Srinagar, Jun 15: Over the dialogue expect-ed to be held between New Delhi and Kash-mir’s pro-freedom camp, Defense Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday that GOI is willing to work with anyone who wants to function under the framework of Indian Constitution.According to the KNS correspondent, Jait-ley while addressing newsmen at SKICC at the end of his two-day visit to the state maintained while answering a question whether New Delhi was in favour of hold-ing talks with the separatists-said that the government would talk with “anyone who respects the constitution and India’s sover-eignty”. Commenting over the revocation of the much hyped Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the state, the defense min-ister stated that the same will depend on the progress in the situation on ground in future.“As far as today the situation is concerned, our armed forces and local security forces have been handling the situation. Over the period of time, we have to watch how the situation progresses,” Jaitley stated while addressing the press conference.

“As far as your question is concerned, today I am not in a position to make any comment on this,” he said when asked whether New Delhi is revoking the AFSPA in the coming time.When asked about the recent statement of the BJP that it is ready to discuss Kash-mir’s special status, Jaitley stated that he is not here to discuss 370.Responding to the question over the

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Thimphu,June 15: Making Bhutan his first foreign destination, PM Narendra Modi vowed to nurture bilateral relations which he de-scribed as “B2B Bharat to Bhutan” as he held talks with the Bhutanese King and the Premier, discussing an entire gamut of ties.Embarking on a two-day trip to dis-play special and unique status for Bhutan in India’s foreign policy, Prime Minister Modi also inaugu-rated the Supreme Court complex built by India as part of the devel-opmental cooperation. “The primary focus of both the meetings was the extensive development coopera-tion between the two countries and mea-sures to enhance the economic ties,” of-ficial sources said on Sunday. Modi described the bilateral relations as “B2B relations. Bharat to Bhutan relations,” the sources said on his meet-ing with Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk and Prime Minis-ter Tshering Tobgay. Modi announced doubling of scholar-ships being provided to Bhutanese stu-dents in India which will now be worth Rs two crore. Prime Minister Modi also promised to assist Bhutan in setting up a digital li-brary which will provide access to Bhu-

tanese youth to two million books and periodicals. The fact that the Prime Minister chose Bhutan as his first foreign destination assumes significance since China has lately intensified efforts to woo it and es-tablish full- fledged diplomatic ties with Thimphu. Modi, accompanied by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, National Se-curity Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, was accorded a grand welcome as he arrived at the Paro airport and was received by Tobgay and several of his Cabinet colleagues. The Bhutanese government rolled out the red carpet as Modi was given a cere-monial guard of honour.

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US Lauds Afghanistan Polls, Looks Forward to Sign Bilat-

eral Security Agreement

Fruit growers appeal CM for intervention

Washington: The US lauded Afghan-istan people for braving threats of violence to vote in a presidential runoff, and said it was looking for-ward to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement with the new govern-ment there. The BSA, which was negotiated by the two countries last year, would determine the nature and presence of US troops in Afghanistan after the draw down of America-led military forces. “The United States will stand with the Afghan people now and in the fu-ture, and looks forward to

Srinagar, Jun 15 : In the middle of peak cherry season the Indian Air-port Authority while deciding to start renovation and upgradation of runway in the Srinagar Airport have restricted the transportation of cher-ry from Srinagar to its various sta-tion like, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Pune, Hyderabad, Bagalore, Goa, Chennai, Delhi this move of the Srinagar Air-port Authority have led the valley based cherry gorwers in great con-cern with the apprehension of heavy and unrecoverable losses, said New Kashmir Fruit Association The statement issued to KNS main-tained that infact all the varieties of cherry crop has produced this year altogether due to poor weather con-dition with cold waves and constant rainfalls during the months of April and May. On the other hand cherry

PM Modi vows to nurture ‘B2B’ ties on first foreign

Axe falls on 4 poor employees, transferred to far flung areas

Kashmir talks under Indian constitution purview: Jaitley

03 die, 20 injured in road accidents

Awareness tour flagged off

Srinagar, Jun 15 : Three persons died while twenty others were in-jured in different road accidents across the valley.The reports received by KNS informed that an Esteem car bearing registration number DL3CAU/0653 collided with a truck bearing registration num-ber JK01A/3594 at Chachkoot, in the jurisdiction of Police Station Awantipora, resulting in on spot death of Esteem driver Shabir Ahmad Khankashi son of Abdul Khaliq resident of Nigeen Bagh Srinagar and injuries to 04 pas-sengers boarded in Esteem. All the injured were shifted to SMHS Hospital, Srinagar for treat-ment, where Mohammad Ashraf Khankashi son of Ali Mohammad resident of Nigeen Srinagar suc-cumbed to his injuries.

