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Srinagar, Mar 16: Bajaj Alli-anz General Insurance Company (BAGICL), a key player in the general insurance sector in the country, shall be tailoring a job creation initiative for the educat-ed unemployed youth of the J&K State in a year or so. This proposed mega employment plan has been slated to be unveiled on the occa-sion of 15th anniversary of J&K Bank – BAGICL partnership to be celebrated next year.

This was disclosed by the BAGICL Managing Director & CEO, Tapan Singhsl, at an impres-sive product-launching ceremony held here today.

In response to J&K Bank Chair-man & CEO Parvez Ahmed’s offer to fore-go a part of commission in favour of creating sound employ-ment packages for talented local youth, Bajaj Allianz CEO & MD Tapan Singhal addressed the

audience saying, “After listening to Parvez Ahmed ready to fore go bank’s due in lieu of better employ-ment package for local youth, I promise you that we shall be devis-ing a massive employment pro-gramme in association with J&K Bank for youth in the J&K State. Hopefully we shall be announc-ing the employment plan during the celebrating ceremony of our 15 years of partnership next year.”

The Bajaj CEO was all praise for the J&K Bank Chairman Parvez Ahmed for his appropriate guid-ance. “Having said this, you cannot have a better leader than this man, who is prudent in business, spiri-tual in understanding and so gen-erous at heart”, he remarked.

Notably, J&K Bank Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed was chief guest at the launch of BAGICL product Bajaj Allianz Health and Wellness Card here at Taj Vivanta.

BAGICL to create massive jobs in association with JK Bank in State: Tapan SinghelHails wisdom of J&K Bank Chairman

Resistance leaders urge people to stay away from elections

Owners seek return of 1000 Kanals of orchard land, compensation

KHALID GUL

Anantnag (Islamabad), Mar 16: Nine months after Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) gave clearance to the state government’s proposal for vacation of High Ground in Anantnag town by Army, there is no for-ward movement on the issue.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in

June last year cleared JK government’s proposal for vacating 454 Kanals of land in Army’s possession for the expansion of Kash-mir University’s South campus in Anantnag.

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Srinagar, Mar 16: After disallowed by government from holding a meeting and addressing media, resis-tance leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Thursday asked people to boycott the upcoming by-elections to two parliamentary seats in Kashmir.

Chairman Hurriyat Con-ference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik managed to reach Geelani’s Hyderpora residence at 11:30 a.m. to hold a meeting to dis-cuss various issues includ-ing strategy for the upcom-ing parliamentary elections for Srinagar and Anantnag (Islamabad) seats scheduled next month. The three lead-ers were also scheduled to address a joint press confer-ence.

However, the duo was stopped by a huge contingent of police at the main gate of the residence. After some time, Geelani came out and the three leaders marched towards the main road as they were disallowed from holding a press conference, witnesses said.

Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik walked over a roll

of concertina wire placed outside Geelani’s residence and marched amid election boycott slogans upto the main road, where police had placed its vehicles to detain all three leaders. Witnesses said that as the three lead-ers reached closer to main road, policemen who were present in large numbers whisked away the trio and shifted them to police sta-tion Humhama as Hurriyat supporters continued to raise slogans in favour of election boycott.

Pak wants peaceful resolution of all issues: FO

PTI

Islamabad, Mar 16: Pak-istan wants to resolve all issues, i n c l u d i n g K a s h m i r , with India through result oriented dialogue which should not disrupt or breakdown on "flimsy grounds", the For-eign Office said today.

Foreign Office spokes-man Nafees Zakaria said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's vision clearly states Pakistan's foreign policy objective of achiev-ing regional prosperity through peaceful neigh-bourhood.

Media shouldn't have cozy relations with Govt: PCI chairman

PTI

Hyderabad, Mar 16: Press Council of India chairman Justice (retd) C K Prasad today said media should not have a "cordial relationship" with the gov-ernment.

He also underlined the need for a code of conduct for media.

‘Shutdown on April 9, 12 in poll areas’Srinagar, Mar 16: The joint resis-tance leadership has called for complete shutdown in areas going to polls on April 9 and 12.

According to a spokesman, people of Srinagar, Ganderbal and Budgam districts should observe complete shutdown on April 9 and people of South Kashmir districts - Pulwama, Shopian, Anantnag and Kulgam - should observe shut-down on April 12. “There would be no shutdown in north Kashmir areas on these days,” the spokes-man said. GKNN

Despite PMO clearance, Army yet to leave High Ground Anantnag

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Hyhama (Kupwara), Mar 16: In this small hamlet in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, two brothers Aslam Chechi (15) and Zaffar Chechi (10) are attending to mourners who are throng-ing their residence to con-dole the death of their eight-year-old sister Kaneeza. The young girl, according to police, was killed “by a stray bullet” during a gun-fight here on Wednesday—a claim that locals are not ready buy. Her brother Faisal was also injured in the incident.

