C M Y K C M Y K C M Y K TUESDAY 29 July | 2014 | 01 Shawal, 1435 AH | PAGES 12 | VOL NO: 4 | ISSUE NO: 209 | RS: 2/- (AIR SURCHARGE FOR JAMMU /DELHI/LEH 50 Paisa) Pen For Justice Largely Circulated, No. 1 Bilingual Daily of J&K http://www.zabarwantimes.com WEATHER TEMPERATURE MAXIMUM MINIMUM SUNSET ON(SUNDAY) SUNRISE ON (MONDAY) 05:42 AM 07:36 PM 20.7 0 C 33.0 0 C FORECAST FOR NEXT 24 HRS: FORECAST OF SRINAGAR: Light Rain would occur at a few places over the state. Edit Page See More On Pg 09 >>>>> PG 10 >>>>> PG 10 >>>>> PG 10 Of late, it has been observed that spu- rious and sub-standard pesticides, fertilizers are not only destroying major crops, but are proving fatal to the farming community which is getting disgusted and disillusioned with every passing day. Those chem- icals fertilizers and pesticides which were earlier used to protect yield are proving disastrous because they are mostly spurious and sub-standard. This situation is resulting in frustra- tion amongst cultivators who even can not get their bread and butter out of whole year’s toil. India lives in vil- lages and Spurious fertilizers, pesticides destroying fruit-industry Sonia Gandhi holds Iftar, shares table with sharad Yadav and Lalu Even Gaza Truce Is Hard to Win,Kerry Is Finding Bugging Devices in Nitin Gadkari’s Home’: Former PM Calls For a Probe Possibility of thunderstorm inthe afternoon. Maximum & Minimum temperatures will be around 30°C & 23°C respectively. Child dies, 04 injured in road mishaps Srinagar, July 28: One year old child died in Leh while four oth- er persons were injured in dif- ferent road accidents across the valley. A Tipper bearing regis- tration number JK10/8668 hit a one year old child Nurbu Gailson son of Chospail Tashi resident of Chamday at Thiksay Leh, result- ing in his on spot death. The body of deceased was handed over to his relatives for last rites. Leh police has registered a case in this regard. Meanwhile, a Tavera vehicle bearing regis- tration number JK02AE/7020 turned turtle at Nepora NHW, in the jurisdiction of police post Mir Bazar, Kulgam re- sulting in injuries to two pas- sengers Shiban Jain resident of Kota Rajasthan and Syed M. Akram resident of Saharanpur UP. The injured was shifted to Hospital for treatment. Kulgam police has registered a case in this regard. In another accident, a Mo- tor Cycle bearing registration No. JK03A-3775 turned turtle at Pari- gam in the jurisdiction of police post Behibagh, Kulgam, resulting in serious injuries to motorcyclist Khursheed Ahmad Dar resident of Parigam. C M Y K Policeman kills sister duo, self in Rajouri Jammu, July 28: A Jammu and Kashmir policeman killed a sister duo and before shooting himself in Rajouri district, officials said here on Monday. Officials told GNS that Constable Sanjay Singh (935) who is posted at Police Station Kalokote in the district killed Urmila Kumari, 27, wife of another policeman Cha- man Lal, who is posted at District Police Lines Rajouri and Urmila’s sister, Neelum Kumari, daughter of Punjab Singh. “The policeman shot them in the house of Chaman Lal with his ser- vice rifle. After shooting them, the assailant also shot himself and died,” officials said. Sources told GNS that the slain po- liceman was in relationship with both Urmila and Neelum. “The in- cident has love angle,” they said. Meanwhile, soon after the inci- dent, the locals staged a protest and alleged that Station House Of- ficer Vikram Parihar was also in a relation with the duo and demand- ed inquiry. “The SHO also used to go into their house,” they alleged. The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri Mubashir Lateefi, Sub-Divisional Police Of- ficer (SDPO) Nowshera and other civil administration See Rajouri On PG 11.. Valley all set to celebrate Eid with fervor, gaiety Srinagar, July 27 : Eid-ul Fitr will be cele- brated across Kashmir with thousands of devotees expected to flock the mosques, shrines and prayer grounds in the Valley to offer the special prayers on Tuesday. The fasting month came to an end on Mon- day with the sighting of the crescent moon as Muslims follow the lunar calendar. The biggest gathering of the devotees will be witnessed at Hazratbal Shrine with around 60,000 people expected to offer congregation- al prayers while as Eidgah ground in old city is set to record an attendance of 35,000 devo- tees. Chairman Huriyat Conference (M) Mir- waiz Umar Farooq is likely to address people ahead of the prayers of Eid scheduled to be held at Eid Gah at 10.15 in the morning. Tour- ist Reception Centre ground near Lal Chowk is also being prepared to host the prayers of thousands of Muslims. The reports main- tained that 25,000 people last year offered prayers at the venue while as over 10,000 Muslims will offer prayers at Syed Yaqoob Shah Shrine at Sonawar. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and NC pa- tron and President Dr Farooq Abdullah are likely to offer Eid Prayers at the Hazratbal shrine, sources said. Large gathering will also be witnessed at Jenab Sahib Soura, Makhdoom Sahib, Iqra Masjid and Jamia Masjid Barzulla. Officials stated that the administration is on the tenterhooks to provide all necessary arrangements for the devotees who would in large numbers offer congregational Eid prayers at various places of valley. The state transport has also been kept ready to ferry people from the respective places. The state authorities have also geared up to prevent any disruption in law and order in view of the recent protests held at various places in valley against the Israeli aggres- sion in Gaza. Meanwhile, reports of prepa- rations for the Eid celebration and arrange- ment of congregational prayers are also being received from all major towns and district headquarters of the Valley. (KNS) Felicitates people, prays for peace, prosperity Srinagar, July 28 : Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has felicitated people on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr wishing them well being and prosperity. In his Eid message issued here today, the Chief Minister has reminded the people of the es- sence of Eid adding that this Day demands us remember the poor and needy, and share the happiness with them. Omar Abdullah said that the spirit behind the observance of Eid- ul-Fitr is to express our thanks to Almighty Allah for giving us the courage to observe fast in the month of Ramadhan and rededicate ourselves to the truthfulness, sincerity, self control, patience and human dignity showing complete obe- dience to Allah. “Eid also em- beds the message of taking care of the needy and making them part of the happiness by extend- ing economic support to them”, he said and expressed the hope that the Eid would bring peace, prosperity and well-being to the State and the people all over the world. (KNS) Huge congregations expected at Eidgah, Hazaratbal Security beefed to maintain law and order Eid embeds message of help to poor: Omar Rajendra takes stock of Eid arrangements Srinagar, July 28 (KNS): The Director General of Police (DGP), Mr. K. Ra- jendra Kumar has asked the police officers to ensure peaceful Eid con- gregations at all the places across the State. He has also stressed for coordination among the different agencies to ensure peaceful cele- brations. Rajendra was interacting with all District Superintendents of Police, range Deputy Inspectors General of Police during Video Con- ference from Police Headquarters (PHQ) here this after-noon. The Conference was held to take stock of the arrangements made on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. During two hour long video conference, the officers briefed the DGP about the arrangements made on the auspicious occasion in their respective jurisdictions. The DGP was apprised that all prepara- tions have been made with regard to deployment of personnel, coor- dination among various agencies and communication net-work to ensure peaceful Eid congregations and other functions across the State. He asked to hold joint meetings of senior citizens of the areas to seek peoples’ cooperation for maintaining law and order. While seeking the re- ports about the arrangements from the concerned, the DGP asked the officers to make elaborate arrange- ments for peaceful Eid celebrations at all the places especially the places where Eid prayers are being held. He asked to keep vigil on the activities of anti-social elements in their areas so that their ill designs are curbed. Expressing his satisfaction over the arrangements See Rajendra On PG 11.. From footwear to bakery, shops overcrowded with customers Srinagar, July 27: Markets of the Srinagar city are