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Srinagar, June 15: Army today flagged off a fifteen day Aware-ness tour to Agra and Delhi from Uri, Baramulla. With an aim to provide exposure to the under-privileged children hailing from remote area of Uri, Army today flagged of a fifteen day Aware-ness cum educational tour start-ing from 15 Jun 2014 to 30 Jun 2014. The tour comprise of 24 Students hailing from various remote villages of Uri. During the tour these Students will visit prominent Educational institutes and various tourist attractions in Agra and Delhi. Besides Senior Army offi-cer of Uri Brigade, parents of the students also participated in the flagged off ceremony and wished good luck to their wards.

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Srinagar, Jun 15: Arun Jaitley, Defence Min-ister, visited the forward posts on the Line of Control in Uri sector of North Kashmir today. He was accompanied by General Bikram Singh, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen DS Hooda, the Northern Army Commander, Lt Gen Gurmit Singh, the Chinar Corps Commander and oth-er senior officials of Army and Ministry of De-fence (MoD). The Defence Minister was briefed by the formation and unit commanders on the prevailing security situation along the Line of Control, the trends in infiltration of terrorists and the Counter Infiltration grid established by Army. He also interacted with the officers, JCOs and Jawans deployed on the Line of Con-trol and lauded their efforts and selfless

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Defence Minister visits forward areas in Uri Sector

Srinagar, Jun 15 : Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah and Defence Minis-ter, Arun Jaitley Sunday morning took stock of the prevailing security scenario in the State in a high level security review meeting here.The reports informed KNS that Army Commanders, Police and Security Forces Chiefs presented resume of the security situation and briefed the meeting about its various aspects.The meeting was attended by the Dep-uty Chief Minister, Tara Chand, Min-ister of State for Home, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo, Chief of Army Staff, Gener-al Bikram Singh, Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, Princi-pal Secretary Home, Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Chief Min-ister, B. B. Vyas, Director General, J&K Police, K. Rajendra, GOC-in-C Northern Command,

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Mecci Wins Footballer of The Year Award

Vitamin D Reduces Risk of Bone Fractures

PDP seeks Jaitley’s intervention in speeding up land compensation, rental issues

Death of pregnant woman at SDH Pattan

Srinagar, Jun 15 : Peoples Demo-cratic Party (PDP) today sought the intervention of the Union De-fence Minister to ensure speedy disposal of land compensation and rental cases pertaining to the assets under the use of Army in Kashmir.According to the statement is-sued to KNS, “There are hun-dreds of cases where the com-pensation/rentals for the land

under Army use have been set-tled but the money is not being disbursed among the people due to procedural delays,” senior PDP leader and Member Par-liament Tariq Hameed Karra said while addressing people in Ganderbal Assembly segment. He said the Union Defence Min-ister, Arun Jaitley should take a call on the matter and order speedy disbursement of the land compensation/rent as, for most

of the people this is the only source of income.Expressing dismay over the cur-tailment of flight timings at the Srinagar International Airport, Karra sought the intervention of the Defense Minister in the matter so that the tourist season doesn’t get affected due to the decision of the Indian Air Force (IAF). Karra said given the fact that June, July and August is the peak tourist season in Kash-mir, the IAF decision to begin runway renovation at this time seems to be an unwise move as it will jeopardize the tourist arriv-als to Kashmir which is already facing a brunt due to excessive air travel charges. Referring to the local issues of Gander-bal constituency, Karra said that several areas especially in Sherpathri belt are facing acute drinking water and irrigation water scarcity and the govern-ment must address the issue on priority.He said the locals complain that no water is being released from the power canal for the irriga-tion purposes severely hitting the agriculture activity in the area. Senior PDP leader Qazi Mo-hammad Afzal also addressed the public meetings. (KNS)

