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Vol. 9 Issue No: 300
Jammu, Thursday 18, December 2014
NC confident of forming new government
Congress in deep frustration, defeat
insight for BJP, PDP: Omar
RM News Service
BANi, DeC 17 : Working
President
National
Conference and J&K Chief
Minister, Omar Abdullah
Wednesday said that the
under current in favour of
National Conference and
enthusiasm of its workers to
register remarkable victory
in 2014 Assembly Elections
has frustrated its opponents
to such a high degree that
they are making all bogus
propaganda and stooping too
low to criticize NC and its
leadership.Omar Abdullah
was addressing election rallies at remote areas of Lohai,
Nathi, Duggani in Bani
Assembly Constituency and
at
Bishnah
Assembly
Constituency organized in
favour of NC Candidates
Malik Ghulam Haider and
Dr. Kamal Arora.Omar
Abdullah
lambasted
Congress for misleading
people against National
Conference and unleashing
false propaganda against it.
He said seven months earlier
when NC was campaigning
in favour of Congress
Candidates in Parliament
Elections, Ghulam Nabi
Azad was full of praises and
admiration for NC and its
Govt concerned over ChinaPakistan nuke deal
RM News Service
New Delhi, DeC 17:
Expressing concern over the
nuclear deal between China
and Pakistan, External
Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj on Wednesday said
the government has raised
the issue with China and
asserted that it is "well prepared" to safeguard national
interests. "India is well prepared (to deal with threats)...
We are fully alert... We will
not allow any harm to (happen to) India," Swaraj said
in the Lok Sabha.
She asserted that the government remains committed to
taking all necessary steps to
safeguard India's national
security interests.
Her remarks came while
replying to queries regarding steps taken by the government to safeguard the
country's interests against
the backdrop of Pakistan
entering into a nuclear deal
with China. "Government
remains concerned about the
impact of the deal on global
non-proliferation norms.
Government believes that
countries should abide by
the commitments that they
have undertaken in the field
of nuclear non-proliferation," she said. During
Question Hour, Swaraj said
the government is aware of
the agreement to supply two
additional nuclear power
reactors, Chashma-3 and
Chashma-4 by China to
Pakistan. These reactors are
under construction, in addition to Chashma-1 and 2,
which are already in operation.
"Government is further
aware of reports of an agreement for supply of additional reactors of Chinese origin
to be built at Chashma,
Karachi and a third site in
Pakistan," she said.
She noted that India
keeps raising the issue with
China.
"Government has raised
this issue in bilateral discussions with China. China
maintains that its nuclear
supplies to Pakistan are in
accordance with its international obligations and are
only for peaceful purposes,"
she said. China, being a
member of the Nuclear
Suppliers Group (NSG), has
the responsibility to ensure
that necessary safeguards
are in place before exporting
nuclear technology, Swaraj
noted. To another query
related to the ChinaPakistan nuclear deal,
Swaraj said the situation has
not reached the level where
it needs to be raised in the
United Nations.
Addresses series of meeting in support of Bharat Choudhary
Mehbooba promises to develop
Jammu as heritage city
leadership. "It is astonishing
that Mr. Azad is now not
only criticizing NC but also
making
Late
Sheikh
Mohammad Abdullah and
Dr. Farooq Abdullah subject
matter of election campaign
when both are not around",
he added and said that even
BJP and PDP who are stanch
opponents of National
Conference have not brought
Late Sheikh Mohammad
Abdullah in the ambit of
election campaign but
Ghulam Nabi Azad has
minced no words to even
criticize Sheikh Sahib and
Dr. Farooq Abdullah who
are nowhere in the election
scenario.
Working President National
Conference said that this
behaviour of Congress and
its leadership exposes the
frustration of the party it is
engulfed in. He said people
of the State will teach them a
lesson and give fitting
response by wholeheartedly
voting in favour of National
Conference ensuring its victory in the election. He
expressed confidence that
NC will form the new government in the State and
carry forward its agenda to
make Jammu and Kashmir
modern, economically welloff and a peaceful State. He
said PDP and BJP have read
the writing on wall about
their imminent defeat in the
election. Omar Abdullah
reminded the people of the
firm belief of
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Pages 8
Terror alert in
Delhi ahead
of Barack
Obama's visit
New Delhi, DeC 17:
The
Home
Ministry,
Wednesday, issued an alert
following inputs on a possible terror attack in two
hotels in the national capital
and on the New Delhi-Agra
highway. As per reports,
2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind and Jamaat-udDawa chief Hafiz Saeed is
believed to behind the sinister plan. The MHA alert
reportedly came after US'
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) tipped off Indian
security agencies of possible terror strike ahead of US
President Barack Obama's
visit to New Delhi in
January, where he will be
the chief guest at the
Republic Day celebrations.
Reports further added
that Pakistani terrorists,
with the help of some
Students Islamic Movement
of India (SIMI)
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Div Com, IGP review election preparedness in Jammu
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: In
order to review the poll preparedness of District Jammu
which is going to poll on
December 20, Divisional
Commissioner,
Jammu,
Shantmanu, chaired a high
level meeting with the concerned officers. Divisional
Commissioner reviewed in
detail the election arrangements in the district, which
included security related
issues, transport plan, communication plan and coordination among different executing agencies, for ensuring
free, fair, smooth and trouble- free conduct of elections. He also directed the
officers to gear up their filed
functionaries to ensure
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Use invaluable experiences for
advancement of society: Governor
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: Mr.
N.N. Vohra, Governor, participated in the celebration
of the 32nd National
Pensioners' Day programme
which was organized by the
Central
Government
Pensioner's
Welfare
Association here today.
The Governor complimented the Pensioners'
Association for running a
versatile organisation which
looks after the interests of
the pensioners and, besides,
is actively involved in carrying out varied activities
which promote social welfare. The Governor suggested that the Association could
consider utilizing its valuable collective wisdom,
comprising the lifelong
experiences of its eminent
members, to serve as a vital
element of the civil society,
to advance the interests of
the people at large. It could
also help the government in
carrying
out
pressing
reforms in governance system of our country.
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Over 1 Lakh 16 thousand cases disposed
in National Lok Adalats in J&K
smooth conduct of last phase
of elections. Among others,
the meeting was attended by
IGP, Jammu, Rajesh Kumar,
Senior Superintendent of
Police
Jammu,
Uttam
Chand,
Deputy
Commissioner,
Jammu,
Ajeet
Kumar
Sahu,
Additional
District
D e v e l o p m e n t
Commissioner, G N Balwan,
Additional
Deputy
Commissioner
Jammu,
Kalyan Singh, besides other
senior officers were also present in the meeting.
IGP Jammu Rajesh
Kumar also interacted with
officers and emphasized on
adhering to Security grid and
procedures, while staying
extra vigilant.
Earlier, District
Election Officer (Deputy
Commissioner)
Jammu,
Ajeet Kumar Sahu gave a
detailed account of the activities and preparations of the
District
regarding
Communication
plan,
Training Management Plan,
Material Management Plan,
MCC, Transport Plan and
Expenditure
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SC directs Centre to form a panel of 15 names for CVC post
New Delhi, DeC 17: The Supreme
Court on Wednesday directed the
Union government to form a panel of
15 names for consideration for the post
of Chief Vigilance Commissioner
(CVC). The apex court further directed
that the named be submitted to it in a
sealed envelope by January 15, 2015.
Importantly, the court also mentioned
that without its consent CVC will not
be appointed
During a earlier hearing, Sep 18, on
the CVC issue, the court had rapped the
Union government for lack of transparency in the selection process of
chief vigilance commissioner and vigilance commissioners, following which
government gave the assurance that no
final decision will be taken without its
nod. Raising questions on lack of trans-
parency in the selection process of
CVC and VCs, the court said this promotes "favouritism and nepotism" and
asked why only bureaucrats are picked
for the posts and not common people.
"Transparency should be the hall mark
of such selection procedure and existing system is being criticised because
of lack of transparency," a bench headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha had said.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi submitted that application cannot be invited from people for the post as many
people prefer to be considered by the
Centre for the post rather then apply for
it. He said that selection process would
take at least one month to complete and
assured the court that "no final decision
would be taken on appointment during
the pendency of the case in the apex
court". Enumerating the selection
process, the Attorney General said that
Cabinet secretary and 36 other secretaries proposes the name of 120 people
for the post out of which 20 names are
taken and five people are shortlisted
and forwarded to the selection committee. The bench thereafter asked about
the criteria under which names are forwarded and different secretaries might
have different yardstick while sending
the names. The court was hearing a
public-interest litigation alleging that
Centre was going ahead with the
appointment of CVC and VC without
giving wide publicity to the vacancies
arising on the completion of tenure of
CVC Pradip Kumar and VC J M
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RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: In connection with the National
Lok Adalat programme, Lok
Adalats that were held
throughout the State on 6th
December 2014, under the
Patronage of Justice M. M.
Kumar, Chief Justice, High
Court of J&K and Patron-inChief J&K State Legal
Services Authority and
under the guidance of
Justice Mohammad Yaqoob
Mir, Judge, High Court of
J&K
and
Executive
Chairman J&K State Legal
Services Authority, settled 1,
16,423 cases of different
nature.
The cases like MACT, Civil
Suits,
Criminal
Compoundable cases, Bank
cases, Petty Criminal matters, Flood Disaster cases,
Consumer Court cases,
Electricity and water bills,
Food Adulteration cases,
Forest cases, Gambling Act
cases,
Cases
under
Guardianship Act and Hindu
Marriage
Act,
Land
Acquisition cases, MGNREGA cases, Municipal cases,
Labour Law cases, and other
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Campaigns for Kavinder Gupta
We will prove our opponents
in state wrong: Uma Bharti
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: Union
Minister
for
Water
Resources Uma Bharti on
Wednesday campaigned for
BJP candidate from Gandhi
Nagar
constituency,
Kavinder Gupta.Speaking
on this occasion she said that
"Congress has used shoulders of Jammu people to
destroy the future of Jammu
and Kashmir. For this,
Jammu people should not
give any more opportunities".Referring to the BJP's
victory in Lok Sabha polls,
she said, "Country's people
have done a great job. They
have thrown out Congress
not only from the governance but also from opposition."Expressing satisfaction
over percentage of votes in
four phases, she said that
this high percentage has definitely gone in favour of BJP
and party has no doubt in
establishing Mission 44+.
"Democracy has the power
that even poor people voice
is being heard. The polling
that has taken place in
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Attempts to subvert JK's integrity would be resisted firmly: Mufti
'Modi introducing negative discourse in JK's election campaign'
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: President of Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) Mehbooba Mufti today promised to formulate a comprehensive plan for the over-all development of Jammu city.
She promised to develop Jammu city as heritage tourist centre of the country. Addressing series of public meetings in
support of party candidate Bharat Choudhary for Jammu
East assembly segment at Gujjar Nagar, Talab Khatikan and
Chand Nagar areas, Mehbooba Mufti said that her party in its
manifesto has already promised to develop Jammu city. She
reminded the people that during the regime of Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed a comprehensive policy was formulated
for the development and beautification of Jammu city. She
further added that it was during the regime PDP led regime
that a programme was implemented for solving water crises
in Jammu city and adjoining localities. She flayed the State
Government for its failure to provide basic amenities to the
people ofJammu city. She said that during that last six years
Omar Abdullah led regime has done nothing to ameliorate lot
of the people. She further said that during the last six years
problems of the common masses were compounded because
this regime was more conContd on Page -6
cerned about befooling the
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: Reasserting his resolve
to strengthen the inclusive and pluralistic
character of Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) Patron Mufti
Mohammad SayeedWednesday said the State
is the core component of the idea of India
and any attempt at subverting its integrity
would be resisted firmly by PDP.Addressing
series of impressive election rallies in
Rajouri, Darhal and Nowshehra assembly
constituencies, Mufti while referring to the
speeches made by Narendra Modi in Jammu
yesterday, said it was disappointing that the
Prime Minister instead of helping build
bonds tried to introduce viciously negative
discourse into the election campaign. "Prime
Minister has to be a building force. He does
not have the liberty to get into the agitational and divisive mode for electoral gains but
has the responsibility of building bonds and
help resolve issues where they exist," he
said.Mufti said as a BJP leader nobody can
find fault with the attempts by Mr Modi to
seek majority anywhere in the country. "But
it seems he (Modi) is getting carried away by
his party's agenda so much that his responsibilities as the Prime Minister of the country
are getting overlooked completely," he said
and added that ideally no Prime Minister
would like to become part of victory or loss
in a state election, but since Modi has chosen
to be so, it would have been expected of him
to refrain from taking the election rhetoric to
a level which normally should have been left
to his party functionaries in the State.Mufti
said J&K as the only Muslim majority state
of the country is the centerpiece of the idea
of India as its accession has lent credibility to
our global acknowledgement as a secular
democracy. "Nothing should be done or
would be endorsed by a large majority of the
people in the country or the State to devalue
this asset," he said and added that J&K has
already suffered too much because of the
sub-continent's turbulent political history
and they don't want a similar ominous situation to be enforced on them again through
divisive politics.Mufti said people in J&K
have suffered immensely during the past six
years of anarchist rule under NC-Congress
coalition and they yearn for a government
which would not only pull the State out of
the morass, but put it back on rails of peace,
progress and development. He said it is
because of the follies of NC-Congress coalition government that people in every nook
and corner of the State have rejected both
these parties. "It is now for the people of
Jammu, Kathua and Rajouri districts to give
a final push to this movement for change and
hand-down absolute majority to PDP to form
a stable government in the State," he
said.Addressing the rallies PDP President,
Mehbooba Mufti said given its pro-people
agenda and performance in governance, PDP
has emerged as the first choice of the people
in all the regions and sub-regions of the
State. She said the party will not only deliver on its promise of good and effective governance, but is committed to bridge the gap
between different regions
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(PAGe 2)
JAMMU
ThURSDAY 18, DeCeMBeR 2014
Just Out: First trailer of Ranbir, Arjun Is Arjun Kapoor Birthday Special: How birthday boy
following
Riteish Deshmukh owned 2014!
and Jacqueline starrer Roy, watch it
W
ell keeping in the
view the current
state of affair in
tinsel town, playing thief on
the big screen seems to be
the most sought after
for
our
endeavor
Bollywooders. Aamir kickstarted the trend with
"Dhoom", followed by
Salman and SRK in "Kick"
and "Happy New Year"
respectively. And now it's
none other than the
"Rockstar" RK who will be
donning the hat of a thief for
his upcoming cine flick Roy.
At-least that's what the
recently released trailer of
the movie suggests. Though
this recently released trailer
of "Roy" doesn't unfurls
much about the premise of
the movie, but on giving a
cursorily glimpse to it one
can easily gaze that it's a
thief saga which will introduce millions of cineasts of
Aamir Khan's
footsteps?
A
Indian origin to an altogether different Ranbir. Besides
Ranbir, its Arjun Rampal
and Jacqueline Fernandez
who too have a prominent
roles in this productional
venture of Divya Khosla and
Bhushan Kumar. And if
rumors pertaining to this
much awaited cine flick are
something to go by then they
suggest that in "Roy"
Jacqueline will be seen in a
double role. So till the time
more revelations pertaining
to "Roy" surface in the
grapevine enjoy this thrill
inducing spectacle dished
out by the makers in the
shape of a trailer.
rjun Kapoor wants to focus
on doing one film a year after
a busy 2014 which saw three
of his movies releasing. The 29-yearold actor starred in Gunday, 2 States
and Finding Fanny this year.
Arjun, who will be next seen in his
father Boney Kapoor's production,
said he is tired after doing six movies
in past two years. "I will do one
movie in a year. I have worked in six
movies in last two years and I want
to concentrate on one thing at a
time," Arjun said while launching the
December issue of Filmfare
Magazine.
The actor who's a self proclaimed
Salman Khan fan has decided to fol-
Did anybody compromise for Ugly?
A
nurag Kashyap,
who lost the battle
against an antitobacco disclaimer in all the
scenes in his film "Ugly",
says he has not given up on
the issue, but admits he had
to compromise.
Kashyap had challenged
the
rules
under
the
Cigarettes and Tobacco
Products Act, which makes
it compulsory for filmmakers to crop or mask any
scenes depicting ads of
tobacco or its products. But
the Bombay High Court
refused to grant any interim
relief to the filmmaker. After
fighting a battle for over a
year, Kashyap is now set to
release "Ugly", which is
coming out on Dec 26.