witnessing a heavy rush of shoppers with peo- ple laying their hands virtually on everything catching their eye as the state employees received their salaries on Monday. The rush of people triggered frequent traffic jams at various places especially across the Dal- gate-Batmaloo road where most of the people happily emptied their pockets to buy their favourite items. Buying bakery, clothes, footwear, gift items, greeting cards, shoes etc, shoppers have literally been swarming the markets during the past two days. Haphazard queues of people could be seen outside the bakery shops, readymade gar- ment showrooms and footwear stores waiting for their turn to buy. Imparting a colourful touch to the shopping frenzy, children ac- companied by their parents were seen engrossed in choosing their favourite toys, colourful dresses and footwear. Shopkeepers were a happy lot, as it spelt booming business for them.The markets receive good customer response as people from all over the valley See Rush On PG 11.. Srinagar, July 27 : A Brit- ish member Parliament said he ‘secured’ debate on rights issues in Kash- mir in the House of Com- mons. David Ward, representing Bradford East in British Parliament, had applied to the Backbench Busi- ness Committee, support- ed by other MPs, for a de- bate on the political and humanitarian situation in the region, Bradford Telegraph reported. “His actions were in re- sponse to a national pe- tition supported by thou- sands of people and the motion stated: That this house believes that the ongoing Kashmir dispute is a threat to regional and global peace; further that the dispute is causing in- security, instability and human rights violations; and further that the State of Jammu and Kashmir should be given the right to self-determination,” the news outlet reported on Sunday, July 27. But as of now, no date has yet been set for the de- bate. Reports said it may take place in the autumn. Bradford East lawmaker said: “The issue of Kash- mir, its right to self-deter- mination and concerns with human rights in the country has not been debated for some time in the House of Commons, and with the change of Government in India, it seemed that now See British On PG 11.. Srinagar, July 28, CNS: Supporters of Peoples Democratic Party from Naidkhai area in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district Monday demand- ed stern action against the National Conference leader Muhammad Ak- bar Lone who according to them persuaded some cops from local police to implicate a well-known trader of the area in a false case as the trader de- spite being the relative of Lone recently joined Peo- ple’s Democratic Party. “At 10 police, SOG team and Army person- nel raided our Shopping Complex citing the pres- ence of militants in the complex. Army personnel didn’t move and their si- lence during the raid con- fused us. I accompanied the SOG party but they abused me asking me to stay away,” the grandson of the trader Ghulam Mu- hammad Bhat told CNS adding that Army kept themselves aloof from the operation. Vice President for Dis- trict Bandipora Reyaz Ahmed Bhat and the rel- ative of the owner of the shopping complex told CNS that soon after the raid, they cast suspicion on the behaviour and conduct of the police and SOG party. “Never till date, our complex has been searched before. As the government forces left, we searched See Police On PG 11.. Says it has now emerged as a respect- able voice from J&K Srinagar, July 28: Expressing satisfac- tion at the steady growth of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as a platform for change in Jammu & Kashmir, the party patron, Mufti Mohammad Say- eed, Monday, said the credit goes to the disciplined, dedicated and ideologically motivated cadre of the party and people living in all regions of the state. In a foundation day message, the par- ty patron, who founded PDP on July 28, 1999, along with some of his senior colleagues and the party president, Me- hbooba Mufti, said the party has now emerged as a respectable voice from the state that channelizes the aspirations of the people across regions, religions and communities— representing the beauti- ful mosaic of the diversity of J&K. The party decided not to hold its founda- tion day celebrations in view of the hap- py coincidence of it falling in the festival season. Felicitating the party cadres on the foun- dation day, Mufti said the people of the state look up to the youngest party—the PDP—with hope and expectations of fill- ing up a representation gap that had al- most been institutionalized in the state as a result of the monopoly of a single party. He said the agenda of the PDP could to a large extent respond to the complex problems of the state, faced as it is with decades long political uncer- tainty, development deficit, unfulfilled aspirations, mounting unemployment, corruption, nepotism and favoritism. Mufti said while the performance of the party in the recent Lok Sabha elections represents a watershed See Mufti On PG 11.. Srinagar, July 28: A wom- an from Pakistan Occu- pied Kashmir (PoK), who had arrived in Kashmir on Monday last, to cele- brate Eid, died at Bagat area of this capital city, where she was staying with her daughter and son-in-law Bilqees Begum, 76, wife of Late Baba Ghulam Ra- sool Bhat of Naya Moha- lla, Muzaffarabad, PoK had arrived in Valley on July 21via cross-Loc bus service in the border town of Uri, officials told GNS Monday. She was accompanied by her son Altaf Hussain, his wife Atiqa and their children. Bilqees was staying with her son-in-law Moham- mad Yasin Parray at Bag- at, Rawatpora after her arrival from PaK. Hours before her See PoK On PG 11.. Gaza, July 28: The UN Security Council has called for an "imme- diate and unconditional human- itarian ceasefire" between Israel and Palestine, asking the parties to implement the truce beyond the Muslim holiday of Eid and allow delivery of urgently needed assistance in Gaza as the raging conflict has killed over 1,000 peo- ple. The 15-nation Security Council held an emergency meeting late Sunday night to adopt the presi- dential statement that expressed support for "an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire, allowing for the deliv- ery of urgently needed assistance" in Gaza. The statement, drafted by Jordan, "urged all parties to accept and fully implement the humanitar- ian ceasefire into the Eid period and beyond" and "calls on parties to engage in efforts to achieve a durable and fully respected cease- fire, based on the Egyptian initia- tive". It said that a humanitarian cease- fire would allow for the delivery of urgently needed assistance in Gaza. The statement calls for "full re- spect" for international human- itarian law and reiterates "the need to take appropriate steps to ensure the safety and well-being of civilians and their protection". The Council expressed "grave concern regarding the deteriora- tion in the situation as a result of the crisis related to Gaza and the loss of civilian lives and casual- ties." It "emphasises that civilian and humanitarian facilities, includ- ing those of the UN must be re- spected and protected". Earlier, welcoming the broadly observed 12-hour humanitarian pause in the Gaza conflict, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had renewed his appeal to all par- ties to declare a See UNSC On PG 11.. As employees get wages, markets witness rush “British MP ‘secures’ Kashmir human rights debate” Police harassing PDP supporters on behest of Lone PDP Foundation Day Mufti credits party cadres, people for PDP’s growth UNSC calls for immediate, unconditional ceasefire in Gaza PoK woman dies in Srinagar
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Of late, it has been observed that spu-rious and sub-standard pesticides, fertilizers are not only destroying major crops, but are proving fatal to the farming community which is getting disgusted and disillusioned with every passing day. Those chem-icals fertilizers and pesticides which were earlier used to protect yield are proving disastrous because they are mostly spurious and sub-standard. This situation is resulting in frustra-tion amongst cultivators who even can not get their bread and butter out of whole year’s toil. India lives in vil-lages and
Spurious fertilizers, pesticides destroying
fruit-industry
Sonia Gandhi holds Iftar, shares table with sharad Yadav and Lalu
Even Gaza Truce Is Hard to Win,Kerry Is FindingBugging Devices in Nitin Gadkari’s Home’: Former PM Calls For a Probe
Possibility of thunderstorm inthe afternoon. Maximum & Minimum temperatures will be around 30°C & 23°C respectively.