CM, Defence Minister discuss security situation

Social welfare employees san promotions

They don’t come under promotional quota: Dir

Army, Police and other top officials attend the meeting

Separatists say no to talks under the ambit of Indian Constitution

Srinagar, Jun 15: The helpers work-ing in the social welfare department Kashmir accused that the authori-ties have turned ‘blind eye’ towards their plight and that they have not been promoted instead of discharg-ing the duties in the department from the last 17 years.According to the reports received by KNS, the helpers who are working

in the social welfare depart-ment from the last two decades have alleged that the depart-ment is not taking necessary steps for their promotions and

that they continue to remain on their respective positions from the last two decades.The delegation of the employees told KNS that there are around 50-60 help-ers in the department who have not been promoted neither any DPC has been conducted so far for the same.Director Social Welfare Nissar

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Srinagar, Jun 15: After the probe was ordered into the death of the pregnant woman at sub district hospital Pattan, the CMO Baramu-lla has ‘ironically’ transferred four poor class-IV employees who even were not present at the time when the incident took place. The gov-ernment on Sunday assured action against the measure.After the transfer of two lady doctors in connection with May 28 incident

when a pregnant woman died in the sub district hospital Pattan, the authorities took action against the class- iv employees of the hospital, transferring them to far flung areas.According to the KNS correspon-dent, after a pregnant woman died, the state government ordered the probe on very same day making the deputy director health the head of the probe committee.The

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11 killed in Afghanistan blastKabul, June 15: Eleven people died after a roadside bomb ex-ploded in the northwestern Af-ghanistan province of Badghis, officials said Tuesday.Sediq Sediqi, an Afghan interior ministry spokesman, blamed the attack on the Taliban. Afghan-istan is in the midst of the Eid al-Adha holiday. It’s the third strike in recent days in which alleged Taliban insurgents have killed or injured innocent civil-ians, NATO’s International Se-curity Assistance Force said.“The Taliban once again killed many civilians including wom-en and children during holy Eid day. This is yet another extreme kind of crime and atrocity by the Taliban,” Sediqi said.The blast hit three police vehi-cles, killing two police officers and nine civilians from the same family, including six children, Sediqi said. The ISAF also said six children were killed, and said the other two civilians were women. Sediqi said the attack oc-curred Monday.Gen. John Allen, ISAF command-er, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack.“These explosives planted by insurgents again targeted civil-

ians, including children,” Allen said in a news release. “Their barbaric tactics have no place in society, and these enemies of peace will be held to account for killing and maiming the inno-cent children of this nation.”He said the repeated attacks by “alleged Taliban fighters are puzzling, particularly during one of the holiest celebrations of the year.”On Sunday, seven civilians were killed and 17 were wounded during a Taliban suicide attack at a mosque in the Jirqishlaq Hasan Tal area of Baghlan prov-ince, ISAF said.Another attack came on Monday in the vicinity of Pul-e Khumri in Baghlan. A suspected Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up and hurt six members of the Af-ghan security forces “after they identified and shot him,” ISAF said.Despite the string of strikes, Afghan and ISAF forces “have taken back key Taliban territory across Afghanistan in 2011 and are continuing to hold it, allow-ing security conditions to contin-ue to improve,” Allen said in the news release.“We have reliable information

showing that large numbers of Taliban and insurgent leaders are choosing to phone in their operational orders from Paki-stan, abandoning their own foot soldiers, who are left behind to conduct the fighting,” he said. “The leaders have fled, forced out by the overwhelming ability of Afghan and coalition forces. Per-haps these Eid holiday attacks on civilians are a sign of just how ineffective and unreliable their ‘absent leader strategy’ can be.”Allen encouraged insurgents fed up with violence “to seek out a local reintegration center, and their village and district elders, (and) to become a positive, con-tributing member of Afghani-stan’s future.”“Every single Taliban and in-surgent fighter should take a moment to reflect on just what is at stake, and whether the fight against peace is still worth it,” Allen said. “If they choose to ig-nore guidance set forth by lead-ers like Mullah Omar, and they lack leadership and direction from those who cynically com-mand them to their deaths from the safety of foreign lands, these may be signs that there is anoth-er path -- a path toward peace.”