The mother of Aslam and Zaffar is in Srinagar, attend-ing to her injured son while Khushi Muhammad, her husband, who is a labourer by profession, was “called” by Member of Legislative Assembly and Rural Devel-opment Minister Abdul Haq Khan on Thursday morning

and had not returned home till late afternoon.

Aslam and Zaffar are stu-dents of Class 9th and Class 6th at High School Batpora, located barely few yards away from their house. Kaneeza also studied in the same school.

Tral family gets overwhelming support after forces raze house to ground

Pak proposal on Gilgit-Baltistan unacceptable: India New Delhi, Mar 16: India today termed as "entirely u n a c c e p t -able" any pos-sible attempt by Pakistan to declare the Gilgit-Baltistan region as the fifth province.

Reacting sharply to reports that a committee headed by Pakistan's For-eign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz has proposed status of a province to Gilgit-Baltis-tan, External Affairs Min-istry Spokesperson Gopal Baglay said any such step would not be able to hide the illegality of Pakistan's occupation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir which it must vacate, forthwith.

Kaneeza’s family, locals reject stray bullet theorySay police offered them 25 kg rice, 5 kg mustard oil to ‘solve killing amicably;’ SSP, DM differ on evacuation claim

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Tral (Pulwama), Mar 16: Muhammad Ramzan Ganaie is surrounded by his Sikh and Muslim neighbors. Everyone here is busy per-forming various activities at the debris of his house that was razed to ground by forces during a gunfight with militants on March 5.

It seems like a busy func-tion as some volunteers are cooking food, some remov-ing the debris while a few are seen constructing a shed where Ramzan’s family is expected to stay until he rebuilds his house.

But Ghulam Hassan Dar, a neighbor of Ramzan, has offered his new house to his friend. “Out of my two houses I am offering one to my friend until he reconstructs his own house.” Dar said.

A group of Sikhs were seen consoling the victims and suggesting that “we must not fiddle with the debris as any explosive material might be inside it.”

“Only few days ago, a Bomb Disposal Squad defused several unex-ploded mortar shells from the debris. We should not rush to remove it,” they were seen telling the victim family.

Barely few yards away from the flattened house of Ramzan, the front portion of the double-storey house of Ghulam Ahmed Sheikh has suffered heavy damages due to the blasts. His wife Raja says the walls of her house have developed cracks due to the impact of the blasts while the front windows and doors are broken.

Beirut, Mar 16: A report published by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia has stated that Israel has established an "apartheid regime."

The report titled "Israeli Practices Toward the Pal-estinian People and the Question of Apartheid" was released by ESCWA at a news conference in Beirut.

Israel has established apartheid regime: UN

Aslam and Zaffar, brothers of Kaneeza

A policeman (not in picture) catches photo-journalist Tauseef Mustafa by throat. Mubashir Khan/GK

There was apprehension of breach of peace: PoliceSrinagar, Mar 16: “Today there was apprehen-sion of breach of peace outside the residence of Syed Ali Shah Geelani at Hyderpora during which the road leading to Airport got blocked and police present had to intervene to ensure smooth flow of traffic,” a police spokes-man said.

“During this, some pho-to-journalists who were trying to approach the residence of Syed Ali Shah Geelani were requested not to proceed ahead as it would have escalated the situation. The photo-journalists remained ada-mant and tried to proceed ahead without giving any heed to the request of the police. They later protested alleging high handedness of police and demanded action. The higher officers of the police have taken cogni-zance of the matter which is being looked into,” the spokesman said. (GKNN)

Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik before their arrest.

Mubashir Khan/GK

Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik arrested, released; Disallowed from holding meet, addressing media

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GK news neTworK

Srinagar, Mar 16: Policemen on Thurs-day assaulted a group of journalists who were carrying out their professional duties outside the house of chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani at Hyder-pora here. Two photojournalists sustained injuries in the incident while many others

received mild injuries.The incident, that came in for severe

criticism, happened at 12.30 pm when journalists were covering the detention of Geelani, Hurriyat Conference (M) chair-man Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik at Rehmatabad, Hyderpora.

Cops assault journalistsKashmir Editors’ Guild, Resistance leaders condemn

GK news neTworK

Srinagar, Mar 16: Nation-al Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thurs-day expressed serious con-cern over the continued hostility between India and Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC) and Interna-tional Border saying people deserve the right to live in peace.

“People living along our frontier areas are facing unprecedented difficulties and have been forced to give up their homes, hearths and sources of livelihood

as intense cross-border and cross-loc shelling and hostil-ity forces them to migrate to save their lives,” Abdullah said while interacting with various public delegations and party supporters here.

“We have endured far too much pain and suffering

because of continued hostil-ity and animosity between the two neighbors. Both countries should realize enormous human, economic and social costs of hostility and engage with each other to exploit dividends of peace, mutual cooperation and amity. In today’s day and age, India and Pakistan can work together to tide over common challenges and this cooperation will immensely benefit both countries and also usher J&K into an era of peace, stability and prog-ress,” Abdullah said.

Tension on borders matter of grave concern: Farooq Abdullah‘People deserve right to live in peace’

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