Child dies, 04 injured in road mishaps
Srinagar, July 28: One year old child died in Leh while four oth-er persons were injured in dif-ferent road accidents across the valley. A Tipper bearing regis-tration number JK10/8668 hit a one year old child Nurbu Gailson son of Chospail Tashi resident of Chamday at Thiksay Leh, result-ing in his on spot death. The body of deceased was handed over to his relatives for last rites. Leh police has registered a case in this regard. Meanwhile, a Tavera vehicle bearing regis-tration number JK02AE/7020 turned turtle at Nepora NHW, in the jurisdiction of police post Mir Bazar, Kulgam re-sulting in injuries to two pas-sengers Shiban Jain resident of Kota Rajasthan and Syed M. Akram resident of Saharanpur UP. The injured was shifted to Hospital for treatment. Kulgam police has registered a case in this regard. In another accident, a Mo-tor Cycle bearing registration No. JK03A-3775 turned turtle at Pari-gam in the jurisdiction of police post Behibagh, Kulgam, resulting in serious injuries to motorcyclist Khursheed Ahmad Dar resident of Parigam.
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Policeman kills sister duo, self
in RajouriJammu, July 28: A Jammu and Kashmir policeman killed a sister duo and before shooting himself in Rajouri district, officials said here on Monday.Officials told GNS that Constable Sanjay Singh (935) who is posted at Police Station Kalokote in the district killed Urmila Kumari, 27, wife of another policeman Cha-man Lal, who is posted at District Police Lines Rajouri and Urmila’s sister, Neelum Kumari, daughter of Punjab Singh.“The policeman shot them in the house of Chaman Lal with his ser-vice rifle. After shooting them, the assailant also shot himself and died,” officials said. Sources told GNS that the slain po-liceman was in relationship with both Urmila and Neelum. “The in-cident has love angle,” they said.Meanwhile, soon after the inci-dent, the locals staged a protest and alleged that Station House Of-ficer Vikram Parihar was also in a relation with the duo and demand-ed inquiry. “The SHO also used to go into their house,” they alleged.The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri Mubashir Lateefi, Sub-Divisional Police Of-ficer (SDPO) Nowshera and other civil administration
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Valley all set to celebrate Eid with fervor, gaiety
Srinagar, July 27 : Eid-ul Fitr will be cele-brated across Kashmir with thousands of devotees expected to flock the mosques, shrines and prayer grounds in the Valley to offer the special prayers on Tuesday.The fasting month came to an end on Mon-day with the sighting of the crescent moon as Muslims follow the lunar calendar. The biggest gathering of the devotees will be witnessed at Hazratbal Shrine with around 60,000 people expected to offer congregation-al prayers while as Eidgah ground in old city is set to record an attendance of 35,000 devo-tees. Chairman Huriyat Conference (M) Mir-waiz Umar Farooq is likely to address people ahead of the prayers of Eid scheduled to be held at Eid Gah at 10.15 in the morning. Tour-ist Reception Centre ground near Lal Chowk is also being prepared to host the prayers of thousands of Muslims. The reports main-tained that 25,000 people last year offered prayers at the venue while as over 10,000 Muslims will offer prayers at Syed Yaqoob Shah Shrine at Sonawar.Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and NC pa-tron and President Dr Farooq Abdullah are likely to offer Eid Prayers at the Hazratbal shrine, sources said. Large gathering will also be witnessed at Jenab Sahib Soura, Makhdoom Sahib, Iqra Masjid and Jamia Masjid Barzulla.Officials stated that the administration is on the tenterhooks to provide all necessary arrangements for the devotees who would in large numbers offer congregational Eid prayers at various places of valley. The state transport has also been kept ready to ferry people from the respective places. The state authorities have also geared up to prevent any disruption in law and order in view of the recent protests held at various places in valley against the Israeli aggres-sion in Gaza. Meanwhile, reports of prepa-rations for the Eid celebration and arrange-ment of congregational prayers are also being received from all major towns and district headquarters of the Valley. (KNS)
Felicitates people, prays for peace,
prosperitySrinagar, July 28 : Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has felicitated people on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr wishing them well being and prosperity. In his Eid message issued here
today, the Chief Minister has reminded the people of the es-sence of Eid adding that this Day demands us remember the poor and needy, and share the happiness with them. Omar Abdullah said that the spirit behind the observance of Eid-ul-Fitr is to express our thanks to Almighty Allah for giving us the courage to observe fast in the month of Ramadhan and rededicate ourselves to
the truthfulness, sincerity, self control, patience and human dignity showing complete obe-dience to Allah. “Eid also em-beds the message of taking care of the needy and making them part of the happiness by extend-ing economic support to them”, he said and expressed the hope that the Eid would bring peace, prosperity and well-being to the State and the people all over the world. (KNS)
Huge congregations expected at Eidgah, HazaratbalSecurity beefed to maintain law and order
Eid embeds message of help to poor: Omar
Rajendra takes stock of Eid
arrangementsSrinagar, July 28 (KNS): The Director General of Police (DGP), Mr. K. Ra-jendra Kumar has asked the police officers to ensure peaceful Eid con-gregations at all the places across the State. He has also stressed for coordination among the different agencies to ensure peaceful cele-brations. Rajendra was interacting with all District Superintendents of Police, range Deputy Inspectors General of Police during Video Con-ference from Police Headquarters (PHQ) here this after-noon. The Conference was held to take stock of the arrangements made on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. During two hour long video conference, the officers briefed the DGP about the arrangements made on the auspicious occasion in their respective jurisdictions. The DGP was apprised that all prepara-tions have been made with regard to deployment of personnel, coor-dination among various agencies and communication net-work to ensure peaceful Eid congregations and other functions across the State. He asked to hold joint meetings of senior citizens of the areas to seek peoples’ cooperation for maintaining law and order. While seeking the re-ports about the arrangements from the concerned, the DGP asked the officers to make elaborate arrange-ments for peaceful Eid celebrations at all the places especially the places where Eid prayers are being held. He asked to keep vigil on the activities of anti-social elements in their areas so that their ill designs are curbed. Expressing his satisfaction over the arrangements
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From footwear to bakery, shops
overcrowded with customers
Srinagar, July 27: Markets of the Srinagar city are witnessing a heavy rush of shoppers with peo-ple laying their hands virtually on everything catching their eye as the state employees received their salaries on Monday. The rush of people triggered frequent traffic jams at various places especially across the Dal-gate-Batmaloo road where most of the people happily emptied their pockets to buy their favourite
items. Buying bakery, clothes, footwear, gift items, greeting cards, shoes etc, shoppers have literally been swarming the markets during the past two days. Haphazard queues of people could be seen outside the bakery shops, readymade gar-ment showrooms and footwear stores waiting for their turn to buy. Imparting a colourful touch to the shopping frenzy, children ac-companied by their parents were seen engrossed in choosing their favourite toys, colourful dresses and footwear. Shopkeepers were a happy lot, as it spelt booming business for them.The markets receive good customer response as people from all over the valley
See Rush On PG 11..