"I am not giving up on
the issue, but I had to compromise," said Kashyap
about his much awaited
directorial venture "Ugly".
Featuring Rahul Bhatt,
Ronit Roy, Girish Kulkarni,
Siddhanth
Kapoor,
Tejaswini Kolhapure among
others, the film is a psychological thriller. "Ugly" was
screened at film festivals
and those who have seen the
film can't stop raving about
it. "I didn't want the film to
suffer. What happened to my
film 'Paanch', I didn't want
the same thing to happen to
the film. I want to release the
film for my actors who have
given their time, but it is not
that I will be quiet and give
up. "It was not such a big
issue. They should focus on
other things and not just on
disclaimer," said Kashyap.
"Ugly" will come out a
week after Aamir Khan's
"PK". When asked whether
"PK" would affect the box
office collections of "Ugly",
he said: " 'PK' is going to be
an advantage for us. The
audience will watch 'PK'
three to four times then they
will watch my film, as the
concept is different. I don't
think because of the film we
would have any loss.
"We would not have that
many screens as 'PK', but we
will try and book as many
screens as possible."
When Mika made
Kareena
uncomfortable?
It was unintentional, but guests felt
that Kareena Kapoor Khan
appeared a tad uncomfortable
while dancing at the sangeet of her
favourite
designer
Manish
Malhotra's niece wedding.
Several stars went on the stage to
shake a leg with Manish as Mika
Singh crooned his chartbusters.
When it was Bebo's turn, Mika
began singing 'Mauja Hee Mauja'
from her film 'Jab We Met' (2007).
The video has found its way on
social media and Bebo is visibly
uncomfortable dancing to the song.
Remember who matched steps with
her on that track? Kareena ex-flame
Shahid Kapoor, but must give her
full marks for being sporting
enough to groove on Manish's
request.
low Aamir Khan's footsteps now and
will be picky and choosy about the
films he signs. But the actor, who
will feature on the cover of the magazine for the third time, dedicated the
latest issue to superstar Salman
Khan. "We're all Salman fans. Not
only for the body of his work but
also the way he presents himself as a
human being," he said.
The actor has no plans for New Year
so far but hopes to celebrate
Christmas with his Tevar co-actors
Manoj Bajpayee and Sonakshi
Sinha. The movie will hit theatres on
January 9.
R
iteish Deshmukh
turns 36 today. The
ace actor has had a
superb 2014. With awards,
critical appreciation, family bliss and much more,
Riteish is one actor who
truly owned 2014. Here’s
why…
The outstanding comedian: Humshakals may have
been panned by critics but
every film reviewer appreciated Riteish Deshmukh’s
performance. His comedy
has gone from good to better over the past few years
and with Humshakals, he
proved that even in a loose
script a good actor can
shine bright.
Member of the Rs 100
crore club: Ek Villain may
have had Riteish as the
second lead, but it was his
performance in a negative
role that got appreciation
from all. Having been type
cast as a comedy actor,
this film proved that there
was much more to his acting skills than great comic
timing. He stood his
ground opposite lead
actor, Sidharth Malhotra.
Marathi
Mulga:
Lai
Bhaari may have been a
A little extra intake of vitamin E can
help regulate an ageing immune system, protecting the body from a bacterial infection that commonly causes pneumonia, a research has found.
Sunflower seeds, tomatoes, mangoes, and kiwis are rich sources of
vitamin E, among other foods.
"A growing body of research suggests vitamin E could make up for
the loss of immune response caused
Why did PC skip her
dance performance at
an award show?
W
hat led the actress to skip her act for an awards gala
at the last minute? Priyanka Chopra was slated to
perform at an award function on Sunday but
sources suggest that she excused herself from the show at the
eleventh hour. Apparently, she had attended the rehearsals
and her unanticipated refusal to turn up on the D-day left the
organisers in a tizzy. More bemusing was the fact that
PeeCee, who is said to have skipped the show for "some
other work", posted a picture of herself spending time with
her mother, Madhu Chopra, that very evening.
A source says the actress never showed any hint of displeasure or discomfort during the rehearsals, and so, her decision
came as a shock. "The creative team was putting in special
efforts to make her performance a success. However, at the
last moment she informed the organisers that she had to
attend to some other work," the source adds.
Another source says the show script and performance
sequence of other actors had to be re-arranged when she
decided not to come, adding: "It would have been nice to see
her perform on stage as she also won an award for her film."
The actress' post on a microblogging site read, "Spending the
evening getting some mommy love tonight. Feel like I need
it." Her next post suggested that she was unhappy: "Politics
I've learned,is an art form.Yet it saddens the heart when it
finds its way into Art, irrevocably changing its soul!
#Lesson4Tonight (sic)."
Y
sor. That's one repetition. Do
20 quick reps. This cardio
move works the entire body.
Tabletop
Sit with knees bent and feet
hip width apart with hands
behind body, fingertips facing in to hips. Hold your abs
tight, lift the hips off the
floor in line with knees and
shoulders. Hold for one
count and then return to
start. This exercise works the
glutes with a major emphasis
on the core.
Rotating reach
Stand with feet hip width,
knees bent and arms by
sides. Turn body to the right,
bending knees and lifting
left heel off the floor, reaching left arm down to the
floor, bending right elbow
back behind body (left).
Quickly stand and rotate to
the left, extending legs as
right arm presses up and to
the left, lifting right heel off
the floor and bending left
elbow behind body (right).
Do 10 reps; repeat on opposite side. This targets the
core, arms and legs.
first Marathi film as an
actor became the highest
grossing Marathi film till
date. In the Producer’s
shoes: As a producer of
Yellow, Riteish made sure
that the quality of film
was up to the mark. He
won the National Film
Award for this film,
Extra vitamin E can protect against pneumonia
6 exercises for a stronger physique
ou don't always need
equipment
to
strengthen your muscles. Your body is enough.
Here are six exercises to follow
Not many believe it, but you
don't need barbells, dumbbells or machines to build
muscle, or for that matter,
garner strength. In fact,
weight-training equipment
often inhibits the process.
That's because it requires
you to be in a specific location, say fitness experts. It is
best to utilise your own
body. Here are six exercises
that'll help you build a
stronger physique, without
weights.
Scissor jacks
Stand with feet your together, arms by sides. Jump up
and bring right foot forward
and left foot back as left arm
swings up by ear and right
swings arm back. Land
slowly and then immediately
jump again, quickly switching feet and arms like a scis-
regional Marathi film but
it changed Riteish’s image
and that of Marathi cinema’s. His acting was so
convincing that people
finally saw beyond his
funny antics and relate to
his dhamakedaar action.
His high flying action
stint made sure that his
which was widely appreciated by not just the
Marathi film industry but
even B-Townies like
Salman Khan and others.
A proud parent: The actor
was blessed with a baby
boy just a few weeks
back. He and wife
Genelia D’Souza decided
to name him Riaan
Riteish Deshmukh. The
joy and the pleasure of
being a father made this
moment his best in the
entire year.
What the future looks
like: The actor has a
superb line up of films in
2015. He is working with
YRF for the first time in
Bank Chor. He also has
Bangistan, which is under
Farhan Akhtar’s banner.
He also has Mastizaade
opposite Sunny Leone
and he’s all set to start
shooting for Housefull 3
alongside Akshay Kumar
and Abhishek Bachchan.
With so much happening
in his life and career, we
surely Riteish has been on
top of his game in 2014.
We hope he has an even
better 2015 and wish him a
very happy birthday.
Oblique crunch
Stand with feet hip width,
knees slightly bent and
hands clasped behind head.
Brace abs in tight, and keeping elbows open to the sides,
lift right knee and twist left
shoulder towards leg. Return
to start and immediately
repeat on opposite side.
That's one rep. Do 10 repetitions. This exercise also
helps improve balance and
coordination.
Narrow squats
Stand with feet together,
arms by sides. Bend knees
and sit back into hips (imagine sitting back into a chair),
squeezing knees together to
engage the inner thighs as
arms reach overhead with
palms facing in. Form tip:
keep chin down towards
chest and try to bring arms to
the outside of ears to avoid
neck strain. Return to start.
That's one rep. Do 20 repetitions. This builds leg, core,
shoulder and upper back
strength.
by aging," said co-senior author
Simin Nikbin Meydani from Tufts
University, US. People, aged over
65, are at a high risk for developing
pneumonia, an inflammation of the
lungs
typically
caused
by
Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria.
The research team studied older
male mice before and after they were
infected with the pneumonia-causing
bacteria. The experimental group of
mice was fed extra amount of vitamin E, equivalent to about 200 IU
(international unit)/day consumed by
humans -- about 10 times the recommended daily allowance but below
the upper limit.
Compared to the mice that had normal amount of vitamin E in their
diet, the mice fed extra vitamin E
had 1,000 times fewer bacteria in
their lungs.
Did Sonam get her seat changed at
an award show to avoid Deepika?
S
onam Kapoor supposedly got her seat
changed at an award
function to avoid meeting
Deepika Padukone
They have shared icy vibes
in the past but were said to
have patched up during a
recent film screening. But
if rumour mills are to be
believed, Sonam Kapoor
and Deepika Padukone still
prefer to keep distance
from each other.
A source present at an
awards function on Sunday
tells us, "Sonam walked in
and asked the organisers to
change her seat as she was
not keen to meet Deepika,
who was to be seated in the
same area. She was then
accommodated in another
actors' group and immediately left after collecting
her award."
Sonam's spokesperson
denies the buzz and says,
"Sonam left long before
Deepika even came in - that
was an hour before her
award was announced.
Moreover, she had to rush
for a family dinner. Sonam
was backstage and on her
way out when Deepika
walked in.
They are absolutely cordial."
Sonam responds to the
buzz by saying, "That is
really funny."
history of the cold war
Earlier this year, Sonam
during her appearance on
Koffee With
dig at the
actress. On
about one
Karan
Ram
being
thing
took a
Leela
asked
which
Deepika Padukone has and
she doesn't, Sonam promptly replied, "An over-enthusiastic publicist."
Simple breathing can
help you shed extra kilos
T
o lose extra fat, all you
have to do is breathe
in and breathe out
more during exercise or
brisk walking, new research
has revealed.
"Our calculations show
that the lungs are the primary excretory organ for fat,"
the researchers said, noting
that more than 80 percent
of body fat can be exhaled
away.
Excess carbohydrate or
protein in the diet is con-
verted to triglyceride,
which consists of just three
kinds of atoms - carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen.
Shedding unwanted fat
requires unlocking the
atoms in triglyceride molecules by a process known
as
oxidation,
the
researchers explained.
"Losing weight requires
unlocking the carbon stored
in fat cells, thus reinforcing
that often heard refrain of
'eat less, move more," said
researchers
Ruben
Meerman and Andrew
Brown from University of
New South Wales in
Australia.
They discovered that
when 10 kg of fat are fully
oxidised, 8.4 kg departs via
lungs as carbon dioxide
(CO2). The remaining 1.6
kg becomes water (H2O).
Their analysis showed
that the inhaled oxygen
required for this metabolic
process weighs nearly three
times more than the fat
being 'lost'.
To completely oxidise
10 kg of human fat, 29 kg
of oxygen must be inhaled
producing a total of 28 kg
of carbon dioxide and 11 kg
of water.
"Keeping the weight off
simply requires that you put
less back in by eating than
you have exhaled by breathing," the authors explained.
(PAGe 3)
JAMMU
ThURSDAY 18, DeCeMBeR 2014
Vilakshan appeals masses to vote in his favour
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: Jammu
and Kashmir National
Panthers Party candidate
from Nagrota Assembly conAdvocate
stituency
Vilakshan Singh made a fervor appeal to masses of
Nagrota to vote in his favour
asserting that he is committed to develop the Nagrota
constituency as a Model
constituency.While addressing press conference at party
headquarters at Gandhi
Nagar Advocate Vilakshan
Singh said that the poor
response and the support the
other candidates were getting from the voters has
started frustrating them and
as a result these candidates
have started making false
and irresponsible statements.Calling upon people
to foil the machinations of
anti-peace forces, Vilakshan
Singh said that communal
politics has no place in a
state that has been abode of
the people belonging to different faiths, who have been
living in harmony".
He said reactionary forces
have always got a befitting
reply and they have never
succeeded in breaking the
will of people for maintaining peace and tranquility.He
decried the opportunistic
politics of Congress, NC and
PDP,
besides
divisive
attempts of BJP and said
National Panthers Party only
believes in serving the people rather than craving for
JURSEA continues protests against VC JU
RM News Service
JAMMU,
DeC
17:
Angered over hostile attitude shown by Vice
Chancellor towards a Dogri
scholar, who had alleged
molestation by her guide,
JURSEA today protest
against VC University of
Jammu. Around three hundred jursea activists including students of Jammu
University assembled in
front of Jammu University
gate and block the road one
hour, amid raising slogans
against varsity authorities
and in favour of their
demand of immediate suspension of VC and professor
Shiv Dev Singh Manhas.
Later they also burnt the
effigy of VC Jammu
U n i v e r s i t y. A d d r e s s i n g
media persons, JURSEA
President Sukhdev Singh
expressed the university
authorities has claimed that
VC had never met the
aggrieved scholar but the
fact is that she (aggrieved
scholar) had met with VC in
the presence of DR Deptt.
Of Dogri.
Singh demanded the lie
detector test of VC to know
the truth in this regard.He
also said that the aggrieved
scholar had been meeting
her guide Shiv Dev Singh
Manhas regularly, during
course of her PH.D. "Every
time, the guide Shiv Dev
Singh Manhas used to harass
and humiliate her in front of
scholars.Sukhdev
Singh
president JURSEA further
said that when the above
mentioned scholar went to
meet VC to lodge complains
about the mental, physical
and sexually harassment by
her guide. It was quite
shocking for her that instead
of taking action, VC also
harassed and humiliated
her.It is very unfortunate on
the part of VC to ask a
female scholar to explain the
type and nature of physical
and sexual harassment met
to her. We do not expect that
such reply from VC who is
also head of the Institution
of learning, he further said,
he
said.He
appealed
Chancellor NN Vohra to
constitute a judicial inquiry
committee to enquire entire
matter and suspend VC as
well as professor of Dogri
without any further delay.
Among those who were present in the protest included,
Sunny
Babber,
Jyoti
Kumari, Manzoor Ahmed,
Gopal Singh, Dalip dutta,
Arjun Singh,
Qayoom
Malik,Barket Ali, Vikram
Madhyal, Anees, Mahroof,
Anju
devi,
Neeha
Choudhary, Santoshi, Divya,
Sakshi, Ankita Sharma,,
Neha Kumari,Priya Sharma,
Pawan Sharma, and others.
NCSU stages protest against
VC JU, seeks SVO enquiry
RM News Service
JAMMU,
DeC
17:
National
Conference
Students Union (NCSU)
today
protest
against
University administration
for its failure to initiate
action against HOD of
Home-Department of JU,
who were involved in allowing Mamta Singh, who is the
wife of Dr.Nirmal Singh,
BJP leader and candidate
from Billawar Assembly
constituency for political
campaigning.
NCSU
appealed Chancellor of
Jammu University, NN
Vohra to take stern action
against the HOD HomeScience
Department.
Addressing the gathering
here today, Pawan Sharma
Provincial Vice-President
NCSU said that it is very
unfortunate that the acting
VC is appeasing BJP in all
its political activities. He
further said that Mamta
Singh is a contractual
employee in Home-Science
Department but she is not
present in the Department
for the last three month and
is quite active in campaigning for her husband in
Billawar
constituency.
Lamenting the attitude of
Jammu University authorities, he further said, how it
could be possible that a person, who was a contractual
employee and was also taking part in all its political
party.
"It seemed that HomeScience department authorities were trying to save the
skin of contractual lecture ",
he alleged. He reiterated that
Mamta should have not been
appointed on contractual
basis in a children school
where you need teacher all
the time. "If she has been
appointed, she should allow
her husband to do the politics and her focus should be
school. He added that Prof.R
D Sharma, who is actually
the acting VC, is arbitrarily
acting and using his position
for reshuffling the post in the
University, for which he is
not entitled. He is violating
model code of conduct while
making appointments and
posting in the campus.He,
appealed Chancellor of
Jammu University, NN
Vohra to personally intervene in the matter and take
strict action against HOD
Home-Science and contractual employee.Among those
who were present in the
protest included, Pawan
Sharma, Tahir, Akram,
Shakti Uppal, Ravi Rajput,
Jagdeep Singh, Surpreet
Singh,
Rahul
Singh,
Amritpal Singh, Sanjay
Kumar Manoj Kumar, Vinod
Kumar, Sahil and others.