School Mental Heath Programme

Awareness prog held at Girls Hr Sec. Kothi BaghSrinagar, Jun 15 : Drug De-addiction services of Jammu and Kashmir Police in its initiative to prevent drug abuse among school go-ing children, conducted 46th Mental Health Programme in Government Girls High-er Secondary School Kothi Bagh, Srinagar.More than 300 students’ alongwith the staff mem-bers participated in the pro-gramme. Group interaction with students of the school during which Drug abuse and stress management were deliberate upon in depth were also conducted.The reports received by KNS maintained that the teach-ing staff of the school highly acknowledged the initiative of Police Drug De-addiction centre and requested for further programmes and improving upon the facil-ities, so that they are Gen-der-friendly.A team of mental health professionals comprising of Haris Abrar Kashmiri (Psy-chiatric social

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Government of Jammu & Kashmir

OFFICE DF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER MECHANICAL HOSPITAL AND CENTRAL HEATING DIVISION

SRINAGARGIST of E-TenderFor and on behalf of the Governor, J&K State e-tenders are invited on item rate basis from Original Equipment. Manufactur-

ers or their authorized dealers, Registered Reputed firms and Govt, contractors for the below mentioned work:-

Name of Work Estimat-ed Cost (in Lacs)

Cost of Tender Document (In rupees)

Earnest Mon-ey (In rupees)

Time of Completion in days

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Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning 40 KVA DG set for District Court Complex Mo-minabad, Srinagar.

6.36 500 12700 20 Demand-ed

1. The NIT Consisting of qualifying information, eligibility criteria, specifications, Bill of quantities(B.O.Q), Set of terms and conditions of contract and other details can be seen/downloaded from theGovt, website www.jktenders.gov.in from 11-06-2014(15.00 hrs)2. The bidders shall deposit their bids in electronic format on the above web site from 12-06-2014 (10.00 hrs)to 07-07-2014 (14.00 hrs) in two covers.3. Hard copies of the Cover-1 including demand draft on account of cost of tender document & earnestmoney shall be submitted in the office of the Executive Engineer, MHCHD, Srinagar on or before07-07-2014 (16.00 hrs).4. Opening of Bids:- The Technical bjds uploaded on the Web Site up to due date and time will be opened on09-07-2014 (2 PM) in the Office of Executive Engineer, MHCHD, Srinagar. Sd/- Executive EngineerDIPK NO. 2087 MHCHD, Srinagar

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OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER REW KULGAM

Subject: Corrigendum to NIT No.26 dated: 04.06.2014.

Please read earnest money of Rs. 40000/- instead of Rs.43500/-"BEE Class instead of "DEE" class, 19 June 2014 up to 2:00PM instead of 17th June 2014 up to 2:00PM and 16.06.2014 to 17.06.2014 instead of 13.06.2014 to 14.06.2014.

Sd/- Executive EngineerDIPK No. 2015 REW, Kulgam

Executive Engineer Electric M&RE Division KulgamTENDER NOTICE (Abbreviated)

The Executive Engineer Electric M&RE Division' Kulgam for and on behalf of Governor 3&K State invites Sealed Tenders affixed with Rs.5/ revenue stamps from registered Class electrical Contractors Registered with CPWD/MES/J&KPDD or other competent authorities following Works:-

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Ex.Engineer ED Kulgam

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0.88 2% OF Estimated cost

50/'= 15 days Demanded

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1,71 2% OF Estimated cost

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0.93 2% OF Estimated cost

50/= 15days Demanded

4 Improvement of HT/LT network at village BANGHALL - DEVSAR under T&D 2014-15

1.47 2% OF Estimated cost

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1.32 2% OF’ Esti-mated cost

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The tender documents can be had from office of the undersigned from 20-06-2014 up to 25.06.2014 (4.00PM) against cash payment on production of original copies of enlistment card, Tax clearance of latest quarter and TIN registra-tion. The tenders should reach to the Executive Engineer Electric M&RE Division Kulgam by or before 27-06-2014 up to 2:00 Pm through registered post / by hand / speed post. In case of Holiday. Curfew or strike on 27-06-2014 last date for receiving of tenders shall be very next working day. Tender received after date due to postal or any other delay shall not be entertained. Any request for extension in last date of receipt of tender is likely to be rejected. Tenders shall be opened on 30/06/2014 or any other convenient day by Tender Opening Committee in presence of the bidders or their authorized representatives who wish to be present.