Srinagar, July 27 : A Brit-ish member Parliament said he ‘secured’ debate on rights issues in Kash-mir in the House of Com-mons.David Ward, representing Bradford East in British Parliament, had applied to the Backbench Busi-ness Committee, support-ed by other MPs, for a de-bate on the political and humanitarian situation in the region, Bradford Telegraph reported.“His actions were in re-sponse to a national pe-tition supported by thou-sands of people and the motion stated: That this house believes that the ongoing Kashmir dispute is a threat to regional and global peace; further that
the dispute is causing in-security, instability and human rights violations; and further that the State of Jammu and Kashmir should be given the right to self-determination,” the news outlet reported on Sunday, July 27.But as of now, no date has yet been set for the de-bate. Reports said it may take place in the autumn.Bradford East lawmaker said: “The issue of Kash-mir, its right to self-deter-mination and concerns with human rights in the country has not been debated for some time in the House of Commons, and with the change of Government in India, it seemed that now
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Srinagar, July 28, CNS: Supporters of Peoples Democratic Party from Naidkhai area in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district Monday demand-ed stern action against the National Conference leader Muhammad Ak-bar Lone who according to them persuaded some cops from local police to implicate a well-known trader of the area in a false case as the trader de-spite being the relative of Lone recently joined Peo-ple’s Democratic Party. “At 10 police, SOG team and Army person-nel raided our Shopping Complex citing the pres-ence of militants in the complex. Army personnel didn’t move and their si-
lence during the raid con-fused us. I accompanied the SOG party but they abused me asking me to stay away,” the grandson of the trader Ghulam Mu-hammad Bhat told CNS adding that Army kept themselves aloof from the operation. Vice President for Dis-trict Bandipora Reyaz Ahmed Bhat and the rel-ative of the owner of the shopping complex told CNS that soon after the raid, they cast suspicion on the behaviour and conduct of the police and SOG party. “Never till date, our complex has been searched before. As the government forces left, we searched
See Police On PG 11..
Says it has now emerged as a respect-
able voice from J&K Srinagar, July 28: Expressing satisfac-tion at the steady growth of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as a platform for change in Jammu & Kashmir, the party patron, Mufti Mohammad Say-eed, Monday, said the credit goes to the disciplined, dedicated and ideologically motivated cadre of the party and people living in all regions of the state.In a foundation day message, the par-ty patron, who founded PDP on July 28, 1999, along with some of his senior colleagues and the party president, Me-hbooba Mufti, said the party has now emerged as a respectable voice from the state that channelizes the aspirations of the people across regions, religions and communities— representing the beauti-
ful mosaic of the diversity of J&K.The party decided not to hold its founda-tion day celebrations in view of the hap-py coincidence of it falling in the festival season.Felicitating the party cadres on the foun-dation day, Mufti said the people of the state look up to the youngest party—the PDP—with hope and expectations of fill-ing up a representation gap that had al-most been institutionalized in the state as a result of the monopoly of a single party. He said the agenda of the PDP could to a large extent respond to the complex problems of the state, faced as it is with decades long political uncer-tainty, development deficit, unfulfilled aspirations, mounting unemployment, corruption, nepotism and favoritism. Mufti said while the performance of the party in the recent Lok Sabha elections represents a watershed
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Srinagar, July 28: A wom-an from Pakistan Occu-pied Kashmir (PoK), who had arrived in Kashmir on Monday last, to cele-brate Eid, died at Bagat area of this capital city, where she was staying with her daughter and son-in-lawBilqees Begum, 76, wife of Late Baba Ghulam Ra-sool Bhat of Naya Moha-lla, Muzaffarabad, PoK had arrived in Valley on July 21via cross-Loc bus service in the border town of Uri, officials told GNS Monday. She was accompanied by her son Altaf Hussain, his wife Atiqa and their children. Bilqees was staying with her son-in-law Moham-mad Yasin Parray at Bag-at, Rawatpora after her arrival from PaK. Hours before her
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Gaza, July 28: The UN Security Council has called for an "imme-diate and unconditional human-itarian ceasefire" between Israel and Palestine, asking the parties to implement the truce beyond the Muslim holiday of Eid and allow delivery of urgently needed assistance in Gaza as the raging conflict has killed over 1,000 peo-ple.The 15-nation Security Council held an emergency meeting late Sunday night to adopt the presi-dential statement that expressed support for "an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire, allowing for the deliv-ery of urgently needed assistance" in Gaza. The statement, drafted by Jordan, "urged all parties to accept and fully implement the humanitar-ian ceasefire into the Eid period and beyond" and "calls on parties to engage in efforts to achieve a durable and fully respected cease-fire, based on the Egyptian initia-
tive".It said that a humanitarian cease-fire would allow for the delivery of urgently needed assistance in Gaza. The statement calls for "full re-spect" for international human-itarian law and reiterates "the need to take appropriate steps to ensure the safety and well-being of civilians and their protection".The Council expressed "grave concern regarding the deteriora-tion in the situation as a result of the crisis related to Gaza and the loss of civilian lives and casual-ties." It "emphasises that civilian and humanitarian facilities, includ-ing those of the UN must be re-spected and protected".Earlier, welcoming the broadly observed 12-hour humanitarian pause in the Gaza conflict, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had renewed his appeal to all par-ties to declare a
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As employees get wages, markets witness rush
“British MP ‘secures’ Kashmir human rights debate”
Police harassing PDP supporters on behest of Lone
PDP Foundation Day
Mufti credits party cadres, people for PDP’s growth
UNSC calls for immediate, unconditional ceasefire in Gaza
President Barack Obama and Pope Francis issue separate calls for peace as conflict between Israel and Hamas claims 218th child victim, according to Unicef figuresDavid Blair By David Blair, Gaza City, and Robert Tait, Jerusalem10:30PM BST 27 Jul 2014FollowPresident Barack Obama has urged Israel to halt the Gaza offensive immediate-ly, as new figures showed that 218 Palestinian chil-dren have been killed in the conflict so far.Mr Obama telephoned Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, to press the need for a cease-fire.The president "made clear the strategic imperative of instituting an immediate, unconditional humani-tarian ceasefire that ends hostilities now", said a White House statement.John Kerry, the US sec-retary of state, proposed a truce between Israel and Hamas, the radical Islamist movement, on Friday - only for his plan to be turned down by both belligerents.Despite the failure of that effort – and the vitriol-ic criticism of Mr Kerry from Israeli officials in their national press – Mr
Obama's intervention di-rectly with Mr Netanya-hu shows that America will sustain the diplomat-ic pressure for a ceasefire.Pope Francis also used his moral authority to ap-peal for an end to conflict for the sake of the world's children. "Stop, please stop! I beg you with all my heart," he told a massed gathering of pilgrims at the Vatican."I think of the children, who are robbed of the hope of a dignified life, of a future. Dead children, wounded children, muti-lated children, orphans, children who, for toys, have the debris of war. Children who do not know how to smile," said the Pope.His passionate words co-incided with the release of new figures by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) showing that 218 children – some only three months old – have been killed in Gaza. Children comprise 21 per cent of the Palestinian dead, while another 1,516 have been injured, added Unicef.The total Palestin-ian death toll rose to 1,058 on Sunday after 147 bod-ies were recovered from ruined buildings the pre-vious day.