BJP will end discrimination with
Nagrota constituency: Nand Kishore
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: The
decade's long discrimination
with the Nagrota constituency would be end by BJP
government, if voted to the
power in Jammu and
Kashmir, said BJP candidate
from Nagrota constituency
Nand Kishore Sharma during his election campaign in
Panjua, Khanour, Nakdi and
Suketr areas.
Addressing to the people, Nand Kishore said the
time has come for the BJP to
form its government in this
state. "After making their
governments in the states
including Maharashtra and
Haryana, it is now the turn
of Jammu and Kashmir to
witness the new government, headed by BJP. He
said, "If this time BJP will
form its government, only
then the issues of people can
be solved."
He said the centre government paying a huge
amount to these state governments, which were headed by NC, PDP and
power.He said that during
his touring to several villages of this constituency he
saw that this constituency is
neglected one and none of
the elected candidates bothers to develop the area in a
rightful way. He said that
BJP exploited the voters of
Jammu region in the name of
370
of
the
Article
Constitution of India and
was able to win both MP
seats from Jammu province
but now BJP has forgotten
all its promises and slogans
given in the past. He said
that if BJP is loyal to the
people of Jammu, it should
bring Bill in the Parliament
for abrogation of Article 370
of the Constitution of India
and the issue of abrogation
of Article 370 should be
debated in the parliament.
He further said that BJP also
seeks votes for ending the
"Bhai- Batijavad" but it
again took U-turn on this
issue by giving mandate to
the brother of its State
President and sitting MP
from Jammu-Poonch Lok
Sabha seat. Vilakshan Singh
said that even during the natural disaster which wrecked
havoc in the state.
Mufti owes moral
responsibility for erosion
of Article 370: NC
RM News Service
SRiNAGAR, DeC 17 :
National
Conference
Wednesday said that PDP
was a classic example of a
political party that bases its
politics on inventing lies and
propagating them to an
extent where they themselves start believing in their
own lies. NC Spokesman
Junaid Azim Mattu said
right from the erosion of
Article 370 to the Gaw
Kadal massacre to the Pandit
exodus to the Afzal Guru
hanging, PDP has left no
stone unturned to distort history in a never-ending effort
to cover up the role of Mufti
Mohammad Sayeed in some
of the worst travesties of justice against the people of
Kashmir.
"PDP's chestthumping on Article 370 is
the epitome of irony. When
Article 370 was eroded from
1953 to 1975, Mufti Sahab
was a prominent face of
almost all those pliant dispensations which signed on
the dotted line to erode
Article 370. Mufti Sahab
was a lieutenant of G. M.
Sadiq, Mir Qasim as well as
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad
when one constitutional
injustice after another was
handed over to the people of
Kashmir by these leaders.
All this while, Sher-eKashmir
Sheikh
Mohammad Abdullah was
languishing in prison for
standing in stoic defense of
the political rights, autonomy and individuality of
J&K. Today the same Mufti
Sahab plays up the issue of
Article 370 in his political
speeches. The presumption
is that people are fools and
have no concern with history
and it is this presumption
that will soon prove to be
PDP's nemesis", the NC
Spokesman said in a statement issued from NC
Headquarters in Srinagar.
The NC Spokesman said
PDP's prolonged, deafening
silence on Mufti Sahab's history is a self-indictment of
not only Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed but also the party
that is centered around his
ideology viz-a-viz the political status of Jammu and
Kashmir. "Either they object
to history or they accept it
and apologize for it.
Ignoring factual chapters in
the history of this State is
contemptuous to the intelligence of the common-man.
Either Mufti Sahab says that
he arrived on the political
scene in 1996 and everything he did before 1996 was
in some parallel universe or
he has to sooner or later
apologize to the people of
Kashmir for disempowering
them, caging them and
unleashing brutal repression
on them. There is a reason
why Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed is widely called the
'architect of State terror' in
Kashmir", NC Spokesman
Junaid Azim Mattu said.
The NC Spokesman said
that just like countless other
issues - PDP had tried its
best to obscure Mufti
Sahab's role in the Afzal
Guru case as well. "If PDP
says that a democratically
elected Chief Minister
should resign at the instance
of every single human rights
violation that the State
Government is not remotely
involved in, why didn't
Mufti Sahab resign as the
Home Minister of India
when Kashmiris were being
butchered? More recently,
why didn't Mufti Sahab
resign as the Chief Minister
when Afzal Guru was sentenced to death during his
tenure as the Chief Minister
in alliance with the
Congress? When Guru was
sentenced to death, Mufti
Sahab was the Chief
Minister in J&K and
Congress was at power in
the center. What stopped
Mufti Sahab from so much
so uttering a word in
protest? We yet again - for
the umpteenth time ask PDP
to answer these questions
rather than shying away
from being accountable to
the people of Kashmir", NC
Spokesman Junaid Mattu
further added.
"There has been a factual
and objective debate about
PDP's origins and ideology
during these Assembly
Elections and we have witnessed
a
sweeping
groundswell of support in
favor
of
National
Conference mainly based on
the great work done in the
past six years and because of
Omar Abdullah's image of
being an incorruptible, honest and visionary leader.
Omar Abdullah has attracted
bigger crowds than any
other leader in the State and
has addressed thousands of
enthusiastic youth wherever
he went to campaign.
This campaign for National
Conference has arguably
been one of the most intense
electoral campaigns in
recent history and we are
certain that our performance
will be an unpleasant surprise for PDP.
National Conference is
poised to emerge as the single-largest party and we will
form the next Government
in J&K", the NC Spokesman
stated.
NCP activists protest against Municipal
Commissioner over illegal construction
Congress for the betterment
of this state, but nothing had
done in this regard.
He said, "Many development projects for the promotion of tourism development
of the state were sanctioned
by the Centre government,
which is still lying pending."
After the formation of
new government in the centre under the dynamic leadership of PM Narendra
Modi, a golden period is
started. He further appealed
to the people to vote for BJP
and bring the much needed
development in this constituency, which forced to
face the discrimination.
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: State NCP organized a protest against
Jammu Municipal Commissioner Kiran Wattal who is constructing a gate in ward no 8 near District Social Welfare
office Jammu which is against the Model Code of conduct
and also against the wishes of local population who are mostly Christians and has demanded a action against the
Commissioner. The protest was led by NCP candidate Jammu
west R S Billowaria and Tariq Nar Chairman Minority cell
NCP , R C Bali , Chairman Seva Dal NCP and group of ladies
led by Ulfat Nar and many women of the ward no 8 . They
demanded an high level enquiry that why public money is
spent on the construction of gate which doesn't benefit the
public of the ward no 8 rather just to please few officials . The
demonstrators raise slogans against Jammu Municipal
Commissioner who is wasting public money and neglecting
various projects lying pending and Jammu has become city of
dirt and sewerage since he has taken over.They said that
Jammu is city of temple and has become most polluted city in
the country . NCP demanded an enquiry against the highhandedness of Jammu municipality.
Jammu-West will be developed as model constituenRM News Service
DeC
17:
JAMMU,
Independent candidate from
Jammu West Assembly
Constituency Dr. Anil
Kumar Dhar on Wednesday
cautioned the people against
divisive politics, saying
development has no substitute in Jammu and Kashmir
which craves for shinning as
a progressive and prosperous state.While conducting a
rally which started from
Bhagwati Nagar during his
door to door election campaign in various parts of his
constituency Dr. Anil Dhar
said, "For the past six years
of coalition led government
who have not done anything
in the constituency regarding development and other
issues due to which the people are still suffering. This
single feature has become
eye-sore for other political
candidates who had no agenda but to incite passions of
the people by indulging in
falsehood and misinformation campaign". He further
exhorted the people to foil
the machinations of those
who were dividing the society on communal and
regional lines. He accused
political parties of vitiating
the atmosphere and said the
people will give them a
befitting reply through their
power of vote.He also said, "
I will ensure holistic devel-
opment of the entire constituency with the cooperation of the people and constituency- l be transformed
as a model with civic amenities, power and drinking
water getting focused attention. I stand for holistic
development of all the areas
and providing opportunities
of progress to all segments
of society, irrespective of
caste,
creed
and
colour.Meanwhile the worker and activists sought vote
for Dr Anil Dhar, saying this
will be endorsement to massive initiative taken during
the past six years for steering Jammu-West constituency to new heights of development.
Activists of JKTF hold protest, demand
release of salaries of SSA, RMSA teachers
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: Thousands of activists
of Jammu Kashmir Teachers Forum assembled in press club Jammu and protested
against the non-payment of salaries of
SSA/RMSA teachers pending for the last six
months.
The procession was headed by the towering
trade union leader of the State President
EJAC and Chairman Jammu Kashmir
Teachers Forum Mr Abdul Quyoom Wani
along with general secretary Jammu
Kashmir Teachers Forum Mr Ganesh
Khujuria.
The activists of the Forum were shouting
slogans for release of pending salaries. The
protesters were screaming HRD Ministry
Murdabad, Department of Education
Murdabad, we want justice, salary ko release
karo. The protesting employees marched
towards Civil Secretariat under the command of the inspirational leadership of A Q
Wani and Ganesh Khujuria at 12:30 pm.
The police swung into action and foiled the
protest march by using force. Speaking on
the occasion the celebrated trade union pioneer Mr Wani along with Mr Ganesh
Khujuria lambasted the roll of HRD
Ministery and the State government for their
apathy towards the sensitive issue of stagnant salaries. Mr Wani while showing his
serious concern over the continuous delay in
the payment of salaries of teachers declared
it as a tyrant issue of human rights violation.
He was furious to say that the issue need the
topmost priority but the negligent and non
serious attitude of the people at the helm of
affairs has adversely affected the economy of
the suffering teachers and, the schooling of
their children. The non payment of salaries
to the SSA/RMSA teachers has send them to
psychological trauma and confusion.
The only voice of the employees of the state
Mr A Q Wani warned the state and central
government to release the pending salaries
within few days otherwise, the govt has to
face the ire ant brunt of the lakhes of
employees.Mr Wani deferred the protest programme before the Press scheduled at JANTAR MANTAT New Delhi on 27th of
December 2014 till9th of January 2015
owing to the political uncertainty in the state.
Mr Wani asked the HRD Ministry to release
second installment of SSA/RMSA salaries
amounting to 800 crores or face the protest
of five hundred activists of JKTF. The
activists will march to Jantar Mantar New
Delhi and protest for release of salaries there
on 10th of January 2015 and the responsibility will lie exclusively on the shoulders of
state and central Govt.Both Mr Wani and Mr
Ganesh Khujuria applauded the role of Ms
Nirmal Sharma ji the commissioner secretary education and Mr Shameem Ahmad
Laherwal Director SSA for their serious concern regarding the issue of salaries. It was
hoped that they will use their good office for
the release of salaries under SSA/RMSA
schemes.Among others who spoke on the
occasion were Gopal Sharma,Rajinder
Gupta,Darshan
Sharma,Satish
Dutta.Darshan
Sungh,
Yograj
Singh,Rajeshwar
Singh,Surat
Singh
Toofani.Jamayat Ali Aga.Roop Lai Bashir
Ahmad Thakur/1 Shri. Deepak, Ramdir
Singh and Ram Prashad etc,etc.
Congress alone can counter
BJP's divisive agenda: Saroori
RM News Service
BASOhli,
DeC
17:
Senior Congress Leader and
sitting MLA from Inderwal,
Ghulam Mohammad Saroori
today addressed series of
election public meetings in
Basohli constituency.While
addressing large number of
gathering Saroori said "The
divisive agenda of the BJP
and its allies in Jammu and
Kashmir can be counterchecked only through a decisive vote," Saroori told a
large gathering of Congress
supporters in Basohli constituency."The
Congress
sees the Assembly elections
as a challenge not only to
prevent the divisive and
frenzied elements from
causing any harm to
Kashmir's special status, but
to also safeguard the state's
unique constitutional and
pluralistic character by
establishing new bonds
between communities and
regions," he said.Saroori
said the Congress agenda
goes beyond good governance, on which it has estab-
lished credentials, and the
party looks forward to
paving the way for dignified
resolution of the Border
issue."Jammu, Kashmir and
Ladakh are part of a bouquet
and it must continue to be
like that.
The Congress will nurture
that idea at any cost,"
Saroori said and added that
"It is Ghulam Nabi Azad's
desire to establish a system
where every section of the
society would get justice and
equal opportunities for
development and economic
growth,".
Saroori said the Congress
agenda was formulated by
accommodating wishes and
aspirations of all regions of
the State. During Azad
tenure had carved a path of
peace and development by
treating all regions equally,
he said.Congress candidate
from Basohli Jagdish Raj
Sapholia urged the people to
vote in his favour for another stint so that the development of the constituency
could be taken to new
heights.He
said
that
Congress party is committed
to create atmosphere of
brotherhood, peace and
prosperity in the three
regions of the State, adding
that the Congress party in
Jammu and Kashmir has a
progressive agenda for all
three regions of the StateJammu,
Kashmir
and
Ladakh.Sapholia said it is
the contribution of the
Congress to create an urge
and awakening about the
concept of development
which has compelled other
parties to include development in their agenda."BJP
candidate have not proven
credentials and a track
record, as he have been getting votes merely by exploiting the people of the constituency on the basis of religion, region and hollow slogans", the Congress candidate said.Prominent among
those all the Congress local
leaders, workers, Youth
Congress members and people in large were present on
the occasion.
(PAGe 4)
JAMMU
ThURSDAY 18, DeCeMBeR 2014
THE SORDID POLITICS OF RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS
EDITORIAL
Wake-up
call
on
terror
ith compulsive ISIS
W
Mehdi
“tweeter”
Masroor Biswas now in
police custody, the intelligence
agencies may draw a lot of useful
data from him to help tackle other
known sympathisers of the terror
outfit the world dreads most now.
A lot of other details on the multinational executive may have more
to do with cloak and dagger, there
is speculation he was being silently monitored for “jihadist” activities on the Internet by agencies like
RAW. The simplest conclusion to
draw is that India faces a complex
problem in radicalisation of youth.
To stem it before it spreads further, with some actually taking to
terrorism or joining the ISIS in
Syria or Iraq, is one of this country’s biggest challenges. A few
young men from Mumbai did that,
only to find that ground realities
differ from myths woven by antiestablishment zealots who turn to
terror in the name of waging an
ideological war. One of the reasons
why India cannot allow unfettered
freedom on the Internet is to curb
people who take undue interest in
extremist ideas. The argument is
not over whether this particular
high-profile catch is a real terror
sympathiser or merely a virtual
presence on the Web looking for
vicarious enjoyment of the
destructive. It has more to do with
national security, over which there
cannot be any compromise, particularly in an age when danger lurks
for the great degree of freedom we
have enjoyed for decades till now.
The price we must pay to enjoy
continued peace and freedom is
eternal vigilance.
T
T
he outrage in and
outside Parliament
over reports of
‘forced’ conversion of
Muslims to Hinduism in
Agra (Sangh parivar
activists called it “homecoming”,
as
they
claimed the converted
had only returned to
their original faith)
would not have happened if the country had
had an anti-conversion
law which dealt with
religious conversions
done through fraud,
coercion or inducement.
Barring a handful, —
and this number is
insignificant, — conversions have been necessarily accompanied by
either the threat of force
or shining promises
which eventually were
or were not met. An anticonversion law would
have separated genuine
conversions from the
dubious
ones.
Interestingly, the current
furore is directed at the
‘inducements’ such as
BPL cards and the like
that the Sangh activists
supposedly lured the
potential converts with.
It is precisely these
kinds of tactics that an
anti-conversion legislation would have effectively tackled.
One would have thought
that ‘secularists’ who
have been in the forefront against the use of
allurement and threat
would welcome an anticonversion Act that bans
these methods. But they
are the ones most
opposed to it, on the
ground that such a law
would go against the
‘right’ of persons to
choose and practise their
faith. They either fail to
appreciate or do not
want to acknowledge
that a legislation of this
sort would not criminalise conversions per
se; it would only hold as
illegal, conversions that
take place in a fraudulent
manner. By howling
against conversions by
one group but justifying
them by another, and not
Parliament had two early occasions,
in 1955 and again in 1960, to pass
Bills that would have banned
conversions through mala fide
means. But Nehru struck them down.