Executive Engineer Electric M&RE Division Kulgam J&K , Kashmir reserves the right reject any or all the ten-ders without assigning any reasons thereof. For further details please contact office of the under signed or call on 01931-260386 during office hours or visit our official website at www.jkpdd.gov.in

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Washington: The US lauded Af-ghanistan people for braving threats of violence to vote in a presidential runoff, and said it was looking forward to sign the Bilat-eral Security Agreement with the new government there. The BSA, which was negotiated by the two countries last year, would determine the nature and presence of US troops in Afghanistan after the draw down of America-led mil-itary forces. “The United States will stand with the Afghan people now and in the future, and looks forward to sign-ing the bilateral security agree-ment in the period ahead,” US Sec-retary of State John Kerry said. “Millions of Afghan men and wom-en once again went to the polls to-day to choose their next president, laying the groundwork for the first democratic transition in Afghani-stan’s history,” he said. Kerry said the brave Afghans de-

fied the threat of violence and voted because they want-ed to set the course for a more inclusive, prosperous, and sta-ble future. “I’ve been to Afghan-istan twice since be-coming Secretary of State and many times before that. Every time I do, I’m impressed by how much Afghans have sacrificed for their future,” he said. Pentagon said the election marks an-other milestone in Afghanistan’s progress toward democracy and a peaceful transfer of executive lead-ership. “It also highlights the growing competence and capability of Af-

ghan National Security Forces, who once again took the lead in making safe their fellow citizens’ access to the ballot box,” Penta-gon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said.

US Lauds Afghanistan Polls, Looks Forward to Sign Bilateral Security Agreement

Srinagar, Jun 15 (KNS): In the middle of peak cherry season the Indian Airport Authority while deciding to start renovation and upgradation of runway in the Sri-nagar Airport have restricted the transportation of cherry from Sri-nagar to its various station like, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Pune, Hyder-abad, Bagalore, Goa, Chennai, Delhi this move of the Srinagar Airport Authority have led the val-ley based cherry gorwers in great concern with the apprehension of heavy and unrecoverable losses, said New Kashmir Fruit Associa-tion The statement issued to KNS maintained that infact all the vari-eties of cherry crop has produced this year altogether due to poor weather condition with cold waves and constant rainfalls during the months of April and May. On the other hand cherry crop is consid-ered one of the most perishable item and therefore requires to be transported to its destination on war footing basis in view of the souring heat.In view of the shortest life of cher-

ry crop the process of tranporta-tion 15 tonnes of cherry by air is adopted during every year to avoid any losses to valley based grow-ers who are greatly concerned with the situation. Under these circumstances an eegeny meet-ing was held in the New Kashmir Fruit Assocition, New Fruit Com-plex, Parimpora, Srinagar under the chairmanship of its president Bashir Ahmad Basheer and in the said meeting it has been unani-mously expressed that if the cher-ry crop is not allowed to continue for its transportation by air to its

various destinations the poor cher-ry growers will face unbearable losses .“The Hon’ble Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sahib and Hon’ble Hor-ticulture Minister Jenab Raman Bhalla Sahib and Civil Aviation Authority are requrested kindly intervene in the matter and let the cherry crop be lifted in a routine process with top priority and trans-ported to various destinations by air without any hindrences so that Valley based cherry growers are saved from unbearable losses,” reads the statement. (KNS)