French flags fly at half-mast in honour of Mali crash victims
PARIS - Flags flew at half-mast in France Monday in mourning for the 118 victims of the Air Algerie plane tragedy, as investigators waited for the black boxes from the crash to arrive.Thousands of kilometres away on the remote desert site of the acci-dent in Mali, experts were sifting through the remains of the air-craft to try and determine why it plunged to the ground with such force that it completely disinte-grated."They will try to glean the max-imum information," Remi Jouty, head of France's Bureau of Inves-tigations and Analyses agency
(BEA), said in Paris.Their work will take a "few days", he said, adding that the bureau will examine the plane's flight recorders and other information, including the prevailing weather conditions at the time.Mali's Communications Minister Mahamadou Camara told AFP the flight data recorder and cock-pit voice recorder had been taken to the capital Bamako from the site and were thought to have left for France on Sunday.France bore the brunt of the trag-edy, with 54 of its nationals killed in the crash of the McDonnell Douglas 83, which had taken off
from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and was bound for AlgiersVideo footage of Mali ' s re -mote , barren Gossi area where the plane came down showed a scene of devasta -t ion l i t tered with twisted and burnt fragments of the plane."We saw the impact of the crash, with debris every-where. For now, we cannot speak to you of bodies," said Mali's Transport Minister Hachim Kou-mare after a visit to the site.No one survived the impact of Thursday's tragedy and entire families were wiped out.
made for peaceful celebrations, the DGP stressed that while making police bandubust and other security arrangements, the people should not be put to any inconvenience while to celebrating the festival. He directed the senior functionaries to monitor the arrangements personally and be available at their headquarters so that directions are passed on to the subordinates working in the field as per the situation. He asked the officers to make traffic arrangements in their re-spective areas so that the people could attend the congrega-tions without any inconvenience. Recalling the sacrifices the police martyrs in ensuring law and order in the State, Mr. Ra-jendra asked the officers to visit the families of these martyrs and join with them on auspicious occasion and enquire their welfare as at this occasion, they should not feel themselves alone and our company would add them some movements of joy and pleasure, he said. Among others, the Video Confer-ence was attended by Additional Director General of Police (Armed), S. M Sahai and Inspectors General of Police, A G Mir and Rajesh Kumar. The Director General of Police (DGP), Mr. K. Rajendra Kumar has greeted all ranks of Jammu and Kashmir Police, their families and the people of the State on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
visit various city markets on Monday. The traders here say that they get more customers than they get on other days Meanwhile, the shoppers’ rush is giving a tough time to the men in blue in manning the traffic and ensur-ing a smooth flow vehicles along the Exchange and Residency roads here.Pertinently, hundreds of vendors have occupied foot-paths along the Amira Kadal and Residency road, especially the Budshah Bridge leaving virtually no space for the pedestrians and too many vehicles pass-ing through too little times means the bridge remains choked throughout the day.Pertinently, In view of Eid-ul-Fitr, government decid-ed to pre-pone the pay day of the salary of the employ-ees for the month of July, 2014 and was paid on 28th of this month (Monday).During last few days around 400 crores have been paid through the treasuries across the State while contractors and supplies payments have been made upto date besides salary, wages, honorarium and compensations relief and NREGA etc. Also on the eve of Eid, government of Jammu and Kashmir Monday released Rs 700 crore. “Yes, we have released Rs 700 crore to different trea-suries on Monday,” Altaf Mirza, Director Accounts and Treasuries J&K government told reporters. “The money might be in the process of being crediting into individual accounts,” he added. The money which was released includes salaries of government employ-ees, wages, bills of contractors and many other liabil-ities pending with the treasuries. (KNS)
is the right time for us in Parliament to have a full and frank debate about Kashmir,” reports said.“The debate has cross party support with many MP’s giving their support to the holding of the debate. With many local people having families in Kashmir, this is a very live issue for many Bradfordians and I hope that this will act as a spur for further Government action.”
the cloth shops ourselves and were shocked to found 10 pieces of charas and 2 packets of brown sugar,” Bhat said. Bhat said that they informed MLA Bandipora Ni-zamuddin Bhat, PDP spokesperson Nayeem Akhtar, Syed Altaf Bukhari, Yasir Reshi and Javid Ahmed Beigh who reached Police Control Room Srinagar along with the seized items while IGP Kashmir as-sured them that matter would be probed thoroughly. “IGP constituted a committee to probe the matter but our demand is to question the SP SOG and SP Bandip-ora on whose instruction, the police and SOG parties had raided the complex,” he said. The locals held Minister for Higher Education di-rectly responsible for the act and said that with every passing day, Lone is stooping low. “Lone doesn’t want that PDP well-wishers and supports live peacefully and he is devising new ways and means to harass in-nocent people in Sonawari constituency. They alleged that some police personnel especially SP Bandipora is harassing PDP supports on the be-hest of National Conference leader Muhammad Akbar Lone.(CNS)
in the state’s political and democratic history it also come as a challenge to its leadership and cadres. “The Lok Sabha elections represented the crucial step for-ward in investing the electoral process in the state with much needed credibility and one can hope it serves to inspire the people to exercise their franchise more effectively in order to shape a new future for the state,” he said.Mufti said one of the major contributions of the PDP is to have introduced an element of accountability and political audit in the state. The people now have a clear choice from among the parties who are in the field to seek their mandate, he said. “We hope that people would judge us on our performance during our brief stint in the government, in opposition and on the basis of the agenda of change that we placed before them,” he added.