He was, after all, a ‘liberal’
questioning equally the
methods of both, they
have exposed themselves
to be what they are:
Pseudo-secularists. In
the process, they, many
of them being self-confessed Gandhians, forgot
what the Mahatma had
said about proselytisation (religious conversion by another name):
“It is the deadliest poison which ever sapped
the fountain of truth”.
Also, safely assuming
that these ‘secularists’
have deep regard for the
Dalai Lama too, they
have overlooked what
the Buddhist spiritual
leader had to say on the
subject: “I do not like
conversions
because
they have a negative
impact. The two parties,
that of the converted and
the community abandoned by him, begin to
fight.”
But we are not even discussing religious conversions in general terms;
let us grant, against the
wishes of the Mahatma
and the Dalai Lama, that
such conversions should
be allowed because the
freedom to convert
reflects on the Indian citizens’
Fundamental
Rights. What must be
discussed, debated and
deliberated upon is
whether such freedom
must be unfettered or
subjected to a test that
renders it bona fide. It is
here that we must turn to
the pages of recent history.
In 1955, a Bill came up
before Parliament with
provisions to strictly
regulate (though not
ban) conversions. The
background to that Bill
was the increasing complaints that were made to
lawmakers and people’s
representatives
from
activists and marginalised citizens, especially from socially and economically
backward
areas of the country, that
they were the targets of
proselytisation attempts
by Christian missionaries working in those
regions. Just a year ago,
the Madhya Pradesh
Government had set up
an MB Niyogi-led panel,
The
Christian
Missionary Activities
Enquiry Committee, to
probe complaints of
large-scale conversions
of “illiterate aboriginals
and other backward people” by Christian missionaries,
“either
forcibly or through fraud
or temptations of monetary gains”. The Bill was
a golden opportunity for
the Government of
Jawaharlal Nehru to nip
the problem in the bud.
Had it done so, the country would not have witnessed the sporadic incidents of conversionrelated tension and violence over the decades.
But Nehru was, after all,
a secularist and a brown
sahib under his Gandhi
cap. There was no way
he could offend the missionaries and ruin his
image in the West. He,
therefore, declared, “I
fear that this Bill will not
help very much in suppressing evil methods…
We should deal with
those evils on a different
plane, in other ways…”
What those ‘other ways’
and ‘different plane’
were to be, he never
explained. It was also
never his intention to
implement them, since
he had achieved the purpose of sabotaging the
Bill.
Yet another Bill was
introduced in Parliament
in 1960 to protect the
vulnerable Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled
Tribes “from change of
religion forced on them
on grounds other than
religious convictions”.
Felix Alfred Plattner,
author of The Catholic
Church
in
India:
Yesterday and Today
(1964) and Jesuits Go
East, noted that this Bill
met with a fate similar to
the one of five years
ago, because of Nehru’s
steadfast refusal to
recognise the missionaries’ negative propaganda.
He wrote, “Nehru had
remained true to his
British upbringing.” He
added that after Nehru’s
backing, the Church
faced its next formidable
task: That of the conversion of the masses of
India.
Church leaders today
dismiss the anti-campaign as Rightist propaganda, saying that even
if a part of that were to
be true, there would
have been many more
Christians in the country.
They forget to take into
account the failures they
faced in converting as
many as they would have
liked through force or
inducement or imaginary
threats of hell fire, largely due to the resilience
of the masses and pressure from the social sys-
tem — regardless of
Nehru’s munificence.
Nehru had even gone to
the extent of declaring
that Christianity in India
was “2000 years old” —
something that was not
even established — and
certified the conduct of
the missionaries as
excellent. With such
blanket support, regardless of the worrisome
findings of the Niyogi
panel report, which was
submitted to the Madhya
Pradesh Government in
April 1956, the missionaries got away with the
past and plunged enthusiastically into the future
to reap the harvest.
Given this background,
it was amazing to hear
from
a
prominent
Christian cleric on a
television news channel
recently that the Church
or Christian missionaries
had never indulged in
conversions in the country through inducements
or force or by threats.
The anchor, who was
visibly agitated over the
Agra re-conversion incident and kept sternly
pulling up a panelist who
had the misfortune to
represent a Right-wing
organisation, neither batted an eyelid nor did he
confront
the
good
Father, who had spoken
untruth with a pokerface, with the findings of
the Niyogi panel report.
It is needless to add that
the Niyogi findings were
given a quiet burial.
They had far too many
inconvenient truths for
secular politicians of the
Nehru kind to digest —
though the report was by
no means biased, given
that it had hailed the
missionaries for spreading education and health
facilities in the deep
interiors of India. The
problem
was:
Those schools and medicines, and the horrors of
burning in hell as a nonBeliever, were used as
magnets and threats to
draw the gullible and
poor populace to conversion.
How to talk climate change in Paris
here is absolutely no
ground for India to
agree to cut its emissions at the 2015 climate
change summit. Instead, it has
a strong case to press the three
biggest emitters to do more as
there is still a huge gap
between what they have
pledged and what is required
by science and their historical
responsibilities
The United States and China,
the two biggest emitters of
greenhouse
gases,
have
recently agreed on a timetable
to limit their emissions. Under
the agreement, the U.S. has
agreed to emit 26-28 per cent
less carbon in 2025 than it did
in 2005 while China will peak
its emissions by 2030 and
increase the share of non-fossil fuels in its primary energy
mix to 20 per cent by 2030.
The U.S.-China agreement
came soon after a proposal by
the European Union (EU) —
the third largest emitter — to
reduce its emissions to 40 per
cent below 1990 levels by
2030, conditional on whether
other countries would make
similar commitments at the
Paris summit in December
2015. The EU also proposes to
raise its share of renewable
sources to 27 per cent in total
energy consumption by 2030.
Following the U.S.-China
deal, the U.S. President,
Barack Obama, said on the
sidelines of the G20 summit in
Brisbane, “If China and the
U.S. can agree on this, then
the world can agree on this —
we can get this done ....”
Announcing a $3-billion contribution to the U.N.-backed
climate change mitigation
fund, he said that the U.S.China agreement showed the
way forward.
The U.S.-China agreement
A closer look at what the
agreement really means shows
that, first, it does not lay out a
road map for meeting the targets. Second, it is bilateral and
voluntary. Thus, there are no
penalties if either the U.S. or
China misses the targets. The
fact that Japan, Australia,
Canada and Russia are doing
less than what they had
promised to do under the
Kyoto Protocol is a case in
point. The 26-28 per cent
reduction, now agreed upon,
from 2005 levels is less than
the 30 per cent reduction from
the 2005 levels the U.S. had
promised earlier in compliance with the Copenhagen
Accord. Third, it allows China
unlimited emission expansion
until 2030. China had already
set itself a goal of raising the
share of renewables in its
energy use to 15 per cent by
2020. Raising it by an additional 5 per cent in the next 10
years is more or less a continuation of an existing policy.
The
U.N.’s
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) says a
2°C pathway — seen by most
scientists as necessary in preventing catastrophic climate
effects — requires annual
greenhouse gas cuts of 40-70
per cent by 2050, compared to
levels in 2010 and to zero or
below by 2100. Thus the
pledges by the three biggest
emitters for 2025 and 2030 are
not sufficient for limiting climate change to 2°C above the
preindustrial average temperature and much less than what
they can or should do.
what the facts are
Despite that, some commentators say that the U.S.China agreement has shifted
the focus to developing countries, especially India, which
is the fourth largest emitter.
Should India be then concerned and fear isolation at the
Paris summit if it does not
agree to cut its emissions?
India has already committed itself to a 20-25 per cent
reduction in intensity of carbon emissions (tonnes of carbon dioxide divided by GDP)
below 2005 levels by 2020.
But the U.S.-China agreement
may put renewed pressure on
India to do more. Does India
really need to do more? And
what can it do to deflect the
focus away from it and back to
the three largest emitters who
indeed need to do more if climate change is to be limited to
less than 2°C?
“Unlike China, India has a
young population and it can
grow till after 2050 when its
urban transition and industrialisation will be almost complete and its annual emissions
will stabilise.”
Country-wise estimates for
annual emissions of the largest
six emitters vary depending on
the source and the year. But in
2012, they were estimated to
be roughly 8,500 million metric tons (MMT) for China,
5,400 MMT for the U.S.,
3,800 MMT for the EU, 1,900
MMT for India, 1,800 MMT
for Russia, and 1,300 MMT
for Japan. These figures reveal
two striking facts. First, India
may be the fourth largest emitter, but its emissions are less
than a fourth of China, about a
third of the U.S., and about
half of the EU. Second, they
are roughly equal to those of
Russia and not a lot higher
than those of Japan. Russia
and Japan are also among the
industrialised countries which
went back on the commitments they made under the
Kyoto Protocol. Yet, the U.S.China agreement is expected
to shift the focus to India and
not to Russia and Japan.
Nothing can be more wrong.
India’s emissions, even if it
grows robustly, are expected
to be about 4,000-5,000 MMT
by 2030 — still well below the
emissions pledged either by
the U.S. or China under the
agreement. In fact, they will
continue to be so for a long
time to come and perhaps forever as China’s greenhouse
gas emissions have been estimated by the International
Energy Agency to further rise
by 20 per cent by 2030 from
2012 levels.
India may be the fourth
largest emitter, but it is a relatively small emitter despite
having a large population. Its
cumulative emissions have
been low: less than a third of
China and a tenth of the U.S.
Its per capita emissions are
roughly a tenth of the U.S.,
less than a sixth of the EU,
less than a fourth of China,
and about a seventh of Russia.
Thus, there is absolutely no
case for India to agree to cut
its emissions at the 2015 summit in Paris. On the contrary,
there is a strong case for it to
press the three biggest emitters to do more as there is still
a huge gap between what the
three top emitters have
pledged and what is required
by science and their historical
responsibilities (the cumulative emissions). It is irrelevant
that India is the fourth largest
emitter. The fact is that India
is still in its early stages of
development and has a long
way to go before its emissions
stabilise.
india’s strategy
Though there is absolutely
no case for India to curb its
emissions, it is in its selfinterest to increase the share
of renewables in its primary
energy mix — which can also
be justified as its contribution
towards controlling climate
change and provide it greater
energy security. Given our low
per-capita energy consumption, we do need to go out of
our way to shore up energy
efficiency across the board
and also purposefully boost
green energy. Reports in The
New York Times last week
suggest that renewable energy
prices are falling so rapidly
that they could compete soon
with coal and natural gas even
without subsidies. Moreover,
increasing the share of renewables will prevent India from a
lock-in in outdated and fossilfuel dependent technologies as
fossil fuels are fast depleting
and will become more costly
as the years go by.
While the Union Minister
of State for Environment and
Forest, Prakash Javadekar,
refused to comment on the
U.S.-China climate agreement, there are indications
that the government is seized
of the matter as it realises that
the international community
— rightly or wrongly — will
want India to make some firm
commitments for 2025 and
2030. What should India’s
strategy be then as it
approaches the 2015 summit
at which a global climate
treaty is expected to be concluded? First, India should
insist that there should be no
reference to its annual emissions reduction till it achieves
stabilisation as developed
countries did and China proposes to do. Unlike China,
India has a young population
and it can grow till after 2050
when its urban transition and
industrialisation
will
be
almost complete and its annual emissions will stabilise.
Thus, India may propose to
peak its emissions in 2050.
Second, India may commit
itself to a 25-30 per cent
reduction in intensity of carbon emissions below 2005
levels by 2025, higher than the
already promised 20-25 per
cent reduction in intensity
below 2005 levels by 2020.
Third, India may propose to
raise its share of renewable
sources to 20 per cent — the
same as China — in its total
energy consumption by 2030.
This seems achievable as
India will have access to the
same technologies as China.
In its final report, the Planning
Commission’s expert group on
low carbon growth strategy
had projected that the contribution of solar, wind, and biomass to electricity supply can
realistically increase from the
present 6 per cent to 18 per
cent by 2030.
The
newly
reconstituted
National Council on Climate
Change chaired by the Prime
Minister can accept this target
and announce it as India’s
objective both domestically
and internationally. He may
also announce India’s plans to
ramp up solar power capacity
fivefold to 1,00,000 MW by
2030. Third, India should take
the lead in securing timelines
and commitments on finance
and technology, both crucial
to addressing climate change.
This would help keep intact its
support among vulnerable
developing countries and the
small island states, which
have been demanding that
more concrete action be taken
rather than efforts to just
reduce emissions. Finally,
India must put renewed pressure on the three biggest emitters to cut their annual greenhouse gas emissions by 40-70
per cent by 2050, compared to
levels in 2010.
(PAGe 5)
JAMMU
ThURSDAY 18, DeCeMBeR 2014
Orientation programme for
SC/ST candidates organized
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JAMMU, DeC 17: Five days orientation programme for
SC/ST candidates was held in office of Deputy Director,
District Employment and Counseling Centre Jammu in
which 20 candidates were enrolled. The programme was
organized for providing guidance to the unemployed youth
appearing in various competitive exams. The faculties from
renowned institutes of Jammu like DOEACC, Kendriya
Vidyalaya and other well known coaching centres were
called during the programme to provide requisite guidance
to the youth. Relevant books for competition were also distributed among the candidates. Deputy Director
Employment Jammu, Ritu Mahajan also informed the students about various self employment schemes being implemented by the department for unemployed youth.
DDC interacts with prominent citizens
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POONCh, DeC 17: With a view to discuss devel
opmental issues and strengthening law and order, District
Development Commissioner, Poonch M H Malik today
convened a meeting of prominent citizens of Poonch town.
ADC, Mumtaz Ali Chowdhary, ACR, Shafiq Ahmed
Choudhary, Dy.SP HQ, Deepak Digra besides prominent
citizens of the Poonch town attended the meeting.
DDC sought cooperation from the citizens to maintain
peace and harmony for strengthening the developmental
initiatives of the administration .
Various issues which were discussed during the meeting
include declaring flood prone areas of city as non-construction zone, permanent restoration of SK Bridge, check on
adulteration of eatables, uninterrupted power supply and
check on increasing incidents of theft in the city.
The DDC said the concerned officers have been directed to
keep a strict vigil to check any untoward incidence.
DEO Udhampur inspects counting centers
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UDhAMPUR, DeC 17: District Development
Commissioner, Udhampur Yasha Mudgal visited
Government Degree College (Boys), Udhampur to inspect
the arrangements for counting.
She visited all counting halls and reviewed the arrangements of security, barricading , installation of public
address system, and directed the concerned officers to
ensure that all arrangements for counting are completed
well in time.
Among others, Joint Director, Planning, Rakesh Jamwal,
RO-61 Chenani, Vikas Sharma, RO-60 Udhampur, Pawan
Parihar, RO-62 Ramnagar, Deepraj, DIO Udhampur, Dr A.
Hansa, ARO Migrant, XEN PWD, XEN, PDD, XEN PHE,
DIO (NIC), and officers of the various departments accompanied the DEO.
ARTO challans 30 vehicles
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ReASi, DeC 17: Assistant Regional Transport officer
(ARTO), Rajesh Gupta during a day long drive penalized 30
vehicles plying on different routes in Katra for various traffic violations and collected a fine of Rs. 9000 from the violators . Transport department also held awareness camp at
Katra, Inspector Vikas Shrivats sensitised the participants
about traffic norms and issued stern warning to the drivers
of passenger vehicles to strictly adhere to the traffic rules.
He also advised the transporters to appoint the drivers for
their vehicles after proper verification.
Legal Metrology imposes Rs 14500
penalty
RM News Service
KATRA, DeC 17: A team of the Legal Metrology
Department Reasi under the supervision of the Assistant
Controller Legal Metrology Reasi Rajesh Heera conducted
intensive checking of various business establishments on
National Highway from Katra to Domail and adjoining
areas. During inspections erring traders were booked for
violation of various provisions of J&K Weights and
Measures Enforcement Act 1997 and Package
Commodities Rules and 9 challans were compounded and
penalty of Rs 14500 was imposed. Besides this, department
directed all the traders to use only verified weights and
ensure that all the package commodities sold to the consumers must bear the MRP, PKD, Net Contents and complete address and consumer care number. The department
has also warned the unscrupulous traders to desist from
using unfair trade practices to cheat the innocent consumers
and also appealed to the consumers to remain vigilant while
purchasing the commodities.
