistol inPoonch, was on way to

Valley to join militant ranks

Withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan can havemarginal impact on Kashmir situation: Ex-DGP Khoda

Says 'GOI should review its policy for JK'

GY CORRESPONDENTSRINAGAR, DEC. 25

Jammu and National Conference onTuesday said that while GovernorAdministration is taken by the publicityspree masses are hankering for basicamenities.

Party General Secretary Haji AliMuhammad Sagar who toured the oldcity of Srinagar today was apprised bythe people about the paucity of basiccivic amenities in the Shaher e khas."People are undergoing duress owing tothe pesky power supply and unavailabil-ity of other essential items particularlysugar. It is the prime duty of governoradministration to ensure people all basicand effective amenities," he said.

Sagar was apprised by people thatsome areas in the old city have turnedinto cesspool and most of the lanes, dur-ing recent snow fall had inundated withstinky Waters. "The former BJP-PDPregime have failed to maintain properlanes, drainage system and street light-

ing in the old city areas," he said addingthat the problems have been compound-ed by the laid back attitude of the presentgovernor administration which is moreinterested in PR spree.

Sagar while expressing dismay overthe speed of work on development proj-ects said that there has been inordinatedelay in various projects of the city. "Theauthorities are least bothered by themounting woes of the people of old cityof Srinagar. There is no accountability onground," he said.

Sagar asserted that what good wasdone in the Omar Abdullah led govern-ment was put into an abyss by the formerBJP-PDP led government. "We hadpinned high hopes on governor adminis-tration that it will make amends to thewrong policies of BJP-PDP dispensation.However we stand dejected with theway governor administration has shut itseyes and ears to the mounting woes ofpeople in the old city of Srinagar," Sagarsaid.

Woes of people compounded due to laid-backattitude of governor administration: Sagar

Tours city areas, express dismay over the slow pace of development works