week-long ceasefire as a prelude to restarting political negotiations. The deadly 20-day conflict has killed 1,030 Palestin-ians and 46 Israelis. The Council welcomed the efforts of international partners and the convening of the international meet-ing to support the ceasefire held in Paris on 26th July and urged all concerned regional and international parties to vigorously support efforts to consolidate an agreement between the parties. A statement on Sunday by Ban's spokesperson said that there were countless images of Gazans trying to return to their daily lives while taking care of their wounded and attending to the dead during the pause that ended on Saturday. "These images make it clear that we owe to the people
of both Israel and Gaza our renewed effort to consol-idate this pause in fighting into a more sustainable ceasefire," it said. "The Secretary-General therefore urgently appeals once again to all parties to declare a seven-day human-itarian ceasefire in Gaza as a prelude to renewing a political process as the only way of achieving a dura-ble peace," it had said, adding that Ban strongly urged the parties to extend the humanitarian pause. Last week, Ban wrapped up a six-day mission to the region by stressing that it is time for the parties to stop fighting and start talking. "There is no military solution to addressing the griev-ances and all parties must find a way to dialogue," he had said in Cairo. He said that the ongoing fighting emphasises the need to finally end the 47-year-old occupation and the "chokehold" on Gaza, ensure security based on mutu-al recognition, and achieve a viable two-state solution by which Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and security, side by side. Ban has reiterated that any peace effort that does not tackle the root causes of the crisis will do little more than "set the stage for the next cycle of violence". According to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Pal-estine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the latest Israeli military offensive in Gaza, which is home to 1.8 million people, has left hundreds dead and thousands injured. Over 170,000 people have sought shelter in UNRWA schools, "facing uncertainty, anguish and risks to their lives," the agency said in a news release.
proposed trip to meet her second daughter Mehjabee-na and her husband Ashiq Hussain, Bilqees died at Parray’s house after suffering heart attack.“She wanted to celebrate Eid with her daughters and their families. However, her last wish remained un-fulfilled. She passed away on Saturday evening, hours before she was scheduled to meet her second daughter at Pahalgam,” Bilqees’s son-in-law, Parray told GNS.He said that his mother-in-law and her family were on 28-day visit to Kashmir and had planned to meet all the relatives in this side of the LoC. Bilqees, he said, was having a good time with her daughter and other relatives in Kashmir.Bilqees was born and brought up in Srinagar’s Bar-bar Shah locality. Her father Raja Farman Ali, then a Subedar in Dogra army, was a resident of Gujjar Nagar, Jammu. She and her father escaped to PoK during the deadly partition of the sub-continent that saw the massacre of tens of thousands of Muslims in Jammu region. In Muzaffarabad, she married Ghu-lam Rasool Bhat, who was working in the excise de-partment and was posted at Chakoti. She gave birth to four daughters and two sons before her husband passed away.Bilquees married her two daughters Mehjabeena and Rubina to two Kashmir men from Pahalgam, and Bag-at in November 1998. Her daughters and son-in-laws returned to Kashmir via Nepal in 2009. Since then, Bilqees has visited her daughters twice.“Both the times in past, she came to meet her daugh-ters all alone. However, now she was not physically strong. This time, her son and her daughter-in-law joined her on Kashmir trip. She was so happy. And so were we,” Bilqees’s other son-in-law Ashiq Hussain said.Hundreds of people from Rawatpora and other neigh-bourhood localities attended funeral prayers of the deceased on Sunday morning. She was laid to rest at her son-in-laws ancestral graveyard at Bagat, after completion of legal formalities. (GNS)
officials reached on the spot and took stock of the sit-uation.“It is an unfortunate incident. A case has been reg-istered and the investigations have been taken up,” Lateefi said, adding: “If there would be involvement of any policeman or officer, strict action would be tak-en.”The bodies of the deceased were handed over to their relatives for last rites after legal formalities, sources added. (GNS)
Daily ZABARWAN TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR | TUESDAY 29. 07 .2014
SHIMLA: Former Su-preme Court judge Justice GS Singhvi on Sunday cautioned against tinker-ing with the collegium sys-tem for appointment of judges and said that it has worked satisfactorily so far.
Addressing a seminar on “Appointment of Judg-es, Accountability and Lawyers” organised by the Indian Association of Lawyers (HP unit) in the High Court today, Justice Singhvi said that “the col-legium system of appoint-ment of judges has so far worked satisfactorily and even though some discrep-ancies have come to fore lately, the alternative may be worse”.
Stressing that it is im-perative to delve upon all the pros and cons of the old and new system, he
suggested “appointment of Judicial Ombudsman for probe on allegations of misconduct on Supreme Court and High Court judges or the persons who
are being considered for the judgeship in the Su-preme Court and High Court”.
“The Ombudsman should complete inquiry within a specified time and decision should be taken by the President of India on it within specific
time frame,” he said.Speaking at the semi-
nar, R S Cheema, senior advocate and former AG, Punjab and Haryana High Court, laid stress on trans-parent system that draws best talent, not on the ba-sis of seniority, but their suitability for the post of judges.
He advocated the need for a National Judicial Ser-vice exam for appointment of judges.
Senior advocate from Mumbai, Niloufer Bhag-wat stressed on the need for independence of ju-diciary, while Jitender Sharma, National Presi-dent of IAL, said that the selection process of Supreme Court and High Court Judges should be open and the names be-ing considered should be disclosed in public.
WASHINGTON — After failing to win a deal to end fighting in Gaza last week, Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to salvage Plan B: a succession of temporary cease-fires that he hopes might yet open the door to Israeli and Palestinian ne-gotiations for a long-term solution.
On Sunday, however, Mr. Kerry was having difficulty accomplish-ing even that, despite a phone call in which President Obama, in a sign of mounting impatience, urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya-hu of Israel to embrace an “imme-diate, unconditional humanitarian cease-fire” while the two sides pur-sued a more lasting agreement.
Part of the reason the diplomat-ic effort has faced such an uphill struggle is far-reaching changes on both sides since the last Gaza cease-fire in 2012. Israel and Hamas seem to be dug in this time, with Israeli officials appearing dismissive of
Mr. Kerry’s push for a weeklong cease-fire in a way that few Ameri-can secretaries of state have faced.
Hamas is holding out for a com-mitment to open major border crossings and ease the embargo af-ter failing to get the benefits it had anticipated after the cease-fire two years ago.Israel, after encountering a more formidable Hamas tunnel network than it had expected and being struck by longer-range mis-siles than ever, is determined not to stop until it has neutralized much of the threat.
The challenge of reconciling the seemingly irreconcilable is all the more difficult because there is no party that is in a position to medi-ate directly between Hamas and Israel. The United States does not deal directly with Hamas. And the countries with the closest ties, Qa-tar and Turkey, have fraught rela-tions with Egypt, whose cease-fire
plan has provided the broad frame-work for Mr. Kerry’s efforts.