Fruit growers appeal CM for intervention

prevailing tension on LOC and the cease fire viola-tions, Jaitley stated, “For the situation to normalise I think it is extremely important that these kind of vi-olations which are taking place at the LoC must stop. That in itself is a confidence building measure before any country can proceed further.”“Talks and aggression can’t go together. For the sit-uation to normalise, it is important for the ceasefire violations to stop,” he said, adding that he “came here to review security, I am quite optimistic about the situation here”, he stated after visiting the LOC on Sunday.“I wish that peace prevails here... I am going back with the sense of reasonable satisfaction,” said Jait-ley while concluding the press conference.Meanwhile,responding to the statement of Defence Minister Arun Jaitley that the government would talk with “anyone who respects the constitution and India’s sovereignty”, Kashmir’s pro-freedom camp Sunday cautioned that Kashmir can never be re-solved under the framework of Indian constitution.“Our stand vis-à-vis Kashmir resolution is clear. We want Kashmir to be settled after the talks with all the stakeholders of the dispute are held. As far as the res-olution of Kashmir is concerned, it cannot be solved under the Indian constitution. Kashmir can either be solved through UN resolutions or through the tri-par-tite talks between the stakeholders of the dispute,” chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq told KNS.Over the revocation of AFSPA, Mirwaiz stated that the act has been kept in Kashmir for the ‘psychologi-cal suppression’ of the people here. “There is no logic that supports presence of lakhs of troops and AFSPA here. It is being deliberately kept to create terror in people’s mind.” Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik while slamming the statement of defense minister stated that the people of Kashmir are fighting for their right and that the res-olution of Kashmir can never be under the purview of the Indian constitution. “The people here are not beggars. We are fighting for our birth right and will continue to do so. Indian constitution umbrella can never resolve Kashmir,” Malik told KNS over phone. Hurriyat Conference (JK) senior leader Shabir Ah-mad Shah while slamming the statement of Arun Jaitley told KNS that the struggle for the right of self determination shall continue and that such state-ments shall not hinder upon the resolve of the people of Kashmir. “We will continue to fight. This nation shall not get tired. We will continue to fight on politi-cal ground sans any compromise in the same vigor as was done by India against Britain.” He also maintained that the policies of Congress and BJP vis-à-vis Kashmir resolution are same and that the duo is the two sides the same coin. Hurriyat Conference (G) chief spokesman Ayaz Ak-bar stated that Kashmir is an internationally accept-ed dispute with the world community understanding its seriousness. “Kashmir can only be resolved with-out the constitution of India. We have fight over very such bases. How is this possible that talks under such purview shall be held?,” Ayaz told Kashmir News Service. (KNS)

Lt. General, D. S. Hooda, GOC IX Corps, Praveen Bak-shi, GOC XIV, Lt. General, Rakesh Sharma, GOC, XV Corps, Lt. General Gurmit Singh, GOC XVI Corps, Lt. General, K. H. Singh, Additional Director General, Military (Ops) and GOC (Designate) 15 Corps, S. Saha, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Shant Manu, Di-visional Commissioner, Kashmir, Shalinder Kumar, IGP CID, J&K, Dr. Srinivas, IGP Kashmir, Abdul Gani Mir, IGP Jammu, Rajesh Kumar, Joint Director IB, Srinagar, Arvind Kumar, Commissioner SB, Jam-mu, Abhijet Haldar, IG BSF, Kashmir, P. S. Sandu, IG BSF, Jammu, S. S. Tomar, IG CRPF (Ops), Kash-mir, Nalin Prabhat, IG CRPF (Admn), Srinagar, P. K. Singh, IG CRPF, Jammu, Kuldeep Dhar, DD IB, Jam-mu, Praveen Kumar and DIG SSB, Chanchal Shek-har. (KNS)

duty towards the Nation. He assured them that the Nation stood behind them in all their exemplary ser-vices and he would ensure that all aspirations of the Army were addressed. On return to Srinagar the Defence Minister attended the Special Security Review meeting held at Sher-I- Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC), attended by the Chief Minister, the Chief of Army Staff, the Northern Army Commander, the Chinar Corps Commander and other officials of state and civil administration. Security related issues were discussed during the meeting which included the briefings of various members of the Apex Security mechanism. Later in the day, the Defence Minister left for Delhi.

Ahmad Wani when contacted told KNS that the employ-ees who are not being promoted in the department do not come under the Promotional qouto slot and that the posts that were given to them in the past actually were ought to be referred to SSB. “The posts that are under the promotional quota category do get their share. Still I have directed the officials for the further details and in the near future a concrete step in this regard is ex-pected,” said Wani. (KNS)

investigations during the probe named eight officials who were on duty on the day when the incident took place. The names of the officials maintained two doc-tors and six paramedics.The CMO Baramulla issued the order bearing num-ber 1587-94m dated 12-06-2014, four class IV employees were transferred.The reports maintained that CMO Baramula Dr Ash-iq Ahmad didn’t even consulted or intimated the block medical officer Dr Masarat Iqbal while order-ing the transfer of the class IV employees.The order issued against the poor employees reads, “Director health services Kashmir vide his letter no EST-5/NG/331/1185, DATED 02-06-2014 desired the shifting of the staff found negligent towards their legitimate duties. Now therefore, in view of the recommendations made by the enquiry commit-tee and desired by the director health services Kashmir the transfer/ posting of the following officials is hereby ordered with immediate effect. Hilal Ahmad Najaar, Abdual Rahman Mushtaq Ahmad, Mohammad Maqbool.”