DEO Budgam review counting arrangements
RM News Service
BUDGAM, DeC 17: District Election Officer (DEO),
Budgam, Mr. Manzoor Ahmad Lone along with concerned
officer today visited the counting centers to review the
arrangements. Later, the DEO convened a meeting of all
Returning Officers, Assistant Returning Officers and other
concerned. The DEO informed that counting for 5
Assembly segments would be held at Government Boys
Higher Secondary School, Budgam.He asked the concerned
authorities to complete all the necessary arrangements at the
counting centres well in time for smooth conduct of counting SSP Budgam Mohammad Irshad informed that elaborate security arrangements have been made for counting.
Counting arrangements finalized in Kupwara
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KUPWARA, DEC 17 : The District Election Officer,
Kupwara, Mr. Itrat Hussain Rafique convened a meeting of
Returning Officers and security agencies to review the
counting arrangements . The District Election Officer was
apprised that adequate security arrangements, uninterrupted
power supply, drinking water facilities, and other logistic
arrangements in the counting halls of ITI Kupwara and
Handwara for 5 Assembly segments have been made . It
was given out that the counting of votes for 1-Karnah, 2Kupwara and 3-Lolab shall be held at ITI Kupwara.
Similarly, the counting of votes for 4-Handwara and 5Langate will be held at ITI Handwara. The training for
counting staff which include 78 Counting Assistants, 73
Counting Supervisors and 39 Micro Observers will be conducted on December 18, 2014 at 11 a.m. in the D.C Office
meeting hall. The District Election Officer also informed
the Chief Electoral Officer regarding the arrangements
through Video Conferencing.
Free Animal Health Camp held at Khimber
RM News Service
SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 17: A free Animal Health Camp
was organized today at Sheep Extension Centre, Khimber
where medical aid ,dozings, anthelmintic drenches, ectoparasitic treatments etc. under the supervision of
Vets/Paravetsetc were provided . The breeders of the area
hailed the efforts of the district administration in providing
free health care to their livestock and desired that more such
camps are organized in the area . Animal Health Camps
organized at Lasjan, Sangam and Palpora areas had also
received lot of appreciation from the breeders of the area.
Tourism players for tobacco free Kashmir, Bhim Singh challenges Modi
pledge support in implementing COTPA Act
to join a debate on one
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follow COTPA act in letter contribute
in
making tion and increasing the
platform on his blunders
SRiNAGAR, DeC 17: and spirit. Pertinently, the Kashmir a tobacco free number of tobacco users in
Aiming to curtail the use of
cigarettes and other tobacco
products, Kashmir-based
tourism trade bodies have
decided to revitalize their
fight against the use of
tobacco in public places.
"We are very much serious
in promoting a tobacco free
Kashmir and for realizing
this dream we will pool in
our resources and ensure that
public places like hotels and
restaurants that are under our
control are made hundred
percent tobacco free zones,"
President, Kashmir Hotels
and Restaurant Association
(KHARA),
Showkat
Chaudry said.
The tourism trade body
which is working hard for
revival of local tourism
industry that suffered
immense losses in the
recent floods is planning to
issue fresh circulars to all
its members asking them to
Cigarettes
and
Other
Tobacco
Products
(Prohibition
of
Advertisement
and
Regulation of Trade and
Production,
Commerce,
Supply and Distribution)
Act (COTPA), enacted in
2003 and applicable to the
entire country, was aimed to
discourage the consumption
of cigarettes and other
tobacco products by imposing progressive restrictions
and to protect non-smokers
from second-hand smoke.
Notably, the implementation of the COTPA act
becomes all the more
important in a place like
Kashmir where 26.6% of
the population is using
tobacco product in one or
the other of its form."We
will also encourage our
members and also educate
them about the ill effects of
tobacco so that they will
place,"
said
Chaudry,
adding that the state government and other NGO's too
need to play their part in
educating the people about
the ill effects of tobacco
use.
Interestingly, 40 per cent
of the non-communicable
diseases, including cancers,
cardiovascular diseases and
lung disorders are directly
attributable to tobacco use
resulting in 10 lakh deaths
in India every year. Recent
studies have revealed that if
the current trends continue
and if effective steps are not
taken to control tobacco
consumption, it is estimated
that by 2020 tobacco use
will account for 13 per cent
of all deaths in the country
every year."Cigarettes and
other Tobacco products are
posing a serious threat to
our social fabric as it is
attracting the young popula-
the state," said M Y Chapri,
Chairman, House Boat
Association (HBA).
He said that in order to
restrict people from smoking, HBA has issued strict
directions to all its members
asking them to prohibit people from smoking in house
boats. "We have fined people including tourists and
have charged five hundred
rupees from them in case
they are found smoking in
house boats.
Not only this, our
staffers have also been cautioned for smoking. Even
several of the staffers have
also been penalized on
spot,"
added
Chapri.
"We are trying to be so strict
in our directives that public
place like the famed tourist
spot Nehru Park has been
virtually turned into an
almost smoke free zone," the
noted tourism trader added.
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17 : While
addressing the Governing
Council members of the
State League Maj Gen
Goverdhan Singh Jamwal
President of the League congratulated them for the full
participation in the elections
and
congratulated
the
Security Forces particularly
Army for ensuring peaceful
elections and the sacrifices
made by a Lt Col, 2 JCOs,
Jawans, 4 Policemen and
about a dozen Civilians 2
minutes
silence
was
observed for them. They
also congratulated 'Jagruk
Hindustani' from village
Pindi and thanked the Prime
Minister, Defence Minister
and the Army Commanders
for conveying their appreciation and also to include
Border areas of Jammu
under
Sadbhavna
Programme. The veterans
also offered their services to
the Security Forces for
maintaining peace in the
State. The members strongly advocated proper facilities for the people living
along the borders particularly along the International
Border where the incidents
of cross border terrorism like
Ania, Pindi charkan and R S
Pura are increasing day by
day.The members also discussed about the promises
made by different parties
particularly for the welfare
of the Ex-Servicemen with
particular reference to the
manifesto of BJP regarding
VAT Relief, Reservation at
par with HP, Land for the
Sainik Colonies etc.The
President informed the
Council that while in Europe
he was invited by the Indian
Embassy in Belgium to lay
wreath at the Indian Army
Memorial, Menin Gate,
Ypres on 12 Nov 2014
which was also attended by
Maj Gen Manoj Oka,
Additional Director General,
AG Branch along with
Pipers from 11 Gorkhas. He
paid tribute to the Last Post
Association, an NGO of
Belgium which has been
organizing Last Post function and Wreath Laying at 8
PM every day since 1928. It
was indeed one of the best
organizations and the best
function in the World worth
emulating. In this regard he
suggested that similar
Ceremony should be organized at Balidan Stambh at
Jammu to remember all
those who have laid down
their lives for J&K since
1947 which is an ongoing
event. He said he had written
to the Army Chief that
JKESL is prepared to take
the responsibility with necessary support from the
Army and the State which
we hoped would be available. Members were shown
Power Point Presentation
about the Armistice Day 11
Nov 2014 remembrance
function held at Menin Gate
Memorial on 11 and 12 Nov
2014. he also thanked the
President of India for inviting and honouring Col Dr.
Virender Kumar Sahi, State
Director for War decorated
of J&K State and other War
Veterans and Veer Naries at
Rashtrapati Bhavan.With
reference to the Govt. Jobs
and reemployment he said
that Govt. Jobs will not be
available and therefore as
advised by the Hon'ble
Prime Minister, he should
create Job opportunities in
the Civil Market by following 'Make in India' and Skill
Development programme. In
this regard he invited their
attention about the two programmes initiated by JKESL
in the development of
Herbal, Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants. He said he
was happy to know that ExServicemen have already
formed cooperatives for
Lavender planation in Doda
District and also for Phalsa
plantations in Jammu for
which he was happy to
inform that Biotech Park has
been sanctioned at Gatti in
Kathua District for which Rs
50 Lakhs has already been
released. He advised them to
take to Herbal Farming for
which there is a scheme,
SEMFEX III (Sena Se
Gramudyog) under the
Director
General
Resettlement, Ministry of
Defence of which full use
must be made off.
Jamwal congratulates Army for ensuring peaceful elections
Residents of village Kotli hold protest
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BhADeRwAh, DeC 17:
The residents of village
Kotli in Bhaderwah held a
protest demonstration and
blocked the Doda Bhaderwah road for sometime in the morning against
Power
Development
Department (PDD) for not
repairing the damaged transformer.Dozens of people
from village Kotli including
women and children assembled on Doda -Bhaderwah
road near village and held
protest demonstration and
also burnt the tires to show
their resentment .The protestors raised slogans against
PDD and accused the department of inordinate delay in
repairing damaged transformer from the last one
week . As the road remained
blocked for around half an
hour, many of vehicle got
struck resulting into long
traffic snarls."We have been
demanding replacement of
damaged transformer in the
locality to overcome the crisis", a resident of the area
namely Kafitullah Mughal
said.
Academic as well as competitive exams of the students are after some days .
People are seen sweating in
these chilled
days and
whole area plunged into
darkness, but ironically, the
PDD authorities are using
dilly-dallying tactics to
install the transformer", he
alleged.He added that inaction of the PDD has forced
them to come on roads and
held protest.On getting
information,
SHO
Bhaderwah along with officials of PDD ,Bhaderwah
rushed to the spot and pacified the agitators.On the
assurance, the protesters dispersed and the vehicular
movement was restored on
the road . It is notable to
mention here that while on
one hand the state is facing
severe power crisis with
nearly
50%
shortfall
between demand and supply,
the lack of funds on the other
hand is compounding people's miseries as damaged
Distribution Transformers
(DTs) are lying in government's central workshop
awaiting repairs.Officials of
PDD from Jammu said that
in case the department is not
provided with the sufficient
funds the situation will compound in coming days when
the demand of electricity
increases putting an additional burden on the trans-
formers. "This is just start of
the Winters , and as the season peaks, more and more
DTs will get damaged", they
said.On an average 8 to 10
fully damaged DTs from different areas across the
Jammu region are brought
daily in the central workshop,Jammu as of now."The
partially damaged ones are
repaired by the concerned
divisions on their own, while
those which are fully damaged, are brought in the central workshop", officials
said."For repairing the transformers, many items like,
winding wires, transformer
oil, push rollers and many
other allied items are to be
purchased locally for which
no funds have been provided
for the last around 6
months",
the
sources
informed.
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17 : Prof. Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of
National Panthers Party addressing several corner meetings
in Gandhi Nagar Assembly constituency challenged Prime
Minister Modi to share one platform to debate with him on
his falling foreign policy, home policy and his developmental projects. Prof. Bhim Singh accused Shri Narendra Modi
for creating conflict in the society in the name of religion
which is threatening the unity, integrity and social ethos. He
said Prime Minister Modi has violated the rule of law and
misused his authority as Prime Minister of India. He said
Modi has committed more than 21 blunders since he took
over as Prime Minister of the country. His latest blunder is
violating Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by using state
exchequer to ignite election campaign in Jammu and
Kashmir thus becoming the first Prime Minister in the country to hold 11 election meetings in one state (J&K) at the
expense of the state which costs a nation more than Rs.55
crores is the first Prime Minister to commit a blunder by setting anti-national elements as his party candidates. Prime
Minister Modi first casualty is BJP with the democratic functioning going in the party. Modi's grave blunder in Kashmir
is his Mission Kashmir which is decorated with separate map
of Jammu and Kashmir. Mr. Modi's message to the enemies
of the country is highly dangerous trend. Prof. Bhim Singh
told strong gathering during his election speeches in Gandhi
Nagar where Ms. Anita Thakur, General Secretary-JKNPP is
the candidate. She will be the first woman MLA from
Gandhi Nagar Assembly constituency in Jammu and
Kashmir Assembly. Ms. Anita Thakur appealed to the voters
in his constituency that she shall serve the people irrespective of their party affiliation thought is religion. She said that
Haq-Insaf is mission of the party and she shall not fail in this
mission for everybody including refugees, 1947, 1965, 1971
and Jammu migrant of 1999, unemployed youth, contractual employees, daily wagers ReT teachers, ex-servicemen,
farmers and women folk which have remained neglected for
the past 64 years.Prof. Bhim Singh also addressed his massive election rallies in Thathri in Nagrota constituency where
Vilakshan Singh advocate and General Secretary of Young
Panthers is the heavy weight candidate.
DIC Kathua organises
Mushiara under SVEEP
RM News Service
KAThUA, DeC 17: With the motive to aware the young
voters about the importance of vote and to enhance the voting turn out in the ensuing assembly elections District
Information Centre Kathua organised a multi-lingual
Musharia under SVEEP at Vivekananda College of
Education here at Kathua today.
ADDC Kathua ER Narinder Singh Bali was the Chief
Guest while Chairman of the college Dr. Sudarshan Gupta
was the guest of honour. The staff of the college and large
number of students were present on the occasion.
The poets recited poems in Hindi, Urdu, Dogri and
Punjabi highlighting the importance of vote in the democratic system. They appeal the audience to cast their vote on
20th of December and also motivate others. The prominent
poets who participated in Mushiara included Vijay Sharma,
Dr. Paramjeet Sharma, Sham Khajuria, RS Katal, TR
Sumbria, Rakesh Kumar Lovely, Hardev Singh. Cultural
programme on election theme was also presented by college students which enthralled the audience. While
addressing ADDC Kathua Narinder Singh Bali said that it
is the responsibility of every voter to cast his / her vote to
strengthen the democratic setup. Earlier District
Information Officer Miss. Indu Jamwal welcomed the
guest and the participants. Vote of thanks was presented by
chairman of college Dr. Sudershan Gupta.
8 injuredRMinNews
road
mishaps
Service
SRiNAGAR, DeC 17: Eight persons were injured in different road accident across the valley.A load carrier bearing registration number JK03D/6526 and a Maruti car bearing registration number JK18/2148 collided near SICOP Bijbehara
resulting in injuries to Mohammad Yousuf Bhat son of
Ghulam Mohi-ud-din resident of Kawa Dranga Yaripora.
The injured was shifted to hospital for treatment. Bijbehara
Police has registered a case in this regard.Meanwhile, a load
carrier turned turtle at Kanelwan, in the jurisdiction of Police
Station Bijbehara, Anantnag, resulting in injuries to Farooq
Ahmad and Abdul Hamid. Both the injured were shifted to
hospital for treatment. Bijbehara Police has registered a case
in this regard.In another accident, a Maruti car bearing registration number JK03C/9235 turned turtle near Sagam, in the
jurisdiction of Police Station Kokernag resulting in injuries
to three persons. All the injured were shifted to hospital.
Police has registered a case in this regard.In yet another accident, a Motorcycle hit and injured a pedestrian Abdul Rashid
Chohan resident of Chontwaliwar, Ganderbal near Tatto
Ground, Srinagar.
(PAGe 6)
JAMMU
ThURSDAY 18, DeCeMBeR 2014
From Page: 1
Congress in.......
National Conference in the unity, solidarity and communal
amity and said that the slogan of 'Hindu, Muslim, Sikh Itihad'
(Unity of Hindu, Muslims, Sikhs and others) preached and
practiced by Late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and National
Conference reverberates in Jammu and Kashmir and makes
the people recollect the sacrifices made by NC for strengthening the pluralistic ethos and achieving holistic progress of
all regions and sub-regions in the State. He said NC never
divides people on the grounds of religion, region, cast, colour
or other considerations but treats all equally and ensures
equal opportunities of progress to all.
Working President National Conference said that restoration
of permanent peace, making transparency rule the roost,
empower public particularly youth and women and reach out
to far-flung, hilly and backward pockets along with other
areas is the corner pillars of the policy planning of National
Conference. He said during the last six years his government
focused attention on the comprehensive development of all
sections of the society. He said National Conference would
continue its efforts to make Jammu and Kashmir a peaceful
and progressive State. He referred to the historic decision of
his government to create hundreds of new administrative
units despite the opposition by Congress and taking the
administration to the doorsteps of people particularly living
in far-flung and remote areas.
The Chief Minister also criticized BJP for deceiving people
and asking them to vote to Narendra Singh Modi. He said
Narendra Singh Modi is the Prime Minister of India and not
fighting election in Jammu and Kashmir to become the Chief
Minister of the State, as such, asking people to vote to Mr.
Modi is nothing, but to astray them. He asked the people to
act according to their wisdom and reject the elements who
divide them on various grounds for vote bank politics.