Robert Danin, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a former State Department official, said that while it was premature to write off Mr. Kerry’s struggle to achieve a cease-fire, the challenges were formidable. “There is nothing to suggest that either side is par-ticularly desperate for a cease-fire,” he said. “Neither side believes a cease-fire will be the end of the con-flict, and they are looking at a truce as a way to position themselves for the next round of fighting.”
The behind-the-scenes diploma-cy for a cease-fire began two weeks ago when Egypt published a plan that sought to halt the fighting but did not commit to meeting Gaza’s demands that border crossings be opened or prisoners released until the security situation became “sta-ble.”
New Delhi: Congress presi-dent Sonia Gandhi on Sunday hosted her first Iftar in three years, which saw her sharing a table with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Janata Dal (United) Convenor Sha-rad Yadav. NCP leader Tariq Anwar was also seated at the same table.
Former Prime Min-ister Manmohan Singh and Congress vice-pres-ident Rahul Gandhi were also present at the Iftar.
While Mr Gandhi was seated with diplo-mats, Dr Singh was on a separate table with former Elec-tion Commissioner S Y Quraishi and cine star Sharmila Tagore among others.The fast-breaking feast during Ramzan is only the
second big Iftar hosted this sea-son after the one by President Pranab Mukherjee last week.
The Iftar by Mrs Gandhi, who
did not hold the feast during last three years because of natural di-saster or tragedy in the country, was organised at Ashoka HOTEL AND attended by political lead-
ers, academicians, diplomats, re-ligious leaders and journalists.
Those in attendance included former External Af-fairs Minister Salman Khurshid, Ambika Soni, JD(U) leader Prem Chand Gupta, Mrs Gandhi’s politi-cal secretary Ahmed Patel, Ajay Maken, Motilal Vora, Digvi-jay Singh, Jairam Ra-mesh, Anand Sharma, Shakeel Ahmed, Ra-jeev Shukla, Kumari Selja, Mohsina Kidwai, Karan Singh, CLP chief in Delhi Assembly Haroon Yusuf, DPCC president Arvinder
Singh Lovely, Raj Babbar, Mo-hammed Azaharuddin and Mani Shankar Aiyar.Leader of Opposi-tion in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad was also present.
NEW DELHI: Another dispute over parking space in the capital ended in tragedy when a group of men thrashed a 55-year-old businessman at his house in west Patel Nagar, central Delhi, on Sunday morning, leading to his death.
Police said the victim, Rajender Bhatia, had a run-ning row with his second-floor neighbour. The attack was triggered by Bhatia’s refusal to move his car from near the gate of the four-storeyed building. This is the eighth death over parking in the capital this year and points to growing stress over acute shortage of parking space in the city.
Police have arrested three men, Ashok Oberoi, Kar-tik and Dharmender, on charges of culpable homicide and suspect them to be involved in the attack.
Rajender Bhatia, who died after being attacked over a parking dispute, lived on the ground floor of the west Pa-tel Nagar house — 28/144 — with his wife and two sons. He had sold the upper floors to a local property dealer who had rented the second floor to a man a week back.
Bhatia’s son Mokshit said he had got into an argu-ment on Saturday night with Kartik, the owner of the second floor flat, who insisted that the Bhatias park their Hyundai Verna away from the gate. “I told them that we have a 15-foot-wide gate and there was no reason for us to park elsewhere. He replied that if we don’t re-move the car on our own, he had other ways to make us do it,” said Mokshit.
Washington: Laying out a road-map of long-term strategic partnership between the largest and oldest demo-cratic countries, US Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver a major foreign policy speech here on India.
Kerry, will underscore the shared prosperity, democratic values, and se-curity that a strong US-India partner-ship brings to Asia and to the global order, the State Department said.
Kerry’s speech tomorrow comes on the eve of his departure to India to attend the India-US Strategic Dia-logue, which he would co-chair with the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.The first Strategic Dialogue be-tween the two countries under the Na-rendra Modi government is considered to be crucial to set the pace and scope of India-US relationship for the next five years.
Center for American Progress (CAP), a top think tank has launched “India 2020” programme, which is fo-cused on elevating key foreign policy debates in South Asia and developing
innovative ideas for further enhancing the global strategic partnership of the world’s oldest and largest democracies.
Kerry in his speech will also em-phasise how the US and India can work in close partnership to improve growth, INVESTMENT, and opportu-nity across the Indo-Pacific region by spearheading regional economic con-nectivity, the State Department said.
In a statement, CAP said India is proving to be an emerging powerhouse regionally and globally after decades of impressive economic growth and mili-tary modernisation.
With a new government in New Delhi, it is clearly time to chart a new and ambitious course for the US-India partnership, it said.
“By launching India: 2020, the Cen-ter for American Progress will set the stage to help India and the United States work toward enhancing peace and economic prosperity across Asia and moving global governance institu-tions beyond their current structures into the 21st century”.
Alternative to collegium system may be worse: ex-SC judge
Even Gaza Truce Is Hard to Win, Kerry Is Finding
Sonia Gandhi holds Iftar, shares table with sharad Yadav and Lalu
Businessman dies in fight over parking
John Kerry to Deliver Major Foreign Policy Speech on India
A team of unarmed federal police officers has been forced to delay its planned visit to the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine after the area was declared unsafe.
Just 12 kilometres from the MH17 crash site, ABC correspondent Stephen McDonell witnessed Ukrainian troops retake a village from Russian-speaking rebels as Kiev government troops launched a major offensive to capture the area from separatists.
Gunfire was heard in Donetsk today along with shell-ing and explosions also heard around Donetsk on Sat-urday.
The Australian Federal Police officers are among a team of international experts in the region as part of the mission to secure the site and recover crash victims’ remains.Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has arrived in Kiev for talks to secure access to the site. She says due to the crash site being located in a war zone, accessing the area will always present a risk.
“This has always been a risk. We are aware this plane was shot down over a war zone and that news of the fighting has intensified is perhaps inevitable, but we are planning for those risks,” she said.
“We will mitigate those risks and make sure that police investigators are safe when they go in. We won’t take steps that will put them in danger.”
MH17: Fighting delays AFP officers, experts access to Malaysia Airlines
crash site in eastern Ukraine
New Delhi: A new con-troversy is swirling around a report that bugging devices were found in Union Minis-ter Nitin Gadkari’s home in Delhi recently.
“Reports in a section of the media about listening devices having been found at my New Delhi residence are highly speculative,” Mr Gad-kari, 58, tweeted on Sunday, but his denial failed to stop political murmurs. At an If-tar party hosted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday, former Prime Min-ister Manmohan Singh called for an investigation. (Also Read: Sonia Gandhi Holds Iftar, Shares Table With Sha-rad Yadav and Lalu)“If min-isters’ houses are bugged, then it is not a good omen. It should be investigated. How can it happen? It should be ex-plained by the Government in the House,” Dr Singh said, responding
to reporters’ questions.A report in The Sunday Guard-
ian - founded by senior journalist
MJ Akbar who joined the BJP ear-lier this year - said “high power listening devices” were “acciden-
tally” found in Mr Gadkari’s bedroom at his 13 Teen Mur-ti Lane residence in Delhi. (Read the full report)
But sources say nothing was found during a regular sweep of ministers’ homes 15 days ago.