worker), Zahid Jeelani Wani (counselling Psycholo-gist) and Fidah Hussain Mir (Yoga Therapist) edu-cated the female folk about the harmful effects of drug abuse, stress and preventive measures that need to be taken. The experts highlighted the alarming scenar-io of drug abuse across the state by quoting different studies conducted on the subject.The experts also impressed upon the youth to join hands with the Police Drug De-addiction centre in order to make the society drug free. The experts also briefed upon stress and its management related to which various questions were raised by the students and answered satisfactorily by the team.It is pertinent to mention that Police Drug De-addic-tion centre has led to a De-addiction movement in Kashmir and now its focus has shifted to prevention of young population and vocational rehabilitation, besides treatment and counselling at DDC. (KNS)

HRD to launch interface to resolve woes in education

sector: Smriti IraniPune: Resolving to work to link the country's gradu-ates with employment, Union HRD minister Smriti Irani today said her ministry would soon open an online and personal interface programme com-prising academicians to tackle problems faced by premier institutions and students' bodies. Speaking at a students' gathering at Symbiosis Insti-tute at Lavale, near here, Irani said, "This (interface programme of the Human Resources Development ministry) will not comprise bureaucrats or politi-cians, but academicians and some of the best institu-tions." Stating that academic growth will be assisted by enhanced funding, Irani said, "They (experts) can tell us how we can de-regulate problems faced by some of the premier institutions of our country and how our students' bodies can work more effectively with an improved contribution of alumni."Underscoring the problem of unemployment, she said that only half of the three million graduates who pass out annually are found employable, adding that her ministry is committed to make a difference by increasing employment opportunities.

The Prime Minister drove down from Paro to Thim-phu, a distance of about 50 km, traversing through the picturesque mountainous ranges. Common people, in-cluding children, in colorful attire lined up most of the road between Paro and Thimphu, waving Indian and Bhutanese flags. Big hoardings carrying Modi’s photo-graphs also could be seen en route. Modi’s meeting with the Bhutanese King lasted for nearly an hour and then he held talks with Tobgay. Modi expressed satisfac-tion at India being considered as a privileged partner of Bhutan and underlined that his government “would not only nurture these strong bonds but would also strengthen them.” Prime Minister Modi emphasised on the possibilities of greater educational contacts and suggested doubling of scholarships being provided to Bhutanese students in India. Modi thanked the Bhuta-nese leadership for the warm welcome that had been ar-ranged for him, saying this reflected the warmth in the bilateral relations. “He applauded the personal efforts made in ensuring the success of his first visit outside India,” the sources said. During his meeting with the Bhutanese King, Prime Minister Modi invited him and his wife Jetsun Pema to visit India. Sources described the meeting between the two as very good.

After completing all medico-legal formalities, both the bodies were handed over to their relatives for last rites. Police has registered a case in this regard.In another accident, a Swift car bearing registra-tion number JK01Q/1197 hit a Tavera bearing reg-istration number JK03B/9204 on National Highway at Halmullah, in the jurisdiction of Police Station Bijbehara resulting in on spot death of Swift driver Mukhtar Ahmed Sheikh son of Abdul Gani resident of Rawalpora Srinagar and injuries to 07 passen-gers. All the injured were shifted to SKIMS Soura for treatment. Police has registered a case in this regard.Meanwhile, a Sumo bearing registration number JK03D-1898 driven by Mohammad Yaqoob Magray son of Mohammad Kamal resident of Lalan Mirba-zar, Anantnag hit a Motorcycle bearing registration number JK01G -7720 at village Danwatpora, in the jurisdiction of Police Station Kokernag.