Omar Abdullah appealed to the people to come out in large
numbers and vote in favour of National Conference candidates to help the State to progress on all fronts.Omar
Abdullah also referred to the canards circulated by Congress
against National Conference for not implementing Union
Food Security Act in the State and termed it a false propaganda aimed at fooling the people. He said that if he had not halted the implementation of Food Security Act in the State more
than 25 lakh people would have been deprived of getting
ration by this Act. He said that he took the step of stalling
Food Security Act to safeguard the interests of people of
Jammu and Kashmir and ensure that entire population gets
ration which was otherwise stopped for more than 25 lakh
people under the Food Security Act.
Omar Abdullah said that all tainted and corruption charged
elements have camped in PDP to realize their dream of mak-
ing fortunes, money and property. "How can a party like PDP
can deliver on public service matters when it has fielded
tainted, corruption charged and ill refuted candidates in the
election", Omar Abdullah questioned and said that PDP only
thrives on falsehood and deceitful politics. He made people
aware of the machinations and conspiracies being hatched by
PDP to mislead people and grab power to realize the personal ends.While addressing huge gathering in Bishnah, Omar
Abdullah also mentioned the failure of sitting MLA from
Bishnah Ashwani Kumar and said that had he been able to
deliver and serve the people in last two terms of 12 years as
MLA of Bishnah Assembly Constituency, he would not have
sought shelter in BJP. He said Bishnah is out for bringing
change in the area and voting in favour of Dr. Kamal Arora
of National Conference to script the prosperity of the area.
Terror alert......
members, are contemplating launching similar terror
strikes as witnessed in Pakistan's Army school in Peshawar
on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, reacting to the reports of terror threat in the
national capital, Delhi Police chief BS Bassi assured that necessary steps are being taken to ensure safety.
In the bloodiest terror attack in Pakistan in years, at least 144
people, mostly children, were killed yesterday by heavilyarmed Taliban suicide bombers who stormed an Army-run
school in Peshawar and took several hostages.
In the wake of the terror attack on a school in Pakistan's
Peshawar, Centre today asked all states to beef up security
particularly in educational institutions.
"An advisory has been issued to the state governments,"
Home Minister Rajnath Singh told reporters outside
Parliament House.
Though the Minister did not elaborate, officials in the Home
Ministry had said that the guidelines for schools will include
asking them to prepare an escape plan for children in case of
a terror attack, how to prevent hostage situation, how to raise
alarm and shut doors and gates in case of an emergency.
Officials have said that some schools would be given special
instructions separately and they would be asked to coordinate
with local police and administration for security drills.
According to them, a few top schools in Delhi, Mumbai and
some residential schools in Uttarakhand and Himachal
Pradesh are likely to be given special security guidelines.
Use invaluable........
On the occasion, a Power Point presentation on the activities of Central Government Pensioner's Welfare Association,
with special reference to Natural Hazards in J&K, was made
by Mr. V.P. Sharma, Patron of the Pensioner's Welfare
NC committed to tribal welfare,
development of remote areas: Altaf
RM News Service
NOwShehRA, DeC 17 :
Minister for Forests Mian
Altaf Ahmed on Wednesday
said that welfare of reserved
categories has been prime on
the agenda of National
Conference and several
path-breaking initiatives
have been taken to ameliorate their lot.Addressing
various election meetings
in
Nowshehra
Constituency, while seeking votes for the party candidate Mr Radhey Shyam
Sharma,
the
Minister
referred to the achievements registered under the
aeiges of organization designated for development of
ICRC delegation
called on Roma Wani
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: A high
level delegation from
International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) called
on General Secretary, Indian
Red Cross Society, J&K
State, Ms. Roma Wani at
Red Cross Bhawan, Kachi
Chawni, Jammu to review
the relief and rehabilitation
activities conducted postflood in the State and also to
inform about their contribution in cash to flood victims
and medicines / medical
accessories to the hospitals
and water purifiers to the
PHE Department.The delegation complimented the
efforts of the General
Secretary and her team for
the emergency response to
the recent floods in the
State. The strengthening of
the Red Cross Volunteer
force through FMR trainings and its response during
the September 2014 floods
was
also
appreciated.
Further, the delegation
assured full support to the
State Branch in emergency
preparedness and disaster
risk reduction activities
planned for 2015.Ms. Wani
thanked
International
Committee of Red Cross for
its cooperation in all.
tribal areas.Altaf also
referred to the initiatives
taken by Sher-e-Kashmir
Sheikh
Mohammed
Abdullah and Madr-eMehrban Begum Abdullah
for female literacy and
empowerment of Gujjars
and said their dreams stand
realized with children of
these segments of society
making their mark in every
field.Addressing the gathering State Vice President
Mr Rattan Lal Gupta said
development of far flung
areas has been core of the
National Conference led
government, which has succeeded in heralding a new
era of progress over the
years. He gave an overview
of the achievements registered by the Omar led government to ensure better
living of people in the
remote areas.Gupta said
that coming years will witness consolidation of the
works taken up during the
past six years and launching of new projects to
upgrade the service sectors.
"Rural upliftment has got
impetus under the government led by Chief Minister
Mr Omar Abdullah", he
said.Assuring the people
that he will continue to
work for inclusive and
holistic development of the
constituency, Mr Radhey
Ram Sharma said the people's massive vote for
National Conference will
be support to the policies
and programmes pursued
by the Omar led government. He said his main
thrust would be to ensure
time-bound completion of
the schemes so that their
benefits reach the people
urgently.Gupta assured the
1947 refugees that their one
time settlement package will
be got approved by the
Centre on priority.National
Conference leaders Mr
Pradeep Bali and Mr Vipin
Pal also addressed the gatherings and sought vote for
Mr Radhey Shyam Sharma.
Billwar will be developed as
model constituency: Khajuiria
RM News Service
BillAwAR, DeC 17 :
National Conference candidate from Billawar
Assembly Constituency Mr
Roamy
Khajuria
on
Wednesday cautioned the
people against divisive
politics, saying development has no substitute in
Jammu and Kashmir which
craves for shinning as a
progressive and prosperous
state.Addressing an election meeting at Kandhamu,
Mr Khajuria said the past
six years of Omar led gov-
ernment have been marked
with unprecedented development, especially in far
off and remote areas.
"This single feature has
become eye-sore for the
opponents who had no
agenda but to incite passions of the people by
indulging in falsehood and
misinformation
campaign", he added.Khajuria
exhorted the people to foil
the machinations of those
who were dividing the
society on communal and
regional lines. He accused
BJP and Congress of vitiating the atmosphere and
said the people will give
them a befitting reply
through their power of
vote.Speaking on the occasion,
several
National
Conference leaders sought
vote for Mr Khajuria, saying this will be endorsement to massive initiative
taken during the past six
years for steering Jammu,
Kashmir and Ladakh to
new heights of development.
Peoples' trust is strength of NC: Motton
RM News Service
R.S PURA, DeC 17 :
Acknowledging unprecedented enthusiasm among
the
electors.
National
Conference candidate from
R S Pura Mr Romesh
Motton on Wednesday exuded confidence that their support will help in steering
Jammu and Kashmir on fast
t
r
a
c
k
development.Addressing an
election rally at Tanda
Pindi,Rathana, Kirpind ,kotli
shaha Dula, Mr Motton said
that deep longing of the people for progress and development has been a redeeming factor in putting the state
on the path of development
in a big way.Motton said that
in the odyssey of State's
development, his constituency will not lack behind. "We
will ensure holistic develop-
ment of the area with the
cooperation of the people",
he said adding that R S Pura
l be transformed as a model
with civic amenities, power
and drinking water getting
focused attention.Motton
said National Conference
stands for holistic development of all the areas and providing opportunities of
progress to all segments of
society, irrespective of caste,
creed and colour. He said the
policies and programmes of
the National Conference
have to be disseminated in
the length and breadth of the
state with focus on the
achievements of Omar led
government during the past
nearly six years. Motton
hoped the ensuing years will
see the significant gains registered during the past six
year getting consolidated.
Association, Jammu.
The Welcome Address and the formal Vote of Thanks were
presented by Mr. S.S. Wazir, President and Mr. B.K. Raina,
Vice President of the Association respectively.
Div Com...........
Monitoring. The meeting was also informed about training of
polling personnel, appointment and training of sector and
zonal magistrates, randomization of polling personnel and
EVMs, web casting/videography of Hypersensitive/ Critical
polling stations and basic minimum facilities at polling stations.
Over 1 Lakh......
Misc. cases of civil and criminal nature were disposed-off by
amicable settlement. Besides, awarding over Rs.20 crore as
compensation in MACT cases, over Rs 58 crore were recovered in Bank cases in the Lok Adalats. Similarly, Rs 9.62
crore were realized as fine in Petty Criminal matters while
Rs. 4.33 crore were given as compensation in land acquisition cases. In addition, Rs 4.94 crore was given as compensation in MGNREGA cases while Rs 75000 was recovered as
arrears in a pension case. Rs 6.33 crore was also given as
compensation in flood disaster cases besides awarding Rs.
11.47 Lakh as maintenance in cases under Section 488 of Cr.
P.C.
SC directs ......
Garg on September 28 and September 7 respectively. The
PIL filed by a non-governmental organisation, Centre for
Integrity, Governance and Training in Vigilance
Administration, referred to the July 21 letter issued by the
secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), to
secretaries in Government to suggest names for empanelment
for the post of CVC and VC, allegedly aimed at keeping
away the common people.
Mehbooba promises..........
people rather than solving their problems. Mehbooba pointed
out that said that civic conditions in the city were deteriorated during the last six years and residents of the city were
struggling to get basic amenities like potable water. PDP
president further said that in the last assembly election, both
National Conference and Congress had made a number of
promises with the people but these promises remained only
on papers. She said that except befooling the people nothing
has been done during the last six years. Speaking on the occasion, Bharat Choudhary assured the people that he would
work for the welfare of the people. He said that he has
already formulated a comprehensive plan for the growth and
development of the city.
NC committed
to welfare of
border people:
Bukhari, Gupta
RM News Service
RAJOURi, DeC 17 :
State Vice Presidents of
National Conference Syed
Mushtaq Ahmed Bukhari
and Mr Rattan Lal Gupta
on
Wednesday
campaigned for the party candidate
Mirza
Abdul
Rasheed and urged the
people to ensure his victory in the interest of development of Rajouri."Mirza
Rasheed has been a devoted soldier of National
Conference whose contribution towards development of the area and
empowerment of the people has been immense",
Mr Bukhari said while
addressing several election
meetings.Bukhari reiterated his party's commitment
to the development of border areas and said though
much has been done, still
more is remaining to be
done in the years to
come.He also made a mention of commitments made
by Chief Minister Mr
Omar Abdullah with
Pahari Speaking people
and said braving all obstacles he fulfilled these to
pave the way for their
empowerment in a big
way.Speaking on the occasion, Mr Rattan Lal Gupta
said
that
National
Conference is committed
to open up vistas of
employment for the educated employed and said
several initiatives have
already been taken in this
regard.Gupta referred to
the initiatives like Udaan
and Himayat and said
these have benefited the
youth in immense measure. He expressed the
hope that talented youth of
Rajouri will also find
opportunities in shaping
up their careers under
these initiatives.In his
address, Mirza Rasheed
assured the people that
development of Rajouri
has been top on his agenda
and he will leave no stone
unturned to steer the constituency to pinnacles of
progress
and
prosperity.Mirza Rasheed
hoped that people will
come in large numbers to
exercise their democratic
right and ensure big win of
the
National
Conference.National
Conference leader Mr
Pradeep
Bali
also
addressed these election
meetings.
we will.......
J&K, whether it is Ladakh or in Kashmir, has broken all
records. The record of last 40 years has been broken," she
said.She appealed the people of the region to break all the
previous records of polling and ensure majority Govt for BJP.
Prime Minister Modi's slogan 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' has
caught the imagination of the voters in the state who are fed
up with the National Conference-Congress government,
which has delivered nothing except corruption and under
development. Mission Kashmir is not just a slogan, we are
soon going to turn it into reality. Nobody thought BJP will
win well over 272 seats nationally. We will once again prove
everyone wrong. BJP has already shown what it is capable of
and surely achieve Mission 44+ in state, she added.
Attempts to........
and sub-regions of the State. "During its brief tenure in government between 2002 and 2005, PDP had proved how to
treat all regions and sub-regions equally and party would further facilitate the process of bridging the gap to ensure justice
and equality to all regions and sub-regions", she said and
added that it was during the tenure of the PDP government
that people of Rajouri and Poonch were liberated from the
seize which they had been facing after the partition of the
country.Mehbooba said not only were Poonch-Rajouri districts provided good connectivity with Kashmir through
Mughal Road, but the opening of Poonch-Rawalakote road
also facilitated better movement of people and goods in the
area to boost its economy.She said opening of Baba Ghulam
Shah Badshah University in Rajouri with an engineering college is a significant experiment which can be emulated in
other parts of the country on how to effectively use the Wakaf
assets. Enumerating the measures to be taken for the further
development of the area, Mehbooba said if PDP gets the
mandate to form the next government, the party would work
towards employment generation through expansion of economic activity in the area. She said besides making Tourism
Development Authorities for Poonch and Rajouri functional
another Tourism Development Authority would be created
for the Mughal Road.She said PDP is also committed to
ensure railway connectivity to the area besides setting up of
IT Parks and livestock faculty. She said various other measures are in the pipeline which would give a fillip to the local
economy and help generate huge employment.PDP leader
Basharat Bukhari and the party candidate for Rajouri,
Advocate Qamar, party candidate for Darhal, Choudhary
Zulfikar and the party candidate for Nowshehra assembly
segment Surinder Choudhary and others also addressed the
rallies.
More than 630 candidates offered training under
Udaan's first ever Mega Recruitment Drive in Jammu
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17 : The
two day long Mega
Recruitment Drive under
Udaan turned out to be a
success with over 1200
youth from Jammu appearing for selections at Jehlum
Resort, in Jammu. All the
candidates were successfully
interviewedby
corporate
giants that the Ministry of
Home Affairs and National
Skill
Development
Corporation
(NSDC),
brought to the city under the
special industry initiative
"Udaan".Some of India's
largest corporations participated in this massive recruitment drive including Tata
Consultancy
Services,
Genpact, IL&FS, CMC,
Reliance HR Services,
Accenture, Safe Express,
Ratnakar Bank and others.
The mega drive saw
recruiter from a wide range
of sectors i.e. IT, ITES,
Consulting, Banking and
Security Services opening
opportunities for the youth
in Jammu.Udaan is aunique
initiative for the youth of
Jammu and Kashmir where
the top corporates screen the
job seekers/ candidates and
make on spot offers to them.
These mega drives serves as
a one stop for great career
prospects across industries
and sectors.While few technical assessments are still
going on, the initial estimate
suggests that over 630training offers have been made.
The recruits will be trained
by the respective corporates
over three to six months
after which job offers will be
made for placements across
the country. Commenting on
the successful completion of
the Udaan Recruitment
Drive,Ms. Bhawna Chopra,
Head- Strategic Projects,
National Skill Development
Corporation, said, "We are
elated to see the kind of
response we have got from
the youth of Jammu. It is a
golden opportunity for them
that corporate giants like
these have come to their city
to recruit them for training
and potential job roles. We
are certain to see the registration numbers go higher in
the next drives once the students hear back from their
peers who would have been
trained by then. The overall
response from the two drives
held across Jammu and
Kashmir, has been phenomenal with a total of 6700 candidates registering for the
recruitment
drives.""We
would also like to thank our
partners in making this drive
as success and for their contribution in giving these students a brighter future. We
would like to do these drives
in different locations of J&K
every 6-8 weeks. " Since the
inception of the programme,
nearly 10,500 youth of
Jammu and Kashmir have
been selected under Udaan.
Deputation of United Teachers
Association called on CEO Poonch
RM News Service
POONCh, DeC 17: A deputation of united teachers
association led by its president Manjeet Kumar Sharma
met newly adjusted CEO
Poonch Mr. Lal Hussain in
his office chamber .He was
firstly welcomed in the
capacity of CEO Poonch
with the hope that the functioning of the office shall be
more smooth. Afterwards he
was apprised by the problems of the teaching community. While highlighting
the problems stress was laid
down for their immediate
redressal. The issues related
to the community includes
pending salaries of Masters
and Teachers working under
RMSA and SSA since last
four to six months, implementation of transfer policy
strictly adhere under government norms release of pending amount pertaining to
ingredients of Mid Day
Meal, pending files of post
facto and pre facto permission cases those who want to
appear in the examination,
adjustment of pending DA
Arrear of 6th pay commission in favour of all employees.