The newspaper report said Mr Gad-kari, the Transport Minister, informed Prime Minister Na-rendra Modi and Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of BJP’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayam-sevak Sangh (RSS) about the “bugs”.
The report also said investigations pointed at a foreign
agency as the listening devices found are used by western intel-
ligence, “particularly the Central Intelligence Agency and the Na-tional Security Agency.”
The report referenced the “snooping row” between India and the US, in which the ruling BJP protested strongly after documents leaked by former security contrac-tor Edward Snowden revealed that the National Security Agency was authorized to spy on the party in 2010. (Snooping Row: US Promises to Deal With it Professionally)
BJP leader Subramanian Swa-my has also hinted at US involve-ment.Asked to confirm that Mr Gadkari’s home was bugged, Mr Swamy said, “Well Mr. Gadkari is neither ruling it in or ruling it out. I do know this much that the United States had asked for court authorization to put under sur-veillance including bugging of the BJP, among the 6 parties that they had named. There was no doubt that the United States didn’t relish the prospect of the BJP coming to power.”
‘Bugging Devices in Nitin Gadkari’s Home’: Former PM Calls For a Probe
Consider making some plans for a vacation or short getaway, Libra. Looking forward to something fun can make even the tough-est of days far easier to handle. You’ll be amazed how much you can manage when there’s an end in plain sight. Your entire attitude can lighten. So take the bull by the horns and create an incentive for yourself. Do something special to reward the hard work you do day after day.
Don’t judge someone if he or she has a different lifestyle than what you consider to be OK, Scorpio. You probably lean toward the traditional, yet not everyone feels this way about re-lationships, working, or lifestyle. While it may seem impossible to understand and even frighten you, try not to be too harsh on those you deem odd. You’d be better off using that energy to keep your own life on track.
Friends seeking advice or a shoulder to cry on could be plentiful today, Sagittarius. You’re one of best people to give them the support and care they need. Just be sure that you don’t give so much to others that you don’t have anything left for yourself. True friendship is about sharing and the exchange of problems and help. Running yourself down will leave you in a place where you aren’t going to be much help to anyone.
Getting through today shouldn’t pose too big a problem for you, Capricorn. You may feel a huge second wind that can give you the drive and determination to see your chores and projects through. Make some plans for this evening, such as getting to-gether with friends or taking in an event that really intrigues you. Until then, go about your tasks bit by bit. You’ll get things finished before you know it.
Working within boundaries and restrictions could really get to you today, Aquarius. Yours is an independent spirit and your best achievements are often born of doing things your own way. Yet like it or not, we all have to follow guidelines and rules. Do your best to follow suit and finish what needs to be done. Afterward, you may find more freedom to act independently without consequences. Exercise patience and diligence as needed today.
Chances are that you’ll feel upbeat and positive today, Pisces. Consider sharing this energy with those around you who are feel-ing less than content. Your attitude can have a profound effect on friends, partners, spouses, and children. Even neighbors and ex-tended family can pick up on your spirit without you even real-izing it. Share your optimism with everyone you can today. If you see someone hurt or angry.
Feeling the effects of today’s energies, Virgo? Take heart if this is the case, because the end of the tunnel isn’t as far away as it seems. Do your best to take things one step at a time and see about making some plans for a little fun this evening. Get together with friends or take in a movie. Help yourself feel better by staying busy and focused and follow up with some recreation. Before you know it, the aspect will pass and you’ll be back to normal.
Don’t discount your ability to be extremely resourceful if you need to be, Aries. If you don’t have everything you need or all of the required information, take time to think. Who can you ask? What places can you access? Who might know where you can find what you need? Rather than panic because the pieces aren’t all there, instead make a list of contacts and go for it. Trust in yourself.
Try not to let today’s blues get you down, Taurus. While it’s true that some days can seem to drag on, the busier you are the faster time will pass. Get down to finishing any work still before you and then make plans for tonight. If there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, not only will things seem to speed up but you’ll feel better knowing it’s coming.
Dare to be different, Gemini. It can be so easy to fall into a drill. Sleeping at the same time, eating at the same time, wearing the same style, and going about work the same way day after day. Be-fore you know it, you feel like you’re in a rut. The only way to get away from this is to make a decision to break free by doing some-thing unique. Try a new haircut. Wear colors that are unusual for you. If the need is there, consider a new career. Pursue expansion.
If your lifestyle is considerably different than that of others, re-sist feeling self-conscience about it today, Cancer. Try to remember that you chose the life you have for specific reasons. Even if you’ve come to a point where you’re considering a change, there’s no need to feel badly, ashamed, or embarrassed about where you are now. Everyone has to make his or her own way. If this conforms to the norm, that’s fine. If it doesn’t, that’s fine, too.
An enhanced feeling of determination could motivate you today, Leo. Finish the things that aren’t complete and make some plans for this evening. Don’t hesitate to take on something that feels compli-cated or big. Chances are you’ll be able to handle most anything and it will feel great when it’s finished. Enjoy your day by making the most of opportunity.
Disclaimer : The contents and comments appearing in any article published in this paper are purely the personal opinion of the writer
Spurious fertilizers, pesticides destroying
fruit-industry
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
Quote of the day
Oscar Wilde
Of late, it has been ob-served that spurious and sub-standard pesticides, fertiliz-ers are not only de-
stroying major crops, but are proving fatal to the farming community which is getting disgusted and disillusioned with every passing day. Those chemicals fertilizers and pesti-cides which were earlier used to protect yield are proving disastrous because they are mostly spurious and sub-stan-dard. This situation is result-ing in frustration amongst cul-tivators who even can not get their bread and butter out of whole year’s toil. India lives in villages and ninety percent of the village population makes both end meet on agricul-ture, whether it is rice, wheat, maize or for that matter fruits and vegetables, all are grown mostly in rural areas and the new innovations, techniques and high- yielding seeds have helped in increasing the pro-ductivity tremendously and India is at the thresh-hold of achieving self- sufficiency in agriculture. However, it is un-fortunate that criminal minds have taken over the command of producing spurious and adulterated chemicals, fertil-izers and pesticides, thus mak-ing the advancement of coun-try and farming community almost impossible. Their crim-inal mind has adversely affect-ed the production and what ever is produced is not worth consumers choice. The J&K state particularly Kashmir valley produces major portion of fresh fruits as also paddy and maize but unfortunately every produce is hit by men-ace of spurious pesticides and fertilizers. Take the example of this year, sprays of differ-ent chemicals and pesticides instead of controlling the dis-ease and helping to increase the productivity have in fact, damaged the crop. Due to this, the production has drastically decreased and whatever fruit is available it is full of scab and other diseases. hence, it is not market worthy. Both the Agri-culture and Horticulture Dept. have become den of corruption and are responsible for supply-ing and controlling sub-stan-dard pesticides and fertiliz-ers. If immediate steps are not taken, the fruit industry along with other crops will die their own death.