While speaking on the occasion Sayed Zaki Haider Vice
President of the association
demanded
immediate
redressal of the issues related to the teaching community. He also appeal to the
teaching fraternity to extend
their full cooperation in the
eradication of current social
evils from the society like
menace of drugs, misuse of
social media etc. Moreover,
provide the friendly atmosphere and value education to
the budding kids. CEO and
DEPO Poonch gave patient
hearing and assured that the
issues taken up by the association should be addressed
soon. Those who were present on the occasion
includes Ravinder Singh
General Secretary, Ghulam
Ahmed, Harcharn Singh,
Vijay Kumar, Balvir Singh,
Asrar Ahmed, Anmol Singh,
Daljeet Singh Khurshid
Ahmed and others.
(PAGe 7)
JAMMU
ThURSDAY 18, DeCeMBeR 2014
2014 ends on happy note for Sania Mirza
New Delhi, DeC 17: Sania
Mirza grabbed her third mixed doubles Grand Slam title and wrapped
up her dream season with the yearend finale trophy even as India’s
established male tennis players
found the going tough in 2014.
28-year-old Sania, who has many
firsts to her name, grew further in
stature as she became the first Indian
to win the season-ending finale, a
feat which has eluded even old warhorse Leander Paes. Sania won the
US Open with first-time partner
Bruno Soares and now has three
mixed doubles Grand Slam trophies
in her cabinet which already consists
of Australian Open and French
Open. With her consistent performance throughout the year, Sania
made seven WTA finals and won
three titles with Zimbabwean partner
Cara Black, achieving a career-best
world rank of number five. Sania’s
US Open title came after an unwarranted controversy created by a
politician, who questioned her
appointment as the Ambassador of
the
newly-created
State
of
Telangana. The Hyderabadi broke
down on TV, debating on the issue,
but later answered in a befitting winner as she dedicated her US Open
title to the people of Telangana. She
nearly courted another controversy
after initially withdrawing her name
from the national squad for the Asian
Games but after being assured of a
place in the WTA Finals, she decided
to compete at the Incheon Games.
Sania came out with a gold in the
mixed doubles with Saketh Myneni
and a bronze in women’s doubles
with Prarthana Thombare in India’s
five medal tally. On the men’s side, it
proved to be a very tough year for
not only singles star Somdev
Devvarman buy also for doubles
specialists Paes and Rohan Bopanna,
who suffered a significant drop in
the rankings. Paes could win only
one title in the season and after
beginning the year inside top-10 he
is now languishing at number 29,
just ahead of Bopanna. The Coorgi’s
renewed partnership with Pakistani
partner Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi also
did not yield the desired results and
they could win only one title this
year apart from ending runners-up in
two others. Bopanna had begun the
year at number 13 and ended at 30.
However, the biggest disappointment was to see Somdev struggling.
Supremely fit and extremely passionate, Somdev was nowhere close
to his best. Crossing even the second
rounds seemed a mountain to climb
for him. Apart from the Challengers
played in India at the start of the
year, he hardly had results to rejoice.
For someone who reached as high as
62 in the world, winning two rounds
at an ATP event has become a a
daunting task. In 15 tournaments he
failed to cross the first round. At the
US Open, he could not make the
main draw and now that he is positioned 139 in the rankings, he won’t
get a direct entry into the 2015
Australian Open. Not only this, by
refusing to play at the Asian Games
he irked the government, which has
now made it clear that players who
will skip national duty will not be
eligible for funds. However,
Somdev did India proud in the two
Davis Cup ties — against Chinese
Taipei and Serbia — by winning
two of the three singles he played
this year. India almost upstaged
world number two Serbia (second
string) but for Yuki Bhambri’s tame
defeat in the deciding fifth rubber. It
was promising start to the year for
Yuki when he qualified for the
Australian Open doubles draw and
made second round with Michael
Venus. He also won the Chennai
Challenger but a heel injury forced
him out of action for four months.
Injuries have already spoilt his
career, which showed a lot of
promise early on. A big plus for
Indian tennis was the rise of 19year-old Ramkumar Ramanathan,
who has replaced Yuki as country’s
second-highest ranked singles player. When he shocked Somdev at the
start of the year many dismissed it
as a fluke but as the year progressed, Ramkumar showed that his
game and fitness has improved and
he can surely be India’s next singles
hope.
He now has sting in his serve and
his forehand does make an impact.
Mahesh Bhupathi is as good as
retired but he along with former star
Vijay Amritraj created a lot of buzz
with their respective tennis leagues.
Bhupathi brought tennis’ biggest
stars, including Roger Federer and
Novak Djokovic, to India in a franchisee-based league, IPTL, which
was a great opportunity for fans to
see legendary players in blood and
flesh. Amritraj’s CTL was more
India-centric but lacked star appeal
despite featuring some high-ranked
players. CTL had presence of Indian
players and someone like Ramkumar
Ramanathan had the opportunity to
play alongside Mikhail Youzhny. It
is debatable how these leagues will
help Indian tennis but it surely did
enough to create a buzz around the
country.
Injured Mitchell
Government writes to AIBA
seeking reversal on Sarita’s ban Marsh won’t bowl
New Delhi, DeC 17:
The government has written
further in 2nd Test
to AIBA to revoke the sus-
pension of boxer Sarita
Devi,
Sports
Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal said on
Wednesday.
Mr. Sonowal, along with
cricket
legend
Sachin
Tendulkar, were among
many who had shown strong
support for Sarita, said the
government was pursuing
the issue.
“From our side, we have
been pursuing that matter
before international forum. I
have written to the President
of AIBA to revoke the suspension order,” Mr. Sonowal
told reporters outside the
Parliament. Boxer Sarita
Devi, who had refused to
accept her Asian Games
bronze medal, was on
Wednesday banned for one
year by the world body
AIBA, putting an end to the
prolonged suspense over her
fate following the controversial protest.
Sarita had refused to
wear her bronze at the podium ceremony after her semifinal loss to South Korea’s Ji
Na Park at Incheon in
October, triggering a huge
controversy.
The boxer is barred from
taking part in national and
international events from
October 1, 2014 to October,
2015 besides being fined
1000 Swiss francs.
Former
Lok
Sabha
speaker
and
National
People’s Party MP P A
Sangma condemned the ban
on Sarita.
India just 0.2 points behind
leaders Australia in ODI chart
DUBAi, DeC 17: India might be lagging
way behind Australia in the Test rankings but
the current World Cup holders are just 0.2
points behind the top-of-the-table Aussies in
the ODI chart, according to the latest ICC
release. Both Australia and India are on 117
rating points and the scores will only be settled in the upcoming tri-series involving the
two tams and England starting January 18
next year. South Africa lie third in the table
with 112 points followed by Sri Lanka,
England, Pakistan and West Indies.
In the batting chart, Virat Kohli continues
to hold his own at the second position as
South Africa’s AB de Villers stays atop.
Shikhar Dhawan though drops a rank to
fifth, while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni
also drops down a slot to ninth position.
In the bowling chart though, India’s
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who recently returned
home after an ankle injury in Australia, is the
only one to feature in the list led by Saeed
Ajmal. Bhuvneshwar (8th ranked), who was
ruled out for the first two Tests against
Australia, may miss the four-match series as
Dhawal Kulkarni has already flown in as
replacement. On the international front,
England’s Joe Root and Sachithra
Senanayake of Sri Lanka have achieved
career-best rankings following the conclusion of the seven-match series, which Sri
Lanka won by 5-2. Root finished the series
as the second leading run-getter with 367
runs for which he has been rewarded with a
jump 14 places in the batting chart. This has
now put him in 11th spot, a position he
shares with Sri Lanka captain Angelo
Mathews. In bowlers list, Senanayake was
the highest-mover from either side after taking five wickets for 68 runs in two ODIs.
The 29-year-old off-spinner has vaulted 18
places to a career-high seventh position, 22
ratings points behind England’s James
Anderson.
Michael Clarke undergoes successful
hamstring surgery, may not have to retire
MelBOURNe, DeC 17: Michael Clarke's
injury-ravaged cricket career may not be as
jeopardised as initially feared with the
Australian captain and team physiotherapist
Alex Kountouris today saying that the
surgery to fix his hamstring injury went
"really well", giving him a good chance of
being fit for the World Cup.
Clarke tore his right hamstring during the
first Test against India in Adelaide, a match
he went into under an injury cloud given his
long history of recurring back complaints.
"Thanks for all the well wishes. Surgery
went really well. The Aust Physio
@Alex_Kountouris will update the media
this afternoon," Clarke wrote on his twitter
handle. He added, "A few days of rest and
recover and watch the boys play well from
my bed." After the first Test, a cloud of
uncertainty hung over Clarke's future as he
had announced that he was unlikely to play
any further part in the four-match Test series
against India and that the injury could cut
short his career. Team physiotherapist Alex
Kountouris said the successful surgery gave
Clarke a good chance of recovery from the
hamstring mishap. "The actual injury was
that he had damaged the tendon component
of the hamstring. Speaking to the surgeon,
everything went really well," Kountouris
was quoted as saying by the media here.
"He found what he expected to find, there
were no surprises, and he's managed to do a
good repair and from that he's very confident
that Michael is going to make a good recovery. It's going to heal and he's going to minimise the risk of having a recurrence, that's
the goal."
BRiSBANe, DeC 17:
Australia
were
on
Wednesday dealt a blow as
their all-rounder Mitchell
Marsh will not bowl again in
the remainder of the second
cricket Test against India
due to a hamstring injury on
the first day at the Gabba.
Marsh strained his right
hamstring and limped off the
field just moments after
lunch on a searingly hot day
that left Australia severely
under-resourced.
Marsh grimaced and pulled
up short in his follow after
delivering the final ball of
his first over after lunch, and
his sixth of the innings, and
immediately left the field to
be assessed.
Team
physio
Alex
Kountouris later said Marsh
was unlikely to bowl again
in the Test. “Mitchell Marsh
has got a mild hamstring
strain, low grade strain, on
the right leg. He’s had
surgery on the left leg a year
ago and he also injured the
right one about two years
ago,” Kountouris told
reporters.
“He’s unlikely he will
bowl again (in the Test). He
will have a scan and we will
try to get him on the field
tomorrow and hopefully
have him batting in some
way that’s useful.”
Marsh’s injury, which
came after he finally
claimed his first Test wicket
in the morning session,
meant a greater bowling
workload for the side’s other
all-rounder Shane Watson.
The injury-prone Watson
was one of the few fit members of the attack on day one
and he had to complete
Hazlewood’s 16th over, with
the second new ball, just
before stumps.
Kountouris was busy
attending one Australian
bowler after another through
the day, with Mitchell
Johnson the only one of the
four main seamers to get
through unscathed.
Mitchell Starc left the
field during the middle session after struggling with
back and rib pain and debutant Josh Hazlewood battled
cramps that forced him from
the field shortly before
stumps. However, both Starc
and Hazlewood are expected
to be available to bowl on
day two tomorrow.
Hazlewood had cramped
earlier in the day but after
some stretches and attention
from the physio, completed
his over.
However, when the problem again arose two balls
into a new spell he could not
continue.
“His (Starc) back was
sore and he was getting
some rib pain. It’s not a side
strain and we don’t think it’s
anything that will stop him
bowling. We think he’s
going to be okay to bowl
tomorrow,” Kountouris said.
The team physio said
Hazlewood, playing in his
debut Test, was troubled by
cramps during the scorching
conditions.
“He had cramps all over
his body. The difficulty with
him was that he was cramping
everywhere.
Both
calves, both hamstrings,
groin, hips, he couldn’t just
function and you could see
his pace was down when he
came back to bowl again,”
he said.
“He
will
recover
overnight and we’ll see how
he is in the morning.”
Looking ahead to the
next Test, starting in
Melbourne on Boxing Day,
Kountouris said experienced
paceman Ryan Harris was
working towards being fit to
play after missing the
Brisbane Test.
“Harris is a chance for
the next Test. He has a lowgrade quad strain and we
need him to be bowling by
the end of this Test match —
and if he can get to that,
we’ll be confident of him
playing in the next game.
It’s going to be touch and
go,” he said.
Bach welcomes US decision
to bid for 2024 Olympics
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, Dec 17: International
Olympic Committee (IOA) President Thomas Bach has
welcomed the U.S. decision to bid for the 2024 Games and
says whichever city is chosen will be a “very strong” contender. The U.S. Olympic Committee board voted on
Tuesday in favour of a bid, but must still decide which city
to put forward among four candidates Boston, Los Angeles,
San Francisco and Washington.
Mr. Bach says “a bid from the United States would be very
strong, regardless of which of the cities is finally chosen.”
The United States hasn’t hosted the Summer Olympics
since the Atlanta Games in 1996. New York and Chicago
ran failed bids for the 2012 and 2016 Games, respectively.
Mr. Bach says U.S. athletes “have a worldwide reputation”
and “will be a huge asset for the bid.”
Hockey India starts coach selection process
New Delhi, DeC 17:
Indian men’s hockey team is
expected to get a new foreign coach within a month,
that is by the time the third
season of Hero Hockey
India League (HIL) starts on
January 22.
The process for selection
of Australian Terry Walsh’s
successor had already started with Hockey India formally putting out advertisements for the post since
Tuesday, the deadline of
which ends on December 31.
“The process has just
begun yesterday because I
and the entire Hockey India
staff was busy with the
Champions Trophy in
Bhubaneswar. December 31
is the deadline for interested
coaches from all over the
world to submit their applications,” India’s High
Performance
Director
Roelant Oltmans, who has
been entrusted with the
responsibility of finding the
new coach, told PTI.
“We already have so
many people who are interested in the job. If you ask
me, I will like the new coach
to be appointed before the
next HIL so that we can witness and have a fair bit of
idea about the players whom
he will be working with,”
said the Dutchman on the
sidelines of the launch of
Hockey India’s Online
Academy Platform in New
Delhi on Wednesday. “But in
the end everything depends
on the quality of applicants.”
The high-profile post has
been lying vacant since the
last one month when Walsh
suddenly quit from his position. After guiding India to
their first Asian Games gold
in 16 years, the Australian
surprised all and sundry by
resigning from his post citing bureaucratic red-tapism
and asked for a greater say in
team decisions and support
staff. Walsh had asked for
changes in his contract that
would give him greater decision-making powers and the
ability to work from his
home base in Australia,
when his presence was not
needed in India.
His employer, the Sports
Authority of India had
drawn up a fresh contract
and the issue was on the
verge of settling down, till
Hockey India president
Narinder Batra stalled the
process by bringing up
Walsh’s alleged financial
impropriety issue with USA
Field Hockey.
Vijay strikes ton as India take Day 1 honour
BRiSBANe, DeC 17:
Opener
Murali
Vijay
cracked a fluent 144 as India
put up a solid batting display
to take the honours on the
opening day of the second
cricket Test against Australia
by reaching a comfortable
311 for four in Brisbane on
Wednesday.
The 30-year-old Vijay, who
missed a century by one run
in the second innings in
Adelaide, notched up his
fifth Test ton to guide India
to a good position on a hot
day at the Gabba.
Vijay was dropped by
Shaun Marsh on 36 off paceman Mitchell Johnson but he
capitalised on the reprieve
by
punishing
the
Australians, scoring 144 off
213 balls. The right-handed
opener got good support
from Rahane (batting 75) as
the duo shared a 124-run
stand for the fourth wicket
with the Australian pacers
struggling to find any
rhythm in the hot and humid
conditions.
Vijay was again dropped
on 102 by Shaun again off
Johnson but he could not
cash in on the second
chance.
Apart from the two
chances he gave to the
Australians, Vijay stroked
well throughout in his
innings which he paced very
well. He looked at ease
against the Australian pace
battery and effortlessly
drove the fast bowlers. He
was hardly troubled by
Nathan Lyon untill he
charged the spinner to be
caught behind. Skipper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni had
taken a bold decision to bat
on the green and pacy Gabba
wicket and his decision
stood vindicated as Indian
batsmen responded well to
the call. Rahane was batting
on well and giving him com-
pany was Rohit Sharma (26
batting) when stumps were
drawn for the day. Shikhar
Dhawan (24) was a disappointment as he yet again
failed but Cheteshwar Pujara
(18) was unlucky to be given
caught behind off debutant
Hazlewood while dodging a
high ball as it touched his
helmet’s visor and not his
gloves. Virat Kohli, who
scored two hundreds in the
lost Adelaide Test, made a
good start but was guilty of
cutting a ball which was too
close to the body and was
caught
behind
off
Hazlewood.
Pearson sends Blasters through
CheNNAi, DeC 17: It was
a victory which should have
ideally been had rather easily. Instead, Kerala Blasters
slept through almost the
whole match, allowed
Chennaiyin FC to stage a
stirring comeback from 3-0
down before nudging a win
through Stephen Pearson in
the 117th minute to enter the
Indian Super League final 43 on aggregate.
Both teams finished with 10
men, with James McAllister
sent off for Kerala and player-manager
Marco
Materazzi for Chennai.
The match, except for the
last five minutes, belonged
to Chennaiyin throughout.
Materazzi’s tactical acumen
was on display when he
shifted Bernard Mendy
away from his defensive slot
and pushed him up the right
flank.
He placed himself in the
centre of the midfield and in
a departure from the past,
pushed relentlessly forward.
So much so that on occasions, he was the most
advanced Chennaiyin player
on the pitch.
It gave the home side an
aerial threat in the box. The
first evidence of this was in
the 12th minute when
Materazzi won a header and
then flicked the ball behind
for Jean-Eudes Maurice,
whose shot was saved by the
Blasters goalkeeper Sandip.
Passivity
Kerala hardly seemed
like the side it was in the
first leg. The entire team
went into a shell and passivity seeped through its entirety. Such was its players’
reluctance to make things
happen that McAllister was
cautioned for time wasting
as early as in the eighth
minute.
And then on 28 minutes,
a kick at Mendy’s legs
earned him his second yellow and thereby the marching orders.
With a man up, Chennai
attacked with verve. Mendy
swung crosses at will from
the right wing and Materazzi
kept feeding long balls and
charging forward.
It was also notable that
Chennaiyin neither had
Bruno Pelissari nor Elano in
the starting eleven.
The absence of the two
creative lynchpins should
have prompted Kerala to at
least press the midfield duo
of Djemba-Djemba and
Materazzi, who are not
known to be effective ball-
players. Instead, it lined up
every man, except forward
Iain Hume, behind the ball
and allowed the host to
launch attack after attack.
The home team opened
the scoring with three minutes left in the first half
when Mikael Silvestre headed
in
from
Marco
Materazzi’s perfect freekick. When a penalty was
given just after the restart,
following a foul on Maurice
by
Sandesh
Jhingan,
Chennaiyin seemed right
back in it.
But Materazzi, who was
forced into a retake after
Maurice charged into the
box early, failed to convert.
The home team then
brought both Elano and
Pelissari to bolster its attack.
An own goal by Jhingan
with quarter of an hour to
go, when his attempt to chest
the ball down towards the
’keeper went awry, and the
equaliser by Jeje Lalpekhlua
after a wonderful cross from
Mendy, who played much of
the second half on the left
flank, made an unlikely
comeback loom.
Materazzi sent off
However, a red card to
Materazzi on 104 minutes,
followed by injuries to
Harmanjot Khabra — who
yet again was outstanding —
and Maurice proved telling.
Khabra and Maurice were
both stationed on the right
side and with their movement restricted, neither
could stop Pearson from
scoring from their end.
The result (Second leg):
Chennaiyin
FC
3
(Silvestre 42, Jhingan-o.g.
76, Jeje 90) bt Kerala
Blasters 1 (Pearson 117).
Kerala Blasters wins 4-3 on
aggregate.
(PAGe 8)
JAMMU
ThURSDAY 18, DeCeMBeR 2014
Rana seeks massive mandate for
changing overall profile of Nagrota
RM News Service
NAGROTA, DeC 17 :
Intensifying his campaign
across the Nagrota Assembly
Constituency,
National
Conference candidate Mr
Devender Singh Rana on
Wednesday sought a massive mandate for changing
the overall profile of the area
by ensuring development
and implementation of welfare schemes for different
segments of people.
"Your precious vote will
determine future of the constituency for the next six
years", Mr Rana said while
addressing several election
meeting across the constituency, adding that he has
been doing his humble little
for the development of the
area, not as a favour but as
duty towards the gracious
and sagacious people of
Nagrota.
Referring to deep urge of
the people for progress and
development, Mr Rana
assured them that they will
not find him wanting on any
front, as his endeavour has
all along been to ensure the
execution
of
various
schemes on fast-track basis.
As a result of persuasion and
constant monitoring, things
have changed and the constituency is humming with
activity on all fronts. He said
development remains elusive without active cooperation of the people and keeping this crucial factor in
mind he has been endeavouring to take along all to
achieve the set objectives.
He said the people of
Nagrota feel fully empowered after the Panchayat
elections and their role in
decision making has made
all the difference in predominant rural pockets. "Now
the people are vested with
the authority of fixing priorities for schemes on need
basis of the each area", he
maintained.
Mr Rana
expressed his gratitude to the
people for reposing their
faith in him when they felt
let down by the candidate
elected from the constituency. He said he has been feeling overwhelmed to repay
the debt in terms of love and
trust bestowed by the people
upon him. He hoped similar
support from the people, as
he has been getting in the
past and said this will motivate him further to seek
redressal of their problems
and ensuring fast track
development. He said the
constituency is a blend of
rural and semi-urban pockets
and hence the priority would
be to bridge the gap with
regard to development by
ensuring basic essentials in
every hamlet and village.
"Join me in the effort of
transforming Nagrota as per
your dreams", he exhorted
the people, saying the area is
highly rich in potential and
the only need is to harness it
BJP disgusted, bemoaned by their new
Kashmir priorities: Sham Sharma
RM News Service
AKhNOOR, DeC 17:
Jammu people feel betrayed
by BJP and its leadership as
their star campaigner, Mr.
Narinder Modi, Prime
Minister public address
instead of addressing the
Jammuites sentiments was
full of tit bits exposed their
Congress phobia realized
PACK UP and certain poll
debacles failed to give any
clear stand on Article 370
as well as Hindu Chief
Minister from Jammu,
launching frontal attack Mr.
Sham Lal Sharma, Sr.
Congress
leader
and
Minister for PHE, Irrigation
and Flood Control, reiterated Jammu will get its rightful dues, should vote for
Congress.Addressing election meetings in Badyala
Chak, Gurha Brahmana
Panchayat's villages, Mr.
Sharma thanked unconditional support to him from
All Para Medical Students
Association and Jammu
Joint Students Union, he
assured educated youths his
selfless
services
and
promised their faith in his
leadership
will
be
restrengthened.Sharma stated after BJPs seven MLAs
sell out, the stigma on the
face of that party has
caused irreparable damage
to Jammu's unimpeachable
image of Warriors and NC,
CM publicly humiliated
their leaders leave no rea-
son for them to expect electoral magics through Modi
Ji
oratory
only.Since
Congress on specific election manifesto with vision
to provide Jammu has
sought popular mandate
contrary to BJP sole day
dream of grabbing power to
pursue their hijacked agendas of Hurriyat Conference
and National Conference,
allegedly had secret bargains with Separatists, Mr.
Sham Sharma called upon
Jammu region's voters to
foil their nefarious political
designs to trust Congress
party pledge for dignified
Jammu.He
reminded
Jammu
people,
"BJP
exploitive and divisive politics which once on Sh.
Ram Mandir at Ayodhya
they played on the name of
religion but after secured
power put into dustbin like
their latest U-Turn on
Article 370 and Hindu CM.
Mr. Sharma charged BJP
who patronized Kashmiri
Pandits
to
claim
"Minorities" status to deny
Jammu Hindus their all
benefits being minorities
too".
Sharma
seeking
Akhnoor popular mandate
on
his
performances,
claimed Development will
be his agenda and he have
vision to make Akhnoor
Constituency as Model, this
agenda emphasized continued efforts to sustain the
developmental works executed during last 12 years
appealed for massive votes
from
all
sections.Reaffirmed
his
belief that after 16
Kashmiri CMs from Valley,
Jammu people should vote
and support Congress to see
17th CM From Jammu to
end Kashmiri dominance
and to usher an era of dignified GREATER JAMMU
right from Bhadarwah,
Gandoh to Bani-Basohli,
Poonch-Rajouri to Akhnoor
and R.S Pura to welcome
tourist from India at
Lakhanpur. Mr. Sharma
hopeful of next Congress
government in State called
upon Jammu masse to get
ready for election of
Regional
Development
Council empowered and
enjoying
Constitutional
Status.
He said, RDC will play
major role in ensuring equitable development of all
areas of Jammu and educated youths to find special
attention like women for
equal and active pariticipation in their developmental
activities.
in proper direction. He
called for collective effort
and said the resources will
not be allowed to come in
the way of development, as
the track record of the past
six years stands testimony to
the fact that everything possible has been done to meet
the needs of the people on
immediate basis. He said
Nagrota has traversed a long
way on the road of development during past seven years
and this journey will continue with much more vigour in
years to come. Mr Rana also
assured the youth that their
aspirations will meet befitting response in the years to
come and said a road map
stands already prepared for
carving out opportunities for
the young people-educated
and skilled-and the day is
not far when they will shoulder their responsibilities as
useful citizens of the state.
He sought youth participation in building of modern
Jammu and Kashmir State,
especially the constituency
they belong to.
Private Schools
Association
condemns terror
attack of Taliban's
RM News Service
UDhAMPUR, DeC 17:
Executive members
of
Private Schools Association
Jammu condemned the terror attack of Talibans on the
students in a school in
which 141 innocents including 132 students , 9 staff
members were killed in
Peshwar yesterday. Kamal
Gupta President Private
Schools Association offered
the deepest condolences for
the dead & he prayed to the
'Almighty' for the speedy
recovery of all injured.Ajay
Gupta State Co-ordinator
PSA J&K declared this
attack as an inhumane
attack. He said this attack on
the innocents is due to the
frustration created by the
international pressure on all
militant organizations of the
world.An appeal was made
to all the peace loving to
stand collectively to give a
bolt from blue to all type of
violent organizations existing in this world so that
coming generation can live
peacefully in the entire
world.
Shop damaged in fire
RM News Service
SRiNAGAR, DeC 17: A
shop was damaged in fire in
Baramulla district last
evening.Fire broke out in
the Hosiery shop of Sajad
Ahmed Lone son of
Mohammad Abdullah resident of Kakar Hamam,
Baramulla at General Bus
Stand Baramulla, resulting
in damage to the shop. Fire
was brought under control
by fire tenders and police.
BJP, Cong stand exposed for
betraying peoples' trust: Jamwal
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: Taking
dig at Bharatiya Janata Party
and Congress for resorting
to rhetoric and gimmickrys
in a fit of desperation,
National Conference candidate for Jammu-West Mr
Dharamveer Singh Jamwal
on Wednesday said that none
of their attempts would succeed in remaining relevant
to political situation."BJP
and Congress stand exposed
for doing pretty little for
Jammu in recent years", he
said during door to door
campaign at Vishal Nagar,
Shankar Vihar, Friends Lane
and Jain Coloy, adding that
PDP was non-existent and a
non entity in the upcoming
elections.
Mr Jamwal said the people of Jammu-West had been
waiting for this defining
moment to show their power
to those who betrayed their
trust and remained entangled
in seeking favours for their
kith and kin. "The brazen
act of neglect by BJP
deprived the electors of this
important Assembly segment from the dividends of
development, but for the
care and attention given by
National Conference", he
added.
The
National
Conference candidate said
that BJP was shying away
in answering the questions
being posed by the people
about the performance of its
representative during the
past six year. He said the
voters are now feeling
empowered enough to give
their verdict on December
20. Mr Jamwal reiterated
that
development
of
Jammu-West shall remain
his agenda for the years to
come and he will leave no
stone unturned in changing
the scenario of the constituency. He said his priority would be upgradation of
roads, improvement in civic
amenities and proper attention towards service sectors.
"These are paramount sectors for enhancing the quality of life of the people", he
added.Among
others
Vikrant Sharma, Vishal
Sharma, Arvind Sharma,
Satish Nargotra, Pinkt Bhat,
Sunny, Aman Ankush
Langer and Rohit Kerni
accompanied Mr Jamwal
during his door to door campaign.
GCET students sensitize people
on Energy conservation
RM News Service
JAMMU, DeC 17: On
the third day of the
Energy
Conservation
Week, 2014, the students
of GCET, Jammu, under
the guidance of Principal,
Dr.
Sameru
Sharma
launched an awareness
campaign in the nearby
villages of the Chak
Bhalwal.
On this occasion,
Asgar Ali, Development
Commissioner
(PDD),
Khurshid A. Budoo, Chief
Engineer, PDD, Sunil
Kumar, Supdt. Engineer,
PDD, Sanjay Sharma,
Executive Engineer, PDD
and K.R. Suri, ExGeneral Manager PGCIL
visited
the
College
Campus at Chak Bhalwal
today and flagged off the
volunteers of GCET to
Kangrail, Deyaran, Chak
Bhalwal, Seri Panditan
and Marjali and other surrounding areas. The door
to door campaign was
launched to educate the
people of these areas
about the ways and means
to
use
the
Energy
resources in an efficient
and judicious manner.
The students impressed
upon the residents of
these villages to use the
power saver electric bulbs
and also to keep the lights
off during day hours. The
impact of global warming/hazards was also
explained to the people.
In addition to this, they
were also sensitized about
the techniques to save
water.
The
students
apprized the villagers
about the overall impact
of energy conservation on
the economic condition of
J&K. Assistant Professors
Rajiv
Bali,
Sameer
Khajuria & Neeraj Dubey
accompanied the students
in the campaign.
Earlier
Bhavna
Sharma,
Assistant
Professor in her welcome
address briefed the dignitaries about the activities
being undertaken by the
institute in the campaign
on energy conservation.
Senior officers of PDD
shared their views on the
energy issue of conservation and the existing
power scenario in the
J&K State. They also had
an impressive interactive
session with the students.
Further, Debate competition
and
Paper
Presentation programmes
on the theme "Energy
Conservation- a necessity
for
Sustainable
Development" were also
conducted in the presence
of the Professors Dr.
Subash dubey, Dr. Simi
Dutta , Dr. Sanjeev Gupta
and Dr. Veena Rani in
which the students from
the various parts of the
State participated.
Supporters take out procession for Malhotra
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JAMMU, DeC 17: Flanked
by thousands of supporters
and party activists, Congress
candidate from Jammu east,
Mr Vikram Malhotra was
taken around various parts of
the old City, falling in the
constituency, here today.
The rally that began from
Panjthirthi went around various localities in the segment
and culminated at Mubarak
Mandi.The
mood
was
upbeat, among the youth and
the elderly alike, as Mr
Malhotra was taken around,
in the procession, on the second last day of the campaigning for the ensuing
Assembly polls, amidst beating of drums, enthusiastic
slogans in his favour and
bursting of crackers.While
addressing the rally, Vikram
Malhotra said that youth are
the only medium to bring
about any change in the society whether it is social or
political change and he
believes in strengthening of
the youth".Expressing satisfaction over the fact that his
agenda of development is
being seen positively by the
people, he said it is really a
matter of satisfaction that
people of this region also
have started realizing that
development takes a front
seat vis-à-vis other petty
issues. Malhotra added that,
it was by dint of development works carried out by
him, he has earned credibility and faith of the people
from not only his assembly
constituency but all the
regions and sub-regions of
the State.Vikram said that
this constituency (Jammu
east) was till date suffering
with poor or no development
at all as the elected represen-
tatives so far have done
nothing seriously for the
development here.
He further said that
Congress is known for its
commitment of equality
among all sections of the
society for which it will continue its fight whether it will
be in power or opposition.
He said that time has come
to teach the lesson to those
who have been trying to
divide society for their political gains though divisive
policies. It was the Congress
party which strengthens the
bonds of brotherhood and
secularism. He appealed the
people to caste their valuable
vote in his favour and give
him a chance to serve them.
Later, in the evening during
a series of his election campaigns in the Assembly segment, Malhotra went doorto-door in Jullaka Mohalla,
Mast Garh, Raghunath Pura,
Panjthithi, Peer Mitha and
other areas and made a fervor appeal to voters to vote
in his favour.